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DEL.ICIO.USGifts that keep giving
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Sorry it took a while to get the blog up. Had an emergency at home that had to be taken care of.
Earlier this week we had a story about the defensive ends, and their lack of success this year. It included what they were doing now to try to make sure they get a few more sacks next year. Hey, of course a few more compared to this year’s total still wouldn’t be much, but at least it’s a start.
That got me to thinking, if you could wish for anything for any of Georgia’s football players, or anyone else in the SEC, what would it be? (Keep it positive; no wishing for injuries or NCAA sanctions)
For example, Georgia’s defensive ends: about a .10 of a second lower speed in the 40, so that they can get to the QBs, or DBs who were a a bit taller, so that they couldn’t get called for pass interference on fade routes downfield.
Or perhaps a blog topic that wasn’t so lame?
Send your thoughts throughout the weekend.
Comments
By WTF???
December 12, 2008 12:47 PM | Link to this
Brian VanGorder….
By tim
December 12, 2008 12:50 PM | Link to this
I’d wish for an injury free season. Players that keep their focus for four quaters. Defenders that consistently wrap up. Stafford and Moreno back next year.
By Thanks...
December 12, 2008 12:51 PM | Link to this
…for admitting that this is a lame topic - but, you are a much better man than the regular guy ‘cause he never admits it!
All we need is a tougher minded head coach (that is what Bobby Bowden said about CMR when CMR was named UGA’s head coach, that he did not know if he was tough enough for the job); and, so far, Saint Bobby was dead on!
And, it would not hurt at all for CMR to have a tougher minded defensive coordinator that could instill some nastiness into that side of the ball!
By jeff
December 12, 2008 12:52 PM | Link to this
I wish Stafford world go to the NFL- so we could have a QB that is a real leader and not worried only about himself. Maybe then we will have a team play to their true potential
By T-Bone
December 12, 2008 12:52 PM | Link to this
The dawgs have been bad this year, so there will be nothing in their stockings this Christmas.
Ga Jackets!
By Cuz
December 12, 2008 1:13 PM | Link to this
No more trips to Clarke County Detention Center. And a pony.
By Guyana Dawg
December 12, 2008 1:14 PM | Link to this
i’m just sad another college football year is coming to a close - it’s the best time of year! (at least the nfl playoffs will hold me over for a little bit).
dawgs have a tougher schedule coming up next year - i just wish we are competitive in every game - the rest will take care of itself.
By BugKiller
December 12, 2008 1:33 PM | Link to this
I wish Mark Richt would do what’s right and FIRE WILLIE MARTINEZ!!!
I wish Mark Richt would do what’s right and stop putting the welfare of a friend over the welfare of his program.
Here’s some quick facts about Willie Martinez and his awful showing as Georgia WORST DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR EVER!!!
1) Under Martinez, the Dawg Defense has given up 30 or more points 11 times!!! That is ten more times than BVG ever did, and it stands as the most ever in Georgia’s long history.
2) Under Martinez, Georgia has been one of the most penalized defenses in college football, and this year, they were the most penalized defense out of 119 teams, including having the most personal foul penalties of ANY team.
3) Under Martinez, for the first time ever Georgia not only gave up 40 points twice in a season, they did it three times this season.
Willie Martinez needs to go. He should have been fired the second after the Tech game was over, a game in which he had two weeks to prepare for.
He’s absolutely over-his-head and has done nothing to prove that he deserves to keep his job other than being a close friend of the head coach.
Willie Martinez EQUALS Jeff Bowden.
And just like Jeff Bowden, he is destroying this program with his ineptitude.
And Mark Richt, like Bobby Bowden before him is just plyaing his fiddle while it all burns.
By Mobile Dawg
December 12, 2008 1:54 PM | Link to this
Four Each, Ben Jones for the defensive line.
By AltamahaDawg
December 12, 2008 2:02 PM | Link to this
Bug Killer, how far is that Athletic department building from the student center?
By THE Ohio State Buckeyes
December 12, 2008 2:05 PM | Link to this
Study more OSU film
By reality check
December 12, 2008 2:05 PM | Link to this
This morning coach Richt was on the Tim Brando show and he explained how the injuries really limited what they wanted and needed to do. Some of the toughness of the team was lost trying to compensate for the injuries and trying not to get others hurt. Any team that loses 19 players to season ending injury is going to feel its affects. I think I would like some realistic fans. Less injuries and yes some DE that have speed and a hunger to meet at the QB. God Bless, Go Dawgs and Merry Christmas Bulldawg Nation!
