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DEL.ICIO.USWhat would it take?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
So, the Gators have been installed as a two-touchdown favorite Saturday in Jacksonville, and with the Dawgs having shown little progress over the past month, most Georgia fans are in a pretty pessimistic funk.
As Mark Richt himself noted this week, most of the Bulldog Nation is just hoping UGA can keep it close. The more wildly optimistic among us figure if we do somehow manage to keep it close (a pretty tall order), there’s always a chance of an upset.
Frankly, with the terrible defense we’ve been playing, the inconsistency of our offense, the fact that our special-team play has been poor, and Andy Bailey being anything but a clutch kicker, that’s not an outcome many Dawg fans would be willing to bet on.
But, heck, stranger things have happened. So let’s play what-would-it-take. What would it take for Georgia to win this game?
I’ll throw this out: If the Gators have an off day, we do somehow pressure Chris Leak, the Dawgs can establish a running game to keep Florida’s offense off the field, Stafford and his receivers can connect when needed, and we do keep it close, what should Richt do if it comes down to kicking a field goal? Go with Bailey, who missed three out of four tries in practice Tuesday, or instead send in punter Gordon Ely-Kelso, now the backup placekicker, who made field goals from every distance Tuesday, including a 50-yarder into the wind?
I think it’s a no-brainer: Go with Gordon.
Basically, there’s no way Georgia wins this game without gambling — whether it’s in an all-out blitz or sending someone unexpected into the game.
What do you think, what does it take for the Dawgs to upset the Gators Saturday?
Comments
By Michael
October 25, 2006 11:13 AM | Link to this
If you renamed the Chicago Bears “Georgia Bulldogs” they would lose to Florida. Tuesday field goals in practice in Athens? You must be kidding. Take Florida and the points.
By 1992Dawg
October 25, 2006 11:14 AM | Link to this
It’s going to take Quarterback pressure all day. BUT, I think CMR is too afraid of the pass and our weak corners. He even said in his press conference that the D line is just going to have to step it up. I agree with the “what do we have to lose…” mentality. I, as you said, just hope the Dawgs can keep it close.
By Jim Rome
October 25, 2006 11:19 AM | Link to this
Blitz, Blitz, and Blitz Leak.
Recall last year when we didn’t blitz ? We got 14 hung on our D early and never recovered.
out
By Joshua
October 25, 2006 11:19 AM | Link to this
Leak and Tebow tear ACL’s.
By crs
October 25, 2006 11:21 AM | Link to this
I don’t see any way that a team that should be 3-5 and with losses to Colorado, Vandy, Miss St. and Mississippi can beat a better coached, more talented FL team who is playing for a shot at the SEC championship and still in the picture possibly for a NT. It would take an EPIC effort from the defense with four turnovers, perfect special teams, and a coming out party type of game by either Stafford or Lumpkin to even have a shot. I think you can have a bad early season game and end up having a great season but I don’t think you can be bad for eight games and turn it around against in my opinion one of the top four teams in the country. As Munson might say, look at the speed of this FL team, their like wild gazzelles running all over the place out there! How can we stop Leak, Tebow, Harvin, Baker, the TE who used to be a starting wr, Cornellius, the running back, the punt returner who is probably the fastest man in the SEC? Fl would have to give us a lot of help to even have a shot. Richt has not shown me in six years that he and his staff can outcoach a better football, more talented football team to help even the score. MR has a lot of great qualities but he is not a Charlie Weis or John Tunnunu(I know I butchered it). We will have a very hard time with FL and AUB this year. All of that said, I will still pull hard for the dogs to come through with a miracle, after all thats why they play the games, on paper and based on performance FL is a far superior team this year but lets hope the dogs can knock FL out of the SEC championship game!!
By SoCalDawg
October 25, 2006 11:45 AM | Link to this
UF team bus carrying their starters drives off a bridge.
By TennDawg
October 25, 2006 11:52 AM | Link to this
Jim - you hit the nail on the head in my opinion. Pressure on Leak is a must. Every other coach in the SEC and all the “arm chair coaches” in the Southeast know this. Let’s hope the Dawgs bring it and consistently. Field position, turnovers and penalties are almost as big of a deal as the actual x’s and o’s this Saturday. If the Dawgs are on the winning/decent side of those, then I think we will be some happy folks come Saturday evening. Beat Florida! GO DAWGS!!!
By Spanky
October 25, 2006 12:02 PM | Link to this
Bill,…as usual,(spoken like Ed McMahan)You are correct, sir! I, too, am hoping that we can hang in there..keep it close. I have no idea what happened to our “D”! It’s like a light switch..(flip)our defense has back-to-back shut-outs,..(flip)we lose to Tennessee, Vandy, and let the worse offense in the SEC bomb on us several occasions.
Now, the gaytors have shown that they can get beat, same for Auburn.It can happen! I remember on 2 seperate occasions(with MR) where LSU and Tennessee(last year) were favored by 10-14 points,and we completely turned things around. My point?..when we are underdogs like that, we never play better! Now, I’m not saying that it’s going to happen, but it could! Either way, I’m still gonna bark like crazy!!….Go Dawgs!!
By Hackanoo Too
October 25, 2006 12:08 PM | Link to this
It’s wacky Wednesday, so here goes it. Coutu should suit up and kick 40 yders with his good leg. GA’s MLB’s goal should be to create stitches on Tebows chin. Fumbleruski in the playbook? UGa’s first kickoff attempt should be an onsider. Any other ideas, phone Mike Adams.
By crs
October 25, 2006 12:09 PM | Link to this
I think this pressure thing has gotten a little old, I too would like to see some more creative blitz packages but our linebackers have proven they are not very good blitzers and our corners and safties are simply not up to par right now. Anyone who thought that the loss of Blue, Jennings and Minter would not hurt were insane. I remember preseason some were saying how great the secondary was going to be and that they were so much faster than what we had and this and that and the other. If you are having to play freshmen and redshirt freshmen a lot, you are going to have problems in pass coverage, bottom line. This is a young, young team, just look at the breakdown by class, it is a largely freshmen and sophmore team. I suspect we will be significantly better next season though we play a more difficult schedule. The offense assuming we can put together a solid if not spectacular offensive line with Stafford, Bailey back, Moreno, Lumpkin and possibly King running, Goodman Playing outside and Massaquoi playing in the slot where he should be playing - this will be a significantly better offensive team. On defense, we will have depth and talent and expierence in the secondary, playmakers at linebacker with a guys like Dewberry and a very solid defensive line - I for one would like to see Brandon Miller play d-line, he is awkward at linebacker but too talented not to play somewhere. Much better times are ahead at UGA.
By outofreverse
October 25, 2006 12:09 PM | Link to this
STOP TURNING THE BALL OVER:
UT: 5 TO’s (including blocked punt) results in 28 points…lose by 19.
Vandy: 1 TO results in 7 points, lose by 2
Miss St: 5 TO’s results in 17 points and we pull out a squeaker, with a tired defense having to come up with a play to win the game.
You turn half those possessions into FG’s and we win each game somewhat handily. Up until UT our offense was stagnant, primarily because of the youth behind center and dropped balls.
With Stafford progressing in the offense, cutting out the TO’s leaves our defense off the field, allows us to dictate field position, and gives us an outside shot at the upset.
By gdawginkalamazoo
October 25, 2006 12:17 PM | Link to this
SoCalDawg, but they are also excellent swimmers too! Nice try though, very creative. How about some type of hostage situation? Or maybe alien abduction?
crs, I thought LSU was very talented last year. IMHO.
Nothing to lose, everything to gain. Go Dawgs!
By gdawginkalamazoo
October 25, 2006 12:21 PM | Link to this
Seriously Bill, …or sending someone unexpected into the game If it happens that might be the difference.
By marty
October 25, 2006 12:23 PM | Link to this
It would take a trip to the Wizard of Oz, this team’s got no heart!
