Georgia Bulldogs v. Arizona State Sun Devils Game Day Open Comment Thread
by T Kyle King
on Sep 20, 2008 7:30 PM EDT
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Georgia Bulldogs @ Arizona St. Sun Devils
The eagerly anticipated day is here! The ‘Dawgs are in the desert, 43 years of regional confinement are about to be at an end, and this is your game day open comment thread, into which you are welcomed to share your thoughts, reflections, and reactions to the action in Tempe and around the nation.
This is also the occasion for naming this week’s Dawg Sports honorary game day captain. This week’s nod goes to two-time consensus all-American Terry Hoage, who lettered with the Bulldogs for four years from 1980 to 1983, serving on teams that compiled a combined record of 43-4-1 that included a national championship, three S.E.C. titles, and appearances in three Sugar Bowls and a Cotton Bowl.
In his senior season in 1983, Hoage was selected to eight different all-America teams, including the Walter Camp, Sporting News, and U.P.I. squads. In the first outing of the decorated rover’s final campaign between the hedges, the Red and Black claimed victory over a Pac-10 opponent in a night game. Here’s hoping history repeats itself tonight.
This is your opportunity to take part in the conversation and let everyone know what you think about what promises to be an historic night in Georgia football history.
Go ‘Dawgs!
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Looking ahead
I didn’t see the game, but the stats from the fla-tenn were very pedestrian. florida wins on 3 TOs and a big punt return and a good kickoff return.
We will have to fix our kicking/coverage before we play Tenn, fla, LSU and Auburn. They all have very dangerous returners.
by fotodog on Sep 20, 2008 7:55 PM EDT 0 recs
A whole lotta Dawgs!
It sounds (and looks) like we have really traveled well.
I was talking to a guy this morning who was in AZ for business and said his flight ran out of booze due to the Dawgs on board.
And we’re off!
If I had my way, I'd give a coconut to everyone.
by Jojadog on Sep 20, 2008 8:14 PM EDT 0 recs
Let's run the ball!
We need to establish a good drive here.
by coltrain79 on Sep 20, 2008 8:23 PM EDT 0 recs
It feels like we’re just feeling them out.
3 plays pass.
3 plays run.
Maybe a little jet lag?
Not pretty at all.
I feel a defensive score coming.
If I had my way, I'd give a coconut to everyone.
by Jojadog on Sep 20, 2008 8:34 PM EDT 0 recs
I can't imagine
How much that must suck to have an unchecked Rennie coming right at you!
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by Jojadog on Sep 20, 2008 8:39 PM EDT 0 recs
What’s up with this camera man. that is two passes we haven’t seen
by coltrain79 on Sep 20, 2008 8:43 PM EDT 0 recs
End of the first...
Is it possible that Stafford’s hard count to draw the Sun Devils offside is the turning point of our offense so far?
GO DAWGS!
by Tiller on Sep 20, 2008 8:53 PM EDT 0 recs
Seriously...
If Kirk Herbstreit compares your RB to Reggie Bush, you have reason to celebrate.
by Tiller on
Sep 20, 2008 8:57 PM EDT
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I'm
very disappointed in you guys. I wanted it 21-0 in the first quarter, dammit.
Go Big Red Nebraska!
Our Cobs Are Bigger Than Yours!
Corn Nation!
by corn blight on Sep 20, 2008 8:57 PM EDT 0 recs
although
you’ve scored, finally.
nice start to the quarter.
Go Big Red Nebraska!
Our Cobs Are Bigger Than Yours!
Corn Nation!
by corn blight on Sep 20, 2008 8:58 PM EDT 0 recs
Booo Yahh
BLOCKED!
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by Jojadog on Sep 20, 2008 9:01 PM EDT 0 recs
wow
no rhythm on offense whatsoever.
Go Big Red Nebraska!
Our Cobs Are Bigger Than Yours!
Corn Nation!
by corn blight on Sep 20, 2008 9:06 PM EDT 0 recs
OL
I think this is a really big problem that will cost us if we don’t fix it SOON!
by fotodog on Sep 20, 2008 9:08 PM EDT 0 recs
Our defense is going to have to keep us in the games this year until our o line improves.
by coltrain79 on Sep 20, 2008 9:11 PM EDT 0 recs
whooee
they lost that fumble.
they did they did.
Go Big Red Nebraska!
Our Cobs Are Bigger Than Yours!
