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By pruss

November 8, 2008 4:06 PM | Link to this

Fire Willie Martinez.

By D-Fence haha

November 8, 2008 4:06 PM | Link to this

I read these blogs and rarely post. I’ve seen plenty of people say FIRE Willie. I’ve seen plenty of people stand up for him, me being one of them. He has to go. HAS TO GO!!!!! We have made every offense we’ve played since the Bama game look explosive. KY is not the good, FL is not 40 points better than us, bama shouldn’t have hung the number they hung on us. I understand we’re under-sized on DE, but come on, with all that speed on ‘D’ we should not be allowing 30 points a game(i’m not sure what the average is now, but i would guess it’s close to that). What do you people think, is it the players or is it the coaching by not adapting to the speed and undersize upfront?

By Jud

November 8, 2008 4:06 PM | Link to this

As I just told everyone I know…Kentucky won that game everywhere but the scoreboard. Georgia is killing me this year. Our defense couldn’t stop an old lady with a walker. Our cornerbacks couldn’t intercept a beachball at a Jimmy Buffett concert. And the only thing our guys do better than fall down is fumble.

Free Willie. And start punishing these guys in practice for penalties. Punishing.

By aladawg

November 8, 2008 4:07 PM | Link to this

my wife is laughing at the thought of martinez being a dc, he needs to go

By rudy

November 8, 2008 4:13 PM | Link to this

It’s Great to be a Georgia Bulldog

By BobDog

November 8, 2008 4:13 PM | Link to this

Don’t call it the “Red Zone” for our defense; call it the “Dead Zone”. What in the world is wrong with our defense and our special teams?????

Great game, offense!

By Douglas

November 8, 2008 4:15 PM | Link to this

Fire the Special Teams Coach Too! He hasn’t done much better.

By Seadawg

November 8, 2008 4:16 PM | Link to this

CMR is such a good man that we’ll never be rid of CWM unless someone hires him away.

By Palatka Dawg

November 8, 2008 4:17 PM | Link to this

For right now, a win is a win. Plenty of time to review overnight. Now, GOOOO Vandy!!

By DawgGrad94

November 8, 2008 4:17 PM | Link to this

FIRE WILLIE MARTINEZ!!! Why can’t CMR see what his weakness is stemming from? Or is his loyalty to his old friend going to get in the way of the good of the program? Two more words…

WILL MUSCHAMP!!!!!! WILL MUSCHAMP!!!!!! WILL MUSCHAMP!!!!!!

GO DAWGS!!!! GREAT WIN TODAY!

By Dawg4Life

November 8, 2008 4:17 PM | Link to this

I was always an advocate for our D, for the longest time thats what we’ve been known for-HUNKER DOWN DAWGS-apparently that means nothing to Willie. Too much talent to let awful defensive playcalling keep games closer or farther apart than they should be!Great offense today tho, we gashed a decent D like we should have done all year!

By He Hate Gator

November 8, 2008 4:19 PM | Link to this

Coaching…how many yards and points has the D given up?? how many games now has the kicking game been a disaster? yet, it goes on and on…today’s games saved by an individual’s great play, not by great team D…A lot of talent on this team, poor coaching getting the talent to work together as a team. Yes, I agree, time to Free Willie…and an evaluation of the special teams also. Worst coaching job of Richt’s career has been this year.

By Josh

November 8, 2008 4:19 PM | Link to this

I read this blog frequently, but rarely post. Before I have defended Willie Martinez, but enough is enough. Defensive performance was TERRIBLE. special teams was also atrocious. CMR must fire Martinez and whoever is coaching special teams. Kentucky scored 3 against florida but 38 against UGA, enough said. On special teams we had a punt blocked, attempted to field inside the 10 by Prince Miller and ended up at the 2, and never held kentucky inside the 27 on at least 6 kickoffs, including one returned to our 7. How much has Kentucky scored the rest of the season, previously? Keep inb mind, the season’s starting RB, QB and their best WR are out with injuriers. If they were not hurt, we would have been killed.

By JEFF F

November 8, 2008 4:20 PM | Link to this

I too have stood by WM too long. It is time for hime to go. Our defense couldn’t stop a cold today. We are playing entirely too soft. Since the Hawaii game we haven’t hit anybody in the mouth. Erk is rolling over with our lack of PHYSICAL play. Gone is the junkyard dawg D. All that is left is junk! Time now to be looking for a DC. Too late to get Muschamp he is looking at a head coaching job @ Clemson.

By Dogbyte

November 8, 2008 4:20 PM | Link to this

You can blame it on Martinez. You can blame it on the players. Heck, if you want to, you can blame it on CMR. But, the fact is: The defense is poor and as a result the team is average, at best. Neither of the remaining two games(regular season)is a sure win because of our defense, or lack of it.

By Robert

November 8, 2008 4:21 PM | Link to this

The Dawgs are so lucky to have won that game. Our team is terrible. CMR needs to make some serious decisions soon. I was almost hoping we would lose some Richt would feel some fire under his a$$.

By carkit

November 8, 2008 4:21 PM | Link to this

Yes Willie sucks…but so does Bobo…he has 4 NFL players at the skill positions and he calls 4 different plays. but richt is too nice…i just don’t know what’s going to happen to the program in the long run if we don’t hold people accountable. Stafford has had a strange career, but he saved us today.

By Capt Caveman (The Original Dawg)

November 8, 2008 4:21 PM | Link to this

im just glad we won!!!

By RedRover

November 8, 2008 4:22 PM | Link to this

A win is a win, folks.

(Hey, those ‘Pokes from Wyoming put another shovel full of dirt of The Great Pumpkin’s grave.)

But … Our on again, off again, schizo defensive play is driving me insane.

The soft, underneath zone is starting to get under my skin. There was no worries when we could generate a decent pass rush…

By sarfdawg

November 8, 2008 4:23 PM | Link to this

Free Willie.

Now, Jud. Re-enter reality, sir. Kentucky did not win everywhere. If they were so good, they would have realized that they should have just gone fullback dive the entire game and quit trying to throw the ball at all. They could have beaten our brains in that way. That’s from the sideline.

They also did nothing to stop us. Georgia was stopped late in the first quarter and not at all in the second half except for the Mo Mass fumbles. Again, advantage Georgia.

Now, any disparaging comments you want to make about the defense are well in bounds.

Free Willie. Bring back Van Gorder for whatever amount of money he wants. Martinez, not only a garbage coach, is a jack a$$ for the way he shows up his defensive assistants on the sidelines. I’m surprised Richt puts up with it.

Free Willie.

By FLA DAWG

November 8, 2008 4:24 PM | Link to this

Martinez is the worst DC in The SEC.

By lamar

November 8, 2008 4:25 PM | Link to this

HEY CHIP*** HEY CHIP

IF THIS GAME DONT PROVE WHAT I HAVE BEEN SAYING THEN NOTHING WILL!!! WILLIE SOFT COVERAGE DEFENSE HAS TO GO!!!! WITH 9 STARTERS FROM LAST YEAR & ONLY LOST HOWARD TO DRAFT THIS DEFENSE IS NO WHERE CLOSE TO WHERE IT WAS LAST YEAR!!! SINCE MARTINEZ HAS TOOK OVER, EVERY YEAR GA”S POINTS ALLOWED HAVE WENT UP!! HELL I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THE OFFENSE THIS YEAR WITH ALL THE NEW STARTERS ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE, THE DAMN STRENGTH WAS SUPPOSE TO BE OUR DEFENSE!! MARTINEZ IS PETHETIC, FRIEND OF RICHTS OR NOT, HE HAS TO GO!!! GO DAWGS!

By EX GEORGIA FAN

November 8, 2008 4:25 PM | Link to this

I am totally embarrassed that Willie Martinez has complicated his defensive schemes to the point that his 4 & 5 star recruits consistently give up 350 plus yards and 38 points to the likes of the 1-2 start recruits of Kentucky. Please don’t tell me how young our defensive players are because Kentucky’s offensive players are the same age or younger. It is NOT and I repeat NOT the players!!!!!!!!!!!It IS Mr. “Flag Football made complicated” Martinez.

If Erk Russell or Brian Van Gorder coached this group they would have given up 10 points and 150 yards today and the 18 year old QB that showed us up strutting/walking into the end zone untouched would have paid the price physically the final 3 quarters. Stafford and company would have been out of there after 3 quarters.

Erk Russell and Van Gorder also understood the laws of “MOMENTUM” and how if you let a team pile up enough yards they begin to believe they have a chance (UNLIKE AL and FL did to us).

To all defensive line and linebacker recruits considering Georgia, Think twice unless you are a hellava back peddler. If you are a defensive back and want to be challenged with man-to-man coverage, go to any other team in the SEC except GA. On the other hand, if you want to earn a doctorate in complex defensive scheming come to Georgia so you think soooooo much your instincts can never do you any good.

This is the 2nd week in a row I have spent good money to ride the emotional roller coaster that Martinez drives.

No more for me. I’m tired of the a***** running my weekends.

By Neelo!

November 8, 2008 4:25 PM | Link to this

i hate to say it, but only weak spot is defense and it should’t be. Mark, need to get rid of D-coordinator Martinez. thanks, Hal N Fleming/Hinesville.

By 10sdawg

November 8, 2008 4:26 PM | Link to this

In almost every game, just when the Dawgs seem in control, they shoot themselves in the paw with dumb penalties, too many of them personal fouls. Those types of penalties show a lack of discipline, and that’s directly attributable to coaching. We don’t need thugs to win. If a player commits a personal foul, bench him.

By Randawg

November 8, 2008 4:26 PM | Link to this

-I agree,FREE WILLIE after the season…however,our special teams are hurtin’ also…they put the D in a bad position all day.Our kick-off strategy sucks,we are not very fast,and we don’t tackle well on special teams…and don’t even get me started on penalties…they have cost us games before and they will again untill they are corrected.. We were just lucky to get out of there with a W..

By Ed H

November 8, 2008 4:26 PM | Link to this

Not only fire Martinez, make him walk back to Georgia. He does the least with the most. Fire Fabreeze, special teams stink. This was Kentucky -

By FLA DAWG

November 8, 2008 4:27 PM | Link to this

Did anyone catch Richt calling Defensive Squad together in the First Half for a Pep Talk?

Know what that means? Richt realizes The D is uninspired and decided he had to inspire them himself.

He has lost confidence in Martinez. He knows the players have lost confidence in him.

Martinez will be gone after this season.

By sarfdawg

November 8, 2008 4:27 PM | Link to this

Also, by no means to defend Martinez, but how much is Georgia missing Jeff Owens? Holy cow. I didn’t think we would miss a beat without Marcus Howard and Kelin Johnson, but those were two enormous playmakers. Right now, after Rennie Curran, we have none.

That said, FREE WILLIE.

By Pathetic

November 8, 2008 4:27 PM | Link to this

Pathetic!!!! our defense is the laughing stock in the SEC and the rest of the College Football World. Willie MUST GO CMR. IF not then Damon Eans need to give CMR his Walking Papers!

By T-Dog

November 8, 2008 4:29 PM | Link to this

Richt is going to have to make a tough decision because Martinez has to go. Three games in a row we have given up 38 or more points. This never used to happen. At least we got a sack in the beginning of the game, it surprised me. Anyway we got lucky and the next two games will be more close ones.

By DawgHare

November 8, 2008 4:30 PM | Link to this

Way to save the day Demarcus Dobbs! And A.J. Greene and Stafford and MoMass! Ugly win but enjoy it for a day then get ready for Aubu’n! You’ll be playing on your home away from home. SIC ‘EM!

By TampaGator

November 8, 2008 4:31 PM | Link to this

Josh, actually Kentucky scored 5 points, not 3. Also remember that Georgia also score just 3 points on Florida’s first team defense (although they should have scored 9 if you guys had a decent FG kicker). Florida’s D is that much better than your D…and Florida’s offense is much better, too. Get used to it. Also, Meyer is that much better than Richt. And Strong is that much better than Martinez…and so on and so on and so on. Go Gators!

By Bob

November 8, 2008 4:31 PM | Link to this

I too have defended Martinez but this is getting bad. UK is beat up on offense. The Cobb kid is really good, but the D was bad..very bad. But special teams were even worse. Bad last week and worse this week.

That being said, Stafford, MoMass (less two fumbles) and Moreno had a great, great game against a good Kentucky defense. And no, don’t give me the Florida scoring 63 crap. Much of that came on blocked punts and not on their defense. That is Stafford’s 9th come from behind win in his career. Great game by the offense.

By gman

November 8, 2008 4:31 PM | Link to this

Our defense surrenders more territory than the French army.

It’s ben a month since we held anyone under 38pts.

KY rolls a true frosh out there who intends to run the ball almost every play and our defense is completely baffled.

Surely Richt must finally notice there is a huge issue and let Willie go.

By frank

November 8, 2008 4:31 PM | Link to this

That was one of the worst most laughable performances I have ever seen from the dawgs. I counted 4 times when I broke out in laughter throughout the game.

Willie Martines is the worst defensive coordinator in major college football. Where is he form again Northeast Central Michigan State? There should definetly be a for sale sign on senor martinez lawn.

He is about as overmatched and incompetent as it gets.

adios

By bigdawg01

November 8, 2008 4:31 PM | Link to this

Coaching stinks…9 players return from last year, and this is what you get with another year of experience. Can not believe the tackling….actually the lack there of. We sure made a horrible KY offense look like a top 10 team today. Great win and thank GOD the rest of the schedule has fallen off. This team has more problems than a math book. We have some serious issues on Defense!

By denisel

November 8, 2008 4:32 PM | Link to this

I will be the first one to say that loyality is a very valuable asset,but Mark Richt carries it to a fault. He either needs to “FIRE” Martinez or Georgia needs to begin to question Richt’s ability to do what’s best for the program.

By Dawg NO MORE

November 8, 2008 4:32 PM | Link to this

Dawgs suck, pathetic, embarrasing showing in Lexington. And to think pre-season#1, what a JOKE.

By dawgdan

November 8, 2008 4:33 PM | Link to this

Posted by sarfdawg: *Martinez, not only a garbage coach, is a jack a$$ for the way he shows up his defensive assistants on the sidelines. I’m surprised Richt puts up with it. *

You know, I noticed that, too. It’s one thing to be a fiery coach. It’s totally different if you’re chewing out your assistants who are failing because of YOUR poor preparations and lack of adjustments.

By walk the dog

November 8, 2008 4:33 PM | Link to this

A win is a win in the SEC. But the D is pathetic. Whether its because they give to much cushion or over-blitz and leave the wrong man defending the wrong offensive player. Its a scheme thing and thats coaching. The head coach is not going anywhere, but some changes must be made. I don’t see any major changes b4 seasons end. Good thing we do not play any super offensive minded teams in the next three games.

By laxdawg

November 8, 2008 4:34 PM | Link to this

This game was painful to watch. I looked at both teams on the field today and saw a superiorly athletic Georgia team go up against a not-as-talented but much more disciplined and prepared Kentucky squad. It seems as if this is the theme every week. With the talent we recruit on defense, we should not be giving up 40 points to Kentucky, and we shouldn’t be near the bottom of the league in total defense either. Just look at our defense from last year. We had one of the best defenses in the league last year and only graduated TWO starters: Kelin Johnson and Marcus Howard. So explain this to me, how do we only lose two starters, and end up getting worse on defense. Granted, we have had some injuries, with Jeff Owens and Rod Battle out for most of the season, but that is no excuse. There is only one explanation: COACHING. Don’t get me wrong, I love Richt at Georgia and hope he stays here for years, but he needs to clean out some of his staff. Like “D-Fence haha” I have been Martinez’s biggest defender, but after this game, I will finally jump on the Fire Wille Martinez bandwagon.

By Cobb Dawg

November 8, 2008 4:35 PM | Link to this

WE NEED PLAYERS WITH HEART NOT JUST SUB 4.4 FORTIES.

By UGA VII

November 8, 2008 4:37 PM | Link to this

Even the freakin dog is embarrased to be a dawg fan. First: O V E R R A T E D Now: P A T H E C T I C football team

By Jeff

November 8, 2008 4:38 PM | Link to this

POOR job by WILLIE!!! We have ALL the BEST recruiting classes BUT we can’t COACHthem them UP. Look at Saban….2 years and they are in the HUNT. So what if we go 11-2….OUTBACK bowl. I love RICHT…..but he needs to hold his people ACCOUNTIBLE. BIG DAWG…AUGUSTA

By Bob

November 8, 2008 4:39 PM | Link to this

The D is bad as I mentioned. But you know what is worse. These morons who proclaim they are EX Georgia Fans because of this. What gutless wonders. Something needs to be done about the defense, but frankly if you punks want to jump ship or no longer be fans, that will be fine for all those who would like to get season tickets. After 30 years in the Army and finally home I will be more than happy to relieve you of your season tickets. In the Army we have a word for fans like you…REMFs….Pathetic.

By Ho Hum Dawg

November 8, 2008 4:40 PM | Link to this

Dawgs win another game allowing the opponnet to hang around. We were very lucky today and our defense is a absolute joke!

By RomeGADawg

November 8, 2008 4:41 PM | Link to this

Danggit where is my crackpipe?

By lucky

November 8, 2008 4:41 PM | Link to this

KY had the dogs….

By BugKiller

November 8, 2008 4:42 PM | Link to this

Chip!!

Do your damn job!!!

And by that, I mean do something the Atlanta sports media generally refuses to do, and that’s call for the firing of a underperforming coach or manager who is obviously hurting his team’s chances of winning.

You people refuse to do it with Bobby Cox, and now you’re refusing to hammer Mark Richt and Damon Evans with the hard facts regarding Willie Martinez.

Fact 1: Every year since he’s been DC, the defense has gotten progressively WORSE in points and yards allowed.

Fact 2: Since Martinez has been DC, the Dawgs have suffered more humiliating blow-out losses and have given up more big big play scores and made more mediocre offenses look awesome than at any other time in our history.

Fact 3: Since Martinez has been our DC, the Dawg defense have spit the bit in more big games than at any other time in our history, beginning with the loss to Auburn in 05, with the 05 Sugar Bowl, the 06 Tennessee game, the 07 Tennessee game, the 08 Bama Game, and the 08 Florida game, not to mention the 06 Vandy game, the 06 Kentucky game which weren’t big games but games our defense should have played handidly in no matter how many INTs the freshman Stafford threw.

Do your damn job, Chip. Why is it that in places like L.A. or Denver or Boston or Philly or New York that the writers and beat guys have no problem telling it like it is and calling for guys to be fired who are not performing.

You’ve wussed out for years on Eason and on Martinez.

Your job is to report the facts, not offer mealy-mouthed excuses and refuse to make those you cover answer the hard questions backed up with facts.

You and Dave O’Brien are the biggest kiss-@$$es on this site. He refuses to go after Cox for the multitude of mistakes that have cost his team world championships to individual games, and you refuse to go after Martinez, or make Richt accountable for keeping him on staff.

Shame on you.

By lamar

November 8, 2008 4:43 PM | Link to this

HEY CHIP*** HEY CHIP***

WHO WAS GT”S DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR BEFORE THEY MADE A CHANGE??? I AM THINKING JOHN TANUTTA, ANYWAYS WHO EVER IT WAS WHERE IS HE & WHY DONT GA TRY & GET HIM INSTEAD OF MARTINEZ?? AT LEAST HE HAD A HELL OF A DEFENSE EVERY YEAR & WITH LESS TALENT THAN GA”S!! GET THE HELL OUT OF ATHENS MARTINEZ, YOU MADE KENTUCKY”S OFFENSE LOOK LIKE TEXAS TECH”S!! GO DAWGS!

By Fierce Dawg

November 8, 2008 4:43 PM | Link to this

That my friends, is what Tech is going to do to us. We’re going to have to outscore them as well, and they have and always will be the luckiest team in America, so I dont like my chances as much against them. I am glad we won the game; Auburn is strugging with TENNESSEE-MARTIN of all teams, we had BETTER not struggle on D against them. Then again, it IS the oldest rivalry in the South, but we’ve always had success on the road in this series.

And hey…we could be Tennessee. Wyoming? Man.

By however

November 8, 2008 4:44 PM | Link to this

Georgia just showed again why they are (and were at the beginning of the season) OVERRATED - They barely beat an average Kentucky game. Yea - why you dawg fans want to talk about “such a difficult schedule” - just remember who you played - a pansie ASU team that hasn’t won since early Sept - A VERY POOR UT team - who just got beat by WYOMING (and you thought you were grand in that win). AND you still hav a very poor Auburn team that will have a losing season and is currently getting beat by UT-Martin (I didn’t know they had a football team). The ONLY two (that’s 2 for you dawg fans) teams that have been worth anything this season that you have played - you got your whimpy butts kicked. HA HA you guys are nothing but OVERRATED - including the fans.

By dawgsn08

November 8, 2008 4:46 PM | Link to this

Offense will win games but Defense wins a championship.We will never win a NC as long as Willie “play em soft” Martinez is the DC. If he is a man he will quit now. Bring on David Pollack, at least he would bring intensity to our D.

By Jeff

November 8, 2008 4:46 PM | Link to this

I never thought I would say this….but I didn’t mind if we lost this game…BUT Willie has GOT to GOOOOOOOO. cOACH RICHT IS TOOO LOYAL TO HIS STAFF.I HAVE BEEN A FAN FOR OVER 50 YEARS AND THIS DEFENSE IS OUT OF FOCUS.

By BobDog

November 8, 2008 4:46 PM | Link to this

We have problems, but I love the Dogs!

By DawgGrad94

November 8, 2008 4:47 PM | Link to this

This blog is starting to look like a consensus… Willie has got to go. He doesn’t bleed red & black - and we need a DC that does. Go back to one of our Asst. DC under Erk or a former player that bled with him or Van Gorder. That’s when we’ll find our junkyard roots… Do you remember Dooley days and “come on guys - hunker down just one more time!”

Wow… just think if we had a defense that looked just a little like the boys of 2002 this year… with this offense and the previous confidence of the sportswriters earlier this season…

No more Willie… go home. Let the Big Dawg eat again!

By GAMEINSIDE THE GAME

November 8, 2008 4:47 PM | Link to this

LONG TIME DAWG FAN FIRST TIME BLOGGER…DEFENSE STINKS FREE WILLIE..THEY DO NOT PLAY WITH THE EMOTION THAT THE D HAD WHEN VAN GORDER WAS COACHING…FIND A COACH LIKE HIM !!!

By Dawgie Poo

November 8, 2008 4:48 PM | Link to this

Can U say colossal collapse? pre-season#1 to this, not even deserving of Top 25 ranking ..Dawgs will continue to be ranked because the SEC is so respected nationally, but they don’t deserve it! Dawgs suck get used to mediocrity.

By Dancing Bears Pass Rush

November 8, 2008 4:48 PM | Link to this

We like Willie cause he is so intense and he likes to get in Coach John Fabris’s Face!

By Catlanta91

November 8, 2008 4:52 PM | Link to this

I hate to tell ya this, Dawgs fans but UK has a legitimate SEC defense and the only reason we’ve had trouble putting up points this season is our QB1, Hartline, has a weak arm and can’t run. Cobb on the other hand is a true frosh and only going to get better.

It was a heck of a game to watch, I was praying my Cats wouldn’t get blown out at first.

I live in ATL and pull for UGA when not playing Kentucky but the people posting on this board ruin it for the majority of the Georgia fans who are level-headed. UK doesn’t have 1 and 2 stars anymore, they have mostly threes and a lot of depth. Sorry it’s not going to be an automatic “W” anymore for y’all in Athens.

I HATE living here when the Dogs aren’t winning every game in blowout fashion, it reminds me of living in Lexington during basketball season.

By dawgdan

November 8, 2008 4:53 PM | Link to this

Lamar, the DC before Willie was Brian Van Gorder. He’s now coaching a truly tough defense for a little known team known as the Atlanta Falcons.

By denisel

November 8, 2008 4:54 PM | Link to this

I am an ‘83 alumnus, been a Dawg fan for 45 of my 50 years, born in Sav.GA, went to school with the Seilers, but I can’t remember when we have had so much talent and played so poorly. Our defense is laughable,special teams ‘not so special’ and most undisciplined team we have had in years. All of this points back to coaching. Martinez has needed to go for YEARS. Richt alludes to how much it would cost to leave GA. Never underestimate the power of the alumni assoc. We like CMR but he has got to do what’s best for the team and that is TO CLEAN HOUSE.

By WILLIE MARTINEZ

November 8, 2008 4:55 PM | Link to this

I SHOULD BE HEAD COACH!!!

My resume:

I am proud to say that my defensive schemes have resulted in

41 points ALABAMA 38 points LSU 49 points FLORIDA 38 points KENTUCKY

If you want this team to go to the next level Mr resume is very Impressive because the defense makes the offense work harder

—please speak to the UGA Alumni PLEASE

By hawaii dawg

November 8, 2008 4:55 PM | Link to this

I agree with posters who say CWM needs to go…simply inexcusable given the level of talent on our defense….Tech will beat us with their option attack if we don’t shape up on D..I am not a Bobo fan either though…how simplistic can his play calling get, especially in the red zone…the O looked good today, but it was against inferior competition…look at past games this season, i.e. Tennessee, Vandy , Bama, and Florida…horrible play calling in the red zone- Knowshon up the middle twice in a row, even after being stopped the first time

By Fire Ant Defense

November 8, 2008 4:56 PM | Link to this

Dawgs need a new DC and Special teams coach along with a new Strength and conditioning coach. This is getting out of hand.

By Bleeding

November 8, 2008 4:57 PM | Link to this

Keep bleeding red Dawg fans, never thought this year’s team would be as embarrasing as it’s obnoxious fans. Humble Pie time dawgs, your team blows.

By longhornfan

November 8, 2008 4:58 PM | Link to this

The Dawgs were lucky to walk away with this one against an UNRANKED team none the less. That was an ugly win and you must do better if you hope to play in any bowl except the Tidy Bowl!

