UGA/FLA thread

[Dr. Pepper]

If this started elsewhere, I apologize. Couldn't find a discussion going. It's second quarter and FLA is up by 14 and looking pretty solid at this moment.

[Neo]

They are looking really good.....

Without Shockley, UGA just looks flat. :cool:

[Jordan]

They are looking really good.....

Without Shockley, UGA just looks flat. :cool:
Yeah, UF is looking good today on both sides of the ball. They came out strong on offense for the first time in awhile, and look pretty solid on defense as well. UGA's defense isn't looking that hot, and UF should be able to put some more points on the board. If UGA doesn't get more productive offensively to at least match UF's offensive production, this will be a pretty sure upset.

Maybe its the uniforms? :D

[thethrill]

It seems the ol' bawl coach may have changed his mind about the spread option, so far in this game anyway

[Dr. Pepper]

UGA gets 3. Long way to go.

[Dr. Pepper]

Georgia has the ball back deep in their territory with 4:49 to go. If they can drive and get some points before half, then they should feel pretty good.

[Dr. Pepper]

The receivers are not helping the QB out very much.

[HSVTider]

So did Florida's offensive line finally get it together or is Georgia over-rated?

UF's running the ball down Georgia's throat which is something that Tennessee couldn't do.

[DAWG@heart]

UGA just needs to make to half time, make some adjustments and try to keep close and possibly win it in the 4th. I'm starting to doubt though.

I don't understand our coaches. How did LSU and Bama beat Florida? By blitzing and hitting the ever-loving bejeezes out of Chris Leak. What does UGA do? Play cover 2 and keep everything in front of them. Makes sense to me.

[JBryant12]

uh oh Floorida is drivin...

[Dr. Pepper]

Leak is looking really good. I hope he gets it out of his system before he plays the cocks. I am really surprised about Georgia's D.

[Dr. Pepper]

Fumble. UGA gets the miscue. Not much time though. What will Richt say in the dressing room?

[thethrill]

Fumble. UGA gets the miscue. Not much time though. What will Richt say in the dressing room?
Think you can get out there DJ?

[Dr. Pepper]

I think that you will see the Dawgs playing a lot more agressive D. T'skinski and receivers need to run some simple plays to build confidence. They are lucky to be in this right now.

By the way, Tech and Clemson are tied at half. Anyone enjoying the play-by-play announcers in the booth?

[Dr. Pepper]

Think you can get out there DJ?

DJ could help. I think that the real problem is Florida's uniform. They are uglier than even anticipated. Some of UGA's guys are laughing and some have become ill. They D doesn't want to touch them. They might be contagious.

[Dr. Pepper]

Missed field goal to start second half. Not good.

Noticed on the scoreboard run that UCF is leading East Carolina 30-20 late. Did I hear right the UCF may be bowl eligible?

[scunyon]

Leak is looking really good. I hope he gets it out of his system before he plays the cocks. I am really surprised about Georgia's D.


Like D@H said, the way the throw Leak off is to put him on his arse! He is what they call, "hit-shy". You knock him on his butt about 2-3 times and he spends more time looking at the DL than looking for receivers downfield.

[Dr. Pepper]

T'shinksi may be getting that confidence. Nice drive to this point.

[ScreamingTiger]

bout time the puppies woke up and scored a TD

[Dr. Pepper]

TD! Nice play!

Now if they can rattle Leak (and I think they can :D), UGA may do to FLA what Miami did to North Carolina.

[fernandomike]

Joe T looks a lot like Rick Clausen to me, a lot more heart than arm. You gotta give credit to Richt. That was one hell of a call on the TD pass. If he wins today, under these circumstances, then Richt really is cementing himself as the top Dawg in the league.

[WoffordCock]

nice sack by the dogs

[Dr. Pepper]

Blitz. Finally!

[Dr. Pepper]

Will Larry Munson get to make another call for the history books?

[Dr. Pepper]

2 missed field goals on a windy day. Dawgs may be talking about them for a long time.

[DAWG@heart]

I think we'll be talking about the play calling on that long drive UGA had calling for a QB Sprint Draw on 3rd 18. I swear Mark Richt is a good coach, but what the hell. Also, We blitz, we sack Leak, we keep in it front, Leak picks us apart. Don't get it.

[DAWG@heart]

And all the dropped passes by our receivers !!! WHY, EVERY F'N YEAR !!!!!!!

