Georgia’s defense looking to stem the tide of big plays
According to the Bulldogs, they're really not far off from playng defense at the level they were last season, when they finished fifth in the nation in total yardage allowed. (AJC photo by Bob Andres)
ATHENS – When talk at Tuesday’s weekly news conference turned to the big plays given up by Georgia’s defense, Mark Richt interrupted. “I don’t want to talk about the South Carolina game anymore.
“They beat us, they beat us soundly and congratulations to them,” the Bulldogs coach said. “But we’ve moved forward past that and now correcting mistakes is important.”
Trouble is, Georgia’s mistakes on defense this season have not been limited to the 35-7 drubbing it received in Columbia. The Bulldogs have given up yardage in large chunks to everybody they’ve played this season. The gashes the Gamecocks left in Georgia’s defense were just more notable because of the gravity of the situation.
Against South Carolina, Georgia gave up three plays of 20 or more yards – including a 62-yard pass completion. But that was more the rule than the exception this season. The Bulldogs have given up at least three plays of 20 or more yards in every game, including Buffalo and Florida Atlantic.
In total, they’ve allowed 21 plays of 20 or more yards and 14 plays of 30 or more yards. Missouri recorded the longest pass play (69 yards) and Florida Atlantic the longest run (48).
“It’s not disappointment because we know we have the ability to do just as good as last year or better,” senior cornerback Sanders Commings said. “We’re more angry than anything. We’ve just got to find that swagger and take it to the field on Saturday and we’ll be OK.”
That’s a far cry from what was expected from the 2012 defense, which came into the season drawing comparisons to Alabama, LSU and South Carolina. The Bulldogs were fifth nationally in total defense a year ago.
“There’ve been 13 explosive plays in the pass game in the first part of the season,” said defensive coordinator Todd Grantham, who defines “explosive plays” as 24 or more yards. “That’s way too many. You can’t, but if you take those plays out we’re pretty much where we were last year from a yards per attempt standpoint. But they are there, so you have say why they’re there and you have to make sure you make the proper corrections.”
The chief explanation the Bulldogs offer for that is “miscommunication.” Players and coaches are trying to be careful not to offer it as an excuse, but having four starters miss a total of 12 games due to suspension contributed to that problem. The issue hasn’t been as much playing without those players as it has been all the residual personnel changes that resulted.
For instance, Georgia had three different free safeties in the first six games and three different boundary cornerbacks. Amarlo Herrera started the first four games at “Mo” inside linebacker but has started the last two at “Mike.” Each has distinctly different responsibilities in the passing game.
The end result has been the occasional wide receiver or halfback running free in Georgia’s secondary and two Bulldogs pointing at each other at the end of the play.
“We have no excuses for anything, no matter who’s in or who’s out,” said Herrera, who admitted his misread led to Tennessee’s running back Rajion Neal scoring a wide-open touchdown on a pass in the flat. “. . . Sometimes it’s complicated; we’ve got a lot of things going on out there. If one person doesn’t hear a call or understand what they have to do, then it can mess up everything.”
If a common denominator can be drawn from the Bulldogs’ first six games it is that their defense has taken its biggest licks in the first half. With the exception of the 48-3 win over Vanderbilt, Georgia allowed at least two first-half scores to every other team it played.
Of the 145 points the Bulldogs have allowed this season, 94 have come in the first two quarters of play. That’s an average of 15.7 points for the first half. Conversely, they’ve given up barely a touchdown on average – 6.8 points — in the second half.
That could be the sign of a couple of things: One, Georgia coaches aren’t anticipating what teams are going to do against them; and two, players aren’t reacting well to things they’re seeing for the first time.
“I think everybody has a little something new for you, especially the first couple of opponents,” Richt said. “You can only prepare for what you see. Sometimes there will be things that can catch you off guard but you can correct. Some of it you just get over-aggressive when it comes to stopping the run and wanting to be physical and all that kind of stuff.”
Those halftime adjustments are one of the reasons for optimism for this group, Grantham contends.
“Early on we had some young players that were playing new positions,” he said. “They see something new and sometimes they don’t fit up the right way. Once you get them on the sideline you can show them what it is, they have a tendency to play better. If you look at all our games it’s kind of gone like that. But that’s a credit to the players because they hung in there and kept playing. They understood what we had to do and they made corrections and we won the game.”
It’s bound to get better this week. In Kentucky the Bulldogs are facing an offense that is currently ranks 13th or 14th in the SEC in scoring, total offense, rushing, pass efficiency and third-down conversions. The Wildcats are currently playing without their top two quarterbacks and will start true freshman Jalen Whitlow on Saturday.
“We’re ready to get back to being the same type of defense we were last year,” Herrera said.
That’s still a steep climb. At the moment Georgia is ranked in the bottom half of the SEC in virtually every statistical category. Nationally, the Bulldogs finished last season fifth in total defense, 11th against the rush, 10th against the pass and 23rd in points allowed. This season their ranking in the same categories is 50th, 67th, 39th and 51st, respectively.
“That was the first half of the season,” Commings said. “I think last year we played our best ball in the second half. Hopefully this year we will, too.”
Grantham believes the timing is right for marked improvement.
“I love bye weeks,” he said. “We took a hard evaluation of the things we were doing and made sure everybody understood it, because the main thing is being on the same page and doing their job. [The players took a workman’s like approach in the bye week and I’ve seen progress. I think as we move forward with the continuity we have, we’ll be fine.”
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Mobile Dawg
October 16th, 2012
10:52 pm
Exactly what I would say if I were in their position and my a$$ was on fire.
Mobile Dawg
October 16th, 2012
11:11 pm
To clarify, they (the coaches) are not officially on anyone’s hot seat, just don’t understand why it’s always after we get our heads handed to us on a platter is when we learn what we’re supposed to be doing. From the players perspective it’s obvious, the coaches didn’t prepare us for what we encountered. We learned from our experience. That tells me that if we’re going to get better, it’s the players who will make it happen, not the coaches.
JRW7
October 16th, 2012
11:14 pm
I would be embarrassed too, if I was CMR, embarrassed at a 35-7 loss, because my team was not prepared for SC and CSS! This terrible and embarrassing loss was on the UGA coaching staff! EMBARRASSING!!!!!
JRW7
October 16th, 2012
11:17 pm
CMR is not on the hot seat, why? Because he wins 10 games per year, and everybody is happy and content?
t2go
October 16th, 2012
11:22 pm
Come on D!!! We have Fla coming up and their QB can move! He had over 150 yds last game….scary!
evil empire
October 16th, 2012
11:29 pm
its over ladies…9-3 and chik-fil-a bound
GDawg
October 16th, 2012
11:30 pm
Everytime we have a loss we have this “New” start or “new” understanding and we’re “Going to get better”. At what time have we heard Nick Saban, Les Miles, Urban Meyer make these kinds of statements. I would love nothing more that to see this coaching staff win every game from here out and win a National Title. I don’t see that happening! UGA has exactly 1 game that is of importance the rest of this year… Florida! I hate to say it but I don’t know if I want us to win that one (okay, of course I do I hate the Gators). It’s past time to bring UGA back to national importance. UGA needs to be that school that every team fears. There is entirely too much money in our coffers to be consistently turning out the 2nd tier results. Our talent is better than the VAST majority of our competitors. It’s time to win Championships! It’s time to put several on the shelves in Athens!
evil empire
October 16th, 2012
11:30 pm
who yall got …TAMU vs LSu?
I'm Done.
October 16th, 2012
11:31 pm
I have wasted to much time, money, energy and emotion on this team and have not gotten a very good return on my investment. I will be selling or giving my tickets away for the rest of this season and I will no longer buy any more of their cheap over priced merchandise. The only people that receive my true unconditional love and respect are my wife, kids, sibilings, and my pastor. This awful coached, unprepared and uninspired team does not. Trying to defend Richt is like trying to defend Obama, the record does not lie. UGA is a bully team pure and simple. Until Richt is gone I’m Done.
Voyager Dawg
October 16th, 2012
11:34 pm
Don’t look past Kentucky Mr. Richt and Mr. Grantham (remember the score last year). Don’t even think about Florida until next week. We have had a history of playing to see if we can win or playing not to loose and we go into too many games looking unprepared. That has become our m.o. and that reflects on coaching. With the way our defense is playing I won’t be surprised to see Kentucky do some things on offense that they haven’t been able to do to this point in the season. I’ve seen it too many times over the past decade. It’s always an adventure. I would love to see the Dawgs play a complete game on offense and defense in one game, but I’ve lowered my expectations and hope to have fewer disappointments. I will always be a Dawg fan (have been for more than 40 years) but my blood pressure can’t take it. GATA this weekend and put it together against Kentucky for 4 quarters on both sides of the ball. Make an old man happy!
