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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Robinwood
October 11th, 2011
10:19 am
Heh
BP-85
October 11th, 2011
10:19 am
Dawgs will roll!
Bigdsel
October 11th, 2011
10:21 am
I hope my dawgs keep it one game at a time and fix any errors along the way
Spike
October 11th, 2011
10:21 am
Please find out about how Ogleetree is doing, and what is the deal with Marlon Brown? Thanks.
MustangDawg91
October 11th, 2011
10:23 am
We got this one.
murfdawg
October 11th, 2011
10:24 am
Let’s take care of fl and Au, then worry about GT. Ask Greg McGarrity if he can move the GT game to the first game of the season. Maybe Johnson would like a fish fry in Sept.
coachx
October 11th, 2011
10:25 am
What year was the big fight in Bobby Dodd stadium ?
I’m pretty sure it was in the 90’s.
Robinwood
October 11th, 2011
10:25 am
Time for a cogent thought, now. I’m hoping this week is the one where the football gods smile on us and deliver a killer instinct to our coaching staff. It’s that same ability to out a lesser team away on the midst of an otherwise comfortable lead that bears a striking resemblance to those epic 4th quarter drives that allow you to get out of a hole against a superior opponent. Last 2 mind of ARK’s drive against us in 2010, anyone? We need to be able to pull it together and make drives like Mallett’s happen. AM is okay this year, but he’s not great.
ryan
October 11th, 2011
10:26 am
I agree with spike! ogletree, ogletree, ogletree update!
Robinwood
October 11th, 2011
10:26 am
*put a lesser team away
Chip Towers
October 11th, 2011
10:27 am
coachx: I think it might have been ‘94 or possibly ‘93. It was while Ray Goff was head coach and not 1995 because that was the game in which Goff already had been dismissed.
Chip Towers
October 11th, 2011
10:28 am
REMINDER — Be sure to direct your thoughts on your favorite plays in the Tech rivalry to Doug Roberson at droberson@ajc.com.
Rusty
October 11th, 2011
10:30 am
Will Richt consider playing Hutson Mason some in this game?
Please find out what Reggie Ball is up to, you pick the memorable play he made from helping UGA to 4 consecutive victories. I would prefer maybe discussing his ‘concussion’ from his freshman year.
Dogs Smell
October 11th, 2011
10:30 am
The Dogs are Not very good just lucky to play a season in which they only play 2 ranked teams. Lost to both then look better against lesser teams. Make it to the dome only to be blown out!
Born2Bark
October 11th, 2011
10:31 am
Are we likely to ever see a reverse to Nick Marshall and let him throw it downfield? He was a very good HS QB! Are we ever likely to see Big John Jenkins come in at FB on 4th and short? He has played some FB and would be a good fit in that situation. Just want to see a little more creativity with the offensive talent we have. GO DAWGS!!
ARdawg
October 11th, 2011
10:32 am
I expect a much bigger fight from Vandy than I do Tech
Tube Alloys
October 11th, 2011
10:32 am
Just a reminder that we’re only four days away from our weekly tribute to Saint Jan Kemp, the courageous lady who brought down Vince Dooley and his remedial studies scam.
Please approach this moment with reverence and awe.
Robinwood
October 11th, 2011
10:36 am
I’m pleased with the vote of confidence we saw CMR give the kids with all of the 4th down conversions vs UT. My line of thinking has been that when you have a RB averaging 7 yds/carry, then 4th & 3 should be a foregone conclusion.
Worm
October 11th, 2011
10:37 am
Chip, Update on Stripling,Drew,Morant and the Long brothers..Thanks.
Spanky
October 11th, 2011
10:39 am
Born2Bark- Exactly!! That’s why he chose to wear a 6 on his chest, to be able to be in the backfield. Also, where IS Nick Marshall? Also, we know that Kenny Malcome changed his mind on leaving, but is he playing that bad , that even CB Brandon Smith gets the nod in front of him?…’Tree will be back for the Florida game, as well as Washington. Go Dawgs!
PTC DAWG
October 11th, 2011
10:40 am
After the two losses to start the year, the naysayers were out in force…they did not think UGA could possibly beat MSU or UT. You know it and they do to.
Fact is UGA is a young team that is going to get better.
I’m officially overlooking Vandy.
JB
October 11th, 2011
10:40 am
Interesting article on Rivals this AM about Gators and no Brantley again this week and the truer test for Gators will be this week playing Auburn as LSU and Bama will beat most they play and kill weak teams. But I was reading the comments when some guy from FSU, crying about their own troubles, say’s Richt has the most keen interest in Brantley, for he felt that the Dawgs could beat Gators without Brantley…but could not with him, and he felt that a loss to THIS Gator team would not bode well for Richt. Interesting what outsiders see happening in Athens.
JB
October 11th, 2011
10:42 am
I don’t know PTC Dawg. Vandy looks better than the Vols. Dawgs don’t need to overlook our practice squad.
Spaceman Spiff
October 11th, 2011
10:43 am
Once again Tube Alloys (not your real handle – and why not?) and Dogs Smell grace us with their usual crap…pleeeeeaaaaassssseeee enlighten us some more with your wisdom…like I have said so many times before, I guess the technerds should be bitter because, year-in and year-out, they get b*slapped by the owners of this state. Oh, but wait – they are undefeated against paper teams (unranked, etc)
Oh how I love it when the technerds live vicariously through us!!
DawginLex
October 11th, 2011
10:43 am
Chip
questions for Coach Richt
1.)Health of Ken Malcome
2.)Why no handoffs to the fullbacks?
UGA Insider
October 11th, 2011
10:44 am
Tree wil be back for the UF game. He is already starting to get into the “mix” at practice. Probably could play this week but Gilliard is doing a great job and it’s going to be hard to keep him off the field. Good problem to have for Grantham who I think deserves more credit than CMR gives.
