Richt coaches fans on crowd noise; McClendon weighs in on ‘Boo’
Here’s a link to Tuesday’s football notebook and another to my profile of free safety Bacarri Rambo, who played this past Saturday’s game with a heavy heart. It was a busy, newsy day around the Butts-Mehre Building, however, and I couldn’t fit everything in. So following is some stuff that didn’t make the cut for print. Call it “bonus material.” . . .
Georgia coach Mark Richt, playing Mississippi State quarterback Chris Relf, demonstrates exactly when Bulldogs fans should "go berserk." (Photo by Chip Towers)
Richt coaches fans on crowd noise
Georgia coach Mark Richt is counting on the Bulldogs’ fans to be a 12th man against Mississippi State on Saturday. He’s so adamant that they produce crowd noise that he stood up during his opening remarks at his weekly press conference on Tuesday and demonstrated exactly when and how he wanted them to be noisy.
“I want to talk to our fans and educate them a little bit,” Richt said. “We need a lot of crowd noise and I know fans know that. But when teams no huddle [like Mississippi State] and you’re cheering, you might not be cheering at the right time. So I want to try to tell you what we hope happens in the game.”
Standing up, Richt demonstrated how State’s quarterback Chris Relf looks to the sideline for a play call after lining up in the shotgun and starting the cadence.
“When he looks to the sideline,” Richt said, turning to face the side of the room, “that’s the time when we need the fans to go berserk. That’s when they’re going to try to communicate to their line what they’re going to do. We don’t want them to communicate well. We want them to have trouble hearing each other and we want offensive linemen to jump offsides. So, UGA fan base, that’s the time when we want you to go crazy, when he looks to the sideline after he starts his cadence.”
What’s up with Malcome?
There was a lot of rumor and innuendo bouncing around Tuesday about tailback Ken “Boo” Malcome, who didn’t make the trip to Ole Miss and was absent for Tuesday’s practice. Even running backs coach Bryan McClendon heard the scuttlebutt that Malcome was itching to transfer.
“It sort of took me by surprise to be honest with you,” McClendon said. “Every time I’ve talked to him, he’s been happy here and this is definitely the place that he wanted to come to and this is the place where he wants to be. . . . The bottom line is the guys that have been able to come out and perform out there at practice, those are the guys that have been able to play.”
As it turns out, Malcome missed practice because of “some sort of stomach problem,” according to McClendon. But therein lies the problem with Malcome getting playing time.
The 6-foot, 221-pound redshirt freshman from Decatur was expected to step to the forefront this season with Georgia’s attrition at tailback. But since preseason camp opened in August he has fallen behind true freshman Isaiah Crowell, linebacker convert Richard Samuel, junior Carlton Thomas and former walkon Brandon Harton on the depth chart.
“The biggest thing for Ken is he just has to come out there and be able to practice so he can keep progressing,” McClendon said. “Obviously, that’s something that’s sort of held him back last season, this season, this past spring, this past summer. I think he has a bunch of talent. Once he is out there and once he does get better, you’ll see the player that he can become. But he just has to be out there.”
Robinson spotting
All indications are that inside linebacker Christian Robinson will be available to play on Saturday.
To be clear, that’s “available,” not “will play.” But the 6-foot-2, 226-pound “Mike” linebacker was practicing without any obvious limitations on Tuesday, the second day in a row Robinson has been on the field. Robinson has been out since the fourth quarter of the South Carolina game with foot injury. He was a starter and the Bulldogs’ leading tackler in the first two games and is considered the unofficial defensive captain.
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474 comments Add your comment
beanster
September 28th, 2011
3:00 pm
Hey GT Joe — er, G Joe — What do you geeks do with those T’s ($100K worth) that you steal around your campus? Can they be traded for spells or potions at the Friday night RPG?
GT Joe
September 28th, 2011
3:00 pm
Tampa, Carolina was #25 in the coaches poll before we beat them, and are still getting votes (can’t say that for UGA sadly).
Carolina will end up in the top 25, you can book that.
TampaDawg
September 28th, 2011
3:04 pm
Then CPJ is covered in icing… GT doesn’t play one good team until Oct 29th.
TampaDawg
September 28th, 2011
3:09 pm
And if a team whose 2010 defense only featured one player on the all ACC team, one from the 2nd team All ACC, and one honorable mention suddenly has 4 NFL lineman, that would be news.
Bob LaBlah
September 28th, 2011
3:10 pm
Richt – always looking for a gimmick. Can’t rely on pure talent and coaching.
Bobo
September 28th, 2011
3:12 pm
First!
