QB Aaron Murray’s ‘nerdy’ approach helps him net records, wins for Bulldogs
Aaron Murray's record-setting pace of production for Georgia has been as much the result of preparation as it has been inherent talent. (AJC photo by Brant Sanderlin)
ATHENS — Georgia’s Aaron Murray is the proverbial big man on campus. Coeds fawn when he walks past the bus stop. TV broadcasters and opposing coaches wax eloquent about his athletic ability and uncanny decision-making skills. Sanford Stadium is dotted every Saturday with little boys wearing No. 11 jerseys and dreaming of growing up to be like him.
But that’s not the way his teammates think of him.
“He’s a nerd,” said wide receiver Tavarres King, one of Murray’s closer friends. “He’s always studying, and he already knows so much. It’s hard to even talk to him outside of football because it’s always going to get back to football, whatever we’re talking about.”
Said wideout Michael Bennett: “He’s got some weird study habits when it comes to quarterback. He’s in here [at the football complex] all the time. He spends a weird amount of hours in here. … Sundays he’s in here real early. Saturdays he comes back here right after a game. He’s here five or six hours a day. It’s all football with him.”
Sure, Murray is physically gifted. The 6-foot-1, 210-pound quarterback is faster than most think, bigger and stronger than generally given credit for and in possession of a throwing arm that’s starting to give NFL scouts cause for pause.
But that’s not what has made him into the record-setting passer he has become for the Bulldogs. That, those around him contend, is a result of his bookish approach to the position.
“Aaron just prepares really like no one we’ve had,” said Georgia coach Mark Richt, who has had David Greene, the quarterback with the most wins in NCAA history when he left, and Matthew Stafford, an NFL No. 1 draft pick, among his quarterbacks. “And we’ve had guys that work hard. All of our guys work hard at preparing, but Murray just takes it to another level in how he prepares for the game.”
An exceptional student, Murray has found a way to take an academic approach to football. The fourth-year junior already holds an undergraduate degree in psychology. Now he’s well into his graduate studies in industrial-organizational psychology. It’s actually a doctoral program in which students can get a master’s degree along the way.
Murray has found a way to use his field of study to help him on the field of play. His first step was to write a paper on the leadership qualities of successful NFL quarterbacks. Murray studied quarterbacks such as Drew Brees of the Saints and Tom Brady of the Patriots and looked for similarities in their leadership qualities and styles of play.
This summer he took that project a step further. He fashioned the information he had gathered into a long and detailed survey. He distributed them to the entire team, coaches included.
“I wanted to assess my leadership skills and just figure out ways in which I could improve different aspects of my leadership,” Murray said. “One of my main goals coming into the season was to become the best leader I could be. So I got some great feedback.”
Murray figures 60 to 70 players returned the surveys. Some of them weren’t sure what to make of it.
“I was like, ‘why do we have to fill this out, man? I don’t want to do this,’” Bennett said with a laugh. “I think everybody on the team was thinking that.”
Said Richt: “I thought it took a little bravery to do that, to hear what your peers have to say, to hear what your coaches have to say. He was looking for a gut-level answer and he had to be willing to do something about it. I thought it was good.”
So what did Murray learn?
“The majority [of the feedback] was actually very good,” he said. “I think the one area that was lowest was me getting onto the guys more. Not being so nice, basically. So that was one improvement I needed to make. Sometimes you’ve got to get tough as a leader and make sure guys are focused and doing the right thing.”
Hard to argue with the production Georgia is getting out of Murray this season. He enters Saturday’s game against Tennessee ranked eighth in the nation in pass efficiency (182.43) and tops in the country among quarterbacks with 100 or more attempts in yards per attempt (10.5) and yards per completion (15.83).
Murray already has passed for 1,092 yards and 10 touchdowns with only two interceptions. More important, he is directing an offense that leads the SEC in points (47.5 pg) and total yards (530 pg).
It’s unclear whether it’s the result of leadership surveys, hours in the film room or just the plain and simple fact that he will start his 32nd game as Georgia’s quarterback Saturday. More than likely it’s a combination of it all.
“Aaron has always done a great job of preparing himself and recognizing what’s going on,” offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Mike Bobo said. “He’s just kind of taken it to another level.”
It’s not like Murray had been dogging it. He established a school record with 35 touchdowns passes last season. Heading into Saturday’s game he needs just four more to surpass Greene’s record of 72 career TD passes.
“It took me four years to do that,” said Greene, who graduated in 2005, and now lives in Grayson and runs a corporate insurance business. “To do what he’s done over the three-year period has been phenomenal. He’s special. He’s doing something that’s never been done at the University of Georgia. We’ve been fortunate to have Aaron Murray.”
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181 comments Add your comment
astrouga
September 25th, 2012
7:06 pm
Nice one Chip.
astrouga
September 25th, 2012
7:06 pm
And first!
Ghost of Erk
September 25th, 2012
7:07 pm
Glad to have him on our side. GATA on Saturday, Aaron!
Maconbulldog
September 25th, 2012
7:13 pm
I bet another certain Nerd team would love to have him
Cornelius Washington's Neck Brace
September 25th, 2012
7:16 pm
We are getting spoiled with his tremendous play this season…..so efficient, sharp, and crisp……decision making has been excellent……he makes it look easy.
godawg
September 25th, 2012
7:32 pm
The Doctor is IN
Randall "Pink" Floyd
September 25th, 2012
7:43 pm
We’ll take him. Tennessee, you’re next!
NC_Dawg
September 25th, 2012
7:47 pm
Great article Chip. I have been critical of Murray in the past. He has a tendency to overthrow his recievers and has not played well in big games. Then he came out Saturday and had the game of his career. One of the best performances I’ve seen out of a UGA team since the Sugar Bowl against Hawaii. Good to see that his hard work and dedication to becoming a better player and leader are paying off.
Thank God for Reggie Ball
September 25th, 2012
7:54 pm
But the biggest key is UGA is finally establishing a consistant, at times dominant running game. That allows Murray to make easier reads at the line and sets up easy completions. Easy completions lead to confidence, which leads to big plays and wins.
Watch him run,
Watch him scurry,
Touchdown!
Touchdown!
Aaron Murray
Thank God for Reggie Ball
September 25th, 2012
7:55 pm
We need to hire Aaron as the OC after he graduates. He’s a 10x better play-caller than Bobo
AugustaDawg
September 25th, 2012
8:09 pm
Take care of business this year and he’ll become a legend. Get those SEC and National title rings. Great D, great running backs, opening up the playbook etc…talent is there. Hard work will pay off! GATA
Frank Lane
September 25th, 2012
8:13 pm
Good article. Always good to hear about the team leaders rather than the trouble makers.
slydog
September 25th, 2012
8:51 pm
Well, his ‘nerdy’ approach needs to help him beat a ‘good’ team or at least a ranked opponent. And don’t hate on my comment; you all know it’s true.
slydog
September 25th, 2012
8:58 pm
NC_Dawg
September 25th, 2012
7:47 pm
“Great article Chip. I have been critical of Murray in the past. He has a tendency to overthrow his recievers and has not played well in big games. Then he came out Saturday and had the game of his career….”
