UGA

By RxDawg

August 30, 2008 3:58 PM | Link to this

For a mid afternoon game in august, all looks well. GSU might be a little bit more than a “middle of the road” southern conference team this year, but that is yet to be seen. This is about what I expected. I’m really worried about Jeff Owens. I hope his knee is ok. Good showing GSU, gg UGA. Next week will be a harder test.

By zinoDawg

August 30, 2008 4:02 PM | Link to this

I agree with you Chip, the D looked bad. Too many missed tackles. Keep up that arm tackling and the Dawgs will lose a couple. I pray that Owens injury is not as bad as it looked.

By Knowshon knows

August 30, 2008 4:03 PM | Link to this

A little sloppy with the penaltys but we will take the win. Hopefully the first of many. GO DAWGS!

By Who Cares

August 30, 2008 4:04 PM | Link to this

THWG.

Go Jackets!

By Mobile Dawg

August 30, 2008 4:04 PM | Link to this

You covered most of the highlights Chip. I thought the D did OK the first half, threw a shutout. They bent but didn’t break.

The negatives were the penalties.

All in all about what I expected. Richt gave us a brief look at Green first of the game, then mothballed him the rest of the way for the most part. Stafford looked capable of using his weapons. Will be looking for weekly improvement on the OL. Don’t want to overlook CM but looking forward to the real beginning at USC.

Dawgs offense didn’t really have the ball enough to develop a good sync even though we scored 24 the first half.

Go Dawgs….

By astresseddawg

August 30, 2008 4:04 PM | Link to this

21 points is completely unaccaptable!! A #1 team doesn’t give up 3 TD’s to a patsy like this. I don’t like what I saw!

By Knowshon knows

August 30, 2008 4:06 PM | Link to this

A little sloppy with the penaltys but we will take the win. Hopefully the first of many. GO DAWGS!

By Knowshon knows

August 30, 2008 4:07 PM | Link to this

A little sloppy with the penaltys but we will take the win. Hopefully the first of many. GO DAWGS!

By Lee

August 30, 2008 4:08 PM | Link to this

Oh now Knowshon just had cramps instead of a pulled hamstring ya’ll at the AJC were so quick to report before finding out for sure. Nice work reporting the facts as always.

By Rico

August 30, 2008 4:10 PM | Link to this

Give me a break! Horrible Defense. Spurrier will light us up! 290 Yards against double A school. Can you imagine what will happen in the SEC. UGA would have been tied(at best) at halftime if we would have been paying real football program.

By George Elliott

August 30, 2008 4:12 PM | Link to this

I’m nervous….We seemed very flat especially in the 2nd half. Richt was holding off the dawgs as usual and I still don’t know whay Joe Cox goes in the game on our 3rd series on our own 35 yard line. Thought Richt had put that stuff behind him. We really really have a lot of work to do. Go Dawgs, stay healthy, have a good week of practice…

By Salty Dawg

August 30, 2008 4:12 PM | Link to this

A win is a win, but I was really hoping for a more commanding performance. Didn’t get to see the game (thanks Comcast) but the defense can’t give up 3 tds to a team like GSU. That will probably be the “easiest” game of the season, so they are going to have to get it together before next week, or at least before SC. Between those late tds and all of the penalties the coaches should have plenty of a*-chewing material this week.

By Denver Dawg

August 30, 2008 4:13 PM | Link to this

Defense can’t keep playing like that - they looked like crap against lowly Georgia Southern. Kinda scary, SIGNATURE Willie Martinez sloppy play.

Stafford looked like a better passer than I’ve ever seen him. We can win a NC if he keeps passing like that - AND the receivers look great, including freshman AJ Green.

With 59 yards against Southern, don’t expect a Heisman for Moreno.

By Danimal

August 30, 2008 4:16 PM | Link to this

The end of the world is near. Ga Southern scored 3 TD’s. The game was out of reach folks. Second and third stringers were in the game. More importantly, comcast screwed the ppv game up by showing that you bought the game, only to find out in the 2nd qtr after on hold for 40 minutes, that you had to call the order in. Comcast’s offense and defense was very shakey and they are going to be with one less customer.

By War Eagle

August 30, 2008 4:18 PM | Link to this

Coach Richt is not like a** CUM at Florida. he has class. Coach Myers wants glory of whipping weak teams to merciless..Nice win for UGA

By Dick

August 30, 2008 4:19 PM | Link to this

I’m not on the Moreno for Heisman bandwagon by any means, but those 59 yards came on, what, seven carries? And he left at the beginning of the second half! What are you talking about?!

By roge

August 30, 2008 4:23 PM | Link to this

Wait til they play a real team, No 12-0 season this year. Maybe 9-3 at the best.

By Happy with a win, but it wasn't pretty

August 30, 2008 4:23 PM | Link to this

UGA - 45

OSU - 43

USC - 21 UVA - 0 in 1st Q

UGA leads OSU by 22 and USC by 38 in AP UGA leads USC by 8 and OSU 46 in Coaches

It will be interesting to see how the voting pans out this week.

By John

August 30, 2008 4:25 PM | Link to this

Will take the “W” www.thedawgsden.com

By George

August 30, 2008 4:25 PM | Link to this

Florida beats Hawaii 56-10, USC is up 21 on Virginia in the 1st 20 seconds. They look like top tier teams. UGA 42-21 over Ga Southern is not too impressive. We looked good in the passing game but the penalties, conditioning, play calling, clock management, sloppy defense, and personnel choices have me very concerned. I sure do hope we get a lot better quick.

By rick

August 30, 2008 4:25 PM | Link to this

In todays world of political style points, pulling the starters is not good for those “points” good to experience players but that is it. 21 points by the defense is unacceptable considering how some were saying dawgs could have the best defense in the nation. Penalities need work, conditioning coaches are not doing their jobs with all the cramps, the team is not in shape. Lots of work ahead or the super season everyone is expecting could quickly turn to another so-so season. Go dawgs, get it together.

By mq3eleven

August 30, 2008 4:28 PM | Link to this

Not to mention, Moreno had two receptions for 53 yards.

I couldn’t care less about the score. Second and third team defense got experience, and freshmen got some well needed playing time.

By Rob in Chapel Hill

August 30, 2008 4:29 PM | Link to this

I have to admit the three scores were frustrating, but maybe the silver lining there is that the D will get p**, practice harder and play better. I’m sure they’re none too pleased, and don’t like the feeling of looking bad in comparison to the offense. I’m already feeling better! They won the darn game, put up 45 points and the new kicker nailed a long FG. Go Dawgs!

By MIchale

August 30, 2008 4:30 PM | Link to this

Lacked luster? Richt said we played 15 plus freshmen. Combine that with what was probably a pretty simple package so as not to tip our cards to more stronger programs down the road and I can’t really see how you can be critical of the dawgs today.

The offense looked incredibly efficient. That is usually what looks rusty first week

By DisneyDawg

August 30, 2008 4:31 PM | Link to this

It seems like UGA gives the Eagles an easier time of it when they play. I’m going to believe that’s why GSU put up 3 TD’s on the Dawgs. I know they were reserves and I can allow for that somewhat. But 290 yards of offense along with it. Those weren’t broken plays they were scoring on. They were drives. Look at the time of possession. Not very auspicious but a pretty easy win.

By Don

August 30, 2008 4:32 PM | Link to this

This is exactly what Georgia fans should have expected. If MR and Bobo would have cut the offense loose they would have scored 100 points but you don’t show all of your cards in a game like this playing against a team like Georgia Southern. This was a very basic offensive package that we saw today that scored 45 points. We will see a few more plays added to the play calling next week and a few more added for the game against USC. Offense should be scary good by then. AJ Green will become a major impact player and that should create even more opportunities for Massaquoi, Stafford and Moreno. Bobo would be smart to get Massaquoi, Green, King and Moreno on the field at the same time. Opposing defenses will not know who to focus on or what to do.

Typical Georgia defense in the first half. Only gave up 88 total yards. Looked a little shaky in the second half but I never heard the names of most of the defensive players that played during the last half of the third quarter and the fourth. No big deal.

By TeacherDawg

August 30, 2008 4:32 PM | Link to this

What is WRONG with you people? You’ll complain about anything. We won, it was never close. It was the first game of the season. They scored 3 TD’s against our scrubs in the second half. Unless we won by 70 most of the people on this blog will find something to b@&ch about. This just re-affirms the statement I used to make as a student at UGA. 75% of our fans are fair weather, bandwagon, rednecks who are living vicariously through our football team because of their short comings in athletic ability. Give the team a break, we won, and we are still #1. That’s all that matters. The fans on this blog should do everyone a favor stay in Moultrie, Adel or whatever awful south Georgia town ya’ll are from.

By TeacherDawg

August 30, 2008 4:34 PM | Link to this

What is WRONG with you people? You’ll complain about anything. We won, it was never close. It was the first game of the season. They scored 3 TD’s against our scrubs in the second half. Unless we won by 70 most of the people on this blog will find something to b@&ch about. This just re-affirms the statement I used to make as a student at UGA. 75% of our fans are fair weather, bandwagon, rednecks who are living vicariously through our football team because of their short comings in athletic ability. Give the team a break, we won, and we are still #1. That’s all that matters. The fans on this blog should do everyone a favor stay in Moultrie, Adel or whatever awful south Georgia town ya’ll are from.

By Rick

August 30, 2008 4:38 PM | Link to this

Georgia is, once again, over rated. If the defense we saw today plays any of the top SEC teams, put a big L down as the result.

By Big Dawg

August 30, 2008 4:39 PM | Link to this

Fellow Dawgs, not posers

The defense looked fine when our starters were in the game especially Corvey Irvin and Geno Atkins, those 3 scores came after the game had been put away (38-0)against mostly 3rd stringers and/or true freshmen getting experience.

The OL and kicking game coming in had been the big concern of most people and I believe Blair Walsh with his 53 yard field goal and with the OL’s overall play answered the call except for the penalties. These things will have to be corrected and I expect the coaching staff will be doing some chewing this week. Caleb King looked pretty good as did Knowshon before the cramps and we will see both of these guys on the field at the same time as the season progresses.

Go Dawgs “EARN IT”

By barneyb

August 30, 2008 4:41 PM | Link to this

Like other posters here, thanks for nothing, COMCAST! You Suck! Blacking this out here, even for a pay-per-view was ridiculous. No wonder so many of us prefer satellite TV.
Back to the Dawgs. A bit flat, but maybe the heat, first-game jitters, holding some back, or understimating the Eagles. who knows? Just get everybody healthy, off suspension and get ready for the schedule ahead.

By GSUFan

August 30, 2008 4:43 PM | Link to this

Being a GSU student, I am very happy with how we played against No. 1 ranked UGA today.

Don’t forget, we lost 8 of our starters before the game started.

And, Chapple played his first college game today against UGA and had a fine performance.

Go Eagles!

By T-Dawg

August 30, 2008 4:43 PM | Link to this

Go DAWGS!!!
Enjoyed hearing of the big win from Guyana, S. America. Keep up the good work - and let’s go kick some more butt next week. God bless!

By Matthew

August 30, 2008 4:44 PM | Link to this

Moreno scored 3 touchdowns… why worry about the 59 rushing yards… he barely played half the game… sheesh, some of you folks are ignorant. Georgia played fine, didn’t feel the need to run up the score, and played a lot of 2nd & 3rd stringers for experience that will pay off later in the season.

By Richie Rich

August 30, 2008 4:45 PM | Link to this

Not happy with the 21 points. The D gave up several big plays on 4th down. Dewberry was out and Owens was out most of the game but the dawgs 2nd and 3rd stringers should be better than that. Stafford and all the running backs looked great. Also way too many penalties. I have to give the dawgs a B- for this game. They will have a hard time holding on to #1 but that’s okay. It’s the end of the year rankings that count. Hope for the best on Owens, he’s a key for the big games.

By linuxdawg

August 30, 2008 4:45 PM | Link to this

Anyone that thinks this is the best of the dawgs is delusional! CMR got a chance to play just about all his players and got the win. Great practice game. Go Dawgs!

By GA Fan

August 30, 2008 4:46 PM | Link to this

Y’all need to relax….Georgia was up 38-0 nothing in this game while running as base a defense as we have. We were without 2 of our top 3 DT and getting new players onto the field. And the folks that are blaming the conditioning coaches… get a clue. Seriously!

By Tom

August 30, 2008 4:47 PM | Link to this

Comcast is not the only villan. I had same problem with Dish Network. They assured me after I ordered by phone the game would be available. When I called them back after game had started, they said the FCC had blacked the game out and did not notify the different providers until an hour b4 game time. Munson on radio was a treat but our D was not impressive. CMR will get it right.

By all's well

August 30, 2008 4:49 PM | Link to this

i look at this as a practice game. they knew they’d handle GA Southern. so, why not use this game to get a feel for your personnel? from reading this blog throughout the summer, i got the impression that a lot of depth issues were up in the air. and the game was well in hand, so why worry about the final score? there were plenty of things they needed to feel out. how can you say they aren’t a top tier team? they just don’t pile on like ohio state and others. plus, look what happens if you take unreasonable risk. beanie wells has 111 yards rushing and a couple of td’s…..and now a potentially serious injury. if GA falls in the polls, so what? i’d personally love to see florida pass georgia. wouldn’t a win against them on nov. 1st feel better knocking them off? who would the pressure be on then? i just think it’s harder to defend the top of the mountain than to knock someone off.

By jerry

August 30, 2008 4:53 PM | Link to this

Never lay the lumber when UGA is a big home team favorite against a nobody. They just don’t have much enthusiasm and usually don’t give their best effort and who could blame them. The fans aren’t too interested in these games and the players know it.

By jimtid12

August 30, 2008 4:55 PM | Link to this

I thought all in all everything looked pretty good for a first game. We need to get much better with alot less mistakes in a short time. One thing that stood out to me is I thought Caleb King is the clear # 2 behind Mereno. Richard Samuel do not impress me at all. He may have a lot of power but he lookes like he has slow feet. Not to say he won’t be good in the future, but all this talk in fall camp about who is our # 2 back should be over. King is that and let Samuel develop a little more and see what he can do next year.

By mdbatl

August 30, 2008 4:55 PM | Link to this

Teacher Dawg, I agree with your sentiment, if not your tone. There is no reason for any sort of worry. Our offense looked excellent today- over 500 yards worth of it. Yes, Southern scored 3 TDs. But also, as has been hashed over countless times, it was against our scrubs.

