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By Jeff

October 6, 2007 10:12 PM | Link to this

Dead on Jeff… Do all of us UGA folks a favor and start calling for a change in the D Coordinator job, including the LB coach. Poor defense top to bottom. If I had a dollar for every time an outside containment LB or CB was stuck inside, I’d be rich just today. Every team we play from now on will see what’s happened the last 4 games…run a no huddle and Martinez crawls into a shell and we crush them.
Help us out Jeff!!!

By Dawgs are a fraud

October 6, 2007 10:14 PM | Link to this

Look at the Weedeaters falling from the sky !!! We just stepped on a burning bag on the front porch in a hobnailed boot !!

God…UGA could have at least tried…

You can’t mail it in in the SEC.

By TDone

October 6, 2007 10:18 PM | Link to this

Correct me if I am wrong, but is that not seven straight losses to SEC East teams?

Maybe Muttland should move to the SEC West. They would at least be 5-3 in the conference every year.

By dawg

October 6, 2007 10:20 PM | Link to this

This was absolutely the worst performance by a UGA team in the 20 years I’ve been a fan. There have to be some changes like maybe a D coordinator

By Dawgs2007

October 6, 2007 10:24 PM | Link to this

Well, I hope everyone enjoyed our little run. 2002 - 2005 was nice, but we have slipped back into the late 1990’s. I no longer have faith in CMR and his staff. I used to feel great on gamedays knowing we could hold own with anyone.

In 2002, we could have anyone, anytime and won. Now our players look weak and tired and slow.

Yes, we may win one against one of the big boys this year, but this is not how it is supposed to be. We should be playing national titles.

I am also counting down the days until Stafford is gone. He is clearly not the answer. Only two more years and we can move on and hopefully get a real QB.

Man, I do miss Shockley! (or Greene)

By GO BLUE

October 6, 2007 10:25 PM | Link to this

Funny, I remember all the Dawg fans ragging Michigan after week 2 - look at the two teams records NOW!

GO BLUE!

By Jake

October 6, 2007 10:33 PM | Link to this

Martinez is now and has been over matched for the past two years. Superior athletes have bailed him out in the past, but the Martinez scheme is a catastrophy. A good Head Coach recognizes when a change is required. Now it is up to Richt.

By bulldog1986

October 6, 2007 10:41 PM | Link to this

No pass coverage, can’t tackle. Same story as last year. I know we are young but when you are down by multiple scores stop trying to run the ball. Shrieveport in Dec. may be all we can hope for this year.

By Tater Tot

October 6, 2007 10:50 PM | Link to this

Say, don’t them Dawgs have another QB on the bench who ain’t too shabby? Not that it matters. Say, have you ever seen Mark Richt and Chan Gailey at the same time?

By dakast

October 6, 2007 10:51 PM | Link to this

What’s the problem? At the beginning of the season, didn’t everyone say this would be a tough year for UGA?

Why all of a sudden did everyone think this young team could challenge for the SEC title?

By Coach

October 6, 2007 10:53 PM | Link to this

Looks like Larry Munson was dead on , this team is too young , with way to many holes on the O-line and D-line. Mark Richt , you recruit well , but have yet to translate that talent into anything resembling a great football team. Chalk up 2007 as another lost season and nothing but the local dodo bowl to play in.

By DEADDAWG

October 6, 2007 10:55 PM | Link to this

Maybe, just maybe, if Coach Richt would say one little “dirty” word, any “dirty” word, in his pregame speech to the team, maybe they would come out of the tunnel looking like they were ready to play football. The choirboy approach just doesn’t work for the big one. Fire somebody up Richt! You can start with Martinez!

By dave

October 6, 2007 10:56 PM | Link to this

hate to say this, but while I’ve only been a UGA fan for 30 years, I’ve never seen as poor an effort as I saw this afternoon.

By Jus'Bob

October 6, 2007 10:59 PM | Link to this

P.U.!

Now there’s a hob-nailed boot straight up our a$$.

By Mick

October 6, 2007 10:59 PM | Link to this

How many times will we hear after a game “We were out coached”?

By Homermoosevols

October 6, 2007 11:00 PM | Link to this

TOLD YOU GEORGIA. hahahahahaha. LOSERS. That was Pathetic. We had you from the get go. I have to thank you for making my year. Georgia fans the whole week thought this was going to be a cake walk. Sorry, how is a 21 pt whuppin taste? See ya next year. Unless you decide to join the ACC. HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH….I’m rich b***!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By your daddy

October 6, 2007 11:02 PM | Link to this

my god, the bull dogs suck

By munsons diaper

October 6, 2007 11:06 PM | Link to this

hey dave, if you’ve been a georgia fan for 30 years, you should be used to this. the only years georgia DIDN’T suck were the years hershal was there. without hershal, you guys are ole miss….lol

you SUCK

By angry

October 6, 2007 11:10 PM | Link to this

I expected some losses this year considering the youth on this team. However, to be slapped around like that is horrible. dakast you noted correctly that at the beginning of the year everyone stated it would be tough and I expected it. But we were playing a down Tenn. team and got embarrassed. Time to start taking a hard look at the coaching on this team.

By Walk-on DB at UGA

October 6, 2007 11:10 PM | Link to this

I picked up a bunch of job applications for Coach Martinez. I got one from McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Burger King, Waffle House and Ole Miss. Any place else I should look? I think he’ll probably have to interview at 4 or 5 places before he gets hired, so I want to give him enough options.

By A.J. Green

October 6, 2007 11:12 PM | Link to this

Nevermind, I will not be coming to UGA after all. I’ve seen enough of this coaching staff from afar. NO NEED TO WASTE MY TALENTS AT UGA. Hello evil genius, I’m the best reciever in the nation, do you have a spot for me?

By JYD

October 6, 2007 11:21 PM | Link to this

Lack of preperation, lack of coaching, and most of all, lack of motivation.

Willie Martinez left his lunch on the table and David Cutcliff ate it.

By Arkydawg

October 6, 2007 11:21 PM | Link to this

This is the wost perfomance I’ve ever seen Georgia give. Dawgs defense is god awful. the linemen are too small. No tackeling.

By Arkydawg

October 6, 2007 11:26 PM | Link to this

We have to recruit defensive linemaen and corners. I have high school teams in arkansas that could beat GA. Pitiful

By dave

October 6, 2007 11:30 PM | Link to this

It’s not the loss, that happens, it’s the lack of effort, or maybe lack of focus - I expect more.

By We must have CHANGE!

October 6, 2007 11:31 PM | Link to this

Being mediocre is one thing, but we have stooped becoming to one of the worst teams in the SEC East. We just got embarassed by a mediocre Vols team. Arkansas Sate scored more points on this SAME Vols defense. Our defense looked like they were sleep walking. WTF??? **The only way the a*******holes at Georgia listen to us is when we pull out money out of the system. Why are we donating to pay for this terrible performance?

By DawgMechanic

October 6, 2007 11:32 PM | Link to this

Man did we get exposed today or what. We need to stand together as fans and boycott an upcoming game until they change some of the coaching here. Buy our tickets, stay home, where a bag over our heads, whatever it takes to make a statement.

HOW MANY MORE RECRUITS ARE WE GOING TO LOOSE TODAY? THEY ARE STARTING TO WISE UP - DANG IT!

By Arkydawg

October 6, 2007 11:33 PM | Link to this

Georgia better be careful. All this talk about being the top recruiting class in the country and you will end up like Note Dame…. Get it together….

By King Nick Saban

October 6, 2007 11:33 PM | Link to this

no more decent recruits for you arkydawg. i’m takin’ ‘em all…

By Doc Reem

October 6, 2007 11:43 PM | Link to this

Wait a minute, I remember looking at a previous blog on this site earlier this week on Coach Martinez. The blog asked the question whether or not he should deserve a passing or failing grade on his performance as Def Cord. at UGA. A lot of you same guys gave Martinez A’s and B’s and I couldn’t belive my eyes. This guy is garbage and always has been and just because the guy’s defense’s rank somewhat high we give him a pass! Martinez defense is not designed to dominate another teams offense as it should be, it’s designed to mask and control damage. This is a new SEC were dealing with now. No more Ron Zooks (even though good win today), no more Lou Holtz and his anemic offenses, and add David Cutcliffe (Ten. Off Cord.) who has mastered Martinez already and us UGA fans are in trouble.

By Barry

October 6, 2007 11:48 PM | Link to this

We should hire Cutcliffe as our next head coach!

By Arkydawg

October 6, 2007 11:54 PM | Link to this

Good thing GA doesn’t play them razorbacks…. Go Tusk

By Arkydawg

October 6, 2007 11:58 PM | Link to this

Alabama is a joke King Nick Saban. the worst investment for the TIDE

By Arkydawg

October 7, 2007 12:01 AM | Link to this

LSU just won - Now that’s a great team - they miss two field goals and the defense is man-handled but they still win… I miss those days for Georgia…

By Doc Reem

October 7, 2007 12:17 AM | Link to this

I love UGA as much as anybody and I’m from Athens as well. But today made me wake up and realize that CMR is not as good of a Coach as we want to make him out to be. Don’t get me wrong he’s good but not great. He’s a good recruiter and an even better man but by no means are his Coaching skills as flawless as he thinks he looks on the sidelines. I also realized today that it is a fact that Coach Martinez and Coach Eason need the get the hell out of Dodge and needed to have been gone long ago. Us fans have become just like CMR and we’ve gotten to afraid to call anyone out. We’ve constantly said next year and maybe when they get more mature. We’ve settled for being pretty good instaed of striving to be The Best like Fla. LSU, and USC. We given up 3rd and 20+ on several occasions. We don’t tackle well and have’nt for a couple years now, we don’t catch the well and have’nt for several years now, and when was the last time we even had player to mentioned as a Heisman candidate. How can we can ourselves an elite program and we hav’nt had a Heisman hopefull since I cacn’t even remember. (can you?) We were humiliated today and it has little to do with youth and more to do with coaching and arrogance cause we think we’re so good!

By gdawgs77

October 7, 2007 12:18 AM | Link to this

Ok where are all the Willie Martinez fans now?? He continues to run his silly soft defense. We continue to rush 4 consistently as usual!!! Very little blitzing so Ainge has all day to throw and the LBs will not come up and play the run but instead stay several yards off the ball!!! Oh and by the way Willie what good does it do to put your cornerbacks up on the line if you aren’t going to jam the receivers but instead just immediately begin to back pedal as soon as the ball is snapped!! Leave town Martinez and bring in Will Muschamp now!

By Doc Reem

October 7, 2007 12:30 AM | Link to this

What the hec was Stafford doing out there today. I thought he was supposed to be really good. He’s got skills but he’s got no consistantcy, and bad mechanics. Let’s not forget Tebow is a true Soph too. He’s playing much better. Stafford hasn’t really shown me anything. I loved the pass at Alabama but he still didn’t play very good that game either.

By Pago Pago

October 7, 2007 12:37 AM | Link to this

Can we hire the coach at South Florida?

By BJOHNDAWG

October 7, 2007 12:41 AM | Link to this

I want to start out by saying I have been a Georgia fan since 1971.I have seen the highs…and the lows.I dont jump on and off the bandwagon.

Its one thing to lose. It is another to get outcoached.Its another to have the other team kick your a* up and down the field on both sides of the line of scrimmage. Its another to have the other team play with 10 times the Georgia’s teams emotion for the whole game.

Basically, Tennessee played the same gameplay that the started in the second half “OF LAST YEARS GAME.

That defensive game play by Martinez is the same old predictable gameplay game in and game out. If you are predictable in the SEC you will get BEAT. Plain and simple.

I am no football pro…but if I can tell you if georgia is going to run or throw based on their offensive set, you can damn well believe that a half decent defensive coach can and knows what is coming.

This game was just damn Pathetic. What really chaps my a* is not losing.But not even fielding a competitive team that is something that is hard to stomach.Ainge never had to do a progression in his throwing.Damn near every throw was to his first option.I stopped even listening after the vols got their 22 first down.22FIRST DOWN,,i dont believe I even said that.Georgia was out of that game when it was 14-0. It was over.

