Spurrier on Georgia: ‘I keep seeing all those long runs by those freshman Bulldogs’
Informed Sunday that ESPN’s College Gameday crew is coming to Columbia on Saturday for No. 5 Georgia’s game against No. 6 South Carolina, Gamecocks coach Steve Spurrier said that’s just the way he likes it.
The last time that group set up outside Williams-Brice Stadium was on Oct. 9th, 2010, and South Carolina knocked off No. 1-ranked Alabama 35-21.
“We certainly do [like games such as this],” Spurrier said on his weekly teleconference call Sunday. “The last time they were here, obviously that was one of the best days in Carolina football history. It was the first time we had ever beat a No. 1 team. It adds to the importance of the game. It sort of lets the world know and the country know South Carolina football’s pretty good. We’re not quite where we want to be yet, but we’re up there amongst them and hopefully we can keep pushing on.”
The matchup everybody anticipated for Week 6 of the season has materialized. Both the Gamecocks (5-0, 3-0 SEC) and Bulldogs (5-0, 3-0) were consensus preseason picks as the top two teams from the East and they arrive undefeated and ranked among the nation’s best. Both teams negotiated potential trap games this past weekend. South Carolina trailed Kentucky 17-7 in the first half but surged ahead in the second to win 38-17. Georgia wasted several three-score leads to outlast Tennessee 51-44 at Sanford Stadium.
Spurrier said he hasn’t had a chance yet to sit down and study the Bulldogs on video, but he has been impressed by what he has seen on highlight shows.
“I keep seeing a bunch of long runs by those Bulldog freshmen,” said Spurrier, speaking of tailbacks Todd Gurley and Keith Marshall. “That’s probably a good message when you think you lose a top running that has some issues like the kid they had there last year [Isaiah Crowell], maybe the next guys can come in and play as well or better. So the long runs is what I noticed mostly yesterday. And, of course [Aaron] Murray hit a bunch of big passes, too. They were a scoring machine.”
Georgia comes into the game leading the SEC in scoring (48.2 ppg) and total offense (536 ypg). But the Gamecocks, behind quarterback Connor Shaw and running back Marcus Lattimore, have been lighting it up, too. South Carolina averages 36.6 points and 409 yards per game.
The difference might be the Gamecocks’ defense, which is giving up an average of just 11.2 points and 288 yards. That’s second and third in the SEC, respectively.
Conversely, Georgia’s defense has been a bit of a disappointment. The Bulldogs are in the bottom half of the league against the score (22.0 ppg) and in yards allowed (370 pg).
“Well, they’re scoring so fast,” Spurrier said. “You score fast and your defense has to play a lot more. It usually takes us a while to get it down the field and score. Our defense is hopefully only out there 58 to 63 plays, something like that. Georgia’s been scoring so fast and there’s been so many turnovers in their games, the defense is just playing more plays. No, they can make plays all over the place. And even last year we didn’t move the ball that well at all.”
Spurrier is referring to last season’s 45-42 win at Georgia in which the Bulldogs gave up 14 points on a pick-six and a fake punt and another 14 indirectly on offensive turnovers deep in their own territory.
You’d think that all would be warm and fuzzy with the Gamecocks, what with them being in some unchartered waters in program history from a winning standpoint. But Spurrier refused to take questions after the UAB game and a couple of other news conferences due to his differences over what he deemed was negative reporting by the local newspaper, The Columbia State. In particular he seems to be having issues with columnist Ron Morris, who has been known to take him to task from time-to-time.
“Well, it’s only one guy,” Spurrier said Sunday. “I just said I had enough of it. Hopefully we got the problem under control. I guess time will tell.”
Morris wrote a column about their strained relationship this past week.
Stay tuned for much more coverage of the Gamecocks and the Bulldogs this week as we get set for what will certainly be the most anticipated Georgia-South Carolina game in the long and storied history of that series.
COMPLETE COVERAGE OF GEORGIA-TENNESSEE GAME:
- ‘Gurshall’ leads Bulldogs to victory in 51-44 shootout over Vols
- Video: Georgia survives offensive thriller at Sanford Stadium
- Jeff Schultz column: Win has mixture of highlights, slapstick
- Notebook: Ogletree, Rambo make a difference in return to D
- Dogs overcome special-teams woes
- What they said: Players, coaches discuss the game
- Photo gallery: Scenes from Sanford Stadium
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Class of '98
September 30th, 2012
3:23 pm
GO DAWGS!!! GURSHALL FOR HEISMAN!!!
Class of '98
September 30th, 2012
3:25 pm
By the way folks, posting that you are “first” is lame enough, why do people post “second” and “third”?
WHO CARES?!?!?!?!
Brian
September 30th, 2012
3:27 pm
No smart@ss comments this week from Spurrier? Must be concerned
Grantham's The Man!
September 30th, 2012
3:27 pm
I see Spurrier’s still being controled by his inner two year old alternate personality.
Richard Gray Holt, Jr
September 30th, 2012
3:28 pm
Go Dawgs!
Brian
September 30th, 2012
3:30 pm
I could care less about being first or second or third but I do know that only one person can win the heisman and Gurshall is two. I am a hure UGA fan but Gurshall just does not sound right. Bush and Lendale White never had a cheesy name so why do we? I think its something Edward Aschoff from ESPN came up with. Marshall and Gurley sounds right to me
Brian
September 30th, 2012
3:31 pm
huge*
Grantham's The Man!
September 30th, 2012
3:33 pm
Looking forward to a great one in Columbia!
Maybe Sprrier can milk that Bogus Ron Morris excuse, and dodge the press for another week, and avoid the dreaded ”I just lost the biggest game in South Carolina history” speech.
NORRIS
September 30th, 2012
3:40 pm
Lou Holtz said that UGA couldnt beat south carolina…He said UGA couldnt score like that on their D. Well we will find out wont we… He also said that south carolina would face Alabama in the sec championship and give them all they want. We are talking about the same team that should have been losing 24 to 7 at the half to Kentucky!!
Badland Dawg
September 30th, 2012
3:42 pm
SC is going to give us a beat down…..the way we play on D in the mid….the old ball coach is going to take care of B…I got GA with big L this week….SC just looks better than UGA on D…..
beanster
September 30th, 2012
3:45 pm
““Well, they’re scoring so fast,” Spurrier said. “You score fast and your defense has to play a lot more. It usually takes us a while to get it down the field and score. Our defense is hopefully only out there 58 to 63 plays, something like that. Georgia’s been scoring so fast and there’s been so many turnovers in their games, the defense is just playing more plays.”
I wonder if our coaches understand this fact.
RNB
September 30th, 2012
3:46 pm
Georgia is in big trouble this weekend if they can’t shore up the run defense.
Badland Dawg
September 30th, 2012
3:51 pm
hay NORRIE……. GA had to come back just to tie Tenn befour half same thing…OUR QB did,nt know what team he was on just befour the half…but he is always like that in big games…..that why GA will not win the east….#11 gets crazy and O WELL there always next year…
dawggirl
September 30th, 2012
3:51 pm
I agree, beanster. Spurrier pointed out something that should be quite obvious to everyone. We need to take our time out on the field. It’s great we’re scoring so many points, but we do score too fast and our defense then has to play a lot more.
CHDawg
September 30th, 2012
3:54 pm
I have a novel idea: why don’t we let them play the game, rather than trying to divine the score ahead of time! The predictions are never right, so why bother? Spurrier is a great coach, and I think beating UGA is probably up near the top of his goal sheet every year. Maybe that is why he got back into SEC football–couldn’t stand life if he couldn’t beat the Dawgs. Let’s hope Richt and company have been putting some time in on attacking SC over the summer. Their DEs are going to be murder for our new tackles. I suspect Murray might have to do some scrambling…Go Dawgs! You never can tell, as nothing would surprise me at this point.
CHDawg
September 30th, 2012
3:57 pm
I disagree, folks. Our offensive production is better than ever! Our D’s strength is run D. If we can score 55 and keep them on the field the whole time, we should win big! Score often and quickly. We are deep on D, too. Strike fast and keep up the pace.
RedDawg
September 30th, 2012
3:58 pm
They will score on long drives like a python snake, and we will strike quick like a cobra.
