UPDATED: After beating Auburn to win East, Bulldogs focus sights on bigger goals
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Georgia's Christian Robinson (45) and Devin Bowman (37) celebrate among their fans, who came to Auburn in large numbers in anticipation of clincing the SEC East. (AJC photo by Brant Sanderlin)
AUBURN, Ala. – The Dogs are back in the Dome. But that’s not the end-goal this time around.
With a resounding 38-0 win over Auburn Saturday night at Jordan-Hare Stadium, No. 5-ranked Georgia clinched a berth in the SEC Championship game for a second year in a row.
The Bulldogs (9-1, 7-1 SEC) closed out the conference season tied with Florida (9-1, 7-1) as SEC Eastern Division champions. But they will represent the East in the Georgia Dome on Dec. 1 based on their 17-9 win over the Gators on Oct. 27. South Carolina (8-2, 6-2), which beat Georgia 35-7 on Oct. 6, finishes third in the East.
“This feels great,” senior safety Bacarri Rambo said. “This is what all the seniors and everybody that stayed out of the NFL came back for. We still haven’t finished. This is just a ticket to the Dome. Now we’ve got to go there and handle business.”
Said sophomore wideout Malcolm Mitchell: “This is everything we worked for. But, then again, we’ve got to remember getting there is not enough. We’ve got to win it. So we’ve still got a lot prepare for.”
Georgia lost to LSU 42-10 after leading 10-0 in the SEC title game last year. Coach Mark Richt was asked if he thought the Bulldogs might have a better shot this time around.
“We’ll just see,” he said. “I’m not going to predict what’s going to happen. I’ll just say we want to play better this time. Atlanta is not the end of the road, we hope.”
The Bulldogs will play Alabama in the SEC title game if the Crimson Tide can beat Auburn on Nov. 24. No. 1-ranked Bama (9-1, 6-1) was upset by No. 15 Texas A&M Saturday in Tuscaloosa, Ala. It will be the fifth time Georgia has played in the SEC Championship game since Mark Richt became its coach in 2001. The Bulldogs also won the SEC championship in 2005 and played in the title game in 2003 and 2011. The Bulldogs had never played in the title game before Richt’s arrival.
Richt said the Bulldogs “didn’t get caught up in” what was happening up the road in Tuscaloosa.
“We’re just very thankful to have the opportunity to go back to Atlanta,” Richt said in a room outside Georgia’s victorious locker room. “We’re excited about winning the East, there’s no doubt about that. Be we know there’s still a lot of work to be done.”
Georgia clinched this berth the same place it clinched its first one under Richt. It was the 10th anniversary of the game in which quarterback David Greene hit Michael Johnson with a fourth-quarter touchdown pass on fourth-and-14 in 2002. Georgia went on to win the overall SEC title that season.
Saturday was the 12th time the Bulldogs clinched an SEC title against Auburn, which they for the 116th time in the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry. It was Georgia’s sixth win in the last seven games in the series and ties it overall at 54-54-8.
“We’re not satisfied,” senior wide receiver Tavarres King said. “We know we’ve got bigger things ahead of us. We’re not going to look past Georgia Southern or Georgia Tech, but we know what lies ahead. We want to win that thing. Last year I think getting there was kind of our destiny. This year it’s win it. We want to be SEC champions and hopefully that’s what will happen.”
Murray quieted the crowd quickly. The Bulldogs’ junior completed his first 10 passes of the game and threw for 186 yards in the first half, with touchdown passes to three different receivers – Chris Conley, Malcolm Mitchell and King (who was wearing the No. 15 jersey of injured teammate Marlon Brown). The Bulldogs scored on their first four possessions of the game on drives of 76, 80, 64 and 90 yards. Including last year’s four-TD passing performance, Murray is 32-of-42 for 432 yards and 7 TDs the last two seasons against Auburn.
Georgia also got 100-yard rushing games and single touchdowns from freshman tailbacks Todd Gurley (11-116) and Keith Marshall (8-105). Marshall had a 62-yard scoring run in the third quarter.
Georgia’s defense did its part. They entered the fourth quarter having allowed just one touchdown and four field goals in the last three games. The Tigers had only 34 yards rushing on 19 carries and 153 total yards when the starters exited the game early in the fourth quarter.
Jarvis Jones added two sacks in the first half, giving him 10.5 on the season, 3.5 short of the school record. Safety Bacarri Rambo had an interception, giving him 15 for his career.
“We’re playing some good ball right now,” Jones said. “We’ve just got to keep doing it every week to be the best.
This year’s clincher was considerably easy for the Bulldogs. They kicked off to open the game, then scored on their first four offensive possessions to build a 28-0 first-half lead. Georgia didn’t punt until there was just 30 seconds remaining in the first half, and only then after tight end Arthur Lynch dropped what would have been a first-down catch.
“We knew we had to come in here and try to get on them early and try to put some points on the board,” said Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray, who had completed 18-of-24 passes for 208 yards and 3 touchdowns when he left the game late in the third quarter” Trying to get their fans out of it was the biggest thing. When you play away games, if you can get the crowd out of the game that’s huge. We were able to do that early and make some big plays.”
