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Kentucky, October 19, 2010
From the editor : vance leavyThere truly is nothing like Homecoming in Athens as chil-
dren and adults alike get the opportunity to soak up all things Geor-gia. And this year’s festivities had the extra bonus of UGA VIIIassuming his role as the Bulldogs newest mascot. And then thecherry on top was how well our boys’ in red and black performedin shutting out Vanderbilt, 43-0.
It was a perfect Saturday in Athens. And hopefully the posi-tive mojo will only get better as our Dawgs travel to Lexington fora Saturday night battle that is sure to be a wild one.
But before we talk about that, I want to discuss our newestmascot and the awesome Seiler family that has overseen the dogsfor over fifty years.
I was fortunate enough to hook up with Sonny and his fam-ily down on the field right before the collar ceremony took place justbefore kickoff. Is was so neat that three generations of the Seilerswere there to see another dog take over the helm as the greatestmascot in the land. Just like everyone in Sanford Stadium, the en-tire family was full of smiles watching Uga VIII (Big Bad Bruce) as-sume his new role. And naturally the Bulldog Nation is gaga aboutUGA’s newest star.
And could it be that Uga VIII is about to rip off an incrediblewin streak? As the photo on this page suggests, could he be themissing piece towards everything coming together in 2010?
I sure hope so because our players and coaches deserve suc-cess for the way they’ve stuck together over the last six weeks. Theyvery easily could have turned on one another and began pointingfingers. However it appears they have done just the opposite andare united even stronger.
That bodes well as the team is about to enter the portion of itsschedule that is always the most difficult. By now, I hope everyonein the Bulldog Nation realizes that Kentucky is a tough out everyyear. Not only do they have several excellent skilled players, theyhave bulked up over the last five years on both lines of scrimmage.Simply put, they have the ability to push around teams if they donot show up to play.
However I have to say, I fully expect this Georgia team to goon the road and be ready to play fromthe opening whistle. My reason for thishas a lot to do with Aaron Murray, whocontinues to impress by using both hisbrain and athletic skills to put our of-fense in position to score points. He isyoung, but he’s certainly not playing likeit, which makes watching him an ab-solute pleasure.
And could it be that Georgia has
also finally found some rhythm to its running game? WashaunEaley and Carlton Thomas both had incredible games, which wasso overdue. These guys haven’t played terribly, but they simplyweren’t breaking tackles or making defenders miss. Obviously, Van-derbilt isn’t as big or fast as Georgia, but it was refreshing to see ourrunning backs play with a sense of urgency.
The same could be said for our defense that played their fan-nies off against the Commodores. And finally they were able tomake third down stops. There’s still some assignment stuff to beconcerned about, but it was great to see them playing, rather thanover-thinking, which I totally think has been the problem. And bydoing this, they’ve generated numerous turnovers against the Volsand Dores.
All of this sets up nicely as the team heads to the Blue Grassstate on Saturday. And since both the Gators and the Gamecockslost this past week, the SEC East birth to Atlanta is still very muchalive for our Bulldogs. Yes, Georgia still needs Spurrier and companyto drop two more games, but as crazy as things have been this sea-son, it could very well happen.
Hopefully our players aren’t getting too wrapped up with post-season scenarios because their goal is very simple. And that is to beatthe next team on the schedule. And this week that means takingdown the Cats.
Hope to see you there supporting the team, be it at Keenelandor in Commonwealth Stadium. Should be a blast ... Go Dawgs!
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It was 32 years ago when Georgiarecorded its most memorable win everagainst Kentucky.
On a chilly night in Lexington, thegreatest college football announcer everdelivered one of his most magical per-formances. Georgia came from behindand beat Kentucky 17-16 on a closingseconds field goal by Rex Robinson.Much like any golden Georgia momentsince 1966, the play, the drive, the win aresynonymous with the play-by-play call ofthe one and only Larry Munson – belovedlegend, and true superhero who’s face ison the Mount Rushmore of the BulldogNation.
It’s now been a couple of years sincethe mighty Munson retired as Georgia’sincomparable play-by-play announcer.
There have been hall of fame coachesand players that have been such a part ofthe glory of old Georgia, but no one in-volved with the Bulldog football programwas more embraced, iconic or irreplace-able.
Pulling a bit of a Rick Reilly, I wantedto go back and borrow from a column Iwrote on one of my all-time heroes priorto the 2006 game at Kentucky.
There’s something about playing theWildcats in Lexington that brings backthe fondest of Munson memories.
When only one, or maybe two gamesper Saturday were on television, fanswould scan their radios, especially atnight when A.M. signals reach substan-tially greater distances. Well this was aparticularly cool, crisp night and themighty signal of the Bulldogs 50,000 wattflagship station WSB out of Atlanta wasreaching the outer limits. From Miami toMaine and all the way through the deepSouth to the Midwest, Munson was heardand football fans tuning in, no mattertheir allegiances were captivated by hisdynamic, descriptive call.
For three and a half minutes, Mun-son’s impassioned, detailed brilliancechronicled Georgia’s game-winningmarch. Of course there was no TV, soevery Georgia fan was living and dyingwith every breath and word.
And, to quote from Munson, “it allcomes down to this.”
Behind the running of Willie Mc-Clendon, the Bulldogs had marched tothe Kentucky 12 yard line with eight sec-onds remaining to set up a potentialgame-winning field goal from star place-kicker Rex Robinson, with the Bulldogsbehind 16-14.
“The whole stadium’sstanding…naw, some of ‘em are upsidedown, but they’re tryin’ to stand…Rexsticks it up there, it looks good…watchit…YEAH! YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!”
It was sheer, beautiful, Bulldog bed-lam. Georgia recorded a signature win inan unforgettable 9-1-1 regular season.The Wonderdogs. They specialized inimprobable comeback wins, and Munsonwas right there for every nail-biting mo-ment – only a couple of which werechronicled by television.
Music fans say about Munson’s fa-vorite, the icon of icons, Frank Sinatra,“he could sing the phone book, and itwould be a number one hit!”
Munson, an accomplished pianoplayer who actually performed with OldBlue Eyes once, is equal to the claim.
How would you have liked to beenat that show by the way?
Munson told me he wore white socksand “The Chairman”gave him a pair ofdark ones and made him change.
Georgia fans carried their head-phones to the games, if for no other rea-son than to hear him say, “get the picture.”
That’s when it was time for the Bull-dogs to do battle.
It took me several years of knowinghim just to get over the awe of the voicewhen carrying on a conversation.
What a thrill listening to Munson tellstories about fishing with Ted Williams“and how he folded this check three orfour times over, and put it in his denim
shirt pocket,” or hearing the Sinatra tale“he made me change my socks, I’d wornwhite socks,” or having him list off mymany shortcomings: “Dantzler, whyaren’t you married yet, you need a wife, afiancé, a mortgage, a real job, and a dog.”
All the while, this is the voice thattold me as a ten year old.