By crs
October 25, 2006 12:31 PM | Link to this
gdawg, i agree that lsu was very talented however they have proven against good competition they are not a very good offensive team under Miles. That was a nice win. Richt overall has been good against TN, good against Tech, good against Bama, overall very good against SEC second tier, shaky against Auburn, fair vs. LSU and downright bad against FL. In the sec championship, hes been pretty good and in bowls again I would say pretty good. I like Richt as a Head Coach not so much as offensive coordinator - he just does not have the time to devote to it. The program is on its best footing overall since the early 80’s so even though I can be critical I do understand things are pretty good!!
By bulldawgincarolina
October 25, 2006 12:32 PM | Link to this
georgia-24, cryers-17…they are way overrated….kentucky dominated them in the first half in the swamp….keep the faith!!
By Johnny Hotrod
October 25, 2006 12:34 PM | Link to this
Keep the 4-wide WR set. Let Stafford sling it and pray that our defense can create turnovers. I want to see someone knock Tebow’s facemask off!! When did Ray Gant become the team spokesperson? Ray Gant needs to pack his f-ing bags and run his mouth somewhere else. All this from a guy who does not practice, EVER, and misses tackles on gameday. This is the worst senior class at Georgia in 30 years!!!! Someone prove me wrong.
By Gen Neyland
October 25, 2006 12:36 PM | Link to this
Alabama leads the SEC in positive turnover ratio, or did at the time of the UT game. Am I right or wrong? And their record is? Turnovers are a coaches nightmare. No doubt. Takeaways, on the other hand, are a coaches best friend. But you’ve gotta have an offense that can turn takeaways into points…
By Spanky
October 25, 2006 12:42 PM | Link to this
Johnny,…good post! This team needs to be pyssed off!!!
BTW- If Daniel Inman starts to jump early again, I’ll have my spitballs ready!!
By crs
October 25, 2006 12:44 PM | Link to this
I agree on the seniors, I think Tershiniski and Taylor are great but guys like Mudcat Elmore (have we ever had a bigger bust), Gant (bust), Raley (bust), Battle (how he made all-sec preseason is one of life’s great mysteries)- what all of these guys have in common is they spent more time talking about how good they were then ever proving it on the field.
By crs
October 25, 2006 12:47 PM | Link to this
Again it sounds great to say just don’t turn the ball over but we have a freshmen quarterback who for all his obvious talents is not great at reading defenses right now and you combine that with a medicore offensive line, guys trying to do more than they can and often times you get turnovers.
By RK
October 25, 2006 12:59 PM | Link to this
Once again: Dawgs 24 Gators 17.
By Johnny Hotrod
October 25, 2006 01:00 PM | Link to this
Thank you crs. I’m glad I’m not the only one who has seen this. Your right, Joe T. and Tony T. are legit. At least Mudcat doesn’t run his mouth a la Gant, but he has not panned out. We’ve had bigger busts, Pass, Sanks, Stroud, but he’s up there. Whoever picked Tra Battle as Pre-season All SEC should be stoned.
By Spanky
October 25, 2006 01:07 PM | Link to this
CRS,..I agree with you, but part of it(really) is the dropped passes! It drives me absolutley crazy(almost like Courtney Love) when Stafford throws a perfectly thrown pass, it hits the receivers in the hands,…and nothing! That snowballs into a lousy game!!
By V for Vendetta
October 25, 2006 01:17 PM | Link to this
You mention gambling…
Richt (and trust me, I LOVE the man, he has done more for UGA football than anyone since Vince) needs to stop being so conservative this weekend. On 4th and 2, inside the UF twenty, we better GO FOR IT!!!
Keep the faith everyone!
GO DAWGS!!!
By crs
October 25, 2006 01:17 PM | Link to this
I don’t disagree at all on the dropped balls, lets be honest they run poor routes as well, if I have said it once, I have said it a thousand times, Eason has to go, technique is all coaching. Massaquoi is the latest in what is becoming a long line of UGA recievers getting worse as their careers progress. You think Massaquoi wishes he went to Fl now? Bet he does.
By animaldr
October 25, 2006 01:26 PM | Link to this
Spanky, great to see you again! CRS is right on it! It will take a no turnover solid offense AND tight coverage from the secondary AND great tackles (open field). All in all - a MIRACLE!
Can CMR out coach, inspire a team to over perform? I guess I go back to the Ala. game where we were ‘not man enough’. Yes CMR can, we just have not seen it enough in the last 2 years.
But, the preasure is not on us. I hope we play lose. We are usually wound up pretty tight about this one.
Bill, I like the keep it close and let Ely-Kelso kick the game winner.
But, we need to get on our knees and start praying right now!
GO DAWGS!
By GW
October 25, 2006 01:39 PM | Link to this
This game reminds me of Biology exams at UGA as a freshman. I went in “hoping” to pass when I knew full well I didn’t know the stuff. I hope Coach Richt bypasses any field goal attempts if we get in the red zone, especially with less than 5 to gain. FGs won’t win this game as bad as the defense is.
By Carlton Powell
October 25, 2006 01:47 PM | Link to this
Are the players a bust,or have they just not been “coached up?” I don’t know. But what is evident, the current seniors are not showing much leadership at all. Don’t think we have much of a chance against the Gators. They—the Gators—simply have too many weapons. Same story, different year. I know CMR is under a long term contract, but at some point he will have to begin breaking even with FL and AU. I feel confident he will be aware of these facts. Let’s hope somehow the W-L ratio begins to turn this Saturday.
By gdawginkalamazoo
October 25, 2006 01:54 PM | Link to this
GW, LMAO! This game reminds me of Biology exams at UGA as a freshman. I went in “hoping” to pass when I knew full well I didn’t know the stuff. Most of my biology exams hit the crossbar or upright and barely made it. Ugly but good enough.
By crs
October 25, 2006 01:54 PM | Link to this
I agree with Bailey as the kicker we need to try and get 7 when we can as a 3 is no longer a sure thing from anywhere on the field. Bailey is a liability in any close game. If we have anything up our sleeve I hope we better use it this week. It would be a beautiful thing to be celebrating a dog win at about 7:00 saturday night.
By crs
October 25, 2006 01:58 PM | Link to this
On the defensive line, it doesn’t get much better than Garner, and lets face it UGA has a great track record of defensive lineman - so I don’t think you can blame coaching for Elmore and Gant - they are just failures with no one to blame but themselves. The wide recievers are a different story and the offensive line is debatable - I am not as anti-Callaway as many. Willie Martinez is a fine secondary coach just not a defensive coordinator.
By JB
October 25, 2006 02:05 PM | Link to this
If we come out with the same emotion and game plan we have seen all year, we lose by 40+ points. If the coachs would throw everything out the window and surprise them, we would have a chance to keep it close. Blitz every down, with different people, sometimes 7 or 8 guys, gamble on the count, fake the blitz and drop back 8. put some people in who want to hit and play. throw bombs, run reverses, half back passes, tackle eligible, just do what they have not seen on film. have charlie strong shaking his head. DO EVERYTHING DIFFERENT AND RISKY. typical plan gets us beat by 40. By the way, you’ll see none of the above. GO DAWGS!
By AltamahaDawg
October 25, 2006 02:07 PM | Link to this
Bill, thank you for writing something respectable. I appreciate less snide unfair remarks about a season that hasnt even played out yet.
I have said the same thing at the water cooler. If the gators play to thier potential, we can’t win. If they slip up and goodness know we are due to have somebody not having thier best game for a change, and we have our best effort, stranger things happen. And I wholeheatedly agree with your recipe 100%.
As far as the long PK, I dont know if thats such a no brainer. Surely you will trust the coaches on at least that. But I do like working in that little tidbit, Bill. You obviously saw or heard somebody from practise one day this week.
Agreeing that pressure is good and pulling it off is completely different.
By redcoat
October 25, 2006 02:10 PM | Link to this
Gentlemen, this is gonna be a tough game. Like seemingly every other game the dawgs have played. I know, I’ve been there for all of them with the band. We can win this game, but its gonna be close. But no matter what, the best way to make that miralce of a game happen, is to get your butts on down to florida, join the band and start cheering for the DAWGS!