Tired of the defense strategy of bend but dont break.We need to break from that strategy right now. Tired of excuses like “We were outcoached”and “its a young line”, hell Auburn started three freshman on the line against Florida. Tired of the arm tackling”.Tired of the lack of effort. Just plain tired.

PATHETIC.

We will be lucky if we beat VANDY.

By Doc Reem

October 7, 2007 12:43 AM | Link to this

Martinez will you ever blitz? No, no really will you ever blitz? No really, will it ever be a good idea to blitz a good passing QB? Seriously Willie, what would need to have happen to make you feel like you need to call constant blitzs on an opposing to create pressure. Do you have something personal against blitzing?

By Pago Pago

October 7, 2007 12:44 AM | Link to this

I was wearing my UGA cap at the U of TOL Alimni tent, they had the game on, it was 28-0…they looked at me funny. I then wore my Rockets cap. The Rockets Band director ( a VOLS alumn) asked me if I heard the score..yes. He said the VOLS really wanted this game…I said…UAG gave it to them! SAD.

By BirdMahn

October 7, 2007 12:44 AM | Link to this

For the 2nd time this year this team could not match the tempo and the intensity of its opponent. That’s poor coaching and preparation plain and simple!

Richt can recruit skill players but he falls short in getting the big horses needed in the trenches.

…And the defensive schemes and play calling are terrible!

By ramble ON

October 7, 2007 12:55 AM | Link to this

I feel sorry for Matt Stafford. He’s a good QB being stifled by a sorry coaching staff. Maybe he’ll transfer to Tech cause everybody and his caveman knows we need a decent QB.

By Gamecocks

October 7, 2007 1:01 AM | Link to this

Just as i thought. You Ga fans are the worse in the country. Before every game nobody deserves to be on the field with you. After you loose everybody needs to be fired. Your QB will be just as good as greene or shockley in the future but you want him and the coaches gone. You are not a good team this year! It’s called rebuilding! Geez! Just stay the hell off the Falcons blogs!

By R.O.

October 7, 2007 1:04 AM | Link to this

Martinez !!!!! Should have been gone 2 years ago. Please send us someone who can coach defense. Sorry, but ive been saying he shoud be out of here for 2 years now

By dawgforlife

October 7, 2007 1:07 AM | Link to this

Will, Will, Will,……Muschamp needs to come back to his roots and restore the fire in our defense. We have lots our attitude and fire on D. The reality is that our team is not any better right now than they were the day JimD left Athens. His teams were 8-9 win teams that won bowl games,.. and had a great yr in 97’ when then went 10-2, including rare a whipping on FLA. In fact you can argue that Richt’s best seasons as a UGA coach came with the players recruited by the Jim Donnan admistration. Further, when Brian VanGorder left our defense, we simply lost our fire. I know we are a young team, but so is FLA, SC, and lots others in the SEC. We better make some changes quick or we are going to be back to mediocrity.

By This blog is always great for a laugh!

October 7, 2007 1:20 AM | Link to this

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH…just got back from Knoxville and couldn’t wait to get on here at read the nonsense. Were are the “stafford for Heisman” idiots? The big bad uga running game? Did you see UT’s 4th and 1 in the 3rd quarter? Of course you did. After a TV timeout to let the defense rest all UT had to do was run a simple off tackle to the left side because the D-Line was getting BLOWN UP all day. By the way will someone tell the band that no one wants to hear whatever that crap is they play on 3rd down when there is 6 min. left in the 4th quarter, the game has been over for half an hour, and both uga’s team and fans have given up. I will however admit that the irony was hilarious! I was in the upper deck and the top rows were a ghostown after the 3rd quarter. It was almost as quiet at last year when I walked out of sanford after UT dropped 52 on them. Thanks for laughs!

By Down Dawg

October 7, 2007 1:23 AM | Link to this

Finally UGA fans are realizing that Mark Richt is not that good. All these recruiting classes we get and not one d lineman over 265 pounds. Richt is only worried about recruiting QB’s and he has the two worst QB’s in NCAA history coaching them..himself and Bobo. Why is Brandon Miller still playing? I know we are not suppose to critize players in college so I’ll critize the linebackers coach. When you have #12 who couldn’t cover Fulmer and seems to not understand the concept of tackling why don’t you take him out of the game!!!!!!If #12 is the best LB we have I’d hate to see who’s behind him!! Props to Tenn. they played great. Now that road record of Richt’s is 23-10. Not 23-4 as the TV would lead you to believe. Those losses to FLA all occured away from Sanford. Might as well make it 23-11. Another loss coming at the end of October.

By depressedawg

October 7, 2007 1:30 AM | Link to this

how bout hiring Paul Johnson from Navy and getting Brian Van Gorder to come back and coach the defense?

By texas dawg

October 7, 2007 1:31 AM | Link to this

12:15am here in dallas went 2 the texas ou game today !!sister is a ut grad,had my uga polo on !!!!man it seemed like everyone in that whole damm cotton bowl was slamming by beloved dawgs for not showing up!!this has to stop aeiou boys today god only knows who is next!! where is the d ??? what happen to stafford ??? i watched him play his jr & sr yrs here in dallas !!!the kid thats taking the snaps and trying to make the throws is not the same kid i saw here in dallas !!!! cmr ???? i thought he was a qb coach ?? well dawg nation,ill see yall in the music city bowl !!!! texas born uga grad is outta here !!! o by the way horn & sooner fans yall sux 2 !!! whaT a boring game !!

By Robert Emory

October 7, 2007 1:38 AM | Link to this

The worst thing about UT’s win over the dawgs was that UT fans might be stuck with Phat Phil another year or two. He has to win an SEC title, not a division title, in the next two years or he is gone. The UGA win bought him some time, depending on what happens the rest of the year. Some UT fans might have been pulling for UGA, hoping that somehow Fulmer might be given his walking papers at the end of the year. Fulmer got indignant at a Knoxville sports writer for simply pointing out the recent decline of the program. And the writer didn’t even mention Fulmer’s horrible record against ranked or decent teams, this decade or recently. Fulmer called it a cheap shot, a cheap shot because it wasn’t complimentary of fat Phil. Fulmer is a joke as a football coach.

By dawg tired

October 7, 2007 1:43 AM | Link to this

Not just Martinez….. send Bobo a packing too!!

By jvc

October 7, 2007 1:55 AM | Link to this

I’ve been a UGA fan for many years now and still support them 100%. But today’s game against the Vols just proves the lack of coaching this team actually has. All in all Willie Martinez did a great job today…for the Vols. He’s horrible and has proved to be time and time again. GET RID OF HIM! And Mike Bobo is either amazing at calling plays, or horrible. Running it up the middle for 75% of the carries never worked for CMR, so why the hell do you think it’ll work for you??? All that does is waste valuable downs. Sure the team is young, but coaching had way more influence on the blowout today rather than talent or age. We need a shake up on the defensive coaching staff desperately because right now we couldn’t even stop the University of Phoenix Online.

By Slipped Mickey

October 7, 2007 1:59 AM | Link to this

It hurts. I graduated 30 years ago and my loyalty has never wavered, but the truth is Richt has seemed always just a bit shy of getting the best out of the coaching staff and the players. I’m talking about several years, not games. We’ve always been better than average but not quite good enough. Most of the time we play better than flat but not great. And let’s be honest, but for a few games Georgia hasn’t been all that exciting even when we’ve won.

I blame it on coaching. Stafford can’t seem to find the fire and passion to match his skills. He is not the team leader. Who is the team leader?

Chandler played better today and didn’t drop anything but there wasn’t all that much for anyone to catch.

Defense, man! They started flat and quickly became worse. It does seem to be a pattern. Yes, we can chalk some of it to youth but youth beat won some bigs game early in the season. Good coaching is what seasons youth. That doesn’t appear to be happening. In truth, this isn’t the first year we’ve seen the problem.

Today, I couldn’t help but think where would we be if Erk Russell were still around.

Richt is beyond needing to shake up staff and team. What’s wrong with a two quarterback system?

It’s beyond time to make some big changes in everything.

By Still laughing

October 7, 2007 2:06 AM | Link to this

Fulmer a Joke? 140-43 over 15 years. 76.5% Highest winning percentage ALL-TIME for a coach with at least 10 seasons….and perfect 13-0 season that brought a National Championship (oh yeah…Richt was the Off coord on that FSU team that lost the National Championship game). 11-5 against the dawgs! Let me repeat that one….11-5 against the dawgs. People from all schools say what you will about him. I’d rather have a consistant winner than the uga goff, donnan, richt, whoever is next merry-go-round.

By DAWG100

October 7, 2007 2:27 AM | Link to this

I honestly think Tennessee videotaped our practice or else was listening in on our frquency with play calling, they played almost to perfect. This very well could fall under the New England Patriot Act.

By kk

October 7, 2007 2:44 AM | Link to this

What is particularly disturbing about this game was the absolute ease that Tennessee dismantled the Dawgs. It was as if the coaching staff did no preparation whatsoever. Imagine, TN coming out spitting nails and acting like a team with their back against the wall. What a shock!! A team on the brink with a fragile psyche in a game like that is all about what happens early. If things go badly, they can fall apart, if they get off to a fast start, watch out. Georgia’s coaches, as usual, did not have their team equipped with any sense of urgency or enthusiasm. Three and out, 81 drive the other way with no resistance and the rout was on. Just what was the game plan on either side of the ball? On offense, lets be vanilla and run straight ahead whenever possible. On defense, lets just hang back, don’t tackle or cover receivers and hope the Vols screw up. My other major complaint is Georgia’s staff has absolutely no imagine as far as deploying their players and getting their best personnel on the field. Look at how FLA uses Harvin. Moreno is a similarly skilled, explosive player. I would venture to say that if Harvin’s only touches were straight ahead runs between the tackles, he wouldn’t be terribly effective. In this era, offensive football is not only about execution, but also effective deployment of the skill guys you have. Georgia walked into a buzzsaw today. It can happen. The depressing thing is our players had no indication what they were getting in to and their coaches not only failed to prepare them and as per usual didn’t craft a scheme to make them competitive.

By doobird

October 7, 2007 4:38 AM | Link to this

What happened to the “potent running attack” of Brown, Moreno & Lumpkin? This was all the talk of how they were going to “run it down the Vols throat” before the game. Was it the Ole Miss win that gave the Dawgs that “giddy feeling” they were GREAT??? Well, it seems the Vol Nation sort of resented the fact that a “dog” team thought they could call Neyland Stadium home just because they showed up. To put it in perspective as “Ol Larry Munson” would … that hobnailed boot got buried up Georgia’s a$$!!!!!!! Rocky Top will forever be home sweet home to me, good ol’ Rocky Top, Rocky Top Tennessee!!!

By Larry

October 7, 2007 4:49 AM | Link to this

Don’t start putting down Georgia just yet. At the begining of the season we all knew that we had a very young and inexperienced team. We are playing more young players on the offensive and defensive line than I have ever seen before. Every team has a bad performance and today Georgia did and we are not the only team that has had bad games. Just ask Tennessee, Florida, Auburn, USC, Oklahoma, and the list goes on and on. Any team in the SEC and beat you on any given day. I see a lot of young talent on this team that I believe will make some of you eat your words. Go Dogs.

By Mr Gator

October 7, 2007 5:57 AM | Link to this

CMR couldnt coach jack.Isnt he the one responsiable for the team and the coaches? Georgia is in trouble and it wont get better until changes are made up top.Stafford meet Tebow…. you goobers are in trouble again

By uga-brave

October 7, 2007 6:10 AM | Link to this

big problem WILLY is marks richt’s best friend. he will never fire him.

we all miss VANGORDER, HE WAS THE YIN TO THE YANG.

AS a long time season ticket holder on the north side, this beat down as been coming for a while. the ARKANSAS game two years ago has now become obvious. WE CANT STOP THE RUN.

as long as THAT BALD HEADED MIDGET MARTINEZ patrols our sideline and plays a read and react defense we are DOOMED, way too much talent to have this kind of result.

