The Mark Richt Victory Watch: The Will Muschamp Loss Watch Edition
by T Kyle King on Oct 29, 2011 8:21 PM EDT
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PrintThere have been installments of the Mark Richt Victory Watch I have enjoyed more than this one, but there haven’t been many. Irrespective of their middling record, the Florida Gators are a fine football team, and, even if they aren’t, hell, they’re still the Florida Gators.
Given the alternating stretches of series dominance that have typified the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party since the founding of the SEC and the permanent relocation of the game to Jacksonville---Georgia owned the 1930s and ‘40s; Florida owned the 1950s and ‘60s; the Classic City Canines owned the 1970s and ‘80s; the Sunshine State Saurians owned the 1990s and 2000s---there is every reason to believe this win represents the swinging of the pendulum and the start of a 20-year period of Red and Black ascendance over the Orange and Blue in the 2010s and ‘20s. Even if it doesn’t, though, this win clearly ends the speculation on Mark Richt’s future in Athens; at this moment, Will Muschamp’s seat is a hell of a lot hotter than Mark Richt’s is.
Accordingly, I bring you this latest update to the Mark Richt Victory Watch more secure than I have been at any point in the last three years in the certainty that this countdown is bound for nothing short of the school record.
Mark Richt has now won 102 games as the head coach of the Georgia Bulldogs, putting him just 99 wins shy of tying Vince Dooley for the all-time Red and Black victories mark.
At 102-36 after 138 games, Mark Richt has more wins, fewer losses, and a better winning percentage (.739) than any of his predecessors at the same point in their respective careers. At the identical juncture, Wally Butts was 92-39-7 (.692) and Vince Dooley was 92-41-5 (.685).
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CTG is proof positive that Richt is capable of being both a HC and a CEO of the program. Now if we can just rid ourselves of that pesky Bobo.
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Gators fans curse and eat their own
I just spent a few minutes reading Alligator Army posts and am at a loss for words. I saw more juvenile language and vitriol heaped on their coach than I could imagine. While some of the Dawg bloggers sometimes disappoint me with their words and poor insight, I am so thankful I’ve never seen us quite so embarrassingly childish and hateful.
Victory 102 is one of the sweetest yet.
Maybe not the most stylish, but I remember CMR saying at the end of one game that he considered winning to be pretty stylish in and of itself. So I shall hold my peace about some of the more unsavory aspects of this game and savor the feeling of beating Florida for only the third time in my memory.
by Cherokee's Grip on Oct 29, 2011 8:42 PM EDT reply actions
Congrats Dawgs.
That was a well played (read: clean) game in my opinion. Aside from the extracurricular activities before the start, each team just kind of played their own game. For the most part.
These teams are definitely going in opposite directions. UGA winning and winning well, Florida, not so much. For various reasons of course…
Anyway, best of luck the rest of the way.
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Much obliged, FlaGators.
Maybe, next year, the storyline won’t be about the end zone dance, Will Muschamp’s degree-granting institution, or 3-18, it’ll be about the series being nearly even (5-3, in favor of the Gators) in the last eight years, and this can get back to being a rivalry again!
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Amen TKK
I am so ready for this to be once again a rivalry. We need to win two in a row for that to happen. Here’s to the beginning of a Georgia run of dominance…
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more-
by Lakepoets on Oct 29, 2011 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Agreed...
we need to reel off a winning streak for the “rivalry” to get back on level footing and kill those extracurricular storylines.
http://sportsandgrits.com/
Sounds good to me. A refresher of sorts.
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No, Kyle.
This is not a fine Florida football team.
But UGA’s defense is staggering.
Throw out special teams blunders, and FU scores 10 points. How often does that happen?
"Fine" may have been an overstatement, . . .
. . . but there are a lot of college football teams out there that would’ve gone 0-4 against the Gators’ October schedule.
You are, however, 100 per cent correct about Todd Grantham’s defense. For the fifth time in the Bulldogs’ last six games, the Georgia D was lights out after intermission. That’s Brian VanGorder-level dominance, and that type of defense produced a lot of Georgia wins, flawed Red and Black offenses notwithstanding.
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If Brantley can get back healthy
and their receivers learn to catch (how horrible were they?), I think the Gators pull off a strong November.
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This game was huge for recruiting, IMO.
