Still speculation, but if it's true...

Thanks, golfer, I hadn't seen that yet. Man, I hope we show up ready to play. That could definitely be a good starting point to getting the program back on track.

sadlerdawg, went to the Boise State site and did a count of their Seniors. 19 total, and that is not 19 starting seniors. Finishing as high as they are this year, and some of the teams that they have beaten in the past few years, scary.

espn.go.com/college-football/team/roster.../boise-state-broncos

We put a pretty good licking on them in Athens, they might remember that and play as such.

This is not gloom and doom on my part, trying to look back at the game in the Georgia Dome and remembering VaTech a few years past.

Seems as though Louisville is a bit disappointed losing out to Boise State. Charlie really wanted to play UGA. He had much success at UF and wanted to see if he could extend his dominance over us. They definitely are not afraid of us, nor is Boise State.

I wonder about some of the folks we are graduating, does not look good to me. Not sure where the Oline is going to be next year, nor am I thrilled with our running backs. The running backs at this point seem to be serviceable, nothing dynamic. A wlayton quote.

Mention has been made here by several that 2011 was going to be the revival of UGA Football, might be, just trying to put the parts that we have against what we don't have.

AJ on the offensive side, ouch. Houston on the defensive side, ouch.

What if we don't get the players that are needed to run CTG's defense? If we do, are they good enough to put the master plan in play first year? Do we have the type of players on our squad now to run CTG's defense as he would like for it to be if we don't get the big uglies?

I have to this point 11/20/2010 watched South Carolina and Troy. Carolina is scary, and I am afraid that they are going to have one heck of a recruiting year. Already have a commit from Shell, and they have what appears to be a bevy of offensive linemen. Not to mention Lattimore. Carolina has their running back, we don't, and there is a good chance that the one that we want badly might go elsewhere.

I know that it is early, however sometimes we have to focus on what we have and what we will play against.

I remember this . . . . MB wanted or said he wanted AM to stay in the pocket (more or less) have also read many articles about how MB has brought this young QB along. I guess so. Watched AM play at Plant, he did not look like the same quarterback when the season opened. Especially after the coaches reminded him that they would rather he stay in the pocket. Now that he has "matured under MB's leadership" he can roam a bit if he wants to.

Fran Tarkenton would never have played in the pros as a pocket passer. Norm Van Brocklin was all over Fran's butt about scrambling. Van Brockin was old school, pocket passer. Van Brocklin was relieved of his duties in Minnesota and Fran stayed. Fact. Cam Newton will never be a star in the NFL as a pocket passer. He is a larger Michael Vick. Anyone that does not believe that, watch, as I will.

What I personally would like to hear from all of you folks that post here, is give an opinion as to what you think will happen next year or the year after. Just how we feel, not throwing spears at each other.

I am not scared, just really concerned with what Richt said recently. Think he said that maybe he had paid too much attention to offensive football. When you have a quarterback that is blindsided, walking the sidelines, throwing, but not practicing at full speed, there are times when you have to play defense. I appreciate Richt saying that maybe he had made a mistake, he however can't afford many more. Not calling for his scalp, asking for improvement. I see SS moving up, Mullen moving up, Saban is there, Chezik will do what is necessary to get there, UM will always have a recruiting advantage . . . . until he slips up a time or two. Slip ups like SS kicking his butt in the Swamp.

One more thing. If anyone on this board does not think that SS would love to put 100 points on UGA in Athens, remember what he did as coach when UF visited the hedges.

The SC/Troy game is winding down, about 3 minutes left, 62/24, could have scored 100 if SS had wanted to. Just scored again with 2:53 left, 69/24.

Going to watch LSU/Ole Miss now. Know that I am long, just love my school.