Hank Hill
October 16th, 2012
11:48 pm
One game at a time. Pound Kentucky into the ground.
Gman 84
October 17th, 2012
12:09 am
I’m Done and GDawg,
Very, very well said. You guys are not the lunatic fringe you are the formerly loyal constituency that CRM can’t afford to lose. I’m with you and so are many others. If you lose every big game year after year, let’s move on. If CRM isn’t the answer, let’s start looking for someone who can actually maximize- rather than squander -the talent at UGA.
tony
October 17th, 2012
12:11 am
Maybe this coaching staff don’t see what the fans see. I see a team that is very weak in the trenches and lack physicality. It seems as though this coaching staff don’t coach fundamentals and make their players work hard in practice. To have so much talent this team just not mean enough to play sec football. That’s the way I see it.
ARdawg
October 17th, 2012
1:15 am
Charlie Brown’s teacher would say:
WAH….WAH…..WAH
Thanks for asking it Chip, it needed to be. Just it is a shame Richt wouldn’t give a straight answer
ARdawg
October 17th, 2012
1:17 am
It’s time to make some serious defensive strides against Kentucky, Impressive. Yeah, right
go-bravos
October 17th, 2012
2:23 am
Seems like every play on defense this year you see several players looking confused and/or lost out there before the snap. Our substitution seems slow and causing confusion, just a lot of plays were the coaches have not put the players in a position to be successful and big plays have ensued.
Coach the kids up and get everybody on the same page and the D should improve because it cannot get much worse at this point.
Go Dawgs!
DogRoll
October 17th, 2012
3:08 am
Georgia—should win out easily and finish 11-1! Ga will upset alabama—book it.
hop
October 17th, 2012
3:12 am
I could not agree more with the comments stated here! our defense has been horrible and the sad news is it is made up with mostly seniors.
this does not speak well for next season.
MARK RICHT will be coaching next year and we will have a much tougher schedule and it will be far worse with a very average team.
It is time to look for a new coach after next year because we will be sattled with him then as well.
Our state plays top flight High School football and uga is not getting the very best players with many going to other SEC schools e.g. alabama,south carolina ,auburn to name a few.
HOPEFULLY , our A.D. IS BEGINNING TO PUT TOGETHER a list of possible replacements for CMR.ONE would hope so!
It is great that we have a winning NFL them that we can support since we do not a very good college team.
GO FALCONS!
7576DAWG
October 17th, 2012
3:37 am
What I don’t understand is Grantham and Richt always say they had a good practice and then in a game missed assignments are frequent and is why South Carolina beat us so bad. During our practice why didn’t all these missed assignments show up then. If it is because we didn’t practice at full speed then I suggest we start practicing at full speed because I am not hearing about very many missed assignment in practice. If we do have a lot of missed assignments then why do we shut down physical practicing after Tuesdays practice. I would practice into Friday every week if it took that for the players to learn their assignments.
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Columbus Dawg
October 17th, 2012
7:18 am
Richt has no trouble getting defensive when pressed with obvious questions, needs to channel that emotion to the field. Great person, not so great coach. I do not doubt what I read from a poster somewhere about players not respecting Richt. Also character counts in recruiting. Night and day character between players like Gurley and Marshall, and players who were already on roster when they arrived. They are not the only examples. There are coaches who would clean house on bad apple players, much like what Muschamp has done since his arrival at UF. There are more problems than one in Athens, I’m afraid, and a totally different culture will have to take hold on the players before Dawgs will accomplish goals. I know first hand what the culture was in Athens in late seventies/early eighties, and yes, a heap of partying going on. The difference was that coach Dooley would not allow players to get bogged down in it. I have a good friend who is related to an All American linebacker from that era, and have heard first hand stories about the fact that Dooley did not take crap from players, and that they either did it his way or they did not get on the field. Been a long time since any coach throttled the players like Dooley did at Georgia. Look at the Donnan/Quincy fiasco.
tell me again
October 17th, 2012
7:21 am
Wow ~ our team is 5 ~ 1 and ranked 11th in the country and people are slitting their wrists. You guys are hilarious. Show some perspective.
tell me again
October 17th, 2012
7:29 am
Columbus Dawg. Richt runs a convent compared to what Dooley ran when he was there. Those boys were at Effie’s every Friday night getting laid and drank till they puked. Give me a break. Dooley had more than his fair share of players who wouldn’t give him the time of day. Don’t paint the picture that Dooley was feared and Sabanesque. Just isn’t true. Richt deals with an entirely different athlete as well. You can’t compare apples and oranges. Different players, different times.
Bruce Dawg
October 17th, 2012
7:47 am
Let Jones sit for the Kentucky game. We are going to need all hands on deck for the Florida game.
Dawg_Mike
October 17th, 2012
8:00 am
“miscommunication” “missed assignments”
Funny, I don’t hear Alabama saying those kinds of things.
gomdawg
October 17th, 2012
8:01 am
Back when Dooley coached we played maybe 5 SEC teams and now we play 8 SEC teams a lot differents but Look at Dooley and CMR records and you will see how good CMR is WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE A GREAT COACH SO IF YOU DON’T LIKE HIM GO TO FLORIDA OR SOUTH CAROLINA
JUST DON’T BAD MOUTH MY DAWGS AND THEIR LEADER GO DAWGS
Coarch Ric
October 17th, 2012
8:05 am
“Georgia’s defense looking to stem the tide of big plays”
Yep… Too bad they didn’t think of that back during spring and fall camps, huh?
Smarticus
October 17th, 2012
8:11 am
Richt and his blind homers have led us to ruin. The guy doesn’t really have a clue. He’s frozen in the ACC of the 1980s… Copies Bobby Bowdoin like a kid…
Grantham is starting to look like he’s also a paper tiger, or else perhaps Richt has neutered him since he arrived.
The players are out of shape and undisciplined. The schemes are not executed with any precision.
It’s the coaching, stupid. How long must this BS go on?
Time to get a completely new coaching staff in Athens.
Next year will be a ghoulish nightmare if Richt stays…
DIT
October 17th, 2012
8:12 am
“Wow ~ our team is 5 ~ 1 and ranked 11th in the country and people are slitting their wrists. You guys are hilarious. Show some perspective.”
________________
Thank You!
Coarch Ric
October 17th, 2012
8:16 am
If we didn’t have to play these SEC games, we’d probably be undefeated.
You can bet we won’t be scheduling any more non-conference games with traditional powerhouses like Boise State again!
Smarticus
October 17th, 2012
8:17 am
DIT, we may be 5-1, but we are not one of the top 20 teams in the country. We cannot beat a ranked team.
Only an idiot really thinks that UGA can beat Florida. It will definitely be a Corey Smith long ride back from Jacksonville.
On the way back, just ponder the thought that UGA has paid Richt in excess of $30Million dollars to get us to the sad state that is UGA football today.
This is Reality boys
October 17th, 2012
8:19 am
We had better get these plays fixed before we play the Gators. Driskel ran 177 yds in 11 carries against Vandy last week including a 70 yarder where he ran away from their DB’s. I am sick of the excuses by blowhard Grantham.
Coarch Ric
October 17th, 2012
8:22 am
I’d just like to thank Phil Fulmer and Oscar Meyer for coming to my rescue just in the nick of time. Now, if I could only figure out how to get the Evil Genius fired we would have a cakewalk to the Division Championship.
DIT
October 17th, 2012
8:25 am
The difference between you and I Smarticus is that I KNOW that there is so much more to life than football. I believe it’s a game and it’s entertainment.It does not run my life. My life is not predicated on what a bunch of 18-22 year olds do on a football field. UGA can go 0-14 or 14-0 and it does not chance one thing in my every day life.
Top priorities in order: Jesus, My Wife, My Children, My job………. football is way down on that list. Hey, I’d love to see UGA win it all and to start, win the big games. However, it sure does not control my life as it does yours. AND this is coming from an Alumnus of UGA!
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 17th, 2012
8:25 am
I thought when Mcgarity took over that Richt would be able to spend more time on football
I guess he has learned how to dodge questions and make more Ford Truck commercials
Jimmy Crack
October 17th, 2012
8:25 am
I wonder what kinds of new techniques Georgia can employ that will make this team not tackle like a bunch of teenaged girls with freshly done nails. Fix that little problem and we will have our dynasty of second place trophies intact.
As far as rooting for Georgia…ZERO expectations from here on out, including the remainder of Richt’s gentle tenure.
Joey
October 17th, 2012
8:31 am
“…you will see how good CMR is WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE A GREAT COACH…”
********************************************
Great coaches don’t lose 20 games in 4+ seasons.
And great coaches damn sure don’t lose 9 in blow out fashion.
