Dangerous Vanderbilt team awaits Bulldogs in Nashville
Heading over to Georgia for coach Mark Richt’s weekly press conference and player interviews. Let me know if you have some (reasonable) questions for which you’d like to get answers.
We’re at the halfway point of the season so we’re starting to see some trends statistically and otherwise. The Bulldogs are 4-2 overall and tied for the SEC’s Eastern Division lead with a 3-1 record. They lost to the two best teams they played and then won the next four games they were expected to win in relatively comfortable fashion. So I don’t know if we’re sure just yet how good Georgia is.
The rest of the season sets up well for the Dogs. But don’t discount this next game at Vanderbilt. This is no ordinary Commodores team. They have some offensive issues and are unsettled at quarterback. But they feature some playmakers and are stout on defense, and I think we’ve seen in Georgia just how effective that can be.
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MY 2 cents
October 11th, 2011
12:34 pm
What im saying is this. Our receivers, other than MM and OC, NEED TO STEP UP. AM is looking to those two way too much, and defenses are catching on to that.
truedawg
October 11th, 2011
12:39 pm
ARdawg,
Ark losing Davis hurt them the most. But these things happen. I think UGA is getting better this year, we’ll see the UF game, even though UF isn’t great to me that will be the telling game. I do think ARK beats SC. and UGA goes to the dome. Go Dawgs!!!
GT
October 11th, 2011
12:40 pm
Unlike most teams Georgia has on its team bus the talent to beat any team in the country. Get that running game going and you can wear a talent thin team like Vandy down, try stupid passes, makes lots of penalties and you let them in the game. It is a mind set and 3rd and 56 is not part of that mind set.
Robinwood
October 11th, 2011
12:40 pm
@Hangtime
That’s seriously messed up that someone is standing behind you with a gun, making you post on a UGA thread. If you drop us some hints on where they’re keeping you, we can try to get the authorities involved on your behalf.
Not Complacent
October 11th, 2011
12:42 pm
“UGA isn’t on the same level as LSU or Bama, but very very capable of beating any other team in the SEC. All this talk of Ark being so good is crazy!!”
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!
Whad’ya put in that KoolAid? Psilocybin?
KB
October 11th, 2011
12:43 pm
Jason, 15 wins i since 1957 isn’t going to get any better for tech, another loss for tech this year , All pumped up beating nobodys, tech would be ahead of kentucky in the east. ahead of ole miss in the west, tech has a couple of players that would make the depth chart at most SEC schools. Tevin wouldn’t be starting QB for Vandy, and vandy has a better defense. Now go where tech and ACC football are relevant , like the wake an duke boards.Tech is the most overrated team in the country.
BurytheBone
October 11th, 2011
12:46 pm
@Mike Bobo 17 int, IF, IF AND BUT’S WERE CANDY AND NUT’S WE WOULD HAVE A PARTY. For someone to seem to know so much about whats going on in Athens. Why do you continue to repeat what you’ve read or heard somewhere else. You are right about one thing all is not right in Athens, But i will be glad when it is so we don’t have to hear from you anymore.
Bama in Atlanta
October 11th, 2011
12:47 pm
Question for Bobo: Have you developed a play for 3rd and 57?
Good to see the Dawgs back on track. I think if the Boise and SC games were scattered in the middle of the season then at least one of those would be a win. Just don’t overlook Vandy by looking ahead to FL & AU. We were only up 14-0 at halftime because we started slow and they have a better defense than you might think.
If we meet up in the GA Dome then the first round is on me at Jocks & Jills. Stay thirsty my friends!
truedawg
October 11th, 2011
12:52 pm
Not Complacent, Ark has no real running threat and cant stop the run, their secondary is average and the LB are average. A great QB and better than average recievers. But the defense is very questionable.
truedawg
October 11th, 2011
12:56 pm
Bama in Atlanta,
How do ya’ll feel about LSU? Bama’s D is better by far and running game, but We’ve only seen one guy able to catch the long pass. I think saban is a better coach, but LSU is loaded with tallent.
jarvis
October 11th, 2011
12:56 pm
Those 3 points they hung in Chicken Town looked extremely “dangerous”.
