Missouri’s Sheldon Richardson apologizes to Mark Richt after Georgia’s win (UPDATED)
Missouri defensive tackle Sheldon Richardson apologizes to Georgia coach Mark Richt after the Bulldogs 41-20 win in Columbia, Mo., on Saturday. (AP photo by L.G. Patterson)
FIVE MORE THINGS
Wrapping up this past weekend and looking forward to this one.
The Georgia Bulldogs are coming off a 41-20 win over Missouri in the SEC opener for both teams. The Bulldogs are now 2-0 overall and 1-0 in the SEC as they head into Saturday’s game against visiting Florida Atlantic (1-1, 0-1 Sun Belt).
1. Last thing on “Old Man Football, Hopefully forever. I do want to give credit where credit is due. Sheldon Richardson, the Missouri defensive lineman who infamously coined that phrase for Georgia, came up to Bulldogs coach Mark Richt after the game to apologize. Pretty impressive considering how easy it could have been for him to just slink off to the Tigers’ locker room.
For what it’s worth, Richardson was not made available for interviews after the game and is not available today, as a Missouri beat writer tells. That’s why you haven’t seen him quoted anywhere. But Missouri coach Gary Pinkel addressed on Monday and said Richardson’s apololgy was “not orchestrated by us.”
“People make mistakes, you know, and get second chances,” Pinkel told reporters. “That’s all part of maturing. I think that’s a good statement on his part.”
Below is a video that shows the on-field celebration by the Bulldogs after the game. Obviously everybody was pretty pumped after the game. . . .
2. Georgia remained at No. 7 both in The Associated Press writer’s poll and the USA Today coaches’ poll. The Bulldogs, of course, started the season at No. 6 but dropped a spot in both polls after a ho-hum 45-23 win over Buffalo in the opener.
By the way, South Carolina moved up to No. 8 right behind Georgia after its 48-10 win over East Carolina and a really bad night for previous No. 8 Arkansas. The Gamecocks (2-0, 1-0 SEC) play host to UAB this Saturday, then get Missouri at Williams-Brice on Sept. 22. It’ll be interesting to see how they fare against the Tigers, who seemed like a pretty game club to me. Mizzou, by the way, plays host to Arizona State on Saturday.
3. As I mentioned, UGA has Florida Atlantic — or FAU, as they like to call themselves — coming into Athens this weekend. The Owls are members of the same Sun Belt Conference as Louisiana-Monroe, which pulled off a shocking upset of eight-ranked Arkansas 34-31 in overtime. Certainly that victory has made believers out of everybody in the Sun Belt and will give the Bulldogs’ coaches plenty of fodder for team motivation. But from what I’ve seen I don’t think FAU is quite on par with their conference brethren.
The Owls this past weekend lost this 31-17 to Middle Tennessee State. Apparently ball security is an issue for them. They’ve had six fumbles in two games, including four in the 7-6 win over Wagner. Meanwhile, La-Monroe continues its tour of the SEC. Next stop: Auburn on Saturday.
4. Kind of lost in the late-game heroics displayed by Jarvis Jones in Georgia’s win over Missouri on Saturday was the spectacular play of split end Marlon Brown. the big senior from Memphis had a career-best 8 catches for 106 yards and caught two big TD passes for the Bulldogs. He was asked afterward if he thought it was a “break-out game” for him.
“Yes, definitely, sure,” he said. “It feels pretty good but there’s always room for improvement. I’m going to go back and watch film and see what I can improve on and try to get better every week.”
That’s typical of Brown. He’s an incredibly humble kid who has had to overcome a lot of injuries — not to mention high expectations — since he’s been at Georgia. He was more excited to talk about how the Bulldogs finished Saturday’s game. They scored 24 unanswered points to put it away.
“We came in at halftime and heard a great speech from Coach Richt,” Brown said. “He said the last two ballgames we didn’t finish the drill. After that, we were like, ‘Man, he’s right. Let’s finish the drill like Coach Richt said.’ And we did.”
