Here’s a nickname I bet they wish they could take back.
But Leonard Floyd hasn’t felt like Floyd in awhile. Neither have Jordan Jenkins or Lorenzo Carter, the other members of the edge rushing trio that was supposed to be the strength of Georgia’s defense this season. Instead they’ve combined for five sacks in six games, and as a team Georgia only has nine sacks, better than just two other SEC teams.
Jenkins has been held back the past few weeks with a groin strain, and is unlikely to play Saturday against Missouri. He still leads the team with three sacks and nine quarterback hurries. Floyd and Carter are the bigger disappointments, and it’s not that they’re coming close on sack chances: Floyd has only been credited with five QB hurries, and Carter has two. Davin Bellamy, another member of the quartet that nicknamed itself the “Wolf Pack,” also has two hurries.
As Seth points out, it’s not like they haven’t had opportunities to, um… hunt.
… Georgia has actually forced opponents into 95 third-down chances. (That’s compared to 62 third-downs for Georgia’s offense.)
The Dawgs are currently next to last in the SEC in sacks.
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yeah this has been a sad head scratcher. just doesnt make any sense why these guys are not getting to the QB. .
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It makes plenty of sense. They’re not getting to the quarterback because in third and willie, third and grantham, and third and pruitt, the offense is sneaking a guy into the middle of the wide open field and when we get our rush to him, he doesn’t worry, because he’s ALWAYS got a guy wide open right there. We might be getting what LOOKS like pressure or FEELS like a hurry, but we’re not, because there is always someone open.
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Yep!
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Shit. That is absolutely correct.
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The question is why? We weren’t that susceptible to this last year with what were told was a worse cast of characters. In our second year, we should be better at this, not worse.
We better figure this out quickly because I don’t have any confidence in our offense scoring 40+ points to bail us out like we have the past few years.
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Great point Ben. Fuck it. Play cover 0, blitz, and let the chips fall where they may. Couldn’t be any worse.
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I think I agree with that GD.
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Hmm, might be the scheme?
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Take ’em to the swimming pool! 😉
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More like the Chihuahua Pack
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What the heck is going on? Looking like the pre season hype crash to reality is reaching Jeremy Johnson levels.
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when the QB has open targets its hard to get a sack?
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Maybe they meant the Wolfpack from The Hangover?
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Nice
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The Wolf Pack – Have they played this year?
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Someone in BM needs to brew up a new batch of Kool-Aid…this new flavor really sucks.
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Working on the new hype video as we speak.
“Cavalier offense – Wolfpack defense. We’re joining the ACC.”
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LOL! Sad, but funny.
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Just heard BM renamed the hype video…
“Cavalier offense, Wolfpack defense, but no one does special teams like Georgia.”
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The worst par tof the season is over. Who we gonna lose to now man? Nobody.
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That’s assuming we have a bye week for the remainder of the season
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Fool me once – shame on you. Fool me 10 yrs running – shame on me. Every preseason – best OL, best OLB group, yada-yada ….
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Hey man, there’s a bunch of other teams out there to jump on the bandwagon. We fans will stick it out. Glad we’re weaning the weak fans out.
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A buddy of mine sent me a text last night during the Auburn/Kentucky game saying it sucked to have to root for Auburn but he guessed we needed to. I realized that I don’t even give a shit. I don’t want us to lose but I don’t want Richt to climb through the bathroom window to get into the SECC again.
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Once you lose a game, you lose control of your destiny. Do you think UF doesn’t count its 1996 national championship because they backed into the game because teams above them lost on Championship Saturday? Do you think Alabama doesn’t count their 2011 championship because they came in the bathroom window to get to New Orleans?
Do you think we climbed in the bathroom window in 2012 by going 11-1? Did we climb in the window in 2002 or 2005 when we won the conference?
It sounds to me like you don’t want us to lose but you also don’t want us in Atlanta. Those two things are incompatible at this point in the season unless Tennessee happens to beat Alabama.
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Destiny is destiny, it can’t be controlled.