“I know I’m asking a lot you guys,but Hunker Down One More Time!!!”
“Auburn floats a high wobbly pass,and they broke it up, the Dawgs broke itup! Clock running, running, and oh lookat the Sugar falling out of the sky!!! Lookat the Sugar falling out of the sky!!!”
It’s those defining moments, like the19-14 victory over Auburn in 1982 thatclinched a third straight SoutheasternConference championship for the Bull-dogs, that have been Munson’s distinctiveholy grail of calls. The ones that are wordfor word on the backs of tee shirts.
In the two aforementioned gamesthough, the true beauty of the craft wasthe setup of those game-winning plays.The drives that set up the winning playswere described with such stunning clarity,detail and passion – with that magnifi-cently beautiful set of pipes – that he tookcollege football play-by-play broadcastingto a true art form.
Most of his legendary calls were awayfrom home when the games weren’t onTV. Munson was the lone link betweenthe glory and the Bulldog nation’s collec-tive senses and emotions.
When the greatest college footballplayer of all time burst onto the scene ona steamy Knoxville September night in1980, that game wasn’t on television ei-ther.
“Five, ten, twelve, he’s running overpeople, Oh you Herschel Walker…MyGod a Freshman!”
You’ve seen the footage of the play.Every time a Georgia fan sees Walker run-ning over Tennessee’s Bill Bates, the mem-ory senses instantly go to Munson instereo.
Those two had many memorablemoments together.
“There goes Herschel!”With the Florida game on the hori-
zon, classic Munson echoes in the mem-ory banks.
It was 1975 and nothing had beenworking all day. Until…“Appleby’s gonnathrow a bomb, caught, Gene Washington,touchdown! Appleby stopped planted hisfeet and threw a bomb, and Washington,thinking of Montreal and the Olympicsran out of his shoes! The Gator Bowl sta-dium stunned! Rocking! The girders arebending now.”
Five years later…“The booth came apart, the stadium,
well the stadium fell down, they will haveto rebuild this place now. Miracle!”
Buck Belue’s 93-yard touchdownpass to Lindsay Scott is one of the fivemost famous plays in college football his-tory, as the last minute 26-21 victory overFlorida kept the Bulldogs dreams of the1980 national championship alive.
Munson’s call has surpassed the fameof the play.
When college football fans watchthose shows that list off those things likethe greatest plays and players, Belue-to-Scott naturally comes along. It’s alwaysaccompanied by the call.
This was THE defining moment inthe history of Georgia football. That callmade Munson nationwide. The entirecollege football universe discovered whatthe Bulldog nation had long known.
The legend behind the microphoneat Georgia was the best EVER!
So this Friday afternoon on our dailyAthens talk show on 960 “The Ref,” mystellar co-host Chris Brame will play thetape of the drive from Kentucky in 1978.The memories will quickly return. Andthe goose bumps.
Retired but forever “the legendaryvoice of the Georgia Bulldogs,” here’s tothe Mighty Munson and that magicalnight in Lexington 32 short years ago.
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“I really like yall’s quarterback.”When a long-time Georgia Tech fan said
that to me this past week, I concluded that,yes indeed, the Georgia Bulldogs do havesomething special at the quarterback posi-tion in redshirt freshman Aaron Murray.
Prior to this football season, inexperi-ence at the signal-calling spot was said to beone of the Bulldogs’ primary question marks.Yes, everyone knew Murray, the former prepAll-America out of Tampa’s Plant HighSchool, was a talented player but, still, he hadnever taken a snap in college football andwould he have the poise and savvy it takesto guide the Georgia offensive attack againstthe rugged defensive units that abound in theSoutheastern Conference?
Well, although this 2010 Bulldog edi-tion still has a number of question marks atseveral positions, quarterback is no longerone of them.
For Georgia’s No. 11, Aaron Murray, hasnot only quickly emerged as one of the bestfreshman quarterbacks in the SEC but, also,one of the best field generals period … re-gardless of classification.
Take a look at Murray’s statistical sheetafter this past Saturday’s 43-0 homecomingromp over Vanderbilt when he passed for acareer-high 287 yards and two touchdownsin less than three quarters of play. With theseason now just beyond the halfway point,the 6-1, 209-pound Murray has completed112-of-181 passing attempts for 1,653 yardsand 12 touchdowns. He has thrown justthree interceptions while completing 61.9percent of his passes. Murray is now averag-ing 236 yards per game passing, third in theSEC. Murray has also rushed for 158 yardsand four scores. Displaying his speed and es-capability, Murray has actually run for 257yards on 51 carries, a 5-yards per carry clip,but being sacked for 99 yards in losses, hisrushing total equates to the 158 net.
Many in Bulldog Nation have expressedsurprise at Murray’s speed and running abil-ity but, should they be? After all, this is a guywho rushed for 932 yards and 12 touch-downs as a junior in high school to go withhis 4,013 yards passing before then sufferinga broken leg in his senior year but comingback to lead Plant to its second state AAAAchampionship in three years.
So what Murray gives the Bulldogs is infact an extra running back in the backfield.That said, he still has surprised head coachMark Richt and the Georgia assistants withhis ability to tuck the ball under his arm andrun for good yardage.
“We knew he was a good athlete but Ididn’t think he would be able to make asmany plays with his wheels,” Richt said. “Ididn't think he would run for that manyyards across the line of scrimmage. I felt hewould move well, bide time to maybe throwthe ball downfield and occasionally get firstdowns here or there, but I really didn’t thinkhe would be able to break out and run theball like he has.”
Said Georgia offensive coordinator MikeBobo: “When he’s able to run, he’s a guy that’sunaccounted for. He’s done a good job allyear of protecting the ball and when playsbreak down, he’s been able to make playswith his legs.”
Often in this space, I’ve talked aboutsome of the top running QBs in Georgia his-tory. Of course, there was Ray Goff, who ranthe veer offense to perfection in leading theBulldogs to the 1976 SEC title while alsobeing SEC Player of the Year. Goff wouldcome outside on the option, fake the pitch,plant his foot, cut back and make peoplemiss in the secondary with his long strides.And at 6-2, 210-plus pounds, Goff was a loadto bring down. Athens’ own Andy Johnson,of course, may have been the finest pure run-ning quarterback ever at Georgia. Teamingwith teammate Jimmy Poulos to lead the1971 Bulldogs to an 11-1 record, Johnsonboasted excellent breakaway speed and alsopower with his 6-foot, 200-pound frame. He,of course, went on to play nine years as a run-ning back with the New England Patriots.Then there have been other outstanding run-ning signal-callers to wear the Red and Black,several of them being named D.J. Shockley,Preston Ridlehuber and Kirby Moore.
I’m saying all that to say this: at least inthe first half of his first season guiding theUGA offense, Murray is already giving indi-cations he’s going to join the list of the Uni-versity of Georgia’s best-ever runningquarterbacks.
