With an eye on Florida, concentration will be key for Bulldogs against Kentucky
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Georgia coach Mark Richt grabbed a microphone and stepped on a stage at UGA’s Legion Field on Thursday night and declared himself a Florida Gators fan.
“Believe it or not, I am cheering for the Gators this weekend,” Richt told a thousand or so Georgia students and fans gathered there to hear a Jason Aldean concert. “We need them to beat South Carolina to get us back in the driver’s seat.”
Losing a game in the SEC certainly makes for strange bedfellows.
The Bulldogs (5-1, 3-1 SEC) were unceremoniously dispatched by South Carolina 35-7 in Columbia, S.C., on Oct. 6. But during Georgia’s bye last weekend, the Gamecocks lost at LSU.
That means a loss by South Carolina (6-1, 4-1) to No. 2 Florida (6-0, 5-0) on Saturday — coupled by a Georgia win over Kentucky — will set up what essentially will be an SEC Eastern Division elimination game for the Bulldogs against the Gators next week in Jacksonville. A Georgia win in that game would give them the head-to-head tiebreaker over Florida. A loss, and the Gators almost certainly will roll on to the Dome.
But, of course, first things first. And the timing of events Saturday will be interesting.
Florida and South Carolina kick off in Gainesville, Fla., approximately three hours and 15 minutes before Georgia does the same against Kentucky. That means the Bulldogs could know the outcome of that game about the time they take the field at Commonwealth Stadium.
That could be a good thing or a bad thing.
“We know we’ve got to focus on our business or it won’t mean anything,” Richt said. “So I’m not worried much about it. I don’t want to sit there and have that game become a distraction in any way to our preparation for our game. But I don’t think we’ll be able to stop anybody from knowing what happened in the ballgame.
“I’m not expecting that we can keep it some kind of secret or even that I want to keep it a secret.”
In the digital age of social media, it’d probably be impossible anyway. The good news for the 11th-ranked Bulldogs is Kentucky (1-6, 0-4) is a team against which they can afford to be slightly distracted. After last week’s 49-7 loss at Arkansas, the Wildcats’ average SEC margin of defeat is 28.5 points. That happens to be the approximate line by which Georgia is favored in Saturday’s game.
There have been many contributing factors for Kentucky’s demise. It has lost two quarterbacks, two tailbacks and two safeties to injuries. Jalen Whitlow, a freshman who started out as a wide receiver, will get his third start at quarterback for the Wildcats Saturday. Nevertheless, coach Joker Phillips said, hope is alive.
“They’re excited to go out and play,” said Phillips, who had 42 freshmen and sophomores among the 68 players he took to Arkansas. “They don’t think about it. They’re getting an opportunity to play, and a lot of them are getting an opportunity to start, so I don’t sense a hopeless feeling.”
Georgia emerged from its undressing at South Carolina similarly positive. Because of last year’s experience — they won 10 in a row to overcome an 0-2 start and reach the SEC Championship game — they were espousing hopeful optimism following the off week.
“It definitely stinks that we’re not in the driver’s seat right now,” said quarterback Aaron Murray, who’s coming off an 11-for-31, 109-yard passing performance against the Gamecocks. “But we just have to do our thing. We have to make sure we win the remainder of our games because if we lose even one more, there’s no shot of making it to Atlanta.”
Said cornerback Sanders Commings: “The goal is still to win the national championship. We’ve got to have a little help around the league and around college football, but it’s still definitely the goal for us.”
All of that will be out the window if Georgia loses to Kentucky, which has beaten the Bulldogs twice since 2006 and traditionally plays them tough in Lexington. And it could be all for naught if the Gators don’t handle South Carolina.
But rather than hide from that reality, Richt has embraced it. He even wore a red shirt with orange stripes on Monday to underscore his pro-Florida sentiment this week. And while there won’t be a television in the Bulldogs’ locker room at Commonwealth Stadium, Richt said he’ll make no attempt to barricade the information superhighway.
“First of all, I don’t think there’s any way you can keep anybody from finding out what’s going on in the world of college football,” he said. “Even if I tried to say, ‘I don’t want anybody to say anything about that game; I don’t want to hear anything,’ you might get on the bus and the bus driver says something. Everybody’s going to be watching that game.
“The reality of that situation is South Carolina will have three more SEC games to play after that game and we have four more games. So, again, we know we have to focus on our business.”
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Dwag Uno
October 19th, 2012
8:42 pm
Florida 45
Georgia 17
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Tampa Gator
October 19th, 2012
8:55 pm
Dawg uno…..
I am a major Gator…….but no way there will be a score like that. It will be very close and could go either way…..no matter what happens this weekend. Florida needs to make a statement that they deserved to be ranked as high as they are…..this weekend. Although I love the Gators…..I feel the are way over ranked at this time. Not good enough in the passing game yet. Fact remains…..all three schools…..SC, Georgia, and Florida are capable of beating each other on any given weekend. Problem is…..Georgia picked a bad weekend to lay an egg vs. SC. I do not think they will lay another one.
H-Town Dawg
October 19th, 2012
8:58 pm
1 game at a time. On any given saturday any team in the country can lose.Work on the run defense andtighten up the offensive package for the game.We have to get better in a couple of areas, if we wantto compete for the sec championship.
ugab
October 19th, 2012
9:12 pm
UK is going to upset Uga. The moral on the team is gone. Everyteam Uga has played this yr has scored at wil on Uga’s D. SC exposed Uga’s weak OL. Folks, it is time to face reality. UK is about the same as Uga. SC, Lsu, Alabama and a few more all play physical in trenches. They do not go swimming. There is barely enough time to practice, muchless swim??? CMR need to lose 3 more games to get fired. I like CR’s beliefs. I do not like his coaching. Enough is enough. 5 million dollars make a coach bleed football. CMR thinks he is locked. Let’s get him out of athens
STUDENT ATHLETE
October 19th, 2012
9:12 pm
South Carolina 20 Florida 17. Georgia 49 Kentucky 48. Florida 42 Georgia 13. Liberty Bowl. December 17. Forty two degrees and rain. Attendance 4300. Television: Pilot Broadcasting. Result: Georgia 45 Louisville 42.
Mobile Dawg
October 19th, 2012
9:20 pm
Let’s see, we sing happy birthday to a recruit one day, stand up in public and proclaim we’re a Gator fan the next day because we can’t take care of our own business. Does this make anyone else “sick” to their stomach and damn near embarassed to be a Dawg?
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DawginLex
October 19th, 2012
9:30 pm
Ugab.
I’ll take that bet. If UK beats Georgia I will personally meet Richt at the bus and ask for his resignation.
Georgia wins this game.
1970 Dawg
October 19th, 2012
9:39 pm
You so-called Dawg fans need to take a chill pill. We lose 1 game and now the sky is falling. SC jumped on us early and their fans went crazy. Don’t underestimate the 12th man. They were so jacked up by their crowd that they played their best game of the yr.
Fair n Balanced
October 19th, 2012
9:41 pm
Several years ago when GA got clobbered by TN CMR stepped up and took the blame. GA was arguably the best team in the country at the end of the season. If he wants to stay focused on winning, he needs to man up, take the blame for the SC loss and take it off players and a perfect storm. He hasn’t done that yet. Now we are hoping and praying…..and complaining. That’s not focus.
Jay
October 19th, 2012
9:44 pm
What?!? Are you serious… Mark richt a Gators fan? Your a Georgia head coach you shouldnt even like anything in Florida! What a dirt bag!
I’m a dawg fan all day, and yes Florida needs to lose but ain’t no way I’m about to say “Go Gators”! If you would have prepared your team like your needed to do we wouldn’t be on this mess. You and that weak **s offensive coordinator you got.
TIGHTEN UP!
GO DAWGS!
1970 Dawg
October 19th, 2012
9:45 pm
Not only did their crowd inspire them, it disrupted our offense. As we now know, our center couldn’t. even hear the snap count. No wonder their DL was beating our OL off the snap
Neutral
October 19th, 2012
9:49 pm
Student athlete = very stupid = obvious Techie
joe jenkins
October 19th, 2012
9:52 pm
This was supposed to be our year…but oh hell no…we had to mess it up…with such a poor defense full of seniors….instead of being our year..here we are with teams like kansas st…ND….fla…sc…oreagon and still bama and lsu ahead. plus now we have texas A&M and miss st looking stronger than us at the moment….please mcgarity stop the bleeding…have vince dooley coach the team next week when prepare for fla….please mcgarity…do something!!
help!!!
