Bulldogs can punch their ticket to Georgia Dome with win over rival Auburn
Gene Chizik will coach Auburn against Georgia on Saturday amid reports that the school has already decided to dismiss him at the end of the season. (AP photo)
AUBURN, Ala. — The line of Georgia’s detractors could probably wrap around Auburn’s Jordan-Hare Stadium this Saturday and Steve Spurrier would probably be at the front of it.
“They lost to us by four touchdowns,” the South Carolina coach would shout. “They didn’t have to play Alabama or LSU from the West; they got Florida the week after the Gamecocks had softened them up.” And so on.
But all the squawking won’t change this fact: No. 5 Georgia will be the Eastern Division representative in the SEC Championship game if it can get by a troubled Auburn team Saturday on The Plains. And for the Bulldogs, who would be playing in the Georgia Dome for the second year in a row, that accomplishment is not one to be diminished.
“I don’t think the average fan realizes how tough it is every game,” said Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray, who was sacked five times just last week against Ole Miss. “I’m not belittling other conferences, but this isn’t the Big 12 or Big Ten or Pac-12 or whatever they are now. This is SEC. It’s tough to win the East or the West.”
First things first. The Bulldogs can’t do anything until they’ve renewed their spot in the Deep South’s oldest rivalry. Georgia and Auburn will play a football game for the 116th time since 1892 Saturday at 7 p.m. in a game that will be nationally televised on ESPN2. And that’s not some minor obstacle.
The Bulldogs (8-1, 6-1 SEC) are two-touchdown favorites, understandable considering Auburn (2-7, 0-6 SEC) is winless in conference play and coach Gene Chizik’s dismissal reportedly already is being planned. But the series wouldn’t be as tight as it is – Auburn leads 54-53-8 – if the underdog didn’t trip up the favorite every once in a while.
In fact, the Georgia-Auburn rivalry has decided the conference fate of the respective teams, whether for a division crown or an overall title, 20 times since the first year of SEC football in 1933. The Bulldogs are 11-8-1 in those games, and the trail of heartbreak is well worn and littered with unclaimed hardware.
In all, the Tigers have denied Georgia an SEC title of some sort nine times. It started that very first year in 1933, when Auburn won 14-6 in Columbus to knock the Bulldogs’ out of the first-ever SEC championship.
It has gone the other way as well. As recent as 2006, Georgia brought a 6-4 team to Auburn to face the fifth-ranked Tigers (9-1), who were still in the national championship picture. But a freshman quarterback named Matthew Stafford and a defensive back named Tra Battle led the Bulldogs to a 37-15 victory and Auburn’s SEC hopes were ruined.
That’s why Richt laughed out loud when asked this week whether there was any danger his 8-win Bulldogs could overlook the 2-win Tigers.
“Oh, no,” he scoffed. “Are you kidding me? There’s no chance. No chance.”
Adding yet another wrinkle to this year’s proceedings is the behind-the-scenes maneuverings at Auburn. According to news reports citing high-level sources, Auburn president Jay Gogue has already made the decision to fire Chizik at the end of the season.
If that’s the case, it would be one of the fastest falls from grace we’ve seen in college football. Less than two years ago, Chizik was hoisting the crystal football symbolizing the BCS national championship. But on his radio show Thursday night, Tiger Talk, Chizik sounded resigned to that fate.
“Our team really feels a responsibility to go out there and play extremely hard for our fan base, the rivalry and for Auburn,” Chizik said on the air. “With the circumstances of the season, and us understanding we have three opportunities left and we’ll never be together again, I think that’s another case in point for our guys to go out there and have a blast.”
Therein lay the question: How will Auburn play amidst all its internal adversity? Richt and the Bulldogs think they know the answer.
“We don’t expect anything different,” Richt said. “We’ve been recruiting against Auburn for years; we know they’ve got great players. We know that they have outstanding coaches and we have a lot of respect for them. We know that the rivalry certainly brings the best out of both teams. So we’re expecting quite a challenge and quite a battle.”
If Georgia wins, there are many who will say it beat yet another bad team and “backed into” the league championship yet again. But you can be sure the Bulldogs won’t see it that way.
“I just don’t think people know the blood, sweat and tears that goes into it all year long,” junior defensive tackle Garrison Smith said. “All the practice hours, the meeting hours, the workouts, and you’ve got to balance all that with school. There’s just so much that goes into it behind the scenes. It’s not just showtime on Saturday. It’s hard.”
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Delane
November 9th, 2012
5:33 pm
Steve Spurrier has a point.
Delane
November 9th, 2012
5:34 pm
First! My 15 minutes of fame.
Bdwdawg
November 9th, 2012
5:34 pm
Dawgs big time in a tight, competitive game. Look to A. Murray to have the game of his life, lighting it up with receivers making great plays! Go Dawgs!!
Discount DoubleDawg
November 9th, 2012
5:43 pm
I would love nothing more than to see the running game go off the charts. A nice complete game with all 3 phases playing mistake free would be a great way to lock up the SEC. Please don’t wait until the 4th quarter to start playing. Sure, lets just win… but this the game where we need to show that we have our stuff together.
Nash Dawg
November 9th, 2012
5:43 pm
I’m sure before half time, Stevie “Wondered in Lala land” Spurrier will turn off the TV when UGA is up by 14. Spurrier will never win anything big at USC.
joe jenkins
November 9th, 2012
5:53 pm
I think i’m going to start drinking tonight….so i can be ready for the upset a coming tomorrow….something just feels funny about this game….just really worried about our o-line……p.s I HATE SPURRIER
Bopper
November 9th, 2012
5:54 pm
Murray & Smith are right.
The SEC East is the #1 toughest, best division in the nation, 3 teams ranked up there in Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina.
SEC West is 2nd best division with Alabama and LSU.
No one escapes the East this year undefeated, it’s brutal.
Yet Georgia has found a way to come out on top, and play for 4 quarters, instead of just 2 in the SEC Championship this year, and get on to Miami.
Auburn will be hungry in the first half, hopefully their will, will be broken by halftime.
Gregory
November 9th, 2012
5:55 pm
Big Bill Stanfill sat in Steve Spurrier’s lap & don’t let him forget it!
Aubie
November 9th, 2012
5:56 pm
Pups ain’t got it-AU by 10. Mark it down.
Bopper
November 9th, 2012
5:56 pm
Name me any other division in the nation that has 3 top 10 teams, than the SEC East?
If Georgia is the SEC East Champ in 2012, you came out on top of the best in the country.
Bama’s division, and schedule, is much easier than UGA’s.
Aubie
November 9th, 2012
5:58 pm
Friend close to the program reports gouge already met with Petrino at secret location
OTN DAWG
November 9th, 2012
6:00 pm
Ive heard on the radio up here in north Tn that Bobby Patrino has been in the conversation to replace Cheese it next year.
grated cheese
November 9th, 2012
6:12 pm
2-8 Auburn gets a new five year plan.
joe jenkins
November 9th, 2012
6:24 pm
We had a great o-line in 02….since then we have struggled…why has richt let it get this bad???…..anybody know a good alcoholic beverage to drink when are getting pounded in the first half??
Steve
November 9th, 2012
6:27 pm
Where is GTBob? This is his favorite time of the day! A new UGA blog!
merbertmoover
November 9th, 2012
6:27 pm
hahaha, if auburn gets petrino that would be hilarious!!! would their fanbase really debase themselves that far to get such a scumbag to lead their proud, historic program? and what parent in their right mind would allow their child to be recruited by such a hypocrite and liar?
no way petrino ends up at auburn. auburn admin. would have to be out of their minds
Steve
November 9th, 2012
6:28 pm
Joe Jenkins = MORON.
I-DOG
November 9th, 2012
6:28 pm
If Auburn fires Chizik, which it certainly looks like will be happening in the near future… that isn’t exactly a lot of patience shown for a coach that is in only his fourth year at the school and has already delivered a national titel and the following stats:
His record is 8-5, 14-0, 8-5, and 2-7. I’m sure there are some behind the scenes things that go into it rather than his overall record of 32-17 and of course this is a disastrous season, but the guy is two years removed from delivering a national title to Auburn and last year they were 8-5.
In 4 years his accomplishments look better than Richt’s 12 years at UGA in many respects. Richt leads in winning percentage and number of SEC championship games.
Chizik won a national title in his first four years, where Richt has not. Richt has two SEC titles to date where Chizik has one. Is it fair to say that it is impossible that Chizik could get another one if given 8 more years? Richt is 4-8 against his most diffficult conference rival Florida, where Chizik is currently 1-2 against Alabama and presumably would be 1-3 by seasons end. Richt gets extra points for being 2-1 against FL in his last three games. Richt also never went 2-7 and never went o’fer in conference.
Chizik gets fired and Richt continues with his extended contract. I’m not saying one is right and one is wrong. I guess the question is… if I could snap my fingers and make UGA’s next four seasons for UGA football be 8-5, 14-0, 8-5 and 2-7 or not snap my fingers and just see what happens, what would I do?
I’d snap my fingers and take the national title two mediocre years and one horrendous year.
