Remorseful Bacarri Rambo believes he could’ve made difference vs. Boise St.
Georgia free safety Bacarri Rambo returned from a suspension this week and expects to return to the starting lineup on Saturday. (Photo by Guy Prokay/DawgTime.com)
Free safety Bacarri Rambo expressed remorse for what he called “a big mistake” and said he believes he could made a difference against Boise State last Saturday.
Rambo, the Bulldogs’ leading returning tackler, was reinstated this week after a one-game suspension for an unspecified team rules violations and is expected to start against South Carolina on Saturday.
“It messed up our team goals having to sit out that one game,” said Rambo, speaking to reporters for the first time since last spring. “I’m not going to say we could have won if I would’ve played. But I want to help the team as much as I can and the results of the game probably would’ve been different. That was a big mistake and I learned from it.”
Rambo would not say what infraction led to his suspension or exactly when it occurred. “I’d rather y’all ask Coach Richt,” he said.
Rambo traveled with the Bulldogs to Atlanta and was allowed to dress out for the game. That, in itself, was like a punishment.
“It was very tough” said Rambo, who started all 13 games a year ago. “I’m not used to sitting on the sideline, especially knowing I’m supposed to be starting. It’s very tough to see my guys out there playing and knowing I should be out there helping them, helping them communicate and fly to the ball, helping make plays, helping my team. It was very tough.
A powerful lesson was learned, he said.
“I broke a team rule,” Rambo said. “It was selfish mistake. I will not allow it to happen any more. I learned from that mistake. It was a big mistake. It didn’t affect just me, it affected the team because I couldn’t play and I’m not going to allow it to happen again.”
Dallas Lee to start at guard
Dallas Lee will get the first start of his career at left guard this Saturday. Richt indicated that might have been the case even if Kenarious Gates had not been injured.
“We thought he did real well,” Richt said of the sophomore from Buford, who took over when Gates left the game with a sprained ankle in the second quarter. “He might have played better than any of the guards as we graded it out. So whether Kenarious was healthy or not, he wouid have had a very good chance . . . of starting this week.”
Gates was held out of practice on Tuesday but is expected to be available Saturday.
O-line problems ‘correctable’
Georgia gave up six sacks to the Broncos and averaged fewer than 1.9 yards per carry on rushing attempts by the tailbacks. But Richt insists the Bulldogs’ poor line play can be rectified before facing South Carolina’s formidable defensive front.
“Everything is correctable,” Richt said. “The thing that was the most disappointing to me was the pass protection, especially third down. . . . Six sacks are way too many and the majority of the issues were on third down. We’ve already spent a lot of time making corrections in pass protection.”
Samuel to linebacker was considered
Richt said he briefly considered moving tailback Richard Samuel back to linebacker in the wake of the injury to Alec Ogletree. Samuel was Ogletree’s backup at “Mo” linebacker before backfield attrition forced the Bulldogs to switch Samuel back to offense, where he played his first two seasons.
“I thought about it kind of just laying on the pillow at night,” Richt said. “But by the time Richard got back and trained up and really ready to play, ‘Tree’ would probably be back and be healthy and ready to go. We’ve had 29 preseason practices plus last week, so we have over 30 practices with these other kids.”
Ogletree is out at least four weeks with a broken foot. Michael Gilliard, Amarlo Herrera and Jeremy Sulek are competing to start alongside Christian Robinson. Linebackers coach Kirk Olivadotti said the Bulldogs are also exploring other options.
“There’s a million different things we could do,” he said, declining to elaborate.
Jarvis Jones to inside ‘backer not considered
The Bulldogs gave little to no thought of moving Jarvis Jones from outside linebacker to inside linebacker. Jones was playing inside linebacker before the Bulldogs moved Ogletree to the position from strong safety. But Jones has been flourishing at “Sam” linebacker. He had 11 tackles, including 2½ for losses, in the opener.
“Jarvis is just doing so well where he is,” Richt said. “He’s locked in and playing fast and playing very physical. . . . He played great. He played like a guy who hadn’t played for a year and half and couldn’t wait to hit somebody again. He played with a lot of energy and got after it.”
