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By Thomaston Dawg

September 4, 2007 2:40 PM | Link to this

Am I first?

They gave up 240 rushing yards to a 1-AA school didn’t they? The Dawgs are going to eat them up. Doesn’t matter if Mitchell starts or not, he’s never done much against us. 30-13 Dawgs.

By Top Dawg

September 4, 2007 2:44 PM | Link to this

Barring some type of complete meltdown, the Dawgs will win Saturday against South Carolina.

By Lee

September 4, 2007 2:46 PM | Link to this

Nope, Not a chance, Not this year, Dawgs too much for the lamecocks. UGA 34, SC 20

By ClassicCityDawg

September 4, 2007 2:46 PM | Link to this

The South Carolina game always worries me. We never seem to come out and play crisp against them, which is to be expected against a conference opponent early in the season. If the young offensive line can handle going against a defense that stems and shifts as much as Carolina’s, we’ll be alright.

By Hillbilly

September 4, 2007 2:47 PM | Link to this

Give them three more years. Let Steve clean out the hubris left by Holtz and instill his program and philosophy, they will be hard to beat. I am not a Spurrier fan, but the man can coach.

By Hillbilly

September 4, 2007 2:48 PM | Link to this

BTW, Lee Corso is an a$$ with a capital hole.

By J Dawg

September 4, 2007 2:48 PM | Link to this

Gamecock Gary is going to be crying in his beer after this one.

By JFERG in NC

September 4, 2007 2:49 PM | Link to this

I was encouraged with our performance Saturday. Had you asked me a week ago, I would have had more worries with the OLD ball coach coming to town. BUT, now that I’ve seen this edition of the Dawgs and what they are capable of, I like our chances. I just hope that the coaches can focus their energy on USC like they did all summer of OK ST. If we come out ready to play, we’ll be just fine.

Chip, I have my own question. Is there any talk about discipline for the Reshad Jones punch in the 4th qtr? I am really excited about R Jones and can’t wait to see him hitting people on a regular basis…but I want him hitting people with his helmet, not fist.

GO DAWGS!

By Noyellowinthisblood

September 4, 2007 2:50 PM | Link to this

I feel pretty good about the Dawgs chances. I was at the game Sat. and didn’t get to hear the “experts” breakdown of the Dawgs. How was it and what were they saying?

By P-Dawg in Tulsa

September 4, 2007 2:51 PM | Link to this

I dislike Spurrier a great deal, but the man can coach a team. With the talent level in SC getting better he will win/compete within the next 4 years. As for this year, I think we still edge him, but if he gets a bounce or some luck he will maximize it. Dawgs 31 Darth Visor 10

Go DAWGS!!!

By Bill King

September 4, 2007 2:52 PM | Link to this

My name is Bill King. I bought this goofy looking UGA shirt at WalMart. It wasn’t even on sale.

Dawg fans these are the days we’ve dreamed about! Poor old Steve, drowning his sorrows because he can’t seem to beat us. Drink it up, my fellow bulldogs. Remember how smug he used to be when he was a Gator.

Don’t let anyone tell you it’s old hat to hate Spurrier….Hey, speaking of hats. Just wanted to give you guys an update:

I wore my new one to the game this past weekend. You know, the one with the newly updated Uga (wearing a hat backwards) on it. Well, kind of mixed reviews. I think the kids like it, but those of us who have been around a while and embrace tradition were a little turned off…. As a result, I will temporarily be going back to my old hat, even though the shade of red is different than my shirt.

That old hat will do me well, I think. After all, nothing says “Go Dawgs” and “my gene pool needs a filter”, quite like a Dawg fan sticking to tradition.

Go Dawgs!

Yours,

Bill

By Dawg 05

September 4, 2007 2:53 PM | Link to this

USC South gave up 240 yards to an option team. Just remember that UGA gave up a ton of yards to GA Southern in 2004 b/c of the option. I don’t think we’ll be running them over anytime soon. Look for a similar gameplan this week as we used last week. Screens and quick passes to loosen up the defense and create some holes for the running game.

By JimmyG

September 4, 2007 2:53 PM | Link to this

The AJC hasn’t posted it yet so I will, Georgia is # 12 in the Coaches Poll and Michigan fell out. Thank God for them falling out or I was going to lose complete faith in the system

By BCD

September 4, 2007 2:53 PM | Link to this

Dawgs roll over the Cocks 35-9.

BCD

By tj

September 4, 2007 2:55 PM | Link to this

As long as UGA isn’t overconfident they should be able to win this game by our defense alone. USC defense should be alot better than OK state so we need to patch some things up as far as protectection. If we don’t turn the ball over we should be OK.

By luvmydawgs

September 4, 2007 2:58 PM | Link to this

SC is ALWAYS scary! No matter who is coaching! After week 1 we still don’t know if we are really any good of id the Okie Pokies were really BAD. Look at last year two shut outs then we squeaked by a very poor Colorado and then got our butts handed to us. I just wonder if we are good or others are just that bad. Thoughts from Georgia fans ONLY!

By dack jerrick

September 4, 2007 3:05 PM | Link to this

Don’t know if you know it or not but USC’s third string quarterback played a lot of the game against LLA.You will see a different team in Athens on Saturday. Hope UGA staff and players have the same attitude you fans do. Beware the ole ball coach!

By Steve

September 4, 2007 3:05 PM | Link to this

I think the Dawgs are going to put a lickin’ on the Cox this weekend.

By ARdawg

September 4, 2007 3:11 PM | Link to this

Sure Spurrier can coach. Lloyd Carr can coach too and look at what happened to him. Fact is there are a lot of coaches who can coach. Many times just coaching isn’t enough as Spurrier is proof of this fact. I’ll never forget the b**ch slapping and spankings he inflicted on the SEC when he was at Florida, more specifically Georgia. But at Florida he had a full cupboard of talent year in and year out. He doesn’t have that luxury at SC. The limited blue chippers from SC as a rule run from that program and his recruiting luck isn’t that great either. He can run his mouth with the best of’em but that isn’t going to help him come Saturday. There is too much revenge owed to Spurrier by the bulldog nation to let him escape without a thorough thrashing. And for the record I agree with Corso on the 400 years comment

Dawgs 41 USC 10

By Dawg in Cola, SC

September 4, 2007 3:11 PM | Link to this

I hate Spurrier and USC just as much as the next Dawg, but don’t think because they struggled in their game that we’re just gonna roll. First, OKState ran a lot of plays laterally instead of going downfield a lot. Spurrier is going to attack. We’ll be tested. However, their O-line is young as well so we may be able to generate pressure without having to worry about a scrambling QB. That is in our favor.

My worry is our boys having a minor letdown as they did in Spurrier’s first year. We pummeled Boise State after all the talk of an upset then played down to USC’s level the next game. We can’t do that this year.

They’ve been prepping all spring and summer for this game. Their first game was nothing more than a team scrimmage. They are fired up about this game. That is all they (players and coaches) talked about this summer. They’ve been preparing their gameplan all summer for this game, not Louisiana-Lafayette. Living in Cola, I get to see and hear a lot more.

I think we should win, but it will be close again. We need the fans to be loud and supportive for our boys.

They’re a young team just like we are, but Spurrier can coach and you have to respect that. However, I wouldn’t trade Richt for him. I can’t stand Spurrier’s whining and talking down about his players and their play. Just be ready for a good game with lots of hitting.

One thing that may help us is that Jasper Brinkley is still having problems with a high ankle sprain. He played this past week, but wasn’t quite the same as most expected. That could be huge if he gets dinged up more. He is the heart of the D and one they can’t replace.

By Scott Woerner

September 4, 2007 3:14 PM | Link to this

Chip, please help get this message to the players: After the play, go back to the huddle! NOTE: This is especially important when the opponent is using the no-huddle tactic.

Don’t get us oldschoolers wrong. We like a little fist-pumpin’, head-buttin’ and nose-snortin’ to congratulate a teammate for a good effort. In fact, we’d be concerned about the intensity level if we didn’t see it.

On the other hand, if you sack the QB, that’s all it is… a sack. One tackle out of 100 or so that will occur during the day. So please don’t act like you just won the game by yourself. Don’t point at your homeboyz in section 127. Don’t ask the crowd to cheer you (they already are). And for goodness sake, save that funky dance for the post-game celebration.

Of this you can be sure: No matter how spectacular your particular play was, the opponent will be following it with another attempt to score. Personal experience has shown that the good ones will increase their effort because of your latest triumph.

So take this old-school Junkyard Dawg’s advice: Go back to the huddle to find out what your next assignment is. Visualize it in your mind. Be as prepared for the next play as you possibly can. Conserve your energy for the 4th quarter (God knows you’ll need it when we play ‘Bama, UF, Auburn, etc.).

When the final horn blows, and the scoreboard shows UGA has won again, then, by all means, go wild. Jump around. Enjoy the moment. You deserve it. Until then, let the marching band do all the struttin’… agreed?

Yours in Football, Scott Woerner UGA Class of 1980

By NASCARfan

September 4, 2007 3:17 PM | Link to this

Beware the Ole’ Ball Coach?

Dude, without the talent of Florida, it’s funny how the “genius’ in Evil Genius disappeared.

By Andy in Ohio

September 4, 2007 3:21 PM | Link to this

It is going to take a long time for Spurrier to turn things around at USC, if it happens at all. The highschool talent is just not there in South Carolina for them to recruit from and the recruiting is tough for them as they’re surrounded by UGA, Tennessee, Florida, Clemson, etc. I still hate Spurrier with a passion for his cocky attitude and for the years that he would continually leave his first string in through the 4th quarter to pile on the score during the horrible Goff and Donnan years. Hopefully he can get some of that in return this year with our offense looking to have improved over last year, and with our defense faster (possibly better) than ever.

By My View

September 4, 2007 3:23 PM | Link to this

I luv the SEC like the rest of us. But I don’t think we are giving Ok ST enough credit. I still say they will have a strong year in their own conference, UGA just overwhelmed them. As for the chickens, I think Ok st could take them in Columbia. We always worry about S Carolina because they always keep it close. Not this year in our house. Dawgs win 30-6. Dawgs 2-0.

By TybeeDawg

September 4, 2007 3:23 PM | Link to this

I think SC was looking ahead to UGA this weekend and came out flat. College football is all about emotion and I’m sure the SC players will be UP for this game, unlike last week. Not to mention they had Mitchell on the bench last week…I think this will be a hard fought game that could go either way. If we are overconfident, we are going to get beat. Everyone is readin too much into one game. Remember, we have 2 freshman on the O-line and mistakes will continue to be made by them until they mature. I hope we beat them handily, but don’t ever underestimate a Spurrier team.

Go Dawgs!

By Spike

September 4, 2007 3:23 PM | Link to this

Spurrier is the spawn of Satan himself. But, he can coach and should never be underestimated, especially by us UGA fans. But after seeing the Dawgs Saturday night I feel much better going into this game. But it will be a battle. It always is.

By A-ville Ranger

September 4, 2007 3:28 PM | Link to this

The fact Spurrier is 1-1 against UF says enough.Can they beat us ? sure they can.That doesn’t mean they’ll do it this year and we should be the better team.I’m not going to pick a score but I like our chances.

By Dawg4life

September 4, 2007 3:37 PM | Link to this

Dawg Fans,

Let’s not overestimate ANYONE on our schedule. As we saw last year and in even some other years past, dictating such lofty scores can lead to a down-to-the-wire game (all coincidence, I’m sure). I still think we beat Darth Visor and the Chickens, but I don’t think it’ll be a rout at all. I actually think we gain some advantage by this game being Mitchell’s first of the season. We were able to rattle him last year, and I expect more of the same this year. But I also see our offense struggling a little bit in the first half. I don’t see Bobo running those offensive screen passes much, or else Spurrier and his D will be prepared for them. Bobo’s gonna have to throw a little bit more of the playbook at them this time. Run the ball at them and use that as a more traditional way to set up the pass. Take some downfield shots with Bailey. Use play action to open up the middle of the field. By the second half, we should have the game in control. Dawgs win 28-17.

GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Dick

September 4, 2007 3:41 PM | Link to this

I have never liked to see teams run up scores as I have always felt like ifa game is won before 4th quarter, let the second thru nth team play for experience. HOWEVER, I hope Bobo lets first string play all game saturday both offense and defense and I hope they put it ole on Visor man, 88 to 0. He has done it to Georgia over the years.

By Robb

September 4, 2007 3:42 PM | Link to this

I think the Dogs will take care of business this year, but the Cocks will probably have a better shot at beating us this year than next. Once this talented group of Dawgs gets some more experience, we’re going to be tough to beat. But how I would love to see Spurrier never get the upper hand on Georgia again. Sweet Irony.

By '73 Dawg

September 4, 2007 3:42 PM | Link to this

Yeh, Spurrier can coach. I’ll give him that even though I dislike the man! If we play up to our ability on Saturday, we should handle the chickens. If we have a mental letdown, however, we may get a surprise!

I feel better about our young line now. I think the new line coach Stacy Searles did a splendid job with the talent he has to work with….and it showed last Saturday. I predict he will receive some well deserved recognition as the season goes along.

After this year, the chickens may be able to present a challenge to us. But this year, I predict it will be UGA 28 and USC 17.

GO YOUNG DAWGS!!

By reality check

September 4, 2007 3:43 PM | Link to this

Spurrier can definitely coach, no question.

Lou Holtz could coach too. He had a National Championship but couldn’t get it done in Columbia.

Before that South Carolina hired Pepsodent Paul Dietzel after he won a National Chmpionship. He couldn’t get it done in Columbia either.

The jury is out on Spurrier at South Carolina.

This could be a very close game. Georgia is favored and should win. I believe we are better this year than last.

Georgia needs to run the ball and minimize turnovers. The last two years the chickens couldn’t stop the run.

South Carolina is supposedly better this year, but that is true every year at this time.

One thing that seems a clear advantage to me is we have more depth than they do. That could be huge in a game like this.

By NASCARfan

September 4, 2007 3:44 PM | Link to this

The AP Poll just came out and the Dawgs are No. 11.

By Matthew

September 4, 2007 3:44 PM | Link to this

I think Georgia can win any game they play. The problem is, when they lose focus and believe one game will be a cake-walk. Hopefully they learned that lesson last year. It all rests on their maturity. Georgia wins this Saturday by at least 2 TDs.

By Meet Steve Subperior

September 4, 2007 3:44 PM | Link to this

Spurrier has been there three years now and Blake Mitchell is STILL his quarterback?!!! Where is all this talent being recruited into South Carolina by Spurrier? He’s certainly not getting it at the only position he needs it. … We’re all finding out what a fraud Steve Subperior really is! The University of Florida is what earned him all his recruits and he can’t a thing with his or Holtz’s recruits.

By Gary

September 4, 2007 3:46 PM | Link to this

I’m excited about the prospect of beating the ol’ ball coach again this year but Lee Corso is an idiot if he thinks SC will never be in the hunt for the SEC.

By hirsutedawg

September 4, 2007 3:50 PM | Link to this

SC always plays us tough, always have no matter who’s coaching. We cannot have a let down this week. Hopefully CMR and Bo times two will help them maintain their focus Should be a goodun’, Dawgs 24 SC 13. GO Dawgs!!!!

By GloryGlory

September 4, 2007 3:51 PM | Link to this

Carolina always plays us tough, but they always find a way to beat themselves. The only thing that worries me is that we come out over confident after putting a hurt on the Pokes. I think the first game suspension will really hurt Blake Mitchell. His mistakes will be the key to a Dogs victory. I hope to see Knowshon break one for a long TD run, that would make my day. A Kelin Johnson pick six would also be nice.

By ChampDawg

September 4, 2007 3:52 PM | Link to this

SC and Spurrier are always tough for UGA…. wasn’t it last year that we just barely won over there? Don’t remember. It will be a very close game and SC could win if UGA doesn’t execute a solid running game and play hard defense. UGA loses to UK and Vandy last year so nothing surprises me anymore. Prediction: UGA 26 SC 23

By A-ville Ranger

September 4, 2007 3:53 PM | Link to this

The one thing we’ve never had under Richt and as of last week still don’t is a dependable deep threat.The potential is there with Stafford to Bailey or Henderson but the timing and accuracy of Stafford and a receiver getting open down field and CATCHING the ball just hasn’t materialized yet.

By Wes

September 4, 2007 3:53 PM | Link to this

If it’s true that Brinkley is still struggling with that high ankle sprain, then we couldn’t be getting Tripp Chandler back at a better time.

I realize it was for a touchdown, but the fact that we only (I believe) attempted one pass to a tight end the entire game against OSU tells me that we basically played without what, traditionally, has been a key element of our passing attack. Having Chandler back in the lineup, especially against a linebacking corps that is even slightly under 100% should help open up the passing game.

