"I understand why everybody’s bent out of shape," Richt said later. "We want our team to win and when it’s not, everyone wants to know why and they want answers and sometimes they think they’ve got the answers and sometimes they want to see us do a better job, period, and I understand that and I appreciate that. To all the fans out there, I’m not happy, the boys aren’t happy, our coaching staff isn’t happy right now. We’re not going to be until we start playing the kind of ball where we can win the games."

He added: "We’re going to keep banging away until that happens for us. I just hope everybody supports these guys through it all."