JB
October 11th, 2011
10:45 am
Who and when was the last ranked team we beat. Hint…go back to 2009 season I believe.
Mark
October 11th, 2011
10:46 am
How about an update on Malcome?
Tube Alloys
October 11th, 2011
10:47 am
Remember when GA Tech beat UGA in 2008? We really showed you guys something then. You guys have just gotten lucky in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010.
JB
October 11th, 2011
10:48 am
anyone other than me pleased with the effort Carlton Thomas has given this year vs last. He looks to be running with more determination.
Bright Idea
October 11th, 2011
10:49 am
Rontavious Wooten????
DC
October 11th, 2011
10:50 am
come on dawg fans..i need more cheering for AU this week..i think it helped us against USCe…along with garcia…haha
DublDawg
October 11th, 2011
10:51 am
Coach X and Chip:
The big fight was in 1993. That game was played on Thanksgiving or the day after, it was a game of unusual scheduling in the series.
kevin
October 11th, 2011
10:51 am
Dogs Smell,
UGA lost convincingly to Boise St and dominated SC despite the final score. Anyone who watched that game knows who the better team was and who the lucky as can be team was.
DC
October 11th, 2011
10:53 am
Kevin..there is only so much you can blame on luck until that luck is a trend…
Rusty
October 11th, 2011
10:54 am
The big fight in 1993 was on Thanksgiving Day. That was probably the coolest moment of Ray Goff’’s career. He was out there physically man-handling people.
Rusty
October 11th, 2011
10:54 am
Coaching career that is.
Nick
October 11th, 2011
10:55 am
Why does Crowell leave the game so much? Toughness issue? Also he seems to get worse as the games progress, not better like a good quality running back should.
Why do you relentlessly hand the ball off to Richard Samuel???
ARdawg
October 11th, 2011
10:56 am
Enter your comments here
JB
October 11th, 2011
10:58 am
Nick…..I’ ve noticed the same thing. He doesn’t seem to have the body Lattimore has at SC, who has about 20-25 pounds on him I believe. He is a freshman and needs a full year in the S&C program which will help.
steaming pile
October 11th, 2011
10:59 am
reggie ball—aka 4th and dumb
DC
October 11th, 2011
11:00 am
Nick, as an outsider that doesn’t cheer for UGA, it appears that Crowell is not in shape to play football. Seems he still has on his high school baby fat and thought he could get away with it in the SEC…its going to take an off season for him to get in the proper shape needed to perform the way he needs/should.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
October 11th, 2011
11:03 am
Chip,
Please ask CMR if he feels as if he has silenced some of the critics from earlier in the season?
After 6 games this team is exactly where I thought they would be 4-2. I thought we would split the first two then stumble against Miss or UT. So at this juncture we are fine.
Great job by CMR for righting the ship on a season that could have spiraled downward in a hurry after the USCe game.
Reality Check
October 11th, 2011
11:04 am
Anyone else like me who even if UGA wins out will not be totally satisfied with the season. UF is average, Auburn is average and GT would be the only win that UGA might not be favored against. The only real tests were flunked in the first two games. I am not convinced the Dawgs are any closer to winning a game against the big boys now than when the season started.
flo-ri-duh
October 11th, 2011
11:07 am
Marlon Brown will be back in the starting lineup and he caught a key first down pass last week. He is doing well on the short routes. Mitchell will definitely be missed and King must pick up the slack as a deep threat like he was last year. Vandy is physical and had Saban pacing the sideline in the first half last week. It was only 14-0 at the half and Vandy missed two field goals. Georgia’s OL better come to play in the second half this week because Vandy won’t back down.
Top Row Dog
October 11th, 2011
11:07 am
Theron Sapp is still alive, ask him about ending the drought.
Ask Jimmy the Greek Poulos about his last minute TD in 73 on Thanksgiving night.
Of course need to hear from Jasper Sanks on the fumble that wasn’t. Thank goodness for instant replay may have cost us that game, but it saved us the other night against Tennessee.
Any interviews with Reggie Ball, Calvin Johnson, Keith Brookings on how it feels to have never beaten Georgia.
blazer
October 11th, 2011
11:08 am
Vandy_Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dawggirl
October 11th, 2011
11:12 am
Reality Check, what was your prediction of how the season would play out before it started? I said 9-3, and I still say that. If it’s less than 9-3, then I would be disappointed. Not taking into account a possible SCG or the bowl game right now.
kevin
October 11th, 2011
11:14 am
Reality Check,
I appreciate your being disappointed with the start to the season, but while less than ideal, a 10-0 run to end the season, if it were to happen, would be pretty remarkable. And while our offense is inconsistent, our defense is top 10 in the country. For me, seeing UGA get back to being a defensive football team is very exciting.
DC,
I take your point, but UGA still dominated SC on both sides of the ball.
McDawg
October 11th, 2011
11:14 am
we still don’t know how good we are BUT..i have seen a steady amd marked improvement every week in the defense
offense we are still lpatchwork on the O-Line but at least we are getting the ball into our playmakers hands and that differs greatly from the previous season
Question-didn’t see much of B. Figgins last week or was i missing something?
Branden Smith vs. Boykin on Offense–was Boykin too banged up or was it a #1 thing?
Think about this??
October 11th, 2011
11:16 am
Where would Richt be without Crowell, Mitchell on offense? Scary thought, they are better as freshmen at their posistions than senior players, fact.
Leads me to say, Richt better win out and locate a few more instant impact guys for next year if he want’s to get UGA back to a top 10 ten annually. Grantham is starting to roll and is slowly working out the defense. Richt and Bobo need some play makers of figure out how to create more wrinkles.
Next years UGA’s litmus games: SC, TN, at Alabama, Florida, Auburn and GT will be the tough games.
