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By gastr1

November 4, 2006 09:07 PM | Link to this

This is not the same team that beat SC and UAB. What happened in the Colorado game? I don’t understand how the team that won its first three games so convincingly has turned into this bunch of losers. How has the coaching staff so completely lost control?

By Zimmerman

November 4, 2006 09:16 PM | Link to this

What are we, 5-6 years into the Richt Regime? His players, his coaches, his offensive play calling. THE WORST TEAM IN YEARS IN ATHENS!

And Georgia is married to him. Seriously. There’s no way we can get him out of town, so my question is, WHAT WILL MARK RICHT DO?

By whatyagonnado???

November 4, 2006 09:23 PM | Link to this

no, they were pretty darn lucky againt sc and uab as well and were lucky to get out of those 2 games with victories

By Kenny

November 4, 2006 09:24 PM | Link to this

Does anyone else dare to wonder if Richt has lost his fire for coaching? He seems awfully blase about these losses. He seems resigned to it, unimaginative, not really paying attention to the games, relying on old techniques, not bringing much creative to game plans, not preparing his players, not really into the games. Is his real attention elsewhere? And if anyone thinks things will be better next year, forget it. Stafford is not the answer with his inability to make good judgements on the field. They are short at running back and all across the line. This season may not be the low point. It could be worse next year. I just hope they have the decency not to go to a bowl. At least they’ll be 6-6 and not 6-7. Something’s not right in Athens and I don’t think we know the whole story. Something else is going on.

By douggrass

November 4, 2006 09:30 PM | Link to this

I am going to say what no one has admitted to yet….CMR mind is on his wife and her battle with the dreaded C word and football is NOT his passion right now….He should play Cox off the bench too.

By Michael Scharff

November 4, 2006 09:32 PM | Link to this

CMR is a gentleman (o.k.- perhaps I should separate that compund word)and a scholar. He also appears to be forhtright in his faith in his system and in his coaches. That being said, it is time for changes to be made. I’m not as pessimistic as Bill King in his initial blog tonight. We are not a good team, true. However, we are also beaten up and are at a disadvantage of basically having no other viable option but to play a freshman quarterback. Alas, the breakdowns are occuring not only on the offense and the defense, but also in what has formerly been one of the best Special Team Units in the country. I truly hope our players are not giving up. Otherwise, next week will be really ugly, and, we will get stung by the Jackets.

By Johnny

November 4, 2006 09:33 PM | Link to this

Q.Carter never threw this many interceptions, even in his freshman year!Before the year is over Stafford will beat Q.Carters career interception mark, in only 8 games as a starter. And they ran him out of town!I guess when you’re the “Golden Boy” you get the special treatment.

By TrippfromNahunta

November 4, 2006 09:33 PM | Link to this

This team has absolutely no strengths. I simply don’t understand why Ware shares time with Lumpkin. It is hard to imagine that we will fix our OL and WR’s next year. Are we currently involved in the recruiting of any WR’s that can play?

By sam

November 4, 2006 09:37 PM | Link to this

If Willie Martinez knew how to do more than just hold a clipboard and actually knew how to run an effective defense then maybe Georgia would have something. With guys like Battle, Taylor, Johnson, and Moses on the defense you can’t blame a lack of talent. You saw the weakness of the scheme in that last drive by UK. They just carved the defense up. The pass coverage was so soft they were giving the wildcats 6 yards whenever they wanted and as a result the plays developed so quick the pass rush didn’t have any time. The defenses Martinez called also gave them as much running room as they wanted. Martinez called a passive defense and lost the game because of it. This defense has too much talent to play like that. It’s ultimately a failure in coaching. As a result it’s about time for Martinez to the kicked to the curb. He wasn’t deserving of the job in the first place and he’s done nothing to show he’s deserving of it today.

By Buck Cochran in the NW

November 4, 2006 09:48 PM | Link to this

Stafford is the best QB and he did a lot of things right. He got lucky and Taylor saved him on 1 int., and the receiver shouldn’t have let them intercept the ball that ended the half. When the “D” gace Ky. the lead, Stafford brought us right back donw the field to score and put us on top. Remember, Stafford COMPLETED THE PASS TO BAILEY WHO THEN GOT CRUNCHED AND FUMBLED THE BALL. sTAFFORD HAD NO PART IN THE KY. “O” MARCHING DOWN FIELD TO GET THE WINNING SCORE. EX. PT. AND 1 FG AND WE’RE IN OT!!! COACH, YOU’LL HEAR THE SCREAMS BUT STAY WITH HIM.

By whatyagonnado???

November 4, 2006 09:48 PM | Link to this

another crappy article mark. are you not paid to give in depth insightful analysis? instead, week after week, you throw out weak glib superficial remarks and you believe that constitutes an article. could the AJC please finally hire a columnist who actually seems to love writing and can go on writing for days? i understand that there are space restrictions for the actual paper but on the internet, could the writers at least once a week, get really into it and seem passionate about the teams and actually passionate about writing? at least hire a bill simmons type blogger who will go on for days showing his love for writing and his love and contempt for the teams and players he is covering. no one on the ajc seems to have that love. there has to be an intern or someone at the AJC who is begging for the opportunity to unleash writing ability. Dave O’Brien seems to be the only on the AJC who seems to have that shared love and who is not afraid to show it and engage with the readers and bloggers, even if that means scolding the morons like myself who get ut of hand at times. Carter, you do not do much over there and you seem to be a struggling writer, so you should take advantage of this opportunity. It might actually help your sorry career carter. And, lord knows, you need all the practice you can get to make yourself a better writer.

Horrible season Dawgs. Hopefully, things will be better next year. CMR has done some great things. this year is simply unacceptable from him. next year, if he does this again, he will need to be fired. BUT, this offseason he has to make tough decisions: fire willie, fix recruiting, humble stafford, get MoMass some stickum, hire a great O-Line coach, light a fire under the defense, find a good backup kicker, hire an offensive coordinator, and FINALLY BECOME DETERMINED THAT IN EACH AND EVERY GAME NEXT SEASON HE WILL HAVE A RUNNING BACK GO OVER 100 YARDS IN EACH GAME. PICK ONE STARTING RUNNING BACK (LUMP) AND POUND HIM 25 TIMES A GAME AND LET HIM AVERAGE 125-150 YARDS A GAME RUNNING. THEN TAKE WARE AND LET HIM RUN 10-15 TIMES PER GAME AND LET HIM AVERAGE 50-100 YARDS A GAME. redshirt thomas brown and bring him back two years from now so that we will have a good running game two years from now when brown is truly healthy again and lump and ware are done next year. redshirting brown will prevent you from doing what you did this year with too many running back and too many QBs that the team never built chemistry and seemed unfocused and, well, now we all see the result of all that indecision. to be a leader, CMR, the coach needs to be far more decisive.

By Gregg_Dawg

November 4, 2006 09:51 PM | Link to this

Georgia fans please lets unite and get Martinez fired!!! Then lets bring Muschamp back home! Are ya’ll with me??

By Palmetto State Dawg

November 4, 2006 09:52 PM | Link to this

Richt, it’s up to you to turn this damn thing around. This season is lost, but this better not happen in 2007. Grow some balls & make some changes. Also, our players play with no passion. I watched the Tenn-LSU game today, and it is obvious that our guys are not as big, strong or as fast at Tenn or LSU’s players. Why is that??????

By Chuck_Uuga

November 4, 2006 10:04 PM | Link to this

It is quite obvious that Richt has lost focus on calling the right plays, probably due to his wife’s recent cancer battle, or possibly he has allowed Mike Bobo (or someone else similarly less qualified) to call plays. It is also evident in Richt’s demeanor there is no sense of urgency. The mear idea that he wouldn’t run the ball on the two yard line or not give Lumpkin the ball in the second half is evidence to support my theory. I feel sorry for him really, because he will have to win 9 or 10 games in 2007 to avoid the hot seat. There is no more patience in Athens…Dooley is gone and the fan base won’t tolerate anything less than a HUGE turnaround in 2007. And that means you can’t lose next year to UT, UF, Bama and Auburn and survive. Rumors are also rampant already that several committments for next season are now going to visit other schools.

By Gene

November 4, 2006 10:05 PM | Link to this

Michael Adams has transformed UGA into his own image. He has replaced key leaders in the university with puppies. Don’t think that Adams is not micromanaging football as he did basketball. Remember Tony Coles? Adams personally admitted Coles, who may have been talented but had a track record of violence and academic failure. Coles is presently pending rape charges in Athens. UGA has a wealth of talent, but there have been more discipline problems, more cheating, more drug and alcohol abuse, and more legal violations that I have ever seen anywhere, except Florida State, in spite of Adams’ skill at cover up. Richt simply cannot manage the football team, on or off the field.

By Daniel Rowe

November 4, 2006 10:25 PM | Link to this

I think everyone here is jumping off of the bandwagon way too quick. Isn’t Mark Richt the first coach to win the SEC Championship at Georgia since Vince Dooly over 20 years ago. If I recall one of them was just last year. Everyone has to rebuild at some point. Give the man a break. 3 SEC Championship games in 5 years and he is getting run out of town for being 6-4. Get off his case!!!!!!!!!

By Feel The Stinger !

November 4, 2006 10:26 PM | Link to this

Georgia will still get a bowl game.

Georgia Vs Duke in the Purdue Farms Chicken Bowl, its going to be a late game that is played in El Savlador.

Now if you guys cant win that one, just take next year off.

By asswipe

November 4, 2006 10:38 PM | Link to this

Richt is a excellent football coach. He has passed every test but one. Can he replace or fire a coach that’s not coaching up to Ga. standards. It’s not easy to fire a friend or fellow coach. But the great ones like Tubeville and Spurrier do it every season.

By Joel (A Dawg for Life)

November 4, 2006 10:45 PM | Link to this

Let me first say that I am a dawg bread and I will be a dawg dead. I live in Birmingham and I am a huge Dawg fan. For the last few weeks I have been ready all of your fair weather fans post on here and all I can do is steam at your comments. Most of you are sounding like those redneck Crimson Tiders here in Birmingham. Before this season no one on this blog was even thinking of getting rid of Coach Richt when he was winning his 1st 52 games and 2 SEC Championships. We have become turn coats to our team. I sit in the stadium and I hear our fans booing our own players. People wonder why we have recruits that are committed looking at other schools but I would too if I sat in the stadium and here the fans of a school I was looking at and hear them boo their own team. We are a classy school and we should have more faith and loyalty to our team, coach, school, and players. These kids are not payed for what they do no matter what anyone says. Give these kids a break or give up your tickets to someone that will come to the stadium and cheer not boo for the Dawgs. Coach Richt will have them back next year and the kid we were so happy to have (Stafford) will lead us to many vitories. I just hope that you have not all jumped on the Tech bandwagon by the time the Dawgs head back to the SEC Championship Game. I know many of you want like what I have said but you know what they say ” The Truth Hurts!” Go Dawgs and God Bless Coach Richt for putting up with such an unloyal fan base.

By Alonzo

November 4, 2006 10:46 PM | Link to this

Good column, Mark. Insightful, analytic, accurate. I don’t see how you can have so much enthusiasm for a team that has shown that it should be playing golf instead of whatever it is they’re attempting. I guess when you’re paid by the AJC to attend the games, the least you can do is show real passion for the team, no matter how pathetically they play. However, that may be, it’s a solid, sound piece of analysis. Congratulations on a job well done.

By surfrider

November 4, 2006 10:48 PM | Link to this

Why has’nt Blake Barnes been given a chance at QB? The other three have flopped. Also maybe UGA can stop looking at recruiting blue chippers as the key and get back to recruiting players like Dooley use to recruit.

By Isaygouk

November 4, 2006 11:06 PM | Link to this

Mr Bradley : UK should only beat UGa once in a generation ??!?! I don’t remember you spouting things quite so one-sided when you wrote for the Lexington Herald-Leader ! Have we become more of a homer in our “New Georgia Home” ?

