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DEL.ICIO.USOverrated UGA also underachieved
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
And now for the Tuesday Countdown:
10 - I am having a hard time getting worked up over Mike Hampton taking less money to sign with Houston than he would’ve received from the Braves. I’m just wondering if his old locker is going to be renovated, or they’ll keep the gurney and nurses call button there as museum pieces.
9 - Mark Richt is a very good football coach who probably understands that even national championship coaches in the SEC have limited honeymoon periods (Tommy Tuberville, Les Miles, Phil Fulmer). If he wants to remain loyal to Willie Martinez, that’s fine. But understand that if things don’t get fixed, eventually the piano falls on his head - and understand exactly what just happened.
8 - Even with the hindsight acknowledgement that Georgia was overrated coming into the season, the Bulldogs underachieved. Excluding wins over Georgia Southern and Central Michigan, the Bulldogs’ other seven victories came over teams that sit: 7-5, 5-6, 5-7, 6-6, 7-5, 6-6 and 5-7. They beat a bunch of mediocre teams. Georgia’s “signature” wins came at Arizona State and LSU - who finished the year as a chalk line outlines on the sidewalk.
7 - The problems aren’t limited to Martinez and the defense. The biggest problem is overall attitude. This team lost the edge it had down the stretch in 2007. It had little resolve. It was that four-letter word dreaded by football players: soft. One smackdown by Alabama revealed it. Another smackdown by Florida confirmed it. A little more fire-breathing in Athens would help.
6 - Meanwhile, on The Flats: Paul Johnson’s nine wins is the most of any of the 18 first-year Division I coaches, just ahead of Houston Nutt (8-4 with Mississippi) and Nebraska’s Bo Pelini. And how does Johnson’s salary compare to Rich Rodriguez’s 3-9 with Michigan and Arkansas’ Bobby Petrino at 5-7?
5 - It was fixed by the time I checked this morning, but for a while Monday Martinez’ Wikipedia bio read: “Willie Martinez (born February 21, 1963) is the soon to be fired defensive coordinator and secondary coach of the Georgia Bulldogs football team. Martinez has been the defensive secondary coach at Georgia since 2001, head coach Mark Richt’s first season at Georgia, and was promoted to defensive coordinator before the 2005 season. His defensive scheme is widely considered to be weak and lacks any of fundamental tools to be a defensive coordinator in the SEC.”
4 - Plaxico Burress’s defense lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, argued for no bail, saying: “He has 35 million reasons to come back to court,” referring to the player’s contract with the Giants. He’s making a lot of assumptions there. My guess: Burress has played his last game for the team — and he’ll never see most of that $35 million. Doofus.
3 - After seeing this picture of Brafman, I’m just wondering if he also represents the Corleone family.
2 - So, the Thrashers now have Ilya Kovalchuk on a line with Marty Reasoner and Chris Thorburn. Would this be to entice him to re-sign here?
1 - Welcome to the Capital One Bowl’s biggest nightmare: Inviting a university (Georgia) with a fervent but irate fan base that may not want to travel to a bowl game.
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By JesseV
December 2, 2008 10:54 AM | Link to this
Good job Schultz! Richt needs to read and understand points 9, 8, 7, 6,5, and 1. UGA is going in the wrong direction. I think 5 is funny considering the weak and soft HC won’t fire the weak and soft DC. All you fans who say that UGA’s football team is just fine the way it is and Richt will turn it around read point 8 very carefully and try to understand what exactly it means. Then maybe you will understand why so many of us are so pi$$ed off, and why we want changes made.
By Dan
December 2, 2008 10:59 AM | Link to this
Nobody else seems to care enough to say anything so I’ll do it. I don’t agree totally with all the naysayers claiming to be UGA fans about us having a sorry defense but there was one area this year that might have fixed almost all the problems. Play by the defensive ends was soft all season - no speed and no pressure and when they did manage to apply just a little bit of pressure they got called for hands to the helmet type penalties. Playing the option well starts with the defensive ends too so more speed at the end would have helped against Tech. Maybe slightly smaller, slightly faster recruits at that position is what we should be looking for! The season was not a failure! A letdown for sure but some teams would kill for what we have done.
By goober
December 2, 2008 10:59 AM | Link to this
It’s the CAPITAL One Bowl, not CAPITOL. You must’ve gone to UGA.
By Big Dawg
December 2, 2008 11:03 AM | Link to this
CMR keep Mr. Sofite on staff next year.Fullmer needs a off.cord. & a def. cord. When you are coaching at a div.II school together!!
By BASEBALL KEN
December 2, 2008 11:05 AM | Link to this
Hey Jeff, Good riddance to Hampton, his injury bug was contagious. Braves will be better without him, plus i hear he was not well liked among his teammates. Totally agree with assessment of CMR, he will only have his self to blame and you can smell the smoke now under his seat. As for Coach Willie, he has had a nice run with UGA, but i don’t think the players respect of fear him like Van Gorder. Sure would like to see Coach Croom or Chavis come in and put the foot down. Burress is another example of athletes thinking they are above the law, didn’t anyone learn from Vick. Kovalchuck is stuck with stupid management who have setteled on being the 6th best ticket in town even behind GT & UGA football.
By BASEBALL KEN
December 2, 2008 11:06 AM | Link to this
Hey Jeff, Good riddance to Hampton, his injury bug was contagious. Braves will be better without him, plus i hear he was not well liked among his teammates. Totally agree with assessment of CMR, he will only have his self to blame and you can smell the smoke now under his seat. As for Coach Willie, he has had a nice run with UGA, but i don’t think the players respect of fear him like Van Gorder. Sure would like to see Coach Croom or Chavis come in and put the foot down. Burress is another example of athletes thinking they are above the law, didn’t anyone learn from Vick. Kovalchuck is stuck with stupid management who have setteled on being the 6th best ticket in town even behind GT & UGA football.
By "GOOD" Dawg
December 2, 2008 11:19 AM | Link to this
Mark Richt said something about just loving Samuel after the fumble(paraphrasing)on the kickoff. How about some “tough love” coach?
By Bernard
December 2, 2008 11:24 AM | Link to this
Is it safe to say that Mark Richt can’t win the big games. It seems to me Mark is a excellent coach who will always win 9 games a year, but that is all. He will never win a championship at Georgia. Niceness is good, but it doesn’t equal championships. Look at Alabama, Florida this year, they have coaches that take talent and get the most out of it. Alabama was in the bottom last year with much of the same football team, now they are playing for the SEC championship, and how underrated is Urban, he always gets the most out of his teams, even GA win last year over Florida, it wasn’t that impressive.
Mark you are a nice person,but where is the mean streak needed by a coach in order to win championships.
By King Gator
December 2, 2008 11:24 AM | Link to this
UGA = National Chumpions!!
By GW
December 2, 2008 11:26 AM | Link to this
Please give the records of Tech’s opponents excluding Georgia. You already told us how bad Georgia is.
By shakazulu
December 2, 2008 11:27 AM | Link to this
CMR needs to look at how Spurrier is at least trying to fix the problems at USC….he’s let go about 1.5 coaches a year….sometimes the difficult decisions must be made…..
By Frank
December 2, 2008 11:34 AM | Link to this
The AJC needs to stop beating a dead horse over UGA. I am tired of hearing about them. This is no longer news. Its an old story. You almost get the feeling that Schultz & Co. are really enjoying this. And I’m not even a UGA fan.
By Dogbyte
December 2, 2008 11:38 AM | Link to this
DON’T give us Tech’s opponents. Tech wasn’t picked as pre-season #1. They ACHIEVED. UGA under-achieved. End of story.
By Bails
December 2, 2008 11:39 AM | Link to this
The reason that the record of Tech’s opponents is not as relevent as thUGA, is because Tech was not paraded around as a preseason #1 team, loaded with an embarassment of 4 and 5 star talent.
By XL DAWG
December 2, 2008 11:39 AM | Link to this
Real Dawg fans know the problems were with injuries and a youthful line-up. Special teams and play calling were just as much to blame as anything. If a coach needs to be replaced its CMB. Dawgs should have been up on UF in the first half and Stafford homerun attempts produced turnovers not TD’s.
By Glenn
December 2, 2008 11:45 AM | Link to this
Ga Tech’s Opponents:
Boston College 9-3 Florida State 8-4 Clemson 7-5 Virginia Tech 8-4 North Carolina 8-4 Miami 7-5 Virginia 5-7 Duke 4-8 UGA 9-3 Mississippi State 4-8
I included Georgia but excluded the two non BCS teams for you. Is that what you were looking for?
Would you agree that this is a bit tougher schedule, especially knowing that the ACC’s lower tiered teams beat the SEC’s middle tiered teams?
By Dr. Dre
December 2, 2008 11:46 AM | Link to this
It would be interesting to see what a coach like Paul Johnson would do with Richt’s entitled pups. They seem more interested in bar hopping, fighting in downtown Athens, and sideline and on-field celebrations, than playing football. They obviously have no respect for Richt as they jaw at him and get in his face during games. If Richt increased the penalty for drunk driving from one meaningless game to half the season, arrests might drop. Teams assume the personality of the head coach. My guess is that Georgia has already reached the high water mark in football, and it will be downhill from here—particularly with Paul Johnson dominating the state.
By 78 DAWG
December 2, 2008 11:56 AM | Link to this
Sgt Shcultz, the DAWGS schedule was the toughest in the country this year. Anybody that knows anything about football knows you can’t measure a schedule by the records of the teams you play. Every team schedules a couple of 1AA opponents to start the season. Look at who the gayturds play! 3 bad quarters or you’d be talking about the DAWGS in the nc game not crybamy and the gayturds. Tech stinks, the worst team on our schedule!
By Freshmaker
December 2, 2008 11:56 AM | Link to this
Since Tech’s opponents have been asked about, they have beaten, excluding gimmies Jax St. and Gardner Webb:
Boston College (9 - 3) Miss. State (4 - 8) Duke (4 - 8) Clemson (7 - 5) FSU (8 - 4) Miami (7 - 5) UGA (9 - 3)
Three good teams, two mediocre teams, two bad teams.
By Glenn
December 2, 2008 11:59 AM | Link to this
XL DAWG, I’ll call your whine about UGA’s injuries and youth, and raise you with the following:
GA Tech Offense: We were playing with 2nd string OT’s (who grew into very good lineman by their third game as starters)….the other 3 were all playing hurt. Nesbitt was limping all over the place and practiced little over the back half of the season compared to what we would have liked. Our entire offense was essentially brand new….not a senior in the bunch of starters….and only two juniors…the C (Voss) and LG (Howard).
GA Tech Defense: Talk about injuries. 1st team All-ACC DT Vance Walker was playing hurt and would not have played at all had it not been the UGA game. He was extremely limited in his PT…so back up Anyaibe played a lot of snaps…and played well once again. We were without our only senior DB, Jahi Word-Daniels…forcing a true freshman (Reid) into the starting role again…with a true sophomore (Butler) on the other side.
We were essentially without starting safety Dom Reese. He played some..only because it was the UGA game…but had trouble with the bad wheel. Who took his place?…true freshman Cooper Taylor. So…our four starting DB’s were two true freshman and two true sophomores. Now let’s talk LB. Starting LB Sedric Griffin…a great pass rusher for some much needed blitzing was out with a torn PCL. His backup, returning starter and finally healed from pre and early season injuries, Shane Bowen gets diagnosed three days before the game with a displaced cervical vertebrae and is told he can never play football again. We try to turn to OLB starter AT Barnes on some blitzing…but he hurts his ankle and leaves early in the second half for the rest of the UGA game. Who has to play a lot? True freshman Steven Sylvester. All the way….the majority of the LB snaps are going to true sophomore Brad Jefferson.
In summary, by the last three games of the year…we graduate zero starters on offense…and we graduate three starters on defense (Johnson, Walker, and Richard).
How about this factoid? We only have EIGHT scholarship seniors on the ENTIRE ROSTER next year….and only THREE of them are starters (Howard, Voss, and Griffin).
My apologies for “borrowing” the facts from the GA Tech Blog site, but the info was too good to pass up throwing in XL DAWG’s face…
By 78 DAWG
December 2, 2008 12:02 PM | Link to this
The DAWGS should celebrate. I’m sick of hearing how they play hard before the game starts by jumping up and harder after the plays are over with late hits and trash talk. 5 star recruits at one of the premier programs! You aren’t gonna get these kind of players if you don’t let ‘em do what they want! Recruiting 101.
By Smilin Gator
December 2, 2008 12:02 PM | Link to this
3 bad quarters? The dawgs were thrashed by Bama, the Gators and beaten by Tech ! Preseason National Champions - Post Season - Capital One Bowl finalists! Nice work Dawgs! Don’t worry we’ll let you see our rings in Jacksonville next year - yes, I said it, RINGS as in SEC and National Champion Rings - Go Gators! Enjoy the game on TV this Saturday and Orlando for New Year’s. We’ll be Miami preparing for our 2nd title in 3 years…that’s got to hurt your dawg feelings!
