By: Bruce Lauriault

Bruce Lauriault — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:55:56 +0000

I agree with your assesment–Beat fla–and all this is a distant memory–GO DAWGS GATA

By: 66DAWGnNC

66DAWGnNC — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:34:30 +0000

I have read several negative comments about Richt smiling at half-time. I was wondering, do you think he may have been using a psychological ploy? Maybe he was just trying to lighten the mood of a struggling team on the road. Over the last few seasons Richt has been criticized for his calm demeanor, needing more fire, etc. But that calm demeanor was fine the first 5 seasons or so. Fans seemed to comment that his cool-under-fire attitude helped the team pull out some tough wins. Now that same attitude is a detriment to the team? I don’t get that. What baffles me is how does a top 5 defense from a year ago go to being mediocre with basically the same players, coaches, and schemes? I thought the first couple of games were just aberrations; but now it seems to be a trend. On a different note: I am with you on the two penalties on the trick plays. The only thing I saw on the motion penalty was Marshall appeared to step slightly to his left just as the ball was snapped. If Murray was still in motion, then I guess technically there were two men in motion. Both receivers on the right side were waving their arms just prior to the snap. I am guessing that was to confuse the defense into thinking they did not know what was going on and an attempt to catch the D flat-footed. On the fake punt, I am not sure what the problem was there. On the replay it appeared there were 8 men on the line and 3 in the backfield. I did not think that was a penalty for illegal formation. Richt commented on another blog I read that Vavlas was on the line and was covered up by the outside guy. That, as far as I understand it, is only a penalty on a pass play and only if the covered receiver goes out for a pass. Then it is ineligible receiver, not illegal formation. Well, anyway, in a way I am sort-of glad we did not just blow UK out of the stadium and UF really spanked USCe. It may have a psychological effect on both teams; UF feeling overconfident and UGA knowing they have to be sharp in all phases to pull out the W. Then again, when was the last time UGA was sharp in all phases in a big game? This is obviously the biggest game of the season for several reasons. Thanks for the blog. I enjoyed the read.

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A fork in the road, or a cul-de-sac? | Get The Picture — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:56:53 +0000

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By: John Barnett

John Barnett — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:39:30 +0000

Spot on! I couldn’t have said it better myself, so I won’t except to say that I have seen and coached (26 years) a lot of football and I have NEVER seen a group with this much talent play so terrible on defense. They have played one complete game: Vanderbilt.

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