Georgia QB Murray delivers speech to teammates following Vanderbilt loss

Georgia's Monday meetings are coach Mark Richt's opportunity to speak with his players about their upcoming game. But, in the aftermath of Saturday's loss to Vanderbilt, it was quarterback Aaron Murray who took the podium. 

On Tuesday, Murray offered the short version to reporters.

"The basic thing is doing your job," Murray said, via Seth Emerson of the Middle Georgia Telegraph. "And use this week and next week to really hone in on your craft, whatever it is. Whether it's throwing the ball, running the ball, tackling, catching, blocking, snapping, kicking. Just focus in.

"It just seems like this year, everywhere -- offense, defense, special teams -- we have these mental breakdowns where we just, I don't know if it's take a play off or just don't completely focus on what we need to do. And that's what killing us this year."

This was Murray's first time speaking to his teammates at the start of the week. 

"I just wanted to get in front of the guys and let them know there's still a lot to fight for," he said. "It's a long season. And I think we can be proud if we go out there and finish the season strong, go 9-3. Who knows what might happen with Missouri, they still have five very tough conference games to play, who knows what happens. But if not, we're 9-3 playing in a great bowl game, and 10-3, I think that'd be a great year.

"But we've gotta take it game-by-game, stay focused, and use these next two weeks to really hone in our craft and understand what we need to do individually to get better as a team."

The Bulldogs enter bye week with a 4-3 record after losing two straight. They face Florida next on Nov. 2.