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By Big Grey

November 13, 2008 8:22 AM | Link to this

FSU wore black way before UGA did so get your facts straight loser 49-10

By GeoffDawg

November 13, 2008 8:42 AM | Link to this

Wow big grey. Are your jorts too tight? Chill the hell out.

By Red Elephant

November 13, 2008 8:44 AM | Link to this

Maybe Auburn will pull a Doug Barfield and wear orange jersies.

UGA wore black jersies also in the 1940’s.

I’m a UGA fan this weekend! RTR.

By Too Easy

November 13, 2008 8:44 AM | Link to this

Easy, Big Grey. If you’re a FL fan, I’m sure the Seminoles appreciate your support. If you’re a Seminole fan, that was a pitiful loss to gt?

By Chris

November 13, 2008 8:44 AM | Link to this

Times are bad when this is all we from the beat writer for the DAWGS, and the South’s Oldest Rivaly. Give us some insight CHIP!

By Jack Mehoff

November 13, 2008 8:50 AM | Link to this

Looks like FSU adds another chapter to their “Criminoles” reputation by getting into a brawl with some frat boys in the student union center on campus yesterday. No arrests yet, but police are investigating, and they are certain some arrests will be made…..Looks like the Criminoles need to wear black……black & white stripes, that is.

By Larry

November 13, 2008 8:52 AM | Link to this

Actually, UGA wore black jerseys for the first time back in WWII, Big Grey, so get your facts straight and stop sounding plain ignorant on a Georgia blog.

By 82DAWG

November 13, 2008 8:54 AM | Link to this

I am sure our stellar defense will make Auburn’s anemic offense look like the second coming of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Still our offense will bail us out once again. Our amazing young O-Liners (esp. Jones and Davis) will give Moreno, Stafford, MoMass and Green ample time to make the plays necessary to outscore Soft Willie’s defense!

By Mikey in the SAV

November 13, 2008 8:56 AM | Link to this

Normally I would be worried when we play Auburn. Not this year…

Anyone heard from Roswell Ed ?

By BAMADAWG

November 13, 2008 9:07 AM | Link to this

CALL ME DUMB AS H*LL BUT WATCH OUR D STEP UP

By Michael

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

I am not too worried about this game? Our defense just had a heart to heart players only meeting this week and i think they will come out with something to prove. This one could get ugly for the tigers.

41-17 UGA

By Da Pimp

November 13, 2008 9:14 AM | Link to this

Dawgs WILL add to the War Eagle misery in 2007…

34 - 17

Roswell Ed is a bandwagon fan..

His team sux & he’s like Tony Frankiln….

GONE with the Wind

By JV

November 13, 2008 9:17 AM | Link to this

This is true AU has nothing to lose there season is kinda down the drain already. If I could choose who AU would beat would be bama. Sure would be nice if AU could pull off some upsets for there next 2 games!

WDE!!!

By John

November 13, 2008 9:19 AM | Link to this

Why dont you do your job and check the facts first. This is not the 1st time FSU has worn black and did so before UGA ever did.

By The Alpha Male

November 13, 2008 9:19 AM | Link to this

Slow sports day, Chip? If that’s the best you’ve got, you need to back up to pick up your paycheck so you don’t have to look your editor in the eye.

By j.p sartre

November 13, 2008 9:20 AM | Link to this

to Michael…..how will a “heart to heart”improve their mediocre basic skills??What’s next “a stitch in time saves nine??’

By Mike

November 13, 2008 9:22 AM | Link to this

FSU wore black for the 1st time in 2006 and again in 2007. UGA wore black for the 1st time in 2007. So explain to me how FSU is taking a page out of the Georgia playbook. Youre an idiot. How do you still have a job?

By Ole Miss fan

November 13, 2008 9:25 AM | Link to this

FL had to wear black after ya’ll played us Big Grey, loser……..

By Gen Neyland

November 13, 2008 9:32 AM | Link to this

There are four main reasons one would be half off their rocker to consider coaching at UT : 1) AD Mike Hamilton…2) Job in jeopardy with a .749 winning percentage… 3) The repetitious playing of ‘Rocky Top’ from winning the coin toss to making third down conversions. Can the tune, Hamilton, or at least reduce it to 47 times per game… 4) Did I mention AD Mike Hamilton..?

By SimpleDawg

November 13, 2008 9:34 AM | Link to this

Dawgs win big in Auburn - Clempson w/o the lake….oops, lake dried up…now Tuberville can go to Clempson w/o a change of scenery. Bama buries Auburn to grease the skids for Tommy’s departure.

By Will

November 13, 2008 9:34 AM | Link to this

I anticipate another penalty-filed, poorly officiated, close game Sat afternoon down on the plains. We tend to play to our opponents level(minus the UF and Bama game). And will do the same Sat afternoon. We need to finish the season stong but I’m a little worried about the defense. It just seems we have no answer for a running qb, and we are in deep doodoo if we can’t find a way to fix it. Maybe we can outscore our next 2 opponents.

By Dorsey Hill

November 13, 2008 9:36 AM | Link to this

Mike,

Have you wondered why nobody noticed?

Just asking. I mean its also possible that SW Dakota State Technical School did a blackout in 2004, but like FSU, who really gives a !*$@?

Irrelevancy is tough. I suggest that you get more comfortable with it.

By CHARLOTTE DAWG

November 13, 2008 9:48 AM | Link to this

If it is said in this article that AU has nothing to lose, then it would be implying that Georgia does?

Georgia’s season is over as well. It was over in the early evening of November 1st via embarrassment and disgrace.

Neither of the teams are playing for diddly poo. #10 ranking. BFD! Gets you nothing but a pointless New Year’s Day Bowl. Status Quo for the Dawgs.

This game will be as sad as the two teams playing in it. If you have something else better to do with your Saturday, I suggest doing just that!

I think I’ll read about Georgia’s win on the internet Saturday evening….I think….but one thing is certain…Auburn will all of the sudden find some offense…surprise, surprise that it comes against the Dawgs. What a surprise!

By Michael

November 13, 2008 9:51 AM | Link to this

To j.p Sartre

Basic skills? I think they showed they have basic skills just by looking at last years last 4 games. If i do remember correctly it is pretty much the same defense. I personally dont think any leaders have shown up and all i am saying is i think some of them are finally saying enough is enough. We will see when the results are in.

By JV

November 13, 2008 9:53 AM | Link to this

To Simpledawg, as sad as it makes me feel you are probably right. I don’t think tubbie is gone unless he will not get rid of his assistant coaches “which I don’t think he will causing him to have to leave”, but it has been a good 10 years for AU football with him! Who’s next no one knows.

WDE!

By WSP Dawg

November 13, 2008 9:58 AM | Link to this

Charlotte, good point. The only thing that is absolutely certain about this game is that Auburn will suddenly become an offensive juggernaut.

By Smyrna Man

November 13, 2008 10:00 AM | Link to this

Fla and Bama taught UGA how to spell O-V-V-E-R and Auburn will teach them how to spell R-A-T-E-D.

By Dawg Fud

November 13, 2008 10:00 AM | Link to this

i have never seen a UGA-AU game lacking such intensity from the fans as this one…at least as perceived by me. if i recall, these two school were “supposed” to be representing their respected divisions in the SECCG.

on another note, MoMass is a damn good dawg! i will will enjoy watching him these next three games.

GO DAWGS! Beat Auburn!

By Wozzo the Wonder Dog

November 13, 2008 10:11 AM | Link to this

Final Score: UGA 4 — Aubarn 0

By srcdawgrome

November 13, 2008 10:13 AM | Link to this

If Tuby went to Tenn next year, Fat Phil to Clemson and Bowden to Auburn, would their record be better than 12&17? Dawgs (D) shows up Saturday makes a long day for Auburn. I believe this will be the beginning of (AU) fall to the likes of Kentucky, Vandy, Ole Miss etc. It will be many years if ever that they will be in the elite of the SEC. After the Dawgs set them up Bama will destroy them.

By dawgfan1911

November 13, 2008 10:14 AM | Link to this

I have realized that picking Georgia to win big is a big mistake! Auburns’ power running game will give us major problems. No players only meeting will all of the sudden make this unit play better, in fact after players only meetings usually that same team comes out and does an even worse job. As much as I love my dawgs, there is nuthing in me that sees any reason why this defense will get any better this year under this defensive coordinator. We win another shoot out, very similiar to the Kentucky game. UGA 34 Auburn 31. It ois going to look very weird to look at our record at the end of the year and see that we will finijsh 11-2 and that season be considered a big disappointment, but the fact of the matter is that in big games, we choked badly. We didn’t execute, we made dumb penalties, play calling was brutal, defense was awful, and we were out coached in both games by two better coaches and guess what, those coaches are not going anywhere no time soon, so expect the same in the future. We will be florida’s whipping boys and Alabama’safter thought until we get better coaches.

By Dawg Fan

November 13, 2008 10:21 AM | Link to this

Chip for godness sakes can’t you write anything postive? You have been so negative all week. You would think we are 2-9. You make me so mad. I say everyday I am not reading your articles anymore. Come on now less write something postive. Go Dawgs

By Desert Dawg

November 13, 2008 10:21 AM | Link to this

“Neither of the teams are playing for diddly poo. #10 ranking. BFD! Gets you nothing but a pointless New Year’s Day Bowl. Status Quo for the Dawgs.”

Are you F*ing kidding me??? Yea, it would be nice to be playing in a BCS bowl every year, but that ain’t gonna happen. There are about 100 other programs (and fans) that would LOVE to be playing in a “Pointless New Year’s Day Bowl”. Have you forgotten the Ray Goff era???

Get a grip, take a pill, whatever it takes, but be thankful for what we have…a respected football program that is emerging as a National Program. AND THE BEST IS YET TO COME!

By Bama Dawg

November 13, 2008 10:22 AM | Link to this

Hey Charlotte Dawg,

Why don’t you go find another team’s bandwagon to jump on. If a potential 11 and 2 record with the injuries we’ve had since before the season started isn’t good enough for you, then go find another team to bit*h about.

Of course I’m sure if you or some of the other fair weather fans were the coach, we’d be undefeted.

By Moore Hater

November 13, 2008 10:25 AM | Link to this

Before the season started I said we going to lose 2 games with the schedule we have. We lost to, I believe the 2 best teams in the nation(UF & BAMA). Now, I agree that anytime you lose 2 games in a season it can be disappointing. Just like it was for LSU last year. Things fon’t look like they are going to fall the same way they did last year, but who knows. One thing is for sure, our D has lost us the 2 games and our sometime very questionable BOBO play calling. But like I said in the begining, I thought we were going to lose 2 games. No one in America had a tougher schedule and no one had a bigger target on their back than we did! UGA will not ever win games by 50 or 60 points because they don’t believe in running up the score. I am not sure I agree with that because it looks good for the voters, but it does show some class. Anyway you look at it, BAMA or UF will win the championship this year. The only team that might pull it off is Texas Tech. So for all you true fans out there, admit that no one thought we going undefeated! If you say you did, you need to seriously take a look at what we were stacked up against! Big Grey, you sound like an Ohio State fan, dummy!

By Dorsey Hill

November 13, 2008 10:27 AM | Link to this

Smyrna Man,

Is your post regarding the “overrated” comment an attempt at humor through irony or are you just a complete idiot. Given your orange-tinted leanings I’m guessing that the problem is that your IQ is slightly lower than today’s expected high temperature.

You may recall that Auburn was a Preseason top-10 pick. You may also be aware, as I am certain that such news can travel to even the most distant of meth ridden trailer parks, that Auburn is 5-5. Given that do you really think that throwing around “overrated” is a useful tactic for fans of the East Alabama Cow College? If so perhaps your IQ is actually lower than your family’s average tooth-per-head count.