By Hollywood

November 8, 2008 4:59 PM | Link to this

Just like I said the other day “WHAT HAPPENED”? Slick Willie and BOBO THE BOZO must go. I agree with another blogger that CMR is to soft to fire these guys. He is also to soft on the players. I haven’t heard the talk show yet, but I bet CMR is saying how proud he is of the way his team hung in there and played. . Defense and special teams sux.If CMR doesn’t get rid of Slick Willie and Bobo the Bozo then I wish Clemson would offer and he would accept.

By n,y dawg

November 8, 2008 4:59 PM | Link to this

The probelm i have with UGA is albiet they National Championship talent is it never seems to translate on the field week to week? Maybe i’m wrong ,but a millon a year for Van Gorder looks good to me. VanGorder always seemed to make the proper adjustments at the half even down 20 points. Please bring him back!

By BannedDawgPostFan

November 8, 2008 5:01 PM | Link to this

Dear Dawg post blog moderator

There are many fans thqat cricicize Willie Martinez on the AJC blog

I promise not to criticize Coach Martinez (ever again) if you allow me to post again

pretty please….(I never used profanity)??

By Ron Roberts

November 8, 2008 5:03 PM | Link to this

Chip’s a beat-writer, Bug Killer; he blogs to inform us, and if we ask an opinion of him and he obliges to give us his opinion, we’re treated. Other than that, he’s not tasked to make calls for firings. If he were a columnist, that’d be different. Please try and understand the distinction before blowing your spout at him and Dave O’Brien.

That being said, I think it’s fairly obvious that Willie Martinez is a goner.

But more than that, something has to be done within this progra to better prepare this team mentally for a game. We lost last week before the game began, because while it may have looked like we were 11-on-11, they brought the invisible 12th an on the field with them - a fella named Chip Ontheirshoulder.

Today, special teams played awful and the defense wasn’t much better. You can tag the defense with 10 of Kentucky’s 38, but you have to hang 21 on special teams, and another 7 on our offense for coughing up the ball for Kentucky’s first score.

No doubt the defense showed (as they usually do) a penchant for bending bending bending, but when it mattered, the made key stops in the 4th quarter.

Understand this, though; a new defensive coordinator isn’t going to magically improve the defense as much as getting back our missing and injured pieces; same goes for the offensive line.

By However basher

November 8, 2008 5:07 PM | Link to this

Hey However You sound bitter son.

By marketeer

November 8, 2008 5:08 PM | Link to this

Charmin should market a new bathroom tissue and call it “Willie’s D”

By Dazed and Confused

November 8, 2008 5:09 PM | Link to this

With all but one starter returning on defense, I can’t understand for the life of me why we are ranked 9th in the SEC in Total Defense, 10th in the SEC in points allowed and have trouble stopping teams in their tracks.

I am happy for Bobo, Searles and the rest of the offense as they are ranked 1st in the SEC over all.

By ProfessorSack

November 8, 2008 5:09 PM | Link to this

Told yah Martinez was not smart enough to game plan against above average offensive coordinators..

I got banned too for making this same comment on DawgPost.com??

Considering what the other fans are saying…I wonder why???

By dbc

November 8, 2008 5:11 PM | Link to this

I concur with every sentiment above (except for Bob’s.) Martinez has turned what was once the identity of UGA football into an absolute mess. The bleeding has to stop sometime. Where in the world did the defense from last year go? Nine starters back and this is what we get? If this goes much further it will begin to affect recruiting.

Martinez has to go! If CMR doesn’t find a new DC and Special Teams coach, this team will implode next year. Especially with Stafford, Moreno and lord knows who else leaving.

FIRE WILLIE NOW!

By Firestone Guy

November 8, 2008 5:16 PM | Link to this

I know the cold and wind had a lot to do with a few mistakes today. However, I have no idea why our defense gives up so many yards and points.

I work on cars for a living but truly believe that I can get more production out of the defense than Martinez does. At the very least, I would send a line backer or DB (in a controlled manner) 3 out of 4 times (like AL, FL and LSU did to us), not just to pressure the QB but fill lanes.

If I were Martinez I would prepare every game like the Hawaii game. Our DB’s are talented enough to handle man coverage. And if they did get burned twice and game it would be better than the last 3 games where we gave up 1200 plus yards and 120 plus points.

By bildgs

November 8, 2008 5:16 PM | Link to this

I have only one thing to say. “IT IS GREAT TO BE A GEORGIA BULLDOG!!!”

By Don

November 8, 2008 5:17 PM | Link to this

Can’t believe how the UK just kept running the ball around the ends. Willie never adjusted the defense to stop them from doing it. Linebackers were botched together in the middle on every play. Georgia should have played with 3 lineman and 4 linebackers the entire game and man to man on the receivers and I think they could of did a better job of shutting down the run. Kentucky did little to slow down Georgia’s offense. Georgia did a lot to slow down Georgia’s offense. Georgia’s punter should have never seen the field today. Where was the coverage on the kickoffs? UK kick returner caught the ball a yard deep in the end zone and I don’t believe there was a single cover man past the 40 yard line yet. P** poor job of getting the best players on the field for kickoffs. Mark Richt seems to take advantage of kickoffs to get all the bench players a chance to play. Stafford caught a lot of crap last week; well he won the game this week.

As one of the biggest defenders of Willie I finally agree that he has to go.

Georgia kills Auburn next week. I’m not sure that even Willie’s defense can make the Auburn offense look good. Besides, Willie has three games left to save his job. Love to have Will Muschamp coaching the defense next year???

Not a pretty win but gutsy none the less.

Go Dawgs!

By Stephen

November 8, 2008 5:19 PM | Link to this

One excuse I keep hearing for keeping Martinez is “Who else would we get?” Well, I don’t really care. I think there are several hungry young coaches out there (either D coordinators or head coach at a smaller school) who can hold a team to under 38 points with the talent UGA has. UGA should have a great offense next year too (especially is Stafford and/or Moreno come back and the talented young WRs we have) and great OL and a chance to be good on D. They can do some great things next year, but only if they shore up this problem. Go Dawgs and take care of the War Plains Tigers next week!

By Fools Gold

November 8, 2008 5:21 PM | Link to this

Some of you Dawg Fans wonder about last years Defense with 9 starters returning. Willies D has always been smoke and mirrors and yes even last years. Sorry Dawgs its will always will be Fools Gold for a run at the MNC as long as Richt remains your Coach!

By Diggity Dawg

November 8, 2008 5:21 PM | Link to this

I, too, have no use for the way the defense was handled on all but a few plays. And the special teams was poor as well. But let’s not lump the offense in with the disasters in the other two phases of the game. Stafford, Green (not “Bryant,” Dave O’Neal), Massequoi, and even Moreno had excellent days. Yeah, MoMass had the fumbles, but he came back and redeemed himself quite nicely. Remember, we had another BIG injury on the o-line, and within three plays protection and holes were as good as you would want. Beat Auburn!

By lamar

November 8, 2008 5:24 PM | Link to this

HEY CHIP* HEY CHIP**

I AM GOING TO BE VERY TICKED OFF AT YOU IF YOU DONT DO A STORY THE 1st OF THE WEEK ABOUT GA:S DEFENSE!! HELL YOU HAVE ACCESS TO RICHT & AS A REPORTER YOU NEED TO ASK HIM QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR WEAKNESS & THAT IS OUR DAMN DEFENSE!! HELL YOU NEED TO THROW SOME STATS AT HIM ABOUT THE DEFENSE, LIKE HOW IS A DEFENSE WITH THIS TALENT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEC IN ABOUT EVERY CATEGORY?? ALSO ASK HIM WAS HE AWARE THAT GA HAS GAVE UP A AVERAGE OF 45 POINTS A GAME THE LAST 3 GAMES?? PLEASE ASK HIM THIS STUFF, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO HEAR ABOUT, THERE IS No EXCUSE FOR THIS DEFENSE!!! NO EXCUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Ex Willie Martinez Fan

November 8, 2008 5:30 PM | Link to this

Read my lips. I WILL NOT ATTEND ANOTHER GAME THIS SEASON. And that includes a bowl game in central FL where I also have a home.

We had a chance to prove the FL game was a fluke by also destroying Kentucky like they did. And we have the talent. And Bobo and Searles and the Offense certainly did their job. What’s up with Willie Martinez? He’s 15 players that will play in the NFL but together can hardly slow down an 18-year-old QB, two 18-year-old receivers and overall, very young Kentucky offense.

My advice is to get Martinez up in the booth and away from the cameras.

By Howie

November 8, 2008 5:33 PM | Link to this

This is what will happen the rest of the season… Ga. defense will play better against Auburn, Tech, and some opponent in a loser bowl… Mark Richt will then surmise howmuch improved the defense got over the last 3 games and Martinez will be back for another season… Mark(no pun intended) my word…

By dcdawg

November 8, 2008 5:33 PM | Link to this

I am glad Erk Russell is not alive to see this pathetic defense. I miss the days of the Junkyard Dawgs terrorizing the SEC.

By dbc

November 8, 2008 5:35 PM | Link to this

Can anybody report what Richt had to say after the game?

By olddawg

November 8, 2008 5:36 PM | Link to this

How many times are we going to let Prince Miller put us in jeopardy with atrocious punt return decisions before we get somebody back there who can return punts. Logan is not the answer. Carlton Thomas would be great. And Richard Samuel scares me to death the way he carries the ball. he will fumble against Tech and rip my heart out.

By Hairy Dawg

November 8, 2008 5:37 PM | Link to this

Bug Killer,

Chip’s a beat writer. It’s not his job to call for the heads of coaches. That’s a columnist’s job. Why don’t you go bother Bradley, Schultz, or Moore?

Idiot.

By Brian

November 8, 2008 5:39 PM | Link to this

One word to describe Willie Martinez, inept. The defense is getting progressively worse with each game. Any stimulus package should benefit him greatly.

By red

November 8, 2008 5:40 PM | Link to this

Great game between two evenly matched teams. We might have played ourselves into the outback or maybe cotton against TT, Texas or Oklahoma! Finish 11-2 and be preseason # 1 again. Great job DAWGS against another great team. Another Rivalry has been born, just like FLORIDA!!!!! By the way, look how tough our skedule is now, Auburn, Tenn, VANDY(Duke beat them), Alabama and LSU look pathetic. Only Florida is good. Really a pathetic season. Had rather win a NC than ever talk about it in advance again.

By Lockerdawg

November 8, 2008 5:41 PM | Link to this

Martinez has proved that his schemes can work with the right players. UGA just doesn’t have the players on that side of the ball. Plain and simple.

By Sick and Tired

November 8, 2008 5:43 PM | Link to this

It’s not that 8-2 is bad at all. It’s not. It’s just that we returned so many from last year’s number 2 team and were preseason number 1 yet we consistently allow inferior teams to stay close and good teams to kick our a*. How in the world can we give up 500 yards to a rebuilding LSU and 350 to a young Kentucky team?

It could certainly be a lot worse, but to me I see a lot of underachieving going on like I did at the end of the Dooley era and with the Goff and Donnan teams.

Hopefully, Martinez and company can keep Auburn below 38 and 350 since that’s about all they’ve done all year. But at this point, I wouldn’t bet on it.

By Brooking

November 8, 2008 5:43 PM | Link to this

I love all these arm-chair experts who know so much about running a 1A defense. Just because you were a 4th string lineman at East Bumblefunk High School doesn’t mean you know squat about big time college football.

Blame Willie!! Blame Willie’s scheme!! Blame Willie’s wife. Hey, what about the players? Vince Lombardi couldn’t coach up this bunch. The talent on defense just isn’t there!! The linebackers are slow, the lineman aren’t strong enough, and the defensive backfield just doesn’t have smart players. Give Willie Alabama’s players and he’ll be a much “better” coach.

By aladawg

November 8, 2008 5:46 PM | Link to this

I think everyone needs to realize that the dogs were highly over-rated coming into the season. The expectations were way to high and that all there is too it. The dogs have underperformed in every single game this year. We have not had even one convincing victory…every game has been a fairly close win or huge loss. The team just does not seem to be focused and ready for each game.

By 77DAWG

November 8, 2008 5:50 PM | Link to this

Everybody gangup on us now. This is our D right? Willy got to go, you stink us so bad. Everyone tagged us 40, 50 points routinely every games now. I don’t see the end of this craps. Tennessee need you so we can run over your a$$ next year. Suddenly AU and GT will show how explosive they are when they play us. Don’t get me wrong, I love my GA but I had to cancel my Sunday paper after the FU game and called sick on Monday too.

By scott

November 8, 2008 5:57 PM | Link to this

I finally agree. Fire Willie!

By renegade

November 8, 2008 5:59 PM | Link to this

CMR I think everything has been said. Now something has to be done; handle it!

By laxdawg

November 8, 2008 6:00 PM | Link to this

Everyone on here who is questioning Mark Richt as a head coach is a fool. Is in among the elite coaches in the SEC along with Saban and Meyer. Just because Georgia didn’t meet all of the lofty expectations that were placed on them at the beginning of the season, that doesn’t mean they still are not a great team. Georgia could potentially have a 11 win season, which is extremely hard to do in our conference. Granted, we missed our chance for a championship but we will surely get our chance next year.
And in response to “BUG KILLER’S” post, it is absolutely not Chip’s job to call for the firing of willie martinez. Chip, as a columnist is actually encouraged not to form any strong controversial opinions. Most of his blog columns are written just to facilitate comments between us fans. So learn your stuff of stay off the blogs!!!!

By Coopdawg

November 8, 2008 6:00 PM | Link to this

Like everyone else on the board tonight I think Martinez needs to go. Our defense has gotten worse every year since BVG left.

That being said, let’s give some props to our Offense. Stafford had a career day. Take away the fumbles from MoMass and we were really cooking on offense today!!

Let it be the cry of Bulldog Nation, “FREE WILLIE!”

GO DAWGS!!!!

By Larry

November 8, 2008 6:01 PM | Link to this

I’m not going to another game nor am I spending another penny on the Dawgs until they fire BOTH Willie Martinez and John Fabris. These coaches are bringing UGA so far down; and, I am fed up with it.

By sarfdawg

November 8, 2008 6:03 PM | Link to this

Bugkiller, the reason that our local coaches get treated with kid gloves is that the AJC is the only show in town. There is no competition as there is in the other cities you mentioned. The AJC has saved Bobby Cox his job for years, and they will never call for him to be ousted.

By AltamahaDawg

November 8, 2008 6:04 PM | Link to this

I’d like to interupt this blog for a second:

since the first 90 post didn’t do it, I will. Congradulations Dawgs! Some of us fans actually appreciate it when you win a football game.

Now you bloggers can resume your hard work of running this football program.

By 77DAWG

November 8, 2008 6:07 PM | Link to this

Mr Brooking, do you know anything about football talents? You must be watching different games as we do. Like someone said Free Willy!!! Free Willy!!! Free Willy!!!

By jerry

November 8, 2008 6:09 PM | Link to this

Auburn won’t get 30. They couldn’t score in a wh-rehouse if they had 2 dicks.

By David

November 8, 2008 6:11 PM | Link to this

True a Win is a Win. More so in the NFL than college and a team that loses by 62 to Florida should not, SHOULD NOT, have had a chance (a very good chance) to win at the end of the game.

The nation SEES Kentucky as second tier and also see UGA as the worst of the 2 loss teams in the nation.

Pathetic…Pathetic…Pathetic…

At least Auburn should not score 20 or more on us…WILL THEY????????????

God I hope not!!!!

If Auburn scores over 20 FIRE MARTINEZ on the spot and do not, I repeat DO NOT give him a ride back to ATHENS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Geez, what crap… A win is a Win is NOT good for Gerogia Football..PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!

EXPECT BETTER DAWGS, EXPECT SO MUCH BETTER THAN A WIN IS A WIN…

Florida does!!

By Danish Dawg

November 8, 2008 6:17 PM | Link to this

How about that red zone offense! Oh wait, was this last week’s problem? Sorry. The only thing that gets to me is the stubborness of only having 4 men rush, run or pass! If we are good there, this is fine (think the Stroud days). If not, you add more to the “box” until they are forced to pass. I don’t care if we give up 38 to KY, I care when they do it so one-dimensional. Pumped we won, 11-2 here we come!!!

By No nonsense Dawg

November 8, 2008 6:25 PM | Link to this

Altamaha Dawg… why don’t you take those Rose Colored Glasses and place them where the sun doesn’t shine. This win today was like kissing your sister!

By austin

November 8, 2008 6:27 PM | Link to this

look….ive read most of these comments. they are all pretty much the same. FIRE willy martinez…thats the resounding message. and we should. but where we going after that? who we hiring? Muschamp is on the highway to head coachin…he aint coming back to the alma mater in which case he would probably take a pay cut. we cant pay him what texas is paying….we need something new… screw this soft zone

By Lowcountry Dawg

November 8, 2008 6:29 PM | Link to this

The points in Fla game came largely from the refs and our mistakes. They accounted for 4 touchdowns. The problem I have with the Kentucky game is that they aren’t exactly a balanced team-we should have been stuffing the run, blitzing all day. How can a team that is missing is its best back get 226 yards rushing on us???????????????

By Ramguy

November 8, 2008 6:31 PM | Link to this

If UGA had fielded this unit during the Sugar Bowl against Hawaii they would have lost the game. If you’re aren’t putting up results with your job then most likely you’ll get the pink slip. Willie should be no different.

By sarfdawg

November 8, 2008 6:32 PM | Link to this

AltamahaDawg, you are absolutely correct. This is still our team, and these are our boys, and we are happy with a “W” each and every time. Dang straight.

I guess it’s frustrating to know that your team is on the cusp of being very special, and you have one and a half coordinators that are doing their job. I can also tell you that it would be easier to swallow if Martinez was the kind man that Richt is. Martinez is a blowhard, underprepared, under-qualified “coach” that doesn’t represent Richt’s staff with any class (see my earlier post for an explanation).

We want what’s best for our boys - of whom I would trade any of them - and Willie is not the best by any stretch.

By dawgman566

November 8, 2008 6:32 PM | Link to this

We had close games with KY ever since I was in Athens and it took a last minute field goal to beat them in Lexington. Lay off the coaches and the players. Why don’t you transfer your loyalty to Tennessee where they are experienced in running off good coaches.

By Lowcountry Dawg

November 8, 2008 6:34 PM | Link to this

You know, I’m getting tired of people saying that Mark Richt is too nice. I guess that’s a slam on his Christianity too. People have this concept that Christians are nice doormats- hardly-read the story of Jesus kicking butt in the money changers temple. I don’ t see coach Richt as some meek doormat either-in fact if you listen to what the playesr say-it’s just the opposite.

By chris

November 8, 2008 6:34 PM | Link to this

Ok. So we lost Jeff Owens. He was a top lined DT. But wasnt Kade Weston supposed to be a supposed stud recruit. We have three studs on defense. Geno Atkins, Rennie Curran, and Asher Allen. All other eight guys cant lick the dirt off my boots. Our offensive line was supposed to be our question mark. And why is it actually overacheiving-coaching. Stacy Searals took a patchwork offensive line, with only Clint Boling as an above average player. Searals is doing a damn fine job, and we are lucky to have him. Where is Dannell Elerbe. Preseason SEC 1st team hasnt shown up, even though he was injured, no excuse. No pass rush other then Justin Houstin from the ends but he’s a freshman and overruns the plays alot. Fire Martinez, I dont care who you bring in. But hasnt Richt been at UGA since 2001 and I dont think he’s fired a single coach. He needs to, or it will be him getting the sack. FIRE MARTINEZ

By Jon P

November 8, 2008 6:37 PM | Link to this

Fire Willie Martinez before I have a heart attack or stroke! Exciting game? Please! It was KENTUCKY! Not Alabama (41), LSU (38) or Florida (49)! We made KENTUCKY look like Southern Cal! I’m just thankful that I don’t donate to the UGA Athletic Association where any of that money might make it to Martinez’ check. We made Tennessee look competitive and they just lost to Wyoming! We need new blood and a new attitude! Martinez must go!!!!

By Mr Brightside

November 8, 2008 6:37 PM | Link to this

Ummm…we beat them worse than Bama.

By EC Dawg

November 8, 2008 6:37 PM | Link to this

125 points allowed in 3 consecutive games, which is the highest in the 117 year history of UGA football or very close to it. I only checked the first 100 years.

By DamntheButcher

November 8, 2008 6:38 PM | Link to this

I have been saying this for 4 years and you people don’t get it. Georgia is always in the top 10 in recruiting. Let me make this simple. FIRE WILLIE MARTINEZ, FIRE WILLIE MARTINEZ, FIRE WILLIE MARTINEZ, FIRE WILLIE MARTINEZ. No DAMN way that Georgia should be 10th in the SEC in defense.

By sarfdawg

November 8, 2008 6:38 PM | Link to this

Editor’s note: I said earlier that I would trade any of our players - obviously I mistyped. I wouldn’t trade them for anyone else’s. I would trade their defensive coordinator.

By DamntheButcher

November 8, 2008 6:41 PM | Link to this

Stupid Azz Willie Martinez and his bend but don’t break style is a joke!!! You can’t keep bending and let the other team drive down to the 20 yard line like a hot knife going into butter. FIRE WILLIE MARTINEZ.

By SOUTHGADAWG88

November 8, 2008 6:46 PM | Link to this

WM’s Defense has been rendered inept by poor DE play.I hear you guys about coaching and all but the bottom line is we no longer have premier talent at the position,This has been going on for the last TWO seasons.Last year we got by by playing Howard-a LB with 4.6 speed- as our best pass rusher.This puzzles me…UGA had become known for producing NFL caliber talent at the spot but the recruiting has fell off in the last couple of years,We seem to go after too many projects lately ie “good frame lacks bulk”,”raw” “needs to develop” etc instead of bringing in premier players.Now I suppose these things go in cycles to a degree BUT if your defensive schemes are built around getting pressure out of your front 4 you MUST continue to develop talent at the position or your scheme will fold against teams who can pass.Garner is going to start catching some heat if we don’t pick it up in recruiting.Truth be told Van Gorder had better players on defense the WM.Under Van Gorder the D had the most pro prospects.Now most are on the Offensive side off the ball.It’s NOT so much the scheme but the players in it.I respect the effort of the kids playing but I don’t see the talent level at the position on campus yet.Lucky for us AUB & GA tech have horrible passing attacks so we can get more LB’s on the field.It MAY look as if we have improved on D over the next 3 weeks But it will have more to do with the style of play of those teams than any thing else.If we play a passing team in the bowl game we will lose.The recruiting is starting to concern me I don’t care how many 4 or 5 star DB recruits you pick up they won’t make much of an impact if opposing QB’s are not pressured.Rodney and the other coaches need to step it up!

By PSU Sucks

November 8, 2008 6:47 PM | Link to this

PSU fans:

You have been weighed and measured, and you have been found wanting.

By Recruit Dem White Boys

November 8, 2008 6:50 PM | Link to this

UGA needs some Corn Fed White Boys on that defense!

By DamntheButcher

November 8, 2008 6:52 PM | Link to this

As for Willie Martinez… FIRE THE SOB.

By gmk

November 8, 2008 6:53 PM | Link to this

a win is a win. concentrate on winning out. we still have a chance to have a really good season there is still alot of football to play. finish the drill. GO DOGS!

g

By sarfdawg

November 8, 2008 6:55 PM | Link to this

The Big 10 is the Big Fraud again. Fortunately for all of college football, they are out of the race prior to the BCS Championship game.

Very valid points, SOUTHGADAWG88. Well done, sir.

By AltamahaDawg

November 8, 2008 6:59 PM | Link to this

Well for you no nonsense, maybe so. But you don’t define how or why I love Georgia football , now do you sport. I have my own agenda, not yours. I like it when they win. You appearantly do not. Nor would you give anyone credit to save your life.

All these post and NOBODY mentions Matthew Stafford having a career day. NOBODY mentions MoMass having a career day, and atoning for his fumbles. NOBOBY wants to notice Moreno’s efforts. Not when you watch Georgia football games with the sole intentions of figuring out what it is you are going to complain about on the blog later.

And NO WAY IN HELL did anyone see the defense force punts after the 2 fumbles, giving the offence 3 shots at winning. Forget the forcing of the int to win. NAH, none of that matter. What matters is getting your little feewing hurt when it’s not the win you wanted.

I’ll tell you what I saw with my rose colored glasses. Our kicking team gives our opponents thier last 21 points of the game and the rest of the guys buckled down and did what it took to win despite that.

By madisonbulldawg

November 8, 2008 7:00 PM | Link to this

To Seadawg You must have never had any dealings with CMR. He is not a good man. He is selfish, self centered and a real A— H—-. I know from experience. He will never lead any Ga football team to a national championship!

By warhorse

November 8, 2008 7:18 PM | Link to this

Gators beat UK by 58.

Poodles by 4.

Yep, like all the posters have said re statistical balance in 49-10 rout, the teams are equal.

By BurtDawg

November 8, 2008 7:19 PM | Link to this

Re: madisonbulldawg

And pray tell what “experiance” do you have?

By tdawgn

November 8, 2008 7:33 PM | Link to this

Probably right on Howie !

By 757Dawg

November 8, 2008 7:33 PM | Link to this

Well Dawg nation, this proves that, besides Clemson, we were the most overrated team in the country. No discipline and no consistent playcalling in the red zone. Does anyone out there know if we lead the nation in defensive personal foul penalties? I know we lead the nation in personal fouls committed by OUR DEFENSE AFTER GETTING A BIG 3RD DOWN STOP OR A TURNOVER! It will be the same ‘ol song next year: CMR will have another bumper recruiting class; we’ll have a number of players involved in alcohol and drug incidents during the summer; we’ll be ranked too high in the pre-season poll; we’ll be blown out of at least one game, guaranteed; and we’ll be one of the most heavily penalized teams in the SEC. Oh, and I’ll drink the koolaid again and still love them Dawgs!

By sarfdawg

November 8, 2008 7:34 PM | Link to this

Please explain, madisonbulldawg. You are the first person in eight years of Richt’s being at Georgia that I’ve heard that. I’m dying to hear. Seriously.

By Florida v USC

November 8, 2008 7:35 PM | Link to this

The best teams in the Country right now are Florida and USC.

