Video: What Dogs must do better vs. Gamecocks and what it means for Richt
Below is my weekly pregame video chat with CineSport’s Noah Coslov in advance of Georgia’s SEC opener against South Carolina on Saturday. We talk about what the Bulldogs need to do better against the Gamecocks, the team’s current emotional state, what they need to do to contain Marcus Lattimore and whether or not this is the biggest game of coach Mark Richt’s career.
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Doh!
September 8th, 2011
3:38 pm
Install disciplne? Whaay, all we need ta do is do some prayin’ ta our lord Jayzus ta make ever-thaang raaaght! Lord be praised!
NJ Dawg
September 8th, 2011
3:39 pm
To Jerry and everyone else that thinks we’re “bad fans” for being upset about the current situation -
Surely you can’t be serious. So I guess to be classified a “good fan” I’m supposed to just sit here and accept the fact the program has been in a horrible downward spiral for 3-4 years now? That is not being a good or passionate fan at all. A good and passionate fan gets heated about it when we’re good but just as heated when we’re not.
I fully support the team and players but I can no longer just blindly support this inept coaching staff. We’ve been in a downhill pattern getting worse every year for 3-4 years now and it’s getting old. I also get frustrated with folks that say someone is a “bad fan” for leaving a game early. What other recourse do we as fans have? I guarantee you Richt, his staff and the players do not read the comments on AJC.com or any of the other blogs. The only recourse we have as fans to send a message to the program that we’re not happy with the current situation is by leaving games early, not buying tickets at all and/or not donating anymore.
We’re not being haters, we’re just not willing to sit idly by and accept the continuation of our nose dive into mediocrity. This program has too much money, too good of facilities and way too much talent (players, clearly not coaches) to be underachieving this consistently. We’ve been getting worse every year since ‘07 and the bleeding needs to stop at some point. I’m actually a little mad at myself for buying into Richt’s dream team and “I’m more excited this year” bullcrap, what a fool I was to think anything would change this year.
They did a great job in the offseason of getting all the fans hyped up and excited with this dream team and Richt’s “I’m excited” heart being into it again crap. Then the Boise St. game happened. It’s not that we lost to Boise, they are a great team. It’s how we lost that game, the team looked even worse than they did in the UCF debacle. I’m pretty sure that all the fans that left early felt like I did, like I’d been completely lied to in the offseason. This negative reaction after one game is not about the one game, it’s about 3-4 years of getting worse and worse and worse and showing zero signs of anything getting better….only continuing to get worse.
This is about the coaching plain and simple, not about the players. I know it would be tough to see sometimes but I hope the players realize this negativity from the fans isn’t directed at them, it’s directed at the coaching (or lack thereof).
Red Panties
September 8th, 2011
3:40 pm
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Red Panties
September 8th, 2011
3:43 pm
Didn’t ya’ll just love those uniforms if picked out for the boys last Sat———-too bad they played just like what’s next to me.
layinlow
September 8th, 2011
3:44 pm
Im a die hard Georgia fan but I’m sick and tired of all the pollyanna Richt lovers saying what a great man and representative of the university he is. Didn’t this great representative of the university players lead the world in arrest the last few years? And what about the academic causalties as well? If he was so great seems to me that he would be a better molder of young men. His teams have lacked character and discipline on and off the field. I want the best for UGA and not what’s best for mark richt. Seems to me some of you are richt fans more than you are Georgia fans.
Nothing Could Be Finer
September 8th, 2011
3:49 pm
Just about 48 hours until The Lattimore Show – Part Deax
Sit back and enjoy.
NJ Dawg
September 8th, 2011
3:51 pm
Agree with you completely layinlow, well said!
If Richt is such a great and decent guy, Christian and blah, blah, blah then why do we have so many guys getting in trouble during his tenure, having academic issues and my personal favorite – chest thumping after making a tackle on a 5 yard gain when you’re down by 3 touchdowns? Clearly Richt’s moral teachings are not rubbing off on our guys so well or he’s as bad of a teacher as he is a coach. I don’t have to be a Richt fan or apologist to be a solid UGA fan for crying out loud.