By JB
October 25, 2006 02:22 PM | Link to this
Just DREAMING: go to FLA. this week with: HEAD COACH: PAT DYE DEF. CORD.: Will Muschamp OFF Line Coach: HUGH NALL RUNNING BACK COACH: H. Walker DEF LINE COACH: Bill Goldberg DEF back caoch: Jake SCOTT REC. COACH: LINDSEY SCOTT QB coach: MR. BOBO OFF CORD: ANY SUCESSFUL HIGH SCHOOL COACH Think we’d come out of the locker room with a different mind set ?
By readyinjax
October 25, 2006 02:40 PM | Link to this
I was told by an insider at the beginning of the year we were in trouble because we had 1) no offensive line and 2) no leader on the field and this season so far has definitely proved both to be true.
However, I saw a leader emerging on Saturday and Stafford will be a great one!
On this Saturday, it’s going to take more than Stafford to win. Whose guys are going to have to gone out fighting with all of their might! And we need to be there fighting for them with all of our mights!! CMR knows they need to step up and be aggressive.
I just hope they don’t believe all this Gaytor hype because that’s all it is. They haven’t dominated a complete game, yet. I truly believe they are overrated. They barely beat TN, BAMA, LSU and KN. I KNOW we can win. I just hope the “kids” believe that, too!!
GO DAWGS!
By Buzzmeister
October 25, 2006 03:08 PM | Link to this
UGA is toast, plain and simple. Go ahead and call it a day, and forfeit.
By gdawginkalamazoo
October 25, 2006 03:24 PM | Link to this
Buzzmeister,
Can we borrow some of that butter and jam you guys had left over after last weekend?
By desertdawg
October 25, 2006 03:29 PM | Link to this
play hard and hold on to the damn ball and good things will happen. this game has been close the past few years and will be Sat.. We will play UGA football and scorch the Gators—they THINK they are Glendale bound. Hell, they might lose in Nashville.
By BirdDawg
October 25, 2006 03:31 PM | Link to this
What can we do to win against the Gators?
There is only one thing this team can do.
Fire Willie Martinez and his soft zone loving retarded @$$ and install Rodney Garner as the DC, who may actually have some balls and pressure the QB.
Florida showed us how to beat Tennessee this year: pressure Ainge. So what does Willie The Moron do? He sits back in a soft zone and lets Ainge pick us apart.
Last year, LSU showed us how to beat Florida: pressure Leak. So what does Willie The Moron do? He sits back in a soft zone and lets Ainge pick us apart.
I’m seeing a pattern of futility here.
And as long as Willie The Moron is our DC, our defenses will never again be any good against the good teams like Florida, Tenn, West Virginia and the like.
By Buck Cochran in the NW
October 25, 2006 03:33 PM | Link to this
I’M TIRED OF THE SAME OLD THING! 4TH DN. IN THE RED ZONE AND STAFFORD DOESN’T THROW SHOET TO THE FB TO GET THE 1ST DN., NOPE AS MR SAID, “I GUESS THAT WASN’T GOOD ENOUGH FOR STAFFORD”. HE THREW TO THE END ZONE FOR A TD TO CHANDLER!! OUR CHANCE TO WIN IS THE CHANGE IN MR’S PLAY CALLING AND GOING TO THE SPREAD SET FOR HIS QB’S COMFORT LEVEL. SET BF., STAFFORD, LUMPKIN, SOUTHERLUND, THROWING THE BALL ON 3RD. DN. AND COMPLETEING LONG PASSES. STAFFORD CUTTING DN. ON MISTAKES. HE’S MAKING GREAT READS BUT TRYING TO FORCE IT SOMETIMES. HIS ‘TUDE? THIS IS JUST ANOTHER GAME TO HIM. REPTILES HAVE A GOOD “D”, BUT I BELIEVE WE’LL WIN THE GAME BY OUT SCORING THEN. IF THE “D” CAN JUST DO ANYTHING, WE’LL PULL THE UPSET.
By gator earl
October 25, 2006 03:35 PM | Link to this
Florida barely beat Tennessee at Knoxville(2 touchdowns and a safety called back), Bama barely lost to Tennessee,LSU barely lost to Auburn, Auburn barely beat Florida…yet Georgia was destroyed by Tennessee,lost to Vandy at homecoming and BARELY beat Miss State,Old Miss& Colorado….yes I would say it is GATOR hype… Just wait until Florida has another #1 recruiting class to back up Tebow & co.
By Phillygator
October 25, 2006 03:59 PM | Link to this
They only way Georgia wins this game ……………huh, only if the Gators don’t show up. There is not shot in hell Georgia can cover all of those weapons.
If they do, which they will, they cover the spread plus 6. 20 point win. EASY!!!
15 OUT OF 17!!!
By bulldogbeliever
October 25, 2006 04:05 PM | Link to this
georgia-24, cryers-17….no problem just play to potential
By Kenny
October 25, 2006 04:10 PM | Link to this
51-33 will look like a close game after this one.
By FootballFan
October 25, 2006 04:19 PM | Link to this
What it will take for to win is…A MIRACLE!!!! UF scores early and often. If this D cannot really stop, MSU, no way they stop UF!!
By MadMerf
October 25, 2006 04:22 PM | Link to this
Earl,
We’ll wait for UF to get “another” #1 recruiting class. Wasn’t Leak the crowning jewel of the greatest recruiting class in UF history some 4 years ago? And what has that fine group accomplished? Fourteen losses and counting? Its no wonder you guys were throwing him under the bus during the SPRING!
Meanwhile, our mediocre recruiting classes have been to the SEC Championship Game three of the last four years, winning two! Can you say that?!!!!!!!!!!!
I know what you’ll say: typical, predictable second tier BS!!!!
By yep
October 25, 2006 04:25 PM | Link to this
desertdawg, just like CMR said after the Tenn game, they did blitz, they just couldn’t get through. They blitzed great at the beginning of the game but then the offense changed schemes and our D didn’t. It’s all about adapting!!! That’s what CWM can’t do!!
By jeff
October 25, 2006 04:34 PM | Link to this
The dogs have played at times so great it would amaze me, then a couple of plays later they miss a tackle or coverage or they throw an interception or fumble. cut out the mistakes and the dogs are 6 and 1 maybe even 7 and 0, we had the vols on the ropes even with the long drive before the half. it was the interception that killed them to start the second half,
these players are good just too many killer mistakes. play mistake free and yes they have a shot.
By godawg
October 25, 2006 04:39 PM | Link to this
One word…TRICKERATION!
Dust off the ole Bobby Bowden Trick or Treat Bag and let it fly…on offense AND defense…we got nothing to lose by going for it…we lose, it’s we told you so…we win, you’re a hero…
Flea flickers, fumblerooskis, shovel passes, double, triple reverses, direct snaps, halfback passes, etc. on offense…and blitz like banshees on acid on D…Urban ain’t ever go’in to see noth’in like it and Leak will freak.
How many times has the heavy favorite stubbed it’s collective toe in this game? Dawgs get lucky and come out on top of a scorefest. WOOF! WOOF! WOOF!
By toemeetsleather
October 25, 2006 04:44 PM | Link to this
i hope you win this game so will up our bcs status when we take you in athens…we own auburn so what makes people think the sec is so great…wisconsin walked over them last year…OVERRATED CONFERENCE, VASTLY OVERRATED TEAMS….JACKETS RULE!!!…don’t tear up the field down there…we will be state representative in sunshine state for ACC…the real deal…conference championship…luv a rematch with clemson!!
By godawg
October 25, 2006 04:58 PM | Link to this
toemeetsleather, why do you always post blah, blah, blah da dee blahblah, blah dee blah? Everytime I look at one of your posts, I see these words. Try rearranging them or something at least.
