Georgia coach Mark Richt plays part in commercials for ESPN’s College GameDay
Have you seen the new ESPN commercials that feature Georgia coach Mark Richt? He flew out to Los Angeles this past summer to tape them. Apparently the idea was to build something around Richt’s annual tradition of taking the team to the Ramsey Center Natatorium on a practice day and showing off for the team with his backward flip off the 10-meter platform.
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WDE
October 2nd, 2012
7:21 am
Pretty cool.
KeepDreaming
October 2nd, 2012
7:23 am
Hahaha! GO DAWGS, GATA!!!
WDE
October 2nd, 2012
7:23 am
Of course if Corso had of really belly flopped it would have been better…much better!
Sunny Cloisters
October 2nd, 2012
7:37 am
At least Richt will be remembered for something. He certainly won’t be remembered for his 3rd rate coaching.
Oh wait, there’s the Fulmer Cup he won, that’s memorable.
beachside BULLDAWG
October 2nd, 2012
7:40 am
Love me some BULLDAWG publicity. Pretty funny, be a lot funnier if we handle Darth Visor this weekend. John Clayton’s is the best one in a long time. Anybody hear anything about the GT MTSU game, probably not enough vowels for coverage.
chilidawg
October 2nd, 2012
7:44 am
Pretty good. Maybe it will help get this College Gameday monkey off our back.
steve
October 2nd, 2012
7:51 am
I like the 2nd one.
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WDE
October 2nd, 2012
7:57 am
@Sunny Cloisters good morning ! Now go play in traffic..
ZinoDawg
October 2nd, 2012
8:13 am
GATA!
sarfdawg
October 2nd, 2012
8:16 am
All the trolls will start coming out of the woodwork any minute now (e.g. Sonny). At least Richt is worth putting on there. No way that Johnson is caught anywhere near a pool or an ESPN commercial.
JB
October 2nd, 2012
8:17 am
If Dawgs can hold turnovers to say 1 this week, I really like our chances. Giving them 3 or 4 with points like last last year will make it tough. Carolina is pretty physical…..but so are we. Conner Shaw will find out…..And their wideouts aren’t near as imposing as last year.
Smackerel
October 2nd, 2012
8:18 am
The platform is 10 meters, app. 30 feet – not 30 meters.
Frank Lane
October 2nd, 2012
8:20 am
Not very funny to me. Would have rather seen the real dive, people who do not know about the UGA tradition will not know what they are talking about.
obamaSINLADEN
October 2nd, 2012
8:24 am
woulda been great without dumbo corso. at least kirstreet isnt in it. pollock,still cool! cmr gata !
bubba4dawgs
October 2nd, 2012
8:30 am
It’s gonna be a dandy! I believe both teams will play til the end! I have concerns about Clowney! He was the disruptor las year when eh lined up just to the left of Ben Jones directly in the face of Cordy Glen. Glen simply moved to his left without even touching Clowney leaving an easy forward move for Clowney to come in, reach out and shake Murray like a rag doll. I keep nightmarishingly envision that happening again. They say history will repeat itself if the problem is not corrected. Theus is good but I don’t believe he can hold off Clowney. Clowney has added a spin move tha gets him in the backfield very quick, similar to Jarvis Jones. I just hope Will Friend is getting them ready for this one. GO DAWGS!!
Mike
October 2nd, 2012
8:37 am
I did it again. I clicked on a Chip Towers blog when I should have known better. I’ll never learn. A minute of my life I’ll never get back.
Sunbury Dawg
October 2nd, 2012
8:47 am
Listen Dawg fans and fair weather Dawg fans alike.
The Georgia Bulldogs are going to destroy South Carolina.
Write it down, take a picture, those guys are going to come out and let it ride. By halftime it will be over, i repeat, by halftime!
Watch!
Red & Black 4 life
October 2nd, 2012
8:51 am
Bulldogs, GATA……..enough said!
Who does Tech play this week? so i guess Georgia state is the third best team in the state behind UGA and Georgia southern…….
Mobile Dawg
October 2nd, 2012
8:54 am
I’ve thought that numerous times over the last few years Sunbury. My concern is that South Carolina is going to come out, punch us hard in the mouth, then punch us again, then punch us again. Will we be man enough to bury the bully? Or will we think that the good fairy will wave her wand and bail us out again without “hard” work. Truly great teams have a blue collar work ethic. Our flashy offense has traditionally been white collar, this year it’s more a mixture. I would like to see a few 7 to 8 minute drives, wear USC down, not Richts style.
