UGA

By frustrated

September 8, 2007 11:13 PM | Link to this

Play calling was HORRIBLE. 3rd and 1 and you throw it behind you to bailey??

By Gene

September 8, 2007 11:13 PM | Link to this

USC was definitely the better coached team. As usual, UGA begins to believe the newspapers.

By Quaildawg

September 8, 2007 11:14 PM | Link to this

Richt’s call wasn’t the problem. The problem is when your D comes out and knows that they HAVE to stop SC and proceed to give up three first downs on three RUSHING attempts. Hats off to SC they manned up when they had to and drove our D off the ball. GAme over…not Richt’s FG call.

By Dawgfan

September 8, 2007 11:21 PM | Link to this

No, I don’t have a problem with it as we had a chance to win the ballgame but costly penalties and poor execution cost us. Look we knew we had a young team in some key areas and that this would be a rocky year. We beat Oklahoma St. and some of the pie in the sky crowd started looking down the road instead of tackling it one game at a time. I expected we’d have some pitfalls this year, so this doesn’t surprise me. I’m sorry it had to happen against Spurrier but no, I’m not surprised. Stafford will be back and I wouldn’t trade Richt for any coach in the country. GO Dawgs.

By Dawgfan

September 8, 2007 11:23 PM | Link to this

I wondered if we’d be in trouble with defensive ends that only weigh 212. Seemed like a mismatch waiting to happen…tonight it did and at a costly time. We’ll get better…hang in there Dawg nation!

By brookhavenDAWG

September 8, 2007 11:28 PM | Link to this

The Dawgs were out muscled, out hustled, and that’s usually enough to get you beat. Stafford had a bad game….but our O-line was pushed around all night by USC’s front 7 and in Stafford’s face. Our front 4 were manhandled the majority of the game, and our linebackers were exposed (especially Brandon Miller). Why Brandon Miller plays lineback will always be a mystery to me. For our sake, and for his NFL hopes sake, he needed to move to DE. Too Late.

If our O-Line and D-Line don’t get tough really quick, it could be a long season.

By Sad Dawg

September 8, 2007 11:28 PM | Link to this

The problem wasn’t just that particular play … the whole game, we’d move the ball well until we got inside the 30 and then the wheels would fall off. I know CMR went to Miami, but surely they taught him that 6 is always greater than 3. Unfortunately, I think he’s passed his math skills on to Bobo. If so, not even Jesus himself is going to win a national championship with this offense. Next year’s schedule is brutal to say the least: @ SC, @ ASU, @ LSU, @ FL (Jax), @ Auburn. Thankfully we get Tenn and GT at home. I’d hold off buying those National Championship rings for a while …

By BigDawgExpress

September 8, 2007 11:30 PM | Link to this

My problem wasn’t opting for the field goal. I had a problem with the play calling on that drive. Moreno rolls for large gains 2 plays in a row. Then what does Bobo call? Pass plays!! Moreno was pumped and he should have gotten the ball again and again until USC stops him!! Plus, the O-line was pumped and FINALLY blowing off the line of scrimmage!! We didn’t deserve to win the game but that tactital error may have cost us a win!

By TrippfromNahunta

September 8, 2007 11:32 PM | Link to this

Thank GOD we play good football on the road. During the Richt era we don’t seem to play lights out at home in big games (Ex. South Carolina, Tenn, Aub). The Alabama game now seems awfully big. One day we will have WR’s that will torch man coverage. That statue play has worked several times in the past, I just thought it was a bad time for it. Knowshown looked good. Hugh drops by Chandler and Wilson in 4th. Very dissapointed how SC ran on our front seven. First half play calling was bad. We are still a young team and will get a lot better by the end of year. I can take losing to Fla, Aub, or Tenn. BUT I HATE TO LOSE TO THE COCKS.

By Dawg Man

September 8, 2007 11:32 PM | Link to this

Richt’s play calling… everyone wants to blame “Richt’s” play calling. Bobo calls the plays now not Richt. Just get the facts straight. The defense couldn’t hold, no pressure on the QB and we couldn’t execute. It’s not play calling its simply following through with what you are taught. Very poor job on the part of the players tonight.

By Barry

September 8, 2007 11:33 PM | Link to this

We stink. Florida and Tennessee are going to kill us. Maybe even the gnats.

By Stafford Sucks, So does Bobo, so does Willie, Hell they all do.

September 8, 2007 11:33 PM | Link to this

What a friggin joke. Another year another let down. I cant take it anymore. Alabama, LSU, Tennessee, Florida, heck even Tech, all have championships since our glory year of 1980. How much longer must we wait? So damn sick of this crap!!

By King Nick Saban

September 8, 2007 11:37 PM | Link to this

wait ‘til we get hold of your dawgs….

Roll Tide

By Jack

September 8, 2007 11:37 PM | Link to this

The Dawgies came expecting the Cocks to lay down and let us roll right over them. But that was obviously not their game plan. We had better realize that we are a “pretty good” team and nothing more. I see great things for this team over the next two years as they get more experience, but this year, I am afraid, is going to be a bit rocky. Get ready for at least 3 or 4 more games like today. And I gotta say,, I am really, really afraid of the North Avenue Trade School game,, that one could get really ugly

By Coach

September 8, 2007 11:38 PM | Link to this

It looks like Larry Munson’s worst fears have been confirmed , this is going to be a long ugly season.

By JacketFan

September 8, 2007 11:39 PM | Link to this

I’m a Tech fan and I hated to see Spurrier win. Hated it. Georgia has a young team. There’s going to be a learning curve. Stafford did not play well, but I feel that the O-Line didn’t give him the opportunity to do so. Martinez dropped the ball preparing his defense. My other problem was that Bobo refused to recognize how poorly Georgia’s running game stacked up against SC defense. I felt that he should have exploited SC’s weaknesses in the secondary. Poor showing overall by Richt and company. Y’all can rebound from this, and you should, but it’s going to take better coaching than we saw tonight. I say this every year (and every year I’m disappointed), but I really feel that this it Tech’s year. Sorry Dawgs, but better luck next time. Go Jackets!

By Jim Donnan

September 8, 2007 11:39 PM | Link to this

That was the most poorly coached game since I left. No DL effort. Absolutely abysmal time management. Knowshon Moreno COULD NOT BE STOPPED, yet he never got a carry in the Red Zone???? UGA was the more talented team, but the coaches lost the game plain and simple.

By Jim Donnan

September 8, 2007 11:43 PM | Link to this

Wow, looked like I was calling the plays and managing the clock tonight.

Did Knowshon Moreno ever get stopped? Might have been nice for him to get ONE SINGLE TOUCH IN THE RED ZONE.

Absolutely pathetic time management. We got it with 1:30 in the first half and punted with 1:16 left. The clock management at the end of the game was a joke.

Clearly the most poorly coached game since I left.

By Hunk Erdown

September 8, 2007 11:45 PM | Link to this

I didn’t think CMR’s call was some kind of monumental blunder, I personally was about 60-40 towards going for it. We had been holding their running game for the second half and there was no reason to think our guys couldn’t three and out em. It just didn’t happen. I, personally thought we would win this game but lose several others this year. You have to give credit to USC’s defense, they stepped up big-time. We made absolutely no effort to exploit the weakness they had for around the end running plays, except for the few that we did and worked. The toss sweeps were great and worked well with Southerland lead blocking, so we ran it twice and stopped. I’m concerned about the play calling, but have the utmost confidence that Bobo will learn from it and be better… He is new at the job. I’m a tad bit afraid of the idea of having a pre-game plan that we stick with whether it’s working or not. Stafford was definately off kilter and perhaps the confidence that many of us have put in him needs to be tempered with some patience.

No, I didn’t think that we would “run the table” this year, we’ve got a long schedule ahead, and quite frankly, LSU looks unbeatable anyway, but it’s “one” game against a team that most thought would be very close. How close? Two passes that Stafford overthrew by a matter of inches would have been 2 touchdowns. Its not time to throw the season in the tank, and the real fans aren’t. It’s not time to fire anybody and the real fans aren’t even thinking about that. We are a young, talented team. The folks, with all due respect to my friend Buck, should learn one thing from tonite if nothing else… there is a world of difference between a talented freshman and an experienced senior, especially in the trenches.

By Jim Donnan

September 8, 2007 11:45 PM | Link to this

Oh, and by the way…now that all of my players are gone, do you miss me? I couldn’t coach a lick on gameday, but I could pick some darn good players!

By Lee

September 8, 2007 11:48 PM | Link to this

I can’t blame Richt for kicking the field goal in that situation. You had to score twice to win. You just got pushed back on the previous play. And the previous two or three shots into the end zone weren’t close.

On the ensuing kickoff, SC just teed it up and ran it down GA’s throats. That light defensive line hurt Ga there.

Ga’s inexperienced offensive line was the difference in this game. SC defenders were in Staffords face the whole game and never let him get into a rhythm.

The scary thing (for UGA anyway) is that SC is not that great of a defense….

By chuck

September 8, 2007 11:50 PM | Link to this

Oh come on dawgfan.

Look we knew we had a young team in some key areas and that this would be a rocky year.

2 weeks ago Shultz wrote a column about the dawgs being in a BCS bowl and you were right there with him. Reality is finally setting in, huh?

By Hunk Erdown

September 8, 2007 11:52 PM | Link to this

Dawg Man-

No one is talking about, Richt’s “play” calling but the “call” of whether to go for it or not on 4th down at USC’s 15. Sober up bro.

By Boots

September 8, 2007 11:53 PM | Link to this

1. Play calling was terrible. Bobo did not seem well prepared for this game and got too fancy for his own good. Several calls with 3rd and short left us 4th and long.
2. Stafford was not “the best QB Richt has ever seen” tonight. He looked like the Stafford of mid-season tonight, not the Stafford who really does have super skills.
3. Clock management was poor. The decision to not use the timeouts on defense to stop the clock in the 4th quarter was a mistake.
4. defensive line had an ok game, but they blew it on that last drive. South Carolina wanted it more, and it showed.

Still hopeful for a good year, but we may be in for a long one after losing this game.

By Jay

September 8, 2007 11:53 PM | Link to this

Don’t worry about this loss. There will be plenty others this year to cry over. Richt will be at Florida State next year and Georgia will have to rebuild again. That is what I would be worried about if I was a dogged fan.

By Incredibly sane

September 8, 2007 11:54 PM | Link to this

Keep in mind our offensive line was horrendous. Hard to give TB and Knowshon holes when they can’t block to save their lives. We all know you aren’t here for academics fellas… just show us that you can play football.

The o-line play still doesn’t make up for the fact that Stafford is a joke. Underthrew every deep ball and over threw every short route. Maybe he should spend less time cuddling with Joe Cox and more time learning how to make passes.

Our D played fine, allowed SC in the endzone one time, but other than that, really kept them in check. Its our offense that is just horrendous.

Stafford isn’t David Greene yet, we need to quit over hyping him and remember that our defense won us every game last year (including Auburn, GT, and VT) and Stafford was the one to blow us every game last year (except UT).

By Gatorman

September 8, 2007 11:54 PM | Link to this

All right you little doggies, our uncle beat you just a little tonight. In a few weeks, we’re gonna make you scream for mercy. Gators like to eat dog meat, and we’re gonna eat plenty. Just to remind you us gator fans are out here.

By Another year..Same old crap

September 8, 2007 11:55 PM | Link to this

Richt still sucks, Willie still sucks, now we have a terrible offensive coordinator in Bobo. When is this nightmare going to end? Yeah, and Stafford is so great, yet we were held without a touchdown for the first time in SIX YEARS!!!!!! Whatever, this sh1t is getting disgusting.

By nofinergem

September 8, 2007 11:56 PM | Link to this

YES FINALLY… We put that big C** on you… “b***” (as in female dawgs) Im prayin’ it wan’t a fluke. It didn’t look like it. This feel Soooo GOOD!!! YES!!!

By Hunk Erdown

September 8, 2007 11:57 PM | Link to this

Our one on one tackling was terrible tonight, credit their backs or criticize our defenders, but it was awful. The game was lost in the trenches, plain and simple.

By Jake Scott

September 9, 2007 12:00 AM | Link to this

You know what I love about you guys and why I know you’re not coming all the way back—-(1) You love the little Botox Boy and (2) It doesn’t seem to bother you that the National Championship hasn’t even been a consideration for about 25 years.

You still play the tapes of the truly great stuff as called by The National Poster Boy For Objectivity and Sound Journalism before the games——Instead of MOVING ON!!! You do know one of the reasons Spurrier left Florida was because he was miffed and the Florida Faithful were miffed by the inability to get to the Big Game—No, I don’t mean SEC Title Game—more often, but that doesn’t bother you guys one iota because you are happy as the proverbial lark because The Mild Mannered One was able to dominate Ron Zook and parlay that into a couple of SEC Title Games——WOW!!!!!

Well, now you got a guy who owns you at South carolina, you got the successful advocate for carbs in Knoxville and Meyer at Florida who coaches a team that has beat the stuffing out of thaose Choking Dogs 15 of the last 17 times they have played. This almost qualifies for a removal of the term “RIVALRY” from the series because a “Rivalry” assumes an evenness to the games.

By Hunk Erdown

September 9, 2007 12:01 AM | Link to this

Did they forbid Stafford from tuck-and-running tonight? Many times in the past he has done that and got us a crucial first down, even with a QB draw.

By cocky

September 9, 2007 12:01 AM | Link to this

Ya’ll need to take the blinders off and your coaches were fooled if they game planned off last weeks tapes

By SickandTired

September 9, 2007 12:02 AM | Link to this

Well, when is Richt going to learn that it’s not the cockiest QB that wins games. Greatest he’s ever coached huh? LOL what a joke. Stafford had the worst performance by a QB at UGA since Quincy Carter did against South Carolina in 2000. He’s got a big arm sure, but he has terrible mechanics and accuracy. This game is on him. He had time to throw for the most part and his bad passess cost us 3 touchdowns…and I don’t want to hear about the drop at the goaline. It was behind him and he got hammered…so look for some more excuses like play calling but the ultimate blame goes squarely on the shoulders of the annointed one, Stafford.

By cocky

September 9, 2007 12:05 AM | Link to this

does this mean spurrier will be charged with animal cruelty

By COCKY'S GIRL

September 9, 2007 12:06 AM | Link to this

FINALLY… YES we put the BIG C** on you “b***” (as in female dawgs). Oh God, please don’t let it be a fluke… We put the fear of VICK in ya, now get back on the porch. HA HA… just playin’, it really does feel good though.

By JACKETFAN 2

September 9, 2007 12:06 AM | Link to this

I watched about the whole game, and I think one of the biggest things I saw was dropped passes.  I don't know about this new coordinator on offense for georgia.  I think that spurrier has some more talent than he has had in the last two games.  I don't think Stafford played that bad.  He certainly didn't do anything stupid.  I think Kirk Herbstreit needs to shutup about LSU.  It is the second game of the year,and he acts like they are gods.  I don't really think that VT is that good, so we would have to judge LSU by FSU and some other teams.  VT is overrated.

By War Eagle

September 9, 2007 12:06 AM | Link to this

I predicted South Carolina would win, but I would bet my house they would score a TD. Auburn looks awful, but real story today on UGA was defense and Coach Spurrier. UGA will still win many games, today was not their day.

By Big Jim

September 9, 2007 12:07 AM | Link to this

Gawd,

What a GREAT game!!! The dumbass dogs get nailed by a bunch of cocks. Sort of funny when you think about it. Spurrier is a god.

Go ‘Cocks, F’ em!!!!!!!!!

By The Alpha Male

September 9, 2007 12:07 AM | Link to this

Carolina was the more physical team on both lines of scrimmage and that’s what won them the game. Jar-Jar Binks (a.k.a. Blake Mitchell) was steady but unspectacular. Stafford looked awful most of the night.

Hats off to Carolina…. they were more efficient on offense and defense and that’s the bottom line.

By C** Fighter

September 9, 2007 12:08 AM | Link to this

Mark Richt still calls the plays. Why is he wearing a headset and holding a laminated card with plays on it? Mike Bobo is just someone that a finger can be pointed at and possibly fired at the end of a bad season.

By BeachGaBulldog

September 9, 2007 12:09 AM | Link to this

Bobo called a lousy game. I do agree with Richt’s decision to kick the field goal. I didn’t have much faith in us converting on a 4th and 15 situation. Hell, that isn’t what lost us the game. We should have kicked their a* all over the field, but I knew after last week, this was could screw us, and it did. Matt sucked.

By c** lover

September 9, 2007 12:10 AM | Link to this

1 out of 6 aint too bad

By Volsfan

September 9, 2007 12:11 AM | Link to this

Well, it turns out that UGA is overrated early on as usual. Any reasonable man would’ve realized that this is not UGA’s year (nor will it ever be). Tell me this… who honestly thought severely undersized DE’s would be able to put pressure against SEC Tackles (Which average about 6’6 310). Stafford still has a long way to go in terms of reading coverage schemes. I will say I was impressed by Moreno’s runs and Bailey’s hands. But back to bashing… Someone try to tell me that Stafford is better than Eric Ainge (and explain it reasonably). This game proves that Ok. State truely had a bad game against a defense that is probably the most undersized D in the SEC(and not as quick as people think). UGA needs to find some O-line quick because S. Carolinas D is good, but there are definitely better D’s left on their schedule(Alabama, Auburn, Ga. Tech, maybe Tennessee…) and get better up front on D because this S. Carolina O-line is not really SEC caliber. Offenses left on the schedule that might torch this defense include Tennessee, Kentucky, Florida, and maybe Alabama via pass and Ga. Tech via run. All-in-all, Uga will be lucky to get 8 wins at this rate.

By BullDawg Rick

September 9, 2007 12:13 AM | Link to this

Congrats to the Cocks… They did what they had to do to pull out the W in Athens.. UGA had so many chances to win.. SC gave us 30 yds in penalties in the first drive & we miss the FG.. Knew it was “game on” at that time.. Stafford missed an open Sean Bailey in the 1st 1/4 and over threw Moreno when he was 3 - 5 yds open for a TD.. And Mike Moore dropped a TD pass.. Oline was inconsistant. Where were the LB’s when we needed a stop.. But it was not the D’s fault, they allowed 220 yds.. Stafford had drops late but what else is new.. Moreno is going to be a very special player… Bottom line.. Never thought the Offense would get shut out in any game this season, muchless this one.. I had higher aspirations for this season, but I am a rose colored glasses wearing homer.. 9 - 3 will be a stretch.. The o-line is so talented one on one, but is not in sync yet.. Big Cheese hurt us with the false starts.. What were we, in the red zone 6 times.. How many times did we hit paydirt?? ZERO… The east-west game will kill you.. Need more North - South play calling…

Grats Cocks!! You wanted this game more than did the Dawgs!!

By Bobby Dodd

September 9, 2007 12:13 AM | Link to this

I am a Tech fan an I loved it! We will be ranked above those losers come Monday! See you in Atlanta in November and our front 7 is better than USC’s. Dawgs cry in your beer.

By son_sir

September 9, 2007 12:15 AM | Link to this

C**-A-DOODLE-DO fleabags. Welcome back to reality.

By Jake Scott

September 9, 2007 12:15 AM | Link to this

Richt was a marginal high school QB at Boca raton High School, was a 2nd string QB at Miami who rarely played, went to FSU and hung around until he was named as offensive cooredinator to oversee some great talent, that gets parlayed into one of those inflated reps and then he moves to Georgia just in time to see Spurrier move on and have The Idiot come in—of course he goes 1-2 against the Idiot——Well, now the Idiot is gome and Meyer is at Florida and the nemesis is bask at South Carolina—One could almost think the window of opportunity is closing and that is eveen when you guys take into account that BCS Championship Games are out of the picture and you just strive to make it to the Dome.

Others strive for more!!

By BeachGaBulldog

September 9, 2007 12:16 AM | Link to this

To Gatorman, uh, I mean, Gaypussy, go to your own board and talk with your other LOSER fans! At least our DAWGS have class. Gatwats have NO CLASS.

By Bobo needs to go go

September 9, 2007 12:16 AM | Link to this

Play calling was awful the first half was nothing but Screen passes and gimmick plays a double pass come on man lets get the basics right before we start the trick plays. David Greene would played that ball fake to perfection….Matt Stafford held on to the ball too long…..No big name players on the defense whatsoever not a single one……Stafford is a good quarterback he has all the style but he threw like sh— today that is a fact……I was there in 1980 and went to every home game Herschel Walker played in……I miss the days of stuffing it down there throats now we stuff it down there throats then stop running the ball…..We need a playmaker and receivers that can catch the ball……BOTTOM LINE I CAN LIVE WITH THIS LOSS AS LONG AS WE FINALLY BEAT FLORIDA MAY BE A STRETCH…

By NOT A UGA FAN

September 9, 2007 12:23 AM | Link to this

OK, by no means am I fan of the U (sic) of Ga…anyway, it’s not they have a history of being “champions”. They’ve won ONE National Championship (1980).

I blame the hubris that is peddled in the Atlanta newspapers (in all departments, not just sports) for their delusion. The rednecks are easily fooled (unlike the “geeks” over at Georgia Tech) and year after year believe their historically mediocre team is “among the best”.

In reality, Georgia Tech, the University (sic) of Alabama and Auburn University all have 2 National Championships and 4 undefeated seasons since U(sic)GA’s last National Championship and undefeated season.

Mark Richt is perfect for U(sic)GA’s “core fan base”, that being hypocritical, so-called Christian, but in reality, Protestants against the Christian Faith.

Anyway, the future of U(sic)GA football is Kentucky, as it always has been. Where Kentucky is today, Georgia once was, and will be again. The worst part about it is that U(sic)GA doesn’t have a decent basketball program to fall back on.

By BirdMahn

September 9, 2007 12:28 AM | Link to this

Bobby Dodd! You came back! As a 12 year old! Dawgs were out coached. Stafford had a bad game. Both lines were whipped when it counted. I smelled this upset months ago. You can’t beat a team EVERY year. 5 out of 6 ain’t bad. Congratulations Cocks.

By Jake Scott

September 9, 2007 12:31 AM | Link to this

Bobo!!! When has a man been more appropriately named!!! It almost like kismet that the offensive coordinator at the University of Georgia be named Bobo. It would be similiar to the French Defense Minister being named Softie or the chief engineer of a failed levee system being called Leak.

Bobo—-what Karma!!

By mike

September 9, 2007 12:33 AM | Link to this

“I feel great, ready to get back out there and whip some Georgia butt” - South Carolina linebacker Dustin Lindsey

By Phat Phil

September 9, 2007 12:34 AM | Link to this

“Happy Days Are Here Again”..the Pups got exposed tonight for the pansies they are. You let Darth Visor roll into Athens and spank your little doggie bottoms. Of course this loss is nothing compared to what the Vols will do to you in Knoxville. After the Vols knock off the Gaytors next week, they will be sitting alone at the top of the SEC East. Hahahahahahahahahaha!! PS..Stafford is a PU$$Y!!!

By Brett

September 9, 2007 12:38 AM | Link to this

Who let the freshman Stafford back on the field!?!

I don’t want to take away from SC…they do have a good team and played solid. But I think we do have a better team…we just didn’t show up! Age was obviously a factor on the O-line, and the D didn’t do well either, but I’m looking primarily at Stafford!

I agree with Sickandtired…Stafford played absolutely terrible tonight! Not only was his passing a joke (over, under, ahead and behind…just like last year), but he wasn’t even looking at his receivers! How many times did we have someone WIDE open and Stafford tosses one in to double coverage!?!

And for the love of God when are we going to be able to punch one in from the red zone!?! As evident tonight, 4 field goals will not always win the game! I am so fed up with these hot drives into the red zone and walk away with just 3 points! I know we’re capable of so much more, but if that is what suffices for this team, then we might as well hire back Donnan or (ugh) Goff!

The only positive that I saw tonight was Moreno. This kid is truely amazing and I ablsolutely love his energy!

By mike d

September 9, 2007 12:41 AM | Link to this

“I feel great, ready to get back out there and whip some Georgia butt” - South Carolina linebacker Dustin Lindsey

By son_sir

September 9, 2007 12:44 AM | Link to this

LSU AND UF are the real deal. The rest of your conference is a media perpetuated MYTH. THWG !

By STAFFORD, SAVIOR OF RACE RELATIONS?

September 9, 2007 12:45 AM | Link to this

Will Matt Stafford, quarterback (sic) of U(sic)GA, be the savior of race relations in Metro Atlanta (that includes Athens, by the way)?

Stafford has proven that it’s not just Black guys, like Reggie Ball and Michael Vick, that can’t play the quarterback position, but supposedly talented White guys like himself.

By mike d

September 9, 2007 12:46 AM | Link to this

penn st. fan here, uga you guys really suck bad, feel the shame! steve tanneyhill’s mullet feels good right now, yawl!

By Rutuger

September 9, 2007 12:47 AM | Link to this

And with that, it’s apparent that uga fans won’t even so much as sniff the top 25 for the rest of the season…

At least now when the Jackets wax that a-s by 35 in November, the trailer park can rant about how the game didn’t even matter.

In more important news, GO FALCONS!!!

By Curious George

September 9, 2007 12:50 AM | Link to this

Neither team could punch the ball in….one TD and seven FG…..so I think BOTH teams still have big issues on offense. UGA defense was not great, but if I can hold a quality opponent to 16 pts…..that should be enough to win. Tonight was the example of a less talented but older (more seniors at skill positions) can beat a young, more talented team that makes mistakes in pressure situations.

I am shocked why people thought a new offensive coordinator with a soph. QB would equal automatic wins….if you weren’t expecting us to take our lumps, you are naive. Bobo should have kept pounding it, like Zeier said at the half….

I think Stafford is a college Brett Favre…..he’s going to wow us one night and break our hearts another. He has a rocket arm that will get us points one night and will throw a crucial INT the next.

I’m still optimistic…..but with the youth and coaching changes, I think 8 wins is a good season going in.

NO ONE can argue that the last 5 years of UGA football has been better than the Donnan or Goff years…right? Go Dawgs and CMR!

By gdawgs77

September 9, 2007 12:57 AM | Link to this

*Chip please read and give your opinion about what I wrote on Stafford. I am so tired of hearing about how great Stafford is! * He killed is with overthrows. There was at least have a dozen! Just go back and look at the film. I can think of four right off and I know there was quiet a few more. The biggest was overshooting Moreno for an easy touchdown. He also made bad throws to Massaquoi and Chandler in the first couple of minutes of the 4th quater that would have been nice first down gainers. The another huge one was when they had a chance to pick up a first down when they had to settle for the field goal with about 5 minutes in the game. Chandler was open around the 5 yd line. So instead of getting a first down inside the 5 he sailed it over Chandler’s head. I can actually think of several more overthrows as well. What is it going to take for him to get the ball down!!!!! I would like to see Joe Cox play!

By Mediocre at Best

September 9, 2007 1:02 AM | Link to this

We have to accept the fact that we are a mediocre porgram who got lucky in 1980 thanks to Hershel Walker. I have to denounce my alumniship as I can not take mediocracy anymore and thats all I will ever get from this program……

By A-ville Ranger

September 9, 2007 1:04 AM | Link to this

Hunk erdown SC scored 16 the defense wasn’t the problem.Stafford and the play calling was.Five tds in six games by Staff,those are not the numbers of a top qb.He simply has no deep ball ability now.I know he’s got the big arm,like I pointed out before,it don’t count if you can’t hit the receivers.Bradford at Oklahoma is a redshirt freshman who throws a great deep ball.If they were both drafted today Stafford would go well before Bradford because Staff can throw that flat trajectory pass like a rocket 40 yards…who cares if he can’t get it done though ? At this point in his career at UGA David Green was a much better player….hands down.

By Rod

September 9, 2007 1:07 AM | Link to this

Shut up dumb as people! We just got beat by a team that is pretty good and they were sick and tired of losing 5 straight games to us. It wasnt the play calling you dumb people. If we had the stronger WILL to WIN to night we would have, so shut up with your pin brain excuses you dumb as people! We have some of the most ignorent fans at UGA.

By Stafford Sucks

September 9, 2007 1:12 AM | Link to this

Stafford = overated., Bobo = Idiot., Richt needs to be an evangelist., Willie martinez needs to swim back over the Rio Grande., We suck, as usual.. Maybe 2008?…..

By Gator

September 9, 2007 1:15 AM | Link to this

Hey Dawg Fans.

Face it.

You got out played and out coached!

Wait till the Gators get you!!

By A-ville Ranger

September 9, 2007 1:17 AM | Link to this

Rod——- few things are as comically ironic as someone misspelling the word ignorant.

By mike d

September 9, 2007 1:17 AM | Link to this

“I think it’s our year,” Lindsey said. “I think we’ve got a better team than them. … I feel great, ready to get back out there and whip some Georgia butt.”

By David

September 9, 2007 1:18 AM | Link to this

It just makes me laugh, if UGA had won, the AJC home page would be full about how great UGA is. Since they lost, it’s just a small blog on the right hand side. Mind you, this is about 1 am so it might change before morning but still makes me laugh. GO TECH.

By John

September 9, 2007 1:20 AM | Link to this

Hey BeachGaBulldog, you are showing that UGA class, that’s for sure.

By MacDawg

September 9, 2007 1:20 AM | Link to this

That was the worst perfromance by a Richt coached Gerogia team I’ve seen to date. They got beat at home by a mediocre team and they looked like they hadn’t practiced all week. What a let down. Stafford needs to grow up and learn to lead. And the defense? Please. They should wear panties all week after that performance. As much as it pains me to say it, there is one good college football team in the state this year and they reside at North Ave. in ATL.

By gtjacket

September 9, 2007 1:21 AM | Link to this

Why do you stop giving Moreno the ball? I’d love to have that guy on my team.

By A-ville Ranger

September 9, 2007 1:22 AM | Link to this

Stafford sucks—-that trashy post says all I need to know about you……low rent bigot !!I’d like to think most UGA fans are decent people.

By gdawgs77

September 9, 2007 1:22 AM | Link to this

Chip please read and give your opinion about what I wrote on Stafford. I am so tired of hearing about how great Stafford is! He killed is with overthrows. There was at least have a dozen! Just go back and look at the film. I can think of four right off and I know there was quiet a few more. The biggest was overshooting Moreno for an easy touchdown. He also made bad throws to Massaquoi and Chandler in the first couple of minutes of the 4th quater that would have been nice first down gainers. The another huge one was when they had a chance to pick up a first down when they had to settle for the field goal with about 5 minutes in the game. Chandler was open around the 5 yd line. So instead of getting a first down inside the 5 he sailed it over Chandler’s head. I can actually think of several more overthrows as well. What is it going to take for him to get the ball down!!!!! I would like to see Joe Cox play!

By John

September 9, 2007 1:23 AM | Link to this

Hey Curious George, so your idea of keeping a “quality opponent under 16 points” is good, how do you consider SC who is not EVEN RANKED a quality opponent when UGA is (was) ranked 11 and couldn’t even score a TD?

By son_sir

September 9, 2007 1:24 AM | Link to this

Too bad the Mutts don’t get to play the 89th ranked ‘D’ in the country every week huh ? But hey, you get Western Carolina next week. Stafford might look like “the greatest ever” again. For a week anyway.

By LA Dawg

September 9, 2007 1:26 AM | Link to this

Here’s the problem with kicking in that situation: CMR strongly thinks that UGA D will hold, ann the O will score a TD to win. If he’s willing to bet a chance of a TD for FG at that point then he must be very sure that UGA will score a TD on that next drive…he’s betting the game on it.

Since he’s willing to bet the game that we’ll score on that next drive then he may as well go for the TD in this scenario cause even if we miss the TD, we will score a TD on our next possession…hey, he already bet the game that we would it’s just that the last possession would be for the tie not the win!

By James Schroeder

September 9, 2007 1:37 AM | Link to this

Stafford threw the ball like a drunk 12 year old. He just couldnt get anything right, but that said, Knowshon was incredible, get him the ball more and i think georgia will be ok.

By tj

September 9, 2007 1:51 AM | Link to this

All of you ought to be ashamed the first sign of trouble and you are ready to throw our guys under the bus. We have the youngest team in the SEC ,and we will finally have a 1000 yd back in KM we will be fine the rest of the year, it was a bad game and thats all it was. If MS had turned the ball over 3 to 4 times I’d be wooried but he made all the right reads we just didn’t execute. We had recivers open we just missed them. (CALM YOURSELVS DOWN PLEASE)

By LA DAWG, ENTIRELY TOO LOGICAL

September 9, 2007 1:55 AM | Link to this

LA Dawg, you are trying to make imbue logic into someone who is immune from it.

Mark Richt thinks he’s a Christian, despite refusing to belong to the Church Christ Himself founded in 33 AD, namely the Church we call “Catholic”.

That, in and of itself, make him illogical.

As a Protestant, his mind is already confused by inconsistencies, which makes him a horrible coach of the game of football.

