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From the editor : vance leavyIn the spirit of full disclosure, I will definitely admit to being glad I did-

n’t have to write my editor’s note last Sunday. Yes, the open week came atthe perfect time because this disgruntled Bulldawg fan would certainlyhave written some things that I probably would not have been proud ofonce seeing it in print the following day.

Like most of you in the Bulldog Nation, I was enraged with our guys’performance in Columbia against Spurrier’s Gamecocks. How could theybe so thoroughly trounced in such a huge game? How could they revertto many of the same mistakes (in big games) that have plagued other MarkRicht teams? How could they do this to us?

But with a mere week behind us,suddenly, thanks to the Mad Hatter’swin over the Cocks, things are certainlylooking better for our Georgia Bulldogsand they haven’t even returned to thegridiron yet.

Like in life, sports are full of upsand downs, where you have a couple ofchoices. You can either wallow in yourmisfortunes or you can pull your boot-straps up and deal with the task at hand.I’m going with the latter choice andhope all of you will join me. Withoutquestion, our team, now more thanever, needs to feel the support of its fanbase. That starts Saturday night in Lex-ington. Let the rally begin!

Still, I’m not naïve enough to think hoping for the best will rightthings for this coaching staff and their team. It starts at the top and I’mbanking on Coach Richt doing the most soul searching of anyone withinthe Georgia football program. Surely, he must look at his unit and admitthat something is missing when the biggest games arrive on the schedule.The numbers don’t lie and they were certainly plastered all over the ESPNbroadcast at the close of the Georgia-South Carolina game.

- Since 2008 vs. teams which finished ranked: 2-15- Last 2 years vs. teams which finished ranked: 0-10- Since 2008 vs. SEC teams which finished ranked: 0-10- Since 2008 vs. Top 12 teams which finished ranked: 0-10

So you ask, what will it take for our team toovercome this poor trend?

Great question, but unfortunately I’m not asoothsayer, thus do not have the answer. That willhave to come from the young men that are actuallyon the playing field. After all, they are the ones thatmust show enough discipline to remember the as-signments they have been taught by coaches be-ginning in peewee football all the way to the collegelevel.

Like in my belief in our head coach, I’m also banking on this 2012team who began this year’s season with the motto … “Our Team, OurTime, No Regrets”. Without question, the time is now for these youngmen. And if they truly desire to have no regrets, then they better show iton the playing field on each and every play. Surely, even they would haveto admit that they’ve merely scratched the surface on what it means toplay as a complete team.

Our team here at Bulldawg Illustrated certainly enjoyed the midsea-son break that the open week provided, but thankfully everyone re-grouped to put out another outstanding issue.

On page 4, Jeff Dantzler delvesinto some of the worries he wroteabout for our Season Preview issueback in June and compares them towhere the program is at this point. Ifyou’re not into facing reality then youmight skip his page. But if you canhandle the truth, then you will readhis piece with the optimism thatachieving some of his suggested ob-jectives are still very attainable.

Then on page 5, Murray Poolecontinues our Athletic Board memberprofile with Professor Jeff Dorfman. It’sso neat to capture how proud eachmember of the board is to serve and

assist our university’s athletic program. Dorfman told Murray his first votewas the hiring of Greg McGarity, saying he got off to a good start.

I echo Dorfman on his praise, which certainly rang true after watch-ing McGarity’s appearance on this week’s Inside Georgia Football televisionshow. Like all of us in the Bulldog Nation, McGarity wasn’t pleased withthe South Carolina game, but he refused to let anyone over at Butts-Mehre“be in the jar all week long”. He then reminded viewers of the successesthat other Georgia teams had lately, including Chris Haack’s golf team win-ning a tournament and the number one ranked equestrian team captur-ing another victory. For sure, something to celebrate for old Georgia.

Like in all our issues, you will find plenty of fan photos of people youmight know. Yes, the BI camera had to act swiftly in Columbia as the on-slaught began to unfold, but we did manage to capture some folks beforethe scours set in.

Well I’m now over my space limit, so will bid you farewell. Let’s rallybehind this team this week in Lexington and gain some much neededmomentum for the remaining portion of the 2012 docket. And to thisteam and its coaching staff, it is time to do your part and play football toyour fullest capability.

Finally, the Bulldog Nation lost a great UGA supporter recently in thepassing of Athens’ Phil Hughes. His uplifting spirit will be missed.

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Everybody hates losing. Especially headinginto an open date. You have to wait an extra weekto have the chance to get back in the win column.But for Georgia, coming off of a poor performancesand one of the most humbling losses in programannals, the open date came at a good time. The Bull-dogs needed a week to work on getting right andfocusing on the second half of the season, beginningSaturday night in Lexington against struggling Ken-tucky.

Prior to the campaign, in this space, here arethe keys for an outstanding campaign that weretouched on. Here they are and here’s how it’s gone:

June - Stop the Self-Inflicted Wounds – Tomake the final step to the top rung, Georgia has toget out of its own way. Catastrophic turnovers, spe-cial teams meltdowns and costly penalties must beaverted. Georgia threw four pick-six’s last year, threein losses. That’s not a national championship for-mula. In the loss to South Carolina, the Bulldogsgave up three non-offensive touchdowns, and afumble was returned to the Georgia five, setting upanother. The Dogs led Michigan State 16-0 andthrew interceptions – one returned for a touchdown– on subsequent possessions. The Spartans wouldwin in overtime. Off field problems that lead to sus-pensions obviously fall into the category of beatingyourself. One game, one loss can make national titledreams go up in smokes.