9 blowouts – how can you call him “great?”
gomdawg
October 17th, 2012
8:36 am
JOEY simple BECAUSE HE IS A GREAT COACH , YOU COMPARE HIM TO ANY COACH IN SEC WIN FOR WIN SINCE HE CAME TO GEORGIA AND YOU TELL ME WHO HAS A BETTER RECORD PLEASE
333
October 17th, 2012
8:37 am
“Grantham believes the time is right for improvement”. To quote coach Grantham—I’m sure glad he and all of the other UGA coaches have waited until now for “that time”, and not before the USCe game. There is nothing wrong with losing to a better team, but to be so UTTERLY unprepared should be an embarrassment to all of you!!!!
Go Dawgs!!!!
October 17th, 2012
8:37 am
@I’m Done……what does Obama have to do with UGA football…..typical idiot with A.D.D
gomdawg
October 17th, 2012
8:43 am
ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT DISLIKE OUR COACHES WHY DON’T YOU JUST MOVE ON TO BE GATOR OR GAMECOCK OR MAYBE A AUBURN TIGER YOU SEE WHAT HAPPEN TO THEM WHEN THEY CHANGED COACHES IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 17th, 2012
8:46 am
gomdawg
there are only 3 coaches in the SEC that have been coaching over 4 yrs
2 of those coaches have National Titles and win big games
And their record is as good as Richts
So much for your record argument
gomdawg
October 17th, 2012
8:46 am
FLAT TIRE YOU NEED TO GET A LIFE , IT WILLL\ BE FINE THE WORLD IS NOT COMING TO A END NEXT WEEK.
Kirk
October 17th, 2012
8:46 am
I fully expect that we’ll have one of the best games of the year this week, and frankly with the pressure and week off, we better. HOWEVER, what worries me is the Florida game as we’ll probably be out of steam by then. It worried me after we destroyed Vandy and sure enough, the team looked hung over and forgot to play until it was too late.
Iornhead
October 17th, 2012
8:47 am
Go ahead and lose to Kentucky and Florida, maybe then it’ll open eyes at how under-coached NFL-level talent is at UGA. Bring on Kirby!!!!!
gomdawg
October 17th, 2012
8:49 am
FLAT TIRE YOU DID NOT GIVE ME A WIN AND LOST FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS ON ALL THE COACHES
This is Reality boys
October 17th, 2012
8:49 am
Lets see moron gomdawg you are correct about cheezik and the Barn. But SC fired Grandma Lou and got the Evil Genius who is 15-5 against us and is now doing it to us at SC. UF didnt fire Urban Crier but he left because of an empty house and no Tebow and what do they have now after just 1.5 seasons? A #2 BCS ranking, a top Defense and a QB who just put up 177 yards on just 11 carries that broke Tebows record. How is that for starters moron?
gomdawg
October 17th, 2012
8:50 am
GEORGIA WILL KICK FLORIDA BUTT AND WHEN WE DO THAT THEN ALL YA’LL WILL STOP CRYING LIKE BABYS
This is Reality boys
October 17th, 2012
8:51 am
gomdawg you are the one who does not have a life other than idolizing the great suntanned ford truck salesman.
Rip Van Winkle
October 17th, 2012
8:52 am
Wake up gomdawg.
gomdawg
October 17th, 2012
8:52 am
Reality boys you on a roll keep it up thats two coaches , I know Spurrier is great
Who is it?
October 17th, 2012
8:53 am
gomdawg sounds amazingly like Sammy-Patrick.
This is Reality boys
October 17th, 2012
8:55 am
Give up Flat tire, he will make you an old man. Leave him alone he needs to put down his rug and pray to Richt.
Another Observer
October 17th, 2012
8:57 am
Hey DIT, if football ranks so low on your list, why are you wasting time on this blog? Seems as if things this trivial would get pushed completely off the radar with you having your list and all.
Joey
October 17th, 2012
8:58 am
gomdawg, I’m a UGA fan, not a Richt fan, though I hope he does well. Richt did have success in the first half of his career, but the second half, his record is near dismal – only beating teams (and not always) who have much less talent, while losing to equal teams, half by routs.
And it is still happening – 2 ugly losses last season, and 1 at the halfway point this season. I just can’t believe you ignore this. It begins to diminish what Richt accomplished back in the day, when his teams the last 4+ seasons keep getting humiliated on National TV.
SimpleDawg
October 17th, 2012
9:00 am
Entirely too much coulda, woulda, shoulda going around……
Way too much physical talent for the results. 5 – 1 is fine, but the bad teams should not be having all of these yards and points against a “Top Tier” defense. And, no way an experienced, talent ladened team goes into anybody’s stadium and wets their pants…..
Gotta be coaching….or lack there of.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 17th, 2012
9:00 am
gomdawg
Several of those new coaches I mentioned were Assts so they arent going to have a record
Also
Anyone can have Richts record with the talent he has had and with the easy schedule he has had
During Richts tenure
FL has been the only team worth anything in the SEC East
Tenn has been horrible the last decade
Aub has only been good for 3 seasons the last decade
AL and LSU we dont have to play every year
So when you look at the schedule winning 10 games has been relatively easy compared to what it was in the 90’s
Coarch Ric
October 17th, 2012
9:01 am
gomdawg
October 17th, 2012
8:49 am
FLAT TIRE YOU DID NOT GIVE ME A WIN AND LOST FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS ON ALL THE COACHES
Makes sense, seeing as how he stated that none of them have been around for 12 years. It doesn’t take 12 years to win a National Championship. Just ask any SEC Head Coach who has accomplished that goal recently. I’m still trying to nail down my first undefeated regular season, but to be honest, I don’t see it happening.
GT
October 17th, 2012
9:02 am
Richt doesn’t want to talk about it? Bout says it all there.
His defense is undisciplined, going for the big shot, wanting to send a message. Good coaches know how to play teams that underutilize their talent; they sucker them into taking the highlight shots while they are scoring touchdowns. Taking the cheap shots that get them penalized and making sure the refs see it. Georgia has a reputation for being careless, undisciplined; the opposing coaches use that to their advantage. And Richt is not a good general; he can see the whole field, like Spurrier or Miles. There is a lot more to football than meets the eye.
This is Reality boys
October 17th, 2012
9:05 am
Sean Williams is great at big hits, but lets WR get behind him far too often. He is a dirty player by the way and is going to cost us yet in a big game.
gomdawg
October 17th, 2012
9:05 am
OK YA’LL JUMP ON ME BUT I LOVE MY DAWGS AND I STAND BEHIND THEM , AFTER 1 LOST YA’LL WANT TO THROW THE SEASON AWAY SORRY I DONT AGREE THERE IS A LOT OF FOORBALL TO PLAY SO GO DAWGS
This is Reality boys
October 17th, 2012
9:10 am
gomdawg we love the Dawgs too! 5-1 sounds good but the fashion of the loss as well as the big plays our D has given up is not the direction we want to go. These poor showing in big games are too frequent and must stop!
Joey
October 17th, 2012
9:14 am
gomdawg- I haven’t jumped on you – just asking about the “great” label. He just hasn’t been great the last 4+ seasons.
But, hell yeah – Go Dawgs!
Joey
October 17th, 2012
9:17 am
I’d run out of space trying to write a critique on your team, GT.
But thanks for yours . . .
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 17th, 2012
9:18 am
gomdawg
This season has already played out like every Richt season
Get blown out by one or two or get upset by a team you were supposed to beat
9 games in 4 yrs we have been blown out
5 wins against below standard competition
1 blowout loss to a team that still doesnt have the same talent as we do
Dude you need to come to reality
Richt is overpaid;
he is paid a top 10 salary and he hasnt beaten a top 20 team in 4 yrs
Sorry but there is no excuse in that with the talent that UGA fields;
You have no stats that can defend that bud
Jeff
October 17th, 2012
9:19 am
“It’s not disappointment because we know we have the ability to do just as good as last year or better,” senior cornerback Sanders Commings said. “We’re more angry than anything. We’ve just got to find that swagger and take it to the field on Saturday and we’ll be OK.”
not disappointment???? YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDNG ME We’ve just got to find the swagger and take it to the field……..AFTER 6 GAMES…YA THINK???? WOW THIS IS THE PROBLEM….THIS DEFENSE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE STRENGH OF THIS TEAM……I could understand if we had a bunch of freshmen playing….no, we have what we thought was NFL talent…this is BS Sanders!!!!! You can tell your D Coordinator that also…..BS!
Double Zero Eight
October 17th, 2012
9:31 am
Georgia is very capable of beating Florida. It is time for
the defense to “step up”. Everyone is back now. The
“rust” should be gone by the time Georgia plays Florida.
The fans want to see some mental and physical toughness.
It’s time for the players and coaches to stop being intimidated
by top ten teams.
PAUL SUCKS BIG JOHNSON
October 17th, 2012
9:33 am
are we 5-1 or 1-5?? calm down people. 11th in the country!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Coarch Ric
October 17th, 2012
9:37 am
I don’t want to talk about it.