Corn Nation!
by corn blight on Sep 20, 2008 9:11 PM EDT 0 recs
yeah
what’s up with your offensive line?
young, or just playing bad?
Go Big Red Nebraska!
Our Cobs Are Bigger Than Yours!
Corn Nation!
by corn blight on Sep 20, 2008 9:12 PM EDT 0 recs
THAT WAS AWESOME!
AJ GREEN is da bomb!
AJ Green – 1st Down Machine
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by Jojadog on Sep 20, 2008 9:14 PM EDT 0 recs
big
nice line play right there.
Go Big Red Nebraska!
Our Cobs Are Bigger Than Yours!
Corn Nation!
by corn blight on Sep 20, 2008 9:15 PM EDT 0 recs
its the lack of humidity.
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by Jojadog on Sep 20, 2008 9:21 PM EDT 0 recs
B Evans is definitely a weak spot on the D. They are going to be throwing his way all night.
Penalties are killing us this drive
by coltrain79 on Sep 20, 2008 9:24 PM EDT 0 recs
that roughing the passer was pretty weak.
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by Jojadog on Sep 20, 2008 9:25 PM EDT 0 recs
Something tells me Rennie Curran enjoys his work.
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by Jojadog on Sep 20, 2008 9:27 PM EDT 0 recs
I totally missed that call
What was it?
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by Jojadog on Sep 20, 2008 9:32 PM EDT 0 recs
ridiculous!
If I had my way, I'd give a coconut to everyone.
by Jojadog on Sep 20, 2008 9:35 PM EDT 0 recs
Oh my!!!!!
AJ Green is the shot of adrenaline this receiving corps has needed for the past two years!!!!!! GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Tiller on Sep 20, 2008 9:35 PM EDT 0 recs
MY GOD A FRESHMAN!
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by Jojadog on Sep 20, 2008 9:37 PM EDT 0 recs
Man...
Green makes Stafford look good. Or is it the other way around?
by wwcmrd? on Sep 20, 2008 9:40 PM EDT 0 recs
wwcmrd
you got peanut butter in my chocolate
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by Jojadog on Sep 20, 2008 9:41 PM EDT 0 recs
Just a few halftime thoughts . . .
ASU currently has 14 rushing yards on 11 attempts and a total of 87 yards offensively. Georgia has 227 total yards, 150 of them belonging to A.J. Green.
ASU has committed to bottling up Knowshon with moderate success. He’s run 12 times for 42 yards. Something tells me the Sundevils will get a healthy dose of Moreno in the second half if they adjust to the passing game.
Speaking of the passing game, the idea of Tripp Chandler serving as a credible decoy to open up the deep ball (twice) makes me giggle.
If the heat was going to be a factor, it was going to have to be in the first half. The temp. drops fast in the desert, as those of you who’ve ever camped out there know.
Other than Bryan Evans’ missed tackle, I’m ok with how the secondary’s played. Carpenter is 9 of 15 for 73 yards (4.9 yd per attempt). That’s about as good as we could have hoped for.
Let’s see if we can stop them coming out in the second half. A stop followed by a good long td drive would truly make my day.
by MaconDawg on Sep 20, 2008 9:50 PM EDT 0 recs
Agreed
I think most of Moreno’s lack of success has been the OL. Not many holes and when there have been some, he has made something happen
by fotodog on Sep 20, 2008 9:53 PM EDT 0 recs
Maybe...
instead of CB blitzing with Allen, we should use Evans, since he is struggling in coverage
by fotodog on Sep 20, 2008 10:10 PM EDT 0 recs
Vandy 23, Ole Miss 17
The Commodores are 31 seconds away from being 2-0 in SEC play and 4-0 overall…thought it was worth noting, too, that South Carolina went late in the Fourth quarter to put Wofford away.
by Tiller on Sep 20, 2008 10:11 PM EDT 0 recs
AZ is a couple of hours behind us, so why shouldn’t the call be a little behind the play.
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by Jojadog on
Sep 20, 2008 10:20 PM EDT
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That goes for the whole Pac-10
I guess they are more “laid back” out west, huh?
by The ArchDawg on
Sep 20, 2008 10:26 PM EDT
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We just got penalized for tripping our own player? What the..?
by fotodog on Sep 20, 2008 10:16 PM EDT 0 recs
Bleh
It’s time for RC to make a repeat preformance as SEC DPotW and blow something up big here. Please.
by wwcmrd? on Sep 20, 2008 10:24 PM EDT 0 recs
I find it hard to believe that Grey is a better returner option that R. Brown or 3 other players.
by fotodog on Sep 20, 2008 10:29 PM EDT 0 recs
Samuel
Have you noticed that Samuel hasn’t played yet?