VANGORDER left for a reason, richt is what he is. nice guy, great guy but when push comes to shove, not a guy that i would be in fox hole with.

pretty tragic if you think about it. we have gone from a ‘SO CALLED GREAT PROGRAM” into a soft team.

it all starts with defense and we cant get ours off the field. 0-6 aganist sec east opponents, at some point MARTINEZ has got to be responsible. dont hold your breath RICHT will never and i mean never fire him.

they are buddies, BUDS WILL ALWAYS STICK TOGETHER. hey MARK this guy is about to drown you.

By uga-brave

October 7, 2007 6:19 AM | Link to this

first of all, TEBOW is a bit of a crier. he crys like a two year old if things go against him.

just wish we still had hitters like THUMP AND BLUE. MARTINEZ has wrecked us. cut him OUT NOW.

CANT SAY THIS LOUD ENOUGH MARTINEZ HAS GOT TO GO.

soft soft no get in your face passion.

By john

October 7, 2007 6:30 AM | Link to this

I really hate to see the coaches use youth as an excuse. This seems to take the blame off the coaches and put it on the players when it was so obvious that the Vols were better prepared. Have the Ga. coaches not had the same chance to recruit and coach players as the Tenn. coaches. You have no excuses so stop making them. And if the Ga. fans continue to support this stuff they have no reason to gripe. Let a few games kick off before 30,000 at Sanford Stadium and you will see some changes made. Because they know the way to your money is through your heart.

By uga-brave

October 7, 2007 6:33 AM | Link to this

vanderbilt, kentucky, south carolina, at what point do you think enough is enough. LITTLE WILLY JUST AINT GOOD ENOUGH.

HE depends on turnovers, when it does not happen such are the results.

cant wait to hear the EXCUSES.

cmon MARK CUT THE CANCER OUT.

By uga-brave

October 7, 2007 6:43 AM | Link to this

JOHN,

you are half right, the so called donations are about to get angry.

no excuses should me made. RICHT at some point has to step up and hold MARTINEZ, JANOCUEK, AND EASON accountable.

now he will never do that, but his timeline his growing nigh.

By uga-brave

October 7, 2007 6:51 AM | Link to this

final word,

EMBARASSED IN KNOXVILLE, now we know how OLE SISSS feels every weekend.

By Zane Payne

October 7, 2007 6:58 AM | Link to this

Dawgs problem will be solved if they hire know it all Joe Simpson and you to run the whole operation.

By Lane

October 7, 2007 6:59 AM | Link to this

Observation:

A- You do not win with a young OL - O Lineman should not start until their third yr.(after RS year), unless super talented.

B- Stafford does not consistently throw a catchable ball. Compare Ainge’s delivery with Stafford’s - no comparision.

Bobo, like CMR, has been seduced by Stafford’s arm. There is a reason that the Manning’s played for Cutcliff, it was not his wit and charm. The man develop’s QB’s. Bobo is no Cutcliff, CMR might need to get involved in the QB development.

C- Defense is very young, but there is a definite problem. Probably need to be more aggressive. Ton of mistakes and no pressure.

A friend of mine, who gambles and wins, indicated after the Alabama game, that he did not think Georgia or Alabama was very good. Apparently was right!!!

By Bayou Tiger

October 7, 2007 7:14 AM | Link to this

Cheer up, UGA fans: courtesy of the top-ranked LSU Tigers, you now have a wickedly p**-off - and supremely more talented than you - Florida team looming on the horizon. By the way, anybody know how the state of The Gator Nation is feeling this morning?

GEAUX TIGERS!

By jerry

October 7, 2007 7:24 AM | Link to this

I just wonder if Richt is questioning the offensive and/or defensive game plan. Does he trust Bobo and Martinez to the point that he accepts their reasons/excuses for this farce? Did they have as much to work with as the Tennessee coaches? If not, why not? Are their recruits over rated?

By MW

October 7, 2007 7:35 AM | Link to this

Georgia fans don’t want to hear this, but they need to realize that Richt is not the guy. He won two titles with Donnan’s players: Green, Pollack, Shockley, etc.

What has he done with his own players? Not much more than Ray Goff.

By major

October 7, 2007 7:48 AM | Link to this

How long did it take UGA to fire Ray Goof? And —>WHY<— did they fire him? Think about it…. Ask yourself the same questions about Donnan. Now take those answers and compare to Richt’s record.

Richt won’t fire any of his coaches. His “nice guy”, Christian type personality will prevent this. Bobo has how many kids? Richt isn’t going to put him in the soup line….

Richt has known Eason and Martinez how long? Richt isn’t going to put them in the soup line.

We’re stuck with Richt and his staff until they get sick of things and leave on their own.

By volfan

October 7, 2007 7:53 AM | Link to this

To ROBERT: Phat Phil handed your Dawgs their worst loss since 2003 Saturday and hung 51 points on you last year. Your DAWGS are the joke NOT FULMER!!

By wayne

October 7, 2007 7:55 AM | Link to this

Got news for everyone - Damon Evans isn’t going to fire Richt and Richt isn’t going to fire any staff. Sidewalk fans demanding that changes be made is like someone throwing cotton at a giant. As long as the donations keep rolling in things will remain status quo. Are the money alums angry? Are the money alums still donating money to the school? Answers yes and yes and therein lies your future program. It’s all about money people.

By hanover dawg

October 7, 2007 7:58 AM | Link to this

Does Richt think he can take those 2 time outs in the first half and use them for next week. Why not make them punt. There is a lot better chance of us scoring than running into the locker room. Also, what message does that send to the kids? Another one of his time management problems.

By john

October 7, 2007 8:07 AM | Link to this

How did the Trojans, Gators, Sooners, Cornhuskers, Crimson Tide and others win national championships? It’s pretty damned simple. They out recruited and out coached their opponents. This is what is happening to Georgia. Why don’t they just come out and admit it? Because then they couldn’t sell all those tickets. If anyone can give me any other logical reason I would like to hear it.

By BigdaddyJ

October 7, 2007 8:08 AM | Link to this

FREE WILLIE….LET HIM GO PLEASE

By 59bulldawg

October 7, 2007 8:15 AM | Link to this

Boys I’ll have to admit that I was wrong. I perhaps expected too much from this Georgia team. Tennessee just flat out whipped us! And while I give full credit to Coach Fulmer and the game plan devised by Coach Cutliffe, I feel sick at my stomach that we played like we did. Although I fully support CMR I don’t think we were well-prepared. I didn’t like what seemed to be our game plan and our defense seemed to be out of place and without answers for whatever Tennessee was doing. Although the Vols certainly outplayed us, in my mind at least, I don’t think Tennessee has more athletes than we do …they just got more out of their boys on Saturday. I’m ashamed to say that we failed to compete. Although I’ll never boo my Dawgs, I will say that with the talent we have, we should never get blown away like we did. I don’t think that I’m over-rating our talent and if I’m correct that means, in my estimate, either a deficiency in effort and/or preparation. I like Coach Martinez and have defended him on these blogs before. But I’ll also have to be honest and admit that I don’t understand the inconsistency in our defensive play and am trying hard to find reasons other than coaching but just can’t seem to find them. The same goes for our offensive game plan. The play calling was not very inspiring and that’s all I say about that. I like and respect this coaching staff. They’re all good people but folks these good people didn’t get it done on Saturday. It’s not that I expect us to never lose a game … but I do expect us to be in every game. And on Saturday we never had a chance to win. It was all over, pretty much, in the first quarter. And that is what I’m upset about … we never had a chance to win. Even though I’ll always be proud to call myself a Bulldawg, I was embarassed for our program yesterday. This kind of effort on the part of both the players and the coaching staff has got to change. We’re better than this and we need to start consistently playing like it! Where we go from here I don’t know! I hope we don’t spiral downward like last year. We can still have a good season if we coach and play to the best of our abilities. Bottom line is we just have to execute!

By jesup dawg

October 7, 2007 8:16 AM | Link to this

We looked like little boys playing against real men. I would like to see a new name in the D.C. job.

By Bulldawg56

October 7, 2007 8:17 AM | Link to this

I am a life long Dawg and will alway be not matter what, but how can CMR not see that we have a very serious issue on defense. The problem started with The Sugar Bowl and West Virginia and has continued.Two years ago we were one of the elite programs in the country and now we have to be careful not to lose to Vandy & Kentucky. I understand that we are young, but elite programs coach up the talent to the level needed and we did not coach anyone on Saturday.Lets go get us a top notch DC.

By Mark

October 7, 2007 8:23 AM | Link to this

As long as the “president” of our University is committed to evolving us into a Vanderbilt, we will continue to see this degredation of our athletic traditions. He is far too interested in 1400 SATS. When the money dries up, he will go away and we will be left with the destruction. If we don’t change things soon we will be facing years of 6 and 6.

By TW

October 7, 2007 8:29 AM | Link to this

Sadly, it has become apparent that the Dawgs coaching staff relies on the weight room and God given speed to play the game for them. Bring in the stud, polish him physically, then tell him to ‘go make plays’. What about developing his technique? TEACHING him how to further hone his skills at his position? Who has Martinez, more specifically Jancek, ‘coached up’? These kids LOOKED BETTER IN HIGH SCHOOL - CHECK RIVALS VIDEO!!!! Case in point - Danelle Ellerbe. Heard all about his kid’s physical prowess - how we were gonna be OK at LB this year because of his speed - HE’s LOST OUT THERE. Watch him. Watch Miller, Dewberry…

By john

October 7, 2007 8:30 AM | Link to this

FROM A GAMECOCK FANS PERSPECTIVE YOUR GREAT QB AND BABY PUPS S—-.WE HAVE A YOUNG TEAM BUT WE ARE WINNING.WHAT COULD BE THE DIFFERENCE,OH YEAH WE’VE GOT GREAT COACHES!!!!

By 3volpaul

October 7, 2007 8:36 AM | Link to this

Hang in there DAWG fans!! You’ve go mighty Vanderbush next. I’m sure you’ll smite them as you did last year. WHAT? Someone said Vanderbush beat the Dawgs!! Oh well, Willie has held the Big Orange to 86 points in the last two outings. Even more telling, the SEVENTH loss in a row in the SEC East! CMR reminds me of the Titan’s Jeff Fisher. Great PR, Hollywood looks and a very, very run-of-the-mill result. Lord, don’t lose Martinez, other schools love him, right where he is and right where he needs to stay!

By Hairy

October 7, 2007 8:36 AM | Link to this

www.firewilliemartinez.com Anyone?

Coach VAN GORDER, “The Nation” needs you to come home!

Willie has received opportunities while walking with Odell, since then what has he done? The o-line is young but, the D should stop ay least SOMEONE (Vandy Kentucky, Tenn x 2, the chickens, etc.) Oh yeah that’s right we can stop Western Carolina! The talent IS there but what is it used for!

By charles corley

October 7, 2007 8:39 AM | Link to this

My guess is that coach Richt will end-up doing AAmco commercials after Barbara and Vince crap out.

By Ringleader

October 7, 2007 8:40 AM | Link to this

CMR “sees nothing wrong fundamentally with the defense:…..What?

Sure the Dogs are young, but so is Tennessee, Florida, Alabama, Auburn, etc, etc…..You have to put your best players in the game, and leave them in, we are playing way to many people in the first half, no one performs well, no continuity….

We recruit well, but far too many skill players, this is not flag football.

Have you seen next years schedule….LSU, Alabama, Arizona State, and on and on. This will be a disaster…….

By bp101

October 7, 2007 8:44 AM | Link to this

You people make me sick. How about supporting your team after a tough weekend instead of calling for everyones head. If I am a recruit reading this board, then there is no way I am coming to UGA. Two years ago CMR was the best coach in america according to you, but now he can’t do anything right?? Come on. he is the same coach he was when he brought us our first SEC title in twenty years. Can you pople not see that the landscape of college football is changing. ANYONE can beat ANYONE on any given day. No team will end up undefeated this year. I wonder if Fla fans or Texas fans or USC fans are ready to fire their coaches. I doubt it.