Shut Up!!!
gomdawg
October 17th, 2012
9:40 am
OK I’M NOT BAD MOUTHING YA’LL ANYMORE JUST GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Joey
October 17th, 2012
9:41 am
Jeff, the D is a disappointment, but Richt’s offense, and it IS Richt’s offense got shut completely down, not by LSU or Bama, but SC. Spurrier made a pattern for defeating us, and everybody will have noticed.
Our remaining opponents will attempt to duplicate SC’s D the rest of the season, so Richt/Bobo better be making changes to what worked the 1st 5 games.
I think we are in for a dogfight Saturday – UK plays us well, and now Jones out, and Murray’s a mental mess . . .
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 17th, 2012
9:42 am
We should be #3 not #11
Now instead of being in the hunt for a national title we are in the hunt for another Outback bowl
Joey
October 17th, 2012
9:42 am
Whoops.
Not supposed to talk about SC anymore . . .
Fats G
October 17th, 2012
9:42 am
News flash………….S.Carolina man handled us. That is a fact. I saw it with my own eyes. The line dominated because they were bigger,faster,and better. We learn from this and we kick Kentucky like nobodys business. We need momentum going into Florida.
bubba4dawgs
October 17th, 2012
9:44 am
Don’t play Jarvis this week! Get him ready for Flori-duh. Tune up for them and the rest of the season will be OK. As for playing Alabamdama, don’t worry about it….lost that chance by losing to the chickens. They will win out from here and get the nod to go to the dome and get humiliated by the tide. Still a good season with dreams of what could have been. Coulda, shoulda, woulda! Shoot for a BCS ranking if possible and pick up a big check!j GO DAWGS!!
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 17th, 2012
9:47 am
Joey
If you watch the Vandy and Tenn game our offensive play calling was much different than it was in the SC game
Bobo and Richt I guess saw on the scoreboard that SC was a top 20 team and got afraid and went back to their favorite conservative playbook aka Run up the middle 50 times even though its getting stuffed; dont dare use the TE’s and my favorite lets be safe and throw the ball over to the sideline
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 17th, 2012
9:50 am
I can see it now
We beat KY by 40 pts
All next week the kool-aid/Disney Dawgs will be back on here talking National Title again
DawginLex
October 17th, 2012
9:52 am
From college football news.com
No team will be unbeaten by the end of the day on December 1st
Alabama looks unbeatable, right? It should – it hasn’t played anyone with a pulse. Actually, Michigan isn’t bad, but Denard Robinson and that offense was the perfect one-dimensional fit for a Tide defense that had no problems keying on one player.
The defending national champion has played just one team – 2011 Arkansas – over the past two seasons that could throw with any semblance of effectiveness, and it’s soon going to be tested by Tyler Bray and the Tennessee passing attack and the Texas A&M offensive show. Those two games, along with a road date at LSU and a nasty home battle against Mississippi State, will all be dangerous, but it will be the Aggies who’ll have just the right mix to pull off the shocker to be the right team on the right day. Alabama will then go on to beat Georgia in the SEC championship.
Oregon will lose at USC on November 3rd, but will win the rematch in the Pac-12 championship. Kansas State will lose at West Virginia; Florida will lose to Georgia; Notre Dame will lose at Oklahoma; Oregon State will lose a few times; Mississippi State will lose to Alabama and LSU; Ohio State will lose at Wisconsin; Cincinnati will lose to Louisville; Louisville will lose to Rutgers; Rutgers will lose to Cincinnati; and Ohio will lose at Ball State and to Northern Illinois in the MAC championship.
But Alabama will still play for, and win, the national championship. As for the second team …
Cheer, cheer.
The winner of the SEC championship will end up going to Miami to be the No. 1 seed in the BCS championship, and then the discussion will turn to whether or not it should be an all-SEC national title game for the second season in a row.
Georgia will get out to an early lead before hanging on for dear life to give Florida its only loss. The Dawgs will win the head-to-head tie-breaker and go to the SEC championship game where they’ll lose to Alabama. An 11-1 Florida team will be hovering around the top two after beating eventual ACC champion Florida State in the regular season finale, but there will be many who’ll argue that it’s not right that a team that didn’t win its own division – like Alabama last year – would get a chance to play for the national championship for the second year in a row.
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These guys have bashed Richt and they think he goes 11-1 then loses to Bama in SECCG.
11-2 and win a bowl, 12-2
How do you think McGarity responds to that if it happens?
Coach Scott
October 17th, 2012
9:53 am
Precisely why game suspension is never a good idea – it punishes a lot of innocent team members and affects the product on the field – which is a corporate product. Find more creative, exacting ways to punish infractions or just boot them off the team.
schmeckdawg
October 17th, 2012
9:53 am
Year #3 in Mr. $825,000/yrs. defense with 9 returning starters and multiple very capable 2nd teamers and this is what we are getting!!!!!!!!!
Not good!!!!!!!!!!!!
1eyedJack
October 17th, 2012
9:55 am
Reading these posts is akin to watching Baroke Obuma debate. Same old tired arguments over and over and over and ………………..
I’m almost at the point where I want to fire Mark Richt personally so I can shut up the parrots. Program be damned.
Chris Mike
October 17th, 2012
9:56 am
Tired of the excuses Mark, prepare your team for hostile situations. I thought we were over this hump. Expecially after the Missu game I guess not. I don’t care what Dawg fan say, but we will never live up to the hype. Look back when were preseason number #1 we folded against Alabama on the blackout! AT HOME! remember. If you going to say who could we get bettter than Mark, Suggestion, Gruden, Cowler, Smart, anybody its time for change and remember this if you get a big time coach you get the results Look at Alabama
chase
October 17th, 2012
10:01 am
Flat Tire
YOU go find another team please! You are the worst kind of “fan”
You know nothing about the actual game! all you do is come on here and bash the team and Richt because #1 you don’t understand football, #2 you just don’t like Richt, #3 you have no class!, #4 you are a coward!
“you don’t want to play in the SEC title game because you are afraid of losing”?????
That sums up who you are as a person and a “fan” – gutless, clueless, and all you can do is bash people to feel better about yourself because winning every game dictates how feel about yourself!
UGA is a great program (top 5 in the country over the past 15 years – not BAMA)…….The season is long and we’ll see what happens…do they need to improve and play better? YES….But you sir, cannot improve…it must be miserable in your world with your point of view on life in general
Georgia does not need fans like you!
here is the info: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/45919-top-ten-college-football-teams-of-the-last-10-years
Jeff
October 17th, 2012
10:03 am
I would not want to talk about it either if my team just got embarrassed on National TV and made to look like a bunch of panzies playing……….
astrouga
October 17th, 2012
10:05 am
Flat Tire:
Can the season be salvaged for you? If so, what has to happen? Just curious. You, and many others, myself included, are particularly angry over the performance both on the field and the side-line at SC this year. So I’d like your straight answer.
I need to see the dawgs win the rest of their games. They should be able to do it. I don’t need them to destroy everyone, but it sure would go a long way for Richt to regain some credibility in my eyes. I’d like to see us beat Florida by 21 points. Even though the Florida game is generally a close one, Richt really needs to step up and show the country that SC was a fluke.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 17th, 2012
10:07 am
chase
LOL
That article you posted was before the 2008 Season began
Is that all you got LOL
LOL
blahahahahahahahahahah
What a joke
lol again
Thats what you call a counter to an argument
Joey
October 17th, 2012
10:08 am
Lex, I will believe it when I see it when a Richt led team gives a Top 5 team A GAME, much less gives one a loss. Oh I hope, I always hope. But usually end up embarrassed.
By the way, who did College Football News pick in the SC – UGA game? Just curious.
Return to Glory
October 17th, 2012
10:08 am
I am sick of Grantham saying he is not worried about the defense, well I am an I am worried he does not know how to game plan. Either our players are way overrated or Grantham can’t coach/game plan bottom line.
Inlet Dawg
October 17th, 2012
10:11 am
Its time for a change,or we can set our goals The Peach ,Citrus and Music City Bowls.
Joey
October 17th, 2012
10:13 am
Nice timing, chase. Drag out an article precisely right before Richt’s string of nasty losses began.
Since that article – 20 losses, 9 blow-out losses.
chase, you been in a coma since ‘08?
Chicken Little
October 17th, 2012
10:13 am
The sky is falling! The sky is falling!!
funny...
October 17th, 2012
10:18 am
Wasn’t this the problem with Willie Martinez too?