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joe jenkins
November 9th, 2012
6:38 pm
steve -shutup……you know nothing about the history georgia football….we are very well known for making things more interesting than they should be….richt is good for 8-10 win seasons….but nothing more
Steve
November 9th, 2012
6:38 pm
I-Dog, the problem is Gene is that he has never done anything without a guy named Cam. Cam won their NC, not Gene. They deserve what they are getting after they cheated.
Steve
November 9th, 2012
6:40 pm
I know nothing about the history of Georgia football? And how do you know that? You obviously know NOTHING about college football thinking UGA is going to get “pounded” in the first half by one of the worst teams in college football. It will be 28-3 at halftime.
Discount DoubleDawg
November 9th, 2012
6:40 pm
I was helping GTbob understand some things yesterday and I think the cat has his tongue… funny how logic and facts can get a guy all worked up. I like gtbob… he keeps things interesting. I am sure he will say he was busy or doesn’t care anymore or he had to wash his hair…
I Dog- that is a great question… I hate to say I am not sure what I would do. I see your point for sure but it is painful to go through what Auburn is going through… and think about what they might be going through the next few years.
Mountain Dawg
November 9th, 2012
6:41 pm
I think Cheesedip and Fishfry should play in the feces bowl.
dan
November 9th, 2012
6:43 pm
You know what Spurrier: take advantage of your opportunities. Period. You knew from day one what the schedule would be, so put your big boy pants on and get it done. Yeah UGA didn’t play LSU, but who’s to say the Dawgs wouldn’t have beaten them. Your team whipped UGA, but then lost to LSU, and absolutely no showed vs. Florida. So you deserve it more than UGA because of that? Football is about seizing opportunities and your team didn’t do it, so deal with it.
Buckeye
November 9th, 2012
6:43 pm
Auburn shocks the dogs small world.
joe jenkins
November 9th, 2012
6:44 pm
28 -3 huh? lol….i guess you were hiding under a rock…when we played those road games
Silver Dawg
November 9th, 2012
6:44 pm
To Garrison, please be advised that a lot of fans know and understand the difficulties of being a student-athlete. As a fan I sure do appreciate it.
Buckeye
November 9th, 2012
6:44 pm
Shall Auburn not shock the wold, Bama will shock you dogs.
Steve
November 9th, 2012
6:50 pm
Buckeye, AKA no bowl game, Bama beating UGA would not be a shock at all. They are better than UGA. Moron.
joe jenkins
November 9th, 2012
6:51 pm
45-7 win for us last year…what a great day of celebration!!! anybody thinks we duplicate that score this year??? i dont….because when is the last time we blowed out the same opponent two years in a row….beat tenn 41-14 in 10…..dawgs 20- tenn 12…11……..dawgs 43….vandy-0…10……dawgs by a few in 11…..see my point???
Discount DoubleDawg
November 9th, 2012
6:51 pm
bama could shock us by not being prepared, laying down, giving up etc… sure, they could shock us.
Buckeye
November 9th, 2012
6:53 pm
D stands for Delusional
O stands for OVERRATED
G stands for GAC ( home of C. King)
S stands for the second letter is iSaiah ( the formerly Anointed one II)
Buckeye
November 9th, 2012
6:54 pm
Yoi stevo . Check the AP rankings.
Oh ya,
TIME OUT!
TIMEOUT!!
TIME OUT!!!
Ah, the memories.
joe jenkins
November 9th, 2012
6:55 pm
If auburn wins….can we trade coaches??? At least chesse dip has won the mnc….will we with richt??? i dont think so….he doesn’t know how to put together a cohesive o-line
Buckeye
November 9th, 2012
6:56 pm
I can hear it know – we beat the 2-7 (SEC! SEC!) Auburn Tigresses!
Discount DoubleDawg
November 9th, 2012
6:58 pm
buckeyes- if you want to pick a fight please say something with some substance.
Buckeye
November 9th, 2012
6:59 pm
Hey stevo,
Applebees just announced your table is ready.
joe jenkins
November 9th, 2012
6:59 pm
It will be a tragedy if we lose to the war buzzards….if we are losing at halftime…i wont be seeing the rest of the game….because my TV is going to be broken
Steve
November 9th, 2012
6:59 pm
N stands for NO BOWL GAME.
Buckeye
November 9th, 2012
7:00 pm
Substance would require a psychological analysis of your name…..starting with “discount”.
Buckeye
November 9th, 2012
7:01 pm
Hmmm……….I recall a certain Liberty Bowl vs. CONF USA.
SEC! SEC!
Discount DoubleDawg
November 9th, 2012
7:02 pm
is that really the best you can do? really? C’mon little guy you can do it…One more try.
Buldog Buck
November 9th, 2012
7:02 pm
All Spurrier and the Gamecocks did against Florida was make them overconfident; there wasn’t much “softening up” going on.
Buckeye
November 9th, 2012
7:03 pm
Face it dogs, there’s Bama and the rest. You are one of the rest.
No, your part of the SEC! SEC! Least.
Buckeye
November 9th, 2012
7:04 pm
Gotta go. The Buckeyes have the honor of playing in the Carrier Classic.
Buckeye
November 9th, 2012
7:05 pm
Peace Out dog girl scouts
ugab
November 9th, 2012
7:12 pm
Chizik came into auburn with a ton of senoirs on the team and paid for cam. Auburn has the players to win. Hell uga has had the players. There has been a lot of seasons wherr uga could of lost a bunch of games. Auburn will be tough. Chizik recruited OL last yr. Did uga? Ugas wr and ol has to step up. Wats left of them
ugab
November 9th, 2012
7:23 pm
Spurrier complains. Saban plays ball. Just win win win. Take notes CMR. H
joe jenkins
November 9th, 2012
7:27 pm
yeah….losing to aub would be worse than losing to central fla and colarado….just because they are just as bad as they are and with so much on the line
joe jenkins
November 9th, 2012
7:29 pm
if aub wins…they will tear down the goal post….please jarvis jones…do not allow this to happen
Outer Banks Dawg
November 9th, 2012
7:37 pm
Joe Jenkins is a tool. No way the Dawgs come out flat and uninspired for this one. Auburn folds like a pup tent after getting smacked around by the junkyard Dawgs.
SauteeDawg
November 9th, 2012
7:42 pm
Buckeye
Got you one of those free tattoos yet? Whats it say? No Bowl! or Can’t Bowl?
Spurrier should quit whinning about what happens at UGA. He should learn to take care of his own teams business. Quit making UGA his Bowl game every year and start preparing for some of these other games on his schedule.
Why did Auburn hire Chiznik to begin with? He never had a winning season. Was he a coach that the Alumni and AD could manipulate? Where is the Money man Lowder in all these talks of firing? He stepped down after his bank failure but where’s he at and what about his opinion? He’s the person behind bringing Chiznik to Auburn. Pat Dye says Chiznik is a better coach than Saban, what’s he think about firing Chiznik? Lots of uncertainty at Auburn. What happens to Van Gorder and The new OC?
RealityCheck
November 9th, 2012
7:43 pm
@ Buckeye
GAC also put Brannan Southerland, as well hanger ons Christian Robinson, Banks Lee, and one each of the Harbers and Chapples. Not bad for a AA parochial school
jp
November 9th, 2012
7:45 pm
hey buckeye nice record vs sec teams in bowls 1 win ever oh no i forgot had to give that back .think about it jerfk 0 for all time vs sec in bowl games. go play the losers and laggards and run your mouth . bama 35-suckeyes 6 ,auburn 31 suckeyes 14 ,dawgs 21 suck 14,bama 24 suck 14 ,vols 20 suck 14,scar,24 suck 7 scar 31,suckeyes 28 gators 41 sucks 14, lsu 38 -14 now i must give it to ya that is very consistent. the big ten or 12 is a total joke but hey at least you ignorant jokes voted for obama . maybe he declare yawll the champs of the state of ohio
WestOfAthens
November 9th, 2012
8:31 pm
Another November, another game.
Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry, stats and records are bye bye. The game dictates
HBTD
Rick James
November 9th, 2012
8:31 pm
Since we’re making excuses Tennesee softened Georgia prior to the South Carolina game.I wonder why nobody ever mentions that Alabama played none of the top 3 teams in the east..I guess because Spurrier’s team is in the east.Cry me a river.
Art silva UGA
November 9th, 2012
8:38 pm
Thought I was 120th meeting???