I’m sure there are some kids that are leaning, but were just waiting to see how this weekend played out. By most accounts, we lead for the next #1 RB in the nation and have guys on the fence that might’ve been swayed tonight.
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And we may need him.
Given IC’s propensity for playing half the game.
Man, I hate this posting procedure.
I was gonna add, #22 seemed to impress everyone with his “straight ahead” running style tonight.
But most of his carries came in the true I formation, with him lined up 5 yds behind Murray.
IC’s runs, for most of the season seems to me, come with him lined up beside or actually just ahead of the quarterback (the dreaded “sprint draw”).
I believe if they’d give Crowell the ball deep in the backfield and let him hit the line with his speed and moves, he would make us all all forget about #22..
Good point, NRBQ.
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by T Kyle King on Oct 29, 2011 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions
i'm not a person that laughs out loud
over blogs. But the Muschamp loss watch definitely made me lol with halloweenish glee. It should also be noted that in 97, 04, and 07 we finished the season with 2 losses.
by Mark Mandingo on Oct 29, 2011 9:14 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 7 recs
I regret . . .
. . . that I have but one “rec” to give for this comment, Mark Mandingo! Well said.
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Rec'd for "halloweenish"
and, of course, “Muschamp loss,” which can never be typed too many times.
by Cherokee's Grip on Oct 29, 2011 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions
You know, it almost makes me feel sorry for that sorry, turncoat, sonofabitch bastard.
(Almost.)
by vineyarddawg on Oct 30, 2011 12:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Never will feel sorry for
that NSFW ( thoughts running through my mind), turncoat, traitor, soul-less, no loyalty having, Florida ignored me-so I walked onto UGA excuse for a human head coach…Yes I am 364 days of boiling hatred for the next WLOCP…Allbarn may feel some of the brunt tho
I HATE ORANGE and GREEN notebooks
Don't forget, I think this year is the first time in a long long time that we beat both Tennessee and Florida in the same season
I take a Mark Richt win anyday…even the ugliest win. Also, had Walsh made 2 of the field goals, we’ve would’ve scored even more points and made it 30 to 20. I hope Richt fixes the offense issues and the special teams.
by thefirstgenesis on Oct 29, 2011 10:00 PM EDT reply actions
seriously,
can we fire Bobo and hire a ST coach?
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more-
by Lakepoets on Oct 29, 2011 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I thought
Bobo had a good game. His calls were resulting in open receivers, but Murray couldn’t connect with them. Then Crowell went out, so he ran Samuel up the middle. What would you have done differently?
I’m not a Bobo apologist, but credit where credit is due: he called a fine game tonight.
by jon_snow on Oct 29, 2011 10:27 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
He had his moments...
but when we had field position and he started running Thomas up the middle I thought that was insane. He did it on more than one possession when we flipped the field, too.
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by DavetheDawg on Oct 29, 2011 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions
We just ran another shotgun draw
without running the read option pass off it when they overcommit.
http://sportsandgrits.com/
IMHO we need a ST coach more-
and Mark can call the offense.
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more-
by Lakepoets on Oct 29, 2011 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I will grant you the truth
that Murray has been just horrible against UF TWICE now
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Wouldn't call his performance horrible today
definitely not good, but the INT was much more on Crowell IMO.
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by Dawg in Beaumont on Oct 29, 2011 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Murray threw it early. Crowell was just getting his head around when the ball
clanged off his helmet. But I agree that Murray wasn’t horrible. He just wasn’t very good. He made some big throws when he had to though.
by Biggus Rickus on Oct 30, 2011 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions
He made two huge 4th down throws for TDs.
But we have to give at least as much credit to the Bennett’s and King’s making plays against tight coverage as we do to Murray’s putting the ball in positions for those plays to be made. Grabbing and keeping those balls was big-time football, boys and girls.
by NCT on Oct 30, 2011 12:18 PM EDT via iPhone app up reply actions
Bingo
those two passes, the receivers made the play on the ball. That was the key more than Murray’s throw. He grossly overthrew King for an easy early TD, and overthrew Charles on that wide, wide open play in the second half. He was off a lot yesterday.