By J Bee

November 13, 2008 10:28 AM | Link to this

This game might just come down to which mascot Auburn brings to the stadium. Are they “War Eagles” or “Tigers.” I know UGA II will be there for us!!!! Dawgs by two td’s…….

By DawgNirvana

November 13, 2008 10:31 AM | Link to this

Smyrna Man,

I probably gather you are an incredibly intelligent Yech grad but take one of the V’s out of Over, numb nuts. Your beat down will be here shortly. Back to the basement to dream up another Star Wars character.

By AltamahaDawg

November 13, 2008 10:32 AM | Link to this

“in fact after players only meetings usually that same team comes out and does an even worse job.”

like to see that chart.

By dawgfacedboy

November 13, 2008 10:39 AM | Link to this

Unfortunately for CWM he is in a no win situation. If his D gets another 30 spot thrown up on them against that anemic offense he will be crucified. If his D steps up and plays well and plays the way everybody thinks they SHOULD be playing people will say “it’s an anemic Auburn team who could only score 3 against Miss St., I would hope that even THEY could shut down Auburn”. or something to that effect.

To me though, this could be either a huge confident boost or a confidence killer for the players. If this game is 38-35 against an Auburn team that has looked dreadful on offense all year it will kill the confidence of those boys, not to mention strengthen the “fire Martinez” argument. Win 30-10 and those boys will hold their heads high going into the off week. It’s still Auburn, anemic offense or not.

By AltamahaDawg

November 13, 2008 10:40 AM | Link to this

never thought I’d see the day a Georgia Bulldog fan asks others NOT to watch the Auburn game because they might not win by as much as he wants.

Maybe next year huh, and you can all that’s owed you. I mean you worked so hard this year, and what did you get for it all?

By AC in Boulder

November 13, 2008 10:42 AM | Link to this

FIRST!!!

By Mobile Dawg

November 13, 2008 10:43 AM | Link to this

Dawgs need to come out focused first, no need to panic, execute without mistakes, and yes, have some fun. I expect AU to make a game out of it the first half because it is a rivalry.

We will get a big play from special teams, maybe a punt return by Miller, the D will come through with a big play also and torch the Tigers for a TD. The big guns will fire on offense. MoMass will be set up for a big game, 2 TD passes, and Moreno runs for two more. Walsh will also kick a couple of field goals. Dawgs roll, they have something to prove.

Dawgs 48, Tigers 20….

I’m not as worried about this one as I am the next one, but I’ll take’em one at a time.

By CHARLOTTE DAWG

November 13, 2008 10:44 AM | Link to this

It very obvious that Desert Dawg and Bama Dawg are used to coming up short. I guess your ok with always being “good” but never being “great”.

I’m not a bandwagon fan…I’M A PI$$ED OFF FAN! 16 out of 19 losses to Florida and your still whistling “zippidy doo da”. Give me a freaking break! Two losses this year to the only two good teams we’ve played and we get blown out?! And your still thankful “for what we have”. The “Goff Era”? Is that suppossed to make fans feel better about always coming up short….EVERY YEAR?!

The Injuries? What is going to be our excuse next year?!

I simply expect results every so often. If you were preseason #1 and can’t win your own division, your a joke! Next to Clemson, we are the biggest disappointment in College Football.

Still have some pride boys? Man I hate Florida but I do envy them! At least they win the big one every now and then.

Us….well 1980. Yep, I got the Commemorative Coke Bottle up in my Mantle. And that will be the only that ever goes up there b/c the Georgia program is ok with being “Good” but not “great”.

By AFnPC

November 13, 2008 10:50 AM | Link to this

Wow. I’m suprised that FSU wearing black jerseys is a conversation piece and up for debate as to which team did it first. Wow… I’ll be heading to Auburn to watch the game on Saturday. I guess it’ll be Bloody Marys for us with a 11:30 kick-off. I just hope it’s a game. Auburn has looked increasingly terrible this year, and I expect more of the same. Look for Auburn to be up 16-7 at halftime, only to lose 38-23. Standard. For my dad, War Eagle, from me, Go ‘Noles!

By Vegas Guy

November 13, 2008 10:51 AM | Link to this

As of now the Dawgs are favored by -8.5 on the road. That line may come down somewhat, but not much. The last time UGA won 3 in a row vs. Auburn was 1980-1982. But it’s gonna happen this year and let me tell you why. This Auburn program is having a lot of problems behind the scenes and the Tony Franklin debacle is just a recent example. This team doesn’t have much of an identity on offense and while the defense plays well, it has been torn to shreds vs. Matt Stafford and company the last few seasons. The Dawgs did benefit from 4 Brandon Cox INT’s in 2006 which led to a 37-15 win, as well as picking Cox off 4 times in last season’s 45-20 win. I don’t anticipate INT’s to be a problem in this game since Auburn is mainly running the ball this year which will keep the game competitive. And the Dawgs play well on the road. However,this game will be played at 12:30pm and the Dawgs aren’t known for playing great football early in the day. They barely got by Kentucky 42-38 last week and beat Vandy 24-14, and both of these games were 12:30 kickoff’s. If you’re going to bet on this game, listen to what the media says. If they talk down UGA’s defense and talk up how Auburn’s got their back against the wall, take UGA to win BIG! If they talk about the road team winning in this series, then take Auburn ATS.

By Just the Facts please

November 13, 2008 10:54 AM | Link to this

FSU fans - you are morons (or 12 years old) . We wore Black in the 40’s. Get YOUR facts straight.

Back to the topic at hand. Auburn will be a tougher game than we think. They will get up for this game. They will be pi*sed about the walloping they got last year, and the disrespect (they perceive) by UGA wearing black. I loved it but they were embarrassed by it. It’s on the locker room wall guaranteed. UGA 17-10.

By La Jolla Dawg

November 13, 2008 11:01 AM | Link to this

Here’s my wish list for Saturday’s game:

A complete and well executed performance on both sides of the ball. Seems like when the defense does well, Stafford lays an egg and vice versa.

I’d also like to see the same level of intensity (or close to it) through all four quarters.

It would be nice if there were no stupid penalties.

See Moreno stay in the game after big gains.

Witness good punt return coverage.

No missed field goals.

Good play calling inside the red zone.

Is that too much to hope for?

By Chip Towers

November 13, 2008 11:03 AM | Link to this

Big Grey, John, Mike: I never said Georgia wore black jerseys first. Heck, it’s in the story I read and I linked to when FSU last wore them. That wasn’t what I was saying. It was just a reference to the fact that the Dogs did it earlier this season. I don’t give a hoot who wore them first in the history of college football. Geez folks, take a chill pill… .

Dawgfan: I’ve written about how great Georgia’s offense is doing despite all the O-line woes and about the four-headed monster of Stafford, Moreno, Green and Massaquoi. That’s pretty positive, isn’t it. But I’d say giving up 125 points in the last three games is foremost on the mind of Dawgs… .

DesertDawg: I disagree. Georgia has a lot to play for: Another 11-win season, a BCS bowl berth, pride in playing their two oldest and most traditional rivals in Auburn and Georgia. Teams don’t quit because the conference and national titles are out of reach. Good ones don’t anyway.

By Dorsey Hill

November 13, 2008 11:05 AM | Link to this

Charlotte Dawg is among the few Georgia “fans” that I have run into that always believe the worst in their team. The coaches suck, the players suck yada, yada, yada, we’re gonna lose, waa waa waa. Being the type of Georgia fan that has an unconditional and perhaps unhealthy affection for my team, these types of fans make me very angry. They should not be allowed to wear any UGA paraphenelia, they should be permanantly excluded from Sanford and the cable company should block their access to UGA games. If he wants to be a fan of the winning team, he should simply record a few games read who won in the paper and then pull for the winner while watching the replay on Sunday. This way you will be happy and you won’t make the rest of us completly miserable. I’ve seen a national title and I’ve seen a homecoming loss to Vandy and I was just as happy to be a Bulldog on both days. I’d rather be a Dawg and lose than be anything else and if you don’t feel that way please clear out of the stadium so we can get some more real fans in there.

As an aside, I would like to say that winning is NOT the only thing. I’d rather lose than have a coach like Bob Knight screaming GD! at press conferences. I’d rather lose than have a team full of thugs like Miami in the early 90’s. All I want is for our coaches and players to be smart, prepare, compete, care and be good representatives of our State’s finest University. If they win doing that, then great, if they come up short, well we’ll get ‘em next time, won’t we?

By takedowndawg

November 13, 2008 11:06 AM | Link to this

Anything less than a two touchdown win by UGA and Auburn scoring 21 or less will intensify the Exit of CWM view from most of us loyal DAWGS/an ALUMNI/1975. Mental errors(penalties) of the magnitude our defense has made this year and an overall lack of intensity is totally unacceptable. Don’t tell me you can’t have intensity without 8+ penalties a game. Too many other programs in the SEC prove that you can!!!! ?Are you listening Coach Richt?

NO DAMN PASS RUSH ON PUNTS = SUPIDITY!!!!!We are the only team that believes this approach is a good one on a college/professional level.

As many of you have already stated: KICK THE FOOTBALL IN THE END ZONE!!!!!!!!!

And Coach Richt: we do know football. Many of our knees reflect the years that we have invested in our game and the years that we have coached. It is disrecpectful on your part to assume that we don’t.

By Bob

November 13, 2008 11:07 AM | Link to this

Georgia wins big this weekend. Auburn sucks something awful this year. There is no way around that.

By Richmonddawg

November 13, 2008 11:14 AM | Link to this

From the article about the defensive ends: Richt said Longo “has that motor that runs very hard.”

Then why the ham sandwich did we redshirt him going into a national championship attempt season. We redshirted Knowshon and Richt said it was a mistake, now there is a guy who actually could be a good rusher and he redshirts him. Sometimes, in my opinion, we need to start looking for the present instead of the future. Longo may end up being a bust like the rest of the defensive ends, but he cant be any worse.

By tjs

November 13, 2008 11:16 AM | Link to this

Auburn will find a offense vs the UGA woeful defense.I hear Stafford & Moreno will depart after this season. The two four star qb’s coming in can’t hold Staffords jock strap…UGA will be 8-4 for the next three years…

By CHARLOTTE DAWG

November 13, 2008 11:20 AM | Link to this

Chip,

Myself, Charlotte Dawg, not DesertDawg said they had nothing to play for. I respect your opinion, but still think I’m right.

An 11 win season and a BCS bowl is our peak. I simply want to go past that peak and am pi$$ed off as hell that we keep getting shut out of the big dance, have excuses, and keep losing to Florida(shamefully losing to Florida I might add).

So no, in my opinion, neither team has much to play for in the grand scheme of things. Do I want them to win out? Sure I do. But does it really matter when the result doesn’t produce and SEC championship/NC? Not really.

Aside from breif respites of 2002 and 2005, I’m sick and tired of being let down. I want the big one! But now I realize I need to start hoping for other things.

And if we had just lost to Florida, I’d still feel the same way even if we won the SEC and the whole marbles. B/c to many of us, Florida is EVERYTHING! You can’t win them all, but I expect a better result than 16 out of 19 losses. That’s pitiful. WHEN WILL WE EVER TAKE BACK THAT SERIES?! 1 out of every 5/6 years is not enough! Weaker teams like SC are ok with that. We should not be! I think we are better than that. But maybe we are not.

By RAMBLE ON!!!

November 13, 2008 11:23 AM | Link to this

This will be another version of the Ky game.

Awbarn actually scores three TD’s maybe 4. UGAG about the same. I see Matt the spoon, pulling it out in the end (no pun intended).