By DawgScoop

September 9, 2007 1:58 AM | Link to this

The play calling was horrible… it was like combining Richt’s worst called game with Donnan’s worst called game…we moved the ball decently with the I formation and power running. 4th and 1 and we run a wide receiver reverse…even worse the wide reciever tries to string the play to the sideline and out run the defense when he should have cut up field for the first. 4th and 2 and we run a gimmie trick play and get a huge loss…what ever happened to man on man give to the fullback…heck 4th and 1 QB sneak with Stafford! Some how BOBO brought back that god awful sprint draw. Everytime we run the ball outside Sutherland can’t get a good seal on the lead block…he always tries to block out forcing the back to cut back into the jaws of the defense. Our undersized DE’s got exposed tonight with good old power running. SC single blocked the end and then cut blocked our linebackers with the lead block or crack back form the wide receiver…that was where the big gains in the running game where. Why on 3rd and x or 4th and x can’t we have pass routes designed to get us to the first down marker as opposed to a long obnoxious pass or a pass behind the line of scrimage? MOVE THE DAMN CHAINS. The illegal formation called against our punt team when SC fumbled was a huge loss of momentum and swing in field position…How many pentalties have we had on punt teams in the first 2 games…like 5 and two burned time outs… our kick off coverage continues to be a sore spot… the first missed cotu field goal hurt…it kept a goose egg on the board and we could have been going for the win at the end with another field goal…bright side is we are young and about 2 years away from something special…in 10 starts by stafford we’ve lost three games…Vandy, Kentucky and SC…the bottom dwellers of the SEC East…think about it!

By RODAWG

September 9, 2007 2:00 AM | Link to this

WE WERE OUT COACHED OBVIOUSLY. THE OFFICIALS WERE CHEATERS. STAFFORD SHOULD’VE BEEN REPLACED BY COX LIKE IN THE COLORADO GAME LAST YEAR[SOME GAMES YOU JUST DON’T HAVE IT]. THERE WERE SO MANY OPEN RECEIVERS MISSED TONIGHT THAT RICHT SHOULD’VE WENT TO THE BULLPEN. DEFENSE WAS MANHANDLED. I THINK MARTINEZ GOT CONFUSED AND WAS GUARDING THE LOCKER ROOM INSTEAD OF END ZONE.IT DEFINETLY LOOKED LIKE RICHT HAD TAKEN OVER PLAY CALLING AGAIN. FOURTH DOWN FAKE BY STAFFORD WAS PROBABLY THE STUPIDEST CALL OF THIS CENTURY. SUPERIOR OWNS SEC OFFICIALS. GOING FOR THREE WITH 4 MINUTES LEFT WAS SHOCKING AND YES IDIOTIC. IT COMES DOWN TO IF, AND, AND BUTTS. AND IF IF CAME TRUE, WE WOULD WIN A BIG GAME ONCE IN A BLUE MOON. DAWGS SUCKED COCKS BIG TIME TONIGHT. SICKENING INDEED.

By DawgScoop

September 9, 2007 2:00 AM | Link to this

oh yeah… i hope the team knows we were not booing them at the end of the 1st half… but rather booing the patheticly week play calling…

By GAT

September 9, 2007 2:06 AM | Link to this

The truth is (especially to the delusional UGA fans who’re having a hard time accepting reality), those were two pretty evenly matched teams, but S. Carolina was the better team. Georgia’s O-line was overmatched, and SC ran all over their D when they needed to. People are trying to blame it on Stafford (& everybody else), but he never got a chance to get in rhythm because of SC’s D-line. SC dropped a couple of easy interceptions, at least two by their backup CB Carlos Rogers (from here) who was only starting due to injury. While UGA had a lot of missed offensive opportunities, SC had just as many.

By BJohnDawg

September 9, 2007 2:10 AM | Link to this

1)Congratulations SCarolina, after 5 losses in a row, you won in 2007.By 4 whole points.

2)Seems to SC fans that a 4 point win is kicking someones A— and making someone their b——.Well then last years 18-0 win by the dawgs would be called an rectal probing of the gamecocks.By the way, IF Wilson makes the catch in the endzone( which he should have) you guys lose again.You squeaked by,plain and simple.

3)If the Dawgs play this way ongoing..it is going to be a long season.

4)Bobo needs to work on his playcalling. 5)Stafford needs go back to the playbook and the film room and work on his game. 6)Richt needs to remember to recruit lineman on BOTH sides of the ball. 7)The OLine played okay. 8)ESPN needs to schedule more time between games. So we can actually see the whole game and not half of the first QTR. 9)The metal chairs and hob nailed boots are probably safe for this year. 10) Oh and you Tech fans…better get us this year.It may be your last chance for a while.

By Chip Towers

September 9, 2007 2:14 AM | Link to this

Seems like the consensus here is that Stafford played a lousy game and Bobo called a lousy game. That was pretty much the consensus in the locker room. Bobo pointed to the 3 for 18 third-down conversion stat and said that evidence of him calling a poor game… . Stafford kept his head up but pretty much said it was all on him — not Bobo or the receivers — for missing open targets, etc. Richt made some inferences that he was not happy with the way either performed. It’ll be interesting to see if CMR gets more involved from here on in.

By A-ville Ranger

September 9, 2007 2:17 AM | Link to this

Dawgscoop good post,I know the defense wasn’t perfect and the SC line moved our D-line pretty god late in the game.It’s not fair to lay blame on the defense when it holds a Spurrier offense to 16 points and a little over 200 yds though.Offense was the problem in this one.You couldn’t be more right about Bobo,he called the first half like a replay of the OSU game,then made some embarrassingly silly calls in the second half.You did pick over too many things like the missed field goal,minor problems with kick returns and defense.The story is play calling, Stafford’s misses and the O-tackles not blocking enough inside….it’s all about offense.Martinez had his guys ready and for the most part they played a good game.

By Mike K.

September 9, 2007 2:22 AM | Link to this

“Seems like the consensus here is that Stafford played a lousy game and Bobo called a lousy game.”

Any chance that could be due to the team on the other side of the line of scrimmage?

By yellowblood

September 9, 2007 2:31 AM | Link to this

Boy, how quickly you guys jump ship. Three weeks ago, you were playing USC ( Univ of Sou Cal) on Jan 7 but now you can’t handle USC ( Univ of Sou Carolina). Your weak offensive line showed that Stafford cannot handle pressure. Don’t blame him but do blame the attitude that he is Payton Manning. Richt showed that he is not ready for head coaching. He needs to be the offensive coach. Congratulations on selling the media another boatload of BS. Just think how it will be two years from now when Spurrier brings his own QB to Athens. U—G—L—Y

By A-ville Ranger

September 9, 2007 2:38 AM | Link to this

MikeK——-no.

By shane

September 9, 2007 2:50 AM | Link to this

usc came in and kicked our butts.they showed they wanted it more with two personal fouls and one unsportsman like behavior on our first drive.they also had a clipping that went uncalled when the guy took a shot at johnson’s knees after the play.it could have been called a clip,late hit,or personal foul.take your pick.we did nothing to retaliate.my old high school coach would have sent his goon squad after their qb after that.richt needs to grow a pair and protect his players.their qb should have been knocked down and speared after those fouls,also we should have had our guys take shots at the twins knees after the cheap shot on johnson.you can’t have someone come to your house and stomp you the way usc did.had i been coaching i would have put in the goon squad and told the d that everybody would run extra laps and some would be benched if mitchell was able to play in the second half.if you take their qb out they are through.spurrier out gutted richt,he sent in his dogs, we didn’t.richt needs some more nasty,maybe getting his head handed to him at home will do it.as for next week,we have a breather,so bench stafford,he played like crap,also chandler,he dropped two passes.neither of these boys deserve to start,maybe if they sit out a half it will get their attention.my congrats to usc,you came into our house and proved you were men we played like girls.moreno,brown and sutherland,you did your best.

By boots

September 9, 2007 2:50 AM | Link to this

You know, I think the game and some of these comments speak for themselves. However, I hope we Dawgs show a little more class when we whip most of the teams whose fans have shown up here tonight to put on an impressive display of poor, classless behavior.

First of all, South Carolina: you have won for the first time since 2001. You played well, but some of you need to grow up and act like you have done this before.

For the Tech Fans: Same goes for you. You are having a good early year and whipped up on two teams that suck. Go to your own board and at least wait to talk smack AFTER you have beaten the Dawgs this decade.

For the others: telling us that we played poorly tonight is truthful. Telling us that Georgia is overhyped and the worst program of all time is full of so much hyperbole, it makes your comment a joke. The last I checked, there are no undefeated teams in the history of their programs, and everyone looses sometimes.

We will have our day again very soon. Go Dawgs!

By A-ville Ranger

September 9, 2007 2:59 AM | Link to this

yellowblood—-you keep repeating that same bs as if it’ll be true if you repeat it enough.Very few if any of us have said we believe this is a national championship year.

By boots

September 9, 2007 3:01 AM | Link to this

Oh, one more thing: The cheap shot hit on the knees of our LB was not only a penalty, it should have gotten that low-class thug kicked out of the game. Taking the flag up showed the officials can be swayed by Spurrier, but it does not undo the cheap shot that could have ended the year for a good man and a good player. NO CLASS

By 2xgatorsnationalchamps

September 9, 2007 3:06 AM | Link to this

Every season UGAY goes from contenders to pretenders! All bark and no bite!

By gamecock4life

September 9, 2007 3:17 AM | Link to this

Mark Bradley ru chokeing on your predictions? Once again u know nothing about any sports.

By shane

September 9, 2007 3:18 AM | Link to this

boots,that’s what i was talking about.we let these guys come to our house and take over.our coaches did nothiing in return.there was no payback,spurrier not only out coached us,he out manned us.we cannot be intimidated in our own house like this and expect to win.not in this conference.

By tebow_playmaker

September 9, 2007 3:23 AM | Link to this

Cheer up FLEABAGS! Tim Tebow going to take Stafford to qb school and show mutt nation what a real qb is all about!

By shane

September 9, 2007 3:24 AM | Link to this

boots,i am glad you said linebacker,i was thinking it was the safety,johnson.either way,there should have been payback for that shot.you start taking shots at their lb’s knees,you get their attention.

By brenda

September 9, 2007 3:30 AM | Link to this

BOOHOO somebody throw ‘by boots’ a crying towel!

By furd turgeson

September 9, 2007 3:47 AM | Link to this

Whats the use of having a quarterback who can throw the ball on a line 150 yards if BOBO is going to call screens all day long? The middle of the field was open the whole game and he only figured that out on one drive. Pound the football and throw downfield….use your teams strengths. USC didnt look bad. Watch out for them in the hunt for the east. Is it just me or does blake mitchell look a lot like a taller corkie off that tv show “life goes on”?

By shane

September 9, 2007 3:52 AM | Link to this

chip,the play calling was bad at times,i knew it was over when we went for the field goal at the end. bobo’s call,i presume,the play action that blew up in our faces,was horrible. a slow developing play out of a short yardage alignment?when there are two yards to go?when you have moreno,brown,or sutherland to hand off to?what was he thinking?i don’t understand our last drive either,we finally got our running game working,then try three passes in scoring position.i have always heard that if a play is working you run it untill the other team stops it.then we line up in the shotgun on first down,after running the ball all the way down field.anyway,we were out played and out coached,there is no need for richt to be more involved in play calling.we have to remember that bobo is just starting,richt hss to let him make his mistakes,it’s the only way he will learn.

By KM

September 9, 2007 4:00 AM | Link to this

Mark Richt said that Matt Stafford was the best Quarterback he has ever coached. Was he serious?

By shane

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

well,we found out we weren’t playing okie state,their dbs were as fast as our wrs and covered us all night man to man.since they didn’t play zone that left guys free to hang around the line,they were waiting on the screens,having watched films of last week.stafford had several guys open over the middle that he never saw,and overthrew some open deep.stafford had no touch on his passes,missed open recievers and misread defenses.he looked like he did early last year.i don’t think he should start next saturday,give it to joe cox.if joe plays well let him start untill stafford earns his job back.thats the way it is in the real world,if you don’t produce every day you don’t keep your job.

By Lee Corso

September 9, 2007 4:33 AM | Link to this

ESPN plans to start calling the South Carolina vs. Georgia Game the Bronze Bowl. The winner get’s the inside track to 3rd place in the SEC East.

By hezekiah

September 9, 2007 4:50 AM | Link to this

It was only a matter of time before Spurrier had his was w/ UGA. They were his perennial punching bag at UF and they will be again! I saw the whole game and UGA was out coached and out played. Esp on defense. Give SC credit they got the job done. End of story. Go Spurrier/Cocks!

By Darron

September 9, 2007 4:55 AM | Link to this

somewhere…. someone in a H.Walker jersey is crying

By BayouJ

September 9, 2007 5:12 AM | Link to this

I’m not a S. Carolina fan, but as a fellow SEC fan, a Georgia fan calling their fans classless… you’ve GOT to be kidding. If you took a poll of who has the most obnoxious/disrespectful fans in the SEC, which’s been done, UGA’s would be ranked much higher than USC’s (not necessarily a bad thing, because they’d tend to be the most passionate also [LSU]). I actually had to read up the blog after that one, and I only saw one USC fan that made classless comments. Outside of that person’s, the strongest USC fan comments seemed to come in response to the lack of respect given to their team after their win. I’ve seen UGA fans talk a lot of trash about USC prior to the game, and most of the worst/strongest comments on here afterwards came from UGA fans themselves. Boots, you seem to be juust a little bitter man.

UGA fans, some of you all shouldn’t be jumping the bandwagon on the season trashing your team so quickly/harshly. There still seems to be a chance you all could beat both Tennessee (who’s QB is better, but D doesn’t seem as good as SC’s) and Auburn (who’s D might be better than SC’s, but QB looked horrible against S. Florida).

By BayouJ

September 9, 2007 5:14 AM | Link to this

I’m not a S. Carolina fan, but as a fellow SEC fan, a Georgia fan calling their fans classless… you’ve GOT to be kidding. If you took a poll of who has the most obnoxious/disrespectful fans in the SEC, which’s been done, UGA’s would be ranked much higher than USC’s (not necessarily a bad thing, because they’d tend to be the most passionate also [LSU]). I actually had to read up the blog after that one, and I only saw one USC fan that made classless comments. Outside of that person’s, the strongest USC fan comments seemed to come in response to the lack of respect given to their team after their win. I’ve seen UGA fans talk a lot of trash about USC prior to the game, and most of the worst/strongest comments on here afterwards came from UGA fans themselves. Boots, you seem to be juust a little bitter man.

By dallasdawg

September 9, 2007 5:20 AM | Link to this

all of you must rember the sec is not the uga and the uga is not the sec its time we stand on our own stop living off what others do ga lost lsu won so what do we as uga do from this point forward !!!

By Buck in the NW

September 9, 2007 5:36 AM | Link to this

Chip, I don’t nor never will know how involved CMR was in the Offensive game plan and we all thought he was talking to some one when he had the head phones on had his play sheet blocking his mouth while he was talking……..Lot of people taking swings st Stafford but he’s accepting the blame…….IMO, tonight we saw a team that from the get go was playing to win (SC) and another who was playing not to lose.(Ga.) We have a long way to go but IMO, CMR doesn’t need to be more involved. He’s set a game plan for ‘07 now he just needs to make adjustments and keep on going……In our group watching the game, we all agreed on one thing. #24 should be the starting TB. He brings something to the table like no other RB does, excitement! Every time he touches the ball, unless they run him just off the center’s butt…….Quiet, orderly that’s the CMR way. Not good but not bad……1st game as a true H.C. whatever you may do, I hope you don’t listen to the folks who want us back in the QB tag team situation and let Bobo call the Offense. Our offense didn’t look like like what Bobo has called so far so were you calling the plays?

By Lamar

September 9, 2007 6:17 AM | Link to this

We need to hire a DC who is more aggressive than Martinez. His defense lacks imagination and sits and waits. It does not set the tone for the game. He cannot blame talent — he has it. And, our LB’s coach needs to go — he has done nothing since he has been here. When Van Gorder was here, the LB’s were aggressive and the defense was aggressive.

By AtlantaSooner

September 9, 2007 6:19 AM | Link to this

Glad to see the fleabags being brought back to reality. Quit blaming your coaches and your players. South Carolina wanted this game more and it showed. With this loss isn’t the dawg nation 0-5 against the SEC East dating back to last year? Have fun with Bama, UT and UF. Spurrier haunts the dawg nation for another year!

By fayncDAWG

September 9, 2007 6:30 AM | Link to this

THE ONLY GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE LOST TO A TEAM BETTER THAN APPALACHIAN STATE AND SOUTH FLORIDA!

By cas

September 9, 2007 6:36 AM | Link to this

Stafford probably had his worst day to day. He couldn’t hit the open and left unattended receivers. He missed wide open receivers. Come on BoBo, 4th and 2 and you try the hidden ball trick. Please in crunch time, take those Freshmen and Red-shirted freshmen receivers out of the game. Bottom line, Spurrier out coached BoBo down the stretch. Bobo seem a little confused when he was needed the most. Go Dawgs..beat Tech..class of 80.

By WTF Mate

September 9, 2007 6:37 AM | Link to this

BoBo got to GoGo. Linebackers were fooled most of the game. Are there any receivers? Gonna be a long year. Defense is not gonna stop a real team. Spurrier is finally getting some players. SEC has the best coaches in the country. It looks like a year for tailgating, no way are we gonna contend. Still believe in Richt, but, Martinez and BoBo. Not so sure.

By Bruce Waldman

September 9, 2007 6:39 AM | Link to this

The game in Athens is said to be played “Between the hedges”. Football games are played (won or lost)”Between the trenches”. On that note, Georgia’s offensive line was manhandled, Georgia’s “small, but quick” defensive line was overmatched. Overcoming adversity DURING a game is the mark of good coaching. Bulldog coach Mark Richt was in a word pathetic. Yes, the trench play was not good. Yes, Matthew Stafford was at best erratic.So then if these things are happening it is up to the head coach to recognize and make adjustments. Moreno was brilliant, this kid is going to be something special. As Coach Jim Donnan said so well earlier in this blog, Why didn’t Knowshen Moreno get any touches in the Red zone ? The Dawgs did not lose the game because Richt went for a field goal. The Dawgs lost the game because South Carolinas lineman controlled the game. Because Mr Bobo’s play calling was plum awful. Because Matthew Stafford was ineffective throwing the ball. Because Knowshen Moreno did not get any touches in the red zone.Because of Coach Richt’s lack of time management. Thus Georgia LOST the game. The good news is the mistakes that were made though costly will ultimately prove to be the foundation of future success. This team has too much talent not to win.

By CAS

September 9, 2007 6:42 AM | Link to this

At least we’ll not Michigan or Notre Dame…Go Dawgs

By rosezee

September 9, 2007 6:54 AM | Link to this

Bobo’s a boob. That was the worst called game I’ve ever seen. They must of called 40 screen plays. SC everyone in the box on first down and what did GA do? Run right at ir.

Stafford is overrated. He only looks at one receiver and missed a wide on Chandler on I dont know how many plays.

The Dawgs are definately undersized up front. Moreno a great talent, is not well coached an needs to learn to follow his blocks as opposed to out running them.

Its going to be a long year.

By cursive

September 9, 2007 7:02 AM | Link to this

Does this loss suck? Yes. Is the sky falling? No.

The biggest thing that we need is for our D to man up a bit… They looked impotent out there, almost like they didn’t give a damn. No heart, and that is a coaching problem.

As far as you idiots calling for Richt’s head, Bobo’s head, Martinez’s head… Shut up. You have no idea how lucky we are to have such a solid staff in Athens, and the second that Richt leaves town we will be a second tier team again.

It is one loss. There are tons of games left. Let’s look forward and hope that these kids can get motivated to play up the next few weeks. I hope Bama is going to look past us; we’re in a good place now to surprise some folks.

By ugagrad82

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

Going to be an interesting year.

We’ve got the least talented O-line in recent history. They’re going to have to play with a lot more heart to make up for their lack of talent.

By Doug Pinkston

September 9, 2007 7:07 AM | Link to this

What this means is that now GA will now be relegated to a permanent 2nd tier status in the SEC. They will continue to get beat by FL and at least TN and/or AUBURN. If you add SC to the list then GA should now be considered in the class of Kentucky or Ole Miss. It is the sad truth. Get used to it.

By B-Bro

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

I tell you true fans would stand by their team, you all throw them to the sharks pretty quick. We ‘The Gators’ won a National Championship last year with 1 lost to an SEC team. I would suggest to get behind your team and build their confidence.

By Doug Pinkston

September 9, 2007 7:10 AM | Link to this

Oh yeah, and I forgot to add that Stafford is not anything close to what some have made him out to be. Had he just hit the guys who were wide open GA would have won easily.

By JOHN HATFIELD

September 9, 2007 7:12 AM | Link to this

Stafford threw the ball horrid!!He rushed the ball when he didnt have to, everything was high or behinded the receivers. If he has just an avg. game Ga wins! Growing Pains! Ihope!

By fasteddie

September 9, 2007 7:22 AM | Link to this

The game was not lost by the FG call. The loss was ultimately caused (notwithstanding Stafford’s uneven play) by the inability to control the line of scrimmage when millions of observers knew that SC would try to run out the clock. I have to admit that really surprised me. But Dawgfans, we are not National Champion contenders; but we are still a formidable football team.

By TW

September 9, 2007 7:23 AM | Link to this

Chip - Giving Martinez a pass after watching the SC run game gash his linebackerless defense in the forth? Our Defense under him always has played on its heels, and it just hasn’t gotten any better. How about a stop in the forth and we get the ball back with three minutes instead of 1:27? Tired, real tired of having a defense where the best we can hope for is that the other team’s offense messes up - cuz we don’t know what we’re doing. Are we supposed to believe that this wealth of talent we recruit at LB all of a sudden ain’t no good when they get to Athens? Don’t think so….and here you go again, blaming the QB. That’s the easy one. Defense wins championships - heard that one? Bring back VanGorder.

By Carl Spackler

September 9, 2007 7:24 AM | Link to this

Anyone who thought UGA was a national title contender this year needs to watch an LSU game. You’re lucky you don’t play the Bayou Bengals this year because it would be men against boys. You didn’t even play the REAL USC. We’ll take care of them in New Orleans. Geaux Tigers!!

By jbzm

September 9, 2007 7:24 AM | Link to this

when the coaches talk all week about throwing screen passes to protect your young line the opponent will try and take that away and south carolina took it away. uga was not able to stretch the field and sc played the running game and screens very tight. either the line is much worse the coaches lead on or play calling is really bad.

By rosezee

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

Final score:

SC Coaching: B+ UGA Coaching: F-

SC QB: B+ UGA QB: F

SC OL: B+ UGA OL: C-

SC DL: C UGA DL: C-

SC RunO: C UGA RunO: C+

SC PassO: C UGA PassO: D

SC SpecTeams: A+ UGA SpecTeams: B

Officiating: F

By MC

September 9, 2007 7:32 AM | Link to this

Don’t ask why. Why is it that Mark Richt and Bobo will not commit to the run. I will make it simple. Go watch film of Auburn. Running the ball for one down in 5 does not cut it. South Carolina would have had problems with Georgia in the third quarter if the coaching staff at Georgia would get back to Georgia football. Bottom line is in tackle football —-if you do not punish the defense in my opinion will not become a powerhouse in the SEC. Running the ball is boring and physical. Advice to the Georgia coaching staff: Go get some films of the old Stoops Nebraska team. They killed two good teams in playoffs——how did they do it—by the middle of the third quarter the defense they were pounding was done. So, Georgia is not Florida State and passing is cute but it don’t bring home the bacon. Take the advice or suffer until a new coach comes along with some grit and guts in his soul. Nice guys finish last.

By Tiger

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

I am a USC fan living in Georgia, I think both teams looked like they where in a daze yesterday. I know most would agree this game would be better if played in October. This is the strongest half of any conference in the game on any Saturday.

By BILLDAWG

September 9, 2007 7:36 AM | Link to this

Stafford did SUCK all night, missing wide open receivers, for possible touchdowns, misreading defenses and throwing to the wrong person. Of course a dropped touchdown pass on the goal line with under five minutes to play didn’t help either.

By REality

September 9, 2007 7:38 AM | Link to this

Stupid, redneck, arrogant, delusional, arsehole dog fans enjoy!! You deserve to lose. Now turn on your team like you always do. You still have your tickle piles to enjoy. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

By GT

September 9, 2007 7:38 AM | Link to this

I’ve got the Georgia Dawg Blues!!!!!!

By Erik Coventry

September 9, 2007 7:40 AM | Link to this

It feels good to finally beat UGA. All of the UGA fans around here are so conceited and think they deserve to win the national title every year & act like they whoop us every year when we actually play you guys close almost every year. As Spurrier continues to get recruits at USC this could become something that you stuck up UGA fans should get used to!

By Erik Coventry

September 9, 2007 7:40 AM | Link to this

It feels good to finally beat UGA. All of the UGA fans around here are so conceited and think they deserve to win the national title every year & act like they whoop us every year when we actually play you guys close almost every year. As Spurrier continues to get recruits at USC this could become something that you stuck up UGA fans should get used to!

By b man

September 9, 2007 7:41 AM | Link to this

I agreed w/ the FG call by CMR.

The bottom line is SC played like they wanted the game more, the intensity I saw against Ok St was gone (on offense of defense)

I’ll give credit to SC, they played an outstanding game.

Well, let’s see how the Dawgs bounce back next week.

Go Dawgs!!!!!!

By A-ville Ranger

September 9, 2007 7:42 AM | Link to this

Ok I’m admitting it for the first time,this is unacceptable.I admire coach Richt,I really do. Still this program has too many inherent strengths to lose to Vandy,Kentucky and now worst of all Spurrier,he’s not at Florida anymore where we could tell ourselves he had the inherent advantages but at SC a school that never out recruits us,doesn’t have the tradition or the booster support UGA has.UGA had the better talent last night they were out coached and out determined by Spurrier….that isn’t acceptable.If at the end of the year it’s clear we don’t have one of best offensive coordinators,receivers coaches,etc, then coach Richt needs to address the problem.

By Dooner Combs

September 9, 2007 7:45 AM | Link to this

Think Stafford was interested in shaking Spurrier’s hand than winning the game. Did you see at the end him trying to reach the coach? The call at the end was the right call. Poor defense following the kick was terrible.

By A-ville Ranger

September 9, 2007 7:52 AM | Link to this

Lamar —— What game were you watching ? The defense held SC to 16 points.If we can’t get 17 at home it sure as hell ain’t the defense’s fault.—MC—The line couldn’t have held up to power-ball last night,the guard play isn’t strong enough yet.

By WFC

September 9, 2007 7:57 AM | Link to this

I am amused by all the bloggers who are critical of the play calling. How many of you have actually done it? I called plays for six years at the high school level. It’s extremely difficult! I used to smoke two packs of cigs during games (back in the 80’s. Sometimes I was a “genius.” Other times I was an idiot. The truth of the matter is that Bobo didn’t lose the game and neither did Stafford.

UGA got “out-toughed” pure and simple. BTW, going for the FG on 4th and 15 was absolutely the right call.

Maybe sending “UGA” to Vick to toughen him up would have helped.

By catlady

September 9, 2007 7:57 AM | Link to this

Year after year, our delusions of grandeur come back and bite them in the end.

By Dave

September 9, 2007 8:02 AM | Link to this

It’s really very simple….Steve Spurrier is the pre-eminent coach in college football. No other coach has the intensity level of the Ol’ Ball Coach. No other coach has the “game situation” knowledge as the Ol’ Ball coach. Spurrier is a control freak and in certain situations this is a “must have”. Mark Richt walks around in a fog not knowing the “game situation”. He lacks intensity and will never be in Spurrier’s class. The Ol’ Ball Coach is a WINNER…..the Georgia fans don’t understand the concept of winning so they hate Steve Spurrier. God bless these small people. If Georgia could get out of the Mark Richt contract and hire Steve Spurrier they still wouldn’t do it because of their false pride and egos. What a sad way to live….being a loser.

By TW

September 9, 2007 8:07 AM | Link to this

A-ville Ranger - being an apologist for our pathetic defense has run its course - they are soft and they don’t know what to do…the majority of their stops last night came as a result of SC shooting themselves in the foot…did you watch the forth quarter? The term is ‘got owned’. We needed the ball back and they allowed SC to run it down our throats. WE HAVE NO LINEBACKERS!!! MIGHT AS WELL ONLY SEND EIGHT GUYS OUT THERE!!!

By TURTSNAP

September 9, 2007 8:12 AM | Link to this

In defense of his decision to kick a field goal instead of go for a TD with 4:00+ on the clock, I have heard Richt and others say “we thought we could stop them and get the ball back, and we did”. Stopping them would be getting them on a 3 and out, not allowing three running plays of 10+ yards and three converted first downs. We knew they would run, and we still couldn’t stop them. Heads should roll!

By jerry

September 9, 2007 8:12 AM | Link to this

I am tired of seeing the players get bashed. It doesn’t make a rat’s a* if the QB throws 10 interceptions or the running back fumbles 10 times as long as they are doing their best. It is the job of the coaches to get and coach players that don’t do these things. Lincoln didn’t blame the privates when the Army of the Potomac lost to Lee, he fired the generals. What Georgia needs is a U.S. Grant to deal with the Lees and Stonewalls in the SEC.

By The Bard

September 9, 2007 8:21 AM | Link to this

Darth Visor? The Evil Genius? What kind of problem does Carter Strickland have? I think the AJC deserves better than this kind of junk.

By Bill

September 9, 2007 8:22 AM | Link to this

Thanks for opening Pandora’s box for the SEC. You will not stop Spurrier again.

By Chip

September 9, 2007 8:23 AM | Link to this

Keep you heads up, Dawgs. Be proud of your outstanding field goal unit.

LMAO!!!

Have a nice Fall.

By A-ville Ranger

September 9, 2007 8:24 AM | Link to this

TW —-You don’t know what the hell you’re talking about.The only time the defense was at all bad was for 3 rushes on SC’s last possession.Anybody with any football sense knows the game was lost by the offense.

By M Vick

September 9, 2007 8:24 AM | Link to this

Spurrier man - you betta be careful!

The feds take beating dogs seriously now and days. You had them off your tail from all the beatings in the 90s and here you go again.

By stuffedshirt

September 9, 2007 8:28 AM | Link to this

Steve Spurrier is Stud of the SEC! The GameCocks have done mounted the Dawgs, and scored in every sense of the word. The Dawgs are now Steve’s BBIITTCCHH!

By TexasDawg

September 9, 2007 8:29 AM | Link to this

1. I saw two touchdown passes that Stafford overthrew, like I said before Cox has a more accurate arm than Stafford.So what if Stafford can throw it a mile. Stafford did not play well! Saw couple of key drops when Stafford did get the ball in there.The goal line drop killed us! Didn’t seem like we had the fire that we did against OKst…play calling was not up to par…Best fullback in sec…touched the ball what, twice? I’m just sick! I wait all year to watch my Dawgs and this is what we do…my only hope is this will be the last lost of the season…

By Jeff

September 9, 2007 8:32 AM | Link to this

The D flat out stunk…I’ve cut Martinez alot of slack, but after last night I can’t anymore. 15 yard cushions for the d-back on their receivers????? The only time we stopped their pass game was when we played tight! Willie, your defense is predictable and vulnerable to your poor planning and calling.
Offensively, they had our number. They knew our o-line couldn’t block long, so they brought up a back to shut off the quick slants. Killed us. Our lack of experience and depth on O-line was our achilles tonight…and it only gets tougher from here. YIKES!

By David

September 9, 2007 8:33 AM | Link to this

okay no player bashing or coach bashing.let us just take out our football 101 books and review.we must tackle,we must block,we must catch the ball and we must have a good game plan.we did none of this for a full four quarters.and the result is a 16-12 loss to the gamecocks.gonna be a long season.

By David

September 9, 2007 8:34 AM | Link to this

Soph QB that missed too many passes, young inexperienced O-coordinator that called for too many low % plays, young OL, not enough playmakers in the front 7 on D (although D wasn’t really the problem)

This team will lose 3 or 4 games.

By TampaGator

September 9, 2007 8:35 AM | Link to this

I watched a little of the game. Credit goes to a very good SC defense. They were well coached and shut down Georgia’s offense, and especially took advantage of of Georiga’s young offensive line. Georgia is going to be a very good football team, maybe this year. But, like Florida, they are very young. Both will loose key games this year due to their youth on both sides of the ball. SC was better coached yesterday, but they had a lot more experience playing in the game with excellent talent as well. SC is for real. Georgia and Florida will be real soon. Maybe not this year, but when they grow up and have veteran leadership at key positions. But you have to give Spurrier his due…what a great college football coach he is. No doubt. He has those SC players believing and playing like champs.

By JG

September 9, 2007 8:36 AM | Link to this

We played poorly all around, but I have a hard time with the coaches leaving Stafford in during the 4th quarter. He had a passing percentage in the 40% range and we have one of the best backups in Joe Cox. Bringing in Joe Cox would have shaken things up and also showed Stafford he’s got to improve. When a QB is struggling as bad as Stafford and you have a quality backup…you have to make the change…especially when you’re losing.

By Bob C

September 9, 2007 8:36 AM | Link to this

On your ‘three keys to loss’, the first one has that the penalty was on the dawgs for the illegal shift on the recovered fumble on the punt prior to the end the first half.

