WR Tavarres King: Bulldogs in great shape, eager start preseason camp
Georgia flanker Tavarres King gets behind the Michigan State defense for 80 of his 205 yards in his final game of last season. He's eager for more of the same. (AP photo)
ATHENS — For Tavarres King, the football season can’t get here fast enough. The last time we saw him in game action, he was running up and down the field at Raymond James Stadium to the tune of 205 receiving yards with an 80-yard touchdown. However, his personal highlights got lost in what ended up being a gut-wrenching loss to Michigan State in triple overtime.
“I’ve been extremely eager all off-season to get back out there to continue where I left off,” said King, a senior flanker for the Bulldogs. “It was an extremely high note personally, but not as a team. So we’ve been getting after it this summer. Guys have been participating in drills and workouts. We’ve had pretty much perfect attendance all summer. Everybody’s eager to get back on the field and tackle this thing.”
King and his teammates don’t have much longer to wait. Players report for preseason camp on Tuesday.
Of course, none of them really ever left. According to King, the Bulldogs had 100 percent participation during summer workouts from returning lettermen and incoming freshman. Seventeen of Georgia’s 19 signees enrolled in classes in June and have worked out with the team all summer. Two others — defensive lineman John Atkins of Thomson and defensive end Leonard Floyd of Eastman — were unable to attain freshman eligibility and will attend prep school.
But about 100 players — 75 on scholarship and another 25 walkons — have remained in Athens to attend classes and participate in the Bulldogs’ revamped offseason strength and conditioning program. Program director Joe Tereshinski added added longtime Penn State strength and conditioning director John Thomas and speed and agility specialist Sherman Armstrong to his staff after last season.
“It’s very different, and different is good. It’s definitely good,” King said. “We’ve adapted to the changes that have been made and everybody’s on board with what those guys bring to the table.”
King said he and the other skill players have been drawn particularly to Armstrong. The former track All-American at Illinois has been in Tampa training players for the NFL combine since 2008.
“Sherman’s a guy who knows how to run and runs well himself,” King said. “He’s a guy that us skill guys, we want to imitate his moves and learn everything we can from him because it makes us better.”
The Bulldogs’ summer routine included running and lifting on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and doing boxing and agility drills on Tuesday and Thursday mornings with team runs on those afternoons. They also run pass skeleton and position drills at least two days a week.
“Tuesdays and Thursday are long days because you wake up and do that boxing, then you go to class, eat lunch, come back over here, do speed and agility, then pass skel or position drills,” King said. “So those are long days, but they’re definitely beneficial.”
After first official team meeting of the season on Tuesday, the Bulldogs will undergo medical and physical testing on Wednesday and have the first practice Thursday on the Woodruff Practice Fields.
King said he is in the best shape of his life. He said he can speak for the entire team when he says there is no dread and nothing but anticipation for the opening of Georgia’s preseason football program.
“We’re ready to go,” King said. “This is what we train for. We train to play football. So we’re ready to get out there and compete with each other and make each other better.”
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Dawg258
July 27th, 2012
1:03 pm
1st
hmmmmm............
July 27th, 2012
1:06 pm
Can’t wait till kickoff!! Any word on UGA going after some of the penn state players?
outkasted
July 27th, 2012
1:09 pm
36 days til…..
TampaGator
July 27th, 2012
1:11 pm
@hmmmmmm….
Those Penn State players better get “ready to go” since practice starts on Tuesday. I think Monday is the deadline that many teams are giving the Penn State players to decide on transferring or not. I think they will lose a few….but not many. I think the RB and a LB are the only ones that have come out and said they were thinking about it.
Dawg258
July 27th, 2012
1:13 pm
Nice job Chip!
ole dawg
July 27th, 2012
1:13 pm
Please UGA haters, the boxing jokes are way too easy and immature. If you don’t want to appear ignorant, please resist the urge!
Looking forward to seeing the Dawgs take the field. Best time of the year.
Jim
July 27th, 2012
1:18 pm
I love reading stuff like this. They’re working hard and having fun. I’m amped. They’re amped. C’mon September 1st!!!!
CPJ's maaaan boobs
July 27th, 2012
1:18 pm
Can we back out of our annual game?
JoeyHanie
July 27th, 2012
1:22 pm
GO DAWGS!!!!!!!! GATA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cant wait
Dawglasville
July 27th, 2012
1:26 pm
ole dawg – The boxing jokes may our best chance to hear a fresh new spin on the same old jokes. I think the that the boxing may come in handy in case Coach Franklin decides to jump on one of our guys again.
uga student
July 27th, 2012
1:26 pm
Thanks Chip, it’s nice to read good articles! Too often I find myself checking this blog to see who got suspended. Go Dawgs!!
Gater Hater
July 27th, 2012
1:27 pm
Enter your comments here
Gater Hater
July 27th, 2012
1:28 pm
sounds good. I hope the rest of the team really shares his attitude. GATA
bubba4dawgs
July 27th, 2012
1:29 pm
Exciting news, Tavares! It’s evident the DAWGS are not taking this season lightly! Their hard work ethic will be most valuable for the season and the talent will indeed shine! GO DAWGS!!
Dawglasville
July 27th, 2012
1:29 pm
I believe that TK will have a huge year this year and not just because of our schedule Side Show GTBob. I believe he is a talented player who will have another talented player delivering the ball to him.
dwagdawg
July 27th, 2012
1:30 pm
boxing drills for the ole nutcracker punch in a pileup…..
Jim
July 27th, 2012
1:30 pm
Once Mitchell comes back, look for the deep threats to take off, and the rushing game to benefit, as teams roll 8 out of the box because of the deep threat. Tavarres King makes big plays, in big games.
kerryb
July 27th, 2012
1:30 pm
I read where they were not only boxing but they were undergoing MMA training. Some of them where saying that was what was getting them into great shape. Also, did anyone read in the Athens Herald that both Scott Lakatos and Todd Grantham were saying that Mitchell was probably their best CB already?
Captain Obvious
July 27th, 2012
1:32 pm
Captain Obvious here, I just noticed that we play Georgia Southern the weekend before Tech. Usually, both teams have that weekend off (or at least recent past). Can someone tell me if Southern still uses the triple-option?…cause if so, that would be coincidently convenient! LOL!!
Jim
July 27th, 2012
1:32 pm
Since we face 8 teams that finished top 30 in pass defense, I don’t expect big passing numbers, this season must be about the rushing game, as we only face 1 team that finished top 30 in run defense.
kerryb
July 27th, 2012
1:33 pm
Jim. I really think that Mitchell will be so good at CB that he will not go back to offense for more than a few plays a game. I thing the guy to watch this year is going to be Justin Scott-Wesley. I think he is going to do what Mitchell did last year at receiver.