If you want to match the teams with the best records in the country Alabama vs Texas Tech.

The teams that are playing the best right now are The Gators and the Trojans. Penn State has finally been exposed, and the Big 12 just doesn’t have the defense.

By THE ROCK

November 8, 2008 7:37 PM | Link to this

I VOTE FOR WILL MUSCHAMP AS THE NEW DC FOR THE DOGS . DAMON EVANS NEEDS TO OPEN UP THE CHECKBOOK AND MAKE HIM THE HIGHEST PAID DEFENSIVE CORDINATOR . WM IS A YOUNG ERK RUSSELL .

By greg

November 8, 2008 7:38 PM | Link to this

Thsi defense was the slowenst I have seen it look in nearly 3 decades. Nice win dawgs.

By Pitbull

November 8, 2008 7:42 PM | Link to this

There is nothing wrong with Georgia’s defense. Did you see the game?

Georgia’s offense turns the ball over and gives the Cats a short field for the Dogs to defend.

Georgia’s special teams give up a 90+ yard return, have 2 short punts, run the ball out to the 2 yard line and almost lose te game for us.

Compare the 2 teams’ stats. The defense bailed us out.

What I cannot understand is why we are not running the offensive set with 2 fullbacks, a tight end and Moreno after it worked so well against LSU 2 weeks ago.

By OC DAWG

November 8, 2008 7:43 PM | Link to this

        Posted by sarfdawg: *Martinez, not only a garbage coach, is a jack a$$ for the way he shows up his defensive assistants on the sidelines. I’m surprised Richt puts up with it. *

You know, I noticed that, too. It’s one thing to be a fiery coach. It’s totally different if you’re chewing out your assistants who are failing because of YOUR poor preparations and lack of adjustments.

Coach Martinez is a rude a*******hol@ in public too. He was very rude to my 16 year son at a restaurant for asking him a question about the season. Rude jerk. I would love to be offensive cord and go against him. It is time he goes!!!

By RAMDAWG

November 8, 2008 7:46 PM | Link to this

DONT JUST FIRE MARTINEZ,WE SHOULD FIRE EVERY DEF COACH-FABRIS IS ALSO THE SPECIAL TEAMS COACH-SO FIRE HIM TWICE

By sarfdawg

November 8, 2008 7:47 PM | Link to this

Florida v USC, have you actually watched USC the last several games? If they aren’t playing the Washington schools, they aren’t scoring enough to hang with either undefeated team, Florida, or Oklahoma. And, yes, all of those teams can move the ball on USC.

Alabama/Florida winner vs. Oklahoma is looking like a real possibility now for the BCS and Coach Egomanic Bowl.

By 80's Dawg

November 8, 2008 7:48 PM | Link to this

Said it from day one of Martinez tenure. He’s soft, he’s weak, he’s uninspiring and he’s a loser. Only reason we win is b/c we have better athletes than our competition. Where did our Junkyard Dawgs go? WM has been staying afloat with leftover VG players for the last few years now see what is going on???? If he stays don’t know what will be worst Obama Presidency or our defense. I think our defense. Deeper problem is the fact that CMR doesn’t have the backbone to fire him.

By No nonsense Dawg

November 8, 2008 7:51 PM | Link to this

Altamaha Dawg ….. The thing here is that Stafford should have had a banner or a career day already and not taken this long. It’s expected for Stafford and company to have big days with all the money and resources UGA has in the program particularly against teams like S.Carolina, Vandy and Kentucky. No I certainly don’t have to define your love for UGA football because you prove it with your long winded blog babble. I Know I am and always will love my Dawgs. But the Dawgs are not playing with heart and the coaches are doing a poor job in getting these dawgs to play their best. IMO The DAWGS have not had a really an impressive win this year defensively. Its too bad that its taken Stafford this long to have a career day.I just think some fans on here have the right to criticize the dawgs and certain coaches when both can do much better. What I do define about You is that you obviously at times sit on your high horse and think fans shouldn’t point out the obvious flaws and label them fair weathered.

By BR

November 8, 2008 7:54 PM | Link to this

The AJC has done nothing for a week but rip Georgia for their loss to Florida, the #4 team in the country. Notice how today there is a teeny tiny “Tech loses to UNC” line. Where are all of the bashing articles that the Nerds are now owed? Talk about one sided!

By sarfdawg

November 8, 2008 7:54 PM | Link to this

The Obama Presidency is far worse, sir. After he allows the next 9/11, we won’t care less about college football…but, I digress.

Still waiting for your story, madisonbulldawg!!

By Cuz

November 8, 2008 7:55 PM | Link to this

Gosh I feel so bad we won the game.

If we had lost we could have all the coaching staff fired along with the Uber Christian Saint Mark Richt.

Dam, get a grip. Sure we are out of any hunt for the SECC. But we won, I will take it. Pre-season I predicted 10-2 regular season, but I thought we would still be in the running for the SECC. I got that part wrong. It appears our two losses are to the two teams that will play for th MNC in Atlanta for the SECC.

That is not so bad, sure we wanted more, but I graduated in 83 and I got used to 8-3. Now we get p** if we lose two games. Oh give me a freaking break. I want to play for the SECC, won’t happen this year, wait till next year. Peace out.

By Ron Roberts

November 8, 2008 7:56 PM | Link to this

Seriously, though, before you guys go hanging all those gawdy scores against on our defense…how many times were our opponents scoring on short drives from turnovers, or scoring on turnovers, *period?(

Read it and weep… 28 of Kentucky’s 38 points were scored, in essence, off turnovers and/or special teams flubs. Yeah, we couldn’t defend the sweep or the run to the side, and yeah the QB option gave us fits; but you have to stop hanging the defense with the entirety of today’s points scored against.

You have to do the same for last week, too. There’s not a defense in the nation that would’ve overcome three INTs and a fumble inside our 50 against a talented Florida squad.

Our depletion on both our lines doomed us against Alabama (and costly mistakes early, too, actually) and we didn’t match up well against LSU’s bulk, either, for that matter. They were able to ram the ball down our throats because we were undersized on the line.

I’m not saying Willie Martinez isn’t to blame for some of this burden, here, and someone should be held accountable for the lack of “killer instinct” this team has shown, for sure, but those of you putting all the 41, the 38, 49, and 38 on the defense aren’t looking at the whole picture, either. Turnovers on offense and special teams mistakes did us in quite a bit today, last week and against ‘Bama, too.

By BR

November 8, 2008 7:56 PM | Link to this

I agree completely. Martinez needs to go. Our defense is horrendous. The only two that show up consistenly are Allen and Curran. With our talent, we should be putting teams away. It’s time to pull the plug on Martinez and also on the special teams coach.

By lamar

November 8, 2008 7:58 PM | Link to this

I CANT BELIEVE WHAT I JUST READ!!! RICHT SAID THE DEFENSE PLAYED WELL, GOOD ENOUGH TO WIN??? MAYBE IF HE THINKS THE DEFENSE WAS GOOD ENOUGH TODAY THEN MAYBE RICHT IS THE PROBLEM!!!! GOOD ENOUGH ??? THEY DONT HAVE THEIR SIGHTS VERY HIGH HUH?? LAST TIME I CHECKED 40 POINTS A GAME THE LAST 3 GAMES IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH!!! RICHT NEEDS TO BE HONEST & TELL IT LIKE IT IS!!! SURELY HES NOT HAPPY WITH THEIR PERFORMACE!!!!

By Ron Roberts

November 8, 2008 8:01 PM | Link to this

Not that politics belongs on the blog, Surfdawg, but why on earth would anybody attack us after the brilliant foreign affairs of the last eight years? I mean, we’ve done nothing to anger anyone outside our borders, right? We left sovereign nations that posed no threat to us alone and intact, right? Leave your politics to the political blogs, dude. My guy won 52-48 and MY TEAM won 42-38.

By GHOST OF ERK RUSSELL

November 8, 2008 8:05 PM | Link to this

I CANT WATCH THIS DEFENSE ANYMORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By sickandtiredofclosegames

November 8, 2008 8:06 PM | Link to this

* D needs to blitz every down. May be then they will get a tackle behind the line of scrimmage.*

By TNJeff

November 8, 2008 8:10 PM | Link to this

Live out of state so get little post game response. Wondering if Richt again praised his underachieving team. Perhaps not underachieving but simply overrated. Have chants at home begun of “OVER RATED” - clap, clap, clap clap clap?

Fire WM - NO DISCIPLINE on or off field - caught up to TN / hmmmmm

By IceDawg

November 8, 2008 8:10 PM | Link to this

What a bunch of whingers! It is easy to blame it on the coach. Y’all were suckers to believe all of the pre-season hype. We lost too many blue-chippers especially on the defense. In fact this team has probably performed better than its skill level. For this team to be 10-2 or even 9-3 and a decent bowl would a respectable achievement. All the moaning and howling sounds like a bunch of cry babies! Grow up.

By D'Marcus Jefferson, Kappa Alpha pledge at UGA

November 8, 2008 8:10 PM | Link to this

All the preseason HYPE…..You guys won but played like a middle of the pack team and NOT a Top 10 team…What an embarrassment and JOKE!!!

By sickandtiredofclosegames

November 8, 2008 8:11 PM | Link to this

every team in the nation has UGA’s playbook. Maybe cause we run the same plays every game over and over.

WANTED - Coaches that spit fire and don’t care about how the other team feels

By GHOST OF ERK RUSSELL

November 8, 2008 8:12 PM | Link to this

I CANT WATCH THIS DEFENSE ANY LONGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By AltamahaDawg

November 8, 2008 8:16 PM | Link to this

Here is what I would do: After this season, I would contact whomever I knew that had any pull in the Athletic Department, and I would let my feeling known about Coach Martinez. I would urge Coach Richt to make some change. Many of you saw him this summer on tour, and I’m sure you stepped up and said the same things you said in here all year. If he doesn’t listen, I would let it be known that my contributions might be at risk.

My guess is that bla-bla-boo-hoo in a sports blog will be the method of choice.

By mayorbob

November 8, 2008 8:25 PM | Link to this

A little inside info…Willie and Mark are best friends…wives are best friends…Mark is not going to fire Willie…ever! He may help him get a head coaching job or another job..but he will not fire his “brother from another mother”…live with it!

Mayorbob

By huh sarfdawg

November 8, 2008 8:25 PM | Link to this

Yes I watch everybody.

They are the #10 offense and the #1 defense.

Florida and USC are playing the best ball right now. That doesn’t mean they have the best records, or that they will be ranked #1, #2, what I am saying is IMO if there were a playoff they would be the team that would play for the title.

None of the Big 12 schools could score against their defenses nor could they hold the offenses. Alabama is a good team, but they are not playing as well as Florida or USC right now.

By reality check

November 8, 2008 8:27 PM | Link to this

Giving up 333 yards on defense is respectable, especially since Kentucky completely changed their offense this week. The option was a surprise. Kentucky put it in this week for Cobb’s first start. Cobb is great.

Georgia’s problem was special teams, not defense. Kentucky had 3 touchdowns in the second half where they took possesion of the ball at the Georgia 14 on average. That is not the fault of the defense.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen the offense look better.

By sarfdawg

November 8, 2008 8:35 PM | Link to this

Ron Roberts, amazing how I say one sentence, and you go on for a paragraph of your liberal trash. In case you noticed, the nation has not had another 9/11 because of the amazing work of the administration Bush set up on the domestic side. The reason that we had the first 9/11 is because your god, Bill Clinton, left the door wide open for Osama to come right after us. Had he done his job as commander in chief, 9/11 could have been avoided. Instead Bush got to clean up that mess as well as the collapse of the housing market - another Clinton project as the subprime market (google the NY Times article from 1999) started on his watch. Bush has been far from perfect, but it won’t be long before Obama’s in bed with every dictator in the world (N. Korea, Venezuela, Iran, etc).

Willie Martinez is clearly a liberal as he totally believes in the redistribution of points and total yards. Too bad football isn’t socialistic like Obama.

Before you blast back, I’m going offline after this. Don’t waste your time.

By Pitbull

November 8, 2008 8:36 PM | Link to this

Cuz, I agree with you. I graduated from UGA in ‘73 and today’s fans and recent alums appear to just be spoiled brats.

Dooley won 201 games in 25 years which is 8 games a year. We have been playing 11 games since 1971 and started playing 12 a few years back.

If we had won back then like we are now, we would have been crazy with joy.

Mark has won 80 games in 7 & 10/13 seasons.

We are 8-2 with 2 games left and a bowl game. We can go 11-2 and that is wonderful.

Todays “fans” need to grow up or find another school football team to pull for. I am sure Tennessee or Auburn can use them.

From what I have seen since my freshman year in 1969 (39 years ago), Mark Richt and his staff are the best thing to happen to UGA football ever.

By AltamahaDawg

November 8, 2008 8:39 PM | Link to this

Oh yea congratulations Coach Richt on reaching 80 wins in your first 8 years. 29-4 on the road. I personally do not think that you are stupid or spineless.

By madisonbulldog is a PUNK

November 8, 2008 8:40 PM | Link to this

Well, PUNK, slander is a crime p**.

Dickless PUNK

By 59bulldawg

November 8, 2008 8:51 PM | Link to this

Top 5 things that blind Dawg fans say when other Dawg fans criticize Coach Richt or his coaching staff … and my answer.

1. Coach Richt is a good man. OK I give you that but having a good heart is not always enough to be a great coach. Sometimes you have to be a jackass and make the hard calls … like firing incompetent coaches.

2. You don’t understand … coaching is hard. What’s not to understand. Great talent can carry mediocre coaching only so far but great coaching can take great talent and achieve even greater accomplishments. It can inspire a team with confidence enough to walk on a field and not back down to anyone. Mediocre coaching on the other hand relies more on hope than right game plan preparation and is unable to make changes quickly when things go wrong during a game. Mediocre coaches may have a winning season every year but never win the big games.

*3. Coach Richt is loyal to his staff. * Yes he is but his first loyalty should be to the University of Georgia. A job on the Georgia coaching staff should not be an entitlement unless certain competencies are exhibited. Loyalty can be carried too far. At present it’s hurting the Dawgs and if it continues it will come back to bite not only Richt but Evans as well.

4. But we average 10-11 wins a season! So! Is that all you want? I don’t think it unreasonable to want to win the SEC and a National Championship! Not with the talent we have coming into the program on an annual basis. Saban has Alabama in the hunt in only his second year. Now that’s great coaching! It could be us if more of Georgia’s “satisfied” fans would demand more accountability.

5. All of you critics are just bandwagon fans! This one always cracks me up! Bandwagon? You’ve got to be kidding me! You think I’m a bandwagon fan because I’m unhappy … like a lot of other fans are at the moment! I wish I had a nickel for every time I heard this! If you satisfied fans think everything is just fine then I truly question how much you really know about the game. Truth is any Georgia fan is free to express their opinion … even if we don’t agree. But many of us who are calling for accountability have probably been Dawg fans and/or alumni before many of those who criticize us were born. Just because we don’t check our brains at the door doesn’t mean that we don’t bleed red and black too.

Finally it brings me no pleasure to have to criticize my school. But I’m sick and tired of watching poorly disciplined and inconsistently motivated teams who can’t tackle being coached by folks who consistently seem to come up with poor schemes for big games and lose 1-2 games a year. Yes I know things were worse when Goff and Donnan were here and yes I know it sounds like I don’t understand how much better things are now. But I do understand … I just think we can still do better. I don’t want Richt to leave either. I like him a great deal and also think he’s a good man. But he needs to wake up fast and understand how blind loyalty can cause him to lose the Georgia faithful and ultimately his job as well.

By NoVaDawg

November 8, 2008 8:54 PM | Link to this

After the last three games, I think it’s a foregone conclusion that WM will not return for next year. The real question is who the new DC will be. Muschamp is destined for a HC position somewhere. We need to do what we can to get Van Gorder back.

By TexasDawg

November 8, 2008 8:56 PM | Link to this

ERK IS ROLLING IN HIS GRAVE!!!THIS IS THE WORST D I THINK I”VE SEEN AT GA. FIRE WILLE AND LETS GET WILL BACK TO GA! BY THE WAY PITBULL IF THE D PLAYED LIKE…WELL LIKE MOST GA D I REMEMMBER WE WOULD BE 10 and O…now way ALA or FLA has more talent than GA this year…OUR DEFENSE IS NOT BRINGING IT….RICH isn’t the problem if he hires a decent DC

By Ron Roberts

November 8, 2008 9:01 PM | Link to this

Hey sarfdog… you don’t think the number of A.Q. terror recruits since we went into Iraq are of any concern, eh? You go w/that, buddy. You’re right about one thing… 9/11 could have been avoided, if ol’ boy had been paying attention to the reports he was getting while on one of his many Crawford, TX getaways the summer prior to it.

And you wingnuts wanna point the economic crisis back to decisions made in 1999, and blast liberals, eh? Who had the House and Senate then? Who? Oh, yeah, that’s right… the “Contract for America” gang. Oops. And if there was all this right-wing “we know it’s gonna cause a problem” knowledge, how come 7 years of GOP House/Senate control, coupled with 8 years of GOP White House authority (six of those years, ya had House, Senate AND White House control at the same time, by the way) did nothing to fix it?

Who’s fault is that? Lemme list you Limbaugh-boot-lickers’ crutches, for you….

1. The “liberal media” somehow forced the GOP to send us to our $10 billion-a-month excursion in the Middle East.

2. Gay marriage decaying our morals, and thus diminishing the GOP’s ability to stem the economic meltdown

3. Reproductive rights decaying our morals, and thus diminishing the GOP’s ability to stop the economic crash

The economy couldn’t possibly be struggling because gas prices have been out of control most of Bush’s tenure, eh? I mean, how could the price of gas tripling for most of his time have any effect on the cost of goods and services, and thus rippling into the price of just about everything (while the oil companies reported record profits quarter-after-quarter? Nah. THAT couldn’t be it.

You brought this discussion here with your first swipe; your empty rhetoric doesn’t change the outcome of Tuesday, either; d e a l with it or find a country more suitable for the kind of leaderhips you yearn for.

Talk football.

By BurtDawg

November 8, 2008 9:04 PM | Link to this

RE: Pitbull

As an old timer I agree with your post. The young crowd does not remember how many “breaks” it took the 80 team to win the NC. What Dooly did was tremendous. Look at all the super teams that never won one. Fans today have no idea how many things have to happen to win the SEC, much less the NC. Kids today want instant gratification and live thier lives through UGA sports. If we win every game 55-6, they will moan about the “6”. These bloggers need a reality check…..

By Liguria

November 8, 2008 9:07 PM | Link to this

I know this has been said many times before,…But when you have the best recruits in the country, and they are playing below average ball,…What do you do?

This is critical! If you want to retain decent recruiting, UGA needs an overhaul. I like all the coaches but they are ruining great young talent ant the reputation of this school’s team. It has become enbarrassing. #1 to # what?

By roy

November 8, 2008 9:10 PM | Link to this

I hate to say it but facts are facts. Willie has to go. Under van gorder our defence gave up 30 points only once in 4 years and that was to the 03 lsu team ( if im wrong plzz corect me). willie took over in 2005 and since then we have given up 30 or more points 10 times and this year aint over yet.

By AltamahaDawg

November 8, 2008 9:10 PM | Link to this

59 for my money, I have never ever called anyone less than a good fan for being critical. I do however question logic and football knowledge when folks are critical for the simple reason that thing don’t go the way they always them to.

As for the folks who do say those things on your list, (although you actually just made up a few of those), it seems to be the “blind loyalist” are a an extremely small minority compared to the over the top, everything is always wrong, crowd. I wonder why you dont lecture them, as you know they are very often devoid of anything objective or fair.

Somehow its just the right to expressed an opinion, but that only applies if it has a negative slant. Folks who see it the other way are just stupid and suppressing the truth huh?

By BurtDawg

November 8, 2008 9:11 PM | Link to this

RE: 59bulldawg

Grow up dude. We have a great program and I am proud of and have attended all the home games for 20+ years. I wonder how you managed to forget the Ray Goff era. You must have really wigged out during then!

By Mikey in the SAV

November 8, 2008 9:15 PM | Link to this

Meanwhile UF is headed for another 50 plus game…28-0 in 2nd qtr against Vandy.

By AltamahaDawg

November 8, 2008 9:19 PM | Link to this

Well now RON, surely you will conceed that gas prices being the total responsibility of the sitting president is about like saying , I dont care how many turnovers gives the other guys the ball in the red zone, the score is the DC fault.

By Keith

November 8, 2008 9:23 PM | Link to this

Fire Martinez now!!!!! I’m so sick of him I could puke!!!! Allowing Kentucky to score like they did is pathetic period.. No excuses he just sucks. You damn right Auburn will score at least 21 on us probably more, my guess would be atleast 31. Richt needs to do some serious evaluations on himself and his so called coaching staff. WAs the # 1 ranked team in the country !!! Hell we ain’t even the best team in the state and that hurts to say but it’s the truth!!!!!

By Junkyard Dawg '00

November 8, 2008 9:23 PM | Link to this

Free Willie. It’s beyond embarrassing. Don’t give me any crap about the Defense stepping up in crucial situations, even if there is some truth to it. There shouldn’t have been any crucial situations in the game today if the D could have stopped anyone. Don’t give me any crap about the special teams putting the D in bad situations… but I will agree w/ the firing of Fabris. This downward spiral of our Defense goes back to the fourth and 10 against Auburn in athens ‘05… didn’t make the play- gave up over 30 points andlost. The sugar bowl against WV… didn’t make a single play until the second half- lost. ‘06 UT, ‘06 UK, ‘06 Vandy, ‘07 UT, ‘08 ALA… I’m sure I’ve missed some, feel free to add to my post… Long story short- Asking for Willie’s head is not an overreaction to today’s game, or this year, but a reaction to the deterioration of this Defense since he has taken the helm.

By TheItalianDawg

November 8, 2008 9:23 PM | Link to this

I’m sick and tired of our pathetic defense,we will never win big games with such horrible uninspired D. we lost our swagger and identity. Martinez should be fired. come on coach Richt You see how our D is suffering and you not doing anything to heal our D. during the game we probably said F U Martinez a million times. also we need a new special team coach. Fire Willie!

By Cuz

November 8, 2008 9:26 PM | Link to this

59dawg, you are letting football take over your life, maybe not, just seems so by the post. My life is way too important to let UGA football decide whether or not I will have a great week. My family has medical problems, I have medical problems. I may not be here to watch Logan Gray as QB. So what, I will live my life to the extent that I can. No whining on my part. Football is fun, life is real. Once you get to that point, everything falls into place. Good luck to you and may God bless. 10-2, heck yes. Go Dawgs!!!!!

By monty

November 8, 2008 9:27 PM | Link to this

You fans who are dissing Willie are too hard on him, we just don’t get the recruits that Kentucky gets… when is the last time we had a top 10 recruiting season?,,,uh thats right I forgot, for the last 5 years! When has Kentucky ever had multi consecutive top 10 recruiting classes?They have to rely on coaching, and lessser talent. We just rely on our athletes with little coaching to win games.

By Cuz

November 8, 2008 9:33 PM | Link to this

Alt, stop making sense.

By golden herd

November 8, 2008 9:34 PM | Link to this

there is obviously a consensus by Georgia fans about what needs to be done…FIRE WILLIE MARTINEZ!!!!!!

By AltamahaDawg

November 8, 2008 9:35 PM | Link to this

uh monty , we beat Kentucky.

By Richt is not the problem

November 8, 2008 9:37 PM | Link to this

Richt may not be the intense, blow out, and nasty coach that urby or lessie is, but you can’t falt him because LOOK AT WHAT HE HAS DONE. Before the CMR era the dawgs were 8-3, 7-4, and 6-5. With CMR,we are 10-3 SEC CHAMPS 9-4, 11-2, 13-1 SEC CHAMPS,and as of right now 8-2. We have a questionable o.c., but on days like today, the offense is anything but bad. Knowshon and Stafford played like vets, and we put up big numbers, but the d was poor. DCWM needs to be addressed by CMR because that game should have been 42-14 with all our defensive studs. Come Willie, step it up. That being said, Willie needs to be like ERK. Much like Dooley, CMR is not an intimidator, but Dooley had Erk who could motivate a 18 year old to play as if his life depended on it. If CMR can’t get Willie to do that, then Willie needs to go.

By WSP Dawg

November 8, 2008 9:37 PM | Link to this

Alt, thanks for being level-headed. I am definitely for making a change at DC. Your comment: “Here is what I would do: After this season, I would contact whomever I knew that had any pull in the Athletic Department, and I would let my feeling known about Coach Martinez…” is the best things said about the subject yet.

I am definitely not of the more lunatic fringe saying “Fire Richt,” or “Bobo’s stupid.” I’ve felt that over the past three years I was probably on the extreme-end (minority) of the fan base who had major questions about WIllie. He just hadn’t sold me yet. And now I know I’m sold. A change should definitely be made, and I think the majority of the fan base probably agrees with that now.

I do want to congratulate CMR for another road win. And say thank you to our team for gutting this one out. I think Stafford is great. The play calling isn’t beyond criticism - I mean, I know what they’re going to do 90% of the time, but I think the offense is still on the right track.

The leadership and competent coaching on the defense??? Just don’t see it…

By Cuz

November 8, 2008 9:39 PM | Link to this

Monty, Monty, Monty, I am walking down your hall, got beat lost my seat, but I aint a man to bawl. Though I didn’t get rich you son of a bich, No I’m not a man to crawl, cause my whole world lies waiting behind DOOR NUMBER THREE!!

By rootentootendawg

November 8, 2008 9:42 PM | Link to this

I thought it was a good game. Really, how fun is it to watch a blowout. What are we going to do when we only win 7 games or maybe a loosing season. I guess most of you on this blog will become Gator or Tide fans until they start loosing. I would bet to say that 90% of you blogging here are not true generation dawg fans. Ya’ll are pathetic and make me sick to my stomach to hear all your crying. Ya’ll complain way too much to be a true at heart Georgia fans. Ya’ll just need to go back where you came from, wherever that is. I’ve never in my life heard fans gripe so much about a team, and I’ve had season tickets for 36 years.

