Notebook: Isaiah Crowell’s ribs, Orson Charles on D and Dogs vs. Dogs on FSN
Cleaning out the notebook heading into Ole Miss week. . . .
Crowell’s ribs
Georgia coach Mark Richt indicated that tailback Isaiah Crowell aggravated his injured ribs against Coastal Carolina this past Saturday because he didn’t wear the special rib protection padding sports medicine director Ron Courson laid out for him. Crowell admits he hurt his ribs but that it wasn’t from a hit.
“I didn’t get hit on them this time,” said Crowell, who was initially injured in the first half of the South Carolin game. “I just twisted the wrong way. I hurt the myself, really. So I’ll have to go to treatment and stuff and get them worked on. But I’ll be ready for next week.”
Asked about Crowell in his postgame press conference, Richt said: “He didn’t wear his rib protectors to start the game and he probably should have. That’s what freshmen do. I’m sure he felt good by the end of the week and didn’t feel like he needed them.”
Update: Crowell is expected to wear rib protection for the Ole Miss game.
Orson Charles denied defensive debut
If Orson Charles and Todd Grantham had their way, the junior tight end would have played some defense late in the Coastal Carolina game. Charles somehow convinced the Bulldogs’ defensive coordinator to let him have a crack at that side of the ball should the opportunity arise, which it did in the 59-0 win this past Saturday. But Grantham told him to get an OK from Richt and Charles was summarily denied.
“Before Todd did it, he asked me could he do it, and I said, ‘No.’ There’s no way,” Richt said. “He was mad at me, but I said, ‘Look, Coach Grantham kept his promise to you; I made him break it.’ But Todd was ready and willing and able to put him in there. I said, ‘No way.’”
Dogs vs. Dogs get noon start
The Oct. 1 Georgia-Mississippi State game was picked up by television on Monday and slated for a noon start. It will be broadcast by the Fox Sports Network (FSN).
It will mark Georgia’s first appearance on FSN this season. The Bulldogs have appeared on FSN six times overall and are 4-2 when playing on the network.
Georgia got passed over by Alabama at Florida, Auburn at South Carolina and Arkansas-Texas A&M, all of which are being considered for a CBS 3:30 p.m./8 p.m. doubleheader
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226 comments Add your comment
bubba king
September 19th, 2011
2:19 pm
When you play Primetime football, you get a primetime spot on at primetime network….when you play like the Dawgs play….you get FSN@Noon….Sign of the times….Go Dawgs!
bubba king
September 19th, 2011
2:20 pm
First!?
Scott
September 19th, 2011
2:22 pm
Sounds like a freshmen to me!
?????
September 19th, 2011
2:28 pm
where would Orson Charles play? DE? Outside linebacker? I would like to see him in a Boss Bailey roll on FG attempts.
DawginLex
September 19th, 2011
2:29 pm
Grantham is the real deal
Richt and Bobo should follow his lead
Grantham has that look all the time of being angry, never satisfied
We need more of that
his kids are responding and getting better.
D will be getting better every week
D didn’t lose the first 2 games did they?
Newman
September 19th, 2011
2:29 pm
What position was Charles going to play?
BullDawg Rick
September 19th, 2011
2:30 pm
Gotta start winning the games we are in in PT!! (BSU & USC) before we get the ESPN, or CBS..
Let’s start this week in Oxford then 10/1 vs the “other” Dawgs!!
snoopy
September 19th, 2011
2:33 pm
Agree Lex… The O was the problem in the first 2 games.. The D gave up 24 vs SC & vs BSU AM was horrible.. Coach needs to sit AM sometimes when he’s ’struggling’… The only way any starter sits is if he’s injured.. Once announced a starter (even if they’re a FR or SO) they cannot lose their job…
mountainman
September 19th, 2011
2:36 pm
Too bad Richt & BOZO are being cleared for the game!
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September 19th, 2011
2:37 pm
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McDawg
September 19th, 2011
2:38 pm
you mean UGA Ole Miss in not the game of the week?
afternoon hangovers
Energy Vampire
September 19th, 2011
2:46 pm
Crowell didnt listen to his coaches and now is an Energy vamp to the team. Shame on him!!!!!
DJ Dawg
September 19th, 2011
2:48 pm
DawginLex- I agree with you 100% A little off track but look at the Braves all those years talking about being all even keeled and look how far that got them!! I would love to see CMR worry less about his hair and chew on somebodys arse when they need it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ARdawg
September 19th, 2011
2:49 pm
Not many 1-2 teams get chosen to play prime-time
Mobile Dawg
September 19th, 2011
2:56 pm
Another lesson not learned by the Freshman, if the coach calls you out, whether you’re right or wrong you don’t challenge him, especially in the media. Crowell should have just apologized. Just another “small” example of who’s “not” in charge in Athens. And yes, we pick up on all of it.
Cmon man
September 19th, 2011
3:00 pm
The offense is ave. over 420 yds per game and over 32 pts a game and you folks are crying about the offense? Its no way to please you folks at all
Hutson Mason
September 19th, 2011
3:01 pm
Ive earned a chance to start. I think Im a more accurate passer, I have better touch and stronger arm. Oh, Im taller and can better down the freaking field!!! Anyone else agree with me getting a shot to start or should I transfer after the season?
Hutson Mason
September 19th, 2011
3:02 pm
SEE DOWN THE FIELD BETTER IT WHAT I MEANT TO SAY. IM JUST FRUSTRATED RIGHT NOW.
Dawggum
September 19th, 2011
3:02 pm
Well said Bubba!
steve
September 19th, 2011
3:04 pm
ole miss – w
msu- w
tenn – L
uf – L
gt – L
auburn – w
kentucky- w
vandy- w
Dawg
September 19th, 2011
3:05 pm
‘O’ the problem versus Carolina??? I know they made mistakes (turnovers), but they did score 40+! Are you blaming the INTs and fumbles on Bobo?
David
September 19th, 2011
3:08 pm
So…..crowell doesnt think he has to listen to the Director of Sports Medicine??????Hmmmm……..
JB
September 19th, 2011
3:08 pm
Fla,AU will be prime time. Maybe Tech. And Hutson, you should of gone to UAB or Garner Webb and been a star. Once Richt has a starter, it’s hell getting them unseated. Performance is only part of it.
Ask Joe T III at QB. He was gonna start regardless of who else we had.
DawginLex
September 19th, 2011
3:09 pm
It is the job of the offense to either score or to punt the ball.
not to give up points
We gave SC 21 points
That is on the offense
Cmon man
September 19th, 2011
3:10 pm
@mobile dawg what article are you reading? When did crowell challenge richt? it seems to me that both guys were asked about the injury and they both answered the question. I will read both comments again but it looks like you are trying to make something out of nothing. You must have been one of the people who had those “inside sources” that said crowell was on the fast track to become a bust.
Gary
September 19th, 2011
3:11 pm
@DawginLex, I know its easy and popular to diss Richt and Bobo, but its hard for me to unerstand how you think Grantham is doing such a great job when they gave up 45 points to SC and 35 to Boise State. I thought the offense did a pretty good job moving the ball and the defense has a lot of word to do on 3rd down. How bout watching the games?
SSIgator
September 19th, 2011
3:12 pm
“That’s what freshmen do”
No, that is what the freshman that Richt recruits do. I guess Richt will never learn that being buddies with the players does not work in the long run.
GeoffDawg
September 19th, 2011
3:16 pm
steve – for your clarification, Georgia ends the season against tech, not Vandy.
Hutson Mason
September 19th, 2011
3:17 pm
And that is what is wrong with coach Richt. He doesnt like change EVEN IF it is good change. If Richt would pull AM out when hes struggling(again and again) and settle him down, we maybe 2-1 right now. I would have made a difference. His loyalty to whoever will be his down fall and the result will be more losses for our team.
GeoffDawg
September 19th, 2011
3:18 pm
Gary, offense and special teams gave up 21 of those 45 points against SC.
Doyle Rainey lives
September 19th, 2011
3:18 pm
I with DawginLex. Grantham is the only one who seems to have any passion. @Gary, they really only gave up 17 in the Carolina game. The rest were on turnovers and fake punt.
Mark
September 19th, 2011
3:19 pm
I’m curious, upon what are you basing your beliefs that Richt is buddies with the players? Thanks, I’ll hangup and listen.
Cmon man
September 19th, 2011
3:20 pm
@gary I thought I was the only person a little confused about the criticism the offensive staff is getting. The team needs to improve in all phases of the game but after 3 games you cant point fingers at the offense and turn your head to the points and yards the defense is giving up.
