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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MtnDawg
September 8th, 2011
11:53 am
Lets hope the Dawgs get their act together.
The Mole
September 8th, 2011
11:53 am
We will win
MtnDawg
September 8th, 2011
11:53 am
That’s first, and secondly lets hope the coaches have a better game plan.
Nothing Could Be Finer
September 8th, 2011
11:58 am
Weather forecast for Athens:
Clowney with 100% chance of Pain.
mmraines01
September 8th, 2011
12:00 pm
I believe that russian roulette may be the only MUST win game that I know of…
The Most Interesting Man in the World
September 8th, 2011
12:01 pm
BLOCK & TACKLE BLOCK & TACKLE BLOCK & TACKLE BLOCK & TACKLE BLOCK & TACKLE BLOCK & TACKLE BLOCK & TACKLE BLOCK & TACKLE BLOCK & TACKLE BLOCK & TACKLE BLOCK & TACKLE BLOCK & TACKLE BLOCK & TACKLE BLOCK & TACKLE BLOCK & TACKLE BLOCK & TACKLE BLOCK & TACKLE BLOCK & TACKLE BLOCK & TACKLE BLOCK & TACKLE
Saban
September 8th, 2011
12:04 pm
The Dawgs are toast. The only question is the magnitude of the beatdown. This will be historic. Spurrier will wipe Richt off the planet and leave Athens in flames.
Dawgs will become the fire hydrant of the SEC. UGA will croak and the heavens will open will falling Krispy Kreme`s on Choakdawg.
Even Richt`s Hair Salon and his red panty boutique will close.
Pup Fan
September 8th, 2011
12:04 pm
Nothing Could Be Finer…..Now that’s funny!!!!!
mmraines01…….Good point! Important to keep things in perspective.
Saban
September 8th, 2011
12:05 pm
South Carolina(whatever Spurrier decides Dawgs 0)
Tums anyone?
September 8th, 2011
12:13 pm
Gamec@cks 50 Clowns 16
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 8th, 2011
12:17 pm
Well its simple
Change the play calling
Dogs Smell
September 8th, 2011
12:18 pm
The Mole ,
You will win against somebody but not SC, UF, UT, GT.
Dream Team ?
September 8th, 2011
12:18 pm
Was just that …..a dream buh bye Mark Richt!
Frank Lane
September 8th, 2011
12:20 pm
I don’t know what to say except that I am behind Richt and hope he does what is necessary so he can stick around.
Dawgs Run This State!
September 8th, 2011
12:24 pm
Frank Lane,
I second that… I still believe in Richt and in this day, he is what college football needs.
Since Vince
September 8th, 2011
12:24 pm
This season is OVA…….
Sonya
September 8th, 2011
12:25 pm
hope they get if straight
http://dawgsbui2.com/content/no-huddle-equals-less-plays
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 8th, 2011
12:29 pm
Change the play calling
Thats why your record is getting worse coach; everyone knows how to set up to stop your 3 plays
CHANGE THE PLAY CALLING!!!!!!!!!
excuse # 32
September 8th, 2011
12:31 pm
Who is your team?
Nothing Could Be Finer
September 8th, 2011
12:32 pm
This season is OVA…….
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OVA as in OVA OVA?
Worm
September 8th, 2011
12:32 pm
Spurrier smells blood in the water..He’ll try every trick he has in the first two quarters to bury the dawgs and empty the stadium..Dawgs best come out smokin’ or we’ll all be tailgating again in the 3rd quarter.
Countermeasure
September 8th, 2011
12:33 pm
Coach Richt is the right man for the job. I’ll take character over slime any day. He will get it together.
excuse # 14
September 8th, 2011
12:34 pm
All of these armchair QB’s need to apply for the coaches job if they think they can do better.
chickenman
September 8th, 2011
12:35 pm
everyone needs to back off the ledge…It is embarrasing to see.. I FOR ONE WILL BE THERE SAT IN MY BLACK AND RED and cannot wait to see everyone change their tune after georgia hunkers down and causes a visor throwing fest
Nothing Could Be Finer
September 8th, 2011
12:35 pm
I’ll take character over slime any day.
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Then, what’s your thoughts on Grantham after the choke gesture he made vs Fla last year?
Dawgdad
September 8th, 2011
12:36 pm
I am optimistic in spite of everything I have seen and read and heard. But my stomach hurts……..
Kool aid drinkers galore
September 8th, 2011
12:38 pm
chickenman is a kool aid drinker….
Have a rolaid Mr. kool aid
September 8th, 2011
12:39 pm
Dawgdad needs rolaids….
Countermeasure
September 8th, 2011
12:40 pm
Nothing Could Be Finer – Pay attention boy this article is about CMR.
Nothing Could Be Finer
September 8th, 2011
12:40 pm
Dawgdad needs rolaids….
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Dont dogs eat grass when their stomach hurts?
Doug
September 8th, 2011
12:40 pm
Man, I feel so good about this game. Our D just manhandled Boise’s No. 1 rusher, stonewalled him to just 2.4 ypc, and he’s a much better runner than Lattimore. Our DB’s just shut down any long passes. And just shore up red zone defense, defense will be much better.
Offense will feature a whole lot of Charles & Mitchell, and Aaron White will play a lot fo TE. BOYKIN & sMITH & cRWEOLL WILL PLIT THE CARRIES ON OFFENSE, that’s a ton of playmakers.
Doug
September 8th, 2011
12:42 pm
South Carolina is a bad team. 4 to’s. Gave up 37 points on defense to a lousy unranked team. Lattimore continues his fumbling issues now for last 2 games. Garcia only completed 7 passes. If Garcia runs against this defense, look for him to be knocked out of the game with a shoulder injury early.
It is just a Game
September 8th, 2011
12:47 pm
If people spent more time reading their bibles and getting their priorities in line, then the nature of their comments would change. It is just a game. For some people their whole week and lives are centered around football. I played in college and enjoyed playing for a smaller school. Win or lose, fan’s in general don’t care about players. Those who excell they love to brag about them, those who struggle they talk about them as trash. That is huge turnoff. I believe the student body and fan’s should have been waiting in Athen’s when the bus arrived cheering on the team and supporting them. That is unconditional support. Also, every team has up’s and down’s and everyone want’s to bash an oppossing team, but doesn’t like the bashing in return. Think ahead and be considerate.