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What I don’t want is for us to back in yet again. I would be thrilled for us to play for an SECC. I would just like it a lot more if we didn’t get in because somebody or everybody fucked up more than we did.
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Let’s look at the history of our trips to Atlanta and impartially determine whether the team backed into the Dome:
2002 – I don’t think anyone would say we backed into anything in 2002, and it still took a virtual miracle to get to Atlanta with 70X Takeoff.
2003 – 3-way tie with UT & UF. No one won the head-to-head. I don’t think we backed in this year either, but I can see the case for why you may believe that.
2005 – If Tra Battle isn’t concussed, do we finish 7-1 and 11-1? Who knows, but we didn’t back in.
2011 – We were given a break by the schedulers by missing LSU and Alabama, but we were 7-1 in conference. This year is the closest we came to coming in through the bathroom window.
2012 – Sure, we got beaten badly by USCe, but we won every other game we played to finish 11-1. We beat a top 3 Florida team to win the division. Once again, no backing in.
So, tell me what year(s) we didn’t deserve to go to Atlanta and why.
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You act like you are taking this personally. That’s silly. If you truly think we are the best team in the east there is no point in even talking to you.
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I haven’t taken it personally. I’m just responding with the facts about Georgia’s history in the SECCG and your comment that “you don’t want Richt to climb through the bathroom window to get into the SECC again.” You would rather make this personal than to discuss the facts.
By the way, I don’t think we’re the best team in the East based on our performance the last 2 weeks. I hope we run the table to win the East because 10-2 would be a pretty damn good regular season, but I don’t expect it.
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Feel free to point out where I made it personal. Get over yourself, dude.
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EE…actually, in 2003, Georgia needed FSU to beat Florida in order to go to the SEC Championship Game due to the way the BCS rankings worked for the tie-breaker. If I remember right, it was whoever was ranked highest at the end of the regular season.
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19, I went back and looked at the rankings history on ESPN and the BCS rankings in 2003 (collegefootballpoll.com). Georgia and Tennessee were the two highest ranked teams in the BCS throughout the season from the East. We were the highest ranked East team at the end of the season with Tennessee just behind. Florida was never in the top 2.
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I got your point Cooley
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Thanks bud. I knew some wouldn’t get it at all.
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Less like Wolf Pack, more like Puppy Litter.
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Jenkins being slowed by injury is huge…he came out the first two games on fire. Also, I think the Floyd ILB experiment hurt the pass rush a lot. Finally, I got the feeling that Carter came into the season thinking he didn’t have to work hard to pick up where he left off. I do think Bellamy had a helluva game vs. UT.
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Agree. I like how Bellamy and Kimbrough have improved.
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They say a team takes on the personality of it’s coach, I think that’s true. The team is soft and passive, on both sides of the ball and seems to have no ability to regroup when they get knocked down. When UT scored twice to end the first half, you could see in the body language the team was giving up.
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Well, according to Scott Howard, Chuck Dowdle, Neil Williamson and Mark Richt the team played with tremendous courage last Saturday. To me, when that kind of useless nonsense is what comes out of that ass-sucking performance then you know the head guy in charge feels it’s acceptable to lose in that fashion. Shit, at half-time Richt called Michel’s fumble a play that just evened the turnover battle like it’s supposed to be even. I’m aware of the changes, but I’m becoming more aware that Richt is too damn comfortable with going 9-3.
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Yea, can you imagine Saban saying “the team played with courage”, if Bama played and lost like we did against TN? Hell No.
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That guy would be livid. People can criticize and mock him, but he makes himself accountable and he tries to learn from the losses they suffer. He coaches instead of coasts. I admire that self-examination quality in the guy. He tries to get better as a coach. Our guy takes five calls on a radio show and talks about courage after losses. Who do you want as coach?
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Saban learns from the losses AND the wins. I get the feeling every time AL gives up a first down he is livid. After the Ole Miss game he was probably 15 shades past livid…his team came out and played like it the next week too.