October -Georgia survived disaster turnoversand special teams miscues in a heart-stopping 51-44win over Tennessee. But a costly interception withGeorgia driving and down 7-0 led to a South Car-olina touchdown and 14-0 advantage. The Game-cocks then returned a punt for a touchdown. Selah.To rinse and repeat – for Georgia to return to great,improving from good the Dogs must first stop beat-ing themselves.

June - Stars must Play Like Stars – JarvisJones, Malcolm Mitchell, Alec Ogletree, John Jenk-ins, Aaron Murray and the rest of Georgia’s frontlinetalent must perform even better than a year ago.Your guys have got to be guys. Think about the SECChampionship Game and what Honey BadgerMathieu and Mo Claiborne did. They were thecountry’s best cornerback combination and theyboth scored touchdowns. In the BCS Champi-onship Game, Trent Richardson was the best playeron the field. When the Dogs beat Florida, Jones hadan incredible performance. In the win in Knoxville,Mitchell had two huge catches. Against Auburn,everything was clicking. Having your best playersat their best, and the ensuing trickle down is how biggames and championships are won.

October - Jarvis Jones had one of the greatindividual performances by a Georgia defender inprogram history, as the Bulldogs beat Missouri 41-20. Todd Gurley has been sterling. Mitchell is a dy-namo, and Keith Marshall has scored longtouchdowns. But there are several defenders pro-jected to be high draft picks who have not played toform thus far. For the Dogs to run the table, this de-fense must live up to the hype.

June -Get at least Good Offensive Line play –It would be a stretch to hope and anticipate this of-fensive line playing like the powerhouse units from1976, 1982, 1997 or 2002. But to win the big prize,the offensive line has to at least be good. Murray ismobile (more on that later), but the Dogs don’t needhim scrambling from pressure. He needs to bemoving by design. And the front has to open holesfor the Crowell-led cast of tailbacks, which leads tokey number four.

October - Clearly a lot has happened sinceJune. Crowell is gone. Gurley has Heisman poten-tial, headlining this talented crop of tailbacks. Theoffensive line had a tough go against South Carolina’stremendous defensive front. But they have per-formed well and figure to keep getting better. Plusthere are no seniors in the starting five. They canget things back on track against Kentucky, then an-other great D-Line awaits.

June - Run with Power and Purpose – All ofthese SEC national championship teams have hadhighly successful power running games as a primaryattribute. Tim Tebow, Cam Newton, Mark Ingram,Trent Richardson . . . these championship teamshave put the ball into the hands of their stars whenthe other guy knew they were going to run. Andthey got first downs and touchdowns. With Crow-ell and highly touted Keith Marshall headlining thebacks, plus the running ability of Murray, if the of-fensive line can at least create stalemates, Georgia’srunning game should be outstanding. Plus, LSUand Alabama’s front sevens don’t have to be faced –at least until Atlanta potentially. Have you heard,Georgia is 46-5 since 2001 when a tailback goes for100 yards. It’s how you win in the SEC and it opensup so much more. Which leads us to ….

October - Georgia is now 50-5 when a tail-back goes for 100-plus yards. Twice this season,Gurley and Marshall both topped the century markin the same game. Remember too, that in Georgia’srare wins over Florida in the past 20-plus years, theBulldogs had great success running.

June - Fully Utilizing Murray – He’s not realtall, so those 10-15 yard throws into traffic from thenumbers in aren’t his strength. Murray is an excel-lent runner and throws the deep ball very well. Mostof Georgia’s disastrous offensive plays came onstraight drop back pass plays last year. Getting Mur-ray out moving, especially if the tailback runninggame is going good, gives Georgia the potential to bedynamic on offense.

October - Georgia has kept Murray in thepocket for the most part this season. His legs are aweapon.

June - Defensive Depth – Georgia’s first teamdefense could very well be the nation’s best. Buthere’s the cold hard truth: Georgia’s couldn’t stopBoise State. Georgia got gashed in the fourth quar-ter by Marcus Lattimore. LSU proved it had moregood players than the Bulldogs, overpowering Geor-gia in the second half. The Bulldogs couldn’t stopMichigan State with the game on the line. Somehighly touted true freshman and heavily recruitedplayers who have been in the program a year or twowill have to step into vital backup roles so that tal-ented first unit isn’t out of gas in season and pro-gram-shaping moments.

October - Due to the suspensions, the de-fense has been out of whack all year. There is somepromising young talent, headlined by Jordan Jenk-ins. But more players have to come on – hopefullypushing some veterans who have struggled.

June - Deliver the Knockout Blow – Takingout the two games against one another (one ofwhich was a double digit win), Alabama and LSUwon all of their games by at least 13 points. Mostwere by 20 or more. Now this is extremely rare, es-pecially in this league. Easy wins in the SEC are hardto come by. But against the likes of Ole Miss andKentucky, the Dogs need to win big, conserving gasin the tank and sending a message. The message is,this team should be feared, not looked at as an upsetvictim.

October - Georgia delivered the knockoutblow against Missouri and Vanderbilt. The Bulldogsdid not against Tennessee. It took a lot of gas tohang on against the Vols. Then the Dogs were run-ning on empty in Columbia, S.C.

June - Don’t be Field Goal U – Georgia was-n’t in the win over Florida. The Bulldogs camethrough with a pair of enormous fourth downtouchdowns that helped deliver a desperatelyneeded win. Georgia got touchdowns againstAuburn and Tech. Georgia got second half touch-downs against Tennessee. Obviously, you are notgoing to get a touchdown every time. But when vis-iting the red zone, the Dogs need the mentality andaggressiveness of what happened this past year inJacksonville, not the Orlando overtime. Touch-downs win championships. But when you don’tget TD’s, you’ve got to make the kicks. Which leadsus to . . .

