Alec Ogletree, Bacarri Rambo don’t make trip to Missouri

“sigh”

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At least Mitchell is back. That is HUGE for this game.

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Doesn’t look good, especially Rambo’s absence. However, you have to respect the decision of the coaches who recruited these rule/law breakers. Looking forward to the days once again when this nonsense is not an issue!

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go dawgs

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I really hate to say this, but this is about to be a 24 to 20 UGA loss.

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Go Dawgs! Yes having Mitchell back is huge for this one. I hope they keep the short pass routes covered.

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I am starting to think that if the Dawgs lose tomorrow. CMR seat may just start to get hot again. Smh

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24-20 would be fine to me….cuz I have the over at 42.5……let’s score some points boys…

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dopers playing football, ha-ha-ha, must be real dumb ones to get caught

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I hope the team gives Rambo and Ogletree Hell for what they did to the team!!!!!!

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47-17??? Stop eating paint chips you idiot.

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I this really a surprise? It is ongoing and traditional for UGA players to be in trouble. Why do they risk losing their scholarships for such stupidity? Sad commentary on the class of players we keep getting. Great athletic ability, but lack of common-sense.

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Brian Smyrna – if you hate to say it…then don’t douchebag

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Not good!!!

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Does UGA furnish marijuana for their football players or do they have to rob convenience stores to get the money? Just wondering. I can’t see how that many athletes can find that much weed unless UGA is furnishing it.

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Well, Richt has his excuse, now.

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If UGa is going to have such a severe (4 game) penalty for a 2d offense, they should just say 2 strikes and you are gone. This type thing just distracts the team and gives them an excuse for losing. That said, what kind of idiot drug tests a kid after spring break, unless they want him to fail?

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The Dopes, I mean Dawgs have the easiest schedule in the SEC but they and everyone has overlooked Mizzou. LOSS NUMBER 1 COMING UP. HA HA

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There will still be 11 bulldogs on the field

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c. allsion,

Congrats! Dumbest post of the day.

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I salute CMR for his principles. Random testing after breaks and then tough enforcement. Most programs don’t ask the question, I suspect. If we lose this game I expect this to be CMR’s last year, so he is risking his own future, too. I think we hire Smart if somebody doesn’t get him first.

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I wanted these two dawgs to make the trip! This sucks something serious. Hopefully the dawgs will be ready to go!

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I understand the concern but people act like we won’t score. Even if it’s a shootout we win. Gata

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Yea let’s smoke some weed. I don’t like the way I feel so give me some weed to make me high. At least now we have an excuse.

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Good, hope the flea bags come home with their tails between their legs with a good old fashioned butt kicking. The flea bags need to be brought down and I hope they get it this weekend.

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The Dawgs have been preparing for this all along… they knew that the 4 would be out so what’s the issue? I just hope that the guys stepping in will STEP UP.

@ARdawg… You’re right, there will still be 11 Dawgs on the field and that should be enough to get the job done.

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we will win!!!!, don’t worry people , I know the confidence of our guys, we will win! the coach’s decision is good on this … we will win..

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are you the joe hill in the boro

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I hope Jarvis took these boys out back and took care of them. He stands for what the word team is all about he could have left and stayed for a special season and then these guys put that at risk. All 4 should be sick about this, I don’t want to hear any crap about being young and making mistakes they should take full advantage of their opportunities and play not just for themselves but for their team.

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Just think that whole “it’s a secret” way of dealing with this is stupid.

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Second year in a row Rambo has been suspended in opening game thus fuqeing his teammates over as well as all dog supporters that donate generously to the program.

You would think that after the Boise game last year, he would care more for his team and fans.

Disgusted.

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I especially hope Georgia wins now. I will sure be watching.

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all you Mark Richt fans don’t frett just remember how well your coach had them ready to play last week and remember last year against Boise ? man now that was a well oiled machine wasn’t it? How about Bamer a few years ago ?wuz we ranked numba 1 that nite? 35 zip at half, Bamer that is, And Mizoo has a good coach they say,well from my spective that ain’t good

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guys they knew of this suspension, a long time ago, come on, we will be fine, …we will win , !!!

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I understand the need to have rules and set guidelines but when were talking about college kids, they smoke weed, they have fun… The only difference is that they are put under the spotlight and given random drug tests. A 1 game suspension is enough punishment because not only only are you punishing them but the entire team. Off field actions could have been taken against the boys not a 4 game suspension….. UGA still pulls out the win in late 4th quarter 31-28

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we will win, whether its pretty or ugly…we will win!!!!!!!missouri doesn’t know what is going to hit them

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Its just a way to rehash what everyone else knew. Too bad the National Enquirer doesn’t have a sports section. Chip would be a natural.

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If we want to be considered a national contender, you go out and win regardless of the issue.

@JD… You are exactly right! Overcoming adversity will get you respect. I would love to see us go out and slaughter these dudes and prove the amount of talent we really have. If we want to be considered in the talks with Bama and LSU, we need to overcome adversity just like they do and win the important games.

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As we all know, you play with what you got. As Larry M used to say,”we got some who decided not to play today.”

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We could easily loose this game. Thanks to Rambo, Ogletree, and the other little punks. If we lose CMR should kick them out….I’m sick of it.

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Delusional.. Your an idiot i dont even think you can fully comprehend what your saying.

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Mizzou will bring pain and rain down misery on the dawg dopers.

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Feline Phil… The “dawg dopers” aren’t playing. They are still in Athens. So that didn’t make much sense. In addition, cats aren’t cool.