LowerAlabamaDawg
November 9th, 2012
9:31 pm
The Dawgs backing into the SEC East title? I heard a good joke by the talking heads on the sports radio show in Mobile today. Remember, in AL it’s all Tide all the time. They were talking about how the Dawgs will have backed into the East two straight years. This, one year after the Tide, not even the champion of their conference last year backed into a National Championship. Oh, how I would love for the Dawgs to shut these Bama folks up in the SEC championship game.
jp
November 9th, 2012
9:34 pm
joe jenkoff are you a georgia fan you did you complain when we beat fla because we only won by 8 or when we beat nd 17-10 to for the nc..You would complain if you won the lotto because you would have to pay tax. Richt is goin to win 5 sec titles in 12 years .he has won 114 games , 7 and 4 in bowls 3 and 3 vs saban 3 and 1 vs bama. 6 top 10 finishes 8 years of 10 plus wins after this year but he cant coach.go bitch to your ignorant friends and leave this page for the fans that like Ga . Hell get down on one knee and propose to Saban.It is idiots like you that boo 19 year olds and a coach that has the 4th best winning percentage in all of college ball for coaches that have been coaching for 10 years or more.hey i got an idea , instead oof watching ga tmrw when we win ,go to a pop warner game and cuss out some 7 year old offensive linemen and tell their coach he needs to be fired.it is fans like you that give uga fans a crappy rep. sweet dreams joe jerkoff
davidinloganville
November 9th, 2012
10:56 pm
joe jenkins
November 9th, 2012
6:24 pm
We had a great o-line in 02….since then we have struggled…why has richt let it get this bad???…..anybody know a good alcoholic beverage to drink when are getting pounded in the first half??
Do us all a favor and make it PRESTON…a double
Spurrier's an Idiot
November 9th, 2012
11:05 pm
Funny how Spurrier would complain. The Gators have had an off week before the UGA game, 18 of the last 22 years to rest, mend and game plan for the Dawgs while the Dawgs have been playing. This all started under Steve Spurrier in 1990. What a weasel. He would complain………
tom
November 9th, 2012
11:53 pm
would we fire mark richt?
Tuna
November 10th, 2012
12:39 am
As a Georgia fan (and alum), this game is ALWAYS circled on my calendar, ALWAYS!! Too big a rivalry to write off one team because they only have 2 wins. AU team is full of ex-Georgia highschool players, playing against old teammates and rivals on the Georgia side. A coach (Chizik) who is rumored to be losing his job, what else can they do but come out with an “us versus the world” mentality… I expect down to the wire and hope to the football Gods that the Dawgs escape with a victory! This game SCARES the hell out of me and something hasn’t felt right all week.
Fair n Balanced
November 10th, 2012
12:52 am
I don’t think Spurior is that dumb.
UGA Reporter
November 10th, 2012
1:39 am
Simply put, it is a “must win” for Mark Richt regardless of what happens if they lose the SECC game in the dome. Lose this one and Richt’s career at Georgia will end soon. Only a DA would believe otherwise. Georgia has very little chance of winning the East next season, and the boosters are restless for a title after seven looooong seasons.
SEC Reporter
November 10th, 2012
1:52 am
Georgia needs to run the ball a lot, not depend on tricky pass plays. This game sets up as a potential loss, especially if the team is flat like early last week. Very good chance Auburn wins. Very good. Been following this series for over 40 years. The freshman QB at Auburn will look like a senior by halftime…just watch and see. Georgia may win IF Auburn turns it over, but will not win by more than 7 points.
Fair n Balanced
November 10th, 2012
2:25 am
I don’t think Spurior thinks in this dumb of a fashion.
I Dog – obviously want a NC….duh, everybody does. Does Chizik deserve to be fired? 0fer is pretty bad. We are fortunate that we are not in Auburn shoes to feel what they feel but the problem is that once you experience top success, everything else is measured by that. The feeling you get in going from first to worst is rather strong.
At UGA we have mediocre, high level mediocre and good with a smidgin of great. We also have a clean program (except for dumb players acting out) with the toughest drug policy in the conference, and in the nation. Kids have opportunity on n off the field under CMR. we can’t do a lot better. CMR will get a NC. Just wait.
Fair n Balanced
November 10th, 2012
4:00 am
UGA Reporter – Friend, CMR has won 18 of the last 19 reg season games. His winning % is higher than ANY coach we have ever had. To ditch Richt any time soon is to postpone progress for 3 years. Let the boosters be restless. We are all restless to some degree. Dooley took 17 years to get 1 NC. yeah, we need to win an SEC championship. It isn’t for lack of trying. I’m assured of that. It will come.. But it’s the SEC. getting to Atl is a pretty good thing. Richt will get there this year for the 5 th time is it? Out of 12 tries with one tie in the East. That’s 6 East titles in 12 tries. How much better do we really want it?
Can't Wait
November 10th, 2012
5:28 am
B= Boring
U = underachiever
C = coping (having to admit you are a cheater is tough)
K = Kinda – (Kinda wish you had a better record vs the SEC in bowl games – 0 for 9)
E = envey – that’s why you post on this blog
Y= Yankie – just go home
E = egotistical – just ask you last coach and while your at it your current one too
gomdawg
November 10th, 2012
6:41 am
WHAT THE HELL IS A BUCKEYE, YOU GOT A COACH THAT LEAVES FLORIDA BECAUSE HE KNOWS IT WILL BE 2-3 BADS YEARS . IF HE’S A COACH MY BUTT IS A CHINESE TYPEWRITER
tell me again
November 10th, 2012
6:57 am
joe jenkins – you’re such a loser. If UGA wins tonight – Richt will have had the Dawgs in almost 50 % of the SEC title games since he has been in Athens. He lost two tough games to start last year and then did something that obviously Cheatzik and Spurrier cannot do – he rallied his team and won 10 straight and got to the big game. Spurrier beat UGA and then promptly laid 2 eggs in a row (including a total undressing against Florida) to promptly squash any hopes of going anywhere.
Mark Richt….just to name a few…..
One of only seven men in NCAA Division I-A history to record 90 or more wins in his first nine seasons
Two SEC titles, four SEC Championship Game appearances (not including this year)
Eleven straight bowl games
44-8 non-conference record, including 30-1 at home
Named the 2005 SEC Coach of the Year after a 10-3 season, SEC title and a No. 10 final Coaches poll ranking
Named the 2002 SEC Coach of the Year after directing the Bulldogs to their first SEC title in 20 years
Set a school record with a 13-win season in 2002
Posted Sugar Bowl wins over Florida State and Hawaii
In 2001, posted best record by a first year coach at Georgia since 1920 when Herman Stegeman went 8-0-1, Richt’s team went 8-4
I don’t think there are many coaches out there that could have done better than what CMR has done at UGA. He may not be the best coach in the country, but the truth is, he is one of the best and he plays in the best league in the country year in and year out. Not too shabby.
Dawgma
November 10th, 2012
7:03 am
UGA backs into SEC east beating #2 Florida in Florida. Spurrier is his usual crybaby self. Cocks rode into the SEC east lead on the legs of Lattimore and was carried off on a gurney that day in Columbia.
Without the best back in the SEC to carry your coach – cocks need to sit down and watch the dawgs roll an SEC championship they chickens could not last year..
Bo
November 10th, 2012
7:04 am
I keep hearing “never would have won without Cam”. Do you really think UGA would have a championship without Walker!!! Every championship team has a great player on it or they wouldn’t be there.
BigDawg
November 10th, 2012
7:07 am
First off the rumors are a ploy- Chizik will get another 2 years if things don’t turn around next year then the voices will get louder to fire him. Dawgs just have to go into Auburn where they have always played rather well and win under tough circumstances once more. See in this series the home field has been a disadvantage over the years as Georgia has won more at Auburn and they have won more in Athens. I look for a close game until the second half when we wear them down and take over the game.
As for o-line I have to agree, Richt and his coaching staff have done a poor job in recruiting in this area as you need to bring in 5 to 6 O-linemen every year to stay strong and be able to compete consistently each and every year, the trenches is where a football game is generally won and lost and also where most injuries occur as well. Anyways I just hope the Dawgs that beat Florida show up tonight, not the team that showed up in Columbia, South Carolina.
Go Dawgs
Buckeye
November 10th, 2012
7:09 am
Then Bama will “punch” the dogs.
Just sayin’.
stonecoldjim
November 10th, 2012
7:17 am
steve spurrier is a crybaby
stonecoldjim
November 10th, 2012
7:19 am
Gamecocks and Stevie can’t win jit
stonecoldjim
November 10th, 2012
7:20 am
and the Dawgs wll “PUNCH” back
John
November 10th, 2012
7:31 am
Richt laughing out loud at the idea that the team could overlook Auburn? It is the hallmark of Richt’s teams to be mentally unprepared to play in games they should win. West Virginia, Oklahoma State, Boise State, South Carolina (every year), Alabama (blackout), Kentucky (red out), etc., etc. It took Sean Williams to light a fire under the team this year, not CMR. Whether he understands that Auburn HATES Georgia second only to Alabama is anyone’s guess. The only saving grace is Richt has a good record against Auburn.
Cdpridg
November 10th, 2012
7:39 am
Steve Spurrier crying..gator fans crying…tech fans crying…auburn fans soon to be crying…even have a sad little big 10 buckeye fan crying all the while the Dawgs just keep on winning and winning and winning. Dawgs will pick up more hardware tonight. Face it loseres the Dawgs are superior!
RunninWithTheDawgs
November 10th, 2012
7:40 am
We could be in trouble if BVG decides to coach his defense up for this game, but I don’t think so. GO DAWGS !
1980Dawgs
November 10th, 2012
7:42 am
I’m here today to thank “Steve Spurrier” For beating our Georgia Bulldogs once again, and sending us back to the SEC Championship for a second time!! Gotta love a coach that loves to see his team fall for a second year again to the Gators and watch the team he hates the most Go to the Championship!!! Keep up the good work Steve!!! LOL!!