By DawgNirvana

November 8, 2008 9:45 PM | Link to this

Cuz,

WTF are you babbling about?

By Catlanta91

November 8, 2008 9:45 PM | Link to this

You people won the game!

UK was playing with a banged up defense at Florida and special teams killed us!

We only lost by three at 10-0 Alabama, so quit whining about what a disgrace it was to almost lose to a team that

BEAT YOU TWO YEARS AGO

By Toothless Gator

November 8, 2008 9:49 PM | Link to this

Hey puppies…your bite has left you…so, just enjoy the great game of college football and quit complaining.

By WSP Dawg

November 8, 2008 9:52 PM | Link to this

BurtDawg, Just because I am criticizing our defensive coordinator doesn’t mean that I’m young and it doesn’t mean that I’ve forgotten how many close games it took our 1980 (28 years ago if you haven’t noticed) NC team to win the NC. There is no doubt that in a championship year (if that ever happens again) we will have some close games. No doubt, However, this isn’t a championship year. Nor is it even close. We don’t have a championship caliber defense. Not even close. I can see that - clear as day.

I also believe that the landscape of College Football has changed drastically since 1980. Like it or not, we are in the era of ‘Stylish Wins.’ Period. If you’d like to see what a championship team looks like - turn on ESPN2 and watch the team that beat us by 39 last weekend - you’ll see why we’re frustrated. You see, we’re sick and tired of year after year after year after year after year (28 times over) never being close to a National Championship. Never playing for a national championship. I believe that we have MOST of the pieces in place. But a FEW pieces still need to be changed - and that is why I am passionate about making a change

By BurtDawg

November 8, 2008 9:53 PM | Link to this

RE: rootentootendawg

AMEN, AMEN; You said it all…..

By Cuz

November 8, 2008 9:57 PM | Link to this

Rooten, you post brought me to tears, but I am a mental wreck so it only counts so much. Great post though. Seven wins, I got your back dude, I was there in 79, 6-5. That blew, but the following year made up for it.

By AltamahaDawg

November 8, 2008 10:00 PM | Link to this

Thanks WSP. Not sure what the majority wants or not. I think this blog is far from representing that. I know a boat load of dawg fans in real life and the tone of this blog is definetely the fringe.

Surprisingly , you would not find a single quote from me saying our defense or WM has done a good job this year, despite a few trying to put words in my (keyboard). All I have ever said is this, be fair. Don’t blame the entire outcome of the game on ONE coach, ignoring many other aspect. The first 90 post in here and not one person even mentioned 2 fumbles, 2 botched punts, one runback for basically a TD. That’s just not objective thinking. I just dont happen to think the defense has been our worst issues. An issue to be sure.

Here is what I REALLY do not get: don’t think WM is the best man for the job, great ,fine, but why would some of these folks fool themselves into believing that posting over the top negative stuff in a newspaper blog is going to do a darn thing. And a few of them say the same thing not just weekly, but daily , and in some cases I’ve seen them say it several times per day. No matter what the topic ,or comments, its “oh that willie fault”. How stupid is that? Does it make them feel better, feel smarter. Does it “convince” some other fans? Just silly if you ask me , when grown men act like little girls with thier feelings hurt. State your preference for a new DC, move on, and stop sounding like a 12 yr old folks, good lordy.

By AltamahaDawg

November 8, 2008 10:04 PM | Link to this

WSP, very good post. Now thats expressing an opinion. Didn’t even use clueless, sucks, always this , never that.

By Ron Roberts

November 8, 2008 10:04 PM | Link to this

alt… I don’t put gas prices solely on the president; but I will put it on the president and party that had government oversight most of the time the prices went up so dramatically.

But your comparison doesn’t jibe, anyhow. The defense can only be held responsible for what happens when they’re on the field, and when they’re put out there with a short field to defend, chances are, they’re gonna give up a score.

By ChuckA

November 8, 2008 10:07 PM | Link to this

To be honest, I’m still p** about the FL game last week.

By Cuz

November 8, 2008 10:09 PM | Link to this

Nirvana, old Jimmy Buffet song off of A-1-A. Door number three is about Let’s make a deal. There is a method to my madness.

By Louise

November 8, 2008 10:09 PM | Link to this

I agree with DAWGSn08. Bring on David Pollack! But, we are 8-2, and there are lots of teams that would love to have that record, so be thankful! Just look at UT and those AU tigers! Please also remember our unbelievably tough schedule! Give our Dawgs some credit!

By dan

November 8, 2008 10:12 PM | Link to this

Well first let me say that Kentucky is a decent team. They have been to bowl games the last 2 years, beat UGA in 2006 and beat LSU last year. I knew they would play us tough. Contrary to popular opinion, it’s tough to bounce back from a tough loss. So I’m not surprised by how close it was today even though I couldn’t have predicted 42-38. But hey I’ll take it. But this is without question the worst defense I’ve seen at UGA. Some of it is Martinez and his poor scheme. Some of it is due to the fact that that the talent on defense is nowhere near as good as it needs to be. And some of has to do with effort and execution. Say what you want about Martinez, but he’s not out there tackling. The INT at the end of the game was pretty sweet, but otherwise I give this defense an F for the second week in a row. But hey it could be worse! At least they’re not losing to teams like Wyoming 13-7, way to play with a lot of pride there Vols!

By BurtDawg

November 8, 2008 10:22 PM | Link to this

WSP Dawg:

Good post and point taken. One point I will leave you with. You are very correct that the landscape has changed. My point is that the SEC is so much deeper than when Dooly was around. Goff and Donnan had talent and could not get it done (winning the SEC). Let’s win and compete for the SEC first and let that do what it will for the NC. Richt has the talent to get us where we are. If he needs to make a change he will. However, it will to be win the SEC; not compete for ESPN “style points”. Enjoy the rest of the week. UGA has a W.

By Fetch

November 8, 2008 10:22 PM | Link to this

CMR is a fantastic person and a fantastic coach. If he does have a downfall it is he is way too nice and loyal. Martinez needs to go. Our special teams needs some work as well. We need a DC who is a Saban clone who will actually be aggressive with our endless talent. I truly believe if Vangorder was DC still then we would have won the National Title last year and we would only have 1 loss this year and would still be in the hunt. I really hope Martinez doesn’t bring CMR down.

By monty

November 8, 2008 10:25 PM | Link to this

Was just looking back on youtube of some of the great defensive games by some great defensive talent we had in the past.Names like Thomas Davis and Greg Belue, Quentin Moses, games where our guys dared you to come over the middle at your own risk. Maybe I’m just living in the past but didn’t our defense get chewed up by Kentucky 2 years ago? We couldn’t stop the run when we knew thats what they were going to do?

Is anyone watching Fla dismantle the Vandy team we let hang around deep in the 4th quarter? As long as we settle for mediocrity, thats what we’ll keep getting. We have the athletes to do what Fla and Bama are doing, or do we? Have we been sold a “bill of goods” with all of our “top 10 recruiting” we hear about every signing day? If our talent pool wasn’t any better than Kentucky’s I wouldn’t waste my time complaining, and unless anyone can convince me that it isn’t any better than theirs,I’ll keep voicing my complaints about the coaching.

By Supes

November 8, 2008 10:27 PM | Link to this

First, congrats to Matthew Stafford and the UGA offense. They handled their business today, for the most part, with the exception of Mo Mass’ two fumbles! Hold on to the fraking ball, stop struggling for a useless 1 yard after the catch gain. Just fall the frak down Mo Mass, you are not going to the end zone!

I hope Justin Anderson’s injury isn’t too serious, b/c our O-line can’t take anymore injuries. Just enough already. The Football gods are decimating our O-Line.

To those who say CMR should be critical of the defense, special teams, he can’t be. Not INFRONT of the media. Behind closed doors, sure. Lay the wood down. But you still have a lot to play for, nothing good will come out of calling them out in public. So of course he’s going to say the Defense played well. UGA won the game, and stopped KY when the game was on the line!

Meanwhile…two things were evident today. If this keeps up, SPECIAL TEAMS and DEFENSE needs a change in coaching.

UGA’s Special Teams have really struggled. Coach isn’t doing the job and we don’t seem to be putting enough “star” athletes on there. Look at FLA (as much as I hate to say it…they play their stars on their special teams) Yes you risk injuries, but there is a lot to be gained. It’s 1/3 of the game anyways. Use your star players on special teams.

Willie Martinez is going to be fired at the end of the year. Regardless. Something has to be done. Our Defense is soft and not motivated. We lack playmakers at the D-Line…bad! We were exposed this entire year. No playmaking DE and no playmaking/run stuffing DT.

One suggestion, bring on David Pollack as a DE coach next year. The team can use a young, passionate, former UGA great on the sideline who knows a thing or two about D-Line play at the collegiate level. Not sure if he wants to get into coaching, he’s got the cushy gig with 790 right now, but we need a fiery personality on the Defensive Coaching side.

Let’s hope we get the early game at AU next week, maybe we’ll escape with another 3-5 point win against a struggling auburn team (when they play us, they’ll look like world beaters offensively since Cody Burns is a mobile QB…There will be R. Cobb flashback!)

By TybeeDawg

November 8, 2008 10:28 PM | Link to this

ron, get a clue…oil and gas are comodities that are traded 24/7…speculators drove prices up not a political party or a president…time you changed financial advisors and I DONT want your account.

cuz, good to see you on the blog…hope all is well. i was at UGA same time as you…i love the dawgs…been to 7 games this year including the 2 loses…there are other things than football

alt, i’m with you….congrats to richt and the dawgs for one incredible, gutty win. there are 106 teams in our shadow in D-1 looking at us wishing they were where we are.

By Cuz

November 8, 2008 10:29 PM | Link to this

Gas went up to four bucks and Willie Martinez was the DC. He should have defended us against the sob’s making money off us poor people. Fire Martinez, bring gas under two dollars a gallon. Pay Muschamp more than Mark Richt, get him a Ford pickup comercial. Fire Richt, hire Muschamp. Yeah baby…………..

By Michael G.

November 8, 2008 10:33 PM | Link to this

Enough with the Willie must go nonsense. I ask all you “dawg” fans go back and watch the last 2 ballgames and you will see in today’s UK had 4 possessions inside UGA territory with 2 inside the 10. UF had 4 last week with 2 inside the 10. Now I don’t care if jesus and his apostles were playing defense, they aren’t keeping points off the scoreboard!

59dawg…..you said for your #3 that you are not happy with 10-11 wins a year, and that Saban has his team in championship game in his 2nd year. Richt did the same thing in his second year as well as two other times (winning 2) and earning 3 BCS bowls in the process. I’ll take that considering none of those things happened for 20 prior to Richt being on campus. If I’m a blind loyalist for supporting our coach, that I’ll take that as a compliment.

By barneyb

November 8, 2008 10:35 PM | Link to this

What is it going to take for CMR to fire Martinez? Bobo isn’t much better, but the lack of dense and penalties has turned UGA into a joke. Mediocrity and a borderline thug player mentality unless CMR has a truegut check and make the tough decisions to turn this program around.

By AltamahaDawg

November 8, 2008 10:38 PM | Link to this

WSP, FWIW, I agree that we do not have a championship defense this year, but to me, we were NEVER going to win a NC this year with our o-line. I said this summer that I thought winning a NC is going to be a 3 year project. I might not be as “tired of it” as some are, not winning it yet, but you know what? This coaching staff has already proven that it can have the same year as the last few NC team, minus the unpredictable (and uncontrollable) situations that gets you there, so I say, just keep staying in the mix.

I know the anger seems to be the lopsided way we lost this year, but even IF the defense had been much better, I still think losing 1 or 2 games was going to happen, which is pretty much what everyone predicted. Its also an indisputable fact, that in those blowout, the offense bears a lot of the blame.

FL lost 4 games last year and LSU just might as well, both after a NC, so Obviously coaches can’t control every outcome. If that was the case, the same 3 guys would win it every time. Heck wasnt LSU supposed to have an even better defense than last year? and giving up 50 points twice. AU was supposed to have a superior defense this year.

By Cuz

November 8, 2008 10:40 PM | Link to this

Fetch, here dawgie dawgie, go get it. Just kidding. BVG has become a myth. No one not even BVG could ever live up to the Dawg Nation making him some kind of superhero, greater than Spiderman less than the Hulk. This is why Spurrier did not go back to UF. He could not live up to his legend. Okay fire Martinez. Find someone else, then give him the same treatment. We won’t be happy until we go back to the 8-3 seasons. I can’t wait so the rest of you bandwaggoners will go away.

By WSP Dawg

November 8, 2008 10:41 PM | Link to this

Thanks, guys. I am happy for the win. I also need to see something compelling done about the defense. Ya’ll have a good week too!

By Ron Roberts

November 8, 2008 10:43 PM | Link to this

Let’s not lose sight of the fact that this Kentucky team we barely beat in their stadium almost beat Alabama in Tuscaloosa, folks.

All this hand-wringing about the state of the program is uncalled for. We’re on pace to (ho-hum) go 11-2. That’s 6 of the last 7 years with 10+ wins. Know many other schools with that track record of late? Oklahoma is 8 of 9, Texas is 8 of 8 and 8 of 11; LSU’s won 10 games in 5 of the last 7, and Southern Cal’s won 10+ games the last 6 years (on their way to 7), but folks, we’re in elite company there.

I’ll take this consistency over the long haul. Besides, in Richt we have a man who loves where he is, has zero aspirations to go elsewhere (including the NFL) so we’re blessed to know that he’s not leaving unless we give him the boot (which we won’t, with this level of success).

By eDAWG

November 8, 2008 10:46 PM | Link to this

One more time…Please remove the blinders…WE HAVE MAJOR COACHING ISSUES!

By Gary

November 8, 2008 10:51 PM | Link to this

Those few who are supporting Martinez. Guys today was the 10th time since he has been DC that an opponent went over 30+ points. When Van Gorder was DC, the Dawgs only gave up 30+ points 1 time and that was to LSU in the 03 SECCG. And Van Gorder did not have the depth that Willie has now. Willie is horrible and his defensive schemes are terrible. He needs to go.

By AltamahaDawg

November 8, 2008 10:52 PM | Link to this

Supes thank you! these guys who demand we get a full and complete apology (for wining I guess) and admission of fault at Coach’s press conference crack me up. Right, coach is going to rag on his players, staff, and air our weaknesses.

I do disagree however that firing the expereinced and proven coach who was responsible for teaching Pollack to be a great DE so that we can hire the inexpereinced player , might not be the right call. I mean if you are looking for a guy who knows a thing or two about DE, how about the guy who taught any good one we have ever had? How about an apprentice role for David?

By Ron Roberts

November 8, 2008 10:53 PM | Link to this

Hey Tybee who rolled back the EPA fuel efficiency standards, thus allowing for more gas to be sold (and consumed)? If you put the oil companies in a position to gouge, they will; history’s shown that. They purposely drove up prices during the 1st Iraqi invasion, and we walked right into their trap this time, too, unfettered, of course, with friendly folks in office in the District. Record prices and record profits, at the same time???

By AltamahaDawg

November 8, 2008 10:58 PM | Link to this

Martinez never lost to an inferior Florida team,. BVG did it twice. And all you folks disappointed about not winning a NC and how great it is that X and Y did it thier second year……….well what DC can you thank for not holding Zooker and costing Richt his shot in his second year?

By Cuz

November 8, 2008 10:59 PM | Link to this

You are right eDawg, some of our coaches are going Vegan on us, all coaches need to eat red meat, how else can you fire up the team? Tofu, I don’t think so.

By Cuz

November 8, 2008 11:05 PM | Link to this

hey Ron this is a football blog. take your politics and get the FiretrUcK away from here. you dig.

By AltamahaDawg

November 8, 2008 11:10 PM | Link to this

Ron, you may be on to something. Now we need to find out who is behind these profit margins on bread , which is about 3 times as much as gas. And Starbucks is 4 times that margin..hmm…..wake up and smell the coffee….that sounds like a conservative plot.

But thats not the problem. It was those 2 billion kids that Bush fathed in China 15 yrs ago, that got us.

By 80's dawg

November 8, 2008 11:11 PM | Link to this

what has Texas Tech’s last 5 recruiting classes been rate? what has UGA’s??? nuff said…coaching coaching coaching. get a clue CMR or get gone.

By cobbdawg

November 8, 2008 11:14 PM | Link to this

enough about CWM…What about Stafford and Green re-enacting Montana and Clark for the winning TD. Go Dawgs!

By The_Rickster

November 8, 2008 11:16 PM | Link to this

I watched the 17-10 victory over Notre Dame in January 1981 for the Championship, and I hate to say, that even though I am a big supporter of the Dawgs, unless they get a coach that can grab the team by the gonads, the Dawgs are not gonna see that kind of excitement again. I have seen too many blundered offensive calls in the red zone, too many blowned defensive packages that shows me that this Georgia team, this year and recent years past, is not the caliber of the team that can win another championship. It’s gereat the Dawgs can win 9, 10, 11 games every year, but until they have a coach that can put that fire and desire in their eye, we’re not gonna see it again. CMR is a great coach if you wanna win a bunch of games, but in college football, you have to be able to dominate, not just settle for a win. In today’s game against Kentucky, he was gonna be content with settling for a tying field goal, but Stafford took the matter into his own hand and said we ain’t gonna settle for that. I think Stafford is gone after this year because he plays for a coach that just settles, and doesn’t go for the throat.

By The Rickster

November 8, 2008 11:23 PM | Link to this

Watch Out! Auburn is 5-5; down in the hole; hey would love nothing more than to beat GA to make their season semi-complete. Dawgs better look out next week.

By Ron Roberts

November 8, 2008 11:23 PM | Link to this

Altahama, that’s an old ploy, there, buddy. Why are the prices of just about everything up, now? Could it have to do w/transport of those goods to and from where they’re made, packaged, and sold? Nahhhhh. :)

Sorry, Cuz I just responded to a shot outta nowhere about Obama. I didn’t start it but I don’t mind putting my retort in.

I’m all about talking football (and have been, too, thankya).

By AltamahaDawg

November 8, 2008 11:26 PM | Link to this

What is this fascination with 30 points? Half the SEC averages scoring over 30 points now. Some average 40. League full of sorry DC I suppose. Scoring is up about 10 points in the SEC since BVG. Incidentally you are ignoring quite a few 27,28s with him. And how do you say he didn’t have the depth then? Such as?

By Hunkerdown

November 8, 2008 11:27 PM | Link to this

Air Dobbs saved our fannies. That was a tremendous effort and pick as he got some nice air and made a very sure handed snag. Hey Demaracus, coash is trying to recruit at WR. Ask him to give u a shot! Great Play!

By The Rickster

November 8, 2008 11:34 PM | Link to this

Touche Hunkerdown, love the way Dobbs tipped the ball to himself, caught it and fell to the ground. Didn’t try anything stupid, like getting up and trying to run with it.

By No nonsense Dawg

November 8, 2008 11:35 PM | Link to this

Ron Roberts….. Stop spewing the loony liberal socialism crap on this blog. If you think conservatism is dead well don’t hold your breath my friend. Go out and get you free gasoline and apply for to have your house paid for free and clear like some of Obama’s spinners have told some of the uninformed people who voted for him. Oh don’t worry about hard work… its easy street now and Obama is gonna spread the wealth along with his cronies Farrakhan,Rev Wright and those other terrorist he associates with.BTW hold on to your wallet if you can! ….GO DAWGS!

By AltamahaDawg

November 8, 2008 11:41 PM | Link to this

Ah, so you dont know the difference between profit margins and prices huh? Funny how nobody worries about other companies maintaining MARGINS when thier cost goes up, But refineries are gouging when they do.

80s dawg, texas tech has had the same DC for 9 years and stayed with him through some less than desirable years, like 5 losses in both the previous years before now. Good plan or clueless?

By The Rickster

November 8, 2008 11:42 PM | Link to this

The defense should be taking Dobbs out to a dinner of his choice. He saved the defense an embarrasement.

By 59bulldawg

November 8, 2008 11:43 PM | Link to this

Altamaha, perhaps you didn’t understand … “any Georgia fan is free to express their opinion” … that means any fan and any criticism. I don’t have a problem with anyone saying how they feel as long as they’re fair. I know what you mean about the OTT fans … and if my post tonight was the only post of mine that you ever read … then you might be justified in that opinion of me. However it’d be wrong! You didn’t read one single crude remark or swear word in my post. Neither was it unfair in my opinion. That’s the difference between being irrationally OTT and passionate. And I admit to being passionate about Georgia football. The worst thing I said about the fans who disagree with me is that they are blind and satisfied. But for folks who think the GEORGIA DEFENSE is well led and progressing nicely this season … well let’s just say I understand the confusion about my remarks. Oh and by the way while the words are mine, I have heard each of those 5 attitudes expressed at one time or another on Georgia football related blogs. As for lecturing the other side, again I agree with the sentiment but respond that was not my intent tonight.

As for you Burtdawg, so what about your 20+ years of home game attendance. I applaud the loyalty old boy but really what does that have to do with the price of tea in China. If you can’t see that WM needs to go you must attend strictly for the beer and hotdogs! As for growing up, well you’re the one using the term dude. I’m probably old enough to be your daddy or you’re probably way too old to be using the term dude. Either way you made me laugh!

Cuz … well I hope you’re here to enjoy Georgia football for many more years to come. As for my life … well it’s much too busy for football to take it over. And actually I’ve posted less this year than in any of the last few years. I think this is probably only my fourth or fifth post for the season. I’m much more scarce on this blog than you although I do tend to submit longer posts. I understand what you say but just don’t get the defensiveness. Not fooling myself into thinking I’m doing anything except expressing an opinion. I don’t necessarily feel any better or any smarter than you feeling the need to use sarcasm. I’m sorry if we can’t agree on our opinions but know what … If your life is way too important to let Georgia football decide what kind of week you have … you sure seem to have time to sit on this blog and pass judgement on posts you don’t like. Again not hating … just observing.

Now all you folks who disagree with my posts can slice and dice away at me til Sunday morning if you want. However I’m headed to bed.

By AltamahaDawg

November 8, 2008 11:44 PM | Link to this

Can you imagine the conversation coach had with Stafford after that TD pass? “Matt I love you, great pass, But if you EVER do that again, I will kill you”.

By Cuz

November 8, 2008 11:51 PM | Link to this

Alt, you do not understand. VanGorder was the greatest Defensive Coordinator ever. Erk Russel would bow down to him if he was still alive and beg to be one of his assistants. BVG can destroy an opposing offense, absolve you of your sins and get out that grease stain out of you favorite Bulldawg shirt. Feel and believe the power, the mysticism, the cult of VanGorder.

By AltamahaDawg

November 8, 2008 11:53 PM | Link to this

How odd is it NOT to have a bunch of pesky bugs buzzing around here tonight? To think, all we needed was a little tar based repellant.

By dbc

November 8, 2008 11:53 PM | Link to this

Wow. Most of you really ARE Infants. Between the political p** match and the love-in by certain posters, I think I’m done with this for tonight. Although some of this stuff is mildly entertaining, I would bet most of you are LOSERS of the worst kind.

By The Rickster

November 8, 2008 11:57 PM | Link to this

Hey AltamahaDawg, Stafford did what HE had to do to try to WIN the game. He’s a winner and wants to win. CMR was content to settle for a tying field goal. That’s why the coach stands on the sideline and not on the field.

By The Rickster

November 9, 2008 12:01 AM | Link to this

dbc…get a life!

By Right Reverand Mark Richt

November 9, 2008 12:02 AM | Link to this

Does 1980 seem as long ago as it feels. Last year of Carter Presidency. Berlin Wall still stands. Internet isn’t even a dream. 6 years from Barry Bonds rookie year.

Maybe that’s why “Run, Lindsey, Run” seems like another century. Well, it was another century, but you know what I mean.

Aren’t “traditional powers” suppose to be in National Title picture more than once every quarter of a century—give or take a few years??

By Dr. Morpheus

November 9, 2008 12:03 AM | Link to this

There’s more than one problem with this year’s team. The team has been erratic and mistake-prone. That includes the coaches. We’ve had a lot of big plays on both sides of the ball; but, we’ve negated them with big screw-ups at critical times. Even MoMass caught the virus this week although he managed to end of a positive note. I disagree with those who blame #7- he’s played winning ball and made great improvements. #24 played hard today as well- both guys padded their stats. Like many of you, I’ve come to the conclusion that we need an aggressive and intense DC in the mold of Irk or Muschamp. I hope CMR has the guts to do it. Final word- I find it ironic we’re arguing about an 8-2 team that’s lost only to two top 5 teams. After today, winning out seems more plausible. Thanks Dawgs for fighting to the end and finding a way to win.

By murfdawg

November 9, 2008 12:11 AM | Link to this

FIRE WILLIE!!! We gave up 38 points to a team with a freshman qb. I don’t care where we gave them the ball, if we can’t stop a kid who was playing high school this time last year, then we are pathetic. Martinez is pathetic.

My wife asked me why KY completes all those passes across the middle. I started to point out what I knew about cover two defense and guess what happened? KY completes a 20 yard pass across the middle exactly where the safeties started their backpeddling.Now, my wife is mad at me because I am not the DC and making $500,000 a year.

Oh by the way, Bobo made another bonehead call on the play before the final touchdown. He had Southerland and Chapas in the game and tried another one of his TRICK PLAYS with Stafford rolling out on a naked bootleg and getting sacked.Then Stafford does his best JOE MONTANA impersonation and hits Dwight Clark in the corner of the endzone.Give Bobo one more year and a good offensive line and see what he can do. I don’t think he can win the conference for us, much less a NC

I haven’t felt this bad about a win since Alan Leavit kicked a field goal to beat Tech. Go Dawgs Beat Auburn!!!

By Kevin

November 9, 2008 12:13 AM | Link to this

Well, I seems everyone on the blog sees the same thing I see. Willie may be a good friend to CMR. But he has got to GO. He just does not have the defense ready to play. Kentucky should have never put up 38 points with a freshman at QB. Offer Vangorder whaever he wants to come back. I am so sick of seeing a pre-vent defense for 4 quarters all year long. You wait the Auburn game will be close and Tech may get us this year. Loyality, Friendship whatever, if CMR wants to keep his job he had better find a way to get rid of Willie. Just not getting the job done.

