Grantham’s antics were over the line — it’s not even close
Todd Grantham appears to be giving "choke" sign before Florida lines up for field goal attempt.
(Tuesday, 8 p.m.: This blog has been updated throughout, now that Georgia coach Mark Richt has confirmed that defensive coordinator Todd Grantham gave the choke sign and shouted something well south of the King’s English at Florida kicker Chas Henry Saturday. Just added: Grantham quotes)
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This isn’t about football. This isn’t about how we’re just too politically correct, or about how some of us just aren’t tough enough, or how we’re all just picking on the poor Georgia Bulldogs because, you know, that’s just what the leftist, evil media does.
This is about right and wrong. A 44-year-old college coaching grabbing his throat multiple times and shouting, “You’re gonna [bleepin'] choke,” at the opponent’s 21-year-old kicker?
Folks, that’s wrong. It’s over the line. It’s not even a close call.
Todd Grantham shouting “Choke” at the opposing player doesn’t make him or his team any tougher or better. It just makes him look classless. The Georgia defensive coordinator owes everybody an apology, from the Bulldogs’ program to Florida kicker Chas Henry, the target of Grantham’s sideline antics in Jacksonville.
Dogs coach Mark Richt confirmed Tuesday what had become obvious Monday, when he was unavailable for comment. Grantham gave the choke sign to Henry multiple times and he was wrong for doing so. The picture above tells part of the story. The two videos below tell more of it. In short, Grantham — who can be a little on the excitable side, which in itself isn’t a bad thing — let his competitive spirit push him over the line of what’s right and wrong. He grabbed his throat four times while the Florida kicker lined up for a 37-yard field goal attempt in overtime.
Henry, a native of Dallas, Ga., acknowledged seeing and hearing Grantham but he made the kick anyway, giving the Gators a 34-31 win.
The above screen grab from the Florida sports cable network “Sun Sports” showed Grantham on the sideline. Below are two videos:
VIDEO No. 1: Here is Henry’s post-game interview with CBS when he references what he saw when he looked to the Georgia sideline during the timeout. Quote: “Some of their coaches on the sideline were giving me a little grief, saying I was gonna choke.”)
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VIDEO No. 2: Here’s one view of Grantham going through his motions before the kick, via Sports by Brooks.)
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It was at about 6:30 p.m. Monday night when Pat Dooley of the Gainesville Sun sent a note out on Twitter: “Just checked the CBS broadcast again. Todd Grantham grabs his neck and says ‘You’re gonna bleepin’ choke. You’re gonna choke’ to Henry.”
By then, it was clear that Richt had a mess to clean up, and for once it had nothing to do with his players and the Athens-Clarke County police department
As I wrote earlier, it would be understandable — even expected — that Grantham would think, “Choke!” or “Miss it!” in his head. It wouldn’t even be surprising if a Georgia player yelled, “Choke!” or grabbed his neck. But that’s not something a college coach should be doing, and Richt acknowledged that.
Grantham himself expressed regret about the incident, saying after Tuesday’s practice: “As a competitor, sometimes you get caught up in the heat of the moment. I wish the situation hadn’t happened.”
Earlier in the day, Richt also referenced that “emotions run high,” adding: “People do things they probably wish they didn’t do. I think that was what was being communicated. I don’t think he’s necessarily proud of it. We’re just going to learn from it and move on.”
Not the first thing this year the Dogs are trying to learn from.
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gdawginkalamazoo
November 1st, 2010
2:54 pm
Jeff, he is telling his guys, “chins up”.
Way to stir the pot!
November 1st, 2010
2:55 pm
I bet it is a defensive play call!
gdawginkalamazoo
November 1st, 2010
2:56 pm
That or Aaron Murray and Mike Bobo are standing behind Coach Richt and he is talking to them.
OrlandoDawg
November 1st, 2010
3:02 pm
It happened. The live feed was even clearer and showed him screaming at someone the field at the same time. It may be the most embarrassing moment for our dawgs in a year with a bunch of embarrassing developments. When is it going to end?
uga_fan39
November 1st, 2010
3:03 pm
He was tellling them to keep their chins up, we were seated right behind them
Ray
November 1st, 2010
3:04 pm
what do you expect out of uga. it is the cesspool of the south
Ryan
November 1st, 2010
3:05 pm
That was clearly directed at Aaron Murrey as he was exiting the field.
Casual Observer
November 1st, 2010
3:06 pm
Typical. had this been A Gators or Vols coach doing this the uproar would have been immediate. Lets see how you pups fans spin this.
Ryan
November 1st, 2010
3:07 pm
You are right Jeff, it would not have been a big deal for a player to do that but it is pretty trahsy for a coach to do that to a college kid.
JoeFan
November 1st, 2010
3:08 pm
What an empty season for UGA. Doubt if the team is motivated after such a debilitating lose.Will be very telling how they play the last 3 games.
brookwood_skunk
November 1st, 2010
3:08 pm
Lets see if zero tolerance extends to the coaching staff. He can’t control his players or his staff. What’s next? CMR throws holy water the other team when they win the coin toss. Stay Classy UGA.
Woody Hayes
November 1st, 2010
3:09 pm
Come on Jeff a coach can’t show emotion during a tight ball game. What is the world coming to. Not like he punched the kid in the neck.
Duck a Fawg
November 1st, 2010
3:09 pm
@uga_fan39: seriously? that’s your story and you’re sticking to it?
schmeckdawg
November 1st, 2010
3:10 pm
All’s fair in love and war. Was it fair that they didn’t get flagged for excessive celebration!!!!
Hairy Dawg
November 1st, 2010
3:10 pm
They can fine him and give him a good talking-to, but competitive people don’t often think a lot in the heat of the moment.
Too bad the kid hit the kick. It would have been better if he hadn’t.
Go Dawgs.
DawginLex
November 1st, 2010
3:10 pm
Who cares? The smack was flowing all day long. What is worse, telling the kicker to choke or that dam gator chomp Urban and all the gators were doing?
Dale
November 1st, 2010
3:10 pm
He was motioning to Rambo for dropping that interception.
collegeballfan
November 1st, 2010
3:11 pm
So?
“The Dogs rank sixth in scoring defense and fourth in total defense in the SEC.”
This is a lot better than last year isn’t it? And with a new scheme?
Nice coaching job.
dobearsbare
November 1st, 2010
3:12 pm
Mountain out of a molehill. Who cares? UGA could be rightly criticized for many things in this game. This, however, is much ado about nothing. As for the Florida message boards … do we really want to be listening to them on matters of appropriate or classy behavior?
Forrest Gump
November 1st, 2010
3:12 pm
Thuggish is as thuggish does!
Charlie Pell 107 violations
November 1st, 2010
3:12 pm
You know, we can read into it whatever we like. We will never know the exact truth, only the truths the he/she would like to believe. If it is true? While sure its a little childish, but at least he gives a rat arse. A lot of stuff going on in Athens and this is what we elect to talk about? Looks like some serious deflection of heat for Bobo and Richt. They should send you a thank you card JS.
P.S. Told you it was the turnovers that were most important!
schmeckdawg
November 1st, 2010
3:12 pm
Hey you little hater, you should see what your wife does behind your back. At least if Grantham was giving him the choke sign, he did it to his face!
dawgfan
November 1st, 2010
3:13 pm
If he is giving the choke sign, which is questionable at best (see below), its not any worse than Meyer laughing at his player faking a knee on a kickoff when his team was up by several touchdowns. Its becoming pretty clear that there is a double standard in this rivalry. Meyer & Co. can be total classless punks but if UGA pulls any shenanigans panties immediately get bunched. To the victor goes the spoils I suppose.
A traditional choke sign involves two hands, not one. He could have been gesturing to our players to keep their heads up or something. A reasonable explanation or apology will be forthcoming, but that doesn’t stop Schultz from stirring the pot. We don’t want to let facts get in the way of a good blog that will get a lot of hits.
reebok
November 1st, 2010
3:13 pm
i’m going to give him the benefit of the doubt an assume it was some sort of signal to the Dawgs on the field, not meant to intimidate the Florida kicker. Why would the Gator’s placekicker be looking at the Georgia bench in the 1st place?
Duck a Fawg
November 1st, 2010
3:13 pm
@DawginLex: major difference id the gator chmop was directed at one particualr player…and believe me I’m not a FL fan
DawginLex
November 1st, 2010
3:13 pm
Jeff,
Your comment about how much Grantham gets paid and how they gave up points to a team that lost to MSU 10-7 reeks of unprofessionalism.
Why don’t you discuss his entire body of work for the season?
Why don’t you compare points given up this year versus the last 2 years under WM?
Why don’t you point out that the 31 points given up were 18 less than were allowed last year in the same game?
Why don’t you point out that Grantham is doing this with players he inherited that are mostly not meant to play his scheme?
Eddie
November 1st, 2010
3:14 pm
This is ridiculous. First, it’s a screen shot and therefore you do not have proper context to make statements like this … review the tape and see what actually happens. Was he scratching his neck? Making a call? Who knows? Come on … you have to see the whole picture before making accusations
Ryan
November 1st, 2010
3:14 pm
Haha, this is pretty funny reading all the UGA fans’ comments. If Urban had done this there would be rioting in the streets of Athens. Everyone would demand he be fired.
Duck a Fawg
November 1st, 2010
3:14 pm
sorry…should have said “major diff is the gator chomp was NOT directed…..
KimZ'spackage
November 1st, 2010
3:16 pm
He was telling Rainey what to do instead of Txting his exgirlfriend.
UGA has always been so classy. It is just what everybody has come to expect from UGA. Coach Christ RICHT would never have someone with no class around him.
Soulja Boy
November 1st, 2010
3:16 pm
Suspend Grantham for the first half of the Idaho game.
techie redneckie
November 1st, 2010
3:16 pm
Meyer should have poked Granthma’s eye out after the game.
Now Shultz can concentrate on Tech’s upcoming domination of VT, Miami and GA.
Tucker T
November 1st, 2010
3:17 pm
This is purely circumstantial. No way to know what he was doing. He will never admit to it even if that is what he was doing. This is a story with no legs. Let’s move on.
DawginLex
November 1st, 2010
3:17 pm
I wanted Richt to hire Manny Diaz but what did I know?
Dale
November 1st, 2010
3:17 pm
No, he was only saying “Die Bit**.” So it’s really not a big deal.
Alex
November 1st, 2010
3:18 pm
Seriously?? Non issue. Get a life
Charlie Pell 107 violations
November 1st, 2010
3:18 pm
Ryan,
What about Rainey literally threatening a female with the text message TIME TO DIE. He comes back after a 5 games suspension (poor fella) starts the game and scores the first Touchdown. Sure, Florida fans along with Meyer have a lot of input on how to teach Class.
jtdawg
November 1st, 2010
3:18 pm
I wouldn’t be upset if it were anybody? What’s the fuss? Who cares?
Who is he disrespecting?
Hey i thought the Ealey eye gouge was overblown
I was CERTAINLY embarrased by the ‘07 stomp. Poor, poor sportsmanship.
But AJ’s celebration flag in the LSU game last year? Way overblow and a ridiculous call. The commentators reaction Saturday when the Florida players stormed the endzone after the OT interception LOOKED like a TD. What is the damn fuss?
I did NOT like King’s reation after his touchdown. I want players on both sides to always show class. I don’t want players dancing over downed opponents after big hits or taking cheap shots because they’re emotional, but if the young guys are really just harmlessly celebrating? So what.
But this could have been done for any number of reasons, so why does the damn media blow it out of proportion? Big deal. He didn’t flip anybody off and he didn’t text Meyer or the kicker ‘Time To Die’. This is just ludicrous sensationalism.
You want to criticize? Point out the black helmets, endzone dance from ‘07, or even the “Cheap Shot” I believe I saw a Gator fan call out Rambo over earlier – good and deserved (and shameful if/when true).
But this???? Please….
Duck a Fawg
November 1st, 2010
3:18 pm
I agree that Grantham very well could be signaling to GA’s defense but I think at least an explanation will be coming tomorrow during Richt’s weekly PC
schmeckdawg
November 1st, 2010
3:18 pm
Dale @ 3:10
And for Sanders Commings not just dropping on that fumble on the 3 yard line, and Aaron White dropping a pass right in his hands that got picked and led to a TD, and AJ Green for not taking one step forward to prevent and interception on the first play, and Tavarres King dropping a pass that hit him right in his hands on the gaytor 5 yd line eventhough we eventually did score, or Branden Smith almost pissing the game away by catching, dropping and then getting a perfect bounce right to him at the gaytor 3 yard line. I don’t believe any of this had to do with their kicker. Once again, it’s the little 4 eyed queef trying to stomp on the DAWGS!!!!!!
Big Bad Bwuce
November 1st, 2010
3:19 pm
I was close enough to see what was happening. Coach had a Krispy Kreme stuck in his throat and was trying to get it loose.
Ryan
November 1st, 2010
3:19 pm
Hey KimZ:
“UGA has always been so classy. It is just what everybody has come to expect from UGA. Coach Christ RICHT would never have someone with no class around him.”
That has to be sarcasm right?
jtdawg
November 1st, 2010
3:20 pm
Shame on you Jeff Shultz.
There is so much other stuff to criticize this coaching staff over than this…..
Casual Observer
November 1st, 2010
3:20 pm
As a Diehard Gator Fan I personally have no problem with Grantham doing this. IMO, it at least shows you pups have some kind of pulse. I didnt like the Team celebration a few yrs ago it at least showed me that CMR had a pulse and was not so robotic as I perceived. Sometimes you need a some borderline antics to get you going. The GA players will no doubt appreciate their DC having some nads (but maybe no brains).
schultz observer
November 1st, 2010
3:20 pm
Still getting your scoops from the message boards I see!!!!.
Jive Lady
November 1st, 2010
3:20 pm
Ask the man (coach/staff/assistant) in the red hat, he’s looking straight at him as he’s making the gesture…
andrew
November 1st, 2010
3:21 pm
You’re right, he should have just texted him.
Josh Smildress
November 1st, 2010
3:21 pm
Who cares? Quit making a story out of nothing.
wxwax
November 1st, 2010
3:22 pm
No big deal.
The coaches make millions of dollars, the schools make tens of millions of dollars on these games and millions of people watch them on TV.
You think a coach giving the choke sign puts more pressure on the kicker?
No way. Columnist and blog fodder, nothing more.
Big Bad Bwuce
November 1st, 2010
3:22 pm
The man in the red hat brought the doughnuts.
Shane
November 1st, 2010
3:23 pm
Attempts to reach Grantham since this morning have been unsuccessful.
No doubt. Someone please fire this juvenile jerkoff.
Duck a Fawg
November 1st, 2010
3:24 pm
@Big Bad Bwuce: I’m going with the Krispy Kreme theory
Al
November 1st, 2010
3:24 pm
I recorded the game and just looked at it. After ga calls the timeout to ice the kicker, they show richt and you can see trailer trash grantham behind mr grabbing his neck twice and yelling don’t f ing choke or something along those lines. you can certainly see the f bomb and choke come out of his mouth. uga is a pathetic classless program from top to bottom.
GT Dude
November 1st, 2010
3:24 pm
Dawgfan,
are those red panties that are in a wad?
you keep setting them up and we’ll keep knocking them down.
Big Bad Bwuce
November 1st, 2010
3:24 pm
That headset is rubbing off what is left of Coach Richt’s hair. I would not want to have seats behind him when the glare is coming off that bald head. This mascot work is not so hard. I get to sleep a lot during the game, a lot like the UGA fans.
Dawg Tell
November 1st, 2010
3:25 pm
Hell, at least he was doing something!Most other coaches were standing around looking like “here we go again”.
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November 1st, 2010
3:26 pm
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kevin
November 1st, 2010
3:26 pm
Not sure if that’s the choke sign or not, but it was Grantham’s defense that choked, e.g. Rambo’s dropped INT that could have very well been a pick 6 in the 4th or Sanders Cummings trying to pick a fumble up inside the 10 instead of simply falling on it.
Big Bad Bwuce
November 1st, 2010
3:26 pm
It’s embarrassing being a mascot for a team with trashy coaches and players. I may see if I can work out a trade with Miss. State . . . bulldog for bulldog. If not, maybe the Oregon duck will come here and I can go there. I just want out.
KimZ'spackage
November 1st, 2010
3:27 pm
Todd was just trying to Jerk..f his own face maybe?
kevin
November 1st, 2010
3:27 pm
GT Dude,
You can lay off Dawgfan b/c you GT is no good either. In fact, UGA will likely stomp the hell out of thhem in Athens this year.
Harvey
November 1st, 2010
3:27 pm
Just another reason to sack Richt and the Bozos around him.
SOGADOG
November 1st, 2010
3:27 pm
You are trying to make a big deal out of nothing.
mowreck
November 1st, 2010
3:28 pm
Well, I’m a Tech fan, and since the media wrote that article, he probably was just scratching his unshaven face.
Tim Teblows!
November 1st, 2010
3:29 pm
Really?? Who cares if he was or wasn’t doing that? Why does this even make the news? Our society today is full of a bunch wussies and girly men!!
bruce mac
November 1st, 2010
3:29 pm
Oh I am so scared, the mighty Gators (5 and 3 record) will be upset and put another 3 point whopping on our boys. Please please Irban, don’t be upset. Morons!!!!!!!!
dawgfan
November 1st, 2010
3:30 pm
Schultzie spinning facts to make UGA look bad? Say it ain’t so. I really don’t know what we’ve done to him in the past couple of years. Richt must have given him a wedgie and stuffed him in his locker or something. His columns are almost cartoonish, child-like if you will.
Kevin
November 1st, 2010
3:30 pm
Waaaaaaaa effing waaaaaaaaa! Get over it.
Jeff Schultz Fan
November 1st, 2010
3:30 pm
Jeff: I mostly like your blogs but this one is not really meaningful since there is no proof that it was really a choke sign. As someone else mentioned, two hands are used to indicate a choke sign.
doggit
November 1st, 2010
3:30 pm
Yawn Jeff on this one….just yawn
Big Bad Bwuce
November 1st, 2010
3:31 pm
If I was an investor I’d want some Krispy Kreme stock with Coach Grantham here and making all that money. He can pretty much buy as many doughnuts as he wants. Coach Richt is toast because he’s having to hire coaches that don’t “fit” just right with his program. Who’s to say Grantham wasn’t saying Richt choked? I bet he was signaling to the AD that there was some choking going on. He wants the job, doesn’t he?
Frank Lane
November 1st, 2010
3:31 pm
This just does not bother me.
Peyton Manning
November 1st, 2010
3:31 pm
Who cares if it was directed at an idiot kicker who was probably liquored up anyway?
Mikey
November 1st, 2010
3:32 pm
“As if Florida needed any more motivation in this series, right?” – Are you kidding me, Jeff? How could they use this picture as motivation? I could just see Meyer make this ridiculous excuse of a story into a pre-game speech… “Hey guys, this little Doggie wants to choke our kicker. We won’t let him do that this year, will we?”
KimZ'spackage
November 1st, 2010
3:32 pm
What the hell is going on with the blogs?
Now it goes back to the top of the page and the article after I post. What happen to it going right back to the las post?
How the hel is this going to work during the LIVE Game Blog?
It was great before then this weekend all the posts were on 1 page.
Who the F is screwing with the Blog posting pattern?
redhairpimplefacetechnerd
November 1st, 2010
3:32 pm
Schulzie is this really important,I think I just heard that Dabo Sweeney is endorsing Roy Barnes
Schultzie
November 1st, 2010
3:33 pm
I’ll do anything for page hits!!!!!
Jerry
November 1st, 2010
3:33 pm
“You are trying to make a big deal out of nothing.”
Nope. It’s just another sign of the lack of self discipline and ethical behavior in Athens.
There’s a reason why UGA is known far and wide as The Cesspool of the South.
Smitty
November 1st, 2010
3:33 pm
I have never been a fan of UGA, but I’ve always had respect for Mark Richt as a person. If Richt really is the man he’s perceived to be, then he must have completely lost control of that program. Maybe Richt is just a thin layer of gold on a big fat turd of a program.
Tim Tebow
November 1st, 2010
3:34 pm
I will pray for his soul and hope that Coach Meyer does not smote him!
Nathan
November 1st, 2010
3:34 pm
Too much being made out of nothing. Who cares if Todd Grantham did that? If anything the fire he shows on the field is appreciated by Bulldog fans and the “calm and cool” Richt demeanor has lost its flourish. Get to practice and chastise some people. Point fingers. Sick of hearing “I think we’ll be okay…” from the coaches.
Vince Lombardi
November 1st, 2010
3:35 pm
Typical UGA “ethics”. Why must the school and especially the athletic association always set the lowest bar?
KimZ'spackage
November 1st, 2010
3:35 pm
Spinning FACTS to make UGA look bad? SO The FACT is Todd G was making the Choke Sign, but Jeff is trying to make it seem bad? HAHAH. Nobody needs to spin anything to make UGA look bad. FULMER CUP WINNER says it all.
Rowdy Yates
November 1st, 2010
3:36 pm
Easy Kim, Be appreciative that AJC still allows you to post.
Joey
November 1st, 2010
3:36 pm
Come on, Jeff. Find out more info on Grantham’s signal before you speculate. If you’ve got some space to fill, why not comment on Urban’s guy, “Time to die, bitch” Rainey, who scored a TD in the game.
Summit Dawg
November 1st, 2010
3:36 pm
I agree withj Schmeckdawg, Why wasn’t the Gators flagged for excessive celebration during that overtime play?? Had it been one Dawg running down, UGA would surely have been flagged!!!! What bugs me the most though is what Richt said about the overtime int. “We were trying to score 7 as we didn’t believe 3 would win the game!!!” Let’s see coach, Did Fla. win with 3 more?? Plus ever since he’s been at UGA, everytime we get in the red zone, he plays it between the hash marks so
he CAN kick a field goal…..If BOOBOO called that play, he should be gone!!!!!!!!
Innocent Bystander
November 1st, 2010
3:36 pm
More embarrassing was the play @ the 7:30 mark in the 4th quarter. Brantley dumped a pass to #82, who did a spin move around one tackle and was then being grabbed by the jersey when Georgia’s #36 came up to him and gave him an elbow near the chin to knock the receiver’s helmet off.
I understand that this stuff happens in football at the bottom of the pile, but to be stupid enough to do something so blatant to the ballcarrier (i.e. the guy the camera is focused on) is really just pitiful.
Matty Nice
November 1st, 2010
3:37 pm
“They allowed 31 points to a Gators team had scored only one touchdown in a 10-7 loss to Mississippi State.” – What is the point of adding these in? They had an extra week to make changes. And does it really matter what another team held UF to? I got one: Georgia held South Carolina to 17, which scored 35 on Alabama’s defense, which held UF to 6 points.
techie redneckie
November 1st, 2010
3:37 pm
Did anyone check to see if Granthma had red panties stuck in his throat?
Can we please focus on how Tech is going to put a beat down on VT, Miami and GA?
Summit Dawg
November 1st, 2010
3:38 pm
PS: I am so embarrassed over the last two seasons!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RxDawg
November 1st, 2010
3:39 pm
Um….ok. Is this over the line? I guess it really doesn’t take much in this sissy nanny state of America we live in today. Honestly I can live with a subliminal choking sign. I mean, if “time to die b%&*” guy can play and eye gouging is ok I guess a symbol of choking to a game winning FG kicker is ok.
joey
November 1st, 2010
3:39 pm
I mean you couldnt find anything else to complain about?
Eisendawg
November 1st, 2010
3:39 pm
Coach G was simply trying to get someone to give UGA VIII the hindlickem manuever.
Joey
November 1st, 2010
3:39 pm
Jerry, show me something, other than what a nerd wrote, that calls UGA a cesspool. You are a fool.
SickandTired
November 1st, 2010
3:39 pm
This is a classless example of a coach stepping over the line. I thought he was an emotional coach, but I had no idea he was a jerk of a coach. Wow, it just never ends down there in Athens. Please Mark, do the right thing for the dawg nation and resign. Your pathetic tenure is over. Bring dignity back to UGA football.
rackem rak bar
November 1st, 2010
3:41 pm
No one makes a big deal of urban meyer playing pocket pool????????
