TB Isaiah Crowell to get first career start vs. Coastal Carolina
ATHENS – Just got back from interviewing Georgia players following head coach Mark Richt’s weekly press conference. As you could imagine there wasn’t a whole lot of talk about Coastal Carolina, the Bulldogs opponent for Week 3. It was more about the aftermath of last Saturday’s loss to South Carolina and what has to happen going forward.
The biggest bit of news to come out of the half-hour session with Coach Richt was the decision to start freshman tailback Isaiah Crowell this week. Crowell had 158 all-purpose yards — including 118 rushing — and two touchdowns against the Gamecocks was named SEC co-freshman of the week, The 5-foot-11, 215-pound Columbus native now leads the Bulldogs in rushing with 178 yards, or 89 per game and is the team’s second-leading scorer.
So here quickly is what Richt had to say about Crowell. . . .
- On tailback rotation: “Right now we do have [Crowell] slated as the starter for this week. Part of it is just his production as a runner. That’s a big part of it certainly. But Richard [Samuel] is also kind of hobbled. I don’t know how much work he’ll get today. Now that Isaiah is in that role, a lot of guys when they get into that starting role they can an even greater sense of urgency in their preparation.”
- His assessment of Crowell’s play so far: “I think he’s done pretty well. I think he has learned a lot. It’s just so hard to explain to a guy what it’s going to be like until they just start doing it. Now that he’s been in the Dome and had that experience and then he had a Southeastern Conference experience and a game that he could tell one play could make the difference. I think that he understands a lot more about what it takes and I think he’s even more motivated to work even harder in practice and to make sure he makes sure he takes care of every little detail. Not to say that he wasn’t, but it’s just . . . he’s a freshman. Until you play in an SEC game like that you just don’t get it fully. But I saw an even more urgency on his part, even in yesterday’s practice. He just seemed to be excited about what the future holds.”
- On Crowell’s performance versus South Carolina: “I think he is a very special back. As the game was going on I thought he was running very well, but when I looked at the film I realized he really made some great runs. So we hope he can keep doing that.”
- On Crowell not getting more carries: “He did take a shot in the ribs and he was having trouble breathing. A couple of runs in a row and I think, because of his energy level and excitement level, he’d raise his hand and want to come off. So 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. 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.
- On Samuel’s injury: “It’s not a muscle pull. It was like a heel, something with his heel. It wasn’t a break or anything like that. More of a heel contusion.”
- Who will be second team if Samuel can’t go: “Right now in my opinion it’d be Carlton [Thomas]. But today is a big day. It’s a competition day, a physical day, a day we’ll get in pads and do some live football. Guys will get an opportunity to show they need to be playing.”
– Chip Towers
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just a fan
September 13th, 2011
2:09 pm
first
CANTONDAWG
September 13th, 2011
2:20 pm
Great …he should be able to rack up 200 yards in this game.
drbasic
September 13th, 2011
2:21 pm
If there is such a thing as “style points” we better get a bunch this weekend and never let off the gas pedal. Everyone sit tight, bigs things are going to be happening by seasons end. GATA!!!
KeepDreaming
September 13th, 2011
2:22 pm
GOOO DAWGS! WE CAN STILL WIN THE SEC!!!
Joe T
September 13th, 2011
2:25 pm
Suck it up boys. Win the rest!!
VALDOSTADAWG
September 13th, 2011
2:27 pm
Crowell is the only positive thing in Athens right now
DawginLex
September 13th, 2011
2:28 pm
Crowell on pace to get 1,000 yards.
I hope Richt plays all the kids that he can.
Don’t agree with the Murray bashers but I would like to see Mason in the 1st half this week.
The Dawginator
September 13th, 2011
2:28 pm
Is Boo Malcome injured?
SidVicious
September 13th, 2011
2:28 pm
Ok, I’ll wait for the Herschel analogies.
MikeInMacon
September 13th, 2011
2:29 pm
I’ll hang up and listen.
TomInTucker
September 13th, 2011
2:29 pm
I’m a big Georgia fan, I’ll hang up and listen.
Roaddawg80
September 13th, 2011
2:31 pm
One of the positive quotes I had talking to my buddy the other day was the simple fact on how excited I was NOT to see Carlton Thomas in the game running between the tackles. He can not get the job done there so I pray that they do not waste anymore of our time trying him. For God’s sake give Boo Malcolm a chance when Crowell comes out( if he has to).
