Notes: More touches ahead for Crowell, safety Williams gets look at LB
ATHENS — Freshman tailback Isaiah Crowell will get his first career start on Saturday against Coastal Carolina. Asked how many times he might like to get the ball in Crowell’s hands, Georgia offensive coordinator Mike Bobo deadpanned, “45!”
He laughed, but Bobo was only half-kidding.
“I’d say he’s 20-25-carries-a-game guy and certain games it might be more,” Bobo said. “And then you’ve got about 15 or so for the other guy. You’d like to run it around 40 times a game, the way I see things. He might be able get 30 of them.”
The true freshman from Columbus got 18 touches in the Bulldogs’ 45-42 loss to South Carolina this past Saturday. He finished with 158 total yards – including 118 rushing – which works out to 8.8 yards per touch. He also scored two touchdowns.
Bobo feels like there’s a lot more production to be tapped. It’s a big reason the Bulldogs are giving Crowell his first career start this Saturday against Coastal Carolina.
“He’s a guy that has gotten better every week that we’ve had him on the practice field and in every opportunity he’s competed, whether it’s a scrimmage or a game,” Bobo said. “Like I said in the preseason, I think he’s going to be a very special player for us. When it happens, you don’t know. But I believe he’s going to be a special player if he continues to work and stay healthy.”
Crowell had started every game of his life since he was 6 years old before sitting behind Richard Samuel in Georgia’s first two games of the season. The 5-foot-11-215-pound athlete took Tuesday’s news in stride.
“Well, it’s not really a big deal to me,” he said of starting. “It’s just another game to go out there and help my team win.”
If Crowell is going to get more work, he’ll need to build up his stamina. Though head coach Mark Richt blamed some of it on a rib injury suffered early in the second quarter, Crowell was asking to come out of the game often against South Carolina.
“When a guy does that, you could say stay in there but you don’t know why a guy wants to come out when he’s asking to come out,” Richt said. “So he came out. I think he’ll stay in a little bit more than a couple of runs. Although there were a couple of relatively long runs, I think his endurance will build as we go, too, as he prepares and as the weather cools as the season goes on.”
Crowell said he recognizes that he needs to get into better shape and “make a better pocket” after a costly fumble against the Gamecocks. But he said he feels more confident than ever that he can make a difference for the Bulldogs.
“My performance in the game boosted my confidence, I guess,” he said. “It takes the pressure off a little bit. I feel better. My confidence is up.”
Shawn Williams works at linebacker
Safety Shawn Williams was observed working with the inside linebackers during Tuesday’s practice and could play there some on Saturday. The Bulldogs lost their starters at both inside positions – Alec Ogletree and Christian Robinson – to foot injuries the first two weeks of the season.
“We’re looking at quite a few guys in there,” defensive coordinator Todd Grantham said. “You’ve got to wait and see what happens. We’ll see, but anybody who has played the down safety can play inside.”
Williams, a 6-1, 220-pound junior from Damascus, started the first two games at strong safety. He’s third on the team with 10 tackles.
Blair Walsh: ‘That was on me’
Senior place-kicker Blair Walsh took full blame for the 33-yard field goal attempt he missed in the first half against South Carolina.
“That was my fault,” he said. “That was on me. I just came in way too close to the ball and just missed it completely. That was a one-and-only-time thing.”
The Bulldogs ended up losing by three points. But Walsh said it’s important not to dwell on that.
“Obviously it would’ve helped, but you don’t think about that,” he said. “You just move on.”
Walsh did say that, after watching game tape, he’s convinced Bacarri Rambo wasn’t offsides on the onsides kick Georgia executed late in the game.
“It didn’t look like it to me,” he said. “It was close but I think the angle the ref was at made it look worse than it was. It was too close to call, if you ask me.”
Compliance director leaving
Eric Baumgartner, Georgia’s compliance director for the past six years, is leaving to take the same post at the University of Virginia.
“He’s from Blacksburg, Va., so he gets to go back home,” said Georgia athletic director Greg McGarity, who said Baumgartner turned in his notice last weekend. “It’s an opportunity for him to go to a great institution that actually doesn’t have a compliance director right now, so he gets to build his own staff. Eric did a great job here. He came in at a really important time for our athletic association where we needed some strong enforcement.”
McGarity now has to make two compliance hires. Baumgartner’s assistant Michelle Francis recently left to join her husband at Ohio University. McGarity said he would hire a director first.
Etc. . . .
Nine true freshmen had seen action for the Bulldogs so far this season. They are: Crowell, defensive back Quintavious Harrow, linebacker Amarlo Herrera, defensive back Nick Marshall, wide receiver Malcolm Mitchell, defensive back Corey Moore, defensive back Chris Sanders, cornerback Damian Swann and linebacker Ramik Wilson. There’s a good chance that number could go up this week with outside linebacker Ray Drew, offensive tackle Watts Dantzler and center David Andrews in position to get their first playing time of the season. . . . Coastal Carolina features 19 players from the state of Georgia, including starting center Pat Williams, a 6-foot-1, 285-pound junior out of Atlanta’s Westlake High School.
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Go Dawgs
September 13th, 2011
9:39 pm
First, really?
Go Dawgs
September 13th, 2011
9:39 pm
amazing
JimDog 85
September 13th, 2011
9:40 pm
First?
JimDog 85
September 13th, 2011
9:42 pm
Dang – shouldn’t have read the article. Let’s hope we can find someone to play linebacker. At least we have a cupcake this week. I wonder if it will be a full stadium…
JB
September 13th, 2011
9:45 pm
I’m yawning……………I’m yawning some more….great commercial by the way. Coastal Correctional. Think I’ll skip this weekend. Don’t think i could stomach all our high fives and cheat bumps as we score 10 times.
bill_in_atl
September 13th, 2011
9:45 pm
Please move Samuel back to LB and move Boykin and B.Smith to offense full time.
Our starting CBs cannot tackle and get blown out by WRs blocking them off the field.
WOW
September 13th, 2011
9:49 pm
I wonder the same thing too, jeez!!!
WOW
September 13th, 2011
9:51 pm
Hopefully we can block and tackle better this weekend will see..
UGA Alumnus
September 13th, 2011
9:54 pm
Go Dawgs!
Gravy Train
September 13th, 2011
9:54 pm
Maybe all of the sad sack poor mouthers will realize they are doing far more harm than good. I hear Tech always has plenty of seats available for them. We now have the problem of the vocal minority making us all look bad. It’s bad for the team, recruiting and national perception. On top of that, we have the local media dumping on the program just to get web hits. Haters can go pound sand! Go Dawgs!
UGA Alumnus
September 13th, 2011
9:58 pm
Hey Dawg fans, it’s time to step up and take responsibility for the only aspect of Georgia football we have control of – our fandom.
The quality of our fan base needs to improve as much as Bobo’s play calling did this past week. We need to be a consistent, strong, and supportive fan base. Do it for the players. They are dedicated and work hard. They are our boys.
Let’s go BullDawg Nation!
Go Dawgs!
UGA Alumnus
September 13th, 2011
10:00 pm
@Gravy Train
September 13th, 2011
9:54 pm
I’m with you!
Athens Dawg
September 13th, 2011
10:00 pm
I’d LOVE to see Crowell get 30 touches a game. That would take so much pressure off Murray and allow the play-action to be that much more lethal. Linebackers and safeties have to respect the run, so they creep up, bite on the play-action, receivers and tight ends get behind them, and then there you go. First down. I love it.
Delbert D.
September 13th, 2011
10:02 pm
“Freshman tailback Isaiah Crowell will get his first career start on Saturday against South Carolina.”
Georgia is playing South Carolina 2 weeks in a row? Might beat them this time, since they’ve been preparing for Navy.
JRW7
September 13th, 2011
10:03 pm
Maybe CMR can get well on these patsy teams!
Thomas Brown
September 13th, 2011
10:04 pm
TampaDawg September 12th, 2011 4:37 pm
“No bowl birth means no post season money for the school either.”
No bowl berth for SEC schools absolutely does not mean no post-season monies for the school. Vandie gets a cut of all our bowl berths. If I need to explain revenue-sharing let me know. This is just an incorrect statement.
Japanese Dawg
September 13th, 2011
10:06 pm
I wonder if the team will get a moral victory against Coastal Carolina?
Thomas Brown
September 13th, 2011
10:07 pm
He has mismanaged the players.
He has played Favorites.
He has lost to the good teams.
He has lost to the sorry teams.
He has lied to his fan base.
He has lied to his players.
He has lied to his recruits.
Yes, he is 13-13 vs SEC East teams these last 6 consecutive seasons now.
Yes, he is 14-14 vs all teams these last 28 games, too.
But, he has NEVER beat the top teams when he was considered great and he has ALWAYS lost to the lousy teams, no matter how great our team was that season.
Athens Dawg
September 13th, 2011
10:09 pm
At least the haters can’t diss the dream team calling them busts. Crowell will be no bust, Mitchell will be no bust, and in time, the rest of the dream team recruiting class will make their mark. But the ones we expected to this season are doing just that. Crowell just might be SEC Freshman of the year if he keeps playing like he did last Saturday and if given the right amount of carries, this guy should have no problem going over 1,000 yards for the season.
ugab
September 13th, 2011
10:13 pm
How can the dawgs be picked to win any game? Miss state is going to pound us. Ole mis is not a give me. This weekend will be close
Athens Dawg
September 13th, 2011
10:16 pm
Please, we will win this weekend by like 40. We’ll beat Ole Miss handily as well. Ole Miss really isn’t good at all. We are a good football team guys, we really are. Even the haters know it. They just won’t admit it. Georgia is a good team. Not a great team, but a good team. To be great, you have to finish games and we don’t. But I have a feeling that we soon will.
Miss. State won’t beat us either. The hardest game for us from now on will be Tennessee.
Dean Tate
September 13th, 2011
10:18 pm
Let’s support the team and leave the personnel decisions to McGarity. Go Dawgs!
Thomas Brown
September 13th, 2011
10:21 pm
Head-scratching Losses these 11 years of Mark Richt’s coaching staff :
(All these losses were either to teams who did not end up in the Top 25 that season, or would not have had we not lost these games to them that year.)
2001 LOST to Boston College who was not ranked before bowl, after # 21
2001 LOST to 5-Loss Auburn, not ranked AP Poll Top 25
2002 LOST to 5-Loss Florida not ranked in either Poll, Lost to 6-Loss two 5-Loss
2003 LOST to 5-Loss Florida ended up # 24 in 2003 fired coach but beat us 2003
2006 LOST to 5-Loss Kentucky unranked in any Top 25 Poll obviously
2006 LOST to 4-win Vandie, the 4 wins included their win over Mark Richt
2007 LOST to 6-Loss South Carolina 2007 not even in a bowl game South Carolina
entire season was OVER after losing early to So Car & vols, out of SEC Champ, over
2008 LOST to sorry Ga tek who would not be ranked without the win # 22
They lost to 7-Loss Virginia losing record, but Georgia tek beat us same year 2008
2009 LOST to 6-Loss Kentucky who lost to 5, two 6, and a 7 loss team but beat us
2009 LOST to Okie State who ended up not ranked in the AP Poll Top 25 even
2010 LOST to 7-Loss Colorado, losing record, and they beat us
2010 LOST to Florida a 5-Loss unranked Florida but they too beat Mark Richt again
2010 LOST to Central Florida who would not have been ranked without the win # 22
Southern Mississippi, NC State and Kansas State (7-6) all 3 beat Central Fl, not us
Tally : There are some other glaring losses in the Mark Richt 11-year era, but I leave you with these highlighted games to (1) try to ignore (2) say each of were just 1 game (3) figure out who he had suspended for the game that after the game he said it was the execution of the players we did have to play in the game that cost us the losses and (4) for you to squirm in your chair and come up with some hogwash excuse that you then think explains all these losses to sorry teams, way more than 1 a season for 11 years and counting, while at the same time, having beat no team who ended the season in the AP Poll Top 10 – except 3 years and all 3 of those years lost 4 games, lost 3 games and lost 4 games.
Bail Bonds R Us
September 13th, 2011
10:26 pm
Has Crowell made his cell selection yet at the Athens-Clarke County jail?
Thomas Brown
September 13th, 2011
10:27 pm
Dean Tate September 13th, 2011 10:18 pm
“Let’s support the team and leave the personnel decisions to McGarity.”
No, what you mean is – let’s accept mediocrity and by all means don’t criticize our coach who is 13-13 vs SEC East teams the last entire 6 consecutive seasons.
Nutrition First!
September 13th, 2011
10:29 pm
“We are a good football team guys, we really are.”
Easy on the Kool-Aid, too much of that stuff will rot your teeth out.
And give you delusions of grandeur.
Thomas Brown
September 13th, 2011
10:30 pm
AthensDawg, is that you ?
Athens Dawg September 9th, 2011 10:12 pm
“I can’t believe people are ready to say this season is over after ONE game. My goodness. If we beat SC tomorrow, guess what? UGA is in the driver seat to the SEC title game. And if you get there, anything can happen that one afternoon when we face a team from the West (LSU). Mettenberger vs. Murray. That’s great. Last week was ONE game people. ONE game. I say we beat SC tomorrow off of hunger and intensity alone. Our goals are still right there. Beat SC and look at the rest of our schedule, we could be 6-1 heading into the Florida to get Ogletree back ready to go vs. Florida. Who knows what could happen? What if we go 11-1 win the SEC title? And play in the Sugar Bowl? Could happen.”
Thomas Brown
September 13th, 2011
10:32 pm
Athens Dawg September 10th, 2011 10:38 am
“Let’s say we beat SC”
Athens Dawg September 9th, 2011 10:12 pm
“UGA is in the driver seat to the SEC title game. And if you get there, anything can happen that one afternoon when we face a team from the West (LSU). I say we beat SC tomorrow off of hunger and intensity alone. Our goals are still right there. Beat SC and look at the rest of our schedule, we could be 6-1 heading into the Florida to get Ogletree back ready to go vs. Florida. Who knows what could happen? What if we go 11-1 win the SEC title? And play in the Sugar Bowl? Could happen.”
Are you really a fan of this football program Athens Dawg ? Are you really ? Or, just a guy logging in to make us look bad as fans ? You are the penultimate
DISNEYdawgs.com
Natureboy809
September 13th, 2011
10:34 pm
Based on what they inherited and really only having one recruiting class so far, I think our defensive staff is doing a great job making strides. We’re not back to the early 2000s yet, but anyone who expected it to happen overnight was not being realistic. Let’s face it- when you look at the lack of depth at LB and lack of playmakers on defense, the guys before them did an even worse job recruiting than we gave them credit for.
drbasic
September 13th, 2011
10:38 pm
@thomas brown
take a hike sht for brains….no one wants to here your stats or babble….route for Tech, get on the bus or get off, in your case, get run over by…….haters, makes the Bulldog Nation look bad. Richt is going no where and if anyone is not smart enough to see that……….so be it
dawg nation
September 13th, 2011
10:43 pm
The Dawgs will be fine, the real fans know this. Idiot talking heads that create drama and story lines to bait readers will move on to the next fake crisis soon.