The dynamics are decidedly different on The Plains. Just two years after winning a national championship, Auburn’s Gene Chizik is coaching amid multiple reports that he will be dismissed at season’s end.
The discontent is understandable. The Tigers fell to 2-8 for the first time in 60 years and dropped to 0-7 in SEC play, also for the the first time since 1952. The Tigers were 1-7 in league play under Terry Bowden in 1998 and 0-6 in Sonny Barfield’s last season in 1980.
“I don’t entertain those thoughts,” Chizik said of his tenure possibly being over. “I have only one quest . . . and that is getting our seniors ready to play their last game at home and trying to get a win.”
The mood could not have been more different in the visiting locker room. There the Bulldogs were daring to dream about winning the SEC championship three weeks hence. The All-American Jones was asked why he thinks it might be different this time.
“We’ve matured since last year,” he said. “I think we understand the game better. We got that feeling, that taste of the SEC last year. We know we’re capable of beating any team from the West. We’re focused and we’ve got goals. Last year our goal was to make it to the SEC. This year we’re looking past that. We don’t want to just get there. We want to win it.”
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J Clay
November 10th, 2012
10:11 pm
Before all the haters get on here, congrats to Coach Richt and the team.
Ron O
November 10th, 2012
10:14 pm
Bama here we come with Jarvis football
The Auditor
November 10th, 2012
10:15 pm
I feel bad for Vad Lee in two weeks… Coach PJ will probably be pitching the idea that keeping it within 35 points would be a moral victory. Tech better be careful, because if they keep down this path, Georgia State is going to supplant them as the 2nd best team in the state. It’s great to be a Georgia Bulldawg!
dreamandWonder
November 10th, 2012
10:16 pm
Congrats Dawgs! Look out Tech. you’re next
Steve Spurrier
November 10th, 2012
10:17 pm
Only East Division games should count.
LDawg
November 10th, 2012
10:18 pm
The Bulldogs will play Alabama in the SEC title game if it can beat Auburn on Nov. 24. Huh? Didn’t we just beat them?
MA English 75
November 10th, 2012
10:18 pm
Amen!!! Go Dawgs!!!!!
Outer Banks Dawg
November 10th, 2012
10:18 pm
SEC East Champs!
Pj
November 10th, 2012
10:18 pm
Go you hairy Dawgs! Richt haters can shampoo my crotch
Sunbury Ga dawg
November 10th, 2012
10:19 pm
Hats off to you guys, Now lets win the state championship and beat Bama in the dome!
Jumbo B
November 10th, 2012
10:20 pm
Go Dawgs. You did the Bulldog Nation proud tonight.
Steve Spurrier
November 10th, 2012
10:20 pm
No wait. This year, only head-to-head games in the East Division should count. We beat UGA, so we should be champs.
back door johnny
November 10th, 2012
10:21 pm
Georgia southern is the second best team in the state thank you!
AJ
November 10th, 2012
10:21 pm
UGA just won the ONLY division in the NATION with 3 TOP 10 RANKED TEAMS.
If UGA beats ALABAMA, UGA HAS to get into the BCS Championship.
No way Notre Dame, with their 5 wins of 7 or LESS points, is better than UGA.
No way K St or Oregon, who play 1 top 5 ranked teams, where UGA plays 3 are better than UGA.
If LSU got in with 2 losses, Bama got in last year wiht 1 loss, it would be GROSSLY UNFAIR to keep UGA out, especially when UGA plays in the ONLY dvision with THREE TOP TEN RANKED TEAMS.
back door johnny
November 10th, 2012
10:22 pm
Where are the Bama trolls? hello…….hello…….
jlew
November 10th, 2012
10:24 pm
Solid overall performance! Go Dawgs!
Snoop
November 10th, 2012
10:26 pm
Great job, Dawgs! Think of what mght have been if it weren’t for Richt and Bobo…
AJ
November 10th, 2012
10:28 pm
uga AND k sT ARE THE only 2 TEAMS IN THE COUNTRY TO RANK IN THE TOP 20 IN SCORING OFFENSE, and SCORING DEFENSE.
Cornelius Washington's Neck Brace
November 10th, 2012
10:29 pm
How bout them Dawgs! Go to Hades all you Richt haters…..it’s not a perfect season but we have a chance to win the conference…..we still have the triple option practice game and then Georgia Tech which is actually the BIGGEST GAME of the season…..it’s been a good year….weak schedule but play the schedule we’re given.
Frankly
November 10th, 2012
10:33 pm
Steve Spurrier
November 10th, 2012
10:20 pm
No wait. This year, only head-to-head games in the East Division should count. We beat UGA, so we should be champs.
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Coach Superior is always good for a laugh.
1969 Graduate
November 10th, 2012
10:33 pm
Congratulations to the team for winning, and for all the impressive improvements over the course of this season. Let’s keep improving, beat Alabama, etc., but let’s not overlook our remaining games. Beating Tech is never a given.
Congratulations also to Texas A & M. You guys have had a great first year in the SEC, and played extremely well. You’ve showed us what it takes to win over Alabama, too.
Go, Georgia Bulldogs!
AJ
November 10th, 2012
10:34 pm
LSU beat Auburn 12 to 10. Auburn is better than their record. And no, UNTIL UGA, shut them out.