TomInTucker
September 13th, 2011
2:31 pm
If UGA can…….
and If…….
and if we hadn’t………
TallyDawg
September 13th, 2011
2:31 pm
Chip – Did anyone ask about Crowell’s ribs? I’d assume it isn’t that bad since they have him slated to start against Coastal Carolina (when they could obviously rest him in that game if necessary)
Restore UGA
September 13th, 2011
2:37 pm
drbasic, I agree. Aaron Murray needs to learn how to build a lead. The young man seems to loose focus unless we are behind.
Bear
September 13th, 2011
2:39 pm
Keep Mark Richt. Crowell SEC freshmen of the year
How about Bobo?
September 13th, 2011
2:42 pm
Are we going to start a Grad assistant at OC in place of Bobo? Boy, how sweet would that be?
Big Enos Burdette
September 13th, 2011
2:43 pm
The dawgs need to send what I call an “attention getter”.
LAdawg
September 13th, 2011
2:43 pm
I hate feeling like I have to cross my fingers whenever the offense is on the field! This SC game was a huge improvement in play calling but why is that just now happening?? Why is aaron white not being used more? Why are so many plays so predictable? Why is richard samuel given so many carries….his balance is horrible….he tips over at the slightest touch on EVERY carry! Where is boo malcome? Where are the quick slants to wooten and king? Is this really the BEST Georgia can do?
How about Bobo?
September 13th, 2011
2:45 pm
Have to say that I’m pleased that on the weekly callin show, that we havent had to hear Richt say hello to Noah. I’m sure Tim from Bonair is chomping at hte bits, though. Two weeks and no Noah!!!! YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Macclenny_dawg
September 13th, 2011
2:52 pm
Well it only took Richt 2 games to realize freshmen or not best player needs to be starting. Richt is getting better!! It would normally take a year to realize that he should be starting. Because normally he would have been red shirted!!!
dbc
September 13th, 2011
2:53 pm
Well that’s about two game too late.
Macclenny_dawg
September 13th, 2011
3:01 pm
Why didn’t somebody ask him why he didn’t use the last timeout on 3rd down??? He stated he onside kicked the ball because he didn’t think we could line up our defense right with our starting linebacker out!!! Then he doesn’t call timeout on 3rd down to try to give us a chance to get the ball back. Coach we can’t have a chance to win if we didn’t get the ball back!!! Result 3rd down South Carolina converts game over!!! That to me folks is bad coaching!!! But we did have a timeout left in case we could stop them!!! Guess he felt we might need that to get the offfense lined up after we got the ball back with less than a miute left!!!
DawginLex
September 13th, 2011
3:04 pm
sid
I won’t compare anyone to Herschel. Best ever. No contest.
I will compare Crowell to Rodney Hampton.
1,059 yards in his senior year. 5′11″ 215 pounds.
I think we all would take a similar season, especially for a true freshman.
CecilDawg
September 13th, 2011
3:06 pm
Looking at an 84 – 21 game here this Sat. Now, what will that tell us? BTW, Samuel is the Thunder, as in “Thunder and lightnin’.” You will see. We keep blaming CMR and Bilbo for our woes. What this team needs is for a couple of leaders to emerge on the O and the D. Didn’t have it last year; neither did GT. Both looked awful. C’mon, boys…
DawginLex
September 13th, 2011
3:07 pm
I think it will be 63-0 Saturday
Joey
September 13th, 2011
3:08 pm
If Bobo game plans and calls plays in the remaining game, like he did vs SC, nobody will read a bad word about him from me. He mixed up the plays so well, and kept SC’s D so off-balance, well . . . it just wasn’t Bobo-like.
I hope he keeps it up.
Cupcake City
September 13th, 2011
3:09 pm
12-2 will straighten everything out.
TampaDawg
September 13th, 2011
3:09 pm
We will forever hear the cries to play Boo Malcome .. just gotta believe with every coach knowing that their job is at stake that if Boo was good enough to really help, he would be on the field and getting touches at that.
Fantastic!
September 13th, 2011
3:13 pm
This kid is an absolute STUD!!!!
DawginLex
September 13th, 2011
3:14 pm
I agree Tampa
I guess maybe he is still hurt/recovering?
Groin pulls are tough, especially when you have to keep practicing to try and earn playing time.
TampaDawg
September 13th, 2011
3:16 pm
Just read an article that he is still battling groin and ankle stuff from earlier this spring. He says he can’t remember the last time he was healthy. It’s a shame because he was a big prospect ..