ARdawg
October 11th, 2011
11:19 am
Reality Check
“If” by the FL, AU, Nerd part of the schedule we are playing some good football (whether we win or not). Clicking on all cylinders both offense and defense I would not be disappointed at all in the year. It was certainly a bummer losing the first two out of the chute. What was disappointing about it was, I don’t think we should had. Honestly, I was looking for a 8-4, 9-3
TallyDawg
October 11th, 2011
11:20 am
After watching the Vandy/SC game, Vandy’s offense is as bad as their defense is great. I could actually see this being a low scoring game as Richt/Bobo play conservatively to not allow Vandy’s defense to beat them with the idea that Vandy’s offense isn’t a threat to put up more than 13 points. Don’t want to let their defense beat us like South Carolina did. Hopefully, we can put up 21 points in the first half and then cruise the second half. This game could possibly be scarier than it should be. Vandy is great in the red zone. I could see us doubling them in stats but winning close.
murfdawg
October 11th, 2011
11:20 am
Reality Check……You will like the schedule the next two years. Next year we pick up Bama. then the next year we pick up Clemson, LSU and Bama, along with fl, au, and tn will be good by then. I hope you will enjoy all those “real test”.
TallyDawg
October 11th, 2011
11:22 am
By the way, was it just my imagination or did this seem like the first game (not counting Coastal Carolina) where Murray seemed to have all day to throw? Is Tennessee’s line that bad or did our o-line make a vast improvement? I have gotten used to seeing Murray hit on every play. It seems as if Bobo/Richt expected to have time to throw the deep ball this game also?
BigGAdawg
October 11th, 2011
11:25 am
Can we PLEASE do something other than run up the middle on 3rd and long. If Bobo thinks that is a great play because they won’t be expecting it, DUUUH, of course they will be expecting it, you call that play nearly everytime. When you do something alot, the opposition will most certainly be expecting it–they look at film too!
DawginLex
October 11th, 2011
11:26 am
Our defense in 2012 and beyond with Grantham is going to be very good.
Our challenge next year is going to be our offensive line
We will be playing a lot of youngsters and we are going to have to sign a couple of JUCO players for depth.
This year’s line will seem like a dream compared to next year.
Dantzler-Tackle
Andrews-Center
Ward-Tackle(injured this year)
Lee
Gates
Jones, Anderson and Glenn graduate. that is a ton of experience.
TallyDawg
October 11th, 2011
11:26 am
@murfdawg – Dang, why do we have to have such a tough schedule in two years when we should be peaking (hopefully)?! Well maybe with the addition of Texas A&M and someone else by then, the schedule will be adjusted!
The Most Interesting Man in the World
October 11th, 2011
11:26 am
Hilarious hearing GT fans say the Dawgs are playing an easy schedule. Are you kidding? Who has Tech played this year? UNC is the only mediocre team GT has played. The other 5 teams are wretched!
Not Complacent
October 11th, 2011
11:27 am
The Commode Doors could close the lid on the KoolAid bucket if we aren’t careful. Vandy represents the second best SEC team that Georgia has faced this season. I don’t really want to talk about that other game. I’m not into “woulda, coulda, shoulda”.
TallyDawg
October 11th, 2011
11:29 am
DawginLex – Maybe Grantham can lend us some of his d lineman next year after he has toughened em up ; ) Or we can send the olinemen to Grantham camp ; ) (just kidding before everyone slams me about the difference between o linemen and d linemen).
BigTimeTechFan
October 11th, 2011
11:31 am
check this out:
Nine new names have been added to the Maxwell Watch List.
The Maxwell Award additions include:
Giovani Bernard- North Carolina, RB, Freshman
Tajh Boyd- Clemson, QB, Sophomore
Isaiah Crowell- Georgia, RB, Freshman
Seth Doege- Texas Tech, QB, Junior
Lamar Miller- Miami (Fla), RB, Sophomore
Brock Osweiler- Arizona State, QB, Junior
Bernard Pierce- Temple, RB, Junior
Keith Price- Washington, QB, Sophomore
Tevin Washington- Georgia Tech, QB, Junior
Crowell is real good but I think Giovani Bernard is a little better, shifty like Crowell but more powerful. But hats off to both Freshmen for making the watch list. I would have put Orwin Smith from Tech in there before Washington but Washington get the ball more so his stats are better
Not Complacent
October 11th, 2011
11:33 am
@TallyDawg
Vandy moved the ball pretty well between the 20’s last week after their backup QB came into the game. If they learn how to make a FG, they could become dangerous.
duronimo
October 11th, 2011
11:36 am
Picking up on what Nick wrote, Crowell does spend a lot of time on the sidelines, especially at times when one would think he should be in there. Why was Samuel even recruited? I’m sure he hasn’t changed his running style since he was at Cass High. Any type of contact sends him to the turf …. perhaps at times, even a blade of grass. I’ve never seen anyone with his speed and bulk be such a powerless runner. And why does he get carries in situations that calls for what he doesn’t exhibit?
MY 2 cents
October 11th, 2011
11:38 am
What is wrong with T. King. The past few games Murray has gone to him deep a couple of times, some of those throws were long but there were some he could have went and got! He seems slow and lazy and for a lack of better words, not worth a rats ass! Anyone have an answer?
Old Dawg
October 11th, 2011
11:45 am
It appears that Orson Charles’ production has slipped recently. What kind of match-ups are the opposing teams creating to slow him down?
Also, coach Richt sounded like he was frustrated with the offense’s second half production Saturday night. I know UGA likes to take a conservative approach when it has a lead, but are the planning on changing that to score more and put the pressure on the opposition?
As always, thanks for your great work.
1969 Graduate
October 11th, 2011
11:45 am
Vandy is often a more difficult game than we’d expect, and they can’t ever be overlooked, nor can any team.
