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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Coffee Bluff DAWG
November 13th, 2011
12:07 pm
Harrow’s hit was impressive.
Another impressive hit was by A Ogletree on a RB. Took the guy a few minutes to recover and remember he was trying to play FB. Give him credit – he did finally get up.
MJ
November 13th, 2011
12:09 pm
Great win for Georgia. Their next real test will be against LSU in the SEC championship. No way they look past Kentucky – they have come to far this year to allow that to happen. As a fan of the game who is not from Georgia, and does not have a “dawg” in the fight, I am happy for the team and Coach Richt. Just wondering if all those members of the Bulldog nation who were ready to fry him after a 0 – 2 start will step up an admit they were wrong about the guy, his coaches, and the players. I’m always happy win a truly good guy wins his way, and the “win at any cost” jerks look like idiots. Great job UGA & Coach Richt.
Jordan
November 13th, 2011
12:10 pm
http://isportsweb.com/2011/11/13/uga-tops-aub-45-7/
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
November 13th, 2011
12:11 pm
@pj: Welcome and don’t let it happen again.
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
November 13th, 2011
12:13 pm
Sorry pj. I meant “welcome back” to Dawg Nation and Richt country.
yarddawg69
November 13th, 2011
12:13 pm
LOVE IT UP HERE AT COLLEGE MOMA, SEND US SOME DAMN MONEY! GO DAWGS!
Intrepid
November 13th, 2011
12:16 pm
Who does Gary Danielson think he is saying GA’s long back shoulder passes are Cheap? Cheap color play by him is the only thing cheap on that broadcast. GO DOGS!!!!!
yarddawg69
November 13th, 2011
12:19 pm
yeah and he sucked at mich st and when he played with the Detroit lions
Troup Co. Dawg
November 13th, 2011
12:33 pm
Just keep talkin’ Bammers, we will see you next year and we’ll be ready this time, we will not let you run all over the field being that your QB is average…you want be able to run it up and down the field like before…we are coming at a better than steady pace! Get ready for a War! Go Dawgs !!!!
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
November 13th, 2011
12:34 pm
Sorry AR Dawg but that DAWG won’t hunt. The idiot naysayers have done bigtime damage to our recruiting and to Dawg Nation in general. CMR is a damn good coach and a better person and since his job details much more than “just win at all costs”. Think Penn State, Ohio State, North Carolina, Miami, etc. We can all rest assured CMR will never bring that type of stuff down on UGA and Dawg Nation. It will take years to overcome all the negatives from the “Fire Richt” crowd and damaged recruiting images. Lots of the negatives came from GT, Bama, Florida, Auburn, etc. but when your own “family” think they know so much when in reality they probably can’t even spell football, that is enough to invite them and their ilk to support another team. …. You, my friend, should shut your pie hole and enjoy the situation.
DawgByte
November 13th, 2011
12:46 pm
Have you guys seen the stats? This was a good old fashion arse whuppin.
30 First Downs
528 Total Yards Of Offense
304 Rushing Yards
12 of 15 Third Down Conversions – That was the critical staff that led to our huge T.O.P. number.
40:55 Time of Possession
Held Auburn to a Total of 195 yards!
Message to Richt haters:
Get over your ignorance and start supporting the team.
Message to Dawg Fans Part III:
If you’re going to spend the money to attend a game, how about arriving on time and staying for the whole game!!! There was more than 5 minutes left to go in the game and the stands were damn near empty. That is EMBARRASSING and you should be ashamed if you left early. What is it with you people??? You are the worst type of carbon life forms on the planet! There is no excuse – NONE!
Dawg Tired
November 13th, 2011
12:48 pm
The Dawgs played great Saturday. I am wondering where that level of talent has been hiding all season. How could we have lost to a team that Auburn beat in Columbia? How could we squeak by the worst Florida team in 20 years? Yesterday we looked as good as we have ever looked (and I’m including the 1980 team), That was a masterful performance. What happened?
Dawg Tired
November 13th, 2011
12:51 pm
The performance yesterday is why many Dawg fans have been so very frustrated by the team’s poor performance in so many other games. We knew the talent was supposedly there.
LCDawg
November 13th, 2011
12:52 pm
Let’s see how Chizik does when Malzahn leaves after this season.
Dawg Tired
November 13th, 2011
12:54 pm
I believed we were better than South Carolina and Boise. Now I know we are better than South Carolina and Boise. But we lost to South Carolina and Boise. Didn’t exactly blow Vandy and Florida away – should have. Question: Why didn’t we?
Dawg48
November 13th, 2011
12:54 pm
@ Dawg tired
Are you still in California?
elsbro
November 13th, 2011
12:58 pm
where is malzhan going?