By Steve Superior
December 2, 2008 12:09 PM | Link to this
Smilin Gator, you got some points, but your coach ain’t got a tan like cmr, or the feminine hair cut (it’ll be different next year, by about half from what I can tell). I just wish I had one quarterback, but then I’d be in jail for dawg abuse.
By Nerd
December 2, 2008 12:09 PM | Link to this
OK, since no one wants to adress the real problem with UGA football, I will. No, I am not a UGA fan. I am a GT grad.
The problem with UGA is the same thing that was wrong with FSU football back when they were good. They recruited the biggest, fastest, most talented players available with no regard for character. They just didn’t cull them. The players were uncoachable, undiscliplined and had little heart. They would stomp the stuffing out of inferior teams, but would stuggle with teams of similar talent. When they got arrested for whatever, the head coach would give them a slap on the wrist and say, “Aw shucks, boys will be boys…”
CMR plays the part of the responsible coach, the one who will take young boys and mold them into men well. But his actions don’t back it up.
UGA will consitently post 9-10 win seasons. They will consistently get beaten by the elite teams on their schedule. Just like FSU of the 90’s.
Quiz for you:
Who was the most talented, undisciplined, thuggish team of the ’80s? (Miami)
Who was the most talened, undisciplined, thuggish team of the ’90s? (FSU)
Who is the most talented, undisciplined, thuggish team of the 2000’s? (Uga)
What do all of these teams have in common? (CMR)
By Steve Superior
December 2, 2008 12:13 PM | Link to this
Dang you nerds are smart. You’re right on.
By Pi$$onaDawg
December 2, 2008 12:17 PM | Link to this
How many TEAMS that need coaches are beating down the door to get to WILLIE M? That says it all.
By gdawginkalamazoo
December 2, 2008 12:18 PM | Link to this
Yep Jeff, when your defense is making the highlight reels for getting blown out two or three times a year it is time to make some sort of change. Maybe a demotion? There will be a couple of good DC’s looking for work at the end of the season. And when do kickers learn to kick the ball into the endzone? At what age do they start doing that?
But to all the Bees, congrats on the victory. Well played game.
By Dr. Leo Marvin
December 2, 2008 12:18 PM | Link to this
Why is it that when Florida started in the top 5 in 2007 but finished 9-4 nobody freaked out and started questioning the manhood of the team? Hardly anyone even batted an eye at their “overrated” and “underachieving” season. Seems like a bit of a double standard to me.
Everything about Georgia has been exaggerated to the Nth degree this year. It is absurd. The media has been trying their best to portray this season as some once in a generation cataclysmic meltdown. Yes, it has been a disappointing season. No, I am not one bit worried about the future. Sorry haters, I’m not concerned about it in the slightest. We will be fine. Write Georgia off at your own peril. The less hype the better in my opinion.
By Douglas
December 2, 2008 12:20 PM | Link to this
Glenn —- apples and oranges —— Schultz only listed records of teams UGA defeated. It looks like you included in your list the records of teams Tech lost to as well as ones Tech defeated . If you include Alabama, Tech, and Florida’s records then it would be a more true comparison. So no, it’s not what we were looking for, and no I don’t think it’s a tougher schedule.
By WildBill
December 2, 2008 12:27 PM | Link to this
I have a piano and an organ in my house. The piano is heavier than the organ, so I suggest we drop the piano in the most appropriate place NOW so we don’t have to endure another inferior football team. Losing is one thing, but humiliation is something else.
By Michael Scharff
December 2, 2008 12:32 PM | Link to this
Jeff, as to # 1, unfortunately, “you are correct, sir.” We had already made reservations two weeks ago in Orlando for 7 people in my family. After Saturday, my Dad talked to my brother in Oklahoma, and they decided that they did not want to see us go all that way just to get beat down again if we play Ohio State. I told my Dad that he was sounding just like the fair weather fans he had berated in the past. Now that it looks like we may play Michigan State, instead, (assuming that the Capital One doesn’t bypass us for Ole Miss) we still may go to Orlando.
By Nerd Hater
December 2, 2008 12:38 PM | Link to this
To “Nerd” -
Wow, please shut up and keep your ridiculously biased comments to yourself. Did you play football for Coach Mark Richt? Do you know what kind of men his players turn into when they leave UGA? No, you do not. You have no clue about any of that. Please talk about actions on the field (things YOU can witness and make judgment on) and keep your character flaws/issues to yourself.
By Glenn
December 2, 2008 12:40 PM | Link to this
Okay, Douglas, let’s only look at the teams that GA Tech Defeated versus the teams that UGA defeated:
Boston College 9-3, Florida State 8-4, Clemson 7-5, Miami 7-5, Duke 4-8, UGA 9-3, Mississippi State 4-8.
The teams that GA Tech beat had a cumulative record of 48-36.
The teams that UGA beat had a cumulative record of 41-42.
Is THAT better?
By AltamahaDawg
December 2, 2008 12:47 PM | Link to this
Zoo, not ure what age kickers learn to kick the ball into the endzone, but appearantly they forget it at the professional level because they can’t do it consistantly there either.
And the head football coach is going to shoulder the responsibility of the football program Jeff? Really? This is news?
By Justin
December 2, 2008 12:49 PM | Link to this
Unfortunately, the only way Martinez is going anywhere is if he is offered a job elsewhere and he takes it. And under the circumstances, I don’t think anybody’s likely to make him any offers in the foreseeable future.
Here’s a telling statistic: Brian Van Gorder’s defenses gave up 228, 205, 203, and 198 points in his four seasons in Athens. That’s an average of 208.5 points per season, with fewer points allowed every year.
Under Willie Martinez, the defense has given up 213, 229, 262, and 307 points (with the bowl game yet to be played this year). That’s an average of 252.75 points per season, with substantially more points allowed each year.
One possible explanation for the ongoing surge in points allowed: players who played under Van Gorder have gradually filtered out of the team, and we’re left mostly with players who never experienced the fire and accountability Van Gorder brought with him. While it may be the case — as Richt so frequently points out — that Georgia runs the same defensive SCHEME they always have, they don’t have anywhere near the same in-your-face COACHING they had under Van Gorder. They lack toughness and pride. It also bears mentioning that Jancek doesn’t come close to Van Gorder when it comes to handling the linebacker position, for some of the same reasons.
Martinez’ personality appears to be very similar to Richt’s, at least based on what we can see from the stands. And as a defensive coach, that apparently won’t cut it. I think Martinez is a perfectly nice guy, a family man, and someone who loves the game of football. I only wish Richt wasn’t wearing the blinders of close friendship regarding Martinez’ lack of appropriateness as a defensive coach…it’s become a serious problem.
By Michael Scharff
December 2, 2008 12:50 PM | Link to this
Glenn, please explain North Carolina and Gardner-Webb… Motivation has a LOT to do with the outcome of college games. I hate to say it, but the Dawgs (fans and players) thought that the Blackout made us invulnerable against ‘Bama, and, as we found out, Black jersies aren’t enough to beat the # 1 team in the country. We also thought that last year gave us some kind of power over the Gators - wrong again. I don’t what the Jackets were thinking against North Carolina or Gardner-Webb. I do know that we apparently thought that we could beat the Jackets just by showing up. CPJ and the Jackets had other ideas. They played virtually a flawless game, and the results showed up on the scoreboard.
By 2Dawgs
December 2, 2008 12:52 PM | Link to this
Fire usually starts at the bottom (coaching) and burns to the top.
By NCMTNDawg
December 2, 2008 12:53 PM | Link to this
What about “finishing the drill?” As an alum and fan, I am grateful for the 3 SEC Championship games (two wins), but I want to play for the big prize. It doesn’t look like any of the assistants are going anywhere.
Here is what I’d like to see. Please lock those black jersey’s and gimmicks in a closet and throw away the key. Don’t worry about what song is playing on the PA (you hear me Soulja Boy?). Save and exert some of the energy that you waste doing chest/hip bumps for tackling, blocking and executing. Don’t ever tell me that “fun of playing was lost!”
Basically, just get back to playing football!Forget about all of the other nonsense.
GO DAWGS!!!
By Jeff Schultz
December 2, 2008 12:57 PM | Link to this
Baseball Ken: Good call on Croom and Chavis. I hadn’t thought of Croom until you brought up his name but I’m sure he’d command player’s respect. …. Good Dawg: I’m not for a college coach calling out specific players in a press conference but there’s certainly nothing wrong with strong general observations on a team’s sloppy play, which, I agree, Mark has avoided. …. GW: Tech’s wins (excluding Jacksonville State and Gardner-Webb) came over teams that finished 9-3 (B.C.), 4-8 (Miss. St), 4-8 (Duke), 7-5 (Clemson), 8-4 (FSU), 7-5 (Miami) and 9-3 (Georgia)… Bernard: Richt has won his share of big games at Georgia. I suggest you look back through schedules … Frank:: No dead horse here. It’s an old story when people stop reading or caring. Would you like to see the numbers on online “hits” on Georgia stories the last few days? …. Glenn: OK, you beat me to it. …. 78 Dawg: If Tech was the worst team on Georgia’s schedule, why did they lose? …. Michael: Epcot’s kind of cool place if you don’t want to go to the game. Some people I know have played that game of taking a drink in every “country.” …. JS
By Jeff Patton
December 2, 2008 12:57 PM | Link to this
Mark Richt gets paid to be loyal to the University of Georgia not Martinez. Is Martinez signing Richt’s pay check.. NO. Has martinez Failed as a coach.. YES!
By Douglas
December 2, 2008 1:08 PM | Link to this
That’s better Glen. Now you are comparing apples to apples. Tech had better wins THIS year and beat UGA. Enjoy it while you can.
By Gary
December 2, 2008 1:10 PM | Link to this
Ok XLDAWG, if you were a true Dawgs fan then you would know that Mike Bobo is not the problem here. The offense was one of the best scoring offenses in the SEC and had one of the top QBs, RBs, and WRs in the conference. The offense was not the problem. Twice this year the team scored over 50 points (once against the defending NCs), 3 more times they scored over 40 points, and 1 other time they scored over 30 points. And since you like talking about injuries, surely you would know that the majority of the crippling injuries happened on the offensive line.
Bama, Florida, and yes even GT were the better teams this year. They had heart and were well coached and wanted the win more. UGA on the other hand showed no heart. Every time I saw Stafford and the offense not convert on a 3rd down, I would constantly see no emotion from them or leadership from him or Moreno on getting the offense fired up. The Bama game comes to mind. they quickly go up 17-0 midway through the 2nd quarter and like the leader he is not, Stafford is shown on the sideline with the classic deer in the headlights look. I think the guy has loads of talent and ecstatic he decided to come to UGA, but a leader of the David Greene or even DJ Shockley mold he is not.
Whether you want to admit it or not the defense is the problem and any real Dawg fan knows this. The dawgs just put up 42 points on its most hated rival and they failed to win. The team scored 30 points against the now #1 team in the nation and could not win. Both of those games were at home by the way. Twice there were games in which this Dawgs ended up winning where if they had just scored 31 points they would have lost. And unlike the previous 7 years were the cocktail party was a close contest until the bitter end, this year the Dawgs were out of it by the 7 minute mark of the 3rd quarter. All of this is the fault of the defense and to an extent the special teams. I don’t want to hear about injuries. The only significant injury on the defense was Jeff Owens. Ellerbee did miss some time, but the Dawgs won without him. Stupid penalties, missed tackles, and messed up schemes by 4 and 5 star recruits can only be summed up by one thing……coaching or lack thereof. The players get their fire by the passion of their coach. Van Gorder was a firey guy and his defense showed it. Also look what he is doing now with the Falcons. They are showing the same grit he shows every Sunday and from 2001 to 2004 the UGA defense showed it too. I have posted it on the AJC blogs several times in recent weeks. Van Gorder’s defenses, with less 4 and 5 star talent, only gave up 30+ points one time in 4 years and that was in the 2003 SECCG against eventual NC LSU. Willie Martinez’s defenses have given up 30+ points 12 times in 4 seasons. Please someone tell me why Bobo should go and Martinez should stay? The facts don’t justify it at all. Coach Richt is wrong on this one.
By wwjd
December 2, 2008 1:12 PM | Link to this
Just a bunch of cry-babies (a.k.a grown men) with nothing better to do than whine and complain over a football team. The team did not put themselves in the preseason #1 spot, the voters did. Go Dawgs!
By Supes
December 2, 2008 1:13 PM | Link to this
*If he wants to remain loyal to Willie Martinez, that’s fine. But understand that if things don’t get fixed, eventually the piano falls on his head - and understand exactly what just happened. *
Jeff, I expect you and Mark Bradley and Chip Towers to all call out CMR if this happens again in 2009 (and all signs point that it will), UGA giving up so many points per game, consistantly under performing and being outcoached by the opposition!