By Knowshow Moreno

November 13, 2008 11:30 AM | Link to this

I will be tekin my tired arse outta game Saturday cause my hommes spose to have my beck but all da carz abouts is protectin pretty boyz Stafferd, why shuld I risk my arse for dems when I can takes the Heizman & my NFL karrer on the road next yer…oh yea dont expets me to get more than the 54 yards I gots last seazon against them BAD A* yeller beez cause they mights herts me for good…

By CHARLOTTE DAWG

November 13, 2008 11:32 AM | Link to this

Dorsey Hill,

Your simply complacent. And yes, winning is everything and I’d love to have a coach that is ruthless and scares the living pi$$ out of the players. Why? B/c they win chapmionships. Insert Nick Saban and Urban Meyer.

See you at the stadium. I’ll be the one that gets angry on false start penalties inside the red zone and you’ll be the one blowing kisses at all the players saying “Jesus Loves You.”

Fan is short for “Fanatic” and that’s what I am. I want the team I pull for to kick a$$ and take names, not be embarrassed by an arch rival every year, and play with the swagger that they are the best.

Let’s demand more people!

By mcdawg

November 13, 2008 11:39 AM | Link to this

UGA rolls-more worried about tech

By BR

November 13, 2008 11:50 AM | Link to this

If FLA and BAMA taught the Dawgs to spell “over” OVVER as you said, no wonder it’s spelled that way….MORON……

By BBR

November 13, 2008 11:53 AM | Link to this

Let’s start pumping the Dawgs up. We only have a few more games with Mass, and probably with Moreno and Stafford, not to mention many others.

By Desert Dawg

November 13, 2008 11:56 AM | Link to this

Chip, Charlotte Dawg, et al….

Let’s not forget that MOST everyone here is a DAWG fan. We all have opinions and disagree on many of the strategies. And, NO ONE is statisfied with anything less than a Championship…of some type.

But, being statisfied and happy are two different things. Being a top 10 program is diffcult; Being a top 3 program is VERY difficult. There are more elements involved than the formula for Coke! Happiness is winning 10 games; Satisfaction is winning championships!

The DAWGS have had many disappointments this year, key injuries and excessive penalities being the two formost on my mind. Take away those two and I think you would have an entirely different situation right now.

But the biggest deficiency that I see on this year’s team is a LACK OF LEADERSHIP ON THE FIELD. Is there any doubt that TEBOW is the leader of Fla? Remember Ray Rice at Rutgers? He graduated and Rutgers is now having a losing season.

We have a stable of thorough breds, make no mistake. But Who is the UNQUESTIONED—TOP DAWG??? Many of you will scoff at this idea but leadership (or lack of it) is a true intangible that makes good teams GREAT teams. This is a skill set that can’t be coached…it comes with the player.

Stafford is a great QB. I am proud he is a DAWG. But, I often wonder what this season would have been if he was FLAs QB and TEBOW was a Bulldog!

By CommunistAJC

November 13, 2008 12:05 PM | Link to this

Dorsey Hill, Careful there cross burner. Calling Auburn people trailer trash and toothless is a bit much considering you live in GEORGIA. Georgia is not exactly California. I’d say your state has just as many rednecks as Alabama does. At least Auburn fans didn’t go and declare a national title before one game was played. Our cousins to the NW beat the snot out of your puppy dogs. No SEC title for your team and NO NATIONAL TITLE WIN EITHER. Go sell stupid somewhere else troglodyte.

By Smyrna Man

November 13, 2008 12:08 PM | Link to this

DawgsNirvana… so getting smoked twice and being completely overrated is what you call Nirvana then I got ocean front property in Arizona for sale

DorseyHill, nice guess but I am not from Bama and I am not a tech fan either, just a transplant to the ATL who wasnt wearing Black and Red Glasses and drinking from a dawg bowl… Have Fun At The Peach Bowl!!

By Okay, where to now ?

November 13, 2008 12:08 PM | Link to this

From a Vol fan.

As much as I would like to see Auburn shut up some of the GA homers, short of Stafford, Moreno, and MoMass breaking legs, there is no way the Dogs will fall. I was at the TN/AU game, and neither team could put two first downs in a row together if their life depended on it (unless they are playing some high school 1AA team perhaps).

Nope Dawgs, as much as I would like to see it be close…”aint now way”. you will beat them by 25 or more. They cannot score. No offense.

By TheItalianDawg

November 13, 2008 12:12 PM | Link to this

I dont understand why other schools like FSU wear Black which is actually not one of their designated colors. Georgia’s colors are Red and Black, it is perfectly fine to wear black and unlike other schools Georgia actually look good in Black!! for quick solution of our defensive ends, it’s simple just fire Fabris!!

By BE#3

November 13, 2008 12:13 PM | Link to this

tjs,

“Auburn will find a offense vs the UGA woeful defense.I hear Stafford & Moreno will depart after this season. The two four star qb’s coming in can’t hold Staffords jock strap…UGA will be 8-4 for the next three years…”

That’s the dumbest comment I’ve read yet. First, Kodi Burns makes Brandon Cox look like Joe Montana. And Brad Lester is no Caddy. Hell, he’s not even a Pontiac.

Stafford and Moreno are good. But Joe Cox has proven he’s a winner. Richard Samuel is a beast. I’m not worried about Stafford and Moreno leaving. It would be cool for them to help win a SEC Championship or more, but Georgia was fine before they came and will be fine when they are gone.

By jake

November 13, 2008 12:15 PM | Link to this

Would’nt have happened, cause Stafford has way too much class to go to Fla.

By John Henderson

November 13, 2008 12:16 PM | Link to this

The Dawgs have had a good season and I don’t know many teams that could survive losing the caliber players tht UGA lost and still be competitive. Other teams have lost one key player and the sports casters say why they are doing poorlybut don’t say anything about UGA except they were over-rated. I am a Dawg Fan in good times and bad and think they can have a great season still.

GO DAWGS and thank you Coach Richt.

By Sick of the Bandwagoners

November 13, 2008 12:18 PM | Link to this

Desert Dawg, if Tebow was a Bulldog he’d be playing fullback or riding the pine. He is a great player but does not fit our offense. Please get a clue and stop whining you crybaby bandwagoner. And unless you’re out on the field with these guys at practice and during games I don’t think you’re in any position to talk about anyone’s leadership. You’re just running your mouth on the internet and don’t have a damn clue what you are talking about. Good grief just shut up people.

By Dan

November 13, 2008 12:18 PM | Link to this

As an avid UGA alum and fan, we need a reality check guys…We have become sooo spoiled (unlike our Tech counterparts) to winning out each season. If it’s not NC “talk” we’re NOT interested. Be thankful for having our staff and talent to compete in the nations strongest conference each year. There is no better coach alive today than MR. I am proud to be a bulldog, and suggest you consider getting “your swagger” back as a fan as well…Let’s crush the maggots again!!!!!

By 82DAWG

November 13, 2008 12:23 PM | Link to this

CHARLOTTE DAWG *, were you a Georgia fan from 1984 to 2000? I would think *not, because if you were you would never say that 11-2 is no BFD. 11-2 is a great season. Those who expected this team to do better and are now pi$$ed because they didn’t meet your expectations, how inconsiderate of the Dawgs to disappoint you! I expected this team to go 9-3 and it looks like they will top that. I am disappointed that they didn’t win the SEC, but I am happy with another great season. I still have my giant bulldog magnet on my cube at work, my bulldog flag is still flying outside my garage and my license plate is still 82DAWG!!!!

By Sarcastic Dawg

November 13, 2008 12:26 PM | Link to this

I bet Smyrna Man is real fun at parties.

By Mobile Dawg

November 13, 2008 12:34 PM | Link to this

Desert, Charlotte, and others, there are many of you, who like me are frustrated and know the Dawgs are capable of more than they have produced this year. I didn’t expect two losses, but knew they were possible. I felt if we took each game individually we were capable of winning them all, it had the makings of a special year. I could have honestly lived with the two losses with no problem had we been competetive. I know we had some losses injury wise that were tough to deal with, but champions grow through adversity. We’ve heard other excuses also. I don’t accept excuses. This group for whatever reason wasn’t a championship group but they are Dawgs nonethless, and deserve our support if we’re true fans.

I believe we’ve all let everyone know how we feel. We all want the most for our Dawgs, State, and University, but continued complaining won’t do anything to change it at this point. CMR and staff know the stakes, they are high at this level. Let the chips fall where they fall, if they aren’t the right group things will wash eventually. I trust they are feeling the pressure. Continued negative energy only brings us down. I, as hopefully you will, have made a choice to focus on the positive things. There are some however who are the true “proverbial idiots” they aren’t fans, and just hope to draw responses. Hopefully we will play some good football the rest of the way, go 10-2 although there are no gurantees, draw a good opponent in a quality NYD bowl and look forward to great things next year.

So how bout it, and “How Bout Them Dawgs”?

By CommunistAJC

November 13, 2008 12:42 PM | Link to this

Sick of the Bandwagoners, I had to read your comment about three times and I still shake my head. Tebow playing full back because he would not fit UGAs offense? Um, I don’t think that the Heisman winner and NT champion thinks about your offense. Why? Because he BURIED your dogs. He’ll be laughing all the way to the NT game after Florida sticks it to a MUCH over rated bama team.

By BE#3

November 13, 2008 12:43 PM | Link to this

CommunistAJC —

“Our cousins to the NW”…….and by cousins you mean husbands, wives, lovers, etc.? Wait……that’s up in Tennessee. Ya’ll keep it closer….much closer…..”hey sis, I mean hon, go grab me another natty lite”

And the last thing we want to be is California. We’re waiting for the big one to happen so Cali will break off into the Pacific and take all the douchebags with it…..Brah.

By DawgEatVol

November 13, 2008 12:46 PM | Link to this

Charlotte Dawg is probably too young to remember those lean years ‘82 Dawg. I appreciate his energy and enthusiasm. But even Dooley didn’t win an SEC championship every other year. In fact Richt is on pace to surpass Dooley’s totals as long as the fringe doesn’t run him out of town. Everyone stay calm. The NC is coming. It was the media who created the #1 ranking for GA (and some willing fans went along). Most realists didn’t expect as much this season. Myself, I was expecting at least to be in the Dome in early December. Wasn’t to be.

By Paddy

November 13, 2008 12:48 PM | Link to this

Looks like many Fla St fans are a bit uptight today. Must be that defeat to Tech that still keeps them on edge. Rx: warm milk and early to bed, that should help.

By RMP

November 13, 2008 12:49 PM | Link to this

Definition of “Irrelevant”: Georgia Football. Definition of “Completely Irrelevant” Georgia - Auburn.”

By AltamahaDawg

November 13, 2008 12:52 PM | Link to this

I agree. Despite putting seven playing into the NFL. Despite always being at the top of the league. Despite coaching relatively unknowns into legends. Despite having the SEC sack leader last year. He needs to be fired. If he can’t get the job done with his best players graduated, his new guys still learning, and his most experience returnees injured, then by all means, fire a long time faithful staff member. If he cant field the most consistant part of the defense for the 8th straight year, tell his family that they need to disrupt thier lives and move to another town because some “fans” say so.

By mark

November 13, 2008 12:58 PM | Link to this

Here’s the point guys. Fla is/has become a dominant team. They blow teams out they are supposed to and they rarely every have a down week. They most likely will win their 2nd NC in 3 years. UT is going to bring in a damn fine coach and he is going to revive that program. Also, we don’t even beat S.C. with much consistency and they haven’t had an offense since Spurrier has been there.

We better step it up a notch over the next 2-3 years or we can kiss a NC goodbye.

By SlimG

November 13, 2008 1:01 PM | Link to this

Takedowndog - How the hell do you get a pass rush on a punt?