With regards from,

My Old Kentucky Home(coming)

By Knute

November 4, 2006 11:11 PM | Link to this

I find it pathetic that the so-called dawg fans so harshly denigrate their team. One would think that, on the model of Chicago Cubs fans, that fan support would be stanch and vocally supportive despite their little setback in Kentucky today. Come Dawgies, let’s hear it for the home team. Cubs fans never quit.

By Jim Donnan

November 4, 2006 11:12 PM | Link to this

I told you guys not to fire me. We beat Kentucky and Vandy when I was coach and Richt was able to win with the players that he recruited. Now that he has his own players and hot shot quarterback, he can’t win. He called me this week and asked me how I handled it when idiot Georgia fans want you fired for losing to Florida even though you gave them three SEC championships. He will be leaving for the Miami job next year so he won’t have to put up with this crap anymore. He is too good of a man to listen to anyone tell him how to coach.

By gdawgs77

November 4, 2006 11:23 PM | Link to this

FIRE WILLIE MARTINEZ!!!!!!! Plese read and see if you agree We couldn’t get a defensive stop today to get the win! We couldnt get a defensive stop against Vandy to win. By the way Vandy has done NOTHING on offense since playing us!! We had a huge lead against UT and the defense couldnt get any stops! See a pattern!! It isn’t like we don’t have talent on defense. Charles Johnson, Quentin Moses, Tony Taylor, Paul Oliver and even possibly Jeff Owens will probably be playing on Sundays!!

By Aladawg

November 4, 2006 11:32 PM | Link to this

To Bubk in NW, Todd and all you Stafford lovers. There was plenty of blame to go around for this loss including Andy Bailey, the defense, the coaching staff etc. etc. etc., but Stafford followed the EXACT pattern of execution I blogged about early in the week. 12 Int’s with 3 horrible decisions, a missed wide open Demiko Goodman again, another underthrown fade to the inside, blah, blah, blah. This guy may end up being what we hope he will be, but he needs to be benched now, to think about what his decisons are AND WHAT THEY NEED TO BE. This is as low as any of the Goff years, despite the fact that we think the world of Mark Richt. Disgusting. Aladawg

By Thomas

November 4, 2006 11:36 PM | Link to this

Let’s face it, CMR is not a good game coach…Good recruiter but he sucks as a gameday coach. One more year of this crap and he’ll be packing!

By SportsFan

November 4, 2006 11:47 PM | Link to this

HEY GREG…WHERE ARE YOU? WHY AREN’T YOU DROPPING LOGS ON YOUR TEAM? AFTERALL, THEY JUST LOST TO VANY AND KU IN THE SAME YEAR. FACE IT BDNATION, YOUR TIME IS UP. YOU ARE NOW NO BETTER THEN MSU. DROP A LOG ON THAT GREG AND SHUT THE HELL UP!!! GO CAL…

By Richie

November 4, 2006 11:50 PM | Link to this

Careful, Careful! One at a time jumping off of the bandwagon!

By DBG

November 5, 2006 12:05 AM | Link to this

whattyagonnado? — Since Carter Strickland has a real job and probably won’t defend himself because it would seem unprofessional, I’ll do it for him. I don’t know Mr. Strickland but anyone who’s ever worked in his industry knows this: it’s hard to take writing criticism from someone too lazy to capitalize sentences. You could probably teach us a thing about being drunk and miserable, but until you’ve written on deadline and covered a tough beat with an unlimited number of obnoxious, entitled critics, keep your value judgements focused on the coaches and players. You know, another job you probably don’t know anything about. Someone once told me, it’s easy to doubt anything, but it’s the hardest thing in the world to believe in something. The AJC and the Georgia Bulldogs would both be better off without patrons like you. Whattyagonnado? How about get an attitude adjustment for starters or just shut up. Go Dawgs!

By The Man

November 5, 2006 12:16 AM | Link to this

I’M HERE. DAWGS STILL RULE EVEN THOUGH WE ARE GOING TO THE NEW BIRMINGHAM BOWL. BIRMINGHAM IS AWESOME IN DECEMBER. STAFFORD IS A TURD LOG BUT WE ARE STILL THE BEST. WE WILL BEET TECH AND FINISH 7-5.

By Go Big Blue

November 5, 2006 12:21 AM | Link to this

Whattya, Carter graduated from UGA and works for the AJC. Do you really expect great writing? He is just as embarrassed by this team, quarterback, and coach as you are.

By doggone

November 5, 2006 12:35 AM | Link to this

Hey the man, you’re an idiot. I love that dogcrapnation is crumbling. Priceless!! Lose to pandyvandy at home on homecoming. Then turn around a lose to freakin Kentucky at their homecoming. It doesn’t get any better that this. Auburn and Tech are going to finish the dogs off once and for all. Tech will beat you idiots by 30 at least. Get ready for two more weeks of misery and don’t even think of going to a televised bowl. HA HA HA HAHH!!!!

By DHNF

November 5, 2006 12:39 AM | Link to this

This is worse than any team Donnan ever had. Maybe worse than any team Goff ever coached too.

We could EASILY be 2-8 or 3-7 right now against a very weak schedule.

By Ronnie

November 5, 2006 01:01 AM | Link to this

During the losing years we never lost to Vandy and Kentucky. Need to replace Bobo and Martinez.I have no problem going with a rebuilding season, but we have dropped weekly instead of getting better.Very embarrassed!

By Ronnie

November 5, 2006 01:03 AM | Link to this

How will this affect recruiting???

By texasdawg

November 5, 2006 01:17 AM | Link to this

For the hundreds that called for Stafford to get playing time this year….here’s what you have: a .500 season, disgruntled fans, finger-pointing at coaches & players, a burned year of eligibility and an immature QB with the inability to carry a team on his shoulders. Joe T, Cox or BB had similar or better abilities with the one intangible that Stafford lacks…maturity. Maturity equates to the ability to burn the ball in lieu of forcing throws into double and triple coverage thusly interceptions occur. In hindsight, Stafford should have SAT and red-shirted….and UGA would never have lost Vandy & Kensucky. Give me 7-2 and Stafford for five years anyday vs. the mess we have now! It’s not rocket science CMR and knucle-heads who called for Staff to play!

By Louis Vales

November 5, 2006 01:28 AM | Link to this

Look at the teams you have defeated!! look at your record against games that before season would have been viewed as competitive. Don’t be FANaticS look at what you got here—Really Look!! And in fact look at what would have happened last 5 years if Ronald Zook isn’t coach at Florida 3 of those 5. Don’t fall into the Richt mystique!! If Zook isn;t at Florida you are beyond hope!! Think about it!!

By Chris McAndrew

November 5, 2006 01:34 AM | Link to this

Jim Donnan How many SEC Championships did you win? How many years in a row were you ranked in top 10 and top 5 in the NATION? How many straight 10 win seasons for your clubs? OK, shut up please and let Richt have one rebuilding year after several great years of wonderful Georgia football in a row. The most ridiculous bandwagon fans in the entire world are right here at Georgia. What teams like Tech, Clemson, and others around the Dawgs wouldn’t give for four straight years like Richt has provided of late. Just shut up please.

By Chris McAndrew

November 5, 2006 01:37 AM | Link to this

texasdawg You too are a moron. We’ve lost two games this season with JT3 starting and 2 with Stafford, but the difference is in the two losses with Stafford at least he is learning valuable things to build on next year. Give the man a break and let him prepare for what should be three very strong seasons after this one.

By Gatorboy

November 5, 2006 01:51 AM | Link to this

What’s Richt’s recored Vs. the Gators???

What was Donnan’s and Goff’s?

We are your measuring stick…..fire him!

By Lone Wolf

November 5, 2006 01:51 AM | Link to this

It’s going to get worse , so brace yourself. Auburn and Georgia Tech will beat this team. 6-6 in 2006 will be the epitaph of this team and Mark Richt.

By Alabama Jack

November 5, 2006 01:54 AM | Link to this

Life is good.

By Louis Vales

November 5, 2006 02:05 AM | Link to this

Dear Jimbo, Marky should thank his lucky stars Ronald Zook was at Florida 2002-2004. If that moron isn’t there finding ways to lose to the likes of Miss and Miss.St little Marky would have been exposed long ago. Since Spurrier left Marky is 1-4 against Florida, but in just last 2 years tide has turned and Marky is really in trouble. At least you don’t have to worry about NFL coming around because pro athletes would never respond to the Richts of the world and NFL owners know it.

By Davey

November 5, 2006 02:08 AM | Link to this

Hahahaha GREG/THE MAN…………New Birmingham bowl…..LOL!!!!

Serously you guys need stop acting like your lifes are built around uga football(even if it is). Show some god damn dignity! Support your team, support them like you would with the hawks. You know they are going to suck, so enjoy the games. Make fun of the fact that you suck. If ya’ll beat tech it won’t be because Tech was out coached but because uga has more talent. Keep in mind you guys have had top 10 recruiting classes. At anytime your player could play up to their abilities.

PS. Stop making excuses about your loses. Your team is in a funk. You be back soon enough.

Sincerly(hope you guys never win again),

                     David Ewalt

By AdamantEve

November 5, 2006 02:17 AM | Link to this

GOD THIS IS AWFUL. I HADN’T THOUGHT ABOUT CMR’S WIFE AND THE HEALTH ISSUE BUT REMEMBER WHAT A SIMILAR SITUATION DID AT SOUTH CAROLINA A FEW YEARS AGO.

I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR THE LOST INGREDIENT ALL YEAR. LAST WEEK I FINALLY REALIZED HOW MUCH WE NED A MARINE MENTALITY LEADING US. SOMEONE NEEDS TO SAY WITH TREMENDOUS INTENSITY THAT WE BETTER PLAY EVERY DOWN AS IF THE GAME DEPENDS ON IT…..IT DOES! PLAY THE FIRST QUARTER WITH EVERYTHING YOU HAVE AND LEAVE IT ON THE FIELD.. THEN SUCK IT UP AND GET SOME MORE FROM SOMEWHERE YOU DIDN’T KNOW YOU HAD. AND IF YOU DON’T TOTALLY PLAY LIKE WILD MEN JUST GO TO TO THE HOUSE WITHOUT COMING BACK TO THE BENCH. BECAUSE IF YOU DOG IT YOU ARE HAMBURGER.

DID YOU WATCH THE LSU/TENN GAME AND SEE THE ENERGY OF THOSE GUYS. SPEAKING OF A MARINE ATTITUDE … THE LSU COACH IS A GREAT EXAMPLE HE’S A DAMN THROWBACK! THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKIN’ ABOUT. WE ARE SCREWED!

By willysee in n.c.

November 5, 2006 03:00 AM | Link to this

Richt said himself in 2002 that he needed people like Vangorder to be the energy guys.He knew then that was not a roll he could serve.Coach richt made a bad choice in Martinez he will have to make hard choices or risk the program falling to a level unimaginable three months ago.

By Dan

November 5, 2006 03:27 AM | Link to this

Good to see the UGA bandwagon falling apart so quickly. It’s incredible how fast the fans have turned on the team and players. Already everyone is out for CMR, Stafford, Gonzalez head.

Feel bad for your kids: drunk crowd booing…I’m sure your recruits love that. Keep it classy dawgs.

By Thomas

November 5, 2006 04:06 AM | Link to this

Hey, Buck in Cochran. Bailey is on a medical redshirt year. It was Mario Raley who got knocked unconscious.

By willysee in n.c.

November 5, 2006 04:10 AM | Link to this

Lonewolf any layman can see this team is under achieveing and there are problems with the coaching staff that must be addressed,but saying this will be Richts epitaph is crazy.Richt has been the best coach in the sec the last five years,he will have to make tough choices and he may not be flexable enough,but he deserves the chance and it would be dumb of the program not to give him the opportunity to make the adjustments needed,I think he will and hope so.He is a class act,a good man,and a top coach.