I-DOG
September 19th, 2011
3:20 pm
Charles is too important to the offensive side of the ball to play half a dozen snaps on defense. Sometimes we throw him up to 3 passes in a single game, so it is out of the question!
Chip Towers
September 19th, 2011
3:21 pm
Mobile Dawg: To be clear, players are interviewed before Richt on Saturday. Neither was aware of what the other said.
Mobile Dawg
September 19th, 2011
3:23 pm
I’ve never said anything as a matter of speculation Cmon, and I always paraphrase my “opinion’ with “IMO”. This isn’t my opinion, I read the first three paragraphs of Chip’s blog, this page, and read conflicting opinions of what happened, one by the HC, the other by the Freshman. I stand by what I said, when the coach lays out a rib protector, you wear it, or clear it with the coach. Who’s appears to be in charge I might ask again? Now in my honest opinion you’re one of the ones who’s allowed this program to degrade to the level we’re now in by tolerating the IMO, lack of leadership by our HC.
As for IC, I’ve only had praise for him ability wise. I did say he needed to be somewhat more humble prior to the USC game as far as his saying “people will be comparing him and Lattimore”. Oh and I did say I thought he should get a haircut. If anyone’s trying to make something out of nothing, I speculate it would be you.
Destin Dawg
September 19th, 2011
3:24 pm
Play Hutson Mason more !! let Murray roll out and scramble … you’ll open things up… get 1st downs…. move the ball and keep defenses honest… play Mason if Murray gets hurt… No More seniority system.. shake ‘em up.. you’re fighting for your job.. but more important.. lt these kids want to be winners !!! Let ‘em go for it !!!!!
JB
September 19th, 2011
3:25 pm
I will defend Richt about Orson on Defense. Can you just imagine the uproar if Charles came up lame on Defense cause we had him in there for Sh** and giggles.
SSIgator
September 19th, 2011
3:26 pm
Mark – I’m curious, upon what are you basing your beliefs that Richt is buddies with the players?
You are kidding, right? You are either very young or just started following UGA football and the coaching fiasco in place there. If Richt didn’t read them a bedtime story and tuck them in at night I don’t know how they would find their way back to the dorm. Well, actually some of them don’t based on the previous years arrest rate.
Bama Mike
September 19th, 2011
3:26 pm
Let not get giddy just yet. We racked up 600 yards vs North Texas and the Dawgs could have scored 100 points vs Coastal Carolina. Big Boy Football starts this week. We are somewhat unstable at quarterback and boy do we miss Julio.
DawginLex
September 19th, 2011
3:28 pm
the defense is better than last year.
The offense has done the following:
Stunk up the GA Dome
Given SC 21 points directly and 7 more indirectly(fumble return to 5)
Scored 42 versus Sc
scored 59 versus a HS team
The offense has turned the ball over and that is a key part to a successful offense-no turnovers.
They get a C from me
42 points versus SC was great but in my book they netted 14 because they gave 28 back
Mobile Dawg
September 19th, 2011
3:28 pm
Got you Chip, I will store that in memory. I don’t mind being called out when I’m wrong. I do still stand by my opinion that Crowell should have cleared not wearing the rib protector if in fact he didn’t.
Cmon, I owe you an apology based on my response to you before Chip’s clarification.
JB
September 19th, 2011
3:29 pm
Destin Dawg, as a regular on here, you know Richt will never do that. In his defense, he was trying to win those first two, and to throw a untested QB in the mix would be greatly second guessed. But, I would love to See Mason get a series or two to see more of what he brings.
Gary
September 19th, 2011
3:30 pm
@GeoffDawg, the offense may have given up 21, but they still managed to score 42 anyway. What’s your point? It’s ok for the defense not to get the job done if the offense makes a mistake?
Mobile Dawg
September 19th, 2011
3:31 pm
I would hope Richt would be open minded enough to play Mason if he thought he would give us a better chance to win.
JB
September 19th, 2011
3:32 pm
Who on here has heard or thinks we have something in the Lemay kid. Too good to keep off the field is definitely not in play here.
DawginLex
September 19th, 2011
3:34 pm
JB
I saw Lemay at Fan Day. He doesn’t have the size i thought he did. He appears to be about 6′1″ and about 180 LBS. Was not cut at all. I think redshirting him was the right call
Makes for a tough thing next year though.
I could see Mason redshirting in 2012 if Lemay is the future.
JB
September 19th, 2011
3:35 pm
Mobile, I always have to ask myself, did Knowson become a good running back year two and had nothing to offer year one? I always find that hard to believe.
Joey
September 19th, 2011
3:37 pm
Somebody on here (his daddy?) said Lemay was as good as Cam Newton.
Can’t believe that or else we’d have him playing TE . . .
Dogs Smell
September 19th, 2011
3:37 pm
Is there a team in the country with a softer conference schedule? Good Lord No wonder the Homers are bragging ! Not playing 1 SEC team that is in an up year. That being said all the more reason to bow the chest after beating a school where you paid for a win !
JB
September 19th, 2011
3:37 pm
Thanks Lex.
Mobile Dawg
September 19th, 2011
3:38 pm
All indication would point to redshirt JB if he didn’t play Saturday, everyone else did. I would like to see Richt spread the reps at QB more between Mason and Murray. I don’t see what it could possibly hurt. I think a clear Number One is advantageous but that doesn’t mean Mason should only see “mop up”. If Richt’s serious about “contending” for the East he needs a capable back up, he’s only one play away from being a starter.
Gary
September 19th, 2011
3:40 pm
Sounds like Georgia Tech math there DawinLex. Think its time for you to recognmize there is plenty of room for improvement on both sides of the ball and that we finally played well on both offense and defense against CC. Just need to keep seeing that the next few weeks so we can prove to doubters such as yourself that this team can still win a lot of games this year.
JB
September 19th, 2011
3:41 pm
True Mobile. Looks like we are losing a couple of seniors in the OL. Anyone know how we stack up next year on the OL? No depth this year and not a lot of up and comers. I know we have 3 or 4, but aren’t we only playing one Fr. this year?
snoopy
September 19th, 2011
3:42 pm
Someone please help Gray…
He’s IGNORANT…
Mobile Dawg
September 19th, 2011
3:43 pm
JB @ 3:35, I hate to keep bashing Richt on his coaching but that decision, or lack of, with Moreno and others tells me that Richt isn’t cutting edge. He is a “reactionary” person vs a “proactive” one. He “responds” to a crisis vs “preventing” one. I know it’s far easier to sit back as we do and criticize and evaluate one after the fact, but his learning curve is over. IMO, he should be at the top of his game in year 11, not starting over. He should anticipate the trends, hell, he should be setting them.
DawginLex
September 19th, 2011
3:48 pm
Gary
i have supported Coach Richt since 2001
i was thrilled when we hired him
His recent teams have done nothing to give me any confidence to predict a Georgia win regardless of who we play(CC being the exception)
I will be the first in line to cheer these coaches and players on but if we continue to give games away, we won’t win. That’s on Murray and the others making the mistakes. Murray has played 16 games now. When he saw the DE coming, he should have just taken the sack. Instead he tries to do a miracle, fumbles and it is 6 points and we are down 10.
I need to see the elimination of those kind of plays. That is coaching my friend.
1eyedJack
September 19th, 2011
3:50 pm
Do any of you true Dawg fans believe the Ol’ Miss Teddy Bears will beat Georgia?
Hunting Dawg
September 19th, 2011
3:51 pm
We’re lucky we’re not on PBS looking for a fundraiser to get a new O coordinator. Time to start looking for one since Bobo is going to head up to Ohio State to next season to be their O coordinator under Meyer. Now that’s jsut funny, I don’t care who you are. Git R Dun!!!
DawginLex
September 19th, 2011
3:51 pm
1eyed
not to backtrack from my point with Gary, i am predicting a shutout Saturday
31-0 Georgia
1eyedJack
September 19th, 2011
4:00 pm
JB, CMR played Watts Dantzler, David Andrews and Hunter Long Saturday so he won’t have to say he’s got three freshmen on the OL next year.
Kenarious Gates
Chris Burnette
Dallas Lee
Kolton Houston
Zach DeBell
Xavier Ward
Austin Long
John Theus may get a shot as a true freshman.
Hunting Dawg
September 19th, 2011
4:00 pm
DawginLex,
The D will get it done but the O might give up a pick-6 or a fumble run back for a score.
Hunting Dawg
September 19th, 2011
4:01 pm
31-10, pick 6 and a field goal
Fat Friar
September 19th, 2011
4:02 pm
SSIGator it is amazing to me that anyone with the arrest record that Florida has had over the past two years has the stupidity to say anything about the Bulldogs. At least we haven’t had a player use a dead girls credit card or threaten to kill their girlfriend and he is still on the team.