Doh!
September 8th, 2011
3:52 pm
Layinlow – A coach can’t be with players – especially modern day, inner city players – 24/7. They’re young, immature, oftentimes misguided with not many role models, and they do these knucklehead things on their own time. I don’t hold coaches responsible for what they do on their own time. What I do hold coaches responsible for are things like: preparation for games, discpline on the field, schemes, game planning, adjustments, etc. And in all of these areas CMR doesn’t get a high grade from me. They always tackle poorly; they don’t play with attitude; they commit penalty after penatly after penalty in the first half especially; they arm tackle, etc.
It’s time for a change.
ga gator
September 8th, 2011
3:52 pm
Even if UGA looses to SC as long as it is close I do not believe that it will end it for Richt. However, losing to MS St. in a few weeks and I do not believe he will survive.
UGA Grad84
September 8th, 2011
3:52 pm
What would it take for you to disappear from our blogs, Nothing Could Be Finer? An SC win or loss? That’s the outcome I’m hoping for.
You are worse than a case of the clap.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
September 8th, 2011
3:55 pm
Part Deux-
The one where Reid lays him out right? Thats the part you are infering correct?
NJ Dawg
September 8th, 2011
3:58 pm
Look at that – see, ga gator and most Bama, Auburn, LSU, etc. fans have even forgotten how to spell LOSE, they keep trying to say we’re going to loose, even if UGA looses and UGA is loosing.
Unfortunately as a UGA fan I’ve gotten pretty good at spelling lose, loser, losing, and loses over the past 3-4 years. I’d love to see that change.
Doh!
September 8th, 2011
4:00 pm
UGA Grad84, Nothing Could Be Finer has nowhere to go… they haven’t heard the term “blog” over there – so their “Palmetto Bug” newspaper doesn’t have a place in their paper for their 30 thousand fans to sound off.
Richt Fan
September 8th, 2011
4:01 pm
He needs 10 wins to stay and 1 of them better be against Florida. This may not be a must win, but it is as close to one as he has had in the last 10 years.
Doh!
September 8th, 2011
4:02 pm
NJ, well… it IS THE SOUTH. What do you expect?
S'onlyFootball
September 8th, 2011
4:03 pm
After the past few seasons, one could make the argument that it ain’t even quite qualified to be called “football” anymore. Still, they shore do wear some purty uniforms, don’t they? I might just go on EBay and see if I can buy one of ‘em!
bitter HERSHAL
September 8th, 2011
4:03 pm
glad everyone got to see me on espn last nite——–by the way you got to see all 34 of my personalities
hahahahahahahah————love hershal —glad he could be so honest———-lissen we all can relate
to being bull-ed————and having our lunch money extored——the true begining of capital-zz-em
——————-school yards are hard–hard——–#34 got the last laugh
NJ Dawg
September 8th, 2011
4:05 pm
Lol Doh!
I actually feel worse for SC fans than I do about the current state of UGA sometimes. It only took them what, close to 50 years to win a conference championship and then another 40 before they even sniffed another one?
Always Nice...
September 8th, 2011
4:06 pm
To be out of the National Title picture after Week fing 1.
NJ Dawg
September 8th, 2011
4:06 pm
Doh! –
Lol, I know. I’m from the South, just displaced in Jersey temporarily.
Doh!
September 8th, 2011
4:08 pm
NJ, I agree! Just not sure their 30 THOUSAND-STRONG fans will like what you wrote… WATCH OUT!
Doh!
September 8th, 2011
4:11 pm
Where do you line in Joisey? I lived there for a while too – while working in NYC. I liked it a lot in the Madison area where I was. Very nice.
Doh!
September 8th, 2011
4:12 pm
oops.. .”live”
gabloger
September 8th, 2011
4:14 pm
win the SEC championship or say Bye Ricth!! and Bilbo
Mike Bobo 17 INT
September 8th, 2011
4:20 pm
This weekend does not mean much, even if the Pups knock of USC. Spurrier owns UGA, and knows what it takes to push the Dogs button.