I’ll take the cobra DAWGS WIN!!!!!!!!
beanster
September 30th, 2012
4:02 pm
@dawggirl — I admit that it does seems rather counterintuitive to suggest that our problem is that we score too often and too quickly, but it seems to me that the coaches pay little attention to this aspect of the game. If the D just had a long series and is huffing and puffing on the sidelines, we’re not doing ourselves any favors calling three runs up the gut. I’m not suggesting we tell Marshall or Gurley to step out of bounds instead of score, but perhaps we should play for 10 yards at a time more often, especially if the D is gassed (like they were in the 2nd half yesterday).
beanster
September 30th, 2012
4:07 pm
I am pretty sure that’s what we did yesterday, CHDawg, and we were very fortunate to get a W against a mid tier team in the East. I am afraid if we try that all season we may not be so fortunate at some point.
Really??
September 30th, 2012
4:10 pm
Damn guys!! Maybe Marshall should have taken a knee rather than breaking those two big runs. How inconsiderate of him! He clearly wasn’t thinking about the defense!! That’s the dumbest thing I’ve heard anyone say. Slow down with the scoring??? That’s crazy. Score quick and score often is what I say.
beanster
September 30th, 2012
4:16 pm
How about this then: Be conscious of how long the D has been on the field and make the appropriate play calls on offense. Richt’s early teams were superior ball control teams. Look at LSU last year, they were all ball control on offense combined with a stifling defense. We don’t need to go for a bomb every 2nd down just because it’s a passing down. Get a 1st down, keep the chains moving, our D off the field and theirs on it.
flo-ri-duh
September 30th, 2012
4:18 pm
UGA is better on offense and S.C. may be better on defense. Could come down to special teams like it did last year. UGA definitely was better than S.C. last year but special teams killed UGA. Tennessee is much better on the OL than S.C. UGA crushed Vandy and S.C. squeaked by in the 1st game of the year.
JacketFanMarcus
September 30th, 2012
4:19 pm
Man, these dogs are so overrated – #4 in the country? Please!
Barely beats a weak Tennessee team and beats by a weak Missouri team (celebrating like they really beat someone).
UGA has always under-performed its talent base. Don’t see anything different this season…
beanster
September 30th, 2012
4:22 pm
Marcus, I give you credit. You have balls. You have no brain. But you have balls.
RedandBlackDAWG
September 30th, 2012
4:38 pm
beanster
September 30th, 2012
4:02 pm
You are spot on about the defense spending too much time on the field. UGA needs to control the clock better. The defense spent 91 plays on the field yesterday and that is way too many plays on that side. We need to control the play a little bit more, and give the defense sometime to recover. It is ironic, but last year we couldn’t keep on the field because our offense wasn’t good enough and made too many mistakes and this year, we can’t keep on the field because we score too fast. I never thought qwe would have to worry about the speed of our offense, putting us at a disadvantage in a game.
S.C. presents a good challenge on defense for us though, so maybe we will have to slow down a bit, and equal out the play a little on both sides. It will take a big effort to shore up the D this week, and contain the run. We can’t always count on just out scoring the opponent all of the time.
I think mistakes will determine who wins this game. Whoever flinches the most will lose.
Pj
September 30th, 2012
4:42 pm
Anyone who advocates NOT scoring when the opportunity presents itself is a grade A moron. “You play to win the game!”
Cobb Dawg
September 30th, 2012
4:43 pm
The ole’ ball coach makes a good point. We score so fast our D has to spend a lot of time on the field. Maybe more ball control is on the table for USCe.
Bulldawg Rick
September 30th, 2012
4:46 pm
Gonna be a great SEC game & the first with UGA & SC ranked this high together!
How bout let’s quit with all the BS about our weaknesses (probably GT trolls).. If we have no more than 2 turnovers on O, we win!! Both teams have had issues during some of the games, however, bottom line BOTH teams are undefeated & respectively ranked #’s 5 & 6 nationally..
Game On!!
Do Dawgs!
Bulldawg Rick
September 30th, 2012
4:48 pm
Uhhhh I am not Homer Simpson…
Go Dawgs!
Bulldog on the Bayou
September 30th, 2012
4:51 pm
No beanster, Marcus doesn’t have balls; having no brain, however, makes him unaware of that. No brains and no balls – how sad! You do not talk trash about another’s team that is undefeated when yours is abysmal.
UGA89
September 30th, 2012
4:51 pm
Marcus…
After losing to MTSU you come on a UGA blog and put us down?? I’ll take being 5-0 and an overrated #5 team in the nation than be in your position.
William dawgs fan
September 30th, 2012
4:51 pm
Marcus, the jackets lost to middle Tennesee. Now go jump off a cliff.
douglas
September 30th, 2012
4:57 pm
I hate to say it but I believe USC will beat us. There defense will be better than our offense and they will get heat on Murray. They dominated Missouri — it was like men among boys. Spurrier is just setting us up — and knows USC can beat UGA.
JacketFanMarcus
September 30th, 2012
5:05 pm
To all you Dawg fans still basking off the glory year of 1980…
Fact #1: Georgia Tech won a national championship in 1990. UGA hasn’t won one since 1980!
Fact #2: Every highly rated running back recruited is ALWAYS the next “Herschel”! Now, to satisfy their fans, they’ve created this Frankenstein combo – one with the #3 and the other player with the #4 call “Girlshall”…OMG…
badmofo's
September 30th, 2012
5:05 pm
We didn’t even prepare for Kentucky they are garbage. We analyzed the first half and executed in the second without any prep. We practiced all week for the Georgia game and got another long week of prep this week. Spurrier isn’t a dummy. We will go into this next game well prepared, at home, and ready to beat hell out of .them and the bulldogs will falter and fall. Ga qb is going down
They can’t beat us we are a.better team And this is truly the most exciting game in a while
Hammer
September 30th, 2012
5:07 pm
Looks like the mutts opened as 2.5 dawgs in Vegas. They are daring you Georgia crackers to load up. Sucker bet, suckers.
tony
September 30th, 2012
5:10 pm
I think Spurrier makes a great point that we score too fast. However, lets not buy into his psychology because the last thing he would want to do is get into a shootout with a high power offense. Our d-line just has to do a better job at stopping people.
Will Freind has done a good with the offensive line – now go hire a better d-line and linebacker coach who is serious about teaching our young men proper technics, fundamentals and will demand respect.
Really?
September 30th, 2012
5:10 pm
Love how a GaTech fan has to comment on Georgia – Tech SUCKS just deal with it.
Kingsx7
September 30th, 2012
5:12 pm
JUST WIN BABY !!!!!!!!!!!
Really?
September 30th, 2012
5:13 pm
To all the SC fans -Georgia will leave it all on the field. Careful what you say now cause you truthfully don’t know how SC is going to play.
bobdawg
September 30th, 2012
5:13 pm
Jacketfans….
the southern conference is where u and GT belong
1aa FCS
Bobby
September 30th, 2012
5:18 pm
Yeah, I’m a Tech and I fully agree WE SUCK right now. I’m not certain the Southern Conference would actually accept us at the moment.
Lagdawg
September 30th, 2012
5:26 pm
The D Line needs to be challanged. They are too big to keep getting blown off the line. The ILB can’t get off of blocks and the NG is getting manhandled. The DC needs to give them a gut check for the season. Branden Smith needs to be on the bench. He couldn’t cover a bucket with a lid on it. The defense looks horrible and the dumb excuse about the offense scoring too fast is pathetic. The D has depth, they just need to play better. Very poor execution. There was no pressure on Tenn. QB until towards the end of the game. If the D is supposed to have so many players ready for the NFL, they better start playing like it. It’s do or die next week.
joe jenkins
September 30th, 2012
5:30 pm
Some of ya’ll are full crap….the offense needs to keep scoring at a fast or however they can….if the defense wants off the field…then they need to get more three and outs…my gawd people we finally have a good offense and yall want to complain because they score to fast….geez!!! Anyways whats up with us helping tenn players up off the ground after being tackled??? and aaron murry texting bray…it seems like we have lost some hatred for tenn…which is not good for a rivalry…. It would be a dream come true for us to pound sc into the ground…but i don’t see it happening because we cant stop the run….We have all the talent in the world on defense…but we simply dont make plays
Mandrell Dawg
September 30th, 2012
5:30 pm
I don’t want to hear anything about the offense scoring too fast. You take the points where you can get them. If they come on 1 play drives, be happy and hope the next series is just as quick. If you want the defense to have fewer plays on the field, make the other team go 3 and out!! I think that might cut down the number of plays on defense just a little bit!!