By JB
December 12, 2008 2:22 PM | Link to this
Mark has the Dawgs trained for schemes and systems. Yes, you need them. The missing links are fire and emotion. Very important in college football. We show up like we would to a dance. Meanness and toughness better become part of this program or we will be stuck at 9-10 wins looking up to Florida every year. I know that sounds unfair to Mark, and Carolina would take that NOW.But………………….We want to play with the big boys or what. I’ve read a lot of other blogs this year. Common theme….Dawgs got no defense. Everyone knows it. willie has one more year.
By BugKiller
December 12, 2008 2:34 PM | Link to this
Another thing I’m sick of:
Dawg fans who are not only satisfied with mediocrity, but who look down their long, pointed noses at those who “dare” to question such things as Willie Martinez’s continued employment and the fact that a very human Mark Richt might, just might be letting his personal feeling interfere with his job.
I wish people like AltamahaDawg took certain facts like defenses that give up 30 or more points more times than at ANY point in Georgia’s history a little more seriously.
I wish people like AltamahaDawg took certain facts like the first time a Georgia defense has given up 40 points THREE TIMES in a season more seriously.
I wish people like AltamahaDawg took certain facts like THE MOST UNDISCIPLINED DEFENSE IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL more seriously.
ALL of those facts points to horrendous coaching jobs.
If we’re running the same system as BVG did, and the caliber of players has been BETTER (so says Scouts and Rivals) for Martinez…
… then the fault for the defense’s performance, and the underachievment of his players fall directly at his feet.
That is logic.
Something I also wish fans like AltamahaDawg possessed.
No, it’s because of fans like AltamahaDawg that teams like Florida and in the future, an aggressive Tennessee team running an NFL PROVEN DEFENSE have passed / will pass us by.
And once again, instead of playing for titles, we’ll be playing for moral victories and 10 win seasons that end in Orlando and Tampa.
I wish fans like AltamahaDawg would wake the frak up and see what was happening around them as Rome burns to the ground thanks to a head coach who refuses to fire his best friend who should never have been defensive coordinator in the first place.
By RxDawg
December 12, 2008 3:08 PM | Link to this
A tailback with the vision, intelligence, and awareness that Knoshown displayed. Maybe it’s just because King and Samuel are still young (god i hope so), but the difference b/w them and Moreno is H-U-G-E when watching them run the ball. I rember a play where the running back got a sweep type handoff following the line outside. I could see the quick up hole develope on TV, but the back did not. Instead he kept running outside and ran out of room for no gain. I rember thinking “thats not like Moreno”. Then as the back got up I realized “ah, thats not Moreno”. It was King instead. King and Samule can run just as hard, fast, and strong as Moreno. In fact, they may be harder, faster, and stronger. It’s Moreno’s ability to know where and when to go that makes him special. It’s really like hes playing himself on the playstation. It’s amazing and only a few people ever have “it”. My wish for christmas is for more tailbacks with “it”.
By JB
December 12, 2008 3:15 PM | Link to this
Bugkiller: We need you in the locker room talking before game time. Good stuff.
By NewnanDawgCF
December 12, 2008 3:28 PM | Link to this
I would like one blog with no opposing fans for one day because I don’t give a crap what they have to say, so I’d prefer they not take up space. Anyway, I saw some interestin numbers in defense of WM on another blog. I’m not saying I totally agree, but both sides have some points - Here’s what was said:
“Yes, the points per game have gone up each year, but that’s because the points scored in the SEC has gone up each year. In ‘05, only Auburn averaged more than 30 per game. In ‘06, only LSU and Arkansas averaged more than 30 per game. In ‘07, 6 teams averaged more than 30, with Florida averaging more than 40 per game. This year, 5 average more than 30, with Florida again averaging more than 40.” So, yes, Martinez’s defenses have been giving up more points each year — but for the most part, teams have been scoring more each year against everyone, not just Georgia.
“Here are the facts about our defense under Martinez, compared to other SEC teams:
2005: 2nd in Scoring Defense 5th in Total Defense
2006: 4th in Scoring Defense 2nd in Total Defense
2007: 3rd in Scoring Defense 3rd in Total Defense
2008: 10th in Scoring Defense 7th in Total Defense”
I still think I’ll be very quiet at the awards banquet tomorrow night. (Mom said not to say anthing at all if you can’t say anything nice) But, as there are many who say Tuberville should have been given a mulligan for one bad season, maybe WM should get one too.
Go Dawgs!
By Spike
December 12, 2008 3:34 PM | Link to this
Toughness and ATTITUDE on defense, with no more stupid drive killer penalties!!
By Merry Christmas Newnan dog
December 12, 2008 4:11 PM | Link to this
Your buggie friend.