UGA could have scored 60, but took Murray out, which was a nice gesture of sportsmanship.
Outer Banks Dawg
November 10th, 2012
10:35 pm
I am ready for the NCAA playoff. What’s amazing to me is that Texas A & M is playing like the hottest team in the country after 2 early losses in close games. They have no shot at any sort of title. Georgia playing good ball. I love it when we get a shot to win it at the Dome. Win that one, and Sugar falls from the sky. Tell me, Alabama can’t be beaten?
Dawglasville
November 10th, 2012
10:35 pm
Great win. Total team effort. Cool that King wore Marlon’s jersey. Good to see Samuel get some runs. LeMay is going to get a lot of work in practice over the next two weeks. What in the hell has happened to Van Gordor?
GB's Hamburgers
November 10th, 2012
10:36 pm
Murray threw behind receivers on the first three touchdowns, but they caught them anyway …. then he got on track and was very good. Good game all around. In garbage time it would be nice to see the other quarterbacks get a chance to run the offense. But instead they were used to shorten the game. We’re so conservative that we lose these opportunities to build depth. Can’t see a reason to keep playing the first team defense and then not even try to make first downs on offense. Richt chose not to embarrass them further but I keep remembering the 2010 game.
t rex
November 10th, 2012
10:36 pm
go you hairy dawgs—
Steve Spurrier
November 10th, 2012
10:36 pm
I forgot that UF beat us and that UGA beat UF – so what does that mean? Oh my head hurts…
AJ
November 10th, 2012
10:37 pm
When the playoffs get here, UGA will start stacking up Natl Champshp trophies, because the BIAS ANTI-UGA MEDIA won’t matter anymore.
Bitter dawgs fan
November 10th, 2012
10:38 pm
The trailer parks in –tusk-ur-looserville are uh burning
—Blhahahahahahahahaha—-what say you paul fne-bum
——-blahahahahahah——–johnny football—-hahahahahah
———–little used car salesman——hahahahahhahah
William Perry (The Fridge)
November 10th, 2012
10:38 pm
Any minute now those boys with those impressively low IQ’s will tell us what was wrong with CMR and Coach Bobo tonight.
Bitter dawgs fan
November 10th, 2012
10:39 pm
—roll tide—blahahahahahahahahahahahah
NCDawg
November 10th, 2012
10:43 pm
The Dawgs were on it early… I’ve never seen such a boring win. It was NO MAS from the second series on. Like the shutout. The score really doesn’t indicate how one sided this game was. Auburn cannot be digging getting dominated twp years in a row. Go Dawgs! Win out and beat Bama. Maybe something good will happen.
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Roll Over Tide(HardTruth Soldier)
November 10th, 2012
10:48 pm
Roll Tide, Why you sooooooooooooooo quite tonight? Did your Day not turn out right? Bid man you been raising all that Hell, until you met Mr. Football Johnny Manzeil. Now you cower back into recluse mode, you were the prince, now your the Toad.Laughed at UGA, Funny when you thought we were a flop, tomorrow when the rankings come out we’ll be on top..of you Tide Roll, just remember Johnny and the Boys took your soul.
Outer Banks Dawg
November 10th, 2012
10:49 pm
It is unrealistic to think about a BCS title. Something crazy could happen, but I see Southern Cal beating Notre Dame the last week of the year. I can’t see anyone beating Oregon. Maybe Stanford, but I doubt it. Oregon runs Stanford and Oregon State outta the gym. K State looks great and has nobody left. So I’m betting on a KState vs Oregon title game. Georgia vs Alabama winner will go to the Sugar Bowl. I’d love to draw Notre Dame in that game and expose them.
Imagine Oregon vs. SEC Champ and K State vs Notre Dame in the 4 team BCS playoff. Then we could be getting excited about the National Title.
‘Our Team, Our Time, No Regrets’. We can’t regret that fateful nite in Columbia, because we are playing for the SEC Championship, which we all know is far more significant than the BCS.
Go Dawgs! This team makes me very proud to be a Dawg! Way to go coaches and players! Our program is headed in a great direction!
Anybody think we should hire Chizik and his defensive staff? Wait…. Um… Let me think… no
This defense always makes me think about Bad Bad Leroy Brown….:-)
Dawgpooh
November 10th, 2012
10:50 pm
Love to see the Dawgs line up against Oregon and see if they could stop that offensive juggernaut. Probably will never happen, but oh what a sweet game that would be.
Roll Tide with Pride!!!
November 10th, 2012
10:52 pm
Congrats on winning the SEC east and beating Auburn.
Our loss today hurts the SEC’s chances to make the bcs title game.
Sorry we let the conference down.
TAMU played great and congrats to them. They earned it.
As for our matchup, BAMA will win this one handily in the 4th. UGA’s Oline is not elite. Murray chokes in big games. Both Prostyle offenses and 3/4 defenses. Bama will win the trenches and have superior coaching.
Sorry Dawgs, just not happening.