Rick James
September 30th, 2012
5:30 pm
I’ll bet Spurrier is not whining about having to play Arkansas this year..
fayncdawg
September 30th, 2012
5:37 pm
Brian
Spurrier SHOULD be very concerned esp. if the Dawgs are smart enough to run on this team! That being said, I’m sure we’ll get a smart alecky comment from Spurrrier before Thursday! Better yet try Tuesday when the polls will be out!
Dawg1
September 30th, 2012
5:41 pm
Get ready for it…
The Old Ball Coach does a pretty good Imitation of Vince Dooley the week before a game…
It’s the other 51 weeks where he is a total jackass…
Have to admit; I’ll miss him when he hangs them up..
beanster
September 30th, 2012
5:43 pm
For all of you clear geniuses out there saying we should score as fast as we can: In your estimation, why has our defense, the #5 defense in all of the country last year who got every single starter back AND has a few 1st or 2nd year players now contributing, suddenly forgotten how to stop teams? According to you geniuses, it’s all execution. You know who makes excuses about players not executing? Willie Martinez. You know who else? Paul Johnson.
We have the talent. We need to be coached properly and get the scheme right. Something ain’t workin’…
Dawgdad (The Original)
September 30th, 2012
5:46 pm
The best way for the defense to get off the field is a three and out! Every possession it appears we are in a “prevent”. Man up and stop giving up these 8-9 yards on first down.
THE UGA formerly known as RUSS
September 30th, 2012
5:54 pm
I don’t need comments on everything from the Pie Hole under the Visor, but someone goes to him for a comment on every thing and prints it.
@polorenzo
September 30th, 2012
5:59 pm
Whoever is doubting this “D”, go jump off a cliff…This is a national championship year and we will show up and show out…Too much on the line…G.A,T.A
JB
September 30th, 2012
6:04 pm
If Spurrier had a choice of beating Georgia this Saturday or saving his mothers life…..He’d have a funeral to go to on Tuesday.
Herschel Walker's Jock Strap
September 30th, 2012
6:08 pm
I am embarrassed as a UGA fan for some of things you self appointed geniuses are coming up with as to why we are under performing on defense. There are several reasons as to why we played poorly on defense yesterday. So, for those of you with a mildly retarded football IQ here are the reasons….
1.) UT has a really good Offensive Line (credit where credit is due)
2.) They also kept a TE & RB in to block most of their pass plays (that was there counter for Jarvis Jones)
3.). Our D-line cannot get up field and disrupt running lanes or squeeze the pocket (Rodney Garners fault)
4.). Last year we were great on 3rd downs, yesterday not so much. (See points 5 & 6)
5.). Branden Smith is a total liability on 3rd down passing situations. We should not expect him to play man 2 man / bump & run against guys that out weigh him by at least 25 lbs and are 5-6″ taller. (They looked for that match up all night)
6.). Malcolm Mitchell needs to play strictly defense (he needs to replace Branden Smith) and we don’t need him on offense unless Bennett, King or Brown get injured.
7.) Lastly, they ran it down our throats yesterday because we used Florida’s approach to countering UT’s deep threat capability (We gave up the run and played safeties very deep (also see point #1) those two reasons together made our run defense look rather pedestrian.
Now, with all that being said, we will handle SC because they really don’t have the recievers to give us fits like UT. We will win this game but we have to do a good job of protecting Murray and blocking SC’s front 4. Go Dawgs!
Mark
September 30th, 2012
6:11 pm
Protect the ball and we win. Simple. Go Dawgs.
LakeDawg
September 30th, 2012
6:12 pm
I think UGA is going to win this game. While Carolina is basking in all of the hoopla with GameDay there and coming off of an easy victory of UK, UGA will be away from the limelight working to correct their mistakes from the UT game. UGA will be more focused and is more talented.
roughrider
September 30th, 2012
6:13 pm
The job of the offense is to score whenever posible. The job of the defense is to keep the other team from scoring.Our offense did what they were supposed to do but our defense was slack.
LakeDawg
September 30th, 2012
6:18 pm
Herschel Walker’s Jock Strap
I agree with your post. Also, that is the last game you will see UGA in that defensive scheme. UGA coaches were really afraid of UT’s WR’s and Bray. The players aren’t used to playing that passive scheme and missed several assignments, not to mention the problem of having to rotate in guys who hadn’t played before. UGA will play much more aggressive on D the rest of the way. I expect the D to start turning it on.
superDawg
September 30th, 2012
6:27 pm
I hope has has about four or five zingers in him before next saturday.
dawg4life
September 30th, 2012
6:27 pm
Ummm, Marcus, Tech just got smoked, at home, by MTSU….
Dawg-Gawn
September 30th, 2012
6:29 pm
Bobo’s job is to score as often and as fast as he can… Grantham’s job is to stop the other team from scoring! Both coordinator’s did their job…. the problem lies in the turnover’s and metal lapses by certain players (Malcolm Mitchell, Marshall Morgan, Aaron Murray, Rantavious Wooten, Todd Gurley and Keith Marshall) ALL of these are easily correctable! 10-A-C was given 20 points due to turnovers and thanks to M. Morgan 2 XP taken away from UGA’s score.
The important factor in this 10-A-C game, is the fact that UGA despite the turnovers and mental lapse’s STILL got the W…. it wasn’t pretty, but UGA survived though all the ugly, still won and never lost their composure once!
This game happened at a perfect time too… right before the SC game! This game should serve as a wake-up call (slap in the face) to both the players and coaches… stay focused (No Regrets) turn the ball over next Saturday and SC will get the W. This was a most humbling game at best!
“Stay Focused”
“Our Team” “Our Time” “No Regrets”
“BELIEVE” in the “G”
LHarding Dawg
September 30th, 2012
6:29 pm
I just got in from Athens where its always good to beat Tennessee. I figured Tennessee was going to give us fits and they did. If I were Coach Richt and Grantham, the only thing I change is to try to cut back on the turnovers.
BILLY JACK
September 30th, 2012
6:32 pm
Beanster 5;43 we didnt return every starter from last year we lost Brandon Boykin probably our best all around player CB and special team player and team captain.
kmarshall4
September 30th, 2012
6:51 pm
seriously crazy people on here scoring to fast is not the problem how about a few more 3 and outs on defense then we can score some more come on grantham earn your money bobo is
Beast from the East
September 30th, 2012
6:53 pm
Looking forward to watching this game. Too close to call in my opinion, but I would have to give SC the edge because they’re at home. Hope it lives up to the billing.
LakeDawg
September 30th, 2012
7:01 pm
Hey Beast. What’s your take on the LSU-UF game?
Bitter---same-ole---same-ole
September 30th, 2012
7:03 pm
Same trolls bashing//hate-in//dumb, senceless commints//—One thang for sure
Our QB–Murry proved his TWIN—Turnover Murphy was still hanging around
———-Give the BLUE TICKS CREDIT——–Great offensive line
————gurshall is/are the best thang since slice bread
———-”O” line coach//FRIEND—has truely turned the corner
——————-//THANKS COACH FRIEND//—CONGRATS DAWGS
———Remember you win as a ———-TEAM
ARdawg
September 30th, 2012
7:04 pm
So the Old Bawl Sack makes a few remarks and the blog fans think we are scoring to fast? That’s funny chit right there. I don’t care who you are
DogMax
September 30th, 2012
7:05 pm
SC can’t stop the the Dog’s powerful offense—Ga rolls—33-20. Bet the house.
ARdawg
September 30th, 2012
7:05 pm
Beast
We win this game and I’m pretty sure The Old Bawl Sack knows it
Skint
September 30th, 2012
7:13 pm
Georgia won the game. It wasn’t what everybody wanted. The defense needs to close the spreads on the line. Shaw will look for Lattimore out of the backfield on the dump pass. We need to recognize formations so that we can quit running people off and on on D. With that said, how many TV timeouts were there where we could rest our D. Score when you can, and play smart on D. Like one of my favorites said at TA&M, “We played well, but we just couldn’t get off the field”.(Joe Kines)
DOGGIE IN NC
September 30th, 2012
7:13 pm
BEANSTER – Just how many long ball did you see Murray throw? One, maybe? We were not scoring with home run passes – it was mostly long runs that were the fast scores. What do you want the runner to do? Stope half-way there so we don’ score too fast? The stupidity on these boards never cease to amaze me! That defense is going to be spitting nails come Saturday nite. I see a blowout of the Chicken Littles. GO DOGGIES!
