Richt: Harrow’s hit ‘most impressive play of the game’
Transcript, provided by UGA, of comments from coaches and players after Georgia’s 45-7 victory over Auburn:
GEORGIA
Coach Mark Richt:
“We just played great. I’m trying to think of another game where we played this well in a situation that was so important to us. We knew South Carolina won its game, so we had to win. We played a top-25 team, a very good football team, and we played solid. I am as proud as I can be of our coaches and players. It’s a great night to be a Georgia Bulldog. … We had tremendous execution. I know we haven’t done that for an entire game like we did tonight.”
“We finished well. We had a lot of first downs when we decided to run the ball and chew up the clock. First downs like that are a tribute to the offensive line, but it also takes the fullbacks and the tight ends, everybody. To have two guys go over 100 yards is a tribute to everyone.”
“I thought the most impressive play of the game was when Quintavious Harrow had that knock-’em-back, get-everybody-in-the-stadium-excited tackle. That ignited our football team.”
“Our fans had a lot to do with our success definitely. They created so much noise. When you see a quarterback walk to every player on the team, you know it’s loud. It slows them down, and it creates a little confusion for them.”
“(After this season’s 0-2 start), I was really hoping we’d continue to improve as the season rolled along. The guys are gaining more confidence and they’re playing hard and they’re playing smart. … After each snap, we want our guys to play hard and play physical. We want each guy to win his 1-on-1 battle. We challenged each guy to win down after down.”
Quarterback Aaron Murray:
“It’s a great win for us. We got off to an 0-2 start, and sometimes the offense was playing great and sometimes the defense was playing great. It seems like it all kind of just clicked for everyone today.”
“All three facets of the game played great. The defense was making it impossible for them, special teams played great and the offense was clicking. It all starts with the offensive line giving me time and opening up huge holes.”
Tailback Carlton Thomas:
“We’ve been working hard. All the coaches and players have been behind each other, and it’s an awesome feeling to come out and do what we did. Everyone was playing tough.”
“Obviously, I got a lot of carries and I was just trying to make them the best carries of my life and make the best of the opportunity.”
“We’ve got great depth and it’s all starting to show late in the season. We’ve just got to keep working. I’m really excited to see where we’ll end up in January.”
Safety Bacarri Rambo:
(On his interception return for a touchdown:) “I saw Abry (Jones) waving for me to come that way, so I did, and those guys just helped me into the end zone. We played great today. It’s a great day to be a Bulldog.”
Linebacker Alec Ogletree:
“Offense, defense, special teams, everyone played great today and it showed. We wanted to come out and play a full game together and that’s what we did. We just worked hard all week and it paid off today in the game.”
AUBURN
Coach Gene Chizik:
“There isn’t a whole lot I can tell you that you didn’t see. It was a disappointing loss for us. We got beat at every phase of the game tonight. We didn’t cover many people all night, couldn’t stop the run and turned the ball over. That’s why we got beat 45-7.”
“Georgia made some good plays and is a very talented team. With the exception of the first drive, they flat out stopped our offense. We couldn’t get some of the perimeter pass game under control. It was pretty evident what we couldn’t do.”
“Hopefully we can fix some of the things that happened. Week in and week out, we look at what the defense gives us and design our game from there. Georgia is tough to defend. Murray threw tonight with great accuracy, which he has been doing all year. We just didn’t do a good job defending the perimeter pass.”
“We’re playing with guys who have the most experience for the last 10 weeks. Tonight, the outward appearance was that we got physically dominated on both sides of the ball. Maybe when we watch film, we will find something different.”
Quarterback Clint Moseley:
“I really can’t put a finger on it. I messed up too much, and this was a big team loss. They got too many yards, and we didn’t get any. It was bad.”
(Comparing LSU and UGA): “Both teams know how to play defense. I don’t want to cause anything by making a prediction, but it will be a great game.”
“I really thought this was the best week of practice that we’ve had all season. We are a young team but that doesn’t make it any better.”
Wide receiver Emory Blake:
“Next week we need to go back to work, watch film and fix our mistakes.”