Sec top 6
1. BAMA
2. LSU
3. TAMU
4. UGA
5. Usce/FLORIDA
Outer Banks Dawg
November 10th, 2012
10:54 pm
Baddest man in the whole damn town…. (#29, #18, #9, #36, #5)
HardTruth Soldier
November 10th, 2012
10:56 pm
Tide people, Georgia Fan here, D Day is coming, and your weakness has been exposed. Once you looked invincible, now you look well.. Human again. Your gonna play a team, that like, 2007 has crunk up and are in steam roll mode.Bama, our house, our rules. See you in December, and we won’t be passing out Christmas gifts, but we will pass out one thing……….PAINNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!
RedandBlackDAWG
November 10th, 2012
10:57 pm
teve Spurrier
November 10th, 2012
10:17 pm
Sounds like another case of bad heartburn from sour grapes to me. Once again your team is 3rd in the division, and the whole seasons games still count, in deciding who wins the conference title.
Lakedawg
November 10th, 2012
10:57 pm
Old blaqckout, crimson 75, roll tide, bc , big red and the rest of the gang are back home in lower bammer crying in their mooshine.
RedandBlackDAWG
November 10th, 2012
11:00 pm
Roll Tide with Pride!!!
November 10th, 2012
10:52 pm
That’s why fans of teams don’t play or decide the outcome of the games. The teams will decide the outcome, and as was proven today, “On Any Given Saturday”, one team can lose to another. You might want to wait until after the SECCG before you start celebrating.
Outer Banks Dawg
November 10th, 2012
11:01 pm
Dawgs will scorch Alabama secondary. Roll Tide… Your defense doesnt like having to play that up tempo style. Makes substituting difficult an neutralizes your depth advantage. Well that’s just our game… I’m your huckleberry. You got lucky last week, exposed today. we got the Blueprint… Good luck running the ball against our Front 7. I like our D just as much as yours, and I like our O better. This is the Dawgs SEC Championship year.
HardTruth Soldier
November 10th, 2012
11:03 pm
Roll Tide w/ Pride,
Texas A&M Feels pride, we feel disrespected, we coming for ya’ll and a wake up to shake up the BCS.
flo-ri-duh
November 10th, 2012
11:03 pm
UGA shut down their offense half way through the 3rd quarter or it would have been 58 – 0′ Personally I hop Auburn keeps Chizik and gives him an extension.
westtexasdawg
November 10th, 2012
11:08 pm
Thanks Roll. I think you should have made TAMU as no. 1. Rest we will see at the champ. game
UGA Dumbass
November 10th, 2012
11:09 pm
Is this Nick Fairely’s fault too? You bunch of whining babies. UGA my soldier boy.
drbasic1
November 10th, 2012
11:14 pm
@roll tide with pride
you put yourselves first after A&M just beat you…shows your bias…your top six are only a figment of your imagination…well at least you still have your fantasy……as for your jibberish about Bamas superior o line over the dawgs, well guess we shall see, but again, i think you are in your own little bubble of a fantasy world….good day
Hank Hill
November 10th, 2012
11:15 pm
Dogs are headed to the Dome, and the Aggies proved that Bama can be beaten.
Dawg Whisperer
November 10th, 2012
11:16 pm
Roll back the Tide is more like it. How is that A&M beat the Bammers a few hours ago but Alabama is better than them? Bammer has become Bummer and we can thank Johnny Football for exposing the Tide as nothing more than a big splash.
drbasic1
November 10th, 2012
11:18 pm
oh btw, Alabama’s “weak” schedule just caught up with them….
NCDawg
November 10th, 2012
11:41 pm
I’ve been telling everybody that Bama lost last week… they just got a break by Chavis backing off on that last drive. Bama is very beatable. If you have some balance and can get the ball downfield they are in trouble. They do not get to the passer. They get some pressure but they lack a dominant pass rusher. The Dawgs are their worst nightmare. We run the ball well and our receivers can beat their corners. Plus we run a hurry-up. They make mistakes when you force them out of their methodical defense. I really look forward to facing them in The Dome.
For now we have to take care of business and hope some November craziness opens up an opportunity. I think it is fortuitous that we get to play an option team to tune up for Tech. Part of their success comes from the fact so few teams do what they do offensively. If the Dawgs play smart against Ga Southern and get used to the option game it could be ugly against Tech. I think Southern’s defense may be better than theirs. LOL.
Go Dawgs! Win out and go into the SEC Championship 11-1. Then roll the dice.
OrlandoDawg
November 11th, 2012
12:06 am
Bobo…Texas A&M offensive game plan vs Bama…hit them in the mouth early and quick, & make them try to beat us passing…Go Dawgs!
Vince Dooley
November 11th, 2012
12:24 am
Great to whip Auburn by 38 points two years in a row and basically running it up the middle for the last quarter and a half of both games.
ATLien
November 11th, 2012
12:40 am
Touchdown BEARS!!! Go Cal
Real Dawgs Fan
November 11th, 2012
12:42 am
UGA goes to SECCG for 6th time in 13 years…..
Will the CMR haters please just go away?
