Matthew Stafford News

Jim Mora knew he would see Calvin Johnson and Matthew Stafford again, but he didn't realize he'd see them on the same team playing pitch-and-catch and trying to beat him on a football field in Seattle.

Two years ago, Georgia coach Mark Richt was a genius, the toast of the SEC. He ordered his players - all of the them - to rush the field and draw a celebration penalty after scoring their first touchdown against rival Florida, and the inspired Bulldogs rolled to 42-30 victory.

Everything you need to know about the 2009 Tennessee Tech vs. Georgia game in Athens.

The first caller to Mark Richt's weekly radio show, someone identified as "Fred in Savannah," sternly lectured the coach on the failures of Georgia's defense and implored him to hire a new coordinator.

Mark Richt is a nice guy. That is a reputation that has dogged him since the day he was hired at Georgia, when his former boss Bobby Bowden wondered if Richt had the stomach for some of the tough decisions that accompanied being the head coach of a big-time college football program.

Eric Zeier spent a football career meeting challenges and beating them. He was told his was too short, too slow and didn't have a strong enough arm to be any kind of quarterback, yet he still owns scores of passing records in the SEC and at Georgia and became an NFL draft pick.

While Georgia coach Mark Richt considers a quarterback change in Athens, it's worth noting that a formerA Bulldogs' quarterback is starting to catch a lot of heat in Detroit.

Here are our 10 Burning Questions as we close out the month of October: 1. Florida looks beatable, but is Georgia good enough to do anything about it? The Gators may be No.

Georgia coach Mark Richt is considering a quarterback change. Fifth-year senior Joe Cox threw three interceptions - all in the second half - and the Bulldogs lost 41-17 to rival Florida on Saturday.

Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford and running back Knowshon Moreno sit on the bench after the Bulldogs' 49-10 loss last season.

Mark Richt's old boss has some advice that both parties understand well this year.

Topping last year, however, will be next to impossible. The Bulldogs were trailing 14-3 in last season's matchup when they took their opening possession of the second half from their 2-yard line to the Florida 30.

It was a most unusual setting for a news conference. Right in the same room as the buffet line.

Georgia Bulldog football is in a curious state right now. No one outside of the rabid fan base wants to point fingers, yet everyone knows that there are problems that need to be addressed quickly.

When their favorite college football team suffers a season of discontent, fans often start longing for their heralded quarterback of the future.

After all, he is the playmaker, the guy who reads defenses, gets his team in the right play and hopefully makes the right decision.

The opposing coach talked up the next team on his schedule, which needed a victory in the worst way.

According to this week's NCAA statistics, Georgia ranks 86th in total offense, 105th in rushing, 42nd in passing, 60th in scoring, 101st in turnovers lost, 107th in first downs, 50th in third-down conversions, 96th in time of possession and, while this is not an official statistic, about 117th in level of contentment among the masses .

The early-afternoon kickoff time was the first hint. The Top 25 rankings provided confirmation.

There are a lot of Bulldog fans out there who are far from satisfied with the way their Dawgs have been performing so far this season a ' Ia TMm one of them.