“I’m a little shocked. I thought we were prepared. We made too many mistakes. They are a good team, but we played poorly.”
Linebacker Corey Lemonier:
“They had a good game plan and came out and executed, and we missed out assignments. They dominated us. We’ll come back next week and try to prove something.”
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PIERCE CO DAWG
November 13th, 2011
5:30 am
Coach Richt the players and other Coaches made a statement about how Auburn played us last year. Go you JUNKYARD DAWGS. And look-out Kentucky,Tech and LSU. HERE THE DAWGS come. What a game!!!!!!!!! THE BULLDOG HATING JERKS WHERE ARE YOU? GO YOU BIG BAD DOGS,IMPRESSIVE TO SAY THE LEAST. I GUARANTEE YOU ALL THE OTHER TEAMS ARE TAKING NOTES THAT HAVE TO PLAY US. DOGS MAKE THEM SWEAT. WE ARE PROUD OF ALL THE COACHES AND PLAYERS. LIKE WE SAY AT SOUTH GEORGIA,WAY TO PUT A HAT ON THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kris G
November 13th, 2011
5:30 am
Let’s keept the crowing in perspective… Most of the Mark Richt “haters” didn’t hate Richt just for the heck of it… They’re Georgia fans. They see themselves having lost so many games the last two years, still losing every year to Florida, now losing to a paper team like Boise State… What do you expect? We all want to win. We all love Coach Richt. But if we have to choose, we’ll choose winning. No one’s happier than me to know he’s still our guy. I don’t want a posturing, lying phony on our sidelines like some teams keep hiring.
PIERCE CO DAWG
November 13th, 2011
5:35 am
THOMAS BROWN STICK IN IN YOUR EAT. YOU ARE PATHETIC. YOU ARE NOT A DAWG. JERK FIND ANOTHER BLOG. YOU MAKE ME SICK JERK
Richt is LOL'ing u Haters
November 13th, 2011
5:44 am
Please publish all the Richt obituaries we know the AJC has been sitting on since last summer.
Lord Richt LOL’s all you fools! SEC CHAMPS BABY!
Dean
November 13th, 2011
5:49 am
As a long time supporter of coach Richt and being ridiculed for being so, I am so proud of him and this team! May he be guiding our young men for years to come!
Lowcountry Bulldawg
November 13th, 2011
5:50 am
The Dawgs just beat a border rival by 38 and you wanna come on here and try and defend your stance? As each week passes and the streak grows, no matter the opponent, it is making you more irrelevant.
Fair and Balanced
November 13th, 2011
6:05 am
Maybe the most complete game of the season. Play like that and you can play with anybody.
doggoneit
November 13th, 2011
6:26 am
Just hope you are never in that fox hole with the Richt haters. I agree with Lou Holtz that Richt is an outstanding coach and UGA is lucky to have him. I’m betting Penn State wishes he had been their coach for the past ten years. When the trolls can’t find anything substantive about Rich’s coaching to criticize, they attack him because he’s a good man.. That says volumes more about the trolls that it does about Richt. I hope he coaches at UGA as long as JoPa was at Penn State.
Lance
November 13th, 2011
6:32 am
It all starts with playing Great D.
dap01
November 13th, 2011
6:33 am
Coach Grantham is the best thing that has happened to UGA in a long time. UGA can play with anyone in the country. The FG kickers (Walsh) still needs to regain some confidence but we look good.
Don’t overlook Kentucky.
Destroy GT.
Beat LSU.
Wild Hoage
November 13th, 2011
6:38 am
Murray’s continuing progression means that whoever we play in the dome will have the second-best QB on the field. Love this group of young receivers and the lack of a reliance on forcing the ball into AJ. Figgins rolling in to the cries of Bruuuuccee! is a play that’s going to be there a lot. Little Tree came in later for him and made some nice blocks, running all over the field after the game. His bigger brother and JJ are legit Sunday linebackers and both lines are now starting to dominate. To the earlier commenters points, I too left the dome downheartened after Kellen Moore carved us up, but this is not the same team with the gelling of the 3-4 and the growing confidence of Rambo. The fg kicker alternation seems to be working, and again the steady improvement of Murray is raising the ceiling on this team’s future. If Blair Walsh gets his mojo back and this defense keeps playing junkyard mean whoever ends up in the BCS title game better be praising the Saints they didn’t have to survive a playoff.