Dam Dawg, it was only Vanderbilt….lol. His defining moment for me will be against South Carolina, Florida, and the SEC championship game. I’m not asking him to help win them all, but to at least duplicate what David Greene accomplished before we all lose our minds and proclaim him the best QB in Georgia football history. It’s easy to accumulate numbers when one starts as a freshman. Just my thoughts.
slydog
September 25th, 2012
9:00 pm
Here’s another food for thought: Would we even be having this conversation if Mettenberger didn’t lie about grabbing a female?
wkmorris
September 25th, 2012
9:02 pm
Still can’t believe UGA spent a year starting Joe Cox with this guy on the beach
UGA 5-0
September 25th, 2012
9:11 pm
Really? Really? Slydog, for one, vandy’s margin of loss per SEC opponent until this game over the last five was only a little over four points. They play tough, secondly, wkmorris, that is a very foolish statement. You have no idea how developed Murray was his freshman year. You NEVER put a freshman out on the field in the QB position unless you ABSOLUTELY have too! I doubt very seriously that he was near ready for SEC competition out of high school. Does anyone remember Staffords first year here? It was horrible! He looked like an orphan on the street! He had NO clue how to read the defenses and it showed. Murray has been brought up for success. His hard work has paid off, and I really don’t think any of you can say that you saw the practices which determined whether he was going to redshirt.
BigDawg
September 25th, 2012
9:12 pm
Murray is a DGD and rallies those around him for greater things. Too bad IC didn’t buy in, but very happy with our amazing rotation of DEDICATED running backs. All the players seem to realize what could be!!
Poopdawg
September 25th, 2012
9:13 pm
Joe Cox was and always will be a DGD. I love murray’s effort but I still need to see more than one complete game from him. Now I feell just as strong about Murray being a DGD, but have not seen that much improvement from game one till now. GO DAWGS !
Neutral
September 25th, 2012
9:17 pm
Bench Murray and fire CMR and Bobo…….give em all the hook!!!!
Just kidding, I wanted to feel for a minute like one of those incompetent, idiotic trolls!!!
Dang I feel stupid…….must be how they feel all the time!!!
foxdog
September 25th, 2012
9:19 pm
@slydog, you are, in fact, actually just a jackass. As Greene said, it took him four years to set the number that Murray’s going to best in two and a half. According to Richt’s statement at the time, yes, we’d be having the conversation because Murray was the starter over Mett. The G-Day geniuses who saw Mett throw a handful of completions better than Murray are obviously qualified to evaluate talent moreso than Richt and Bobo. In addition, Mett’s 4 TDs and 2 INTs through four games doesn’t exactly setting the world on fire. Did I miss something whereby adjectives these days require quotation marks? When Murray beats all of those teams that qualify as ‘good’ in your esteemed estimation, I would like you to publicly recant and admit that you’re a ‘dumb’ ass.
Brainiac (CMR/UGA Fan For Life/J.Jones for Heisman))
September 25th, 2012
9:22 pm
@ Slydawg:
Damn son. It’s only Vandy!!!!!!!!!!
Why that powerhouse in Columbia(aka USCe and ranked No. 7 in the Nation) just ran all over Vandy!!!
Stomped hell out of Vandy by a 20-17 score while the best UGA could do was edge
Vandy 48 – 3.
Slydawg = Shydawg = Shy a little gray matter = Mr. Positive = Shy a few bricks of a load = Nutcase
UGA 5-0
September 25th, 2012
9:25 pm
@ foxdog, it’s amazing how many people think they know best just by looking at a few games. The coaching staff has hours, days, months, maybe even years in some cases of practices and film on these players but these fools know soooooo much more than they do. It’s a joke. Murray has improved dramatically from day one. His footwork has improved, his reads have improved, his armstrength has improved, his accuracy has improved…if it hadn’t, he wouldn’t be on the verge of setting these records! Murray is one of the greatest qb’s to play at UGA, if you don’t believe me, look at the stats. I hope he can get a ring or two before he goes, because HE deserves it for his work, and it will get these idiot trolls off of his back. GO DAWGS!
Neutral
September 25th, 2012
9:26 pm
@Slydog,
So according to you and other “Murray bashers” it is his fault we haven’t beaten a ranked team? If that is the case then if we win a NC then Murray gets full credit, no one else….absolutely no one else!!!! The bashers are totally out of touch with reality. Murray is an important part of the equation, but for example he didn’t drop the 2 perfect TD passes in the 1st half against LSU and he was not on the punting team in that game that allowed the 2 huge 1st half returns. Same comments can be said for the SC game last year. It is a team sport so quit blaming Murray for not winning the big games……it is the team who failed to win those games.
Brainiac (CMR/UGA Fan For Life/J.Jones for Heisman))
September 25th, 2012
9:27 pm
@ Foxdawg:
Excellent post but would you PLEASE apologize to Jackasses everywhere???????????
How would you like it if someone compared you to Slydawg???
Slydawg knows less about more than my 5 year-old grandson!!!!!!!!!!!
Cracka Dawg
September 25th, 2012
9:29 pm
Murray still hasn’t beat a ranked opponent…… I may add
UGA 5-0
September 25th, 2012
9:29 pm
Thank you Neutral! people forget it takes all three phases to win. Dawgs have been shy in the special teams department, we have improved, but I for one would like to see a bit more consistancy…but what can you expect from Freshmen. Sometimes, you have to take the good with the bad ie: 49 yard field goal good, but 2 missed extra points. They will get better as the year goes on.
Brainiac (CMR/UGA Fan For Life/J.Jones for Heisman))
September 25th, 2012
9:30 pm
Many thanks to all you DGD that put Slydawg in his place(aka The dog pound)
Neutral
September 25th, 2012
9:32 pm
@Brain,
Make that SC…..6th ranked, but who’s counting?!?! Good points…..Mr. Slydog is one of those negative trolls I was alluding to. He is totally out of touch.
UGA 5-0
September 25th, 2012
9:32 pm
No, again cracka dawg, those losses can’t be fully loaded on Murray. He made some mistakes, but he didn’t loose them. He puts us in position to win most every week, which is all you can ask for. It takes the team to win, and the team to loose.
UGA 5-0
September 25th, 2012
9:39 pm
Congrats to Freddie Freeman on his bottom of the 9th 2 run HR to send ATL to the playoffs! GO BRAVES!
Neutral
September 25th, 2012
9:42 pm
Hey guys, Archie Manning never beat a ranked team, but Norm VanBrocklin, Don Shula and Vince Lombardi all said he may be the best to ever play the game. P.S. His offspring aren’t doing too bad either
So was it Archie’s fault he never won the big game? No, he played for Ole Miss and the New Orleans Aints…..that’s the reason dudes. It is a team sport and this year Murray has a great team around him so look out!
UGA 5-0
September 25th, 2012
9:45 pm
Wow, I didn’t know Archie Manning never won against a ranked team. No one can talk smack about that guy! What an ATHLETE!
Bitter QB
September 25th, 2012
9:45 pm
where’s my budy –TURNOVER MURPHY–??????????????
——come out come out were ever you are——–blahahahahahah
============go dawgs———-
Neutral
September 25th, 2012
9:46 pm
Alright….go Braves! Fun way to win the big game.
Brainiac (CMR/UGA Fan For Life/J.Jones for Heisman))
September 25th, 2012
9:49 pm
@ Slydawg:
David Greene started as a true freshman and in 4 full seasons, plus several playoff/Bowl games, and set the UGA record for TD passes!!!!!!!!!!!
Murray started as a redshirt freshman and likely will pass Greene in less than 3 full seasons!!!!
Murray’s passing carried UGA for the past 2 seasons because the ground game was non-existant those 2 years. Especially last year. The best news Dawgnation could receive is that Murray will be back for his senior year. Otherwise we will be hurting at QB next year!!!!!!!!!!
Hairy Dawg
September 25th, 2012
9:51 pm
It’s a hell of a lot easier to live in the film room and think football 24/7 when you’ve already got your undergrad.
Matt in ATL
September 25th, 2012
9:52 pm
To add myself to those degraded, i thought sly dog made some points. The big boy competition begins with TN, moves in an extreme upgrade to SC, drops down in a major way before spiking with UF. Aaron’s season will be defined in those big games. ’nuff said.