By georgiagirl49

October 7, 2007 8:45 AM | Link to this

That wasnt georgia out their yesterday. We looked like a high school team.We need an explanation for this , AWFUL

By REM

October 7, 2007 8:46 AM | Link to this

Jeff, I have not heard Richt’s post-game comments, but if he said it wasn’t surprising the way Tennessee’s line handled us, that is very troubling. But the real surprise of that comment is that it was directed at our offense rather than our defense. Our defense has proven time and again it is lost on the field. Supposedly, we have the athletes, but they are being totally pushed around. Yes, they’re young, but so is Florida. UF is taking the #1 team to the wire in Baton Rouge, while we’re getting smoked again. So let’s quit with the youth excuses.

Obviously, from Henderson’s comments, the players themselves have little confidence in our defense. “I hope they don’t put up 51 like they did last year.” Wow! What a statement. That says a lot about our team, doesn’t it? The defenses under Martinez are way too soft. We can’t stop drives in big games. No tackling and blown assignments are the norm. It’s time for a change.

By New head coach

October 7, 2007 8:47 AM | Link to this

CMR is an offensive and recruiting coordinator, not a head coach. We need more fire. Can he motivate? I don’t think he can. We only start playing when we’re down. It’s coaching and nothing else.

By moon

October 7, 2007 9:06 AM | Link to this

Bring Van Gorder back…..He will change jobs at the drop of a hat !!

By njdawg

October 7, 2007 9:08 AM | Link to this

Can everyone agree that CMR has a hard time getting teams up for big games? We came out without any emotion, drive or heart. How can you not get up for a team that unloaded on you in front of your home fans last year? This is pathetic!

I know we are all over the defense, but what about the offense? A sustained drive in the first half may have given our defense a little confidence.

By Blitz94

October 7, 2007 9:09 AM | Link to this

It was embarrassing, no doubt about it and no one feels more embarrassed than the coaches and players. However, we have got to get better on defense and we have got to be able to run the football. We cannot sit back and allow a good QB to pick us apart. We cannot sit back and let anyone run it down our throat. Offensively, I know we are young up front with three freshmen, but we looked completely out of sync all night and Tennessee is not that good. We should be past the point of being blown out. We will see how this team responds the next couple of weeks.

By atlgator88

October 7, 2007 9:21 AM | Link to this

agree with most…Martinez is awful. the 3 & outs didn’t help, which left HIS defense on the field too long…domino effect.

Bama is overrated…obviously.

Good news for yall is our D Coordinators are also scary due to youth and refuse to let the corners play bump & run. Simplify the defense and let the young guys react more and think less. Martinez should do the same. We did not come after Flynn when Tulane did so the week before and it exposed them. I knew we’d match up well and thought we’d get the victory.

n he end we had to kep scoring due to this, but we turned the ball over twice.

This loss combined with a TOUGH SEC east has everyone alive. A 2 loss team will be at the Dome.

see yall in Jville…

By Mike Reagin

October 7, 2007 9:27 AM | Link to this

I am a 30+ year UGA graduate a lifelong Bulldog fan. It has greatly concerned me the last few years the lack of defensive intensity that I view from our defense weekend and weekout. I believe that Coach Martinez is not the answer for our program. Also, this apparent obession with not going after the punt every time is just bad plain bad strategy. Not stunting regularly will not put pressure on the opponent and will result in more game losses. I watch the recruiting year round and lack of talent is not our problem. Bad coaching and preparation is.

By eat it dawgs

October 7, 2007 9:28 AM | Link to this

“We dub thee Georgia Tech”

Screw you Shultz. You weren’t funny yesterday, you ain’t funny today, and you won’t be funny tomorrow. You should be writing the gardening column. More appropriate would be “We dub thee Morehouse”

By Skaldeddog

October 7, 2007 9:34 AM | Link to this

For starters Richt must go, sure he won two SEC titles, but that was using Donnan,s players. He puts his eggs all in one basket, he thinks Stafford and Brown are all that. Well Stafford is alful, tries to be a hero. This is the best quarterback Richt has ever coached, you have to be kidding. The Dawgs need to play Cox, wake up Richt Stafford is not your savior, he is not a leader. And as for Brown he is a joke, he had great game against Ole Miss, but even a blind squirrel can find a nut every now and then. Brown has no size, when he is hit he goes down or back. Come on Richt get you head out of your butt. Wake up, Lumpkin and Moreno are yuo true backs. That is where your one two punch is, Lumpkin is big and strong runs over people, when he’s hit he falls forward. Moreno is blazing fast and has moves we havent seen in UGA in years, he is a treat to break the big one everytime he touches the ball. Richt put the ball in the hand of your play makers, and that means not playng Brown as much, and putting the ball into the hands of Moreno and Lumpkin 20 or 25 times each or every who is the hottest of the two. Richt you have to dump Brown and get over Stafford before you get dumped, which wont be soon enought for me.

By 82dawg

October 7, 2007 9:43 AM | Link to this

Youth, BS.

What the probelms are:

By roadkill

October 7, 2007 10:02 AM | Link to this

I have worried about our defensive coaching since W Virginia handed it to us. We need to look past just hiring assistants and get national proven talent on both sides of the ball. Coaches need to lead and inspire and it’s just not there. The Vols were certainly inspired and well led.

By sickinnwg

October 7, 2007 10:03 AM | Link to this

I think if CMR would just go to work monday with me and have to listen to those damn Vol fans. The sad thing is we aren’t gonna get any better anytime soon. Poor gameday planning.

By bbm

October 7, 2007 10:04 AM | Link to this

I am not a UGA basher, just an observer. However, I have often wondered how much of UGA’s success in the mid-2000s was due to UGA’s improvement, and how much was due to UF’s and UT’s own struggles. Maybe we are starting to see the answer to that question. Richt is a nice guy and a decent coach. I’ve never been convinced that he is a great or even particularly good coach. We shall see.

By bluegrassdawg

October 7, 2007 10:16 AM | Link to this

The dawgs are young, get over it. We never were going to challenge in the SEC this year and those of you who thought we would are delusional—consistent with most polyesther dawgs.

The real issue is instinct—or more specifically, the lack thereof. They’re talented athletes but they simply don’t come out weekly with the desire to kill their opponent…no fire, no drive, no nothing…standing around after the game saying, ‘i’m glad they didn’t hang 51 on us’ isn’t going to get it done…

and that’s a coaching issue…not youth, not talent…

By Danimal

October 7, 2007 10:18 AM | Link to this

If your QB is not getting it done, put another QB in there. It could not get worse. That is what Spurrier would have done. Coach MR is a great guy, but sadly, nice guys finish last. Motivation is not his strong point unless he is trying to get you to join his church. We need someone to step up and motivate these young men. So much talent waiting to be led to the SEC promised land is just floundering on the field. SAD.

By yellowblood

October 7, 2007 10:21 AM | Link to this

The “youth” excuse dosen’t click for a team that has a top 5 recruiting class EVERY year. Also, UGA hasn’t lost key players to the NFL draft. Rather, they stay at UGA for 4 years. Example: Shockley

By oneputt

October 7, 2007 10:36 AM | Link to this

If you Dawg fans think you are slow and not talented, try playing CAL and FLA. Those two teams made TENN look like they were playing in mud. Maybe it is time to stop worrying about getting verbal commitments, and start coaching up your team. Remember TENN is just average,where does that place the DAWGS

By Lowcountry Bulldawg

October 7, 2007 10:39 AM | Link to this

Youth? Every SEC team(excluding LSU) has areas where youth is prevelant. The coaching staff cannot continue to use this as an excuse. It is poor recruiting and horrible coaching. The offense is dreadful. The coaching staff obviously does not trust Stafford yet( i.e. 4 pass attempts 1st quarter).

I have never once called for CMR head but at this point how much better off are we? CMR won the SEC with Donnan’s players. It is time to re-evaluate this coaching staff. We are way to predictable for todays college football. This is not 1993, or 1998 even. CMR has got to adapt or be shown the door. SEC Titles are nice and all but National Titles at this point is what he should have us playing for. We are know where close. Do you think Stafford is the man?

UGA Nation it is once again time to move on.

1) Mike D’Antonio 2) Ron Zook 3) Brian Kelly 4) Gregg Schiano

Tough times right now and it calls for tough choices. Now or never and CMR is at a crossroads in his career.

By D'Marcus Jefferson, Kappa Alpha Pledge

October 7, 2007 10:41 AM | Link to this

Use this year as a building year….

I predict UGA will be National Champs in 2008…guaranteed for 2009!

By jrmdvm1

October 7, 2007 10:46 AM | Link to this

“outplayed and outcoached”! It may seem to be just semantics, but the order is wrong if this is coming from one of our coaches. That wording order places the blame on the players, as does the “we are young” excuse. Even if it is the fault of the players, good coaches “shift” the blame to themselves. There are other SEC teams having success with young players. Why are we using this as an excuse? It seems to me that it is being used to “cover” coaching deficiencies. And those deficiencies go beyond “poor schemes”. Our players seem to be weak on the fundamentals of football: tackling, blocking, throwing, catching, and understanding how an offensive or defensive “assignment” is important to the success of the “scheme”. I saw a freshman lineman “handle” LSU’s best defensive player for most of the night. I see young LB’s and DB’s ( for other teams ) not get caught out of position time after time ( which results for us in things like poor tackling and the wide open catch for a TD down the sidelines ). Saturday was the first time that I ever remember seeing any “quit” in the Dawgs. I believe that “quit” was due to the player’s frustrations when they saw they had not been prepared properly to play at the level Tennessee brought to the game. I only hope that something will be learned from this debacle. And the learning needs to start with the coaching staff.

By JJ

October 7, 2007 10:58 AM | Link to this

Changing QBs doesn’t solve anything. Stafford’s problem is he hasn’t been coached properly. Just look at how Ainge has been molded. Bobo sucks as a QB coach and sucks as an OC. Maybe during Church today God will tell Richt to wake the hell up and smell the bacon frying here about how sorry his staff is.

By JR

October 7, 2007 11:05 AM | Link to this

We’ve got linemen starting who should be redshirting. And nine starters of a not so outstanding defense from last year left. Anyone who thought we had a chance to win the East this year was simply delusional.

By Craig

October 7, 2007 11:07 AM | Link to this

Do everyone a favor and call for complete change in the coaching staff from top to bottom. There is a reason they were glad see him the Tallahassee. We will never win a national championship with him. He has exhibited the same mentality and decision-making since he became the coach. Somebody needs to buy out his contract and get rid of him. Whatever happened to bloody Tuesday practices. It is obvious we cannot tackle. I can remember only one example like this when there was a defensive coordinator named Russell.

By john

October 7, 2007 11:17 AM | Link to this

GA sucks, and will suck for a while. they make their players worse than they were when in highschool. So much talent at that school, and they all suck at GA. Does not make any sense. Mike Bobo stinks, Richt sucks, Martinez sucks, Stafford sucks, . The team is So CALM it HURTS them. None of the team has any fire in their hearts, blame it on the head coach!!! WOW, this University better have some dreams, because the players and coaches dont!!

By Snapshot

October 7, 2007 11:18 AM | Link to this

D’Marcus, that has been the prediction for the past three years. Uh, Whut Happen.

By SuperRoy

October 7, 2007 11:24 AM | Link to this

What a bunch of whiney bandwagon bulldawg fans……I am ashamed of you all

We got it handed to us….so what???

Youth does matter and these talented pups are taking it on the chin.

Yes - I also wonder how in the world are we in a rebuilding mode after 2002 - 2005. CMR has been there long enough to where we should be reloading every year……but injuries, early draftees, and other casualities have hurt this program.

So CMR is rebuilding with excellent recruiting classes and playing kids that are not ready for SEC….this will pay dividends down the road…..but there will be some games we will take it on the chin. This was one of them.

Before this season…..nearly all of you thought that 7 wins was a possiblity - 8-9 wins would be good - anything beyond that would be a stretch …if not just incredible.