By Spike
December 12, 2008 4:24 PM | Link to this
And nobody goes to the NFL until after their senior year…
By Okefenokee Dawgs
December 12, 2008 4:27 PM | Link to this
The same thing I want every year - quit being owned by Florida.
By Mobile Dawg
December 12, 2008 4:54 PM | Link to this
I wish I could find that white truck, with “Red” behind the wheel.
By Gen Neyland
December 12, 2008 5:02 PM | Link to this
For all my Dawg friends, I hope Lane Kiffin gets his first signature win before UGA comes to Knoxville…
By Georgia Fan
December 12, 2008 5:24 PM | Link to this
I wish morons would stop pretending they have even the slightest clue what is going on inside Mark Richt’s head.
By Nurse Ratchet
December 12, 2008 6:05 PM | Link to this
BugKiller - It’s time for your medication.
By really!!!!
December 12, 2008 6:06 PM | Link to this
Hey Bugkiller, dont let atlamahadawg dampen your christmas spirit. He most always comes across sounding like a condesending prick riding his high horse.
By Dogbyte
December 12, 2008 6:10 PM | Link to this
I would like to see UGA concentrate on some 2 Star players who really want to be in Athens and who will play hard when they get there. Let someone else win the recruiting title; let’s win the SEC and more. Just a thought.
By School Marm
December 12, 2008 6:16 PM | Link to this
C-o-n-d-e-s-c-e-n-d-i-n-g. You spelled P—-k correctly. Shame on you!
By WE ALL HATE YOU
December 12, 2008 6:31 PM | Link to this
Here’s an SEC nightmare. Bowl Armageddon, the end of the world.
Bowl Season opens with the greatest Rose Bowl in history. USC and PSU play a classic. The winner kicks a field goal to go ahead with less than a minute remaining 38-35. On the kickoff the opponent drives to just outside field goal range. The game ends with an incomplete pass into the end zone when the receiver is ruled out of bounds. Final AP ranking #1, #2, Final BCS ranking #2, #3
Utah stuns Alabama in the Sugar Bowl winning 17-3. Bama is #8 in the final rankings.
Ohio State takes the Texas Longhorn to the woodshed beating them 28-14 in the Fiesta Bowl. Ohio State finishes #4 in the BCS, and #3 in the AP
In the BSC championship Oklahoma upsets Florida in what many call the worst Bowl game ever viewed. 14-6. Florida is scoreless until 11:09 in the 4th when they score a touchdown missing the extra point. Florida finishes the season ranked #5
Tebow promises nobody in the NFL will play harder than he does to make up for the terrible way he played in his final game.
The AP splits the National Championship awarding it to…………….
By dUmB dAWg
December 12, 2008 6:43 PM | Link to this
I WIsh i cOUlD bE A ROads ScHOLaR!
By leslie22h
December 12, 2008 6:45 PM | Link to this
BugKiller:
Great handle! Of all UGAs losses, the Tech game really got under my skin - what a dreadful second half. I think you should cut Altamaha some slack - he was just poking a little fun in your direction. He’s one of the sanest regulars we have in this blog.
By Granddawg
December 12, 2008 8:31 PM | Link to this
Doug - Why not let some of these folks that think the subject of this blog is “lame” come up with some, themselves? Not just one. At least several, on a deadline.
By Raleigh
December 12, 2008 9:28 PM | Link to this
I wish the AJC and all other media outlets would eliminate blogs so stupidity would have less chance to breed.
I AM THE MAGNIFICENT BUG KILLER!! I KNOW FOOTBALL! I KNOW THE FUTURE! EVERY OTHER TEAM IS ON AN UNSTOPPABLE UPWARD TREND! UGA IS ON AN UNDENIABLE PLUNGE INTO OBLIVION! IN 2009 - IF MARTINEZ ISN’T FIRED - 118 TEAMS GO 12-0 AND UGA GOES 0-12!
THE ANSWER IS CLEAR! SEEK THE WISDOM OF THE ALL POWERFUL BUG KILLER WHO WILL GRANT THEE, COACH RICHT, THE POWER TO UNDERSTAND WHICH THREE COACHES SHOULD BE FIRED EACH YEAR!
By I wish for
December 12, 2008 10:53 PM | Link to this
GOOD DEFENSE ATTORNEYS!!
By turkey
December 12, 2008 11:26 PM | Link to this
Bugkiller, dead on but the problem started with the 2005 Auburn game. Al Borges kept calling the same plays over and over and Willie acted absolutly clueless.
By CAdawg
December 13, 2008 1:58 AM | Link to this
How bout this, Muschamp comes home and martinez goes back to the secondary. Come on home Will! When you get asked why you left texas, use the same quote Bear Bryant used when he left A&M,”Mama Called”
By jerry
December 13, 2008 8:06 AM | Link to this
A coach who can beat Florida.