I don’t think the problem is Grantham, the problem is Richt. Get him out of Athens.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 17th, 2012
10:21 am
astrouga
Straight answer; here you go
Yea the season can be salvaged how
Go down to Jacksonville and beat the Gaterds by 35 pts or more and run the score up; just like Meyer and Spurrier did so many times so that Richt can let the fanbase know we arent comming down here anymore and getting pushed around ( that wont happen by the way cause Richt will be too worried about hurting their fans feelings)
2. Win out impressively and look good doing it; we have the talent to be KY Miss GSU AUB and GT by 30 pts
3 go in an smash Bama in the mouth and beat them by 10 or more
4 hopefully play for the NC even though with ESPN saying we dont deserve already and I dont see it happening but if it did win the NC game if we happen to get there or whoever we play in the Sugar bowl that is an opponent other than a Hawaii beat them by 2 TD’s
That will be a salvaged season
Other than that; like I said at the start of the season; anything less than 11-1 is an utter failure this year with the talent we have; and that one loss I picked that to be in the SEC championship game cause I knew this coaching staff folds against good teams.
Joey
October 17th, 2012
10:28 am
Chicken Little: 10 wins!! 10 Wins!! 10 Wins!!
Bet you were impressed by that 10-4 last season right, Chicken Little?
You do realize that is the equivilent of a 7 or 8-win season in the 10-game seasons in the Dooley years, right? Whoo hoo!
So sorry some of us who absolutely love UGA, are tired of the leadership in Athens.
G-Dawg
October 17th, 2012
10:29 am
“The chief explanation the Bulldogs offer to that end is miscommunication”
Seems to always be the consistent excuse…and still hasnt been addressed. IF the schemes and playbook is so difficult to master…maybe they should simplify it. Cause i dont see anything complicated with the consistent delayed hand off in the shotgun. IT DOESNT WORK!!!!!
robodawg
October 17th, 2012
10:31 am
Everybody talked up the positives of our suspensions — more playing time for backups — and that probably will be a positive down the road. But after UT and SC it’s clear our starters needed more games to gel.
One thing I don’t see mentioned here is we have not been as physically dominant up front as expected. We give up too many yards rushing, and we had hardly any pass rush in the last 2 games.
Chuckie
October 17th, 2012
10:36 am
For all you Vince Dooley fans:
He wasn’t that great of a coach
DawginLex
October 17th, 2012
10:38 am
joey
The pick for UGA/SC was split but overall favored UGA
Russ Mitchell, the guy who covers the SEC for them picked SC
Flat tire
You still can’t comprehend what you read. You really need to get a Webster’s and find a new term too other than kool aid to describe a person who is rationale, loves UGA and understands the kind of pressure Richt is under to win now and also believes he will leave if he loses to Florida.
Still trying to understand how your brain comprehends my statements as being kool aid.
smh
G-Dawg
October 17th, 2012
10:38 am
Chuck…i’ve been saying that for years. Hershel defined Dooley’s career…not the other way around!!!
astrouga
October 17th, 2012
10:39 am
Flat Tire:
Thanks for that. I guess we differ a bit on what we would call success at this point. I think it is highly unlikely that we do all of the things you want.
Regardin points 1 and 2 in your list…Even at the start of the season I would not have guessed we would be scoring 40+ points per game. I certainly wouldn’t expect us to do that against KY, Florida, Miss, GSU, AUB *and* GT. You have to admit, you couldn’t have predicted that — no team in UGA history started out scoring that many points in the first 5 games. So no one had a basis to predict that. I think, based on the way we played against Vandy, we could do it, but it is unlikely.
Point 3: I think we can do this. Bama is great and a well-coached team, but we could beat them by 10. We’d need our best football and a few turn-overs and big special teams play to do it.
Point 4: The computers always hate UGA. If we were still undefeated, I would not have been surprised to find out that we were lower than #5 in the first BCS rankings. Now with the loss, the voters hate us too. I can’t see any way, short of a “perfect storm” of losses by other teams, that we end up in the NC game. To convince voters, we do have to destroy Florida and have really strong games against at least 4 of the other teams. Then we have to win the SEC game with big plays. I don’t see this happening, but like the rest of the fan base, I’ll say, “none of this is any fun if we don’t drink the Kool-Aid every once in a while.”
Joey
October 17th, 2012
10:42 am
Yeah, 6 SEC titles and an Undisputed National Championship while competing in the Bear Bryant era is very average . . .
Chuckie, go to the tennis blogs.
DawginLex
October 17th, 2012
10:43 am
I love how flat tire dismisses all the schools we play as junk.
Do those schools not have a coaching staff trying to win?
You think Derek Dooley isn’t trying?
It’s real easy to look at a schedule and dismiss the opponents as garbage sitting behind a computer or sitting in the stands. Try lining up every week and facing teams that want to win.
You can tell the folks who have never competed in any kind of athletics
Micheal
October 17th, 2012
10:44 am
Richard Samuel needs to play at running back ? At least he can get tough yards for the bulldogs. I really think that Richard wouldve stop that massive South Carolina D end. Richt is a good coach but he has to know the skill sets of his players. Its a big difference in potential and who can get the job done right now. Richts says that samuel plays fullback but he rarely plays. This is the guy who saved the Bulldogs from a loss to Florida. This guy is the definiton of a true Bulldog on and off the field and his skills are not being used correctly. Maybe a lightbulb will go off in the RB coach head in the 4th qtr in Florida this season also
Joey
October 17th, 2012
10:45 am
Thanks Lex, was just wondering if it was some UGA homers predicting that. I like it – hope it happens.
Big hurdle this Sat, and a huge one in Jax.
DawginLex
October 17th, 2012
10:46 am
as well as beat top ranked opponents and not allow us to be FL’s whipping boy
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Dooley faced a bunch of butt clowns coaching at Florida. The few years that Florida could throw a forward pass, we lost except when HW was there.
Dooley would have lost to Spurrier and Meyer because our defense was always geared to stop the run and teams that could throw beat us. I watched us get beat many a time with passing QB’s under Dooley.
I appreciate Dooley for his longevity but Florida couldn’t get out of their own way most years he was there.
Chuckie
October 17th, 2012
10:48 am
hey joey,
Bear Bryant was 9-3 vs. GA… He owned them…..
chase
October 17th, 2012
10:50 am
FLAT TIRE:
Its about national embarrassment and being known for player arrests every year (EVERY TEAM HAS OFF FIELD ISSUES – See OHST, USC, NC and on and on)
its about losing to SC for the first time ever 3 yrs in a row (we are their biggest rival, they fall at least 4th for us…they usually get us early in the year before they fall aprat and we get going – still need to win though BUT Richt is what 8-4 against them? )
Its about losing to Miss St for the first time in 35 yrs – (During 1 bad season without our best player AJ that year and freshmen all over the place – they went to the SEC title game the next year and obvioulsy MsSt is no push over anymore)
Its about putting friendship with Willie Martinez above the program (he held him too long but did fire him and you still dont like the d-coordinator because you just dont like Richt)
Its about stupid gimmicks (Dream Team I, II, Energy Vampires, Uniform Changes etc) (The Dream Team stuff is done by THE KIDS,….NOT RICHT you moron…they are 18 years old – Uniform changes have gone the way of the DODO and need to…they were contractually obligated vs Boise St to wear those by the way)
Its about not being able to win every SEC East game in the same year yet Spurrier does it a SC (Uh, very very few teams in the SEC have ever gone undefeated my friend VERY FEW…BAMA didnt go undefeated last year! LSU lost 1 and 2 during their 2 NC Titles, Florida lost to OLE MISS in one of theirs)
what else? or does rational thinking and facts mess up your blind hatred and venom spewing?
Joey
October 17th, 2012
10:50 am
Micheal, save your breath, or your keystrokes.
Remember this? Richt: “I know what the hell I’m doing.”
Like every other highly-paid head coach, Richt has an ego as big as Sanford Stadium. Have you ever heard him say after a bad loss – “we got outcoached today?”
No, “we got whipped” (players fault), “we didn’t execute” (players fault).
Nothing about bad game plans, poor adjustments, lack of preparation.
dawgs01
October 17th, 2012
10:54 am
Grantham better make corrections bc right now is looking like he does not have a clue. you got 4 or 5 guys with first round grades bama had that last yr and look at their defense. Grantham has a very complicated system and it is killing us that is why we are constantly out of position and for the love of God can we get a play in befor the offense snaps a ball. Grantham has been Whipped by spurrier 3 yrs in a row. Spurrier has his number and grantham is no match for spurrier and spurrier knows it so look for spurrier to get alot more mouthy towards the dawgs like he did back in the mid 90s. I hope Jarvis jones has been injured the past few weeks bc he has played very average since beating up on a horrible mizzou tackle that will never sniff the nfl that was on the worst team in the east beside kentucky. Rambo is constantly out of position and i dont care he missed 4 games bc he is a freaking senior. i am so tired of excuses. rambo is just not that great look at his league leading interceptions last yr most were over or under throws not bc he made an excellent play.
DawginLex
October 17th, 2012
10:54 am
Again, a stupid statement by flat tire.