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help!!
Dawg Haus
October 19th, 2012
9:57 pm
1970 Dawg, and don’t forget that most of their fans consider Georgia among their top rivals. Our fans better get up for the game between the hedges next season. I don’t consider USCe a major rival myself, but it’s a game the Dawgs have to start taking seriously.
TRUE DAWG FAN
October 19th, 2012
10:03 pm
1970 Dawg…ditto. I can’t stand everybody getting on here and saying we’re awful after 1 loss. Get a life. We will bounce back…UK gets dominated…BIG win. And then we cash in all our chips against the Gators and maybe we get some Jacksonville luck on our hand for once and come out with a win. I’m just hoping that we may can jump back in the national championship picture with a win!
rhbDAWG1
October 19th, 2012
10:03 pm
To all those who are “sick to their stomach” to be a dawg – I am PROUD to be a DAWG whether we win or lose. I would much, much, much rather win but I have been proud to be a Georgia Bulldog ever since I knew about Georgia football (about 66 years) and I am still PROUD to be a DAWG!! Go puke and leave true DAWGs to talk about our team.
FBGUY
October 19th, 2012
10:03 pm
GA wins, FL wins to set up THE game next week. FL wins that one 27-20
1970 Dawg
October 19th, 2012
10:08 pm
Dawg Haus, you are correct. I knew when Spurrier went to SC, they would become a major player. As much as we Dawgs dislike the man, he can coach and recruit. Some of our fans forget that SC has a darn good team too As Lou Holtz once said, when explaining how his team got beat,”That other team gives scholarships too.”
Mobile Dawg
October 19th, 2012
10:10 pm
I wouldn’t say most of us are sick to our stomach to be Dawgs, just embarassed we have a head coach who won’t take responsibility for his losses, sings happy birthday to recruits, publicly proclaims he’s a Gator fan, because he can’t handle his own business, it doesn’t end. Spin it any damn way you want, no way the Dawgs should “EVER” get blown out by anybody.
1970 Dawg
October 19th, 2012
10:19 pm
FBguy. Thanks for the heads up. I was going to Jacksonville but since we are going to lose, I’ll just stay home. Thanks for spoiling the game.
Oh wait, maybe Jarvis Jones intercepts that last TD pass and returns it for a UGA score, so I’ll go and see the game..
LahDeeDah
October 19th, 2012
10:22 pm
Well now we know why Mark Richt’s record against UF is so bad, he’s a Gator fan. Suddenly it’s all so clear…
Rick James
October 19th, 2012
10:30 pm
@STUDENT ATHLETE
South Carolina 20 Florida 17. Georgia 49 Kentucky 48. Florida 42 Georgia 13. Liberty Bowl. December 17. Forty two degrees and rain. Attendance 4300. Television: Pilot Broadcasting. Result: Georgia 45 Louisville 42.
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And this week’s winning lottery numbers are…..You dont know jack.The Liberty Bowl pits the Conference USA champ against an SEC team..Louisville is the Big East and the last time Georgia played there it was after their worst season in ten years.Go to bed.
GB's Hamburgers
October 19th, 2012
10:30 pm
Fair & Balanced. He does take the blame every now and then but how does that help? We need better coaching where blame is never a consideration.
bobo
October 19th, 2012
10:31 pm
We will beat Kentucky by 30. See you guys in JAX. I need to work on some screen passes and five plays op the middle.
bobo
October 19th, 2012
10:32 pm
Dive plays
joe jenkins
October 19th, 2012
10:50 pm
geeez even syracuse can get more pressure on the qb, how sad!!! what’s a bigger possibility…grantham eating a chesseburger and a double order of onion rings on sunday or the defense sacking the kent qb 5 times sat night…..okay i rest my case then
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Huh?
October 19th, 2012
10:56 pm
“That means a loss by South Carolina (6-1, 4-1) to No. 2 Florida (6-0, 5-0) on Saturday — coupled by a Georgia win over Kentucky — will set up what essentially will be an SEC Eastern Division elimination game for the Bulldogs against the Gators next week in Jacksonville. A Georgia win in that game would give them the head-to-head tiebreaker over Florida.”
Enough already…it is so embarrassing for UGA fans, and in this case the media, to be scheming about how UGA can get back to the SEC CG. It would be awful if UGA backs their way in again.
FLA DAWG
October 19th, 2012
10:59 pm
Yeah, we’ll beat KY by 10 then lose BIGTIME to UF because Richt, Bobo and Grantham are absolutely clueless……………….HOW LONG DOES THIS GO ON !!???
Huh?
October 19th, 2012
10:59 pm
True Dawg Fan…there is NO way that UGA gets back in to the NC picture…even with only one loss.
Voters around the country will never forget the humilation of the SC game…
FLA DAWG
October 19th, 2012
11:00 pm
Huh?
Extremely well stated…….you are spot – on with your comments and I agree completely.
FLA DAWG
Bill E Rubin
October 19th, 2012
11:04 pm
I’m with ya Mobile Dawg…Backing into an SEC East Championship isn’t the way its supposed to be done. I’m afraid that’s about all UGA is capable of anymore. And yes folks I’m a true UGA fan but I’m tired of this stuff year after year. You want to see how football is played? Watch Alabama and be schooled in the game my friend.
Mr. Smith & Mr. Wesson: Sowhatyousayin'
October 19th, 2012
11:24 pm
UGA 27 Kentucky 20. Final. Richt has no killer instinct to crush a lame duck Joker Phillips. What a damn shame. And UGA will be distracted worrying about next week in Jacksonville & watching the UF-SCar. scoreboard. UGA will not be focused. No way underachieving, poorly coached Georgia beats the Cats by 28.
NewnanDawg
October 19th, 2012
11:25 pm
Everyone who says Georgia will barely beat Kentucky and lose by an overwhelming margin to Florida is an idiot. Did you not see that Kentucky has had two quarterbacks and two running backs injured? And this group of guys has already been embarrassed once. They won’t let it happen again. While there’s no guarantee that they will beat UF, I know that they will put up a fight. If the coaches can’t prepare the team to at least do that, then maybe I’ll start buying into what all you nay-sayers are saying about how UGA will never win a National Title under Richt.
Inlet Dawg
October 19th, 2012
11:25 pm
We are in trouble DEEP when we count on cheesy a** Jason Aldean to rally the troops to turn the season back around. Sorry boys that your coaching staff has let you down.
lol
October 19th, 2012
11:32 pm
you wouldn’t need to be a gators fan if you know how to coach.
Mr. Smith & Mr. Wesson: Sowhatyousayin'
October 19th, 2012
11:33 pm
UGA is on their way to Tampa or Orlando come bowl season. Get ready for a 10-3 or 9-4 finish and no. 20 final ranking. Even then Richt’s team will be overrated. LOL! Sick and tired of coach MediocRe.
Richt’s signature win and last big game victory at UGA was his Sugar Bowl victory over Hawaii ! LOL!
Mr. Smith & Mr. Wesson: Sowhatyousayin'
October 19th, 2012
11:52 pm
A coach that sings Happy B-day to recruits. How sweet ! : ) LOL! It’s just another way and reason for Coach MediocRe to continue to embarrase UGA. Has Miles, Saban, or Spurrier ever done lame crap like Richt does?! WTF ?!
Again we will never will never win a national title with this kind of softy,sweet, leadership in Athens! LOL ! I bet he told the recruit, “I love you”, at the end of the B-day song! It’s a weak sellout move. The committed 2013 recruits are fleeing UGA like Syrian refugees ! LOL ! It’s all Richt’s fault !
Mr. Smith & Mr. Wesson: Sowhatyousayin'
October 20th, 2012
12:09 am
Hey delusional Doggie in Lex: After UGA is routed in Jacksonville by UF, I’m personally going to ask you and your fellow apologist comrades-in-arms, no-Brainiac, sammie, just sayin, kingdaddy, neutral, and 70sDawg for your resignations as wannabe Georgia fans. LOL !
Chuck UGA
October 20th, 2012
12:11 am
South Carolina wins tomorrow and locks up the SEC East to face Bama. Richt’s poor coaching job and “big wins” over the perpetually weak competition will not allow UGA to back in to the Dome again. 2013 may be his last season in Athens IMO.