DawginLex
September 13th, 2011
3:17 pm
I know the year is still young but, 2012 could be really good for our running game.
Crowell
The kid from florida looks really good although was overmatched versus buford’s team
If we could land the Marshall kid from NC.
That would be Hampton/Worley/Hearst
Who will be their coach?
THE Dixie Redcoat Band
September 13th, 2011
3:19 pm
So who is favored Saturday?
YungDawg87
September 13th, 2011
3:21 pm
….I LOVE WHEN HATERS ARE PROVED WRONG!!!!…… Keep It Up ISAIAH CROWELL !!!!….I Would Like To See KEN MALCOME get Some PT this weekend
The Bottom Line
September 13th, 2011
3:22 pm
What if they lose?
Stinger2
September 13th, 2011
3:23 pm
Maybe a real big 63-0 blowout as someone suggested will quiet the fans down a little bit at least. CMR and his staff earn every dollar they make. Most of it because of the radical and unrealist fan base they have to deal with.
banshee29
September 13th, 2011
3:24 pm
Does 10-2 save Richt? What about 9-3 (loss to you know who)
Frank Lane
September 13th, 2011
3:26 pm
Fans need to realize that they have a responsibility to the program also, and that all the grousing caused us to lose a top prospect to Stanford today, and I don’t think they even offer his intended major when UGA is the top school in broadcast journalism.
Wait till next year...
September 13th, 2011
3:27 pm
Already talking about 2012… LOL!
DC
September 13th, 2011
3:28 pm
how does beating coastal carolina calm people down?…thats like when UGA “could” make it in the sec championship game last year after beating those horrible teams then..oh yeah..they started playing quality opponents again and lost…
jarvis
September 13th, 2011
3:32 pm
Right Frank….it was the fans complaining and not the fact that the coach won’t be there in 12 months.
DawginLex
September 13th, 2011
3:34 pm
When you LOL! your own statement, that makes you a douchebag and pathetic.
JB
September 13th, 2011
3:34 pm
Our game Saturday kinda like taking your sister to the prom. Just not into it.Looking for other games to watch, although I’ve paid for the dish game plan. Hoping to catch Fla or bama or someone.
PunchGO
September 13th, 2011
3:35 pm
It is time to demote BoBo to split end coach. Bring in Mike Leach as OC and Coach in waiting. If Leach gets out of line CMR can real him in. Everyone deserves a second chance and this will prove it. He is an offensive genius. We kill 2 birds with one stone. OC and coach in waiting.
jimmy
September 13th, 2011
3:35 pm
doesn’t quite me down regardless of what happens this weekend. Richt’s (and staff’s) shelf life has long expired…
Rural Education
September 13th, 2011
3:36 pm
Crowell is a punk, he trashed talk the whole game. The real RB, Lattimore just ran and let his actions do the talking. Ga is full of showboats.
NCDawgs fan
September 13th, 2011
3:37 pm
Expect Hutson Mason to get some snaps this week as well. Lemay will end up redshirting this year. I hope we see Drew and Rome in some action as well.
DawginLex
September 13th, 2011
3:37 pm
DC
No one needs calming down. We lost to 2 teams ranked in most top 10 polls.
We play a patsy this week. We will win big as we should.
The kids need to win a game and get a better outlook on things.
No one has played 2 teams like us in the country.
No one.
We lost them but we got better the 2nd week
Now Richt has to win a lot(or maybe all) of the remaining games to stay employed.
jimmy
September 13th, 2011
3:37 pm
quiet (oops.)
JB
September 13th, 2011
3:38 pm
Stinger2……….I’ve heard enough of the unrealistic fan base out of you. Go to any SEC school and start losing and bring me back a report. Last time i checked the news, no bricks thrown in Richt’s window or any trees killed on campus or our ‘cartel’ flying off during the season to interview a coach. We get it. you hate us. You hang around our blogs like the loser you are. And 9 of 10. Now that’s realistic !
DC
September 13th, 2011
3:39 pm
i hear ya Dawgin
Chip Towers
September 13th, 2011
3:39 pm
TallyDawg: Crowell’s rib injury not expected to slow him down or keep him out of practice.
NCDawgs fan
September 13th, 2011
3:41 pm
We can put a DB in the backfield on offense for some snaps, why can’t we put a RB on defense (LB) for some snaps? Especially against an FCS team. What better time to test out the option of filling a need! Malcome can get some snaps at TB.
