Richt: ‘I have not talked to any other school about a job’
Georgia football coach Mark Richt expressed Saturday his gratification over UGA’s desire to extend his contract and intimated that, contrary to reports in Texas, he did not speak with Texas A&M about its coaching job.
“I’ve said many times Georgia is the place I want to be as long as Georgia will have me. That has never changed,” Richt said in a statement. “And it’s gratifying to know Georgia wants me.
“I have not talked to any other school about a job, nor do I have any interest in doing so. My interest is having a great recruiting year and start building toward next season.”
A report Friday in the San Antonio Express-News and Houston Chronicle, citing an unnamed source, said Richt was “in the mix” for the Texas A&M job. The papers reported Saturday that Richt declined A&M’s job offer.
UGA athletic director Greg McGarity met with Richt on Friday to open discussions about extending the coach’s contract, which has two years remaining. McGarity said the meeting was planned before the A&M reports, which McGarity dismissed.
McGarity said he had not been contacted by A&M athletic director Bill Byrne and would have been if the Aggies were pursuing Richt.
Late Saturday afternoon, Texas A&M announced the hiring of Houston coach Kevin Sumlin.
McGarity said he and Richt will continue to talk about a contract extension. “He wants to be our coach,” McGarity said. “We want him to be our coach.”
Richt has a 106-37 record at Georgia, but his job appeared in jeopardy when the Bulldogs followed a 6-7 record in 2010 with back-to-back losses to start this season. The Dogs then won 10 consecutive games and the SEC East title.
– Tim Tucker
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4.29 GPA
December 11th, 2011
8:12 am
and your team is ?
your consensus All-America as a Sophomore as Jarvis Jones is ?
your program’s rank in all-time wins compared to our # 11 is ?
your greatest football player ever for your team is ?
your Academic All-America players on your football team are ?
your NCAA Top 6 and Top 8 Award Winners are ?
your team’s coach rumors about what team wants him is ?
the score in the game between us and you this year is ?
only wimps come onto our blog and say we are no stinking good
4.29 GPA
December 11th, 2011
8:12 am
and don’t even say who their team is,
your team sir ?
4.29 GPA
December 11th, 2011
8:21 am
let’s take a guess here, assuming you are going to wimp out further and not name your team, ok ?
Georgia tek, whose record against said coach is 1-10
who is on NCAA Probation Back-To-Back in FOOTBALL
whose coach cannot even figure out yet who his QB in game 12
whose baseball player died of heroin overdose covered by by Georgia tek and whose parents then are very mad at Georgia tek over hiding the fact that it was KNOWN among all the student-athletes that he did heroin.
whose coach played current FBI most wanted Reuben Jones against us the whole entire game, every play, after he admitted to AJ-C having 93 lbs of drugs in the van he was in, taking them to sell the drugs on your CAMPUS.
whose fans never post in their own blogs, since no one is in there.
whose football team has lost every bowl game for the last 6 in a row
whose football program ADMITS that Bobby Dodd is A COLLEGE DROP-OUT, you named your football stadium for.
whose campus is UNSAFE
whose students want to carry guns with them ON YOUR CAMPUS
whose fans are well-known as the nastiest liquor-bottle-throwing fans in the entire nation
who has NEVER had a Heisman Trophy EVER
who has NEVER won any consensus national championship in football EVER
who has NEVER won any AP Poll National Championship EVER in football
who has 1 AP Poll NC in any sport ever and it in women’s tennis
who has 34 percent Asian males in enrollment
who has 29 percent all women in enrollment
who has the 10th fewest alumni in the city of Atlanta where you are
who are nerds
who have a high school offense
who average the # 51 recruiting class EVERY YEAR
who brag if they are ever named # 35 in the nation at ANYTHING.
this what you want to talk about ?
4.29 GPA
December 11th, 2011
8:22 am
Reuben Houston
whose basketball player is currently on trial for a drive-by MURDER
4.29 GPA
December 11th, 2011
8:25 am
well there is only 1 SEC East Champions for 2011, and that is Mark Richt because you let a SORRY AUBURN team beat you, when they certainly beat NO ONE ELSE, while we ripped their heads off and spit down their necks.
4.29 GPA
December 11th, 2011
8:27 am
Mark Richt also has better recruiting that Steve Spurrier and has FOREVER, while all USCe has to say is that they did have 1 good RB and were playing the WRONG QUARTERBACK the rest of the time.
boohoo
December 11th, 2011
8:27 am
AWESOME, plz keep richt forever 12 years 2 sec titles and every year you pathetic dog fans want his head after a loss, everyone knows the east is owned by FL and TENN, still not there yet boys maybe another twelve will get the job done , again thanks for the enterainment ga sux
4.29 GPA
December 11th, 2011
8:28 am
Nebraska I have winning outright, not needing the points over USCe becuase they TOO have a better defense than you have.
4.29 GPA
December 11th, 2011
8:30 am
East is owned by vols and gators ?
