Georgia's Football Coach Mark Richt Talks About Upcoming Boise State

Don’t ask Georgia’s live mascot about last season’s 6-7 record because Uga’s answer is always “ruff.”

But it was rough. The Bulldogs ended with a Liberty Bowl loss to Central Florida and grumbling about coach Mark Richt.

Someone recently asked Richt to offer a devastation impact report.

“Devastation means you’ve, like, blown up the program and it’s beyond repair,” Richt said. “So I don’t think it was devastating. But it was awful.”

The problem with Richt averaging 9.6 wins per season is that none of the seven Bowl Championship Series trophies captured by the Southeastern Conference says “Georgia” on it.

The Bulldogs seemed on the cusp when they entered the 2008 season ranked No. 1, but the only No. 1 who emerged was quarterback Matthew Stafford, the first pick in the 2009 NFL Draft.

There’s a sense the program is sliding, and it didn’t help that former Georgia quarterback Fran Tarkenton pretty much said that.

“The past is the past,” cornerback Brandon Boykin said. “What happened last year, nobody is really proud of.”

Georgia’s possibilities cut a wide swath. The Bulldogs play Boise State in Atlanta on Sept. 3 and then host South Carolina.


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