Go Dawgs!!!!
dale morphy
November 10th, 2012
7:42 am
Don’t expect a high scoring affair. Georgia will try to establish the running game and dominate the lines of scrimmage. I truly don’t see the Dawgs throwing the ball all over the field in this one. 28-14.
Joey
November 10th, 2012
7:57 am
Danm is there anything worse than a dork whose team is on NCAA Probation for playing ineligible players, coming on a blog of a clean problem, yapping?
Its easier to tolerate the Techies on here than the moron buckeye.
Enjoy the bowl game, THE Free Tatts U.
dawg4life
November 10th, 2012
7:57 am
Delane, Steve doesn’t have a point, he is bitter. The fact of the matter is, UGA handled their business, USCe didn’t. Go cry somewhere else dude.
Speaking of crying, hey Buckeye, what powerhouse conference is it you play in in again??? How many times have you been smoked by a SEC team, including UGA???? Ask Mr. Herbstreet about UGA…. You are just as bitter as Mr. Spurrier. Come back when you are relevant…
dawg4life
November 10th, 2012
8:00 am
Bo, you are 100 % correct. It takes a lot of things to align to win a NC. I think the difference is, that Dooley didn’t fall off the map when Herschel left.
GTBob
November 10th, 2012
8:03 am
I called myself Buckeye today! Ha ha ha! Fooled you dumb dawgs !
Kool-Aid Dreamz
November 10th, 2012
8:05 am
Auburn wins a close one, 24-20.
The end of the Kool-Aid dreams.
Kool-Aid Dreamz
November 10th, 2012
8:07 am
“Fooled you dumb dawgs!”
@GTBob: Bob, calling them “dumb dawgs” is redundant.
NCDawg
November 10th, 2012
8:25 am
Joe – do you need a medication check up? What is with all the Gloomy Gus stuff? The Dawgs have more talent than we did in 2002. A bunch more. You started on this depressive cycle right after Marlon went down. We have WR’s to put in place. David Greene would have loved to have had the WR’s we have right now. Our line has always had a history of injuries. I can’t think of a year that we weren’t pushing the envelope as far as depth. Our current line issues are due to the Great Purge, the NCAA being complete weenies about Kolton Houston, and guys opting to quit or transfer. Only injuries can you foresee. They are working on getting more linemen with this recruiting class. Our line is not that bad. Sure they had trouble with SC’s double trouble ends but everybody has that problem.
Doom and gloom does nothing but make YOU feel bad dude. It doesn’t soften the blow when you expect to be upset. It just prolongs it.
legionaire
November 10th, 2012
8:28 am
If UGA goes for the kill early to take out the crowd and take the steam out of a 2 win turkey buzzards it will get ugly. The turkey buzzards are a bad team. You won’t see a Kentucky effort in this one. The turkey buzzards have it coming. Pour it on.
Cdpridg
November 10th, 2012
8:32 am
Gt bob..it really doesnt matter…a loser is a loser…tune in around 7 tonight if you want to watch winning football
NCDawg
November 10th, 2012
8:36 am
The potential for a blow out is there… it depends on how the Dawgs handle business. If they don’t encourage Auburn this gets ugly quickly. If we encourage them then it is a battle. Take care of biz and we are talking about an epic beatdown tomorrow. Come out flat or bumbling and it could be a nail biter. We shall see which it is.
BTW for Auburn to win they will have to score more than 24 points or the Dawgs will have to bumble their way to less than 17.
RunninWithTheDawgs
November 10th, 2012
8:46 am
Look for a ballanced attack tonight from the Dawgs. We’ll be running and throwing. I expect Murray to go deep for at least one td , and I see a long run for a score coming from Gurley and maybe Marshall and maybe even Malcome. We’ve got a stable of good running backs and they’ll all get a good workout tonight…….poor Tigers. GO DAWGS !
observer
November 10th, 2012
8:56 am
UGA should win comfortably tonight. Maybe not a blowout, but 14 or so. That will put UGA in ATL and a shot at something really big. Now back to CMR and UGA’s place in the SEC. CMR stats have been discussed to no end. Wonderful winning records and 2 SEC champs. Those are hard facts. However since SEC divisional play, ALL the SEC powers have at LEAST 2 SEC champs and at a LEAST 1 NC. Yes, even poor lil AU and UT. This is CMRs last chance to bring some hardware home. At least in the foreseable future. If not, at the end of the BCS era, UGA as a program, history will say was no better than 6 during the BCS era. AL, LSU, UF are top 3 (you can argue the order), AU would check in at 4 (1 NC, 2 SEC, 2 undefeated seasons, UT 5 and UGA would check in at 6 in a conf that includes UK and Vandy and Ole Miss. Nothing to brag about.
disaster in Columbia
November 10th, 2012
8:57 am
why is this a night game?…this snoozer has 12:30 start time all over it…two teams going nowhere fast
Destin Dawg
November 10th, 2012
9:04 am
Dawgs 42 Auburn 17… close in the 1st half.. then Murray lights ‘em up… shocker Texas A&M 24 Alabama 21
joe jenkins
November 10th, 2012
9:05 am
Your right nc dawg…….i’m very disapointed that brown and bennett have went down…..I want our offense to get back to form…the way they were in september!!! If we stayed healthy at key positions and didn’t turn the ball over…i felt like we would win the mnc….yeah we did have more talent than the 2002 team before losing these starters…..Wooten has dropped alot of passes this year….so i dont have much confidence in him….we will be lucky if we dont get upset today
Joey
November 10th, 2012
9:09 am
Speaking of Bulldogs, here’s a quick item on one of UGA’s greats now in the NFL:
http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/5_nfl_players_on_the_verge_of_greatness/12150898?linksrc=home_x_back_head_12150898
Just click on “SLIDESHOW.”
disaster in Columbia
November 10th, 2012
9:16 am
you know times are bad in Auburn when your best QB isn’t even as good as Jordan Jefferson…
Joey
November 10th, 2012
9:18 am
UGA is all in the news this morning:
http://www.macon.com/2012/11/07/2241271/georgias-defense-and-the-nfl.html
Possibly four 1st rounders on our D, not counting Rambo.
How did we get beat by SC again?
General Mills
November 10th, 2012
9:24 am
It has come to my attention that the mighty ole ball coach has not won a game in three weeks.Cry me a river chickens.
Mike Franklin
November 10th, 2012
9:25 am
I put Spurrier into the same class as Petrino. The only difference is that the old ball (or maybe, bull?) coach hasn’t fallen off a motorcycle with his g/friend yet, lol.
Auburn isn’t gonna roll over for us… they are playing for pride now and you can be sure there isn’t much of that commodity in having the Dawgs come into their house to clinch a division title. They will play us tough… count on it.
Dawg89
November 10th, 2012
9:26 am
I can’t wait to hear Steve Spurrier gripe. I find it to be very entertaining. Most of the time he makes some good points. This year he will have to get creative in complaining about UGA. It’s not like SC had a perfect SEC record the only year they played in the title game.
Joey
November 10th, 2012
9:29 am
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1398640-what-georgia-can-learn-from-lsus-game-plan-vs-alabama
Joey
November 10th, 2012
9:44 am
SC beat UT on Oct 27th, General Mills.
I don’t get the put-downs of Spurrier by some UGA fans. If he had been our coach all those years he was with UF, winning 7 SEC Titles, and National Title, for the Dawgs, and talking smack, y’all woulda loved him.
Now he’s beaten us 3 in a row at SC, and still in position to match his 11-2 record of last season. He still is a great coach.
When’s the last time we won 11 games, by the way?
NCDawg
November 10th, 2012
9:46 am
Spurrier couldn’t stay in the Pros because he was deprived of his life’s goal. Beat UGA. He lost his shot at an SEC championship and maybe more to the Dawgs back in 1966. Ever since then he has schemed every way he can to get even. Yet here are the Dawgs on the verge of going to The Dome for a second straight year despite losing to Spurrier’s Clucks. After literally using up his team in his quest for vengeance, the chickens lost back to back games and once again Spurrier is playing 2nd fiddle to the Dawgs. How fitting. I wonder what his whine-fest will consist of this time? I wonder if he will stoop so low as to suggest that UGA bribed the league office to get Bama and LSU off their schedule to clear the way? Oh that would be so Spurrier like.
Hey Stevie boy! Would you like some cheese with that whine?
Big Crimson 75
November 10th, 2012
9:56 am
It’s apparent the Barn is gonna clip Chizik at seasons end.
In his first 3 seasons at Aubie, 3 bowl wins, a SEC title & a national title.
This year has been a mess, butt firing Chizik after 4 years proves they never should have hired him.
Who made that decision?
Shouldn’t they be whacked also?
It’ll get ugly tonight, UGA wins by 4 touchdowns.
Classic Trap Game for the Tide today!!
We’ll see what Johnny “Football” is all about.
Discount DoubleDawg
November 10th, 2012
10:00 am
Crimson- I can’t wait to see Jonny football today… Bama will slow him adown and win like they should but he is fun to watch either way. Hopefully we will take care of business and you see you guys in ATL.