By BurbankDawg
December 2, 2008 1:13 PM | Link to this
Do you guys really think that CMR would publicly announce, less than 24 hours after the Tech loss, that he was going to fire anybody??? Seriously? NOBODY would do that, it’s just not professional.
That being said, CMR will let CWM go after Nat’l Signing Day.
By ugablows
December 2, 2008 1:14 PM | Link to this
CMR’s refusal to fire his friend reminds me ALOT of the previous situation with Donnan and his son….next year could actually be a potential ugay disaster if stafford leaves for greener pastures- opening up at osu, i think spurrier beats you next year, then losses to fla and GT will set richts a* on fire….then a frosh quarterback the next year….wow it sucks to be a ugay fan all of a sudden
By BigMike
December 2, 2008 1:16 PM | Link to this
If Tuberville had actually pulled off a National Title in 2004 (or ever) we wouldn’t be ready to lop off his head.
By Demetrius
December 2, 2008 1:18 PM | Link to this
I read about the first 10 comments placed on this blog and all I can say is that some of you guys are idiots. Let’s look at this season for what it is worth. Injuries really hurt UGA all year. We lost several offensive lineman and our staring defensive tackle. I hear people complaining that we did not teach our defensive players how to tackle. So you guys are telling me that 4 and 5 star recruits totally forgot how to tackle once they came to UGA. That is not coaching that is a fundamental break down. You keep saying that CMR will get ran out of town if he doesn’t fire the defensive co. Coach Richt has won way to many games for UGA to fire him. I think to many of you guys have forgotten the Goff and Jimmy days. You thought because you had Matthew Stafford that you would be assured a national title. If he comes back, and the o-line stays healthy, and Rashad Jones stops acting as if he is Greg Blue UGA may have something. I like what my football coach said “We will go back and evaluate completely what went wrong. Everyone must be honest with themselves and take a really hard look out our processes and get better from top to bottom.” That is what I want from my coach, he fully understands that the product that was placed on the field this past year will not get the job done. Let’s face it we could have ended up like Auburn, UT, Miss State, must I gone on.
By Douglas
December 2, 2008 1:20 PM | Link to this
Gary I agree totally. Subpar defensive play is UGA’s biggest problem. I hate to see UGA’s skill players wasted. Martinez may yet go ……. but there is a bowl game to be played. What else do you expect Richt to say now?
By formerdawgcontributor
December 2, 2008 1:23 PM | Link to this
Agree totally with Jeff!! Mark Richt wasted a season that was filled with talent, but the coaching staff (except for Bobo) didn’t know what to do with it. No discipline on or off the field; and even less character! Those two are coaches responsibilities to instill. Candidly, have lost confidence in Mark Richt.
Oh — has anyone heard anything from him in the past two days? Or, is he still coming up with an excuse as to why they had their hats handed to them by Tech on Saturday.
Congratulations to Tech. They played well beyond their capability; and UGA failed to show up in the 3d quarter! Perhaps Richt might consider replacing a IIA coach to ‘round out much needed experience’!!
By JB
December 2, 2008 1:24 PM | Link to this
As with just about everything in life, to get different results, you must CHANGE something. If Willie ain’t leaving, Mark better change. The beat down by Bama and Fla. and just getting by with lesser teams has Dawg fans upset. Hell, we can take losing a hard fought close game to Tech. also, Tech has given us motivation to get better. Competition always makes you better.
By That70sGAdawg
December 2, 2008 1:27 PM | Link to this
Make the Defensive Coach change NOW, while somebody good is available, and let the players coach themselves for the “bowl game”, as they have all season…
By Steve McQueen
December 2, 2008 1:28 PM | Link to this
Nerd - UGA players are not getting in trouble for being “thugs” they are getting in trouble for being college kids. Almost all of their off the field issues revolved around minor offenses that involved alchohol. I know you went to Tech so you will not understand what I am about to say. Most college students, especially at a large state university, drink alchohol at least occasionally and often times they drink a few too many and get into some minor trouble. The percentage of football players that fit that bill are way below the percentage of the student body as a whole. Most of UGA players troubles were, in fact, a case of “kids being kids”. Our kids are not getting charged with weapons violations or even drug offenses, which is also common on college campuses.
UGA had some issues this year but Richt’s tenure at Georgia does not reflect a steady problem with on-field discipline or heart. We have won plenty of big games over the last seven years including two SEC championships. We have gone on the road and won something like 30 out of 34 times in his UGA career. We have a 5-2 bowl record, two sugar bowl wins, and an 81-22 record with him as our coach. He has the fourth highest winning percentage among active coaches and is one of only nine coaches to win 70 games in his first seven years.
You bring up Richts association with Miami in the 80s FSU in the 90s and UGA in 2000’s as a negative. Those programs during those eras were at the very top of their games. In Coach Richts last game as offensive coordinator for FSU they were trying to defend their national title in the Orange Bowl which was also the 9th year in a row that they had played in either the Orange, Sugar, or Fiesta bowl. Meanwhile UGA was playing before Christmas in the Oahu bowl. The following year FSU’s streak of major bowls ended with a trip to the Gator Bowl and UGA was on its way to a pretty special run.
We obviously had a down year on defense and I am sure our Head Coach will do everything that he thinks should be done to correct the problem but our program is fine, thanks.
The only thing can truly derail our program are the ungrateful, unrealistic, spoiled, supposed Dawg fans who light up message boards killing their team when a game or a season doeas not go the way they would like. The lack of appreciation for where are program truly is and what it has and can accomplish is what may ultimately make the job unenjoyable to have and it could create an atmosphere that drives away potential recruits. UGA fans need to realize that we have an excellent head coach who is not perfect but has built a program that should compete year in and year out for titles and we need to keep our heads up and stay supportive when an outcome of a game does not go our way.
By Mr. Fix-It
December 2, 2008 1:34 PM | Link to this
Nothing to do now but learn how to tackle and carry out defensive responsibility until the whatever bowl for the UGA defense. The UGA offense can use this time working on cutting out the turnovers. The UGA special teams better go full speed everyday for about 2 hours between now and then learning how valuable field position is in a football game and how important it is to hold on to the football and make big plays!!! I hope Coach Richt uses the time wisely making life hell on his coaching staff. Then I hope all the coaches get so mad they make the practices an unforgettable hell between now and Christmas. Then when everyone reports back for the whatever bowl, if need be, start it all over again.
By Chris
December 2, 2008 1:34 PM | Link to this
Well said Gary. The defense is not vey good, I said to a Tech fan at the game Saturday that our defense will loose the game. (I had ESPN)LOL
By Gman
December 2, 2008 1:38 PM | Link to this
Martinez = soft defense, wasted talent and regular defensive a* whippings. (Yes, we still win some of these games DESPITE Martinez’s ineptitude!!)
Martinez must go!
Richt is joined at the hip and refuses to acknowledge the obvious.
This is the beginning of the end for Richt
By longdawg
December 2, 2008 1:39 PM | Link to this
I’ve been a DAWG fan for 42 years. I don’t hate Tech, my wife was a cheerleader there. I pull for them except when they play Georgia but there is no excuse for losing to them when you have 4 years of top ten recruiting talent; you have two weeks to prepare for them; you know exactly what they are going to do and you are playing at home. It was worse than a loss, it was a humiliation.
What worries me the most is that we have all this talent and we not only don’t win the big ones we get humiliated. We are probably going to lose our two best players and who is in the pipeline to make next year’s team any better?
Special teams play was terrible all year and never got better. I love CMR and what he has done for the program but you don’t win Championships with Choir Boys, you win Championships with Warriors. He has to decide if he is going to preach or coach. This year proves you can’t win on talent alone. Football is an emotional sport and you have gotta be more emotional than the other team to beat them. CMR can only be himself but he needs an ERK RUSSELL or a WILL MUSCHAMP to inspire some hate for the likes of Flordia and Tech. Also, there was no leadership on the field this year especially on defense. The defensive backs and linebackers were almost always out of position and the defensive ends were just filling up a spot on the roster.
This was a lousy year any way you look at it. Even the wins were ugly. We did not play one complete game the entire year. Not one. The program took a step back into mediocrity this year and I am p** about it.
It is not unpatriotic to be mad about this year. CMR makes $2,000,000 a year and has excellent talent. Georgia fans deserve better.
By athdog
December 2, 2008 1:41 PM | Link to this
Young line, younger every week due to injuries. Poor tackling, and in Rashad’s case, no tackling at all the entire season, just a shoulder bump with apparently no ramifications from the coaching staff.
Good win for Tech, nice coach they now have. Richt didn’t suddenly forget how to coach, let’s see what happens in September. And oh yeah, Tech is still a bunch of vomit eating pansies who have one good season every 8.
Go DAWGS
By Memphis Dawg
December 2, 2008 1:41 PM | Link to this
Great comments from everybody! As a 50 year old Dawg Fan, I’m ailing inside. CMR will stick with CWM, he did not learn from last year! Saturday he looked like a CEO again, not a Head Football Coach!
I Love my DAWGS, we will continue to go to as many games as we can, usually away games. (living in Memphis) Our GA Bulldog Club of the Mid-South continues to shrink, passion seems to be the cause. (Just like our coach)
My wife, who was raised in Texas, does not understand my pain. I tell her it’s not pain, it’s hurt, because I have passion.
We will not travel to FLA 1/1/09, so I guess we’ll winterize the motor home and see the Dawg Nation next year in Stillwater then in Fayetteville.
Go Dawgs, Kevin
By BernieDawg
December 2, 2008 1:45 PM | Link to this
If he’s not gonna fire Martinez, Richt should promote Garner to Co-Coordinate the defense. Martinez is obviously stretched thin and overmatched. Garner has expressed an interest in stepping up.
By hunterj6
December 2, 2008 1:46 PM | Link to this
For the record…Mark Richt and his players did not fill out a form at the beginning of the season, ranking themselves #1. Another reason why the people who voted them there have no clue how good or bad a team is at the beginning of the year or even the end of the year for that matter. Dawg fans should look forward to a chance to beat a Big10 team in a bowl game and consider the season a victory. Go Dawgs!
By Glenn
December 2, 2008 1:46 PM | Link to this
Michael;
Regarding Gardner Webb; the answer is fairly simple. GA Tech had lost both starting QB’s (the only one’s who knew anything about the triple option) and was playing with a pro-style QB as its starter. The entire offense had begun learning the triple option and was now trying to use a game plan that no one knew offensively.
The offense was tripping all over themselves missing blocks because that didn’t know what plays were being called and missed assignments with the new QB in place. Calvin Booker did an amazing job considering the fact that he really was the Scout team QB brought in to fill in as the starting QB.
North Carolina is still a head scratcher. GA Tech ran up over 400 yards of offense but had a lot of turnovers so they didn’t score. It wasn’t that they were outplayed, but seemed to make mistakes at the worst possible times, like on punt returns.
I would say that GA Tech’s biggest issues this year was working through the major injuries when they were trying to learn the new offense. Just as they started to get the hang of it, a starter would go down and someone new would come in and the timing would be off again.
Now if Josh would ever be able to get over his bad hammie and 2 sprained ankles, I think would would also be able to see more of what he could do with the triple option as well. :-)
By BUSHWACKER 76
December 2, 2008 1:49 PM | Link to this
Bottom line is the coaches did not forget how to coach, the problem is talent on defense.
How many former Bulldogs are in the NFL and how many of these guys will get drafted, maybe 1 or 2 and that will be on reputation only, I bet nobody on this years defense ever starts in the NFL.
Here is CR’s problem ,he cannot come out and say that.
Anf for you guys down on Stafford, the 3 games they lost the defense gave up 150 points, I don’t blame Stafford for that, he’s still the best QB out there and I bet you if he comes out he will be the first QB taken!
By Impartial Observer
December 2, 2008 1:49 PM | Link to this
Question:
How many times on Saturday did an over weight football fan, in red stretchy pants, watching a football game on his 19” RCA, with a coathanger wired to the family mobile home, yell: “Awwwwwwww sheee..it”?
Answer: About a million times what a 3-pointer counts.
By Bulldawg
December 2, 2008 1:50 PM | Link to this
B*** Fest - The Tech Post Mortem Losing to Tech sucks. Not only is it embarrassing, but it also signifies that this is truly the beginning of the end. This feels like 2001, when Lloyd Carr’s 8-2 Michigan team lost to a 6-4 Ohio State team at home in Jim Tressel’s first season. Previously, Lloyd owned Ohio State. That game changed everything between the two teams, and Ohio State became the aggressor. Now, look at the state of the two programs.
I’ve already said that Georgia has reached a plateau that they cannot overcome. The loss to Tech verifies this in my opinion. Now, let’s start the b*** fest.