ARdawg
October 11th, 2011
12:57 pm
trruedawg
They were heavily reliant on Davis to help Tyler Wilson mature. That kid is going to smoke Mallet in production and efficiency. They lost that and the remaining RBs aren’t getting it done where it matters the most.
I think the FL will tell us a lot maybe not as much as the AU game might. I think AU is better than FL. As Bama and LSU proved, take Rainey and Demps away and FL has little to nothing
Troll Power Ratings
October 11th, 2011
12:59 pm
@Hangtime Memories (and your 285,094 other handles): Thanks so much for caring.
The Truth
October 11th, 2011
1:00 pm
UGA Loses to Vandy, FL, Auburn & GT….beats New Mex and KY…loses to Navy in the Weedwacker bowl. Richt keeps his job.
Not Complacent
October 11th, 2011
1:01 pm
@truedawg
I’m not Bama in Atlanta, but:
LSU has an excellent football team this year. Alabama hasn’t thrown very much downfield. They haven’t needed to so far. They also haven’t thrown very many interceptions. The real SECCG will be played on November 5.
KB
October 11th, 2011
1:01 pm
Arkansas only needs to develop the threat of a running game, their wide receivers a re much better than above average.Couple of injuries on the d line have hurt, Looks to me like they run the table till they play LSU.
ARdawg
October 11th, 2011
1:01 pm
Arkansas is playing in Baton Rouge this year so they might lose that one. But, Arkansas has been known to beat them in BR. They did it the last time LSU won the national title
Not Complacent
October 11th, 2011
1:03 pm
@The Truth
I don’t really expect Georgia to lose to Vandy or GT – unless they become complacent.
Dawg Whisperer
October 11th, 2011
1:05 pm
Chip, I think the question as to how good a team is at any given point in the season is almost irrelevant. I see this question posed by columnists all the time once the season is under way. We’ve seen some UGA trams disintegrate as the season progressed (like in last year) and we’ve seen other teams come together and look to be a dominant force by the end of the season (like the ‘07 team?).
The point is, the season is a journey and opinions can change rapidly from game to game. What say we enjoy the ride and not worry about the future… that’s coach Richt’s job.
ARdawg
October 11th, 2011
1:06 pm
The only wins Georgia can chalk now are NM ST and Tech
The Truth
October 11th, 2011
1:09 pm
Not Complacent…Vandy is well coached. It will be tough for UGA.
UGA will not stop GT’s offense. GT’s defense is improving. UGA csn’t outscore GT.
TampaDawg
October 11th, 2011
1:11 pm
Jason, I guess you’re just a numbers reader after the fact huh? Just check the scoreboard and that should tell you everything about the game, right? Good Lord, not that we haven’t already beaten that dead horse but tell me how many points did the defense REALLY give up please?
ARdawg
October 11th, 2011
1:12 pm
GT hasn’t played a team with a defense. Whey they do, they will lose. They do not have a defense themselves
TampaDawg
October 11th, 2011
1:13 pm
The Truth
October 11th, 2011
1:09 pm
Not Complacent…Vandy is well coached. It will be tough for UGA.
UGA will not stop GT’s offense. GT’s defense is improving. UGA csn’t outscore GT.
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Really? Maryland almost did.
BurytheBone
October 11th, 2011
1:13 pm
@hangtime, and who is your team? Hopefully not the 05 jackets who had 11 academically inelegible football players or maybe it was the 09 team where Burnett and the other clowns got you on probation and you were stripped of the last 3 wins(of course that doesn’t matter because you lost two of those) or maybe it the team of 2011, CPJ will stop at nothing. Luv that chicken at popeye’s. He’s building you a real tradition. Go figure……..
TampaDawg
October 11th, 2011
1:14 pm
Kaitlin
October 11th, 2011
1:08 pm
Vandy’s scholar-athletes will upset Georgia’s dummy-athletes, demonstrating that righteousness and intelligence can sometimes overcome illiteracy and sleaze.
And that’s very reassuring in a world gone mad.
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Spoken like a 12-year-old with a keyboard. Not that you have evidence of “sleaze” and “illiteracy” but if you did boy this would be a good post.