Big Crimson 75
November 10th, 2012
10:03 am
Mike Franklin
9:25 am
I put Spurrier into the same class as Petrino. The only difference is that the old ball (or maybe, bull?) coach hasn’t fallen off a motorcycle with his g/friend yet, lol.
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Petrino is no where near Spurrier.
Like him or not, Spurrier is the 2nd best Coach in the history of the SEC.
He changed the Conference. He changed the way football is played in the SEC.
Petrino is nothing. Over-rated. Terrible human-being.
Mike – I know your a Falcons fan….you know Petrino is a weasel!!
Discount DoubleDawg
November 10th, 2012
10:07 am
Someone is going to hire Petrino… Who is going to pull the trigger? I would get as far away as possible from that guy but someone will stoop that low.
NCDawg
November 10th, 2012
10:08 am
Joey, Spurrier is a great coach but he is also a d*ck. I wouldn’t have liked him as our coach. I wasn’t overly fond of Donnan. I especially do not like the fact that he is a terrible winner and an even worse loser. If he could keep his mouth shut it might be possible to admire his coaching ability. But as it stands, he is a coach that I love to hate.
RunninWithTheDawgs
November 10th, 2012
10:16 am
Chuck Dowdle on WSB Bulldog Gameweek just announced that the Dawg’s ultimate goal this year is to somehow get into the national championship game. I think that’s something he made up in his own mind. The Dawgs are going at this one game at a time, and we haven’t even clinched the East yet. Trust me. The national championship game is not even in the radar scope at this time. Talking heads always try to blow things out of proportion. GO DAWGS !
I need a towel
November 10th, 2012
10:22 am
Trooper and Chizk prancing on the AU sideline and waving towels during the second half made me ill in 2010.
Las year and hopefully today, UGA fans wave the red flags in their faces.
Go Dogs. WHUP EM!!!
D-MAN
November 10th, 2012
10:24 am
Buckeye=Dumbass yankee Obama lover!
UGa and SC
November 10th, 2012
10:31 am
UGA will never consider SC a rival, with Steve coaching them or not.
UGA has basic, long, long standing rivalries with GT, Auburn, UT and Florida. Alabama and then LSU.
I define rivalry as a series over maybe 75-100+ years. SC is a step child in the SEC and YES, they whipped UGA but good and 3 years running. UGA WILL BE in the SEC CG if we win tonight. SPURRIER knows this fact and it is eating at him.
UGA, not SC will win the east, IF we win tonight in this HUGE RIVALRY GAME !!!
GO Dogs
Seriously?
November 10th, 2012
10:44 am
Cheese it was a curious hire in the first place. He’d been on staff at Aub, true. He had a losing record
as a HC. This does not always mean anything (see Belichick’s record per Patriots) but often it does.
After Cam and Nick Fairley left, we found out that in cheezy’s case, his record per AllBarn did in fact, mean something.
Dogs roll. Petrino, amid tears and declarations of ‘I have sinned and I’ve changed my ways’ reminiscent of the performances of Tammy Baker and William Clinton, becomes the next coach at
Alabama Cow College. As an Athenian, a 35 year season ticket holder and all around Dog, I’ll hate to see Petrino slime his way back into the SEC against a team we play every year.
Imwould prefer they hire Paul Johnson.
Seriously?
November 10th, 2012
10:45 am
Or…I would prefer they hire CPJ. Sorry, blog police.
Joey
November 10th, 2012
10:48 am
I hated him too, NCDawg, but my point is, we would have loved him had it been UGA he was leading to all those wins and championships. I can understand the GatorNation loving him, after Dooley had their number for so many years.
I bet we both would have forgiven him for his “mouth” because, he won, with never a hint of wrongdoing of any kind. Period.
And I still have to go back to reading Mark Richt’s own words, that when news of Kathryn Richt’s cancer got out, Mark’s first call was from none other than SOS.
That’s why I take offense to the comparison to Petrino.
BulldogMike
November 10th, 2012
10:56 am
Okay, let’s get this thing squared away one last time about that Carolina coach over there. Last season Gamecocks had the east wrapped up with a win over a sad Auburn team. AND this game was played at Columbia no less. They ended up getting smoked. This was the same Auburn team the Dawgs dismantled in Athens by 4 TDS. Okay, now we fast forward to this season. Once again, the ole ball coach can beat Gators and win the East. What happens? Once again they self destruct. Beaten badley by a team that didn’t score a touchdown against UGA. So Gamecocks, we are all pretty tired of this crying about schedules. You only played one game against LSU that we didn’t play. Everything else was dead even. Bottom line is you all chocked season away Again !
Joey
November 10th, 2012
10:56 am
UGa and SC,
I imagine you are alone with that “rival” reasoning. The fact is, a border state, SEC team who has beaten us 3 straight times, is a freaking rival.
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November 10th, 2012
11:02 am
Bama will murder UGA in the Dome, but the idiots will keep Richt.
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November 10th, 2012
11:05 am
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November 10th, 2012
11:06 am
UGA wil murder Tech in Athens, but the idiots will keep PJ.
vince drooley
November 10th, 2012
11:18 am
Final Score:
Chizik — 1 National Championship
Richt — 0
I-DOG
November 10th, 2012
11:20 am
Fair and Balanced: You said that Richt will win a national title soon. When is soon? What gives you such confidence that it will happen soon. I think it is more likely that UGA will win a lot of games against the 2-3 cupcakes, tech, Vandy, KY, MO etc… with wins every now and then over top 20 teams over the next 2-3 years.
Next year we pick up LSU and Clemson and lose 9 starters from the D, I don’t think it will happen next year. That will be 13 years at the helm. Do you think if we double that amount of time it will happen if we extend his contract to 26 years total? or will it be sooner than that?
I have become a vegan and cut out high fructose corn syrup from my diet so as to increase my life expectancy so that I may witness Richt’s glorious national title year. It is just around the corner… I can feel it.
BILLY JACK
November 10th, 2012
11:38 am
Spurrier is not like Petrino-Petrino is probably the 5th or 6th worst person on the world.Spurrier gets his smart comments in but I dont think there is anything sinister about him or his comments-I think Spurrier is funny most of the time.Most Georgia people do not hate Auburn like they hate Georgia Tech for instance.Georgia and Auburn actually have alot in common and Auburn people are not vile and gross like tech folks are.I think Georgia is peaking at the right time and will not look past AU-too much on the line for that.
Brainiac (CMR/UGA Fan For Life)
November 10th, 2012
11:41 am
@ Merbert Moover:
Don’t kid yourself!!!!!!!!
Auburn would hire Osama bin ladin IF he was available and they thought he would be competitive in the SEC!!!!!!!!!!!!
Joey
November 10th, 2012
11:48 am
I-DOG, you didn’t read Fair n Balanced right – he didn’t say Richt would win a NC “soon.”
He said, “Just wait.”
Unlike you (and me), those Richt-fan-boys are v e r y v e r y p a t i e n t . . .
Brainiac (CMR/UGA Fan For Life)
November 10th, 2012
11:52 am
@ I Dawg{
I will name you lots of schools that have NEVER won a MNC for everyone you can name that has won. a MNC UGA finished No. 2 in the Nation in 2007 and those decisions are made by a bunch of so-called Sports Experts. Only the illinformed and immature think good coaches must win a MNC in order to be defined as a “GOOD COACH” but I realize you and your ilk probably still believe in Santa Claus, The easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy and that Obama is not a BIG A$$ LIAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dawgsgone
November 10th, 2012
12:00 pm
Control the game with defense and running game. Very intense rivalry and you never know what may happen “over there.” Dawgs have to be prepared to start at the kick off and play there a–es off till the clock runs out. Margin of victory does not matter, just win AND THEN start to work on SECG plans.
Brainiac (CMR/UGA Fan For Life)
November 10th, 2012
12:11 pm
@ Vince Drooley:
Year 2013 ———————Chizek = Unemployed!!! —————-Doesnt have a winning career record——————Auburn Dollars bought him/themselves a QB that won them a MNC—————NCAA has moved a permanent office to AWBARN
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Year 2013——————— CMR = Only 3 active coaches in AMERICA with a better won/loss record –
——————–Won 2 SEC Championships & 6 SECe Championships in 12 years————–Guaranteed to never get UGA into big trouble with the NCAA —————an OUTSTANDING man of character———————Still drawing that ZILLION DOLLARS/Year——————shares his wealth with his staff that are underpaid————-Will be at UGA as long as he likes!!!!!!!!!!!!
ANY QUESTIONS ????????????????????????????????????????????????????
RunninWithTheDawgs
November 10th, 2012
12:13 pm
Vince Drooley — Sorry, but you got it wrong. Goes like this:
Cam Newton — 1 nat. championship
Mark Richt —- 0
But that’s ok. Newton’s NCAA career is over. Richt’s is NOT. GO DAWGS
Brainiac (CMR/UGA Fan For Life)
November 10th, 2012
12:17 pm
@ Billy Jack:
You are precisely correct. If Spurrier(Property of Bill Stanfill) was our coach he would be a great comedian and a hero although he has peaked at USCe and will retire in 2 or 3 more years. You will never see MNC and USCe mentioned in the same sentence!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thomas
November 10th, 2012
12:21 pm
You gotta respect Garrison Smith’s comments! GO DAWGS!