1) Mark Richt is a bad gameday coach. I’ve been a Mark Richt apologist all season, but I have to admit what is glaringly obvious at this point. I would argue that he is in the bottom half of gameday coaching in the SEC. (Urban Meyer, Nick Saban, and Houston Nutt are clearly head and shoulders above the rest of the conference’s head coaches in terms of gameday coaching… getting the most out of your players for one game on one day. I would say Spurrier is better than Richt, Les Miles may be in a squeeker, and Bobby Johnson is pretty damn good considering what he has to work with. Rich Brooks is solid, and Bobby Petrino could quickly rise through the ranks as he acquires talent at Arkansas.) Other teams do not experience such dramatic stretches of gameplay where the team melts down on the field. It’s happened three times this season in twelve games… each game ended in a loss.
2nd quarter versus Alabama: • Mimbs - 19 yard punt. • Stafford interception/fumble off A.J. Green. • Stafford interception. • Defense gives up 170 yards on 18 plays and 21 points. 3rd quarter versus Florida: • Stafford interception • Stafford fumble • Stafford interception • 44-yard touchdown pass • Defense gives up only 119 yards on 13 plays and 21 points. 3rd quarter versus Georgia Tech: • 60-yard touchdown • Samuel fumble • Defense gives up 215 yards on 19 plays and 26 points. In all three cases, something happens and the team just falls apart. It’s like the team gets a paper cut and bleeds out and dies right there on the sideline. The coaches can’t seem to stop the bleeding, and it gets worse and worse until all is lost. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen Richt have the players take a knee and bark at them or tell them how disappointed he is in them or discuss recipes… whatever the f*** he does, only to see the team play at the exact same level that they played at before the pep talk. It’s really disturbing how little impact the head coach’s pep talks have. Richt may be a good person and all, but as far as being a field general… he sucks.
2) This team has no discipline. They don’t do the little things well… on or off the field. Tackling is poor, assignments are blown regularly, drivers licenses expire, etc. Penalties have been a problem… and not just penalties of “over-aggressiveness” as some of the players might have you believe. Stupid holding penalties, offsides penalties, hands to the face penalties, etc. have been much too common. Those are not “aggressive” penalties. Those are “I’m a dumbass” penalties. Those are “I got whipped on my assignment and had to commit a penalty to keep the quarterback from losing all of his functioning brain cells” penalties. These are infuriating penalties.
2a) This team has no accountability. This is 2a because I think this is the other side of the same coin. Players, like all human beings, will fail sometimes. However, when players fail repeatedly in the same fashion, it is pretty clear that those failures are not being addressed. For example (and this is just one of many examples I could use), when the kickoff is kicked out of bounds, let that serve as a warning… the first time it happens in the season. The second time he kicks a kickoff out of bounds, you bench his a*. The field is 53 yards wide. Kicking the ball outside of a landing area that f*** wide is unacceptable. Averaging one kickoff out of bounds per game shows that the coaches just don’t address this problem. Are they ignoring it? Are they just stupid? Do they not see that this is a problem? Would Urban Meyer or Nick Saban allow this type of failure week-in and week-out without addressing it? Hell, no. They would have an open tryout to see if there were any students that could kick the ball within the field of play. This is a problem that permeates the entire team. When players blow it, they are stuck right back in to fail again. No player is held accountable for his performance on the field… looking at you, Richard “fumbly-hands” Samuel, Reshad “tackle-free” Jones, and the list goes on and on. When players fail in such an epic fashion on real teams, they get benched. On Georgia, they get a pat on the butt. This must change.
3) Player development has stalled… at best. In his third year, Stafford is showing the same poor mechanics since he arrived on campus. Linebacker play (outside of Rennie Curran) has been weak. Defensive line play has been weak. The secondary has been… well, weak. (Is that an indictment of our defensive coordinator? I’ll let you decide.) The team is just loaded with potential, but that potential is not tapped. A few players are exceptions, but I think that has to do more with them on a personal level. These coaches just aren’t getting the same level of play out of these players that they have in the past.
Notice that none of the things I’ve mentioned are related to X’s and O’s. Honestly, I don’t think that is the problem. As far as X’s and O’s go, I think the coaches do a pretty good job. Georgia struggles with the things that make great coaching staffs great: getting the most out of your players. This Georgia team is worth less than the sum of its parts.
So, what do we do with this? I do know that these are program crippling problems that will grow like a cancer if they are not addressed.
1) I would start with a strong accountability system in the offseason. Players need to make sure their damn licenses are valid and up-to-date. Player arrests need to be right at zero for the next season. I would dismiss players that find themselves arrested for things like drunken driving or underage consumption. Cut them. Take away their opportunity for education because they are taking it for granted anyway. Show them that Georgia players are expected to handle their affairs like champions if they ever want to be champions. Do things the “Georgia Way” instead of just talking the talk.
2) Second, I would work the players’ asses off in spring, and the seniors would be responsible for working the rest of the team in the summer. I would make it known that slackers are losers, and losers will not play. I would make each and every player earn their names on the back of their jerseys. I would not cuddle them and tell them that a 9-3 season is okay. 9-3 is failure, and failure should not be tolerated.
By Gary
December 2, 2008 1:54 PM | Link to this
Douglas -glad we agree. I am not waiting on Coach Richt to say anything else now. I see his decision and don’t agree with it and I am just voicing frustration. He is a great coach and I hope he will be around for a long time. But blind loyalty is what can get a coach in trouble. The facts show Martinez is not up to par on the defense and Richt would be smart to make a change. Will a change in DC work? Who knows, but it cannot get much worse than giving up 122 points in 3 losses to 2 border state rivals and your hated in state rival. Steve McQueen said it best about coach’s time here. He is one of the best coaches in the country, but one thing that I have not heard mentioned still continues to get on my nerves. Of those 22 losses, 7 of them have been at home. It is great to only have lost 4 games total on the road in 8 years, but great teams are even better at home. I wish Richt would put more emphasis on the team playing better at home.
Also Nerd - enough of the thug talk. As McQueen says, these are college kids and all but two incidents since Richt has been in town have mostly been related to alcohol, which as a one time college student, I can tell you some of the smartest, well taught kids can get in trouble with alcohol. That is a problem across the entire college spectrum and it has a lot to do with kids being away from their parents for the first time and feeling independent. On all of those occasions the players involved were rightfully disciplined either by being suspended or forced to do community work or work to pay back restitution. The two severe instances in Richt’s time have been dealt with as they should have been, the players were dismissed from the team. UGA is anything but thuggish.
One more thing….yes I know we haven’t played a bowl game yet, but other assistants are getting let go from bowl eligible teams and I remember Donnan was let go one week after losing to Tech back in 2000. So waiting for a bowl game is not an excuse.
By gp
December 2, 2008 2:04 PM | Link to this
Longdwag- A great post! I couldn’t agree more.
By Gary
December 2, 2008 2:10 PM | Link to this
Correction it should be 135 points in 3 losses not 122 points in 3 losses. Going by another blogger’s math. lol
By gt4ever
December 2, 2008 2:16 PM | Link to this
Anything but “thuggish”???? Gary that’s why I read these blogs, for the comic relief! UGA is the HOME of the thug! Vince started it and it has evolved into a monster today! :)
I have said in the past that UGA was the BEST team GT played all year. Their one problem is DISCIPLINE. They have NONE! Discipline comes from the top! IMHO, this is why you didn’t win…. Just face it, you just got beat by a VERY young team that wasn’t even full strength! Just wait for next year, the score will not be close!
Go Jackets and THWG!
By Memphis Dawg
December 2, 2008 2:17 PM | Link to this
Bulldog made some great observations, 2a was right on!
At the beginning of the year, on the “CMR at home special” he made a comment that his coaches don’t get to work until late in the morning. He wants them to have “family time”, I thought that was good at the time. But maybe, he should take a page from GT’s CPJ and have them report to practice at 5am and the players at 6am in full pads! Do you think the team would stay out of the clubs then? Do you think the coaches would get the message?
Kevin
By Chris
December 2, 2008 2:21 PM | Link to this
Nerd u are right CMR was part of Miami in 80s and FSU in the 90s but there is one thing missing those teams won multiple national championships so I guess ur trying to say before this decade is over Georgia will finally win a couple of titles. I guess our school of thugs will finally win a few turf wars. Go Dawgs!!!!!! Sic Em. CMR will ultimately have to pay for his actions in keeping Willie and the other coaches around. I just hope it works out for the best. Every loss Georgia had this year was not just because of the defense but because of multiple costly turnovers and penalties. The Tech game when Stafford threw the int for a TD and Samuels fumble cost a Td. That is 14 points right there. The Ridiculous amount of turnovers against Florida in the second half blew that game open. It’s hard for a defense to defend a 20yd field 4 or 5 times in a game. I’m not giving the defense a break though because they were soft and tackled poorly most of the year. They have got to throw out that god awful rushing 3 and dropping 8 every 3rd down and start blitzing teams until they quit. They better come out more aggressive next year or the dawg nation will be even more impatient. Next year absolutely no excuses!!!!!!!!!!!
By BirdDawg
December 2, 2008 2:23 PM | Link to this
Georgia’s defense was definitely soft all year. A couple of guys like Curren and Allen played hard nose all year. GA employed a terrible defensive scheme against Tech. They did stop the run up the middle, but only had one defender, usually a smaller db, coming up to stop the wide pitch. That wasn’t enough. I was yelling at the TV because you could see what was coming but the db didn’t run to the pitch man until he had the ball. And then he usually took a bad angle. I watched the Falcons shut down LT on Sunday. Van Gorder had several players running to tackle LT when he got the pitch to run wide. Plus the Falcons played hard nose football. All in all, CMR has earned the right to fix the defense next year. I will give him the benefit of the doubt until then. Remember, Florida’s defense gave up a lot of yards last year but were a different team this year.
By CMR
December 2, 2008 2:28 PM | Link to this
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
YOU BARKERS ARE A BUNCH OF SUCKERS!!!!!
WE ARE SOFT, BUT I SURE LOOK GOOD!!!!
ENJOY THE SECOND TIER OF THE SEC!!!!
By leland
December 2, 2008 2:36 PM | Link to this
JS—an idea you and other writers don’t seem to get is that the expression “Georgia is overrated” is not a comment about Georgia. It is about the raters. Get it? And to say that Georgia is an underachiever requires that you show what you are comparing Georgia to. So what could that be? Why the early season ratings by newspapermen. So it’s the same thing as saying Georgia is overrated. Is all this too much for you? YP, Leland
By Blackberry Cobbler
December 2, 2008 2:43 PM | Link to this
I’ll give CMR the benefit of the doubt and give him next year to get things turned around.
It not about the RECORD…….. 9-3 is by all accounts a good RECORD. But it’s not about the RECORD. This team has underachieved. This team could easily be 6-6 right now but did just enough to barely win against some mediocre opponents (UK, SC, Vandy, Auburn). Underachievers.
Fans are NOT upset about the record. They’re upset and have a right to be about the status of the program— weak defense, weak special teams, undisciplined penalties, off the field shenanigans.
I’ll give CMR benefit of the doubt and see what next year brings………….. but that’s not going to be easy because we loose a lot on offense. 9-3 would be a miracle next year I think.
I think if UGA doesn’t win the East next year, CMR is gone and he can take Mike Booboo and Soft Willie with him.
By JAWGAGURL
December 2, 2008 2:46 PM | Link to this
WELL WELL MR.BULLDOG WHY DONT YOU JUST COACH THE TEAM SINCE YOU KNOW SO MUCH! AND CALLING A PLAYER LOSER IS REALLY GONNA GET SOMEONE FIRED UP………DONT YOU KNOW ANYTHING? CALLING SOMEONE A LOSER IS NOT HOW TO GET FIRE GOING INSIDE! ITS FANS LIKE YOU THAT HAVE TAKEN THE FIRE OUT! AND WILL SOMEONE PLEASE DEFINE THUGGISH TO ME JUST WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF THAT WORD? (A cutthroat or ruffian; a hoodlum.) SO IS THAT WHAT YOU THINK OF OUR TEAM? IF IT IS THEN MAYBE YOU SHOULD PARK YOU TRAILER SOME WHEE ELSE IN GEORGIA. BECAUSE MY GEORGIA BULLDAWGS ARE NOT THUGS, THUGGISH OR LOSER……………..OH YEA AND THE BLACK JERSEYS DONT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH HOW WE PLAY ITS JUST A JERSEY!
By CMR
December 2, 2008 2:46 PM | Link to this
Hey bulldawg, all that accountability crap is for Urban Meyer. He has arrests too, but he dismisses the players arrested. Theyre just boys, we need to cut them a break
By Villa Rica
December 2, 2008 2:50 PM | Link to this
Everyone is complaining, but 9-3 is not much worse than last year. Look at it this way, if we would not have played Alabama just another weak SEC west team we would have been 10-1 going into Tech. Also, if Tech would still have had Gailey we would be 11-1. This was our year. Auburn, Tenn, LSU will not be as bad as they were this year for a long time.
By richtfan
December 2, 2008 2:51 PM | Link to this
I really don’t think there is any room for any techies to be making comments about mark richt and the uga program, especially considering the joke by coke. Remember Chan Gailey and Reggie Ball? Remember the all world Calvin Johnson never winning against UGA? did Tech history only start this season? Do you honestly think you’ve turned the tide in one season?
