UGA linebacker Robinson out ‘at least’ two weeks, plus other updates
Another week, another injury to a key Georgia linebacker.
Christian Robinson will miss “at least a couple” of games with a foot injury sustained in Saturday’s loss to South Carolina, UGA coach Mark Richt said Sunday.
The injury, coming one week after Alec Ogletree suffered a broken foot in the season opener, leaves Georgia (0-2, 0-1 SEC) without both of its starting inside linebackers.
Compounding the problem, inside linebacker was probably the thinnest position area on Georgia’s defense and the one at which the team was least equipped to withstand injuries.
“We’ve definitely got a challenge at the linebacker position right now,” Richt said.
Ogletree, who underwent surgery last week, is expected to be sidelined for up to six weeks. Richt did not have medical details on Robinson’s injury — he suggested it might involve a hairline fracture — but said it is not as severe as Ogletree’s.
The first names Richt mentioned as candidates to fill in for Robinson in the next two games — Saturday at home against Coastal Carolina and Sept. 24 at Ole Miss — are from the same trio that competed last week for Ogletree’s spot: junior Michael Gilliard, freshman Amarlo Herrera and senior walk-on Jeremy Sulek. Herrera started against South Carolina, but all three played.
Richt suggested that freshman Ramik Wilson or perhaps Chase Vasser might shift from outside linebacker to get some work at the depleted inside position. Moving Richard Samuel back from tailback to linebacker, or moving Jarvis Jones from outside linebacker to inside, are not wise options at this point, Richt said.
“You might weaken two spots if you take Jarvis away from what he’s doing and put him inside,” Richt said.
Robinson’s position is the on-field leader of Georgia’s defense, and “somebody is going to have to really get in there and be able to handle a lot of the communication issues,” Richt said.
Robinson, a junior, had a team-leading eight tackles Saturday before being injured late in the game. He was unable to play on the Bulldogs’ final defensive series. He was in the locker room afterward with a bag of ice on his left foot.
Among other topics Richt discussed Sunday:
- Although left guard Kenarious Gates is expected to play this week after missing the South Carolina game with an injured ankle, he “is going to have to compete to get back in the starting lineup,” Richt said. That’s because of a strong performance by Dallas Lee in his first collegiate start Saturday. Right guard Chris Burnette also played well against the Gamecocks after he “quite frankly didn’t play all that well in the first game,” Richt said.
- After reviewing film of Isaiah Crowell’s costly third-quarter fumble, which led to a South Carolina touchdown, Richt indicated the freshman tailback might have taken too much responsibility when he said after the game the botched handoff was entirely his fault. Quarterback Aaron Murray was “hobbling” from a hit on the preceding play and “didn’t bring the ball as deep as he normally would,” Richt said. “Isaiah should have been more patient, but certainly the timing in my opinion was different because of Murray hobbling back there instead of really sprinting.”
- Although tight end Orson Charles did not catch a pass Saturday, he “had his very best game as a blocker,” according to Richt. “Run blocking, pass protecting –- I don’t think I’ve seen him play with that kind of intensity.”
- Richt liked what he saw from the wide receivers. “You see Malcolm [Mitchell] coming on and Michael Bennett having a big day and making some plays. I think we have at least six guys who can make plays out there. I’m encouraged, definitely.”
– Tim Tucker, UGA blog
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AJC ALERT!!!!!!!!!
September 12th, 2011
1:25 pm
This is clearly an injury report! You are going to let the trolls come out and attack kids that are injuried? REALLY?
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TampaDawg
September 12th, 2011
1:26 pm
Thomas Brown does this not sink in? First, here is the quote from Richt on the fumble: “Quarterback Aaron Murray was “hobbling” from a hit on the preceding play and “didn’t bring the ball as deep as he normally would,” Richt said. “Isaiah should have been more patient, but certainly the timing in my opinion was different because of Murray hobbling back there instead of really sprinting.”
No where in there does it say, “Yep it was all Aaron Murray’s fault”. Second, he was, again, NOT there in 2008. He graduated from high school early by finishing out at Plant in December of 2008. Sooo, can’t be at UGA then when you are working to graduate early. He was on campus early in 2009 for camps before national signing day. 2009, 2010 and most of 2011.
I believe he shoulders most of the blame for USCe, but not for so many of the other losses the last year plus.