God Bless
TampaDawg
September 8th, 2011
12:49 pm
chickenman
September 8th, 2011
12:35 pm
everyone needs to back off the ledge…It is embarrasing to see.. I FOR ONE WILL BE THERE SAT IN MY BLACK AND RED and cannot wait to see everyone change their tune after georgia hunkers down and causes a visor throwing fest
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That is the funniest thing I have seen on here in a long time dude. Another person on here named chickenman was getting bashed on Tuesday .. not the same guy I take it?
Bill Lewis
September 8th, 2011
12:52 pm
EASY VICTORY FOR THE DAWGS THIS WEEK! The South Carolina reform school will play Garcia no matter what and lose!
1eyedJack
September 8th, 2011
12:53 pm
Chip, I’ve been a relatively good boy recently. Could you see about unblocking my home IP address? Everybody deserves a second chance, even the BullDawgs….and me.
TampaDawg
September 8th, 2011
12:53 pm
NCBF, I will take a coach throat slashing over run over recruiting and throwing players out like trash, committing known recruiting violations, and perpetuating horrible character for himself, his coaches and players any day
dawgfan
September 8th, 2011
12:53 pm
South Carolina is a very physical team. They have a good defensive line and a running back that handed us our ass on a silver platter last year as a true freshmen. He is apparently even bigger and stronger now. We just got pushed around by a team from Idaho. We could not block Boise’s defensive front and Kellen Moore had an eternity to throw the ball. If we are losing battles up front to Boise State how on God’s green earth are we going to win the battles up front against South Carolina a week later? What rabbit is Richt going to pull out of his hat to make this happen?
We are going to lose and potentially lose badly. Just calling it like I see it. I hope like hell I’m wrong.
Dave
September 8th, 2011
12:55 pm
I bleed red and black and love all things red and black, but I have run out of excuses for the play calling of Bobo. We simply couldn’t run between the tackles last week, but we just kept trying to. We need to run some sweeps out of the “I”, run creens, anything to get our speed out in space. I have a very bad feeling about this game, like we are going to get splattered on our home field. I hope I am bad wrong, but I don’t think I am.
Ogeechee Dawg
September 8th, 2011
12:57 pm
Nor sure what to say – except the obvious:
The UGA football program in no where near the elite of the college football world – and has quite a ways to go.
Last season’s 6-7 effort – the loss to a BAD Colorado team – the loss to to UCF – opening up the season and getting outplayed in all aspects of the game – and outcoached in all aspects of the game. Wow I never thought the program under coach Richt would be this bad.
The reality is – until we prove otherwise – we are a lower level SEC team – with the majority of the teams above us – and only a few below us.
Dogs Smell
September 8th, 2011
12:57 pm
Doug & Bill Lewis,
Did your parents produce any children that lived? You Homers talk as if uga is some power house. Over the past 2 1/2 years your team is 1-9 against ranked teams. Did you read that ? 1-9 . Make that 1-10 saturday.
TampaDawg
September 8th, 2011
1:02 pm
Hey Dogs Smell, you’re a UF fan right?
GT Joe
September 8th, 2011
1:09 pm
TampaDawg is alive!!! Haven’t heard from you since… well about 5 min. before kickoff vs. boise…
beanster
September 8th, 2011
1:13 pm
Dave, watch out for suggesting Bozo revert back to that damn screen he used to try — that never worked. Mainly because it (the call) was ALWAYS poorly timed. Sweeps, misdirection….anything out of the I that let’s Crowell get up to speed before getting the ball. Let Figgins get out in front and mow down the 1st LB and hopefully Isaiah can cut for 3 or 4. Maybe Orson could learn how to block instead of expecting Aaron to throw it to him every down.
TampaDawg
September 8th, 2011
1:14 pm
GT Joe, I have been on here Tuesday, Wednesday and today. Even a little on Monday. Haven’t seen you on here either though. How have ya been?
Nothing Could Be Finer
September 8th, 2011
1:20 pm
At first I thought this game was going to be close.
Now it looks like Carolina will win big.
Dogs Smell
September 8th, 2011
1:23 pm
SEC fan.
TampaDawg
September 8th, 2011
1:25 pm
Me too DogsS .. I am a UGA fan from the time I knew what a football looked like, but I love SEC football as a whole. I don’t think for a second that USCe will blow UGA out. UGA may not win, but I don’t think it will be close. Last year’s game at 17-6 (without AJ Green) was actually close too.
Jon
September 8th, 2011
1:25 pm
If GA actually comes out playing penalty-free to a greater extent… and actually hits hard rather than doing their patented Ole’ style arm tackles… I will consider it progress. Boy, how low we now have to stoop to judge this program!
Bigdsel
September 8th, 2011
1:32 pm
As long as we play better than east Carolina, we have a chance
Mtn Dawg
September 8th, 2011
1:34 pm
@MtnDawg – Man, you need to change your handle. I was here first.
John
September 8th, 2011
1:36 pm
Steve Spurrier is so evil, I think he will blow this game just to keep CMR & Bobo the coaches at Georgia….he’s that evil!!
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 8th, 2011
1:40 pm
I have a 4th play Bobo can add to his 3 plays
I-formation with Figgens leading the blocking
azdawg
September 8th, 2011
1:45 pm
Dave
September 8th, 2011
12:55 pm
Dave, ditto. The def couldn’t stop Lattimore last year and from what we all saw last w/e vs Boise how are we supposed to believe the def will stop Lattimore and garcia this year. Its the same horse just a different color. Garcia may not be a Kellen Moore but good enough to give our DC fits trying to cover SC receivers. I have a terrible feeling this game will be over before it gets started. GA is not in game shape as everyone thought it would be plus too many starters are dinged or out which makes the task of matching up w/SC that much more difficult. Only way GA wins this game is for SC to turn the ball over and we score some def TD’s or get the ball in their red zone and punch it in. Must keep lattimore on the bench. Straight up and we have little chance of beating SC and the old ball coach. Our coaches don’t even factor in this game as they have lost the art of winning.