7576DAWG
November 11th, 2012
1:45 am
If ESPN and the BCS does not let an SEC team defend the National Title I hope the 7 or eight teams from the SEC who are ranked will make it their jobs to beat their Bowl opponent as bad as possible. Absolutely no mercy. Maybe the BCS will start the playoff next year.
mopardog
November 11th, 2012
2:08 am
Well, this is the SEC folks. Any Given Saturday is right. TAMU gets beat by Gators. Dawgs beat Gators. TAMU beats BAMA. It is one football game that will be played in Atlanta, and only one will leave the victor. And thats all there is to it. Bama can be defeated. Georgia is gonna bring it and play balls deep. If we lose, then we lose. As long as our team plays with all their heart, all their power, all their love, everything they’ve got, then victory is in our hands.
aarh
November 11th, 2012
2:51 am
LDawg- No, what he said was that UGA would play AL if AL beats AU on 11-24. UGAs already, but if AL loses to AU, then they may not be in…depending on how the tie breaker works, bc it looks like there’s a possibility that their may be a 3 way tie if that happens.
UGA2012
November 11th, 2012
5:03 am
If it went to a “three-way” tie, then, it would go to div. wins and losses (which gives steve spurrior a hard-on) and thus would put the Aggies in the dome their first year in the SEC lol which i’m glad isn’t happening. Had the div. wins and losses been tied between say , LSU and Aggies, it would go to who is ranked higher in the BCS. Been warning my Bama friend all week about that new team from Texas that plays D, and was the best offense that Bama faces in the regular season. Cant wait to see how Gurley/Marshall, Murray, and our still very talented recieving corps handles that Bama D..
SauteeDawg
November 11th, 2012
5:22 am
Tide Roll, Blackoutanyone? And once again the supposedly best coach money can buy lays an egg on the big stage. Running game hailed as the best in college football would have been the better choice on the goal line there coach. Out coached by the one of the SEC’s newest teams. Sanan’s been throwing hints the past few weeks as excuses for his lack of coaching. One excuse aimed at the no- huddle offense, says its dangerous to defensive players? Also doesn’t give defense time to get set and substituting players is limited. Now it’s ” I’ve won 3 NC’s with a one loss team”. This is nothing more than begging for a second chance like last year. Bama’s schedule is weak and the past two weeks have exposed a team that’s 4th best or maybe 5th in the SEC. People talk about UGA not playing Bama or LSU from the west? Who did Bama get from the East? Mizzou and Tenn? Bama didn’t get the three top ten Gamecocks, Gators, or the Dawgs. Still a one loss Bama could come out ranked higher in the BCS on Sunday?
Buzz 2011
November 11th, 2012
6:15 am
GT will scorch the weak Dawg secondary and Bama will sweep away the ashes!!
zbulldawg
November 11th, 2012
6:39 am
Before the polls come out tonite. I want to start off by saying ND couldn’t beat 6 teams in the SEC. They couldn’t beat UGA,Bama,LSU,Cocks,FLA,Texas A&M Got it . I say this cuz you got UGA & Bama with 1 loss. Our UGA team is currently 5. Bama was #1 but lost. So just because ND is undefeated they shouldn’t be rated above our highly rated teams. What they gonna do drop UGA down or even worst slide Bama way down. YES we need a playoff But still do ya’ll see where I’m coming from ? If you had a playoff right now who would be invited K st. OU ND and then what ? ND not going to be the champions of any thing but themselves. Just trying to make a point !! LET THE BIG DAWG EAT
Hairy Dawg
November 11th, 2012
6:46 am
Great job Dawgs and Coach Richt! I love putting the beating on Cheese Dip and Awful Burn. They gets it back 10 folds for cheating with $180 Clams Newton and that cheap shotting dirty Farley. We win for 10 years to paybacks Loudermouth. But now we got bigger games to hunt like a bunch a elephants and that lowlife Sabans. Them Tidey Bowl Rolling Turd Trolls choked against Big12 at home. Wait till we get them on road in ATL Dome against best team in SEC the Dawgs. Then we expose them as chump pretends. We can’t waiting to Dec beat down of Crimsons Crud. Dawgs wil show Saban that he not welcome to recruit in Georgia.
RedandBlackDAWG
November 11th, 2012
7:31 am
Buzz 2011
November 11th, 2012
6:15 am
Only a fan of GT would be stupid enough to say what you said. Crap, you won yesterday, but gave up 50 points in doing it and you talk about UGA’s defense. Your team can’t block against sub par defenses and can’t defense sub par offenses. Jarvis will be in your teams head after the first few plays your offense runs. Murray will pass you into a stupor after the first couple of offensive sets and our freshmen running backs will stomp all over your very weak defense. Most likely the game will be over by half time, much like that one on Saturday and Auburn is ahead of you in both performance and talent. UGA will go to a good bowl, and you can play in front of the El Paso crowd once again, in a completely meaningless game, against a completely meaningless 6-5 team. Chances are who ever that is will also beat you.
You need to go back to the tech. blog, if they ever have anything serious to blog about, and leave the football talk to true fans of a real football team. You and your team are irrelevant.