KimZ'spackage
November 1st, 2010
3:41 pm
Nice call INNOCENT
Dent’s Forearm Shiver to the head knocking the Gator Receivers helmet off. No Personal Foul was a HUGE no call.
The Excesive Celebration was not called because It was a TD and the game would have been over. The Gators celeberated a GAME WINNING PLAY. The review made the right call and the REFS couldn’t then throw a flag.
Dorsey Hill
November 1st, 2010
3:42 pm
I saw Meyer scratch himself. Clearly his intent was to tell the UGA cheerleaders to “suck it.” The reason I know that is because I read minds. No place in college football for coaches telling cheerleaders to “suck it.” Fortunately I’m too skilled at the mind reading to get a low-paying job at the AJC spouting off unsupported speculation.
I look forward to tomorrow’s column where Schutz tell us what the strange pattern in his toast portends for UGA.
JK
November 1st, 2010
3:42 pm
techie redneckie
i am lol at your post
techfan
November 1st, 2010
3:43 pm
I am the biggest GA hater there is,..and you are desperately reaching to make a story..give me a break
JaxDawgMan
November 1st, 2010
3:44 pm
All these years I’ve been thinking how tough the Gator team is….but they are really quite senstitive. Aren’t they?
CDAWG
November 1st, 2010
3:45 pm
Anyone that has ever played football knows how emotional games can be. I think Richt needs to take the muzzle off of Grantham and let him fire this team up.
Mike
November 1st, 2010
3:46 pm
Actually what happened was ol’ GratHAM was eating a few hot dogs on the sideline and started to choke on it. Rodney had to come up and give him the heimlich before the UF kick.
Lesson learned…Grantham can eat before the game, during halftime, and after the game, just not during it.
18-of-21forthemightygators
November 1st, 2010
3:47 pm
You guys seriously believe it was anything other than a choke message to the Gator kicker? Did you see the interview with Chas after the game, asking about his reaction to the UGA coach yelling at him to choke? Chas dismissed it as nothing but why don’t you clowns man up and stop denying the obvious.
I’m just glad that the UGA coaching staff is giving the Gators a little extra motivation for next year. The endzone dance has kinda worn off after a couple of beatdowns…as is clear given how close this years score was. You can bet that the Urbanator will use this to max advantage for next year’s dawgstomp.
Dagny
November 1st, 2010
3:47 pm
When is it going to end?
When Mark Richt leaves, not before.
The Cesspool of the South.
That bears repeating: The Cesspool of the South.
What else would you expect at the permanent home of the Fulmer Cup?
Dr. Richard Handler
November 1st, 2010
3:48 pm
Soulja Boy– Georgia plays IDAHO STATE! Not sure they could beat Idaho.
WalkerMuhDawg
November 1st, 2010
3:49 pm
Typical Shultz. Trying to stir up trouble every chance you get. I don’t see the big deal. Spurrier does far worse many times each game! They’re competitive. So?
JB
November 1st, 2010
3:49 pm
I don’t know, did Meyer play a thug that should have been kicked out of the University of Florida, Just Say’n……..glad somebody on that sideline has a pulse……..Grantham already knows he made a mistake taking this Job. He’s working for a man, let’s just say, who doesn’t think like most Head football coach’s.
Nate
November 1st, 2010
3:50 pm
Jeff,
What kind of journalism is this? This looks like stirring the pot, rather than honest journalism. I just thought it would be beneath you to take a brief screenshot, and jump to an absurd conclusion. Furthermore, I’ve heard of immature kids yelling choke, but never seen or heard of anyone grabbing their neck in hopes the kicker will see them? This whole thing is far-fetched and a waste of time.
Please leave this sort of thing to TMZ and political pundits. Geez
Dorsey Hill
November 1st, 2010
3:50 pm
Of course, if someone wanted to compare this speculation to an actual event. Some might remember the time that Bo Schembechler went to the hash mark and screamed at the OSU kicker a number of profanities the substance of which was that he was going to miss the game winning kick. He didn’t, of course. Clearly however Bo was fired and Michigan was then and is still known as a classless university. On the other maybe Bo is the most revered coach ever at one of the pre-eminent institutions in America both academically and athletically.
Jeff, I’d call you stupid, but I really don’t want to insult stupid people. They have enough trouble with out being associated with the likes of you.
UGAKEV
November 1st, 2010
3:51 pm
I see no significant story at all here…
Too tough 44
November 1st, 2010
3:52 pm
Blah Blah Blah….its a call for the defense to block the kick! NOT nearly as digusting as allowing “Time to Die,B###h” on the field. If I said that, I would still be in jail! If it was choke sign, so be it…nothing wrong with that, its football this team needs some fire! CMR need to surround himself with a little better coaching staff to ensure his job! Just as the great Bear Bryant said he did! Surround yourself with good people, those who’s strengths are your weanknesses!…
UGAKEV
November 1st, 2010
3:53 pm
Why was this story even written? Whats the significants of a coach telling a kicker to choke? Thats ridiculous I use to do that all the time to players when I played sports…lol…Are you kidding me?
Ealey
November 1st, 2010
3:53 pm
I think I saw Spikes on the sideline giving the “eye-gouge” signal
TallyDawg
November 1st, 2010
3:54 pm
At least he acts like it matters. Look at preacher Richt. He looks like he’s walking to sunday school with not a care in the world. Maybe if we had a coach with some fire in his belly, it’d rub off on the players as well. Richt is worthless as a HC. I’m done with his sorry A$$.
gdawginkalamazoo
November 1st, 2010
3:54 pm
Dorsey Hill, hilarious post!
CDAWG
November 1st, 2010
3:54 pm
That is clearly a sign telling his tackles to choke the “A” gap and allow the LB’s to flood the “B” gap to block the kick; Yep seen that one before. Now Grantham is going to have to change his sign because everyone knows it now.
Big L
November 1st, 2010
3:54 pm
Who cares? Are we really discussing a choking hand gesture. This is a non story . But I am glad someone is acting like winning matters. I,ll take low class for wins. Works for Urban Meyer and Chris Rainey.
rincon dawg
November 1st, 2010
3:54 pm
the problem lies with the man in front of Coach Grantham. period.
jellybeandawg
November 1st, 2010
3:54 pm
This was cleraly a defensive signal.
If he was giving the choke sign, he would be directing it at Richt..
J Clay
November 1st, 2010
3:55 pm
Perhaps he was trying to show potential future employers that Coach Mark Richt and the offensive genious Mike Bobo had choked this game away – that it was not all his fault!
jellybeandawg
November 1st, 2010
3:55 pm
This was cleraly a defensive signal.
If he was giving the choke sign, he would be directing it at Richt i.e. Coach Valium.
dlagator
November 1st, 2010
3:55 pm
I think he was talking about the choke job by the UGA QB…
Besides who cares…maybe he should have text him “TIME TO MISS”
gdawginkalamazoo
November 1st, 2010
3:56 pm
Hey Schultzie, where were you sitting exactly, it could have been directed at you!
Observer
November 1st, 2010
3:56 pm
Kevin – If I was a fan of a school with a losing record (and I thank God I’m not), I don’t think I would be talking smack to my in-state rival that happens to have a winning record. Just sayin…
KimZ'spackage
November 1st, 2010
3:56 pm
The Gators are just happy Ben Jones didn’t try to cripple one of their players with a from behind chop block like in the Colorado game
dawgsux
November 1st, 2010
3:56 pm
Was that at Murray, Richt or himself? The dawgs talk about class except themselves.
This is why Ga. has the problems off the field that it has. Heck, Richt has them going on right behind his back.
18 out of 21…..live with it
G
November 1st, 2010
3:57 pm
Jeff you are a joke my friend. Grantham was calling in a play to the defense. Oh, Jeff what do you think about Urban Meyer doing the gaytor chop at GA fans as he was leaving the field?
jtdawg
November 1st, 2010
3:57 pm
This is stupid.
I wasn’t offended by the Spikes thing last year either, though he did need a talkin’ to.
AJ’s endzone celebration last year – big deal and stupid penlaty
King’’s celebration – eh, don’t try to show up the other team – disrespectful
07 endzone dance – disgraceful – karma payback hurts.
Black helmets? Stupid showoff stuff – no place for it.
Kids dancing over downed players after big hits – no place for it.
THis? Meh. Media Sensationalism.
Anonymous
November 1st, 2010
3:57 pm
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Ron Roberts
November 1st, 2010
3:57 pm
“So what?”
jaglaw
November 1st, 2010
3:57 pm
He is simply reminding Rainey what he did to the UF student. Its called the “Rainey” play, designed to remind the UGA defenders what will happen if they dont block the kick.
jtdawg
November 1st, 2010
3:57 pm
Shultz,
I see you mailed it in today – and still get payed for it.
Must be nice….
G
November 1st, 2010
3:58 pm
I am just happy no gator player poked any of our running backs eyes out this year!
meh
November 1st, 2010
3:58 pm
maybe his neck was itching
JB
November 1st, 2010
3:58 pm
The story here is to paint this program in the worst possible light….. Maybe is the progressive liberal thing vs Christianity thing…..who knows….I Know of no other program that gets scrutinized on a daily basis in a city of 5 million people plus the State and beyond as this one.
This whole sports section is plastered with close examination Daily. It’s really not fair. I go to other papers, ( the Gainesville Sun) and maybe 2-3 stories over a 2 week period about Gators losing three in a row. Georgia gets that many a day. I ‘m tired of it.
Outsider
November 1st, 2010
3:58 pm
Not a dawg fan or a gator fan, but Georgia fans, assuming any of this is accurate and not taken completely out of context, this is problematic. The program, for a few years now, has been mediocre on the field, and the off-the-field issues are embarrassing. Now, against your biggest rival, one of your assistant coaches is captured, on national television, acting like a spoiled 13 year old. It appears the Dawg is rotting from the head.
Runner up Richt
November 1st, 2010
3:58 pm
He was just wanting some more of my JESUS JUICE
Mr. Football
November 1st, 2010
3:58 pm
Come on shultz.. this is a pretty weak story. What if he was saying “choke”? he meant ” miss” not “die”. Looks like your really grasping for something negative to write about. I think UGA’s record is negative enough. See you later at the club.
jellybeandawg
November 1st, 2010
3:59 pm
“jtdawg
November 1st, 2010
3:57 pm
Shultz,
I see you mailed it in today – and still get payed for it.
Must be nice….”
Mark Richt does it every Saturday and gets paid WAY more then Schultz.
maybe next year
November 1st, 2010
3:59 pm
Grantham fits in perfectly with the rest of the thugs at UGA!
jtdawg
November 1st, 2010
3:59 pm
KimZ’spackage -
THAT was VERY disrespectful and deserved at least a 2 – game suspension.
This is a precise reason why Richt should have his feet held to the fire, just like Meyer for Rainey – no place for that on a disciplined football team.
gdawginkalamazoo
November 1st, 2010
4:00 pm
Yeah, well this is a classic one too. Sociologist and Head Coach in Waiting Will Muschamp talking about Arkansas…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZSy2JH8iu4
SoCal Dawg
November 1st, 2010
4:00 pm
So what if he did!? 50% of the crowed was giving the choke sign, the other half had their fingers crossed. I guess CMR shouldn’t have called a time out to try and make him “CHOKE” either? This is football not golf. Give me a break.
DILLIGAF
November 1st, 2010
4:00 pm
Schultz, I typically enjoy your posts, not so much for your sports insight but more for your humor. I think you missed your true calling. I have got to say that you are really trying to stir things up with this one.
I would just about bet that this is a motion as part of a defensive play call. I seriously doubt that a grown man and a person under the spotlight on the sideline would make the “choke” sign even in the heat of battle.
Hell, if he wanted to distract him, he should have turned around and mooned him.
TY
November 1st, 2010
4:00 pm
Good Grief! What a Non-story this is. Stirring the pot aren’t we Jeff. Knowing that you will get a bunch to take the hook. Can you not come up with a better Blog than this? I’ve seen better out of you. Don’t stoop. I think your just kicking a dawg when he’s down and enjoying it.
Perplexed
November 1st, 2010
4:01 pm
Please if you’re so immature that you still start sentences with the word “dude” then please don’t write in public.
dlagator
November 1st, 2010
4:01 pm
I thinks it funny how you guys actually think you know the DC’s signals…I’m real sure it had something to to with shooting the “A” gap or blowing the “B” gap…Cause you guys know! Let me guess…you also stayed at a HOliday Inn Express last night…
Munson's Toupee
November 1st, 2010
4:01 pm
What Would Damon Do?
SoCal Dawg
November 1st, 2010
4:01 pm
crowd
techie redneckie
November 1st, 2010
4:01 pm
I can’t believe Granthma did this. I am appalled and horrified.
Paul Johnson is going to put the Granthma clip up on the board this week to motivate his players…
Then maybe go old school and steal some of the VT player’s jerseys right before the game.
jtdawg
November 1st, 2010
4:02 pm
Outsider – way overblown. You must definitely be a Politically Correct Drum Beater…..
Criticize the program for real probs, like the off -field discipline and excuse making for poor performance both on and off, not this.
Most likely signalling something anyhow – ridiculous
j
November 1st, 2010
4:02 pm
way to stir the pot, jeff. sheesh.
Buckeye
November 1st, 2010
4:02 pm
Hey, leave Woody out of this!
bigdsel
November 1st, 2010
4:02 pm
shoot, I would be grabbing my thoat too, from all that yelling he was probably doing.
Choking Hazard
November 1st, 2010
4:03 pm
According to Big Ten Conference Rules,
Woody Hayes was eligble on that play.
Still the biggest cesspool...
November 1st, 2010
4:03 pm
Thug coaches as well as thug players. Sickening.
I’ve never understood how anyone – even an alumnus – could support and take pride in UGA’s football team. When you look at their history for the past forty years, how can anyone ignore Jan Kemp and the “remedial studies” scam, the Jim Harrick fiasco, the DUIs in the athletic office, the DUIs and other arrests of players, the #1 party school tag (i.e., the most drunk students), the suspensions and outright dismissals, the Fulmer Cup, and on and on?
As disgraceful and humiliating as it is, I don’t see many alums and fans demanding an end to this sordid activity. It sets UGA apart as the kind of school most people abhor, and it’s become an embarrassment to the whole state of Georgia.
Will it never end? Apparently not while Mark Richt is at UGA. Richt is perhaps the biggest hypocrite in the United States. But even with all the cheating and lawlessness that he ignores, he still can’t win the SEC.
So you’re paying him to be BCS champions, but he can’t even win his SEC division. So why do you pay him millions of dollars a year?
UGA: The Cesspool of the South
Buckeye
November 1st, 2010
4:04 pm
G,
Good point.
Or, that any UGA running back named Ealey spit on one of the opponents…
Jeff Schultz
November 1st, 2010
4:04 pm
Dawgfan — What facts have been spun here? It’s a picture.
JB
November 1st, 2010
4:05 pm
How bout Paul Johnson’s profanity picked up on TV EVERY GAME……Can’t get a mike near that guy………
suck it
November 1st, 2010
4:06 pm
He was letting Urban Meyer know that he doesn’t have a gag reflex.
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Jeff Schultz
November 1st, 2010
4:06 pm
Redhairpimple.. Dabo Swinney is registered in Georgia?
JB
November 1st, 2010
4:07 pm
I’m proud………..
FlintRiverFunk
November 1st, 2010
4:07 pm
Who gives a crud if he made a choke sign? This shouldn’t even be a story.
ATL Dawg
November 1st, 2010
4:07 pm
What’s the big deal? You think this is going to give UF some more motivation? Hell UGA is already scared to death and intimidated by the mere site of the Orange and Blue – why not give the choke sign? My God what else can we do or not do to lose this game? I think at least Grantham has the nads to try and do somehting. The rest of the team and coaching staff played and coached scared and intimidated which in turn makes them uptight. They cannot relax and just play ball. This game has become mental for UGA. Aaron Murray was so scared that he should have went and changed his diaper after the first quarter. He crapped all over himself. At least he redeemed himself in the second half. Every bit of this non sense is a direct reflection of the coaching staff – they are mentally terrified by UF. Until this changes UGA will not be beating UF anytime soon. I hope the whole team and coaching staff GROWS a pair!
Jeff Schultz
November 1st, 2010
4:07 pm
Joey — Been there, done that.
JB
November 1st, 2010
4:08 pm
Tomorrows blog……did the Georgia players trash the bus on the way back to the Airport?
The U
November 1st, 2010
4:08 pm
A non story Mr. beatwriter.
Orlando_Dawg
November 1st, 2010
4:09 pm
Please … Florida’s got 6 convicts on the field and this is the best story coming out of the loss? Let’s wait for Grantham’s comment, it might be a defensive signal for going for the block OR perhaps we just fire the guy without any explanation.
404
November 1st, 2010
4:09 pm
Another NEW Low for UGAG.
UGA = Irrelevant
November 1st, 2010
4:10 pm
First Richt orders the ‘07 end zone celebration, now this.
Real classy coaching staff there UGA.
Florida’s bitch yet again….congrats!
old timer
November 1st, 2010
4:10 pm
Shultz is a PINHEAD.
Hunker Down
November 1st, 2010
4:10 pm
If eye gouging gets you a half game suspension by a UF, if death treats do not get a member kicked off a team, then what should CTG get (not meaning to imply his intentions) ….a quarter suspension?
JB
November 1st, 2010
4:10 pm
I hope Grantham comes out and Say’s…..”.I was giving the choke sign hoping the Bastard would miss so we could try to win the game” !!!!!!!!!
GT GRAD
November 1st, 2010
4:10 pm
Embarassing and shameful.
Oh well, Grantham will not be at UGA much longer………….All indications suggest the UGA Faithful will be calling for Richt & Company to be leaving Athens soon anyway (possibly by December 2010 & most definitely prior to the end of the 2011 season). I wonder what the potential UGA recruits think about attending UGA with the current coaching staff on the way out of Athens??????
AJC & a HUGE percentage of UGA fans consistently try to hurt GT recruiting with negative media slant & ridiculous comments/posts intended to negatively impact GT………I figure I might as well state the obvious since all of the potential UGA recruits are obviously thinking about these impending ramifications. Or would the UGA Faithful rather lie to the potential recruits and act like there is no truth to the imminent coaching changes at UGA??
TY
November 1st, 2010
4:10 pm
Runner up Richt
Stupid Comment
Douglas
November 1st, 2010
4:10 pm
So what if he did? He has a competitive spirit…what did you want him to do…cheer for the guy to get it…this is not even worth discussing.
gdawginkalamazoo
November 1st, 2010
4:11 pm
FLorida’s O-line was acknowledged by the SEC this week as having the most takcles in a game.
ED
November 1st, 2010
4:11 pm
Must be a very slow news day when a guy cannot scratch an itch without it being on the front page.
LawDawgSouth
November 1st, 2010
4:11 pm
You have got to be kidding me! This is even worthy of a second thought?! So what? Big Deal!
dlagator
November 1st, 2010
4:12 pm
Orlando_Dawg – There is one thing that UGA can compete with UF in….the number of striped suits on the field. Look in the mirror, our convicts are just better football players!
CaptainDave
November 1st, 2010
4:12 pm
Okay, folks. Be truthful.
When is it okay and/or appropriate for a coach to say anything to another team’s player during a game? Coaches are supposed to only talk to their own team and the refs. A “good game” during post-game handshakes is the only time a coach should talk to players from the other team.
JB
November 1st, 2010
4:12 pm
OK, I’ll clean it up…..I hope Grantham comes out and Say’s ” I was giving the choke sign hoping the poor guy would miss and we could try to win the game” !!!!!!!!!
Orlando_Dawg
November 1st, 2010
4:12 pm
Hunker Down … The eye gouging was by a player, NOT a coach … it’s allowed.
404
November 1st, 2010
4:13 pm
My guess, we’ll here some BS story about
how it was a Defensive play-call signal.
Need some time for the UGAG PR department to come up with some lame excuse for the new coach acting like a JA.
Burdell
November 1st, 2010
4:13 pm
So what if Grantham made the choke sign…he’s passionate…it’s football.
GO JACKETS!!! At least make it a game in Lane!!
DAWG
November 1st, 2010
4:14 pm
Who cares, we lost the game. Stop making something out of nothing.
DILLIGAF
November 1st, 2010
4:14 pm
Still the biggest cesspool…:
Don’t you have bigger things to be concerned with, like camping out for ComicCon tickets that go on sale next week.
DIT
November 1st, 2010
4:14 pm
Have to say JS I normally enjoy your blogs, but this one is not one of your better ones. This is really a non-issue when you look at the overall game. I’m sure that you are just trying to stir the pot. Congrats! It worked. I like the blog you had going on this morning much better.
UGA = Irrelevant
November 1st, 2010
4:14 pm
Eleven arrests this year alone, and some of you UGA idiots have the nerve to take the moral high ground…give me a break.
I guess it takes the edge off of being UF’s bitch yet again.
Even in a down year when UF sucks, you can always count on UGA sucking worse.
JohnsCreekDawg
November 1st, 2010
4:14 pm
Jeff, give me a break. I’m sure Todd was just signaling to the players to keep their chins up or something like that. Our defense is quite a bit better than the last couple years and seems to be getting better as this season goes along. Grantham has done a fine job. Why don’t you write about that instead of speculating at a picture and trying to start trouble?
ATL is TigerTown
November 1st, 2010
4:14 pm
I think this is a non-issue. There are, however, some real issues that probably need to be addressed.
Jeff Schultz
November 1st, 2010
4:15 pm
To all the people who think it would be no big deal if Grantham was giving the choke sign, I have a question: Would you feel the same way if a Georgia kicker was lining up for the winning field goal and a Gators’ coach was caught by the cameras grabbing his neck? Just curious.
JB
November 1st, 2010
4:15 pm
Tomorrows blog…….Georgia players leave dirty jocks all over locker room floor………
JB
November 1st, 2010
4:16 pm
Wouldn’t bother me at all………It’s football, not Golf……
Ray Goff
November 1st, 2010
4:16 pm
This never would have happened on my watch.
greens23
November 1st, 2010
4:16 pm
typical spin by GA fans….the whole issue is this is a grown man in a leadership position doing this. If it were a Gator coach the uproar would be epic. He will have to apologize whether you like it or not….Richt certainly didnt need another distraction to deal with….
dlagator
November 1st, 2010
4:17 pm
JB – I think they left their jocks on the field when Burton bolted up the sideline
LakeDawg
November 1st, 2010
4:17 pm
This is being compared to Woody Hayes punching a player in the neck?!… Please. I don’t think its that big of a deal. But go ahead and spin it for all its worth.
GrumpyDawg
November 1st, 2010
4:17 pm
I agree, the standard chocking motion is with two hands – it certainly could have been that, or a chins up motion or quite frankly a stress move on his part…I know sometimes I grab my neck like that with one hand when a stressful situation arrives -
Frankly, who cares. The kicker is over 18 and is an adult, it isn’t like he was a high school player. Way too many Georgia haters out there – including the loser who wrote this article. He is one of many reason I no longer subscribe.
Go Dawgs!
old timer
November 1st, 2010
4:17 pm
Shultz, I see double comments on here all the time. You are a PINHEAD.
I really wonder.......
November 1st, 2010
4:17 pm
Ga choked.
Bryan G.
November 1st, 2010
4:18 pm
Jeff -
Don’t you think it’s a little journalistically unprofessional to write such a blog without knowing if the Coach was actually giving a choke sign? I mean, have you seen the video?
It seriously could be as benign as him scracthing his neck. In which case – if the video shows nothing – I hope you write the coach an apology.
UGAX
November 1st, 2010
4:18 pm
Schultz,
To answer your question, I wouldn’t give a rat’s arse if the UF, Tenn, SC, or GT coach pulled out his Johnson (not Paul, mind you) while the UGA kicker was lining up to kick the game winning field goal. Give me a friggin break and get back with us when you have a newsworthy story.