But it’s not only Murray’s ability to es-cape the opposing pass rush and dash for firstdowns that’s going to make him a possibleAll-America candidate in the coming years.It’s just everything about Murray … hisstrong passing arm, his awareness, his visiondownfield, his football smarts, and his un-matched work ethic.
In comparison with former Bulldogstandout and No. 1 NFL draft choiceMatthew Stafford, Murray stacks up prettyhandsomely with the start he’s had at Geor-gia.
Murray now owns a sparkling 157.16quarterback efficiency rating. That is consid-erably better than the 108.99 efficiency ratingStafford had in the 2006 season when hepassed for 1,749 yards and seven touch-downs but tossed 13 interceptions. Ofcourse, in fairness to Stafford, he was a truefreshman who was thrown into the fire thatseason and didn’t have a year and a half inthe Georgia system when he first played, ashas Murray. In Stafford’s final and junior yearin Athens, he posted a similar completionpercentage (61.4) and efficiency rating(153.54) as Murray has now while throwingfor 3,459 yards and a school record 25touchdowns.
“During the course of a game it's hardfor a quarterback to be right every time,” saidRicht, “especially when we give our quarter-backs a lot of leeway to make a lot of deci-sions, before the snap and after the snap. ButAaron’s decision making has really been verysolid. He's rarely thrown the ball in positionwhere the defense would have a betterchance than we have, and I mean all yearlong.
“That touchdown-to-interception ratiofor a first-year quarterback is really prettygood,” Richt said after Murray went 17-for-25for 266 yards and two touchdowns and alsoran for two scores in the Bulldogs’ earlier 41-14 pasting of Tennessee. “He's hitting over 60percent of his passes and in this game Ithought he was very accurate. I can’t think ofa one he threw where he didn’t give our guysa chance.”
Murray agreed with his head coach thathis performance against the Volunteers washis best effort at Georgia to date.
“I definitely feel it was my best game,”Murray said. “I felt more comfortable goingthrough my reads. My reads were faster thisweek. I think I checked the ball down betterthan I had in the past. That’s me under-standing the playbook better, understandingthe plays better, understanding the defenseand just taking what they give us. I just haveto continue to be smart, but I’m definitelyhappy with the way I’ve progressed,” headded. “Coach Bobo has done a great job ofmaking sure I continue working on the fun-damentals, and when we break down thefilm together, we’ll talk over things he’ll wantme to work on in the upcoming week inpractice. I try to do that to the best of my abil-ity.
“I feel like he’s (Bobo) seen growth inme,” Murray said. “I definitely feel like I’mprogressing slowly every week. I’m just tryingto get better week in and week out. And justbe smart. I think he’s gained more confidencein me and hopefully I continue to show himthat I can earn his respect and earn the re-spect of the rest of the offense, and he can putmore on my plate.”
A guy who should know, All-Americareceiver candidate A.J. Green, says no collegeteam around has a more promising quarter-back than the Bulldogs’ Murray.
“Aaron is such a special guy,” said Green.“I’ve been saying that since day one. Some ofthe stuff he can do is just amazing, stuff thatsome older quarterbacks can’t even do. He’smade some great throws – he just makes myjob that much easier.”
One thing’s for certain – with No. 11 di-recting Georgia’s offense over the next three-and-a-half years, the Bulldog Nation shouldhave much to look forward to.
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heir records are far from outstanding, but Georgiaand Kentucky are both feeling awfully good head-ing into Saturday night’s Southeastern Conferenceshowdown at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexing-
ton. After suffering through the program’s first four-game los-
ing streak since the dismal days of 1990, Georgia has respondedwith a pair of inspired victories in Athens over Tennessee andVanderbilt. The Bulldogs took down the Volunteers 41-14 andwhitewashed the Commodores 43-0. All three phases of thegame have been clicking for the Bulldogs, as Georgia has en-joyed outstanding play in the special teams (Drew Butler aver-aged 49.0 yards on four punts against the Commodores),defense (the Bulldogs handed Vandy its first shutout since2003) and offense (Aaron Murray had another outstanding daywith 287 yards, two touchdowns and no picks, while WashaunEaley topped the century mark rushing and Kris Durham didso receiving).
Playing hard, fast and physical, the Bulldogs have breathedlife back into a 2010 campaign that began with Georgia’s worststart since the 1993 season opened at 1-4.
Murray and the return of A.J. Green from suspension andDurham from injury have jumpstarted the offense. A line thatstruggled through the 1-4 start has gotten a boost from moreplays out of Trinton Sturdivant and the infusion of true fresh-man Kenarious Gates. Ealey, who was suspended for the firstgame due to a traffic arrest, coughed up a pair of critical fum-bles in Georgia’s losses at South Carolina and Mississippi State.But with Caleb King suspended due to a traffic arrest, Ealeystepped into the leading role against Vanderbilt and respondedwith 123 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries, averaging 7.2yards per pop.
On defense the story has been outstanding effectivenessagainst the run in the two game winning streak. The Bulldogsallowed a net of only nine yards rushing in the victory over theVolunteers, and against Vanderbilt this past Saturday, Georgiagave up only 58 yards on 27 carries.
The two wins push the Bulldogs record to 3-4 and 2-3 inSEC play.
Kentucky sits at 4-3 and 1-3 in the league after an im-pressive 31-28 victory on the bluegrass over then No. 9 SouthCarolina. With the Gamecocks star freshman tailback MarcusLattimore sidelined for most of the second half with an ankle in-jury after chalking up 212 total yards in the first 30 minutes,
Kentucky took over after intermission. JuniorAll-American candidate Randall Cobb caughtthe go-ahead 24-yard touchdown with 1:15 togo and then added on a critical two-point con-version to give the Wildcats the three point lead.Mike Hartline threw the game-winner to Cobb,and tallied a career-beast 349 yards and fourscores, as the Wildcats rallied from an 18-pointdeficit to the Lattimore-less Gamecocks. SouthCarolina was on the move and threatening fromthe Wildcats 20 with 11 seconds remaining, butAnthony Moseley intercepted Stephen Garcia inthe end zone to preserve the win.
Over the last five seasons, Kentucky hasbeaten Georgia twice, topped LSU, Arkansasand now South Carolina. The Wildcats haveshown that they can not only compete with theSEC’s best, but they can win the big games.
Topping South Carolina was especially im-pressive, as the Wildcats fell by three on a last-second field goal to undefeated Auburn.
With the SEC East race in chaos – every school has at leasttwo league losses – the winner of the Georgia-Kentucky gamewould still actually be in contention heading to Halloweenweekend. It’s been that kind of year in the toughest league inthe land.
So does Georgia win a third straight against an East foe, ordo the ‘Cats follow up the victory over South Carolina with athird win over the Bulldogs in five years?