By Right Reverand Mark Richt

November 9, 2008 12:17 AM | Link to this

59bulldawg, Way too sane and objective to be a college football FANatic. Where’s the “Well, did you ever coach?” or “Just stand by your team.”

By Cuz

November 9, 2008 12:31 AM | Link to this

59, sorry if you took it the wrong way. It seemed you were way uptight, I did not read other posts til my first comment. If I have transgressed on your bulldawgatudie, forgive me. I have been reading posts by so-called fans, not you, all year win, lose, fire everybody. I guess I am a little defensive. I have stayed away from these blogs alot this year also. Blog away, your opinion is at least as good as mine if not better.

Alt, are you really going to argue profit margins with the great unwashed. They would never understand. Okay 10% profit margin on $2.00 is .20. 10% on $4.00 is .40. See the evil oil companines have doubled their profits. You understand it, I understand it. Most do not. The profit margin is the same. I imagine only 5 out of 100 understand it, perhaps less. But they can understand the ratio of sacks from a WM defense versus Saint VanGorder.

By The Rickster

November 9, 2008 12:32 AM | Link to this

I don’t know how to access this season, other than we let the pre-season #1 get in our heads, and I think that made the coaching staff get a little tentative. But as the season went on and things weren’t coming together as we hoped, we couldn’t adjust. The O couldn’t seem to call the right plays in the red zone, and the D couldn’t play tight enough. I think the Dawgs expected the Championship would just come to them. But as it turned out, into the 10th week of the season we are counting on someone to come up with a play to secure a victory for us. Thank you Dobbs!. Now it’s on to victories against Auburn and Tech.

GO DAWGS!!!

By Ron Roberts

November 9, 2008 12:37 AM | Link to this

Hey No Nonsense… can ya fit anymore Hannity talking points into your run-on sentence?

Altamaha, when the entire economy is affected by prices, people care.

Ya’ll keep saying stop the political talk, but you can’t resist taking your “loony liberal” digs.

I’ll talk football. Have been. Carry on.

By Kyle

November 9, 2008 12:49 AM | Link to this

I’ve never met Martinez so maybe he is a nice guy, but he should go away. Kentucky scored 14 against Mississippi State last weekend. When playing Georgia, Kentucky equaled their output against Norfolk State: 38 points. Tennessee scored more points against Georgia than Wyoming. Alabama scored 31 before halftime against Georgia. They didn’t total that much in the Tulane, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Tennessee or LSU games. I can’t watch this ineptitude much longer.

By Darrell

November 9, 2008 12:52 AM | Link to this

I agree that Willie needs to go. The defense is awful. I hate the bend don’t break style. The corners are to far off the receivers. The quarterbacks have all day to pick an open receiver. The defense does not attack or cause turnovers. I do not remember the last time I have seen a hard hit on Defense this year. Specail teams needs some work also. When was the last time GA really tried to block a punt or Fieldgoal. Please find a new defensive Coordinator before Tech really runs all over us.

By Thoughtful Teresa

November 9, 2008 12:57 AM | Link to this

Hey Ron, I could have lived with John IF he would have promised to last his entire term, BUT when he named the Avon Lady, I was just too frightened that she might try to hasten Biblical prophecy. Don’t know what to label myself. I’m anti-abortion, but also ProChild EVEN after they pop out. I’ll defend a fetus, and I will defend the RIGHT of a 4 year old child with a 104 degree fever to see a doctor and not sit in an emergency room for 3 hours because parents can’t afford or are TOO stupid to have health insurance. Won’t blame the 4 year old for sins of his or her parents. Am also Pro Life in my belief that some elderly person in El Paso should not face a premature death because he or she can’t afford blood pressure medication. When a certain Biblical Character walked the Earth, He did not seem too fond of rich people and went out of His way to feed the hungry and see to the sick. I really beliece a lot of people are really going to be surprised by just how mad He is about current events.

Remember that Quote pertaining to the camel and the rich man and the ease of attaining Heaven? I also realized during the week that the ultimate Re-Distribution of wealth is the collection plate. Is that acceptable or is it socialism??

By The Rickster

November 9, 2008 1:02 AM | Link to this

Up 14-0, I’m looking for a blowout, because for the Dawgs to save any thread of a season they have left, they need to blowout their remaining 3 opponents (especially after what happened last week). But NO…the defense lets us down again. During the offseason, the staff really needs to look at a new defensive coordinator; we are giving up way too many points. New DC, Stafford and Moreno stick around next year…we win the NC.

By That70sGAdawg

November 9, 2008 1:06 AM | Link to this

I’m a UGA grad that lost his job this week because the company is going bankrupt, but Willie Martinez still has his job ????

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

November 9, 2008 1:23 AM | Link to this

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vols 27-21 over the last 4 years now. Impressive.

That is not even in the Top 50 football programs. In the BCS, the vols drop from Number 75 to 3-7 back not in the Top 100 teams this year for the vols.

Georgia Tech drops out of the rankings as well.

Over the last 4 years, the vols and Georgia Tech have the same winning percentage.

Georgia Tech, don’t forget Lost to 2 Mediocre Teams Virginia Tech and Virginia, a couple of Middling 6-4 cupcake playing teams.

This is just not material, with no good win, to be the 1st 3-Loss Team. The best 3-Loss Team is way back outside the Top 30 – other than LSU who has Lost to Number 1 Alabama, Number 3 Florida and Number 11 Georgia.

Don’t forget that it was 7-28. And, that was against the best team Georgia Tech has played.

Orange Bowl. This nincompoops of this rag such as Mark Bradley were talking about Georgia Tech being in the Orange Bowl. That was this morning.

Tonight reality creeps in.

Pennsylvania State’s Loss will drop the old coot 6 spots in the Rankings from Number 3 to Number 9.

It does Ohio State no favors either, not a 8-2.

Oklahoma State, who has beat no one, will find UGA jumping them in the Polls. UGA already was in the Top 10 of every single BCS Computer Poll. TCU will also find UGA jumping them this morning.

Frankly, I would love to play Joe Papa again.

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

November 9, 2008 1:26 AM | Link to this

LSU will not drop much. Les Miles is an idiot to have not brought in the next LSU Quarterback, who will have to be the Quarterback next season, anyway. They would have won the game, if they had because John Parker Wilson did nothing, either.

Georgia should be Number 11 in the Polls in the morning with our 2 Losses to Number 1 Alabama and Number 3 Florida.

That was a great game today against Kentucky. Kentucky is a fine football team. It was 1 of the greatest football games of The University of Georgia history. I am absolutely certain that the Tech fans (both of them) changed channels and were watching our game with their game out of hand 7-28, hoping that UGA would lose. We did not. Demarcus Dobbs jumped up, got his big paw on the pass from the 14-yard line, one-handed it, and tumbled into the arms of his teammates UGA Winning 42-38.

Georgia had 2 consecutive punts blocked at the end of the game. Mohammed Massaquoi fumbled the ball on 2 consecutive long passes, and yet made the game-winning catch from Matthew Stafford for 42 yards with 2 minutes to go to set up Knowshon Moreno’s 3rd Touchdown Run of the game and the 15th of the season.

So, here we are. 11 players Lost for the season for The Bulldogs. Top 10 in 6 of the 8 BCS Polls and Number 11 in the other 2. Not a Defensive End on the team. Not a Tight End on the team. Both Offensive Line and Defensive Line looking mightily improved next season over this one. A far more manageable schedule next season. Still, you see the value of being ranked Number 1 in the preseason for UGA in that in seasons past, we were Number 13 to begin with, and would be no where Number 11 after such devastating blowout Losses, albeit to the Number 1 and Number 3 teams in America.

I really like Richard Samuel.

I really like Joe Cox. Frankly, I was disappointed that we didn’t did Logan Gray into like, for example, LSU or South Carolina to see what his running might be like. Obviously, Kentucky showed today what that type of attack means from the Quarterback. Georgia Tech would die to have Logan Gray on their roster.

So, we might go into next season with 2 freshman back-ups to Joe Cox and Logan Gray. That part sets up well.

Caleb King behind Richard Samuel is a good situation as well.

By Kevin

November 9, 2008 1:27 AM | Link to this

They should’ve left Martinez and maybe even Bobo in Lexington. The defense is horrendous. Not the players…..the play calling. We have ridiculous talent. I have no idea who we could bring in, but quite frankly, anyone would be better than Willie.

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

November 9, 2008 1:28 AM | Link to this

Bring on Auburn, when every single year Tommy Tuberville wins some big game against some very good opponent. Auburn finds itself at 5-5 requiring a Win over either UGA or Bama to play in a bowl game.

We are back to 1-ranked team in the Pathetic Pac-1, with no hope of a 2nd this season now.

Vanderbilt will go to a bowl game. If Vandie Wins their Bowl Game, it will be their 1st Bowl Win since 1955 when they beat Auburn 25-13. All Vandie has to do to set this up is to either beat the vols, Kentucky or Weak Forest. They will do that.

Fulmer should get the hell out of ObKnoxiousville now.

Wyoming a 3-6 team.

vols Lose.

Bwaaahh.

Who will ever forget Phillip Fulmer crying this week in the press conference that he will stay on until the end of the season, with no prospects for the vols to find any college football coach to go work for Mike Hamilton, whom I criticized the day he became the AD for the vols.

Bama and Florida Number 1 and Number 3 are both in a BCS Bowl, setting up the most compelling Conference Championship Game, perhaps of All-Time.

Georgia, whose only Losses are to both of them, cannot play in The Sugar Bowl. That send us to the CapitalOne Citrus Bowl.

South Carolina, 7-3 takes on Florida at the Swamp. South Carolina is clearly headed to a 9-4 season, as I have maintained from the beginning.

And, a Top 25 Ranking in the Final AP Poll.

UGA could end up Number 7, or even Top 5.

Kentucky will be a fine Bowl Opponent for someone who wishes they didn’t have to play them.

vols stay home this year, the 2nd time in the last 4 seasons for No Bowl Game for the vols.

Over in the West, Ole Miss’ Qualifying Win will have to come from either LSU or Mississippi State in the Egg Bowl.

Mississippi State will come up shy of a bowl game. They had the week off.

By Right Reverand Mark Richt

November 9, 2008 1:30 AM | Link to this

The Rickster, WHAT actually do you consider “Saving the season”? Surely you are not entertaining any thoughts of a BCS Bowl with Texas Tech, Texas Oklahoma , Alabama and Florida all in the mix, and I have not even mentioned Boise State and the automatic bids to Pac 10, Big 10, Big East.

What is a “saved season”?/ Do you mean the Peach Bowl?? This season is DEADER than Mike Hampton’s chance at an Ironman Award.

Well, I gotta get out there and start my recruiting “Magic”. Fortunately there are enough imbeciles to be pacified by Top 3 Recruiting Classes(Formulated by some self serving idiots) and that will mollify everyone through next August.

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

November 9, 2008 1:31 AM | Link to this

Auburn, has to beat UGA or Bama to go to a bowl game and that is what they will have to do. Don’t let it be us.

At least we have them where we want Auburn, over there in Auburn, where we own them.

We need this Win.

Arkansas cannot go to a bowl game.

So, I figure Florida in the Title Game. Bama in The Sugar Bowl. UGA in the CaptialOne Citrus Bowl New Year’s Day. LSU gets a Top-Tier Bowl Game as well. South Carolina next, maybe in the Cotton Bowl on-route to a 9-4 fine Season and Top 25 Rankings in the Final AP Poll. Vanderbilt in some bowl game. Kentucky in a better bowl than Vanderbilt. Ole Miss might make a bowl game, if they can beat Mississippi State. 8 SEC Bowl teams with 4 in Top Tier Bowl Games.

By contrast, there is no one who thinks the Big XII Conference Championship Game is going to be any good whatsoever, as the Big XII Continues its slide. Texas Tech and Oklahoma each take the week off before playing each other in Norman. 1 of them tumbles, obviously. Say it’s Oklahoma who Loses. Who, then, did Texas beat this season ? No one.

Georgia beat LSU and South Carolina. Those are key wins as this season winds down. Still, I cannot get over Les Miles not bringing in his future freshman quarterback Jordan Jefferson 6 feet 4 inches Top 10 ranked Freshman Quarterback in the nation. You will see Jordan Jefferson for 4 years, doing great as the LSU Quarterback. LSU could have played in a BCS Bowl Game this year had they played him today and they would have beat Number 1 Alabama.

Instead, the LSU fans have to watch Nick Saban leave the field and put up his Number 1 finger to the LSU… well, I will not call the LSU fans what Nick Saban did. You know what he called them. And, Les Miles didn’t play Jordan Jefferson. Never did a game so call for Jordan Jefferson. Never.

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By No Mas Grande Diez

November 9, 2008 1:35 AM | Link to this

Bulldawg, You might like to see it. Now find someone outside of Western Pennsylvania or Georgia that shares that feeling.

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

November 9, 2008 1:52 AM | Link to this

vols 27-21 over the last 4 years now. Impressive.

That is not even in the Top 50 football programs. In the BCS, the vols drop from Number 75 to 3-7 back not in the Top 100 teams this year for the vols.

Georgia Tech drops out of the rankings as well.

Over the last 4 years, the vols and Georgia Tech have the same winning percentage.

Georgia Tech, don’t forget Lost to 2 Mediocre Teams Virginia Tech and Virginia, a couple of Middling 6-4 cupcake playing teams.

This is just not material, with no good win, to be the 1st 3-Loss Team. The best 3-Loss Team is way back outside the Top 30 – other than LSU who has Lost to Number 1 Alabama, Number 3 Florida and Number 11 Georgia.

Don’t forget that it was 7-28. And, that was against the best team Georgia Tech has played.

Orange Bowl. The nincompoops of this rag such as Mark Bradley were talking about Georgia Tech being in the Orange Bowl. That was this morning.

Tonight reality creeps in for The Nerds.

Pennsylvania State’s Loss will drop the old coot 6 spots in the Rankings from Number 3 to Number 9.

It does Ohio State no favors either, not a 8-2.

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

November 9, 2008 1:54 AM | Link to this

Oklahoma State, who has beat no one, will find UGA jumping them in the Polls. UGA already was in the Top 10 of every single BCS Computer Poll. TCU will also find UGA jumping them this morning.

Frankly, I would love to play Joe Papa again.

LSU will not drop much. Les Miles is an idiot to have not brought in the next LSU Quarterback, who will have to be the Quarterback next season, anyway. They would have won the game, if they had because John Parker Wilson did nothing, either.

Georgia should be Number 11 in the Polls in the morning with our 2 Losses to Number 1 Alabama and Number 3 Florida.

That was a great game today against Kentucky. Kentucky is a fine football team. It was 1 of the greatest football games of The University of Georgia history. I am absolutely certain that the Tech fans (both of them) changed channels and were watching our game with their game out of hand 7-28, hoping that UGA would lose. We did not. Demarcus Dobbs jumped up, got his big paw on the pass from the 14-yard line, one-handed it, and tumbled into the arms of his teammates UGA Winning 42-38.

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

November 9, 2008 1:58 AM | Link to this

Georgia had 2 consecutive punts blocked at the end of the game. Mohammed Massaquoi fumbled the ball on 2 consecutive long passes, and yet made the game-winning catch from Matthew Stafford for 42 yards with 2 minutes to go to set up Knowshon Moreno’s 3rd Touchdown Run of the game and the 15th of the season.

So, here we are. 11 players Lost for the season for The Bulldogs. Top 10 in 6 of the 8 BCS Polls and Number 11 in the other 2. Not a Defensive End on the team. Not a Tight End on the team. Both Offensive Line and Defensive Line looking mightily improved next season over this one. A far more manageable schedule next season. Still, you see the value of being ranked Number 1 in the preseason for UGA in that in seasons past, we were Number 13 to begin with, and would be no where near Number 11 after such devastating blowout Losses, albeit to the Number 1 and Number 3 teams in America.

I really like Richard Samuel.

I really like Joe Cox. Frankly, I was disappointed that we didn’t did Logan Gray into like, for example, LSU or South Carolina to see what his running might be like. Obviously, Kentucky showed today what that type of attack means from the Quarterback. Georgia Tech would die to have Logan Gray on their roster.

So, we might go into next season with 2 freshman back-ups to Joe Cox and Logan Gray. That part sets up well.

Caleb King behind Richard Samuel is a good situation as well.

**What I am suggesting is that there is no reason for Matthew Stafford who does remind us John Elway of Stanford nor for Knowshon Moreno to not take their Draft Choices. They are both 1st round picks. Stafford will be the 1st Quarterback taken, and whoever does not take Knowshon Moreno will be disappointed quickly as he will finish high in the Heisman Trophy voting. Don’t forget that Knowshon was red-shirted, or we could have seen him 3 years.

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

November 9, 2008 2:13 AM | Link to this

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No Mas Grande Diez

What ?

You think the college football world would prefer to see UGA Bulldogs play Michigan State in the CapitalOne Citrus Bowl $4.2 million dollar extravaganza in Orlando New Year’s Day ?

Excuse me. I want to play Pennsylvania State.

I was there the last time we played them 23-27 in the 1983 Sugar Bowl in New Orleans.

I see this as a compelling match-up for the CapitalOne Citrus Bowl.

You criticize me for saying so, when you do not know a damn thing about college football or what is compelling in it.

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By Ron Roberts

November 9, 2008 2:28 AM | Link to this

Good stuff, Theresa.

By DawgDayNoon

November 9, 2008 2:32 AM | Link to this

DEFENSE wins Championships. How does WM take 4 and 5 star players and turn them into thin air. That’s what they look like every week. I would put forth some expectations for next year that must be met if certain persons want to keep their position with the coaching staff.

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

November 9, 2008 3:00 AM | Link to this

You want to try naming the Defensive End, just 1 mind you - name just 1 - on this football team, all season long ?

By Kevin

November 9, 2008 3:05 AM | Link to this

hey hey we have are Hiesman winner its Tebow again…thanks to Ga awful defense n coachin i bet coach Richt is ill again.also if the score should been 59-7 instead u get a lousy defense coach n score is 42-38.U watch next kentucky plays team that has a coach get whip by 30pts..Kentucky is not that good as always.

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

November 9, 2008 4:03 AM | Link to this

I see the Tech fans (both of them) are back to posting as if they are Florida gators again.

By chazz

November 9, 2008 5:13 AM | Link to this

Where is the fire? I am happy with the win. I am disappointed, though, because UGA, for all the injuries, youth, etc., is not playing up to potential. Haven’t faced an option all season? But, there is a specific way to D an option, and I certainly you looked at game film. What’s more on special teams and D, I saw players jog and give up on plays. You got your butts handed to you last week. Where is the fire? If a man is running past you just out ot reach, you had better dive for him, and never, ever, ever give up on a play. We haven’t seen UGA’s best game, yet. That is disconcerting. They are a four touchdown better team than UK, and they play back and forth with them?

By chazz

November 9, 2008 5:20 AM | Link to this

Truth is the cats did have a whole lot less offense. Georgia’s offense came to play. They looked like they wanted to win. Georgia’s D looked unfocused and unprepared. I think you have to forgive Mossiquoi for at least one of the fumbles in that it happened when he was trying to make more out of play. Kentucky doesn’t suck, and certainly celebrate the W, but when is UGA going to live up to its potential this season? Why does the team seem to be okay with not living up to its potential?

By bobthefirechief

November 9, 2008 6:09 AM | Link to this

Ray Charles could see this Gawga Team has no discipline, obvious lack of Defensive attitude, and special teams is embarasing. I doubt that the Kicker Walsh could kick it out of the end zone if he was kicking from the opponents 35, and they must use a calendar to time the players who cover kickoffs.

Richt needs to be held accountable, if he will not make the changes then he needs to be replaced. Like most of you folks that write these opinions if we performed at our jobs like the coaches do at theirs we would be terminated.

Damon Evans I can do just as bad a job as these coaches for a 1/4 of the money. Hire Me!

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

November 9, 2008 6:48 AM | Link to this

Chazz

Living up to its potential ?

By that, do you mean living up to YOUR HYPE that they would be National Champions this season, or next season ?

Our win over Kentucky is a good win. It was 1 of the most exciting wins in our history.

It makes us Top 10 in 6 of the BCS 8 Polls and Number 11 in the other 2.

We are also Number 11 in the AP Poll, with Losses only to Number 1 and Number 3.

Our victory over South Carolina was a very good win. South Carolina is ranked again this morning, and will be 9-4 this season.

Our victory of LSU was very good. LSU can play in the Cotton Bowl and has Lost only to Number 1 Alabama, Number 5 Florida and Number 11 Georgia. This is a 10-3 team who could have been in a BCS Bowl this season, had Les Miles played Jordan Jefferson.

I was the only poster to this blog who said that UGA would have 2 Losses this season.

It seems to me therefore, that it is the posters to this blog who are confused about my desire to be Number 1 preseason, when I said too that we would lose 2 games.

I wanted to be ranked Number 11 today, not Number 20 - which we would have been today had we started out the preseason as Number 13 like we were last season.

I don’t want to be Number 20.

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

November 9, 2008 7:00 AM | Link to this

Yeah, that’s right Bob the Chief could do the job for a million dollars a year.

Yeah, right.

By tim

November 9, 2008 7:06 AM | Link to this

Chip, do you really read all this stuff?

By CWM

November 9, 2008 7:13 AM | Link to this

cobb dawg , i challenge you to find me a player we have that has a SUB 4.4 .. I WISH .. NOT ON OFFENSE, AND MOST DEFINITELY NOT ON DEFENSE….. OUR STOPWATCH MUST NOT BE WORKING BECAUSE EVERY BODY ELSE HAS 4.4 BUT US WE ARE SLOWWWWWWW

By HH

November 9, 2008 7:28 AM | Link to this

There are only two words to describe any UGA fan, who, after this season, still thinks that WILLIE MARTINEZ is competent to be a defensive coordinator: DAMN FOOL.

Secondly, if Mark Richt thinks WILLIE MARTINEZ is competent to be a defensive coordinator, then one must conclude that Mark Richt is a DAMN FOOL, as well.

Lastly, how long do any of you out there think WILLIE MARTINEZ would last as defensive coordinator under Meyer or Spurrier or Saban?

By Fire Richt

November 9, 2008 7:35 AM | Link to this

Does anybody here really believe that Richt coaches like a coach who wants a NC or a coach trying to pad his bank account.

He is a punk.

By Lilburn Dawg

November 9, 2008 7:47 AM | Link to this

Wow! That Texax Tech QB is awesome. Now THAT is what I wished we had in a QB. And their entire team is awesome. Why can’t we ever achieve those heights?

I wouldn’t be surprised that we probably drop in the polls today. I wouldn’t be surprised that Alabama doesn’t get as many #1 votes this week either.

To the historians, have we ever played three games in a row in years past where our opponent scrored at least 38 points? I’d sure like to know. And if so, I’d sure like to know what happened to the DC back then.

By Lilburn Dawg

November 9, 2008 7:47 AM | Link to this

Wow! That Texax Tech QB is awesome. Now THAT is what I wished we had in a QB. And their entire team is awesome. Why can’t we ever achieve those heights?

I wouldn’t be surprised that we probably drop in the polls today. I wouldn’t be surprised that Alabama doesn’t get as many #1 votes this week either.

To the historians, have we ever played three games in a row in years past where our opponent scrored at least 38 points? I’d sure like to know. And if so, I’d sure like to know what happened to the DC back then.

By Oh Palease

November 9, 2008 7:57 AM | Link to this

Hey idiots,

You keep screaming about the defense. GA only scored 10 against FL and was down 31 to AL (game was over then since GA only scored 30). Both were losses.

That GA hung 42 points on a KY team that gave up 65 to FL the week earlier means squat. KY (at this point in their season has a real poor defense. Period

By ncdawg

November 9, 2008 8:04 AM | Link to this

First of all let me defend Bobo some, the plays that he calls come directly from Mark Richt….and I believe Richt has huge impact as to what plays are called. Any time you score 42 Points Have Your QB pass for over 300 Have your TB run for over 100. You should be in the victory formation on your last possession.

Richt seems to have no input defensively. Martinez is one of the worst coaches I have seen in making adjustments during a game. Georgia is always going to play a soft cover 2 zone with the motto “the other team will eventually make a mistake” Will they beat LSU and UK with the motto…..But I agree Willie most go. Our Defensive players always look lost and they wait for things to happen. Rennie Curran is the only defensive player who plays hard. The problem with Willie’s scheme is that it requires the players to think and not react.

Richt needs to try to lure muschamp away from Texas……but the dawgs will win the rest of the games and Willie will be on the side-line with his “bend put not break D”

By dawgs2004

November 9, 2008 8:25 AM | Link to this

So much for the good rushing defence we had until yesterday. If they play rushing D like that against Auburn expect to lose next week. I don’t care how bad Auburn looks they can run the damn ball. Time for a new DC next year.

By Brad

November 9, 2008 8:31 AM | Link to this

Pretty clear now, no more hiding behind the Alabama/Florida excuses. Reassign Martinez to the secondary if you can’t let him go. Then offer the best deal you can come up with to Muschamp. Then stand back and watch us win like we should be doing every week with the top notch kind of talent we have on the roster.

By Fed Up Dawg

November 9, 2008 8:57 AM | Link to this

Can we please STFU about this “playing to our potential” crap? Did it ever occur to you morons that we ARE playing to our potential? Did it ever occur to anyone that…GASP!…a preseason poll might not be all that accurate? Did it ever occur to anyone that we were never as great as everyone thought we would be? GET OVER IT. It is the middle of November. I don’t know what you expect at this point in the season. That “Wow!” moment is never going to come. We aren’t that good. Terrance Moore is finally right for once. A win is a win at this point. We were never going to win a national title this year. It wasn’t in the cards. We just weren’t good enough. My god almighty people quit your damn b!tching, moaning, and whining about it!!

Go Dawgs!!! Great win against the Cats. It was a hell of a game. Lets get after Auburn!!!

By Mike T.

