Sad times in Athens

I'm sorry about this post. I hope it doesn't get me banned from the site, but I'm going to say this now, after reading the Buck Belue blog about Caleb King letting us down again.

This is a sad time in Athens, and I'm afraid it's just going to get worse. We have no tailback and the new kid coming in is sounding just like the one that left earlier this year, Washaun Ealey. These tikes come in highly touted and with their chests all puffed out and usually ride out of town on a rail, but not before dropping the ball literally and figuratively. IC came to town out of shape and sporting an attitude. That's just great. Someone is going to have to tell these children that the pros aren't looking for that cr@p. Someone needs to tell these young punks about Odell Thurman and what he threw away. But there is probably no point, they won't listen anyway.

We've lost almost our entire offensive line to either laziness or stupidity in the classroom and in the weight room. We're likely to lose - at least for part of the season, maybe the whole thing - a superman at LB.

Laziness and stupidity. I wish they would post THAT on the bulletin board in the locker room and post a mirror under it with a question mark on it. "Hi, my name is Isaiah Crowell . . . I'm cocky and haven't even 'toted the rock' one time in a red jersey, but I think I'm the greatest athlete who ever lived. I think I'll just walk in here out of shape and ignore JTII and just wait for all those division 1 defenses to simply bow down to me. I haven't yet decided if I'm lazy or stupid, but I'm sure I'm at least one of the above."

I have truly not been this pessimistic about an upcoming season - EVER. I am now starting to think we will barely even show up against Boise (a team we should have blown out). I'm now starting to think that will go the wrong way to the tune of 38-3 or worse. Then the "old ball(less) coach" will smell blood and come in to Athens and leave after handing it to us something like 63-7. Then the Chanticleers will come in all fired up and knock a 0 and 3 whole in our won loss record, and it will just get worse from there.

Maybe I just got up on the wrong side of the bed. Or maybe I'm just having a lucid moment and reality is just now setting in. I have never felt this hopeless about a UGA football season that hasn't even started. Someone haul me out of this funk.

I have been in the mountains for a week and a half.
My, how expectations change.

My expectations havent changed one bit averagedawg. Seems thriller needs a little belly rubbing this morning. (lol sorry thriller).

Thriller I feel ya on the IC deal, but none of us actually know the kid. I pray he turns out completely opposite of WE. We still have KM at RB if IC doesn't know how to do anything and Carlton Thomas for situations that require experience (apparently blocking). As for the O line, I can only think of Ben Jones and CG. Everybody knows that our offense has been hit hard, I'm just holding my breath that the defense plays lights out and up to our expectations. I believe we still beat BSU, it doesn't matter to me if its by one point or 20, a win is a win. As for SC, blitz garcia and he will just throw it to our secondary. We have got to contain ML or its gonna suck.

I have no problem with you being negative-you are just keeping it real. I was pissed to read this morning that Rivals.com says UGA had the 2nd best overall recruiting ranking composite over the last 10 years. That is #1 in the SEC people.

What do we have to show for it??

1. While 5 straight BCS champs have come from the SEC, none of them are from the most talented team over the past decade.

2. Freakin AU has one!!!!

3. We can't beat Florida.

4. Our OC sucks. We all know that 3rd and 10 will be a play action that doesn't fool anyone.

Does that just about cover it???

I want to make this last point very clearly: EVEN if we have so many injuries that we are depleted to the point that it causes us to go 7-5, CMR gets no pass from me. Why? BECAUSE IT IS HIS FAULT WE HAVE NO RB'S. IT IS HIS FAULT WE HAVE BEEN THIN ON THE OL FOR 5 YEARS. IT IS HIS FAULT BOBO IS STILL THERE.

BulldogShannon, I put together a long (as usual) post prior to reading your last thoughts above. Decided not to post, deleted it. You my friend have covered a lot of territory in your last post, glad now that I dumped my scribblings.

Maybe I will ask one question . . . Is there anyone in the State of Georgia or a follower of UGA football anywhere that can honestly say Bobo could find another Offensive Coordinator's job in the SEC? I can think of one, other than our current head coach. Buck Belue. Appears to me that there are two ex-quarterbacks that should take a good look at their capabilities and where it appears it is leading us.

An example of coordinator. WM was the leader of our defense. Lost his job as we all know after much bad press. Hired on at Oklahoma, not as a coordinator, defensive backfield coach. I use this example for this reason. Belue and some others like to say that Bobo is a real good quarterback coach. OK, I can go with that. AM has said that. It is the rest of the offensive coordinator's package that he, in my opinion, has not a clue. For me this is a short post. Will stop.