Tide is Rolling and nothing can stop it...
July 27th, 2012
1:33 pm
I just want to apologize to everyone here about how ignorant and stupid I am… I recognize that the dawgs are one of the FEW legit programs in the SEC that do things the right way and will win a national title very soon with no strings attached. Bama sucks.
Jim
July 27th, 2012
1:34 pm
With Mitchell playing corver against Mizzou, Tavarres will get double coverage, so we will lose that game, unless the run game shows up big.
Grantham's The Man!
July 27th, 2012
1:35 pm
Anyone who doubts the benefits of those boxing drills, has never done it. It will greatly benefit hand and foot corridination and build endurance.
Keep up the good work. Can’t wait. Go dawgs!!!
Wacky
July 27th, 2012
1:37 pm
Jim… you think Tavarres is our only receiving threat??? If they double him fine, that just means Jay Rome, Artie Lynch, Conley, Bennett, or JSW will be wide open.
Jim
July 27th, 2012
1:38 pm
If we try to throw on 8 of the top 30 pass defenses in the country, you’re looking at 20 interceptions, maybe 40 sacks, and an 8-4 record. I don’t see how you do that with an inexperienced o-line, that combines for 30 starts.
On the other hand, we only play 1 top 30 run defense, Mizzou. So, I say line them up, and run the ball and hope your defense hold teams to under 30 points.
kerryb
July 27th, 2012
1:38 pm
Jim, I disagree with you. Missouri ranked 61st in defense last year and lost some D-linemen. They are not even 2 deep on the D-line with good players. I think the other receivers Bennett, Conley, Scott-Wesley, Brown, and if Wooten comes back healthy are good enough to keep the double team off King.
bill arp
July 27th, 2012
1:38 pm
Now, if only AM can get the ball to him, and not the other team, we should be just fine…
Jim
July 27th, 2012
1:39 pm
I guarantee Mizzou will roll coverage to Tavarres early, as he’ll be the only proven deep threat on the field, since Mitchell is playing corner. The rest of the receivers arn’t proven deep ball threats.
AltamahaDawg
July 27th, 2012
1:41 pm
75, not 69? Is that now more than USC? That really seems to be a big deal to some folks.
Vampire Bill
July 27th, 2012
1:41 pm
Any word on Marlon Brown? Hope he has a monster year !
Wacky
July 27th, 2012
1:42 pm
All you AM critics out there. Im assuming you played QB at the college level and know exactly what it takes… Murray is a great QB and the leader of this team. I can’t wait until he shuts up all the naysayers with a stellar year… 32 TDs 7 INTs this year. write that down
He will
July 27th, 2012
1:44 pm
Mitchell will play both sides and do great on both sides. Just like a former player he’s not going to just play solely one position.
UGA Insider
July 27th, 2012
1:44 pm
Good job Chip… now we are talking about football and not all this other crap. I personally think our offense will be ok and our defense will be outstanding. I love the fact we play USCe in October and think we have a decent shot of being undefeated at the UF game. However I worry about that game and I think UF will be greatly improved. USCe is overated and the loss of Ellis really hurts. No LB’s or DBacks. Spurrier is carrying on about the schedule because he knows he is gonna lose about 4 or 5 and maybe he can still get them into a Jan 1 bowl if he bitches enough. He knows it’s all about the money.
kerryb
July 27th, 2012
1:44 pm
Jim, don’t believe all of this hype about Missouri. They don’t match up with us on offense or defense. My prediction is that we will win that game by 2 or 3 TD’s. Their QB is going to have a hard time staying upright to throw the ball with our front 7 coming after him. I also don’t worry as much as some about our OL. We’ll have a good mix of some veterans with experience and some good young athletic players instead of the big slugs we had last year.
AltamahaDawg
July 27th, 2012
1:45 pm
kerryb, a lot of focus on Mizzou WR against our DBs. I asked a few weeks back (a Mizzou fan), how they were feeling about the other side of that, thier defense as a whole against our offense. I got the feeling that had not been considered.
UGA Insider
July 27th, 2012
1:47 pm
This defense can be really really good. I’m talking about like Bama was a few years ago. They get after it as well and are nasty.
UGA Insider
July 27th, 2012
1:49 pm
UGA 42
Mizzou 7
Mizzou has no idea what they just got themselves into.
kerryb
July 27th, 2012
1:50 pm
Wacky, you are right. Look at Murray’s stats compared to Andrew Luck’s last year. He compared well to him and only threw 4 more INT’s than he did. I read an article on the NFL Network site a couple of weeks ago when he was at the Manning Camp. An NFL scout loved him. The only knock he had on him was his height but he said he was just as good as Matt Barkley. Said Murray had smooth footwork (so he apparently has been working on that) had a surprisingly strong and accurate arm for his size. Said he had no problem making all the throws from all the levels. This will be a big breakout year for Murray. QB’s make huge jumps from their So to Junior year if they had started all three years.
7576DAWG
July 27th, 2012
1:50 pm
Apparently not very many fans know that Mitchell was one of the best Defensive Backs I think Corners, in High School. We just needed a fast receiver last year so he ended up on the Offense . If we use him correctly he will be a difference maker and will be All American before he leaves. Future First round draft choice.
AltamahaDawg
July 27th, 2012
1:51 pm
So Mizzou is not one of the 5 losses?
Jim
July 27th, 2012
1:52 pm
Tight ends won’t be a factor this year in the big games, they have 0 starts, no experience, don’t even know what to do on the field. If we don’t find another deep ball threat early on in the season, since teams will take Tavarres out of the equation, then like the LSU plan, teams will sneak a safety up, blitz, forcing early throws and quick decisions. Until we show we can beat it, look for teams to use that LSU plan on us, 8 in the box, stop the run, blitz Murray, make us throw deep, low percentage passes. I think Murray went 39% completions in that game, with 3 turnovers.
ESPN did a deep analysis of Murray when blitzed, and it showed he basically has no poise. Expect to see a lot of that.
LeftCoastDawg
July 27th, 2012
1:52 pm
Jim – to kerryb’s point, Mizzou can roll coverage to Tavarres all day but that doesn’t mean they will stop him for one, and secondly it will mean that Murray (who is very good at checking off his receivers) will have a field day using his TE’s, Brown, JSW, etc…
kerryb
July 27th, 2012
1:53 pm
Missouri is counting a lot on a true Freshman WR that has not played a game much less one against an SEC team. He doesn’t know how hard Shawn Williams can smack him in the mouth.
JoeyHanie
July 27th, 2012
1:53 pm
Seen a pic on Twitter of Rambo, Jarvis Jones and Murray in MMA class
kerryb
July 27th, 2012
1:55 pm
I just don’t see Missouri being able to stop all of our weapons on offense. I don’t think their defense is going to be good enough. I was listening to a radio show that had one of their media guys on it. He was thinking they may go 8-5 or 9-4 this year because they have no depth.