This penalty was on USC not Georgia. How can you have illgeal shift on the defense anyway?

By TW

September 9, 2007 8:36 AM | Link to this

A-ville Ranger - You must either be a GT fan or you are married to Martinez. Boyd and Davis combined for 132 yards on 23 carries last night. You do the math. It’s no diiferent than last year, or the year before that. The days of O’Dell and VanGorder are long gone.

By A-ville Ranger

September 9, 2007 8:37 AM | Link to this

M Vick stuffedshirt and whatever else you call yourself.These type games always bring out the bottom feeders.

By A-ville Ranger

September 9, 2007 8:40 AM | Link to this

Jeff —-The defense held SC to 178 passing yards.Some of you guys don’t have the first clue.

By Jeff

September 9, 2007 8:41 AM | Link to this

I’ve never called for a coach to go and I haven’t seen anyone calling for this guy’s head yet…but I am now.
The wide receivers coach has got to go. We recruit some of the best talent in the south. These kids get to UGA, have a good freshman year and then stink it up the next 3. Fred Gibson, MoMass are good examples. Whatever this guy is teaching them, he brings them backwards.
Coach Richt(like he’ll ever read this), it’s time for a change at receivers coach. He’s just not getting the job done.

By dawg gomer

September 9, 2007 8:42 AM | Link to this

Our coach is the best coach in the world! Our quarterback sure has the It factor - with the SH in front of the IT.

We need to calm down. We only lost by 4 points and USC is the #1 team in the country - I just looked it up. I’m a smart UGA alum - I got an A in coach Harrick’s basketball course. Would someone explain to me why everyone’s so upset?

By mike

September 9, 2007 8:45 AM | Link to this

Stafford needs to be coached! A lot of the inaccurate throws were a result of poor fundamentals. His footwork is terrible. He does not set his feet to throw. He slings it with his arm, or throws off his back foot. He needs to be coached!

By jerry

September 9, 2007 8:45 AM | Link to this

Richt is paid millions. He is lucky that this hotshot QB from Texas wants to come to UGA. So what does he do? Has him, ( the hotshot), throw a backward pass to a wide receiver who then (supposedly) takes over the role of the hotshot. Go figure.

By A-ville Ranger

September 9, 2007 8:46 AM | Link to this

Last time,for those who are really thick.Martinez’s defense held SC to 312 total yards and 16 points.That should be plenty good enough to win most any game and ANY home game. It was the OFFENSE stupid.Now I’m gonna take a hike….literally

By fulton

September 9, 2007 8:50 AM | Link to this

BWAAHAAHAAHAA!!! I told ya’ll on Friday, it was just a matter of TIME before the Cocks whup up on them mangy ol’ PUPPIES, well that time is here & NOW!! No need to hate on Spurrier because it’s YOUR team that SUCKS!!! Always have, always will, so get used to it… Bulldog Nation? BWAAHAHAHAHAA, that’s the real JOKE!!!

By SICEM

September 9, 2007 8:56 AM | Link to this

Mike Bobo was too bull headed with his play calling. He wouldnt give up on running plays up the gut until it was too late. I know that is good old fashion UGA football but SC had it covered last night 95% of the time. Almost everthing the Dawgs got on the ground was on the edges but Bobo kept trying to pound it up the middle. And passing the ball behind you on 3rd and short WTH was that? One more game called like that and Richt will probably take the play calling job back from him. Bobo sucked big time last night!

By Richt is German for Mediocre

September 9, 2007 8:59 AM | Link to this

FIRE MARK RICHT!!! FIRE MARK RICHT!!!! FIRE MARK RICHT!!!!!

RICHT IS GERMAN FOR MEDIOCRE

RICHT IS MEDIOCRITY PERSONIFIED

Bobo, RIcht, and Willie matching intelligence and competitiveness with Spurrier is like bring a knife to a gunfight.

Richt is a cute little pretty boy coach. We will never win a national championship with Coach Mediocre Richt.

Time to let the pretty boy go. Or at least it is time for Richt to stop the phony baloney bible beating I am a choir boy crap and start gittin’ some fire and desire in him. He sits there all game looking all pretty as can be, never sweating. He looks as cool as the other side of the pillow. The Evil Genius on the other hand is running around like a sweaty maniac, screaming at players, refs, taunting fans and coaching the hell out of the game. Spurrier used to not do that as much. But now that he has inferior talent, you are seeing the competitive side of that b******* come out even more.

YOu have no right to be upset about the loss if you continue to believe in Richt. Continuing to believe in Richt is to accept these kinds of losses. It is to be expected with Coach Mediocre Richt at the helm. UGA fans are settling with Richt. They should expect more. Richt sucks!

Right now, Richt is the 8th best coach in the SEC.

1. Spurrier - national championship

2. Saban - national championship

3. Myer - national championship

4. Tuberville - undefeated season; should have had share of national championship

5. Fulmer - national championship

6. Les Miles - running a machine down at LSU

7. Houston Nutt - does more with less while Richt does less with more

8. Mark Richt - mediocrity personified. Has been doing the b.s. holy roller act for so long that even he buys into it. He thinks it is an excuse that explains away any and all failure because you all will say he looks so darn pretty and he is so holy, who cares if we don’t win.

IF you blame WIllie and Bobo, you need to blame Richt. He hired them and he has kept Willie in his employ despite WIllie being absolutely terrible for the last few years. Richt needs to go ahead and hire Van Gorder back already. As for Bobo, didn’t we hire Richt because he was supposed to be an offensive genius. But then he passes those responsibilities on to Bobo. So what then was the point of hiring Richt? If he passes off responsibility for the one thing that got him the job, then what is the point of Richt? Really? Not that his UGA offenses ever showed any innovation or ingenuity or anything.

If Richt is such a great recruiter, then why does he have no offensive line? Why is his defense so much weaker than the one Donnan handed him? Why is his wide receiver corps so much worse than the one Donnan handed him? WHy are his tight end corps so much weaker than the one Donnan handed him? WHy does he not have one powerful tailback that can push a pile?

Moreno is a cute little jitterbug runner but why was he in the game when the Dawgs were in the red zone? Like Warrick Dunn, Vick, and Norwood, Moreno will be great for big exciting runs and for getting you from the 20 to the other 20 but once inside the 20, he tiny little frame will be useless. But stupid Richt and Bobo had him in there inside the red zone. Lump, if/when healthy, should be the guy for those situations. But Bobo and Richt are too stupid to realize that. With Lump out, Thomas Brown should be the tailback in the game for all short yardage and red zone and goal line offensive sets. He is not a powerful back as UGA tried to ridiculously see last week. That was so insulting for them to say Brown is a power back. He is a tough back but he is a tiny little back. But as compared to Moreno, Brown needs to be the one in the game in short yardage, red zone, and goal line.

By billy greer

September 9, 2007 8:59 AM | Link to this

Proving once again, what comes around, goes around. Remember how South Carolina beat themselves by missing chip shot field goals/extra points vs Georgia? Georgia has had several wins like that the past seven years. Now it’s coming back against them. Georgia is the Michigan of the SEC.

By Football Fanatic

September 9, 2007 9:03 AM | Link to this

Stuffedshirt it was one game won by four points out of the last six games. Dont get too big a woodie that little pea sized brain may have all the blood drain out!

By Alan

September 9, 2007 9:13 AM | Link to this

USC played a better game that we did and so they deserved the win. As to the play under discussion, it seems that Stafford and the rest of the team must have the fundamentals down before trying such a specialty play and having any chance of it to work. Our play seemed to have more fits and starts than USC’s. My expectations from this point….we get serious this week and win over WCU by at least three TD’s. Then, later….we lose to Tennessee, Florida and to one of either Kentucky or Vanderbilt. Also,…we’ll lose to Tech, followed by a win in one of the Consolation Bowls. Here’s to the usual season!

By Mike

September 9, 2007 9:17 AM | Link to this

Tech fan here. Not to gloat. Just to say I remember years past when Georgia would lose a game they were not expected to lose, but they still competed with and in many cases won against others they were not favored to beat. Just last year, the Dawg Nation was upset by the losses to Kentucky and Vanderbilt, yet you closed with good wins against Auburn and both Techs.

You have excellent athletes, you’ll be competitive with everyone you play. I still think you will beat Tennessee. Florida will be a real challenge though. But do the Gators actually ever graduate anyone? I have the impression academics for their athletes are mere suggestions.

By Andy

September 9, 2007 9:19 AM | Link to this

I was ok with the call to kick the field goal. We stopped them and gotthe ball back. Here’s the rub…when we stopped them on 3rd down, we let about 35-40 seconds tick off. We shouldhave used a timeout then, and we would have had 2:10 or so left. Instead we gotitback with 1:30. To make it worse, we ran the first play in the middle of the field and had to use a timeout immediatelty. Then, there were to more plays we ran routes of 5 yards. That’s not going to “get r done” when you have to score a TD in under 2 minutes with 60+ yards to go. Duh….

By TOO

September 9, 2007 9:19 AM | Link to this

NO WAY DOES SC HAVE BETTER TALENT THAN US. HATE TO ADMIT IT BUT, WE GOT OUTCOACHED. ALSO, IF YOU THINK COACH R HAS TOTALLY GIVEN UP HIS HAND AT PLAY CALLING TO COACH B YOU LIVE IN A TWILIGHT ZONE. AS TO THE ORIGINAL QUESTION, YES COACH R MADE THE RIGHT DECISION 4TH AND 15 WOULD BE TOUGH….

By TD

September 9, 2007 9:20 AM | Link to this

Not going for the first down late in the game was a very stupid call because

1) UGA still needed to score a touchdown 2) Even if they don’t make it, it is likely that SC would have started deeper in their territory than after the kickoff. If I recall right, it turns out they lost approximately 15 yards of field position. 3) The kickoff ran extra time off the clock.

By rosezee

September 9, 2007 9:20 AM | Link to this

Final score:

SC Coaching: B+ UGA Coaching: F-

SC QB: B+ UGA QB: F

SC OL: B+ UGA OL: C-

SC DL: C UGA DL: C-

SC RunO: C UGA RunO: C+

SC PassO: C UGA PassO: D

SC SpecTeams: A+ UGA SpecTeams: B

Officiating: F

Bobo: Boob Stafford: Highly Overrated

By Ann G.

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

I love the smell of Carolina in the morning. You know what that smell is, son? It’s the smell of victory.

ATTENTION:

physicsDawg Dark Corner Dawg FL Dawg g. Horton geechee Aaron GCN NASCARfan

Carolina wins! Georgia loses!

I was right. You were wrong.

Enough said. Goodbye.

By John

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

The offensive play calling was much worse that what I have seen in previous years. However, there were WAY TOO MANY dropped passes. I wonder if taking off those gloves would help. We never had them when I was growing up. Do they really help that much?

With regard to the defense, I think they played quite well to give up only 16 points. Yes, we do look small and that may hurt us big in te future. Nevertheless, hats off to the Defense.

It’s truly the offense that never can seem to get any consistency from season to season. Even though Stafford is suppose to be this great QB out of Texas he simply does not come across as being a leader or demonstrating what he achieved in high school.

It still puzzles me that Joe Cox has not been given another opportunity after saving us in the Colorado game last year. He must really do poorly in practice or has done something off the field not to get any more play time. I just don’t think Stafford is the future of this team for the next 3 years.

I’m sure we’ll bounce back from this and go 8-4 or 7-5, but wouldn’t it be nice to be considered for a National Championship. What’s it gonna take.

Keep the spirit. Go Dawgs.

By DAwgfan from '55

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

Bench Stafford and play a more experienced q’back. Right now he is not the greatest thing since sliced bread. Maybe later. I hope Richt sees this before the season is gone and we end up with only three wins. If he is the best q’back at GA, we’re in trouble. Now maybe Stafford’s helment will fit his TEXAS size head!!!!

By NASCARfan

September 9, 2007 9:25 AM | Link to this

As disapointed as I was and am, I still made sure to grit my teeth, and offer an honest “good game, we’ll see you next year in Columbia” to every Gamecock I saw as I left Sanford Stadium last night.

And I wasn’t the only Dawg fan to do so.

Here’s hoping we recieve the same respect from the denziens on Columbia when we return. Somehow, I doubt it, but let’s hope so.

It’s one loss. It happens. Let’s not fire anyone, or bench anyone yet. I mean, it would be nice if our defense could have made one more timely stop when everyone in the stadium knew they were going to run the ball, but you watch this film once if your the Dawgs, and then chuck it into the trash and light it on fire.

It’s over. You can’t replay losses, just like you can’t replay wins. I wonder if too many of the young Dawgs were thinking too fondly of last week’s win all week. Regardless, we lost, and in losing we must be gracious.

So once again: Good game, Cocks, and we’ll see you in Columbia.

By Gen Neyland

September 9, 2007 9:26 AM | Link to this

From an enemy poster’s perspective, it was USC’s D which bent, but didn’t break, that won the game. Their scheme wasn’t flawless. They allowed Moreno big chunks, Stafford did pretty good when flushed. Yet SC’s D rose up when they had too. As me and Hunk Erdown observed last night from our respective bunkers, LSU looks like the cream of the West. Who can make that statement from the East..? And the SC PK/Punter/KO guy got his job done all night…

By Gray Haired Dawg

September 9, 2007 9:28 AM | Link to this

It’s hard to stay loyal when you get EMBARRASSED between the hedges. Probably didn’t bother Michael Adams.

By dawgfanman

September 9, 2007 9:29 AM | Link to this

Georgia will never win a championship under Mark Rict. He is too soft spoken and he has faith in hid coordinstors that has not proven anything.Look at Matt Stafford’s progression, he is still over throwing open recievers, he is still throwing off the wrong foot, he is still not reading the defense properly and no matter how much raw talent he has if he dosent correct those things, UGA will never win a national title. If Spurrier coached at UGA with the talent we have at the skilled positions we would win a couple national titles. Mike BOBo is a horrible play caller. The defense was on the field to much, zi thought they played well considering that. The offensive line played decent as well. Matt Stafford has been annointed by everyone in athens as being the savior, but Tebow, and Ainge are way better quarterbacks. Until georgia gets a real head coach and offensive coordinator in here, they will be an average team in a very good sec division.

By John

September 9, 2007 9:30 AM | Link to this

Wow, I didn’t realize we had this many idiots who call themselves Georgia fans.

By Andy

September 9, 2007 9:30 AM | Link to this

Anyone remember preseason when Coach Eason said “Tony Wilson is the toughest receiver we have.” Well, he sure blew it last night. Stafford hithimin stride, in the hands, at the goal line, and he dropped it. FYI: Eason was fired at FSU because his receivers had the drops. Then Richt hired him and - Surprise - now OUR receivers can’t catch. Time to make a change isn’t it? I thought we were past this type of performance - even with young players….

By stuffedshirt

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

The GameCocks have done mounted them dawgs. Theys our BBIITTCCHHSS now!

By stuffedshirt

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

The GameCocks have done mounted them dawgs. Theys our BBIITTCCHHSS now!

By Andy

September 9, 2007 9:36 AM | Link to this

Ever watch highlights on ESPN of other college teams? LSU, Hawaii, Texas, Oregon, ect, etc…they hit their receivers in stride and score many times down the middle of the field. We NEVER do that, ever?? Why? Seems most our pass plays are to a “spot” and our receivers rarely gets yards after the catch - except Bailey last week down the sideline….

By TennesseeDawg

September 9, 2007 9:37 AM | Link to this

Same old, Same old. How many times have we endured it? Red zone offense always terrible. Hard to score inside the 20 with young offensive line, immobile QB, and only the tiny running backs that Richt recruits in the backfield. Puts too much pressure on D to be perfect when you’re forced to win games with just field goals. UGA must lead the world in field goals during Richt’s time here. Stafford was horrible. He overthrew at least 3 sure t.d’s and misread the defenses all night long. I guess David Greene spoiled us all. Play calling was suspect, but we all know the UGA brain trust doesn’t hold a candle to SS, the “old ball coach,” in that area. Love him or hate him, he is a “ball coach”. Looks like a long season for the Dawgs with UF, UT, AU and the Crimson Tide out there on the horizon.

By Cuz

September 9, 2007 9:39 AM | Link to this

So this is what a hobnailed boot feels like. Looks like I have to eat crow once again. Funny tastes like chicken. Congradts to USC, you won, we lost. All streaks end at some point, yours was last night. Now go beat some common enemies.

They say every dawg has his day and apparently sooner or later the chickens come home to roost. I bet the henhouse is rocking now.

By njdawg

September 9, 2007 9:39 AM | Link to this

Let’s be honest, the drops are back. Not that Stafford was all that great, but two drops in the end zone on that drive killed it. There were some questionable calls, but way too many drops to win.

You can’t win in that 4 & 15 situation. If we had gone for it, and not made, everyone would be ripping Richt for that. Execution is the problem.

By Matt

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

Maybe it’s an SEC thing — South Florida beats Aubbie, Cal beats UT, Georgia can’t beat USC. Maybe the conference is just overrated as a whole — except LSU. They looked amazing.

By son_sir

September 9, 2007 9:43 AM | Link to this

Just like old times ! Who’s ya daddy ? …… Spurrier

By RandyC

September 9, 2007 9:45 AM | Link to this

I like CMR as a person but how I wish it had been us that hired Spurrier instead of USC!

By Michael

September 9, 2007 9:47 AM | Link to this

I like early losses. This way the chest thumping idiot fans can shut up about national championships and their own personal greatness by proxy. Now we can get down to enjoying college football. UT, BAMA, AUBURN, UF, GT — bring em on. GO DAWGS!

By Lane

September 9, 2007 9:47 AM | Link to this

Since the arrival of Stafford, all the “jock flies” on this site have been raving over how great he is. He will be a great QB, once he takes some “zip” off the ball - throw a catchable ball and becomes more accurate. Or he could become a Chris Rix, the scatter armed/brained QB who played at FSU a couple of years ago. By the end of this season hopefully Stafford will begin realizing his potential.

Mike Bobo, is no Richt. Richt is probably the best QB coach in the history of college football. Look at his track record at FSC and Georgia

The problems to a great extent are in the OL - youth/inexperience. Also, Chester Adams is a penalty waiting to happen.

By NASCARfan

September 9, 2007 9:47 AM | Link to this

Anyone who says we’re “mediocre” or “right there with Ole’ Miss” is an idiot. Anyone who says we lose 4 games a year is an idiot, and too lazy to look up the real facts.

We’ve won two SEC Titles in five years!!! Tenn hasn’t done that lately. Florida hasn’t done that lately. SoCarolina has never done that. The only team to do that lately is LSU. That’s it. No one else.

God you people are a bunch of idiots who aren’t fans at all.

GET THE EFF OFF MY BOARD YOU BUNCH OF EFFING MORONS!!!

I am sick and tired of you people claiming to be Georgia fans who aren’t really at all.

How about this?

$HIT OR GET OFF THE POT, YOU MORONS!!!

You’re either on our bandwagon, or you’re off it… FOREVER!!!

It’s not hard to stay loyal no matter if we lose by 100 between the hedges, you idiot, Gray Haired Dawg. No real fan would EVER say that!!! All of you idiots who know nothing about football need to either learn, or get the eff away from here, because we don’t want you and your “support.”

For God’s sake, people, how hard is it to be gracious in a loss, and then move on!?!

Wish the Cocks well, eat out crow, and move on!!!

You idiots who have the gall to call yourselves fans make me so angry I want to punch you all in the effing face!!!

By Dodge

September 9, 2007 9:50 AM | Link to this

Yes Stafford did struggle most of the night but when it counted he delivered two perfect passes that were dropped at the goaline. Catch one and Dogs win.

This one was lost because the offensive play calling was mediocre the first three quarters.

By Mike

September 9, 2007 9:50 AM | Link to this

Stafford is 10-5 at Ga. Now I see why he was not offered any scholarships from any TX schools. They new he wasnt that good. He also looks like the boy from Deliverance.

By dEAN

September 9, 2007 9:54 AM | Link to this

I agree with dawgfanman. I have no desire to watch Georgia lose to vandy and kentucky this year. And there is no way georgia beats tech this year. I think Richt is out by the end of the Year. He came to savannah to speak at the qb club and I found him to be distant, and aloft. Did not seem to be friendly or outgoing. Not the kind of coach who can inspire people. As far as defense coachs go, Georgia has not had a good one since Erik Russell.

By Jack Kennedy

September 9, 2007 9:55 AM | Link to this

I am sick and tired of hearing what a GREAT Coach Mark Richt is for the dawgs. He CAN’T win the games he is SUPPOSED to or the BIG games he should win. I am OFF the Richt band wagon! Let’s start a search…….

By stuffedshirt

September 9, 2007 9:56 AM | Link to this

yo mutt bbiittcchheess, get in the kitchen and cook our breakfasts, weez hungry after all that mounting last night!

By georgiagirl49

September 9, 2007 9:56 AM | Link to this

can we beat western carolina? Thats what I want to know. We are a joke.

By mikefino777

September 9, 2007 9:56 AM | Link to this

ok here’s some reality,,uga has a good team,not a great team,there are probably 2 to 4 more losses remaining on their schedule,,if the stars line up they could win 10,,if it goes the other way the win total could be 7,,chances are it will be somewhere in the middle,,

By georgiagirl49

September 9, 2007 9:56 AM | Link to this

can we beat western carolina? Thats what I want to know. We are a joke.

By georgiagirl49

September 9, 2007 9:57 AM | Link to this

can we beat western carolina? Thats what I want to know. We are a joke.

By georgiagirl49

September 9, 2007 9:57 AM | Link to this

can we beat western carolina? Thats what I want to know. We are a joke.

By georgiagirl49

September 9, 2007 9:57 AM | Link to this

can we beat western carolina? Thats what I want to know. We are a joke.

By Hendu

September 9, 2007 9:57 AM | Link to this

To all you idiots. The defense only gave up ONE TD. The offense scored NO TD’s. The problem was not the defense, it was the great white hype and terrible play calling. When will GA. run the ball when they have 1st and goal to go. Grap your N#Ts and run the ball………

By Chris

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

The ajc article about the UGA game actually contained the phrase “oopsies and oh-nos.”

I thought Georgia was a pretty good journalism school…

Anyway, you’ll never see a Tech article that attributes a loss to “oopsies and oh-nos.” That’s horrible writing for a horrible team.

National Championship, bowsers? Methinks not.

See you on The Flats in November! And leave your “oopsies and oh-nos” at home. Those won’t be the reasons you will lose. The fact that Tech is superior will be the only reason. Put that in your meth pipe and smoke it.

By joe

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

Boobo was a mediocre QB at best and looks to be even worse as a play caller. But when your QB goes 19-44 with zero TD’s and 3 sacks, it is clear the O-line sucks and the receivers drop way too many passes. Looks like a long year in Athens and over at the village on the plains…

By Ann.G.

September 9, 2007 10:00 AM | Link to this

GCN was included inadvertently. My apologies.

By rosezee

September 9, 2007 10:00 AM | Link to this

I wonder what this football program would be like if Spurrier was running the show. Spurrier alway talks about how how difficult it is to recruit at SC. If UGA doesn’t wake up fast, we’re going to have the same problem.

By dEAN

September 9, 2007 10:04 AM | Link to this

nascar fan tell me which teams we will beat, alabama, tech, kentucky vandy, tennessee, auburn or florida. All of these teams have better offenses than sc and just as good defenses. Sc was not that good and anybody who thinks that is an idiot. SC ran basic plays that we could not stop. They put 8 men in the box and dared stafford to throw long. This is the second game in a row that stafford missed people deep. I think for the rest of the year teams will challenge stafford to throw the deep ball.

By Gator Dan

September 9, 2007 10:05 AM | Link to this

Face it Dawgie Nation —The Evil Genius owns you yet again. Now, not only will you NEVER beat Florida —looks like SC will own you as well.

By Stafford's Mom

September 9, 2007 10:06 AM | Link to this

Best QB Richt has ever coached?? WTF…Is he in the REGRESSION PROGRAM at UGA? He played like Reggie Ball, without the trash talkin’ and pseudo running skills. His head wasn’t in the game. He’s fortunate he didn’t have 3 INTs like his first few games. But don’t put all the blame on my kid.

Bobo was a no-show with the play calling. Screen pass, screen pass, screen pass…You get the idea. So did USC and anyone else watching this game film. And 3rd down watch-me-fake-em-all-out play?!?! My boy’s still pulling turf out of his teeth from that one.

With play calling like that and such poor execution on the field, this is going to be a LONG, LONG SEASON. Play like that against the rest of the schedule and it won’t be pretty…

By stendec

September 9, 2007 10:08 AM | Link to this

Bulldog season in toilet after only two games. Truly sad. Such high hopes. No hope now. Bye SEC title hope. Bye national title hope. Bye possible Top 10 national ranking. Christmas wants are non-Texan quarterback, receivers that can actually catch plus a head coach that can envision higher than three points per drive. Listening Santa? Irish and Wolverine fans, we feel your pain! How sad there is only one major college football team in state. That one headquartered in Atlanta! Kick ANOTHER field goal RICHT!

By uga's cousin

September 9, 2007 10:11 AM | Link to this

CMR made a huge mistake by giving such a young QB a compliment deserving of a more polished and seasoned player. Stafford’s demeanor on field show’s the growth of his head instead of his play. CMR should know better. Spurrier called his players a bunch of stiffs and look what happened to us on Saturday. Do we need a coach like Spurrier to lead us? What about Oregon’s head coach? Last week, we had an opportunity to score more and didn’t because of being too classy to run up the score. This is FOOTBALL not some little girls game. It’s kill or be emabarrased! Step on their throats until the clock runs out. Oklahoma has no problem with running up the score. You learn how to score by “freaking” scoring!!! I’m tired of supporting such a SOFT program. We generate millions of dollars each year and should be able to get someone in here with the attitude and swagger that our fans so deserve and need. Guess we should be happy with our 9 and 10 win seasons? NEGATIVE!

By todd

September 9, 2007 10:11 AM | Link to this

stafford didnt see so many wide open receivers…horrible play calling on the next to last drive when they kicked a field goal, moreno was running the ball ten yards a click and after the false start Bozo starts calling only pass plays!!!!!!! terrible game clock management also…sorry fans but this game should be a huge wake up call!!!!! may be a 7-5 season

By Laughingmya$$off

September 9, 2007 10:13 AM | Link to this

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

By Hendu

September 9, 2007 10:13 AM | Link to this

Stafford should shoulder the blame. He missed at least 7 wide open wr’s during the game. There may have been some drops but if your are suppose to be the man make good decisions on where the ball should go. P.S., Richt should take back that thing about the best QB I have ever coached.

By DAWG WALKING

September 9, 2007 10:14 AM | Link to this

UGA falls to 3-12 versus The Old Ball Coach… 95% of the AJC readers felt that SC had better coaching last night. Just wait ‘til he gets some more talent in Columbia!!

By rosezee

September 9, 2007 10:16 AM | Link to this

Hey NASCARfan, you sound like a lemming who follows the pipper.

Being a fan doesn’t mean you blindly accept the unaccept the unacceptable. Anyone that really cares for any organization challenges it to be the best it can be. Heard Tiki Barber say on the radio yesterday that “critics are our best teachers because they point out our shortcomings and help us strive for excellence.”

Now go back to watching cars circle a track you dumb redneck.

By SCFan

September 9, 2007 10:18 AM | Link to this

Maybe it wasn’t that Georgia and it’s almighty didn’t do a good job. Maybe THEY WERE OUTPLAYED by a BETTER TEAM.

GO COCKS

By stuffedshirt

September 9, 2007 10:19 AM | Link to this

Nasty little mutts bite the dust!

By Tad

September 9, 2007 10:20 AM | Link to this

OH PLEEEEASE!!!! Get Over it!!! So you lost a game…blah..blah..blah!!! Is the State in mourning or what? Should we lower the flags to half staff? Wipe off your boots and move on! You all sound like a bunch of whinnie cry babies!!!

By KnottyDog

September 9, 2007 10:21 AM | Link to this

Looking at this game and the games we loss last year, which we should not have loss, something is missing. At times they play as a team and sometimes as just eleven individuals, with no team enthusiam, spirit or unity. It takes more than athelic ability, it takes a winning mental attitude, a team togetherness that Ga. has sometimes and sometimes doesn’t have. Where is the team leadership and where is the coaching leadership? It is missing.

By NASCARfan

September 9, 2007 10:23 AM | Link to this

Dean, let me know your address so I can come and beat the ever loving $hit out of you, you unbelievable piece of $hit.

After I’m done stomping your face in, I am going to take every piece of Dawg paraphernalia out of your trailer and burn it in the front yard of your trailer.

It’s people like YOU that give Dawg fans a bad name.

You know nothing about football.

I can guarantee you didn’t graduate from Georgia, let alone attend a single class.

Dean, you don’t deserve to be a Georgia fan, you piece of $hit.

By brewdawg

September 9, 2007 10:23 AM | Link to this

You bandwagon fans are a disgrace to true UGA fans. I’m as upset as anyone, but I am also realistic. We are young across the board, Stafford is still maturing… and it’s one game. If you think we are out of the SEC race you are crazy. Is it gonna be hard? Yeah, just like it is every year. Sometimes I wonder if some of you would like to go back to the Goff/Donnan days. The bottom line is this: We aren’t as bad as we were yesterday, and we aren’t as good as were against Oklahoma State. But to say that the season is over after one loss in five years to USC, well, find another team. Oh, and CHIP, the field goal was absolutely the right call. I have no idea why this is even an issue… especially since we did get the ball back with enough time to mount a drive. But yeah, let’s definitely get rid of Richt, he of the most SEC wins in the last five years, you absolute and total morons.

By Ellen Horn

September 9, 2007 10:23 AM | Link to this

Quit making excuses and just accept the fact that you were beaten by a better, more motivated team with a superior coach and a relentless defense. We knew we did not live up to our potential against La.Lafayette, so this game was not a surprise to us. Go Cocks!

By Alpha Male ZEBRA

September 9, 2007 10:24 AM | Link to this

rosezee:

Only an ignorant and BITTER UGA Fan would issue a “report card” on various aspects of the game…And give Officiating an “F”. PUHLEEEZE!

I watched the game and there was nothing wrong with the officiating…Get some glasses and get a life!

By DAWG WALKING

September 9, 2007 10:26 AM | Link to this

HEEEE’S BACK…..

By SOBEDAWG

September 9, 2007 10:26 AM | Link to this

Stafford will be fine, and will bounce back from this “very close” defeat (there was lots of inconsistent play from several other positions in my opinion…as well as penalties that cost us valuable FG field position)…best to suffer some lumps against the COCKS early and learn from it. It would’ve really sucked if UGA went undefeated until the GAYTURDS game in late October…and then suffer defeat to the GAYTURDS.

This COCKS game will shake the DAWGS up and help them regain focus. A victory over the RED ELEPHANT MAFIA and FAT PHIL DEPOT will heal this little wound.

Oh…and one more thing…Congrats to South Florida for SILENCING the WAR TURKEYS…sobedawg

By HT

September 9, 2007 10:27 AM | Link to this

We lost to an Unranked team again! Stafford looked horrible and we needed to put Cox in. Bobo will take this program back to the Ray Goof era! He looks like a graduate assistant! Richt could be losing his edge. I want Donnan back!

By dogpound

September 9, 2007 10:27 AM | Link to this

LETS FACE IT USC WAS BIGGER FASTER AND MORE TALENTED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL. THEY FINNALY HAVE SOME PLAYERS UP THERE. CORSO AND THE OTHER USC BASHERS LOOK PRETTY STUPID RIGHT NOW

By Chris

September 9, 2007 10:28 AM | Link to this

So rosezee, do you think anyone who likes NASCAR is a “dumb redneck?” If so, I suggest you put down your meth pipe during a race and listen to TrackPass.

Go back to stillin’ your ‘shine, retard.

By Gen Neyland

September 9, 2007 10:28 AM | Link to this

NASCARfan

Your tenacity is apparent. Can you suit up and be at practice Tuesday? Relax…I told you they would come out of the woodwork. One can be critical and still be a fan. It’s the arrogant and snide remarks that distingush ’ Them from us, friend or foe alike ‘…Sometimes the Enemy does come from within…BTW and for the record, the imposter which went by General Neyland on the Mr Football blog last week regarding Stafford and CMR was just that, an imposter…itshay happens…

By FIRERICHT

September 9, 2007 10:29 AM | Link to this

Richt needs to resign or get fired. Fans: While at games, start shouting “Florida State, Florida State, Florida State” so he’ll take the hint that he needs to go back home. He’s a nice guy, but can not call a game. I could call better games than him. Remember the West Virginia bowl game? This USC game is just icing on the cake!

By dogpound

September 9, 2007 10:30 AM | Link to this

LETS FACE IT USC WAS BIGGER, FASTER AND MORE TALENTED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL. THEY HAVE SOME GOOD PLAYERS UP THERE. CORSO AND THE OTHER USC BASHERS LOOK PRETTY STUPID RIGHT NOW.