Easily Amused
September 13th, 2011
3:42 pm
You’re right DawginLex…
That last game was a quality loss!
UGAKEV
September 13th, 2011
3:42 pm
Isiah Crowel this l Saturday…205Yards 3TDS 2 rep 30 yards …GO DAWGS!!!
Robert
September 13th, 2011
3:42 pm
This is a little off topic, but there’s rumor that Oklahoma has made their decision and that the Big 12 is basically toast
My only question is why in the WORLD would Oklahoma be looking to join the Pac-12 instead of trying for the SEC?
I’m an OU and I just dont get this. I dont care what conference I am in, if I am a college football team ready to switch conferences, my goal is SEC
I mean – bottom line – noone plays in Japan if they can play in the Show
DawginLex
September 13th, 2011
3:42 pm
Losing sucks
We did play better but
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.
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losing still sucks
JB
September 13th, 2011
3:44 pm
Lex, notice all the long blogs today on different ones by new bloggers?
Easily Amused
September 13th, 2011
3:45 pm
@Robert
The Big12 has been toast since Spring of 2010, it just took it a while to pop out of the toaster. Oklahoma doesn’t want to be in the SEC because they aren’t in the South East.
JB
September 13th, 2011
3:46 pm
And playing most west coast teams is easier than most SEC teams.
Easily Amused
September 13th, 2011
3:47 pm
True that, JB.
Easily Amused
September 13th, 2011
3:49 pm
Oklahoma will be the King of the Mountain in the PAC 16.
JK
September 13th, 2011
3:51 pm
What freshmen have not played yet this year that could take off the potential red shirt and get in the game?
Easily Amused
September 13th, 2011
3:54 pm
This move makes it more likely that the SEC expansion will also go beyond 14 teams. I don’t see that happening without the ACC being broken up as well. Florida State and Virginia Tech would be wise to defect sooner, rather than later. I wonder if the remaining ACC teams will try to hold the conference together after that happens?
This could very well be the final year of CFB as we have known it.
JB
September 13th, 2011
3:56 pm
The ACC will survive and 8 -10 teams will form the AFC. ( almost football conference)
TampaDawg
September 13th, 2011
3:59 pm
JK, count Jay Rome out of that .. too much of a log jam at TE. Ray Drew and insert linebacker name here.
Hey, DawginLex...
September 13th, 2011
4:02 pm
…do you really think we will lose 63-0…
Leg Humping Mutts Stink
September 13th, 2011
4:02 pm
The leg humpers are gonna lose again!
JB
September 13th, 2011
4:03 pm
We need to sign 6 OL and 4 LB’s next year
TampaDawg
September 13th, 2011
4:03 pm
The ACC will just swallow up the rest of the teams from the Big East and no one will no any different.
Easily Amused
September 13th, 2011
4:03 pm
If they lose FSU, VA Tech and Clemson, then they won’t even be “almost football”.
Conventional wisdom is that we’ll wind up with four 16 team conferences. The rest of the league might as well give up on the NCAA when that happens. Better yet, maybe the Big 4 conferences will tell the NCAA that they can shove it?
JB
September 13th, 2011
4:03 pm
Hey hump, when does Tech play some team that needs a jock?
Frog from SWD
September 13th, 2011
4:04 pm
So???? Ken Malcolm Can’t get any PT against a Cupcake opponent this week. My fellow SWD Grad must be in the DOG HOUSE?
TampaDawg
September 13th, 2011
4:04 pm
Well on our way JB, got two great OL prospects already. A lot of offers out for LBs, but a spot where they are definitely shoring up for the future is the D-line. Great committs already there.
TampaDawg
September 13th, 2011
4:06 pm
Easily Amused, love the idea .. don’t know if it’s possible, but I love the thought of someone finally telling that gustapo of an organization to take a hike.
Professor
September 13th, 2011
4:06 pm
How is Cro-El doing in his remedial reading class?
Easily Amused
September 13th, 2011
4:08 pm
I see 14 game regular seasons and playoffs coming.
Money Talks!
1eyedJack
September 13th, 2011
4:09 pm
Empty the bench!!
Easily Amused
September 13th, 2011
4:10 pm
@1eyedJack
Is it time for a big dance?
1eyedJack
September 13th, 2011
4:13 pm
Easily Amused, the last thing I want to do is hurt your feelings. But it’s still on my list.