Joey
November 10th, 2012
12:27 pm
Brainaic, 100% agree with you about the LIAR . . .
Mike Franklin
November 10th, 2012
12:29 pm
Big Crimson 75 – Talking character and moral compass… not wins and losses. No doubt both are gifted coaches and field tacticians but… this is college ball and style points mean more than that. Spurrier and Petrino are cut from the same cloth in that respect.
alpharetta alice
November 10th, 2012
12:35 pm
Texas A&M’s etry into the SEC has knocked UGA solidly into the realm of “mid-tier SEC program”, the territory of UTenn, MissState, Auburn, and now UGA.
Douglas
November 10th, 2012
12:41 pm
Hey Buckeye…who are u to talk? You cheated your way to victories and would not be undefeated if it were not for a dishonest blind referee against Purdue. Go back and hide under a rock.
DawgNole
November 10th, 2012
12:48 pm
Joey
November 10th, 2012
10:48 am
I hated him too, NCDawg, but my point is, we would have loved him had it been UGA he was leading to all those wins and championships. I can understand the GatorNation loving him, after Dooley had their number for so many years.
I bet we both would have forgiven him for his “mouth” because, he won, with never a hint of wrongdoing of any kind. Period.
And I still have to go back to reading Mark Richt’s own words, that when news of Kathryn Richt’s cancer got out, Mark’s first call was from none other than SOS.
That’s why I take offense to the comparison to Petrino.
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SC certainly has forgiven him–even after all those lopsided whuppin’s he put on the gamechickens while he was coaching the gators.
TNDawg
November 10th, 2012
1:01 pm
After all the beatings and trash talk over the years from him, I’m looking forward to hearing Spurrier cry about it almost as much as playing in the SECCG. I hope UGA wins and I hope Spurrier whines about it a lot.
Dawg '88
November 10th, 2012
1:03 pm
This talk about “others” will say that Georgia got there by beating another bad team or backed into the SEC championship game as stated by Chip Towers….sounds more like Chip Towers saying what he thinks.
Stuff it Towers….suck it up pal. We will win the East whether you like it or not. Get over it….blowhard.
DawgNole
November 10th, 2012
1:05 pm
BulldogMike
November 10th, 2012
10:56 am
Okay, let’s get this thing squared away one last time about that Carolina coach over there. Last season Gamecocks had the east wrapped up with a win over a sad Auburn team. AND this game was played at Columbia no less. They ended up getting smoked. This was the same Auburn team the Dawgs dismantled in Athens by 4 TDS. Okay, now we fast forward to this season. Once again, the ole ball coach can beat Gators and win the East. What happens? Once again they self destruct. Beaten badley by a team that didn’t score a touchdown against UGA. So Gamecocks, we are all pretty tired of this crying about schedules. You only played one game against LSU that we didn’t play. Everything else was dead even. Bottom line is you all chocked season away Again !
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“This was the same Auburn team the Dawgs dismantled in Athens by 4 TDS.”
Better make that SIX TDs (45-7)–strictly in the interest of accuracy, of course. Otherwise, your observation of SC’s whining is valid.
kingdaddy
November 10th, 2012
1:07 pm
Alice
The GT game too hard to stomach???
NCDawg
November 10th, 2012
1:08 pm
Petrino is in a league of his own as far as scum go. No way can you group Spurrier in with him in any way. I hate Spurrier but I loathe Petrino. I am a Falcons fan so you can see where that comes from but his actions in Arkansas buried the needle on the human slug meter. I can’t think of anyone in the game that comes close… from the past or present.
GIGO
November 10th, 2012
1:12 pm
Spurrier has no one to blame but himself…he gets his team hyper-psched for the UGA game every year…without a doubt, the cocks consistently play their best game of every year against UGA…then, SC and Spurrier come down from their all-consuming focus on UGA…and lose…multiple games. It happens every year. So congrats, Spurrier on beating UGA…might want to work on bringing the same intensity and focus to your other SEC games. Enjoy watching the SECG on TV.
DawgNole
November 10th, 2012
1:12 pm
Joey
November 10th, 2012
10:56 am
UGa and SC,
I imagine you are alone with that “rival” reasoning. The fact is, a border state, SEC team who has beaten us 3 straight times, is a freaking rival.
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Mostly what it takes to develop a “rival” is to have them start beating you repeatedly. Regrettably, that’s exactly what has begun to happen with SC.
NCDawg
November 10th, 2012
1:16 pm
Alice, did you include Florida in that list? If they are elite how come the Dawgs beat them in a straight up slugfest? How about throwing LSU in there because UF beat them and while you are at it might as well throw SC in there too. Hell anyone who isn’t Bama is mid tier, right?
kingdaddy
November 10th, 2012
1:16 pm
I think we give too much credit to Lil Stevie, and not enough blame to an unprepared UGA team that didn’t play up to their potential…not even close…
Tough opponent
November 10th, 2012
1:18 pm
Wow, these dawgs sure know how to play the toughies and get to the top of the division, don’t they, LMBO.
kingdaddy
November 10th, 2012
1:22 pm
GT must be getting :humped already. The nerds are coming out…
NCDawg
November 10th, 2012
1:22 pm
Beau di o do… come back with some real facts and we’ll talk about it. Good luck in your search. Any old idiot can say that someone is a sleazebag but serious people back it up with facts or in the case of Petrino no digging is necessary. He broadcasts it loud and clear.
kingdaddy
November 10th, 2012
1:24 pm
Listen to the commentators making excuses for SCs blowout at Fla…
GIGO
November 10th, 2012
1:25 pm
Hahahaha…..we don’t care who we play…hater
NCDawg
November 10th, 2012
1:28 pm
SC is irrelevant now. They controlled their own destiny and blew it. How it happened doesn’t matter. The commentators can spin it any way they like. Truth is SC lucked out with Petrino screwing himself and Ark ending up being a joke. They could be looking at loss #3 otherwise.
kingdaddy
November 10th, 2012
1:29 pm
NCDawg
Bo-di-o-dho, is winded from blowing up his life-size sex partner, lol…
kingdaddy
November 10th, 2012
1:32 pm
Doesn’t matter, I’m pulling for Arkansas for 4 quarters…
DawgNole
November 10th, 2012
1:38 pm
kingdaddy
November 10th, 2012
1:32 pm
Doesn’t matter, I’m pulling for Arkansas for 4 quarters…
____________________
Same here. A third loss is about the only thing that will quiet the g’chickens.
Joey
November 10th, 2012
1:52 pm
“Same here. A third loss is about the only thing that will quiet the g’chickens.
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Better question – what the hell will quiet the Techies?
DawgNole
November 10th, 2012
1:56 pm
Joey
November 10th, 2012
1:52 pm
“Same here. A third loss is about the only thing that will quiet the g’chickens.
**************************************
Better question – what the hell will quiet the Techies?
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Answer to better question: The Dawgs will address that issue Nov 24 at Sanford Stadium.
Discount DoubleDawg
November 10th, 2012
1:57 pm
a dragoncon parade? or at least that would distract them.
NCDawg
November 10th, 2012
2:04 pm
Watching the replay of the game last year. It was 7-7 with 6:13 left in the 1st quarter. Auburn scored on that first drive and then that was it for them. So if we are tied going into the 2nd quarter all is not lost folks. I don’t want it to happen but it might… and we can still throttle them.
Music City Dawg
November 10th, 2012
2:05 pm
Although from this article it appears that Spurrier didn’t actually say those words, he still sucks!!! He is such a whiner and everything is all about him, always! Regardless, GO DAWGS!!!!
Joey
November 10th, 2012
2:14 pm
Yes. You know PJ isn’t looking forward it – nothing worse than a very talented team, that is also motivated. That game could be one of the worst for Tech in the entire series, if Richt was that kinda guy. He will take it easy on PJ.
Richt has done that a few times, for coaching brethren who wouldn’t have thought twice about running the score up on Richt’s teams. Most blatantly with Houston Nutt last year. Richt will probably take it easy on Chitzik tomorrow, if he gets the game in hand.
NCDawg
November 10th, 2012
2:20 pm
The Plain Truth – where are your facts? Coach Richt has nothing to do with how a player behaves off the field. They are punished..and much more severely than our competition if they screw up. If CMR looked the other way or favored specific “star” players in his discipline, I would have an issue with that. But he doesn’t and I challenge you to give a specific incident , even one, that proves otherwise. Give up now…because you can’t. If you are going to accuse someone of being sleazy then back it up with facts. Otherwise go crawl back into the slime pit that spawned you.
kingdaddy
November 10th, 2012
2:20 pm
Joey
Why beat a dead horse? If the game is in hand, why not put LeMay in for a few snaps or even P.W.? Just as long as they don’t turn the waterhoses on us again…
kingdaddy
November 10th, 2012
2:24 pm
NCDawg
lil stevie just suspended Garcia again. Look for him to sit out at least half a practice…
Discount DoubleDawg
November 10th, 2012
2:26 pm
I wonder what Lemay’s future holds… With Murray possibly coming back and Hutson Mason and Ramsey on deck I just don’t see where his opportunity is to really contribute (of course, unless there are injuries). I had high hopes for him but in limited action he has not looked good. Maybe you’re right though, he needs more action/reps in order to really see what ability he has…
kingdaddy
November 10th, 2012
2:28 pm
More cheapshots at CMR by anonymous sources…
Joey
November 10th, 2012
2:28 pm
Oh I’m not complaining kd. It’s who Richt is, and part of why he is so respected.