SEC Fan
September 8th, 2011
1:48 pm
Who knows? Maybe Spurrier will do the UGA fanbase a favor and end the controversy about Richt’s future once and for all.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 8th, 2011
1:55 pm
I have another play to add to Bobo’s 3 plays
Crossing pattern over the middle to one of great TE’s
Dawg1
September 8th, 2011
1:56 pm
Forget football…..we have a championship gymnastics team!
P.S. No way in Athens….I mean hell (same thing really) UGA pulls this one off
reebok
September 8th, 2011
1:57 pm
South Carolina is just as talented as Georgia now, and in terms of coaching…Spurrier or Richt? C’mon…that’s not a contest. PLUS, Georgia BRILLIANTLY published their offensive game plan earlier this week…great move!
BullDogMike
September 8th, 2011
2:01 pm
Who the Sam He*l told CMR that Samuels was a running back ?
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 8th, 2011
2:08 pm
BullDogMike
I remember a few weeks ago there were a huge amount of Kool-aid drinkers on here thinking Samuels will be a great RB and since he gained weight he would be awesome
I kept saying Coach Richt was wrong in putting him there and his incopotence in coaching will cost this kid a possible career as a defensive player
Nothing Could Be Finer
September 8th, 2011
2:10 pm
Now, the Samuels move to RB is haunting due to the loss of Ogletree at LB.
Its like a dog chasing its tail.
Willy
September 8th, 2011
2:11 pm
LOL – Not sure we are can play better than East Carolina!
BullDogMike
September 8th, 2011
2:13 pm
Flat Tire, this was my thinking exactly. Samuaels was a two way player in High School, but he was steller at LB, just above avg. at RB.
Spike
September 8th, 2011
2:15 pm
Too all you Tech boobs on here, Richt owns you guys.
JB
September 8th, 2011
2:17 pm
If the offense can’t move the chains Saturday and our D has to go back out there( no depth by the way) every three minutes, Lattimore will be breaking off 10-15 yards runs by the middle of the second quarter. Bobo is telling us he’ll run the no huddle. Ok, that’s great if like Boise you’re moving it down the field. 3 plays and a punt takes about 21/2-3 minutes. God help our defense.
GrammarNaz
September 8th, 2011
2:19 pm
Hey Spike…..that’s “To” not “Too”
Nothing Could Be Finer
September 8th, 2011
2:19 pm
Not sure we are can play better than East Carolina!
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The East Carolina passing attack is actually more formidable than Ga’s.
DC Dawg
September 8th, 2011
2:20 pm
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DC Dawg
September 8th, 2011
2:20 pm
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DC Dawg
September 8th, 2011
2:21 pm
I have no idea how we even have a shot in this game after watching last week!
Bobo
September 8th, 2011
2:24 pm
With Bobo’s comments about what we are going to run, I hope he was kidding. This guy runs the offense just like we run this country. Hey lets change what works and try something that doesn’t for a CHANGE! It’s to bad that CMR will get fired because he allowed Bobo to take on the OC position. Since CMB has taken over we have gone straight down hill. UGA 17 USC 45!
Spike
September 8th, 2011
2:26 pm
GrammarNaz.. I stand corrected. To all you Tech boobs on here, Richt owns you guys.
BullDogMike
September 8th, 2011
2:28 pm
Besides being out coached again ( like usual ), my take on the SC game involves one question: How and who do we have that can block their Def. Ends ? Murray, I feel for you son……..
Fair and Balanced
September 8th, 2011
2:30 pm
As much as I am pulling for the Dogs, Ive lost confidence in the program. But Go Dogs!
sprouse27
September 8th, 2011
2:31 pm
We’ll see what happens but I’m not optimistic about South Carolina coming to town. CMR is going to feel that seat get blow torch hot if it’s a blowout and Spurrier is not one to miss a chance to stick a knife in UGA.
Nothing Could Be Finer
September 8th, 2011
2:31 pm
How and who do we have that can block their Def. Ends ? Murray, I feel for you son……..
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Gotta feeling that Murray will have to sit this game due to an unspecified “illness”
BullDogMike
September 8th, 2011
2:33 pm
Nothing………. I did hear there was some kind of “sackness” going around.
Nothing Could Be Finer
September 8th, 2011
2:35 pm
Coach, I’m not feeling too well. I think I’m coming down with a “sackness” I mean “illness”, yea.
I don’t think I should play.
-Murray
Jerry
September 8th, 2011
2:38 pm
Let’ see. The game is on saturday and not today. Think I will hold judgment until the game has been played.
I literally can’t stand fans who are GA fans one moment and haters the next. I wonder if all these negative postings are really from Ga fans or maybe, SC, FLA, or some other team fan?
Boise State right now could beat a lot of teams this would include a few from the Southeastern conference. They are ranked number 5, for reason. Georgia lost to a number 5 team by 14, what did some of these so-call top teams win by – one could surmise lesser teams in rankings? And did any of them struggle before winning?
Maybe, all of us GA fans should settled down although we all are deeply disappointed and can remember vividly the”Good Georgia teams” and the success they had. Let’s see how this season plays out. I’m sure like the fans the players and coaches are disappointed and some know the urgency of turning this program around and back to respectability,.If not, then I am confident that changes will be made. I can’t see where the University will accept this much longer as it is destroying the image of Georgia football.
Go Dawgs!!
Nothing Could Be Finer
September 8th, 2011
2:39 pm
The game is on saturday and not today.
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Bingo.
BoBo still has two more days to master that hurry up offense.
Dogs Smell
September 8th, 2011
2:45 pm
Boise State took a knee or it could have been worse. Dont look for USC to take a knee even if up by 40.
RedandBlackDAWG
September 8th, 2011
2:50 pm
Nothing could be finer,
Murray is twice the QB that both of your QB’s there put together. His problem is Bobo as is the defenses, offenses and probably even special teams. His play calling is what is making the whole team look bad all around, not Murray. The DAWGS did shut down the Boise running game for the most part, even though they were on the field, way too much, due to the ineptness of the OC play calling. You really need to win something beyond a east division title before you start thinking you are special. You should be able to beat the DAWGS with the coaching they are getting from Bobo, but your team is a long way from being on the top of the SEC.
GO DAWGS and GATA
Doh!