Huh ?
vols 5-7
gators 6-6
Dawgs 10-3, beat them both
reality
December 11th, 2011
8:30 am
4.29 GPA….you are an idiot. Other UGA fans should be embarrassed to have you on this blog.
and by the way….68-56!!!!!!!!!!!
4.29 GPA
December 11th, 2011
8:32 am
WIMP
consistently, hiding your own team, and hiding behind OTHER TEAMS to do what your team could not to The Georgia Bulldogs, with FAR BETTER TALENT than your team has.
Go ahead, name a 1st Team All-America for your team, like Jarvis Jones for UGA ?
4.29 GPA
December 11th, 2011
8:32 am
see ?
Told you it was Georgia tek
31-17
4.29 GPA
December 11th, 2011
8:33 am
nothing to say about all the facts about your team ?
4.29 GPA
December 11th, 2011
8:34 am
I’m an idiot and you have no reply to any of the facts about Georgia tek ?
4.29 GPA
December 11th, 2011
8:34 am
68-56 was NOT SUPPOSED TO GIVE YOU AWAY ?
4.29 GPA
December 11th, 2011
8:35 am
I can well imagine that you want to get rid of Mark Richt, 1-10 vs him.
reality
December 11th, 2011
8:36 am
Best team UGA beat this year was GT and GT was not very good. UGA program will never equal BAMA, LSU, Aurburn, Ark or Florida. Go ahead give CMR a big raise…fans were calling for his head 6 weeks ago….are UGA fans fickle or what???
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8:36 am
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evil empire
December 11th, 2011
8:38 am
congrats to the RENT-A-Dawg jarvis jones…good luck in your final game in the ugly red and black uniforms vs Michigan State, a game you will get throttled in…at least you made cmr a lot of money…
4.29 GPA
December 11th, 2011
8:40 am
“Georgia tek was not very good”
31-17
Sideline Dude
December 11th, 2011
8:40 am
Send Boo Boo. UGA needs a new offensive coordinator.
4.29 GPA
December 11th, 2011
8:42 am
Not convinced yet that this is Jarvis Jones’ last game coming up vs # 12 Michigan State in the Outback Bowl on January 2, 2012, while you play UNRANKED Utah in a bowl game paying HALF what Mark Richt gets us this season and your bowl game is in December AS IT IS ALWAYS, EVERY STINKING YEAR FOR GEORGIA tek.
NCAA PROBATION
31-17
reality
December 11th, 2011
8:42 am
Like I said GT was not very good….and neither is UGA’s bball team….68-56.
and turn on your spell check….you really are pretty dense.
evil empire
December 11th, 2011
8:48 am
not a tech fan, but I am convinced that you are an idiot…rent-a-dawg jones is gone…hahahaha…yeah, he’s gonna come back next season!!!!…too bad he’ll miss the pre-season national championship celebration, but since that has been an annual event in ugatard nation, (30+ years now) he can follow it on the ajc website…look at the mediocrity falling from the sky!!!…losers…
4.29 GPA
December 11th, 2011
8:49 am
not a tek fan ?
BS
You admitted you are.
AND, you admitted here you are 5 other poster names all in a row by YOU
evil empire
December 11th, 2011
8:52 am
wrong on all counts dawgtard…typical uga ignorant fan…they suck…you suck…
4.29 GPA
December 11th, 2011
8:52 am
CHILD
what was 68-56 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
deaddog
December 11th, 2011
8:53 am
42-10 beatdown by LSU, Michigan State puts 50 on us and we are trying to keep this bunch.
i'm from Columbus, GA
December 11th, 2011
8:54 am
and everybody from down here is stupid as can bee…we mostly sissy boys an punks…
evil empire
December 11th, 2011
9:02 am
4.29 must have had a run of egg mcmuffin orders at the drive thru…he’ll be back shortly with more uga facts and insights in a couple of minutes…please stand by…this stuff is riveting…
ugab
December 11th, 2011
9:13 am
We need to get a SPECIAL TEAMS coach! MR had one more year on his contract. MR can prove to UGA for one more year, that he can coach. A DL coach would be nice, also. Garner can get promoted to another assistant job. There a still weaknesses and discipline problems at ga. Why did Bobo and MR start running the ball up the middle for the 2nd Half of the LSU game with only a 3 point lead? Why did our punter ever kick to Matheu? LSU blocks for their punt returner!!! UNlKE GAs SPECIAL TEAMS
silly aggies...
December 11th, 2011
9:28 am
You are coming into the SEC West. Not a good strategy to hire a flag football offensive minded coach with no intentions of playing defense. At least the Mississippi schools will have a divisional team to beat up on now.
Amazing
December 11th, 2011
9:31 am
We all saw the SEC debacle. We all know that TN, FL, Auburn were down this year. GA did not play Arkansas. And you freaking idiots are ok with the fact that GA wants to extend his contract.
Amazing Rednecks. Neither school in Alabama would put with such.
evil empire
December 11th, 2011
9:32 am
cmr ain’t going anywhere…he’s in the perfect situation in athens…a fanbase who are perfectly content with 8-10 wins a year, a mid-tier bowl game and a chance to get throttled in a sec championship game every 5-6 years…and get paid 3+ million a year to do it…
Cherry Picker
December 11th, 2011
9:57 am
Mark Richt: It is my intention to end my career right here where it started. My agent informs me that the good folks at Texas A&M and Penn State wholeheartedly support my position in that regard.