Dawgs got schooled today….but we will be back!!!!

Go Dawgs

By HaHa

October 7, 2007 11:28 AM | Link to this

FIRE RICHT NOW, I say. Look at some of the losses, W VA, Vandy, TN, a losing record to FL. And couple that with the very good wins in the same season, Auburn last year, this idiot can obviosly manage his talent from week to week. FIRE HIM NOW

By HaHa

October 7, 2007 11:28 AM | Link to this

FIRE RICHT NOW, I say. Look at some of the losses, W VA, Vandy, TN, a losing record to FL. And couple that with the very good wins in the same season, Auburn last year, idiot can obviosly NOT manage his talent from week to week. FIRE HIM NOW

By Palmetto State Dawg

October 7, 2007 11:41 AM | Link to this

I have so many comments to make about this disgusting loss that I would be here all day, so I’m going to keep it short & sweet. Why do our linebackers play so far off of the ball?? When I watch other teams’ backers, they are a lot closer than our guys. Look at Tennessee’s backers. They were right there. Why can’t we do that? Martinez is a freakin’ joke, and we have no playmakers on defense. If Reshad Jones had stayed at home on that trick play he could have broken it up. Unbelievable! I gotta go puke!

By sav anna dawg

October 7, 2007 11:46 AM | Link to this

It’s not losing the game that concerns me as much as how UGA played. That all should be blamed on the coaches. We hired a guy that was a supposedly offensive genious to be the head man. NOT! I truely believe that CMR is a good man and his cristian work has proven that. Very, very, commendable. But I personaly think he needs to decide to be THE HC @ UGA or become the Missionary he wants to become. One is clouding the other. You can’t do both to thier fullest needs. All great football coaches get that way because “THAT” comes first. Yes it is a sacrifice. A huge one. But one that must be made. CMR please make up your mind. I cannot take seeing UGA play like that again. EVER! As a UGA fan I look forward to the weekends to see UGA play “GREAT” football. If you cannot choach these players up to “GREATNESS” I know one that can. His name is Paul Johnson HC at The U.S. Naval Academy. I’ve Personally had dinner with the man. I can unequivaccly say that he lives, eats and breathes the game. AND HATES TO LOOSE.

By SlimG

October 7, 2007 11:47 AM | Link to this

Told everyone that would listen last year after the thumping by UT that Martinez has to goooooo! It was too easy, said several times by the broadcasters. Way too easy! Fire Willie or u’ll be next CMR. Lots of young talent on this team if we can just get some good assistants. Where’s Vangorder, o yeah Falcons. Don’t they have an improved defense? Hum…..

By Palmetto State Dawg

October 7, 2007 11:56 AM | Link to this

One more quick observation. Tennessee’s players looked bigger, stronger and faster than our players. What’s up with that? All of their players look muscular & bulked up, and play with an attitude. The only guy on our defense that looks like he has even lifted a weight in his life is Brandon Miller, and he’s out of position on every play anyway. This is the University of GA, and great HS talent is flowing like water in the state of GA. We have a 92,000 seat stadium, and supposedly all these blue chippers. To get pushed around on Saturday by Tennessee like we did is unacceptable. It really makes me sick to my stomach. Our assistant coaches are obviously not getting the potential out of these guys. What a waste.

By ottman

October 7, 2007 11:57 AM | Link to this

Attention Bulldog Nation - The AJC continues to toot your horn. You have been the most overated team since Donnan’s players left the program. I wonder what your record would have been at this point if you had played, say, someone like California, LSU, FSU or Clemsom instead of your usual patsies like UAB, Georgia Southern, Troy, Mississippi, etc. Check your opponent’s record. They are one game over 500. Tennessee has played two top 10 teams and still has a better record. Good luck in the Pooler, Georgia bowl against the AAAAA state champion. The early line has them favored by 4 points. By the way, how is it an upset if you are not favored?

By Pensacola Dog

October 7, 2007 12:02 PM | Link to this

Willie Martinez has never been a good coach, always inconsistant defenses since he has been here. As for the argument that the landscape in college football is changing with anyone being capable of beating any team, Thats true but to get totally whipped in every aspect of the game is not the same thing….Its totally unacceptable. So now we have another season where the best we can hope for is some wayward bowl and CMR, Martinez and BOBO will enjoy the good life on thier six figure salaries…what else can I say!

By bp101

October 7, 2007 12:07 PM | Link to this

Why is it that when we a game everyone thinks thecoaching staff did a good job getting the team ready. If we lose one, then we have to fire coaches??? It was loss. It was a bad one…I will give you that. But guess what folks, every team in college football loses games. It does’nt mean they should fire all of the coaches. UGA lost. Guess what, they will lose again. CMRis a good coach. Leave him alone.

By northern neck

October 7, 2007 12:07 PM | Link to this

what can i say… we got whipped. when do we start calling coach richt mrs philip fulmer. the man has no fire… he needs an erk russell type to get the boys fired up. pat dye is right… UGA is just not man egnough to play in the SEC east. speaking of fire… when do we fire eason and willie. uga needs new blood in the coaching staff in the worse way. after all the only difference between jim donnan and mark richt is ron zook’s arrival at florida.

By Once again

October 7, 2007 12:14 PM | Link to this

I said it before and I will say it again, CMR is not a good coach, and the A*. coaches are equally worthless. Everyone in the SEC is young, EVERYONE. But we cant get it together to play a game in someone elses backyard. No motivation (never has been), no execution (not with staffords mechanics), no preparation (once again never has been). We won those SEC titles while Fla and Tenn were down, we havent improved (except for recruiting and you see what we did with that). I speak from not only experience but also observation. Atleast when I played for Donnan he coached, just didnt discipline (oh yeah CMR doesnt discipline either). Thank God I only had 1 year with CMR.

By your mama's on crack rock

October 7, 2007 12:19 PM | Link to this

Dawg fans I feel your pain-I sat and watched richt blow 3 national championship games at fla state with his crappy play calling and game planning - nice guy but avg. coach

By FIRE MOORE!

October 7, 2007 12:34 PM | Link to this

Bobo is a BOOB !!! FIRE HIM!!!

By K-Dawg

October 7, 2007 12:35 PM | Link to this

Guys and gals, a couple of points about the state of our program. We all have a right to be at our witt’s end. The first thing I would want to ask CMR, is to look at his team (now that all of CJD’s players are gone)and name 2 players on either side of the ball that will be playing on Sundays. And Im not talking about redshirt freshmen (that haven’t been exposed seemingly like all their team mates), not any of the potential recruits or players with verbal’s, NO! name me 2 players, playing right now that are NFL caliber, let me help you out, THERE ARE NONE!!! It starts right there folks, let’s face facts, we are what we are, AN AVERAGE PROGRAM, and nothing more. AVERAGE facilities, AVERAGE players and Im quickly thinking AVERAGE coaches. And yet there is little excuse, at least as far as talent goes; the state of Georgia is probably #3 or #4 as far as high school talent pool in the nation, only behind Florida, Texas and then about on par with Lousiana. So whats the problem? We have so many built in advantages, at least to be a consistant top 5-8 team and it should be this way nearly EVERY YEAR!!! Why do we continue to lose some of our states best talent? (ex. Eric Berry) #1. big time players do not want to come to a program where they will sit on the bench a year; example, look at what Florida and USC do. “Come sighn with us son, and if your good enough, you’re on the field DAY #1!” CMR seemingly does not believe in this philosophy, we continue to get our talent on the field as conservatly as we call an offence, just like how we always “play for position or the field goal” we always seemingly hold back talent till next year. IT’S ALWAYS GONNA BE NEXT YEAR!!! #2. We are one of the very few (if any) that still run the damn power-I. Teams are too big, too fast and too good to be running the offence of 1942, it’s boring and has not imagination. Our idea of imagination or a trick play is that same damn “statue of Liberty” fake that we usually end op throwing into tripple coverage or end up taking an 18 yard loss (i.e. this years S.Carolina game). We show no imagination on offence and Defence I think is worse. I dont know if it’s the players, scheme, coaching or all of the abvove, but IT AIN’T WORKING WILLIE!!!! How many more time do we have to see our D-line get gutted for yards right up the middle or stand backe 12 yards off the receivers and let any decent QB pick us apart, either way, we apply NO pressure on the recievers, the QB or the offeceive line, we continue to be pushed around and play soft-a* zone and the worst part is we never seem to adjust; as a defense you have to take something away from them and try and force them to do the other, but unfortunatly we have no Corners, no Safeties, no LB’s and no D-Takles or D-Ends, so I guess we can’t take anyting away. Again, very simple question. Coach, name me 2 NFL players on either side of the ball? CJD might not have been the greates in game coach, but one the was for sure, he could recruit solid players and got them to perform. Where is any single D.Pollak, M.Stroud, B.Bailey, R.Seymour, C.Grant, etc,etc,etc…Are we not recruting the right kids (all bust’s) or are we just not getting them to perform on the field (poor coaching)? Of course, it’s probably a combo of all the above, which is the most frustrating part. Georgia fans, we are what we are, AVEARGE AT BEST! 6 straight SEC East losses, I assume a record and no gurantees it will end anytime soon. (We never play well at Vandy, even in our best years) If there’s no heat on the program, then shame on the higher-ups. We all expect better and so should they. I love what “character” CMR brings to this team with all the religious refrences, but that only counts for so much, especially when it doesn’t translate to the field. Guys and Gals’ CMR will continue to lead our team and Im sure will continue to have 8-4, 9-3, 10-2 type seasons and we will continue to go up and down, he still has time, but he needs to take a long, hard look at his program and make some tough changes wherever they may need to be (coach Willie, coach Bobo, recruting, facilites, team structure, pep talks, game prep, etc.) or we might need to take a harder look at his abilites and see if he is the coach for the program for the years to come. Question, do we want to settle for the occasional confrence title and mediocre bowl years, with continued losses to Florida (and soon to be S. Carolina and UT again) or do we expect to be in our rightfull place, conteding for National? Yesterday was as bad as I have ever seen our beloved Dawgs play, what has happend? Where is the blame? What is the problem/solution??? The worst part, as many of you have said, is the seemingly lack of prep/modivation/awareness and skill level. I was there, standing and watching a team that looked lathargic and not ready to play, pitful effort, pitful play and pitful coaching. Something has to give or we will continue to be what we are, an AVEARGE TEAM, with AVERAGE TALENT and AVERAGE COACHING.

By sav anna dawg

October 7, 2007 12:35 PM | Link to this

Oh yea! least I forget. Everyone is calling for this coach and that coach to be fired. Don’t forget about Rodney Gardner the “Defensive Line” Coach. You know CMR, the one you were so scared to loose that you left a wonderful opportunity in Hawaii coaching up an after thought senior bowl to come back and bow down and beg this guy not to leave. We might be recruiting great athletes but are we recruiting great football players, I wonder???? That’s all I’ve got.

By Here We Go Again!

October 7, 2007 12:38 PM | Link to this

Down by 28 points in the 3rd Qtr and we were running the ball - INCOMPETENT COACHING!!!!

By Gene

October 7, 2007 12:53 PM | Link to this

It is interesting to note that the top teams in the SEC are at least as young and inexperienced as UGA. Richt looks bewildered, like Willie Randolph in the last two weeks of the baseball season. He has recruited some good athletes that are arrogant and undisciplined, as indicated by the Athens police blotter. Perhaps Georgia would be better off if he kicked some thugs off the team instead of smothering them with kindness and understanding.

By okoou

October 7, 2007 12:54 PM | Link to this

Mark Richt has an “awesome road record” unless you count games played in cities that end in “ville”. I love how people ignore the 800lb gorilla named Florida on his record. oh, but he’s a “nice guy”.

GO NICE GUYS! SIC EM..AND BE NICE!

By Chris

October 7, 2007 12:58 PM | Link to this

Can anyone say Van Gorder? We need him back as our coordinator. I was watching tapes of our defense with him and with Martinez. Wow what a difference. Van Gorder is in Atlanta with the Falcons. I say we send him back up the road to Athens. The Tennessee game was pure embarassment.