Hurt Kurbstreit
October 2nd, 2012
8:57 am
Loved the commercial. I like the Florida State one too where Corso is whining for Seminole badges.
tony
October 2nd, 2012
8:59 am
Is Mr Richt receving publicity for the 1980 national championship?
beanster
October 2nd, 2012
9:04 am
Pretty sure that’s the 10m platform, Chip.
GaTruth
October 2nd, 2012
9:07 am
What’s our record when College Game Day is on site? I only remember the Alabama nightmare.
GaTruth
October 2nd, 2012
9:14 am
@Sunny Cloisters – if you are going to rip Richt for having a better winning % than Vince Dooley, know that we all laugh at your lack of coordination every time you drop your big “We Buy Gold” sign.
ARdawg
October 2nd, 2012
9:19 am
It’s GREAT to be a Georgia Bulldog!!!
Tech is just Turrible
ARdawg
October 2nd, 2012
9:21 am
I like a lot of those espn skits but, most are just silly. What can I say, I am a silly guy
BIG DOG
October 2nd, 2012
9:30 am
Mark Richt is a pretty cool dude.
BIG DOG IN THE HOUSE
BIG DOG
October 2nd, 2012
9:39 am
Hey Coach keep Malcolm Mitchell at CB.
Malcolm is the next Champ Bailey, he is a beast and should just concentrate at CB, not only that he will make more money at CB than WR.
Bulldogs defense need him bad in passing game.
Malcolm and Sanders Cumming should be starting.
BIG DOG IN THE HOUSE
Jason
October 2nd, 2012
9:47 am
@ Mike-
It absolutely astounds me that people get on the internet and take time out of their day to tear someone down, for absolutely no reason. There’s plenty of people who enjoy reading Chip and found this entry newsworthy. But that’s not the point. Even if it were awful, and Chip were an unabashed hack, what purpose is being served by going out of your way and criticizing him like that in a public forum? Do you feel better about yourself for having done that? Do you have random passersby show up at your job and hurl invective at you for no reason at all. You have no business interacting with other human beings. Please go be miserable by yourself.
LOYAL DAWG
October 2nd, 2012
9:58 am
I’m like Bart Scott…CAN”T WAIT! Whew I can’t remember being this excited for a game
Michael Dyer
October 2nd, 2012
10:05 am
GaTruth
October 2nd, 2012
9:07 am
“What’s our record when College Game Day is on site? I only remember the Alabama nightmare.”
Georgia lost to Alabama the last time they played a “Gameday” game. South Carolina defeated Alabama the last time they hosted Gameday. Then they lost to Kentucky the very next week.
jaxdawgfan
October 2nd, 2012
10:11 am
Meanwhile, back on topic, the second, shorter spot is funny, the first one didn’t make the cut.
Top Row Dawg
October 2nd, 2012
10:19 am
We lost both Gameday’s in Athens.
UT 1998
UA 2008
But we won Gameday at UA 2007
Not sure about others, know they have been to the Cocktail Party a few times.
I also point out that Lee Corso and Buddy Reynolds never beat Georgia while they were at FSU. He was shut out twice and lost 47-14 the other time in 1955.
If he puts on a chicken head this Saturday you’ll know why. Have never seen him don a Bulldog head.
OLD DOG
October 2nd, 2012
10:21 am
I don’t think the game day crowd will play a play. The game will be decideed on the field by the players and coaches. Does make for something to write about
ARdawg
October 2nd, 2012
10:24 am
OLD DOG
excellent
joe jenkins
October 2nd, 2012
10:28 am
Seems like alot of vol’s are bragging about moral victories….well all i can say is keep on bragging and we will actually keep on beating yall…3 years in a row and counting…tenn sucks ass!!! I hope we knock shaw out before halftime….and we make spurrier throw his visor about a hundred times….I hate that chicken they have crowing during the game….that’ so stupid. and retarded….I hate sc with all of my heart….please richt go get the win in crack town…if not you and grantham can stay there and find some high school team to coach….because losing to sc three yrs in a row is unacceptable!!!
Chip Towers
October 2nd, 2012
10:34 am
Beanster: That IS a 10-meter in the commercial. Richt jumps off a 30-meter at UGA in real life.
DirtyDawg
October 2nd, 2012
10:36 am
Corso will never be able to do a Triple Lindy…but he’s got the ‘no respect’ thing down pat. As for the game, Game Day, The Evil Genius, et al…clearly every thing Superior does and says is designed to get under the skin of his opponents – and in a lot of cases it works. The way you deal with the SOB and his team is the same way a Mark Richt Georgia team, that wasn’t supposed to be ‘man enough’ or ‘tough enough’ to stand up to big, bad Alabama. Well we know how that turned out…BEAT YOUR MAN AND WORK THE PLAN…and wring a few chicken-necks along the way.