By chtdg

November 13, 2008 1:02 PM | Link to this

www.firemarkritch.net

By Sick of the Bandwagoners

November 13, 2008 1:04 PM | Link to this

CommunistAJC, I had to read your comment about three of four times and I still haven’t the foggiest clue what it means. Was that english? I’ll do the best that I can. It seems that your mancrush on Tim Tebow took a hit with my post. I apologize. However, I do not apologize for stating that Tim Tebow does not fit Georgia’s offensive system. He most certainly does not. He is not a pro-style QB. Anyone with one scintilla of football knowledge knows this. I should not have speculated on what would have happened if Tebow played for Georgia because it obviously confused your simple mind. Suffice to say, Georgia got the right guy for its system and Florida got the right guy for its system. And since you are obviously the senstive type I can’t help but get one more shot in: Stafford will be laughing all the way to the bank with his 1st round salary while Tebow is holding his clipboard on the sideline in the NFL.

You are dismissed.

By Desert Dawg

November 13, 2008 1:07 PM | Link to this

Sick of the Bandwagoners…..

If you had a clue, you would have understood that LEADERSHIP IS NOT A POSTION YOU PLAY…IT IS AN ADDED DEMENSION THAT ALL TRULY GREAT TEAMS POSSESS.

I’ll be glsd to match understanding of leadership with you anytime, any place. But, that would be engaging in “a battle of wits with a totally unarmed person”—which is expressly forbidden by the Geneva Convention!

By WTF???

November 13, 2008 1:08 PM | Link to this

CommunistAJC - You’ve been served beotch!

By chtdg

November 13, 2008 1:12 PM | Link to this

sorry can’t type today - go to www.firemarkricht.net and get in the argument

By CHARLOTTE DAWG

November 13, 2008 1:21 PM | Link to this

Folks,

I was born in 79’ but do have a recollection of the 80’s and 90’s. In the 80’s, Florida didn’t push us around. In the 90’s, when I got old enough to learn the game and watch it more critically, we were even more pitiful.

Doesn’t matter. I will continue to be upset at the team’s underachieving ways and Florida’s overall intimidation of the Bulldogs.

Did Dooley ever only play two good teams and get blown out by those two? Don’t think so guys! That’s where Richt’s team is now. Just good enough to beat the Carolinas and Kentucky’s but not even in the same time zone as the programs that have real coaches and real expectations.

I rest my case. I’m done.

By Sautee Dawg

November 13, 2008 1:30 PM | Link to this

Mobile

Well said! GO DAWGS!!

By CommunistAJC

November 13, 2008 1:33 PM | Link to this

BE#3, ALABAMA, moron. Our cousins to the north west of Auburn. Got it? Make sense?

Sick of the Bandwagoners, Last time I checked, Tebow ran up the score on your MUCH overrated dawgs. I highly doubt Stafford will do anything in the NFL. Why? Because Georgia players don’t usually do that well. Walker? SUCKED! The only guy I can think of is Hines Ward. He’s about the only guy I can remember in the past 20 years ever really doing anything in the NFL. Oh, by the way, Tebow has already said that he has no intention of playing in the NFL. Oh, and by the way, Auburn has had more success with athletes becoming great in pro sports. Shall I name them?

By FLA DAWG

November 13, 2008 1:39 PM | Link to this

The way The Dawgs have been playing Defense lately an Auburn victory would not be an upset.

By Biscuit

November 13, 2008 1:42 PM | Link to this

thUGA has at least two key players arrested tonight. Auburn wins 35-20. Kodi runs for 2 and throws for 2.

By DawginLex

November 13, 2008 1:45 PM | Link to this

Charlotte Dawg:

I understand your frustrations but to say this team had no expectations is just flat out wrong. The expectations were to win the SEC East, Win the SEC and hopefully be in the mix for the BCS title game. We achieved none of the 3 but to say there were no expectations is flat out wrong.

Now I’ll ask you this:

Did any of the UGA teams from 1989-2001 have the same expectations or anything closely resembling the same?

NO,NO,NO,yes,NO,NO,NO,NO,NO,NO,NO,NO,NO

Only in 1992 did anybody believe we had a shot at anything resembling a title. Donnan made a complete idiot out of himself in 1998 proclaiming “I’ve waited all my life to coach a team like this”.

Is that what you want to return to ? Goff ? Donnan ?

I’ll take Coach Richt and trust him to keep us at a high level.

By 1eyedJack

November 13, 2008 1:46 PM | Link to this

To win a National Championship all of the stars have to align and this year that did not happen. Even going undefeated does not gaurantee you anything. Just ask Tuberville about that one.

Call me happy or complacent, I don’t care, but winning 10+ games a season and going to New Years Day bowl games sure beats the alternative. We could be like GT and play in the smurf bowl every year.

This week we’ll take care of Aubarn, take a week off and then butter the bugs’ toast.

GO DAWGS!!!

By DawginLex

November 13, 2008 1:48 PM | Link to this

Communist Idiot:

Ever heard of Richard Seymour ?

Your sports knowledge is extremely limited by your communist upbringing.

You must have been educated over on the flats with the other terrorists and drug dealers. You and RAMBLEON must have been roomies back in the day……..

By BE#3

November 13, 2008 1:50 PM | Link to this

Communist AJC —

Yeah, I got it the first time. Your inbred relatives up in T-town.

“Because Georgia players don’t usually do that well. Walker? SUCKED! The only guy I can think of is Hines Ward. He’s about the only guy I can remember in the past 20 years ever really doing anything in the NFL.”

Terrell Davis, Garrison Hearst, Mack Strong, Reggie Brown, Randall Godfrey, Thomas Davis, Verron Haynes, Champ Bailey, Tim Jennings, Max Jean-Giles, George Foster, Jon Stinchcomb, Charles Johnson, Charles Grant, Jermaine Phillips, Jonathan Sullivan, Patrick Pass, Ben Watson, Richard Seymour, Marcus Stroud, John Kasay, Todd Peterson, Kevin Butler, Fran Tarkenton, etc……….all Georgia alum……..all successful in the NFL. Tell me Tebow would turn down a shot to play in the NFL.

See, you’ve proven the stereotype. You must be an inbred to be thad damn stupid.

By What?

November 13, 2008 1:51 PM | Link to this

Moore hater - you really think anybody believes the reason UGA doesn’t win by 50-60 points is because Richt doesn’t run up the score? What games are you watching?

GA’s a good team, but not a great one. And it’s not coached well enough to handle the team’s weaknesses. But you’ve stumbled upon a very creative take on why GA’s not a powerhouse. You guys are just too nice!

By dawgfan1911

November 13, 2008 1:54 PM | Link to this

The personal jabs that people throw on a blog are so childish and cowardlike. People should be able to go on blogs and discuss their team without people taking personal shots. As a Georgia fan I am highly disapponted in my team but I will always cheer them up. The fact of the matter is that Alabama and Auburn kicked our buts and I don’t like it. I think this team can play better defensively than it has showed. Florida and Alabama deserve the attention they are getting because they found a way to with the big game. As a Georgia fan, we didn’t! Until we as Georgia fans stop over hyping our team and we win the big games during the year, we really dont have grounds to talk about other teams. When we win the big one then we can bark!!!! ROUGH ROUGH

By BE#3

November 13, 2008 2:01 PM | Link to this

my bad…….”that” damn stupid.

By AltamahaDawg

November 13, 2008 2:03 PM | Link to this

One of the top all time NFL career yard is sucking? I guess all those other NFL records that Walker amasssed wasn’t “really doing anything” either.

Davis, Hearst, Bailey. You really couldn’t remember any?

By Mobile Dawg

November 13, 2008 2:03 PM | Link to this

Sautee, read your post from last night, apologies aren’t necessary but sometimes when we blog others misunderstand us, I was just trying to make the intent of my comments more clear to Oledawg, thereby masking my mental weaknesses he so squarely pegged. Appreciate the comments. He did however highlight what I already knew, I was beating a “dead horse” out of frustration as you obviously see others doing.

By Villa Rica DAWG

November 13, 2008 2:16 PM | Link to this

Auburn’s alomst as bad as UT this year. They’re a freaking joke. I’m surprised the game is even televised. I think GT is going to put up a better fight.

Auburn, get ready to be thumped…

By CommunistAJC

November 13, 2008 2:20 PM | Link to this

BE#3, Awww. Did I hit a nerve? Sorry, but all those hack UGA football players are horrible.

By Idiotic Georgia Fan

November 13, 2008 2:25 PM | Link to this

Man, I know Richt’s won 80 games in less than 8 years but how come he can’t win all the games. If theys could coach real good then they’d win all them games wouldn’t they? I mean, I know football and if’n you blitz 13 guys on ever play and play man, them dudes will never beat you. You see ya just got a have good coachin’. And don’t tell me that 80% winning is good enough. That’s for losers. That’s for folks who don’t unnerstan greatness likin I does. I mean, I say let’s win ‘em all or beeyatch like heck and acts like we knows more about football then them coaches do. I mean, I’m undefeated coachin football: 0-0. That’s 100% for them out there countin’. Some folks say that Bear Bryant was good, but that dumb dude lost 85 ball games. I mean if’n he was a good coach he’d a won ever one right? They should of fired him when he lost his first game. The same for Richt. If’n we’d have fired him when Holtz beat his first game we wouldn’t be whinin about him, just some other dude I spose. Well, maybe they oughta just hire me and the rest of the folks on this blog who knows football reel good and then we could win ever game ever. Meanwhile I’m gonna boycott the Dawgs til they win 50 in a row ‘cause I think they ought to.

By BE#3

November 13, 2008 2:32 PM | Link to this

Nope. Just trying to educate you. Class is over. Some people are a lost cause.

By MountainDawg

November 13, 2008 2:33 PM | Link to this

BE#3 @ 1:50 PM - Good points. UGA alums Hines Ward, Champ Bailey, Marcus Stroud & Richard Seymour have been recent Pro Bowl selections. Robert Edwards was NFL Rookie of the Year & headed for greatness until his knee injury. Randy McMichael is another former Dawg in the NFL. Jon Stinchcomb stills plays OT for the Saints. One year (a few seasons ago) the Dawgs had 8 players drafted. UGA is one of the top schools with players in the NFL.

Regarding the AU game, the Tigers defense is much better than Kentucky’s but their offensive attack won’t be as good as UK’s. I forsee UGA’s D stepping up a tad, but us not scoring as many points. I’d say UGA 31 & AU 17, etc. However, I’d love to see a Dawgs blowout (they’re overdue for one)! GO DAWGS!!!

By WSP Dawg

November 13, 2008 2:35 PM | Link to this

Go Dawgs! We’ve gotta have this one!

Unfortunately I think this game could go either way. It’ll be very interesting to see how the defense reacts to this week’s - meetings, criticism, and all (I have come to the conclusion that we just aren’t as talented on the defense as Rivals and Scout told us we were, which is still not an excuse for p** poor play)… Please find a way to stop Auburn this weekend. Run Knowshon! I think I might miss watching him run for the dawgs the most (not many more games this season).

By Dorsey Hill

November 13, 2008 2:37 PM | Link to this

Charlotte Dawg,

How could I have been so wrong? You are right only intimidating screaming figures win games. You know like John Wooden. Kareem lost both ear drums at UCLA listening to those screaming tirades. Joe Torre would beat Derek Jeter in the face before every playoff game. And let’s not forget what ogres Barry Switzer was at OK or Erickson was at Miami. I mean those players couldn’t get away with anything. All they did was win. Yes, you are right, you have to scare your team to win. That is the singular correlation to success in sports. I suggest that we hire Mike Tyson and fill him up with cocaine and liquor and see if he can get some results out of these guys. That’d scare the pi** out of ‘em wouldn’t it?

BTW: Your a moron.

By CommunistAJC

November 13, 2008 2:54 PM | Link to this

Villa Rica DAWG, And your team is not going to win the SEC, again, nor win your division, again, and not going to win the NT, again. So, have fun at the peach bowl this year.

By CHARLOTTE DAWG

November 13, 2008 2:57 PM | Link to this

Dorsey Hill teaches Sunday school along with Richt and his other choir boy players. The criminals such as Lemon were not invited to Sunday school.