By Hootie

October 7, 2007 1:06 PM | Link to this

this text will be bolded = The word is LOSE, not LOOSE! Idiots.

By Andy

October 7, 2007 1:11 PM | Link to this

This is blog is not only hysterical but so predictable because as we watched the TN slaughter of GA while at the FSU game yesterday.

I told our friends from Florida I guarantee you Bulldog Nation is already calling for a coaching change. Low and behold look what I came home to??? LOL

Admittedly I didn’t have to reach much of this blog to prove I was right about the fair-weather GA fans whining about a coaching change already and I won’t be surprised either to find the Mark Richt doesn’t care about recruiting good players only players that will go to Sunday School with him nonsense.

With 2 SEC losses in early October how many tens of thousands of UGA license plates and window vinyl has come off the front of Metro ATL vehicles in the last 18 hours?

Good thing Bulldog Nation suggested they give Richt a big fat long term contract during one of his good years to lock him up for awhile because that sucker is going to be expensive to buyout if he doesn’t turn this ship around fast enough for the impatient whiners.

By ChuyUGA

October 7, 2007 1:16 PM | Link to this

Listen UGA fans. It’s easy to start thinking about coaching ghanges. And I don’t want you to think I am making excuses. Football is all about adjustments. Let’s give CMR a chance to make some adjustments because we all know that it is necessary. If he fails to do this, then start talking about changes. We had a bad year last year, and yes I said it, OUR TEAM IS TOO YOUNG and inexperienced. So lets give CMR another shot. And I don’t want to hear any crap from other SEC teams, especially S. Carolina and TENN. Don’t forget that we kicked your a**es pretty good under CMR too. So come on BULLDOG NATION lets make sure we stay behind our guys.

By DAWGS ARE THE VOLS BEATCH

October 7, 2007 1:21 PM | Link to this

3 out of the last 4, 2-2 in the last 2 trips to Sanforc and Son stadium, largest amount of points scored on dogs in 2006 and 2007…shall I continue? UT owns UGA

By DawgInIraq

October 7, 2007 1:22 PM | Link to this

I only have a few thigs to say, and I HATE post boards and blogs, but I needed to get this off my chest.

I have been the eternal optimist. If anything watching UGA has given me a moment of peace and solace in an otherwise awful situation. I try not to listen to the naysayers and think they are just mad and need to calm down. After what I saw last night though, I think a loooong hard look needs to be taken from within. I love Richt, and think his character is above reproach. I am not doubful of his ability to get the fire and brimstone out and motivate his guys to do big things on big days against big opponents. For the first time, after reading the line about “im not surprised they pushed us all over the field” and seeing things like “Stafford is the best ive ever coached” and “the alabama win is the biggest ive ever had” - I just dont think he’s getting it like I think he should. VanGorder was more than a great coordinater, he was a mean SOB and whupped players into a frenzy to play ball. Doesn’t matter whose recruits they were. UGA has apparently, so sayeth the experts, being doing great things recruiting, but the results, even in the allmighty SEC, just aren’t there. I’m not willing to say we’re second tier long term, but short term we’re not where the program needs to be at all.

The coaches need to realize that even though she kids are just that, kids….the same kids we’re talking about on blogs, board, and whatever….they they are bought in to compete for championships….SEC, and onward. THey need to ride em, break em down, build them into a cohesive unit, worry about the FUNDAMENTALS, and then get them moving like a machine in the same direction. RIght now, the machine is breaking down, and disjointed. I hate saying it, but right now, if everything is equal, the coaches need to bear the brunt of this one.

DawginIraq

p.s. - Someone PLEASE tell Stafford to stop throwing off his back leg. This kid is our guys, so we ought to teach him how to have the proper mechanics for petes sake.

By DawgInIraq

October 7, 2007 1:27 PM | Link to this

By the way - typos - I am NOW doubtful of his ability to get the fire and brimstone out - sorry about that….

By stuart

October 7, 2007 1:28 PM | Link to this

the meltdown continues…this is positively delicious

i imagine you all as red tinged rats swarming over the bodies of the coaches in an athens sewer

Who’s barking today dawg fans?

GO VOLS!

By Bob from Winder

October 7, 2007 1:30 PM | Link to this

Nobody wants to play for this right wing christian conservative GWB wannabe of a coach. then the fanbase is comprised of a bunch of necks from small town Ga. If i was a top recruit i would go somewhere where winning and my own growth as a person is important. not Libery University of the SEC

By Bob from Winder

October 7, 2007 1:38 PM | Link to this

Hire bobby petrino or some black guy, that wil gurantee the best team possible, they can major in pe or music appreciation and stay eligble. but if you look around the talent is spread out more around too some teams that normally wouldnot win jack, like rutgers and boise st..the talent pool is getting deeper but Ga. oly want small town black BOYS who know there place. they are scared of that big city or out of state guys. the neck fanbase would be upset

By DawgHater

October 7, 2007 1:57 PM | Link to this

BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

All u idiot ugay fans with big mouths need to just SHUT UP NOW! This includes the idiots that go onto other team’s blogs and post your BS.

Your team will lose many more games: Vandy, Kentucky, UF, and maybe even to GA Tech.

You won a couple of games against nobodys and talked a lot of crap. Serves you right!

As many others have said before, you guys get all of the ‘top recruits’ but then the coaches cannot get them to perform on the field and the results is just this - losses!!! Oh, and also the results include DUIs, jail time, and other wonderful things. Nice program there, idiots.

What high school player in their right mind would ever want to go to ugay?

By Die Hard Dawg

October 7, 2007 1:58 PM | Link to this

Oh well guys, I guess there is always next year….But isn’t that what we say every year?

By WFC

October 7, 2007 2:07 PM | Link to this

I don’t think that Vince, Erk and Herschel are coming back.

By GreenJacket

October 7, 2007 2:37 PM | Link to this

Sounds like everyone would be happy if we created a “Super Team” in the state of GA. with Coach Richt as the head coach and Tenuta as the D.C. with Chan and Martinez gone.

By HaHa

October 7, 2007 2:39 PM | Link to this

Hey Hootie, you are the idiot. This is how you bold. DA!

By wesuck

October 7, 2007 2:42 PM | Link to this

FIREMARKRICHT.COM if somebody starts it and gets some big$ boosters on board, we’ll be done with him and his mediocre coaching skills. He’s had 7 years and done nothing but 2 sorry SEC titles. With our talent SPURRIER would have won at least 2 NATIONAL titles by now. U. Meyer would have had 3.

By Sooner

October 7, 2007 2:54 PM | Link to this

Watching the Georgia offense is just plain boring. The Georgia OC opened up the offense on two drives and they scored. It’s not Stafford that’s the problem. His receivers never get any seperation. Open up the offense and quit giving Stafford 3rd and 10. Stafford can hum the ball. They just haven’t figured out how to use him.

By Sooner

October 7, 2007 2:54 PM | Link to this

Watching the Georgia offense is just plain boring. The Georgia OC opened up the offense on two drives and they scored. It’s not Stafford that’s the problem. His receivers never get any seperation. Open up the offense and quit giving Stafford 3rd and 10. Stafford can hum the ball. They just haven’t figured out how to use him.

By Wayz

October 7, 2007 2:59 PM | Link to this

Any properly motivated team (App State, Stanford) can beat a perenial powerhouse (USC, Michigan). And an unmotivated team chocked full of talent (ND) can turn out a season worth of bad performances. Even a fired up UT can dominate UGA. It comes down to coaching. Fulmer is looking forward to retirement and the past several seasons at UT have reflected it. But UT’s change at offensive coordinator has helped them dramatically. Mabe the dawgs need a change at defensive coordinator.

By JoeDog

October 7, 2007 3:01 PM | Link to this

Just like a Doggie fan not to accept the truth. TN TOOK anything it wanted. It wasn’t given. TN manhandled the dawgs like Bill Clinton handled Interns. Read between the lines!

By Still laughing

October 7, 2007 3:12 PM | Link to this

UT ranked 25th to uga 24??? Same situation as South Carolina two weeks ago. Who votes in these things? UT’s loses are to #2 Cal and the reigning National Champ. Anyway “Bob from Winder” nice try to instigate with the racist crap. Thats always a good tactic to inflame the discussion away from what you don’t want discussed…the beating uga has received. Hopefully I’ll be the last to mention you..but I doubt it.

By dawgman

October 7, 2007 3:29 PM | Link to this

I knew Ray Goff…Ray Goff was a friend of mine…Mark, you’re no Ray Goff

By gdawgs77

October 7, 2007 3:35 PM | Link to this

Ok where are all the Willie Martinez fans now?? You know we had similar games last year on defense as well (Vandy, Kentucky, Miss St. and UT) and 5 of the 8 starters that left from last yrs defense are in the NFL this year. Geez does he blow talent! * He continues to run his silly soft defense. We continue to rush 4 consistently as usual!!! Very little blitzing (yeah I will do one once in a blue moon) so Ainge has all day to throw and the LBs will not come up and play the run but instead stay several yards off the ball!!! Oh and by the way Willie what good does it do to put your cornerbacks up on the line if you aren’t going to jam the receivers and at least slow them down but instead just immediately begin to back pedal as soon as the ball is snapped!! *Leave town Martinez and bring in the former bulldawg Will Muschamp now!

By Con

October 7, 2007 3:40 PM | Link to this

Now that it is the day after, and reality has set in. As a former coach, I know how important an open week is for a team with tallent that is strugling. UGA had a great record against tennessee until last year when tennessee had two weeks to make changes, and prepare for UGA. Living close to Chattanooga I sure hope ut does not have an open week any more before they play UGA.

By Kent

October 7, 2007 3:41 PM | Link to this

I love all of the excuses from our young team to Stafford issues. Look at the roster, Tennessee is younger than you ! Face it Georgia you are not an SEC powerhouse. Have not been for the past couple of years and it was 2 decades before that ! Get over yourselves !

By bp101

October 7, 2007 3:45 PM | Link to this

Yeah, lets go back to the days of Donnan and Goff where we never beat Tenn, Fla, Auburn, or Tech. Brilliant!!!

By JD

October 7, 2007 3:52 PM | Link to this

Why did the Dawgs run the SAME RUNNING PLAY with the SAME result 20 times yesterday? Every time, 2 yards. It makes no sense…

By GAYTORS SUCK

October 7, 2007 4:06 PM | Link to this

HEY GAYTOR FANS, RON ZOOK IS 5-1 AND URBAN RENEWAL IS 4-2, EVEN WITH ALL THAT TALENT, INCLUDING SUPERMAN HIMSELF TIM TEVO. WHOSE LAUGHING NOW? THE SPEED AND POWER OF THE SEC CAN HANDLE HIS OPTION / SPREAD OFFENSE. HOW MANY MORE LOSES BEFORE THE “GAYTOR NATION” CALLS FOR HIS HEAD?

By name

October 7, 2007 4:22 PM | Link to this

i think if the falcons played uga, you’d probably have two teams in the negative point range at the end of the game

you’d see more points scored in a hockey game

By uga-brave

October 7, 2007 4:34 PM | Link to this

this beat down has been coming for a while. we just cannot get our defense off the field.

it starts and ends with our defense, every day that martinez stays is another day we spiral down that deep wormhole. this is not a one game problem this is a DISTURBING trend. little WILLIE just does not get it, way too many blown coverages on his watch, and not to mention no ability to stop the run.

AINGE never got touched yesterday. CMR i know you and the bald headed midget are close but you have a greater obligation to the good of the program.

you CANT bring back martinez next year. someone has got to answer for this current sec east losing streak.

VAN GORDER covered your butt for a while but now your on your own, make the tough choice and send willie on his way. oh by the way jeff owens got destroyed yesterday, just not physical enough.