Dawg48
November 13th, 2011
1:00 pm
@elsbro
Lot of folks think ole miss
elsbro
November 13th, 2011
1:00 pm
and chizik just stepped into a great situation in 2010. hes not that good of a coach. its too much about gene.
Dawg in gatorville
November 13th, 2011
1:01 pm
I hope the Defense plays this well against Georgia Yech! That gimmick offense they run is hard to stop but I think after what I saw of them Dawgs last night they can shut Yech down!!
Dawg48
November 13th, 2011
1:04 pm
@dawg tired
My opinion it’s at the O-line murray is not running for his life they are pass and run blocking better.
Ogaltree’s return really jelled the defense on all phases
Dawg in gatorville
November 13th, 2011
1:04 pm
And to Dawgbyte! RIGHT ON BROTHER!
Evansdawg
November 13th, 2011
1:06 pm
This is a very young team that is coming together and serving notice to the rest of the conference that Dawg Football is alive and well. Richt has had the reponsibility in sharpening these young players, many of whom were on high school fields last season. Anyone and I mean ANYONE saying Richt needs to go is either a trolling fan of another school or an absolute dumba%*. So, if you are among the people STILL questioning Mark Richt, look in the mirror and decide which one you are.
Who would be better for the Dawgs? Who would you rather have than Mark Richt? WHO??????? We lose him and we lose one of the best coaches in the game. Other schools are praying that we make the mistake of getting rid of CMR, because they know that if he stays, continuing to build his program, their chances are minimal. That means YOU, Techies. Stop whining so much…you should be used to your November whipping by now.
DawgByte
November 13th, 2011
1:10 pm
Dawg Tired -
If life and football was as simple as you think, then it would be a lot more predictable. Remember, by and large this is still a young team with 16 true freshmen seeing action for the first time in the SEC. Grantham is running a NFL style defense that has taken time for our kids to master. The key is that we are getting better each week. For the first time all year I can say I was proud of the OL. The OL finally put together a 4 qtr. game and by the middle of the 3rd qtr. started to wear out the AU defense. Three cheers for Tereshinski, because that new S&C program is clearly paying dividends.
The biggest difference over the last two weeks is Aaron Murray. The game against NMS really sparked him and he took that momentum and built on it yesterday. The guy is playing lights out. Lets hope it continues!
Dawg Tired
November 13th, 2011
1:11 pm
Dawg 48 – No – Now live in NC.
Dawg48
November 13th, 2011
1:14 pm
You were the guy in the military I talked with a couple weeks ago?
tell me again
November 13th, 2011
1:15 pm
“Once a Dawg, ALWAYS a Dawg! How Sweet It Is”
Dawg Tired
November 13th, 2011
1:15 pm
Thanks for your thoughts DawgByte. The o-line certainly did look awesome yesterday. I also liked how the backs hit the holes running hard N to S. Everybody just seemed to be playing at a level of intensity we have not seen the last couple of years.
Dawg Tired
November 13th, 2011
1:16 pm
Dawg48 – Not me, but I used to live in California.
AZDAWG
November 13th, 2011
1:17 pm
Look, here is the real deal on all the fire CMR debate….CMR is only as good as the people he surrounds hmself with, including players and coaches…CMR is a damn good recruiter, which should transfer into elite teams that win titles (hasn’t transpired). However, his choice of coaches has been his achilles heel…Willie Vanillie was a complete disaster and when coupled with an inexperienced Bozo (the clown at times) the program spent several years circling the bowl!!! Becaue of church and all the other non football related reasons, CMR would not make the necessary and timely changes!!! CMR created all the heat he has received in the press and the blogs…he is not a victim….he desrved it!!!!
Finally, the choice to TG has got this program headed in the right direction and probably saved his butt in the long term. Pretty easy decision by the way….I am not a big Bozo fan, but TG and the stout D makes up for a lot of Bozos short comings. Richt will leave the program before he fires Bozo. Having swallowed that bitter pill, makes me pull that much harder for the successes of TG and the D side of the ball…dont get me wrong here, I love a lot of the kids on the O side of the ball and what they have accomplished (other than Crowell is way soft!!), just no faith in Bozo week in and week out…May be from all the years watching under center at UGA looking out the ear hole of his helmet from the prior play…lots of painful moments!!!
I about fell out of my chair watching CMR in the middle of the Team chanting before pregame!! He needs to bring that intensity and leadership every game…leave the church and charity stuff for Sundays…It appears CMR has the program headed in a positive direction, let’s just hope he can build on the current momentum…There will be derailments along the way which is expected in the SEC so long as we maintain consistency week in and week out…..