By joe
December 13, 2008 9:09 AM | Link to this
I don’t think Stafford or Moreno care much about Georgia football, and when they both go to the NFL this year it will prove my point. If they stay, than maybe I am wrong. Untill they learn to be team players, I dont think they will have much success anyway. I wish for them both to get some Georgia Football in thier blood and comme back next year and lead us to a NC.
By Cuz
December 13, 2008 9:41 AM | Link to this
Bugkiller, just to be pratical. If the head coach says that he is not going to make any assistant coaching changes, then face it, you are John the Baptist shouting in the wilderness. Your only option is to get rid of Coach Richt. Now I don’t see that happening. You will have to get some powerful alumni with big dollars on your side to get Damon to fire Coach Richt. I just don’t see it happening.
I understand your passion, I used to feel the same way in my college years and early twenties, oh yeah that was my college years. But to me it is something I love, but it does not rule my world. Yes, I am happy with a ten win season. Yes I am dissapointed not to play for the SECC which is my personal team’s goal every year. If I don’t get it, well I never got that pony for Christmas either. My faith, my family, my job are all more important to me than a bunch of kids playing a kids game at the school I attended. Just my own personal opinion. Feel free to have your own. That is why they make blogs.
GO TELL THE SPARTANS, THE BIG DAWG IS COMING AND HE IS HUNGRY!!
By shane#1
December 13, 2008 10:20 AM | Link to this
Cuz, football is a game, a diversion from life’s difficulties. Football is supposed to be fun. So is blogging about football. Isn’t it strange how a few people take a kid’s game so seriously that they forget to have fun? The sad thing is that they rob so much of the joy away from others.
By Mikey
December 13, 2008 10:29 AM | Link to this
A red ryder bb gun ?
By KJ
December 13, 2008 12:27 PM | Link to this
Study more OSU film
This is a good idea, if they want to know what NOT to do, seeing as the suckeyes couldn’t beat an SEC team if they were allowed 12 on the field.
By Cuz
December 13, 2008 12:35 PM | Link to this
shane, your grasp of the situation is spot on as always. As the Red Baron said to Snoopy, “Merry Christmas mein friend!”
By Pago Flyer
December 13, 2008 1:33 PM | Link to this
We still can’t believe the NFL wants “noshow”!?
By Granddawg
December 13, 2008 1:45 PM | Link to this
Cuz: You have to be careful with your John the Baptist references. Separation of church and state, and all of that. :>) Seriously, Merry Christmas.
By THE…..Ohio….State…Buckeyes
December 13, 2008 2:16 PM | Link to this
Here’s something from a guy who keeps “giving”
One quick question. LOL. Who is going to the $17 million, BCS, Tostitos Fiesta Bowl and who is going to the $3 million, non BCS, Citrus Bowl?
By shane#1
December 13, 2008 2:22 PM | Link to this
Cuz, Merry Christmas to you. Give little Bailey a hug for me. Zeb, if You are on the blogs, the Randolph Clay girls basketball team beat Baker County 70 to 2 last night.
By Florida Dawg
December 13, 2008 2:25 PM | Link to this
I wish the Georgia coaches will figure out that the season “starts and ends” in Jacksonville every year…Urban Crier knows it, Spurrier knew it and so did Vince Dooley.
By FLA DAWG
December 13, 2008 3:35 PM | Link to this
My wish is for Chan Gailey to return to Florida as Head Coach.
By KJ
December 13, 2008 5:08 PM | Link to this
One quick question. LOL. Who is going to embarrass themselves, yet again, in a bowl they never deserved to be in in the first place? LOL.
By gomdawg
December 13, 2008 6:13 PM | Link to this
I wish we would hire David Pollack .
By sobedawg
December 13, 2008 6:19 PM | Link to this
For Urban Myer to get caught surfing for kiddie porn.
By Mike
December 13, 2008 7:12 PM | Link to this
Sobedawg you are totally classless but there are tens of thousands just like you in the “DAWGNATION”! Did you spell Meyer’s name wrong on purpose or out of ignorance?
By red&black
December 13, 2008 7:27 PM | Link to this
We love Moreno and Stafford…!!! This is the best offense I’ve seen in 50 years in Athens. Please stay guys!!! If you STAY…you’ll go down as more beloved than Hershel Walker who left….I think if you ask Hershel, he’ll say he left a place where he was adored…and never was as happy again. “STAY…JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER!!…please, please stay?.