Taylot Wooten
November 1st, 2010
4:18 pm
The only choking going on was the 34 points the Georgia defense gave up to a pathetic Florida offense. Yet another example of the mediocrity that has taken over the Georgia program.
DIT
November 1st, 2010
4:18 pm
JS, Yes I would not think it’s a big deal. It’s football Jeff. I know you understand that. It’s just my opinion, but this article from you appears that you are just trying to get Dawg people riled up! It’s working. I’m sure that there have been 100’s of times that assistant coaches have done something similar, but were not on camera. This is not a 1st time something like this happened.
JB
November 1st, 2010
4:18 pm
Wouldn’t bother me just like Tebow doing the Gator chomp with his Hands to the crowd after every touchdown running back to the bench and NEVER drawing a flag…………..NEVER………
JohnsCreekDawg
November 1st, 2010
4:19 pm
I don’t think it is a big deal IF he did give the kicker a choke sign. And I really wouldn’t care if it was a Georgia kicker receiving a similar gesture.
1. I doubt Chaz even saw it.
2. I want a defensive coordinator that is not afraid to offend the other team.
If our pass rush had not disappeared after the first quarter we would have won the game turnovers and all………
I really wonder.......
November 1st, 2010
4:19 pm
………..why FL wasnt flagged 15 yards when the entire team went to the end zone and celebrated a non TD.
SoCal Dawg
November 1st, 2010
4:19 pm
I hope he says “Isn’t it obvious what I’m doing? I’m giving a choke sign! Anymore questions”
I really wonder.......
November 1st, 2010
4:19 pm
….why GA chokes in the game every year.
BAMAFAN
November 1st, 2010
4:20 pm
If you want to see classless, look at the play where Ga’s # 31 gets hurt. Watch Gator’s OL that was blocking him making gestures toward Ga’s bench. What a loser…outweighs the kid by 100lbs. and wants to taunt?
dog alum in SC
November 1st, 2010
4:20 pm
Jeff,
Get REAL~!! Are you serious, man?? This is football. I should hope that any coach would hope the kid choked. Why are you politically correct on everything against Georgia, and barely point out all the less than perfect things that other teams/coaches do. YOU ARE SO OFF BASE. All the babies crying on this blog are imbeciles.. IT IS FOOTBALL. I for one am glad to see a coach on the Georgia sidelines show some life. I would be even happier to see you write a decent, fair and balanced column!!!!!!!!!!
gdawginkalamazoo
November 1st, 2010
4:20 pm
Jeff, to answer your question it wouldn’t bother me. These are big boys on the field. What’s next don’t keep score and make sure that everybody gets equal playing time and a trophy at the end of the season. I didn’t see this during the game but looking at the picture, sure why not show some emotion. His defense did their job. Good for Grantham for showing some emotion. If it were pee wee league then yes I would have a problem with it.
meh
November 1st, 2010
4:20 pm
I don’t think sun sports would’ve sent you the photo if it was a Florida coach making the choke sign.
lail
November 1st, 2010
4:20 pm
haha, I hope he did. At least one person on our sideline had some fire!!!
LakeDawg
November 1st, 2010
4:20 pm
Tommorrow’s breaking story…UGA players yelled at some Florida players during the game….SHOCKING.
GW
November 1st, 2010
4:20 pm
Shultzie, You must be kidding. You’re just trying to find anything to make UGA and Richt look bad. 40,000 dressed in red and black in the stands were doing this. Grantham is just signaling what he wants to do to you.
Jeff Schultz
November 1st, 2010
4:20 pm
OK, just asking.
I really wonder.......
November 1st, 2010
4:20 pm
why these players are trying for a SportsCenter highlight instead of falling on the ball.
RED GATOR
November 1st, 2010
4:20 pm
Grantham was probably giving that sign to Murray on his decision to attend UGA. This is pretty standard for UGA fans and coaches, there all classless.
Gwinnett Fred
November 1st, 2010
4:21 pm
I’m a big Tech fan – but get real – even if that is what he’s doing, who cares???
If the Florida kicker was looking at the UGA sideline before the kick, then whatever he sees is fair game (well, maybe not someone pointing a revolver at him).
I am NOT one of those fans (for Tech or UGA) that just has to pile on every little thing the other team has that goes wrong.
Unfortunately, the media (current columnist) doesn’t agree – so keep stirring the flames of irresponsible blogging Mr. Schultz, because sadly, that’s certainly your style.
18-of-21forthemightygators
November 1st, 2010
4:21 pm
CaptainDave said it 100% right. It is absolutely inappropriate for an opposing coach to address a player during the game. You say different, you are either wrong or lying. The profanity-laced tirade to our kicker makes it all the more inappropriate.
And Schultz gets to the heart of the matter. The Muttnation would be barking in epic fashion if it had been a Gator coach.
I just appreciate Coach G giving the Urbanator something to fire the boys up a little for next year.
I really wonder.......
November 1st, 2010
4:22 pm
…..how long this crap will go on.
JohnsCreekDawg
November 1st, 2010
4:22 pm
I hope they give Mark one more year to beat So Carolina, Tenn, UF, Aub, and GT in the same season. If he can do that next year he gets to keep his job regardless of what else we do. If he cant do that then he needs to go……
A good friend of mine is a Buckeye fan. He pointed out that John Cooper (the coach up there before Jim Tressel, the current coach) averaged 10 wins a year and had a top ten recruiting class every year he was there. But he was only 1-9 against Michigan, Ohio States biggest rival. That cost him his job.
Sounds kinda familiar doesnt it? And I love CMR….
Pedro
November 1st, 2010
4:22 pm
Who cares? This is so stupid.
UGAX
November 1st, 2010
4:22 pm
Schultz,
What about the UF player celebrating the injury he caused Dobbs #31. Are you ok with that?. Just watch the video and tell me what you think?. Haven’t heard a peep out of you on this one…..
nocumentum
November 1st, 2010
4:22 pm
Maybe he was choking himself – I would be.
JB
November 1st, 2010
4:22 pm
I wish the entire Staff had his passion…..I’m tired of our coach’s looking at the ground with hands in pocket kicking dirt and whistling………Give’em Hell Grantham……….
GrumpyDawg
November 1st, 2010
4:22 pm
Schultz “To all the people who think it would be no big deal if Grantham was giving the choke sign, I have a question: Would you feel the same way if a Georgia kicker was lining up for the winning field goal and a Gators’ coach was caught by the cameras grabbing his neck? Just curious.”
Really Jeff, thats all you have? I am just curious, really? First off, we don’t know for sure that is what he was doing – so forgive us for not rushing to execute what is probably an innocent man. But even if he did it, again – so what…if it were a Florida coach I am fairly certain I would give him the same benefit of the doubt – now, if he (a coach from either side) made a two handed choking gesture after a missed field goal – that might be another story – get a little class and perspective in your articles you low class hack.
DYNAMICBIGBOY
November 1st, 2010
4:23 pm
Give it a rest. Is this the best you can come up, a coach giving the choke signal? Don’t remember reading anything about Johnson, the bumblebee coach, cussing out a player who made a mistake in a game on national tv.
techie redneckie
November 1st, 2010
4:23 pm
You’re doing a heckva job Shultzie!
Nothing Surprises me Anymore!
November 1st, 2010
4:23 pm
Big Deal! Who cares! Waiting for the next story of cross-dressing player(s)….the next arrest….the next goal line fumble…the next group of excuses as to why we lost….. No Worries!
Dan
November 1st, 2010
4:24 pm
Why is this even a story?
hmmm......
November 1st, 2010
4:24 pm
Jeff, you are making 21 years-old out to sound like a child. By the age of 21 someone could have spent three years in the military fighting bad guys that are cowardly trying to blow them up with IEDs. I’m pretty sure this “kid” could handle it. Besides, I’m pretty sure given his shaky track record at FG attempts, the last thing he’d be looking at is the UGA sideline.
dlagator
November 1st, 2010
4:24 pm
Look at the guy in the red hat…he’s thinking “Is he really giving the choke sign? WTH?!”
JohnsCreekDawg
November 1st, 2010
4:24 pm
Jeff,
I usually love your articles, but this is pushing it man…
DawginLex
November 1st, 2010
4:25 pm
To the guy saying Grantham is sorry he took the job at UGA.
Flash forward to September 2011 and tell me which head coach and staff is still employed-University of Georgia or Dallas Cowboys?
Nick
November 1st, 2010
4:25 pm
Once again the media makes a big deal of something stupid and meaningless.
I mean really, who cares?
Come on guys. Think up something else.
75-76-DAWG
November 1st, 2010
4:25 pm
I noticed someone else used 76- Dawg the other day so I will use 75-76 DAWG from now on.
Even if Grantham being shown grabbing his neck in a photo happened, Jeff this is low blow journalism . The kid is somewhere in his early twenties and if he has been playing sports all his life has seen a lot worst, even if Grantham meant to direct the choke sign directly at him. If Grantham was actually doing it I will agree that it isn’t the most sportsmanship act on display, but to make anything out of it other than his defense had just stopped Florida on three plays and he wished the kicker would miss , JUST LIKE EVERY UGA FAN IN THE STADIUM WISHED, is trying to sensationalize and blow it way out of proportion.
Myers calling a time out so Florida could score one more time last year was a million times worst.
ryan
November 1st, 2010
4:25 pm
AJC just wants to look for any way to criticize Richt it was a great game Murray showed a lot heart why not do a story on that Shultz just come out and say it you hate Richt’s guts don’t you Jeff .
dog alum in SC
November 1st, 2010
4:25 pm
Answering your question concerning if it were a Florida coach – high school coaches made the gesture when my son kicked field goals and extra points!!!!!!!!! Our coach loved it because it only made my son better when he learned about the opposing coach. Good grief – Perhaps you should switch writing sports and go to features or something less manly!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rest of Nation
November 1st, 2010
4:25 pm
OMG, dawg fans take off the blinders and red/black colored glasses. Chas Henry’s own post game interview states UGA coaches where telling him he was going to choke. See link:
http://www.cbs.com/video/video.php?pid=cKpoyfcPbvbwWhDVZdmKMOkExEMQ8iDd
Mike Adams
November 1st, 2010
4:26 pm
I think he was saying Coach Richt choked!!!
87dawg
November 1st, 2010
4:26 pm
Seriously? Is this story a joke? Who cares? If it was done in a way that indicated “hurt him” or some other fashion, sure, but in regards to missing a field goal…….
Seriously?
rincon dawg
November 1st, 2010
4:26 pm
Last time I checked this is football and not golf so why does it even matter. The problem lies with the man he is behind.
JB
November 1st, 2010
4:26 pm
Jeff, Really??? Why is that a big deal??
It wasn’t like the slash of a throat or say, calling time outs, late, when you have a big lead.
C’mon. Talk about much ado about nothing.
HBTD!!!
georgiagirl
November 1st, 2010
4:26 pm
Jeff just loved to make something out nothing when come Georgia you are a FOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE HELL WITH AJC
So sick of them trying to find anything they to out Georgia down next they will look for people with special needs that are at Georgia I have to delete. foolsssssssssssssssss
UGA = Irrelevant
November 1st, 2010
4:26 pm
Schultz,
What about the UF player celebrating the injury he caused Dobbs #31. Are you ok with that?. Just watch the video and tell me what you think?. Haven’t heard a peep out of you on this one…..
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How about the UGA player elbowing #82 for UF in the head, knocking off his helmet just before the long Burton TD run?
bruce mac
November 1st, 2010
4:27 pm
Yea Jeff, just before I line up to kick a field goal, I usually look over at the oppositions defensive coordinator to see what he is doing. Give me a break, whatever he was doing had nothing directly to do with the Florida kicker. Some people are just plain STUPID!!!!!!!
South Ga Dawg
November 1st, 2010
4:27 pm
Granthams defense is only ones choking!!! What a waste of money. He has had plenty of time and has the athletes to make it work. pityful
dawg man
November 1st, 2010
4:27 pm
Say what you want, dawg fans, this no class move by Grantham only reflects poorly on his character. But you guys quit caring about character a long time ago. Richt would play any punk if he thought he would help get a win, and apparently hired a punk DC as well. Sad that most of you don’t care. Oh well, maybe Grantham can get the team fired up enough to win the big Idaho State game and even run up the score. Even though they are probably the worst team in the country, after the big win, dog fans will be saying the dogs are “straightened out again”.
Jason
November 1st, 2010
4:27 pm
Big deal! This is an instance where political correctness has ruined our country. So what if he was making the choke sign. He wasn’t threatening the kid. It is vastly different from making the troat slashing gesture. If Grantham shouldn’t be allowed to make the choke sign, then sports writers shouldn’t be allowed to use the “choke” analogy to describe the situation. There is no difference between making the gesture and writing about choking. The only difference would be in Grantham was instructing his players to choke someone.
I could care less about UGA, as I am a Tech alum. However, this is a big deal about nothing.
JB
November 1st, 2010
4:27 pm
This column reminds me of the airline commercial when somebody does something stupid and the next thing you see is that person in a airline seat and it’s say’s ” Want to get away” ???????
Way to go Schultz…….
UGA = Irrelevant
November 1st, 2010
4:27 pm
Jeff, Really??? Why is that a big deal??
It wasn’t like the slash of a throat or say, calling time outs, late, when you have a big lead.
C’mon. Talk about much ado about nothing.
HBTD!!!
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Or having your entire team run into the end zone after a 1st quarter TD.
JB
November 1st, 2010
4:29 pm
Damn Schultz, you know when Tech folks are jumping to his and our defense, you’ve stepped in it….LOL
npgator
November 1st, 2010
4:29 pm
He was giving that choke sign and I guess it didn’t work!
DawginLex
November 1st, 2010
4:29 pm
Or playing a player after a 5 game suspension who threatened an entire family and sent a text message of time to die b##@@ and having it where the suspension conveniently ends so the player can play against their biggest rival……………………
doggoneit
November 1st, 2010
4:29 pm
JEFF, I believe you just silently envy anyone who makes a lot of money.The same goes for Mark. We are not on your band wagon. Go ahead deny it.
What?
November 1st, 2010
4:30 pm
$750,000 a year for this jerk?
StraightJacket
November 1st, 2010
4:30 pm
Unbelievable. A 44 year-old COACH … acting like a kid.
A little “on the field” trash talk … by the PLAYERS ACTUALLY PLAYING … is expected as a psychological tactic in the nervous part of the game … AS LONG AS it is done “under the radar” so as not to draw attention to yourself … to get an unsportsmanlike penalty called by an official.
But a GROWN MAN … Coach …. LEADER … doing this? From OFF THE FIELD?
Sheesh. He may be 44 years old, but he’s less mature than my 11 year old.
tired of sport columnist
November 1st, 2010
4:30 pm
Don’t you have anything better to report on! He has passion for the game. More that can be said for the rest of the coaches.
dlagator
November 1st, 2010
4:30 pm
Typical Bulldog nonsense…Hey what about Meyer? Hey what about the player last year? What about the TO’s? What about the fact that you guys just got owned by a team that you are probably better than…Richt can’t hold Meyer’s jock when it comes to X’s and O’s!
ryan
November 1st, 2010
4:30 pm
This is why everyone hates the media just like what happened with Joe Miller .
JacksonvilleDawg
November 1st, 2010
4:30 pm
I think AJC has nothing else to say, this is ridiculous and stupid to even question this ! becauseGrantham hurt the feeling of the Gaytors!
ARdawg
November 1st, 2010
4:30 pm
It was a stuck pubic hair. He had it the whole game but it just happen to move at that point in the game. No biggie
Buford Sowega
November 1st, 2010
4:31 pm
If you clean up the audio, you hear him say “Time to die.” –no, wait…
DawginLex
November 1st, 2010
4:32 pm
Hey Jeff,
what are you going to call for next?
A boycott of all Will Ferrell movies because he got off the bus at College Gameday and gave the throat slash signal to the Oregon cheerleaders?
rincon dawg
November 1st, 2010
4:32 pm
Its irrelevant. Its not baseball or golf or tennis. You dont play or coach with manners. The only thing that matters is the W.
JB
November 1st, 2010
4:32 pm
Straightjacket……… Man boobs Johnson Calling a Tech play a MF’er doesn’t bother you. I’ve heard it !
In Shock
November 1st, 2010
4:33 pm
Bout the only thing Funny from the game
Otis
November 1st, 2010
4:33 pm
I was at the game and Henry was running in front of the GA bench, after the kick doing the gator chomp. And Rainey was playing after when he should have been suspended or kicked off of the team. If Grantham was actually doing the choke sign. I say big whoop. Florida is a bunch of classless morons anyways.
Delbert D.
November 1st, 2010
4:33 pm
“Did Grantham give Florida kicker the ‘choke’ sign?”
Ask him. If he lies, Mark Richt will fire him.
Florida Gators are trash
November 1st, 2010
4:33 pm
Doubt that Schultzy…. typical trash from you. I bet you believe it was ok that Urbie re-instated Rainey just in time to save UF from their first 4 game losing streak since the Junk 80’s? And of course, it was ok to call timeouts winning by 30 right? Oh, and I forgot to mention Mr. Sex Tape Thug LB from last year trying to handicap Washaun Ealey by gouging his eyes out….. talk about the picture of class in what the Gators are — go write about that in your diary
Quack, Quack!
November 1st, 2010
4:33 pm
Dawgs have had quite a season of turmoil, the thugs getting arrested, the losses, and this immature gesture by a coach. Sounds like a leadership problem. Go Ducks!!
Lance
November 1st, 2010
4:33 pm
Does anyone really give a Sh&t. Give me a break. Who cares.
Dawgie Poop
November 1st, 2010
4:33 pm
He just wishes they would have score on the INT so his defense didnt have to be embarrassed anymore
a georgia fan
November 1st, 2010
4:33 pm
Schultz,Now you make me believe what others are saying about you. This is a non-story! Just stirring the pot. I am really disappointed in this reporting.You get your response quota, but not much else! I thought you were better than this! This is not even responsible reporting.UGA fans deserve better than this kind of cheap reporting.
Chas Henry
November 1st, 2010
4:33 pm
Who cares, make all the choke signs you want. I still made the kick. And I’m a punter.
SECWasteManagement
November 1st, 2010
4:34 pm
Hate that I came into this one late but I think all the necessary comments have been made haha. If TG is catching flack for this, then I will be expecting phone calls from parents complaining about how their kid is using all the foul language they heard me using on Saturday.
26.2
November 1st, 2010
4:34 pm
I remember when Spurrier was Fla coach in the 90’s and he was asked about young QB Peyton Manning of Tenn. and Spurrier said ” Manning better get use to playing in the OutBack Bowl ” or something to that effect. Classy remark from a Heisman trophy winning player and 40 something SEC coach about a 19 year old kid.
rebeldawg
November 1st, 2010
4:34 pm
Just wasted 3 minutes of my day reading this article and typing my thoughts. Give me a break.
UGA = Irrelevant
November 1st, 2010
4:34 pm
Or playing a player after a 5 game suspension who threatened an entire family and sent a text message of time to die b##@@ and having it where the suspension conveniently ends so the player can play against their biggest rival……………………
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How many arrests has UGA had this year under Richt?
Rainey threatened an entire family? I thought it was just the 35 year-old groupie who’s been banging UF football players since Errict Rhett was a sophomore. Feel free to make more stuff up as you see fit….it will help ease the pain of choking job against the worst UF team in the past 21 years.
Waycross Dawg
November 1st, 2010
4:35 pm
You’re obviously working hard for that job at National Enquirer Jeff. Let me know if you need a recommendation.
JB
November 1st, 2010
4:35 pm
Marketing Dept. at AJC loving it……Rates going up as we speak
Paulitik
November 1st, 2010
4:36 pm
Man, the sports media is more and more like TMZ everyday.
Big Pipe
November 1st, 2010
4:36 pm
Grantham is a classless jerk, he fits UGA so perfectly.
Open Minded
November 1st, 2010
4:36 pm
Maybe he even yelled at him to miss the kick… oh that is so terrible… what could this possibley be teaching our little boys out there….
Schulz… you are a bit sensitive to be doing sports… maybe Arts and theatre are your gig!
PTC DAWG
November 1st, 2010
4:37 pm
Frankly, I was hoping he would choke too. We are too much of a “kittyfied” society if this bothers us. They are playing football.
UGA Fan
November 1st, 2010
4:37 pm
Really, I mean really! Is this all the media can come up with. Who gives a crap. It was an emotional game and at 21 years old he isn’t considered a kid anymore and if someone is offended by this especially after what Rainey said…. Ugh! Whatever!
Neverending
November 1st, 2010
4:38 pm
UGA has made the state a laughingstock with its reputation as one big party
school with copious job opportunities for bail bondsman, and decent people are fed up with this. Get rid of the illiterate, undisciplined drunks and felons that Mark Richt recruits, and get rid of Richt too. Even with these illiterate jerkoffs, he can’t even win the division, much less the SEC, so what’s the point.
And now there’s the embarrassment of Grantham.
The Cesspool of the South.
The Fulmer Cup.
It all goes together.
G
November 1st, 2010
4:38 pm
Slow news day… WHO CARES!!!
Ravon
November 1st, 2010
4:38 pm
You Georgia guys are laughable. When someone does something to UGA they should be fired…blah blah blah.
It was a low class move, but not suprising when it’s involving Georgia.
Might as well be low class when you can’t win games on the field. Bunch of losers.
Chas Henry
November 1st, 2010
4:39 pm
UGA had coaches on the sideline? Could have fooled me. Choke on that field goal Todd.
StraightJacket
November 1st, 2010
4:39 pm
Perhaps Grantham is doing something OTHER than a choke sign to the UF kicker, .. like:
(1) Telling UF they CHOKED the Fulmer Cup this past year. With some arrests in the final two weeks, UF could have been overtaken UGag for the 2010 Fulmer Cup, but while UGag arrests continued, UF “choked” and had to yield the prize to UGag.
(2) Maybe UGag’s QB, AERRANT MURPHYS-law, was on the FG block team, and Grantham was telling HIM he “choked” on the interception?
(3) Maybe UGag’s Running Back, Washedup Early, was on the FG block team, and Grantham was telling him NOT to “choke” and “fumble” the ball … should they block it?
(4) Maybe A.J. GREENbucks was on the FG block team, and Grantham’s sign was “If you choke this play, you ain’t gettin’ paid!” ???
Who knows? Just a monumental embarrassment, whatEVER he was doing ….
gdawginkalamazoo
November 1st, 2010
4:40 pm
Okay so we will have Grantham write Chaz’s mom a note apologizing for the gesture. Sh!t let’s get classy and all chip in and get him a Hallmark card. On us Coach Grantham. Keep the D fighting like hell out there.
UGA = Irrelevant
November 1st, 2010
4:40 pm
I wonder what bowl game UGA plays in this year…..
Danny G
November 1st, 2010
4:40 pm
Don’t make this a big deal Jeff. Every fan of the Bulldawgs was screaming choke and grabbing their throats. It is a natural reaction in the heat of the game. This team has enough problems without AJC trying to sell papers over nothing.
JB
November 1st, 2010
4:40 pm
What’s sad, Richt will hear about this article and “call him In”…….. I say Grantham is kicking himself for answering the phone, but he saw the writing on the wall in Dallas. That whole staff is toast and who does Jerry Jones want…..Ok, I won’t say it…………..But his initials are NS
Skitty Fritty
November 1st, 2010
4:40 pm
Are you kidding me? I hope he was giving the “choke” sign. I am a 44 year old graduate of UGA and I find no problem with this. I do find a major problem with a LB trying to blind an opposing player in a pile and reinstating Rainey for the UGA game. Where is the condemnation of Urban Meyer? Also, referring to the UF kicker as a 21 year old “Kid”? If you are old enough to serve in our military then you are no “Kid”. These athletes are men, not “Kids”.
George Roberts
November 1st, 2010
4:41 pm
It’s great to see UGA coaches get fired up. Todd probably hates losing, and it wouldn’t hurt for the other coaches to show some fire. Also, please drop the PC attitude that a coach can’t hope, wish, yell or demonstrate for an opposing player to choke. Was it not CMR who signaled for a timeout to ICE the kicker. The PC movement has strangled our society. Is sports the next target?
