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Get The Picture · Bloviation for the Dawgnation
Get The Picture 
Damn, it isn’t good to have chills this early in the morning. But I’ll take ‘em!!
Go Dawgs! hashtagRBU
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I was just gonna say “Gave me chills early in the morning”
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Speaking of a flood of memories. I fully expect the passing game to open up the running game this season.
THAT is Georgia football.
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Viewed that yesterday….Dell McGee is a bad man…..
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Appreciate the early Dawgporn this morning, Senator. Always good to see no matter the time of day!
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goosebumps
would loved to have seen chubbs td run vs. clampson and auburn included
bonus – gurley kickoff return td
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That video almost makes me forgive the invention of the Twitter
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Counting down the minutes until someone makes a comment about running into 8-man fronts
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Carlton Thomas is conspicuously absent
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They needed more Hearst and Worley (heck I didn’t even see Worley in there); otherwise that was phenomenal (aside from Scott Howard…ugh).
I swear, for someone who won the Doak Walker award and was a Heisman finalist, Garrison Hearst has to be one of the, if not the most underrated UGA football player in history. I guess we can chalk it up to the Goff era for that.
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Worley was in there.
Hearst is the most underrated of RBU. He had the speed, shiftiness and versatility of Michel with a just enough power to make him tough to tackle especially in the open field. That game in Jacksonville may have cost him the Heisman.
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May?
It definitely cost us a trip to Birmingham to play Alabama in the first seccg.
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The reason I said “may” is that Gino Torretta and Miami were #1.
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If Garrison has a big day in Jax I think he wins it.
41 yards in the biggest game of the year killed his chances.
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I was at that game; GH literally had two DL waiting for him as soon as he got the ball. After getting down big, UGA quickly abandoned the run in a desperate attempt to get back in it. From memory, Hearst only got 10-15 carries the entire game and probably had more receiving yards than rushing ones.
Again, Goff is to blame.
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We were up 7-0 on an 80 yard run on the first snap.
I was there too… Maybe you had better seats?
Anyway I always thought the people that watched on tv could see just as well.
The reason we got down was that we couldn’t sustain drives. We kept punting. They kept scoring tds.
Anyway you slice it, 41 yards in the seasons biggest game isn’t part of a Heisman trophy winning campaign. Blame/credit whoever you like. You’ve earned it. You were there.
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Dude, you literally camp out on here daily and argue against anyone about anything, all while refusing to ever admit you’re wrong while moving the proverbial goalposts in the process. Everything I stated was correct: UGA was down big (23-7 in 2nd quarter) and abandoned the run to get back in it; Hearst only got 10-15 carries (looked it up – he got 14), and he literally had no room to run.
My main and overall assertion in this thread was that, if not for Goff (and the UGA program being at its nadir during this time), Hearst would be more popular from a historical perspective. That’s it. My guess is 99% of UGA fans would agree with this basic thesis. Yet, like clockwork, you immediately aruge to the contray because….Derek.
I only mentioned being there not because of some glorious sightlines I was privy to for all of his carries, but because I was actually alive and old enough to remember the actual game (along with most games during that period). To be candid, I thought you were some immature 20 something who wasn’t even alive back then, hence the reference. Knowing that instead you’re actually around my age if not older frankly is disturbing.
Now I’m guessing you’re probably retired (hence all the free time you have to live on message boards all day long) and simply are a grumpy old man at this point who is bitter towards literally everything in life. If indeed that is the case, it kind of all makes sense really.
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And your assertion (below) that hearst didn’t get carries in 1990 and 1991 was stupid and baseless so you put your rant here and not there. Good for you.
You know who would be hesitant to give carries to a true freshman RB? Herschel’s position coach. After all, you were there.
Goff is to blame for lots of things. Giving Hearst an early opportunity isn’t one of them tho.
I’m wrong several times a day. It doesn’t bother me nearly as much as it obviously bothers you.
I invite you to point my mistakes out. I won’t cry. Hell, Ill even admit them.
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Btw: we were up 7-3. UF kicked a fg on their first drive.
I was wrong.
Goff’s fault.
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I never said he ‘didn’t get carries.’ I said his carries were limited, which would be clear to even the Baylor-UCONN officials in last night’s game that indeed that was the case. As noted below, in ’91 Hearst averaged 6.3 yards per carry and played in every game…yet he finished with ~950 yards rushing while only getting approx. 37% of the rushing attempts that year. FYI, SEC rushing leader that year, Errick Rhett, averaged 5.0 yards per carry.