For those who think we need “style points” and lopsided scores need to get real. Mark Richt isn’t Urban Meyer and never will be. In actuality, it’s Meyer who is stupid for leaving his starters in longer, increasing their injury risk, not to mention denying his back-ups playing time. Remember, as they always say, any second stringer is one play from that field. I’ll definitely take a 45-21 win over a 70-0 one where we lose our best player.

Also, there is NO CHANCE of us slipping in the polls. Georgia has given the media no reason to drop us (not that it matters). OSU played a I-AA team too, and USC is tangling with a ACC lightweight. It is far to early to justify moving the top 5 unless there’s a loss.

Ultimately, I was pleased. Walsh assauged my fears with that kick, and our recieving corps look the best ever (not any drops I can remember). Stafford was sharp, and the defense, with the starters in, was playing well (Southern had about 180 yards of offense going into the 4th).

Rather than our team, everyone who is freaking out over our big WIN, needs to get it together.

By Pitbull

August 30, 2008 4:56 PM | Link to this

Stop and think a minute.

Georgia did everything it set out to do today. 1: They won the game. 2: They got their starters out of the game with approx 25 minutes left to reduce injury chance. 3: They got their 2nd and 3rd string players into the game for approx 25 minutes.

They could have run up the score if they left the starters in. But the coaching staff knows that they are going to have to depend on those 2nd and 3rd string players to step in if someone gets injured or physically gives out in an SEC game later in the season.

I also think that if a 45-28 score allows another team to slip up to number 1 that would NOT be a bad thing. Let someone else carry the bullseye on their back for the large portion of the year. If we win all of our games then we slip back into number 1 when it counts; at the season’s end rather than preseason.

Chip, no offense but I am glad you are not the UGA coach. If you were the coach, we might have won 70-0 but had Moreno or Stafford or Green might be out with a season ending injury. So do what you do best and write about the game, but please don’t second guess a coaching staff that knows more about coaching a football team than you do.

By whoknows

August 30, 2008 4:58 PM | Link to this

Yeah - it was just lack luster - especially when you see what other top rated teams did to other pansies teams. Florida beat Hawaii 56-10, of which Hawaii is a tougher opponent than Georgia Southern. GSU had nearly 300 yards offense.

By DisneyDawg

August 30, 2008 5:02 PM | Link to this

TeacherDawg,

I graduated UGA in 1987. I knew what university I was going to attend in 1975 (5th grade). I am not a fair weather fan who shifts allegiance based on who’s hot. I just expressed concern about the Dawg defense’s inability to keep the Eagles out of the end zone. Regardless of who was playing, they weren’t recruited to let the other team score. I’d like to think that UGA’s second and third string teams are capable of playing with a 1-AA team (sorry, but I don’t use the new divisions). We differ in opinion, that’s all.

I’m pleased overall with the performance, but know how these polls react to scores like this. UGA is not a solid #1 team and historically suffer from the polls’ neglect so they need to use every opportunity to enhance their standing. That’s just how things are. I don’t necessarily approve, but…

By catlady

August 30, 2008 5:06 PM | Link to this

Why isn’t the dog named after Munsen? He won’t be here forever….

By Gen Neyland

August 30, 2008 5:09 PM | Link to this

I await the game ANALysis from The One, The Only, The All Knowing, The Master of BS, let’s give it up for the DawgofBuLL, BuLLdawg…WAKE UP, FOO

By Ryder

August 30, 2008 5:13 PM | Link to this

The only two questions I had were answered, and they were 1) Stafford’s ability to lead the offense and 2) Could King provide relief behind Knowshon? Those are the only issues that anyone should concern themselves about. UGA will fine tune everything in time for next week against Central Michigan.

I still think USC is number 1 and UGA should be number 2, but it won’t matter as they will meet for the title in Miami come January.

By jfergNCdawg

August 30, 2008 5:14 PM | Link to this

CHIP

I am satisfied with this game. We achieved the priorities I wanted:

1. Win the game: check
2. Starters look sharp and dominate: check
3. Let #2 and #3’s play A LOT: check

Overall, I’m very happy. I have no doubt #1 O and D could have won 70-0. But that’s not the point. Depth wins in a long, hard season. We developed depth.

CHIP, how about an update on OWENS????

By DisneyDawg

August 30, 2008 5:14 PM | Link to this

For the life of me I can’t understand why some would rather give up the #1 ranking to get the “bullseye” off of UGA’s back. Speaking only for me, as much as I’ve complained about getting the shaft from the polls, there’s no way I give see giving something like a #1 ranking back because the pressure’s too much. The Dawgs have to beat the same teams regardless of where they’re ranked so they might as well be at the top to begin with. Less distance and fewer teams to move past this way. And there’s no guarantee the polls will put the Dawgs back once they lose the rank.

By P Dawg

August 30, 2008 5:16 PM | Link to this

Word to the wise folks. Screw comcast! You can watch the games that aren’t televised live on espn360 on a LIVE webcast. Beats the hell out of paying for it! Anyway, UGA did what it needed to do today. They won soundly and let about 15 freshmen get some experience. Everyone wants us to win by a hundred but get real. The only thing that bothers me is Owens. We need him pretty bad.

By D.N. Nation

August 30, 2008 5:17 PM | Link to this

Eh. Starters, sans Stafford, were outta there by the 3rd quarter. Make ‘em run laps for the late score, but that’s about it.

By Gen Neyland

August 30, 2008 5:17 PM | Link to this

TeacherDawg

You played a scrub team. A win’s a win, but don’t bruise your chest…From an enemy blogger’s perspective, the most positive thing for UGA I heard coming out of today’s scrimmage was that UGA has a kicker. I’ll take note of that and forward the memmo to CPF…and your new Dawg s 1-0…

By DisneyDawg

August 30, 2008 5:19 PM | Link to this

I wasn’t calling you out, Pitbull. We generally agree, even on the analysis of the game. It’s just perspective that’s different.

By BigDawg

August 30, 2008 5:19 PM | Link to this

This one was NEVER in doubt. What does it matter what happened in the mop up time? The last TD by GASo was pretty flukey and if both teams really played all out for 60 minutes it probably would be something like 75-21, 66-14 or 72-17 and they would all count as only one win. GATA

By StAugDawg

August 30, 2008 5:19 PM | Link to this

Gen Neyland,

Priceless, I cannot stop laughing! I am sure he is still typing “the” diatribe.

By P Dawg

August 30, 2008 5:20 PM | Link to this

whoknows, what in the world are you smoking? You must think that this is the same Hawai’i team that got smacked around in the sugar bowl. They not only lost their coach but half the team including Colt Brennan and all their starting receivers. Get real dude!

By Filtyrichinbuckhead

August 30, 2008 5:21 PM | Link to this

You mean we have to play these games before we get the nat champ ? It thought it was already awarded to Georgia.

By Pitbull

August 30, 2008 5:26 PM | Link to this

This may help other bloggers and Chip understand my perspective of why Georgia’s game was a success:

No. 2 Buckeyes Win 43-0, but RB Wells Injured

By RUSTY MILLER AP Sports Writer

COLUMBUS, Ohio — No. 2 Ohio State opened the season with a 43-0 rout of overmatched Youngstown State on Saturday, but the victory was tempered by a leg injury to Heisman Trophy prospect Chris “Beanie” Wells.

The star tailback was hurt in the third quarter after taking a handoff from Todd Boeckman on first and goal at the Youngstown State 2. His feet slipped underneath him as he planted to make a cut, with the ball rolling free as he hit the turf.

By charphar

August 30, 2008 5:27 PM | Link to this

GSU fan here… I thought it was going to be really ugly - and it was! But the Dawgs were toying with the Eagles.

RE: UGA’s defense…who needs big play defense when the GSU offense kept themselves out of the end zone more times than they got in? Dropped passes, etc.

The Dawgs slapped around their “little brothers” pretty good, stayed away from any major injuries, got the scrubs some playing time, and they’ll be OK the rest of the year.

My 2 cents, your mileage may vary…

By BCS Slave

August 30, 2008 5:28 PM | Link to this

The vote for number one will be interesting. Let’s see if UGA is still number one in both the AP and Coaches polls. If the media shills do what they claim they do…UGA will still be number one.

I am not surprised that College Game Day on ESPUKE barely mentioned the number one team in the nation. They ran a feature on Tebow but ignored UGA. Their bias is clear. It is just a matter of time before the polls demote the Dawgs for “not looking impressive” or because “the schedule is so tough”.

As long as the Dawgs win…the fans will be happy no matter where they are ranked.

By Lowcountry Dawg

August 30, 2008 5:36 PM | Link to this

If Jeff Owens is lost-that means we will have lost our most dominant offensive and defensive linemen for the year. Bottom line - in 3 short weeks we have gone from being a National title contender, to a team that will not even win the SEC east. We will now lose 4- 5 games this year. Teams will be able to stunt us on offense; and then wear our defense down in the 4th qtr. The injuries this team has sustained makes me sick.

By P Dawg

August 30, 2008 5:38 PM | Link to this

I knew it would just be a matter of time before a gaytor fan talked about the margin of victory over Hawai’i even though it’s no where near as good a team as last year. Hawai’i has NOTHING this year. GSU would beat them! Can’t wait until UGA shuts all you punks up and sends you to your own blog. Also can’t wait to see Tebow getting knocked on his can all day again by UGA’s D! Book it punks!

By Black and Red Glasses

August 30, 2008 5:39 PM | Link to this

Wow, some guys have some serious Red and Black glasses on!! Yeah, UGA is the best team eva. Just give us the NC now.

By DisneyDawg

August 30, 2008 5:40 PM | Link to this

You’re all too right, BCS Slave. The polls are going to drop the Dawgs. I figured it would be after USC-OSU, but UGA only had 1 more #1 vote than the Buckeyes in the preseason AP poll, and I believe they’re just waiting for an excuse to put THE Ohio State back on top. Que sera, sera, I guess…

By glenn129

August 30, 2008 5:41 PM | Link to this

Comcast was not the only one doing a bad job today. Dish Network charged us for the game, but would not show it. I sure am peeved.

By David

August 30, 2008 5:42 PM | Link to this

Give the dawgs a break guys. First of all I think GSU would take Hawaii, from the two games I have seen them play they should be a AA school. After our scrubs get some playing time they will be ready for the real teams along with the 1st string. A lot of you guys are going to look really stupid by the end of the season.

By Denver Dawg

August 30, 2008 5:45 PM | Link to this

TeacherDawg, et al:

Why is it when some Uga fans have a differing opinion, we’re labeled as “Fair Weather Fans”? I have been a fan of Georgia since I was a little kid. I played in the Redcoat Band in the early 90s. I’m a Georgia Alumnus. I love the Dawgs. I think the defense, starters as well as backups, has to improve for us to win a NC. Today’s performance on defence was not very good in my opinion. Can I please be free to express my opinion without being referred to as a bandwagon fan, or a fair-weather fan? I think those you of who believe fans can’t be critical need a psychological evaluation.

By whippersnapper

August 30, 2008 5:47 PM | Link to this

It was a relief to see Blair Walsh make the 53 yd field goal and get some good reps. That was a major concern of mine. I like the fact that we may have a go to receiver in the red zone like A.J.Green that can go up and get the ball in a tight spot on a 3rd or 4th and goal.

By Lowcountry Dawg

August 30, 2008 5:48 PM | Link to this

Charphar- what do you mean-“stayed away from major injuries”? We may very well have lost our top defensive lineman for the year. That’s huge. We are in serious trouble if we lose him.

By P Dawg

August 30, 2008 5:48 PM | Link to this

Black and Red Glasses, you are reading and blogging on an ATLANTA, GEORGIA newspaper story about the UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA football team. Do you see where I’m going with this? If you don’t want to read what the locals have to say about the local team then get lost. Nobody’s forcing you to read and blog here, are they? Idiot!

By Adam

August 30, 2008 5:51 PM | Link to this

Who gives a S**

By PTC DAWG

August 30, 2008 5:53 PM | Link to this

Dawgs were up 38 to ZIP and Richt called off the Dawgs.

Oh yeah, Comcast worked great for me on the PPV.

By Fan of Football

August 30, 2008 5:56 PM | Link to this

If I am being a homer then I would say “it’s a win and that’s all that matters”. If I am being an objective fan I would say “sloppy, lack-luster, not worthy of a # 1 ranking”. Georgia whined & complained about not having a shot at the championship game last year and start this year preseason number 1…not for long. The offense was good in spurts and overall blocked well enough in pass protection and the run game…not having Sutherland really hurts. The defense was fair to poor…missed tackles, blown coverages, and passive play calling…was it possible for the d-backs to play any further off a division two receiving corps? Did I see Joe Cox in the first quarter of the game…WTH…? Martinez needs to motivate and create a tenacious d-that is more pro-active as opposed to reactive. Simply put, not good enough for number 1.

By dan

August 30, 2008 5:58 PM | Link to this

I give the Dawgs a B-minus today. Yeah they won the game and yeah the 2nd and 3rd string teams got a lot of work today, but even so 21 points is unacceptable. UGA played like a top 10 team, but certainly not like a 1# team should. I’m not in panic mode or anything, but I’m getting pretty tired of this half a* effort. 45-21 is a solid win but it should have been 45-14 or 48-10. If the Dawgs are really serious about taking this program to the elite level ( i.e. FSU or Nebraska in the 1990’s), then they need to play with that intensity week in and week out, the way they played the second half of 2007. I’m happy with the win, but these guys are capable of better and as fans we need to hold them to a higher standard.

By DisneyDawg

August 30, 2008 6:00 PM | Link to this

Pittbull and I are at the NAMBLA-Dawgs rally at Morris Hall…..Toot!1 Toot!! Hundreds here to help celebrate the Dawgs lackluster victory today,..and we are currently…(oops fans here going wild Toot Toot@@@@ NAMBLA NAMBLA NAMBLA Well, come on down, its really wild and loud, fans…Dancing, Speakers, food like crazy…LETS GO DAWGS LETS GO DAWGS…There;s Stafford arrivingggggggggggg. Later!!.