Chas Henry
November 1st, 2010
4:41 pm
Any truth that Todd was the fourth choice for the dc job? I guess if he can’t coach a defense, he can at least make useless hand gestures. I guess that sorta makes him a cheerleader.
LakeDawg
November 1st, 2010
4:43 pm
Actually, he just took a sip of water and is yelling at the UGA players to block the kick and started choking on the water that went down the wrong pipe.
Father of 2 college students
November 1st, 2010
4:43 pm
Find something else to talk about. No mater what he had in mind here, it had not effect on anyone except people who have nothing else to do but look for meaningless stuff.
larry
November 1st, 2010
4:43 pm
jeff if this is all you can find to write about you need to get a real job,preferably in another state
59bulldawg
November 1st, 2010
4:43 pm
This is a total “non-story”! It’s the journalistic equivalent of piling on. So what if he did? You can debate all day whether or not the man breached some PC sports etiquette rule, but if this is all you have, it’s pretty weak when there is much more that can be legitmately criticized on our defense. It’s a competitive game for pete sake! And even though we have a long way to go before we have a championship caliber “D” I for one like seeing a little bit of spirit on the part of our coaches. If you’re going to write about Georgia football, at least find a real story and don’t simply regurgitate what the Florida media passes around for news. Weak man weak!
Mobile Dawg
November 1st, 2010
4:44 pm
The feed must have stopped just before he finished and motioned for the “eye gouging” move. I guess he should have texted it to the kicker, what was it, “time to miss your kick b—h”, then it would have been forgivable. This nonsense will stop if and when the Dawgs ever grow up and can play “man to man” football again.
Another Steve
November 1st, 2010
4:44 pm
LOL Way to go Jeff. That picture has the same effect as the full moon on our local mutts. Just listen to them howl and bray. Scratch those fleas leg-humpers. LOL
Oh yea. 34-31 and red panties too.
godawg
November 1st, 2010
4:44 pm
OH PUHLEEZE….get a life…this is all you have to worry about?
Chas Henry
November 1st, 2010
4:44 pm
Who cares? Just like his defense, it didn’t work.
Football Fan
November 1st, 2010
4:45 pm
The story that should have been written is that Chas Henry, after the kick, ran to the Georgia sideline and did the Gator chop in front of the Ga players. Talk about a classless lack of sportsmanship…someone should have decked him. Where is your article on that, Jeff?
Urban Crier
November 1st, 2010
4:45 pm
I expect a full apology and a complimentary steak dinner from Steak and Ale.
Let It Go
November 1st, 2010
4:45 pm
Maybe he was trying to say “Time to die!!”
Chas Henry, the d-bag
November 1st, 2010
4:45 pm
If this did happen it was after Richt called the TO & Henry raised his helmet & yelled at Richt. That was even caught on the Jumbotron at the game. Not to mention before the game even started Henry ran down the UGA sidelines doing the Chomp. Then after their first TD he ran all the way over in front of the UGA bench doing the chomp. He is a complete douchebag & I’m sure the coaches were tired of his crap by that point. I know was from the upper deck!
htowngtr
November 1st, 2010
4:45 pm
Wow if UGA has a defensive play call in a FG block scenario that uses a throat choke symbol.
So you’re either incompetent or classless, right?
JB
November 1st, 2010
4:45 pm
If we lose to Aubrn, Schultz and Bradley will write 40 stories between that game and Tech about everything wrong with Georgia…..Yet here we have our own proud Yellow Jackets, Defending ACC champs and all, fresh off a BCs bowl appreance ( that’s all it was LOL)
and crumbling before our eyes…..and all we hear…………..Crickets !!!!!!
UGA = Irrelevant
November 1st, 2010
4:45 pm
University of Georgia – 2010 Fulmer Cup Champions
Save the high and mighty BS for UGA keeps its own players out of trouble….
LC
November 1st, 2010
4:45 pm
You guys need something better to write about. Who cares if he gave the choke sign? Maybe he was telling his D players that he would choke because he had been on a missed FG spree leading up to that one. If he was directing it at the kicker, who cares? You want another choir boy roaming our sidelines?
Mountains out of molehills.
college football fan
November 1st, 2010
4:45 pm
really? there is an outrage over a coach wanting to win and making the choke sign? did he make the gesture of slitting his throat? No. i’m going to go out on a limb and say that everyone on here, at one point or another, has done the exact same thing for a much more meaningless event. hell i made the gesture friday night while playing pool. its harmless. I could care less what anyone does on the filed of play as long as it doesn’t cause any physical harm to anyone. Have we come to this point in society that during a game winning field goal attempt in overtime, the opposing team should just sit there in absolute silence and just watch and wait for the punter to kick the game winning field goal? give me a break Jeff and go back to writing the other crap that you write with your Georgia bashing bias. I think its about time for another vacation of yours.
Ravon
November 1st, 2010
4:46 pm
You idiot Dawg fans. You have a problem with Meyer reinstating Rainey but you don’t see any issue with how Saint Richt deals with his own off the field issues…of which there have been TONS!
It’s ok to drive without a license, hit a car and leave the scene….boy give a kid a game or two for that…as long as he’s a starter. Obviously Richt shows favortism too….he kicked off the one kid in trouble that was a bench player…..HA HA HA HA
Look in the mirror you redneck trash nation
JacksonvilleDawg
November 1st, 2010
4:46 pm
Hey Al, you are a piece of chicken manure.. I actually love Grantham 10 times more after I saw the picture..
UGA fan for life
November 1st, 2010
4:47 pm
Get a life people this is football!! Who cares????
TheAntiMe
November 1st, 2010
4:47 pm
I just spoke with UGA Head Coach Mark Richt and he offered this explanation for the aforementioned photo of his Defensive Cordinator:
Oh, golly gee. Todd Grantham is a fine man and would never do anything to hurt the feelings of any team we play against. After all, all of my coaches and players know that one of my strictest rules is no being mean to the opposing team or making them feel bad by stopping them from scoring.
That signal that you see Coach Grantham giving is to remind our players on the field to not say anything mean to the Florida Kicker to throw him off while he is kicking the winning field.
Oh, golly gee whiz, if any of our coaches or players do anything to hurt the feelings of the team we are playing against then they all know how very disappointed I will be in them, and, golly gee whiz, none of our coaches or players want that.
Actually, I believe him.
Jay Tide
November 1st, 2010
4:48 pm
I never knew how big of a baby fan base Georgia had until I moved to Atlanta from Birmingham.
It’s funny…you guys are clueless AND still think your relevent in the SEC.
rednblack
November 1st, 2010
4:48 pm
I Love it. I wished he had choked. But, he didn’t. Good kick and we will play them again next year.
UGA = Irrelevant
November 1st, 2010
4:48 pm
The story that should have been written is that Chas Henry, after the kick, ran to the Georgia sideline and did the Gator chop in front of the Ga players. Talk about a classless lack of sportsmanship…someone should have decked him. Where is your article on that, Jeff?
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That was Henry’s response to Grantham’s yelling at him and giving him the choke sign, dumbass.
CaptainDave
November 1st, 2010
4:49 pm
I say again: it is wrong that a coach would think it appropriate to communicate anything, verbally or with his hands, to an opposing player during a game.
That so many are defending this behavior is disappointing.
Bowling for Dollars
November 1st, 2010
4:49 pm
I wonder what bowl game UGA plays in this year…..
The Toilet Bowl.
Or more likely the No Bowl.
The Cesspool of the South and the home of the Fulmer Cup.
Florida Dawg
November 1st, 2010
4:49 pm
I grab my neck like this all the time…so what?
18-of-21forthemightygators
November 1st, 2010
4:50 pm
Skitty…nobody cares what you “have a problem with”. And for you and all the clowns talking about how Henry should man up and not be so sensitive…check out his post-game interview. He laughed it off…he who laughs last, laughs best.
You guys should be so proud of your coach yelling and gesturing at our player, dropping the f-bomb on him, etc. Players jawing…sure. Fans screaming…of course. But coaches screaming profanities at an opposing player…never.
Urban will use Coach G’s theatrics for a little extra juice for next years muttstomp.
Mobile Dawg
November 1st, 2010
4:50 pm
We are irrelevant at this point in the big scheme of things as a football team. Like most things, the worm will turn, and we will be on top again. No need getting all worked up. I wish we could deal in facts, not in hype and rampant speculation.
UGA = Irrelevant
November 1st, 2010
4:50 pm
You idiot Dawg fans. You have a problem with Meyer reinstating Rainey but you don’t see any issue with how Saint Richt deals with his own off the field issues…of which there have been TONS!
It’s ok to drive without a license, hit a car and leave the scene….boy give a kid a game or two for that…as long as he’s a starter. Obviously Richt shows favortism too….he kicked off the one kid in trouble that was a bench player…..HA HA HA HA
Look in the mirror you redneck trash nation
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UF’s criminals are more talented than UGA’s criminals
Jason
November 1st, 2010
4:50 pm
Way to go Todd. Way to act like a mature professional coach and a good role model. Interesting that players are told they can’t make gestures like this and you have a coord doing it. Pathetic.
blame jesus
November 1st, 2010
4:50 pm
Jesus does not approve of such behavior. Mark Richt would never do such a thing. Mark is a good christian. His coach must be a bad christian.
Greg Mcgarity
November 1st, 2010
4:50 pm
Really Jeff. Is this all you have?
techie redneckie
November 1st, 2010
4:50 pm
I’d rather see a UGA loss than a GT win anyday.
athdog
November 1st, 2010
4:50 pm
He got carried away in the emotion…the kicker didn’t…we lost…again.
Monkey Says:
November 1st, 2010
4:51 pm
Grantham is a fiery coach, that is what a team needs to counter the laid back do gooder CMR.
I am more disturbed by the play of Rambo with all his late hits, helmet to helmet and trash talking during the entire game.
Einsteindawg
November 1st, 2010
4:51 pm
At least he was trying to win the game…more than I can say for the rest of our coaching brain trust. Bye, bye Mark…we hardly knew you.
Rooster
November 1st, 2010
4:51 pm
TheAnitMe
You’re an idiot.
htowngtr
November 1st, 2010
4:51 pm
@Chas Henry, the d-bag
Pretty sad when your coaches have to taunt and throw choke symbols at a kid that supposedly was doing what you claim. Are you sure he was even doing anything? Amazing that the jumbotron can catch that. LOL
blame jesus
November 1st, 2010
4:51 pm
A Muslim coach would never exhibit such poor behavior. WHy do Christians keep acting like hooligans?
Vain Jangling
November 1st, 2010
4:52 pm
Didn’t have time to read prior posts, but has anyone suggested it would have been better if Grantham choked Bobo? I’ve got good folding money for a picture of that.
Ramguy
November 1st, 2010
4:52 pm
What’s the big deal? Meyer was doing the gator chop at some UGA fans too….so what?….so what?
chem
November 1st, 2010
4:52 pm
What? Can someone please explain to me why this reflects poorly upon anyone? Grantham didn’t choke anyone. He, like the rest of the UGA coaches, staff, and players just wanted the kicker to miss the game (and season) deciding kick. Uh, duh. Does that mean calling a timeout to ice a kicker also merits public outrage? I hate you Schultz. You know what exactly what you’re doing but there are thousands of idiots out there who absorb and regurgitate whatever they read without thinking. Here’s another page hit for you jerk.
Monkey Says:
November 1st, 2010
4:52 pm
Grantham is a fiery coach and that is what UGA need to counter the laid back “do gooder” CMR.
I am more dissappointed and embarrassed by the play of Rambo, with all his late hits, helmet to helmet hits, trash talking and boorish behavior….
Hospital exec.
November 1st, 2010
4:54 pm
making something out of nothing… you nut jobs call UGA thugs for a bunch of traffic violations and you have a player making death threats to a girl and hes still on team..UGA kicked 2 players off for DUI…this “thug” is suspended until the Georgia game and Coach Cryer is over there making out on sidelines with him during the game..
Timmy
November 1st, 2010
4:54 pm
who cares Schultz…write something that matters.
blame jesus
November 1st, 2010
4:54 pm
Jesus does not approve of such behavior. But Mark, you must fix that hairdo. Another thing Mark, great job….no arrests last week.
Bitter bitter bitter
November 1st, 2010
4:54 pm
I detect some bitterness on the blogs today. I suppose having a 4-5 record and being killed by the Gators for the 18th time in 21 years will do that, especially after being ranked in the preseason polls.
At least you won the Fulmer Cup. That’s something.
OMG . . . this is the worst gesture ever
November 1st, 2010
4:54 pm
Cmon, who cares. It isn’t as if he dropped his pants as the kick was being made.
Maybe he was hoping for Coach Creyer to choke, or his head to explode. What kind of parents name their kid Urban?
chem
November 1st, 2010
4:55 pm
I once yelled “hey batter batter swing” in a little league game and the blogosphere exploded.
blame jesus
November 1st, 2010
4:55 pm
Mark will be in church and pray for his coach. All will be forgiven.
gadawgs
November 1st, 2010
4:55 pm
Come on….This is nothing!! It’s not like CTG was coaching Pop Warner 10 year olds and gave the choke sign. These are ADULTS! Yes, college age adults but adults nontheless. The kicker is 21 years old for goodness sakes. If anyone is upset about this gesture in the heat of a football game they need to follow a different sport.
Rob
November 1st, 2010
4:55 pm
Defensive stats -take out LLa-Vandy-Tenn and they would be close to last in everything.
Terrible on pass defense and third down-did good job in third quarter because UGA offense had the ball the whole time
blame jesus
November 1st, 2010
4:56 pm
The Dawgs need to spend more time in prayer and ask for salvation. Coach Richt loves me and all will be forgiven.
Bee Lover
November 1st, 2010
4:56 pm
Just exactly what would you expect anyway?……like coach, like players……he’s a jerk, just like a lot of his starry eyed, overrated players.
Dawg Whisperer
November 1st, 2010
4:56 pm
In this world of political correctness, this is rates as mabe a 1 on a scale of 1 to 10. If this is a rally ing cry for anyone, they are hypersensitive and might consider another sport than the violence that is football. Who cares if gator fans or players are upset? If they are, get a life!
bob
November 1st, 2010
4:57 pm
But the act of calling timeout just as the ball is being snapped was a classy move used by the lord and savior CMR.
UGA = Irrelevant
November 1st, 2010
4:57 pm
UF is looking forward to playing UGA without A.J. Green next season.
Monkey Says:
November 1st, 2010
4:57 pm
Grantham is a fiery coach and that is what UGA needs to offset the laid back approach and do gooder attitude.
On the other hand I am more embarrassed by the blatent play of RAMBO with all his late hits, helmet to helmet hits, trash talking, piling on, and cheap shots.
TheAntiMe
November 1st, 2010
4:59 pm
Rooster
You’re a co ck.
Brandon
November 1st, 2010
5:00 pm
Why would you speculate on something like this until you get a response from Grantham himself? It’s a rhetorical question, of course… You did it just to stir up crap like all of you sports bloggers do. Junk like this is the reason people hate the media… It could easily be a play call, him telling players to keep their chins up, or about a million other things. Yeah, it COULD be him hoping that the kicker chokes, and expressing it with a choke sign as well. But you don’t really care what it is. What you care about is stirring the anger pot… Get a life. This isn’t “news.”
UGA = Irrelevant
November 1st, 2010
5:00 pm
“In this world of political correctness, this is rates as mabe a 1 on a scale of 1 to 10. If this is a rally ing cry for anyone, they are hypersensitive and might consider another sport than the violence that is football. Who cares if gator fans or players are upset? If they are, get a life!”
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Why would UF players be upset? I’m sure they thought it was hilarious considering the outcome.
The irony of the whole thing is what’s relevant. If there’s ONE coaching staff that should think twice before taunting a Florida player, it’s UGA’s coaching staff.
gadawgs
November 1st, 2010
5:00 pm
Besides that….UGA has been unfairly penalized by refs all season and the campus police is out to shut the team down (campus police funded by donors who do not like Richt and Adams but do like fomer AD). This team should be in the hunt for BCS national title game no minor bowl game.
huckhound
November 1st, 2010
5:00 pm
Look, this is big-time journalism for the AJC. Cynthia Tucker, Mike, Luckovich, Jeff Schultz. Come on. Everyone knows he’s a bed-wetting, premature-ejaculating worm. This is not news-worthy of a blog, much less a so-called major newspaper.
Monkey on Mark Richts back
November 1st, 2010
5:01 pm
Grantham is a fiery coach and that is what UGA needs in comparison to the laid back “do gooder” CMR..
I am more completely embarrassed by the play of RAMBO with all his blatent late hits, helmet to helmet contact, trash talking, piling on and undiscipline attitude.
Rooster
November 1st, 2010
5:01 pm
UF is looking forward to playing UGA without A.J. Green next season.
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I don’t know that UF really even gives a flip if UGA has Green or not….he wasn’t exactly effective. They did what all morons on the UGA pre-game show were saying UF couldn’t do…cover Green one on one for most the game.
CDAWG
November 1st, 2010
5:01 pm
Granthams D has given up less points in his first 9 games than Saban did in his first nine games in 2007. UGA has scored 3 less points in this years first 9 games than Saban did in his first 9 games in 2007. UGA this year so far 283 PF, 187 PA. Saban, 2007 first 9 games 286 PF, 217 PA. Bama rebounded just fine. We have a new D this year maybe we should cut UGA a little slack.
kirk herbstreit
November 1st, 2010
5:01 pm
Not what I’d expect out of a mark richt staff. coaches going after players in any way is wrong and can’t be conded under any circumstance.
htowngtr
November 1st, 2010
5:01 pm
@Hospitalexec
Who caught your first TD? Wasn’t that the convicted DUI guy, King? LMAO @ the hypocrisy.
cadawg
November 1st, 2010
5:02 pm
how is this a story? there is a lot to talk about after the florida game, but this is hardly noteworthy. i wouldn’t care less if meyer had done this to murray. congrats to florida for a tough win, and i’m proud of our boys for fighting hard for 60 minutes. if they keep doing that, we’ll be back where we want to be sooner than folks think.
Rooster
November 1st, 2010
5:02 pm
TheAntiMe
You’re still a delusional idiot.
BigDawg
November 1st, 2010
5:02 pm
After a game of yelling his throat was not working as well and he simply grabbed his own throat in an effort to yell more effectively. On TV he was clearly yelling….FIRE MARK RICHT!…which caused Richt to turn away in disgust as clearly shown in the picture above.
Harry from da Burn
November 1st, 2010
5:02 pm
This is the most stupidest article I have ever seen on AJC.
JMar
November 1st, 2010
5:03 pm
Who cares?
Crappies
November 1st, 2010
5:03 pm
Seriously??????
No more bad press Georgia.
No more – please!
gadawgs
November 1st, 2010
5:03 pm
Whoever took my handle and posted that garbage at 5:00 needs to do some growing up.
gadawgs
November 1st, 2010
5:03 pm
kirk i bet your mom can be conded!
kirk herbstreit
November 1st, 2010
5:03 pm
BidDawg LOL!!!!
gadawgs
November 1st, 2010
5:04 pm
Likewise with the 5:03 post.
co-nun-drum
November 1st, 2010
5:04 pm
So you wouldn’t wait for the explanation before writing this crud. Will you write a retraction when the answer comes? I doubt it.
Ed
November 1st, 2010
5:04 pm
Who cares, it is the Georgia coaching staff that choked away the first half, as usual.
kirk herbstreit
November 1st, 2010
5:04 pm
Sorry for the spelling and yes mom has been conded countless times
Too tough
November 1st, 2010
5:04 pm
Hey Jeff….ha ha ….I hope he ws giving the choke sign…lol! Good for him! Its not illegal! ha ha ha ha…..way to go TG I like him even more now! He’s my Dawg if he dont never hunt! Go Dawgs….Dawgs will be back strong! Auburn lookout!
DawgInLex Eats Idiot Sandwiches
November 1st, 2010
5:04 pm
Nothing new from THUGA University or The THUGA coaching staff. Stay Classy THUGA!
somebody's on crack
November 1st, 2010
5:05 pm
gadawgs maybe?
gadawgs
November 1st, 2010
5:05 pm
i wear a tutu and am unemployed
RC
November 1st, 2010
5:05 pm
Grantham is a douche bag! You pups should be proud. Antics like that ruin a great game!
Monkey on Mark Richts back
November 1st, 2010
5:05 pm
My fellow UGA homers,
As Bill King, and Mark Bradley have written scathing article yesterday and today about our Bulldawgs, you guys are way overboard with the beat down of these writers. No where in any of those two article was a mistruth spoken or written.
Get past the fact that this is just a lousy coached team in a lousy year and a once good program that is now average. Get over it and accept the fact we are now just average.
maybe
November 1st, 2010
5:07 pm
he was trying to put himself out of his own misery?
just sayin’
gadawgs
November 1st, 2010
5:07 pm
Jeff,
Why don’t you police your blog and eliminate the poser who is using my handle.
RC
November 1st, 2010
5:07 pm
GT is going to whip your butts then the ACC and then the National Title of America
St. Clarkston
November 1st, 2010
5:08 pm
He could be saying or doing anything there. However, if he was motioning for the young man to choke, it’s a classless gesture.
Who cares
November 1st, 2010
5:08 pm
UGA is a crappy team going nowhere. Not even Shreveport. Spurrier was right…Georgia gets all these good players but something seems to happen to them. Underperforming, undercoached, overindulged 4-5 lousy football team.
Tom, Resident Georgia Fan
November 1st, 2010
5:08 pm
The guy was nervous, clearing his throat. Enough with this politically correct bullsh*t!
wolfman
November 1st, 2010
5:08 pm
This is UGA! Should anyone be surprised???
rc is on
November 1st, 2010
5:08 pm
crack too… and I’m a GT fan.
rc is on
November 1st, 2010
5:09 pm
Enter your comments here
Bdawg
November 1st, 2010
5:09 pm
Does anybody even care? We lost and that’s the bottom line and he could have been talking about the way UGA’s defense was tackling.
Flo-Ri-Duh!
November 1st, 2010
5:09 pm
Giving the choke sign? What’s wrong with that? It’s psychology used against an opponent. Also calling a time out to “freeze” the kicker is another brain game. Is that wrong too? Give me a break. He did not hit anyone or curse them out. You are really getting picky.
wolfman
November 1st, 2010
5:10 pm
gadawgs=crybaby
Gator Bob
November 1st, 2010
5:10 pm
Who cares – great game – and Florida won again!
What’s next – secret tape recorders to see if any harsh or unsportsmanlike language is used in a locker room?
At least this coach has some fire in his belly!
My Mom Went to UGA, never came home
November 1st, 2010
5:10 pm
I hope someone sends everyone of these article about the arrest, poor coaching, choke signs, disciplinary problems to the FACEBOOK pages, Twitters, emails to every recruit thinking or considering attending UGA.
F.A. Grantham
November 1st, 2010
5:11 pm
What I really meant was that if that kicker for Florida had missed that field goal I was going to choke the life out of him!!! I was getting hungry for some of that post game grub!!! THWG F.A. had to get his grub on!!!!!
gadawgs
November 1st, 2010
5:11 pm
Wolfman..Wow now that’s original. Breaking out the crybaby references, huh. Is that the best you got?
Flo-Ri-Duh!
November 1st, 2010
5:12 pm
What is worse – letting some one that has threatened a life play or grabbing one’s own throat on the sideline? I understand you Atlanta guys don’t like UGA and you are Tech stoogies but you making a big deal out of this is absurd.
My Mom Went to UGA, never came home
November 1st, 2010
5:12 pm
Does anyone think Coach Searels is wishing he had taken that job offer from Auburn now?
Mike V
November 1st, 2010
5:12 pm
Who the hell cares?? If the kid can’t take that why is he playing college football. Jeez people, I thought you were looking for some fire from this coaching staff.