Mr. Smith & Mr. Wesson: Sowhatyousayin'
October 20th, 2012
12:29 am
Seriously : Dawg in Lex how can you go to sleep at night continuing to be a fan of a UGA head coach who had the audacity to say THAT HE WAS ROOTING FOR THE GATORS !!?!! This is treason and Richt is a heretic ! Even if he thought it he should’ve NEVER said it in public. Richt admitted he needs somebody else to beat teams he can’t in the SEC. WTF !? This is the worst coach we have had in the 32 year drought. Goff or Donnan wouldn’t have made an ass of themselves sayin’ some sh!t like that. Richt is no longer worthy of the head coaching job in Athens. He shoulda said UGa needs help to back into the SEC East race. Richt is a FREAKIN’ GATOR fan, maybe that explains his 3-9 and soon to be 3-10 record vs UF. Dog In Lex you really need to distance yourself, Seriously.
1969 Graduate
October 20th, 2012
2:01 am
To have Mark Richt say, “Go, Gators” is about what I’d expect from him. It shows more emotion and more enthusiasm than he ever shows for the team he’s suppose to be the head coach of. It shows that he knows the team he’s supposed to coach can’t win without help. It shows that he’s willing to settle for backing into a championship instead of winning one.
Maybe all the other teams can get the flu on just the right Saturdays and we can end up National Champions? Wouldn’t that be special.
Go, Gators???
What’s next? Glory Glory to old Tech?
I do believe Florida is likely to beat South Carolina, with their great running back not starting. Lattimore is crucial to USCe. Florida looks to be a team of destiny. USCe looks like a potentially great team that hasn’t gelled quite enough.
I root for Florida only when they’re playing Ohio State or somebody like that, and then I have to hold my nose. Rooting for them so we can back into something we don’t deserve? We should announce that we don’t want something unless we earn it.
So far, we’ve earned only the title of Spurrier’s whipping boys.
Go, Gators???
ARdawg
October 20th, 2012
2:02 am
Mobile Dawg
Spot on there my friend. I am so embarrassed CMR would make those statements. We need some coaching instead of some praying. This is football, Great athletes, great prep and good coaching wins games.
Backing into a game we should have won into and deserved for the second straight year is devoid any honor of earning it. If there is any justice in this world SC beats FL and so do we. I despise SC but with the azzwhoppin they put on us, we do not deserve the dome
Really?
October 20th, 2012
4:24 am
I’m a dawg fan but i also realize this is a repeat of history, 20008=2012, same result, think what you want to think, we are never going to rise until we get a leader who demands it from us!
another year wasted….. just the like next year and the next year……
Busters
October 20th, 2012
4:33 am
Never will i fix my mouth to say GO Gators! Never, sorry, can’t join that club!
whats next? Go Tech……
How about Go get us a coaching staff so we can win the big games? How about that?
Funeng Kidney Disease Hospital
October 20th, 2012
6:32 am
Angle grinder, Cummings said: “our goal is still to win a national championship.We have to get around the University Football League in and around has a little bit of help, but it is still absolutely is our goal.”
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Funeng Kidney Disease Hospital
October 20th, 2012
6:33 am
Angle grinder, Cummings said: “our goal is still to win a national championship.We have to get around the University Football League in and around has a little bit of help, but it is still absolutely is our goal.”
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FloridaDawg
October 20th, 2012
7:11 am
I’m not pulling for UF…I live down here and tired of hearing about how bad we are. I don;t like backing in to the sec champ game.
SC beat us so bad its embarrassing. IF, by chance we were to get to Atlanta..what do you really think would happen against Bama or LSU? So, my personal wish…..I have no problem SC beating Florida and us beating Florida too.
Maybe we can make it to Tampa again.
Beast from the East
October 20th, 2012
7:28 am
As Richt said…Go Gators!
Bigdawg63
October 20th, 2012
8:03 am
Graduate1969, you are spot on! We are becoming a joke when our head coach publicly staes ” I’m a gator fan this week” Others in the SEC are just laughing at us !!!
Joey
October 20th, 2012
8:06 am
Did Richt have orange and blue pom-poms to go with that shirt? Geez, Coach, how about you just beat SC yourself for a change?
Richt has no shame apparently – singing to, and hugging recruits, openly rooting for UF, but worst of all, staying on as UGA’s coach, while getting the Dawgs humiliated over and over, year after year, every single time we play a good team. Blowouts galore. I’m just glad we now know it doesn’t matter if the Dawgs get beat by 28 or by 7, right?
But it is what it is. Win 10 at UGA, and you’re coach for life.
Richt may want to put down his pom-poms and help Bobo get the O clicking again.
Go Dawgs!
John W Holmes
October 20th, 2012
8:07 am
14 has always been a special number for me so I’ll say UF 14 USCe 3
papadawg
October 20th, 2012
8:29 am
I think then gators will find out how and why the Gcocks beat the DAWGS the way they did. Hate to say it but the Gcocks by at least 10.
HoneyBadger Has the Munchies
October 20th, 2012
8:29 am
I bet you would never hear Spurrier or Muschamp say they are Georgia fans for a week. Come on Man!
joe jenkins
October 20th, 2012
8:32 am
I want fla to beat sc and thats about it…..I wonder how many yards whitlow rushes for against us tonight….i bet we make make him look like a heisman candidate……..well if we lose to the cats today….richt will probably get fired….so its a win win situation
HELP
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HoneyBadger Has the Munchies
October 20th, 2012
8:33 am
“Believe it or not, I am cheering for the Gators this weekend,” Richt told a thousand or so Georgia students and fans gathered there to hear a Jason Aldean concert.
What a DOUCHE
NCDawg
October 20th, 2012
8:34 am
Poor ole Kentucky… they get to face an angry set of Bulldogs. It’ll be like big brother beating up on little brother because big brother got in trouble and wants someone to take out his frustration on. I hope to see a heaping helping of Gurshall and some big rushing stats. I guess a win is a win but I’d like something that says that SC was a wake up call and not a death knell.
NCDawg
October 20th, 2012
8:45 am
I think is the 3rd or 4th time I’ve posted this… if UGA loses to UF, CMR is gone. Everybody thinks McGarity is in CMR’s back pocket and I really don’t think so. Personally, I think that if we had lost to Tech last year, despite backing into the SEC Championship game, McGarity would have at least explored the possibility of canning CMR. With the expectations going into this season I think the bar is set at get to the SEC championship and win or look good losing. Anything short of that smacks of under achievement and I truly believe McGarity wants excellence. He canned the Gymnastics coach for failing to win championships. Keep that in mind… CMR’s tenure and a pretty good season saved him last year. It won’t save him if we lose to UF. McGarity will say nothing until the season is over, count on that, but it doesn’t mean that CMR won’t know his time is done. He should realistically treat the UF game as his do or die game.
gamewatcher
October 20th, 2012
8:50 am
Mark Richt just doesn’t get it…..good teams don’t rely on other teams to help them….they take care of ther own problems. Something that he failed to do two weeks ago when he and his coaching staff had the Dawgs poorly prepared to face Carolina.Something that’s becoming a common pratice for he and is team every year against ranked teams they face…..and I’m afraid it’s not going to get any better until either he leaves or he brings in coaches who can coach and movitate players……I’ll bet Kentucky plays Georgia close today…the Dawgs always seem to play down to the level of thier competition….i.e. poor coaching!
NCDawg
October 20th, 2012
8:51 am
And I will take backing into the SEC championship game, if that is how we have to do it. Bama backed into a National Championship last year. They had to rely on other teams to lose to get the chance. All you people saying you don’t want to rely on UF beating SC to get a shot at the SEC championship are just plain idiots. The Dawgs got to play for their National Championship in 1980 because of a bunch of fortunate bounces. They don’t even get the chance if Notre Dame doesn’t tie Tech. Winning every game is the goal but you don’t throw away a season because you looked bad in one game. Get some realistic perspective folks. Really.
joe jenkins
October 20th, 2012
8:56 am
hell…these last 6 games should be do or die for richt…..I bet richt sings happy birthday to all of his fellow sec coaches…..i bet he calls spurrier and sings…happy birthday dear spurrier….happy birthday dear spurrier….thank you for beating the hell out us…. thank you stevie…i will personally drive to columbia with your present from the richt family……geez i just think i vomited in my mouth!!!! please mcgarity
HELP
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HELP
Coarch Ric
October 20th, 2012
8:56 am
Don’t worry Dawg fans. I’m not really pulling for Florida. I’m just jumping on the bandwagon so I can feel like a winner when the Gators dismantle this second-rate South Carolina team.