As for that last little goofy line “You have not got 1 right yet. Game over.”, you need to get over yourself. I list 10 false statements in your post and you come back with 4 rebuttals, 2 didn’t make sense and 2 others were still FLAT WRONG.
Dogs Smell
September 12th, 2011
1:27 pm
TampaDawg – You’re obviously as stupid as you write. My team is clear. As far as UT oh Ok. You never have stated if you have ever been to Athens on a weekday?
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September 12th, 2011
1:27 pm
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September 12th, 2011
1:29 pm
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September 12th, 2011
1:30 pm
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He Hate Gator
September 12th, 2011
1:34 pm
Don’t understand the support for Richt because the dogs “looked good” in losing……they still lost and are 0-2. Auburn is 2-0 but good very well be 0-2 as well, but winning teams find a way to win, while losing teams find ways to lose…clock management, time out management, FG vs TD management, special teams, time spent on field by both offense and defense,…it all adds up to setting yourself up to win or to lose….and we doing the latter, which is not the fault of the players….
junkyarddawg
September 12th, 2011
1:36 pm
All you pretend dogs and anyone who’s screen name contains a reference to any school other than The University of Georgia – go to your own blog and quit clogging this one up!
Real DAWGS do NOT boo, we BARK!
10-2 BCS Bound
TampaDawg
September 12th, 2011
1:39 pm
Wow, they guy with no real reasons for the Aaron Murray bash tells someone else to grow up (despite typing like a 10 year old). Anyway, can’t blame Murray for 2009 scooter. And by just throwing out the loss to a team as proving that the other team’s QB is better is not only ignorant but it again proves that your football knowledge is minimal at best. Try again.
Rodney King
September 12th, 2011
1:40 pm
Can’t we all just get along?
TampaDawg
September 12th, 2011
1:44 pm
Dogs Smell, I think you and I are done with this rant. You haven’t made a point yet. You take personal shots at people talking about how they write and not being able to read.. You come on here just to take shots at the team the blog is about but assume everyone knows who your team is (I can guess either UF or GT, but UF? Well, lately their fans on here have been much more classy than that). We will just continue to let you and your little brother Thomas Brown on here keep posting, and we will keep laughing.
Charlie Hayes
September 12th, 2011
1:51 pm
@ TampaDawg,
Justin Wesley-Scott is earmarked as a WR. However, he is big, physical and fast. They are considering redshirting him due to the depth at WR. I wish they would give him the ball in the backfield (or some HB screens) and he will compliment Crowell in the running game. Why not try him out and see how it works? For that matter, play Nick Marshall some as well on O in the backfield. CMR needs to open-up all options to compliment Crowell and move Samuels back to D where we have a major hole now with both ILBs out.
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
September 12th, 2011
1:52 pm
Richt is terrible with his roster management!!! He signs one good player and signs that players best friend in order to get the good player. Try greyshirts Mark because everyone your punk Rodney Garner signs will not make it.
Thogwummpy
September 12th, 2011
1:53 pm
Fact is, if not for the turnovers (and fake punt that scored), Dawgs would have beat USC by 3-4 touchdowns. Can blame Richt for a number of things…but those turnovers were just the fortunes of war so to speak. UGA isn’t a good team right now, but as a work in process…it was better than week one. That said, CMR needs 8 wins to keep his job. And can’t lose to Tech this year.
BIGMIKE
September 12th, 2011
1:58 pm
Let me remind some of you geniuses out there calling for Mark Richts head:
What we got 10 years ago, after a couple of longwinded failed attempts at aquiring a worthy head coach, is an untested offensive coordinator out of FLA ST that managed to win two SEC Championships and compete for a few more in addition to taking us to the brink of a National Championship.
Along the way he….by his own admission…. made some mistakes. Like the defensive coordinator change after losing Van Gorder, which was a biggie. There were other factors in his recent inefficiency like a less than adequate Athletic Director….the university saw fit to Fire Dooley….remember? And replaced him with a philandering drunk that didn’t provide much support. And his wife’s battle with cancer…if you don’t think that will effect a man’s focus…you need to walk a mile in those shoes (God Forbid).
SO WHAT! ………Those aren’t excuses…they are lessons and a man grows from them. He is a better football coach for it. Richt is and always has been a top notch football coach…he didn’t suddenly become inept. Bowden won Championships with him and we won Championships with. He will go on winning Championships whether its with UGA or some other school. So be careful what you wish for….cause if you push hard enough it just might become reality. Then what? Another round of “will the real Bulldog Coach please stand up”? We could get extremely lucky and land a good one the first time or it could destroy the program for years cause no sane coach would want a job where the fans turn a coach that just took them to wonderland for 6 years and had a down swing during a rebuilding phase.