September 8th, 2011
2:50 pm
I just want to hear some passion… some giddy-up from CMR… anything… a pulse… a heartbeat… But knowing him, he’ll tell the team “we just need ta pray harder to our lord n’ savior – Jaysus Chraaast.”
Nothing Could Be Finer
September 8th, 2011
2:55 pm
Murray is twice the QB that both of your QB’s there put together.
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Yes, Murray is a tough little guy.
Was surprised he bounced back so quickly after that injury from playing soccer last spring.
Dogs Smell
September 8th, 2011
2:58 pm
RedandBlackDAWG , is Uga on top of the SEC?
Jon
September 8th, 2011
3:01 pm
I agree, RedNBlackDawg. What kind of recruiter saw something in Garcia?????
flatsdawg1
September 8th, 2011
3:02 pm
That team from Idaho is maybe the best team in the nation. South Carolina is a very solid team with proven playmakers and can beat you with good coaching. If we can somehow hold lattimore to 100 we have a chance. That is the key because he will run early and often and get stronger as the day goes on. That starts with the defensive front. If we can force garcia to throw he will make mistakes and we will win at home.It will be close and come down to Spurrier vs. Richt in the fourth quarter. We’ll see.
Nothing Could Be Finer
September 8th, 2011
3:03 pm
It will be close and come down to Spurrier vs. Richt in the fourth quarter.
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If thats the case, I’ll take Spurrier.
Really?
September 8th, 2011
3:10 pm
the D shut down the Boise RB? …Boise didn’t have to run the ball because they were getting 12 yards on every freakin’ pass. Unlike UGA coaches, they didn’t try to force what wasn’t working, but took what the D would give them…the underneath routes (just like last year).
Do we have an offensive playbook? I would have thought that after running this same offense for a decade, there might be a screen, a rollout, a 2 tight end set, a fullback blocking, three step drops, quick slants or some other way to take advantage or counter the pressure of the Boise D-line.
Maybe the Athletic Department should use some of that profit margin to buy the coaches the football game for the x-box to learn some new plays.
Pat Mc Groin
September 8th, 2011
3:11 pm
Hey Nothing Could Be Finer, doesn’t South Carolina have a paper you can blog on? I mean you act as though you’re a fan of a team that has won a national championship in the past…
Saw it on a shirt
September 8th, 2011
3:12 pm
Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.
14 games, 6 W's and 8 losses
September 8th, 2011
3:15 pm
Saw this in the Athens Banner, sounds like Richt sees the hand writing on the wall, even if said he doesn’t anything that going on. I do agree he doesn’t know what to about his football team.
The team went full pads again on Wednesday, but the results left Richt in a bad mood.
“I’m not sure it was good enough today to beat anybody,” Richt said.
bitter pickets charge
September 8th, 2011
3:16 pm
i truly understand how those rebs fet that fateful day in 1864 when there beloved leader
sent them across a mile and a half open field for a run into cannon ball and bullets
they loved general lee butt deep down they new death wasn’t far away—so they sewed there names
on the back of there shirts—————dawgs will this saturday have there names on the back of there
SHIRTS————————FACING A BEAT DOWN—–takes COURAGE young dawgs
————–JUST NEVER ——————————QUIT——————————make us proud!!!!!!
——————————————yours truly————-general LONGSTREET
Nothing Could Be Finer
September 8th, 2011
3:17 pm
“I’m not sure it was good enough today to beat anybody,” Richt said
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Richt just looks dog-tired.
Here is a video of that interview:
http://www.georgiadogs.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/090711aad.html
Rhall55
September 8th, 2011
3:18 pm
What must the Dawgs do is “Win, Baby, Win”!!! If not, this season is toast!! Will lose confidence, diminish attitude, and will hurt recruiting!!! The biggest game of CMR’s career; it’s do or die, now!!! “You Snooze, You Lose”!!!
Pat Mc Groin
September 8th, 2011
3:19 pm
They was one thang ferr listening to Lee – DUMB!
14 games, 6 W's and 8 losses
September 8th, 2011
3:27 pm
If you would stipulate that both teams have equal talent, then the dawgs have no chance. Spurrier against Richt is like Boise’s team-men against boys.
And as far as Gratham goes, someone said we must hold him under 100 yds. Gratham won’t hold him to under 100 yds. per half. That big fat slow nose will be on his back all night long.
We need an entire new coaching staff to instill some discipline!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LogicalUS
September 8th, 2011
3:32 pm
“,,, Kool-aid drinkers on here thinking Samuels will be a great RB:
I think the operative wording was a “bigger Lattimore with more speed”.
The beaners were not at all upset that he missed nearly the entire fall camp with injury, as he learned everything he needed to know about playing RB by being on the scout team defense last year.
Well he was still hurt Saturday and it is highly doubtful he will be fully ready this Saturday. That leaves Crowell, who was as predicted not ready to play Saturday night. He also missed alot of reps during fall camp. He missed a ton of assignments.
S'onlyFootball
September 8th, 2011
3:35 pm
I’m just glad we have a Coach who knows how to keep that in perspective. Mark’s a dawggone good guy. Anybody can coach, but few can pray like Coach Richt. We should give him an eternal contract extension. Think about it… As long as he’s coaching, then nobody can really give us any flak about losing games.
After all, it’s only football.
14 games, 6 W's and 8 losses
September 8th, 2011
3:37 pm
Finer
I checked out the video, couldn’t watch the whole thing-Richt just puts me to sleep. He must do the same to his players-they appear to be sleep-walking.
Only Richt could turn the “dream team” into a night mare.
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.
*************************************
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!
UGAer
September 8th, 2011
6:22 pm
GREAT ENTERTAINMENT! I love the racist DAWGS the best. I wonder if all those top coaches hear about this stuff? Meyer: go coach Georgia? “Sure but you have to deal with the nut case fan base and they are much worse than Florida”. “there’s not enough money they could offer me”. Stan, please take your pill and call the doctor, your ADHD is out control. Get your mom to drive you to the hospital if necessary. Thanks for the pick me up! Bless your heart!
Thogwummpy
September 8th, 2011
6:27 pm
Line play. Period. The Dawgs need to control the line of scrimage. Boise pushed our much larger players around like they were stuffed with feathers. This can NOT happen and expect a team to win in the SEC. Line coaches need to seriously get their poop in a group.