Joey
September 19th, 2011
4:02 pm
After noting Vandy’s nastiness Saturday, I’m not looking forward to either Tennessee trip next month.
And after that embarrassing loss, Nutt will have his boys foaming at the mouth. I’d take a 6-3 win right now.
Not too long ago, Dawg fans didn’t just want wins, but “style-point” wins for the polls. These days, I seldom look at the rankings.
RevThomas
September 19th, 2011
4:05 pm
LOVE COACH RICHT AND THE DAWGS! SIC’ EM! http://www.wedgeorgia.com
TampaDawg
September 19th, 2011
4:06 pm
Dawginlex, I normally agree with your analysis except for this statement “D didn’t lose the first 2 games did they?” .. the D stunk up the joint, especially in the secondary during the BSU game. They didn’t lose the USCe game at all but Kellen Moore did what he wanted, when he wanted with sub-par receivers against our d-backs.
GeoffDawg
September 19th, 2011
4:08 pm
I think you know my point Gary. Think harder.
HECKLE
September 19th, 2011
4:10 pm
CMR should be ashamed for runnig up the score on such a hapless and helpless team!
Blindog
September 19th, 2011
4:13 pm
12 noon is just to darn early to be drinking beer and screaming like hell,man,I hate these early games!
DawginLex
September 19th, 2011
4:14 pm
Tampa
Think about it. The D stopped BSU the first 3 times they had the ball. The offense did nothing.
If our offense could have held the ball and gotten some points, the D would have been more rested, had fewer snaps and the pressure on BSU would have been raised.
It is just my opinion but the offense has let the defense down this year in both losses
ARdawg
September 19th, 2011
4:15 pm
DawginLex
A shut out with our defense is stretching is a bit. I hope you’re right but, I suspect you are not. I’ve been to the last two UGA games at Ole Miss and neither panned out the way most people thought. In fact a couple of years ago we were very Lucky to come away with a win. Nutt has lost it but he can surprise very often when he’s looked over
MountainDawg
September 19th, 2011
4:17 pm
CMR is protecting one of his best pass catchers (whom he should utilize more), but I’d not mind seeing Charles getting some snaps at DE or OLB. IF we can avoid a slew of turnovers & execute the basics (blocking & tackling), we should get thru the “New Miss Conformists” & MSU.
DawginLex
September 19th, 2011
4:18 pm
I know it is a stretch to think shutout.
Nutt is desperate but he has no QB and his best RB I think is till hurt and their OL is horrible.
Their d is capable but I’m hoping Murray can light them up and it gets out of hand and we blow them out.
JK
September 19th, 2011
4:19 pm
Agreed TampaDawg. Our D is by far the weakness on this team. We are scoring more than enough points to win games. Until we get a D, we will continue to be average.
DawginLex
September 19th, 2011
4:19 pm
No way I let Orson play defense
Anyone remember Charles Grant?
Joey
September 19th, 2011
4:20 pm
TampaDawg, I suspect Moore and Co will probably “do what they want to” in all of their games this year.
Crappy conference or not, I firmly believe Boise could hold its own against anybody in the SEC this season.
DawginLex
September 19th, 2011
4:20 pm
Well dude, you can’t spell his name so look in the mirror and you will see an idiot………
ARdawg
September 19th, 2011
4:22 pm
DawginLex
Nutt always loses a couple he isn’t suppose to and wins 1 or 2 he isn’t suppose to. Ole Miss svcks, really but they will still beat someone. I just hope it isn’t us. They probably won’t have 3-4 wins this year but a couple of them will come against decent teams. I think Nutt is toast and should be. His track record has begun to follow him to Oxford
Destin Dawg
September 19th, 2011
4:22 pm
it looks like Murray has been coached not to scramble…. but that’s his strength !!!! roll out… pass or run for the 1st down !!
UGASlobberknocker
September 19th, 2011
4:23 pm
I hate these noon kickoffs. Those and our pitiful scheduling have made me strongly consider dropping my tickets after 37 years. More than a little bad football hasnt stopped me from getting season tickets for 37 years..but our new pathetic scheduling philosophy combined with our reduced stature might just do it for me next year…Here we are again this year stuck with 12 or 1220 kickoffs because we have a bad schedule and bad record.. Last yr we had only one game with late kickoff.. This yr looks the same and….
Has anyone looked at the home schedule for next year? read it and shake your head in disbelief. It is the most pathetic ,sorriest, unattractive home schedule I can remember in 37 years of ga football. I cannot believe our new philosophy is now annually 2 good home games and 5 bad ones..see below
Sept 2012 home games
Buffalo/ Florida Atlantic/ Vandy…that is pathetic
Oct only one home game..Tenn
Nov Ole Miss/ Ga Southern/ Ga Tech pathetic Chap 2
That is 7 home games, 5 of which I wouldn’t watch if they were in my back yard. Absolutely pathetic , embarrassing schedule. Somebody look at that schedule and find me a home game besides Tech that starts later than 1220. It isnt there. 5 crappy games prob 6 early starts.
I know we add Clemson for one hpme game in 2014, and that Bama Ark and LSU come once every 5 years..even adding those in ..that is less than half of the games in the next 5 years are against quality opponents. By my count, we have 16 home games in the next 5 years against either Tenn, SC, Tech, Aub, (2 or 3 games with each) and LSu, Ark, Ala. and Clem (1 each).
Every other game , a total of 19 out of the 35 games,is either against terrible non conf competition like Coastal Carolina, or Ga Southern, or its Vandy Ky Ole Miss or Miss State.
With schedules like that, we better be winning big or the sellouts are not going to happen. And at last check, we weren’t winning big.
ARdawg
September 19th, 2011
4:25 pm
JK
Not so fast there my friend! We are losing the turnover battles. The offense has to stop and them and the defense has to make them happen. To date neither offense or defense is doing their part
5-7
September 19th, 2011
4:25 pm
Ole Miss is angry….Ole Miss 34 – UGA 20.
I-DOG
September 19th, 2011
4:26 pm
Mobile Dawg:
Completely agree. Mason needs some meaninfgul reps. That would be one advantage to having an interim coaching staff. Would love to see him get one first half series in just about every game so that next year we have a viable backup and competition. The same is true for the two Freshman OL.
I’m not saying pull Murray, give Mason at least 1 of the 12 series in each game and not just mop up duty.
DawginLex
September 19th, 2011
4:30 pm
If we lose Saturday, regardless of what Bill King says, I don’t see how Richt finishes the year.
Mark
September 19th, 2011
4:31 pm
You are kidding, right? You are either very young or just started following UGA football and the coaching fiasco in place there. If Richt didn’t read them a bedtime story and tuck them in at night I don’t know how they would find their way back to the dorm. Well, actually some of them don’t based on the previous years arrest rate.
Thank you for proving my point. Find me a head coach who has handed out more suspensions than Richt. If he were so buddy buddy wouldn’t he let the arrests slide?
Mark
September 19th, 2011
4:33 pm
Also, you did nothing to answer my question. You simply gave a little bedtime story analysis Once again, I’ll hang up and listen, although I doubt you will come up with anything better.
Soothsayer
September 19th, 2011
4:52 pm
steve
September 19th, 2011
3:04 pm
ole miss – w
msu- w
tenn – L
uf – L
gt – L
auburn – w
kentucky- w
vandy- w
I can agree with you for the most part. I think the MSU game will be a toss up, and the GT game wil be a toss up and Vandy will play much closer than anyone earlier thought.
Soothsayer
September 19th, 2011
4:59 pm
If anyone thinks that Ole Houston Nutts will not throw anything and everything at UGA this weekend, please think again. He is pulling the redshirt off of up to a dozen players and pretty much is scrapping his entire offensive plan. It may take UGA a series or two just to get an understanding of what he is doing, but as weak as Ole Miss is this should be a second half walk over, however playing on the road in the SEC is always much tougher than we think.
I would not be suprised that Nutt runs an entirely different offense this weekend in front of his home crowd.
For those of you who have never been to the grove at Ole Miss, you must visit and enjoy. One of the finest atmospheres for college football you will ever attend for a pre game. One major bonus is the women. Coeds, hot moms, cheerleaders, grad students, the women are hot. Enjoy!
Summit Dawg
September 19th, 2011
5:04 pm
Wouldn’t you think someone would check out not only the freshman, but the tailback with injured ribs to make sure he was wearing “rib pads” before he left the locker room????? Hello Richt??????Not a clue again!!!!!!