By shane#1
December 13, 2008 7:51 PM | Link to this
Great game between Cairo and Flowery Branch for the AAA championship. Congrats to Coach Shaw for a tremendous effort. My hat is off to the Syrupmakers, way to represent South Ga guys! BTW, Cairo is pronounced K-row for you yankees and other heathens. Mike, the misspelling was probably intentional, and is not considered tasteless on a UGA blog. If you don’t like it, go read about Suburban Liar on a UF blog. Don’t let the screen door hit’cha where the Good Lord split’cha.
By AlabamaJack
December 13, 2008 8:16 PM | Link to this
Me, I’m happy with the dawgs just the way they are.
THWG
By AltamahaDawg
December 13, 2008 8:50 PM | Link to this
Rrrrrrrrrright, You are yelling at me in a sports blog in some hopes that its going to change something that Mark Richt does. And I am the one who needs to wake up, huh sport?
By T
December 13, 2008 8:55 PM | Link to this
Roddy Jones just ran around the right end for another 60 yards….
Roddy Jones just ran around the right end for another 60 yards….
Roddy Jones just ran around the right end for another 60 yards….
By dawgfan08
December 13, 2008 10:32 PM | Link to this
Stafford and Moreno to return next season a tougher defense special teams improvent a leader like tebow, even though i don’t like him, he is a good leader for florida
By jacketnation
December 13, 2008 10:47 PM | Link to this
I already had my football wish when Tech ran for 409 yards. Formula 409 - Dwyer and Jones. Mix in Nesbitt and Cox and you got the best ground game in the country. As for a meaningful wish; I wish everyone without a job could find one and those who do could keep the job they have.
UGA will have another great recruiting year with less than scholar athletes signing up for programs like Applied Science of Micro-Wave-Able dinners. Or maybe the prestigous Horse school where you can major in Horse feed development. Maybe they should offer a degree in Bailbondsmanship. Do they have a school of Bartending in Athens?
Think I’ll go down and tour the Nasa training facilities at GA TECH. We really do graduate rocket scientist.
Merry Christmas to all
By Dawg92
December 13, 2008 10:50 PM | Link to this
Wish for Tech geeks to get a life.
Besides that, I’d agree with Alabama Jack, I’m happy with 10 win seasons and a head coach that is a good and honest man (unlike some, right Jack).
By 77DAWG
December 13, 2008 11:27 PM | Link to this
1)WM please go. 2)7, 24, stay. 3)WM please go. 4)get Strong and Mushamp. 4)WM please go. My dear God
By 77DAWG
December 13, 2008 11:38 PM | Link to this
Bug Killer, I think we are tired of CMR excused for what Willy have done for UGA. The man just fall in love with the guy and himself.
By 77DAWG
December 13, 2008 11:47 PM | Link to this
My opinion, people that happy with what we are now is a pure losers. Be a Saint somewhere, not in this furocious competitive sport world.
By Richt Loves Missionairy Positions In Africa
December 14, 2008 12:05 AM | Link to this
I would LOVE the gift of backpedaling IF on Christmas Day Bulldog Nation awoke to the fact that Richt had been terminated due to insistence that he be allowed to perform missionairy work in Africa during the football season AND that Urban Meyer had been convinced to accept Georgia’s offer approaching that of a #3 Starter for the Atlanta Braves. I’m betting he would no longer be “Urban Crier”. Just a gut feeling. Also if you go to ESPN, you will find that Stafford is projected as #1 pick AND before you say that he will return for senior season to avoid being picked by the Lions—-Realize that the Lions probably go winless next season(check out the roster) and knowing the Lions they would not be adverse to drafting QB’s two years in a row OR just wait for Matt. Also realize that all GOOD juniors have been informed of implications of renegotiation of collective bargaining deal which will result in severe loss of signing bonuses and other stipends for rookies. You would have to bea MORON to come back under those circumstances, and I’m assuming Matt is no MORON.
By KJ
December 14, 2008 12:10 AM | Link to this
We really do graduate rocket scientist.
Just one?
By whatever
December 14, 2008 1:51 AM | Link to this
I wish the dawg fans would lose their delusional attitude. A coach that doesn’t have the focus to make it to the show, a quarterback that didn’t live up to expectations - where was that Heisman nomination? A defense that looked mediocre every other week. Get real and drop your superior attitude about any team that doesn’t meet your supposed standards - or, in other words, can beat you like a drum.
And it’s time to give some respect to the Big 12. Nobody’s saying the SEC isn’t a good conference, but it’s down this year. And the Big 12 is hot. So quit sounding like someone’s mama who can’t admit their son isn’t the genius she pretends he is. Live with it.