Preston Thompson
November 11th, 2012
7:33 am
Wow. Some of you folks are over the top in bravado and boasting. Don’t get so high that a fall breaks your neck. Yep Ga won and are on their way to the SEC title game. And if they play to their potential they can win that one. But don’t let your excitement cloud your reasoning. Still got 3 games to play and just think what a loss would do now while you’re celebrating. Not good. It ain’t over yet. But it’s looking good. Maybe I’m just to old for all this bragging crap. I know what’s on the other side of it.
beachside BULLDAWG
November 11th, 2012
7:34 am
“This will be UGA’s 5th trip to the conference championship game under CMR, we NEVER participated prior to CMR’s arrival!” Good God, what else do you need to know…..praise the man or at least leave him alone!
1969 Graduate
November 11th, 2012
7:43 am
It would be very hard to accurately rank the best of the SEC right now, just like it’s very hard to accurately rank the BCS. Heck, who am I kidding. Both tasks are impossible. That’s why we need a real playoff.
One thing that makes college football so interesting is the fact that teams improve so much over the season. Case in point would be the UGA team that beat Hawaii. In that same vein, UGA may well be a much better team now than many teams which were better early on this year. I seriously doubt that we’d lose to South Carolina in a rematch next week. I also think we have a decent chance at beating Alabama.
Coach Saban and his staff got out coached yesterday, which was interesting. On any given Saturday, could Coach Richt’s coaching staff out coach the Alabama staff? As much of a fierce critic of Mark Richt as I’ve been, and as much of a harshly fierce critic of Mike Bobo as I’ve been, I’ve seen some signs of life in our coaching staff. Bobo looks like he may be beginning to develop towards a junior assistant offensive coordinator level; I mean that as a compliment, considering that he used to be worse than my old pee wee coach at play calling. Shoot, that coach was way better than the old Bobo, but now Bobo might be a bit better. Point being, coaching has been one of UGA’s Achilles heels, and it’s improving, whereas it may be moving in the wrong direction for Alabama. I suspect that’s too much a rose colored glasses view, but it’s a possibility.
Bama has definitely been exposed in the last two games though. Yesterday’s game was like the Buster Douglas fight for Mike Tyson. After Douglas whipped Tyson, everybody knew the blueprint. Can Alabama change the blueprint? We’ll see, won’t we. Can UGA show up for the championship game believing they can win? Can the UGA staff put together an aggressive game plan and make the need adjustments as the game progresses? Is our offensive line stout enough?
I’d trade a BCS championship game for a chance to play ND in the Sugar Bowl.
Go, Bulldawgs!
DawgFan
November 11th, 2012
8:19 am
My heart goes out to the Auburn coaching staff and players. NOT!!!
ga gator
November 11th, 2012
8:35 am
I think back to all of the Redneck Bama fans who made fun of a passionate Tim Tebow for crying after the SEC Championship game in 2009; poor AJ McCarron.
ga gator
November 11th, 2012
8:36 am
zbulldawg I totally agree.
jerry
November 11th, 2012
8:45 am
38-0 over a nobody appears to have the same effect on Dawg fans as a can of spray paint on a huffer.
Spike
November 11th, 2012
8:46 am
Tech, you are next!!
Dawg1
November 11th, 2012
8:49 am
One game at a time. Georgia Southern is pretty good and will hang around a little while before rolling over – hopefully this one is in hand by the end of the first half. Tech is perhaps the most bizarre team in the NCAA this year. I think we can expect a difficult game from Tech, but Georgia’s defense matches up so well with their offense – I can’t see UGA slipping up here. Georgia wins.
Really wanted Alabama to win yesterday. You could clearly see that the were parts of their game that wasn’t at the level it was the last two years. And as hungry as Georgia will be in that game – I felt it was there for the taking. This game will be an absolute war now. But really do feel that this is the Dawgs year. (But neither will make it to the NCS Game).
Oregon and KSU are no going to lose and they have played tough enough schedules to get the points needed to get in.
The voters are tired of the SEC and are looking for reasons to put someone else in there.
Auburn’s weak performance this year actualy hurts both Alabama and Georgia
Is what it is… Reminds you of 2002. At the end of the year, Georgia was playing better Football then both Ohio State and MIami. That’s life…
The upside, if they win out – it keeps the team on a roll and it that should allow the team to finish strong in recruiting.
Fun to be on the optimistic side of things verses a couple of years ago…
UA Grad
November 11th, 2012
8:49 am
Congratulations on the Lee County win. Hope we can rebound and play at good game in Atl. I noticed there were several late hits on Murray that didn’t get called.
RTR.
Outer Banks Dawg
November 11th, 2012
8:59 am
Buzz,
I need some of whatever you’re smoking. How is Tech gonna scorch Georgia’s secondary? Have you guys learned to throw a forward pass?
MY Dawg
November 11th, 2012
9:04 am
Oregon is all offense. When Auburn played them for the NC, it was stated that Auburn was the bottom teir team of all the recent SEC N.C. teams. Who has N.Dame played that is relevant? Who in the hell outside of Southbend cares they are undefeated? Kansas State, are you for real? They play no conference championship game, and who is their biggest win over??? This is how i see it
1) Oregon
2) Alabama
3) Georgia
4) Kansas State
5) Texas A&M
6) Notre Dame
BCS : Voters : and all other potential button pushers I have 1 question for you. What division has more top ten teams than any other in the BCS? I rest my case…..
long-time dawg
November 11th, 2012
9:05 am
Congrats CMR and Dawgs. Looks like y’all are finally remembering how to play football.