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Nice to possibly see Commings back.

I’ve been saying all along – yes, it hurts to lose these guys, but we’re actually fortunate in that they (players and coaches) have known for a while, even if the public hasn’t. Replacement kids that might normally have been thrown into the fire have at least gotten some time to get reps and be coached up.

It could be worse. This bomb could have been a surprise, which I have a feeling it wasn’t to anyone inside the program.

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So, assault gets you 1 game and hanging out with friends that smoke pot get your 4 games. Seriously?

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Good grief – never heard so much hand-wringing. Sound like a bunch of liberal democrats. The Dawgs will be ready. Not saying Le Mizz isn’t a good team or it won’t be tough, but the D line will dominate their patchwork O-line, and that will be the difference.

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Zino, Georgia is so overrated! In fact, I have no life and feel the need to post on here anytime something bad happens to them or after any loss. Just like my boys GTBob, SSI Gator and A person smart enough to know. I have no life and therefore must obsess over Georgia’s football team and talk trash. It

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We at TN Tech say smoking mary jane is ok but hitting Mary Jane is bad!

Commings should be dismissed from team for hitting girls.

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Selfish players.

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@Feline Phil… Hope to see you back on Sunday. Have you seen our offense play?? Tell you what man, if Mizzou holds UGA to 9 points, come back on Sunday and I will personally send you a 100 dollar bill.

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[...] The Bulldogs were also supposed to be without cornerback Sanders Commings and outside linebacker Chase Vasser, who are serving two-game suspensions for offseason arrests. However, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Commings has made the trip and may play against the Tigers.  [...]

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its 4 starters you tard…vasser was listed as 1st team coming out of spring….

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You guys sound like a bunch of old men.

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If Commings did what he said, there is no way he should be playing against Missouri. However, I guess that is what the appeal was for. Maybe it wasn’t as bad as initially reported.

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barbara dooley is annoying.

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Hey Delusional Georgia Hater….why don’t you just get the hell off this blog and crawl back under the rock from whence you came! You must be one of the weed smokers that got kicked off the team!! GO DAWGS!!

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Well no one can say Richt is not tough on discipline. There is not another team in the SEC that have this many players suspended for this many games.

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Jerry Seinfeld

Have you ever had a psycho ex girl friend? What a sec, you’re a Tech fan aren’t you? Forget I asked

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As long as Coach Bobo’s calling the plays, we can’t assume a victory, UNLESS he’s finally learned not to be so predictable in certain game situations, and unless he’s learned that it takes 4 quarters of aggressive offense to beat a good team………… But, I fear that we’ll get a 10-14 point lead and go into our Bobo “play not to lose” offensive mindlessness….. GO DAWGS!

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you paranoid people crack me up….Have you seen that Georgia’s defensive line outweighs the Mizzou o-line by about 50 pounds a man and that goes the same for the Dawg’s o-line vs their d-line….that will tell the story

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Vance, at least if he gets conservative, we’ve got our new running backs to grind out some tough yards. Of course, that’s assuming our line can block for the running backs.

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I am a seventy year old dawg fan that loves the dawgs. I’m dawg to the bone but I have to say this. Georgia has the worst fans of any school I’ve ever seen. Talk about paranoid. Get a stinking life and support your team.

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Dawg Fan,

In regard to your comment on September 7th, 2012 @ 8:50 pm:

“Jon I don’t think you understand how a strategic game plan looks.”

I don’t think that “strategic game plans” exist at UGA. Obviously you haven’t been watching any UGA games these past 4 years.

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Going to cost Richt his job. That crap should be legal anyway.

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AJC Blows need to confirm info before posting

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drug testing is un-American. Freedom ain’t free. Free the weed and play ball.

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I don’t see a reason to have confidence. Dawgs have lost to Mich State, Colorado, Boise, and Ok St. in away games. Bill King nailed it a couple of weeks ago…we have NO KILLER INSTINCT. Our team was looking at the clock with 6 mins left in the first half against Buffalo. They were done playing and wanted the half to end. In the meantime….mighty Buffalo scored TWICE. They get a lead, and then stop playing football only to let the other team back in the game. I’m fed up…and expect it to continue tomorrow night.

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Smart???, you got to be kidding. Do You really believe that the story would have gone away had the fail drug test been announced and the suspensions confirmed back int the spring? Or would the affected player, and thier replacement been even MORE asked about it. If the goal is to isolate the players, and limit the information, this was as good as it could have been.

Think about it….has anybody asked Richt one time this week about the actual football part of this? the negative affects of this? or who was under pressure as replacments them? Or how this affected those (suspended) players and team going forward?

Or has it all been about the ” information policy”? Which would you prefer he talked about?

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You frigg-in cry-babies go F—k yourselfs—-dawgs will fight hard

and mizzo will not roll over—This game comes down to the last two minutes

of the final quarter———-whinners go back in your TRAILERS

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This is a strange story to say the least. I think Richt said the other day, that if a player made the trip, then he would play.

My take on this, but I could be wrong is that McGarity left it up to Richt to lift the suspensions. Richt might have told or hinted to Commings that he will play, but he wasn’t supposed to spill the beans. McGarity stepped in and said that his suspension was still in place because Richt hasn’t formerly lifted the suspension. I think that he will play, but he won’t start.

Nothing to base this on, just an assumption.

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If Rambo is too selfish to think about his team, he should at least think about what these decisions are doing to his pro career. He is pissing money away.

Play with what you got. Go Dawgs.