Especially considering the state of affairs on our offense…
Isn’t it pitiful that we are reduced to being truly concerned about the lowest tier of SEC teams? Even worse, we seem to be so truly excited when we win games against the bottom dwellers, as if these are our real competition.
Perhaps Vandy, MSU, Ole Miss, and the current imitation football team at Tennessee are our real competition! Our team has not been competitive with the SEC title contenders in several years, unless losing to them counts as competition.
Our UGA football program is only a step away from being invited to be the homecoming opponent at Alabama, LSU, and Arkansas. If such opponents are paid to be the sacrificial lamb, it might be an offer our program would accept.
Here’s a question for Coach: Coach, have you heard the rumors that several Top Twenty football programs are trying to lure Mike Bobo away from UGA to be their OC and call their plays?
That should break up the room, but it’s not a bit funny.
ARdawg
October 11th, 2011
11:46 am
duroninmo
You’re not being fair to Samuel. There is a couple thing things you should note. When he hits the secondary in stride he is a bull to take down. His problem has been hitting a hole. Has the holes been open? Samuels is susceptible and easier to tackle at the line or in the backfield. He is a particular type of RB in an offense that isn’t designed for his style. He’s not going to cut, slide or sneak past anyone. He needs a hole and about 4 steps, then he’s trouble. If he doesn’t get it, well you see the result. The blame on his ineffectiveness isn’t necessarily his
layinlow
October 11th, 2011
11:49 am
“What everyone must do at a halfway point — it’s just like the halfway point of a project the halfway point of anything you do — it’s how you finish that really is the key thing that everyone has to focus on right now,” McGarity said. “Once you think you might have it figured out or you may rest on your laurels so to speak, that’s when you have problems. The message that we need to have and the message that everyone needs to have is that each week gets bigger and bigger. To get to certain levels, you have to work that much harder.”
“Obviously you’re winning the games that really you need to win,” McGarity said. “At the same time, those teams have really struggled. I don’t know if there’s a (conference) win among them. You’ve got to keep things in perspective because there are some big tests coming up.”
These are quotes made by McGarity in todays edition of the athens banner herald. What I glean from thses comments is that McGarity still isn’t sold on this team and it’s to early for the Richt pollyanna’s to celebrate.
Jason
October 11th, 2011
11:50 am
@Kevin – Yeah, UGA sure dominated South Carolina! They held them to ONLY 45 points! And Lattimore only ran for 176! They even made Garcia look competent. I mean hey, Navy and Auburn couldn’t even accomplish that feat!
Rusty
October 11th, 2011
11:51 am
MY 2 cents,
Watch the games before you make comments. T. King looked fine against Tennessee, made a couple of nice catches early. Murray missed him deep twice or he would’ve had a break out game, I hope those weren’t the throws you think he ‘could have went and got!’.
Macclenny_dawg
October 11th, 2011
11:52 am
Why don’t we run some quick slants and wr screens early to get Murray involved earlier.
dawgfacedboy
October 11th, 2011
11:53 am
Let’s be honest here people, Vanderbilt is not a “dangerous” team. UGA does not need to take them lightly but that hardly has to do with Vandy being “dangerous”. It’s a road SEC game with a UGA team that is relatively inexperienced at many positions yet is showing some promise. This is a fragile team that does not needs to take every game seriously and continue to improve each week. USC had how many turnovers, 4 or 5, and they still destroyed Vandy. No Vandy is not “dangerous”. This should be a blowout if UGA comes prepared.
db
October 11th, 2011
11:55 am
Dangerous Vanderbilt team??????????????????
LMAO
Jason
October 11th, 2011
11:55 am
Dangerous Vandy? Oh, how the mighty have fallen! Dangerous Vandy? As in the ones that put up the goose egg against Alabama and the 3 spot against that South Carolina team that UGA “dominated”? Of course, then again Vandy did seem to play better against Ole Miss than Ga did. Is that the reason Vandy is dangerous?
RAMBLE ON!!!
October 11th, 2011
11:56 am
Should be a great game. To evenly match teams, if intelligence isn’t factored in.
Tough call on this one. I’m going to factor in the intelligence and pick Vandy 24 UGA 23.
Really?
October 11th, 2011
11:56 am
Georgia has more 5* recruits on their cheerleading squad than Vandy does in their home team!
Georgia is
October 11th, 2011
11:57 am
The new Tennessee.
They get all these five stars and nobody knows what happens to them.
mmraines01
October 11th, 2011
12:01 pm
Reggie Ball…UGA’s MVP
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
October 11th, 2011
12:02 pm
UGA will not blowout Vandy and will be lucky to win. UGA aint all that and have played nobody with a decent team and that includes USCe and Blowme State.
DawginLex
October 11th, 2011
12:03 pm
Vandy is struggling on offense and has changed QB’s. That will give them new hope and optimism. They also have a new coach who appears to have a nice plan in place and has made some recruiting in-roads.
If our defense continues its play and we don’t turn the ball over, we should win by 3 TD’s. Bama was up 7-0 late in the 1st half and eventually just wore them down.
I say 27-10 or something like that.
Jason
October 11th, 2011
12:03 pm
@Most Interesting Man in the World – I’d acknowledge that Tech hasn’t played a team like Boise St. yet. However, I’d also say that North Carolina could give South Carolina a game, and that Maryland and NC State could even play with the likes of Ole Miss/Miss. St./Tennessee. Heck even Kansas could probably play with Ole Miss.
DawginLex
October 11th, 2011
12:05 pm
layinlow
We have all read McGarity’s comments from 2 days ago numerous times thanks to you posting them 40 times.
His plan has not changed since the beginning of the year
You must have just figured that out.
GTBob
October 11th, 2011
12:07 pm
Dangerous Vanderbilt team? The same team that has scored 3 points in the last two games combined? A team that played UConn closer then Western Michigan did? If UGA plays their scout team they will easily win.