By ED FROM ELLIJAY

October 7, 2007 4:49 PM | Link to this

SIMPLE. FIRE MARTINEZ!!! GET MUSCHAMP OR BRING BACK VAN GORDER. GET CREATIVE ON OFFENSE, WE ARE VERY PREDICTABLE. I SAT BY VERY RUDE UGA FANS. I’M A 1978 ALUM. I PLAYED QB IN HIGH SCHOOL. IF YOU SAT IN KK ROW 26 OR 28, SEATS 1 THRU4. STAY HOME. YOU WERE WORSE THAN THE UT FANS BY FAR. VERY RUDE !!!!STUPID FANS.

By dawg4life

October 7, 2007 4:51 PM | Link to this

All of you dawg fans are pathetic! Get a grip on yourselves. These guys are out there busting their tail every day and working hard in the classroom too. They are all class act guys along with the coaches. We didn’t show up big deal. Can we not rag on the dawgs for one week and try to be positive and help them out the rest of the season. I know if we were to play Vandy next week at home half of you would sell your tickes. That’s embarassing. Get a life and quit railing the dawgs. It’s one bad game not the end of the world. I am a student at UGA and all the alumni are the biggest fair-weather fans I’ve ever seen and it passes off on the students. Quit your complaining. Richt has UGA football in the right place, don’t worry about him and his planning. He will get us where we need to be. Plus it could be worse Tennessee is 8 years removed from an SEC title. The dawgs won in 2005. We’re young, we’re fast, our coaches are good. One bad game is not the end of the world and if you think it is then go cheer for Alabama. We don’t want fairweather fans. GO DAWGS!!!!

By ED FROM ELLIJAY

October 7, 2007 4:54 PM | Link to this

BRANDON MILLER IS JUST AWFUL. HE IS THE MOST OVERRATED PLAYER SINCE JASPER SANKS. PRINCE MILLER CANNOT COVER. HE WAS FINALLY REPLACEC WITH FLOWERS WHO ALSO GOT BEAT. MOVE RASHAD JONES TO CORNER. LEAVE JOHNSON AND BYRD AT SAFETY. FIND SOMEONE ELSE TO PLAY DE. NO PRESSURE AT ALL!!

By OldTimeUGAFan

October 7, 2007 4:57 PM | Link to this

OK fans. Just be patient. Things will change at Florida State soon, and it is likely that they will be calling Coach Richt home. At that point, my recommendation is Paul Johnson of Navy. Here is someone who is a real coach, a winner, and a real man.

By joedawgduncan

October 7, 2007 4:58 PM | Link to this

Dawgs are still the best team - we just gave a way two games that’s all. We’ll be fine - Coach Richt will remind the players of the great UGA tradetion of six natinoal championships and many, many SEC champtinoships and they’ll start playing up to their huge talent. we have the best players in hte country because we have the best high school football in the country in GA (I know, I played in Cobb Co. and would’ve been a Dawg if I hadn’t blown out my knee senior season). So, let’s hunker down just like I know the Dawgs will do

By Doug

October 7, 2007 5:04 PM | Link to this

Imagine what that Tech Defensive coach could do with our defensive talent. It would be cool, if we could hire him away.

By Ron Simmons

October 7, 2007 5:08 PM | Link to this

DAMN! btw….Where is HuskerDAWG?

By Doug

October 7, 2007 5:10 PM | Link to this

Did we run any toss sweeps? Maybe, Bobo isn’t the answer, or maybe he will grow into the answer in time.

I do think we need a new receivers coach and a different defensive co-ordinator. Would Van Gorder come back?

In time, I think our O-Line is going to be really good. Maybe great. Searil(sp) was a great hire.

By Feeling Sick

October 7, 2007 5:10 PM | Link to this

Jeff, you nailed and speak for the vast majority of the Bulldog Nation. The Dawgs looked like crap against Tenn. It’s the same old story, you just don’t know which Bulldog team is going to show up. The only thing they consistently do is play like crap in the first half. You just aren’t going to win many games in the SEC, only playing the 2nd half. It’s do-do bowl time again, and maybe Mark can figure out how to consistently win in 2008. But he may want to pay attention to how the Tennessee fans have been looking at Phillip….

By just damn

October 7, 2007 5:15 PM | Link to this

Mr. Mark Richt, We as Ga. fans pay way to freaking much for tickets to watch a pansey assed effort like what your teams over the past two years have given us. Step up or step aside. No excuse for that crap sat. evening. A strait embarrasment for all the Dawg nation.

By DawgHater

October 7, 2007 5:48 PM | Link to this

joedawgduncan wrote:

“Dawgs are still the best team - we just gave a way two games that’s all. We’ll be fine - Coach Richt will remind the players of the great UGA tradetion of six natinoal championships and many, many SEC champtinoships and ….”

I almost bust a gut laughing at this idiot’s post. Come on now.

First, ugay doesn’t have 6 football national championships - any fool knows this. Who are u trying to BS?

And SEC championships? GA Tech has more SEC championships than ugay and Tech hasn’t been in the SEC for decades!

This is just another prime example of the crap that ugay fans spew on a regular basis and the reason why so many people HATE you!!!!

By Lowcountry Bulldawg

October 7, 2007 6:06 PM | Link to this

Dawg4lfe:

Get your head out of the sand! One game? Where have you been? This is not the first game where the coaching staff has looked TERRIBLE! As a fan and someone who donates I do feel as if I have a right to come and be critical of this staff. Sorry if you are such a BLIND HOMER that it rubs you the wrong way.

This is the 1ST time EVER I have came on here and been critical, but it is time. Enough is enough. You go talk about those SEC Titles all you ant but know one thing..Meyer won a NC in his 2nd season at UF..Stoops NC in his 2nd season at Oklahoma. Now in Mark Richts 7TH season do you think we are that much closer to a NC? Keep on using youth as an excuse if it makes you feel better, but know this outside of LSU every SEC team has youth at key positions. Do you realize that UT had linemen starting at 4 NEW POSITIONS coming into this season? Look what happened 4 new starters and they manhandled us.

I am not going to apologize for my harsh words on this staff. It is time for them to be held accountable for the poor schemes. Richt recruits to soft of players that get popped in the mouth against UA,UF,UT,LSU and USC.

As long as Bulldog nation stays contint with a SEC Title from 2002 and 2005 things will not change in those critical games. We need someone to take charge of these young men and light a fire in this program. To much talent has been wasted over the past two decades.

Mark Richt are you man enough? That is the question you have to answer!

By RedDawg

October 7, 2007 6:24 PM | Link to this

Fire willi! he is so Fu ck ing predictable, no creativity in his schemes what so ever. have a blitz, fake the damn blitz once in a while, confuse the QB, let him think his WR is open, create some defense gimmick plays. put some fu ck in g pressure on the QB. Damn you such an ignorant DC. I was hoping to see a freaking tackle behind the back field. Im sorry this defense is sterile and you dont have to be genius to figure it out! and for you Tennessee fans, dont get so fu ck ing excited, your team is even worse, you will lose to Alabama and South Carolina if not also to Kentucky

By jeff

October 7, 2007 6:31 PM | Link to this

Your coach is better suited for Sunday School than football. Football seems to be what he has to do between mission trips. On behalf of the rest of the SEC: Praise the Lord.

By Eric C.

October 7, 2007 6:37 PM | Link to this

Bayou Tiger, congrats on stealing a win…but the Gators exposed your vaunted defense…and your PK looked bad on the misses. I think LSU is going to lose to Auburn and possibly at Tuscaloosa…and then again to UF in Atlanta should they make it.

As far as the Dawgs go…what more is there to say…another year down the drain after 6 straight eastern div losses.

By C*O*C*K Lover

October 7, 2007 6:52 PM | Link to this

Face it boys. You’re a 3 or 4 in the SEC East every year. Now that South Click, Kentucky, and Vandy are up, you’re bottom of the barrel. The national title days have been gone for 25+ years. Why do you still think you have this entitlement to win? Richt won with Donnan’s boys. Now that he’s got these great recruiting classes, what’s he done? Remember this. Dooley was a 3 and out coach before and after Walker. And, as AD he did you the disservice of hiring Goff, Donnan, and now Richt. You’re god was mediocre and he made sure you stayed mediocre with his coaching hires. Get a life.

By DawgByte

October 7, 2007 6:55 PM | Link to this

Guys if you want to start pointing fingers, you better begin eyeing Rodney Garner. Afterall he’s our recruiting coordinator. The talent level on D is woeful! These guys couldn’t shed a block if their lives depended on it. Our LB’s are subpar and our DB’s don’t have a clue.

Get ready for the downward spiral. This is the worst UGA team since the Ray Goff era.

By BT

October 7, 2007 6:57 PM | Link to this

This program is moving backwards! By watching the Ole Miss game and yesterday’s lay down, I felt I went back to ‘93 & ‘94. We’ve got one of the best QB’s in the land, maybe even NFL quality with a defense that can’t stop anyone, sound familiar?

If we lost a game or even ran into a better opponent I can accept it but I can’t accept excuses. Bobo and Martinez both are saying “youth”. Look at Florida, they are younger than us! The championship teams aren’t making excuses and aren’t expecting anything but their best from the players. What does our head man say?-“It’s not that suprising to see TN’s line handle us that way.” Coach, in the business world you come expecting the sale, expecting to suceed, you certainly don’t plan on losing or making excuses!

There is no one on this team that is firing up the players. If Martinez would just get his guys fired up then his strategies and tactics wouldn’t be so bad. There is no pulse on this defense and that is typically where the fire must come from. Look at FSU, one thing you can count on is Mickey Andrews having his boys ready to take off some heads and put some bodies in the dirt. Even when the Noles were struggling they had a D that would flat get after it!!!

I was embarrassed to no end Saturday, and a game like that can hurt our recruiting effort and get to the kids that do have fire in them. Richt is a great coach but if we want to make a run next year, he is going to have to cut Martinez and get someone nasty from the outside. Furthermore, we have to start recruiting some of these guys that may be outside of the “boy next door” recruit. The foul kids that can hit are going to Meyer, Saban, Tuberville, and Fulmer.

Dawgnation it is time to take a stand and let our man know what we feel or we will go back to the Goff & Donnan days!

By GAYTORS SUCK

October 7, 2007 7:07 PM | Link to this

Eric C., you are dumber than most of the dawg posters. LSU didn’t steal the win. I saw the game and they ran the ball on your D line. The score could have been 12 points more if the PK hit all four of the missed FGs. What’s wrong with saying “Hey, great game. We’re going to get you next year” Only a little wiened p** gaytor loser would claim that the game was stolen. P** off sore loser and grow up

By Saint Mark

October 7, 2007 7:07 PM | Link to this

Oh ye of little faith. There will be times of trials and tribulation. Thou has to remain steadfast and He shall deliver us from these trying times. We must love our opponent as we love ourselves. Though he rebukes and mocks us we must turn the other cheek. Amen

P.S. How does my hair and tan look in HD ?

By BT

October 7, 2007 7:10 PM | Link to this

Just in case anyone would like to know…well I told you so, except on the shoot-out part.

By BT

October 4, 2007 5:17 PM | Link to this

Martinez is a “C” at the very best. The last 3 years he has survived on talent alone. My opinion on him was formed at the Auburn game two years ago. I was there and witnessed the Tigers tear us to shreds on the ground all game long and when it really counted on 4th and a whole field to go we gave up the unthinkable. Then came WV in the sugar bowl on up to the present.

This coordinator will not change!! In the event that we face a talented well prepared offensive unit, we will give up the points. I was at the Ole Miss game Saturday and couldn’t believe we were making the rebs look like a powerhouse!! It is SICKENING and looks nothing like the Junkyard Dawgs of old!

We are way too loaded on talent and speed to be played like this. Tennessee is an offensive machine that will carve our prevent zone to pieces and we will be reduced to a Pac 10 style shoot-out.

Coach Richt, light a bonfire under this guy’s a$$!!

By DawgHater

October 7, 2007 7:14 PM | Link to this

Jeff Schultz:

“They thump Alabama in Tuscaloosa.” Are you kidding? They barely won in over time! Since when is that “thumping.”

Ya gotta love the ugay imagination.