I recommend that Dawg fans enjoy the Kentucky game and then take a two week vacation. Be sure to get back home in time for the Auburn game. It should be a good one!
gamewatcher
October 20th, 2012
9:00 am
Hey NCDawg….did you forget Bama’s only lost last year was to LSU and it was a close loss…not an embarssing blowout on national TV!
NCDawg
October 20th, 2012
9:05 am
No I didn’t and I also remember that LSU’s onlt loss last year was an embarrassing butt kicking on national TV in the National Championship game. They looked as bad as we did against SC.
NCDawg
October 20th, 2012
9:05 am
Onlt = only… doh!
Joey
October 20th, 2012
9:06 am
NCDawg, not gonna get in a scrap with another UGA fan on gameday, but most of these fans complaining about Richt know this isn’t just about one game – he has now lost 5 games in the easiest 2 schedules UGA will ever have, 3 embarrassingly so on National TV.
All of us hope the trend ends, but it never does.
Layinlow
October 20th, 2012
9:14 am
NC Dawg, do you have some kind of insider info that Richt must beat UF to keep his job? Or are you just speculating? My thoughts are he will get fired at the end of the 2013 season unless he does something special. I think things line up for next year because of these factors, Adams will be gone, richt’s buyout drops to 2.4 million, a tougher schedule.
mcdaviddawg
October 20th, 2012
9:16 am
Richt has nver focused on teams like Kentucky, part of why we have had loses and far to close gmaes with the likes of Kentucky and Vandy. Please Santa bring Georgia a real and interested coach.
NCDawg
October 20th, 2012
9:16 am
Joey, I agree… but I am willing to see if the ship can be righted. I think it is justifiable to send CMR packing if he loses to UF. Not just because he has lost yet another marquee game but because there is something wrong and this staff can’t seem to make the corrections to fix it. The opportunity has been afforded to them and if they lose, yet again, another big game then it is time to move on and give someone else a chance. The talent is there, the facilities are there… the results don’t match up.
joe jenkins
October 20th, 2012
9:17 am
Richt is just like mack brown….they both don’t know a damn thing about defense….coaching in the sec is rough….i got to hand it to richt he won us two conference championships..after 05 richt just lost his mojo or something….its really sad to see a young confient richt turn into to a old rich careless man like he has become today….boss bailey was on 960 the ref last night and even he sounded like he has lost alot of confidence in us when it comes to richt winning the big game….
richt=mack brown
NCDawg
October 20th, 2012
9:28 am
Joe Jenkins… that is a fair analogy… although I don’t think CMR is old and careless. I think he lost his Mojo and I am pretty sure I know why. I also think he cares but something shifted and he can’t seem to get it back. He wants to win as badly as any coach. Please do not mistake his stoicism with a lack of caring or competitiveness. Tom Osborne rarely showed any emotion. For that matter the Bear didn’t either… he was just a menacing looking stone. All I can say is we will see against UF. Do or die.
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October 20th, 2012
9:28 am
[...] 6. Will the Bulldogs be caught looking ahead to the Florida game? [...]
Bama Fan
October 20th, 2012
9:29 am
@NCDawg
Here’s the thing… Alabama didn’t get blown out by LSU last year. They played a close game and won in every statistical category except for the score. The team never quit. Our kickers had a horrible day and missed several kicks that would have sealed the win for the Tide. But, in the end, Bama lost.
The Bama Nation accepted that loss and the team went on to play the rest of the season to the best of their ability. We didn’t whine or wish for someone else to avenge our loss for us. We understood that we were out of the NC picture and simply hoped for a quality bowl game.
None of us had a clue that the only other contenders for the NC would fall to lesser opponents as the season wound down. Did Alabama benefit from an undefeated Oklahoma State team losing to a lousy Iowa State team that finished the season with 7 losses? Of course they did. Was that ESPN or Alabama’s fault? Of course it wasn’t. Objectively compare Alabama’s one loss in overtime to the undefeated #1 team in the nation by a final score of 9-6 to OK State’s loss to Iowa State. Can you really say (with a straight face) that Alabama shouldn’t have played for the NC?
When all was said and done, the two best teams played for the NC, and the best team won. There is always a bit of luck involved in winning a National Championship, but the luck alone won’t get you there if you don’t work your tails off every week to be in a position to take advantage of it.
Georgia fans should concentrate on what Georgia needs to do and stop worrying so much about what happens at the Capstone.
Vampire Bill
October 20th, 2012
9:31 am
“It definitely stinks that we’re not in the driver’s seat right now,” said quarterback Aaron Murray, who’s coming off an 11-for-31, 109-yard passing performance against the Gamecocks.
Yes Mr. Murray, it does stink but what REALLY stinks is the way the chickens embarrassed you and your team mates and the entire state of GA. Hope your father is recovering nicely.
I’m still a dawg fan but I REALLY don’t like these attitudes of the UGA coaches and players.
Ga Dawg81
October 20th, 2012
9:41 am
I am as upset as most of you losing to South Carolina on national tv. However, the season is not over. Take one game at a time and work on being better each week. As far as Richt saying Go Gators, I do not agree with him. He should have said something like if the Gators win then we have a huge opportunity to get back in this thing if we win our games. I stand behind him because I am a true Dawg. I support our team win or lose and I will be there for each game cheering them on. Richt is not as bad of a coach as most of you make him out to be. He actually has the best winning pct. of any coach we ever have had. What I want to see from him is that killer instinct. Once we get ahead of a team we do not let off the gas. Most of us do not see this from him but I will tell you that he does have a temper and he can yell. If you go to practice you will see this. His calm demeanor is for the public. The man is a competitor and I think he needs to publically show that. When he does the team will react as well as the fan base.
Go Dawgs
LogicalUS
October 20th, 2012
9:43 am
UGA back in the SECCG would have the lowest rating in the history of the game because the viewers aren’t going to tune in for another 44-10 beatdown of the 2nd or 3rd best team in the EAST who backed into the game agan because the schedule makers at the SEC office.
Boring.
joe jenkins
October 20th, 2012
9:45 am
hey bama fan….so what are you saying….yall did back into the mnc….any one loss team that makes to the mnc game backs into it….so take that bro!!
ncdawg….i hope richt gets back what he lost because after 2002 i thought richt was going to shatter all of dooleys records and win us 2 mnc’s by now…its really a damn shame….I dont want to see richt get fired…..I just want richt to regain his mojo and beat fla
Mobile Dawg
October 20th, 2012
9:45 am
81, I have to disagree with you on Richt. Our players are often not prepared for what they are going to face, our gameplan often looks ill prepared and in disarray. Our adjustments seem to be nonexistent, our players often out of position. This relates to the daily coaching taking place in Athens.
GatorBait 18-4
October 20th, 2012
9:49 am
Really
Football Guy
October 20th, 2012
9:50 am
Yeah, Kentuckys real tough. ANY peewee football team will beat them.
Joey
October 20th, 2012
9:52 am
Oh yeah, NCDawg, I’m gonna pull for him win or lose. There’s nothing I’d rather happen than Richt figuring out what’s wrong, but I’m not optimistic. I hoped when Richt left, it would be on his own terms, but the longer he hangs on, it’s apparent he is not concerned about the ugly losses, and blind to the fact that good DCs can easily defend his (not Bobo’s), HIS offense now.
He is using up all of the goodwill he built with the DawgNation in the successful, first-half of his career in Athens.
GatorBait 18-4
October 20th, 2012
9:53 am
“Believe it or not, I am cheering for the Gators this weekend,” Richt told a thousand or so Georgia students and fans gathered there to hear a Jason Aldean concert. “We need them to beat South Carolina to get us back in the driver’s seat.”
Let me get this straight, Richt wants a top 5 team to beat a top 10 team that destroyed his team 2 weeks ago, “to get us back in the drivers seat”. I’ll be darn I just never thought about it like that.
Bama Fan
October 20th, 2012
9:54 am
@joe jenkins
If you were more familiar with the National Championship in CFB, then you would know that many teams have won the NC without the benefit of being undefeated.
I admitted that there is some luck involved in winning a championship — any championship.
What some Georgia fans on these forums don’t seem to understand is that luck alone won’t do the trick. If you’re trying to make me feel bad about the Crimson Tide, then you’re wasting your time, my friend. Best of luck against the Cats today. May the best team win — they usually do.
RTR!!!