October - Because of Gurley and a vastly im-proved running game, Georgia was strong in the redzone – until South Carolina, when the Dogs on thirdand goal and fourth and goal from the Gamecocksone, went out of the shotgun and threw incompletetwice. Marshall Morgan has struggled with extrapoints, but he has nailed critical field goals againstMissouri and Tennessee.

June - Vast Special Teams Improvement –Georgia beat Ole Miss, Vanderbilt and Florida de-spite “F-minus” kicking game performances. Butthe punt return score for LSU, the missed field goalsin all four losses, the fake punt TD for South Car-olina . . . these are things that championship teamsdon’t give up in such large numbers. Georgia’s depthisn’t what it could/should be. Some of the afore-mentioned up-and-comers on defense will be askedto fill vital roles on special teams. And oh yeah, theDogs will have a true freshman at punter and kicker.

October - Richard Samuel snuffed out thefake punt against Missouri and Morgan has madethe aforementioned huge kicks. But the Dogs gaveup the punt return for a touchdown at South Car-olina. Against Tennessee, the Bulldogs started twopossessions on the one yard line, misplaying kicks.And extra points have been a struggle. In tightgames, every detail means so much.

June - Hit the Explosive Plays – LSU andSouth Carolina beat Georgia with them, and Bamahad a ton last year. The defenses in this league areso good, it is essential to come up with those 20, 30,50, 70 yard plays on offense, defense and specialteams to get those big chunks of yardage and longtouchdowns.

October - Georgia has been great with this.Despite the loss of Michael Bennett to a knee injury,the Bulldogs are loaded with big play makers. Evenin the loss to the Gamecocks, Malcolm Mitchell hada couple of big-gainers. The problem is the defensehas given up seven pass plays of 40-plus yards.

Big picture, to run the table and post an 11-1mark, Georgia must first eliminate the high num-ber of self-inflicted wounds. Then that defense, witha full week to get ready and pull together has to playlike a unit loaded with stars.

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Childhood to UGA exciting path for Dorfman

In his path to the University ofGeorgia, where he is now a professorin the Department of Agricultural &Applied Economics and a three-yearmember of the Board of Directors ofthe Georgia Athletic Association, JeffDorfman’s childhood and teen yearswere a bit more exciting and glam-orous than that of the average Ameri-can youth.

Dorfman is a native of Californiabut lived there only up until his ninthgrade year in school. “I then spent myhigh school years in England andJapan,” he related. “And that was verycool. My dad worked for Bank ofAmerica and we spent some time over-seas so I got to live in the Englishcountryside for a couple of years andgot to travel around England and thenwe lived right in downtown Tokyo formy senior year of high school.”

But it was back to California Dorf-man migrated for his college years. Heattended the University of California,Davis where he earned his B.S. degreein Agricultural Economics in 1987 be-fore then earning his Ph. D in 1989.“After I finished my Ph. D there weretwo jobs in my field, one at the Uni-versity of Southern Cal and one atUGA and I ended up choosing the oneat UGA,” Dorfman said. “I came toGeorgia in 1989 and I’ve been hereever since.”

Dr. Dorfman, who has written onebook, co-authored another and au-thored or co-authored over 50 aca-demic articles, is a recognized expertin the economics of growth, sprawl,green space, and farmland preserva-tion. But what you must also know isthat Jeffrey Dorfman was also a prettygood athlete in his own right, thusbringing a bit of experience and ex-pertise in that area to his role on theGeorgia athletic board.

“I ran track and cross country incollege,” Dorfman said. “UC Davis wasDivision II when I was there and nowI guess you could call it I-AA (FCS)but we’ve moved up. In high school Iwas always doing sports and on ateam. I did basketball, soccer, trackand cross-country, didn’t do baseballbecause it was during the track sea-son.”

Dorfman and his wife, Melody,have one daughter, Jennifer, 18, whois a freshman at the University ofChicago. Melody Dorfman is a Califor-nia girl who also went to UC Davis butearned her master’s degree in publicadministration from UGA.

In the following question-and-answer session, Jeff Dorfman talksmore about his background and hisrole on the Georgia athletic board.

What is your occupation?I’m a professor of economics at the

university. I’m in the Agricultural andApplied Economics Department and Iteach classes on micro-economics andon the economics of the food industry.I teach two or three classes per day.

How many years have youserved on the UGA athletic board?

I’m in my third year. Actually thefirst meeting I went to for the athleticboard was the one when we hired (ath-letic director) Greg McGarity. That wasmy first vote so I got off to a goodstart.

Where did you grow up andwhat made it special?

As I mentioned, I had a specialchildhood, growing up in Californiaand then England and Japan. I rantrack for a high school in England fora couple of years, ran track for myhigh school in Japan and in both thosecountries we competed against otherAmerican international schools so wewould go up against the military baseschools but also against local schools.

What has been the most excit-ing part for you serving on UGA’sathletic board?

I guess I’ve been impressed by alot of the student-athletes, their dedi-cation, their commitment. It’s beennice to get to meet some of the be-hind-the-scenes people and also get toknow a lot of the coaches from someof the sports that people don’t noticeas often.

What has been the most excit-ing aspect of your career?

The thing I like best is getting toteach the kids. I like when you can ex-plain stuff to the students and theylearn and a light bulb goes on and yousee that they now understand eco-nomics. And also I do a lot of speak-ing around the state and a lot of workwith local elected officials like countycommissioners and city council mem-bers on economics and I enjoy doingthat a lot.

What do you think are thebiggest challenges for Georgiaathletics in the near future?