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I get tired of people saying that Richt runs a thug program. Listen up everyone from other teams who like to make fun of UGA’s “problem”. ESPN reported two years ago about the disparity in drug policy among the SEC teams. Vandy and UGA have the STRICTEST policies. For example, at Bama, the first drug offense is handled internally with no suspensions; at Ole Miss, it takes 3 drug test failures before we even know about it. At UGA and Vandy, 1st offense is a 1 game suspension while 2nd offense is 4 games; third offense you are GONE. NOT so at Bama, Auburn, Ole Miss, etc. So, for all you “fans” of other schools, YOU are the problem because YOU dog our players while you don’t even hear about your players from your favorite teams.

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I see the headline in late January “A “SMART” hire in Athens”

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Missouri should score a LOT more points with these FOUR starters out.
But I don’t think they stop Todd Gurley and Keith Marshall. I think Georgia scores a few more.It would be nice if sitting four inspired Alec Ogletree to finish his eligibility in Athens
But that argument didn’t delay AJ Green’s payday
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September 7th, 2012
10:31 pm
I get tired of people saying that Richt runs a thug program. Listen up everyone from other teams who like to make fun of UGA’s “problem”. ESPN reported two years ago about the disparity in drug policy among the SEC teams. Vandy and UGA have the STRICTEST policies. For example, at Bama, the first drug offense is handled internally with no suspensions; at Ole Miss, it takes 3 drug test failures before we even know about it. At UGA and Vandy, 1st offense is a 1 game suspension while 2nd offense is 4 games; third offense you are GONE. NOT so at Bama, Auburn, Ole Miss, etc. So, for all you “fans” of other schools, YOU are the problem because YOU dog our players while you don’t even hear about your players from your favorite teams.

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Bogus argumnt that gets rehashed every time a player gets into trouble. Failed drug test one time, learn your lesson, failed 2nd drug test shows lack of character by the player. Other players should not want these type players on the team if they think they are better than the rules,

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Presbyterian 222 GT 0. Cumberland’s revenge.

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What is up with sophomore safety Corey Moore. Can he not start in front of Connor Norman? He played in the Army All American game. Can he just not learn the defense?

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Under the Bleachers-

Your program is an embarrassment to the state of GA. Every day there is another arrest or another player on drugs. It never stoops and you trying to rationalize is even more disgusting. You have a thug program and everyone knows it….. Get a life

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I cant believe u fans such little faith… the only reason ga didnt blow out buffalo was they played down
To them… granthem has this defense ready believe that this will be no cake walk for mizzu. Ga will wn by 2 touch downs welcoming these yankes to the sec

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Character and discipline are great, but how silly is it that we expect one team to play with a more strict set of rule? Shouldn’t the SEC have the same rules for all teams in the conference, GA suspends their players after the first infraction, where others do not until the third infraction. By the third time at UGA, the player is kicked off of the team. I am not saying that the players should not be punished, I am just saying that all the teams should have to play by the same rules.

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I honestly don’t know whether the Dawgs will win or lose this game. Certainly, we will be at less than full strength. But my goodness people, why are you elevating Mizzou to such mythic standards. Franklin is good but he’s not All-World. And they DO have to play defense, too. Like I said, I don’t know how we’ll do tomorrow, but let’s not just give up 24 hours before kickoff! The team and coaching staff has known about this all summer so they should be prepared to play without those four. Let’s hope so — and even if the Dawgs do lose, the season IS STIL NOT OVER!!!

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Well said Texas Dawg

But. I’ll one farther, Dawgs win and win in convincing fashion. I don’t know how Mizzou got so elevated as to actually having a chance against our 7th ranked Dawgs. Emotion? Yeah that’s good for a quarter. Eventually, the football playing will commence and we’ll smash them in the mouth. I see at least a 2 td victory

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UGA will never win a BCS title until they start acting like Champions! (i.e. USC and Alabama) Wonder why these two teams never have any of their All-Americans suspended?????

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Could the lack of coaching leadership have anything to do with all the lack of discipline and criminal activity on the UGA football team during the past ten years?

Could Richt actually be held accountable by the Zombie Dawg Nation?

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Connor Norman has great speed at the FS spot. I think he’ll do a solid job there. Dawgs could win this for sure, but not if they don’t execute and protect the ball.

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How is it that football players on scholarship to play football and try to win games for a University can get in trouble over and over and get punished for their stupidity by having to miss games yet they continue to receive scholarship money?

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Factor

That was a good read. However, at the end of the day, it matters not. The players know the rules. They know the higher standard. If they are going to dance, the fiddler must be paid. It’s the rules. Doesn’t matter of it’s team, athletic dept, conference or NCAA. Seems like it would make recruiting more difficult than affecting after they signed as much as it has

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I’m with Texas Dawg… we could lose tomorrow and I wouldn’t be shocked. But we also might shut some of the Georgia haters and people blowing smoke up Missouri’s butts. This team was so good last season that they played North Carolina in their bowl game. Their quarterback is good, but he was going up against a lot of average to under-average defenses in the Big 12. He’s not Tebow and Missouri is good, but far from great. On top of that, their offensive line has been some ravaged with injuries that they have hardly had time to practice with the same combination of players until recently.

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neither play offense. Who cares…the name of the game is to outscore your opponent

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Chip Towers of AJC is a clown and should be fired. First rule of journalism: Get your facts straight before you report the news.

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The last time I checked, Missouri doesn’t have a shutdown defense either. Our offense just has to come to play and Murray needs to take care of the ball. If he does, I think we will put up a lot of points.

