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by Spencer Hall • Sep 24, 2008 9:30 AM EDT
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Oh, that’s just lovely.
by jaek on Sep 24, 2008 11:00 AM EDT reply actions
People are surprised that coaches use bad language and talk crap about the upcoming opponent? [rolling_eyes]
by asetti on Sep 24, 2008 11:25 AM EDT reply actions
"People are surprised that coaches use bad language and talk crap about the upcoming opponent?"
Uh, who said they were surprised?
by cmottram on Sep 24, 2008 11:57 AM EDT reply actions
I just hope they aren’t going to our funeral.
:lol:
by Barbie Girl on Sep 24, 2008 11:59 AM EDT reply actions
Thanks for the added fuel Cochran!! As if the game needed anymore, Dawg Nation appreciates it!!
Go Dawgs!!
by bamadawg on Sep 24, 2008 12:01 PM EDT reply actions
Another correction, you have coaches confused. The person yelling throughout the film is Kirby Smart who does sound like Farmer Fran from Waterboy. The coach that said the funeral comment is Scott Cochran, who doesn’t.
by KentN on Sep 24, 2008 12:01 PM EDT reply actions
Fuel on the fire…….Hope ’Bama brings the "A" game, they are going to need it!!
by Bakudon2001 on Sep 24, 2008 12:16 PM EDT reply actions
both teams were going to be fired up to the max for this game anyway. so much is at stake. the teams have been looking forward to this game for a long time. this statement won’t affect either team.
by hjay5 on Sep 24, 2008 12:45 PM EDT reply actions
What’s the big deal? Billboard material? UGA actually needs material on their billboard to get them excited and pumped to win this game? This is nothing but a huge non-issue. What do you think is being said about individual players in the film room or in the dorm rooms? The "excitement" the players get from this story will be just enough to get them though warm-ups or the kick off, at the most.
by brntry on Sep 24, 2008 12:59 PM EDT reply actions
Dawgs are going to kick Ass!
www.thedawgsden.com
by Lumber on Sep 24, 2008 1:30 PM EDT reply actions
Man, we don’t need to give them Dawgs any more incentive but I could use a shot of "some high quality H2O".
by rollingtide68 on Sep 24, 2008 1:30 PM EDT reply actions
You would have thought that Kriby Smart (a former Dawg himself) would be smarter than that (no pun intended.) This is already headed to being the best game of the day on Saturday, and probably will be just as close as last year (but hopefully with the same result of a UGA victory.) I’m not sure that this comment can fire the team up any more than it already is for this one. Woof, Woof!!!
by leeparks on Sep 24, 2008 2:12 PM EDT reply actions
You would have thought that Kirby Smart (a former Dawg himself) would be smarter than that (no pun intended.) This is already headed to being the best game of the day on Saturday, and probably will be just as close as last year (but hopefully with the same result of a UGA victory.) I’m not sure that this comment can fire the team up any more than it already is for this one. Woof, Woof!!!
by leeparks on Sep 24, 2008 2:14 PM EDT reply actions
Scott Cochran is our strength and conditioning coach, for heaven’s sake. When the team is stretching prior to practice, Cochran walks around among the players and acts kinda like a cheerleader of sorts. His job is to get everyone pumped up for practice. The fact that his comments have generated so much buzz is ridiculous to me.
In the end, none of this is going to make any difference once the ball is teed up and the game gets kicked off. UGA is going to come out and play their game and Alabama will do the same.
Instead of talking about backouts, funerals, announcers, and closed practices – people need to be talking about the actual matchups on the field.
UGA needs to worry about how their young and re-shuffled O-Line, led by a true freshman center, is going to handle the best defensive front they’ve faced all season, led by a 360+ pound NG that threw around a 2-time All-American center from Arkansas last week. It doesn’t matter how many stars you have at the skill positions if you can’t control the line of scrimmage – just ask Clemson.