Give me a break. UGA owns you and will always own you. If we don’t let you win occasionally, it’s not a rivalry.
A blind geek occasionally finds a pocket protector in the forest.
By CMR
December 2, 2008 2:53 PM | Link to this
We will have a tough time in the east next year. Moreno and Stafford are gone! Tebow is back for Florida as well as Rainey, Demps and 10 of their defensive starters. I also expect a quick turnaround at Tennessee with the Kiffins there. The road is only going to get harder, this was our best shot! Look for 8-4 next year, maybe worse.
By Villa Rica
December 2, 2008 2:55 PM | Link to this
Don’t get so made at Georgia Tech. The fact that they ever beat UGA with their tiny school is a disgrace to UGA. Tech has 10,000 students compared to UGA’s 80,000(The Univ. System)
By CMR
December 2, 2008 2:56 PM | Link to this
you tellem richtfan! By the way, you want to go bowling with our team after our “light” practice on Thursday?
By Plant
December 2, 2008 2:57 PM | Link to this
I support Coach Richt and his entire staff, including Coach Martinez. I remain very thankful for the great head coach and I trust his judgment with respect to all facets of the program. How dare all of you people to assume you know more about coaching and running a program than Coach Richt. I look forward to a very successful 2009, beginning with yet another New Years Day Bowl. Go Dawgs!
By CMR
December 2, 2008 2:58 PM | Link to this
WHY DON’T JAWGAGIRL AND ALL YOU OTHER DUMB FANS HUNKER DOWN AND BARK!!!! WHOOOOO HOOOOOO!!!
WOOOF WOOOF WOOOF!!
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!
JOKE IS ON YOU AS USUAL!! DON’T BELIEVE THE PRESEASON HYPE EVERY YEAR!
LOSERS!!!!
By CMR
December 2, 2008 2:58 PM | Link to this
WHY DON’T JAWGAGIRL AND ALL YOU OTHER DUMB FANS HUNKER DOWN AND BARK!!!! WHOOOOO HOOOOOO!!!
WOOOF WOOOF WOOOF!!
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!
JOKE IS ON YOU AS USUAL!! DON’T BELIEVE THE PRESEASON HYPE EVERY YEAR!
LOSERS!!!!
By Paul
December 2, 2008 2:58 PM | Link to this
It’s just a f**cking football game folks. Sure I wanted a better season too. There are bigger problems in the world than a 9-3 season.
By Paul
December 2, 2008 2:59 PM | Link to this
It’s just a f**cking football game folks. Sure I wanted a better season too. There are bigger problems in the world than a 9-3 season.
By CMR
December 2, 2008 3:01 PM | Link to this
Thanks Plant. Paul, I am sure you were not one of the ones running your trap at the beginning of the season, but now you need to lighten up
By Newswire
December 2, 2008 3:03 PM | Link to this
This Just In* Good News - the Gators have quit scoring on the Dawgs.
Bad News - Tech just scored again!
By Coach Richt
December 2, 2008 3:06 PM | Link to this
Guys, I’m sorry about the game and we will get it right next year without changing anything. However, I want to make this year up to you so go to your local Ford dealer, get a tricked out red 350 and I’ll arrange for you to get a $100.00 off.
By gdawginkalamazoo
December 2, 2008 3:11 PM | Link to this
gt4ever, you are correct on the discipline part. A disciplined defense would have been able to cover the corners against your option offense. The “speed” we supposedly have in the D backs should have made up for the trickery of the option attack. Instead we have Reshad Jones playing grab a$$ with Jones on that 54 yard TD run. That play put the nail in the proverbial coffin for that game. I have seen kickers make better tackles than that effort. I am not blaming Reshad for the game because there were 355 other rushing yards hung out there and Staff’s pick 6. I hope the team gets it together and beats MSU. Dantonio doesn’t play around come game day. And Ringer? About like Jones and Dwyer speed and size wise. Our offense should not have any problems but if you score 42 and can’t win a game……
By kirk
December 2, 2008 3:20 PM | Link to this
georgia’s problems this year go back to the mass celebration in last year’s florida game. after that, the team thought they were the greatest football team ever, were cute and that they didn’t have to work for anything. that clip will be shown to the ends of the earth before every florida/georgia game. in the long run it will be the defining moment of georgia’s downturn.
By Hunk Erdown
December 2, 2008 3:24 PM | Link to this
One way that CMR could save face and improve the team is the idea of hiring Sly Crooms. Hire him as an assistant/executive head coach. Put Willie in the press box with Bobo and let Crooms be the on field commander of defense and special teams. CMR could be the on field commander of offense.
The first thing we need to do is to recruit some hosses with nicknames like “Chainsaw”, “Bubba”, and “Pulpwood”. Blue collar type players who will appreciate and understand what the opportunity to play for a program like UGA really means.
I flatly reject the notion that because the average College student drinks that our players should get the wink-wink when they do it. It is true that average kids drink, that is why we have a slightly above average football team. Champions are disciplined, that means they sacrifice and make a commitment to abstain from anything that gets in the way of the goal, a championship.
If Stafford and Moreno can leave for the money after this awful taste in their mouths from the season results, then so be it. Yes, there are players in the pipeline who can step up and get the job done. Maybe there are players who have a true hunger for being the best that they can be.
Losing to Tech after we had already lost the SEC East might just be the best thing that could have happened to give this program a wake-up call.
Before we as fans excuse negative behaviour as “average” or “expected” behaviour of college football players, lets consider what it would be like to have a team that has a 100% commitment to abstain from anything that negates their physical training and mental toughness and has an attitude of loyalty to their team-mates that the chain is only as strong as the weakest link.
I am afraid that this generation is oblivious to sacrifice and paying the price of victory. If CMR is ever to have a Championship program, he will have to demand excellance, even if it means playing a guy with less natural talent but a perfect understanding of technique and execution. If the entire offense, for instance, is made up of good, not great players, that simply perform their duty play after play, we won’t need a Moreno type player that can make a big gain out of nothing because if everyone is doing their job, the hole will be there and a good player can accomplish the same thing through a well disciplined attack. Maybe we have relied too heavily on “stars” and not enough on a well balanced “team” effort. Our defense is woefully made up of players who would rather leave their assignment and try to “make a play” instead of staying at home to force the play to their defensive strength. We were burned several times Saturday for this very reason. The “Glory Hog” mentality will get you beat every time.
By GoldenDawg 84
December 2, 2008 3:24 PM | Link to this
Can some of you Willie supporters tell me how we will be better next year? It’s a serious question.
I’d love to feel better about this.
Is there any concrete reason for optimism?
It seems that since CWM took over the dam has been leaking (WVA, UT twice, AU) and this year it burst wide open.
Do we have a ton of talent to replace these guys? Is Willie going to coach the current starters up (please!)? Is he going to be a better at future talent evaluation during recuiting?
I’m not looking for “in Richt we trust” type answers. Since those of us advocating a coaching change are so stupid, I’m sure there are a number of good, solid reasons why you loyalists feel that we are so misguided. Please share.
By fred
December 2, 2008 3:27 PM | Link to this
Calm down, Pups. You lost ONE GAME, but you still have the Red Coat Marching Band,a great journalism school,the coaching legacies of Dooley/Butts, the nation’s only owned-and-operated newspaper(magically/mystically unbiased) and—-just this year—-a #1 preseason ranking.
You would…by your whimpering/howling…think you had just lost to the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Did you? Between the hedges?To a team that runs an obsolete “cloud o’ dust” offense? Nerds? Astronauts?Head Coach from Navy?High school stadium—-unfilled? Ghetto campus?Two-ton cheerleaders?
Only “YES” answers are correct.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooJackets!!! THWG!!! IM “59.
By Dawg '66
December 2, 2008 3:28 PM | Link to this
I don’t believe some of you imbecile bloggers. This is my first time. Bernard, you missed out on all the facts. CMR has won championships (2 SEC and several division titles). He has averaged 10 wins a seson at UGA. The only championship he hasn’t won is NC. And shakazulu, you think Spurrier is fixing problems at USC? Ask the Gamecock fans how the feel about this year’s 7-5 record. While you are at it, ask defending NC LSU fans how they feel about their 7-5 record. Nice guys can finish first. (See Joe Paterno, Bud Wilkinson, Vince Dooley).
By sam
December 2, 2008 3:32 PM | Link to this
9-3 aint good enough, this is UGA for gods sake! lets trade Richt for Charlie Weis straight up….
By bank walker
December 2, 2008 3:33 PM | Link to this
Listen Dawg fans, Everyone is p**, and I feel your pain. We can talk till we’re blue in the face, and it will do nothing. Richt knows how we feel right now, and I believe deep down he will do everything to make it right. Even if it calls for Willie’s arse next year. I still believe we have a tremendous coach. He is good for us. He realizes now that we want a championship in a bad way or we’ll find someone to get us there. Lets just forget this debacle and remember the wins he has given to us. Hell he has one of the best records out there. And remember folks several RECRUITS read these blogs, so lets stay positive and squash the negative! BANK WALKER OUT
By CMR
December 2, 2008 3:39 PM | Link to this
Willie is awesome! you guys need to cut him some slack! We came up short on a couple of drives this year, but he was not out there playing. Give him a break. It is not his fault that players are not tackling. It is not his fault the schemes are there and not being executed! It is not his fault they play with ZERO fire! (except for Rennie Curran)
Give him a break, he is great!
By JAWGAGURL
December 2, 2008 3:47 PM | Link to this
That little celebration is what helped build that fire under our team that came home and beat Auburn,beat Ga.Tech and then went on to win the Sugar Bowl so before you all start on that bandwagon again you need to think about it! The moral was taken away when a few of the fans complained about the dancing our guys did on the side lines, which hyped some of us up as well. Take all the fun out you get a 9-3 season! They are just kids, going to school to get a education, have you forgotten what it was like to be young? If you are going to talk about the Dawgs talk about where the problem really is the coaching not Jerseys, Dancing, and Celebrations!!
By GT
December 2, 2008 3:49 PM | Link to this
Mark Richt learned to look the other way from Bowden, learned how to let alumni pay players from Dooley, and never learned to coach from anyone. He was butchered by Spurrier, won a battle but is losing the war with his stunt to p** off Meyer. Plan on another 10 year streak of losses to Florida. Richt is an idiot.
By Pitbull
December 2, 2008 3:51 PM | Link to this
I think a lot of people are either posing as Georgia fans to complain about Mark Richt because they want to hurt him and the Georgia program, or there are a small number of delusional Georgia “fans”.
The vast majority of UGA alumni love Mark and are more than satisfied with his results over the past 8 years. He is 81-22 and will go 10-3 this difficult year if we win the bowl game. Remember that we had the hardest sos in the nation and have had many starters go down with injuries this year.
Here is a list of Mark’s record against the rest of the SEC and Tech over the past 8 years:
Mississippi 4-0
Arkansas 4-0
Mississippi State 2-0
Georgia Tech 7-1
Kentucky 7-1
Vanderbilt 7-1
Alabama 3-1
South Carolina 6-2
LSU 3-2
Tennessee 5-3
Auburn 5-3
Florida 2-6
Has any other SEC won 2 or more games against Florida over the past 8 years? Check the records.
By buttcutmutt
December 2, 2008 4:01 PM | Link to this
remember how the dog nation (sad as it may be) picked on tech for barely beating garner webb at home. the fact that we had more trouble with them at home than we did with the bulldogs in samford stadium tells me that on a neutral field GW would beat the bulldogs. just sayin.
By PreacherRicht
December 2, 2008 4:09 PM | Link to this
A Tale of two S**-
When I got embarrassed by the gators it seemed time stood still
Coach Meyer called time outs in a show of bad will
Against the jackets however time ticked by much faster
I couldnt stop the clock before shaking hands with my new master
In both games however, there is a common thread
I proved once again that I always wet the bed
-By: Preacher Richt
By Paul
December 2, 2008 4:10 PM | Link to this
Don’t use the name “Tommy Tuberville” in the same sentence with “National Championship Coaches” please. He has not won one and will not win one. The Golf Digest award, or the one from 17 year old retard in Opelika do not count.
By gdawginkalamazoo
December 2, 2008 4:16 PM | Link to this
Seriously, I can’t help but think the players are more disappointed with the loss than we will ever be. It is their names on the back of the jersey. Their names in the stat books. Hopefully these kids will rebound and fight like hell to beat MSU and end the season on the best note possible.
Hunk Erdown, great points you made there. Croom I believe would bring some fire to the program. Get Willie some help, no shame in that. BTW, I wasn’t picking on Reshad in the post above I thought he played well that first half and he was delivering the hard hits out there. But what can you do, everybody is frustrated. I don’t see the need to call for Richt’s head anytime soon. He has been a blessing to this program. His only problem is that he has raised the expectations for the program to new levels. Now he needs to fine tune it to meet them year in and year out. Not a bad problem to have if you ask me.
