Monday, October 19, 2009

Hey, you beat Vandy!

SWEET! Way to go Georgia, way to beat VANDY. No, don't get me wrong, I'm not being sarcastic. I'm serious. Good job.

The only problem I had with the game was Joe Cox's yet another interception and Prince Miller's inability to get into the endzone with a punt return. He made some NICE moves (with the aid of several no-call block-in-the-back) but he just didn't take it back to the house. I am wondering if the coaches are not using Branden Smith because they want him to bulk up a bit. Prince is a bigger guy than Branden, so I'm guessing that's why he is back there. And if we could never have Logan Gray return a punt, that would be great too.

But let's move on to the positives....
The running game appeared to finally get some traction. Caleb King had a touchdown and caught another on a screen. Wayshaun had 71 yards and 31 on one run. I like that. DJax had some nice runs at the end of the game and Carlton Thomas was running well until he just got rocked. Sorry, but the dude is Tyson Browning part two. I was wrong when I thought he'd be the next big-little thing. And Richard Samuel.....MOVE TO LINEBACKER!

AJ Green only caught three passes, but that 65-yard TD was nifty. He is BY FAR the best wide receiver in the country and I'm not just saying that as a biased Georgia fan. Find me one better. I dare you. Julio Jones, i think not. AJ has surpassed him. Gilyard in Cincinnati? Nope. Not as good against not as good competition. LaFell in LSU....AJ Green made THE CATCH in that game and LaFell did what?

Finally, Orson Charles is going to be a good one. I think he breaks out against Florida, the team whose ball he busted. Crystal football that is.

Listen I know it was against Vandy, but the Dawgs seemingly put a full game together and gained a little mo going into the off-week before Florida. Let's hope that Georgia can make it three straight years in a row where Georgia beats the defending National Champions. And as much as I was rooting for Florida to lose to Arkie so Georgia could once again control its own destiny, I sort of like the idea that Georgia can knock off the No.1 team in the country in two weeks.

Speaking of Florida, boy does that team look beatable. Knowing the Gators and Urban though, they'll go easy on Dan Mullen before getting back into shape in two weeks. And you KNOW Dan Mullen won't have his defense hit Tebow, likely at ALL. That's a shame.

Ohio State lost. NICE.
VaTech lost too. Yippe! Too bad that means GT won. Oh well UVa controls its own destiny and can take out the Jackets knees next week. Come on Al Groh...Save that job!

USC beats Notre Dame and ANYONE that doesn't believe ND gets all of the breaks, just look at the tape of that game. The added second. the penalties against USC while the refs shallow the whistle against the Irish. It was a little much. Laughable. No Notre Dame fame can defend what happened, and despite ALL OF THAT, you STILL LOST. With all of the gifts you cannot win.....Weis needs to go.

Alabama, despite the first bad game from its QB still wins over South Carolina. And anyone that says, "Oh boy, that wasn't the blowout it was supposed to be," I ask this: was South Carolina ever REALLY a threat to win? I watched the game. The answer is NO. They deserve to be No.1, too bad the BCS has Florida No.1 thanks to the SoS with Charleston Southern and Troy.......

And I will end with this. People keep saying Willie Martinez needs to go and some of my radio peers always try and counter with "OK, so who would you replace him with?" thinking they are all smart. Well, that is sort of my answer. KIRBY SMART. Tell the former Dawg to come home. I know he's in a good spot at Alabama and he loves Nick Saban, and Georgia WOULD BE a step back for Alabama's D-Cor, but I respond with this...for Kirby Smart as Alabama's D-Cor, it is different. Typically it would be a stepback unless you went to Georgia. Then you are returning to your alma mater. Bill Young from miami to Okie state would logically be a stepback, but Young is an alum. Smart would be the same situation. And Mark Richt can offer this: at Alabama you'd always have Saban looming over your shoulder and the national media will always give Saban partial credit. At Georgia, Richt would be in charge of the offense with your good buddy Mike Bobo while Smart would get ALL of the credit for the defense. No one will say, "Yeah, but surely Saban's finger is in the pie."
It would be smart for CMR's first phone call this off-season to be to Kirby Smart. Maybe he likes his situation in Bama, but he will likely at least listen to Richt. Then, CMR will need to bust out his recruiting skills and sell Kirby on coming home. Make it happen CMR and make it happen Kirby. Please.

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