Ap
November 13th, 2011
6:43 am
Pipe down Larry……Guess what, the haters you refer to are very happy about this win,but in all honesty,the team hasn’t looked this good in years. There has been every reason to be concerned for a while now under Mark Richt’s watch. Hope we destroy UK, GT, give Richt a nice contract, and I believe we have a chance in the DOME!! Go DAWGS!!! And recruit, recruit, recruit!!
Midtown Dawg
November 13th, 2011
6:51 am
@professor,
There is NEVER justification for leaving a game early. None. If they run all rushing plays, you stay. If they are losing 50-0 you stay. This is our team. You walk out that door early and you are a spectator not a fan.
The only reason a fan should leave early is:
*there is a bomb threat to the stadium and everyone is evacuated
*your wife is going into labor
*your friend/son/daughter/etc. just got arrested for some dubious charge by the Athens/Clarke police and needs you to post bail and get him/her out of jail
*you’re a doctor/nurse//fireman/EMT and you just got an emergency call that you are needed
Go DAWGS. That was one of the most complete and dominating games I have seen between two SEC teams all season. Well done. Our coaches and our players have done a great job.
tndawg
November 13th, 2011
7:03 am
Wow! Who would have predicted that big a win?
I have been waiting for a big break out game and it finally happened. New Mexico State did not count.
One more SEC contest will do it.
Go DAWGS! Beat Kentucky!
HeyDawg
November 13th, 2011
7:06 am
I will never again say the words, “Fire Mark Richt.” He’s family now. And, we love family unconditionally.
Tech Alum
November 13th, 2011
7:16 am
Bummer you CMR haters didn’t get him fired!!! Now you are stuck with a coach who beat my Jackets almost every year. P.S. Why would you want a coach anyway who is only averaging around 10 wins a season for 11 years?!?!?
Hurt Kurbstreit
November 13th, 2011
7:17 am
Where is the fire Richt crowd now? The best game played by UGA since Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl.
alcoadawg
November 13th, 2011
7:20 am
I’ve been a Richt fan all along. My dad, who tought me how to be a Dawg fan, soured on Richt early on but I told him to keep the faith. I think Richt was such a GOOD coach coming into the ‘08 season that his “seat” was so cold he had frozen in place. Sometimes turning the “heat” up helps a GOOD coach become GREAT!
GO DAWGS SIC ‘EM!
Joey
November 13th, 2011
7:27 am
Does anybody else see “Thomas Brown” and automatically scroll to the next poster?
Clean, hard hitting everywhere last night – I think Richt fibbed a little (”Iast year’s game doesn’t matter…”) . . .
Is there any way the Dawgs can play 4 more games this complete?
If so, we may hurt lots of feelings in Atlanta and New Orleans . . .
superDawg
November 13th, 2011
7:27 am
Georgia just beat the watchamacallit out of aubarn!
dap01
November 13th, 2011
7:28 am
To all of the people who ripped on CMR that past couple of years because he is a man of integrity and character and faith: I bet Penn St. wishes that had a CMR on the sidelines.
SuperB
November 13th, 2011
7:29 am
In response to Larry Ware’s good question: “Where are all the Mark Richt haters?” Same place they’ve always been– just off 10th Street and the interstate downtown.
Spike
November 13th, 2011
7:37 am
Oh, Look at the sugar falling from the sky…….
DawgNation
November 13th, 2011
7:37 am
@Joey YES! Every post. Don’t care what he has to say.
Great win and finally a complete game by all aspects of the team. IC proved he is a freshman running back and I noticed that after every fumble he sat and watched. In the end he looked as if he got the message and ran as the running back Georgia recruited. Hopefully a year of seasoning will allow him to grow and mature.