By Gman
December 2, 2008 4:18 PM | Link to this
Pitbull: you are saying our SOS was #1 this year while calling other fans delusional? We will never have another schedule this easy as UT and AU will not be this weak again anytime soon. ASU will likley be better next year as well.
By Gus
December 2, 2008 4:20 PM | Link to this
Why is it that loyalty to staff is considered more admirable than loyalty to the fan base, the players, the University, etc.? Has Mark Richt not learned anything from eight years of the Bush administration? When you hunker down to protect your failing friends, you end up taking yourself down in the process.
For a pious Christian who wears his faith on his sleeve, Mark Richt sure fields an undisciplined, thuggish team year in and out. The b.s. in the endzone vs. FL last year will haunt us for as long as Urban Meyer is at FL. Auburn was none too pleased with the Solja Boy stuff on the sideline last year. Before the Tech game, Richt was jumping up and down in the middle of a pack of players like a damned fool. I am sure that film will come back to haunt him in future years given that the team promptly went out and blew a 16 point half time lead to lose at home versus a bitter rival.
Mark Richt needs to start worrying less about being liked by his players and find someone who can instill some discipline in the program. Otherwise, he, Willie, Bobo and the whole lot will be looking for work in one or two year’s time.
By The Ole Ball Coach
December 2, 2008 4:25 PM | Link to this
The same nay-sayers the ole kick you when you down writers and commentors will be the same ones jumping back on the band wagon…….. 9&3 at Tech is wonderful 9&3 at Georgia is awful…….. Shows where each program really is at … don’t it…………… :) Go Dawgs
By marcopolo
December 2, 2008 4:32 PM | Link to this
I’m embarassed for Vince and Larry
By bobbylee
December 2, 2008 4:41 PM | Link to this
UGA 7 is O-1.
By NO GREED LEFT BEHIND with SAXBY
December 2, 2008 4:51 PM | Link to this
GO DAWGS
By DawgieStyle
December 2, 2008 4:54 PM | Link to this
For the fist time in 11 years, I’m not going to ANY bowl game for UGA. I don’t care if they play my local high school team. They would probably beat my local high school team, but give up 38 points.
By Rick Echols
December 2, 2008 4:56 PM | Link to this
There is zero tolerance for this 08 season production. The lack of discipline was apparent on BOTH sides of the ball.
We forgot about that power run game of GA that produced some of the greatest backs in football.
“Hey Willie, how do you loose to the oldest play in college football…the option ?”
Hint: The DE’s run containment on QB and the linebackers take the outside man/ back. And for God’s sake…streach him out even if he does pitch the ball !!!!!
By Chris
December 2, 2008 5:01 PM | Link to this
Georgia Tech will not win a National championship because defenses will adjust to there offense like they have with the spread offense. It just takes time because it’s not seen everyday. North Carolina shut it down with one of the youngest defenses in the nation and so did Virginia Tech. Tech will win 9 or 10 games a year but Paul Johnson will not win a title. If Rich Rodriguez couldnt do it with Pat White and Slaton I guarantee Tech aint winning one. I’m not hating just stating some facts for the future.
By ugablows
December 2, 2008 5:02 PM | Link to this
sorry georgie fans but this was likely cmr’s last really good year….next year at Bobby Dodd you are going to recieve an epic beatdown, revenge of the nerds if you will for 51-7…
oh yeah and it’s laughable about how you keep blaming the loss on bad tackling and giving us 14….how about all the missed tackles and blown assighnments in tech’s secondary? how about that safety that should have happened in the end zone if techs player had wrapped stafford up instead of trying to strip the ball? or if michael johnson hadn’t dropped that interception? or all the mis-reads that nesbitt made in the first half? Hell if we had brought our A-game we could’ve hung 70 on your over-rated joke team
By J-English N Germany
December 2, 2008 5:10 PM | Link to this
Well Jeff Schultz you are right on point with Coach Richt and what can come of his loyality to Willie Martinez… But what about his loyality and responsibility to the UGA program and more importantly the Kids he has recruited to play there?
I like Willie as a DB coach, but his knowledge of defense coupled with his poor scheming and play calling is vanilla and almost high schoolish at best!
UGA has put out far superior NFL talent at all the defensive positions in the past three years while he has been the defensive coordinator than they have performed while in college under his tutledge, simply look at the LB’s, Db’s, DE’s and linemen they have matriculated to the NFL!
I say cover your staff but put not only competent people in the proper positions, go the extra distance and put your best mn forward as the defensive coordinator… wouldn’t Mark Richts replace a player who’s performing poorly?
Also what gives on our Special Teams Kick returners? I mean Samuel my be a good RB but most every coach I know would prefer a shifty and elusive muscle twitch fiber kinda returner more in the mold of a wide-out!
No matter how one looks at UGA this past season, I think it’s fair everyone would say they were one, poorly coached on game day and two, devised weak defensive game plans and play calling and three, didn’t display true grit and heart as a top teir football program!
where I’m from all these noted weakness begs for corrections and our changes in coaching personeel.
By HH
December 2, 2008 5:10 PM | Link to this
If things don’t turn around fast, as in next year, then Coach Cool won’t have to worry about firing Willie. The whole crowd will be gone and the only thing Richt will have to worry about is how many years he is going to take off from coaching. I am assuming money won’t be an issue.
Speaking of lousy timing, I received my Hartman Fund donation form today. I hope they ain’t going to hold their breath waiting for it.
By Bruce Mac
December 2, 2008 5:10 PM | Link to this
Good grief Dawg Fans, we were playing Florida, Alabama, Arizona State on the road, LSU, Auburn on the road, and didn’t play that well at times. Please don’t start comparing us to the Bumble Bees, they play nobody ever but us and so they win once every ten years. It ain’t the end of the world. CMR will be back with a vengence in 2009.
By longtimedawg
December 2, 2008 5:33 PM | Link to this
UGA is 6th nationally in WINS since CMR has been head coach you idiots. GT in the same span is no where in the top 30 and for you GAYTOR fans your at 14 in wins. only USC, Texas,LSU, OKLA, OSU have more wins than the DAWGS in the past 8 seasons and only USC has more top 10 finishes. This is a great body of work by CMR and his staff. I am not saying that martinez should stay or go…but trust CMR and his judgements it has worked for 8 years….and for handling of his team he reminds me of Tom Landry all BIZ not too high and not too low…that’s why his teams play so well on the road…and for CMR character would not trade him for 10 urban meyer’s or nick saban’s…DAWGS will be back in 2009 and are not finished in 2008…and remember UGA had 18 season ending injuries and that effected special teams bigtime and many backup roles as well. GO DAWGS! FYI…where and what were the GAYTORS and the crimson tide doing last year when the DAWGS where #2 in the BCS? FLA got a beatdown in the capital one bowl by michigan!
By coastal dawg
December 2, 2008 5:35 PM | Link to this
More than half the blogs speak of dicipline or lack of. To me, that starts at the top and filters down. We as Ga fans and contributors are like stockholders in a corporation. Our voices need to be heard and the person that we need to contact is AD Damon Evans. CMR is a great coach that needs to surrond himself with great coaches i.e. Defense, Special Teams. We, as contributors expect more than mediocrity from them. Look at Saban and Meyer, a 9-3 or 10-2 season is unacceptable to their programs. Everyone has injuries and lots of freshman so thats no excuse and neither is bad coaching. We have one of the premeir programs in the country so we should be playing for all the marbles more often than not. Find some better coaches! AD Evans: 706-542-9037
By Reggie Hammonds
December 2, 2008 5:42 PM | Link to this
As long as Mark Richt is UGA football coach, Nobody will never have to worry about UGA being a contender for a National Title or SEC Championship title too….UGA 3rd or 4th best in the SEC. Bama, Florida, GA Tech and others will beat UGA every year. GET USE TO IT. WAIT UGA FANS ARE ALREADY USE TO IT. IT’S CALLED CHOKE……..OVER RATED.
By SimpleDawg
December 2, 2008 5:43 PM | Link to this
Bulldawg’s right on the mark….no pun intended, or maybe it should be. Changes should be coming or we will choose to repeat history. Donnan had so much talent, but let a coked up Quimpcey Carter and a bunch of morons lead the team to mediocracy…Big Jim was loyal to his QB. Sitting at 3-3, Clemson’s Tammy Bowden refused to fire an inept Offensive Coordinator because of loyalty - a fellow God Squader. After a forced resignation, an inexperienced wide-receiver coach took the same team - minus said OC - to 4 wins against 2 losses. Now we have an under-achieving defense, giving up more points than Hawaii, with a defensive coordinator who has proved his worth…or lack of worth. A good CEO knows when a company core group is underachieving and that it’s time to replace the group VP. What has to be done is not always easy, but “the needs or benefit of the many exceed the needs or benefit of the one”.
By Sur-par is what Georgia will always be
December 2, 2008 5:48 PM | Link to this
It’s been like that for 29 years!
By monty
December 2, 2008 6:00 PM | Link to this
I think when Bobby Bowden was asked about Richt coming to Ga his words seemed guarded and he said that he ia a “good man,” and that;s reaaly about all he would say. He didn’t reaaly give him a glowing endorsement, I’m just wondering if back then he didn’t think Richt had the stomach for making the hard decisions, like firing a friend.
IF IT WAS MY TEAM AND MY GUYS COULD SCORE 30 MOST ANY GAME, BUT MY DEFENCE GAVE UP 36, I THINK I WOULD FIND ANOTHER DEFENSIVE COACH, I DON’T KNOW, THATS JUST ME.
By IceDawg
December 2, 2008 6:01 PM | Link to this
Perhaps there are quite a few people who do not see the Georgia situation as you do Jeff. The assumption that UGA would be a better team this year or at least as good as last year’s team could very well have been a wrong assumption. It was not the same team on paper neither was it the same team on the field. For all anyone knew it might not have been as good as the previous year, which it turned out to be. For some reason fans also assume that all UGA recruits are the best at their positions in the country or at least as good or better than the opposition they will face. This is another assumption that is not necessarily true. The only way that gets proven is performance on the field. Coaches coach, they do not play. It is too easy to give too much credit to the coaches and not enough consideration of the complexity of the personnel that they have to coach. Certainly coaches are responsible for recruiting, but a coach cannot make someone something that they are not. Coaches do not know what they really have to work with until they see what they can do on the field, not in a high school game, but at the university/collegiate level. There are a myriad of intangibles that can affect the outcome. The UGA talent was not at the same level as Florida, Alabama and Tech at key positions, particularly defense. There was no clear outstanding defensive spark-plug. Martinez nor anyone one else can make some into that. UGA has had those kinds of players in the past which elevated the level of play of others. We just didn’t have that player(s) this year. The UGA coaching staff’s record speaks for itself and it is quite good. They’ll have more excellent years and they’ll have some mediocre ones. Historically every program has its ups and downs. So what’s new? Write about something else.
By Reality Check
December 2, 2008 6:04 PM | Link to this
Jeff, some points well made re: UGA, however, in the spirit of balanced arguments and one that everyone seems to gloss over, UGA had 18 starters injured, a situation that occurred AFTER preseason #1 polls. All teams have injuries but the dawg’s injuries were much more severe FWIW.
By Terrible Truth
December 2, 2008 6:07 PM | Link to this
Yeah, too much loyalty really can be a bad thing sometimes, Jeffy. You think there may be a correlation between the AJC’s loyalty to you and Bigot Terence Moore and their circulation numbers spinning around the toilet bowl?
By Dumb Long Time Dawg
December 2, 2008 6:07 PM | Link to this
When the last time your mutts won a nc title? Bama, TN, lsu, UF and GA Tech has won a nc title in the last 25 yrs, UGA has not. Every year mutt fans thump their chest on how they going to win it all. THEY ALWAYS CHOKE AND MAKE LAME EXCUSES! KEEP PLAYING THAT SAME BROKEN RECORD U CLOWNS BEEN PLAY FOR 29 YEARS. YOUR MUTT WILL NOT BE NO BETTER IN 09 EITHER. HAVE FUN AT YOUR NON BCS BOWL.
By BigRabidDawg
December 2, 2008 6:34 PM | Link to this
Yeah it was tought losing to Tech this year. I had to settle my bet with the yard boy who graduated from Tech in 05’. his major was leaf blowing and plastic bag tying. Majored in Yard Engineering
By Beating Georgia is so easy......
December 2, 2008 6:35 PM | Link to this
Even a Nerd can do it !
By SayIt
December 2, 2008 6:35 PM | Link to this
Maybe a cut in Richt’s salary would get his attention. He’s overpaid for this years results.
By jwatl
December 2, 2008 6:38 PM | Link to this
A lot of emotion has been voiced since the ‘game of the year’ on Saturday. The coaching staff has taken a lot of hits — with the majority being justified in my opinion.