[DAWG@heart]

Omg, Wtf Is Richt Thinking !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A Qb Sprint Draw With 1:39 To Go In The Game On 3rd And 11.

[DAWG@heart]

Fire Coach Richt.... he lost that game for UGA with his sh---y play calling. Hats off to Joe T, you are a beast and have a lot of heart.

[rabidcock]

Joe T played a good game, but the loss of Shockley's experience definitely was worth 4+ points--it cost the Dawgs the game.

[Big-Al]

Florida will win,so that makes us #4

[Djshockley3]

Man what a game. Message to everyone, give me 24 hours to recover. I am pretty mad right now.

[Dr. Pepper]

Oh well. My daughter dates a Florida fan, so at least she will be happy.

Not that I am unhappy. I hate Georgia anyway. I just wanted someone in the SEC to go undefeated, but I don't think that is going to happen now.

If Florida plays against us like they played today, we could beat them. Like the UGA posters here say, we need to put pressure on Leak all day. We can do it.

[Djshockley3]

Oh well. My daughter dates a Florida fan, so at least she will be happy.

Not that I am unhappy. I hate Georgia anyway. I just wanted someone in the SEC to go undefeated, but I don't think that is going to happen now.

If Florida plays against us like they played today, we could beat them. Like the UGA posters here say, we need to put pressure on Leak all day. We can do it.



They did not play bad today. We just have a really good defense, just horrible play calling on offense.

[Djshockley3]

Florida will win,so that makes us #4



Well enjoy it cause you guys are gonna lose in two weeks anyway.

[rolltide5590]

dr.pepper..you dont think anyone in the sec will go undefeated.....not so fast my friend, roll tide!!!!!

[Dr. Pepper]

They did not play bad today. We just have a really good defense, just horrible play calling on offense.


Didn't mean to suggest you played bad. However, you have played much better this year. Take away the first quarter or have a windless day, and it was your day. I agree that Shockley would have been worth at least 4 points.

However, except for the 1st quarter, Florida did not play great. Good, but not great. I am just saying that we should be very up for our game with Florida. If Mitchell is on and we put pressure on Leak, we can beat them.

[Djshockley3]

Didn't mean to suggest you played bad. However, you have played much better this year. Take away the first quarter or have a windless day, and it was your day. I agree that Shockley would have been worth at least 4 points.

However, except for the 1st quarter, Florida did not play great. Good, but not great. I am just saying that we should be very up for our game with Florida. If Mitchell is on and we put pressure on Leak, we can beat them.


I was talking about UF not UGA. I really hope u guys beat them,but they are a good team.

[Dr. Pepper]

dr.pepper..you dont think anyone in the sec will go undefeated.....not so fast my friend, roll tide!!!!!

If you still had Prothro, you could beat anybody on any day including the west coast USC. But you still have to beat Auburn and probably Georgia in the Championship game. Anything could happen with Auburn. However, UGA will have Shockley and they will be clicking on all cylinders in December.

[Neo]

dr.pepper..you dont think anyone in the sec will go undefeated.....not so fast my friend, roll tide!!!!!


Don't get too cocky.....

There's still a lot of football left. :cool:

[GatorNation]

Good game today. Hard fought battle, as the WLOCP should be. The offense finally looked good in the first half.....that was the offense a lot of us thought we were going to see from game one. A lot of hole movement on the HB keepers and quick releases on passes this afternoon could be some reasons uh-ga didn't want to blitz very often. I still want to see more misdirection and some middle screens, but on the whole the playcalling was MUCH, MUCH better. The week off did a lot for this offense. I hope we can keep it up.

The run game looked great, especially when Manson hit the holes with that burst he brings for us. Wynn's a solid back, but we need that burst when the holes do open up inside. Thought we'd have 21 at the half, but we fumbled and allowed a talented jaw-juh team to hang around and almost pull it out. I think that's the major difference between Zook and Meyer. If this was Zook's team, we would have folded at the end. Nice to see us seal up a win when it could have gotten away....can't remember the last time that happened; though I guess last year's f$u game would qualify.

I've already had a number of PMs from some cool dawg fans offering congratulations on the win. Let me say that's pretty classy....and much appreciated. On behalf of Gator Nation, thanks.

As for our resident canine antigonizer, I wonder what "the colonel" is doing with the bag of salt he thought he had for me. Whatever it is, it probably involves a long tube and a red-n'-black mouthpiece to minimize teeth grinding. If anyone sees him lurking about, just tell him I said "good game" and that Richt now has losing records against the last THREE Gator HCs--including Urban Meyer, the ONLY Florida HC to beat two #4 teams in the regular season.

