Georgia-South Carolina game time set; Gurley honored
Georgia’s Oct. 6 football game at South Carolina will kick off at 7 p.m. and will be televised on ESPN, the SEC announced today.
Georgia is ranked No. 5 and South Carolina No. 6 in this week’s Associated Press media and USA Today coaches’ polls. Both teams are 4-0.
On Saturday, Georgia plays Tennessee in Athens (3:30 p.m. on CBS) and South Carolina plays at Kentucky.
The 3:30 p.m. game on CBS on Oct. 6 will be LSU-at-Florida. LSU is ranked No. 3 and Florida No. 11 in this week’s AP poll; the Gators are No. 12 in the coaches’ poll. Both teams are 4-0.
In other UGA football news today, tailback Todd Gurley was named the SEC Freshman Player of the Week for his performance against Vanderbilt. Gurley ran for 130 yards and two touchdowns, his third 100-yard rushing performance in four college games. He leads the SEC in rushing (101.5 yards per game), scoring (10.5 points per game) and all-purpose yards (164.2 per game).
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DawgFaceBlues
September 24th, 2012
4:42 pm
Dawgs will move to #2 after steamrolling UT and USC. Mark it down!
Then you will get your love from the ESPN idiots!
Under The Bleachers
September 24th, 2012
4:44 pm
The 7 o clock start in Columbia gives South Carolina a little bit of advantage, as night game home teams on average win by more points than during day games. But that is from a professional bookie statements this a.m.
Either way, I think the bigger question is going to be is how CMR and his staff keep his kids focused after a big beat down of Vandy, and a big date with USC in two weeks without overlooking the scoring ability of Tennessee? I have no doubt UGA will put up 30 on The Vols, but the question of injuries and not playing hard against Tennessee can put players out of the Gamecock game if they do not stay focused.
The Tennessee game whether UGA fans like it or not is a trap game, and we have all seen Freshmen hit that “brickwall” at some point during their freshmen year and when does that happen if it does to some of these stud young Georgia Pups who have played lights out?
Gamecock Fan
September 24th, 2012
4:47 pm
Gcocks win big in a blowout Columbia. UGA’s o-line will be no match for SC’s D-line. Plus Spurrier will out coach CMR again. I just can’t see this one being close.
USC 41 uga 13
Truth
September 24th, 2012
4:49 pm
Man, this UGA bandwagon needs some new suspension and bigger tires. Only for two more weeks though until reality sets in…..for the 32nd year in a row!!!
Stiffneck
September 24th, 2012
4:51 pm
I feel dumber now for reading the last two blog remarks.
Birddawg
September 24th, 2012
4:53 pm
Hey Truth…….”for the 32nd year in a row!!!”
Don’t follow – Please explain…..???
Dawg Doo
September 24th, 2012
4:54 pm
The Poodles ended last season with 2 losses (including to the Big 10 runner up), and now wins against Buffalo, Missouri, Florida Atlantic and Vandy have some of their fans talking about an undefeated season and winning the national championship? If they weren’t Georgia fans, you’d almost feel sorry for them, knowing how they’re gonna get their innocent lil’ hearts broken yet again.
DawgFaceBlues
September 24th, 2012
4:55 pm
Reality is that this is the Year for the Dawgs! May not have a better chance again! Think positive my friends!
dawg fan
September 24th, 2012
4:56 pm
ESPN takes first pick under the new contract. CBS gets the scraps this year
ARdawg
September 24th, 2012
4:56 pm
Stiffneck
Those are typical Nerd trolls. Probably the same one. And, they also love to tout academic superiority
GTBob
September 24th, 2012
4:57 pm
It’s not worried GTBoob, it’s focused. I don’t expect any problem with the Vols or the Chickens.
Are you on the team? If not then why do you need to be so focused?
Huh?
September 24th, 2012
4:59 pm
UGA fans….I understand your optimism. Your team is 4-0 and it’s a good feeling. Enjoy it.