5. Other news items from Monday, Georgia’s Sept. 22 home date against Vanderbilt got picked up by ESPN2 for a 7:45 p.m. broadcast, Jones was named Walter Camp national and SEC defensive player of the week. And don’t forget “Russ” gets his official sworn in as Uga IX on Saturday.
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341 comments Add your comment
Rick James
September 10th, 2012
5:38 pm
@GTBob
I was at the GT game. But yes, normally if there is a UGA game on worth watching and im at home then I will watch it
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Of course you do but I’m sure you watch all of them.
GTBob
September 10th, 2012
5:39 pm
why don’t you have confidence in tech? You hate UGA more than you love tech. Don’t you think tech has a chance to be good this year???
I think 9-3 is probably the best we can do, which isn’t bad for us but I don’t have much reason to think we can be a great team.
rhbDAWG1
September 10th, 2012
5:39 pm
I have established a speed-reading rule: if the post says GTBob, I simply move to the next comment. It has worked great for the past several days.
bucket
September 10th, 2012
5:39 pm
@ GTBob – Since you want to tell me what you respect, I will tell you what I respect. I respect people who call a person a coward to their face instead of doing it on an anonymous internet blog. You are an internet tough guy and the reason we give you so much crap is because we all know that you would never say to people’s faces the things you type hiding behind your keyboard.
NC Dawg
September 10th, 2012
5:42 pm
Why does a person who clearly does not like the dawgs and bashes everything UGA come on here to this site?
Is it really not obvious?
Yes, it is obvious you have a small penis.
Lenny
September 10th, 2012
5:43 pm
Bob is like those Tech fans from a couple of years ago who were so proud of how smart their coach was for allowing UGA to score at the end of the game so they could get the ball back. I left Sanford Stadium and all I heard from Tech fans was, “At least our coach is a genius!” Yeah, and a loser, too.
When the only thing to cheer about are moral victories, you know your football team and the culture of your program is abysmal.
While Georgia fans are celebrating a road victory (on the scoreboard), Tech fans are celebrating a moral victory by stealing the letter ‘T’ from their opponents’ stadium sign. Boy, you guys sure outsmarted them there!
November 24 is going to be a beautiful day.
JacketFanMarcus
September 10th, 2012
5:43 pm
@Rick James
You can throw sticks a me all you want.
This is still the most ridiculous “excitement” over beating an unranked team in recent memory!
GTBob
September 10th, 2012
5:44 pm
we all know that you would never say to people’s faces the things you type hiding behind your keyboard.
And how exactly would you know that? If any UGA fan in person starts running their mouth I am more than happy to put them in their place. The only difference is, in real life I am courteous enough to not be the one who starts it.
kingdaddy
September 10th, 2012
5:45 pm
ALL DOGGIES
That is how you “redirect” someone who wants to bash your school. Bobs just a dedicated techie. Either talk about tech , or ignore him if he hurts your feelings. He likes confrontation. Gets off on it. Unless you do, don’t address him. He’s ok, he’s just an annoying insect. Smart guy that likes to push your buttons. That’s why he likes to talk to me. He knows I see through him…
GTBob
September 10th, 2012
5:45 pm
Yes, it is obvious you have a small penis.
Wow, you really got me there.
Music City Dawg
September 10th, 2012
5:47 pm
Hey GTBob, doesn’t GT have its own reporting site where you can go post comments about your own team? You don’t need to come on here and try to stir up the UGA fans. Besides, come Nov 24th, UGA will give your B B Heads all they can handle and more.
Bigdawg63
September 10th, 2012
5:47 pm
Don’t bother dawg fans, jacketfanmarcus is gtbob…..they both are idiots and have nothing better to do than be on our site and talk trash. And by the way bob,,, I don’t take what you say seriously, I just know you wouldn’t have the balls to say it to my face if you ever saw me because I know the type of chicken you are hiding behind your keyboard thinking your funny!
Rick James
September 10th, 2012
5:48 pm
@JacketFanMarcus
@Rick James
You can throw sticks a me all you want.
This is still the most ridiculous “excitement” over beating an unranked team in recent memory!