TampaDawg
September 28th, 2011
3:14 pm
Bobo
September 28th, 2011
3:12 pm
First!
———-
LOL
DJ Dawg
September 28th, 2011
3:20 pm
@To my 4 neighbors in the dome.
Oh, wait I remeber you! WOW!!
beebee
September 28th, 2011
3:28 pm
Did I read me some smack
coming straight from the crack
heads over at UGA
out back?
Well lemme tell y’all THIS
before I hiss
like a snake.
Listen and don’t MISS:
The Jackets are rollin’
but you dawgs be trollin’
like a clown
tryin’ to put us down.
Our future is NOW.
You past glory, Wow,
was three years
when Hershel walked.
And we got us a TEAM!
For 30 years, y’all DREAM.
Your dominance o’er us
shall HALT!
DJ Dawg
September 28th, 2011
3:30 pm
oh great Burma Shave has reproduced!!!!!!!!!!!!
dan
September 28th, 2011
3:31 pm
ritch would make a good fan coach
GT Joe
September 28th, 2011
3:32 pm
Tampa: http://www.foxsportscarolinas.com/09/23/11/UNCs-defense-ready-for-Ga-Tech-attack/landing.html?blockID=567210
Let me give you the jist of it:
UNC’s defensive line and linebackers are an extremely talented corps of players. The front four is deep and loaded with NFL potential. Two of the linebackers are headed to the NFL when their time comes…
Sounds like cupcake city eh?
Big Dirty Dawg
September 28th, 2011
3:37 pm
BeeBee…let Burma Shave do the rapping! You stink at it.
DJ Dawg
September 28th, 2011
3:39 pm
@Big Dirty Dawg
Both of them stink at it!!!!!
Les Claypool
September 28th, 2011
3:39 pm
Flat tire: you are by far not a Dawg fan! Trying to act like you know everything. You are by far the most negative blogger on this site. You may need to take a break for a while and reflect on your own personal let downs. You have more problems than just a flat tire!!!!
GT Joe
September 28th, 2011
3:41 pm
I see 3 ranked teams on the UGA schedule. 2 on the GT schedule (3 if you include UNC which was ranked before we played them in the coaches poll).
Your schedule is not so tough eh?
Lug Nuts
September 28th, 2011
3:41 pm
GT= UGA wannabe
Buck Blew
September 28th, 2011
3:46 pm
Richt now a cheeleader. ROTFLMAO
GT Joe
September 28th, 2011
3:47 pm
Sure Lug Nuts. GT wants to be 2-2 and unranked. LOL.
GT Joe
September 28th, 2011
3:48 pm
90,000 friggin rednecks need directions on when to get loud. LOL.
Richt should do a PSA on how to brush teeth also. UGA fandom could use that kind of advice.
slydog
September 28th, 2011
3:53 pm
GT Joe
Once again, what is your point about UNC having 4 NFL caliber players on defense? What about the entire team? Please get a rational argument please!!! Save yourself. You are funny. UNC has just as many NFL caliber players as Boise St. South Carolina has an entire team full of NFL caliber players. In fact, South Carolina has back ups, guys who barely play, who make it to the NFL. Miss St. has more than 4 NFL caliber players on both sides of the ball. I don’t need their names. I look at the scouting combine each and every year and it amazes me how many “no name” players from the SEC are drafted ahead of other players on NFL “watchlists” every single year. So GT has played against 4 NFL caliber players this year so far, right? UGA has probably played against at least 30 so far. What say ye?
slydog
September 28th, 2011
3:54 pm
55,000 nerds don’t get loud at all. Oh wait, 20,000 of them would rather study than watch High School football. That’s why they went to college….lmao
GT Joe
September 28th, 2011
3:55 pm
slydog: the point is simple, UNC is not a cupcake. Cupcakes don’t have 4 NFL caliber players on the defensive side alone.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 28th, 2011
3:55 pm
GT Joe
BLAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Hey everyone GT Joe thinks GT is going to play for the NC against LSU
The same GT team that barely won against UNC who has no coach
slydog
September 28th, 2011
3:55 pm
The nerds are busy making a 22nd century noise making machine
GT Joe
September 28th, 2011
3:56 pm
Nerds don’t need lessons on when to cheer. Apparently rednecks do though.
slydog
September 28th, 2011
3:57 pm
In order for Bobby Dodd stadium to get louder, they need to “downsize” the stadium. And that is a fact!!!
DJ Dawg
September 28th, 2011
3:57 pm
@slydog
I know its hard to do but just ingnore GT Joe like the rest of us do.