However, you might want to ease up just a bit on your enthusiasm of just how good your team really is….you have beaten two cupcakes (ugly wins), a Missouri team that now looks average at best, and a Vandy team that has returned to typical Vandy form. Now, if you beat TN, FL and SC, then the talking heads will take you more seriously. But until you actually beat a good ranked team, everybody is going to yawn when the subject of UGA comes up.
Bulldawg Rick
September 24th, 2012
5:00 pm
One game at a time… Let’s concentrate on the Vols. They play us very close in Athens.. Play good O with >2 TO’s & solid D like second halves this season & we’ll come out with a W..
Looking forward to seeing our secondary with a full compliment of players.. Have to pressure Bray into ‘happy feet’ & shutdown their running game..
We’ll be OK, but let’s not look past this Saturday afternoon!
Go Dawgs!
ARdawg
September 24th, 2012
5:01 pm
GTBoob
Only players can focus on one game at a time?
rod
September 24th, 2012
5:04 pm
Attack u Dawg: As an Atlanta native and with family, cousins, wife etc all going to GA I have always pulled for GA. I ended going to USC playing tennis and pull for both. The older I get the more my impression of many GA fans is you think you are on the same level as Alabama. While GA is an above average program and whose history is better than Carolinas, get you head out of your *^&^ predicting a 40 point plus win at Carolina you moron
ARdawg
September 24th, 2012
5:04 pm
Huh?
The “talking heads” are free to choose whomever they please for kudos, accolades or whatever. Georgia doesn’t need them. All the Bulldogs need to do is win. The rest will take care of itself. We need nobody to take UGA seriously. Talking heads are white noise. Lead, follow or get out of the way
Truth
September 24th, 2012
5:08 pm
Bird Dog: 2012-1980 = 32 years
ARdawg
September 24th, 2012
5:10 pm
I need to go do some homework and take my meds before I get grounded again. BRB
Huh?
September 24th, 2012
5:13 pm
ARDawg…one person on this blog commented earlier that UGA was the “least talked about Top 10 team.”…saying that UGA is not getting respect. To that point, UGA will get respect when they beat a ranked team.
Now…if you don’t care about respect fine. Then my comment won’t bother you.
Augusta Dawg
September 24th, 2012
5:19 pm
Dawgs 46 Wins……..Chickens 18 Wins…….Ties 2…We own the chickens!
ARdawg
September 24th, 2012
5:20 pm
Huh?
I don’t care about respect. What is it in relation to a college football team. The mascot is mentioned followed by oh’s, ah’s and simultaneous trembling of fear? What is this respect?
ARdawg
September 24th, 2012
5:22 pm
Ah now the nerd trolls are stealing names again. After that thumping by the “worst team in the land” last Saturday, one might think you rent boys might stay off the blogs
Joey
September 24th, 2012
5:28 pm
Huh?,
Um . . . how many ranked teams have Bama and USC and LSU, etc, etc played this season? Dammitt – every team can only play the teams on their schedules.
Who’s your team, Huh?
I want to see that schedule.
Huh?
September 24th, 2012
5:28 pm
ARDawg…again, if you don’t care about respect, then my comment shouldn’t bother you. I’m not even sure why you continue to do so.
It has been stated on the AJC blogs, by several UGA fans, that UGA needs more respect in order to get a higher ranking. Now, I have been clear to state that all you have to do is win all of your games, and the ranking will come….many UGA fans have disagreed.
I’m not sure if you are just looking to argue with me or what. We seem to bascially be saying the same thing on this issue. I think it’s just a case of reading a blog that was not directed at you, and wanting to have something to say about it. I guess next time, I will say “UGA fans, except ARDawg” Would that be better?
Rick James
September 24th, 2012
5:33 pm
@Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
Yea I worry
Except against Tech
Come on havent you watch enough Richt and bobo debacles
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I fully understand your point but his team has a killer instinct like I’ve never seen in a CMR coached team and I truly think its coming from Grantham.Did you see Cornelius Bennett pushing his teamate around Saturday for getting or the field to slow..This team not only is more talented but I think they are in a different mind set.When Todd Grantham was asked why he has his starters on field when Georgia was up by 40 points his answer was “Vanderbilt still had it’s starters on the field” He was not allowing a touchdown not matter what.Just what I wanted to hear.