By russ

November 5, 2006 04:25 AM | Link to this

It’s no suprise to me,what’s happening to the dog’s. Even in winning three of the last four SEC championships,. I thought they underacheivied when you consider all the talent they had on their roster,most of whom is now in the NFL. Mark Richt does not know how to manage games (punting on 4th and 3 with 55 seconds left on the clock and only being down by two points)and he doesn’t have the balls to make a decision that would upset the bulldog nation, I wrote on this same blog three years ago watching Georgia struggle against inferior oponents like wyoming and UAB because even back then the better quarterback was sitting on the bench. Richt knew Shockley was better,otherwise why promise a back-up publicy he would play every game to get him to hang around.

By Thomas

November 5, 2006 04:28 AM | Link to this

Hmmm. Mark Richt going to Miami U? If you think that is happening, then you are on crack. First, I seriously doubt Miami wants squeaky clean Richt. And, with this year, his stock is down. Oh, BTW, when the Nick Sabin experiment dies for the Dolphins, where do you think he is going? You guessed it, the Canes.

I have often reminded people how great a QB QC was his freshman year. But, he was never embraced by UGA fans becasue he originally signed with Tech and he decided to come to UGA when he found you cannot have a career in baseball without hitting a curve. Donnan hanging him out in te USC game in 2000 did not help and the rumors concerning drug use and refusing to play becasue he was afraid of reinjury and losing in the NFL draft cemented the mindest against him.

I sort of liked the Goff years better. At least, you knew everyone there was loyal. I had no points and was getting tickets yearly for the UF game and every other year for Tech and Tennessee. My seats also improved. But, by 1999 all the badnwagoneers were back. They fell off again by 2001. But, by 2002 they were back.

You know, the season is what it is. Martinez should go. Bobo should stay - for a while with re-evaluation. He is no Ensminger but Bobo knew how to lead and was a great decision maker. Eason? Not so sure at this point.

The 2005 season was with Richt’s players. Get off his back. He and Bobo also developed Greene and Shockley. Again, get of their backs.

Oh, and for the record, if you don’t know the names of our coaches or the guys on the field, you really don’t need to be commenting on them.

By ugastudent

November 5, 2006 04:30 AM | Link to this

Hey i go to UGA and I was at the “Ritz” nightclub last night in downtown athens. Almost every UGA player was there, however i didnt see Stafford, Brannan, or T.Taylor or Joe T. but almost everyone else. Joe Cox was having the time of his life. two beers in hand, Ray gant was outta control, Danny Ware was drunk off his u know what. I said to my friend “they sure dont seem upset about the loss”. his response, “they could care less”. Thats the problem there is something wrong when a team is partyin hours after an embarrasing loss. none of these guys give a damn. and by the way Cox is so gone after this year. i got accounting with him. told me himself

By Richt go back to Florida

November 5, 2006 05:10 AM | Link to this

We love football at Georgia. We need a coach who loves coaching football. Richt is not a football coach anymore. Something has happened to him. He doesn’t care. His mind is somewhere else. He is not upset about being the first Georgia coach to lose to Vandy and Kentucky in the same year in 33 years. All of these top 5 recruiting classes and some of you jackasses want to use the excuse that this is a rebuilding year???? You are plain STUPID if you really believe that bullsh1t. How is this a rebuilding year when our juniors and seniors (as well as soph and fresh) were from Top 5 recruiting classess?? Some of you will never stop making excuses for Richt.

By Jones

November 5, 2006 05:52 AM | Link to this

Time to tear this wagon apart and Rebuild it from the ground up..Start with the so called ” defensive backs” that we have,Get a New Defensive Coordinator,Let Willie Matrines fill up water cups and REBUILD..REBUILD..REBUILD…

By Dale R

November 5, 2006 05:56 AM | Link to this

If Richt goes back to Florida, UGA will go back to suckin again for a long time. You people don’t know how good you got it. Calling for Richt’s head is STUPID! Get a grip and get a life.

GT is going to wipe the floor with the pups.

By Clay

November 5, 2006 06:13 AM | Link to this

You folks are nuts. After 20 years of no championships, CMR gives us 3 trips to the Dome and 2 BCS games in 5 years. Now, with one 6 or 7 win season, it’s “Run him out of town!” I remember UT winning only 5 last year. UF had some down years a couple of years ago. Tech only has one really good season every 5-10 years. Miami and FSU are tanking as well this season. The freshman QB mistakes don’t bother me as much as the place kicking mistakes. Stafford will be better next year, but Bailey is as good as he’s going to get—and he left 7 points on the field in a 4 point loss.

Richt can’t be God in the Spring and hated in November. Get off his case.

By Hank Rippetoe

November 5, 2006 06:23 AM | Link to this

For a UK fan who once lived in Atlanta and suffered through the many losses to the Dawgs, this one was almost as sweet as the Prince Charles game in Athens back in 1976. Yeah, Georgia is down THIS year, but it doesn’t take away from UK finally beating a “name” team.

Georgia will be back next year. It is a great program with boatloads of tradition. The fact that UGA has a young QB this year will be offset next year through experience.

The only I can say to the UGA fans is now you have an idea of what it is like to be a UK fan. Not partiularly fun is it? I hope the Dawgs win out the rest of the year.

By Topo

November 5, 2006 06:45 AM | Link to this

There ain’t that much to do in Athens after you sober up and kick your sister out of bed—-UGA football is really all I have. If Pres. Adams wanted a sissy athletic program and thats what he has created. Folks its a mess here. I have never been so disgusted in all my life—-first Vandy now Kentucky? Hell we barely beat Colorado and UAB. I can’t deal with those stinking jackets acting all crap happy and tearing up our hedges after winning——-damn it Richt are you just a pretty boy that freezes up during battle? How insulting to us locals—-get rid of Willie——you’ve ruined my whole year you turd log!!!!!

By WKT

November 5, 2006 06:56 AM | Link to this

We don’t need to get rid of CMR. We need to get rid of the band wagon fans! True UGA fans that have been fans for a long time don’t want you. We hate sitting next to you at games when you make stupid comments and show disrespect to our players. I was a UGA fan in 1979 when we were 6-5. Do I need to educate you band wagon fans on what we did in 1980?

By The Man

November 5, 2006 07:12 AM | Link to this

OK ITS TRUE. THE DAWGS SUCK BIG TIME AND SO DO I. I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING THE REAL IDIOT ON THESE BLOGS. I THOUGHT I RULED THEM BUT I KNOW THAT I DON’T NOW THAT I CAN’T INSULT YOUR TEAM BECAUSE MY DAWGS SUCK WORST.

PLEASE IGNORE ANYTHING ELSE I POST. I’M SORRY. I’M AN IDIOT AND I SUCK, BUT NOT AS BAD AS THE DAWGS!

By Gators 2006 Eastern Champs

November 5, 2006 07:26 AM | Link to this

I think the dogs may have a drug problem. Quote from Danny Ware ” I still feel like we are the best team in the league”. Danny come on, get a clue, you barely beat Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Colorado, and you have lost to Vandy and Kentucky. You guys are not the best team in the league but what you might be smoking must be the best in the league.

By Joe Guh

November 5, 2006 07:37 AM | Link to this

You people make me sick. Every team has an off year and has to rebuild. Ga is in that mode. Yes, the season is lost, but good lord, this is the SEC. You have to be a deeply talented team just to go 7 and 4. We won the SEC East in 3 of the last 4 years for crissakes with mostly mediocre (for the SEC) talent. I agree CMR is a lousy game coach, and we need a great offensive coordinator to run the game. Screen passes and draw plays won’t get it done. And the D stinks when the game is on the line, mostly due to crappy coaching and lack of a quality 2nd-ry. But you can’t make chicken salad out of chicken mess.I think most of the problem is really the players mind-set. When it was time to be “man -enough”, we failed. Richt is a good player coach and Stafford will learn from his idiotic play this year and be better next. With healhty players next year, Ga will rebound ( but still not beat Florida).

By rockytoplover

November 5, 2006 07:41 AM | Link to this

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By Dawg

November 5, 2006 07:43 AM | Link to this

Am I the only one who believes that if we left senior Joe T. as the QB we would have done a little better on offense and won the games we should have won (UK and Vandy?) I am sorry to hear about the cancer, but I truly believe replacing Joe T. this year was his worst and most costly decision.

By Dawgone

November 5, 2006 07:47 AM | Link to this

Well, well. Not so many of you Rah Rah Cheerleader Boys blogging this week. After six years as head coach Richt loses to Vandy and Kentucky. We don’t have the talent we had previously but we certainly have enough to beat those two teams this year. Stop the excuses. There is no heart or soul in this team - and that is all coaching. Give Richt another year? For what? So we can be embarrassed again? Rebuilding year? That’s not what you Rah Rah Boys said when we were 5 - 0 against the worst teams in the country! You could see it in every game. Flashes of talent but no consistency. Dumb play calling and no intensity. Rah - Rah, we’ll be back next year! That’s what I’m afraid of.

By Ramblin' Gator

November 5, 2006 07:59 AM | Link to this

The mutts will be bowl-eligible, but with a 6 and 6 record, who will invite them and will they have the strength to go?

By huh?

November 5, 2006 08:07 AM | Link to this

so-called uga student, you said Hey i go to UGA and I was at the “Ritz” nightclub last night in downtown athens. Almost every UGA player was there, however i didnt see Stafford, Brannan, or T.Taylor or Joe T. but almost everyone else. Joe Cox was having the time of his life. two beers in hand, Ray gant was outta control, Danny Ware was drunk off his u know what. I said to my friend “they sure dont seem upset about the loss”. his response, “they could care less”. Thats the problem there is something wrong when a team is partyin hours after an embarrasing loss. none of these guys give a damn. and by the way Cox is so gone after this year. i got accounting with him. told me himself the game was in kentucky yesterday nitwit. you are now banned for being a lying idiot. it is okay to criticize but why do you feel the need to make things up? aren’t there eogh real things that are truthful for us to criticize this year without making things up?

By Richt go back to Florida

By Budylite

November 5, 2006 08:21 AM | Link to this

Dawg Nation? Should be Dog Ration! Could this be your payback for all the mouthing the past three years? Every team goes through this kind of funk but most teams are able to pull themselves out of it! I think the players all believe they are going to get beat when they take the field. Mindset! Coaches are supposed to be able to change that … all these blue-chip recruits have a problem listening and buying into what the coach says because they are “me-me-me” type players. Maybe time to stop recruiting so many of the “best” there is type and get some willing to learn the system and sacrifice the “me” motto. But I also believe the defensive scheme being used sucks big time. Playing soft just don’t get it done. You have to be an aggressive unit … attack!

By Smitty

November 5, 2006 08:22 AM | Link to this

Yes losses to Vandy and Kentucky in the same year is tough to take but you guys need to get a life and realize every team out there has a bad season every now and then.I really believe in CMR and I do believe he will do whatever it takes during the off-season to get this team turned around…..GO DAWGS

By Buck Belew

November 5, 2006 08:26 AM | Link to this

Craaaash…That’s the sound of the UGA bandwagon crashing into Dawg fan’s mobile home…

By the way Dawg fan, it’s not “I’m dawg bread.” It’s “I’m dawg bred” which really isn’t something to be proud of but may explain your illiteracy… War Eagle.

By Xdawg70

November 5, 2006 08:38 AM | Link to this

The season thus far has been a truck wreck (except for beating Spurrier), but not a Katrina. UGA can still put the final nail in Auburn’s coffin, and nothing would be better than to spoil Tech’s season - both possibilities for a team that was within one fumble and one catch from beating Florida. And a bowl victory, with a $3 million payout, would salvage some measure of respect, not to mention providing enough extra cash to hire a new defensive coordinator.