By BCS Slave

August 30, 2008 6:01 PM | Link to this

I’m watching the Utah-Michigan game…they put up a graphic showing the first place votes for the top teams. The announcers both said Georgia should not be number 1. It has been a theme on ESPuke today.

By P Dawg

August 30, 2008 6:02 PM | Link to this

P Dawg, You’re just the idiot I was talking about. Other teams are obviously better but you think it’s a given that UGA is the rightful #1. Geez, You’re such a dumba$$!!

By Georgia Fan

August 30, 2008 6:03 PM | Link to this

Any game in which the 2nd string offense enters the game in the 1st quarter means absolutely nothing. This was the equivalent of an NFL preseason game. There were guys on the field that will never see it again.

And I could care less what the pencil neck media says about us or how they vote us. Surprise, surprise. Some ESPN dolt on the Utah/Michigan game said Ohio State and USC are the most talented teams and scoffed at Georgia as a #1. These idiots will do what the want to do regardless of what happens on the field. There is nothing anyone can do about it. Georgia just needs to take care of its business and not worry about that garbage.

By Georgia Fan

August 30, 2008 6:04 PM | Link to this

Any game in which the 2nd string offense enters the game in the 1st quarter means absolutely nothing. This was the equivalent of an NFL preseason game. There were guys on the field that will never see it again.

And I could care less what the pencil neck media says about us or how they vote us. Surprise, surprise. Some ESPN dolt on the Utah/Michigan game said Ohio State and USC are the most talented teams and scoffed at Georgia as a #1. These idiots will do what the want to do regardless of what happens on the field. There is nothing anyone can do about it. Georgia just needs to take care of its business and not worry about that garbage.

By P Dawg

August 30, 2008 6:06 PM | Link to this

Giving 21 points up to Div. 1-AA Ga. Southern. HAHA

Play teams in you’re conference before you start talking smack.

By chris

August 30, 2008 6:07 PM | Link to this

first game of the season and coach richt has never been one to beat up too hard on the smaller schools. just gives the papers and the “experts” reason to keep talking up ohio state and usc. they’ll come around

By Sven Ottke

August 30, 2008 6:08 PM | Link to this

Considering Ga Sou missed a FG and had the ball 1st and Goal from the 1 in the 1st period, it should have been alot closer than this. UGa, based on what UF, Ohio St and USC did should probably drop out of the top spot.

By War Eagle

August 30, 2008 6:10 PM | Link to this

HEY GEN NEYLAND, FUNNY ON YOUR POST, BuLLdawg WILL SAY “CMR HAD A COLD AND DID NOT FEEL LIKE GETTING THEM FIRED UP TODAY”… GOOD LUCK AGAINST UCLA,, I WILL BE PULLING FOR THE VOLS. UGA PLAYED BENCH TODAY. THEY HAD SOME GOOD LOOKING FRESHMAN, BUT IT WAS GSU!!

By JRL

August 30, 2008 6:12 PM | Link to this

Defense shaky - what game were you guys watching? I saw SCOUT team players in the 4th quarter. God help you clowns that want our coach to run up the score on a team that would not beat UGA if they played all week. Check out the 1st and 2nd quarter GSU offensive stats and tell me the defense looked shaky. I’m starting to believe the ignorant label some UGA fans have.

By Denver Dawg

August 30, 2008 6:13 PM | Link to this

Dan*:

Right on. Wow. A fan who understands what’s going on. Everyone should read your post.

Regarding the idiots announcing the Michigan/Utah game, I heard the comment too - that Ohio State and USC are the most talented teams in the country and they just blew off Georgia - “sorry Georgia.” It’s the same thing every year. I hope CMR plays those kinds of mottivational clips for the players.

By Pitbull

August 30, 2008 6:14 PM | Link to this

Dan, I think if you check the Nebraska or FSU records over the past 7 years, you will see that UGA is a much more successful program.

Why would we want UGA to be like Nebraska or FSU?

The coaches did an excellent job today of:

1 Winning the game.

2 Removing our key starters after the game was in hand so there would be no season ending injuries.

3 Playing our reserves for 25 minutes so they could get invaluable game time experience. If they make a mistake against GSU it won’t cost us the game and perhaps they learn from it and won’t make it against a major opponent.

BTW: Ohio State left their Heisman candidate in the game in their 43-0 win and he sustained what may be a season ending injury in the third quarter.

By DisneyDawg

August 30, 2008 6:17 PM | Link to this

To the cowardly imposter who feels it necessary to use my handle: I think everyone knows that I’m not you (for one thing, I’m not consumed with all things gay thing like you are). Nevertheless, it’s not funny; not the fact that you posted under my handle-the post itself is simply not funny. If you’re going to post something as me, either make a point or make people laugh. That’s the whole idea, you retard. Get a life, *sswipe.

By ###A1

August 30, 2008 6:20 PM | Link to this

Not really Ottke if GSU had scored then the big dawgs would not have came out. Me thinks that we have some Tech fans or others who are pred. against Ga. trying to get their hits in while they can. Speaking of ESPN their headline is Moreno, No. 1 Georgia coast. Besides those commentators for ESPN probably didn’t vote for Ga. in the first place.

By BCS Slave

August 30, 2008 6:21 PM | Link to this

Georgia Fan,

I agree that UGA needs to take care of business and not worry about the opinions of the media. But oh wait…it is the opinions of the pencil neck media that will decide if UGA is number 1 or number 10. They will decide if teams like LSU can leap frog several spots in the polls from seventh to play for a NC. It is the media opinion that shut out other notable undefeated SEC teams from NC contention. In the BC$, opinion matters. If you want to win a mythical NC, then opinion matters.

I do agree that UGA needs to play like they are on a mission. They need to be aggressive and have a great time. They shouldn’t worry about the polls. Just win baby, and we fans don’t care if you are number one or unranked.

We need to keep pointing out the bias of the “dolts” in the media and the self serving coaches. If we want to see a real, competition based playoff system where competition decides who goes to the NC…then we need to keep putting pressure on the $EC, the BC$ and the college presidents to make a change in the system.

By Big Justin

August 30, 2008 6:23 PM | Link to this

I think alot of yall are reading way into this game. Most successful coaches play theyre seasons one game at a time. Today we saw the kind of play calling and play that we should have against a team like GSU in late August. No one can expect to come out of the gates exactly where u left off the year before. It was a good game to experience with the offense and we got a good look at some new key players in AJ Green and Caleb King. Stafford looked a little more comfortable and hopefully he’ll progress. As for Knowshon, he carried the ball like 8 times for 59 yards. Thats like roughly 7 yards a carry.. not shabby… Todays defense was sloppy at times but overall the starters played well. Hopefully UGA can work on fundamental tackling before the real test @ South Carolina. Despite the penalties and 3TDs by GSU this game was a peek into the crystal ball of UGA’s future. Keep up the hard work dawgs and a word to the faithful fans…. u know ole coach always has something up his sleeve. This should be a good year for the dawgs if they continue to play their own game, and not lose an easy win.. cause lord knows OSU and USC are LOVED by the BCS rankings..

By TooEarly

August 30, 2008 6:23 PM | Link to this

its too early. All the DAWG fans need to calm down, even smaller schools can gain some yardage, esp ones with athletes. Here is what a person who really knows football would look at.

UGA called it when it was 38-0. DEF looked pretty good in the 1st half (remember this type of O put up numbers on last years def also) UGA had subs in the game in the first half UGA did not show alot of different packages, will show much more against usc

someone up there said spurrier would run up the score on this DEF, Ga Southern would beat NC State, i watched both of those games, and watching USC and UV now and they could probably compete with UV as well, no worries DAWG fans, well be alright

By Chad

August 30, 2008 6:23 PM | Link to this

Good point Chris, Richt is not about trying to get style points and running up the score. The team won by 24 and would have won by 31 if not for the last freaky score. Also, valuable time was given to backups and that should payoff in the coming weeks. Everybody chill and enjoy the W

By Big Justin

August 30, 2008 6:23 PM | Link to this

I think alot of yall are reading way into this game. Most successful coaches play theyre seasons one game at a time. Today we saw the kind of play calling and play that we should have against a team like GSU in late August. No one can expect to come out of the gates exactly where u left off the year before. It was a good game to experience with the offense and we got a good look at some new key players in AJ Green and Caleb King. Stafford looked a little more comfortable and hopefully he’ll progress. As for Knowshon, he carried the ball like 8 times for 59 yards. Thats like roughly 7 yards a carry.. not shabby… Todays defense was sloppy at times but overall the starters played well. Hopefully UGA can work on fundamental tackling before the real test @ South Carolina. Despite the penalties and 3TDs by GSU this game was a peek into the crystal ball of UGA’s future. Keep up the hard work dawgs and a word to the faithful fans…. u know ole coach always has something up his sleeve. This should be a good year for the dawgs if they continue to play their own game, and not lose an easy win.. cause lord knows OSU and USC are LOVED by the BCS rankings..

By Moreno's a Wuss

August 30, 2008 6:24 PM | Link to this

Herchel would never go out of a game for cramps. No matter which personality he was at the time.

Moreno’s just a wuss

By George

August 30, 2008 6:25 PM | Link to this

Am i the only one that was furious when Joe Cox went in the game and fumbled the ball on our 3rd possession?

By charphar

August 30, 2008 6:26 PM | Link to this

Hey, Lowcountry Dawg… Just goes to show how much I really know about UGA, and how I was only casually following the game (in and out of shopping amongst the 100’s of Clemson and Bama fans in ATL!) Didn’t realize that guy was so important until after the fact…my bad!

By BCS Slave

August 30, 2008 6:27 PM | Link to this

Update on the injured Ohio State player Beanie Wells…they have said x-rays are negative. Still waiting for some work on what has happened beyond a break.

By EW

August 30, 2008 6:28 PM | Link to this

No concerns here. GSU had 88 yards against the 1st string with the rest coming against 2nds and 3rds and some deeper. Work to be done? Yes. Success today? Yes. Stafford looked sharp and the stable of RBs look good. Most of all the WRs look dangerous. The O is loaded and the D will tighten.

Not bad. Go DAWGS!!

By Pi$$ on a DAWG

August 30, 2008 6:30 PM | Link to this

Well, at least you put up 3 more points than TECH. Wait Tech has new coach, new offence, new QB, new kicker, and they gave up 2 TD at the end with 2nd & 3rd players too. UGA #5 by tuesday unless the coaches what to keep your heads fat. Did your DAWGBLOG Bill King hav a drunk weekend date with one of Sonny’s BI*CHES bout 3 yrs ago? I know that UGA VII looks like all male UGA FANS over 30 years old, but VII has Bill’s eyes and jaw line. Just asking 7 I thought UGA VII was in jail or the pound but it turns out he was locked in the BUFFET with most of your fans and freshman girls.

By Chad

August 30, 2008 6:34 PM | Link to this

You say Moreno’s a wuss; I say you’re a frustrated Tech nerd with greasy hair and juicy zits.

By Pitbull

August 30, 2008 6:34 PM | Link to this

The UGA coaches did an excellent job today of:

1 Winning the game.

2 Removing our key starters after the game was in hand so there would be no season ending injuries.

3 Playing our reserves for 25 minutes so they could get invaluable game time experience. If they make a mistake against GSU it won’t cost us the game and hopefully they learn from it and won’t make it against a major opponent.

BTW: Ohio State left their Heisman Trophy candidate in the game today in their 43-0 win against Youngstown State and he sustained what may be a season ending injury in the third quarter. The Ohios State fans actually have a major reason to be upset.

By 1953 dawg

August 30, 2008 6:36 PM | Link to this

Defense was terrible. Give me a break. The defense had given up 100 yards of total offense with 9 minutes left in the 3rd qtr. with the score 38-0!! How dominate do you idiots want the defense to be. UGA played it’s #5 and #6 defensive tackles most of the 4th qtr. Just so you know that would be Crawford, and Tyson(true freshman). You people must be FL. fans, and you think what SCUM Meyer does is impressive. Want to know the difference between Meyer the liar and Richt, Meyer fakes a punt in his own territory leading the game 38-0 in the 3rd qtr. Leads to an easy T.D. That my friends is what makes people despise Meyer, and any coach that gets a kick out of running up the score on an outmaned team is a joke. Fl. is so desperate to impress ESPN and the media, that it will do anything to run up the score on inferior teams. Can’t wait to get to Jacksonville and let the cry baby try his mickey mouse tactics on UGA. Ignorant FL. fans will try to compare the scores of UGA and Fl against Hawaii. They are such idiots. Colt Brennan would have lit up Florida’s pathetic secondary today, and Junes Jones would have had a field day picking apart Strong’s 3-3-5 defense. Oh, just so you Fl. fans know, Ga.Southern runs the same mickey mouse defense as Fl. Stafford will pick it apart. GO DAWGS!!

By quitman dog

August 30, 2008 6:36 PM | Link to this

i hope we win 45-21 this coming week,I will take it every week.You all know cmr never runs up the score.

By Joey

August 30, 2008 6:36 PM | Link to this

ATTENTION: Any real dawg fan knows CMR will never, ever run up a score on any other coach. He has throughout his career at UGA beat opponents butts in the first half then let them get respectable (and sometimes back in the game) in the second half. He does not have the killer instinct like Spurrier, Miles, Carroll, and even Fulmer. Think back and help me out here: Alabama in ‘03 (I think), Illinois in “03 or 04, Tenn in ‘05(I think), FSU in Sugar Bowl ‘03, etc.

He is a great coach and I love him, but he will never score 50 or 60 points on another coach, even when those same coaches would do it to him if the situation was reversed (Fulmer in “06).

UGA won’t keep the top spot because the polls are a beauty contest, and CMR could care less about beating another teams butt, but just winning. He wins as well as any other elite coach in the nation, but his humanity will not allow him to “beat up” other teams and coaches.

By DisneyDawg

August 30, 2008 6:39 PM | Link to this

The same pundits who are saying USC and OSU belong ahead of us are the ones who keep propping undeserving teams up in the AP poll. All they understand are massive beatdowns on overmatched opponents.

Having said that, it’s kind of naive to think that UGA is going to get attention, much less respect, from these guys by tilting at the wind mills of “victory with honor”. We all know how the system works, so why insist that the system adjust to UGA’s traditional insistence on fair play?