Sticking with no-huddle
Georgia offensive coordinator Mike Bobo said the Bulldogs plan to stick with the no-huddle offense they unveiled in the Georgia Dome. He said the decision to switch in the offseason was an attempt to run more offensive plays. But the Bulldogs ran just 60 plays last Saturday to Boise State’s 71.
“We wanted to get more plays, which we didn’t do on Satuday,” Bobo said. “But we’re committed to doing it. More plays equals more opportunities, more chances to score. Last year we just didn’t think we had as many opportunities as some other teams.”
The no-huddle was not to blame for the offensive struggles, the Bulldogs contend.
“No matter how you operate offensively, the bottom like is you’ve got to execute,” Richt said. “And you execute well whether you no-huddle or you don’t no huddle. We didn’t have much trouble as far as the operation of it. The problem was once the ball was snapped. That’s when we had problems.”
Etc. . . .
Nose guard Kwame Geathers did not practice for the second straight day due to a neck injury. Richt expects him to play Saturday, however. . . . Freshman Malcolm Mitchell had “another great practice,” Bobo said. Look for him to play extensively against South Carolina. . . . A limited number of tickets remain on sale for Georgia’s home game against Coast Carolina (Sept. 17). They’re $45 each. Call 1-877-542-1231. . . . Georgia is holding a pep rally – they’re calling it a “Red Rally” – Friday night at Sanford Stadium. The Georgia Redcoat Band and cheerleaders will be in attendance and the Bulldogs will “show off” their new 2,000-square-foot-plus video board. . . . Here’s a link to video of some of Tuesday’s practice and some interviews from DawgTime.com.
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Mobile Dawg
September 7th, 2011
12:01 am
Witless, or clueless?
Mobile Dawg
September 7th, 2011
12:02 am
No, not you Historian, I was talking to Thomas Brown.
Mobile Dawg
September 7th, 2011
12:04 am
Better yet, the life form you are utilizing to communicate your extreme intelligence will self destruct.
Lil dawg
September 7th, 2011
12:16 am
Rambo must think might high of himself….He will not make a dent in score against SC…
jocrazy
September 7th, 2011
12:27 am
dont know about race but we
jocrazy
September 7th, 2011
12:35 am
Enter your comments dont know if race is a factor or if its coaching but dont see how a bunch of white guys can out perform these great atheletes withoutsomething better
yogi1
September 7th, 2011
1:00 am
You can blame it on the HAIR or blame it on the ugly UNIFORMS. But the real blame belongs to the ODOR, the DAWGS STINK
I-DOG
September 7th, 2011
1:01 am
I have to admit I am having a hard time believing that the problems on offensive line are that easily correctable in 6 days when very little seems to have been accomplished in 8 months. I undertand that Boise was supposed to have a good D line, but I think SC will be a tougher front.
What is the over under on how many times Boykin will run the ball out of the back of the endzone on a kickoff and get stuffed inside the 15?
I-DOG
September 7th, 2011
1:17 am
I’m looking forward to seeing if we can manage the following:
1.) Can we make it through warmups without cramping up. This time we aren’t playing in the air conditioning so this is a concern.
2.). Can we lower the number of penalties on our first offensive drive from 3 to 2?
3.) Will we run a QB sneak or a run pass option for Murray?
4.) Will 1/3 of our offensive plays be sprint draws? (Do you think South Carolina is preparing for the sprint draw this week?)
5.) Can we keep Garcia and Shaw to a completion percentage under 80?
6.) Can we get our first sack of the season?
7.) Can we keep Clowney under six sacks by himself in this game?
8.) Do we have a 4th down play ready that includes blocking assingments for all the defenders on the line of scrimmage?
9.) How many times will we throw deep on first down and when it is 2nd and 10 run up the middle?
10.) Can we keep our helmets from flying off fewer than 12 times?
SatillaDawg
September 7th, 2011
1:26 am
One of the worst games I’ve ever watched. Positively pitiful. And please burn those dorky uniforms as soon as possible. We’re the Georgia Bulldogs, not the Power Rangers. I said before kickoff, Dawgs needed to win BOTH of their first two games, or the season’s over. We’re already halfway to the bottom. It’s now or never Dawgs. Win big Saturday, or the CMR era is over.