Buc, I'd love to see 2011 as the revival of UGA football. Honestly, though, as much as I'd love to be mistaken, I'm just not seeing it. I just don't think recruiting has been done well enough to prepare for the future, for some time now. We still will have no great RB, no game changing receiver, a totally different o-line, and either a defense with a year under their belts learning the system but are too small, or a bigger defense learning the system anew. But the new football year always brings new hope, so I'll be hoping we can turn it around like I'm sure every other Dawg fan will be doing.

sadlerdawg wrote:

Buc, I'd love to see 2011 as the revival of UGA football. Honestly, though, as much as I'd love to be mistaken, I'm just not seeing it. I just don't think recruiting has been done well enough to prepare for the future, for some time now. We still will have no great RB, no game changing receiver, a totally different o-line, and either a defense with a year under their belts learning the system but are too small, or a bigger defense learning the system anew. But the new football year always brings new hope, so I'll be hoping we can turn it around like I'm sure every other Dawg fan will be doing.

sadlerdawg, unless I am wrong, you and I have said the same thing in this post. What I posted comes back to what you have said more than once. (What I have said repeats what you have said for close to a year, maybe more). Think that I have seen you upset a couple of times, but for the overall, you stick with what you say. . . . .because you believe the words coming out of your mouth is not chatter.

sadlerdawg, I will say this about playing Boise State in the "chicken bowl". (Best damn chicken in the country) It is a place for some arguments to be settled . . . . meaning is, the SEC is the best. Best because we play other teams in our conference. Some say that Boise State could not go through the entire SEC schedule for a year or two. I would love to see that. Know that Boise State has ice water in their veins. Quite frankly, I like the way Boise State plays, reminds me a bit of the way football was played many years ago. May not have 4 and 5 star recruits, but when the battle is over, who gives a spit.

My feelings about playing Boise State go something like this. . . . .I wanted us to play Cam and I want us to play BS. That is where we will see whether or not it is talent, coaching or whatever.

This can be said for Boise State . . . they are not afraid to step out of their conference and play ANYONE. Our new AD, Mc is changing our schedule, wants more games at home, differs from the previous AD. Before our AD wanted us to get more "exposure", more exposure so we could get recruits from all over the country. Correct me if I am wrong, that is what he said before he went to Atlanta and trouble hit him in the groin. The State of Georgia has more than enough talent, just have to want them to play for the State school.

If Balin, Lakatos and others, which for sure include CTG have their helmets strapped on and know what they are doing . . . . there should be some serious changes in Athens. Let me hit on the changes for one short minute.

Anyone thinks that our defense has been good for the past five years, lives in a different camp than some of us. If, CTG cannot recruit in the State of Georgia within a small radius of Athens and put a respectable defense between the hedges, then we have a serious problem.

I do not believe that Richt is capable of that. By that I mean this . . . . Richt notices the small things that offensive players do that make a big difference. On the other side, that is not where his talent lies. I back that statement up with facts. BVG is gone, whether or not it was BVG leaving on his own or getting a shove from Richt, our D would be a lot better with BVG. Smart left and of course we know that Texas reaped benefits from one of our folks.

Next came WM . . . . this won't take long. He failed, and Richt hung with WM. Huge mistake. Mistake being that Richt did not know how to run that side of the ball. WM was not the only coach released.

That is past now. CTG is the leader of the defense. Anyone watching knows that Richt has removed himself from that side of the ball. Recruiting this year will speak volumes about the effectiveness of CTG. He now wears the same hat that Richt does. Defense does not move forward, and move forward quickly, CTG will hear about it.

Maybe it is me, that is ok. I am hoping that Mc has what all of us want for our football program. Yes, I know that he is the godfather of all sports at UGA. We will see what Mc has to offer, hard to dodge bullets when you are number 1. I pull for Mc, I hope that he can work miracles. We are almost to the point that we need a miracle, not this year, but 2011.

IMO, I do not like the move to the GA dome against boise st. I do not like the dome, it stinks playing football indoors not as many tix 4sale bad part of town no fun place to tailgate and nothing to gain by this game and everything to lose. We always start slow. Even if we get a stud RB our playcaller will not run the ball the right way. if we had H. Walker right now they would still be pass happy and then give the ball to king the other part of the time. If yall notice the teams that are on top every yr, RUN the BALL!!!!!! and have a D. Or a Freak QB that RUNS THE BALL!!!! The teams on top ALWAYS HAVE MORE RUSHING YDS!!!!!!!!! WAKE UP bobo. So I think IMO it is not a good move to take this first game. Unless they start running more and let AM run and do what he needs to do to get a first down. GO DAWGSSSSS BEAT tech!!!!!

OSD, totally agree with you, but I didn't say it since I'm still under my self-imposed hiatus from talking about the ineptitude, ooops, I mean, talking about the coaching.

Buc, spot on with your entire post. You usually say pretty much everything I'm trying to say, just more detailed, creative, and easier to understand.