By Play that funky music whiteboy
October 25, 2006 05:12 PM | Link to this
What it will take is for Meyer to “get cute” with Tebow and one of the more experienced hands on Georgia’s defense makes the freshman make a freshman mistake early on. Stafford has to have as good a throwing game as he’s had bad ones - which is very possible with a frosh QB, think law of averages. He’s been so bad, that a really hot streak must be around the corner to even out the inconsistency. I remember a team QB’d by Mike Bobo (of all people) that went into Jacksonville like UF owed them money and didn’t let up for 60 minutes. That team was heavy underdogs too.
By Jim Rome
October 25, 2006 05:24 PM | Link to this
What would it take to win ? No turnovers from us and a few from the gaytors. constant pressure in Leak’s grille ” trickeration ” , as they say- we have nothing to lose and everything to gain..go for it.. it will be EPIC !
out.
By T-mac
October 25, 2006 05:40 PM | Link to this
A Florida loss + An Auburn loss + A Georgia Tech + A No name December loss to a Middle of the pack team = A disgusting 6-6 season for the puppies!!1
WAR DAMN EAGLE, BABY!!!!
By T-mac
October 25, 2006 05:44 PM | Link to this
Prayer…and a payoff of the refs!!!!
By I-DOG
October 25, 2006 05:45 PM | Link to this
I will be cheering for the Red and Black and go into every game with Richt thinking we will win. This is the first time in his entire tenure, that I go into a game thinking it will be a rough one (I hope I am wrong wrong wrong)
Too many things to overcome:
Kelso has to get the punts off, a blocked punt and we are toast
Bailey has to hit at least 2-3 on FG’s from 40 and in
Stafford has to throw no more than one Int
We can’t turn the ball over any more than twice and will probably need a 2 TO differential to win
We can’t have any more than two false starts
The WR’s and TE’s have to catch almost all the catchable balls thrown their way, no more than two drops
on D, we need to play man coverage at least 1/3 of the time and blitz at least 25% of the time.
We have to play our best game of the season defensively and hold them to 20 points or less.
It just seems like too tall an order for nearly all of the above to happen, but I will go into the game hoping and thinking that it will and we will pull the upset.
Go Dawgs lets GATA
By godawg
October 25, 2006 06:01 PM | Link to this
Whassup whiteboy? I like it…the law of averages says: Anything will happen that can. The Dawgs just need to get their “Irish” up.
By MadMerf
October 25, 2006 06:15 PM | Link to this
I-DOG…..speaking of GATA, while the players are busy watching game film, the coaches need to watch footage of some of Erk’s motivational pre-game and halftime speeches! If those coaches are unable to emulate the former great, which is no small task, they need to show a tape of him in the Jax locker room. Part I before the game, and part II during halftime. Hell, I’m getting fired up just thinking about it!!!! GOOOOOOOO DAWGS!!!!!!!!
By I-DOG
October 25, 2006 07:19 PM | Link to this
MadMerf:
We need something on D. If Erk videos do it, I’m all for it.
While this is not a good team. Richt had four very good years in a row and I think we all need to remember that.
His first year, he was definately learning as a coach and installing his own system. The next four years, he had us in every game and delivered 2 SEC titles and 3 SECCG appearences.
This year we are suffering. Losing to Vandy is unforgivable. That was their FIRST EVER win EVER EVER EVER against a ranked team away from home. A down year, is one thing… that is just not acceptable.
Richt will need to figure out how to get us back on top.
The question marks going into this season were:
OL depth and to some degree the starters.
They performed OK (minus the penalties against MSU, again unacceptable). The OL played well enough for UGA to have won every game so far including TN. I wish we were more dominant, but given the lack of depth, you have to give this unit a B-
A young Secondary
Worse than I expected and the injury and his suspension to Flowers meant he pretty much missed the season. I think this group has enough talent to get it done, but I don’t like what I have seen from them.
I give them a D at this point in the season
Inexperienced QB’s
Even Joe T didn’t have much game experience. The QB’s have hurt us this year with TO’s. Joe T’s to’s against TN were killers. Stafford is better than I thought he would be at this stage in his career. He just needs to continue to get better and cut down on the interceptions.
I give them a c+ (with extra credit for Joe Cox late game heroics and sliding scale for stafford being a frosh)
WR’s stepping up
Nobody thought Mo Mass would regress like this. We needed another receiver to step up and other than Demiko, nobody has really overachieved on this unit.
I gotta give them a D (if not for the TN game, might have failed them)
Bottom line, I understand the offensive problems we are having this year, based on conditions and personnel.
I don’t understand the defense. This should be a much better unit than it is. I’d really like to see our offense cut down the penalties and turnovers and see if the defense can give us a “chance” to win against FL. That would be interesting to see if we can hold them to 20 or less without too many short fields.
By Scooter
October 25, 2006 08:03 PM | Link to this
Does anyone think that actually getting the hell out of Athens for a football game might actually help us… Seems we played pretty good at South Carolina. You got girlfriends, etc….. to deal with when you are home. I realize that Ole Miss may not support the theory, but I’m thinking that our guys may do well to actually be away from home for a game. I know I’m reaching, but it might help.. Any thoughts?
By NavalOrange
October 25, 2006 08:34 PM | Link to this
Attention UGA football players..in case you did not know this..Chris Leak is a GIANT pu$$y. Hit him hard in the mouth a few times and he will be so rattled he will have to change pants at half-time. Its time to be MEN..you have nothing to lose BUT everything to gain. Tebow does not have the experience to lead the team to a win..so the key is getting to Leak early and often!! I truly believe you will pull the upset on Saturday!! From the Big Orange Nation..THANKS!!!
By secret weapon?
October 25, 2006 08:36 PM | Link to this
Cox
By SamoanDawg
October 25, 2006 08:56 PM | Link to this
Protect the ball!
Play hard nose defense and finish our tackles. I’ve seen too many arm tackling… usually, that’s a sign of tired D. Suck it up! Hit and wrap up! Hold him up and strip the ball.
Throw in the whole kitchen sink too.
Dawgs is coming to upset you in your ciiiityyyy…
By Shawndog
October 25, 2006 09:22 PM | Link to this
send in DJ
By Bryan
October 25, 2006 10:09 PM | Link to this
If Leak wears a blindfold then we have a chance.
By Pete Rose
October 25, 2006 10:45 PM | Link to this
let me bet on the dawgs and coach the gayturds!
By Pete Rose
October 25, 2006 10:47 PM | Link to this
let me bet on the dawgs and coach the gayturds!
By Buck Cochran in the NW
October 26, 2006 03:11 AM | Link to this
OK guys, Hunker,cuz,Alta, Eagle and all of you. time to sign off for a few and go donating. I’ll be reading and watching, haveing my on “Party” on oxycodone. So, I’m hoping my “BOY” and his team(my team) come through. If they don’t? I WILL BLEED RED & BLACK in the morning and continue to do so Monday! GOOOOOOOOOOO DAWGS!!!!
By 82DAWG
October 26, 2006 08:05 AM | Link to this
Face it, UGA has no chance to beat Florida or Auburn this year, none whatsoever. They HAVE to concentrate on being ready for Kentucky and GT. If they go into those games with hangovers and malaise due to Fla & Aub losses, then they will lose those as well. We beat Kentucky & Tech and we have a chance at a 9 win season which would be awesome given the turmoil we have experienced this year.
Another point, if we don’t beat Kentucky AND Tech, no bowl is going to want a 7-5 Georgia. They will know the fans are disappointed and enough won’t travel to a “lesser” bowl this year. Remember the Music City Bowl?
By 2N4YEARS
October 26, 2006 08:31 AM | Link to this
Regardless of how bad UGA looks this year, just note FLA fans how hard it is to get to the SEC Championship game, and then WIN it, something you guys haven’t done in a very, very long time. I’m not sold on Meyer, either. I think he’s way over-rated. We’ll see.
By Pat Dye
October 26, 2006 10:43 AM | Link to this
The Dawgs aren’t man enough to play with Florida.
By gdawginkalamazoo
October 26, 2006 10:54 AM | Link to this
Buck, Good luck with the surgery!
NavalOrange, Thanks. Finally something we can agree upon.