There are probably two. One is re-cruiting as the Internet and TV makeit so that people can learn lots aboutlots of colleges. So you’re not compet-ing just against nearby places any-more, you’re competing againsteverybody in terms of recruiting. Thesecond is trying to figure out how tomake going to games in person a goodenough experience so people can do it.One of the things that we have tostruggle with is that people can sit ontheir couch at home and watch foot-ball games on their big-screen high-defTV. So we have to figure out, how dowe make it so that the experience ofactually being there is still better thanwatching it on TV at home? I thinkthat’s a really big challenge.

How has the knowledge fromyour occupation helped in the bet-terment of UGA athletics?

I try to make occasional points onthe financial side of managing the as-sociation because as an economist, Ithink I understand that. And I try andremember back to when I was a stu-dent-athlete and try to help some ofthe student-athletes today with an un-derstanding about time managementand how they can squeeze a little moretime out of their day to get in theirstudies.

Your favorite UGA sports mo-ment?

It was the Georgia-Georgia Techfootball game in 1997 in Atlanta. Itwas back and forth and they scoredwhat they thought was going to be thewinning touchdown with somethinglike 43 seconds to go and we justzipped down the field and scored on apass from Mike Bobo to Corey Allen(with eight seconds left) and tore theirhearts out. Tech was already celebrat-ing on the sideline and all of a sudden,we won (by 27-24). It was great. I likeTech to lose and lose as painfully aspossible.

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fter another disappointing loss at the hands of SteveSpurrier, the Dawgs are in need of a morale victory. Luck-ily, they’re playing perhaps the cellar dweller of the SEC thisyear in Kentucky. The Cats were just thrashed and gashed

by an Arkansas team this past week that has been struggling to findany sort of peace after a tremulous off-season. Now, Kentucky seeksits first SEC win of 2012 against the Dawgs. On paper, it seems likean easy task for Georgia but it’s far from that.

Reboot! Hope RemainsNobody in the Bulldog nation was happy with the outcome of

the game in Columbia. Expectations were high but they came to ascreeching halt. But the season is not close to being over. With LSUtaking care of the Gamecocks, the Dawgs still have a chance to makeit back to Atlanta but that means they have to take care of business the rest of theway through the season. Kentucky has struggled all year but don’t forget the 2009season. The Dawgs were expected to trounce the Wildcats but ended up coughing uphairball with a 27-34. Georgia didn’t win another game that year. If the Dawgs havehope of getting back to Atlanta, it has to start this week. Players and fans alike had alot of hope that this would finally be the undefeated Georgia had so longed for underCoach Richt. It turned out not to be, and now there are new objectives; the first oneis getting through Lexington unscathed.

Reload! Offense needs to get back on trackAfter scoring at least 40 points a game through week number five, Georgia’s of-

fense fell flat on it’s face against Carolina. No doubt, the Gamecock’s defense is stoutbut the Dawgs laid an egg as well. This week should be different with Kentucky’s Dranking at or near the bottom in almost all statistical categories for the SEC. Alreadythey are giving up an average of over 30 points a game and nearly 400 yards of totaloffense. Ironically though, the Wildcats are quite good at creating takeaways. Thisleads most to believe that coaches have decided that the defense is not god enough tosit back and play with SEC offenses. The solution is to coach their players to be ex-tremely aggressive and try to force turnovers even if they aren’t there. This meanslinebackers stripping the ball from the running back instead of tackling; it means de-fensive backs attempting to jump routes and getting burned by receivers with a gooddouble move. This could spell either disaster or triumph for Aaron Murray and the of-fense. Georgia has watched plenty of film of this during the past two weeks and willbe prepared for it. Expect the Dawgs to come out and pound the ball between thetackles early and then go over top with play-action against this over-aggressive Cat de-fense.

Restart! Time to buckle down on defenseSouth Carolina exploded in the first half against Georgia’s defense. Much of this

was due to the fact they were clearly unprepared for the type of running ability ofConnor Shaw. If it was 3rd and 6, it was easy to call what was going to happen. South

Carolina in the shotgun, Shaw takes the snap, no receivers open, Shaw takes off andruns for a gain of 8. First down, Carolina. Georgia was just unable to stop it or makeany adjustments. Depending on who will start at QB for Kentucky, this could onceagain be a problem. It’s been a carousal at the quarterback position with freshmanJalen Whitlow taking the reigns this past weekend. This is the guy the Dawgs need toworry about. He is the definition of a dual-threat quarterback and can‘t be takenlightly just because of the fact he’s a freshman. Georgia could also see Morgan New-ton. Newton is an interesting story. In 2009, he was named to the SEC All-Freshmenteam, but since his stock has dropped like a rock and he’s now number three on thedepth chart after suffering a shoulder injury last fall. Maxwell Smith is another can-didate to get snaps. He started all five games leading up to this past weekend beforeWhitlow took over because of Smith’s issues with the turnover bug. It really doesn’tmatter who it is, the Dawgs have to be prepared and know that Kentucky’s offenseruns through the QB. You won’t see any crazy gimmicks or any sneaky plays, it’s a sim-ple offense but if their quarterback isn’t accurate, they don’t have a very strong run-ning game to fall back on and could end up being a long, long night.

