I hope I run into RJ in Athens soon so I can pat him on the back.

As a 5th year senior, Richt and company have had 4 years to evaluate what Cox can do. Cox had more hang time on his passes than Butler did on his punts. He had absolutely no zip on the ball which gives the defenders even more time to break up his passes. He should have been picked for 6 twice in the first quarter. Outside of blind loyalty, how on earth do you start this guy???

I’ve been in Sanford Stadium when the booing starts and it ain’t pretty. I’m pretty sure Joe and Richt are in for it if things don’t go well Saturday.

1975 9-3 Dogs lose to 6-5 Ole Miss

1976 10-2 SEC Champs lose to 6-5 Ole Miss

1977 Defending SEC Champs finish 5-6

1978 9-2-1 Dogs lose to a 5-5-1 South Carolina, tie a 6-4-1 Auburn team costing us an SEC Championship & Sugar Bowl berth, and proceed to lose the Bluebonnet Bowl to Stanford.

1979 A Wake Forest team that had a combined record of 2-20 in 1977-78 came to Athens and beat Georgia 22-21. A Virginia team that had a 5-37-1 record from ’75-’78 beat the Dawgs 31-0.

All of those games took place after Dooley had been Head Coach at UGA longer than Richt has to this point. Barring 80-83 UGA had games like these throughout most of Dooley’s tenure. In his final season the Dawgs of ’88 lost to a 5-6 Kentucky team costing Dooley a final SEC Championship.

Again, not meant as an attack aimed at Dooley, just want to illustrate that we lost bad games back then too.

Good news was the “D” played well and a good chunk of the rushing yards for them was when they were running the clock after the game was all but decided. The hit from Evans on Bryant was more egregious than Reshad’s hit, though neither were “cheap” or “dirty”. I think if Reshad wraps up on his hit and goes to the ground with the receiver rather than start his rooster dance afterward, that might not have gotten called. The hard hitting was a good sign.

I’m not ready to toss the baby out with the bath water, but if our offense doesn’t improve this week, I might have to get on the Logan Gray or even Aaron Murray bandwagon. Joe was lucky to not have a couple more picks Saturday. Slow motion throwing arm and staring down the receiver is not the way to go, especially not against better defenses.

That offense looked pretty vanilla to me. Did anyone notice Joe C. check off at the line??

One more performance like that one and I’m for giving one of those top 10 QB prospects a chance to grow up.

This one fact concerns me greatly. Damn, we had how many months to prepare for this??????

Concern #2: Why does the current coaching staff NOT learn from their mistakes? A 9-year learning curve? We are repeating the same mistakes year in and year out…not smart at all….

I truly believe the Bulldog Nation is now growing tired of this and will not be as willing as they were in years past to give CMR a pass on some of these issues.