I’m not condoning the way the polls operate, but I understand the shallow predicators they use in rankings (tradition, subjective opinions on recruiting, blowouts, inflated stats, etc.) If UGA wants inclusion in their poll it’s going to be necessary to strenthen up on some of those predicators.

By old dog fan

August 30, 2008 6:39 PM | Link to this

After listening to the game today what I got was obvious that Stafford has picked up his game, Moreno is keeping his going. King and Green are BIG time players and will (and did) make a difference. I also noticed as many probably did that our beloved and respected Larry Munson was having a very hard time today. I give him 100+ plus for doing the job he did as I sure it took a great effort. Finally while I agreed that we had many, second and third stringers in today, that in the past when we had a really good defense——- we did not give up this amount of points—21—. There are issues for us to supposed to have as good a defense as we were to give up that many and as was stated previously with a missed field goal and inception included. No, the ranking do not make a difference at this point but keeping it real (and Yes I am a OLD die hard fan) our defense had to make some major improvements to keep up with our future comps. That said it can and hopefully will be done. GO DAWGS!!

By DisneyDawg

August 30, 2008 6:41 PM | Link to this

Got a life and your wife *sswipe.

By shane #1

August 30, 2008 6:45 PM | Link to this

I agree with pitbull. Frankly, I saw no reason for Moreno to be in the game with a 21 to nothing lead in the third quarter. King and Samuel should be getting all the game experence Thay can get. I hope Owens will be back soon but I feel secure with Corey. I am in Panama City so I could not watch the game, but it seems that Our O line did pretty well. The Dawgs had a chance to play a lot of freshmen so there will be some real game film for the coaching staff to use to critique the fresman. To quote Coach K, no team ever learned anything by winning a game. No freshman ever learned anything by sitting on the bench either. I am well pleased with the effort. Boling will be back next week making the O line even better, if a couple of the nagging injurys heal the Dawgs will be in good shape. I see no reason for the Dawgs to drop out of the top five, I don’t care Who is number one, just take it one game at the time and try to win the SEC east. If UGA wins the SEC then CMR has done His job. He has no control over the BCSNCG.

By charphar

August 30, 2008 6:52 PM | Link to this

Yep, old dog fan… IMO Munson is the best college football announcer EVER, and it was kind of sad listening to his call of the game today. He really sounded weak, and throw in road noise and crappy AM radio, and there were some times I could barely hear him. Still, he’s a trouper, and i hope he gets to finish out the season and see his Dawgs win a bunch of important games!

By Fierce Dawg

August 30, 2008 6:53 PM | Link to this

We played fine today. CMR was wishing that we could have practiced in hotter weather, and it showed today. It was 38-0 at one point, our defense blanked them for 2 and a half quarters and then our scrubs lost intensity. Our offense looked great, and that was only a simple package. We played very vanilla today, and I am fine with that. The rest of the nation won’t be too impressed with our 45-21 win, but who cares, its week 1! Go Dawgs!

By The real DisneyDawg

August 30, 2008 6:53 PM | Link to this

I doubt it. She doesn’t attend your NAMBLA meetings, which by definition means you like a decidedly male touch.

You can have the handle now; you’ve ruined it. Since you like copying me, say this to yourself: “I am a pr*ck with ears.” Jagoff…

By BCS Slave

August 30, 2008 6:55 PM | Link to this

Ranking does matter at this point in the season. If you are number one in the polls at the beginning of the season, you have to rely on either:

1. The top teams to lose; or,
2. The flaky voters to cast their warm fuzzies our way to vote us OVER the teams above us.

Either way, you don’t have your destiny in your own hands. You have better odds of being at the top if you start at the top. You can’t account for the biased poll voters, but generally, if a number one team wins all their games, they will be playing for the NC.

By regan

August 30, 2008 6:57 PM | Link to this

A win but not big enough. God forbid UGA VII puts on the FRESHMAN 15 lbs.

By David

August 30, 2008 7:02 PM | Link to this

ESPNS headline Moreno and #1 Dawgs coast. Check out fox news story and weep guys.

Georgia easily justifies No. 1 - The collar fit, and for at least one game, so did the crown.

Knowshon Moreno ran for three touchdowns and Georgia, ranked No. 1 to start a season for the first time, beat Georgia Southern 45-21 on Saturday to give new mascot Uga VII a win in his debut. Moreno needed only eight carries for 59 yards to tie his career best with three touchdowns. He added two catches for 53 yards.

Georgia led 38-0 before Georgia Southern scored on a 1-yard run by quarterback Lee Chapple late in the third quarter. The Eagles added two fourth-quarter touchdowns.

Uga VII, a white English bulldog and son of Uga VI, who died this summer, drew a standing ovation and University of Georgia president Michael Adams and athletic director Damon Evans slipped a red collar over the dog’s head in a pregame ceremony.

Matthew Stafford threw two touchdown passes and was 13-for-21 passing for a career-high 275 yards.

By doug

August 30, 2008 7:02 PM | Link to this

Well, we haven’t lost a game yet and will fall to third in the poll. And this all because the defense let us down yet again.

USC has just destroyed UVA worse than we or OSU destroyed 1AA teams. USC will be #1 on Monday and we will be lucky if we are #3. Once again our defense has failed and if it continues to play like this we will lose four games this year and to hell with the BCS Championship.

By j

August 30, 2008 7:17 PM | Link to this

Way to go, GSU! Who cares if third string or second string was in, or that GSU waS W/O 8 starters, still a good game played by the Eagles. UGA should have beaten us bby way more than that. I was there for the 2004 game, and UGA was way better then with their second/third string. Go Eagles!

By effthe BCS

August 30, 2008 7:17 PM | Link to this

It’s been stated repeatedly that the polls and, by extension, the BCS have flaws inherent within the system. However, they are not going to change how they do the rankings because UGA doesn’t conform to their requisites. I hope the Dawgs go undefeated, but if there are two other undefeated teams at the end of the year you can lay money on who’s outside looking in. Then the Dawgs and we, the fans, can sit in silent comfort that we did it the “right way” the week after our bowl game while watching others decide the NC.

By Mike T.

August 30, 2008 7:24 PM | Link to this

By Rick

Georgia is, once again, over rated. If the defense we saw today plays any of the top SEC teams, put a big L down as the result.

Man we hear this crap every year. The 21 points come against the subs. Richt will have them ready.

By Chip Towers

August 30, 2008 7:28 PM | Link to this

LAST UPDATE OF THE DAY

Injuries: As far as Jeff Owens, we’re not going to know anything for certain today. It looks bad. Everybody admitted as much. But they will not make any pronouncements until Owens goes to the hospital for an MRI on his right knee. My guess based on postgame comments is it’s an ACL and he’s gone for the year but nobody could come right out and say that. We’ll find out tomorrow… .

WR Kenneth Harris also out with an ankle sprain. Richt said “questionable” this week…

Defensive perspective: While Georgia wasn’t as dominating as some would have liked, you have to remember that the Dogs were up 38-0 midway through the third quarter. Richt said they were “mixing and matching” backup and third-team guys with a few starters in the second half and wasn’t very upset about it. Defensive players were disgusted about it but admitted to losing focus after getting a big lead and dealing with Owens’ loss… .

Offense actually was pretty sharp and probably could have named its score. Stafford missed a couple receivers and threw behind some others but completed 62 percent of his passes — exactly what Bobo was looking for — at an average of 21.5 yards per completion. That’s pretty stout, as it should be against GSU. So Stafford wasn’t thrilled and Richt understood but he said, “Perfection. That’s what we’re looking for and what he wants.”

O-line played real well. One sack and two pressures but otherwise did well and they played a lot of backups after halftime.

By Mike T.

August 30, 2008 7:32 PM | Link to this

Hey Naysayers, LSU give up 13 points, So we’re not the only points not to pich a shutout.

By eff the BCS

August 30, 2008 7:35 PM | Link to this

Losing Owens won’t be fatal to the Dawgs’ NC hopes, but it’s really bad. I feel for that young man.

By brian

August 30, 2008 7:43 PM | Link to this

Alright, all you “oh no, the sky is falling” whiners, I don’t expect to see you back on here in the coming weeks talking about how great Georgia is and how you were with them all along when you are complaining about a game in which we led the other team 38-0 at one point and won by three touchdowns and a field goal!

By Cuz

August 30, 2008 7:43 PM | Link to this

Seems like there are a lot of nattering naybobs of negativity on this blog. The Dawgs did what they needed to do today.

First, we won, yeah 45-21 is a win to most people. Two, we played the starters, then pulled them to give second and third stringers some game day action. No, Knowshon won’t be coming back in to pad his Heisman numbers, one man does not a team make, especially this team. Three, yeah we could have left the first string in and kept the Eagles to one or two scores but why? We needed the backups to play because that injury bug buzzes around us just as it did to Ohio State today. And with their Heisman hopeful going down in the third quarter with the game in hand, makes you glad the Knowshon got the fluids and watched the rest of the game.

One game down, one win. Plenty more football to go. Let’s save the griping and the second guessing for a loss. And for those who say look out for USC east, they got nothing. Their All American LB is twenty pounds overweight and slower than a Ford Festiva. The gamehens will give us a lesser game than Central Michigan next weekend.

GO DAWGS, KEEP IT ROLLING. IT’S A LONG WAY TO THE TOP IF YOU WANTA ROCK N ROLL!

By eff the BCS

August 30, 2008 8:04 PM | Link to this

Cuz,

Good to have you on (this is the old DisneyDawg- had to drop the handle because of an imposter).

I’m not being negative toward the Dawgs because I believe we’re talented enough to run this gauntlet of a schedule. My contention is that UGA needs to make an impression on the poll voters, and those ignoramuses only look at the scoreboard. Heaven help the Dawgs if there others for AP (and the coaches) to turn to at season’s end, because they will. This game will be a faded memory then and when they look back over the schedule they’ll see the score and assume that UGA struggled. This is a subjective popularity contest and popularity, in the polls’ narrow definition, is in absurdly lopsided games.

UGA simply doesn’t run up scores and they have paid for that previously. They have to recognize what parameters the polls use and respond accordingly or suffer the consequences. Again, I don’t like it but I know that’s just how it is. The Dawgs just don’t get the props that other schools get; a close game against Vandy drops us in the polls while USC gets a pass if Stanford puts a scare in them.

By Larry

August 30, 2008 8:07 PM | Link to this

Dawgs desperately need a Defensive Coordinator! Martinez can’t cut it; his defense has no pride or pop.

By roxy

August 30, 2008 8:09 PM | Link to this

The dogs will not be number one long. They played a very weak team and they should have beat them 100 to nothing. It is nothing to beat Ga Southern. Northside High School of Warner Robins could beat them.

By athdog

August 30, 2008 8:09 PM | Link to this

OMG!!!!! You idiots complaining about the win today absolutely are the morons we have laughed about all year! 11-1 would be a complete and total failure to you bandwagon jumpers.

By roxy

August 30, 2008 8:09 PM | Link to this

The dogs will not be number one long. They played a very weak team and they should have beat them 100 to nothing. It is nothing to beat Ga Southern. Northside High School of Warner Robins could beat them.

By LTR

August 30, 2008 8:10 PM | Link to this

ESPN needs to change the name of their College Football Scoreboard show to The Ohio State and Southern Cal Show. Of the 60 minute show, I would guess that 70% of the show is dedicated to analyzing and praising the two most overrated teams in the country.

By athdog

August 30, 2008 8:11 PM | Link to this

OMG!!!!! You idiots complaining about the win today absolutely are the morons we have laughed about all year! 11-1 would be a complete and total failure to you bandwagon jumpers. 45-21 in a game where we played at least 6 true freshmen, and at least that many redshirt freshmen, in the first game of the year on a team where the trademark is to get better as the season wears on is a great Saturday in Athens!!! Lighten up already!

By JP

August 30, 2008 8:21 PM | Link to this

As a Gator fan, I think the Dawgs are fine. This is more like a preseason game. The injuries are the big concern. Hope y’all stay healthy. Good luck the rest of the way….

By eff the BCS

August 30, 2008 8:24 PM | Link to this

althdog,

You mistakenly think that opinions that differ from your own is criticism. I just want the Dawgs to get what they’ve worked for all this time, and if they don’t play to the polls’ idea of a #1 team they won’t get that opportunity. I’m certain that, if at the end of the season UGA and Oklahoma are 12-1 and USC or OSU is 11-1, then the Dawgs will be the odd team out if the polls are unimpressed with how we got there. Just because LSU and UF got in the NC is no guarantee that UGA will, too.

By kevinW

August 30, 2008 8:25 PM | Link to this

Tech only gave up 14 to a better small school. That kind of D wont cut it in the SEC.

By eff the BCS

August 30, 2008 8:30 PM | Link to this

LTR,

Get used to it. Until, and probably after, the play each other, that is basically all you are going to hear from those guys. And they have an inordinate amount of sway. That’s my point.

By eff the BCS

August 30, 2008 8:35 PM | Link to this

On another subject, it was nice to see Michigan stumble again. Good to see Va. Tech get their butts handed to them. And now I’m watching watching the wheels fall off for Clemson. It’s been a good day so far.

By kepah

August 30, 2008 8:40 PM | Link to this

Still undisciplined, to many penalties. Not looking championship caliber

By athdog

August 30, 2008 8:45 PM | Link to this

effthebcs, No, I think that blogs that state the defense has no ‘pride or pop’ ARE, not is, criticism. Where’d you learn grammar, you rotten toothed volfan?

By BigP

August 30, 2008 8:57 PM | Link to this

You are already ripping your defense and your DC Martinez. You gave up 21 points and a bunch of yards and this is a rebuilding division 2 team. Good luck winning 8 this year.

By Cuz

August 30, 2008 8:58 PM | Link to this

Who gives a flip about the MNC, I yell Earn It, just for the pride factor. I am proud of the number one ranking that my team has got. With that said, if we do not end the year number one, but we win the SEC, then I am satisfied. The SEC is a real championship. LSU got that, a MNC and all the tater salad they could handle last year. Win the SEC is always my goal, as should be the team’s. But if we are ranked number one, and everyone wants a reason to take it away, then throw it in the naysayer’s faces. So EARN IT!! Tell those ESPN Maharishi Yogi’s to bite us.

To the blogger formerly known as Disney Dawg, thanks, glad to know you are alive and well in the blogasphere.