I agree w/ Dawg4life. We can still run the quick receiver screens, but we have to be careful because you know Spurrier will be looking for them. Calling it now, Chandler will have a huge game, and quick passes to the TE will be a big part of our ability to convert third downs and keep drives alive.

By gdawginkalamazoo

September 4, 2007 3:54 PM | Link to this

ScottWoerner, Amen. Just like Barry Sanders used to do after scoring a touchdown. Turn around hand the ball to the ref and act like you have been there before. All our players offense, defense and special teams should take that approach. Save it for the sideline if you have to. Refs look for anything nowdays that can and will negate a great play.

Like most of you guys, I am not overestimating our chances against SC but after last week I like them a lot better. A LOT of questions were answered and I am certain that Bobo didn’t show everything he had. And sure SOS is an excellent coach but so was Lou Holtz (regardless of our low opinion of him he did win 200+ games and an NC). SC doesn’t and never will have the talent. Look at Mitchell, a fifth year senior that has the starting job, can’t make it to class? Can’t coach stupid.

By GT

September 4, 2007 3:54 PM | Link to this

Hell you beat Tenn. and Florida you’re playing some pretty good football. I don’t think he has got to beat Georgia. The problem with the SEC is you might have turned it around and nobody notices because everybody else has turned their’s around too. I can see Georgia winning the national championship this year or at least by next year. South Carolina might be a top 10 team in the country talent and coaching wise, they just have the other three top ten teams in their same conference if not division.

By NW Ga Dawg

September 4, 2007 3:57 PM | Link to this

I don’t hate Spurrier. I hated him in the “mud game” when he got that little time-out and stole our win, but I got over it. Things are different now: he’s no longer in the driver’s seat. SOS is a good coach, but he’s no longer a great coach because while at UF, he had more talent than anyone in the SEC except UT every now and then. After 2-3 years of Goff, most of UGA’s (overall) talent was gone for a number of years. No depth: no way to hang with the Gators. Now SOS is at Carolina. SC’s had a few good coaches but now he’s getting out-talented. How’s it feel Stevie?

I also think the offsn coord. change is going to make some difference for the Dawgs. “Ole Ball Coaches” Richt and Bobo (and Martinez) will have a few surprises of their own come Saturday evening.

I believe our Dawgs are for real.

By AltamahaDawg

September 4, 2007 3:58 PM | Link to this

luvmydawgs, look at this way, does SC really know if they are any good after thier opener?

Yey, excusing the yards as “oh that’s an option team” does NOT in any way prove they can stop everyone else. Doesn’t have to be a true option to replicate those matchup issues.

Giving up a few yards early is one thing, BUT L-L was stoped twice going for it inside the SC 5 yr line after long drives. hmmm

Heck, by Spurrier’s figuring, that just like scoring, eh coach?

By Ron

September 4, 2007 3:59 PM | Link to this

We’ll probably win this Saturday, but give the devil his due, Spurrier is an effective coach. They’ll eventually win one here and there, but never dominate because the talent pool is not as deep in S.C. as it was in Florida.

By JB

September 4, 2007 4:00 PM | Link to this

I only worry about Martinez sitting back in that soft zone against SOS calling the plays. We CAN NOT GIVE BLAKE MITCHELL ALL DAY TO PASS. WE NEED TO GET AFTER HIS ARSE EVERY DOWN ! WE WILL SCORE, WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP HIM RUNNING FOR HIS LIFE…. I THINK WE CAN AFTER THE SPEED I SAW LAST WEEK.

By SOBEDAWG

September 4, 2007 4:02 PM | Link to this

Get ready to cover your noses…Darth Visor is also bringin’ Smelly and BM with him…could be a stinkfest…sobedawg

By dandydawg

September 4, 2007 4:05 PM | Link to this

Let’s all remember who we are playing. Have we ever blown South Carolina off the field? If we haven’t, I am hoping we can do it on Saturday.

By dawgsrule

September 4, 2007 4:08 PM | Link to this

UGA will blow out the gamecocks on Saturday. They have a good coach, but not nearly enough talent to stay on the field with UGA. Spurrier needs to retire to the golf course—-he’ll never win the SEC up there.

UGA 40 USC 17

By Gordo

September 4, 2007 4:09 PM | Link to this

I’m actually a Spurrier fan — of course that’s easy for me to say given that my guys (Ga Tech) are in the ACC. Nonetheless, the old ball coach has always been enthusiastic and he coaches an exciting game (even when he was with the dismal Redskins). That said, I don’t know how he or anyone else can expect the Gamecocks to win the SEC except under some extraordinary circumstances. They simply can’t compete in recruiting with the major SEC schools — there is no winning tradition or history at South Carolina. I hope I’m wrong because I really would like to see the SEC champion change frequently and every team represented occasionally.

By ga dog

September 4, 2007 4:11 PM | Link to this

scot woerner, man that is the gospel you stated above, dont know if you are the all american you propose to be but you know what you are talking about, dawgs are the better team here but the best doesnt always win, its gonna be close and tough fellows, hopefully stafford and the line keep getting better and i love to watch our junkyard d, cant wait till sat

By Ed

September 4, 2007 4:12 PM | Link to this

I’ve never understood why South Carolina is a tough place to win big. One championship in their entire history (ACC, ‘69) is hard to believe. Even in years when SC seems formidable (the George Rogers led team in ‘80 comes to mind), they usually end up around 8-4. Any theories?

By Fierce Dawg

September 4, 2007 4:12 PM | Link to this

Dawg fans,

Those of us that are prediciting a rout on Saturday are NUTS! I bleed red and black with the best of em, and hate Spurrier as much as I hate Tech, but I also respect that Carolina is the first conference game, we’re both 0-0, clean slate, and they hate us almost as much as they hate Clemson. They are ALWAYS ready for us, and it always seems like we always shoot ourselves in the foot at times against them, or someone gets hurt. I think we win, but I think we have to stop them on a drive late to do it. We win 20-13. Darth Visor and his chickens will be ready.

By 1eyedJack

September 4, 2007 4:14 PM | Link to this

Hopefully his visor will have shoe treads all over it by halftime. By the end of the 4th quarter Steve Spurrier should be Steve Sputterer.

By gdawginkalamazoo

September 4, 2007 4:14 PM | Link to this

How does SC’s receivers look anyway? With Rice gone is anybody stepping up to dominate?

By Mike Kenn Rules

September 4, 2007 4:14 PM | Link to this

The game will be a typical GA/SC match up. As long as we play “crisp” like we did against OSU, we will be victors. Our defense will need to be prepared to be stretched down field, which means we will need a strong pass rush from our front 4. I believe Bobo’s play calling in the OSU game has set us up nicely for the SC game. We used a number of screen/flat passes, which the South Carolina defense will be prepared for and possibly cause the db to jump the throw. Which then could create plenty of room downfield for Stafford to show off his arm. Richt and Bobo will have us ready for the game, the players know the history between the two school and will be prepared. But more importantly, we the fans need to be loud, louder than the OSU game.

By Mike T.

September 4, 2007 4:16 PM | Link to this

Beware Beware,If App State can upset Michigan then Spuurier can do it to us.Please team don’t take SC lightly.South Carolina always gets up for us,we need to do the same for them reguardless of who they played and struggled with last Saturday.

By Tville Dawg

September 4, 2007 4:21 PM | Link to this

I saw a bunch of SEC fans in Destin this past weekend-AU,AL,OLE MISS, MS, etc. Overall, not much enthusiasm from them to match the big party in our condo. In the CVS I ran into a UT fan which was pretty down. He watched part of the our game and predicted that UT would be an easy win this year for the DAWGS. I say all this to say, that we impressed this past week, because some teams were unimpressive. SC will give us a tough game, but I think the talent is on our side of the field. To me, we looked as if we were 3 or 4 weeks into the schedule instead of the first game.

Incidentally, the Alabama people think Bear Bryant has returned. I think his second coming is a little premature based on playing a lightweight one week into the schedule.

By mountain fan today

September 4, 2007 4:23 PM | Link to this

Love the headline!

By Bill

September 4, 2007 4:28 PM | Link to this

Before the season I thought the Gamecocks really had a chance this year. After seeing Georgia this weekend, I’m thinking another year losing to Georgia. And after watching all of the SEC teams this weekend, Georgia was the most impressive.

But I’m keeping my fingers crossed. Go Gamecocks.

By gamecockgary

September 4, 2007 4:31 PM | Link to this

this is the year coach…they are very vulnerable…this one should be a walk in the park…could have another 35-14 but this time on the visitors side….GAMECOCKS ROLE PREPARING FOR BIGGER BATTLES AHEAD!!!

By Hunk Erdown

September 4, 2007 4:37 PM | Link to this

All this hype about SOS and the past is great press and fodder for the blogs but the Dawgs have one thing on their mind… TCB, baby. Sure, I hate Spurrior, I’m a Dawg Fan, but he don’t have the talent nor depth to stay up with us if we… TCB. The only way Spurrior gets the foothold on UGA is if he ever can upset us. The only way that happens is if we come out playing flat and unfocused. Last time I checked Spurrior is limited to the sidelines, I think he used up his eligibility around the time that UGA shattered his dreams long, long ago. Blake Mitchell just don’t have the nads to pull off the upset of his carreer and our D-Line will make sure of it.

I respect Spurrior for the way he took Fla and brought a revolutionary new offense to the College scene. It took a while for anyone to figure it out, but it HAS been figured out, and he just don’t have the players to overcome the swarm that our junkyard D will bring when they come off the chain Saturday. He don’t have the defensive players to overcome all the weapons that BoboHouse, copyright 2007 will bring to the table. He don’t have enough years left in him to ever dominate UGA again… EVER! If they win it will only be because we give it to them, and the new Matt Stafford that I saw, his decision making, won’t let that happen. The bigger war is off season recruiting, and we win that by keeping the hob nailed boot to their throat. TCB, Baby!

By TybeeDawg

September 4, 2007 4:40 PM | Link to this

Warning:

If we use our zone coverage on D, then Spurrier will pick it apart…guaranteed. We have the talent to play man. Will Martinez have the guts to do it????

By I-DOG

September 4, 2007 4:42 PM | Link to this

Out of Region Dawg fans hoping to catch this game on TV can expect to miss kickoff and a significant portion of the 1st quarter again this week.

Boston College and NC State are on at 2:30 leaving a skinny 3:15 until the start of the UGA V. USC game.

Since both teams aren’t known for running the ball excessively, It will probably be well after 6:00 PM before this game is over and coverage is switched to the already in progress matchup that we all want to see.

I just hope that BC and NCS don’t go to overtime.

By TOO

September 4, 2007 4:45 PM | Link to this

I just love it when dawg fans talk about lickin’ and eatin’ something up. Stafford has really helped us to come out of the closet…. GO DAWGS - Can’t wait to get to the game with the cocks this Saturday.

By 1eyedJack

September 4, 2007 4:45 PM | Link to this

Take a look at their roster. More than half the kids are from Georgia and Florida and I don’t see very many that the Dawgs recruited heavily save for Geathers and one of the Brinkley twins. I’m not so sure the Ol’Ball coach has been getting his top in-state recruits either. Again I’ll say I think our first 50 will outplay and outlast his first 50. Tough first half. Maybe even behind the first quarter, but barring a lot of turnovers or drive killing penalties we’ll have ‘em sucking air by the end of the third quarter.

By NASCARfan

September 4, 2007 4:46 PM | Link to this

Ah, Lamecock Gary is back for his one week exhibition (punctuated by random off-season rants).

Lamecock Gary, your team, which struggled with Pudunk-LA is going to come between the hedges and win against the ONLY SEC team who challenged itself this past weekend?

Our boys are already battle tested. They’re ready. They’re hungry. They’ve been told all summer about how they were going to lose to Oklahoma State, and how they’d be LUCKY to finish third in the East because SoCarolina was “up and coming.”

Well, Lamecock Gary, do you know what we do with “up and coming” teams here in Athens. Ask Boise State. Ask the Pokies.

We BEAT them DOWN!!!

Get ready for a good ole’ fashioned butt whuppin’, Lamecock Gary. And then we can go back to ignoring you for the rest of the year.

By lloyd

September 4, 2007 4:53 PM | Link to this

I think Dawg fans are in for a surprise. Go ‘Cocks.

By UGA RULES

September 4, 2007 4:59 PM | Link to this

I missed the kickoff and the first TD saturday thanx to ESPN showing us the Mizzou / Indiana game and never bothering to tell us to surf around the other 500 ESPN channels to find the UGA game. ESPN S.U.C.K.S…

By Tim Teblow

September 4, 2007 5:01 PM | Link to this

Dawgs 27 Cockies 16

By I-DOG

September 4, 2007 5:02 PM | Link to this

GT,

A reasonable post from a Georgia Tech fan? Can someone help me off the floor?

By lucky

September 4, 2007 5:02 PM | Link to this

ONE game and the blowhards are gloating. Better quit bad mouthin’ the Cocks Talent or they will shove it down the dogs backside .When the dogs beat FL and AU we can bark loud, until then, STFU!

By Dawg4life

September 4, 2007 5:05 PM | Link to this

Lloyd…would that be just like we were in for a surprise against OK State? Not saying that you said it, but that’s the kind of crap that all the Tech, C** and Gay-Turd fans were posting on here prior to the OK State game. Funny…where are they now???!!!???

GO DAWGS!!

By austindog

September 4, 2007 5:07 PM | Link to this

The line on the BC-NCS game is two touchdowns, so lets hope the game is put away early so ESPN can shift over to the Georgia game at kickoff.

OKState was a good first glimpse, but Saturday will show us how high we can get our hopes up.

By mdbatl

September 4, 2007 5:11 PM | Link to this

Ah, Lamecock Gary is back. We welcome you return and, hopefully, subsequent departure.

As for the game, I’ve watched the Dawgs get tormented by Spurrier for years. No one should be taking these Gamecocks (or after last season, any SEC team) lightly, especially watching what they’ve did against Tennessee and Florida a few years ago.

That said, I think we win the ballgame. For once, Stafford and his recievers looked on the same page, and the O-Line opened some good running lanes for a resurgent TB and the explosive Moreno. On defense, we shut down some very talented playmakers with NFL potential. As long as we can stop kickoff returns, we should take this one. However, it won’t be a blowout.

By DrDawg

September 4, 2007 5:11 PM | Link to this

Dawgs will be improved over last week. This will be Georgia by two TDs.

By Leroy Rogers

September 4, 2007 5:15 PM | Link to this

Don’t have time to read all above, however, for those who might not know UT’S “slimmed down” Fulmer called him: St. Steve! Anybody that doesn’t feel Spurrier is good for the game of football in the SEC needs to go to a head doctor ASAP.

By USCnATL

September 4, 2007 5:18 PM | Link to this

Corso also said that USC couldn’t beat Florida (done), Tennessee (done) Clemson (done), nor recruit (rivals #6). Doesn’t make him look too smart does it?

By Dark Corner Dawg

September 4, 2007 5:27 PM | Link to this

Altamaha Dawg… I hope you are correct on that 3 touchdown lead!!! Scott Woerner I agree with you whole heartedly about that Funky Dancing and taunting.It’s ok to congratulate your team mates after a good play.I watched the FSU - Clemson game last night and Clemson was dancing around taughting and doing a lot of trash talking during most of the game.I for one like to see sportsmanship and a little talking and taughting is ok, however some teams can go a bit too far like Clemson was doing which reminded me of the Jimmy Johnson teams at Miami. That Celebration rule is the stupidist rule in college football. I mean the goal of the football game is to score and win and get excited and also to stay focused.However when you taunt, then yes throw the flag ,but not when the players pile on each other in celebration after a touchdown that should be understandable.Yes there is no I in Team and when a player makes a good play its ok to be congratulated by your team mates and not to have the look at me attitude and start dong a funky dance from Jamaica or somewhere. Mark Richt is a class act and I have observed that his demeanor is the leading by example and thus is patterned by his football team.Im sure CMR will adress any player who isnt showing sportamanship during a game!!!!

By Dark Corner Dawg

September 4, 2007 5:35 PM | Link to this

Hey USCnATL …. You are absolutely correct in your post and yes Corso is a Gibbering Idiot! Howevever the Gamecocks will still remain delusional after the Dawgs put a whuppin on those chickens at the ole sanford kennenel club. Is their a rumour about black jerseys?????

By FL Dawg

September 4, 2007 5:40 PM | Link to this

1-AA Athletic program + Academic Wasteland + Poor recruiting + Rude, Obnoxious team name + Fair coach w/ loud mouth =

Lamecocks

By Jay

September 4, 2007 5:41 PM | Link to this

I read these comment every week and I understand the pessimism. However, the most impressive of all the stats this week was 1 drop. On a team that has been plagued by dropped passes since the 2002 GA - FL game. We are improving in the areas that elevate us from conferences race to national title chase. Winning championships are about beating the teams you should beat in the manner you should beat them and beating everyone else no matter what they throw at you. I think this is going to be a special year. Not necessarily THE year, but the year that elevates us onto the national stage the way 2002 elevated us onto the conference stage. GO DAWGS!!!