Bdawg
November 1st, 2010
5:13 pm
Nine games into the season and we still don’t have a good grasp of the defense. The sad part is that we still don’t have the big run stopper that we need for the 3/4 coming in next year and the secondary still can’t cover or make a solid tackle. What happened to Alec Ogletree’s playing time in this game? We need a lot more talented players and also more talented coaching to get us back to a championship team. I’m willing to give Grantham another year but the offensive staff has to go.
Flo-Ri-Duh!
November 1st, 2010
5:13 pm
gadawgs…are you really wearing a tutu?
Georgia .....Bottom Feeders of College Football
November 1st, 2010
5:13 pm
It shows too!
Gator Bob
November 1st, 2010
5:13 pm
This ain’t peewee football – he can give the choke sign all he wants.
As a Gator – I am not offended!
gadawgs
November 1st, 2010
5:13 pm
Wolfman…To which gadawgs are you referring?
Bdawg
November 1st, 2010
5:14 pm
Hey dudes….gadawgs is wearing a tutu!
TheAntiMe
November 1st, 2010
5:15 pm
Actually, Rooster, I’d like to congratulate you on your username. It fits you well being that is is synonymous with… well anyway. Sorry if I hurt your iddy biddy little feelings with my parody of your favorite coach.
If the most intelligent comments you can make is to call me names then I guess you really do live down to your name.
Mr. Average
November 1st, 2010
5:15 pm
I wished he’d mooned the kicker. Now that would have really been funny.
ratherBgambling
November 1st, 2010
5:16 pm
UGA fans bash decisions of 18-20 year olds but they have grown men acting like juveniles and AD’s driving drunk with hookers……………………..ignornat fools
ChicagoGator
November 1st, 2010
5:16 pm
Class move by Grantham, but did anyone see his boss deliberately spit at the camera as he took his headset off at the end of the game? Both are trailer trash….
Bdawg
November 1st, 2010
5:16 pm
Who the hell cares if Searles had taken the job in Auburn. Then maybe we would have someone to light some fire under the players a**es. The whole team needs some fire including the entire coaching staff.
UGAMD
November 1st, 2010
5:17 pm
I love it. Finally someone shows a pulse on the UGA coaching staff.
Mitch (the one in Rome)
November 1st, 2010
5:17 pm
Are you serious? I was hoping he would choke too. Who care? I was doing more than holding up the choke sign. That’s not the half of what happens on a sideline during a game. Football is a controlled war, and it’s hot down there. If it’s not a signal, he’s probably telling the punter who is kicking the FG to choke. So what? Think there was not more being said?
Find a real story people.
Rich Copeland
November 1st, 2010
5:18 pm
You puppies can “spin” this anyway you want to – but why not try and read his lips of the obscenities he was shouting at our kicker. We have tv in Florida too, and all of that was caught live. CMR was standing close to him and must have heard them. Can’t wait to hear the explanation of this – and Florida has no “class” – right?
Oh Well, UGA will have “something” to say about this and all of you Dogs will fall in line with it. What if Urban Meyer was caught doing this? Damn, I love this game – 18-3…
UGAMD
November 1st, 2010
5:18 pm
Maybe they should try some back surgery
atltiger15
November 1st, 2010
5:18 pm
Not a fan of either school< but this is a non issue as far as i'm concerned. I view coaches calling timeout right before the snap on a fg to be more of an issue.
UGAMD
November 1st, 2010
5:18 pm
Or maybe a symoidechtomy
My Mom Went to UGA, never came home
November 1st, 2010
5:18 pm
Ranking the SEC according to play
Auburn
Alabama
LSU
South Carolina
Miss St.
Arkansas
Florida
UGA
Kentucky
Tennessee
Ole Miss
Vandy
Ranking the Coaching Staffs
Alabama
Auburn
South Carolina
LSU
Miss St.
Arkansas
Florida
Kentucky
Ole Miss
Georgia
Tennessee
Vandy
Thugism by team
UGA
Florida
Tennessee
South Carolina
Auburn
LSU
ARKANSAS
Miss. St.
Ole Miss
Alabama
Kentucky
Vandy
gbal
November 1st, 2010
5:19 pm
Shutltz and the AJC are absolute jokes to print something like this …an absolute joke and the picture of unprofessionalism, Ditch the internet ajc and pring back the old print version. Put Shultz out of a job is what that would do. Shultz… you are an absolute piece of…
Canton Pete
November 1st, 2010
5:20 pm
No one can put spin on things like this better than UGA fans. If it were a UF coach, the uproar would be deafening, just like the timeout Meyer called to let UGA sit and think about how much they suck. But both the choke and the timeout pale in comparison to an order from the coach for the entire team to get a celebration penalty in the endzone and risk a Miami/FIU style all-out brawl for the sake of motivating the players.
UGA is a cancer to the SEC’s image.
Terry
November 1st, 2010
5:20 pm
… and the wussification of American boys/men continues.
Dawg Whisperer
November 1st, 2010
5:21 pm
You know, in a world where underprivileged people die of starvation, disease, war, etc., and children have little or no future because of their circumstances, this has got be one of the silliest non-stories I have ever seen. Gator fans… please douse your dinners in big crocidillian tears. The problem with the state of the gator fan is that they have reduced the value of their existence to the peaks and valleys of a college football team. Keep on crying over a choke gesture like the world is coming to an end because the rest of us don’t care!
My Mom Went to UGA, never came home
November 1st, 2010
5:23 pm
gbal…any print or media against the team who led the NCAA FBS in arrest should never be printed right? Then a 4-5 record by a team who at one point during the preseason had such hight aspirations. And you want Schultz fired, Bradley fired , Bill King fired or anyone at the AJC fired for making a point that has already hit the national media, florida media and ESPN..
gadawgs
November 1st, 2010
5:24 pm
Canton Pete….If a UF coach did this I would not care. It’s football not badminton. It’s not like Grantham kneecapped the guy before the kick. Like I said in an earlier post these are grown men not kids. If that kicker is going to be intimidated by Grantham giving him the choke sign he is playing the wrong sport.
Terry
November 1st, 2010
5:24 pm
Dawg Whisperer you are a racist!
THUGA! THUGA ! THUGA !
November 1st, 2010
5:24 pm
When will the NCAA and The SEC step in and take control of the UGA players and coaching staff?
shane
November 1st, 2010
5:24 pm
who cares???
L-Dawg
November 1st, 2010
5:24 pm
Journalism at it’s finest…
David Caradine
November 1st, 2010
5:25 pm
three things we need to point out before we guess wrong.
1. all ugagers are jerks offs
2. his left hand is down at his ahem side
3. he is choking himself
what you cant see is that this jerk off has his pants down to his ankles while he chokes himself and the chicken.
being a dog he cant be doing any other thing (pun intended)
if i was the d coordinatore of such a classless bunch of losers i would be looking for gratification any way i could find it as well.
as judy tenuta used to say…. it could happen!
Tony
November 1st, 2010
5:25 pm
UGA recruits with cash, booze, and daughters and leads with chumps. Kind of a Calepari but no titles
Terry
November 1st, 2010
5:27 pm
David….that was really stupid. You are a mental pigmy
Dawg Whisperer
November 1st, 2010
5:27 pm
Terry, go buy a Webster’s dictionary. You clearly need one.
Dawgmess
November 1st, 2010
5:27 pm
Schultzy, you must’ve frantically turned over a lot of rocks to find something to criticize this week.
DawgFan
November 1st, 2010
5:28 pm
At this point, in this season, WHO CARES!
Maybe Martinez wasn’t so bad, huh?
Terry
November 1st, 2010
5:28 pm
Tony you have poo poo between your ears
ratherBgambling
November 1st, 2010
5:28 pm
Shane,
Obv some people care that is why there are 9 pages of posts.
i think that jeff and mark are
November 1st, 2010
5:28 pm
actuallly getting book fodder.
they are going to write a book containing the some of the best ever trash talking….
from these very blogs.
id buy it.
The Choke sign was meant for Mike Bobo..
November 1st, 2010
5:29 pm
Whay is this a story?
This is stupid.
Georgia Fans Eat Idiot Sandwiches
November 1st, 2010
5:29 pm
If a Florida coach had done the same thing, all you dumb Georgia rednecks would be crying foul too.Stay classy Georgia.
My Mom Went to UGA, never came home
November 1st, 2010
5:29 pm
UGA fans need to look around other schools and their beat writers, columnist , sports reporters and blogs and see this is what is required of a good beat reporter and journalist. Last three weeks the Orlando Sentinel, Gainesville Sun have beaten up Meyer and UF like a red headed step child. The Tennessean beats on Dooley daily, The Times Picayune beats on Miles and LSU daily, The AL.com writers beat on Saban and Chizik as soon as something fails or is newsworthy.
Get past our local paper doing their jobs and reporting what needs to be reported. We are an average team with an average coaching staff.
DAN
November 1st, 2010
5:30 pm
REALLY SLOW SPORTS DAY!!!!! GET A LIFE
ratherBgambling
November 1st, 2010
5:30 pm
Hey Dawg Whisperer,
Shouldn’t you be out saving the world from starvation or something?
Who Cares
November 1st, 2010
5:30 pm
Georgia Sucks and Florida OWNS them !!! 3-18 against UF, and you guys give Tech Fans crap? You cant hold our jocks. You cant even beat us on a bad year!
Awful
November 1st, 2010
5:31 pm
UGA sucks! Ga. Tech sucks! The ACC has NO ONE in the top 25. 50 players arrested between UGA and Fla. Who cares! Thank goodness for the Falcons. This will be the first year I don’t care who wins between UGA and Tech. They both suck!
Dawg Whisperer
November 1st, 2010
5:32 pm
RatherB… actually, I do my part becaue the benefits of helping others is much more rewarding than staking my life to the outcome of a football game. You should try it.
Northleaf
November 1st, 2010
5:33 pm
Shane…I would have given the “choke” sign if I thought it would have made him MISS it and I’m a “bit” older than 44, GO DAWGS!!!!!!!
ub
November 1st, 2010
5:33 pm
He was talking about bobo’s play calling before halftime.
G-Strings
November 1st, 2010
5:33 pm
At least he’s showing some passion. The more disturbing thing to me in this photo is not Grantham, but rather the seemingly emotionless, detached coach with his back turned to the field.
Trade School Fools
November 1st, 2010
5:34 pm
Schultz, you, and anyone who even cares about this, whether it was a choke or not, need to get lives. Yawn.
DawgFan
November 1st, 2010
5:34 pm
The worst part of the UGA and Florida series is that UF is 18-3 against UGA the past 21 years. While the overall record is:
Georgia leads 47–40–2 (according to UGA) or
46–40–2 (according to UF
God Florida must have been HORRIBLE for years. When UGA started this horrible losing 18 of 21 the record was:
UGA 43 wins
UF 22 wins
UGADawg83
November 1st, 2010
5:34 pm
What’s worse Grantham giving the choke sign, (if that’s what he did) or Chris Rainey even being in the stadium. The Gators have no moral high horse.
your idiots
November 1st, 2010
5:35 pm
you really have nothing better to talk about? Murray has 4 turnovers, and this is the best you idiots have.
DawgFan
November 1st, 2010
5:35 pm
And I took the UF record to come to 43-22 UGA
Larry
November 1st, 2010
5:35 pm
The choke sign would have been about the Dogs’ performance every time they play the “Gaytors” !!!!
TheItalianDawg
November 1st, 2010
5:36 pm
This blog is infested with Dawg haters so first I want to say to all dawg haters F**K U, after seeing this picture I do love coach Grantham 1000X times more than before, if you don’t like it you can drink from the savannah river. and I want all coaches to come back for next year! go dawgs
Dawg Whisperer
November 1st, 2010
5:36 pm
I will say this before I retire from this blog… I don’t hate Florida. My wife is from Florida and for that, I’m eternally grateful. You guys just need to drop it a notch or two. The same, of course, applies to the fan base of most SEC schools. It’s still just a game.
mike
November 1st, 2010
5:37 pm
hell i was giving more than the choke sign….middle finger works well..
82Dawg
November 1st, 2010
5:37 pm
Schultz he was doing it at you and the way you like to stir the pot. Who really cares? No worst than Urban letting the death threat back on the team….
Hobnail Boot
November 1st, 2010
5:37 pm
Jeff, come on give me a break. I was doing the same thing at the TV and screaming choke. Coach TG has emotions when he speaks, something that our entire staff needs. I am sure it was a sign either to Murray or to someone to scream at the kicker to make him choke. You can find something better to write about than this. Maybe the way we looked the entire forst half.
Timbo
November 1st, 2010
5:38 pm
I feel sorry for the field goal kicker. I’m sure that his poor little iddy biddy feelings were hurt…. I understand that there should be some decorum on the sidelines by the coaching staff, but you are trying to railroad this guy in the name of “tabloid journalism”, because that’s all that this is. (NO, i am NOT a Dawg fan).
There's a reason...
November 1st, 2010
5:38 pm
There’s a reason why UGA is known far and wide as The Cesspool of the South.
And perpetual holder of the Fulmer/Richt/Grantham Cup.
Awful
November 1st, 2010
5:40 pm
Oops. My mistake. One ACC team is in the Top 25. Va. Tech is #22 in the BCS poll. At 6-2 and they are the best we can hope for in the ACC? God. What a horrible year for Tech and UGA. At least at one time or another we could depend on one of them being ok, but this year is horrible. UGA is going to beat (2) high school teams, along with a weak UT, Vandy and Kentucky team. And Tech, beat (2) high school teams, along with weak ACC (excuse me, the whole conference is weak) teams.
2011 hurry up for college football in Ga.
Dawgpaw
November 1st, 2010
5:40 pm
Who gives a crap if he did or didn’t. slow news day down at the AJC. How bout some more intriging story lines. How bout this” did anyone on the team take a dump before they went onto the feild?” C’mon guys get a real job.
MuscleDawg
November 1st, 2010
5:40 pm
Who Cares! All of these gator fans have to always find something to complain about. So you have won 18 out of 21 times recently. Who leads the series? That is what I thought so shut UP!!
By the way nice morals on how the Rainey treatment is going, from a FELON charge to nothing. WOW!! Like the law in UF land. Wonder what CUM would do if that was his daughter being threatened?
DAWGS rule and gators are a stool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
F.A. Grantham
November 1st, 2010
5:41 pm
I wasn’t making gestures at the Florida kicker. I just get all choked up in thinking I was your fourth choice as D Coordinator ,you paid me all that money and yet you still put up with that product I put out on the field. KRISPY KREMES for everyone F.A. has the bill!!!!!
TheItalianDawg
November 1st, 2010
5:43 pm
My Mom Went to UGA, never came home-
because you smell like a mule pee moron!
Hobnail Boot
November 1st, 2010
5:43 pm
This is not even worth blogging about.
drzlstrangelovejr
November 1st, 2010
5:44 pm
UGA lover here! But come on , can we continue to blame everyone and everything except Coach Mark Richt?
Richt is responsible, period. UGA plays as many thugs as UF. UGA just has a pansy, girlie, dainty coach, who is in over his head.
ViningsDawg
November 1st, 2010
5:46 pm
And we paid $750000 for this classless jerk. Other coaches around said this guy was and always has been a jerk. Word is he and the players are not jee-hawing.
My Mom Went to UGA, never came home
November 1st, 2010
5:47 pm
OKay, we have to win two(2) of thee(3) to become bowl eligible, and our staff is in shamble, our players are undisciplined and our future is bleak. And from the defense attorneys on this blog we should:
Fire all the AJC staff for writing the facts
Keep Mark Richt because he is a good man and had a winning team 5 years ago before the firm of Meyers, Saban and Spurrier returned to the SEC
UGA players are being picked on by the Law Enforcment around Athens
Agents and runners are picking our players to entice with bonus benefits.
and any other excuse you morons can think of. We have reached the pinnacle of a lousy program from top to bottom.
laxdawg
November 1st, 2010
5:47 pm
this is obviously a defensive playcall…. ive never seen something so stupid be blown out of proportion like this… grow up people, and stop looking for reason to hate our football team….. just a bunch of haters
Beach Dawg
November 1st, 2010
5:50 pm
BFD — the AJC sports reporters, using the term loosely, are on a hunt for anything to discredit UGA — otherwise they would have nothing to write about. You would not want them to get off their lazy A++es and write something of interest the all readers.
Dino
November 1st, 2010
5:50 pm
So what if it is a choke sign….I think he was fired up and any human would make that sign…This country is becoming too sensitive to what other people say or in this case sign….Suck it up…the Kid made the kick so he obviously wasn’t bothered by it…This is a free country and freedon of speech is one of those freedoms
F.A. Grantham
November 1st, 2010
5:52 pm
Enter your comments here
My Mom Went to UGA, never came home
November 1st, 2010
5:52 pm
This is too funny,,even when we were on a 3 game winning streak many of us saw a 2-2 record on the horizon before the florida game. The Homers on here were talking of winning the SEC East and playing the big boys in the west.
Boy o Boy has the tone turned here, get on board this train and the next person who thinks we can bring in someone better, please take a pill. It is not about getting someone better, it is about bringing in some new blood to the program that will rectify the program to some form of respectabliity.
Sports Junkie
November 1st, 2010
5:53 pm
Really? This is what the AJC sportswriters are writing about? There could be any number of explanations, but for this numb nut of a sports “journalist” to write about one supposed silly gesture is as amateur as it gets. Besides, I seriously doubt Henry was looking at the UGA sideline before that kick. If anything, he would have been looking at the goal post, his spot mark or to his own coaching staff. The whole thing is a moot point. But leave it to a Florida sports cable channel to cherry-pick a screen shot. I’m sure if they have the screen shot, they would also have the video. Play the entire clip before making absurd conclusions. As for Schultz, go cover the PAC 10.
icedawg
November 1st, 2010
5:55 pm
Political correctness invades the sportsworld.
My Mom Went to UGA, never came home
November 1st, 2010
5:55 pm
DINO ..sir, you are correct, we are all too sensitive, anyone can call me any name they want. It does not affect me. What I do to provide for my family and my company is the bottom line and that is: AM I PRODUCING?
4-5 is not producing
icedawg
November 1st, 2010
5:57 pm
Look, UF needs something to get them stoked for next year. It’s been such a yawner year after year for quite some time now. Maybe they can hang this picture up in the locker room for next year and get all kinds of inspiration. Spare me. LOL
icedawg
November 1st, 2010
5:59 pm
Or maybe he was sending a signal to Coach Meyer to check his esophagus.
Randy Marsh
November 1st, 2010
6:00 pm
It must be a slow news day for this to be mentioned. What’s the big deal?!!! Lighten up people….
Army Vet
November 1st, 2010
6:00 pm
Muscle Dawg: DAWGS rule…are you serious?
wolfbait67
November 1st, 2010
6:01 pm
Josh:………agree with you, really some knee jerks on the blog(goes along with the author, don’t you think so Jeffy….what a poor article, and he gets paid for this crap.
AlaCowboy
November 1st, 2010
6:01 pm
He should have sent him a text message.
skydawg
November 1st, 2010
6:02 pm
Who the hell gives a damn and if he was wanting the kicker to choke. Ever last Dawg fan there was wanted him to choke. Are you serious? This is laughable at best. You actually get paid for this? Hey, AJC! Schultz just choked on his most recent attempt to be a journalist! How is that?
Fair and Balanced
November 1st, 2010
6:03 pm
Dude! The 44 year old coach is most likely giving the choke sign. The 50 + year old coach called a timeout to aid in the possibility of choking. What are you thinking man? Of course you want the guy to choke. What is the difference in thinking it and showing a sign of it? Come on man! He wanted him to choke. Richt wanted him to choke. The players wanted him to choke. 1/2 of the fans in the stadium wanted him to choke. 1/2 of the fans watching TV wanted him to choke. What other chance did we have? Do you expect him to say, “Good luck?” Gosh man!
Danny Hayes
November 1st, 2010
6:05 pm
Pointless article. An example of the terrible state of journalism
GoDawgs
November 1st, 2010
6:05 pm
Making way to big a deal out of this picture. You’ve got to find better stuff to write on. I am sure there’s got to be more that interests you than this. Your getting pin pricky trying to start something out of nothing. I don’t see anything wrong with it at all.
My Mom Went to UGA, never came home
November 1st, 2010
6:05 pm
The bigger picture is:
If this was a blatant attempt(an none of us really know) to pressure a kid it is a direct sign to your chargees(players) that it is okay to taunt an opposing player. If it was just a play being called just say it was a play being called and we will change the sign so the weak and timid do not get offended. But either way with the disciplinary problems we have had on an off the field the last three years we need to make sure the players do not take it to the next level.
Big Canoe
November 1st, 2010
6:07 pm
What’s the big deal? Get a life.
Fair and Balanced
November 1st, 2010
6:08 pm
UGA Coaches! Practice for Tech NOW! Ya got nothing else to care about this season! As far as I’m concerned – lose to Tech and say goodbye to CMR.
It was a rash
November 1st, 2010
6:10 pm
I think it was a rash from his Dawg Collar – it was just really itchy…..
Seriously – it was a choke sign – did anyone read Henry’s quote how the UGA assistant coaches were screaming at him that he was going to choke.
So they did it…. I don’t really care anymore – the dawgs season is over and Richt and most of staff are gone at end of year.
AJ GREEN PLEASE
November 1st, 2010
6:10 pm
Why not throw in AJ green to jump and block the field goal? i mean he did it last year worked out. why not again? he can fly in the air and could have saved the game
DILLIGAF
November 1st, 2010
6:11 pm
I don’t believe it was a deliberate “choke” sign. If you watch him during the game, he is constantly giving signals while the defense is on the filed. Even if he did it, who cares. All of you crybabies that are whining about it need to “grow a set”. 75% of you never have even stepped foot on a football field so you have no idea what it’s like to be in an intense, emotional game like that.
I’m just disappointed that he didn’t run across the field and grab Meyer by the throat, now that would have been worth writing about.
Michael
November 1st, 2010
6:11 pm
He was explaining UGA’s season
Mike Bobo 17 INT
November 1st, 2010
6:12 pm
Desperate measures call for desperate actions, yes that is the choke sign, which indicative of this “redneck/tanked” program. This is the crux of the problem with this program, the coaches have no skills, much less any class.
Please give Florida more fuel to keep kicking your a## year after year, from dancing on the field, late hits, to an assistance coach giving the choke sign.
Sad, very sad.
gabuldawg
November 1st, 2010
6:12 pm
This has to be one of the top 5 dumbest blogs on AJC in the last year. You should have seen the signal I was giving them!
Joe P
November 1st, 2010
6:13 pm
This is the saddest blog by the AJC ever….. enough Said
TDAWG
November 1st, 2010
6:14 pm
Who cares why make a big deal out of something so stupid. It is not like he was going to hurt somebody grow up columnist. Not like Spike trying to rip Ealeys eye balls out
Beast from the East
November 1st, 2010
6:14 pm
It doesn’t really matter. He comes out looking like an idiot because the Gators PUNTER made the kick.
Grantham is the one who choked. His defense let the 89th ranked offense rack up almost 450 yards and score 34 points. Maybe Richt should have turned around and made that gesture to Grantham. LOL!
Joe
November 1st, 2010
6:14 pm
Hey Schultz, your an idiot for making assumptions about Grantham BEFORE you find out what he was really doing in the picture you’re referring too. Real bright, Doof!!! I know, I know, you’re just appealing to the crowd that hates UGA and wants to slam them as much as possible but this seems to be the only way you can get people to read your column. Your like the “old west” farmhands in that they would rather hang a man from a tree BEFORE finding out if he’s even guilty at all. Find a ladder and climb out of the gutter every now and then and view the real world. Like I said before, “your an idiot”.
Mike Bobo 17 INT
November 1st, 2010
6:14 pm
Looks like a choke sign to me.
so what
November 1st, 2010
6:15 pm
Uhmm, nobody cares.
TDAWG
November 1st, 2010
6:16 pm
where is the AJC at these days.I mean come on who hires these loosers.