By AltamahaDawg
October 26, 2006 11:03 AM | Link to this
I-Dawg, I like your recipe. Very realistic. Not a matter a completely eliminating some of the issue, just minimizing. If we did everything on your list and lost, its still an improvement.
I do have to disagree with the Vandy statement a bit, not that its a total let down to lose to them, just that it was some kind of a “benchmark”. Vandy is going to have its moments in the years to come. I hate being the victim of that , but let’s all step back and realize, as football fans a bit, how interesting is it to see the Vandys of the world catch one every now and then. Now from our standpoint, it certainly accentuated a pretty disppointing year. . We deserved it and didnt make the play. I have said it in here before, this year is going to look in retrospect a lot like last year, without the handfull of minor plays that went our way. How close did we come from losing to SC last year? An interception saved us. The reason we lost this year HC vs last year. Everybody grilled CMR last year for kicking that FG before the half and it is the reason we beat ARK. Pretty much the same thing this year, didn’t work, and he’s a goat. I’m just saying, I would hate to read way too much into a single loss becasue us and everyone else in the world is about a FG away from Loosing to a “vandy” on any given year. Last year we could have easily (prabably 2 or 3 plays) lost 4 games, and ended up wining the SEC. We just did not have it this year to overachieve.
By robdawg06
October 26, 2006 12:33 PM | Link to this
I agree Bill. Go with Ely-Kelso at kicker. Bailey missed 3 of 4 in a head to head practice against Ely-Kelso. I doubt this game might come down to a field goal but Kentucky & Tech just might… With the SEC teams having a tradition of bvig & strong receivers 6’4” 200lb (esp. Tenn.,S.C.,Fla., & now Tech) why would UGA recruit a 6 foot 175lb DB anyway ? The run must be establised and used to control the clock and keep Fla.’s offense off the field for any chance of winning.
By robdawg06
October 26, 2006 12:40 PM | Link to this
Plus Bailey IMO cost us the Vandy game by not making the field goal for a 4 point lead instead of a 1 point lead. If you point to a single play.
By AltamahaDawg
October 26, 2006 01:08 PM | Link to this
robdawg, a 31 yarder from dead center, but how can you blame Bailey. I mean,that missed fg was entirely the the fault of WM inability to get his players to show any fire on the sideline when we line up to try a FG. That’s like saying that Couto missing both of those last year in Jvile had some effect on the game. Forget that MATH boy, Its so obviously poor coaching always. In fact, I think you could see our allSEC PK going down and a back up kicker missing that one in the 06’ vandy game coming, by watching the replay of lasts year’s SugarBowl.
By AltamahaDawg
October 26, 2006 01:43 PM | Link to this
Did anyone hear Jeff Danzler on the radio last night talking about some of the things UGA was doing in practise this week that he guarantees Georgia fans have never seen before?
By JB
October 26, 2006 01:45 PM | Link to this
I read on here where everyone wants us to run the ball. That will be tough against that Defense, then Richt will get desperate and start slinging it…..Have ya’ll seen our passing attack. The most important guy (Gordon) for the Dawgs Saturday will be our punter. He needs to have a big day. He’ll be busy !
By JB
October 26, 2006 02:03 PM | Link to this
Altamahadawg, what was going on ? Did they have a doctor out there checking for a pulse ?
By Cuz
October 26, 2006 03:19 PM | Link to this
What would it take to win. How about the Gator busses breaking down 10 blocks from the game and they all have to lug their equipment to the stadium.
How about Urban Meyer calling Dr. Phil before the game and being such an emotional wreck afterward he goes to the Swamp instead of the Gator Bowl.
Actually the answer is really very simple. No mistakes. Play 60 minutes of football, both sides of the ball. Can we do it? Sure. Will we do it? Anything is possible but it would be a first for this year. Step up Dawgs!!!
By SunDawg
October 26, 2006 04:16 PM | Link to this
What we DESPARATELY NEED is leadership on the field, especially the Defense. What we have now are eleven individuals covering their assigned AOR but not reacting as a TEAM. How long has it been since an announcer used the term “swarming defense” to describe them?
What do we need to do to win Saturday? Outstanding pass and run defense will help.
Let’s face it, if any team in the country is due to have an “A” game, it’s Georgia.
GO DAWGS
By nick
October 26, 2006 04:37 PM | Link to this
I’m a Tech fan, and really dislike Georgia, but I think they have too much pride not to come out and at least keep it within 2 touchdowns. If I was a betting man, I’d take Georgia and the 14 points.
By robdawg06
October 26, 2006 05:37 PM | Link to this
Why not blame Bailey ? 4 points would have made Vandy have to score a TD to win. Any college kicker should be automatic inside of 35 yards. There will be bad snaps & blocks but to not be accurate or have leg strength at that distance is unacceptable, BOY.
By godawg
October 26, 2006 05:48 PM | Link to this
I think if Florida loses to Georgia, Urban will weep publicly after the game. I truly do.
C’mon Dawgs! There’s your motivation, make him cry!
By War Eagle
October 26, 2006 08:12 PM | Link to this
Upset Special UGA 24 Gators 21, I have 14 points and very happy, this one for cuz and Buck, get well soon..leaving for Oxford, good luck
By AltamahaDawg
October 26, 2006 08:21 PM | Link to this
robdawg, got to smell the sarcasm. Obviously making fun of the blame WM for anything wrong ever folks.
By SwampDawg n Jersey Ga
October 26, 2006 08:40 PM | Link to this
Coach Richt and the other coaches have to stop their laid back-in control style and get really fired up. I know Coach Richt can get a little fired up because I heard him say “Damn” in a post game interview last week. Coach, Coaches….. * Get your adrenalin up! Get our of Control! Lose your Damn cool!* and maybe your players will too! And… Go after Leak every “DAMN” Play! Dammit!
By midniterider
October 26, 2006 09:00 PM | Link to this
If the Dogs aint going to blitz right from the start they may as well stay home
By Swampdawg n Jersey GA
October 26, 2006 09:07 PM | Link to this
Coach Richt needs to see if he can get Claude Humphrey to come to the game so he can give our D- Ends some tips on how to get to the QB. No. 87 was one of the best pass rushers ever! If he is not available try for Richard Tardos or David Pollack. If we don’t get to Leak, we lose.
By uga95
October 26, 2006 09:13 PM | Link to this
This is the 1st game in 4 yrs that I didnt think UGA had a chance to win. I think many agree with that.
But it almost seems a little too obvious. Its so obvious that it screams close game! I don’t know if our doggies pull it out, but I don’t see a blowout coming.
If they do blow us out, then it’s seriously time to build for next year, because we obviously just don’t have it this year.
Herbstreit just said that the gaytors would manhandle the Dawgs!!! That can’t hurt. He still thinks Notre Dame is the best team in the NCAA
By OldDawg
October 26, 2006 10:32 PM | Link to this
Well enough said, here we are.Now is the time to get down to business. To all my Dawgs and Dawg fans here it is. I BOUGHT A WATCH FROM AN OLD MAN, IT HAD NO MOVING PARTS, IT JUST SAID ‘NOW’. I WORRIED ABOUT IT BREAKING, BUT THE WARRANTY STATED, THE PAST IS GONE- BREATHE IN,BREATHE OUT, MOVE ON. Lets all stand together this weekend.GO DAWGS!!!
By Cuz
October 26, 2006 11:55 PM | Link to this
Hey Buck you woke from surgery yet? I hope you are doing well my friend, I said a few prayers for you and your recovery. The oxycontenin aint bad and they are not just for breakfast anymore. Done blown through mine and am now eating Darvocets like they was green M&M’s. Not much of a kick on the incisons pain.
One complete game from start to finish. That is all we need. We got the talent, mistake free on offence and fire up the defence. As Erk would say, GATA DAWGS!!