By kenny d

November 5, 2006 08:42 AM | Link to this

why do all of these fans assert that you hurt recruiting if you boo or criticize? that is such an uninformed opinion. if you are a recruit, where would you want to play? do you want to play where everyone sits on their hands when things go down the tubes? I think not. You want to play where everyone is going nuts and there is actual passion. UGA fans and just generally fans of all Georgia sports team have a hrrible national rep for being apathetic, so it is nice to be able to show everyone that we are actually some of the most passionate fans and that we have now reached the point where nothing less than the best is enough. WE WILL NO LONGER SETTLE FOR WALLOWING IN THE PERPETUALLY MEDIOCRE MIRE. that is not bandwagon jumping. that is pushing your team through the finish line. MR. FINISH THE DRILL SEEMS TO HAVE FORGOTTEN THAT THE DRILL ACTUALLY LASTED LONGER THAN 5 YEARS. you got 2 games left mark and then a bad bowl game. set the example CMR. show them all how to finish the drill

By gdawg

November 5, 2006 08:48 AM | Link to this

You “band-wagonneers” make me sick! CMR is the best coach and the best person for UGA. We waited 20 YEARS for an SEC Title and then got 2 in 4. 3yrs ago UF hit the skids. 2yrs ago AU. Last yr , UT. Rebuilding. It’s part of football (PARTICULARLY in the SEC) STILL , that doesn’t matter. IF you are a TRUE UGA fan then you “bleed red and black” , PERIOD. To the ignorant , that means , you love them when they win AND when they are down. Do we need to evaluate our offensive play-calling ? perhaps. A strong run game IS SEC football but , when your OL has depth problems it can get difficult to open the holes. Is the DC a problem ? Perhaps. We were spoiled by VG and his ability to “adjust at halftime”. Point is , either stay with UGA… ie QUIT bashing the kids , the program , and the coach (and PLEASE leave his wife out of it)….OR go and start pulling for that Atlanta Trade School. G.A.T.A !!!!!

By gastr1

November 5, 2006 08:50 AM | Link to this

The reason Dawg fans are so upset about this is because Georgia teams, while not being consistently among the nation’s elite, have rarely been this bad. Not losing to Vandy and UK in the same year since 1973 is evidence of this: except for the Ray Goof era, UGA has historically been a competitive program. This team has gone fromn SEC champs to the lower echelon in a matter of weeks! If you are being “patient” with that, you have your head in the sand. I’ve been folowing the team for 25 years and have never seen anything like it.

Georgia has one of the best HS talent bases in the country and the school has a terrific tradition in ALL athletics. Not being competitive is inexcusable, especially considering the great recruits supposedly brought in and the number of players left from previous teams that won SEC titles!

I don’t advocate firing Richt, but something weird is up with this team. I keep expecting them to snap out of this funk. Why can’t the coaching staff get them to do it? They cannot POSSIBLY be as bad as they have been playng.

By Lone Wolf

November 5, 2006 08:52 AM | Link to this

Well , after reading a couple of the above blogs its obvious this team has a total absence of discipline and that is directly on the shoulders of the coaching staff. Mark Richt has lost control of this football program and his ability to turn it around is seriously in question. I will tell you all this much , if I turned in this kind of performance on my job I’d be looking for a new one.

By Deb

November 5, 2006 08:53 AM | Link to this

Joel (A Dawg for Life)

I sincerely hope that you are not a UGA graduate. With all of the spelling errors in your blog, you should be ashamed. Bred — not bread. Hear — not here. Paid — not payed. Victories — not vitories. And now on to this year’s team… Yes, there needs to be some coaching changes in Athens. Let’s begin with Martinez and Bobo and see where next year leads us. And I agree that CMR’s heart is not in the game as it has been in past years, but who can blame him? A family crisis will do that to anyone. There is too much talent on this 2006 team for us to be playing this badly. Something has to give and it has to be the Offensive and Defensive coaches. Let’s do the right thing and give these boys a chance next year. Anyone else agree?

By By John

November 5, 2006 08:57 AM | Link to this

DAWGS Please, please do accept one of the possible minor bowl invitations and embarrass us more than we will are now, and will be moreso, following the Auburn and Tech Games.

By john

November 5, 2006 09:05 AM | Link to this

The general fan base is not jumping off any bandwagons. I’m sure you UGA haters are enjoying this because UGA has ruled the roost in this conference since 2002 (most SEC wins, most SEC titles, 4 years in a row finishing top-10). Everyone enjoys seeing the big boys get knocked off their throne - that’s the nature of sports. But don’t be fooled by these crazy posts. You’re hearing from the lunatic fringe fan here. Georgia has one of the largest fan bases in all of college football which is evident by our top 5 merchandise sales so don’t get too excited about a few dozen brainless internet spankers who actually believe MR has forgotten how to coach all of a sudden. It’s called a down year folks. If you’re going to get off the bandwagon, get off, don’t hang on with one arm. So when UGA is back next season, we really don’t want to hear from you spankers who actually think you know more about this team than the coaching staff does.

By gastr1

November 5, 2006 09:07 AM | Link to this

And to whatyagonnado way up above, no, UGA was not “lucky” to beat SC and UAB. They dominated those games and won the way we expected to win all the games this year: with great defense and special teams, and enough offense to create seperation from the other team. Those first few games were never in doubt. If THIS team went back and played those games, there would be even more losses this season.

Again, inquiring minds want to know: what happened between UAB and Colorado? Why couldn’t the coaching staff adjust to the strengths of the team, build back their confidence, and get the team that won the first three games back on the field, against the weak teams at least?

What we are watching now is not even a 6-6 team. It’s a 3-9 team that got one win over a Div 1-AA school. Why is it Spurrier can win 7 and 8 games with so little talent? His QB situation has been at least as bad as UGA’s, and don’t tell me their defense has more players.

By WinderDogg

November 5, 2006 09:09 AM | Link to this

We are going to lose to Auburn and Tech..can you say 6-6? Please CMR do not accept a bowl bid..you will only extend our misery. After the thrashing Tennessee gave us at home, we should have seen what was coming. Next year will not be much better..I think Stanford is over-rated as QB. Maybe we can get Jim Bob Cooter from the Vols!

By cribs

November 5, 2006 09:09 AM | Link to this

Lone Wolf, you’ve got to be kidding me. You take what everyone says on here as truths? The average age on this blog is 16 and the average IQ is lestt than that. This is the internet you retard! In case you’re wondering, I’m referencing your remark that you now believe Richt has lost control of the program after what you’ve read on here! By the way Lone Wolf, I shot JFK you moron!

By kennesawdawg

November 5, 2006 09:10 AM | Link to this

Just like the miami hurricanes, the dawgs are so fixed on being goody-two-shoes that winning has been put on the back burner. Come on CMR…wake up. Get that killer attitude again….

By Daniel

November 5, 2006 09:13 AM | Link to this

Stafford is going to be a great quarterback for UGA before his time is over. But right now, he’s a true freshmen trying to play the hardest position in the sport in the toughest league in country. What’s going on is a reflection of that.

For all of the fans who were shouting to the high heavens about starting Stafford over UGA’s other QB’s, I’ll say this: Be careful what you ask for.

Sure, the ungodly potential is there, and if you want to develop it you have to let him play. But most of the time the price you pay is losing games…sometimes (like this season) to teams like Kentucky and Vanderbilt. With all the young talent on the team and headed to UGA, better days are ahead for both the football team and Stafford. But right now, you have to sacrifice something to develop that talent. Even if it means losing to teams you shouldn’t lose to.

By War Eagle

November 5, 2006 09:13 AM | Link to this

DawgNation, I can say this, your frustration are nothing compared to Bammer. They are complete MELTDOWN wanting Shelias head now. I am not saying too much at this time because I think UGA and Bammer are capable of beating Auburn if we dont start playing better. I know we are 9-1, but coaching has alot to do with that record. We just can`t click on all four cylinders yet eexcept LSU and Florida second half.

By TC

November 5, 2006 09:16 AM | Link to this

I agree gdawg, i’m a Tech fan and i’m sick of UGA bandwagon fans. TRUE UGA fans, good for you for sticking up for your team and Mark Richt this year. I don’t hate you real fans. You don’t have a bad coach or a bad team, just a bad year and a few bad bandwagon fans. take it easy, and don’t fire anyone.

and by that, i mean, FIRE SOMEBODY! Because you’ll screw up your program for sure! j/k

seriously, i’m going to be the one that admits that i’m jealous that you’re usually better than us at football. don’t go crazy. CMR may take you to the promise land one day (hate to say that).

By frank

November 5, 2006 09:22 AM | Link to this

Don’t worry about the spelling and grammatical errors. Most of the people are here are in junior high or uneducated adults, which is evident by their beliefs that Richt somehow forgot how to coach during the offseason. It’s a down season. Richt would never coach here 25 years because that just doesn’t happen these days (plus the smallest but most vocal portion of the lunatic fans probably wouldn’t let him), but if he did, he would shatter all of Dooley’s records. It took him nearly 20 years to win a NC and because Richt hasn’t done it in 5 we have to hear about the lunatics saying CMR cannot and never will win one here. Dooley won 6 SEC’s in all those years in an era where their was little to no parity in college football and our only tough games were Auburn and Tennessee. Winning the conference championship today is much more difficult, especially with the title game now.

By Brian In NC

November 5, 2006 09:31 AM | Link to this

Please sens Andy Bailey back to the stink-a-teers! This guy sucks! CMR you do need a offensive Cord. and the defense needs a manhood check! Kentucky ran the ball down our throats on the game winning drive!

By ramblin' man

November 5, 2006 09:37 AM | Link to this

frank, do you really, really promise us that someday CMR will break all of dooley’s records? who cares? dooley sucked too. dooley was overrated and had a few good years only because he had the good sense to unethically pay good old #34 rather handsomely under the table. but the rest of dooley’s tenure was like the entire history of UGAY: wallowing in perpetually mediocre mire. Yep, CMR sure is following in his footsteps alright. Maybe, frank, 30 or so years from now we will get a college president who will finally realize that CMR needs to be fired, just like it took forever for UGAY to get a great president like MR. Adams who finally pushed out the senile Dooley, a firing that had been long overdue for decades. CAN CMR NOW AND DO NOT WAIT 30 YEARS LIKE YOU DID WITH OLE VINCE FOOLEY!!

By Danny

November 5, 2006 09:40 AM | Link to this

I don’t understand the blind faith in the Stafford kid. Please give Joe Cox and Blake Barnes a shot to see who should be our QB next year. Get BoBO out of Athens and Martinez as well and finally, coach, a linemen from a Junior college is better than no linemen at all. Stop the bleeding before the BDNation explodes!

By ramblin' man

November 5, 2006 09:47 AM | Link to this

bulldawgs, all you are good for is breeding good looking women that us tech grads take advantage of because we end up being the ones with the jobs and you dawgs are cutting my grass and pumping my gas.

By Youguysaresick

November 5, 2006 09:48 AM | Link to this

You DAWG fans are despicable! How dare you attempt to draw a correlation between the lack of performance of your team on the field and the health of your coach’s wife. Perhaps you all should experience chronic health issues so you can begin to relate to how challenging it is, without an ignorant fan base making accusations when times are tough. With fans like you, who needs rivals. Quit your crying, you big babies!

By ramblin' man

November 5, 2006 09:51 AM | Link to this

bulldawgs, all you are good for is breeding good looking women that us tech grads take advantage of because we end up being the ones with the jobs and you dawgs are cutting my grass and pumping my gas.

By Wayne

November 5, 2006 09:53 AM | Link to this

It was great to be a dawg last year and it is not the same this year. I went to the Florida game and had field level seats and i was able to see some of the things that are going on with the dawgs. First-No motivation Second-Weak as hell Third-Not one clear leader Fourth-No ability to adjust. These are a few, but i will let cmr figure out the rest, after all he makes more money than i do to cure our ailments. I THINK I WILL GO PUKE NOW

By drdawg

November 5, 2006 09:55 AM | Link to this

Have you ever had a really awful year in your life? If you haven’t, you will. It is part of life. Bobby Bowden is one of the great coaches of all time, and FSU is horrible. Sometimes, everything seems to go wrong. This is the year. Dawgs will be back in the Dome in 2007. To all the cry babies, “Suck it up, and grow up.”