Great game UF, nice to see the WAC is still whacky. Scheduling a game in the swamp, what were the Bows thinking, drinking, smoking. Oh yeah, Maui Whowee.

By Realistic

August 30, 2008 8:58 PM | Link to this

Typical posting I expected from the dawg fans on here. I am a GSU alum, so I wanted to see what we had today. A little disappointing leaving at least 10 points off the board, pretty pretty happy overall. Looking at the other IAA teams that were playing the big guys today, I think the Eagles should do well this year. I think Henton will have a better performance once he has some more work with the offense.

And an observation…..uga is a good team, but with the schedule they have and having to win the SEC championship game as well, there is no way they are going to the National Championship game, it is set up for the teams that play in lesser conferences(Big 10, PAC 10) to make it. Too bad the big guys cant figure out how to have a playoff like the “little guys”.

By Cheerwino

August 30, 2008 9:17 PM | Link to this

Look, UGA folks just aren’t going to run the score up on a friend like GSU. These programs are tight. UGA gave second and third strings a chance to play, which they need if we get hit by injuries in the heart of the season.

No reason to put offensive stars at risk for injury for longer than needed to score. Offense looked strong. And despite the old adage, it’s offense that wins football games and defense that saves them.

Defense needs to get back to the Junkyard days, though!

By Bravesfan in canton NOT OHIO

August 30, 2008 9:24 PM | Link to this

Alrighty! the Dawgs won……….against poor GA southern! Lord have mercy……………the dawgs are a barking. EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW. the only thing good about the Dawgs is that Dawg VII aka Loren’s best is so cute. otherwise…………………GOOD LUCK DAWGIES!

By Eagles1

August 30, 2008 9:52 PM | Link to this

Eagle Fans, Hold your heads high. Our guys held their own against a talented UGA team. Remember who you are, show your eagle pride and hail the blue and the white. We’ve got a great season in front of us and Georgia Southern needs your support!

For all the eagle alumns wearing red and black today, riding around with UGA tags and forgetting where you came from…shame on you. We need loyalty and our students and true fans showed it today! Good job Eagles!

By Palmetto State Dawg

August 30, 2008 10:00 PM | Link to this

Chip, maybe you can help me understand this. It seems like GA has way more serious injuries to players than the average team EVERY year. These injuries make me sick. Losing Owens is HUGE, and will affect our season big time. Owens, Banks, Sturdivant, Southerland, White, Washington. What is up with these injuries??? It’s like this every year with them!!

By DOGGIE

August 30, 2008 10:17 PM | Link to this

Hey ESPN - KM didn’t pull a hamey - get your facts straight morons. Couldn’t you say something about the DOGGIES being up 38 and setting it on cruise control? You better straighten up and start stating the facts if you are going to be showing most of the SEC games going forward. DIRTBAGS! (maybe we should have put that in the contract) GO #1 DOGGIES!

By Lou

August 30, 2008 10:22 PM | Link to this

I am a UGA grad from 1985 and have been going to games for over twenty years and never have I had as tough a time as today. Needless to say I didnt get in with my son, after driving from Atlanta, like I have done hundreds of times before. Even at the end of the 1st quarter those selling tickets(I dont want to call them what they should be called) were asking a minimum of one hundred dollars. Not one of the 15 people I asked would sell a ticket for less than three digits. I guess thats what a number one ranking and seemingly more fans than there have been before will do to you. I love the Dawgs but wont be making anymore trips up to Athens without tickets if today is any indication. I have never seen more disappointed people and families who couldnt get in all because most of the tickets seemed to be in the hands of the lowest people on earth.

By Cuz

August 30, 2008 10:25 PM | Link to this

Eagles 1, don’t forget that a lot of Southern alums were unable to get in to UGA due to the Adams standards. These are alums of Southern who were denied entrance into UGA after being life long Dawg fans. I am a UGA alum, and a fan of Southern. I pull for you guys all year. It is a different game that you and I are playing. That’s just the way it is.

By lou

August 30, 2008 10:27 PM | Link to this

why doesnt the most recent blog appear at the top like any other normal blog and work from most recent to least. Wouldnt that make sense

By bh

August 30, 2008 10:29 PM | Link to this

This is the second time we have played GSU in a meaningless game and lost a dominant player on defense - first Boss Bailey under Donnan and now Owens (on heels of losing of our best o line guy). We need to either stop playing these meaningless games with teams like GSU where we are expected to win and the only question is the spread or get one heck of a lot more physical, dominant them physically and get our starters out quicker. At the end of the day losing Owens is bad. CMR also needs to relook at his overall conditioning program - using unusual cool weather in August as excuse for cramps is not going to cut it. Cramps are a direct result of loss of fluids - clearly heat plays a role but the staff needs to compensate and the fact that heat was not there earlier sinply meant more fluids should have been administered during the game. Finally,perhaps he should lokk at his conditioning and off-season program staff - two season ending knee injuries for linemen suggests that some work needs to be done here. This is not the first time CMR team has been slammed by injuries. Also, perhaps they should look at the knee braces they are using. Before someone gets on and starts the football is a violent sport - I played and know how violent it is, still when we get these type of injuries like this (same for Florida) we need to relook at everything to make sure we are doing the best we can to minimize them .

By tech d

August 30, 2008 10:34 PM | Link to this

insects please..we were only warming up for the sec..ga. southern is a top ranked acc school…atlantic ..cumberland..conference….we’ll let the nose picking nerds know when we play the sec …okay ..as for the insects from the trade school..ga.southern fans admitted they were disappointed to have your institution dodge them for so long…shame the nerds are scared to play the eagles…eagles would pick your noses for you…get back to your train station engineer and start playing football on saturday’s instead of on thursday’s…one tech fan told me he couldn’t even find ya’ll on the radio course he lives in alabama where there are no radios

By eff the BCS

August 30, 2008 10:37 PM | Link to this

I graduated from the University of Georgia, athdog. I made a error in grammar. I’ll probably make more. Down, boy.

You mistook my post. I only said that we have different opinions. I don’t have any other allegiance except to my Dawgs. Sorry that you took it as an attack.

By lulu

August 30, 2008 10:40 PM | Link to this

vote for obama lou he’ll just give you tickets..get a clue lou…you sound like a tech fan…heck go to one of their games their fans have alot of class and their players go to class..they just have a terrible football program

By Sting Attack

August 30, 2008 10:40 PM | Link to this

Dogs looked pathetic to me. How can you be considered # 1 and barely beat a middle of the road team in Ga. Southern?

By Eric C.

August 30, 2008 10:45 PM | Link to this

Yeah Chip…what’s up with all of the injuries? Just devastating…

By eff the BCS

August 30, 2008 10:45 PM | Link to this

See, I had a typo in the last post. Things happen.

By big p=techie

August 30, 2008 10:47 PM | Link to this

howdy insect we can spot you closet tech fans a mile away…great to have you on a georgia blog ..study some football while your here taken time away from underwater fairy hugging in buckhead…dawgs may not win 8 games but we now know we’ll win two!….by the way you can pick up another sec a* whipping on abc if you’ll turn it on !!!!

By Cuz

August 30, 2008 10:48 PM | Link to this

Eff, remember grasshopper, the fire is not so hot until you touch it. Heck we all make gramma, uh grammar mistakes. It is called an Alt, after my great friend, Altamaha Dawg. We post to fast, proofread too little. See at least one maybe two grammatical errors in the last sentence. Who cares so long as we win and I dont have to eat crow salad. It is really bad, too many feathers, but tastes like chicken.

By Regan

August 30, 2008 10:53 PM | Link to this

LOU, donate a total of $10,000 and you to could get a chance to buy season tickets at face value. Now, you don’t like “THE LOWEST PEOPLE ON EARTH” but sounds like the COLLEGE is pimping fans worse than the scalpers. I doubt you graduated from high school if you can’t do that simple math. Why don’t you donate anyway to get a shot at tickets? The RED & BLACK Handicap Permit doesn’t make you enough GREEN?

By For Those About To Rock

August 30, 2008 10:54 PM | Link to this

CMR is a woosy, never covers the spread, plays too many wannabees, watch out for LSU and UF, Ugay will do best at 9-3 and the Citrus Bowl…..wait a minute, you can’t spell citrus without UT, Ugay to the Music City Bowl and Yellow Skeeters will be in a frenzie to get to Nashville, he will have an absolute jolly session with himself!!!!

By diamond dawg

August 30, 2008 10:54 PM | Link to this

Here’s what I’ll take away from today:

1. We now have lost our best O-Lineman and best D-Lineman. Hopefully the depth we’ve been recruiting for years will step up.

2. Man, the ACC stinks. Just awful.

3. Brent Musburger wants to have Julio Jones’ baby.

By bcs hasn't even started

August 30, 2008 10:55 PM | Link to this

votes tonight will only be an opinion the more accurate assessment will be the first bcs poll, if we are undefeated then we’ll be number 1, no big deal..usc beat virginia, wow major win..virginia is definitely a power house…and ohio state beat youngstown state…course youngstown state lost their preseason opener to oldstown state…today’s game was meaningless except to southern fans..next week’s opponent is a better measure..the mac is a decent conference and definitely as strong as any acc school

By War Eagle

August 30, 2008 10:57 PM | Link to this

Just a quick note about news media, their DARLINGS are Ohio State, Southern Cal , Notre Dame and Bama. UGA and Auburn are down the list, so don`t be surprised if Southern Cal jumps ahead of the dawgs next week. If Bama wins tonight they will move from NO RANKINGS to 10th. they call Saban the most powerful coach in America and yet he has lost 15(MIAMI-BAMA) games last two years, almost total CMR career…BS..Suitcase will move on

By molardog

August 30, 2008 10:59 PM | Link to this

Damn there’s al ot of myopic idiots on this blog.

By insect fans

August 30, 2008 10:59 PM | Link to this

hope ya’ll are better than clemson…lol

By eff the BCS

August 30, 2008 10:59 PM | Link to this

Gotcha, Cuz. Just wasn’t expecting to have my pedigree questioned along with my grammar. I’m a lot of things, but a rotten-toothed vol fan isn’t one.

You gotta love wathcing Bama pour it on against Clemson. A middle of the pack (we think) SEC team schooling the class of the ACC. And after their other (ahem) power lost to East Carolina. Long season ahead for those guys.

By musberger

August 30, 2008 11:04 PM | Link to this

i think musberger and holtz are both drinking joy juice before these games course holtz is doing so and espn probably pre-tapes his segments….musberger is still pulling for a clemson comeback..a little late brent ..this game was over when it was scheduled!!!!!!!!!!

By Sting Attack

August 30, 2008 11:07 PM | Link to this

I can see these loses for the dogs already, Florida, Alabama, Auburn, Ga.Tech, LSU, Arizona State, & Tenn. National Champs My A_ _ !!!!!!!!!!!

By Sting Attack

August 30, 2008 11:08 PM | Link to this

I can see these loses for the dogs already, Florida, Alabama, Auburn, Ga.Tech, LSU, Arizona State, & Tenn. National Champs My A_ _ !!!!!!!!!!!

By Salty Dawg

August 30, 2008 11:08 PM | Link to this

why doesnt the most recent blog appear at the top like any other normal blog and work from most recent to least. Wouldnt that make sense

Lou, Shhhh, common sense isn’t allowed on the AJC. Besides, it is fun repeatedly waiting for the full page to load and scrolling to the bottom. Especially with AJCs p**-poor server.

By playcalling

August 30, 2008 11:14 PM | Link to this

i like these comments…tech fans have to pull for the entire top twenty to try to move ahead of us cause the insects can’t beat us…techies you train drivers need to keep your full time jobs at the varsity and stay off these blogs unless you want to realistically talk football….we now know we’ll win 2 games that may be it but we’ll win two games ..you nerds know it and so do we!!!

By BigNCDAWG

August 30, 2008 11:16 PM | Link to this

I am jumping in here late guys but I had to respond to one of the early posters, war eagle. Great discription of the fla. coach. That description of pouring it on, could fit most of the SEC coaches, but not Richt. He is the class act of the league. Don’t be hard on the team based on the showing today. We have a lot more bullets to fire.

By stingattack

August 30, 2008 11:17 PM | Link to this

your mother and i would like you to go to bed..we need some quality time

By eff the BCS

August 30, 2008 11:20 PM | Link to this

War Eagle, I still think they have a lot of live for the Sooners, too, considering they tank their bowl game every year. You’re right, though, about Bama. Last year they went from unranked to 16th in one week (UGA fixed that pretty quickly). I’m guessing they’ll be #12 this week. If I’m not mistaken, Saban averages 4 losses a season. Take away his big year at LSU and it obviously gets worse…I just heard Kirk Herbstreit mention that they never thought about Bama when looking at the UGA schedule. I find that difficult to believe considering their adulation of all things Saban

By lou=apology

August 30, 2008 11:22 PM | Link to this

gave you a hard time earlier but it really doesn’t make sense about the blog…..but you probably spent over $100 in gas to get to athens go ahead and buy the tickets or stand outside and look at the women…at least it isn’t like bobby dodd stadium where you might get mugged if you don’t hurry on in…course the tech fans scalp tickets for two dollars so they can get a chili dawg and flirt with the servers at the varsity

By playcalling

August 30, 2008 11:27 PM | Link to this

bet richt and bobo didn’t show a whole lot guys, what do you think? tech probably showed their entire playbook on thursday….spells trouble for the insects when gardner-webb comes calling….isn’t that where john drew played basketball

By Salty Dawg

August 30, 2008 11:28 PM | Link to this

By Sting Attack- I can see these loses for the dogs already, Florida, Alabama, Auburn, Ga.Tech, LSU, Arizona State, & Tenn. National Champs My A_ _ !!!!!!!!!!!

Your post was revealed as the pure fantasy that it is when you included the bumble bees on that list. Wake up son. The new HC may indeed turn your program around, but you have a long way to go before you’re ready to compete with a real team from the SEC.

By sandra

August 30, 2008 11:34 PM | Link to this

to “teacherDawg Bite my south Georgia @ss! Most of if not all of the complaints are from Atlanta. Those so called rednecks south Georgia fans you spoke so derogatorily about- They generally don’t interest themselves with the AJC. Historically, they get much more respect from the Florida Times Union!

By Michael G.