William
September 7th, 2011
2:06 am
Bacari Rambo is a confident individual. Mark Richt has got to see the light on how to practice. Out of shape is his responsibility not the S and C coach. You practice like you play and vice versa. Offensive play calling was horrible. The shotgun run approach is not going to work. The I formation is what we need. Blast the ball, run sweeps and in general just pound it in there. Even if we have to punt after three plays, this will tire out the SC defense. Throw short passes. We don’t have time for long ones. One long pass to every 5-6 short ones. No sprint draws, no hand offs from the shotgun. And Historian you can kiss my A$$. What do you know?
Doug Wiley
September 7th, 2011
3:24 am
Forget all of the hot names. Bring back a big old Irishman that wins wherever he is, including over us. George O’Leary. Why not? I could care less if he a MBA or a GED. I do not care if he has a divinity degree. I want him to win ballgames which he has done with programs less celebrated than our’s.
Douglas
September 7th, 2011
3:58 am
Anyone else other than me notice that our receivers over the last few years have not improved? We recruit all of this talent but they do not get any better. Other than AJ Greene and Orsen, which receiver has stood out? Our coaches are pathetic.
i wouldn't go to war
September 7th, 2011
4:37 am
with officers who wanted to charge directly into concentrated enemy fire over and over and over and over, and expect blind loyalty, and anybody who disagrees is a disloyal traitor.
LAKE OCONEE DAWG
September 7th, 2011
5:41 am
GT:
BUT WE STILL CAN GET YOU EVERY NOVEMBER…YOU ARE LIKE A CHRISTMAS COME EARLY…
LAKE OCONEE DAWG
September 7th, 2011
5:42 am
William:
YOU’RE A DAMN GENIUS…IF WE CAN GET YOU ON AS ASST. AD, ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS WOULD BE SOLVED…
Nahila
September 7th, 2011
6:20 am
The obvious reason the sacks happeed on third down plays is that in every case the defense knew we were going too pass because we did not gain enough yards on the first 2 downs and the defense was in a position to rush the passer. I think the shotgun formation UGA is using is a tip off in certain down situations and the tailbacks have to wait for the handoff and do not have enough speed and power to hit the hole fast enough nor is the formation suitable for end sweeps or quick tosses which means most ruining plays are off tackle or up the middle except for the end around.
big hoss
September 7th, 2011
6:58 am
Rambos mouthing that he could have been a difference is exactly what is wrong with this collection of wannabe pros. His remarks sullied the efforts of his replacement. What an idiot.
david
September 7th, 2011
6:59 am
rambo got burnt on play action twice last year for tds.
Chuck
September 7th, 2011
7:16 am
Thanks Rambo…another couldof wouldof shouldof……do you guys get it- we are sick of the after the fact “oh I am so sorry”…….and the O line is correctable???????you’re kidding me- so what has taken three years to finally figure that out? BS…total BS
David
September 7th, 2011
7:18 am
hey Rambo……what a slap in the face to the guys that FOLLOWED THE RULES AND PLAYED…..maybe instead of your “I could have made a difference smack talk” perhaps you could enlighten us how you get burned time after time on play action.
NeoDawg
September 7th, 2011
7:20 am
Can someone please explain to Bobo that the ONLY way you get to run more plays is if you make first downs – in succession? It’s not whether you huddle or not, its what you do with the ball after the snap. He sounds like an author worrying about the dust jacket on the book he’s writing when he can’t even string two coherent sentences together.
David
September 7th, 2011
7:21 am
“No matter how you operate offensively, the bottom like is you’ve got to execute,” Richt said. “And you execute well whether you no-huddle or you don’t no huddle. We didn’t have much trouble as far as the operation of it. The problem was once the ball was snapped. That’s when we had problems.”
WOW- Cliff notes version for the past three years!!!!! Thanks Coach!
Old Dawg Fan
September 7th, 2011
7:34 am
I don’t see him making much of a difference at all. He was one of the weakest tacklers last year.
Nothing has changed especially in the UGA realm. At least we have a very good baseball and gymnastics program.
RedandBlackDAWG
September 7th, 2011
7:37 am
Historian succeeded exactly as he planned. 4 pages of comments and half of them are responding to someone, who will not even say, where he lives, what team he supports and is historically incorrect in some of his points of view.