Haters, what sad lives you lead.
drbasic
September 13th, 2011
10:44 pm
@A Dawg
behind you 100% Tired of these statistical losers and haters. He will not be here in a few weeks and as these people on here say…….BANK ON IT!!
whatacrew
September 13th, 2011
10:45 pm
Well – UGA’s schedule the remainder of the season – along with the schools he will face being down this year (TN, FL, and likely AU – look what Utah State nearly did to AU) and UGA could very likely win the remainder of their games – save MS. There are no LSU’s, Arkansas, or Alabama’s this year. Besides them – the rest of the SEC that UGA has to play basically sucks. And Tech?? Forget them – Tech will play a close game, but then find a way to lose it at the end (as usual).
Thomas Brown
September 13th, 2011
10:53 pm
Here are the losses to the great teams who actually ended the season in the Top 10 :
2001 LOST to Florida # 3 by two touchdowns
2003 LOST to # 2 AP Poll LSU Biblical proportion blow-out & LOST to LSU twice
2004 LOST to # 2 Auburn in a blow-out
2005 LOST to West Virginia # 5
2008 LOST by a blow-out again to # 1 Florida, again
2008 LOST losing by 31-0 at half us # 1 to Alabama who ended up # 6 after Utah loss, we ended up # 13 AP Poll
2009 LOST by blow-out again to # 3 Florida, again
2010 LOST by blow-out to # 1 Auburn
2011 LOST in blow-out to a team who obviously will end up Top 10 since they play no one who is a ranked team all season long, not 1, unless # 25 TCU can stay there with their 1 sympathy votes after Baylor bears beat them.
Tally : Mark Richt has lost to the Top teams all 11 seasons, and this season is no different. By the way, if you find a season listed above in which Mark Richt did not lose to a team who finished that season in the AP Poll Top 10, it is because he did not even PLAY a team who finished that season in the AP Poll Top 10.
I have no idea what this is all about the defense has had 1 recruiting class only to work with. Mark Richt has been here 11 years, and this is not about Todd Grantham, other than Mark Richt hired him.
Thomas Brown
September 13th, 2011
10:57 pm
1983 beat # 5 Final AP Poll Texas & was 10-1-1 ranked # 4, Mark Richt has never done that
1966 beat # 10 Final AP Poll Southern Methodist & was 10-1 ranked # 4, Mark Richt never did, NC
1982 beat # 8 Final AP Poll Clemson & was 11-1 ranked # 4, Mark Richt never did that either
1978 beat # 6 Final AP Poll Clemson & was 9-2-1, again something Mark Richt has never done
1983 beat # 6 Final AP Poll Florida & was 10-1-1 ranked # 4, Mark Richt has never come close to
1976 beat # 11 Final AP Poll Alabama & was 10-2 ranked # 10, Mark Richt has not done either
1965 beat # 1 Final AP Poll Alabama, absolutely nothing Mark Richt has ever thought of doing
1980 beat # 9 Final AP Poll Notre Dame & was 12-0 # 1 NC one of 3 NC for Vince Dooley
Thomas Brown
September 13th, 2011
11:02 pm
4 Losses 2001. Including 2 losses to teams who either did not end up in the Top 25 or would not have without their win over us. Mark Richt bragged that he had knocked the lid off the # 11 all-time 1-A win football program by beating # 4 vols, but he lost 4 games.
2002 The SEC was DOWN, way DOWN. Proof ? In the final Coaches’ Poll, there was only 1 other SEC team ranked in the Top 25, # 14 Auburn. We played one team, Florida, whom our offense – which has averaged the # 52 Total Offense all 10 years and is # 52 again for 2011 – our lousy offense made 0 of 11 on 3rd Down Conversions for the whole entire game. Notice if you will please that that lousy team did not even make it into the final Coaches’ Poll Top 25, even with their win over us.
2003 was a most disappointing season. We lost 3 games. LSU beat us. UAB had us beat. Florida beat us, again and then fired their head coach for it. And, we were humiliated in the Georgia Dome 34-13. I am sorry, that is not pretty good.
2004 was David Greene’s senior season. In his 4 years he beat 1 team who finished in the AP Poll Top 10 and lost 4 games that season. Before the Florida game, South Carolina and Marshall both had us on the ropes. After that, with the DISNEYdawgs.com posting how great we were squeaking past Marshall and South Carolina, we go out the next week and lose to another coach who got fired for it, the vols, again at HOME. Our season was over; we were already eliminated from The SEC Championship. In his 4th try, he finally beat Florida one time. Then, we squeaked by Arkansas, squeaked by Florida, and before we squeaked by a lousy Georgia tek, we got BLOWN OUT by Auburn 6-24. If you think that was pretty good, you must not have liked my posts that season in here.
2005 we beat # 6 LSU in The SEC Championship Game. Great stuff. Only, like Boise State, we went to the Sugar Bowl and before I could sit down and stop booing Michael F. Adam$, the score was 28-0 in route to our loss at the Dome. The only difference in that and Boise State at the Dome, is I got a $20 T-Shirt that reads Bust Boise, with their 28 consecutive points too. Problem with the win over # 6 LSU in The SEC Championship Game is that both LSU and Alabama finished ranked higher than Mark Richt in the final AP Poll. Mark Richt ended up the # 3 ranked team in The SEC 2005. Oh, did I mention the lies of how great Joe Tereshinski III would be in Jacksonville, and our loss there, again ? Then, we followed that showing up with having to put DJ back in vs Auburn where he wasn’t 100 percent and we LOST to Auburn too. Pretty good ? For DJ, yes. For Mark Richt ? Absolutely not pretty good.
Where are we up to now ? Let’s see 2006.
2006 make Matthew Stafford # 3 QB on the depth chart behind both Joe Tereshinski III and Joe Cox. Lose to 4-win Vandie Lose to Colorado – excuse me yanked Matthew Stafford and squeaked out that win. Squeak past Ole Miss. This is where our football program is nowadays, trying to make it how great Mark Richt is in wins, without discussing the losses and nobodies he has beat. vols BLOW US OUT. Squeak by Missy State. Lose to Florida, again. Lose to Kentucky again. Pretty good ? Well, we beat # 9 Auburn. Hey look what a great coach Mark Richt is he beat # 9 Auburn. Is this really a pretty good season ? Absolutely NOT.
Thomas Brown
September 13th, 2011
11:03 pm
2007. Beat by a 6-6 South Carolina team not even in a bowl game. BLOWN OUT by vols who were at best an average team, which is more than can be said for South Carolina. The season OVER. Before it even started. Knocked out of The SEC Championship by nobodies. Soft Schedule. Beat not 1 single team who finished in the AP Poll Top 10, while LSU beat 2 teams who finished in the Top 10 in 2007; but according to RICHT-0-FILES Mark Richt got screwed by the BCS. Who did we beat ? Who did LSU beat ? Who did we lose to ? Don’t try to tell me that UGA should have played for the MNC and not LSU; you will not get anywhere in that discussion with this HOMER dawg fan.
2008. Ranked # 1 by every single poll for the 1st time ever in our entire history. That night, 22 players go out on the town celebrating it. We lose to all 3 teams we play. We beat no one. Again. All 3 losses, we give up 29, 31, and 42 consecutive points and end up # 13 in the AP Poll. Had we started out # 13, we would have finished not in the Top 25, where we should have been ranked. Did I mention a lousy Georgia tek beat us ?
2009. Joe Cox throws the deep ball better than any QB, with his chronic shoulder unable to practice 1 day every single week of the season. Gets the flu flies to Stillwater in a private charter. Still the only QB to play, when we know we have injured Aaron Murray and clearly should have played Zach Mettenberger for at least 1 snap to separate him from Aaron Murray. I’ll not even go into all the games we lost 2009. Okie State who did not end up in the AP Poll Top 25. LSU. BLOW OUT by the vols again. BLOW OUT by Florida again. Kentucky beat us again.
2010. Have to go back all the way to 1953, fifty eight years ago to find an UGA team who lost more than we lost last year.
2011. Dream Team. Addition by Subtraction of 26 scholarship players who got kicked off this team in the last year alone. 0-1. If Mark Richt loses Saturday will not have a winning record vs SEC East teams the last 6 seasons, standing at 13-12 over the last entire 5 seasons, as it is.
PRETTY GOOD ?
Dang
September 13th, 2011
11:03 pm
I like Richt and the dogs,
but in two years he will be in Tallahassee and a year after that he will be holding the crystal ball in his hand after an undefeated season.
The Ga fan base is the worse,we will get Kirby smart and all you people will be happy when we lose!
i think Ga fans cheer more after a loss than a victory!
Thomas Brown
September 13th, 2011
11:15 pm
SEC Championship ? DOWN SEC 2002 is not Mark Richt’s fault but is it GREAT that the only other SEC team to finish being ranked in the Coaches’ Poll Top 25 for all of 2002 is # 14 Auburn – a 4-Loss team ?
Problem with the win over # 6 LSU in The SEC Championship Game is that both LSU and Alabama finished ranked higher than Mark Richt in the final AP Poll. Mark Richt ended up the # 3 ranked team in The SEC 2005 in the Final AP Poll. SEC Championship ?
These are his ONLY SEC Championships ?
SEC Championships All-Time :
1. Alabama
2. vols have 1 more SEC Championship than UGA
3. UGA
JDAWG
September 13th, 2011
11:24 pm
WOW… That “Thomas Brown” guy posting on here is ghey! Guess he thinks he’s the only one with a TV and tickets and/or internet. Thanks for posting all that… As far as your comments about the 2002 squad… Yeah, they were down. Down on your mom.
Thomas Brown
September 13th, 2011
11:25 pm
drbasic “Tired of these statistical losers and haters.”
drbasic, sir, these are not STATISTICS – they are called instead our record, our won/lost record; who we in fact LOST to and who we in fact beat. Wins and Losses are not Statistics. Statistics are that little Aaron Murray averages 1 yard per carry for his entire career.
As for hater, we submit you are the hater, with porous, poorly thought out name-calling, begging that Mark Richt stay through the end of the year so that he can now play the 10 CUPCAKES that fill our schedule the entire rest of the season, including – but not limited to – the lousy bowl game opponent we get as a result, for the year # 11 in a row.
drbasic, I have read your posts, sir, and all you do is to critcize the team – as well. And, with NO WONDER.
just a fan
September 13th, 2011
11:38 pm
Chip is the reason Ray Drew has not played yet the shoulder injury?
bill
September 13th, 2011
11:39 pm
usc sign # rated running back in the country(marcus lattimore)start first game (against uga)result 182yrds.
georgia sign #1rated running back in the country(crowell)result.back up to a demoted,converted line backer,turned starting tailback that has absolutely no rb skills.
usc signs #1 rated DE (clowney)result,starter,made perhaps the defensive play of the game sat.
UGA sign nation most sought after nose tackle(john jenkins)
result,cant beat out a guy that couldnt beat out anybody last year,but enter jenkins,now he is all world,the only time I heard his name called during games was when he had ice on his shoulder.
Brande Smith is two for two,in both games he missed a tackle that went for a td,Please put him on offense,he just may have a future there.
Finally,why is malcolm mitchell playing behind taveras king .
deaddog
September 13th, 2011
11:57 pm
I have seen the future. Choakdawg collapses from eating 300 krispy kreme`s on Saturday, falls on Crowell and smothers him to death before Richt notices anything is amiss.
In his post game conference Richt says oh well —- happens.
JDAWG
September 13th, 2011
11:58 pm
tide roll… Nick Williams is no longer with UGA. Neither is Dowtin.
bitter HERSHALtavius-walkerdontavis
September 14th, 2011
12:05 am
@thomas brown———-techy punk go back to your shift at best buy—AKA==GEaK SHOP
—————————————-after your shift troll it will still be awaiting on you —-your secound job
————————————————–wal mart——customer service rep—————hahahahah
I have a peace about it
September 14th, 2011
12:15 am
@Delbert D.
September 13th, 2011
10:02 pm
Helluva Freudian slip that one, eh?
bitter HERSHALtavius-walkerdontavis
September 14th, 2011
12:18 am
@thomas brown–AKA–delbert D–AKA–tide roll–(troll)–hhhaaa—go away walmart push cart super
———–same person—same trailer trash whinners———————–450lbs of chewed bubble gum
dbc
September 14th, 2011
1:49 am
I love how the delusional Richt lovers keep spewing stats over how overwhelmingly the fan support for him is – young, old, whatever. I’ve been to almost every game since 1971, and the people I know from all ages and backgrounds can’t wait for a regime change. The media didn’t do this to Richt, he did it to himself. I’m a loyal fan and always will be. I love Athens and everything that is UGA. That’s why I can’t stand watching an inept (and stubborn) coaching staff pound this great team into oblivion.
William
September 14th, 2011
2:02 am
Dogs will be alright. Slowly but surely Richt is righting the ship. It may not look it but the tide has turned. Give Richt and the team the rest of the year. Support them for two more months. If the wins don’t come then jump off the ship. Next year will be the year. Richt deserves the chance. It’s his team, he made his bed, let him lie in it. On another note, put Ray Drew at OLB and move Chase Vasser inside.
Columbus
September 14th, 2011
2:06 am
Its time to stop beating the proverbial dead horse and get with the program. Stop readin the negativity from the punks and the younguns who know nothing and the people who just come on to make negative comments like after every story you read online anywhere.
Go Dawgs. The future is bright. Wow I can NEVER remember this many true freshman playing. Dream team indeed! Can you imagine how good we will be in 2 years and then the other recruits coming in the next 2 years on top of them? WOW. Go Dawgs!
Joe
September 14th, 2011
2:36 am
Run the ball forty times a game?????? It would not be on purpose…. When was the last time Bobo call 40 runs in a game????
Phuch Le` Duch
September 14th, 2011
3:30 am
(pronounced – foosh le duke)
I see mr McGarity will have no shortage of coaching savants to choose from.
All he need do, is choose from the list above.
Mr Thomas Brown could be team historian, provided we fire the one we have.
You know folks, all this negativity is not fun.
You folks are sucking the wind out of the sails of the players on the team.
They didn’t sign up for this crap.
Let Mr McGarity do his job.