Amazing
September 19th, 2011
5:06 pm
For those of you expertly breaking down the offense and defense of UGA, and which unit is the best/worst and which has done it’s job or not…I think you are forgetting one important thing – the oppenent.
UGA’s offense and defense isn’t out on the field by itself. Most turnovers can be looked at two ways…forced or not…meaning that the opposing team just might have something to do with whether UGA looks good or not.
Amazing
September 19th, 2011
5:07 pm
opponent
Ramondo Azteca
September 19th, 2011
5:08 pm
Actually, all you statisticians are too generous when you say the offense gave up 21. When Culver returned that fumble the the 5 and then USC scores, I wouldn’t charge the defense with giving up that 7 points. To be fair, offense gave up three TD’s, and then the punt team, well made me want to eat my gun.
5-7
September 19th, 2011
5:09 pm
I can’t why any team would not want to be in the SEC….home of the self-perceived preseason national champ Bulldogs….
Soothsayer
September 19th, 2011
5:13 pm
Just read the press conference at Ole Miss with AD Pete Boone appearing at Coach Nutt’s weekly press conference and he gave him the ” support” statement and that he expects the coaches and players to look at themselves and do more. Could you do any less losing to Vandy? And almost getting shut out?
By the way, after Pitt and Syracuse joined the ACC, it left a door wide open for FSU to walk. Call me foolish, but now the ACC is a full blown Basketball conference first and many many folks at FSU want to get out while they can. One knows personally that the FSU Athletic board met Saturday morning and they discussed several options and one high on the list was joining the SEC if they could get approval from the UF legistlators in Tallahassee. The wheels are turning.
matt
September 19th, 2011
5:15 pm
DANG DANG DANG YOU REST SAMUEL AND PLAY CROWELL GEE THANKS
James in Athens
September 19th, 2011
5:19 pm
Noon Kickoff’s for rest of the season at
home is probably what we deserve as a 2nd
terr SEC team…. Only the game in Jax will
be at 3.30 and Im guessing CBS would like to
move that one as well…. Oh well at least
we get to see the good games later that day…
Go Pups!
Bob
September 19th, 2011
5:22 pm
Anyone take note that my man, Boo Malcome, had one carry for no yards, and that was against the second/third team of Coastal. That’s why he’s not playing, he’s not div 1 material, just a knee jerk signing by us after seeing Mack Brown oick UF.
Question
September 19th, 2011
5:24 pm
What’s everyone’s thoughts on this game? I thought Miss St played quite a bit better last year but not so great, so far, this year.
Thoughts?
Question
September 19th, 2011
5:28 pm
Nevermind. Wrong Miss.
AltamahaDawg
September 19th, 2011
5:30 pm
JB, nothing to offer… hard to say. If a few carries fom a freshman RB behind a Freshman QB, would have made any difference whatsoever, maybe Nothing to offer probabaly isnt accurate. But Significant contribution from a 4th string position worth forfeiting his best year in the end, no.
Dawg in Milton
September 19th, 2011
5:31 pm
I see easy victories over the Mississippi Schools,UK, Vandy, and Auburn….UF, GT, Tn could go either way…I’m thinking 8-4 worse case scenerio….What do you do with Richt if he goes 8-4? That is a very tough call…GOOOOO Dawgs
Restore UGA
September 19th, 2011
5:36 pm
JB, if we can not get to the opposing Quarterback and Orson Charles thinks he can, give him a shot. We have to be able to sack and pressure the opposing quarterbacks. This is embarrassing.
Somebody has to be able to hit the opposing QB!
Restore UGA
September 19th, 2011
5:37 pm
How badly does the rib protection affect an Running Backs mobility and effectiveness? Does it increase the chance of fumbles?
Ramblin on and on and on and on..............
September 19th, 2011
5:46 pm
Who cares!!!!! Useless article……….. must be a slow week for the ugag writers.
headley lamar
September 19th, 2011
5:48 pm
Ramblin on and on and on and on…………..
To your annual loss in November. Enjoy your scrimmages are almost over.
WhopperDawg with fries
September 19th, 2011
5:49 pm
Take it from me! Lay off the fries! Just saying!! As for the rest of your crying and rants! Carry On! Good Job! Fire Mark Richt!
Soothsayer
September 19th, 2011
5:54 pm
Anyone hear anymore news on how Larry M. is doing?
WhopperDawg with fries
September 19th, 2011
5:54 pm
Headley, you are one funny cat, dog and lizard all rolled into one! Keep them coming, you actually make me laugh! Go Freedom Fries!! Well, except for right now! Go Tums!!
Saban
September 19th, 2011
5:55 pm
Lord, Did choakdawg eat Crowell`s ribs?
OldDawg60
September 19th, 2011
5:56 pm
Once upon a time, Vince Dooley had a dual-threat QB setup…I’m too senile to recall their names. One kicked ass, while he was talking to the other one…It worked well for him…But, oh, I forgot…Richt doesn’t talk to his players, during a game…
OldDawg60
September 19th, 2011
5:58 pm
And for the good news…I just checked our schedule..we don’t play Clemson..
Saban
September 19th, 2011
5:58 pm
My God. Cannibals in Athens.
Easily Amused
September 19th, 2011
5:59 pm
@Question
Yeah, yeah… Ole Miss… MSU…
But anyway, Georgia plays both of them this season. Ole Miss should be a guaranteed win. Houston Nutt is a dead man walking.
MSU looked impressive against Memphis, but who wouldn’t? They didn’t fare so well against Auburn and they lost 2 starting O-linemen in that game. Then they lost a third starting O-lineman in their first possession against LSU. In spite of that, the game that they played against LSU should give the Dawgs reason to be concerned. This game won’t be a guaranteed W.
cp
September 19th, 2011
6:02 pm
we should have beat south carolina . and there will be many more wins .but you got to keep mark hes the best coach ga has had in a 100 years .the media needs to find fault at there house ,not his
ARdawg
September 19th, 2011
6:04 pm
Question
But to your original question, I do not think Missy St is as good as they were last year. Defense is the same, slightly better. Offense has a lot of work to do and likely won’t show up this year. Relf is a good QB for a bad team but, doesn’t cut the muster as a good QB on a good team. Missy has neither. They’ll lose more games this year than last IMHO
Easily Amused
September 19th, 2011
6:04 pm
You’re right cp. Mark Richt is the King of woulda, shoulda, coulda.
Easily Amused
September 19th, 2011
6:08 pm
@ARdawg
RE: Relf
Even Peyton Manning wouldn’t be very good without an offensive line. One of Auburn’s biggest strengths last year was their O-line. They made Cam look even better than he actually was — if that’s possible.
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
September 19th, 2011
6:10 pm
Gary: Boise State earned their 35 points because they are one of the top scoring teams in the nation and the DEFENSE DID NOT give up the 45 points to SC. Go back and look at the film.
Big Mike Dawg
September 19th, 2011
6:25 pm
When FSN heard that Bobo’s short bus was coming to town they hopped on it….No national champion bus tour from ESPN to Athens this year… We have the shortbus!!!!! So who’s riding with Bobo this week ?? My bet is Murray,CMR,LOVE,AND KING…
ARdawg
September 19th, 2011
6:27 pm
Easily Amused
I wouldn’t disagree with that but, Missy’s offense is short playmakers. Relf is good but a little too one dimensional. Strong arm, no accuracy no threat. Good on his feet and a bull to take down. He needs help besides the defense.
Only 9 more Ws to go or else
September 19th, 2011
6:39 pm
Bataan Death March says only 9 more games until …………….
Must keep winning for $3.6 per year, plus perks. It is what it is. Everyone of US would love to be exactly in CMR’s position right now. Why? Um, ah, BECAUSE he has made over $20,000,000.00+ working at UGA and if he leaves, he will only be around 45 or 48 year old. Give me a break.
Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Dogs !!!
UGA man, class of 71 & 73
AltamahaDawg
September 19th, 2011
6:53 pm
OR we could keep our very thin group of guys that can block from getting hurt doing something stupid and let the back up LBs that actually need the work take the reps.