Dorsey, how can you argue that coaches Bobby Knight, Nick Saban, and Urban Meyer are not successful b/c of their intimidating demeanor? Then there is Richt aaaaaaand then there is the lack of focus, stupid penalties, and lax performances by his players. And lets not forget, even in those “magical years” of 2002 and 2005, we still never beat the team the counts the most…FLORIDA!!

Yep your right.

Do I want Richt fired? No. But I do realize we’ve peaked with him and that angers the hell out of me b/c our rivals have tasted the NC and probably will continue to. It should anger you as well. But neither of us want to go back to the Donnan/Goff days.

And nice guys usually don’t finish first in this cut throat world.

Richt is a great human being, a great figurehead for the university, and an above average coach. If you ok with that…forever and ever…then I’m happy that your happy.

We’ve peaked. It could be a lot worse, yes, but it could be better. Our rivals of GT, Tennessee, Auburn(screwed), and Florida have won the championship in recent years and we are still hanging on to 1980. WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!

By hold em

November 13, 2008 3:01 PM | Link to this

Dorsey Hill, I see you being a very successful head coach in college football, any interest? I couldn’t have said it better myself, you even mentioned Switzer!!!!

By Villa Rica DAWG

November 13, 2008 3:02 PM | Link to this

CommunistAJC:

that’s what happens when you find your self as the second best team in the best division, in the best conference in the nation.

i can live with that…

By Matt

November 13, 2008 3:05 PM | Link to this

Best offense in the SEC is Georgia? I think Florida might have something to say about that. Typical Athens Journal-Constitution journalism.

By Big Dawg

November 13, 2008 3:06 PM | Link to this

Fellow Dawgs,

I think we can all agree this has been a frustrating year, we all had high expectations that our team was finally going to win that elusive Mythical National Championship. But it wasn’t meant to be, too many devastating injuries even for a team as deep as our Dawgs, atrocious officiating at key points in games, inconsistent/undisciplined play at other times and poor play selection.

But on further reflection this still has the makings of a GREAT season just because of the reasons stated above. How many teams do you think could have overcome all that we have had happen and still find themselves with a chance to win 11 games? If you are honest then you would realize there are not many.

In saying this that doesn’t take away the abject heartache that I know you and I feel that with a few more breaks we could have been playing for the SEC and Mythical National Championships this year.

Now as for firing anybody, IMHO no one should be fired but maybe reassigned to different positions. As I see it and I remind you this is only my opinion we don’t have a coach on the defensive side of the ball that gets in these guys faces and can motivate them on a consistent basis. Also Coach BoBo is still learning and I have seen progress in his play calling and besides it is still up to the players to execute. Anyways hopefully the offensive team that beat LSU and defensive team that beat Arizona State show up for these last three games this year.

Go Dawgs

By SSI dawg

November 13, 2008 3:08 PM | Link to this

Charlotte Dawg –

Long time Dawg fan and I have to say I agree with you. The perfect example is when Spurrier came to UF. Before that UF had never won ONE SEC title. Look what he accomplished in just twelve years. The other Kool-Aid drinkers on this site love CMR, the players, etc. True title contenders are well coached. Spurrier demanded perfection from his players and his coaching staff. If you could not produce he would get people that could. Other coaches and fans did not like the guy, but he was a winner. All you have to do is look at CMR and the players on the sidelines during a game. Where is the fire, the intensity, the passion? This is the missing element that will keep UGA from the ultimate prize. Until some changes are made I just don’t see it happening.

By WildBill

November 13, 2008 3:16 PM | Link to this

The game will go like this. Georgia wins the toss and defers. Our kicker kicks it just past the 50 and Auburn takes over. First pass, our safety holds for a penalty. Next pass, our safety falls down, giving up a TD. We receive the kick, with 10 men on the field, and get sacked on the 1. Heck, I can’t go on. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Auburn by 7.

By radlydawg

November 13, 2008 3:20 PM | Link to this

Da Pimp…..sorry, buts you don’ts knows what year it iz? It’s 2008 dude!!!!

Radly Dawg!

By Lowcountry Bulldawg

November 13, 2008 3:24 PM | Link to this

BE#3 and Mountain Dawg,

Love the defense of the program, but what I noticed is neither of you named off a player CMR recruited. That means that either our classes he is getting alot out of nothing (which is ridiculous seeing how high the classes are ranked) or Goff and Donnan were hell’uva recruiters who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Fulmer in his peak years and Spurrier at his best. CMR has enefited greatly from a down UT program this past 8 years and a Florida program that was i a period of Flux with Zook. And he still hasn’t dominated them. What does that really mean? Interesting…

By bbazemore

November 13, 2008 3:25 PM | Link to this

Chip, I really like the links. Keep up the trend. Thanks!

By Dorsey Hill

November 13, 2008 3:26 PM | Link to this

Charlotte Dawg,

Demeanor wins no football games. My high school football coach was a tyrant. He even slapped me so hard I spun around on the practice field. He was also an idiot. He won 4 games in 3 years and was fired. Larry Campbell is about the nicest guy you’ll ever meet. Look at that guy’s record at Lincoln Co.

Saban and Meyer win because their kids are prepared to play football on game day. If you put Mike Shula coaching decisions in Saban’s head or Ron Zook’s coaching decisions in Meyer’s head, they will lose no matter what their demeanors may be. Doing the wrong thing but really enthusiastically or angrily won’t get you far. You can try it if you don’t believe me.

As far as peaking I really disagree. We had the opportunity to win it all in the 2nd year like Meyer did and Saban might. (In fact there are a remarkable number of coaches who have done so in their second year.) However, as you might recall, ridiculous officiating and Terrance’s drop foiled us vs. UF. Now the key is to stay at or near the top. Things will fall neatly into place as long as we keep giving ourselves shots at it. If we stay in the title hunt unil week 8 ever year, as we have in all but 3 of 8 seasons we’ll get it done soon enough.

By Huh?

November 13, 2008 3:30 PM | Link to this

Spurrier may strive for perfection but he has never achieved it. In fact, in his entire 21 year head coaching career he’s had only TWO one win seasons. Mark Richt is already half way there. Spurrier even had a couple of four loss duds at Florida. The point is not that Spurrier is a bad coach. He is a great coach. The point is that some of you are so full of crap that its coming out of your ears. You don’t have to be a blind homer kook aid drinker to appreciate what Mark Richt has done at Georgia. You just need an adequately functioning human brain. Before Mark Richt we had not won ONE SEC championship in almost 20 years. After Mark Richt we’ve won two. Is the guy a perfect coach? No. Who in the hell is? Does he win every single game? No. Who in the hell does? Has he won a national championship? No. Does that mean he will never win one? Only a complete and utter idiot would think that. After all, it took Mr. Perfectionist Steve Spurrier 9 years as a head coach to win one. Mark Richt has only been at it 8 years. I swear that some of you just starting following college football like 5 years ago.

By Oledawg

November 13, 2008 3:32 PM | Link to this

Dorsey Hill- Your 1st posting was great. The others weren’t bad. I’m with you.

takedowndawg- Take this down…you couldn’t play your way off the practice field. Richt was right, you just don’t know football! If you did, you would go play with yourself..wait a minute, you are already doing that.

CHARLOTTE DAWG- Individual games don’t matter to you? You only want SEC or NC games? Friggin fanatic, you probably pee on your shoes regularly. Don’t drink on Thursdays, son. If you don’t like UGA football, what the hell are you doing on here?

BE#3-Good data. Did you know that Davis and Hearst were #1-#2 at same time as leading rushers in the NFL? Hearst was with SF and got injured later that year. Davis , of course, was the Super Bowl MVP for Denver.

Mobile Dawg- Nice to see and read you on this blog. In case you missed it, I blogged back to you that we have location and backgrounds as well as the Dawgs in common. Give a shout. Altmaha dog can subtly make you compare his digs to Tina Fey using your exact words like Palin’s on SNL. Touche, Alt.

I will repeat the gist of a posting earlier yesterday: You can get your ire up vs Tubby by recalling his advice in the first game he played (and won) when he told Richt “you have to have a running game in the SEC to win. This isn’t FSU”. Those words from a guy that,as a contract signing condition, forced AU to cancel their first game of the season against FSU where Richt was Offensive Coach. Au paid 1 Mil to FSU to get out of the game. What a blackeye on the SEC! Now Tubby may be fleeing to an ACC school because he can’t cut it in the SEC. I hope Richt remembers and kicks his butt into next week. Then I hope he objects to the Clemson AD that he doesn’t want Tubby to coach his son.

Folks, if your hate ain’t on for this game then you ain’t a fan and you ain’t a Dawg. AU was made for us to hate their team. If I had Bird Flu, I’d take a spray gun full to that game. I’ve already asked UgaVII to come back with feathers on his lips.

By the way, there are NO powerhouses in football today. Parity and the spread option have seen to that. Deal with it.

By Huh?

November 13, 2008 3:36 PM | Link to this

Couldn’t you just as easily say that Tennessee and Florida benefitted from a down UGA in the 90’s? That argument is a two way street. Obviously, in order to win the SEC East, we need to have a better team than the other teams in the SEC East. So to say that we benefitted from them being down is kind of stating the obvious isn’t it? Good grief.

And its not like Mark Richt has never beaten highly ranked SEC opponents before. He does so more likely than not. So to suggest that he is only good because everyone else is bad is simply absurd. This whole argument is out of control. Some of you need to get your heads checked.

By Oledawg

November 13, 2008 3:38 PM | Link to this

CHARLOTTE DAWG and others — Name a coach that you would like to see at UGA to replace Richt. I thought so . Now shut up!

By BE#3

November 13, 2008 3:42 PM | Link to this

LowCountry……very good point about the CMR recruits.

Matt —

TOTAL OFFENSE Year: 2008 Thru: 11/08/08 Rank 1 Georgia 2 Florida 3 LSU 4 Mississippi
5 Alabama
6 Arkansas 7 South Carolina 8 Auburn 9 Kentucky 10 Mississippi St. 11 Tennessee 12 Vanderbilt

By Jack Mehoff

November 13, 2008 3:45 PM | Link to this

For the record, and for the last time….FSU will wear black this week, for the second time. UGA wore black shirts in the 1940s. I am pretty sure that was before FSU did it. He11, FSU was a teacher’s college for women back then, and the only thing black that was worn on campus at that time was panties.

By SSI dawg

November 13, 2008 3:51 PM | Link to this

Huh? -

Obviously you did not understand my point. Sure Spurrier did not win every game every year, but with all those SEC titles and a NC in just tweleve years, he DEMANDED that the players and the coaches give their all or they could go on down the road. The results don’t lie.

By Lowcountry Bulldawg

November 13, 2008 3:55 PM | Link to this

Huh?

How was UGA down in the 90’s? Do you not remember the talent that came through the program during the decade? Remember Donnan was the first coach to win 8 games or more in 4 consecutive seasons ever in the history of the program-pre CMR. So, that really doesn’t constitute being down.

By WTF???

November 13, 2008 3:55 PM | Link to this

Man - I just got finished taking a huge f#%ing s@#t, I took a peek at it before I flushed it down the bowl and thought about CommunistAJC…

He’s the turd of this post.. His mother must have sexually molested him with thunderbeads as a child.

By Oledawg

November 13, 2008 3:56 PM | Link to this

You people that talk about coach replacement are beginning to make me think that you are posers. You don’t even know of a coach who is better. Let me help you. Pete Carrol-nope, he has the best recruits in the country and he is still losing games to unranked teams each year. He’s out as Mr. Perfect replacement. We have just beaten the reigning NCs for the last 2 yrs. We don’t want their coach. Maybe one from Bama? Nope, he has only beaten us one out of two at Bama and we beat him like a drum before he could get out of LSU. Let’s see, would you like Schianno or Rodriguez? No? How about the Buckeyes coach? Folks, I’ve run out of names since Richt is far better than all I’ve mentioned. Give me a name, you jerks!