Enjoy the season.
All the negativity, (media induced) is almost as much fun as a Republican sleep-over.
I don’t know what that mean’t either, but it was funny.
Let’s watch football, let the kids play the games,
while the rest of us get our ass off our shoulders
and enjoy the season.
I wait too long for the season to start,
then it’s [the season's] too short,
to be interrupted by assitosis.
GoDawgsGATA
Thomas Brown
September 14th, 2011
4:46 am
The poll asked the question :
Q: In your opinion, what should be the status of University of Georgia Head Football Coach Mark Richt?
Should remain the UGA football coach: 65 percent Should be replaced as UGA football coach: 20 percent No opinion: 15 percent
Obviously, one week ago exactly, when the poll was conducted the majority in fact supported that Mark Richt should not replaced a week ago now, not that day – thus, the poll is BOGUS. We as a fan base, do not feel that we are doing well. This is the question. I didn’t actually support firing Mark Richt on 9/6/11 either. That would make no sense, just as it would make no sense to not have already hired a consulting firm to start finding his replacement. We should be the 1st, not the last program to fire their head coach, this season. That should happen about 2 minutes after the Georgia tek game. The NFL will still be going on. The bowl games will still be ahead of us, although for year 11 in a row, our opponent will be no stinking good again. If the NFL team is not long in the play-offs, we could have a coach from the NFL; and if it is a bowl team coach with experience, then we can announce he is coming here right then. I do not believe we are a fanbase out of control, that we expect too much from a program which is no good because if we were no good as a football program, what are all of us doing ? Well, what we are doing is expecting more than not even in the Top 25 in won/loss record over these last entire 6 seasons now including this one – for a football program which instead is # 11 all-time in 1-A wins.
The question should have been
Q. In your opinion, is University of Georgia Head Football Coach Mark Richt getting the job done now ?
That answer is an emphatic no. So, the poll question was from 3 days prior to South Carolina game and it asked the wrong question. Now, is not when a coach in college is fired – unless he does something that we have to fire him; it never is done for overall performance of the entire last 6 seasons, in September. There is no purpose in it. You cannot get a new coach in September, and if we wanted to do that now today or actually a week ago, we would have done it prior to this season.
Poll Question is therefore BOGUS.
Stinger2
September 14th, 2011
4:56 am
Gt fan not saying anything negative. I also follow UGA. Will CMR let Crowell get more carries in the CC game?
Seems like he would start him, let him play only until UGA gets a comfortable lead, then take him out to avoid a possible and needless injury.
Thomas Brown
September 14th, 2011
5:06 am
BOISE STATE went on 3 years NCAA PROBATION in FOOTBALL among other sports.
Boise State does not have a blog where anyone can write that, do they NICK ?
But, since you are in here, in this blog, we can say it here. You could try to give us your EXCUSES about it, like Georgia tek does, which is NOT to reply to it at all, but to pick on the poster – the messenger – he discusses it. That is I.
3 Lost Scholarships per season in Football, each of the next 3 Seasons Boise State.
If a football team is on probation, they are not supposed to be eligible for the Coaches’ Poll Top 25 rankings, and if that were applied to THIS SEASON, then Boise State would have no chance – despite the fact that they play no one all season long. Beating the # 7 team in The SEC, although argument could be made that over the last 3 years, we are # 11 team in The SEC, is so great Boise State.
South Carolina is obviously no good. If you cannot see that, you don’t understand the game. There are many people who have played the game, and do not understand the game. I played the game, and there are those on this blog right here who say that I do not understand the game. I certainly don’t think Mark Richt knows what the blazes he is doing – especially with mismanagement of the talent, and especially too with hiring and firing of his “coaching staff.”
And we, we get to play 10 cupcakes including the cupcake in the bowl game 11 years in a row, the rest of this season.
NCAA PROBATION BOISE STATE
- LACK OF INSTITUTIONAL CONTROL
- had self-imposed 3 lost scholarships total, NCAA added 6 more lost scholarships
- this last through the 2013-2014 season
- only 9 Spring Practices will be allowed to Boise State
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/6966240/ncaa-hands-boise-state-broncos-three-years-probation-scholarship-reduction
Thomas Brown
September 14th, 2011
5:27 am
# 105 UGA 3rd Down Conversions 7 of our 25 for 2011
# 113 UGA Sacks Allowed 8 for 2011
# 91 UGA 1st Downs gained 36 for 2011
# 79 UGA Red Zone Offense
http://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fbs/current/team/1036
Yeah, we are doing just great.
Thomas Brown
September 14th, 2011
5:38 am
# 3 LSU plays # 25 Missy State this week
# 1 Choke-la-homa plays # 5 Flawed State
# 16 Florida plays the vols
# 17 Ohio State – NCAA PROBATION – plays Miami of Florida, unranked Miami PROBATION BOWL
# 21 Auburn plays Clempson Farmers
# nothing UGA plays Division 1-AA FCS Coastal Carolina of the Big South Conference whose other games this season are against : Furman, Catawba, N.C. A&T, VMI, Liberty (not the bowl), Gardner-Webb, Stony Brook, Presbyterian (not the religion), Charleston Southern (is there a Charleston Northern ?), Western Carolina (I only know about South Carolina beat us by taking away 28 points from us not a single 1 of the 28 on offense and North Carolina – but Western Carolina ?)
Thomas Brown
September 14th, 2011
5:53 am
I-A Wins 2006-2011 ( 6 Seasons )
1. Boise State 63 wins
2. Florida 58 wins
3. Texas Christian 56 wins
4. Oklahoma 56 wins
5. Virginia Tech
6. LSU 53 wins
7. Southern California 53 wins
8. BYU 52 wins
9. Texas 52 wins
10. Utah 52 wins
11. West Virginia 51 wins
12. Wisconsin 51 wins
13. Missouri 50 wins
14. Oregon 49 wins
15. Auburn 49 wins
16. Penn State 48 wins
17. Hawaii 48 wins
18. Boston College 47 wins
19. Cincinnati 47 wins
20. Texas Tech 47 wins
21. Ohio State 46 wins I thought they are supposed to be great ?
22. Navy 46 wins
23. Tulsa 45 wins
24. Oklahoma State 45 wins
25. Nebraska 45 wins
26. Georgia Tech 44 wins – outside Top 25 over these last 6 seasons now
27. Nevada-Reno 44 wins
28. South Florida 44 wins
29. Georgia Bulldogs 44 wins 2006-2011 – six (6) seasons
We are doing just fine.
calm down
September 14th, 2011
6:22 am
thomas brown… get a girl friend or at least a job!
Thomas Brown
September 14th, 2011
6:33 am
Hey, that is not my record calm down.
Sometimes, even when you learn from history, you can be doomed. | Get The Picture
September 14th, 2011
7:16 am
[...] all take our shots at him, but Mike Bobo is far from clueless, at least judging from this comment about Isaiah Crowell: “I’d say he’s [...]
Coastal Dog SSI
September 14th, 2011
7:16 am
Lord, I apologize for all our whiners. And please, God, give us the wisdom to give Crowell the ball the 25 or so touches I’ve been praying for our running backs since Knoshon, the fine yankee we used to have here, left. Finally, I pray that the really offensive LT and the QB said “We’re sorry” to the rest of the team and coaches after last week’s loss. Amen.
Thomas Brown
September 14th, 2011
7:19 am
LT ?
How about LG ?
Sure is nice being # 29 team college football last 6 seasons now.
How does that make Mark Richt the # 4 best college football coach in all of America today again ?
I keep forgetting how
# 29
is
# 4
Border Dweller
September 14th, 2011
7:22 am
Mrs. Brown,
Notice from your list above how many of those teams with more wins than UGA play an SEC scedule. I count three, each of which won a NC in at least one of those years you mention. (And many of them on probation of one form or other as well) So if your point is that CMR has done an outstanding job over his tenure at UGA, then you make an excellent point.
Thomas Brown
September 14th, 2011
7:32 am
Oh, great, are you saying we are # 4 team in The SEC the last six (6) seasons now ?
I am so impressed.
We’re # 4
We’re # 4
Thomas Brown
September 14th, 2011
7:34 am
The RICHT-0-FILES would all be better off, shutting up. You make yourselves out to be dolts saying how great # 4 in The SEC is for Mark Richt over the last six (6) seasons.
And, your EXCUSES ?
Heavens above, your excuses are sorry.
There is no excuse for UGA to be # 29 in the nation and # 4 in The SEC over these last 6 seasons now this season.
NONE.
Spaceman Spiff
September 14th, 2011
7:40 am
Boy this Thomas Brown wanna-be on here sure must secretely like UGA a lot to watch our team and follow it so closely…sad that other team’s fans come on here and try to disrupt things. Guess being a Tech fan will do that to you…
I have a peace about it
September 14th, 2011
7:49 am
@Thomas Brown
Chip would delete your negative postings, but for the fact that he would hardly have any responses to his article at all if he only left up the sycophant posts.
Thomas Brown
September 14th, 2011
7:50 am
Believe it or not spaceman spiff, Georgia tek fans revel in the fact that they have in fact done as well as UGA over the course of these last 6 seasons – both outside the Top 25 in the nation.
That is to be expected with Georgia tek, not UGA. But, thank you for the complement that you obviously were not aware that we have fallen out of the Top 25 in wins over the last 6 seasons now – that I follow the team so closely whose games I go to. Were you at the Georgia Dome ? I missed you there.
Thomas Brown
September 14th, 2011
7:53 am
Sycophant, well I think Sanctimonious, better describes the actual replies, I have a peace about it.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 14th, 2011
8:08 am
People who want to slam Thomas Brown
Pull the fingers out of your ears and open your eyes. Truth is the Truth
You blind homers dont get it and you should have woke up after the past 2 games; why?
Just look at the lousy playcalling against Boise compared to SC
Funny how the heat was turned up you saw better playcalling against SC
That should have told you this staff doesnt care about winning or at least competing for championships just drawing a paycheck and winning 10 games
Get off the kool-aid people
GT
September 14th, 2011
8:20 am
How many carries did Latimore have last year against Georgia early in the season. The kid showed up at South Carolina in shape. Georgia’s ball control is why Richt is losing games. Are these Columbus high school jocks ever in shape when they show up at Georgia. You try to overcome these guys with a pass offense that every defense in the conference knows how to stop. Your defense stays on the field too long, even when you score on offense you do it too quick and the defense is back on the field. Eight in the box fourth quarter and Latimore still ran over a tired defense. With Georgia it is always about the refs calling something wrong. Walker ain’t coming back to Georgia. Stop worshiping every other running back in the name of Walker and make these guys work for their living.
meh
September 14th, 2011
8:22 am
think they’ll move richard samuel back to linebacker again?
Spaceman Spiff
September 14th, 2011
8:23 am
Ah, Flat Tire wants us to lay off Thomas Brown, who in reality is some little troll (or 450 lb cheeto eatin’ one) because he like to use the name of a former UGA player/now coach… But the question remains, why do other school’s fans come here and bash us???
Oh, and to answer your question “Thomas Brown”, no I wasn’t at the Georgia Dome is because the U.S. Navy has me somewhere else. What are YOU doing besides stuffing yourself and coming on here and doing your typical UGA bashing??
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 14th, 2011
8:27 am
Spaceman Spiff
You’ve been in outer space to long
Please come up with some reasons why the program is heading in the right direction instead of the same ole your a Tech fan/FL fan crap
Problem is you cannot because your brain capacity only allows you the ability to flip hamburgers
Funny things can and do happen along the way
September 14th, 2011
8:40 am
The past is the past for UGA in 2011. It is over and now on to the next game.
Facts are clear: UGA wins them all in the SEC and SC loses two, UGA can go to the Dome. UGA could lose one more SEC game BUT SC would then have to lose three with the head to head thing.
Let’s see what happens.
UGA will re emerge in future years and possibly, this year, as the kids develop. Time will tell.
GO Dogs.
VOTE_NOW!
September 14th, 2011
8:42 am
http://www.nomobobo.com !!!!
Where is my man BOO?
September 14th, 2011
8:44 am
Ideally, UGA could have the luxury of moving richard Samuel back to LB and replace him at # 2 with Boo Ken Malcom. I really wanted to see him playing by now. He is a bruiser and could add new dimension to UGA’s running game by being that man that can pound it up the middle. Carlton Thomas and his cousin Hartley( correct name?) can be the scat backs and they could be supplemented by that Wesely Scott kid and others that have ball skills and can fly.
I also would develop Christian LeMay in certain formations at QB, to either to run or throw on the run. Why red shirt him?
Go Dogs.
Spaceman Spiff
September 14th, 2011
8:45 am
Flat tire – flipping burgers, if you say so. Kind of looks like you have to resort to attempting insults, etc., to get your point across. Enough said. At least I am proud enough to call myself a fan – what good does it do for the team’s mentality to continually bash them or boo them? Whether the season is going well or not, either be a fan or watch some other team. But let the kid’s play (that’s right, they are kids) – either support them or go somewhere else. Do you really think this bashing/calling for players/coaches head’s is in their best interest? Kind of like a 5 year old who can’t get a cookie. Whether they are in the right direction or not, I will always support my Dawgs. Now, we have someone on here that is so in love with Thomas Brown that he likes to call himself that…sad…
DawginLex
September 14th, 2011
8:46 am
Thomas Brown
You must really be in need of typing words. Must be therapeutic. I hope it is.
If you listen to our AD amd if you have ever been in a position where you have to carefully choose your words, you will see his obvious plan.
I’m not going to give anyone a history lesson.
I am going to tell you my opinion as to what is going on.
1.)Schedule Boise State-Gives Richt the opportunity to make sure the focus is there over the summer. Also gives McGarity the ammo to say to Coach Richt-”We had the opportunity and you didn’t get it done”.
2.)Week to week evaluation-This is his smartest plan. He will not fire the Coach during the season unless we lose this week. He has a plan to announce once the season results warrant it. He very well may have been in discussions with coaches and their reps behind the scenes.
If we win out, Richt is back. If we lose more than 1 game including Florida, McGarity will make the announcement of Richt finishing out the year and that he won’t return.
All this is my opinion. If you have supervised anyone, you can see GM is giving his employee every chance to succeed and change UNDER HIS WATCH.
WDE
September 14th, 2011
8:48 am
Lord, please destroy Thomas Brown’s hard drive please send the angle of data destruction his way without delay. If he is going to spew that much hate at least make him type it and not endlessly cut and paste it so he can control the blog. Amen!
WDE
September 14th, 2011
8:51 am
Angel of data destruction even.