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The worse thing about UGA is our fan base. Even if these guys were playing, many Dawg “fans” would still expect the worse and hope for the best. We are gonna beat Mizzou. All I keep hearing is how good they are and their QB this and there spread offense and blah blah blah. True fans speak up…fake fans shut up after we win. Gonna be tough but we’ll win. Go Dawgs and go to bed everybody we got a long day of anticipation ahead of us. Like Bart Scott, “CAN’T WAIT”

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Tree and Rambo were stupid without question, thats why you recruit more than 1 deep at each position

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NOT GOOD ! The Backup Tackle is not there ?! Losing Sanders Commings is going to hurt !

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This is not smart ! Why does Saban not have these troublesm ?

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@Arby

Read the link I posted above, that’s why

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I will keep defending UGA until people understand we are way different than 99% of the schools in the BCS when it come to drug policies and it causes us problems others schools don’tmention.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/andy_staples/06/12/georgia-drug-policy/index.html

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Dawgs fans need to read this again…and spread the word…

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/andy_staples/06/12/georgia-drug-policy/index.html

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BALL CONTROL BABY……KEEP THE TIGERS ON THE SIDELINES. SPEED. SKILL. DETERMINATION. PRIDE. TALENT. DEFENSE.

MALCOLM MITCHELL. JARVIS JONES. ABRY JONES. BIG JOHN JENKINS. KWAME GEATHERS. CORNELIUS WASHINGTON. RAMIK WILSON. WOOTEN. MICHAEL GILLIARD. CHRISTIAN ROBINSON. AMARLO HERRERA. BRANDEN SMITH. DAMIEN SWANN. SHAWN WILLIAMS. GARRISON SMITH. JOSH HARVEY-CLEMONS. CONNOR NORMAN. AARON MURRAY. TODD GURLEY. KEN MALCOLME. KEITH MARSHALL. RICHARD SAMUEL. TAVERRES KING. RAY WOOTEN. ARTHUR LYNCH. CHRIS CONLEY. JAY ROME HUGE O-LINE…

GOT TO PLAY WITH WHAT WE GOT AND WHAT WE GOT IS PRETTY DARN GOOD…

GO GEORGIA BULLDOGS! BEAT THE TIGERS! SPEED AND SIZE….GONNA GATA!

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BTW, if players are on scholarship and mess up like this, why don’t they have to pay school fees while being suspended? Maybe they do. I’m just saying.

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How embarrassing……. ONCE AGAIN. We let West Virginia, a weak assed team beat us. We let Boise State, a weak assed team beat us, and now in Missouri’s SEC opener we will go down in History as the team they beat.

Just damn.

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You people act like Missouri is Alabama calm that shit down! Missouri is good but let the talking be done on the field and not by basement dwellers who find enjoyment in talking shit about Georgia 24/7!

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Congrats to CMR for going with the schools rules. Appears by the rules that one of these fine UGA athletes will be suspended for 6 games…hope CMR lives by the rules and will have the respect of many outside the SEC.

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Mizzou sucked versus Big 12 teams……..why do you think they ran to the SEC, they thought they could compete!!!

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Dawgs pull it out despite the idiot players out, 34-31 by a (I will be numb by the fourth quarter alcohol induced) football splitting the uprights with 10 seconds left field goal.

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I guess if the 8 on defense would have not returned and had decided to go Pro then Georgia would have 50 points scored against them every game. Yes we are losing 4 players of defense but Cummings is just okay, we can replace him with someone as good. Vasser can also be replaced. He is good but he doesn’t make or break us. That leaves Rambo and Ogletree. Rambo is a great safety but Mitchell was one of the best safeties in Georgia and if he is over his injury he will do okay. Maybe Ogletree is a great MO Linebacker but we have two or three that were great High school Linebackers. , who will fill in just fine.
The point is thing could have been a lot different if none of the Defensive back’s had come back for another year. The difference is our Offense will get over 400 yards . If Murray doesn’t turn the ball over Georgia wins 31-21.
Is it true that Missouri has 3 Offensive linemen starters who will miss the game or be limited?
There is a reason why Missouri is ranked between 35 and 40TH.

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I hope The BullDawg Nation know that not only are we not going to have Rambo and Ogletree next year about 8 more will go Pro from the defense. I guess we will either be playing a lot if Freshmen or we will be giving up 50 points a game, the way everybody is preaching doom and gloom.
The point is we will have a lot of play makers next year on defense after 10 of this year defense go Pro. We won’t be as good on Defense next year but we won’t fall off as much as you think we will. All we are going to miss this game is Cummings, Rambo and Ogletree. We may not have 2 really good ready replacements for each of them but the player just under them is pretty darn good.
If Gurley and the other Tailback do their job and if Murray passes for 250 to 300 yards that I expect without turning the ball over Georgia will win by 10 to 17 points. We may not get a shut out but Missouri won’t be scoring over 20 points either. We will play them just like we play Georgia Tech every year.

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getting sick of this crap!. When are we going to stop recruiting these pot smoking thugs? surely we can win without them, can’t we?

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This was known all along. The Dawgs have been preparing knowing this for a while now. If Georgia lose, they are not the team we thought they were. The should be able Mizzou without those guys because of the so called great recruiting classes they have had, players have to step up! Mizzous offensive line is young and has a had a lot of injuries, they are not complaining. Play the game and stop looking for excuses!

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It won’t matter. Georgia rolls to a surprisingly easy win….

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I do hope the Dawgs win though today—regardless.