These guys lose by 14 points to the number 4 team (and I believe eventual #1) in the nation and 3 points to the number 11 team in the nation and you want to rid the University of it’s most successful coach in decades. BRILLIANT! Did any of you really think this young team would step off the bus in August and be streamlined with no kinks ready for a run at the National Championship. That will happen next year or with a little help from some other teams possibly this year…remember LSU? By the end of the year, this team will be the class of the SEC
That’s why “FANS” don’t make decisions….Look what happen to Jacksonville when they dumped Coughlin, mainly due to the negative Fan Support and call for his head during a rebuilding stretch that brought more than the accustomed number of losses….Moreover, look what Coughlin accomplished within a few years of being fired from Jacksonville (SUPER BOWL CHAMPION and perennial Contender) while Del Rio had a few relatively successful seasons with the talent Coughlin had amassed prior to his departure. But Del Rio isn’t near the coach Coughlin was.
And let’s not forget what firing Fulmer did for the Great State of Tennessee.. Fulmer was rebuilding and was close….now they are still rebuilding and will be until their FANS understand the game. How about UGA/TECH FANS. When will you all understand what makes this college sport tick. What you say now will effect not just the players of today, but the players of tomorrow as well and you will only have yourselves to blame.
Go ahead and get rid of CMR and be prepared for the mediocrity that follows. If winning the SEC was as easy as getting a new coach, then there would be 11 new coaches in the SEC every year. The fabulous Saban that everyone refers to when denigrating Richt is done for a while. What should Alabama do when they don’t win next year….Fire him!??
willieg vs hershel walker in fundraising
September 12th, 2011
1:59 pm
the guy nan=med dwayne at the top fire richt get smart look idiot and you are one SMART has FOOTBALL PLAYERS 5 STAR UNTIL THIS YEAR GA HAS 3 STAR PLAYERS WE DONT NEED sssssmart we need 5 star football players at uga get it 5 star you peole need to tied to apine tree and get beat to death talking about firing richt .
TampaDawg
September 12th, 2011
2:00 pm
Hey Charley, I can see that, he’s young but speed is speed. Can’t hurt I guess right? But I just thought I heard that they already decided to red shirt him. Scott-Wesley would be useful if they do decide to move Samuel back to LB.
willieg vs hershel walker in fundraising
September 12th, 2011
2:01 pm
UGA WILL FINISH 9-4 COUNTING BOWL GAME THEY WILL LOSE TO TENNESSEE AND FLORIDA AND BEAT EVERYONE ELSE., INCLUDING GEORGIA TECH
bethlehemdawg
September 12th, 2011
2:01 pm
Here we go again the UFA fair weather faithful trying to tell a coach who does this for.living how to do his job and they have absolutely no clue. First moving Samuel back to linebacker is stupid. By the time he relearns the position you have both your starters back, and their backups have been perfectly capable replacements. Lack of depth many times just means lack of experience not lack of skill. Second just because a guy is a walk on doesn’t mean he isn’t good enough to play or start. Not all schools are recruited equally. Just ask probowler clay Matthews. Third Samuel should still be starting at tailback. He had a good game also. It seemed like everytime he carried the ball the radio announcers were talking about him moving the pile. I had to listen to the game because I was driving home from preaching out of town. Crowell is still missing assignments. We need the experience to start. Plus a team needs two good backs. Ken malcome is 5th on the depth chart behind a Samuel, crowell, Thomas,and Harton; he may never carry the ball at UGA. Lastly we lost the game because of turnovers. That’s not coaching. They can’t go out there and throw the ball or hold the ball for them the players have to do that themselves. We can’t get outscored 21-3 on turnovers and win. The defense played well we just need to hold on to the ball, and take advantage of turnovers when we get the. So far this year we have 3 ponts off of 4 turnovers. Hold on to the ball and stop the fake punt and UGA dominated SC. Do the math that is about 28 points. Saying we don’t score on any of those it is 42 to 17. Coach Richt clearly out coached one of college footballs greatest coaches. Even spurrior admitted it. The difference is spurriors play makers made plays when they needed to
willieg vs hershel walker in fundraising
September 12th, 2011
2:04 pm
LOOK ALL 5 STAR PLAYERS COME TO UGA TO GET A QUALITY EDUCATION AND MARK RICHT WILL LEAD YOU TO THE PROMIS ELAND OF NFL AFTER 4 YEARS HERE.