CRO-MAGNON MAN
September 19th, 2011
7:03 pm
DawginLex:
I KNOW BOBO AND OWN AN ACTING STUDIO….I WILL TEACH HIM IN MY ACTING STUDIO TO ALWAYS HAVE THAT ANGRY AND NOT SATISFIED LOOK…IF I CAN TEACH HIM TO LOOK LIKE THAT, THEN HE WILL BECOME A GREAT COACH….ITS ALL IN THE LOOK….HIS DAD GEORGE HAS THAT LOOK, AND HIS UNCLE JOHN HAS THAT LOOK, AND I WILL TEACH IT TO BOBO….IT SHOULDN’T TAKE LONG…
angry mangy mutt
September 19th, 2011
7:11 pm
@Gentle reminder
As somebody who was able to balance academics and sports with relative ease I do not understand the difficulty of making a respectable grade. I knew upon reading your attempt of ridicule that there was something not quite right about GT having the highest scores in that nation. It was out of a small pool of 53 schools the best but that is still only 53. I only glanced quickly but I did not notice any private institutions. I did see UGA was not in the bottom ten. Of course from numerous interviews in the past GT players have conducted I noticed they on average have no better of a grasp of the Englisg language than do athletes at UGA – maybe worse. Then there is the new NCAA testing that will argue UGA is on par with GT and 2nd in SEC only behind Vandy.That is what I recall (note that) from the 2010 & 2011 reports released by the NCAA.
DAWGMAN
September 19th, 2011
7:15 pm
Freshmen are called that for a reason. coach doesn’t have to watch Crowell suit up to be sure Crowell is suited up CORRECTLY. Some lesser human being has to watch what Crowell suits up in. That would be Crowell. Crowell be thinking about Crowell. Crowell not be thinking about anybody else on team. Crowell now gets it easy at practice. No full contact. Simple. Crowell already down to three or four star recruit BECAUSE Crowell believe Crowell know best. What say coach? coach say, again, just what he should not say.
coach should say to Crowell, ” Sit your butt down, Crowell. No practice, because of your stupid selfishness, no play”.
But I expect too much of coach. coach coaching like freshman.
The team continues to pay the price. Fans too!
SOUTHGADAWG88
September 19th, 2011
7:43 pm
We should score a lot of points over the next couple weeks this offense could be scary by
the UF game.I don’t know about the Defense…as long as we end up with more points than the other guy..I’d take it.
NC Dawg
September 19th, 2011
7:57 pm
Those griping about the easy schedule next year…well, this year’s two opening tilts were pretty tough. We play S. Carolina game 2 every year…so a softy first game is fine. And…no one seems to be complaining when Fla. schedules soft…I see victories, no complaints! Go Dawgs!
Cedrick
September 19th, 2011
8:13 pm
Why not let Orson Charles play both offense and defense?? Last time I checked we were down a few LBs and he could be a great fit because of his speed!!! Richt needs to wake up and use these players before he loses his JOB!!
mgdawg
September 19th, 2011
8:13 pm
I don’t totally agree lex. Although the D didn’t give up many points against USC, at the end of the game when we needed a stop in the fourth quarter they couldn’t get one. And the offense moved the ball all day, and I know they turned it over alot, but I’m saying that to say the defense couldn’t use the excuse they were on the field all the time and wore out.
WhopperDawg with fries
September 19th, 2011
8:28 pm
I’d say Missy and Mister State can beat the dogs! As long as they stay away from the fries! Seriously, don’t eat the fries! Dawgs, lay off the fries! I mean it! It’s your only hope!
georgie boys
September 19th, 2011
8:34 pm
Can you say?
YELLOW———–JACKETS!!!
YELLOW———–JACKETS!!!
georgie boys
September 19th, 2011
8:35 pm
i see you homers are into talking about next year. Typical for you jawja rednecks,,,next year should be your motto.
Ramblin on and on and on and on..............
September 19th, 2011
8:44 pm
@ headley lamar
CAN’T WAIT!!!!! Bring on the puppies!!!!! Dream Team??? Bla ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!! Can all of you wake up now???!!!!!!!!! Bla ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!!!
Coach Mustbeachump
September 19th, 2011
8:55 pm
Florida will kick Bama and Georgia’s rumps real soon!
safetydawg
September 19th, 2011
9:01 pm
How about the possibility of replacing Murray in favor of Mason?? Murray seem to choke in big games. The Dawgs or Richt no longer has any room to wait. Murray ha not shown inprovements against the big games
Chuck UGA
September 19th, 2011
9:04 pm
At least it isn’t a night game. Sounds good to me! Another MUST WIN, so hopefully preparations are under way already. It’s going to be a difficult, physical game.
GT is a 4th rate High School Team
September 19th, 2011
9:06 pm
@georgie boys, your yellow jockitch are nothing but 4th rate high school team. LOL
@sportsguru95
September 19th, 2011
9:08 pm
Crowell didn’t wear the jacket, so what! So that proves that Richt is not in control! Plz! Stop it! If u want Richt gone stop going 2 games, stop reading Chips Blog, Burn all it UGA apparel, & find another team! Oh I forgot, no1 knows who u r, so it wouldn’t matter! The program will move on without ur complaints! Who will come in & instantly make UGA a national champion! Plz find that coach, so every program can offer him a job! UGA had trouble finding a defensive coordinator! Stools is not coming OU just signed him 2 a 7yr 34.5mill deal! When’s the last time he won a title? Be careful what u wish for, it just might set ur program back ie Notre Dame, & Tennessee!
@sportsguru95
September 19th, 2011
9:10 pm
Let’s talk football, on twitter @sportsguru95!
Hairy Dawg
September 19th, 2011
9:19 pm
Enter your comments here
AltamahaDawg
September 19th, 2011
9:30 pm
Cedrick, wouldn’t it make a lot more sense to put in our inexpereinced backups at LB when we can, instead of wasting time with the fancy of a young man who is never going to be a contributor at that position. Isn’t our shortage of experienced Lb the best reason not to let Charles in there? (aside from the idea of ill afford to loss him on the o-line)
The story was about him wanting to get in if there was a blowout, when it didnt matter, not making any significant contribution. Nobody was speculating that he would be any immediate help at LB. We already have quite a few very highly rated Lb that we need to get PT before some TE coming over to a postion that he has no idea what he is doing.
Why would you think Charles would be a “better use these players” at Lb than Ray Drew. Feloughi needs PT. Stripland.Vasser. Wilson. THESE are the subs that we need the PT, not a TE joking around.
I’m just quessing that nobody would be saying nice things about Richt if Orson Charles got hurt playing LB in the 4th quarter of a blowout.
bitter grantham
September 19th, 2011
9:31 pm
“my “D” is fine———@gary——–kiss off
WhopperDawg with fries
September 19th, 2011
9:33 pm
You boys and girls take your drama serious! I predict the fan base will eat lots of fries and the dogs will lay it on that directional school from Mexico! Sorry, I think it’s New Mexico. Somewhere out west…
Swampdawg
September 19th, 2011
9:39 pm
Right Safetydawg… Murray still makes bad decisions in Big Games. He has to mature quick! The Defensive guys….why… their legs are too small… they can run but can’t block and tackle. The physics of football require strong legs and footing to make good blocks and tackles. Why… Deone Sanders couldn’t tackle either with his little legs. Good punt returner though. Ran like a deer. Legs like a deer too. I think we are recruiting too many runners and not enough power, hard hitting players. Need some JUNKYARD DAWGS! Need more DIVERSITY!
WhopperDawg with fries
September 19th, 2011
9:42 pm
I’ve passed my bed time. It’s the 4th for me dawgs! I’m choking a bit, but I’ll be alright. We’ve always got some patsy we are supposed to beat next week. It’s the whole SEC superiority thing.
Hairy Dawg
September 19th, 2011
9:42 pm
Ole Miss. lost to BYU and Vandy! ROTFL! We’re goning to show them what happens against a real S.E.C. team. Dawgs will be demoting Col. Reb to a private cause Houston “got no” Nutts.
BYU and Vandy? Serously!
I can’t wait to unload the whooping can on these clueless clowns with no talent. Dawgs will show them what real talent is like. We should win this one 45-13.
Goooooo DAWGS!
01HAWK
September 19th, 2011
10:06 pm
CLINTON, S.C. (AP) The NCAA has accused South Carolina athletes of receiving $55,000 worth of impermissible benefits and recruiting inducements for getting reduced hotel rates and for their involvement with a Delaware-based mentoring organization.
The NCAA sent university President Harris Pastides the letter of allegations Monday and requested the school’s response by Dec. 14.