AltamahaDawg
September 8th, 2011
6:30 pm
It was, because the defense did very poorly at 07′ TN game and the offense punted its first & possessions, one blocked. Obviously there was a reason to critisize that…. everthing. And the folks that still supported the guys employed AT THE TIME and for ther rest of the season with games to play did so out of anything BUT blindness.
AltamahaDawg
September 8th, 2011
6:31 pm
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roughrider
September 8th, 2011
6:39 pm
I hope Richt has enough class to go ahead and resign at the end of this season.
FLA DAWG
September 8th, 2011
7:07 pm
In the (somewhat distant) past, when The Dawgs absolutely, positively HAD to win they almost always did.
In two days we find out for certain if there is anything left in the coaching staff that can pull out a victory against a very good South Carolina Team.
More and more fans are being sold on the notion the Boise State Game was not a true test of The Dawgs since BSU is rated 4 in the country. On the contrary, we found out that our Defense – you know, the one that was supposed to be vastly improved over last year and well schooled in the 3 – 4, gave up 35 points in the opening game to a team that had never beaten an SEC Team.
Saturday will depict the ultimate bottom when SC wins by 14 or more and our coaches will finally realize THEY are the problem and not the annual plethora of talent they were good at recruiting.
This is the end of what Dawg Nation believed to be the beginning of an era. On the other hand, it will be the beginning of what I believe will be a much more successful era (regrettably,post season).
bugsquacher
September 8th, 2011
7:11 pm
mcgarity…..practice these words……”YOU’RE FIRED”, they should come in handy after Saturdays game
Patrick
September 8th, 2011
7:13 pm
Richt, Bobo and Grantham have been doing something other than coaching. My guess is crack cocaine from what I saw this past Saturday. UGA will get waxed by USCe because they will face a team that is actually coached (a la Boise State). Bobo is a bozo and so is Richt for nodding his spray-tanned head with every idiotic offensive call that is made during the game. Hate to state it but the Dawgs go down hard.
Bobo Is Useless
September 8th, 2011
7:20 pm
The Dawgs need to do a better job at firing the clowns that currently occupy the coaching positions, and hire in a group that can:
1. Coach up this talented group of players so that they reach their potential.
2. Be innovative in their strategy and play-calling on both sides of the ball.
3. Make in-game adjustments when the other team adjusts to their initial game plan.
4. Instill the discipline in the players needed to play assignment football.
Until the Dawgs find a good coaching staff, they will continue to falter. Believe it or not, we haven’t seen the low point for Richt & his staff.
Bobo Is Useless
September 8th, 2011
7:20 pm
McGarity isn’t MAN ENOUGH to fire anyone.
NJ Dawg
September 8th, 2011
7:39 pm
@AltamahaDawg -
Lol, I use the word “blindly” once in my whole diatribe and that’s what you decided to focus on? Maybe that wasn’t the best word choice but ok bud. Take the words “just blindly” out and re-read my diatribe.
I just get tired of being labelled a “bad fan” because I’m critical of this coaching staff. They deserve every single ounce of criticism they’re getting right now. I still donated this year, I still bought a new UGA hat and and a few shirts before the season because I foolishly bought into this dream team and Richt’s fired up again total crap. Now I feel like I was tricked and lied to. I’ll always love and root for the Bulldogs no matter what but I don’t recall signing anything saying I couldn’t be critical of the coaching staff when they’re on a consistent 3-4 year downhill slide to mediocrity and I’m a part of footing the bill for it.
Actually in 2002 I didn’t have much criticism, I was pretty darn happy with 13-1 and they were a solid and disciplined team (with Donnan’s players, lol). In 2007, yes I had some criticism because I saw the beginnings of this downhill slide. Even though it was a good year, 2007 really was the first year I glaringly (my eyes were wide open) noticed the lack of discipline, lack of creativity on offense and other problems that have continued and only gotten worse. I didn’t have near as much criticism in 2007 as I do now. I was more just a little concerned about what I was seeing but yes, I’ll admit I had a little that year.
2007: 11-2
2008: 10-3
2009: 8-5
2010: 6-7
Please tell me I’m not the only one that sees a pattern that’s not so good here. As I said before, we can blow off steam and play armchair coach/AD on these comments and in blogs, forums…whatever, but the only real recourse we have as fans is to leave games early, not go to games and/or not donate and I just refuse to believe that people exercising those options to send a message are “bad fans”.
I hope like crazy that we beat SC and turn this thing around but the realist in me just doesn’t see how it’s going to happen under the current coaching staff. Too many of the same problems cropping up every year for the past 3-4 years that don’t seem capable of being corrected by CMR and company.
Xenophon
September 8th, 2011
7:41 pm
Win one for Jesus, Mark!
Leg Humping Mutts Stink
September 8th, 2011
7:50 pm
Flea bags lose by three touchdowns…..you can count on it……
Bobo Is Useless
September 8th, 2011
8:01 pm
3? That’s it? I’m looking at 48-13 for my Dawgs…and I hope it’s worse than that…whatever it takes for the administration to boot Richt & his staff to the curb.
Steve
September 8th, 2011
8:14 pm
In my opinion, the D showed signs of improvement from last season, but ONLY in the 1st half of the Boise game. They held Boise to 14 pts. in the 1st half and did a good job in making stops. Unfortunately, during the 2nd half, things went south and Boise had a field day. If the D can GATA against SC (all 4 quarters) like they did in the 1st half of Sat’s game, then I think they will be able to keep it competitive. The primary issue with this team is the offense and the O-line. Murray is not the issue, it’s the poor job that the O-line is doing. I don’t know how we can fix that in the short term, but here’s hoping that we will see a different team on Sat. On a side note, Malcolm Mitchell needs to see a lot of playing time this season. The kid is a play maker & I see him doing great things while at UGA. GO DAWGS!
Ron
September 8th, 2011
8:23 pm
What they must do to win. Either score more points that South Carolina OR cancel the game and schedule St. Mary’s School for Unwed Mothers. On 2nd thought, just cancel the game.
bleed gold and white
September 8th, 2011
8:45 pm
Do you really think UGA has a chance,you must be smoking CRACK.
Carolina wins an easy one 42-14. Focus on crying/whining for the next weeks game.