It will be very sad if Athens gets excited about an upset over USC, because the best thing that can happen is that this program totally implode, and start all over again. CMR will not be fired anytime soon, because there is no one that wants this position. UGA has lost it’s luster and is now the KY or Vandy of the SEC…..nobody wants it.
oakisland
September 8th, 2011
4:20 pm
NJ Dawg, thank you for “hitting on the head”. I am sick of the way we play the games and our totally inept coaching staff and their game plans. We should be able to vent about the direction this program is headed and to show our total displeasure with the current coaching staff. I for one think it is time for a complete overhaul. Love the dawgs but the players and fans deserve better.
01HAWK
September 8th, 2011
4:21 pm
UGA will lose this one. SPURRIER smells blood of a very down team. CMR does not have any fire. UGA may get 5 wins this year. Defensive front is grossly out of shape along with Offensive line.
NJ Dawg
September 8th, 2011
4:22 pm
Doh! -
Living in the burbs (or townships as they call them here) about 20 minutes from NYC. btw, I wasn’t really making fun of those guys, I was saying they’ve forgotten how to spell it because they don’t lose near as much, so they don’t need to even use the word as much as UGA fans do.
Mike Bobo 17 INT
September 8th, 2011
4:22 pm
Even if you win a SEC championship, so what? UGA football is like ALTA tennis…..all Athens wants is the bag tag, and not the big plate.
Here we go again, settle for mediocrity.
Mike Bobo 17 INT
September 8th, 2011
4:26 pm
Please be sure and keep CMR around, the material he provides is just too good.
DawginLex
September 8th, 2011
4:30 pm
Just got a Tweet from Stephen Garcia thanking me for the 2 hookers and the case of Bud Light
So we do have that going for us………………
Jon
September 8th, 2011
4:31 pm
It’ll be the offensive line that loses it for the Dawgs… whether ole’-ing so that Murray gets pounded or not blocking for the running game…
DawginLex
September 8th, 2011
4:32 pm
Mike Bobo 17 INT
September 8th, 2011
4:20 pm
This weekend does not mean much, even if the Pups knock of USC. Spurrier owns UGA, and knows what it takes to push the Dogs button.
It will be very sad if Athens gets excited about an upset over USC, because the best thing that can happen is that this program totally implode, and start all over again. CMR will not be fired anytime soon, because there is no one that wants this position. UGA has lost it’s luster and is now the KY or Vandy of the SEC…..nobody wants it.
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Richt 4-2 versus spurrier at the chicken coop. Spurrier doesn’t own him
There will be a long list of candidates for the job regardless of your idiotic opinion.
Just STFU. You make yourself look more and more stupid every single time you post.
uga1984
September 8th, 2011
4:34 pm
Richt’s undoing will be HIS selection of coordinators. Most successful programs having solid coordinators that are highly coveted by other programs i.e. Smart UA, Weis UF, etc. Does ANYONE think that Bobo is even on the same “offensive” planet as Spurrier or Weis??? I just saw a piece on ESPN where they broke down a designed play from Spurrier. Have we EVER seen ANY play broken down by ESPN from Bobo? If Richt leaves, I would be very surprised if either Bobo or Grantham get picked up any other D1 school.
With the talent he has amassed at USC, I fear Spurrier will have a field day in Athens on Saturday. I hope I’m wrong.
DawginLex
September 8th, 2011
4:34 pm
“This weekend doesn’t mean much.”
Boy you are just packed with football knowledge.
Basic 2 game lead head to head in the SEC East.
Nah, it is meaningless.
dumba$$
alias,dawg
September 8th, 2011
4:39 pm
The emotional state is So.Carolina better be ready to get hit hard and often.
DawginLex
September 8th, 2011
4:45 pm
“Even if you win a SEC championship, so what?”
And the interception idiot confirms his stupidity once again.
Good lord son. Are you that big of a dim wit to not realize that the SEC champion pretty much automatically gets you in the BCS title game?
I know you hate all things UGA but try and use some brain power, get your mommy to proofread your posts or something.
You are embarrassing yourself.