Kb
September 14th, 2011
8:53 am
Thomas, you always post the negatives but never post the blowout wins over the same teams you cry about having blowout losses too. Mark rich has the highest % against winning teams of any coach in the SEC. Why don’t you do some research and see how bama , LSU < tenn, etc have one against top 10 teams. You spout stats but never offer a comparison to another program. You insinuate that LSU < auburn , bama and florida beat every top 10 team they play over an 11 year period its not the case.
Ringling Brothers
September 14th, 2011
8:55 am
What happens to the Nike clown suits now? Will AJ Green be selling them? Maybe give a free pair of red panties with every clown suit.
Hammerdawg
September 14th, 2011
8:57 am
When your OC is Mike Bobo you can count on talented players skills to be under utilized and wasted!
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 14th, 2011
9:03 am
Spaceman Spiff
Get one thing straight; I havent been on here bashing players nor do I boo the players. Coaches you bet
I will always be a fan of UGA.
Not speaking the truth hurts the program. And the truth is Ive heard evey year since Stafford and Moreno left that we are rebuilding and this is year 3 and the results continue to go down
Conitnuing to think the leak in the ship is nothing to worry about is stupidity.
Get a clue. When this staff cannot do nothing with Stafford, Moreno, Greene, and Mo Mass on the same team they are not going to do it with even if they had the Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers
McDawg
September 14th, 2011
9:09 am
will the LBs be back for Mississippi St -they could give our D fits
after last weekend i am much less concerned about the offense but the D while improving is still having brain fart missed assignments blown coverages that lead to big plays–1 step forward 2 steps backwards
DawginLex
September 14th, 2011
9:09 am
Ealey has 84 yards this year at J state
Crowell has 178
I thought we were really going to miss Ealey???????????
Lakedawg
September 14th, 2011
9:11 am
What a disgrace some Dawg hater uses the fine name of a real Dawg Thomas Brown to spew his hatred. His comment Tech record is better than Dawgs last few years, yeah right 1-9 vs Dawgs and no mention of overaall record of CMR vs other SEC coaches yeah he left those out.
Not sure who he might be for but certainly has a vedetta for some reason. Believe he fears how good Dawgs are going to be next few years.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 14th, 2011
9:15 am
Lakedawg
You seriously think the dawgs are going to be better in the next few years
Please give me a reason to believe
Lakedawg
September 14th, 2011
9:15 am
Flat Tire–You need to stay in Jacksonville, booers trying to run recruits off not needed in Athens. You can jump back on board after we win the East this year and coach signs his extension.
UCF Dawg
September 14th, 2011
9:18 am
Thomas Brown = Every Tech, Gaytor, Bamer, WDE Troll! I guess you have to represent the Haterade drinkers in someway. Don’t matter what you say… GO DAWGS!
slydog
September 14th, 2011
9:21 am
Everyone on here knows where I stand. But, I have had some time for reflection. It does not matter whether we keep CMR or start over with someone new. Why? #1, this is CMR’s first job, and therefore, this is the first time he has seen trouble. I mean geez, he has had ONE losing season in 10 years. And yes there has been, roughly a 3-4 year slide. But good or great teams don’t go 12-1 one season and 6-7 the next. There will be a few slips here or there as you hit bottom. But this is not ROCK BOTTOM, right? If CMR, goes to another school, he will no doubt reflect on his mistakes here, correct them, and go on to coach another team to great heights. At present, however, he simply got caught with his pants down. He never changed the way he coached or how UGA went about his business. He dd not incorporate new ideas, methods, and techniques into the program in a timely manner. When times got rough, he went back to the same well, instead of taking heed to the innovations happening around the college football game. It’s foolish for us fans to think, that after a 6-7 season, and the coach admitting he has been out of the loop, that we could clean up this mess in 8 months. And definately not against Boise St. and USCe. I know, UGA should NEVER be surpassed by Boise St., but in some years, like the present, it’s reasonable. CMR has mismanaged the roster, trusted some players too much off the field, doesn’t trust his young players on the field, has not updated or expanded the offensive playbook, failed to establish a consistent defensive identity, and plays too finesse in the SEC. The #1 thing he needs to do is demote BoBo to QB coach and hire an OC from outside the program to revamp the offense. Unfortunately, after spending 2.25 mil on CTG, a new DC is needed. Regardless of whether the players can execute a 3-4 to perfection, the tackling, toughness, aggressiveness and intelligence of the defense is poor. It’s sad, but the entire defensive staff needs revamping, again. The next set of defensive coaches need to be great teachers of the game, not fulfillers of NFL dreams. College players need to be TOLD where to go and what to do, not given a “defensive assignment”, like in the pro game. Rodney Garner needs to go. He has been around too long and he his message, whatever it is, is getting stale. Besides, he is losing TOO many recruiting battles to Auburn and Tennessee, two schools who wanted him badly. I know I just called for a complete house cleaning and to keep the HC. It may seem as if I’m trying to make them scapegoats. But I’m not; CMR is completely responsible. But he has learned from these mistakes and moved on. He has to correct what went bad, all while being under fire. He doesn’t get to hunker down in the lab, go for a practice round, or take time off to reflect. The football program or any other football program he coaches, will be in good hands. Just remember, we have all did something for the first time, screwed it completely up, but we became better at what we do and became better people for it because we never gave up. We can spout off list after list of coaches, but NONE OF THEM FIT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, BUT CMR DOES.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 14th, 2011
9:24 am
Lakedawg
LOL after we win the east LOL LOL LOL
And running recruits off, this staff is and has been running recruits off left and right
Why come to UGA win your going to lose to FL, lose to top 10 teams and now cannot even beat any ranked opponents
I guess a dose of reality is comming very soon
slydog
September 14th, 2011
9:25 am
CMR should have taken notes from Mack Brown last year and CLEANED HOUSE, but alas, it may be too late.
slydog
September 14th, 2011
9:31 am
And to further clarify my short essay above, my point is this: Whether he stays or goes, there will be a 1-2 “down” years before we see the team at the level the fans feel they “should” be. The only way another coach comes in here and catches “lightning” in a bottle, is if he has head coaching experience, and some great play callers as OC and DC. I personally would like for UGA to hire Herm Edwards as DC, he loves kids, is a great teacher, coach, and motivator. And being on TV every other day would not hurt. And we all know Herm “plays to win the damn game”….lmao
TampaDawg
September 14th, 2011
9:34 am
Guys, Thomas Brown spends HOURS on wikipedia “researching” why all the UGA wins in the past 11 years are worthless, why six 10 win seasons is meaningless, why 2 SEC titles are insignificant and why six top 10 finishes mean so little. SO, let’s start a new poll. Which category do you think Thomas Brown falls in?
1. Just a critic with nothing more important to do …
2. A troll from another school (possibly GT since CMR owns them) …
3. A young UGA fan with college football Alzheimers …
4. A data manipulating future politician …
Bring Back Wally Butts
September 14th, 2011
9:35 am
Flat Tire = Thomas Brown = same person = same dribble
Spaceman Spiff
September 14th, 2011
9:38 am
Flat tire, so booing the program is ok, huh? In no post did I mention that “the leak in the ship is nothing to worry about.” While I am concerned for my Dawgs, I will always show support. Negativity only breeds more negativity. If you think that your negative opinions (what is it they say about opinions?) will help the program, then maybe you should take a look in the mirror when pointing the finger. Really, do you actually believe it helps? The interesting thing is that other school’s so-called fans are following the goings-on of our team. Let me guess, are you a Tech or Gator or something else?
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 14th, 2011
9:40 am
10 win seasons are meaningless/ No one gets a ring for 10 win seasons
The 2 SEC titles were luck due to FL being no good thoses years because we didnt beat them on the field
So really not much to look forward to in my opinion
Rubarb Jones
September 14th, 2011
9:41 am
Crowell deserves as many carries as we can give him! Keep up the good work IC!
Also this is m response to Bill King’s blog, from which, I am still inexplicably banned:
Respectfully, Mr. Maisel is looking at only 2 data points: the Boise State and USC games. Well, many of us UGA fans have been fans for many many years. We remember Richts 10+ years, The Donnan years, Glen Mason’s 15 minutes, The Goff Debacle, and The Dooley Era.
While I will agree that you can’t compare teams of different years to each other as the players come and go…when you look at the past 5 years worth of data points during Richt’s tenure, you see a program in decline.
Gone are the days when the dawgs are behind but we just knew the defense was going to make a huge play to turn the game. Gone are the days when when 1:45 on the clock was an eternity for our offense.
More recently, when the game is going well for the dawgs, we are waiting for something bad to happen. And when that bad inevitably does happen, the team goes in the tank. Once it starts going bad, it stays bad and for 4+ years the team and the coaching staff has given us absolutely no reason to think that they can turn the game back around.
We have been conditioned by the team and the coaches not to expect a come back. We are conditioned to expect disappointment. The Florida game is a perfect example. Do any UGA fans truly believe we will beat Florida–this year or ANY year?
Until Mr. Maisel has donated to the Hartman Fund, purchased season tickets, and experienced the same level disappointment we UGA fans have for the last 5 years…He can not shame any of us for leaving a game early.
TampaDawg
September 14th, 2011
9:43 am
GREAT points slydog .. and I do think Herm would be good here. Saw him in Tampa obviously. Think Tony Dungy would come out of retirement?
Eh, probably not. I know many don’t think that Petersen from BSU would come down here to coach should CMR not be retained after the season is over, but what about his OC? I think we need to find either a hot College HC from an up and coming program or an innovative OC from a school with a high powered Offense. Not many quality NFL head coaches are looking to dive in to a college program and there are some that we really wouldn’t want here at UGA.
Joey
September 14th, 2011
9:46 am
What is that % Kb? Career?
Certainly not since the start of the ‘08 season . . .
Buford Blue
September 14th, 2011
9:48 am
If a player asked Wally Butts to come out of a game, that player would not be going back in. Crowell should watch the film of Herschel in the Sugar Bowl, who refused to come out, and singlehandedly won the only National Championship for Georgia. Crowell is a cat, lookin’ in the mirror in comparison.
TampaDawg
September 14th, 2011
9:48 am
Luck? Really? Wow, you can’t argue with someone making excuses for you winning I guess. Pointless to even try. And no, there are no rings for 10 win seasons but NO ONE on here complained when they were having them. Make excuses for winning? Unfreakingbelievable!
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 14th, 2011
9:51 am
Spaceman Spiff
#1 Ive been on here for years you havent unless you were under another name
#2 Please again, going to repeat it for you one more time since your brain still isnt working come up with some reasons why this program is moving in the right direction instead of You must be a Tech fan
#3 Cheering a car on that is stuck in the mud will get you no where
#4 I lost it for Richt when he put his friendship for slick Willie above the program. That told me it is about Richt not what is best for UGA. The problem with you and the rest of the kool-aid crowd on here is, you treat UGA as your favorite child that can do no wrong and should never be corrected no matter what they have done. Until you take a step back and see the big picture this program is going nowhere
#5 I didnt know a so called fan that wants better for UGA is a Tech fan.
slydog
September 14th, 2011
9:52 am
Mr. Maisel is a REPORTER who is forced to stay at the game, write stories on a deadline, and interview as many coaches, players, administrators, and fans after the game. Fans, unlike Mr. Maisel, have to drive and be stuck in alot of game day traffic, which can be a dangerous situation. Fans are getting beat up, stabbed, shot, and tased by other crazy fans at games. Fans have their kids at the games. Fans have to go get something to eat cause they probably starved their a%$es off at the game. It’s not about support or disgust, but simply, the show is over. Have fan’s missed some great moments, lie comebacks? Sure. But getting back to their “regular” lives are far more important than being entertained. It his HIS job to stay at games, not the fans. Therefore, that makes him a snobbish jerk, or at worse, a lack of perspective.
Dirty Dawg
September 14th, 2011
9:54 am
Hey Towers, either you do something about the Thomas Browns on this site, or we’re gonna do something about you. It’s time…it’s time…for the fairweather, caterwauling, naysayers, including TB, to be stuffed in a box and thrown in the Oconee or something…and those, like here, that give them unlimited access to attacking the coaches and players, need to become a part of the process of ‘Richt(ing) The Ship’, or we’re gonna find ourselves another blog.
As for whoever wrote the piece talking about how excited young Mr. Mettenberger (if it’s spelled wrong, I don’t care) was about getting to throw touchdown passes against an over-matched, and already hopelessly out of it, directional team last Saturday,..I noted that the litany of transgressions they listed about why he was kicked out of Georgia didn’t include the main things that got his a$$ run off. Namely the two sexual assaults on the young Valdosta State coed and then the lying to his coaches and the Georgia Athletic department (hell, maybe even his momma who worked there) about it. Yeah, let’s don’t include those little items. Point is, the Mettenbergers and the Newtons of this world will, forever, continue to pull crap until they find out that there are consequences for breaking the law. They both should have been banned from any other SEC school for, at least, two years for what they did. But instead all they had to do is, basically, sit out a season – it’s just like they transferred for God’s sake – and return to ‘the most powerful, highest profile, conference in the nation’ with the opportunity to go on to bigger and better things without having to pay any price at all.
Joey
September 14th, 2011
9:55 am
Herm Edwards?
Herm Edwards? Cause he loves kids?
Jeez . . .
We’ve become a .500 program in the past 2+ seasons. I’d really not like to get sub-.500, which is what Herm Edwards has always been.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 14th, 2011
9:59 am
TampaDawg
Making excuses for winning.
Wow winning 10 games while watching FL play for conference and national championships.
Hoping to FL loses out so we can possibly play for a conference championship because we have a coaching staff that isnt man enough to beat them on the field
Wow I just love that
Keep drinking your Kryptonite Kool-aid and listening to Dream Team bedtime stories and waking up to Energy Vampire motivational speaches
Jborodawg
September 14th, 2011
9:59 am
What if we go 10-0 the rest of the year? Will you still want Kirby Smart? Saying we need a “proven” HC is one thing, getting one is another. In many ways CMR is a “proven” HC. Yes, the last couple years have been really bad. Let’s see if he rights the ship. I think he will. BTW, the writers keep bringing up CMR being on the hot seat; that’s because they read these blog comments. Then the national media pick up on what the local writers write…and fall for it. I agree with you William@202am…the Dawgs need our support. If we lose 2 or more games the rest of the way, then it’s time for a change; at the end of the season, not now.
Dirty Dawg
September 14th, 2011
10:00 am
Oh yeah, and for those that are determined to rag on young Mr. Crowell, nobody ‘asked out’ of more games, more times than Moreno. Was he ‘gassed’? Was he hurt? Who knows, but he did. Not sure this kid is built for 25-30 ‘carries’ a game – maybe ‘touches’, cause getting him the ball on screens and drags will really open it up and avoid a lot of the ‘hits’ from just taking handoffs.