TW
September 8th, 2011
8:47 pm
Very much appreciate all of you humps who stood up for this failed coaching staff when we had a shot at getting rid of ‘em last year.
New OL coach – F
Grantham’s ability to adjust/pressure the QB – F
New Strength/Conditioning coach – F
New running game – F
Wasting another year of great talent in a sh!tty flag-football system – A+
Mark Richt – F – 3rd year in a row.
Fan base that fluffed CMR into another season – FFF!!!!!!!!!
You panzies who defended the head coach of this powder puff system are every bit as responsible for him turning our beloved Dawgs into the laughing stock of a team.
1. None of the top FIFTY high school teams in GA would trade their OC for Bobo.
2. EVERY other SEC coach takes what we have in the cupboard in Athens and wears. Boise ST out last Saturday night.
Still makes me want to puke.
I’ll always be a Dawg (52 years), but my Cardiologist ells me I need to leave them alone this year and follow the Falcons this year. Under Drs. orders, I will do so until Mark Richt is replaced.
Can’t do it anymore, boys. Just can’t do it anymore.
Just a Fan
September 8th, 2011
8:51 pm
I think UGA can definately win the game if they can play with the defensive intensity they started with in the Boise St. game. USC’s offense won’t be near as balanced and the qb play will be several notches below. They did just play against a Heisman candidate. Get Boykin maybe a 3-5 touches on offense, use Samuel mainly for blocking until he gets his legs and let Murray get out of pocket more and use his legs. I’ve seen Lattimore a few times and while he’s a good back, I don’t see him as a great back. He gets tough yards between the tackles but isn’t much of a breakaway threat. Make Garcia win the game if he can. It will be a close game. 24-20 UGA
YellowJacket
September 8th, 2011
8:57 pm
Good luck with that.
Bobo Is Useless
September 8th, 2011
8:58 pm
Gold & white….no matter how god-awful the Dawgs are this year, they will still stick a foot in the rear end of your Yellow Jackets.
Anyone that thinks this coaching staff has a glass of rose water’s chance in Mecca of being successful clearly knows nothing about the game of football. Do yourself, and the good fans around you a favor and find yourself a new sport to follow.
jake
September 8th, 2011
9:30 pm
I hope georgia wins …. i feel bad for the players and i hope they can turn the corner . however , the coaches need to look for another occupation ,,,maybe sell amway or buy a zaxbys franchise ….coach bobos play calling is illogical and any descent def.cord .will eat his lunch .
coach richt is a good man and i hope he can survive but it does not look good .
AltamahaDawg
September 8th, 2011
9:39 pm
NJ, if you added up ALL of the comments from Georgia fans over the years and picked out the one that accused anyone of not being a “real fan” for expressing any sort of legitimate dissatisfaction with certain outcomes, it would be what be be what???? .000009%. It probably about the same frequency as folks who claim that anyone not posting one negative post after another are the ones that caused the football team to fail in the first place, wouldn’t you say. And it WAY less than the folks who flatly call other names and insults, when they don’t go for the exaggerations and bashing that goes on in here.
You don’t seem like an irrational guy. You sound like a great dawg fan. Why would you feel so victimized by the folks who call out “bad fans”, when you know they weren’t talking to you in the first place?
And on the other , the reason I focused on the term “blindly” the word, I am pretty sure you know. The point was that now that you are no longer standing by and (insert whatever term) supporting this staff, what actual changes to your action will there be? As if you were somehow blindly supporting them 2 weeks ago, but not today. I’m sure you do want the “team” to win, and you still realize who is coaching them. Pretty much the same as yesterday, last week, 2002. Just found it odd to make such a declaration.
And of course you meant that anybody supporting this staff right now is doing so “blindly”. Which is pretty much as misplaced as calling somebody a “bad fan” is it not?
Mobile Dawg
September 8th, 2011
9:54 pm
NJ Dawg, I’ve tried to draw a picture for these guys but they don’t buy in. You are totally correct in you assessment of Richt winning with Donnan’s players. All the way to 2006, or 2007 as you pointed out. When you get down to the theory, or science of motivation, culture, whatever you want to call it, new people come in and will fit into the environment they are brought into. People will say Donnan’s players were gone in 2005, 2006. They were, but the new players being signed in 2003, 2004 were exposed, and learned from those that Donnan had recruited. It wasn’t until 2007 that the culture had been eroded to the point we were seeing cracks in the foundation. Now, we have no one on this team that has experienced the work ethic, the loyalty, the discipline, of the Donnan era players. Mark Richt came along a lot like Chuck Gruden, and won with someone elses players. His weakness has been that he himself isn’t capable of building an organization that can be successful. Pure and simple, he doesn’t have CEO qualities. As popular as he is with some, he will not turn this around, and he will be gone at the end of this year. He will continue to prosper in other areas.
Tater Tot
September 8th, 2011
10:00 pm
While i myself like others was not happy about this past weeks game i am still gonna support the Dawgs as i have for years. Now go out and jerk a knot in SC’s tail and do your daddy proud.
Slobberknocker
September 8th, 2011
10:34 pm
South Carolina’s defensive line will obliterate Georgia’s inexperienced O-line. This will force Murray to make some quick and rather hasty decisions that he ought not make or take more sacks. I would also anticipate some holding penalties that will be drive killers. As previously mentioned, Crowell is not the answer this year in the backfield, but will hopefully progress with more experience. Georgia’s defense will be sucking wind by halftime after the offense fails to move the ball downfield. This is going to be a repeat of the Boise game except that South Carolina will be able to both run the ball with Lattimore and pass the ball into open space when necessary. I really don’t think this game is going to be a close one. Carolina by three scores or more.
NJ Dawg
September 8th, 2011
10:53 pm
AltamahaDawg,
Lol, I don’t feel victimized at all. I have a bunch of buddies back in ATL that are kool aid drinking Richt lovers so they give me crap about being a bad or fairweather fan every time I have any little criticism for the coaching staff. Then I come on here and see more of the same. Was really just venting I suppose because I think the “bad fan” or “not a real fan” label that gets put on some of the people criticizing is unwarranted. I’m sure from reading my comments here it probably seems as if I’m some totally obsessed UGA fan that thinks about nothing else but in reality being a UGA fan doesn’t really take up very much of my time or energy. I definitely have much more important things to worry about.
