Michael, how do schools like UGA play it when athletes like Jarvis Jones and Marlon Brown say they won’t commit anywhere until signing day. Seems like that puts the schools in a very awkward position. Also, if we have more offers out there than we have scholarships, do we just take first responders and notify the others that their offer is off the table? Tks for your time.
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Your comments on Lutzenkirchen are not accurate. As of today, he is still committed to Auburn and looking at other schools like Alabama and Tennessee. I fully expect him to sign with Auburn now that Malzahn is on board. Also he is very tight with Raymond Cotton in Maryland and it looks like Auburn will get back in the fold with him now that James Willis has been retained.
Hey Chad you don’t know what your talking about, he is done with Auburn face it bud Auburn is done for!!!!! What are you Lutzenkirchen’s agent?? Get a life!!!!!
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This dude from Valdosta/Lowndes County looks like one angry young man.
Who would want to be around anyone with this kind of attitude?
Beware any team that takes him!
Kay how can you pre judge someone (Reid) that you don’t even know. Do you know anything about the game of football? There aren’t any smiling faces on the players faces when they are on the field. Never give the other team the benefit of showing your emotions or letting them see you sweat. Wow what a stereotypical statement you made (lol)! Stop being so judgemental, maybe the world would be a better place to live!
Kay, you interpreted the picture just like the athlete wanted you to interpret it. Lots of football players don’t necessarily want to communicate a cuetsie look. They want to look mean or bad, the ‘don’t mess with me’ look. I understand from some of the players at the UnderArmour game that he is great to be around and a real good guy. If he had a bad attitude, the players he will be around wherever he chooses to go would quickly smack him down a notch or two. Good coaches can certainly control that type of situation also. Recruits wouldn’t be talking to him to convince him to come to their schools if he was a problem because as you said, “who would want to be around anyone…” .So, you probably don’t need to worry much about Reid.
Kay,you look angry yourself! How can you make a comment like that by looking at a kids photo? Look at his football stats for crying out loud!!!!!!!!!!!
You know who looked angry in their picture last year? AJ Green, and he’s one of the most well mannered kids at UGA. I’d take my chances with Reid. One picture doesn’t tell a story.
Greg Reid’s picture is not synonomous with his personality. Kay you should never make such harsh statements about someone you don’t even know. I’ve known this young man for about 10 years, and he is a great kid as well as a tremendous athlete. The picture is a “football thing,” which you obviously don’t understand. For future reference: keep your negative comments to yourself, especially when you don’t have a CLUE!
I thought he looked sad, more than mad..No, I don’t know that much about football..I enjoy watching it, but why would you want the other team to think that you are cute?
You dawg fans can stop drooling over Bowman. You dropped the ball and he is solid on Alabama. Julio wide right, Bowman left, what a combo. All the attention Julio gets will leave Bowman in man coverage which means big numbers for him. Welcome to the Capstone Mr. Bowman.
UGA loves Reid and Bowman….the only issues are —
1. Will they have the ACT or SAT scores, HS grades, and Graduate HS, or will they transfer to a prep school ?
2. Will UGA actual have enought openings available?
3. Are they serious about UGA or only flirting?
funny you should mention reid being a gator. I think if he was in fact going to uf, he wouldnt have decomitted through the phone with georgia commit washaun ealey standing right next to him. word is he’s become good friends with the other georgia commits at the under armour game. Anybody feeling a recruiting struggle a la marcus stroud??
because he could play at georgia and make an impact on a defensive backs unit that could use guys like reid and branden smith, or he could go to florida and compete with the 8 other cornerbacks currently on the gator roster. and from the standpoint of him being a two way player, the choice is simple: go to uga and add speed to an offense that just lost moreno, or compete with harvin, assuming he comes back, rainey, and demps
This year Georgia was a great state for Linebackers. However, looking at the list of the state’s linebackers, many of them don’t seem like they will transfer into great linebackers at the college or pro level. Which ones do you think have the best chance of being legit quality linebackers at the college level?
That question got me thinkin. Seen a lot of Georgia HS football. How did Jarvis Jones become the #1 LB in GA. Seen him play and was just bigger than everyone else. No great technique, speed or instinct. Think that being bigger and Carve-Columbus making it to championship his junior year excelled him into that position. But pure ability, I’ll take Jonathan Davis, Chase Vasser and Mitchell-Thornton. What do you think?
IMHO i think cox will bring offensive leadership to the table, something stafford didnt seem to posses as much as his predecessors like Greene and Shockley, and the fact that he knows the system inside and out has me at ease. I really don’t think that at qb we’ll have nearly as many problems as you’d think at first glance. however rb is going to be interesting. are we going to have another moreno or brown come off the bench, or are we going to revert to the post-musa smith days of lumpkin/cooper/browning? the optimist in me says that we’ll be able to work enough kinks into the offense with athletes such as logan gray, carlton thomas, branden smith, aj green, and co. that a large part of the hole moreno and stafford left can be filled
QUESTION: Can you please tell us how many spots UGA has left now that Stafford and Knowshon are going Pro? Ive heard? There is a lot of speculation but noone seems to know for sure.
Not so fast Will, how big of a hole do you think Cox can fill as a first year starter especially when he faces UF who is returning every starter on defence except mybe B.Spikes
Enter your comments here The best poker player always wins meaning who ever cheats and pays the most gets the player. Why does pete carroll have four or five parade High School AllAmerican on USC? The best cheater always wins.
i’ve already said what i think. what will happen, we’ll just have to wait til next year. i said it before this past season when uga’s schedule was being talked up: teams are going to flop, players are going to get hurt, and upsets are going to happen. the unpredictability of college football makes it the greatest sport on earth. who knows? florida could come out and have their defense turn to mush like georgia this year, and just as well, georgia could be mediocre. only 8 more months til kickoff. god i cant wait
It’s not about a guy out of Georgia, but i was just wondering how much interest GT has in a guy named Nick Failla. He goes to my high school right now and was an INCREDIBLE player until the state quarterfinals during his junior year he got horse collared and it torn up his knee. He also played with a sports hernia and broken tibia this year. We run the option at Millard North so you can just see the kind of QB he is. Deffinately better than jaybo shaw.
Enter your comments here This kid Jarvis Jones, may be good, but do we really need him? This kid Bowman is real good, why don’t we put more focus on him and tell Marlon that he is out of luck. I WOULD WANT A PLAYER WHO WANTS TO BE A DAWG,rather than someone making you wait. They have the same physical attributes, both are top twenty receivers, and both have good speed.Take this kid, and go hard at Reid, and you will have addressed every position on this recruiting year.P.S. Get Bobby Massie and thats 4.5ypc every touch.
Until today, I was told that UGA would sign no more than 20 players for 2009. Now I’m hearing the number after the departure of Stafford and K-Mo is 21.
HEY BIG MIKE…..That sounds like in 2004, we sign Demiko Goodman and GT signed Calvin johnson…Both were top 25 wide receivers, had the same physical attributes(at the time) and both had good speed….that’s why I leave it to the coaches, they know what they are doing…..We wanted Calvin bad, but when we missed, we went to Demiko…
To answer a previous question, schools hold a certain number of scholarships open hoping to get the players they want. In the meantime, they usually tell the other potential players what’s going on and will offer them if they don’t get the first guy(s). It’s up to the potential prospect to decide if he wants to wait and see what happens or go ahead and sign with another school. I know a guy who waited on UGA until almost May before he signed with another school. He really wanted to come to UGA, but they were waiting on someone else. At least schools are up front about it – usually. But didn’t uf mess up and sign too many players and have to drop one of the guys who waited to sign with them?
Jarvis Jones? I don’t think he’s ever entertained the thought of playing in Georgia, but he was kind enough to do the right thing and visit UGA. I would’ve liked to have seen UGA pursue Peachtree Ridge LB Kevin Minter [LSU]. He’s Jonathan Davis with prototype size, and was an absolute wrecking machine in the state championship game (19 tackles). Oh well, I guess you can’t get them all, and there really are so many in this state (200+ to sign D1).
Minter is awesome and just an outstanding young man. Any team should feel lucky to have him. However, he has neither the speed, nor the instincts at LB that Jonathan Davis has.
It’s amazing how people who are in the “KNOW” have no clue……who are you talking to? OSU? Sorry my friend, that will not happen. It is between UGA and TENN. Please get your facts straight before reporting….i know you are payed to stir things up but you are so dumb right now..hope you have a job in the future! Hope it’s not in print media!!!!
For those of you who don’t like the writers at the AJC or the paper itself, just don’t read it. It amazes me when critics that think they know more than any journalists continue to read their articles and whine aimlessly. I am sure the writers do their best to be accurate but they are human and thus not perfect.
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Michael: Coach Richt once said Stafford was the most talented qb he ever coached meaning Staff has tremendous “potential”. Staff had many forgetable performances(Most of the first half of the Capitol One Bowl) so how can he be “Georgia’s Best Ever” pro prospect. Have you forgotten NFL record holder Fran Tarkenton or is that too far back in time for you?
Stated above by “KAY”
“This dude from Valdosta/Lowndes County looks like one angry young man.
Who would want to be around anyone with this kind of attitude?
Beware any team that takes him!”
Kay please go play in traffic..You are judging Ried by a football picture. If you haven’t seen most team football pictures, everyone looks angry, it’s FOOTBALL!!!Why are you even writing in this blog. Ried doesn’t have any kind of record or pattern of getting into trouble so LAY OFF!!!!!
1. Concerning the comment Kay made, that’s why women have no place or buisness in football, THEY DON’T HAVE A CLUE!!!
2. Auburn will wind up violating NCAA recruiting rules in the future and will have sanctions placed against them within the next 2 or 3 years. They have become SO intimidated by what Nick Saban is doing over at U of A all the talk about now is “we gotta get better at recruiting, we gotta get better at recruiting” I’;ve never seen such a since of urgency over recruiting over there. The whole thing is, is that Chizik and his assistants will never be able to recruit better than Nick and co., they’ll get desperate over at Auburn and start doing any and everything to lure recruits in and that’s gonna bring on what will be some of the darkest days in Auburn football history. The 08 season will just be a preview of what’s to come.
Really enjoyed your recently article on the kid out of Troup High School – an amazing story.
I think the interest in recruiting is an interest for die hard fans. I, for one, think the ’soap opera’ aspect to recruiting is that these kids are making one of the toughest decisions they will ever have to make. Playing for the right program, the right coach, and in the right location will make the difference if great players make it to the next level. The drama is just an aspect of the human story which makes it so compelling.
Of the remaining slots, any 3 or 4 of the following would be great: Reid, Massie, Brown, Carroll, Charles, Bowman, Kenney, or any others the UGA coaches come up with as they always seem to do a good job
Buddy El: Good point about Fran Tarkenton. I thought about Fran before posting that. Fran was a great college player, led UGA to 1959 SEC championship. But he was a third-round pick. Not only is Stafford projected to be a first-rounder, he also could be THE No. 1 pick of the draft. Stafford is clearly the better NFL “prospect.” Will Stafford be the better NFL “player”? Highly doubtful, and that’s nothing against Stafford in particular, but also any QB coming out of college. Tarkenton is an NFL legend, Hall of Famer, etc.
Tarkenton went to a new franchise in Minnesota and Stafford may well go to a worse situation if Detroit gets him. My point was that if Stafford does not show consistancy to go with all that talent he may end up as a career backup. Consistancy is huge factor and Staff had three years to demonstrate some but in his final UGA game was far from consistant.Tarkenton was consistant. No big deal. I just love to nitpick such statements.
Hey Chris
You are doing the right thing in waiting to enroll. That is so awesome that you are doing so well in school and working at being valedictorian. It is my understanding that the black bones on back of UGA helments represent academic success. I will be looking forward to seeing some on your helment. Welcome to the Dawg Nation, we are very proud of you!
Chris,
I agree with HairoftheDawg that you are doing so great in school — keep it up and that you want to wait to enroll. We all in the Dawg Nation are proud and willing to wait on a great young man like yourself.
Good luck in school and becoming the Valedictorian.
Look forward to seeing you on “Saturdays in Athens — Between The Hedges”.
Stafford was a GOOD QB..so was Greenie, DJ, and others..Joe will be too..Great takes a four year stint..a Dawg attitude..and consistentcy..Matt had some, not all, of this. We have a good group of QBs waiting to play Georgia football. Hopefully, they can be coached up in a short time..the supporting cast will be the key. A new philosophy and attitude from the coaching staff will go a long way. GO DAWGS IN 09!
I love this kid. I read his journal entries on Rivals and now I’m reading this. This young man just has it all together. When I have kids, I hope I do as well as Chris’ parents. This young man will be a huge success in whatever he does in life. I am so proud that he is a Georgia Bulldog. I am literally feeling chill bumps run through my body, that’s just how excited I am about having him as a member of the Bulldog family.
Michael.
I thought Greg Ried was scheduled to visit Alabama this weekend. Did that get cancelled? When I looked at who was there, his name was missing. Tks.
Greg Reid changed his mind and is visiting Florida State this weekend. One of his teammates, Gerald Demps, is already committed to Florida State. Also, Jimbo Fischer and Mickey Andrews made an in-home visit to Greg Reid this past week and invited him to Florida State’s campus for an official. He is scheduled to visit Florida on the 16th, Mississippi State on the 23rd, and Georgia on the 30th. As it stands right now, He will be announcing his college decision on a local radio program February 3rd.
Stafford has been praised since before he ever came to UGA> He leaves having accomplished nothing more than being the most arrogant QB for the DAWGS in decades. People in Athens tell me he was rude and started fights in bars and left and that the police were looking for an excuse to throw him in the slammer at the behest of bar owners. Good riddance to a Texas transplant that was never either a Georgian or a Dawg.
Mike Bobo met with him for three hours last Wednesday or Thursdays in Valdosta…Greg said the visit went well and that Mike looked him in the eyes a lot more than most coaches do when they have tried recruiting him face-to-face. I don’t think there are any plans for Mark Richt to come down to Valdosta and meet with him…Rodney Garner and Willie Martinez were at Lowndes earlier this year for the ball-game between Northside Warner Robins and Lowndes to check on Abry Jones, but I am sure they talked with Greg as well because he was clearly the best athlete on the field. The las thing I heard was that Georgia was mainly recruiting Greg as a DB, however, I think if he commits to Georgia he will be used in the return game as well (he is such a threat whenever he touches the ball). If you want to see what he can really do with the ball in his hands check this video out: http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=3619006 . He made moves like that his whole career at Lowndes.
That makes a whole lot more sense, and should be posted/printed on the sports/recruiting sections just as prominately as you all had posted the previous article about SC “yanking” Davis’ scholarship & being “banned” by Tucker’s coach etc.
No matter how you spin it, South Carolina pulled the offer and did it just prior to signing day.
If Spurrier did not want the kid, all he had to do was pick up the phone or have someone on his staff do it right after Cooper made the announcement in the meeting.
No matter how you spin it Spurrier is not showing any kind of leadership or guts.
The Head Ball coach has lost any balls he had.
BM84(translated – bowel movement 84), excuse me but if you could hire a better football coach for USC than Steve Spurrier, you need to be doing something other than making anonymous posts on websites. Spurrier’s done more for this program than we can even measure, even if it doesn’t show up in the standings. Have patience and let this thing come together. We’re going to be fine.
Michael, does that mean I can’t point out that the kid’s so short he could drown before he even knows it’s raining? Davis is a heckuva football player. It’s too bad he’s being hurt by Spurrier’s inability to control his own staff.
If he’s such a great player, why didn’t UGA offer? They didn’t want to keep one of the top players in the state to stay home? There’s more to this story.
If the player decides at the last minute, even at signing time, nothing happens. He’s praised for making a tough decision. But a school withdraws SEVERAL WEEKS prior to signing day, and they get bashed and blasted? Makes no sense at all, no sense. Cooper isn’t there for a reason, and not a reason of his own.
Monte Kiffin was seen tearing down I75…
Davis who was still upset, was surprised to see Kiffin at his home.
“He was very impressive and I enjoyed the visit,” said Davis who is now shopping for a new college to play for. The Vols have a long standing relationship with Tucker High and Coach Stephens.”
Go Vols
CockySpur2001, I’m pretty sure they didn’t offer him because they already offered 4 instate linebackers who translate better to their scheme.
But I think he could do well at Tennessee. Lord knows they need guys who won’t just roll over and die against tough competition. Like, I don’t know, Wyoming.
Obviously a school has a right to offer who they choose but this should have been handled sooner to allow time for him to find another school. After a month, other schools may have moved on to other players since he committed to SC, leaving him no where to go. Regardless of why, I think it’s sad this situation has happened to SC and Davis. Schools have many more options than these kids. Pulling a scholarship 4-5 weeks (or something like that) after he has committed when they (the staff) didn’t even want him, is not right and hurts him getting into a school. SC football will go on with no impact because they will still sign 25 players or so for their program. How many offers are left for this kid, who obviously thought he was set for the next stage in his life.
I wish him the best where ever he ends up. Sure someone will come back with their offer to him now that SC has backed out. His height scares a lot of people but he’s a very talented player. Hopefully he can find the right situation for him.
Firstly, USC should’ve let it be known that Cooper recruited/offered him a free education against the coaching staff’s desires and THEN high tailed it to LSU. NOW, since Cooper is a LSU coach, let LSU offer him….will it happen??? Time will tell.
Secondly, USC doesn’t give FREE educations lightly and should make sure the recruits are there for an education and not NFL job training. I sure wish the NFL would restrict their ranks to real college grads, For that matter I wish all professional sports required their ranks be college grads if they want to play in the USA but that’ll never happen.
I firmly believe Spurrier will have a gelled team this year because he new coaches hired are first class.
I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don’t know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.
Ral, LSU will not offer this kid. First they have not been recruiting him, and do not know him. Second, LSU recruits a different level of talent that SC does. LSU recruits and gets commits from the top players in the country, not 1 or 2 like SC, but 25 a season.
Rob, very good comments. These kids have a very limited number of opportunities, while the colleges have multiple players wanting to come there and play. Withdrawing a scholarship at the last second by a school can have devastating effects on a mid-level talent player who received a small number of offers. Yes schools can be hurt a little by kids changing their minds at the last minute and backing out of a commitment, but overall, the affect there to the school is really minimal whereas to the kid it could mean the difference in playing at an SEC school or Alabama-Birmingham.
Spurrier’s control of his staff is evident in Cooper taking another job. He doesn’t allow renegades players, and he sure doesn’t allow renegade coaches.
I’m glad Coach Stephens has such high moral standards. Maybe next year when a Gwinnett County kid wants to come to Tucker, he will recruit him before the 10th week of the regular season. Stephens is another sad example of DeKalb County at it’s best.
This from his family we want to thank all the people that do not know my son and still write about him we are going to fine in the furture before you say anything bad about someone get to know that person it people like you guys the reason my son do not read mess and if you do not have any thing good to say do not say anything We are not upset at S C we fish they a great season once again Jonthan Davis will be fine thanks.Enter your comments here
there`s more to this story…The kid wants to go to UGA where his uncle went.but they haven`t offered…why haven`t they offered..his grades? probably not..His attitude ? probably not…His height …probably so…the average lineman in the SEC is 6 ` 5″ 320 lb`s..Bigger , faster , stronger..is what they all need and you can`t waste a prescious scholarship on a hope and a prayer.Renee Curan`s are few and far between.
I don’t think position is the factor at UGA. Jonathan Davis is a DB/OLB type player. I think it is more that they have plenty of DB/LB scholarship players already.
Besides, they are holding out that Reid qualifies and heads to Athens since the Gators backed off.
This is just the type of player ut needs to continue down the road of being WORSE than a historically mediocre Gamecock team. Sure, SOS pulled the offer, big effing deal. If the kid has any SEC talent whatsoever, there are plenty of teams in need and he will not be left out. On the flip side, had he decommited from USC, it would again be USC’s fault for losing him. It’s a lose lose so move on. My guess is that the truth will come out after signing day and this rinky dink po dunk HS in ga will be the one with explaining to do.
Wooten is still committed to UGA and says he will sign with the Bulldogs. But it will be very interesting to see how things play out. If I was FORCED to pick the UGA commitment “most likely” to switch, it would be Wooten in a landslide.
On Marlon Brown: I just get the feeling from talking to Marlon, that Lane Kiffin is determined to keep Brown in Tennessee and will do anything to make it happen. I could see the Vols promising to throw to him on the first play of the first game (aka Clemson w/Davis), letting him pick his jersey number, name a street after him, etc. … All kidding aside, Brown is still blown away that Kiffin left directly from his press conference to catch a flight and visit him the same night. I know Marlon also loves him some Mike Bobo and Aaron Murray, but will tough for him to leave Tennessee, especially with the mounting public pressure and the fact that his last visit before signing day will be @ Rocky Top.
Greg Reid? I really think UGA has a chance. I don’t have any inside info, but it seems like Reid was shocked to see the enormous public reaction when he said he would take an official visit to Georgia. He liked it, and I think the idea of signing with Georgia is growing on him.
A-men,1953 dawg, let’s just see if Richt & company can close and get the top recruits they have on the board to come to UGA, if you look back on the past years they have always struck out on the last few big time recruits they were undecided until signing day, let’s just see what happens this year.If they strike out again, then something has to been done very very quickly.
1953 dawg
See ya are still smoking dope and carrying that lousy attitude. Light up another one and get on the big Knoxville newspaper site where your cronies are. You are always whining about something. Amazing how some Vol fans distinguish themselves. By the way, quit mentioning the Gators, someone might get the idea you are a Gator fan (we don’t need your type).
1953 Dawg, when you say Tennessee hired the best Defensive Coordinator in the NFL are you talking about the one that couldn’t stop the Raiders in a game that would have put them in the playoffs had they won?
1953 dawg
Really sorry to hear that one of your top recruits at Tennessee just got arrested for felonious assault. You can read about it on the ESPN site.
I have to agree with 1953 dawg. I’m a big Lowndes Vikings fan and Greg Reid fan as well, but to see Richt out recruit Meyer is yet to be seen. Greg Reid is a Gator. I think it’s a smart move to have Branden Smith make comments about his desire to be in the back field with Reid, but still don’t think that will happen. Meyer and crew will get the job done and i won’t be surprised to see Reid sign as a Gator.
CMR is a great coach however every school needs good-cop-bad-cop when it comes to head coach and DC/OC . Right now we have good-cop-good-cop and things need to change. GO DAWGS!!!
Reid should go to Georgia where he can be a starter immediately. Florida has 2 starters from this past year in front of Reid. Reid and Smith can be the best cover corner combination in the nation as Freshmen.
When are you folks going to grow up and accept the fact that Willie Martinez isn’t going anywhere? Wasn’t it just a year ago that we were praising him for the dominating defense Georgia had during the 2007 season. Injuries and the inability to practice the way we needed to hurt us. We went back to basics before the bowl and it paid off. Don’t think for a minute that our boys won’t be worked hard this off season. True Dawgs support the team no matter what. I’ve had enough of these fair weather fans constantly bashing our coaches and players. If Richt wasn’t able to close deals, do you think we would have gotten a commitment from AJ Green his JUNIOR year? Oh yeah, Knowshon also chose GA over FL on signing day and I think Reid will too. Richt is one of the best coaches in college football and you should be greatful.
UGA girl you are dead on. A lot of the whining and criticism is from people who are not UGA fans at all. The rest comes from exactly as you put it, “fair weather fans”. You also hear a fair amount from Tech fans who can’t get over the fact that Tech got lucky this year for the first time in 7 years. The true Tech came out when they embarrassed themselves in the Chicken Bowl. UGA can recruit with the best and play with the best. Hang in there UGA Girl.
UGA is not a program for the fairweather fans to just jump on a “bandwagon” when they win the SEC then turn on when they lose a couple of games. Ive been a DAWG since before i was born iam a legacy of tried and true DAWGS MEN since the time of my great great great grandfathers time so for me its really sad to hear people on here calling therselves DAWGS and then cut down one of the best coaches the program has ever had Ive actually had the privilege of talking with some of CMRs family and they are all the same extremely good people all around better than most youll ever be priveleged to meet. Guess what im saying is if you cant support the DAWGS wholeheartedly you may be an undercover tech fan:) GO DAWGS FOREVER!!!
Great Job Chris very proud you are a Dawg i coach recreation football and i preach grades to my players above football even though the game may be more fun those grades speak volumes more about you than any athletic accomplishment you may have and heres to wishing you grweat success for all your hardwork in and out of the classroom GO DAWGS
Stafford may have been talented but i agree it takes a true Georgian to have that DAWGS FIRE inside Georgia football has been and always will be 1 of the best states for football talent along with Texas Florida California and Ohio we should look for our players in state first GO GEORGIA GO DAWGS:)!!!!
The lesson for recruits at SC is don’t count on any commitments from this coaching staff until you sign the paper on signing day. When Murray broke his leg, Richt personally told him he had a scholarship at UGA whether or not he ever put on a football uniform again. That is integrity and class. That is the kind of leadership example I would want my son to see from a coach. I suspect Spurrier is a good person. However, when the chips were down, he didn’t honor one of his subordinates, and therefore his, commitments.
I played against this dude in high school and I can honestly say that he is one hell of a athlete, but to do the things that he has done in the classroom as well is amazing. Keep up the great work. Kendrick Class of 07
Truthfully, the kid (19 years old for quite some time now) was jockeying for a scholly at LSU and was busy not answering his telephone. He was busy calling Cooper and wouldn’t answer, nor return calls from USCe the week preceeding the scholly yank. Shouldn’t have been a surprise to him that the Evil Genuis found out just what he was up to. Would you continue tying up a scholly when you KNEW that the “prospect” was not 100%? Unfortunately, USCe is not able to talk about it nor defend their actions until after Feb. The Tucker coach cannot tell other kids where to go to school based on one situation where all of the facts are not publicized. I guess his statements are based on how it reflects on his program with the athlete in question being a 4* recruit.
TO 1953 dawg: YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. UGA IS ABOUT TO HAVE POSSIBLY THE GREASTEST RECRUITING CLASS EVER. ALMOST ALL OF THE TOP PLAYERS LEFT (MASSIE,JONES,CHARLES,KENNY,GEATHERS,REID,BROWN) ALL HAVE UGA EITHER AT THE TOP ON SECOND. DO YOUR HOMEWORK BEFORE MAKING STUPID COMMENTS.
Hmmm, let’s see a story about Spurrier not giving a damn about anyone but himself and treating other people disrespectfully. This is news? Now if you had a story about Spurrier wondering if it is because he has been such a tool over the years that he can’t sign a decent qb prospect then that would be news. How is it that a supposed “offensive genuis” and “qb guru” can’t even get any interest from a top qb? Its because the qb knows that if he succeeds its due to Spurrier and if he fails its because he sucks. Oh, and there will be no NFL future either.
To the Cocks: Good luck competing for titles with lesser qb’s than Todd Ellis, Anthony Wright and even Steve Tannyhill.
To the most overrated coach in the history of sports… GFY!!!!
I’m a huge UGA fan and I keep in touch with all of the recruiting going on. Truthfully, UGA is in the running with charles (50-50), Kenny (almost certain UGA), Reid (50-50 with FSU, they have made a huge late push), Brown (50-50 with Ohio State), Geathers (50-50), Massie (going to UNC or Virginia), Jones (FLA lock). I wish we could sign all of them but its not realistic at all.
Are you not man enough to show who you’re true team is? I do wish people on here would quit showing their ignorance.
Richt/Meyer have went head to head in recruiting and Richt has won his share. Even this year, both went after the #2 QB in the country who was within an hour from Gainesville, can anyone remind me what school he picked? Or any players from Daytona/St Augustine that has picked UGA over Fla lately?
And what will Kiffin do once he can’t ride on his daddy’s coat tail? Name one big time recruit in the top 50 that he has secured with his ‘recruiting gurus’ at Tn. So please post facts or just shut up and keep wishing Richt and UGA would go away.
Michael,
Is Michael Bowman in the mix at all for UGA? I know he is a Bama commit but what about UGA. Also, is Je’Ron Stokes a possibility? The ESPN site states that he said UGA was one of his top 5.
Imes,
where do you get your information from? Do you subscribe to rivals or scout? Just curious because I don’t subscribe but follow recruiting very closely and am very interested in any stories involving the last few guys UGA has on their radar.
me thinks that if Tennesse Tech offered a Tech recruit, he would switch his commitment. UT can grab this guy if they want him. Tech can’t recruit with the big boys.
[...] other options. Especially when he’s also your defensive backs coach and you’re in a heated battle for one of the top defensive backs in the country. I don’t get the sense that our recruiting [...]
Orson,
The balls up in the air heading your way with nothing but the goal line ahead in the swamp and the ball game is in the balance. The ball goes off your finger tips and you can’t quite hold on to it. Unfortunately UF loses the game in a squeaker. You will never live down the accident of the trophy in the Gator Nation. Nor with your teammates. It will be there in the back of your mind playing at UF. Number 8 Terrence Edwards dropped some key passes in key games that UGA lost. He was a tremedous athlete while at UGA. The Dawg Nation stood behing him and supported him as he needed encouragement not ridicule. Will you get that at UF in light of the trophy? Come play for the Dawgs along side of Green with Aaron tossing to you. Make a clean break with a man at the helm that is interested in you more than just winning games but in the game of life. We would love to see you wearing the G. Where ever you decide to go I wish you good luck and the very best!
They pulled the trick on a kid from Kell HS too. Gave him a scholarship, then when he took a visit and ran a 40 time they didn’t like they told him they’d honor the scholly, but he’d never play. Bunch of crap. Hope they finish 4th in the east every year
Chris Burnette, I want to congratulate you on your hard scholastic work. You are a REAL hero and the finest example of a role model for other kids in school. Georgia would gain a great asset when you enroll and as I life long Bulldog fan, I am proud you have chosen Georgia. Valedictorian or not, you are a winner!!!!!
How refreshing to read about an athlete with this level of academic credential — whether or not he’s actually selected valedictorian. Chris Burnette will be one of the stellar recruits for UGA regardless of his football contribution. I also have to hand it to Mark Richt for showing such strong support for academic achievement. Great story!
As a life long Bulldog, I don’t think I have ever been more impressed with a young recruits record of accomplishment. UGA has had many who excelled in the classroom prior to entering college and after, but I am not sure I ever remember one who had never made anything but A’s, although I am sure there have been some. It is such an outstanding accomplishment, and I doubt if there is anyone who would not find it to be outstanding.
Coach Richt I am sure did not say he would attend if you indeed are Valedictorian without being completely sincere. It is a source of pride on his part that you have chosen UGA, as well as all supporters. You will be part of an outstanding class of young men, most of whom will have to work very hard to balance academics and athletics. What we as fans fail to realize at times, is that in addition to being a good athlete, you also have to go to class and study. It is not an easy task, but one that many do well.
Welcome to UGA. We certainly are proud to have you!
recruitnik is right. reid will not got to uf. no chance in hell!! uf fans can thank their coach for that. tenn, fsu , miami or uga with fsu and uga in the lead for now. kid loves this attention who knows where he will go. you can bet your sweet a#$ it is not uf.
Good Luck to Chris! I hope he becomes valedictorian and relishes Coach Mark Richt’s attendance, then begins a fine career as a Bulldog and get his degree at UGA.
Congratulations on your accomplishments Chris, and good luck in making Valedictorian. You are a shining example to your fellow students and I wish you well in all your future endeavours.
Ried has completely droped UF now. He says Meyer treated him like crap during his official visit because he had pulled his commit and was looking around.
Meyer needs to watch his temper/EGO, other recruits are beginning to see how he treats people who “cross” him and how everything is about Urban and Urban only.
There is no doubt Meyer is a great coach and has put together a great team at Florida, but if he continues to alienate people with his attitude and ego, those two crystal trophies will only be worth so much once “superman” is gone.
This is great- I can’t help but wonder what Urban would do…
He would probably have never made the commitment in the first place because he doesn’t care for the person, just the W column.
Am I being over the top? I don’t think so…
Greg Reid, if you are reading this, please note the difference between the two coaches.
Sure, Urban has 2 more rings than CMR, but class always wins…maybe not on the game scoreboad, but the scoreboard of life.
Chris….I’d like to not only congratulate you on your accomplishments on and off the field….but I’d like to extend a “well done” to your parents as well. That’s where it all starts….Go Dawgs!
[...] valedictorian status at his high school. Proving once again that he really is a good guy — Mark Richt vowed to go to Burnette’s graduation if he accomplishes the goal. How does anyone not like this [...]
Sounds like a good, intelligent young man. It’s refreshing to see a recruit that’s academically successful (to this degree) & not the (all-too-typical) half-illiterate, “gangsta” thug who gets a pass (only) due to his God given (but overhyped) athletic ability!
Wow, how proud your family must be! Makes me proud to be a Bulldog to have you joining our team. It’s not easy to juggle academics and athletics, much less be excellent at both. Congrats!
Chris, whether or not you make valedictorian; you have accomplished more than most. I know your family is very proud of you. I too would like to extend my congratulations on your achievements and becoming a Bulldog. I was fortunate to be at a small luncheon where Coach Richt was the speaker. After hearing him, I was very impressed with him as a man of great character. I think you will see that at as you spend your days at UGA. Good luck in all you do.
Chris, my hat goes off to you for all your hard-work. If for some reason you are not valedictorian, then hold your head high because you have already accomplished a lot. Good luck at UGA and I hope you play well against every team but Ole Miss.
Chris, if your academics are good enough to get into a better school than UGA, then you owe it to yourself and to your family to do so. UGA academics are rather poor and, if your high school has prepared you well enough, you should shoot higher. There are lots of kids who have no other choice than to go to UGA and that is good enough for them.
However, beware of being overconfident. Whether being the top student in your high school really prepares you for a better university really depends on the academic strength of your high school.
Lots of kids come out on top at their high school only to find that they have to struggle at an upper level academic college. Whatever you do, don’t rely on UGA graduates to advise you on UGA academics. They are understandably prejudiced and want to think the best about their own school.
Also, don’t fall into the trap of taking weak liberal arts courses in high school just to keep up your GPA and compete for valedictorian. You are better off taking the tough math and science courses even if you get beat out for valedictorian by someone who takes home economics and community organizer type courses. Those cupcake courses won’t help you get into the better schools.
You probably should speak to someone at Emory University, Vanderbilt University, Georgia Tech, or Duke about whether you would be qualified to move up. Even better, speak to two or more of these upper tier schools. Good luck whatever you decide.
Chuck, you are ignorant and this is proven with the statement “UGA academics are rather poor” Two Rhode Scholars (in one school year) are normally not pulled from “poor academic schools” Check the statistics before making such a ridiculous statement. This is to be expected from a jealous Tech guy. I know it just burns you guys up that UGA has become a nationally-recognized university. Kudos to Chris for picking an excellent university with fine athletics… best of both worlds.
Thanks Chris for making the Dawg Nation so proud and honored to have you . Thank to your family and all the support they have given you and the encouragement that you have had to received from them over the years. That is truly a blessing, I wish you the best always.
#1 DAWG fan in Alaska
Chris you could have excelled at Tech – receive a quailty education like Rueben Houston. He was taught the advantages of capitolism… buy weed in bulk and distribute in smaller, more profitable units. Joe Hamilton learned that when driving drunk, it is a good idea to carry weed. Stephon Marbury demonstrated that you can make the most of a 540 SAT score. Such fine examples of the North Ave Trade School.
Allison, your advice may well be the stupidest diatribe I have ever read. You need to be on political articles and not commenting on sports columns. It may surprise you to know that simply going to the schools you mentioned would do nothing to insure the students success in life. In fact, if they promoted a ‘nose in the air’ attitude like yours, they could actually hurt the students chances of success after college. Your recommendations on courses for this young man to take in high school are a bit late since he has already begun the final semester of his senior year. Gleaning that from the article above requires very little intelligence so I am sure it was well over your head. I won’t comment further except to say that there are no high school courses that I know of named ‘community organizer’. Using that phrase only serves to reveal your true ignorance. I only know of one person who at one time was a community organizer. He will be spending the next 4 years attempting to sweep up the broken glass left on the floor by a person whom I am certain you admire. I am sure Chris will apply himself at UGA as well as he has applied himself in high school and I wish him the best. I am equally as sure he will never embrace your lowly view of “community organizers’ or the education they have.
dont count on reid yet,,,itll be close between fsu (where he would team with teammate demps) and the dawgs (one of the top recruiting classes) but it wouldnt suprise me to see if he goes back to the gators. i hope not but it just wouldnt suprise me.
Great story about this kid. After all the junk that’s said about some of these kids (Greg Reid especially), it’s great to see a story like this and refreshing to see fans with positive things to say about them.
Good luck to him and I hope he reaches his goal to be valedictorian.
Chuck gives all this high brow advice on higher education, however it’s amusing to see
he can’t even capitalize the first letters in his own name. Chris,good luck on being
named valedictorian,I wish you the best luck in your education and less importantly your
time as a Georgia Bulldog.
Hey Chris as a Troup High alum myself, congrats on your academics and as a member of the DAWG NATION we all welcome you to the best college team in the country. When you step foot on the hollow grounds of Sanford Stadium and see all the red and black, the blood starts pumping. May the times you have in Athens be the best of your life…..Go Dawgs
Chris what a great honor it will be to have you at UGA whether you are a athelete or not… As a Dawg fan, we still need young men like you in our schools for role models. Go Dawgs!!!
[...] UGA coach Mark Richt makes deal with Troup valedictorian candidate | College Football Recruiting Blo… Georgia coach Mark Richt made a promise to Troup offensive lineman Chris Burnette: If you’re the valedictorian, then I’ll be at your graduation to hear your speech. “[Richt] said he was proud of me, and if it happens, he’ll be there,” Burnette said. “I was honored he said that to me, especially with all the [coaching responsibilities] he has.” “That would cool to have [Richt] at graduation. He is like a celebrity, and it would be a wild atmosphere with him there.” Burnette decided against enrolling early at Georgia so he could stay at Troup to compete for the No. 1 academic honor. Burnette has a 5.012 GPA and slight lead over two others in the valedictorian race. He has made straight A’s since kindergarten. “I was already very motivated, but [Richt saying that] gives me even more,” Burnette said "So I just went around to the offensive line and said, ‘Just give me some time, let’s just go down the field, just like we normally do. We need two scores. If we can’t score two times, we don’t deserve to wear G’s on our helmet.’" – Joe Cox, 2006 vs. Colorado [...]
chuck allison is a cross dresser. It has a male name and a female name. If you’re done with your advice, get back to serving wine spritzers in the Buckhead ‘alternative’ club.
[...] recruitment of Jonathan Davis, then you’ll know that Davis’s head coach has banned Spurrier or USC from recruiting any of his players ever again. Long story short, the Gamecocks had given Davis a scholly and so he turned down various offers [...]
These stupid simple rumors amaze me. It’s understandable for the QB position, but for a DB to pick another school because of another player at his position is silly to me. I would hope that there’s a lot more that goes into a decision.
Chris needs to check the rules for Valedictorian in the county. It is NOT based on grades, but on graduating Magna Cum Laude. It then goes to the student who has the highest SAT. Many students have had the highest weighted GPA, graduated no. 1 academically and not named Valedictorian. Good luck on the SAT.
Chris, I am glad you chose UGA for your college education. The college experience is a lot like life: you get out of it what you put into it. Plan your academic program out and work your plan. Pick a career that you will enjoy and you will prosper. Perhaps you will play in the NFL and get rich one day. I hope so. But always be mindful that only a small percentage of great college players have NFL careers, so plan those academics for law, accounting, education, medicine, pharmacy, theology, or whatever you feel would provide you with the opportunity to have a great life.
[...] Coach Richt again proved how great a human being he is by promising Burnette if he wins Valedictorian he will agree to attend his graduation to hear Burnette deliver the valedictory address. [...]
Hey Chris, Super Cool –putting your EDUCATION before football….NOT LIKE SOME OF THE SUPER BASKETBALL PLAYERS,THAT READERS ENCOURAGE TO PLAY 1 YEAR OF COLLEGE , AND THEN TURN PRO….. ONE QUESTION FOR THESE PEOPLE WHAT YOU GONNA DO AFTER SPORTS? DUH!!!!!!!
It want be a contest, when the kid see’s UGA, and there stadium, it will be like de-commiting from your old college chevy, to your first beamer, after you landed that new job with all the benefits
Just can’t understand all the crowing over winning by 3 points. Especially after being owned for so many years in a row. How about a big win or maybe more than one in a row and then stick your chest out.
Lets ponder his options here….