UGA 5-0
September 25th, 2012
9:53 pm
Good point Hairy Dawg! Congrats to Murray for being a STUDENT ATHLETE! Not just an athlete. DGD!
Brainiac (CMR/UGA Fan For Life/J.Jones for Heisman))
September 25th, 2012
9:54 pm
@ UGA 5-0:
Archie’s sons Payton and Eli never won a National Championship but they both have made huge impacts in the NFL. Also history will note that Payton was one of the best QBs to ever play the game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Neutral
September 25th, 2012
9:58 pm
I saw Archie nearly beat a great Bama team in Tuscaloosa around 1967 (give or take a year). I think the Bama QB was Steve Sloan or Kenny Stabler …..and Bama was ranked #1. Manning set 7-8 records for a QB including close to 200 yards rushing and approximately 300+ yards passing. It was an incredible game, but Ole Miss lost by a close score….something like 42-39. Based on stupid blogger logic…..I guess it was all Archie’s fault!!! It is a team sport guys…Murray can’t win it by himself.
UGA 5-0
September 25th, 2012
10:00 pm
I knew that, it was Tee Martin who claims Tenn’s national title…yeah…thats right…go ahead and say it… who? Point is, you are right, its the team as a whole. This team has a great chance to be very special. Here is a good one for you. Dan Marino… never won a superbowl. Tell me that guy was a bad qb and I’ll just let everyone else call you an idiot. lol
You know they have Archie’s old number as a speed limit on the Ole Miss campus?
UGA 5-0
September 25th, 2012
10:01 pm
LOL! Maybe some of these trolls should read this history, give them an education gentlemen!
Neutral
September 25th, 2012
10:04 pm
I agree Brainiac. I understand the best of Archie’s sons never played college ball due to a major HS injury. Now that’s scary if he was better than Payton and Eli
Matt in ATL
September 25th, 2012
10:07 pm
Big boy pants on come on now. TN and SC in successive weeks. If the Dawgs come out conclusive, I will rightly name them the number one team in the lan
UGA 5-0
September 25th, 2012
10:08 pm
That whole family is just full of Hall of Fame. I don’t know a better way of putting that.
Neutral
September 25th, 2012
10:12 pm
Maybe years from now we can say, “we were there when Murray AND his fellow Dawgs won a NC”. That would be incredible….and possible. Interesting that UGa had a good steady QB like Murray when we won the NC in ‘80. Buck Belue wasn’t flashy and spectacular like a Manning, but he got the job done…..and he had a cool name too!!!
UGA 5-0
September 25th, 2012
10:13 pm
Buck was a GREAT QB for UGA, but I bet you my last paycheck that most UGA fans don’t know that he only completed one pass against ND in that title game, and that was for 11 yards in the fourth quarter. TEAM SPORT!
aarh
September 25th, 2012
10:26 pm
Murray had an injury the yr. that Cox had the job. Cox’s numbers weren’t all the bad. I believe he actually almost got to Stafford’s TD record that Murray ended up breaking, & was actually on pace to do so, but they didn’t throw the ball as much going down the stretch. He did have a lot of interceptions. I just don’t believe that Ints are always the QBs fault though, but it can also sometimes be a result of how the rest of the team plays as well. You should keep in mind that Cox didn’t have hardly any experience coming into that yr. either. I definitely feel that he would’ve been much better if he would’ve had another yr. or so to improve, but QBs don’t always have that luxury. There are many QBs that struggle one yr., but then they light it up the next.
Huh?
September 25th, 2012
10:42 pm
We will see what Murray really has after TN, FL and SC. Those are the games that matter. Looking good against Vandy is one thing….looking good against some tougher SEC scholls might be a different matter. The jury is still out.
slydog
September 25th, 2012
11:23 pm
Allow me to repost:
slydog
September 25th, 2012
8:58 pm
NC_Dawg
September 25th, 2012
7:47 pm
“Great article Chip. I have been critical of Murray in the past. He has a tendency to overthrow his recievers and has not played well in big games. Then he came out Saturday and had the game of his career….”
Dam Dawg, it was only Vanderbilt….lol. His defining moment for me will be against South Carolina, Florida, and the SEC championship game. I’m not asking him to help win them all, but to at least duplicate what David Greene accomplished before we all lose our minds and proclaim him the best QB in Georgia football history. It’s easy to accumulate numbers when one starts as a freshman. Just my thoughts.
So I’m an idiot, jackass, troll for making an astute judgement as to the current state of Murray’s greatness? You stat nerds need to go back and watch baseball. This is about football. Football is about shining big in the biggest moments against the best competition available. It’s about winning championships, not how many Pro Bowls I went to or how many All SEC accolades I’ve won. All that being said, I like Murray, but just like Matt Ryan, he has accomplished nothing of significance. YET!!! You same idiots jumped off the bandwagon when Georgia went 0-2 last year so STFU. IMHO, Georgia and Murray are doing exactly what they should be doing: dominating inferior competition. South Carolina, Florida, and the SEC Championship game awaits. Screw those records. His legacy will be defined this year. A wait and see approach is better than going all in on the blowjob like the rest of you kool-aid drinkers.
L.A. BULLDAWG
September 26th, 2012
12:12 am
TAMPA, PLANT HIGH SCHOOL’S FINEST! AARON MURRAY, HAS TURNED OUT TO BE BETTER THAN ADVERTISED! MURRAY, IS BETTER THAN HIGHLY TOUTED, MATT BARKLEY!
foxdog
September 26th, 2012
12:28 am
@slydog Astute judgement? That’s how you fancy that potshot ‘assessment’ (I know you love quotation marks) that you put forth? Stat nerd? Mett’s 4:2 TD/INT ratio not fit into the ‘Mett would’ve been the starting QB if not for (x)’ narrative that you’re promoting? I suppose you’re referring to those all important and suspicously immeasurable intangibles. And shining big on the big stage? I’m sure you can elucidate the rest of us as to how you accomplish that on a daily basis. Like Charlie Sheen, I’m sure you’re straight #winning, playa. I’m also confident I can find you on another comment section feting your exceptionally cunning (sly?) talents as a $500k/yr earner complete with the usual misspelling every five words. Because, you know, they’re normally an uneducated lot…into statistics and all that stuff.
Really?
September 26th, 2012
1:47 am
Since some pathetic idiot mentioned mettenberger in this thread, has anyone seen his new facial hair? I have to question whether the 70’s molester mustache he is sporting is the best choice considering his past problems with gropeing.
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September 26th, 2012
2:57 am
[...] far this year, with maybe one or two minor mental lapses in garbage time. His numbers are sick. He’s issued surveys to his teammates to find out what he can do better, and wrote a paper abou…But the thing that has stood out to me, since the Mizzou game at least, is that even with a green [...]
ZinoDawg
September 26th, 2012
4:36 am
Mettenburger looked clueless against Auburn. Big arm, small brain.
I’ll take Murray any day.
GATA!
Columbus
September 26th, 2012
5:15 am
Good one….@Maconbulldog.
Murray is having his best year so far but…..the defensive competition hasnt been too tough yet though and lets hope he has amistake free game against Tenn and South Carolina and Florida. Particularly South Carolina since we gifted them so many ppints last year. The only real weaknesses I see in Murray is his overthrows and him not seeing the linebackers sometimes when they drop back into coverage…..if he deals with the linebackers and cuts down on his overthrows, he could lead the team to the SEC championship.
JB
September 26th, 2012
6:00 am
Gators and LSU would kill to have him starting for them.
RiffRaff
September 26th, 2012
6:20 am
Kid has a great work ethic about him. This team has a chance to do something special this year.
tenn.DAWG
September 26th, 2012
6:27 am
Funny how the more production you get out of the O-line,the more production you get out of the not just the QB,but the whole offense.