Evansdawg
November 13th, 2011
1:18 pm
Dawgbyte, you are right. You people (and a TON of students) get your arses in gear and get to the game on time. If you can’t keep the bottle out of your mouth in enough time to get to the game, please relinquish your ticket to someone who will respect the Dawgs by arriving on time. AND, you people that left early….that is not exactly how I would recommend letting these young players know that you are behind them. Recruits notice crap like that. Get it in gear.
Dawg48
November 13th, 2011
1:19 pm
Bobo’s play calling does not look as bad when the line is knocking folks off the ball.
ARdawg
November 13th, 2011
1:24 pm
Brainiac
You are so full of yourself. It is fans like you that eat the poop sandwiches, never questioning the coach or the program that does more damage to recruiting and the program in general. If you think for a minute that the other coaches and recruiters aren’t negative on UGA regardless of the situation, you my friend are living in denial. If you think for a moment that the program has advanced to the point where it is has nothing to do with Richt being on the hot seat is more denial. Get your head out of your butt and pay attention. Every program has fans like you and fans who are detractors. You are a born follower. Nothing wrong with that. The world needs them too but, you are also a blind homer.
For the record I have never called for his firing but, like so many fans I have seen the deterioration of the program in the last 4 years. The AU game was a great win and a time for all fans to celebrate, even those with less confidence in the program than you have.
Career Broadcaster
November 13th, 2011
1:24 pm
Thank you Nick Farley for leaving the underclasmen to take on a UGA team that will
own you next year as well. I just wish we’d gotten 50.
ARdawg
November 13th, 2011
1:27 pm
AZDAWG
Amen
Old Coach
November 13th, 2011
1:30 pm
@
AZDAWG The coach’s name is BOBO. You douche!
DawgByte
November 13th, 2011
1:31 pm
Here’s something that should give Georgia fans hope. As long as I’ve been a UGA fan (35+ years), I’ve never seen our offense have so many weapons and options. This Michael Bennett kid is playing like his hair is on fire and deserves some type of Georgia player award. That TD pass he caught yesterday was insane.
Think about this… we’ve got three types of TE’s playing on this offense, all of which are lining up in different places including traditional TE (next to the tackle), hybrid slot TE and a TE playing Fullback. That must be an absolute nightmare for DC’s to scheme against. Not to mention we are loaded at WR with guys like Michael Bennett, Marlon Brown, Tavarres King, Malcolm Mitchell and Chris Conley. Each one of them able to make big plays and all have good hands. We’ve also established 3 solid running backs in Crowell, Thomas and Harton.
The key all year was to get this OL to play up to its size and strength advantage and knock on wood this group seems to be coming together. Yesterday they just beat the pants off the #20 team in the country.
What can you say about the D that the stats don’t already enumerate. Jarvis Jones is the best linebacker in the SEC for my money. Tree had a great game yesterday along with Gilliard and Robinson. The only disappointment thus far this season is Cornelius Washington. Outside of one stellar performance he’s been a ineffectual. This DB corp is the best we’ve had in 20 years. Rambo may hit like my grandmother, but this year his nose for the ball is crazy. Brandon Boykin may be the best DB we’ve had in 30 years. Best decision he ever made in his life was coming back for his senior year. He now has a shot at going in the first round of the NFL draft!
Now beat Kentucky like a drum!
Jborodawg
November 13th, 2011
1:38 pm
DawgByte: Your last two posts are spot on. I’ve always been a little…I guess disappointed in our home crowds leaving early etc; sometimes not even being loud when we should be. We should be there until the last whistle, then cheer the team as they leave for the locker rooms. The players eat that stuff up and they really do rely a good bit on our being loud (evidenced by them sometimes waving their arms up and down to get us going). A certain program even calls it “The Twelfth Man”. Leaving to beat the traffic? Hogwash. Stay and cheer em on as the leave the field! Relax and stay for the Redcoat Band’s performance afterward. Shadows growing on the field to the strains of “Tara’s Theme”….goodlawdamercy! It’s just righteous.
Numberwang
November 13th, 2011
1:39 pm
Georgia has won 5 out of the last 6 against Auburn and Richt has 7 wins against the WarPlainsmen. That’s pretty impressive. The astonishing thing about this spanking yesterday is that Auburn had two weeks to prepare for us. Hats off to Mike Bobo for spotting AU’s outside weakness and dialing up pass plays that left their DB with their thumbs up of their as%es.
I’ve rained on Bobo’s parade all year, but over the last two weeks he’s done a heck of a job. Damn near flawless play calling. The first half screen pass to Figgins was pure genius!
AZDAWG
November 13th, 2011
1:39 pm
“Young” Coach
My bad, I Must have turned off the spell check…the Z and the B are real close on the key board….Oh and you forgot the “bag”…..
You obviously didnt get the post….are you realed to “Old Coach Simpleton”?