Option 1) Go to a school who runs the boring Option Offense and never touch the ball your college career due to a lousy two star “run only” QB, play in front of measly 35,000 silent nerds at the “never sold out” Bobby Dodd, play a grueling ACC schedule and have your biggest game aired on RAY COM sports, and at the end of your Tech career maybe have a shot to play in the XFL(if they ever make a come back).
Option 2)Go to a school that has 4 quarterbacks with great accuracy(4th being Logan Grey who could have his jersey retired at Tech), an offense that throws the ball over 50% of the time, consistently in the Top 10, has more of their practices aired on ESPN than Tech does football games, and puts more male cheerleaders in the NFL than Tech football.
Hmmmmm. If i was a 6″4 wide out that thinks I have a shot at playing on Sundays, I think the decision is pretty clear.
Athens Bound your right…your extremely right we haven’t had a 5 star recruit in jeez 10 years probably if I had to guess….BUT THATS RIGHT…we beat you with the 3-4 star recruits…I mean do I wish we could get the 5 stars of course I do BUT we can’t recruit the retarded kids and let them major in Grass Managment, and give them tests that says what does it mean when you go out of bounds (that was one of the questions of the basketball players when Georgia got in trouble FYI)..I guess having those 5 star mentally handicapped kids means absolutely nothing in the end!!
Go Jackets
Minnesota Jacket
Just remember you ended the season in the Chicken Bowl. 38-3 Everything else is unimportant. You guys are like locust or comets, ya show up every 7 years and make a flash then ya go away. 38-3
I am a UGA fan but it bothers me to see Dawg fans brag over another school beating Tech. Also, it is true Tech has not had a 5 star player in years (maybe Calvin Johnson). That makes it even more unbareable to get beat by Tech. They did it with no 5 star players.
Tech’s problem, with their offense, will be winning bowl games when teams have a month to prepare for the option. If they don’t pass more they will have a difficult time getting any WR’s although it looks like they do have Hill. We will see if he will be the next CJ. I hope he is a good blocker.
How many 5 star recruits does UGA sign and enroll every year? If my memory serves, it’s about 1 every 2 years. UGA’s recuriting “success” (as deemed by recruiting experts) is that they sign and enroll “solid” classes that are full of 3 and 4 star student athletes that fill their positions of need. So tell me, is there a correlation between UGA’s recuiting and their 9.8 wins a year vs. GT’s recuiting and their 7.8 wins a year for the last decade?
Knowfan,
Techs problem will be getting invited to Bowl game at all. After their showing this year, a Bowl invite will be hard to get unless they get an automatic bid. 38-3
Can’t wait to face UGA this year, I always love facing the most overrated coach of all time in Mark Richt. They will suck next year without Stafford and Moreno especially cause they weren’t even good this year! 49-10
LSU fan, if you were a real fan you should know how hugely LSU underperformed all year. LSU had the talent of a National Champ team but had a horrible QB and a defense that started to implode near the end of the season (in part because the QB kept turning the ball over). I wouldn’t be surprised if LSU wins the SEC West next season. The CFB is similar to what I’d expect if GT player Florida or USC or Texas. Even the most die-hard GT fan will say they aren’t at that level.
Michael, This is poor journalism, when you leave out guys like Bobby Massie, and Orson Charles. Be on point when you write about football in the south, after all this is SEC country, and every now and then show the ACC a little love. Most of these guys are the Dawgs easy picking,but don’t be surprised with JONES, A LIFE LONG GATOR FAN, the chance for people in your home state to always remember you, and family to see you will take top priorrity over everything else.
I watched him once, so I’m not sure I’ve got a complete picture. But my impression is that the guy “plays with good length” as the basketball coaches like to say. He doesn’t have the body development to play down low consistently, but he’s a very complete player when facing the basket. Guys with that height and quickness who can shoot the ball and pass are always deadly in college because they’re so tough to guard (will he drive? Pull up for the jumper? Give it up?) He’ll be a contributor as a freshman and be one and done.
Big Mike: Fair question. I left Massie out because he hadn’t shown up in Athens, as of noon Saturday and is rumored to be Bama-bound. Charles? He’s not picking until mid-February … or even March. This contest ends Feb. 4. What are your picks? List ‘em. Thanks!
Reid – UGA
Brown – Tennessee (but want him at UGA bad)
Starling – UGA
Myles – Alabama
Jones – Florida
Charles – UGA
Massie – Alabama (wanted him bad too)
Reid: University of Georgia (UGA)
Jones: University of Southern California (USC)
Myles: University of Alabama (UA)
Brown: University of Georgia (UGA)
Starling: University of Georgia (UGA)
Consulation Picks
Massie: University of Mississippi (Ole Miss)
Charles: University of Georgia (UGA)
REID: FSU
JONES: LSU
MYLES: LSU
BROWN: UT
STARLING: FSU
Why do any of them want to play for UGA? You only win an SEC Championship every now and then? You go to the LSU, FSU, and the UTs to win National Championships. You don’t go to UGA to win a National Title.
REID: FSU JONES: USC MYLES: LSU BROWN: UGA STARLING: FSU
LSU- You’re an idiot. Georgia has the most wins in the SEC the past decade. LSU is a great program but had great luck in the 2 years where MNC’s were won. You lose 2 games and win a NC while Auburn can go undefeated and not even get a shot. Count your blessings and quit making stupid comments.
Reid will sign Bulldogs because of number 24…
Jones go to Florida because of ugly Gators…
Myles go to Alabama because of fat elephants..
Brown will sign Bulldogs because of Massaquoi’s gone to replace…
Starling go to Florida State because of more dancing wolves…
Chris, I’m a junior in high school and I play football and I find my self struggling to keep a 3.5 gpa. I don’t understand how you do it. I’m glad that you decided to become a dawg and I look forward to seeing you play in the future. CONGRATS and goodluck man. GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!
a recruit will never be bigger then this university…tucker high isn’t the only good high school with good football in georgia and atl…we have a new db coach who has a house in atl and he is already in atl recruiting….good luck to davis..we were davis best offer..there is a reason georgia didn’t want him..in the end our db coach who offered davis without spurriers permission is at lsu now and we have a great one who will do things the right way…. ….GOOO COCKS!!!
good luck to farms but even if he goes to nc or auburn he is going to be on the losing end to my gamecocks…so farms get ready b/c u going to get spured and go home a loser…remember u come here to columbia in 2010 if u go to nc and u will go back to chapel hill on the losing end…GOOO COCKS!!1
they all are going to GaTech to play with the greatest QB in college football Nesbitt and the legendary Paul Johnson in the greatest High School stadium in the country.
LSU fan that is the most off the wall thing i have read in quite some time…Tech wont get a bowl bid unless its automatic….based on one game last year…then how in the world did Vandy get a bowl bid they couldnt even make one last year….People like you is whats ruining College Football
They play football at South Carolina? or UNC? nice. that is news to me. As to UNC being loaded? are we referring to blood alcohol content? Certainly not football talent! ha.
come down to TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY,where he knows he will get an education.Football only last until the next down,so have that MIND conditioned to live a grand old life! Gamecockboy you said 2010 what about 2009? Does he have the grades to jump in and compete,or is he JC material?
Anyone that commits, then de-commits, then sets up an official visit with a third school (UCF), then cancels the visit with that school obviously has some issues. I would be wary of signing this kid regardless of how many stars he has on Rivals.
**Michael** – Any information on Kwame Geathers? I’m thinking this guy may just be one of the most underrated and overlooked recruits in this years class. Word is he has standing offers from UGA, FSU, USCe, and Tenn. Also he just visited UCF this past week where his cousin apparently hosted him and tried to convince him to go to Orlando.
Signing day isn’t till Wednesday and he is free to chose whoever he wants for whatever reason he wants. Whereever he does go, he is going to have to work his butt off waking up at 5am to lift weights and run before going to class. I say good luck to you Johnnie Farms and don’t take any lip from a redonkulous sportswriter. I am a SEC fan but Farms is actually correct, UNC DOES have an excellent academic reputation…the only school in the SEC that is better is Vandy. It takes a lot of courage for a 18 year old kid to stick to his guns and tell that to Steve Spurrier….and what would you reccomend your 18 year old son base his decision on?
Tech and UGA usually don’t go after the same recruits. Academics and behaviour standards are considerably higher at Tech. We put education and citizenship ahead of just being another football factory. But, if you are not a good student and/or you have a criminal record, then UGA is the place to go. Why get stressed over studying when you can just go to UGA and party for four years?
Preseason #1 = A bunch of band wagon recruits, when you lose 3 games (one being your in-state rival). Those recruits keep their pledge as a recruit, but look elsewhere. Georgia became greedy to, only handing out scholies to top flight candidates, who have no love for UGA. Hence, we have Michael Bowman and other recruits going elsewhere. When UGA does not fulfill its hype, can’t reel in the top National talent, UGA makes a last minute run at the states remaining top talent and are left in the dust.
Go after the talent that wants to play at UGA. If a kid has not decided until signing day, you are left holding a bag, holes on the field. When Richt was meeting needs last year, he should have done that this year. Lack of depth = exploited weaknesses = 4 to 5 losses.
If he goes to SC, the most he can hope for is MAYBE an 8 win season (they only have five in their 116 year football history). The best the Gamecocks have ever achieved is mediocre. Good luck to Farms, wherever he goes.
Right Deb, WHO REALLY CARES! My first impression is that he has NO honor, changing commitments like changing the oil in your car. I wouldn’t touch him… Sounds like he has an ego problem. I could be wrong and I really hope I am wrong, but when you give your word, that should be your word! The fact that he is a kid is NO EXCUSE for your word meaning nothing!
When will these kids who play games with these colleges realize that life does not revolve around them? The sad part is many of these kids do not learn the world does not revolve around them until it is too late. that is when their eligibility is used up and then they have nothing such as in no degree and no job. I realize it goes both ways yet maybe if kids actually stuck to their decisions the recruiters would not resort to the tactics they do.
He;s doing what most adults do when they look for a job. keep scouting for the best deal, the best opportunity based on his criteria, not people who never met the young man. And for those of you who think he is playing the sdhools- Alabama seems to have played him a bit too. Everyone is looking for the best match. Just because he is younf and full of promise and opportunity, dont bash him. The comment about his grades is quite perplexing, as I doubt that person is privy to his graqdes, test scores, or other criteria used in assessing scholastic aptitude. Every just think if you had 10 employers or 10 law schools vying for your talents and they all had the same deicion date, wouldnt you seek out the best opportunity? I wish him well,
Michael – I think it is obvious. Johnnie has someone close to him (family or friend) that is trying to influence him to North Carolina. I’ve heard one particular recruiting analyst that has followed the situation (and has talked to Johnnie several times) say that several times. UNC may be the right school for him. I am not suggesting that at all. What I am saying is that I think you are seeing the evidence that he isn’t sure what he wants to do- but whoever is close him is sure.
sorry- meant to say UNC may be the righ school for him – I am not suggesting otherwise. But so far he isn’t sure- and someone close to him is trying to push him hard in that direction.
Tech does put more emphasis on academics and we’re proud of it. Look at our pharmacy program. Reuben Houston was a proud grad. It also takes many accounting courses to be able to add up all of that dope. So c’mon, 35,000 screaming fans await you! (Unless there’s a Star Trek marathon, then, c’mon, I mean, you know …)
It may have been handled poorly but I give a little more lee-way when a coach that was supposedly asked to start looking around for a new job decides to offer a kid on his own. I do think that it should have been handled the next day or 2 not a week or 2 later.
Columbia and Spurrier have so much in common both well past their prime.. Spurrier without Gator recruiting is average at best.. Columbia is the ugliest College town in the South.. UNC or Auburn will be a much better choice for the kid.. As a fan I hope he goes to an SEC school.. Also Clemson owns Columbia
He is going to choose the team that he can get on the field as soon as possible. Think he will play with Demps at FSU. But who knows. After reading that he already told several of his good friends who just happen to be UGA prospects that he’s coming to join them in Athens, well that sounds pretty convincing too. So, i just wish him luck where ever he goes.
Hope he chooses UGA but wherever he goes I wish him well. UGA has some great recruits committed and Greg would be an outstanding addition. He and Branden would be the best in the nation as a pair of cover corners. Now if the Tech and Gator trash talkers will just stay off this blog it will be a great day.
[...] What will Greg Reid do? The state awaits Tuesday night What will Greg Reid do on Tuesday night? Reid, the AJC’s Player of the Year, will choose between Alabama, Florida State and Georgia between 6-8 p.m. Love him or hate him, Reid is nothing short of greatness on the football field. He is considered the rarest of prospects, someone who has the potential to improve a college team’s football fortunes from the very moment he arrives on campus. [...]
I think Reid will have trouble qualifying academically to play anywhere this year. He will probably choose FSU in the long run..they are not as deep and when he does get in school he will be able to play sooner.
Disgrunted: Learn to spell. Find another program for which to be a **fan**. I think the kid out of Monticello will be a great, five-star steal. Class valedictorian; 5.88 GPA; volunteers for Boys Club, Red Cross, Literacy Action, and Meals on Wheels. Wants to double-major in biology-chemistry. He’s visited Stanford, Vandy, Duke, MIT; and last week UGA. He says he’s, “…leaning toward UGA because they lead the country on Rhodes Scholars…and research opportunities…”
I don’t care where Farms goes. He can go to Auburn and play for a coach named something like “Cheezit,” or N. Carolina who lost to a S.Carolina team that played only one half of football with a backup QB. And, at UNC he will second fiddle to the Bball team and wear powderpuff blue. That’ll be cute, although they have mixed in dark blue to look more like Duke now.
I know this kid well. He is a straight A student and is well qualified. He is just a kid having to deal with adults who are filling his head with promises. Keep an eye on him, you just might see him playing on Sundays. He is that good!
I met him and talked with him Saturday night during his official visit to Athens. He told me that he would be playing for UGA and he had told the coaches that night.
I think this guy will be in a Georgia uniform next year if he qualifies. He has already been told that the jersey number 24 will be his when he gets here and the chance to stick it to Florida for at least three years will be very inticing. Can you imiagine he and Branden Smith lock down corners at Georgia for at least three years. They also do ther things like return kicks, something Georgia needs badly.
Yeh…even after you finally had some good teams (since 1990…and starting your string of victories, you’re still behind in the OVERALL Series (and in SEC AND National Titles)….WOW….need I say more…
and if a history lesson of our program is what you need, I would be more than happy to provide that for you!!!!
We will probably be having this dicussion again next year after he preps. Hopefully, for his sake, he will still be a “can’t miss” recruit. 15 minutes could be up for a 5′8″ corner.
Reid – FSU
Jones – USC
MYLES – Alabama
Brown – Tennesee
Starling – FSU
UGA fans are retarded. UGA will never win a national championship with willie martinez and mike bobo as coordinators. They both are horrible coaches and should be fired immediatly.
I visited and applied to several colleges when I was deciding where to go and I wasn’t playing football. He has to decide where he feels that he will be the most successful – academically, athletically, and socially. He is doing what all high school seniors should be doing.
FREE VICK!!!!!!!!!!!DID HE TORTURE AND KILL ANYTHANG????????GET OVER IT AND KEEP YOUR HOPES UP THAT VICK LIKE PLAYERS WILL EVER BE SUCCESSFUL PLAYING QUARTERBACK WINNING SUPERBOWLS!!!!!
He is going Florida State…he seems to like the publicity and why would he go to 1) Georgia who has Branden Smith already commited and 2) Alabama who pretty much has Dre Kirkpatrick? It makes sense that he would go to Florida State because it is closer to home and his teammate Gerald Demps is going to Florida State.
He has a chance to form one of the best corner tandems in the country with Brandon Smith. SEC footbal has more national exposure so it should be UGA or Bama. I would hope it would be UGA being a Georgia boy but best to him on whatever he does.
Actually funny about the Georgia thing, he didn’t like athens that much and narrowed it down to FSU and Bama after this past weekend. What will bring him to Tuscaloosa is the opportunity to play for Nick Saban as well as the chance to win a national championship. Dre Kirkpatrick and Greg Reid as the corners in two years sounds pretty unbelievable to me.
Does anybody know what the word COMMITMENT means anymore? I have heard there was a time when your word actually meant something. these guys can visit a hundred schools if they want to, heck I would, but once you commit, that should be it. If you want to wait till signing day thats fine, just don’t commit!
Greg Reid should end up a Valdosta State at least he might have the grades to get into that school. VSU is a power house in their division and he would proably fit in just perfectly. He will be close to all those loving Lowndes fans. I am just glad he graduating if it happens. No more hearing about him around the highschool games. Thank heaven for that and no more hearing is mouth.
I hope to see him at Georgia next year wearing number 24 but I wish him nothing but the best and if he does not pick Georgia I will still cheer Greg on!! Great player and will be missed at Lowndes.
going to bama to play for the best secondary coach in college football, and the opportunity to take javys place as kick returner. dre and greg will be nasty opposite eachother in the future.
Just read where he is projected to be a first round in the baseball draft. He is thinking about not playing football in college. He is in talks with Saban about playing both sports. Bowden will not let him, so he is probably going to play baseball and football at Bama, but if he cant, he is going into the draft.
Excellent player and wished he would have stayed a Gator. That said, not sure he will be playing anywhere other than Hargrave or similar. Distractions caused by his decommit and visits to other schools have most likely damaged his academic chances to qualify at UGA or FSU.
He is a DAWG all the way. I can’t blame him UGA is the best place any young man could play. Mark Richt will make a man out of Greg. I also think Greg likes the fact that Georgia put a ton of players in the NFL.
gt4ever, in case you haven’t noticed, GT runs the triple option and throws the ball 2 times a game. Covering is not the problem, now tackling, that’s a different story. Good luck to Reid wherever he goes. Just glad it ain’t UF.
What is so great about this guy? He is 5′8, doesn’t have top flight speed and has horrible grades and test scores. He backed out of his commitment to Florida because, in his own words, he wouldn’t have a chance to play early. So he is short, slow, stupid, and not good enough to get on the field at Florida and Bama and UGA and falling all over themselves to get him? Let him go to FSU. He can excel in the ACC with the Criminoles.
I’m thinking tossup between FSU and UGA. Bama is too far away even though he had a great visit. Plus we are expected to get the number 1 corner in the nation in Dre Kirkpatrick so I would find it difficult to believe Reid would want to compete with Dre for playing time. Dre is the lockdown corner that we truly want and will probably get.
Brandon, Everyone has their share kids that turn out to be thugs. The ? is do you make exscuses for them and keep them around or do you get rid of them. We had 2 at Bama under Saban and he booted them the second they got charged. There was no waiting to see if they were innocent, no letting it go through the judicial system first, etc. Saban booted the thugs Jimmy and Jeremy the second he found out they were arrested. It aint gonna be tolerated under Saban.
It sounds like Reid has some character issues, & may have trouble staying eligible.
Then as a Tech fan, he should fit in very nicely at UGA, another thug to go get arrested. And he won’t have to worry about being eligible, they make sure that if he’s breathing he passes his classes whether he actually goes to them or not.
He would recieve a great education and have great coaches at any of the three schools. This kid is 18 though so he is going to go where it is most comfortable for him. That will be FSU were his cousin plays and is the closet to home. I wish though that he would pick Alabama though.
Thug??? What is a thug? Is a thug a young black male who is trying to make something for himself. If thats the case, then yes Alabama has been built of them, so to has FSU and UGA have all been built off them. 95% of the people who complain about the grades issue obviously doesnt understand the situation. If he was white with the same history and athletic ability even Harvard would be trying to find a way to get this kid in. I am teacher myself who unlike most of the people on this site actually went through the recruiting process and understand that the majority of high school students today have other things on their mind thier first two years in high school other than making good grades. Ive seen people critisize this kid for youthful transgressions that many high school students make. Look at the US poster child Micheal Phelps. He just got caught up in a drug photo. Not allegedly but he actually got photographed and you mean to tell me that colleges all over the country wouldnt be lined up right now to sign this kid to their university. Let Reid grow up or get to know him and understand his life before you critisize the decions that he has made in it. And for those who doubt his ability, I have seen film of every high school game he has played and believe me when I tell you that he can cover any guy in the country. I think he will end up at FSU. HE has the potential to be one of the best corners to ever play at Florida State. People say he is 5′8″ but look at Tony Carter. The lack of size didnt hurt his career at FSU and Reid has the potential to be better. If he comes to FSU, he will start as a freshman.
You think he is the end-all-be-all recruit yet Reid who has always loved the Gators is afraid to compete there. That tells me that he is not all that many of you think. yes he will be a great catch, but he doesn’t think he is good enough to be a Gator so that tells me a lot.
It is funny to me how Tech fans speak as if high profile players on their team are not granted the same leniency as other players ‘might’ receive at UGA or elsewhere. I mean, come on, that’s just silly.
I think Reid would excel as a player and an individual by just being around the players and coaches at UGA. Not to say BAMA and FSU, or even UF, are bad environments. But, considering his background, I think CMR along with the older players on the team would offer Reid great leadership.
He will be a Bulldog, Tallahassee is a dump, the stadium sucks and the academics are a joke unless you want to be a 5th grade teacher, Alabama is primarily comprised of dumb rednecks that got rejected at UGA, similiar to Tennessee.
All this hubbub over a little 5′8″ defensive back who got no press at all until a month ago.
Big deal. I don’t much care where he goes. He can’t cover a much taller receiver so I see him as limited value. Playing well in high school don’t mean squat in D1 ball.
Reid will avoid FSU. The NCAA will land on them with institutional control of their program. The worse black mark you can get. Players who have investigated this are not going to get involved in this mess for the next 2-3 yrs.
REID: Georgia (This one is not even in question. Break out #24).
JONES: (Unfortunately Florida probably wins here).
MYLES: LSU wins this one, but who really cares).
BROWN: Tennessee will bring out the big bucks to win this one over UGA.
STARLING: He will be headed to Athens to play with his cousin.
CHARLES: He’ll get his #7 and wear it in Athens.
MASSIE: Hopefully he’ll be the signing day surprise for UGA, but likely headed to BAMER.
HILL: This one is not on your list, but this Miller Grove three-sport star is headed to Athens not to rag-time Tech. What big-time receiver like Stephen Hill would want to go to Tech anyway where 10 passes a game is considered too much? Mark it down and don’t be surprised. I’ll go ahead and tell you so today, not Wednesday.
paddy, well your facts seem to be a little off there buddy…the ncaa will not put fsu on probation and that hasnt stopped us from having what looks to be a top ten recruiting class…dont make yourself sound stupid…do some research next time.
JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE SEEN GREG PLAY FOOTBALL SINCE HE WAS AT LOWNDES AND BY NO MEANS DOES HE ACTED LIKE A THUG. HE IS A YOUNG MAN WHO LOVES THE GAME OF FOOTBALL AND IS GREAT AT PLAYING THE GAME. SO YOU CALLING HIM A THUG IS WRONG.
GOOD LUCK REID!!! HOPE TO SEE U SATURDAY IN ATHENS!!!!!!
Really cool these FSU fans know what the NCAA will do to FSU even before the school or the NCAA rules committee knows. The only thing that could possibly keep FSU off probation is the seniority and respect of Bobby Bowden. They just don’t want the legendary Bowden to go out with his team on probation. Had some school like Nebraska, WVU, Virginia, etc.,committed the level of violations perpetrated by FSU they would already be on probation. Anyone that asserts to know what the NCAA will do is simply blowing smoke. The recent 3rd arrest of one of the FSU starters doesn’t help though. A starter with his 3rd arrest in 3 years and second DUI. Sounds like they run it pretty loose there.
thats funny, bama is nothing but dumb rednecks that didnt get into georgia…bama will sign six 5 stars tomorrow, and greg reid will be one of them. my friend talked to him last night, hes bama bound. georgia, on the other hand, will only sign one 5 star. so, is it that all these great players cant qualify to get into georgia so they are forced to play for nick saban in tuscaloosa? i dont really think so, obviously these players love what they see in alabama. the tide is on the rise, the bulldogs are sinking. mark richt will never will a national championship, saban already has.
anyone who doubts greg’s skills, please watch his film. he has the most impressive film at any position this year. greg reid is my number 1 target that we have remaining. he will be a great player, might even start next year. this kid has a special talent, and for anyone to say hes not good is just ignorant.
i love how all these people heve “talked” to him cuz ive read at least 5 people say that and they all say different stuff he is going to fsu to be the next deion sanders the swamp is the real dump doak is a great stadium
Trouble is brewing at FSU. As always. Another player kicked off the team today(preston parker). Things never change. Institutional control hangs over their heads WOW
I am wishing for Georgia or FSU, not Bama, so the Gators can kick is “arse” almost every year. Be a Gator, or be a “eatin by a Gator.” At least he want be standing on the sidelines watching if he signs with Georgia or FSU. It would take him three years to get on the field at Florida.
Mac…what the heck is wrong with being a 5th grade teacher? If someone had not been, you would not be earning a living right now, however meager than living might be. Being a Gator, and hating FSU football, I must say your comments about the stadium are beyond stupid. The Doak is a beautiful football stadium, and the FSU campus is equally beautiful. And, yes, FSU educates and puts out some of the best teachers in the country…and we cetainly need “best” teachers today with the highly disrespectful and “give it to me, I don’t want to earn it” type of kids coming into schools today.
you “adults” need to stop and think BEFORE you write. to call someone a “thug, stupid, short, slow, and not good enough to compete” shows just how idiotic some of you adults are.
FSU -aka- the “criminoles”- are having a bad spurt that normally bobby would have never let happen.
UGA spells dogs “DAWGS” so there goes that educational system.
then you have UF that says “greg isnt a man of his word”—thats funny coming from a school that hired a coach in the middle of his contract after having promised the kids at utah he would be there. guess we know what meyers “word” is good for then huh? to claim that the gators were the “only school to recruit him the last 2 years was absurd— just like a purty engaged bride thats not married yet—just cause she isnt being pursued in public doesnt mean she isnt wanted by someone else- just means theyre waiting in the shadows.
attack a school people, not a young man trying to make a important life decision. seems they are some true “haters” (using that word make me a thug also?) out there.
The site for the streaming radio broadcast is apparently swarmed with listeners and can’t be accessed anymore. As soon as someone knows what Reid decides, please post it on here
Wally- Does that include UF’s record against UGA in the 70’s and 80’s? I am pretty sure before UF’s current run of 16-3, UGA was 15-5 over the previous 20 year span. Don’t see how that was dominant by anybody but UGA. Why don’t you ask SOS how good they played us before he took over as the head coach? I am sure that ‘66 loss still stings a bit. Look, you have been dominant since the early 90’s. I admit it, just like any of the other UGA fans I discuss football with on a daily basis. Just enjoy your program, which I believe is one of the best in the country, and let us try an build ours to the same level so we can enjoy the game each and every year.
As far as Reid is concerned, good luck with whatever your decision is. Whether it is the Dawgs, FSU, or Alabama, I certainly wish you the best.
Florida owns the FL/UGA Series since 1940. But UGA dominated in the 20’s and 30’s but who really cares. The Gators own the Dogs.
Wally Butts, the Gaytors have dominated the Dawgs but not since the 40’s. Get your facts straight. We dominated since we started playing y’all through the 80’s. Have y’all beaten us since then. Yes, a lot. Just get your story right.
Georgia Tradition? What tradition? One national title in school history…and that took the greatest running back in history. Georgia is always good….always above average. But quit bragging about tradition when you win 1 national title and an sec title every 20+ years.
Tony, Tell you what….take your 3 national titles, add it to georgia’s 1 national title … then multiply by 3 and you will have Alabama’s National Titles. Roll Tide! Looks like it will be Florida-Alabama in about 8 of the next 10 SEC championships…just as it used to be when the SEC started the title game. Tigers and Dawgs won’t know what to do.
Hey Tony,….. get outta here. And go to a Gaytor chatroom and smell Teblows jockstrap. But remember the name Aaron Murray. You will hear it alot in the near future.
Hey Toni…a little hint for you…all national championships are “made up”. But, why quibble? Let’s see what the NCAA’s site has to say on the matter shall we? I count 17…sure not all of them are “legit”…but then NONE of them really are. Funny I don’t see Florida on there much…made up or otherwise.
Yeah when Aaron Murray gets his ass kicked by the Gators year end and year out. Richt couldn’t coach flag football. Urban hates UGAY and who doesn’t, and he’s 100 times better than that fake coach you got. Richt’s been at UGAY almost 10 years, and still is a choke artist.
Why does Athens have so many gay bars? BECAUSE ATHENS SUCKS!!!!
“WHOA, you sure told me” Your mom help you with that one? You should’ve sad something like: Why do all the tree’s in Georgia lean to the south?…Cause Florida SUCKS…….Dumba$$
Can’t blame Reid. Would you want to waste your eligibility playing for CWM? Reid would rather play for the Senile Seminole than that incompetent bastard Martinez.
When CWM fails he blames his players. Poor CWM can still trot out that lame excuse next year. Dogs can’t close. They start fast but never get the last minute coup. UGA will have unused scholarships this year. Which is pretty damn sad.
Not sure Reid will qualify but that doesn’t mean we didn’t want/need him. Look for the dawgs to go 0-for tomorrow on undecideds.
So you play for Florida, huh? If not, stfu dude. YOU have not won anything. You live vicariously through 20 year old boys and have a man-crush on your QB. You have as much class as your coach. Go to bed little guy.
Agree with Truth. Anybody who saw us play D this year wouldn’t want any part of CWM. Also agree that the dogs wiff big tomorrow. Dawg news has been an uninterrupted string of bad news lately (trying to live of the Cap 1 bowl win is getting a bit sad).
Why would anyone in their right mind pick FSU? They are quickly becoming irrelevant as a program and Bowden should’ve been gone a long time ago. How many 10 win seasons for FSU since 2001….that would be 1. In the ACC no less. How many 10 win seasons for Georgia since ‘01…6. I can understand choosing Alabama or even Florida over Georgia, but why go to a washed up, soon to be sanctioned program?
that o for tomorrow doesn’t sound promising but I will admit I thought Reid was the kickoff to good things and now it looks the opposite. I guess having a few un used schollys will help some walkons that will never make the field.
As I predicted, UGA is going in the tank on signing day…kids who don’t commit early, more than likely are not coming. If you like a school you don’t wait to the last minute.
reid to fsu baby great choice good luck in the future and everybody on here downgrading this young man get a life he’s 18 yrs old u should b happy for him no matter where he attends college
Richt needs this class to be a big one and a class that produces something on the field. Not just highly rated coming in, no titles while at UGA and then on to the NFL. What happens to all the high level recruits while they are at Georgia?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHY CANT RICHT COACH THEM Up?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey SOS send over one of those kickoff guys if you don’t mind since Bama sure could use one. Anyway, I think you guys do pretty good tomorrow. At the end of the day if you’re Top 10 it’s never anything to sneeze at.
YES!!! We needed to bulk up on our secondary depth and this is a heck of a way to do it. UGA and Bama fans: Hope there’s no hard feelings and I wish both of you the best of luck this next season.
And to the annoying Gaytor: there’s this other blogster on a nole blog I always go to that has the same dispicible excuse for a life that he has to go bash teams on other blogs. I truly do fell sorry for you. Maybe you and this other guy can hook up and fantasize about Tim Tebow together. All the best, loser.
I wish you all the best. Please let your haters be motivators. All successful people have had great things said about them and not so great things said. But just remember who YOU are!!!! You are a winner and no can take that away from you!!
Much Love!!!!
Florida State was a great choice for him because Valdosta, Georgia is not that far from Tallahassee, Florida so he probably wanted to be close to home so his family can visit him.
Reid- UGA, he doesn’t want to be in Fla.
Jones- he wants out of Ga, i see him at a good defensive school such as LSU, or USC.
Myles- My brother plays for carver, and Darren misses his hometown school LSU, but i do see UGA in the pic doe since his dad has coached many bulldogs at douglass high
Brown- Stafford gone he’s gone UT
Starling- He’s going to UGA with his cousin
A 5′ 8″ DB being great in college? Call me a skeptic, but… actually no. It simply is not going to happen. A RB, maybe. But not a DB. He’ll be a great roleplayer, and we’ll completely forget who he was a few years from now.
All you people on here calling Greg a thug and dumb and all those other terrible things need to get a life. None of you even know him because if you did, you wouldn’t be saying those things. Instead of encouraging our youth, you are on this blog with all of your negativity. All of us have done somethings in our younger days that we wish we hadn’t, so he who is without sin, cast the first stone. Greg Reid is a fine young man and an outstanding athlete. Don’t let the 5′8″ fool you. Just ask some of the 6′5″ and above receivers he’s intercepted or broken up passes from. I don’t know who your #1 cornerback is, but where was he during the ESPN Under Armour game when Greg Reid won MVP? So if you don’t have anything encouraging to say, don’t say anything. You don’t know anything about his grades or anything else, so stay off of this blog with your hatred!!!
Previous Georgia 5-star Recruits:
AJ Green (2008)
Richard Samuel (2008)
Rashad Jones (2006)
Matthew Stafford (2006)
Brandon Miller (2004)
Kregg Lumpkin (2003)
Paul Oliver (2003)
Marquis Elmore (2002)
Previous Georgia Tech 5-star Recruits:
Well that was a short list. Let’s try 4-star:
Omoregie Uzzi (2008)
Derrick Morgan (2007)
Morgan Burnett (2007)
Jonathan Dwyer (2007)
Nick Claytor (2007)
D.J. Donley (2007)
Josh Nesbitt (2007)
Jason Peters (2007)
Steven Threet (2007)
Jamaal Evans (2006)
Calvin Johnson (2004)
Rashaun Grant (2003)
Kenny Scott (2003)
George Cooper (2002)
Ajenavi Eziemfe (2002)
Since 2002, Georgia has had half as many 5 star recruits as Tech has had 4 star. If you take away the 2007 aberration, Georgia is pulling as many 5 stars as Tech is 4 stars. In 2007, when Tech got lucky under old Coach what’s-his-name, Georgia had 12 4 stars. The recruiting just doesn’t compare. Tech gets 14 4 star recruits in 6 years. Georgia gets 12 per season.
And let’s not forget the overwhelming recruiting success of 2003 named Reggie Ball.
No problem with Johnson’s approach. Recruits just have to remember to make Tech their 5th visit. Otherwise, if it is their first visit and they get an offer, it is take it or leave it with no other visits allowed. Not a problem if the recruit knows Tech is where he wants to be. However if he wants to visit any other schools before deciding, he better do it before going to Tech. Hard ball and fair goes both ways!
Obviously SEC Fan, like many of his conference brethren, struggles with reading comprehension. Offers from Tech aren’t “take or leave it,” but rather “don’t take it unless you mean it.” Coach Johnson actually encourages recruits to visit as many schools as they want and to gather as much information as they can about prospective schools, even after they visit Tech. He just doesn’t want them to accept an offer unless they are absolutely sure of where they want to go. Aycock knew this going in, but still made a commitment to Johnson and Tech. If Aycock had interest in Auburn or any other school, he should not have committed to Tech.
I, for one, find this approach refreshing and think that if more coaches adopted it, the current muddy world of commitments, soft verbals, contingency offers, etc. would be radically changed. This not only benefits the schools and coaches as they plan how to use their limited number of scholarships, but also the prospective student-athletes as it simplifies the whole process.
I, for one, find this approach refreshing and think that if more coaches adopted it, the current muddy world of commitments, soft verbals, contingency offers, etc. would be radically changed. This not only benefits the schools and coaches as they plan how to use their limited number of scholarships, but also the prospective student-athletes as it simplifies the whole process.
February 3rd, 2009
8:47 am
I don’t care where Farms goes. He can go to Auburn and play for a coach named something like “Cheezit,” or N. Carolina who lost to a S.Carolina team that played only one half of football with a backup QB. And, at UNC he will second fiddle to the Bball team and wear powderpuff blue. That’ll be cute, although they have mixed in dark blue to look more like Duke now.
Well, Cock and Bull, you’re named appropiately. The last time South Carolina played North Carolina was in 2008 and they had no quarterback problem. The SEC officials in the first five minutes of the game gave South Carolina a touchdown and stole a touchdown from UNC. I said during the game, after the game and ever since the game that if it were my decision no SEC official would set foot on Kenan Stadium soil again. South Carolina won by seven. Spurrier cried about how lousy his team played after that game. Your record against UNC is 34-17-4. You’ve lost two for every one you’ve won, and that’s all you’ve got to brag about.
South Carolina is the graveyard of coaches. So far, Frank McGuire is the only coach to win at a National Championship caliber level there and he couldn’t do it after you pulled out of the ACC because of the ACC’s rule that an athelete had to score 800 on the SAT and Paul Dietzel couldn’t find players that intelligent that would go to South Carolina. An 800 score means you can spell your name and usually find the classroom unassisted.
South Carolina ended the coaching careers of some very good coaches. Hall of Famer McGuire, Eddie Fogler, Paul Deitzel, Dave Odom and Lou Holtz. It remains to be seen if Spurrier will survive. If he doesn’t it’ll be fitting since a friend of mine who went to Science Hill High in Johnson City Tennessee with him told me that he was, let’s say, a jerk (he used an A word) then too.
As for “Carolina Blue”, you’d be hard pressed to find any college ball fan in the country that doesn’t recognize it. You’d be just as hard pressed to find anyone outside of the southeast who has a clue what South Carolina’s colors are. That would be because South Carolina’s athletic program is just as pathetic as it’s academics.
I was Chris’s offensive line coach his sophomore and junior years. He is the real deal in every way. In Academics, as a Christian, and as a football player. I am very proud of him.
WoW yall people crazy and some stupid people that talk bad about my brother half of yall mad because yall sons cant play as well as my brother. He has the grades so that can be cut Urban Meyer called my house and told my brother himself that he was accepted but he wanted to start his freshman year so thats why he went to fsu even though im a 100% gator. And yeah you really need to watch his games stupid he only 5′8 and you cant name 1 person that caught a ball over him so just sit back and relax and watch my brother make his millions while im right behind him……oh and i like the comment mrs.henry lol
most of the stupid people talkin bad about my friend GREG REID are hating on a a young man who worked hard 2 get where he is and half of the people ain’t nuthin compared 2 G.REID and probably most of the people can’t even play as hard as him and he’s smart enough 2 be going 2 FSU while dumb azz people home makin stupid comments and he’s on the way 2 millions
OMG!!!!..i mean ppl really need to stop hatting on G.Reid…Atleast he is doing something with his life..Greg is a good person and im happy that he has this opportunity to go to college and make something of his life..my advise to him would be not to worry abt the bs ppl r talking bc at the end of the day G.Reid is still going to be G.Reid..
Yall are lame!! Sometimes its not about what you know, Its who you know!!! If you have a Talent then use it. In which greg is using his football skills, and you are using yours. Maybe we think you are ignorant! Does not matter. Greg is going follow his dreams like you have followed yours! Most of you all are jealous because he is doing something with his life! Young people have dreams and WE ARE THE FUTURE!!
Michael,
You and the other AJC writers did a great job of coverage on signing day. Thanks for all the time and effort you guys put into it.
Any idea when Charles and Geathers will be making a decision? Either or both sure would top off a great class. Tks.
Funny how Aycock considered Auburn and got his offer pulled, while Stephen Hill flat out said “I may sign with Georgia” and kept his. I guess everybody at Tech gets treated equally, but some get treated more equally than others.
I shook your hand you shook mine. Thats how is used to be and how it should be now. Do you think Alvin York would have gotten on that plane to Auburn? I do not think so.
February 3rd, 2009
3:22 pm
He will be a Bulldog, Tallahassee is a dump, the stadium sucks and the academics are a joke unless you want to be a 5th grade teacher, Alabama is primarily comprised of dumb rednecks that got rejected at UGA, similiar to Tennessee.”
You’re a dope. Doak is way better than lame-o Sanford Stadium. And Tally is more enticing to a recruit that whitebread, cookie-cutter Athens.
Alabama and Tennessee are really going at it for 2010 commits in the state of Tenn.. UCLA and USC are also really after it and getting commits in Cal.. Fla. working hard in Fla along with some other states. Several big schools looking at Ga recruits but apparently no offers yet from UGA. Since UGA seems to do a good job of hanging on to a recruit once they commit, seems they need to get on it with some of the highly rated Ga kids. Then again, Richt has proven he certainly knows what he is doing as far as getting good recruits. Would like to see UGA and Tech lock up the Ga kids though.
I’m looking at the list of Georgia’s latest catch of 5-star recruiting talent and already thinking of the missed tackles, penalties and boned-headed mistakes we get to endure over the next four years from these guys.