August 30, 2008 11:34 PM | Link to this

eff the BCS

Watching all the highlight shows and no one is saying that UGA’s 3 + TD margin of victory is unimpressive. We will still be #1 after this game; no one in the media really starts paying attention to polls til the first week in October. We keep winning games and the strenght of our schedule will carry the team to where they and we all want them to go. LSU proved last year with the number of close wins they had last year that if you are highly ranked and play tough teams during the season, then no pollster or computer will keep us out of Miami. UGA’s fate is in their own hands regardless of “style” points. Win, and your in.

By The Big Bug

August 30, 2008 11:34 PM | Link to this

We may have the ugliest uniforms but you have the ugliest mascot.

Mike T.: WHAT?

Picture, if you will,GA loses 4 games, dog fans howl, Richt flees to The U, GA football collapses and reverts to the customary Goff/Donnan days of mediocrity. I’m not saying……I’m just saying…

By diamond dawg

August 30, 2008 11:35 PM | Link to this

Musburger just reported that UGA VII was introduced over there between the hedges in Oxford…

Can we get him and Lou Holtz together sometime soon. That would be priceless.

Debating where we’ll be ranked is a moot point. After the USC/OSU game in 2 weeks, the winner of that game will more than likely acquire the points of the loser and vault ahead of the Dawgs. As long as we win though, Dawgs will be no worse than 2 and that’s all that matters in the BCS game.

Not trying to rub salt here but I actually feel bad for Clemson fans. Tommy Bowden needs to go. They have WAY too much talent to get beat this bad. I really do hope though that Clemson is real bad and bama ain’t real good.

By For Those About To Rock

August 30, 2008 11:36 PM | Link to this

lou=apology, take a look at the Ugay cheerleaders this year, looks like they took anyone who’s daddy coughed up the $$$ to get these DOGS on the squad. I love women like most of the male population, but VERY disappointed in these hags!!!! Maybe this crew was hanging around that dump of the Varsity in Athens with RACKEM’!!!!

By big bug

August 30, 2008 11:40 PM | Link to this

what a mascot…a bug…impressive

By eff the BCS

August 30, 2008 11:40 PM | Link to this

That shows class, lou=apology. We should remember that most of us on this blog are fellow UGA fans. We might not be in lock step, but we have that in common. That’s cool, what you did.

Well, MSU kept the day from being an SEC sweep. Hope UK takes the W tomorrow against Louisville. A very good day, all in all.

Hope Brent gets to spend some time alone with Saban tonight. He might not recover emotionally otherwise. Geez. Can you say bootlicker?

By rack-em

August 30, 2008 11:46 PM | Link to this

if you are a tech fan(aka..bug) your probably having to rack your own balls..i’ve seen the tech women..there’s some good looking ones but they usually end up with uga frat boys… what do you nerds say to pick up the women…”hey i’m the biggest bug in the nest…or hey i just one the intramural chess tournament…crawl back under your rock if you are about to rock nerd

By You got to be kidding me

August 30, 2008 11:47 PM | Link to this

Come on people! After what the Dawgs did to Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl and got blessed out by the announcers why would we do the same thing to a D-II team from our own state who didn’t come in thinking they were all that! We played a good game, simple offense, simple effective defense and gave some younger guys early playing time! The injuries are a bit of a concern but that is what happens when your ranked this high! Yes GSU scored 21 but the game was out of reach at that point anyway! Now that they have the first win under their belts, lets start taking it to the other teams on the schedule!! Go Dawgs!

By dear diamond dawg

August 30, 2008 11:51 PM | Link to this

i’m telling you lou and musberger are drinking before the telecast …maybe even during their telecasts..espn and abc would do well to let them team up…would be kinda hilarious….amazing how musberger ..a perennial ohio state fan is kissing the sec’s a*******e$!

By good pt kiddin me

August 30, 2008 11:56 PM | Link to this

richt is too classy for running up the score …heck the last 2y ears he held back against tech..i think his family ancestors were friends with bobby dodd

By WHAT LOU SAID

August 31, 2008 12:06 AM | Link to this

last week lou actually said he could see notre dame going undefeated..i really figured after last year someone sensible wouldn’t consider notre dame a threat until they did something..heck tech even beat em course so did everyone else…but tech still claims it as a major victory up there with beating the four horseman

By Cuz

August 31, 2008 12:08 AM | Link to this

Roll Tide, no one gave you any props because you played the preseaon acc number onee ccccccccccccccclemmmmssonn tiggggggers. Now dont you feel better..

I will give you this. No one after tonight can say you cannot contend for the SEC west. You could be the team that destroys our dream. But I think perhaps, we will watch along the watchtower. Hendrix rif now.

Dawgs lose four games, man how much does that stuff you do cost. I got a hundred bucks to get some of that, or I will trade you some of my Oxycotins. My drugs alleviate pain, yours make you delusional. Have you tried South Georgia mushrooms. Try them and your team will win the Mythical National Championship.

Chip, your bosses still suk. the buzzards just dont care. these children of parents of female dogs that were not married are so low a worm could do the limbo under them. it must really bite to work for spineless lizards who have no respect for you or us, just ratings. Pity. Maybe one day the insults I hurl will mean something, but according to the AJC free speech clause, not so much.

By saban is powerful

August 31, 2008 12:10 AM | Link to this

yes definitely..anytime you beat mighty clemson you are the best coach in america…i think its just easy to win when you play a another college team in atlanta heck….we beat tech there quite regularly

By steve

August 31, 2008 12:25 AM | Link to this

Jeff Owens and Trinton sturdivant going down is going to be huge. Games are so often won or loss along the line of scrimmage. Bama vs Clemson tonight is a good example. I’m worried but hey… GO DAWGS! And Tech fans: go back to your Dungeons and Dragons game and lay off.

By eff the BCS

August 31, 2008 12:25 AM | Link to this

I hope you’re right, Michael G., but historically the AP hasn’t shown much respect for UGA. UF has their god-coach in Urban Meyer, and LSU is one of the polls’ SEC favorites, so nothing can be taken for granted.

I’m so old I remember getting shafted in ‘78 when the Dawgs went 9-1-1 and finished the regular season #11. In’81, after winning the NC the previous year (preseason #16), UGA was preseason #10. The following year, after compiling a 22-2 record in ‘80 and ‘81, and returning Herschel and a bunch of all-SEC players UGA dropped to #7 preseason. Then, in ‘83, after 2 perfect regular seasons in the past 3 years, They were ranked #15 to start the year. All three years there was at least one other SEC team ranked ahead of UGA, so they weren’t even expected to win the conference. The Dawgs were top 6 in the final poll those 3 years (31-4-1 overall).

That’s ancient history to most, but the pattern is still there. The darlings that War Eagle and I mentioned don’t have that hurdle to leap on an almost yearly basis. And Auburn has to face the same bias we do. Watch Bama leapfrog them over the next couple of weeks if they keep winning.

I’m with y’all about UGA controlling their destiny as far as a perfect season or the SEC championship. The BCS CG is not a given no matter what the Dawgs do. It’s better to keep the #1 or #2 rank now than depend on the voters to restore the ranking after a loss, or even an ugly win, so let’s hope that doesn’t happen.

GATA, Dawgs.

By Mike

August 31, 2008 12:30 AM | Link to this

They won the game. I hope Owens injury is not too serious.

By eff the BCS

August 31, 2008 12:33 AM | Link to this

As far as the BCS, for what it’s worth the Sagarin ratings have the Dawgs #9, so I’m not getting too hepped up about the computers helping UGA out, either. I hope I’m wrong; I don’t want to be the guy in the Flintstone cartoons who keeps saying “we’re doomed”, and walks around with a cloud over his head (Bad Luck Schleprock?). Have a good night…

By Cuz

August 31, 2008 12:40 AM | Link to this

Eff IT’S A LONG WAY TO THE TOP IF YOU WANTA ROCK N ROLL!

By diamond dawg

August 31, 2008 12:46 AM | Link to this

More perspective:

The last two years the SEC has won the BCS. Consider this: when UF won, USC had to lose to UCLA. If that doesn’t happen USC is probably champs. Last year, no way WVU loses to Pitt. If they win, WVU probably wins.

Basically what I’m saying is that without a couple of miracle losses at the end of the season, the SEC is being questioned for not winning BCS championships and the PAC 1 and Big Least are being touted as God’s gift to football.

My point is that any SEC team, whether it’s UF, LSU, UGA, or Auburn will need help from other conferences to get a shot to prove themselves. If you’re an SEC fan, a playoff system would benefit your team more than any conference in college football.

Congrats to bama on a great win tonight. Way to represent the SEC! GO DAWGS!!!

By eff the BCS

August 31, 2008 12:54 AM | Link to this

Cuz,

I’m rocking out with rhapsody.com as we type. You gotta try it out. They have almost everything there is musically.

And if you want a good laugh, check out engrish.com (that’s spelled correctly). I know I sound like a computer slave a la the GT bugs, but it’s not that way at all. I had to be led by the nose to this stuff…

By Cuz

August 31, 2008 1:07 AM | Link to this

eff, I have little time and many children, this is a quick escape. I just decided by my ownself that AC-DC Its a long way to the top, matched our national preseason ranking as the song that just fit. I played it so many times today it has a groove in it.

No matter our ranking, It is a long way to the top.

By Fort Worth Dawg

August 31, 2008 1:41 AM | Link to this

I magaged to listen to part of the game on XM Radio. My first time to hear Munson clearly in many years (I could not hear him clearly in the stadium via a walkman when I was at the Colorado game because of crowd noise). I love Munson, and he gets to retire on his own terms — having said that he sounded like he was in pain and very tired today.

I lost count of how many times the phrase “SEC exposed the ACC” was used on TV today. I have seen UGA highlighted in both the NCAA ‘09 game and Kingsford charcoal commercials (I’m thinking the Clempson version of the NCAA ‘09 commercial gets trash-canned starting now). Derek Dooley, a UGA (law) grad, got a big win today, but I’m sad that it had to be Croom/an SEC team that was the victim. It’s obvious that the SEC is going to be a meatgrinder yet again. LSU, South Carolina, Alabama, Florida, and Auburn all look scary. I bet that Clempson coach that made the “jokes” about the Bama recruits driving off in their Escalades gets his rear end chewed for a week or two.

By Lex Luthor

August 31, 2008 1:50 AM | Link to this

Lackluster win? UGA put them under their foot and kept them there w/o running up the score, and while letting everyone play!

By eff the BCS

August 31, 2008 3:45 AM | Link to this

Gotcha again. That’s why you only see my posts here and there. Very little free time. Took today to spend with football, and still basking in the new season.

By ............................................BuLLdawg

August 31, 2008 4:50 AM | Link to this

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Typical B.S. Hey, Chipper Towers Top 10 ACC Climpson Farmers LOST in THIS CITY today to a lesser-ranked team in a blow-out to The SEC’s 6th worst ranked SEC team, Alabama.

And, that is the BEST TEAM in the ACC.

And, 6th worst-ranked SEC team who slaughtered them.

In related news, the ACC remains about 8 miles off as 2 sky-divers thought they were at UNC and instead showed up at Duke seeing as how NO ONE WAS AT EITHER GAME it is easy to understand they were confused.

UGA scored 45 points although Knowshon only had 8 carries, 3 for TDs; and he added 2 catches over 25 yards each for 10 plays.

Caleb King had nearly a 100-yard rushing day of his own and he barely played either.

You seem wholly unable to realize that we were ahead 38 to nothing, before calling off The Dawgs and playing the entire roster.

UGA will remain Number 1 in all polls.

A guy you said wasn’t even going to play, caught the 1st pass of the season for 50-yards, and later added a TD catch from the back-up QB.

That’s the 2nd string back-up QB, not the 3rd string who added two long runs himself in the game - looking quite good as well.

The OL you said didn’t exist, destroyed their counterparts, although they too played 3 deep.

Georgia Southern has a Better Football Coach than Georgia Tech, and beat Appalachian State after Appalachian State beat Michigan.

Of course, who doesn’t beat Michigan ?

Oh, excuse me Tim Tebow and Florida crocodiles don’t. Now, do they ?

Jeff Owens was a BUST you said Chipper Towers but now that he is lost for the season, he’s an all-star candidate now.

You are so typical Chipper Towers. Try to be consistent on 1 point, 1 day, in 1 article.

Too much to ask. I thought GSU looked like a very good football team with 2 good quarterbacks, and a good defense.

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By TV Fan

August 31, 2008 6:19 AM | Link to this

Comcast Sucks. A lot of people just can’t see the Games.

By ............................................BuLLdawg

August 31, 2008 6:47 AM | Link to this

$24.95 did not prevent any one from watching the game.

By TV Fan

August 31, 2008 7:19 AM | Link to this

Comcast Sucks. A lot of people just can’t see the Games.

By Oledawg

August 31, 2008 7:58 AM | Link to this

Chip- Why don’t you explain to some of these numbnuts that the media will set up USC and OSU as #1 and 2 in order to build up the frenzy before their game(“The game of the Century, folks-#1 vs #2). After they play, the winner will get gradually downsized as long as UGA and the lizards are winning until they play in J’ville and it again will be “The Game of the Year”. Etc..

Did Sacamano take advantage of the collar ceremony by exorting the South Stands to yell “Sic’im” as Adams placed the collar on Uga? We will never get that opportunity for our Alums again.

The Dawgs had good effort and some loss of focus as did ALL the teams on tv. The lizards didn’t even score in the first qtr.. They looked like the team we whipped last year. Enjoy the win and let the coaches worry about the team. Every thing Richt fretted about before the game was borne out during the game. So what. You didn’t listen because you thought he was going thru his Brer Rabbit routine when he in fact was just being honest like he always is. There is a lot of injury and soreness these players are experiencing because they are playing hard while in there. That doesn’t bode well for practice this week. So get ready to hear what that will do to practice later.

A.J. and Caleb looked great. The receivers and runners performed great. The Freshmen looked great. Enjoy! Richt and Company are looking at the year and doing a fine job in my eyes to set up the rest of the games. One game at the time is a perfect philosophy to grind through this schedule. In case some of you dunderheads didn’t notice, this year’s opponents won also. Methinks this year just got tougher. But I saw chinks in their armor that will develope into a long list by our coaches that we most certainly will take advantage of later on.

That missile that A.J. caught from Staff will be in my memory highlights for some time. Let our opponents chew on Caleb’s performance also. Remember, they now realize why we don’t tremble in fear of their new weapons. These Freshmen have taken care of out opponent’s new weapons double-fold.