BTG MIKE
November 13th, 2011
1:41 pm
I’ve been monitoring these BLOGS for a few years and from time-to-time felt the need to step in to defend Richt and Granthem (not Martinez—felt he should have been replaced two years before). I’m glad to see I’m not the only DAWG fan that knows something about football. Dooley didn’t win it every year and neither did Butts. The thing I’ve seen out of these guys since Grantham stepped in, is that we’re back to being the JUNKYARD DAWGS ala ERK RUSSELL. And we WILL compete EVERY week with a Defense. Not this “BEND BUT DON’T BREAK” crap that someone sold to Reicht.
In response to a couple of BLOGS I read earlier in this article…….WHAT SAVED REICHT’S JOB…..it wasn’t the Ghost Turds on this site constantly whining about need Dan Mullins or Will Muschamp….it was that cop that pulled the former AD over for DUI. It allowed Reicht time and resources to get back to coaching.
Mary J. Wanna
November 13th, 2011
1:42 pm
FIRE RICHT NOW! Oh, that was two weeks ago… My bad.
Timmy
November 13th, 2011
1:46 pm
Wow….. this reminds me of the juggernaut team that finished 2nd in the BCS a few years ago. Passion and spirit! I love it! I’ve been very outspoken about Richt, but I love his comment about Harrows big hit. It’s that type of stuff we need…. we need that passion….. Richt keep it up and I’ll change my tune…….
Old Coach
November 13th, 2011
1:53 pm
@ Timmy
So glad to have you back! Don’t think we could win without you.
DawgByte
November 13th, 2011
1:53 pm
Jborodawg:
Vern Lundquist mentioned it before of the start of the game by saying, “… and the Georgia crowd is still filing in.” A clear observation that the fans were taking their sweet time to get into their seats. Then with 5 or 6 minutes to go in the game CBS showed an aerial few of the stadium and 75% of the people were GONE!!! Vern then said something to the effect of “… and the Georgia fans are filing out of the stadium content to celebrate on the town.”, or something along those lines. I gasped as I saw that aerial shot. My God, this is the oldest rivalry of the South and you’re piling out with 5 minutes to go in the game??? Who cares that AU couldn’t come back – what do you have to do that’s more important than staying until the final whistle?
The sad thing is, it’s not just UGA games. This is a Georgia CULTURAL issue. I’ve lived here on and off isince 1979 and graduated from UGA. For 30+ years I’ve seen Georgians consistently show up late for concerts, professional events… you name it, they’re late. I won’t even go to a Chastain concert anymore, because of all the talking during the performance. It’s just F’ing RUDE!!!
If this was just a UGA thing, then maybe some promo advertising thing could take place to try and change it, but it’s not. This is just flat out a Georgia deal. I HATE it and will never fall into the trap. I show up on time and don’t care if we’re winning by 70 pts. I don’t leave until the final whistle is blown. So if you show up for a game and you see some guy who’s the last guy leaving the stadium you can bet it’s DawgByte.
7576DAWG
November 13th, 2011
1:55 pm
Thank you Kasay and thank you Tereshinski . You may be close to being a psychotic at times but your old school strength and conditioning philosophy was exactly what this team needed. All that work is paying off now. We are 9 games into the year and look strong. Every team can’t say that. Last year this time our guy’s were worn out by the second half and could not compete in the fourth quarter. This year is like watching a different team.
We can still lose games that we should win if we have a lot of mistakes but at least I feel confident that another team won’t beat us because physically we can not stay with them. That’s why last year was so painful at the end of the year. Physically we couldn’t compete against a good team.
Great job coaches and to the players for buying into the changes.
Cobb Dawg
November 13th, 2011
2:01 pm
I think what we saw yesterday was a new breed of Dawgs coming out party. Congrats CMR!
jack bull
November 13th, 2011
2:08 pm
BREAKING NEWS… just got off the phone with my nephew, R-Soph on the D, he says although it’s still early, but C Thomas got his bell rung(and actually went over to Auburns side after the hit), and wouldn’t doubt if he were unavailable this Saturday. That, along with Crowell is simply still not a 100%, from 3 different injuries(shin, wrist and ribs), Harton may be getting a whole lot more playing time. Good thing it’s Kentucky this week.
Also says that the defense has so much confidence right now that they’re not scared of anyone.
milk dud
November 13th, 2011
2:12 pm
I was never a hater screaming for Richt to be fired, but at the first of the season I did start thinking it might be time to move on. It seemed like Richt’s time at UGA was coming to an end. I am sooooo glad that I was wrong because I love him being a UGA. GO DAWGS!
milk dud
November 13th, 2011
2:16 pm
I noticed the usual trolls that are on here practically all day are absent today.
HHHHMMMMMMMMM.