Neutral
September 26th, 2012
6:33 am
Correcto JB and tennDAWG!!!
Jt
September 26th, 2012
6:37 am
Sounds like you want to make it with him lol
Neutral
September 26th, 2012
6:48 am
Funny someone mentioned Fran Tarkenton earlier. Folks would always say, “Tarkenton could not win the big game”. That was such a stupid comment because it was totally untrue and to my point with Murray. I remember a championship game with (I think) the Dallas Cowboys. Fran drove the Vikings down the field in a spectacular and dramatic manner and scored with 1-2 minutes left in the game. Guess what? Dallas then scored with a few seconds left to win and all I heard for years was Fran Tarkenton could not win the big game. It was the defense folks who lost that game after Fran set the stage for the big win. Sometimes I think those same ignorant trolls are still around and spewing their venom at Murray. It is a team sport guys and Murray is just part of that team. Go DAWGs!!! P.S. Fran did help lead UGa to a SEC Championship while at UGa
Toccoa Dawg
September 26th, 2012
7:08 am
From now until the end of Oct. will tell what kind of Team we have. You can’t lay it all on one player. It’s a “team” sport. It’s true that Offense scores points but it’s Defense that wins championships.
Sic Em Dawgs GATA
BobDawg
September 26th, 2012
7:16 am
All I know is Murray is one tough son of a gun… He gets rocked occasionally and just keeps going like the energizer bunny. I think he hurt his hand at one point against Vandy, shook it off and kept going…
BobDawg
September 26th, 2012
7:18 am
When Murray & the Dawgs won last year against UF, that is all I needed to see…Kid from Tampa winning the biggest game of the year for us and helped us clinch the East Div… Kid is a winner, plain and simple. I’m not a stat guy like some of you but I can tell a winner and Murray fits the bill….
Whopper Dawg
September 26th, 2012
7:30 am
Impressive stats. Kind of like Ryan, ring it up against the lessors in the “regular” season, but when the big boys roll into town, not so much.
Maybe both will be better in the big games this year.
DawginLex
September 26th, 2012
7:46 am
It’s amazing how people have to complain no matter what. The same people predicting we would lose to Mizzou and that Vandy would be “a 4 quarter slugfest” are now complaining that we haven’t played anyone.
Maybe this team is pretty good?
The next few weeks will tell if we can be classified as great.
When we were 6-7 a couple of years ago, did anyone see this coming?
I did. I predicted we would rebound. I also predicted our OL and RB would be better in 2012 than 2011. Right again.
Coach Richt is opnely talking about UT 2004 and rightfully so. We crushed LSU the week before a looked crappy against UT the next week.
Hopefully, the players are listening.
slydog
September 26th, 2012
7:59 am
@foxdog
The funny part? You trying to impress me with your grammar and vocabulary. Instead, you are just blabbering about, running your mouth, and talking about the subject. This thread is about Murray, not Mettenberger. And you know as well as I, that if he were still around, this job would have been a toss up two years ago. But anyway, back to Murray. Or do you need some more to time to elucidate with Charlie Crack Sheen? This is a sports blog. If you want to jab me with your English, meet me at a Starbucks….lmao
slydog
September 26th, 2012
8:02 am
And of course Mettenberger looks clueless. Just guess who his HC is? A boob who has a team full of talented players. He wins by sheer luck and domination. Our nerdy team of talented players were crushed by them. Go figure?
RedandBlackDAWG
September 26th, 2012
8:07 am
Thank God for Reggie Ball
September 25th, 2012
7:55 pm
I am interested to know how you came up with the statement, that he is 10X the play caller Bobo is. You don’t actually feel he is calling the plays do you? Bobo is still calling the plays. About the only thing that could be said about Bobo in the past was he was too conservative on third downs, but as can be seen now, if you have decent running, that goes away also. Murray brings all of the skills you could want to the table, and he is outstanding so far this year, but make no mistake about it, he is running Bobo’s offense, so give the man some credit as well.
Old Dawg
September 26th, 2012
8:11 am
Nice feature story, Chip. I miss a few things from my sports writing days, and putting together a feature story on a person like Murray is at the top of my list.
Keep the keys poppin’!
RedandBlackDAWG
September 26th, 2012
8:12 am
I heart Fran the Man
September 25th, 2012
11:36 pm
Tarketon was not possessed of a strong arm, and played in an entirely different era. His ability to scramble, in an era where the QB was mostly a pocket passer, is what made Tarketon unique. In today’s football world, he most likely would have had trouble surviving the big men that plow through lines and the sophisticated defenses that mask coverage so well. He would not have the body size to survive the hits the QB’s take at both the college and PRO. levels these days.
Showmeyurtd's
September 26th, 2012
8:21 am
Has Murray ever beaten a top 10 ranked team? Let’s hope he starts with the cocks! Go dawgs!
Neutral
September 26th, 2012
8:24 am
Slydog,
I believe LSU was a physically more dominant team last year, but it looks like that advantage over UGa is not the case this year. I’d love for them to knock-off Bama and play us again in the SEC championship game. But, we have a lot of work ahead of us to just win the “east”….which may be the overall toughest side of the conference.
WDE
September 26th, 2012
8:33 am
Chip this would have been a great article if it was more timely, sadly the national media has just crowned the Driskell kid from UF as the best QB in the SEC…he has less yards and TD’s than Murray but hey who are we to argue with their vast knowledge? Oh and don’t forget Murray is too shot to play QB he threw all 35 TD passes last year wearing elevated cleats.And slydog pigs fly the day you ever make a “astute” anything…
Craig
September 26th, 2012
8:36 am
Like I said- lets see what Murray and the team does in the next few games….
Joey
September 26th, 2012
8:54 am
Another excellent item, Chip.
Hope all Dawg fans appreciate the good stuff you’re bringing us.
Resident Georgia Fan
September 26th, 2012
8:57 am
I saw GTBob crawling out of a Waffle House dumpster this morning near Lawrenceville.
Neutral
September 26th, 2012
8:58 am
@showme…..
Do you mean, “has UGa beaten a a top 10 team”? Murray is just one player on a team. He doesn’t play on special teams, defense, punt, block, catch passes, etc. He is just part of a TEAM. Jarvis Jones, Gurley, Rambo, etc. Haven’t beaten a top 10 team either. Hang in there dude….it will happen this year…..I hope!!!
dawg-it
September 26th, 2012
9:06 am
Murray is a very good QB. But he still OVERTHROWS every reciever on the long ball.
Joey
September 26th, 2012
9:07 am
He may be a nerd, but he’s dang sure a tough nerd.
MA English 75
September 26th, 2012
9:13 am
Hairy Dawg, Grad school at UGA isn’t a walk in the park. Murry is still a student. He manages his time well.
Murray Schmurray, where is your undergrad degree from? What was your major?
WDE
September 26th, 2012
9:14 am
One of the keys to this years success is keeping Murray from taking all the shots he took last year.
Joey
September 26th, 2012
9:15 am
dawg-it, Murray’s made several long ones this season – 2 to Bennent in one game. My opinion is that underthrows get intercepted, and Murray is avoiding that.
2Dawgs
September 26th, 2012
9:27 am
Bury Tenn and SoCo.
flo-ri-duh
September 26th, 2012
9:34 am
Murray started as a red shirt freshman and Stafford started as a true freshman – big difference.
ISAIAH WHO?????
September 26th, 2012
9:36 am
I really expect Murray to continue to develop into a superior QB, We have to make sure that we protect the edges and the line has to continue to give him time to get the ball down field. I am so proud of these guys. We are starting a lot of freshman and that a great sign becasue it will allow these guys to become a solid unit as they grow with UGA. THIS IS OUR YEAR. I FEEL CONFIDENT IN OUR TEAM. We really havent faced anyone that would give us any hell yet, but with SC and FLA coming up, we must conitue to focus on” one game at a time”. With THE FOUR HOURSEMAN back in the game, (VESSER, TREE, RAMBO AND COMMINGS) I know we can do it. Continue to pray for these guys and support them in everyway possible. GO DAWGS!!!!