By RAMDAWG

November 13, 2008 4:03 PM | Link to this

HEY COMMUNIST AJC-GA PLAYERS DONT DO WELL INTHE NFL-HERSHEL WALKER -CHAMP BAILEY-BEN WATSON-RANDY MCMICHEAL-PHILLIP DANIELS-RICHARD SEYMOUR-MARCUS STROUD-WILL WITHERSPOON-TIM JENNINGS-THOMAS DAVIS-HINES WARD-REGGIE BROWN-JASON FERGUSON-GARRISON HEARST-MACK STRONG-JERMAINE PHILLIPS-RODNEY HAMPTON-JOHN KASAY-JOHN STINCHCOMB-SEAN JONES-LEONARD POPE-CHRIS CLEMMONS-AND HUNDREDS MORE,ALL SOLID PRO PLAYERS-DONT POST AGAIN IF YOU DONT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.UGA IS 3RD OR 4TH IN PRO PLAYERS-MORON!

By monty

November 13, 2008 4:05 PM | Link to this

I could care less if CMR has passion on the sideline or not. I’m not interested in seeing a grown man throw his visor on the ground or pitch a temper tantrum. But I do care if our players play like bats out of hell.

Watch the Texas Tech players and watch a team that plays relentlessly in all phases of the game. THey have a plan, they are coached up and they execute with precision. They very well could be the NC this year,and tell ne they get year in and year out the caliber of high school players we get.

Notre Dame gets great talent evey year but their coach couldn’t coach his way out of a wet paper sack.

Instead of competing(not winning just competing) in the 2 biggest games of the year we flopped. We weren’t ready to play.

Talented teams poorly coached and not prepared can loose big time. Less talented teams who are prepared to play can compete. See Kentucky against Bama or Ole Miss against FLA. Was it last year or the year before South Carolina beat FLorida.

By Dawgfaninmich

November 13, 2008 4:07 PM | Link to this

Does anyone know what the start time of the UGA/GA. Tech game will be?

By BE#3

November 13, 2008 4:10 PM | Link to this

WILL MUSCHAMP………I’m kidding. We’re lucky to have CMR. Donnan laid the foundation for our recent success and hopefully CMR will continue building on it as he has since day 1. Obviously the media in the SEC knew what they were talking about b/c they picked UF to win the East. Wire to wire #1 and an SEC Championship would be nice but it didn’t happen. Life could be worse. We could wear jorts, wear orange, be married to our sisters/brothers, or have a C** as a mascot. Speaking of Cocks, maybe Tebow will choke on one in the Swamp on Saturday.

By BE#3

November 13, 2008 4:12 PM | Link to this

Look for a 12p kickoff against the Nerds. CBS doubleheader with us playing early and AU/Bama to follow.

By 1eyedJack

November 13, 2008 4:12 PM | Link to this

Bunch of spoiled brats!

Two words: Ray Goff

Two more: Jim Donnan

By WTF???

November 13, 2008 4:15 PM | Link to this

Dawgfaninmich - It will be right before UGA starts whipping the North Avenue nerd’s asses…

By Huh?

November 13, 2008 4:16 PM | Link to this

How was UGA down in the 90’s? Did you really just ask that question? How about three losing seasons and barely cracking .500 on two other occasions. That’s half the decade right there where we just flat out sucked. You don’t think Florida and Tennessee benefited from that? Whatever. And the other half was just consistant mediocrity with two 10 win seasons. Whoopee. The SEC was nowhere near as strong across the board then as it is now. An 8-4 season in the SEC of the 90’s was nothing to write home about, especially considering what a joke our OOC schedule was. And no, other than a couple of years in the late 90’s, I do not remember all the talent that went through the program as you claim. We had a few big names but nowhere near the amount of depth required to compete with Florida or Tennessee. They killed us in recruiting and correspondingly killed us on the field. We were down and they benefitted from it. Hence my point.

And if an 8-4 season is not down why are you questioning Mark Richt’s coaching ability while we’re sitting at 8-2?

By Oledawg

November 13, 2008 4:21 PM | Link to this

Dawgfaninmich- They don’t usually decide until 1 week before the game. We have over 2 weeks before we play the bugs.

By CHARLOTTE DAWG

November 13, 2008 4:26 PM | Link to this

OleDawg,

Urban Meyer or Nick Saban.

Richt will never be them. He’s too nice and doesn’t have the cutthroat mentality that the above two guys have.

Dorsey Hill,

Alas, we agree on the pain felt when Terrance Edwards dropped that pass. Perhaps we are just cursed. A Florida player catches that pass, runs in the end zone, and causes one side of the stadium to erupt with joy. A Georgia players…well….he drops the ball. Cursed or not, Georgia’s the team I pull for. But I’m sick of excuses. We are not Florida. I envy their success.

Yes, I am a fanatic but I do not pee on my shoe(what the hell does that even mean?). I care about beating our rivals and winning championships. Sadly, Dog fans along with myself have grown complacent out of beating 2 of the big 4 and finishing in the top 15. WELL THAT’S NOT FREAKING GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME ANYMORE!

SSI DAWG,

I guess you and I are one of the only ones sick of the status quo and bothered by our rivals(Florida) getting all the glory. And your right, there is no fire with the coach or the players. Richt looks as if he’s looking to the lord up above for help while cruising the sidelines. He started getting some fire last year and showed it at LSU in the 4th quarter. But he has to try to do this. Its not his personality. Not his natural state.

Saban and Meyer are natural CEO’s that demand excellence and perfection, and you said it…when they don’t get the results….they switch things up no matter how ruthless or egotistical it may seem. We don’t want a coach that we can crack a beer with. We don’t need a friend. We need a CEO that will get Georgia a championship.

I’m simply not complacent with anything less.

By Reality

November 13, 2008 4:26 PM | Link to this

Isn’t it about time for CMR to talk up Auburn or did he pay the AJC to do it for him this week. This is a ridiculous article because UGA will kill Auburn. Sorry, there are no quality opponent points available this week.

Remember Auburn 3/Miss. State 2 SCARY!!!!!

By MoDawg

November 13, 2008 4:27 PM | Link to this

Lowcountry Bulldawg

Double check the list. There are several Richt-recruited Dawgs in the NFL. Thomas Davis, Tim Jennings, Charles Johnson, Max Jean-Gilles from his list above, but don’t forget about DJ Shockley, Leonard Pope, Kedric Golston, Paul Oliver, Danny Ware, Thomas Brown, Kregg Lumpkin, Brandon Miller. Not all are “great” or starters, but you have to be pretty darned good to get an NFL contract. UGA can hold its own with any other program as it pertains to talent in the NFL.

The fact that Seymour, Stroud, Ward, Watson, McMichael (among others) have been in the Pro Bowl, and we have nothing to be ashamed of coming out from between the hedges.

Whoever started the fire Mark Richt site is an idiot and probably some scared rival. UGA has once again become a quality program under CMR and I am damn proud he’s our coach! To hell with TECH!

By SSI dawg

November 13, 2008 4:28 PM | Link to this

Huh? -

Obviously you did not understand my point. Sure Spurrier did not win every game every year, but with all those SEC titles and a NC in just tweleve years, he DEMANDED that the players and the coaches give their all or they could go on down the road. The results don’t lie.

By SECISSY's

November 13, 2008 4:46 PM | Link to this

Typical SEC weekend, uGAY, GAYtors, And the C0CKS will win.

What a H0M0 conference.

By Sautee Dawg

November 13, 2008 4:47 PM | Link to this

Dawgfaninmich

Schedule has the UGA/Tech game starting at 12:00. Too late for breakfast too early for lunch. Not a good starting time don’t know who’s covering it??

By put me in coach, i can bull rush the qb

November 13, 2008 4:47 PM | Link to this

can we switch to the acc? an automatic bcs bowl every year would be sweet

By Oledawg

November 13, 2008 4:49 PM | Link to this

Couldn’t get any prospective coaches’s names from the coach criticizer section so I’ll just mosey off. Nice blogging with most of you and wish you all a fervent good weekend. Cheer hard for the Dawgs and help us win 3 yrs in a row. There are 28 Georgia boys on that team that will be trying their damndest to beat us. Let’s put a limp on them where we will know’em when we see’em walking down their hometown streets.

SIC’EM DAWGS!!

By Lowcountry Bulldawg

November 13, 2008 4:52 PM | Link to this

Go find where I questioned CMR at 8-2. Please. That is ridiculous. Also here is the list of talent that came through ATHEN again for you finally to absorb.

Garrison Hearst,Frank Harvey,Mitch Davis,Chris Terry,Eric Zeir,Randall Godfrey,Antonio Fleming,Brandon Tolbert,Emarlos Leroy,Adam Meadows,Jermaine Smith,Orlandis Gary,Terrell Davis,Brice Hunter,Carlos Yancy,Patrick Pass,Robert Edwards,Todd Peterson,Mo Lewis,Alec Millen,Jason Ferguson,Matt Stinchcomb,Bernard Williams,Whit Marshall,Hines Ward,Andre Hastings,John Kasay,Phillip Daniels,Antonio Cochran,Champ Bailey,Orantes Grant and Jeff Harris.

Now thats a pretty solid list of players ALL drafted between 1991-2000.

Also go back to 1992, that team was as talented as a team UGA has had. They should have won the SEC East. Also remember the UT game when Edawards broke his foot? Probably not. That was the year to break UT’s streak and that injury crushed the Dawgs.

Mock Donnan all you want,but without that talent in place CMR would not have won the SEC in 2002.

By Pitbull

November 13, 2008 4:53 PM | Link to this

I hope we win the next 2 games and a great bowl game. An 11-2 season in the SEC is a great year.

Go Gogs!!! Beat Aubarn, Georgia Turd, and whomever we play in the bowl game.

By MountainDawg

November 13, 2008 4:59 PM | Link to this

Lowcountry Bulldawg - CMR might not have the number of high impact players in the NFL (as Donnan did), but wait until Stafford, AJ, Curran & Moreno get there!

As far as dominating UT & UF, they still get a ton of blue-chip recruits (especially UF) & UGA has struggled with execution at times (like against UF this year). With the parody in college football these days, it’s hard to “own” certain team (unless it’s UGA owning the Ga Tick Yellajack@$$es). To me, a powerhouse program is one that competes for their conference title every year & gets a BCS bid every year or two. UGA mostly meets that “powerhouse” criteria. This year, we’ve had the talent but due to injuries, poor execution & a lack of in-game coaching adjustments, we’ve faltered (a tad) from our potential. Still, the Dawgs should win out & possibly get an at large BCS bid. With a more experienced, healthy O-Line next season we’ll be a powerhouse & probably win the East next season (if Stafford &/or Moreno return*). GO DAWGS!!!

By Lowcountry Bulldawg

November 13, 2008 5:02 PM | Link to this

Very true Mountain Dawg

By Oledawg

November 13, 2008 5:13 PM | Link to this

CHARLOTTE DAWG- We beat those two. Saban, 3 out of the last 4 meetings. I stated that Richt beat the last 2 reigning natl. champs, that meant Crier and Saban. Someone blogged that some people on here don’t know past the last 5 yrs of UGA Football. I’m afraid it’s less than that.

Huh?-Between SSI and Charlotte dawg we may have found the mother lode of Numbnuts! They complain that Richt doesn’t demean his players enough to bring the championship out. Wow! You guys are really on top of it, aren’t you. If you can’t complain without the fiat that you are right to gut the coaches and the team you just won’t give us the benefits of your great coaching skills.

SSI and Charlotte Dawg- Do you know how to keep an A-hole in suspence? Nevermind, I’ll tell you next week.

By BE#3

November 13, 2008 5:13 PM | Link to this

We’ll be a contender for the East with or without Stafford and Moreno. Both are very good however Cox @ QB, King, Samuel, etc @ RB can carry the load. Games are won and lost on the line and the OL and DL should be much improved, if they stay healthy.