Here are a few key match-ups that will make the differ-ence:
Cobb vs. CB’s and S’s How South Carolina left Cobb completely uncovered on
what turned out to be the game-winning touchdown will havethe Gamecocks scratching their heads for a long time. He cando it all. Georgia’s secondary must be aware of Cobb at all times.And when he lines up in the shotgun, anything can happen. Anenormous play in the ‘Cats win last Saturday was a nifty fourth-and-one run from Cobb that converted clutch first down onthe winning march. The Bulldogs secondary has been exposedon 15-to-25 yard sideline routes as the Bulldog safeties havebeen frozen on play action. No matter where Cobb is, whetherhe’s going out for the pass, running on a reverse or getting thesnap out of the shotgun, the freeze option and a speedy Cobb
will be a huge test for the Georgia secondary. Georgia OL vs. Kentucky FrontOver the last two weeks, Georgia’s offensive line has made
a great deal of improvement. As mentioned above, more snapsfrom Sturdivant and the addition of Gates has been a big plus.But this will be the toughest test for Georgia’s offensive line sincea 24-12 loss to Mississippi State in the fourth week of the sea-son. Kentucky has a strong, veteran defensive front that is ledby three seniors. Can the Georgia line give Murray time tothrow and create some space for Ealey to run?
Green, Durham and co. vs. Wildcat DB’sGreen is a spectacular player at receiver, capable of scor-
ing any time he touches the ball. He’s great on the go routes andgoing over the middle. The Bulldogs love to get him the ball inspace. Durham is back and healthy, and this combination hasoutstanding size (both are 6-4), speed and hands. With Mur-ray, who is quite dangerous with his feet, Georgia has big playpotential on the perimeter. And the redshirt freshman has de-veloped chemistry with Durham and Green. Kentucky’s sec-ondary came up with the big pick in the win over theGamecocks, and how they perform against Georgia’s receiverswill be a one of the most important aspects of Saturday’s Blue-grass clash.
Dogs vs. CatsDespite both teams possessing three SEC losses,the victor in Saturday’s contest stays alive in East
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TEAM STATISTICS UK OPP SCORING 247 209
Points Per Game 35.3 9.9 FIRST DOWNS 158 132
Rushing 60 66 Passing 87 55 Penalty 11 11
RUSHING YARDAGE 1111 1232 Yards gained rushing 1229 1404 Yards lost rushing 118 172 Rushing Attempts 240 261 Average Per Rush 4.6 4.7 Average Per Game 158.7 176.0 TDs Rushing 15 17
PASSING YARDAGE 1894 1301 Comp-Att-Int 164-239-3 95-174-6 Average Per Pass 7.9 7.5 Average Per Catch 11.5 13.7 Average Per Game 270.6 185.9 TDs Passing 16 8
TOTAL OFFENSE 3005 2533 Total Plays 479 435 Average Per Play 6.3 5.8 Average Per Game 429.3 361.9
KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 31-743 27-644 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 20-166 11-147 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 6-4 3-100 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 24.0 23.9 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 8.3 13.4 INT RETURN AVERAGE 0.7 33.3 FUMBLES-LOST 8-3 10-4 PENALTIES-Yards 42-347 48-386
Average Per Game 49.6 55.1 PUNTS-Yards 26-1171 37-1486
Average Per Punt 45.0 40.2 Net punt average 35.5 34.6
TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 30:46 29:14 3RD-DOWN Conversions 40/91 33/84
Score by quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total Kentucky 44 89 61 53 247 Opponents 56 68 41 44 209
TEAM STATISTICS UG OPP SCORING 208 122
Points Per Game 29.7 17.4 FIRST DOWNS 130 102
Rushing 59 43 Passing 68 51 Penalty 3 8
RUSHING YARDAGE 1053 724 Yards gained rushing 1218 942 Yards lost rushing 165 218 Rushing Attempts 251 247 Average Per Rush 4.2 2.9 Average Per Game 150.4 103.4 TDs Rushing 10 8
PASSING YARDAGE 1714 1307 Comp-Att-Int 118-190-3 86-154-7 Average Per Pass 9.0 8.5 Average Per Catch 14.5 15.2 Average Per Game 244.9 186.7 TDs Passing 13 8
TOTAL OFFENSE 2767 2031 Total Plays 441 401 Average Per Play 6.3 5.1 Average Per Game 395.3 290.1
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Record: 4-3 overall and 1-3 in SEC with wins overLouisville (23-16),Western Kentucky (63-28), Akron (47-10) and No. 8-ranked South Carolina (31-28Saturday night) and losses to Florida (14-48), Ole Miss(35-42) andAuburn (34-37).
Mascot: “The Wildcat” and “Scratch.”
Why Kentucky could win: The Wildcats have an ex-plosive offense, led by junior wide receiver/Wildcat backRandall Cobb, who caught a 24-yard touchdown passwith 1:15 remaining then added the two-point conversion to cap a furious second-half rally and give the Wildcats the 31-28 win over theGamecocks this past Saturday night. Kentucky also tallied 34 points in the three-point loss to undefeated Auburn the previous week. Thus,if the Georgia defense reverts back to giving up the big play like it did against Arkansas, Mississippi State and Colorado and can’t slowdown the multi-talented Cobb – who simply gashed the Bulldogs two years ago in Lexington – or the passing of senior Mike Hartline whothrew for 349 yards and a career-high four touchdowns against Carolina, it could be a long night for Georgia in the bluegrass Saturday.
Why Kentucky could lose: The Bulldogs should have a score to settle with the Wildcats after their turnover-infested 34-27 loss to Ken-tucky in Sanford Stadium last season. Also, if Georgia can turn in the kind of offensive and defensive performances it did the last twoweeks in routs of Tennessee and Kentucky, it should be enough for the Bulldogs to get by the Wildcats and thereby head to Jacksonvillenext week with a great deal of momentum under their belts.
What Kentucky’s coach is saying:“What an effort!” declared head coach Joker Phillips after the win over the Gamecocks. “But then, we’ve given this effort every week –we just made a lot more plays in this game. Our defense shut out one of the best offenses in the conference the second half, really playedinspired football. And our offense scored when we needed to score.”
What Kentucky’s players are saying:“Finally. Finally we came through,” said Kentucky’s Randall Cobb, following the huge upset of South Carolina. “We never lost faith. Wenever for one second thought that we were going to lose that game. We’ve had struggles at times, but we found a way to win. That’swhat it comes down to. We kept our faith and found a way to win. Now, we’ve got Georgia coming in here next.”
What Kentucky’s fans are saying:“Georgia is playing some good ball right now (even if it was against Vandy),” commented one UK fan after the thrilling upset of SouthCarolina. “We CANNOT have a letdown against them next week. I honestly think our toughest game left is at Mississippi State. But everygame remaining for us is VERY winnable.”And from another Wildcat supporter: “Georgia, I think, is the biggest question mark. Earlier in the season I would say we could roll them,but the past two weeks they havelooked very good. Not sure if it clicked for them or they just love beating up on poor Tennessee teams.Still, I think if we can get past UGA then we may very well be able to win out. If we can go 9-3 or 8-4 I will be pretty darnn happy.”