Huh?
September 24th, 2012
5:34 pm
Joey…are you new to this site? Or do you only read your own blogs? I have said many many times who my team is…ask WDE…or CHDawg…or many others…
My point about ranked teams was directed at those UGA fans that have begun stating that they are the best team in the SEC…or that UGA is getting enough respect…or that UGA isn’t being talked about…My answer to that is you have to beat somebody first…some good ranked team. Bama and LSU don’t have to…they played for the Championship last year, and have earned the benefit of the doubt.
ARdawg
September 24th, 2012
5:36 pm
Huh?
I’m not arguing with you. I am agreeing to a point. I don’t care about respect. But, much of what those others state is true to a large degree. I don’t care and I know what they say and they do care. To each their own, you know?
IMHO, we are ranked maybe even higher than we deserve at this point. I don’t put as much into the rankings as many others (including you) do. Rankings are only a yardstick and not a very good one.
I told you earlier, I toss it out there for public consumption. Take, little, none or all of it. Makes me no difference. Many on these boards I don’t even read their posts. In fact just a selected bunch. If I am reading yours AND respond, feel honored.
Joey
September 24th, 2012
5:36 pm
I missed it.
Who’s your team?
Rick James
September 24th, 2012
5:36 pm
ARdawg
Scroll the blog and see my exchanges with that guy before getting into a discussion with him.You might see that he’s not worth addressing.
GTBob
September 24th, 2012
5:37 pm
He was not allowing a touchdown not matter what.Just what I wanted to hear.
Yeah, lack of sportsmanship is a great quality.
Huh?
September 24th, 2012
5:39 pm
ARDawg…please do scroll and see those exchanges…it will be quite funny,and you will see why Rick doesn’t want to talk to me anymore.
Gotta Laugh
September 24th, 2012
5:39 pm
I’m sure UGA fans would’ve given a Big 12 team tons of credit for beating Mizzou in years past. Now that Mizzou has joined the SEC, suddenly it’s a signature win for the Dawgs. As for the rest of the schedule, beating Vandy only means you’re not the worst team in the East, and Buffalo and FAU only matter if you’re in the hunt for a MAC or Sun Belt conference championship.
ARdawg
September 24th, 2012
5:40 pm
Rick James
I’ve been please with Bobo’s new found offensive vigor. I’m digging it
docdawg
September 24th, 2012
5:42 pm
good insight Marine Dawg, barnburner coming up in Columbia, dont think SC has the guns to pull off another miracle though, Lattimore may get 100 if he busts a couple 20 yard runs, but Ogletree with a game under his belt and the Dline which looks much better this year will make his day long and painful. SC should be concerned about their QB getting racked yet again, they haven
Huh?
September 24th, 2012
5:42 pm
ARDawg…if you have read my blogs, then you would know that what you just said is completely wrong. I don’t give a crap about rankings. It’s been my main point for many many months on this site. I really don’t know where you got that, but it appears that you really haven’t been reading what I’m writing.
On responding to my blogs…you’ve been doing it for two years. I don’t feel any more honored than anybody else who responds to what I say. We are all sitting behind computers offering up opinions, and none of it matters anyway as far the the outcome of games goes.
Frankly
September 24th, 2012
5:45 pm
Spurrier was Right
September 24th, 2012
11:52 am
Should be a good one…y’all boys don’t stumble this week against the Vols. We want you undefeated when ya get here.
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I have a feeling the Dawgs will be undefeated when they leave Columbia too. GATA.
ARdawg
September 24th, 2012
5:47 pm
Huh?
You have repeatedly harped, just today, Who has UGA beaten that is ranked? Have you not? Who has Bama beaten that is ranked?. There is no logical in that argument. If a team played and barely lost to 4 top ranked teams at this point, where would they be? That’s correct, 0-4 and unranked.
UL Monroe knocked off a grossly over ranked Arkansas, Should they be ranked? It’s just stuff and background noise and a bad yardstick
Michael Dyer
September 24th, 2012
5:50 pm
That was a big win over Vandy.
Vandy… Congratulations.