If you don’t know what the term means, “troll” refers to an online personality that uses his/her anonymity to “bait” users or turn valid discussions into full-blown arguments.
He has succeeded with half of you responding to his very ignorant post.
GO DAWGS and GATA
bubba4dawgs
September 7th, 2011
7:47 am
O-line HAS to put a rush on Garcia and secondary bottle up their receivers. If that doesn’t happen, school is out! I’m looking for some adjustments from last week and I believe they will be there. A game of experience, shaking out the jitters, will help the DAWGS to be better ready for this one. The “hurry up” offense is quite a drastic change, puts a lot of pressure on the DAWGS offense as well as the other team’s defense. If you forget what to do after the ball is snapped, it’s all for naught. Hey, Bobo, how much “hurry up” did you do when you were playing???? This is something you don’t see very often. It does create a lot of “wear and tear” and it didn’t fool Boise one bit. Just settle down and play good ole rock’em sock’em hard nosed football. All that Tereshinski muscleing up should create results! GO DAWGS!!!
Oh NO BOBO
September 7th, 2011
7:52 am
“Last year we just didn’t think we had as many opportunities as some other teams.”
He is a complete idiot. You get more opportunities than your opponent by getting first downs. It doesn’t matter how slowly you get to the line. Hurry up is to wear out your opponent and move fast…. if you make first downs. If you don’t, you give the ball quickly back to your opponents and wear down your defense.
He is a jack wagon.
Nothing Could Be Finer
September 7th, 2011
7:53 am
The “hurry up” offense is quite a drastic change, puts a lot of pressure on the DAWGS offense as well as the other team’s defense.
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Good thing Carolina played against a hurry up offense vs East Carolina, so they have an executable plan.
Georgia also plays a 3-4 defense like ECU.
Garcia & Co. will be prepared.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
September 7th, 2011
7:54 am
Rambo…welcome back! Now go out and take out those frustrations on Lattimore.
The guards grades? How high could they have possibly have been?
Good keep the No Huddle, if the team is executing the rthym it provides your offense is incredible.
Keep up the play #29! DGD!
Nothing Could Be Finer
September 7th, 2011
7:56 am
Rambo…welcome back! Now go out and take out those frustrations on Lattimore.
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LOL
Rambo would get killed if he went up against the freight train Latti.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
September 7th, 2011
7:59 am
Rambo would get killed if he went up against the freight train Latti
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If your so confident your should at least you the correct tense. Trade would for will at least. Finer, I shouldn’t have to tell you this kinda stuff.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
September 7th, 2011
8:00 am
I correct your tenses and butcher my spelling…dang coffee and Good Morning America.
Looks like he picked the wrong week to quit running the I-formation. | Get The Picture
September 7th, 2011
8:02 am
[...] give Richt credit for the courage of his convictions. Mike Bobo insists he’s all in this week with the change in philosophy. … Georgia offensive coordinator Mike Bobo said the Bulldogs [...]
Nothing Could Be Finer
September 7th, 2011
8:05 am
Point taken, Lowcountry.
So, if Aaron Murray sees Jadeveon Clowney about to rock his world:
Aaron Murray will at least get happy feet
instead of
Aaron Murray would get happy feet.
Delbert D.
September 7th, 2011
8:11 am
These arguments would make more sense if people would realize that Boise State is not in the WAC.
dmr
September 7th, 2011
8:11 am
Running a “no huddle” offense when you are not moving the ball down field simply is a recipe for disaster. Why? Because if you consistently go three and out using “no huddle”, you will continually put the defense on the field and they will wear down. Just as they did against Boise St.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again; the Georgia defense’s biggest problem is the Georgia offense.
mouth
September 7th, 2011
8:13 am
CMR, tell Rambo and all the others to shut up! We’re tired of talk. Either they play to high expectations, or they go. *No more player interviews*
duh
September 7th, 2011
8:15 am
“The problem was once the ball was snapped.” Sounds like CMR needs a new offensive coordinator.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
September 7th, 2011
8:16 am
Finer,
Touche….
Also the No huddle offense
To the poster who said it does allow you more plays….
Really? Lets see follow the math… you have a quick strike drive where your T.O.P is at 2:00 then hold the opponent to a three and out, thus getting the ball back quicker…As opposed to a plundering drive of 5-6 minutes and then forcing three and outs. If you are successful at this you will run more plays. Simple math really.