Russ' Chew Toy
September 19th, 2011
10:18 pm
@ Gentle Reminder
Odd, that at the same time you’re posting your insults, your pocket protector pals are over on Bradley’s blog bragging about how the ACC will only accept AAU status schools, and has ’standards’ too high to allow any non-AAU school to be a peer conference school. Yet in your prose you damn your neighbor Clemson as being amongst us luddites. Care to clarify? Which is it? ACC’s not so elist after all? Just angry that you still can’t find a female date and getting weary of your palm?
so many idiots, so little time
September 19th, 2011
10:20 pm
@ Gary – did you watch the game you freaking moron? Put the bong down for a minute. “The offense may have given them 21 but they still managed to score 42 anyway. So,what’s your point? ” WOW! You are really dense! The point is that if the freaking offense didn’t give them 21 then the dawgs would have won 42-24! Get it?
hotdawg
September 19th, 2011
10:24 pm
First of all I looked a the s. carolina replay and realized aside from the 3tds given up between special teams and offense the fumble picked up by gilmore landed them in the red zone which only leaves two outright. Tds given up by the defense…and people are accusing the defense of giving up 45 points let’s blog sober please but if orson charles can deliver us our first sack of the year please let him break the streak…heck I wouldn’t care if blair walsh made our first sack….I just want one please….and richard samuel I’m not convinced yet….sorry….go dawgs
Alphare
September 19th, 2011
10:41 pm
“Woman aiming at possum shoots friend”.
What’s the likelihood this woman is a dawg fan? 100%
AltamahaDawg
September 19th, 2011
11:05 pm
First sack was in the SC game.
hotdawg
September 19th, 2011
11:30 pm
True….I stand corrected but…one by a lineman or lb would b nice
Tampa Dawg
September 20th, 2011
12:04 am
Enter your comments here
KJ
September 20th, 2011
12:07 am
What’s the likelihood Alphare has never touched a woman he didn’t pay cash for? 100%
Hairy Dawg
September 20th, 2011
12:08 am
I knew the Visor Boy chickens were dumb enough to get caught. They was lucky with refs help to beat Dawgs and now they goning pay for stealing game from us who supposed to owning East.
flo-ri-duh
September 20th, 2011
12:15 am
Bobo is missing a big opportunity. Move Orson Charles to WR and Arthur Lynch to TE. Both are good blockers and receivers and should b3e in the game at the same time. Arthur Lynch is being wasted.
I-DOG
September 20th, 2011
12:40 am
I hope we beat Ole Miss, but just because Nutt is a dead man walking doesn’t mean he won’t outcoach our staff and get a W.
The last lame duck coach we played in their stadium was a guy by the name of Dan Hawkins. He was fired about a month after beating an AJ Green led UGA squad from a school where a winning season is considered a success in a state that produces fewer division one prospects than Stephensen high school alone will this year.
If you don’t think that it is possible that we could lose this Saturday, I give you the CU game last year as exhibit A.
bugsquacher
September 20th, 2011
1:16 am
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)
3- GEORGIA is now 15-14 in his last 29 games
4-GEORGIA is 6-10 in the past 16 SEC games.
5- GEORGIA is 3-5 in their last 8 games going back to last season
6- GEORGIA has won 1 of it last 4. (and it wasnt a powerhouse we beat today)
Ohio State - not ranked either poll
September 20th, 2011
1:18 am
We played a soft easy schedule last season and out of 13 games, only 5 ended up ranked teams. We beat NONE of them. So far this season, we have played 2 ranked teams and Florida is the only other at # 16 (since Georgia tek at # 25 obviously will NOT be ranked when the season is over, having beat NO ONE either.) that we play this entire season. We have a SOFTER easier schedule 2011 than we had in 2010. Directly, you can attribute both the loss to Boise State and to South Carolina, on never sacking either Quarterback – while they both SACKED our QB until the cows came home. It LOST both games. So, Saturday vs a 1-AA FCS team, and not a good one at that, we cannot sack their QB even 1 time. And, you can’t run in here FAST ENOUGH to make up your EXCUSES for -0- sacks YET AGAIN Saturday. This is NOT a team on the rise, but a team with fans who are EASY. Great job here. Never get put on the spot by the fans. Fail. Promise one thing deliver the opposite and they will HAVE YOUR BACK, not support the program to do better than we have after 1983. You are the problem we have around here
ARdawg
Hairy Dawg
September 20th, 2011
1:24 am
Are you kidding me!
The Buffaloes! They just surprised us when we weren’t very motivated. Nutts team is an S.E.C. game for motivating us. This is the kind of game where Dawgs put Nutts out to pasture.
Nutts is an embarrassment to league after winning first year with Ogeron’s players. Now Nutts can’t win with his own players despite signing 50 a year. The reason is Nutts can’t coach and Arky doing better without Nutts.
SmartNTough
September 20th, 2011
1:58 am
Had Orson been injured while playing “D”, the dawg nation would have expedited it’s calls for somebody’s head.
Ohio State - not ranked either poll
September 20th, 2011
5:27 am
bugsquacher
if you are going to post this every 5 minutes, at least please get is correctly worded :
1-GEORGIA is a combined 0-5 against teams who finished in the AP Poll Top 25 in 2010 and is 0-2 for 2011 against 2 teams who obviously will end in the AP Poll Top 25 this season. There is one remaining hope for a 3rd team this season to end in the AP Poll Top 25 in today # 16 Florida. But, as everyone knows where you are ranked when you play means NOTHING, it is where they finish the season, that does matter and is the only poll ever published for that season.
2- GEORGIA has lost 10 of its last 12 against teams ranked in the AP Poll Top 25 the day they played each other
3- GEORGIA is now 15-14 in Mark Richt and his coaching staff’s last 29 games. All 14 losses were followed closely thereto by Mark Richt and his coaching staff blaming the players. Every time.
4-GEORGIA is 6-10 in the past 16 SEC games. I don’t know what this is. Nor, do I believe it has any relevance compared to the actual facts that UGA is 13-13 vs SEC East teams after 2005 through today.
5- GEORGIA is 3-5 in their last 8 games going back to last season
6- GEORGIA has won 1 of it last 4. (and it wasnt a powerhouse we beat today)
You don’t get the Pollyanna of them riled with incorrect posts. What it is that will rancor them is to tell them the truth. Then, log in the next day outside of work, and see how many have become converts, sir. Further, I believe it is 2 main areas of concern for all of us who love this football program, not necessarily and blindly defending this coach or especially his coaching staff.
(ITEM 1) Mark Richt in his 11 years is 3-10 vs teams who finished the season in the AP Poll Top 10
(ITEM 2) Mark Richt in his 11 years has already 10 losses to teams who did not finish that season in the AP Poll Top 25.
For you see, he NEITHER beats the great teams, nor does he beat the truly lousy teams, either.
Have a great day, sir.
Ohio State - not ranked either poll
September 20th, 2011
6:18 am
Arthur Lynch is just one of the players being wasted.
Mark Richt has averaged the # 7 recruiting class, averaging both Rivals and Scout for all 11 classes, and yet is 13-13 vs SEC East teams after 2005, and has beat only 3 out of 13 teams who finished that season in the AP Poll Top 10 – all 3 of those years he actually did beat a top team in fact, he lost 4 games that season, lost 3 games that season, or lost 4 games that season. He has also lost 10 games the previous 10 years vs teams who did not finish in the AP Poll Top 10. You do not accomplish these LOSSES with THIS TALENT, without significant WASTED TALENT.
Ray Drew. We get him into a meaningless game vs a poor team. In the 2 games he might have assisted us in a meaningful way, he rode the pines. – All USA 1st Team Defense Nationally, PARADE All-America, Top 5 Overall Best Football Player in the United States of America, # 2 Best Player in the entire State of Georgia. 6′ 5″ and 263 lbs. being played at the wrong position. Consensus All-America.
Ken Malcome. 100 meter and 200 meter star on track team. Redshirted last season. Not played, like Ray Drew in any game all season long. Then, we play a weak team, and out we trot him. For 1 play. All America.
T.J. Stripling. All-America. Another player played out of position, just exactly like Ray Drew now too. Not played him at all, then put him in against Coastal Carolina, made a tackle, took him back out. It’s what this “coaching staff” of Mark Richt does.
Mike Thornton. Consensus All-America. Yet, again, played out of position. Redshirted all last season when he most assuredly should have played, obviously. This season relegated to riding the pines because he is not a coach’s favorite. We play favorites, you do know that, don’t you ? Sent to the bench never to see the light of day all this season. Then, we play Coastal Carolina, put him into the game to make 1 tackle, and send him right back to the bench. Are the coaches afraid if they play these guys that we might see how good they are ? That they might actually help ? They certainly could not hurt. Now, can they ?
I am not going to sit here and talk with you about all the players Mark Richt and his “coaching staff” have wasted for 11 years now. I am going to say again that you do not have the # 7 recruiting class on the average every year for 11 years and go out and be 3-10 vs teams who finished that season in the AP Poll Top 10 and 10 more losses to teams who did not even finish in the AP Poll Top 25 without
SQUANDERING TALENT, left and right for 11 years.