Mike Bobo 17 INT
October 11th, 2011
12:12 pm
Chip, tend to agree with you. UGA has had a mediocre first half (not including Boise and USC), and now cold water is going to be splashed on their parade.
This article should sum it up:
http://cfn.scout.com/2/1115664.html
Mike Bobo 17 INT
October 11th, 2011
12:14 pm
All is not right in Athens; not even close. If the Dawgs played in the West this year or had Florida’s SEC schedule, they would end the year with at least four losses, maybe five-six, given the greater likelihood of injuries, questions about depth at key positions, and poor morale given the past four seasons.
The Bulldogs continue to have issues with players quitting; 14 that were on this roster at the end of 2010 are gone early, with only
Mike Bobo 17 INT
October 11th, 2011
12:15 pm
The schedule has been too easy, and remains relatively easy aside from Vandy, Florida and Auburn. UGA has not been stress tested yet.
truedawg
October 11th, 2011
12:17 pm
I wanna know about Tree and now that we have play makers spread over the D, will we see more rotations? Will Mitchell be 100% for UF? Will we see the FB used more or maybe..just maybe see Jenkins in some ole “fridge” running plays on short yardage? Can Figgins handle the ball? or what reason do we never see any FB with the ball? imagine on 3 and goal on the 3 jenkins as FB and Figgins carrying the rock…How could you stop that??
Also will we see CMR calling more plays after the recent comments about “wishing we’d been more agressive” ? GO DAWGS!!!
JB
October 11th, 2011
12:19 pm
We need to be fair. We jump on Tech for having beat no one…..Here’s a clue….we ain’t either. Georgia Football to me is beating good teams and making the news. We’ve done neither. I’m encouraged by the defense, but we are a long way from being a good ball club. We have not beat a ranked team since the 2009 season. And if we don’t beat Florida this year, we might as well take them off the schedule and end the misery.
Big Dawg
October 11th, 2011
12:20 pm
Just my opinion but Cornelius Washington should be suspended for the rest of the season for the DUI and besides he was consistently taking himself out of plays and taking plays off. This past weekend was actually a big improvement over him being in the games anyway.
My only question to Coach Richt is why is Richard Samuel still a running back, he is hurting this kids future and also his team’s by having him at running back? They should be able to see that Samuel is not a running back.
IC Cake
October 11th, 2011
12:20 pm
relax–Ga will beat vandy easy, even with some backups in the game. They can’t match the dawgs speed. IC will run wild and may get 200. Dawgs win in a rout: 37-13
ARdawg
October 11th, 2011
12:20 pm
Vandy will be a much tougher opponent than will the Nerds from Tech
Mr. Dawg
October 11th, 2011
12:20 pm
Everyone that knows anything about college football is aware that Georgia should win. But if ever there was a “trap” game this could be it. The Bulldogs are coming off an emotinal win with Florida looming. I can assure you Vanderbilt will be playing hard. This is a big game for the Commodores’ season right now. Georgia needs to take this game serious. Anyone who is still bashing the Bulldogs and Richt but at the same time thinks this game should be taken lightly is contradicting themselves.
truedawg
October 11th, 2011
12:22 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!! Do you remember last years game? Ark barely escaped..Do you think UGA is better this year than last? yes. Ark is worse than last year, if the Dawgs played them Saturday UGA would win 28-17. Last Vandy…UGA better be ready on the OL, but will win by 14. GO DAWGS!!!
henry from TN
October 11th, 2011
12:23 pm
since the dawgs beat the vols i believe they will win the SEC east….
MY 2 cents
October 11th, 2011
12:28 pm
Rusty You must not be watching the same games I
MY 2 cents
October 11th, 2011
12:30 pm
am. Cause he does look slow and puzzled and quite scared to me. I think its safe to say he hasnt panned out just like M.Brown
Joey
October 11th, 2011
12:31 pm
Lowcountry, I’ve got to see us beat a good team – the wins to date have been over awful teams – before I will consider Richt “vindicated.”
With our D playing as it is, we should be favorites in every game left, except Tech, if they keep winning.
ARdawg
October 11th, 2011
12:33 pm
truedawg
Arkansas is a good team and improving daily. Petrino, like him or not is an excellent coach. Arkansas had virtually nothing in the cupboards when Petrino arrived. Arkansas will make some noise. They will beat Carolina. They have a whammy on LSU but, I don’t know if they have the horses to beat them this year. If Arkansas’s running game develops and the defense comes around, look out
Joey
October 11th, 2011
12:34 pm
Come on Big Dawg, most teams don’t even suspend for DUIs, and Grantham doesn’t strike me as a coach who would put up with a player taking plays off.
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
Rumor
October 11th, 2011
2:12 pm
Garcia dismissed from USC.
Restore UGA
October 11th, 2011
2:15 pm
Chip Towers
My favorite play was the opening play in 1981.
“1981 Georgia Tech game in Atlanta. It was a 44-7 blowout.
We hit an 80 yard TD pass on our first play of the game. The play was
called “69″, which was a play-action go route and Lindsay Scott just ran
by the Jacket cornerback for an easy score.” – Buck Belue
BurytheBone
October 11th, 2011
2:16 pm
There’s a news flash. Only to be reinstated. What a clASS act of a coach
Restore UGA
October 11th, 2011
2:19 pm
Spanky
We should have beat SC. We gave that one away. rats…
I-DOG
October 11th, 2011
2:20 pm
I wouldn’t call the South Carolina loss bad luck, but I would say that UGA outplayed them in most facets of the game and that Georgia made 3-4 critical mistakes that cost them the game. UGA shot itself in the foot, but it is still an L and South Carolina controls their own destiny.
I think we are better than last year, but we don’t know how much better quite yet. We have beaten 3 flawed teams (I don’t recognize Coastal Carolina as a win). It is better to have beaten Ole Miss, Miss St. and Tenn than to have lost any of those games. All you can do is beat the opponent that you are playing. The defense should give us a chance in just about every game from here on out.