LeftCoastDawg
July 27th, 2012
1:57 pm
@Jim – so you don’t think Richt and company realize these same points? Murray has improved each year and no doubt will improve on the poise factor as well this season. Having game films like the ones from LSU and Michigan St will only serve as education. The mark of a good team is how they overcome their mistakes. AND, one last thought, your comment about the TE’s having 0 game experience doesn’t hold a cup of water. Orson Charles came in as a freshman and performed admirably. Jay Rome has been in the program long enough to step on the field and make an impact in this system. Watch and see, then come back and admit how wrong you were about it all.
Jim
July 27th, 2012
1:58 pm
Mizzou finished in the top 30 in Special teams in 2011, expect them to get a couple of big plays there too. Every good team will take us to the woodshed on our special teams play.
kerryb
July 27th, 2012
2:00 pm
Jim, get your negative behind out of here. Tire of you negativity.
SavDawg
July 27th, 2012
2:01 pm
OL. OL. OL will we be able to open some holes and give AM time. God I hope so!!!
kerryb
July 27th, 2012
2:01 pm
Jay Rome is going to be very good. They said he could have started for several teams last year. The only reason he was red shirted was because we were so deep at the position.
AltamahaDawg
July 27th, 2012
2:02 pm
I sure how our staff has been watching ESPN.
7576DAWG
July 27th, 2012
2:07 pm
McGarity has stated that he expects Georgia to improve every year. If the Defense is as good as we all hope, they will be able to play for 60 minutes and will prove last year was not a fluke and that we indeed have a great Defensive Coordinator in Grantham. This will put tremendous pressure on Bobo to prove he is worthy to stay Offensive Coordinator.
Grantham has been at Georgia 2 full years now with his recruits, can’t count the first year because he changed from 4-3 to 3-4. But when Georgia is mentioned by anybody all they talk about is the Defense. A pretty good complement for Grantham and the potential as a top 5 Defense in the country.
Bobo has been Offensive Coordinator for 5 -6 years now and very few complements from anybody. All you hear is underachieving with the talent he has on Offense. This year will be Bobo’s put up or shut up year.MCGARITY IS WATCHING.
SavDawg
July 27th, 2012
2:07 pm
Kerryb I agree who is Jim and why are all his comments negative? I wish he would tell us why he feels this way is he a dawg fan or what?
dmr
July 27th, 2012
2:11 pm
I like that this upcoming Georgia team seems to have chemistry and that to a great extent, there are really no big name players. I mean, don’t get me wrong; J.J., Murray, Mitchell, and a few others may have some cache, but I think that this group can really draw together on the whole TEAM concept.
I think this can be a very good group. I think they can overcome some of their inexperience and depth issues. I think the coaching staff is going to have to play to their strength and make some adjustments in the early going. Overall, I like what I am seeing today.
LeftCoastDawg
July 27th, 2012
2:12 pm
Jim sounds like the brother of GTBob
Gater Hater
July 27th, 2012
2:13 pm
AM is the same size as Zeier and Shock, was it an issue with them. No. Geez, Look at the boy’s numbers. You dont have to be the cookie cutter size for a QB to be good or great.
dawgfan
July 27th, 2012
2:15 pm
I just don’t see us having the depth to do much more than we did last year. We have an unproven O-line. We haven’t had a good O-line in years. Love the defense, but they wore down at times last year and ran out of gas. Whose going to run the ball, tin man Richard Samuel? We don’t have a big time running back and the Richt/Bobo brain trust doesn’t let freshmen running backs do anything of substance. We’ll have gobs of young talent wasting away on the sidelines because they haven’t learned how to pick up the blitz in the triple X 24 takeoff 48(b) double HH package.
Anyway, I predict a season very similar to last year. We’ll be a solid top 15 to top 20 caliber team because of the defense and some playmakers on offense, but a lack of depth, sub par O-line play and Mike Bobo’s flag football play calling will hold us back from achieving any more than that.
Thanks.
NC Dawg
July 27th, 2012
2:18 pm
Conley could be the man. Very impressed with his freshman season.
Jim
July 27th, 2012
2:18 pm
Come on guys, our special teams were awful last year, and we lost our kicer, punter, and kick returner. We got taken to the cleaners on special teams against South Carolina, LSU, and Michigan State. Mizzou will be no different, Tenn has a full time Special Teams coach ex-NFl’er, so does SC, so does GTech, teams will beat us there again, we’ll lose 2 games because of special teams, like we do every year.
Gater Hater
July 27th, 2012
2:20 pm
I think the big nastys are going go be just fine, and JT should be able to contribute like several freshmen did in ‘02. KM gives us what we were looking for from IC. It’s gonna be good….
He will
July 27th, 2012
2:29 pm
Many must not know Mitchell starred in high school at the cb position and a returner, then was switched his senior to offense and starred there but was being recruited at cb. He’s going to just great both ends. Mark it. I know him and he will shine.
Old Dawg
July 27th, 2012
2:34 pm
Captain Obvious: Georgia Southern still uses the flex bone formation. They do have a wrinkle Tech doesn’t use: the QB often lines up in a shotgun formation, but the rest is the same as Tech’s.
It’s good to head the Dawgs have had great attendance for summer workouts. I don’t think enough folks give them credit for all the work they put in during the summer.
Go Dawgs!!!!!!!!!!!!
VINCE
July 27th, 2012
2:38 pm
Great place to go if you’re a walk-on. Mishandled roster always leaves many ships available,
He will
July 27th, 2012
2:40 pm
Only thing will keep Georgia players from a good individual season and team…is the stuff they do off the field or injuries.
Joey
July 27th, 2012
2:43 pm
“I guarantee Mizzou will roll coverage to Tavarres early, as he’ll be the only proven deep threat on the field,…”
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Hey, Jim, I guarantee Marlon Brown is a “proven deep threat on the field,” when he is on the field.
North Georgia Dawg
July 27th, 2012
2:46 pm
We’ve got other receivers besides Mitchell and King, in case people forgot. We’ve got Chris Conley and Michael Bennett and Justin Scott-Wesley. It’s not like King will be the only decent receiver if Mitchell is playing mainly on defense.
North Georgia Dawg
July 27th, 2012
2:48 pm
Oh yeah, I forgot about Marlon Brown. Not a star, but he had two long touchdowns when Mitchell was hurt and has good size and is a good blocker as well.
DawginLex
July 27th, 2012
2:53 pm
Time to play football folks and stop talking
The OL is going to surprise folks because they are athletic and not as big as last year’s group.
Still gonna be 315, 310, 300, 310 and 315 with backups of 305, 310, 305, 295 and 300.