And learn to live with the fact that FL has a superior coach. He’s gonna spank you most years. And the years you win, you’ll actually think it’s some turning point. Right. Keep smoking that crack and hoping for a miracle. Oh, and Meyre’s not a sleeze, he’s not a whiner, he’s not a hack. He’s a winner. And a pretty good guy, from what I can see. And I’m no FL fan.
By joe
December 14, 2008 8:02 AM | Link to this
I wish people like bug killer would understand that as long as the big money alums are satisfied with the program nothing is going to be done. Get a clue, buy a vowel, money runs the program, not a bunch of blog whiners.
By doug
December 14, 2008 8:13 AM | Link to this
I wish Willie would disappear. I wish Richt could have his team mentally ready for every game. I wish we could do away with the blowout losses because of Richts inability to keep his team motivated and Willies poor scheming.Im sick of the penalties,off season criminal activities and dancing after every game. Im sick of seeing our junk DBs celebrating after a big hit when they are down by 3 TDs. You know what, maybe FSU needs a new coach.
By AltamahaDawg
December 14, 2008 8:29 AM | Link to this
I wish for some of these folks to find some joy in thier lives that doesn’t revolve around a football game.
By Travis Hill
December 14, 2008 8:36 AM | Link to this
Brian VanGorder….
I agree 100% with the first comment…..But it’s sad that this ship has sailed.
By adrianJacket
December 14, 2008 8:40 AM | Link to this
Georgia had a good year and as far as willie the defense will catch up to these pass happy offense in year or two and coaches will be back to runing the ball. May everyone have a Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year.
By matt mccamy
December 14, 2008 8:45 AM | Link to this
I would wish for a DC that would get in the kids you know what after a mistake rather than putting his arm around them.
By My Wish
December 14, 2008 8:53 AM | Link to this
Is for WILLIE MARTINEZ to be demoted to cafeteria dishwasher and Mark Richt wake up and get our boys a defense coach with just a little common sense. I hope Willie gets a pink slip under his christmas tree this year.
By Don't Bother
December 14, 2008 9:01 AM | Link to this
Folks, Honestly, Don’t waste your time talking about Ohio State or Willie Martinez, it is obviously they both suck miserably. Ohio State has not played a tought schedule since they have existed, willie martinez has not had one guy make the NFL that HE recruited and put thru the GA system. All Van Gorder prospects INCLUDING Marcus Howard. Ohio State is the Obama of College Football, Only winning popular contests to only wind up worhtless after they show their hand. Anyone know when the last time Ohio State actually beat Georgia?
Ohio State and the University of Georgia have played each other only once. That was in the 1993 Florida Citrus Bowl and Georgia won 21-14. so blow me hoe.
By Disgusted Dawg
December 14, 2008 9:33 AM | Link to this
The first comment says it all. And I would add AMEN !!!
By Dawgman
December 14, 2008 9:49 AM | Link to this
My wish is for some of you DAWGFANS to QUIT sounding like TECH fans with the continued TALK of Mediocrity! Quit spatting off about meaningless things and UNDERSTAND they we had to play DEFENSIVELY to NOT INJURE anyone else. Lets all get healthy, GATA next year! Merry Christmas, Dawgnation!!
By ROME DAWG FAN
December 14, 2008 9:52 AM | Link to this
I REALLY WISH THAT COACH MARK RICHT AND ALL OF HIS BUDDIES( WHOLE COACHING STAFF) WOULD JUST GO AHEAD AND GO BACK TO SOME SCHOOL IN FLORIDA,OR JUST MAYBE NOTRE DAME WHERE THIS TYPE OF SISSY BALL AND DREAMS ARE CRUSHED EACH YEAR. EVERY BODY KNOW’S THAT WHEN ONE OF THE FLORIDA SCHOOL’S COME CALLING,RICHT CAN’T GET OUT OF GA. FAST ENOUGHT.JUST HOPE HE DO’ES NOT LEAVE THE CUBBARD BARE, JUST LEAVE IT LIKE HE FOUND IT PLEASE.
By Johnny Law
December 14, 2008 9:57 AM | Link to this
No Dawgs in handcuffs this off season. It’s a tall order, but, that would be nice.
By WillieMustGoNOW
December 14, 2008 11:18 AM | Link to this
A NEW DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR AND NEW SPECIAL TEAMS COACH. We’re not going anywhere with what we’ve got. CMR needs to wake up and smell the coffee. If these two make believe coaches don’t have great games in the Awful One Bowl … let them find their on way home and to their next destination. Many Georgia fans are adament about the need for a change. Will CMR listen or will his friendship and loyalty keep the same old same old … it’s time for a CHANGE … NOW!