By Your Mom

September 9, 2007 10:30 AM | Link to this

Your QB was awful. But so was your inflated national ranking. I love reading back from a week ago and hearing all the smack coming out of your mouths about how georgia was so good. Ignorant fools.

By RAMBLE ON!

September 9, 2007 10:31 AM | Link to this

* NASCARfan* BBBBHHHHHHHWWWWHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAHHHAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!your the biggest redneck trash on here.

LMAO Loser/moron!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By jcfromindy

September 9, 2007 10:31 AM | Link to this

OH, I AM LOVING THESE EXCUSES FROM YOU DOG FANS. LET’S FACE THE FACT UGA SUCKS! ALL YOU JERKS THAT DOGGED REGGIE BALL OUT LAST YEAR, NOW WHAT YOU GOT TO SAY ABOUT TECH NOW! NO EXCUSES, UGA AND RICHT AND HE FALCONS FOR THAT MATTER SUCK! TO TECH! OH, MY FAULT GO COLTS! ANOTHER SUPERBOWL BABY!!!!!

I LOVE SEEING UGA GET THEIR ASSES HANDED TO THEM, ESPECIALLY BY SPURRIER :) HA! HA!

By jferg

September 9, 2007 10:32 AM | Link to this

I place the blame on two things: Bobo’s inability to move the ball vs the SC defense. Linebackers- how can our starting linebackers only post a COMBINED 12 tackles?
Last, I am the only person hoping that Reshad Jones wins the starting role from Kelin Johnson? You’re not a gamer Kelin when you simply give up on a play that goes for the games ONLY touchdown. I’ve watched that play over and over and it was not a “ankle-breaking, jock-dropping” moved. Get better!

By Preston

September 9, 2007 10:32 AM | Link to this

This game played out like a typical UGA loss. The offense starts off in a daze and they try to fight back late in the 4th. WHY DON’T THEY TAKE THE 4TH QUARTER OFFENSIVE PLAN AND PUT IT IN PLACE IN THE 1ST QUARTER. Stafford missed a bunch of open receivers but he didn’t call the 1,000,00 screen passes in the 1st quarter. They seem to lack confidence in any passes over 10 yards.
I watched the LSU game and just wonder how they put together a team that dominates on both sides of the ball. I haven’t seen a season where UGA has been able to put a whoopin’ on a top ranked team. No top team fears UGA and last night showed why!!

By SickandTired

September 9, 2007 10:34 AM | Link to this

Well I see there are still many Stafford apologists out this morning. Excuses, excuses!! I am tired of the excuses for this guy and I am ready to see Coach Richt step up to the plate and earn the money he’s paid and do something about Stafford erratic play. Joe Cox, put your helmet on Saturday, we need a short leash on “Keg Boy”.

By dEAN

September 9, 2007 10:34 AM | Link to this

I live in savannah. any time you want to bring your sorry a* down here let me know. However answer the question which teams will georgia beat. Unlike you I have followed Georgia since before Herschel. What georgia used to do was always give a solid effort and always seemed prepared. Richt is an improvement over donnan and goff, but still falls short.

By Richt is German for Mediocre

September 9, 2007 10:39 AM | Link to this

NASCARfan is just as dumb about the dawgs as he is about the braves. i can only imagine how dumb he is about nascar.

NASCARfan, you are a mental midget.

Go away and stop embarrassing yourself.

YOu have nothing to say that is intelligent or logical or that anyone cares to hear. Stop posting.

By Dawg4Life

September 9, 2007 10:39 AM | Link to this

This game was about coaching and UGA got out coached by the ol’ ball coach plain and simple. CMR has been good for the program, is a great guy and is well respected as a human being, all great qualities, but it is time for a coach with a killer instinct to come in and take UGA to the next level! I wnat to win National Championships not just SEC championships. Sorry Mark but you are not the man to win the big game. Sadly CMR will be here until the end of time unless he leaves of his own accord, so we as Dawg fans have to learn to live with the fact we will not have a chance to win a National Championship for at least 5 to 15 more years, maybe longer! Plus Spurrier now has our number and it will be a long time before we beat USC again! This is sad!!!!!!

By Dawg Dreamer

September 9, 2007 10:39 AM | Link to this

This is the first post and probably only post I’ll ever make. I just wanted to memorialize how I feel about CMR today so it will be easier to let go when CMR abandons the Dawgs for FSU and their indoor practice facility. Just hope he takes his precious Bobo with him.

There is only one reason for so much talent to not materialize into key wins and competing for national titles, inept coaching.

I’m upset today, but will probably believe this team is extremely under rated and Stafford is an overlooked Heisman candidate after wooping up on Western Carolina next week. Thanks AJC.

Just wait until next year and oh yeah, Go Dawgs.

By Guido

September 9, 2007 10:41 AM | Link to this

The odds may not be good for scoring on 4th and 15, but they are a lot better than having to drive 80 yards for the winning score with 2 minutes left in the game..A first down was still possible, a pass interference or defensive holding could have occured..We might even have scored a touchdown..Imagine that !!..Coach, you blew the call..Man up !!

By LOVE IT

September 9, 2007 10:46 AM | Link to this

Hey beeches— how’s it feel to watch your season go down the drain? Get ready for more PAIN! How do you like your rusty ole nail boot in your eye? Kiss it good bye. HA HA HA LOVE YA, CAN’T WAIT TO STOMP YA, TENNESSEE VOLS.

By pipepimp

September 9, 2007 10:52 AM | Link to this

Guess I have to go to a funeral now, you see I have this friend that has been in the Dawg House so long, that he started across the road, stopped to lick himself and a car ran over him!

By Hunk Erdown

September 9, 2007 10:53 AM | Link to this

SEC football is great! Our foes have every right to have all the fun they can at our expense right now, thats what it is all about, bragging rights.

As far as Fans who claim to be UGA supporters, then after this loss are ready to chunk our coaches, and bench our starters- UGA is like a ship on the sea, you are like barnacles that need to be cleaned off, it wil only help the ship sail smoother. We took a hit tonight, but the ship ain’t sunk. If after one SEC rival loss, you are ready to quit or fire anybody you are an idiot and a coward, we don’t want you in the Nation, we never did, you were a parasite sucking on the outside, never inside. We can’t control who posts on here, but anybody can see the true dawgs from the wannabe’s.

Defensive improvements need to be focused on one on one tackling… there were at least 15 missed, open field tackles… I haven’t counted them yet, however, the defense fought hard to hold USC to the 16 points they scored, “heart” is not a problem, its execution, something that can be fixed.

Bobo called an adequate game to win. There are some things I would have liked to seen exploited on USC’s defense, but the game could and should have been won. Again, it boiled down to execution, especially in the realm of the QB position. The line is small and young, but did just good enough to give us a chance. Execution can be worked on, we have talent and heart… we are very young and will get better.

Firing anybody right now would be like throwing in the towel and starting all over. Stupid to even consider. We lost a hard fought game to a worthy opponant, by 4 points. If you thought we were gonna win a Championship with our youth, you are on the “Buck’s Let’s just play all freshman parade” With all due respect to my friend Buck, we will forever disagree on this strategy. An 18 yr old tackle looking across the line at a 22 yr old Senior is at a huge disadvantage, I don’t care how big or talented he is. You can get away with that stuff when you are talking about 4.3 blazing running back freshman, but the trenches are reserved for men.

By NASCARfan

September 9, 2007 10:54 AM | Link to this

Dean the Piece of Trailer Trash $hit,

I don’t care how long you’ve been “following” Georgia, you don’t know a damn thing about football.

You’re an ignorant SOB with no idea of the history of the program, including the very recent history.

I’m done being angry over pieces of $hit like you.

My friend, General Neyland is right… all it takes is a little adversity to make you dumb as crap morons to come out of the woodwork.

You aren’t a real fan, and as such, you’re not worth my time. I drowned my sorrows last night downtown, and I’m done.

All REAL Georgia fans, absorb this loss, and MOVE ON.

Let the pieces of $hit like Dean and Rozalee talk all they want.

Remember that they are ignorant fools, and aren’t real fans like we are.

Congratulate any C** fans you work with or go to school with, and MOVE ON.

And the only answer I’m giving you, Dean, you unbelievable piece of crap is this little bit of wisdom that I know you’ll never understand:

It’s better to remain silent and thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

I’m done wasting energy with pieces of $hit like you.

By Yesterday

September 9, 2007 10:55 AM | Link to this

We got whipped up front on boths sides of the ball. Let’s take what we can learn from it and move on. All you fare-weather fans need to find another team to complain about because you are not wanted or needed by the DAWG-Nation. As mentioned it is still a learning curb for a young team. Coach Bobo lost his first game, which was bound to happen, and the important thing is what he taKes from it and how he grows as a coach and a man. To all you people who are so quick to call for his head, and his job, you are the type people who would grip if someone gave you a million bucks because it wasn’t two million. I’m sure he and coach Richt will discuss it in very fine detail as they break down the film. All is not lost so don’t throw out the towell yet.

By GeorgiaCox

September 9, 2007 10:55 AM | Link to this

cox shouldve gotten an opportunity last night…stafford couldnt find the open man

By GeorgiaCox

September 9, 2007 10:58 AM | Link to this

cox shouldve gotten an opportunity last night…stafford couldnt find the open man

By Voyager Dawg

September 9, 2007 10:58 AM | Link to this

No problem with the call. Fourth and 10 or 15 is not a high percentage play. Get the field goal, make some stops and play for the win. Didn’t work out that way, but it’s still early in the season. This is a young team with a load of talent. South Carolina played a great game and came out with the victory. Congrats to the Gamecocks. The Dawgs will win some big ones down the line. Go Dawgs!!!

By BigGCock

September 9, 2007 11:00 AM | Link to this

Now who’s your daddy?

I live in ATL and all I heard over the week in the newspapers and talk shows (680) is how Ugay was going to whip USC. The amount of arrogance was wanting to make me throw up.

We (USC) owned both lines of scrimmage and had the better D…and will ALWAYS have the better coaching staff as long as Spurrier is there.

The score should have been 31-12.

By dEAN

September 9, 2007 11:01 AM | Link to this

nascar, you still hsve not answered the question which teams will they beat.

By Sad Day for UGA

September 9, 2007 11:03 AM | Link to this

Tough game last night, but SS exposed our young defense. But the biggest dissapointment was the FANS, I have never in my life seen more lackluster support. I actually had a man a few rows behind me tell me to sit down and stop cheering, what has become of the UGA spirit. I mean, a few times toward the end of the game it got loud but for the most part very sad.

By DJSTHEGREATESTDAWGOFALLTIME

September 9, 2007 11:07 AM | Link to this

The Mark Ricth era has long peaked. Its down hill from here. Who can we hire next?

By asswipe

September 9, 2007 11:07 AM | Link to this

Reading the comments from the players and coaches of not putting the blame on anyone else but themselves has given me a sense of pride in this bunch of guys. Coach Richt has taught them to lead by example. I will take their example and try to hold myself to its high standard. I'm damn proud of you Dawgs one and all.

By Bystander

September 9, 2007 11:08 AM | Link to this

Hey NASCARfan:

You have definitely removed all doubt.

By Bobobobo

September 9, 2007 11:10 AM | Link to this

Bobo has got to go. How many ineffective screens can we throw?

By Bubba

September 9, 2007 11:11 AM | Link to this

South Carolina over UGA. Auburn loses to a directional school. The media can only pump up this girly man SEC for so long until your all exposed.

By Gatorman

September 9, 2007 11:14 AM | Link to this

Don’t ignore little doggies, you know we’re here, and we’re coming. The cocktail party this year is not going to be pretty. Maybe you’d better stay home, so you won’t vomit all over yourself in the second quarter. Our team is better than last year, and there will be no mercy. Dog meat, now that’s a barbecue.

By nostake

September 9, 2007 11:14 AM | Link to this

I simply LOVE watching UGA lose.

By dEAN

September 9, 2007 11:15 AM | Link to this

If your happy winning 8 games a year support the team. I am not. I am not going to be blind to the shortcomings of this coaching staff. The state of georgia produces some of the greatest football talent in the country. More than enough to be a top 10 team. I understand that there are growing pains with a young team. However Georgia was not prepared yesterday. And this is not the first time Richt has put forth a team that was not prepared.

By Cuz

September 9, 2007 11:22 AM | Link to this

The loss though not fun helps put life in perspective. Yes there is life outside of football. My daughter’s upcoming surgery is more important than winning games or championships. Football is a distraction that helps me get away from the trying situations that I and others find themselves in. Sure it is fun to win. But life goes on. Eat crow, congradulate USC for the win and move on. It works for me.

By Lee

September 9, 2007 11:23 AM | Link to this

You UGA fans(not all ofyou), are pitiful. All of you bashing Richt after what he has accomplished, acting like the past 6 years never happened. If you want to know what having pitiful coaching is try dealing with Mike Shula the last 4 years and you would be glad to have Richt even after a loss like this.You guys lost to the best coach in college football, as bad as you may hate the guy, it’s going to happen some as long as he’s at USC. I don’t mean to rant but it is sad to see ya’ll get down on the best coach UGA has ever had. Appreciate what you have and a national title will probably come.

By Dark Corner Dawg

September 9, 2007 11:27 AM | Link to this

We were outcoached and out played thats it in a nutshell. Carolina Seemed to KNOW to every play we tried. Our defense was good at times however couldnt stop the run and screen plays inwhich every other teams including Vandy and Kentucky runs on us. Fla. eats our lunch every year wth the screen and it seems we just cant stop it. Hell we cant make a 3 and 2. Other teams seems to make it with ease with less talent.It seems that we have to earn every yard and inch on each 3rd and short that we are faced with.Carolina was big ,physical and fast. I have to hand it to Spurrier he seems to be getting it done with no name players. Thats coaching and thats building a program.We say we got speed but sorry I didnt see it. I hope we can right the ship if not IM afraid its going to be more of the same.

By T

September 9, 2007 11:34 AM | Link to this

Stafford played poor. Play calling very bad 1st half. Ok 2nd half. Defense was poor.

*Worst coaching decision: *Richt not taking a timeout with 2:13 to go in game. SC let 41 seconds run off clock to 1:32 when dogs got ball back. And then Richt takes a timeout after the first offensive play after gaining 8 yards…WHAT?

They could have spiked the ball and stopped the clock being in 4 downs territory having to score. I think we could have used that :41 seconds.

By Dave

September 9, 2007 11:36 AM | Link to this

From Phoenix Arizona -

I can’t wait until UGA comes to Tempe. With play like yesterday’s against South Carolina “me thinks the dawgs will get stuck by Sparky!”.

I saw the Dawgs get pecked, and good.

By Robert

September 9, 2007 11:39 AM | Link to this

Jeez people, it’s one loss! Being a Gamecock fan,I’ve had to deal with all kind of close losses over the last few years.You guys missed some plays,but so did we. Be glad you have a good young QB and RB.It was just our time to win.

By Hunk Erdown

September 9, 2007 11:42 AM | Link to this

dEAN

I ‘ve seen cowards like you all my life, take a punch in the jaw and becomes a crybaby. I watched 89 of 122 good young men go ring the bell because they couldn’t cut it, but you… you’re not even in the fight and you’re a coward. No one cares if you’re a quitter and a coward, you rang the bell, now go away. I too am done with you.

I support UGA cause its in my blood, knock me down, I get right back up and make you do it again. Beat me fair and square, and I’ll heal up and see you tommorrow.

We have a sophmore QB that has made vast improvements in decision making, but still needs tweaking on his touch, accuracy, and timing. He will continue to get better. He showed class as a leader by trying to take the blame for his misques, let’s see how he bounces back.

Highly impressed with Tripp Chandler’s ability to get open and catch the ball, but his blocking wasn’t so good, for the most part, but neither was anyone else on the line, just too young right now.

Would have liked to seen us go after a few punts… no pressure at all.

By Dark Corner Dawg

September 9, 2007 11:43 AM | Link to this

Dean I agree, All we heard last year is that we were rebuilding . I can understand losing a game. However with all the resoures, facilities, even without an indoor practice facility we shouldnt loose to a Vandy at homecoming, a Kentucky and now USC in our house.We struggle in the pasts with other vandy teams, Miss ST, UAB , and we have a hell of time scoring TDs against USC.Futhermore, Richts first 3 to 4 years were with JIm Donnans Players I Still support Richt but gosh we gotta do something

By lane O. Tucker

September 9, 2007 11:43 AM | Link to this

I don’t know why we even bother scheduling a team that can possibly beat us. We should fill the schedule up with pasties and gimmes and go 12-0

And it is great to see Steve Spurrier continue his mastery over UGA, just think about, SC can now become the next Florida

By BILLDAWG

September 9, 2007 11:54 AM | Link to this

Hey NASCARfan, eat out your own crow. And Ann G., nothing could be finer than to be in Caroliner, in the morning, except, nothing could be sweeter than her lips around my P—-r, in the morning!!!

By Tommy Bow Wow Den

September 9, 2007 11:56 AM | Link to this

Dont worry Dawg Fans The cocks will lose to the other Tigers in a couple of weeks,who by the way will win the SEC. On Nov. 24 you can watch my mighty Clemson Tigers show you how to do chicken right at the chicken coop. In the meantime I m gonna passs my hot seat to Mark Richt. Looks like he is going to be on it for the rest of the season. Goooooo Tigers!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fight Fight Fight!!!!!!!!!!

By SOS

September 9, 2007 11:59 AM | Link to this

IT’S SO SAD TO SEE SO MANY “DELUSIONAL” UGA FANS BROUGHT DOWN TO EARTH…

IT WAS EVEN MORE SAD TO SEE MARK RICHT HAVING TO ENCOURAGE THE UGA FANS TO MAKE SOME NOISE….HAS NEVER HAPPENED AT WILLIAMS-BRICE AND NEVER WILL…

By JB

September 9, 2007 12:00 PM | Link to this

Thought the decision to kick the field goal was fine considering you had basically fourth and goal. What didn’t help us was clock management. We let 45 seconds go off the game clock by not calling a timeout before the SC punt.

Play calling was a bit questionable at some key points in the game. In the first half we had the ball at their twenty and third and two. What do we do? Call a screen pass and throw the ball 8 yards behind the line of scrimmage. Stupid.

Stafford threw some bad passes on two plays that could have gone for touchdowns. Receivers and tightend dropped balls that should have been caught. Same story….different season.

By dEAN

September 9, 2007 12:02 PM | Link to this

I feel sorry for you if you think someone is a quitter because they point out the repeated mistakes someone makes. For example mismanagement of the clock, as other posters have pointed out. Does anyone recall an auburn game when clock management was bad. The problems yesterday are the same ones that have been at georgia the entire time richt has been. No real offensive game plan. No committment to either the run or pass. A team that seems to sit back on its heels more than attack. The sec has better coaches and better teams that 3 or 4 years ago. Kentucky and vandy are no longer sure wins. Georgia has to be prepared every weekend to win. I guess I am just a realist. I see a 6 and 6 or 7 and 5 team this year.

By DEADDAWG

September 9, 2007 12:02 PM | Link to this

All these 4 and 5 star recruits we have on the roster look good on paper. But with the lack of coaching they receive they are just average players. Most however are very good at showing their new dance steps following a big play, the same play they have probably made a thousand times since Pop Warner. Why is it we can have a top ten recruiting class but not a top ten team?

By stuffedshirt

September 9, 2007 12:02 PM | Link to this

UGA LOST BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF AN INDOOR PRACTICE BUILDING. QUICK, GUV SONNY OF THE PRETTY PINK PANTIES, APPROPRIATE 100 MILLION DOLLARS TO QUICKLY BUILD SUCH A BOONDOGLE.

By Ken

September 9, 2007 12:06 PM | Link to this

I am a loyal Dawg but the horrible play calling, Stafford’s inept play, dropped passes, and the inability to tackle all contibuted to this conference loss. We were given more breaks than SC and we still couldn’t do anything right. Maybe Richt should rethink his CEO appointment and do what it takes to put a winning team on the field. What adjustments were made at halftime? Absolutely pitiful performance - it’s going to be a long season.

By Chase

September 9, 2007 12:06 PM | Link to this

NEWSFLASH

SC is a SENIOR LADEN TEAM while GEORGIA played 27..thats right 27 FRESHMEN and SOPHOMORES

We are gonna have growing pains. However, just like soft steal is HARDENED by the FIRE, the DAWGS’ young pups will come out of this game and this season a sharp tough battle ready bunch of men ready to take on anything put in front of them!!!

Remember TENN, nor AUB have looked very good at all and FLA and TECH have played NOBODY

GEORGIA will be IN EVERY GAME THEY PLAY

Look for the DAWGS to go 10-2 or (9-3 at worst)

This loss might end up being the best thing to happen to us this season b/c we have such a young team! Now they know they can’t just show up and win!

They’ll be fine! 10-2 MARK IT DOWN!

GOOOOOO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!

By 0championshipsin28year

September 9, 2007 12:07 PM | Link to this

NASCARFAN: Consult a psychiatrist. The answer to all of this is obvious and several have mentioned it. On Monday Adams and Dooley need to crawl to Steve Spurrier and offer him Jekyl Island, 1 million shares of Coca-Cola, and $10 million per year. If Stafford was so great he would be playing for Mac Brown at the Univ of Texas and we all know it. Until major changes occur, I suggest that the Dawgs punt on 3rd down. Coutou will have 100 points (33 field goals,1 extra point) this year and will be the leading scorer in college football. DAWGSQEEZE NATION: How does next year look ?

By It's Tech's Year

September 9, 2007 12:07 PM | Link to this

The only thing better than seeing Georgia lose is to see message boards like this one degenerate into vicious “Bulldog Nation” infighting. Awful early in the season for you fans to implode on each other. But keep up the good work!

By Jon Thurston

September 9, 2007 12:12 PM | Link to this

American Football: an occasion at which dancing girls, bands, tactical huddles, and television commercial breaks are interrupted by short bursts of play.

By Dave In Tampa

September 9, 2007 12:13 PM | Link to this

True fans support their team through thick and thin. Yea, it was not our best game and this is a game we should not have lost, but give SC credit. They beat us.

To you morons that want CMR and Bobo’s head this morning, GET OVER IT! Play execution was terrible. I’ll take CMR and MB any day of the week. For those of you that really thought we would win every game this year with this young team I want what you have.

I love the dawgs and will always support them through good and bad. I true Dawg fan would do the same. Tip your hat to SC and let’s move on!

Go Dawgs!

By Tommy Bow Wow Den

September 9, 2007 12:18 PM | Link to this

Deaddawg….. Top ten recruiting classes dont mean a hill of beans just ask Mich. Utilization of talent is whats its about. Just ask Pete Carroll, Les Miles, Urban Meyer,Bob Stoops, Nick Saban and yes Steve . I know, I dont like them either but gotta give credit where credit is due. I lke Mark as well. Give him more time he may win us a NC. It took Bowden, Joe PA, Bear Bryant and even Vince a little while to win theirs.

By C'mon AJC

September 9, 2007 12:22 PM | Link to this

Living far from Athens, I read these posts for the attitude of what went wrong/right with the game, and then skip the knee jerk and irrational comments below. But, C’mon AJC, even if this is a newspaper’s sports section “blog” get your writers to use correctly grammar and write “good”. Leave the ignorance up to those who aren’t supposed professionals.

By Robert Thompson

September 9, 2007 12:23 PM | Link to this

Mike Bobo lost this game,no question about it,not one play here and there,not a sluggish quarterback,not a defense that could not stop the run. MIKE BOBO lost this game!!!!

By atlgamecock

September 9, 2007 12:23 PM | Link to this

Being a serious Gamecock fan here in the metro got me to thinking last night as I watching the game what I was going to say in this blog this afternoon but guess what ??? I don’t have to say anything at all…YOU SAID IT FOR ME !!! Thanks and GO GAMECOCKS !!! …16 - 12…

By reality

September 9, 2007 12:27 PM | Link to this

Ahhh yes…the mutts’ excuses are rolling in. Steve Spurrier is 2-1 at the kennel. The over-rated Stafford loses with his over-rated team. All is right with the world. That’s right, OVER-RATED.

By Dave

September 9, 2007 12:31 PM | Link to this

Real fans will criticize the team. I think “fans” that are just OK with everything are pitiful. You were the same people defending Donnan and his 8-4 seasons. I expect the best and we have the talent pool and facilities to expect the best.

That said, it felt like Richt’s playcalling again. At the end of the game, we’ve finally broken down the USC D-line and Moreno is running like a man possessed, so Bobo decideds to switch it to the passing game to kill the drive. Man, go with what works and make the other team stop us. Instead, we overthink and stop ourselves by switching gears for no reason. What are we trying to prove? If it’s not broke, don’t fix it. Just like Thomas Brown against Florida a few years ago.

And speaking of the same-old playingcalling, when it’s 3rd and 1 you keep the ball close to line. The toss sweeps and the like are not getting it done. Basic football 101. Keep it simple.

It’s amazing any top RB would want to attend UGA anymore because the coaches simply do not trust the backfield to carry the load. We get top RBs and then let them wither on the vine. We’ll never have another Hershell because we’ll never a back more than 15 carries per game.

True, knowledgable Dawg fans know what I’m talking about and aren’t defensive to admit it. As for the other schools’ fans who’ve come on here simply to talk smack, go get lives losers.

By Steve

September 9, 2007 12:31 PM | Link to this

Wow, what a bunch of whiners. Only one team can win and the best team won. It is a good thing that Georgia is not in the toughest conference in the country - the MAC. Grow up , suck it up and face reality. Georgia ain’t that good.

By GODAWGZ

September 9, 2007 12:34 PM | Link to this

Even in a loss such as this you have to think that the future looks bright when you see a player like Knowshon Moreno. If the rest of the team played lights out like him that game wasn’t even close. It’s a shame for him to have a loss in that game. Georgia may have won if Knowshon had of been the only player out there. The rest of the team appeared to be getting in his way most of the game.

By lax555

September 9, 2007 12:34 PM | Link to this

just to get back on topic, richt made the right call in that situation, those points put pressure on the cocks and we did get the ball back with a chance to win the game, the players just did not execute… in my opinion willie martiniez did not have a good defensive gameplan, cause we could not stop the screen to save our life, and he should have known spurrier was gonna run that with Boyd cause thats all he did against us at Florida…with that said, all you can really say about this game is that they outplayed us, plain and simple…they were a better team last night… however, i do honestly think that this will help georgia in the long run, cause it will allow them to regain focus… the sec east is not lost cause i honestly think the cocks dont have what it takes to make a run…. lets regroup next week, and then go get back on track in tuscaloosa

By Buck in the NW

September 9, 2007 12:36 PM | Link to this

HUNK ERdown, if you’re going to quote me using my posts I have no problem but be sure you get it right. I HAVE NEVER SAID, IMPLIED OR IN ANY WAY SUGGESTED THAT WE DON’T RED SHIRT! I HAVE SAID THAT MORE TRUE FRESHMEN WOULD PLAY THAN EVER BEFORE AND I’M RIGHT. WE DIDN’T PLAY AS MANY AS I THOUGHT BUT SC PLAYED 11. I’VE NEVER TALKED ABOUT LINE MEN, AS I’VE CLEARLY POSTED, I LEAVE THAT UP TO BIG DAWG WHO PLAYED THE LINE. SO DON’T COME ON HERE EVEN SUGGESTING THAT I WANT 22 YR. OLDS LINNING UP AGAINST 18 YR. OLDS. LAST NIGHT SC RBs RUN OVER GA. DEFENSIVE PLAYERS. IN THE COLLEGE GAME WE’LL SEE MORE TRUE FRESHMEN PLAY THAN EVER BEFORE AND I’LL STAND BY THAT STATEMENT EVEN THOUGH GA. WON’T………..LAST NIGHT WAS A TOTAL BREAKDOWN BUT IMO, THERE’S ONE THING WE MUST DO. PUT OUR BEST PLAYERS ON THE FIELD AND #24 SHOWED, IN OUR OPINION THAT HE SHOULD BE THE STARTER AND USEAD MORE EFFECTIVELY.

By yellowblood

September 9, 2007 12:38 PM | Link to this

Coaching is not the problem. You put the kids on the field and you let them play. We all remember the game in Columbia 5 years ago when Pollack recovered a fumble in the end zone and UGA won, I think, 10-3. Great players make great plays. UGA was no better than USC that day. Last night, UGA made no great plays. Don’t blame that on the coaches.

By Dark Corner Dawg

September 9, 2007 12:44 PM | Link to this

lax555…. Dawgs have never been able to stop the sreen since Fla eats our lunch with it so other teams use it as well. We on the the otherhand cant seem to run it WHY?

By Jake Scott

September 9, 2007 12:45 PM | Link to this

Dear Bobo, I have one word for you—-Lawyer. You don’t have to go through life with the name Bobo. There is no proud heritage associated with being a Bobo. It’s like the wide receiver at FSU who wants to be a F* his whole life. Nothing wrong with being gay, but why would you want to move through life with a last name used as a derogatory term for a class of people. And WHY would you want to be a Bobo and pass that name on to your offspring??

Stop It!!! Get a lawyer to file the paperwork and quit being a Bobo—Even if you are a Bozo—-What kind of name is Bobo!!!! What nationality is that???? If your dad’s last name was Buttplugus would you have gone along with that?

It’s hard enough moving through life with the stigma of being Georgia’s offensive coordinator. Your family will be taunted for that. Don’t you want to at least ameliorate some of the anguish and remove the ease in which people will be able to be rude?? Bobo!!!! Unbelievable!!! And Unnecessary!!!

By Wrijos0323

September 9, 2007 12:46 PM | Link to this

Great game for the Gamecocks. Boyd, Davis, Mitchell all had great games. Yes, if Pinnock had not fumbled that ball at the five yard line in 2002, we would have won there, too. Hunker down, Dawgs, or you will be in a mid-tier bowl.

By DAWGSQEEZE

September 9, 2007 12:49 PM | Link to this

I’ll not tolerate this criticism ! My Dawgs will be the BEST 8-4 team in the country and you can take it to the bank. So there. Even when we lose to Tech we will still be the best team in GA even better than the Falcons. WHY: Because we’re the DAWGS and we know that whatever we believe is true. I can’t wait until next Aug 1 for that great 30 day period before the season starts when we are undefeated and we have our annual internet gloatfest.

By Love Spurrier

September 9, 2007 12:52 PM | Link to this

Coach Spurrier, you are the MAN! Thank you once again for beating and SILENCING, the most obnoxious fans in the College football world. Thank you for proving the AJC wrong once again for over-hyping Stafford and the UGAg team. The AJC seemed ready to give Stafford the Heisman, and crown the UGAg team with a NC. We love you Spurrier!

By Jake Scott

September 9, 2007 12:53 PM | Link to this

Dear Yellowblood, I’m perfectly ready and able to NEVER again blame a coach for what happens on a field AS SOON AS coaches are no longer compensated for good things that happen on a field.

I get a big kick out of how you always hear—“Well it wasn’t the coach dropping the passes”—This is true. So why don’t you ever hear—“It wasn’t the coach out there catching the passes”—Can’t have it both ways. Big money equals Big Responsibility.

Right?????

By Dark Corner Dawg

September 9, 2007 12:54 PM | Link to this

I must say i partly agree with a clemson fan ( Unreal) Tommy BOW wow if you have good players you have to utilize their talents and that starts with good coaching. and yes you gotta have the playmakers as well. It’s a TEAM Effort!!!!!

By conyers gator fan

September 9, 2007 12:55 PM | Link to this

OK State! Who? Thats what USC was asking last night. UGA just doesn’t have the equipment to challenge the game cocks in a “c** Fight…”

By clemson tiger

September 9, 2007 12:56 PM | Link to this

soon as sep 29 comes we’ll clean the yeller yackers whistle and scatter them off these blogs with a whupping. same goes for the cuckos from columbia come nov 24th and we clean their whistle with a whupping. GO TIGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Hunk Erdown

September 9, 2007 12:57 PM | Link to this

Buck-

If I am wrong that your past posts were not advocating playing more freshmen, instead of your insistance that you only meant at certain positions, I apologize. I didn’t mean to quote a specific statement you made but the general, ad nauseum, gist of how everyone else is doing it (UF), why aren’t we.

Dave- Nothing wrong with critiquing the team’s play, but coming up with hypothetical scenerios, like dEAN did, in which one can no longer support the team, is surrender. Thats fine with me, maybe it means I get better seats next year. I have a feeling that the posse holding a noose this morning don’t go to the games, much less bleed red and black.

Bulldog born

Bulldog bred

when i die, i’ll be bulldog dead.

By Phoenix

September 9, 2007 12:58 PM | Link to this

We should have known the way our young players played last week that it was just one good game. They were bound to screw up. What do you expect with kids straight out of high school. The playcalling definitely was suspect also in my mind. We will recover but I expect us to go 9-3 this season. We will beat Auburn but Tennessee and Florida will beat us. With this many young guys it is impossible to win out the rest of the games this season.

By Who puts these guys on the field?

September 9, 2007 12:59 PM | Link to this

Bryan Evans makes Bruce Thornton look like Champ Bailey. He was completely miserable.