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@GATA: Serious question: If Mizz is as good as advertised, why are they unranked? Seems like they would crack the top 25 based on qb alone

They are unreanked (but still among the teams getting a handful of votes in the polls), because their record last season was sub-par, because they lost some talent to graduation, and because of the silly mantra that any team that wasn’t in the SEC last season can’t be competitive in the SEC this season.

When you say “as good as advertised”, I’m not sure what ads you might be talking about. All of the pundits at CBSsports, for example, have picked GA to win — not a single one picked a Mizzou upset victory (although one or two elsewhere have foreseen an “undercat” win).

The thing is, if this is an outright mismatch, as many ‘Dawgs fans insist, then why is the spread now less than a field goal? And the betting odds, though favoring GA, are not so disproportionate as to make for any sure bets. So, never mind the fickle and rather meaningless popularity polls.

Suffice to say that the ‘Dawgs are plenty good enough to defeat Mizzou. And Mizzou is plenty good enough to defeat the ‘Dawgs. It’ll depend on how well they’ve prepared and how well they play. Big plays, big mistakes — that’s how games turn. And that’s why we have to play the games to see what happens.

I’m hoping for a well-coached, well-played, and well-officiated game that becomes an instant classic!
And I hope the hometown rowdies in Columbia, MO, will not embarrass their state and their school by disrespectful treatment of the visiting team and their fans. Win or lose, may our hot football blood be tempered by courtesy and dignity!

:>)

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Old Man Football sez: Missouri’s trendy offense gets grounded and Dawgs win by 3 TD’s.

Bad batch of moonshine, apparently. Better switch to something from the store.

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The 3 point spread probably just became 1 point.

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When will character ever become a factor in UGA’s recruitment process? Forget national championships with these types. Richt needs to set a zero tolerance policy on rules violations if he ever hopes to go beyond mediocre; no discipline off the field, no discipline on it.

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Missouri finished 61st in total defense and gave up about 360 yards per game. They ranked in the 40’s in total points allowed. I know their spread offense is going to be hard to stop, but someone please tell me how FSU BRAVE draws the ridiculous conclusion that Georgia will only score 17 points.

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Did anybody else see the Oregon drug policy on ESPN? No games missed until the FOURTH failed drug test!

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How hard could it be for them to not do something stupid, especially when they know teammates are relying on them? If they had been studying they would not have this problem.

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Screw the two-game or four-game suspension system. By the time these guys return the damn season will be over. Who wants to go to another crummy Outback Bowl game? I’ve had about all of the sanctimonius Richt, the Athens and UGA PD’s, and the inbred system I can take. these walkons couldn’t stop Buffalo, Mizzou will kick our tails.

It’s about winning FB games, not the Nobel Prize for Peace!

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Hey dogs,

Any advice on how to play Central FL – Conf USA?

Oh, never mind.

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Hilarious!!!! A comic genius is in our midst…

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You fans act like the DAWGS have never played a good QB and this QB we play tonight should be in the NFL. GO DAWGS

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“75% of the student body probably couldn’t pass a drug test.”

Now, even a dawg fan admits Athens is a crack hole. Wow!

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The Factor

September 8th, 2012
12:20 am
I will keep defending UGA until people understand we are way different than 99% of the schools in the BCS when it come to drug policies and it causes us problems others schools don’tmention.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/andy_staples/06/12/georgia-drug-policy/index.html

Keep Defending, All it does is lump you in with the losers, whiners and excuse makers.

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When will these players learn that what they do effects the whole bunch.

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All of you are such “know-it-alls”! Many of you writers are so eager to slam Coach Richt and the Georgia Dawgs! Yes, a number of the team’s players manage to get into trouble and then on suspension. I admide Richt for his discipline of those guys that cannot stay out of some kind of trouble that puts them on suspension and out of the lineup. Give credit to those playeres that stay on the “straight-and-narrow” and manage to help t heir team day in and day out. Hopefully, their example will have an impact of those guys that manage to get into troule. Bless Coach Richt and hias coaching associates…and go-o-o Dawgs!

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What should have been a UGA statement win early could turn out to be a loss. Not because of the three players not traveling, but because of a continuing problem with leadership and accountability. UGA has no depth on defense because of poor choices on the character of athlete we recruit and mistakes on recruiting needs. Our defense has yet to stop any team in a meaningful game under grantham and Missouri will put up big numbers.

Big question on offense: is A Murray any good or just average — bad outing by Murray will force richt to play other qb’s immediately.

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Challenge accepted! Go Gators!

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Alphare
Your bitter Tech panties are showing again. Maybe you and Buckeye could conspire together what you post on the blogs and see if between you tw,o could come up with some new material. We all understand the Tech and Buckeye blogs have plenty of village idiots and you guys need a home

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We only travel with 70??

Rambo’s HS coach really tied Richt’s hands. Had the reason not gotten out Richt could have handled as he saw fit and not been so coy with the media. Now if he doesn’t abide by school policy he looks like a win at all costs coach like Rich-Rod. For all we know Rambo and ‘Tree have tested clean since since whenever they last got caught with weed and they might qualify for reinstatement in Richt’s judgment. Congrats Rambo’s HS coach — you got your 15 minutes of fame.

The same guys that played last week will be fine provided the intensity is light years better than last week – no one can take plays off today. Gonna have to run sideline to sideline against this offense.

Can’t believe we lost time of possession last week. Unacceptable. Bobo, run the damn ball on first down with Gurley, Marshall & Malcome. I’m tired of 2nd & 10 leading to 3rd & 7. Run, run, run. Save that deep ball on 1st down for right after a momentum shifter like a turnover.