@DMR
If you are struggling on offense switching to the No Huddle is commonly done to try and generate a rthym on offense. It is not new approach to the game of football. If it was would CMR have thought of it? lets be real here.
Nothing Could Be Finer
September 7th, 2011
8:17 am
“Everything is correctable”
-Richt
Ulzana
September 7th, 2011
8:17 am
It’s common knowledge and an unquestioned fact that UGA head football coach Mark Richt has brought shame on the state of Georgia and made an embarrassing laughingstock of the state’s largest university. Even the most avid UGA fans understand this even when they won’t acknowledge it, bless their hearts.
The most embarrassing thing is the win-at-any-price mentality of Richt, which has effectively made UGA a football factory, with cheating, recruiting of low-intelligence jerks who barely graduated from high school, and tolerating immoral and unethical activities by both players and coaches. Even with all this, he still can’t win.
Richt is a product of the lawless environments of the University of Miami and Florida State University, where he learned well how to conduct himself in the most tawdry way, while pretending to the world to be a saint. Make no mistake – Richt is in coaching purely for the millions of dollars that have been wasted on him, and the millions more he will add until someone in Athens has the integrity and intestinal fortitude to run him out of town.
A truly shameful situation, especially since all Georgians, including UGA alumni and fans, have to live under this shadow of infamy.
Mtn Dawg
September 7th, 2011
8:28 am
So Richt says, ‘We didn’t have much trouble as far as the operation of it [no huddle]. The problem was once the ball was snapped. That’s when we had problems.” DUH?? Is that insight or what. I like coach Richt but that comment he could’ve saved for is kindergarten speech. Wow!
old
September 7th, 2011
8:34 am
how does a no-huddle offense enable a team to run more plays?
Nothing Could Be Finer
September 7th, 2011
8:37 am
Weather Report for Athens on September 10:
Clowney with a 100% chance of pain.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
September 7th, 2011
8:38 am
Clowney with 100% chance of pain
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100% chance of beating some mediocore blocks
Lowcountry Bulldawg
September 7th, 2011
8:40 am
Why do people not understand how the No Huddle allows you to run more plays? Did you guys not watch Auburn last year or Oregon? They run the no huddle to try to get to 80 plays a game. Watch the games!
Old Flatulent Dawg
September 7th, 2011
8:42 am
As usual, all the delusional former high school 2nd teamers and Band boosters are showing their intense stupidity again. Hey, if all of you where so great how come none of you ever play’d any level of college athletics…from D3 – D1. But now, you act like you know about as much as Saban but in reality you’re closer to Beau Bock, (and he’s so stupid which is why he can’t even get a job carrying out the trash)….and it’s sad because none of you ever have a had a original idea or thought. You fools just keep parroting the same crap that the talking heads spout. Keep gripping, sooner or later, Richt will be gone and you will find ourselves having another coach like Gomer Goff and then you idiots will know what the bottom of the conference really is like.
JB
September 7th, 2011
8:42 am
Richt laying on his pillow thinking about rearranging the chairs on the Titanic. No huddle is NOT EFFECTIVE when you come to the line and the QB stares at the sidelines for 15-20 seconds looking for a call to be made while the defense REST and has time to REACT and SUBSTITUTE. He should of learned what no huddle REALLY looks like by watching Boise run it due to us calling a time out to catch our breath. He tells us the line problems are correctable? Well, how about NO HOLES to run through ALL LAST YEAR……..GEEZ.
GET DOWN BIG MAN
September 7th, 2011
8:45 am
Georgia offensive coordinator Mike Bobo said the Bulldogs plan to stick with the no-huddle offense they unveiled in the Georgia Dome.
Hey Bozo… The No-Huddle does NO good if you keep getting false-start penalties. Very 1st play of the game was a false start!!!!!!!!! I’ve given up on these guys learning to know when the snap count is — the UGA offense has been doing this consistantly for the last 4 years.
What a friken mess.
Blackberry Cobbler
September 7th, 2011
8:46 am
Low Dawg– You run more plays by making 1st downs, not by non-huddle. If your offense can’t make 1st downs, it doesn’t matter how quick you get back to the line. Dummy.