Vain Jangling
November 1st, 2010
6:16 pm
“You suck.” “No, you suck.” “Oh yeah? You suck worse.” “Don’t make me come over there.” “If you come over here, you’d better bring some help.” “Help? For you, maybe.” “Oh yeah? Well bring it on, Sally.” “Whoa, partner. You’d better not be calling me Sally.” “Well, what if I am?” “If you are, it just proves that you suck.” “Wait, we’ve already established that you suck.” “Oh yeah? I’m pretty sure you suck.”
Ain’t arguing with strangers on the internet fun!
BTW, is there anyone who actually believes that Grantham didn’t want the kicker to choke? Hey, it’s a non-story that got a big response. The online edition editors sleep well tonight.
Saint Simons' Ghost
November 1st, 2010
6:16 pm
so what??? You obviously had to produce a column today and had NOTHING to write about. Your columns are corny, anyway.
Mike Bobo 17 INT
November 1st, 2010
6:17 pm
Forget the choke sign, let’s talk about 18 of 21 and breakdown how Florida owns UGA and the upcoming Auburn game.
Let’s talk about how UGA is staring down .500 and maybe Shreveport all over again.
Let’s talk about how this program is broken, but everyone from Athens, to South Georgia is just burying their heads in the sand.
Let’s talk about a DUI AD Director with hooker panties in his lap.
Let’s talk about Caleb King getting arrested.
Let’s talk about Florida’s cons being better than UGA’s cons.
Let’s talk about a work release program that allows UGA players to play on Saturday.
Let’s talk about Arkansas.
Let’s talk about Colorado.
Let’s talk about MSU.
Mike Bobo 17 INT
November 1st, 2010
6:17 pm
This is just too easy!!! LOL!!! Please, everyone pile on!
tyler
November 1st, 2010
6:19 pm
shut the hell up
jon
November 1st, 2010
6:19 pm
Seriously? I really could not believe this was a major article topic when I logged on to the site! This is just freaking asinine! How long did someone, anyone have to watch, rewind, watch, rewind, watch, rewind to actually get some semblance of a picture to write a commentary about? For what it’s worth…every dawg fan was hoping for a choke…are you going to write an article about that???? Freak!
Bottom Line
November 1st, 2010
6:20 pm
Much to do about nothing. Glad we have a coach that understands Ga-Fla rivalry so clearly after just 9 games!
Just can't beleive your hatred for UGA
November 1st, 2010
6:20 pm
Jeff, there you go again. You are making a mountain out of a molehill and trying to stir things up. This is absolutely stupid. Hey, I was at the game and screaming worse expressions because it just annoyed me that Urban let Rainey play. Felons who plea bargain for a misdemeanor should not even be on the team. Loved the sappy story from UFL about Rainey being so emotional that Urban gave him another chance. Richt kicked his woman abuser off the team, but not Urban.
JK Sockey
November 1st, 2010
6:23 pm
This is the highlight of the Worlds Most Irrelevant Cocktail Party?
Just can't beleive your hatred for UGA
November 1st, 2010
6:23 pm
@ Al, if you can read lips that well on a recording version of the game, you should be either a cop or interpreter for the deaf. You are strange.
WDE
November 1st, 2010
6:24 pm
Much ado about nothing, Florida owned you for the 18th time in 21. Chew on that before you start worrying about stuff like this.
Grantham=Choke
November 1st, 2010
6:25 pm
The only thing that choked in that game was Grantham defense!!!Makes $750,000 a year to give up 34 points to that offense.Good job Bulldogs!!!!!!
spin it some more
November 1st, 2010
6:25 pm
sun sports your a class act in this story, great way to try and spin it.
Joe
November 1st, 2010
6:27 pm
I heard Urchin Liar is recruiting the quickest and fastest threats to society as playmakers. Thanks for the info, Jeff!!!
Mean Machine
November 1st, 2010
6:27 pm
Are you kidding? Who cares?
Grantham's Folly
November 1st, 2010
6:28 pm
The Cesspool of the South. That says it all.
Strangle this jerkoff with his own red panties, I say.
Cymbalta
November 1st, 2010
6:28 pm
Its obvious, he was choking himself for going to Georgia or giving his opinion on the Georgia uniform selection this year.
Valdosta Dawg
November 1st, 2010
6:30 pm
No big deal is correct, it is just another way for the writers at the Atlanta Journal Constipation to down the Dawgs anyway they can! Get over it and GO DAWGS!
Dawg-Hatin' Jacket
November 1st, 2010
6:32 pm
@DawginLex: Jeff should talk about how the fabulous new UGAg defense gave up 34 points to one of the worst offenses in the East.
Grantham: classless
coach myer
November 1st, 2010
6:32 pm
UGA will get a beat down next year i just put the pic. up in the locker room bathrooms so my players can see it all year. No coach will get away with that.
RealOldDawg
November 1st, 2010
6:34 pm
I am glad they didn’t snap a shot of him scratching the berries. What an article that would have made.
Beast from the East
November 1st, 2010
6:35 pm
Enter your comments here
fetch
November 1st, 2010
6:35 pm
Clearly a choke sign is worse than Meyer doing the gator chomp to the UGA fans or calling timeouts at the end of a game to prolong suffering or kicking press out of games or practices for being critical of him. My God, I thought that’s why coaches called timeouts before a kick, isn’t “icing the kicker” code for trying to get him to choke?
TheAntiMe
November 1st, 2010
6:37 pm
I think it’s gotten to the point where we are more worried about the symbolism than the actual effect. For example, what did Todd Grantham accomplish (other than a little noteriety from the ajc) by making his little hand gesture? Obviously, less than it sometimes accomplishes when the Head Coach calls a time-out in that situation to ice the Kicker in order to effectively make him choke.
TheAntiMe
November 1st, 2010
6:40 pm
lol – You beat me to it, fetch.
dawg4u
November 1st, 2010
6:41 pm
If I had been the Florida kicker and seen Grantham showing the choke sign then it would have given me more motivation than ever to make my finest kick ever. So Grantham probably helped the kid get rid of nerves and just more determined to show him what he could do and he did. The fact is though that if the dawgs had been able to make some defensive plays late in the game then it never would have come to “the kick”. It could really get ugly for us against Auburn unless we can get it turned around defensively.
North Georgia Dawg
November 1st, 2010
6:41 pm
Really? Who freak’n cares! We lost! Dude didn’t choke so there! It’s not anymore classless than letting a felon play in game Urban Meyer had to win….
porchdawg
November 1st, 2010
6:42 pm
Off with his head! …First Georgia coaches don’t show enough emotion, now it’s too much. Maybe AJC staff should issue some guidelines.
LCDawg
November 1st, 2010
6:42 pm
He was complimenting Rainey for a good game
Cymbalta
November 1st, 2010
6:42 pm
This year…Ice the punter
Next year…Ice the cheerleaders!
ROZEMAN
November 1st, 2010
6:46 pm
just goes back to Spurrier when he gave the Hiesman pose in front of Garrison Hearst after they beat us.
TheAntiMe
November 1st, 2010
6:47 pm
Actually, I have a feeling that Grantham was just trying to show Rainey the proper technique for dealing with his girlfriend.
OMG, boo me! I can’t believe that my fingers could ever type anything so utterly classless. Sorry about that, Schultzie.
Willie Martinez
November 1st, 2010
6:47 pm
Do you miss me yet?????
Dawg Fan
November 1st, 2010
6:49 pm
Jeff,
Why don’t you go sit in the corner like a good little boy and play with your silly puddy……C’mon…Are you serious? You couldn’t find something better to right about? Dang, you must really be desparate to get some readers for your articles.
The AJC ought to go find some better writers….you’re about as sorry as they get
Willie Martinez
November 1st, 2010
6:49 pm
Funny! LOL AntiME!
PT
November 1st, 2010
6:49 pm
Encourage your kids to be Georgia fans, that way you can buy Christmas presents at half price.
How much?
November 1st, 2010
6:50 pm
$750,000 a year for this jerk?
Thekingtata
November 1st, 2010
6:51 pm
Come on Jeff, I typically can’t wait to come home and read your blogs. This is NOT a story. Waste of time
Tripple lindy
November 1st, 2010
6:51 pm
Seriously? This is an issue? There are a thousand other things to write about. Besides, I bet he was just demonstrating the moral character of Chris Rainey to Uban Meyer.
Ellen
November 1st, 2010
6:51 pm
Seriously? Such a non-issue and so not important. You can’t take one snapshot from a video and claim exactly what he was doing. Can we get back to actually discussing football?
Natalie Wood
November 1st, 2010
6:52 pm
I believe what was really going on here was he was just signaling to everyone that he and Richt were out of a job by giving the “choke” signal. He was just trying to be a nice guy so everyone knew it was their last game together.
Ellen
November 1st, 2010
6:53 pm
P.S. I’m no fan of the defense, BUT you cannot blame all 31 points on them. Turnovers by the offense lead to a lot of those points. Jeff, you can go back to your Tech blog now.
34 Points
November 1st, 2010
6:53 pm
Thanks to Jeff Schultz for pointing out what a supreme moron Grantham is. Of course, the 34 points was a tipoff too.
My View
November 1st, 2010
6:54 pm
Its a gesture!!! Not assult…. Gestures are painless to the strong minded. If a gesture hurts you, then you will be hurt quite often if you live long enough.
Cymbalta
November 1st, 2010
6:55 pm
Was he choking on a chicken leg? Could be..seems like all the players had greasy fingers. Was the team meal KFC?
BirdDog
November 1st, 2010
6:55 pm
So what? Who really cares?
No wonder...
November 1st, 2010
6:56 pm
… It’s called The Cesspool of the South.
Buzz
November 1st, 2010
6:58 pm
Trailer Trash, from the fans to the coaching staff!
FLA DAWG
November 1st, 2010
7:00 pm
Jeff you are a complete moron.
If Grantham did indeed motion a choke to The Gator kicker who cares!?
I have called for a complete coaching change so I have no “dog” in this fight.
But this is the biggest reach I have ever read.
Write more about on field miscues, turnovers, missed blocks, tackles and off field arrests.
Those are all legit.
But to focus on this is absolutely absurd.
Who cares?
November 1st, 2010
7:00 pm
So what? Who really cares?
Decent people care.
Joseph
November 1st, 2010
7:01 pm
Who cares
devildawg
November 1st, 2010
7:01 pm
Seriously? This is the most contrived, irritating thing to make a big deal over. No one has shown the slightest proof that this was directed toward a Florida player, period. How about waiting until you have this little thing called “evidence” before hit-mongering? Crap journalism.
GT FAN
November 1st, 2010
7:01 pm
WOW, You idiots will make sense out of anything for your gain. Its called sportmanship. If your coaching staff has no integrity, then that says alot about your school. You people dont care because the kicker made the goal. It is classless and tasteless for the staff to do that. I think he was doing his best Rodney Dangerfield, “no respect” inpersonation.
Cymbalta
November 1st, 2010
7:03 pm
This just in off the hotwire…local Jackonsonville KFC sold out after Georgia Team bus visits drive thru.
Coffee Bluff DAWG
November 1st, 2010
7:03 pm
Slow news day there Jeff.
How about, not the imagined gesture you speculate about, but the real time-outs that Meyer took against UGA late in the game up by about 6 TDs. Pretty child-like.
General Ledger
November 1st, 2010
7:05 pm
I really don’t see what the big deal is. It would have been worse if the the kicker missed it and the Grantham made the gesture. Otherwise, I don’t see that it matters.
dawgma
November 1st, 2010
7:05 pm
I thought he was doing that when Bobo called his last series in OT.
Aweful.
btw…Who gives a tinkers dam.
TechFan
November 1st, 2010
7:06 pm
He was symbolizing Georgia football ever since the pre-season #1 ranking in 2008
Jay in VA
November 1st, 2010
7:06 pm
Can’t believe you’re making a headline out of this. Even if it was a choke sign, does it rise (sink?) to the level of the Spikes eye gouge last year? There’s enough hate in this rivalry without the press trying to stir the pot. Here’s an idea – practice some real journalism rather than tabloid stuff like this.
the real Old Gold
November 1st, 2010
7:06 pm
This is almost as bad as Aaron Murray’s haircut.
KimZ'spackage
November 1st, 2010
7:06 pm
Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.
I guess TXT MGS don’t count and neither do stupid Gestures.
Erin Andrews
November 1st, 2010
7:11 pm
He was actually gesturing that to Bobo.
Beast from the East
November 1st, 2010
7:13 pm
I don’t think most of us Gators really care. All we reallt care about is the final score.
I’m sure it will be hanging in the locker room next year for a little extra motivation for the Gators. That’s IF the current UGA staff is still employed.
tim
November 1st, 2010
7:14 pm
What if he did? Everyone of us was thinking the same thing! Big deal!
McDawg
November 1st, 2010
7:15 pm
choke??? coming from a UGA person in JAX
on the other, hand at least somebody wanted to win
Beast from the East
November 1st, 2010
7:17 pm
Dawg Fans,
We all know that was what everyone on your side of the ball was thinking and rightfully so. My question is this….How would you all be reacting if that was a member of the UF staff doing it to the UGA kicker? I’m sure it would be a BIG deal to most of you.
That being said, no harm no foul. Let’s move on.
Tony Martin
November 1st, 2010
7:20 pm
What a jerk you are Schultz. That could haven been the signal for a special call to try and block the Frigging field goal try. Why even bring something like that. Guess you are going to call the athens police and hope they bring charges against him, What are you going to say when he shuts the Techies out. Right now Todd is the only motivator on the staff.
RS DAWG
November 1st, 2010
7:24 pm
Okay, we lost.Is there anything else you care to bring up? GYSB!!
Bug Zapper
November 1st, 2010
7:24 pm
What a stupid subject Jeff!…..You must not have much going on today huh?….Anyhow, you give Richt hell for not being emmotional and now you flip the coin over Grantham?……..
Todd Grantham
November 1st, 2010
7:24 pm
To clarify the record….I was signaling our down linemen on the kick block team to choke down on the blockers and knock them to the ground to give AJ a chance to get up the middle and block it.
End of controversy.
Cymbalta
November 1st, 2010
7:26 pm
Did you see Coach Richt spit after the field goal. Can someone confirm?
College Football Expert
November 1st, 2010
7:27 pm
No class. Childish party school with no discipline. It is obvious why they are 9th in the SEC. They would be 9th in the ACC I’m certain.
Jeff Dum_ass Schultz
November 1st, 2010
7:27 pm
Jeff,
There was your answer dumbass!!!
The Exterminator
November 1st, 2010
7:28 pm
@ Tech Fan –
We’ll still beat your sorry asses.
8 out of 9. Now go back to your Dungeons & Dragons game.
Go Dawgs.
Rational Dawg
November 1st, 2010
7:31 pm
We used to carry ourselves as a class program. I’m not sure what’s more sad: the coach or my fellow dawg fans that don’t find a problem with it.
Bama Stan
November 1st, 2010
7:33 pm
Classy! Something to be proud of Georgia fans.
No Class Dawgs
November 1st, 2010
7:35 pm
College Football Expert and others have hit it on the head. There are many UGA fans that have NO CLASS. And you can see who some of them are by who has posted the apologist/joke comments on this thread offering up reasons for the gesture. Like someone said on another blog, UGA needs to go to Walmart and get some new fans. Some WITH CLASS, Only then can they talk about other schools’ lack of it. And if you want to talk about somebody else’s coach that is classless, talk first about Grantham. You Dawgs are not only delusional, you got NO CLASS !!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Urban Meyer
November 1st, 2010
7:35 pm
How ironic, a Georgia guy giving the choke sign to a Florida player
The Exterminator
November 1st, 2010
7:37 pm
Geez, Rational, the kid probably never even saw it. How does that even compare to what Duke BB fans do to a kid who is attempting a free throw? This should be a non-story Mr. Jeff (I really pull for Tech) Schultz. Putz.
DAWGFART
November 1st, 2010
7:38 pm
Jeff,
Is’nt early for Friday’s Column. You have better a column within, than this. Just keep telling yourself jou can do it, jou can do it.
Jesup
November 1st, 2010
7:40 pm
Only news if it had worked…..man i wish it would have, i was surrounded by orange.
jtdawg
November 1st, 2010
7:41 pm
”
Jeff Schultz
November 1st, 2010
4:15 pm
To all the people who think it would be no big deal if Grantham was giving the choke sign, I have a question: Would you feel the same way if a Georgia kicker was lining up for the winning field goal and a Gators’ coach was caught by the cameras grabbing his neck? Just curious.
”
Jeff –
the answer is yes. So what????
Are you really that serious about this? Big deal.
To all the Gator fans that say this is more “bulletin board” material – maybe so? who cares? You Florida fans have been debiting from the Karma teller for too long. It will all come back around to you too at some point. So give me a break.
To the World – stop being so sensitive to every emotion.
Thanks.
Signed, Life
Falcon1364
November 1st, 2010
7:42 pm
He was scratching a mosquito bite !
jtdawg
November 1st, 2010
7:43 pm
Cymbalta -
I saw that too – and felt the same damn way actually.
Maybe Richt and Grantham should both be fired for showing emotion. They can take Boo Boo too.
I promise, I’ll get over it
WTF?
November 1st, 2010
7:43 pm
This is a dumb story. Does the AJC have nothing better to talk about?
jtdawg
November 1st, 2010
7:45 pm
Jeff -
BTW, love your little update attempt to support your Most Curious UGA Conspiracy.
Really? C’mon. You are a much better columnist than this.
Do some imperical research and give us some real reasons to can this staff….
Hey jtdawg
November 1st, 2010
7:46 pm
Life called, and they’re not interested in you.
Bad Dawg, Bad Dawg
November 1st, 2010
7:47 pm
This is incredible. Where does it end with UGA. Off the field arrests, AD with a DUI and now this? The Dawgs are an embarrasment. The program is at an all time low.
Smart like a Fox
November 1st, 2010
7:48 pm
No Class Dawgs
November 1st, 2010
7:35 pm
College Football Expert and others have hit it on the head. There are many UGA fans that have NO CLASS. And you can see who some of them are by who has posted the apologist/joke comments on this thread offering up reasons for the gesture. Like someone said on another blog, UGA needs to go to Walmart and get some new fans. Some WITH CLASS, Only then can they talk about other schools’ lack of it. And if you want to talk about somebody else’s coach that is classless, talk first about Grantham. You Dawgs are not only delusional, you got NO CLASS !!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
I can’t add much to that…..he was a fan before he was a coach….= classless
Beast from the East
November 1st, 2010
7:48 pm
jtdawg,
No member of the loccal media is going to publicly call for the firing of the UGA staff. It would be career suicide. They may or not not think it, but they would never say it until after the decision had been announced.
joe
November 1st, 2010
7:48 pm
This is the most overblown nonsense I’ve ever seen in my life. Who cares if Grantham actually did it? It’s nothing. As far as I’m concerned, he could have walked out there and kicked the sh*t out of the kid as far as I’m concerned. The only good Gator is a beaten and bloodied one.
schultz is an idiot
November 1st, 2010
7:49 pm
Why are you so stupid schultz? Are you afraid he hurt someones feelings. If the 21 yr.old cant take it he needs to go home to mama.
Let's Talk About UGA!
November 1st, 2010
7:49 pm
When I was watching the South Carolina game, I saw Grantham doing the same thing. I found it funny because I thought he was talking about choking a chicken.
Thanks to all the well-wishers concerning the death of Uga VIII’s little white-trash cousin.
For those of you who don’t know, our half-bulldog, half chihuahua, was struck by a car while trick-or-treating — right there, in front of Mama’s trailer.
Anybody want a beer?
Go Dawgs!
Sic ‘em!
Woof! Woof! Woof!
crap sandwich
November 1st, 2010
7:50 pm
Loved it, you bleeding heart liberal
Beast from the East
November 1st, 2010
7:50 pm
Joe,
I’m sure the Dawg Nation is proud to have you as a representative.
Stay classy!
DILLIGAF
November 1st, 2010
7:50 pm
You fans of other teams that are on here don’t have a Dawg in the fight so buzz off, pun intended.
Seriously, “Sweatbee” gomers on here withe their pointless drivel, give me a break like you know anything about football, your team’s a joke and Gayturd fans, really, your team wona tough game, by a field goal in overtime. fact of the matter is, if UGA had played a clean game, hitting on all cylinders (I admit it seems like a grasp) but the potential IS there, we would have stomped your asses and you know it. Good win for you but you’re still not going to win the SEC.
Bama fans and Auburn fans (at the moment) have credibilty to talk smack, the rest of you need to STFU!
UGA/85′
Rational Dawg
November 1st, 2010
7:51 pm
Exterminator,
I realize that I am in the minority and old fashioned. I just wish we carried ourselves with class regardless of what other programs do. I’m not justifying the Duke fans but I don’t remember seeing Coach K give the choke sign. There’s nothing wrong with holding ourselves to a higher standard.(Another old fashioned concept)
Beast from the East
November 1st, 2010
7:53 pm
DILLIGAF,
We’ll talk all the smack we want. We have bragging rights for another 363 days! You have NONE!
45ACP
November 1st, 2010
7:54 pm
SO WHAT? What is the big freaking deal here? Slow news day I suppose.
What if he farted in their general direction??? Would that be a “news” story?
Cymbalta
November 1st, 2010
7:54 pm
If you didnt see it replay the tape to confirm. After the game is over they replay the kick. The spit follows.
It spoke volumes.
jtdawg
November 1st, 2010
7:54 pm
Hey jtdawg
November 1st, 2010
7:46 pm
Life called, and they’re not interested in you.
Wow, truly inspirational words coming from mom’s basement…. go back to World of Warcraft and leave the adults alone, please….
Grantham redux
November 1st, 2010
7:56 pm
Grantham is a totally classless jerk. He’s also a lousy coach.
jtdawg
November 1st, 2010
7:56 pm
Bad Dawg, Bad Dawg
It’s embarrassing for all of us. The program is veering off course and right now, there seems to be no driver at the wheel.
We’ll get to see how McGarity shapes this Department up, but I bet it won’t be this year, or next….
TheAntiMe
November 1st, 2010
7:57 pm
If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears…
If a coach clutches his throat and no one chokes…
Hey 45ACP
November 1st, 2010
7:58 pm
No, the news would be if UGA had any CLASS !!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
DILLIGAF
November 1st, 2010
7:58 pm
Beast from the East:
“We’ll talk all the smack we want. We have bragging rights for another 363 days! You have NONE!”
This is true…. but you know it could have gone either way.
NC Dawg
November 1st, 2010
7:59 pm
I think that’s what our defense did…coincidentally. 31 points by Florida! If we had plopped down on those 2 fumbles instead of this “scoop and score” crap, we win the game…in regulation. Fall on the ball defense!!
joe
November 1st, 2010
8:00 pm
“Joe,
I’m sure the Dawg Nation is proud to have you as a representative.
Stay classy!”
Beast from the East, or whatever your stupid name is, keep crying like the pathetic little biatch you are. You’ll get no apologies or recognition from me. I’ve never met anyone associated with UF that was worth spitting on. Florida is an outhouse, stinking from top to bottom. To hell with every one of them.
For what it’s worth, we don’t need Gators talking about class. Our coach didn’t allow a player who threatened to kill a girl back on the team, no would he. Florida knows nothing about class. So spare.
Bean Counter
November 1st, 2010
8:00 pm
I’ve just started counting the UGA fans with no class. jtdawg and 45ACP makes 2.
The Evil Genius
November 1st, 2010
8:00 pm
Ddin’t look to me like it was the Florida kicker, who choked.
Cymbalta
November 1st, 2010
8:01 pm
This just in… Lane Kiffin is interested in Coaching Georgia.
Beast from the East
November 1st, 2010
8:01 pm
DILLIGAF,
Very true. Shame for either team to lose such a hard fought game. Especially the way UGA fought so hard to come back.
Bean Counter
November 1st, 2010
8:01 pm
Looks like joe makes 3.
45ACP
November 1st, 2010
8:01 pm
Hell I would fire him if he didn’t do it.
That poor boy will never be right again. Maybe 10 years of therapy will help that child.