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by Mr. Sanchez on Oct 30, 2011 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions
King stopped running. I think if he keeps running instead of stopping
to prepare for the catch he walks into the end zone.
by Biggus Rickus on Oct 30, 2011 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions
If he kept running he would have ran out of bounds. He was trying to judge the sideline and look for the ball, as the ball was thrown OOB.
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Agreed toad
I think the “stopped running” may apply to Charles’ miss more than the King miss.
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Yea, I still cant believe OC missed that one. That was, really, the one time I screamed at the tv.
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I unleashed a bit of a verbal torrent . . .
. . . when Brandon Boykin dropped an interception that hit him on the hands.
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They have dropped a lot of Ints this year, but I am just happy they are in position now.
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They wanted this, and they weren't intimidated!
That’s the most impressive thing I’ve taken away from the game.
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Exactly, Inteljumper!
There’s a lot to criticize about this game, and we’ll look at it, but let’s at least allow ourselves 24 hours to celebrate a come-from-behind victory over Florida in a game in which the Bulldogs did not play their best . . . something, incidentally, that has not happened, quite literally, in the lifetimes of any of our present players, prior to yesterday!
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So much this
Although both QB’s sucked. :P
Mike Bobo was not responsible for the multiple dropped balls, blown routes, and passes in the dirt.
by ChoppingTalk on Oct 29, 2011 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions
he'd have to call the offense, AND
coach the QBs, AND run the team, since Bobo is both OC and QB coach.
http://sportsandgrits.com/
As I said earlier...
That win was vintage Mark Richt… struggle, struggle, struggle, then pop em in tha mouth.
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Good points, all three of you.
The last time we beat both Florida and Tennessee, thefirstgenesis, was 1988, when Ronald Reagan was still the president, Vince Dooley was still the head coach, and I was in my first quarter at the University of Georgia.
I agree wholeheartedly, Lakepoets.
RedCrake, your observation drove home for me the extent to which the Bulldogs won this one the same way they won the Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Tennessee, and Vanderbilt games, appearing much more dominant on the stat sheet than on the scoreboard. Could it be that we finally treated the Florida game like any other SEC showdown?
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by T Kyle King on Oct 29, 2011 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I hope we treat every game as an SEC showdown. As much as we love beating Florida, we've started to have some trouble with nonconference foes
Last year, even though we lost, we gave them all we had and went into overtime. So far, if it holds, the trend is bucking perhaps in our favor. Next year, one of their QBs will be a true sophomore, so if the team and Murray learns from their mistakes from last season and this season, we would win by at least a touchdown come next year.
And also, I think the stadium’s name change has helped a little bit. No more AllHell…I mean Alltel Stadium where we were losing almost every time. It’s now called EverBank Field.
by thefirstgenesis on Oct 29, 2011 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Well UT let us down
time to hold your nose and cheer for a team coached by Bobby Petrino
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more-
I did that already today.
In the last couple of weeks, James Franklin has rocketed right past Bobby Petrino on my list of coaches I can’t stand.
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by T Kyle King on Oct 29, 2011 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions
me too TKK
he is smug and a whiner simultaneously-not easy to pull off
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Exactly!
I don’t think a fellow ought to be either a bully or a crybaby, but, if a fellow is going to be one, he shouldn’t be the other.
James Franklin is Urban Meyer without the wins.
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by T Kyle King on Oct 29, 2011 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Rec'd
Perfectly put. Franklin should probably wait until he has more than 1 SEC win higher than Celine Dion before he acts so self righteous and badass
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by Dawg in Beaumont on Oct 29, 2011 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions
CTG tried to tend to business
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by Munson's_Marbles on Oct 29, 2011 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm starting to agree with you
I watched the Vandy game today, and now that I’m looking for it, I saw tons of clipping, cuts, and even some chop blocks. The rule always used to be that every SEC fan should always root for Vandy when they weren’t playing your team, but that’s starting to change for me.
screw vandy
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by tankertoad on Oct 29, 2011 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Your mileage may vary
but you know what’s awesome? Waking up at 2:30am a little fuzzy around the edges, going to get a drink of water wondering “why am I a little fuzzy around the edges?” And then the realization coming back to you all at once: Oh, because Georgia played Florida yesterday.
And won.
That’s like Christmas-morning-as-a-kid good.
by Cousin Pat from Georgia on Oct 30, 2011 4:01 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Coach Mark RIcht
is so classy that he allows the clock to expire;
rather than hustling up to the line so that he can
run a trick play, just to rub fleridia’s nose in it.