November 9, 2008 9:00 AM | Link to this

Martinez, 10 games giving uo 30 plus points. Time to make a ghange.

By No nonsense Dawg

November 9, 2008 9:07 AM | Link to this

Thoughtful Theresa….. You think the certain Biblical person didn’t care about the rich man? Let me clue you in on something, he was talking about the sin of greed and the worshiping of material things. Believe it or not there are good rich people as well as good poor people. Those liberal loons try to inject Classicism because of their disdain for Capitalism. Socialism is when you are forced by government to spread your wealth which fosters dependency. God will judge those who really help and give to others from the heart both rich and poor people.

By jawga boy

November 9, 2008 9:09 AM | Link to this

I’m sick of hearing people say a win is a win. Georgia has made unranked, mediocre teams look like BCS contenders. I think everyone on this blog can agree that UGA’s D has not been the same since Van Gorder left. Every year we complain about slick Willie and he usually manages to put a few good schemes together late in the year to keep him around, then slides back into complacency. The difference between UGA and FLA/BAMA/LSU/USC is they live up to the hype and meet the challenge. We just hope we don’t lose, and that is when you hear a win is a win. I respect CMR, and don’t think he should go - but he needs to surround himself with more passion. Bobo will be a good OC, but for now he’s still a young ex QB living vicarously thru Stafford. By the way, how many times do we have to watch him overthrow receivers on the deep pass! It isn’t working!

By No nonsense Dawg

November 9, 2008 9:11 AM | Link to this

BTW Theresa….. Did you dislike Palin because she was attractive , very bright and not part of the Feminist movement?

By ssidawg

November 9, 2008 9:13 AM | Link to this

UGA is a second-tier SEC team. We get our butts beat by the conference elite and can barely beat the middle-of-the-road teams.

I’m ready for our team to act like they are PROUD to be Georgia Bulldawgs. Where’s the swagger?

By denisel

November 9, 2008 9:13 AM | Link to this

ARE YOU KIDDING ME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! “they played good enough to make 3 stops” GOOD ENOUGH for what. No longer is a win a win. THIS is the SEC. We have had injuries. OKAY. Where are all the Top 5 recruits, but I ask this last year. 10-2 has become the norm. Maybe CMR is satsified with this we are not WE ARE GEORIGIA.

By No nonsense Dawg

November 9, 2008 9:21 AM | Link to this

Ditto Jawja boy….. Some fans here want you to feel guilty about not supporting mediocrity and to join the Gamecock club.

By Mike

November 9, 2008 9:24 AM | Link to this

Alabama hung 41 on GA, LSU hung 38, Florida hung 49, and now Kentucky (oh my god Kentucky) hung 38. This was the 10th game of the season. The defense is not improving. I will be very disappointed if Martinez is still the defensive coordinator by next year’s spring game. Additionally, Bobo’s offensive plays and game plans leave a lot to be desired. Running plays are toss sweep right and toss sweep left. Passing plays are screen passes or 25-30 yard passes. To stop GA’s offense, all you have to do is have 3 defensive players shadow Moreno and have your 4 defensive linemen bull rush Stafford on every down. I caught a few minutes of the FSU game and it was amazing how different the offensive schemes seemed to be. All you have to do is watch 5 minutes of GA’s offense, then watch 5 minutes of FSU’s. Tell me afterwards which offense you’d rather run.

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

November 9, 2008 9:29 AM | Link to this

Why is it that every post says the same exact words and is by a different poster, no one has ever read another post by ever ?

Why is that ?

Because these are disgruntled Tech fans; that’s why.

By joe

November 9, 2008 9:31 AM | Link to this

Please explain to me again why Richt is being paid so much?! Oh yeah, that’s right, it’s because he was in some crappy christian movie. At least he isn’t being paid all that for his coaching ability. Barely escaping Kentucky with a team that has the talent for preseason #1 ranking. These players need and deserve a better coaching staff than these CMR fans will every allow them to have.

By No nonsense Dawg

November 9, 2008 9:33 AM | Link to this

Hey Ron Roberts…. is it great for Obama to give you that tingling sensation up your leg along with Chris Mathews, Keith Oberman and Rachel Maddow? You can cry along with those three because California didnt pass the Gay Marriage agenda in which surprised the hell out of me.

By denisel

November 9, 2008 9:35 AM | Link to this

ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! “they played good enough” for what???????? A 10-2 season is not “good enough” in this SEC, hence ALA and FLA. Has anybody bothered to see how much money we drop on UGA every year. WE COULD AFFORD BILL BRADEY. This team,all of it is not playing anywhere close to it’s potential. We all know that CMR is a Christian, so are most of us, but the last four years has been abismal, we are GEORGIA for Gods sake. Saturday on the gridiron is time to leave church at home and “hunker down”. CMR is a “good” guy. BUT ENOUGH ALREADY. FIRE MARTINEZ, BOBO, AND THE COACHING STAFF. GET ON THESE ATHELETES A$$. PUNISH THEM FOR STUPID MISTAKES UNTIL THEY PUKE THEN PUNISH THEM SOME MORE. That’s what they use to do. Remember CMR the Bible says “spare the rod and spoil the child” Quit spoiling the “children”. The fans deserve more. Remember WE PAY YOUR SALARY!!!! Bulldog Fans arise, shake off the complacency and settling for a 10-2 team year after year. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. WE ARE GEORGIA WE ARE GEORGIA WE ARE GA.

By SEC Fan

November 9, 2008 9:45 AM | Link to this

I’m a real oddity. I like Florida and Georgia. Florida is my first choice.

With that said, Georgia really let me down yesterday. They played a weak team and couldn’t stop butter on a cold day as everyone seams to say. What you don’t say is that they sould have been scoring on every opporunity. Georgia trailed many times in the game and were luccky to win (actually I think they really got beat). They have no enthusiam, no dicipline, and Ritch doesn’t seem to be coaching anymore. Knowshon Moreno is not as good as he is made up to be.

I really hope they can do better and go to a good bowl. I would really like to see Florida, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Kentucky, Ole Mis and LSU in really good bowl winning big. (Oh, yes, I’ am a Spurrier fan, also.)

By SEC Fan

November 9, 2008 9:50 AM | Link to this

Congradulations Kentucky.

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

November 9, 2008 9:50 AM | Link to this

Now, Florida State is who we are supposed to model ourselves after ?

For real, right ?

Florida State has had zero quarterback, zero offense, zero football team, and zero recruiting since the day Coach Richt quit that gig and took this one.

The difference between Florida State and UGA since the day Coach Richt announced to Vince Dooley he was taking this gig ?

80-21 Coach Richt in The SEC

65-34 FSU in much easier ACC

Shut the F up.

You don’t know what you are talking about

By todd

November 9, 2008 9:55 AM | Link to this

As a Ga. grad and former letterman, to all bloggers after W. Martinez , stop making fools of yourselves!

Can’t you do your math and back off the numerous short field scenarios we left the defense with, the kick off return, the blocked punt, the shanked punt.

Don’t you remember the 3 and outs against Bama, the shanked punts.

It was 14-3 in Jax. midway thru the 3rd qtr. until Stafford and the offense put the D in a bad spot. I guess WM was to blame when Tebow went in from the 1 yd. line.

I guess WM was to blame in 06 when Tenn. upset us 14-9. The Joe T. experiment had absolutely nothing to do with Tenn. putting up 51 in Athens.

MR. put up 13 pts. back to back against Ron Zooook and lossed. I guess defense was to blame.

Bunch of ignorant, frustrated Ga. bloggers.

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

November 9, 2008 9:59 AM | Link to this

You guys are clearly nothing like Georgia Bulldog football fans.

By PAUL3084

November 9, 2008 10:14 AM | Link to this

Less the poor performance against Florida and some poorly called plays inside the red zone this season I believe UGA has a very good offense. However, the defense appears to be heading in the wrong direction. During Van Gorder’s 4yr. term the defense gave up more than 30 points in a game once (2001-2004). Since Van Gorder left the defense has given up 30 or more points ten(10) times. The scoring average by the other teams in 2004 was approximately 16.5 points/game. The defense is currently giving up around 26 points/game (before the Kentucky game). Every year since 2004 the average score by the opponet increases by 3-4 points. Someone please look at this and tell me if I am wrong. I don’t believe a four year trend is due to a couple of injuries this year and I don’t see any relief in-sight. Someone please address this and correct me if I am wrong. PLEASE!!!!!

By liferdawg

November 9, 2008 10:14 AM | Link to this

Life long UGA fans better listen up. Its as simple as this, Willie needs to go!!!!!!!! We are stuck in the second tier LIKE IT OR NOT!!! If Richt won’t fire Willie then he can sit back and NEVER go to another SEC champ game again!!!!! After a few years of being pretenders, his recruiting will die down and we will assume our rightful doormat position in the SEC east!! Nothings changed around here, we haven’t tasted SEC champ since 2005 and it aint gonna change anytime soon. Enjoy the allmighty Gators and BAMA now back too!! Our coaching is abysmal on the defensive side of the ball and it has cost us big time since Willie assumed his position in 2005. Blowouts, lost games, closer victories etc…. nothing that hasn’t been said before. As a life long fan I am finally admitting we are gonna be stuck in the second tier until at a minimum W Martinez is sent packing to the PAC 10 or somewhere where his schemes MIGHT get him by. Please hire Muschamp and put him in a position to take over HC when Richt bolts for a FL team since his success here is like a setting sun and its 7 PM right now as far as this fan sees it! Who else noticed how awesome the LSU defense played last night against Bama, I was very impressed with all the shifting and aggressive moves/blitzes!!! THATS HOW YOU PLAY SEC football!!!!!!!!! Even though LSU lost to a better BAMA team they are very well coached on the Defensive side of the ball and it kept them in that game. I loved all the different looks and the taps on the butt by one lineman to another right before the snap showed me the intensity they are coached to have!!!! Willie you suck and have NO RIGHT COACHING MY JUNKYARD DOGS.. whooops I mean the flower delivery unit that created needs to go!!!!!! Richt if you don’t have the nuts to do it than I can guarantee your successes will be few and far between. Question for the real fans, are we gonna be satisfied with being second tier from here on out???? I f* WON’T!!!!!

By Florida Dawg

November 9, 2008 10:17 AM | Link to this

I don’t know the answer….BUT the Gaytors go through the SEC with all most no problems (lost one game by “one” point) AND with a LOT less “advertised talent”. How is that??? Our (UGA) projected NFL talent does not come along too often, so why are we were we are right now with this team…some solid answers would be great. Yes, I’m frustrated…I know the team is too…this shouldn’t be happening.

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

November 9, 2008 10:19 AM | Link to this

Todd is the only real Bulldog fan in this blog.

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

November 9, 2008 10:21 AM | Link to this

Again, other than Todd, every post says the same exact words; and never not one of the posts by anyone who has ever posted on this blog.

By AltamahaDawg

November 9, 2008 10:29 AM | Link to this

Threatening Richt’s job if he doesn’t fire who you want him to fire huh. Uh full of crap! you dont have the balls to say that in any format besides hiding behind a computer screen.

As I said before , all it takes is a $40 roadshow ticket and you can stand right in front of the man this offseason and tell him to his face how stupid he is, and what you intend on doing about it. If not, stop sounding like a damn 12 yr old braggin in a sports blog. Flipping crybaby! wha wha wha, we are the doormats again. jeeez

And could somebody please list the 30 point games again, cause its much more convincing the 9th time somebody does that crack research. In a league where half the teams average over 30 points now, gosh. I guess when we rack up 40s quite often, the REST of the league needs to fire somebody.

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

November 9, 2008 10:29 AM | Link to this

We won The SEC game on the road.

It was an exciting game. Exciting as all get-out.

Our receiver fumbled the football twice in a row, handing Kentucky Touchdowns.

Our punter, punting from his end zone had the punt blocked.

Our punter, punting from his end zone had another punt partially blocked, or altered by the defense.

Coach Richt said it correctly, only would not name Shaun Chapas, for missing his assignment for us all to see on the 1st blocked punt.

Our punt returner had the ball go over his head, momentum carrying him in the end zone with the wind blowing like crazy on a punt, he returned the ball out of the end zone to the 2-yard line. We made it to the 5 and punted. Another Kentucky Touchdown.

Our kickoff team, with the wind at our backs, let them return the ball from 2-yards deep in the end zone to the 3-yard line, 96 yards. Touchdown Kentucky.

And, this is the example you give - other than Losing to Florida we have done now next year but 3 times in the last 20 years next season. Want to fire all those Defensive Coordinators too ?

Or, if not discussing Florida who is Number 3, then in discussing Alabama whom we lost to 30-41, who is Number 1.

Look dimwits; it was you who said UGA was Winning the National Championship this year or next year.

Not I.

By Vince

November 9, 2008 10:34 AM | Link to this

Well, we won but should have lost. What takes WM so long to make adjustments? K was going to run veer all day and WM makes adjustment with 2:09 left in 3rd qt. South Carolina was going to their speedy tight end no matter what. WM never made the adjustment the whole game. Against Florida WM was totally lost.

By AltamahaDawg

November 9, 2008 10:34 AM | Link to this

And Florida has done that with the exact same coaching staff that lost 4 games last year……..odd…. I wonder what it is that changes from year to year? I wonder how one year you can be the 14th placed defence in the country and the next not be as good. What on earth happens at the end of one school year that could change a team?

By Bfan

November 9, 2008 10:37 AM | Link to this

Let’s see: LSU rips Bama’s vaunted defense for over 200 yards in only 40 or so carries and everyone talks about Bama’s great defense. Kentucky rips UGA’s D for 226 yards in 56 carries and everyone talks about UGA’s poor defense. I see a double standard there!!!! Especially since most of the rushing yards from UK were from their QB - Randall Cobb - who NOBODY has ever seen start a game before. Losing Owens was like Bama losing Cody. Even though Cody is back, he obviously not at 100% and is not the same as he was earlier.
People, we have no coaching problem. We have been doing fine against rushing offenses all year. We handled LSU MUCH MUCH better than #1 Bama did. We ran into a team with a NEW offense led by a great player (Randall Cobb was said to have been the best QB from Tennessee since Steve Spurrier). They did things against us they haven’t even attempted all year long against anybody else. Final point: the game was only close because of 2 turnovers and a blocked punt. The defnse made the plays they had to in the fourth quarter. We stopped UK three straight times when the game was ont he line. Our problem on defense is obvious - we have no consistent pass rusher like we have had in the past. Much of the reason is injuries. You people calling for Martinez’ head are either crazy or ignorant, not sure which.

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

November 9, 2008 10:41 AM | Link to this

Who in the Living Hell said that Florida does not have any talent ?

Good Lord Above

I’ve heard it all now.

QUOTE : By Florida Dawg

November 9, 2008 10:17 AM

I don’t know the answer….BUT the Gaytors go through the SEC with all most no problems (lost one game by “one” point) AND with a LOT less “advertised talent”. How is that??? Our (UGA) projected NFL talent does not come along too often, so why are we were we are right now with this team…some solid answers would be great. Yes, I’m frustrated…I know the team is too…this shouldn’t be happening.

END QUOTE

The team is not frustrated. We Lost to Number 1 Alabama and Number 3 Florida. Both of those teams have had better recruiting years.

If our fans did not boo our own team.

If our fans assisted in the recruiting instead of telling them KY scored TDs because we have no defense.

We could get those extra few players between us and what ?

You are frustrated because you are a full of BS fan sitting there saying before the season that UGA would win the NC this year or next year.

I read your posts Florida Dawg.

That’s exactly what you said preseason.

By Thoughtful Teresa

November 9, 2008 10:41 AM | Link to this

Dear No Nonsense Dawg, I did not dislike Palin. Palin scared me. I may be wrong about this—and I admit it——But when anyone thinks this all got started in a garden populated by a Jewish couple and a bad snake and that T-Rex and sabre tooth tigers mingled peacefully with Mexican Chihuahuas and dobermans, well that worries me. You can EASILY believe in the New Testament and not check your brain at the door. God gave you a brain to think with. He also expected us to grow and learn. The Jewish Bible(Old Testament) has some wonderful stories to teach us and you can believe they were Divinely inspired that does not mean they are to be taken literally. I believe in God, but I realize that God—being God—would not relate to time as Humans would. Therefore a day could be a billion years. Also realize in my most telling argument that those stars we see are MILLIONS of light years away. Many of them are no longer there as the light we now see may have been radiated millions of years ago. This seems to neutralize the idea of the Earth and universe being 6,000-10,000 years old. I also wonder why the Nasty US Government would have deceitful museums in Washington that tell falsehoods about age of the Earth?/ Maybe we should shutter Museum of Natural History that has earth’s history chronicled in Geological Periods(None in the 10,000 year old ball park).

When a person was alleged to say—If she didn’t I apologize—she expects to see Christ in her lifetime that bothers me. If person saying that is one of 320 million Americans not ever to be in the White House—NO!!! Problem. I just want to make sure no one has the opportunity to expedite the time frame of certain Books of the Bible.

Could a Biblical scholar out there PLEASE give me the wording in the Old Testament that people utilized to say the enslavement of blacks was justified. I know it’s in there just don’t know where.

By bill

November 9, 2008 10:48 AM | Link to this

That Kentucky team played like the one that beat the eventual national champion last year and we got out with a win. I don’t think UGA has anything to be ashamed of for winning the game.

Stafford was unbelievable and he as clearly the star of the game.

Now for the bad. I hate to cry and whine every time anything goes wrong and call for someone to be fired, but it’s become all too clear that CWM is not up to this challenge. On the one hand you cannot blame 49 pts last week totally on him as UF had several short fields including a 1 yard TD drive (and additionally the long TD pass was due to BLATANT offensive interference). But the reality is that the point totals and easy drives are adding up too fast and furious and the answer is clear as to what needs to happen at the conclusion of the season.

CWM will not become homeless. In fact I suspect he will end up making three times what the average person makes doing something he loves so I really hope he doesn’t keep the job because of something silly like CMR worrying about his ability to eat. Heck if that’s the reason CMR can give him $100K per year NOT to coach.

By DawgNirvana

November 9, 2008 10:48 AM | Link to this

I am with you, BullDawg….all the same posts are coming from disgruntled Yech fans. They are too ashamed to post on their own blog because their team was shown to be the sham they are. Same old things for thier fans…get a few wins they jump on the bandwagon and then the wheels come off. True UGA fans could be critical but it is amazing of all the new “posters”.

By Dogbyte

November 9, 2008 10:57 AM | Link to this

This ain’t a blog; it’s a blot.

By ApopkaDawg

November 9, 2008 11:06 AM | Link to this

IN A NUTSHELL I’ve been preaching this since the day Willie was named Defensive Coordinator, he is woefully out of his depth. Look at his coaching history. His defenses historically get blown up a minimum of 2 times a year. In some cases 4-5 times a year. Go back and look at his time at Central Michigan. He gave up 30, 40, sometimes 50 pts REGULARLY.

Coach Richt, WHAT DID YOU SAY? “The Defense played good enough to win???” You mean the offense saved our butts and the defense almost gave it away even after that! CMR, WAKE UP! I know Willie is your friend from your days at Miami, but the guy should not be a Defensive Coordinator in the SEC. PLEASE make some changes in the off season. You stated last year that you wanted to be more of a CEO for UGA Football. Well, it is time to pull a phrase from Donald Trump and tell Willie, “You’re Fired! If not, people are going to start questioning you decision making abilities and a couple of losses later, people are going to start wondering if we have our own Tommy Tuberville problem…8,9,10 wins a season, but not able to get over the hump.

WE NEED SOME FIRE We need a DC that has some fire in his belly. That gets upset when his players are’nt getting it done, i.e. Irk Russell. We are LAST in the SEC in almost EVERY defensive catagory. WHY would we keep someone who is finishing last??? If I finish last in my job, I would be fired in no time. The same should apply in this situation.

I believe Spurrier put Defense in the proper prospective. He said, “If I score 35pts, we BETTER win the football game.” Well, 35 was not good enough to win against Bama, LSU, UF, and now UK. The problem is not the offense, it is the DEFENSE! Be a CEO and make the hard decisions.

By Billy

November 9, 2008 11:11 AM | Link to this

During the Kentucky game, I noticed: Coach Richt put the headphones on when we played Defense; Coach Martinez seemed more subdued; The defense is either tired or unmotivated;
Finally, it seemed, at times, that if a secondary defender was getting blocked, he made little effort to fight the blocker in order to get to the defender.

By olddawg74

November 9, 2008 11:11 AM | Link to this

there is trouble in river city. stafford and moreno will go pro at the end of the season. bank on it. offensive line is in shambles. defense is clueless. failed execution, poorly prepared, no leadership. if you have to score more than 40 points to wim in the sec you have problems on defense. you cannot rely on lb’s and db’s. must have a line that can penetrate and pressure. mentally tough enough? i don’t believe there is one magic thing you can do to fix it. it is usually a combination of factors. i do know one thing - it is broken, but it is still “winning”. if it is fixed, then dream of possibilities. for now it is just broke.

By Lou Vales

November 9, 2008 11:13 AM | Link to this

To demonstrate my new conciliatory self, I come in peace to say: (1)The loss of a key offensive and defensive lineman just decimated the team. (2)Both Alabama and Florida losses were in NO way indicative of differences in the team. If Florida played Georgia in Athens, I would take Georgia if forced to bet. (3) I spent 4 of the greatest years of my life at Florida, but I didn’t lose my objectivity. Urban Meyer runs up the score when not necessary,runs a circle the wagons type program and probably does not have time to visit countries to build homes, but if you want.an exceptional coach he is the answer. Mark Richt appears to be a VERY!!!! fine man and a very good recruiter and coach,however, he is not Meyer. That has both its good and bad sides. (4) I NEVER blame coordinators for prolonged unacceptable results. I place the onus on the men who have the power to retain or fire them. If you accept mediocrity that is on you if you have the ability to rectify it. (5) You Will Be Back Next Year!!!And once again I will wish Florida was playing someone else. Of course from the looks of Florida’s 2009 schedule, LSU and Georgia are only troubling games. You have to play someone good or why bother.

By joe

November 9, 2008 11:14 AM | Link to this

Hey ……….BullDawg, are you CMR’s little love muffin or something? Get you head out of Richt’s behind and look at team he’s putting on the field. You know the team, the one that’s so undisciplined that they are the most penalized team in the SEC, yeah that one. It takes talent and coaching to win a championship, UGA has talent, so that must mean they are lacking…….COACHING!! You think Saban has as much talent on his #1 team as CMR is wasting in Athens? Give me a break.

By DAWGPAPA

November 9, 2008 11:21 AM | Link to this

The Dawgs were lucky to win this one. As I have said before: a very weak secondary who plays way off of the recievers, a very weak offensive line that is really a bunch of fat jellies (look at the guns on some of the other top ten lineman in the country), no tub of goo there. Play calling again; when the running game is going don’t abandon it just to appease a couple of recievers as their time will come as it did. And again do like Florida does, play all of your backs and recievers one after another to keep the opposing D off balance. No BCS bowl this year if UGA doesnt win the next two by decisive scores.

By ace

November 9, 2008 11:44 AM | Link to this

I hate to say it, but it is going to have to get worse before it gets better. As long as Richt wins his 8,9,and 10 games a year he will never be fired. Evans and the UGA fans deserve more and they should demand more. Richt knows this and that all he strives for. He can keep all his buddies around, there is no pressure to win a national championship, his wife and kids can be with him on the sidelines, he has it made. If he ever won a championship then he might be expected to win another one and god knows he wouldn’t want that pressure. So face it fans, Richt ain’t going nowhere neither are his assistants because his talent alone will allow him to win enough games to keep him there!

By Ron Roberts

November 9, 2008 11:47 AM | Link to this

No Nonsense… your civility (or lack thereof) will be judged, as well. You can do all the name-calling, the gay-bashing tongue-in-cheek jokes all you want; trust me, I’m used to it from the mindwashed Rush/Hannity/Faux news crowd. you simple-minded wingers think anybody you disagre with must assuredly be a marxist or socialist. You guys are good at applying labels to people you disagree with - but you continue doing so while your ship is sinking. Throughout history, progressives have been liberal about slavery, suffrage, civil rights, and all the while, the conservatives were name-calling and mocking. Keep it up; you’ll be judged as well.

By Wyatt Earp

November 9, 2008 11:48 AM | Link to this

Hey boys, UGA’s schedule has been soft with the exception of AL and FL (and look at the waxing that occurred in both). The SEC is solid but completely over-rated. Wyoming???, KY taking UGA to the wire??? Auburn? Vandy? Punchless LSU? etc., etc.

I’m coming to Athen in late November…AND HELL’S COMING WITH ME!

THWG

By AR

November 9, 2008 11:54 AM | Link to this

I keep hearing how “complex” Martinez’s defensive schemes are… but you would think that after being DC for however many years that the kids would understand the system by now. It is the fault of Willie (and indirectly, CMR) for not getting the defense prepared. UGA has top recruiting classes every year, so it’s inexplicable that the defense is getting so ruined by the anemic Bama offense (see LSU-Bama game) and UK. CMR should do what he did with Neil Callaway and find Willie a lower level head coaching position and hire a new guy, preferably with a similar scheme as Willie (limit the growing pains) but worlds better as a coach. I would love to see Muschamp or van Gorder here, but honestly, why would either leave their current positions?

By dawgswin

November 9, 2008 11:58 AM | Link to this

REMEMBER last year Dawg fans! We lost to South Carolina and TN but still finished #2 in the country. That’s because the poll voters know how good the Dawgs are and how much talent we have. So, don’t give up on this season. Our tradetion of winning (the most national championships and SEC championships of any team) and tradetion of finishing strong will get us in the BCS. Goooo Dawgs

By Ron Roberts

November 9, 2008 12:06 PM | Link to this

This bear repeating…

All this hand-wringing about the state of the program is uncalled for.

We’re on pace to (ho-hum) go 11-2. That’s 6 of the last 7 years with 10+ wins. Know many other schools with that track record of late?

Oklahoma is 8 of 9

Texas is 8 of 8 and 8 of 11

LSU’s won 10 games in 5 of the last 7

Southern Cal’s won 10+ games the last 6 years (on their way to 7),

Folks, we’re in elite company there.