IntangiblesLexington isn’t exactly the most intimidating place to play and after dealing with

Columbia, the Dawgs are going to feel like they are playing football in a library Sat-urday. Still, it is an away game and not the cozy confines of Sanford so Georgia needsto prepare hard nonetheless. Georgia can’t let this be a let down game either. Punditstalk about let down games after big wins but rarely is it ever mentioned that let downscan come after big losses as well. It depends on what the make-up of this Georgiateam is. Do they have fight? Then they’ll come out Saturday and maybe play the bestthey have all year. Did that loss in Columbia completely demoralize the squad? Ifthat’s the case, then this game is going to be way too close for comfort. This could alsobe one of those “playing for a job” type games for Kentucky head coach Joker Phillips.He took over in 2010 and has led Kentucky to a couple of bowl games since but itseems the team has digressed quite a bit this year. He probably needs a signature winagainst a ranked team to inspire his players and keep folks in the athletic associationhappy. Make no mistake; Georgia has a big target on their back this weekend.

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Other than Herschel, who is your favorite Bulldog and why?Bo – Matthew Stafford because he was a great quarterbackHank – David PollackStacy – Champ Bailey because he was so exciting to watch on both sides of the ball and still exciting to watch in the NFL after all these years.

Who is your favorite player on the current UGA roster and why?Bo – Aaron Murray and Todd GurleyHank – Jarvis Jones

and second because he is such a great receiver. I am excited to see what he will do the rest of the year now that he is primarily back on offense.

What makes you a true Bulldog?Stacy – I grew up in Valdosta where football is a passion and we just always loved the Dawgs in addition to our high school football. I was blessed to come to the University of Georgia and now to live in this great town. Bo is a great Bulldog because he loves college football so much and has even taken Jeff Dantzler’s weekly poll from the Bulldawg Illustrat-ed and cut it up to make his own top 25. Hank is the kind of true fan who has to stay until the end of every game he attends. He is emotional and really takes it to heart when the Dawgs get behind or lose.

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Wildcats in a thumbnail: After returning six offensivestarters and five defensive regulars from last year’s 5-7team (2-6 SEC), Kentucky will carry a disappointing 1-6season mark and 0-4 conference record into Saturdaynight’s 7 o’clock kickoff against Georgia at CommonwealthStadium. The extremely young Wildcats have defeatedonly Kent State (47-14) while losing to Louisville (32-14),Western Kentucky (32-31, OT), Florida (38-0), South Car-olina (38-17), Mississippi State (27-14) and Arkansas (49-7), with the game against the Razorbacks this pastSaturday night being halted with 5:08 left in the thirdquarter due to severe weather and lightning.

A look at the Kentucky offense: Finishing at the bot-tom of the SEC in nearly every statistical category in 2011,the Wildcats have struggled once again this season. Onlyin their win over Kent State and the overtime loss to West-ern Kentucky did the Wildcats tally more than 17 points.To date, they have been led in rushing by junior tailbacksRaymond Sanders and Jonathan George. Sanders, fromStephenson High out of Stone Mountain, has run for 324yards while George has totaled 201 yards on the ground.Sophomore quarterback Maxwell Smith (6-4, 224) haspassed for 975 yards and eight touchdowns, with four in-terceptions, but missed the Arkansas game with an ankleinjury. Freshman Jalen Whitlow stepped in for Smith andaccounted for the Wildcats’ only score when he hookedup with senior receiver La’Rod King on a 61-yard touch-down pass. Kentucky’s leading receiver from a year ago,King tops that department once again with 31 catchesfor 351 yards and four touchdowns while sophomore De-marco Robinson, from Ellenwood, Ga., follows with 22receptions for 194 yards.

A look at the Kentucky defense: In coordinator RickMinter’s new ever-changing system (combo 3-4, 4-3), theWildcats lost the SEC’s top two tacklers from last year inDanny Trevathan and Winston Guy but have gotten goodproduction this season from formidable linebackers AveryWilliamson (243, Jr.) and Alvin Dupree (249, Soph.).Williamson has recorded a team-leading 68 tackles whileDupree follows with 49 tackles and 3.5 sacks. Senior cor-nerback Martavius Neloms, the leading returning tacklerfrom 2011, is a force in the UK secondary.

What Wildcats head coach Joker Phillips says: “Itold the team at half (against Arkansas), we’re all re-sponsible for what we see. It starts with me. I’m re-sponsible for it. The players, the coaches, we’re allresponsible for it. Now, we’ve got to get ready for a goodGeorgia team.”

Game Prediction: Coming off one of their most disap-pointing setbacks in years, the 35-7 spanking by SouthCarolina, I look for the Bulldogs to be a bit inspired to getthings going once again. If they aren’t, then somethingis badly wrong in Athenstown. And, too, Georgia ought tobe a bit motivated by South Carolina’s loss to LSU thispast Saturday evening. I’ll ride with my preseason fore-cast here … Georgia by 41-14 over the “Mildcats.”

Scouting the Cats

Chris Brame, my buddy and esteemed co-host for our afternoon dailytalk show on 960 The Ref in Athens, gives us his keen insights into theworld of college football. One of the favorite parts of my work is doinga show with Chris Monday-Friday. He’s a great guy and awfully sharp.Here we go:

What’s your take of the college football season so far thisyear?I’m impressed by how static Alabama is with Nick Saban. I don’t thinkthey’ve been any worse than the second best team in the countryevery season for the last five years. Teams, especially in the SEC, riseand fall. Auburn won it all two years ago and this year haven’t won agame in the league, and probably won’t be favored to the rest of theyear. Florida had its run, followed by two mediocre seasons. LSU isstill great, but last year’s version would beat this year’s by three orfour touchdowns. Bama keeps rolling. I haven’t seen any team playso far this year that would beat them.