BigDawg
September 26th, 2012
9:36 am
Brainiac—- a little information David Greene also started as a Redshirt Freshman not as a true Freshman as you stated. But you made a very good point about Aaron Murray. Also David Greene played on better overall teams in his first two years as a starter than has Murray as they were able to run the football on a more consistent basis giving him time in the pocket as defenses had to respect the possibility that it would be a running play.
Now as to other commenters- the jury is still out but we will definitely know more about this team after Saturday’s game with Tennessee and especially the following Saturday against South Carolina. And as most of you know it is a team sport and most of the Dawgs problems the last 4 years are due to numerous problems having nothing to do with Aaron Murray, Joe Cox, or Matt Stafford but injuries, bad behavior on the part of certain individuals being suspended or kicked out of school and lack of recruiting in the most important positions in football the offensive and defensive lines.
Go Dawgs
ARdawg
September 26th, 2012
9:40 am
Bullkaka…Special Teams has improved 100%. That’s not to say there isn’t room for much more improvement. We have been awful in the last several years but, we are much better. Kudo’s to Blake Sailors on the coverage, we still need the “go to guy” on returns though
ARdawg
September 26th, 2012
9:44 am
MA English
Schmurray’s MA is from GT in basket weaving and bottle washing
Lonnie
September 26th, 2012
9:52 am
Auburn and Georgia Tech were ranked last year correct? Aaron Murray is top 3 all time dawg quarterbacks. The others are Zier and David Greene! Of course Greene was an awesome winner but Eric struggled with good teams as well. Aaron has improved and with the creative play calling he will continue to excel!!!
shankit
September 26th, 2012
9:55 am
Murray now has a running game to take pressure off him,
which he did not have the last two years. Think you will
see him vying for the Heisman, if he continues with the
performance he had against Vandy.
Valyboy35
September 26th, 2012
10:00 am
What does GATA mean DAWG NATION!!!
Neutral
September 26th, 2012
10:03 am
Great point Shankit. He could have had that last year if IC had his act together, but we came out of that mess smelling like a rose!
Neutral
September 26th, 2012
10:06 am
I think it was an old Erk Russell term for Get After Their A$$
ARdawg
September 26th, 2012
10:09 am
skankit
Agree. The development of a running game and an effective OL makes Murray lethal and a much different QB than we’ve seen
Lonnie
September 26th, 2012
10:12 am
Fran Tarkenton as well but of course he was a scrambler
Nothing Could Be Finer
September 26th, 2012
10:15 am
Murray will be scrambling for his life vs Clowney and Co….
The dogs weak o-line will be exposed on Oct. 6.
Neutral
September 26th, 2012
10:26 am
There are a few great “scramblers” out there like: M.Vick and R2D2 or whatever his name is (Baylor and Redskins)!!!
ATLNative
September 26th, 2012
10:53 am
AM’s work ethic is impressive! and CMR and CBobo were excellent college QB’s, so its no surprise UGA is one of the best in training the position. Mett really screwed up.
WDE
September 26th, 2012
10:53 am
@Nothing Could Be Finer I think Connor Shaw will be hoofing it a bit also…should be a very interesting game…I saw Vandy chasing him around a good bit and our weak OL handled them petty well.
kingdaddy
September 26th, 2012
11:00 am
@ Nothing
Please explain the difference in the way the “chickens” barely escaped Vandy with a W, while we initiated one of the worst beatdowns on Vandy in the Franklin era? Try and make it short and no crying please…
Neutral
September 26th, 2012
11:08 am
Right on WDE and I’ll take our boys any day over “Clown and Company”!!!
kingdaddy
September 26th, 2012
11:21 am
Things I was worried about…
#1. Special Teams…looks improved so far, especially the tackling. Not completly sold on our kicker yet,but he will get better as he matures. He has done a fair job and we have not had to rely on many FGs…
#2. Coach Bobo’s play-calling…is anyone else impressed besides me? Balance, balance, balance.Weapons coming out of his ears. I would like to see more swing passes and more passes to TEs, but you are in denial if you think he isn’t doing a great job.
#3. Young Offensive Line…with help from the TEs and FBs, CWF has done an outstanding job. Trust me, David “Boss” Andrews will be fine at Center. Coach Friend may have done more with less, than any coach in our league…
#4. Team staying out of trouble…yeah, this is a biggey. I want to thank this team for coming togeather and becoming a “team”
joe jenkins
September 26th, 2012
11:24 am
Murray only needs to worry about tenn….the ranked teams are coming….I believe murray will beat some ranked teams this year……..Murray will continue to play well as long as the OL holds up….he is going to break all of uga records before he leaves…His time will come he will beat a ranked team book it!
ugab
September 26th, 2012
11:26 am
Murray is a DGD!!!! I love his work ethic. It was good to see him “get onto” Lynch for run blocking, instead of running a route. THAT’S LEADERSHIP. Murray can not win games on his own. The vandy game was a complete game. It was good to see the OL run block for a change. UT will have better athelets. UT will pass the ball all night. THIS WILL BE A CLOSE GAME!!! It could come down to penalties and turnovers for the outcome. The dawgs need to bring there A-game.
ugab
September 26th, 2012
11:31 am
What is the Qb doing that is wanting to take a redshirt this season.? Is he going to be ready to play? Is he going to be ready to play when A.M. leaves uga.?Hopefully he is working hard to be the starter one day. I hope all the qbs are taking notes from AM.
WDE
September 26th, 2012
11:33 am
@ugab good points we can never take UT lightly but, I think we as many returning players from last year that remember the 0-2 start and the pressure to win that caused they won’t be looking down the road..one at a time get the W and rinse and repeat.
Tech Sucks
September 26th, 2012
11:37 am
Murray is Money. The Jury isn’t out @sshat.
Nothing Could Be Finer
September 26th, 2012
11:42 am
haha
Love how dogs fans look at the Vandy games to make a comparison.
You can also look at the Mizzou games and see that USC completely manhandled a team that had Ga struggling for much of th game.
Neutral
September 26th, 2012
11:46 am
I have an important question for all the negative bloggers. When UGa beats SC…..what happens when SC also loses to LSU and FL and is no longer ranked? Will the Dawgs and Murray get credit for beating a “ranked team” or not? Seems like the naysayers keep changing the rules as we go along. Example: Auburn and GT were both ranked last year (early on)….and UGa beat the snot out of both of them. Kinda like the idiots who say UGa’s opponents this year have a losing record. Well, knuckleheads…..if UGa had lost to those 4 teams then they would have winning records!!!
Pitbull
September 26th, 2012
11:48 am
I am confused about something and am hoping someone can provide informed clarification:
Did Murray redshirt a year and does he technically have a year of eligibility left after this year?
If so, I would like to see him come back next year for his final year of eligibility.
What does anyone know about this?
Chip are you monitoring this blog? Do you know?
Neutral
September 26th, 2012
11:51 am
Mizzou prepared for UGa for an entire year. The game was on Mizzou’s home field, first SEC game and according to their coach it was the biggest and most anticipated game in school history. Also, UGa was without 4 superstars. Now, with that said why don’t you explain the SC-Vandy game since you are such an expert…..meathead!!!!
Nothing Could Be Finer
September 26th, 2012
11:52 am
Neutral
September 26th, 2012
11:46 am
I have an important question for all the negative bloggers. When UGa beats SC…..what happens when SC also loses to LSU and FL and is no longer ranked? Will the Dawgs and Murray get credit for beating a “ranked team” or not?