[grapenuts]

First off I want to congratulate Fla fans. Their lines played great, their coaches called good plays (like the fake punt when they could see we were bailing every punt before the ball was even snapped, more conservative genius from Richt and staff) and they took advantage of our lackluster start, so everything below this is not meant to take anything away from the Gators.

That out of the way, Richt's RIDICULOUS play calling cost us a shot at that game. That and the fact that Willie Martinez has never heard of the term BLITZ, as I've said all along since week 2. Everytime we blitzed and got some pressure on Mitchell in the SC game it worked, except for when you send Blue rumbling up from 15-20 yards away, who can't see that coming. Chris Leak is one of the most sacked QB's in the league and tends to fold under pressure, and Willie blitzes ONE TIME ALL DAY LONG?! And it works! No more. What a joke.

I think anybody who watched that game that knows ANYTHING about football realizes Joe T played his heart out, and did everything in his power to help us win that game... hell he was one of the only ones doing anything on offense. He fought for his catch and made the stretch, he's a warrior and I don't think UGA fans should count him out for starting QB next year.

Every year our receivers have hands of stone in this game, it's almost like Florida uses one of the cheat codes from EA Sports NCAA football video game. 1st play of the game, 20+ yard pass, Milner drops it. At the end, McClendon has a 1st down ball hit him in the face?! Tereshinski was making plays IN SPITE of Richt, not because of him. I feel bad for him, he played his heart out, and he was one of the only ones fighting that hard. I don't think even Shockley's athletic abilities would have gained us more points today... honestly, what would have been different, other than the play calling? Joe T had one bad throw all day and it didn't even come back to haunt us like Shock's few sometimes do.

God I am just so frustrated after this game. Richt is a good coach, we have way more discipline since he's been here, we recruit lights out and his record speaks for itself. But we have GOT to hire an effective OC, and he also mucks up clock management once every five games. I also believe after Coutu misses the chip shot in the swirling wind you should take the field position instead of trying a 50+ yard FG. I guess I'll sleep better knowing we still control our own destiny, being a game up in the East and all. And we get a bye week and get some very key players back healthy for AU between the hedges, gotta like our chances there.

Of course I want to win this game because a) It's Florida and b) we'd clinch the East and still have an outside shot to get to Pasadena, but I gotta tell ya... what hurts the worst to me is knowing that Joe T did all he could and our coaching staff and the rest of the players let him down when he finally got his time to shine. I feel bad Shock had to miss it in the first place as well, but JTIII did his part, the rest of em let us down this afternoon. Again, congrats Gators, we just didn't want it bad enough today for some reason... either that or our coaching staff just doesn't know how to take it when it's there to be had.

[g8tor25]

I only noticed a couple of empty backfield sets for UF today. That evened up the numbers against the blitz.

[1000x]

When you look at this game, you could make the assessment that Georgia lost this game because of conservative play calling on offense. Richt has called a conservative game plan ever since Shockley got hurt. The same happened today with Tereshinski in at QB. You've got to admire Richt for staying conservative when the Bulldogs fell behind 14-0, as he easily could have panicked and told Tereshinski to start flinging it down the field. Conservative play calling kept Georgia in the game, but eventually cost them when they needed a big play.

As noted earlier, Tereshinski did not get the help he needed from some of his teammates. The running game should not take all the blame, as it played OK and actually outrushed Florida. However, there were many dropped passes which makes Tereshinski's stats look very bad. Brandon Coutu--Georgia's kicker--missed two field goals, meaning Georgia wins 16-14 if everything else stays the same.

On the other end, the Florida offense played very well, even though the total yardage and the final score would not indicate it. We didn't get to see that much of the option (maybe one play could be considered from the option set), but Florida was able to move the ball. Leak was 15 for 20 in passing, capping off a very efficient day. The offensive line for the Gators probably played its best game of the season. There were times in the second half in which the offense stalled, but the Gators advanced the ball whenever they needed to. Special teams also helped give Georgia a long field.

There's still lots to be determined in terms of who will go to Atlanta from the East. Georgia still has to deal with Auburn, a team needing a win itself. This could be 2002 all over again for Georgia. Vanderbilt still needs to upset someone to get six wins and Spurrier would love to beat his alma mater, so Florida should not rest easy, either.