Sleep well UgaVI. Your son is now on watch.

By AltamahaDawg

August 31, 2008 8:17 AM | Link to this

And that first FG from our Freshman kicker would have barely been good from 60 yards. That’s terrible.

By AltamahaDawg

August 31, 2008 8:26 AM | Link to this

One of the things that made me proud is that appearantly the UGA crowd has decided to grow up finally. I didn’t hear anyone booing UGAVII because Adams was out there. Homecoming queens, parents of students, honored guests, bowl game dignitaries, wives and children, have never stopped that total lack of class before. Going to be a great year.

By john

August 31, 2008 8:38 AM | Link to this

here puppy,puppy,puppy.comeon up to columbia.

By northwestgadawg

August 31, 2008 8:39 AM | Link to this

its fun being ranked #1 but the most fun is that college foobtball has begun..should be a very interesting season and dawgs should win em all….definitely have great depth and an extra blocker in sutherland will be back soon……hope the insect nation down on north avenue gets ready fot the annual thanksgiving game with georgia …we’ll be serving up deep fried bugs this year instead of turkey…go dawgs

By DJSTHEGREATESTQBOFALLTIME

August 31, 2008 8:42 AM | Link to this

Look we are not the top team in the Country. Maybe we will be as the season progresses. But this team was very unimpressive. Stafford still can’t throw the ball down field with much accuracy.

By Dawgs Breath

August 31, 2008 8:52 AM | Link to this

21 points….If Blair Walsh hadn’t pushed that dude out of bounds it would have been another 6..maybe 7pts for them. Nice foot, nice hustle; good addition to this team.

By Dawgs Breath

August 31, 2008 8:52 AM | Link to this

21 points….If Blair Walsh hadn’t pushed that dude out of bounds it would have been another 6..maybe 7pts for them. Nice foot, nice hustle; good addition to this team.

By Dawgs Breath

August 31, 2008 8:52 AM | Link to this

21 points….If Blair Walsh hadn’t pushed that dude out of bounds it would have been another 6..maybe 7pts for them. Nice foot, nice hustle; good addition to this team.

By cd

August 31, 2008 8:54 AM | Link to this

chip is the game saturday going to be on tv? on georgiadogs.com it says it will be on fsn south, but here on the ajc it just says pay-per view.

good solid performance today by the dawgs.

By AltamahaDawg

August 31, 2008 9:10 AM | Link to this

poor ACC, couldn’t even get the paratroopers in the right stadium. As if it really mattered.

By Uncle Dave

August 31, 2008 9:51 AM | Link to this

Here’s what I get from this weekend:

wow No offense in the country except maybe USC has equal talent at the skill positions… adding King, Samuel, and Green just put our guys in another stratosphere.

Danger Will Robinson We are in real trouble if we lose another lineman on either side of the ball… and may be in some danger now if the boys don’t step up. We will not really know until they play an SEC game.

* The Tide Rises* Alabama may be the toughest opponent on our schedule… and that is saying something. They looked like like world beaters last night. If they play like that , the SEC west is theirs for the taking… they are coming to Athens in week 5! It will be a great day between the hedges.

Lou Holtz is a strange man, but he is compelling television. I just watched him break into some sort of fit resembling epileptic break dancing after they did the helmet sticker portion of the ESPN show. It is refreshing to see a grown man go to the happy place in front of millions of people, and I guess he has good reason after what ECU did yesterday.

By patrick

August 31, 2008 9:57 AM | Link to this

Chip - please find out why JOE COX was in there on the third series??? I’ve looked everywhere with no explanation. I’m curious about the philosophy there; surely, it cannot be an attempt to set up a two QB system or some kind of confidence building for JC.

Thanks, Chip.

By Eagleforever

August 31, 2008 10:02 AM | Link to this

Oh UGA. First, may I just say that this ‘middle of the road team’ that is Ga Southern also went 28-48 against your beloved DAWGS in 2000. This year I was impressed to see a team that is coming back from having it’s program destroyed by Van Gorder ( an ex DAWG coach)during the 06 season and that had 8 good played suspended do so well against UGA. So, give credit where it is due. UGA has a deeper bench and more money. GSU has a tradition of winning and playing excellent football. So I will say congrats to the bulldogs but it’s a shame that you can’t show a little more respect to this 1AA team that performed very well against the #1 team.

By ............................................BuLLdawg

August 31, 2008 10:04 AM | Link to this

Fox Sports South HD TV 3:30 p.m.

http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/sports/2008georgiabulldogsfootballschedulewidget.html

That’s the URL Link to the TV Schedule. Why ask Chipper Towers ? He doesn’t know unless I tell him.

Saturday 6 September vs. the 2-time Defending MAC Champions Central Michigan, who have quite a Quarterback.

By ............................................BuLLdawg

August 31, 2008 10:09 AM | Link to this

They interviewed Coach Richt on Joe Cox playing, and ask CMR why he played Joe Cox so early in the game. Coach Richt said that Joe Cox earned the playing time. And, that here at UGA when you earn the playing time, YOU PLAY.

By Eagleforever

August 31, 2008 10:10 AM | Link to this

Oh, I may have mistyped and said 2000 game when I meant 2004. Can’t remember but eh, just in case I did I have realized my mistake.

By Pago Flyer

August 31, 2008 10:34 AM | Link to this

If GA Southern can put 21 points on the board….better watch out for CMU…!

By 1eyedJack

August 31, 2008 10:49 AM | Link to this

Repeat my post from the Shultz blog.

I’m happy! It could have been 77-0 if CMR had wanted to embarrass them. Coach has more class than that. Besides why try to destroy a fellow state school’s program or reputation. They need to recruit here too.

We started substituting liberally on the second series. Everybody got to play. Even the guys who hold the tackling dummies in practice got in there before it was over.

Stafford looked good. Knowshon looked good (8 carries 3 TDs). AJ Green looked good. Caleb and Samuels looked good. Dowtin looks as if he can help. The first team D was excellent. The O-line played well.

People it was a tune up game. It was what I thought it would be considering we haven’t been able to practice much live hitting for fear of killing each other and the lack of hot weather for conditioning.

The one negative I saw was the injury to Owens that could be big later. Let’s just hope and pray it’s a sprain.

UGA VII 1-0!!! Go DAWGS!!! Woof!!!

BTW congrats to Alabama on a nice win.

By Maddawg

August 31, 2008 10:54 AM | Link to this

Eagleforever,

the vast majority of dawg fans are also gsu fans too. you can’t listen too the exceptions. everyone knows we are a much larger school and it isn’t an equal playing field. gsu does have an excellent tradition that was started by one of our own. hatcher is an awesome coach and good times are on the way!!

myself and most dawg fans will be rooting for the eagles from here on out!!

By Eagleforever

August 31, 2008 11:14 AM | Link to this

I appreciate the sentiment Maddawg but sadly a lot of the ‘dawg fans’ tend to be talking smack.

I hope UGA fans appreciate that they got to play a pretty good team so now they can see any weak spots that need shoring up for when their SEC play starts.

By shane #1

August 31, 2008 11:18 AM | Link to this

Congrats to Ga Southern for playing hard and not quitting. As a resident of So Ga I am looking for a big year from the Eagles. The Dawgs look fine to Me. My main concern was the O line and They seem to be gelling. We will know for sure when we get to the SEC games. War Eagle, remember when I told You what would happen in the Bama-Clemson game? I said I would pick Saban with all summer to prepare over Bowden the younger anytime, regardless of what kind of talent Tommy had. Looks like Tommy-boy held true to form.

By dg

August 31, 2008 11:35 AM | Link to this

Can someone explain to me why we always take a knee when we have a free play? Whenever Stafford draws the defense offsides the center snaps the ball and Stafford takes a knee. I agree with the quick snap but why don’t they just go for the endzone on a free play? Seems pretty basic to me.

By Reality Check

August 31, 2008 11:35 AM | Link to this

The score was 38-0 when the mass exit of the first teamers occurred.

Would the naysayers be happier if CMR pulled a Pete Carroll and left his first teamers in ‘til 5 minutes left in the game?

Probably not.

By mdawg

August 31, 2008 11:40 AM | Link to this

BuLLdog, GET OFF THIS BLOG!!! We don’t want to here from you. How many more people have to tell you that we aren’t interested in your Chip bashing.

By Gen Neyland

August 31, 2008 11:44 AM | Link to this

A tip of the hat to the Red Elephants. Some of the Baby Freshman Elephants did well. We’ll see how they stand up to some real SEC football soon. All in all, a good D performance from the Pachyderms…

By BE#3

August 31, 2008 11:48 AM | Link to this

The Dawgs basically treated the 2nd half of this game like a scrimmage for the 2nd and 3rd team units to get some valuable game experience. So thus the late 21 pts scored by GaSouthern. Sometimes I’m amazed at how bad our fans are! We’ve got 3rd string kids in and our fans are yelling, frustrated that we’re “allowing” Ga Southern’s 1st team to score!

You know that our schemes were vanilla on O and D b/c we don’t need to show anything special for Ga Southern. Not a knock against Ga Southern b/c they have a good team, but don’t have the size and speed of a D1, SEC program. We’ll probably see something entirely different against CMU.

I hope it’s hot and humid all week during practice though! We gotta deal with these cramps! It’s gonna be miserable for the 3:30 kickoff in Columbia in 2 weeks!

GO DAWGS! Still the #1 team in the land!

By cmr_class

August 31, 2008 11:50 AM | Link to this

Classy doesn’t keep you at the top of the polls. Pardon the pun, but it’s a dawg eat dawg world out there in the media driven BCS.
Your “classy” decision to hold it down, as you perceive, may cost you a few votes. A great DL being out for the season may cost just as many if not more.
Really classy though.

By RaleighDawg

August 31, 2008 11:50 AM | Link to this

It’ll be funny to go back and read how wrong some of these comments are in a couple of weeks. As a proud alumnus of UGA (and by alumnus I don’t mean I took a w*zz in Sanford Stadium sometime in my life, but actually attended and graduated from UGA) I’m pleased with the win. Hey, a win’s a win. A lot of players got in the game, the offense looked outstanding, the defense was humbled a little bit (albeit when it didn’t really matter), Walsh, Green, King and Samuels look like the real deal and besides Owens there weren’t any major injuries. All in all a good day. Martinez has some things to work on but he’ll get it done before it starts to really matter.

As far as the pollsters are concerned, who cares? It’s a real long time before that starts to matter. Keep winning and they won’t be able to keep us from where we belong.

GSU fans- Best of luck in the rest of your season. You got some talent, now go dethrone App State.

In closing, does anyone else wish Lou Holtz would just go away? Geez, what an idiot!

By 82DAWG

August 31, 2008 12:00 PM | Link to this

Georgia didn’t play defense like the #1 team in the country. Martinez is going to have to step it up several notches if he doesn’t want to lose four or five games. He can’t wait for mid season for them to gell this year. Have to be ready NOW. That bend and break defense has got to go.

By Uncle Dave

August 31, 2008 12:20 PM | Link to this

Gen Neyland: I know you are having fun with tide fans (you tend to keep a friendly tone in your oppositon pont ot view that some others on this blog could learn from), but nobody should discount what they did last night in the Dome. We all know that Clemson’s offensive line is weak, so I can see the Bama defense may be a little overrated. However, the crisp execution of their new offensive scheme and the comfort of John Parker Wilson working behind a big and talented line… they will not be a pushover for anybody. Clemson has some serious talent on defense and Bama never let up on them. They have nothing but positives to take into the SEC schedule.

Let’s put it this way, Clemson is a much better opponent than the UCLA team your boys will play against Monday night. I hope your Vols wipe the floor with them, but you can bet Fulmer and Saban both know the level of competition gets much tougher when conference play begins. As far as Georgia is concerned, we get one more scrimmage to patch up things on the lines and then we play the toughest schedule of them all. I cannot imagine being able to predict who is going to come out on top this year… but at least we are now talking about real games instead of Pre-season hype.

By cd

August 31, 2008 12:33 PM | Link to this

so bulldawg your saying its on fox sports south? even if i dont have hd it will be on channel 48? just trying to make sure!

By Cuz

August 31, 2008 12:55 PM | Link to this

I watched the game in a local watering hole that had as many Southern fans as Dawg fans. After we had them 38-0, I kinda relaxed and enjoyed the lovely female company that was seated with me. The Southern fans broke into cheers with their first touchdown and it sounded as if they has won the game. I don’t mind them walking away with their heads held up, twenty-one points and half a million dollars. Nice consolation prizes for our young cousins from South Georgia.

By War Eagle

August 31, 2008 1:24 PM | Link to this

cuz, UGA should remain #1, but USC will be breathing down their throats, if Ohio State had beat Va like USC they would been vaulted to top spot. News media has their little PETS, UGA and Auburn is not one of them…hope all is well with your family. Auburn looked s0-s0, we are really young team. Starting more sophomores than Sr.

By AltamahaDawg

August 31, 2008 2:40 PM | Link to this

Gentlemen, some of those other teams just don’t have the kind of schedule coming up that we do. They can leave thier starters in and try to smokescreen thier way higher in the polls. WE have to win a lot of tough games. THEY have to win 2. WE need depth at the end of a long run, we dont need style points early. Empty the bench when you can, coach. And you know what, we might just have more issues than they do to work on.

If I were OSU and USC and knew my best chance was to get as high as possible as quickly as possible because the season was front loaded, I’d be out gunning for 70 points now.

Our fate is late Oct. and Nov. We win then and the 21 points to GSU will not even be in the discussion, other than to say, thank goodness we have coaches that weren’t afraid to give up a few points in order to improve the team.

By Kendawg

August 31, 2008 3:07 PM | Link to this

It’s hard to understand all the teeth gnashing by Dawg fans. It was 38-0 before GSU scored. I for one am happy that CMR played a lot of freshmen and backups on defense. We have a tough schedule ahead, and developing depth is not a bad thing. It looks bad for Jeff Owens; we can only hope it’s not an ACL tear.

By Dawg fan

August 31, 2008 3:10 PM | Link to this

Did I see this correctly? Was Michael Adams wearing a blue sportcoat and khaki pants? Can he not wear red or black on gameday? Isn’t blue part of Ga. Southern’s colors? Just thought I would throw that out…not sure if anyone else noticed.