By physicsDawg

September 4, 2007 5:44 PM | Link to this

A couple of things: I-DOG, you are right about the kickoff time. What the h3ll was that about?! I finally got switched over at about 7:30!!! And I live in Gwinnett county. Boy, was I p**. A 6:46 (and a 5:45) kickoff means TV has had someting to do with the start time, so ESPN2 should have switched over. Where can I call to give ESPN a piece of my mind? Corso and others seems to really need a bit, anyway…

By physicsDawg

September 4, 2007 5:51 PM | Link to this

2nd: I see a fairly close game, even if the scoreboard looks closer than it really was, at the end. I disagree with Corso; SoCar could easily win the SEC someday, definitely not for the next 4 or 5, IMO though. I will say this, though I think the game could be close, It will be the test of our Offense. Ok St had a pretty easy D, but USc’s will be better. I told my wife (an AU tiger), If we can put 30 on USC, we’re set to win the SEC this year. Regardless, I predict a near shutout of Stevie’s O again; maybe 6 points.

By Ann G.

September 4, 2007 5:54 PM | Link to this

South Carolina will beat Georgia this year. They had them beat the last two years; this year they will pull it out at the end.

By physicsDawg

September 4, 2007 5:56 PM | Link to this

I disagree with the post that the Dawgs were the only SEC team to challenge themselves the first week… I just don’t think Auburn planned on K State being that much of a challenge, so they had to make it look difficult. :)

By A-ville Ranger

September 4, 2007 6:04 PM | Link to this

One thing I noticed saturday, we still aren’t wrapping up on tackles enough.The guys were most always in good position and usually gang tackled so it wasn’t a problem.Against a Spurrier team that gets you out of position it could be though.I thought the effort was very good but the form wasn’t what you’d hope for.

By My View

September 4, 2007 6:04 PM | Link to this

People for Spurrier to ever win big at SC he will have to out recruit too many people. Think about the recruiting powerhouses that reside in the southeast. That is why they will never be more than an 8-5 or at best 9-4 team. Every school that has been recruiting well will continue to do so. Spurrier is a great coach, not a great recruiter. At UF he could barely recruit but still win because the talent pool that he resided in. Not so at SC. His stature recruits some guys, but it has not been on the level that most expected when he took the job.

By physicsDawg

September 4, 2007 6:04 PM | Link to this

I’m sorry, Ann G, I respect your rooting for your team, and all that, but at what point of last year’s 18-0 shutout did USC EVER have us beat? Talk about pulling it out of your end…

By G. Horton

September 4, 2007 6:08 PM | Link to this

I don’t think this is the year the Spur can pull it off. How ever I do know that everytime He loose’s He’s closer to a win. I think both teams should be thankful App. State isn’t on they’re schedule.

UGA 34

Gamecocks 9

By Dark Corner Dawg

September 4, 2007 6:10 PM | Link to this

You see Ann G is a perfect Example of being a delusional Lamecock Fan uh hum 18 to 0 at the chicken coop 2006!!!

By Ft Worth Dawg

September 4, 2007 6:10 PM | Link to this

You said, “GAMECOCKS ROLE PREPARING FOR BIGGER BATTLES AHEAD” but we assume you meant: “GAMECOCKS’ ROLE: PREPARING UGA FOR BIGGER BATTLES AHEAD”.

By Jay

September 4, 2007 6:11 PM | Link to this

Did anyone else notice the difference in the Dawgs this year other than me. It was not more of the same (out talent the talentless). It was execution, good decision making, no mistakes, maintaining focus and composure, and looking like a champion not just on paper but on the field as well. USC always gives us a good game and Spurrier is a great coach. They play above themselves against us and we typically play down to them. IF this year is the year we will beat SC by 17 or more. If we struggle then we can expect alot more of the same. I expect big things this year. I believe this is a year when it truly will be GREAT to be a Georgia Bulldog!

By I-DOG

September 4, 2007 6:16 PM | Link to this

We can be beat by USC Saturday night as USC will come to play.

I think we overpower them talent wise for another year or two at least.

As other have stated, keep turnovers to 1 or less, penalties to 4 or less and dropped passes to 2 or less and we win by at least 10 points!

By Ann G.

September 4, 2007 6:17 PM | Link to this

My team actually is Florida State, but that is my problem. My comment was merely an observation of the prior games. Scores do not always tell the whole story, although I realize that they are all that matters when the game is over.

By FL Dawg

September 4, 2007 6:19 PM | Link to this

Ann G———can you read?

1-AA Athletic program + Academic Wasteland + Poor recruiting + Rude, Obnoxious team name + Fair coach w/ loud mouth =

Lamecocks

By david

September 4, 2007 6:21 PM | Link to this

look dawgs word to the wise win and be loved or lose and watch all the people jump right off the bandwagon

By Dawg fan In Oklahoma

September 4, 2007 6:21 PM | Link to this

What’s with all th boo hooing about missing the kickoff. If the dawgs had been playing first you would have wanted to see the finish before they moved to the next game. Just be glad the dawgs are on and enjoy the FREE game. I for one am grateful for every dawg game they show and I’m willing to sacrifice a few minutes if necessary. Maybe you guys should check into pay tv. GO dawgs

If that was the real Scott Woerner then I just wanna say it sure is good to hear from a all american and kudos to you and those Dawg teams of the early 80’s.

By I-DOG

September 4, 2007 6:21 PM | Link to this

Lucky.

The Dawgs Crushed AU last season. That was only four games ago! Four consecutive UGA wins since then.

UGA has beaten FL, TN, LSU, FSU, Clemson, GT, Va Tech, Wisconsin, OK State, AL, etc… etc…

Due to NCAA rules, we can only play one a week… give us time, we will beat the rest.

By Upstate SC

September 4, 2007 6:23 PM | Link to this

Welcome back Lamecock. How would you like your crow served this year? Cuz has some pretty good recipes that thankfully he did not have to use last week. I believe momentum and emotion will play a huge part in this game. Sure, we have the talent edge by a large margin; however if the Dawgs let the intensity drop off for even a few plays…. look out. Come on Dawgs, keep up the hustle, and all the Dawg fans need to keep hollering as long as the voices will allow. I can’t decide if I am going to eat my chicken fried, grilled, or broiled on Sat. before the game. Can someone help me? Long live the FOC and GOOOOO DAWGS!!!!!

By Chip Towers

September 4, 2007 6:23 PM | Link to this

PRACTICE UPDATE

A little late, I know. But hey, I had to come from Columbia, SC… .

Kregg Lumpkin was out at practice today with his parents. A real bummer for him, that thumb injury. The headline on the story Carter put up earlier is a little misleading, however. He’ll return in two weeks for special teams work and practice. It’ll be a mont, however, before he’s ready to carry the football… .

OG Tanner Strickland back out of green and practicing. Not sure if that really means much but, who knows, Dogs may need him eventually… .

Very, very little green otherwise. Georgia quite healthy at this point.

By g. Horton

September 4, 2007 6:24 PM | Link to this

Ann G. If you score 0 you are not close to beating anyone.

By geechee

September 4, 2007 6:24 PM | Link to this

physicsDawg, that is not an opinion by Ann G. That is simply a few more words of wisdom from Miss Teen South Carolina.

I believe that some US Americans don’t own maps and for this reason 18-0 is therefore like such as in South Africa and the Iraq as almost beating Georgia.

By Aaron

September 4, 2007 6:25 PM | Link to this

At what point in the Dawgs’ 18-0 shutout of SCU did the lamecocks “have the Dawgs beat?”

By TC

September 4, 2007 6:27 PM | Link to this

ARdawg, you said the Ole Ball Coach can’t recruit at USC? What about last year’s #4 recruiting class by ESPN? Bottom line is that I don’t think it will be a blow out as most dawg fans think. Granted the Gamecocks D didn’t do that well to stop the run against an option running team, but neither did UGA against Ga. Southern. The fact is that scoring 28 with their 2nd and 3rd string QBs and who has never started a game and 11 freshmen is not exactly bad. USC will adjust for the UGA game. Count on it. The game can go both ways.

By Dark Corner Dawg

September 4, 2007 6:28 PM | Link to this

Ok Ann G we will call u a delusional FSU Fan Looks like little ole Clem and his son have been putting a whuppin on those Noles the last few years not to mention the 30 - 0 whuppin by Weak Florist last year at the Tee Pee. I think y’all need to win the recruiting battles in the state of FLA.

By 59bulldawg

September 4, 2007 6:36 PM | Link to this

Lee Corso is an entertainer these days and no longer a coach. So I wouldn’t take anything he says very seriously. There’s plenty of high school talent in SC … Hell it’s been great for us as well as Florida State, Florida, and other regional schools. It’s just a matter of convincing them that Carolina is on the rise … which I certainly think is the case. As for Spurrier, he’s a good coach … er make that college coach … cause the crap he pulls with college kids doesn’t work at all in the pros … but he remains and always has been a total jackass. When he became coach of the Redskins a few years back one of the the questions asked at the press conference was “Do you think you can turn things around against Dallas?” He answered by saying that when he first came to Florida the Gators hadn’t beat Georgia consistently in quite some time and that he had no problems changing that scenario. Even at the pro level the man reveled in sticking it to us. Make no mistake about it … the man may say that winning the Georgia game is no more urgent than winning any other SEC game … but in his heart of hearts he would love nothing better than to beat our Dawgs like a p** off Michael Vick. The SC game has traditionally, no matter who the coach, been a war. It always seems that they pull out all the stops, even with less talent, to beat us any way they can. We can’t afford to to think we can just walk on the field and win and we certainly better be ready to play. SC will be. If we’re ready though it should be one hell of a chicken barbeque. Go Dawgs! GATA!!

By physicsDawg

September 4, 2007 6:37 PM | Link to this

I’m sorry, Dawg fan In Oklahoma, I’ll try that “free TV” thing next time my Dish Network bill comes in! Just being light hearted with you, but I DO pay for ESPN.

By AltamahaDawg

September 4, 2007 6:41 PM | Link to this

Is diving into the endzone NOT a celebration penalty anymore? Must have seen that several times this past weekend. Always thought that was a silly call.

Dark Corner, hey man, I’m just saying, if the SC fans insist on seeing us in the, game well in hand, predicatable mode, why argue?

By Caitlin Upton "Miss Teen SC"

September 4, 2007 6:41 PM | Link to this

Mr. geechee, Im Sick and tired of people making fun of me during a Blonde moment. I Believe my team will win in ga with maps and i believe i will give them a good luck cheer” Go Cockgames!!!! Sic EM”

By physicsDawg

September 4, 2007 6:41 PM | Link to this

Funny, geechee, “such as” immensely funny!

By heeldawg

September 4, 2007 6:46 PM | Link to this

Anyone who thinks that this week’s game will be a walk in the park for the Dawgs is delusional. The South Carolina game is always close no matter how the respective teams looked the week before. The Dawgs had better come with their chinstraps buckled on tight. This game is for the SEC East title.

That being said, I think Richt—who is the best coach in the conference—will have his troops ready for a war. Barring some unforseen disaster (i.e. five second-half turnovers), the Dawgs should pull this one out late. It will be a typical USC-UGA defensive struggle, on the order of 24-17.

By Dawg fan in Oklahoma

September 4, 2007 6:48 PM | Link to this

No Problem PhysicsDawg…. The kickoff was an exciting one… Hopefully if we miss any more opening kickoffs we can have the same results… Actually the pay tv I was referring I beleive is called gameplan or something like that. Anyway Go Dawgs.

By Percy

September 4, 2007 6:49 PM | Link to this

Chip, Any updates on the gator practice today? Marsh should be back as well as Anderson on the defensive side of the ball which should help. Riley Cooper was outright sick on Saturday. Go Gators.

By AltamahaDawg

September 4, 2007 6:49 PM | Link to this

HEADLINE……MISLEADING….. NO!

By Caitlin Upton "Miss Teen SC"

September 4, 2007 6:55 PM | Link to this

I believe, such as o - o is close to beating someone.

By Jax State

September 4, 2007 6:57 PM | Link to this

UGA is 4real!!! We are bout to show the World how we play. Besides I played against Blake Mitchell in high school and his skills hasn’t gotten better. How can a qb be a leader when he can even get up and go to class?? Go Dawgs 42-17

By Daniel Bland

September 4, 2007 6:57 PM | Link to this

I think the AJC, Athens Banner Herald, and the Red & Black should all carry Scott Woerner’s article as a letter to the editor. Go Dawgs!

By gmck4life

September 4, 2007 6:57 PM | Link to this

I am a Gamecock fan and relize that Georgia is probably the better team and will probably win. But as for the Georgia fans who are blinded by red and black…… Georgia will not just roll over South Carolina. If by chance South Carolina wins, you Georgia fans will be like you are every year saying…..”wait til next year we got everybody coming back”…. Learn somthing about football and quit being blinded….. by the way how many National Titles has Richt won as a head coach…. exactly so heck yeah spurrier can still coach…. Georgia Fans are ban wagon jumpers

By Todd A

September 4, 2007 6:57 PM | Link to this

This game always worries me, even before Holtz and Spurrier. 5 in a row, and they are due to win one based on series history.Not to mention, the Cocks have been gunning for this game all off-season. However, we displayed more athleticism Saturday night than I can remember, and we have by far the best player on the field in Stafford, and a great coaching staff to boot.There are going to be some very anxious moments, but the Dawgs will get it done again….31-24.

By GCN

September 4, 2007 6:58 PM | Link to this

By FL Dawg * Ann G———can you read?

1-AA Athletic program + Academic Wasteland + Poor recruiting + Rude, Obnoxious team name + Fair coach w/ loud mouth = lamecocks *

The last I checked, USC is a 1A program with an average student athlete GPA of 3.0 which is ranked 1st among the SEC. And in recruiting, how about #4 by ESPN. As for being rude, FL Dawg, look in the mirror b/c you are certainly no class act.

BTW, Miss Teen SC is a student not of USC but of App St. And we know what that school can do in football.

By godawg

September 4, 2007 7:02 PM | Link to this

The new kickoff rule = better field position = more points scored in this traditional low scoring affair.

Mike Bobo play calling + improved Stafford + fewer drops + Miss Mitchell’s first game jitters = Dawgs win.

USC 24 UGA 38 WOOF!

By Dark Corner Dawg

September 4, 2007 7:07 PM | Link to this

Heeldawg, I hope we just win the game even if we play terrible and beat them on a last second field goal to win by 1. It would surley make me happy. Be that as it may the gamecocks are delusional and thats ok. The Chickens and the Clemson Tigers as well as other teams want to pattern their program after ours inwhich they all have a long way to go.The Wins and Losses speaks for itself.

By AltamahaDawg

September 4, 2007 7:10 PM | Link to this

TC, first of all, except for a few jokers, who exactly IS predicting a blowout. These folks in here are bending over backwards not to.

Secondly, excuses aside, SC did not look good. Having trouble stopping an odd style like in the GSU game (I’m guessing you picked up that gem reading in here earlier), is one thing but SC had to hang on twice late in that game not to give up the tying TDs. Yea, nobody is ever going to do anything remotely like what L-L does.

By the way we scored 48 last year in our opener with our 2nd and 3rd string QB too. So for what thats worth.

By shane

September 4, 2007 7:14 PM | Link to this

chip,have we put any extra effort into our field goal blocking this weeK?this concerns me as the kicking game should be one of our strengths.south carolina always plays us close so i want to give our bomber a good shot if we need a fifty yarder.glad old tanner is better,he had made the two deep before getting hurt.another 300 pounder always helps on the line.

By Mr. Swollen

September 4, 2007 7:16 PM | Link to this

Last year was the only chance Spurrier will ever have at South Crakolina to beat the DAWGS and they snuffed him 18-0.

Let that big DAWG eat!

By Dark Corner Dawg

September 4, 2007 7:23 PM | Link to this

Todd A …look at it from this angle. Maybe the Dawgs are over due in openning a can of W A on those chickens. Never hurts to set high goals!!!!!!

By A-ville Ranger

September 4, 2007 7:33 PM | Link to this

Gmck4life What’s a ban wagon !!

By Mt PDawg

September 4, 2007 7:38 PM | Link to this

My favorite-“Why does Spurrier wear a visor”? Obviously to hide the circumcision scar.

By Gallant

September 4, 2007 7:43 PM | Link to this

Remember the look on C. Jenkins face when Pollack stripped the ball out of his hands in the end zone when the Dawgs played the Chickens in 2002? I want to see that same look on Spurriers face after the game this year. That I-just-got-schooled-and-don’t-understand-how look.