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Are you that desperate?
Nothing Could Be Finer
September 26th, 2012
11:53 am
Neutral
September 26th, 2012
11:51 am
Mizzou prepared for UGa for an entire year. The game was on Mizzou’s home field, first SEC game and according to their coach it was the biggest and most anticipated game in school history. Also, UGa was without 4 superstars. Now, with that said why don’t you explain the SC-Vandy game since you are such an expert…..meathead!!!!
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LOL
Vandy coaches proclaimed that the Carolina game was their “Superbowl”
kingdaddy
September 26th, 2012
11:54 am
Things I am still worried about…
#1. Conplacency, a feeling of contentment and self-satisfaction in conjunction with an unawareness of danger or trouble ahead. I keep saying “One game at a time! ” UT can beat us if we let down our guard looking ahead to SC. Tenn. wants to win this game bad. They are aware UGA has a very good team and will play-up to us. Question is, will we play down to them? We have a history of doing this…
#2. Should Ogeltree & Rambo start??? I think we should “work” them in, not start them. They should have to play themselves into a starting role…
#3. Will our players continue to stay out of trouble??? Our opposition is waiting to pounce on any Bulldawg that messes up. We haven’t given them anything to cry about lately. This is good…
#4. There is no #4 if we watch #1…
SteveDawgFan
September 26th, 2012
11:55 am
As an anti-Bobo guy, I have to admit that Bobo has finally found his green notebook. I think the hard work of AM and the great recruiting has brought together a perfect storm. Hopefully we will not fall victim to the same timing issue that haunts another Murray (Andy). Hitting this long awaited peak in the midst of other dominant competitors (Bama, SC, and LSU [ Federer, Joker, Nadal]) hitting theirs, is going to make it tough. But could also make it much sweeter. GO Dawgs!!!!
Neutral
September 26th, 2012
11:56 am
I think Murray has 1 year left after this one. Probably comes down to where he goes in the draft. I think he is rated around #80 so that would be close to the 3rd round. Also, our redshirt QB is great so do not fear, he could start for most SEC teams.
Nothing Could Be Finer
September 26th, 2012
11:57 am
kingdaddy
September 26th, 2012
11:54 am
Things I am still worried about…
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I’ll fill out #4 for you….
#4. Stopping Marcus Lattimore
ARdawg
September 26th, 2012
11:59 am
Pitbull
Yes, he does have another year but will likely enter the draft
Neutral
September 26th, 2012
12:00 pm
Vandy anticipated the UGa game more than SC…..so I guess it was the super, Supreme Bowl!!!
P.S. No school in history has looked at the SC game as a “super bowl” except possibly Clemson.
ARdawg
September 26th, 2012
12:02 pm
Nothing finer
You can work yourself up in a froth if you need to but, what you need to remember is, we’re better than you. We’re bigger, stronger, faster and much more talented. The only hope you have is that we get outcoached and I have a feeling that Old Bawl Sack mysticism is about worn thin. Lattimore is a great talent but but, can’t carry your chickens past Georgia this time around, we’re too good.
kingdaddy
September 26th, 2012
12:05 pm
@ Nothing
Colonel Sanders was a Bulldawg…
SC has a good team but you only beat Mizz. by what, 20 pts.? We beat them by that at their home without our starters on D. How many pts. did you “manhandle” Vandy by??? Get off our blog before we call the Colonel…
WDE
September 26th, 2012
12:08 pm
@Nothing Could Be Finer yeppers your bunch “manhandled” Mizzou to the tune of a 21 point victory just like we did but we didn’t at night at their house….cluck,cluck,cluck all you want.
Nothing Could Be Finer
September 26th, 2012
12:09 pm
ARdawg
September 26th, 2012
12:02 pm
Nothing finer
You can work yourself up in a froth if you need to but, what you need to remember is, we’re better than you. We’re bigger, stronger, faster and much more talented.
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You’ll be asking yourself what happened when Murray gets tossed around like a little rag doll (again).
Neutral
September 26th, 2012
12:10 pm
Have you UGa fans noticed how SC fans are starting to act like their coach? They beat UGa 2 years in a row and you would think they had dominated the series and won the Super Bowl……ooooops, according to “nothing could be finer” SC won the super bowl this year at Vandy. Great game Cocks……NOT!!!
Nothing Could Be Finer
September 26th, 2012
12:10 pm
WDE
September 26th, 2012
12:08 pm
@Nothing Could Be Finer yeppers your bunch “manhandled” Mizzou to the tune of a 21 point victory just like we did but we didn’t at night at their house….cluck,cluck,cluck all you want.
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Yea, that TD by Mizzou was garbage with 17 seconds left.
Carolina didn’t need more scores at that point.
frank
September 26th, 2012
12:10 pm
when is this “approach” going to beat a ranked team? I heard he did good on the diving board at the ramsey center though!
Neutral
September 26th, 2012
12:17 pm
And UGa didn’t play an offensive starter in the 4th qtr vs. Vandy…….what’s your point?
ARdawg
September 26th, 2012
12:25 pm
UGA didn’t play many starters at all in the 4th qtr Vandy game. That’s not significant really nor is SC’s win over a hapless Mizzou.
We’re better than SC, they know it and we know it. We were better than SC the last two years. They had Lattimore, we didn’t. We couldn’t get out of our own way last year and snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. I believe chicken luck has played out
Neutral
September 26th, 2012
12:26 pm
Frank, Murray (I mean his team) beat at least 3 teams last year who were “ranked” sometime during the season. We need to get off that one because the trolls change the rules as to who is ranked. SC will not be in the Top 20 in 6 weeks after we (and others) beat them. We’ll have clowns out there saying SC was not a “ranked team” even though intelligent folks know they were. Let’s just go out and have a great year and quit focusing on a NC…..which even Payton and Eli could not
win.
kingdaddy
September 26th, 2012
12:26 pm
@ Nothing
We just pulled out a little bit of “not vanilla” for Vandy. CMR has been “holding-back” just for your little crybaby HC. At least the Vandy game gave you a taste of the beatdown you are going to recieve by UGA. Your team will never recover and will lose many more after we “expose” your chickens to be lameclucks, lol…
ARdawg
September 26th, 2012
12:26 pm
After we dispose of the Vols this week, chickens are in our sights. Should the Vols beat us, chickens are in our sights
Neutral
September 26th, 2012
12:32 pm
Right on guys…..and I love the “Lameclucks” quote!!!! Have you noticed how Mr. Nothing could be finer is struggling so much with his ignorant responses? I really do believe he is an “honor grad” from SC!!!!
kingdaddy
September 26th, 2012
12:38 pm
Nothing must be a proud product of S C highschool systems. They are even worse than Ga.s. A chicken is one of the dumbest of all bird species. Must be why SC loves them. We love them too, especially when we go to Popeye’s, Church’s or YOUR DADDY…COLONEL SANDERS KFC…
kingdaddy
September 26th, 2012
12:41 pm
Nothing could be finer than when he shuts his beak…
Dawglasville
September 26th, 2012
12:44 pm
I hate to take us off of the subject butt… and I mean butt. Google “butt chugging” and see what comes up. I’m shocked and to have this happen on UT week, wow. The only thing that would make this better is if Bray was holding the hose.
Blackberry Cobbler
September 26th, 2012
12:47 pm
I like what I see in Murray this season so far……….. but he still hasn’t proven he can beat a good team when it counts. In big games against good teams he’s always fallen flat with turnovers and poor decisions. Let’s see what he does against TN, SC, Auburn, and FL before bestowing all the accolades. UGA really hasn’t played anybody good yet.