Another point. When Georgia was crowned with the Fulmer Cup last year all I read her was that being mercilessly brought up. Who won it this year and why the down play?
Enjoy the win fans and lets get ready for the blue cats.
Dawg stuck in Bammer...
November 13th, 2011
7:37 am
I confess:
1. I’ve been off of the Richt team for a while…I was wrong.
2. After last year and the 1st two games, I questioned Grantham…I was wrong
3. Bobo…still may be right but I’m laying off of him.
4. I WAS WRONG TO DOUBT RICHT. SORRY!!!
Unbelievable win! So glad to be going to the KY game next week to see us, hopefully, win the EAST. KY lost to Vandy, what 85-0 or some crazy high score???????
uga 2010
November 13th, 2011
7:39 am
It’s a good win. If our cbks play better and Crowell play with more passion, we can dominate Tech and LSU. We should play in the NC game in January.
lakeland dawg
November 13th, 2011
7:39 am
Great win for the dawgs.Deffence look great what a hit on the kickoff i almost jumped through the roof when it happen.Go dawgs
bigdawg1
November 13th, 2011
7:43 am
There’s a word I haven’t used in a long, long time that is applicable for yesterday’s defense: JUNKYARD!
Joey
November 13th, 2011
7:48 am
Two nice write-ups on the Dawgs at ESPN.com and another at Fox.com.
Starting to get some attention . . .
Red-N-Black
November 13th, 2011
7:48 am
I remember seeing someone post 53-7 Awbarn over the DAWGS – Where you at now cause CMR was nice and didn’t run the score into the 50’s.!!!! GO FREAKING DAWGS!!! Livivng in Jacksonville just got a lot nicer these past few weeks.
bigdawg1
November 13th, 2011
7:48 am
Dawg stuck in ‘Bammer: Kentucky is coming to Athens.
papadawg
November 13th, 2011
7:49 am
Looks like our youngsters have grown up. Fewer mistakes except for Crowells fumbles and looks like they understand they have to play the whole game cause you’re in the SEC not high school. The DAWGS D can stop LSU or BAMAs offense and I’m more confident that the O can score on either one
Red-N-Black
November 13th, 2011
7:50 am
Oh and the D – the O and special teams! Bravo gentlemen you played a complete game and showed what you are made of, 60min’s on BALLING! Keep up the momentum and keep playing the GA way!
dale morphy
November 13th, 2011
7:51 am
Somebody, anybody please get on the Murray bandwagon with me. No, he doesn’t have Matthew Stafford’s cannon arm, but he’s got toughness and durability in spades. This guy is a BALLER and I think his toughness rubs off on the rest of the offensive squad. The offensive line and the receiving corps have a nastiness to them that I haven’t seen in a few years. His intelligence and game preparation is also way underrated. My man got LAID OUT yesterday on the qb keeper, and he POPPED RIGHT BACK UP. I guarantee that crap hurt like crazy, but he just walked back to the huddle. Teammates feed off that kind of stuff, and he deserves alot of credit.
IslandDawg
November 13th, 2011
7:52 am
@UGA grad 90 please turn in your diploma if you have one
IslandDawg
November 13th, 2011
7:54 am
@dale morphy Murray is a tough as any UGA QB we’ve had!
Jet
November 13th, 2011
7:56 am
Wow, what a beatdown! Georgia just beat on Auburn like a borrowed mule. And they deserved it after last year’s low class, cheap shot Auburn game.
All those late and cheap hits, the punches, Auburn player elections and the coaches who did nothing to stop it.
Go Dawgs!
I remember
November 13th, 2011
7:59 am
This ranks in my UGA Sanford Stadium memories with shutting out Bama 21-0 in the 70s and whipping LSU in the 2000’s. Now we need the same focus so as to avoid the “we played a perfect game” letdown. Coaching and player leadership can make this like 2002 or better. What a perfect day in Athens!
papadawg
November 13th, 2011
8:01 am
GT fans welcomed on The DAWG Winning Band wagon since yours has all the tires flattened. Nah just joking!!