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They acted the way the Tech team and its fans acted the last time they beat Georgia..Now get that costumer from under the dryer girley man..
kingdaddy
September 10th, 2012
5:49 pm
Bob
when you were talking about tech, you weren’t bashing the Dawgs. GOOD BOB, GOOD BOY…NOW SIT, ROLL OVER…
GTBob
September 10th, 2012
5:50 pm
I just know you wouldn’t have the balls to say it to my face
Are you Mike Tyson? If not then I will probably say it to your face.
GTBob
September 10th, 2012
5:51 pm
when you were talking about tech, you weren’t bashing the Dawgs. GOOD BOB, GOOD BOY…NOW SIT, ROLL OVER…
lol. I am happy to reply to any comments. GT or non GT related.
GTBob
September 10th, 2012
5:54 pm
Don’t bother dawg fans, jacketfanmarcus is gtbob
I really should keep track of all of the other names I supposedly am also. I get accused of a few a day. I have to be over 50 now.
Bigdawg63
September 10th, 2012
5:54 pm
Bob,
I seriously doubt that,,,,but I did laugh,,, a little boy talking big on a dawgs blog site!,, funny! You must really be pretty scared what the dawgs are gonna do to your jackets come November?
TRUE FAN
September 10th, 2012
5:54 pm
GTBOOB, since you’re good at answering questions, what was the score of the UGA vs GT game from last year? What about in 2010? 09 when yall were champs? Most fans care about results, you care about the BS. It must be sad to know that your team will never win a MNC.
TRUE FAN
September 10th, 2012
5:55 pm
Another NC. Yall won 4 in the 1920’s.*
No. 1 Braves Fan
September 10th, 2012
5:56 pm
Why not just ignore all posts by GTBob and he will eventually go away.
Rick James
September 10th, 2012
5:56 pm
@GTBob
I just know you wouldn’t have the balls to say it to my face
Are you Mike Tyson? If not then I will probably say it to your face
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Bob I believe that..There is nothing cowardly about you..
HunkerDownDawg
September 10th, 2012
5:58 pm
No. 1 Braves Fan…. I agree, best to ignore him! Also, How bout a sweep of the brew crew???
GTBob
September 10th, 2012
6:00 pm
You must really be pretty scared what the dawgs are gonna do to your jackets come November?
Nah, you guys are going to slaughter us. I’m not really worried about it.
GTBob
September 10th, 2012
6:03 pm
Most fans care about results, you care about the BS. It must be sad to know that your team will never win a MNC.
lol MNC? You think im worried about that? That is a UGA pipe dream, not a GT pipe dream.
joe jenkins
September 10th, 2012
6:03 pm
I just don’t think we have a good enough o-line to win the sec……and it’s like this every year….maybe the ol talent in GA highschools are just not as good like they use to be….The defense talked all this junk about being the best defense in the nation…..and here we are being rank #54….I think we may have jumped the gun on giving grantham a raise…I tell you what now….the owls should not score one damn point
kral
September 10th, 2012
6:05 pm
contradiction bob..did you call the Mizzou a coward to his face..I guess you would never start the name calling you are just to classy..or maybe he is kinda like Mike Tyson..huh
HunkerDownDawg
September 10th, 2012
6:07 pm
@Joe Jenkins… We have had 4 key contributers suspended on the defensive side of the ball. I fully expect the defense to look completely diffferent with Tree, Commings, Rambo and Vasser back!
GTBob
September 10th, 2012
6:07 pm
I guess you would never start the name calling you are just to classy..or maybe he is kinda like Mike Tyson..huh
Sorry, after seeing the picture above, im not really scared of him.
MIZ-97
September 10th, 2012
6:10 pm
As a Mizzou fan, i’d also like to apologize for our new “alternate” unis….those are godawful. I’m glad we can return to our regular “new” jerseys next week. Now, back to your fight with that GTBob guy.
kral
September 10th, 2012
6:11 pm
well get his tweeter account and let him know how you feel..still classy..and i’m impressed you must be bad…course the odds of you two ever coming face to face can increase a show of bravado
GTBob's Father
September 10th, 2012
6:12 pm
Please excuse my son’s ignorant behavior he’s off his meds again. Seriously the best part of that kid ran down the crack of…..well you know the rest.