DawginLex
September 14th, 2011
10:04 am
Thomas Brown was know on the blogs as “Bulldawg” for a long time
He had a permanent woody for Richt from 2001 through 2007.
Now he acts like he is a genius with his stats and tells us the whole 11 years have been lousy.
slydog
September 14th, 2011
10:09 am
@Joey Herm Edwards as DC, and DC only, would be great.
@Dirty Dawg Please, Please tell me why Cam Newton and Zach Mettenburger are in the same sentence? Let’s keep it real: CMR made a huge mistake recruiting CAM as a TE. Cam did a couple of dumb college kid things at Florida. In the two plus years since, he has done nothing but keep clean, stay positive through all the racial bias thrown his way and succeed. Mettenburger has not, to date, straightened out ANYTHING. If he could have beaten out Murray, then he should have no problem beating out Jefferson and Jarrett Lee. He hasn’t done it yet. He can continue to get drunk and molest chicks in public in Louisiana without consequences…lol
Michael T.
September 14th, 2011
10:11 am
This news counts. LB, NOT Running Back, is the part of the problem. We get the D fixed, we will start winning.
http://coachesbythenumbers.com/should-richts-backside-really-be-on-fire/
Spaceman Spiff
September 14th, 2011
10:12 am
Ok Flat Tire, have I once bashed the Dawgs like you do constantly? You are correct, I am new to the forum but not the paper – does that make me less of a fan than you claim to be? I graduated from UGA, did you? While my support of UGA isn’t important to you, the players should be if you are the fan you claim to be… You once stated that you don’t bash the players, but the coaches – which is something you do on a regular basis. Now, do you think the players do not hear those things? Negativity breeds negativity, no matter where it is directed, especially the third game into a young season. Honestly, do you think your negativity makes a difference in the scheme of things? But I digress, whatever direction in which the program is moving is irrelevant to my support. Bashing the team/coaches/players is pointless, unless you are a troll – which you seem to be…
tony
September 14th, 2011
10:18 am
slydog
September 14th, 2011
9:31 am
I personally would like for UGA to hire Herm Edwards as DC, he loves kids, is a great teacher, coach, and motivator. And being on TV every other day would not hurt. And we all know Herm “plays to win the damn game”….lmao
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I believe Herm Edward would be a disaster. The last thing our young men needs is a unsuccessful football coach who jokes around with people. The next coach should be a man of steel and velvet.
Coaches All About Business:
1 Chris Petersen
2 Bill Cowher
3 Chip Kelley
4 Skip Holtz
5 Mike Martz
6 Gary Patterson
7 Dan Reeve
slydog
September 14th, 2011
10:19 am
Get ready: the most likely candidate and probably the best one out of the small pool of HC with big program experience is….. Mike Gundy of Oklahoma St. After that, Charlie Strong and Dan Mullen. Urbam Meyer isn’t welcome here. And before anyone slams Gundy, look at what he did AFTER Les Miles left for LSU. And we certainly don’t have to worry about emotion or fire. Bud Foster and Tom O’Brien of Penn State are next up, but may be too comfortable where they are at currently. The next hottest asst. coach is Brett Venebles of Oklahoma. That’s it folks. Not much left out there. My suggestion to CMR is to hire Mike Leach or Rich Rodriguez as OC and Herm Edwards as DC.
slydog
September 14th, 2011
10:21 am
Kevin Steele for DC isn’t a bad idea either. Kirby Smart is a though as HC, but something tells me there would be too much pressure on him to be successful out of the gate. Meyer is too arrogant for this fan base but everybody loves a winner.
WDE
September 14th, 2011
10:25 am
@Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville you know bitter looks good on you….do us a favor just go hibernate until we are in the hunt for a title. Your just going to have to live with the fact your not the coach, for some reason they just don’t do every thing the way you want them done and golly gosh we aren’t perfect. And if your only a UGA fan when they win MNC’s your really in need of a life. I’ve never understood how some one can claim to be a fan of a team and 100% of the time knock on that team. And you can bang that keyboard all you want you don’t get to tell me I have to back this or that up, or that I’m a homer or a Kool-aid drinker..fact is I’m a fan and I couldn’t care less what you think..I do think your drifting more toward full time bitter cyber bully than is good for you..Go Dogs!
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 14th, 2011
10:26 am
Spaceman Spiff
Since you think the staff listen to us bloggers
Then I would like to take some credit in a better coached and better play calling scheme in the SC game compared to the Boise game. Because they must have saw the heat was turned up because they sure looked better last Saturday
But why does it take the heat being turned up to get this staff to wake up
Its funny how people talk about Richt showing more passion so when the heat is on we now see him throw his playbook on the field
Give me a break
Keep on smoking your bong the car will be stuck in the mud next year too
And one more time. When have I bashed the players. Please for the last time stop saying I bash the players. Coaches yes. Players I do not
slydog
September 14th, 2011
10:30 am
@tony Apples and oranges my friend. Herm Edwards as DC only, not HC. Furthermore, not ONE coach on that list, save Skip Holtz, would even sniff this job. Mike Martz? Really? You just brightened my day with that joke….lmao. Dan Reeves? Really? Quadruple bypass surgery… Chip Kelly? Too much Nike money and he has some recent dirt on him.
All in all, the list is this
1. Mike Gundy (not many changes except offensively [more wide open])
2.Skip Holtz (not many changes, except toughness)
3. Charlie Strong (only the defense changes)
4. Dan Mullen( fitting pro style players into a spread option)
5. Tommy Tuberville
That is a reasonable list of HC’s with HC experience
Asst. Coaches
1. Bud Foster
2. TomO’Brien
3. Brett Venables
That’s it folks
Will
September 14th, 2011
10:35 am
This one confuses me. Earlier in the week CMR said moving Samuels back to LB was NOT an option because he missed 29 practices at the position but yet we are moving a guy from safety who has NEVER played at the position????? Are you serious??? Grantham must be about to go crazy from the decisions that come from CMR. Malcolm must be really hurt as well.
UGA Insider
September 14th, 2011
10:39 am
It’s going to be Chris Peterson folks. It’s already done.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 14th, 2011
10:42 am
WDE
Whats the matter you, Altamaha Dawg, DAWG, Columbus all talked how the program was going to be vastly improved this year
Now here we are 13-13 in the East since 2006 and cannot even beat a ranked team anymore and yet you still support the direction of the program and yet
I speak up and its negative, Im a troll, Im a tech fan, you just wait and see blah blah blah
Ive been waiting and seeing and since Stafford and Moreno left and all I hear is Dream Team talk and Energy Vampires mixed with stupid motivational uniform changes
Get a clue
WHat will be the excuse losing to FL this year they have a new coach
Whats next years excuse
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 14th, 2011
10:46 am
slydog
We agree on a lot things but please stop mentioning Charlie Strong, he hasnt done anything and he cant even beat FIU
and Dan Mullen is 2-9 vs the SEC west. The only team in the SEC west he has beaten is Ole Miss so no to him too
Rooster
September 14th, 2011
10:49 am
You will miss Ealey when Crowell goes down with an injury. Oh my ribs hurt!! I can see it coming. There will be no depth at tailback. And don’t say Samuel is any depth cause we all have seen how he runs the last two games. How about the big FUMBLE Crowell had that cost us the game. LOL
How about the three blocks he has whiffed on in the last two games? Have people forgot about that?
TampaDawg
September 14th, 2011
10:51 am
Herm Edwards was FAR from an unsuccessful football coach. As an assistant HC under Dungy, he helped architect one of the most utilized defenses in the NFL today in the 4-3 cover 2 and bringing it here would be a blessing for sure. I believe Herm as a DC would be a great fit and the Cover 2 would work well here in the SEC.
Rooster
September 14th, 2011
10:51 am
Spare me all this support Richt crap. He is not worth a crap and neither is BOOBOO.
DawginLex
September 14th, 2011
11:01 am
Ealey has 84 yards this year
Crowell has 178
I’ll take IC
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 14th, 2011
11:03 am
Herm Edwards may be a good position coach but has shown nothing as a play caller
TampaDawg
September 14th, 2011
11:06 am
Again Flat Tire, no one on here complained about the season or the coach or anything else in 2008. Now we have a down swing and there is nothing but whining on here from people who claim to be fans. People like Thomas Brown who must be the only person other than the employees who have a wikipedia account with as much as he is on there. Change coaches, watch several of the young guys who we just recruited transfer (see Will Muschamp) and watch the overall landscape of recruiting in Georgia. Better to let the season finish out, if it turns out bad in the end, have Richt do a resignation in which, for the good of the program’s future, he will work with the kids we have on the team and the new committs to keep their committment solid.
Joey
September 14th, 2011
11:08 am
It’s already done, Insider? I wish.
I saw well-coached, tough, disciplined, all-business-after-making-a play, no hair over the collar, players on Peterson’s team in Atlanta.
I’d like to see some of those on our team.
15 games, 6 W's and 9 losses
September 14th, 2011
11:14 am
What a joke, the best so- called running back in the country not in shape———hard to believe.
That comes down to coaching and wtf about the new strength and CONDITIONING COACH.
A good head coach would never play much less start an out of shape player, unless he is desprite like Richt.
Joey
September 14th, 2011
11:16 am
Come on TampaDawg, in ‘08, Dawg fans were raising hell about the Bama & UF blowouts, and went ballistic about the Tech game. Came within a gnat’s butt of losing to KY also. I don’t know any UGA fan who thinks ‘08 was a successful season.
Did you?
Dreamin'
September 14th, 2011
11:17 am
How’s that dream team working out for the mutts? Everyone doing okay in their remedial studies?
TampaDawg
September 14th, 2011
11:21 am
It wasn’t a great season, but on here, next to no one was saying, “oh, fire the coach” ..
Maria in Dunwoody
September 14th, 2011
11:23 am
I saw well-coached, tough, disciplined, all-business-after-making-a play, no hair over the collar, players on Peterson’s team in Atlanta.
I’d like to see some of those on our team.
Don’t hold your breath. Richt prefers tattoos and dreadlocks. And brainless dummies. They’re really a sorry-looking bunch to represent a university.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 14th, 2011
11:23 am
TampaDawg
Do think top recruits are coming to UGA when we cant even beat ranked teams
Im mean Aub for example is going to get some of our recruits but the coaching staff will tell them look at what we are doing we just won a NC and this year we lost almost everybody and we are winning ballgames and still beating ranked teams, we will be back in the hunt next year.
UGA mr Recruit is downsliding and cant even beat ranked teams anymore and still never can beat FL so your chances of playing for a conference championship is pretty slim over there.
They been talking rebuilding for years and what have they done
Thats what our opponents are telling these recruits and will continue telling these recruits why we sit back and drink the dream team kool-aid
TampaDawg
September 14th, 2011
11:23 am
And we get the token troll comment of the day from … Dreamin’ .. thanks for your totally insignificant contribution to today’s blogs.
Guys, I am not saying stick with CMR no matter what, but letting a coach go during the season is the wrong move.
TampaDawg
September 14th, 2011
11:24 am
well gosh Flat Tire, how do you explain the recruiting class last year after a 6-7 season?
Bring Back Wally Butts
September 14th, 2011
11:27 am
The D played well enough to win the USCe game. The problem was turnovers, which happens to all teams. Coaches can correct that and kids learn. The O put enough points on the board to win the USCe game. Take away the mistakes and UGA wins. That is also coachable. I for one was pleased to see that this years team continued to play even being down 10 points with 3 minutes left in the game. And, given just a little more time, I think that UGA would have won this game. And, according to his comments, I think that even Spurrier agrees with that statement.
So all of the hate and spew on this blog is not helpful to the program nor does it represent the reality that this year’s team is different from last years team after having lost how many players from last year? (I am sure that one of you statisticians can tell me the number). I see a different attitude and I am as happy about it as I was unhappy about last years attitude.
This is a young team. Let’s give them a chance to learn.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 14th, 2011
11:27 am
Joey
Tampa Dawg sees 10 wins thats all he sees.
When UGA gets 10 wins he rushes down to the Jewlrey store and orders a 10 win championship ring to show his friends at the bar
Rooster
September 14th, 2011
11:27 am
Dawg in Lex your stats are misleading. Ealey has 136 all purpose yds this year. One touchdown rushing and one touchdown receiving. He and crowell would have a made a good combo if that sorry Richt and booboo did not run him off the team.
GT Joe
September 14th, 2011
11:28 am
2008 was a so-so season. 2009 was a so-so season. 2010 was a bad season. 2011 is starting off BAD.
One season could be an anomaly. Two could be bad luck. But when you start stringing 3-4 bad seasons in a row, it’s a pattern. Just sayin.
But hey, keep Richt… if ya’ll had a real coach for those recruits, my Tech teams would be gettin thrashed, rather than the coin flip games of the past 3 years under CPJ.
LawDawg
September 14th, 2011
11:30 am
Williams at ILB makes a lot of sense. His big problem is that he is not fast enough or good enough as a centerfielder to play S in the 3-4, but he could actually be good at ILB and lord knows we need someone in there
Joey
September 14th, 2011
11:31 am
I agree TD, no way UGA makes a move in mid-season and rightfully so. It’s Richt’s job to save or lose. Do I believe he can save it? No. But I hope he does, and he can if he lets whoever called the plays vs SC (student assistant, cheerleader, etc – it couldn’t have been Bobo) call them the rest of the season, he’ll keep his job.
tony
September 14th, 2011
11:35 am
slydog
September 14th, 2011
10:30 am
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Apples and Oranges? Rather he’s a DC or HC Hern Edwards(joke with players) would be a disaster. Thanks for using the process of elimination on those 7 coaches I presented. However, I would take Chris Petersen and Bill Cowher over Skip Holtz.
I won’t be insensitive toward your selective list of coaches, but didn’t Dan Mullen let his qb make that poor decision which caused his team the football game? That’s the kind of stuff Mr.Richt would have pull. No ty!
Didn’t Charlie Strong’s(8-8) team just lost to FIU? You’re off too a rough start young man.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 14th, 2011
11:36 am
Tampa Dawg
Well gosh Tampa Dawg lets see how I can explain that recruiting class, oh yea 0-2
Now explain to the class how UGA ranked #2 the past decade in recruiting and since 2006\
We are 13-13 in the SEC east
23-18 against the SEC
Still cant beat FL
#29 in total wins
1-9 against ranked opponents
30+ Arrests
Joey
September 14th, 2011
11:37 am
I’ve said it before, Flat Tire, there are at least a dozen college coaches (and probably some HS coaches as well) that would have won at least one BCS Title with those ‘07 and ‘08 teams. Richt didn’t even get a East title . . .