Noteworthy:Georgia holds a commanding 49-12-2 winning margin over Kentucky and in the last 10 meetings, has beaten the Wildcats eight times.Mark Richt is 7-2 against Kentucky but has lost to the Wildcats twice in the past four years, by 24-20 in 2006 in Lexington and by 34-27last season in Georgia’s poorly-played game between the hedges.
Kentucky scouting reportJacked-up Cats ready to continue surge on DawgsBy Murray Poole
By Jeff Dantzler
#18 Randall Cobb, QB, WR, PR, KR5-11, 191 Jr. Alcoa, Tenn. One of the nation’s most electric players, Cobb is anelite talent havoc wreaker who causes as manysleepless nights for opposing defensive coordinatorsas any Southeastern Conference star. Whether it’s atquarterback, receiver or on returns, Cobb, was aFreshman All-American in 2008, All-SEC in ’09 and ison his way to All-American honors here in 2010. Oneof his highlight games came in a heart-breaking 37-34 last-second loss to Auburn on October 9. Cobbaccounted for four touchdowns and was named theNational Wide Receiver/Running Back of the Weekfollowing his performance against the Tigers. He’sgiven Georgia fits the last two seasons and will be amatch-up nightmare for first year defensive coordi-nator Todd Grantham.
#20 Derrick Locke, TB 5-9, 191 Sr. Hugo, Okla. One of the top tailbacks in the Southeastern Confer-ence, Locke combines with Cobb to give the Wild-cats one of the most lethal one-two perimeterpunches in the league. A second team All-SEC se-lection a year ago, Locke chalked up 907 yards andscored six touchdowns in 2009. He’s been a steadilyimproving back, bulking up over the last couple ofseasons to become a more effective runner betweenthe tackles. Combined with his explosive speed,Locke is a complete back capable of scoring any timehe touches the ball. He was knicked up two gamesago in a heartbreaking last-second loss to Auburn,but Locke figures to be at full strength for Saturdaynight’s showdown with the Bulldogs.
#55 DeQuin Evans, #53 Ricky Lumpkin and#92 Shane McCordSenior D-Line trioRich Brooks did an outstanding job making Kentuckya more physical football team. The Wildcats dra-matically improved and became a much more phys-ical team on the offensive line and defensive front.Joker Phillips has a veteran trio up front to spear-head his defense in seniors DeQuin Evans, RickyLumpkin and Shane McCord. Evans has been an out-standing edge rusher, and he earned honorable men-tion All-SEC honors last season with six sacks.Lumpkin and McCord, both at 292 pounds, give theWildcats strength and power in the middle. Line-backer Danny Trevathan, second on the team instops last year behind All-SEC middle linebackerMicah Johnson, is strong on run support.
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JD’s five keys to taking down the Cats 1. Contain Cobb – There arefew players in the country that bringto their team what Cobb does toKentucky. He is quite simply, spec-tacular. When he lines up in theshotgun, there’s big time troublewith Cobb running and passing. Asa receiver, if the Bulldogs don’t pres-sure the passer, a free – runningCobb will get open and make hugegains on runs after the catch. Fi-nally, in the return game, he’s theSoutheastern Conference’s best inthe open field. Georgia is all too fa-miliar with just how talented he is,and the first step towards winningon Saturday night is limiting thedamage from this All-American can-didate, who is a threat cut from thecloth of Florida Gators great andMinnesota Vikings star Percy Harvin.
2. Lock up Locke – Kentuckyhas a big time one-two punch inCobb and Locke. He’s a standout tailback who can break longruns on the edge and between the tackles. If both Cobb andLocke get hot, it’s a serious “pick your poison” when it comes toslowing down these two All-SEC big play threats. But when Lockeis rolling, then Cobb becomes even more dangerous as a counter-puncher off play-action, misdirection or out of the shot gun. TheSEC is loaded with stellar tailbacks, including Mark Ingram, TrentRichardson and Marcus Lattimore, and Locke is in the elite class.Georgia’s front seven will have to be strong and tough, while thesecondary must be sure-tackling against Locke on run support.
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4. Kicking Game Superiority – Thisis an area where Georgia should have anedge, and it’s vital for the Bulldogs to cap-italize on special teams. Blair Walsh is onhis way towards etching his nameamongst Allan Leavitt, Rex Robinson,Kevin Butler, John Kasay, Billy Bennett andBrandon Coutu as one of the best to everplay at Georgia. Butler’s son Drew is astellar punter, a unanimous first-team All-American a year ago. With BrandonBoykin as one of the top threats on kick-
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Uga VIII had to like what he witnessed in hisfirst official game as Georgia’s newly-crowned mas-cot as the Bulldogs enjoyed a happy 2010 Home-coming with a 43-0 smashing of the VanderbiltCommodores Saturday at Sanford Stadium.
And Uga’s successful debut on the Sanford Sta-dium sidelines was made possible because of a Bull-dog offense that clicked for a season-high 547 yardsand a Georgia defensive unit that presented new co-ordinator Todd Grantham with his first shutoutwhile checking the Commodore attack to a measly58 yards net rushing and 82 yards passing.
The win came on the heels of Georgia’s 41-14pasting of Tennessee and sends the Bulldogs to Ken-tucky this weekend at 3-4 overall and 2-3 in the SECstandings.
“I told the team after the game, it doesn’t mat-ter what level of football you are, a shutout is hard toget – ever,” said head coach Mark Richt. “That’s justa great job by everybody on the defensive team. Andwhen the offense doesn’t turn it over and put the de-fense in a bad way, that helps too. Everybody had ahand in that.
“When we win the turnover ratio,” addedRicht, “we’re letting the hair grow just a little more ontheir faces. So if you see slobs, be happy, because itmeans things are going well in the turnover ratio.”
Richt said the more strenuous practices theBulldogs have gone through the last two weeks seemto be paying dividends.
“We’ve practiced more physically, and the guyshave responded to that,” he said. “Early on, we werenot finishing like we should. The last couple ofgames we’ve started well and grabbed some mo-mentum.”
Grantham was especially proud of his defense,not only for keeping the Commodores out of theend zone but for continuing the steady improve-ment his charges have made over the past twoweeks.
“The players have been working hard, they’veprepared, and they executed the game plan verywell,” said Grantham. “And the players have shownmental and physical toughness, they want to com-pete and I think anytime you get a shutout in thisleague – I don’t care what league it is – I think it’s ahard thing to do and all the credit goes to the play-ers.”
The Bulldogs built a 12-0 first period lead via a32-yard Blair Walsh field goal, a 15-yard run by Carl-ton Thomas which came on the heels of a 58-yardreverse-his-field scamper by Washaun Ealey and asafety when a Vanderbilt snap sailed out of the Com-modores’ end zone. Georgia then increased its leadto 22-0 at halftime on a four-yard pass from Murrayto Kris Durham and a 25-yard field goal by Walshwith just 18 seconds left in the second quarter.