Think the real issue comes down to the character of the team shown on the field. With coaching greats such as Lombardi and George Allen, they would not allow their players to leave anything on the field. THE OBJECT IS TO WIN! The same is true for coaches like Urban Meyers and Nick Sabin. When coaches — or any would be leader for that matter — accepts mediocre play, then he is letting his players and the fans down.
The problem is not necessarily the game on Saturday, but the trends throughout the year. The Dawgs had real problems with mediocre teams and were totally blown out by two good teams.
With the talent possessed by UGA, fans in particular asked WHY? HOW COULD THIS BE? And, WHY DID THE DEFENSE GO TO SLEEP IN THE THIRD QUARTER? Future teams need discipline, character and one heck of a lot of leadership. If the coaching staff is incapable of providing same, WHO WILL??
By BOYCOTT the Bowl Game
December 2, 2008 6:48 PM | Link to this
Are you furious with our coaching staff? Are you furious with the lack of discipline of the players? Feel like you can’t do anything about Willie…then send a HUGE message and DON’T attend any bowl game the dogs are in. That will send a message Loud and Clear that something MUST be done in the offseason to correct the horrible coaching problems.
By Buzzboy
December 2, 2008 6:58 PM | Link to this
I agree with the posters who feel that Georgia should hire Sly Crooms to improve their “D”. We only put 38 points and 438 yards rushing on him with our 2nd string QB leading the team. I think he would be a great hire for you guys.
By RunOver
December 2, 2008 6:59 PM | Link to this
Hey Boycott.. Did you do that on election day too? What a loser. Support your team not your selfishness. Get a life. You are a band wagon fan.
By WildBill
December 2, 2008 7:06 PM | Link to this
You guys should have been at the local coffee break this morning, and yesterday too. It was pretty much unanimously agreed that the dawgs did not put out the effort in the games this year that is expected by the alumni and fans. Several points were made, that have been made above: 1. Jumping chest bumps and hip bumps made them look like Dekalb Ave. crazies, 2. Many players were playing at 50%, saving their energy for ‘later’. 3. Coaches looked cool and detached. 4. What were the players and coaches doing during the 2 weeks prior to the game. Thats just a FEW, but the point that the Jackets made the dawgs look like stooges was the hardest to take. I’m wondering if the coaching staff thinks the season was “good enough for government work.”
By Obeone
December 2, 2008 7:21 PM | Link to this
I was planning on attending the bowl game but being Coach Richt said to hell with the program by not fireing Martinez. I will portest the game by not attending. That’s the only way the fans can respond their wants and desires for the direction of the program. The fans deserve to have their say. It hurts to get blown out of games year after year. TN,TN, Bama, Fla.! No matter what the offense puts up the defense can give up 30 to 40 points in a matter of minutes. Remember the Tenn. game a few years back to back. It’s upsetting, and I say it must stop now!!!! Boycot the Bowl Game!!!!!
By Obeone
December 2, 2008 7:22 PM | Link to this
I was planning on attending the bowl game but being Coach Richt said to hell with the program by not fireing Martinez. I will portest the game by not attending. That’s the only way the fans can respond their wants and desires for the direction of the program. The fans deserve to have their say. It hurts to get blown out of games year after year. TN,TN, Bama, Fla.! No matter what the offense puts up the defense can give up 30 to 40 points in a matter of minutes. Remember the Tenn. game a few years back to back. It’s upsetting, and I say it must stop now!!!! Boycot the Bowl Game!!!!!
By Are you an idiot?
December 2, 2008 7:44 PM | Link to this
To those of you who suggest boycotting the bowl games….are you freaking kidding? You must be a fan of another team because no true Georgia fan would suggest such a thing let alone try to get others to follow. Do you not think about the effect something like that would have on future recruiting? Who would want to play football for a team whose fans are so insansely fickle that they wouldn’t even show up to see you play. Get over yourselves, show some class and let the boys play their last game of the season. The last thing we need is empty stadium seats and booing our players and coaches….we’d be assured to become a s”“t program..
By Are you an idiot?
December 2, 2008 7:45 PM | Link to this
To those of you who suggest boycotting the bowl games….are you freaking kidding? You must be a fan of another team because no true Georgia fan would suggest such a thing let alone try to get others to follow. Do you not think about the effect something like that would have on future recruiting? Who would want to play football for a team whose fans are so insansely fickle that they wouldn’t even show up to see you play. Get over yourselves, show some class and let the boys play their last game of the season. The last thing we need is empty stadium seats and booing our players and coaches….we’d be assured to become a s”“t program..
By BOYCOTT The Bowl Game
December 2, 2008 8:04 PM | Link to this
Runover - I supported my team at EVERY game…away and home this season. Spent thousands upon thousands on donations, tickets, flights, hotels, etc. And what happens? I do not want to spend anymore money this season to go see Mich State RUN ALL OVER us. Willie is a joke and until someting is done, just see what happens…7 & 5 next year. I am one of UGA’s Biggest supporters and I can’t stand to see this happen to my beloved team. So go ahead and support the football team, but DON’T complain, not one time.
By voice of reason
December 2, 2008 8:08 PM | Link to this
To those of you who suggest boycotting the bowl games….are you freaking kidding? You must be a fan of another team because no true Georgia fan would suggest such a thing let alone try to get others to follow. Do you not think about the effect something like that would have on future recruiting? Who would want to play football for a team whose fans are so insansely fickle that they wouldn’t even show up to see you play. Get over yourselves, show some class and let the boys play their last game of the season. The last thing we need is empty stadium seats and booing our players and coaches….we’d be assured to become a s”“t program..
By CHARLOTTE DAWG
December 2, 2008 8:43 PM | Link to this
Nope,
I side with Boycott the Bowl Game. Why would we send a message to the coaches, athletic department, and players that what just happend is acceptable?
Voice of Reason, I hope your not a manager at work. Tolerating failure and poor results is something Tech is known for. We are better than that. We are pi$$ed to go to the Capital One Bowl and Tech would be jumping for joy. Sounds about right. And that’s how I like it. I like supporting a program that does not tolerate failure. Tech’s just happy to be there. Again, that’s them. Do you want that?
And if you concerned about our image with recruits and the nation watching, I understand and you do make a valid point. But consider this….Alabama has the most bat $hit insane fans in the nation! Nobody else has 90K show up to a spring game. They are fickle, ruthless, and very hard to please. And guess what…….THEIR BAAAAAAAAACK. Guess it didn’t scare the recruits away. And the coach is awesome but a monster….yet parents are sending kids his way in drooves. Kind of like sending your kid to military school…you know they’ll get structure.
And remember the “FireRonZook.com”? Those fans are brutal down in Gainesville. Guess what? The gravy train of recruits still came pouring in and Meyer won the NC with his recruits.
So the point I’m making is…real recruits..real men are not scared to suit up for a university with outragiously high standards. It makes them yearn to be with the best.
It pains me to say this but if I had a 17 year boy gifted enough to play college ball in the SEC or other D-1 divisions, I’d understand if he’d want to go play for someone else other than Richt. B/c I don’t believe my son would get the rings he would if he played for a Florida, USC, Texas, etc. Just being honest.
I want better. Nothing wrong with that. So if the Capital One bowl is on New year’s day and I’m not too hung over, I’ll be hunting in the final day of deer season in SC. Nope, I do not care to watch Reshad Jones miss tackles, seeing Prince Miller get burned, or Stafford throwing picks into triple coverage. No Sir…..why would I do that to myself?
And it goes without saying…that if you gave me two Capital One tickets, a paid for hotel room and plane tickets, I would try to give them to a client of mine in the Orlando area. Won’t be supporting a team with such awful characteristics.
Can richt right the ship? Yes! But I’m done with his team for this year. Taking the rest of the season off my friends(except ridiculing nerd fans on the Tech blog) That hobby could continue.
By I Know Talent
December 2, 2008 8:47 PM | Link to this
It is true that none of this would be happening if Van Gorder was still stalking between the hedges, but the glaring thing of 2008, to me, is the lack of talent and brains on the defensive side of the ball. Finally, Georgia gets stud skill players on offense but little did we know that we would have the worst defensive ends, corners, and safeties of the last 10 seasons.
We are used to NFL talent- Charles Johnson, Pollack, Moses, Grant.
Corners like Jamie Henderson, Champ Bailey, Minter, Oliver, Jennings, Wansley, Thornton.
Safeties like Thomas Davis, Sean Jones, Jermaine Phillips, Burnett, Blue.
At these three positions, UGA has only one pro prospect. I won’t name him, but he has a long way to go to get his mind on par with his physical ability.
The talent is not what it has been, and it extremely evident.
I am glad we have gotten good DT’s and LB’s, but just missing on Eric Berry, Morgan Burnett, Jermaine Cunningham, and others hurt production. We need Brandon Smith in a big way. We need Toby Jackson to score well on his ACT. We need safeties who can think and lay the wood. 6 of the 11 guys on the field are not in the same class of former UGA defenders. Think about it.
By BIG HARRY DAWG BAWLZ
December 2, 2008 9:47 PM | Link to this
Great job, I loved it!!!
Let’s face it, Richt’s early success was with Richt calling the plays on offense and Van Gorder running a defense that had ballz.
What now? Bobo is calling the plays and Richt’s BUDDY is calling the shots on D.
I guess the count down begins……
By When things aint going right.....
December 2, 2008 9:49 PM | Link to this
Charlottedawg is the pot calling the kettle black. You sir are the definition of a quitter. You jump ship when the going gets tough. You sit back and complain about how bad things are, poke your lip out, and tuck tail until the sun comes out again. Then you poke out your turkey chest and strut around like you’ve been for the ride all along…..Disgusting. By the way, most Tech fans aren’t “just happy to be there”.
By SE GA LADY
December 2, 2008 9:51 PM | Link to this
You are so egotistical! Wikipedia allows anyone to make changes to their script. We don’t even allow it to be used as a resource at our school. Just get over all your hatred, which is exactly what you feel about UGA, and think about something else. You are a hate-consumed individual.
By hook or by crook
December 2, 2008 9:54 PM | Link to this
The only thing that can possibly save Richt’s (and Georgia’s) dwindling reputation is to kick Florida’s a$$ by at least five touchdowns. And win the SEC while doing it. A thrashing of Alabama would be beneficial. Oh, yeah…winning the national title would be helpful, too. Anyone expect any of this any time soon? I didn’t think so. Georgia fans can endure much. But they will not endure being humiliated. And that is precisely what happened this year. Many of us are going to stay away until these problems get fixed. So prove you’re a great coach, Mark. We’re waiting.
By asswipe
December 2, 2008 10:01 PM | Link to this
Ok, sounds like a done deal then. The boycot against Richt for not fireing or replacing Martinez at D-cord., for not caring about the wants of the fans and Sports Media is THE BOYCOT IS ON! This is the only message we can send Richt that the fans are a part of the team also! Do your part and Boycot! Do it for 2009.
By THE ROCK
December 2, 2008 10:08 PM | Link to this
it all goes back to coaching up the players to get the best results . hats off to bobo for what he has done with the offense this year in spite of all the ol injuries . who knows what the defense would have been if jeff owens was healthy . bottom line is not enough talent develpoed to take over when injiries occur . look at 2007 . marcus howard had more individual sacks that all defensive ends that played for the dogs in 2008 . the buck has to stop with wm and then cmr . defense needs the fire rekindled like it was during the days of erk russell . if cmr lets wm go , look to kirby smart , john chavis or john tenuta as possible replacements . i vote for ks .it is one day closer to the osu game in stillwater - thank god . always remeber dawgs fans that one bad day in athens is still better than one good day at tech .
By CrymeaRiver
December 2, 2008 10:35 PM | Link to this
Longtimedawg - talk about the “Gaytors” all you want and about ending up #2 at the end of last year. Woo Hoo.
National Championships in 1996 and 2006 with a possibility of going again this year more than make up for any #2 season ending ranking and preseason #1 ranking.
By dan
December 2, 2008 10:37 PM | Link to this
I must say that the SEC really is down this year. It’s been a very weird year. I mean UGA and LSU were awful on defense, South Carolina has inconsistency at QB, Auburn and Tennessee had losing seasons, Vandy and Kentucky are 6-6, Mississippi State and Arkansas are awful. The only team that surprised was Ole Miss with an 8-4 record, and they are one of those teams that just is not afraid of the Gators( they have won the last 3 meetings). Florida and Bama are playing lights out football. But I can’t determine if they are really that good or if everyone else is REALLY that bad. I personally don’t like it when there are only 2 dominant teams in the conference. Also it will be interesting to see how next season plays out. Will Florida and Bama continue to dominate like they did in the 1990’s? Or will the go 9-3 next year while someone else rises? Only time will tell.