Joey
October 20th, 2012
9:56 am
“Once we get ahead of a team we do not let off the gas.”
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Ga Dawg81, it also wouldn’t hurt for Richt to figure out how to fix things when he starts to get blown-out – like right then – during the game, instead of the following Wednesday . . .
He is just not a great sideline coach.
Why Quit?
October 20th, 2012
9:59 am
I’ve been a Dawg fan all my life and yes, I’m embarrassed about how SC destroyed us. I also agree that our long term problems with us not winning big games is soley on mark richt, because he’s the head coach and coaches with very little or no emotion, excitement or enthusiasm. However, we as true fans don’t just quit on the season, hell, that’s what you are accusing the coaches and players of doing. If you’re still a fan, you get off the ground,move forward and do the best you can with the cards you’ve been dealt. The easiest thing in life to do is quit!
If you don’t understand what’s going on here, the reason richt and all of the smart people in bulldog nation are pulling for the gators and LSU last weekend is because its what gives the Dawgs the best chance for success this year. It happens in sports all the time, not just to the dawgs, so hell yeah I was an LSU fan last week and a Gator fan this week, because that’s what’s best for the Dawgs! If you can’t see that, you don’t have your eyes open.
Understand that no matter how much anybody may want richt gone, it ain’t going to happen during the regular season, so get behind him and the team and hope that they run the table and get back in the hunt in the SEC and the BCS.
Go Dawgs!
Joey
October 20th, 2012
10:06 am
In the SC game, I knew after 14-0 we were done, so I tried to be more analytical than emotional for the rest of the game. Here’s what I saw:
Our D looked confused and out of postion on at least half of their plays, and substitutions were made at the last possible second.
Our O-line blocked nobody. The only time they pass-protected, the game was a rout, and SC was rushing 3 or sometimes 2.
Our backs were pitiful in pass protection. Glancing blows was about as good as it got.
Our punt-return team was predictably horrid, as has been the case for 4 seasons, but the punter is not very good in neither distance nor hang time.
We made no meaningful adjustments on offense – the whole game.
Yet on Wednesday after the game, Richt said they had corrected the mistakes.
Anybody else doubt that?
GatorBait 18-4
October 20th, 2012
10:09 am
Never seen a coach (Richt) that is constantly asking for help from another team to do what he should have done. But don’t get me wrong, I was happy to see such a nice man get a contract extension.
Bama Fan
October 20th, 2012
10:12 am
FWIW,
I believe that Georgia fans will get their wish today. LSU has given the Gators the same gift that Alabama gave Georgia last year when they faced the Gators. Lattimore is injured. Florida probably had a better team than South Carolina to begin with, but with the Gamecocks limping into Gainesville today, it is highly unlikely that they will upset Florida.
The worst thing that could happen to Georgia today would be to get a key player injured in a game that means next to nothing. Hopefully, Georgia can amass a huge lead early in this game and let some of the younger players get some much needed experience in mop-up duty. That, in my opinion, is what Dawg fans should be hoping to see in Lexington.
Enjoy the weekend, CFB fans!
NCDawg
October 20th, 2012
10:19 am
The thing that I was happiest about in the first few games was the defensive adjustments at halftime. We corrected what we were doing wrong. That sort of happened in the 2nd quarter in SC but then the weight of the offense doing nothing really took a toll. I think that game had 2 turning points. Rambo losing that interception and not scoring on the drive mid way through the 2nd quarter. We should have scored on that play. Either play would have made it a new game. It didn’t and we sagged.
We should have run power right at those ends… just like LSU did. Instead we tried to throw it and the line just couldn’t give Murray enough time. The receivers should have been running laps for the passes they dropped as well. Maybe they did and we just don’t know it. Anyway… the adjustments made didn’t hold up. Inexplicable. We’ll see what happens against UF.
Joey
October 20th, 2012
10:21 am
Bama Fan, y’all have 4 tough games coming up in a row – who are you most worried about, other than your appointment in Cajun territory?
After A&M, Wester Carolina may be the tougher test. Your “little brother” is worse than ours this year.
HoneyBadger Has the Munchies
October 20th, 2012
10:23 am
Joey….A lot of what you observed and brought to light is shared by many.
Mobile Dawg
October 20th, 2012
10:24 am
You hit the nail on the head without knowing it NCDawg. We should have run at those tackles like LSU did; why didn’t Richt and Bobo know that in advance, and if not in advance why not an adjustment during the game?
HoneyBadger Has the Munchies
October 20th, 2012
10:25 am
Mark Richt = MELONCOLY, ALOOF, OBTUSE
HoneyBadger Has the Munchies
October 20th, 2012
10:26 am
Defensive ends that crash inside fast….run off tackle and containment is broken and runs are more successful…just a thought
Snoop
October 20th, 2012
10:37 am
Hmmm
Da Preacha vs Da Joker…
Sounds like the coaching matches up pretty evenly today in Kentucky.
Idiots.
jrmdvm1
October 20th, 2012
10:37 am
If UF beats SC, and then we beat UF, that does not constitute “backing into” the SEC East Championship. That is winning it. That would just be the top 3 teams each beating one of the others. If SC hadn’t lost to LSU, those results ( SC beating UGA, UF beating SC, and UGA beating UF ) would have resulted in a three-way tie that would have used rankings to decide the winner. Depending on rankings could be considered backing in to the championship too, no matter who would have been the top team in the rankings ( probably SC if they hadn’t lost to LSU, depending on the SC-UF score and “intangibles” in that game ). I’m sure that UF fans would feel cheated in that scenario since they would have beaten SC. SC’s loss to LSU just removes them from that tie breaker scenario, and it becomes head to head, UF-UGA. I don’t call that “backing in”. Now I am not happy with the team’s performance in the SC game. When Alabama went up 31 on us, we at least made a bit of a comeback. No effective adjustments were made. For instance, someone should have noticed that maybe SC was getting too good at responding to the snap count. If they were picking up on the physical signals, it should have been possible to create enough offsides penalties that they would have been hesitating and even up things for the OL. Why is it that it always seems we have one of these “letdown” games before fixing things ( if we do manage to fix them this year ). As others have said, it is underperforming for the talent. And we don’t seem to fix it when it happens against the weaker teams. We have to wait until we underperform against a good team in a big game. I think that is what frustrates us when we have a talented team.
Gorilla Biscuit
October 20th, 2012
10:38 am
GatorBait 18-4
October 20th, 2012
10:39 am
I think you are right unfortunately
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Joey
October 20th, 2012
8:06 am
Did Richt have orange and blue pom-poms to go with that shirt? Geez, Coach, how about you just beat SC yourself for a change?
Richt has no shame apparently – singing to, and hugging recruits, openly rooting for UF, but worst of all, staying on as UGA’s coach, while getting the Dawgs humiliated over and over, year after year, every single time we play a good team. Blowouts galore. I’m just glad we now know it doesn’t matter if the Dawgs get beat by 28 or by 7, right?
But it is what it is. Win 10 at UGA, and you’re coach for life
joe jenkins
October 20th, 2012
10:41 am
Anyway’s i dont get this backing into things….their will be no sec teams going undefeated this year….i think the joker has something planned for us today…i expect a nail biter against them…..when is the last time we put a beat down on this team?
gt4ever
October 20th, 2012
10:41 am
LOL, yeah I would be for UF to, if I couldn’t do the job myself… It’s always fun to get in the SEC championship and then getting my arse handed to me…
Dawg Whisperer
October 20th, 2012
10:43 am
Huh?
Enough already…it is so embarrassing for UGA fans, and in this case the media, to be scheming about how UGA can get back to the SEC CG. It would be awful if UGA backs their way in again.
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Trust me, if UGA returns to the SEC CG, I will not be embarrassed nor will all the other fans that show up for the game. Now, you want to GT, I am embarrassed for them.
1eyedJack
October 20th, 2012
10:45 am
One thing I wish Coach Richt would work on is his side-line demeanor. I do think your team takes it’s que from the coach and CMR ain’t one to throw his visor, or to throw his headset and kick it the way Dooley was liable to do. I would like to see some emotion, and the players need to see that there will be a reckoning, when things go wrong.
Bama Fan
October 20th, 2012
10:48 am
@Joey
Our schedule has been a disappointment. It looked good in the pre-season, with early games against both Michigan and Arkansas. Who knew that Arky would suffer a complete meltdown after losing their HC?