Mike Franklin
November 11th, 2012
9:09 am
Focusing ahead to the Dome is not what I would call very smart and I don’t think… or at least, I hope that the coaching staff keeps their feet firmly on the ground for the two remaining regular season games.
Mark
November 11th, 2012
9:14 am
Neuter Dame, Pansy State and the Quacks would all lose to 5 SEC Teams!
yamadawg
November 11th, 2012
9:37 am
Great job Dawgs!!! Congratulations to the players and coaches for gaining the focus and starting to peak at the right time!!!
WDE
November 11th, 2012
9:38 am
Congrats to the supposedly worst starting QB in FSB to the softest defense to the worst HC and OC in the land and lets not forget the joke of a DC……great job last night you Hairy DAWGS you , you have made the Bull Nation Proud now lets win out and win the SEC …GO DOGS!
AJ
November 11th, 2012
9:46 am
BCS Champ is about the BEST TEAM.
Notre Dame can’t score, they have no offense.
Oregon can’t defend, they have no defense.
UGA, Bama, and K St, all have a top defense AND offense.
The winner of the UGA-Bama game meets K St to figure out who has the best TEAM.
That’s what SHOULD happen.
AJ
November 11th, 2012
9:51 am
Notre Dame’s offense is offensive, they rank 74 in scoring.
Oregon’s defense is offensive, they rank 54th in total yards.
UGA, Bama, and Georgia are the only 3 complete TEAMS in the country with a top 20 ranked defense AND offense.
AJ
November 11th, 2012
9:56 am
Notre Dame has LIMPED into their wins:
20-17 over pURDUE????
13-6 over Michigan?
20-13 over Stand? overtime.
17-14 over BYU?
29-26 over Pitt? 3 overtimes.
That’s NOT playing CHAMPIONSHIP football.
WAR DAMN EAGLE
November 11th, 2012
10:35 am
Don’t get to excited about that offense Dawgs. I Wonder what they would have averaged per play if they had played Alabama, LSU and/or Texas A & M? Your not MAN ENOUGH to beat Alabama. We are!
WAR DAMN EAGLE
November 11th, 2012
10:36 am
UGA, Bama, and Georgia are the only 3 complete TEAMS in the country with a top 20 ranked defense AND offense.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Georgia has two teams?
WAR DAMN EAGLE
November 11th, 2012
10:37 am
You idiots didn’t beat us when we had Cam!
WAR DAMN EAGLE
November 11th, 2012
10:41 am
we owned the Dawgs 2 years ago and we will again very shortly next year when you have a new unproven QB, older but more underachieving OL and 7 new starters on D. Enjoy it while you can and think about OUR national championship trophy from 2 years ago
dawgster
November 11th, 2012
10:46 am
where are all the bama fans that love to toot their own horn about how great thou art…I mean I guess we can’t blame them, they have been pretty successful…but what amazes me is the constant bashing of our program, which in truth has not been elite as they have…also, they may whip us in the SEC title game….but the dawgs will show up, I can promise you that….but again where are all the bama bashers that love to call out our program…Bama is a very good program and Coach Saban is a great coach, but guess what Bama fans, the dawgs program is pretty good also, and we have a great coach also….
Actually it would have been great to play an undefeated bama team in the SEC title game, but so hard to through kudos at you guys during this great run you have had, but most of you feel the need to ridicule ares and other programs because you see us as inferior,…Well, we may or may not beat you guys in the SEC title game, but our program is coming and we will continue be a force to deal with just as the gators, LSU, and now Texas AM will….Anyway looking forward to playing bama in the SEC game…should be a good one…go dawgs
go uga
November 11th, 2012
11:16 am
THE ONLY THING NOT TO LIKE ABOUT COLLEGE FOOTBALL. U HAVE 1 BAD GAME AND U ARE OUT OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP. UGA WOULD BEAT NOTRE DAME BY 50 PTS BUT NOTRE DAME WILL STAY AHEAD OF US, EVEN WITH ONE LOST. GREAT GAME DAWGS, I ENJOYED THE WAY YA’LL BOUNCED BACK AFTER THE S.C. GAME. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK
Hairy Dawg
November 11th, 2012
11:21 am
Now that we shutout the sorry War Tigers we gets to put a same types of whooping on the Crimson Crud. That will teach them to not recruit our players in Georgia cause Dawgs own state and players in state. The Tidey Bowls played like a losser and now Dawgs get to show why we best in SEC. Win over Roll Turds will put Dawgs in BCS where we can claim national champs. This year working out just like we should with Coach Richt and Dawgs. And then that proves how being Christian helps winning.
Go Dawgs! Sick E’m!
Just too funny
November 11th, 2012
11:31 am
Why do UGA fans spend so much time acting like you deserve some credit for playing in the SEC?!
- You didn’t have to play Alabama, LSU, or Texas A&M.
- You’ve played 2 ranked teams all year. Lost by 28 to South Carolina and it took Florida handing you that game for you to “upset” them.
- You won the East, congrats. The teams you beat in the East have a combined conference record of 19 (2 winless SEC teams) – 24.