History major
September 14th, 2011
11:42 am
Someone said that CMR is slowly righting the Ship; yea and the ship is like the USS Yorktown in WW2 it was then sunk by the Japanese.
TampaDawg
September 14th, 2011
11:49 am
Joey – “No. But I hope he does, and he can if he lets whoever called the plays vs SC (student assistant, cheerleader, etc – it couldn’t have been Bobo) call them the rest of the season, he’ll keep his job.” — Now that’s funny right there .. and I couldn’t agree more. Bobo may have had a hand in it, but I have to believe that was someone else’s (wink wink) game plan.
Time for a Change!
September 14th, 2011
11:50 am
The compliance director and his assistant leaving the program so close together is very concerning to me.
TampaDawg
September 14th, 2011
11:53 am
Like I said, everyone wanted Ray Goff run out of town too, they got it and Jim Donnan right along with it. Careful what you wish for.
And Flat Tire, please get over yourself with the child like comments “running down to the jewelry store”. You have your opinion, I have mine .. deal with it. That’s what a blog is for.
WDE
September 14th, 2011
11:57 am
@Flat tire never seen a real Dog fan so ready to mark up a lost to the Gators before we play them..When did you ever say anything positive about the UGA program , honestly I’m trying to remember if you ever have..
Bring Back Wally Butts
September 14th, 2011
11:58 am
Could it be that Flat Tire and Thomas Brown are both really Jeff Shultz trying to get a controversy started so that he gets more blog hits, makes money for the AJC and keeps his job?
TampaDawg
September 14th, 2011
12:04 pm
nice thought Wally Butts .. Let’s just replay the 1998 season, maybe that will make those guys happy.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 14th, 2011
12:06 pm
TampaDawg
Careful what I wish for really thats all you have
Well I wonder if AL was careful for what they wished for lets see:
After bear bryant. couldnt find a coach until they got Stallings and won a NC
After Stallings couldnt find a coach until they got Saban and won a NC
Now lets see; what did AL wish for; oh yea a coach that knows what they are doing
Hmmm I guess they were careful in what they wished for.
Bring Back Wally Butts
September 14th, 2011
12:10 pm
Geez. There are sure some bloggers on here that have some problems. Not to mention any names but I’ll bet you they will self identify in just a minute or two.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 14th, 2011
12:10 pm
WDE
When has there been anything positive to talk about
Not much since Van Gorder left
Bring Back Wally Butts
Could it be that you WDE, Columbus, and Tampa Dawg are kool-aid drinkers and have never contributed to the Hartman Fund so its not your money going to waste
ga gator
September 14th, 2011
12:18 pm
Let McGarrity do his due diligence. I suspect that 2nd place in the East with a win over my Gators will keep Richt his job. But all of this griping after losses to 2 top 10 teams is crazy. The man has earned this season without the fans after his job. I am sure that McGarrity already has a short list and will be on it if UF wins again in Jax which would almost assure UGA of no better than 3rd in the East. Until then support the team AND Richt.
Bring Back Wally Butts
September 14th, 2011
12:25 pm
See what I mean?
Alabama | MrSEC.com
September 14th, 2011
12:27 pm
[...] face jail time for violating stipulations put upon him following a South Dakota criminal case.4. Isaiah Crowell is going to get more touches at Georgia.5. A pair of freshman linebackers are being thrust into action for the Dawgs.6. [...]
TampaDawg
September 14th, 2011
12:30 pm
Kool-aid drinkers .. wow, that’s still the only real card you play Flat Tire. As for the Bama comment, you forgot to mention the Mike DuBose, Dennis Franchione, Mike Shula “experiments” I guess. They got lucky in catching Saban at a time when he didn’t want to be in the NFL any more after a couple of seasons. Even then, he started 7-6 his first year, then a nice second year only to lose to UF in the SEC title game and freaking Utah in the Sugar Bowl.
Let me state this one more time for you though. I am not saying a move may not be in order. But even Bama isn’t dumb enough to do it midseason. Oh, and that great list of coaches mentioned prior to finding Saban led them to multiple NCAA penalties from two separate seasons.
Let the season play out. If it ends as difficult as it has started, then yes, we move on to someone else.
KB
September 14th, 2011
12:30 pm
Seriously flat tire you and thomas need to find another team, what;s the rest of the SEC records vs top 10 teams , do you know? Again all the negative stats and none of the positive, Florida has won 2 SEC championships, since Richt has been at UGA has won 2, bama has won 1, Auburn has won 2, Lsu has won 3. you continually mention richt didn’t win with Moreno , stafford etc, 2008 18 season ending injuries to scholarship players , 24 season ending injuries total, not an excuse but a fact. bama in 2010 was preseason #1 finished 10-3 , just like UGA in 2008.
Bring Back Wally Butts
September 14th, 2011
12:35 pm
Hey FT, I thought that the Hartman Fund went to support athletics at your alma mater. Sorry, I didn’t realize that the purpose of the Hartman Fund was pay for play football. Dude, you are beginning to sound like scam Newton’s father.
1eyedJack
September 14th, 2011
12:38 pm
Can one not have a legitimate opinion unless he has contributed to the Hartman Fund? Is that the prerequisite to be a Bulldog fan? I’ve been pulling for the wrong team for 40+ years then.
RedandBlackDAWG
September 14th, 2011
12:40 pm
Get that man as many carries as he can handle, because he is going to be very good. He is good for t5his team and he will be a team player andleader like we need. I think Murray, although he needs to cut down on mistakes, is also an effective leader so the future looks bright for the offense. The OL I thin was 100 percent improved from week one, but I sure wish we had some more bodies to back it up. Oh well, perhaps recruiting will take care of that this year for next at least.
thomas b.
Are you by chance trying to get a job as a statistician. Why stop at the 11 seasons CMR has been the head coach. Why not go back since UGA started playing football and compare every coach UGA has ever had to his record. Maybe you can get a job as a stats. man for the AJC. What the hell, you write more on the blogs than they write in their columns. Their editors don’t allow them to use that much space.
If CMR can show the fire I saw last weekend on the sidelines, he can come out with a solid record for this year, but more importantly, his young kids will be a force in 2012. These young man, although the record is 0-2, have shown they want to play and are standing behind their coach and team 100%. This is a definite improvement over last years team and bodes well for the future of UGA football. Go hard at recruiting some big uglies and this team, although a project, will be a force to dealt with next year, and no light weight for any of the remaining teams on this schedule this year. The offensive game calling last week, leads me to believe that CMR had a little more input than in previous games as they actaully had a fairly good game plan and kept SC on it’s toes. Their offense scored 17 points. Our mistakes killed us or we would have had a W. The OL line was much improved and until the defensive line wore down late in the game,Lattimore wasn’t a world beater either. Of course, everybody knew how Garcia reacts to pressure and he did not disapoint last week, once again. That is why SC will not win the SEC and hopes to maybe win the East.
It would behoove us all, myself included, to wait until the season is over before passing judgement on CMR and a need for change. I do believe though, that Bobo is not DIV. I material at OC, and if I am correct, and CMR did have a lot more input into the offense last week, CMR will find another OC, but that will depend on the season.
GO DAWGS and GATA
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 14th, 2011
12:42 pm
Tampa Dawg
You ought to re-read what I said about AL
I said “couldnt find a coach until Stallings and Saban”
Meaning they didnt put up with the stupidity of the Shula’s, Dubois, and you forgot to mention the Bill Curry’s of the world
Your a little to smart for your britches thinking you got someone
Oh
And there was more to my posts than kool-aid drinkers that you want to make the class think thats all I said
Im still waiting on the response of #2 ranking in recruiting for the decade and the great results we have gotten since 2006
The class is waiting
Charlie Hayes
September 14th, 2011
12:44 pm
Dont worry about the fan base and the boo birds. You better worry about who the coach will be after we lose to UT in Knoxville on 10/8. What will be the excuse then? I can already hear CMR’s comments: “Played hard and am proud of the team, UT is just a really good team”. Tired of hearing the same ole crap. Start winning if you want the fan base to cheer and be supportive.
Bring Back Wally Butts
September 14th, 2011
12:47 pm
Drats. Rats. More Stats. Oh, what is the world coming to?
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 14th, 2011
12:50 pm
Bring Back Wally Butts
Hey Wally Butthead
You have to contribute to the Hartman Fund just to be eligible for season tickets.
You would have known that had you wanted to spend some of your kool-aid money and gotten season tickets but you dont
When you start getting hit in your wallet for a couple thousand a year to see medicrity you wouldnt be happy either but you dont understand such things because buy too much kool-aid
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 14th, 2011
12:53 pm
KB
Since you like excuses
Then what has been the excuse since Stafford and Moreno left. We are rebuilding.
When is the rebuilding project going to start its year 3 now
Sister Mary
September 14th, 2011
12:53 pm
Thomas Brown is NOT a Dawg fan!
slydog
September 14th, 2011
12:53 pm
Maria in Dunwoody
September 14th, 2011
11:23 am
I saw well-coached, tough, disciplined, all-business-after-making-a play, no hair over the collar, players on Peterson’s team in Atlanta.
I’d like to see some of those on our team.
Don’t hold your breath. Richt prefers tattoos and dreadlocks. And brainless dummies. They’re really a sorry-looking bunch to represent a university.
Racist drivel. So, do you folks really think a team of 85 scholarship, clean-cut white boys between the age of 17-23, all with SAT scores higher than 1200 and a GPA of 3.5 or higher, will cut it in the SEC?……. This is 2011, not 1951. And yes, I threw color in there cause the mud was already on the wall. Why? You think they’ll have perfect technique and try harder? ut your TV off and just read the score results if you DO NOT LIKE THE CULTURE OR THE COLOR OF THE PLAYERS.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 14th, 2011
12:55 pm
Drats Rats
Ole Wally Butthead has not stats and nothing much to say with substance as to why mediocrity reigns supreme
Bama Mike
September 14th, 2011
12:57 pm
Am I missing something. ” Crowell recognizes he needs to be in better shape”. What are the summers for? Georgia looked gased in the 4th quarter of both games. I am not sold on the new strength and conditioning program. The first thing noticable with Saban was the change in conditioning during year 1 which took off in year two. I will say, if CMR can get the right conditioning program Georgia will be a beast to deal with. My takeway from first two games. Georgia is as talented as anyone with first unit. Depth lacking an as stated conditioning still needs work as well as discipline, too many seperate parties going on from the sideline during games. Does not appear everyone is ready should their number called. Right head coach will inherit a gold mine.
Bring Back Wally Butts
September 14th, 2011
1:02 pm
Hey Flats
No one cares about your stats. Don’t YOU get it?
slydog
September 14th, 2011
1:03 pm
As far as Crowell needing to get in better shape…hhhmmm let’s see. If you HAVE NOT PLAYED live, in game football for about 9-10 months, like Crowell, then getting pounded by the biggest, fastest, players you have ever played, two top 10 teams none the less, is going to smoke your butt silly at first. All players, be it fottball, basketball, or baseball, are a little fatigued to start a season, then their bodies adjust to it after a couple of weeks. Look at the Falcons. Yeah they got whipped, but not too many teams in the NFL are in great, physical condition right now. The tackling and the timing is poor across the board, at all levels of football. Give the kid a break; And it’s not the 100% responsibility of the coaching staff to get any kid in shape. Even the Army isn’t responsible for each soldier being in shape. It’s up to you.
slydog
September 14th, 2011
1:05 pm
I mean, think about. Kwame GeatherS is not going to light IC in practice during a scrimmage, but Melvin Ingram will, even going as far as an illegal hit and punches to the groin.
slydog
September 14th, 2011
1:06 pm
I meant light him up in practice
TampaDawg
September 14th, 2011
1:09 pm
Trying to figure out how UT keeps getting mentioned like they are a powerhouse or something. UGA in their worst year in long long time still beat them last year 41-14. Loss to UT won’t happen.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 14th, 2011
1:09 pm
Bring Back Wally Butts
Once again an ignorant statement by Mr Rats Drats I cant come up with no stats
I guess since no one cares about my stats so
I will be reading about Richt getting a contract extension very soon right; instead of talk about him being let go unless he turns things around.
Funny how,Paul FineBaum, The Pollack and Palmer show, The Experts, Rivals Radio, Bill Kings radio, College Football Live, And numerous other commentators are talking about those stats and how Richt is on the hot seat
I guess they dont get it either Wally Butthead
TampaDawg
September 14th, 2011
1:10 pm
Hey slydog, in the Army, your physical condition is up to you AND the NCO responsible for you .. I would get a beat down when one of my soldiers didn’t pass PT so then I would get to run them ragged for a while until they did. Ahhh, the good ole days.
KB
September 14th, 2011
1:11 pm
Flat Tire, I haven’t written this season off , Seriously do yourself a favor and find another team, The Richt situation at georgia will take care of itself. Continually whining about a coach that has the best 10 year record of any coach in UGA. By the way bamas record since 2007 vs top 10 teams is 3-6. Its a stupid stat.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 14th, 2011
1:11 pm
TampaDawg
Thats a bold predition
I remember just 2 yrs ago a new Tenn coach, coaching a down Tenn team routed a GREAT coached UGA team
KB
September 14th, 2011
1:13 pm
I remember last year when Georgia routed Tennessee.
Bring Back Wally Butts
September 14th, 2011
1:13 pm
Flats/Thomas Brown or whatever your name is, your maturity level is showing.
Has anyone noticed that when Flats/Thomas Brown, et. al, get questioned about anything, they immediately resort to name calling and rants?
Go take your prozac and calm down. Try being civil (if you ever have in your life).
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 14th, 2011
1:15 pm
KB
Im not whining; Im just sitting here responding to the stupid kool-aid drinkers on here posting a bunch of garbage that isnt going to happen
Im just trying to get you guys of your Dream Team Kool-aid addiction
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 14th, 2011
1:19 pm
Bring Back Wally Butts
Name calling I guess comparing me to Cam Newtons father and saying Im Jeff Schultz isnt calling names right
Back to your padded cell Mr Wally Butthead
TampaDawg
September 14th, 2011
1:22 pm
Back to the Kool-aid drinkers thing .. just another old, tired cliche being rehashed.
Anyway, KB, Wally Butts, I think that Flat Tire and Thomas Brown are one in the same. Same type arguments, both whine when you don’t reply to their oh so well researched stats, both resort to name calling and old dumb cliches. Let’s just stop responding to their tirades. I mean, when the Thomas Brown moniker gets used it gets hard to sort through the posts because you have to go through about 10 pages of type to get to something of merit but we can just ignore them both altogether.