Joey
October 11th, 2011
2:23 pm
1978, freshman Buck Belue enters Tech game with UGA down 20-0.
Key play – Belue to Arnold, 42 yard for TD, then an end around for the 2 point conversion with a minute or two left.
Joey
October 11th, 2011
2:24 pm
Oh UGA won 29-28.
JB
October 11th, 2011
2:27 pm
If not reported yet, Garcia gone at Carolina.
Thomas Brown
October 11th, 2011
2:27 pm
Dangerous Vandie.
I guess that or this, about says it all for where UGA is :
http://cfn.scout.com/2/1115664.html
mark PRICHT
October 11th, 2011
2:42 pm
Favorite game was 1990 at UGA when the mutt fans bood their own QB and team off the field…..and left at halftime
scdawg
October 11th, 2011
2:44 pm
Can we expect to see more complex passing and running schemes coming from the Offense, to be less predictable?
Bama in Atlanta
October 11th, 2011
2:50 pm
@ truedawg
Regarding LSU, first I just hope we have everyone healthy for that game because we’re going to need to shoot with both barrels. I can certainly see this as a low scoring game because both defenses are stingy with yardage. That said, it could easily come down to special teams or the dangerous turnover or the infamous fake punt/field goal or on-side kick.
What bothers me about Bama is that in most games so far we have started slow but made up for it in the second half. Not sure if we can get away with that against the striped cats.
As far as QBs, I’m pleased with the way AJ has stepped up to claim the starting position but he still has some maturing to do. Did you see the TD pass against Vandy when we were on the six yard line and he threw it to the back of the end zone in heavy traffic when he could have just walked it in?!? You could read Saban’s lips saying “Why didn’t you just run it in?” when he came to the sidelines.
I think we would have a better chance against Jarrett Lee rather than Jefferson because we have a tendancy to either rush the outside and leave the middle to scramble or vice versa….so we have a tougher time against a good scrambling QB. Richardson/Lacy need to establish a run game so that it can open up some passing lanes for AJ.
That’s my opinion but looking forward to Nov 5th. I think I may head down to T-Town and set up a defibrillator and Advil stand to add to my son’s college fund!
Nate the Great
October 11th, 2011
2:51 pm
Hey Thomas Brown:
I read the article and I do have to say this about our beginning rankings on defense and where we are ranked now: Don’t most people schedule weak teams to start the season? Can you name anyone who had a tougher first two games? Of the 45 we gave up to USCe, how many were from the USCe offense?
There are three kinds of lies that exist:
1) Lies
2) Damn Lies
3) Statistical Lies
That hater has posted #3 Statistical Lies.
UGA is right on track for where most fans thought they would be from the beginning of the season. We thought we would split the first two, but also thought we would stumble at some other point before the UF game. We didn’t split but we haven’t stumbled against weaker teams. We played down to our opponents the last few years, but we now just play our brand of football.
The only game we played like crap was BSU, and I was disgusted after that game with all the off season chatter. I think the best case would be us playing BSU in a bowl game to see if we really did improve throughout the season or was just an incredibly weak SEC schedule.
PS Who in their right mind is going to call ANY sec schedule weak? Answer: Tech Trolls. Anybody that plays in this conference respects a one loss conference team.
Restore UGA
October 11th, 2011
2:58 pm
ARdawg, duroninmo
Richard Samuel has one of the top 10 longest running Touchdowns in UGA history. I was surprised when I saw that. Put him and Crowell in the backfield so that the D watches Crowell, then run Samuel up the middle or sweeped in the opposite direction.
TampaDawg
October 11th, 2011
3:00 pm
Hey mark pRicht, do you get a bigger W for wins with more yardage? Does a win with 600 total yards (not so much against powerhouse Maryland) count more than one with 350?
MY 2 cents
October 11th, 2011
3:01 pm
Yes, it has been confirmed. Garcia is out at S. Carolina. He tested positive for marijunia and alcohol.
Rock And Roller
October 11th, 2011
3:07 pm
Dawgs will win national title the next 2 years! We win the rest of our games this year and whip Bama in SEC Title Game. WE will whip Tech this year as always under Coach Richt who owns the Jackets.! Dawgs 34 Tech 10.
Restore UGA
October 11th, 2011
3:08 pm
It seems like Aaron Murray would have learned after teh 2nd of the 3 long balls to Tavareous King and thrown a little shorter. He threw like he was throwing to Mitchel who apparently has a little extra burst that he can spare on long balls. King is fast, but he is burning full speed and has nothing extra to be able to reach out or get an extra short jolt of speed.
Murray blew at least the last 2 of those throws, maybe all of them, sense he should know what TK is capable of from practice.
Come on Murray, step up. I wonder if Mason would have missed all those throws?
beanster
October 11th, 2011
3:09 pm
No doubt it is a repost, Reposting. Just keep on copying and pasting like your secretary showed you (remember now, ctrl-c, ctrl-v),
collegeballfan
October 11th, 2011
3:10 pm
“Dangerous Vanderbilt team awaits Bulldogs in Nashville”
Please!!!!!!!!!!!! It will be a slaughter. Georgia by 4 TD’s.
Louie
October 11th, 2011
3:10 pm
Vanderbilt? Dangerous team? Wow, I’ve read it all now.
ARdawg
October 11th, 2011
3:14 pm
Restore UGA
Samuel actually has some unique value as a RB but, as we have witnessed all too often, we maybe aren’t coaching and using players to their strengths. I was at that game against Arkansas when Samuel broke that run. He is an open field runner and he won’t/can’t fake anyone out but with his legs moving to some tempo he will run over them. He he much tougher to drag down in the secondary. If they don’t open him a hole he is useless. I don’t see that as his fault. It’s the kind of runner he is.