Big time players play at big time schools, Tech’s not an elite program, and most kids grow up wanting to play for UGA in this state. In case y’all missed it in the last few years, Coach Richt has just one loss against this new found GT. Don’t count on number two coming no time soon.
Alec Ogletree will be the best player in the state. His twin brother Zander will be one of the most underrated players and will turnout like Rennie Curran. Alec has the size, the talent, and all of the intangibles. Zander has all but the size but plays with more heart than anybody on the field and can cover the whole field resembling Rennie Curran
SEC Fan: Because Kiffin has said so many controversial things in such a short amount of time, it makes him seem like he has been at Tennessee a lot longer than two months. For Kiffin, recruiting Geathers has nothing to do with Tennessee. It’s all about finishing out UT’s 2009 class.
Mr Carvell**
Off the subject, it looks like Kwame Geathers will announce his decision today between Tennessee and UCF. Is there any confirmation whether he has an offer on the table from UGA?
Note: Tennessee has reported itself for three recruiting violations involving Kiffin. I’m sure he didn’t plan for that to happen. However, please keep in mind these are “secondary” violations, and are unlikely to result in any punishment from the NCAA and SEC, according to the Knoxville News. It appears he’ll still be able to recruit Bryce Brown, who is ranked as the nation’s No. 1 prospect by Rivals. Bottom line: While the latest violation doesn’t help Kiffin, it doesn’t necessarily hurt him either. Due to the violation, Kiffin maintains his stranglehold on being one of most popular topics in sports. Bad publicity, but still publicity.
The day after Kiffin claimed that Tennessee would not lose another recruit out of Memphis, a top WR prospect from Memphis for the class of 2010 gave his verbal commitment to Alabama.
The ONLY last laugh this IMBECILE will get is when he shows up with his wife at an event. The guy is 5-15 and was fired by a guy who wears lingerie. He felt the need to bring along an early onset dementia guy and another stooge who probably wants to twists recruits’ nipple rings. He is a disaster–except fot that wife!!! AND even there lane had the brains to go to the University of Florida to find her. No inbred Tennessee women for Lane.
I totally agree. This kid is very smart! Football is all about being cocky, arrogant and be willing to back up your brags. He got a late start at a school whose past glory has been tainted by the image of Fulmer. He’s got a hard row to hoe and he’s taking it head on. My guess is that when he’s through with the Tennessee football teams practice sessions – they will play smash mouth football with an air of controlled arrogance. All the negative comments from the press is because of the great fear of the other schools that will some day be in jeopardy of his recruiting and football strategy. And as you say in the words of the greatest american showman – “All publicity is good publicity when it comes to show business”(hope I’m close to the actual quote).
This guy had better deliver on the field, or he is going to make Fulmer’s firing look even more embarrassing for UT. It’s bad enough they run off a legend after only his second losing season. Now they replace him with a motor mouth, FIRST TIME head coach in the most humbling conference in the nation. On top of that, UT makes him and his staff the highest paid in college football before he even has his first head coaching win!!! LOL
The problem with running your mouth is, at some point, you have to back it up ON THE FIELD. Sure a few recruits are going to know his name. Marlon Brown got a visit from Kiffin within 24 hours of his hire. Is Marlon Brown in a UT uniform? No…UGA. The top WR out of Memphis for 2010? Verbal commit to the Tide. Kiffin has done nothing more than make a tough assignment a lot tougher.
I’m not buying it. Kiffin is taking pot-shots at coaches who are significantly smarter and more experienced. As far as Mack Brown, he will go somewhere that he feels he can be successful. Any hype or buzz going on today will not reflect where these kids will sign a year from now. Typical that UT fans would think they are all of a sudden going to derail Mark Richt and UGA football, especially in Georgia where UGA football is the winninget football program in the SEC the past ten seasons. Florida on the other hand will OWN UT for years until FSU and Miami start to win big again and sign a larger saher of top in-State players…something they aren’t doing. Whether Mack Brown goes to UT or elsewhere, it isn’t going to hurt UGA one bit. UT had very little glory before Fulmer, so where is that statement coming from?! Anytime UT had had success, it’s been when Bama and UGA were down. Now that’s not the case. Also, no new SEC coach in the past 50+ years who replaced a legend has been successful. Not one.
Chuck Uga must be 8 years old… google college football history and who might be surprised to learn that Tennessee is one of the winningest and most accomplished college football programs of all time. You see, Chuck, college football didn’t start when Jim Donnan was fired.
Why don’t we all just wait to see what Lane Kiffin is able to do at Tennessee. So far, he has banned the Tennessee players from wearing ear rings, ball caps, and ipods to class. That’s a hugh step forward.
I don’t think other SEC schools’ responses to Lane Violation (formerly known as Lame Kitten) indicate fear or worry that UT will suddenly become a powerhouse. IF (and that’s a big IF) Kiffin is successful at Tennessee, it will take him a couple years to get there…and in the process, the bulls-eye on his back will continue to grow as he takes shot at rival schools.
And to set the record straights for all you UT fans…Meyer did not go crying to Jeremy Foley about Kiffin’s remarks. Meyer was at his ailing father’s home in Ohio…Foley brought this to the attention of Mike Slive and things went from there.
Anyone who thinks that Kiffin’s screw-ups are part of some grand strategy is either a delusional Vol fan or just trying to spark conversation. Kiffin is a clown, and fans of every other team in the league are laughing at UT for hiring him. He can’t even keep the best players in Tennessee, the best two of whom signed with Georgia. I give him four years max. That’s about all the 7-5 seasons they can handle up on Rocky Top. And Urban Meyer’s boys will beat him by 50 next fall.
One of the best recruits in his OWN STATE couldn’t remember Hello Kiffen’s name without prompting. He may be able to correct that, but apparently it will only be by making himself and his program a punchline. I can’t see how that would attract anything but derision and the NZAA.
It just seems so strange that an inexperienced coach comes into this league pounding his chest and calling everybody out. 5-15 record with Oakland and acting like a spoled brat got him fired by the biggest nutcase in the NFL. He has ridden his daddy’s name all the way to Rocky Top and right into the middle of the toughest football conference, bar none. I’m a Dawg to the bone and over the years have listened to the the likes of Spurrier, Meyer, Miles, Saban, et al. But, when all was said and done you had a level of respect for them. True SEC fans from any school probably feel this way. This Kiffin guy takes the cake, though. Show all of us SEC fanatics something on the field first, kiddo. You 0-0 SEC record doen’t carry a lot of weight around here. Would someone in Knoxville please give little Laney his bottle and teddy bear and put him to bed until fall?
Al Davis called him an immmature liar. He forgot to add moron. With a team filled with 2nd tier talent, they have only fired up every team playing them and Urban and Saban are going to likely drop a 100 points on them next season. Can’t wait. Kiffin is to SEC football as Mahmoud Achmadenijad is to world affairs.
Kiffin knows what he is doing. He is recruiting for 2010. He was able to get hired on December 1st and lose 13 recruits from the previous coach and still land a top 20 recruiting class. He also turned down 3 highly ranked players that Fulmer offered. If he can do that in two months imagine what class he will have signed this time next year.
Kiffin is smart enough to know he will lose to FLorida anyway. Whether he ruffles some feathers or not. So why not get something out of the loss. I bet one thing, that will probably be the most highly watched game in the SEC next year.
How about this, why don’t we wait and reserve judgement for Kiffin until he coaches his first season in the SEC? I guarantee you he’ll learn to keep his trap shut and adopt a different perspective. What has this guy done besides handle the Oakland HC situation with ZERO class and field a hot wife? It’s easy to throw out accusations @ rival coaches right now b/c everyone is undefeated for the 2009 season. I hope you like egg Lane, b/c you will have plenty of it on your face at the conclusion of next year’s football season.
I’m sorry UT, but the Gators aren’t worried about Kiffin. We’ve owned UT winning 5 of the last 5. This guy is a loud mouth that has done nothing. Meyer hasn’t spoken to the media once, since he is with his father who has terminal cancer. The only UT fans that are loving Kiffin are the ignorant portion of the fan base that thinks telling lies and brash boneheaded comments are awesome.
He’s been shown to be a habitual liar. He stated that he fired the guy that was over the person that was late picking him up from the airport. LIE!! His boss said he hasn’t fired anyone. He said Meyer was a cheat. LIAR and HYPOCRITE!!! Meyer broke no rules, and Kiffin has already been called on 3 secondary violations!! Kiffin said the only reason Brown went to UGA was because of his grandma. LIE!! Marlon stated that he wasn’t going to Tenn. The only thing that Kiffin has done is shown the world that he is an idiot and a liar. Both of which proves what AL DAVIS said. 5-15 record scares no one.
He has assembled a group of has been former losers as assistant coaches. Kiffin’s dad is a loser. Orgeron was a loser at OLE MISS. The Alabama assistant has been known to be gay. Great group of coaches there.
Meanwhile, Meyer polishes another National Championship trophy.
So Michael, are you saying that Lane used the same genius strategy to get fired from Oakland? He talked his way out of a job there and he’s on his way to doing it again. This guy’s mouth is a like a runaway freight train. Some of the pubescent shenanigans he pulled on the recruiting trail project the image of a spoiled rich kid that has a way to go to reach maturity. Maybe his dad can help, who knows, but how can he expect to lead a team and gain the respect of his players when he acts like a 12 year old? He won’t last 3 years.
LameKitten (noun) – Person that looks up and realizes you are on third base and mistakenly attributes it to hitting a triple rather than geneology and is usually followed by a train wreck at home plate.
favors may turn out to be an NBA product, but not a force. The kid is a player and I’ve seen him play 6 times. He can be lazy, soft and very much a non-factor. I think when he plays against better competition, it will expose him a great deal. He may hit the weight room and toughen up. Either way, I hope he makes it. Good luck Derrick.
Mike – Know what you are talking about before you post on the internet. The UT coaching staff would have been 4th highest paid staff in the conference last year. They are not the highest paid in college football. You sir are a grade A idiot. Saban makes twice what Kiffin makes. That extra money buys a lot of assistant coaches. TonytheGator Florida has won 4 in a row not 5. Will you people please get your facts straight before you make yourselves look like idiots. Anybody can get on a web-site and just say whatever they want, I challenge you all to know what you are talking about.
Oz82 that kid can’t be that big of a Dolphins fan or he would hate Saban. If he says he is a Dolphins fan and doesn’t know Saban is a liar then I am not surprised that he does not know Kiffin. He is an idiot.
In the end Kiffin will be judged by what he does on the field. All of the off the field noise will only shorten UT alumni’s patience when it all starts to fall apart. UT starts off with home games against Western Kentucky and UCLA, meaning that Lane will be 2-0 and in rare form going into the game with UF at the Swamp. However, the next 5 games are UF, Ohio (easy win), Auburn, UGA and Bama. UT will loose 4 of those 5, with at least the UF, UGA and Bama games being blow outs. Suddenly a 3-4 record, blown out by your biggest rivals will not look quite so good. Lane has shown that he is good at blaming everyone around him for a loss (look at his history in Oakland). Once Bama completes that “rival sweep” of blow outs, Lane will be firing at everyone, his players, other coaches, you name it. That’s when the melt down will begin. This will be fun to watch…
I have no idea what the vol administration was thinking when it hired this guy. Maybe they were impressed that he tried a 75 yard field goal last season. Then again, I don’t like the vols and I hope they completely fall apart while he’s coach.
Please UT never fire this guy.This guy is dumber than a bag of hammers.Welcome to the SEC this is gonna be fun.Tenn 6-6 that is if they have no injuries.If you thought coaching Oakland was tough wait until you coach in the mighty SEC.What a JACKASS
Great article, we are thrilled to have Kiffin in Knoxville. We can sense the Gator and Tide fans frustrations from this kid, and he hasn’t even coached a game yet. With this great coaching staff, that has some of the greatest recruiters in the South, I don’t see how it can fail. Monte has the greatest defensive mind in footabll. Offensive coord, Jim Chaney had very explosive offenses at Purdue, and coached 2 great QB’s in Jim Everett and Drew Brees, the you can Look at the ones Kiffin coached at USC and you have some great experience. They may go 5-7 or 6-6 this year but watch out for the Big Orange in the future.
There is no doubt Kiffin will have a top 5 class every year,best staff in the country and Ut fans love him. Seems like alot of rivals are fearing the coming orange swarm
RABIDVOLFAN, YOU HAVE IT JUST RIGHT. THE SEC NATION IS GOING TO GO NUTS WATCHING THE BIG ORANGE RULE FOR YEARS TO COME. I SENSE A LITTLE FEAR,DON’T YOU?
You sir are the IDIOT I was referring too. You, UT football, and Kiffen are complete jokes. The fact is you are the laughing stock the last few years, and people are laughing harder now that Kiffen the Prick is head coach. Let me guess, Tennessean, you were one of the POS UT FANS that left mid third quarter again last year. Meyer has UT’s number, and no amount of chest beating will get that 33-year old loser of a coach to get UT to beat the Gators at the Swamp.
IF Tennessee isn’t on NCAA probation by then, I hope URBAN hangs 70 on the vols.
Might I remind everyone that in 2005 USC offense produced school records in virtually every dimension. Averaging 49.1 points per game and 579 yards per game. They also became the first school in NCAA history to have a 3000 yard passer (leinart), two 1000 yard rushers (bush & white) and a 1000 yard receiver (jarrett) all in the same year. one other receiver (smith) fell just short of 1000 yards in receiving AND that was considered to be a rebuilding year for USC. In 2006 they also had another 3000 plus passer and 2 receivers with 1000 plus yards, ALL UNDER KIFFIN. Kiffin went 23-3 in his career as Offensive Coordinator and Recruiting Coord. and had the top #1 Recruiting class for 3 years. With his Dad (considered to be one of the best Defenses Coaches in all of the NFL) this is definately going to be interesting for Tennessee. As a FEMALE orange blooded fan for 34 years I think the man is a marketing genius and look forward to seeing UGA, FLA, BAMA on the field in the coming years.
The same great defensive mind that had TAMPA an average at best team. The same great offense that made PURDUE an also ran in their conference. Let’s look at Purdue’s Records.
Regular Season Record
Year Projected Actual
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Calculated & Brilliant comments by Kiffin ?? Did ya mention the comment LK made AFTER signing THIS class , ” This class isn’t up-to-par of the normal class we’ll get, etc. ” Did ya forget to mention that Kiffin claimed to fire all the folks that ” couldn’t keep up with him ” at UT only to have the University deny & said folks hadn’t been fired ?
He’s an Idiot & you know what they say about association ……… you’re attaching yourself to the moron train. Hope ya got a back-up for that journalism career ……
After reading all these comments from various perspectives, there’s one thing I noticed, most of the Vol fans think the rest of the conference is either scared or should be scared of what Lane Kiffen is creating at UT. As far as the alleged recruting advantage he’ll have because all the kids will know who he is, a lot of them will also be advised(from
people they trust) of what an absolute jask-ass he is…I just can’t imagine parents of these kids encouraging their son to be influenced by
this guy for the next 3 to 5 years. UT is such an established member of the SEC, it blows me away to watch them drink the Kool-aid. Oh, by the way, his wife is HOT!
UGA hasn’t won a National Championship in what….27 years? But let me guess, “this is our year”. I live in Atlanta and hear that one every year. What a joke.
Let me remind you once again, the FACTS: Tampa’s D has ranked in the top ten in points allowed and yards allowed 10 of the 13 seasons under Monte, AN NFL RECORD…His philosophy is one of the most influential in football (college and Pro) and he is regarded and one of the greatest Defensive coaches in NFL history. It isn’t what makes us Vols fan feel better, it’s the facts. All this Kiffin hype kinda reminds you of another big mouth in the SEC, Spurrier….LOL
So let me get this straight. I am an idiot because you say so. All I said was, know what you are talking about before you post and now I am some POS fan who leaves games early. Nice. Well done Tony. How can I come back from that? Your right, Tennessee has been down for a few years although we were in the SEC championship game in 2007. And yes Urban has our number. What school’s number does he not have? The question will be can he do it without Tebow? Tebow is a once in a lifetime player that fits Meyer’s offense perfectly. What will Meyer do without him? Especially when other teams will be able to recruit against Florida by saying that no QB that Meyer has ever had has made a career out of the NFL. If you want to play college ball go to Florida if you want a shot at the NFL go anywhere else.
I don’t expect to beat Florida in the swamp next year but we didn’t hire Kiffin for next year. He (hopefully) is a long term solution. And, even if it doesn’t work out, he should be able to recruit a bunch of talent and leave the next coach in good shape, a la Coach O at Ole Miss.
I don’t see what I said that would imply that I leave game early, perhaps you can explain Tony? Or perhaps you were just (once again) posting about things you have no idea about.
Finally, what in the world makes you think we will be on probation? Every school in America racks up secondary violations. Mark Richt had 17 last year. Who cares? Please enlighten me Tony because your wisdom is truly astounding.
By the way I called some other guy and idiot, Tony, not you. Perhaps my words should have been directed at you though. Everyone that knows anything about football thinks Monte Kiffin is good. I doubt his defenses will be that much better than the Chavis defenses but I will defer to people that know more than I do. The fact that you are saying its a bad hire proves you have no idea what you are talking about.
Sorry for the dissertation everyone. To think, all this started because I called someone out for saying that we had the highest paid staff in college football when the truth is that its the 4th highest paid staff in the SEC.
I think what he MEANT to say was most dollars per IQ point. You are desperate if you think ANY coach in the SEC is fearful of this staff. The only legitimate coach on it is Monte. The rest are PROVEN losers, and the Boy Blunder has succeeded in making it extremely difficult for UT to win by painting a GIANT target on himself.
“What would Meyer do without Tebow”? Well he went undefeated at Utah, and won a BCS Championship at UF with Leak.
“Meyer doesn’t make NFL QB’s”. Good thing he’s a college coach.
“I don’t expect to beat Florida next year”. Count on it. (But isn’t it sad that a once proud program’s fanbase is already talking about their LOSSES! We haven’t even started spring ball yet!)
Kiffin will have a huge laugh when the Bullpups go about 5-7 this year without the Girlyman Stafford and NoShow Morono. I cannot wait for that dinosaur Bobby Bowden to retire at FSU and see how fast pretty-boy Richt bolts to Tallahassee. Even the ancient Larry Munson knew it was time to hang it up in Athens. So all you redneck UGA fans, especially the ones who never set foot on a college campus for anything other than tail-gating, just STFU and lets see what happens next fall. UGAy is going down like the Titanic. Kinda like what Stafford did…..LMAO!!!
I’m a gatorhater but I will hold my nose and pull for UF when the reptiles play the vols. I want to ‘puck’ and will not have to wait long for the pretender to move it on to an assistant at some podunk U.
Florida 62 Tennessee 3
Now all you Vol fans get on the Greyhound bus and travel to the Swamp to see how much Little Lanie enjoys the benefit of running his mouth. If his lovely wife wakes up, she will stay in Gainesville when the Liar leaves after the whipping. What a complete moron and jerk he is.
Living in a glass house there skippy are ya not? Bama will get caught cheating again huh well well well the great pumpkin lied about oh so much and you all know it up on rocky flop. The fat man told his theory to the nzaa and they punished the U of A on his word all of the big allegations could not be proven. Check it out he lied when put on the stand and told to produce the tapes and all of the other crap he was supposed to have I er uh misplaced or lost it yeah ok, Because you did not have it. Now as for all of the other crap you have got bi with Peyton Manning raping a girl on the staff, Tee Martin and cancelled checks, Phone gate, grade tampering, and the recruit that was accused of being pain in Alabama whose dad was actually holding cancelled checks from UcheaT seems like you got some splaining to do lol> the best part of all of this good ole Roy Kramer is gone now and can not protect the big orange nation like he did when the fat man ran to him 3 doors down in thier Maryville neighborhood and made up bull crap so yes you have way more crap to hide than the tide ever did seems like the only thing that actually was proved when went to court was one player in Memphis took money from a booster and when that was supposed to go to court somehow he fell down steps and died. Wonder what was hidden there TN Stud got off clean. The only reason that there was penalties was allegations not cats they all came out but the nzaa had dragged thier feet until probation was over congrads on manufacturing a way to beat the tide since you could not on the fielf there great pumpkin. U got some beating to absored for this its all on the wheel now and you are about to reap what you have sewn. Enjoy years of misery with this idiot he is your Shula enjoy as we laugh out loud.
Does no one get the irony here? The point of the article was that Kiffin’s antics are calculated to get people talking about him and the Vols – and that is exactly what has happened. Love him or hate him people are talking about him and the national media is covering him.
Why Jones? ARE YOU INTO BOYS? Just telling you the way it is. THE GATORS ARE LAUGHING AT TENNESSEE!! Oh the ass-whopping that the Vols will feel on September 19 will be epic!!
Vol fans, I’ve read all of the posts here that say Bama is afraid of Kiffin. I’m stunned by that conclusion. You guys are not here. With all respect, the laughter here is so loud you can’t hear yourself think. I mean, it is like watching Wile E. Coyote as a head coach, or the little “Chicken Hawk” in the Foghorn Leghorn cartoons. Lane Kiffin has disappointed me in one respect: I thought he had some common sense. He doesn’t. The guy is a joke. Your program now is one, too. Yeah, UT is one of the elite programs in the history of college football. No one with sense disputes it. But, you guys have stepped into a mudhole with this one. And, the stain will take some time to get off.
Tony, where did I say that anyone was scared of Kiffin? The way I see it if you are going to bad mouth the guy and UT then you might as well know what you are talking about. We don’t have the highest paid staff in college football. Not even close. I guess this makes me gay? Tony you never cease to amaze me. What an absolute idiot you must be. Scroll though your posts and tell me they aren’t the most unsubstantiated wildly idiotic statements you have ever read. Kiffin is gay. UT fans are redneck homos. I feel like I am on the playground in 3rd grade.
cgatlanta- finally someone is actually talking football. All of you points are valid but I guess what I was getting at was Meyer has never been anywhere long enough to say whether or not he can sustain a program. What he has done is incredible, I sure hope he can’t keep it up. My comment about no NFL QBs was directed more to recruiting. It will be interesting to see if Meyer will be able to continually get top high school QBs when they don’t have an NFL future by playing at UF. If Meyer can find guys that are okay with that then great for him. We will see.
Yes it is sad that a still proud program is counting their losses before spring ball. But we won 5 games last year and Florida won the National Championship and returns all their talent. I would be crazier than Tony if I was expecting a UT win. The fact that we aren’t the team that we used to be is the reason a change had to be made. It’s not going to be an over-night thing but hopefully in 2-3 years we will be relevant again. Luckily (as this article points out) we are already relevant again in recruiting.
If Kiffin doesn’t work out then he will look like a complete ass but hopefully he will leave a ton of talent so UT will be successful in the future. I don’t know of many programs that get their long term solution in the first hire. Even the great Florida hired Zook. Hopefully Kiffin will win or be UT’s Zook.
Wow, they know Lane Kiffen. I bet they all know who Saddam Hussein is also, maybe even Hitler. Just because you are “known” does not mean it is a good thing. What if the kids think he is well known for being stupid?
Being as how the ga bulldogs have the absolute worst fans of any sports team. I hope the VOLS beat them, even if they don’t beat any other team. You people suck!
TLSnBama
>> “mean, it is like watching Wile E. Coyote as a head coach, or the little “Chicken Hawk” in the Foghorn Leghorn cartoons.”
Don’t forget TLSnBama…Chicken Hawk ALWAYS caught Foghorn at the end of the show. Chicken Hawk won EVERY TIME!!!!!
It amazes me that some of you Bama fans still blame Phil Fullmer for the Seattle earthquake.Me thinks it might be best for you bamaers to be quite.you are lucky you got off as easy as you did on the probation thing and the NCAA can still come back and haunt you.How long do you think Saban will stay.His track record is not too long.I dont think we ever paid $50,000 for an overweight defensive tackle who could not even start at Tiger High in Memphis.Lets wait about 3 years and see where all these elite programs are .A recruiting class usually jells in 3 years .I went to Gainsville in 2001 and saw a 18point underdog Tenn team pull out a win.I am not saying it will happen,but games are played on the field and not on paper.I have been to every SEC school except Arkansas and Fla and Ga have the 2 wost idiot fans in the Sec.We will see how dumb Lane is in the next 3 years
Let’s not forget that all these statements were made at one single banquet. Then he tried to fire someone and retracted it later…it was then included into the SI article. The guy isn’t the best public speaker in the world, but the way you animals are running with this like he slapped an old lady is ridiculous. And also, someone claimed that the UT staff is full of “proven losers and cheaters”…..prove it. Those who say that UT’s staff isn’t impressive on paper are delusional. UF might blow out UT next season, but the team in orange/white on that field will not be recognized by many watching. Loud mouth or not, Kiffin is instilling a complete attitude change in Knoxville, and those who don’t like it are being pushed of the train. I didn’t want to respond to some of the drivel on this story, but the one gator fan who is being quite offensive should be banned for what he typed…I’m sure he doesn’t speak for all of the UF fans, but he’s definitely not the first I’ve seen act and speak like that before…shameful.
Wait a second…isn’t this a Georgia newspaper? How can anyone seriously call Tennesseans rednecks? SEC fans calling another SEC school’s fans rednecks is a perfect example of the pot calling the kettle black. On the redneck hierarchy, Tennessee is nowhere near the level of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, or the north Florida swamps that are home to the Gators. Georgia, South Carolina, Arkansas and Kentucky sit on around the same level as Tennessee. If you’re an SEC fan and think that your school doesn’t have its share of redneck fans, then you’re absolutely kidding yourself. FYI, Auburn has on campus housing in trailers.
I love to see gaytor, bammer, and puppy fans whine and wring their hands. They will probably be cheering this year because the new kid doesn’t have his recruits on board, but deep down they know he is going to be a force in the conference when he does. He will recruit top players and has the coaching staff and system to win. Urbie, who recruited the female gymnast, and Saban, who contacted the prospect during the recruiting dead period are serving us up violations without the publicity. It is only a matter of time before they jump ship to Notre Dame or the NFL. We are gaining on you guys and you know it.
Just like wrestling!!!This is posturing at its best!!! Its easy to see…and apparently its working! Don’t be gullible….
How that translates on the field, we shall see….????
Lane Kiffin has implemented daily offseason workouts at 5am eveyday. There are reports that there are new haircuts, no nose rings or thug like apparel being tolerated. Assistant coaches are showing up in the classrooms to make sure players are in attendance. He has released players who don’t comply with the new disciplines. The players are buying in to the new program. Despite what some of the idiots are posting here, he now has a top notch recruiting and coaching staff. He is only recruiting players who fit into his system and are up to his standards. Will all of this translate to wins on the field? Time will tell, but it looks like a pretty good plan to me.
Gaytor,
There are guidelines for offseason workouts if coaches are present. Sounds like Kiffy is lining up another recruiting violation. Discipline rules are great, wonder when Kiffy is going to start demonstrating discipline of his own mouth? Public drunkenness policy for his assistants might not be a bad move either. Based upon recent actions, it seems there is a greater need for for the coach and his staff to learn something about discipline and public appearance.
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I’m a South Carolina fan but I always pulled for UT when we didn’t play them. What the UT fans may see as energizing the Vol nation, the rest of college football sees as the silly acts of an immature brat. Kiffin is quickly isolating himself from the rest of the SEC and the only problem with that is he doesn’t have the talent level to fight toe to toe with UF, Ala or UGA. Another point that interests me is everyone has ordained Monte as the absolute defensive guru. Sure he’s had success at the NFL level and has been in the NFL as a DC or position coach since 1983. But he’s not in the NFL any more and he doesn’t have NFL talent any more. The three years he was head coach at NC St (1980, 81 & 82) he went 16-17. He was fired after the 82 season and when to the NFL. His college record is not too stellar and the general knock on older coaches is they don’t relate well with the younger kids. I’m not sure Monte will be the savior of the UT defense. In my opinion, they should be thrilled Kiffin hired Coach O as defensive line coach. That was his best hire. From as outside perspective, Kiffin needs to grow up and shut up.
Hey Chris, how about a live internet
feed to Coach Richt? If rules permit.
I’m sure some video and computer savvy
personel could get that done for you.
Seriously, this is one of the most out of touch NCAA rules out there, and is absolutely pathetic on the part of the NCAA. Let’s be honest though, the NCAA doesn’t seem to get too much right these days, i.e. playoff system?!?!
Anyways, congratulations Mr. Burnette, best of luck to you.
The way you are accepting the fact that Coach can’t be at graduation shows what you are made of. Some guys would have taken it the wrong way but you know he would keep his word if he could, he always does. Welcome to Dawg Nation
Congratulations Chris Burnette as a scholar athlete. You didn’t get the grades or the scholarship without hard work and dedication. Enjoy your last few months of high school and continue to be a role model in the classroom and on the field.
GREAT job young man!!! It’s stories like this that make me proud to be a 2nd generation Bulldog. Keep up the good work, and remain focused when you get to Athens!!!
This rule may sound pretty stupid but in reality it helps the coaches. Think how many kids would hold out for a head coach to show up at their graduation before signing. It would be a nightmare for the coaches.
TechFan…If he is taking AP classes, he can have a GPA in that neighborhood. I took AP American History AP Calculus. An “A” in those classes are worth more.
Congratulations to a great young student athlete. This is obviously a man with agreat value system. My hat is off to his parents for putting in the hard work to raise an exemplary child. That is not easy and it doesn’t happen by accident.
With the exception of one game each year in late November, I hope he has a great career at UGA.
The GPA over 4 comes from weighting honors classes more than others. Some schools do it, others don’t. Either way, it’s impressive that he’s both a highly recruited player and a top student. Wish he was interested in Tech, but best of luck!
Between the idiotic no celebration rule and the inability of CMR to attend a signed recruit’s graduation, the NCAA really looks like a bunch of jerks. I understand that the rule was written to ward off any form of recruiting of underclassmen, but like many things, the intent has moved far away from reality!
Give Kiffin his due and let him get 2 or 3 years of recruiting. Then all you whinners can say all you want. He hasn’t been here six months and he’s got all you cry babies sucking snot already.
[...] the Presses. Mark Richt Lied! UGA coach forced to change plans with Troup County valedictorian candidate | College Football Recrui… I am sure that this will be a major scandal rehashed ad nauseum on Dawg message [...]
Not Competent At All.The biggest joke ever.I’m tired of this bunch of Incompetent,know nothing sports wannabes.Academics trumps everything.I want to congratulate Chris Burnette for persevering.
Let’s get this straight. It’s okay to recruit 12-year-olds. It’s okay for an inebriated Bob Huggins to ralph on his car door in public. It was okay for Ohio State to wave their magic wand, pull a rabbit out of a hat, and make Andy Katzenmoyer eligible in the mid/late 1990s. It was fine for NC State to admit Chris Washburn with a supposed SAT score of 380 in the 1980s
But it’s not okay for a man who is the future head coach of a signed talent to celebrate with him a fantastic academic achievement.
The SEC and ACC can now stop paying for those commercials during games that highlight the academic universe of their respective universities. It’s clear that this is not the image the NCAA wants to portray.
What a great kid? I can only hope my kids turn out as good as this fine young recruit. It’s nice to see a football recruit that exhibits greatness in the classroom also
That’s a ridiculous policy by the bureaucrats at the NCAA. There should be no issues with Coach going to the graduation of an HS player who’s signed an LOI. The NCAA is such a crock of red tape!
Hats off to Burnette for this outstanding accomplishment.
Congrats to you Mr Burnette. Legend… you are right. Stop those commercials. They don’t mean a thing now. If I was CMR I would go to that graduation and dare the NCAA to make something out of it. That would cause a firestorm that might get some of these stupid rules changed.
Two things. If Burnette reads these comments the first thing he would do is tell FlaDawg the “shone” is spelled “shown” and Roger, the leadin to these comments specifically state “SINCE kindergarten” not including kindergarten.
Welcome to Dawgnation Mr. Burnette and congratulations whether you are the valedictorian or not. We want and need you.
As a Tech fan also, I find this NCAA rule to be very STUPID, the NCAA is way out of touch. If they want to make it so that coaches can’t use H.S. graduations for recruiting, then why don’t they say that coaches can only go to the graduation of recruits that have already signed LOI’s.
They could also say that the coaches can’t recruit (talk to) underclassmen at graduations.
But either way, CMR should be allowed to go to the guy’s graduation, especially if he’s valedictorian.
[...] the Presses. Mark Richt Lied! UGA coach forced to change plans with Troup County valedictorian candidate | College Football Recrui… I am sure that this will be a major scandal rehashed ad nauseum on Dawg message boards. Dawg5150: [...]
LMAO, I hear this stuff about UGA football collapsing “net season” every year. Also hear that “coach so-and-so” is going to raid Georgia and take all the top recruits from Mark Richt. Also hear of 5-7, 6-6 records. Blah-blah-blah. Same diarrhea of the mouth from the same loudmouths. Morons, UGA is going to win 9+ games per season under Richt, and Kiffin/Orgeron/whoever from UT isn’t going to change any of that. Nor is that staff going to damage the Florida, LSU or Alabama program. What a joke. Kiffin is and will be looking up at those four coaches, even if he does occasionally win 8 or 9 games (he will never be as successful as Fulmer). And don’t let me forget Spurrier who is also building a pretty strong team. And Monte Kiffin was successful at Tampa PRIMARILY because of Tony Dungy’s and Rich McKay’s draft picks. Let’s see what he can do with mediocre talent (other than Eric Berry).
Why people be hatin on Richt? He follow rulez? It be our redneckz dat be threatenin fools dat go to other skoolz. they be buyin the caddys to. it aint richt or dooley. dey no da rulez.
Great story! Hopefully Chris can be an example to his future teammates at UGA…that you don’t have to let you great suffer in order to be a great athlete.
typo:Great story! Hopefully Chris can be an example to his future teammates at UGA…that you don’t have to let youR GRADES suffer in order to be a great athlete.
Thomas, the problem is that Richt won’t let him major in a real field. They will place him in recreation studies and ruin his intelligence just to win. Maybe, that’s why Calvin Johnson went to Tech to take real classes and learn. Let’s hope the program let’s him do what is best for him. I dont’t have much hope considering the past.
You have to respect the fact that UGA is a highly respected university on par with the likes of Southern Poly, Devry, and ITT, while still having a football team that can compete with Appalacian State and Vanderbilt sometimes. I mean, our business school is only fourth in GA and our law school is freakin third in the state.
I’m neutral but Kiffin knew almost exactly what he was doing. And any siggestion that Monte Kiffin was succcessful primarily because of Tony Dungy and Rich McKay have no idea what they’re talking about. Nothing wrong with a little more SEC spice.
Excellent job young man! Finishing at the top of your class demonstrates not only intellect, but more importantly, tremendous work ethic. Good luck to you in all your endeavors… except for the game on each Saturday after Thanksgiving!
The NCAA is a tangled nest of bureaucracy, hypocrisy, and chaos. Coach Richt should be allowed to attend and honor your outstanding accomplishment.
Richt and staff will watch video of the speech like they did video of Tech’s offense. Them lazy losers will buy the cliff notes version at best and deal with the consequences. If need be, they will rush the field to get some respect.
I’m a UGA fan, but I hope he follows in the footsteps of the guy (whose name escapes me at the moment) from FSU who is a Rhodes Scholar. We need a few more people out there who have the dedication to a star pupil as well as a star athlete. Its hard enough to excel in one of those aspects, let alone two!
EVERYONE, lets all call Tennesse the southern version of USC!! THE guy has put together a staff of former assistants at USC(has relationships with west Coast coaches), Former Coach at Mississippi and USC(Knows the SEC), and a long time defensive coordinator of the tampa bay bucs(NFL conncections-he can get u to the league) add a former NFL coach and off coordinator at USC(Lane Kiffin)..Brillant!! Richt, Urban Meyer, and Spurrier put together doesnt have the relationships these other coaches do!! Kiffin aint taking no junk off these sec coaches/good ole boys!! He is the young, new kid in town and theses coaches know that he is a force to be dealt with in recruiting because of the above mentioned reasons. That’s the real deal behind this. tennesse has had a few players from the West Coast on there rosters in the past..Expect more now that this coaching staff has been put in place. Since all the other so-called SEC powers aint got the balls to play USC, maybe Tennesse will. Oh yeah, Tennesse is the only SEC school(Georgia last year) to play PAC 10 schools on a yearly basis.I dont think they will deviate from that plan
[...] Richt is a dirty damned liar. Or the NCAA is full of terrible small men who make terrible small rules. (Our tipster suggests Kiffykins show up at graduation in Richt’s place. We could not agree [...]
[...] forced to change plans with Troup County valedictorian candidate Here’s the link In essence, the article says that Richt promised a recruit that if he were to become Valedictorian [...]
This is great, but don’t you think the NCAA should be worrying more about the Reggie Bush / USC investigation instead of this? Oh that’s right, all the possible violations at USC get pushed under the rug!!!
I don’t normally do a lot of posting on these forums. I mostly read to hear what everyone is thinking. But after reading these posts I just felt the need to put some words out there.
first: To TonytheGator
Who do you think you are, a relative of Tony the Tiger or something? Do you think you can get away with your idiotic comments without being called to mat on them? You are the most negative poster I have ever read. All you do is put out useless drivel slamming CLK and the VOLs as if you know what you are talking about. Do us all a favor, both the VOL fans and the fans of college football all together, and take your mullet wearing, redneck, toothless grin, uneducated, mindless ramblings to some other board. We don’t appreciate you here.
Second. Something for all to consider. After next season is over and the dust has settled we will know if CLK and staff has what it takes to compete. Until then, it is all speculation and guesswork on our part.
Third. For the Gator nation. Things are looking very good for you guys to repeat as NCs next year. Even as a VOL fan, I can recognize that. But after that, what will happen? Tebow will be gone, and something else to consider, where will CUM be? If ND has another down year, they may just payout CCWs contract. If that happens, it is a good bet that CUM will jump ship at florida and head to ND.
Forth. As a long time VOL fan, I am enjoying all of the heat, smack, and excitment that has not been around the VOL program for a long time. For me, it is an exciting time to be a VOL. Will CLKs commits, and his ruffling of feathers equate to success on the field? I certianly hope so, but as I mentioned before, the answer to that will not come until fall.
Fifth. That’s all. I look forward to the upcoming season and fully expect the VOLs to surprise a lot people. To all of you, regardless of you school affiliation, good luck next year!
Something Lane Kiffin has is recent NFL experience as a coach.. Win or lose he was there. That’s where many kids dream of going. If I were a parent and my kid was a stud, I wold take a good look at UT. Coach Kiffin should have some contacts at the next level. Do people really think all this is just about the game of football? Gooooooooo Uconnnnn Football..
[...] The AJC reports that an NCAA rule will prevent Richt from following through on that promise. Here we have a student-athlete who has already signed a letter of intent, and Mark Richt can’t be there to honor his future player’s academic accomplishment. If Richt were invited to speak at the football team’s banquet and honor athletic accomplishments, that would be fine – it’s done all the time, and it’s within the rules. So what is different about showing up at the graduation of a student-athlete for whom the recruiting process is over? [...]
Do all of you GA, FL, and AL fans really expect anyone to believe you’re not scared? Considering the reactions to this article from you so-called SEC fans. I can almost see the foam forming around some of your mouths responding to the Vol posters. I am not a fan of any SEC team at all but, even I can see that you guys are abviously a little concerned otherwise you wouldn’t be making so much fuss about anything LK says publicly. I mean there was an Ole Miss or Mississippi State coach that got caught driving drunk, cussed out the cops and was reportedly disorderly and uncompliant when arrested but, all I have heard about out of the SEC is Lane Kiffin talking sh** about Meyer!!! I don’t care what delusion you live in but, the writer is correct. The more UT is in front of the camera, especially with their coach basically stepping up to the table with the supposed “big boys” like Meyer and Saban and isn’t tepid or in awe. You guys are just pissed off that LK is kissing your coaches’ rear ends like you expect any new SEC coach to do. Most high school kids are against the “establishment” and love the rebel image. Kiffin could well be positioning himself as the anti-thesis to the regular everyday SEC coaches, giving himself an memorable, and respected position in the eyes of a future recruit. Anyway, whatever the case I tend to agree with the author above in many respects. I am a UM fan, and would prefer for the entire SEC to be disbanded tomorrow but, until then I will be satisfied with someone else inside the conference getting better to help beat the crap out of each other even more every year. Eventually, you guys will beat each other up so much that no one will be better than a five hundred record and some of the rest of us can actually play for national championship again, hooray!!!!