By lester

August 31, 2008 3:32 PM | Link to this

how did the left tackle play on offense?

By Joe

August 31, 2008 4:18 PM | Link to this

I really don’t think we have much to worry about. I am starting to think that it was CMR intention to get a lot of 2nd and 3rd string guys in for the experience and to not show too much to the SEC opponents. I also think CMR is not comfortable with the #1 ranking anyway. Let someone else carry that load until November and then we take over.

By TybeeDawg

August 31, 2008 4:22 PM | Link to this

Alt, good point. USC had their first team i there most of the game…not atypical for them.

I am a little concerned that Moreno cramped up for as little as he played. I know it was hot…I was there…but it seemed to happen pretty quick. While losing Ownens hurts, it doesn’t change what we have a chance to do this year. Depth is what is going to mean the most by the end of the season.

By AltamahaDawg

August 31, 2008 4:23 PM | Link to this

Did I see that correcty? a grown man with nothing else to worry about than who wore a blue jacket? White is part of GSU color and his owner and handler had on white shirts. For god sakes man, Adams was slipping a collar on the new UGAVII on a beautiful day in Sanford Stadium at the start of UGA run to #1, thats is what you noticed?

By TheFIsh

August 31, 2008 4:47 PM | Link to this

I always love it when Dawg fans state that everything GSU does is against their “scrubs”. Well, let’s not forget that those “scrubs” are pretty much all four and five star players in high school, so skilled that they received a full scholarship to play football at UGA. GSU doesn’t sign those kinds of players out of HS. GSU’s signees are usually one or two star kids, with the occasional three star signing on.

Fact is that GSU did move the ball a bit against the UGA starters in the first half, a mix of starters and #2’s in the third quarter and at in the last five minutes of the game, the #3’s and lower. With the heat yesterday, you had to play more than the #1’s if you want to have a team to field next week.

Seems to me that I saw Stafford, Chandler and a few other offensive starters playing into the fourth quarter. Saw the same thing on defense, especially in the defensive backfield, so UGA didn’t just throw it’s third team in there in the third quarter like some of these posts seem to indicate. Watch the replay if you don’t believe it.

If you look at the TV replay, you’ll see that the GSU RB was clearly in the end zone a few plays before that interception by Ellerbe. The official placed it on the one yard line. That play and the missed FG were at least 10 points that GSU should have had in the first half. I also found it interesting that on the missed FG, one official signaled good, while the other signaled missed. Must have been real close.

It was great to see so many new faces get to play on both teams. GSU actually played 24 freshmen and 32 players who dressed for the first time in a GSU uniform. All told, GSU played 60 players yesterday, so GSU was playing some of its “scrubs” too.

The UGA #1’s should dominate the GSU #1’s and they did for the most part. You will find that the offenses in FCS or 1-AA are much better than the defenses. The only way for any FCS team to play with a top BCS team is to match them score for score. App State did it last season to Michigan because their team speed was as good if not better than Michigan’s. GSU’s team speed is as good as App State’s, but not as good as the UGA starters. App State found the same thing yesterday against LSU.

From what I saw yesterday, GSU might be better than a middle of the pack SoCon team. Those 24 freshmen who played in Sanford Stadium have some talent, and they will only get better now that they’ve gotten their feet wet.

UGA will be fine, and I’d bet they will beat other teams on their schedule by as much or more than they beat GSU. The schedule is brutal, but the Dawgs have tremendous talent. I just hate to read comments that belittle GSU efforts yesterday when the comparison between the programs financially and player for player isn’t not apples to apples. By the way. I think GSU only received $250,000 for the game and not the $500,000 mentioned earlier.

By georgiagirl

August 31, 2008 4:53 PM | Link to this

Well all the Bandwagon fans have showed up again, and starting their crying. A win with a lot of freshmen and red shirt freshmen getting time. As far as the other fans your season as only just started too, so don’t get on your high horse yet. GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don’t listen to the cry babies and the A@@ fans from the other teams.

By AltamahaDawg

August 31, 2008 5:02 PM | Link to this

Who belittled GSU, beside oldeagle?

By TheFIsh

August 31, 2008 5:09 PM | Link to this

Read all the posts Alatamaha. You’ll find lots of “cupcake” and “cream puff” shots in them.

By Oledawg

August 31, 2008 5:31 PM | Link to this

Chip- You have a cheering section!(or did you fake a bloggers name and…) Nah, just kidding you. I’m reading this love fest from rival schools and can’t think of a better place for it.

I smell respect among the SEC members. I think UGA fans and alums have respect for Ala., Tenn., Aub. and So.C….sorry, can’t get the last one out. Computer hangup,I guess. Seriously, this blog is filled with folks NOT talking smack, but realistically confronting what the season holds for us all. It’s a good thing because you won’t get it from ESPN. Take a good look at how they write up the SEC after game day. You will see that they devoted ink to UGA in order to point out our injuries, but not one mention of Staff or Knowshon. Last week on the air they selected who would be in the NC game and they selected OSU, USC, or OK. No one picked the #1 team in the nation. Hell no! They almost fall over themselves not to mention the top SEC team(at this point in the season) in the nation because they have made it plain all month that THEY didn’t select the Bulldogs, it was those stupid coaches and AP writers who collectively don’t know squat about football like ESPN does. The only favorable thing I like about Adams is his statement that some media groups wield too much power by twisting and deflecting deserved good marks for players and teams. All I heard the other day was “Beanie” Wells for Heisman. They never mentioned Knowshon or Timmy. It was as if they were waiting for the right moment to finally start pushing their OSU guy and enhance their reasoning to select OSU in the balloting for #1 while saying UGA’s season was lost with the loss of Sturdivant. Talk about overhyping! They live and breathe stats because Beanie and Tressel are in this little game with them and the ball isn’t spread around and the defenses in the big10(Wow! Thats an oxy-moron) aren’t good enough to challenge him like in the SEC. Now Beanie is injured. They(ESPN) wait with baited breath to see if he will be able to heroically come back. You would think he plays for ESPN the way they mention his name in all the sportscasts and during games. YAC should be the only weighted stat to present for runners. True backs like Caleb and Knowshon don’t have a chance during the one time in their life that they can show their stuff. LSU took care of Beanie last year(ESPN and OSU were hyping him and Laurinaitis to anyone who would listen) and Michigan’s QB took himself out of contention two yrs in a row after horrible hyping for a below average QB. I’m glad Richt took Knowshon and Staff out of the circus. The fans will decide later and hopefully blogs will call attention to ESPN’s attempts to obliterate the one chance true champions have to shine like stars. If it wasn’t so unbalanced, I would not open my computer to discuss the inequitable coverage of SEC athletes.

What I read on this blog is respect by most bloggers for other conference members. I’m one of them. Alabama took care of business from the gitgo. Saban almost yawned. That attracted my attention and also the attention of Richt who was in the stands supposedly. We have our work cut out for us and I’m sure the kids on the field are looking forward to performing between the hedges this year. The last time Bama was there, their QBs looked like twins in a mirror with their arms in slings (a righty and a lefty) and the third stringer had a limp. The line I saw last night ain’t going to let that happen to Wilson this year. It should be one tough struggle.

Auburn is always like playing your twin. You just don’t know how it will end (except last year it was pretty evident early on).

Tennessee is just waiting to get us again and with their same O line from last year will be more than this winningest team on the road can stand. Oh yeah. We have a bye week before that game.

So. Car. looks good to go already and hopefully we will be also in two weeks. UGA wouldn’t have it any other way!

So let’s hear the love flowing in before we meet on the field. I wish every team in this conference all the luck in the world except when we play you. It looks like we will need it all. Now that’s a better Brer Rabbit than Richt does.

UgaVI, even though your boy slept thru the last half of the third qtr and the final qtr last night, don’t disturb yourself. We gone tell his momma. Sic’em Dawgs.

By eff the BCS

August 31, 2008 5:40 PM | Link to this

Funny, I read the posts and didn’t see a lot of swipes being taken at GSU. In fact most are respectful of the Eagles’ program. Of course there are some bad apples, but you’ll see that anywhere.

By AltamahaDawg

August 31, 2008 5:43 PM | Link to this

OK, well if “lots” means none, I guess I saw those.

Incidentally “cupcake” is a long standing universally accepted term for a team in your schedule not in your league, figuratively and literally. (as you pointed out GSU clearly is not) It’s not an insult. It is what it is.

I think the reason you don’t see UGA fans in here heaping praise on GSU for giving us a great effort, is that its really no surprise, that’s exactly what we expected and got.

The fact remains that UGA coaches could have named that score and even if they didn’t wholesale bring in the third string at one time (thats really not how it ever works) they did substitute freely, giving up points for experience. BTW any talk of that was meant to be between UGA fans on a UGA blog, and any GSU fan who insist on getting offended, is doing so without our intentions. Or invitation.

By Virginia Dog

August 31, 2008 6:26 PM | Link to this

I think Richt took the opportunity to look at what kind of players he has knowing full well that this is a long season and there will be injuries, suspensions (please no more) and slumps by starters. It will take more than the first team on both sides of the ball to win with our schedule. Forget style points, ESPN, coaches poll, AP Poll, etc. just take each game one at the time and do whatever it takes to get a W. With our schedule it will be difficult to deny us our rightful position, whatever that might be, if we win. Everyone noted that our schedule would keep us from finishing undefeated and no. 1. Well, all we have to do is win and the acclaim and recognition will come.

By shane #1

August 31, 2008 7:41 PM | Link to this

I talked to some people that had seen ther game today. UGA dominated untill the game was out of reach. A J is a stud, Moreno scored pretty much at will, and the D shut Them down for three quarters and untill the game was over. Nine guys played that had no game experence. Let Them play against CMU after the first string warms up and get ready for the Gamecocks. They kept Us out of the SECCG last year and possibly the mythical NC game. I want to wipe Them out!. As for Bama, I am not going to knock the ACC,…..BuLLDawg will take care of that tomorrow. Gen, I am looking forward to the Vols whippin’ the left coast liberals, please send another supply of sippin solvent, Gustav is gettin’ close! Later!

By good blog

August 31, 2008 8:08 PM | Link to this

great conversations gentleman, still some odd balls though on both sides of the ga. southern and ga comments, expect that from the jealous insect fans but not from gsu fans…as a lifetime dawg born in athens while parents were in school and a former student, i love the dawgs and the sec ….i also follow ga. southern as i have always liked their sports program and have known quite a few of their golfers. great to see them in athens and wish the eagles luck the rest of the season….as for the rest of the sec it looks like a healthy conference in 2008-2009 and we deserved a shot at the national title if we go through this schedule with just one loss….as for the acc…i think tech may have the best team in the conference which tells you the state of the acc…tech’s option though, will give our defense(and any defense) problems..enjoy the season

By directtvblackout/comcast ripoff

August 31, 2008 8:12 PM | Link to this

get a computer next time and watch it on

espn360 d..o..t you know what

boycott cable and any provider that wants to charge an Extra $30 to watch the game at home

By The Big Bug

August 31, 2008 9:21 PM | Link to this

Hey Cuz, If you are still around, I would love to see the color of your C-Note, not to mention your Oxycontin. I believe I see at least 3 sure losses & another 4 teams who are capable. The rest of my prediction will have to wait.

By AltamahaDawg

August 31, 2008 9:53 PM | Link to this

”..fake punt on 4th-and-16 with a 28-0 lead and a celebration penalty after going up 56-0.”

I think ya’ll know where I’m going with this.

By NCDawg

August 31, 2008 10:24 PM | Link to this

The D didn’t get into the backfield near enough. Opposing WR’s way too wide open. Everything else looked good but not No. 1 quality. Hope they improve.

By GODAWGZ

August 31, 2008 11:30 PM | Link to this

Nice write up Oledawg! That is what I have been saying about ESPN. It should be OSPN! They love Ohio State every year until they have to face an SEC team and get waxed! Of course there was no coverage of the georgia game on ESPN because they have no respect for the Dawgz no matter what they accomplish. You can thank Herbstreet for that. He doesn’t want to talk about Georgia because he remembers getting whacked by the DAWGZ in the 92 Citrus Bowl. That’s why last year he was all for LSU playing in the NCG because he thought that OSU would have a chance against them. He knew that there was no way OSU could stay on the field with those Junkyard Dawgz. So if the Dawgz can do the seemingly impossible this year and win it all, ESPN and Kirk Nerdstreet will have to eat a big D&@k!

By LifelongDawg

September 1, 2008 12:12 AM | Link to this

Wow. I read the earlier posts and there sure is a lot of sniping at and snapping at fellow UGA fans. Looks like no one wants to tolerate anyone else’s take on the game if it doesn’t match their own. And some GSU fans aren’t very gracious in defeat. A few seemed to think that since UGA didn’t run up the score that the Dawgs are somehow deficient. If they expected us to hang 60-70 on them maybe next time UGA should oblige.

ESPN (and sister channel ABC) aren’t sure who’s number one, but they seem to know for a fact that UGA isn’t. I’ve never heard so many announcers on one network question a teams rank. Their general opinion was that USC, Ohio State, and possibly Oklahoma could make a case for being the best team in the land, but UGA need not apply. I even heard mention of UF in a remark or two. I really am starting to hate ESPN. At first it was just Mark May and Lou Holtz; now it’s spread to the whole college crew.

By lee

September 1, 2008 1:14 AM | Link to this

TO: BY GEORGE, you must have not watched the game. It was not Joe Cox that fumbled it was the freshman RB Samuels you dork.

By ............................................BuLLdawg

September 1, 2008 6:15 AM | Link to this

Chipper Towers, sir, we played Sixty-Nine (69) Players. There are, by the way sir, 85 Scholarships any team is allowed. We redshirt some players, you know not many, but some.

It’s too damn bad the AJ-C can’t say one damned time that UGA played 69 Players in the game.

By jonnycash

September 1, 2008 8:04 AM | Link to this

Can someone tell me why Loran continues to try to broadcast reports. I have never heard someone as bad as he is. Please get rid of him.

By Vol Un Tear

September 2, 2008 2:18 AM | Link to this

At least the DAWGS won!

By ............................................BuLLdawg

September 2, 2008 3:44 AM | Link to this

Way to go vols, you LOSERS.

The vols have the worse coached football team in the entire SEC.