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Not saying that Goff was a good/great coach, but he was not as bad or as incompetent as some say or think IMO.
5 points away from being undefeated in ‘92…all kinds of reasons why he was not as successful back then.
But one thing I can say, he was a DGD…….respect really went up for him even more toward the end of his career – especially in the GT game when he broke players up toward the end of the game. It could have got real ugly, but ole Ray slung his players around like rag dolls to break it up…..always the gentleman.
He will always have my respect and gratitude.
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Rebuttal:
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Ray, the player … a DGD.
Ray, the coach … a punchline to the question, “Who could hold Terrell Davis to under 100 yards per game?”
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3 doesn’t make a team…
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So UGA didn’t have a team? Whose fault is that?
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Not sure what you are trying to argue, maybe you just want to argue….
All I said was that Goff was not as bad a coach or as incompetent as some say or would like to believe…..and he was definitely a DGD.
He did have two pretty good back to back seasons in ‘91 and ‘92. Again, 5 points always from being undefeated (‘92). Not too many can say that..
He also probably had as many high points during his stay as Dooley did in his final five. It’s not like he took over a juggernaut.
Promise started to show in his 3rd season. He had an ungodly amount of injuries his last year…which is part of the game.
He wasn’t ready, he got better at what he did…but had some awful injuries to key players his last year. A change was made, as it should have been.
Donnan was an upgrade, Richt was an upgrade from Donnan. Kirby looks to be an upgrade from Richt.
If you want to argue all of that, knock yourself out…
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I have sympathies in places:
The bad luck on the DL was unreal: injuries, arrests, flunk outs…. It was non stop.
It wasn’t Ray’s fault that Jan Kemp happened and that we self imposed admissions restrictions others didn’t have.
It wasn’t Ray’s fault that Edwards broke his foot and Mike broke his leg.
However,
the coaching that I saw in 1994 @ Tuscaloosa was the worst I’ve ever seen. And that’s saying something.
Basically acting like Terrell Davis was a liability and not a potential weapon was proven wrong to say the least.
One of my Mount Rushmore guys (Hines Ward) ain’t a fan of Ray’s. That speaks volumes to me.
We essentially lost the state to UT, FSU, Auburn and UF in recruiting during his tenure. The list of in state guys that got away from us is staggering.
We got caught cheating in recruiting after three seasons where the highest winning total we had was 6.
We should’ve hired Erk. Vince should have pulled the trigger on Ray in 1994.
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Can’t disagree with most any of that. The only thing that see differently was the Vandy homecoming game, ‘94 I believe…..that is the day that the team gave up on him. They just flat out quit. To me, that was the worst game I’ve ever witnessed.
My only point in all of this, is that he gets more criticism than he deserves. He also was not as bad a coach as some say.
If anybody is to blame, it is who put him in the position of HC. He definitely wasn’t the first choice….but he got better his 3rd year and he also had some tough luck.
He tried, it didn’t work out and we moved on to a better coach,
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“You are who your record says you are.” Bill Parcells.
Goff had a lousy record at UGA over a 7 year period – including a losing record in SEC play during that time. I was at UGA during his final two years there and knew several players on the team. Per them, it was an organizational mess and Ray was far from a good leader. His assistants also mostly were not up to snuff and were hunting buddies of Ray. You can talk about injuries, close losses (while ignoring close wins that easily could have been losses), and all the rest…but the record is what it is.
It’s possible to have respect for his playing career while acknowledging his glaring shortcomings as a coach. He was a 33 year old RB coach when hired, and simply put he was thrusted into a position he was not prepared for and never grew into the job.
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He didn’t get the job done……and he would probably be the 1st to admit that. if you are saying he was a “lousy” coach. That is a little strong for me, but I will say that he wasn’t the right coach at the time.
Not his fault he was hired, he just wasn’t ready….but he grew into his job & got better. but his last couple of years were tough.
It was time for him to go……but he was a DGD. I also think Donnan was/is a DGG, but it was time for him to go also.
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I would submit based on everything I heard during those days that he was a lousy coach. His record also reflects this. Guys like Hines and Terrell to this day pull no punches in their opinions of Ray; none of them are nice. Go to the 20 minute mark of this video to see what TD had to say:
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Not here to convince you otherwise. If you feel he was a “lousy” coach….go with it.