Oh yeah, Iread on here earlier where someone said that the vol fans he knew weren’t stoked about this coaching staff. I disagree personally. I know a few UT fans where I work, and all they talk about is how they cant wait to see their team in 2 or 3 years after LK gets a chance to bring in some highly ranked recruting classes. Its like all they talk about to the point of making me want to puke orange. Point is, the couple of folks I know don’t seem embarrassed or concerned, more excited from my view.
[...] or by hard salesmanship. Along those lines, take a look at what Mark Richt has to say about how he recruits and handles commitments. “When I talk to a young man, I’m not one to press a kid really really hard to commit. Because [...]
[...] ExtremeCentre.org wrote an interesting post today on UGA coach Mark Richt talks about what commitment meansHere’s a quick excerptGeorgia Tech coach Paul Johnson hit on a hot-button issue when he made it a point to talk about what “commitment means” on signing day. [...]
You are so right, BigVolFan,
TonytheGator must enjoy talking to himself – and reading his countless posts. The fact is Kiffin has energized the Tennessee team and fan base. He has reinstituted discipline across the team – on and off the field – something that was sorely lacking under Fulmer.
His passion for the game and for winning will translate well on the field and in the hearts of the Vols players – something else that hasn’t happened in years. Kiffin will have Tennessee back on track as one of the best teams in the nation in a few years. Tennessee is and always will be one of the most successful college football programs in the country – with tradition that goes deeper than most in the game.
So Tony and others – why don’t you stop looking for something to go negative about – and just watch it play out on the field. In the short term I’m sure the gators will have the Vols number – but give it a couple of years…
A coach that has already intensified conditioning drills like no one else, who personally checks on a player’s attendance in class, and has banned earrings, baggy pants, ipods, and all the &^%%$# most teams let fly, is making his mark early and often on a team that is bound to be more passionate, hungry, and successful on the field and off.
Get ready – the Vols are coming back – and you know it.
[...] it’s been the case for more than a year.UGA: In football news, Mark Richt tells you exactly what “commitment” means when it comes to recruiting.UF: Florida’s inside players have been outrebounded in their [...]
Coach Richt’s comments are revealing. I think they help me understand why we seem to not have a lot od “de-commitments.” Obviously, coaches who put severe pressure on these 17 to 18 year old kids should be doing something else. I like what Coach Richt had to say. He’s got this right.
[...] coach Mark Richt talks about what commitment means UGA coach Mark Richt talks about what commitment means | College Football Recruiting Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson hit on a hot-button issue when he made it a point to talk about [...]
[...] that he would attend Chris’s graduation to hear his valedictory speech. However, the NCAA unfortunately will prevent Coach Richt from fulfilling that promise. However, the NCAA unfortunately will prevent Coach Richt [...]
Both of these fine coaches have got it right. To build a championship team you must commit to the teams goals and objectives. It is a great standard to recruit by and to live by. This format will pay dividends that create consistant winning and admired football programs. There is alot to be said for good old fashion beliefs and true life lessons.
Can’t wait for the football time to arrive! I haven’t seen this many feathers ruffled in quite some time…actually it reminds me of a certain basketball coach who got some folks mighty riled up not to long ago,his name was Pearl if I’m not mistaken.
Anytime a coach can fire up Vol fans this much before he even takes the field is starting off beautifully! Please don’t doubt that Vol fans are excited – I run a bar on the strip in Knoxville, and I can report that we’re all lovin’ it.
Anyone who doesn’t believe Kiffin has hired a great staff who can recruit with anyone just isn’t paying attention. Here’s to proving it on the field in the years to come!
BTW, yes Layla is hot as many of you have mentioned, but we’re used to beautiful women here in Knoxville, she’ll fit in just great.
[...] starts things off with a recruiting conversation where he talks about the meaning of commitment to him in recruiting. Also on the topic of commitment, the ABH talks about the change of culture [...]
DenverDog: Have you even been to TN? If you had, you would know better than to call us “orange clad, cousin mating, liquor still watching, shoe needing, overall wearing hillbillies.” Most of us have shoes, even if we don’t wear ‘em. I thought this forum was about football…and there are no better fans that at TN, you can’t argue with that. Only time will tell if Kiffin is what the football program needs.
WITH THE WORD COMMITMENT,AND WITH ALL OF THE SCHOOL JUMPING THAT THE
COACHE’S DO,FOR THE BIGGEST CONTRACT,AND MONEY INVOLVED,WHAT ABOUT COACH RICHT,AND FOR THAT MATTER ALL COLLAGE COACHES, COMMIT TO THE
PLAYERS, THAT THEY RECUIT, TO BE AT THE SCHOOL UNTIL THAT GROUP OF
PLAYER’S FINISH SCHOOL.
Coach Richt certainly appears to have a classy approach to recruitment. And it is surely effective. He should certainly get credit for that. But, I’m not sure that UGA tends to hold off it offers more than other schools. Last year, at least 14 players were not only offered but committed before September. I assume that some of the others had been offered, but had not yet committed. They had a great year, but many were offered early — for what its worth.
[...] is fine for the triple option. Jump to Comments For some reason, this post about what it means to commit by Michael Carvell at the AJ-C’s recruiting blog was relinked yesterday on the paper’s [...]
I’d like to see the commitment go both ways.
The school has committed to the kid a free college education, so the commitment from the kid should be to stay and graduate.
Most high school juniors are not capable of committing to anything, but there are exceptions. It would be better for everyone if colleges waited until after the recruit’s senior football season to offer scholarships. Offering a scholarship to a 10th grader is absurd. If the 10th grader in question is injured in high school and can’t play, will the school still honor the scholarship? I don’t think so.
Michael,
Speaking of commitment, what is the latest on Orson Charles? Did USC become a serious contender after this weekend? When is he planning on announcing his decision? Tks.
Hey, Coach Johnson… did you worry about the definition of “commitment” when you signed Jaybo Shaw in your 2008 signing class? You remember the kid… the one that had previously “committed” to Middle Tennessee State before you recruited him, had him “commit” to you, and sign him?
Seems to me like the definition of “commitment” isn’t something you need to be worrying about… what you should be doing is pulling out a dictionary and looking up the definition of “hypocrite”.
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Newt
January 7th, 2009
10:52 am
Michael, how do schools like UGA play it when athletes like Jarvis Jones and Marlon Brown say they won’t commit anywhere until signing day. Seems like that puts the schools in a very awkward position. Also, if we have more offers out there than we have scholarships, do we just take first responders and notify the others that their offer is off the table? Tks for your time.
Newt
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Harry Munson
January 7th, 2009
10:57 am
Great work! Keep it coming.
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Chad
January 7th, 2009
11:27 am
Your comments on Lutzenkirchen are not accurate. As of today, he is still committed to Auburn and looking at other schools like Alabama and Tennessee. I fully expect him to sign with Auburn now that Malzahn is on board. Also he is very tight with Raymond Cotton in Maryland and it looks like Auburn will get back in the fold with him now that James Willis has been retained.
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Zach
January 7th, 2009
12:37 pm
Hey Chad you don’t know what your talking about, he is done with Auburn face it bud Auburn is done for!!!!! What are you Lutzenkirchen’s agent?? Get a life!!!!!
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Kay
January 7th, 2009
12:38 pm
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This dude from Valdosta/Lowndes County looks like one angry young man.
Who would want to be around anyone with this kind of attitude?
Beware any team that takes him!
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KC
January 7th, 2009
12:58 pm
Kay how can you pre judge someone (Reid) that you don’t even know. Do you know anything about the game of football? There aren’t any smiling faces on the players faces when they are on the field. Never give the other team the benefit of showing your emotions or letting them see you sweat. Wow what a stereotypical statement you made (lol)! Stop being so judgemental, maybe the world would be a better place to live!
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Newt
January 7th, 2009
1:11 pm
Kay, you interpreted the picture just like the athlete wanted you to interpret it. Lots of football players don’t necessarily want to communicate a cuetsie look. They want to look mean or bad, the ‘don’t mess with me’ look. I understand from some of the players at the UnderArmour game that he is great to be around and a real good guy. If he had a bad attitude, the players he will be around wherever he chooses to go would quickly smack him down a notch or two. Good coaches can certainly control that type of situation also. Recruits wouldn’t be talking to him to convince him to come to their schools if he was a problem because as you said, “who would want to be around anyone…” .So, you probably don’t need to worry much about Reid.
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Bud King
January 7th, 2009
1:34 pm
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Bud King
January 7th, 2009
1:35 pm
Enter your comments here Do we really need the picture of Carvell?
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LD
January 7th, 2009
1:44 pm
Kay,you look angry yourself! How can you make a comment like that by looking at a kids photo? Look at his football stats for crying out loud!!!!!!!!!!!
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Clint
January 7th, 2009
2:06 pm
You know who looked angry in their picture last year? AJ Green, and he’s one of the most well mannered kids at UGA. I’d take my chances with Reid. One picture doesn’t tell a story.
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jhenry
January 7th, 2009
2:09 pm
Greg Reid’s picture is not synonomous with his personality. Kay you should never make such harsh statements about someone you don’t even know. I’ve known this young man for about 10 years, and he is a great kid as well as a tremendous athlete. The picture is a “football thing,” which you obviously don’t understand. For future reference: keep your negative comments to yourself, especially when you don’t have a CLUE!
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Paddy
January 7th, 2009
2:20 pm
If UGA can only get one of the above mentioned players, I hope it is Mr. Reid.
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Becky
January 7th, 2009
3:21 pm
I thought he looked sad, more than mad..No, I don’t know that much about football..I enjoy watching it, but why would you want the other team to think that you are cute?
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tidefan00
January 7th, 2009
4:54 pm
You dawg fans can stop drooling over Bowman. You dropped the ball and he is solid on Alabama. Julio wide right, Bowman left, what a combo. All the attention Julio gets will leave Bowman in man coverage which means big numbers for him. Welcome to the Capstone Mr. Bowman.
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htowngator22
January 7th, 2009
4:54 pm
Enter your comments here Reid is going to UF
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Greg
January 7th, 2009
5:07 pm
UGA loves Reid and Bowman….the only issues are —
1. Will they have the ACT or SAT scores, HS grades, and Graduate HS, or will they transfer to a prep school ?
2. Will UGA actual have enought openings available?
3. Are they serious about UGA or only flirting?
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will
January 7th, 2009
5:25 pm
funny you should mention reid being a gator. I think if he was in fact going to uf, he wouldnt have decomitted through the phone with georgia commit washaun ealey standing right next to him. word is he’s become good friends with the other georgia commits at the under armour game. Anybody feeling a recruiting struggle a la marcus stroud??
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go gators!!
January 7th, 2009
5:29 pm
Why would he want to go to UGA to be coached by Martinez. Come to Florida to play for National Championships, or stay with UGA and be nothing.
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will
January 7th, 2009
5:51 pm
because he could play at georgia and make an impact on a defensive backs unit that could use guys like reid and branden smith, or he could go to florida and compete with the 8 other cornerbacks currently on the gator roster. and from the standpoint of him being a two way player, the choice is simple: go to uga and add speed to an offense that just lost moreno, or compete with harvin, assuming he comes back, rainey, and demps
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Clubhouse
January 7th, 2009
6:00 pm
This year Georgia was a great state for Linebackers. However, looking at the list of the state’s linebackers, many of them don’t seem like they will transfer into great linebackers at the college or pro level. Which ones do you think have the best chance of being legit quality linebackers at the college level?
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htowngator22
January 7th, 2009
6:04 pm
You guys are going to need him on offense after just loosing Stafford and Moreno
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BleedBlue
January 7th, 2009
6:07 pm
That question got me thinkin. Seen a lot of Georgia HS football. How did Jarvis Jones become the #1 LB in GA. Seen him play and was just bigger than everyone else. No great technique, speed or instinct. Think that being bigger and Carve-Columbus making it to championship his junior year excelled him into that position. But pure ability, I’ll take Jonathan Davis, Chase Vasser and Mitchell-Thornton. What do you think?
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will
January 7th, 2009
6:11 pm
IMHO i think cox will bring offensive leadership to the table, something stafford didnt seem to posses as much as his predecessors like Greene and Shockley, and the fact that he knows the system inside and out has me at ease. I really don’t think that at qb we’ll have nearly as many problems as you’d think at first glance. however rb is going to be interesting. are we going to have another moreno or brown come off the bench, or are we going to revert to the post-musa smith days of lumpkin/cooper/browning? the optimist in me says that we’ll be able to work enough kinks into the offense with athletes such as logan gray, carlton thomas, branden smith, aj green, and co. that a large part of the hole moreno and stafford left can be filled
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will
January 7th, 2009
6:14 pm
as for linebacker, im for whoever is willing to come in and match rennie currans intensity and drive
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Mike
January 7th, 2009
6:23 pm
QUESTION: Can you please tell us how many spots UGA has left now that Stafford and Knowshon are going Pro? Ive heard? There is a lot of speculation but noone seems to know for sure.
Thanks
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htowngator22
January 7th, 2009
6:29 pm
Not so fast Will, how big of a hole do you think Cox can fill as a first year starter especially when he faces UF who is returning every starter on defence except mybe B.Spikes
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Alabamadawg
January 7th, 2009
6:30 pm
Whats the lastest on that huge offensive tackle Massey, I believe.
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ddbigdaddy
January 7th, 2009
6:34 pm
Enter your comments here The best poker player always wins meaning who ever cheats and pays the most gets the player. Why does pete carroll have four or five parade High School AllAmerican on USC? The best cheater always wins.
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will
January 7th, 2009
6:36 pm
i’ve already said what i think. what will happen, we’ll just have to wait til next year. i said it before this past season when uga’s schedule was being talked up: teams are going to flop, players are going to get hurt, and upsets are going to happen. the unpredictability of college football makes it the greatest sport on earth. who knows? florida could come out and have their defense turn to mush like georgia this year, and just as well, georgia could be mediocre. only 8 more months til kickoff. god i cant wait
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Ryan
January 7th, 2009
7:04 pm
Has anyone heard anything about Bobbie Massie? I was hoping we could beat out Alabama for him and get some more size.
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joe
January 7th, 2009
7:33 pm
It’s not about a guy out of Georgia, but i was just wondering how much interest GT has in a guy named Nick Failla. He goes to my high school right now and was an INCREDIBLE player until the state quarterfinals during his junior year he got horse collared and it torn up his knee. He also played with a sports hernia and broken tibia this year. We run the option at Millard North so you can just see the kind of QB he is. Deffinately better than jaybo shaw.
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BigMike
January 7th, 2009
7:39 pm
Enter your comments here This kid Jarvis Jones, may be good, but do we really need him? This kid Bowman is real good, why don’t we put more focus on him and tell Marlon that he is out of luck. I WOULD WANT A PLAYER WHO WANTS TO BE A DAWG,rather than someone making you wait. They have the same physical attributes, both are top twenty receivers, and both have good speed.Take this kid, and go hard at Reid, and you will have addressed every position on this recruiting year.P.S. Get Bobby Massie and thats 4.5ypc every touch.
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Michael Carvell
January 7th, 2009
8:26 pm
Until today, I was told that UGA would sign no more than 20 players for 2009. Now I’m hearing the number after the departure of Stafford and K-Mo is 21.
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T Fountain
January 7th, 2009
9:10 pm
Good job Michael. Keep the info coming…
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DawgFan
January 7th, 2009
10:33 pm
HEY BIG MIKE…..That sounds like in 2004, we sign Demiko Goodman and GT signed Calvin johnson…Both were top 25 wide receivers, had the same physical attributes(at the time) and both had good speed….that’s why I leave it to the coaches, they know what they are doing…..We wanted Calvin bad, but when we missed, we went to Demiko…
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BIGDAWG88
January 7th, 2009
11:32 pm
To answer a previous question, schools hold a certain number of scholarships open hoping to get the players they want. In the meantime, they usually tell the other potential players what’s going on and will offer them if they don’t get the first guy(s). It’s up to the potential prospect to decide if he wants to wait and see what happens or go ahead and sign with another school. I know a guy who waited on UGA until almost May before he signed with another school. He really wanted to come to UGA, but they were waiting on someone else. At least schools are up front about it – usually. But didn’t uf mess up and sign too many players and have to drop one of the guys who waited to sign with them?
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Michael Carvell
January 8th, 2009
12:44 am
Jarvis Jones? I don’t think he’s ever entertained the thought of playing in Georgia, but he was kind enough to do the right thing and visit UGA. I would’ve liked to have seen UGA pursue Peachtree Ridge LB Kevin Minter [LSU]. He’s Jonathan Davis with prototype size, and was an absolute wrecking machine in the state championship game (19 tackles). Oh well, I guess you can’t get them all, and there really are so many in this state (200+ to sign D1).
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Mike
January 8th, 2009
1:13 am
Will, Brandon Smith won’t make it at UGA and Jonathan Davis is the best LB in the state, a LB in the mold of Rennie Curran, but better!
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Mike
January 8th, 2009
1:14 am
Minter is awesome and just an outstanding young man. Any team should feel lucky to have him. However, he has neither the speed, nor the instincts at LB that Jonathan Davis has.
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Jason Centanni
January 8th, 2009
2:05 am
It’s amazing how people who are in the “KNOW” have no clue……who are you talking to? OSU? Sorry my friend, that will not happen. It is between UGA and TENN. Please get your facts straight before reporting….i know you are payed to stir things up but you are so dumb right now..hope you have a job in the future! Hope it’s not in print media!!!!
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Newt
January 8th, 2009
10:05 am
For those of you who don’t like the writers at the AJC or the paper itself, just don’t read it. It amazes me when critics that think they know more than any journalists continue to read their articles and whine aimlessly. I am sure the writers do their best to be accurate but they are human and thus not perfect.
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Football Fan
January 8th, 2009
10:56 am
Kay the young man is taking a photo on the football field, football is a contact sport that often times requires aggression , especially on defense.
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Buddy El
January 8th, 2009
11:03 am
Enter your comments here
Michael: Coach Richt once said Stafford was the most talented qb he ever coached meaning Staff has tremendous “potential”. Staff had many forgetable performances(Most of the first half of the Capitol One Bowl) so how can he be “Georgia’s Best Ever” pro prospect. Have you forgotten NFL record holder Fran Tarkenton or is that too far back in time for you?
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Johnny DangerDawg
January 8th, 2009
1:11 pm
Has UGA given up on Alabama commit Michael Bowman?
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tim
January 8th, 2009
1:37 pm
Hey I am from the Valdosta area , Mr. Reid is a very talented man on the football. UGA will be home for Mr. Reid.
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Tlaw
January 8th, 2009
1:38 pm
Stated above by “KAY”
“This dude from Valdosta/Lowndes County looks like one angry young man.
Who would want to be around anyone with this kind of attitude?
Beware any team that takes him!”
Kay please go play in traffic..You are judging Ried by a football picture. If you haven’t seen most team football pictures, everyone looks angry, it’s FOOTBALL!!!Why are you even writing in this blog. Ried doesn’t have any kind of record or pattern of getting into trouble so LAY OFF!!!!!
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Butch
January 8th, 2009
3:06 pm
I miss Jeff Hood’s recruiting coverage. Bring back Hood! Bring back Hood!
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lotterman
January 8th, 2009
3:51 pm
2 things I’d like to say.
1. Concerning the comment Kay made, that’s why women have no place or buisness in football, THEY DON’T HAVE A CLUE!!!
2. Auburn will wind up violating NCAA recruiting rules in the future and will have sanctions placed against them within the next 2 or 3 years. They have become SO intimidated by what Nick Saban is doing over at U of A all the talk about now is “we gotta get better at recruiting, we gotta get better at recruiting” I’;ve never seen such a since of urgency over recruiting over there. The whole thing is, is that Chizik and his assistants will never be able to recruit better than Nick and co., they’ll get desperate over at Auburn and start doing any and everything to lure recruits in and that’s gonna bring on what will be some of the darkest days in Auburn football history. The 08 season will just be a preview of what’s to come.
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bigdawg
January 8th, 2009
4:02 pm
Centanni…Maybe you should know the facts before piping in. Brown is extemely close with Pryor that was made evident by him while he was in Athens.
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Trey
January 8th, 2009
4:52 pm
Michael,
Really enjoyed your recently article on the kid out of Troup High School – an amazing story.
I think the interest in recruiting is an interest for die hard fans. I, for one, think the ’soap opera’ aspect to recruiting is that these kids are making one of the toughest decisions they will ever have to make. Playing for the right program, the right coach, and in the right location will make the difference if great players make it to the next level. The drama is just an aspect of the human story which makes it so compelling.
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Dawg fan
January 8th, 2009
6:57 pm
Of the remaining slots, any 3 or 4 of the following would be great: Reid, Massie, Brown, Carroll, Charles, Bowman, Kenney, or any others the UGA coaches come up with as they always seem to do a good job
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Michael Carvell
January 8th, 2009
7:03 pm
Buddy El: Good point about Fran Tarkenton. I thought about Fran before posting that. Fran was a great college player, led UGA to 1959 SEC championship. But he was a third-round pick. Not only is Stafford projected to be a first-rounder, he also could be THE No. 1 pick of the draft. Stafford is clearly the better NFL “prospect.” Will Stafford be the better NFL “player”? Highly doubtful, and that’s nothing against Stafford in particular, but also any QB coming out of college. Tarkenton is an NFL legend, Hall of Famer, etc.
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Michael Carvell
January 8th, 2009
7:51 pm
This ran in Wednesday’s AJC print edition, and got a huge response. I’m posting it again for anyone that missed it.
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Buddy El
January 8th, 2009
10:45 pm
Tarkenton went to a new franchise in Minnesota and Stafford may well go to a worse situation if Detroit gets him. My point was that if Stafford does not show consistancy to go with all that talent he may end up as a career backup. Consistancy is huge factor and Staff had three years to demonstrate some but in his final UGA game was far from consistant.Tarkenton was consistant. No big deal. I just love to nitpick such statements.
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Hairofthedawg
January 9th, 2009
7:23 am
Hey Chris
You are doing the right thing in waiting to enroll. That is so awesome that you are doing so well in school and working at being valedictorian. It is my understanding that the black bones on back of UGA helments represent academic success. I will be looking forward to seeing some on your helment. Welcome to the Dawg Nation, we are very proud of you!
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MARIETTA DAWG
January 9th, 2009
10:11 am
Chris,
I agree with HairoftheDawg that you are doing so great in school — keep it up and that you want to wait to enroll. We all in the Dawg Nation are proud and willing to wait on a great young man like yourself.
Good luck in school and becoming the Valedictorian.
Look forward to seeing you on “Saturdays in Athens — Between The Hedges”.
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duane Allman
January 9th, 2009
1:58 pm
Enter your comments here Best pro prospect ever? That might suprise Fran Tarkenton.
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OldDawg55
January 9th, 2009
4:21 pm
Stafford was a GOOD QB..so was Greenie, DJ, and others..Joe will be too..Great takes a four year stint..a Dawg attitude..and consistentcy..Matt had some, not all, of this. We have a good group of QBs waiting to play Georgia football. Hopefully, they can be coached up in a short time..the supporting cast will be the key. A new philosophy and attitude from the coaching staff will go a long way. GO DAWGS IN 09!
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Q. Williams
January 9th, 2009
11:15 pm
I love this kid. I read his journal entries on Rivals and now I’m reading this. This young man just has it all together. When I have kids, I hope I do as well as Chris’ parents. This young man will be a huge success in whatever he does in life. I am so proud that he is a Georgia Bulldog. I am literally feeling chill bumps run through my body, that’s just how excited I am about having him as a member of the Bulldog family.
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Mays high til I DIE
January 11th, 2009
12:12 am
This guy is a player!!! I’m talking Urlacher type hit tackling,Ray Lewis hit seeking missle.
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Dawg fan
January 11th, 2009
2:13 pm
Michael.
I thought Greg Ried was scheduled to visit Alabama this weekend. Did that get cancelled? When I looked at who was there, his name was missing. Tks.
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Josh
January 11th, 2009
4:47 pm
Greg Reid changed his mind and is visiting Florida State this weekend. One of his teammates, Gerald Demps, is already committed to Florida State. Also, Jimbo Fischer and Mickey Andrews made an in-home visit to Greg Reid this past week and invited him to Florida State’s campus for an official. He is scheduled to visit Florida on the 16th, Mississippi State on the 23rd, and Georgia on the 30th. As it stands right now, He will be announcing his college decision on a local radio program February 3rd.
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SickandTired
January 11th, 2009
6:06 pm
Stafford has been praised since before he ever came to UGA> He leaves having accomplished nothing more than being the most arrogant QB for the DAWGS in decades. People in Athens tell me he was rude and started fights in bars and left and that the police were looking for an excuse to throw him in the slammer at the behest of bar owners. Good riddance to a Texas transplant that was never either a Georgian or a Dawg.
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Dawg fan
January 11th, 2009
7:05 pm
Tks Josh. You know if UGA has an in home planned with him? Tks.
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Josh
January 11th, 2009
7:52 pm
Mike Bobo met with him for three hours last Wednesday or Thursdays in Valdosta…Greg said the visit went well and that Mike looked him in the eyes a lot more than most coaches do when they have tried recruiting him face-to-face. I don’t think there are any plans for Mark Richt to come down to Valdosta and meet with him…Rodney Garner and Willie Martinez were at Lowndes earlier this year for the ball-game between Northside Warner Robins and Lowndes to check on Abry Jones, but I am sure they talked with Greg as well because he was clearly the best athlete on the field. The las thing I heard was that Georgia was mainly recruiting Greg as a DB, however, I think if he commits to Georgia he will be used in the return game as well (he is such a threat whenever he touches the ball). If you want to see what he can really do with the ball in his hands check this video out: http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=3619006 . He made moves like that his whole career at Lowndes.
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Rec
January 12th, 2009
6:57 am
That makes a whole lot more sense, and should be posted/printed on the sports/recruiting sections just as prominately as you all had posted the previous article about SC “yanking” Davis’ scholarship & being “banned” by Tucker’s coach etc.
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BlackMagic84
January 12th, 2009
10:02 am
No matter how you spin it, South Carolina pulled the offer and did it just prior to signing day.
If Spurrier did not want the kid, all he had to do was pick up the phone or have someone on his staff do it right after Cooper made the announcement in the meeting.
No matter how you spin it Spurrier is not showing any kind of leadership or guts.
The Head Ball coach has lost any balls he had.
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Spurley
January 12th, 2009
10:48 am
BM84(translated – bowel movement 84), excuse me but if you could hire a better football coach for USC than Steve Spurrier, you need to be doing something other than making anonymous posts on websites. Spurrier’s done more for this program than we can even measure, even if it doesn’t show up in the standings. Have patience and let this thing come together. We’re going to be fine.
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OcillaGeneral
January 12th, 2009
11:31 am
Michael, does that mean I can’t point out that the kid’s so short he could drown before he even knows it’s raining? Davis is a heckuva football player. It’s too bad he’s being hurt by Spurrier’s inability to control his own staff.
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Pimple
January 12th, 2009
12:19 pm
“Have patience”?
As a South Carolina fan, that’s all we got is patience for the past 100years of football. Nothing more, nothing less.
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cockyspur2001
January 12th, 2009
12:32 pm
If he’s such a great player, why didn’t UGA offer? They didn’t want to keep one of the top players in the state to stay home? There’s more to this story.
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Destin Beach Bum
January 12th, 2009
12:41 pm
If the player decides at the last minute, even at signing time, nothing happens. He’s praised for making a tough decision. But a school withdraws SEVERAL WEEKS prior to signing day, and they get bashed and blasted? Makes no sense at all, no sense. Cooper isn’t there for a reason, and not a reason of his own.
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Buckey
January 12th, 2009
12:47 pm
Was there a letter, or was it just a verbal offer? What’s in the fine print?
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Smyrna Man
January 12th, 2009
1:16 pm
Monte Kiffin was seen tearing down I75…
Davis who was still upset, was surprised to see Kiffin at his home.
“He was very impressive and I enjoyed the visit,” said Davis who is now shopping for a new college to play for. The Vols have a long standing relationship with Tucker High and Coach Stephens.”
Go Vols
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OcillaGeneral
January 12th, 2009
2:15 pm
CockySpur2001, I’m pretty sure they didn’t offer him because they already offered 4 instate linebackers who translate better to their scheme.
But I think he could do well at Tennessee. Lord knows they need guys who won’t just roll over and die against tough competition. Like, I don’t know, Wyoming.
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DON
January 12th, 2009
5:38 pm
he got 7 offers including penn state. his GPA is 2.8. South Carolina has a history of doing this.
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Rob
January 12th, 2009
5:50 pm
Obviously a school has a right to offer who they choose but this should have been handled sooner to allow time for him to find another school. After a month, other schools may have moved on to other players since he committed to SC, leaving him no where to go. Regardless of why, I think it’s sad this situation has happened to SC and Davis. Schools have many more options than these kids. Pulling a scholarship 4-5 weeks (or something like that) after he has committed when they (the staff) didn’t even want him, is not right and hurts him getting into a school. SC football will go on with no impact because they will still sign 25 players or so for their program. How many offers are left for this kid, who obviously thought he was set for the next stage in his life.
I wish him the best where ever he ends up. Sure someone will come back with their offer to him now that SC has backed out. His height scares a lot of people but he’s a very talented player. Hopefully he can find the right situation for him.
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peter
January 12th, 2009
8:18 pm
don, you need to do much more research!
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Ral-NC Cock
January 12th, 2009
10:30 pm
Firstly, USC should’ve let it be known that Cooper recruited/offered him a free education against the coaching staff’s desires and THEN high tailed it to LSU. NOW, since Cooper is a LSU coach, let LSU offer him….will it happen??? Time will tell.
Secondly, USC doesn’t give FREE educations lightly and should make sure the recruits are there for an education and not NFL job training. I sure wish the NFL would restrict their ranks to real college grads, For that matter I wish all professional sports required their ranks be college grads if they want to play in the USA but that’ll never happen.
I firmly believe Spurrier will have a gelled team this year because he new coaches hired are first class.
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January 13th, 2009
12:34 am
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Ronny
January 13th, 2009
2:23 am
Ral, LSU will not offer this kid. First they have not been recruiting him, and do not know him. Second, LSU recruits a different level of talent that SC does. LSU recruits and gets commits from the top players in the country, not 1 or 2 like SC, but 25 a season.
Rob, very good comments. These kids have a very limited number of opportunities, while the colleges have multiple players wanting to come there and play. Withdrawing a scholarship at the last second by a school can have devastating effects on a mid-level talent player who received a small number of offers. Yes schools can be hurt a little by kids changing their minds at the last minute and backing out of a commitment, but overall, the affect there to the school is really minimal whereas to the kid it could mean the difference in playing at an SEC school or Alabama-Birmingham.
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Jim
January 13th, 2009
6:52 am
Has the old ball coach quit yet?
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Glibbity Glabbity
January 13th, 2009
8:40 am
Spurrier’s control of his staff is evident in Cooper taking another job. He doesn’t allow renegades players, and he sure doesn’t allow renegade coaches.
I’m glad Coach Stephens has such high moral standards. Maybe next year when a Gwinnett County kid wants to come to Tucker, he will recruit him before the 10th week of the regular season. Stephens is another sad example of DeKalb County at it’s best.
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Tye Davis
January 13th, 2009
11:50 am
This from his family we want to thank all the people that do not know my son and still write about him we are going to fine in the furture before you say anything bad about someone get to know that person it people like you guys the reason my son do not read mess and if you do not have any thing good to say do not say anything We are not upset at S C we fish they a great season once again Jonthan Davis will be fine thanks.Enter your comments here
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mwt
January 13th, 2009
12:11 pm
there`s more to this story…The kid wants to go to UGA where his uncle went.but they haven`t offered…why haven`t they offered..his grades? probably not..His attitude ? probably not…His height …probably so…the average lineman in the SEC is 6 ` 5″ 320 lb`s..Bigger , faster , stronger..is what they all need and you can`t waste a prescious scholarship on a hope and a prayer.Renee Curan`s are few and far between.
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Glibbity Glabbity
January 13th, 2009
12:31 pm
I don’t think position is the factor at UGA. Jonathan Davis is a DB/OLB type player. I think it is more that they have plenty of DB/LB scholarship players already.
Besides, they are holding out that Reid qualifies and heads to Athens since the Gators backed off.
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gamecock88
January 13th, 2009
8:34 pm
This is just the type of player ut needs to continue down the road of being WORSE than a historically mediocre Gamecock team. Sure, SOS pulled the offer, big effing deal. If the kid has any SEC talent whatsoever, there are plenty of teams in need and he will not be left out. On the flip side, had he decommited from USC, it would again be USC’s fault for losing him. It’s a lose lose so move on. My guess is that the truth will come out after signing day and this rinky dink po dunk HS in ga will be the one with explaining to do.
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Dawg fan
January 15th, 2009
9:54 am
Michael,
Have heard nothing of Rontavious Wooten for some time now. Is he still solid UGA?
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Michael Carvell
January 15th, 2009
8:00 pm
Wooten is still committed to UGA and says he will sign with the Bulldogs. But it will be very interesting to see how things play out. If I was FORCED to pick the UGA commitment “most likely” to switch, it would be Wooten in a landslide.
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Also a Dawg Fan
January 15th, 2009
11:42 pm
Michael, Anything on Greg Reid as of today? How bout Marlon Brown how are our chances of landing him?
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Michael Carvell
January 16th, 2009
1:11 am
On Marlon Brown: I just get the feeling from talking to Marlon, that Lane Kiffin is determined to keep Brown in Tennessee and will do anything to make it happen. I could see the Vols promising to throw to him on the first play of the first game (aka Clemson w/Davis), letting him pick his jersey number, name a street after him, etc. … All kidding aside, Brown is still blown away that Kiffin left directly from his press conference to catch a flight and visit him the same night. I know Marlon also loves him some Mike Bobo and Aaron Murray, but will tough for him to leave Tennessee, especially with the mounting public pressure and the fact that his last visit before signing day will be @ Rocky Top.
Greg Reid? I really think UGA has a chance. I don’t have any inside info, but it seems like Reid was shocked to see the enormous public reaction when he said he would take an official visit to Georgia. He liked it, and I think the idea of signing with Georgia is growing on him.
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K-DAWG
January 16th, 2009
8:38 am
A-men,1953 dawg, let’s just see if Richt & company can close and get the top recruits they have on the board to come to UGA, if you look back on the past years they have always struck out on the last few big time recruits they were undecided until signing day, let’s just see what happens this year.If they strike out again, then something has to been done very very quickly.
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SEC fan
January 16th, 2009
8:55 am
1953 dawg
See ya are still smoking dope and carrying that lousy attitude. Light up another one and get on the big Knoxville newspaper site where your cronies are. You are always whining about something. Amazing how some Vol fans distinguish themselves. By the way, quit mentioning the Gators, someone might get the idea you are a Gator fan (we don’t need your type).
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Cro25
January 16th, 2009
9:21 am
1953 Dawg, when you say Tennessee hired the best Defensive Coordinator in the NFL are you talking about the one that couldn’t stop the Raiders in a game that would have put them in the playoffs had they won?
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SEC fan
January 16th, 2009
12:30 pm
1953 dawg
Really sorry to hear that one of your top recruits at Tennessee just got arrested for felonious assault. You can read about it on the ESPN site.
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jawaan
January 16th, 2009
12:53 pm
which recruit not expected to sign with UGA has the best chance to have a signing day switcheroo?
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VIKING GIRL
January 16th, 2009
4:03 pm
I have to agree with 1953 dawg. I’m a big Lowndes Vikings fan and Greg Reid fan as well, but to see Richt out recruit Meyer is yet to be seen. Greg Reid is a Gator. I think it’s a smart move to have Branden Smith make comments about his desire to be in the back field with Reid, but still don’t think that will happen. Meyer and crew will get the job done and i won’t be surprised to see Reid sign as a Gator.
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dawgfann
January 16th, 2009
5:08 pm
The Murray kid from Tampa….CMR took him right out ur backyard….pretty much head to head battle…just enjoy Tebow
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MATTDAWG
January 17th, 2009
8:53 am
CMR is a great coach however every school needs good-cop-bad-cop when it comes to head coach and DC/OC . Right now we have good-cop-good-cop and things need to change. GO DAWGS!!!
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SEC fan
January 17th, 2009
3:05 pm
Reid should go to Georgia where he can be a starter immediately. Florida has 2 starters from this past year in front of Reid. Reid and Smith can be the best cover corner combination in the nation as Freshmen.
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UGA Girl
January 17th, 2009
4:30 pm
When are you folks going to grow up and accept the fact that Willie Martinez isn’t going anywhere? Wasn’t it just a year ago that we were praising him for the dominating defense Georgia had during the 2007 season. Injuries and the inability to practice the way we needed to hurt us. We went back to basics before the bowl and it paid off. Don’t think for a minute that our boys won’t be worked hard this off season. True Dawgs support the team no matter what. I’ve had enough of these fair weather fans constantly bashing our coaches and players. If Richt wasn’t able to close deals, do you think we would have gotten a commitment from AJ Green his JUNIOR year? Oh yeah, Knowshon also chose GA over FL on signing day and I think Reid will too. Richt is one of the best coaches in college football and you should be greatful.
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Techfan
January 17th, 2009
4:35 pm
From where I sit it looks like CMR has lost his killer instinct. Maybe the loss of QB/RB luxuries will get him back in the game/.
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Dawg fan
January 17th, 2009
5:14 pm
UGA girl you are dead on. A lot of the whining and criticism is from people who are not UGA fans at all. The rest comes from exactly as you put it, “fair weather fans”. You also hear a fair amount from Tech fans who can’t get over the fact that Tech got lucky this year for the first time in 7 years. The true Tech came out when they embarrassed themselves in the Chicken Bowl. UGA can recruit with the best and play with the best. Hang in there UGA Girl.
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DawgsManLegacy
January 18th, 2009
2:10 am
UGA is not a program for the fairweather fans to just jump on a “bandwagon” when they win the SEC then turn on when they lose a couple of games. Ive been a DAWG since before i was born iam a legacy of tried and true DAWGS MEN since the time of my great great great grandfathers time so for me its really sad to hear people on here calling therselves DAWGS and then cut down one of the best coaches the program has ever had Ive actually had the privilege of talking with some of CMRs family and they are all the same extremely good people all around better than most youll ever be priveleged to meet. Guess what im saying is if you cant support the DAWGS wholeheartedly you may be an undercover tech fan:) GO DAWGS FOREVER!!!
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DawgsManLegacy
January 18th, 2009
2:56 am
Great Job Chris very proud you are a Dawg i coach recreation football and i preach grades to my players above football even though the game may be more fun those grades speak volumes more about you than any athletic accomplishment you may have and heres to wishing you grweat success for all your hardwork in and out of the classroom GO DAWGS
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DawgsManLegacy
January 18th, 2009
3:20 am
Stafford may have been talented but i agree it takes a true Georgian to have that DAWGS FIRE inside Georgia football has been and always will be 1 of the best states for football talent along with Texas Florida California and Ohio we should look for our players in state first GO GEORGIA GO DAWGS:)!!!!
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Dawg fan
January 18th, 2009
9:03 am
The lesson for recruits at SC is don’t count on any commitments from this coaching staff until you sign the paper on signing day. When Murray broke his leg, Richt personally told him he had a scholarship at UGA whether or not he ever put on a football uniform again. That is integrity and class. That is the kind of leadership example I would want my son to see from a coach. I suspect Spurrier is a good person. However, when the chips were down, he didn’t honor one of his subordinates, and therefore his, commitments.
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mademan58
January 18th, 2009
11:10 pm
I played against this dude in high school and I can honestly say that he is one hell of a athlete, but to do the things that he has done in the classroom as well is amazing. Keep up the great work. Kendrick Class of 07
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Recruitnik
January 18th, 2009
11:58 pm
1953Dawg you don’t know jack about reid nor about uga recruiting. Reid has dropped uf. It’s down to fsu and uga. He will be a dawg.
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the real things that make you go hmmmm
January 19th, 2009
9:27 am
Truthfully, the kid (19 years old for quite some time now) was jockeying for a scholly at LSU and was busy not answering his telephone. He was busy calling Cooper and wouldn’t answer, nor return calls from USCe the week preceeding the scholly yank. Shouldn’t have been a surprise to him that the Evil Genuis found out just what he was up to. Would you continue tying up a scholly when you KNEW that the “prospect” was not 100%? Unfortunately, USCe is not able to talk about it nor defend their actions until after Feb. The Tucker coach cannot tell other kids where to go to school based on one situation where all of the facts are not publicized. I guess his statements are based on how it reflects on his program with the athlete in question being a 4* recruit.