And for the first time this season, UGA is going to face a team that will bring a tough and physical running game to the table. None of UGA’s first three D-1 opponents rank higher than #97 in the country in rushing offense. Alabama ranks #14 with over 236 rushing yards per game.
These two areas will be the key to the game – UGA’s ability to control the line of scrimmage on offense and their ability to handle Alabama’s physical running attack. If they do both, they’ll more than likely win. If they don’t, Alabama could be the one walking away with the 5-0 record.
by sualexander37 on Sep 24, 2008 2:15 PM EDT reply actions
Are you kidding me this is FOOTBALL!!! and it is football practice not a press conference. If anyone is offended by this please go find another sport, maybe badmitten or something
by jt2552 on Sep 24, 2008 2:32 PM EDT reply actions
This is an assistant coach motivating his players. The comment was not even intended for public distribution. Anyone who sees this as "calling out" the dogs is foolish.
by CJackson705 on Sep 24, 2008 2:36 PM EDT reply actions
To me this is a non story…worse things have been said. However the Farmer Fran comparison is right on!!!
by coffeenated on Sep 24, 2008 2:58 PM EDT reply actions
Wow.You’re frakking kidding me.Someone’s got a bit of a sensitivity issue.Pretty soon, Hall, you’ll be writing a book, and speaking in the third person about how this will always be on the mind of Spencer Hall, and how Spencer Hall will never forget this.Just like that big baby Urban Liar the Crier.One more time:Hall, your particular brand of observational humor must only work with the jort-wearing, mullet-headed simpletons at your alma mater.‘Cause your attempts to degrade Georgia’s Blackout with your simpering sarcasm lacks any semblance of wit or bite.Try, try again, Gator-Bug.
by HobnailedBoot on Sep 24, 2008 3:31 PM EDT reply actions
I didn’t hear it.
by thetide333 on Sep 24, 2008 4:26 PM EDT reply actions
I wish the earth would open up and swallow the entire state of Alabama. It is the armpit of the South…and I’m putting it mildly.
by robfowler on Sep 24, 2008 5:03 PM EDT reply actions
And here I always thought that Jacksonville, NC was the armpit of the south, to go along with America’s other armpit, 29 Palms, CA.Yep. SOI at Lejeune, 3/4 at the Stumps.So as much as Alabama sucks, and it does suck, Jacksonville, NC and 29 Palms, CA suck even more.
by HobnailedBoot on Sep 24, 2008 5:34 PM EDT reply actions
Every little bit helps. Keep talking smack …. reminds me of another UA/UGA game a few years ago:) GO DAWGS
by pcoladawg on Sep 24, 2008 10:25 PM EDT reply actions
Geeze, that’s not even Kirby Smart. That’s are S&C coach. Of course he’s going to talk smack at practice. Grow a pair UGA fans. Every year we play y’all try to spin something into "bulletin board" material. First it was Pat Dye, a UGA grad, who said you weren’t man enough. So what did you do, you got mad us. That makes sense. You have a great team and I think the world of UGA….but quit trying to use gimmicks like blackouts or "bulletin board" material to get fired up. You’re better than that….or are you?
by JPearson on Sep 25, 2008 1:13 AM EDT reply actions
Wearing black jerseys is just a motivational ploy for the fans. Why is Bama so hung up on the black jerseys if it means nothing to them?! It seems like it’s already in their heads. The Bama team and fans keep telling us Dawgs how much the Blackout doesn’t mean. Hmmm. It’s just something to unify and excite the crowd. It seems to be turning in to a psychological ploy only because Bama has allowed that to happen.
I even think CNS has commented too much. When asked about it he should have just said, "That’s their thing. Next question." He didn’t.
by NikkiFree on Sep 25, 2008 5:41 AM EDT reply actions
JPearson: We had alread updated the post about 12 hours before you commented saying it was the S&C coach. Check the bottom.
by cmottram on Sep 25, 2008 8:15 AM EDT reply actions
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