The Bulldogs then roared on to the final mar-gin of victory with a 48-yard Murray-to-A.J. Greenscoring pass, a 9-yard run by Thomas for his secondtouchdown, and a 1-yard run by Ealey … all ofGeorgia’s scoring coming before the third quarter hadended which enabled Richt to empty his bench forthe final period.
What Worked
The Georgia passing game (315 yards total),the running game (season-high 232 yards), the kick-ing game and the aforementioned run defense andpass defense – it all came together for the Bulldogson this beautiful fall afternoon between the hedgesas they avoided a letdown after the big win over Ten-
nessee the previous Saturday and never allowed Van-derbilt to mount a serious challenge.
What Didn’t Work
It may fall a little on the picky side when youhammer a team 43-0 but the Bulldogs had to settlefor a Walsh field goal after reaching the Vandy 14 ontheir opening drive and also had to settle for anotherWalsh 3-pointer just before halftime after drivingdown to the Commodores’ 6-yard stripe. With someof the teams just ahead on the Georgia schedule, theBulldogs will need to cash in with touchdownswhen they do reach the red zone.
Top Performers
Let’s see, there were a bunch of Bulldogs in thiscategory this week. Ealey, with Caleb King watch-ing from the sidelines, ran for a season-high 123yards on 17 carries and, the best thing, fumbled theball nary a time. Little Thomas ran for 40 yards onjust four carries and had his two scores, and Murraycontinued his brilliant first-year performance (seePoole Shots column, page 5) by drilling 15-of-24 at-tempts for a career-high 287 yards and the twotouchdowns. Receiving-wise, Durham enjoyed hissecond career 100-yard day with four catches for112 yards and the touchdown, Tavarres King alsohad four receptions for 70 yards and Green and tightend Aron White snared three balls each, Green for64 yards including the touchdown and White for50 yards. Drew Butler punted four times for a 49.0average and Walsh booted two field goals and alsohit his 115th consecutive PAT to set a new schoolrecord, passing Brandon Coutu (114).
“They were really doubling me everywheretoday,” said Green. “They were taking all the deeproutes away but Kris (Durham) made some big playsand TK (King) made some outstanding plays andthat really opened them up and it just felt good to getthem involved. When they double-cover me, withKris and TK on the other side making big plays likethat, it’s just gonna open it up more for me.”
Also, kudos to Georgia’s entire offensive linewhich paved the way for that season-high 232 rush-ing yards.
“I thought we did a really good job up front,”said senior tackle Clint Boling. “I thought everybodyplayed hard today, played well and, hopefully, wecan keep building on this. Our whole offense waspicking up adrenaline on some of those drives,Washaun was running the ball hard, we were block-ing hard, the receivers were making plays and Ithought it was a real good job all-around for every-body.”
Defensively, senior linebacker Akeem Dentcontinued to lead the way with eight total tackleswhile Justin Houston, Bacarri Rambo and MarcusDowtin followed with five stops each with Houstongetting a sack to extend his SEC lead to 6.5. SandersCommings snagged an interception.
Back on the Road to the Bluegrass
After finding success at home these last twosun-kissed afternoons, the Bulldogs go to LexingtonSaturday evening to face the Wildcats under thelights (7:30), knowing a win would send them toJacksonville the following week all even on the sea-son and in the SEC. “We’ve got to get ready to face agood Kentucky team,” said Richt.
Game rewind: Georgia 43 Vandy 0
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Kevin Butler, former University of Georgia legendary kicker and a member ofthe Georgia radio broadcast team, will each week during the 2010 footballseason select his offensive, defensive and special teams players of the weekfor Bulldawg Illustrated. Here are Butler’s selections and reasons why for theBulldogs’ 43-0 win over Vanderbilt Saturday.
OFFENSE – Junior tackle Trinton Sturdivant, who has returned to thestarting lineup the past two games and on Saturday helped pave theway for the Georgia offense to post its finest rushing effort of theseason … a 232-yard effort in the romp over the Commodores.
“I think Trinton’s presence has brought a little more stability to the offensiveline,” said Butler. “We are certainly much stronger on the offensive line withTrinton in there. Our rushing game was certainly at a season high this pastgame, and Trinton’s leadership, both mentally and physically, has been a boostto the team’s offensive production. And he certainly brings more confidenceand consistent effort for our offensive line. I’m very proud of the way he’sfought back from his two knee injuries, which sometimes is enough to put aplayer’s career on the shelf.”
DEFENSE – Sophomore linebacker Christian Robinson, who scoredon a 36-yard fumble recovery run only to have the play nullified whenit was ruled the Vanderbilt receiver never had possession of the ball.Robinson also recorded three tackles and helped spark the Bulldogs’first shutout under new coordinator Todd Grantham.
“Christian’s effort and his maturity have certainly helped to contribute to ourdefense’s success over the past couple of weeks,” said Butler. “His ability tolearn the system and his ability to know his assignments equal his ability toreact on the field, which is the key to his success. When our players are think-ing on their feet instead of reacting, they will get beat. With Christian’s fum-ble recovery for the touchdown, which of course was overruled, that’s the kindof hustle we need from our linebackers. They are the key to our success inCoach Grantham’s defense, and we’ll be measured defensively by how ourlinebackers play.”
SPECIAL TEAMS – Sophomore linebacker Michael Gilliard, who as amember of Georgia’s kickoff coverage team, had three tackles onVandy’s ace kick returner Warren Norman and also had four overalltackles in the Bulldogs’ pasting of the Commodores.
“Michael showed great hustle in this game while going up against one of thebest returners in the SEC in Norman,” said Butler. “And the key to his successis due to one thing and one thing only and that’s determination. He outhus-tles people downfield, gets around his blockers and gets back into his laneand what that does is put him into position to make a play, which he does. It’snot about being fancy, not about being pretty but about outhustling your op-ponent, getting downfield, breaking down and making the tackle.”
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arryl Gamble has had a very productive career for theGeorgia Bulldogs. The 6-2, 255-pound senior outsidelinebacker from Bainbridge, after being redshirted in
2006, appeared in 13 games as a redshirt freshman in 2007and recorded 13 tackles – including four stops in the SugarBowl win over Hawaii – and had a forced fumble. During the2008 season, Gamble stepped his game up to a much-higherlevel. Named Georgia’s Most Improved Defensive Player,Gamble appeared in 12 games (with six starts) and totaled 60tackles, 15 quarterback pressures and two interceptions, bothreturned for touchdowns. Those two pick-sixes came in theBulldogs’ 52-38 win over LSU in Baton Rouge and earnedGamble FWAA/Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Playerof the Week and SEC Defensive Player of the Week honors.He also had a career-high 13 tackles against LSU. Bouncingback from a season-ending broken leg in the finale againstGeorgia Tech that season, Gamble in his junior year last sea-son recorded 47 tackles while appearing in 13 games with11 starts. Entering this past Saturday’s game against Vander-bilt, Gamble had notched 19 tackles in the 2010 season, withtwo tackles-for-loss and eight quarterback hurries and alsohad one interception. Here, in this question-and-answer withGamble and his mom, Tracey Washington, Georgia fans aregiven a personal insight into the player who wears No. 50 forthe Bulldogs.