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JOHN MITCHELL
January 19th, 2009
10:05 am
TO 1953 dawg: YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. UGA IS ABOUT TO HAVE POSSIBLY THE GREASTEST RECRUITING CLASS EVER. ALMOST ALL OF THE TOP PLAYERS LEFT (MASSIE,JONES,CHARLES,KENNY,GEATHERS,REID,BROWN) ALL HAVE UGA EITHER AT THE TOP ON SECOND. DO YOUR HOMEWORK BEFORE MAKING STUPID COMMENTS.
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Dorsey Hill
January 19th, 2009
11:43 am
Hmmm, let’s see a story about Spurrier not giving a damn about anyone but himself and treating other people disrespectfully. This is news? Now if you had a story about Spurrier wondering if it is because he has been such a tool over the years that he can’t sign a decent qb prospect then that would be news. How is it that a supposed “offensive genuis” and “qb guru” can’t even get any interest from a top qb? Its because the qb knows that if he succeeds its due to Spurrier and if he fails its because he sucks. Oh, and there will be no NFL future either.
To the Cocks: Good luck competing for titles with lesser qb’s than Todd Ellis, Anthony Wright and even Steve Tannyhill.
To the most overrated coach in the history of sports… GFY!!!!
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Imes
January 19th, 2009
6:09 pm
I’m a huge UGA fan and I keep in touch with all of the recruiting going on. Truthfully, UGA is in the running with charles (50-50), Kenny (almost certain UGA), Reid (50-50 with FSU, they have made a huge late push), Brown (50-50 with Ohio State), Geathers (50-50), Massie (going to UNC or Virginia), Jones (FLA lock). I wish we could sign all of them but its not realistic at all.
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Imes
January 19th, 2009
6:19 pm
FYI: Wooten is very solid to UGA and Toby Jackson still hasn’t made the grade to get in to UGA. He is scheduled to retake the SAT in Feb.
Also, ALL DAWG fans need to be praying that Jeffery Whitaker signs with us next year!!
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Steve Spurrier
January 19th, 2009
7:00 pm
Y’all stick talking about this over in Atlanta? Must be another slow news day at the AJC…
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Tech Man In Dawg Country
January 20th, 2009
7:49 am
Does Jonathan Davis still have an offer on the table from Ga Tech? If not, why not?
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1953Dawg(vol/gator)fan
January 20th, 2009
9:07 am
Are you not man enough to show who you’re true team is? I do wish people on here would quit showing their ignorance.
Richt/Meyer have went head to head in recruiting and Richt has won his share. Even this year, both went after the #2 QB in the country who was within an hour from Gainesville, can anyone remind me what school he picked? Or any players from Daytona/St Augustine that has picked UGA over Fla lately?
And what will Kiffin do once he can’t ride on his daddy’s coat tail? Name one big time recruit in the top 50 that he has secured with his ‘recruiting gurus’ at Tn. So please post facts or just shut up and keep wishing Richt and UGA would go away.
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Dawg fan
January 20th, 2009
5:23 pm
Michael,
Is Michael Bowman in the mix at all for UGA? I know he is a Bama commit but what about UGA. Also, is Je’Ron Stokes a possibility? The ESPN site states that he said UGA was one of his top 5.
Tks.
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Joe
January 21st, 2009
10:17 am
Imes,
where do you get your information from? Do you subscribe to rivals or scout? Just curious because I don’t subscribe but follow recruiting very closely and am very interested in any stories involving the last few guys UGA has on their radar.
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hill street
January 21st, 2009
9:54 pm
me thinks that if Tennesse Tech offered a Tech recruit, he would switch his commitment. UT can grab this guy if they want him. Tech can’t recruit with the big boys.
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MrSEC.com » Blog Archive » Be Careful What You Wish For: The Curious Case of Willie Martinez
January 21st, 2009
10:04 pm
[...] other options. Especially when he’s also your defensive backs coach and you’re in a heated battle for one of the top defensive backs in the country. I don’t get the sense that our recruiting [...]
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Hairofthedawg
January 21st, 2009
10:04 pm
Orson,
The balls up in the air heading your way with nothing but the goal line ahead in the swamp and the ball game is in the balance. The ball goes off your finger tips and you can’t quite hold on to it. Unfortunately UF loses the game in a squeaker. You will never live down the accident of the trophy in the Gator Nation. Nor with your teammates. It will be there in the back of your mind playing at UF. Number 8 Terrence Edwards dropped some key passes in key games that UGA lost. He was a tremedous athlete while at UGA. The Dawg Nation stood behing him and supported him as he needed encouragement not ridicule. Will you get that at UF in light of the trophy? Come play for the Dawgs along side of Green with Aaron tossing to you. Make a clean break with a man at the helm that is interested in you more than just winning games but in the game of life. We would love to see you wearing the G. Where ever you decide to go I wish you good luck and the very best!
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gahscoach
January 21st, 2009
10:16 pm
They pulled the trick on a kid from Kell HS too. Gave him a scholarship, then when he took a visit and ran a 40 time they didn’t like they told him they’d honor the scholly, but he’d never play. Bunch of crap. Hope they finish 4th in the east every year
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gp295
January 22nd, 2009
12:21 am
Good kid need to commit so he can hit the books to get his grade in order.
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UGA coach Mark Richt makes deal with Troup valedictorian | College Football Recruiting Blog
January 22nd, 2009
7:47 am
[...] Richt told Burnette he has never recruited a valedictorian during his coaching career. [...]
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January 22nd, 2009
8:05 am
[...] Cool beans. [...]
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Bill
January 22nd, 2009
10:09 am
2 very fast and SHORT CB’s…..Can’t wait to see Julio jump up and catch a few over them…
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The Ole Ball Coach
January 22nd, 2009
10:33 am
Chris you are a real leader I am honored that you selected Georgia as your school …. period. You are a great example for all
young people to follow.
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John Nance
January 22nd, 2009
11:15 am
Chris Burnette, I want to congratulate you on your hard scholastic work. You are a REAL hero and the finest example of a role model for other kids in school. Georgia would gain a great asset when you enroll and as I life long Bulldog fan, I am proud you have chosen Georgia. Valedictorian or not, you are a winner!!!!!
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dawgone
January 22nd, 2009
11:17 am
We are glad you are coming Chris. You are exactly the kind of young man we need at UGA. Good Luck and see you in August.
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Zoomie
January 22nd, 2009
11:24 am
How refreshing to read about an athlete with this level of academic credential — whether or not he’s actually selected valedictorian. Chris Burnette will be one of the stellar recruits for UGA regardless of his football contribution. I also have to hand it to Mark Richt for showing such strong support for academic achievement. Great story!
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'ol dawg
January 22nd, 2009
11:31 am
As a life long Bulldog, I don’t think I have ever been more impressed with a young recruits record of accomplishment. UGA has had many who excelled in the classroom prior to entering college and after, but I am not sure I ever remember one who had never made anything but A’s, although I am sure there have been some. It is such an outstanding accomplishment, and I doubt if there is anyone who would not find it to be outstanding.
Coach Richt I am sure did not say he would attend if you indeed are Valedictorian without being completely sincere. It is a source of pride on his part that you have chosen UGA, as well as all supporters. You will be part of an outstanding class of young men, most of whom will have to work very hard to balance academics and athletics. What we as fans fail to realize at times, is that in addition to being a good athlete, you also have to go to class and study. It is not an easy task, but one that many do well.
Welcome to UGA. We certainly are proud to have you!
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Eric Wesson
January 22nd, 2009
11:38 am
Chris…you are truly an inspiration for us all…young and old. Good luck to you, and remember academics is your first priority!!!
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PlanetMe
January 22nd, 2009
11:41 am
I am so proud of this guy and his academic abilities. I’m a Bama grad and I can’t help but congratulate Georgia on getting this young man…
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Paul
January 22nd, 2009
11:44 am
Jones, Reid, Charles, Brown, and Geather will be dogs comes Feb. 09. We can’t have anymore kids beside them.
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dawgdaze
January 22nd, 2009
11:55 am
recruitnik is right. reid will not got to uf. no chance in hell!! uf fans can thank their coach for that. tenn, fsu , miami or uga with fsu and uga in the lead for now. kid loves this attention who knows where he will go. you can bet your sweet a#$ it is not uf.
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Clay
January 22nd, 2009
11:57 am
Good Luck to Chris! I hope he becomes valedictorian and relishes Coach Mark Richt’s attendance, then begins a fine career as a Bulldog and get his degree at UGA.
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Mike S
January 22nd, 2009
12:02 pm
Congratulations on your accomplishments Chris, and good luck in making Valedictorian. You are a shining example to your fellow students and I wish you well in all your future endeavours.
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FLA DAWG
January 22nd, 2009
12:03 pm
Class Acts by Burnette & Richt. Fine examples for all students, athletes and coaches.
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Mike S
January 22nd, 2009
12:12 pm
Ried has completely droped UF now. He says Meyer treated him like crap during his official visit because he had pulled his commit and was looking around.
Meyer needs to watch his temper/EGO, other recruits are beginning to see how he treats people who “cross” him and how everything is about Urban and Urban only.
There is no doubt Meyer is a great coach and has put together a great team at Florida, but if he continues to alienate people with his attitude and ego, those two crystal trophies will only be worth so much once “superman” is gone.
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Mike S
January 22nd, 2009
12:13 pm
GRRR — Dropped not Droped. sorry.
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Mikey
January 22nd, 2009
12:29 pm
This is great- I can’t help but wonder what Urban would do…
He would probably have never made the commitment in the first place because he doesn’t care for the person, just the W column.
Am I being over the top? I don’t think so…
Greg Reid, if you are reading this, please note the difference between the two coaches.
Sure, Urban has 2 more rings than CMR, but class always wins…maybe not on the game scoreboad, but the scoreboard of life.
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Brian
January 22nd, 2009
12:54 pm
Chris….I’d like to not only congratulate you on your accomplishments on and off the field….but I’d like to extend a “well done” to your parents as well. That’s where it all starts….Go Dawgs!
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MrSEC.com » Blog Archive » Around The SEC East - 1/22/09
January 22nd, 2009
12:56 pm
[...] valedictorian status at his high school. Proving once again that he really is a good guy — Mark Richt vowed to go to Burnette’s graduation if he accomplishes the goal. How does anyone not like this [...]
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MountainDawg
January 22nd, 2009
1:02 pm
Sounds like a good, intelligent young man. It’s refreshing to see a recruit that’s academically successful (to this degree) & not the (all-too-typical) half-illiterate, “gangsta” thug who gets a pass (only) due to his God given (but overhyped) athletic ability!
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gp295
January 22nd, 2009
1:06 pm
I would like to thank chris for all of his hard work and his parent for instilling their best effort.
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DaveH
January 22nd, 2009
2:11 pm
Wow, how proud your family must be! Makes me proud to be a Bulldog to have you joining our team. It’s not easy to juggle academics and athletics, much less be excellent at both. Congrats!
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Iceman
January 22nd, 2009
2:51 pm
This a very encouraging, and cool story. Not even at UGA yet, but he’s already a Damn Good Dawg.
See you in the fall, dude!
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Dave
January 22nd, 2009
3:12 pm
Chris, whether or not you make valedictorian; you have accomplished more than most. I know your family is very proud of you. I too would like to extend my congratulations on your achievements and becoming a Bulldog. I was fortunate to be at a small luncheon where Coach Richt was the speaker. After hearing him, I was very impressed with him as a man of great character. I think you will see that at as you spend your days at UGA. Good luck in all you do.
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OleMissRebel
January 22nd, 2009
3:16 pm
Chris, my hat goes off to you for all your hard-work. If for some reason you are not valedictorian, then hold your head high because you have already accomplished a lot. Good luck at UGA and I hope you play well against every team but Ole Miss.
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chuck allison
January 22nd, 2009
3:38 pm
Chris, if your academics are good enough to get into a better school than UGA, then you owe it to yourself and to your family to do so. UGA academics are rather poor and, if your high school has prepared you well enough, you should shoot higher. There are lots of kids who have no other choice than to go to UGA and that is good enough for them.
However, beware of being overconfident. Whether being the top student in your high school really prepares you for a better university really depends on the academic strength of your high school.
Lots of kids come out on top at their high school only to find that they have to struggle at an upper level academic college. Whatever you do, don’t rely on UGA graduates to advise you on UGA academics. They are understandably prejudiced and want to think the best about their own school.
Also, don’t fall into the trap of taking weak liberal arts courses in high school just to keep up your GPA and compete for valedictorian. You are better off taking the tough math and science courses even if you get beat out for valedictorian by someone who takes home economics and community organizer type courses. Those cupcake courses won’t help you get into the better schools.
You probably should speak to someone at Emory University, Vanderbilt University, Georgia Tech, or Duke about whether you would be qualified to move up. Even better, speak to two or more of these upper tier schools. Good luck whatever you decide.
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Ken
January 22nd, 2009
4:10 pm
Who cares. If he can’t block or tackle, he’ll end up at Ga Tech
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FRED
January 22nd, 2009
4:12 pm
WHAT A BLESSING WHEN WE GOT THIS KID. IF ONLY WE COULD RECRUITE MORE LIKE CHRIS
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What???
January 22nd, 2009
4:13 pm
Chuck, you are ignorant and this is proven with the statement “UGA academics are rather poor” Two Rhode Scholars (in one school year) are normally not pulled from “poor academic schools” Check the statistics before making such a ridiculous statement. This is to be expected from a jealous Tech guy. I know it just burns you guys up that UGA has become a nationally-recognized university. Kudos to Chris for picking an excellent university with fine athletics… best of both worlds.
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Glenn Griffin
January 22nd, 2009
4:13 pm
Thanks Chris for making the Dawg Nation so proud and honored to have you . Thank to your family and all the support they have given you and the encouragement that you have had to received from them over the years. That is truly a blessing, I wish you the best always.
#1 DAWG fan in Alaska
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RAMBLE ON!!!
January 22nd, 2009
4:21 pm
Chris you could have excelled at Tech – receive a quailty education like Rueben Houston. He was taught the advantages of capitolism… buy weed in bulk and distribute in smaller, more profitable units. Joe Hamilton learned that when driving drunk, it is a good idea to carry weed. Stephon Marbury demonstrated that you can make the most of a 540 SAT score. Such fine examples of the North Ave Trade School.
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Dale
January 22nd, 2009
4:34 pm
Great story and great for Bulldog Nation. I am a Seminole and am happy for you!! Mark Richt is a wonderful man and coach.
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Ken
January 22nd, 2009
4:35 pm
If you had more recruits like Chris, you’d be Vanderbilt.
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Technite
January 22nd, 2009
4:52 pm
Allison, your advice may well be the stupidest diatribe I have ever read. You need to be on political articles and not commenting on sports columns. It may surprise you to know that simply going to the schools you mentioned would do nothing to insure the students success in life. In fact, if they promoted a ‘nose in the air’ attitude like yours, they could actually hurt the students chances of success after college. Your recommendations on courses for this young man to take in high school are a bit late since he has already begun the final semester of his senior year. Gleaning that from the article above requires very little intelligence so I am sure it was well over your head. I won’t comment further except to say that there are no high school courses that I know of named ‘community organizer’. Using that phrase only serves to reveal your true ignorance. I only know of one person who at one time was a community organizer. He will be spending the next 4 years attempting to sweep up the broken glass left on the floor by a person whom I am certain you admire. I am sure Chris will apply himself at UGA as well as he has applied himself in high school and I wish him the best. I am equally as sure he will never embrace your lowly view of “community organizers’ or the education they have.
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jimmy
January 22nd, 2009
5:14 pm
dont count on reid yet,,,itll be close between fsu (where he would team with teammate demps) and the dawgs (one of the top recruiting classes) but it wouldnt suprise me to see if he goes back to the gators. i hope not but it just wouldnt suprise me.
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Rob
January 22nd, 2009
5:30 pm
Great story about this kid. After all the junk that’s said about some of these kids (Greg Reid especially), it’s great to see a story like this and refreshing to see fans with positive things to say about them.
Good luck to him and I hope he reaches his goal to be valedictorian.
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Mike T.
January 22nd, 2009
8:11 pm
Chuck gives all this high brow advice on higher education, however it’s amusing to see
he can’t even capitalize the first letters in his own name. Chris,good luck on being
named valedictorian,I wish you the best luck in your education and less importantly your
time as a Georgia Bulldog.
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Kdawg
January 22nd, 2009
8:12 pm
Hey Chris as a Troup High alum myself, congrats on your academics and as a member of the DAWG NATION we all welcome you to the best college team in the country. When you step foot on the hollow grounds of Sanford Stadium and see all the red and black, the blood starts pumping. May the times you have in Athens be the best of your life…..Go Dawgs
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Coastal Dawg
January 22nd, 2009
8:38 pm
Chris what a great honor it will be to have you at UGA whether you are a athelete or not… As a Dawg fan, we still need young men like you in our schools for role models. Go Dawgs!!!
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Tj
January 22nd, 2009
10:26 pm
Too many issues with Reid. Buzz says you will regret signing him. check him out on youtube in the grayson loss
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09 recruiting class - Page 9 - SECTalk Forums
January 23rd, 2009
3:16 am
[...] UGA coach Mark Richt makes deal with Troup valedictorian candidate | College Football Recruiting Blo… Georgia coach Mark Richt made a promise to Troup offensive lineman Chris Burnette: If you’re the valedictorian, then I’ll be at your graduation to hear your speech. “[Richt] said he was proud of me, and if it happens, he’ll be there,” Burnette said. “I was honored he said that to me, especially with all the [coaching responsibilities] he has.” “That would cool to have [Richt] at graduation. He is like a celebrity, and it would be a wild atmosphere with him there.” Burnette decided against enrolling early at Georgia so he could stay at Troup to compete for the No. 1 academic honor. Burnette has a 5.012 GPA and slight lead over two others in the valedictorian race. He has made straight A’s since kindergarten. “I was already very motivated, but [Richt saying that] gives me even more,” Burnette said "So I just went around to the offensive line and said, ‘Just give me some time, let’s just go down the field, just like we normally do. We need two scores. If we can’t score two times, we don’t deserve to wear G’s on our helmet.’" – Joe Cox, 2006 vs. Colorado [...]
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Dr Phil
January 23rd, 2009
3:21 am
chuck allison is a cross dresser. It has a male name and a female name. If you’re done with your advice, get back to serving wine spritzers in the Buckhead ‘alternative’ club.
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Dawg fan
January 23rd, 2009
8:43 am
Is Michael Bowman on our radar at all now? Always thought we might get him from Bama late in the cycle if we were still short on the TE position.
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BIGSTRICK
January 23rd, 2009
8:50 am
WELL DONE!! WE WELCOME YOU TO BULLDAWG NATION.I WISH YOU THE BEST.
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SLOW NEWS FRIDAY · Block-C
January 23rd, 2009
9:27 am
[...] recruitment of Jonathan Davis, then you’ll know that Davis’s head coach has banned Spurrier or USC from recruiting any of his players ever again. Long story short, the Gamecocks had given Davis a scholly and so he turned down various offers [...]
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QW
January 23rd, 2009
6:39 pm
I just simply love this guy. I’m glad he’s a DAWG!
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QW
January 23rd, 2009
6:49 pm
These stupid simple rumors amaze me. It’s understandable for the QB position, but for a DB to pick another school because of another player at his position is silly to me. I would hope that there’s a lot more that goes into a decision.
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coffeenothanks
January 23rd, 2009
9:12 pm
Chris needs to check the rules for Valedictorian in the county. It is NOT based on grades, but on graduating Magna Cum Laude. It then goes to the student who has the highest SAT. Many students have had the highest weighted GPA, graduated no. 1 academically and not named Valedictorian. Good luck on the SAT.
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Old Bulldog
January 24th, 2009
1:02 pm
Chris, I am glad you chose UGA for your college education. The college experience is a lot like life: you get out of it what you put into it. Plan your academic program out and work your plan. Pick a career that you will enjoy and you will prosper. Perhaps you will play in the NFL and get rich one day. I hope so. But always be mindful that only a small percentage of great college players have NFL careers, so plan those academics for law, accounting, education, medicine, pharmacy, theology, or whatever you feel would provide you with the opportunity to have a great life.
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Football on the Brain- Georgia Recruiting Update « Football on the Brain
January 24th, 2009
10:09 pm
[...] Coach Richt again proved how great a human being he is by promising Burnette if he wins Valedictorian he will agree to attend his graduation to hear Burnette deliver the valedictory address. [...]
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charles
January 25th, 2009
1:32 am
Hey Chris, Super Cool –putting your EDUCATION before football….NOT LIKE SOME OF THE SUPER BASKETBALL PLAYERS,THAT READERS ENCOURAGE TO PLAY 1 YEAR OF COLLEGE , AND THEN TURN PRO….. ONE QUESTION FOR THESE PEOPLE WHAT YOU GONNA DO AFTER SPORTS? DUH!!!!!!!
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Harry Rand
January 25th, 2009
10:45 am
OH Lord a man I can call friend and brother without ever meeting!WELCOME!A shinging jewel that shines from a flag pole, what an example for peers.
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BigMike
January 26th, 2009
7:50 am
Would love to have this Mammouth wacthing Joe Cox’s blind side’and Massie you can have all the varsity hotdogs you want!
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BigMike
January 26th, 2009
7:55 am
It want be a contest, when the kid see’s UGA, and there stadium, it will be like de-commiting from your old college chevy, to your first beamer, after you landed that new job with all the benefits
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Scott
January 26th, 2009
10:36 am
“and there stadium”…Clearly a Georgia alum – I suppose when you learn to spell it ‘dawg’ you’re bound to make a few mistakes.
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True to Form
January 26th, 2009
11:00 am
45-42
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Spell Check
January 26th, 2009
12:07 pm
BigMike,
It seems like UGA really won’ts this kid and their will be no problem in getting him.
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chris altman
January 26th, 2009
1:45 pm
“when you learn to spell it ‘dawg’” Actually “it” is spelled it, not dawg. But like you said, you’re bound to make a few mistakes.
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mts315
January 26th, 2009
2:20 pm
Spell Check should try and use spell check.
Won’ts = plural of will not (I guess that is what that contraction would be, if were actually a word)
Wants = has a desire for
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January 26th, 2009
5:58 pm
[...] Re: OT Bobby Massie Update (1/25): He talks about his Bama visit [Recruiting 101: Bobby Massie got some good advice [...]
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GAJEFF
January 26th, 2009
6:10 pm
Just can’t understand all the crowing over winning by 3 points. Especially after being owned for so many years in a row. How about a big win or maybe more than one in a row and then stick your chest out.
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LSU fan
January 26th, 2009
8:40 pm
38 – 3
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UF Fan
January 27th, 2009
9:42 am
49-10
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Athens Bound
January 27th, 2009
9:57 am
When’s the last time GT had a five-star recruit in football? Yea, I can’t remember either.
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Jahovis
January 27th, 2009
11:44 am
Lets ponder his options here….
Option 1) Go to a school who runs the boring Option Offense and never touch the ball your college career due to a lousy two star “run only” QB, play in front of measly 35,000 silent nerds at the “never sold out” Bobby Dodd, play a grueling ACC schedule and have your biggest game aired on RAY COM sports, and at the end of your Tech career maybe have a shot to play in the XFL(if they ever make a come back).
Option 2)Go to a school that has 4 quarterbacks with great accuracy(4th being Logan Grey who could have his jersey retired at Tech), an offense that throws the ball over 50% of the time, consistently in the Top 10, has more of their practices aired on ESPN than Tech does football games, and puts more male cheerleaders in the NFL than Tech football.
Hmmmmm. If i was a 6″4 wide out that thinks I have a shot at playing on Sundays, I think the decision is pretty clear.
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MinnesotaJacket
January 27th, 2009
2:06 pm
Athens Bound your right…your extremely right we haven’t had a 5 star recruit in jeez 10 years probably if I had to guess….BUT THATS RIGHT…we beat you with the 3-4 star recruits…I mean do I wish we could get the 5 stars of course I do BUT we can’t recruit the retarded kids and let them major in Grass Managment, and give them tests that says what does it mean when you go out of bounds (that was one of the questions of the basketball players when Georgia got in trouble FYI)..I guess having those 5 star mentally handicapped kids means absolutely nothing in the end!!
Go Jackets
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LSU fan
January 27th, 2009
5:28 pm
Minnesota Jacket
Just remember you ended the season in the Chicken Bowl. 38-3 Everything else is unimportant. You guys are like locust or comets, ya show up every 7 years and make a flash then ya go away. 38-3
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Knowfan
January 28th, 2009
7:14 am
I am a UGA fan but it bothers me to see Dawg fans brag over another school beating Tech. Also, it is true Tech has not had a 5 star player in years (maybe Calvin Johnson). That makes it even more unbareable to get beat by Tech. They did it with no 5 star players.
Tech’s problem, with their offense, will be winning bowl games when teams have a month to prepare for the option. If they don’t pass more they will have a difficult time getting any WR’s although it looks like they do have Hill. We will see if he will be the next CJ. I hope he is a good blocker.
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Wil Walton
January 28th, 2009
12:05 pm
How many 5 star recruits does UGA sign and enroll every year? If my memory serves, it’s about 1 every 2 years. UGA’s recuriting “success” (as deemed by recruiting experts) is that they sign and enroll “solid” classes that are full of 3 and 4 star student athletes that fill their positions of need. So tell me, is there a correlation between UGA’s recuiting and their 9.8 wins a year vs. GT’s recuiting and their 7.8 wins a year for the last decade?
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LSU fan
January 28th, 2009
1:05 pm
Knowfan,
Techs problem will be getting invited to Bowl game at all. After their showing this year, a Bowl invite will be hard to get unless they get an automatic bid. 38-3
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UF fan
January 28th, 2009
10:06 pm
Can’t wait to face UGA this year, I always love facing the most overrated coach of all time in Mark Richt. They will suck next year without Stafford and Moreno especially cause they weren’t even good this year! 49-10
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Liebs
January 29th, 2009
12:00 am
LSU fan, if you were a real fan you should know how hugely LSU underperformed all year. LSU had the talent of a National Champ team but had a horrible QB and a defense that started to implode near the end of the season (in part because the QB kept turning the ball over). I wouldn’t be surprised if LSU wins the SEC West next season. The CFB is similar to what I’d expect if GT player Florida or USC or Texas. Even the most die-hard GT fan will say they aren’t at that level.
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Michael Carvell
January 30th, 2009
4:28 pm
Thanks “Ocilla General.” Now any thoughts on Favors? Did you see him perform in any of those TV games? What’s your predictions for his freshman year?
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LSU fan
January 31st, 2009
9:28 am
REID: UGA. JONES: UGA. MYLES: Tenn. BROWN: Tenn. STARLING: UGA.
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BigMike
January 31st, 2009
9:29 am
Michael, This is poor journalism, when you leave out guys like Bobby Massie, and Orson Charles. Be on point when you write about football in the south, after all this is SEC country, and every now and then show the ACC a little love. Most of these guys are the Dawgs easy picking,but don’t be surprised with JONES, A LIFE LONG GATOR FAN, the chance for people in your home state to always remember you, and family to see you will take top priorrity over everything else.
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Ocilla General
January 31st, 2009
9:56 am
I watched him once, so I’m not sure I’ve got a complete picture. But my impression is that the guy “plays with good length” as the basketball coaches like to say. He doesn’t have the body development to play down low consistently, but he’s a very complete player when facing the basket. Guys with that height and quickness who can shoot the ball and pass are always deadly in college because they’re so tough to guard (will he drive? Pull up for the jumper? Give it up?) He’ll be a contributor as a freshman and be one and done.
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Clemson fan
January 31st, 2009
10:10 am
Reid:(Fla St) Jones:(USC) Myles:(Tenn) Brown:(Tenn) Starling:(Fla St)
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VIKING GIRL
January 31st, 2009
10:53 am
Reid(FSU) Jones(UF) Myles(Tenn) Brown(Tenn) Starling(FSU)
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1LSUfan
January 31st, 2009
11:32 am
REID:FSU. JONES: LSU. MYLES: LSU). BROWN: OSU. STARLING: Florida
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Michael Carvell
January 31st, 2009
1:41 pm
Big Mike: Fair question. I left Massie out because he hadn’t shown up in Athens, as of noon Saturday and is rumored to be Bama-bound. Charles? He’s not picking until mid-February … or even March. This contest ends Feb. 4. What are your picks? List ‘em. Thanks!
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Randall
January 31st, 2009
2:03 pm
REID-UGA JONES-FLA. MYLES-TENN. BROWN-TENN. STARLING-UGA
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jawaan
January 31st, 2009
3:52 pm
jones: USC, myles: TENN, reid/brown/srarling:UGA
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Jeez
January 31st, 2009
4:01 pm
Reid: Georgia
Jones: Florida
Myles: Tennessee
Brown: Georgia
Starling: Georgia
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Travis
January 31st, 2009
9:00 pm
Reid:Georgia, Jones:Florida, Myles: Tennessee, Brown: Tennessee, Starling:Georgia
*Massie:Alabama, Charles:Georgia
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tenn.DAWG
January 31st, 2009
9:45 pm
Reid: UGA
Jones:UF
Myles:UTK
Brown:UGA
Starling:UGA
Massie:UA
Charles:UGA
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RamblinWreck
January 31st, 2009
10:40 pm
Reid – FSU
Jones – UF
Myles – LSU
Brown – UGA
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Thugish Schools
January 31st, 2009
11:18 pm
Reid- Who Cares
Jones- Yawn…
Myles- Zzzzzzzz
Brown- who?
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Edward
January 31st, 2009
11:27 pm
Reid, UGA
Jones, UF
Myles, Tennessee
Brown, UGA
Starlin, UGA
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Fratuszewski
February 1st, 2009
2:38 am
I hung out with Greg Reid tonight at Athens. He told me that he let the coaches know of his decision as of Saturday night. He’s a dawg all the way.
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Mark
February 1st, 2009
8:59 am
Reid,UGA Jones,LSU Myles,Bama Brown,UGA Starlin,UGA
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ricky
February 1st, 2009
10:37 am
Reid, Bammer
Jones, LSWho
Myles, UT
Brown, UT
Starlin UGA
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3069bryan-Go Vols!
February 1st, 2009
10:50 am
REID:GA JONES:UF MYLES:UT BROWN:GA STARLING:GA
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Richtool
February 1st, 2009
10:52 am
Brown to UT , Myles to UT , who cares about the rest ……
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Luke
February 1st, 2009
11:19 am
REID: Florida State JONES: Texas MYLES: Tennessee BROWN: Tennessee STARLING: Notre Dame
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NYDAWG
February 1st, 2009
11:39 am
Reid-UGA
jONES-usc
Myles-UA
Rrown-UT
Starling-Flordia State
Charles-UGA
Massie-UA
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SchleyDawg
February 1st, 2009
11:46 am
Reid – UGA
Brown – Tennessee (but want him at UGA bad)
Starling – UGA
Myles – Alabama
Jones – Florida
Charles – UGA
Massie – Alabama (wanted him bad too)
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Sunday Lunch: Super Bowl Edition | MrSEC.com
February 1st, 2009
1:20 pm
[...] Atlanta Journal-Constitution has some signing day predictions. Could the ‘Cats come up with [...]
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Hawks
February 1st, 2009
1:34 pm
REID: UGA. JONES: UF. MYLES: Bama. BROWN: UGA. STARLING: UGA
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King Gator
February 1st, 2009
2:31 pm
REID: Alabama. JONES: Florida . MYLES: UGA BROWN: Florida. STARLING: Notre Dame
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Nick
February 1st, 2009
3:03 pm
Reid: University of Georgia (UGA)
Jones: University of Southern California (USC)
Myles: University of Alabama (UA)
Brown: University of Georgia (UGA)
Starling: University of Georgia (UGA)
Consulation Picks
Massie: University of Mississippi (Ole Miss)
Charles: University of Georgia (UGA)
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cortez k
February 1st, 2009
4:58 pm
REID: UGA. JONES:UGA. MYLES: kentucky. BROWN:UGA. STARLING:UGA.
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QUE
February 1st, 2009
5:32 pm
Reid-FSU
Jones-Texas
Myles-Bama
Brown-UGA
Starling-UGA
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Papa
February 1st, 2009
5:33 pm
REID: not uga JONES: not uga MYLES: not uga BROWN: not uga STARLING: not uga
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Paddy
February 1st, 2009
6:49 pm
Reid – not FSU (probation coming soon) UGA
Myles – Alabama
Brown – Tenn
Starling – UGA (not FSU ditto)
Jones – Florida
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SPAMONI
February 1st, 2009
10:10 pm
REID: UGA, BROWN: TENN, JONES: LSU, STARLING: UGA, CHARLES: UGA, MASSIE:BAMA, MYLES: TENN.
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Jeremy
February 2nd, 2009
12:57 am
REID: UGA. JONES: Florida. MYLES:LSU. BROWN: UT. STARLING: FSU
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LSU 2-time BCS National Champions
February 2nd, 2009
9:59 am
REID: FSU
JONES: LSU
MYLES: LSU
BROWN: UT
STARLING: FSU
Why do any of them want to play for UGA? You only win an SEC Championship every now and then? You go to the LSU, FSU, and the UTs to win National Championships. You don’t go to UGA to win a National Title.
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Jack
February 2nd, 2009
11:14 am
REID: FSU JONES: USC MYLES: LSU BROWN: UGA STARLING: FSU
LSU- You’re an idiot. Georgia has the most wins in the SEC the past decade. LSU is a great program but had great luck in the 2 years where MNC’s were won. You lose 2 games and win a NC while Auburn can go undefeated and not even get a shot. Count your blessings and quit making stupid comments.
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THWG
February 2nd, 2009
11:28 am
LOL….UGA will miss out on the entire list. And that is more likely than not! Gators rule but FSU will get the cream from this UGA wishlist.
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Bernie
February 2nd, 2009
12:17 pm
REID: DAWGS
JONES: USC
MYLES: Bama
BROWN: DAWGS
STARLING: FSU
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Sean "Bulldogs"
February 2nd, 2009
12:49 pm
Reid will sign Bulldogs because of number 24…
Jones go to Florida because of ugly Gators…
Myles go to Alabama because of fat elephants..
Brown will sign Bulldogs because of Massaquoi’s gone to replace…
Starling go to Florida State because of more dancing wolves…
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StL Dawg
February 2nd, 2009
1:13 pm
Reid – UGA, Myles – Bama, Jones – Florida, Brown – UT, Starling – FSU
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Jake Jenkins
February 2nd, 2009
1:32 pm
Chris, I’m a junior in high school and I play football and I find my self struggling to keep a 3.5 gpa. I don’t understand how you do it. I’m glad that you decided to become a dawg and I look forward to seeing you play in the future. CONGRATS and goodluck man. GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!
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Dawgcrew34
February 2nd, 2009
1:35 pm
REID: UGA. JONES: Florida. MYLES: Bama. BROWN: UGA. STARLING: UGA.
UGA has a top 5 class this year after these guys sign.
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GAMECOCKBOY
February 2nd, 2009
1:40 pm
a recruit will never be bigger then this university…tucker high isn’t the only good high school with good football in georgia and atl…we have a new db coach who has a house in atl and he is already in atl recruiting….good luck to davis..we were davis best offer..there is a reason georgia didn’t want him..in the end our db coach who offered davis without spurriers permission is at lsu now and we have a great one who will do things the right way…. ….GOOO COCKS!!!
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G8R H8R 92
February 2nd, 2009
1:50 pm
REID: UGA
JONES: Texas
MYLES: LSU
BROWN: UGA
STARLING: UGA
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GAMECOCKBOY
February 2nd, 2009
2:00 pm
good luck to farms but even if he goes to nc or auburn he is going to be on the losing end to my gamecocks…so farms get ready b/c u going to get spured and go home a loser…remember u come here to columbia in 2010 if u go to nc and u will go back to chapel hill on the losing end…GOOO COCKS!!1
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K-DAWG
February 2nd, 2009
2:43 pm
REID-FSU
JONES-FLA
MYLES-BAMA
BROWN-UGA
STARLING-UGA
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FLDAWG
February 2nd, 2009
3:15 pm
REID-UGA
JONES-TEXAS
MYLES-BAMA
BROWN-UGA
STARLING-UGA
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Keith
February 2nd, 2009
3:54 pm
REID: FSU. JONES: USC. MYLES: Alabama. BROWN: Tennessee. STARLING: FSU.
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BMacDPDawg
February 2nd, 2009
4:34 pm
Sorry, but the dogs only get one…. I think
Reid – UGA
Jones – UF
Myles – KY
Brown – UT
Starling – FSU
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fbheel
February 2nd, 2009
4:36 pm
Get real. UNC is loading up with so much talent we fully expect to smash the chickens next year.
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2N4YEARS
February 2nd, 2009
4:44 pm
BROWN -TENN
REID -FLA ST
JONES -ALA
CHARLES -USC
MYLES -LSU
STARLING -FSU
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delusional GTfan
February 2nd, 2009
5:00 pm
they all are going to GaTech to play with the greatest QB in college football Nesbitt and the legendary Paul Johnson in the greatest High School stadium in the country.
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ahowie13
February 2nd, 2009
5:08 pm
Reid: UGA
Jones: Fla
Brown: UGA
Charles: UGA
Starling: UGA
Myles: Alabama
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Bill W.
February 2nd, 2009
5:19 pm
REID: UGA JONES: USC MYLES: UT BROWN: UT STARLING: UGA
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Tech Fan
February 2nd, 2009
5:23 pm
LSU fan that is the most off the wall thing i have read in quite some time…Tech wont get a bowl bid unless its automatic….based on one game last year…then how in the world did Vandy get a bowl bid they couldnt even make one last year….People like you is whats ruining College Football
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Chris
February 2nd, 2009
5:24 pm
They play football at South Carolina? or UNC? nice. that is news to me. As to UNC being loaded? are we referring to blood alcohol content? Certainly not football talent! ha.
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billy
February 2nd, 2009
5:25 pm
come down to TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY,where he knows he will get an education.Football only last until the next down,so have that MIND conditioned to live a grand old life! Gamecockboy you said 2010 what about 2009? Does he have the grades to jump in and compete,or is he JC material?
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Tnc
February 2nd, 2009
5:26 pm
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Tnc
February 2nd, 2009
5:30 pm
Reid: FSU (LOCK)
Jones: Florida (LOCK)
Myles: Bama (already confirmed favorite)
Brown: Tennessee (Bama fan but hope he goes to Georgia)
Starling: FSU (Guarantee)
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Big Mike Casts Stones
February 2nd, 2009
5:33 pm
Big Mike,
Comments like yours are why a lot of sports journalists have a hard time taking fans seriously.
The headline says NATIONAL SIGNING DAY PREDICTIONS…Charles won’t commit to anyone until at least mid February and Massie eliminated Georgia last week.
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Answers
February 2nd, 2009
5:37 pm
Anyone that commits, then de-commits, then sets up an official visit with a third school (UCF), then cancels the visit with that school obviously has some issues. I would be wary of signing this kid regardless of how many stars he has on Rivals.
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Answers
February 2nd, 2009
5:43 pm
**Michael** – Any information on Kwame Geathers? I’m thinking this guy may just be one of the most underrated and overlooked recruits in this years class. Word is he has standing offers from UGA, FSU, USCe, and Tenn. Also he just visited UCF this past week where his cousin apparently hosted him and tried to convince him to go to Orlando.
Any prediction where he ends up?
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JD
February 2nd, 2009
5:46 pm
Nice, Cock. Call a high school kid a loser because he doesn’t want to come to your school. He’s a kid. Cut him some slack.
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T-DAWG
February 2nd, 2009
5:48 pm
REID-UGA STARLING-FSU MYLES-TENN BROWN-TENN JONES-FLA
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Gabe
February 2nd, 2009
6:23 pm
Signing day isn’t till Wednesday and he is free to chose whoever he wants for whatever reason he wants. Whereever he does go, he is going to have to work his butt off waking up at 5am to lift weights and run before going to class. I say good luck to you Johnnie Farms and don’t take any lip from a redonkulous sportswriter. I am a SEC fan but Farms is actually correct, UNC DOES have an excellent academic reputation…the only school in the SEC that is better is Vandy. It takes a lot of courage for a 18 year old kid to stick to his guns and tell that to Steve Spurrier….and what would you reccomend your 18 year old son base his decision on?
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Travis
February 2nd, 2009
6:39 pm
Kwame Geathers: UGA
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GADAWG706
February 2nd, 2009
6:47 pm
well me personally even though i know it probably wont happen i think he should Run with the Big DAWGs and sign with Georgia.