SmyrnaGuy
September 30th, 2012
7:15 pm
Lou Holtz is an old senile geezer. Anything he says is proven wrong more times than not. Mark Mays is a much more intelligent analyst. If Holtz is picking USC(e), then that’s perfect for the Dawgs.
DOGGIE IN NC
September 30th, 2012
7:17 pm
By the way. great shuttle pass by Green Bay just now – how come we never run it any more – seems I recall we were very successful when we used it. Go figure. GO DOGGIES!
LoyalDog
September 30th, 2012
7:18 pm
Spurrior has his opinion. Score often and the defense needs to win the 1st down and 3rd down battles. Make it 2nd and long and then 3rd and long. Earn it and get off the field. Right now the D has not earned it. Score often and at will against Spurrier. He is afraid of this explosiveness.
Mookie
September 30th, 2012
7:24 pm
The ole ball Dlck with ears may win the game next week by running Lattimore 40 times but still won’t win the east.
rramo
September 30th, 2012
7:24 pm
Scoring 2 fast! LOL:)
Snake Doc
September 30th, 2012
7:35 pm
Beanster – you are correct
Snake Doc
September 30th, 2012
7:37 pm
Gurshall?
Are you serious?
BigDawg
September 30th, 2012
7:47 pm
Fellow Dawgs,
The real one’s anyway this was the first game where we had Rambo and Ogletree back plus Commings moved back to Corner so they were rusty. Next these guys had beaten Tennessee the last 2 years and it appeared to me that we went into a little bit of a shell when got out to the 17 point lead so easily and we relaxed and then the mental mistakes by Murray, ball security, place on the field by Marshall and Gurly happened allowing Tennessee to score those 3 TDs in the 2nd quarter before the half.
As you saw yesterday this Tennessee team is pretty good on offense and did not fold, plus they had some help from the officials by not calling those blatant holding on their O-line. We shut them down in the fourth quarter by forcing those 3 turnovers. The talent is there all over the field on this team and they are starting to jell into a very good team. I believe they will acquit themselves quiet nicely come Saturday in Columbia, South Carolina and this time next week there will be more of these so called experts obsessing over this and that etc.
Go dawgs
WTF
September 30th, 2012
7:48 pm
This game is going to be huge! USC and UGA are both primed and I think the winner takes the East. Go Dawgs
Game Changer
September 30th, 2012
7:57 pm
Aaron Murray has not beaten a team that ended the season in the top 20.
Been 5 years or more since UGA has beat a team that finished in top 20.
Will that change, dang sure hope so!!
umyboyBlue17
September 30th, 2012
8:00 pm
The dawgs have to do everything they have to do to stop ML if Shaw can beat throwing it so be it.I have seen that guy run over so many dawgs the past two years I have actually thought about calling the SPCA. No matter what the defence cannot let Lattimore beat them.
joe jenkins
September 30th, 2012
8:06 pm
The only true talent we have on defense is jarvis jones…tree and commings….rambo….the rest are average. I think the suspendions hurt malcom mitchell the worst…because for five games the coaches are not sure what to do with him….but we cant give up on him…he is one of the best players we….i would love to hang 60 on those sorry ass chickens……..go dawgs!!!!
Cornelius Washington's Neck Brace
September 30th, 2012
8:08 pm
Big Dawg is right….the defense matches up better against the Chickens than with UT. Ogletree was very rusty – he whiffed on two tackles including the reverse TD by Patterson…..he needed to get used to game speed again……I think we see much better defensive play and beat the Chickes.
kerryb
September 30th, 2012
8:17 pm
umyboyBlue17
September 30th, 2012
8:00 pm
The dawgs have to do everything they have to do to stop ML if Shaw can beat throwing it so be it.I have seen that guy run over so many dawgs the past two years I have actually thought about calling the SPCA. No matter what the defence cannot let Lattimore beat them.
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I haven’t seen the Lattimore of 2 seasons ago yet this year. He still looks like he doesn’t have total confidence in his knee yet.
Beast from the East
September 30th, 2012
8:20 pm
LakeDawg,
My take of the UF/LSU game is…who knows? I truly think my Gators are much better than last year, but not sure if we care beat a top 5 team yet. We’ll have to play well and win the turnover battle to have a shot. I don’t think we’ll be able to start from behind and come back on LSU the way we did against A&M and UT.
Go Gators!
kerryb
September 30th, 2012
8:21 pm
Did anyone not notice that we were playing 2 deep safeties most of the night last night and that’s why Neal all of a sudden looked like a Heisman candidate? Apparently Grantham decided that we were not going to let Bray beat us with a big play down field and he did not. If Neal ran the ball on us some so be it. The defense will not play that way against Carolina. They will be playing closer to the line to stop Lattimore and Shaw from running.
Beast from the East
September 30th, 2012
8:25 pm
Kerry’s,
I saw that. Thought it was possibly a big mistake. I thought he should blitzed early and often. Bray is TERRIBLE under pressure. UF decided to pressure him in the second half and he ended the game 1/10 for 5 yards. He was just throwing it away.
Beast from the East
September 30th, 2012
8:26 pm
meant kerryb. The iPod has a mind of it’s own when it doesn’t recognize a word.
kerryb
September 30th, 2012
8:29 pm
Beast from the East
September 30th, 2012
8:25 pm
Kerry’s,
I saw that. Thought it was possibly a big mistake. I thought he should blitzed early and often. Bray is TERRIBLE under pressure. UF decided to pressure him in the second half and he ended the game 1/10 for 5 yards. He was just throwing it away.
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It would have been okay if our offense had not fumbled the ball twice on the 15 yard line giving them a short field. Up until then the only way they could scored was a pick 6 on a tipped ball. It was a fluky game. A pick 6 on a tipped ball, two fumbles on the 15, and a run by Patterson where he was going to pass the ball but it was not there so he ran. You got to tip your hat to him because he made a great play on a broken play.
Game Changer
September 30th, 2012
8:29 pm
kerryb: offensive lines have dominated the UGA defensive line and line backers, has nothing to do with where two safeties line up, we are getting blown off the ball. Not sure the TG 3/4 is good defense against quality teams.
kerryb
September 30th, 2012
8:32 pm
Gum Chewer is here with his usual stupid assessments.
kerryb
September 30th, 2012
8:33 pm
Yea right, Vandy dominated our D-line and LB’s. They didn’t score all night.
Game Changer
September 30th, 2012
8:34 pm
and kerryb is here with the usual excuses and kool aid to share
UGA defense has to improve is A FACT
kerryb
September 30th, 2012
8:35 pm
Ask James Franklin if their O-line dominated our defense. I believe his shoulder is still sore.
kerryb
September 30th, 2012
8:36 pm
We also only gave up 14 points to FAU. The other TD was a Lemay pick 6.
Dawg-Gawn
September 30th, 2012
8:38 pm
Tree or Herrera need to spy on Lattimore… the whole game!
Look for Bobo to use the Stanford Balco offensive formation against SC, to protect true Freshman OT Theus against SC’s defensive ends, Clowney & Taylor.
“Phi Beta Gata”
“Bobo’s Pistol is Legal”
“Focused” “Poised” = “Victory”
“BELIEVE” in the “G”
kerryb
September 30th, 2012
8:39 pm
Also, Grantham said they didn’t even game plan for Buffalo. They were experimenting with plays they were going to use against Missou. He said that they had not planned on their QB running so much because he never had in the past. If you noticed after he made some adjustments at halftime Buffalo was shut down.
kerryb
September 30th, 2012
8:41 pm
I think Theus got a little SEC education on Saturday that will serve him well from now on.
kerryb
September 30th, 2012
8:46 pm
Bobo has called some good games so far this year but I was a little puzzled why he changed from running to the left behind Gates and Lee who were opening big holes. He suddenly changed to running to Theus’ side and that’s when our run game slowed down and Marshall got hit and fumbled.
Greg
September 30th, 2012
8:46 pm
Spurrier would still be telling everyone Vandy is a really good team if the Dawgs hadn’t beaten them 48-3.
kerryb
September 30th, 2012
8:49 pm
I haven’t seen anything from SC that has really impressed me a lot. Especially from their offense. They also haven’t played a really good passing team like they will Saturday. KY’s running back was gashing them at times. If they couldn’t stop him what are they going to do with Gurley and Marshall.
ARdawg
September 30th, 2012
8:55 pm
TG apparently didn’t do much in the way of game planning for TN either. Knocking Bray on his butt would have been a pretty good plan. Anyway we won. I’m looking forward to the chickens.