Heisenberg
October 2nd, 2012
10:48 am
A 30 meter diving board? That would like almost a 100 feet tall.
joe jenkins
October 2nd, 2012
10:50 am
I agree with you dirtydawg….it is time to end this BS with spurrier and pound him into the ground….it’s now or never for richt……just like our players have been saying
our team
our time
no regrets
Heisenberg
October 2nd, 2012
10:50 am
10 meters is the platform. I think they mean the 3 meter. Not 30.
just a fan
October 2nd, 2012
10:51 am
There is one more video you left off they are playing marco polo
Buckeye
October 2nd, 2012
10:52 am
There have been better, much better, ESPN spots including the recent “What are you looking at?”. The best ever is the Manning brothers walking down the hall.
Buckeye
October 2nd, 2012
10:53 am
But, then again, Win With is built Ford tough.
Wild Dog`
October 2nd, 2012
10:53 am
sunny cloister
I sincerely hope that you don’t think anything you wrote is cute. Mark is 10 times better than you so score your self with that. If you don’t like UGA find your own blog.
911
October 2nd, 2012
11:06 am
Why to Los Angeles for such an unspectacular promo spot?
dolla dolla bill
October 2nd, 2012
11:06 am
@ Frank Lane
Not very funny to me. Would have rather seen the real dive, people who do not know about the UGA tradition will not know what they are talking about.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
don’t worry Frank…America recognizes UGA’s tradition of losing big games…it’s in the programs and fanbases DNA.
BG
October 2nd, 2012
11:07 am
HAHA. GO DAWGS!
Habersham Dawg
October 2nd, 2012
11:10 am
Chip, 30m is 98 feet. When I was young and stoooopid I once jumped off a bridge that was 70 feet above the water. Landed feet first and was almost knocked out. If there hadn’t been a couple friends with me, might not be here today to write this. So, are you sure it’s a 30 meter board?
ATLcracker
October 2nd, 2012
11:13 am
Diving boards are 1 meter and three meter. Corso just went off the 3 meter board. Richt goes off the 10 meter platform (not board).
RxDawg
October 2nd, 2012
11:14 am
I like the 2nd one
dolla dolla bill
October 2nd, 2012
11:14 am
a better gameday promo idea: have the last 5 UGA football players arrested do a dance routine with their arresting officers outside Sanford and Son Stadium…psy gangnam style…now, that would be funny…and appropriate…
Habersham Dawg
October 2nd, 2012
11:17 am
Wow dolla dolla bill, you really are a weeping sore on the buttocks of life.
Bama Bill
October 2nd, 2012
11:20 am
Some folks at AJC and UGA need to do some work on their meter to yards to feet conversions – 30 meters would be a whopper and more than dangerous – Not even done in the Olympics – obviously the AJC Sports folk did not turn-in the Olympics.
BW
October 2nd, 2012
11:21 am
Some of you need to chill…these commercials that ESPN Gameday are doing are priceless with L. Corso!!
frank
October 2nd, 2012
11:23 am
I think its a joke too. It shows that he doesnt take winning seriously.
dolla dolla bill
October 2nd, 2012
11:26 am
just trying to bring a little realism to the UGA dreamers Habersham…get off the koolade, get a job, and get on the SC train….
dolla dolla bill
October 2nd, 2012
11:30 am
how about a promo set in 1979, featuring a UGA booster and a car salesman trying to decide what color the Trans Am needs to be…
DGD!
October 2nd, 2012
11:30 am
My god people. Give it a F#&$ing Rest already. Every single day you are on these blogs fire richt,fire bobo, fire richt twice. HE IS THE COACH NOW AND FOR THE FORSEEABLE FUTURE. And to be perfectly honest I am glad. HE IS A GOOD COACH! HE IS A BETTER MAN! No he is not Nick Saban, but who is, other than Nick Saban. Who exactly would you people rather have. Kirby (I dont really coach my own defense) Smart. Please. Richt has had more sucess than any coach other than Dooley, and while I love coach Dooley he wouldnt cut it in this day and age. And Richt has done it at a higher level than any other coach we have EVER had in a time when the SEC is better than its ever been. College football for that matter is tougher to win than its ever been. Do I agree with everything he has done all the time, no I dont. Have there been times when I wondered what they were thinking, yes there have. But dont yall have something better to do with your life? We are 5-0 with a enormous game this weekend and all you can say is fire Richt. Go cheer for the gators or tech, or anybody but UGA. You make me f’n sick. get out of your moms basement and get a life douche bags. And by the way………..GOOOOOOOO DAWGS SIC”EM
dolla dolla bill
October 2nd, 2012
11:32 am
hey DGD!…fire Richt!!!!!!!!