We just see it differently (reasons above)….it would be a boring world if we all agreed. he will always be a DGD IMO.
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Didn’t Hearst come in 2nd for the Heisman?
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3rd. Faulk was 2nd.
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I think Hearst’s legacy is hurt by the fact that he had one big season, nothing to show for it and the day we really needed a big game from him, we didn’t get it.
He didn’t really become the star we thought he’d be until the end of his sophomore year. I think the tech game 1991 was the first time he really showed out. He blew up in 1992 and turns pro.
I do recall having an argument with some dude in 1992 who tried to tell me Hearst was better than Herschel. Seriously.
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He ran behind a horrible line and played on the worst team of the last 60 years in 1990. In 1991, he gained almost 1,000 yards averaging over 6 yards a carry while splitting carries with Larry Ware.
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“nothing to show for it”….again we can thank the Goff era for that. On top of what ee said below, back then we were also throwing it a ton too with Zeier.
Also don’t forget that Hearst’s carries were limited has first 2 years because good ol’ Ray had in his head that underclassmen (especially RBs) should be limited overall. Hearst was the best RB as soon as he stepped on campus but was forced to sit just because.
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Yeah.
https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/garrison-hearst-1.html
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Thank you for providing this and illustrating my point that his carries were indeed limited his first two years. In ’91, Hearst played in every game, averaged an insane 6.3 yards per carry…yet he finished with just under 1,000 yards while getting less than 40% of the touches that year. Given his teammates said he was immediatel the best RB on the team the fall of his freshman year of ’90, I stand by my statement that his touches clearly were limited.
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You could put a whole lot of guys in the “almost 1,000 yards” category at Georgia.
Musa Smith had over 1300 in a season and he doesn’t get a ton a love. He also has a sec title ring.
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Musa is another underrated Georgia running back. He was an old man river type of back that kept the chains moving.
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lol. I used to use that term for that meaning all the time. excellent.
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Coach Dooley used that phrase to describe the GOAT.
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Thought him a “Big, stiff fullback” IIRC.
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That was Dooley to Munson before his freshman year. I think Dooley knew he had a little more than a big, stiff fullback.
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Wait… You think Vince might have been sandbagging?
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In the montage there was Robert Edwards. That guy was special until the injury he had. Not Hershel special but damn close.
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47 was an absolute stud. That ‘95 team was loaded for bear on offense until Edwards and Bobo went down.
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Yep. For five and a half quarters we were something….
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From the start the second half of the opener vs. USC to when 47 broke his foot in Knoxville was the best 3 quarters or so of football any rb at Georgia has ever had.
He had 7 tds and was averaging about 12 yards a tote over that period.
And then:
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I could watch that all day and still get chills every time.
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Lars Tate doesn’t get a lot of love either.
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He got a lot of “love” late nights at the frat house party. I witnessed first hand many times
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I’ll be in my bunk.
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That music requires Hines Ward frankly.
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Agree with the above that Hearst is criminally underrated, which is especially surprising considering his great NFL career, which usually means that the college draws an inordinate amount of attention their way. Also loved seeing Edwards who, when healthy, could do it all. But for me, personally, I loved the Hampton clip. Such a great Dawg from my childhood that also had a great NFL career.
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Speaking of RBs, we got an RB commit out of Murfreesboro, TN, today, #3 in state, #179 overall. I watched his highlight film and my first thought is his team blocks like crazy, that being said, he runs patient and keeps his feet under him. He has good size.
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Thats #3 player in state, not RB, we totally drank their milkshake. UT is a freaking mess.
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Gurley is the most electric Georgia player since I have been a fan. He is also the ultimate “what if?” What if he doesn’t get hurt in 2013, what if he gets to play every game in 2014, what if he doesn’t get hurt in 2014? He could have made a run at Herschel’s three-year record at the least and maybe won a Heisman.
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If McGarity wasn’t so useless and we had Gurley for all of 2014 we don’t lose to the Gators that’s for damn sure. I think about his big return in that Auburn game and him taking the opening kickoff for a TD way too much, except I pretend that bullshit penalty didn’t happen.
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I love TG3II. He’s my favorite modern-day Georgia player. If he doesn’t get hurt in 2013, we definitely beat Tennessee soundly and then beat Missouri and Candy soundly. In 2014, he could have won the Heisman if not for Greg McGarity.
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A little surprised that there was no mention of Keith Marshall unless I missed it. DGD
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He was on the video a couple of times … DGD
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