Who has been the biggest surprise?Unfortunately, Florida’s offense. They entered week one a punch linewith a game plan that included playing Jacoby Brissett for a quarter,then Jeff Driskel the next. That worked as well you thought it would.The Gators were tied with Bowling Green in the third quarter at theSwamp. They survived, stuck with Driskel, and have put together thebest resume of wins of any team in the country, so far. A pleasant sur-prise has been Auburn. I didn’t think they would be any good, but Ididn’t see this. If they don’t win in Nashville this weekend, there’s agood chance they finish 0-8 in the conference. WAREAGLE! Cheaters.

What have been the biggest disappointments?Georgia’s defensive line. Last year John Jenkins and Abry Jones com-bined for seven sacks. This year they have none. Last year they com-bined for 13 tackles for losses. This year they have two. Last yearopponents converted just 29% on third down. This year they’re suc-cessful 35% of the time. Last year Georgia allowed 3.2 yards percarry. This year opponents are averaging 3.9.

Can Georgia recover from what happened at South Car-olina?Sure. At the risk of having this paragraph taped up in Kentucky’slocker room, the rest of the season comes down to the result inJacksonville. A win over Florida would, of course, be a secondstraight, which hasn’t happened since 1989. It would keep Geor-gia’s dreams of reaching Atlanta alive, and would finally bust theslump against ranked teams. However, unless the season ends withsome type of championship, we will have to deal with the soberingreality that after 119 years Georgia is no longer better at footballthan South Carolina.

Are you surprised the Bulldogs defense hasn’t been better? Yes, it was the basis of all the lofty preseason expectations. Sus-pensions aside, they should have been better than allowing 318yards to Florida Atlantic. North Texas did better than that. The 347yards Buffalo had is almost a hundred more than the Bulls producedlast year against Tennessee, and the Vols were 1-7 in the SEC lastseason.

What is the high end win mark for Georgia this season?Georgia will be favored in all but one of their remaining games.They’ll probably be a slight underdog to the Gators, who aren’t un-beatable. So, 11 wins is still the ceiling.

Who do you see playing the SEC Championship Game thisyear?Alabama and South Carolina.

Who do you see playing for the BCS championship this year?My preseason pick was Bama vs Oregon, and I haven’t seen any-thing from those teams to make me change my mind.

If you were commissioner of college football, what aresome changes you would make?I would ban Yankees and Canadians from discussing the sport.

College football midterm evaluation ...By Jeff Dantzler

By Jeff Dantzler

#16 LaRod King, WR6-4, 222 Sr. Radcliffe, Ky. (North Hardin H.S.)

A total package at wide receiver, King has the size, thehands and the speed. At 6-4, he’s an inviting targetover the middle. King is also a very tough match-upfor smallish corners. In what has been a disappoint-ing campaign, King has been a bright spot, leading theteam in receptions, yards and scores. Last season, hehauled in 40 receptions for 598 yards and seven touch-downs, leading the team and ranking in the top ten inthe Southeastern Conference in all three categories.The last time Georgia came to Lexington, King put ona show in the Bulldogs win, collecting two touchdownsand 88 yards on three catches. As a freshman in 2009,he made a magnificent catch and scored a 21-yardtouchdown in the Wildcats 34-27 win at Sanford Sta-dium, Kentucky’s first win in Athens since 1977. Kingscored in Kentucky’s first two games this season andhas two games thus far with at least eight receptions.In a 27-14 loss to Mississippi State in Lexington, King

#11 Maxwell Smith, QB6-2, 224 Soph. Granada Hills, Cal. (Birmingham)

Marred by a pair of injuries this season,Smith is a standout quarterback whom theWildcats hope to have back for Saturdaynight’s game in Lexington. Only a sopho-more, Smith gives Kentucky the hope for acompetitive offense in the present – whenhealthy – and the near future. Over the firstthree games of the season, Smith twicethrew for over 300 yards and had a 280-yard performance. He threw four touch-down passes against Kent State, and inthose first three contests, totaled eight scor-ing tosses. His 354 yards passing againstthe Golden Flashes are the most by a Wild-cat signal caller since 2007. Smith provedhimself to be one of the SECs top freshmenin 2011, throwing for 819 yards in eight ap-pearances, with three starts.

#40 Avery Williamson, LB 6-1, 254 Jr. Milan, Tenn. (Milan H.S.)

One of the leading tacklers in the toughest league inthe land, Williamson has been a strong performer forthe Wildcats defense. He has double digit stops infour games thus far this season. Williamson’s twobest performances came against Western Kentuckyand Mississippi State. In a stunning 32-31 loss tothe Hilltoppers, Williamson recorded a career-best 14stops and made his second career interception.Against Mississippi State, Williamson helped keep theWildcats in it with 13 tackles and he recorded an on-sides kick. He is one of the most improved up-and-comer defenders in the league. Williamson didn’tstart a game last season, but still chalked up 49 tack-les and forced turnovers against both Florida andSouth Carolina. As Kentucky tries to salvage its dis-appointing season with a major upset or two and im-prove defensively, Williamson will be leaned onheavily as the centerpiece of the Wildcats stop unit.

Kentucky Wildcats’ stars

1. King Awareness – In his three previous games against Georgia, Wildcats wide receiver LaRodKing has reeled in three touchdown receptions. He had a big one in Kentucky’s comeback victory betweenthe hedges in 2009 and King pulled in two scoring receptions in the Bulldogs win in Lexington in 2010. Geor-gia has been blistered by big passing plays this year. The Dogs have allowed seven throws of 40-plus yards,with four of those going for 60 or more. You can bet the Wildcats will target King in search of those big chunkpick-ups.