ARdawg
October 2nd, 2012
11:43 am
DGD
Please don’t confuse Georgia fans for Tech trolls
Tech is Turrible. That beatdown by Middle Tennessee State was just Turrible
LoganvilleGuy
October 2nd, 2012
11:51 am
Let’s see…. Richt has been an SEC coach for twelve years and still has a 75% winning record. When you take out the coaches with only one or two seasons under their belt, he is in the top 10 winningest active coaches. When you look at head coaches around ten years or longer, he becomes fourth on that list. His winning percentgage is better than Nick Saban.
The rest of the list:
*Seven out of Eleven seasons with greater than 10 wins.
*Three Sugar Bowl Appearances with two wins
*Two SEC Championships
*Five SEC Division Championships
*Currently halfway into the season and undefeated
Throw in that he’s a great asset to our community as well and I’ll keep him around for as long as he wants to be here.
kingdaddy
October 2nd, 2012
11:57 am
Hey Dolla
Can you find us a good deal on a hotel room this weekend, or does the SC football playas have them all booked??? Lol…
kingdaddy
October 2nd, 2012
12:05 pm
Dolla
Vandy coach talkng smack about the cocks. They should have beaten the snot out of you, almost did too. Lil stevie still crying about having to play Ark.??? LMAOFF…
Under The Bleachers
October 2nd, 2012
12:24 pm
So CMR is Known for his Diving!
DougG
October 2nd, 2012
12:24 pm
The worst Gameday commercial I’ve seen yet? Don’t know what they are talking about with UGA and diving? Just not funny at all!
WhatUpDawg
October 2nd, 2012
12:29 pm
Chip, I suggest that you check your facts before you state and RESTATE them. This was not a big deal at all until you argued with previous poster. Olympic platform diving consists of diving off a platform 10 meters high. that is approximately 33 feet give or take. Are you still going to state that Richt dives off of a 30 meter platform? I am sure that the AD would have serisou issues with this. Can you please tell us where the 30 meter platform is? Would love to see it for myself.
Sunny Clusters
October 2nd, 2012
12:52 pm
I wish I had a team I could be proud of…but I don’t! I justt enjoy being a jerk!!
St Simons
October 2nd, 2012
1:11 pm
can’t wait for that Paul Johnson spot where he coaches
a high school offense, its hilari……oh wait
Who Cares?
October 2nd, 2012
1:22 pm
Who F’N cares?
Habersham Dawg
October 2nd, 2012
1:28 pm
Dolla Dolla Bill, I LIKE grape kool-aid. It’s refreshing. What’s the only good thing to come out of SC? I-85.
Rationale
October 2nd, 2012
1:44 pm
Sunny, would you please let everyone know which team you actually support? We all know it is not UGA. CMR has without a doubt had his years when things did not actually go right, but that does not mean he did not try to “Offer” scholarships to those kids that were quality players. Some kids turn out to be more coachable players than others. Crowell, who is evidently is not very coachable by anyone, was a lose/lose situation. We lost by signing him, and CMR would have been roundly criticized if he had not been able to sign him. Crowell was the problem, not CMR.
CMR is great with kids that actually come to UGA to become better players and better men. His first few years were spectacular. Then, for a couple of years the kids did not turn out very well, and there was not as much to work with. He seems to have the team back on track.
You say “He certainly won’t be remembered for his 3rd rate coaching.” You are right, he won’t, because he is not a 3rd rate coach. He is a top of the line coach, of whom most universities would love to have him, and I for one, am glad UGA has him as the head coach of this football team.
frank
October 2nd, 2012
2:19 pm
I wonder if Mark Rick cancelled practice to make these commercials.
Steve
October 2nd, 2012
2:24 pm
Gameday results for UGA (according to Locations of College Gameday wiki).
1995 – Lost at UT
1998 – Lost to UT
1999 – Lost to Florida in Jacksonville
2002 – Won at Alabama
2003 – Lost at LSU
2004 – Won at South Carolina
2004 – Lost at Auburn
2005 – Lost to Florida in Jacksonville
2007 – Won at Alabama
2008 – Lost to Alabama
2011 – Lost to LSU (SEC Championship game)
As one can see, UGA has not fared well on GameDay. Most of that can be attributed to the fact that as a whole .. UGA has not fared well against highly ranked opponents under Mark Richt.