Also, too many mental mistake: punt fiasco, now the FB isn’t out there. Doh!
by fotodog on Sep 20, 2008 10:34 PM EDT 0 recs
FB
Actually, Chapas has been in since the Punt Fiasco…he recovered the errant snap earlier in this drive
by Tiller on
Sep 20, 2008 10:36 PM EDT
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LSU Auburn.
This is a good end to a game.
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by Jojadog on Sep 20, 2008 10:52 PM EDT 0 recs
I'm seeing
a generally calm, under-control performance, which is a good sign. There’ll be a time when we need to play with reckless emotion (a la Florida/Auburn last year), and it’s good to know we’ve still got that in the tank.
As I did last week, I feel good about this performance in that I feel like we’re in complete control. We need to be a bit better at putting our foot down on a team’s throat and finishing the game off, though.
by RJohn on Sep 20, 2008 10:53 PM EDT 0 recs
go for it
kill them, crush them, stick a dagger in their heart and twist it.
Go Big Red Nebraska!
Our Cobs Are Bigger Than Yours!
Corn Nation!
by corn blight on Sep 20, 2008 11:09 PM EDT 0 recs
what the hell
I don’t mean to be rude, but you run the ball here, you go for it, you bury your opponent.
get the points. be aggressive.
Go Big Red Nebraska!
Our Cobs Are Bigger Than Yours!
Corn Nation!
by corn blight on Sep 20, 2008 11:12 PM EDT 0 recs
Did a Nebraska fan just advocate scoring a trash touchdown on Arizona State?
September 16, 1995:
Nebraska 77
Arizona State 28
September 21, 1996:
Arizona State 19
Nebraska 0
Kicking the field goal was definitely the right call.
It was the right call strategically, as it made it a three-score game. A 17-point lead means two touchdowns and two two-point conversions neither beat nor tie you.
It was the right call motivationally. The sideline reporting made it clear that the players wanted to go for it and Mark Richt made it clear to them that they had their chance. The next time it’s third and goal at the two, they’ll remember that in the huddle.
Finally, it was the right call in principle. Mark Richt runs a classy program. By kicking the field goal, and by not using his last time out on the final drive, he made it clear to all the critics who have given him a hard time over the Florida end zone celebration that his goal is to win games, not to show up opponents in the process.
The Sun Devils will come to Athens to return the game in a couple of seasons. Why give Arizona State extra incentive to want to beat Georgia when they come to our house? As the Cornhuskers learned the hard way after Tom Osborne unnecessarily went for an extra touchdown while up 70-28, what goes around comes around.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on
Sep 21, 2008 12:10 AM EDT
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And Kyle shows yet again why he is the best at this whole blogging thing.
by SavDawg on
Sep 21, 2008 3:23 AM EDT
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95 Huskers
… were sick.
Having been a teenage UF fan (don’t worry, the HOPE scholarship changed all that) I was privy to the embarrassment as Frazier ran through 12 gators at once. (though to do with only 11 men on the field, i know)
by knowshon loves legos on
Sep 21, 2008 3:01 PM EDT
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Better KOs this week, but...
the coverage is still crappy
by fotodog on Sep 20, 2008 11:17 PM EDT 0 recs
Not over yet, but...
We had some brain farts and mistakes, but we also had some flashes of greatness, showing what this team can be. Hopefully, the OL continues to gel quickly and we figure out how to keep #3 from getting abused.
by fotodog on Sep 20, 2008 11:23 PM EDT 0 recs
You're right
All in all, I’m happy. But that OL obviously has some growing and bonding to do. And by the way….I think I have a man crush on A.J. Green now. Wow.
by Pascagoula St. on
Sep 20, 2008 11:53 PM EDT
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Need to get Stafford and Moreno out of the game now
by coltrain79 on Sep 20, 2008 11:25 PM EDT 0 recs
Hmmm….Tim Tebow won, Nick Saban won, LSU wins…is this enough to keep UGA in the top 10?
by Pascagoula St. on Sep 20, 2008 11:50 PM EDT 0 recs
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