By SteveSuperior

September 4, 2007 7:47 PM | Link to this

Dawgs have had a few years off from their annual Spurrier whipping.

Vegas line is -5.5 last I checked. I think all Dawgs fans should take out a second mortgage and bet the entire amount on that line. That will make it even sweeter when you’re reading the AJC Sunday headline:

Spurrier is still our Daddy*

By Jerry Gray

September 4, 2007 8:06 PM | Link to this

I’m a dawg fan who lives in Columbia, so I get a solid dose of Gamecock optimism every year. One win and they’re ready for the SEC championship. I’ve got to say, though, that I’m concerned this year. Call it a gut feeling, but I’m concerned the Brinkley boys will ruffle the fighting chickens’ feathers and upset UGA in Athens. I’ve seen them hurt us before, and I’m afraid of this one. Stafford’s got to play well and the defense has to stop their run.

By NASCARfan

September 4, 2007 8:07 PM | Link to this

Here’s the thing:

Last year was the only year the following teams had any chance of beating UGA in for the forseable future: Ole’ Miss, Missy State, South Carolina, Georgia Tech, Vanderbilt, Kentucky, Clemson, Okie State, Oregon, Arizona State, Alabama, Arkansas, and Tennessee.

Now, some of those teams we didn’t play last year, and of the teams we played, only Tennessee, Vanderbilt, and Kentucky took advantage of our rebuilding year.

Please notice that South Carolina and Georgia Tech did not take advantage of the situation presented them, so they will continue to lose year after year to Mark Richt’s Dawgs as they whine and cry about it as well as talk smack that they haven’t earned the right to talk.

You had your chance, Lamecocks.

Here’s a suggestion: shut your dirty mouths until you’ve earned the right to open them.

Ann… you are obviously mentally handicapped, so I won’t make fun of you. But your parents should be shot for letting you play on the internet.

By BCD

September 4, 2007 8:07 PM | Link to this

To be frank, Steve… I’d take that line all day long, if I bet on games… That said, I don’t think we handle USC as easily as we did OSU. I do think we’ll pull it out late, and hopefully by 7 to 10.

BCD

By Gamecock Chrissy

September 4, 2007 8:17 PM | Link to this

USC has been in the top 10 of every recruiting poll that I’ve read this year(2007). Spurrier won an ACC championship at Duke, and they sure-as-hell don’t get recruits there. Mitchell, Boyd and Co. win a close one. Go Cocks

By wjpdcp

September 4, 2007 8:32 PM | Link to this

I’m afraid of what will happen if we win. Flake Mitchell might key the coaches vehicles!

By NASCARfan

September 4, 2007 8:32 PM | Link to this

Chrissy is as mentally handicapped even more than Ann.

What is it about the Lamecocks that attracts the mentally handicapped? I mean, we all know why Clemson attractds retards, but you would think an SEC school would be immune.

Then again, they’re not real SEC in Columbia. They’re late comers.

By CockynLauderdale

September 4, 2007 8:39 PM | Link to this

This game as we all know sets the tone for the rest of the year! Its been a lawwwwng minute since we sent Quincy Carter packing, but I beleive that USC is capable, the thing is will it be talent or screw ups that lead to the outcome. I think the Cocks can pull it off. I believe OSU was way overated. With us switching QBs every other play, we will give tha DAWGS all they can handle. An upset would be nice, but not predicting today. I will just watch from my flat screen, poolside in the Keys….Love Florida, not the Gators! I think we both will agree to that! Gooooooo COCKS ! BEAT UGA!

By Dark Corner Dawg

September 4, 2007 8:39 PM | Link to this

Gamecock Chrissy…. let me give you a clue about Spurrier winning a Championship at Duke in 1989. No FSU and it was the ACC. Can You SEE Clearly NOW ???????

By robbie

September 4, 2007 8:43 PM | Link to this

This is insane. just because usc had a bad game and uga had a good game. We didnt have our starting QB, starting gaurd, starting saftey, and jordin lindsey. Our defense is tough we just have to put people on the field that can tackle plus watch out for clifton geathers on the pass rush he will rock stafford remember he was going to UGA. so this whole blowout thing is retarded

By Dark Corner Dawg

September 4, 2007 8:43 PM | Link to this

NASCARfan… SH SH SH BE Quiet They ARE DELUSIONAL.

By Gamecock Chrissy

September 4, 2007 8:46 PM | Link to this

Why have a healthy discussion about SEC Football when we can just personally attack people. You, sir, are the man.

By robbie

September 4, 2007 8:59 PM | Link to this

thank you. USC had a bad game they dont play well against those offenses plus the o line is better and they were on UGa’s 1 yard line twice we can win this go cocks

By NASCARfan

September 4, 2007 9:01 PM | Link to this

Get back on your meds, girl.

We only want sane discussions about SEC Football. Sane.

By Rich

September 4, 2007 9:06 PM | Link to this

I could care less about either team but if UGA plays like they did against the Cowboys, The gamecocks will be in dumplings. If the dogs don’t; well let’s say it will be to close for comfort. Whether you like him or not Steve can coach and you can bet that the dogs will not see last weeks team this week. GO VOLS!!!!!!!!!

By Palmetto State Dawg

September 4, 2007 9:07 PM | Link to this

I agree with Dawg In Cola, SC’s comments. I live in Columbia as well, and they have had this game circled all summer. Don’t ready too much into that game that they had with La Laf….Look what Air Force did to Tenn last year, and look what Tenn did to us! Their defensive line is improved, and we must come out & block them well. Also, Dawg in Cola touched on Jasper Brinkley’s high ankle sprain. He aggravated it again in their game Sat. night, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he hurts it again in the game on Sat. I played football, and that is one nagging injury. Losing him would be huge, but they still have his twin brother. Their other linebacker, Paulk, won’t start because he did not play well in their first game. They’re going to start one of those Lindsey kids instead. The key in this game is going to be for the Dawgs to come out fired up! We, as fans, need to do the same. I’ll be there Saturday screaming my head off! GO DAWGS!

By Dawg44

September 4, 2007 9:10 PM | Link to this

Sure would be nice to hang another GOOSE EGG on the Ole Ball Coach… Man, I really don’t care for that guy at all. GO DAWGS !!

By robbie

September 4, 2007 9:10 PM | Link to this

It is sane its insane to say Georgia can roll over carolina because we had a bad hame. we have the players

By Dark Corner Dawg

September 4, 2007 9:18 PM | Link to this

Gamecock Chrissy…… Another Clue polls dont mean a damn thing until very last one. Ask the people at the Big House (Mich.)Past history dont mean much either, thats why the game is played every year I thought last year was gonna be the year for the chickens to beat us but no it was 18 to 0. here is an interesting stat. Every time Uga has shut out the the chickens the next year or next game results are as follows.. , 1) 40 - 0, 5 - 0. 2) 5 - 0, 10 - 5. 3) 39 - 0 , 14-0 4) 14 - 0, 37 - 0 5) 37 - 0 , 18-0 6) 18-0 , 13 - 7 7) 7-0, 21 - 0 8) 21-0, 21 - 20 9) 24-0, 54-14 10) 24 -0, 34-18 11 18 - 0 ,TBA

By CockynLauderdale

September 4, 2007 9:21 PM | Link to this

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……beat those UGA-LY DAWGS DOWN IN THE HEDGES! BRING IT HOME, BABY!

By robbie

September 4, 2007 9:31 PM | Link to this

CLIFTON GEATHERS, TRAVIAN ROBERTSON, LADI AJIBOYE, MARQUE HALL, ERIC NORWOOD

CORY BOYD MIKE DAVIS

GEATHERS IS A PASS RUSHER UGA LIKES TO THROW

By Auburn 01

September 4, 2007 9:31 PM | Link to this

UGA 45 The Evil Chicken 13

By Dark Corner Dawg

September 4, 2007 9:31 PM | Link to this

oh yeah forgot to mention…. all uga wins!!!!!! after shut outs

By A-ville Ranger

September 4, 2007 9:32 PM | Link to this

NASCARfan I hope your confidence in the team is justified.I worry about the interior of the O-line against the veteran SC D-line.As always against a Spurrier team the secondary will be tested.The corners and Kelin Johnson will need to be on their games. Back to the offensive side,looking at the success L L had running the option maybe Bobo could try some things to exploit those same areas.Does anybody know why Durham didn’t play last week ? having him and Chandler would open up some different kinds of plays.

By robbie

September 4, 2007 9:38 PM | Link to this

it wasnt really they killed us on the run well they did but it was mostly missed tackles solve that problem and we ok

By Gamecock Chrissy

September 4, 2007 9:48 PM | Link to this

NASCARfan : Maybe you should lay off the rock a little.

Dark Corner : Those have to be some of the most worthless stats ever in the history of ever.

Cocks > Mutts

By John R. Polito

September 4, 2007 9:52 PM | Link to this

Seems to be an awful lot of “hate” in these messages. Guys, it’s 11 young men on a field. Whether representing Georgia or SC they’re each going to give their all. One team will lose Saturday but every young man playing is already a winner. Sport isn’t about hate but love of competition. Yes, we each hope our team comes out on top. Yes, we hope none are seriously injured. But let’s savor excellence on both sides, relish the beauty of the energy and thought we’re about to see expended, and treat one and other with the respect and dignity we hope to see our players display.

Go Cocks! Go Dawgs! Let’s see your best!

John R. Polito A Gamecock Grad & Fan

By SOS

September 4, 2007 10:02 PM | Link to this

FLDawg suffering from sour stomach because he lives in GatorLand:

2-15 vs FL since ‘90 + + Worst minority admissions rate in Southeastern Conference + ‘07 recruiting class ranked behind SC + Ugly mutt with ice sack for his balls + Fair coach w/ Wal-Mart haircut =

UGAY

By David

September 4, 2007 10:08 PM | Link to this

Check out my Georgia website, hope it doesn’t disappoint.

http://fromthehedges.blogspot.com

By UGA-lee

September 4, 2007 10:20 PM | Link to this

The Game Is On!!!

By SamoanDawg

September 4, 2007 10:28 PM | Link to this

A-ville Ranger,

Kris Durham did play. Stafford didn’t look his way I don’t think or he was not open one.

How about that beautiful block by MoMass on Bruce Figgins’ TD.

Spurrier will probably go to the max pro but I doubt it. He likes to spread the field. Which I think he will use heaps of quick passes to slow our pass rushers. Our front four will dominate the line, if he tries to chunck it down field. That said, our linemen need to knock down some of those quick short passes. But first things first, we’ve got to shut down their running game regardless who the opponent is.

Our linebackers played superb! Brandon Miller finally stepped up. Just keep on rolling BigBaby!

Hey geechee, what up bra.

Go dawgs!

By SOS

September 4, 2007 10:30 PM | Link to this

I am one of those delusional SC fans who has decided to accept reality a little earlier this year after our lackluster win over L-L…A typical underwhelming SC performance at home against a lesser team.

Even if I chose to ignore our shortcomings on Saturday, it’s hard to discount the fact that our best defensive players are out (Emmanuel Cook) or hurt (Jasper Brinkley) and others who played well last year haven’t started the season off on the right foot (Rodney Paulk).

On the other hand, Georgia took care of business last week in convincing fashion.

Ugggh! I feel a whuppin comin!!!

I hope I’m wrong!!!

GO COCKS!!!

By Dark Corner Dawg

September 4, 2007 10:33 PM | Link to this

John R Polito… This is the football world .this is a blog where fans can communicate about their players, teams, and colleges. Yeah some can get pretty rude on here but thats life. I bet you are a person who would like to see school kids not play tag or dodge ball.Get a life and drink some Hawaiian Punch Its ok to be passionate about your Favorite Teams and if people get upset and let something bother them just because it was wriiten on a blog then they have issues that they need to deal withand get help.I think everyone knows that the young men put in a lot of effort and time to attend the great learnig Institutions across this great country of ours. These young men are not wimps either so lets cut out this touchy feely crapand play some football.

By Dark Corner Dawg

September 4, 2007 10:37 PM | Link to this

Gamecock Chrissy … Whatever.. do you need maps such as how to get to sanford stadium or to the state of GA.???

By CockynLauderdale

September 4, 2007 10:57 PM | Link to this

get dem dam dirty dawgs dis weekend dang nabbit! Yes, I lived in Georgia for 15 years! Gooooooooo COCKS! ‘Spurrr the Bullpups back in the dog house! BAWK BAWK! NASCAR Cheerleaders all chime in…….

By Joe

September 4, 2007 11:11 PM | Link to this

No. And no.

By Mathew Ciafaro

September 4, 2007 11:39 PM | Link to this

Yes I am back and now anti UGA. I want everyone to know how big of a GAMECOCK fan I am. I just love that visor that Spurrier wears. He looks so cute. I think it won’t be close. GOOO COCKS!

By MadMerf

September 4, 2007 11:44 PM | Link to this

I am not predicting a blowout win over the sickened chickens, not that we aren’t capable of the feat. It’s just that CMR simply will not let it happen. Remember the Auburn game last year? First and goal inside the ten with three minutes to play and Richt orders Stafford to take a knee four times, giving the ball back to the tigers with over a minute left!

It reminded me of the Sugar Bowl in 2002 when we played FSU and CMR’s mentor, Bobby Bowden. It was painfully obvious that Richt did everything he could to hold the score down against the outmanned Seminoles.

We saw more of the same against OSU on Saturday when we went ultra-conservative in the fourth quarter with the game well in hand. That is why we won’t run it up on the ‘cocks ala Spurrier, because CMR is too classy a guy and will never lower himself to SOS’s level.

With that said, I would love to see Bobo call a fumblerooskie double reverse hook and ladder with a 40 point lead during the last minute of the game. No sympathy whatsoever in Savannah.

MadMerf!

By Upstate SC

September 5, 2007 12:18 AM | Link to this

Well said Dark Corner. Mr Polito, I do not know where you hail from, but where I grew up in GA college football runs a close second to the Good Lord Himself. Yes we take it serious, but most of what is written on here is just good ole ribbing(that’s slang for kidding around). That being said, Div. 1 football is not just 18 to 22 yr olds having a little friendly competition. With the millions spent in advertising, endorsements, and TV time it is a lot more. Most of these talented young men will not see the field in the NFL, but I would hazard a guess that many of them would want the opportunity to get the chance someday. FYI. Oh yeah, GOOO DAWGS, and to hell with Spurrier!

By Da Gator

September 5, 2007 12:22 AM | Link to this

You GA fans seem to forget all the butt whoppin spurrier has given you over the years.. He will start to do it in SC once he get his team on the field..

By MadMerf

September 5, 2007 12:24 AM | Link to this

CockynLilCuba,

OSU was overrated??!! Last time I checked (before the season) OSU wasn’t ranked at all. And in the updated polls, I don’t see where SoCar is ranked either, even after that thorough whipping you guys put on the mighty Ragin’ Cajuns. Give ‘em credit, Spurrier did a masterful job of keeping the plays vanilla as thousands of gamecock fans pulled their hair out in Williams-Brice Stadium. Let’s hear ya talk some more, time is running out!

GO DAWGS!!!

Chip, a more appropriate headliner would’ve been “Spurrier: Cocks must stop beating themselves”.

By shane

September 5, 2007 12:52 AM | Link to this

hey dawgs,look for the long ball early.i think bobo and richt will want to put these guys away,not play’em,slay’em.it will be like au last year.we wanted to keep okie states o of the field,here the d is the main concern.i think we should break them early,pull out all the weapons.shock and awe!

By gamecock kevin

September 5, 2007 1:13 AM | Link to this

lots of smack talkin on here from a uga team who choked terribly last year in SEC conference games

gamecocks win a close one - 21-20 stafford throws 3 picks

By ConyersDawg

September 5, 2007 1:21 AM | Link to this

A-ville Ranger, what are you talking about?

Your 1st entry you say “The one thing we’ve never had under Richt and as of last week still don’t is a dependable deep threat.The potential is there with Stafford to Bailey or Henderson but the timing and accuracy of Stafford and a receiver getting open down field and CATCHING the ball just hasn’t materialized yet.” then you say maybe Bobo will run some option this week because LL had success. Dude, you don’t run the option with Stafford at QB. We just need to execute our offense which we are doing fine!

I guess you missed the long balls to Fred Gibson and Reggie Brown. I guess you missed DJ Shockley’s senior season too. (SEC champ. he threw 2 bombs to Bailey, bring back any memories?)

The reason we didn’t try for the long ball was o-line protection. They were protecting Stafford and using plays we knew we could be successful at executing. As the season goes the playbook will open more and the o-line be trusted to block for the long ball. I would not be shocked to see them try it this weekend.

By Sloppy

September 5, 2007 1:24 AM | Link to this

We have some OL issues but we still will CRUSH sc!!