As for the upcoming games, I’d rank their level of difficulty thusly:
1. LSU
2. MSU
3. A&M
I’m not looking past the Tennessee game today. Both Tennessee and Auburn will bring their A-games when they play Bama. Not only are these games historical rivalries — for the Vols and the Tigers, these games will be as close as they’ll likely get to a meaningful bowl game this year. Auburn almost defeated LSU. They have underperformed this season, but they aren’t without talent. Neither is Tennessee.
I’ve watched every Bama game, and the only team that has offered solid competition against them was Ole Miss. Those guys play hard and they don’t quit. They are building a foundation to become real contenders in the SEC.
Kennesaw David
October 20th, 2012
10:49 am
If the Georgia defense don’t show up real fast here then what everybody else does will really not matter.
UGA cannot beat the good teams !
October 20th, 2012
10:54 am
Kind of sad UGA depending on SC to lose to get them back in SEC championship picture. But guess that’s the reality. If UGA can beat Kentucky and Florida, maybe they deserve to be back in the hunt? But can hardly consider them a top tier team, after whipping they took at South Carolina. Really wonder about their coaching.Their talent level is as good as anyone in SEC, but cannot win the big games.Probably same story as last year…
Bazooka Joe
October 20th, 2012
10:57 am
Dawg Haus – I agree,South Carolina is not a “rival” – heck I might even consider Clemson more of a rival than South Carolina. I normally dont care one way or the other about South Carolina except when we are playing them, the only reason there is any “hate” now is Spurrier, not the chickens themselves.
If I had to rank them I would say South Carolina is at best #5 on our list of rivals (my order… Tech, Florida, Auburn, Tennessee, SC or Clemson)
Fla - Ri - Duh
October 20th, 2012
10:59 am
Florida SUX. Game Crocks SUX too! Spurrier SUX most of all. So YES I will pull for Florida to beat Spurrier today ’cause it will help the Dawgs. Now if UGA loses to them Lizards I won’t be doing this again. One thing for sure UGA needs to get their act together – starting to resemble pre – Grantham defense…… ugh!!!!!!
Bud
October 20th, 2012
11:00 am
CMJ says he’s pulling for Fla. Better be thinking about Kentucky. We’re so schizophrenic there’s no telling what might happen.
short memories
October 20th, 2012
11:03 am
Lets beat up on a 1-6 team and show how tough we are.
Gatorbai 18-4
October 20th, 2012
11:06 am
Fla – Ri – Duh
If “Game Crocks SUX too! Spurrier SUX most of all” and he and his team just destroyed and embarrassed your team,what does that make you? Just ax’in.
short memories
October 20th, 2012
11:06 am
Richt is wearing orange stripes to show he is cheering for Florida. I would love for him to go and be a cheerleader.
phil
October 20th, 2012
11:07 am
Again, we’ll be fortunate just to beat Kentucky today…..
Have we already forgotten what happened at SC?
Bama Fan
October 20th, 2012
11:07 am
I hope that I can offer an unbiased opinion without being seen as a troll. Georgia’s problem is not that they lost to South Carolina. The problem is that they failed to even compete in that game. There is no shame in losing a single game on any given day. There is no shame in having other teams lose so that your team can move up in the rankings. Quitting is shameful, and Georgia quit against the Gamecocks. That doesn’t mean that Georgia fans should give up on the entire season, but it does signify a problem that goes far beyond the loss of any one particular game.
Feel free to hate me for saying that, but I’m not the kind of person who won’t tell a friend when they have a big piece of spinach stuck in their front teeth after lunch. The University of Georgia has a proud history as a premiere SEC football program. You guys deserve better than to see your team lay down when they face adversity.
phil
October 20th, 2012
11:07 am
Fire someone!!
phil
October 20th, 2012
11:08 am
Bama Fan, you are spot on…..
But most GA fans can’t see beyond the nose on their faces.
GB's Hamburgers
October 20th, 2012
11:08 am
I just saw the UGA AD with Chuck Dowdle on TV. He was making excuses for the SC loss. He ways saying the “we feel like the fans of Texas and West Virginia do this week.” That statement helps diminish the loss and what it says about our preparedness to play and employ our great athletes. But he picked the wrong analogy with Texas. Mac Brown is much like Richt. He gets top recruits but usually fails in big games. West Virginia is not a good analogy. They always show up to play even in an upset. They outcoached, outplayed and beat UGA a few years ago.
Bama Fan
October 20th, 2012
11:13 am
@phil
Fans are fans. I know, because I’m a fan too. I was a fan through Bill Curry winning every game except the ones that mattered. I was a fan through all of the “Mikes”. The fans can only support their teams. It’s really up to the leadership at the various universities to make sure that the teams are on the right path.
UGA cannot beat the good teams !
October 20th, 2012
11:14 am
Mark Richt nice guy and a good coach, but not a great coach. Just cannot get to the top level. There is no excuse for UGA performance against S Carolina and Spurrier. But son’t see any coach available right now who can do better at UGA. And school just gave Richt a new contract and pay raise. He ain’t going nowhere!
chase
October 20th, 2012
11:17 am
Georgia wins out and plays the LSU/BAMA winner in the SEC title game..AND THAT WINNER WILL PLAY IN THE NC GAME!
UGA cannot beat the good teams !
October 20th, 2012
11:17 am
I need typing lessons. Word is “don’t” not “son’t”. Guess I am a typical illiterate UGA fan?
AUG2424
October 20th, 2012
11:17 am
Mobile Dawg, I totally agree with you. It is embarrassing! Also, not only is the coaching stafff to blame but Aaron Murray is not a big game QB. Yes, he has alot of great stats all time but he isn’t David Greene. Murray has a better arm and scrambling ability but Greene was mentally tough. He won big games!
chase
October 20th, 2012
11:18 am
Also, I would replace the Offensive Coordinator IF I were making any changes to the coaching staff
coach Bobo gets to “tight, predictable and nervous in big situations”
GB's Hamburgers
October 20th, 2012
11:27 am
Talk to some UGA players of years gone by. Their coaches were tough — even mean. They were not the players buddies. Cross them and there would be swift and dreaded consequences. If it continued, they would find a way to get you out of the program. All teams recruit thugs but Bobby Bowden and Richt are not Alpha males. They don’t have the mindset or toughness to control them. The result is as breakdown of team discipline, penalties and players playing like they want to instead of how they are told to play. Fans (and even the pollsters) end up never figuring out how good the team is because it’s always unpredictable.
j
October 20th, 2012
11:33 am
Lame…
MamiDawg
October 20th, 2012
11:38 am
I think I would rather him focus on doing his job and coaching the Dawgs rather than failing then rooting for other schools. Shameful.
ugab
October 20th, 2012
11:39 am
Every dawg fan has to be a Gator fan this weekend. It’s the only way to win the SEC East. SC embarrassed the entire Ga staff, players and fans. I really think this poor showing goes back atleast 6 years with CMR. It is not like its the first time Ga has not showed up for a game. WV bowl game was a good example. SEC championship is one.. MR does not know how to get his team up for the hype. It is the same ole crap, different season. It look like Uga signed MR for another 5 yrs. It appears we are going to watch CMR retire at Uga. They need to get the fans into the game at home. SC has the fans jumping out of their seat.
GB's Hamburgers
October 20th, 2012
11:42 am
So Richt is wearing orange stripes today hoping that the Gators beat SC. That’s what he is so good at … public relations and showmanship. His car commercials have gotten very professional, he can call “red outs”, “black outs” — he can make the fans do anything he wants them to. But PR expertise a good coach doesn’t make. It takes an alpha male to make football players play with discipline and as directed. UGA, for most athletes, is just a rest stop on the way to the pros.
Fats G
October 20th, 2012
11:52 am
I agree with some of the others on this forum. Kentucky will BEAT UGA because our boys have never gotten over the mauling they took from mighty South Carolina. They have the confidence of a bunch of “Pee Wee Hermans” right now and it will play out unfortunantly
Fats G
October 20th, 2012
11:56 am
Richt will have to knock the “Pee Wee Herman” stew out of em to get them back on track. Wonder if he has that kind of nature to get that done,as some people think its a crime to be straight forward and strong with their teams. Time will tell
UGA cannot beat the good teams !
