"Catching" King

Great break down by Tavarres King on his Outback Bowl performance. As Tyler mentioned, can easily see King climb into Terrance Edwards' territory this season. Would love to see #12 slice and dice through the Mizzou secondary in a couple weeks.

Seven days!

Take it away Larry...

"Glory, Glory to ole Georgia...as we prepare for another meeting between the hedges, let all the Bulldog faithful rally behind the men who now wear the RED and BLACK with two words...two simple words that express the sentiments of the entire Bulldog Nation...GO DAWGS!!!"

Come back baby, rock n roll never forgets

Turns out that once this year wasn't enough. I have a need to stand just outside of reaching distance of Cooley's handle of Maker's again.

I've got one last weekend before college football starts and I'm one belt loop from making Sunday night's news. For you non-Truckers, this means I'm Athens bound a week early to soak in another Rock Show at the Georgia Theater. If there's anything that can get me just as excited about heading east on 316, it's this.

All that to say the posting will be somewhat limited here until Monday. I've got some more YouTube magic in the queue and a wrap up post on the Olympics and Athens GA I forgot to hit publish on. Plus I hope to have the first installment of the sequel to Around the Tailgate on Sunday. 

But in between here and there...take me piece by piece...

I swear, that's like my own acclamation. So if you're around Lumpkin St. tonight let's raise a glass to the night's that gone too far.

The Lakatos Way

Perhaps it's just the stark contrast to his predecessor as the secondary coach, but Scott Lakatos' development of his players continues to be the brightest spot from the defensive overhaul from a couple years ago. Well, maybe that's a tie considering how Coach Jancek put our linebackers into the days just after the Earth cooled. But my point is that our defensive backs have made a complete turnaround..

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...as in turning around and actually playing the ball. As in having the confidence and ability to jam receivers, recover into position to make a play and be more than warm bodies roaming aimlessly downfield.

That's why this piece on Devin Bowman strikes a chord with me.

Listed behind Commings and Mitchell on the depth chart, Bowman readily appreciates the experience he is getting in learning from those two. Commings has had 103 tackles, 15 pass deflections and five interceptions in 42 career games with the Bulldogs, while Mitchell was rated by Rivals.com as the No. 1 cornerback prospect in the 2011 signing class.

Lakatos insists that determining playing time for Bowman is still a ways off simply because the Bulldogs remain in the early stages of implementing game plans for Buffalo on Sept. 1 and the trip to Missouri the following week.

"He's a guy who I think is going to have some sort of role," Lakatos said. "We're still developing him, but he's making progress that we're happy with."

A few years ago I have little doubt that the defensive back out of Ridgeland Highschool would be playing. If he wasn't needed as a starter he at least be thrown out there to cover a slot. But Lakatos has raised the bar. He's recruiting bigger, more physical guys. When Bowman was signed there wasn't much doubt about his speed, but his backpedal and physicality at the line of scrimmage needed development. And despite finishing the "package installation for the third time" Bowman's not quite ready to crack the cornerback rotation in front of guys like Swann, Smith and Mitchell. 

If there's someone that can get Devin Bowman ready, I think it's Coach Lakatos.

Losing control of Jules

You've all seen the pictures from practice yesterday. Some are worried about snakes. Some just lost the control to give a good quote. But here, you get the real story. Top notch, premium insider info. Cuz Coach Richt has lost control of Jules.

Word is Grantham showed SLJ a picture of the Vandy douche Jimmy Franklin, and Jackson promptly gave Grantham his marching orders.

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Big John, how much you've grown!

This interview ($) with John Jenkins really dives deep into the JUCO ranks that both Jenkins emerged from and Coach Richt has tried so hard to avoid. Perhaps this piece sums up both sides:

How hard was it to make that transition?  Last year, I had a tough camp and passed out or whatever, but I was still trying to fight even though everybody was laughing and Coach [Rodney] Garner was on me, but that still didn’t stop me from fighting. There were times where I was like, ‘This is not for me,’ but deep down in my heart, I knew it was for me. I just had to find a way to overcome it. [Mark] Beard is the same way. He’s working hard, trying to adjust to the speed of the game, but he’s hungry. He’s my roommate and I know he’s hungry. 

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Final scrimmage a real barn burner!

Georgia won its final scrimmage, albeit against the scout team. Given (literally) a 35-0 halftime lead, the scout team wasted it and lost 49-48 in OT. Only real news though was that Richt expects Malcome to start against Buffalo. Proving one if two things: 1) these stats we've been given (where Gurley has clearly been the star) are completely worthless, and/or 2) the head coach is still a sucker for seniority.

Scrimmage stats:  

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Passing: Aaron Murray 20-25 253 yards 2 TD, Christian LeMay 3-5 42, Hutson Mason 2-4 24 TD 

Rushing: Todd Gurley 6-54 TD, Ken Malcome 6-50, Keith Marshall 3-17, Richard Samuel 3-10.      

Receiving: Marlon Brown 7-98, Rantavious Wooten 3-37, Arthur Lynch 2-36, Chris Conley 3-29, Michael Bennett 2-26 TD, Tavarres King 2-24, Rhett McGowan 3-23 TD, Keith Marshall 1-23 TD, Ken Malcome 1-18, Merritt Hall 1-5.

Tackles: Mike Gilliard 4, Malcolm Mitchell 3, John Jenkins 3, Jarvis Jones 3, Amarlo Herrera 3, Connor Norman 3, Jordan Jenkins 2, Cornelius Washington 2, Sheldon Dawson 1, Garrison Smith 1, Shawn Williams 1, Damian Swann 1, Abry Jones 1, Christian Robinson 1, Ramik Wilson 1.

Sack: John Jenkins.

Tackles for loss: John Jenkins,Jarvis Jones,JordanJenkins, Cornelius Washington, Garrison Smith.

Pass break-ups: Damian Swann 2, Washington, Branden Smith, Williams.

Int: Herrera 23-yard return for touchdown.

FG: 57-yarder missed. Richt didn’t say but I am assuming it was Marshall Morgan with the attempt.

Notable: Keith Marshall had impressive moves on the way to his touchdown catch from Murray. No stats for Ogletree or Rambo. Read into that, if you dare. Richt obviously testing the kid Marshall's leg some. Other than that the QB lines stand out to me the most. They clearly rebounded after being called out by Richt last week. Over 300 yards, 3 TDs and no interceptions.

Thursday Hilarity - Dogs in Heaven

This was too damn funny to wait for the next humpday. I'd hate to be a confused dog that lived on this street, where two churches that face each other had a very spiritual debate. 

 

 

 

h/t Mac

Don't Presbyterians read Lewis Grizzard too? Everyone knows Catfish is in Heaven.

The Parker Welch-Malcolm Mitchell connection

Ching and Nabulsi just started a new video series called "Making the Play". And they begin with none other than Malcolm Mitchell, highlighting his breakout game against Tennessee.

Click Here for the video.

For those of you still upset with Mitchell's partial move to secondary, you either just puffed your chest out a bit or sighed deeply. Maybe both. I just hope Parker Welch comes up with a new signal. Because you know Mama Dooley has already sent this link to baby boy.

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Humpday Hilarity - Baby got back!

YouTube can be such a rabbithole sometimes. Please don't ask how I landed on this video. 1) I probably couldn't remember, and 2) we may not want to know.

Regardless, if you're a fan of movies in general you'll enjoy some of the big screen's best characters all coming together to recreate this Sir Mix-A-Lot classic.

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