Troup Co. Dawg
September 14th, 2011
1:23 pm
Dawgs will pick up the peaces….not a matter of if, but When? Can’t let this slow start ruin the season! If the powers that be decide to make changes at season’s end, then so be it! We’ll eventually get where we need to be, I am Certain of that! Does that sound familiar? We shall see!
1eyedJack
September 14th, 2011
1:24 pm
Must’ve got a Flat Tire from running over his own pointed head.
Gimme that Kool-aid!!
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 14th, 2011
1:25 pm
Tampa Dawg
Still waiting for you to respond to other stuff Ive posted instead of Kool-aid Drinkers
How about Bong Smokers you like that.
TampaDawg
September 14th, 2011
1:27 pm
1eyedJack .. pointed head? Ouch.
Bring Back Wally Butts
September 14th, 2011
1:35 pm
If we all keep doing this, Flat Tire/Thomas Brown will have to throw a yellow flag. Fifteen yards for late hit and piling on. LOL
Ace
September 14th, 2011
1:39 pm
Crowell looks to be about like Ealey. He won’t run over anyone, like Bo would.
TampaDawg
September 14th, 2011
1:43 pm
2 Completely different running backs there Ace. Bo was a big physical and fast back. A once in a lifetime type back. Don’t expect the 5-11 / 210 pound guy to run over people in the front 7.
bugsquacher
September 14th, 2011
1:47 pm
WHY GEORGIA SHOULD BE CONSIDERING A COACHING CHANGE.
1-Georgia is a combined 0-5 against Top 25 teams in 2010 and 2011
2- GEORGIA has lost 10 of its last 12 against ranked teams. (2-10 record)
2- GEORGIA is now 14-14 in his last 28 games
3-GEORGIA is 6-10 in the past 16 SEC games.
4- REMAINING SCHEDULE. Games they will probably lose: 1- Miss St. 2- Tenn 3-Florida 4-Auburn. Games we should win (if we don’t have an off week): 1- Costal Carolina, 2-Miss, 3- Kentucky, 4- New Mexico, 5-Tech, 6-Vandy.
LOOKS LIKE A 50/50 CHANCE OF ANOTHER LOSING SEASON.
5- Its been 30 yrs since our last national championship…. Can Richt get us there? Are we trending in the right direction?
THE ABOVE SAYS……. NO!
Spaceman Spiff
September 14th, 2011
1:53 pm
History Major, why on earth would you reference the U.S.S. Yorktown in this? You, sir, are the biggest idiot of the group.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 14th, 2011
1:59 pm
bugsquacher
Get ready the Bong Smokers will be attacking your factual stats there and try to tell you your an idiot
Dont worry though they never have anything with substance to back their arguments
TampaDawg
September 14th, 2011
1:59 pm
Your points are good squacher but that’s about a 2 year evaluation. If it continues through the rest of this year as you predict, yes, we need to make a change and as good of a man as Mark Richt is, he will land on his feet and come out MUCH stronger. And I think we all have our very own shortlist of who we think should run the team next.
All that being said, I don’t think they lose to UT, and the team that played USCe could win 2 of 3 against Miss St, Auburn and Florida. Again, we should let the season play out. Beat Miss St, UT and UF and you have a 9-3 record and possibly win the SEC East depending on what SC does the rest of their schedule. If not, the axe will fall.
DawginLex
September 14th, 2011
2:04 pm
Why don’t we save time and typing and choose from a numbered response
1.) Richt should be fired
2.) I support richt and believe he should return
3.) Let’s see what happens this year and let McGarity decide
4.) Florida owns UGA
5.) Richt can’t beat anyone
6.) Red panties
7.) Drunk AD
8.) We hit and run this state
9.) Defending Fulmer Cup Champs
10) Kool aid drinkers
Just pick a number(s) and respond.
1eyedJack
September 14th, 2011
2:06 pm
3 and 10
Laughing at a guy with a Flat Tire on I-95
September 14th, 2011
2:06 pm
Bong smokers? I guess it was Kool-aid drinkers earlier .. who is this guy? What is he, like 12 years old? The guy talks like UGA fell from greatness after Richt took over. Much better program football wise and much cleaner since he got there. Good luck landing a quality coach if they ever read how fair weather some of the fans are.
WDE
September 14th, 2011
2:08 pm
DawginLex love the idea put me down for a no.3 and a side of fries.
TampaDawg
September 14th, 2011
2:08 pm
1eyedJack, 3 and 10 .. nice, rather odd combo. Red panties always sound good until you remember we are talking about them in conjunction with an AD
TampaDawg
September 14th, 2011
2:09 pm
yeah WDE, that’s sounds pretty good .. I’ll take the number 3 also and could you add an apple pie with that?
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 14th, 2011
2:09 pm
DawginLex
You need to add Bong Smokers to the list since some people do not like Kool-aid drinkers
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 14th, 2011
2:13 pm
Laughing at a guy with a Flat Tire on I-95
If you would learn to read posts you would know that I switched to Bong Smokers since some people got tired of kool-aid drinkers
Would you like me to say ENERGY VAMPIRES instead
Oh and the program is better and cleaner then explain the
30+ arrests since 2007 and winner of the Fulmer Cup
Laughing at your stupidity now
Bring Back Wally Butts
September 14th, 2011
2:15 pm
DawginLex
I haven’t heard a single stat since you posted the list. Good work. Put me down for 3 and a cherry coke.
Bring Back Wally Butts
September 14th, 2011
2:16 pm
oops, there he goes again.
Spaceman Spiff
September 14th, 2011
2:17 pm
DawginLex, number three is the obvious choice for the normal person. However, there are those trolls on here that should have a space all their own… Agree w/ Tampa, #6 sounds good if it in now way is connected to the former AD
1eyedJack
September 14th, 2011
2:22 pm
TampaDawg, I support Richt but I’m more than willing to let McGarity do his job.
If the good Rev. Jones had forced his followers to drink Mad Dog 20/20 would we all be called Mad Dog 20/20 drinkers?
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 14th, 2011
2:26 pm
Trolls and Bong Smokers need to be added to the list
DawginLex
September 14th, 2011
2:26 pm
I say 3 and 6 for my wife………………
WDE
September 14th, 2011
2:27 pm
@Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville loved your work with how Bama got rid of those coaches cause at Bama its all about NC’s…B.S of those coaches how many won a SEC title? How many had 10 win seasons? Newsflash if CMR had taken over at Bama when Saban did and duplicated his record at UGA he would still be at Bama today..yeah on the hot seat but still there…no one has had 10 years with more wins at Bama than CMR has at UGA since the Bear died…and don’t mention Gene Stallings he won a MNC and cost the Tide 30 scholarships and 8 wins during his tenure too… and get over how much money you give to the Hartman Fund I promise for the bile you spout its not enough.your laughing at stupid people..what do you call someone that sends money to a program he clearly hates….stupid comes to mind.
just a fan
September 14th, 2011
2:28 pm
I will take a number 3 as well DawginLex
DawginLex
September 14th, 2011
2:28 pm
1.) Richt should be fired
2.) I support richt and believe he should return
3.) Let’s see what happens this year and let McGarity decide
4.) Florida owns UGA
5.) Richt can’t beat anyone
6.) Red panties
7.) Drunk AD
8.) We hit and run this state
9.) Defending Fulmer Cup Champs
10) Kool aid drinkers
11.) Bong smokers
12.) TROLLS
12 would include all of the following:
Trailer park fanbase
Walmart clothing line
Toothless
Rednecks
Hillbillies
Delusional
McDonalds fry cooks
Laughing at a guy with a Flat Tire on I-95
September 14th, 2011
2:34 pm
The Fulmer cup crap was started by such classy individuals as yourself flat tire. Fulmer cup refers to a lot of things, not just arrests. Like the fact that Fulmer teams were loaded with arrested players who stayed on the team while Richt teams saw guys like possible future start QB Zach Mettenberger kicked out of UGA. To put Phil Fulmer and Mark Richt in the same sentence when it comes to clean programs is laughable at best. The other SEC coaches respect the program Richt has run with UGA. Same could NEVER be said about Phil Fulmer. They had a going away party for him AFTER he was gone.
As for the kool-aid/bong smoker thing, I did read the previous posts which is why they were both mentioned in case reading isn’t your strong point.
Bring Back Wally Butts
September 14th, 2011
2:36 pm
Great! Now Flat Tire only has to refer to us by number (he uses 10-12). So much more civil.
Thanks, DawginLex. You have upgraded the blog.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 14th, 2011
2:41 pm
WDE
I guess Mr Lawhorn and the other athetic board member who expressed their displeasure about where the program is heading is as you state clearly hate UGA and are stupid since they give tons of money to the hartman fund and are expressing their displeasure
Again AL 2 National Champions UGA 0 in that time span
If I were you I would stop trying to argue you dont have a leg to stand on
JB
September 14th, 2011
2:42 pm
pretty chilly ( high of 66) and raining Saturday in Athens. 30,000 no shows????
JB
September 14th, 2011
2:47 pm
Why has the “use to be free” Uga message board gone to pay the last few days?????
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 14th, 2011
2:48 pm
Laughing at a guy with a Flat Tire on I-95
I didnt know having 30+ arrests is something considered clean and something to be looked upon as an example for other schools to strive for
Once again laughing at your stupidity
You wrote Bong smokers? I guess it was Kool-aid drinkers earlier .. who is this guy?
I responed If you would learn to read posts you would know that I switched to Bong Smokers since some people got tired of kool-aid drinkers. PEOPLE GOT TIRED OF KOOL-AID DRINKERS
So I changed it to Bong Smokers
I guess reading is something you havent learned
KB
September 14th, 2011
2:54 pm
I don’t give one holy damn about what has happened the past 2 years , its water under the bridge. I do care about what happens the rest of this season and all the whining about the last two years isn’t going to make this season any better.This team has a chance to be very good , i didn’t expect to go undefeated , thought 9-3 10-3 with a bowl , doesn’t matter if we lose first 2 and then lose another down the road. With this schedule its not impossible to think 10 wins. The Richt situation will work itself out, but as long as he is at UGA I will be pulling for him and the dawgs.
Numberwang
September 14th, 2011
2:55 pm
Memo To Dawg Fans:
If you’re coming to the game on Saturday, could you do us all a favor and show up on time and stay for the whole game. We’ve got to stop this pathetic habit of coming late and leaving early. It’s flippin embarrassing.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 14th, 2011
2:59 pm
I would rather see fans show up sober for a change
Leaving early after getting your but handed to you doesnt bother me show me one fanbase that doesnt leave early when their team is going to lose
Laughing at a guy with a Flat Tire on I-95
September 14th, 2011
3:01 pm
You bonehead, I acknowledged both of your childish little names. What part don’t you get? Is freaking 5th grade still to tough for you? You’re quick to mention 30 arrests, but like all of your other posts on here, you don’t mention the results of those (player suspensions, players removed from team) and you don’t dare try to compare UGA to any other school. No offense to my buddy UF fans on here but please, take most 3 year spans and compare what their players have done. You want a championship but don’t want the kids that will get it for you? Because not recruiting these kids is the only way you will reduce 30 arrests. Coaches can’t have complete control over any kid’s life.
But have you seen major scholarship costing, post-season costing NCAA violations at UGA since Richt has been there (unlike current BSU)? Nope. Have you seen Richt getting into heated exchanges with other SEC coaches because he ratted them out for the same thing he was doing (like Fulmer did)? Nope. AJ Green got accused of the same thing that the OSU players did that ultimately cost Jim Tressel his job and OSU a lot of violations. UGA and CMR handled the AJ Green thing WITH the NCAA and nothing else happened. But look at OSU.
RedandBlackDAWG
September 14th, 2011
3:21 pm
ACE,
Crowell doesn’t have the power backs body to run over anyone. That doesn’t make him any less a successful back, just another type of back. If he can avoid contact and juke his way to 100+ yards a game against, supposedly a great defense like SC is supposed to have, I’ll take it. Less contact means less injuries.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 14th, 2011
3:22 pm
Laughing at a guy with a Flat Tire on I-95
Bud 30+ arrests show lack of discipline, and lack of respect for the coach.
And what has that lack of respect got; poor performance and results on the field
You can sugar coat it all you want but 30+ arrests is an embarrassment to the program plain and simple
New kid on the blog
September 14th, 2011
3:29 pm
Too all of the a** clowns on this board who are drinking the kool-aid or bashing CMR, how many of you actually matriculated from UGA???????
New kid on the blog
September 14th, 2011
3:31 pm
Correcting my previous post – it should have said “To all of the…..
1eyedJack
September 14th, 2011
3:37 pm
There is nothing in the U.S. or GA. constitution that says you have to graduate from a school to be a fan. I never played for the Braves or Falcons but I’m a fan of them too.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 14th, 2011
3:44 pm
1eyedJack
Makes a great point
Finally someone makes a strong argument
New kid on the blog
September 14th, 2011
3:46 pm
I just find it humorous that so many posters to this blog have such didactic opinions and didn’t actually attend UGA. Some of them make us look like complete morons.
ARdawg
September 14th, 2011
3:48 pm
The only thing one needs to do to be a fan is buy a ticket or listen on the radio and watch the team on the television. Does anyone think the ESPN advertisers care whether or not you personally attended the school or gave generously? A clue to that question is “no” they do not
ARdawg
September 14th, 2011
3:49 pm
New kid
Many of them are morons
New kid on the blog
September 14th, 2011
3:51 pm
It’s called levity people…..lighten up! Just trying to bring some rationale and sense to some of the inane posts and attacks on this board. Of course I know one doesn’t have to have attended or graduated from a school to be a fan.
WDE
September 14th, 2011
3:52 pm
@Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville I don’t need a leg to stand on buffoon..those gentlemen don’t spend hours publicly running down the program day in and day out. Alabama has been on probation twice during that same time frame..proving the age old adage ” If Bama ain’t cheating Bama ain’t winning” . But hey the won HC’s so that’s cool right?
WDE
September 14th, 2011
4:00 pm
@New kid on the blog have noticed anything out of you but a huge superiority complex, yes a ton of us went to UGA and yes “matriculated”. For the love of UGA make a point about the team, coaches, direction of the program but don’t look for a lot of consensus here..an stop wrapping your self in your sheepskin it’s get dirty…oh and welcome to the chaos that is the AJC blog.
New kid on the blog
September 14th, 2011
4:03 pm
It’s more fun picking on the idiots! Bottom line is the season will play itself out and McGarity will make determination about CMR’s future then. Nobody should be calling for CMR’s head in the middle of the season – will only make a bad situation worse.
Go Dawgs!!!!!