Silly Bloggers
September 26th, 2012
1:06 pm
I get why people doubt Murray. He hasn’t won a big game, and while it is a team effort, I still put a lot of the blame on him for USCe and Michigan State last year. We may not be 4-0 if not for the easy beginning this year as Murray was very, very slow to warm-up and we cannot afford that against Tenn, USCe, or Florida.
Still, this team is beating the teams it should. The Vandy game was utter dominance and it started with Murray coming out of the gate on fire as opposed to waiting until the second half. It is the QB, and more often than not, the team goes as the QB goes. This team has figured out a lot in its first four games which is a credit to both the coaches and the players commitment. If we can get the W this weekend, it is going to be a mean game in Columbia.
All I can say is that USCe looked really, really good defensively against Missouri. They handled them significantly better than we did. On the flip side, we did the same to Vandy which USCe struggled mightily against. Not sure if was early jitters for both teams, having more tape to review for the game, etc.
Just sayin............
September 26th, 2012
1:06 pm
Chip come back to us after he beats his 1st ranked team and then we will all be on board. Until that happens, individual stats are for losers.
Just sayin............
September 26th, 2012
1:08 pm
Silly Bloggers I agree with your post except after watching the replay on SC, Connor Shaw was even more on fire than Murray. I am holding my breath until after the game in Columbia. I am also a little concerned about the Tn cornerbacks. Grantham had better not give Bray all day or it is going to be a long day.
slydog
September 26th, 2012
1:09 pm
In big games, the problem isn’t necessarily Murray, as opposed to BoBo. Let’s see if BoBo will call more screens, slants, and passes to the TE’s when the running game bogs down and the defense doesn’t give you a short field on every other possession against a team that’s just as physically talented as you. BoBo’s doing a great job now because everything is clicking. Remember folks, in sports, 70% of the coaches require good to great players to make themselves seem worth all that money. Some coaches make good to great players even better. BoBo does not strike me as the latter.
chazzo
September 26th, 2012
1:09 pm
I admire Murray’s work ethic. I have always held him in high regard. He is a winner. He is the type of player that other guys like to play with.
(you probably guessed this was coming) BUT
I wish everyone would go a little easier on the accolades for this team including its freshmen backs, young Line and kickers until they face some adversity.
Always held this guy in high regard, but I’ll hold off on Heisman talk until he responds to some more heat.
This is a great team. GO DAWGS!! But keep it real.
dawgfan
September 26th, 2012
1:15 pm
We haven’t beaten ranked teams in recent years because we’ve had no running game and our defense and special teams have been average at best (including last year in our 4 losses). Blaming it on Murray conclusively proves that you know absolutely nothing whatsoever about the game of football and should probably refrain from talking about it forever.
Thanks.
you know who you are
September 26th, 2012
1:17 pm
Take that haters and shove it up your fat a..es, you miserable pieces of s..t for human beings.
kingdaddy
September 26th, 2012
1:17 pm
Blackberry
Don’t blame you for your doubts. Most all of us have lingering doubts, but you can’t lay all the “wins & losses” at Murray’s feet. 11 players on offense must do their job against a “ranked” team to beat them. When the Oline breaks down, or the WRs drop the ball or a RB misses a blocking assignment or a Coach calls a bad play, is that Murray’s fault too? Have faith. We got by Mizz.and Vandy. Now we will concentrate on UT. So far, Murray has done all that has been asked.” Fear is the MIND-KILLER”…
WDE
September 26th, 2012
1:28 pm
@chazzo good points Murray is a fine young man, but he has to win the games in the heart of the schedule to get where he and the team need to go…last year he beat all of our big rivals save SC and then LSU in the Dome….if he can do that this year add SC he has arrived. But I have to say I like the way he is protecting the ball so far this season.
7576DAWG
September 26th, 2012
1:29 pm
chazzo
I don’t think you have anything to worry about. This team is focused. They know they haven’t accomplished anything yet except that they are off to a good start.
The MEDIA is what fuels all this Heisman talk and all this National title talk it’s not the head coaches like Saban and Richt. They both know that they are one injury away from a disaster for their team. If their QB’s go out or a great running back go’s down a lot can change. The reason Richt and a lot of coaches are playing their Freshmen running backs is to build depth at that position in case someone does get hurt. Not as easy to build depth at Quarterback.
Nothing Could Be Finer
September 26th, 2012
1:30 pm
ARdawg
September 26th, 2012
12:25 pm
UGA didn’t play many starters at all in the 4th qtr Vandy game. That’s not significant really nor is SC’s win over a hapless Mizzou.
We’re better than SC, they know it and we know it. We were better than SC the last two years. They had Lattimore, we didn’t.
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Correction
We still have Lattimore and the dogs still need to learn how to tackle him.
ugaclassof2004
September 26th, 2012
1:39 pm
Good points UGA 5-0: all of them.
And I think Murray’s teammates were right in their assessment of him. I’ve seen him get on guys last game which is good to see. I’ll be very frank guys: this Bulldog team will go as far as they want to go. Sure they could lose to Tennessee, South Carolina, or Florida, but it’s going to take exceptional effort from them and a LOT of not caring from us to make that happen. This team this year has shown me that they care. It this team truly wants it, I have no reason to believe why they can’t go 12-0 this season( and this is not coming from some UGA Homer). Are we good enough to beat Bama right now? Honestly, NO( but who knows 2 month’s from now). But everyone else? If we bring our A game, we got a shot, we really do.
kingdaddy
September 26th, 2012
1:40 pm
Haters gon hate. They are scared because they have been seeing their “demise” coming in the form of a Red & Black Horse of their Apocalypse…Win one game at a time. UT is going down just like a good Vandy team that got dismantled. A Vandy team that almost beat a well coached Spurrier team ranked in the top 10. Jarvis & Tree are going to make Bray run for his life. Expect a few new wrinkles for this game, but no more than we have to. CMR is saving his playbook for the “crybaby” lil stevie. Tenn. is a trap game, but when we beat them, the trolls will still say we beat nobody. And when we March through Columbia and burn that stadium to the ground, the trolls will say SC was down for some reason or other, just wait till Fla and so on…One game at a time Doggies…
Nothing Could Be Finer
September 26th, 2012
1:52 pm
Dogs fans, a few requests/advice:
1. Please don’t lose to the Vols – ESPN Gameday would be nice for Oct. 6.
2. Please no injuries vs the Vols – we want to beat you at full strength on Oct. 6.
3. Stop telling yourselves how good you are – you don’t want to embarrass yourselves on Oct 6.
Thank you.
kingdaddy
September 26th, 2012
1:54 pm
@Nothing
How many points did Ashlon & Ingram account for against UGA last year? Lattie is a great back, but he’s not the same RB he was last year and don’t say he’s better because he isn’t. How many points did Lattimore have against us? It will be a good game, but The Dawgs are Waaaaaaaaaaaaay better than a Vandy team that almost kicked your a$$€$ and you know it. All you’re doing is “whistling through the graveyard” right now, lol…
joe jenkins
September 26th, 2012
1:57 pm
Wo cares where sc and tenn are ranked…you beat your rivals at uga…and you remain hbc at uga for a long time. And Richt has done that for the most part. I will be SICK AS HELL IF WE LOSE TO EITHER TEAM. I just hope grantham is the real deal…the jury is still out on him…It just seems like the players havent fully grasped the scheme at times because they don’t know where to lineup and the blow coverages…does that fall on grantham for giving them to much…or the players just are incapable of learning the full sceme a 100%
joe jenkins
September 26th, 2012
2:00 pm
Nothing could be finer than the chickens losing the rest of their games and sending spurrier into retirement!!!!lol
joe jenkins
September 26th, 2012
2:02 pm
I hope we give spurrier a beatdown for running his crybaby redneck mouth the whole summer about our schedule.. columbia=hell on earth and a crack town
Ghost
September 26th, 2012
2:15 pm
@nothing could be finer , S. Carolina is the most tradition-less program in SEC, SC has 16-43-2 record vs Georgia and in history of the series and has never won 3 in a row don’t think it starts this year, cackle after you win something.