2. Get Physical Up Front – In the Bulldogs embarrassing 35-7 loss at South Carolina, theGamecocks flat out whipped Georgia on both lines of scrimmage. For a young offensive line, featuring stand-out freshman John Theus, that had been making huge strides, it’s vital to get back on track. By the way,looming after Kentucky, if you haven’t noticed, is another fierce defensive front comparable to South Carolina.After the performance in Columbia, the Dogs offensive line is hungry to get back on the field and get backon track.

3. Give it to Gurley – That offensive line is hungry to get back on the field and get physical. Thebest way to get it going is to lead with the run. Todd Gurley is a magnificent freshman tailback, four timesthis year going for 100-plus yards. With him leading the way, and headlining an outstanding group of run-ners, Georgia can make its mark on the ground. And you better believe the following week, it is going totake a powerful running attack to prevail. Georgia has to get the attitude of toughness on the run back. Inthe Mark Richt era, the Dogs are a sterling 50-5 when a tailback goes for 100-plus yards. That includes 4-0this year with Gurley – and in two of those, Keith Marshall hit it too.

4. Salty Defense – One of the primary reasons the Bulldogs were ranked so highly headed ]into the 2012 campaign was a defense that returned 10 starters from a year ago and a unit that was rankedin the nation’s top ten. This year, the defense has been disappointing. Several frontline players were sus-pended for multiple games. It has taken time to mesh. But with that open date to focus on practice, andwith everyone having at least two games together, now is the time for this defense to decide if they want tobe great and live up to the hype. There’s still a chance to have an outstanding season, but to get to 11-1,the defense is going to have to be great. Saturday night in Lexington is the first opportunity to take a stepin that direction.

5. Strike Hard, Strike Fast – It was bad in Columbia. Georgia had an open date to stew. Dothe Dogs come out on fire and deliver an early knockout blow, then keep pouring it on with the following weekin mind? One of the popular terms that talking heads like to use is “sending a message.” Playing great andlooking sharp is the message the Dogs need to send at Commonwealth Stadium. Florida will be locked upin a sure-fire physical slugfest with South Carolina. It would be nice for the Dogs to put it away and haveplenty of gas in the tank for the Cocktail Party.

Five keys for a Bulldog victoryBy Jeff Dantzler

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Kevin Butler, former University of Geor-gia legendary kicker and a member ofthe Georgia radio broadcast team, willeach week during the 2012 football sea-son select his offensive, defensive andspecial teams players of the week forBulldawg Illustrated. Here are Butler’sselections and reasons why for the Bull-dogs’ 35-7 loss to South Carolina on Oct.6.

OFFENSE – Sophomore tailback KenMalcome, who came off the benchnear game’s end and sparked theBulldogs’ only touchdown drive byrunning for a team-high 45 yards onjust five carries and scoring on a 3-yard run.“Ken has been a very good leader thisyear with the success of the freshmanrunning backs but in this game whenyou’re playing against one of the best de-fenses in the SEC, a running back withthe size of Malcome and his experienceled him to a nine-yard average for 45yards on only five carries and was theone and only bright spot for the offense,”said Butler.

DEFENSE – Sophomore inside/outsidelinebacker Amarlo Herrera, whorecorded 11 total tackles to pace theBulldogs’ defense in the one-sided lossto the Gamecocks.“After great success at inside linebacker overthe first four games Herrera has transitionedto his second starting position on the defenseand still continues to give great effort andproduction,” said Butler. “In a game wherethe rush was going to be the whole factor,Herrera was a bright spot on our defense.”

SPECIAL TEAMS – Sophomore kick re-turner Malcolm Mitchell, who returnedSouth Carolina’s first kickoff 48 yardsand also caught three passes for 52yards.“Malcolm is a great athlete and with thefocus on offense now, his skills as a kickoffreturn specialist can be utilized,” said Butler.“His long return on the first kickoff againstSouth Carolina provided Georgia with a greatcounter punch to their 85-yard touchdowndrive. Unfortunately, the offense turned theball over and nullified Mitchell’s return. Wecan look for more great things from him asa kickoff return guy.”

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It was another exciting Saturday of college football, full of marquee match-ups. Most of the best games have been at night, and thispast week was no exception. LSU was dominant in the fourth quarter. Oklahoma was the story of the day. Or was it Texas? The Long-horns got humiliated yet again by the Sooners. The SEC remains the class of college football. The PAC-12 and Big XII are very strongand deep though. And then of course there is Notre Dame. Say what you will about the Irish, but they have a lot of impressive wins. 1. Alabama – Coming off an open date, the Crimson Tide jumped all over Mis-

souri in Columbia. The game was delayed for 40 minutes because of lightning and thenBama had special teams problems to tighten things for a bit. T.J. Yeldon and Eddie Lacyare a stellar tailback duo. Nick Saban has flat out reloaded the defense. Bama has big playthunder all over the field. A.J. McCarron is a fantastic quarterback.

2. Florida – It was a little scary for the Gators, but Jeff Driskel had an awesomeperformance and Florida was great on special teams in a 31-17 victory at Vanderbilt.The Gators hit list is the most impressive of any team in America to this point. This is ahuge couple of weeks with South Carolina and then Georgia.

3. Oregon – The Ducks are flying high, perfect at 6-0 and the class of a stout PAC-12. Oregon has it all. Despite losing high end backfield talent, Chip Kelly has reloadedthe offense and it is still one of college football’s most explosive. The Ducks defense hasbill. They specialize in pick-sixes. Oregon appears to have the best shot at ending theSEC’s run of six straight national champions.

4. Kansas State – Bill Snyder’s rebuilding job – Round Two – is one of collegefootball’s great stories. The Wildcats survived a scary game at Iowa State, which haspulled off several impressive wins over highly ranked teams over the last few years. There’sa lot of heavy lifting remaining, but K-State is undefeated halfway home.