Manager at the Kool-Aid factory
September 13th, 2011
4:14 pm
35-21
45-42
Two humiliating beatdowns in a row, and the leg humpers are already swilling the Kool-Aid again.
Hope springs eternal, I guess.
Michael T.
September 13th, 2011
4:15 pm
Maybe he can put the fire out on Richt’s a$$.
http://coachesbythenumbers.com/should-richts-backside-really-be-on-fire/
This is the kind of great coaching decisions that will get you by such a ruthless competitor like Coastal Carolina.
1eyedJack
September 13th, 2011
4:17 pm
Who is Tech playing this weekend, the East-Central Nancy Boy’s School for the Blind?
Tobias Funke
September 13th, 2011
4:23 pm
Chip
Any truth to the rumor that Richt called the plays in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th quarters?
How do you pronounce Isaiah’s last name? Is it Crowl or Crow-well?
CHDawg
September 13th, 2011
4:23 pm
SWD, I think it is more likely that Macome is just hurt. Even hurt, he was the best looking TB in the GDay game IMO. I believe he has a very bright future at UGA, with Crowell being great, too. Bama flourished with two pretty good TBs last year. Btw, doesn’t Bama have lousy coaches! They had a bunch of first rounders, a Heisman winner and Richardson, too, and even though they were rated #1, they lost 3 games. Richt would have easily won the NC with that kind of talent. Why do the Bama fans put up with those losers?
tony
September 13th, 2011
4:24 pm
LOL! After losing 2 games Mr.Richt decided to start his best rb. Why hasn’t RS return to LB? Don’t they have a shortage at LB? This team desperately needs a hc who knows what the heck he is doing.
magnolia, tx dawg
September 13th, 2011
4:25 pm
I never expected a perfect season with all our freshman. I am not totally sold on Murray. I do expect an all out effort from this team for the rest of the year and therefore, expect to see improvement. I also believe we can beat any team remaining on our schedule with good preparation and effort.
KungFuMaster
September 13th, 2011
4:25 pm
The last time Georgia football was relevent was when Bill Cosby had the number one TV show in America. UGA has a good football program but they are not at the level of an Alabama, Florida, LSU, or even Auburn. If you would have paid Cam Newton’s dad his finders fee. You would have won more games. I think Georgia should move to the Big East, they just might win there………..Boise rocked you TRICKS!!!!….and you say Boise State can’t win in the SEC EAST, yeah, right!!
Sam Robards, Dawg Fan
September 13th, 2011
4:30 pm
Rural education said, “Crowell is a punk, he trashed talk the whole game. The real RB, Lattimore just ran and let his actions do the talking. Ga is full of showboats.”
I didn’t see anything like that, but if you want to find someone with a punk’s ego, look no further than Jadaveon (spelling?) Clowney at Carolina. Not only did he trash Nick Saban after he picked Carolina (and Saban was his runner up!), he went onto ESPN’s SEC blog chat this week and talked trash about Aaron Murray.
And the fact that the media is practically worshipping at the altar of this kid (I say kid because he doesn’t seem to have the self-control and attitude a man should have) is doing nothing but inflating his ego. He may be a good football player, which he seems to be, but he appears to embody everything that’s wrong with the recruiting culture in college football. All ego and entitlement.
Crowell, from what I saw, went out there and busted his tail without flapping his gums. Yeah, he said he plans on being a 1,000-yard rusher this year. That’s what we call a “goal,” which, if he keeps playing as well as he did again SC, he should easily obtain.
Rant over! Go Dawgs!
CHDawg
September 13th, 2011
4:31 pm
Kung Fu, being a three yr old, you obviously can’t remember four years ago, when UGA finished at #2. That is below average for the top two teams in college football.
Sam Robards, Dawg Fan
September 13th, 2011
4:32 pm
Sorry, my last post got derailed a little bit.
Congratulations, Isaiah! You’ve earned the starting spot from here on out, as far as I’m concerned. And if people are still down about his pass protection skills, they’ll improve as he plays more. ‘Nuff said.
CHDawg
September 13th, 2011
4:33 pm
Agree that Crowell is doing great, Sam. Rural is jealous, I suspect. The time he got up aggressively, the SC guy got in his face first.
ken
September 13th, 2011
4:35 pm
I think more of the “dream team” should be thrust into the fire and learn this way, after all they are the dream team supposedly bluechippers of the sort, i was at georgia the day all came on campus and in the room where the team meets, all the other parents and coaches. Richt asked us to trust him with our kids, that what we are suppose to do, but as i said to mark, let them play, you have real burners in this class, justin, jr. seay, the kid from valdosta te, dont let them marinate, let em bar b que
UGA Insider
September 13th, 2011
4:36 pm
I’m ready to see how The Junkyoung Dawgs react Saturday. I will also be on the sidelines in Oxford as well. Hopefully I will not oversleep for the 11:20Am start.