By mr spock

September 9, 2007 1:00 PM | Link to this

The good thing is that tomorrow the insects will be back in school. The bus leaves at 6am for middle schools so hopefully their parents will get them to bed tonight by 8PM.

By HappyCock

September 9, 2007 1:02 PM | Link to this

Steve Spurrier OWNS the Georgia Bulldogs! We came to Athens, kicked a*, and partied all over your town last night. Wooooof…thanks Athens, for a great party. Ha, yeeeaaaa

By bouldawg

September 9, 2007 1:07 PM | Link to this

play calling in the first half was atrocious. bobo was calling plays that he should have saved for more desperate times. we weren’t so desperate in the first half that we should have squandered up-the middle football for those squirrel plays that took more time than our O-line could give us for them to develop. the sorry set of plays called in the first half took us out of the game.

By Barbara Dooolies

September 9, 2007 1:09 PM | Link to this

Hi Dawg Fans just to let you know I’ll be at the the UGA book store next Sat. giving make over tips for the football team prior to the game. Vinny will be their signing my new book “Get Me Outta Here, Coach ” See YA There!!! Barb.

By seriously...

September 9, 2007 1:09 PM | Link to this

Ok…we obviously didn’t play great. There was some bad play calling and some poor execution, but we were still in the game. We lost 1 game by 4 points to a good team with a good coach, and everyone thinks we a screwed for the next decade. There were some bright spots.

-As “bad” as the D pplayed, we only gave up 16 points. -We found rising stars at tight-end and running back. -We are very young.

I think Stafford had a bad game, and our defense was off balance much of the night. These are two things that are not indicative off a season long problem.

I’m getting really sick of knee-jerk reactions when we don’t win every game. Every one thought we should fire the coaching staff and disband the team halfway through the season last year, and what happened? We got better. If you can’t handle an occasional loss, maybe you should become Harlem Globetrotter fans. Grab a brain or shut up.

By Cuz

September 9, 2007 1:10 PM | Link to this

I am with you Hunk. See you on the rest of the blogs this week.

By Gamecock Chrissy

September 9, 2007 1:12 PM | Link to this

Well hello there * Dark Corner Dog* and NASCARfan

Enjoyed the game. See ya next year in Columbia.

Go Cocks!!

By Dark Corner Dawg

September 9, 2007 1:19 PM | Link to this

hi gamecock chrissy wake up its a bad dream!!!!!

By stuffedshirt

September 9, 2007 1:21 PM | Link to this

LETS PUT THIS IN FOCUS: UGAY JUST LOST TO AN UNRANKED TEAM AT HOME! NOW LET US SEE YOU MUTTS PUT SOME LIP STICK ON THAT PIG!

By Jimmy

September 9, 2007 1:21 PM | Link to this

Georgia has won a lot of close games during the Richt era. Last night they lost one. They did not quit and were in the game until the end. Once again the offense was the culprit for their eventual demise. I expect there will be several more games like this one over the course of the season.

By Dark Corner Dawg

September 9, 2007 1:23 PM | Link to this

hey Barb …. Do you have any of those books for these Tech and gamecock fans on this blog??????

By Hunk Erdown

September 9, 2007 1:26 PM | Link to this

To the regulars:

Am I the only one that got the impression over the last 2 years that Buck’s constant talk of freshman play was a good thing? Has he not constantly talked against red shirts? Wasn’t he bragging just last week about his prediction of how many freshmen started, as if that was a great thing?

If I am wrong, I sincerely apologize, but I just don’t think I am.

By Hunk Erdown

September 9, 2007 1:30 PM | Link to this

We’re playing so many freshmen because we are stuck with having to. It makes the future look bright, but don’t predict 11-1 seasons with em now.

By stuffedshirt

September 9, 2007 1:32 PM | Link to this

A note from the future: Samford 34, UGAY 3. Yes, withing five years UGAY will sink to D-II and lose.

By 2N4YEARS

September 9, 2007 1:39 PM | Link to this

Bottom line: Our players were not prepared for this game. That, my friends, lands squarely on the coaching staff. With the talent UGA has recruited over the last 2-3 years, there is NO WAY UGA should’ve lost this game, Spurrier or no Spurrier. Yeah, he’s a good coach, but if UGA is prepared for this game there is no way they lose. And if you don’t think preparation is the key, just go ask South Florida’s coach, or any AU player.

By Kevin

September 9, 2007 1:39 PM | Link to this

I couldn’t agree more with the article. There are a lot of things I like about Mark Richt, but the reality is that he is the worst GAMEDAY coach in the SEC. He’s learned nothing from 2001 when he ran the ball with no timouts vs. Auburn and cost us the game. He still hasn’t grasped the concept of game or clock management, and if you don’t have a problem with that then neither do you. UGA had to score a TD. It’s much better to go for it, if you don’t make it you still have to stop them, get the ball back and score a TD. Difference is if you don’t get it, they get the ball on the 17 instead of having to kick off give it to them on the 28 and use more time off the clock.But what was even worse in my opinion was not using both timeouts when S.Car. had the ball. If he would have used both timeouts UGA would have had another 40 sec or so when they got the ball back. Big difference. Plus when you have the ball you can always try to get out of bounds, spike it , no huddle, etc. When the opponent has the ball you know the play clock is going to be milked doen to 1 or 2.Just plain stupid. As far as Stafford, he needs to stop reading his press clippings and trying to prove how strong a arm he has. He missed at least 3 sure Td’s. But he will get better. He’s still just a true soph and inexperienced. I am willing to cut him some slack, he’s just learning. But St. Richt is a hopeless case. He’s had 7 years. It’s time UGA fans wake up to the fact that as nice a guy as Richt is, he does not have a clue.

By Dark Corner Dawg

September 9, 2007 1:41 PM | Link to this

Bill King where art thou????

By Tennessee Vols

September 9, 2007 1:48 PM | Link to this

Our condolences in this time of sympathy. NOT!!!!!!!!! HA HA HA HA HA HA WE LUUUUV IT. Stafford will be playing in the NFL EUROPA. HEE HEE HEE HAW.

By catlady

September 9, 2007 1:50 PM | Link to this

Looks like we have some folks that think that if you criticize the president, you are unpatriotic; therefore, if you criticize the coaches/players, you are not a fan. A true fan is intelligent: sees that there are things wrong, but still remains a fan. A true fan does not give away their season’s tickets because of a loss (even if it is to Steve Spurrier). A true fan moans and groans and grits their teeth and hopes for improvement.

By jerry

September 9, 2007 1:53 PM | Link to this

It serves Georgia Right. Someone at Ga. Decided they didn’t won’t both of the twins. probably because some former player or coach or present person of influence had someone else they wanted to play linebacker. Now they are paying for it. Those boys were from Ga. They choose to stay together and I am proud of them for sticking together. I predict that their defense will put a lot of other higher rated teams in the looser’s bracket.

By Hunk Erdown

September 9, 2007 1:55 PM | Link to this

60+ wins in 6 years… Yeah CMR doesn’t have a clue…

The morons can have the rest of this blog, I’m done today.

By RxDawg

September 9, 2007 2:02 PM | Link to this

Long time Thomas Brown fan here. He played a wonderful game and is my favorite player on the team. That said…K. Moreno should start period. Him and Mickey were the only bright spots of the night.

By Preston

September 9, 2007 2:02 PM | Link to this

That was a pathetic performance. We came out with no fire and gave SC hope. When you are a top ranked team you are supposed to put your foot on unranked teams neck from the beginning. Kill ALL their hope. Stafford missed too many wide open receivers. Maybe Martinez thought SC would not realize he was calling the same screen pass back to back to back to back……… Why can’t we get some of the LSU recruits so teams will actually fear going to Sanford stadium.

By Mike McCurry

September 9, 2007 2:04 PM | Link to this

Bobo make big BOO-BOO!! Dear God, couldn’t he see, like everyone else, that Moreno was tearing up the field and could have scored had he only been given a chance!!! The passing game was a joke, Booboo, I mean Bobo…

By mdbatl

September 9, 2007 2:07 PM | Link to this

Kicking the field go with 5 minutes left was DEFINITELY the right call, at least in the opinion of everyone I talked to in the student section and after the game. Our defense was hot, and Richt’s call was vindicated when the offense got the ball bac with plenty of time. Too bad we just couldn’t get it in that endzone.

By Dark Corner Dawg

September 9, 2007 2:15 PM | Link to this

Catlady well said!!!!! Go George Bush, Go Dawgs

By Buck in the NW

September 9, 2007 2:16 PM | Link to this

Hunk ERdown, no you’re not wrong. I’ve said it for two years that more freshmen would be playing than ever before. But, not once have I ever said that everybody would play. I’ve predicted that as many as 30% or so of True freshman would play and that’s it. So I would like to hear people say that I’ve said more than that. A lot of schools are playing more true freshmen and do well. SOS said he played 11 last night. I didn’t understand a lot of things last night but I don’t mention what other people have posted just to try to make my point and what did playing true freshmen have to do with losing last night? TS, our Offensive left tackle? Are you talking about him? Coaches said he earned the spot. Anybody else? cuz, you have more names? We have a long way to go and I’m more concerned about the attitudes that prevail.

By maydaysasia

September 9, 2007 2:17 PM | Link to this

it was a frustrating game, but with a couple of good completions Dogs could have won by 10 pts. Stafford was off his game and showed he is just a sophomore. Some of the bad calls by Bobo would have been great ones if executed properly. Some of these so called Georgia fans who are so negative and bad-mouthing the team and coaches ought to be ashamed of themselves. you give us all a bad name.

By son_sir

September 9, 2007 2:23 PM | Link to this

Poor puppies. You and the AJC had us thinking the Dawgs were ready for USC West. Too bad you couldn’t handle USC East. Don’t worry, you’ll rebound and look great against Western Carolina. I have faith in you.

By mdbatl

September 9, 2007 2:26 PM | Link to this

The stupidity I’m seeing on this blog from so-called Georgia “fans” is unbelievable. Benching Stafford would be the most moronic thing possible. Musical quarterbacks spells disaster for any team that does it. Believe it or not David Greene played poorly sometimes and WE LOST GAMES. Yeah, it happens sometimes.

Also, the calls for removal of CMR represent a level of ignorance seldom seen outside of Tuscaloosa. The man has brought us 2 conference titles in 6 seasons. May I remind you, we hadn’t won ANY in the 20 years previously. Every loss is the same way; knee-jerkers wany to pull the plug on basically the whole program turn to the internet to do so. It makes me mad sometimes that these people are taking up seats from students and true fans.

To everyone else on the blog (the rational ones), I apologize for my ranting. Most of y’all are like me, uopset, but know the season is NOT lost and we just need to look at what we did wrong and fix it, which the coaches and players can and will do. I just feel like I need to call out our “supporters.” These were probably the people leaving the stadium when we had the ball with 1:20 left.

By RAMBLE ON!

September 9, 2007 2:32 PM | Link to this

Did ya’ll see where GT beat Samford 69-14?

By yfeedawg

September 9, 2007 2:34 PM | Link to this

Hated that loss, but in the words of the immortal Lewis Grizzard, “The Big Dawg will live to bite again!” I was most disturbed when, in the 4th quarter, some of the players looked as though they had already lost, when we were still playing. I hope my perceptions were wrong — real Dawgs don’t ever, ever give up. I’ll sit in my seat in the stands until the end, and the Dawgs should always believe they can win until the clock says 00:00. GO DAWGS!

By Cocky1

September 9, 2007 2:34 PM | Link to this

I don’t hear any dogs barking?????Should have been there to hear the silence. All the barking and no bite. Lee Corso we’re out for you. You suck and thats why your out of coaching!!! Spurrier 2 for 3 between the bushes. AHHHHHHHHHH Go Cocks!!!

By Buck in the NW

September 9, 2007 2:39 PM | Link to this

We still have 10 games to play and nobody’s going anywhere. We’ll be back.

By Chris

September 9, 2007 2:41 PM | Link to this

So Bowsers, how does it feel to be looking up at Tech in both polls? I like the view from up here.

By King Donko of Punchstania

September 9, 2007 2:43 PM | Link to this

Obviously Georgia played one of its absolute worst games of the Mark Richt era. Stafford and the offense have a ton of room for improvement over the course of the year- I just hope Stafford isn’t UGA’s version of Chris Rix down at FSU.

In regards to Chip Towers’ comments, I would have to say it doesn’t matter what everyone in the press box thinks about a coaching decision. The reason you are in the press box is because you don’t understand the x’s and o’s of football. The media, collectively, knows just enough about the sports they cover to come across as clueless. Let the former coaches and athletes handle the game analysis.

By Cro

September 9, 2007 2:44 PM | Link to this

The play call on 4th and 2 was bad. Stafford didn’t check down to see wide open receivers all night. We dropped many balls. We ran the ball down the field late and forgot about the run in the red zone. On the last drive we had players open in the middle of the field for first downs but chose to either throw deep or to the sidelines. We forgot that the clock stops on a first down!!! Moreno was pumped more than anyone, yet we didn,t get him the ball when we got close. Our defense didn’t wrap up and made SC look better than what they are.

By Painful Reichtal Itch

September 9, 2007 2:45 PM | Link to this

You can’t win all of you conference games if you don’t win the first! Are there any dawg fans on this board that are dumb enough to think UGA still has a shot at the SEC East Championship? You think you’re going to beat UF and UT in the same year? If so, please call me at 872-386-2277 (URADUMBA*)because I want to split my winning lottery ticket with you!

By A-ville Ranger

September 9, 2007 2:47 PM | Link to this

Dean——No doubt Stafford’s inability to be accurrate and on time with the deep pass allowed SC to stack the line….AltahamaDawg (and others) you guys acted like I didn’t know what I was talking about after the OSU game when I pointed out Stafford hadn’t been able to throw the deep stuff as of yet and that it would limit the team till he could.Spurrier and their D-coordinator saw just what I saw,stacked the line and Stafford was unable to make them pay. Not only was the passing game diminished but the running game as well.This is blood in the water for every team to tee off on till he can do the job.

By stuffedshirt

September 9, 2007 2:47 PM | Link to this

UGAY NEEDS MORE TICKLE PILES, SHOW THE BOYS HOW MUCH FUN BODY CONTACT CAN BE, THEN MAYBE THEY COULD TACKLE SOMEONE ON THE FIRST TRY! OH, THEY ALREADY START AND FINISH EVERY PRACTICE WITH A BIG TICKLE PILE - HOW GAY!

By Cocky1

September 9, 2007 2:50 PM | Link to this

I just go tired of all the arrogant remarks…..being a Gamecock fan I’ve learned to be humble. Could not enjoy any of the game two years ago due to hackling fans. Every once in a while, were/your brought down to humble ourselves. Some people handle it better than others. Also some fans are bandwagon fans…biggest fan when your winning..but crucify everyone when you losing. Why even be a fan if your that shallow?????

Gamecock Fan….Win or Lose

By stuffedshirt

September 9, 2007 2:52 PM | Link to this

STAFFORD JUST ASKED STEVE SPURRIER IF HE COULD TRANSFER TO SC AND GET GOOD QUARTERBACK COACHING. STEVE SAID NO, IT WAS TOO LATE, STAFFORD WAS ALREADY RUINED AS A QUARTERBACK, BUT HE COULD MAYBE MAKE SECOND STRING AT NOSE GUARD IN HIS FIFTH YEAR.

By stuffedshirt

September 9, 2007 2:52 PM | Link to this

STAFFORD JUST ASKED STEVE SPURRIER IF HE COULD TRANSFER TO SC AND GET GOOD QUARTERBACK COACHING. STEVE SAID NO, IT WAS TOO LATE, STAFFORD WAS ALREADY RUINED AS A QUARTERBACK, BUT HE COULD MAYBE MAKE SECOND STRING AT NOSE GUARD IN HIS FIFTH YEAR.

By stuffedshirt

September 9, 2007 2:52 PM | Link to this

STAFFORD JUST ASKED STEVE SPURRIER IF HE COULD TRANSFER TO SC AND GET GOOD QUARTERBACK COACHING. STEVE SAID NO, IT WAS TOO LATE, STAFFORD WAS ALREADY RUINED AS A QUARTERBACK, BUT HE COULD MAYBE MAKE SECOND STRING AT NOSE GUARD IN HIS FIFTH YEAR.

By son_sir

September 9, 2007 2:52 PM | Link to this

You are so right mdbatl. That is the very reason so many of your fans are despised by other schools. These fair weather bandwagoneers are the most vocal in the good times and the biggest “turn coats” when things don’t go your way.
You have a ton of talent and still will challenge in the SEC. At the first sign of success, these same “supporters” you refer to, will be barking the loudest about how great the Dawgs are. I had to take a trip to Augusta today. On any given day of the year, I’ll see 15-20 cars flying ‘G’ flags. Here it is at the start of football season and I counted 2 cars today. That says something about your support. Apologies to those who are there through thick and thin. Yes, to all three of you.

By General Patton

September 9, 2007 2:57 PM | Link to this

When will they teach the idiot Stafford to throw the ball away when no one is open?

By General Patton

September 9, 2007 3:00 PM | Link to this

The play calling sucked!!! When will the AD fire Martinez? Recruit corners over 6’0 tall and linebackers with speed!

By A-ville Ranger

September 9, 2007 3:02 PM | Link to this

Cro—— That’s a good point about not looking at secondary targets all night.Was Stafford even going through progressions last night or did Bobo dumb down the game plan ? I recall coach Richt saying something about simplifying things a couple of weeks ago.With a young line if all we have is the screen to counter stacking the line it could get ugly.I think it will be corrected,let’s hope it doesn’t cost half the season first like last year.

By DMS Waycross

September 9, 2007 3:07 PM | Link to this

It is the fact we needed two scores to win the game. With time left and the down and distance , Coach make the right call.( Going for 2 points is two scores in my book.

By son_sir

September 9, 2007 3:09 PM | Link to this

Ahhh ! Now General Patton is putting the blame on recruiting also. Apparently he is not familiar with rivals.com’s or scout.com’s yearly recruiting rankings.

By Chris

September 9, 2007 3:11 PM | Link to this

Idiots can’t even spell “dog” correctly. Guess that’s what inbreeding does to you…

By A-ville Ranger

September 9, 2007 3:25 PM | Link to this

PrivatePatton——-It’s plain nonsense to blame Martinez for the loss.The defense gave up 16 points,that should be good enough to win most any game.The only series they didn’t do a good job was on those 3 10+ yard carries at the end.You know what…that’s football.Coach Martinez has been the last coach who should be ctiticized at this early point in the season.I’m not a rah,rah type, if I think he’s doing a bad job I’ll say so.I did during the middle of last season but fair is fair and truth is truth.The facts are 14 and 16 surrendered against a strong OSU offense and one of the best offensive minds ever to coach the college game.The plain,honest truth is, that’s pretty damn good.

By yellowblood

September 9, 2007 3:32 PM | Link to this

Tech is 15th, UGA 23rd. Thats the way it should be. Spurrier has asked USC to double the number of tickets given to UGA for next years game in Columbia because he believes that more dawg fans improves USC’s chances.

By flackjacket

September 9, 2007 3:43 PM | Link to this

Oh please, please, please send CMR up to Atlanta! I would trade him for our oaf in a New York minute! As much as it pains me to say, UGA can build a dynasty! Shut up and enjoy it!

Flack Jacket

By James Runk

September 9, 2007 3:45 PM | Link to this

Just like journalists to focus on one play.

By georgiagirl49

September 9, 2007 3:47 PM | Link to this

the georgia fans have a right to be upset. The georgia team wass not fired up Sat. Its time for them to start acting like GA.

By john

September 9, 2007 3:52 PM | Link to this

Never put your hope on UGA. Mark Richt is a good coach but his sytle is not aggessive enough to complete with the likes of other SEC coaches.

By matthew

September 9, 2007 3:58 PM | Link to this

Keep talking trash, gnats… and keep playing push-overs to move you up the polls. It will make the Georgia win in November even sweeter.

By 'Ol Ball Coach

September 9, 2007 3:58 PM | Link to this

Click, clack

By oscardawg

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

I can not believe that no one is talking about how awful our cornerbacks played. They never looked to find the football they just kept running down the field. Mitchell threw at least 4 balls that were underthrown and could have been easily picked off if the corners would have been aware of the pass comming to them

By Kevin

September 9, 2007 4:08 PM | Link to this

Most of you people actually think Richt did a good job of game management in the 4th Q? That’s amazing. You’re probably the same people who are always asking me to sit down during games b/c you’re too lazt to get off your fat a** and make some noise like a real fan should. And that is one of the main reasons we don’t have a REAL hone field advantage like other SEC schools. Good points about Bobo not feeding Moreno. I think the coaches should all be ashamed of themselves, but lay off Stafford. He had a bad game and said so. At least he took the blame like a man, I haven’t seen richt admit any of his many mistakes over the last 6+ years.

By ahouse

September 9, 2007 4:13 PM | Link to this

Link: Didn’t Richt say that he would play Cox at some point? When your QB is killing you why not try Cox for a series or two? Going for three was a mistake. Not using more running plays in the red zone was another. Richt got outcoached. He has to do better and so does Bobo.

By catlady

September 9, 2007 4:14 PM | Link to this

lso, the calls for removal of CMR represent a level of ignorance seldom seen outside of Tuscaloosa.

Good one, mdbatl. I am not sure if most Georgia residents understand what you just said, but it is profound, in terms of levels of ignorance.

By ahouse

September 9, 2007 4:14 PM | Link to this

Link: Didn’t Richt say that he would play Cox at some point? When your QB is killing you why not try Cox for a series or two? Going for three was a mistake. Not using more running plays in the red zone was another. Richt got outcoached. He has to do better and so does Bobo.

By ahouse

September 9, 2007 4:14 PM | Link to this

Link: Didn’t Richt say that he would play Cox at some point? When your QB is killing you why not try Cox for a series or two? Going for three was a mistake. Not using more running plays in the red zone was another. Richt got outcoached. He has to do better and so does Bobo.

By Big Dawg

September 9, 2007 4:14 PM | Link to this

First off I would like to congratulate South Carolina on a fine win. They went out and proved that they wanted it more than us.

Second: Incredibly sane

While the offensive line wasn’t great, as they did have a few breakdowns, they were not “Horrendous” as you stated in your post. A lot of the time Stafford had plenty of time to throw he was just off. Thomas Brown continues to not see the holes as he will not deviate from the play that was called and will run into the teeth of the defense. Several times the hole was to his left or right but he still ran into the teeth of the defense and was stopped for one yard or no gain at all. There is enough blame to go around in this one, i.e. play calling, not adjusting to what South Carolina was doing on defense and continuing to throw the short screens and flat passes. Throwing outs when they were giving us the middle of the field, overthrows, underthrows and late throws exposing our receivers to big hits i.e. Tony Wilson- had the ball been delivered on time a TD, as it was he got tagged by three SC defenders and we had to settle for a field goal. Having said this we still have 10 more games to go and I am sure the Coaches will get things straightened outand we will be fine.

Go Dawgs

By TybeeDawg

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

NASCAR,

I am with you…I congratulated every SC fan I saw and they were very polite back. I always try to represent my Alma Mater with class. They deserved to win. It’s time to put this behind us. We have 10 more games. After last week everyone acted like we were invincible and should be number one. Now everyone thinks we will 1-11 cuase we loose one game. Get a grip everyone! It’s one game. There were half a dozen plays in the game that could have easily give us the victory but they didnt. That’s life.

CHIP,

You mentioned kicking the field goal on 4th and 15. I think that was a SERIOUS mistake and I will fault Richt for that. We had to have a TD. There was nothing to lose and everything to gain by going for it that late in the game. If it was the beginning of the 4th quarter, then yes…it made sense to kick. But not with under 5 min to play not even knowing if we could get the ball back. Going for it gave us one extra chance for a TD that we had to have. It reminded me of his decision 4yrs ago (or maybe 6) against Auburn when we were at Auburn’s goal line with no time outs and he called a run play. We got stuffed and clock ran out before we could get another play. He admitted afterwards that was a mistake…that we should have thrown the ball and if it was incomplete, we have another chance.

Hang in there NASCAR, we will win next week and all the naysayers this week will be chiming in saying how great we are again. Everyone needs to remember we have a very young and inexperienced team…they will grow and get better and better. SC should be ranked after the weekend…they are a good team.

By bigB

September 9, 2007 4:26 PM | Link to this

Hey Dawg fans What happened to the attitude of”Mark Richt is a good Christian Man and that’s what counts most crap”?? I bet you folks try to pelt Richt with your Booze flask after you get spanked by the Gators and drop one to Vandy,Kentucky or Ole Miss. Spurrier owns Ya’ll!! Get used to it

By Glavine's a TRADER!

September 9, 2007 4:35 PM | Link to this

Inexcusable loss- PATHETIC!

By Dick

September 9, 2007 4:40 PM | Link to this

Bobo couldn’t beat Spurrier when Bobo was a quarterback. what makes Reicht thnk he can out coach him. Bobo is a long long long way from being 1/2 offensive genius Spurrier is.

By Huskdawg

September 9, 2007 4:51 PM | Link to this

Cuz, you and your family are in my prayers. My son’s surgery was 15 hours. I know what you’re going thru.

Now, on to football. First off, Congrats to Carolina. They came in to our house and won. We just need to take it like a man, and move the hell on. Stafford is not done. He’s definitley learned something about SEC football. Everybody’s fast. I love Coach Richt, but he needs to impart on our players a more “I’m going to be in your face every play” attitude. Something broke down. SC came to play and that’s something that Spurrier is known for. Ya know, it may be that we didn’t want to show our whole playbook for Western Ky. Hey, gotta laugh at yourself sometimes.

By trufalcon

September 9, 2007 5:00 PM | Link to this

go YELLOW JACKETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Wow HOW IRONIC that UGA fans were like HAHA michigan last weekend now theres egg on your face bulldog fans. and when you come to Tech please be sure wipe your paws before stepping on yellow jacket grounds. we are for real this year and uga is as always OVERRATED. in closing on be half of michigan HAHA GEORGIA!

By Sam

September 9, 2007 5:00 PM | Link to this

Here is some very simple analysis. The pups have ONCE AGAIN proved they were among the nations most overrated teams. Matthew Stafford has ONCE AGAIN proved that he is one of the most overrated quaterbacks in the country.

By Reasonablefan

September 9, 2007 5:01 PM | Link to this

While the play calling and the decision at the end not to go for the TD, and if you miss leave SC deep in its own territory, were mystifying we should not have been in that position in the first place.

Too many missed opportunities. But am I the only one who wonders why we consistently can’t tackle and why our linemen can’t block for the running game. Think I am wrong. Look at our running game and then look at those at LSU, Tenn, or hell, even Ga Tech. Ask yourself why we don’t consistently run for decent yardage. Is it who we recruit or how we coach them. Last year we had seniors on the line and couldn’t run it.

I would not trade Richt for any coach and those of you who are blaming him after one loss need to go get a life. We reall do need to do something about our defensive schemes. Our DB’s have always played let them catch it and tackle them as soon as you can defense. WE don’t blitz and we certainly don’t have the Dline talent to control the line and put passing pressure on the QB.

With away games at Ala, Fla, Tenn and Tech we have our work cut out for us but expect this young team to get better.

By Sundawg

September 9, 2007 5:05 PM | Link to this

Congratulations, Gamecocks; you came, you saw, you won without herbiciding the hedges. Thanks for the latter, anyway.

I take full responsibility for this loss - I failed to wear my lucky Georgia football t-shirt that worked so well against Okie State. I swear I will never make that mistake again.

GO DAWGS

By Exley DAWG

September 9, 2007 5:06 PM | Link to this

Tough night for sure. Our weaknesses were certainly exposed (O line, Light defensive ends, loss of Paul Oliver just to name a few.) I feel for Bryan Evans, man did he have a crappy night. Oh well, it is a long season Dawg fans and Richt will improve this effort. I still feel we can go 10-2 with this team and that would be a great season.

By Dave

September 9, 2007 5:10 PM | Link to this

I’m by no means a Georgia fan or a Bulldog hater either. I’d love to see this team do well. But knowing how young this team is coupled with all the off-season arrests (which HAS affected this team regardless of what people think), this will not be a banner year at UGA. To think otherwise in not rational as a unbiased college football fan. Remove your allegiance and look at it from a logical stand point: This team is capable, but not there yet. Probably still beat Tech and put together a few upsets along the way. But lose a game or two they probably shouldn’t as well. They’ll still be in the Bowl mix, just not on January 1st.

By Tommy Bow Wow Den

September 9, 2007 5:20 PM | Link to this

WE DO CHICKEN RIGHT!!!!!!! GO TIGERS !!!!!!!!!

By DawgBone

September 9, 2007 5:21 PM | Link to this

*By Jake Scott

September 9, 2007 12:00 AM | Link to this

You know what I love about you guys and why I know you’re not coming all the way back—-(1) You love the little Botox Boy and (2) It doesn’t seem to bother you that the National Championship hasn’t even been a consideration for about 25 years.

You still play the tapes of the truly great stuff as called by The National Poster Boy For Objectivity and Sound Journalism before the games——Instead of MOVING ON!!! You do know one of the reasons Spurrier left Florida was because he was miffed and the Florida Faithful were miffed by the inability to get to the Big Game—No, I don’t mean SEC Title Game—more often, but that doesn’t bother you guys one iota because you are happy as the proverbial lark because The Mild Mannered One was able to dominate Ron Zook and parlay that into a couple of SEC Title Games——WOW!!!!!

Well, now you got a guy who owns you at South carolina, you got the successful advocate for carbs in Knoxville and Meyer at Florida who coaches a team that has beat the stuffing out of thaose Choking Dogs 15 of the last 17 times they have played. This almost qualifies for a removal of the term “RIVALRY” from the series because a “Rivalry” assumes an evenness to the games.*

Jake Scott…you’re an idiot and a frustrated techmite gator wannabe. Since your such a history buff what’s our record against your little trade school? We still own your yellow maggots. Impressive win against Sam Ford pfft. Season is young…even the mighty gators lost last year….to a team we pummeled. We’ll bounce back and man up agaisnt bama.

DAWGBONE

By G P Burdell

September 9, 2007 5:26 PM | Link to this

Steve Spurrier is my favorite coach. He is smart and a fantastic coach and a real class guy. Why don’t the Georgia fans like him? Can you imagine what Spurrier would do with Auburn’s talent? With Tech’s talent? Hell, with Georgia’s talent. Georgia’s bullpuppie notion is going to run Richt out of town if he loses another game.

By Barbara Dooolies

September 9, 2007 5:26 PM | Link to this

Hi Dawg Fans just to let you know I’ll be at the the UGA book store next Sat. giving make over tips for the football team prior to the game. Vinny will be their signing my new book “Get Me Outta Here, Coach ” See YA There!!! Barb.

By Huskdawg

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

Sundawg, finally I have someone to blame. If you don’t wear that t-shirt next week, I’m going to send a group of death-eaters to your house!(thanks to my kids). Let’s just hope Western Ky doesn’t take something from the Spurrier playbook!

By Pat Dye

September 9, 2007 5:56 PM | Link to this

After watching this game, I don’t think Georgia is MAN enough to beat Alabama.

By Cocky

September 9, 2007 5:57 PM | Link to this

Hey guys, I am a SC fan, so naturally I’m happy that we won. I am, however, not here to gloat. I just wanted to say some of you UGA fans need to stop being so fairweather about the Dawgs. You have a good football team down in Athens about every year. Because you lost to SC doesn’t mean that your season is over. And to some of you guys, for the record, we’re not exactly Prairie View. Keep your heads up Dawgs… The season is far from over!!

By G P Burdell

September 9, 2007 6:00 PM | Link to this

How bout them dogs? Outplayed and outcoached by inferior talent between the shrubs at night and on national tv. It just does not get better than that. Could not have happened to a better group of fans. Now, everyone just sit back and watch the dog nation eat their own. What a bunch of fair weather classless pussies.

By shane

September 9, 2007 6:13 PM | Link to this

with uga having fans like some of you guys who needs spurrier for an enemy.i heard some boos,what low class,what kind of trash boos their own team at halftime?i just hope it doesn’t discourage any of our recruits that were visiting and i hope they don’t read these blogs.as for firing richt,he is the best thing to happen to uga since dooley,but i remember there were some idiots that wanted him fired.nascar fan,take it easy son.you are in school so you may not know it yet,but you will have to deal with prople like that all your life.you can’t go around calling them idiots and punching them in the face,besides,sometimes the idiots hit back.general,i just hope we beat the gators.all you”fans”need to grow up aand quit acting like spoiled brats,we have a young team,and we are young where it hurts,o line,d line and secondary.we will probably lose another game,maybe two,so if you are not tough enough to take it,just quit watching the games.

By Mr. New York USC Alum

September 9, 2007 6:17 PM | Link to this

You UGA fans are unbelievable, you get beat usa and you whimper like puppies (that’s a joke). The game was well-coached on both sides, we missed some passes, you missed some passes, and we let some good returns get by us…that’s why it was a good close game. You guys are p** because Spurrier has your number, always has. Even in Upstate New York, we are now happy that we’ve shut you and your Chronicle Sports reporter up. Here’s to you Randy!!!