By chazz

November 5, 2006 09:58 AM | Link to this

All I know for sure is that we don’t see what goes on in the locker room. Richt is not blasse. I am willing to bet that he is p**, frustrated, and disappointed. Richt, to his credit is not going to whine, b***, grimmace, and insult his players. I like that. It is a weird one. A few less turn overs and missed opportunities and UGA is still in contention. The last thing you want to do is whole sale change at this point in the season. You get through it with what you got and move on. You find out who has heart and who wants it (coaches and players). By the way, it is a rebulding year because some key guys with a lot of the playing experience left. One of those was the quarterback. Let’s stop ranking recruiting classes and talking smack about bowl games and titles during the summer.
Gees, the sports mags will be rating kindergardners if we let them. “Joe has good hand eye coordination but he has a tendency to eat paste. He is a strong fingerpainter.” Suddenly we’re like,”Yee Haw we are going to get Joe in 2024, we’re sure to when the national tilte.” Rankings don’t mean a thing. Execution is the key. The players don’t execute consistently, and that seems to cause division and negativity. You don’t help much if you are booing players and calling for firings. Quite frankly, none of us really know what is going on. So, is your tiny part of this in being a fan going to be a positive or another negative?

By ramblin' man

November 5, 2006 09:58 AM | Link to this

there is a correlation between the cancer & the performance. you said it yourself when you siad yourself Perhaps you all should experience chronic health issues so you can begin to relate to how challenging it is ummmmm, moron. hello, moron. i believe that is everyone’s point. it is undeniably a tremendous challenge, a challenge that has proven crippling to many of us. i have never had cancer myself but i have seen it drain everyone around me when someone close has cancer. it can not help but affect the work performance of your loved ones if you have cancer. that’s all we are saying. I believe Coach K at duke had a down year or two ten years ago when he was struggling physically to the point he had to take the year off. maybe cmr needs to take the rest of the year off to tend to his wife. i hope that we all would understand if he did so and that we would all respect him and admire him for the good man that he is

By Bulljacket

November 5, 2006 10:03 AM | Link to this

Substitute Richt for Gailey and Stafford for Ball and this could be the Tech blog home of the bandwagon fan. No one is happy with the season; however, considering that we are coming off the best 4-5 year stretch in school history it seems that the Richt has earned the benefit of the doubt.

By Knute

November 5, 2006 10:07 AM | Link to this

I find it pathetic that the so-called dawg fans so harshly denigrate their team. One would think that, on the model of Chicago Cubs fans, that fan support would be stanch and vocally supportive despite their little setback in Kentucky today. Come Dawgies, let’s hear it for the home team. Cubs fans never quit. Chins up now; dry your tears; you all hired Richt; support him when he needs it more.

By Alonzo

November 5, 2006 10:11 AM | Link to this

Good column, Mark. Insightful, analytic, accurate. I don’t see how you can have so much enthusiasm for a team that has shown that it should be playing golf, instead of whatever it is one calls what they are doing. I guess when you’re paid by the AJC to attend the games, the least you can do is show real passion for the team, no matter how pathetically they play. However, that may be, it’s a solid, sound, well-written piece of analysis. Sounds to me as if you saw the same contest I did. I, however, would find it quite difficult to speak of them in the glowing terms you use. Congratulations on a job well done.

By LAdawg

November 5, 2006 10:12 AM | Link to this

We have come to the point I have been fearing for the Bulldog Nation! What would happen when the defense was not good enough (no, did not play well enough) to pull CMR’s offense out of the fire? Dropped passes, bad game clock management, inexplicable play calling, etc. are not just recent occurances. Coach Eason is lucky that the defense is so underachieving or everyone would be calling for his head. The defense has been good before this year - Eason’s receivers have never been good. Coach Bobo goes out and brings in top rated quarterbacks that have no “go to” guys that can be counted on in big play situations. Hopefully, this season will be a blessing in disguise. Will Richt make some changes in the coaching staff and bring in an offensive coordinator or will we continue to see the defense disintergrate, receivers drop balls, and the offense be so danged predictable.

By Youguysaresick

November 5, 2006 10:12 AM | Link to this

Okay ramblin boy…let me spell it out for you - or perhaps you can read my post again to let the context sink in. There is no coorelation between the health issue’s of your coach’s wife and the poor performance of your players on the field. That’s as simple as I can make it for you. Good luck in grasping this idea…your team stinks.

By Youguysaresick

November 5, 2006 10:14 AM | Link to this

Okay ramblin boy…let me spell it out for you - or perhaps you can read my post again to let the context sink in. There is no coorelation between the health issue’s of your coach’s wife and the poor performance of your players on the field. That’s as simple as I can make it for you. Good luck in grasping this idea…your team stinks.

By Gadawg81

November 5, 2006 10:21 AM | Link to this

The talent is young and we probably red shirted a few guys that should be playing. The recruits will have an opportunity to take us back to the top. We are however getting beat bad on both sides of the line of scrimmage. This is where we need the bigger,faster and stronger recruits to upgrade the depth situation. Championships are won and loss in the trenches! Sure, we need the skill players as well, but it starts on the line knocking people of the ball! I’m behind my team through thick and thin and we will be back!

Go Dawgs!

By gdawg

November 5, 2006 10:24 AM | Link to this

1.We throw when we should run,and run when we should throw.2.In the first half against Tennessee we were gashing them for 6-7 yards at a pop,and then suddenly go to a weak passing game which resulted in an interception and points for Tennessee.As long as a back is hot,give him the rock.If he screws up,take him out.3.Three things can happen on a pass play-two of them are bad.4.Offensive line play is terrible.5.Milner should not see the field again.I watched him when he was a H.S senior in a playoff game against Dalton in which he got his a#% handed to him.I could not believe he was a UGA signee.6.Martinez needs to go.We do not care if he is CMR’S buddy.7.Andy bailey is terrible.When we sign a player from Tennessee there is a problem.How do you miss an extra point unless it’s blocked?My 14 year old son is a better kicker.

By ramblin' man

November 5, 2006 10:31 AM | Link to this

Hey knute did you really say I find it pathetic that the so-called dawg fans so harshly denigrate their team. One would think that, on the model of Chicago Cubs fans, that fan support would be stanch and vocally supportive despite their little setback in Kentucky today. Come Dawgies, let’s hear it for the home team. Cubs fans never quit.

LMFAO!!

and the Cubs have never won since 1908 in part because their fans never hold their team and ownership responsible. I see your point you no longer want to be known as perpetually mediocre, you now want to be known as the lovable losers. Okay. Suit yourself, moron. The rest of us will demand excellence and the rest of us will actually expect Mr. Finish the Drill to actually finish the drill himself

By ramblin' man

November 5, 2006 10:36 AM | Link to this

youguysaresick,

read you over again. i got you now. yes, i am retarded

By Urban Sombrero, IV

November 5, 2006 10:38 AM | Link to this

Are we SURE this is a “REBUILDING” year? I’m gonna tell my boss that I am in a rebuilding year too! I like that excuse!

Ooo….Ooooo….teacher pick me, pick me….I can describe Mizza Vince’s legacy as UGA football coach in TWO words….. 1. Herschel 2. Walker

Coach Richt, I just read where there is an Airtran sale to several Florida destinations! You are now free to board….

Any questions class??

By jbirdawg

November 5, 2006 10:44 AM | Link to this

I was told DJ Shockley said that the coaches can only do so much. At some point the players have to do what they have been taught, catch passes, make tackles, etc. It is almost funny to me to hear people blaming Eason for the drops. Pass catching is not a rocket science to teach. The fundamentals are fairly simple. The act, on the run, with opposing safeties is not as easy as it looks. That said, these guys are semi pros and should be able to catch it as well as any other college team, and they don’t. Why? I have to chalk it up to some kind of jinx this year. Maybe Mr. Sanford is a fan of the Herschel era style of football and is jinxing us. Regardless, the problem is not the coaching staff. It is mostly a problem of inexperience in most of the skill positions and growing pains associated with it. The fan frustration comes from being spoiled with success and the availability of HS recruiting rankings. Many folks forget these rankings are HS rankings and not college.

By Frank85

November 5, 2006 10:45 AM | Link to this

Hey Ramblin Man — Dooley was 19-6 against Tech and 17-7-1 against Florida. If a Tech fan thinks Dooley sucked what does of he think of his own pathetic group of bugs?

By ramblin' man

November 5, 2006 10:50 AM | Link to this

i is gay too…

By jbirdawg

November 5, 2006 10:52 AM | Link to this

Faith in Stafford is easy. He is by far the best we have. Richt sees them everyday and has seen them in the game. Right now it is called building for the future. Richt won’t say that out of respect for his seniors. Interesting folks calling for Cox when Stafford had led us on a 92 yard drive to take the lead late in the fourth. Granted Stafford threw a couple of bad picks yesterday, but it wasn’t Matthew that allowed KY to drive the length of the field to score the winning TD.

By Samuel Morgan

November 5, 2006 10:52 AM | Link to this

Fire Richt!

By TDP

November 5, 2006 10:53 AM | Link to this

It’s a bad year. I’m disappointed and, usually, p** off for about an hour after the game. But unlike too many of you losers, my entire life doesn’t revolve around whether UGA wins a football game. I don’t go to work on Monday with my head hanging down and afraid that people will think less of me or make fun of me because the Dawgs lost. It has not “ruined my year” as one of you sad “fans” suggested. Get a fricking life.

Next issue: I don’t care if the Dawgs start Stafford, Cox, Joe T, Barnes or Andy Bailey at QB the rest of the year. I’m not the coach and I - just like you second-guessing idiots - am not qualified to coach the team or second guess the coach’s decisions. The bottom line is the Dawgs have played with a limited playbook this year because their offensive players are either too young or not talented enough to handle more. Even with limited variability, the mistakes have mounted. But don’t pretend that things would have been different with Joe T at QB - or Cox or Barnes. It’s so easy to say, in retrospect, “this is what I would have done”. YOU wouldn’t have done anything! If you had any talent for coaching, you’d be doing it (and I don’t care that you coach your son’s peewee team - that doesn’t mean you know anything!). Instead, you’re drunk at 11am on Saturday morning, you spend the pre-game pretending that you’re a Dawg fan and at the first sign of adversity, you start to boo “your” team and call for coaching changes.

I would imagine some changes will be made at the end of the year. But I’m not going to lose sleep over it and I’m not going to spend much time thinking about it. I’m thrilled with the performance of UGA over the last several years and I reveled in the victories and championships. Those times didn’t make me a better person - they just allowed me to share in the jubilation of success. I’m glad Richt’s not shallow enough to belittle his players, publicly humiliate his coaches or embarass his institution. That is apparently not a consideration for so many of you - including that dumb* Bill King (how did that whining loser get that gig?).

Last, there are some of you poormouthers that will suggest that I’m not a true UGA fan because I (and apparently Coach Richt) don’t care enough about the losses to b** and moan publicly for the rest of the week/season/year. Unlike so many of you bandwagoneers and hangers-on, I pay my GEEF dues and buy my season tickets - regardless of the results on the field. My financial expenditures and loyalty don’t mean that I consider it my right or duty to boo the players on OUR team. Anyone that thinks differently is not a true UGA fan or is way too emotionally involved in a football game. The Dawgs may be back next year - or they may not - but I’ll be pulling for them either way.

By YourTechBoss

November 5, 2006 10:55 AM | Link to this

GET BACK TO WORK UGA FANS BEFORE I FIRE YOUR A*

By Rog

November 5, 2006 10:55 AM | Link to this

I said this after CMR’s first year and I will say it again. He coaches ” to not lose”. The deer in the head lights looks on our players faces is driving me crazy. No confidence, no pride, no desire…The first half of the TN game is only time this year it even closely looked like a GA team of old. We have got to get back to a game plan on “how to win”…

By Bear

November 5, 2006 10:58 AM | Link to this

Gentlemen. I realize that the Dawgs are pitiable, but let’s watch our language, my son might wish to read these comments.