Dogs Smell
September 20th, 2011
7:33 am
Reason #1009 to hate dog fans. You whipped Coastal Carolina and now your chest is bowed and you want the SEC to know you’re going to run the table. THere is not a team in the SEC that wouldnt have whipped CC. You played 2 quality teams and your team lost them both. You havent won a quality game in over 2 years. Keep telling us just how good the dogs are.
Ohio State - not ranked either poll
September 20th, 2011
7:57 am
Or, not.
Now on to your team. When again is it that Georgia tek ever beat anyone ?
The Ghost of Wally Butts
September 20th, 2011
8:04 am
1. Crow-well probably didn’t think he needed any pads playing against a high school team.
2. Any doubts left that these ‘playas’ are running the team instead of the coaches? Look no further than (1) Crow-well ignoring what Dtr of Sports Med designed for him to wear, and (2) Orson Charles’ whinning about not getting to play on both sides of the ball against the high school team.
3. Treating players like your golfing buddy worked for Bobby Bowden – for awhile, but these days, it turns them into ‘playas’ – as shown by 14-14….
4. Maybe Nutt vs. Richt should be re-named the “Hot Seat Bowl”.
PigIron
September 20th, 2011
8:19 am
@I-DOG
September 20th, 2011
12:40 am
I hope we beat Ole Miss, but just because Nutt is a dead man walking doesn’t mean he won’t outcoach our staff and get a W.
You have a point. Nutt has a long history of winning at least one game that he should obviously lose. Only question is whether this game qualifies as an obvious loss for Ole Miss?
Hmmm…
Bo
September 20th, 2011
8:27 am
Another example of leadership on this team. Grantham should have told ChrarlesNo!!!!!!!!!! he’s incharge of the defense but he told himto go see CMR. What is this “grade school?
1eyedJack
September 20th, 2011
9:05 am
Dogs Smell, you want to see some chests bowed out, go take a look at them dorks from North Ave. They’re acting like a barnyard full of Bantam roosters. Multiple rotator cuff injuries from patting themselves on the back.
DawginLex
September 20th, 2011
9:10 am
bulldawg/thomas brown/ohio state not ranked
Now you say 11 years of talent not being used correctly?
Talk about revisionist thinking.
You had a permanent woody for Coach Richt for the first 7 years he was here and now things aren’t going well and you become Mr Genius and tell us that all 11 years were lousy?
What an idiot you are.
You are a prime example of what is wrong with our fanbase, our country and our families.
You sir are a complete embarrassment to the University of Georgia(if you ever went there)
Just STFU and go back to the garbage truck you ride on the back of.
DC
September 20th, 2011
9:19 am
Shouldn’t GT be poking their chest out? they set records last weekend against Kansas…yes it wasn’t… say, “uga”… but it wasn’t coastal carolina either…War Eagle!
1eyedJack
September 20th, 2011
9:25 am
DC, you’re right. They took care of Coastal Carolina the first two weeks. Last week was more along the lines of the Citadel.
BIGDAWG37
September 20th, 2011
9:34 am
My birthday wish: That all the dorks from Tech would pick up their redneck cousins in Tuscaloosa and take a drive down to their cheesy brothers house in Gainesville! AND STAY THE HELL OFF OUR PAGE!!! Nobody cares what you idiots have to say!!! GO DAWGS!!!
HeelsRock&Roll
September 20th, 2011
9:35 am
When booking rooms for next year’s game in Columbia, don’t forget about the Whitney. It’s Triple “R” rated (radically reduced rates), and accepts SCAR cards (Special Carolina Athlete Rates).
Hairy Dawg
September 20th, 2011
9:50 am
SCar is nothing but a bunch of cheaters that is so dumb to get caught off the field but the refs wouldn’t call the holding in the chickens game in Athens. That makes anything Visor Boy’s chickens do illegitimate.
WhopperDawg with fries
September 20th, 2011
9:56 am
37, the same applies to your trolls! Except they probably don’t have a driver’s license; much less a car!
DawgLifer
September 20th, 2011
10:02 am
@Mobile Dawg ” I think he should get a haircut” What in the world does that have to do with football? Sheesh!?!
FDawg
September 20th, 2011
10:17 am
What’s the deal with RB Ken Malcome?
murfdawg
September 20th, 2011
10:49 am
What is breakfast like in the Grove? Will the Ole Miss fans be there after the game? I am going to Oxford for the game and want to experience the full atmosphere of The Grove. any suggestions?
DawginLex
September 20th, 2011
11:10 am
murfdawg
I don’t know how old you are, if you are married or single but 2 words describe the Grove
HOT WOMEN
Mississippi has had a ton of Miss Americas and most of them matriculated through Ole Miss.
I-DOG
September 20th, 2011
11:12 am
Hairy Dawg:
So we weren’t motivitated to play CU last year despite the fact that we were on a 3 game losing streak? Will we be motivated this week? Losing 4 of our last 5 (I don’t count last Saturdsay’s exhibition), one would think we wouldn’t exactly be overconfident for Ole Miss.
I don’t think CU beat us because they surprised us and we weren’t motivated. I can’t explain the reasons why they beat us, but I don’t think it was because we were overconfident coming in off a 3 game losing streak.
AltamahaDawg
September 20th, 2011
11:29 am
In my business I play favorites. The person that I put on any particular job is the the one that I believe to be the best possible choice that I have availible to me at the time given all the circumstanses.
BUZZ
September 20th, 2011
11:29 am
headley lamar
where you been hiding ? I guess after your DREAM teams 0-2 start you were too embarrased to show you HEADY you homer ….uga going to be 1-3 after this week and you will go away again >>>>>THWG !!!!
just a fan
September 20th, 2011
11:38 am
8.27: That’s how many yards Mississippi State running back Vick Ballard has averaged per carry this season. That number ranks him second nationally among players in the top 30 in rushing yards.
dawgie dawg
September 20th, 2011
11:54 am
I dont care that the game is on FSN, i would rather want it to be on FSN at 7. Night games are electric. This is gonna be the first SEC on FSN game not at 7. Why noon?
WhopperDawg with fries
September 20th, 2011
12:12 pm
murfdawg, Lex is absolutely right! But if you’re a usual homer be sure to brush your tooth and tone down the “Georgia is the center of the football universe” thing. Good luck!
Dogs Smell
September 20th, 2011
12:18 pm
SOUTHGADAWG88 ?????????????,
Offense being scary? UGA purchased the W over coastal Carolina ! Problem is you cant keep a DIV 1 score from outscoring you ! Wake the Hell up !
Dogs Smell
September 20th, 2011
12:19 pm
harold – Its supposed to be a cakewalk , just like BSU game problem is your pups arent that good and anything could happen against this team.
Easily Amused
September 20th, 2011
12:29 pm
It might be good strategy for Georgia to lose this game. If Nutt loses this one, then Ole Miss might just fire him before the season is over. If that happens, then they’ll hire Georgia’s new coach out from under us.
Oh well… even if Ole Miss hires Rich Rod, we’d still have a shot at getting Houston Nutt to come to Athens. That would be a step up.
This year blows (again)
September 20th, 2011
12:36 pm
The total lack of discipline continues ad naseum. Nobody is afraid of Richt. If you didn’t follow instructions at Alabama or Florida you would be disciplined. Instead Richt holds him up to a public chastising because he can’t or won’t do anything himself. The postings that say “I wonder if it makes him less mobile or more prone to fumble” are completely missing the point. The point is there is no leadership or respect for leadership. Everyone is making their own decisions instead of it being a team decision. This is a ship without a rudder.
OleMiss is really bad
September 20th, 2011
12:37 pm
Mark my words:
We may not beat UF this year and we may not beat GT this year unless they choke and give us the game again, but we will beat OleMiss by 40+….. They are HORRIBLE and probably are the worst team in the SEC right now…. especially if Vanderbilt throttles you.
Mark my words, this will be a cakewalk.
DawginLex
September 20th, 2011
12:47 pm
chip your filters are way too sensitive
WDE
September 20th, 2011
12:54 pm
@Dogs Smell how many top 25 teams has your bunch played so far this season? We may not be very good ? How would you have any clue how good your bunch is, you’ve played 3 schools 2 of which Coastal would have beaten….we will beat you like rented mules..AGAIN !
Designated Read: Realignment ruminations – Campus Union
September 20th, 2011
1:02 pm
[...] on his broken arm, as will Texas’ Garrett Gilbert on his bum shoulder. Georgia’s Isaiah Crowell has re-injured his ribs but isn’t expected to miss any playing time. And Michigan State [...]