Donnan was a screw up. He covered for a cocaine snorting thug QB and never won anything. Richt coached David Greene and mentored him into the QB he turned out to be. Donnan never coached him. Pollack was a fullback under Donnan.
Donnan would have run his stupid reverses in 2002 and we would still be sitting with no SEC titles since 1982 if he had stayed on.
You don’t win with someone else’s players in football. You coach the players you have.
Joey
October 17th, 2012
10:55 am
chase,
um, did any of those National Champs (UF, LSU, Bama) get blown out to an equally talented team?
Hell no. Good coaches seldom let it happen. You keep ignoring my question – how can you praise a coach who rountinely allows his teams to get blown out in big games?
Richt has not been a good coach since the end of ‘07, and that’s a fact.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 17th, 2012
10:56 am
DawginLex
That was about the stupidest non factual post Ive seen
Duh Duh Duh Duh yea I think we all can conclude Derrick Dooley is trying to win but your going to tell me Tenn this past decade was even close to what they were in the 90’s
Tenn played for 2 NC’s and won 1 in the 90’s
So who else has been so great other than FL that Richt has to play year after year?????
Lets hear it Lex
There are 12 teams on the schedule; what have been the 3 teams every year that Richt has had to face that have been so great consistantly other than FL in his tenure that would make other coaches not consistantly win 9-10 games almost every year at UGA
The only person that hasnt played organized sports is you ol Richt appologist
Micheal
October 17th, 2012
10:58 am
I really think that Spurrier hates UGA . Its like a homecoming game when his team plays UGA . From the time he was at Florida and recently . Yes, this is the way he thinks . Check the loss and win column for him against UGA . If a trillion dollars was on the table to coach at UGA he woulnt take it.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 17th, 2012
11:01 am
Hey Everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Read what DawginLex’s smart reply was
“”You don’t win with someone else’s players in football. You coach the players you have.”"
So with that said DawginLex tell us idiots what has been going on since 2007?????
Oh and I never said Donnan was a great coach
Mo Betta
October 17th, 2012
11:05 am
Calm Down Guys!!!! Climb down off the ledge. Carolina whooped the DAWGS in Columbia then lost to an inadequate offense in Baton Rouge. If you still choose to be a fan…root for the DAWGS, but if you are done with them then get off this page and hurry up and catch the BAMA bandwagon. This fairweaher attitude is the same attitude that is sending reruits from our state to other schools that look more attractive right now because of national reputation. LOYALTY is the key. LOYALTY by both the fans and perspective recruits. Lattimore and Clowney stayed in state and remained loyal to their state team. Perspective recruits…….believe it or not, read these blogs. If i were a top notch Georgia recruit, the lack of loyalty by the fans would send me to BAMA or SC or even Tennessee!!
Again, dont overreact afer one loss. There are still,very realistic scenarios that can get this team in the SEC Championship game.
G-Dawg
October 17th, 2012
11:07 am
Tire…i was remarking on Dooley. Not Richt. Whats your point?
DawginLex
October 17th, 2012
11:08 am
No, but you said Richt won with Donnan’s players which is the dumbest thing ever.
Idiot
And yes, I played a lot of sports. More than you I guarantee you bud and if you are stupid enough to believe what you type, I can’t help you
Your hatred for Richt has clouded any semblance of reason you had left in your brain
Must suck to be so miserable
Joey
October 17th, 2012
11:13 am
“Bear Bryant was 9-3 vs. GA… He owned them…..”
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Hey Chuckie,
Bear “owned” everybody. That was my point – without Bear, Dooley would have probably won more more SEC Titles . . . Bryant made a name, then got most of the southern talent, stockpiling his teams until the NCAA stepped in and began imposing size limits on teams. All of this while the mid-west teams got all the votes in polls.
Dooley took UGA to a level we hadn’t been on since the Butts era, and frequented Sugar, Orange and Cotton Bowls, and routinely beat more talented Gator teams.
My dad was a UGA grad and rabid Dawg fan, and though I was jut a kid, I grew up in the Dooley era, and I’m telling you, he was a renowned, respected, and great coach.
You will get called “great” if you win 200 games competing in the SEC.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 17th, 2012
11:15 am
DawginLex
Winning with Donnans players and with Van Gorder I said; lets get that right first
and
Richt won with Donnans players 13-1 his second season tell us idiots how is that stupid
and
I dont hate Richt at I kept hoping after 2006 he would do something but after 2008 I got completly off the kool-aid you continue to drink and embarrass yourself year after year on this blog
so again smart one who thinks playing on the PS3 means you played sports
You said……
“”You don’t win with someone else’s players in football. You coach the players you have.””
So with that said DawginLex tell us idiots what has been going on since 2007?????
Alphare
October 17th, 2012
11:17 am
One thing for sure, UGA cannot have an unbeaten season again with EAST teams.
Spurrier just did 2 years in a row. And he still doesn’t have an EAST loss yet this year.
Jeff Pittman
October 17th, 2012
11:19 am
Grantham is creating havoc with our players by trying to make too many adjustments and inserting packages too close to the snap. This might work great in the NFL, and even in other programs, but when you have the mistakes our players are making, it is clear they need more time to get in alignment with their own defensive set and the opponent’s look. They are not being given the time. And, with the onset of more and more hurry up offensive sets, would it not make more sense to train your players to broaden their scope of play a bit, and leave 11 guys on for more downs, and bring more cohesiveness to our defensive side? Either our players are unable to integrate all that is being asked of them, or Grantham is unable to coach them properly. This is a propositional statement; either or. We should simplify and work harder at being aggressive, and show the same level of intense pursuit on every play, not just occasionally. That is truly missing this year – the rush to the play by individuals who ended up making great plays, stopping runs sooner, sacking more players, tighter on pass defense.
No excuse for Grantham’s failure here, none. Get it together Todd and quit making our school a joke.
GatorBait 18-4
October 17th, 2012
11:21 am
Lex,
Hate to ruin your plans for next weekend, but Richt has never beaten the Gators 2 years in a row, and as a matter of fact, the last coach to beat Florida 2 years in a row was old Vince in 1988.
And don’t forget, Richt lays down when he faces a top 10 team———-in the SEC any one can win on any given day, but the odds are very long UGA upsets the Gators.
Joey
October 17th, 2012
11:24 am
Alphare, Richt has never gone unbeaten in the East.
But yeah, Spurrier has done what Holtz failed to do – he has accumulated enough talent to beat UGA regularly. SC was outmanned at LSU, but unlike our HC, Spurrier can coach “on the fly” good enough that he kept his team in the game til the end.
Impossible to know, of course, but his sideline brilliance makes me wonder what Spurrier could have done with this UGA team, or the ‘07 and ‘08 teams.
Alphare
October 17th, 2012
11:27 am
Bait,
I guess you mean “the last UGA coach to beat Florida 2 years in a row was old Vince in 1988″.
Spurrier just beat FL 2 years in a row.
Joey
October 17th, 2012
11:33 am
“Get it together Todd and quit making our school a joke.”
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Jeff, you don’t think Grantham is getting some help with that? His D gave up 4 TDs vs a Top 10 team. STs gave up the other one.
Meanwhile, Richt/Bobo’s 50-point-per-game offense could only muster one TD? Against the scrubs with a minute to go?
Richt began “making UGA a joke” a few years before TG got to Athens. Blowouts galore. Bama, UF, UF, OK St, on and on, while TG was still in the NFL.
Put the blame everywhere it is due.
TallaDawg
October 17th, 2012
11:42 am
@DIT – I realize that football is not life, but if something is worth doing it is worth doing to the utmost of your ability. If a game is worth playing, it is worth winning. Anything less than your best and you short-change yourself and the people you represent. I feel like Richt & Co. have short-changed themselves and the UGA family.
GatorBait 18-4
October 17th, 2012
11:46 am
Alphare,
An A+ for you, but I should have realized that many here would not realize I was taking about Georgia-I’m so glad you cleared that up for the boys.
Speaking of Spurrier, he very well may make it 3 in a row to join you. I do think SC is the class of the SEC East, the Gators have come along way, but it will next year before they assume their normal position as #1 in the East. As long as Richt is still coach, the dawgs will languish in 3rd or 4th place
Royal Flush
October 17th, 2012
11:49 am
Too damn funny. A Florida fan w/ nothing better to do than post on GA message boards. Get a job son and be productive.
GatorBait 18-4
October 17th, 2012
11:49 am
BTW what in the world is a “Alphare”?
Alphare
October 17th, 2012
11:51 am
That evil Spurrier definitely has some genius with football games. If he’s got FL or UGA’s talents, he’d be back in his old days of winning.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 17th, 2012
11:58 am
chase
That still isnt answering the questions
Alphare
October 17th, 2012
12:00 pm
“Alphare” is hi-Tech stuff, I’d better keep it to myself.
dmr
October 17th, 2012
12:13 pm
FLORIDA WILL RUN THE READ OPTION. YOU MUST KEY ON THE QB AND THE RB. STUFF THE MIDDLE AND FIGHT OFF THE EDGE. NO BIG SECRET. WATCH GAME FILM.