By ramblin' man

November 5, 2006 11:01 AM | Link to this

tech sucks too. and as for the imposter who used my name, sorry to break it to you i am no doogie howser

By Advisor

November 5, 2006 11:11 AM | Link to this

The Wild kitties pounded Georgia Butt like an Emory Physician in a Day Care Center!

By Techie

November 5, 2006 11:31 AM | Link to this

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

By Gator Guy

November 5, 2006 11:39 AM | Link to this

Dawg fans, ya’ll really need to evaluate your priorities. I don’t pretend to have the solutions that your team needs, but you need to tone down your expectations and especially your comments about your own kids. Wow. Your fans have booed your own team at home. As someone else quite rightly commented, this is not going to help the kids on the field or your recruiting. As much as many Gators enjoy taunting you Dawgs, I can’t even bring myself to pile on. Your fairweather fans are doing more psychological damage to your own program than outsiders ever could. Grow up and show a little loyalty in adversity. Really.

By wmmmci

November 5, 2006 11:42 AM | Link to this

From this blog, it appears that some UGA fans are now blaming the AJC for their failures. Like I’ve written before, UGA never loses, it is always someone elses fault. The weather, the officials, the NCAA, the schedulers, or, for heavens sake the Newspaper. How pitiful. I know it’s hard to fall from grace, but face it, just maybe UGAs football program is OVERBLOWN!

By antoniooo

November 5, 2006 11:45 AM | Link to this

Oh losing to Kentucky and Vanderbilt, cooooool. -God Save The Queen love you, luv youu pat pat pat

By Louis Vales

November 5, 2006 11:51 AM | Link to this

I love Mark Richt. He epitomizes what college football is all about. He ruins a clean program with fine student athletes. He doesn’t drink or smoke. He hires quality assistants who are fine people. He has built this program into the envy of the Southeast. I say give Mark an extension before he leaves for Miami, FSU, New England, Michigan State or Florida Atlantic. We love you Coach Richt!!

Go Gators!!

By Advisor

November 5, 2006 12:06 PM | Link to this

Yo, Louis Vales - How do you love Mark Richt? I surely hope you don’t love him like an emory physician loose in a day care center!

By Ah Break Wind in the Faces of UGA

November 5, 2006 12:09 PM | Link to this

How do you tell a UGA grad from an Emory grad? By their police records; UGA grads have records of petty thieft, while Emory grads have records of felony child molestation.

By SolidUKFan

November 5, 2006 12:28 PM | Link to this

 You GA football fans are as bad, or possibly a little worst, than our UK basketball fans.  You have a great football tradition and a good coach whose wife is struggling with CANCER.  Anyone can have a bad year; just look at Tenn last year and notice what they are doing this season.  Also, we have improved and Vandy is quite competitive as shown by their performance against Fla yesterday.  Miss St beat Alabama at their place and shut them out in the second half.
 Don't fire your coach just yet!

By Knute

November 5, 2006 12:32 PM | Link to this

Hey, Gator Guy. Right on.

By Alonzo

November 5, 2006 12:38 PM | Link to this

To Louis Vales: You speak the truth. Hang in there, Louis, most UGA fans have the mental capacities of a bulldog. Most of them will have whiplash in the morning from changing their support for their team so fast.

By 89 Bulldog

November 5, 2006 12:51 PM | Link to this

Very well said, TDP.

I’ll be willing to bet that most of these fans don’t even know what the GEEF is, and that after we make our donations and buy our tickets for next year, our seats don’t improve, because the real fans will be back in their same seats next year.

CMR has given us 3 Eastern Division titles, 2 SEC Championships, and 1 Sugar Bowl Victory in the last five years. Sure, this year is disappointing, but a one year abberation is no reason to start demanding changes from the cheap seats. The real UGA fans will give CMR to make whatever adjustments HE feels necessary, as that’s what we hired him to do.

It’s not our year, folks. Stuff happens. Support your team, support your coach, and support your school. (…and Fire Mike Adams).

By BIGG DADDY DOGG

November 5, 2006 12:58 PM | Link to this

the way the off season went we should have seen this coming. They handled the GA. players wrong(like a.sims whom they never should have given up on because he is better than k.johnson and tra battle) that kid humbled his self took his punishment and they told him to find another school? BUT ALL AND ALL THESE TOP PLAYERS ARE NOT BEEN COACHED UP TO THERE POTENTIAL (LIKE WHAT GAILEY HAS DONE WITH WHAT HE HAS) GA. TECH SHOULD NOT HAVE A BETTER TEAM WITH WHAT THEY GET VERSAS WHAT WE GET IN OUR TOP RECRUITING CLASSES???? we need changes on offense and defense of the coaching staff. we need to coach the players up with proven coaches. IF M.R. had been able to keep ga. player coach that went to auburn and given him a bigger role we would still be winning. WE NEED CHANGE, POINT BLANK.

By FlaDawg

November 5, 2006 12:58 PM | Link to this

Yeah - it took Dooley 20 years to win SEC titles and a NC - but he started with no talent. Richt began with Donnan’s recruits which were pretty darn good. Sure the Dawgs will be back - to mediocrity.

By Dave

November 5, 2006 01:01 PM | Link to this

Knute,

You think Dawg fans should be less vocal, like Chicago Cubs fans?? The Cubs haven’t been to the World Series in nealy 100 years. So, you’re saying we should aspire to become generational losers and say or do nothing about it? I say we don’t aspire to be like Cubs fans.

By Bear

November 5, 2006 01:02 PM | Link to this

Hey guys. Louis Vales, Gator Guy, Knute, 89 Bulldog, among others are right. Lay off the kids. They don’t deserve this. Knute’s right. Pattern your demeanor on that of the Cubs fans. They may be lovable losers, but at least they demonstrate that being civil about a losing a sporting event is called maturity. This is not the Dawgies’ year. Write it off, root for the home team, and wait until next year.

By bigx

November 5, 2006 01:06 PM | Link to this

Richt is setting up his move to florida state, maybe next year

By Dave

November 5, 2006 01:09 PM | Link to this

Also, people wonder why Tech has no fan base - can’t sell out their tiny stadium and has the ACC worried about selling tickets in the ACC title game. But all one has to do is read the pompous, arrogant comments of Techies, and it’s no wonder at all. This should be a time of fanbase-building for Tech, but instead they spend their time hating on the Dawgs and acting like their usual condescending selves.

By mike

November 5, 2006 01:14 PM | Link to this

A head coach is only as good as his staff. If the staff isn’t getting it done and the head coach dosen’t correct the problem, then he becomes the problem. Almost every year Tuberville has to replace an assistant because they are offered a greater opportunity. And every time Auburn finds another top quality assistant. Richt should take a pen and pad to Auburn this Saturday and take notes on how to set up a staff and coach for that matter. This maybe a down season for Georgia, but it will be three in a row for Auburn and just as sweet. WAR EAGLE

By BuzzGT

November 5, 2006 01:14 PM | Link to this

I am a Tech fan in a family full of bulldawgs. I watch most UGA games. I think it is crazy that anyone is questioning Mark Richt. He has done a great job at UGA. I know that FSU, Miami, Mich. St, and North Carolina would love to have him. This year is more about key injuries than poor coaching.

By ramblin' man

November 5, 2006 01:15 PM | Link to this

hey solidukfan, why don’t you just shut up and fire tubby smith already since you all have been dying to do that for 10 or so years. UGA will gladly take him back I would think. It’s too bad UGAY can’t take back harrick. Getting Harrick back would make Mr. Spasms Adams just giddy.

By Billy Jack

November 5, 2006 01:25 PM | Link to this

THE DAWGS ARE DOGS! HIT THE WEIGHT ROOM. REEL IN THE QB SO HE DOESN’T GET YOU BEAT. SOMEBODY ACT LIKE THEY CARE. HAVE A SMIDGEN OF EMOTION. GOOD GRIEF!

By Vann

November 5, 2006 01:29 PM | Link to this

You guys are an embarrassment to yourselves and to UGA fans. Fire Mark Richt? The same coach who won the SEC last year? Early in the year, you were bashing Richt for not starting Stafford. Now you’re bashing Richt for playing Stafford. You can’t have it both ways. Let Richt coach the team, and you can keep on swilling your Pabst. Yes, it is obvious that changes need to be made. But could you have the decency to give Richt a chance? Wait until after the season and see what changes he makes before you crucify him.

By Miller Hebert

November 5, 2006 01:34 PM | Link to this

Gator guy has the best comment on here. Why in the world are the so-called UGA fans who climb on here so willing to call for their own players and coaches to be publicly gutted and their intestines set on fire? Jesus people it’s just freaking football and every team will have a bad year now and then. It’s our turn. It is not the end of the world. Not even close. Take a Prozac and go take a hike to look at the georgeous leaves.

By Dawg Prof

November 5, 2006 01:36 PM | Link to this

Prez Adams Sez: we need to dumb down our admissions of athletes so WE CAN STAY COMPETITIVE IN THE SEC!

Hit the books, students. The uneducated get stuck in Bulldawg Nation.

By Jim Donnan

November 5, 2006 02:32 PM | Link to this

FlaDawg, thanks for the kind words about my recruits. I have talked to Coach Richt this week and he is pretty down about losing and feels even worse after reading these blogs and seeing that people want him fired. His wife and children are his first priority so he has asked me to come back and help with the offensive game plan for Auburn and Tech. He wants me to help develop Stafford after what I did to help Quincy make the NFL. He feels like the fans deserve a win in one of these final games. If things go well, I will come back as the offensive coordinator next year. Go Dawgs!

By JimGarren

November 5, 2006 02:35 PM | Link to this

I’m glad everyone is jumping off the bandwagon. Let them go, they just started pulling for the team in 2002 anyway. They are a part of the problem that we face on Saturdays in Sanford, fans who are only their for the social part of the game. Who could care less about watching the game, and look at you like your and idiot when you stand up and yell on a third down. Let them say how bad things are, how bad our coaches are, let them be that way. These are the people that didn’t even pay attention to the team during the Goff and Donnan years. The problem is lack of passion for the game by the players, and poor decision making by the coaches. Lumpkin has 8 carries for 73 in the first quarter and carries it 5 more times in the game???? Who cares about loyalty, why does Mark Richt stand by it?? Look at Pete Carrol, USC plays the best player no matter what the age or class. Richt has already said our two best Safties are being redshirted, he said the running back we are redshirting could be starting, well im glad to know that we are not putting our best team on the field this year, thanks! The reason he is so loyal to this years senior class is because this is the first class he recruited here and he wants to stay with them. At some point the school, alumni, fans, and people who pay is salary deserve to be compensated also with a quality product. Get thru this year, and let all the bandwagon fans go we dont need you people anyway. Vanderbilt’s stadium was louder yesterday than any home game we have had except the Tennessee game. Oh yeah speaking of Tennessee, they brought in an offensive coach this year and look what it did for them. This will be fixed next year, and I hope all you people who are jumping off don’t ever come back. Go to Tech, they only have 38 fans anyway and could use the help. One last point, the ACC does not deserve an automatic BCS bid this year.

By FlaDawg

November 5, 2006 02:39 PM | Link to this

Hey Jim Donnan - remind me how many times you lost to Vandy and Kentucky in the same year!

By My fellow fans are BLIND...

November 5, 2006 02:43 PM | Link to this

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By 94Dawg

November 5, 2006 02:48 PM | Link to this

Why do you all think we are getting a bowl bid? We only have 5 wins against D1 teams.(D1AA do not count) If you jump ship now, good riddance. You people attacking UGA are truly pathetic.

By Paul

November 5, 2006 03:01 PM | Link to this

I believe Coach Richt is setting himself up for an easy decision to go to Florida State. He will say that GA needs to go in a different direction and that this is probably the right time for him to leave.

The Dogs main problem this year has not been the lack of talent, but simply the play calling each game. I know we have had alot of success in recent years under Coach Richt, but the play calling in many of those games has been suspicious. I say stay Coach Richt and hire a offensive coordinator.