We have 7 right now ready to play SEC football and 3 others trying to get there. If Beard, Theus and Ward can learn techniques, we have 10 to rotate.
The nose guards are both up to 365 each. NO ONE is going to run the ball on UGA.
We have more running backs ready to play as compared to 2011.
Mizzou will not be a cakewalk and they will be amped up.
I say we still get it done but it will be crazy there
DirtyDawg
July 27th, 2012
2:54 pm
Ain’t it great to see us pontificate about what ‘we know’ will happen this year…and we know it because we’re so damned smart about football. Why it’s a wonder that we all aren’t on somebody’s payroll cause we know so much…go figure.
Me, I’m just looking, optimistically, forward to the season and choose to believe that we are as good as some people believe we can be. And why the hell not? I mean what good does it do the ‘Jims’ of this blog to be so damned pessimistic? Are you/they angling for the ‘I told you so’ award? Nobody around here’s giving those out so far as I know, so why? Are they simply trolls whose only purpose is to yank on Bulldog leashes just to hear/see us growl? Regardless, I’m looking forward to a successful season where Steve Superior gets his butt whipped enough, including by us, that he’ll decide that maybe its time to get back on down to Florida…where we meet a ‘Brother’ Saban-coached Alabama in the SEC game and thrash his a$$ severely…and where Jim here decides its time to move on, or at least change his ‘handle’ (or whatever they call it…then again he probably does that several times a day already).
Yeah I’m looking forward to a goodun. If for no other reason than to get the naysayers to STFU.
ARdawg
July 27th, 2012
3:04 pm
Altamaha
From what I’ve read, Mizzou’s major threat is J Franklin’s arm and legs. He’s close to Tebowesque but not as good. He also doesn’t have the supporting cast level talent that Tebow did. A decent OL, a decent TB and mediocre receivers. If the Dawgs defense remains stout, Mizzous offense shouldn’t be a problem. Mizzou’s defense is certainly the expected weak spot on the team of a team that wasn’t impressive last year and they lost 7 starters
DawginLex
July 27th, 2012
3:05 pm
Richt at Cobb Galleria:
The guys that we signed at kicker, like Marshall Morgan, are very powerful and can certainly kick it into the end zone on a pretty consistent basis. One of the things we like about him most was not only was he accurate, but the ball gets pretty high.
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I’m not worried about this kid. Plus we kick from 5 yards closer in 2012
Dawgfan2012
July 27th, 2012
3:06 pm
I like what I am hearing……GO DAWGS!!!!!!!
Jman
July 27th, 2012
3:07 pm
I need help. What does GATA mean?
Cdpridg
July 27th, 2012
3:07 pm
Good job Chip! We love our Dawgs!!
Joey
July 27th, 2012
3:07 pm
DawginLex, that’s good news on the O-line. Are we too thin somewhere else, with the losses in scholarship players?
North Georgia Dawg, and Brown is fast, and big (4.5/40, 6′5″, 220). I think he will be a big deal this season, with Orsen gone.
Cdpridg
July 27th, 2012
3:08 pm
Oh and GATA!!
ARdawg
July 27th, 2012
3:08 pm
I feel pretty good about the Dawgs defense. Only getting stronger as the year progresses. The offense to me is a big question mark. I didn’t have high hopes for the OL before, now I question the running game that wasn’t much to celebrate last year. True, it is shored up with some fine young talent yet, unproven. I see Malcome as the #1 which may or may not be a good thing
Hollywould
July 27th, 2012
3:12 pm
” No one will run on uga this year” Aren’t those the same guys that played against LSU?
Don Abernethy
July 27th, 2012
3:14 pm
Team unity is going to be the key to a successful season . I hope there are enough good leaders to keep trouble makers in line. No more jail birds please!!!
Joey
July 27th, 2012
3:14 pm
Maybe our lack of experience in the place-kicking game will force Richt to go for more 1st downs and TDs. Richt has been a kickers dream, breaking records for FGs – I, for one would like to see him more Spurrier-like in regards to FGs.
Let a FG be an absolute last resort.
Don Abernethy
July 27th, 2012
3:15 pm
My comments were not a duplicate. This is censorship.
Spanky
July 27th, 2012
3:17 pm
Jman, GATA= Get After Their A$$es
Joey
July 27th, 2012
3:18 pm
Hollywould, LSU had a whopping 237 offensive yards in the Dome. Blame Murray for the turnovers for points, and the special teams for the runbacks.
Don’t blame Grantham’s 2nd year D.
AltamahaDawg
July 27th, 2012
3:20 pm
We lead the lead in 1st down.
AltamahaDawg
July 27th, 2012
3:21 pm
league
Dawg-Gawn
July 27th, 2012
3:24 pm
Not to open up a can of worms, but how could there be 100% participation during the summer, if Aaron Murray was allowed to attend the Manning Camp then spending two weeks on the west coast being a counselor at the Nike Opening (Oregon) and then (California) at the Elite 11 Camp?
Just asking?
7576DAWG
July 27th, 2012
3:24 pm
Mitchell will be used on Defense but all you have to do is line him up on the line and Missouri will automatically have to double team him. He doesn’t even have to go anywhere and get worn out since he will be primarily playing Defense but just his presence will demand respect from Missouri. Let him rest some but using him as a decoy to take up two Missouri Defensive backs will open up the other receivers.
Mark (another one)
July 27th, 2012
3:25 pm
This is Friend’s second year coaching the o-line, so I expect more consistency. The talent is there. Also, boxing and MMA training is great for offensive linemen learning to punch out on defenders.
College football rosters are in a constant state of turnover so I don’t rely much on last year’s team stats. Different players, opponents, etc. make it difficult to generalize. I do believe you can look at individual players, but even there a lot goes to how future opponents adjust and how the player’s skills continue to develop during the off season.
UGA strugged to run last year. I don’t expect that this year. Malcome, Samuel, Marshall, and Gurley are all quality backs that were highly recruited. I also expect Marlon Brown is also a big, fast receiver who started delivering on his potential last year. Last year’s team had little balance on offense and I expect that balance to return this year.
The real concern during this off season has been the losses and suspensions in the defensive backfield. Moving Mitchell will help but that is the major vulnerability of the Dawgs. Especially early in the season. Richt has said Mitchell fill focus on defense, especially early in the season with the heat, and they will work him in on offense as the season progresses and the temperatures drop.
AltamahaDawg
July 27th, 2012
3:26 pm
Did they move the KO back to the 35? I know they are talking about (or did pass) pulling it out to the 25 on a touchback.
7576DAWG
July 27th, 2012
3:31 pm
Joey
I agree the biggest bright spot we had was Defense last year.