By mike booboo

September 9, 2007 6:18 PM | Link to this

uh oh you hear that guys. we just ran another screen play. how many plays does mike booboo, i mean bobo, have in his playbook? 8? 5 or 6 of those plays are screens. we will never know how the o-line looks until he quits breastfeeding them and let them grow up. throw the ball down the field. we have a QB with a rocket arm. its ok to throw the screens but after their safties start to sneak up to the line, go deep. by the time we started throwing down the field against carolina, it was too late in the 4th and they started to play deep cover 2 and cover 3 zones because we were desperate

By CapeCodDawg

September 9, 2007 6:23 PM | Link to this

I got a really sick feeling in my stomach when USC gave us a tom of yradage in penalties in the 1st Qtr. and we get nothing.Then the missed catches,bad throws,offensive line got handled…why did Bobo keep running the same dive play over and over for no gain?..I mean if ya gonna do that use some motion and different sets. Stafford held onto the ball 2 steps TOO long on that play-action play that we used in the Bowl game last year…dude was o.p.e.n.!!!!

These guys need work.

As for my trip to Athens,it was great.The people were friendly,the stadium was as awesome as I had remembered it. Overall a great experience and I look forward to next year Go DAWGS

By Mr. New York USC Alum

September 9, 2007 6:24 PM | Link to this

You UGA fans are unbelievable, you get beat USC and you whimper like puppies (that’s a joke). The game was well-coached on both sides, we missed some passes, you missed some passes, and we let some good returns get by us…that’s why it was a good close game. You guys are p** because Spurrier has your number, always has. Even in Upstate New York, we are now happy that we’ve shut you and your Chronicle Sports reporter up. Here’s to you Randy!!!

By trufalcon

September 9, 2007 6:26 PM | Link to this

uga should not even be in the top 25 after that loss right? uga is always OVERRATEDand ga.tech is always UNDERRATED 6 yrs of losing to ga is over. uga has a very tough schedule ahead of them. and in november we plan sting those dawgs for all the yrs of frustration. GO YELLOW JACKETS.

By shane

September 9, 2007 6:26 PM | Link to this

hey cocky,congrats on your win.usc has the most devoted fans in the sec.the way you guys have hung in there year after year and supported your team is something to be admired,and should be a lesson to the fair weather dawgs on this blog.thanks for your kind words.i hope you do well.do us a favor and beat the gators will you.

By Neuter UGA

September 9, 2007 6:26 PM | Link to this

For far too long you have over looked USC, on and off the field. Not only were we the better team Saturday but we also won off the field, with the recruits! Richt’s is an over rated coach and it showed Saturday. Ugly win? Maybe. But USC’s defense was much better and faster. This is only the beginning for years to come. Stop over looking USC as the no good neighbor. It is real. Georgia fans are so fair-weather. The sky is falling after ONE loss? Can you not stand by your team through thick and thin? UGA fans… the worst fans. Bandwagon fans who will be back after a Vandy or Kentucky win……if you win those.

By Barbara Dooolies

September 9, 2007 6:35 PM | Link to this

Hi Dawg Fans just to let you know I’ll be at the the UGA book store next Sat. giving make over tips for the football team prior to the game. Vinny will be their signing my new book “Get Me Outta Here, Coach ” See YA There!!! Barb.

By A-ville Ranger

September 9, 2007 6:46 PM | Link to this

OscarDawg——The corners clearly were instructed to keep the deep receivers in front of them at all times.Did it work ? SC had 174 passing yards with 0 tds.The only td Martinez’s D gave up was on a 9 yd run.Without naming names some people on this board don’t know chit from chinola about what happened last night.

By yellowblood

September 9, 2007 6:47 PM | Link to this

Recruits, don’t worry. We know you will follow like sheep and go to UGA anyway because Pappy wants you to. And you will lose to USC again next year but it won’t matter because you will be a DAWG.

By GTgrad

September 9, 2007 6:55 PM | Link to this

I love it when the puppy doggies start singing the “Butt Sniffin Blues” Its starting early this year too !!!! Enjoy your season Nad Lickers ! I can’t wait till Thanksgiving !!!!

By winston

September 9, 2007 6:56 PM | Link to this

The problem with our team is Willie Martinez and Mr. Bobo. First, Willie has never met a blitz he did like and Bobo has no offensive imagination. Moreno should touch the ball a minimum of 20 times per game and atleast half of those in space. If he was on USC, FLA, or OK he would win a Heisman before he graduates. Unfortunately, with our middle school offense he will be lucky to get drafted in the 3rd or 4th round.

Even Ray Charles could see that we moved the ball with a spread offense (mainly single back). Three straight completions and back to I formation for three runs for 2 yards.

We are screwed until Willie and Bobo leaves. Unfortunatley, probably Richt too.

By uga-student

September 9, 2007 7:06 PM | Link to this

Chip Towers wrote:

“I didn’t think the line played real good”

Chip, did you go to Georgia Tech? You write poorly for someone employed as a writer. You should know the difference between good/well and really/real. The University of Georgia has a great journalism school if you need a refresher course.

By Don

September 9, 2007 7:15 PM | Link to this

Why do you believe Richt when he says Stafford is the best QB he has ever seen? He’s the one he has right now, so of course he’d say that! Publicly, you’d really exepect a coach to say, “Oh, my current QB he’s not my best. But he’s all we’ve got! Gooooooo Dawgs!”

Get with it people.

What I think Richt is getting at is that in all the time Richt has been here I think Stafford is the most important one, that is, he will have to play up to his talent (not the best ever) for them to have a chance to win.

By mike majors

September 9, 2007 7:18 PM | Link to this

THE PROBLEM IS WE NEED SOMEONE WITH FIRE TO HELP RITCHE. WE SEEM TO BELIEVE THAT JUST BECAUSE WE ARE UGA THAT IF WE GET BEHIND WE CAN DIG DOWN AND COME BACK,IT AINT HAPPENING FOLKS. I AM A UGA FAN AN THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE,WATCH AND SEE HOW Many recruits we loose because of this game I mean we lost at home to these clowns. I give props were props are do way to go GT they are going to sneak up on people like they did in 90-91, and we can hate all we want in athens but they are beating who they supposse to beat and i believe we are in trouble, mark my word when we play them the score will be GT 38 UGA 16

By A-ville Ranger

September 9, 2007 7:19 PM | Link to this

Ok I’ll name a name. Winston you don’t have a clue what happened last night.At least not on defense.Anybody who thinks the defense played poorly doesn’t have the first idea of what it takes to hold a Spurrier team in check.On offense,the guards were not ready to block enough for Moreno to get the ball that often.His time will come though,soon I’m guessing.

By mike majors

September 9, 2007 7:21 PM | Link to this

Staffors is like clausen over rated

By Mr. New York USC Alum

September 9, 2007 7:21 PM | Link to this

Gamecock fans, do a search on DirectorsChairs-USA and buy your Carolina logo products.

By Barbara Dooolies

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

Hi Dawg Fans just to let you know I’ll be at the the UGA book store next Sat. giving make over tips for the football team prior to the game. Vinny will be their signing my new book “Get Me Outta Here, Coach ” See YA There!!! Barb.

By new club

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

How about Cocks for Mark!

By Mr. New York USC Alum

September 9, 2007 7:32 PM | Link to this

Gamecock fans, do a search on DirectorsChairs-USA and buy your Carolina logo products.

By Brandon

September 9, 2007 7:35 PM | Link to this

I love Coach Richt, and wouldn’t trade him for any other coach either, but sometimes his and his staff’s play-calling seem inexplicable. If you go for it and don’t make it in that situation you STILL have 2 timeouts, and South Carolina STILL has to be very careful with the ball. The upside is that by going for it you give yourself a chance to tie the game, rather than settle for a field goal which is meaningless. We HAD to score a touchdown no matter what. I’d rather take my chances deep inside SC territory than kick a field goal, and then kick off to them praying to God that the defense stopped them. Of course they eventually did (after three or four consecutive first downs)which ran the clock down to a 1:30 and gave us terrible field position.

This is all not to mention that we didn’t use those all important time outs to stop the clock until WE got the ball back, which allowed SC to waste about 3 minutes of clock while they had the ball. Our 2 minute offense should be designed to conserve and stop the clock, so why were we saving the time outs until we got the ball back? Presumably so we could use them to set up for another meaningless field goal and only lose by 1.

By biggest patsy of the year

September 9, 2007 7:35 PM | Link to this

huskdog…it’s Western Carolina….not Ky… LOL!

ps since reno did not score, is it now NOreno?

By Neuter UGA

September 9, 2007 7:39 PM | Link to this

There you go again…those clowns. The only thing that looked funny was UGA’s line. Keep calling them clowns and they’ll give you a show. Next year and the next year……with all those Georgia recruits in Gamecock gear.

By winston

September 9, 2007 7:40 PM | Link to this

A-Ville Ranger, I know what happened on defense because I watched the game. I also know this this is not the typical ‘Spurrier offense’. If it was, they would have scored 50. There are run blitzes that are designed to stop the run. There are also blitzes designed to put Blake ‘the snake’ on his butt and not give him the time to smoke a cigarette before he completes a pass.

If you happened to Tivo the game, go back and look at how many times we blitzed and what happened when we did. It wont take you that long to count them.

As for run blitzing, Willie Vanilli should have done this to atleast give us a chance at stopping the run.

Also, What does our O-line blocking have to do with getting Moreno the ball ‘in space’? Im sure FLA, West VA, USC, CAL wouldnt have a problem figuring out a way despite line issues.

By RAMBLE ON!

September 9, 2007 7:40 PM | Link to this

Anybody see Dwyer run yesterday for GT?

He’s going to be the best running back the state of Georgia has ever produced.

By Airheadmotorcycle

September 9, 2007 7:42 PM | Link to this

All summer I heard from NASCAR that Stafford was the best QB in the SEC and Tim Tebow can’t throw. NASCAR never missed an opportunity to blast Tebow. Look at the situation now, you cocky Dawgs. Nothing has changed. CMR still can’t manage a game situation, SOS owns Georgia, and Florida is on its way to its third National Championship on the back of Tim Tebow! He’s the best leader in college football and he’s only a Sophomore.

By Vince Dooley

September 9, 2007 7:46 PM | Link to this

I don’t think you guys realize that CMR was calling the plays after the 1st quarter. Bobo is a fall guy for when we lose 5 games this year that he will be fired not CMR. PLEASE BOBBY BOWDEN RETIRE, so that FSU can have their idiot back!!!Please send Richt back to FSU and take send his bible with him.

By mike booboo

September 9, 2007 7:51 PM | Link to this

i dont think we have to worry about recruiting. historically georgia is gonna get great players. i dont think one game is gonna impact the recruiting trail that much. wait till the season is over.

By winston

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

A-Ville Ranger, I know what happened on defense because I watched the game. I also know this this is not the typical ‘Spurrier offense’. If it was, they would have scored 50. There are run blitzes that are designed to stop the run. There are also blitzes designed to put Blake ‘the snake’ on his butt and not give him the time to smoke a cigarette before he completes a pass.

If you happened to Tivo the game, go back and look at how many times we blitzed and what happened when we did. It wont take you that long to count them.

As for run blitzing, Willie Vanilli should have done this to atleast give us a chance at stopping the run.

Also, What does our O-line blocking have to do with getting Moreno the ball ‘in space’? Im sure FLA, West VA, USC, CAL wouldnt have a problem figuring out a way despite line issues.

By A-ville Ranger

September 9, 2007 8:17 PM | Link to this

Winston….Have you ever heard the expression :can’t see the forest for the trees:? If you or any other fan had a choice before the game to give SC 16 points or take your chances on giving up more or less how many would think 16 was a bad number ? It’s easy to find fault anytime points are scored.That brain dead Martinez defense gave up 174 yards though the air with 0 tds.I find it hard to believe any reasonable person would think those numbers high.You hear what Richt and others who understand the game said,none of them complained about defense.The only bad spot was those 3 runs at the end and it’s football,things happen.

By gator bait

September 9, 2007 8:26 PM | Link to this

To bulldog fans: you may want to start looking into what bowl the SEC #6 team gets invited to. Remember you still have Vandy who has your number, not to mention the mighty Gators, who will run up the score like it’s a I-AA game. I know it’s early, but you better start looking forward to 2008 season!

By winston

September 9, 2007 8:34 PM | Link to this

A-Ville, The defense did play better than the offense and the yardage given up for points (as you stated) was great. I believe our defense helps set the tone for our games and we both know that Willie just isn’t getting the job done.

Personally, Im more concerned about our offense. When you watch Fla, USC, Cal, etc, you see their offense getting the ball into the hands of their ‘playmakers’. With our traditional I formation and current O-line issues I dont see us being capable of that.

You have to have some imagination on offense. We have Moreno (which I feel could be easily used like Bush at USC), Mikey, and T-Brown. Bobo has to come with a way to utilize their talents and get them on the field at the same time. The I formation is not going to get the job done with our line and in the SEC.

By Reunion Dawg

September 9, 2007 8:40 PM | Link to this

Yes we lost to Dr. Evil. We had to know that it would happen sometime. Remember this is same guy that took Duke to 2 winning seasons. Not to mention what happend while he was at “jean shorts” university. We are a very young team. Our QB is a sophmore, our O-Line is still a patchwork of freshman and transfers our defense is quick but very small for SEC standards. Oh, I forgot to mention that since we are young we probably read our press clippings after beating a mediocre Big 12 team. You put all that together and it spells defeat. I think even Bobo read some of those articles.
We will get better and we will beat the Vols, Cats, Commodores, Rebels and Tigers.

Go Dawgs!!!!

By Stevi B

September 9, 2007 8:46 PM | Link to this

I dont know what all this stickin it to UGA and UGA is now owned by Spurrier crap is!They won by 4 points!Yea it was a win but it was less than spectacular…The Dawgs are gonna be fine…this may not be a championship year but i think they are a very promising team and in a year or two will be the team to be feared in the SEC.

Also, Richt’s call to kick the field goal was definitely the right call.With the way the Dawgs were playin in the Red Zone, they just needed some points. The game was close until the last 8 seconds.

Go Dawgs!

By Ben Dover

September 9, 2007 8:51 PM | Link to this

Stafford plays like a toy terrier, not a bulldog.

By Mike Bobo 17 INT

September 9, 2007 8:51 PM | Link to this

Count how many times Mike Bobo is mentioned in this blog. Over and over again everyone is complaining about Mike Bobo. I predicted UGA would lose to USC, and Spurrier would begin his domination again.

Why in the #$#$ UGA would place an OC who holds the record for the most interceptions is unreal, but he is a Bulldog.

I love the blog from the UGA fan complaining about how tired he is of the crap with UGA and how even Tech has a more recent national title (1990) vs. UGA.

Bottom line, Bobo nor CMR is a match for the Old Ball Coach, and UGA is in the tank. Your program is on the decline, and everything I predicted before the season started is dead-on.

Until you step up and open with bigger teams on the road and quit scheduling all your big games a home, you are going to continue to be waxed by the Steve Spurriers of the world.

You have to move away from bragging about playing in the SEC, and get off the conference bragging. Just check with Auburn about South Florida, and check with Tennessee about. This is not about conferences anymore, but about the best team.

Like Steve said, “they were not that powerful or anything,” referring to the almighty Bulldogs.

By Rick

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

Stevi - you are right … if UGA had gone for the TD and not gotten it … the game would have been over right there … this way they were more assured of a chance to make a last minute drive and win …

Anytime you lose the armchair coaches call the play calling bad … if it works and you win … they are champions of the world.

I love this game … and it is just that … a game.

We have a very young team and SOS exploited it …

By Realist

September 9, 2007 9:11 PM | Link to this

How funny is it that Auburn and UT people are here talking chit. TOO FUNNYYYY

Anyways, Dawgs are in trouble this year. Stafford is being coddled by Richt and it is showing. Knowshon is actually TRYING to earn playing time. I wish we got NC and SEC championships in “ACL Recovery Time” becasue we could finally say that TB is THE MAN.

SOMEONE PLEASE SHOW STAFF HOW TO FAKE A HANDOFF. sheesh

By A-ville Ranger

September 9, 2007 9:13 PM | Link to this

Winston——I think for the most part Martinez has done a good job.He had a five game stretch last year where the defense was a mess.Other than that they’ve been good.The one area where Van Gorder teams were better was tackling form.Martinez teams are better against the pass and have picked more off.The bottom line,points allowed, they’re close….I agree about the offense,UGA is one of the top 3 defensive teams in the nation in coach Richt’s tenure but the offense is nowhere near the top.Part of that is Richt’s ball control priority and it’s hard to argue with 62 wins.Bobo is an open question though,we’ll see I guess…GO DAWGS!!!

By Glavine's a TRADER!

September 9, 2007 9:13 PM | Link to this

PATHETIC FIRE BOBO!!!

By DrugDawg

September 9, 2007 9:23 PM | Link to this

I just have one other thing tonight - do any Dawg fans ever wonder what happens to all those top 10 recruiting classes we get year after year? I do.

And there are some Dawg fans who actually think we can stay on the field with the likes of FL and LSU? What a joke. It reminds me of comparing a middle school team to a real college team - not even close!

By Mike Dempsey

September 9, 2007 9:23 PM | Link to this

We got beat because Stafford, because anticipated better than his recievers did and they weren’t ready for his rocket balls. He may have been too amped up,but the recievers should have made more plays. They know it. South Carolina is a veteran club and will win alot of games this year, but they’ll lose 2-3 in the SEC east just like Georgia. Florida and LSU will play for the SEC championship. What I expect from Georgia is to get better each week and finish in the top 15. 2008 should be our year.

By Sic Bird

September 9, 2007 9:23 PM | Link to this

CMR, his coaching staff, including whoever recruited those weakas* DE’s need to be fired. I’m getting tired of the Matt over rated Stafford experiment, he’s to immature to hold a conversation much less lead a team. He looked like a scared chicken out there today. CMR is the real jerk for not red shirting him. Every other head coach in the SEC would have. CMR will never progress past what he did while calling the plays at FSU. The Ole Ball Coach schooled him today, but it’s to bad CMR won’t learn anything. And how about those 18 guys from the state of Georgia playing for USC, that kicked our as*’s, CMR failed to offer everyone of them a scholarship except Casper Brinkley, and he refused us because CMR wouldn’t offer his brother Jasper. Coach layoff the dark sunglasses on the sidelines, they make you look like you just finished burning one.

By son_sir

September 9, 2007 9:27 PM | Link to this

Just so you know, ticket packages are already available.

http://www.chick-fil-abowl.com/

By winston

September 9, 2007 9:46 PM | Link to this

A-Ville Ranger, Im with you..GO DAWGS

Lets hope we get it together and run the table. We have too much talent to be playing like this.

By Iceman

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

If I ever need a good laugh, all I have to do is read AJC blogs. You endless forecasters of doom always give me a chuckle.

GO DAWGS!!!!!

By Joseph Smith

September 9, 2007 9:59 PM | Link to this

I would just like to say, on this day, the Lord’s day, that Mark Richt is a fine human being. This man just doesn’t just talk about it. He lives the part of a true Christian. Have you ever looked at his adopted children? Richt is above reproach in my eyes. He walks the walk.

I’m not a Bulldog fan, and I’m not a church-goer. To talk of firing Richt is beyond ridiculous. Unless, of course, you view football as unChristian. Would Jesus play football? Would he put on the pads and try to take someone’s head off? Hmmm? Would he cuss, and backbite when things went bad? Who is Jesus? Would he get drunk and gorge himself every weekend to watch the Dawgs?

These are fair questions. If you’re a simple pagan, be a pagan. Don’t pretend to be something you’re not.

By Louise

September 9, 2007 10:04 PM | Link to this

I agree totally with Boots! You are SO RIGHT!!! Go Dawgs!!

Can anybody out there teach Spurrier how to talk to the press without making him out like an idiot?

By Cocky2

September 9, 2007 10:07 PM | Link to this

The dynasty begins!!! We will own you for the next 5 - 10 years!!!! All of you UGA recruits, come on over to the “Ol’ ball coach” and get prepared for the next level.

Or stay at UGA and plan on being mediocre under MR and Mike Bozo.

You dawgs might as well get used to it, Steve is going make us the next Florida.

By DawgFan

September 9, 2007 10:16 PM | Link to this

WOW!! What a bunch of fairweather fans there are posting comments. I have never seen such a disgraceful bunch of idiots that call themselves UGA fans. PILE ON people!! It is not like Stafford didn’t admit he played terrible and made a bunch of overthrows. Yet here you are, posting comments about each missed pass like it is some in depth analysis you discovered over your long hours of watching film. You guys that are throwing in the towel and dissing your team are an embarrassment to the rest of us UGA fans that still care and realize these are young kids.

Stafford is a talented kid who is still growing and learning how to play in the SEC. He gets overconfident in his arm and misses receivers but once he learns how to control it I think he will reach his potential. Richt is a great coach who always puts us in a position to win {name the last game we were out of going into the 4th qtr}. We had a chance to win that game and we didn’t…big deal. Am I disappointed? YES!!!! There are plenty of games left and I will root for my dawgs the entire way. The rest of you cynics can jump off anytime you want.

By Neuter UGA

September 9, 2007 10:17 PM | Link to this

Right on Cocky2!

By Neuter Uga

September 9, 2007 10:17 PM | Link to this

Right on Cocky2!

By Kevin

September 9, 2007 10:33 PM | Link to this

Let the cocks gloat and enjoy their victory. I’ll even be so nice as to update the series tally. Let’s see… that’s 44 wins for Georgia and a whopping 14 wins for the cocks. I’m feeling better already.

By Rocky T

September 9, 2007 10:34 PM | Link to this

My..My..My. You lose one game and your fan base turns on: the coachs, the players, the refs, each other..Let it go!! ..Perpetual mediocrity is the phrase for today…you guys should be used to it by now.. Looks like 4th place in the East (if you beat Vandy). Hold your heads up, Dawg fans, at least they didn’t SCORE 50+ POINTS on you at home

By USC still sucks

September 9, 2007 10:35 PM | Link to this

Congrats USC fans on a big win. Live it up while you can.

Cocky2…You might want to wait a little before the dynasty talk. Try actually making it to the SEC championship game before you start talking. Not to mention, one touchdown and 3 field goals is not what I would call a juggernaut. Especially against a “mediocre team”.

Casper and Jasper will be gone next year and so will Blake {can’t mae it to class} Mitchell. In the famous words of a Gamecock fan…WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR!

By Buck in the NW

September 9, 2007 10:37 PM | Link to this

We lost! SOS has come back with his usual quips and I’m not mad nor are they classless, they happen to be the truth………We have a long season in front of us and this is CMRs 1st year as a true H.C. All this hollering and shouting don’t amount to a thing. We’re all upset about losing but CMR is the man who’ll be in charge and we’ll see from here

By mike booboo

September 9, 2007 10:40 PM | Link to this

carolina fans brag about their 1st win against us in 6 years. i bet they actually think they are national title contenders now. its a f’ing joke. when carolina wins a SEC title then they can brag. until then its one game outta of many. carolina was due to beat us eventually.

By SamoanDawg

September 9, 2007 10:41 PM | Link to this

Congrats to USC. Y’all beat us fair and square. No excuse at all.

Did we called too many screen pass plays?

Our D didn’t play all that bad, considering Brian Evans getting burned several times, missed too many tackles and giving up 16 points is not too shabby of a D. We allowed too many yards on 1st/2nd downs, but adjusted too late.

Our O failed to capitalized in the red zone. Gosh, we need to get the ball to Moreno, Henderson and Trip. We’ve got get better before Bama game.

We’re down but we’re not out.

C’mon Dawgs lets go!

By A-ville Ranger

September 9, 2007 10:43 PM | Link to this

Let’s change the subject for a minute.I’ve been watching video of a safty/wr prospect from westside Augusta,Sanders Commings.He is only rated 3 stars and the #41 safty by scout.I’ll tell you, I’m as impressed by him as I am AJ Green,Richard Samuel or any of the other recruits.It’s my judgement he could be the biggest play maker in the secondary Richt has had if we can get him signed.If any of you have ties with westside or live in the area and and give some input I’d thank you.

By jacketnation

September 9, 2007 10:45 PM | Link to this

aaaaahahahahah. We scored 69 points and beat Notre Dame 33-3 last week.

It gives me a warm feeling for UGAG to lose. UGAG can get a warm feeling by hiking you legs and peeing on yourselves.

JACKETS ROLL 69-14 climb to 15th in both polls.

By S.E. Dawg

September 9, 2007 10:50 PM | Link to this

I just don’t think our coaches forgot how to coach. When the players on the field are physically, mentally and knowledgeably prepared in the system then our coaches can open the play book on both sides of the ball. Until then we have to play within the limits of the players, even though the talent is there. When the bulk of your starters are freshmen and RS freshmen there are growing pains. No if’s and’s and but’s about it.

Some of you coach bashers on here are so knowledgeable you should be coaching in the NFL. Bunch of underachievers.

By TybeeDawg

September 9, 2007 10:50 PM | Link to this

Stafford was not sharp…but one thing that really stands out after watching the replay of the game is Michael Moore dropping 2 touchdown passes and Tony Wilson dropping one.

By Go Cocks

September 9, 2007 10:52 PM | Link to this

I read in this rag last week, and heard it from the GA players, that SC wasn’t a rivalry game, just another game, not worried about it, blah, blah, blah. Boy, aren’t you glad it wasn’t an important game that you lost. After all, it only makes you 0-1 in the SEC East, 3-13 vs SOS, and headed straight to the SEC Championship game. No, not important at all. Italic: Bet you’ll think differently from now on!

By georgiagirl

September 9, 2007 10:53 PM | Link to this

It was a really bad game for the dawgs, but year after year some of you fans love them until something like this happen and then you turn on them…. I love GEORGIA DAWGS and I ALWAYS WILL. We lost one game out of the last six SC, get over it your down grading of these kids is sick-in as H!!!. Thanks for all the support to your team. As a female I’m so sick of hearing all the turncoat fans that will love them the next big game they win. Look in the mirror and think about your turn coat self. I will be a fan win, lose or draw, but I have learn that our fan base as become like many other teams fans (Auburn/FLa/TENN) YOUR TURN AGAINST THEM FAST AND UGLY. SHAME SHAME SHAME. A high school football player at the game, said someone has to lose. The next morning he told this father that he wants to go to Georgia. He has more class than most fans. I will be proud to see him at Georgia next year. But I will stand behind my team and not talk them down, as you people have so that other fans can come on this blog and read it and laugh at the Georgia Dawg Nation. And if you all think that you can do a better job, go coach the team. And for the fans from the other schools, the season just starting and I really not think that many of you have really been tested yet. I’M SURE THAT YOUR TIME WILL COME WHEN YOU PLAY A GOOD TEAM NOT SANFORD HIGH SCHOOL. And don’t let me forget the FLA team that have been playing low rank teams and shaming them to make themselves look good. And Tenn and Auburn fans you sure need to shut up too, because your A@@ got wipe too, worse than us. ON THE BETTER SIDE, THE GAME IS OVER AND THATS WHAT IT IS A GAME. SO GO DAWGS THERE ARE ALOT OF US FANS THAT LOVE THE TEAM AND WILL STAND UP FOR YOU YOUNG GUYS. DO NOT LET THE NEGATIVE FANS BASE GET TO YOU, THEY DID THAT ENOUGH LAST YEAR, PUT DEAF EARS ON THEM AND GO GET BETTER, BECAUSE THEY WILL WANT TO JUMP ON THE BANDWAGON AGAIN. THIS YOUNG TEAM AND THEY ARE YOUNG WILL GET BETTER. LOVE THE DOGS AND I NOW WILL PUT DEAF EARS AND BLIND EYES TO YOU WANTA BE FANS. SO NOT ANSWER THIS POST BECAUSE I HAVE READ AND HEARD ALL I WANT OUT YOU TURN COATS. WITH THAT GO DAWGS, RED AND BLACK LOVE YA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOG OFF FOR GOOD

By Jason

September 9, 2007 11:00 PM | Link to this

I think Coach Richt has too much class to be in Athens. I hope one of these days he will have the opportunity to go where he is appreciated. GOO COCKS!

By A-ville Ranger

September 9, 2007 11:08 PM | Link to this

SamoanDawg—-good to hear from you.The defense played very well last night except for those 3 runs of 10+ yds when we desperately needed the ball back.I think Evans is getting a bit of an unfair review.I’d bet real money Martinez over riding order was to stay in front of the deep routes.That made the corners look bad a couple of times when Martinez did just what he intended and Spurrier (he said as much)had the ball thrown short to take advantage of the position of the defense.SC didn’t score on any of those plays,that makes it a successful strategy in my book.

By Rocky T

September 9, 2007 11:10 PM | Link to this

Ga Girl….it’s more fun when the Dogs lose..especially when they lose at home..and don’t worry, go ahead and beat up on Slippery Rock U and Little Sisters of the Poor and the bandwagon will be full once again. So, there is hope..4th place at best!! Can’t wait to see you in Knoxville!!

By SamoanDawg

September 9, 2007 11:13 PM | Link to this

We’ll be alright. We just have to lick our wounds, patch them up, strap it up and get ready for the grind again.

We certainly learned a lot from this game. We’ll be ready for you Tide people! It should be another even match up, IMO.

Go dawgs!

By GeneDawg

September 9, 2007 11:18 PM | Link to this

I find it funny that Spurrier doesn’t find us to be a powerhouse…judging by the action of their fans last night, they felt they just beat the #1 team in the nation!!

By A-ville Ranger

September 9, 2007 11:33 PM | Link to this

SamoanDawg —- Alabama may be equal to us but they shouldn’t be.We’ve out recruited them for years and they have new coaches.Coach Richt says he thinks the team will improve quickly and they should.We should be at least a 10 point better team based on talent and us having stable coaching.If Saban can just show up and beat us, I’ll really start wondering what’s wrong.

By Gamecock Chrissy

September 9, 2007 11:43 PM | Link to this

GeneDawg:

We came to YOUR house and beat you. I can understand fans celebrating a win on the road in the SEC.

Gamecocks #17 in the nation!!

By RedDawg

September 9, 2007 11:49 PM | Link to this

Im really sick of our D under Martenize and his vanilla approach, our D in 2002,2003, 2004 under Brian VanGorden was one of the best in the country, fierce, tenacious, its hardly to move the ball on. the two thumbs role was if Georgia scores 20 pts they win the game, only LSU at their championship year put more than 30 pts on Georgia. I can understand his approach is more toward defending the pass, but our corners are not that good and we need to put the heat on on the QB and it is hard to do it only by the front 4. we need to be creative on D, gosh Im sick of you martineze and your stupid philosophy. cant you see whats going on, I cant believe it, cant you see teams run the ball all over us, we are not a good team toward the run, southcarolina ran the ball all over our throat.our guys on D are so talented, they can be the best D in the nation but Martenize approach is so f*** up!!

By monty

September 10, 2007 12:06 AM | Link to this

South Carolina appeared to me to be the better team saturday. Could we have still won the game? Definitely if Stafford hits his wide open receivers. I counted twice at least receivers were wide open and would of scored if he had been accurate. i also think early in the game he was too pumped up and threw a couple of bullets on ten yard passes over the middle that bounced off of receivers hands instead of putting a little touch on his passes. But all in all I think they were the stronger more physical team.They pushed us around when they needed to.The last drive they had, we knew they would run the ball and we not only couldn’t stop them, they had 3 straight runs for first downs.

By UGA-Lee

September 10, 2007 12:21 AM | Link to this

NASCAR & A’ville: You and your friends said:

Steve Spurrier is no longer an Evil Genius—he is just Evil.

South Carolina is the Second Tier of the SEC.

There were several predictions of a blowout at USC’s expense.

You said that Gamecocks fans made their annual appearance and they promptly disappeared after week 2 every year.

Before the game I took all of your abuse and I only said: The Game is On!

Now after the game let me say the truth. Neither Richt nor Bobo can identify talent. Then once they sign up their recruits, they can’t train them to be better. I look at the 17 commitments that you already have and I laugh. You do realize that half of them will be going to school in either South Carolina or Alabama next year, don’t you? Seriously, what do you expect them to do when you guys will lose to everybody in the SEC East this season—except for Vandy? Who wants to sign-up for the Richt/Bobo trainwreck? Certainly not the ones who want to be SEC Champions. Enjoy rebuilding your program for the next 7 to 10 years. Maybe one day, you can hope to play as well as a Second Tier SEC team.

GO ‘COCKS!

By Rudy's Back

September 10, 2007 12:24 AM | Link to this

How Bout Them Game COCKS!!! The Dogs choked earlier than usual this year. What a JOKE. They’ll be 7-5 at best. J.Clausen rules!!!! GO IRISH!!!!!

RUDY RUDY RUDY RUDY!!!!!!!!!!

By A-ville Ranger

September 10, 2007 12:36 AM | Link to this

RedDawg——-If facts matter at all to you, here are a few to chew on.The last 3 seasons VanGorder coached the defense they gave up 15.0-14.5 and 16.5 per game (the 01 season wasn’t listed on the UGA site.In the 2 seasons Martinez has been coordinator they’ve given up 16.4 and 15.7.The big difference last season was the offense, it dropped from 29.5 in 05 to 22.7 per game.That means the defense was on the field more so they may have had to play better just give up the same points.I liked VanGorder’s style but facts are facts and fair is fair.The facts say Martinez has done as good a job as Brian score wise and points are the bottom line in this game….Oh they’re giving up 15 per game so far this season.That’s a very consistent pattern,I wish the offense was so consistently good.