By FlaDawg

November 5, 2006 03:07 PM | Link to this

Bottomline - after this miserable season Richt has one year to turn this thing around or he’s gone.

But to some of you that sounds too harsh. Grow up. This is the SEC. We don’t accept losing seasons like Tech fans.

By Paul

November 5, 2006 03:15 PM | Link to this

I believe Coach Richt is setting himself up for an easy decision to go to Florida State. He will say that GA needs to go in a different direction and that this is probably the right time for him to leave.

The Dogs main problem this year has not been the lack of talent, but simply the play calling each game. I know we have had alot of success in recent years under Coach Richt, but the play calling in many of those games has been suspicious. I say stay Coach Richt and hire a offensive coordinator.

By Dustin

November 5, 2006 03:24 PM | Link to this

All of you fare weather fans no nothing about UGA football and need to just shut the hell up. I don’t know if many of you remember the days before Richt and the 6-5 and 7-4 years we had every single year. And now, there is one bad year, which if you paid any attention to UGA football you knew it would be difficult this year, you want to fire the best coach UGA has had in years? You are all retarded and go jump on that Tech bandwagon, there are still plenty of seats available, and maybe, just maybe we will let you back on next year. Real Dawgs fans don’t boo our players and will stand by Richt. GO DAWGS!!!!

By Autiger83

November 5, 2006 03:26 PM | Link to this

WAY TO GO LEG HUMPERS. Because of your loss, the Auburn/Georgia game will be on LFS at 12:30. We all have to put up with that idiot Dave Rowe on one of the more classic football games annually…all because you guys blew it to KY and Vandy before that.

Brilliant.

By FlaDawg

November 5, 2006 03:32 PM | Link to this

As a 79 grad I well remember those 6 -5 and 7 -4 years - we fired the coaches.

By 89 Bulldog

November 5, 2006 03:34 PM | Link to this

94 Dawg,

The rules changed this year. Teams playing 12 games get to count 1 Div 1AA victory. 6 & 6 with 1 Div 1AA win makes you bowl eligible.

Will we accept if we’re 6-6? Probably. I’d be willing to bet the pressure from the SEC to fill their 8 bowl tie-ins would be strong.

FlaDawg, way too early to start talking like that. The only people who need to be fired are Mike Adams, Carter Strickland, and Bill King.

By FlaDawg

November 5, 2006 03:38 PM | Link to this

Well, at least we can hump.

By Dustin

November 5, 2006 03:39 PM | Link to this

yes, those coaches were fired, but not after one year, and not after bringing us a SEC championship. Look at Tennessee last year, finished 5-6, with a loss to Vanderbilt, and should have lost to Kentucky, and look where they are this year. This stuff happens.

By FlaDawg

November 5, 2006 03:40 PM | Link to this

89 Bulldog, I’ll compromise with you on that - but it’ll never happen.

By Johndawg

November 5, 2006 03:44 PM | Link to this

How disappointing to read these comments from so called dawg fans. Every program has a bad year once in a while and now it is our turn. We have one of the best young head coaches in the country, who tries to win football games while also creating a sense of honor and integrity in our athletes to carry into the real world. I love the red and black and will continue to do so, despite all you fair weather dog fans. Why don’t you go get an orange shirt and cheer for the gators or tigers. We don’t need you between the hedges. Go dawgs.

By Miller Hebert

November 5, 2006 03:58 PM | Link to this

The day wasn’t all bad. Tennessee lost and Cutcliffe will be gone after this year. Nothing warms my heart like seeking the Great Pumpkin become mediocre again as God intended.

By 89 Bulldog

November 5, 2006 03:58 PM | Link to this

FlaDawg,

I agree, we’re stuck with Adams and Carter. I’d like to know where the heck AJC dug up Bill King. Any idiot can say we’re good when we win and we’re bad when we lose. Hope they’re not paying him enough to endanger Ms. Cox-Chambers standing on the Forbes 400 list…

Johndawg, you’re not alone.

There were a string of comments 3-4 hours ago with a lot of us wondering where these “fans” are coming from, ‘cause we would like to invite them to go back there.

CMR has earned the right to have a down year. He know’s he’ll be judged by how he reacts to it, and what changes, if any, he makes. He’s a pro, he knows what’s expected. On the other hand, we hired him to do a job, we should let him do it.

By badhand

November 5, 2006 04:00 PM | Link to this

YOU DAWGS ARE PATHETIC THE COCKS BEAT BOTH KENTUCKY AND VANDY.WE WANT A REMATCH.MAYBE IN THE TOILET BOWL.

By padubajacket

November 5, 2006 04:13 PM | Link to this

UGA Sucks!!! Go JACKETS!!! What a GREAT College Football Season!! UGA is showing it’s TRUE COLORS!! Hunker Down Mutts!

By Dawg Fan

November 5, 2006 04:14 PM | Link to this

Need I remind the dawg nation that this is the same MR who proved the doubters wrong every year for the last 4? From the beginning of his tenure the Dawgs have basically overachieved. Only once were we considered to be BCS contenders, that year was 2003…we went 11-1 and won the SEC as well as the Sugar Bowl. Coach Richt was a good coah then and still is now. This is the first time in his now 6-year tenure that he has entered the year without a clear cut #1 at the QB position. We got spoiled on the tandem that was Greene and Shockley. We also forget how valuable it was to have a kicker of Billy Bennett’s caliber to help us through those close games. Or what talent we possessed in the secondary with Thomas Davis, Odell Thurman, Sean Jones and Greg Blue. And let us not forget Reggie Brown, Fred Gibson, Terrence Edwards and Ben Watson. Each year we “overachieved” in the eyes of the “experts” b/c we played using guys who were really not that exceptional on a national level. We had great leadership and poise on the field when Greene, Pollack, Shock and Davis were here. We lost a lot of talent and leadership to the NFL so now we have to reload. We are young this season but there is not one game we haven’t been in all year. Staff is young, He’ll get better. The defense will improve and the secondary will find new blood next season when the two redshirted hard-hitters find their way to the field. The true merit of being a dawg fan is supporting the team when it is down, not booing it’s players, lambasting it’s coach and throwing in the towel. Will we be SEC Champs this year? No. Will we get into a respectable bowl game? Probably not. Will the Dawgs lose again this year? A very strong possibility. But, this is the first time in a long time that we have had to deal with this kind of disappointment. Thank CMR for that. Yeah, Vandy and Kentucky can have it this year, they likely won’t be celebrating too many winning seasons…we, on the other hand, have next year to look forward to. If this team isn’t better then, worry. Right now, give em’ some time to mature. We’re young but we’re still talented. We will be back.

By GT fan

November 5, 2006 04:24 PM | Link to this

Hey Dave, Acutally GT has had no problem selling out their stadium. We have a great fan base, and we’re not spending any more time hating on UGA than we normally do. I was at a bar last night to watch GT and gues what there were lots of Tech fans and no stupid dawg fans to be found, and I was outside of Atlanta. You guys are just p** because YOU SUCK!!!!!!!!! Have fun in the toilet bowl, we’ll send you our best from the Orange Bowl. You might want to start preparing for the butt kicking GT is going to do this year between the hedges. We all know UGA can’t beat a ranked team this year. Heck, you guys can’t even beat unranked teams. Ha ha ha. To Hell With Georgia!!!!!!!!!!!! Go Jackets!

By HT

November 5, 2006 04:31 PM | Link to this

Mark, as a sportswriters writer, you are brain-dead. The collapse of the defense over the last 5 games has torpedoed this season giving up and average of 29 pts a games. Then add missed field goals and extra pts crippling the offense. That’s where the blame lies. Stafford’s interceptions had no impact on today’s loss and resulted in zero points for KY. They had no impact on the other 3 losses. He has 9 interceptions in 5 games but they have resulted in zero points to the 4 teams that beat us [he gave up 14 pts in the Miss State win] Today, the defense gave up a game-winning-drive again, just like Vandy, after Stafford engineered the go-ahead touchdown. The numbers do not lie. The defense has given up 144 points in the last 5 games [29 pts/game] and we have lost 4 out of 5 games. In our first 5 wins, the defense only gave up only 24 pts total. How can you ever win if you are giving up 29 pts a game. If it keeps up, the bleeding will never stop. The offense is scoring enough points [24 per game] to be 8-2 or 9-1 if the defense had not fallen apart. The defense has been invisible, except for the FL game when they stepped up & showed a heart beat. Too little, too late. Don’t blame this on Stafford. If you want Cox and T to play, their talent is desperately needed on defense. Sportswriters make simplistic conclusions. They see 3 interceptions and automatically print Headlines that blame the loss on that. 2 of the interceptions today were at the end of the first half and did not change the score from 14-10 and the last one was a desperate attempt to save a game. The key point of the game was when GA was down 17-14 with 8 mins to go and Stafford engineered a 83 yd scoring drive and ate up 5 ½ mins of time to put us ahead 20-14. Then Andy Bailey missed the Extra Point for his 7th missed points for the day [2 other missed FGs] All the defense had to do was stop a 70 yd drive over 11 plays to win the game with 3 mins 40 sec left in the game. Instead KY goes 70 years on 11 plays eating up chunks of turf at 6, 11, 5 , 14, 9, 6, 7, 8, 1 [for a 1st down], 3 [for a TD] leaving only .59 seconds. Stafford only had 59 seconds to go 63 yds and the odds of an interception is likely. This loss lies at the feet of the DEFENSE, not Stafford.

By RedDawg

November 5, 2006 05:00 PM | Link to this

Just fire Marteniz and Eason we will be fine. we dont lac talent, we lack leadership. i didnt like marteniz since AU game last year. Hire Tanude of GT.

By Davey

November 5, 2006 05:00 PM | Link to this

How many teams with winning records has uga beaten????????

ANSWER- ZERO!

HOW BOUT THEM DAWGS!!!!!!

By jim

November 5, 2006 05:04 PM | Link to this

Maybe CMR wants to go to Miami or FL State, but I dought it. If he has another season like this one UGA mite wave his buyout.

By smokeydog

November 5, 2006 05:04 PM | Link to this

How do you spell “OVC?” Go play where you can win AND LEAVE THE BIG DOGS IN THE SEC!

By irish4ever

November 5, 2006 05:12 PM | Link to this

You dawg fans got what you b*** for….. stafford at QB Don’t want to here you complain now.

By 2N4YEARS

November 5, 2006 05:17 PM | Link to this

JONNY: Let’s don’t compare Stafford with Q. Carter. QC was run out of town not in his frosh year, but when he was a Jr., AND because he had a ‘COKE’ problem, and I’m not talking about the Drink. Also, he came to Athens when he was 21 years old, not 18 out of high school.

By atlcubsfan

November 5, 2006 05:17 PM | Link to this

Some of you guys are idiots. Mark Richt is the second greatest coach in Georgia history behind Dooley, and some of you want his head and say he’ll be out of here next year if he has another year like this. Wrong. This guy has proven himself since he got here, and unfortunately, this has been a very disappointing year for him and his team (our team). Because he’s a laid back guy, some of you think he doesn’t care about the losing, but believe me, he hates losing. This isn’t easy on him either. We do have good players and have good recruiting classes for years, and it’s tough to be this bad when we have good players on the field. The defense is just part of the problem. Our turnover ratio and inability to run the ball and catch the ball consistently is really the issue. That has to do with Stafford making freshman mistakes and a beat-up OL not being able to make blocks either in the running game or the passing game. It also is the fault of our WRs who apparently don’t want to catch the ball as badly as some WRs do. We definitely need to find some h.s. guys who want to come here and catch Stafford’s bullets next year. Remember when Ainge had a tough year last year? That was Stafford this year. He’ll be better next year, no doubt.

