An Uprising...........in Athens

In this small, southern, college town......

The natives are circling the wagons......the "Bulldawg Nation".....is up in arms.....the sky is falling....it's doom and gloom.

For their beloved University of Georgia football team.......is 3-3. and has lost 2 games in a row....(to then 4th ranked LSU, 20-13.....and last Saturday to an un-ranked Tennessee team, 45-19.)

"Fire Mark Richt!!!"......."Fire (Defensive Coordinator) Willie Martinez!!!!"......"Fire (Offensive Coordinator) Mike Bobo!!!"........"Bench QB Joe Cox!!!!"......and finally, "Fire the Bulldog mascot, Uga VII!!!!"

These headlines saturated message boards all across the south.

Blind passion...can be a dangerous thing. Expectations can be even more dangerous.

Last year, these very same dogs.......were pre-season #1....in everybody's poll. Losses to Alabama, Florida, and Georgia Tech......rendered them to a 10-3 record.....but still ended up in the top 10 in the final poll.

This season........UGA started out ranked #15......despite losing Matthew Stafford (the #1 pick in the NFL draft), the best QB in the nation....and losing Knowshon Moreno (drafted 7th), arguably , the best running back ....


Still........these blind loyalist.....thought all Georgia needed to do was ..."reload"......and still contend for the SEC championship.......as well as the national championship.

To the "Bulldawg Nation": Take the blinders off. Look to the north.....there is Tennessee, with a young new coach in Lane Kiffin......Look to the west, with that beast of a team (Alabama), coached by Nick Saban......and ....yes....look to the south, with Florida, led by a guy named, Urban Meyer.

The competition in the SEC is brutal......gone are the days where one team beats every opponent, 50-7.......and goes 12-0.

Reality check.........since coming to Georgia, Mark Richt is 85-23....with 2 SEC championships, and 5 top 10 finishes......in the last 7 years.

Mark Richt did not .......get ...."dumb" over the winter. He will assess the season......evaluate the coaching stall........make changes where needed.......and all will be well.....in the "Bulldog Nation".

Buried.......Under a "Tidal Wave"

9/27/08 - Athens, GA- Alabama defenders Eryk Anders (32) and Lorenzo Washington (97) bring down Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford (7) during the second quarter of college football action Saturday night at Samford Stadium in Athens, GA. Stafford was called for intentional grounding on the play. (Jason Harless/The Tuscaloosa News)

The University of Alabama emphatically answered the question posed in this blog a day ago.

We asked, "Whose funeral will it be"?

Well, Georgia surely dressed for the occasion Saturday night in the 41-30 loss to the Tide......Clad in black jerseys for only the 3rd time in history........These dogs were tossed around like stuffed animal toys by an Alabama team seemly on a mission.

Due to the late start (7:45 pm).....I dosed off and missed the entire 1st quarter. When I awoke midway through the 2nd.....Alabama led 17-0.....In what was only a few blinks of the eyes.....it was 31-0. And this game was over.

Georgia's offensive line was overwhelmed.....and could not get a running game going. Stafford had no time to throw.......and receivers dropped balls.

On defense........Alabama out schemed and out blocked the Dogs......Their play-makers made plays.

As disappointing to the Bulldog Nation as this loss was.... in is what it is.

Georgia got beat by a superior team. That means the coaching staff as well as the players have to man up .......get tough.......for this is the SEC.......

In 2 weeks........a desperate Tennessee team comes to Athens.

Hope these Dawgs have learned a thing or two by then.

Supply and Demand......

You think this is just an ordinary game in this southern college town?

Think again.....

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So.......Whose Funeral will It Be?

This is getting interesting........from the Augusta Chronicle...

UGA Blackout = Funeral?


And then...........from ESPN....

Georgia's man in black fires back ... sort of


This Georgia "Blackout" thing is getting rather testy.


You remember........The Dawgs will don their black jerseys against Alabama on Saturday and will urge their fans to all wear black....in.......the "black out".


Well........an Alabama assistant coach was caught on video (and of course it made its way to YouTube) saying, "They (Georgia) will be wearing black........because they're going to a "motha fuckin" funeral"......Their own!


Ouch!


Ain't SEC football ..........fun?


And who's funeral ....will it be?


ESPN........7:45.......EDT........Saturday....