Duluth Dawg
September 26th, 2012
2:16 pm
Has anyone seen tide roll?? He hasn’t been on here since the Buffalo game. Oh wait, “Nothing Could Be Finer…” is his new handle. Doesn’t Columbia, SC have a newspaper for you to read?
UGA MAGIC
September 26th, 2012
2:17 pm
Just in…….. I heard Richt asking for fans to wear BLACK Sat. !!!!!!
kingdaddy
September 26th, 2012
2:18 pm
I was stationed at Shaw A.F.B. and Columbia is a blight on the face of the earth. When I drive through there on 26, I pray I don’t break down in that “craphole” of a podunk town. Dumb fans, dumb school & the stupidest mascot on the planet. Chickens eat shiz…
Nothing Could Be Finer
September 26th, 2012
2:24 pm
kingdaddy
September 26th, 2012
2:18 pm
I was stationed at Shaw A.F.B. and Columbia is a blight on the face of the earth. When I drive through there on 26, I pray I don’t break down in that “craphole” of a podunk town. Dumb fans, dumb school & the stupidest mascot on the planet. Chickens eat shiz…
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Let me quote you, “haters gon hate”
LOL
See you October 6th for THREE-IN-A-ROW
kingdaddy
September 26th, 2012
2:37 pm
@Nothing
Everything else I said is true too, LMFNAOFF…
7576DAWG
September 26th, 2012
2:41 pm
joe jenkins
Last I heard Georgia has played 23 Freshmen this year. Why would anyone think that there would be blown assignments. They are learning as fast as they can but Georgia will never be as good as Alabama or L.S.U. unless we develop at least two deep and three deep if possible of players at as many positions as possible without the quality of play decreasing.
kingdaddy
September 26th, 2012
2:44 pm
@Nothing
What, you think you gonna find love on a BullDawg Blog? Find a blog for squabs like you. In here, you’re like a one-legged man in a butt-kicking contest, ALL TALK…
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
September 26th, 2012
2:50 pm
Guys
Why do yall let a SC fan rowl you up
Its SC
They have only one conference championship and I think that was back when telephone was invented
joe jenkins
September 26th, 2012
2:52 pm
@ghost dont sell ourselves short it’s 46-16 uga baby
Ghost
September 26th, 2012
3:00 pm
joe, i’m not
http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin/records/opp-opp.pl?start=1869&end=2011&team1=Georgia&team2=South+Carolina
Rabid Dawg 84
September 26th, 2012
3:25 pm
AUBIE was ranked #20 last year! When you crush a ranked team 45-7 on natinal tv, they tend to become unranked. Duh! Aubie went to SCAR (11-2) and won last year.
GA Dawgs
September 26th, 2012
3:34 pm
I BIG reason Aaron Murray and the running are playing at a high level is because of the offensive line play. That was the biggest question in the off season in my opinion and if they stay healthy and continue to play better I expect a great season.
7576DAWG
September 26th, 2012
3:35 pm
Also South Carolina players will remember that we beat them silly last year . Our defense only gave up 22 points. They scored the rest on Georgia’s mistakes. Example, a tackle ran a fake punt back for a touchdown. How many times does that happen in all of College football in a complete year. Our senior field goal kicker missed two chip shots. Even Spurrier admitted he doesn’t see how they beat Georgia last year. Lattimore is definitely still a great back but he doesn’t hit the holes quite as fast as he did before he was injured. If we can contain Clowney and keep Murray from getting killed ,Georgia would have already won the psychological war before the game starts. Murray , Gurley , Marshall and our defense will take care of the rest.
Rabid Dawg 84
September 26th, 2012
3:37 pm
I know it’s Sherbert week, but can some reporter please ask SOS this ?, “Does the SEC schedule rotate or do you unfairly play LSU more than Georgia?” UGA has 3 extra games against LSU that SCAR doesn’t – SECCG!!! When did CMR or any other coach complain about the rotating SEC schedule? I know, just beat the crap out of the Sherberts this week. Nothing else matters. Cock fans get on my nerves sometimes.
truedawg
September 26th, 2012
3:49 pm
Murry has shown improvement for sure. Better ball security and better decisions. This year we have seen great games played by both sides of the ball. Yes it was Vandy, but Vandy has been better and playing teams hard. Also you have to think that Vandy had this game circled for us. I think we got the best Vandy could offer and gave them our best. The players proved alot to me. With a good game plan and a complete effort for 4 qtrs this team can play with anyone in the nation…and win.
As far as saying he’s better than Greene…hard to say. Stats say he will be better, but what about championships? Never compare past players to present players. I’m just thankful that we had Greene and have Murray now. After the chicken game we’ll see how this team looks. If the Dawgs can handle SC like they did Vandy, then I think Bama and LSU will be glad neither of them had to play UGA this year!!
GATA!!!
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chazzo
September 26th, 2012
4:30 pm
WDE, DAWG76,
Thanks for the comments. I think you guys understand that I am not being a neg head. I have defended Murray, Richt, and yes even Bobo for quite a while. I felt like coming in as an RS freshman and taking on a team in transition with a poor running game and pressure from the fans was outstanding. My respect for him skyrocketed when he got up and threw strikes after that jerk Farley drove him into the ground and popped him late.
I do not doubt his ability to win big games. I just think he needs a few of those type of wins to go down as one of the college greats. He’s a winner. He’ll get them.
ARdawg
September 26th, 2012
4:37 pm
chazzo
It is real there guy. Wait for adversity before getting behind the team. That doesn’t make much sense when you think about it does it? I know you’re a DGD chazzo but, c’mon, wait until they’ve beat someone? Is that what you mean?
Preston Thompson
September 26th, 2012
4:41 pm
All you “boasters” might be a little careful. Just saying my team is gonna beat the snot outa yours can cause a good bit of digestion from crow feathers. Why not just wait and see?
And for Aaron’s play at QB for me is most impressive. I’ve not seen him make the wrong turn for any hand off in the backfield. He is very smooth with his handling of the ball, and his passes are just and smooth and on target as I’ve seen at Georgia. No, I’m not saying he the best, far from it. That will be discussed years from now, but for now the fellow is getting it done. If the offensive line gets their job done, this year will be a phenomenal year. Everything else is as good as I’ve seen it, and that’s over the last 42 years for me. Sorry, I’m from Alabama but I was raised an Ole Miss fan.
Back when they still had the flag, among other things I cared for. But I’m a Ga boy now. Go Dawgs.
Tom Dawg 1
September 26th, 2012
6:32 pm
Hey I want the Dawg’s to win every thing. Be 12 and 0 then win the SEC. Then the NC, but the team I want to smash every year is those Yellar Pissants from Atlanta. If we beat them 60 to 0, I want the final score to be 90 to 0. I don’t like orange but I hate Yellar. My favorite colors is Red and Black.
I think Bobo has opened up the playbook a little more this year. Offense wins games, defense wins championships. I look for Rambo to have a great game Saturday, he should be hungry for an interception or 2.
Kenny Powers
September 26th, 2012
10:31 pm
Murray is nerdy, but he’s also like Eddie Haskell…always polite and respectful, reminds one of a choir boy, he is around things that may be problem, but somehow ol’ Eddie wiggles his way out of trouble…people just think he’s squeaky clean…yep, most thinks he’s like Wally, but he’s Eddie
MJ
September 27th, 2012
7:58 am
Seems to be 1 person, using dozens of fake names, saying “Murray so good so far, but he hasn’t beat a ranked team yet”……
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10:24 pm
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