- You’re out-of-conference schedule was Buffalo, Florida Atlantic, FCS Georgia Southern, and Georgia Tech.
Unless you are one of the SEC teams that’s ACTUALLY WON a national title in this run (Bama, Florida, Auburn, LSU), the only thing the other SEC schools have done is ride the coat tails of those teams.
Look, I’m not saying Georgia is good or bad. You play the games for a reason. But, why be so critical of other teams when what you’ve done isn’t that terribly impressive?! K-State, ND, and Oregon are ahead of you because they are undefeated. By the end of the season it’ll all play out. Until then, take care of your own business, and stop worrying about dragging down others. If UGA fans weren’t so good at that, more people peobably would be more supportive of them.
dawg4life
November 11th, 2012
11:37 am
Thanks for the laugh buzz 2011!!!! that was the funniest post I have seen in a while….
and you Just to Funny are just plain ignorant… The way I see it its Alabama, LSU, and TAMU didn’t have to play US!!!! UGA could beat any of those 3 teams.
MA English 75
November 11th, 2012
11:49 am
@ Roll Tide with Pride at 10:52, how can you say that Murray chokes in the big games? Looks like he’s doing a pretty good job of NOT choking, even after some sacks.
dawgfan
November 11th, 2012
11:55 am
I’m pretty much about sick and effing tired of hearing about how we “backed in” to the SEC Title game. If you’re going to make that argument you also need to talk about Alabama who conveniently avoided the 3 best teams from the SEC East this year in Georgia, Florida and South Carolina, all of whom are Top 10 teams. LSU had to play South Carolina and Florida. A&M had to play Florida. Alabama got Tennessee and Missouri. Now that we know Bama isn’t quite the unstoppable force that we all thought, it would seem to me that this “backing in” to the SECCG line would apply with equal force to their SEC West title. It would unless you are completely full of crap.
Thanks.
Shankit
November 11th, 2012
12:29 pm
Can’t wait for the Paul Finebaum show tomorrow to hear from the obnoxious Bama fans.
mike addington
November 11th, 2012
12:52 pm
If this team doesn’t get intimidated, they can beat any team in the country. Good luck to the coaching staff to get the team ready to play. CMR has beaten Saban before, but that was before took over CMR’s body back around 2006. This DAWG team is loaded with stars, so take it to ‘em boys. My dream would be to beat BAMA then, if not playing for NC, play South Carolina again in a bowl.
Wake me up when UGA beats a quality opponent
November 11th, 2012
1:03 pm
Clearly some UGA fans are in denial about this football team. Beating up on bad teams does not make UGA a title contender. UGA has no shot at beating Alabama. You got blown out by the only quality opponent you played but now that you have racked up wins against scrub teams, all the sudden you feel deserving of a title shot? Get real! Its the same crap with you clowns every year. Its quite sad, actually. Championship teams don’t get blown out by 30 to inferior teams from South Carolina.
L.A. BULLDAWG
November 11th, 2012
1:03 pm
BRING ON ‘BAMA!
aon
November 11th, 2012
1:09 pm
Looking forward to Georgia – Georgia Southern matchup. Go Eagles!
7576DAWG
November 11th, 2012
1:15 pm
If Kansas State plays Oregon for the National title I hope that either, South Carolina, Georgia , L.S.U. or Alabama will get to play NOTRE DAME in the Sugar Bowl so we will expose just how easy their schedule really was this year.
I can’t believe Notre Dame is ranked ahead of Alabama in the AP poll. Would anyone really bet their house straight up on an Alabama verses Notre Dame game right now. Notre Dame is barely beating teams right now with 3, 4, 5 loses.
Strat Cat Dawg
November 11th, 2012
2:02 pm
Aaron Murray haters- FYI, he’s #3 nationally in passing efficiency @ 107.7 (behind Marcus Mariota and Taj Boyd) and #1 in yards per attempt @9.7 (tied w/Collin Klein and EJ Manuel). Pretty elite company, no? OK, but he doesn’t make a lot of yards rushing like Manziel (whose passing stats are way back there somewhere…)
wild one 13
November 11th, 2012
3:17 pm
Congrat’s to the Dawgs on going to the big dance in the dome. This should be a very formal affair so please wear ” Black “.
ugacolumbusgafan2012
November 12th, 2012
11:00 am
HAPPY BELATE BIRTDAY AARON AND BLESS YOUR FATHER WITH RECOVERY . MY FATHER HAD THROAT CANCER AND BEAT IT AS WELL AS YOURS WILL. SMILES .. GOD BLESS YOU … GO DAWGS.
LawDawg
November 12th, 2012
11:17 am
All I know is that Johnny Football is probably going to win a national championship in the next 2-3 years. Texas A&M is a great addition to the SEC. They were good last year and added an absolute stud QB and a great coach right in time for the SEC debut.
Bama/UGA should be a pretty good game. That Bama D is more disciplined than UGA, but less talented. As Pollack said on GameDay, when you watch them it is still a very good D, but not nearly as talented as the last three years (turns out losing 5 top-40 picks makes a difference). UGA has amazing talent, but sometimes loses focus. If Murray plays a solid, nearly mistake-free game and UGA can keep Lacy from gashing it, UGA has a good chance.
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