By A-ville Ranger

September 5, 2007 2:26 AM | Link to this

ConyersDawg I didn’t mean we should run the option.The first entry you quoted was from 3.53 pm.I’m not sure what it had to do with the option thing.My 9.32 pm post was the one about the option.If you read carefully I said we should try to exploit the weakness in the SC defense not with an option attack,just the same areas in other ways.If I was Bobo,I’d look at video and try to see WHERE more than how L.L. got to them.Maybe the SC defense was out of position or maybe they’re just weak in an area.You can attack the same point in different ways.I hope that was helpful..GO DAWGS !!

By A-ville Ranger

September 5, 2007 2:38 AM | Link to this

ConyersDawg easy on the coffee fella.Gibson and Brown were never reliable for any catch and certainly not the long ball.Shockley had a great senior season but not with the deep pass.Stafford had a good game last week but the one area he was off was the long passes.He has a huge arm but he hasn’t been able to fully utilize it yet.I think he will…I’m guessing soon, but he hasn’t as of now.

By heeldom05

September 5, 2007 2:51 AM | Link to this

lots of talkin how gamecocks dont have the talent like hes used to when they had a top 5 recruiting class this year and a really strong last year, and option teams are always trouble due to the fact they are rare. and dont think ga is deeper than sc either sc can go all night changin d line out and is like that on most positions except maybe o line. which ga is young at also which could potentially be disastrous for ga due the the size of carolina’s lb’s and linemen. matthew stafford is most likely going to be harrassed all night so this wont be even close to a blow out for ga. one of other thing to look for that sc needs is a wide rec. to step up and compliment mck. or take over the go to spot all together. also watch for the name culliver if utilized right the guys a tremendous athlete. cocks 28 ga 21

By CF Fan

September 5, 2007 2:58 AM | Link to this

I think of lot of UGA fans posting on here are underestimating USC. UGA will have to bring their “A” game to beat USC, and I think they can but they could just as easily lose. It’ll probably be a close game like it’s been many times the past few yrs. I believe the UGA-USC game will be a battle for at least 2nd place in the SEC East.

By RoosterEnvy

September 5, 2007 4:26 AM | Link to this

Don’t let the stats fool you from Saturday…Spurrier just used enough plays to win. Vanilla was the flavor of choice. He’s got lots left for the Dawggies.

By heeldawg

September 5, 2007 4:54 AM | Link to this

One last time:

1. Spurrier knew he could win against La-La and held back on offense. He said he was going to do so in pregame—no big mystery there.

2. Georgia is not going to run any option plays with Matt Stafford unless Mike Bobo has somehow contracted encephalitis. So USC’s difficulties with the option are not relevant.

3. The Dawgs are going to have to continue to get Moreno, Wilson, Henderson, etc. to catch the ball in space. That takes some of the pressure off of the offensive line, which is talented but green (and still learning the playbook).

4. This game is the season for the Gamecocks. They’ve been preparing for it all summer. Spurrier rightfully recognizes that the road to an SEC East title goes through Athens.

I anticipate that the Dawgs will be ready. This team seems tight and level-headed, like their coach. They don’t have wild emotional swings. Despite the team’s relative youth, they are very businesslike in their approach to games and seem to be having fun right now. Team chemistry is excellent.

I anticipate that the Gamecocks will come out fired up, determined to prove that last week was a fluke. It’ll be close early. But Georgia is the better-coached team, and has more talent. That will show as the game progresses. The Dawgs will pull away late and win by 7-10 points.

By reality check

September 5, 2007 5:33 AM | Link to this

South Carolina is much better than Oklahoma State. What happened last week against LaLa means nothing. They were looking ahead and we will see a very different bunch Saturday I assure you.

All the blog talk about throwing the ball all over the place is fine. However, the wild shootout games with South Carolina were in the 1970’s. Since then the rivalry has been about the running game, more specifically about run defense.

South Carolina has not been able to consistently defend the run under Spurrier. That could change this year. For the first time under Spurrier their front 7 looks like a legitimate SEC defense.

Georgia’s defense this year looks to be even better than last year’s top ten defense. I liked our linebacker play and defensive line depth against a very good Oklahoma State offense, and our secondary is one of the best.

We are much better on offense than last year. I don’t believe I saw a hole like the one Sturdivant opened on our first offensive play all last year. Both Stafford and the wide receivers appear greatly improved.

We should win, but it could be close. A 30 point win would be great, but a 1 point win would be fine with me too.

By Johnson is a Johnson

September 5, 2007 6:09 AM | Link to this

If we play junkyard stile defense and catch passes, we win. If we stick in a few long ones, it could be hard one for the cocks.

By BullDawg Rick

September 5, 2007 7:53 AM | Link to this

SOS is getting SC ‘close’ but not this season!!

Dawgs Win, Dawgs Win, Dawgs Win!!!

By Cocky Kim

September 5, 2007 8:47 AM | Link to this

I have today off, but it’s amazing how many Georgia fans were responding during business hours yesterday…must be because they don’t have real jobs! That’s the UGA education for ya!

And to the person that called our mascot obnoxious…thanks, we like it that way! And hey, we may not win the game, but we will be fans to the end!

Go Cocks!

By Lee in S. GA

September 5, 2007 8:52 AM | Link to this

Gamecocks always play the Dawgs tough. Georgia seems to own them however, and I predict a low scoring affair. I say 17-13 Georgia wins.

By SC Wright

September 5, 2007 9:07 AM | Link to this

You guys are a bunch of haters. Can’t stand any one else to succeed. I really would loved to hear any Dawg’s mouth when UGA loses. If you recall, SC had close games with a couple teams they should of blew out but at the same time they nearly won against FLA, AUB, ARK , Tenn, and won their last 3 ball games including their bowl game. Think about it, why would I show you everything I got right before I play you? Why not hold back a little and then when we play you give you some else. Holtz did it to you and dont be suprised it Spurrier does it too.

By gdawginkalamazoo

September 5, 2007 9:31 AM | Link to this

Our DB’s get 5 picks this game.

geechee, LMAO! nice rip on Miss SC.

I was nervous about this game before last week. Not anymore. I know that SOS held back last week but not enough for us this year.

By Wes

September 5, 2007 9:35 AM | Link to this

TC,

A lot of that #4 recruiting class rank for South Carolina had to do with the QB commit they got, Steven Garcia is his name I believe.

Anyway, last I heard he had been arrested twice since being on campus…sounds like a great recruiting class to me.

By Bill King

September 5, 2007 9:42 AM | Link to this

My name is Bill King. I got this goofy looking UGA shirt at WalMart. It wasn’t even on sale.

Hey Dawg fans. Lot’s of opinions being shared. I like it. Hey! Who’s ready for the game this weekend? I am. Want to know why? My sweetie surprised me last night with the UGA fanny pack!!!

That’s right, dawgs. That will be me in the Wal Mart UGA shirt, Lee brand Jean shorts, and black fanny pack with the ‘G’ logo being worn slightly to the side for easy access.

After all, nothing says “I AM A HUGE FAN OF THE DAWGS” and “Most UGA fans couldn’t find Athens on a map” like a middle-aged white guy wearing a fanny pack.

See you guys this weekend!

Yours,

Bill

By Mark

September 5, 2007 9:58 AM | Link to this

Beware. For those who take solice in the ULL game, I hope you watched and know the facts. Who played, how much, etc. They don’t call him the Evil Genius for nothing. He has been awaiting this moment since spring ball. The time is drawing near. Also, for those who STILL believe Spurrier cannot recruit. Number 4 in the nation this year. He has also said over and over this is the best conditioned team to EVER take the field at Carolina. For those who have seen Carolina in the past, you will be pleasantly, or not so much, surprised by their size and speed this year. Also remember this is Cory Boyd and Jasper’s last chance to beat UGA. They will not be denied. See you on Saturday.

By Ben

September 5, 2007 9:59 AM | Link to this

heeldog,

Apparently you don’t remember the Auburn game a few years ago where DAVID GREENE ran the option. Believe me, if Bobo and crew believe it can be exploited, they certainly will. Otherwise look for them to exploit some other area of the defense.

A-ville Ranger,

You are seriously mistaken. Stafford’s ability to throw the long ball is among the best in the nation and the coaches will tell you the same (unless there are a few others that can throw it 50 yards on a frozen rope…) His inability to throw the long ball is because he’s checked off the main deep target because they have not had a chance to break open before the line collapses! In order to throw the deep ball, ESPECIALLY on play-action, you need extremely solid blocking and the ability to hold a rush. The coaches aren’t going to start running double deep seams until that protection comes around. It’s not Stafford’s fault… if anything Stafford is being smart, because he’s not letting loose of the ball on a fly route before he should. Four times in the Ok. St. game I saw play-action, Stafford look immediately to the deep reciever, but saw coverage, and as soon as the pocket started to collapse he looked oof to some medium curls and up and outs.

Just watch the SC game. If the line has a play where they protect extremely well, giving Stafford as much time as he needs, I guarantee he’ll drop a bomb PROVIDED the receiver isn’t double covered. When Stafford has time to set his feet and look downfield he will be one of the most dangerous quarterbacks in the nation.

By Gen Neyland

September 5, 2007 10:21 AM | Link to this

geechee, zoo

Miss South Carolina appears to be a product of the modern day public educational system. No wonder we Americans are out-sourcing…At least she didn’t say,” China is the capitol of Idaho, the largest manufacturing state of goods sold at Wal-Mart “…Now back to football, please…

By Gamecock CA

September 5, 2007 10:25 AM | Link to this

It will be fun to watch you delusional Dawg fans eat crow. Thank God, I only have to wait till Saturday. By the way, 1980 was a long time ago!

By BigDawg

September 5, 2007 10:28 AM | Link to this

CocyKim…let see, you have the day off and choose to spend your time trolling a UGA blogsite? Maybe you should have gone to work. You obviously have less of a life than we have jobs. You are not really relying on Mitchell to get SC anywhere are you?

Maybe you guys can atleast get on the board this year! I am not predicting a blow out but UGA spanks you by 10. Steve S. is just another chicken in a visor.

GO DAWGS!!!

By AltamahaDawg

September 5, 2007 10:31 AM | Link to this

You fellow crack me up hedging your bets in here about SC.

yea, yea, yea, they are better, we can’t overlook them, they could beat us. You know what, go ahead and cut and paste that for every SEC game we have this year. Obviously thats true every week. (and pleeze stop this whole “we better not be too confident”.We are the fans, our confidence, or lack of, doesnt trandsend to the team, they know what to expect and do) Doesnt everyone know its all in doubt till its not? Do we really need the drama?

Bottom line, we should win, we most prabably will. Sc will beat us at some point based on pure math, but drawn out on a chart, it should not be saturday. If so , its becauue we screwed up too many times.

As to last week comparison. Yes Sc “D” is better than OSU, BUT UGA “D” is how many times better than La-la? Ok Sc played vanilla, but thier vanilla had issues. Our vanilla put up a half a hundred on a pretty good team. Ask this, what would we have done this past weekend playing La_la? Thats prabably a bettter comparison. So spurrier held back? So much so he let lil ol nobody put that game in doubt late in the 4th qrt? Boy was that bold. I dont buy that whole “option” excuss. So there is nothing that can be seen, no possible way to exploit the things that they did? You dont have to run a pure option or call it an option, to find ways to find mismatchess and use misdirections, which is all an option is. All last week proved is that SC could struggle against something, not prove they would be better against something else.

If you apply that same logic to us, we aught crush SC, since OSU had a quazi-option capable offence too. And we DID manage to shut it down, no excusses.

I dont care what kind of an offence La-la ran, you can’t be challanging for the SEC and have a small school take you deep into the 4th quarter and threaten inside your 5 yr line TWICE.

So spurrier is going to open the playbook and have a better team than last week? Does anyone really think we played as well as we could? Does anyone think we arent going to be improved in week 2? How much of our offence did we use? All that cancels out.

All things being equal, they play to potential, we play to potential…..its not in doubt.

By BCD

September 5, 2007 10:33 AM | Link to this

Mark re ’ They don’t call him the Evil Genius for nothing. He has been awaiting this moment since spring ball.’ It isn’t that we don’t think SOS is trying for a Rope a Dope game, it is just that CMR isn’t fooled. We expect a MUCH better team to show up against us than showed up against ULL. We’ll be ready.

BCD

By gdawginkalamazoo

September 5, 2007 10:46 AM | Link to this

Mark, Yes he is the evil genius. No denying that and I am certain that he will have something special for us this year.

Gamecock CA, although I am an enthusiastic Dawg fan and love my team to no end, I will be the first to fire up that grill and barbecue that crow. After losing to Vandy and KY last year losing to SC won’t be that tough a crow eat. After all you guys are supposed to be getting better with a far superior coach to most in the SEC.
I don’t know what this year has to do with 1980 but if you are talking NC’s then NEVER is like so much even a longer time ago! Like almost such as long as dinosaurs ago! As Miss SC would put it.

By gamecockgary

September 5, 2007 11:13 AM | Link to this

think it is really humurous how georgia fans are comparing the game ones…we used it as a basic scrimmage as you let it all hang out….THE TRUE GAMECOCK will come betweent the twigs saturday and do a number on the puppies…keep looking at past years…after saturday it will only be a memory!!!SOUTH CAROLINA RULES!!!

By shadon williams

September 5, 2007 11:19 AM | Link to this

no i do not think the gamecocks will ever beat uga. they are my favorite team i been watching them all my life.

By AltamahaDawg

September 5, 2007 11:19 AM | Link to this

Mark, I dont doubt any of those things are true, might be the best SC team in years. The problem is that every thing you say about SC can also be said about UGA, faster, more athletic, best offseason conditioning ever. Major skill players. We also have a few seniors who are equally motivated not to ever lose to SC.

Week 2 , your team may look better. Guess what?

That team you struggled with opened at LSU last year and scores 3 POINTS. I wonder if LSU was substituting liberally as well. TX A&M held them to 7 point and less than 200 yrd once again. Several other powerhouses line La-Monroe, and (fill in the blanks) managed just fine. Yea that “option” was dynomite!

Keep on beleiveing that Stevie boy was just playing possum to let that game go to the wire, if that makes you feel better.

We all have certainly noticed the recruiting improving.

By S. Williams

September 5, 2007 11:20 AM | Link to this

no i do not think the gamecocks will ever beat uga. they are my favorite team i been watching them all my life.

By S. Will

September 5, 2007 11:22 AM | Link to this

no, i do not think that the gamecocks will ever beat UGA. they just aint the team to do it.

By AltamahaDawg

September 5, 2007 11:23 AM | Link to this

Excuse me gary. we let it hang out? oh my! I mean, uh yea, you caught us. Thats was all we had. We scraped all that stuff we were doing way back in the spring. Just cover Tony Wilson and you’ll win it going away.

By A-ville Ranger

September 5, 2007 11:33 AM | Link to this

Ben Do you guys actually READ the words ? I make it clear Stafford has the arm.My point is he hasn’t done it yet in a game.I think he will but thinking and doing are two different things.In game situations his accurracy and timing hasn’t come together yet on the deep routes.With his arm, when he gets it right,if the receiver has time to get downfield, he should be able to get the ball there.The value of having a big arm isn’t throwing it eighty yards it’s making all the throws in game situations.Game situations by definition limits your time to set up.For the last time I think he’ll do it,but he hasn’t yet.

By truedawg

September 5, 2007 11:37 AM | Link to this

Its funny that all you Gamecox fans think that your going to beat us……Since The COXSUCKER (my favorite t-shirt ever) has been in SC we are 5-0. And i am also a proud founding member of the FOC!!! GO DAWGS!!!

By Wes

September 5, 2007 11:39 AM | Link to this

Crap, I just laughed so hard at lamecockgary’s last post that a little bit of pee came out.

Do you really think we would “let it all hang out” for the first game of the year…against an unranked non-conference opponent…the week before the conference opener?

I can only hope the football knowledge of Spurrier’s staff is as vast as that of the South Carolina fan base.

By gdawginkalamazoo

September 5, 2007 11:39 AM | Link to this

Everybody please remember that this is Bobo’s first game as OC against the visored one. If I recall he was part of those Geargia teams that SOS routinely embarrassed. I think that Bobo will be working extremely hard on this game plan. From his last three games as OC he will make this one count and big time.

Anybody else dislike that stupid poll today regarding Stafford? If he doesn’t win either one of those he would just be considered another Peyton. Which isn’t a bad thing but I think even Peyton wanted some hardware from college and either one of those would have validated his college career as one of the best ever. As good as he was he is still remembered as theone who couldn’t win the big one.

By Hunk Erdown

September 5, 2007 11:41 AM | Link to this

You gotta love the Gamecrock fans. Fantastic dedication in the face of futility, its just that the fans write checks that their team can’t cash. Will they get better with more solid recruiting? Heck yeah, but UGA would have to stop recruiting for it to mean anything. That’s where the real battle is. As long as we can cross the border and snatch all american recievers out from under SOS’s nose, after we went to Texas, Missouri, etc. to snatch QBs out from under their collective noses how will USC ever better us when it comes to talent?