Joey
November 13th, 2011
8:01 am
Crowell took some big hits early, and I wondered how he would react. Seemed to make him run even harder.
Great to see the toughness, and hard-hitting all over the field. And smarts. I noticed a half dozen times a UGA player pull up when a pass was dropped, or an opponent ran out of bounds. In the past we sould have smacked em and got a PF flag. Ogletree pulled up twice himself. I don’t know if y’all watched ‘Tree yesterday, but he and JJ are near unblockable.
Honestly, it’s been a while since we’ve had a team like this – not ‘07, because they amassed lots of penalties.
Maybe ‘05?
DawgJohn
November 13th, 2011
8:01 am
Great game Carlton. It appears you woke up Crowell in the second half. Great play Figgins. We have been waiting for that one. Ogletree….you looked bad at there tonight…..and that means good. Receivers…..fantastic game!! We appear to have the best group in the country. Murray, it is great to see you on. This is the one complete game we have all been waiting for. Special teams, you rock.Walsh, smile. Rambo, you took it to the house. Don’t let down men. Dominate next week and pad your stats. I want the Jackets down 14 before we make that trip over there. LSU/Bama, time to walk the walk. There is a new Team in town that is better than both of you! We can score on your defense and your offense is pitiful. We are fixin to make so cough medicine with some honey. Choke on that! Great job Grantham. Great job Bobo. Proud to have you at the helm Mark. Glad your back 26. Boo who? Now that we have that out of our system let’s get on with the players that want to play. Great job Boykin. Hey B. Smith, it’s time for a breakout game from you. Thought you would get a pick last night Williams. Jones, you are the man! Both of you. A complete game Can you believe it? WE have more talent than all those other guys…….we put it together against the defending NC. Not so bad boys. Keep it rollin!!!!
LakeDawg
November 13th, 2011
8:05 am
Unbelievable performance. I’m still in shock at how well the Dawgs played. I had a sense that they were peaking (even predicted a 2 TD margin), but I didn’t see this coming. I had my doubts if CMR could get it going again, but they’ve been erased. This is the best coaching job he’s done at UGA. Amazing what a little desparation and some coaching maturity can accomplish at UGA. Dawgs might be starting a 3 or 4 year run here. Hey! I’m a Dawg optimist at heart. Go Dawgs!
Spike 80DF
November 13th, 2011
8:12 am
AMBER ALERT: Gabe Wright. Last seen warming up for the game, but after Crowell and Thomas began gashing them for 15 yard runs he was no where to be seen. Please contact coach Cheezdik with any information of his whereabouts.
Destin Dawg
November 13th, 2011
8:15 am
Mark Richt for President !! Todd Grantham for Sec. of Defense !!
LakeDawg
November 13th, 2011
8:17 am
re: AMBER ALERT
Cheatsik’s check bounced. Wright went on strike in the 2nd quarter.
Destin Dawg
November 13th, 2011
8:18 am
I tried to root for Florida… but man are they BAD… Muschamp is crazy and Fat A$$ Weiss needs a cane just to stand up !! Go Dawgs !!
tell me again
November 13th, 2011
8:19 am
godawgs92……Richt doesn’t owwe the bashers a D*MN thing. They didn’t any more save his job or wake him up any more than desserts create lack of rain. Pffft.
larry munson
November 13th, 2011
8:20 am
enough said…48-7
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
November 13th, 2011
8:21 am
Glad to see Bobo FINALLY run the I-Formation
Utilize crossing pass paterns more instead of throwing a bunch of deep balls and sideline passes
Utilize his fullbacks
Stop running up the middle all the time
His best play calling game since the 2007 FL game
Hopefully we will start seeing this more instead of the play calling we are used to seeing
The concession stand must have told BObo they didnt need his help for this game
Joey
November 13th, 2011
8:23 am
“Cheatsik’s check bounced.”
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No need for that, LakeDawg.
You know they deal in cash . . .