wow...

I think we all feel about the same about the lack of progress our team has shown. Can we beat a top 25 team with what we saw yesterday, I doubt it. I watched Auburn, there D looks beter than ours, can we stop Clesum off I don't think so. I see where Misu scored 50 or 60 points in there game and gave up only 7, does not look good for UGA.

I think our team has become the AM show, someone said it earlier, and I tend to agree, that with all the long bombs we are tring to hit, it seems we are tring to pad his stats. This is on flaw I hate about CMR, he will not play the best players, he sticks with the players that have put in the time. I don't think CMR give a rats ass about wether we win or not, as long as certain players he feels deserves to play , play the game. You have 3 to 4 running backs and we throw long balls rather than run, pound, and wear down a defence. We like to score quick and put our D back on the field, as the other team begins to have long drives and by the 4th quarter, or D is tired.

I mean us a fans, have more common sence than our coaches, run the damn ball and have a few short passes, along with occassional long balls to keep the D from stacking the line. Our brillent coaches are to stupid to come upp with a game play where we run, run, pound, trown short passes pick up first down after first down, and have a 4 to 5 minute drive. Oh heck no, we have to have a 4 to 5 play drive, either score on long ball, send the D back out or we punt for all the over thrown balls.

I am not saying I am giving up on our season, but from what I have seen, and from the proformance of others teams in our league, we are in for a long season. I don't feel as of this morning that we can even beat Ole MIss.

I'm not giving up on our season either. Not at all.

I just call them like I see them and if it's a spade thrown down; I call it a spade.

Everything we've all mentioned as flaws over the past few years just showed itself again yesterday. That's not naysaying... it's fact. We didn't utilize the TE or fullback in the passing game...fact. The offensive game plan consisted of about 5 plays... fact. The defense was gutted up the middle by a running QB... fact.

Maybe we come out next week and beat Mizzou by 16.. we have the talent so that could certainly happen. If however we play like we did yesterday... we lose by double digits... fact.

sadlerdawg wrote: This is supposed to be one of the best defenses in the country????

Three things I found terribly troubling.

After our first score on a good drive we kick through end zone surrender a 75 yard drive for TD. Did I expect Buffalo to score? Yes. On their second drive? Absolutely not!

With about 7 min until half we get ball and go 3 and out. Punt them to 6 yrd line. THEY DRIVE 94 YARDS IN 8 PLAYS AND SCORE TD!

We get ball back with 2:12 before half again go 3 and out, THEY DRIVE 47 YRDS TO OUR 1 YRD LINE BEFORE KICKING FIELD GOAL!

I shutter to think the momentum swing! Oh My!

ogredawg wrote: I really enjoyed watching a well coached team dismantle a very good Michigan team wlayton.


UGA is far from being a team like that. Does this team have the character to step it up in Columbia West. They better despite the coaching or it will be a looooong ride back to Athens.

ogredawg, while I don't always put a lot of stock in the folks that come out with the ratings on Monday mornings, I will look closely at where Alabama is in the polls along with Georgia and where we will be placed.

Alabama and Michigan played on a neutral field, take away the 3 point home advantage. Alabama also came close to emptying their bench in this game.

We played between the Hedges, home crowd and ratings in the polls on our side. Read what Schultz had to say about the game, some interesting points made.

What I see on the football field is what I witnessed in the 90's at FSU. We are running identical plays, so my guess is that Mike Bobo is continuing what FSU offensive coordinator did in the 90's. While this worked really well for FSU in the 90's, the game has changed so much since then, that those that want to live in the past will also go down in flames.

For John Jenkins to say that he was really upset with himself after the first half . . . . have heard the same being said after many halftimes in the past. Somebody or someone as has been suggested on this board needs to get their act together. Have to believe that McGarity hears all things about our program . . . . to wit: Russ is now UGA IX. He heard the noise. Time for the coaches on the football team to "hear the noise" before it gets handled by McGarity. Folks leaving the stadium by the thousands, loudest cheers coming from a "tiny band" of Buffalo followers, leaves a bad taste in ones mouth.

Question was asked on this site about "Grantham". A very good question me thinks. The way I will answer that is . . . . Big game in Missouri, where will we see improvement coming from . . . the offense or the defense. We all know that if there is no improvment from yesterdays game, the thousands that left early and before halftime will be the same thousands that won't attend many of the future games in Athens . . . tickets in hand or not. McGarity would not be pleased with that turn of events, he as we all remember said to our head coach . . . . coach football, give me everything else, my name is not Evans, I get things done. No excuses.

Edit: Once again I think the game against Buffalo proves the point that has been discussed on this board more than once. If you are going to have a "very successful" football team, must think years ahead and be prepared to keep both offensive and defensive lines at full strength. All college football teams work under the same recruiting rules and numbers of players. Any particular reason that Saban seems to "truly say next man up" and get the results needed year after year. Saban knows that teams are built around the offensive and defensive lines. Not sure we will get the message any time soon, if not, not much will change. Get real po'd Mark Richt, take some of your coaching staff to task, maybe even change some of your thoughts about the way the game is played in 2012. A repeat of last season will not sit well with many.

sadlerdawg wrote: Another year of no FB or TE I guess.

Still scratching my head sadlerdawg.

thriller said:
Apparently a year with no short to intermediate passing!

sadlerdawg said:
Same as it ever was.

Going in the other direction . . . . don't beat me up too badly . . . . Mark/Mike/Todd were game planning for Missouri . . . . right?

If we come out of Columbia with a win, would do much to soothe my soul. Missouri was already being talked about as being a "must game". That "must shoe" might fit many different parts of our football team, speaking primarily about coaching with "direction". If we go into the second half of the Missouri game "needing" second half adjustments, which we have not done real well in the past . . . . going to get ugly. Come on coaches, both sides, the line in the sand has been drawn, put up or shut up next Saturday. AM time for you and Mike to look around and act and produce a game plan that "includes" the missing parts that put in as much time on the practice field as you two do. Game is played with 11 men on each side.

I am done harping on what needs to be fixed. I would just be repeating myself from the last 2 years. Just tired of the "non coaching" of this talent and fixating on the QB and the long ball mentality of this coaching staff.