Beast from the East
November 1st, 2010
8:02 pm
joe,
Once again, stay classy! I bet momma’s soooo proud.
Allen
November 1st, 2010
8:02 pm
This is yet another indicator of the overall lack of character in the GA program. It starts with Richt who seemingly is of high character but who recruits and now apparently hires people who lack decent character.
joe
November 1st, 2010
8:03 pm
“The program is veering off course and right now, there seems to be no driver at the wheel.”
None of that has a damn thing to do with Todd Grantham or him giving the choke signal, which amounts to absolutely nothing. Then again, I’d expect Florida a**wipes to cry about it. Funny they didn’t cry when Urban allow Rainey back on the team, and to play in this game.
Grantham is a childish punk
November 1st, 2010
8:04 pm
Plain and simple…… Life called and they ain’t interested in UGA football. Bring on basketball season.
Geesh – bunch of UGA football losers. At least there is hope for basketball –
Trivia – UGA will not have a winning regular season since when?
Bean Counter
November 1st, 2010
8:04 pm
joe, see my post @ 801 pm
joe
November 1st, 2010
8:05 pm
LOL! Keep crying Beast from the East.
woody hayes
November 1st, 2010
8:05 pm
Slow news day?
Beast from the East
November 1st, 2010
8:05 pm
joe,
There are many of us Gator fans that disagreed with Meyer’s decision to reinstate Rainey. That was his decision and he gets paid the big bucks to make them. He alone will have to live with the consequences if something else happens.
What does that have to do with the story?
jtdawg
November 1st, 2010
8:06 pm
Beast from the East
You are absolutely correct. Listening to talk radio this afternoon was the biggest joke of all. One station, which tends to treat the program with ‘kid’ gloves, ahem, ahem, even went through an extended stretch where only callers who supported Richt and staff completely were allowed on the air.
Funny, because last year when the DC debate raged on, the same personalities raged against callers for blaming players, the ‘kids’ of the program, equivalent to throwing them under the bus, yet they spent the entire afternoon doing just that to defend the staff, undoubtedly for fear of being locked out of Butts – Mehre for good.
Joke.
Shultz, props, at least has had the guts to call this program out when it’s needed
Those who think it’s classless to mock the seriousness with which a bunch of people are portraying this incident – please stop. This world is becoming too soft because people like you never want anyone to have their feelings hurt.
Puhleaze.
The worst anyone can call this immature. Move along. Stop coddling the world; in case you haven’t noticed – it’s done nothing to make it a better, easier place to live. In fact, it’s probably more vulnerable now than ever.
What’s next? Are we going to stop competition alltogether because someones feelings are going to get hurt?
Are you the people who want to kick fans out of football stadiums for booing players??
Laughable.
Vol4ever
November 1st, 2010
8:06 pm
I cant stand the dawgs or gators, BUT come on, what is the big deal, this PC crap is out of control BS. Who cares if he did the choke sign, is it going to kill the kid or something……………sheesh
joe
November 1st, 2010
8:06 pm
Have no interests in your posts dumbass.
Beast from the East
November 1st, 2010
8:07 pm
joe,
I’m not the one resorting to name-calling about an entire group of people. That would be you crying, I’m afraid.
One last time, stay classy and keep representing (embarassing) the Dawg Nation.
Let's Talk About UGA!
November 1st, 2010
8:08 pm
DawgNation,
Why is all this fuss being made about Coach Grantham? We need tough coaches!
Coach Richt, himself, said the difference between winning and losing boils down to fighting and not folding the tent.
I know. I was right there, in Mama’s trailer, when he said it on the Ford truck commercial.
Anybody want a beer?
Go Dawgs!
Sic ‘em!
Woof! Woof! Woof!
TheAntiMe
November 1st, 2010
8:08 pm
So are we to infer that Mark Richt running the UGA football program is the equivalent of Santa Claus being the head of the Mafia?
Silvestral
November 1st, 2010
8:09 pm
NOT surprising at all–wasn’t it 2007 that Richt sent his entire squad into the endzone for a dawg pile and had to apologie for unsportsman like conduct on national TV!! Though I do understand their frustration;\
Michael Corbitt
November 1st, 2010
8:09 pm
Who cares? Like someone has said before…. GET… A…. LIFE… If there is nothing better to write on, then the AJC and other media sources are in trouble.
45ACP
November 1st, 2010
8:11 pm
Mommy, Mommy, that man chocked his throat at me….bababababababababababa
DILLIGAF
November 1st, 2010
8:11 pm
To the ignorant poster (loser GT fan) that keeps changing names and posting “UGA, the cesspool of the south”, you’re annoying, anyone that’s knows the tradition of this fine university, has spent time on UGA’s campus, been to a game in Sanford stadium and spent time in Athens, GA. is not buying this so go sharpen your pencil and get off of mommy’s computer.
To those that are bashing this program and especially CMR, I can tell you one thing, if Chris Rainey had been a Bulldog and he committed that crime, he would have NEVER donned the red and black again.
Yet Meyer doesn’t kick him off of the team but brings him back him back, just in time to play in the one game that took the heat off of him. Win at all cost. I’d rather have integrity than be a dirtbag, I know, nice guys finish last, whatever.
UGA/85′
What recruit would want to play for us?
November 1st, 2010
8:11 pm
We have no integrity – We have no role models as coaches, we have 3x the arrests as we have wins this year.
Who have we beat this year? No One
joe
November 1st, 2010
8:12 pm
“I’m not the one resorting to name-calling about an entire group of people. That would be you crying, I’m afraid.”
Obviously you are, because Florida and the people associated with it are scum. Plain and simple. Sorry if the truth hurts.
Sorry, but I don’t represent the University of Georgia. I don’t work for them. I don’t speak for them. Nothing I say on her will amount to a hill of beans tomorrow, and it will be forgotten by Wednesday. You want a representative of UGA, call Greg McGarity, Mark Richt, or Michael Adams.
Oh no!
November 1st, 2010
8:12 pm
This just in: Grantham arrested for impersonating a coach.
ryan
November 1st, 2010
8:14 pm
Typical white trash Dawg. He is a great fit. His crappy Defense gives up 34 points to the 11th ranked offensive in the SEC and he is taunting a 21 year old kid. Haha, it sucks to be white trash and it sucks to be a Dawg.
joe
November 1st, 2010
8:14 pm
“To those that are bashing this program and especially CMR, I can tell you one thing, if Chris Rainey had been a Bulldog and he committed that crime, he would have NEVER donned the red and black again. ”
As the Fonz would say………..”EXACTAMUNDO!” It’s irony that Gayturds would cry about this as being classless.
DILLIGAF - Are you Serious
November 1st, 2010
8:14 pm
We won the Fulmer cup this year – I don’t think we can hang our hat on integrity this year. If you are a true UGA grad, you would be embarrased by the actions off the field.
I still support the team on the field, but the off the field antics are just a black -eye to the program…. I don’t think we can claim “integrity” on our banner this year, bud.
Beast from the East
November 1st, 2010
8:15 pm
joe,
Sorry, but I’m not crying. None of the Gator Nation is. We’re too busy celebrating our 18th victory out of 21 tries over our rival from just north of us. How sweet it is!
jtdawg
November 1st, 2010
8:16 pm
Bean Counter -
I’m sure you count as class those that come to boards like this to spew venom towards the fans of other programs.
Did mommy teach you how to look up definitions? Look up HYPOCRITICAL.
I’m not ever going to say it was not an immature thing to do, if his intent was to heckle – but are you kidding with this stuff? Was he supposed to root for the kid to beat his team? I disagree with the oversensitivity – not even newsworthy.
You guys whipped us again – you own us. I have congratulated UF and it’s fans repeatedly. I am disappointed for my team and the embarrasing failures of the program. But in no way do I think this is any kind of issue whatsoever.
Talk about classless? Your team beat ours when we probably should have won, 18 of 21 for crying out loud, but that’s not enough.
I heard less from REAL fans from MSU who had a LEGITIMATE gripe about Ben Jones taking what appeared to be an intentional shot at a MSU player at the end of that game, than we are catching from such “classy” fans who aren’t done even when they’ve won.
BTW – Where was the stink of the Ben Jones incident after the MSU game like this? That was a REAL issue…. Jeff Shultz- did you write an article about that wrong like you did this capital offense??
joe
November 1st, 2010
8:17 pm
“I don’t think we can claim “integrity” on our banner this year, bud.”
No, we can’t. But we can claim it before Florida. They’ve had more arrests than we have over the past few years, and unlike them, we don’t have a felon playing for us.
Mr. Rogers
November 1st, 2010
8:17 pm
I think this is good time to remember that UGA fans want to call this a non-story. So they probably don’t want to be critical of any other college program/coach for class-less behavior. For to do so would be uber-hypocritical (?). Do any of you UGA fans even understand any of this logic ?????? I didn’t think so.
45ACP
November 1st, 2010
8:17 pm
choked, Mommy, I mean choked…..lol…this is unbelievable…
Hit A Single
November 1st, 2010
8:19 pm
I don’t know which is worst, what Coach Grathma did or Rainey playing. I know who I would want my young people around. I will take Coach Grantham.
Who have we beat....
November 1st, 2010
8:19 pm
I just looked at the records of who we have beat this year….. They have a total record of 10W and 23 LOSSES. Yikes…. 9th week of the season and that is an average of 2.5 wins each.
Here is a list of their wins:
Arkansas State
North Texas
Tennessee-Martin
UAB
Ole Mississippi
Eastern Michigan
Louisville
Western Kentucky
Akron
South Carolina
The only notable win of the group was Kentucky beating South Carolina, and for all those that watched the KY game know that the score was not indicative of the game. KY dominated us on the total yards for that game and if it were not for them shooting themselves in the foot over and over and over again with turnovers, we would have lost that game. Let’s be thankful we are 4-5 and not 3-6.
joe
November 1st, 2010
8:19 pm
“We’re too busy celebrating our 18th victory out of 21 tries over our rival from just north of us.”
Congrats! You’re a whopping 5-3. Since Florida football is all you have in life, I shudder to think what would happen if you lost.
jtdawg
November 1st, 2010
8:20 pm
45ACP
November 1st, 2010
8:11 pm
Mommy, Mommy, that man chocked his throat at me….bababababababababababa
Not trying to hurt anyones feelings, or be classless, but that is laugh out loud funny right there!
Bean Counter
November 1st, 2010
8:21 pm
RE: Classless dawgs. I’m gonna have to ring up jtdawg and joe again. This makes 5.
Beast from the East
November 1st, 2010
8:22 pm
joe,
We know what our record is. We also know we own UGA. That’s enough for us this year while we’re rebuilding.
Had enough yet?
joe
November 1st, 2010
8:22 pm
Who have we beat, I don’t think anyone of us would argue that UGA is a good football team this year. We stink. We’ve stunk the last two years. We may continue to stink as long as Richt is running the ship. He is now almost a carbon copy of Bobby Bowden, and that’s not a good thing. We know what FSU looked like in Bowden’s last 7 years.
Dawg Catcher
November 1st, 2010
8:23 pm
Regardless,
Call it what you want, a motivational chins up (doubtful from the photos), a defensive play call (as in, c’mon guys time to run the choke formation), or a little kibble stuck in his throat ( that sounds the most logical); UGA started it all 2 years ago with the most unsportsman like dispaly ever to disgrace college football when the whole team rushed the field for a touchdown at the beginning of the game (the beginning of the game people, not like they had just won a close one, classless). Note to UGA: we don’t forget! Nor will we forget that little country line dance just before OT. I call Chas Henry’s field goal (remember, he’s our punter) the period on the end of a sentence that goes like this: Hey Dawgs, you lose…AGAIN.
dawg4u
November 1st, 2010
8:24 pm
The bottom line is that we lost to UF again in a year when UGA was even favored. We have seldom been even favored much in this series lately. We missed a golden opportunity to kick UF when they were down and give URBAN 4 straight losses. We were even the better team and still LOST. They could not score more than single digits against Miss. State. UGA is totally missing something!
Ginger
November 1st, 2010
8:24 pm
Does not bother me too much…The Fla player made the kick…Grantham is competitive…I like a some fire…..UGA needs a little more fire.
Hit A Single
November 1st, 2010
8:24 pm
Dang i couldn’t see the choke sign because some Fla. fan named Spikes tried to claw my eyes out.
jtdawg
November 1st, 2010
8:25 pm
Mr. Rogers
Classless – sure -
this – big joke, really.
If this happens next year, we’ll make sure we walk out and shake his hand before he kicks, then head straight to the locker room so as not to offend his, and your, fragile sensibilities.
Sincerely,
Jack Wagon from Mamby Pamby Land
Mike
November 1st, 2010
8:25 pm
I would expect more from Richt who was standing right there. But, no one will pay attention because your program is irrelevant on a national stage and Florida is having a down year.
joe
November 1st, 2010
8:25 pm
Bean Counter, when Florida can stop allowing felons to play on their team, you can talk about class. Florida has never had any.
Beast, only a dumbass Gayturd like you would think I’m taking any of this seriously. I’m having fun riling idiots like up. Here’s hope Gainesville falls into a sinkhole.
Bean Counter
November 1st, 2010
8:26 pm
As a beside, while I wait on some more BEANS to count; funny how you’ve heard UGA fans talking about the lack of class of (Florida fans, Auburn fans, Alabama fans, Tennessee fans….. you name it) what we have here is the perfect example of class-less Georgia fans. And I am counting. Have u GOT THAT DAWGS ???!!???
Coffee Bluff DAWG
November 1st, 2010
8:26 pm
This really is a non-issue. When FL smashed us a couple yrs ago Meyer called all the TOs before the end of the game to make a childish point. Another non-issue.
As Richt said “Using all your TOs are within the rules”.
The real issues are our lack of speed on D (anybody remember Burton ran away from our D secondary) and the fact that we could not come up with a fumble recovery or INT late in the game to give us a chance to win.
jtdawg
November 1st, 2010
8:27 pm
Ginger
Know whats funny? The kicker DID make the kick and UF won, yet look who’s here whining and crying….
What a sad, sad fan base….
joe
November 1st, 2010
8:27 pm
“no one will pay attention because your program is irrelevant on a national stage”
Better than being irrelevant for 100+ years like Florida was. I don’t know if you checked, but Florida is also irrelevant on the national stage. You’re not even ranked.
Hit A Single
November 1st, 2010
8:28 pm
I agree Ginger, everybody blasting the Coaches, heck we just didn’t make the plays. We make the plays and we win by 14. I am ready to see some chewing out, clip board throwing and chewing some tail. Where is Van Gorder? Grantham tried and some females objected to his actions in the first game and you have not seen them since then.
jr
November 1st, 2010
8:28 pm
this is the problem with uga. so what the hell he gave a choke sign thats what he is suppose to do. he wants to win not like softy mark richt who would rather be at church praying. gratham should be made the head coach and richt should be fired. this man is passionate about winning. what is wrong with what he did? i tell you nothing, if their was a problem with anything it was urban myer plan a kid who threaten to kill someone
45ACP
November 1st, 2010
8:28 pm
This crap is absurd. I’m going back over to Facebook for some real comments. lol…
Beast from the East
November 1st, 2010
8:28 pm
You guys crack me up. Just admit it was classless, slap him on the wrist and let’s move on. Ya’ll need to get refocused to close out the season and try and become bowl eligible with a win over either Auburn (not likely) or Tech. We need to try and beat Vandy and USC so we can earn the right to get our teeth kicked in by either Bama or Auburn in Atlanta! LOL!
Have a good evening. I’m out!
docc
November 1st, 2010
8:29 pm
Not sure about Coach Grantham’s actions, but I was there and I am sick and tired of our players celebrating ANYTHING during the game. It is sad when you have lost 17 out of 20 and our players started celebrating and taunting Florida when the game went into overtime…it was fitting they lost. Why can’t someone get into their heads and get them to just play all out and when the game is OVER, then perhaps celebrate if you win without taunting the other team.
joe
November 1st, 2010
8:30 pm
“And I am counting. Have u GOT THAT DAWGS ???!!???”
LOL! It’s sad that you think anyone cares. This is comment section on a newspaper blog, where people talk trash every day. Get over yourself. Put me down on your list. I’d consider it a badge of honor.
Hit A Single
November 1st, 2010
8:30 pm
jtdawg – the reason it is being talked about is the AJC. They love controversey. A UGA player can get a book back late to the library and they report it.
jtdawg
November 1st, 2010
8:31 pm
Or better yet Bean Counter, what kind of “class” are you displaying?? Are we supposed to whimper at your ever loving feet? Hmmm?
What an example you set for yourself.
Go look in the mirror and believe that YOU ARE somebody! YOU ARE loved! Sticks and stones may break your bones but the Awful Dawg Nation is sorry CTG hurt your widdle feewings!!!!
Not…
Hell, the kicker cared less than you do….
Let's Talk About UGA!
November 1st, 2010
8:31 pm
DawgNation,
I might need a place to stay. Mama is about to throw me out of the trailer.
If you will recall, last night, Mama brought home a big pool-float gator from Wal-Mart.
Tonight, she started rambling on about becoming a gator fan. I tried to choke her.
Anybody want a beer?
Go Dawgs!
Sic ‘em!
Woof! Woof! Woof!
If anything
November 1st, 2010
8:31 pm
I think he was commenting on the Ga team which has choked all year long
DILLIGAF
November 1st, 2010
8:31 pm
What recruit would want to play for us? :
“Who have we beat this year? No One”
Really, who has your team beaten? The only significant win was against UGA and I don’t see many more coming your way and you want to talk about arrest records? At least our coach has the cajones’ to dismiss players from the program, Meyer gives them a helmet sticker a and a “attaboy”.
Some fan you are, maybe you should go on your teams board and lookat stats rather than be on here drooling out of your pie hole.
Some fan you are
5150 P.O.A.D
November 1st, 2010
8:31 pm
Are you sure your name isn’t Jeff Springer? All you try to do is incite crap!
Ramguy
November 1st, 2010
8:32 pm
While people are wringing their hands about Grantham, check out the class from the gators on this clip. Keep your eyes on Tavarres King and the action starts the 27 second mark…and keep watching after that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzg0Ac11gus&feature=player_embedded
joe
November 1st, 2010
8:32 pm
“You guys crack me up. Just admit it was classless, slap him on the wrist and let’s move on.”
LOL! Admit Urban playing Rainey was classless, and I might admit that it was unnecessary.
Bean Counter
November 1st, 2010
8:33 pm
OK, I’m tiring of counting how many class-less comments jtdawg and joe make. Let’s just call the number of class-less UGA fans 1 million. That probably leaves another million that HAVE some class. So when you go to Walmat, just buy another million to replace those like jtdawg and joe. Then, wer’re all cool. Bean Counter out.
Beast from the East
November 1st, 2010
8:33 pm
joe,
You got it. I admit it was. Fair enough?
jtdawg
November 1st, 2010
8:34 pm
Beast from the East -
Good luck to the Gators. You guys have a young team. It’ll be even harder next year.
Unfortunately, there just isn’t much for us this year that’s left. The simple fact we’re playing for bowl eligbility in November is pretty depressing. I think we end up 6-6 one way or another…. You guys have a better shot at running the table, though you’ll have your hands full with SC.
joe
November 1st, 2010
8:34 pm
Fair enough!
Joe goes to Panama City Beach Every Year
November 1st, 2010
8:35 pm
With all you Georgia Red Necks.
Big Bob
November 1st, 2010
8:35 pm
I don’t see the big deal with the chock sign. I was casting a spell on him and telling him he was going to miss it. I don’t see anything wrong with it at all.
Beast from the East
November 1st, 2010
8:36 pm
jtdawg,
Hang in there. You’ve got one of the best young QB’s in the country and an improving defense. Tough year for both teams.
Good night all!
Mike T.
November 1st, 2010
8:37 pm
Well if he did it give him the Branden Spikes punishment. Take a half off next week.
I bet Joe Choked wife, kids and dogs
November 1st, 2010
8:37 pm
After UF beat THUGA again. Stay classy Joe
Bean Counter
November 1st, 2010
8:38 pm
Actually, I don’t either, Big Bob.
brad
November 1st, 2010
8:39 pm
for all you people that dont like it “tough”… its football and emotions! i love it! thats what we need at uga! tired of us acting like some 60 plus year old men ! its football baby and i love it! all you old saddle bags get off his ass!
coach myer
November 1st, 2010
8:40 pm
this just in go to UGA home page they fired def. coach it will be on the news at 11
Mobile Dawg
November 1st, 2010
8:41 pm
http://www.CTG for Interim Coach.com
brad
November 1st, 2010
8:41 pm
you people piss me off jus like this year! your the reason why uga is so boring! “thuga”? change up teams! we dont need you! thats emotions dumbass!
wildbill
November 1st, 2010
8:41 pm
I’m wondering if anything positive can be salvaged from this season. Taken as a whole, with the arrests, general questionable behavior, lack of physical conditioning, questions with the coaching, etc. is there a thread the fans can hang onto for next year?
brad
November 1st, 2010
8:42 pm
if they fire him its a huge mistake and that means richt needs to go next
Mobile Dawg
November 1st, 2010
8:43 pm
wildbill, Greg McGarity? Aaron Murray?
Best5lostteam
November 1st, 2010
8:43 pm
And you wonder why the players lack character?
What even better.....
November 1st, 2010
8:44 pm
The kicker was from Georgia!!! A hob nail boot for Georgia!
Grantham=Choke
November 1st, 2010
8:44 pm
Just think the Bulldog Nation ran Willie out of town for this $750,000 dumba$$!!! The Gators will
light it up against the Dogs next year!!!!Ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can’t wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Urban Meyer
November 1st, 2010
8:44 pm
Burst your bubble again!
HeHateMe
November 1st, 2010
8:44 pm
What is the BFD that Grantham giving the Choke sign? It’s nice to see a little passion on the sidelines. To all the Richt haters out there, let it go! UGA is not going to get rid of him for a couple of bad seasons. Who is going to replace him? The old ball sack(coach)?
Cymbalta
November 1st, 2010
8:46 pm
On a positive note…I thought the new UGA was nice. It looks like Grantham put him on Ice too in his doghouse.
What happened to UGA 7? Did he retire after getting sick? At this rate were going to need a puppy mill.
Barkin'Dog
November 1st, 2010
8:46 pm
You people who keep mentioning Christ or Jesus in your posts do so at your own peril. Obviously you have no appreciation for the wrath placed upon those who have used this name in vain, and I won’t go into it here. But, if you find your tire blowing out on the Interstate, your car flipping twice and you burning in a flaming blaze, you might recall how stupid your post was.
Gomer Plyle
November 1st, 2010
8:46 pm
You mean Rev. Richt would allow such non-Christian actions by his staff. And such language. Shazaaaam
Mobile Dawg
November 1st, 2010
8:47 pm
We’re not Richt haters, we’re UGA loving supporters tired of a clueless HC. He’s been asleep at the wheel. Fortunately we’re not the Titanic and can be salvaged within a couple of years.
Poppy
November 1st, 2010
8:48 pm
As usual, the press blows everything completely out of proportion. Not only in sports, but everything else.
coach myer
November 1st, 2010
8:48 pm
I hear ron zook will be looking for a job how bout it uga
Urban Meyer
November 1st, 2010
8:48 pm
To brad:
Take your meds.
Kell Longhorn
November 1st, 2010
8:49 pm
I’m a Tennessee Vols fan, and I absolutely HATE the Dawgs, but I’m gonna be honest and say that this guy is just rubbing his throat. I think the media is overreacting to the motion he made…
Orange10
November 1st, 2010
8:50 pm
Nothing wrong with a coach who wants to win. Too bad it’s not contagious to some of the rest of them.
wildbill
November 1st, 2010
8:50 pm
I think Murray will be a very good qb, he is still learning. If he had some help from his receivers, the outcome would have been different.
Cymbalta
November 1st, 2010
8:51 pm
Zook can bring the wide-out screen. Its on the only page in the playbook.
Its real difficult to pull off and defend.
