Wasn't a big part of the dwag dissatisfaction due to Richt's W-L record specifically against ranked opponents? From what I can see on cfbstats.com, uGA has gone 11-23 versus ranked teams, since 2008. That's a pretty mediocre record agains the "big boys".
That's definitely a big part of it too.
But there aren't a lot of teams that do great against other ranked opponents. That's especially true when a significant percentage of the games they've played have been against very solid south carolina, florida, alabama, auburn and lsu teams. I may be a couple off, but in sum (see below for more detail):
3 losses to ranked Bama (2008, 2012, 2015) - each of those teams has been pretty strong.
3 losses to ranked Florida (2008, 2009, 2015)
2 losses to ranked Auburn (2010, 2013)
2 losses to ranked GEORGIA TECH (2008, 2014)
2 losses to ranked LSU (2009, 2011)
4 losses to ranked USCe (2010-2012, 2014)
1 loss to ranked Arkansas (2010)
5 losses to random ranked teams (Ok St, UCF, Boise, Mich State, Clemson)
I'm not sure it fully captures the final ranking or the ranking at the time they played, but in terms of ranked at the time, 2008 uga lost to bama (top 10) and florida (top 10), as well as us. 2009 they lost @ oklahoma state to start the year (top 10), LSU (top 10), Florida (#1 at the time). 2010 they lost to USCe, Arkansas, Auburn, and (haha) UCF. 2011 lost to boise (top 10), USCe, LSU (#1 at the time) and Michigan State. 2012 they lost to USCe (top 10), Bama (top 10). 2013 they lost to Clemson (top 10) and Auburn (top 10). 2014 they lost to USCe and us. 2015 they lost to bama and florida.