Mike Bobo: Bulldogs need to get back to running football with Gurley, Marshall | UGA sports blog
October 17th, 2012
12:14 pm
[...] Georgia’s defense looking to stem tide of big plays [...]
Chicken Little
October 17th, 2012
12:14 pm
Did I mention the sky is falling?
Gorilla Biscuit
October 17th, 2012
12:16 pm
Lot of penis envy on here.
DawginLex
October 17th, 2012
12:20 pm
gatorbait
I’m well aware of the record versus Floriduh Captain Obvious
MurfDawg
October 17th, 2012
12:22 pm
What was the last BIG game UGA won?
My vote is Hawaii in the 2008 Sugar Bowl that put us #2 at the end of the year and #1 going into 2008.
How many time have we been BLOWN OUT since 2008?
That is the problem with UGA football. Yes, a loss is a loss. There is a big difference between losing a game and playing hard and getting blown out. The USC loss to LSU was disappointing to USC fans but not embarrassing. We have been embarrassed over and over in the last 5 years.
We have one chance to salvage this season. Beat the Booger Eating Gators!! 11-2 will be a very bad season.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 17th, 2012
12:22 pm
DawginLex
Still waiting
“”You don’t win with someone else’s players in football. You coach the players you have.””
So with that said DawginLex tell us idiots what has been going on since 2007?????
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 17th, 2012
12:25 pm
Murf
Hawaii was a joke; the last big game UGA won was 2005 against #3 LSU; only to then get embarrassed by WVU in the Sugar Bowl which by the way is a typical pattern with this coaching staff that poor ole…..
DawginLex seem to not be able to explain to the class why that happens
Cal22
October 17th, 2012
12:29 pm
Kirby Smart will not come to Georgia. Look what happens to talent when it comes to Georgia. You think UGA y fans are the only ones who know this?
Alphare
October 17th, 2012
12:35 pm
Tire.
“So with that said DawginLex tell us idiots what has been going on since 2007″
Since Lex cannot, let me cover it for him:
CMR is a former QB, and he obviously likes air attack. If you give it a good thought, all his teams centers around air-attack, from his liking of Bobo to all his QB’s, they are all about his offensive style.
In a way, he is very unique in the SEC, where most teams are high on defense and power running game while air attack is secondary.
I think Donnan’s recruits automatically gave him good defense and power running ability, and his own recruits don’t have as much because of his offensive focus.
My 2cents.
Whiznot
October 17th, 2012
12:38 pm
Don’t worry people only three problems need correcting–offense, defense and special teams.
Cal22
October 17th, 2012
12:41 pm
I love how UGA y fans talk down other team’s offenses and defenses to make themselves feel better about their lack of both of these. So because Carolina couldn’t stop LSU, their defense sucks? And the Gators are overrated and beat a weakened LSU? Oh I remember what you are basing these statements on… you guys handed Vandy their asses.
Oh well… if you can’t beat ‘em… well, nope, you can’t.
Uncle Kirk
October 17th, 2012
12:43 pm
Well I guess I can’t be a UGA fan anymore since flat tire and his understudies say there is nothing good that can come from it……..never mind, think I will pull for the dawgs and shut my mouth about things that I have no control over…….because contrary to popular belief……your spouting off at the mouth has no influence on important people who are paid to make decisions. But if you are have such low self esteem that you must rant and rave with negativity on these blogs, then carry on. I am sure the ones who write the articles appreciate the hits. I sincerely hope you get that Flat tire fixed so you can drive on.
cdog
October 17th, 2012
12:44 pm
as long as the defense continues to hit one lick and sit back and read instead of getting after the ball and quarterback, they will always give up big plays and lose to the good teams.don”t forget having aaron” rubberlegs” murray at quarterback equals losing also
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 17th, 2012
12:49 pm
Uncle Kirk or should I say Admiral James T. Kirk captain of the USS Kool-aid
Negative rant???
No its not a negative rant; its called a truthful rant
If you would come back to earth you might understand the difference
I guess Herby and Mustard-berger rolling off basically the same stuff ive said is a negative rant too right
You’ve been in space to long Captain
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 17th, 2012
12:51 pm
Alphare
Now I consider that an explaination
My response would be Richt needs to start doing what the other successful coaches have done
Now someone like DawginLex will respond by saying Ive played sports I know what Im talking about. You are a troll you are bla bla bla
rawdawg
October 17th, 2012
1:00 pm
Hey I’m Done – If you are giving away those tickets you can send them my way!
Royal Flush
October 17th, 2012
1:04 pm
To Uncle Kirk:
Best post of the day… 5 stars for You
Lonnie
October 17th, 2012
1:12 pm
Tell it. I totally agree! We are 5-1 #11 and we will be fine!!!! Trust me I attended Georgia in the 80’s. There was definitely some shenanigans. In addition, coach Dooley had a losing bowl record! Never recruited a top QB! And with one of the best teams in Georgia history he went 44-4 but lost 2 bowl games. Should have had 2 national championships. Yes we are losing to the good teams but I am a dawg and I support our coach. Let’s expect a great game Saturday and cheer them on!
Uncle Kirk
October 17th, 2012
1:13 pm
There you go Flat Tire….let it all out. We will listen to you. We will try to help you with that self esteem problem. How is that flat tire coming?
DawginLex
October 17th, 2012
1:13 pm
A lot of stuff has happened since 2007 you idiot
What the HE!! do you want me to say?
Richt kept Martinez and Jancek too long. Want to know why Minter is at LSU? Jancek thought he was too slow.
McGarity kept Richt after the 2010 season when he could have fired him. He is the AD and Richt is the coach. Your never ending griping is not doing a dam thing except wasting space and continuing to make you miserable.
I don’t get what it is you want. Richt is not going to get fired sport short of a meltdown with Florida and even then, McGarity may decide to keep him.
I had high expectations for 2012. I have stated my opinions. You continue to spew your inane vomit which does no good sport.
Continue your misery. You spend all day on these blogs saying the same thing over and over and over again.
I’d say that is the definition of insanity that you like to point out about UGA football all the time, wouldn’t you?
browndog
October 17th, 2012
1:15 pm
Seems like everyone wants to say the problems at UGA are not happening at other universities. Might want to take a look at Texas. More money than they can ever spend, the pick of the top athletes from Texas, and Mack Brown never knew how to coach.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 17th, 2012
1:37 pm
DawginLex
I didnt realize that drinking too much kool-aid leads to anger management issues
Now lets get something straight; you were the one like always butting into a conversation Im having with other bloggers to quickly step in to defend the current coaching staff; I wasnt even talking to you and yet you post some article that try’s to validate your delusional beliefs about us playing a national title;
I just responded; then Im talking to another blogger and once again you have to step in and put your delusional two cents in again
Hey Im sorry I dont fall in line with the rest of you delusional Disney Dawgs and think everything is chipper or is going to be fixed
Now again I need an answer; you said
“You don’t win with someone else’s players in football. You coach the players you have.”
So why havent we beaten a top 20 team in 4 yrs
Can you answer that or not
Uncle Kirk
October 17th, 2012
1:52 pm
But I am trying to help you through your insecurities flat tire.
Don’t stop now…..hahahaha
Real Dawg Fan
October 17th, 2012
1:57 pm
Here we go! the same dozen idiots are on here calling for CMR head everyday. Yu guys obviously have no perspective on UGA football and have only started watching in the last couple years. GET OVER IT. CMR is here to stay and is the best coach UGA has EVER HAD. Please find something else to do, you are wasting your time in a very very small monority
Real Dawg Fan
October 17th, 2012
2:01 pm
.770 win perc.
2 SEC Titles
2nd Nationally in AP Final Poll twice
Pulled out of 1 NAT CHAMP GAME by voters
Now what did Donnan and Goff do w/ NFL caliber talent? 3rd in East every year
CMR has vastly improved our program, I don’t want to chase my tail trying to find the ‘next Saban’.
We’re sitting pretty now
Real Dawg Fan
October 17th, 2012
2:05 pm
90% of fans support CMR including the ones who make all the decisions, so all you are doing is being a naysayer and negative nancy, and nobody likes that!!!! Get behind this team or go pull for Auburn. they have that amazing NATCHAMP that you want so bad. Oh yeah they suck and have no consistency. Saban has had 5 jobs in 15 years, so has Meyers(you’re fav coaches). So how long till this ‘next coach’ takes off for greener lands?