Not that fleridia, nor spurier, nor erban meyer, would’ve done the same?!!
Hope you enjoyed it, fleridia—-we still dominate the series 47-40-2!!!!!!!!
Good point, EdDawg.
Letting time expire on their one yard line definitely was the classy move, particularly in light of the Urban Meyer time out exhibition. Hopefully, that show of graciousness will cause even the Florida faithfully finally to shut up about the end zone dance.
A quick correction, though: Georgia leads the series 48-40-2. 47-40-2 is Gator math.
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Either that or he didn't want us to have to cover a kick-off.
by Cherokee's Grip on Oct 30, 2011 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
LOL...dang you, Cherokee's Grip!
I was enjoying all of the merriment of yesterday, and you had to slap me with a large dose of reality!
/well-played, dang you!
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It was also the smart move
We had a victory sealed up. If we went for it again instead of letting time expire, we might have fumbled. I think we all know that if we had fumbled in that situation, the Gators would have recovered and would have thrown a 95 yard hail mary to win. It would have happened. After getting the first down, the only smart move was to leave with the victory. The only way a TD could not have been begrudged there is if RSIV had made it into the endzone on the same rush that got us the game-sealing first down as one continuous play.
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He knew my score prediction from the podcast....
and didn’t want to throw it off.
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by The Quincy Carter of Accountants on Oct 30, 2011 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Richt is a class act indeed
He had every Dawg fan in the world hoping he would pound it in…but he respects his fellow coaches too much to do that. You guys are lucky to have him as he reflects the prestige and tradition of the entire program. It ain’t quite that way around the FBS or even the SEC, as you guys know all too well.
Well done!
I will root for Alabama or Ohio State if they play the Chinese...maybe.
I will root for Auburn if they play Al Qaida, Hamas or the Phillies
Thanks, HSridge.
Yeah, we’re proud to have him, and we’re glad to know the hot seat talk has been silenced.
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by T Kyle King on Oct 30, 2011 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Sometimes, I really don't know why I read TWWL's post-game coverage
Their College GameDay Final article makes a point of saying that questions about Richt’s future persist even now. The whole reading of it implies that Richt might still be fired at the end of this season. I can’t predict the long-term future, but I think it’s safe to assume that he’ll be around come the 2012 season.
The 984 Has Spoken!
The triumph of "The Narrative."
That was one of ESPN’s preseason memes, and they’re going to ride that horse ’til its legs fall off.
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That Finebaum-started Narrative grew so absurd it retroactively changed people's opinions of Richt
I have a friend who thought we should have fired Richt after 2005. The year DJ won the SEC. When I told him what we did that year, he said we should’ve then fired Richt after 2006. When I explained why that wouldn’t have happened, he thought Richt should’ve been fired after 2007. Year after year, when saying what Richt’s actual accomplishments were, it pushed back when he should’ve been fired only one more year. The first year where it could have even been honestly discussed and not pushed by radio host trolls was last year.
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by The984 on Oct 30, 2011 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I'm pretty sure the legs are off
at least until he goes 0-12 next year. ;)
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Next year is a presidential election year.
That means we’ll be preseason favorites (2000, 2004, 2008).
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We will finish at worst 8 - 4 and at best 10 - 3 (Is that better than 10 - 2)?
It’s just talk to try to create more talk.
However just because we will finish with a decent record does not mean this is a good team. But it has improved since last year and that is all you can do.
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I was pulling for ya’ll to beat UF, and I’m very happy you did. Ya’lls D played lights-out and the O scored just enough to win. I believe Aaron Murray is one of if not the best QB’s in the SEC. I’m calling this right now, Georgia wins the SEC East and Richt gets a few more years.
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Thank you
Happy to be part of another excellent blog on the SB Nation network. I’m hoping for an FSU beatdown of UF in the Swamp.
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by Matt Champion on Oct 30, 2011 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Everyone here will stand with you in solidarity on that wish.
99% of the college football fans in the world hate the other 1%, which comprises the Florida Gators.
#OccupyGatorStreet
by vineyarddawg on Oct 30, 2011 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions
For us, shouldn't that be . . .
. . . #OccupyDuvalStreet?
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