Richt is a great guy and has done a great job of beating teams he is supposed to beat (like GaTech), but UGA has not pulled many upsets under Richt and at one point last year we were 0 for our last 11 against ranked opponents according to a graphic shown during a game.
Like him or not, you have to admit we have stunk against top opponents for the last 6-7 years. For that matter, going all the way back to Dooley it can safely be said the Dawgs have been underwhelming against top 10 competition. That is why so many people just do not see UGA as a top team. The harsh reality is other top football programs have at least had some stretches of success against top 10 opponents .. UGA has never had a prolonged stretch of that kind of success in my lifetime.
Don’t hate me for stating the truth. I love the Dawgs and I always have, but it’s the truth.
WDE
October 2nd, 2012
3:12 pm
@Steve I didn’t hate you till you told be not to…I just don’t take direction well I guess…Go Dogs !
ARdawg
October 2nd, 2012
3:16 pm
Oooooooh, better not anybody tell those UGA players they have to lose because GameDay is in town.
What kind of lame azz Tech troll is actually trying this weak shyt?
ARdawg
October 2nd, 2012
3:18 pm
GameDay has yet to play a single down of football that I have seen. Unless of course in was in one of those commercials
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October 2nd, 2012
4:09 pm
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Joey
October 2nd, 2012
4:12 pm
Well according to Steve, we have little, or no chance this Saturday, so why bother watching?
I knew that 1995 UT game would cost us big time this season.
Mike Franklin
October 2nd, 2012
4:28 pm
Haven’t seen a one yet. I avoid ESPN like toe fungus except on game day.
Neutral
October 2nd, 2012
4:36 pm
@sunny cluster, frank and dolla meathead,
Loganville Guy @11:51 left one thing out about CMR……Richt is number one (second to none) in coaching players who have won the Allstate Community Service Award. UGa is also the #1 college in history with 14 recipients of this prestigious award. If you guys are not aware of this recognition it would not surprise me because you seem to be significantly out of touch and bored with your GT site.
Neutral
October 2nd, 2012
4:44 pm
Steve,
And is your point that UGa is due a win???? The odds would say that to anyone who has a “clue”!!! P.S. Based on your logic…..looks like on GameDay UGa has won 100% of the time they have played South Carolina…..WOW!!! I sure hope GameDay will be at the SEC Championship again this year because we have won 67% of our games against Bama when GameDay was there for those games.
Sonny Busters
October 2nd, 2012
4:48 pm
That Cloisters guy has the nerve to come on our blog and talk trash about our coach when Boobs Johnson hasn’t won a thing at Tech. If our coach is third rate, what does that make Paul Johnson??
Neutral
October 2nd, 2012
5:18 pm
Is there such a thing as “4th rate”??? OK…..probably closer to 5th rate!!!
Just Saying
October 2nd, 2012
5:27 pm
@Neutral @4:44,
I love your logic that even a Tech grad would understand….well, maybe. Looks like we win the upcoming game and then beat Bama for all the marbles if the Game Day crew shows up. Good points, really good points and we thank Steve (aka. Mr. Negativity) for bringing it to our attention that UGa has a 75% winning record vs. Bama and SC on GameDay.
docdawg
October 2nd, 2012
5:28 pm
Love to see how Spurrier fairs off the 10 meter, my guess he whines a bit!
bigdawg1
October 2nd, 2012
5:31 pm
The same follks who come on here and try to tear down the Dawgs are the same people who know their boy, Mittens Ramen Noodle, has no chance to become president…just a bunch of bitter, old white guys!
P.S. I’m a not-bitter, middle-aged caucasian!
flo-ri-duh
October 3rd, 2012
5:14 am
Basically they stole the idea of the old man making a perfect dive from a movie years ago. Had a famous comedian play the part but I can’t remember the name of the movie or the comedian off hand. Usually when Richt does something like this people say “why” because he is making millions of dollars and they say he should be coaching and not doing outside activities for a paycheck. What they don’t know is that he donates that money to charities that he supports. He is not one to brag about such things.
flo-ri-duh
October 3rd, 2012
5:17 am
bigdawg1 – You are just another racist against middle aged white guys and have no place on this blog. This is not about politics and your savior Obama. Go over to Jay’s blog for your mean spirited comments.
Habersham Dawg
October 3rd, 2012
11:25 pm
It was Rodney Dangerfield. He did the Triple Lundy.