Real Dawg Fan
October 17th, 2012
2:08 pm
ESPN analysts don’t know anything but loud talk…how many predictions do they get right? They are there to strum up guys like you. UGA was a real laughing stock before CMR got here.
DawginLex
October 17th, 2012
2:11 pm
So tell me what answer do you want einstein?
It all happened and no amount of your griping is going to change it
Here’s one for you to further send you into orbit:
1.)We win out
2.)We play in SECCG and lose
3.)We win our bowl game
4.)End up 12-2, ranked #5 in the country
5.)Richt retires to join his wife on the mission field
6.)Bobo gets named head coach
7.)Staff stays intact except for hiring an OC who installs the spread
BOOM!!!
I hope your blood pressure meds are on order!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Real Dawg Fan
October 17th, 2012
2:12 pm
You act as if we all are ok w/ losing a game or two just because we support our coach. I would love to go undefeated every year, but it’s not realistic. BY the way,
HOW MANY OF THE LAST NATCHAMP have been undefeated? Get back to me on that one, everytime an SEC team wins the NAT CHAMP they have 1 loss buddy
Real Dawg Fan
October 17th, 2012
2:36 pm
Flat Tire, it is obvious you are not even a fan. You probably are just a front runner, or like GTech and just trying to stir up stuff. You are on here everyday saying the same 3 tired lines. WAKE UP its not changing at HC. When we do win our NATCHAMP under CMR we won’t have to woory about sanctions or probation. Just wondering what negativity you will come up with then
Real Dawg Fan
October 17th, 2012
2:39 pm
90% of fans are proud of CMR including the ones who actually make decisions. By the way they got into that position by being productive members of society ‘with jobs’. Sitting around crying on a newspaper blog is not how you make progress. Oh wait thats not your intent, you don’t want UGA to win! What else would you do with your time.
aldogg2121
October 17th, 2012
2:44 pm
Real Dawg Fan, you need to pull your head out of your butt and wake up. “When we do win our NATCHAMP under CMR” Hahaha get real dude. National championship-caliber coaches do not get blown out in big games year after year after year after year after year.
DawginLex
October 17th, 2012
2:46 pm
didn’t say I wanted it.
Just told you a made up scenario
You really need to go back to school ma’am and learn how to comprehend what you read.
DawginLex
October 17th, 2012
2:55 pm
real dawg fan
Whatever pinhad flat tire tells you to do, do the opposite and you will be assured of having a much better life
Don’t let this miserable mushroom brain ruin things for you
We all want Georgia to win
He thinks his never ending complaining is helping
All it is doing is shortening his lfe
aldogg2121
October 17th, 2012
3:01 pm
You guys are funny.
Go Dawgs!!!
Real Dawg Fan
October 17th, 2012
3:04 pm
No one is happy with losing.
Its obvious thats why you are so mad. You are a loser at life.
You think you have the finger on the pulse of college football. Tell me this genius, how come FSU is just now recovering from CMR departure 12 years ago.
How bad was UGA before he got here?
Enough said…i want to win too. I just know a better way to accomplish it than you
Here we Go
October 17th, 2012
3:29 pm
For the last 6 years and maybe more since CMR our problem has been the O/L.Until they(coaches) decide to put the emphasis on the O/L we will continue to be a mid-tier program.We now have the running backs but not the O/L.What does it take to open their eyes and see that Bama,LSU, and now the Gators have solid O/L.That is what it takes to win in the SEC.Tide Roll runs his mouth on this blog about our O/L,but I have to agree with what he has to say about our problems in O/L.
jsmooth
October 17th, 2012
3:32 pm
@ DIT:
a man after my own heart. Way to put things in perspective. People climb on and off these college bandwagons, however, there are much more important things in life to spend our time, attention and money. Thanks for being a Man of God, loving your wife and being a honorable Dad. This is what the world needs more than anything, A man with Godly priorities.
Big Wally
October 17th, 2012
3:41 pm
The short version, or interpretation of the entire article…………..they are doing a horrible job of coaching on defense, which comes to a shock to no one who has watched them.
Ga/Fl.Stillman dog
October 17th, 2012
3:58 pm
They plain out suck
Big Wally
October 17th, 2012
3:59 pm
Another little suggestion for the Defensive coaches…it’s not a good thing when half of your players are still running from the sideline to their positions, when the offense is about to hike the ball.
G-Dawg
October 17th, 2012
4:27 pm
Flatty…you’re on a roll this week!!! LOL Everyone getting fired up!!
GEO
October 17th, 2012
4:46 pm
Pressure on the Q B , so sick of seeing 4 d backs across the middle while plays are developing in front of or behind them Wait and see defense needs to stop!
Joey
October 17th, 2012
5:07 pm
“BY the way, HOW MANY OF THE LAST NATCHAMP have been undefeated? Get back to me on that one, everytime an SEC team wins the NAT CHAMP they have 1 loss buddy”
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By the way, HOW MANY OF THE LAST NATCHAMP have gotten blown-out 9 times in 4+ seasons? Get back to me on that one, buddy.
Richt has been doing nothing but embarrassing UGA since the start of ‘08, losing 20 games, and getting his ass kicked badly 9 times.
Do you not realize that – no other high paid coach gets blown-out that much!
jerry
October 17th, 2012
6:57 pm
I just want to commend Coach Grantham for installing a “complicated” defense. Most people wouldn’t be that brave, what with the academic problems that have been associated with the program.
D-Day
October 17th, 2012
7:14 pm
The Gators will have a field day with the dwags. It won’t be pretty, either. Dwags go down hard.
Jeff
October 17th, 2012
7:57 pm
You gotto be kidding. They have not been able to stop anyone this season short of Vanderbilt. Pathetic.
DawgNole
October 17th, 2012
8:46 pm
DawginLex
October 17th, 2012
2:55 pm
real dawg fan
Whatever pinhad flat tire tells you to do, do the opposite and you will be assured of having a much better life
Don’t let this miserable mushroom brain ruin things for you
We all want Georgia to win
He thinks his never ending complaining is helping
All it is doing is shortening his lfe
_____________________
Shortening his “lfe”? Is that such a bad thing?
UGA’s Jarvis Jones looks doubtful for Kentucky, but Jordan Jenkins says he’s ready | UGA sports blog
October 17th, 2012
9:08 pm
[...] Georgia’s defense looking to stem tide of big plays [...]
Bobo
October 18th, 2012
3:57 am
Mark Richt is the coach of the year – if you’re a ‘Bama fan! – Roll Tide!
HoneyBadger Has the Munchies
October 18th, 2012
9:25 am
Only Georgia can be six…SIX GAMES into the season and still do not have a sound punt or kick returner! And still having to make excuses for the defense…Really Mr. Grantham, “If you take away the 13 plays of 24 yards or more we are where we were last year.” Come On Man! That is only a MINIMUM of 312 yards over six games…MINIMUM!
Dawg Deep In DoDo
October 18th, 2012
11:32 am
Sanders Cummings, Do you and GEORGIA a favor, SHUT UP! Being suspened isn’t helpful to your defensive numbers. Oh and where is Ray Drew?
TossSweep
October 18th, 2012
12:38 pm
“There’ve been 13 explosive plays in the pass game in the first part of the season,” said defensive coordinator Todd Grantham, who defines “explosive plays” as 24 or more yards. “That’s way too many. You can’t, but if you take those plays out we’re pretty much where we were last year from a yards per attempt standpoint. But they are there, so you have say why they’re there and you have to make sure you make the proper corrections.”
WHHHAAAAT???????
But if you take those explosive plays out???? Well then every DC in the country should say that about their team as well.
You don’t hear that from Kirby Smart, do you?
Homerun or consistent singles/doubles?
October 18th, 2012
1:49 pm
So, here’s the dichotomy:
Either UGA shoots for National Titles (which, historically, it doesn’t a record of that kind of performance) or it shoots for 9 or 10 win seasons consistently. You can’t have both. To achieve top line performance, does UGA bend the rules of recruiting? Hire a bigger name coach? Fire the AD? I don’t think so. That’s not the strategy at UGA from the top down. It never has been. And, that’s nothing to be ashamed of in reality. For example, the University of Miami reckless abandon of rules and behavior allowed it to intimidate and win profusely during the 80s and early 90s. However, today it is paying for that type of behavior b/c you can’t sustain it. You will get caught and the long-term ramifications are detrimental. Think housing sector and non-performing loans for you non-football readers.
From my view from my seats since 1968, UGA is a proud program with a loyal fan base (but not a rabid loud bunch) that seeks stability in revenue from season ticket renewals and bowls. Yes, occasionally, when the stars align and other programs are in flux, UGA will go a run of 3-4 years of outperformance but only to revert to its historical mean performance.
The analogy that fits UGA perfectly is that it is the Wisconsin of the SEC.
C from Marietta
October 19th, 2012
10:16 am
@ Homerun or consistent singles/doubles?
Well Said!