KB
October 11th, 2011
1:14 pm
The truth, Marylands defense did a pretty decent job on Tech offense,(Temple 38 Maryland 7) I think the #6 defense in the nation will do a bit better, UGA beats tech by 10 or more points easy, may not be that close. Tech doesn’t have the (talent) players to play with better teams it will show in the coming weeks.But I agree Vandy is well coached and shouldn’t be overlooked. Vandy and tech would be a good bowl game.
truedawg
October 11th, 2011
1:16 pm
yeah last time we heard all this tech high scoring Offense stuff UGA sgut them down anf beat them down bad by rushing for over 400 yards. Tech will be lucky to score 14 on the Dawgs.
I think no one gave enough credit to Davis, but yeah if he played, I’d take Ark over LSU. But one player can make a team. Don’t get me started on LSU’S last NC… If UGA had played them for the SEC title they would have had 3 loses that year. UGA just didn’t get it together til mid season.
Go Dawgs!!!
truedawg
October 11th, 2011
1:18 pm
Have to agree, tech no D.
Also when you have best offense vs best defense..defense always wins.
Elise
October 11th, 2011
1:18 pm
Following the Jan Kemp trial, the UGA president, Dr. Fred C. Davison,
resigned in disgrace in March 1986. The board of regents of the University
System of Georgia issued a report in April condemning Dr. Davison and Vince
Dooley, in a pattern of academic abuse in the admission and advancement of
student-athletes.
mark PRICHT
October 11th, 2011
1:22 pm
how much D do you really need when you have 600 yards offense
TampaDawg
October 11th, 2011
1:22 pm
So it’s a toss up between two crowds:
1. The crowd that says UGA has had an easy schedule thus far and relatively easy the rest of the way out. Usually Tech fans who are trying to justify their own pitiful schedule.
2. The crowd that comes on here ALL THE TIME and says “UGA will lose to MSU”, or “UGA will get beat by UT in Knoxville”, or this week, “a much tougher Vandy team than expected will beat the dogs. Then after UGA wins that particular game, their tone changes to “well MSU is a really weak team” or “the Vols have no talent anyway”, or my favorite come Monday will be “it’s still just Vandy”.
These are some Tech trolls and all the other trolls from different teams (aside from a few with class).
Bottom line, UGA plays who is on their schedule (still a tougher schedule than Tech’s) and the wins and losses will be calculated at the end of the year.
ARdawg
October 11th, 2011
1:23 pm
I don’t like feeding the trolls but I just can’t help myself from tossing them a pooh sandwich once in awhile
ARdawg
October 11th, 2011
1:24 pm
When you play a team with a relatively mediocre defense, you don’t get 600 yards
TampaDawg
October 11th, 2011
1:24 pm
mark PRICHT, or in the case of the game against a really bad Maryland team, 386 yards of offense. We will see what happens when tech plays a team with a real defense.
KB
October 11th, 2011
1:27 pm
Hi Elise, Give us your thoughts on the program in the state that has been on NCAA probation twice in the past 8 years, once for academic fraud and playing ineligible players.Or not , and just stuff your post up your butt
Douglas Dawg
October 11th, 2011
1:33 pm
Question for CMR….. While I understand the situation has not presented itself well…. do you not feel that Hutson should get at least one series a game?
GTBob
October 11th, 2011
1:39 pm
The crowd that says UGA has had an easy schedule thus far and relatively easy the rest of the way out. Usually Tech fans who are trying to justify their own pitiful schedule.
So you would argue that UGA has played a tough schedule this year? Outside of Boise (who killed them) they haven’t played anyone.
TampaDawg
October 11th, 2011
1:41 pm
On behalf of the Dawg fans on this post, I would like to thank Elise for her reminder of a 30 year old incident. While not delving into anything in the past 10-15 years, she would like to dig up something, anything on UGA so she goes back 30 years. Funny, most any other team represented on here by trolls would have things much more recent to comment on but hey, let’s not do that shall we.
But at least she isn’t like Kaitlyn who flat out throws comments on the board without any facts to back it up.