Upsets DO happen and that is the only way USC beats us. If we come out flat, unfocused, USC has a chance, but that is because we beat ourselves… the ONLY way USC beats us for many more years to come. The allure and drama of the “Evil Genuis” is hype and propaganda, the game will be played by well trained atheletes on the gridiron that don’t give a crap who is under the flying visor on the sideline… But you just gotta love those Gamecock fans… I probably would have commited suicide by now.

By Pitbull

September 5, 2007 11:47 AM | Link to this

Wasn’t Spurrier the same guy who said when he got to Florida that “we’ve got to get Miami back on the schedule?” That didn’t happen either, did it? I wonder why.

By Gen Neyland

September 5, 2007 11:56 AM | Link to this

Steve Spurrier, The Man and His Mission…I’ll get this out of the way. Some years back, UT played UF the same way UGA played UT last year. We were rolling…then came the second half and Coach Steve’s Gators crunched us by hanging 62 total points on us by the end of the game…Ouch…The man, on a good day, could squeeze blood out of a turnip. As much as I dislike him for his ability to own us, much like Fulmer has to UGA over his tenure at UT, I do respect him for his coaching. He knows how to get the most out of his guys. He is the twelfth man where ever he goes. He took the USC job for many reasons, but the one that looms large in my eyes is to show the football world he’ll get done what Holtz couldn’t. That’s the ego of Coach Steve. IF he should happen to pull off an upset this weekend against UGA as HC at USC, in his eyes, it will atone for the past losses to the Dawgs…The game within the game will be Spurrier against Bobo, Spurrier against Martinez…UGA faces it’s second test of the year. An unranked opponent but an opponent within the conference/division which many of the football world still sees as a non-test. Personally, I see any SEC contest as worthy of Game Of The Week, especially one that involves the mind and ego of the spurious one, Coach Steve…

By Hunk Erdown

September 5, 2007 11:59 AM | Link to this

This is the one week every year that I like to crank up the old phongraph and play the Ballad of Roho, by Archie Campbell. Probably not many of you out there old enough to remember, but it is a classic. Look up the words on the web for a good laugh.

By JimmyG

September 5, 2007 12:04 PM | Link to this

Settle Down Cocks. It has been two years since you have even scored against UGA. Problem for you is this is the fastest and most talented defense the Dawgs have put on the field since 2003 with the likes of Sean Jones, Odell, Thomas Davis, and Pollack. Last year was the year to be confident. With the athletic ability this D showed last week against the best offense they will face all year, this could be a long day for the chickens.

By A-ville Ranger

September 5, 2007 12:05 PM | Link to this

Ben —- Regarding the OSU game,I think Stafford managed the game very well.I definitely prefer the way he played to chucking it up time after time and connecting on a few but turning the ball over.Sometimes we just see the parts that irritate us.I mentioned last season that what really makes his arm special isn’t chucking it 70 yds it’s throwing it 40 on a flat trajectory.There were only 3 or so times where the play was there last week but Stafford misfired.Like Richt pointed out though, when he missed he missed where the defense couldn’t get to it….that’s a very good thing.

By Gen Neyland

September 5, 2007 12:13 PM | Link to this

zoo

Didn’t Manning win the SEC Championship game in 1997..? and yeah, he lost out to who was it and where is he now, Ryan Leaf, for the Heisman..? But no, he won no NC’s…But haven’t I read here that the SEC title trumps NC’s to us SEC’ers..?

By dawgfacedboy

September 5, 2007 12:17 PM | Link to this

Stafford won last year but he did not play real well. The only way we should lose is if we beat ourselves. I don’t see Blake Mitchell leading the less talented Cocks into Athens to a victory. That being said, you can never overlook anyone, especially the Ol’ Ball Coach!! Let’s run, run, run that ball boys and set up Stafford for the big ones!!! GO DAWGS!!!

By Cuz

September 5, 2007 12:42 PM | Link to this

Sorry gang. I have tried to keep the henhouse door shut from my observation post on the Savannah River, but them dang hens keep getting out. Oh well, we just have to put up with them for a few more days and then they will take their moral victory and go home. I wonder where the USC Moral Victory Hall of Fame is at on the USC Campus. I would like to visit it when we go to Columbia for the chicken barbeque next year.

By georgiagirl

September 5, 2007 12:43 PM | Link to this

Let me open this with GO DAWGS!!!! And now I do believe that the Dawgs will be ready for the Cocks. But I do not believe any of the s* that the old ball couch say about his team and I do know that he is trying hard to set up the Dawgs so that they do believe that his teams, sucks and then try to surpise us in the second half. Because his is a snake in the grass A!! So that said the DAWGS HAVE TO BE READY AND STAY STRONG ALL FOUR QUARTERS. SO, THE SAME GOES FOR THIS SATURDAY NO BOOING, BE LOUD AND PROUD AND WEAR RED. LET THE BULLDOGS NATION BE SEEN AND HEARD ACROSS THE STATE LIKE LAST SATURDAY. LET THEM HEAR YOU ALL THE WAY BACK TO COLUMBIA, SC. MAKE THE SEATS MOVE LIKE LAST SAT. YOU WERE HEARD ALL OVER THE STATE, BECAUSE THERE WERE MORE OF US NOT AT THE GAME THAT WERE LOUD TOO, SO DON’T FORGET WE WILL MAKE NOISE ALL AROUND THE STATE. GO DAWGS, BIG RED AND BLACK, SIC”EM

By Dark Corner Dawg

September 5, 2007 12:43 PM | Link to this

Looks like were getting an influx of delusional lamechicken fans in here. Even SUCH AS one named Gamecock Kim with the day off I PERSONALLY BELIEVE.

By Stafford

September 5, 2007 12:45 PM | Link to this

Hey…do any of you intelligent and rich UGA alumni know when they are going to build an indoor practice faciltiy for me so me and Joe C. can have tickle piles together in private? I hate when everyone tries to watch our tickle piles…

By Dark Corner Dawg

September 5, 2007 12:49 PM | Link to this

Hey Gamecock CA. I dont know about eating crow but chicken tastes pretty good when you do it right and yes even all the way back to 1980! May i ask were is the chickens NC plate of honor????

By irmogamecock

September 5, 2007 12:58 PM | Link to this

Boy you Dawg fans are cocky as he!!

By Dark Corner Dawg

September 5, 2007 12:59 PM | Link to this

hey Stafford dont worry about that indoor facility, just concentrate on beating the Cocks(no pun intended) this weekend!GO DAWGS!!!!

By I-DOG

September 5, 2007 1:00 PM | Link to this

Austin Dog and physics Dawg:

ESPN is a virutual monopoly or at least an ologopoly (spelling?). They don’t have to change a thing because where else are you going to watch UGA on TV? It isn’t like you can choose to watch a TBS or HBO broadcast of the game in it’s entirety… so you as a consumer are forced to take what they give you.

The solution would be a simple one, if they cared about what is important to the viewing public:

That is all it would take to satisfy college football fans.

By CockLover

September 5, 2007 1:01 PM | Link to this

The Gamecocks played a conservative game again Lafayette. Gamecock fans have no idea what our team is really like this year because Spurrier showed nothing. Get ready for some suprises Georgia fans! Spurrier has the talent this year and he is the best coach in the country! USC 24 UGA 20

By Dark Corner Dawg

September 5, 2007 1:06 PM | Link to this

Hey irmogamecock you must be really delusional!!!! calling dawg fans cocky… Have another glass of Hawaiian Punch!!!!!

By Dark Corner Dawg

September 5, 2007 1:09 PM | Link to this

Hey Cocklover you male or female and please dont tell us that you have a wide stance!!

By BigGCock

September 5, 2007 1:14 PM | Link to this

I live in Dunwoody,GA and know quite a few arrogant UGAy fans. I know UGAy always has talent and usually wins 9 or more games but I need someone to tell me how many National Titles Coach Richt has won at UGAy?

For some of you delusional UGAy fans, Spurrier was rated #1 coach by the entire National Media. Granted he didn’t sign-up for an overnight job, so it will take another year. But when he gets this thing going, it will tilt the game of college football…again, like he did at UF when he used to regularly pull a Vick on the bulldogs.

It’s only 3 days till we take all of this wasted talk to the field. Let’s see who hits who in the mouth.

By cocks in UGA no-no

September 5, 2007 1:14 PM | Link to this

The Cocks will win enough said have a nice day and I look forward to watching the upset :)

By Lowcountry Bulldawgs

September 5, 2007 1:21 PM | Link to this

Its funny how dillusional C** fans can be. Steve Spurrier making USC the next UF, thats funny. This Saturady once again they will be brought down to earth just like the OSU fans who jumped on this board never to return again. Have fun this week talking and enjoy your misery come Sunday morning.

By Dark Corner Dawg

September 5, 2007 1:23 PM | Link to this

Hey BigCock is your brain on Viagra. how many years did it take Spurrier to win a National Championship and dont forget he coached at DuKe as well. Let see How many NC does USC have including all Sports? 1 Maybe??? You get the TOP Delusional Fan AWARD Congratulations!!!

By Gamecock Chrissy

September 5, 2007 1:35 PM | Link to this

Mitchell going to come in and throw lights out. buh-bye mutts

By gdawginkalamazoo

September 5, 2007 1:36 PM | Link to this

General, I am a Peyton fan and was more than disappointed when that poser from Michigan Woodson had the Heisman given to him. Yes as SEC’ers we all know that is one important game but IMO it still doesn’t trump an NC. You have to have it to get to the NC though.

Most of you SC fans think we are dissing SOS. I don’t understand that. I haven’t seen a post by a Dawg that says that SOS can’t coach. Matter of fact most of the post indicate what SOS is capable of and how good he really is on the college level. Tricks, straight up brilliantly designed plays that work every time, hard nose plays that get the yardage. He is capable and one of the best if not the best. His desire to win at anything is second to none. We don’t doubt your coach for one minute, it would be your talent. Who is your starting QB again?

By gator the dog catcher

September 5, 2007 1:38 PM | Link to this

General - Just having a little fun. You’re right, we enemy bloggers need to stick together. I really don’t think that Phil is phat…..well yeah I do, but he is a good coach. Maybe we can charter a Les Miles club? I’m open for suggestions.

By A-ville Ranger

September 5, 2007 1:49 PM | Link to this

Man this has degenerated to degeneracy.SC please find another name,you may as well call yourselves the fightin’ Dicks.By the way I used to live in Greenville SC and I have some good friends in the area.

By Lady Gamecock

September 5, 2007 2:17 PM | Link to this

Wow, you dawg fans are delusional…I hope you go into this game viewing us as a patsy…And we rip you a new one. Just like you viewed Vandy and Kentucky last year:)The delusional part shouldn’t hurt your feelings, b/c dawg fans act like the a s s lickers they are.

We played our 2nd and 3rd string QBs and rotated out every other position for most of the game against LALA. You nor I have seen NOTHING YET! We will see it this weekend. And do remember Mitchell is the same guy who sat out a good amount last year, and came back to put on a QB clinic…I will be proud to see him do the same to UGAy.

The entire SEC needs to put (and would gladly enjoy) a sock in the mouth of the dawgs…

By JimmyG

September 5, 2007 2:30 PM | Link to this

Yeah - I just checked it again South Carolina still hasn’t scored against UGA in 2 years.

Ok, on a serious note. Is there any S.C. fan that can provide me with ONE reasonable argument as to why they have the advantage in this game? All joking aside (Mitchell is back) (Brinkley brothers, who UGA turned down and shut down last year) where does S.C. have an advantage?

By Lowcountry Bulldawgs

September 5, 2007 2:31 PM | Link to this

18-0……just like last year Lady Gamecock. You are right.

By AltamahaDawg

September 5, 2007 2:38 PM | Link to this

Lady, who said patsy? Heck, you cant debate us unless you at least acknowledge our comments correctly. Plenty of folks before you have tried to put word in our (post) and then tell us how wrong they are. Ha. Nice tactic.

BTW vandy riped us a new one , but we ripped you a new one, Hmmm what does that say? By your logic, Vandy will rip you a new one this year?

I’ll ask again…….both teams likely didnt show much but we made vanilla look good, against a far better team than you struggled with. So tell me one more time. We are both improved… have shown nothing, beat you there, you come here now…I’m not being “delutional”, I’m just asking, how does that equate to SC winning now.

I do agree any team in the SEC would enjoy beating us. Thats kinda the nature of the deal.

ps. Dont fool yourself to think the rest of the SEC wouldn’t enjoy beating your coach.

I will be looking forward to your very non-delutional responce as to why exactly SC will have the advantage this year.

By Mayretta_Dawg

September 5, 2007 2:39 PM | Link to this

Lady Gamecock, You call us delusional??!! Yep, Vandy and KY did beat us last year but how often does that happen? Answer: About as many times as SC has EVER in its pathetic existence been to a bowl game… Beat us one out of six years, you get NO RESPECT. Beat us 15 out of 17 (ala FL), you got our attention. Tell me, after SOS who will be your next coach “to lead you to the promised land.” LOL!!!

By Wes

September 5, 2007 2:45 PM | Link to this

Oh come on Lady Gamecock, now you’re just being ridiculous. I would hardly call what he did last year a “passing clinic.” He threw for 40 more yards than Matthew Stafford, who was a true freshman and splitting time with two other QB’s for a good portion of the season.

Besides, we all know the reason he “sat out a good amount” was because your wide receiver was a better QB than your QB was. Come to think of it…I’m pretty sure Syvelle Newton threw more TD’s than Blake Mitchell anyway.

By georgiagirl

September 5, 2007 2:48 PM | Link to this

Well no know who will win, but it will be a great game. And as for Mitchell alot of us know of him around Georgia, (he has always be cocky) his moods are what has got him, not the team or SOS. And as far as calling UGA fans cocky, lets get real who’s blog are you on and you call us UGAY. I have seen alot of names with c** on it, that can be took in real bad way, must love yourself, that small. But no one knows what in store for this Sat. But please all you COCKS enjoy those names.

By Mayretta_Dawg

September 5, 2007 2:50 PM | Link to this

Serious question for Gamecock fans: How often at UF did SOS hold back in his gameplanning? He blew out everyone in his path but that is not the case at USc. If he is “holding back” I find it sad he has to use smoke and mirrors in faking out the opponent. Doesn’t say too much for your “talent” now does it? Was your Defense also holding back and not showing us anything? They did an excellent job there!!! LOL!

By gdawginkalamazoo

September 5, 2007 3:06 PM | Link to this

I was a lot more fearful about playing OSU. I mean they did have an excellent offense. Couple of WR’s that could hang with anybody, an excellent RB (actually two of them) and a QB that could run and throw. As we all know coaching can play a big difference in the game and I think our OC will be the big difference.

By jdbfs

September 5, 2007 3:19 PM | Link to this

I think UGA will win a close one at home but I hope I am wrong about that. Since many of you dawg fans are good at living in the past, it might help you to study your history before posting ridiculous scores saying UGA will blow out USC. For some of you fans, you are realistic about the game and I appreciate that. In looking at this decade (since this is one of the most successful decades UGA has had), take a look at the average margin of victory for either side. The margin is 10 points and that includes a 24 point win in 2003 and 18 points last year. UGA only averages 16.8 ppg against USC - the least amount against any SEC team except Florida (16.2 ppg). USC and UF are the only two SEC teams in which UGA has played 3 times or more this decade that has not given up more than 31 points to UGA. Since 1987, UGA has scored 31 points or more against USC 3 times. Two of those, UGA scored exactly 31 points. I can’t say whether USC will win or not but we have the talent and experience. And if history is any indication, this will be a relatively low scoring, close game.

By jdbfs

September 5, 2007 3:23 PM | Link to this

georgial girl, no offense but the whole ‘C**’ thing is our mascot, not some arrogance or vulgar thing. At least it isn’t for most of us. I have traveled all over the country and now live in CA. It is other people that turn our mascot into an offensive thing. Saying ‘GO COCKS’ for us is no different to us than you saying GO DAWGS.

By Gamecock Chrissy

September 5, 2007 3:24 PM | Link to this

Didn’t Stafford throw twice as many interceptions as he did touchdowns last year? Yea, awesome QB.

By Mayretta_Dawg

September 5, 2007 3:38 PM | Link to this

Gamecock Chrissy: Didn’t that same QB beat USc as a true freshman last year as well as finish the season with W’s against top 25 teams against Auburn, GT and VT? Your win vs. Clemson (finally!) is kinda lacklsuter after they got throttled by KY in their bowl game. And what a great quality win vs. that powerhouse University of Houston team in your bowl game!!! Go Cocks!