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Deb
February 2nd, 2009
6:51 pm
Who cares??
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chuck allison
February 2nd, 2009
7:05 pm
Tech and UGA usually don’t go after the same recruits. Academics and behaviour standards are considerably higher at Tech. We put education and citizenship ahead of just being another football factory. But, if you are not a good student and/or you have a criminal record, then UGA is the place to go. Why get stressed over studying when you can just go to UGA and party for four years?
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Disgrunted UGA Fan
February 2nd, 2009
7:06 pm
Preseason #1 = A bunch of band wagon recruits, when you lose 3 games (one being your in-state rival). Those recruits keep their pledge as a recruit, but look elsewhere. Georgia became greedy to, only handing out scholies to top flight candidates, who have no love for UGA. Hence, we have Michael Bowman and other recruits going elsewhere. When UGA does not fulfill its hype, can’t reel in the top National talent, UGA makes a last minute run at the states remaining top talent and are left in the dust.
Go after the talent that wants to play at UGA. If a kid has not decided until signing day, you are left holding a bag, holes on the field. When Richt was meeting needs last year, he should have done that this year. Lack of depth = exploited weaknesses = 4 to 5 losses.
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Spurrless
February 2nd, 2009
7:33 pm
If he goes to SC, the most he can hope for is MAYBE an 8 win season (they only have five in their 116 year football history). The best the Gamecocks have ever achieved is mediocre. Good luck to Farms, wherever he goes.
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Ray Goff
February 2nd, 2009
7:52 pm
Will he even qualify? Guys like this are bad news.
Academics. BWaahahahahahah. Yeah, right.
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Hmmmmm
February 2nd, 2009
8:01 pm
Right Deb, WHO REALLY CARES! My first impression is that he has NO honor, changing commitments like changing the oil in your car. I wouldn’t touch him… Sounds like he has an ego problem. I could be wrong and I really hope I am wrong, but when you give your word, that should be your word! The fact that he is a kid is NO EXCUSE for your word meaning nothing!
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wildmanhoya
February 2nd, 2009
8:53 pm
When will these kids who play games with these colleges realize that life does not revolve around them? The sad part is many of these kids do not learn the world does not revolve around them until it is too late. that is when their eligibility is used up and then they have nothing such as in no degree and no job. I realize it goes both ways yet maybe if kids actually stuck to their decisions the recruiters would not resort to the tactics they do.
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yougottabekiddingme
February 2nd, 2009
9:02 pm
He;s doing what most adults do when they look for a job. keep scouting for the best deal, the best opportunity based on his criteria, not people who never met the young man. And for those of you who think he is playing the sdhools- Alabama seems to have played him a bit too. Everyone is looking for the best match. Just because he is younf and full of promise and opportunity, dont bash him. The comment about his grades is quite perplexing, as I doubt that person is privy to his graqdes, test scores, or other criteria used in assessing scholastic aptitude. Every just think if you had 10 employers or 10 law schools vying for your talents and they all had the same deicion date, wouldnt you seek out the best opportunity? I wish him well,
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RSX
February 2nd, 2009
9:12 pm
UNC all the way. Best education.
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gt4ever
February 2nd, 2009
9:30 pm
yougottabekiddingme, That’s just plain HORSECRAP!
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Sportsfan
February 2nd, 2009
9:31 pm
Michael – I think it is obvious. Johnnie has someone close to him (family or friend) that is trying to influence him to North Carolina. I’ve heard one particular recruiting analyst that has followed the situation (and has talked to Johnnie several times) say that several times. UNC may be the right school for him. I am not suggesting that at all. What I am saying is that I think you are seeing the evidence that he isn’t sure what he wants to do- but whoever is close him is sure.
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Sportsfan
February 2nd, 2009
9:34 pm
sorry- meant to say UNC may be the righ school for him – I am not suggesting otherwise. But so far he isn’t sure- and someone close to him is trying to push him hard in that direction.
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Straight from North Avenue
February 2nd, 2009
9:36 pm
Tech does put more emphasis on academics and we’re proud of it. Look at our pharmacy program. Reuben Houston was a proud grad. It also takes many accounting courses to be able to add up all of that dope. So c’mon, 35,000 screaming fans await you! (Unless there’s a Star Trek marathon, then, c’mon, I mean, you know …)
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Brad
February 2nd, 2009
9:54 pm
It may have been handled poorly but I give a little more lee-way when a coach that was supposedly asked to start looking around for a new job decides to offer a kid on his own. I do think that it should have been handled the next day or 2 not a week or 2 later.
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bamatbone
February 2nd, 2009
10:51 pm
REID-FSU
JONES-FLA
MYLES-BAMA
BROWN-UGA
STARLING-UGA
MASSIE-BAMA
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DAWGFAN4CHRIST
February 2nd, 2009
11:41 pm
Reid- UGA
Jones- UGA
Myles-Bama
Brown- UGA
Starling- UGA
Massie- Bama
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ugly columbia
February 3rd, 2009
5:15 am
Columbia and Spurrier have so much in common both well past their prime.. Spurrier without Gator recruiting is average at best.. Columbia is the ugliest College town in the South.. UNC or Auburn will be a much better choice for the kid.. As a fan I hope he goes to an SEC school.. Also Clemson owns Columbia
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VIKING GIRL
February 3rd, 2009
6:14 am
He is going to choose the team that he can get on the field as soon as possible. Think he will play with Demps at FSU. But who knows. After reading that he already told several of his good friends who just happen to be UGA prospects that he’s coming to join them in Athens, well that sounds pretty convincing too. So, i just wish him luck where ever he goes.
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UGA man
February 3rd, 2009
6:55 am
Hope he chooses UGA but wherever he goes I wish him well. UGA has some great recruits committed and Greg would be an outstanding addition. He and Branden would be the best in the nation as a pair of cover corners. Now if the Tech and Gator trash talkers will just stay off this blog it will be a great day.
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jddawg37
February 3rd, 2009
7:15 am
REID: UGA. JONES:USC. MYLES: Alabama. BROWN: Tennessee. STARLING: UGA.
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Tide Tidbits - February 3, 2009 | BamaFootball4Life
February 3rd, 2009
7:17 am
[...] What will Greg Reid do? The state awaits Tuesday night What will Greg Reid do on Tuesday night? Reid, the AJC’s Player of the Year, will choose between Alabama, Florida State and Georgia between 6-8 p.m. Love him or hate him, Reid is nothing short of greatness on the football field. He is considered the rarest of prospects, someone who has the potential to improve a college team’s football fortunes from the very moment he arrives on campus. [...]
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bamad83
February 3rd, 2009
7:30 am
I think Reid will have trouble qualifying academically to play anywhere this year. He will probably choose FSU in the long run..they are not as deep and when he does get in school he will be able to play sooner.
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GOLDEN RAM
February 3rd, 2009
7:49 am
REID: UGA. JONES:uga MYLES: bama. BROWN: uga STARLING: fsu.
GO ALBANY STATE GOLDEN RAMS…. GET ONE OF THES GUYS LITTLE COUSINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (THATS MY SCHOOL)
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FREE VICK
February 3rd, 2009
7:51 am
STAY AWAY FROM THE DOGS MICHEAL PHELPS…. LOL (SINCE PEOPLE NOT EVEN COMMENTING ABOUT YOU PULLING THE BONG)
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Borodawg
February 3rd, 2009
8:06 am
Disgrunted: Learn to spell. Find another program for which to be a **fan**. I think the kid out of Monticello will be a great, five-star steal. Class valedictorian; 5.88 GPA; volunteers for Boys Club, Red Cross, Literacy Action, and Meals on Wheels. Wants to double-major in biology-chemistry. He’s visited Stanford, Vandy, Duke, MIT; and last week UGA. He says he’s, “…leaning toward UGA because they lead the country on Rhodes Scholars…and research opportunities…”
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Vinnie bag of donuts
February 3rd, 2009
8:45 am
Reid – UGA
Jones – USC
Myles – Alabama
Brown – UGA
Starling: UGA
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Cock 'n' Bull
February 3rd, 2009
8:47 am
I don’t care where Farms goes. He can go to Auburn and play for a coach named something like “Cheezit,” or N. Carolina who lost to a S.Carolina team that played only one half of football with a backup QB. And, at UNC he will second fiddle to the Bball team and wear powderpuff blue. That’ll be cute, although they have mixed in dark blue to look more like Duke now.
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Mapman
February 3rd, 2009
8:54 am
I know this kid well. He is a straight A student and is well qualified. He is just a kid having to deal with adults who are filling his head with promises. Keep an eye on him, you just might see him playing on Sundays. He is that good!
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RobaloGator
February 3rd, 2009
9:05 am
I understand the concern the GA fans have with UF. If I had their record vs. the Gators, I wouldn’t want to hear from them either.
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Fratuszewski
February 3rd, 2009
9:07 am
I met him and talked with him Saturday night during his official visit to Athens. He told me that he would be playing for UGA and he had told the coaches that night.
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dawgfan1911
February 3rd, 2009
9:16 am
I think this guy will be in a Georgia uniform next year if he qualifies. He has already been told that the jersey number 24 will be his when he gets here and the chance to stick it to Florida for at least three years will be very inticing. Can you imiagine he and Branden Smith lock down corners at Georgia for at least three years. They also do ther things like return kicks, something Georgia needs badly.
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jkownit
February 3rd, 2009
9:35 am
Willie Martinez is a bum and a perpetual loser. Run, Greg, run!!
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jkownit
February 3rd, 2009
9:37 am
Dream on big mike, he’ll be down in tuscaloosa w/ their mammoth of a class
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Junkman's Daughter's Brother
February 3rd, 2009
9:38 am
Reid: UGA
Jones: Texas
Myles: Tenn.
Brown: UGA
Starling: FSU
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Dawg Since Birth...
February 3rd, 2009
9:40 am
Yeh…even after you finally had some good teams (since 1990…and starting your string of victories, you’re still behind in the OVERALL Series (and in SEC AND National Titles)….WOW….need I say more…
and if a history lesson of our program is what you need, I would be more than happy to provide that for you!!!!
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Hawks
February 3rd, 2009
9:57 am
He’s going to UGA.
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JustMyOpinion
February 3rd, 2009
10:04 am
REID: UGA JONES:USC MYLES:ALABAMA BROWN: TENNESEE STARLING: UGA.
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Jose J
February 3rd, 2009
10:24 am
We will probably be having this dicussion again next year after he preps. Hopefully, for his sake, he will still be a “can’t miss” recruit. 15 minutes could be up for a 5′8″ corner.
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BamaFan
February 3rd, 2009
11:05 am
Probably FSU due their need for a CB and he can play much sooner….
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Atlanta Native
February 3rd, 2009
11:07 am
Look at his picture….he is trying to give the impression of the quintessential angry black man. Let him switch again…I am with Deb…who cares?
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Correct Predictions
February 3rd, 2009
11:09 am
Reid – FSU
Jones – USC
MYLES – Alabama
Brown – Tennesee
Starling – FSU
UGA fans are retarded. UGA will never win a national championship with willie martinez and mike bobo as coordinators. They both are horrible coaches and should be fired immediatly.
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flats
February 3rd, 2009
11:22 am
These young studs will rock the football world.
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ElectricGuy
February 3rd, 2009
11:23 am
The fact that the AJC lists Farms as a “top” recruit is funny. All the major schools (SEC) have passed on him with no regrets.
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WarEagle!
February 3rd, 2009
11:24 am
I visited and applied to several colleges when I was deciding where to go and I wasn’t playing football. He has to decide where he feels that he will be the most successful – academically, athletically, and socially. He is doing what all high school seniors should be doing.
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Bamagirl
February 3rd, 2009
11:26 am
I hope it is Bama… but also hope he makes the right choice for him, not what anyone else wants but what he wants.. Good luck Greg!!!
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flats
February 3rd, 2009
11:27 am
FREE VICK!!!!!!!!!!!DID HE TORTURE AND KILL ANYTHANG????????GET OVER IT AND KEEP YOUR HOPES UP THAT VICK LIKE PLAYERS WILL EVER BE SUCCESSFUL PLAYING QUARTERBACK WINNING SUPERBOWLS!!!!!
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Andrew
February 3rd, 2009
11:56 am
He is going Florida State…he seems to like the publicity and why would he go to 1) Georgia who has Branden Smith already commited and 2) Alabama who pretty much has Dre Kirkpatrick? It makes sense that he would go to Florida State because it is closer to home and his teammate Gerald Demps is going to Florida State.
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BR
February 3rd, 2009
11:59 am
Any choice would be good. Of course, I hope he goes with UGA. Sounds like he’s far too classy to play at UF!
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SEC Football
February 3rd, 2009
12:07 pm
He has a chance to form one of the best corner tandems in the country with Brandon Smith. SEC footbal has more national exposure so it should be UGA or Bama. I would hope it would be UGA being a Georgia boy but best to him on whatever he does.
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thomas
February 3rd, 2009
12:27 pm
Greg Reid will be going to Alabama, I am positive.
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thomas
February 3rd, 2009
12:29 pm
Actually funny about the Georgia thing, he didn’t like athens that much and narrowed it down to FSU and Bama after this past weekend. What will bring him to Tuscaloosa is the opportunity to play for Nick Saban as well as the chance to win a national championship. Dre Kirkpatrick and Greg Reid as the corners in two years sounds pretty unbelievable to me.
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Quamire
February 3rd, 2009
12:31 pm
REID: FSU. JONES: UGA. MYLES: ALABAMA. BROWN: UGA. STARLING: Pick. FLORIDA
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Dennis Steed
February 3rd, 2009
12:56 pm
REID: UGA JONES: Texas MYLES: Alabama BROWN: UGA STARLING: UGA
Starling could surprise and go to USC.
Jones could go to FLA.
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FB25
February 3rd, 2009
1:03 pm
Does anybody know what the word COMMITMENT means anymore? I have heard there was a time when your word actually meant something. these guys can visit a hundred schools if they want to, heck I would, but once you commit, that should be it. If you want to wait till signing day thats fine, just don’t commit!
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EagleFan
February 3rd, 2009
1:03 pm
Greg Reid should end up a Valdosta State at least he might have the grades to get into that school. VSU is a power house in their division and he would proably fit in just perfectly. He will be close to all those loving Lowndes fans. I am just glad he graduating if it happens. No more hearing about him around the highschool games. Thank heaven for that and no more hearing is mouth.
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lowndesvikings01
February 3rd, 2009
1:03 pm
I hope to see him at Georgia next year wearing number 24 but I wish him nothing but the best and if he does not pick Georgia I will still cheer Greg on!! Great player and will be missed at Lowndes.
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thomas
February 3rd, 2009
1:08 pm
going to bama to play for the best secondary coach in college football, and the opportunity to take javys place as kick returner. dre and greg will be nasty opposite eachother in the future.
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Mike
February 3rd, 2009
1:14 pm
He is not going to Alabama. I am positive.
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T
February 3rd, 2009
1:33 pm
I bet $50 that he wont make the grade in the classroom… What this kid decides doesnt matter, he wont make it. This is another Willie going to the U..
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Baseball Excitment
February 3rd, 2009
1:40 pm
Just read where he is projected to be a first round in the baseball draft. He is thinking about not playing football in college. He is in talks with Saban about playing both sports. Bowden will not let him, so he is probably going to play baseball and football at Bama, but if he cant, he is going into the draft.
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bank walker
February 3rd, 2009
1:47 pm
I’m positive, bammers need to stop begging!
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DHD
February 3rd, 2009
1:51 pm
What’s he mad about? How about a little smile for the camera?
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gatordowneast
February 3rd, 2009
2:02 pm
Excellent player and wished he would have stayed a Gator. That said, not sure he will be playing anywhere other than Hargrave or similar. Distractions caused by his decommit and visits to other schools have most likely damaged his academic chances to qualify at UGA or FSU.
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Brandon
February 3rd, 2009
2:04 pm
He is a DAWG all the way. I can’t blame him UGA is the best place any young man could play. Mark Richt will make a man out of Greg. I also think Greg likes the fact that Georgia put a ton of players in the NFL.
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Dawg92
February 3rd, 2009
2:11 pm
gt4ever, in case you haven’t noticed, GT runs the triple option and throws the ball 2 times a game. Covering is not the problem, now tackling, that’s a different story. Good luck to Reid wherever he goes. Just glad it ain’t UF.
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Ryan
February 3rd, 2009
2:20 pm
What is so great about this guy? He is 5′8, doesn’t have top flight speed and has horrible grades and test scores. He backed out of his commitment to Florida because, in his own words, he wouldn’t have a chance to play early. So he is short, slow, stupid, and not good enough to get on the field at Florida and Bama and UGA and falling all over themselves to get him? Let him go to FSU. He can excel in the ACC with the Criminoles.
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Bernie
February 3rd, 2009
2:20 pm
Reid will definitely have an opportunity to compete in Athens. Dawg fans hope his decision creates some positive momentum for tomorrow.
http://berniesdawgblawg.blogspot.com/
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jennifer
February 3rd, 2009
2:21 pm
As a Bama fan, I hope he chooses UGA or FSU. We do not tolerate thugs, and he’d fit in quite nicely at either of the other schools.
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sturn
February 3rd, 2009
2:27 pm
RobaloGator, know your history before posting.
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Brandon
February 3rd, 2009
2:28 pm
Jennifer, Bama doesn’t tolerate thugs?? HAHAHA! That is the funniest thing I have heard in a long time.
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thomas
February 3rd, 2009
2:36 pm
he is going to bama, you will see.
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tide rising
February 3rd, 2009
2:43 pm
I’m thinking tossup between FSU and UGA. Bama is too far away even though he had a great visit. Plus we are expected to get the number 1 corner in the nation in Dre Kirkpatrick so I would find it difficult to believe Reid would want to compete with Dre for playing time. Dre is the lockdown corner that we truly want and will probably get.
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tide rising
February 3rd, 2009
2:47 pm
Brandon, Everyone has their share kids that turn out to be thugs. The ? is do you make exscuses for them and keep them around or do you get rid of them. We had 2 at Bama under Saban and he booted them the second they got charged. There was no waiting to see if they were innocent, no letting it go through the judicial system first, etc. Saban booted the thugs Jimmy and Jeremy the second he found out they were arrested. It aint gonna be tolerated under Saban.
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David
February 3rd, 2009
2:49 pm
FSU! FSU! FSU!
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Big B CH 99
February 3rd, 2009
2:54 pm
It sounds like Reid has some character issues, & may have trouble staying eligible.
Then as a Tech fan, he should fit in very nicely at UGA, another thug to go get arrested. And he won’t have to worry about being eligible, they make sure that if he’s breathing he passes his classes whether he actually goes to them or not.
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Bama T
February 3rd, 2009
2:54 pm
He would recieve a great education and have great coaches at any of the three schools. This kid is 18 though so he is going to go where it is most comfortable for him. That will be FSU were his cousin plays and is the closet to home. I wish though that he would pick Alabama though.
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Matt
February 3rd, 2009
3:02 pm
Thug??? What is a thug? Is a thug a young black male who is trying to make something for himself. If thats the case, then yes Alabama has been built of them, so to has FSU and UGA have all been built off them. 95% of the people who complain about the grades issue obviously doesnt understand the situation. If he was white with the same history and athletic ability even Harvard would be trying to find a way to get this kid in. I am teacher myself who unlike most of the people on this site actually went through the recruiting process and understand that the majority of high school students today have other things on their mind thier first two years in high school other than making good grades. Ive seen people critisize this kid for youthful transgressions that many high school students make. Look at the US poster child Micheal Phelps. He just got caught up in a drug photo. Not allegedly but he actually got photographed and you mean to tell me that colleges all over the country wouldnt be lined up right now to sign this kid to their university. Let Reid grow up or get to know him and understand his life before you critisize the decions that he has made in it. And for those who doubt his ability, I have seen film of every high school game he has played and believe me when I tell you that he can cover any guy in the country. I think he will end up at FSU. HE has the potential to be one of the best corners to ever play at Florida State. People say he is 5′8″ but look at Tony Carter. The lack of size didnt hurt his career at FSU and Reid has the potential to be better. If he comes to FSU, he will start as a freshman.
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Matt
February 3rd, 2009
3:04 pm
Oh and by the way…Phelps is 23 not 17 so dont tell me that the youth of America are bad people because they make a bad choice.
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Gonzo Gator
February 3rd, 2009
3:10 pm
You think he is the end-all-be-all recruit yet Reid who has always loved the Gators is afraid to compete there. That tells me that he is not all that many of you think. yes he will be a great catch, but he doesn’t think he is good enough to be a Gator so that tells me a lot.
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Brandon
February 3rd, 2009
3:11 pm
Gonzo don’t be a sore loser. Greg did not like your car salesman coach.
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Trey
February 3rd, 2009
3:12 pm
It is funny to me how Tech fans speak as if high profile players on their team are not granted the same leniency as other players ‘might’ receive at UGA or elsewhere. I mean, come on, that’s just silly.
I think Reid would excel as a player and an individual by just being around the players and coaches at UGA. Not to say BAMA and FSU, or even UF, are bad environments. But, considering his background, I think CMR along with the older players on the team would offer Reid great leadership.
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Champ
February 3rd, 2009
3:15 pm
Robaldo……….I believe UGA owns the overall record by quite a few. Also, UGA owns the biggest beatdown of the series with a 75-0 win.
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Mac
February 3rd, 2009
3:22 pm
He will be a Bulldog, Tallahassee is a dump, the stadium sucks and the academics are a joke unless you want to be a 5th grade teacher, Alabama is primarily comprised of dumb rednecks that got rejected at UGA, similiar to Tennessee.
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Blackberry Cobbler
February 3rd, 2009
3:23 pm
All this hubbub over a little 5′8″ defensive back who got no press at all until a month ago.
Big deal. I don’t much care where he goes. He can’t cover a much taller receiver so I see him as limited value. Playing well in high school don’t mean squat in D1 ball.
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just the truth
February 3rd, 2009
3:26 pm
I don’t think he will qualify according to sources. UGA already has 6 verbals that have yet to qualify one day before ink hits paper.
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Andrew
February 3rd, 2009
3:34 pm
lol at the moron that said florida state’s stadium sucks…its probably one of the nicer stadiums ive ever been to.
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Paddy
February 3rd, 2009
3:50 pm
Reid will avoid FSU. The NCAA will land on them with institutional control of their program. The worse black mark you can get. Players who have investigated this are not going to get involved in this mess for the next 2-3 yrs.
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Bud King
February 3rd, 2009
3:57 pm
REID: Georgia (This one is not even in question. Break out #24).
JONES: (Unfortunately Florida probably wins here).
MYLES: LSU wins this one, but who really cares).
BROWN: Tennessee will bring out the big bucks to win this one over UGA.
STARLING: He will be headed to Athens to play with his cousin.
CHARLES: He’ll get his #7 and wear it in Athens.
MASSIE: Hopefully he’ll be the signing day surprise for UGA, but likely headed to BAMER.
HILL: This one is not on your list, but this Miller Grove three-sport star is headed to Athens not to rag-time Tech. What big-time receiver like Stephen Hill would want to go to Tech anyway where 10 passes a game is considered too much? Mark it down and don’t be surprised. I’ll go ahead and tell you so today, not Wednesday.
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Andrew
February 3rd, 2009
4:04 pm
mac, have you ever been to the doak? obviously not, considering its one of the nicer stadiums ive ever been to, if not the nicest.
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Andrew
February 3rd, 2009
4:06 pm
paddy, well your facts seem to be a little off there buddy…the ncaa will not put fsu on probation and that hasnt stopped us from having what looks to be a top ten recruiting class…dont make yourself sound stupid…do some research next time.
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lowndesvikings01
February 3rd, 2009
4:08 pm
To jennifer:
JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE SEEN GREG PLAY FOOTBALL SINCE HE WAS AT LOWNDES AND BY NO MEANS DOES HE ACTED LIKE A THUG. HE IS A YOUNG MAN WHO LOVES THE GAME OF FOOTBALL AND IS GREAT AT PLAYING THE GAME. SO YOU CALLING HIM A THUG IS WRONG.
GOOD LUCK REID!!! HOPE TO SEE U SATURDAY IN ATHENS!!!!!!
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Chad
February 3rd, 2009
4:09 pm
Will not qualify wherever he goes. Will have to go the JUCO route.
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PTC DAWG
February 3rd, 2009
4:28 pm
Anyone calling a High School player names, well, they are idiots.
Best of luck to the Kid wherever he ends up..
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SEC fan
February 3rd, 2009
4:50 pm
Really cool these FSU fans know what the NCAA will do to FSU even before the school or the NCAA rules committee knows. The only thing that could possibly keep FSU off probation is the seniority and respect of Bobby Bowden. They just don’t want the legendary Bowden to go out with his team on probation. Had some school like Nebraska, WVU, Virginia, etc.,committed the level of violations perpetrated by FSU they would already be on probation. Anyone that asserts to know what the NCAA will do is simply blowing smoke. The recent 3rd arrest of one of the FSU starters doesn’t help though. A starter with his 3rd arrest in 3 years and second DUI. Sounds like they run it pretty loose there.
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thomas
February 3rd, 2009
4:54 pm
thats funny, bama is nothing but dumb rednecks that didnt get into georgia…bama will sign six 5 stars tomorrow, and greg reid will be one of them. my friend talked to him last night, hes bama bound. georgia, on the other hand, will only sign one 5 star. so, is it that all these great players cant qualify to get into georgia so they are forced to play for nick saban in tuscaloosa? i dont really think so, obviously these players love what they see in alabama. the tide is on the rise, the bulldogs are sinking. mark richt will never will a national championship, saban already has.
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thomas
February 3rd, 2009
4:59 pm
anyone who doubts greg’s skills, please watch his film. he has the most impressive film at any position this year. greg reid is my number 1 target that we have remaining. he will be a great player, might even start next year. this kid has a special talent, and for anyone to say hes not good is just ignorant.
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Dawg Lover
February 3rd, 2009
5:09 pm
He’s a GEORGIA boy, he will go to UGA.
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fsufan
February 3rd, 2009
5:18 pm
i love how all these people heve “talked” to him cuz ive read at least 5 people say that and they all say different stuff he is going to fsu to be the next deion sanders the swamp is the real dump doak is a great stadium
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Paddy
February 3rd, 2009
5:32 pm
Trouble is brewing at FSU. As always. Another player kicked off the team today(preston parker). Things never change. Institutional control hangs over their heads WOW
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TampaGator
February 3rd, 2009
5:41 pm
I am wishing for Georgia or FSU, not Bama, so the Gators can kick is “arse” almost every year. Be a Gator, or be a “eatin by a Gator.” At least he want be standing on the sidelines watching if he signs with Georgia or FSU. It would take him three years to get on the field at Florida.
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TampaGator
February 3rd, 2009
5:43 pm
Sorry to all the typos in my previous email.
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Billy
February 3rd, 2009
5:44 pm
FSU, baby!!! Come on Greg Reid!!!
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Jim Donnan
February 3rd, 2009
5:46 pm
Greg Reid will not qualify, so whatever he decides tonight is pointless.
Let the Big Dawg Read! Jan Kemp, 1986
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Wally Butts
February 3rd, 2009
5:48 pm
Florida owns the FL/UGA Series since 1940. But UGA dominated in the 20’s and 30’s but who really cares. The Gators own the Dogs.
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TampaGator
February 3rd, 2009
5:51 pm
Mac…what the heck is wrong with being a 5th grade teacher? If someone had not been, you would not be earning a living right now, however meager than living might be. Being a Gator, and hating FSU football, I must say your comments about the stadium are beyond stupid. The Doak is a beautiful football stadium, and the FSU campus is equally beautiful. And, yes, FSU educates and puts out some of the best teachers in the country…and we cetainly need “best” teachers today with the highly disrespectful and “give it to me, I don’t want to earn it” type of kids coming into schools today.
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jimmy
February 3rd, 2009
6:08 pm
you “adults” need to stop and think BEFORE you write. to call someone a “thug, stupid, short, slow, and not good enough to compete” shows just how idiotic some of you adults are.
FSU -aka- the “criminoles”- are having a bad spurt that normally bobby would have never let happen.
UGA spells dogs “DAWGS” so there goes that educational system.
then you have UF that says “greg isnt a man of his word”—thats funny coming from a school that hired a coach in the middle of his contract after having promised the kids at utah he would be there. guess we know what meyers “word” is good for then huh? to claim that the gators were the “only school to recruit him the last 2 years was absurd— just like a purty engaged bride thats not married yet—just cause she isnt being pursued in public doesnt mean she isnt wanted by someone else- just means theyre waiting in the shadows.
attack a school people, not a young man trying to make a important life decision. seems they are some true “haters” (using that word make me a thug also?) out there.
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raymond
February 3rd, 2009
6:17 pm
Is there any truth to the rumor that Reid eliminated UGA earlier today?
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chris
February 3rd, 2009
6:38 pm
Has anyone tried to listen in on the radio station
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Jon
February 3rd, 2009
6:44 pm
The site for the streaming radio broadcast is apparently swarmed with listeners and can’t be accessed anymore. As soon as someone knows what Reid decides, please post it on here
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chris
February 3rd, 2009
6:57 pm
Any news on Reid?
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Hawks
February 3rd, 2009
6:59 pm
2 more mins till Thomas is officially wrong.
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Reid update
February 3rd, 2009
6:59 pm
It appears Reid is down to UGA and FSU. He has been removing hats every 20 minutes and is down to those two.
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Flyin' Dawg
February 3rd, 2009
7:00 pm
Wally- Does that include UF’s record against UGA in the 70’s and 80’s? I am pretty sure before UF’s current run of 16-3, UGA was 15-5 over the previous 20 year span. Don’t see how that was dominant by anybody but UGA. Why don’t you ask SOS how good they played us before he took over as the head coach? I am sure that ‘66 loss still stings a bit. Look, you have been dominant since the early 90’s. I admit it, just like any of the other UGA fans I discuss football with on a daily basis. Just enjoy your program, which I believe is one of the best in the country, and let us try an build ours to the same level so we can enjoy the game each and every year.
As far as Reid is concerned, good luck with whatever your decision is. Whether it is the Dawgs, FSU, or Alabama, I certainly wish you the best.
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Hawks
February 3rd, 2009
7:02 pm
How can it be down to UGA and FSU. thomas assured us in several posts that he was going to Bama.
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Big Dawg
February 3rd, 2009
7:02 pm
Florida owns the FL/UGA Series since 1940. But UGA dominated in the 20’s and 30’s but who really cares. The Gators own the Dogs.
Wally Butts, the Gaytors have dominated the Dawgs but not since the 40’s. Get your facts straight. We dominated since we started playing y’all through the 80’s. Have y’all beaten us since then. Yes, a lot. Just get your story right.
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Hawks
February 3rd, 2009
7:03 pm
No UF talk here. It taints the page.
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scooby doobie doo
February 3rd, 2009
7:05 pm
Reid just picked the DAWGS! Go Dawgs!
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Hawks
February 3rd, 2009
7:06 pm
6 minutes past the hour. What’s the hold up?
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Reid update
February 3rd, 2009
7:07 pm
Apparently Alabama is officially eliminated as well as Miami.
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Georgia Tradition?
February 3rd, 2009
7:09 pm
Georgia Tradition? What tradition? One national title in school history…and that took the greatest running back in history. Georgia is always good….always above average. But quit bragging about tradition when you win 1 national title and an sec title every 20+ years.
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Hawks
February 3rd, 2009
7:09 pm
Is it official?
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fishtales
February 3rd, 2009
7:10 pm
Put down the scooby snacks you stupid mutt…he’s going to FSU.
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Hawks
February 3rd, 2009
7:10 pm
So he picked FSU?
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Fear the Spear
February 3rd, 2009
7:15 pm
Has he made his decision yet? The tension is killing me! Guys listening to the radio: has he made his decision between UGA and FSU?
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southgate
February 3rd, 2009
7:16 pm
did he announce?
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TonytheGator
February 3rd, 2009
7:17 pm
The Gators TRAIL UGA in National Titles??
What a LIE!! THE GATORS HAVE 3 CLEAR NATIONAL TITLES!!!
BULLDOG LIARS HAVE 1 National Title. AND URBAN OWNES THAT UGA ASS!!!
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Hawks
February 3rd, 2009
7:17 pm
People are saying both FSU and UGA. Which one is it?
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Reid update
February 3rd, 2009
7:17 pm
It’s FSU.
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Sad dog
February 3rd, 2009
7:18 pm
Greg Reid is FSU
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scooby doobie doo
February 3rd, 2009
7:18 pm
It’s official…….. Go DAWGS! Share your scooby snacks with everyone! He didn’t want to be raised by the great, great grand parent’s Andrews and Bowden.
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Richmond Dawg
February 3rd, 2009
7:19 pm
It’s UGA
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scooby doobie doo
February 3rd, 2009
7:19 pm
He knows he won’t qualify for Oxford!
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Hawks
February 3rd, 2009
7:19 pm
Damn that sucks. Not a good decision by him. Guess it was grades related.
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Tony the Gator
February 3rd, 2009
7:20 pm
Tony, Tell you what….take your 3 national titles, add it to georgia’s 1 national title … then multiply by 3 and you will have Alabama’s National Titles. Roll Tide! Looks like it will be Florida-Alabama in about 8 of the next 10 SEC championships…just as it used to be when the SEC started the title game. Tigers and Dawgs won’t know what to do.
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Hawks
February 3rd, 2009
7:21 pm
No one cares about Florida. stfu noob.
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Phoneguy
February 3rd, 2009
7:22 pm
Just signed in, who got him?
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Phoneguy
February 3rd, 2009
7:23 pm
I can’t get the press conference its killing me.
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Ole Man Bourbon
February 3rd, 2009
7:23 pm
FSU
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LanierTiger
February 3rd, 2009
7:23 pm
Site just crashed
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Ole Man Bourbon
February 3rd, 2009
7:23 pm
It’s FSU, Phoneguy
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LanierTiger
February 3rd, 2009
7:24 pm
It’s…..Troy State???? WTF?
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William
February 3rd, 2009
7:24 pm
He picked Florida State!
number 2 CB in the nation is a Seminole baby!!
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TonytheGator
February 3rd, 2009
7:24 pm
I tell you what BAMA fans, subtract all the MADE UP NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS THAT WERE BS and IT’S HALF OF WHAT YOU CLAIM!!!
And does it matter, URBAN spanked SATAN’s and all the TUSCALOOSERS a$$es on the way to this years NC game!!!
UTAH JUST SCORED AGAIN!!!!!
How did all those NC’s help you when UTAH was spanking that ass?
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LanierTiger
February 3rd, 2009
7:25 pm
Damn that Bowden!
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Phoneguy
February 3rd, 2009
7:25 pm
Man FSU. Are ya’ll serious?
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Gary
February 3rd, 2009
7:26 pm
TonytheGator is the reason every other fan base hates the Gaytors. Their fans are obnoxious and they get that from their coaches and players.
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William
February 3rd, 2009
7:26 pm
Jimbo Fisher + Bobby Bowden = gold
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Ole Man Bourbon
February 3rd, 2009
7:26 pm
Yes, unfortunately, it’s FSU. Home team won out.
TonytheGator, congrats on making the Inet even more retarded than it already was. Quite a feat.
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Thomas?
February 3rd, 2009
7:27 pm
…he’s that little train dude right?
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Phoneguy
February 3rd, 2009
7:28 pm
Well at 5′8 we know he cant cover Aj Green. Man, he and Branden Smith would’ve been sweet in the same secondary……thats a shame.
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TonytheGator
February 3rd, 2009
7:28 pm
The UGAY FAGS hates us because we beat that ass all the time!!!
I’ll take a timeout to think about it.
Every hates UGA because they always choke. See last College World Series.
Is UGA claiming a National Title since they were preseason #1?
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TonytheGator
February 3rd, 2009
7:29 pm
Reid is a thug. He was involved in the fights in their playoff loss last year. He’ll be another PacMan Jones. Lots of money and lots of stupidity.
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Keno
February 3rd, 2009
7:30 pm
Radio station site is down. I’m about to call my brother in law whose in Valdosta and a close friend
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TonytheGator
February 3rd, 2009
7:31 pm
Thank you. And now I will leave the losers to cry, yet again.
Can’t win the big games and can’t get the big recruits. But hey, Stafford will make a great pro!!!
LMAO!!
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scooby doobie doo
February 3rd, 2009
7:31 pm
Not a good start to closing of recruiting season????? We needed to close with a bang……. Reid your making me cry in my scooby snacks.
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Phoneguy
February 3rd, 2009
7:32 pm
Hey Tony,….. get outta here. And go to a Gaytor chatroom and smell Teblows jockstrap. But remember the name Aaron Murray. You will hear it alot in the near future.
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TonytheGator
February 3rd, 2009
7:33 pm
Wow! With FSU going in the tank and about to have NCAA probation, Reid picks them. He is a dumbass!!
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fishtales
February 3rd, 2009
7:33 pm
Hey Toni…a little hint for you…all national championships are “made up”. But, why quibble? Let’s see what the NCAA’s site has to say on the matter shall we? I count 17…sure not all of them are “legit”…but then NONE of them really are. Funny I don’t see Florida on there much…made up or otherwise.
http://www.ncaa.org/champadmin/ia_football_past_champs.html
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Valdosta
February 3rd, 2009
7:34 pm
GREG REID PICKS FSU OVER UGA
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TonytheGator
February 3rd, 2009
7:35 pm
Yeah when Aaron Murray gets his ass kicked by the Gators year end and year out. Richt couldn’t coach flag football. Urban hates UGAY and who doesn’t, and he’s 100 times better than that fake coach you got. Richt’s been at UGAY almost 10 years, and still is a choke artist.
Why does Athens have so many gay bars? BECAUSE ATHENS SUCKS!!!!
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TonytheGator
February 3rd, 2009
7:37 pm
Anyone can make that stuff up fish smelling tale. I’ll take the CRYSTAL BALLS, you take the websites.
WHICH fills up a trophy case more dumbass?
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TonytheGator
February 3rd, 2009
7:39 pm
If Richt tried to improve his coaching as much as he works on his tan or trying to keep his hair, he’d be unbeatable.
I think it’s funny that UGAY has a METROSEXUAL for a head coach!!
Well losers, I’ll just leave laughing at another let down for the puppies!!
49-10!!! TEBOW just scored again!!!
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Phoneguy
February 3rd, 2009
7:40 pm
“WHOA, you sure told me” Your mom help you with that one? You should’ve sad something like: Why do all the tree’s in Georgia lean to the south?…Cause Florida SUCKS…….Dumba$$
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Truth Hurts
February 3rd, 2009
7:40 pm
Can’t blame Reid. Would you want to waste your eligibility playing for CWM? Reid would rather play for the Senile Seminole than that incompetent bastard Martinez.
When CWM fails he blames his players. Poor CWM can still trot out that lame excuse next year. Dogs can’t close. They start fast but never get the last minute coup. UGA will have unused scholarships this year. Which is pretty damn sad.
Not sure Reid will qualify but that doesn’t mean we didn’t want/need him. Look for the dawgs to go 0-for tomorrow on undecideds.
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fishtales
February 3rd, 2009
7:42 pm
I created that NCAA website? Wow. Stop by the Alabama trophy case sometime just for fun.
I’ll hang up and listen.
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TonyIsGaytor
February 3rd, 2009
7:44 pm
So you play for Florida, huh? If not, stfu dude. YOU have not won anything. You live vicariously through 20 year old boys and have a man-crush on your QB. You have as much class as your coach. Go to bed little guy.
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Big Dawg
February 3rd, 2009
7:45 pm
He’s going to FSboooo
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bigdawg
February 3rd, 2009
7:45 pm
What are you all talking about???? Greg Reid picked UGA
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Gman
February 3rd, 2009
7:46 pm
Agree with Truth. Anybody who saw us play D this year wouldn’t want any part of CWM. Also agree that the dogs wiff big tomorrow. Dawg news has been an uninterrupted string of bad news lately (trying to live of the Cap 1 bowl win is getting a bit sad).
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EMS
February 3rd, 2009
7:46 pm
Why would anyone in their right mind pick FSU? They are quickly becoming irrelevant as a program and Bowden should’ve been gone a long time ago. How many 10 win seasons for FSU since 2001….that would be 1. In the ACC no less. How many 10 win seasons for Georgia since ‘01…6. I can understand choosing Alabama or even Florida over Georgia, but why go to a washed up, soon to be sanctioned program?
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scooby doobie doo
February 3rd, 2009
7:47 pm
that o for tomorrow doesn’t sound promising but I will admit I thought Reid was the kickoff to good things and now it looks the opposite. I guess having a few un used schollys will help some walkons that will never make the field.