I have resigned myself to the fact that 2011 is a total rebuilding year for UGA. I had no idea we were so youthful at so many positions. I’m afraid of trips to Knoxville and Jax as tough places to play for these kids and CMR doesn’t exactly have the best history at those places.
ken
September 13th, 2011
4:37 pm
that’s junior seay, jb, the wide outs that can fly #84 & 86
Easily Amused
September 13th, 2011
4:38 pm
@CHDawg
I don’t think Bama fans would put up with very many 10-3 seasons.
Georgia fans, OTOH, would call that a “good” year.
ken
September 13th, 2011
4:39 pm
insider i was there that is one hell of a group not because of my boy being one of them, the kid theus from jax who has a brother already there
ken
September 13th, 2011
4:40 pm
otoh that’s life there is peaks and valleys so let’s not get to bougie
UGA Insider
September 13th, 2011
4:43 pm
ken,
At this point I think it’s time to let these young players play. As did UT last season. Put Marshall, Drew, Swann and let them get playing time now.
CHDawg
September 13th, 2011
4:43 pm
Murray went 8 for 8 on the drive he picked SC apart after the mistakes. Not only am I sold on him, protect him well, and I think he can pick apart any D in the country with our young receivers, who are getting better each week. He was running for his life in both games and still looked brilliant at times.
Columbus
September 13th, 2011
4:44 pm
Supporters of Mark Richt @facebook. New page just getting going. Come contribute and get on board.
Will
September 13th, 2011
4:47 pm
Why would anyone need a facebook page for a coach? The AD doesn’t care what we think…. Only the $$$.
Chris
September 13th, 2011
4:48 pm
Why isn’t Ken Malcome getting significan’t reps?? He’s a big back and it seems like he would be a good short yardage rushing option? It would take some pressure off an injured Samuel and a freshman being forced to learn on the fly…
BG
September 13th, 2011
4:50 pm
This game will be like Tech’s first 2 games.
CHDawg
September 13th, 2011
4:50 pm
Amused, you sound like Kung Fu…very short memory. We were also ranked #1, and we lost 3 games in 08, including our cross state rival. Very similar seasons. If you will remember after the loss to Tech, Dawg fans were complaining then almost like they are now.
lagdawg
September 13th, 2011
4:53 pm
Crowell should start and so should Malcolm Mitchell. The way that CMR and Bobo hold back the Freshman players is absurd. This is why UGA is 0-2. Use the best players whether they are freshman or seniors. Too much talent to be 0-2.
ken
September 13th, 2011
4:54 pm
insider, you have a state champ in the 100m dash, 200, and the runner up on the sidelines, if they are to stay then they need to play and now, that’s a lot of speed sitting in the garage, kickoffs, punt returns, something to use that, I know junior and jb can hall ass fellow, now let,s see what they can do in the battle, soldier or fold what cha think, I KNOW!!!!!
BEAT UGA SOUTH CAROLINA SO RICHT CAN KEEP HIS JOB
September 13th, 2011
4:58 pm
KEEP RICHT AND BOBO YOU HICKS DESERVE WHAT YOUR GETTING AT UGAY!
BEAT UGA SOUTH CAROLINA SO RICHT CAN KEEP HIS JOB
September 13th, 2011
5:01 pm
RICHT AND BOZO ARE TO BIASED,THEY DONT EVER PLAY THE BEST PLAYERS,THIS IS WHY UGAY WONT EVER WIN A NATIONAL TITLE WITH THESE BUMS! 11YEARS AND NO TITLE!
GENE,NICK,URBAN AND LES ALL HAVE WON NATIONAL TITLES IN UNDER THREE YEARS! SUCK ON THAT MUTT FANS!
BEAT UGA SOUTH CAROLINA SO RICHT CAN KEEP HIS JOB
September 13th, 2011
5:06 pm
UGA FANS MARK RICHT HAS BEEN HERE 11 YEARS AND NO NATIONAL TITLES,SINCE HE HAS BEEN HERE LSU HAS(2) FLORIDA(2) AND ALABAMA(1) WITH AUBURN(1) WINNING LAST YEAR!