WhopperDawg with fries
September 20th, 2011
1:03 pm
Ah yes! The old “rented mule” trick. Why would you abuse government property? You know that’s a felony! Go beat something your more familiar with! But do it in the privacy of your own closet.
WDE
September 20th, 2011
1:11 pm
@WhopperDawg with fries where your from everyone has a mule to rent…but you can’t rent a goat or sheep for love nor money…just do us a favor show up undefeated, that would make your beatdown just that much sweeter…we own you, you know this is true.
Gay Dawg
September 20th, 2011
1:27 pm
I always hear baout how good looking the girls are at Ole Miss but does anyone know anything about the boys? Am I naughty or what?
WDE
September 20th, 2011
1:28 pm
@Gay Dawg nope not naughty merely annoying.
Gay Dawg
September 20th, 2011
1:31 pm
WDE = on the down low
ga gator
September 20th, 2011
1:32 pm
DawginLex, do you still predict that the UF winning streak will end this year?
Big Dirty Dawg
September 20th, 2011
1:35 pm
Critics….How is Charles’ request any different that Boykins or Smith? Fact is..we have more depth at TE than any other position. Hell, I’d love to see Charles at middle line backer!! He’s a pure athlete…and from all your damn comments…you beotch about playing the best talent out there!! Some people make no dang sense!!
ga gator
September 20th, 2011
1:36 pm
Lex actually I mean the winning streak against UK that you predicted would end on this blog about a month ago.
Gay Dawg
September 20th, 2011
1:36 pm
@ Big Dirty Dawg….do you know anything about football? I mean why not put Aaron Murry at stong safeety….he’s athletic. Put a jock on before talking about moving players like a madden game
WDE
September 20th, 2011
1:59 pm
@Gay Dawg your only slightly annoying by the way , Charles might very well be a beast on defense. Remember sonny what the Bear used to say to win you but your 11 best players on defense and start hitting people…
Gay Dawg
September 20th, 2011
2:02 pm
WDE – Bera did not win by putting offensive players on defense. bear won by paying every player he could. there is a reason most of his assistants went on to get their teams put on probabtion.
Also this is not 1955 or not Madden.You obviously know little about football other then what you garner from playing Nintendo.
DawginLex
September 20th, 2011
2:02 pm
ga gator
No way
UK has done a bigger selling the hype job than Richt and Georgia ever dreamed of cooking up.
UK is baaaaaaaadddddddd and not in the cool good way.
I went Saturday night and it was brutal. The fanbase is furious. Charlie Strong played a true freshman QB from Miami after the starter went down and also played a lot of other freshmen and sophomores. He is out recruiting Joker in Kentucky and with this win, has even more momentum there.
The QB for UK actually is pretty good but their OL, which was supposed to be great(where have we heard that before?) is pitiful. They have the Clemons kid from GA at RB and he actually is pretty good. He should be at Georgia right now backing up Crowell and Samuel could be starting at LB.
I say florida will struggle a little early because UK’s defense is actually not bad but the UK offense won’t get anywhere against Florida’s defense.
Florida 27
UK 10
WDE
September 20th, 2011
2:07 pm
@Gay Dawg nope never played Madden or any electronic games, did play college football…and our best were on D. And please you guru of the gridiron who is Bera ? Didn’t he play baseball?
Gay Dawg
September 20th, 2011
2:12 pm
WDE – anyone can walk up and play college football at West Georgia. This is big boy football. not some rinky dink small college football where everyone that suited up talks about those days like Al bundy.
And excuse me spelling ned ….I meant Bear cheated.
Gay Dawg
September 20th, 2011
2:13 pm
WDE is college football hero everyone….I’ll hang up and listen. LOL!
Man I am gay and know more a bout big boy football then this poor slub.
AltamahaDawg
September 20th, 2011
2:23 pm
Boykin only needs to know a couple of things about the offense to make some contribution. Charles would need to understand so much more about the defense as a whole to play MLB and not be a liability to everyone around him.
We are deep at TE, but appearantly nobody is better than him or they would be in there. I could buy the depth argument more if the question was about taking a 3rd stringer TE (or OLB) to help at MLB. But we are talking about taking the best TE and having him play totally unprepared at a spot where we already have real back-up recruited to play LB that need as much PT as possible.
WDE
September 20th, 2011
2:26 pm
@Gay Dawg and here I have always been lead to believe gay men were smart, so I’m doubting your really gay…just perhaps a little happy? Bear won by the way and he then and the NFL now did it with great defenses..now that I’ve schooled you your dismissed,have a great afternoon.
Buck Blew
September 20th, 2011
2:27 pm
the tech game will probably be prime time since they will most likely be a top 5 team by then. i don’t see them losing a game until then. their schedule is acc cream puff easy.
Gay Dawg
September 20th, 2011
2:30 pm
“Bear won by the way and he then and the NFL now did it with great defenses..”…..uhhhh huh LOL!
Bear was a cheater and everyone knows it. bear could not win if he did not bend the rules.
WDE
September 20th, 2011
2:31 pm
@AltamahaDawg I didn’t see where Charles was trying to play MLB, that indeed takes more detailed knowledge and practice , I didn’t see where he was talking about any set position. So I assumed (and it bit me) that he was talking about free safety or more likely DE on a passing down where he might speed rush the QB.
Gay Dawg
September 20th, 2011
2:32 pm
BTW – WDE….I am very gay and am proud to be one of many gay UGA alumnus. I am goign to guess you never went to UGA since you were playing football in Carrolton or some D1AAAAAAAAA school.
Thanks for schooling me. I am much smarter now thta you used Bear as a reason to put our best receiver on defense!
WDE
September 20th, 2011
2:34 pm
@Gay Dawg back that statement up silly boy…did Bear ever get caught cheating ? And how can you prove he couldn’t win without cheating if it was never proven he was cheating. On second thought I don’t even think your happy…I think your a over 50 overall wearing 300lb fella named Otis.
Gay Dawg
September 20th, 2011
2:40 pm
WDE – I can’t prove OJ killed two people but I will have to rely on simple walking talking like ducks. I am sorry that you need to be spponfed that bear was a peice of garbage no better then SMU coaches but I guess I will have to live with that.
Why are you trying to picture me as well. Maybe onthe down low. LOL!
Gay Dawg
September 20th, 2011
2:41 pm
WDE – its just like how I know you never went to UGA just like I knew Bear cheated. Kind of a sixth sense if you will. LOL!!
AltamahaDawg
September 20th, 2011
2:46 pm
Well my opinion would not change for those position either, but I was directing that to the guy who did suggest MLB.
AltamahaDawg
September 20th, 2011
2:55 pm
I’m sure we could have put him in at DE to rush the QB in the final moment of a lopsided win. Why exactly would we have done that?
Joemac
September 21st, 2011
9:21 am
I am not sure I know what you guys are smoking, but I really want some. The “O” has been the problem so far this season??? How does Grantham’s poor “D” get off scott free? They were pushed around by the Boise “O”, and just how much pressure did they get on the QB?? ANSWER: NONE. And just how many points did USCe score? They knew going in that they had to stop Latt and put the game on Garcia’s shoulders, and how many yards did they hold him to? The Defense should be held equally responsible for their poor start.
Bulldog59
September 21st, 2011
9:25 am
First to address the themes of today’s column: (1) No matter how the injury was aggravated, Crowell needs to listen to the coaches and the trainer, lesson learned. (2) I vaguely remember in the Donnan era, Charles Grant moving into the offensive backfield and blowing out his knee on a sweep play. With that in mind, Orson Charles is way too valuable on O to risk getting hurt in a blowout playing around on D. Good call Coach.
As for the comments ripping Bobo….we all get it, Bobo is overmatched and has a limited skill set when it comes to running the offense. Imagine, if Richt is offered the chance to stay, and brings in an OC of Charlie Weis caliber (horrible HC but very good OC.) The NFL is loaded with coaches that could make our current pro-style offense one of the most productive in the nation, and more importantly move the chains on CRITICAL third downs.
Joemac
September 21st, 2011
9:27 am
oh yeah, by the way, this was stated on the Paul Finebaum show earlier this week. He compared the Ole Miss and UGA programs and said that both were “Low Profile” jobs, when discussing the possible future of Gus Malzahn. I mean, he is about right. Uga is no better than the 8th or 9th best team in the SEC.
Bulldog59
September 21st, 2011
9:42 am
Joemac, that’s hilarious. Bet everything you have that Gus Malzahn would set a land speed record from Auburn to Athens if he were offered the HC job at Georgia.