Sea Dawg
September 12th, 2011
2:09 pm
OK, Ok, I’ve been chastised for hanging all 45 points on the defense and yes, I’m big enough to admit I was wrong. It’s just my frustration that we rarely put ANY pressure on the opposing QB and get picked apart with the short pass. (Although we sometimes do a better job in deep coverage). I’m still not a fan of the 3-4, and like others on this blog, think we would be much better off running a 4-3.
Charlie Hayes
September 12th, 2011
2:11 pm
@ BIGMIKE,
Fans like you are the reason that we will not win a National Championship any time soon.
- LSU hires Nick Saban and wins a NC.
- UF hires Urban Myer and wins a NC. (2 actually)
- LSU hires a Les Miles and wins a NC.
- Bama hires Nick Saban and wins a NC.
- AU hires Gene Chizack and wins a NC.
Your right. Hiring a new coach will never help. Moran! Just sit around and give CMR another ten (10) years to figure this thing out is your strategy……History repeats itself. We let Dooley stay way to long always pointing at the one NC he brought to UGA. Then they made horrible decisions in hiring Goof and Donnan. Pull the train or get the h3ll off the tracks!
UF will be right back in NC contention within the next two years after the bold moves they made hiring Muschamp/Weiss. Where will UGA be at that time? Crying about the schedule, injuries, etc, etc, etc….
Bob
September 12th, 2011
2:14 pm
How does using the same predictable approach to the game eventually work out? Just ask Lloyd Carr, Bobby Bowden, Phil Fulmer, et al.
Future Coach Search Update
September 12th, 2011
2:38 pm
Dan Mullen is 0-9 versus SEC West teams not named Ole Miss
Kirby Smart has 8 of the top 150 projected NFL players on his defense
Chris Peterson has never had a 5 star recruit
JB
September 12th, 2011
2:42 pm
Charlie Hayes @2:11……….That is great post my friend. I do not understand some Dawg fans watching the beginning of the fourth year slide gathering around the fireplace waiting on Santa. He ain’t coming.
truedawg
September 12th, 2011
2:45 pm
wow, The offense puts up big numbers and you still hate Bobo??!! The defense still couldn’t stop Lattimore. The offense turned the ball over too much. Neither is Bobo’s fault. If we don’t turn the ball over, and Walsh doesn’t miss, Dawgs win this past Saturday!! Who is all football can coach Walsh?? he’s human, but still the best!! Muraay had a great day, but still human. Our problems come down to execution. but this week looked loads better. We need more linemen. until next year, we are stuck with what we have. I believe we can still go 10-3 and still can even play for SEC title. but yeah move RS back to ILB now!
JB
September 12th, 2011
2:47 pm
coach Search update………….Mullen ain’t ever had a field as green as Georgia to recruit from and the Florida folks say he was very important to their TWO NATIONAL TITLES in five years. Kirby has NOT HAD A CHANCE to coach ONE game as head coach. He;s been around Saban and knows what it looks and sounds and taste like.Bash Saban all you want to, but he’s running out of room on his hands for rings.
bruce mac
September 12th, 2011
2:55 pm
Turn out the lights, the parties over. They say that all good things must end.
TampaDawg
September 12th, 2011
2:56 pm
JB, what is the fourth year slide? 2009, 2010 yes, but this year is two games old. 2008 was a 10 win season.
JR
September 12th, 2011
3:08 pm
FACTS: Mark Richt is tied for the position of the #7 of the most highly paid coaches in Div. 1 with Gene Chizik. The only other one on the list that has not won a national championship is Bobby Petrino. He makes about twice what Steve Spurrier currently makes.
For those that think that UGA is not an elite program, how many other programs could afford to pay this? Not many. And for that investment, a return is expected. A consistent slide to losing or even multiple loss seasons is not acceptable for many programs, and UGA is no different. Alumni and fans who contribute that kind of dough are not delusional to expect the program to compete nationally on a fairly regular basis. I think for fans of other programs in these sorts of forums it is a way to express both concern about the future, and jealousy that a program like Georgia can and will be able to get a top tier coach.