I’ll take this consistency over the long haul. Besides, in Richt we have a man who loves where he is, has zero aspirations to go elsewhere (including the NFL) so we’re blessed to know that he’s not leaving unless we give him the boot (which we won’t, with this level of success).

By Kevin

November 9, 2008 12:07 PM | Link to this

Agree with much of Lou Vales above…

CMR : a man with character and a sense of responsibilty above and beyond football. He sees the big picture.

Urban: an a-hole who will run up the score, call time-outs to spite the other team and wants to win at whatever the cost. The ends justify the means…

Truth be known, fans want to win. Urban is a winner. CMR is not a loser by any means, but he lacks the “fire in the belly” and the true competitive grit that perhaps Urban and Saban possess. I would rather have CMR as a friend, business partner, or brother, but if I want to win, I choose Urban (as much as I hate to say it)

If Goergia and the fan base is happy with a “nice guy” coach, 10 win seasons and a top 10 finish, then just stay the course. If we want to truly compete for the NC, then we need a fresh approach. I think CMR can lead the way, but he needs better assistants (Martinez and Booboo are not the answers).

It was great to see Stafford and Moreno have good days. The defense and special teams were awful. Again, penalties… Remember the negated interception in the FLA game - a huge momentum changer.

I think Stafford stays. I think his family would want him to complete his education. Money is not an issue with them. Moreno, on the other hand, is a goner…I can’t blame him either…

I love the Dawgs…Let’s keep getting better!

Do you think the coaches/staff read this stuff??

By DawgNirvana

November 9, 2008 12:13 PM | Link to this

Wyatt,

Your azz will be handed to you and your associated fans (all 1,000 of them) on Nov. 29th. Nothing will have changed from the past 7 years.

Grim Reaper

By Bama bob

November 9, 2008 12:26 PM | Link to this

Martinez is a joke. Maybe when you get a real DC you might hang with Bama boys.

Roll Tide Roll

By ATLCAT

November 9, 2008 12:27 PM | Link to this

Good game Dawgs….we should have gotten out of their with the W but such is life as a UK fan. Good luck the rest of the year.

By dawgtime

November 9, 2008 12:38 PM | Link to this

We should blow out teams the likes of kentucky. We’re the dawgs - no more excusses. Kentucky, what a joke. We should have beat them by 50.

By AltamahaDawg

November 9, 2008 12:38 PM | Link to this

Why is it that nobody is calling for Fabris and Garner to be fired? I mean this “scheme” worked fine last year, it worked at times for BVG (but not always). It’s what the rest of the country does , and if you click on any NFL game in a few minutes your going to see pretty much the same thing. It pretty clear that a lack of pass rush from our front four is the issue. Who coaches that? I assume the answer is that ultimately it’s the coordinators ‘responsibility”. Right? Well, if its that simple, the the issue is actually Mark Richt.

Did anyone noticve the last time a UGA defense gave up this many yards on the ground. 2004 Georgia Southern. (more actually) Didnt they actually have a lead at one point? Yea that wasnt embarassing at all. Who was the DC? Now did we have any talent on that team? On that topic, in my book this season is not going to be anywhere close as dissapointing as the 2004 season. Loaded with seniors, loaded with future NFL players. Lost to teams not as good, didn’t win the EAST, Outback bowl and a 4th quarter 17 point defensive meltdown wasn’t exactly up to the damanding standards I see in here.

And for folks stating that you know somebody will be fired now, my question is this. What are you going to do if that doesn’t happen? Let’s hear it. What actions are you going to take if Mark Richt doesnt do what you demand?

By sandman

November 9, 2008 12:41 PM | Link to this

Dawgtime is right. UGA is one of of 3 elite programs in the country. We shouldn’t be messing around with teams like KY - we should be just blowing them out. I’m not quite ready to fire CMR, but we better see another national championship next year or he needs to go. We have the most talent in the country and should play like it.

We should be crusing teams like KY, FL and Al.

By Oledawg

November 9, 2008 12:45 PM | Link to this

BuLLdawg- You are wasting good words on most of the non-fan jerks posting on here. Sometimes you have to wait for a rational fan and alum on here before you can reply.

Most certainly the special teams should be singled out as most contributory toward placing the D in a bad situation. Most certainly the two fumbles by Momass put us and the D in heart-pounding anxiety moments during the game. We should just ignore his 181yd performance and his hard play struggling when the ball was knocked out. In case any of you jerks missed it, he and several other players can be singled out for playing with too much heart. As for me, I will never forget the no-quit, strong hearted bulldog play that succeeded in a Bulldog win. Massaqua just went down into my personal Hall of Fame Book of Memories with his great driving Bulldog heart and athletic play. So did many on the team with good plays and “Don’t give up” attitudes.

All teams will be going for the middle of our D with option plays from here on out. If some of you Bozos have the old “3yds and a cloud of dust” defense of yesteryear to put against the spread offenses and options thrown against us this year with the injuries we have then you are dilusional. VanGorder wasn’t so hot vs the option either. Will Muschamp hasn’t stopped the spread. Some of you have poor memories and/or poor visualizations of other team’s defenses. They ain’t so hot. Quitchabitchin.

This team will go down as a battling, hard playing team that gets no accolades from the press or detractors. They appear alone as a team when the fair weather and kneejerk fans fall off. Thank heaven that they are sticking together and are not fracturing in the face of hostility. They are still our Dawgs and some of us old farts are proud of their passion for their sport and the way they continue to carry themselves well. If they don’t blame their coaches, then neither should we. Fans against college coaches is a no-class attribute best left to FU fans. And I’m with the Vet who says to call him for getting rid of your tickets. Count me in also.

UgaVII- It’s a long road boy and you, like the team, are holding up well. Better look out, some of these jerks may not like the way you look and want to fire you. But you, unlike the team, are permitted to turn around and dump in their face.

Auburn next- SIC’EM DAWGS!!

By Chris

November 9, 2008 12:50 PM | Link to this

I’ve never been impressed with Martinez since he started. Since his promotion after Van Gorder left, our defenses have been sliding toward mediocrity. Good defenses don’t allow 25 points per game. In the last three games the defense has averaged almost 42 points. Something needs to be done before this gets out of control.

Here is what I found glaring about yesterday: The players inability to shed blocks, tackle, and play the option. Its like they didn’t even practice for it. If UK had stuck to the option, they would have won the game.

Either have Willie attend one of Saban’s summer defense clinics, or find a new DC. Sad thing is that with Martinez’s defenses getting worse and worse, no one will hire him away.

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

November 9, 2008 1:13 PM | Link to this

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GEORGIA TECH is NOT RANKED in either the AP Poll nor in the USA Today Coaches’ Poll.

South Carolina is ranked in the Top 25 of BOTH.

Just as I told you.

Georgia is Number 12 in the USA Today Coaches’ Poll and Number 13 in the AP Poll.

LSU is Number 19 in the AP Poll and Number 20 in the USA Today Coaches’ Poll.

South Carolina who will finish the season 9-4, is Number 24 in the AP Poll and Number 23 in the USA Today Coaches’ Poll.

Tech is NOT RANKED at ALL.

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By Dawgtime

November 9, 2008 1:21 PM | Link to this

As a diehard UGA fan, I must admit that we need to do some things differently. Yes, our team has been devastated with injuries, but we are not stopping anyone on defense and struggling with 3 and outs on offense. It must be really difficult to prepare for UGA’s defense. Four down linemen and two deep zone coverage 80% of the time. Willie Martinez is a good man, but he is way too conservative to be a defensive coordinator. It would be great to bring Will Muschamp home, but he is about to become a head coach. Other areas of concern, our defense end play has been abysmal. We cannot generate a pass rush. We lack a physical presence on the offensive or defensive lines. We are getting whipped. We need to try more crossing routes on offense. When we get in trouble, we typically throw deep go routes. Our offense is way too predictable. Try a fleeflicker with Knowshon and Mathew. It would be a huge gainer. Changes for next season, mix in more 34 fronts to keeps the offensive lines off balance. 43 front should be SDE Roderick Battle, SDT Jeff Owens, WDT Geno Atkins, and WDE Toby Jackson. 34 front should be OLB Akeem Dent, SDE Geno Atkins, NT Jeff Owens, WDE DeMarcus Dobbs, OLB Darius Dewberry. Move Bryan Evans to FS. Ditch the reaction defense in favor of an attacking approach. Yes, we will be more susceptible to big plays, but we are stopping no one with the present scheme. Play with more emotion. Make each player watch a David Pollack video. On offense, if Mathew returns which I doubt, mix it up with Logan Gray and the option. Try a double pass. Logan Gray has awesome ability. Yes, I believe Mathew Stafford, Knowshon Moreno, and Asher Allen will all go pro. That will open the door for Logan Gray, Richard Samuel, and Brandon Boykin and Vance Cuff. The offensive line will have a great deal of depth. LT Trinton Sturdivant and Kiante Tripp, LG Cordy Glenn and Chris Davis, C Ben Jones and Chris Davis, RG Justin Anderson and Vince Vance, and RT Clint Boling and Josh Davis. That is a great deal of experience.

By piermontdawg

November 9, 2008 1:26 PM | Link to this

we look pathetic on d…hey chip, is pollack interested in a coaching job? he might not have the “experience” to be a head dc, however he’s got fire…something our d doesn’t have… and our special teams? nothing special about these guys… overall, i give this team a c-minus for the season…might be a d or f soon.

By azdawg5

November 9, 2008 1:27 PM | Link to this

Socialism and the evil empire have taken over the US and our beloved football program!! Embrace it..Strive for mediocrity and you will be rewarded for failure…”Did I yell at you in practice….oops I’m sorry”…Willie Vanillie is such a nice guy and nice guys are very important to the program especially if someone has a bad day. We definitely need to keep Bozo the clown around to make sure all the boys get a front row seat to Barnham and Bailey’s next stop in town. Plus we need to have someone who remembers to call the QB keeper every time in the red zone…It is such a wonderful day I think we should go for a walk in the park and hold hands…I love GA football…Please do not make any changes…If it ain’t broke don’t fix it…I am so glad I just got all of those wonderful thoughts of my mind!! (Does reverse psycology still work?)…

By Oledawg

November 9, 2008 1:42 PM | Link to this

Some of you “I’m not impressed” or “the coaches don’t measure up to my standards” a-holes should go take a flying leap. Who in the hell cares with your faceless anti-team and coaches remarks. I frankly don’t believe you have attended UGA. If you did ,you have to take the cake for spinelessness and disloyalty. If you didn’t, then please shut up and go elsewhere to make your FU-Ron Zook remarks. They have no value here.

You bet the offense is something to cheer about! But I’ll bet that you fair weather fans blogged how bad they were last week. Some of you throw the baby out with the bathwater when things go bad or a player has a bad day. Our D has been placed in short-field and stressed play situations for the last 3 games and I believe that other defenses will not do any better given the exact conditions. Yes, some players miss assignments that they have practised over and over, but that can’t be laid on the coaches. If Staff had missed Green and had the ball intercepted after forcing the ball in with 4 defenders, which coach would you want to hang. THE GAME IS CALLED COLLEGE FOOTBALL. LAY OFF. Staff had instructions specifically to throw the ball away and live to have another shot at the end zone if there was double coverage. But he threw it anyway and won. With 4 defensive players surrounding Green. The difference between a goat and a hero was never better exemplified.

I blogged the morning of the game that it would be a barnburner because of recent history with Kentucky. It will be so again next year. But some of you butt ugly posters will be oblivious again next year. Some of you should do us and yourselves a favor and review all the comments Richt makes before games. He has practically called every game dead on. You have assumed it was gamesmanship while some of us listen closely as he explains the difficulty with every team. What must the other fans say to their coaches after they say that they have to stop Moreno? And they don’t because he is such a great player. Other teams have great players also and Richt names them before they have a great game against us. Some of you need to review and listen before you come blogging on here. Otherwise many of us will just assume that you are an S&M teckie waiting for pain at the end of the season.

By bamadawg

November 9, 2008 1:46 PM | Link to this

martinez has yet to make an adjustment at halftime. he continues his same scheme throughout the game. you can only run so much zone. we should’ve blitzed a lot more and stoped to run, and made kentucky try and beat us through the air with a freshman QB. it seems to me that the weakest aspects of the defense are the secondary and the lack of pressure brought by defensive schemes/play calling. it just so happens that martinez controls them both. it might be time for a change on that side of the ball.

By AltamahaDawg

November 9, 2008 2:00 PM | Link to this

so sandman, you are saying that IF Coach Mark Richt does NOT win a national championshipt next year, that the University of Georgia Athletic department should FIRE thier head coach. That’s your stance? And you would be willing to stand up and say that in front of real people in your real life? rrrrrright. tell you what. Damon Evans address could not be very difficult to find. or act like a crybaby with your feewing hurt in a blog. I’m guessing you’ll do the later.

Although the idea that YOU are not ready to fire him this year yet, will come as a great comfort to him, I am sure.

By David

November 9, 2008 2:06 PM | Link to this

Chip -

I am thankful for the win but I am not happy with the play of our defense. I noticed something while watching the game that I haven’t seen mentioned. It looks like our defense is tired on the field. It seems as though they are not in very good condition, I noticed they were sucking wind a lot during the game. I am just wondering if our off-season conditioning isn’t up to snuff. I am certain the mat drills do well, but once the control moves to the players and away from the coaches after spring practice, perhaps the guys aren’t giving enough. If this is the case, I think leadership is a major issue for the team. It seems as though no one has stepped up and really put it on the team as a whole. I think this is evident through the numerous arrests, etc in the offseason. Granted, some arrests were petty, but it seems like the mindset of the players has never been where it should be for the season. If you don’t mind, ask the coaches about conditioning and leadership…

By Mitch

November 9, 2008 2:09 PM | Link to this

The coaches don’t play the game. I can remember when I played in high school(linebacker), and I missed assignments and coverages. It happens, and the only way to get better is to get experience. Yes the defense gave up points and yards, but we still won the game. Last year everyone was on the Bobo/Martinez bandwagon, and now the majority wants them both gone. Be careful for what you wish! Look at Auburn! We have different players from year to year, and the coaches have to put who they have on the field regardless of talent and experience. I think Georgia is plenty talented on both sides of the ball, but let’s just go out and win against Auburn and Georgia Tech. I will say that I have to agree that special teams need to vastly improve, but I’m not sure firing the coach is the answer. Remember the players are the ones who are making the mistakes on the field and not the coaches. Remember it’s only a game!

By DirtyDawg

November 9, 2008 2:24 PM | Link to this

I don’t know if it’s ‘ole dawg’ or ‘o-lay dawg’, but he’s right. Fairweather fans can kill a team’s, a team’s coaching staff’s and a team’s recruits’ enthusiasm and loyalty as sure as the the damn Gators will play in the National Championship game. Now I’m not saying I’m happy with the results but, frankly, given a couple of calls (or non-calls) that went against us in the Florida game in the first half, the story of that game may have been entirely different. And as for yesterday, it was obvious to me that the one thing that Kentucky has always been good at they continue to be - they hold (without getting called on it) as good as anybody we’ve ever played. Their receivers grabbed and held our guys on every one of those ‘options’ and only got called on it once - and even then that old fart coach of their’s b*** about it.

Now as for the special teams, clearly we’re gettin’ killed there. If it’s execution, fix it…if it’s talent, find it. Man, how great would it be to have somebody that could get a kickoff into the end-zone?

By Oledawg

November 9, 2008 2:31 PM | Link to this

The D stopped the Wildcats twice and intercepted to win the game in the last 9 mins yesterday. That goes a long way toward forgiveness for busted plays or blocking mistakes. They helped the O win the game. When players have missed blocks on a regular basis they are on the bench at the start of the next game. I’ve seen many of you question why certain players haven’t started the games, but you don’t look back to the previous game to help find your answer or you don’t think about what may have transpired in practise during the week that earns that player the bench. All some of you can think and knee-jerk react to is what’s in front of you at that time. The players starting the game have earned the right for that week and that says a lot and takes in a lot that is unsaid. Can anyone tell me of a first time starter in this game who obviously has waited his turn for some time because the best players and the best in practice are always the starters? I’ll give you a hint- He started at D left end. He’s been around for his 5th year. But he never started before because other players were better at those times. And he didn’t quit the team and he didn’t bash his coaches in all that time. He was on the team for 4yrs as a walkon before he ever played in a game. He is a candidate for our “Rudy” and an inspiration to the Bulldog spirit.

Some of you miss so much good football and inspirational play when you are caught up in retribution thinking to please your egos. Some of you make me sad. But the players and the team pick me up with their valiant and loyal struggle which some of you never see and are never inspired. Pity. These players and coaches have many worthwhile and inspiring stories that you look past because your egos won’t permit the loyalty that true fans have in defeat. It is a loyalty of togetherness as fans and team that doesn’t lend itself to fingerpointing and ego massage. But some of you will never understand that nor can you face criticism of your disloyal remarks.

By Thoughtful Teresa

November 9, 2008 2:37 PM | Link to this

Now I know SOMEONE out there knows the Biblical verse that was quoted to sanction slavery for 300 years. I really would like to know it. I believe it has something to do with someone being seen naked and as a result the person who did the seeing had to be punished. Was it Moses??? C’mon someone knows it.

Since it was Sunday I attended church and did some redistribution of wealth by putting in a nice check.

By Big Dawg

November 9, 2008 2:38 PM | Link to this

AltamahaDawg

With all due respect, No that is not quite true as Florida had Co-defensive coordinators last year. The other guy left and we now see just how good of a coach Charly Strong is. BTW, he told me that if he had Georgia’s defensive players he would have shut out at least 8 of their 10 opponents so far this season and that is with all of the injuries. He said the Dawgs have had the best overall defensive talent in the country the last 3 years but have underperformed. So my question to you is when are you going to get fed up with having someone who is a good defensive backs coach but has no clue about what it takes to be a good defensive coordinator?

Go Dawgs

By TheItalianDawg

November 9, 2008 2:39 PM | Link to this

I’m just stopping by to say F U Martinez. and any body defends him is a moron and our special team is pathetic and we need a proven new special team coach.

By joe

November 9, 2008 3:36 PM | Link to this

Folks, it is like this. UGA is at the point UF was under Ron Zook, good players, good seasons, nice guy coach. Sound familiar? Too many people on here claiming to be the “real UGA fans” can not cope with the fact that Mark Richt is not the second coming. UGA’s only chance at a championship under CMR is if he somehow recruits another Herschel Walker type player. Without that, UGA is destined to be a SEC east runner up. Heaven for bid UT find a great coach because that will push UGA even further out of the picture. UGA has to make the hard decision, just like UF did, and go get a championship coach!! The problem is not Martinez, it’s not Bobo, it is the guy at the top who is the problem. Let Richt go do his nice hair thing at FSU or UM.

By gobigblueinga

November 9, 2008 3:38 PM | Link to this

Just a reminder dog fans, stafford would not have passed for that many yards if our top db wasn’t hurt.You guys are over rated yet again but also lucky again! So enjoy it while you can because the cats will soon be on top. the pecking order in the sec will soon be changing, and you guys will be thankful for finishing above vandy!

By whatever

November 9, 2008 3:38 PM | Link to this

I can’t believe that Mark Richt thinks the defense played well (or good enough to win) - That, my friends, is the problem - the head coach feels that the defense is good because it beat a Kentucky team?? CMR seems to be lowering the standards a little - which is why UGA seems to lose in the “must win” games or the high profile games like against Alabama and Florida. Maybe, just maybe, CMR doesn’t know what it takes or doesn’t have what it takes to produce a powerhouse national champion type team. His attitude - for a supposedly “winning” coach is pathetic. Oh yea, UGA may very well win the last 2 games against a very bad Auburn team, which nearly got beat by UT-Martin (who are they?) and a very erratic (Jekyll and Hyde?)GT team. And then CMR will talk about how the dawgs “fought back with grace and dignity” following the Florida loss, and all will be happy again in Dawg Nation. PATHETIC and OVERRATED and UNDERCOACHED.

By tom

November 9, 2008 3:40 PM | Link to this

As a graduate of UGA who has two sons currently enrolled, we completely support Coach Richt in every way! He has been a great leader in the past and will continue to do so. The Dawgs have our complete trust (and all of our money to the university!) Go Dawgs! Dr. Thomas Johnson Class of ‘74

By Oledawg

November 9, 2008 3:54 PM | Link to this

Big Dawg and other detractors. You all need a history lesson, but I’ll be damned if I am going to feed it to you like a baby in a highchair. Go back to the moment and the stories in the ajc and the Athens Banner Herald concerning Richt’s tough decision for VanGorder to head up defense while Martinez was placed second in command. Look at the history of each coach and understand how we were all quite pleased that Martinez succeeded VanGorder while it could have been the other way around.

Folks, this is the first big year with most teams employing the spread offense with lots of variations to what used to be called “The West Coast Offense”. Everyone said there would be more scoring on defenses no matter what. Well it has come true. Our coaches and D have probably had more success than anyone against it. There is no great D in America against those offenses. Look at the Ds in the Big12. They have more than their share of the spread. All of their D coaches should be fired before Martinez. Same for the PAC10 and Big10. Kentucky’s success was a running game vs a spread D. They have 3QBs that have differing Os and mixing and matching seems to work NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE OR WHAT YOU EXPECT HISTORICALLY from a defense that’s not used to so many points being scored. My years at UGA were during the “3yds and a Cloud of Dust” defenses and I daresay that Erk Russell would not do as good as today’s D coaches against the spread offenses. I have been as spoiled as the rest of you because I saw all those big games where you had to get lower than the next guy and put them on their butts. It will not work now. None of you have a candidate that does any better than what we have and the idea of Charly Strong as a good D coach is hogwash . Go back to the last two years and see how he lucked out in FU’s NC year and last year . Hell, if he is so good how did he let us score wildly on his butt last year… and before? When we have our proven championship players in the game that are uninjured he has failed to stop UGA and I’m glad he is staying there because we can whip his FU butt anytime we don’t disconnect and hand them the game like we did this year. He ain’t much. Our defense and coaches ARE better.

Hey fans- We won a “shootout” with a good Kentucky team who should be complimented on a feisty game. What’s not to love? If you can’t appreciate the “W” in a come-from-behind big action game without trying to sink our coaches then screw you.. and the horse you rode in on.

By Buzzfan1936

November 9, 2008 4:01 PM | Link to this

Great comeback win Dawgs! I was pulling for you. Unfortunately, my beloved Yellow Jackets lost big time, but they have far exceeded my expectations this year so I am not too upset. Trash talking dawgs who probably never went to UGA are barking all over the Tech blog gloating and taunting. Some Tech fans are just as bad. That’s too bad because it makes it difficult for Tech and Georgia fans who want to be proud of both teams from Georgia to root for both schools except when they play each other. I sometimes feel that good sportsmanship is a dying quality.

By Lou Vales

November 9, 2008 4:17 PM | Link to this

Dear Oledawg, Georgia will be back and they always scare the Hell out of me. Strong can actually coach if he has any kind of talent—this year he has talent. The reason he will—SADLY—probably never get a head coaching position in the South AND why he has already been passed over is that he has an attractive white wife. Chip or any other writer here can verify that really well known fact for you right here. Kentucky is NOT a “good” football team. “Good” football teams don’t even lose to the 72 Dolphins 63-5. It’s actually much more fun to be civil on these boards. I’m enjoying it. HOWEVER, I will NEVER be civil about a 79 year old “Coach in Name Only” who wanders the sidelines, delegates game day to “Coach in Waiting” and then has the SHEER AUDACITY to still claim the wins on his bogus—31 wins at Samford(ONE against the University of MEXICO—NOT NEW MEXICO, BUT!!! MEXICO)—Division 1 coaching record. Paterno may be impaired from the waist down, BUT he is the Head Coach—Not in Name Only—of his football team.

I believe the reason Bobby played Mexico was of his still bad memories about his presence at the Alamo. What better way to get back at Santa Ana then to beat up on Mexico in football.

By AltamahaDawg

November 9, 2008 4:19 PM | Link to this

Hey ItalianDawg, understood you do not approve of Martinez’ job performance. I just have to ask: can you explain to me why a grown man would come in here and say the same thing over and over, sometime multiple time in the same day, as if that was somehow helpful or is going to have some effect. You understand this is out of your control right? And the UGA staff doesnt read this, and IF they did your tone would probably convince them that you were not a very serious person to be considered. you get that right? Seriously I am wondering, how do you think negative comments in a sports blog help the university sports team? Not sufficient to give you 2 cents worth several times a day, but need to “stop by to say F* somebody? really? Wow, maybe I shoud ask the previous question to somebody who actually IS a grown man. I’ll pass on asking you why I am a moron because I dont share your views.

By Big Dawg

November 9, 2008 4:40 PM | Link to this

Oledawg

With all due respect, I will tell you the same thing I was trying to tell Altamaha, it is you who have put on blinders. While part of what you said is true, what you fail to realize is Coach Martinez is an arogant person who doesn’t learn from his mistakes. Last year after the Tennessee debacle, Coach Richt told Martinez that if he didn’t make adjustments then he would be fired at the end of the season. With this Martinez begrudgingly changed up his defensive schemes from being a read and react to attacking that is a very big part of why we became a dominant team last year. Martinez is not comfortable with playing an attacking style defense and reverts to the read and react and then can not or will not unless forced make in game adjustments. That is why IMO he will never be a good defensive coordinator, I didn’t say he wasn’t a good coach because he is a damn good defensive backs coach and that is where he belongs coaching them. BTW our DBs have suffered because he doesn’t spend all of his time working with them like he should. And like you and several others have so very poignantly stated all of our problems with the other teams scoring can not be put on Coach Martinez and the defense.

Now as for Charly Strong, I believe his record against Georgia speaks for itself and I believe it is something like 8 or 9 and 3. And as for last year he was co-defensive coordinator and I believe Urban realized that he had a weakness on his staff and the other guy left. The best thing that could happen for Georgia would be for Charly to get a headcoaching position somewhere else as he seems to know Coach Richt and knows how to game plan to stop his offense.