By jacketnation
December 2, 2008 10:41 PM | Link to this
Bowl Games Decided UGA will not be going to the Capital One Bowl; the honor will go to Ole Miss who finished the season at 8-4. Speculation is that because UGA gave up so many point to Alabama, Florida, and most recently GA Tech, that Ole Miss would be a more cometitive team. Therefore the Dawgs will be playing in one of the new lowest tear bowls; The Tucks Medicated Hemorrhoidal Wipes Bowl. Slim Whittman Jr. will be performing at half time and the teams will be playing for the coveted Hemorrhoid cup, which is one of the nicer trophies in the low tear bowls. Players from each team will get their own personalized jar of the soothing oinment, complete with their name and Jersey number on each of the medicated wipes. “It’s an honor to play in a game like this, especially after our defense getting their A*******e$ kicked three times this year. This will kind of help heal some sore areas”, Matt Stafford said. Tickets for the game will be up for sale early next week, with seat prices ranging from 5 - 12 dollars. Bowl packages are also available which includes four tickets, two jars of Hemorrhoidal Wipes and a large 36” x 48” poster of the Georgia Tech loss, all for $36.20. To order online- www.a*******wipebowl.com
By JR
December 2, 2008 10:54 PM | Link to this
jacketnation, I don’t think you are really a Tech fan. You can’t spell above a second grade level and have no class. If you were a Tech fan you would better than to post such crap. UGA has some great fans and a lot like you. All are an embarrassment to the schools!
By CHARLOTTE DAWG
December 2, 2008 11:00 PM | Link to this
I don’t know who “Going gets tough” is a fan of but he sounds like a Techster. “Yeah…support your team. Whoohoo…weeeeeeee hear we come Chicken Bowl or Boise”.
Yes, Tech fans are just happy to be relevant. They are used to failure so they become thrilled when they actually go to a bowl game that is not in Boise, Idaho. Let me know when you beat us 7 times in a row. Fact of the matter is, as long as 9/3 or 10-2 no championship Richt and PB&J are at UGA and Joke by Coke, nobody’s beating anybody 7 years in a row.
Dude, I simply demand more. If Florida, UT, Texas, etc can win championships, why can’t my team? It is pathetic that we still cling to Hershel Walker videos from the early 1980’s. THE 1980’S!!!!! Georgia is a hot bed with talent. So you can say I’m a quitter but I see it as someone that wants to be associated with a winner. Anything less makes me similar to a Tech fan, Tech student, or Tech alumni…just thrilled to be relevant.
For Christ sake, Tech can’t even sell out their home ball games. So yes, they are just thrilled to be relevant. I mean…look how they are reacting to beating a Georgia team that wasn’t even that great to begin with. 1st win in 7 years and they act like Reagen came back from the dead and just beat up Obama and took the White House for himself(that would be cool).
I simply demand more. I wish Georgia and Mark Richt would have the decency and the sheer arrogance to decline a bowl all together. That would earn some respect from year. It would be hilarious. Going anywhere other than a BCS bowl after all the expectations is a joke anyway. Its an insult.
So if you want to get excited about Georgia playing some Big 10 school while Tech and the rest of the nation laugh at us for being in such a crappy bowl, go ahead. If more people follow your lead, we might just become Tech….just happy to be there.
STOP ACCEPTING WEAKNESS AND FAILURE! We are better than that!!!!!!!!
By Old Gold
December 2, 2008 11:03 PM | Link to this
Dear athdawg, Regarding your comment about Tech having had its one good season in eight, here’s something for you to chew on (and lose sleep over, you idiot): Tech started 16 freshmen and sophomores against UGAG Saturday. The skill position players were all sophs or freshmen. Tech redshirted a transfer from Louisville, Anthony Allen, who is Dwyer’s clone, from appearances in scrimmages this fall. The offense that had the Chihuhuas trembling last week was still a work in progress. By the twelfth game next season, it will come at you literally twice as fast, a blur. The reads will be more accurate, the blocks on target with much greater frequency, and a passing game will be in place. Yeah, you have a lot to look forward to. The only puking you’ll be around will be your own, dope.
By Old Gold
December 2, 2008 11:07 PM | Link to this
Charlotte Dawg, Remember: Nothing stinks like a wet dog (or dawg, as you ignorant fools like to spell it).
By Henry
December 2, 2008 11:11 PM | Link to this
I have written about the DC at UGA for the last 3 years. I did not believe he was ready for the job and after been on the job as DC for 4 years he has not shown that he is the man for such a demanding position. He reminds me of the Falcons head coach, Jim Mora, who wanted to be buddy with the players and after a while it became a nightmare. On another subject I hear some folks critical of Tennessee’s hire of Lane Kiffin, and believe these criticisms are unjustified. Kiffin has more experience now, than Mark Rich had when he first came to Georgia. With his Dad coming on board, he only needs to hire a reasonable OC and I am sure he will get one better than Bobo. Therefore Dawgs could be in for an A**kicking from the VOLS within the next couple of years. Try and remember the difference Cutcliffe made when he returned to Tennessee, they clobbered Georgia in back to back years. Kiffin will get talent and his Dad will coach them up, those on defence. UGA is not coaching up it’s 4 and 5 star recruits, and there it is, everything pointing to coaching. I will bet that unless there are changes in Athens the honeymoon will soon be over, because Florida, Tennessee, LSU, Alabama,and Tech will make sure of it.
By KJ
December 3, 2008 1:02 AM | Link to this
By the twelfth game next season, it will come at you literally twice as fast, a blur
So… Dwyer will be running the 40 in like 2.5 seconds, huh?
LITERALLY
Even when you gnats win, you embarrass yourselves. Keep it coming.
By gatorman 722
December 3, 2008 3:37 AM | Link to this
Longtimedawg: You and all the bulldogs can have all those wins and that #2 finish from CMR. When Florida wins the SEC Championship Saturday Night they will have 3 conference titles since 2000. When they win the National Championship it will give them 2 since 2000. These numbers tie LSU for championships since 2000 as the best in the conference. Georgia is no better than # 3 in the SEC and you will be that way for a long time to come.
By Bye Willie
December 3, 2008 5:50 AM | Link to this
Willie Martinez is as worthless as Georgia Tech and Barack Obama He is the turd that won’t flush.
By JAWGAGURL
December 3, 2008 8:33 AM | Link to this
Hey asswipe you probably arent going to the Bowl Game anyway so who cares if you boycott? You are not a true Georgia fan cause if you were you would still go to the game! My Dawgs havent done the best job this year but Im still going to the Bowl Game to cheer for my team no matter if they win or lose!! Goooo Dawgs sic em. Its still GREAT TO BE A GEORGIA BULLDAWG
By georgiadawgg
December 3, 2008 8:49 AM | Link to this
mark richt couldn’t carry urban myers or nick sabans jock strap, he and willie has got to be lovers.
By THWG74
December 3, 2008 9:02 AM | Link to this
I always find it humorous that UGAg fans will talk about the (lack of) discipline of the players and make excuses for them getting arrested. Guess what…you aren’t the only major state university around. Other schools manage to field a team full of gentlemen that don’t get arrested (what is it, 11 this year already) but it is expected if you live in Athens? What a joke. Mark Richt should stand up and be a role model for these young men by not accepting mediocrity or foolishness. If they can’t act like grown ups (which they are by the way) then treat them like kids.
By DaWgBoY
December 3, 2008 10:38 AM | Link to this
I love how after Tech wins one game in eight years against Georgia…things are changing! At least UGA dosen’t have to advertise that they have season tickets for sell like Tech does!
By JY
December 3, 2008 10:43 AM | Link to this
One thing for sure, Sabin or Meyer will not win a national championship this year. Possibly both will not. Thank goodness we were not 6-6 this year.
By DAWGHATER
December 3, 2008 10:47 AM | Link to this
HEY UGAy Fans: Your basketball team is looking strong! I think this is the year they win the NC! LMFAO. They suck azz! GO JACKETS! “THWG”
By ace
December 3, 2008 10:50 AM | Link to this
Richt said of Samuels I will just keep on loving him, what a ridiculous statement, these guys don’t go to UGA to be loved, they go to learn how to play football. Their MaMa’s love them if they want love they go home. Richt is so stupid, everytime he opens his mouth some inane, stupid, worthless statement comes out. Richt is like a politician, they never admit they are wrong until it is too late to fix the problem. He throws his players under the bus before he will blame himself or his coaches. I hope Mississippi gets the Capital One Bowl bid and I hope the Ga. fans boycott whatever bowl we go to. Trust me, it is going to get worse before it gets better. If we keep sending in the money he is going to keep sitting on the couch at the Carpet store and riding around in his “Tough Ford Truck”. He will get fired but methinks it is going to be too long laddies!
By DAWGHATER
December 3, 2008 10:52 AM | Link to this
HEY UGAY: This sums it up with the almighty SEC (Sorry Education Conference). You guys suck azz! The following is the powerhouse schedule and records of the GREAT teams. NOT! LMFAO!
Even with the hindsight acknowledgement that Georgia was overrated coming into the season, the Bulldogs underachieved. Excluding wins over Georgia Southern and Central Michigan, the Bulldogs’ other seven victories came over teams that sit: 7-5, 5-6, 5-7, 6-6, 7-5, 6-6 and 5-7. They beat a bunch of mediocre teams. Georgia’s “signature” wins came at Arizona State and LSU - who finished the year as a chalk line outlines on the sidewalk.
CHEW ON THAT FOR A WHILE. GO EAT A DAWGBONE YOU REDNECKS!
By urbansgay
December 3, 2008 10:57 AM | Link to this
First off, Gaytor fans are absolutlely the most obnoxious, hated group of pathetic people in the entire country. Really, just shutup. Gaytor this, Gaytor that, I’ve never met a Gaytor fan I didn’t want to punch in the mouth. Secondly, Techies, you beat a mediocre, injury riddled team who has owned you for years so I understand why you all act like you won the national championship. Get a grip! Put this into your scientific calculators - Tech will never win a national championship under Johnson. You’re still losers.
By D.N. Nation
December 3, 2008 1:28 PM | Link to this
“Is it safe to say that Mark Richt can’t win the big games. It seems to me Mark is a excellent coach who will always win 9 games a year, but that is all.”
2001: 8 wins 2002: 13 wins 2003: 11 wins 2004: 10 wins 2005: 10 wins 2006: 9 wins 2007: 11 wins 2008: 9 wins, one more game to come
Richt has averaged over 10 wins a year at Georgia.
Which, if my math is correct, is more than 9.
By CrymeaRiver
December 3, 2008 1:31 PM | Link to this
“Secondly, Techies, you beat a mediocre, injury riddled team who has owned you for years so I understand why you all act like you won the national championship”
This is ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS coming from Dawg Fans. I seem to remember a video of the UGA/UF game going on sale last year after UGA won - it was called At Last or something. Talk about acting like you won the NC.
By Dawgs 1 NC in 30 years
December 3, 2008 2:21 PM | Link to this
JAWGAGURL, You can’t be a chick, chicks like teams that are good, UGA is horrible
By Rusty Pecker
December 3, 2008 2:30 PM | Link to this
they have been overrated for 27 years now. ZERO national championships, bunch o’ losers!
By RAM
December 3, 2008 3:42 PM | Link to this
Toolio strikes again.
By urbansgay
December 3, 2008 4:32 PM | Link to this
Who said I was a Dawg fan? 31-30 sound familiar gaytor chump?
By Dog in Fla
December 3, 2008 5:58 PM | Link to this
Our players aren’t accountable because our head coach does not make them accountable.
Our coaches have had a great ride and are too complacent in their jobs. See,e.g., FSU coaching staff.
Our head coach values loyalty over competence when it comes to his assistants.
We have arguably the best quarterback, tailback and freshman receiver in the United States. Two of those three if they have any sense will be in the NFL next year and Richt didn’t even play Moreno his first year!
Imagine what an Urban Meyer, Nick Saban or Paul Johnson, or even a Bobby Johnson and their coaching staffs could have done with the raw talent on the ‘08 Georgia team. They would not have lost two blowouts and a game by a basketball score.
First half Bama, second half Florida and third quarter Tech. Coaches Richt and Martinez should hang their heads in shame. Coach Martinez should offer his resignation. No excuses. No blaming injuries. No blaming players for lack of execution. No saying before Tech that losses to Number 1 and Number 2 team in the country is not all that bad.
While some thought it was a source of amusement the past couple of years when Urban Meyer and Tebow teared up after losses, at least they cared.
After watching Georgia football since the 1960’s, this year’s team was the most frustrating. The defense was like butter. The kicking game became non-existent after Walsh boinked two misses in the UF game. The kick offs from us got worse each game. I admired how the Teck kicker could kick to our 5 yard line but our return guy ran laterally toward the middle of the field to get tackled on or before the 20. Our return game looked really good but then we took Asher Allen out. At least we proved again the Sports Illustrated cover jinx is real.
By jdawg
December 3, 2008 10:42 PM | Link to this
I once admired CMR for his character but that has went straight down the drain. How can he publicly criticize our 18 year old kicker for not being able to kick the ball in the end zone but never once criticize the idiot DC he has on his staff. If Richt doesn’t make changes, maybe he needs to move on as well.I don’t believe Walsh has cost us a game this year CMR!!