I did like Spurrier’s reply way back when a reporter asked about his running up the score. He said, when they quit trying to score, I’ll quit trying to score!”
By the way kindaddy, wish I had been around for the ambush the other night – I saw the next morning, that you were on your own vs a pack of scumbags on Shultz’s blog.
You were a lot nicer than I woulda been . . .
NCDawg
November 10th, 2012
2:31 pm
Damn sad the way these trolls come on here and throw out BS of that sort…they must be liberals because only they have enough nerve to throw out baseless allegations with no facts and expect people to believe it. And sadly alot do.
kingdaddy
November 10th, 2012
2:33 pm
Triple D
The kid just needs to play more. I would never had bet that Murray would stay healthy behind his Oline for the last two years. Even with a great Oline, its hard to keep your QB healthy. Christan is a DGD…
DawgNole
November 10th, 2012
2:35 pm
Joey
November 10th, 2012
2:14 pm
Richt will probably take it easy on Chitzik tomorrow, if he gets the game in hand.
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I’m just hoping he doesn’t take it easy on him before the 4Q.
kingdaddy
November 10th, 2012
2:35 pm
Joey
I wasn’t talking about you bro, lol. You are anything but anonymous. We good…
kingdaddy
November 10th, 2012
2:40 pm
Joey
was talking about The Plain Truth (nerd-alert) …
Bopper
November 10th, 2012
2:41 pm
I challenge anyone to watch the replay of the Georgia-Florida game, and you’ll see how hard it was for Georgia to win the SEC East.
had to knock off the No. 2 team in the country, and it was a tough game that went down to the wire.
Murray came up big near the end fo the game, Jarvis stripped #11 at the goaline, and then Gurley ripped off a 20+ yard run on 2nd and 15 to ice the game and run out the clock.
People don’t realize how good Florida was, Florida DOMINATED LSU, and LSU gave Bama EVERYTHING BAMA could handle.
UGA SHOULD have shot up to No 2 after that win over No 2 Florida, that’s how impressive it was.
Bopper
November 10th, 2012
2:43 pm
Malcolm Mitchell made some HUGE plays in the 4th quarter against one of the best corners in football, Florida’s Purifoy, Mitchell just whooped up on him, and Murray’s passses to Mitchell had to be perfect, and they were.
NCDawg
November 10th, 2012
2:46 pm
Bopper… minus Murray’s 3 picks and all the penalties..we would have. Everybody just blew it off as ugly. It was a slugfest… a slobberknocker. It ranks right up there with the defensive battles we used have against Clemson in the 80’s. No it wasn’t pretty but we beat UF at their own game.
Draggin' Fly
November 10th, 2012
2:49 pm
Looseyanna Lafayette 17 – Gaiters 13 3d quarter.
kingdaddy
November 10th, 2012
2:50 pm
Joey
we lost . Isay give them what they want. Don’t stand in their way, that way they won’t have us to blame the trashing of America on. Even though they still will. Give them enough rope and monitor the election better. I’m still being attacked on Schultzies blog by a couple of putzs, but they are paying with a pound of flesh, lol…
kingdaddy
November 10th, 2012
2:59 pm
Go to Schultzies blog before he closes comments. I had to spank JJS pretty hard, but he seemed to enjoyit. I think I struck a nerve, lol. You know me…
DawgNole
November 10th, 2012
3:01 pm
Don’t look now, guys, but ULL is taking it to the gators in Gainesville.
DawgNole
November 10th, 2012
3:03 pm
kingdaddy
November 10th, 2012
2:59 pm
Go to Schultzies blog before he closes comments. I had to spank JJS pretty hard, but he seemed to enjoyit. I think I struck a nerve, lol. You know me…
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I watched that exchange with interest. Just wish you’d direct some of those guns toward Thomas Brown, too. That demented dirtbag makes JSS look like a saint.
Joey
November 10th, 2012
3:03 pm
kd, like my momma used to say, “in this world, there are givers and there are takers.”
I’m a giver, but I think we are vastly outnumbered now.
Draggin' Fly
November 10th, 2012
3:07 pm
Cajuns 20 Fighting Muschamps13 – 4th Q
Discount DoubleDawg
November 10th, 2012
3:09 pm
Kingdaddy had I been aware of what was being said on that blog I would have hung in there with you. I tangled with gtbob on some similar issues and as I have said before its funny how some react to facts and logic… some just can’t handle it.
Discount DoubleDawg
November 10th, 2012
3:09 pm
The gators can’t lose to ULL can they? damn…
kingdaddy
November 10th, 2012
3:13 pm
DawgNole
I try not to address TB. Takes up too much blog flogging…
DawgNole
November 10th, 2012
3:17 pm
He needs to be flogged.
kingdaddy
November 10th, 2012
3:19 pm
I really hate SC…
Joey
November 10th, 2012
3:20 pm
Dang, NC helped PJ find his offense again, huh?
Discount DoubleDawg
November 10th, 2012
3:20 pm
I can’t follow his long rants… I lose interest quickly. Too many words with very little substance… At least some others in his world are concise with their nonsense.
kingdaddy
November 10th, 2012
3:24 pm
DawgNole
tb is pulling for UGA since UF game. I have ben sitting back, watching it unfold.
These announcers are killing me. The cocks D has stiffened, just doesn’t sound right on TV. At least it isn’t lou putz…
Joey
November 10th, 2012
3:31 pm
“The cocks D has stiffened…?”
There goes your ESPN gig . . .
Cdpridg
November 10th, 2012
3:38 pm
Well Spurrier just beat an elite Arkansas Razorback football team…..too bad he gets to sit at home wit a box of tissue while watching the Dawgs play for more hardware….hahaha!
kingdaddy
November 10th, 2012
3:38 pm
Just didn’t sound like they wanted it to. Too bad for Arkky. I like how Brando claimed SC was beatup when they went to UF, lol. They beat UGA 35-7, but got beatup, really. No, those guys aren’t biased…
Discount DoubleDawg
November 10th, 2012
3:39 pm
gators just blocked a punt and ran it in with 2 seconds to go to win
kingdaddy
November 10th, 2012
3:40 pm
What’s up Cdpridg???
kingdaddy
November 10th, 2012
3:43 pm
3D
are you kidding me???
who has the live feed at the Dawgs game tonight???
kingdaddy
November 10th, 2012
3:45 pm
Sumlin is a good coach. He will do great in SEC…
dawgfan
November 10th, 2012
3:47 pm
LOL @ Florida celebrating like they won the freaking super bowl after needing a miracle to beat Louisiana-Lafayette. What a bunch of amateurs.
Have fun watching us in the Dome Jort Nation.
O'Ventbrel
November 10th, 2012
3:47 pm
Northwestern gets downed by a Wolverines team with a horseshoe up its behind
North Carolina’s D sleepwalks at home and gives up 600 yards to GT
And Florida scores 2 TDs in the final 2 minutes to escape UL-Lafayette
The epitome of frustration in my college pick ‘em world haha (with the exception of Florida, I was just hoping they’d lose)
DawgNole
November 10th, 2012
3:53 pm
kingdaddy
November 10th, 2012
3:24 pm
DawgNole
tb is pulling for UGA since UF game. I have ben sitting back, watching it unfold.
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Yeah–and pretending that he’s been pulling for them all along. Also can’t get him to acknowledge that he predicted 4 or 5 losses for the gators right up until their loss to UGA. But I have his post stashed away–and will pull it out at some point.
Of course, the way fla played today, I thought for a moment there he might be right.
NORRIS CHUCK
November 10th, 2012
3:55 pm
Well Florida probably wouldnt have won this game is LA-Monroes coach had had any kinda spine. 1:47 left and they run three straight times. Two times the QB showed everybody in the stadium he was handing it off.
When you are on the road and have chance to have a monumental win, sometimes you gotta try and go ahead and win the game. Tha loss is on the LA-Monroe coach.
kingdaddy
November 10th, 2012
3:58 pm
DNole
That old saying “On any given day! ” Wow, hope Richt & Co. are watching the Ages…
Discount DoubleDawg
November 10th, 2012
3:58 pm
Gurley- over/under 125 yds tonight?
I say over. Not wishful thinking but I see us coming in with the running game, having some succes, and sticking with it.
kingdaddy
November 10th, 2012
3:59 pm
Aggies..
kingdaddy
November 10th, 2012
4:00 pm
Streak over…
Discount DoubleDawg
November 10th, 2012
4:01 pm
If A&M wins, what is the scaenrio for the west? Bama has to lose to auburn to not go to ATL?
kingdaddy
November 10th, 2012
4:01 pm
I say we run for over 200…
kingdaddy
November 10th, 2012
4:03 pm
Good ?