By TW

October 7, 2007 7:21 PM | Link to this

Basketball team supposed to be any good this year?

By montanadawg

October 7, 2007 7:26 PM | Link to this

7 straight sec east losses, unacceptable!! We need some fire. Did you see the team holding hands as they left the tunnel. No intensity.

By OhMy

October 7, 2007 7:34 PM | Link to this

…and before those toothless hillbillies were done, they made us squeal like a pig ! It was awful !

By Duston

October 7, 2007 7:41 PM | Link to this

All of you need to go be Tech Fans, they need them!!! Do you all have nothing better to do then talk crap about a coach that has won 2 SEC championships? Did Goff or Donnan do that, do yall want to go back to being 5-6 every year? The Dawgs are young and the Vols had 2 weeks to prepare, give the fat pumpkin 2 weeks to prepare for anyone and he will beat them. Everything will be ok people. GO DAWGS!!!!

By THEcolumbiadawg

October 7, 2007 7:43 PM | Link to this

Could we please place a minimum IQ requirement on this blog?! Are all you calling for Richt’s head out of your booger eatin minds?! Do you really think we are NEVER gonna play poorly?! Do you really think if we FIRED the 5th winningest coach EVER after his first 5 seasons in his 6th season that anyone would take this job?! (BTW-the only coach/team with two SEC titles in the new millenium and the second best road record in the country in the toughest division!)Who is gonna sign up to coach a university with this kind of alum support!? Are y’all graduates or the “redneck alum” who couldn’t get into UGA and struggled to get thru North Georgia on the 7 year plan? COME ON! We lost and we played poorly, in a year that EVERYONE knew would be tough going in based on our inexperience. GET OVER IT! You think they’re calling for Pete Carroll’s head? Or even Urban Myer? And if they are, they’re more insane than you are! Michigan has lost at home to APP STATE, and USC has lost at home to STANFORD, and you geniuses wanna make wholesale coaching changes after a road loss to TENN?!?!? Unbelievable. PLEASE-get off the UGA blogs and start a program at North Georgia or wherever it is you got your B.S. degree…emphasis on B.S.!

By Eric C.

October 7, 2007 7:45 PM | Link to this

GAYTORS SUCK, LOL…dude! Get this straight…I H-A-T-E THE GATORS…and am very offended by your comments. I’m 37 years old, live the American dream, and bleed UGA red…and I happen to hate LSU as well.

I watched the entire game and just responded to a jack-a$$ LSU fan that wasn’t happy enough to steal a win. They had to come over to this blog and gloat about it and pour salt in our wounds. I’m not going to go into every detail…but 5 for 5 on 4th down conversions, a successful fake field goal, and coming back from a 10 pt deficit in the 4th is what I call stealing a win.

By dawgtired

October 7, 2007 7:54 PM | Link to this

Jeff you were right several weeks ago and it still holds true after saturday. We have no courage, guts, or no one to say it to the players and challenge them. They are freshman, but this is big boy football.

We do have back up quarterbacks. Maybe we should sit the “Golden Boy” a few series. But that takes courage.

By Baddog

October 7, 2007 8:04 PM | Link to this

Fire Martinez PLEASE!!

p** poor game planning failure to adjust

THAT SAID TENNESEE WAS JUST PLAIN MEANER THAN WE WERE THEY KNOCKED FOLKS DOWN ON THEIR AZZES AND PLAYED GOOD OLD FASHIONED POWER FOOTBALL

THEY WAY WE USED TOO….

By dawgbreath

October 7, 2007 8:13 PM | Link to this

I felt that my beloved Dawgs would loose all week long. For some reason, they have gone “flat”. I don’t see the fire to win no matter what. I have been a dawg person all my life and that is a loooong time! Yet while I was at all three home games, the only time I saw the Dawgs act like my old, fierce dawgs, was……never. Even when beating Ole Miss in the 4th quarter. And I love CMR. He is a class act. I don’t have to read the paper and see one of our players arrestted and then cleared of robbery such as the Gators. I think CMR is a good person and I support him all the way. But somehow teams slip up on us and when we regain our fire, it is almost too late. what is the answer? I hope it comes next year when the team will no longer be young and they will hit the field ready to rip heads off. do you think CMR can inspire them to do that?

By chuck

October 7, 2007 8:18 PM | Link to this

Coach Richt is a great man but he is too soft. The players don’t fear him at all and don’t mind making mistakes. He’s not a great motivator either. I know they beat Bama but those guys play their a$$ off for Coach Saban. They are afraid to make mistakes because they know what’s going to happen. Georgia has too much talent to get their rear ends kicked like this. If Richt loses four more games this year………..look out!! The natives are going to be restless. I think Will Muschamp will be a great hire for D.C. I think Richt is loyal to a fault. Martinez needs to go. This will be Richt’s first firing if it happens.

By dawgbreath

October 7, 2007 8:28 PM | Link to this

Can’t we get a class act coach AND a winning coach?

By watching

October 7, 2007 8:28 PM | Link to this

All of you need to go be Tech Fans

Who here really believes that all of this “fire coach” nonsense is coming from Dawg nation? Get real. Most of this juvenile trash is coming from the insects posing as dawg fans, vol fans, gaytors. You get the picture. The insects lost yesterday and there are 12 posts on their blog, 9 of which are from ramble On changing her hat every 30 minutes.

Richt needs to close practice every week to the prying nosy media and keep his team focused. They played like a team on a mission at Bama after such a week.

By gdawgs77

October 7, 2007 8:34 PM | Link to this

Willie Martinez needs to go!! You know we had similar games last year on defense as well (Vandy, Kentucky, Miss St. and UT) and 5 of the 8 starters that left from last years defense are in the NFL this year. Geez does he blow talent! He continues to run his silly soft defense. We continue to rush 4 consistently as usual!!! Very little blitzing (yeah he will do one once in a blue moon) so Ainge has all day to throw and the LBs will not come up and stop the run but instead stay several yards off the ball!!! Oh and by the way Willie what good does it do to put your cornerbacks up on the line if you aren’t going to jam the receivers and at least slow them down but instead just immediately begin to back pedal as soon as the ball is snapped!! Leave town Martinez and lets bring in the former Bulldawg WILL MUSCHAMP! At least he is aggressive and physical……..just ask the Gators!

By RedDawg

October 7, 2007 8:37 PM | Link to this

To THEcolumbiadawg we are not asking for coach Richt head, on the contrary, we love coach Richt. we are asking to fire WM. and the truth is WM is rally a bad DC.

By dawgman

October 7, 2007 8:38 PM | Link to this

Ya know, if we’re gonna be last in graduation rates you’d think we could fine some better athletic talent. As it is , we recruit the slow, stupid type…and we wonder why they can’t run a pass route or run behind their blocking.

By Big Dawg

October 7, 2007 8:38 PM | Link to this

To:THEcolumbiadawg That second best road record doesn’t count the Fla. losses. They weren’t played at home so that record is BS!!! Mark Richt has run his course at UGA. It is time to move on to a new era and use our booster money to get a new Head Coach. Every team in America had realized that running out of the I- formation is over, escept UGA. Do we have one QB that can run the spread offense, NO!! We have a bunch of passing QB’s who can’t run. Time to change thing up. Name the last team to win the National Championship with a base offense of the I-formation!! Last point: The reason we are young on the O-line is that Richt did not recruit O-lineman until last year. That is the reason all those freshman are playing because the coaches screwed up. A screw up like that in the real world means losing your job. That’s why Right need to go back to FSU and distroy their program….again.

By yellowblood

October 7, 2007 8:47 PM | Link to this

IDEA: Both UGA and TECH should move football to a lower priority and submit a Federal grant request for the construction of a new CYCLOTRON. It could be build alongside I-285.

By yellowblood

October 7, 2007 8:47 PM | Link to this

IDEA: Both UGA and TECH should move football to a lower priority and submit a Federal grant request for the construction of a new CYCLOTRON. It could be build alongside I-285.

By Michael

October 7, 2007 8:51 PM | Link to this

Hey guys the word from TN is that the article that got the Vols and Fulmer mad was a plant. Fake. Fulmer couldn’t afford to lose to the Dawgs…lose his job. Article was a plant to motivate the players. It was a fake…!!!!!!!!!!!!1

By Ringleader

October 7, 2007 8:54 PM | Link to this

Strangest comment I heard after the game…….”Maybe we should build fewer houses in Honduras” Think about it.

By Ringleader

October 7, 2007 8:57 PM | Link to this

Strangest comment I heard after the game…….”Maybe we should build fewer houses in Honduras” Think about it.

By Emperor Saban

October 7, 2007 9:20 PM | Link to this

ATTN ALL UGA RECRUITS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Get out while its not too late. Come play for the 2009 National Champions.

Thats a promise!!!!!!

By TechMan

October 7, 2007 9:23 PM | Link to this

How in the world can UGAY end up ranked above Tennessee in any poll after the butt whipping the Vols put on UGAY!

UGAY is going to get blown away by Florida!

By Jeff

October 7, 2007 9:30 PM | Link to this

Young Dawgs did not come to play! with the Gayturds losing and Fulmer about to get fired if this can’t get you fired up to play then nothing can.

By Jeff

October 7, 2007 9:38 PM | Link to this

The young Dawgs are still ranked ahead of those sorry worthless Vols. The voters have lost it.LOL

By Jeff

October 7, 2007 9:52 PM | Link to this

Yup’ Martinez has got to go! We do need Muschamp.

By Jeff Who

October 7, 2007 9:59 PM | Link to this

Dogs Schedule Says BCS Bowl by Jeff Schultz - August 24,2007

…Georgia will return to a BCS bowl this season…

Oct. 6: Georgia at Tennessee

Everybody remembers the losses to Vanderbilt and Kentucky. But the season’s implosion really began when the Dogs allowed 51 points at home to a Phil Fulmer offense (which is sort of like trebled damages). But the Volunteers don’t have much on offense, and tailback LaMarcus Coker is on one of those chemical suspensions. Noteworthy: Ray Goff and Jim Donnan were 0-5 in Knoxville; Richt is 3-0. Georgia 27, Tennessee 24.

Jeff you predicted 12-1. Do you get paid for your knowledge or for being a homer?

By Jeff

October 7, 2007 10:16 PM | Link to this

We gave Fat Fulmer more time! I bet more than less of the Vol fans are p** at us for that one. LOL

By Jeff

October 7, 2007 10:21 PM | Link to this

‘The Fat Pumpkin byes more time” thanks to a lack luster effort by Georgia! Martinez needs to go!

By RedDawg

October 7, 2007 10:38 PM | Link to this

Hey Martenize, plz tell me why teams can run the ball douwn ourthroat from the middle and the sides. tell me why your secondray cant jam a WR at the line of scrimmige.why teams can run screens pretty easily on us.

By Beatdowndawg

October 7, 2007 11:42 PM | Link to this

When UGA beat LSU in the 2005 SECCG I walked out of the dome thinking we were ready to compete for a national championship in 2006. Since that game UGA is 13-7 with no bottom in sight and LSU is 18-2 and the unanimous #1 team in the country. These two programs headed in opposite directions after that game I never thought I would say it but, CMR could learn something from Les Miles about what it takes to run a program AND compete for a national championship. Les has cajones the size of Texas and CMR’s are the size of a hummingbird. Yesterday proved that. Fire ‘em all!!

By TNdawg

October 7, 2007 11:44 PM | Link to this

I am so sick of hearing about what great “team speed” the coaches speak about. What good is it if you can’t tackle when you get to the right spot. Also, Matthew Stafford is sooo overated. How many times do we have to watch him throw into triple coverage? Pathetic! Let Joe Cox have a turn over center. Afterall, this is college ball, not pro ball.

By Keno

October 8, 2007 2:08 AM | Link to this

Richt is a good coach. Maybe he’s just too nice of a person to fire people. It won’t matter though. I predict when the current players get a little more experience, they’ll make UT pay for Saturday—big time. Stafford will be an All American, Georgia will be undefeated, and everyone will be happy again. Whiners need not respond to this. We’ve heard more than enough from you all already.