SUCK ON THAT UGAY FANS
Troof
September 13th, 2011
5:07 pm
Seriously Dawg fans? Beating on Coastal Carolina is enough to take the heat off Richt and crew? Even if he goes 9-3 should he stay? Your program has been on the declin since the Bama Beatdown in 2008. Why does UGA not have the courage to make the right move an fire him? You say ‘Who will we hire?’ So the right move is to keep the guy who can’t get it done anymore? UGA hasn’t done squat since better coaches have come into the SEC (Saban, Meyer, etc.). That’s not going to change.
31 YEARS AND COUNTING DAWG FANS SINCE YOUR LAST NATIONAL TITLE! GOOD TO SEE YOU LOVE BEING MEDIOCRE!
RTR!
Joe
September 13th, 2011
5:08 pm
Just a question. In that picture of # 1 Crowell? being chased by #21 Lattimore??? or is that Smith or Boykin?
CHDawg
September 13th, 2011
5:10 pm
Why do you care, Troof?
CHDawg
September 13th, 2011
5:11 pm
Joe SC had a 21 on D, too.
Troof
September 13th, 2011
5:14 pm
I care because I want to see quality programs in the SEC. UGA should be one of those and not some second tier program. Not a Dawg fan by any means but it’s pathetic what UGA has become. Pull off the Band Aid, make the change, and go from there.
Mad Dog One
September 13th, 2011
5:15 pm
I will just say I don’t care what any of the trolls have to say. And not very many of the UGA fans that want to trash our team. You can be critical without beina an A$$ H@!$. UGA played their a$$ of most of the game. As I have said before I would liked to have watched that game if I wasn’t a UGA fan. GO DOGS p.s. BUSCSRCKHJ YOU ARE A DUMB A$$.
Win P
September 13th, 2011
5:17 pm
The last thing UGA needs is a blow out against Coastal. Assuming the game becomes lopsided in favor of UGA, would like to see the younger guys getting game experience. That should include quarter backs. Murray is one good tackle from riding the bench. If someway that is avoided, then the accumulation of the beatings he’s taking will make him less effective and put him on the bench. Opposition knows the way to beat UGA is pressure on Murray. He needs greater protection from the Offenseline and other blockers,plus elimination of his mistakes. Cannot see Murray playing the entire season because injuries.
Chip, did you see or sense that Richt participated more in the play calling, game prepration and game adustments in the South Carolina game?
CHDawg
September 13th, 2011
5:20 pm
Troof, who is your team?
Troof
September 13th, 2011
5:26 pm
RTR = Roll Tide Roll = Bama
And no, UGA can’t have our coach! LOL!
Game over
September 13th, 2011
5:29 pm
Crowell will not save Richt’s job. After Florida blows them out, it’s game over for Richt.
CHDawg
September 13th, 2011
5:53 pm
OK Troof, so you are just another concerned Bama fan cruising the various SEC team blogs trying to strengthen the play of the other teams by advocating they fire their coaches? I understand now. Nothing else to worry about in Tuscaloosa? I’ll mind your business a little. I think Florida is going to beat you. You probably have more athletic talent, but Weiss and Muschamp are better coaches. I look for the Gators to take you by 10. What do you think?
Double Zero Eight
September 13th, 2011
5:57 pm
Crowell should have started the second game.
01HAWK
September 13th, 2011
5:58 pm
CROWELL should only play a half of football against Coastal Carolina. You do not want your best players getting hurt against a team that you should blow out.
Never have I seen a guy at 276 IBS. run as fast as Melvin Ingram ………………….No. 6 for South Carolina. NFL scouts must be going crazy thinking about the possibilities.
He actually was a kick returner for SC IN 2007. Unbelieveable athlete. This guy should be a Tight End in the NFL. He would give Linebackers fits.
ken
September 13th, 2011
6:05 pm
let the freshman play
ken
September 13th, 2011
6:06 pm
you see wat the group you got now is gonna do absolutely nothing lets cut the fat and roll with this youth movement at least we will know if there is reason for next season
Athens Dawg
September 13th, 2011
6:15 pm
I bet Crowell runs all over Florida. That game, my friends, will be his coming out party. If you think he did SC wrong, wait until he runs over Florida. I will be you guys he runs for over 100 yards that game only if given the rock 20+ times. I’m telling you, Crowell is going to shine.