Even with all of Murray’s turnovers and disastrous special team play we would have won two of the 4 losses if our SENIOR field goal kicker hadn’t missed half of his attempts. I will never understand the criticism of any of the Defense and Grantham.
ARdawg
July 27th, 2012
3:31 pm
Mark (another)
Good analysis and I agree with it mostly. However, last year performance is really the only yardstick available for comparisons IMHO. It’s nothing more than a place to start. Remaining players usually only improve with experience and time. How much is the hardest to gauge
ARdawg
July 27th, 2012
3:41 pm
7576DAWG
In Murray’s defense, he was running for his life more than half the time last year. I’m no apologist for Murray, he had a few bone head plays but the OL last year was atrocious
DIT
July 27th, 2012
3:45 pm
UGA needs to run for at least 150 yards. If they can do that we should win. I do expect us to beat Mizzou, however, I feel it will be a close game.
O-line has talent, but just inexperienced. LEX, I hope you are correct.
Ace
July 27th, 2012
3:48 pm
Talt to him at the end of the year and he can tell where they went wrong.
Snoop Dawg
July 27th, 2012
3:53 pm
Talk is cheap. We hear too mucho fit prior to each season.
Snoop is looking for less talk mad more action. Some sign that they can walk the talk.
Talk is cheap…
i'm a big georgia fan
July 27th, 2012
3:54 pm
but you people need to go back and read the first 2 pages of comments on this blog. and you should then realize why so many trolls are attracted to uga sites. it is because dawg fans are generally stupid.
i'm a big georgia fan
July 27th, 2012
3:57 pm
we are great. no one will beat us. murray is as good as luck (my favorite). how about beating a ranked opponent and winning a bowl game. right now georgia is ucla without the nice weather and pretty girls.
LogicalUS
July 27th, 2012
3:59 pm
“Jim, don’t believe all of this hype about Missouri. They don’t match up with us on offense or defense. My prediction is that we will win that game by 2 or 3 TD’s.”
Bhahahahahah, UGA the perennial underperformers in early season road games is going to show up in Columbia, Missouri and roll Missouri by 3 TDs?
Good lord, did happy hour start three hours ago? Ask Colorado if Mizzou should be worried about this occurring at all. In all likelihood, UGA will be lucky to score 3 times much less win by 3 TDs.
In reality, reading unbiased sources about Missouri, this is shaping up to be an embarrassing trip to the Midwest. Missouri apparently is loaded at WR with a stable of quality personnel to match up against UGA depleted and suspended secondary. Without a dependable running game on which Bobo can turn to protect his overmatched CB, look for a shootout which forces Murray to again make some ugly plays as the pressure builds which results in a loss to Missouri.
Hollywould
July 27th, 2012
4:05 pm
Joey,all 237 were in the 2nd half.
@JIM
July 27th, 2012
4:09 pm
Obviously you don’t keep up with Georgia football. Think Jay Rome (# 1 TE in his recruitng class nationally) and Arthur Lynch(#2 TE nationally in his recruiting class) will continue the Georgia tradition of great TE play. Let them double Tavares, Brown, Bennett, Conley, Wooten, Wesley will get their share of catches.
Joey
July 27th, 2012
4:12 pm
“I’m no apologist for Murray, he had a few bone head plays but the OL last year was atrocious”
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ARdawg, that’s true about the O-line. But Murray is now a 3rd year starter, and he’s got to tuck the ball and take the sack, or throw it in the stands. His “bone head plays” cost us dearly last year.
His 4th quarter vs SC was amazing – TD pass for us – fumble for SC TD. TD pass for us – pick-6 for SC, etc, etc.etc. I don’t know if UGA would have been in that game without him – 42 offensive points – but in the end, he gave it away with the fumbles and Ints.
Hopefully, he cleans that up – if so, we should roll . . .
Joey
July 27th, 2012
4:24 pm
Hollywould, you do realize that the “Honey Badger” didn’t play against our D, right?
Go watch the game again. Most of those yards came after the fact, after our offense had about 10 straight 3-and-outs in the 2nd half.
The D didn’t lose that game, or the SC game, or the MSU game. Even in the Boise game, the D played well, even without our two stars (Ogletree and Rambo), until our short punts and offensive 3-and-outs took its toll.
Ask Paul Johnson, Gene Chitzik, Spurrier and Muschamp about our D.
bham dawg
July 27th, 2012
4:27 pm
Franklin is a very good qb. But even peyton manning can’t win games on his back. Mizzou’s o-line will have a very hard time blocking our boys on the D-line. Mark it down 8 sacks vs Mizzou.
TDawg
July 27th, 2012
4:31 pm
Getting about that time when the Dawgs take the field and GATA!! Mitchell is going to great and our receivers are really stout and experienced along with good experienced QB. OL needs to come together and DB’s but our front 7 on D will make DB’s better. Fun to talk about anyway
LogicalUS
July 27th, 2012
4:39 pm
“But even peyton manning can’t win games on his back”
Hate to rain on the fantasy parade but the other side of the coin is wide open WRs streaking unmolested across the field are easy to hit before the lumbering UGA DL are able to make it to that QB and with the huge problems which UGA will have in their secondary for that game.
Expect UGA’s much hyped DL to be a non-factor in this game until it comes down to Missouri bleeding down the clock to preserve victory.
Joey
July 27th, 2012
4:45 pm
Hey, logicalus, look in your crystal ball and tell us what in the world PJ is gonna do, now that Grantham knows how to defend his brilliant offense.
Thanks in advance . . .
ARdawg
July 27th, 2012
4:53 pm
Joey
I disagree with anything you said. It should be noted that the Sophomore curse is alive and well. Yes he cost us dearly with the picks and turnovers. But, IMHO, as I stated, it wasn’t all on his shoulders. An atrocious line, shackled with some very weak play calling and add to this his own missteps it was a disaster. He put us in a position to win and to lose a number of times
With that said, 3rd year starter, much more mature, experienced and overall better in every facet. We can and should expect more from him this year and I believe we’ll get it. Yes, he should have tucked and took the sack much more than he did and it cost us. He’s much more prepared for that this year. Will the OL perform, will the play calliing improve?
bham dawg
July 27th, 2012
4:54 pm
@LogicalUS… considering sanders commings is going to be the only guy to miss the game and coaches have already stated the malcolm mitchell is the best corner on the team… i think we will be ok. Not very logical
ARdawg
July 27th, 2012
4:54 pm
Joey
I meant I don’t disagree with anything you said. my bad
kerryb
July 27th, 2012
4:55 pm
LogicalUS, are you really that dumb? Missou’s QB is going to be dusting himself off after every other play from our front 7. He won’t have time to look for a WR. UGA does not have a huge problem in it’s secondary. Damian Swan was a top corner coming out of high school and played in some games last year. Brandon Smith will miss the first game and not the second, Lakatos and Grantham are already saying that Mitchell is probably the best CB and that’s including Commings. They’ve also had some good things to say about Devin Bowman at CB. Corey Moore will be filling in for Rambo. Moore was one of the top safeties in the country out of high school and he had playing time last year. UGA’s secondary is more than enough to handle anything that Missou will throw at them. Especially with a true freshman WR. Now, try to talk about something you may actually know something about. It’s not football.