GT Joe
September 28th, 2011
3:57 pm
Okay, maybe not GT vs. LSU in the title game. Could be GT vs. Bama. Old school matchup, I like it.
The question won’t be how much we score, the question would be, can we stop them on defense enough to win. It’s a coin flip.
BS Patrol
September 28th, 2011
3:59 pm
Doggies would be 4-0 IF you could teach a doggie fan how to cheer.
slydog
September 28th, 2011
4:00 pm
@DJ Dawg Point taken. It’s wildly entertaining.
DJ Dawg
September 28th, 2011
4:01 pm
@GT Joe
Coin flip my arse!!!!!!! Bama would run all over you!
GT Joe
September 28th, 2011
4:01 pm
Mark Richt: Head Cheerleader!
GT Joe
September 28th, 2011
4:02 pm
DJ: thought you were ignoring me? LOL.
Bama might run all over us. And we’d put up 500 yards of offense. So who wins? Coin flip.
GT Joe
September 28th, 2011
4:04 pm
For those of you scoffing at my undefeated prediction: we will be favored in every game on our schedule. If we do our job, we go undefeated. Period.
Same can’t be said about the mutts. They will be a touchdown underdawg to Tech this year. Book it.
DJ Dawg
September 28th, 2011
4:04 pm
GT-
Have to agree with slydog very entertaining!
sicdawg
September 28th, 2011
4:05 pm
Dawgs fans are too stupid to know when to cheer says CMR. Probably have to have someone show
them how to get to stadium. Hell. Richt don’t you know they are all there to watch Uga lick his nuts.
That the most exciting thing you’ll see between the hedges now a days
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 28th, 2011
4:05 pm
GT Joe
Your going to be lucky if you dont lose 3 games in the nations sorry conference
Dude who has GT played lets see
Western Carolina High- who lost to Georgia Southern Sat by 32 points big win
Middle Tenn Middle School thats a big win
Kansas LOL they have never been relevant and will be lucky to win 5 games
UNC you barely get by that NO coach team
Now its the big bad NC St team boy thats a tough one
Ive heard of kool-aid drinkers and we have some but you thinking GT plays for a NC LOL.
You enjoy that Kool-aid iv you got running through your delusional veins at the county psych ward
Gay Dawg
September 28th, 2011
4:05 pm
UGA clearly has the hottest cheerleaders. Look at Mark Richt! Great tan too! Drivin that candy apple red truck, yummmy!
slydog
September 28th, 2011
4:05 pm
If GT can’t beat Iowa or UGA, how the hell will they run up 500 yards of offense against Alabama?
DawginLex
September 28th, 2011
4:07 pm
Guys RE:GT Joe
Let us all remember the saying about arguing with a pig.
“Don’t argue with or fight with a pig. They get you down into the mud and even though you may win, when it is over, you still smell like the pig.”
That is all.
GT Joe
September 28th, 2011
4:07 pm
Yeah, we played 2 cupcakes, plus Kansas and UNC. And we did what we were supposed to do: destroy.
And if we do what we are supposed to do for the rest of our schedule, we’ll be undefeated. It’s really not that complicated.
schmeckdawg
September 28th, 2011
4:08 pm
I’m still not clear on why Malcome isn’t playing!
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 28th, 2011
4:08 pm
GT Joe
Let us know when GT figures how to obtain fan support in the middle of 5.6 million people instead of worrying if we can cheer
The only noise coming from Bobby Dump stadium every game is sirens and gun shots
GT Joe
September 28th, 2011
4:08 pm
Sly, once again, ancient history. Iowa was 2 years ago. And we put up 500 yards on UGA EVERY year under CPJ, even with a backup QB.
Just be happy there’s only 1 ranked team left on your schedule. Hopefully you get bowl eligible.
slydog
September 28th, 2011
4:08 pm
GT Joe
In all honesty, me being a native and all, would love for GT to go undefeated and play for the title, but it’s not exactly the gauntlet you were preaching. You sound like Bush Jr. First, it was weapons of mass destruction, then collusion with Al-quaida, now it’s about democracy and freedom. Whew!!!
GT Joe
September 28th, 2011
4:10 pm
Flat tire: what’s attendance have to do with winning? Is that all UGA has? Attendance? Sad.
schmeckdawg
September 28th, 2011
4:12 pm
$1,000.00 we kick miss state’s butt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
slydog
September 28th, 2011
4:12 pm
Right, on your best day against UGA, you still came up short. Darn, I’m starting to smell like pig and mud…lol.
GT Joe
September 28th, 2011
4:13 pm
Mark Richt’s next lesson: how to tie your shoes (without velcro).