Athens Dawg
September 13th, 2011
6:16 pm
“MY GOD A FRESHMAN!” Crowell will be an All-Time great before he hangs up his cleats for the last time between the hedges. Watch n see. Stay thirsty my friends.
gdawgs86
September 13th, 2011
6:37 pm
dont sleep on coastal. If we go into this week thinking were playing a tune up game, we might get shocked. I watched film on their QB who was a transfer from USC and he is very very shifty. Please please dont sleep on them! Plus its my brothers an alumni and ill never hear the end of it.
JAWJeRDAWG
September 13th, 2011
6:51 pm
@ Joe – 5:08 pm
It wasn’t Lattimore. It was a defensive player for SC also wearing # 21.
Co-shared #’s like with Crowell and Smith for UGA. They just can’t play on the field at the same time. .. Go Dawgs!
Athens Dawg
September 13th, 2011
6:57 pm
Guys, we have an extremely young team with very few seniors. Two seniors are on the O-line. We really don’t have any seniors at the skill positions. I say Richt needs to stay because while 2011 could still be a good year, 2012 could be a tremendous season for us. Jenkins and Geathers should still be here, we’ll be in year 3 in the defense, we’ll have Murray for year 3, Crowell in year 2, etc.
Our team is young and learning how to compete in the SEC. I don’t think it would make too much sense to fire Richt after this season. I think he is the man for the job. Just give him time. Trust me.
Oh and Crowell will run for about 200 yards this weekend and about 3 touchdowns.
loel
September 13th, 2011
7:26 pm
I believe mighty Alabama lost 4 games last season.
bigcalidawg
September 13th, 2011
7:57 pm
In basketball, coaches don’t mind losing (early) tough games to really good teams. They know that their teams are able to learn from their mistakes against tough competition and can improve as the season goes along. Problem is, the football season is only 12, 13, or 14 games long.
It’s true that there is an overinflated sense of gloom-and-doom right now, but I don’t believe it is justified. We lost to #12 and to #5. Yes, we want to win, but the games were back to back and many kids were baptised by fire. Tough way to start out.
I believe we will beat Fla this year (which will make everythong OTAY), but I see us going 8-4.
They Serve Gruel In Prison
September 13th, 2011
8:19 pm
Ken Malcolm needs to get some carries Saturday too.
bugsquacher
September 13th, 2011
8:50 pm
Why Georgia should be thinking about a coaching change…..
1-Georgia is a combined 0-5 against Top 25 teams in 2010 and 2011 and has lost 10 of its last 12 against ranked teams.
2- richt is now 14-14 in his last 28 games
3- Lets look at the 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.
Bernie Matt
September 13th, 2011
9:07 pm
Please nobody mention that this team is young! It is an old trick by sorry coaches trying to extend their tenure to run off the upper classmen during the offseason, then cry about the team being young and inexperienced. THINK PEOPLE!
bilbo799
September 13th, 2011
9:56 pm
We UGA fans expect a lot from our football team. We have tons of homegrown talent and have phenomenal financial resources. When our coach and offensive coordinator wait until the THIRD game to start our best tailback, we are entitled to be angry.
bigcalidawg
September 13th, 2011
10:18 pm
Ok, I’m gonna make excuses here. It’s tough to win in this league with an inexperienced QB, but look at our running back situation. Seems to me that a good running game can offset inexperience at QB, but our running back situation has been, ahem, fluid over the past few years.
Murray is ready to win now. That game made me sick cuz it was reminiscent of last years Fla game.
WtfWruthnkn
September 13th, 2011
11:12 pm
Please stop asking about boo. If he was healthy or any good he would be on the field.
Chip Towers
September 14th, 2011
12:08 am
Tobias Funke: It’s pronounced CROW (like the bird) — well
Troup Co. Dawg
September 14th, 2011
3:20 am
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norris
September 14th, 2011
9:28 am
Not sure if anyone else notices anything while they are at the games, but Richard Samuel was limping pretty badly on Saturday as he was during the Boise game. He is playing hurt because we need him for his pass blocking. This guy is and has always been a team player. It’s not his fault he has been jerked around since he got here. Let’s give him a break! Go Dawgs! Go Richard! Go Isaiah! and yes, please let’s go Horton, Malcome or Thomas!
Santa Cruz Bulldog
September 17th, 2011
10:06 am
Start the best 22 you have available regardless, of class seniority.
Aka Mitchell and Herrera.
P.S we need to open up “A Can of Whoop A$$”, this week to find out who is ready to play, in the tough October games.