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Billy
February 3rd, 2009
7:48 pm
I can see Greg Reid as a starting CB from Day 1! WOO HOO!!!
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Lowndesfan
February 3rd, 2009
7:49 pm
Seriously, he chose UGA not FSU.
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Bad UGA Signing Day
February 3rd, 2009
7:51 pm
As I predicted, UGA is going in the tank on signing day…kids who don’t commit early, more than likely are not coming. If you like a school you don’t wait to the last minute.
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84 Dawg
February 3rd, 2009
7:53 pm
Our last commit was Jan 4th. Not exactly closing fast are we?
Probably doesn’t matter. As long as CWM is our coach we will turn defensive chicken salad into chicken $hit for years to come.
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gatlin
February 3rd, 2009
7:54 pm
reid to fsu baby great choice good luck in the future and everybody on here downgrading this young man get a life he’s 18 yrs old u should b happy for him no matter where he attends college
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He went to FSU Here is the proof. Roll Tide Anyway.
February 3rd, 2009
7:55 pm
http://blog.al.com/rapsheet/2009/02/fivestar_cb_greg_reid_to.html
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SOS
February 3rd, 2009
7:55 pm
Maybe we can use one of 4 or 5 unwanted schollys on a kicker who can kick it deep and in-bounds.
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Socrates
February 3rd, 2009
7:57 pm
Is it OK if I have #24 since nobody wants it?
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Richt needs to win the big one
February 3rd, 2009
7:58 pm
Richt needs this class to be a big one and a class that produces something on the field. Not just highly rated coming in, no titles while at UGA and then on to the NFL. What happens to all the high level recruits while they are at Georgia?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHY CANT RICHT COACH THEM Up?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Socrates
February 3rd, 2009
7:58 pm
While I’m at it, can I have one of those schollys too since nobody wants those either?
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fishtales
February 3rd, 2009
8:00 pm
Hey SOS send over one of those kickoff guys if you don’t mind since Bama sure could use one. Anyway, I think you guys do pretty good tomorrow. At the end of the day if you’re Top 10 it’s never anything to sneeze at.
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Dawg Holliday
February 3rd, 2009
8:01 pm
Q. Why do you roll your windows up when you drive through Athens?
A. So you won’t get hit in the head by an un-used scholarship.
Great job coaches! Kinda botched the math this year. Kinda botched the season last year.
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Mike
February 3rd, 2009
8:03 pm
He picked FSU
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3 Dawg Nite
February 3rd, 2009
8:05 pm
Seriously, anything that pisses off Urban Meyer is OK by me.
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Fear the Spear
February 3rd, 2009
8:09 pm
YES!!! We needed to bulk up on our secondary depth and this is a heck of a way to do it. UGA and Bama fans: Hope there’s no hard feelings and I wish both of you the best of luck this next season.
And to the annoying Gaytor: there’s this other blogster on a nole blog I always go to that has the same dispicible excuse for a life that he has to go bash teams on other blogs. I truly do fell sorry for you. Maybe you and this other guy can hook up and fantasize about Tim Tebow together. All the best, loser.
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santa cruz dawg
February 3rd, 2009
8:24 pm
Reid: FSU
Jones: Sadly UF
Myles: LSU
Brown: UGA
Starling: UGA
Charles: UGA
Massey: Bama
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Ms V
February 3rd, 2009
8:25 pm
I wish you all the best. Please let your haters be motivators. All successful people have had great things said about them and not so great things said. But just remember who YOU are!!!! You are a winner and no can take that away from you!!
Much Love!!!!
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Glenn Griffin
February 3rd, 2009
8:30 pm
Reid -FSU
Jones -USC
Myles -LSU
Brown -UGA
Starling -UGA
Charles -UGA
Masseu -Bama
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Joe
February 3rd, 2009
9:12 pm
Florida State was a great choice for him because Valdosta, Georgia is not that far from Tallahassee, Florida so he probably wanted to be close to home so his family can visit him.
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APS country
February 3rd, 2009
10:23 pm
Reid- UGA, he doesn’t want to be in Fla.
Jones- he wants out of Ga, i see him at a good defensive school such as LSU, or USC.
Myles- My brother plays for carver, and Darren misses his hometown school LSU, but i do see UGA in the pic doe since his dad has coached many bulldogs at douglass high
Brown- Stafford gone he’s gone UT
Starling- He’s going to UGA with his cousin
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Alex
February 3rd, 2009
11:10 pm
A 5′ 8″ DB being great in college? Call me a skeptic, but… actually no. It simply is not going to happen. A RB, maybe. But not a DB. He’ll be a great roleplayer, and we’ll completely forget who he was a few years from now.
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jhenry
February 3rd, 2009
11:17 pm
All you people on here calling Greg a thug and dumb and all those other terrible things need to get a life. None of you even know him because if you did, you wouldn’t be saying those things. Instead of encouraging our youth, you are on this blog with all of your negativity. All of us have done somethings in our younger days that we wish we hadn’t, so he who is without sin, cast the first stone. Greg Reid is a fine young man and an outstanding athlete. Don’t let the 5′8″ fool you. Just ask some of the 6′5″ and above receivers he’s intercepted or broken up passes from. I don’t know who your #1 cornerback is, but where was he during the ESPN Under Armour game when Greg Reid won MVP? So if you don’t have anything encouraging to say, don’t say anything. You don’t know anything about his grades or anything else, so stay off of this blog with your hatred!!!
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FratDawg
February 3rd, 2009
11:20 pm
Previous Georgia 5-star Recruits:
AJ Green (2008)
Richard Samuel (2008)
Rashad Jones (2006)
Matthew Stafford (2006)
Brandon Miller (2004)
Kregg Lumpkin (2003)
Paul Oliver (2003)
Marquis Elmore (2002)
Previous Georgia Tech 5-star Recruits:
Well that was a short list. Let’s try 4-star:
Omoregie Uzzi (2008)
Derrick Morgan (2007)
Morgan Burnett (2007)
Jonathan Dwyer (2007)
Nick Claytor (2007)
D.J. Donley (2007)
Josh Nesbitt (2007)
Jason Peters (2007)
Steven Threet (2007)
Jamaal Evans (2006)
Calvin Johnson (2004)
Rashaun Grant (2003)
Kenny Scott (2003)
George Cooper (2002)
Ajenavi Eziemfe (2002)
Since 2002, Georgia has had half as many 5 star recruits as Tech has had 4 star. If you take away the 2007 aberration, Georgia is pulling as many 5 stars as Tech is 4 stars. In 2007, when Tech got lucky under old Coach what’s-his-name, Georgia had 12 4 stars. The recruiting just doesn’t compare. Tech gets 14 4 star recruits in 6 years. Georgia gets 12 per season.
And let’s not forget the overwhelming recruiting success of 2003 named Reggie Ball.
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FratDawg
February 3rd, 2009
11:21 pm
15 4 star recruits. Difficult to count from an iphone.
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scdawgfan
February 4th, 2009
12:40 am
Reid: FSU
Jones: Texas
Myles: LSU
Brown: UT
Starling: USC or FSU
Charles: FSU
Massie: Bama
HILL: UGA
Geathers: UGA
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SEC fan
February 4th, 2009
6:04 am
No problem with Johnson’s approach. Recruits just have to remember to make Tech their 5th visit. Otherwise, if it is their first visit and they get an offer, it is take it or leave it with no other visits allowed. Not a problem if the recruit knows Tech is where he wants to be. However if he wants to visit any other schools before deciding, he better do it before going to Tech. Hard ball and fair goes both ways!
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ACC Fan
February 4th, 2009
8:42 am
Obviously SEC Fan, like many of his conference brethren, struggles with reading comprehension. Offers from Tech aren’t “take or leave it,” but rather “don’t take it unless you mean it.” Coach Johnson actually encourages recruits to visit as many schools as they want and to gather as much information as they can about prospective schools, even after they visit Tech. He just doesn’t want them to accept an offer unless they are absolutely sure of where they want to go. Aycock knew this going in, but still made a commitment to Johnson and Tech. If Aycock had interest in Auburn or any other school, he should not have committed to Tech.
I, for one, find this approach refreshing and think that if more coaches adopted it, the current muddy world of commitments, soft verbals, contingency offers, etc. would be radically changed. This not only benefits the schools and coaches as they plan how to use their limited number of scholarships, but also the prospective student-athletes as it simplifies the whole process.
I, for one, find this approach refreshing and think that if more coaches adopted it, the current muddy world of commitments, soft verbals, contingency offers, etc. would be radically changed. This not only benefits the schools and coaches as they plan how to use their limited number of scholarships, but also the prospective student-athletes as it simplifies the whole process.
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Hank
February 4th, 2009
9:37 am
Reid will fit right in at FSU (Free Shoes University). Doubt he will meet the grades requirement. He will play Juco somewhere.
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Spade
February 4th, 2009
5:50 pm
Cock ‘n’ Bull
February 3rd, 2009
8:47 am
I don’t care where Farms goes. He can go to Auburn and play for a coach named something like “Cheezit,” or N. Carolina who lost to a S.Carolina team that played only one half of football with a backup QB. And, at UNC he will second fiddle to the Bball team and wear powderpuff blue. That’ll be cute, although they have mixed in dark blue to look more like Duke now.
Well, Cock and Bull, you’re named appropiately. The last time South Carolina played North Carolina was in 2008 and they had no quarterback problem. The SEC officials in the first five minutes of the game gave South Carolina a touchdown and stole a touchdown from UNC. I said during the game, after the game and ever since the game that if it were my decision no SEC official would set foot on Kenan Stadium soil again. South Carolina won by seven. Spurrier cried about how lousy his team played after that game. Your record against UNC is 34-17-4. You’ve lost two for every one you’ve won, and that’s all you’ve got to brag about.
South Carolina is the graveyard of coaches. So far, Frank McGuire is the only coach to win at a National Championship caliber level there and he couldn’t do it after you pulled out of the ACC because of the ACC’s rule that an athelete had to score 800 on the SAT and Paul Dietzel couldn’t find players that intelligent that would go to South Carolina. An 800 score means you can spell your name and usually find the classroom unassisted.
South Carolina ended the coaching careers of some very good coaches. Hall of Famer McGuire, Eddie Fogler, Paul Deitzel, Dave Odom and Lou Holtz. It remains to be seen if Spurrier will survive. If he doesn’t it’ll be fitting since a friend of mine who went to Science Hill High in Johnson City Tennessee with him told me that he was, let’s say, a jerk (he used an A word) then too.
As for “Carolina Blue”, you’d be hard pressed to find any college ball fan in the country that doesn’t recognize it. You’d be just as hard pressed to find anyone outside of the southeast who has a clue what South Carolina’s colors are. That would be because South Carolina’s athletic program is just as pathetic as it’s academics.
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Spade
February 4th, 2009
6:34 pm
Well, I got the record backwards. It’s 34-17-4 in favor of UNC.
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Jay Floyd
February 5th, 2009
8:44 am
I was Chris’s offensive line coach his sophomore and junior years. He is the real deal in every way. In Academics, as a Christian, and as a football player. I am very proud of him.
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R.Reid
February 5th, 2009
9:25 am
WoW yall people crazy and some stupid people that talk bad about my brother half of yall mad because yall sons cant play as well as my brother. He has the grades so that can be cut Urban Meyer called my house and told my brother himself that he was accepted but he wanted to start his freshman year so thats why he went to fsu even though im a 100% gator. And yeah you really need to watch his games stupid he only 5′8 and you cant name 1 person that caught a ball over him so just sit back and relax and watch my brother make his millions while im right behind him……oh and i like the comment mrs.henry lol
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J.Brooks
February 5th, 2009
9:44 am
most of the stupid people talkin bad about my friend GREG REID are hating on a a young man who worked hard 2 get where he is and half of the people ain’t nuthin compared 2 G.REID and probably most of the people can’t even play as hard as him and he’s smart enough 2 be going 2 FSU while dumb azz people home makin stupid comments and he’s on the way 2 millions
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Chynna Finnissee
February 5th, 2009
9:53 am
OMG!!!!..i mean ppl really need to stop hatting on G.Reid…Atleast he is doing something with his life..Greg is a good person and im happy that he has this opportunity to go to college and make something of his life..my advise to him would be not to worry abt the bs ppl r talking bc at the end of the day G.Reid is still going to be G.Reid..
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Chynna Finnissee
February 5th, 2009
9:54 am
Good luck Sweetie!!!
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LAH
February 5th, 2009
9:57 am
Yall are lame!! Sometimes its not about what you know, Its who you know!!! If you have a Talent then use it. In which greg is using his football skills, and you are using yours. Maybe we think you are ignorant! Does not matter. Greg is going follow his dreams like you have followed yours! Most of you all are jealous because he is doing something with his life! Young people have dreams and WE ARE THE FUTURE!!
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SEC fan
February 5th, 2009
11:03 am
Michael,
You and the other AJC writers did a great job of coverage on signing day. Thanks for all the time and effort you guys put into it.
Any idea when Charles and Geathers will be making a decision? Either or both sure would top off a great class. Tks.
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SEC fan
February 5th, 2009
1:03 pm
UGA class.
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Ocilla General
February 5th, 2009
2:08 pm
Funny how Aycock considered Auburn and got his offer pulled, while Stephen Hill flat out said “I may sign with Georgia” and kept his. I guess everybody at Tech gets treated equally, but some get treated more equally than others.
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Paddy
February 5th, 2009
6:34 pm
I shook your hand you shook mine. Thats how is used to be and how it should be now. Do you think Alvin York would have gotten on that plane to Auburn? I do not think so.
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NRBQ
February 5th, 2009
8:55 pm
Michael:
Yeoman’s work, bro.
I don’t know what you’ll do for the next eleven months, but thanks for your recent efforts.
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MacIsAMoron
February 7th, 2009
3:07 pm
“Mac
February 3rd, 2009
3:22 pm
He will be a Bulldog, Tallahassee is a dump, the stadium sucks and the academics are a joke unless you want to be a 5th grade teacher, Alabama is primarily comprised of dumb rednecks that got rejected at UGA, similiar to Tennessee.”
You’re a dope. Doak is way better than lame-o Sanford Stadium. And Tally is more enticing to a recruit that whitebread, cookie-cutter Athens.
And, yes, looks like I’m right. He’s a NOLE!
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SEC fan
February 9th, 2009
8:37 am
Alabama and Tennessee are really going at it for 2010 commits in the state of Tenn.. UCLA and USC are also really after it and getting commits in Cal.. Fla. working hard in Fla along with some other states. Several big schools looking at Ga recruits but apparently no offers yet from UGA. Since UGA seems to do a good job of hanging on to a recruit once they commit, seems they need to get on it with some of the highly rated Ga kids. Then again, Richt has proven he certainly knows what he is doing as far as getting good recruits. Would like to see UGA and Tech lock up the Ga kids though.
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The Fight Realtor
February 9th, 2009
9:01 pm
I’m looking at the list of Georgia’s latest catch of 5-star recruiting talent and already thinking of the missed tackles, penalties and boned-headed mistakes we get to endure over the next four years from these guys.
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BigMike
February 10th, 2009
8:11 pm
Big time players play at big time schools, Tech’s not an elite program, and most kids grow up wanting to play for UGA in this state. In case y’all missed it in the last few years, Coach Richt has just one loss against this new found GT. Don’t count on number two coming no time soon.
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newnancuga
February 10th, 2009
9:13 pm
Alec Ogletree will be the best player in the state. His twin brother Zander will be one of the most underrated players and will turnout like Rennie Curran. Alec has the size, the talent, and all of the intangibles. Zander has all but the size but plays with more heart than anybody on the field and can cover the whole field resembling Rennie Curran
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SEC fan
February 12th, 2009
5:23 pm
Michael, I understand Kwame Geathers visited UT yesterday 2/11. What is that all about? Kiffy trying to get even for UGA getting Marlon Brown?
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mcarvell
February 13th, 2009
4:18 am
SEC Fan: Because Kiffin has said so many controversial things in such a short amount of time, it makes him seem like he has been at Tennessee a lot longer than two months. For Kiffin, recruiting Geathers has nothing to do with Tennessee. It’s all about finishing out UT’s 2009 class.
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CollegeFootballTalk.com - FRIDAY MORNING ONE-LINERS
February 13th, 2009
8:28 am
[...] Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Georgia high school running back and Georgia Tech commitment Charles Perkins comfortable as the No. 1. [...]
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ATL Fan
February 13th, 2009
8:34 am
Mr Carvell**
Off the subject, it looks like Kwame Geathers will announce his decision today between Tennessee and UCF. Is there any confirmation whether he has an offer on the table from UGA?
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Michael Carvell
February 13th, 2009
11:59 pm
Note: Tennessee has reported itself for three recruiting violations involving Kiffin. I’m sure he didn’t plan for that to happen. However, please keep in mind these are “secondary” violations, and are unlikely to result in any punishment from the NCAA and SEC, according to the Knoxville News. It appears he’ll still be able to recruit Bryce Brown, who is ranked as the nation’s No. 1 prospect by Rivals. Bottom line: While the latest violation doesn’t help Kiffin, it doesn’t necessarily hurt him either. Due to the violation, Kiffin maintains his stranglehold on being one of most popular topics in sports. Bad publicity, but still publicity.
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Scott
February 14th, 2009
12:21 am
The day after Kiffin claimed that Tennessee would not lose another recruit out of Memphis, a top WR prospect from Memphis for the class of 2010 gave his verbal commitment to Alabama.
Keep it up Kiffy
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Jeff
February 14th, 2009
12:33 am
This guy is a clown. How embarrassing for the University of Tennessee.
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Not Disappointed
February 14th, 2009
12:09 pm
Glad to have you at Georgia Tech. Get your education and play hard. You’re already a winner in my book. I’ve seen you play before. “Best of Luck!”
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andy
February 14th, 2009
3:16 pm
i got two words for ya
ROLL TIDE!
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Lou Vales
February 14th, 2009
3:36 pm
The ONLY last laugh this IMBECILE will get is when he shows up with his wife at an event. The guy is 5-15 and was fired by a guy who wears lingerie. He felt the need to bring along an early onset dementia guy and another stooge who probably wants to twists recruits’ nipple rings. He is a disaster–except fot that wife!!! AND even there lane had the brains to go to the University of Florida to find her. No inbred Tennessee women for Lane.
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SEC fan
February 14th, 2009
3:41 pm
Michael,
Paris Hilton has a big mouth and gets lots of publicity but that sure doesn’t make her a coach!
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Joe White
February 14th, 2009
4:02 pm
I totally agree. This kid is very smart! Football is all about being cocky, arrogant and be willing to back up your brags. He got a late start at a school whose past glory has been tainted by the image of Fulmer. He’s got a hard row to hoe and he’s taking it head on. My guess is that when he’s through with the Tennessee football teams practice sessions – they will play smash mouth football with an air of controlled arrogance. All the negative comments from the press is because of the great fear of the other schools that will some day be in jeopardy of his recruiting and football strategy. And as you say in the words of the greatest american showman – “All publicity is good publicity when it comes to show business”(hope I’m close to the actual quote).
Joe White UT class of 1966
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JimDawg
February 14th, 2009
4:39 pm
Just take a look at the last Oakland pro coach to try his hand at college – Bill Callahan. LameMouth Kiffin will likely flame out too.
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Mike
February 14th, 2009
4:44 pm
This guy had better deliver on the field, or he is going to make Fulmer’s firing look even more embarrassing for UT. It’s bad enough they run off a legend after only his second losing season. Now they replace him with a motor mouth, FIRST TIME head coach in the most humbling conference in the nation. On top of that, UT makes him and his staff the highest paid in college football before he even has his first head coaching win!!! LOL
The problem with running your mouth is, at some point, you have to back it up ON THE FIELD. Sure a few recruits are going to know his name. Marlon Brown got a visit from Kiffin within 24 hours of his hire. Is Marlon Brown in a UT uniform? No…UGA. The top WR out of Memphis for 2010? Verbal commit to the Tide. Kiffin has done nothing more than make a tough assignment a lot tougher.
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brandon
February 14th, 2009
4:46 pm
how could you not know the name of the head coach of a school that is recruiting you?
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Chuck Uga
February 14th, 2009
4:57 pm
I’m not buying it. Kiffin is taking pot-shots at coaches who are significantly smarter and more experienced. As far as Mack Brown, he will go somewhere that he feels he can be successful. Any hype or buzz going on today will not reflect where these kids will sign a year from now. Typical that UT fans would think they are all of a sudden going to derail Mark Richt and UGA football, especially in Georgia where UGA football is the winninget football program in the SEC the past ten seasons. Florida on the other hand will OWN UT for years until FSU and Miami start to win big again and sign a larger saher of top in-State players…something they aren’t doing. Whether Mack Brown goes to UT or elsewhere, it isn’t going to hurt UGA one bit. UT had very little glory before Fulmer, so where is that statement coming from?! Anytime UT had had success, it’s been when Bama and UGA were down. Now that’s not the case. Also, no new SEC coach in the past 50+ years who replaced a legend has been successful. Not one.
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Alice
February 14th, 2009
5:07 pm
Not only is the Tennesse coach remembered by all the top recruits, he is energizing the Tennessee fan base and in the heads of his SEC rivals.
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The General Feeling
February 14th, 2009
5:19 pm
Chuck Uga must be 8 years old… google college football history and who might be surprised to learn that Tennessee is one of the winningest and most accomplished college football programs of all time. You see, Chuck, college football didn’t start when Jim Donnan was fired.
Why don’t we all just wait to see what Lane Kiffin is able to do at Tennessee. So far, he has banned the Tennessee players from wearing ear rings, ball caps, and ipods to class. That’s a hugh step forward.
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Atlanta Gator
February 14th, 2009
5:23 pm
I don’t think other SEC schools’ responses to Lane Violation (formerly known as Lame Kitten) indicate fear or worry that UT will suddenly become a powerhouse. IF (and that’s a big IF) Kiffin is successful at Tennessee, it will take him a couple years to get there…and in the process, the bulls-eye on his back will continue to grow as he takes shot at rival schools.
And to set the record straights for all you UT fans…Meyer did not go crying to Jeremy Foley about Kiffin’s remarks. Meyer was at his ailing father’s home in Ohio…Foley brought this to the attention of Mike Slive and things went from there.
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SEC fan
February 14th, 2009
5:25 pm
Energizing the fan base? All the true UT fans I know are extremely embarrassed by Kiffin. This guys mouth is always going to be a problem.
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Jack G.
February 14th, 2009
5:33 pm
Hey—everybody plays mind games sometimes they work, sometimes they backfire.
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GEORGE MCKEEHAN
February 14th, 2009
5:40 pm
All the UT fans I know are extremely excited by coach Lane K. and his 5-star staff. G. McKeehan UT class of 65
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LESD
February 14th, 2009
5:41 pm
Anyone who thinks that Kiffin’s screw-ups are part of some grand strategy is either a delusional Vol fan or just trying to spark conversation. Kiffin is a clown, and fans of every other team in the league are laughing at UT for hiring him. He can’t even keep the best players in Tennessee, the best two of whom signed with Georgia. I give him four years max. That’s about all the 7-5 seasons they can handle up on Rocky Top. And Urban Meyer’s boys will beat him by 50 next fall.
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Oz82
February 14th, 2009
5:54 pm
You are more wrong than brother-sister love.
http://blog.al.com/rapsheet/2009/02/prospect_keiwone_malone_on_nic.html#more
One of the best recruits in his OWN STATE couldn’t remember Hello Kiffen’s name without prompting. He may be able to correct that, but apparently it will only be by making himself and his program a punchline. I can’t see how that would attract anything but derision and the NZAA.
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SEC Traditionalist
February 14th, 2009
5:58 pm
It just seems so strange that an inexperienced coach comes into this league pounding his chest and calling everybody out. 5-15 record with Oakland and acting like a spoled brat got him fired by the biggest nutcase in the NFL. He has ridden his daddy’s name all the way to Rocky Top and right into the middle of the toughest football conference, bar none. I’m a Dawg to the bone and over the years have listened to the the likes of Spurrier, Meyer, Miles, Saban, et al. But, when all was said and done you had a level of respect for them. True SEC fans from any school probably feel this way. This Kiffin guy takes the cake, though. Show all of us SEC fanatics something on the field first, kiddo. You 0-0 SEC record doen’t carry a lot of weight around here. Would someone in Knoxville please give little Laney his bottle and teddy bear and put him to bed until fall?
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Kwijibo
February 14th, 2009
6:03 pm
Al Davis called him an immmature liar. He forgot to add moron. With a team filled with 2nd tier talent, they have only fired up every team playing them and Urban and Saban are going to likely drop a 100 points on them next season. Can’t wait. Kiffin is to SEC football as Mahmoud Achmadenijad is to world affairs.
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BleedBlue
February 14th, 2009
6:12 pm
Kiffin knows what he is doing. He is recruiting for 2010. He was able to get hired on December 1st and lose 13 recruits from the previous coach and still land a top 20 recruiting class. He also turned down 3 highly ranked players that Fulmer offered. If he can do that in two months imagine what class he will have signed this time next year.
Kiffin is smart enough to know he will lose to FLorida anyway. Whether he ruffles some feathers or not. So why not get something out of the loss. I bet one thing, that will probably be the most highly watched game in the SEC next year.
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Jason
February 14th, 2009
6:32 pm
How about this, why don’t we wait and reserve judgement for Kiffin until he coaches his first season in the SEC? I guarantee you he’ll learn to keep his trap shut and adopt a different perspective. What has this guy done besides handle the Oakland HC situation with ZERO class and field a hot wife? It’s easy to throw out accusations @ rival coaches right now b/c everyone is undefeated for the 2009 season. I hope you like egg Lane, b/c you will have plenty of it on your face at the conclusion of next year’s football season.
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TonytheGator
February 14th, 2009
6:36 pm
I’m sorry UT, but the Gators aren’t worried about Kiffin. We’ve owned UT winning 5 of the last 5. This guy is a loud mouth that has done nothing. Meyer hasn’t spoken to the media once, since he is with his father who has terminal cancer. The only UT fans that are loving Kiffin are the ignorant portion of the fan base that thinks telling lies and brash boneheaded comments are awesome.
He’s been shown to be a habitual liar. He stated that he fired the guy that was over the person that was late picking him up from the airport. LIE!! His boss said he hasn’t fired anyone. He said Meyer was a cheat. LIAR and HYPOCRITE!!! Meyer broke no rules, and Kiffin has already been called on 3 secondary violations!! Kiffin said the only reason Brown went to UGA was because of his grandma. LIE!! Marlon stated that he wasn’t going to Tenn. The only thing that Kiffin has done is shown the world that he is an idiot and a liar. Both of which proves what AL DAVIS said. 5-15 record scares no one.
He has assembled a group of has been former losers as assistant coaches. Kiffin’s dad is a loser. Orgeron was a loser at OLE MISS. The Alabama assistant has been known to be gay. Great group of coaches there.
Meanwhile, Meyer polishes another National Championship trophy.
Kiffin will be fired in 2 years. Book it!!
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Tuco
February 14th, 2009
6:46 pm
So Michael, are you saying that Lane used the same genius strategy to get fired from Oakland? He talked his way out of a job there and he’s on his way to doing it again. This guy’s mouth is a like a runaway freight train. Some of the pubescent shenanigans he pulled on the recruiting trail project the image of a spoiled rich kid that has a way to go to reach maturity. Maybe his dad can help, who knows, but how can he expect to lead a team and gain the respect of his players when he acts like a 12 year old? He won’t last 3 years.
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The General Feeling
February 14th, 2009
7:25 pm
You would NOT be commenting negatively if you were not a bit afraid.
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LameKitten
February 14th, 2009
7:26 pm
LameKitten (noun) – Person that looks up and realizes you are on third base and mistakenly attributes it to hitting a triple rather than geneology and is usually followed by a train wreck at home plate.
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CJ Dawgster
February 14th, 2009
7:31 pm
favors may turn out to be an NBA product, but not a force. The kid is a player and I’ve seen him play 6 times. He can be lazy, soft and very much a non-factor. I think when he plays against better competition, it will expose him a great deal. He may hit the weight room and toughen up. Either way, I hope he makes it. Good luck Derrick.
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Tennessean
February 14th, 2009
7:33 pm
Mike – Know what you are talking about before you post on the internet. The UT coaching staff would have been 4th highest paid staff in the conference last year. They are not the highest paid in college football. You sir are a grade A idiot. Saban makes twice what Kiffin makes. That extra money buys a lot of assistant coaches. TonytheGator Florida has won 4 in a row not 5. Will you people please get your facts straight before you make yourselves look like idiots. Anybody can get on a web-site and just say whatever they want, I challenge you all to know what you are talking about.
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Tennessean
February 14th, 2009
7:36 pm
TonytheGator lets not pretend that secondary violations matter at all. Richt had 17 violations last year. Urban has had his fair share too.
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Tennessean
February 14th, 2009
7:42 pm
Oz82 that kid can’t be that big of a Dolphins fan or he would hate Saban. If he says he is a Dolphins fan and doesn’t know Saban is a liar then I am not surprised that he does not know Kiffin. He is an idiot.
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Fred
February 14th, 2009
8:37 pm
In the end Kiffin will be judged by what he does on the field. All of the off the field noise will only shorten UT alumni’s patience when it all starts to fall apart. UT starts off with home games against Western Kentucky and UCLA, meaning that Lane will be 2-0 and in rare form going into the game with UF at the Swamp. However, the next 5 games are UF, Ohio (easy win), Auburn, UGA and Bama. UT will loose 4 of those 5, with at least the UF, UGA and Bama games being blow outs. Suddenly a 3-4 record, blown out by your biggest rivals will not look quite so good. Lane has shown that he is good at blaming everyone around him for a loss (look at his history in Oakland). Once Bama completes that “rival sweep” of blow outs, Lane will be firing at everyone, his players, other coaches, you name it. That’s when the melt down will begin. This will be fun to watch…
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UCLADal
February 14th, 2009
8:43 pm
I have no idea what the vol administration was thinking when it hired this guy. Maybe they were impressed that he tried a 75 yard field goal last season. Then again, I don’t like the vols and I hope they completely fall apart while he’s coach.
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BILLY JACK
February 14th, 2009
8:59 pm
Please UT never fire this guy.This guy is dumber than a bag of hammers.Welcome to the SEC this is gonna be fun.Tenn 6-6 that is if they have no injuries.If you thought coaching Oakland was tough wait until you coach in the mighty SEC.What a JACKASS
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RABIDVOLFAN
February 14th, 2009
9:01 pm
Great article, we are thrilled to have Kiffin in Knoxville. We can sense the Gator and Tide fans frustrations from this kid, and he hasn’t even coached a game yet. With this great coaching staff, that has some of the greatest recruiters in the South, I don’t see how it can fail. Monte has the greatest defensive mind in footabll. Offensive coord, Jim Chaney had very explosive offenses at Purdue, and coached 2 great QB’s in Jim Everett and Drew Brees, the you can Look at the ones Kiffin coached at USC and you have some great experience. They may go 5-7 or 6-6 this year but watch out for the Big Orange in the future.
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Stephen
February 14th, 2009
9:08 pm
There is no doubt Kiffin will have a top 5 class every year,best staff in the country and Ut fans love him. Seems like alot of rivals are fearing the coming orange swarm
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GEORGE MCKEEHAN
February 14th, 2009
9:24 pm
RABIDVOLFAN, YOU HAVE IT JUST RIGHT. THE SEC NATION IS GOING TO GO NUTS WATCHING THE BIG ORANGE RULE FOR YEARS TO COME. I SENSE A LITTLE FEAR,DON’T YOU?
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Walt
February 14th, 2009
9:41 pm
On the article above, you’re probably right. Some people can fall into a bucket of crap and come out smelling like a rose.
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TonytheGator
February 14th, 2009
9:43 pm
Tennessean,
You sir are the IDIOT I was referring too. You, UT football, and Kiffen are complete jokes. The fact is you are the laughing stock the last few years, and people are laughing harder now that Kiffen the Prick is head coach. Let me guess, Tennessean, you were one of the POS UT FANS that left mid third quarter again last year. Meyer has UT’s number, and no amount of chest beating will get that 33-year old loser of a coach to get UT to beat the Gators at the Swamp.
IF Tennessee isn’t on NCAA probation by then, I hope URBAN hangs 70 on the vols.
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TonytheGator
February 14th, 2009
9:44 pm
I hope he sends the field goal kicker out in the first game to kick a 74 yard field goal. That shows his complete stupidity!!!
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TonytheGator
February 14th, 2009
9:46 pm
THERE IS NO FEAR OF KIFFIN, HIS IDIOT ASSISTANTS, AND THE VOLS. TRUST ME!! WE’RE JUST LAUGHING!!! 5 – 15 SCARES NO ONE!!!!!!
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Lesli Deakins
February 14th, 2009
9:47 pm
Might I remind everyone that in 2005 USC offense produced school records in virtually every dimension. Averaging 49.1 points per game and 579 yards per game. They also became the first school in NCAA history to have a 3000 yard passer (leinart), two 1000 yard rushers (bush & white) and a 1000 yard receiver (jarrett) all in the same year. one other receiver (smith) fell just short of 1000 yards in receiving AND that was considered to be a rebuilding year for USC. In 2006 they also had another 3000 plus passer and 2 receivers with 1000 plus yards, ALL UNDER KIFFIN. Kiffin went 23-3 in his career as Offensive Coordinator and Recruiting Coord. and had the top #1 Recruiting class for 3 years. With his Dad (considered to be one of the best Defenses Coaches in all of the NFL) this is definately going to be interesting for Tennessee. As a FEMALE orange blooded fan for 34 years I think the man is a marketing genius and look forward to seeing UGA, FLA, BAMA on the field in the coming years.
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EVOL
February 14th, 2009
9:53 pm
Just a matter of time before Bama gets caught cheating again. Kiffin will out recruit all of you jack legs….sit back and watch. GBO
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JimDandy
February 14th, 2009
9:55 pm
This guy should be an announcer for the WWE or TNA.
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TonytheGator
February 14th, 2009
9:56 pm
The same great defensive mind that had TAMPA an average at best team. The same great offense that made PURDUE an also ran in their conference. Let’s look at Purdue’s Records.
Regular Season Record
Year Projected Actual
1994
0-11
4-5-2
1995 7-4 4-6-1
1996 4-7 3-8
1997 4-7 8-3
1998 5-7 8-4
1999 9-2 7-4
2000 9-2 8-3
2001 10-1 6-5
2002 7-5 6-6
2003 9-3 9-3
2004 5-6 7-4
2005 11-0 5-6
2006 8-5 8-5
2007 9-3 7-5
2008 8-4 4-8
Total 105-67 94-75-3
Yeah that’s real scary. LMAO!!
Now let’s look at the BUCS records!!!
2006 4 -12
2007 9 – 7
2008 9 – 7
Yeah, everyone’s scared. LMAO!!! What ever makes VOLS feel better. 4 in a row UT Biotches!!
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TonytheGator
February 14th, 2009
10:00 pm
LOL!!! Carrol seems to have done great without KIFFIN!!
I can’t wait to see MEYER own kiffin for years!!!
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GEORGE MCKEEHAN
February 14th, 2009
10:04 pm
TONITHEGATOR READ LESLI’S WORDS,CLOSE YOUR EYES, AND THINK ABOUT IT. MAKES YOU WANT TO CRY,RIGHT
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Mike Nash
February 14th, 2009
10:35 pm
Calculated & Brilliant comments by Kiffin ?? Did ya mention the comment LK made AFTER signing THIS class , ” This class isn’t up-to-par of the normal class we’ll get, etc. ” Did ya forget to mention that Kiffin claimed to fire all the folks that ” couldn’t keep up with him ” at UT only to have the University deny & said folks hadn’t been fired ?
He’s an Idiot & you know what they say about association ……… you’re attaching yourself to the moron train. Hope ya got a back-up for that journalism career ……
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Jim
February 14th, 2009
11:03 pm
Obviously you have not noticed that the coach that has not coached a game is already in the top 3 for the coaches in the hot seat.
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Jim
February 14th, 2009
11:05 pm
Also we hope he sticks around for a couple of years so he totally screws up UT for many more years.
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DumasGatorDude
February 14th, 2009
11:10 pm
After reading all these comments from various perspectives, there’s one thing I noticed, most of the Vol fans think the rest of the conference is either scared or should be scared of what Lane Kiffen is creating at UT. As far as the alleged recruting advantage he’ll have because all the kids will know who he is, a lot of them will also be advised(from
people they trust) of what an absolute jask-ass he is…I just can’t imagine parents of these kids encouraging their son to be influenced by
this guy for the next 3 to 5 years. UT is such an established member of the SEC, it blows me away to watch them drink the Kool-aid. Oh, by the way, his wife is HOT!
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Mannie
February 14th, 2009
11:18 pm
UGA hasn’t won a National Championship in what….27 years? But let me guess, “this is our year”. I live in Atlanta and hear that one every year. What a joke.
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Lesli Deakins
February 14th, 2009
11:33 pm
Let me remind you once again, the FACTS: Tampa’s D has ranked in the top ten in points allowed and yards allowed 10 of the 13 seasons under Monte, AN NFL RECORD…His philosophy is one of the most influential in football (college and Pro) and he is regarded and one of the greatest Defensive coaches in NFL history. It isn’t what makes us Vols fan feel better, it’s the facts. All this Kiffin hype kinda reminds you of another big mouth in the SEC, Spurrier….LOL
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Tennessean
February 14th, 2009
11:49 pm
So let me get this straight. I am an idiot because you say so. All I said was, know what you are talking about before you post and now I am some POS fan who leaves games early. Nice. Well done Tony. How can I come back from that? Your right, Tennessee has been down for a few years although we were in the SEC championship game in 2007. And yes Urban has our number. What school’s number does he not have? The question will be can he do it without Tebow? Tebow is a once in a lifetime player that fits Meyer’s offense perfectly. What will Meyer do without him? Especially when other teams will be able to recruit against Florida by saying that no QB that Meyer has ever had has made a career out of the NFL. If you want to play college ball go to Florida if you want a shot at the NFL go anywhere else.
I don’t expect to beat Florida in the swamp next year but we didn’t hire Kiffin for next year. He (hopefully) is a long term solution. And, even if it doesn’t work out, he should be able to recruit a bunch of talent and leave the next coach in good shape, a la Coach O at Ole Miss.
I don’t see what I said that would imply that I leave game early, perhaps you can explain Tony? Or perhaps you were just (once again) posting about things you have no idea about.
Finally, what in the world makes you think we will be on probation? Every school in America racks up secondary violations. Mark Richt had 17 last year. Who cares? Please enlighten me Tony because your wisdom is truly astounding.
By the way I called some other guy and idiot, Tony, not you. Perhaps my words should have been directed at you though. Everyone that knows anything about football thinks Monte Kiffin is good. I doubt his defenses will be that much better than the Chavis defenses but I will defer to people that know more than I do. The fact that you are saying its a bad hire proves you have no idea what you are talking about.
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Tennessean
February 14th, 2009
11:55 pm
Sorry for the dissertation everyone. To think, all this started because I called someone out for saying that we had the highest paid staff in college football when the truth is that its the 4th highest paid staff in the SEC.
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TommyGator
February 15th, 2009
6:54 am
Tennessean,
I think what he MEANT to say was most dollars per IQ point. You are desperate if you think ANY coach in the SEC is fearful of this staff. The only legitimate coach on it is Monte. The rest are PROVEN losers, and the Boy Blunder has succeeded in making it extremely difficult for UT to win by painting a GIANT target on himself.
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Reggie
February 15th, 2009
7:31 am
Michael,
You guys are over thinking this. No there was no thought or strategy. He is in over his head. When will he be in the ” Swamp?
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cgatlanta
February 15th, 2009
8:21 am
Tennessean:
“What would Meyer do without Tebow”? Well he went undefeated at Utah, and won a BCS Championship at UF with Leak.
“Meyer doesn’t make NFL QB’s”. Good thing he’s a college coach.
“I don’t expect to beat Florida next year”. Count on it. (But isn’t it sad that a once proud program’s fanbase is already talking about their LOSSES! We haven’t even started spring ball yet!)
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Larry Munson
February 15th, 2009
8:43 am
Kiffin will have a huge laugh when the Bullpups go about 5-7 this year without the Girlyman Stafford and NoShow Morono. I cannot wait for that dinosaur Bobby Bowden to retire at FSU and see how fast pretty-boy Richt bolts to Tallahassee. Even the ancient Larry Munson knew it was time to hang it up in Athens. So all you redneck UGA fans, especially the ones who never set foot on a college campus for anything other than tail-gating, just STFU and lets see what happens next fall. UGAy is going down like the Titanic. Kinda like what Stafford did…..LMAO!!!