If Richt is still the coach next season there will definitely be changes in my action. If Richt is still the coach next year I won’t be donating, I probably won’t buy any new gear and I definitely won’t be spending the money on plane tickets, hotels and game tickets to go to a few games like I normally do. As I’ve mentioned, that’s all I can really do as a fan to express my disapproval of the current situation. 2 weeks ago, before I saw the same old bs on the field I’ve been seeing for 3-4 years, I was a fool buying into the dream team and Richt being more excited and energized crap. Now I know better, I won’t be fooled again.
The “blindly” was simply a bad choice of words but I do feel that anyone still supporting this current coaching staff and thinking they can turn anything around must be as blind as a 200 year old albino cave bat.
DawgFan
September 8th, 2011
11:14 pm
Burn the red pants and get some jersey’s with the players name on them! The dogs have always been “silver britches”! They will play better if they feel good in their uniforms!
Chuck UGA
September 9th, 2011
12:05 am
Major doubts that UGA can win this one because of Mark Richt and Mike Bobo’s idea that UGA can run a no-huddle spread. This stupid idea will yield at least a couple of unexpected losses because when it fails (often), the D will be back on the field before it can catch it’s breath. How Richt thinks he can win in the SEC and save his job with this nonsense is shocking. Bobo is headed for high school football, we know that. It’s Richt who obviously has lost it. UGA has NEVER won anything or contended for the East unless they played D, ran the ball successfully and kept the ball away from the other team. I guess we can begin the process of speculating who the next coach will be at UGA. Even if UGA wins Saturday, they’ll get waxed by Mississippi State and lose again to Florida and probably either Auburn or Ga Tech. 8-4 at best this season.
YANKEE DAWG
September 9th, 2011
6:55 am
Spurrier proved this year he cares more about winning then anything else! What does Garcia have to do to get kicked off of team for good? Rape,murder????
AltamahaDawg
September 9th, 2011
8:02 am
Well If that makes you feel better, not to buy a new hat, we all do what we got to do. McGarity isn’t really taking that into account is my guess.
It occurs to me that what you really want is to be able to ignore anyone else’s take on it and just lable them, but you don’t think its fair if they do the same towards you. I’d say your friends probably are reacting more to you dismissing them as nothing more than “kool-aid drinkers” or “Richt Lovers” with no regards to thier actual motivations or perspectives, so they finally resorted to throwing you into some broad oversimplified categories too. I didn;t realize you were telling us about folks over there.
Personally, I have a very wide range of very passionate dawg fans pals, (of al opinions) and come into contact with a town full of them, and I never encounter what folks claim, “thier freinds” are likeor say, so I admit I don’t really know what’s thats like.
Slobberknocker
September 9th, 2011
9:01 am
Yankee Dawg: Thank goodness Spurrier cares about winning. When I hear comments like yours, it really leads me to believe you are jealous because obviously Richt doesn’t care about winning. Perhaps he should.
Jackson
September 9th, 2011
9:33 am
I don’t know guys. Yes we have the talent, but we are young and Boise was very experienced. Despite all our players trash talking, UGA backed down when they got punched in the face, instead of manning up, they whimpered off and took the whipping.
radly dawg
September 9th, 2011
10:25 am
Hey “Nothing Could Be Finer”…ova, as in O’fer One…or over!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All about me...
September 9th, 2011
10:45 am
Is the story true about Crowell and that other player not willing to give up the #1 jersey and therefore those 2 players can’t play on the same side of the ball?
NJ Dawg
September 9th, 2011
1:13 pm
AltamahaDawg,
You kill me dude. You must be one of those “devil’s advocate” guys that just likes to argue no matter what the debate is. McGarity may not care if I don’t buy a hat but he should care if my wife and I don’t donate for the first time in 12 years. We may not be up there with the biggest boosters but we give a pretty decent amount every year.
I’m not putting a label on anyone. Just simply saying don’t call me a bad fan for criticizing this awful coaching staff. I criticize because I care, I love the Dawgs and I don’t like what I’ve been seeing the past 3-4 years. There’s no need for you to read deeper into it, there’s no hidden or deeper meaning there. I don’t come at my buddies out of the gate with the “kool-aid drinker” or “Richt Lover” deal, that’s my response to them when they come at me with being a bad fan for criticizing.
NJ Dawg
September 9th, 2011
1:14 pm
All about me… –
Just another fine example of how Richt has lost control. Your the coach, man up and tell one of those dudes to change their number for crying out loud.
HardTruth Soldier Here>>>>
September 9th, 2011
1:25 pm
Blog nation, Listen week in and Week out we say what the Dawgs should, could, and if they “just would”. Folks there’s one thing that Basketball, Baseball, and Football have in common. Basic fundamentals, and less face it Georgia(the vast majority) is not playing sound fundamental football. Here’s a breakdown of what needs corrected. Lets start at QB: Aaron Murray on more than one occasion held the ball way to long, locks in on Charles a little to much as a result of being H.S. teammates, and isn’t being productive in the pocket. Receivers up next, T.King at times looks great, but that’s just it he isn’t consistent from game to game, and Marlon Brown seems to be at best a third receiver. It’s time to look at some freshmen, and someone please explain why Rantavious Wooten isn’t getting the ball in space? Next up our O-Line, this was perhaps the worst performance of all groups in the Boise game with Anderson getting two penalties on the first five plays, and our Tackles just got beat off the ball all night.Tight Ends looked good, although Bobo never seems to put them in two T.E. set’s enough. And finally on this side of the Ball, Richard Samuels is to stiff, Isiah seems to be the real deal, but why is “Boo Malcome” not getting one touch?Dawg fans, remember some back named Terrell Davis? point being give this guy some touches. Knowshon set down a year, and look at what he did.give this guy some touches. Now to our Defense, Somebody, anybody explain to me how to 6′4 + 350lb guys at nose tackle be handled so easy by a 5″11 285 nose center? Linebackers on run plays looked great,(J. Jones the real deal) but where was they on those short dump passes to the Tight Ends? Didn’t our to D Ends get recruited as D Tackles? Where was T.J. Stripling, Ray Drew, both highly recruited pure Defensive Ends? Believe it or not the secondary played great, I thought that Boise got a lot of short passes off and didn’t get away with the long ball to much. This week Richt must focus on play calling, pulling guys who under perform, and Grantham as got to make guys play with fire in that belly. South Carolina can be passed on, they stunk on D against ECU and Georgia can pull this off. Lets go Dawg Nation, because not only is Richt on the “HOT SEAT”, But this loss would cost a lot of no shows at Sanford Stadium this year.