I don’t understand the example of Tennessee that has been repeated over and over the last couple of weeks. Fulmer’s situation is very similar to that of Richt. But Tennessee thought they had hired the coach of the future in Lane Kiffin and thenonly hired Derek Dooley last year. That is not really a steady decline that can be attributed to hiring a worse coach than Fullmer and that somehow Tennessee should have kept him because of the program being left in a rough spot after Kiffin left in the middle of the night.
TampaDawg
September 12th, 2011
3:22 pm
First, calling someone a moron (or moran in Charlie Hayes’ example) for sharing an opinion backed by a few facts isn’t cool at all. BIGMIKE makes some great points also.
The Tennesse example is a valid one. Fulmer brings UT from obscurity to a national title, then has some decline for a couple of years and out he goes. Welcome back to obscurity UT!
Changing coaches doesn’t always prove to bring a title. Petrino was brought in and had a big time QB and it got them not much more than what they had (expensive price too).
The Chiczik thing is a bad example because that was more a case of Cam Newton (being brought in after getting kicked out of UF btw) winning than Chiczik coaching.
Saban is just Saban. The guy could flat out coach. Not a fan of his but he is good at what he does. USCe brought in Spurrier and they have yet to have less than 5 losses in a season.
Goff and Donnan took us to absolute mediocrity. I would say Richt has far exceeded that with six 10 win seasons and 2 SEC titles. Let him try to coach through it. It’s not like he has had a string of losing seasons. He has had ONE! The year before was 8-5. Let’s at least let this season play out before the many experts on here pile on to the fire CMR bandwagon.
JB
September 12th, 2011
3:24 pm
Dat True Tampa, it just feels that long. The team could win out and make us all look bad
JB
September 12th, 2011
3:26 pm
Dooley walked into a mess. The roster was in shambles. If Richt leaves UGA, the new guy will at least have something to work with.
Smart Dawg
September 12th, 2011
3:36 pm
It is time to stop the bickering…I say we keep CMR, but lets be real……since the SEC wants to go to a 16 team power conferenence…lets go here….Texas A&M makes 13..
lets move the weak sisters:
Vanderbilt
Kentucky and
Georgia out
and move in
Florida State
Virginia Tech and
Clemson
This make a real footbal conference, and also the Bulldogs should be able to compete in footbal again
Oldfartdawg
September 12th, 2011
3:41 pm
Folks, Ga Bulldogs are on the way to be better than you expect…at least better than GT anyway.
This is not the end of Georgia football traditions man….
UGA Insider
September 12th, 2011
3:42 pm
The only question I have at this point is McGarity going to let him finish the season? Peterson is the guy without a doubt. He is only making $900k at Boise and they are about to get hit with NCAA probation. After he gets them to the MNCG he is going to be ready to leave. UGA makes perfect sense and can pay him the $3-$4mil he wants. His stock will NEVER be higher. He will be the next permanent HC at UGA. The interim coach will be Todd Grantham.
Rhall55
September 12th, 2011
3:43 pm
I agree w/ Chuck!! CMR has mismanaged the 85 schollies horribly!! CMR gets a “D-” on managing the 85 limit!! A “F” so far on 2012 in-state commitments; a “F” on keeping inferior coaches; a “F” on in-game mistakes; what the heck is going on there??? Just “Win, Baby, Win”!!! “You Snooze, You Lose”!!!
JB
September 12th, 2011
3:57 pm
would love to Bill Cowher coaching these Dawgs…..But he would be arrested for killing 2 or 3 of them.
JB
September 12th, 2011
4:01 pm
Insider, I don’t think Peterson would come and I don’t think he’ll get a call. If he leaves, look for a Pac 10 upgrade for him like UCLA for 4 mil per year. I don’t think he wants anything to do with southern football.
The Equalizer
September 12th, 2011
4:06 pm
Fire Richt. Get it over with before the festering wound stinks everybody out of the room. Also a good idea to remove UGA from the SEC along with Vandy. Add Texas A&M and Florida State. Then you’ve got a real conference. Right now the bullfrogs are just stinking up the joint while a lot of their delusional fans keep chanting “We’re gettin to be number one!” Showin improvement every game.” Come 2015 we’ll almost be there!” Any wonder why GA is considered to have the most delusional fan base in the entire country? UGA -number 48 and falling yet still over rated.
TampaDawg
September 12th, 2011
4:07 pm
lol JB .. Still pulling for CMR to pull this through, but Cowher would be fun to watch over there. He already looks like UGA. I don’t think too many of the former NFL guys would want to go to the college level just from the angle of having to recruit talent.
