The Mark Richt Victory Watch

by T Kyle King on Oct 25, 2008 8:22 PM EDT in Football

In the game in which he tied Harry Mehre for the third-most games coached in a Georgia career, Mark Richt claimed his 79th win to move within 122 victories of matching Vince Dooley for the school record.

By improving his ledger to 79-20 after 99 games, Mark Richt remained well out in front of his peers, none of whom had matched his success at the same juncture in their respective careers in the Classic City. Harry Mehre (59-34-6), Wally Butts (71-25-3), and Vince Dooley (66-28-5) all trailed Mark Richt after as many games.

The victory improved Coach Richt’s road record to 28-4 and gave him at least one win in each of the eleven Southeastern Conference stadiums in which he has coached. (The Swamp, obviously, is the one on-campus arena in the league into which he has never led a Bulldog squad.)

Georgia has now won six of the last eight series meetings with L.S.U. and 14 of its last 15 games overall. Since falling to the Bayou Bengals in the 2003 S.E.C. title tilt, the Red and Black have gone 3-0 over the Fighting Tigers, outscoring them by a combined margin of 131-68.

This was as big as it gets, boys and girls . . . well, unless you count the fact that next week just got even bigger.

Go ’Dawgs!

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Agreed

Kyle, this is also my favorite post of the week. To repeat the words of Damon Evans after the game, “I thought we’d win, but I didn’t expect this score”. That was amazing, and hopefully we carry this offensive momentum forward for the Cocktail Party. This year will be the first time I’ve been to J-ville as an alum, and I can’t wait. Go Dawgs!

by AuditDawg on Oct 25, 2008 9:33 PM EDT reply actions

Why do you go

by AuditDawg?

by VDawg on Oct 25, 2008 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions

Why'd I go where?

Yeah, I made the bad choice of actually graduating from the University of Georgia. I know, I know, it was a bad choice on my part, but I’m looking forward to my first experience away as an alum. Go Dawgs!

by AuditDawg on Oct 25, 2008 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions

I meant

What does the Audit in AuditDawg mean? Sorry.

by VDawg on Oct 25, 2008 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions

I am actually

A UF GRAD!!! In state tuition is nice!!!

by VDawg on Oct 25, 2008 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Ahhh, got ya

I decided that public accounting was my choice of profession. Quite boring, I agree. I love it though.

by AuditDawg on Oct 25, 2008 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm pursuing a

Masters in Forensic Accounting. That’s why I asked. I have a finance background and I don’t have any non-educational acct. background but I love it so far. Maybe I should go by FraudTriangleDawg. Just joking.

by VDawg on Oct 26, 2008 8:41 AM EDT up reply actions

Wooo

This was a sweet, sweet victory. Our offense looks amazing at times, we rolled up a ton of yardage, and we’ve obviously yet to hit our stride. The O-Line, apart from some crazy plays by the youngun’s, looked totally in control through most of the game. Up next come the Saurians. I hope we can continue this through J-ville.

by blackertai on Oct 25, 2008 9:52 PM EDT reply actions

That's the spirit!

I was starting to worry, because (as I mention in the postgame writeup, which is forthcoming in about an hour) the tone of the game day open comment thread seemed a good deal more dour during the game than I felt while watching it.

This was a big one and a good one. Enjoy it!

Go 'Dawgs!

by T Kyle King on Oct 25, 2008 11:34 PM EDT reply actions