Go Dawgs

By Lou Vales

November 9, 2008 5:00 PM | Link to this

Dear Big Dawg, I would not hold any person responsible for his record against Georgia while he was in the employ of the University of South Carolina. Of course that would include Strong.

By Lou Vales

November 9, 2008 5:05 PM | Link to this

I wonder how the Knoxville Sentinel is doing today? I always get a kick out of people who will say about someone like Fulmer—‘Well, he won a National Championship”. Fortunately in this country there remains the ethic—outside of college coaching positions—that the titular head of an entity must continue to perform and not keep his or her position due to past performance.

Someday I hope to see Dick Vitale in an airport and ask him “Dick, in your opinion has any coach in America underpeformed in the last 10 years?” I bet you know his answer.

By benadawg

November 9, 2008 5:09 PM | Link to this

No d end rush is a concern, put rennie curran there, he is a small guy but tough. I have tried so hard to understand this years team, but there are no explanations for us except a mild mannered coach brings a mild mannered team every week and football is about intensity, leave the sermon in church and bust some asses on saturday.

By John Kincade is Gay

November 9, 2008 5:15 PM | Link to this

One reason I have heard for the high scores is the number of times the offense or special teams has put the defense in a bad position. So far this year, opponents have started in UGA territory 13 times. In those drives, the defense has given up 84 points, or 12 touchdowns. Last year the opponents started drives in UGA territory 18 times, and the defense gave up 55 points. The defense can’t make a stop when put in a bad position this year. The opposition isn’t always going to start drives in their own territory. The defense has to make stops when their backs are against the wall.

By Lou Vales

November 9, 2008 5:18 PM | Link to this

As a 1969 Florida grad I can honestly say I don’t know how good Florida really is. The Georgia game was about a few huge plays and then a groundswell. LSU is not really that good with no QB play. Arkansas, Kentucky, Hawaii, Miami, Tennessee, and vandy—Does anyone believe Texas Tech, Texas and Oklahoma don’t beat that collection of stiffs, AND they lost to Mississippi. And I would not bet the homestead on beating FSU—as long as The Coach in Name Only stays on the periphery. I really don’t believe the SEC is that good. I’m pretty sure that Texas Tech, Texas and Oklahoma are real good. If those 3 teams played Florida’s schedule I would say there is a real good chance all 3 would now stand at 9-0.

See why I got banned from the Florida message boards?/ Like I said, 4 of the greatest years of my life from Sept.65 to June 69, but I’m not checking my brain at the front desk.

By That70sGAdawg

November 9, 2008 5:22 PM | Link to this

“Exciting, great game”??? Are you people nuts, that was an 18 year old quarterback in his second start, and coaches Willie Martinez and John Fabris have the top 5 recruit classes in the country and couldn’t stop them, or adjust. What a joke! Wake up! No contributions. I don’t care if we “win out”, beat an inferior big 10 team in a bowl game- Those two coaches must GO. Richt can also take over play calling again, and reduce Coach BooBoo”s inflated salary.

By dawgfaninmich

November 9, 2008 5:22 PM | Link to this

Dawgs #10 in new BC S Rankings!!!!

By AltamahaDawg

November 9, 2008 5:33 PM | Link to this

Big Dawg I noticed that you seem to have a habit of stating your opinion as factual, and toss in subtle “I know people, wink wink”, to back it up. Just not sure whay you waste time with us amateurs in here, just go fix things.

And let me get this straight, Martinez is told he is about to get fired, changes for the better, (nothing to do with the emergance and developement of certain players)but because of his “arrogance” he revert back to an non effective style, because he doesnt like to be successful (and have a job appearantly) despite the warnings of his head coach………. You are right, I dont get it. Just Not in the know I guess.

By Lou Vales

November 9, 2008 5:36 PM | Link to this

After watching Texas Tech I believe I will quit worrying about recruiting rankings, especially in light of many publications rating players higher due to the number of subscribers of school they are attending. Bogus!!!! Texas Tech’s offensive line and that defensive tackle are definitely NOT bogus!!

By Gamecock Club Money Donor

November 9, 2008 5:37 PM | Link to this

Gee….. I see a real opportunity here to sway some UGA fans to come on over and support mediocrity. They shoyuld already know by now that UGA isnt really that good. BTW did you see what Florida did to Vandy?

By Fools Gold

November 9, 2008 5:39 PM | Link to this

dawgfaninmich….. I’m still afraid that #10 ranking is Fools Gold!

By Jdawg

November 9, 2008 5:40 PM | Link to this

ZERO stops in the red zone until the final drive…against KY??? AL game…41 pts LSU game…38 pts UF game…49 pts KY game…38 pts

Anyone besides me worried about Tech???

Time for Willie to go…

By Lou Vales

November 9, 2008 5:41 PM | Link to this

Florida’s non-conference shedule next year—-Charleston Southern, Troy, Florida International and FSU at home. LSU, Kentucky, South Carolina, Miss. St on the road. Arkansas, Tennessee and Vandy at home. You know the other game. I see 2 games on that schedule that will garner a lot of respect aropund the land.

By Patsy_Schedule

November 9, 2008 5:43 PM | Link to this

Alt Dawg and …buLLDawg: you guys have your heads so far up your butts you actually seem to think no one’s opinion is worth spitting on unless it’s identical to yours. Altamaha, for you to challeng someone else’s maturity is like calling the kettle black, son. Go take a boat up your creek.

By Oledawg

November 9, 2008 5:52 PM | Link to this

Big Dawg- Where do you get this insider info on Martinez/Richt conversation? Us lesser Dawgs read that Richt questioned himself and took himself out of playcalling in order to manage on the side and have more time for his players. Your info on Strong was wrong. Do we assume the same for your quoting something that was never in the news? I’m not posting to fuss, but I don’t want to intentionally mislead people either. I stand by all my postings here today. They are about our team and a backhand to those who try to undermine us. Nothing good will come of disparaging coaches when we are not in the know as to what is in Richt’s mind or anyone else’s. I don’t want my team or staff to be impacted by made up negative comments. Suggestion: If you want to tear away at people much more equiped at what they do than what you do, then show your knowledge of the entire team and staff by ameliorating your comments with compliments for the great things they accomplish. Otherwise, get lost!

By Lou Vales

November 9, 2008 5:53 PM | Link to this

I can HONESTLY say—-depending upon if your team has been there before and what expectations were—that if a BCS Rating of 1 or 2 isn’t by your team’s name as of December 10——It really doesn’t matter. You’re just talking about a bowl game that nobody will remember in 10 years EXCEPT for alumni of the 2 teams involved. Even they might have forgotten it. National Championship Games live with you forever. Happily for myself that Nebraska fiasco has been tempered greatly by the FSU and Ohio St. wins. I could really care less about Sugar Bowl win over West Virginia in 93 or a Spurrier’s last BCS win in the Orange Bowl on the eve of his move.

By AltamahaDawg

November 9, 2008 5:56 PM | Link to this

right pal. PLEASE quote me where I said “just poped in to say anyone who doesnt agree with me is a moron”, ok let’s please see that. Funny how you twist around the fact I was calling HIM out on that. I express my opinion with my version of how I see the facts, you are certainly free to take me task on those. I ask for it. When have I ever said, don’t botehr disputing my comments?, Huh “son”? You start your post with asinine insulting me and then accuse me of insulting somebody, nice trick patsy. Kinda disguises your lack of a real point to make.

By Big Dawg

November 9, 2008 6:00 PM | Link to this

Lou Vales

Dear Louis I do know Charly and he does have a drop dead gorgeous wife but IMHO that is not why he hasn’t gotten a headcoaching job. He has been offered several HC positions i.e. in the ACC, Big East etc. but they weren’t at schools he wanted to coach at. I can tell you that if a SEC school was to offer then he would bolt in a minute and IMHO they would be getting a hell of a coach that doesn’t accept underperforming by himself, his assistants or his players. He also told me prior to last year that the Gators would struggle on defense which was proven when they lost 4 games. He did tell me that they would be much better this year which also has been proven so far. He also said if he had had Georgia’s talent the last 3 years that in his opinion he couldn’t see losing a single game except as a fluke. I then reminded him and he agreed that all of Georgias losses the last 3 years and especially the last 2 have been due to Georgia’s offense, special teams putting them bad field position and/or untimely penalties/turnovers and that the defense really hasn’t played that bad.

By Patsy_Schedule

November 9, 2008 6:25 PM | Link to this

Sorry I got under your skin, Alt-moron. Now cry me a river.

By WildBill

November 9, 2008 6:25 PM | Link to this

D gave up 125 points in 3 games. F- Special teams, STILL aren’t special. F Summary: Glad we won.

By Oledawg

November 9, 2008 6:26 PM | Link to this

Altamaha and BuLLdawg invariably DO have the best opinions on these blogs because they are accurate and can express themselves better than most. That’s a lot more than I can say for you, Patsy_Schedule. They put an effort in keeping the conversation on a higher plain which is more than I can say for you and me.

If you can’t blog about the team you will find that you are ignored into oblivion. Most of you don’t have the informed opinions that Dawg fans have here so you are easy to spot as interlopers. Some of you don’t even watch the games…or read the info.

Way to go ,Dobbs. You probably do have the best hands on the D team. But we loved Green’s catch and the signaling between QB and WR just before. We love the aggressive confidence that further signals great Dawg football in the coming games. SIC”EM DAWGS!!

Techies-Go suck a lemon.

By Raphael

November 9, 2008 6:29 PM | Link to this

Willie Martinez needs to be fire, and Richt needs to get a little tough on the players. This is the worst Georgia Bulldog defense I have seen in 6years.

By Patsy_Schedule

November 9, 2008 6:38 PM | Link to this

Doesn’t look like you did a very good job of ignoring me, now does it, OleDawg. Maybe you’re just too old to understand what ignoring is, or ignorance, for that matter. I see a lot of it in the posts of those 2 bloggers that you hold in such high esteem. Says something about you, I’m afraid.

By mark

November 9, 2008 6:56 PM | Link to this

As I have said for ever, Willie Martinez should be selling tacos. And when did the blog turn political? Be conservative and work hard and dont live beyond your means and you wont want to share your wealth. Share wealth people have none just debt, now deal with that.

By GHOST OF ERK RUSSELL

November 9, 2008 7:21 PM | Link to this

WE NEED TO BLITZ EVERY PLAY-WE COULD DO NO WORSE.

By RAMDAWG

November 9, 2008 7:27 PM | Link to this

WILL MUSCHAMP WILL PROBABLY GET A HEAD JOB.WE SHOULD TRY KIRBY SMART-HIS SPECIALTY IS ALSO DEF BACKS.NICK SABAN IS HIS MENTOR HE WOULD MAKE A GOOD DEF-COORD OUR DB,S LOOK VERY CONFUSED.MARTINEZ NEEDS TO GO BUT ALSO FABRIS.THIS MUST BE DONE.

By Ashley

November 9, 2008 7:48 PM | Link to this

Willie has got to go. He cost a shot at the national championship last year by playing zone all game against UT. He did the same the year before and they put 1/2 hundred on us in athens.. The zone doesn’t work in the sec you have to bring pressure. I was at the florida game we maybe brought pressure twice the whole game. We beat the gators last year by bring pressure. I don’t understand why our corner backs play 10 yards off the recievers fire willie

By BE#3

November 9, 2008 8:09 PM | Link to this

For all this hype about hiring Muschamp, did you forget we lit his Auburn D up last year? Charlie Strong is the man we need. His D has been killing us since he was at Carolina. Let’s get him on our sideline.

By AltamahaDawg

November 9, 2008 8:24 PM | Link to this

Well thanks Oledawg, but I actually havent agreed with BuLLdawg on quite a few things, and for sure he isn’t going to be sending me any Christmas card this year either.

And patsy, if you would like to take issue with any particular assertions I have made, I’d be glad to discuss. You started and ended your post to me in an insult, (with something about lack of maturity in the middle) so I’m just left guessing what your point is. Of cource coming from somebody who chooses a handle with the sole intent of being disparaging……

By dawgthabootyhunter

November 9, 2008 8:26 PM | Link to this

Willie and Fabris need to go and Bobo shouldn’t be too far behind!

By AltamahaDawg

November 9, 2008 8:30 PM | Link to this

mark, good point. Be careful what you wish for. Reach into the pockets of the “wealthy” and you might just pull out more interest due bills than dollar bills.

By monty

November 9, 2008 8:45 PM | Link to this

Everyone who is making the excuse for GA that we got beat by the #1 and #3 teams in the nation”what’s the big deal?” just need to QUIT IT!!! You people make it sound like we were even in those games. WE WEREN’T!!! WE were blown out. I watched those games with friends who were for BAMA and FLA and was totally embarassed. I Like most sensible DOG fans could take a hard fought loss. But we never even really competed in those games.It’s not that we lost it’s that we were humiliated.

By War Eagle

November 9, 2008 8:54 PM | Link to this

Hope UGA has mercy on Auburn, really, our program collasped this year. CTT admitted he made a hiring mistake(Tony Franklin), it also drove down the attitude and moral. I am still a CTT supporter, but changes have to be made in the asst. coaches sector next year( about 6 of them) for him to survive.. Auburn has many injures on defense and lack a competitve offense. Personally, Florida is best SEC team and maybe the country behind Oklahoma and Texas. 10-2 season back to back is NOT bad DAWGS regardless how many points defense allows. I look for Stafford and Moreno have a huge FINANCIAL declare after this year.

By Patsy_Schedule

November 9, 2008 8:57 PM | Link to this

Altamaha, I appreciate your last post. I felt you were being insulting to someone, so I felt a need to speak up. You seem like someone I would like to have a beer with, so I apologize if my perception of you was incorrect. Same for you, OleDawg. I know you guys are just pulling for your team, and I think this is (for the most part) a good vehicle for us to see what others are thinking. Let’s try to keep it civil, and I will start by saying that I could have been much more so than I was tonight. Now it’s time for me to go to bed. Love, Patsy.

By Mr. Gator

November 9, 2008 9:03 PM | Link to this

ATTN BULLDOG FANS

TO ALL OF YOU CONCERNED FANS WHO ARE FED UP & WANT WILLIE MARTINEZ FIRED. IT AINT GONNA HAPPEN!!!

PLEASE CHECK RIVALS.COM MARK RICHT IS DEFENDING HIS BUM OF A DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR WILLIE “BEND BUT DON’T BREAK” MARTINEZ.

AS A TRUE GATOR FAN THIS IS CERTAINLY GOOD NEWS B/C NEXT YEAR WE’LL PROBABLY SCORE 60 OR EVEN 70 ON YA & MARTINEZ WILL BE ON THE SIDELINES TRYING TO PUMP UP THE PUPS.

FACE IT YOU ARE THE JOKE OF THE SEC, YOU WILL NEVER COMPETE FOR A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP & RICHT WILL NEVER FIRE MARTINEZ.

WE WILL BEAT ALABAMA IN THE SEC CHAMP. GAME AND GO ON TO PLAY FOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. UGA WILL PLAY IN THE CAP ONE BOWL OR OUTBACK BOWL & WEAR THOSE BLACK JERSEYS. HAHAHAHAHA. ALL WE CARE ABOUT IS W’S AND RINGS.

UGA=GATOR BAIT

By AltamahaDawg

November 9, 2008 9:36 PM | Link to this

Patsy, thanks

Big Dawg, I either don’t read your post very welll, or just have a difficult time getting your point. But to be clear, It does not hurt my feeling if WM does take another job one day, I have said a few times that I thought he would soon enough. I have never even said IF I thought he was a great DC, and I do not care if somebody thinks he is definetely not.

But your last comment about the events around our last few losses is EXACTLY all I have been trying to say for 2 years. Be fair, be accurate. Many comments in here are neither one. Mr. Strong would agree, I’m sure, with all the talent in the word, situations DO matter. And yes he would have lost at least a few of those given the same.

By Scottt

November 9, 2008 9:50 PM | Link to this

Mr Gator, if ANY team has a right to talk smack, it’s you guys. You took it to us. But you sir, don’t have the right to be a complete f’ckng a*******hole. I’ll just bet you’re an o-fng-bama supporter……..you pu$$y. Why don’t u idiot fla fans just take the win and get the fck over it. I’ll bet mr gator is about 14 or so. Not laid yet. Don’t worry dude, it might happen…..if not..you’ve got your sister. Let me know how that mullet’s workin out for ya.

By Lou Vales

November 9, 2008 10:05 PM | Link to this

Dear Scott, Please accept my apology for Mr. Gator. There are many lucid people in Gator Nation. I don’t believe in talking smack for two valid reasons. (1) I didn’t actually play in the game and thus have nothing to really brag about except my association. (2)What goes around, comes around. Except for Florida-Kentucky in football. As stated earlier I really want no part of Texas Tech, texas or Oklahoma and am hoping for a huge Boise State or Utah push.

By AltamahaDawg

November 9, 2008 10:11 PM | Link to this

70 points next year huh, wow.

But here is what Coach said if anyone is interested. And please dont come back at me and dispute anything, Im just telling you what the man said. Take it however you want.

…….Sunday, Richt staunchly defended his assistant, particularly the notion that Martinez has the Bulldogs playing passively and he’s not doing everything he can to get Georgia’s defense back on track.

“People don’t get it. They think they do, but they don’t,” Richt said during his weekly teleconference. “So I’d love to say if people really knew football they’d know we’ve been blitzing, we’ve been playing Cover-Zero, Cover-One, Robber, going from a Fire Zone to Cover-Three behind and Fire Zone with Cover-Two behind it. If they really knew football they wouldn’t say the things they say but they don’t.”

Richt argued further that the Bulldogs are doing nothing different defensively than they have done in his eight years as head coach, although he acknowledges that’s Georgia’s current struggles are a fact that obviously needs to improve.

“Our philosophy has not changed at all in eight years,” Richt said. “That’s not the problem. It takes the entire team to play good defense. It takes the offense, it’s a lack of turnovers, it takes our special teams to play well, and it takes the defense to play well.

“It takes us to not have penalties when we stop a drive that then keeps the drive going. It takes all those things. It’s a team game.”…………..

By obone

November 9, 2008 11:06 PM | Link to this

Last year Dawgs were making great form tackles. This yr. they’re not. Look at our defense and compare it to falcons defense. Our d-backs play to loose and we don’t diguise our blitzes. They just are not coached well. Richt will let Willy take him down with him. It’s his own doing!

By Lou Vales

November 9, 2008 11:25 PM | Link to this

Beware when ANY football coach starts talking about football as if it is cardiovascular surgery or nuclear physics. 90% of ALL football coaches majored in relatively easy subject matter, upon completion of eligibility they took a graduate asistant post or coached at high school level while teaching driver’s ed, coached a few years and got a college gig where hopefully they found mentors to take them under their wings and talked them up, eventually a position coach for significant number of years—unless your daddy was a coach—, finally that coordinator position and then hopefully the cycle repeats at a bigger school and MAYBE for the select few—Head coach.

At no time would you have needed to pass a test as difficult as that required to be a doctor, dentist, CPA, lawyer and a myriad of other professions. So when you start hearing about “Cover-One, Cover- Zero, Robber” just realize that is a utilization of professionial jargon utilized to seperate the “informed insider” from the person who “doesn’t get it”. Trust me if you are a doctor, dentist, CPA, lawyer, economist, financial advisor(a good one), chemist, engineer or MANY, MANY other jobs and have watched football for a few years—You Get It!!!

By Dawg4Life

November 10, 2008 6:51 AM | Link to this

Maybe we can get Van Gorder on a loan… You would have thought that the defense would have come out and stepped it up after being called “soft” all week. If Kentucky’s option offense did this to UGA’s defense, Georgia Tech is going to run all over them. The offense looked good against a stout Kentucky defense.

By Big Dawg

November 10, 2008 7:06 AM | Link to this

Oledawg and Altamaha,

I see from your posts that you just like me are passionate about our team, I applaud you for that. I did have insider information but he left after last year for another position at another school. As for Coach Richt meaning what he said or was just frustrated and showed that he is human. I don’t really know but apparently he was taken serious by all of his assistants because we all witnessed what happened by the end of last year when IMHO the Dawgs were the best team in college football. As for Charly Strong he realizes that we have had a ton of injuries this year and that because of graduation, injuries, non-qualifying players etc. we really don’t have SEC caliber defensive ends on this team, but as the defensive coordinator it is part of your job to find ways to make up for your deficiencies. Also as for my post concerning Strong’s record against Georgia I know part of that was while he was at South Carolina and against Donnan coached teams. I was only trying to make a point that he seems to know how to scheme against us.

I’m not one of those who think anybody needs to be fired and in looking at this season objectively. It is obvious to me that there have been a lot of both big and little things that have attributed to the this season’s unfulfilled promise. All of the pre-season injuries really cut into the team’s physical preparation which has shown this year more so than other years, undisciplined play, bad calls and non-calls by the officials, poor play selection, bad schemes, mental breakdowns and costly and untimely turnovers are all a part of it. And just like you said Oledaeg you do have to get a lot of breaks go your way to compete for SEC and NC.

Go Dawgs

By AltamahaDawg

November 10, 2008 7:15 AM | Link to this

Agree.

By Gratfuldawghead

November 10, 2008 8:14 AM | Link to this

Van Gorder had ONE game where the other team scored 30 or more. Martinez now has 10 and counting! We got the players we need a coach! Martinez has been with Richt since thier Miami playing days and he has Never fired anyone. This is Georgia’s # 1 problem!

By DawgFan4Life

November 10, 2008 10:33 AM | Link to this

I think that many of you are forgetting that this is the same Kentucky team who only lost by 3 against UNDEFEATED #1 Alabama when they played AT Alabama. Yes our defense is having problems and the turnovers are ridiculous but I love how quick everyone is to place blame. Fire BoBo! Fire Martinez! Fire Richt! ( <—I am especially shocked at that one.) Do you really think that’s going to solve all of our problems?? Be careful what you wish for or we may end up like Tennesee.

I am absolutely DISGUSTED with some of these so-called “fans” on this blog saying that we’re “pathetic” and “a joke.” I’m sorry that your UGA football team isn’t perfect. I’m sorry that they’re ONLY #10 in the country and we might ONLY win 11 games this season. I’m sorry that Knowshon takes himself out of games to rest and ONLY has over 1,000 yards this season….for the second season. You are all forgetting that these are KIDS. Some of them 18, 19 years old…..fresh out of highschool. Yeah we’ve had two horrible losses and there are definitely problems that need to be addressed, but now more than EVER is the time to rally behind our dogs, not call them “pathetic.” That’s a horrible thing to say about these kids that work so hard every week to please their spoiled fans.

Go dawgs! Beat Auburn!

By timthebrave

November 10, 2008 10:44 AM | Link to this

You are a bunch of fair weather fans. B*** and moan….b*** and moan….I enjoyed the game. The d stepped up in the 4th quarter to win that game for us. It played really poorly but 14 points were set up by really bad special teams. Blocked punt and a kick return 90 yards set up 2 of their touch downs. The problem with the defense is we don’t have a star on the defensive line like we have had in the past. It makes a huge difference. Look at the Falcons and the difference Abraham makes constantly disrupting plays, or david pollack creating havoc. Coach WM needs to make adjustments quicker and not wait until half time to make them. Special teams was the reason this game was this close. See ya’ll at Auburn. Go Dawgs!!

By jay

November 10, 2008 10:57 AM | Link to this

Is this UGA football???? We have all this talent and are barely winning games against teams we should blow out. There is no fire on this UGA team. Willie Martinez needs to coach at a jr. college and Mark Richt better hire some assistants that have some credibility instead of his buddies from nowhere U. None of his assistants are even close to being promoted to a head coaching position. Yes, Mark’s a nice guy but who cares ? Nick Saban is an a* but he wins National Championships !!

By CHARLOTTE DAWG

November 10, 2008 1:12 PM | Link to this

All you people rejoicing over this game make me completely sick! ITS KENTUCKY PEOPLE!!! YOU KNOW, THE SAME TEAM THAT GETS NOTHING BUT 3 AND 2 STAR RECRUITS. YOU KNOW, THE SAME TEAM THAT ONLY SCORED 5, I REPEAT, 5 AGAINST A REAL TEAM, FLORIDA.

This season is a disgrace after last week’s loss. There is nothing they can do to make up for that embarrassement. I don’t care if they even win out including their bowl game. The season ended in failure on November 1st. No other way around it, no other way to put it.

And to see our coach giddy after this past Saturday’s game is truly disgusting!! He should still have the same look of disgust on his face that I and many other fans still have.

And stop praising MoMass. For *uck’s sake, he had two fumbles! If anything, he should be made to carry a football the whole week of class.

Georgia will forever be 10-2/9-3 team with Richt and company at the healm. ITS A FREAKING JOKE!!!

AND THE TEAM WE BEAT IN THE “BARN BURNER” IS STILL KENTUCKY.

Wake me up when Georgia becomes a true championship team. Disgusting and pathetic!

By DOUG

November 10, 2008 7:49 PM | Link to this

I am tired of our offense having to constantly score points to cover for the defense. Make no doubt about it, we have the talent on the D. We have been out-schemed for years. Martinez cant cut it but he is not going anywhere. This the Atlanta Braves of College football. Try hard then go play golf. No National titles and only an SEC title when no one else wants it. Richt has peaked. Period.

By Jimmy

November 10, 2008 10:54 PM | Link to this

Thoughtful Teresa, I really can’t help you in your search for biblical passes about slavery, but I just wanted you to know that I love you and want you to have my baby, out of wedlock of course, if that’s ok w/ you. Governing via the bible, old or new, now that’s more scary than talking offensive and defensive schemes w/ these whacko nutjob ‘never happy, the sky is always falling’ UGA fans.

By Jimmy

November 10, 2008 10:54 PM | Link to this

Thoughtful Teresa, I really can’t help you in your search for biblical passes about slavery, but I just wanted you to know that I love you and want you to have my baby, out of wedlock of course, if that’s ok w/ you. Governing via the bible, old or new, now that’s more scary than talking offensive and defensive schemes w/ these whacko nutjob ‘never happy, the sky is always falling’ UGA fans.