Saban
September 8th, 2011
4:52 pm
Just in the entire defensive line collapsed at practice on Thrs. Most were rushed to local hospitals. Choakdawg indiciated all were expected to play on Saturday, and in between krispy kreme`s said it was time for the defense to man up.
BPatBTYAsports.com
September 8th, 2011
4:52 pm
Here is my 5 point plan to get the Dawgs back on track.
It’s time to get the ship heading the right direction.
http://btyasports.blogspot.com/2011/09/5-things-georgia-needs-to-do-to-win.html#more
Lowcountry Bulldawg
September 8th, 2011
4:58 pm
I watched plenty of plays broke down the past three years invloving AJ Green at UGA or was that some other college?
Lowcountry Bulldawg
September 8th, 2011
5:01 pm
Some of the whining the fans are making are not even based in reality. Complain if you like but at least have a flipping clue when doing so rather than mindless dribble.
S'onlyFootball
September 8th, 2011
5:02 pm
Most of Bobo’s plays broke down last Saturday. I expect even more to break down this week.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
September 8th, 2011
5:03 pm
That first sentence surely could have read better. See what happens when you read mindless dribble all day? It rubs off on you!
S'onlyFootball
September 8th, 2011
5:07 pm
Something about this sport should be fun, shouldn’t it?
bitter HERSHAL
September 8th, 2011
5:29 pm
and i tought i had multiply personnalities———coach bobo play calling is a sure sign that he too
—————————————–NEEDS COUNSLING———————-DUH!!!
AltamahaDawg
September 8th, 2011
5:34 pm
NJ, not sure who would be asking you to “blindly” support anything. Are you suggesting that you didn’t have critisism in 2002, or 2007? Blindly indicate that you saw nothing (wrong). You did then too right? I did. You sem to be the one suggesting that it prove you blind to support the current staff and players. That’s all on you, if you feel “blind” or that somehow makes you look stupid. Do you feel stupid? I bet you are not.
But if step back the emotions a bit, you should realize that there are LOTS of things in life that it’s in everyone best interest AT the time, to show support with your eyes wide open, even if you don’t like what you see. Nothing about that shows “blindness”. If you don’t like it enough, you change the picture. Can you change the picture today?
Lowcountry Bulldawg
September 8th, 2011
5:41 pm
ALtamah go back I think on this blog and click on my link to the blogs in 2007 after the UT debacle. Much the same was said then as it is now. Pretty interesting.
shane@1
September 8th, 2011
5:44 pm
I don’t like the spread. The spread is a plot hatched by left coast liberals and would be pirates and it undermines American youth. I like hair, teeth, and eyeballs all over the field! The downfall of this country began with the forward pass! First the spread, then gay marriage, you do the math. That being said, if Bobo has to turn those guys into pinko pansies with the hurry up shotgun spread at least hurry up. Get the plays in quicker and the ball out quicker, and shorten the routes. You wanna play dink and dunk then dink and dunk. If there is anything worse than a fast spread it’s a half fast spread. Gotta run, I think I heard a black chopper, gotta get in the bunker and put on the old tin foil cap.
UGAer
September 8th, 2011
5:55 pm
Hey Dawgs, who are you going to get as a coach when Richt is gone? Yeah, I know you beat us almost every year but, seriously who would be your pick? Do you really think Tressel or Meyer would want to coach in this environment. If you wanted Richt gone it should of been after UCF. You need to give him this year to turn it around. Lord knows you have the talent to win every week. Richt needs a group of people/coaches that don’t take crap from all of those five star prima donnas. “Break the rules and punishment is quick and severe”. “Off the team or multiple game suspensions should do the trick”. I pull for the Bulldogs except one game. I’d be on Tech’s blog but it’s boring compared to yours. FYI- others fans (besides UGA and Tech) read this blog. You can proceed to trash me now. I hope you beat South Carolina. I’ll be pulling for the Bulldogs no matter what you say. Go state of Georgia! Including the Panthers.
stan
September 8th, 2011
5:58 pm
What UGA needs are fans.The Dawgs are no better or worse than anyone, with exception of the BIGGEST DUMBASS NO NOTHING FANS IN THE USA. YOU SUCK!