bham dawg
July 27th, 2012
4:58 pm
@kerryb… rambo will be playing at mizzou
bham dawg
July 27th, 2012
4:59 pm
ogletree will be playing too
kerryb
July 27th, 2012
5:00 pm
bham dawg, has it been announced. Last thing I was hearing was that he will probably miss 4 games because of being suspended in the past.
kerryb
July 27th, 2012
5:02 pm
Here’s something funny. Did you guys see where this sports agent went off about Nick Saban?
http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2012/07/pittsburgh_sports_agent_accuse.html
kingdaddy
July 27th, 2012
5:02 pm
M.C. got his thong twisted about something I said. Who would have thunk it???
SamDawg
July 27th, 2012
5:06 pm
We’ll lose to Missourri, as Mitchell won’t be there, teams will blanket King.
bham dawg
July 27th, 2012
5:06 pm
it has not been announced neither has a suspension just keep that in mind. rumblings are that the suspensions are not as bad as people that have no clue what they are talking about have reported. also a thing to keep in mind is that these are the universities rules to enforce and they can do so accordingly or not. There is an appeals process for every suspension.
kerryb
July 27th, 2012
5:07 pm
SamDawg
July 27th, 2012
5:06 pm
We’ll lose to Missourri, as Mitchell won’t be there, teams will blanket King.
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Another moronic troll
SamDawg
July 27th, 2012
5:07 pm
The run game will suffer miserably until Mitchell returns, just jack 8 in the box, and blanket Tavarres King, and we got no other consistent deep ball receivers. Murray will start pressing, turnovers, then losses will mount.
bham dawg
July 27th, 2012
5:08 pm
@Sam Dawg… If they double team king that would be a huge mistake. Chris Conley, Michael Bennett, Marlon Brown, JSW will have a field day. It’s not like King is our only WR.
kerryb
July 27th, 2012
5:09 pm
I wondered about Rambo’s suspension because last years suspension against Boise didn’t involve an arrest or anything. I figured that he violated some team rule. If that’s the case I could see him getting just one game along with Brandon Smith. What Smith, Ogletree, and Rambo got in trouble for is usually just a one game suspension.
SamDawg
July 27th, 2012
5:10 pm
No one but Mitchell and King are consistent deep threats, teams will be happy to have UGA throwing all day to unproven guys wihout deep threat consistency who Murray has limited reps with, timing wise.
kerryb
July 27th, 2012
5:11 pm
Like I said earlier on this blog. I believe they won’t really need Mitchell on offense. They will probably use him for a play here and there like they do Brandon Smith. The guy to watch this year is Justin Scott- Wesley who is a track guy. I believe he will be the Malcolm Mitchell of the offense this year.
SamDawg
July 27th, 2012
5:12 pm
In the LSU game, I didn’t see all these deep threat guys making deep ball catches, where was Brown, Conley, Bennett, against LSU if they’re so wide open and such reliable receivers, what were their stats against LSU?
kerryb
July 27th, 2012
5:12 pm
SAmDawg, take the Dawg off your name. You are obviously not a Dawg fan just trolling.
SamDawg
July 27th, 2012
5:13 pm
Smith or Scott are fast, but have no consistent deep ball experience. Teams would love for UGA to have to go to those 2 guys to beat them.
kingdaddy
July 27th, 2012
5:14 pm
Why do they want to put dawg in their name? I know there are a few unhappy fans but nobody’s making them stay around. Plenty of schools looking for fair-weathered fans. Support your team or find a new team. Really simple…
Joey
July 27th, 2012
5:15 pm
You are so right, SamDawg. We may as well cancel every game.
No need to try to play a season with “unproven guys.”
By the way, how do unproven guys become “proven guys?”
Just wondering . . .
LogicalUS
July 27th, 2012
5:15 pm
“UGA does not have a huge problem in it’s secondary”
Look I can appreciate if Richt decides to overlook the actions of his players to suspend them against Buffalo instead of against a teams like Missouri. It would be true to form.
Just mark this post…Got exactly same response last summer when I predicted the huge problems that UGA would have vs Boisey and they all virtually read like your post..
Then it was that a small school would be overmatched, Grantham had a summer to prepare and they had lost all their decent WRs along with so and so was great in Pop Warner ball.
So like last season and with UGA huge problems with early season road games, this game looks to be a disaster in waiting.
kingdaddy
July 27th, 2012
5:16 pm
Jay Rome will make them pay…
kerryb
July 27th, 2012
5:18 pm
2011 SEC Championship game receiving stats. Charles 4-42 yards, Mitchell 4-32 yards, King 3-59 yards, Conley 3-40 yards. There’s the stats. Yea, Conley was just standing around doing nothing. Also, don’t forget about Jay Rome this year. The coaches said that he could have started for a lot of teams last year. The ONLY reason he was red shirted was because we were stacked at the position.
kingdaddy
July 27th, 2012
5:19 pm
Also we will have a running game. No way to stop this offense…
kerryb
July 27th, 2012
5:23 pm
LogicalUs, give it up dumba**. If a player is going to receive a one game suspension for something it is usually for the next game. would any coach in America wait to play some tougher opponent then suspend his players? That comment shows how stupid you are. Everyone knows that last year is different than this year. Boise was a team mostly made up of Seniors where UGA had a lot of new starters on defense. We saw how far that defense came along during last season. Now, it is all together for one more year. Off course it didn’t help that our best safety was suspended and one of our best LB’s broke his foot on the first series. Go away and stop showing your stupidity.
SamDawg
July 27th, 2012
5:24 pm
The run game has been between 7th-10th in the SEC last 4 years in a row. We will NOT have a running game, Marshall and Gurley have never blocked a passrusher, Samuel averaged 2.9 yards a carry, Malcome has only scored 1 td in his UGA career. Take Mitchell out, and that leaves 1 consistent deep ball threat, King, double him, cram 8 in the box, and Murray will start panicking.
SamDawg
July 27th, 2012
5:25 pm
Conley–Brown-Bennett, combined for 15 catches in the 4 big games last year against Boise, S Caro, LSU and Mich St. Combined for 3 catches against LSU.