Ball control. Give the D some rest. Stay in the D’s face, Grantham. Keep it up, special teams. AND PLAY HARD, BOYS!! YOU ARE JUNKYARD DAWGS BACKED IN A CORNER!! YOU ARE HERBSTREIT’S UPSET SPECIAL!! GO OUT AND PLAY GEORGIA FOOTBALL AND SHOW THIS BIG 12 TEAM THEY SHOULD NOT SHOOT THEIR MOUTHS OFF!!

GO DAWGS!!!

Off to pre-game golf…..It’s a great day to be a Georgia Bulldawg!!

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ARdawg, not one day has weed ever caused any physical harm to anyone, I can assure you. If I didn’t use it on a daily, I can assure you as well that I wouldn’t be able to FUNCTION in society! Do you know what its like to sit there and freak out when a damn car backfires? Every time you go to a damn store you are worried about wether or not you are going to have a damn flashback and freak out in the middle of the grocery isle? It is miserable and weed makes it better! These kids are amped up ALL DAY with school and practice, and it is hard to come back down. Maybe they are using it to help them relax for a bit. I don’t see a problem with that. It doesn’t give them any type of advantage, it simply mellows them out.
As for breaking the law, I can promise you that the govt does it on the daily. They are crooked dumb asses. You think half of congress isn’t smoking? You are out of your mind. It’s just more beneficial for their pockets to make sure it stays illegal. It takes 30 days plus to get weed out of your system. It takes 3 days for cocain, heroine, meth and lsd to get out of your system. The drug test policy can’t catch people doing major drugs, because it isn’t designed to do so. You know how many people in the USMC are addicted to coke because they can get away with it? I know a ton of people who snort lines on the weekends and are clean by monday. It is stupid.

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@ USMC Retired -

Thank you for your service and I wish you the best in battling the PTSD. That is serious s–t.

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Thank you Free the ‘Tree. I just hope this country wakes up before our govt screws it up to the point where it is an irreversable situation.

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Fire Fredi Gonzalez, your hash-tag represents your lack of intelligence. enough said.

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If I was a leader/team mate I’d make them run a gauntlet without pads while each player got to take a free shot at them full speed. These thugs are selfish pigs who could care less about their team. I could care less if they are 18 or 35 I’m tired of the excuses made for these entitled clowns.

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Bob, that is exactly why Dawg fans shouldn’t worry. UGA by 10!

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Every year this program has to deal with suspensions that ultimately cost them any real chance of winning the SEC, and always puts them in a situation where they have to count on someone beating Florida or South Carolina in order to win evem the East. Funny, seems as though UGA is about the only team to always have multiple players (and really good players) on the bench to start the season.

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USMC

I don’t disagree with anything you said, except these kids “needing it” being amped up all day. In the same logic they could “need” 3 valiums after practice. Would that be okay? Classes and football practice isn’t combat guy. (Thank you for your service btw) but, it’s illegal to use it recreational in the State of GA. There is no defense for them, they don’t “need” it in the same way a PTSD vet or a cancer patient might. It’s not the same thing or an excuse to break the rules/law when they clearly know the penalty.

There’s no defense for these kids smoking weed. They danced, now they man up and pay the fiddler

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Without Ogletree the middle is too soft. Expect Mizzou to exploit the middle of the field with both the pass and QB draws. Not liking having to play without our best players in this hostile environment.

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USMC

I feel for you guy. It’s as much the medical community as it is the out of control politicians. I also think it should be legal

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People give the team some credit! Alec Ogletree and Bacarri Rambo is not the only players on the team! If the team plays the way we know they can they will win. STOP BEING SO NEGATIVE!! BEING NEGATIVE IS WHATS WRONG WITH THE WORLD TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

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USMC, I am sending your old retired ass back to afgan

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I hope those two idiots who thought that they could get past a random drug screen are happy!

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Richts a wimp. I think I’ll start giving my $2k a year to the Boys home if his main mission isnt to win games.

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I think this game is too important not to have every eligible starter on the field. The exposure for UGA and Mizzou is huge. Reputations are on the line here. Mizzou fans are saying this SEC opener eclipses anything to date in their entire existence, and that includes beating at the time 1 ranked Oklahoma in 2010. Water under the bridge now, but who says the suspension games have to be in any particular order, especially for Ogletree and Rambo which I think are internal suspensions. Just my two cents, I’m betting Mizzou doesn’t have a suspended starter on the sidelines for this one. Hope we can pull this off!

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Patrick

September 8th, 2012
10:02 am
“Under the Bleachers”

Not wrong. He failed numerous drug test before he was suspended for that one game.

Georgia’s policy calls for a 10-percent of the season (one game in football) suspension for the first offense and a 30-percent of the season (four games in football) suspension for a second positive. At all but two other schools in the SEC (Kentucky and Mississippi State), a player who tests positive the first time does not miss a game. At Alabama and LSU, the two programs that faced off for the national title last year, a second positive test forces a suspension of at most two games. At Florida, a second positive for marijuana results in a one-game suspension. (To see a conference-by-conference list of athletic department drug policies, check out the one compiled by CBSSports.com’s Brett McMurphy in November.) By dinging players for one game on the first positive and four on the second, Georgia’s substance-abuse policy hurts the program in two ways:

Read more:

You are WRONG! 2nd failed drug test he was suspended, 3rd drug test dismissed after counseling….get your facts straight. Oh I forgot, you are making excuses for UGA!