By Wes

September 5, 2007 3:42 PM | Link to this

Hey Chrissy,

18-0 sweetheart.

By Dark Corner Dawg

September 5, 2007 3:47 PM | Link to this

Lady Gamecock and Chrissy its time to wake up and drink your Hawaiian Punch and please lay off the Viagra iits making your brains swell which isnt good for you two

By jdbfs

September 5, 2007 3:56 PM | Link to this

Mayretta Dawg, Stafford was the 86th ranked QB in the NCAA last year. He threw 3 INTs against USC. In those 3 ‘big wins’ against Auburn, GT, and VT his passer rating for those games was 88.7. Stafford’s passer rating against those three teams in your big wins was lower than it was the other 10 games of the year!!! His avg passer rating of 88.7 would have put him dead last in the NCAA if that was his average for the whole season! UGA forced 10 TOs in those 3 games and scored 2 defensive TDs. UGA won those games IN SPITE OF STAFFORD. not because of him! And as far as our win against Houston, that same Houston team bit the OK St team you just beat. And the ULaLa team we just played was 2-1 against the same opponents OK St played. OK St was 1-2. Next time, do some research before you go boasting about Stafford and realize that you won those games for other reasons than him (even though he did have a good game agaist Auburn, it just show you how mediocre he was in the other 2 games to still have a passer rating that low!).

By gdawginkalamazoo

September 5, 2007 3:57 PM | Link to this

jdbfs, I am of the school that stats don’t mean jack when it comes to game day football. Stats in favor or against UGA or SC won’t count. That football can bounce a dozen different ways every time it hits the ground. I still like our chances though. A lot.

By georgia girl

September 5, 2007 4:02 PM | Link to this

jdbfs who now live in CA. I lived in SC for many years and I know of the GO COCKS. But BIGGCOCK IS NOT GO COCKS AND THE SC FANS ARE JUST AS COCKY AS ANY OTHER FANS. JUST ASKED YOUR DEAD VALLEY FRIENDS, THEY ARE ALWAYS COCKY, AS ARE THE AUBURN FANS THAT I LIVE ACROSS THE RIVER FROM. So as I said before no one know who will win, untill the clock run out and do not think that Georgia is looking past the Gamecocks. This will be a great game and I look forward to this game every year, because its always close and it takes away from the 9/11 birthday of mine. GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Dark Corner Dawg

September 5, 2007 4:02 PM | Link to this

Hey Jbdfs …. If you look further back on this post you will finf some interesting stats I posted about the UGA & USC . Every time UGA posted a shutout against you guys Uga either posted back to back shutouts or beat you convicingly and won a couple of close ones. UGA never lost the next game after the shutout.USC has shut out UGA only twice in 1903 & 1904, after that Uga won 10 in a row. So if you want to look at history then UGA is DUE to KICK SOME GAMECOCK A$$. “GO DAWGS SIC EM”

By jdbfs

September 5, 2007 4:04 PM | Link to this

Wes, 18-0. Yes, congrats. Yawn…UGA managed 1 TD in the game and played USC in their worst game of the year. We were 29 points below our season average, had one of our lowest offensive outputs of the season, and had 2 goal line drives stopped on 4th down. Anyone who watched the game knew it was much closer than the score indicated. You beat us. You have won 5 straight. Congrats. But it took our worst game of the season for UGA to get 18 measley points and escape with a win. You should be proud. You look at the game as UGA beating down USC. We look at the game as beating ourselves and doing everything we could to hand it to you on a silver platter. Just a matter of perspective.

By jdbfs

September 5, 2007 4:07 PM | Link to this

gdawginkalamazoo, I think UGA will win a close one as I stated. But it would help many UGA fans if they lived in reality and not the ones they have created for themselves. You can’t dismiss our team as untalented with no chance to win this game. And history has shown this game is tyepically close. Even when UGA was winning the SEC, they were barely escaping USC. Just don’t dismiss us as having no chance and don’t be foolish to predict a huge blowout.

By Ben

September 5, 2007 4:12 PM | Link to this

A-ville,

I get what you are saying, my only point was not that the lack of a long ball wasn’t Stafford. His timing and accuracy weren’t the issue, the issue was that by the time the pocket starts to implode the receivers haven’t made a move to get seperation. You could have the fastest guy on the football field run down the sideline, but if you make a throw too early you are either going to A) Have a low trajectory that can either be picked off by the safty or have a greater chance of being broken up by the CB or B)You have to throw up a rainbow, which diminishes your accuracy and makes the ball come down like a spinning anvil. I compare Staffords arm to someone like Brett Favre, who in his hey day had time to watch the receiver make a break, and then deliver a beautiful bullet spiral to the receiver in stride. We won’t see any of that until the line is able to block for him.

As a matter of fact, like I said earlier, he made some good decisions when he DID have the time to launch downfield when the receiver was either tangled up with the CB or had a safety eying their route. Stafford looked much better than I expected him too, which is why the long ball I want to see is a play-action from the shotgun with TWO backs to block for Matty while Bailey runs a deep post. They run that, and the defense bites, TD no matter what team we are playing.

By georgiagirl

September 5, 2007 4:12 PM | Link to this

AND STAFFORD WAS A TRUE FRESHMAN. WOW, I think that he will get alot better has he plays. But I will not bad mouth your QB Mitchell I think he does enough on his own. Because trash talk does not win games Mr. Ca

By Hunk Erdown

September 5, 2007 4:14 PM | Link to this

I’m with Mayretta, The gall to act like SOS was somehow planning to barely beat an inferior opponant in order to somehow pysch UGA out is prepostorous. Like that would be a better strategy than going into the year like Fla did… 49 points before the game got called for lightning. If Steve could have hung half-a-hundred on ULL he would have done it, and he always has, knowing that would do far more damage pychologically than wimping out with a near loss, then saying it was all a ruse to bait UGA. That is the epitome of dilusion. UGA has been running over USC for several years and the act continues on Saturday, it won’t be close folks, not for long anyway.

By Dark Corner Dawg

September 5, 2007 4:16 PM | Link to this

Jdbfs… Congratulations you have also won the Delusional Fan Award. You Say it was USC’s worst game last year. Let me give you the perspective on why. YOU PLAYED THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. Now how about some HAWAIIAN PUNCH!!!!!

By Gamecock Chrissy

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

So are we playing last years Georgia team or this years? I am fully aware of last years final score sunshine.

UGAy beats Colorado 14-13 UGAy beats Ole Miss 14-9 UGAy gets roflowned 51-33 against Tenn. UGAy loses to Vandy 24-22 UGAy loses to Florida 21-14 UGAy loses to Kentucky 24-20

But hey! You guys beat 2 ACC teams.

Very impressive. Chuckle

By I predict a huge blowout..

September 5, 2007 4:18 PM | Link to this

UGA 56

USC 17

Just like the good ole days!

By Dark Corner Dawg

September 5, 2007 4:24 PM | Link to this

Jbdfs …. IF you want to talk about measley look at USC’s alltime football record 513 - 517 . WOW no wonder THE DAWGS are Brimmimg with Confidence.

By Dark Corner Dawg

September 5, 2007 4:29 PM | Link to this

Gamecock Chrissy… Darling please… Gamechickens are playing THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA !!! IS IT BECOMING CLEAR NOW ???? WAKE UP

By Mayretta_Dawg

September 5, 2007 4:33 PM | Link to this

jdbfs,

Wow, those are great numbers you threw out but if you actually watched those games (I was there) you would have seen Stafford run the ball down Auburn’s throat and lead the team in defeating GT (TD in last two minutes plus successful 2 point conversion) and VT late scoring drives to defeat the #1 rated pass defense.
I have a stat you cannot spin: UGA 5-0 vs. USuCk in five straight years. The Gamecocks: Preseason SEC Champions! UGA: Two SEC Championships in Richt’s era alone….

By SunDawg

September 5, 2007 4:33 PM | Link to this

To respond to a question from yesterday, Dawg fans can blog during the work day because we run the company. It’s truly Good to be a Bulldawg!

I’m noting panic in the Gamecock fans’ blogs; classic symptoms of depression and anxiety. You can cure that by tailgating early and often. Good luck Saturday.

GO DAWGS

By gdawginkalamazoo

September 5, 2007 4:35 PM | Link to this

jdbfs, I don’t think I predicted anything in reference to the score. Never have never will. AND after App State v U of M Saturday, I was afraid of OSU last Saturday. I was very interested in seeing how SC performed against LALA U. Can’t believe that you guys took that long to take over the game. First game jitters or not. Although at times Martinez lets his guard down, I think he has done an excellent job with the half time adjustments. OSU had some players there, experienced players. You guys are young and even at the key positions I don’t see you guys as being any better than OSU. Your QB swapping last week didn’t help and Mitchell starting this season against us IMO won’t bode well. As for our new OC I think he probably has a few plays that no one has seen yet. And if anybody would like to see a visor thrown or a lemon pucker on SOS’s face it is Bobo. He knows the history with him very well, he is part of it. Even with SOS (one of the best ever) and Richt (one of the newest best) Mike Bobo our new OC will be the difference in this game.

By Hunk Erdown

September 5, 2007 4:35 PM | Link to this

Let me try some of this new math that seems to be so popular… We beat USC 18-0 but 18-17 would have still been a W… So since we didn’t allow you to score your 17 that means we really beat you 35-0… Is that how it works?

And the best you’ve got is that we were so sorry last year that you need to quote all our other scores, but the fact that such a sorry team blanked you 18-0 in your house is somehow redeeming for you because… wait… I’m lost. Run some more of that “new math” by us, you know our teeth to tattoo ratio is off balance and we need help… Oh wait, thats what Okie St. said…

By AltamahaDawg

September 5, 2007 5:01 PM | Link to this

No HunkerDown, damn it pay attention. Its all about thier Qb who got suspended from the opener in his final season, is back and since he had to sit out most of the year last year because the WR was a better QB makes him more dangerous than our sorry a* QB, who as a true freshman could barely beat them at thier house last year? How difficult is that? And obviously thier defence giving up all those yards and barely hanging on to beat La_la just proves how good they are against everyone else but an option, and they TRIED to make it close. sheesh, what arent you getting?

I just wish we hadnt played our best game already and layed out all we had so far.

By jdbfs

September 5, 2007 5:01 PM | Link to this

Dark Corner Dawg, I have seen some unintelligent dawg fans but you have to be near the top! We played at least 3 teams better than you - UT, UF, and Arkansas. It came down to the end of the game against UT and Arkansas and we should have beat UF. That should tell you right there that there was a huge difference in the way we are capable of playing and the way we actually played against UGA. And considering we played teams much tougher than UGA and much closer, I doubt our loss to UGA had as much to do with the fact you are UGA as it was we were not playing up to our potential. My gosh, you barely beat a 2-10 Colorado team and stunk it up against Ole Miss. You got blown out by UT and lost to Vandy and UK!!! We are undefeated this decade against those two schools and it took an 0-21 season before we lost to them. What’s your excuse? And you say we lost just because you are UGA??? Please!!! We played teams much better than UGA last year so try and live in reality would you? Again, look at the UGA-USC history lately. Close games, low scoring, and hard fought. Expect the same again Saturday.

By Wes

September 5, 2007 5:01 PM | Link to this

Hey jdbfs,

Don’t matter how many stats you throw around it…an excuse is still an excuse. Until you aren’t shut out by the dawgs, you have no chicken leg to stand on. After Saturday it may be a completely different story…but somehow I doubt it.

By MURPHY

September 5, 2007 5:06 PM | Link to this

SPURRIER,

3RD YEAR AT DUKE-ACC CHAMPS 3RD YEAR AT FLA-SEC CHAMPS 3RD YEAR AT USC- ?

DONT BET AGAINST HIM! I LOVE MY DAWGS,BUT I PICKED USC TO WIN THE EAST.I BELIEVE WE WILL LOOSE TO USC AND BEAT FLORIDA.I HOPE WE BEAT BOTH,BUT WE CAN ONLY DODGE THE SPURRIER BULLET SO LONG.

By Hunk Erdown

September 5, 2007 5:07 PM | Link to this

The UGA Ag dept is doing some amazing things with new turfs… imagine if we could bottle up all the chicken manure on here and let them use that in their studies… We’d all have a new lawn that never needs water, sunlight, or mowers… just a gamecock fan to flap their gums once a year and voila a beautiful, maintenance free lawn.

Gum flappin’, chicken rappin’, and stat packin’ (props to Nascarfan). the new USC… Think I’ll wade thru all the ammonia scented manure and watch the game, thats where it will be settled.

By jdbfs

September 5, 2007 5:09 PM | Link to this

georgiagirl, pay attention! I wasn’t trash talking!!! Every single thing I said about Stafford was a FACT, not my opinion. You can look up every one of those stats if you want. And my response to you hand ZERO to do with UGA or saying anything about them. If I wanted to trash talk, I could call him Matthew Spooner or say I could have put up better numbers left handed than what Stafford did last year. :) I already said as a Gamecock fan, I expect UGA to win a close one even though I hope it doesn’t happen.

The reason I made comments on here was because it sickens me to see some UGA fans so arrogant and full of themselves that they live in their own reality and make such stupid, ridiculous opinions based on no facts at all. UGA scores 56 points? On what planet?? Do any of you actually pay attention to games and scores or does the other team just part like the Red Sea in awe and just let walk all over them because they are UGA. That is the reality some of you live in. And the cockiness and arrogance annoys me. For UGA fans, root for your team but try to live in reality.

By Hunk Erdown

September 5, 2007 5:10 PM | Link to this

Alt-

Thank God for pain pills…

By AltamahaDawg

September 5, 2007 5:12 PM | Link to this

jdbfs, I like how you guys “practically scored” on us last year inside our 5 yrd line. So it was closer than it seemed.

Does that count if some tiny school from La was inside your 5 yrd line twice late in your last game. So basically it was a lot closer than it seems?

Or does that fall under the same logic as: beating you doesnt count, because vandy beat us? the same logic as “remember when our Qb came back from getting bench and then didnt stink”?

Look nobody (seriously) is predicting any blowout, but you have to admit, for all the folks asking your pals in our blog today for a logical reasonable explaination as to why SC would have the advantage this year, the best we get is basically, cause you’ll want to beleive it.

By Hunk Erdown

September 5, 2007 5:13 PM | Link to this

When I die I want my body to be cremated and the ashes mixed with whatever the Gamecrock fans smoke…. Thats some good Sh!t.

By Wes

September 5, 2007 5:15 PM | Link to this

Hey jdbfs,

Better take a second look at that UGA-USC recent history. Pretty sure it’ll say we’ve beaten you 5 times in a row.

By Wes

September 5, 2007 5:19 PM | Link to this

If the cockiness and arrogance annoys you so much, why are you still on OUR blog?

By jdbfs

September 5, 2007 5:20 PM | Link to this

Mayretta Dawg, I will make this simple. Stafford threw 3 TDs in those 3 games, 2 of those against Auburn. UGA forced 4 TOs against Auburn and blew them out. You would have won that game if JT3 or Cox was the QB. Against VT and GT, the defense forced 3 TOs annd scored a TD. Now you can check my math but considering you won by 3 and 7 you don’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of winning those games without your D. His performance in those games wasn’t very strong.

Stafford was a lot like Clemson’s Proctor last year. He was in there to manage the game and you didn’t want him to have to go out there and put it in his shoulders to win it. You just didn’t want him to lose it.

Stafford

By Hunk Erdown

September 5, 2007 5:22 PM | Link to this

jdbfs-

uh… this is a UGA blog

we’re fired up about our team

we’re not on the USC blog

is there a USC blog

are you here because you know you are going to lose and if you hang out with the deranged Gamecocks that they will peck you to death when you use the wisdom of the defeatest approach

Go ahead and bet on UGA then come back and at least act like your team can win, you wimp

I’ve got more respect for lamecockgary than a white flag waving wimp

By jdbfs

September 5, 2007 5:31 PM | Link to this

AltamahaDawg, I see what you are getting at but yo are going to be disappointed by my response. I am with you all the way on that. I am not going to say that the UGA game last year was closer than the score and then sit here and feel good about our win over ULL. I was ticked off and getting to beat the crap out of my TV. SS can give us this crap that we didn’t let them score in the 2nd half but they had no business being inside our 5 yard line to start with. Some people may sugarcoat that win but I am not one of them. The game was closer than the score indicated and I am very disappointed our defense didn’t play better.

As far as why we can win, it is not because we said so. We have more experience and more returning starters than UGA does. We have the advantage at RB, QB (assuming Blake starts), D line, and LB. Secondary is a toss up in my opinion and I think Succop is just as good as Coutu. As far as O line, both did ok last week but we will see how they do against better defenses. SS said we have as much talent as UGA and can win. So I believe him over whatever any Gamecock fan says. SS shoots straight.

And I think a lot of you UGA fans should pay a little more attention to our talent rather than dismissing us as having no chance.