By Sautee Dawg

November 13, 2008 5:22 PM | Link to this

OK enough of the coach bashing and lets get back to pulling for our team on Saturday against Auburn. Ofcourse i’m like the rest of you expectations went out the window during the Alabama game. We knew our schedule was tough, loss of certain players factored in, we’ve had a decent year everything considered. Our coach and his players and staff have won 16 out of the last 18 games and stands a good chance of being better than that with a couple of more wins. Like i posted earlier in the week, CWM may not be the best DC in college football, but who would you replace him with that could do any better? Not a DC out there who hasn’t given up huge amounts of yardage and points during one game or another this year. CMR if he’s not the best coach out there who is? 80 wins in 6 seasons? It takes a perfect season to win every game you play. In 1980 every game we played went our way, every flag fell on the other side of the field. Other teams made all the mistakes against us, and we had a tremendous amount of LUCK!! This year that hasn’t happened so time to Hunker down and make the best out of what we have left. If you look closely at the programs around you and the the problems they have going on, I think we’re very fortunate to have the coach that we do. Hate to know we had to go looking for another.

By Oledawg

November 13, 2008 5:24 PM | Link to this

BE#3- Right on!…and Green and Gray and White added to that color scheme. Hope the recovered injured are able to max it out, again.

By Mobile Dawg

November 13, 2008 5:43 PM | Link to this

Oledawg, you live over here in LA? Be great to meet some Dawgs over here if that’s the case.

Sorry I can’t share the hate you feel for AU, just happen to share a house and life with one of’um, if I want to stay I have to at least be civil. She is pretty sick of Tubs though. Three in a row would be excellent, got a lot of work outside needing done Saturday afternoon and Sunday.

By CHARLOTTE DAWG

November 13, 2008 5:55 PM | Link to this

OleDawg,

We beat those guys, yes. But they’ve won the whole thing. And he could never beat them when the stakes are high. 2002, Richt lost to Zook and a much less talented Florida team. I repeat…he lost to Zook. 2003, Richt lost to Saban in the Dome. These are losses that if they were wins would mean much more than the time we beat Meyer last year or Saban in 2004 in Athens. Yes, Richt won those games. On those days, we sang his name in praise. But he hasn’t won the big ones. (He did beat Miles in 2005 but won against an undeserving Arkansas team in 2002 that was only there b/c Bama was on probation. Georgia beat Bama that year but if you put them head to head that year in the dome for a rematch….I SWEAR TO GOD, RICHT WOULD LOSE 10 TIMES IN A ROW.

He’s not a big game coach. He’s a great coach when an underdog. Underdog status is for South Carolina and Ole Miss. Not Georgia. We are better than that. Or so I thought.

Georgia only beats Florida when Georgia has nothing to lose and nobody expects them to win(1997 & 2007). Yes, we won in 2004 when we were supposed to win. Tried to give that game away as well if you all recall, but for once, Florida didn’t take our gift wrapped present. And UT had already wrapped the East up that year, so again, another win from Richt when the chips aren’t stacked that high.

Richt will never win it all b/c there will always be that one game/2 when he gets outcoached, scared, and way too conservative. For Christ sake, Zook owned him.

Richt is a good coach! I can see why people back him up. I used to. I’ve simply seen the light that he will not ever take us to the promise land. He has made us relevant in the national picture and that’s good enough for most people. Not me.

There’s is nothing wrong with setting the successful team/person/company as your benchmark. Florida has been out benchmark for years! Guess what…we are still not there. Not ever close!

That’s what I want. If Florida can do it(after they win it all this year that will be 3 NC’s in the past 12 years), if Florida can do it…why can’t my Dawgs?!

So OleDawg, I’m simply frustrated to the point of sheer pessimism and apathy. I’m not as irrational as you think. I’m just tired of being let down.

In a few more years of this same old crap of getting embarrassed once or twice a year by Florida or UT and going 9-3 or 10-2, and you’ll start to see what SSI Dawg and I are talking about. You’ll sit back and say “wow, we had a pretty good year…but Florida had a better one.” You’ll then realize “wow, it seems like I say that every year.”

I’ve just become fed up before you. You’ll get there. Promise!

Sorry if I’ve angered anybody but I just call them like I see them. Georgia will never win the big dance with Choir boy Richt IMHO. I’m just being realistic.

Here’s to us beating the Aubby’s and nerds from North Avenue. God I loathe them. But even if we win out, all of ya’ll know my opinion of this season. It can’t be seen as a success, not even if we get a BCS bowl bid and beat up the other team. B/c we were embarrassed on the big stage to Alabama and Florida. Smacked like a *itch by Florida! I can handle two losses but getting the living $hit beaten out of you by the only elite teams you faced all year is a much different story! If you call that a good season, we will just never agree.

By MountainDawg

November 13, 2008 5:58 PM | Link to this

SECSissies - Who do you pull for punk?! The candy@$$ (fudge)PAC-10? The gAyCC? The WAC(off)? or the Big 10 (up’n ya)? The SEC is the most dominant conference in the NCAA…bar NONE!!

BE#3 @ 5:13 PM - You’re probably right. Cox is a competent QB & Samuel/King should be solid at TB. Chapas will be a nice replacement for Southerland at FB (I’d like to see him get more passes/carries). Also, Kris Durham is one of the most under-utilized talents on the team. He’s 6’5 & should put on another 10 lbs this offseason. He’s got the 2nd best hands (to Green). It should be Durham & Green at WRs. The OL will be very seasoned & have Tripp, Sturdivant & Vance back. Figgins & White should be decent at TE. The Defense will be the big question mark.

By Republicans R Crooks

November 13, 2008 5:59 PM | Link to this

Tigers EAT dogs….

By JaxDawg

November 13, 2008 6:08 PM | Link to this

I’m sick and tired of losing to florida and their obnoxious fans almost every year. Richt better get it together soon, get a new offensive and defensive coordinator who know what they are doing, and start beating UF every year, or he can hit the road with bobo and martinez! UGA should start looking around for a new coach if richt can’t get it done.

By Fools Gold

November 13, 2008 6:12 PM | Link to this

You Dawg Fans dont want to even think about next year because its gonna be another year of Fools Gold. In other words, It Ain’t Gonna Happen, until Georgia recruits better players that pan out. Auburn will win this weekend because UGAs defense has been exposed and giving up easy easy TD no matter the field position. The defense simply just gives up when the offense commits a turn over by not making the opponent EARN yards. Bad Field position is just another feel good excuse for the Dawgs lousy Defensive play.

By phuck chip towers

November 13, 2008 6:17 PM | Link to this

UGAY fans are hicks the mutts will let you down to the gators, go auburn phuck you chip towers.

By SOUTHGADAWG88

November 13, 2008 6:21 PM | Link to this

SC.TENN,FLA,AUB,GA TECH those 5 games are a DAWG fan’s true big games.4-1 or 5-0 is a great year 3-2 is a down year regardless of how the other games go.We have a chance for 4-1I could care less if we win by a pt in both games.That set of games is a brutal run…anybody remember the last 5-0 season?82….yep 1982 26 long years.I could give a long drawn out explanation as to why that’s so tough to do but simple version…these teams usually have top notch players.Players win ballgames period.A great coach may steal a game or two in a season but overall the BEST coaches have the best players.Which brings me to this year’s group of kids.I admit I had to take a step back and lay off these youngsters and refrain from calling out the individuals for poor play….I was pretty harsh on Miller and Evans early on….but I have come to accept the fact that talent wise our Defensive unit is a bit lacking in overall skill level..This is compounded by our scheme which depends on stout DT’s and quick DE’s.I want fault the kids,they are playing hard.The only coach I would put on the hot seat would be John Fabris DE and special teams are not performing up to the standards of an elite program.I will give him a LITTLE slack due to the fact that we have a freshman kicker,the DE talent may not be up to our recent standards ok BUT this rotating punt returner/kick off returners is crap,I don’t see him trying ANYTHING NEW ie,stunting DE/DT to get pressure or even trying what worked last year..putting a LB(Howard}at DE to get some speed of the edge,NOTHING.As for recruiting I think we have signed too many LB’s,and projects at DE as well as S who were former QB’s who have to learn the position.Frankly we tie up too many Defensive scholarships on these positions.most of the time we only play 2 LB’S the bulk of the game yet we got about 8-9 on the roster!!That said we are better than AUB/GA TECH and I still HATE EM BOTH!!!!!4-1 redeems this season in MY book.

By CHARLOTTE DAWG

November 13, 2008 6:24 PM | Link to this

JaxDawg,

Finally someone that feels my pain. Is it not all about Florida? Hell yes, its all about Florida! And if you start beating Florida regularly, you’ll start winning the championships we yearn for, what I’ve been complaining about this entire blog section that nobody seems to get!

God I feel sorry for you having to live in Jax and having to hear it every day. In Charlotte, there are thankfully only a handful of Gators. And with Richt, you’ll only get to bask in a Dawg victory in Jax every 5 or 6 years. South Carolina status pretty much. Good upset team, right?

I’m with you brother….Beating Florida defines the season!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And almost every year, people like you and I come away disappointed.

Every time I start jawing with another fan of another team they spout off “Well ya’ll can never beat Florida.” And I have to nod, smile, and say, “yep, your right.” WELL I’M SICK OF HAVING TO SAY THAT!

By MountainDawg

November 13, 2008 6:39 PM | Link to this

Republicans R Crooks - Your handle should be “Neocons & Demoncraps R Crooks”, and your entry should have read “Tigers eat Dogs($#!t)”! We’ll whoop AU’s @$$ Saturday punk!

phuck chip towers - Probably appropriate name 4U boy. I bet you’d just loooove to do just that fruitcake! Get off the Dawg blog & get back to D&D or the bath-house beeyotch!

CHARLOTTE DAWG - It’s not that we can’t be the Gayturdz, it’s that we don’t do it often enough (due to p—s poor execution, etc.).

By CHARLOTTE DAWG

November 13, 2008 7:05 PM | Link to this

Mountain Dawg,

Not trying to start a fight with you here but:

Yes, we can beat Florida. 16 out of 19 times though we lose b/c of Terrance Edwards, Shockley being hurt and Milner dropping passes, and Stafford being color blind, being out coached, or voodoo magic. For whatever reason, we don’t beat them and I’ve had enough!

So your right, we can beat them…but only when there is not a whole lot on the line and we are underdogs(like 97’ and 2007). 2002 is a prime example. This year was a prime example on the opposite scale. In 2004 Georgia finally beat a Gator team they were superior to(by default as Florida wanted to lose worse than us that day) In 1997 and 2007, nobody on the face of the planet thought the Dawgs could win. AND THAT’S WHY THEY DID! They played loose, with confidence, with swagger…you know… the way Florida always plays us and everybody else. But put Georgia and Florida together for all the marbles/the SEC East, Georgia’s chokes and becomes Mutt puppies every single time. And I’m finally sick of it.

Will Richt and Georgia ever beat Florida again. Sure! but it will only be when it doesn’t really matter, when Georgia’s already out of it and everybody gives up on them. That’s when Richt is in his element…the underdog. And since that’s the case, he would be a great addition to South Carolina when Spurrier leaves. I want a coach that wins when he’s suppossed to, that coaches his best when the stakes are high, a coach that always has his team prepared. Win or lose, a coach that always has his team prepared, not shell-shocked, and playing with heart and intensity.

Richt is not that coach folks!! He’s a pretty good coach, an excellent person, and probably a great husband and father to his family. But he’s not the guy that turns the corner for us.

By Who Would Have Thunk It?