TampaDawg
October 11th, 2011
3:14 pm
Hey Reposting, repost your fantasy story somewhere else. Your story holds about as much weight as still believing in Santa Claus. Try this link out:
http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities
Yes, UGA on this ranking fell behind GT. But certainly not so much that your story would have any merit to it. And as for the athletes, if GT is so academically minded to only go after the brightest athletes, how come they can’t have higher graduation rates?
ARdawg
October 11th, 2011
3:17 pm
Connor Shaw had a good game last Saturday so the Old Bawl Sack doesn’t need to give Garcia anymore chances. What a nice guy Spurrier has been huh?
TampaDawg
October 11th, 2011
3:17 pm
beanster
October 11th, 2011
3:09 pm
No doubt it is a repost, Reposting. Just keep on copying and pasting like your secretary showed you (remember now, ctrl-c, ctrl-v),
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Guarantee there is no truth to any of that post. When posts come on here talking about UGA being “redneck”, it begs the question as to why. Is it because of the location, Athens, GA? If so, what of any affluent value is located around GT? The Varsity?
AltamahaDawg
October 11th, 2011
3:19 pm
Actually BigGadawg, you can probably count the number of times Bobo has called a run up the middle on 3rd and long on one hand this entire year. About that last year too. So consider it taken care of.
AltamahaDawg
October 11th, 2011
3:20 pm
I wonder who SC is going to hire as a head coach this offseason?
Bham Dawg
October 11th, 2011
3:28 pm
CHIP- The UGA vs GT fight was 1995 and it was Ray Goff’s last year. Donnan started in 1996.
Restore UGA
October 11th, 2011
3:30 pm
I love UGA and it is an honor to win the SEC East, but do we really want to? I hope we continue to improve and can match up to either LSU or Alabama, but man they are machines this year. Between Florida, SC and us, we have the best chance to make a game of it, but I fear the east is in for a shellacking in that game.
I hope I am wrong. I will be cheering myself horse, but I really don’t want to have our team run out of town. With tree and Washington back with some warm up time before the championship, maybe we will have a pleasant surprise. I don’t see SC having a prayer. They will be beat by 30 points.
Chip Towers
October 11th, 2011
3:35 pm
Restore UGA: To answer you’re question, yes, you should want to win the East. They hand out trophies for that.
Thomas Brown
October 11th, 2011
3:41 pm
Nate, Obviously the national writer feels that we have played 4 cupcakes in a row, Vandie is # 5. After all that, we have 2 Losses and 4 wins. We should have beat South Carolina. We can thank Aaron Murray for that, as we can the Florida Loss last year, for example as well – directly.
We are not very good. Very good is when you BEAT good teams. We have not. What our own Athletic Director, Mr. Greg McGarity, said last night was exactly what the national writers URL Link above says : ““those teams have really struggled. I don’t know if there’s a (conference) win among them. You’ve got to keep things in perspective”
I would like nothing more than for UGA to be very good. We aren’t. We haven’t been. We are not going to be. We are what we are. We are not Alabama, not LSU, not even Auburn, certainly not South Carolina, not Arkansas. So, what are we ? Somewhere in the bottom half of The SEC, right ?
The vols are not any good. Ole Miss stinks. Missy State is the biggest flop of The entire SEC. Vandie is Vandie and Coastal Carolina is not even 1-A. We have all kinds of issues on Offense. We have Lost 29 players who Mark Richt gave scholarships to to play this season, who will not play Saturday vs Vandie.
Seniors 22, Juniors 25. The top juniors are gone after this season – that would be like Orson Charles, maybe Christian Robinson, maybe Michael Gilliard, Brandon Smith even maybe – guys like that. All the seniors are gone after this season – that would be Cordy Glenn, Ben Jones, Justin Anderson, Aron White, Bruce Figgins, Trinton Sturdivant, Drew Butler, Brandon Boykin, Israel Troupe, and Blair Walsh. NOT INSIGNIFICANT PLAYERS we lose. We are NOT YOUNG. We have NOT done much with these Juniors and Seniors – putting up a won/lost record of # 27 best in the nation after 2005 and we are in The SEC East after 2005 a miserable 14-13. I am sorry. Now, did you have some excuse for all this Nate ? Pardon me for being insensitive, but there isn’t any excuse for it Nate.
beanster
October 11th, 2011
4:17 pm
We will really miss Ben Jones and Glenn. Dallas Lee is as good as Anderson. Jay Rome is waiting in the wings to fill Aron White’s gap. Figgins is a great blocker but I am not sure he will be all that missed. Sturdivant hasn’t played a down in years. Butler will be missed but at this point I am convined Bogotay trumps Walsh. Boykin will be missed for sure. Israel Troupe?? C’mon man.
TampaDawg
October 11th, 2011
4:19 pm
What is your point Thomas Brown? It’s the same tired old crap every single day. And most of it is just insignificant ramblings. You keep wanting to blame the UF loss last year on Murray because of the pic in OT. Guess what genius. Without Murray, there may not have even been an OT. The D let us down in that game too, no mention of that. The running game was mediocre at best. No mention of that. Instead, your lack of football knowledge leads you to blame the entire game on one guy, a freshman at that.
Your crap about all the scholarships past out to players not playing is hysterical. Players getting injured, players leaving due to being low on the depth chart, players leaving because of academic and legal issues; no, this happens no where else in the nation. Actually, it happens EVERYWHERE else in the nation, you just don’t do that research. Face it, you aren’t a real fan, you just copy and paste the same old crap and try to spin it for your argument.
You keep ranting about 22 Seniors and 25 Juniors showing we are not a young team. If you would pull your numbers from the actual depth chart, you may see why people say that. On the offensive side of the depth chart, 31 players are listed, 18 are freshman or sophomores. On defense, 25 listed with 12 being either freshman or sophomores. The important part of this is that many of those, like Crowell, Mitchell, Herrera, Geathers and Murray are starters. Jenkins lists as a junior but he is in his first year out of JuCo.