What do you view as the most important quality inbeing a leader for the team?
As a leader, it’s a matter of just trying to get everybody onthe same page and just try to lead by example. Most of theguys are doing it right but there’s always some players whoneed instruction, as far as the team perspective goes.
Who do you consider to be the most important mentorin your life so far, and why?
I always look up to my mom just because of the thingsshe’s done for me all of my life. Also, my godfather, KevinCochran, who was my high school basketball coach at Bain-bridge, he’s a guy who’s always been around for me. I startedwith him in elementary school and he’s stuck with me upuntil today. I still talk to him before and after every game, andhe tells me what I did well and what I need to work on.
What fellow player on the team motivates you to be thebest you can be and why is that the case?
If I had to name one guy, it would be Quintin Banks. He’s myroommate and the hardest worker I’ve ever been around. After thedoctors told him he couldn’t play football anymore, it hurt metoo because I know what kind of worker he is. Quintin has alwayspushed me to be my best.
What is the best play or game you’ve had while at Georgiaand why?
The two interceptions I had against LSU in ’08, I would saythat was my best performance. I was aware of what was going onat the time, it just came to me and I took advantage of it. Ofcourse, there’s still time for me to make some more (memorablegames) so I’m still waiting on that.
When you leave Georgia, what do you hope folks say aboutyour contribution to the program?
That when they talk about Darryl Gamble, they will say heworked hard and gave it all he could. That he was a good leaderfor this team and a guy who let the younger guys on the teamknow what to expect at the university. That I was a guy they couldturn to.
What regular Georgia opponent do you enjoy playing themost and why?
I would have to say Arkansas. That’s because one of my bestfriends, Ray Dominguez, who was a teammate of mine at Bain-bridge High School, is a starting tackle on the offensive line forthem.
Bulldawg leader: Darryl GambleTwo interceptions versus LSU a great memory for UGA linebacker
Main attribute that makes Darryl a leader:Darryl has just always been a leader, never a fol-lower. He’s always been a leader even when he wasa little kid.
Best childhood story:When Darryl was a child, he had asthma so he wasalways like a mama’s boy and stuck close to home.He stayed home with his mama until middle school,when he started hanging out with his friends. And,growing up, he always wanted to be a basketballplayer. And he was a really good basketball player inhigh school, but he then got the football scholarshipto Georgia.
Best thing about his time at Georgia:Darryl had always been around home but when hegot to Georgia, he really matured. He’s stepped outto really become a nice young man and a footballplayer.
Nicest thing he’s ever done for you:Every day that Darryl is with me is special. WhenDarryl first went to Georgia, my mom passed awaybefore New Year’s so that time is always special forus. There’s a lot of bowl games and all going on thenand we just try to spend that day together. Darryl’salways been very considerate of me.
A few things about Darryl outside of football:He mostly likes to play basketball in his spare time,and he likes to sleep a lot, too.
Most entertaining story about UGA fans:My first Georgia game, I was kind of nervous be-cause it’s not like high school – there were just somany people there. But I found the Georgia fans tobe really high spirited and very friendly people.
What has Coach Richt meant to Darryl?Coach Richt is a good inspiration, a good role modeland a leader. And he’s a very good Christian personin Darryl’s life. He keeps the focus on God, and I’mreal glad that Coach Richt gets the boys to go tochurch. I really appreciate that about him.
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It was one of the wildest Saturday’s since that chaotic 2007 campaign. Almost simultaneously, Kentucky upsetSouth Carolina in the final minute, Mississippi State held on to win at Florida, and Wisconsin put a beat down on OhioState. Earlier in the day, the SEC had its highest scoring game ever, and Texas pulled off the upset in Lincoln over Ne-braska. There were late night thrillers with Washington nipping Oregon State and Hawaii downing Nevada. Comingup Saturday is another list of great games, highlighted by mega – showdowns in the SEC and Big Ten.
1. Oregon – The Ducks offense is one of the most explosive inthe PAC-10 in years. Oregon enjoyed an open date this past Satur-day and the remainder of the schedule, though challenging, gives theDucks a chance to make a run at the most special season in school his-tory.
2. Auburn – What an unbelievable game in the loveliest villageon the plains, as the Tigers outgunned Arkansas 65-43 in the high-est scoring game in Southeastern Conference history. Now comes asecond straight mega showdown, as LSU visits Jordan-Hare Stadium.
3. LSU – The Fightin’ Tigers slugged their way past McNeeseState, and should be in prime condition for dangerous Auburn onthe plains. Drake Nevis is a beast on the defensive front and PatrickPeterson could be the best player in the country.
4. Alabama - Alabama will bounce back and get it rolling again.After the loss to South Carolina, the Tide took care of Ole Miss. Bamashould roll in Knoxville Saturday. LSU and Auburn loom in Novem-ber and there’s a possible rematch in Atlanta with the Gamecocks.
5. Texas Christian – Gary Patterson has another outstanding de-fense in Fort Worth. The Horned Frogs are a perfect 7-0 after an im-pressive 31-3 victory over BYU. It’s not an easy road home for TCU,as a big one with Utah is the toughest remaining contest.
6. Oklahoma - The Sooners enjoyed an open date after a RedRiver victory over Texas and came back to destroy Iowa State. Okla-homa is the front-runner in the Big XII South, but that season-finalewith Oklahoma State could be one of the biggest in the history of therivalry.
7. Boise State – The Broncos continue to put up enormous num-bers offensively. The only potential slip-up is Nevada next month.The Boise defense is vastly improved from where it was in the mid-dle of the decade and Kellen Moore is an extremely accurate quarter-back.
8. Michigan State – The Spartans are a perfect 7-0 after a 26-6win over Illinois. The last time Michigan State won its first sevengames was 1966 when Bubba Smith led the Spartans to the Big Ten titleand they played Notre Dame to a famous 10-10 tie.
9. Florida State – Coming off a phenomenal performance in theHurricanes 45-17 shallacking of Miami, it figured that the Seminoleswere due for a letdown. Things got a little scary, but Florida Statepulled things out against Boston College 24-19 in Tallahassee.
10. Stanford – Jim Harbaugh had the open date fall at a perfecttime. After getting dominated in the second half in the Cardinal’slone loss of the year, Stanford came back and won a last second thrillerover Southern Cal. Washington State will be easy.
11. Utah – Kyle Whittingham has done a great job in Salt LakeCity, and he’s done it with his players. Urban Meyer led Utah to theundefeated season in 2004, and Whittingham did it in ’08. They’vegot a shot this year, the big one is TCU in November.