SCarolina DAWGS
December 11th, 2011
10:07 am
Am Glad and Happy that WE paid proper respect to Munson and his Family for his years of Loyalty and Dedication to the DAWGS!!! Well done by the AD and our new director.
As for Mark – he tells you the truth – even when it HURTS and to me HE IS FAMILY!!!!! Always been proud that he is our COACH.
christophorm
December 11th, 2011
10:07 am
has anyone contacted bobo about a coaching job ?
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PIERCE CO DAWG
December 11th, 2011
10:19 am
GTForever we own tech and always will. You are pathetic as your coach Paul Johnson with your comments. Tech needs to play soccer instead of football you losers. Georgia Southern has more respect than GA Tech
SCarolina DAWGS
December 11th, 2011
10:26 am
hey 4.29
got your xxxx together when it comes to the DAWGS – loved the lecture on Jarvis Jones – could become the ghost of Pollock.
Loved the piece on TECH campus and history. Had forgotten that Dodd was a college dropout BUT so was Steve Jobs
Keep the faith Brother – 2012 is Our year!!!!!!
Tuck Fech
December 11th, 2011
10:37 am
People, an apostrophe is not a warning that an S is coming. Plurlas do not require an apostrophe. Contractions involving “is” and possessives require apostrophes. Also, learn the difference between “your and you’re,” and “their, they’re, there.” The grammar and syntax of some of you posters is horrendous. You are only giving ammunition to those jackass nerds at Tech by showing your ignorance like this.
Scraping Teeth
December 11th, 2011
10:49 am
Did tech make a bowel game?
Scraping Teeth
December 11th, 2011
10:51 am
CRM is the right fit for the Dawgs! He will win a NC at UGA!!!!!
Best in East
December 11th, 2011
11:16 am
Good ones Evil Empire. 4.29 GPA must think he runs this blog. And I am so afraid he has Nebraska beating SC straight up. Oh no, what will we do, I have the vapors because 4.29 says we will lose. Hear is a question, if UGA wins and SC loses their bowl game will UGA finely move in front of SC? How dissrespectful of the BCS to have East champs UGA behind SC. I guess UGA may move in front of SC, until next September when Dawgs lose to SC for 3rd year in a row. Currently 2 in a row and 3 out of 5. Save your breath Doggies, I know it is not a rivalry because UGA just dominates SC, right? See above #’s for reality check. Dawgs got lucky this year- will regret having CMR as coach again soon. Yes, yes you will.
bandwagoners
December 11th, 2011
11:55 am
Everyone on here makes me laugh so much, just a month ago EVERYONE want CMR fired now he is the best. CMR will not win a NC ever!!!!!! Great man, not a good head coach. Does UGA want to win a NC lets go get the right coach before they are all gone. We can keep CMR to replace dumbo.
Paddy
December 11th, 2011
11:57 am
SSligator…….you are sorta new to this sports business, are you not?
RedandBlackDAWG
December 11th, 2011
11:58 am
Best in East,
One SEC East title in 19 years of the SEC membership. One ACC title in nineteen years of the ACC prior to that.
2 SEC titles and played in two other games for the title in that same time period.
4 SEC East titles in that same time period.
I will not bother to tell you what the over all records of each school over their history is, because I will save you further embarrassment. As for this game coming up in 2012, don’t let your confidence, influence what little brain power you can muster up now OK? If not for the mistakes our youngsters made last year, you wouldn’t be able to say, you have won two in a row. UGA’s offense put up 42 points against your defense. Reshape it any way you want, but our offense did a heck of a lot better against your defense than you offense did against our defense. Even your own coach admitted that UGA, if not for a couple of mistakes, should have won the game. Now, as most of you folks from North of Georgia do, you will try and come up with some magical excuse to explain the cold hard facts. But facts don’t lie, only jealous people lie. Are you one of those BIE.
BamaDAWG
December 11th, 2011
11:59 am
Tuck Fech your absolutely right. They’re is no excuse for coming onto a sports fan blog and using incorrect gramar and spelin. I appreciate you’re post pointing it out! Its bad enough doing it here in the UGA blog, but would be really bad if we did it in there blog. Their has to be a way to make people quit doing this. GO DAWGS!
Fred Sanford Stadium
December 11th, 2011
12:54 pm
only 3500 people showed up for the Munson memorial at sanford and son stadium…sad indeed…i thought you ugatards LOVED Larry Munson…a pathetic showing by a pathetic fanbase…a memorial that was held in athens…not nycity, los angeles, chicago…ATHENS…where he was supposedly beloved…wow…shameful…the man deserved more than that showing….
WDE
December 11th, 2011
1:04 pm
I’m thinking two things one no number would have been enough to stop your trollism if 87,000 had shown it wouldn’t enough for you.Second 3500 is about 3495 more than you’ll draw.