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GFJacket, another thing, they used kids starting off at 13 years of age. I don’t think thats a good age to smoke anything personally. Not to mention a persons IQ is going to drop as they get older. The IQ test is not a good test because there are so many of them, and each one is very subjective. In other words, its a load of crap.

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And once again, a Mark Richt-led team has all kinds of disciplinary problems that may well cost them this game. Not to beat the same dead horse year after year, but this all starts–and ends–with the head coach, and his coaching staff. I love Mark Richt as a strong Christian man, but he obviously is NOT instilling those virtues into his players, and hasn’t for years. So why’s he still here, again???

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C’mon, guys! Don’t let football disintegrate into politics!

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I like that score!

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georgia has plenty of depth and can overcome. And most of their players and all of their coaches have class. UNLIKE most of the dog nation’s rabid fans.

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I never thought I would say this, but you are 100% right Yellow Fuzz

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GFJacket, they all have agenda’s but you are wrong on this. Plus you don’t have to smoke weed. You can also vaporize it, or cook it. Either of which is completely safe and causes no harm to the lungs or the body.

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@Covers:
Georgia 37
Missouri 9

Here’s how I translate that post: “Covers” is not a betting man.

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Hey yellow fuzz, how many would you estimmatte you have personely “rolled?

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The study itself was bias and poorly done. So, the report was wrong. Do you know how much funding goes into keeping pot illegal? The “war on drugs”. It’s rediculous! Did you know if you kill a person in cold blood, you can get out of prison in less than 20 years, but if you have a half pound of weed, you go to jail for life! How is that just? The govt wants to keep pot illegal because the hemp industry would overtake the cotton and many others.

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dejabeenthere, nice to know you are a moron and have no respect for vets. fu#k off b*tch

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well so long C.M.R.you just dont do stupid $hit like this. you can never win big games like this one.we have the tallent.we just need some coaches that are winners in big games. not runner up mark.think before you stink.

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Just kidding, USMC! lol

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Excellent poing Erk! And great name!!!
I think Grantham is the type to butt heads with players until his head bleeds too! At least I hope he is!

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I hope Bobgo calls an agressive game start to finish, because I don’t think we will be able to stop them very well. Our stiff LB’s are going to have a hard time in space.

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Why single out athletes who smoke pot? Why not inclued all the students who will smoke pot this weekend. If every student who at all SEC, ACC, Big 12, etc, etc. who will smoke pot this weekend were suspended from school, what would the classes look like on Monday morning at the
campuses? And I bet even a few of the ladies at Agnes Scott will even indulge.

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Get ready to be embarrassed once again on National T.V.

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Retired from the marines and has a 4.0 in biology. I’m confused..

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As a life long UGA fan shouldn’t Richt be held accountable for the fact that we have 4 STARTERS out? Biggest season for us and the biggest game and we are without 4 playmakers against an offense where they matter most. Every year it is like this, we don’t have our players stumble out of the gate and then come on strong later in the season. Yes other teams have a player out here or there but we seem to shoot oursevles in the foot every season with this. If we lose tonight, I hope the fans blame Richt for the fact we weren’t prepared. Yes they are college kids and he isn’t their daddy but maybe he should get a consultant to help him keep our players out of trouble.

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I don’t see MO winning, lets remember their “explosive” offense scored 34 against a far less talented defense than GA’s, even with the four missing. Now that being said ball security and not going plumb retarded on special teams are the keys. Lastly before someone who is ill informed posts MO scored 62 points not 34, two of those were defensive and two were on punt returns, hence the the keys to the game.

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Where are all the haters that said CMR would play these guys to save his own arse? CMR may never win the MNC and this may be his last year. But if he leaves he will leave with his integrity intact because he didn’t excuse the behavior of some of his best players to win a game. Personally, I wouldn’t suspend any player for an SEC game for drug offenses until the conference comes up with a uniform policy. I would only sit out players for non-conference games until the playing field is level. Do you people honestly believe that UGA is the only team in the conference that has guys who smoke pot? At some SEC schools you wouldn’t even know a player has failed one test until they have already failed two! Haters are gonna hate, but CMR is doing what he thinks is the best thing to do considering the policy they have @ UGA.

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Missou will give UGA big lesson in football Alec and Bacaari you two ARE 2 BUMS…Man if I were the coach you 2 would be gone weeks ago.OFF THE TEAM WHAT A BUNCH OF BUMS YOU 2 GUYS ARE….I HOPE YOU GUYS NEVER WERE RED AGAIN GO BACK TO MIDDLE SCHOOL YOU BUMS……MISSOU 24 UGA 17

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Every year we have injuries, suspensions, etc. that figure in to our chances of winning big. Every team experiences this, we just have to adapt and overcome a little more with the drug policy. The policy should go one way or the other, make it stricter as in first offense 5 games, or make it like Florida’s. Make these guys think a little harder rather than eating that brownie or taking that hit. If a guys draft status is in question, I bet they will think a little longer, because lets be honest ,the guys couldn’t care less about a degree if they think they are getting in the NFL.

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Has Rambo ever been available for the first game?

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Well it will be good to get Malcolm Mitchell and Marlon Brown this week, at the very least

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Anybody know what the deal is with Corey Moore? He has to be better than Connor Norman.

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Tie game OSU UCF aka the post season ban bowl. Buckeyes look bad.

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The OL injuries concern me as much as suspensions. At least with suspensions you know the max amount of games players are out..it’s written policy.
who knows about nagging injuries that linger sometimes all year long.