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B. Guy Woodall
February 15th, 2009
9:15 am
I’m a gatorhater but I will hold my nose and pull for UF when the reptiles play the vols. I want to ‘puck’ and will not have to wait long for the pretender to move it on to an assistant at some podunk U.
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Observer
February 15th, 2009
9:23 am
Florida 62 Tennessee 3
Now all you Vol fans get on the Greyhound bus and travel to the Swamp to see how much Little Lanie enjoys the benefit of running his mouth. If his lovely wife wakes up, she will stay in Gainesville when the Liar leaves after the whipping. What a complete moron and jerk he is.
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GuytheDog
February 15th, 2009
9:26 am
Hey yawl, be a vol-dog hater for now. this Kiffin will not last long!
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Left to Right
February 15th, 2009
9:43 am
Say Carvell, can you name a Soviet-era nuclear reactor other than Chernobyl?
Neither can I.
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rod
February 15th, 2009
9:54 am
EVOL,
Living in a glass house there skippy are ya not? Bama will get caught cheating again huh well well well the great pumpkin lied about oh so much and you all know it up on rocky flop. The fat man told his theory to the nzaa and they punished the U of A on his word all of the big allegations could not be proven. Check it out he lied when put on the stand and told to produce the tapes and all of the other crap he was supposed to have I er uh misplaced or lost it yeah ok, Because you did not have it. Now as for all of the other crap you have got bi with Peyton Manning raping a girl on the staff, Tee Martin and cancelled checks, Phone gate, grade tampering, and the recruit that was accused of being pain in Alabama whose dad was actually holding cancelled checks from UcheaT seems like you got some splaining to do lol> the best part of all of this good ole Roy Kramer is gone now and can not protect the big orange nation like he did when the fat man ran to him 3 doors down in thier Maryville neighborhood and made up bull crap so yes you have way more crap to hide than the tide ever did seems like the only thing that actually was proved when went to court was one player in Memphis took money from a booster and when that was supposed to go to court somehow he fell down steps and died. Wonder what was hidden there TN Stud got off clean. The only reason that there was penalties was allegations not cats they all came out but the nzaa had dragged thier feet until probation was over congrads on manufacturing a way to beat the tide since you could not on the fielf there great pumpkin. U got some beating to absored for this its all on the wheel now and you are about to reap what you have sewn. Enjoy years of misery with this idiot he is your Shula enjoy as we laugh out loud.
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Paul The Vol
February 15th, 2009
11:19 am
Does no one get the irony here? The point of the article was that Kiffin’s antics are calculated to get people talking about him and the Vols – and that is exactly what has happened. Love him or hate him people are talking about him and the national media is covering him.
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TonytheGator
February 15th, 2009
11:22 am
I guess you are right, Paul. We’re laughing and talking about him. KIFFIN LIES more than AL GORE!!
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Anthony
February 15th, 2009
11:31 am
Tennessee made a huge mistake. It traded an above average coach that LOVED Tennesse for and average coach that only loves himself.
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C. Jones
February 15th, 2009
11:39 am
Teen Tony? Too much gator aid, boy! ‘Scuze me, straight boy (uh-huh).
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TonytheGator
February 15th, 2009
11:43 am
Why Jones? ARE YOU INTO BOYS? Just telling you the way it is. THE GATORS ARE LAUGHING AT TENNESSEE!! Oh the ass-whopping that the Vols will feel on September 19 will be epic!!
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TLSnBama
February 15th, 2009
12:05 pm
Vol fans, I’ve read all of the posts here that say Bama is afraid of Kiffin. I’m stunned by that conclusion. You guys are not here. With all respect, the laughter here is so loud you can’t hear yourself think. I mean, it is like watching Wile E. Coyote as a head coach, or the little “Chicken Hawk” in the Foghorn Leghorn cartoons. Lane Kiffin has disappointed me in one respect: I thought he had some common sense. He doesn’t. The guy is a joke. Your program now is one, too. Yeah, UT is one of the elite programs in the history of college football. No one with sense disputes it. But, you guys have stepped into a mudhole with this one. And, the stain will take some time to get off.
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Tennessean
February 15th, 2009
12:12 pm
Tony, where did I say that anyone was scared of Kiffin? The way I see it if you are going to bad mouth the guy and UT then you might as well know what you are talking about. We don’t have the highest paid staff in college football. Not even close. I guess this makes me gay? Tony you never cease to amaze me. What an absolute idiot you must be. Scroll though your posts and tell me they aren’t the most unsubstantiated wildly idiotic statements you have ever read. Kiffin is gay. UT fans are redneck homos. I feel like I am on the playground in 3rd grade.
cgatlanta- finally someone is actually talking football. All of you points are valid but I guess what I was getting at was Meyer has never been anywhere long enough to say whether or not he can sustain a program. What he has done is incredible, I sure hope he can’t keep it up. My comment about no NFL QBs was directed more to recruiting. It will be interesting to see if Meyer will be able to continually get top high school QBs when they don’t have an NFL future by playing at UF. If Meyer can find guys that are okay with that then great for him. We will see.
Yes it is sad that a still proud program is counting their losses before spring ball. But we won 5 games last year and Florida won the National Championship and returns all their talent. I would be crazier than Tony if I was expecting a UT win. The fact that we aren’t the team that we used to be is the reason a change had to be made. It’s not going to be an over-night thing but hopefully in 2-3 years we will be relevant again. Luckily (as this article points out) we are already relevant again in recruiting.
If Kiffin doesn’t work out then he will look like a complete ass but hopefully he will leave a ton of talent so UT will be successful in the future. I don’t know of many programs that get their long term solution in the first hire. Even the great Florida hired Zook. Hopefully Kiffin will win or be UT’s Zook.
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GeorgeG
February 15th, 2009
2:32 pm
Wow, they know Lane Kiffen. I bet they all know who Saddam Hussein is also, maybe even Hitler. Just because you are “known” does not mean it is a good thing. What if the kids think he is well known for being stupid?
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BullDog79
February 15th, 2009
4:07 pm
It’s interesting that Gator fans denigrate other schools and their fans. The fact is, Florida is the 4th stupidest team in the country:
http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/stories//2008/12/28/acadmain_1228_3DOT.html
Gators can claim that many UGA fans did not go to college. Perhaps most of Florida’s team doesn’t belong there.
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ga dawgs SUCK and so do their fFANS
February 15th, 2009
4:24 pm
Being as how the ga bulldogs have the absolute worst fans of any sports team. I hope the VOLS beat them, even if they don’t beat any other team. You people suck!
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CarlosHawes
February 15th, 2009
7:26 pm
TLSnBama
>> “mean, it is like watching Wile E. Coyote as a head coach, or the little “Chicken Hawk” in the Foghorn Leghorn cartoons.”
Don’t forget TLSnBama…Chicken Hawk ALWAYS caught Foghorn at the end of the show. Chicken Hawk won EVERY TIME!!!!!
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CarlosHawes
February 15th, 2009
7:28 pm
It’s amazing how many of the people here calling TN fans “stupid” cannot even spell “Kiffin” (not Kiffen). LOL
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Smokeys Pal
February 15th, 2009
11:31 pm
It amazes me that some of you Bama fans still blame Phil Fullmer for the Seattle earthquake.Me thinks it might be best for you bamaers to be quite.you are lucky you got off as easy as you did on the probation thing and the NCAA can still come back and haunt you.How long do you think Saban will stay.His track record is not too long.I dont think we ever paid $50,000 for an overweight defensive tackle who could not even start at Tiger High in Memphis.Lets wait about 3 years and see where all these elite programs are .A recruiting class usually jells in 3 years .I went to Gainsville in 2001 and saw a 18point underdog Tenn team pull out a win.I am not saying it will happen,but games are played on the field and not on paper.I have been to every SEC school except Arkansas and Fla and Ga have the 2 wost idiot fans in the Sec.We will see how dumb Lane is in the next 3 years
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bMiller87
February 16th, 2009
1:11 am
Let’s not forget that all these statements were made at one single banquet. Then he tried to fire someone and retracted it later…it was then included into the SI article. The guy isn’t the best public speaker in the world, but the way you animals are running with this like he slapped an old lady is ridiculous. And also, someone claimed that the UT staff is full of “proven losers and cheaters”…..prove it. Those who say that UT’s staff isn’t impressive on paper are delusional. UF might blow out UT next season, but the team in orange/white on that field will not be recognized by many watching. Loud mouth or not, Kiffin is instilling a complete attitude change in Knoxville, and those who don’t like it are being pushed of the train. I didn’t want to respond to some of the drivel on this story, but the one gator fan who is being quite offensive should be banned for what he typed…I’m sure he doesn’t speak for all of the UF fans, but he’s definitely not the first I’ve seen act and speak like that before…shameful.
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wballer84
February 16th, 2009
1:54 am
Wait a second…isn’t this a Georgia newspaper? How can anyone seriously call Tennesseans rednecks? SEC fans calling another SEC school’s fans rednecks is a perfect example of the pot calling the kettle black. On the redneck hierarchy, Tennessee is nowhere near the level of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, or the north Florida swamps that are home to the Gators. Georgia, South Carolina, Arkansas and Kentucky sit on around the same level as Tennessee. If you’re an SEC fan and think that your school doesn’t have its share of redneck fans, then you’re absolutely kidding yourself. FYI, Auburn has on campus housing in trailers.
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wheaton4prez
February 16th, 2009
7:06 am
If Kiffin’s antics are brilliant recruiting moves, Michael Richards must also be a genius.
lol
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gaytor
February 16th, 2009
10:01 am
I love to see gaytor, bammer, and puppy fans whine and wring their hands. They will probably be cheering this year because the new kid doesn’t have his recruits on board, but deep down they know he is going to be a force in the conference when he does. He will recruit top players and has the coaching staff and system to win. Urbie, who recruited the female gymnast, and Saban, who contacted the prospect during the recruiting dead period are serving us up violations without the publicity. It is only a matter of time before they jump ship to Notre Dame or the NFL. We are gaining on you guys and you know it.
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tenn rich
February 16th, 2009
10:15 am
Just like wrestling!!!This is posturing at its best!!! Its easy to see…and apparently its working! Don’t be gullible….
How that translates on the field, we shall see….????
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gaytor
February 16th, 2009
10:19 am
Lane Kiffin has implemented daily offseason workouts at 5am eveyday. There are reports that there are new haircuts, no nose rings or thug like apparel being tolerated. Assistant coaches are showing up in the classrooms to make sure players are in attendance. He has released players who don’t comply with the new disciplines. The players are buying in to the new program. Despite what some of the idiots are posting here, he now has a top notch recruiting and coaching staff. He is only recruiting players who fit into his system and are up to his standards. Will all of this translate to wins on the field? Time will tell, but it looks like a pretty good plan to me.
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Bama fan
February 16th, 2009
10:37 am
Gaytor,
There are guidelines for offseason workouts if coaches are present. Sounds like Kiffy is lining up another recruiting violation. Discipline rules are great, wonder when Kiffy is going to start demonstrating discipline of his own mouth? Public drunkenness policy for his assistants might not be a bad move either. Based upon recent actions, it seems there is a greater need for for the coach and his staff to learn something about discipline and public appearance.
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UGA coach forced to change plans with Troup County valedictorian candidate | College Football Recruiting
February 16th, 2009
2:31 pm
[...] Burnette decided against enrolling early at Georgia so he could stay at Troup to compete for the No….Burnette has a 5.012 GPA and slight lead over two others in the valedictorian race. He has made straight A’s since kindergarten. [...]
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scfanz
February 16th, 2009
2:54 pm
I’m a South Carolina fan but I always pulled for UT when we didn’t play them. What the UT fans may see as energizing the Vol nation, the rest of college football sees as the silly acts of an immature brat. Kiffin is quickly isolating himself from the rest of the SEC and the only problem with that is he doesn’t have the talent level to fight toe to toe with UF, Ala or UGA. Another point that interests me is everyone has ordained Monte as the absolute defensive guru. Sure he’s had success at the NFL level and has been in the NFL as a DC or position coach since 1983. But he’s not in the NFL any more and he doesn’t have NFL talent any more. The three years he was head coach at NC St (1980, 81 & 82) he went 16-17. He was fired after the 82 season and when to the NFL. His college record is not too stellar and the general knock on older coaches is they don’t relate well with the younger kids. I’m not sure Monte will be the savior of the UT defense. In my opinion, they should be thrilled Kiffin hired Coach O as defensive line coach. That was his best hire. From as outside perspective, Kiffin needs to grow up and shut up.
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Mort Merkel
February 16th, 2009
2:54 pm
Way to go, kid. Good attitude and good job in the classroom.
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Mike T.
February 16th, 2009
3:09 pm
Hey Chris, how about a live internet
feed to Coach Richt? If rules permit.
I’m sure some video and computer savvy
personel could get that done for you.
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joe
February 16th, 2009
3:10 pm
Great to see a player who is also a good student. Maybe he can tutor the other recruits when he gets on campus.
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EP
February 16th, 2009
3:12 pm
How about an appeal to the NCAA? I’m sure an exception could be made. Maybe not, the NCAA is out of touch.
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williebkind
February 16th, 2009
3:20 pm
Such a great talent and mind to be put under the control of MARTINEZ!
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Killah
February 16th, 2009
3:25 pm
When has the NCAA not been out of touch?
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EM
February 16th, 2009
3:27 pm
Seriously, this is one of the most out of touch NCAA rules out there, and is absolutely pathetic on the part of the NCAA. Let’s be honest though, the NCAA doesn’t seem to get too much right these days, i.e. playoff system?!?!
Anyways, congratulations Mr. Burnette, best of luck to you.
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Tech Fan
February 16th, 2009
3:31 pm
Dang – as Tech fan, it’s things like this that make it hard sometimes to hate UGA as much as I’d like to.
Congratulations Chris and good luck keeping your lead for the top honor!
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buckheadbill
February 16th, 2009
3:49 pm
Contratulations, Chris. Keep doing what you’re doing and you can join the
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TechFan
February 16th, 2009
3:50 pm
there is no such thing as a “5.012″ GPA, UGA fans make up numbers!
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null
February 16th, 2009
3:58 pm
Why would a kid with a 5.012 GPA ruin his chances at a good education by going to UGA? Might as well go to community college.
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champdawg
February 16th, 2009
3:58 pm
The way you are accepting the fact that Coach can’t be at graduation shows what you are made of. Some guys would have taken it the wrong way but you know he would keep his word if he could, he always does. Welcome to Dawg Nation
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champdawg
February 16th, 2009
4:00 pm
No Null he didn’t want to go to Teck and lower his standard
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AtlantaFan
February 16th, 2009
4:12 pm
Congratulations Chris Burnette as a scholar athlete. You didn’t get the grades or the scholarship without hard work and dedication. Enjoy your last few months of high school and continue to be a role model in the classroom and on the field.
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BroLee
February 16th, 2009
4:13 pm
GREAT job young man!!! It’s stories like this that make me proud to be a 2nd generation Bulldog. Keep up the good work, and remain focused when you get to Athens!!!
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Marietta Dawg
February 16th, 2009
4:18 pm
Fyi, this kid is an offensive lineman; therefore, Willie Martinez will not be his coach. Get your facts straight, williebkind.
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Brian
February 16th, 2009
4:29 pm
The NCAA makes Congress look smart. How contrary to common sense can the NCAA be?
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PeligroPero
February 16th, 2009
4:35 pm
This rule may sound pretty stupid but in reality it helps the coaches. Think how many kids would hold out for a head coach to show up at their graduation before signing. It would be a nightmare for the coaches.
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Bigdawg 96
February 16th, 2009
4:37 pm
TechFan…If he is taking AP classes, he can have a GPA in that neighborhood. I took AP American History AP Calculus. An “A” in those classes are worth more.
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Jim
February 16th, 2009
4:47 pm
Just goes to show that the NCAA has there head in the sand sometimes.
good luck to you young man
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Tech82
February 16th, 2009
4:49 pm
Congratulations to a great young student athlete. This is obviously a man with agreat value system. My hat is off to his parents for putting in the hard work to raise an exemplary child. That is not easy and it doesn’t happen by accident.
With the exception of one game each year in late November, I hope he has a great career at UGA.
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James
February 16th, 2009
5:18 pm
The GPA over 4 comes from weighting honors classes more than others. Some schools do it, others don’t. Either way, it’s impressive that he’s both a highly recruited player and a top student. Wish he was interested in Tech, but best of luck!
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Mark Richt
February 16th, 2009
5:40 pm
Dang, I was hoping to show off my latest spray-on tan and butt-cut.
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Old Dawg
February 16th, 2009
5:44 pm
Between the idiotic no celebration rule and the inability of CMR to attend a signed recruit’s graduation, the NCAA really looks like a bunch of jerks. I understand that the rule was written to ward off any form of recruiting of underclassmen, but like many things, the intent has moved far away from reality!
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Big_Bayou_Hooter
February 16th, 2009
5:46 pm
Give Kiffin his due and let him get 2 or 3 years of recruiting. Then all you whinners can say all you want. He hasn’t been here six months and he’s got all you cry babies sucking snot already.
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Did Kiffin lie about the firings of univ employees? - Page 12 - VolNation
February 16th, 2009
5:48 pm
[...] the Presses. Mark Richt Lied! UGA coach forced to change plans with Troup County valedictorian candidate | College Football Recrui… I am sure that this will be a major scandal rehashed ad nauseum on Dawg message [...]
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FLDAWG
February 16th, 2009
5:48 pm
Congratulations young man. Keep up the hardwork. You are already a role model for a lot of young kids. Good luck to you in all of your endeavors.
I must add that it is nice to see Tech fans show their support for this young man. You have shone a lot of class doing so.
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lamar t.
February 16th, 2009
5:58 pm
Not Competent At All.The biggest joke ever.I’m tired of this bunch of Incompetent,know nothing sports wannabes.Academics trumps everything.I want to congratulate Chris Burnette for persevering.
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Legend of Len Barker
February 16th, 2009
6:03 pm
Let’s get this straight. It’s okay to recruit 12-year-olds. It’s okay for an inebriated Bob Huggins to ralph on his car door in public. It was okay for Ohio State to wave their magic wand, pull a rabbit out of a hat, and make Andy Katzenmoyer eligible in the mid/late 1990s. It was fine for NC State to admit Chris Washburn with a supposed SAT score of 380 in the 1980s
But it’s not okay for a man who is the future head coach of a signed talent to celebrate with him a fantastic academic achievement.
The SEC and ACC can now stop paying for those commercials during games that highlight the academic universe of their respective universities. It’s clear that this is not the image the NCAA wants to portray.
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Ga Boy
February 16th, 2009
6:03 pm
What a great kid? I can only hope my kids turn out as good as this fine young recruit. It’s nice to see a football recruit that exhibits greatness in the classroom also
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MountainDawg
February 16th, 2009
6:12 pm
That’s a ridiculous policy by the bureaucrats at the NCAA. There should be no issues with Coach going to the graduation of an HS player who’s signed an LOI. The NCAA is such a crock of red tape!
Hats off to Burnette for this outstanding accomplishment.
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Roger
February 16th, 2009
6:20 pm
hmm, i don’t remember receiving letter grades in kindergarten…..
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Paddy
February 16th, 2009
6:37 pm
Congrats to you Mr Burnette. Legend… you are right. Stop those commercials. They don’t mean a thing now. If I was CMR I would go to that graduation and dare the NCAA to make something out of it. That would cause a firestorm that might get some of these stupid rules changed.
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Buddy El
February 16th, 2009
6:47 pm
Two things. If Burnette reads these comments the first thing he would do is tell FlaDawg the “shone” is spelled “shown” and Roger, the leadin to these comments specifically state “SINCE kindergarten” not including kindergarten.
Welcome to Dawgnation Mr. Burnette and congratulations whether you are the valedictorian or not. We want and need you.
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Big B CH 99
February 16th, 2009
7:20 pm
As a Tech fan also, I find this NCAA rule to be very STUPID, the NCAA is way out of touch. If they want to make it so that coaches can’t use H.S. graduations for recruiting, then why don’t they say that coaches can only go to the graduation of recruits that have already signed LOI’s.
They could also say that the coaches can’t recruit (talk to) underclassmen at graduations.
But either way, CMR should be allowed to go to the guy’s graduation, especially if he’s valedictorian.
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Tracy
February 16th, 2009
7:24 pm
What kind of crazy rule is that? He’s already signed with Georgia, so what harm could it do for Richt to be there?
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King Gator
February 16th, 2009
8:01 pm
Can I get a Volunteer to kick this moron in the ass?
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MikeyLikesLilBoys
February 16th, 2009
8:04 pm
Richt actually followed a rule??? This recruit must not deserve the escalade that Thurman got?
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Big Dawg 17
February 16th, 2009
8:10 pm
I got 3 tech grads working for me and total they don’t have a 5.012 GPA
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MikeyLikesLilBoys
February 16th, 2009
8:12 pm
You must have a very selective hiring process and a great company there big dawg 17! hahaha
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Did Kiffin lie about the firings of univ employees? - Page 12 - VolNation
February 16th, 2009
8:26 pm
[...] the Presses. Mark Richt Lied! UGA coach forced to change plans with Troup County valedictorian candidate | College Football Recrui… I am sure that this will be a major scandal rehashed ad nauseum on Dawg message boards. Dawg5150: [...]
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Chuck Uga
February 16th, 2009
8:33 pm
Hey Mikey, two words…drop dead.
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MikeyLikesLilBoys
February 16th, 2009
8:34 pm
hey chuck, two words, if you can read, trailer park
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Chuck Uga
February 16th, 2009
8:55 pm
LMAO, I hear this stuff about UGA football collapsing “net season” every year. Also hear that “coach so-and-so” is going to raid Georgia and take all the top recruits from Mark Richt. Also hear of 5-7, 6-6 records. Blah-blah-blah. Same diarrhea of the mouth from the same loudmouths. Morons, UGA is going to win 9+ games per season under Richt, and Kiffin/Orgeron/whoever from UT isn’t going to change any of that. Nor is that staff going to damage the Florida, LSU or Alabama program. What a joke. Kiffin is and will be looking up at those four coaches, even if he does occasionally win 8 or 9 games (he will never be as successful as Fulmer). And don’t let me forget Spurrier who is also building a pretty strong team. And Monte Kiffin was successful at Tampa PRIMARILY because of Tony Dungy’s and Rich McKay’s draft picks. Let’s see what he can do with mediocre talent (other than Eric Berry).
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Recruiting Guru
February 16th, 2009
9:04 pm
Why people be hatin on Richt? He follow rulez? It be our redneckz dat be threatenin fools dat go to other skoolz. they be buyin the caddys to. it aint richt or dooley. dey no da rulez.
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Thomas
February 16th, 2009
9:15 pm
Great story! Hopefully Chris can be an example to his future teammates at UGA…that you don’t have to let you great suffer in order to be a great athlete.
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Thomas
February 16th, 2009
9:16 pm
typo:Great story! Hopefully Chris can be an example to his future teammates at UGA…that you don’t have to let youR GRADES suffer in order to be a great athlete.
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Valdosta Dawg
February 16th, 2009
9:21 pm
Thomas, the problem is that Richt won’t let him major in a real field. They will place him in recreation studies and ruin his intelligence just to win. Maybe, that’s why Calvin Johnson went to Tech to take real classes and learn. Let’s hope the program let’s him do what is best for him. I dont’t have much hope considering the past.
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Woof Woof
February 16th, 2009
9:28 pm
You have to respect the fact that UGA is a highly respected university on par with the likes of Southern Poly, Devry, and ITT, while still having a football team that can compete with Appalacian State and Vanderbilt sometimes. I mean, our business school is only fourth in GA and our law school is freakin third in the state.
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CollegeFootballTalk.com - MONDAY NIGHT ONE-LINERS
February 16th, 2009
9:53 pm
[...] rules will prevent Georgia head coach Mark Richt from attending the graduation of recruit Chris Burnette as [...]
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Sir Tony
February 16th, 2009
9:58 pm
I’m neutral but Kiffin knew almost exactly what he was doing. And any siggestion that Monte Kiffin was succcessful primarily because of Tony Dungy and Rich McKay have no idea what they’re talking about. Nothing wrong with a little more SEC spice.
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Jacket Fan
February 16th, 2009
10:05 pm
Excellent job young man! Finishing at the top of your class demonstrates not only intellect, but more importantly, tremendous work ethic. Good luck to you in all your endeavors… except for the game on each Saturday after Thanksgiving!
The NCAA is a tangled nest of bureaucracy, hypocrisy, and chaos. Coach Richt should be allowed to attend and honor your outstanding accomplishment.
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Woof Woof
February 16th, 2009
10:06 pm
Richt and staff will watch video of the speech like they did video of Tech’s offense. Them lazy losers will buy the cliff notes version at best and deal with the consequences. If need be, they will rush the field to get some respect.
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TNFAN
February 16th, 2009
11:33 pm
Whats the first thing Alabama Graduate says to UT Grad Welcome to McDonalds how may I serve you.
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DAWGINTN
February 16th, 2009
11:43 pm
What would lame kitten do? Oh yea, make another ncaa infraction and attend then write is off as a self reported violation. Congrats Chris and GATA!!!
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Go for it...
February 17th, 2009
12:49 am
I’m a UGA fan, but I hope he follows in the footsteps of the guy (whose name escapes me at the moment) from FSU who is a Rhodes Scholar. We need a few more people out there who have the dedication to a star pupil as well as a star athlete. Its hard enough to excel in one of those aspects, let alone two!
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Buzz29
February 17th, 2009
12:58 am
I hate all things red and black BUT congrats young man on a job well done.I hope you continue to excel in your academic studies.
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Joe
February 17th, 2009
8:36 am
Absolute complete prim ma dona….that is why he did it. PERIOD.
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gregg m
February 17th, 2009
9:19 am
EVERYONE, lets all call Tennesse the southern version of USC!! THE guy has put together a staff of former assistants at USC(has relationships with west Coast coaches), Former Coach at Mississippi and USC(Knows the SEC), and a long time defensive coordinator of the tampa bay bucs(NFL conncections-he can get u to the league) add a former NFL coach and off coordinator at USC(Lane Kiffin)..Brillant!! Richt, Urban Meyer, and Spurrier put together doesnt have the relationships these other coaches do!! Kiffin aint taking no junk off these sec coaches/good ole boys!! He is the young, new kid in town and theses coaches know that he is a force to be dealt with in recruiting because of the above mentioned reasons. That’s the real deal behind this. tennesse has had a few players from the West Coast on there rosters in the past..Expect more now that this coaching staff has been put in place. Since all the other so-called SEC powers aint got the balls to play USC, maybe Tennesse will. Oh yeah, Tennesse is the only SEC school(Georgia last year) to play PAC 10 schools on a yearly basis.I dont think they will deviate from that plan
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Dixie Dog
February 17th, 2009
9:35 am
This kid is AWESOME! Glad he is going to be a DAWG. What a Great example he is to other kids. Yes you can be an athlete and do well in school.
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EDSBS » Archive » CURIOUS INDEX, 2/17/2009
February 17th, 2009
10:06 am
[...] Richt is a dirty damned liar. Or the NCAA is full of terrible small men who make terrible small rules. (Our tipster suggests Kiffykins show up at graduation in Richt’s place. We could not agree [...]
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Jackrabbit
February 17th, 2009
10:44 am
I really appreciate your attention to scholastics. Seems like you might have chosen a better college though, Say like Georgia Tech!!! GO JACKETS!!!
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Link: Richt forced to change plans with Troup County valedictorian candidate - TideFans.com
February 17th, 2009
10:49 am
[...] forced to change plans with Troup County valedictorian candidate Here’s the link In essence, the article says that Richt promised a recruit that if he were to become Valedictorian [...]
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David
February 17th, 2009
12:17 pm
This is great, but don’t you think the NCAA should be worrying more about the Reggie Bush / USC investigation instead of this? Oh that’s right, all the possible violations at USC get pushed under the rug!!!
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BigVolFan
February 17th, 2009
12:33 pm
Hey all!
I don’t normally do a lot of posting on these forums. I mostly read to hear what everyone is thinking. But after reading these posts I just felt the need to put some words out there.
first: To TonytheGator
Who do you think you are, a relative of Tony the Tiger or something? Do you think you can get away with your idiotic comments without being called to mat on them? You are the most negative poster I have ever read. All you do is put out useless drivel slamming CLK and the VOLs as if you know what you are talking about. Do us all a favor, both the VOL fans and the fans of college football all together, and take your mullet wearing, redneck, toothless grin, uneducated, mindless ramblings to some other board. We don’t appreciate you here.
Second. Something for all to consider. After next season is over and the dust has settled we will know if CLK and staff has what it takes to compete. Until then, it is all speculation and guesswork on our part.
Third. For the Gator nation. Things are looking very good for you guys to repeat as NCs next year. Even as a VOL fan, I can recognize that. But after that, what will happen? Tebow will be gone, and something else to consider, where will CUM be? If ND has another down year, they may just payout CCWs contract. If that happens, it is a good bet that CUM will jump ship at florida and head to ND.
Forth. As a long time VOL fan, I am enjoying all of the heat, smack, and excitment that has not been around the VOL program for a long time. For me, it is an exciting time to be a VOL. Will CLKs commits, and his ruffling of feathers equate to success on the field? I certianly hope so, but as I mentioned before, the answer to that will not come until fall.
Fifth. That’s all. I look forward to the upcoming season and fully expect the VOLs to surprise a lot people. To all of you, regardless of you school affiliation, good luck next year!
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Uconn Fan
February 17th, 2009
1:28 pm
Something Lane Kiffin has is recent NFL experience as a coach.. Win or lose he was there. That’s where many kids dream of going. If I were a parent and my kid was a stud, I wold take a good look at UT. Coach Kiffin should have some contacts at the next level. Do people really think all this is just about the game of football? Gooooooooo Uconnnnn Football..
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NCAA rules keep Coach Richt from graduation » Blakely Today -
February 17th, 2009
1:38 pm
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DawgsOnline » NCAA: Fix this bug
February 17th, 2009
2:34 pm
[...] The AJC reports that an NCAA rule will prevent Richt from following through on that promise. Here we have a student-athlete who has already signed a letter of intent, and Mark Richt can’t be there to honor his future player’s academic accomplishment. If Richt were invited to speak at the football team’s banquet and honor athletic accomplishments, that would be fine – it’s done all the time, and it’s within the rules. So what is different about showing up at the graduation of a student-athlete for whom the recruiting process is over? [...]
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thomas johnson
February 17th, 2009
8:11 pm
It would be a shame if the NCAA did anything that would promote academics over athletics. http://www.wedgeorgia.com
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UM4life
February 18th, 2009
1:48 am
Do all of you GA, FL, and AL fans really expect anyone to believe you’re not scared? Considering the reactions to this article from you so-called SEC fans. I can almost see the foam forming around some of your mouths responding to the Vol posters. I am not a fan of any SEC team at all but, even I can see that you guys are abviously a little concerned otherwise you wouldn’t be making so much fuss about anything LK says publicly. I mean there was an Ole Miss or Mississippi State coach that got caught driving drunk, cussed out the cops and was reportedly disorderly and uncompliant when arrested but, all I have heard about out of the SEC is Lane Kiffin talking sh** about Meyer!!! I don’t care what delusion you live in but, the writer is correct. The more UT is in front of the camera, especially with their coach basically stepping up to the table with the supposed “big boys” like Meyer and Saban and isn’t tepid or in awe. You guys are just pissed off that LK is kissing your coaches’ rear ends like you expect any new SEC coach to do. Most high school kids are against the “establishment” and love the rebel image. Kiffin could well be positioning himself as the anti-thesis to the regular everyday SEC coaches, giving himself an memorable, and respected position in the eyes of a future recruit. Anyway, whatever the case I tend to agree with the author above in many respects. I am a UM fan, and would prefer for the entire SEC to be disbanded tomorrow but, until then I will be satisfied with someone else inside the conference getting better to help beat the crap out of each other even more every year. Eventually, you guys will beat each other up so much that no one will be better than a five hundred record and some of the rest of us can actually play for national championship again, hooray!!!!
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UM4life
February 18th, 2009
1:50 am
Sorry I meant to say that you all are just pissed off because Lane Kiffin ISN’T kissing the SEC coaches’ rear ends.
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UM4life
February 18th, 2009
1:55 am
Oh yeah, Iread on here earlier where someone said that the vol fans he knew weren’t stoked about this coaching staff. I disagree personally. I know a few UT fans where I work, and all they talk about is how they cant wait to see their team in 2 or 3 years after LK gets a chance to bring in some highly ranked recruting classes. Its like all they talk about to the point of making me want to puke orange. Point is, the couple of folks I know don’t seem embarrassed or concerned, more excited from my view.
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“Coach we want to come to Georgia.” « Get The Picture
February 18th, 2009
7:22 am
[...] or by hard salesmanship. Along those lines, take a look at what Mark Richt has to say about how he recruits and handles commitments. “When I talk to a young man, I’m not one to press a kid really really hard to commit. Because [...]
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Football » Blog Archive » UGA coach Mark Richt talks about what commitment means
February 18th, 2009
7:56 am
[...] ExtremeCentre.org wrote an interesting post today on UGA coach Mark Richt talks about what commitment meansHere’s a quick excerptGeorgia Tech coach Paul Johnson hit on a hot-button issue when he made it a point to talk about what “commitment means” on signing day. [...]
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Paul
February 18th, 2009
9:45 am
You are so right, BigVolFan,
TonytheGator must enjoy talking to himself – and reading his countless posts. The fact is Kiffin has energized the Tennessee team and fan base. He has reinstituted discipline across the team – on and off the field – something that was sorely lacking under Fulmer.
His passion for the game and for winning will translate well on the field and in the hearts of the Vols players – something else that hasn’t happened in years. Kiffin will have Tennessee back on track as one of the best teams in the nation in a few years. Tennessee is and always will be one of the most successful college football programs in the country – with tradition that goes deeper than most in the game.
So Tony and others – why don’t you stop looking for something to go negative about – and just watch it play out on the field. In the short term I’m sure the gators will have the Vols number – but give it a couple of years…
A coach that has already intensified conditioning drills like no one else, who personally checks on a player’s attendance in class, and has banned earrings, baggy pants, ipods, and all the &^%%$# most teams let fly, is making his mark early and often on a team that is bound to be more passionate, hungry, and successful on the field and off.
Get ready – the Vols are coming back – and you know it.
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CollegeFootballTalk.com - WEDNESDAY MORNING ONE-LINERS
February 18th, 2009
10:18 am
[...] Georgia head coach Mark Richt takes the word “commitment” to heart. [...]
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Around The SEC East - 2/18/09 | MrSEC.com
February 18th, 2009
10:21 am
[...] it’s been the case for more than a year.UGA: In football news, Mark Richt tells you exactly what “commitment” means when it comes to recruiting.UF: Florida’s inside players have been outrebounded in their [...]
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Dawg Tired
February 18th, 2009
12:00 pm
Coach Richt’s comments are revealing. I think they help me understand why we seem to not have a lot od “de-commitments.” Obviously, coaches who put severe pressure on these 17 to 18 year old kids should be doing something else. I like what Coach Richt had to say. He’s got this right.
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Zoomie
February 18th, 2009
1:33 pm
Left to Right @ 9:43 — Instant classic. I love it!
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UGA coach Mark Richt talks about what commitment means - SECTalk Forums
February 18th, 2009
1:37 pm
[...] coach Mark Richt talks about what commitment means UGA coach Mark Richt talks about what commitment means | College Football Recruiting Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson hit on a hot-button issue when he made it a point to talk about [...]
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Matter Of Degrees « the road to copacetic
February 18th, 2009
5:48 pm
[...] that he would attend Chris’s graduation to hear his valedictory speech. However, the NCAA unfortunately will prevent Coach Richt from fulfilling that promise. However, the NCAA unfortunately will prevent Coach Richt [...]
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tennezz
February 18th, 2009
5:51 pm
Lets get one thing ironed out, kiffin is not embarrassing us, and we don`t care what you think!
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Paddy
February 18th, 2009
6:35 pm
Both of these fine coaches have got it right. To build a championship team you must commit to the teams goals and objectives. It is a great standard to recruit by and to live by. This format will pay dividends that create consistant winning and admired football programs. There is alot to be said for good old fashion beliefs and true life lessons.
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riverken
February 19th, 2009
2:35 am
Can’t wait for the football time to arrive! I haven’t seen this many feathers ruffled in quite some time…actually it reminds me of a certain basketball coach who got some folks mighty riled up not to long ago,his name was Pearl if I’m not mistaken.
Anytime a coach can fire up Vol fans this much before he even takes the field is starting off beautifully! Please don’t doubt that Vol fans are excited – I run a bar on the strip in Knoxville, and I can report that we’re all lovin’ it.
Anyone who doesn’t believe Kiffin has hired a great staff who can recruit with anyone just isn’t paying attention. Here’s to proving it on the field in the years to come!
BTW, yes Layla is hot as many of you have mentioned, but we’re used to beautiful women here in Knoxville, she’ll fit in just great.
Go Vols!
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Commitment and Ethics | MrSEC.com
February 19th, 2009
10:21 am
[...] starts things off with a recruiting conversation where he talks about the meaning of commitment to him in recruiting. Also on the topic of commitment, the ABH talks about the change of culture [...]
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TNLady
February 19th, 2009
10:48 am
DenverDog: Have you even been to TN? If you had, you would know better than to call us “orange clad, cousin mating, liquor still watching, shoe needing, overall wearing hillbillies.” Most of us have shoes, even if we don’t wear ‘em. I thought this forum was about football…and there are no better fans that at TN, you can’t argue with that. Only time will tell if Kiffin is what the football program needs.
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ROME DAWG
February 19th, 2009
6:27 pm
WITH THE WORD COMMITMENT,AND WITH ALL OF THE SCHOOL JUMPING THAT THE
COACHE’S DO,FOR THE BIGGEST CONTRACT,AND MONEY INVOLVED,WHAT ABOUT COACH RICHT,AND FOR THAT MATTER ALL COLLAGE COACHES, COMMIT TO THE
PLAYERS, THAT THEY RECUIT, TO BE AT THE SCHOOL UNTIL THAT GROUP OF
PLAYER’S FINISH SCHOOL.
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Carolina Jacket
February 20th, 2009
6:06 pm
Coach Richt certainly appears to have a classy approach to recruitment. And it is surely effective. He should certainly get credit for that. But, I’m not sure that UGA tends to hold off it offers more than other schools. Last year, at least 14 players were not only offered but committed before September. I assume that some of the others had been offered, but had not yet committed. They had a great year, but many were offered early — for what its worth.
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Misdirection is fine for the triple option. « Get The Picture
February 21st, 2009
7:56 am
[...] is fine for the triple option. Jump to Comments For some reason, this post about what it means to commit by Michael Carvell at the AJ-C’s recruiting blog was relinked yesterday on the paper’s [...]
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Mikey
February 21st, 2009
8:36 am
I’d like to see the commitment go both ways.
The school has committed to the kid a free college education, so the commitment from the kid should be to stay and graduate.
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Gene
February 22nd, 2009
9:19 am
Most high school juniors are not capable of committing to anything, but there are exceptions. It would be better for everyone if colleges waited until after the recruit’s senior football season to offer scholarships. Offering a scholarship to a 10th grader is absurd. If the 10th grader in question is injured in high school and can’t play, will the school still honor the scholarship? I don’t think so.
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SEC fan
February 22nd, 2009
11:02 am
Michael,
Speaking of commitment, what is the latest on Orson Charles? Did USC become a serious contender after this weekend? When is he planning on announcing his decision? Tks.
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tiger7_88
February 22nd, 2009
1:47 pm
Hey, Coach Johnson… did you worry about the definition of “commitment” when you signed Jaybo Shaw in your 2008 signing class? You remember the kid… the one that had previously “committed” to Middle Tennessee State before you recruited him, had him “commit” to you, and sign him?
Seems to me like the definition of “commitment” isn’t something you need to be worrying about… what you should be doing is pulling out a dictionary and looking up the definition of “hypocrite”.
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Lil Indian
February 22nd, 2009
8:01 pm
Although the article was somewhat interesting, I was more intrigued by the photo of Michael Carvell… He is extremely hot!!
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Spurrier: "I'm nowhere near retiring" - SECTalk Forums
February 23rd, 2009
1:14 am
[...] nowhe