Old Bawl Sack is planting his traditional seeds in the mind of Richt. I’ll lay bets he has much more to say before gametime
Cmdawg99
September 30th, 2012
9:00 pm
How about “Mar” plus “ley” for “Marley”
DAWG34
September 30th, 2012
9:01 pm
the dawgs take it 31-20 over the cocks! SIC EM WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF just Steve being Steve it aint nuthin new.
Cmdawg99
September 30th, 2012
9:01 pm
Instead of Gurshal
Cmdawg99
September 30th, 2012
9:09 pm
Dawg Fans :When spurrier was at Florida, did we see him score slowly? Rather quickly and often. Let’s not get tied up with spurriers revers psychology jargon. Let’s keep the foot on the gas Dawgs!!!!
jocrazy
September 30th, 2012
9:21 pm
lets not score so fast please we score in 4 let defense stop them in 4 whats the differance.
ARdawg
September 30th, 2012
9:22 pm
There’s not a coach in college or any where that wouldn’t recommend to the opposition to score much more slowly
BigDawg
September 30th, 2012
9:27 pm
Can Techies even beat Ga. Southern???…………..NOT hahahahaha. Go Dawgs
BigDawg
September 30th, 2012
9:30 pm
D better get some pressure on Shaw or Dawgs will be in trouble, c’mon man!!! Let’s go Dawgs man up
Tailback U
September 30th, 2012
9:33 pm
The prediction here is that the dawgs hammer on Shaw’s shoulder and he gets knocked out of this game.
Rick James
September 30th, 2012
9:37 pm
@kerryb
Bobo has called some good games so far this year but I was a little puzzled why he changed from running to the left behind Gates and Lee who were opening big holes. He suddenly changed to running to Theus’ side and that’s when our run game slowed down and Marshall got hit and fumbled.
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Because the plays were ajusted to UT’s defensive formations not Georgia’s line strength.
Dawg-Gawn
September 30th, 2012
9:43 pm
@Cmdawg99:
“Buffalo Soldiers” Nah… grounds for suspensions mon… just ask Rambo & Tree.
“BELIEVE” in the “G”
Rick James
September 30th, 2012
9:45 pm
@Herschel Walker’s Jock Strap
6.). Malcolm Mitchell needs to play strictly defense (he needs to replace Branden Smith) and we don’t need him on offense unless Bennett, King or Brown get injured
Now, with all that being said, we will handle SC because they really don’t have the recievers to give us fits like UT. We will win this game but we have to do a good job of protecting Murray and blocking SC’s front 4. Go Dawgs!
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Two good points..I think we may have seen the best offense yesterday that we will see all year.Hats off to Derrek Dooley.
chatdawg
September 30th, 2012
9:48 pm
Dawgs blow the chickens away 45 to 20. They have something to prove and spurrier is scared of the freshmen too they can’t stop gurley and marshall. Gurley will show up and show off and prove to everybody he is the best back in the sec. Watch and see.
Son of Sammy Davis Jr, Jr
September 30th, 2012
9:53 pm
Spurrier is coming……………
Rick James
September 30th, 2012
9:59 pm
@Son of Sammy Davis Jr, Jr
Spurrier is coming……………
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The game is in Columbia not Athens..Gurley,Marshall,Jones and Murry are coming.
ga gator
September 30th, 2012
10:01 pm
I predict UGA will win a close one this week against SC, but I was at the game yesterday and I do not think many of the people walking out of the stadium are as confident as some of you about stopping Carolina’s offense. Sure UGA beat the crap out of Vandy, but SC beat Missouri more handily than UGA did and were never threatened while UGA had to come back. Each game stands on its own merit and if you think you are going to go into Columbia and blow them out, you are delusional. UGA 45 SC 41.
Rick James
September 30th, 2012
10:12 pm
@ga gator
You make some very valid points but having seen SC three times I will say that I think Georgia is the more talented team this year.Which means nothing if they dont show up or are out coached.
ga gator
September 30th, 2012
10:18 pm
Rick you are correct; UGA has more talent but the UGA defense will have to play their best game to beat Spurrier’s team. UGA had more talent last year but found a way to lose because of the way Murray played. I stand by my predictioun UGA 45 Carolina 41.
Really?
September 30th, 2012
10:23 pm
Wait who did they interview because that was not steve spurrier. There were no smarmy comments or insults and he didn’t run out of the room crying. He didn’t blame everyone else for the chickens not being an undisputed #1 in the polls or start whining that the zaxby’s meal of the day should be awarded extra credit or he would hold his breath until he turned blue. Nope that was not spurrier.
Also why does that moronic fake Really? keep postin using my name? He was here at 5:10 and over on the Falcons blog as well. He shows none of my class or wit and has none of my ability to make brilliant observations and hilarious comments.
Come on fake Really? is it that hard to create your own name?
C from Marietta
September 30th, 2012
10:25 pm
@ JacketFanMarcus
Now that’s funny. A Tech coming on here talking crap about UGA after losing to Middle TN St. LOL
chatdawg
September 30th, 2012
10:25 pm
hey ga gator when georgia has something to prove it willl be a blowout the gamecocks can’t stop the run and pass when they don’t know what’s coming
GA Sandlapper
September 30th, 2012
10:28 pm
Hopefully it will be a good game with the Gamecocks winning!
C from Marietta
September 30th, 2012
10:29 pm
TN is 18th in the nation in Total Offense. Maybe, we have to give them some credit. I saw several plays were UGA had stuff defended well and Bray made the play anyway.
GA Sandlapper
September 30th, 2012
10:31 pm
I think you can throw what has happened in the previous 5 games out of the window. Both teams are evenly matched, except for the offense. I think UGA has the advantage there.
Looks like...
October 1st, 2012
12:21 am
South Carolina 35… UGA….21.
book it.
Looks like...
October 1st, 2012
12:24 am
oh wait, it’s in columbia, espn is there and its a night game…
South Carolina 45 UGA 21.
And I predict UGA up 21-0 before they’re blown out.
Spurrier on Georgia: ‘I keep seeing all those long runs by those freshman Bulldogs’ – Georgia – Dawg News
October 1st, 2012
12:40 am
[...] more from the original source: Spurrier on Georgia: ‘I keep seeing all those long runs by those freshman Bulldogs’ ← Back to Home Tags: focal, game, gamecocks, mark richt, sanford stadium, south carolina [...]
Strange Murphy
October 1st, 2012
1:53 am
Hey “JacketFanMarcus”! What was the score of the MTSU game?
Sunbury Dawg
October 1st, 2012
3:03 am
No true Dawg will ever doubt their team……
Dawgs are going to Miami, that road leads right through Columbia SC! we will roll, this game has been circled for a year and come Saturday night, Sc is getting knocked the Fu$% out! Just like MTSU knocked out TEch and caused that young man to jump from the top rail….
tony belt
October 1st, 2012
4:22 am
Enter your comments here
The biggest problem Ga. offense will have is stopping the Gamecocks front 7. This will be a hard fought game. The Gamecocks will have to play much better in the special teams. But SORRY Dawgs the Gamecocks will win ITS OUR TIME
7576DAWG
October 1st, 2012
4:29 am
Make sure that Murray doesn’t get blind sided. Murray needs to not take very long to make a decision. Georgia only has 4 players to make sure they stop or slow down. Lattimore who is a step slower right now hitting holes, Shaw , who is not very accurate if we can pressure him , Clowney and Taylor. South Carolina doesn’t have great defensive backs and Murray should be able to throw complete passes all day.
The key is no turnovers, and we will win this game by 14 at least and not lose like we did last year. South Carolina did not win the game last year , we lost it.
kingdaddy
October 1st, 2012
5:42 am
I like UGA being the underDawg…ok by me…
Mr. Clowney meets Mr. Theus
October 1st, 2012
5:49 am
Clowney against Theus, poor Murray.
Destin Dawg
October 1st, 2012
6:43 am
we need quick short 10 yard passes to TE’s and RB’s for 1st downs….. to slow down pass rush and control the clock.. score quick as we can if Gurley or Marshall or Malcome gets free !!! Grantham’s Defense now has subs with Tree and Rambo back !!
Destin Dawg
October 1st, 2012
6:47 am
remember Gameclucks were lucky to beat Vandy on a Bad Call.. and didn’t look to sharp vs.a weak Kentucky team.. if we don’t turn the ball over.. UGA 42 S.C. 30
BIG MIKE
October 1st, 2012
6:54 am
Don’t forget the UGA-USC game in ‘80 or ‘81 which had national title implications and pitted Hershel Walker against George Rogers. This one is right up there with that one.