By A-ville Ranger

September 10, 2007 12:54 AM | Link to this

UGA-Lee I don’t know where you got that,it sure wasn’t from me.I never made a prediction about the game and I’ve never called Spurrier evil.I have called him a petty jerk and he sure is that.You seem rather confused my friend.

By heeldawg

September 10, 2007 4:14 AM | Link to this

The true effects of this game will not be known until much, much later in the season. This is a young team, and young teams are more susceptible to emotional ups and downs than more experienced clubs. Despite being flat and uninspired in the first half, despite abysmal play-calling (3rd and 1 should be Brannan Southerland up the middle every time; if you have a back who is running like Knowshon was you keep giving him the rock in the red zone; etc.), despite Stafford being off on his passes and missing wide open receivers to throw into coverage(the overthrow on Moreno, which would have been a TD, and missing a wide-open Massaquoi at the five yard line to throw to a covered Sean Bailey come to mind), and despite key drops by Tony Wilson and Tripp Chandler, the Dawgs were still in this game until the final interception. South Carolina won a game they shouldn’t have because of a perfect storm of errors on several fronts. If those errors had been corrected, the Dawgs could have won by two touchdowns. Spurrier can run his mouth all he wants (mind games are about all he has left, now), but no matter how much he talks, the Cocks are not going to win the SEC East. Georgia may not be a “big, powerful team,” but LSU is, and there is no way that South Carolina wins that contest. That will give them one conference loss. The odds of this Gamecock team beating Florida, Tennessee and Kentucky are pretty long, as well. Georgia has talent—far more than Spurrier’s team, in fact. If they can learn from this and improve, they can still contend for the East title. It’s up to them whether they respond like champions or whether they end up wallowing in mediocrity. One thing’s for certain: it’s a long season. Anything can still happen.

By georgiagirl

September 10, 2007 6:26 AM | Link to this

JUST ONE MORE THING THE OLD BALL COACH SAID WE LOST 5 GAMES LAST YEAR. DID HE AND FANS FORGET WHO THEY LOST TO LAST YEAR. OH HOW WE FORGET THAT. TALK ABOUT US BRING UP THE PAST, YOUR OWN COACH DID THE SAME HE WENT TO THE PAST, BUT FORGOT HIS LOSTS. BUT WE WILL SEE WHO CRYING IN A FEW WEEKS.

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

By DamnTheMan

September 10, 2007 6:34 AM | Link to this

Nice to see Bobo is as compitant at calling plays as he was throwing the ball as a QB.He sucked as a player (lost his starting job to an alcoholic freshman) and he sucks as bad as a coach. The only way UGA wins a national championship is to get lucky and recruit another phenom like Hershal. He won it all dispite Dooley’s 1960s playcalling. Go Dawgs…straight to the toilet bowl…again.

By Sundawg

September 10, 2007 6:51 AM | Link to this

Huskdawg, I won’t forget.

The bandwagon is running a little light this week; lots of canines falling off. We lost, deal with it. Didn’t the OBC beat Florida his first year at USC and nearly beat them last year, their NC season? The man can coach; give the Devil his due.

Now, get on with your life.

GO DAWGS

By Barbara Dooolies

September 10, 2007 7:08 AM | Link to this

Hi Dawg Fans just to let you know I’ll be at the the UGA book store next Sat. giving make over tips for the football team prior to the game. Vinny will be their signing my new book “Get Me Outta Here, Coach ” See YA There!!! Barb.

By Chris

September 10, 2007 7:09 AM | Link to this

How georgia is still ranked is beyond me. A loss at home to an unranked team? Wow! georgia is very over rated! I don’t think you boys could even beat Michigan or Notre Dame.

By Dap

September 10, 2007 7:44 AM | Link to this

Bobo failed as a play caller

M.R. failed as a CEO

They were sooooo out coached.

By YankeeDawg

September 10, 2007 8:07 AM | Link to this

When Carolina has more trophies in its display case then Georgia, then they can brag all they want! But as of now all they have are cobwebs, and two Bowl Trophies! Go Dawgs!!

By Mayretta_Dawg

September 10, 2007 8:31 AM | Link to this

Apology to Gamecock fans:

I thought that this past Saturday’s game vs. USC was going to be a cakewalk after we dismantled OSU and y’all struggled defensively vs. ULL but I was wrong, dead wrong. Your Defense was extremely fast and came to play. I’m not 100% sure your Offense has what it takes this season to win the SEC East but it executed and did what it had to do to beat the Dawgs and should be competitive in every game they play. Good luck the rest of the way, especially vs. those orange teams!

Go Dawgs!

PS This post will be reposted until I feel that all Gamecocks I talked trash with (all in jest) read this post.

By gdawginkalamazoo

September 10, 2007 8:47 AM | Link to this

You guys have got to understand, this game was THE BIGGEST VICTORY IN THE HISTORY OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOOTBALL since they joined the SEC. Long time coming I’d say. Of course Spurrier just can’t help being the horse’s a s s that he is. One win in five years. Yoohoo break out the moonshine. He wasn’t all smart a s s last year when we SHUT HIM OUT was he.

By Gen Neyland

September 10, 2007 8:55 AM | Link to this

Monday morning quarterbacking began around 2100 hrs on SAT08SEP. It will continue until UGA wins again. Why..? It’s the nature of the beast. The game of football has evolved to a point where a David beats a Goliath, Appalachian State beats a Michigan, a WHO THE HE11 ARE THEY beats an Auburn,etc etc…It’s been years in the making, getting stonger all the time. USC beating UGA isn’t one such game in point. It’s rather arrogant of some Dawg fans to believe any game played by the Red and Black should be a walk in the park, yet can point to other supposed top tier programs as over-rated losers when the unexpected happens…Those of us that ever wore a jockstrap know that you can lose the ones you’re suppose to win and win the ones you’re suppose to lose…The team that minimizes mistakes and makes plays wins. It’s not always gonna be as it should be. Luck and skill don’t go hand in hand each and every Saturday…USC was picked by some pundits to show up well this year. They did on Saturday. Plain and simple… GO VOLS AND BEAT THEM GATORS IN THE BOG

By born 2 bark

September 10, 2007 8:56 AM | Link to this

My hat’s off to SC they played better, coached better, and just wanted it more. I think our D did better than people are giving credit for, SC had the ball enough and chances to put 40 points on the board, but we held them to 16. I’m not saying they did great, but they did a hell of a lot better than the O. The play calling bothered me as well. Knowshon was the only thing working for us and I can count his carries on one hand.

Oh well, WE ARE A YOUNG TEAM AND WE LIVE AND LEARN. WE KNEW WE WOULD HAVE GROWING PAINS, IF YOU EXPECTED US TO GO UNBEATTEN WITH THIS YOUNG BUNCH YOU WERE DELUSIONAL. WE BEAT THE COCKS THE LAST 5 YEARS, IT WAS FUN, THEY WERE DUE.

Some of you Dawg fans p** me off and I’m one of you. YOu don’t trash your coaches and players after one loss against a talented team early in the season. Show some class and team support. I will always point out areas I think we could’ve done better, but “Stafford sucks, martinez sucks, and CMR sucks???” Come on!! A large part of the offense is young and so is the D, they will no doubt learn and get better and kick some a* like we do every year. GO DAWGS!

By gdawginkalamazoo

September 10, 2007 8:58 AM | Link to this

Rudy’s Back, the only consolation I have in this past weekend is the a) ND got whipped again b) you get to go play Michigan this weekend in the 0’fer Bowl. And a Clausen never beat Georgia so I would take my chances against ND with him at the helm.

By Gen Neyland

September 10, 2007 9:06 AM | Link to this

zoo

I believe this goes down as no higher than 2nd or 3rd biggest. UF, UT and UGA in what, a span of three years..? Just another notch in his ego…Humble isn’t in his vocabulary, is it. I don’t remember his USC win over UF…What was the score and what year…I can barely recall his beating UT, but I think that score was 17-15..?

By AltamahaDawg

September 10, 2007 9:14 AM | Link to this

Congrats to SC, very well deserved victory, just plain wanted to win more than the UGA team. I’ll save my rambling on what we did or should till later this week, so as to not lessen the victory for the SC fans still hangin around on the blog a few more days.

Lordy, all you pretenders…..we all might actually think you are indeed real Dawg fans IF you didnt pick “ImaDawgfan” as your handle and say such rediculous over the top stuff. Worry about your own school. You think we are so horrible , great, why do you even care? Real Dawg fans are disapointed, even critical of a thing or two that needs to improve, but thats all. The fact you others revel so much in our loss, just proves your respect.

By AltamahaDawg

September 10, 2007 9:23 AM | Link to this

born 2 bark, that “one hand” of yours must be a real hit at parties. Personally, I had to take off a sock to count up with Moreno’s carries.

By sam

September 10, 2007 9:28 AM | Link to this

the only dates that really matter are 9/9/06: the last time the pups won a game against a team in their OWN division 1/1/1981: last time the pups actually did not choke and won a national championship.

GOD is great to live in Atlanta and not be a dawg fan and just realize how simply dillusional the dawg nation is. There is not one team out of the other 118 out there that even comes close to comparing to the stupidity of the dawg nation.

By MCDAVID

September 10, 2007 9:30 AM | Link to this

THIS GAME WAS SO MUCH LIKE THE KENTUCKY GAME LAST YEAR. WHERE WAS BOBO, I THINK RICHT CALLED THE WHOLE GAME AND HE’S TERRIBLE. NO SIGN OF BOBO AND NO MENTION OF HIM IN THE LOSS. YOU DON’T WIN GAMES BEING CONSERVATIVE AND RICHT DOESN’T SEEM TO HAVE A BOLD MOVE LEFT IN HIM.

By SteviB

September 10, 2007 9:33 AM | Link to this

Yea the Dawgs may have lost but it is still early in the season…they are a young team who just made some young mistakes!Show me another team who has the pure talent that UGA does…give em a little time to get over those early season mistakes!CMR is still an awesome coach! He has already proven that he can coach a winning team. The real Dawg fans arent the ones givin up on em after one loss. Im lookin forward to an awesome season for the Dawgs!

By ChampDawg

September 10, 2007 9:44 AM | Link to this

UGA’s victory over Ok State was overhyped and CMR’s praise of Stafford being the “best ever” only added to the hype. The defense and offense both got pushed around all day and Blake Mitchell proved to be the better quarterback hands down. Congrats to S Carolina… better coached and better players. I know UGA is young and inexperienced but where the hell is all this talent that has been recruited in recent years?

By DirtDobber

September 10, 2007 9:53 AM | Link to this

So I hear the Gamecocks beat UGA .
… and some of you were just SO SURE this was going to be EASY !?!?

GeorgiaGirl is the only one here that makes any sense . Ya’ll should listen to her. She has great football insight … for a girl. Most of you have no football savy at all . You are just full of opinion without a tangible basis for an opinion . I really love the ones who contradict theirself in the same post . You are a riot !

And so I shall go on my way , laughing . Isn’t it just a wonderful day !

By 92 GA Alum

September 10, 2007 9:53 AM | Link to this

After the last 5 years of close games with USC, it doesn’t surprise me that GA lost. It is not the end of the season, though. Keep your heads up Dawgs. Remember that last three games from last season. The Dawgs can be an excellent team. They just have to execute like they are capable of doing. My opinion on why we lost is young O-line did not open holes to run or pass protect very well, awful game plan by Bobo combined with terrible calls on 3rd and short, Stafford had his worst game throwing the ball so far. Bobo should have known that USC would be coached up for those quick screens and adjusted the game plan to take advantage of the middle of the field.

By JBG

September 10, 2007 10:01 AM | Link to this

What’s up with all the negativity? I think Georgia alumni and fans need to manage their expectations. It does not take much to understand that this year’s team is about as inexperienced as last years. South Carolina and Tech both know that if they do not beat us this year, it’s not going to happen for a while. I remember watching another Georgia team not score a touchdown against So. Carolina (14-9) at home in 2001 and the program went on to achieve great things that season and in the following two years.

I know we want to win Dawgs. I know it is frustrating…but keep your heads up!

GO DAWGS!

By puppyhater

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

Nobody has said South Carolina thinks they are going to win a National Championship. Good lord, they just beat Georgia…not a powerhouse. This was a win over a mediocre team…nothing more…jeezus.

By GDawg

September 10, 2007 10:07 AM | Link to this

The defense didn’t play the worse game ever. Could have been better, but when your offense can’t score, the defense is severly handicapped. I hated all those screen plays, and it makes it worse when our guys kept missing the blocks needed to spring the receiver of the screen passes. Did TE Figgins drop any passes against OK State?

By Gary

September 10, 2007 10:24 AM | Link to this

I can’t believe how many fair weather dawg fans are on the blog today! Sure this is a game we could have a should have won, but it’s not the end of the world. Stafford had a bad game. The line is very young and did not play well. They’ll get better. I’m encouraged by the fact that despite how poorly they played, they still had several chances to win, they stayed in the game. I think they’ll learn from this game and get better. Remember most of these guys will be around another 2 or three years!

By shivas

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

Dawgs do not have a back who can tote the load. Moreno is a nice change of pace back, but will never be a feature back that can grind the defense. In fact, there is not a back at UGA like that. CMR doesn’t recruit or coach that type of toughness. Thank goodness we have Tashard Choice!

By gdawginkalamazoo

September 10, 2007 10:32 AM | Link to this

ChampDawg, I can agree with that. SC played the better game and had the better QB for the game. It hurts but hey I am over it. We weren’t going to win every one this year anyway. Youth got us in this game. Maybe the early wake up call might help the rest of the season. Who knows!

General, yeah notch in his ego. Didn’t make up for the goose egg last year. Constant recruiter with the comments. It will be funny to see how his season shakes out.

By Randall Chambers

September 10, 2007 10:55 AM | Link to this

One must remember we are a very young team especially the offensive line. We will get better. Thank God for our “Coach”, Spurrier continues to demonstarte his lack of sportmanship which is sorely missing in today’s sports & he continues to demonstrate exacty how not to conduct oneself with regard to sportmanship. We’ll be just fine & will compete for the SEC championship next year. GO DAWGS!!! Randall Chambers

By georgiagirl

September 10, 2007 10:58 AM | Link to this

Thanks dirtdobber, have a good season with your team. I will stand behind my team and support them. A ALA fan ask me this morning where my ugly red and black shirt was I told him that I will be wearing my red and black every Thur, Fri and Sat as I do every year and my car still has the red and black going on. This red head backs down from one and SC and the OLD BALL COACH won, but they did kill us, they were just better. And if they lose to LSU that will 5 loses for them the conf. So, I ‘m already over this lost and still carrying my red and black. It’s really a shame that the fans are making us looks so classless. But you know how thw bandwagon can be, I’ve seen AU/FLA/TENN AND EVEN USC do it in the past. SHAME ON ALL OF YOU. AND I DO NOT REMEMBER ANY ONE SAYING WE WERE GOING TO BE NATIONAL CHAMPS, THEY ARE TO YOUNG. We have more YOUNGS GUYS THAN ANYTHING. OH THE H!!! WITH I THINK I WILL TALK TO TRUE FANS NOW. JUST HAD TO SAY THANK YOU.

By Michael N.

September 10, 2007 11:08 AM | Link to this

David Greene as a freshman would’ve won that game…Stafford will bounce back and have some great games but just something about him rubs me the wrong way…maybe the cockiness, not sure exactly.

By dack jerrick

September 10, 2007 11:10 AM | Link to this

UGA had everything going for them: home field, players, fans, oh , but wait, they didn’t have the coach. Spurrier is best in the game. On the road, lesser players, few fans and kicked GA butt. USC’s Top rated recruits are true freshmen. Wait’ll next year!

By Greg dog

September 10, 2007 11:13 AM | Link to this

I don’t usually go on the message board and now I know why. A uga season ticket holder here. (1) anyone on this board talking smack:if you’re not a uf fan you should check your remarks. they are the only team in the sec that can talk smack to uga fans. We have more sec championships over the last 6 years (2) than anyone else. NO one I know was talking about and sec or national championhship this year. Most were talking anywhere from 3-5 losses this year…too many lineman/entire defense lost to graduation. That said…as poorly as we played, we were one missed/overthrown td pass away from winning (fyi there were 2 overthrows and 2 drops any would have been tds). For spurior…he showed what a poor sport he is with his comments on his show. Of course I expected nothing less. I’ve never had an issue with the cocks or there fans so i’ll wish them luck this year but it’s hard not to hope they lose several games this year to bring the ol ball coach back down to earth. to the dawg nation…just relax. this is the same team people were falling over themselves to congratulate after the osu game. this team was NOT going undefeated. i have a feeling that the loss will make the dawgs a better team over the long run. this teams best football is 3-4 weeks down the road…as long as they don’t read these stupid posts from band wagon jumping fans and idiot gt fans (when was the last time you beat us?)

By DawgDad

September 10, 2007 11:17 AM | Link to this

It’s one loss fellow Dawg fans, we’ll get better. Glad it happened early in the season so it provides necessary incentive to get better - FAST.

P.S. - Mark Richt, the measure of success is a national title - aim high, kid and be brutal.

By MORE OF THE SAME

September 10, 2007 11:28 AM | Link to this

There is the old addage in football a team makes its most improvement from the 1st game to the 2nd game. If thats true then the dawgs are in trouble. The dawgs were out coached , outplayed and outhustled. Simply put! USC gave them 30 free yards on penalties on the first drive and the dawgs couldnt take advantage of it. USC dictated the game from the very start it was very obvious. People try to give excuses that we are very young. young of what??? most of these guys have been playing organized football for a while . Other teams do it other teams have the same (Almost) the # scholarship players, all teams experiences injuries.So the excuse we use that we are young is CRAP. I dont see anyone saying that we BEAT OSU is because we ARE SO YOUNG!!! We may not be as good as we think we are. Now yes CMR has won a lot of games but if you look at some of those past games they could have been easily lost. WE lost Because of coaching and play calling. WE should have won that game we had plenty of opportunnities. I Know if Spurrier were coaching the players of the dawgs he would be licking his chops. So dawg fans Face it will be more of the same because its CMRs style.

By BMDPD

September 10, 2007 11:28 AM | Link to this

All of you bashers can complain if you want to, but the trick plays were called earlier in the game. We still had a chance. I think our kids went in there thinking that this game would be easy. (Just like many of our fans.) SC beat the snot out of us. Our defense played great. Their’s played better. SC called a lot of pass plays that were very difficult to defend, and they executed almost perfectly. Why are any of you surprised? We did not exactly blow them out last year (The game was much closer than the score.), or the year before, or the year before. Also, the coach made a good decision to kick a FG on 4th and 15. Stafford had just almost thrown two picks into the end zone. We had every opportunity to win the game, but they executed when they needed to, and we did not. Face it, SC almost played a perfect game. They had no turnovers and did exactly what they needed to do to win. For you that would like to say that we knew that they would run it down our throats with 3 minutes left, you forget who their coach is. As soon as we crowded the box, he would have gone for our throats. Bottom line = WE HAD A BAD GAME, and THEY HAD A GREAT GAME.

By dawgfacedboy

September 10, 2007 11:30 AM | Link to this

The fact is fellas that there is no one person you can point the finger at. Everyone from CMR to the water boy looked lost and underprepared! The play calling was pathetic, the execution was pathetic! Overthrown balls, underthrown balls, dropped balls (including the potential game winning TD), missed tackles! Bobo was WAY in over his head and his play calling was pathetic! How does Moreno continue to make plays yet he doesn’t get any touches in the redzone? 0-5 against our last 5 East teams? Where are all of these athletes we supposedly have recruited over the past 4-5 years?? If now is not the time for concern i’m not sure when is.

By gdawginkalamazoo

September 10, 2007 11:32 AM | Link to this

One thing that did impress me is how the entire team came out and owned the loss. Stafford especially. Nobody played up to their potential, nobody made the big plays that we needed. Let’s dust ourselves off and get ready for the rest of the year. Bobo had a bad game, he learned let’s move on. Richt will figure the clock out soon enough. Our youth showed up Saturday. SC’s experience showed up. Great game for USC and congrats on the win.

By Buck in the NW

September 10, 2007 11:33 AM | Link to this

Noticed that Colt McCoy of Texas threw some ints., one was run back for a TD but their “D” was good enough to win the game. AU lost at home. Lot of problems for a lot of teams. SOS spoke the truth on his TV show so why should I be mad about that? I think that Stafford had been averaging 61% completion rate so what went wrong? Don’t know but he’s our QB and he’ll bounce back. Long season ahead need to correct but no need to panic.

By SunDawg

September 10, 2007 11:37 AM | Link to this

Sam, of all the idiotic posts made since the end of the game, and Lord knows there’s been a bunch, yours must be the dumbest.

Congratulations.

GO DAWGS

By Corporate Dawg

September 10, 2007 11:42 AM | Link to this

Mark Richt needs to hire a REAL offensive coordinator and stay away from the offense….forever!!!

By BMDPD

September 10, 2007 11:47 AM | Link to this

I think the columnist Matt Zemek sums our pre-game dogs up perfectly with this quote. “You can’t empirically prove something that exists in the minds of 20-year-olds, but if there was ever a game in which a team seemed to read press clippings and feel too good about itself, Saturday night’s SEC East contest between South Carolina and Georgia fit the bill perfectly.”

By MORE OF THE SAME

September 10, 2007 12:03 PM | Link to this

Our YOUTH beat OSU 35 - 14 What an excuse for a win!!!!!

By gator the dog catcher

September 10, 2007 12:07 PM | Link to this

Just for the record, I’m not rubbing anything in until November 1! We have our hands full with General Neyland’s Volunqueers. (Just kidding General) I expect it to be a good one.

By MORE OF THE SAME

September 10, 2007 12:08 PM | Link to this

Give the devil his Due, Spurrier has beaten Tenn. , Fla , Clemson , and now UGA with a bunch of nobodys at S.Carolina.

By Barbara Dooolies

September 10, 2007 12:11 PM | Link to this

Hi Dawg Fans just to let you know I’ll be at the the UGA book store next Sat. giving make over tips for the football team prior to the game. Vinny will be their signing my new book “Get Me Outta Here, Coach ” See YA There!!! Barb.

By Bow Wow?

September 10, 2007 12:12 PM | Link to this

I am so amused by all the comments about National Championships and the fact that many don’t think UGA will win any in the next few years. Totally shows your ignorance. You might start by setting your goals a bit lower. How about trying to win the SEC!? Until you can continually and consistently win the SEC, you can’t even begin to think about National Championships. So let me be the first to instruct - no more talk about silly Nat’l Championships. Change the tune - concentrate on trying to win the SEC titles. Now, having said that, it will be difficult to ever do that with LSU, Florida, Tennessee and USC (Spurrier) in your conference.

By Barbara Dooolies

September 10, 2007 12:21 PM | Link to this

Hi Dawg Fans just to let you know I’ll be at the the UGA book store next Sat. giving make over tips for the football team prior to the game. Vinny will be there signing my new book “Get Me Outta Here, Coach ” See YA There!!! Barb.

By Tommy Bow Wow Den

September 10, 2007 12:24 PM | Link to this

WE DO CHICKEN RIGHT!!!!

By Mayretta Dawg

September 10, 2007 12:27 PM | Link to this

I just don’t understand how our talented defense can’t stop the run in the 4th quarter when everyone else in the world knew that the run was coming? Willie Martinez gets way to many free passes from us Dawg fans. What has he ever done in a meaningful game????? And now we have an offensive coordinator to match him! Richt is the one who is responsible, since he is the one who hired them both. But lets get realistic about CMR. His record against top notch coaches is terrible. Who has he beaten besides Saban once? He beat Fat Phil without Cutcliffe, but who didn’t. He beat Bowdon with the third string qb (Fabian Walker) in, who later finished up at a 1AA school. He was able to beat Spurrier in his rebuilding years, now it looks like that is over. And 7 years is enough time to TEACH THE RECEIVERS HOW TO CATCH THE BALL!!!!!

I think we would have been better off if Donnan would have stayed. At least Donnan would have taken advantage of the Ron Zook years, and I know for a sure that Donnan would not have lost to Vanderbilt and Kentucky!!! Vince can you come out of retirement?

By Rub It In

September 10, 2007 12:30 PM | Link to this

RUB IT IN RUB IT IN, COCKS WIN AND I’LL TAKE IT ON THE CHIN, RUB IT IN RUB IT IN….. RUB IT IN RUB IT IN COCKS WIN AND I’LL TAKE IT ON THE CHIN AND RUB IT IN RUB IT IN. … GP DAWGS SIC EM WOOF WOOF WOOF!!!!!!

By Alpha Dog

September 10, 2007 12:41 PM | Link to this

Willie Martinez needs to go, I’ve been saying that for two years. He does not play aggressive enough defense and is always out of position. As for Bobo, did anyone really believe he was ready to be an OC in the SEC? I mean give me a break. CMR is going to start catching heat for that one, if the play calling does not start wining games.
The breakdown starts with the coaches and ends with the coaches.

By Ramble ON!

September 10, 2007 12:50 PM | Link to this

every year when the fleabags NC prediction becomes a bust, it’s because you’re young Seems like the players from 1981 would have some experience by now.

By Gen Neyland

September 10, 2007 12:51 PM | Link to this

gtdc

If I had any feelings you may have bruised them…Is there any truth to the rumor that the Swamp is Federally Protected Land, as in wetlands, due the odd species of human beings that congregate there on football Saturday’s..?

By Ramble ON!

September 10, 2007 12:52 PM | Link to this

every year when the fleabags NC prediction becomes a bust, it’s because you’re young Seems like the players from 1981 would have some experience by now.

By deanb

September 10, 2007 12:53 PM | Link to this

I keep telling you that Bro. Richt is not a #1 man, he is a #2 man! He does well in that position but does not have what it takes to be a Head Coach. Expect GA to compete for a champtionship ever 5 years or so with a group of older players. Get used to it Dawg nation….sixth or seventh in the SEC consistently.

By gator the dog catcher

September 10, 2007 12:56 PM | Link to this

More of the same - Spurrier didn’t beat UGAY with a bunch of nobodys……..he beat them with a bunch of “average stiffs” according to Spurrier himself.

By g_from_dooluth

September 10, 2007 12:58 PM | Link to this

Relax people…its a tough loss, but we will learn from it and be a better team at the end of the season. We’ve historically struggled against that SC zone-blitz defense, so let’s cut young Stafford some slack.

I am probably in the minority, but I liked our play calling today. If MoMass holds his block on the AJ Bryant trick play or if Stafford hits Moreno the sideline (both guys were WIDE open), we’d all be singing a different tune. Bottom-line is we didn’t EXECUTE, period. Chalk it up to youth and let’s be excited about the young talented team we’ve got. I see a bright future with these pups, we just gotta keep their confidence up…GO DAWGS!!!

By THE dogman

September 10, 2007 1:08 PM | Link to this

I can live with, us recruiting anyone that can get out of high school (and some that can’t) and I can live with the all the off field arrest and what not, but NOT if we can’t win! We’ve lost to USC, Vandy, Kentucy, vowels and gators in a row! If we loose to the bees, I don’t know. If we’re not going to win, we should at least have a team that we can be proud of their academics and character.

By Chris

September 10, 2007 1:08 PM | Link to this

I think all around it just wasnt a good game for UGA to be honest it really reminded me of the game against Colorado last year (but we won that game) I’m a UGA fan I bleed red and black but @ the same time i’m a realist last year against Colorado we should have lost that game. Seemed to me that UGA just didnt have there head in the game and they lack a man to step up, I like Stafford he will become a great QB but I think he needs to learn some leadership skills he should have steped in and said “Look O-line block for me and i’ll get the to them, or our backs can get it in the endzone, Receivers burn these guys and i’ll get you the ball, lets put one in the endzone and get the W”

By Rub It In

September 10, 2007 1:10 PM | Link to this

RUB IT IN RUB IT IN, COCKS WIN AND I’LL TAKE IT ON THE CHIN, RUB IT IN RUB IT IN….. RUB IT IN RUB IT IN COCKS WIN AND I’LL TAKE IT ON THE CHIN AND RUB IT IN RUB IT IN. … GO DAWGS SIC EM WOOF WOOF WOOF!!!!!!

By Randyt

September 10, 2007 1:12 PM | Link to this

Spurrier wins with DEFENSE? Does this mean the ‘End Times’ are near…are we in the “Age of Aquarius” and the stars have come into or out of alignment big time?

Seriously, as a Vol, I am as amazed as anybody about your loss, but I think the two things that hurt the Dawgs as much as anything are faulty preparation by the Dawg coaches resulting in poor execution (you had more talent). The second one is related to the first…you have got to stop buying into the pre and early season hype and prepare mentally and physically as if EVERY game is a Florida or a Tennessee or a Bowl game. This year, with the exception of LSU, who might be for real, there is a much narrower gap in talent between the normal haves and have nots. If you, or my Vols, or any of the perennial powers go into any game thinking you can go ahead and pen in a big red ‘W’ there is going to be a Vanderblt, or a Kentucky, OR an SC that is going to mess your day up big time.

It is what it is.

By g_from_dooluth

September 10, 2007 1:13 PM | Link to this

Are you people serious? Coach Mark Richt is THE man. He has definitely taken this program to the next level. Before he came along, we never even sniffed an SEC title game, much less won one. Now we’ve got 2 titles in 5 years, and have been a game away from being there every year since.

Real fans know the importance of CMR to this program and what he means to the men on this football team and university…Go Dawgs!!

By MORE OF THE SAME

September 10, 2007 1:17 PM | Link to this

HE WE GO AGAIN BLAME IT ON YOUTH. …g_from _ dulooth Stafford, AJ and MoMass have game expierence. so our win against OSU 35-14 was base on youth? I dont buy that CRAP! WE were outcoached and outplayed PERIOD!!!!

By gator the dog catcher

September 10, 2007 1:20 PM | Link to this

General Neyland - Federally protected? I guess some people are just afraid of jean shorts. Its amazing what scissors can do for a pair of Levi’s! I’ve already got mine ironed and ready for Saturday!

Also could you tell Phil to move, he’s blocking the sun and the dew can’t dry on the field. Pretty good strategy though. (Some good natured ribbing)

By Chase

September 10, 2007 1:21 PM | Link to this

GEORGIA is the WINNINGEST TEAM in the ENITRE SEC over the past FIVE YEARS!

2 SEC TITLES in 3 APPEARANCES in 5 SEASONS

NOBODY IN THE EAST CAN EVEN SNIFF THAT!

RICHT has the 4th BEST WINNING PERCENTAGE in the COUNTRY since he started coaching!

Georgia is a team FULL OF FRESHMAN and SOPHOMORES

USC is losing everyone with a PULSE after this year…it WAS COCKY’S ONLY CHANCE FOR THE NEXT 5 YEARS!

Oh and TECHNATION and other Techies I wouldn’t bragg about beating a HORRIBLE ND team and 1-AA SAMFORD b/c when you do it just serves to make our point about your sad little program!

DAWGS go 10-2 or 9-3 at worst

USC loses at LSU, ARKANSAS, KENT, (possibly TENN) and CLEMSON and they beat FLA to finish 8-4 or 7-5

FLA loses at LSU, USC and to UGA finish 9-3

TENN loses to CAL, FLA, UGA, KENTUCKY or USC, and ARKANSAS 7-5

UGA loses to USC (obviously), and to either ALA or TENN 10-2 maybe 9-3 if they trip against someone else

UGA or FLA meet LSU in SEC title game and LOSE!

By jason

September 10, 2007 1:24 PM | Link to this

Mr. Towers I believe it was you sir who in an article just a few weeks ago said the pups would go 11-1. It just amazed me and REALLY amazed me how many people agreed with you. But lets remember your reasons for thinking the pups would go 11-1. 1. You said Stafford was one of the best qb’s not only in the SEC but in the country. 2. You also said UGA has one of the best group of backs in the country. 3. You said UGA had its best group of recievers EVER.

I guess you and everyone else now realize how ridiculous that article was and how truly clueless you and the rest of the dawg nation are. I am just waiting for the,” we are a year away” chants to begin. That always cracks me up year after year.

By MORE OF THE SAME

September 10, 2007 1:27 PM | Link to this

moreno was the only player that looked like he wanted to win. he played with wreckless abandon just like another player a couple of years bacK Mr David P. So Moreno is young and he had had two great games back to back!!!! oh he is young so thats why he did so well!!!