Rick James
September 24th, 2012
5:51 pm
@GTBob
Yeah, lack of sportsmanship is a great quality.
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It not a lack of sportsmanship by not allowing Vanderbilt to score.Its playing the game until the final whistle blows..If Grantham were the OC they would have scored 60 points.The year after Georgia had the end zone celabration against Florida they were up by 30 near the end of the and Urban Myer was still passing the ball trying to score.I had no problem with it.
Rick James
September 24th, 2012
5:55 pm
@ARdawg
I’ve been please with Bobo’s new found offensive vigor. I’m digging it
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Me too..I’m digging Marlon Brown.I just think there is a new attitude from the top down.
Huh?
September 24th, 2012
5:57 pm
ARDawg…I have brought up the ranking system in response to others who have done the samw, or complained about it. You said earlier that one team “was not a Top 25 team…”…so you have done the same.
The ranking system is a bad yardstick, but it’s about all we have for now. I don’t like it, and I have said so. I think you are “glancing” at my blogs instead of reading them.
North Georgia Dawg
September 24th, 2012
5:57 pm
Rambo will be back this week, which will allow Commings to play corner, which is his best position. His height will be needed against Tennessee’s big receivers. Ogletree has good cover skills for a linebacker and can man up on Rivera. I wish Georgia had two guys with Commings’ height (6′2) in the secondary but the important thing is that Commings and the other corners (Smith, Mitchell or Swann) don’t give up the deep ball to Hunter and Patterson. I believe we will completely swallow up their running game though. They still don’t have a solid running back
Rick James
September 24th, 2012
5:59 pm
@Michael Dyer
That was a big win over Vandy.
Vandy… Congratulations
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A win over Vandy beats blowing a 19 point lead to Miami anytime..
NORRIS
September 24th, 2012
6:02 pm
TIM BRANDO PICKED TENNESSEE TO BEAT THE DAWGS.
Rick James
September 24th, 2012
6:03 pm
@North Georgia Dawg
Tennesee has no running game.Tennesee wins if they can put eight men on the O line to protect Bray and I dont think they can play with 14 men.(thanks for that point Chuck Oliver)
North Georgia Dawg
September 24th, 2012
6:03 pm
Herbstreit was giving Georgia, South Carolina and Florida all a lot of credit for their performance recently… so ESPN isn’t forgetting UGA or anything. To the guy who said South Carolina will beat Georgia 41-13… do you really think Georgia defense is that bad? You are obviously a hater or someone who is drinking the Kool Aid… Georgia could very well lose to the chickens, but it’s not going to be a blowout. We weren’t blown out in any game against them since Richt has been the coach. I don’t know if you’ve seen Gurley run this year, but he is much better than any of our running backs from last year.
Rick James
September 24th, 2012
6:05 pm
@NORRIS
TIM BRANDO PICKED TENNESSEE TO BEAT THE DAWGS
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Las Vegas has Georgia favored in every game on its schedule..So what?
We Run The East
September 24th, 2012
6:07 pm
Spurrier is keeping his powder dry this year- Lattimore will be unleashed against Dawgs, though. SC is working and playing for bigger things this year than any big #’s for individual players. go ahead Dawg fans, kid your self into thinking this will be an easy UGA victory. I walked into Sanford stadium last year desiring a big SC victory, but once I saw the crowd, the noise, the atmosphere, i knew the best I could hope for was ANY kind of victory. SC did it last year and now Dogs gotta try to do it at NIGHT against the 2 of the biggest bulldog beaters ever- Spurrier and Lattimore! Glad it is in Columbia! I love SEC football and talking junk!
North Georgia Dawg
September 24th, 2012
6:08 pm
Jarvis Jones will get after Bray all day long. Bray is good, but as we saw we he played against a good Florida defense, he isn’t great and can make mistakes when pressured.
North Georgia Dawg
September 24th, 2012
6:11 pm
We run the east, few fans expect Georgia to blow your team out. Both teams looked the best they have this season this past weekend. Barring major injuries to either side, this has the potential to be another great game which could come down to the wire. Lattimore is very good, but we like Gurley as well. Go Dawgs!