JR
September 12th, 2011
4:15 pm
It was more than a couple of years of decline for Phil Fulmer. I don’t know how old you are Tampa Dawg, but Tennessee was not obscure when Fullmer took over for Johnny Majors. The same thing happened. Majors was highly successful at Pitt (won a national championship) and had Tennessee vying for MNC every year through 1990. He won the SEC 3 times, which is one more than Fullmer. He was runner-up for the Heisman trophy to Paul Hornung in 1956 as a player. His resume was very similar to Steve Spurrier’s until he somehow started to decline. It happens. Coaches’ effectiveness as far as scheme and other factors decline and change is often a breath of fresh air to a program if the right guy comes in. I personally think that Tennessee made a poor choice in Kiffin and waited too long in making a change so that recruiting was greatly affected. You are right in the sense that UGA could do worse if they try to hire a guy based solely on a playing history with the school like Goff as opposed to not worrying so much about where the guy played or how good he was as a player, but what his track record is as a coach IN RECENT YEARS. I think in the long run
Tennessee still made a wise choice, and I think most of their fans would agree. Tennessee should not accept mediocrity and neither should Georgia for $3.5 million a year. Chizik still hired Malzahn, got Newton to come to Auburn, and I think his team likes playing for him. Look to Saturday’s performance for that.
Excuse Me
September 12th, 2011
4:16 pm
If it weren’t for the fumbles, interceptions and missed blocks, we would have beaten South Carolina.
How can you blame any of that on the coaches or the players? That’s just the way the football bounces.
As for the first game, I don’t think anyone could beat Boise State — they’re just that good. We can’t afford to fire our coach while we’re right on the verge of greatness. Have some patience people! We can still go 10 and 2!
alumnidawg
September 12th, 2011
4:18 pm
Keep the vision macro, not micro. VAST improvement Game 1 to Game 2. CMR is a long-term visionary and we WILL stay behind him. Once a Dawg, always a Dawg. Enough with the snap judgements and statistic bending. CMR IS GEORGIA!
Smart Dawg
September 12th, 2011
4:25 pm
If it weren’t for the fumbles, interceptions and missed blocks, we would have beaten South Carolina.
If Boise had just missed their plane.
If Central Florida had missed their bus last year…
If Florida gets food poisoning every year
If if if if if if if if if if if if if if if
if
ifs and buts were candy and nuts we all would have a merry christmas!
Every year we keep hearing about a top notch recruiting class…….
Every year we hear about expectations of a top 10 program ….
Every year it seems we get a huge let down……
I for one have about grown tired of it…….
At least I know in my heart that next week I will see a score of 70 to 0 in our favor…..right? right?…almost right?
maybe?
JR
September 12th, 2011
4:26 pm
Speaking of 10-2 Excuse Me, Stewart Mandel (hardly a Georgia fan) had this to say:
“No question, Richt is down to his ninth life. His kind demeanor, respect in the community and .727 winning percentage have already helped him last longer than the typical SEC coach in this same situation, but fans can only take “we’re getting better” for so long. Provided the players don’t get discouraged, the Dawgs are fully capable of rallying to a nine-win season and possible division title, which is probably what it would take at this point to save Richt’s job.”
UGA Insider
September 12th, 2011
4:29 pm
JB,
Peterson was interviewed for the UF opening by McGarity and Foley years ago. I will be honest, I think the Peterson/UGA is a done deal.
UGA Insider
September 12th, 2011
4:32 pm
Smart Dawg,
Atleast you didn’t buy airplane tickets, etc to the Ole Miss game. SECTV announced that the game would start at 11:30AM. What a joke!
Excuse Me
September 12th, 2011
4:33 pm
Of course the Refs are always out to get us too. Everyone’s just jealous of us because we have such a nice coach. Our assistant coaches might not be so great, but hey… you can’t blame that on the Head Coach, now can you?
TampaDawg
September 12th, 2011
4:37 pm
JR, true enough. I am close to 40 just as an FYI. Johnny Majors had 7 seasons at UT with 5 losses or more. We have two and people want CMR gone. Johnny Majors coached for nearly 16 seasons at UT but would have never made it past the first 5 with this fan base. He may not have made it past the second 5 either.
Fulmer lost 21 games his last 4 years with two of those years being losing seasons and no bowl birth. No bowl birth means no post season money for the school either.