Discount DoubleDawg
November 10th, 2012
4:05 pm
Dang Kirby… what’s the deal? Johnny football for real?
Draggin' Fly
November 10th, 2012
4:07 pm
Voles and Tigers 3d overtime. Missouri just got screwed out of a two point conversion.
DawgNole
November 10th, 2012
4:11 pm
NORRIS CHUCK
November 10th, 2012
3:55 pm
Well Florida probably wouldnt have won this game is LA-Monroes coach had had any kinda spine. 1:47 left and they run three straight times. Two times the QB showed everybody in the stadium he was handing it off.
When you are on the road and have chance to have a monumental win, sometimes you gotta try and go ahead and win the game. Tha loss is on the LA-Monroe coach.
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The LA-Monroe coach had nothing to do with this one. fla was playing LA-Lafayette.
Draggin' Fly
November 10th, 2012
4:12 pm
UT misses 2 pt conversion. Going to 4th overtime.
DawgNole
November 10th, 2012
4:14 pm
UGA badly needs Bama to win today. ONLY hope for NC consideration is victory over undefeated/No 1-ranked Tide.
Draggin' Fly
November 10th, 2012
4:17 pm
Mo stops UT on 4th Down. Now a Tiger FG wins it.
Jimmy Crack
November 10th, 2012
4:17 pm
Young Dooley…The nicest guy you’ll ever fire.
Left Coast Dawg
November 10th, 2012
4:19 pm
First time in a while that I’ve seen Bama look so discombobulated! Timeout in in the 1st quarter with 13 defensive players on the field.
Draggin' Fly
November 10th, 2012
4:19 pm
John Gruden is getting fitted for his Orange pants (snort). Mo wins 51-48.
Discount DoubleDawg
November 10th, 2012
4:19 pm
Yup… Doolander is a goner and I hate that for him.
kingdaddy
November 10th, 2012
4:20 pm
“If it bleeds, we can kill it! “Swartznegger…
Left Coast Dawg
November 10th, 2012
4:20 pm
TX A&M is cleaning the Tide’s clock right now……they have no answer for Manzel and they still have too many players on the field!!
Left Coast Dawg
November 10th, 2012
4:22 pm
Bama is about to go down 21 points in the 1st quarter.
Left Coast Dawg
November 10th, 2012
4:24 pm
Wow…..the way A&M is moving the ball, me thinks Oregon would have field day on Bama……Score!!!! 21-0 A&M.
Draggin' Fly
November 10th, 2012
4:24 pm
Man, we need Kirby Smart in Athens….NOT.
DawgNole
November 10th, 2012
4:25 pm
Bama apparently shot their wad in last week’s game-winning drive against LSU. This will take a lot of the shine off the SECCG–and likely will ensure that the SEC doesn’t win another NC this season.
Left Coast Dawg
November 10th, 2012
4:26 pm
Sure hate this for Bama……wanted the Dawgs to be the ones to smack Bama in the mouth like this during the SEC Championship game.
Left Coast Dawg
November 10th, 2012
4:27 pm
Not so sure about that DawgNole……the other undefeated teams are still likely to lose.
Discount DoubleDawg
November 10th, 2012
4:29 pm
DawgNole you are correct… The only consolation might be a temporary relief from bama arrogance.
Draggin' Fly
November 10th, 2012
4:29 pm
McCarron’s Mom’s left boob just exploded.
Left Coast Dawg
November 10th, 2012
4:32 pm
Missed Xtra point 20-0 after 1st quarter……wowsers, never saw this coming!
NCDawg
November 10th, 2012
4:34 pm
Wow! 21-0 I told you Bama was vulnerable… the perfect storm…Bama is flat and A&M is executing nearly perfectly. Bama can’t get pressure on Johnny Football. Will Bama wake up?
DawgNole
November 10th, 2012
4:35 pm
Left Coast Dawg
November 10th, 2012
4:27 pm
Not so sure about that DawgNole……the other undefeated teams are still likely to lose.
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We can only hope.
DawgNole
November 10th, 2012
4:36 pm
Discount DoubleDawg
November 10th, 2012
4:29 pm
DawgNole you are correct… The only consolation might be a temporary relief from bama arrogance.
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You nailed it there. I was just telling my wife the same thing. You’ll notice they’re already conspicuous in their absence here.
DawgNole
November 10th, 2012
4:38 pm
It also lurks in the back of my mind that if A&M can pull this off, Auburn sure as hell can be trouble. After all, look what ULL almost did to fla.
Cdpridg
November 10th, 2012
4:42 pm
Kingdaddy…in Savannah..world of beer waiting to watch the Dawgs smack Aubie around
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Discount DoubleDawg
November 10th, 2012
4:44 pm
Yep- great time for our coaches to ramp up the intensity, urgency, etc…Lets don’t trot out there making any assumptions. Not that we would ever do that on purpose but I would love to think we are preapring to come out with some fire.
Draggin' Fly
November 10th, 2012
4:47 pm
“There’s more to UT football than winning games.”
Some fans still sipping the Doolade on the UT fan blog. Bless their hearts.
Discount DoubleDawg
November 10th, 2012
4:50 pm
One of my neighbors is a die hard bama fan and he just started doing yardwork… Not sure if he knows about the last TD but apparently he had seen all he could take… Literally, out doing yard work.
atlfalconsfan0125
November 10th, 2012
5:03 pm
Alabama will win.
kingdaddy
November 10th, 2012
5:08 pm
Saban plays 60 min. Football…
kingdaddy
November 10th, 2012
5:09 pm
I don’t think he made it…
Discount DoubleDawg
November 10th, 2012
5:14 pm
Bama probably will win and they should. Good reminder for us about last years SEC championship game. First halfs don’t always mean too much. We need to play 4 quarters also instead of just 2.
Less than 2 hours until kickoff!
NCDawg
November 10th, 2012
5:20 pm
The question is whether A&M’s defense is enough to slow down Bama. The will play keep away in the 2nd half. Can A&M put up 30+ on Bama? That is the question. Now I see why Saban was sqawking about no huddle offenses. Should be an interesting 2nd half.
atlfalconsfan0125
November 10th, 2012
5:21 pm
Saban will light those boys up in that locker room. Thats the difference between Richt and Saban.
Discount DoubleDawg
November 10th, 2012
5:30 pm
there are more differences than that… captain curmudgeon vs a nice guy… Don’t bore me with the same ole’- thats why Richt is no good etc… etc… Saban is a great coach- period. Richt is a really good coach and a great man. I have been through many highs and lows with the dogs and I am a Richt supporter 100%.
atlfalconsfan0125
November 10th, 2012
5:39 pm
I support richt too. I want more fire out of him. He doesnt value winning.
Put in Timeout by Ken Suguira,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned once by Bill King & Chip Towers but only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
November 10th, 2012
5:43 pm
Is it time to go to the High Dive?
How is that PMS Murray Heisman campaign going?
DawgNole
November 10th, 2012
5:51 pm
atlfalconsfan0125
November 10th, 2012
5:39 pm
I support richt too. I want more fire out of him. He doesnt value winning.
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Oh, he values it–but maybe just not quite enough in those BIG games.
kingdaddy
November 10th, 2012
5:58 pm
Don’t ever think Coach Richt does not want to win. He does but he lacks that killer instinct that Saban and lil stevie both have…
kingdaddy
November 10th, 2012
6:00 pm
Smart
It’s going better than Techs chances of going to a bowl, lol…
Discount DoubleDawg
November 10th, 2012
6:08 pm
yep- 5150- aka Ken Suguira- good luck making it to sweet bowl this year!
Put in Timeout by Ken Suguira,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned once by Bill King & Chip Towers but only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
November 10th, 2012
6:28 pm
Are you sure King Daddy?
Why aren’t you on Jeff’s LIVE blog?
No DewDrop tonight?
Put in Timeout by Ken Suguira,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned once by Bill King & Chip Towers but only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
November 10th, 2012
6:30 pm
Those Big Bad SEC top 10 teams are looking like Football Gods…LOL
Put in Timeout by Ken Suguira,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned once by Bill King & Chip Towers but only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
November 10th, 2012
6:34 pm
I LOVE the use of the word PUNCH in the title….That can’t happen can it? I mean Fat Dirty Pig Ben Jones is in the NFL now. LOL but TRUE…NO Gut Punched in the Pile tonight.
DawgNole
November 10th, 2012
6:47 pm
It’s over for Bama, and for UGA and the SEC in terms of an NC this year.
DawgNole
November 10th, 2012
7:05 pm
Looks like I may have spoken too soon. GOOD!
Spartacus
November 10th, 2012
7:16 pm
anybody know what channel the GA/Auburn game is on? It’s blacked out on Direct Tv near Savannah
DawgNole
November 10th, 2012
8:42 pm
Guess I didn’t speak too soon after all. BAD!
Michelle
November 10th, 2012
10:23 pm
Hey Aubie, can you say SHUT OUT. My Dawgs played beautifully:)
Michelle
November 10th, 2012
10:27 pm
As far as Richt goes…he’s a fantastic coach who concentrates on coaching instead of being a “character” for tv.
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