TampaDawg
September 9th, 2011
2:04 pm
NJ Dawg, it’s hard to hear another fan talk about what has happened “the last 3-4 years” .. yes, last year was a disaster at 6-7. The year before was 8-5. Both of those years were with first year starters. But the year before that was 2008 and they had a 10 win season. And four years ago was 2007 and they won 11 games topped off by a BCS bowl game win. In fact, before the 8-5 2009 season, UGA had won 74 games over a 7 year span from 2002-2008. But back to back mediocre seasons and everyone thinks they’re a soon-to-be SEC coach themselves. Let this season play out!
AltamahaDawg
September 9th, 2011
3:55 pm
Well bingo. Are you new here?
And i get very well you not wanting to be called a bad fan. I think that’s silly thing to call anyone. Not even sure what bad fans means. A bad fan just doesnt care or watch if you ask me. …My point was I am POSITIVE that your pals are not “koolaid drinking Richt Lovers” anymore than you are a “bad fan”.
I think the reason you don;t understand why some folks are not as vocally upset is that if you will notice, there were a lot of us that were very measured in our reasonable expectations this summer. We don’t HAVE to declare all of a sudden we aren’t going to buy any more tickets, we knew when we bought them this year what the deal was.
You claim you bought into the hype of the dream team and a energetic coach, and not that they lost to BSU in miserable form , you no longer believe any of that.
I ,and quite a few in here, aren;t really as hype sensitive i suppose. And we don;t discard the bottom line so quick. STILL believe that was an awesome recruiting class bringing much needed talent but never expected they could transform a 6-7 team into a top 5 in a matter of weeks. When it didnt, i wasn;t as surprised. We STILL believe the staff put a lot more time in conditioning, but that was always a matter of degrees in the first place , not night and day. they should finish stronger in late game with the score on the line. We STILL believe that every single sports writer, player, friend, and outsider that covered the dawgs was correct in saying that the staff showed more urgency, and energy in the offseason. But it was never a magic formula. We KNOW the behaviour issues were down. So while we are completely disappointed that it didn’t show up better in game 1 out of 12 (and the toughest) I’df still rather they did. We expected a team to have a much more successful season. I think they will. The coach position will take take of itself.
(we also knew what the Oline was, and how thin we were at postions, and how freshman are normally not supermen).
NJ Dawg
September 9th, 2011
3:58 pm
TampaDawg,
And how many first year starters do we have this year? Quite a few. Why do we have 3 years in a row of “first year starters”? That doesn’t seem to make sense. I realize we had a good record in ‘07 and ‘08 but ‘07 was the first year I started noticing the glaring lack of discipline, lack of fundamentals, lack of creativity, etc., etc. All of the problems I started noticing in ‘07 have just gotten worse every year. Besides, you can thank Stafford and Moreno for the records in ‘07 and ‘08, without those 2 the records probably would have been more akin to last season and the ‘09 season.
I’m not claiming to be a soon-to-be SEC coach but gimme a break. You don’t have to be a coach or football expert to see the problems. It’s pretty sad when your 12 year old nephew that’s never played a lick of football in his life keeps asking you “Why do they keep running up the middle over and over when it never works?” and “Why do they get so many penalties?” and “why can’t they tackle anyone?” and “Why can’t they block anyone?”
NJ Dawg
September 9th, 2011
4:08 pm
AltamahaDawg,
Lol, I guess I am kind of new here. Been lurking for years but usually just keep my opinions to myself. I guess I’m experiencing a lack of UGA comradery (kind of funny that AJC’s spellcheck thinks comradery is spelled wrong or not a word, lol) and UGA discussion up here in Jersey so thought I’d jump in here.
I wasn’t expecting us to go from last year to a title contender this year or anything and although I was hoping, I realistically wasn’t really expecting a win over Boise either. I was however expecting to see a much more disciplined, stronger and fundamentally sound team against Boise. What I saw was the opposite and they looked even worse than they did against UCF in the bowl game.
Oh, and I’m not discarding the bottom line. The bottom line here in my humble opinion is that the current coaching staff has no clue what the f they’re doing. I just can’t think of any other explanation for how we consistently get so much talent but don’t do anything with it under the current regime.
Valdosta Cat
September 9th, 2011
6:46 pm
Nothing could be finer than to see the Dawgs put a muzzel on that mouth of you carolina fans
Joe
September 9th, 2011
10:35 pm
Wow, If Georgia wins what will you write about?
Otis My Man
September 10th, 2011
1:09 am
Our coaches need to let our “players play” we have been coaching down some of the best talent in the country for years! We need to just let them play ball. Dawgs win 31-17
rabid dawg
September 10th, 2011
1:21 am
A loss to SCar would mean Ga must either win the east or go 9-2 the rest of the way for Richt to keep his job. Why you ask?….because a 5 loss season wont cut it and if you believe it will….I got an outdoor snow ski resort in Florida that I want to sell you. So Richt….spin that any way you want to spin it!
sonny
September 10th, 2011
9:08 am
To sum it all up: Erk Russell could have never worked under Mark Richt!!! Now Dog fans what does that tell ya? Need anyone say more????
Michael
September 10th, 2011
9:22 am
Hope they win but I knew when M.R. glossed over the offensive line this year we were in trouble.
I hope it is not an embarrassing Blowout. I don’t how it’s come off the rails but M.R. just can’t to prepare a Ga. Football team anymore. I hope my concerns are proven invalid.
Badland Dawg
September 10th, 2011
11:15 am
Ga should hire John Gruden as head coach and let him tear it up!!!!!! he will turn them into MEM fast…………….
Badland Dawg
September 10th, 2011
11:41 am
COACH…. Erk Russell…. BEST GA.COACH GA EVER HAD BAR NUNE NO BODY WAS BETTER…..NO BODY