November 13, 2008 7:44 PM | Link to this

Here it is November before the UGA-Auburn game and I’m more interested in the Falcons than the dawgs. It just goes to show what a tumble UGA has taken for the Falcons to surpass them in interest for me. Being a UGA alum, I’ve always been more interested in UGA and college football… until this year. For most UGA fans, this has been a very disappointing season because of an underachieving Bulldog team. I hate to say it but I believe that coaches and players (as well as all UGA fans I know) were buying into that pre-season ballyhoo. I hope that the coaches have learned that an overly penalized team is an undisciplined team destined to lose against the better competition. Somehow, the Falcons haved seemed to grasp this message. Here’s hoping UGA coaches and players have as well.

By Mike T.

November 13, 2008 7:49 PM | Link to this

FSU wore black way before UGA did so get your facts straight loser 49-10

49-10, thats about the score UF will beat FSU. How about this a Seminole showing love for the Gators. I guess you gotta be a DAWG to be a real Gator Hater.

By BE#3

November 13, 2008 8:10 PM | Link to this

Hey Mike T — The nerd school from our state beat your criminoles. You have no room to talk.

And we (Dawgs) hate all things reptilian, elephantidae, feline, fowl and nerds, err insects.

By War Eagle

November 13, 2008 8:21 PM | Link to this

I love Auburn as a former player, grad and supporter, but we are having a terrible year, UGA will drive us crazy even with dawgs WEAK defense..Defense wins National championships along with injuries, and luck, sorry dawgs its not your year..

By SOUTHGADAWG88

November 13, 2008 8:25 PM | Link to this

Charlotte Dawg

You bring up a interesting point the “swagger”…That opens up another can of worms.Last season the FLA celebration ploy opened the kid’s up.They reminded me of the feeling when a little kid is kept in the house a couple of days and now he can go outside and play!Unleashed is the best way to describe it.The team went on a roll…the blackout..the dancing etc..they had that.By the bowl game we looked invincible.But then came the arrest,the grumbling about becoming a lil “thuggish” before the season started ..forget about the injuries..Once the season started the penalties racked up which started the “discipline” talk about CMR .The perception being if you let these kid’s get out of control UGA would resemble the FSU/MIA type of teams..the (thugs) and that’s just not the GA way,Not the Dooley way.It makes you wonder if this man came from these schools,got his coaching start by Big Daddy Bowden …when he earned that moniker…isn’t that kinda of what we were looking for?I mean FLA and TENN were roughing us up.We needed some one to get the bullies off our back.The thing about Richt is he has gone out of his way to be anti FSU/MIA since he has been here.I wonder if HE feels constrained sometimes at UGA.The thing is this….these comments have applied to the last 6 or 7 national championship squads.They all have the same MO..high penalties,lot of talent,questionable discipline etc.I don’t think Saban,Meyer,Stoops or Carroll would care much about those labels but could they coach at UGA?

By go florida and bama

November 13, 2008 8:40 PM | Link to this

UGAY=MUTTS, chip towers=hick

By coach richt coach like your still at FSU

November 13, 2008 8:47 PM | Link to this

thats what UGAY is missing the hard core black guys, not these country bros, thats why they dont stack up to the floridas USC miami or FSU stop it with the damn DOOLEY system coach richt go back to the BOWDEN way NOW

By Mike T.

November 13, 2008 8:50 PM | Link to this

By BE#3

Let me break to you GENTLY. I AIN’T NO SEMINOLE. Been a loyal Dawg fan since Dooley was a rookie coach in 64. You need to go back a re-read my post I was poking fun at Big Grey for posting the 49-10 after blasting Chip for saying FSU was copying us for wearing black jerseys.

By georgia93

November 13, 2008 8:52 PM | Link to this

Who gives a s**; if the game turns into a shootout (and Auburn’s offense sux) Richt will just blame the players instead of that b******* Martinez.

By the old coach richt

November 13, 2008 8:54 PM | Link to this

You people here in ga dont wont me to be like fsu or miami or usc, I cant bring in the monster type players because im trying the DOOLEY way so dont be mad at me, get on the alumni.

By FLA DAWG

November 13, 2008 9:21 PM | Link to this

This unscreened AJC blog site is a foulmouth, boring communication venue no longer worth using.

By obeone

November 13, 2008 9:37 PM | Link to this

Ga. needs to win this game to help even up the series! If the records were reversed, Auburn would really run it up on the Dawgs. Dawgs will probably say things like thank you, good hit. Sorry, I didn’t mean to trip you. Let me give you a hand up……….. BS

By BE#3

November 13, 2008 10:17 PM | Link to this

Mike T. —

My sincere apologies.

By Seriously?

November 13, 2008 10:53 PM | Link to this

Charlotte Dawg- At least do us a favor and check your grammar before being so negative.

“If you were preseason #1 and can’t win your own division, your a joke!”

“Your simply complacent.”

I guess your ok with always being “good” but never being “great”.

And your still thankful “for what we have”.

Seriously??

By AltamahaDawg

November 13, 2008 11:01 PM | Link to this

CHIP, what is the deal with the AJC article leaving out the names so many times lately? Its like “insert name here” and nobody does.

By the_savdawg

November 14, 2008 9:03 AM | Link to this

Stafford plays like a freshman again - similar to the Florida game - with at least two interceptions and several untimely sacks. Mimbs repeats poor punting performances. Both of the foregoing put our defense in short field position situations and lose the TOP statistic. Auburn runs it down our throat and the Bulldogs drop a huge loss heading into the bye week. Hey, but there’s always next year, unless the Paulson bailout plan fails to get traction.

By MountainDawg

November 14, 2008 9:53 AM | Link to this

“coach richt coach like your still at FSU” - That’s total BS! We don’t need any thug vermin as you allude to. Some of the greatest players at UGA were White &/or not top recruits (out of HS). David Pollack was UGA’s greatest Defensive player & he was a 3 star recruit…yet an All-American as a Sophomore. We need more players with the integrity, character & intensity of a David Pollack, and not be so focused on these Caste system hyped, primadonna 5 star “bruthas” so much! I’ll take a Brannan Southerland over a Lawrence Phillips type “afflete” any day!!!

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By coach richt coach like your still at FSU

November 14, 2008 11:34 AM | Link to this

MOUNTAIN DAWG you just stay up there in the mountains YOU hick because when coach richt got here in the 1st place thats what we thought we were getting a florida guy who could bring in the type players he had at florida st YOU DUMBA** but since you hicks want DOOLEY BALL THATS WHY WE CANT BEAT FLORIDA YEAR IN YEAR OUT, because they urban meyer gets the thug players you UGAY dont want so continue to keep your 2nd place east sec standing backward hick, look at saban meyer, bowden,miles,spurrier, what do they have as head coaches that coach richt doesnt have? A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RING YOU HICK. P.S. UGAY BRING IN THE THUG WHITEBOYS AND THE THUGGED OUT BLACKS RIGHT NOW THATS THE ONLY WAY YOU WIN A NATIONAL TITLE LOOK AT HOW MANY TITLES U OF MIAMI HAS WON SINCE YOU GUYS IN 1980, THEY HAVE WON FIVE COUNT THAT FIVE WITH THUGS LIKE SHOCKLEY DAN MORGAN AND THESE WERE WHITE THUGS YOU COUNTRY HICK.

By fake mountain dawg

November 14, 2008 11:39 AM | Link to this

FROM WISH COACH RICHT WOULD COACH LIKE HE IS AT FSU, you embred i betcha if UGAY win the NATIONAL TITLE WITH THUGS YOU WOULD BE CHEERING RIGHT ALONG

By by the ole coach richt

November 14, 2008 11:47 AM | Link to this

PLEASE DAMON EVANS LET ME BRING THE TYPE PLAYERS THAT USC FLORIDA LSU MIAMI AND ALABAMA HAVE SO THAT I CAN COMPETE WITH THE ELITE PROGRAMS URBAN MEYER MAKES ME LOOK BAD

By MountainDawg

November 14, 2008 12:08 PM | Link to this

“coach richt coach like your still at FSU ” - You don’t no $#!t from shinola you candy@$$, limp-wristed little cityboy! Vince Dooley dominated the SEC with (mostly) solid players. These over-hyped thugs don’t produce on the field consistly because they’ve let their over-inflated egos run wild. Fyi, pantywafer fruitcake, the Dawgs have some of your pal “thug affletes” on the roster now & they’ve not reached they potential because they don’t execute. You’ve probably never put on a jock-strap, much less stepped on the gridiron boy, so go back to the bath-house in Midtown (or SWATs) & leave the college football talk to us real men you pansy!

By COACH RICHT COACH LIKE YOUR STILL AT FSU

November 14, 2008 12:56 PM | Link to this

mountain dawg i guess real men sleep with their sisters and cousins mountain hick we suburb whites here in gwinnett produce the top notch scholar-athletes but you embreds up in the mountains what do you guys produce rapists of your own family members, but back to football PUNK A* DOOLEY HIRED COACH RICHT AND PUT HANDCUFFS ON THE MAN< LET COACH DO IT THE OTHER WAY SINCE THE DOOLEY WAY AINT WORKING REMEMBER WHEN HE WAS THE OC AT FSU THEY USE TO RUN THE SCORE UP ON PEOPLE 70-10 66-0 56-7 AND SO ON WHAT IM SAYING IS THAT HE LEFT THAT KILLER INSTINCT AT FSU, HE HAD THAT IT LIKE SABAN MEYER MILES CARROLL AND BIG DADDY BOWDEN. P.S. BRING BACK THAT KILLER INSTINCT YOU HAD AT FSU AND MIAMI WHERE YOU PLAYED QUARTERBACK COACH RICHT REMEMBER AT MIAMI YALL DIDNT TAKE NO SHT NOW BRING THAT TO UGAY ITS NOT TO LATE FIRE MARTINEZ AND BOBO AND START OVER.

By please coach richt coach like your still at FSU

November 14, 2008 1:09 PM | Link to this

PLEASE COACH RICHT F8CK WHAT THE HILLBILLIES SAY REMEMBER THE GLORY DAYS PLAYING FOR UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI QUARTERBACK WINNING NATIONAL TITLES THERE AND COACH FSU OFFENCE TO 2 NATIONAL TITLES, ITS NOT TO LATE TO BRING IN THE CALI WHITES THE NEW YORK WHITES WITH THOSE ATLANTA THUGS THATS MISSING FROM THIS SISSY TEAM THERE IS NO SWAGGER ABOUT THIS TEAM, HILLBILLIES DONT WANT THE THUGS BUT GET MAD WHEN YOU LOSE TO THE FLORIDAS,DO YOUR THING COACH RICHT NOT DOOLEYS ITS BEEN 28 YEARS SINCE A TITLE AT LEAST GEORGIA TECH HAS ONE SINCE THE 1990S. P.S. I WANT A CONSISTANT WINNER OVER FLORIDA YEAR IN YEAR OUT MULLET HICKS NOT JUST 10-2 STOP WITH YOUR CRYSTAL METH WHILE ON-LINE, YOU CANT THINK RIGHT, I RATHER COACH RICHT BRING THE PAIN WITH MONSTERS ON THE FIELD RATHER THAN SOMEONE WHOSE GOING TO KISS BABIES OFF FIELD.

By CHARLOTTE DAWG

November 14, 2008 1:57 PM | Link to this

I agree completely with the last post on 1:09. Whatever it takes to win without violating NCAA rules, for *uck’s sake, DO IT! We are tired of losing to Florida!!!

By MountainDawg

November 14, 2008 2:44 PM | Link to this

I guess metro qu@@rz like to frequent bathhouses like yourself boy. Gwinnett produces as many illegal invaders as star athletes son! Us real White men in the mountains are limp wristed pantywafers! You sound like a Caste System duped, “drunken white fan” pulling for the criminals. What you don’t understand twinkie is that most of your beloved “thug affletes” hate us Whites & are largely like minded with Rev.Jeremiah Wright! You’re therefore wetting yourself over hoodlums who despise your own race (like a good little neutered sheeple). Educate yourself boy!

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