By Granddawg
December 14, 2008 11:32 AM | Link to this
Will you people ever quit crying and b—-ing? I wish you had been “fans” when UGA was really down and Tech was beating us year after year. But, I was a FAN then and a FAN now because this is my university and I love it. Since many of you are MARTA “alumni” anyway, why don’t you switch allegiances? Alabama and Florida have plenty of room on their bandwagons.
By reality check
December 14, 2008 12:18 PM | Link to this
I have been out of the country for 3 weeks and see someone else has been posting as me. It even sounded like something I would say, but it wasn’t me.
By Can we play the Falcons too
December 14, 2008 12:36 PM | Link to this
To schedule out of conference cupcakes like everyone else does
By Tiny Tim
December 14, 2008 2:28 PM | Link to this
For CMR to express a little fire and anger at the situation (and not just at UGA fans), and say there are definitely going to be some changes (in anything, not just personnel).
Those of you who said we deserved the BCS Championship last year (and I wholeheartedly agree) must agree that we deserve the Weedeater Bowl this year (both assumptions based on how we ended).
By Jim
December 14, 2008 2:51 PM | Link to this
My Christmas wish is for a great Bowl game where UGA put’s it all together and comes out with a big win. My hope is for all the Bulldawgs who are playing their last game the highest success at the next level or at whatever else they do. For all our injured players a full recovery and that the players in waiting to get their chance next year turn out to be better than expected when we enter into next season.
By lynninsavannah
December 14, 2008 2:54 PM | Link to this
DID you all see Rivals.com They said that Georgia had the most disapointing season of all and no one seems to know why. PLease. COACHING
By georgiagirl
December 14, 2008 3:16 PM | Link to this
All you b*** UGA fans might get your wish,but it might be our OL coach Stacey. Who could blame anyone because of all you turn coat fans. You all are just sicking. And a Georgia Tech fans calling our players thugs. At least they got in trouble for drinking not for raping a girl, but I guess thats okay in your minds and drugs problems too. All of you fans must live in glass house and never did anything wrong, oh you never got caught.
By Ed
December 14, 2008 4:03 PM | Link to this
Auburn hiring Gene Chizik, who went 5-19 at Iowa State and 0-8 in the Big XII this season. I guess Charlie Weiss wasn’t available and Tommy Bowden didn’t want the job. That one’s a headscratcher…
By chazz
December 14, 2008 5:13 PM | Link to this
Players that appreciate the unique opportunity that they have been given rather than swaggering about an opportunity they think they deserve.
By sobedawg
December 14, 2008 5:28 PM | Link to this
Hey Mike, Yes I spelled his name wrong…out of complete disrespect for the man. I’m proud of what I said and meant it 100%. Go Sooners!
By Hale
December 14, 2008 7:08 PM | Link to this
A good Defensive Codi……
like Brian VanGorder……..
By AltamahaDawg
December 14, 2008 7:27 PM | Link to this
lynn, “rivals…. they said UGA had the most disappointing season of all and no one seems to know why”, huh? Stretching the truth a bit arent you. ONE out of 6 panalist (Terry Bowden) named UGA and never made a single reference to injuries in his total inability to think of any factor at all.
In fact, he was the only one out of six to even mention UGA, while LSU, Auburn, Clemson made almost all of thier list.
By disgruntled dawg
December 14, 2008 7:34 PM | Link to this
Replace Willie and Fabris along with the strength and conditioning coach. I would like to see CMR get his indoor practice facility so he can quit whining and making more excuses. Its time to make our boys tough young men like Texas, Florida and Oklahoma.
By AltamahaDawg
December 14, 2008 7:49 PM | Link to this
Ed, I think it was the fact that he was about to hire his fourth coordinator in 3 years that convinced AU that they had thier man.
By LifelongDawg
December 14, 2008 10:20 PM | Link to this
I didn’t read the earlier posts, but I have to think a real defensive coordinator is on a lot of wish lists. For whatever reason, Willie Martinez can’t get his guys on the same page. It cost the Dawgs big-time this year.
By Obeone
December 14, 2008 10:53 PM | Link to this
I wish Coach Richt would read Urban Meyers new book. Maybe he will learn something. Sure as hell won’t hurt! (Junkyard Dawgs my a*)!!!!!!!!!!!!! (candy a* Dawgs)!
By LifelongDawg
December 14, 2008 11:41 PM | Link to this
I went back and read the posts. Bug Killer was over the top but dead on. The UGA defense has been underwhelming this past year. If you can’t stop the bleeding, then get another doctor in there who can. Richt shouldn’t have to fire Martinez. The latter should do the right thing and step aside. If this isn’t about egos then everyone should want to do what’s best for the program, right?