Georgia will be back next year and will be good. This won’t happen again for along time. But Mark Richt is not on the hot seat. Those of you who wrote that have no idea how college football on this level works. Winning three SEC championships in five years gives you a pass for a long….long time. Dooley only did that once when Herschel was in-town, but he’d already won three other SEC titles. CMR will win more titles, too, including (hopefully) a National Championship. But be real- he isn’t going back to Florida. Those who said that Airtran or Delta was ready and that he should leave- you are truly idiots. Look at college football in totality and think about a coach you would want more than CMR. He’s already proven himself here and has won. They are just having a down year. As one person wrote, if you’re really a Dawg fan, you bleed red and black. If you really love Georgia football, you’re not happy with this year, sure, but you believe in the coaching staff and you know that with CMR at the helm, things will get better. They might get worse this year (we probably will end-up 6-6), but we’ll be better next year. Trust CMR, his system, and his decisions.

Look at the Techies. They even trusted Coach Gailey’s “three yards and a cloud of dust” offense, and it’s worked for them. Now they are winning games with a terrible QB- Reggie Ball- (who can’t interview- sounds like he’s from the ghetto) and an All-American WR.

Rebuilding is part of football. It happens to the best of teams. This wasn’t supposed to be a rebuilding year, but it ended-up being a disappointing year, nonetheless.

Stick-up for the Dawgs and stop crying for CMR’s head. Martinez may need to go, yes, but CMR is one of the ten best coaches in college football. We’re lucky to have him.

By Frank

November 5, 2006 05:51 PM | Link to this

I think everyone should look at Vanderbilt schedule and you will see they have played alot better this year. Give some credit to them for being better. Thanks.

By lane4411

November 5, 2006 05:58 PM | Link to this

atlcubsfan, agree 100%. These clowns are a bunch of over fed, candy a* frat boys. Look @ the winning % the last 4 yrs., excluding this yr.-not too shabby. This team really lacked experience and talent-the worm should turn next year, if not no big deal.

You people need to get off the couch and run a few sprints, play tennis, or get laid!!!!!

By SolidUKFan

November 5, 2006 06:36 PM | Link to this

Second try; for some reason my first e-mail was not correctly printed. Many of you UGA football fans are as bad as our UK basketball fans. You have a great tradition and a good coach whose wife is battling cancer. Anyone can have a bad season; just remember how Tenn was last year and notice how they bounced right back. We are improved and Vandy has been very competitive this season as shown by their performance yesterday vs Florida. Miss St beat Alabama at their place and shut them out in the second half. Don’t fire your coach just yet!

By ben

November 5, 2006 06:57 PM | Link to this

If you don’t want Richt, we do…

Miami Alabama FSU UCLA NC St UNC Michigan State 60 other Division I schools

By TECH!!!

November 5, 2006 07:10 PM | Link to this

The Doggies will not stand losing to Tech….and THAT will be the beginning of the end of the MR era….write it down..history will repeat itself (ask Mr. GOOF!) Woof Woof Woof…see you in Athens, suckers!

By gdawgs77

November 5, 2006 07:31 PM | Link to this

FIRE WILLIE MARTINEZ!!!!!!! Plese read and see if you agree. We couldn’t get a defensive stop today to get the win! We couldnt get a defensive stop against Vandy to win. By the way Vandy has done NOTHING on offense since playing us!! We had a huge lead against UT and the defense couldnt get any stops! See a pattern!! It isn’t like we don’t have talent on defense. Charles Johnson, Quentin Moses, Tony Taylor, Paul Oliver and even possibly Jeff Owens will probably be playing on Sundays!!

By Dawg Kevin McHugh

November 5, 2006 07:51 PM | Link to this

As a proud graduate of the University of Georgia, it pains me tremendously to see such poor grammer and spelling on these sports blogs. All I ask is that you please proofread you’re remarks before submitting them, lest your lack of sophistication reflect poorly on the University. Go Dawgs

Your fellow Dawg fan, Kevin McHugh

By Drew

November 5, 2006 07:52 PM | Link to this

Take it from me Doggie fans, Im a Tampa Bay Bucs fan and a Miami Hurricane Fan. If your quarterback sux, your defense will be beyond PATHETIC. The Bucs were #1 in D last year, now they are LAST in the NFL in Defense. Look at Tennessee last night, no qb so LSU had the ball 41 minutes!!! So the UT defense was AWFUL! It starts and ends with what your quarterback and offense does. UGA (and my Canes and Bucs) will continue to suck until they can get a QB, and I dont see one anywhere for the Dogs….. Good luck to all teams with no QB……..

By Dennis

November 5, 2006 08:07 PM | Link to this

Look at who Ga won all of those games against since Richt got to Athens. Most of the SEC wins were against teams that were on probation and their numbers were down. The teams that have been at full strength- Fa. Auburn, LSU-have beaten you more times than not. Now that the downtrodden are back up in numbers expect closer games and more losses every year. Get those 1980 National T-shirts out and were them proud-that is if you can still get them on.

By altcubsfanhasabrain

November 5, 2006 08:18 PM | Link to this

altcubsfan may be the only person on here that has a brain. those of you who are calling for CMR’s head are idiots. i am madder than anyone about how this year has gone but CMR has done an incredible job for this program. the guy has played for the SEC Championship 3 out of the last 4 years and won 2. UT was worse than we are last year and they bounced back fine. i don’t know exactly what is going on this year but it won’t last i assure you and all of you calling for CMR’s head will be right back here singing his praises when we win the SEC next year. my final word though is fire Willie Martinez!

By bigbaddick

November 5, 2006 08:19 PM | Link to this

UGA will be fine, UK has just gotten better…

By Stk

November 5, 2006 09:23 PM | Link to this

One thing that is really odd is what has happend to Cox? Why hasn’t CMR let him in for even one series? It is funny that with-out Cox coming in the game against Colorado, UGA would be sitting at 5-5 right now. Cox saved the Dawgs that day and what has he gotten out of it? Nothing but wood time. What’s up with that? IF I were Cox, I would be out of there. It’s obvious UGA (or CMR) doesn’t want him there.

By PROUD DAWG

November 5, 2006 09:56 PM | Link to this

IT IS TRUE GEORGIA FANS ARE THE WORST IN THE COUNTRY. WITHOUT CMR WE WOULD STILL BE WAITING FOR ANOTER SEC TITLE. HE WILL CORRECT THE PROBLEMS AND WE WILL BEAT AUBURN. GET OFF THE DAMN BANDWAGON WE DON’T WANT YOU OR NEED YOU. THIS IS WHEN THE TEAM NEEDS US THE MOST AND ALL YOU CAN DO IS B***. I’M A DAWG AND DAMN PROUD OF IT.

By Making a point

November 5, 2006 10:05 PM | Link to this

I think the reason there are so many bandwagon jumpers is that Coach Richt has not mastered the tactic utilized often by Coach Dooley. Build up your opponent in the press and downplay your own strength. I think a lot of people were blindsided with the mediocrity of our team. If we would have had an inkling that this was coming, the fallout would not be so bad.

As for what now…I don’t think that Coach Richt will make changes based on the character of the man. He won’t sell out one of his own like that. It’s just not his style. I also can understand why the man would be distracted when you consider the health of his wife. Everything else pales in comparison…even our beloved Dawgs. I hope that he can get it turned. He’s a good man with the weight of the world on his shoulders I’m sure. Good luck Mark.

By Bill

November 5, 2006 10:30 PM | Link to this

Mark Richt is a class act,a good man, with his priorities in order. He is the kind of coach that I would want my son or daughter to play for. If five years ago we were told we would play for the SEC Championship three times, winning it twice, we would have thought it unlikely. Now, after one down season, manny are ready to criticize to the point of talking about a coaching change. That is ridiculous. Mark Richt will correct what went wrong with or without the incredible advice available to him here.

By 94Dawg

November 5, 2006 10:33 PM | Link to this

Thanks 89 Bulldog. That is not the best news I’ve ever heard but it makes me laugh. Tech fans, How hard is it to sell 101 tickets? I will be selling ZIMA at the low low and you can find me after the game,win or lose, book it, Championship!!!!!!!!!! You dorks will prolly still lose to the worst Dawg team in years! How pathetic is that? The ATL is a hole and you live there.

By 94Dawg

November 5, 2006 10:37 PM | Link to this

By the way you bunch of morons, Karen Richt has been cleared of cancer so quit trying to instill some crazy a* drama into this.

By Bill

November 5, 2006 10:45 PM | Link to this

Mark Richt is a good man with his priorities in the right order. He is exactly the man that you should want your son or daughter to play for. If five years ago Georgia fans were told they would play for three SEC Championships, winning two, they would have been ecstatic. Now after one down year, I find it unbelievable that anyone would suggest that Mark Richt will need our help figuring this out and righting the ship. Give me a break! Every Program wants to win every game every year. Football nor life works that way. Get a Grip.

By Mark

November 5, 2006 11:25 PM | Link to this

Richt is paid over $1,500,000 per year to handily beat teams like Vandy, KY, Ole Miss, Miss State, and Colorado (i.e. chump teams) NO EXCUSES.

Losses to Florida, Tennessee, Auburn can be forgiven.

The man makes over a $150K per game. You can find a good high school to coach like Richt has this season for far less money.

Cut Richt’s salary to reflect this season’s performance.

Richt is a man of faith—he has two shots at redemption coming up—we shall see.

By Uncle Royal Tom

November 6, 2006 12:00 AM | Link to this

Richtus should be fired immediately and Ray Goof should be resurrected to save us. (He can be found at the nearest tractor-pull, cheering on his wife.) This will have the added benefit of having Neil Boretz return to the Bulldog Nation.

By bulldog_greg24

November 6, 2006 12:21 AM | Link to this

To all you morons calling for Stafford’s head, get a freaking life. We beat UK and Vandy if we have a decent high school kicker. Bailey is pathetic. Sure, Stafford may 2 or 3 bad choices yesterday and seems to continue doing this, but he stepped up on the last drive and showed his maturity and talent. He took us down the field for the win, but forgot to milk the clock down. Our crappy defense was pathetic yesterday. Kelin Johnson missed 4 or 5 tackles and finally got yanked. Other than Tony Taylor, our LBs are missing in action. While I am not totally sold that Stafford is the answer he gave us a chance to win. All the defense had to do was step up and make a couple of plays that last drive. I thought when Raley was nearly decapitated the defense might grow a set and actually hit somebody. Does anyone on here actually believe we scored 13 points offensively against the 2nd worst defense in college? Tra Battle ran an interception back to the 2 yard line so I don’t think we can truthfully say our offense put 20 on the board against the 2nd worst defense in the nation? We need changes, but CMR has stated he will not fire anyone based on one season. Heck, he makes way more than Damon Evans so who is going to tell him what to do? He has a fat contract with a big payout if we do run him off. GA has always beaten UK and Vandy because we had kickers who could make big kicks. We don’t have that now. I was initially against us going to a bowl, but face it folks….our young kids need the extra practice. We redshirted too many kids this year. The defense could use Quentin Banks, Hebron and the stud DE we signed. Our LB and safeties (with the exception of TT) sucked yesterday. We got out played for sure, but had the darn kicker executed we would be 8-2 right now instead of 6-4. We need to play some of the kids at LB and DB the rest of the way. Also, we had 6 OL on scholarship dressed on Saturday. Nick Jones is a Sr, who played Guard most of his career. Why has Ian Smith gotten no snaps? Jones is a Sr, we need to get Smith ready for next year, move Jones to guard since Watts looked really bad after Turner got hurt.

By Get the hell out of Athens

November 6, 2006 01:18 AM | Link to this

Richt lost to Vandy and Kentucky in the same year. Enough said. Fire his sorry A55!

By $1.5 Million for What?

November 6, 2006 01:27 AM | Link to this

Can someone please pay me $1.5 Million to coach the dawgs and lose to the worst teams in college football? I would bet my left nut that many of Atlanta’s best high school coaches could have led Georgia to a victory over at least one of these sorry teams. Pathetic. Ridiculous. Sickening. Words can’t say enough.

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November 6, 2006 03:48 AM | Link to this

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