Dumbo
September 10th, 2012
6:13 pm
GTBob…why don’t you go pick up your Russian mail order bride or go hang out at the turds for tech houses and bob for apples or something….you are 1 of the king turds for tech that cause me to come into and start crap with other turds on the techie turd ajc blog….gon now or else your turds for tech buddies aren’t gonna be real happy
MiamiDawg
September 10th, 2012
6:16 pm
Classy act. No need to start things off with bad blood.
Now that they lost to us I hope they beat who ever else they come across.
GTBob
September 10th, 2012
6:16 pm
you are 1 of the king turds for tech that cause me to come into and start crap with other turds on the techie turd ajc blog….gon now or else your turds for tech buddies aren’t gonna be real happy
Im not really worried about what you do over there. They can defend themselves. I say go for it.
Bobo
September 10th, 2012
6:21 pm
The media is completely ridiculous and out of control these days. First of all, if ‘Old Man Football’ made you angry, then your skin is so thin that you don’t belong anywhere near a D-1 football game, let alone playing on the field. Second, the guy is like 21 years old. EVERYONE is an idiot at that age at some point. However, in this case, what’s wrong with what he said? Are you not allowed to trash talk an opponent and show gamesmanship anymore?
kingdaddy
September 10th, 2012
6:22 pm
Bob
I will always talk to you. You are a troll, but you do show a lot of class & brass. Nothing wrong with dissenting opinions. Lots of the Doggies hate you, but they shouldn’t. You are good for banter and comic-relief. We also need to laugh at ourselves sometimes. You also remind us why we dislike GT so much…
HunkerDownDawg
September 10th, 2012
6:26 pm
@Bobo… Best to talk trash AFTER you win the game! Talking it before makes you a target for the media and everyone else.
kingdaddy
September 10th, 2012
6:26 pm
Was it me, or did Missouri seem like a really cool place to lay on the,road???
kingdaddy
September 10th, 2012
6:28 pm
Play on the road, not lay. I get plenty of that here…
rm
September 10th, 2012
6:32 pm
GTBob
I respect people for backing up what they say and not cowering to media pressure or coaches demands. This guy talked big and ran off like a little girl in the end.
You have very strong opinions on an educated guess at best. You have no idea why the kid did what he did. You are assuming the worst because it proves what??? The SEC is bad… you are a fool and everything you say confirms that. Feel free to comeback with some weak comment but rest assured everyone on this board who has an ounce of maturity knows you are a fool.
LakeDawg
September 10th, 2012
6:32 pm
Classy move by Richardson no matter the reason. BTW I never thought his comment was all that bad to begin with. He was basically just saying “we’re coming to win” in so many words. Then he backed it up. He played hard all game and made some plays early, before he wore down.
GaGrad85
September 10th, 2012
6:35 pm
Way to man up Sheldon. Shows character and respect. Good game Mizzou and welcome to the SEC. Now let’s all move on and let bygones be bygones.
Raybama
September 10th, 2012
6:37 pm
I read the Uta blog comments just to see gtbob wind you guys up
Its like watching cats chase a flashlight beam
He always takes an opposing position an draws you clowns out
I’m guessing he isn’t a gt grad-probably auburn
kingdaddy
September 10th, 2012
6:38 pm
LakeDawg
They just wore down. They played us very good and will be OK in the SEC. They could beat at least half of the SEC now…
poopdawg
September 10th, 2012
6:40 pm
MIZ 97 i thought the helmets were new , but did not realize the unis were new. I liked the look. Mizzu was very impressive . Good luck .
HunkerDownDawg
September 10th, 2012
6:40 pm
@Raybama… Where is Uta?
HunkerDownDawg
September 10th, 2012
6:42 pm
Enter your comments here
kral
September 10th, 2012
6:47 pm
of course what am I thinking bob…he might be classier than you and just ignore you’re name calling that you never do first
kingdaddy
September 10th, 2012
6:51 pm
MIZ97
Down here in Savannah, we call that color yallar, not yellow. You could have shut the Stadium lights off, and we could probably still see, lol…