By MadMerf
October 27, 2006 12:23 AM | Link to this
Alta, glad to hear someone give credit to the Vandys of the world. Seems like I remember the ‘dores giving Michigan a tough time in the big house earlier this year, while breaking in a new QB (post Cutler) before wearing down late in the 4th quarter. Last I checked UM (north) was ranked #2! Then Vandy loses to the sorry teams of the SEC, go figure.
We all knew coming into the season that we could be great, yet were one injury on the OL away from total disaster! Well, we have several starters on that line who are banged up. As a group, they have played well, sans Inman, (don’t get me started on him!) considering the lack of depth there. I read a recent article on the decline of FSU football, where the blame in Tallahassee falls squarely on the OL. Their recruiting practices in that department resemble ours.
Games are won or lost in the trenches (mainly OL), and that is the main area (besides DT) where we have failed miserably on signing day. When CMR took over in Athens almost 6 years ago, he inherited a squad chock full of studs: see NFL Draft. But there was one glaring weakness in all that talent: Donnan’s staff failed to land a single O lineman in his final two years. That shortcoming came back to haunt the dawgs in ‘03, when they were forced to start Fr. and Sophs. along the front. Although the team overachieved that year, Greene took a pounding from opposing defenses who smelled blood.
One would think CMR learned a lesson from that, but now it is his staff who has dropped the ball the last couple years, and we are now in the very same situation as before. We need those guys (OL) to step up for Dawg Nation, and if they can give Stafford a little time to get his feet set in Jax, we could very well catch the gators flat-footed and pull the upset!
Not many are giving us a chance this weekend, but I believe we are long overdue for a breakout. The gators will be rested and still sore over the AU setback, but I think our guys will be fired up and (hopefully) a little peeved themselves! Looking forward to restarting the bye week prior to this game in the coming years, but now would be a good time to begin a streak of our own.
Get well soon Buck and Cuz, we’ll be pullin’ for y’all too!!
**GOOOOOOOOOOO DAWGS!!!!! SICTHEHELLOUTOF’EM!!!!!!!
By Buck Cochran in the NW
October 27, 2006 05:35 AM | Link to this
CUZ,MAD MERF, JUST WOKE UP IN MY CHAIR. ONLY USING 1 HAND. THANKS FOR THE KIND WORDS. THINK I’M FOLLOWING EVERYTHING. OXYCODONE HAS AT LEAST FOR THE TIME BEING KILLED THE PAIN. YOU TWO WILL UNDERSTAND WHERE I’M COMING FROM WHEN I SAY THAT I’M HAPPY ABOUT MR PUTTING IN THE 4 WR SET FOR STAFFORD’S COMFORT LEVEL. ABOUT 4 WLS. AGO OR SO, I ASKED THE QUESTION, WHY WOULDN’T MR PUT IN A PKG. OF PLAYS TO FIT STAFFORD’S TALENT AND POINTED OUT THAT HE HAD RUN THE SPREAD ALL HIS LIFE. SEVERAL FOLKS GOT UPSET AND SAID YOU DON’T CHANGE THE PLAYBOOK FOR ONE PERSON. MY RESPONSE WAS , WHY NOT PLAY TO YOUR QB’S STRENGHTS? I GIVE MR ALL THE CREDIT FOR MAKING THAT CHANGE AND “BIG TIME ATTA BOY FOR GETTING TIRED OF THE SAME OLD THING AND GOING FOR IT ON THAT 4TH IN THE RED ZONE LAST WEEK. STAFFORD TO CHANDLER=TD. THE ONLY WAY WE WIN IS TO OUT SCORE THEM. WE’LL NEED OUR “D” to help out. READ IN DAWG POST, I THINK, THAT PLAYERS WERE MAD AS HELL AT THE WAY EVERYONE WAS DISSING THEM. THAT’S VERY GOOD!!!!!!..LATE, THE ONE HANDED BANDIT.
By Willy: Blitzkrieg or bust!
October 27, 2006 07:16 AM | Link to this
Y’all know what it all boils down to: Blitzkrieg Leak and Tebow Pitt and we kick their living arses!!!
Blitzkrieg—finally—or bust BullDAWG Nation: Dawgs win by a TD in OT on a blitz fumble recovery!
By Willy: Blitzkrieg or bust!
October 27, 2006 07:19 AM | Link to this
Swampdawg’s got the point: blitz on every darn play and we’ll kick the livin’ you know what son ought of them gaters!
By gdawginkalamazoo
October 27, 2006 08:23 AM | Link to this
Buck, glad your surgery went well. That was one nice post, lucid and well written. DOn’t give up the oxy yet. Maybe hook up with Rush Limbaugh if you need extra after the Rx runs out.
By Buzzmeister
October 27, 2006 08:27 AM | Link to this
I have a suggestion for UGA….have 911 in speed dial. Gator Bait Baby!!
Also, leave Richt and the coaching staff alone. They are doing fine, the team is young and sometimes you just have to take your lumps. Better to have 1 poor season and build, then try and always salvage. Learn something from this year and take a page from Bill Walsh.
You guys keep complaining about Richt, and he will be in Miami or FSU faster than you can say Go U Gawga Bulldogs!!! Keep it up, just keep it up….this is why you will never dominate…you guys are too impatient and fail to understand the entire scope of the game and consistent winning.
By Buck Cochran in the NW
October 27, 2006 10:43 AM | Link to this
kalamazoo, thanks. back to the hospital but i had to ask BUZZMEISTER A QUESTION? DID YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO READ MY LAST POST JUST ABOVE YOURS? IMO, MR HAS MADE A QUANTUM LEAP FROM THE OLD MR WHEN HE DECIDED TO GO WITH THE 4 WR, SPREAD SET. HIS REASON WAS A GREAT ONE BUT I NEVER THOUGHT HE WOULD MAKE THE CHANGE HE HAS. HE’LL TAKE A LOT OF HEAT FOR FROM PEOPLE WHO STILL THINK THAT WE MUST RUN, RUN, AND RUN SOMEMORE IN ORDER TO WIN. WE CAN’T NOT ONLY NOT WIN WITH THE RUN 1ST, BUT WE TAKE AWAY OR DON’T USE PROPERLY, THE TALENT OF THE BEST,IMO, FRESHMAN IN THE COUNTRY AND THE ARM HE ROAD IN ON. FROM A FAN WHO’S SAID MANY A TIME WE NEED AN “OC”, I SALUTE THE HEAD DAWG!!!!
By 1ugadawg
October 27, 2006 11:18 AM | Link to this
Stretch Demiko Goodman’s legs any way you can. EXAMPLE “Reverse” after a fake to Lumpkin up the middle.
By GREG
October 27, 2006 11:22 AM | Link to this
WAKE FOREST IS KING OF THE ACC!!!!!!LOL!!!!!WHAT A JOKE!!!
By Cuz
October 27, 2006 12:09 PM | Link to this
Hey Buck, glad to see you are doing better. Prayers do work, they have in my life anyway. Last night was the first real sleep I have had in a week. Unbelieveable. My chiropractor was able to give some relief to a nerve compressed by my vertebrae in my neck. I still may have to have surgery on my spine at my neck, not sure yet. Skeletal system is apparently deteriorating. Osteoperosis. This 47 year old bald dawg fan is now officially a 65 year old woman, well that is who they say gets Osteoperosis. Buck keep typing in all caps since you can only type one handed. I will just turn down my hearing aid.
Buck you hit it right on. Play to the QB’s strength. We can do the re-adjusting in the offseason and fool them with a new style next year. Right now play with what makes Stafford comfortable and when he is making big plays, the team will follow his leadership, which is what we need most right now.
I still say, play a complete game no mistakes, 60 minutes of football and we can win. Mistakes will kill any chance of a win with Florida. Or the rest for that matter.
By D
October 27, 2006 12:16 PM | Link to this
it’s going to take a near perfect game for us to beat the hated gators that means Stafford can’t throw 3 INT’S AND we will have to force some turnovers GO DAWGS
By Phil
October 27, 2006 12:18 PM | Link to this
I would have Herschel Walker(offense) and Bill Goldberg(defense) to come in and give pre-game pep talks and fire the team up. Then I would have them stand on the sidelines during the game. Then if things start to go downhill during the game, I would suit them up and send them in.