Smitty
July 27th, 2012
5:28 pm
samdawg….so you are saying we go 0-12 you don’t even need to watch the games….Dawgs don;t have a chance …right? gees I thought we were a little better than that.
bham dawg
July 27th, 2012
5:28 pm
If anyone thinks we have a problem in the recieving corp they obviously have no clue what they are talking about. ESPN just ranked our recieving corp 2nd best in the SEC behind tennessee, and they took in account that Mitchell moved to corner.
kerryb
July 27th, 2012
5:29 pm
SamTroll, take the Dawg off your name. You’re just a trolling dumba**.
Smitty
July 27th, 2012
5:29 pm
SamDawg….I just hope they don’t invite you for team pep talk
SamDawg
July 27th, 2012
5:29 pm
We have no experience at tight end, Lynch or Rome have never caught a pass in agame, or blocked a rushing defender. Neither are proven and Murray has limited timing with either.
bham dawg
July 27th, 2012
5:30 pm
Rantavious Wooten and JSW will be the deep threats along with King. And Bennett doesn’t have the speed but he uses his body so well to shield defenders. Look at the catch in the florida and auburn game got behind the secondary both times and made incredible catches.
Smitty
July 27th, 2012
5:30 pm
way to go keeryb….tell him like it is
kerryb
July 27th, 2012
5:31 pm
Yea, we just won’t have a passing game. ESPN ranked our receiving corp the second best in the SEC and our QB the second best QB in the SEC. How are we going to be able to pass the ball?
SamDawg
July 27th, 2012
5:31 pm
Our receiving corp of Bennett-Conley-Brown, combined for an average of 1 catch a game vs. Boise—S Caro, LSU and Mich St, anyone who thinks an average of 1 catch a game is 2nd best receiving core in SEC is clueless.
SamDawg
July 27th, 2012
5:32 pm
Actually, ESPN named Murray the 2nd most overrated player in the nation, yesterday, KC Joyner.
Smitty
July 27th, 2012
5:32 pm
samdawg tight ends are the least of our issues
kerryb
July 27th, 2012
5:32 pm
I’ve also been reading some good things about Marlon Brown. They say that they expect him to have the kind of season we’ve been waiting for him to have. Last year he had a chronic ankle injury and never got on track.
bham dawg
July 27th, 2012
5:32 pm
Jay Rome will be freshman of the year in the SEC
kerryb
July 27th, 2012
5:33 pm
Quit saying OUR or WE’LL. My guess is that you’re just a jealous Tech nerd.
SamDawg
July 27th, 2012
5:34 pm
If Bennett-Murray-Conley-Brown, are so magnificent, why did they combine for 3 passes against LSU?
bham dawg
July 27th, 2012
5:34 pm
@SamDawg… yea and they also listed Marcus Lattimore as overrated. Dumbest article ever written. There isn’t a team in the country that Marcus Lattimore wouldn’t start for.
SamDawg
July 27th, 2012
5:35 pm
wHO’S GONNA BLOCK? olINE 30 STARTS, LOST 3 TO nfl?
Smitty
July 27th, 2012
5:35 pm
Samdawg….you did not hear what the pro scouts said about Murray…They said he looks better than Matt at USC
SamDawg
July 27th, 2012
5:35 pm
murray = 2nd most overrate din nation, espn
kerryb
July 27th, 2012
5:35 pm
I saw where the players have been taking MMA training in the off season. We’ll be ready for James Franklin this year.
kerryb
July 27th, 2012
5:36 pm
Everyone quit answering the dumba** moron. Maybe he’ll go away.
hope no more arrests
July 27th, 2012
5:36 pm
well well good news ..but weekend is coming
Smitty
July 27th, 2012
5:37 pm
Sam Dawg….who is your real team? I guess you don’t know….If you are a true Dawg your comments would get the sh1t beat out of you at our tailgate party…
kerryb
July 27th, 2012
5:38 pm
I wonder what it is about UGA blogs that always bring out the trolling turds?
Smitty
July 27th, 2012
5:38 pm
Good idea kerryb
kerryb
July 27th, 2012
5:39 pm
I guess what it is is that they are so worried about us having a championship season because their turd troll party would be over after that.
bham dawg
July 27th, 2012
5:40 pm
@kerryb… they are scared. This defense could go down as best ever at UGA
Josh Smith for 3
July 27th, 2012
5:42 pm
Stop screwing around with SamDawg. He’s not even an interesting troll.
If Georgia turns the ball over and makes mistakes to give Mizzou a short field, they will lose. If Georgia can put pressure on QB James Franklin and establish a solid running game, Georgia should win rather comfortably.
bham dawg
July 27th, 2012
5:45 pm
Josh Smith… key to every game of the year. spot on
Smitty
July 27th, 2012
5:46 pm
Josh…we just can’t let the Missouri fans get into game. This game is huge for them
kerryb
July 27th, 2012
5:47 pm
Josh, UGA will win comfortably. We win by 2 or 3 TD’s in this game. Missouri is not as good as some think they are. They are not even 2 deep with quality players at some of their positions mainly D-line. I heard a media guy that follows them on a recent radio show. He expected them to go 8-5 or 9-4 this year because of depth issues.
Smitty
July 27th, 2012
5:50 pm
kerryb…their d-line is small also
kerryb
July 27th, 2012
5:51 pm
If we have Brandon Smith and Malcolm Mitchell who are fast cover corners and Rambo back along with Shawn Williams I am not worried about Missouri’s passing game. They will have to be able to run the ball and that won’t happen with the front 7 that we will put out there.
kerryb
July 27th, 2012
5:53 pm
With two fast cover guys I see us playing man and sending blitzes at them right and left. Our D will be too fast and aggressive for them.
Smitty
July 27th, 2012
5:53 pm
Run defense will not be an issue for Dawgs this year
LakeDawg
July 27th, 2012
5:53 pm
If what King says about participation is true, it is a VERY good sign for the season. That means the guys that bypassed the NFL are not floundering away the opportunity thay came back for and are showing good leadership. I was hoping this would occur when they decided to come back for the opportunity to be special. GO DAWGS!
SamDawg
July 27th, 2012
5:54 pm
Mitchell rocked against Tenn, but couldn’t break 50 yards receiving against better teams like South Caro, LSU & Mich St.
Change of heart? Richt issues statement that UGA is ‘not pursuing Penn State players’ | UGA sports blog
July 27th, 2012
5:58 pm
[...] evening, so for now I can just throw it out there for you guys and see what you think about it. The Bulldogs report for camp next week and we’ll start having regular access to Coach Richt and players, so we’ll get more [...]
SamDawg
July 27th, 2012
5:58 pm
Mizzou’s receiver Beckham is better than all the UGA receivers combined. Think AJ Green, but bigger and faster.
i'm a big georgia fan
July 27th, 2012
6:01 pm
He expected them to go 8-5 or 9-4 this year because of depth issues.