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Agree Chadwick. And that’s what I’ve come to as well. I was disgusted after the Alabama game but something changed during or right after that Tennessee game. After defending zricht for a long time and believing he would eventually get us to where we want to be I finally either realized or just admitted to myself that Richt is who we thought he was. Nine or ten wins a year. He will flirt with something more sometimes and will even get most people to believe he can do great things but he is a nine to two wins a year and second tier bowl game coach. I don’t hate him. I actually like him. But I don’t want him to be our coach anymore. And before anyone talks about NCs, that’s not what I’m talking about. I don’t expect that. It is unreasonable expect a NC. But I don’t think it is unreasonable to expect your team to show up and fight for four quarters every week. There are going to be losses. But it isn’t unreasonable to want our guys to show up and look prepared and like they want to play and are ready to fight. Rather than have a few games every year where they look unprepared, entitled, uninterested, mentally weak, or a combination of any of those. It happens every year under Richt and I’ve finally just had enough. Yes I realize he’s not going anywhere and will be able to coach at UGA until he’s ninety years old if he wants. But I don’t have to like it.
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ok TB, see ya round, thanks for the long pointless post.
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Its no more pointless than believing “next year is our year” under Richt
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If you’re talking to me you’re barking up the wrong tree. I may be disgusted but I’m a long way from being anything like that asshat. Screw you for that insult.
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“It’s on you to make a play.”
I can’t think of a great college coach in any sport where that wasn’t a cornerstone of their program. When players start looking at coaches or other players when crap goes wrong, you have a problem larger than the circumstances of the moment.
Which is why as SB notes that Richt’s teams seem so dependent on a player-leader emerging. It really is a culture problem, and its been present through multiple Iterations of assistants.
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I mentioned weeks ago that it seems like Lorenzo Carter has been totally invisible. The preseason hype on him was off the charts.
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I thought by November everyone would be talking about Carter being the best player on UGAs defense, if not the team. Boy was I wrong.
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Me too, Parrish, me too.
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Who? You sure he’s still on the field?
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Defense has some real fundamental issues.
Let’s see how they’re doing against, at least teams with a winning record.
1- 12th in the conference in red zone td %..
2- Last in the conference scoring defense against teams with a winning record
3- 0 sacks against teams with winning records
4- 0 interceptions against teams with winning records
5- last in tackles for loss against teams with winning records
6- 11th in rush defense against teams with winning records
Athens, we have identified the problem.
In case you’re wondering, the offense is just as bad in scoring and passing as the defense, it’s a wonder this team has a winning record.
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The defense is last in every category? Wow, I knew it was bad, but not this bad, thanks for sharing,great post. Hopefully it will open some eyes.
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Compared to what? Are you comparing Their averages in 2 games against the rest of the league’s 6? Or have you calculated this for all teams against teams with winning records? Not pointed–just asking.
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God, consider Pruitt has only faced one damn team with a winning record. And we get this shit. Damn, it sucks. He needs to get his shit together or we need to fire him this week.
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Did you get tired of the 69Chevy handle?
Sockpuppetry… I think your work here is done.
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This can’t be a surprise to anyone who has followed the Dawgs for 15 years. The units we get the most hype on in the preseason are the ones that disappear the fastest during the season. I was terrified about the Offensive line because it was the best we have had since…… We apparently recruit guys that love to read how good they are but don’t bother to play up to their own expectations. I watched Auburn UK last night and barring a real turn-around we are going to have a hard time winning 6 games. Florida’s D will smoke our oline and their DB’s will pick our bones. Any team that can run routes that put somebody over the middle will kill us. This is not new it is apparently how we recruit and hire. This Alabama reject S&C coach was suppose to instill some backbone in these guys but they really do fold their tents when the going gets tough. All in all Coach Richt has shown that he either can’t tell about his teams readiness or he knows it’s going to be bad and just chooses to blow smoke up our butts all preseason. I for one will never drink any more of the damn Kool-Aid that Mark and the Bulldawg media put out. We are a mediocre team and have played like one.
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Step back from the ledge there buddy.
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