By BAG

September 10, 2007 1:31 PM | Link to this

WHEN ARE YOU PEOPLE GOING TO STOP BLAMING ANY0NE AND EVERYONE AND JUST ADMIT WE GOT BEAT AND MOVE ON. IF SOME OF YOU GUYS WERE COACHING I’M NOT SURE WE WOULD WIN ANOTHER GAME THIS YEAR. YOU WOULD BE TO BUSY BLAMING SOMEONE ELSE FOR THE CAROLINA GAME. WE COULD PROBABLY PICK APART EVERY PLAY AND EVERY PLAYER IF WE WANTED TO, BUT WHAT GOOD WOULD IT DO? THE GAME IS OVER. THE SCORE WON’T CHANGE. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE EVER COACHED FOOTBALL? HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE EVER PLAYED QUARTERBACK IN THE SEC? I HAVEN’T DONE EITHER, BUT I AM NOT BLAMING ANYONE. THERE IS NO LEADERSHIP IN THAT. WE LOST. IT DOESN’T MATTER HOW! IT DOESN’T MEAN WE WILL LOSE THE REST. IT DOESN’T MEAN WE WON’T WIN THE REST. YES THE TEAM CAN IMPROVE, BUT NOT IF THEY SPEND ALL THEIR TIME POINTING FINGERS LIKE YOU PEOPLE.

By GT Still Sucks

September 10, 2007 1:32 PM | Link to this

I love how we get one loss and all the Tech morons come out of the woodwork. Remember Nerds we have beaten you 6 in a row and beating a weak Stamford team is nothing to be bragging about. As a matter of fact, running up the score on a weak program like Stamford just shows how little class your entire program has. P** off Jackets!

By Randyt

September 10, 2007 1:33 PM | Link to this

@GAGIRL

I was trying to stay above the fray with my other post and just comment on the obvious. However as a VOL, I have to comment on your blog saying that Auburn and TN got our A*******e$ wiped more than your Dawgs.

Two things you conveniently ignored. 1) We were underdogs going into the Cal game and lost to the #12 (now #10 or so) team in the country…USC was not even ranked and YOU were favored by a handful of points. 2) We still put 30+ points on previously noted RANKED team, GA could not buy a touchdown.

What does this mean? Nothing. Until we ALL have met each other on the field, it is just idle chatter. Spurrier has not faced the other teams in the SEC East, nor hass GA, nor has TN or FL. Whoever wins the SEC East will not have a cakewalk.

By I-DOG

September 10, 2007 1:35 PM | Link to this

Congrats to South Carolina on a big win.

My Observations:

South Carolina played hard and was well coached.

Spurrier and his staff outcoached their UGA peers. UGA has more talent and was playing at home, there were no fluke turnovers or one big play, so that is called being outcoached.

I still think Richt will go down as the best in UGA history and don’t want anyone else as a coach.

Stafford played poorly. Interesting that he didn’t turn the ball over and still played poorly which I didn’t think could happen.

The OL had problems in the 1st quarter, but held their own in 2-4. The Big Cheese is reminding me eerily of #72 with some VERY costly penalties. UGA should bench him for the first quarter of the Western Carolina game and let VV start in his place to give him a wake up call. Chester, you can play better than that…we know you can!

Thomas Brown played as well as any UGA player in the first half. Moreno was fantastic (except for that bobbled pitch which could have cost UGA the game right there)

I thought the play calling was pretty good, I actually give that a B

The receivers made some great catches (Mo Mass made a big time catch there in the 4th) but there were some tough catches that were not made that could have given UGA the game (Wilson, Moore, and Chandler all had opportunities to make a catch that would have won the game)

Defensively, I would give us a C. It was a strange game in that South Carolina was held to a reasonably amount of points, but they controlled the clock. They also seemed to be able to get 5-8 yards almost any time they needed to.

Until USC’s last drive of the game, I thought the Defense was playing a B-. How can we give up 8-10 yards a carry when we know we need a stop and they are going to run the ball. We have to SELL OUT there and if they throw a long pass and we lose the game, OK,but we made a poor effor of getting the ball back to our offense with close to 2 minutes to play.

In the end, despite the poor play… we had our chances to win.

If Stafford hangs that ball up to Moreno a little better that is 7. If Moore makes a great catch in the end zone that is 7, if Wilson could have hung on to that ball despite taking a hard hit from three guys, that is 7.

If Stafford could have seen Chandler in the middle of the field rather than going deep, it sets us up for a possible score. If ANY of the three times USC put the ball on the carpet deep in their own territory… if UGA could have recovered ANY ONE OF THOSE WITHOUT PENALTY it would have changed the game

If the D could have caused a turnover or given the offense another 30-45 seconds on that last driver, I think we would have had a chance to pull it out with a touchdown on the last drive of the game.

USC won fair and square and none of the above happened, so it doesn’t matter.

If we get better each week, we will be in every game we play and can still win the SEC.

By AltamahaDawg

September 10, 2007 1:37 PM | Link to this

Gee Carter, I realize the article was on how disappointing the loss was, and was on the money as far as the game….but good lordy, quoting the biggest idiot from the blog hours after the game???? Come on. At least find something that seemed to reflect what a real fan thought, or was at least an actual UGA fan.

By DawgCrazy

September 10, 2007 1:39 PM | Link to this

I’ve had about enough of Mark Richt’s excuses after losing to inferior teams at home like south carolina, that doesn’t have much talent. UGA needs to find a big time coach that can win these games against second tier teams and compete for the national title. He’ll never get close to a national title at UGA.

By AltamahaDawg

September 10, 2007 1:45 PM | Link to this

jason, exactly how does a loyal fan base and a beat writer believeing thier players are capable, even if they don’t live up to expectation qualify as “classless”. Hopelessly optimistic, even wrong, maybe, but how is that classless? Classless would to me be reserved for somebody with no affiliation with UGA insisting on hanging out on a UGA blog, then somehow thinking UGA losing is some kind of positive reflection on your own personal life.

BTW I do beleive that was Schultz who said 11-1 was possible not Chip. If you bothered to read the comments, not a single Dawg fan put much faith in that prediction.

By g_from_dooluth

September 10, 2007 1:50 PM | Link to this

How can you say youth wasn’t a factor in the game (MORE OF THE SAME)? Offensively, we’re trotting out a true-sophomore at QB and an O-line full of first year starters. Defensively, we’ve got a number of first year starters at the ends and with our DBs (especially when KJ went down). I’m not saying to blame the entire loss b/c we’re young, I’m simply saying that it is a contributing factor…like I said in my previous post, we didn’t EXECUTE. The coaches can’t block/catch/throw/kick for them. Offensively we had our opportunities (missed blocks, bad reads, dropped passes) and defensively we stopped them for the majority of the game (two scores against us came via short fields for SC). Given that Spurrier is such an offensive “Guru”, giving up one TD is not a bad job. I think both coach Bobo and Martinez put us in positions to win.

By I-DOG

September 10, 2007 1:54 PM | Link to this

Chip,

I probably would have gone for it too on 4th and 15 from the 17… but I also see Richt’s point in that it isn’t easy to pick that up.

IF (and it didn’t happen), but IF UGA can hold USC to one first down or less and get the ball back with close to 2 minutes to play and one timeout… I think we have a pretty good shot at scoring a TD. Their D was a tired (UGA ran a lot of offensive plays) and they were missing some D-backs due to injury and cramping…

I do agree with you that worst case is… if you miss on 3rd and 15, your pretty much in the same position of needing a touchdown after getting a defensive stop. The only difference is that you are going for a tie and OT rather than going for the win if that transpires.

I think if we had been in a 4th and 5 or even 4th and 10… Richt probably would have gone for it.

Good analysis and coverage Chip, keep it up.

By A-ville Ranger

September 10, 2007 1:56 PM | Link to this

Watching a replay of the game on the next to last drive from the SC 20 Moore missed a td catch,Chandler missed at the 9 with room to move it down,then Wilson missed a td catch all within a minute…..we’ve been here before,too many times.If this program is to climb that final rung of the ladder it may take some personel changes of offensive coaches.

By monty

September 10, 2007 2:06 PM | Link to this

What bothers me most about the loss was we came out right away trying to run trick plays and play a “finesse” kind of a game instead of rock’em -sock’em. THey came and played power football, Even the commentators noticed how Spurrier didn’t resort to “trick plays.” He evidently by his play calling knew he had the more experienced and powerful team, and likewise for Richt,he must of believed that his team could only win by resorting to ‘tricks and wrinkles.” Surely, when we wouldn’t go toe to toe with them, that gave them a feeling of confidence that they were the more physical team.

By DawgGone

September 10, 2007 2:08 PM | Link to this

I agree with DawgCrazy. Richt should have had this team ready to defend their home turf and look what happened. The SEC is running past UGA when it comes to reality of a national championship. True, Richt has won SEC titles recently but is that good enough? If you are a Richt fan it is. Look at the SEC teams who have won national championships since ours in 1980: Alabama, Florida, LSU ( should win another one this year ), Tennessee, even Auburn went 13-0 and should have at least played for it. UGA fans that are happy with Richt are living in the past and proud of our national championship almost thirty years ago. Hungry Dawg fans should begin a campaign to find a coach that will bring us a national title. Heck, even Georgia Tech has won it since ours. What’s it going to take?

By AltamahaDawg

September 10, 2007 2:08 PM | Link to this

Damn, I thought we played SC this past weekend. Appearantly GT just beat us. Kinda like GT beats us in Jville.

By Dawgforlife57

September 10, 2007 2:14 PM | Link to this

It all comes down to execution. If our offense executes the planned plays - we win. As it is, we didn’t and we lost. SC came in ready to play, executed a gameplan that reflected their limited offensive ability, but highlighted their patience and preparedness. With Mitchell at QB they can’t play a vertical game, but Spurrier plays to his team’s talents. Coach says he made the call on the field goal - so what was the call of Coach Bobo? What happened to the guts that won on 4th and 17 in the closing seconds at Auburn? It the team hasn’t executed all night in critical situations, and your QB isn’t exactly David Green, then you go for 3 and hope, hope, hope.

By Dawgforlife57

September 10, 2007 2:14 PM | Link to this

It all comes down to execution. If our offense executes the planned plays - we win. As it is, we didn’t and we lost. SC came in ready to play, executed a gameplan that reflected their limited offensive ability, but highlighted their patience and preparedness. With Mitchell at QB they can’t play a vertical game, but Spurrier plays to his team’s talents. Coach says he made the call on the field goal - so what was the call of Coach Bobo? What happened to the guts that won on 4th and 17 in the closing seconds at Auburn? If the team hasn’t executed all night in critical situations, and your QB isn’t exactly David Green, then you go for 3 and hope, hope, hope.

By mark

September 10, 2007 2:14 PM | Link to this

I-dog, you give the play calling a B??? B as in bullsh**!!!! 3 and 1 and instead of sending the best FB in the country up the middle we get fancy with a WR end around?!?! 4 and 1 and you’d call a playaction instead of going up the middle with a dive play?!?!?! That wasn’t even a normal play aciton…Stafford had his back to the play acting like he didn’t even have the ball getting sacked for a big loss!! How many screen passes did they call on Saturday?!?!?! I LOST COUNT!!!! Moreno gets 140 yards for the game and not one carry in the redzone?!?!?! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!?! If my wife can sit in the stands and call the plays before they happen I’m pretty sure the USC coaching staff knows as well!!! Yeah play calling was a B, unBelievabley clueless and pitiful!!!!

By puppyhater

September 10, 2007 2:23 PM | Link to this

Hey Randyt

First of all its..Samford not Stamford. Secondly…we ran the score up? We had the fourth string playing the second half. We had the staters out after the first quarter. Get your facts straight or else shut up. Just because GT can score points and put away a weak oppenent and UGA cant…as will be evident this weekend…doesn’t mean you have to act like a complete dumb*

By gator the dog catcher

September 10, 2007 2:23 PM | Link to this

Butterfingers Award 2007 - Its hard to believe, but this year’s race may be tighter (or looser!) than the last two years.

1. Mohamad Massaquawho- After a come from behind win to take the butterfingers trophy from Martrez Milner (Milner couldn’t even hold onto the trophy) Massaquaboo looks to “hang on” (for once) and repeat as the butterfingers champion. 2. Michael Moore- has come from nowhere to be a top pass dropper. 3. Tripp Chandler- With a first name that accurately describes his coordination, Mr. Chandler looks poised to fill in for Martrez Milner. 4. Tony Wilson- like a true UGAY receiver, he never wipes his hands after eating a Guthries for his pregame meal.
5. Knowshawn Moreno- hey even Martrez never dropped a screen pass! We look forward to seeing more on Knohands Moreno this season.

By Zyinsky

September 10, 2007 2:24 PM | Link to this

Why can’t we just stop the run. Every time they ran, it was like 6 or 7 yards. what’s wrong with the dogs? I also think Richt is too soft. Why can’t he just score 50 points on OSU when he had the chance. We have to learn from Spurrier. They are a more confident team.

By A-ville Ranger

September 10, 2007 2:26 PM | Link to this

The stats tell a very clear story.Last year’s defense was about average for the Richt era.The offense was off by 7 points.After 2 games it’s the same this season.The offense is the problem and the reason we’re 0-5 in the east last 5 games.Bobo needs the rest of the season to be evaluated,then make a smart decision.Coach Eason is another story,3 drops in 1 minute with the game on the line saturday.His receivers don’t get seperation down field and they don’t have good concentration.This is nothing new it’s a 6 year story now.We,ve had a top defense every year under Richt but never a top offense.Why not get the best OC money can buy and give him the coaches he wants ?

By LoyalDawg

September 10, 2007 2:29 PM | Link to this

DawgCrazy and DawgGone….Did you actually believe this would be our year to win a National Championship? If you did you should change your name to delusional. Richt has made UGA more competitive that it has been in over 20 years and after one loss with a team playing 22 FIRST YEAR PLAYERS and you are calling for a new coach!?!?! Unbelievable. Don’t forget, under Richt, UGA has an 11-1 season and a top 3 finish. That could have been a year we competed for an NC. Auburn is the only team that has gone undefeated in the SEC since Richt has been here. LSU and FL both won recent NC’s with one loss. To think Richt is not the coach to take us to the promised land is naive. Try getting more information about the program and the coach instead of just watching the games everyweek and forming shallow and worthless opinions. Just so you know I am a HUGE Richt fan and one loss won’t derail what I know he has done for this program.

BTW, there are some fans here with some serious expectation issues. Last I checked National Championships were not handed out like Halloween candy. UGA will get one and I bet it will be sooner than later. If you thought it would be this year, I am not sure which program you are following.

GO DAWGS!!

By Bow Wow?

September 10, 2007 2:31 PM | Link to this

We only come out of the woodwork (or more appropriate - hive) because you people go on, and on, and on about how great you are, how you are going to win the SEC and how you are going to be National Champs. National Chumps maybe. I’ll take the excitement that is GT right now over the duldrums that is UGA anyday. Enough said.

By Scott

September 10, 2007 2:33 PM | Link to this

Look…if you’re going to lose a game, do it early. To me, this loss may very well be a blessing in disguise. I hate losing, but maybe, maybe this will re-ignite some intensity under these players. Yes, we are young, but like many, I noticed we seemed to be in a daze in the first half. Let’s take this game and build on it. SC will lose one or two SEC games.

By Randyt

September 10, 2007 2:39 PM | Link to this

Interesting note in Knoxville paper regarding Spurrier

Lest one make the mistake of thinking Spurrier was only relevant at FL.

“Look what Spurrier has accomplished against his biggest rivals in two full seasons and two games at South Carolina. The Gamecocks are 1-1 against both UT and Florida, and are 1-2 against the Bulldogs.

That’s even more impressive when you consider the history. After the SEC went to divisional play in 1992, South Carolina was 5-34 against UT, Georgia and Florida before Spurrier arrived in 2005.

Also, keep in mind that in none of its three victories under Spurrier did South Carolina have superior talent over its SEC rivals. And he just signed his best recruiting class.”

By Jason J

September 10, 2007 2:45 PM | Link to this

I just want to say that I am sick of this. Every year I pull for Georgia and every year they blow it against teams they are better than. Then they make up all these stupid excuses. I mean dont say they cant go undefeated. Auburn did it, LSU did it, Tennessee did it. Florida won it all. Alabama won it all. they have all won a National Championship since Georgia did except for Auburn and they should have that year. If it so hard to do it in the SEC then why can all those other teams do it but Georgia cant? I pull for them every year and every year they dissapoint me. We are they going to do it for the fans. I know I am getting sick of it every year.

By Andrew

September 10, 2007 2:45 PM | Link to this

As a Tech fan, I’m going to keep quite until Tech plays UGA. And I would encourage both parties to do so becuase there is no feeling worse than having to swallow your words and your pride at the same time. I would however like to congradulate UGA this weekend. I was in Athens and I can honestly say that even though UGA lost, you guys were pretty classy about it. Be happy you have Richt. Imagine how p** you would be if you had a retard like Gailey in charge. Honestly, who else is better thats on the market right now? Lloyd Carr?

By dawgster

September 10, 2007 2:47 PM | Link to this

I say get rid of Damon Evans and Richt, and go after a top coach who can win championships on a regular basis, not once every now and then. UGA’s only good in tiddly wink sports like tennis and swimming. Football and basketball is all that matters! Get with it!

By lamar

September 10, 2007 3:04 PM | Link to this

I have never likes Stafford at QB. I think Richt is playing the wrong Qb. I have noticed when Stafford gets pressured, he acts like he is afraid. I noticed after he got hit a few times that he never looked right in the pocket after that. He had happy feet!!! I say Cox is better.

By JayB

September 10, 2007 3:18 PM | Link to this

I have spent over an hour now reading the countless blogs on this site. I am 32 years old and have been a UGA fan since I was 4. The fact is we lost to a senior laden not bad at all USC team that was well motivated (0-5 in the last 5 years) and well coached (no comment necessary). I am amazed by people on this blog to turn on the team. Yes, our SOPHMORE quarterback played like this was the first conference game of his 2nd year, and our O-Line played like 3 of the first 6 were playing in their first SEC game ever (and guys they didn’t play bad all game) and yes our new offensived coordinator called plays like this was his 2nd time calling the plays on the college level or ANY level for that matter, and yes the defense…… (well the defense is another story and something has to be done to return that first that existed under Van Gorder). But I think we are on the right track as a team. The receivers played VERY well and not only gained separation but had VERY few drops (on the contrary they made some GREAT catches saturday night). The O-Line got better as the game progressed. And Matt Stafford learned that he has alot of room for improvement. Many of you are jumping off the bulldog bandwagon and I say good. I was here during the dreadful Goff years and I say we will still win 10 games this year. When this team gels (and it will) we will run off a series of victories that will prepare us for next year. Next year is the year that we will take that next step. Let’s not forget…. the last time USC beat us…. we followed that season with our first conference title since the ’80s. To the true dawg fans it’s about to be a great ride…. to those of you people that want to get off the bandwagon I say happy landing…. i hear Tech is looking for fans to fill that small stadium of theirs in Atlanta.

By Ramble ON!

September 10, 2007 3:18 PM | Link to this

Where do ya’ll think Thashard Choice will finish in the Heismen Race? I thinking 2nd or 3rd?

By JayB

September 10, 2007 3:19 PM | Link to this

I have spent over an hour now reading the countless blogs on this site. I am 32 years old and have been a UGA fan since I was 4. The fact is we lost to a senior laden not bad at all USC team that was well motivated (0-5 in the last 5 years) and well coached (no comment necessary). I am amazed by people on this blog to turn on the team. Yes, our SOPHMORE quarterback played like this was the first conference game of his 2nd year, and our O-Line played like 3 of the first 6 were playing in their first SEC game ever (and guys they didn’t play bad all game) and yes our new offensived coordinator called plays like this was his 2nd time calling the plays on the college level or ANY level for that matter, and yes the defense…… (well the defense is another story and something has to be done to return that first that existed under Van Gorder). But I think we are on the right track as a team. The receivers played VERY well and not only gained separation but had VERY few drops (on the contrary they made some GREAT catches saturday night). The O-Line got better as the game progressed. And Matt Stafford learned that he has alot of room for improvement. Many of you are jumping off the bulldog bandwagon and I say good. I was here during the dreadful Goff years and I say we will still win 10 games this year. When this team gels (and it will) we will run off a series of victories that will prepare us for next year. Next year is the year that we will take that next step. Let’s not forget…. the last time USC beat us…. we followed that season with our first conference title since the ’80s. To the true dawg fans it’s about to be a great ride…. to those of you people that want to get off the bandwagon I say happy landing…. i hear Tech is looking for fans to fill that small stadium of theirs in Atlanta.

By A-ville Ranger

September 10, 2007 3:21 PM | Link to this

Lamar Stafford is the qb,there’s no way any good coach would bench him now.He does have some things he must get better at though.I don’t know if he’ll be a winner,coach Richt asked that question in a rhetorical way last week.

By North Ave Pimp

September 10, 2007 3:23 PM | Link to this

What time doe’s the Tickle pile party start for the O-Line… ? im bringing cupcakes… :)

By Chase

September 10, 2007 3:27 PM | Link to this

EVERY RATIONAL FAN

PLEASE READ MY Sept. 10th 1:21pm POST

Let me know what you think.

By JayB

September 10, 2007 3:28 PM | Link to this

oh yeah….. GO DAWGS….. and bandwagon fans….. just GO!!

By LoyalDawg

September 10, 2007 3:37 PM | Link to this

The more I read this the more idiots I find.

Dawgster wants a coach that can win National Championships on a consistent basis!?!?!!? Well, there is only one Pete Carroll and he would have as much luck in the SEC {yes I am a homer}. Name one other coach that has won national championships on a consistent basis. 2 SEC championships in 5 years and 3 SEC East titles is what I would call pretty consistent. The only thing missing is consistent wins over UF and a National Championship. We should consider ourselves lucky.

By ramblinwreckman

September 10, 2007 3:39 PM | Link to this

has anyone looked at the top 20 lately?

By LoyalDawg

September 10, 2007 3:40 PM | Link to this

Well said Chase. I just posted something similar but didn’t see your post first.

Lots of irrational “fans??” here today.

By ramblinwreckman

September 10, 2007 3:44 PM | Link to this

Has anyone looked at the top 20 lately?

By CJ2

September 10, 2007 3:47 PM | Link to this

I’m a UGA fan and generally a Richt supporter, but I have two problems with Richt (I provided these same comments multiple times last year):

1)Richt’s offense overutilizes finese/cutesy running plays- sprint draw, etc. They have got to incorporate a more physical running attack.

2)Richt’s “even temperment” cuts two ways. This team was not emotionally prepared for the South Carolina game- the first half was a sleep-walk.

By Tville Dawg

September 10, 2007 3:48 PM | Link to this

I think a big positive in the game was a lack of turnovers-except the last interception with time running out. Stafford, again, did not get us beat by throwing balls up for grabs. Also, not losing a fumble was encouraging.

It appeared that a couple of balls were catchable in the red zone. Coverage was tight however, and our receivers paid the price for trying to bring it in. It’s easy to armchair quarterback and say the catches should have been made, but I see a distinct difference in this situation from simply dropping the ball in space. The point is, the delivery was not that bad. Stafford, however, did fail to pick a wide open tight end on a couple of occassions.

Dawg Fans, we have a great program. I don’t think, however, that we are the reload level yet. We still have to rebuild, and I hope the young pups mature quickly. This season is far from being over and we can still accomplish a lot.

By Chase

September 10, 2007 3:53 PM | Link to this

JayB great post

I agree w/ EVERYTHING you said!

You should read my 1:21 pm post!

DAWGS WIN 10 MARK IT DOWN!!!

By Hunk Erdown

September 10, 2007 3:56 PM | Link to this

I-Dog

Good post at 1:35 p.m. I’m not sure I agree with the grading system, but you made some great points.

The only real problem I had with the defense was the d-backs inability to make one on one tackles or at least hold on til some help came. They obviously are good at pass coverage.

The O-line played just well enough to give Stafford a chance to win the game, and he couldn’t make the accurate, touch pass when we needed it. Just one of the several chances he had would have changed the outcome. Just a matter of inches, though… He can get better. Bobo certainly didn’t call his best game ever, but again, it was god enough to win… with proper execution. I would like to see more of a basketball game strategy, in the area of getting the ball to the guy who is hot, and productive.

This all is not meant as excuses, just analysis. USC played a great game and got the upset. Has UGA been over-rated this year? Yes, but not by the regular and faithful bloggers on here. Most of us expected a 9-3 record would be a good year with what we have, especially in the trenches. Don’t forget how we had to scramble around to get juco players and hope our red-shirt and true freshmen could grow up fast.

USC has a good team and great coaches. Florida looks better than last year, but I want to see how they do against some good teams… I suspect they will do well. Tech looks fantastic… Choice and Dwyer are an awesome duo, with some real monsters blocking for them, but again, I’ll wait until they play a few good teams before awarding them the ACC trophy. All in all there are some great teams in the Southeast this year, even Kentucky is going to shock a few people.

Everyone saying that UGA will only win 7-8 games this year, so we should start firing coaches- 7-8 wins would still give us around a 10 win average per year for the last 7. Anyone interviewing candidates for the HC job would jump all over some guy that will get you 70 wins in 7 years.

Its not just that our o-line is young, they have never played together as a unit until this year, it means tons for an o-line to be able to gel and know what the guy next to you is going to do.

The key to success for UGA is for the one that everyone has hung their hat on as the leader, and pheeeenom… Mr. Stafford to step up and git-r-done. He’s very good, but he’s got to get his timing and touch fine tuned. He will, but it is necessary now to win now. If he can step up, it will help make up for some of our weak spots. I’m not ready to throw in the towel on our recievers yet, as far as drops, but if we see another dose of 2006, then yes it will be time to upgrade our staff in that area. Stafford can help a great deal by not trying to prove he has the strongest arm in the world, and show some touch, and timing.

Go Dawgs!

By Chase

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

Ramblinwreckman

WHO THE HELL HAVE YOU PLAYED?

By georgiagirl

September 10, 2007 4:06 PM | Link to this

CHASE GREAT POST, JAYB GREAT POST TO BAD THERE ARE SO MANY BANDWAGON FANS HANGING AROUND AND FOR THE OTHER FANS THERE’S STILL ALOT OF FOOTBALL TO PLAYED, TALK THE TRASH AT THE END OF THE SEASON.

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

By A-ville Ranger

September 10, 2007 4:07 PM | Link to this

Chase I agree with you for the most part.Anybody calling for Richt to be fired…well do what I do and skip over it.It’s clear now though that Stafford was put in too soon.The ideal would have been for either Cox or Barns to have won the job last season and Stafford redshirt.He could have been worked in at garbage time this year and taken the starters roll as a redshirt sophomore, or junior if Cox had won.With a strong qb last year we would have lost no more than 2 and we may have beat Florida as well.That would have given us five strait 10 win or better seasons and we’d have a veteran qb this season and likely be 2-0.

By Tinkydog

September 10, 2007 4:07 PM | Link to this

Coaching, coaching, coaching. The question of the day is “how would Georgia have faired Saturday if Spurrier had been the Bulldog coach?” SC was ready, the Dogs were not. He may be evil, but he’s a coaching genius.

By Hunk Erdown

September 10, 2007 4:22 PM | Link to this

Moreno should definately be the featured back. He has the ability to change direction when the hole isn’t there and, to me, that has always been T Brown’s shortfall. Give him a hole and he’s gangbusters, but he is still not giving the blocking a chance to develop, and if the blocking doesn’t develop he doesn’t seem to be able to bounce off and find a seam. Give it to Moreno with Southerland lead blocking and he will get 1000+ yards every year he is here. If we gel as a line and are able to manhandle another team’s d-line, T Brown will do very well. This is a paradox because we probably will this week and that might delay us going more to Moreno, but on the bright side that will insure his staying injury free for another week.

If we don’t get better one on one tackling from our corners and linebackers on the outside Alabama and anyone else with a scat back will run all over us, it is a weakness that has now been exposed, and our foes will exploit it. This would be priority 1 if I were Martenez. USC was great at the outside D-players shutting us down one on one, one of the biggest factors of the game that has gone pretty much under the radar.

By UgaKrazee

September 10, 2007 4:23 PM | Link to this

I don’t usually jump on the band wagon, or add my two cents worth. But, I’m going to this time. UGA is a young team, no doubt it. Coach Bobo is a new offensive coordinator, he’s going to make mistakes. UGA made numerous mistakes during the game. The biggest issue is that when someone of my experience (virtually none) recognizes that we are running the same play over and over, or that we never seem to throw the ball when certain players are in the game (happened in both games so far) which lets the D know it’s going to be a running play. If I see don’t you think a defensive coordinator to is going to recognize what we’re going to run. Also, what’s the deal takin players out once they make a good play. Knowshon getting the ball between the twenties, but never seeing it in the red zone…MoMass making a great catch and never seeing the ball again. Throwing a fad to one of the smallest receivers on the team, when there are other receivers that are taller and would create a mis-match. Last but not least, Coach Richt is the one that said Joe Cox deserved to play. What’s wrong with sitting Stafford for a series or two to collect himself?

By MORE OF THE SAME

September 10, 2007 4:25 PM | Link to this

g_ from _dulooth… remember 2 years ago with all our experience and we beat the hec out of Boise State then Spurrier came to town and we ESCAPED with a 2 point win. hum Spurriers first year with a bunch division II players and we barely won with our experience. Ok I guess youcan use youth as an excuse. I call it being outplayed and out coached!!!!!!

By johnugadawg

September 10, 2007 4:27 PM | Link to this

If we had a COACH who could motivate his players to play as well as he tries to look good for the damn TV cameras, we might find that we have a football team that’s ready to play when the game starts. Instead, our players come out, thinking they have the game won just because they are UGA and are at home in front of 93,000 and end up getting their asses kicked by a bunch of players who ARE motivated because they have a REAL COACH who doesn’t give a damn how he looks when he’s cussing and raising hell with his players and the refs… What an embarrassment to the whole state of Georgia!

By MORE OF THE SAME

September 10, 2007 4:41 PM | Link to this

Surrier while at Fla NEVER LOST to VANDY, OLE MISS, S CAROLINA , Kentucky loat to uga once

By Neked hillbilly opera singer

September 10, 2007 4:43 PM | Link to this

It is ironic that the most fabled UGA recruit since Walker is perhaps the biggest reason for the worst run of the Richt era.

By ncjacket

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

Dawg fans are pathetic. Jumping ship after one loss!

By honest_abe

September 10, 2007 5:03 PM | Link to this

tough loss. i expected the game to be close, just hoped that the dawgs could pull it out late.

i don’t think you can pinpoint the loss on coaching. i’m not too entirely thrilled with the million screen plays they ran, but i do understand that it’s out of necessity due to the inexperienced o-line. i think richt could’ve went for it late in the game but i also understand his rationale for going for the field goal. the bottom line is the dawgs still had a shot to win the game but stafford had a rough night. the only thing i think richt might have done differently is maybe let stafford clear his head on maybe a series or two and let joe cox run a few plays. stafford was off on just about every pass. it seems like he might have been a lil too pumped for the game as his passes were thrown too hard and off target.

the dawgs will be fine as soon as the o-line rounds into shape. which i believe coach searels will accomplish by the tennessee game. the defense looked pretty good, i think our d-line needs to do a better job of getting penetration to disrupt the run and shedding blockers.

really painful loss, but most reasonable fans have realistic expectations and the dawgs should be ramped up and ready to go in tuscaloosa in a few weeks.

By Neked hillbilly opera singer

September 10, 2007 5:09 PM | Link to this

Hunk erdown No question the real and maybe only true weakness defensively since Matinez took over is tackling.He positions players as well as anybody and his secondaries play sound ball.The great hitting and wrap up tackling is something that’s missing.If Martinez could get that back he’d be better than VanGorder.He already is on par statistically.

By A-ville Ranger

September 10, 2007 5:30 PM | Link to this

abe——I know why Bobo called so many screens but he ran too many to stay effective.I said last week I’d like to see more slants to Durham and Chandler.In one series Stafford went to both on 20 to 30 yard routes.They worked both times with room to run after the catch.Why did they go right back to nibbling around the edges ? I was hoping Walter Hill would play this season,he’s ideally suited for those kinds of plays.

By I-DOG

September 11, 2007 10:56 AM | Link to this

Mark,

Your wife knew that on 4th and 2 we were going to run that play? Wow! She would make a heckuva defensive coordinator.

Why do I think the play calling was good (not great!)? We moved the ball pretty consistantly. We had two receivers touch the ball in the end zone (when get our hands on the ball in the end zone, the scheme worked). How about the play call when Moreno was wide open down the sideline and we couldn’t connect? That one was drawn up pretty well.

I agree with you that we called too many screen passes in the first half. I didn’t love the 4th and 2 (it wasn’t 4th and 1) when we called the trick play, but that is one of about 70 plays.

Bobo called a good enough game for us to score 20-24 points in my opinion if we had executed better.

By Mark

September 11, 2007 1:13 PM | Link to this

I dog- I just don’t see how you could think that Bobo called a good game. I’m not putting the loss soley on him by any means. We didn’t execute either. The calls on the short yardage plays were unbelievable! How does Moreno who had 140 yds. on 14 carries get 0 touches in the redzone?? Good play calling? It doesn’t matter if the other team knows the run is coming if people execute then your playmaker can still make plays. SOS proved that in their last drive!!! Urban Meyer proved that with Tim Tebow!! That was not a good called game any way you look at it!