October 20th, 2012
12:00 pm
Yep, GB Hamburger,
Richt good coach and a good PR guy, but will not take UGA to the highest level. Seems like UGA just always a step below the best teams. Some of the players do need more discipline and control, but not Richt’s personality type, unfortunately.
jojo
October 20th, 2012
12:04 pm
At least CMR didn’t spend 90 minutes on Skype with a recruit. Who did that? The great Nick Saban. What do you think they were talking about? I’d rather have Mark Richt any day.
Bama Fan
October 20th, 2012
12:11 pm
@jojo
Don’t worry. Nobody will try to steal Coach Richt away from Georgia.
Gatorbai 18-4
October 20th, 2012
12:13 pm
I’m affraid Richt does his Ford commercials better than he leads the dawgs.
Gatorbai 18-4
October 20th, 2012
12:19 pm
@jojo
Suits me, the longer you put up Richt, the better the Gators and SC like it. Soon, Dooley if given a chance will push you in to 4th place. That’s about the time McGarity will get out the axe.
Hairy Dawg
October 20th, 2012
12:27 pm
Dawgs got a warm up game against the Kens Tuck scrubs before we get to having a beat down on Gaytors. Just need Judas Muschump to whip Visor Boy today. But even if Stevie Wonder wins in Gainsville he goning to lose the next week to Dooley Boy. Dooley Boy got to get a big win or he gets a firing.
Dawgs just got to take care of business with Kens Tuck that even Arky embarassed badly. Then we makes Muschump pay for Benedict Arnold on Dawgs. Our D can practice fixes from off week while making Kens Tuck look bad. Then wel’l be ready to sack Gaytors while Aaron Murray has career day in Jax. Coach Richt knows how to beat down Judas Muschump just like last year.
Go Dawgs! Sick Em!
Hairy Dawg
October 20th, 2012
12:37 pm
And we’re not back ending into any East Champs. Were winning it outright from taking control of rest of Games because we’re the DAWGS. It not our fault that SCar schedules badly. We had one poor game where players showed up stinky. But SCar will lose multiple times because they always is goning to be the choking chickens. We owns East and will prove it with Kens Tuck practice game and then beatdown in Jax.
Fats G
October 20th, 2012
12:50 pm
If History is any judge, yes Spurrier will lose the East and UGA will take itvhome,but UGA ain’t winning no stinkin National Title like the UGA cornerback spoke of. It is very possible to take the East,but Richt has to drop the “Pee Wee Herman” routine with his team. Everybody is tired of Richt riding into town on his Pee Wee bicycle. Symbolic and poking fun at the ole boy folks!
o-my dawgs
October 20th, 2012
12:52 pm
Big Win today, UK is no USC…but who cares just win!
Guest
October 20th, 2012
12:53 pm
@Hairy Dawg
If you have no respect for your opponents, then what satisfaction will you stand to gain from defeating them? You write like a backwoods Dixiecrat Republican. Are you really Zell Miller in disguise?
o-my dawgs
October 20th, 2012
12:59 pm
Guest its better than being a Liberal Social Democrat that wouldn’t know the truth if it hit him in the face.
GA Dawg81
October 20th, 2012
1:00 pm
I never said I agreed with Richt. What I said was I would like to see him show some of the emotion in a game that he does in practices. If we get ahead then do not let off the gas. Never stop playing. We need some players on this team to get mean and get in somebodies face when they make a mistake. I agree we were not prepared for some games but if he gets fired who then is going to replace him? If he gets beat by the Gators like the SC game then he is gone. Several teams have fired coaches and actually regressed. I like Kirby Smart but is he ready to be a head coach? Chris Peterson at Boise ? Only Coach I see that I would like to come in here is Chip Kelly from Oregon and I do not know if would be interested. I hope Richt figures it out and gets us the SEC championship game this year. Win or lose I am a Dawg no matter who coaches.
DawgNole
October 20th, 2012
1:03 pm
NCDawg
October 20th, 2012
8:51 am
And I will take backing into the SEC championship game, if that is how we have to do it. Bama backed into a National Championship last year. They had to rely on other teams to lose to get the chance. All you people saying you don’t want to rely on UF beating SC to get a shot at the SEC championship are just plain idiots. The Dawgs got to play for their National Championship in 1980 because of a bunch of fortunate bounces. They don’t even get the chance if Notre Dame doesn’t tie Tech. Winning every game is the goal but you don’t throw away a season because you looked bad in one game. Get some realistic perspective folks. Really.
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Co-sign.
What so many seem to be ingoring is that a fla victory over SC ALONE is not enough to enable UGA to “back in” to the SECCG. UGA still MUST beat fla on the road–as “big” a game as they ever play every year–and then guard against the inevitable letdown vs Ole Miss and at Auburn. So IF the Dawgs makes the SECCG–and I sure as hell hope they do, regardless of the opponent–they will have EARNED that spot.
o-my dawgs
October 20th, 2012
1:05 pm
Richt will not be fired if UF wins…no way.
o-my dawgs
October 20th, 2012
1:07 pm
agree DawgNole…
Guest
October 20th, 2012
1:16 pm
@o-my dawgs
So then, the delusion that runs rampant in the penal colony is not limited to football?
Between Coach Richt and Congressman Broun, you guys do set quite the standard for cognitive dissonance.
Heh… At least you’re good at something!
DawgNole
October 20th, 2012
1:17 pm
Why Quit?
October 20th, 2012
9:59 am
jrmdvm1
October 20th, 2012
10:37 am
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Both excellent posts that have captured perfectly the current scenario facing UGA.
DawgNole
October 20th, 2012
1:20 pm
gt4ever
October 20th, 2012
10:41 am
LOL, yeah I would be for UF to, if I couldn’t do the job myself… It’s always fun to get in the SEC championship and then getting my arse handed to me…
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But not NEARLY as humiliating as hosting MTSU and getting your arse handed to you.
DawgNole
October 20th, 2012
1:24 pm
1eyedJack
October 20th, 2012
10:45 am
One thing I wish Coach Richt would work on is his side-line demeanor. I do think your team takes it’s que from the coach and CMR ain’t one to throw his visor, or to throw his headset and kick it the way Dooley was liable to do. I would like to see some emotion, and the players need to see that there will be a reckoning, when things go wrong.
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Unless we step on Vandy’s logo, or start celebrating a few seconds too soon near the end of yet another victory over Tech. That’s one of his problems–he can show emotion, but too often it seems to be at the “wrong” times.
RussRules
October 20th, 2012
1:30 pm
Leaving the hotel in Lexington, KY to head for the game and some good tailgating.. Go Dawgs!!!!
P.S. – LSU looks like CRAP today. They are nowhere near a NC title contender… Go A&M…..
DawgNole
October 20th, 2012
1:33 pm
By the way, don’t look now, but LSU’s Tigers are getting their arses shut out at Tex A&M.
DawgNole
October 20th, 2012
1:34 pm
Bazooka Joe
October 20th, 2012
10:57 am
Dawg Haus – I agree,South Carolina is not a “rival” – heck I might even consider Clemson more of a rival than South Carolina. I normally dont care one way or the other about South Carolina except when we are playing them, the only reason there is any “hate” now is Spurrier, not the chickens themselves.
If I had to rank them I would say South Carolina is at best #5 on our list of rivals (my order… Tech, Florida, Auburn, Tennessee, SC or Clemson)
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Any team that beats you consistently becomes a “rival.” SC is fast approaching that status with UGA.
NCDawg
October 20th, 2012
1:35 pm
I don’t have a problem with CMR saying he’ll be rooting for UF nor do I have a problem with singing to a recruit. Many of these kids grow up feeling like nobody care about them or only care about what they can do on the playing field. He surprised the young man and he will remember that for a long time.
The only problem I have with CMR is the results that show up on the field. Like I said before… the talent is there, the facilities are there… it is time for the results to match the raw material. The other stuff above has nothing to do with that and therefore it isn’t in the equation for me. The worst thing to do after you screw up is to hang your head about it folks. There isn’t a player or coach that doesn’t hurt to the core over the loss. The only real answer is how you handle the next task. In this case beating UK tonight and UF next week. After that, if you prove yourself worthy by beating UF, is closing out the season by continuing to build on that achievement. Raging and kicking the dog and saying stupid things does nothing. You screwed up, learn from it and DO something about it.
Geaux Tigers
October 20th, 2012
1:38 pm
LSU is nowhere near as good as their ranking. I’m mad right now.
