SICK OF IT

You can blame CWM all you want gentleman. Either the O or special teams has turned the ball over 8 times this year and has enabled the opposing team to start on our side of the field everytime. It is true our D is not great, but under the circumstances they have played well. I am not counting how many times the O has turned one of our defensive stops into a non time consuming drive or no points. I think we are pretty fortunate. If we win when playing very shaky ball, what will happen when it all comes together.

We're 2-1, 2-0 in the SEC. Those are the only numbers that really matter. Great game Dawgs! Joe Cox is the man.

Georgia has allowed 102 points total so far this year its only our third game. Now Georgia's defense has alot of talent. But is it being coached well. I mean if you watched the first quarter of the South Carolina game Georgia's defense was on the field almost the entire quarter South Carolina drove the ball greatly against us but I do admit that our offense needed to control the ball more and knock out the turnovers. Teams are beginning to notice that we are having problems stopping the pass. 5 passing TD in one game is ridiculous. I'll take last years defense compared to this years.

You can have last years D. That is the same D that allowed an average of 30 something points a game. That is also the same D that layed down against GT. Option football is nothing but assignment football. That D quit in that game. You can also have last years O. The 2009 DAWG offense is much better than last year. Sure we had some studs last year but that is it. This year we have playmakers and the most important thing we have this year is a TEAM!!!!!!!!!!!! Neither CWM or CMB are the best coordinators, but they are not the worst. This bunch of DAWGS has not found theirselves yet. We can pick at either side of the ball about anything and it be justified. These young men have been given every chance to quit in every game this year and they have NOT. We started this year with a lot of questions and slowly but surely we are finding answers. I don't care what our ranking is. As long as we win our ranking will improve. This TEAM is already special and I can't wait to see what the future holds. I have been somewhat negative myself. Most of the time it is because I feel like one coordinator is taking to much heat. We need to chill out and truly enjoy these young men.

sadlerdawg wrote:

I'm really looking forward to hearing the sunshine pumping Willie Martinez cheerleaders explain to us (again) why this shouldn't be blamed on him.

Well, I'm no CWM cheerleader, but if you take away the 2 turnovers that led to touchdowns, the final score is 52-27. That's a little better. If you take away the other short field our lousy kickoff team gave Arkansas on the reverse, it's a 52-20 final score. That's a little more palatable. Same thing against SCarolina; you take away the points they got off of turnovers and the safety and its ensuing possession, and you've got a 41-16 game. We HAVE to take care of the football. PERIOD.

Step one: Stop fumbling
Step two: Stop throwing INTs (Stafford had a huge problem with this too, by the way)
Step three: Tackle somebody on the kick return
Step three-point-five: Stop kicking the dang ball out of bounds
Step three-poing-five part II: Basically, stop giving the other team such short fields to work with.

So far, the only thing that's 100% Willie's fault this year is the second half of the South Carolina game. That was inexcusable. But again: take away short fields and Georgia destroys the Hawgs 52-20.

I still want Willie fired. But he's not the major problem right now. Fumbles, kickoff protection, interceptions and directional kicking are.

Printmaker wrote:

We're 2-1, 2-0 in the SEC. Those are the only numbers that really matter.

Amen. I feel a LOT better after this week's win than after last week's. Like it or not, Dawg fans, we're getting better...a LOT better. We're really going to see what our D can do this weekend against an Arizona State team that can put up points but can't play defense worth a spit. If we can take care of the ball, we'll see what our D can do when they have a decent field instead of only 20-40 yards to defend.

GO DAWGS!!!