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Fumble OSU. Recovered by UCF. Where you at buckeye???????

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The sanctimonous crap on here is pathetic–character building, blah, blah. It’s fucking football. A couple of thugs smoke dope and now aren’t allowed to go participate in publicly-funded violence all afternoon. Who gives a shit?

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GF Jacket or anyone else thinking GA wins this game huge…..must be smoking the pot everyone is talking about in this thread. Did you not watch either team in Week1? I can guarantee you that Mizzou is no Buffalo, Franklin will smoke you (no pun intended) if your DEF has no discipline and overpursues. Your DEF can not hang with 4 GREAT WR’s …3 of which are over 6′ 4″. Which team looked more like a SEC team in Week 1? Nuff said.

To those that think Mizzou opened up the playbook to score 62…..you didn’t see the game obviously. 2 TD’s from DEF and 2 TD’s from Punt Returns. They barely broke a sweat and that’s why Franklins stats are so low. Mizzou scored multiple times in every phase of the game.

Mizzou win this one tonight 31-24…..34-27……something around there.

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JD – In the following post you showed your lack of knowledge about Mizzou Football.

“If it is going to take a miracle for us to win, then we do not deserve to be in the SEC East conversation. These are big players that are out, however great teams overcome adversity. Missouri is unranked and barely made noise in the Big 12 apart from the Maclin, Daniel days. I think we can actually win, maybe even without a miracle.”

True Mizzou was great with Maclin/Daniel but beat #1 OU in 2012 with B. Gabbert and some of the same players on our current team. Mizzou had a 1st year starting QB last year and still went to a Bowl Game…not much different than Auburn after losing Newton. Great teams with tenured QB’s always have better years as I’m sure you know with a Sr. QB. Franklin is that much better with exp as he destroyed NC in our bowl game last year. Be very prepared for disappointment tonight….you should start drinking now, because it’ll be a long night for Dawgnation.

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Lots of hand wringing here. If CMR can discipline himself and his OC to run the ball and continue running well into the 3rd quarter, the Dawgs can keep Franklin etal. off the field and control the game. The question is: does Richt have that discipline in him.

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twinkie,

How much does GT pay for Paul Manboobs over the shoulder boulder holder each game?

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Tiger_Fan, last week was a warm up against a no-name opponent. Georgia is much better than that. Just wait and see.

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[...] Rambo, Ogletree don’t make trip to Missouri [...]

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I’ve got that same bad feeling going into the Mizzou road game as I did going into the Stillwater OK. road loss a few years ago. UGA defense is short handed and we know Richt can’t prepare the team and get it up for a tough road game anymore. Texas A&M is manhandling UF right now 17-7. Gators are dropping like flies out there in College Station. Muschamp is cussin’ up a storm but it don’t look good for UF. They can’t stop Coach Sumlin’s offense. Will the same happen to UGA in Columbia tonight? Will our defense lay down and will Murray turn the ball over? Well at least Richt won’t be cussing on camera if it does. LOL. This game will tell us even more about the direction UGA football is going. Go Dogs ! If we lose just do what our players do: “Fire up a doobie”, and get over it. You won’t be suspended as a UGA fan. LOL.

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[...] about the game: As you’ve probably heard, the Bulldogs will still be missing four  suspended defensive starters: safety Bacarri Rambo, linebacker Alec Ogletree, cornerback Sanders Commings and linebacker Chase [...]

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sometimes you wish mark richt was a lot like spurrier or other coaches it seems they always un suspend players for big games

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Suspensions aside, there is absolutely no reason for CMR to have been so coy about who would be making the trip. I like the Coach, but that’s pure crap. Either they were or they weren’t. I hope the coaching staff isn’t so tentative tonight.

Go Dawgs!

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PUFF, PUFF, PASS. DAMMIT MURRAY IS OVERTHROWING RECEIVERS. WRs HAVE TO CLIMB A LADDER OR COMEBACK TO THE BALL TO TRY TO CATCH IT. MURRAY IS NO PRO PROSPECT UNLESS YOU SMOKE SOMETHING STRONGER THAN WEED. THIS GAME IS GOING LIKE THE UCF BOWL LOSS GAME. BOBO IS CALLING A TERRIBLE GAME IN RICHT’S OFFENSE. CLEARLY UGA’S DEFENSE IS ALL THE DOGS HAVE GOING FOR THEM NOW!! THE DEFENSE HAS FORCED ANOTHER TURNOVER IN MIZZOU TERRITORY. NOW WATCH THE THREE STOOGES MUCK IT UP!

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AWWWWW DAMN !!! WHAT THE HELL IS MM DOING? fumble ! PUFF,PUFF, PASS. COUGH, COUGH, COUGH! THE SPREAD MIZZOU OFFENSE DON’T WORK IN THE SEC ! MISSED THE KICK ….LOL…..LOVE THAT TIGGER !

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WHY WON’T GEORGIA JUST RUN THE DAMN BALL AND KILL CLOCK IN THE 4TH QTR WITH THE LEAD. STILL PASSING THE FREAKIN’ BACK AND STOPPING THE DAMN CLOCK . NO DAMN KILLER INSTINCT ! THANK GOD FOR JARVIS JONESINT TO CLOSE THE GAME. BOBO AND RICHT SURE AS HELL DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO FINISH MIZZOU OFF. SO DEFENSE DID IT FOR THEM. DOGS WIN IN SPITE OF RICHT AND BOBO !

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Tiger_Fan and anyone else who questioned my prediction – - do you have anything to say now?

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