5. LSU – The Tigers defense, offensive line and running game pounded awayand made the big plays in a huge victory over South Carolina. Les Miles’ teams have donea great job bouncing back through the years – now 18-1 following a loss. Another tallorder awaits, as the Fightin’ Tigers visit the Aggies in College Station.

6. South Carolina – Coming off that 35-7 blowout of Georgia, the brutal Game-cocks schedule continued in Baton Rouge and they came up short. No time to worryabout it. South Carolina now goes to Florida, and the winner sits in the catbird’s seat ofthe SEC East.

7. Notre Dame – The Fighting Irish have put together a mighty impressive hit listagainst a slew of teams that have posted a bunch of wins against Notre Dame over thepast couple of decades. The Notre Dame defense is tremendous. The unit hasn’t alloweda touchdown since the second week of the season.

8. Oregon State – This is the undefeated team that has gotten the least attention.But Oregon State has proven itself against tough competition and pulled out an im-pressive victory at Brigham Young despite losing its quarterback.

9. Ohio State – The Buckeyes survived a 52-49 scare at Indiana and still appearto be the best team in the Big Ten. Ohio State is ineligible for the postseason because ofcheating. Urban Meyer has a great quarterback to run his spread in Braxton Miller.Meyer has to be licking his chops at what he can do in Columbus over the next few years.

10. Oklahoma – Once again Bob Stoops led the Sooners to a flat our rout of Texasin the Red River Shootout. This one goes down as one of the ‘Horns most embarrassinglosses in the program’s history. To win the league outright, Oklahoma needs to win therest and have Kansas State drop a pair.

11. Mississippi State – Tyler Russell is the best quarterback Mississippi State hashad in several years. The Maroon Bulldogs are sitting at 6-0 and host upset minded Mid-dle Tennessee. Then comes a potential undefeated vs. undefeated showdown with Ala-bama. State is one tough team with Dan Mullen leading the way.

12. Southern Cal – The Trojans got a nice win over Washington, and they’vebounced back from that humbling loss to Stanford. Matt Barkley is a terrific quarterbackand the Trojans can boast the country’s most dynamic one-two punch at wide receiver.

13. Georgia – You never like to lose heading into an open date, but Georgia needed thebreak badly after getting drubbed 35-7 at South Carolina. Todd Gurley is a special freshmantailback. The defense has a long ways to go. Georgia should handle Kentucky in Lexington,then comes the big showdown in Jacksonville.

14. Boise State – Chris Petersen has done phenomenal job as the head man at BoiseState, and they have been fortunate to keep him this long. They have developed a tough de-fense and running game to accompany the high octane passing game.

15. Florida State – They really blew a golden opportunity at a dream season, doing whatthey do, falling to N.C. State. You can kiss any national title dreams goodbye. Florida Statecame back strong to blister Boston College. Can they stay focused, take care of business andmake it to the ACC Championship Game?

16. Clemson – After that disappointing second half that cost the Tigers at Florida State,the Tigers have come back with a couple of impressive wins. They had this past Saturday offand now Virginia Tech comes to Tiger Town. This could really get Clemson back on a roll.

17. Texas A&M – The Aggies survived a scare against Louisiana Tech in a wild Shreve-port shootout. Johnny Manziel is one of the most exciting players in the country. Nowcomes the grind of the SEC and a huge showdown with LSU at Kyle Field. Texas A&M hasan outstanding offense.

18. Texas Tech – It’s all about double letters for Tommy Tuberville’s Texas Tech RedRaiders, and they put a beatdown on West Virginia – a stone cold bludgeoning. Texas Techis in the midst of a brutal stretch, but this walloping puts plenty of gas in the tank.

19. Louisville – Charlie Strong is doing excellent work at Louisville. And that’s not ashocker. He was a high end defensive coordinator for South Carolina and Florida, and hastaken advantage of his shot. The Cardinals are one of three unbeatens in the Big East andmaybe the best. There will be a lot of interest expressed in the Cardinals head coach fromfloundering programs.

20. Rutgers – It was a dangerous game for Rutgers, and the Scarlet Knights were lockedup with Syracuse in a 7-7 halftime tie. But Rutgers took over, jumped in front 23-7 and heldon to win by eight. Like Kansas State, this program has come light years from where it oncewas.

21. Cincinnati – Say hello to the third undefeated team in the Big East. Much like Rut-gers, the Bearcats lost an elite coach – Brian Kelly to Notre Dame – but have remained rele-vant. There are some big games coming up in this small conference that really needed thiskind of boost.

22. Northwestern – Not since the glory days of the mid-1990’s when Gary Barnett wascoaching, and Darnell Autry and Pat Fitzgerald were starring for a Big Ten Championship andRose Bowl team, have the Wildcats been flying this high. But they are 6-1, bowl eligible andin the mix for a berth in Indianapolis.

23. West Virginia – Even on a charter flight, it can’t be easy to get from Morgantown toLubbock. Welcome to life in a major conference. After winning a thriller at Texas, and witha huge showdown looming with Kansas State, Lubbock was a classic trap. And they flat outgot smoked. This is going to be a tough recovery.

24. Stanford – The loss at Notre Dame is one that will sting for a while. The Cardinalhad third and goal inside the one in overtime and twice couldn’t punch it in. Stanford hasa tough defense, but the offense isn’t close to what it was with the great Andrew Luck behindcenter.

25. UCLA – Jim Mora Jr. likes his running attack and the solid start the Bruins have got-ten off to. UCLA’s defense isn’t awful, as it often has been over the past decade. The PAC-12is strong and the Bruins are an up-and-comer.

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