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about the same as uga. o-line depth issues.
Smitty
July 27th, 2012
6:02 pm
I am glad we are not going after Penn State players….just seems wrong. Something Lane would do
kerryb
July 27th, 2012
6:02 pm
Also, don’t forget about Sheldon Dawson at corner and punt returner. He has been compared to Brandon Boykin. King was already praising him recently at media day.
SamDawg
July 27th, 2012
6:03 pm
I’d lean more towards 8 wins, our average since Murray took over. Losses likely Mizzou, S Caro, Florida (of course), Auburn. Murray’s Bowl record is 0-2, so add one more loss, clutch Murray isn’t.
kerryb
July 27th, 2012
6:04 pm
We don’t have depth issues at O-line. We have an experience issue.
SamDawg
July 27th, 2012
6:05 pm
Tenn, Vandy, Ga Tech all have excellent special teams coaches. Look out for an upset there somewhere. 7-6 a real distinct possibility.
Smitty
July 27th, 2012
6:05 pm
Yea sam…almost all receivers are better than AJ HA Sure am glad he was a Dawgs though and not doing too bad in NFL last time I looked
SamDawg
July 27th, 2012
6:06 pm
Inexperienced o-lines under Richt don’t do well in the rugged SEC at UGA. Uusally results in 1 or 2 less wins than previous years.
Smitty
July 27th, 2012
6:07 pm
sam……I know I am not suppose to reply to you but F you. That pretty much sums it up
SamDawg
July 27th, 2012
6:08 pm
AJ was great, but Murray went 6-7 with AJ, wow….
SamDawg
July 27th, 2012
6:13 pm
Murray was eaisest to sack QB in the SEC with 4 NFL guys blocking for him last year (33 sacks). Wionder how many sacks Murray will go down for without the 4 NFL guys blocking for him, and an o-line that has a combined 30 games starts? 50 sacks isn’t out fo the question.
Lefus
July 27th, 2012
6:14 pm
I wonder if, before the season ends, Bobo will actually fake a handoff in our rushing game.
SamDawg
July 27th, 2012
6:18 pm
Bobo did a great job with Greene and Stafford, Bobo isn’t the problem, that’s for sure. Just need a decent QB.
Ghost
July 27th, 2012
6:19 pm
SamDawg . Lynch played in all 14 games last year.Murray been throwing to Lynch since 2009, and has had 1.5 years with Rome. My guess you missed the G Day game.kerryb is probably correct in assuming you to be Trade school nerd.
SamDawg
July 27th, 2012
6:20 pm
How many passes did Lynch catch against Boise, S Carol, LSU, Mich St?
Holy Guacamole
July 27th, 2012
6:21 pm
Ole Sam is just stickin and stickin until you feel you have to respond. LOL
And, he has a lot of you guys goin’. Glad that I am not one (at least today).
SamDawg
July 27th, 2012
6:21 pm
How many catches did Rome go for against anyone last year if he’s so great?
SamDawg
July 27th, 2012
6:23 pm
Why do guys think ESPN ranked Murray as the #2 most overrated QB in the nation? His 14 interceptions, 33 sacks, 0-9 record vs. top 20 teams, 0-2 Bowl record or something else?
SamDawg
July 27th, 2012
6:25 pm
Hopefully, Tavarres can step it up in the big games.
Boise- 3 yards
S Caro- 40 yards
LSU- 59 yards
SamDawg
July 27th, 2012
6:33 pm
T King went AWOL in almost every game game last year:
3 yards against boise
9 yards against Miss
21 against Miss St
24 against Kentucky
26 against TecH
30 yards against New Mexico St
40 yards against S Caro
43 vs. Aub
44 vs. UF
59 vs. LSU
Half Century Dawg
July 27th, 2012
6:49 pm
I think SamDawg = Thomas Brown, same type BS
SamDawg
July 27th, 2012
6:50 pm
Poor at debating too?
kybodawg
July 27th, 2012
9:01 pm
if the big uglys want to become really agile they need to take up ballett
strickdawg
July 27th, 2012
9:12 pm
STAY OFF THE SCOOTERS!!!
Joe L
July 27th, 2012
10:20 pm
We do not what to tell ALA and LSU that UGA players are working extra hard. They will work harder. UGA let’s go get our national championship rings this year.
OrlandoDawg
July 28th, 2012
9:40 am
We are set and ready for a run to the BCS title…just keep focused Dawgs! The Dawg Nation is behind you 100%!
AAAAA Athens Bail Bonds R Us
July 28th, 2012
11:06 am
Any more of Richt’s goons get arrested today?
azdawg
July 28th, 2012
11:34 am
Sounds like the ghost of Erk Russel is in those meetings w/strength & conditioning coaches. He ran his defensive players until the sun went down but come 4th qtr they were still getting after it not drag a$$in. Maybe we’ll see the same this season as coach T gets players to buy in to it. Only thing to do now is fix the special teams and not get outcoached during big games.
TY
July 28th, 2012
10:31 pm
If the defense is as good as we all think Mitchell may not have to play but 3 plays on defense, then they punt. If offense controls the ball and Defense is stiffling He should have plenty of time to play offense.I cannot imagine him sitting on the bench when the defense keeps the other team off the field and we have long drives for TD’s…Oh yes…I forgot..we are a passing team…But as I said if the defense holds the opponent to 22 minutes on the field and the offense is on the field 38 minutes he should be rested.
RxDawg
July 29th, 2012
1:15 pm
We are all national champs in July. I’ve heard the talk before. It’s time to walk.
Ignore me
July 29th, 2012
2:17 pm
This is a test for content.
SamDawg
July 29th, 2012
9:58 pm
We need to have T King show up for all 12 games this year, instead of the 1 regular season game where he broke 50 yards last year.
Joe
July 30th, 2012
2:39 pm
yep- what a wasted effort- once again, we can lay it at the feet of our “award winning” QB and our FG kicker……same story- just a different game.
This comment has me concerned…..
He said he can speak for the entire team when he says there is no dread and nothing but anticipation for the opening of Georgia’s preseason football program.
Dread?????????????? really?????????????????????????? that probably can explain why we are where we are and Bama, LSU, Auburn and Fla have won NC….dread for a season to start?????????? Coach that is BS!!!!!
Joe
July 30th, 2012
2:41 pm
Comment above meant it sounded as if there was ‘dread” before but not this year
Keith
July 30th, 2012
2:44 pm
We also need to have a QB that quits handing points to the opponent and giving them the ball on STUPID decisions and mistakes. My bet is Murray will have at least 2 int in the missouri game….one will lead to a Tiger TD. Afterwards, we can listen to him blame a receiver…..CMR will blame the defense……and we will be 1-1……….on our way to a 9-3 year.