Son of Sammy Davis Jr, Jr
October 1st, 2012
7:31 am
Spurrier is coming………..
Monday Morning Update - Inside Ole Miss Sports with Parrish Alford
October 1st, 2012
7:34 am
[...] of the Georgia offense, South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier is impressed by the Bulldogs’ freshman running backs. [...]
Frankly
October 1st, 2012
7:42 am
JacketFanMarcus
September 30th, 2012
5:05 pm
To all you Dawg fans still basking off the glory year of 1980…
Fact #1: Colorado won a national championship in 1990. UGA hasn’t won one since 1980!
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What does Colorado have to do with this?
Crunch
October 1st, 2012
8:02 am
Get ready to see the stupid looks on Spurrier’s face this Saturday night!!! GO DAWGS!!!!!1
L E G H U M P E R S crack me up
October 1st, 2012
8:50 am
It must be nice to be a L E G H U M P E R and have a short memory among other things. UGA will blow the cocks out? More talent just like last year? Just like last year, every time your midget QB plays against a top Defense he throws picks. He almost threw one saturday on the first drive when it was tipped at the line of scrimmage but Lynch made a great catch. REMEMBER MY JAWJA BUDDIES AFTER SATURDAY NIGHT AFTER YOU ARE COMPLAINING AGAIN THAT THE BEST TEAM DID NOT WIN. JUST LIKE SUNDAY AT THE RYDER CUP, IT IS NOT IMPORTANT WHO THE BEST TEAM IS, JUST WHO WON THE GAME. SATURDAY THE BEST COACH WINS GAMECOCKS 41 L E G H U M P E R S 27.
Innocent bystander
October 1st, 2012
9:07 am
UGA has the better offense, Carolina has the better defense. The team with the best coach wins.
Dawg Fud
October 1st, 2012
9:09 am
The way we have played defensively to date, it is hard for me to understand how we can neutralize Lattimore. He runs like a man possessed.
We are not man enough to beat South Carolina.
Dawg Fud
October 1st, 2012
9:12 am
……and by the way, Florida is better than us and South Carolina.
If you have watched the Gators at all this season you will know that they are not laying down for anyone.
shankit
October 1st, 2012
9:44 am
Wonder how many more points BoBo could have put on the board
if the defense had a few 3 and outs, and gotten the ball back to
our offense?
Dog in Nam
October 1st, 2012
9:52 am
most of you should know by now that we don’t play the same D for all teams. Example is we played very soft in secondary against the very explosive UT crowd….when you do that, sometimes short runs become longer runs, and always many more shorter passes are completed and some of those break for more yardage. That type of D is designed to win the game by holding the homeruns to a lower amount. UTs homeruns were there but not so many and not nearly as many as ours. SC will be schemed totally differently and our run stoppers have gotten some rust off. Our coaches know the game
Joey
October 1st, 2012
10:08 am
What worries me most is that UT figured out how to control our pass rush – granted, mainly by holding Jarvis’ jersey – but they did it. Look for SC to try to do that also.
Grantham needs to get some pressure up the middle.
Joey
October 1st, 2012
10:17 am
Techies crack me up, leghumpers….
Telling UGA fans how bad we are, when your team gets blown out at home (not that it’s an advantage for you) by a little bitty 21-point underdog?
Priceless.
t.trippe
October 1st, 2012
10:17 am
. I would not trust GA’s offensive line to make long drives
just to wear down anyones defense. I know who would win that battle.
gdawginkalamazoo
October 1st, 2012
10:26 am
I prefer that our offense score quickly rather than fumble the ball at the 10 yard line two times or throw a pick six jsut as we are gainging momentum in the game.
Did anybody else notice what happened every time Gray Danielson made a comment about Murray “being trusted by the coaches” (pick six) or he has “the confidence of the coaching staff” (fumble at the 10)?
I still like our defense a lot. It will be a shootout again this week but I think we have the horses to hold on.
Glad to see that we have not only one but two backs that can take it to the house. Been awhile since we have had that break away speed back there.
gdawginkalamazoo
October 1st, 2012
10:27 am
Is it Monday? I will work on my spelling errors, I promise.
Buzz 2011
October 1st, 2012
10:34 am
The Dog gave up how many points to the Vols? 45??
Unless the Dogs can hang 60 points against The Cocks they are done..
They are done!!!
J.T.Keene
October 1st, 2012
10:36 am
Great game dogs….but, if U.T. knew how to tackle you would have been in a world of hurt. I don’t think the best team will necessarily win saturday, (and not saying either one is the best team) but I think it will come down to whichever one gets the good breaks or makes their own breaks.
Buzz 2011
October 1st, 2012
10:37 am
@joey…………..When are the Dawgs going to play SEC contenders?
Froim the little I know of SEC the best teams are LSU, Bama.. Why don’t you
ever play them? The last time you played LSU in a playoff they ran out 50 points
in a row didn’t they. Dawgs will collapse…f
c
October 1st, 2012
10:45 am
Only UGA fans would complain about “scoring to fast” Does anybody remember when we had Tereshinski at QB? Or the great Joe Cox??
damnbobo
October 1st, 2012
10:50 am
great game …and Tenn played awesome..But what if we didnt turn over the ball 3 times…blow out?!?!?!
SC will be a grinder,.,like it always is…looking forward to it…UGA D …just show up!!!
ISAIAH WHO?????
October 1st, 2012
11:01 am
LETS GET THOSE VISOR THROWS IN EARLY BULLDOGS!!!!GO DAWGS!!!!
old dog
October 1st, 2012
11:03 am
To Hell with Tek, today, tomorrow and every other day!
Jimmy Crack
October 1st, 2012
11:06 am
Let me guess…Grantham was playing strategy possum with a vanilla scheme again, waiting to unleash his awe-inspiring defensive play calling this weekend against SCAR. We can only hope so, because I saw his mouth open on the sidelines Saturday but didn’t know if he was calling plays or catching flies.
Innocent bystander
October 1st, 2012
11:10 am
Dog in Nam I have read some idiotic posts on here before excusing the way the dawgs play but “scheming” differently for different teams and giving up all the points aganst UT is acceptable shows me just why CMR is still the coach here; what a moron! IF WE DONT PLAY ANY BETTER AGAINST SC WE WILL LOSE 45-24.
JayJay the Japanese Jet Pilot
October 1st, 2012
11:11 am
To Bobby the tech fan, regarding your comment of Sept. 30th. I agree with your assesment of Tech. Y’all not only suck “right now”, y’all suck ALL THE TIME!! CPJ will becoaching Ga. Southern or Elon again beforehis career is over. Oh, and whoever said that TEK is an ELITE program?? I can assure everyone it wasn’t anyone in Athens. . . .It was a scarcatic stab at humor by onw of the WSB TV sports anchors, either ZAK KLIEN or Amy Anthony.
Italian_29
October 1st, 2012
11:13 am
Buzz 2011, I think you Techies have a little more to worry about with your own team getting BLOWN out by MTSU a CAA team, Damn! You guys gave up how many points, it is going to be a LONG season on North Ave, I guess the only thing you Techies have left is hoping something bad happens to the Dawgs, because you sure have nothing left to cheer for this year, with your Yellowjerkets.
azdawg
October 1st, 2012
11:16 am
GA needs to score quick and often. The less time Murray has on the field the less chance to turn the ball over. SC defense will pressure him all day. He has tendency to get rattled after he fumbles or gets picked and that usually results in Bobo going conservative on the next series or two especially against good teams. The Dawgs run D is not as good as they think they are. Its showed up in all the games and TN had no trouble late in the game of pushing the GA line back 5 yds w/ease. Can’t do that vs lattimore and co. CTG might have to sacrifice a couple of LB’s to bolster the run stop. GA can win this game if they play their A game on both sides of the ball. eliminate TO’s, pass protect and run the ball, get some TO’s and for pete sakes make the PAT’s!! Otherwise, it’ll be a repeat of last years game.
Newnandawg
October 1st, 2012
11:18 am
Richt can’t help himself. He can’t play ball control offense to help his defense out.
He’s still trying to install 1998 Florida State in the SEC.
Saban is showing you the blueprint with their 6 and 7 minute “boring” sustained drives.