By Dark Corner Dawg

September 5, 2007 5:37 PM | Link to this

Jdbfs …. It the Final score on the score board stupid!!!! So the games against UT, ARK and UF are still losses right??? yeah Im not intelligent but you sir are a Gibbering Idoit. A Win is A Win is a Win.. Uh Was the game chickens in the Final Top 25 last year after playing in the Mickey Mouse bowl???? I Dont Think so

By I TRY TO LIVE IN REALITY...

September 5, 2007 5:38 PM | Link to this

The reality that UGA owns USC. No matter what the score or how close it is..A WIN IS A WIN!

Sorry our ego’s bother you, but hey when you a rich in tradition and can have two SEC Titles in the last 5 years, well you get the point.

We win ,and this time it is not close. We shut your Boyd down! Mitchell goes into a shell and Stafford goes for 300xyds, Moreno 100xds rushing and the score is…

UGA 56

USC 17

By jdbfs

September 5, 2007 5:40 PM | Link to this

Let me answer why I am here. This was posted on one of our Gamecock forums so I came over here to read the article. Do I ever visit UGA forums and blogs? Nope. I prefer to stay on my own. Second, for some of you who seem to be a little slow, THIS IS NOT A UGA BLOG!!! This is an article in the ajc about OUR coach. So forgive me if I wanted to read what it said. This is an article in the newspaper - not a UGA blog or forum. I believe the moderator on here works for the newspaper and this surely isn’t a forum or message board. I didn’t realize an article in the ajc constituted a UGA blog. I guess it goes back to the arrogance of some UGA fans who think that every newspaper, forum, or message board they visit that has anything to do with them is ‘MINE’.

By Mayretta_Dawg

September 5, 2007 5:45 PM | Link to this

jdbfs,

No matter what facts I throw your way (ie. 5-0 verse your lame, lame team) you will throw stats which can be deceiving when you break down the game like I did before vs. AU, GT, and VT. It really pains me to see that you Gamecock fans hold on to other losses UGA has suffered in the past instead of the actual series vs. your sorry team in which UGA will forever hold a comfortable series lead and ARE FREAKING 5-0 VS. THE GAMECOCKS IN THE PAST 5 YEARS!!!! Have a nice day and I look forward to not seeing you next week as Gamecock fans tend to disappear after early September for some unknown reason…

By jdbfs

September 5, 2007 5:48 PM | Link to this

Fair enough. Your UGA BLOG is so enamored with our coach that he hangs out in Columbia on every word he says so he can report it back to all of you. And you can accuse me of being worried? Trust me. Our blog writers aren’t hanging out in GA to figure out what Richt has to say. We don’t really care. We are just trying to look at what we can do and how we can prepare for this game. UGA is UGA. To me, UGA is one game a year. After it’s over, I don’t really care what UGA does unless it affects us in the SEC. It seems your blog writer is the obsessed one. And by the number of comments on here from most of you, seems you are a bit concerned yourselves. For me, this is the only week of the year I even talk about UGA. Otherwise, I don’t care.

By AltamahaDawg

September 5, 2007 5:48 PM | Link to this

Thanks fellow. I personally beleive we are better at those skills positions BUT hey, that an opinion.

By jdbfs

September 5, 2007 5:50 PM | Link to this

Yes, for those of you now going to make comments, I now see it is a UGA blog - written from Columbia about the USC coach. Again, I don’t ever visit here and I only came here because this was posted on our message board. I don’t care about UGA except for one game of the year. I am finally ready to beat you guys and hope we do it. Good luck the rest of the season and may the best team win.

By jdbfs

September 5, 2007 5:57 PM | Link to this

Mayretta Dawg, I guaranteee you I will disappear. Again, I care about UGA once a year. I am more focused on our team week to week than I am worried about all the talk about other teams. Yes, you are 5-0 against us. And yes that is frustrating to me because the games have been close and we could have easily won half of those. We lost 4 in a row to Clemson and we played UGA closer than we did Clemson during that stretch. My point is this. Even though UGA is 5-0 against USC, you are not that much better than us as you think you are.

By jdbfs

September 5, 2007 6:01 PM | Link to this

TRY TO LIVE IN REALITY…, your post, your stats, and your predicted score prove you don’t.

AltamahaDawg, Stafford may have more potential than Blake but experience and his performance give him the edge at QB. RBs are better than UGA. This is not even a discussion. We have the 2nd best running back duo in the SEC and the numbers back that up. Our top RB even had more receptions than your top WR last year. And LB corp was ranked 4th in the nation in a preseason magazine. Again, we have talent and have the edge at some positions over UGA.

By Hunk Erdown

September 5, 2007 6:02 PM | Link to this

jdbfs

go back to the top of this page on the right it says ajc sports talk… now look to the left and see if you can read those big red and black letters … something about UGA BLOG

son, change your name, get some nads, come on back so we won’t know were whippin the same moron

By Dark Corner Dawg

September 5, 2007 6:16 PM | Link to this

Jdbfs we welcome wannabe’s like your self to come here and try to convince folks that the close games in past history are Huge Moral Victories for the USC Program.Facts are facts total wins for lamechickens last year 8 , total losses 5. Dawgs 9 - 4 with a top 25 ranking. Yes USC is a program of mediocrity 513- 517

By jdbfs

September 5, 2007 6:23 PM | Link to this

Thanks Dark Corner Dawg. If I ever need to live in the past, I can always depend on a UGA fan for that.

By Hunk Erdown

September 5, 2007 6:26 PM | Link to this

I wonder who Steve would rather have under center… Stafford or Blake “the edge” Mitchell. Sorry Bro but the more you talk the dumber you get.

By Dark Corner Dawg

September 5, 2007 6:40 PM | Link to this

jdbfs…. its not living in the past I call Factual Reality. I have to hand to you Gamecock Fans. I live in the upstate of SC and I see first hand what you have gone through over the years. Ive been to Williams Brice on a number of occasions and I have to tell that in about midway in the 3rd quarter at the stadium it is the loudest place in the country with the slamming of car doors. I truly feel for ya lamecocks!!!!!!

By Gamecock Chrissy

September 5, 2007 6:43 PM | Link to this

I don’t think he would want the guy who threw twice as many interceptions as he did touchdowns last year.

By Matt Stafford

September 5, 2007 6:55 PM | Link to this

Me and my good buddy Joe Cox love to beat cocks…that is why we need an indoor practice faciltiy so me and my teamates can beat cocks in private like David Greene and David Pollack used to do when they were roomates

By jdbfs

September 5, 2007 7:11 PM | Link to this

Hunk Erdown, it’s not a matter of who you would rather have. It is a matter of who you would rather have NOW!!! A year or two from now I will agree with you. With just one game under his belt and a very mediocre freshman year, I would still go with Blake.

By Dark Corner Dawg

September 5, 2007 7:27 PM | Link to this

jdbfs… yes you will need ole Blake to play Saturday. He needs to be under CLOSE supervision so he and buddy Steve Garcia wont go around keying vehicles, picking fights with bouncers at Five Forks bars and making sure he attends classes. A Fine Young Man Indeed!!!!

By JimmyG

September 5, 2007 8:17 PM | Link to this

Did Mitchell go to Class today? How did he play in his first game? You are right Stafford was in there to manage games last year. However, this year he is here to play just like he did last week, in the spring game, and all fall camp. I recall Mel Kiper saying again today he will be the number 1 pick in the NFL draft one day. Now I don’t give 2 sh!ts about the NFL but that should tell you he is better than Mitchell. Keep Mitchell in class, let him prove something on the field which he has never done against us, and dont let Garcia key my car while he is in town

By AltamahaDawg

September 5, 2007 9:53 PM | Link to this

Well, untimately its which one best fits thier respective coaches and teams. Who knows what either Qb could do switching jerseys. I’ll say this, and deep down you know its true, Mitchell is but a placeholder till Spurrier can get somebody he doesnt have to apologize for.

Mark Richt said yesterday Stafford could be the best QB he has ever coached. Spurrier isn’t really too enthusiastically saying Mitchell is the best he has this game.

By Cuz

September 5, 2007 10:11 PM | Link to this

Oh bodily function on the dam chickens and lets go to the new blog to insult them some more.

By AltamahaDawg

September 5, 2007 10:36 PM | Link to this

jdbfs, I’m actually very much in agreement about the last 3 games and basically Stafford didnt really play exceptional……. well he started looking like an SEC QB should…… but no way we win any of those without our defence really finishing strong. But, you can’t NOT see it. You can’t really doubt how good Stafford is right now. Surely you see his situation last year and disregard the mistakes early. I understand you havent followed him as closely as we have. We are sure about ours, you guys are crossing your fingers. Mitchell may have more experience but there is positive experience and then there is, well, baggage.

QB situation as I see it. If Mitchell has one of his better showings and Stafford has a bad night, all bets are off, but we have proven we can win convincingly with our guy having at least a decent day. I’ll take the bet Stafford is at least decent if not very good saturday against Mitchell having to have one of his best days. As I said this morning, if everyone plays to expectations, we win.

RB, eh, just depends on how you use them. We have a very solid senior and a young stud that might just light it up at any point. I’d say we are (maybe not on paper better duo) but in good enough shape in that category to win the game.

Certainly you have more returning defensivemen, but that was one of the leagues worst in all categories, so not sure thats really a plus.

By Randy

September 5, 2007 10:41 PM | Link to this

First, while we had a nice win last week - the truth is - O.K. State was soft. After the first half, they really didn’t want to play anymore.

South Carolina will come in and play us tough, just like they always do. We are faster and more talented, but very young - especially in the secondary. And we are facing perhaps the best ‘X’ and ‘O’ offensive coach ‘ever’ in Spurrier.

Don’t put too much in South Carolina’s performance last week. They didn’t open up much of their package - didn’t have to. Mean while, we had no choice but to show much more since we were playing a quality football team.

We need to take control and knock them out ‘early’. We do not want these guys close in the 4th Quarter.

This game concerns me more than UT and Alabama, but I think we’ll win it..

Randy

By GeorgiaGamecock

September 5, 2007 10:42 PM | Link to this

Gamecocks will dismantle dawgs Saturday. Gamecocks 31 Puppies 18

By Gen Neyland

September 5, 2007 11:35 PM | Link to this

I’ve went on record prior to opening day saying the SEC East is the Dawgs to lose. As a Tennessee Vol, I’m still a realist and talent notwithstanding, UGA has the schedule and the skilled personnel to make noise. Sure, it’s game to game. Anything is possible. Yet the variables in Athens bode well. Funny how UF is always in somedody’s way…

shane

Sorry I missed you last night. After showering off the grease from the Waffle House, I sipped some Merlot and crashed…How many other short order cooks you know drink a fine Merlot instead of Ripple..? UT ran into a Santa Ana wind on the left coast and took a beating. Defense will be missing parts of the buttocks after Chavis gets done with them this week. I look for UT to spring back into the W column against So MS…If they don’t, I’m scheduling fishing trips on the Saturdays I’m not flipping burgers…

By Cuz

September 5, 2007 11:59 PM | Link to this

Gamechickens, put down the crack pipe and face reality. You go home with another one of your moral victories because the Dawgs do not score 100 points on Saturday in the continuing series of losses to Georgia. Sooner or later you will win won, I think later, much later. Oh and the team is not overconfident, just the fanbase. Dawgs 48(my age just for fun) Chickens 17.

By Gen Neyland

September 6, 2007 12:10 AM | Link to this

zoo

Thought you might appreciate this story…Back in the ‘90’s when I worked and lived in the MSP area, we, as a family, would venture off to the Mall of America on some really cold weekends. There is a cheese speciality store there called Rybak’s(sic?). The fellow cutting samples in the store front wore a Packers Cheesehat, and donned Milkman Whites. Above his left shirt pocket, the name ‘Dick’ was embossed. I cracked every time I saw him in his uniform…Don’t ask me why, but all the talk of Spurrier brought CheeseDick back to mind…

By gdawginkalamazoo

September 6, 2007 8:21 AM | Link to this

General, LMAO. Yes he can be when he wants to be. One of the best yes. I do like the fact that he votes for Duke until they lose.

jdbfs, IMO you have every right to be here and post what you want and support your team. That’s what makes these things fun before the game.

By BigDawg

September 6, 2007 9:22 AM | Link to this

jdbfs, Chrissy, all you USC fans. Funny how all you like to throw Kentucky and Vandy in our face. OK, so we lost to Vandy & Kentucky!! We still shut you down 18-0, so what is that saying for your team?

Also funny how the opposing team always has all these bloggers on here before the game, but they are hard to find after its all over!! In the beginning I wasn’nt predicting a blow out, now I think we win by 3 TDs. and for all the stat talkers…the bottom line stat is the win/loss record…and we have all the Ws. Now ya’ll better go get Blake to class!

GO DAWGS!!

By The keed

September 6, 2007 10:15 AM | Link to this

I give him 2 more years, 3 at most, and he will be out of there. Gone. USC is not talented enough to support that ego of his and never will be.

By gamecockgary

September 6, 2007 11:07 AM | Link to this

time to head out and start tailgating in the unclassic village…gonna be a real party for gamecock fans this year and another sad chapter between the twigs for the puppies…GAMECOCKS ROLL!!!SPURRIER RULES!!!!!!!!!!!

By jdbfs

September 6, 2007 3:49 PM | Link to this

OK, I’m back. After all, it’s almost time for the big game.

AltamahaDawg, thanks for your comments. I am glad that you see what a big role the defense played in those last 3 games and that Stafford was just average in those 3 wins.

However, you talk about how good Stafford is right now. He has played one game!!!! One Woodson, Leak, and Ainge had higher passer ratings than Leak last year. I don’t think it takes a bad game from Stafford and a good game from Mitchell for USC to win. That is being way too simplistic.

As far as RB, you didn’t see it last year because of O line but you should see it this year. Boyd and Davis will be one of the best RB duos UGA will see all year.

By jdbfs

September 6, 2007 3:57 PM | Link to this

Cuz, you are the poster boy for the unintelligent UGA fan. USC has had some bad teams in the past, even our 0-21 stretch in 98-99. However, the last time UGA scored 48 or more points against USC was 1974. And now a young, talented, inexperienced UGA team is going against the most talented, experienced USC team in years and UGA is going to score 48 points?

Dawg fans, it is these types of examples that give you a bad name!

By jdbfs

September 6, 2007 4:09 PM | Link to this

BigDawg, yes you won 18-0 last year. It was our worst game of the year. It was one of our lowest offensive yardage totals of the season. We fumbled 3 times. Our fofensive line was a mess and gave our QB and RB no protection. We had our lowest rushing total of the season. We averaged 29 points in our other 12 games of the season. And we played much better teams than UGA last year and played them a lot closer than we did you guys. In the end, we lost because of what we did wrong not because of what UGA did to us. Spurrier’s quotes after that game were about what we didn’t do not what UGA did.

Spurrier “I can’t stand watching our offense line up right now. We had some problems. We had a few drives here and there, but we kept stopping ourselves…They (UGA)were good. They played about what we thought they’d play. They don’t change a lot and have good coaches. I’m just mad we stopped ourselves.”

By jdbfs

September 6, 2007 4:13 PM | Link to this

While many of you dawg fans are confident, I guess the rest of the nation isn’t. THe line has dropped from 6.5 to 4.5 and you get 3 of those for just being at home. Let’s see if the line continues to drop.

And some of you are right. The coaches and players have a lot more respect for us than you do. You might want to ick up on that.

*We know how important this game is,” Richt said. “It’s the first one of the year Southeastern Conference race. We have a high respect for this game. We have had a lot of close games with them over the years, and we don’t think this will be anything but a 60-minute fight.

It was kind of sloppy today,” said Richt. “I know it’s a long season but we shouldn’t look tired already. Tonight, we’ll decide if we need to reduce the game plan, perhaps simplify it. We’ve installed a lot and some things we’re not executing well.”*

By wook

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

SC 24 GA 21 CORY COOKED CRACK BOYD!!!

By Gamecock #1

September 7, 2007 5:56 PM | Link to this

Death Valley is silent!!! Between the Hedges will be tommorrow!!! Cocks 24 Doggies 17

By KHightower

September 8, 2007 9:39 PM | Link to this

SC had more than a chance, they won!

By Gamecock Chrissy

September 8, 2007 11:19 PM | Link to this

How does it feel to start off 0-1 in the SEC EAST this year?

By GA-C** FAN#1

September 9, 2007 3:38 AM | Link to this

WELL,WELL,WELL HOW ‘BOUT THEM COCKS. A LITTLE JINGLE. “OOOO WEEE IT’S HOT IN HERE MUST BE A C** IN THE ATMOSPHERE”

By cockyt

September 10, 2007 9:02 AM | Link to this

c**-a-doodle-do! we just whooped you!

hahaha!