Of the players you mentioned, we have replacements already for White (Drew), Figgins (Ogletree) and the lineman. Sturdivant hasn’t been a factor in a while, Butler and Walsh are tough to replace no matter what you do as well as Boykin. But Israel Troup? Come on dude. Hasn’t proven anything to anyone.
TampaDawg
October 11th, 2011
4:21 pm
beanster, I agree with you .. especially since I just covered the same stuff .. but to note, Bogotay is listed as a Senior
beanster
October 11th, 2011
4:27 pm
I checked that right after I hit submit. Who is going to kick next year??
beanster
October 11th, 2011
4:29 pm
Lindley I guess? Forgive me if I give TB any fuel to add to his fire.
Thomas Brown
October 11th, 2011
4:36 pm
Hurts when you cannot say we are young. And anyway, we have the 29 who are not so funny to the coaching staff who are not playing this season, who they gave Scholarships to to do just that. Perhaps our 14-13 vs SEC East after 2005 explains where we are best. Certainly, we haven’t beat 1 good team in so long that ended the season in the AP Poll Top 10. That was 2006 when we LOST 4 games but beat # 9 Auburn. 2006 was Six (6) seasons ago.
I know. I should be happy. You are. Hey we won 4 games in a row and 3 of them SEC teams. Now we get another SEC team. Obviously we beat them. I was the 1 poster who predicted 11-3 this season and said that if we did, we would not have beat a single good team. Guess what ? I’m as right as rain on that, too. TampaDawg, is that you ? You who said yesterday in here that everyone said we would lose to the vols with no running game no defense no special teams and no talent.
Sorry, we haven’t done much. I know I am right on that.
Thomas Brown
October 11th, 2011
4:38 pm
I’ve got plenty beanster, don’t worry about it. We recruited a kicker already. A good one. A punter who kicks.
Thomas Brown
October 11th, 2011
4:40 pm
Marshall Morgan punter who kicks
TampaDawg
October 11th, 2011
4:45 pm
Actually, I said MANY on here said we would lose to UT, and many on here said we would lose to MSU. Then they come on here afterwards and claim that we won just because those teams sucked. Let the season play out. I have said that since the beginning. I predicted 10-2 regular season. They do that, say the lose the SEC title game, then win the bowl game and we are both right.
Thomas Brown
October 11th, 2011
4:45 pm
There is only 1 way to recover from this season. It is to beat Alabama or LSU or Arkansas. LSU has beat the better teams. Would have been nice to be Florida these 2 weeks and play both back-to-back. Otherwise, without a win over them, winning The SEC East is PUNISHMENT.
Except for the DISNEYdawgs.com who get to say we won The SEC East.
Big deal this year, huh ? Like last year, too.
Thomas Brown
October 11th, 2011
4:47 pm
So, why do you pick on me TampaDawg, then ?
Thomas Brown
October 11th, 2011
4:50 pm
I don’t think you are happy with this football program TampaDawg. I don’t think you can say that we beat the top teams, that we don’t lose to cupcakes and that we have not wasted talent.
I also do not think you are happy with our offense, its coaches, or how some of our offense acts. I think you think we aren’t where you expected us to be in year 11.
TampaDawg
October 11th, 2011
4:52 pm
I pick on you? Not really. I just think you are way too unfairly judging parts of this team. You talk like Aaron Murray should be a one man show, especially last year as a freshman. You criticize way too much for the last 2 years instead of looking at the entire body of work for CMR which by most anyone’s measure are really good. The team went into transition after losing NFL first rounders Stafford and Moreno added that to losing a really good WR in Massaquoi. It happens.
But blaming CMR for the 29 scholarships doesn’t make sense. The ones that were kicked off, we don’t want them on here. We don’t need players bringing a team down off the field. Plus, we still have 85 on scholarship as has been reported several times.. I have nothing against you Thomas Brown, but I think you are way too critical at this point. True fans should let the season play out, and cheer like crazy for this team with so many young stars getting playing time.
TampaDawg
October 11th, 2011
4:55 pm
This team is getting better and better each week. This time last year, they were 2-4, now 4-2 and beating teams we should. Can’t say that last year. Improvement is what you should look for. Not many teams go from 6-7 to dominating the nation. And no Tech fans, you are not dominating the nation, you’re dominating Class 5A high school teams.
Jordan
October 11th, 2011
5:48 pm
http://isportsweb.com/2011/10/11/sec-outlook/
Dawgs Win Big
October 11th, 2011
9:35 pm
“dangerous” vanderbilt? Get real! is this vince dooley talking? Ga blows out vandy easy—39-13!!! Dawgs are on fire and will run the table and win the SEC east–book it!
DawgByte
October 12th, 2011
12:31 am
For Ga to get any respect this weekend we need to blow them up by at least 4 touchdowns. It’s time to turn this Offence loose.
zbulldawg
October 12th, 2011
10:47 am
Everyone is dangerous to the bulldawgs.They bring there A game when they play us The games means so much in recruiting.Alot of the west teams and teams trying to build up there programs want the talent we have in the state.I’m so glad we are starting to keep some of that talent.KEEP WINNING so they will stay home.That’s the real DREAM TEAM
HECKLE
October 12th, 2011
12:23 pm
why is UGA always “young”????
Danger is Vanderbilt’s middle name. | Get The Picture
October 12th, 2011
1:09 pm
[...] is about Vandy that brings out the sugar-coating we’re seeing this week, but I flat out love this turn of phrase from Chip Towers, from his post entitled “Dangerous Vanderbilt team awaits Bulldogs”: [...]
Jordan
October 14th, 2011
5:18 pm
http://isportsweb.com/2011/10/14/georgia-vs-vandy-preview/