Daytona Dawg
October 11th, 2011
1:43 pm
I wasn’t aware that we still had a rivalry with Georgia Tech. Didn’t they move down to FCS when they decreased the size of their stadium this last time?
TampaDawg
October 11th, 2011
1:47 pm
GTBob, ok, now you are typically one of those GT fans who gets on here and can have a sensible discussion. That being said, I would certainly bet that SC (which admittedly, did beat UGA), UT and MSU could beat the 3 ACC teams that GT has played. The point of the post though was this: We hear on here all the time about whatever team is coming up is going to beat UGA but after the game and a UGA win, they backtrack with “well, they are just a bad team”. Even with a weak schedule this year for UGA, I would still put that strength of schedule over ANY ACC schedule. FSU looked good to start the year but has fallen to the same fate that UF did losing their starting QB.
Clemson looks pretty good and I think will be the ACC team that will beat Tech. Vtech doesn’t look good at all. What’s left? Miami, Virginia and Duke. I would put Ole Miss up on Virginia, Duke and Maryland .. maybe even Miami and NC State.
mark PRICHT
October 11th, 2011
1:52 pm
hey TampaX how many yard have you put up on anybody including the 2 from miss and coastal……your dream team is a nightmare
beanster
October 11th, 2011
1:52 pm
To the multihandled poster mentioning Jan Kemp (I believe that’s what we all should refer to as from now on) — The one thing I am sure of is that you are the only person reading this blog that cares in any way, shape, or form about the remedial studies Jan Kemp non-story. You post the same garbage under 17 different handles everyday, thinking you’re fooling everyone, similar in context to the old Saint Simons or m or some other spineless turd who has never resurfaced since UGA won in 2009 because he is too cheeken sheet to face the music — that UGA owns your school on the football field. You can’t stand it. So you think you’re so clever disguising yourself trying to con UGA blog readers into believing there is something to be ashamed of. It’s really really sad. We all know you are an old geezer, maybe retired maybe not, who is extremely unhappy with the way his life has turned out and longs for the day when GT had a good team and could beat UGA regularly. Guess what? Those days are long gone, gramps.
So keep it up. I love the fact that no matter how much our team has struggled recently, we are still whipping Tech soundly when it matters and it drives you insane. Keep up the posts so we can all sit back and smile and laugh knowing just how obsessed you are with UGA and just how jealous you really are of all of us. It just gives us pleasure and will make the next whipping all the more enjoyable.
Have a great day!
P.S. Are you really stupid enough to believe that Reggie Ball could pass calculus at Tech? #s 1-4 were more than he could handle. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Send'em U hauls
October 11th, 2011
1:55 pm
Ask coach Richt if going for it on fourth down again will net UGA more than 6 points next time?
DawginLex
October 11th, 2011
1:59 pm
Ask Coach Richt if we run the table, will he turn toward the crowd and give them a huge middle finger salute directed at all the haters who have been mocking him but will then be jumping back in his corner?
Red Stick
October 11th, 2011
2:00 pm
Per SC’s AD, Stephen Garcia has been dismissed from the team.
mark PRICHT
October 11th, 2011
2:00 pm
ok fact is tech hasnt played annyone and are 6 and 0
UGA has only played two somebodies and are 4 and 2
I really dont care, we played the teams on our schedule and won….look at the past years Miss St and Auburn were our whipping boys even when they had cadillac and mutts lost to them….fact is SEC has 2 teams and the mutt fans thank GOD every week they dont have to play LSU or Alabama or there would be 2 more confernce losses
GTBob
October 11th, 2011
2:04 pm
That being said, I would certainly bet that SC (which admittedly, did beat UGA), UT and MSU could beat the 3 ACC teams that GT has played.
I’m not convinced that any of the teams you listed would beat UNC. Especially MSU. Im not convinced MSU could beat any of the teams Tech has played. UT and USC would probably handle Maryland and NC State though. Ill give you that one.
Spanky
October 11th, 2011
2:07 pm
Breaking News, Guys! Stephen Garcia has just been kicked off Carolina’s football team!
ARdawg
October 11th, 2011
2:07 pm
SC’s and the old bawl sack’s decisions couldn’t have been made after Shaw had such a good showing. What a hypocrite