November 29, 2008
Dawgs Defense Goes Down in Flames
41-49-45. That's the 2008 season. A season where we didn't have a defense or a coach who knew what he was doing. Willie Martinez had two weeks to prepare for a game at home and still managed to give 428 yards to a team that only completed one pass. Georgia loses 45-42 to a team with less talent but better coaching.
Over the years it's been amazing to watch Willie Martinez keep his job after defensive disasters. This season we can't stop anyone. It'll be interesting to see what happens now. Will Coach Richt decide to put his job on the line and continue to make excuses for his coach? Talk about going down with the ship. The guy just can't coach. Hopefully Tech just did us a favor and this will force Richt to can Martinez.
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November 28, 2008
Preview: Georgia Tech 2008
With the extremely high expectations coming into the year, this had been a disappointing season for the Dawgs. A two loss season isn't something to hang our heads down about; however, a loss to Tech would make things exponentially worse. The Yellow Jackets are under new management and it appears to be working. I'm not sure their offensive philosophy can win against a great defense, but Georgia doesn't have a great defense. Injuries have definietly taken a toll. There's no excuse for the offense on Saturday though... we should be able to score a lot of points. If history as any indication we'll struggle.
Georgia simply cannot lose this game, but it's not out of the question. The Dawgs still have a lot to play for going into next season. No team could recover from losing 18 players and we have a lot of talent coming back for 2009. I think we have too much talent on offense to lose this game.
Final Score: UGA 35 - Tech 21
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November 16, 2008
Georgia Wins Third Straight Against War Tigers
It's a testament of how bad Auburn has played this season that Georgia was able to win yesterday. The Dawgs didn't do anything very well, but were able to win. Our offense doesn't convert on its chances, our defense isn't reliable, our special teams makes mistakes, and we keep making stupid penalties. All that aside we're able to beat Auburn for the third straight year 17-13. There's not much else to add to the game. It was ugly, it was much closer than it needed to be and here we are with one regular season game left and we only have two losses. At the beginning of the season I thought two losses would probably be an acceptable outcome. It's the blowout nature of both our losses though that has made this season such a frustrating endeavor. Plus, all the talent we have on offense is being wasted. Yesterday was a perfect example; however, a win is a win.
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November 14, 2008
Preview: Auburn 2008
Anytime we play Auburn you can just throw the the stats in the garbage can. This game has produced some of the wildest games I can remember. Even at 5-5 this game scares me because the fight War Eagles have everything to play for and we're treading water in a disappointing season. I would say that there's no way that Auburn's offense can muster up enough points to win, but then I remember how truly awful our defense is this season. I would say our offense can't be stopped, but then I realize that we folded in the first half of the Alabama game, and collapsed in Jacksonville. Georgia's best win came against LSU who barely beat Auburn early it the season.
We haven't beaten Auburn three times in a row since 1982. I don't remember that too clearly because I was three years old at the time. Auburn is down this season, but I think they'll play there best game of the season.
Final Score: UGA 20 - Auburn 30
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November 9, 2008
Kentucky Gives Dawgs Scare in Lexington
The defense didn't play, the special teams were bad, but somehow Georgia held on to win 42-38. Giving up 38 points to the Wildcats is inexcusable. It's difficult to fathom how disappointing this year's team is right now. Our best win is against a now three loss LSU team. We've laid an egg in the two biggest games of the season. We've needed late turnovers to beat both South Carolina and Kentucky.
Next week we play the woeful Auburn Tigers. Expect them to have an offensive renaissance against our terrible defense next week. Fortunately our offense is so good we should win the rest of our games. A two loss season might look good but it's mainly due to the fact that Tennessee and Auburn are having terrible year. I wouldn't be shocked if we lost to the War Eagles. They have everything to play for and it looks like we're just going through the motion out there. Every season our defense gets worse. For whatever reason we make mistakes on both sides of the ball. Stupid penalties, bad special teams, and costly turnovers. It's just not our year.
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November 2, 2008
Everything Goes Wrong In Jacksonville
Georgia's offense need to play a perfect game, and it didn't happen. We had more yards, had the ball longer, but we turned it over and missed field goals. Florida took full advantage and ran up the score to win 49-10. No one will remember the bad calls that set it up, or the stupid on side kick play. The score is the only thing that remains. Typically classless, Urban Meyer ran up the score and called pointless time outs to end the game. While I guess his feelings were hurt by last season's loss, Georgia will have plenty of motivation for next year's game.
I didn't think the Dawgs had a chance in this game with our problems on defense, our defensive coordinator, and all the injuries. If Georgia wouldn't have made all those mistakes and got a couple of breaks we could have won. That seems to always happen against Florida though. Receivers and QBs get hurt before the game. The refs miss calls that are apparent to everyone.
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