Bully
October 20th, 2012
1:40 pm
Good Post NCDawg
Fats G
October 20th, 2012
2:37 pm
Wanna bet Kentucky takes Pee Wee Herman’s bicycle today? South Carolina made these dawgs into whinning little gurls I am afraid to say
Joey
October 20th, 2012
2:41 pm
Hell, enought with the “backing-in” BS yu bunch of Techies.
I think UF wins today, if no more than SC is just not a good road team (except in Athens).
BUT, and this BUT is as big as Kim Kardashian’s, if we beat the #2 ranked BCS team to get into the SECCG, it’s hardly “backing in.”
I would mean that SC lost too many SEC games, and UGA beat the team that beat SC.
That ain’t “backing in,l by anybody’s opinion – but to a Techie, and to Steve Spurrier.
I’m hoping for it, but no way am I predicting it.
Joey
October 20th, 2012
2:43 pm
Whew! typos galore!
Sorry, a 6-pack in . . .
Joey
October 20th, 2012
2:49 pm
“The great Nick Saban. What do you think they were talking about? I’d rather have Mark Richt any day.”
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Yeah, give me a singer and hugger any old day over a work-a-holic who wins BCS Titles – 3 and counting.
either jojo is drunk, or is a dumbass. Or both . . .
UGA Class of '91
October 20th, 2012
3:12 pm
Joey,
LOL..!! Im working on my 9th as I type to you!! Go Dawgs..
Ole Miss Rebel Fan in Roswell
October 20th, 2012
3:25 pm
GA is still a very good team imo. Im looking forward to going to the Ga-Miss. game in a few weeks at Sanford Stadium.
Mike Franklin
October 20th, 2012
3:26 pm
A win in Kentucky won’t mean a thing because there are no style points involved. The only hope is that the Lizards eat the chickens today and then the Dawgs go into Jacksonville and have Gator meat for lunch. Short of that, the old ball antichirst in Columbia will have the SEC east in his pocket.
bakers bark
October 20th, 2012
3:45 pm
i told you dummies weeks ago that the best freshman rb in the SEC is Jeremy Hill…PERIOD…gurshall would be scout team scubs in Baton Rouge…
Mentally, the GA-FL game is an away game for GA
October 20th, 2012
3:46 pm
SC looked like crap 1st play…7-0 Gaytors
Mentally, the GA-FL game is an away game for GA
October 20th, 2012
3:47 pm
SC fumbled agian!!! they recovered though… SC looks crappy
bakers bark
October 20th, 2012
3:52 pm
instead of CBS calling its saturday games the “SEC game of the week”, they should instead bill it as “this weeks game featuring two teams Georgia can’t beat”…truth in advertising…
Bully
October 20th, 2012
3:54 pm
Hey that funny baker, considering Ga hasnt played Fl yet…. Try again fool.
bakers bark
October 20th, 2012
3:56 pm
just a matter of time bully…just a matter of time…fool…
Geaux Tigers
October 20th, 2012
3:57 pm
LSU looked like total CRAP against Texas A&M.. LSU Got Lucky today,
7576DAWG
October 20th, 2012
4:37 pm
The two luckiest teams in college football are L.S.U. and Ohio State.
dawgcrzy
October 20th, 2012
4:41 pm
anybody watching the fl/sc game? were not physical enough to play fl
Big Wally
October 20th, 2012
5:02 pm
It is fun watching the Gamecocks implode. Talk about giving a game away.
bakers bark
October 20th, 2012
5:05 pm
well Big Wally, one of them has already destroyed uga, and the other will next week…looking at a uga/vatech chik-fil-a bowl…
Joey
October 20th, 2012
5:06 pm
Geaux Tigers,
Confucius say, “It is better to win ugly, than to lose pretty . . . or lose ugly.”
Or something like that.
I’ve tied you, UGA Class of ‘91! 9 beers!
Dang, UF’s D is fast and nasty. Murray won’t sleep all week watching this film . . .
Big Wally
October 20th, 2012
5:08 pm
Oh, don’t get me wrong, I’m not a Disney Dawg/Richt supporter. I just hate SC – Spurrier – and their fans.
Liquid Sunshine
October 20th, 2012
5:28 pm
Florida is whipping South Carolina like a High School team.
That may be good for Georgia’s chances at backing into the SECCG, but two beat-downs in a row for the Gamecocks sure makes those Dawgs look weak, don’t it?
NCDawg
October 20th, 2012
5:29 pm
Anybody watching the SC – UF game?! Haha…I am beginning to think that SC played the game of their lives against UGA and the Dawgs played poorly and it looked even worse than it should have. If SC makes even one of those mistakes against the Dawgs it is much more of a game. No I’m not saying that the Dawgs would have won… but the game would have been much closer. Spurrier looks like he is going to puke. Love it!
Liquid Sunshine
October 20th, 2012
5:34 pm
@NCDawg
Yep, it would have been better for Georgia if Florida’s team could have played SC for them.
KY Jelly
October 20th, 2012
5:40 pm
Heck, if we could get ranked, we could beat these Dawgs.
Dawgs quit on ranked teams.
Who knows? We might beat ‘em anyway!
ugafan13
October 20th, 2012
6:04 pm
Watching the Cocks vs. gators. I notice the difference in intensity between the two coaches there vs our coach. Same with Bama. How are the Gators and Tides national championships vs UGA? Just sayin…
mark
October 20th, 2012
6:15 pm
please don let little arron murry see the gator pass rush,hewont be able to sleep again this week.with the gator D i expect little arron will surpass hs all time big game turnover record
Joey
October 20th, 2012
6:17 pm
Tell you what I noticed, ugafan13.
UF’s superb OC made adjustments and came out moving the ball on SC’s tough D after halftime.
That guy, Brent Pease, beat our ass in the Dome last year with Boise, and unless our offense can do more than they did vs SC, he will do it again.
But that’s next week.
Come on Dawgs, get it going again tonight.
DawgNole
October 20th, 2012
6:20 pm
C’mon Dawg fans, you know you’re loving this SC-fla game. You know you are! If you’re a true Dawgs fan, it’s going just like we want it to.
Everybody deserves a second chance (we blew our first one two weeks ago), including UGA. If fla holds on today, which appears likely at this point, next week’s game is even bigger than it usually is. I’ll be thankful just to have the chance to knock the hated gators off their high horse in a “BIG” game. Now if we lose next week (assuming we beat KY), no more excuses, no more chances; it’s over–and time for Richt to move on.
Meantime, forget about hating on Richt for awhile–and relish this great opportunity our team is about to be presented.
Same As It Ever Was
October 20th, 2012
6:23 pm
It’s been time for Richt to move on so many times now that I’ve lost count.
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October 20th, 2012
6:30 pm
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1969 Graduate
October 20th, 2012
6:36 pm
I’ve decided to maybe forgive our coaches if they can beat Florida.
Good luck, coaches.
I know our players could beat Florida were they assembled into a team by a competent coaching staff, given a reasonable game plan, given adjustments as required during the game, and furnished with appropriate plays during the game.
When we got killed by South Carolina, I was deceived. I thought SCe was great. Now I see they are just a whole lot better than us.
My gosh, what will Florida do to us in Jacksonville?
I am so sorry our players are burdened with a coaching staff unable to win big games. Why do I say it’s the coaching staff’s issue, and not the players? Simple. The players change from year to year, but the results are consistent. Georgia coaches don’t win the big games against the good teams.
smitty
October 20th, 2012
6:41 pm
Gamecocks look and play as poorly against FL as GA did against them. What goes around comes around… or something. At least it’s evidence GA still has a chance to win the SEC East though they will be underdog to FL.
Mike Franklin
October 20th, 2012
7:07 pm
Is there an in-game thread anywhere on the AJC???
DAWGFAN13
October 20th, 2012
7:15 pm
Jenkins and Geathers are so overrated! I have not seen neither one of them make a meaningful pla all year!
Beast from the East
October 20th, 2012
7:25 pm
It was ugly, but the Gators continue to find a way week after week.
Go Gators!
RHall55
October 20th, 2012
9:17 pm
With the result of the FL-SC game and the way UGA is playing against KY….it definitely shows how much Muschamp and his staff have out worked Richt and his staff….there is too much complacency in Athens!!! Wake up Kool Aid Drinkers….guys are just drawing a paycheck!!!
SL 600 AMG
October 20th, 2012
10:37 pm
We are going to be killed next week! kentucky only scored three points against Arky they score 25 on us!!! florida will put up 50 easy!
Cal22
October 21st, 2012
3:45 am
Richt will be a Gator fan next week too.