By Gone Baby Gone
December 15, 2008 1:09 AM | Link to this
reality check: hey dude quit your crying about injuries. Tech had plenty including QB and they still kicked your arse without whining. Next yr you’ll be crying cause Stafford and Mo-Reno left your arse for the NFL…LOL!!! Gone Baby Gone !!!
By jambalya
December 15, 2008 1:12 AM | Link to this
Three SEC teams fired their coaches after not being able to keep up with tireless UA Coach Saban. The only problem, it appears the new hires are less capable than the predessessor. Watch out punk Richt, Urban Myere gonna get your punk butt fired soon…LOL!!! #1 in the country…LMAO !!!
By Black Reverand
December 15, 2008 1:17 AM | Link to this
Word from Auburn is the UGA assistant HC and former AU alum is about to be hired to put an end to UGA recruting prowess. This will really hurt UGA since he’s been the lynch-pin behind stud recruits at Jawga. Slowly Richts empire is crumbling around him with fans wanting the DC fired and now the strength coach…LOL….Richt better watch his back…Ray Goff and Coach Donnan can tell you how fickle UGA fans are with football.
By Clay
December 15, 2008 9:49 AM | Link to this
I would ask two things of the defense. Please learn to tackle and learn how to play with heart. Obviously this is something that the defensive coaches are incacapable of teaching and instilling.
By the real Old Gold
December 15, 2008 9:56 AM | Link to this
I wish the puppies would stop wasting all the state’s talent.
By Jeff Patton
December 15, 2008 10:05 AM | Link to this
I want Richt to put The University of Georgia first over friendships! Martinez and Fabris failed this year!
By Coffeedawg
December 15, 2008 10:32 AM | Link to this
If the Dawgs embarass us in the bowl like they did 3 times this season, cmr should pack his bags & sneak out in the middle of the night. No excuses! GO DAWGS
By typical bulldawg fan
December 15, 2008 10:39 AM | Link to this
I wish we weren’t such losers that we had to have a blog like this…
By ceph
December 15, 2008 10:41 AM | Link to this
I wish Richt and his fans would give this injury excuse a rest already. Florida actually had more injuries than UGA. They lost the best tight end in the country before the season even started, plus you didn’t hear them belly-aching when Harvin got hurt. Preacher Richt needs to spend less time in the pulpit, more time coaching and less time makeing excuses. He won’t throw his coaches under the bus but he won’t hesitate for a second to toss his players, AMEN!!!!
By DawgGirl32
December 15, 2008 11:00 AM | Link to this
My Christmas list:
By War Eagle
December 15, 2008 11:30 AM | Link to this
I wish we had a new coach. Can’t the administration run this Chizit guy off alrready?
WDE
By WildBill
December 15, 2008 11:31 AM | Link to this
I have a few wishes,1. The dogs would pile all gloves in a pile and burn them and vow not to wear them next year in spite of the rewards offered by promoters.2. That CMR would read the blogs with an open mind. 3. Damon Evans would find a real job. 4. Schedule more easy teams, such as Citadel, Furman, Western Carolina, etc. Maybe that would build up the dogs confidence 5. Recruit no more gangbangers. Thats it! I gave up trying to run off the Off, Def, and Special Team coaches. They would have to find a REAL job where performance mattered.
By OKCBULLDOG
December 15, 2008 11:43 AM | Link to this
I wish; For Willie Martinez’s non coaching self to be name the next head coach in waiting at UGA, for Matt Stafford’s inopportune interception throwing self to come back another year, for Moreno’s take me out the game for a five play breather in a crusial drive self to come back another year, and last but not least another beat down from the gators in Jacksonville next year. PS will we ever beat the gators in back to back years again? We haven’t done it since Dooley.
I like CMR for all the things that other head coaches lack and that is a Christian life and full of ethics, but he don’t have the tough hard nose coaching ability to beat coaches like Meyers, Saban, and Spurrier. There is no doubt in my mine that if South Carolina could get better players that Spurrier would probably be still dominant against the dogs.
By Dawg Fud
December 15, 2008 12:25 PM | Link to this
NO PENALTIES IN THE OFF-SEASON!
By Dawg Fud
December 15, 2008 12:30 PM | Link to this
Black Reverand
why would Garner leave Georgia for Auburn if there were no promotion involved? what could Auburn possible offer Rodney now that Chizik is the HC?
just asking. you seem to have the “word”…
By KnowshonHauls
December 15, 2008 1:26 PM | Link to this
For Tim Tebow to get sacked on every single down next year in Jacksonville.
By typical bulldawg fan
December 15, 2008 1:44 PM | Link to this
My wish is for all you Flarda fans to SUCK IT!!!!
That reminds me, I need to book my room for spring break in Pannymaw City!
WOOO HOOO!!!!