By austindog
October 27, 2006 12:21 PM | Link to this
midniterider,
You referred to Herbstreit saying Florida would manhandle the dawgs. I saw it too. That pretty much sums up what’s going to happen tomorrow, BUT-
He spent all of 3 seconds speaking on Georgia/Florida. Not another word on the Gators SEC chances, Georgia being down, or the Leak Tebow deal. He then jumped into a long discussion on SC/TN game. It was actually remarkable on how quickly he dismissed the UGA/FL game.
It’s because Georgia/Florida is on CBS.
SC/TN is on ESPN.
If I was a Florida fan, I would give thought to how network programming (the ESPN-ABC alliance) can affect the polls.
A few less mentions on ESPN’s Corporate Gameday telecast can go a long way in the Saturday fan’s consciousness.
By Cuz
October 27, 2006 01:07 PM | Link to this
Phil, I remember the last time Bill Goldberg fired up the team before the Jax game and then led them out on the field carrying a UGA flag. Florida mopped us up that day like a second rate janitor. Maybe someone other than Goldberg. How about a tele hook-up with Pollack?
By godawg
October 27, 2006 02:06 PM | Link to this
Dang guys…we got as many bloggers on the DL as the team. Man, we’re a banged up lot.
Time to go balls to wall and let it all hang out. We got nothing to lose and everything to gain. UT’s going down in Columbia and with a little more help from the Ole Ball Coach and a lotta luck we could still back into this thing. I know ya’ll will call me a blind homer, but that’s OK because that’s what I am. Never say never and never say die! WOOF!
By AltamahaDawg
October 27, 2006 02:10 PM | Link to this
Cuz, SSI is buzzing, made a quick swing through the village and you can’t stir em with a swizzle stick. These are the kinds of football weekends that I enjoy, just being Dawg fans , nobody standing on the corner screaming to fire somebody. I think the good vibe down here today is directly proportional to the distance from Atlanta. JK guys, well not really.
Going across the river tomorrow with the same gang we have had for 20 yrs or so and we were talking, this is the first year in a while that we don’t have that nervous feeling. I hope the players are thinking that way too, its just do the best you can, and have fun. Goodness knows the expectations of winning (or fear of losing anyway) hasnt worked very well.
By AltamahaDawg
October 27, 2006 02:14 PM | Link to this
I do beleive that I would table that Herschel appearance for anothor year as well.
But yes, conference in Pollack for the pregame inspirational, he could use the lift as much as they could.
By Phil
October 27, 2006 02:23 PM | Link to this
Cuz, I was kidding about Herschel and Goldberg, but not entirely. I think it would be a good idea to have some former greats come in and talk with the team. And have them on the sidelines as well. Nothing else is working, it’s worth a shot.
By AltamahaDawg
October 27, 2006 02:25 PM | Link to this
godawg, my lovely wife AKA Bulldawg Belle has a running joke about me right around this time. Back before this staff got us to the point where winning the SEC was a reality (YES, I said it, this staff), and I’m talking way back, she would ask me the next day after we had just lost yet another conference game, putting us hoping to play anywhere over the holidays… “so have you figured it out yet”? I grin “oh cource”. She knows that I have already mapped out the turn of events and star alignment it will take. Mark of a blind homer!
By AltamahaDawg
October 27, 2006 02:33 PM | Link to this
Phil, how about have Goldberg go over and snatch Rick Fliar up by his blue tanktop and kick his butt at midfield during halftime?
By Buck Cochran in the NW
October 27, 2006 02:59 PM | Link to this
i’m back and i’m already in the wait till’ next year mode. REPTILE RELATIVE WHO LIVE’S IN J’VILLE WHERE WE GREW UP, PUT ASIDE HIS XTRA BEDROOM FOR ME AND I’M COMING HOME FOR THE GAME!!!!!!!!!! HAVEN’T BEEN BACK IN A LONG TIME AND I’M ALREADY FIRED UP. REPTILE & DAWG AGREE!! IT’S TIME TO STRAP’M UP AND GET IT ON!!! HE WAS A PHI DELT, AND THEY THING IT’LL BE A CAKEWALK FOR LEAK, TEBOW & COMPANY. I’LL TAKE THE DAWGS PLUS THE POINTS FOR A SIX PAC OF COKE OR NON-ALCHOHOL(SP) DRINK.( I DON’T DRINK), WE’LL MEET IN THE PARKING LOT IN ‘07 TO PAY OFF! WE’RE READY, ARE THE BOYS?
By gdawginkalamazoo
October 27, 2006 03:28 PM | Link to this
Buzzmeister
this is why you will never dominate…you guys are too impatient and fail to understand the entire scope of the game and consistent winning.
LMAO, you didn’t say consistent winning did you. Maybe we don’t understand it. I mean 7-5 and 8-4 (Blaine) is not what we call constistent winning, we like winning 10 or more games a year. So yeah we get a little confused this decade when it might not happen. But coming from a bee I thought that last line of yours was just strange.
By Cuz
October 27, 2006 03:55 PM | Link to this
Dang Altamaha, your post made me homesick for the Village for this weekend. I wish I was there, the drinks would be on me. I am sure to spill one on myself sooner or later. I feel the power sitting in my UN observation outpost here on the GA-SC border. Love to see a whuppin of the Vols in Columbia this weekend but the chickens aint doing much cackling right now. Now I would love to see the cage match at halftime between Goldberg and Ric Flair. Or we could have a tag team with Hairy Dawg and Goldberg versus Ric Flair and whatever they call that guy who wears the funky Gator suit. Bound to be plenty of Crocodile tears shed in that one. And not just from the sidelines.
Buck, glad to see you doing better. I too hope to be in shape to make the trek next year even if I don’t get further than St. Simons and a couple of drinks or twelve with Altamaha. Right about the Golden Isle Parkway you get the feeling of GA-FLA weekend and the knowledge that it will never leave Jax. We owe it to the South Georgia divison of the Bulldawg Nation to give them a semi-home game. They support the Red and Black with long treks the rest of the home games. We need to throw those Dawgs a bone and keeping the game in JAX would rank as a T-Bone for them.
Hey I feel positive, of course the blind homer that I am, I feel positive that we can win any weekend. I will be here Sunday to crow or eat it if that is the case.
Now GATA DAWGS!!
By Cuz
October 27, 2006 05:56 PM | Link to this
You see that mountain over there, one of these days, I’m gonna climb that mountain.
Why not this year?
By Chris
October 27, 2006 08:24 PM | Link to this
Gen. Neyland shut the F-up and get on the UT site B***.
By Buck Cochran in the NW
October 27, 2006 10:36 PM | Link to this
JUST PASSING IT ALONG, BUT ESPN DIDN’T MENTION GA./FL ONE TIME ON THEIR 1/2 TIME SHOW
By Hunk Erdown
October 28, 2006 12:14 AM | Link to this
People talk about adjustments, and I’m a big believer in that. One form of adjustment to a game plan that I think UGA is constantly missing out on is recognizing that a particular player is in a groove. I believe in heroes, if you’ve got a guy in a basketball game with a hot hand you feed him the ball. Same thing in a football game… If Stafford is hot throwing, keep throwing! If Brannon Southerland is hitting the hole for 8-10 yards, keep giving him the rock! Sometimes a QB and a paricular reciever develop a certain chemistry in a game that needs to be exploited for as long as it works. I have seen way too many games where a particular thing is working well and we abandon it because its not in the “game plan”. These are things that make for an upset. Also, I’d rather lose with our defense blitzing Leak all day than to sit back and give him time to pick us apart. People say, we do blitz and it don’t work. We have to find a way to make it work, because this soft zone crap is way out-dated and has proven over and over to not work.