Gypsy Dawg
October 1st, 2012
11:22 am
Baby Dooley will not be the savior of Hillbilly football in Knoxville. Props to his mama, Barbara, for supporting her son and raising a nice bunch of children, but Derrick isn’t going to make a silk purse out of a VOLS ear!! Tennessee was only the latest in “biggest games of the season” for the Dawgs. Although the Dawgs can’t walk on water, we know where the rocks are. Tennessee was just a stepping stone, just like southcarolina will be on Saturday. HBTD???
GaDawgs'emOut!
October 1st, 2012
11:23 am
Headed into the meat of the schedule, hunker down bulldawg nation. its gonna be a epic slobber knocker as this is now the biggest rival for the program!
Brainiac (CMR/UGA Fan For Life/J.Jones for Heisman))
October 1st, 2012
11:24 am
How can so many UNINFORMED people on here suggest that we need to slow down our offense because we are “Scoring too Fast” ???
The ONLY time we should even consider doing such is when we have a small lead and have an opportunity to “Run out the clock”!!!!!!!!!!
Are we to believe that instead of taking it to the house our RBs & WRs should fall down or run out of bounds once they have a first down??? It is unreal how STUPID that is but one FOOL starts it up and several FOOLs chime in!!!!!!!!!
Even worse is the idiots that want to blame Murray for Tennessee’s pick 6(the ball was tipped by a defender and that was obvious to a 3rd grader) and Murray’s fumble(Our back allowed a blitzing LB to come untouched to hit Murray). The Murray haters are even bigger idiots and Single Digit IQs than the “Slow down our offense” KNOW-NOTHINGS!!!
After 5 games one would think these “Wannabe” fans would have figured out some of this by now!!!!!!!!!!
Big Crimson 75
October 1st, 2012
11:33 am
I’m liking the dogs BIG Saturday.
SC doesn’t have the horses to keep up.
……..and don’t buy the hype, LSU whacks Fla.
Harmon, yes it's really me, Wages
October 1st, 2012
11:34 am
The only thing that would make “ESPN Game Day” in Columbia anymore ridiculous would be to have the “walking dead”, Lou Holtz on the set. Carolina could line up against the UNDEFEATED 1972 MIAMI DOLPHINS and Holtz would pick the gamecocks to win. This man doesn’t have an objective bone in his body. He is a Caroliner Homer if there ever was one. He wanted sooo bad for his sone “Skip” to be the HC after he left. Caroliner boosters got smart and hired the evil genius. Had they hired Skip, Lou Baby would have been tethered to a phone giving young holtz pointers. Lou, himself, wasn’t much of a coach while at Caroliner
Brainiac (CMR/UGA Fan For Life/J.Jones for Heisman))
October 1st, 2012
11:35 am
@ AZdawg:
CMR knows what he is doing and needs no help or advice from the Peanut Gallery(aka azdawg) That’s why CMR is paid over $8,000.00 per day and you likely get paid $8.00 per hour PLUS TIPS so why not just STFU, at least about coaching college football???
AZdawg = Loser = Supersize that order!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
gdawginkalamazoo
October 1st, 2012
11:40 am
Difference between this year versus SC and the past few years is that we have a run game. Also, Ellis Johnson is not the DC anymore at SC.
Brainiac (CMR/UGA Fan For Life/J.Jones for Heisman))
October 1st, 2012
11:41 am
@ Newnandawg:
If you prefer Saban coaching to CMR coaching please feel free to contact Delta(Ready when you are)
We have enough second-guessers in Dawg Nation without you hanging on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Brainiac (CMR/UGA Fan For Life/J.Jones for Heisman))
October 1st, 2012
11:48 am
@ Buzzz 2011:
Don’t you have a big enough catastrophy on a North Avenue team that could use some of that sage advice you are spewing without wasting it on a team that is 5-0 so far???????????????
Augustabred
October 1st, 2012
11:49 am
Spurrier reinterated a point i made after the game. We were scoring so quickly that our D had to play a whole lot more than they were accustomed to. Its obvious that C-Wash needs to bring some heat or sit him down and put G Smith in there. Jordan Jenkins needs more snaps along with J Rome!
To Tell the Truth
October 1st, 2012
11:50 am
Thank GOD UGA actually plays someone this weekend and they will go down in FLAMES!!!!! LMAO GO COCKS!!!!
Big Crimson 75
October 1st, 2012
11:50 am
Brain — jones isn’t winning the Heisman.
He’s in a fight for SEC Defensive POY, which btw is the most prestigious award in college football now.
Jones is having the same season Upshaw had last year.
If the badger didn’t win it, jones isnt
Brainiac (CMR/UGA Fan For Life/J.Jones for Heisman))
October 1st, 2012
11:52 am
@ Buzzz 2011:
Nother thang!!!!!!!!!!!
Joey no longer is in charge of SEC scheduling but his brother is. How do you think we get all these soft schedules????????????
Brainiac (CMR/UGA Fan For Life/J.Jones for Heisman))
October 1st, 2012
11:58 am
@ Big Crimson:
You are precisely correct. His injury and his failure to put on his normal display Saturday will/already cost him the elite Heisman. It is hard for any LB to win it anyway.
I just left it on my name because of laziness. You know, kinda like leaving your political signs up when you lose the election!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the notice!!!!!!!!
Big Crimson 75
October 1st, 2012
12:05 pm
Forget the Heisman.
SEC Defensive POY means more!!
Plus, it’s harder to win & the competition is the best for any award in the Nation.
Fair n Balanced
October 1st, 2012
12:06 pm
You can only score too fas when you are scoring in the 4 th qtr when you are hoping to grind out a winning td as the clock runs out. Unfortunately, we don’t score we’ll in the 4th. Bs TN the offense was of NO help in the 4th qtr and we were very fortunate the defense FINALLY stepped up and stopped them. I would take Ga and +7 on a bet.
Big Crimson 75
October 1st, 2012
12:07 pm
Tell the truth — any victory against one of the tradition power programs is a good win.
UT has more weapons than SC.
DIT
October 1st, 2012
12:09 pm
@Big Crimson 75
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I have to disagree with you on the LSU vs UF game. I think it will be reversed. I think UF beats LSU by 10. Hey, I’ve been known to be wrong before. UF’s bye week will help them also that they are playing at the swamp helps them. I just have not been too impressed by LSU. Of course they keep winning and that’s all that matters.
I think y’all will crush LSU on the 3rd.
Big Crimson 75
October 1st, 2012
12:10 pm
Kalamazoo — nice shout to Ellis Johnson.
Shula’s best yr at Bama(10-2) was a direct result of Ellis Johnson’s D.
D'OH!!
October 1st, 2012
12:11 pm
MTSU just scored again!!!
Big Crimson 75
October 1st, 2012
12:14 pm
DIT — believe me, I’m going off D & experience.
Mettenberger is not an upgrade over Jefferson or Lee.
LSU’s offense looks wretched!!
I hope lil’ Saban beats the hatter, butt that LSU defense is no joke when motivated.
gdawginkalamazoo
October 1st, 2012
12:15 pm
Crimson 75, IMO Ellis made SC’s defense what it was. Those are the things that I look at in a game like this. Huge difference and an advantage for us.
DIT
October 1st, 2012
12:18 pm
I just think Saban has that team dialed in right now. LSU will be their only test during the regular season, but that won’t be as strong as a test as I initially thought. Bama still wins by at least 2 TD’s.
As for UF / LSU. It’s more gut than anything. Just have a feeling UF wins this one.
Yes, being a Dawg, I am avoiding a prediction on the UGA / SC game. ha ha
gdawginkalamazoo
October 1st, 2012
12:19 pm
Anybody notice that the kid from MTSU was the leading rusher in the nation last week? 217 yds and 5 TD’s.
DIT
October 1st, 2012
12:23 pm
kalamazoo – That was a pretty impressive performance by that RB. You know the Clemson RB’s are licking their chops right now. Still, Clemson can’t stop the run either. There game will be high scoring with several backs being well over 100 yards from both teams.
Here’s where I’ll give many of you on here a good lunch time laugh. I still think tech can pull this one out!
Big Crimson 75
October 1st, 2012
12:26 pm
Kalamazoo — you expected something different?
GT has the worse defense in college football.
They deserve better than Paul Johnson.
Those geniuses will fire Groh & keep the problem — Johnson.
NCDawg
October 1st, 2012
12:41 pm
Just a smokescreen.
JB
October 1st, 2012
12:45 pm
Worth repeating. If Spurrier had a choice of beating Georgia or saving his mothers life, he would have a funeral to attend next week just say’n.