12. Wisconsin – They were jumping around at Camp Randall Sta-dium Saturday night as the Badgers got a signature victory over OhioState. It’s a great race in the Big Ten and the Badgers got right backin it with a win over the No. 1 team in the land.
13. Oklahoma State – The Cowboys were on upset alert in Lubbock againstTommy Tuberville’s Texas Tech Red Raiders, but Oklahoma State respondedwith a very impressive victory. The Big XII title is within reach.
14. Arizona – Mike Stoops has rebuilt the Wildcats, and pushed Arizonainto the top ten. But the undefeated bubble burst in a tough loss to OregonState. The Wildcats have some work to do in the tough PAC-10, but they’re stillin the race.
15. Nebraska – The Cornhuskers were rolling along, but got tripped upby Texas. Nebraska was a 10 point favorite, but the Longhorns controlled thegame from the get-go. The ‘Huskers must first recover emotionally to regaincontrol of the Big XII North.
16. Ohio State – The Buckeyes got dominated at Camp Randall Stadium,as Wisconsin handed Ohio State its first loss of the season. Terrelle Pryor is verytalented, but still not a sure passer. It will be a great race in the Big Ten the restof the way.
17. Arkansas – What an unbelievable game on the plains, as the Razor-backs fell to Auburn in the highest scoring game in the history of the South-eastern Conference. Arkansas would have to win out and get some help. TheHogs schedule is awfully tough.
18. Iowa – The Hawkeyes had an open date and they took advantage withan impressive 38-28 win over Michigan. Iowa welcomes in Wisconsin andMichigan State the next two weeks. If Iowa is going to win the Big Ten, thesenext two weeks will be the proving ground.
19. South Carolina – After picking up arguably the biggest win in schoolhistory over then No. 1 Alabama, the Gamecocks had a dangerous game atKentucky and they lost a heartbreaker in the final minute. This will be veryhard to recover from.
20. Southern Cal – The Trojans put up big numbers this past Saturdayagainst Cal. Matt Barkley is an outstanding quarterback and gives USC a shotevery Saturday. It will be a different role for the Trojans, ineligible for postsea-son play. They’ll try and play spoiler the rest of the way.
21. Texas – After disappointing successive losses to UCLA – a shellackingin Austin – and arch-rival Oklahoma, it looked like Texas might be headed fora mediocre record. But hope was restored with a mighty impressive victory atNebraska that had to be extra sweet with the Huskers leaving for the Big Ten.
22. Missouri – The Tigers are rolling and playing great defense. After a 26-0 shutout of Colorado, the Tigers came back this past Saturday and put downTexas A&M 30-9. Missouri is a perfect 6-0 and Nebraska’s prime challenger inthe Big XII North.
23. West Virginia – Noel Devine is one of the nation’s premier tailbacks.The Mountaineers are the class of a pedestrian Big East and they certainly seembound for a BCS berth. West Virginia played outstanding defense in a 20-6 winover South Florida.
24. Miami – Randy Shannon’s team was absolutely shell-shocked byFlorida State in a humiliating 45-17 loss to the Seminoles. Miami came backand pushed through against Duke. The ‘Canes are still seeking steady quar-terback play.
25. Virginia Tech – Give credit to the Hokies for fighting through that awfulsix day stretch to open the season when they lost to Boise State on Labor Daynight, then followed it up by losing to Mickey Matthews’ 1-AA power JamesMadison. Virginia Tech is right in the ACC race.
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Homecoming did not disap-point on a beautiful fall afternoonin Athens as the Dawgs took care ofbusiness on most every level in a43-0 dismantling of the VanderbiltCommodores. This was as com-plete of a victory as we have had inMark Richt’s career. It would ap-pear that all is back on track aftertwo weeks of very good play.
The start was not the prettiestand somehow we found a use foreach of our timeouts within the firstfive minutes of the first quarter.This is a habit that we just can notbreak. Squandering time outs withthis head coach has become a char-acteristic that we will continue tohave to accept. Though, it was notimportant as the doctors to be fromthe Music City had no answer inany phase of the game. The defensewas totally dominant and the of-
fense moved the ball and scored atwill.
Coach Bobo, much maligned bythe fans this year, took control ofthis game early and there was littlewe could not do against this out-matched opponent. Aaron Murrayseems to be further ahead of any ofthe previous quarterbacks at thisstage of their careers. He continuesto make plays with his feet and histhrows are very accurate. Receiversare able to catch the ball on the runand make things happen after thecatch. Kris Durham is enjoying abig season and had another big dayfinding the end zone and makingsome nice grabs on some deep balls.What can we say about AJ Greenthat hasn’t been said already? Notmuch. The guy continues to showwhy he will be a top five draft pickwhenever he decides to make him-self eligible for the NFL draft. Theconnection from Murray to AJ on acrossing route that AJ took anotherforty or so yards for pay dirt was ajoy to see for many reasons. It isnice to know Terry Bradshaw’s fa-vorite pass play is not lost and is in-deed within our playbook.
Washaun Ealey has taken histurn in the doghouse of the coachesand fans alike this year for his play.Namely fumbles have spelled hisworry. Well, he certainly seemed toredeem himself with an outstandingball game this weekend. His fiftyplus yard run early in the game set
up Carlton Thomas’ first touch-down run. Between the two ofthem, we found the end zone threetimes rushing and had easily ourbest game of the year on theground.
The defense kept the heat onthe Commodores all afternoon. Weforced turnovers and just generallydominated this outmatched oppo-nent. For a group that has seemedto struggle learning a new system,this was certainly a day to rejoice.Akeem Dent and Justin Houstoncontinue to be the heart and soul ofthis group. Both are very good.Houston added to his SEC leadingsack total. A shutout is always thegoal and on this day we were suc-cessful in accomplishing the mis-sion. Todd Grantham’s troops didnot let him nor the many faithfuldown with their performance.
Next up for the fellas in Redand Black is the Kentucky Wildcats.The Cats are fresh off of an excitingwin over the evil one and his Game-cocks. Kentucky outlasted SouthCarolina in front of their homecrowd and came away with an in-terception in the end zone with justa few seconds to go to seal a victoryand prevent what seemed like in-evitable overtime.
This team can play football, ascan most in our conference. Theyhave a dynamic playmaker in Ran-dall Cobb that we all know so verywell from our haunted past. Break-ing from our very new tradition ofplaying noon games, this one willbe under the lights in the BluegrassState. The Cats home audience willsurely be revved up after their bigvictory. We will need to continueour consistency to win this one. Itwill not be easy. We can not getcaught looking ahead to the hatedGators or we will be sorry. Themood is much improved in Athensnow. The play is much better. CanCoach Richt keep the boys focusedon the task at hand and continueour quest to salvage something de-cent out of this very tough season?This Saturday night we will get thenext answer to this question.
Keep it moving in the right di-rection, boys. Stay after it andbring home the victory. The Bull-dog Nation is in your corner.
Go Dawgs!
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