1eyedJack
September 14th, 2011
4:05 pm
New kid, most of the inane posts and attacks are from GnaTs posing as Georgia fans to try and make us look bad. It’s an Obuma tactic.
Laughing at a guy with a Flat Tire on I-95
September 14th, 2011
4:06 pm
Again, compare it to other schools though. Does UF have a lot of arrests? Believe me, down here and in Orlando, and you can bet in Gainesville, those numbers are big news. But do they still win? Yup. It’s not sugar coating. Sugar coating would be me justifying it by saying well this many of them are for failure to appear in court for a traffic stop or some crap like that. It’s just the truth. Players in other schools get arrested often also. Coaches from the SEC meet every year just to discuss what to do about stuff like that because they don’t want the NCAA (another communist organization) involved in it.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 14th, 2011
4:07 pm
WDE
2 national championships 1 of them AL was on probation
Since 1990 theses teams have a NC
LSU has won 2
FL has won 3
Aub should have played for 3 but at least they have 1
AL has 2
Heck Tenn has 1
UGA has Excuses, Kool-aid drinkers, 10 win championships, and bong smokers
1eyedJack
September 14th, 2011
4:10 pm
Flat Tire, since I’m on a diet could I skip the Kool-aid and just drink the bong water?
TampaDawg
September 14th, 2011
4:10 pm
New Kid said “Bottom line is the season will play itself out and McGarity will make determination about CMR’s future then. Nobody should be calling for CMR’s head in the middle of the season – will only make a bad situation worse.” .. and I couldn’t agree more. First off, McGarity doesn’t need our help in firing a coach. He will do what he feels he needs to do and that’s that. But doing it in the middle of the season is just dumb.
DawginLex
September 14th, 2011
4:19 pm
I think I am adding a lucky # 13 to the list
13.) Thomas Brown needs an enema
so my vote is #3 and #6(for my wife) and #13
TampaDawg
September 14th, 2011
4:20 pm
Why are we still commenting on Flat Tire’s tired old rants? He wants nothing less than National Titles. Fine, let’s go pay off some recruit’s dads, have a celebrity on the side to pay the players through money, cars, and other .. hmm hmm .. perks, and sellout other programs so we can run our own dirty laundry through the wash without being seen. Title should be in the bag then.
TampaDawg
September 14th, 2011
4:22 pm
DawginLex, great combo, can we supersize #3 and #13, and go small on the #6 please? Not for your wife, mine. Didn’t want you to get the wrong idea buddy.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 14th, 2011
4:22 pm
1eyedJack
I would lay off both until after the Tenn game then come back and tell me how you feel
ga gator
September 14th, 2011
4:24 pm
Richt is 0-2 against 2 top 10 teams, so let this play out. I might be wrong but Richt must come in 2nd in the East to keep his job.
TampaDawg
September 14th, 2011
4:28 pm
Pretty fair assessment their ga gator. I would even go as far as to say if he only finishes 2nd in the east, it has to be with wins over UF and GT.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 14th, 2011
4:32 pm
TampaDawg
Lets have some clarity about what I want
#1 How about beating FL 2 yrs in a row or every other year
#2 How about an SEC EAST Championship every 2 or 3 years
#3 How about beating top 10 teams again even if you go 8-4
#4 How about an SEC championship once every 4 or 5 yrs
#5 How about UGA fans shut their mouths during the pre-season talking trash about this is the year
#6 How about having an upset like Dooley used to do instead of losing to teams that are ranked higher than UGA
I really am not asking too much from a staff that is paid $5 million a year
Oh and notice I said nothing about a NC even though that would be nice
New kid on the blog (pun intended)
September 14th, 2011
4:58 pm
I agree with Tampa Dog – CMR is toast if we lose to the bumblebees this year – even if we win the rest of our games ( which is highly unlikely).
tony
September 14th, 2011
5:04 pm
Who want less than a national championship? I certainly don’t! Wake up deep south, the north is way ahead of you.
Anon
September 14th, 2011
5:05 pm
So by the article, they are playing South Carolina again Saturday. Maybe they’ll get it right this time.
TampaDawg
September 14th, 2011
5:07 pm
Ok Flat Tire, this is stuff we can work with.
1. Agreed, I love to beat Florida and would like to go back to the Dooley years when it was like playing GT, you assumed the win and every loss was considered an upset.
2. He has won the East outright twice and tied for it 2 other years.
3. 2006 and 2007 were great years for this example. 2007 they finished the year with 7 straight wins including 4 ranked teams, one being a Tim Tebow led UF team. 2006 they finished the season 9-4 but that included three wins at the end of the season all against ranked teams, one was AT #5 Auburn. 2005 included wins over #3 LSU, #7 UT, and #24 GT.
4. 2 SEC Titles, yes, I agree, we are due for another one already according to your every 4-5 years, but it’s not like it has never happened under this group.
5. Never going to happen here or at any other school. I mean try to tell OSU fans that losing their head coach and several players as a result of NCAA scandal will cause their season to be abysmal and you will get hit with a barrage of unrealistic stuff.
6. I too would like to see them upset a few teams again. Some of the previously mentioned wins were upsets but I would like to see it this year since several of the game on this years schedule will see us as the underdog.
Yes, a NC would be nice and no, you didn’t mention it here but in previous posts, you made it seem as NOTHING else mattered.
“Again AL 2 National Champions UGA 0 in that time span”
“After Stallings couldnt find a coach until they got Saban and won a NC”
I would LOVE to get even back to the NC hunt. But other teams won’t just roll over and die for us so it will be a battle. Again, like I have said before, firing CMR mid-season is NOT the answer. So let’s just let it play out and get past the look for a new coach until we see how everything ends. By that time, if a move is warranted, you can bet that McGarity has already been shopping around.
TampaDawg
September 14th, 2011
5:09 pm
tony
September 14th, 2011
5:04 pm
Who want less than a national championship? I certainly don’t! Wake up deep south, the north is way ahead of you.
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Who is the north way ahead of? The NORTH hasn’t done squat in years in the NC race but lose. Even when OSU won a title it was marred by a horrific call at the end of the game.
TampaDawg
September 14th, 2011
5:10 pm
Anon
September 14th, 2011
5:05 pm
So by the article, they are playing South Carolina again Saturday. Maybe they’ll get it right this time.
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Not sure how you came to that conclusion
TampaDawg
September 14th, 2011
5:15 pm
Flat Tire, I think we all (you , I, KB, DawginLex and many others) really do want the same thing. We want the Dawgs to destroy teams on a schedule on the way to a 13-0 NC season. It’s all good, we obviously just disagree with the course to go from where we are to get to there. No hard feelings
Tool Patrol
September 14th, 2011
5:16 pm
Last week DawginLex was thru with Richt and company now his tune changes to a degree. Thus the reason why you do not listen to a tool like him. Know it all without a clue. Welcome to the world of AJC blogs.
Tool Patrol
September 14th, 2011
5:17 pm
LET THE SEASON PLAY OUT SUPPORT THE TEAM!!!! Thus saving yourself some crow and looking like a TOOL!!!!!
BigTimeUGAFan
September 14th, 2011
5:26 pm
Hey folks, kinda upset today. Had to clean out the deep fryer because I got caught frying some catfish in it. They were good catfish, I caught them a couple a days ago. Found out one of our own got arrested for beating up a women. This does not help our situation folks. Can’t the dawgs just stick to beating up regular students at UGA. Anyway, got to run. Gonna go pick up some extra cash cleaning out my step father’s cesspool. Go Dawgs!
RatDawg
September 14th, 2011
5:40 pm
What a crock. Bobo and Richt are a joke. Always a day late and a dollar short. We drove into Carolina territory 3 times early in the game. Twice we failed to gain a first down on 3rd and 2 and 3rd and 3 because those crackpots called a pass play. We came away with 6 points. Field Goals are for Losers. I will always go back to Tubberville’s advise to Richt in Richt’s 1st year…”Richt will learn you have to be able to run the ball in this league”. He has not learned it yet and IMHO deserves to lose his job. Good luck Bobo running the Thomas County High offense next year!!!
BigTimeUGAFan
September 14th, 2011
5:54 pm
Tool Patrol,we’ve already eaten the crow! I hope you weren’t planning on me keeping it! I only got a 10 gallon cooler. It’s an Igloo though! Why were you cussing LexDawg? He seems to be the most reasonable blogger on here! Boy, you are really something else! Your mommas would be proud! Go Dawgs!
tony
September 14th, 2011
5:56 pm
TampaDawg
September 14th, 2011
5:09 pm
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Let me rephrase my last post. “Wake up GA, the north is way ahead of you”! Fans of the braves, falcons, hawks and the BULLDOGS settle for winning records ONLY! As long as those organizations know this they will continue to serve you less than what you deserve.
Now that Mr.Richt has decided to ride his horse(Crowell) I expected the dawgs to win out.
Dirty Dawg
September 14th, 2011
6:03 pm
Hey slydog…how can I compare Mettenberger and Newton? Easy. Both broke the law. You say Cam only engaged in some ’student’ pranks, or mistakes, or whatever…frankly getting caught cheating on academic assignments (several times), stealing a laptop (the same thing that got that QB from Oregon kicked out – then Ole Miss signed him) and an array – I’m talking dozens – of un-paid and un-resolved (unless having ‘em ‘fixed’ counts) traffic-related violations in the year or two he was in Gainesville…if that’s just student-stuff then Dean William Tate tossed a bunch of guys unnecessarily. As for his having been ‘clean’ for the last year or two, we’ll see. The truth will out on his signing at AU one day and Jerry Richardson will have to decide if he wants the next Reggie Bush representing his program – I don’t care how many 400-yard games he has, Richardson’s a hard-nosed guy and I suspect he never would have drafted Newton without getting a promise from him that neither he, his Daddy, or his Uncle, or his Momma, or anybody he knows took money to play at Auburn. If he’s lied to Jerry his a$$ won’t be able to get outta Charlotte fast enough.
Tool Patrol
September 14th, 2011
6:14 pm
My momma would be proud? Is that a insult? Actually she is, apparently you must not be able to say the same about yourself if that was your go to line. Something must resonate personally with that insult.
No you two bit UGA fans who last week where fire every thing but the kitchen sink and then wanna double talk after the heart they displayed are pathetic. If this isn’t you then go ignore yourself in your momma’s basement. If it is well then go suck your thumb in your mothers basement. Tool Patrol Out…keeping all tools in check.
Tool Patrol
September 14th, 2011
6:20 pm
Richt should leave! These fans deserve another Ray Goff. This fanbase is worthless. Rocky Top will rain down on Richt and Co and the fanbase deserves to here it played about 100 times. Rodgers scored 3 touchdowns and Dawg nation goes into cardiac arrest….TOOL PATROL OUT….
angry mangy mutt
September 14th, 2011
6:25 pm
Why do so many people feel as if they need to prove they are a fan and that all that disagree with them are not? This seems to describe those fans supporting CMR. Go to Philly, NYC, or just hop across the state line over into Alabama and they likely would be understanding of the sourness of UGA fans. One of my good friends who is from Jersey is as loyal of a fan as one can be. He even adopted the Dawgs as his college team after the military moved him down south (before it is said or asked college ball is not too big up East). The main reason was UGA fans were like those he grew up with. We understood misery and absolute hate wallowing in it. We have the all or nothing approach to our fanaticism.
BigTimeUGAFan
September 14th, 2011
7:59 pm
Tool Patrol I’d have you know that I don’t even know my real dad! Plus, my mommas won’t let me visit anymore. My great mother in law helps me out when times are rough! If you’re that upset about the crow then I will go out and start shotin’ them down in the woods. I think there’s a place close to the main road where I’ll get plenty of them! I’ll get you some! They’ll be fresh! Just let me know when you need them and where to meet! You need to let me know when you need stuff! Go Dawgs!
UGA grad 90
September 14th, 2011
10:45 pm
Going Down With The Ship
To take your chance in the thick of a rush, with firing all about,
Is nothing so bad when you’ve cover to ‘and, an’ leave an’ likin’ to shout;
But to stand an’ be still to the Birken’ead drill
is a damn tough bullet to chew,
An’ they done it, the Jollies — ‘Er Majesty’s Jollies —
Mark Richt and his Loyalists too!
Their work was done when it ‘adn’t begun; they was younger nor me an’ you;
Their choice it was plain between drownin’ in ‘eaps
an’ bein’ mopped by the screw,
So they stood an’ was still to the Birken’ead drill, Mark Richt and his Loyalists too!
Question
September 14th, 2011
10:56 pm
If UGA goes 9-3 this year, what will that prove? I mean, I know 9 wins is ok, but it will basically mean that UGA lost the 3 games that really matter.
If UGA fans become ok with losing every game that the Vegas folks say they should, then get ready to finish 8-4 or 9-3 every year.
suwanee dawg
September 14th, 2011
10:58 pm
Richt should practice the #1 O versus the #1 D more. Too scared of injuries but that impacts the team. Note – Boise game.
doctor
September 15th, 2011
4:30 am
I will believe it all when I see it. Otherwise I will expect——-Georgia to throw the ball way too much in a game. Fumbles, miscues, missed field goals, etc. The three ringed circus approach to football instead of the Lombardi approach.
'94 UGA Alumni
September 15th, 2011
9:32 am
It’s about friggin time. It’s been obvious Crowell is our best RB since Day 1 and there’s no excuse for him not starting or getting more touches. Samuel needs to move back to LB and Boykin/Smith/Thomas can spilt the other 10 or so carries to give Crowell a breather when needed.
RedandBlackDAWG
September 15th, 2011
10:43 am
I think the starting of Crowell was handled very well. They let him ease into the college game, by limiting his carries in game one and gr4adually letting him loose in game 2. Sure it would be nice if he had the impact Lattimore had for Sc last year, but by the end of the year, who was hurtng and had limited playing time for them. Did SC look like a SEC division winner last year at the end? The answer is no. Lattimore started out being their only reliaible weapon and Garcia only looked half servicable because Lattimore gathered most of the attention of the opposing teams defense. As anyone could see, based on Saturdays game, you pressure Garcia and he gets happy feet and an arm, most coaches would disdain. Considering SC’s options at QB, it is sad but he is their only choice. And yes, SC did beat UGA but we have to be a little realistic here. SC’s defense forced UGA into some mistakes and beat them. The offense amounted to 17 points and even though Lattimore got his yards in, he did most of his damage later in the game when the defense wore down. We can not afford to have Crowell have that happen to him. He is going to be a terrific RB and he has shown he has all the tools to be a great one. Let’s not get him beat to death though, and let him become a great one at a proper pace.
GO DAWGS and GATA