[TigerFanatic]

i was rreally impressed all around. we got to see that when allowed to do his own thing using a less spread like offence, Leak is still a very effective and accurate QB. i was also happy to see tereshinski get ot play and do well. i think if he had been cut loose a little more he could have been more affective

[gatorjpb]

i just would like too know what is conservative about a pitch to the rb ..hey ....and then lets throw it to the qb.......come on conservative......not really...just a great day by the fl defense....please try not to fool yourself to much.....they..ga did not play conservative...they came to win....????

[WayzUp]

I was kind of surprised at UGA not blitzing more myself. I think it was early in the 2nd half and they'd only sent an extra guy after Leak one time and I don't recall seeing too many after that either. You'd think they'd be more aggressive on defense especially with Leak being the most sacked QB in the SEC this year.... :confused:

And as good as UF & Leak looked early on, they looked pretty blah on offense once they got that early lead. The one graphic that stood out was (i think) fairly late in the 4th...said something like UF's first 2 drives totalled 121 total yards and their next 9 drives went for 116. Not a good indicator of consistency there but again, you'd think after you make adjustments to more or less contain an offense, you'd take it to them a little more and force some mistakes; UGA didn't do that & from what i saw, that's what cost them.

Manson flashed some nice moves too...UF's O-Line in general seemed to play fairly well against a good UGA front. Of course, they didn't have to pick up but 2 or 3 blitzes all day.... :confused:

Needless to say, I dont' think this game would have been close had Shockley played. But that's just an opinion of mine...we'll never know. Good win, UF fans.

[rabidcock]

Congrats on shocking the (Shockleyless) Dogs. The Dogs woke up, but were about 4 minutes short of being able to pull it out, even without DJ. But, that's the way the ball bounces, and such are the vississitudes of fortune. A win is a win. Savor it!

[GatorHunter]

UGA was smart not to blitz...the UF running game would have had a field day had their not been any LBs in the middle of the field...not to mention those quick passes would have been a lot more effective. UGA played the 2-deep zone...same defense that LSU played against us...only difference was UF's O-line showed up.

[blues_cap]

the biggest difference i saw was more protection at the line with latsko and tate casey. florida was running simple 2--3 man routes leaving 6-7 to block. i think this is why uga wasnt blitzing so much. i did see when florida went empty a couple of times, they came like lsu did.

i loved seeing leak under center some with a fullback leading on an iso. it has been a long time since us florida fans have seen some good ole southern smash mouth football.

[GatorNation]

the biggest difference i saw was more protection at the line with latsko and tate casey. florida was running simple 2--3 man routes leaving 6-7 to block. i think this is why uga wasnt blitzing so much. i did see when florida went empty a couple of times, they came like lsu did.

i loved seeing leak under center some with a fullback leading on an iso. it has been a long time since us florida fans have seen some good ole southern smash mouth football.

Yeah, I liked the strong and weak sets (although I love the spread)...and great adjustment by Mullen to keep the back in before (or until just before) the snap to discourage the blitz. We were basically running an empty package with Wynn running the flat route/shallow underneath routes out of the backfield. Same thing, different look....which prompted a different defensive call. Mullen wanted jaw-juh in the cover-2 packages, which he got with max protect and not lining up empty out of the huddle. The one time we did, they brought the house for a sack.

As for the stalling offense in the second half, it was mostly by design. Meyer admitted to playing a conservative second half and putting the game in the defense's hands. Not that he wanted 3-and-outs, but he didn't want to risk sacks or fumbles with the option portion of his system. He basically wanted to keep the attack simple, win the TOP, and create problematic field position for jaw-juh. Most of the SEC offenses are struggling (e.g., Bama beat Ole Miss and UT with only one TD, etc.), so Meyer thought being smart with the ball--especially with an offense that has been struggling of late--was gthe way to go.

I would like to see us take a few shots downfield with Baker or Jackson, though, but I'll take a win in the WLOCP over trying to force an offensive scheme on a good defense and losing the game in the process (see Bama).

[g8tor25]

I would like to see us take a few shots downfield with Baker or Jackson, though, but I'll take a win in the WLOCP over trying to force an offensive scheme on a good defense and losing the game in the process (see Bama).


Agreed. I wish UF would have attacked a little more in the 2cd half.

[GeorgiaPride]

hey congrats to the Florida faithful. At least Urban Meyer knows when his shit stinks and decided to change his offense. If he does continue to tailor to the strengths of Chris Leak you guys will beat everyone you have left to play, including Florida State.

__ That was a shot at my beloved Coach Mark Richt __