Stafford is growing into the kind of QB that will find a comfort zone with a few good passing plays that will work and give him confidence. The coaches have got to trust him to make the play, and quit being so mechanical with the “game plan”. Sometimes drawing up something in the dirt works well and gives the player the confidence that he can get it done. I’m not so sure that we don’t audible and check off too much. Call a play and stick with it, even if it looks like the defense has it covered… give the players a chance to make a great play. There is something about going up to the line with the attitude of wondering if the play called will work that mentally taxes a player versus going up to the line with confidence that you can beat your man and “make” the play work.
Go Dawgs! GATA!
By Buck Cochran in the NW
October 28, 2006 05:59 AM | Link to this
THE ULTIMATE PUT DOWN AND THE TEAM WON’T HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE IT. MIKE BIANCHI’S COLUMN IN THE ORLANDO SENTINEL THIS MORNING Just like Ol’ Red, UF-UGA rivalry has hit hard times
GO READ!!!
By Buck Cochran in the NW
October 28, 2006 06:02 AM | Link to this
Hunk Erdown, good post!
By Michael
October 28, 2006 08:48 AM | Link to this
I think we all agree that pressure must be put on Leak to win, but I hope that UF’s line has a terrible game, because if we blitz and they pick it up, Leak will throw for 400 yds. and 5 TD’s. I believe to win the ballgame we must win the turnover and field position battle, our overall kicking game must help us keep UF pinned back all day, and we must OPEn up the playbook and not get uber conservative with the offensive gameplan. That’s how you beat UF.
By TN Hillbilly
October 28, 2006 09:07 AM | Link to this
Hunker down you hairy dawgs! Take a bite out of the Gators and send them back to the smelly swamp! It’s time to expose the “Urban Myth”. All it takes is a little pressure and the “Leak-ing” begins. Throw Uga a “Tebow-ne” and get the party started. Good luck from a friendly Volunteer! Peace.
By Virgil Seagle
October 28, 2006 09:30 AM | Link to this
Maybe the whole Florida team comes down with the mumps.
By Hunk Erdown
October 28, 2006 09:30 AM | Link to this
Thanks Buck for the Orlando thing… You know me, I just couldn’t resist firing back. The guy did use a pretty good imagination for his article, but it just shows what a fascination the Gators have for the UGA game, not even concerned about the SECCG. I’ll trade it every year.
By Buck Cochran in the NW
October 28, 2006 11:52 AM | Link to this
hunk er, ANYBODY PICK UP ON WHAT MR SAID ABOUT OUR “D” YESTERDAY? I THINK IT WAS ON DAWG POST .COM. IWAS AN STILL AM FLOORED. THIS IS ALMOST WORD FOR WORD. HE SAID THAT GA. HAS BEEN TENDING TO DO THE SAME THINGS ON “D” IN THE SAME SITUATIONS AND PEOPLE HAVE USED THAT TO CALL PLAYS AGAINST US. THAT WILL BE CHANGED TODAY!!!!! THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT STATEMENT REALLY MEANS AND THE IMPLICATIONS!! HAVE YOU OR ANYONE ELSE EVER HEARD HIM COME RIGHT OUT AND SAY THAT WE WERE GIVING AWAY OUR “D” SCHEMES? MR IS ALWAYS QUITE WHEN HE JUMPS SOMEONE’S BUTT, BUT IF THIS ISN’T A JUMPING OF WM’S BUTT I DON’T KNOW WHAT IS!!!
By Buck Cochran in the NW
October 28, 2006 11:54 AM | Link to this
GOT TO RUN WATCH A FRIENDS SON PLAY. HE’S A FRESHMAN QB ALSO. CATCH EVERYONE AT HALF TIME. ……..GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGO, DAWGS!!!!!!!!
By physicsDawg
October 28, 2006 12:51 PM | Link to this
What does it take?
It takes about 60 points by Florida to get Willie FIRED as DC. That’s my opinion. Although I can never root for such a thing to happen to my Dawgs. 60 by Florida might be enough to send Martinez back to the secondary.
By David
October 28, 2006 01:55 PM | Link to this
Tenn hanging 51 on them and administering the a* kicking should have been enough.
By physicsDawg
October 28, 2006 03:21 PM | Link to this
David, Yes it should have been; but have you seen how Loyal (STUBBORN) CMR is, when it concerns people?
By vol dog
October 28, 2006 03:46 PM | Link to this
fla. scored already…..the partys on!!!!
By vol dog
October 28, 2006 03:49 PM | Link to this
ha ha ….. 7 zip
By GaGrl
October 28, 2006 04:04 PM | Link to this
I lived in Jacksonville for 8 years, put up with the obnoxious Florida fans, watched my Dawgs get out played and out coached every year, got divorced and moved back to Georgia. At least now I get to be on Georgia soil surrounded by Georgia fans while I watch my Dawgs get kicked all over the field. Life is good isn’t it???
By GaGrl
October 28, 2006 04:08 PM | Link to this
Oh..one more thing…Mark Richt is the best looking coach in the NCAA, and he is a good christian man, but I have one suggestion for him. Father Richt…it might be a good idea to put your bible down for just a little while and instead pick up a copy of “How to Win Football Games”!!!!!
By Buck Cochran in the NW
October 28, 2006 05:04 PM | Link to this
HOPE MR WILL STAY WITH STAFFORD THE WHOLE GAME! HE’S MADE TWO BIG MISTAKES BUT DON’T TAKE A WALK ON HIM NOW. HE MUST HAVE THE CHANCE TO PLAY THROUGH HIS MISTAKES. I’M LIKE EVERY ONE ELSE AND I WANT TO WIN THIS GAMW MORE THAN ANYTHING BUT I MORE THANM THAT AM LOOKING TO THE FUTRE. MR, PLEASE STAY WITH YOU QB IN THIS TOUGH TIME.
By willysee in n.c.
October 28, 2006 06:30 PM | Link to this
Why in gods name would you EVER!! throw to Milner again.
By GaGrl
October 28, 2006 06:41 PM | Link to this
Hey Milner…The Scout Team is calling your name!!!!
By Yad
October 28, 2006 07:10 PM | Link to this
Too many mistakes … by Georgia, Florida and, especially, the Referees.
By wrdawg
October 28, 2006 07:14 PM | Link to this
Lord, if our receivers could just catch a ball and our backs not fumble the ball! Other than that, overall a good game. Defense played well in the second half.
By Buck Cochran in the NW
October 28, 2006 07:23 PM | Link to this
OUR “D” DID PLAY WELL IN THE 2ND. HALF. WHY, OH, WHY DID LUMPKIN PUT THAT BALL ON THE GROUND? MOMASS AND MILNER SHOULD BE BENCHED FOR THE REST OF ‘06. STAFFORD THREW THE 2 INTS. BUT PLAYED A GOOD GAME AND MR STAYED WITH HIM. I REALLY DON’T UNDERSTAND THE PLAY CALLING AT THE END OF THE GAME. DOES ANYONE? I’M ALL EARS. THE TEAM DIDN’T QUIT AND I BELIEVE KENT., AU AND THE “BUGS” ARE IN SOME DEEP TROUBLE. OUR TEAM TOOK A MAJOR STEP FORWARD AND HAD THE CHANCE TO FOLD BUT DIDN’T.
By Robert Jeffries-Class of 58
November 1, 2006 12:03 PM | Link to this
Look at the three last games UGA plays this year and the state their high school is located in. You can also include Arkansas. Saturday you will see Georgia stars playing for Kentucky, and the same can be said later for Auburn and Georgia Tech, or last week for Florida. Every year Georgia is said to have the better recruits, but the recruiters miss out on one of the best high schools in the state year after year(La Grange). Does that mean the best is being overlooked, or not recruited hard enough? One player in the game Florida vs Auburn, playing in his first game looked more like David Pollack than anyone else I have seen and that was Trey Blackmon. Why didn’t Georgia get him? Ask the coaches of the schools mentioned above what they think of La Grange players.
By will suggs
November 3, 2006 01:24 PM | Link to this
Blackmon was recruited by UGA and recruited hard. It was just his decision to attend Auburn instead of UGA. If I remember right it was said he also had family in alabama also.