#1 Dawg fan
October 1st, 2012
1:16 pm
Yes I will agree we score quickly. Our defense is good enough to play with anyone. If we don’t have the two or three fumbles in the Tennessee game they are not in the game anyway. I think the Dawgs will prevail this week. We haven’t shown our hand yet.
Red Stick
October 1st, 2012
1:21 pm
I think Georgia has too much firepower on offense and wins on Saturday.
If LSU plays like they have the last 2 weeks then they will coming home from the Swamp with their tails between their legs.
Geaux Tigers
Go SEC
alumnidawg
October 1st, 2012
1:32 pm
we score too fast? Are you guys kidding me? Are we really complaining that are plays are working too well? just because the opposing coach says it does not means it make sense. this is real football not a video game. you score when ever the opportunity presents itself. Plus we have great balalnce with running and passing so its not just long bombs every play. we are talking about steve spurrier here, the king the spread run and gun offense when he was in fla. Im glad you guys are not our coach. if you coached uga opposing coaches would say just anything knowing that you would say ” you know what thats a good idea. Maybe if we dont score at all we will win.”
joe
October 1st, 2012
1:39 pm
Good to read this blog and then go read some of the comments on the Columbia paper blog. Goes to show that the AJC has no monopoly on idiot bloggers. This is where the SEC ranks first by a long shot. Even the Uof Oregon bloggers are not close.
#1 Dawg fan
October 1st, 2012
1:46 pm
Georgia knows exactly what we need to do to beat the gamecocks. If we execute and don’t fumble the ball we will be fine. I can’t wait to see the old ball coach throw his visor. We want this more than South Carolina. I think it will be a close game, But Georgia will win. Go Dawgs
Under The Bleachers
October 1st, 2012
2:03 pm
I smell the “Ole Ball Coach” setting up the UGA coaches, do not know what it is, but he is the master of illusion and misdirection.
Florida Gamecock
October 1st, 2012
2:21 pm
gdawginkalamazoo, I liked Ellis of course, but the Gamecocks D is doing just fine with Lorenzo Ward. The players love playing for him and our D has been even better this year than last — and that’s after losing two top-20 first-round picks in Melvin Ingram and Stephon Gilmore.
dolla dolla bill
October 1st, 2012
2:37 pm
why would gameday be in columbia??? gainsville is hosting a much more important game…LSU and Florida are national powers..SCe and uga are wofford and elon with larger stadiums…
'94 UGA Alumnus
October 1st, 2012
2:37 pm
Hey guys, I’m not buying the excuse that the reason the defense has struggled is because the offense scores too fast. That’s BS. Most of our starting Defense will be drafted in the NFL (2 or 3 likely in the 1st round and 2 or 3 more in the 2nd round) so no more excuses! It’s time for them to step up and play like they are capable.
Dawgman Inc
October 1st, 2012
2:50 pm
Did anyone see on the last long run by Marshall he dropped the ball before he crossed the goal line. They need to start handing it to the refs!! Watch it slowly and you will see!! Go Dawgs!! I think this year is our year South Carolina!!
bucket
October 1st, 2012
2:52 pm
Did anyone see the 2 man breakaway of Zander Ogletree and Herrerra running way ahead of the rest of the team to burst through the banner Saturday? I wonder what that was all about?
Dawgman Inc
October 1st, 2012
2:58 pm
after watching this game over, we were just pushed back and were catching O-Line man. When we penatrated we made plays for loss. Some of the plays reminded me of Willie ball where we just would try and read gaps instead of penatrating and redirecting!! Also our Strong Inside backers Herrera and Gillard were exposed….time after time!! We better get better!!
smitty
October 1st, 2012
3:00 pm
Gameday is in Cola because it has two teams in the Top 6. Of course LSU-FL is a big game, but screw your head on straight, dude. SC-GA is a big game as well, two evenly matched teams with a lot of draft picks on both sides. I think GA offense will get its scores against the gamecock D, but it will be close: 27-24 GA.
Gurshall
October 1st, 2012
3:11 pm
Gurley and marshall will run all over usc’s overrated D. Look for each to get over 100 yards and at least 1 TD. Dogs will win easy: 33-16.
dolla dolla bill
October 1st, 2012
3:24 pm
if its a big game, or if uga is playing a top 10 opponent, look for a georgia meltdown…years of evidence backs up that statement…
Re@listic Dawg
October 1st, 2012
3:30 pm
Hey dolla dolla bill? You would bet the house on scar this weekend on past years of evidece? This is a new year with differnet players and some new coaches. There is nothing absolute about past History…
Grits
October 1st, 2012
3:36 pm
Beanster is right: “We need to be coached properly and get the scheme right. Something ain’t workin’…” We’ve got the talent in the players, just no so much in the coaches.
NCAA Football 2012: University of Georgia Needs To Make A Statement With Win Over Spurrier, South Carolina « The Locker
October 1st, 2012
5:52 pm
[...] I’ve looked at this game from just about every angle a fan, analyst, sports writer, etc. can look at it. At the end of the day it comes down to one thing: knowing you have the better team and playing like it. You can say South Carolina “only” gives up 11.2 points per game. But that would be overlooking the fact that they’ve only played Vanderbilt, Kentucky, East Carolina, UAB, and Missouri. So here’s hoping that those “offensive behemoths” didn’t skew the numbers too badly until now. You can say South Carolina has stud running back Marcus Lattimore; again you would be overlooking that Georgia has the number one (Todd Gurley) and number six (Keith Marshall) running backs in the SEC and playing at high levels year-one (although thankfully, Spurrier is well aware of this). [...]
Georgia Bulldogs: South Carolina is a ‘Must-Win’ Game for the Dawgs | The Lady Sportswriter
October 1st, 2012
6:20 pm
[...] I’ve looked at this game from just about every angle a fan, analyst, sports writer, etc. can look at it. At the end of the day it comes down to one thing: knowing you have the better team and playing like it. You can say South Carolina “only” gives up 11.2 points per game. But that would be overlooking the fact that they’ve only played Vanderbilt, Kentucky, East Carolina, UAB, and Missouri. So here’s hoping that those “offensive behemoths” didn’t skew the numbers too badly until now. You can say South Carolina has stud running back Marcus Lattimore; again you would be overlooking that Georgia has the number one (Todd Gurley) and number six (Keith Marshall) running backs in the SEC and playing at high levels year-one (although thankfully, Spurrier is well aware of this). [...]
cocky2369
October 1st, 2012
6:46 pm
The common argument about how fast georgia can score as a reason their D is so gassed as the game goes on. Given how USC can take 5-8 minutes to drive the field further gassing the Georgia D
I can’t see how it’s a good thing especially if the USC D gets a 3 and out after a long drive, then the USC offense does another long drive so that’s 10-15 minutes with 1 offensive series. That would get the Georgia O out of sync further complicating matters. Just something to think about.
Resident Georgia Fan
October 1st, 2012
8:38 pm
Badland Dawg … nice try masquerading at a hybrid Techster/Chicken fan.
Notebook: Malcolm Mitchell understands why changes being made on punt returns | UGA sports blog
October 2nd, 2012
12:41 am
[...] Spurrier: I keep seeing all those long runs by those freshman Bulldogs [...]
80DAWG
October 2nd, 2012
8:39 am
It will be a tuff one for the dawgs. The interesting thing about visor man is how much folks tolerate his bully behavior. Only one problem in the press. Problem because he disagrees with you? Really. Frankly, I don’t always agree with Morris either, but I do believe in free speech. So Spurrier says he has people working on the problem and then the reporter is released from the paper? For real? Where are all the backers of the constitution out there ? Steve is a whinning nasty brat. Oh, gee will he try to hunt me down and have me fired from the blog? 1st amendment anyone? I am sure Jesus told Steve to get the guy released from the paper.
Lonnie
October 2nd, 2012
1:12 pm
Game changer Jenkins was in the backfield we were not blown off the ball. Neal was great at finding holes and having a safety playing up will make a huge difference! I do think we should run a 4-3 some with both of the big boys in there to discourage the run!!!! I also think ogle tree has to linger on runs so that we don’t miss opportunities @ the line!!!!! Just remember we are 5-0!
Martin C
October 2nd, 2012
6:51 pm
GO DAWGS! Winner of this game easily wraps up the East!
cock n fire
October 3rd, 2012
4:12 am
Go Gamecocks GAMECOCKS 38 Dawgs 31