Fred
November 1st, 2010
8:51 pm
I hope he was telling his on players to keep their head up, if not then this is down right stupid on his part. Yes, I am tired of Georgia losing as we all are but to behave that way is not Georgia way. Let’s hope that the coach has better sportsmanship than that, if not then let him go. Character does still mean something in this world. This would show just what is wrong with sports.
Urban Meyer
November 1st, 2010
8:52 pm
I will set the record straight. Grantham was choking on that paycheck he has failed to earn.
Let's Talk About UGA!
November 1st, 2010
8:52 pm
DawgNation,
Things have cooled down, a little, at Mama’s trailer. The police are in route (so it looks like I’ll have a place to stay).
I’m going to choke down this burger and prepare to answer their questions.
Go Dawgs!
Sic ‘em!
Woof! Woof! Woof!
ksodjopwjdop
November 1st, 2010
8:53 pm
Who really cares? – one can see worse at any rec league game.
D-Man
November 1st, 2010
8:57 pm
Even as a Gator fan, all I can think of is…..so what. These kids hear and do wayyyy worse to each other during the game, in the locker room, at practice, in class, and at parties. Is this really a big deal? C’mon, this is football people. The fans do worse, say worse, and even think worse. Sure, it may lack some class, but over the line?
Good grief- society is getting softer than wet one-ply toilet paper.
JEFF SCHULTZ = LAZY, PREDICTABLE MEDIA
November 1st, 2010
8:57 pm
SUGGESTION: Why don’t you actually find something worth writing about? So what if Grantham did say ‘your gonna frick’in choke’ & grab his throat? Bad time to write something like this…right before voting day. I think people have had it up to…their throats with political correctness.
pat
November 1st, 2010
8:57 pm
Damn Shultz, you’r getting crushed for this one. And righfully so.
Mike
November 1st, 2010
8:59 pm
What’s the big deal? Isn’t that what UGA’s coach wanted the FLORIDA kicker to do? Choke? Fail under the pressure? He made it … and he didn’t choke. Game over. Here’s to the toilet bowl … no hands bowl with Waka Flocka as the keynote speaker / halftime performer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skhxizRYxps
Kramer
November 1st, 2010
9:00 pm
Grantham is a competitor, plain and simple. He has PASSION for the game and we got to see it. Was it taunting. Yep, and I have no problem with that. At least he wasn’t pacing, looking like he was ready for the game to be over. He was in it until the last minute. He’s got my respect and my support. And by the way, the Gators comments are starting to make Tech fans look good. Stay classy UF.
Pinky Lee
November 1st, 2010
9:02 pm
The dogs always choke. Loser et al. The biggest hype in America and a damn discrace to the State of Georgia. You are all a bunch of what if losers. Get me a Wal-Mart tee shirt.
Mike
November 1st, 2010
9:02 pm
Are you serious??? So what?? What is he supposed to say………….good luck???
bill
November 1st, 2010
9:03 pm
Who really cares? GA is nothing but a bunch of losers. They are the laughing stock of the SEC. Richt tried his superfulous stuff against Alabama two years ago and was trounced. GA looked like they had been to a wake in those black uniforms.
I just hope they keep Richt on long enough for GA Tech to start beating them every year until the sun don’t shine!!!!!!
trey
November 1st, 2010
9:03 pm
LMAO! Oh boy. Quick! Call the FBI! Call the GBI! This is just terrible! Arrest Grantham right now!!!!
(rotflmao)
Wait until the yellow maggots come to Athens. Grantham is going to have an even better hand signal waiting for them. My inside source says he’s probably going to scratch his nose with his middle finger. And so I heard the stadium was going to be giving away free Kleenex to all the maggots because they know they’ll cwy after his hand signal goes up.
Too funny.
“Mommy! That big bad coach did a choke signal on his neck! And he’s well he’s (sniff) he’s 44 yrs old! My wittle feelings are hurt!”
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
gtforever
November 1st, 2010
9:04 pm
Is anybody surprised. I mean, UGA has no discipline, and that comes from the coaching! Period… UGA has NO class as football players, and their coaches are just as CLASSLESS!
Notso Fast
November 1st, 2010
9:04 pm
You just can’t coach class. Maybe he getting ready for Auburn.
Let's Talk About UGA!
November 1st, 2010
9:08 pm
DawgNation,
I’m typing this from under Mama’s bed.
The police are outside.
One of them is HUGE! He looks like a UF linebacker in a S.W.A.T. uniform.
I better not back-talk him. He might put me in some sort of choke-hold.
Go Dawgs!
Sic ‘em!
Woof! Woof! Woof!
FL Dawg
November 1st, 2010
9:09 pm
I think Chas Henry put it best when he said a few of the coaches were giving him grief and let it go. Props to him for stepping up and making the kick.
As for those that think Grantham hasn’t earned his check, UGA defense is much better this season than it was a year ago. We should see continued improvement this year and next. If the o-line had performed upto expectations, this year would have been much better.
Jonas Grumby
November 1st, 2010
9:09 pm
Grantham, if you don’t give up 4 TDs, then the game doesn’t come down to a FG. Not impressed with your first year.
Evansdawg
November 1st, 2010
9:09 pm
Who cares??? Why isn’t a bigger deal being made out of the reinstatement of Rainey right before the game? The guy doesn’t deserve to wear an NCAA uniform after the “Time To Die” thing. So Meyer reinstates him for this game. Even Spurrier isn’t that classless. So what about the choke sign? Grantham is passionate. Something we need badly on the sideline.
warhorse
November 1st, 2010
9:10 pm
Pond scum DC who should be dismissed because he is a member of a university faculty. What an example for teenage student/athletes. Terrible mentor. Not surprising so many UGA players engage in anti-social conduct.
Phil
November 1st, 2010
9:11 pm
If he did, it was absolutely classless. But then again it fits right in with all the thug mentality.
Of course he could have been doing that to Bobo and his idiotic play calling in OT.
Nation's Pasttime MNF Dawg Fan
November 1st, 2010
9:11 pm
Since Schultz’s article was a non-story, I suggest we make some good use of this blog and comment on the MNF game and World Series game instead, with of course all Dawg comments welcome.
I’ll start. Why didn’t Manning go to Reggie Wayne? I need the fantasy points.
Looks like a classic pitching duel – no score after 4 1/2 innings.
Let’s go folks, chime in!! Let’s talk about something relevant (unlike Schultz).
gtforever
November 1st, 2010
9:12 pm
FL Dawg,
Please keep Grantham as coach….. Your defense sux worse than ours! Auburn will score 100 points. But hey, I guess you will call that an improvement….. LOL..
Kramer
November 1st, 2010
9:12 pm
What a bunch of judgemental pr1ck$!
Nation's Pasttime MNF Dawg Fan
November 1st, 2010
9:13 pm
Nice pick by Indy secondary.
boog
November 1st, 2010
9:16 pm
Whoopee damn doo… You would think you media guys would have better things to do than to dissect what coaches do on the sidelines during a game….geez. Its football… but I dare say you ever played the game…being a pencil necked journalist wus.
Nation's Pasttime MNF Dawg Fan
November 1st, 2010
9:17 pm
Lincecum is absolutely filthy tonight.
Wouldn’t mind SF closing it out tonight. I love Nolan Ryan, but the thought of Jeff Francoeur wearing a World Series ring makes me queasy.
18-3
November 1st, 2010
9:17 pm
Here is two great ideas: Dont fire Mark and dont fire Grantham please Georgia.
Joe
November 1st, 2010
9:18 pm
Get a life, Gator. Even if the coach did what you’re accusing him of, that’s minor to Meyer’s idiotic double timeouts during the last minute during a previous game when the score was lopsided. That was childish behavior.
Surfdawg
November 1st, 2010
9:18 pm
Schultz you are just reaching. Once again who cares what Grantham was doing .Why don’t you write about why they did’nt throw a flag for excessive celebration when the whole Florida team ran down to the end zone after the interception return in overtime. We could have used that 15 yds. on their possession from the 25
Kenny Powers
November 1st, 2010
9:18 pm
Hey what do you expect, after all he was the 5th choice…guess that $750K contract did have a conduct yourself with “class” clause
Hawks got it right this time by locking up Al Horford | Jeff Schultz
November 1st, 2010
9:19 pm
[...] ♦ Did Grantham give Florida kicker the choke sign? [...]
Kenny Powers
November 1st, 2010
9:19 pm
should be did not have a conduct yourself with
Nation's Pasttime MNF Dawg Fan
November 1st, 2010
9:19 pm
Wow, a Peyton Manning scramble is under review. Didn’t know he did that.
Jim007
November 1st, 2010
9:23 pm
Class……..Fits right in with THUGA and Richt
Nation's Pasttime MNF Dawg Fan
November 1st, 2010
9:23 pm
You’re killing me, Peyton. Throw to Reggie Wayne.
Wonder if Francoeur would have caught that ball Cruz just dove at and missed? Now moot as Cruz just caught a bomb from Josh Hamilton.
Schultzie
November 1st, 2010
9:23 pm
Did Grantham tell the kicker “time to die bi+ch”? Just wondering.
Nation's Pasttime MNF Dawg Fan
November 1st, 2010
9:25 pm
Nice pick-six, Schaub. Glad you’re not in ATL anymore.
Sweet Tears of Tebow
November 1st, 2010
9:25 pm
big deal. find something important to report.
Luv ya Pups
November 1st, 2010
9:27 pm
Like any of us Gators care what latest lame move you pups have come up with to try to scam a win. The funnier part of the photo is Richt’s uppeat look as he thinks about where he can get together with Goff, Donnan, etc. to watch the next poor rube get schooled by the Orange & Blue. Thanks for coming down as always pups, you guys are a big help each year as we work on our game plan for Vandy.
Try not to make the SEC look bad against Idaho State, could ya?
Nation's Pasttime MNF Dawg Fan
November 1st, 2010
9:27 pm
Wow, Lincecum pitching a one hit shut out so far. Whoops, 2 hits…..
Surfdawg
November 1st, 2010
9:29 pm
When Schaub was in Atlanta, he was the best QB we had at the time
KimZ'spackage
November 1st, 2010
9:29 pm
45ACP
Well all Rainey did was send a TXT with a Threat. He was not near enough to Kill her, but Grantham was close enough to choke the kicker. Why did they charge Rainey because he was mad and upset and said something he didn’t mean? Granthan did want the kicker to choke and was physically capable of doing it on the field after the game. The Coach made a Terroristic Threat to a Gators player he should be arrested too.
Mike T.
November 1st, 2010
9:29 pm
gtforever
Hey Nerd, nobody cares what you or your trash institution thinks.
We all know Tech has FL envy,living vicariously through them.
If Tech played FL the last 21 years ya’ll would be 0-21. 61 coming in a few weeks.
Jeff
November 1st, 2010
9:29 pm
Folks watch the replay the Coach did this and it is very obvious. It was not a “keep your heads up” or a signal to the defense. It was a Coach that let his emotions get the better of him and he did something stupid. There was a lot of jawing from payers on both sides. But UGA little arm and arm thing and the choke sign from a Coach…all pretty lame on UGA’s part…kind of like their performance in this game since 1990
Nation's Pasttime MNF Dawg Fan
November 1st, 2010
9:30 pm
Man, Arian Foster has some moves.
And no score going into bottom of 7th. Hmm….
dawgster
November 1st, 2010
9:31 pm
First..let me say that if he did do what it appears he did and said, then i think Coach Richt and our AD will discuss this with him…all you bloggers that want to bash the dawgs players or Coach Richt for this are a sad bunch…by no means do i think a coach should engage in this type of sideline statement, but to bash the players and coaches and call them thugs because of what Coach Grantham did is not fair to the rest of the team..if some or you so called fair weather fans will be patient the details will come out and i’m quiet sure it will be addressed..the Gainesville Sun apparently called this out, but yet if you follow the paper and i do very often, very little was made about Rainey threatening the life of a young lady…oh they mentioned it, but very little in the way that the AJC and Shultz attacks the dawgs on a regular basis…but i will say this, it was not a classy move, especially from a Coach, but i will withhold judgement until we get additional info…i’m sure Shultz and some of you will be tickled pink when Coach Grantham is disciplined for this, if it is what it appears…i will add this, though i have never seen a paper that has some so called journalists that will do anything to stir up emotions on the negative side of a State University…if you don’t believe me…visit some other major newspapers, that cover the football teams…and you will see a decided difference in how they are covered…not saying that you shouldn’t report it, but its the way its reported and made to look…oh, and by the way…you didn’t see this in the AJC…but Tenn had a DE arrested for simple assault…Coach Dooley will have internal discipline…i believe you can find it on Scout.com…thats about all i know about it…
hind tit
November 1st, 2010
9:31 pm
Ah he was snacking on one of uga milk bones and got choked on it. Has a pocket full every game.
Luv ya Pups
November 1st, 2010
9:32 pm
Hey Mike T, if you didn’t care, why were you all leaving the stadium with your heads down like CMR? So the best you can come up with is you’re 3-18 but Tech MIGHT have been worse if we played them. Really???
Surfdawg
November 1st, 2010
9:34 pm
KIMZ I need some of what you are smoking
Mike T.
November 1st, 2010
9:34 pm
Luv ya Pups
Hey Gayturd, it was a three point OT WIN not 49-10.
I damn sure bet ya Meyers would not want to play us again this Saturday.
Ga Dawg 97
November 1st, 2010
9:34 pm
He was actually gesturing to Aaron Murray.
dawgslikballs
November 1st, 2010
9:34 pm
While people are wringing their hands about Grantham, check out the class from the gators on this clip. Keep your eyes on Tavarres King and the action starts the 27 second mark…and keep watching after that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzg0Ac11gus&feature=player_embedded
So what is your point ramguy?? The UF team thinks the INT was returned for a TD and rushes the field to celebrate thinking THE GAME IS OVER???? Something that happens at the end of every CFB game? Is that what you are calling classless?
Moron.
Henry said it best…the UGA coaches were yelling at me but no big deal. He kicked it right up their butts. You clowns saying “what was he looking over there for anyway”…it’s pretty simple…they were yelling at him, with you high class coach dropping the f-bomb on him.
As for Rainey…again you clowns are clueless. He paid his dues. So did Spikes for his transgression. Let’s see if anything happens to your DC…I doubt it since Richt was right there and cannot help but have heard the “you’re going to miss you f*ing choker” coming from Grantham.
He who laughs last…laughs best.
Ga Dawg 97
November 1st, 2010
9:35 pm
Mike T, glad to see you’re satisfied with a close loss. Last I checked a loss is a loss. Loser!
Surfdawg
November 1st, 2010
9:36 pm
DAWGSTER Were you at the game?
Nation's Pasttime MNF Dawg Fan
November 1st, 2010
9:37 pm
Two on w/nobody out for SF….hmm
Be glad my wife isn’t blogging, she is watching Dancing With The Has-Beens.
Luv ya Pups
November 1st, 2010
9:38 pm
Now Mike T., why would you want to get another whoopin’ next week? Wouldn’t you rather wait until next year to get to your 3-19 mark?
Mike T.
November 1st, 2010
9:40 pm
So the best you can come up with is you’re 3-18
No the best I come up with, is 47-40-2, you see football before 1990 did exist.
Only twenty three wins from 1904 to 1990 for The Baja Georgia Gators.
option smoption
November 1st, 2010
9:41 pm
Nancy Pelosi wrote this article.
Bama Stan
November 1st, 2010
9:41 pm
Way to display a little class doggies and this just a few years after the end zone fiasco. Please try not to totally humiliate the SEC this weekend.
Waiting
November 1st, 2010
9:41 pm
By the way, still no comment from Grantham.
Don’t hold your breath waiting for an apology from Grantham. He’s just an inept azzhole.
Nation's Pasttime MNF Dawg Fan
November 1st, 2010
9:41 pm
Kid from Michigan running hard for Indy.
Pat Burrell has ducks on the pond
dawgslikballs
November 1st, 2010
9:42 pm
You’re pretty funny Mike T. How about this. How old do you have to be for the Mutts to have a winning record versus the Mighty Gators in your lifetime?
Some things never change
November 1st, 2010
9:43 pm
3-18 and still The Cesspool of the South.
Luv ya Pups
November 1st, 2010
9:43 pm
Mike T…YAWN. Go ahead and send me the black and white press clippings so you can catch me up on what happened back when you were lucid. In the meantime, we’ll keep using you, App State, and the Citadel each year between our real games on the way to important accomplishments. Good luck trying to beat Tech this year to become bowl eligible.
Mike T.
November 1st, 2010
9:43 pm
Now Mike T., why would you want to get another whoopin’ next week?
Man ya’ll just did get by us this past week, no certainity you would do it again.
You clowns need to remember it was a 34-31 not 49-10, or even the largest margin of victory in the series Ga 75 FL 0.
Bama Stan
November 1st, 2010
9:44 pm
Mike T, You’re going back to 1904? Get outta here, we’re trying to talk football here. Hey, all I know is 1980 was a long time ago
Mike T.
November 1st, 2010
9:45 pm
Good luck trying to beat TRYING to beat SC this year to back into the SEC championship.
Nation's Pasttime MNF Dawg Fan
November 1st, 2010
9:45 pm
3 run dinger for Edgar Renteria. Hey didn’t he used to play for us…?
Mike T.
November 1st, 2010
9:46 pm
Bama Stan,
Hello, Goodbye,
mdr
November 1st, 2010
9:46 pm
Here’s a question….Who f*cking cares? OMG, the mean old man told me I was going to choke. He made the f*cking kick, right? Why is this a story, Jeff? Are you really that bored?
Nation's Pasttime MNF Dawg Fan
November 1st, 2010
9:47 pm
Turn on Fox and stand up for God Bless America. For our troops.
We Hit and Run This State
November 1st, 2010
9:47 pm
What Mark Richt had to say after the Florida loss…
“…Well boys, we’re two losses away from not qualifying for our annual trip to SHREVEPORT – we’ll get ‘er done – hunker dwon y’all”….
BWAAAAAHHAHAHAHAH!
dawgslikballs
November 1st, 2010
9:47 pm
Mike T … You clowns need to remember it was a 34-31 not 49-10, or even the largest margin of victory in the series Ga 75 FL 0.
That’s a great point Mike. I love how the doggies bitch about the HBC hanging 50+ on the mutts in Athens when the 4 largest margins of victory in the series had the dawgs on top.
If SOS was a d!ck for running up the score, what do you call the UGA coaches for those four wins…including saint vince d?
SEC Championship Game
November 1st, 2010
9:48 pm
Alabama-Florida in Atlanta. Get used to it boys. That’s becoming an annual December matchup.
Luv ya Pups
November 1st, 2010
9:49 pm
Mike T…you make a good point. It was only a 3 point loss for you boys. Reminds me of the “moral victories” Lane Kiffin accomplished during his stellar career in Knoxville when he only lost by a few points.
See we have to let you keep it close every once in a while so we don’t get a lot of whining from the UGA crowd that it’s unfair how you have to make the long trip down to Jacksonville each year for your ass whipping. Of course we could do a home and home thing like we did in the mid 90’s. How’d that work out for you guys?
Nation's Pasttime MNF Dawg Fan
November 1st, 2010
9:51 pm
Quit throwing the ball to Garcon! I need 30 fantasy points!!
SEC Championship Game
November 1st, 2010
9:51 pm
So for dawgie fans it will either be Florida again playing for a championship in your back yard or the ole ball coach. Pick your poison. Ouuch.
RealOldDawg
November 1st, 2010
9:51 pm
actually Todd was trying to hold back the vomit, his defense had made him sick to his stomach
Joey Waddell
November 1st, 2010
9:52 pm
Who cares?
Nation's Pasttime MNF Dawg Fan
November 1st, 2010
9:53 pm
Cruz goes yard on Lincecum, now 3 -1. The Freak hung a breaking ball.
We Hit and Run This State
November 1st, 2010
9:53 pm
Heck yeah…we’re 4 and 5!
daddydog
November 1st, 2010
9:53 pm
While not a classy planned gesture, I have no problem with a competive person doing this in the heat of the game. If it is so bad to gesture at the kicker to distract him, maybe timeouts shouldn’t be called to distract them.
Football fan
November 1st, 2010
9:54 pm
Who cares. He’s got some fire in his belly. Give em hell Grantham. And a skinny anorexic sportswriter wouldn’t understand anything about being tough. Go take it to the tree-hugging sites.
bhumpdawg
November 1st, 2010
9:54 pm
as a long time attendee of this game i am thinking why do we continue to shoot ourselves down with some idiotic play calling, my god the whole world knows the play sequence of overtime, they watch game film and i and everyone knew we were gonna go deep on 1st down in overtime, just like the Bama game……i will offer some advice to CMR….call your own plays it worked much better than Bobos’….i am almost onboard with those wanted you gone….i just can’t bear the thought of starting over from scratch, but WTH we have lost 10 games in 2 seasons, it can and might get worse.
boots
November 1st, 2010
9:54 pm
So what. I don’t see where this is a story at all. Seriously, Jeff, you are grasping at this. Even mentioning this in the same sentence with a coach hitting a player is crazy.
SEC Championship Game
November 1st, 2010
9:54 pm
I still say he was making the gesture to Aaron Murray. “You little choking, snot nosed frat boy, come here.”
Mike T.
November 1st, 2010
9:55 pm
That’s a great point Mike. I love how the doggies bitch about the HBC hanging 50+ on the mutts in Athens when the 4 largest margins of victory in the series had the dawgs on top.
I doubt seriously in the game GA won 75-0 that Georgia put back in the first string and ran a double reverse on Florida’s ten yard when the score was 75-0.
Spurrier will go to his grave wishing what it would be like to beat Georgia and win the SEC AS A PLAYER and not as a person on the sideline with street clothes on.
RealOldDawg
November 1st, 2010
9:55 pm
exactly, who cares. I am more concerned with Richt going for a 2 point conversion, when 1 point would have won the game. Always take the 1 point until it is absolutely a must to go for 2. Where’s the story on that Jeff?
D/C Jacket
November 1st, 2010
9:55 pm
Man, you’ll are attempting to make much-to-do- about NOTHING!! This is really straining to stir up the competitive juicies.
College Football Expert
November 1st, 2010
9:57 pm
$750,000 per year??? A fool and his money…
Nation's Pasttime MNF Dawg Fan
November 1st, 2010
9:57 pm
A reminder these messages brought to you as a result of Jeff Schultz writing a non-story.
Whoever is the OC for Peyton Manning is stealing money. He just stands there while Peyton makes the decision to go for it on 4th down.
SEC Championship Game
November 1st, 2010
9:58 pm
It really just shows what a classless jerk Grantham is. Enough said.
Luv ya Pups
November 1st, 2010
9:58 pm
Mike T, what Spurrier will go to his grave thinking is, “If I coulda played UGA every week, Joe Pa would be a distant 2nd in career wins.”
We Hit and Run This State
November 1st, 2010
9:58 pm
I don’t think the choke sign was for the Florida. It was for the uga defense which, with the rest of the team and dawg nation, was collectively about to choke and go to 4-5 on the season…OUCH!
Mike T.
November 1st, 2010
9:59 pm
See we have to let you keep it close
Yeah right. Ya’ll didn’t have a choice but to have it close.
We’ll get us a coach one day and it will be the Vince Dooley all over again.
SEC Championship Game
November 1st, 2010
10:00 pm
Mike T, I think the ole ball coach made ammends during the 90s for his playing days. I really only look at records during my lifetime and let’s just say Florida is well ahead of Georgia my friend
Mutt Fan
November 1st, 2010
10:01 pm
Whoopee…105 different trailer parks representing at that one.
wintervillebrave
November 1st, 2010
10:02 pm
It is uncalled for. I think we could say he was the one who choked by allowing that pitifull offense score 31 points in regulation. He certainly hasnt earned his 750K this year. Can anyone say Manny Diaz would have been a better hire?
Luv ya Pups
November 1st, 2010
10:02 pm
Mike T, good luck in the coaching search. Make sure you find someone else who can win just enough to stay employed while losing to us each year. It makes it easier for us when we have a soft week before Vandy. Those smart guys from the Music City always play us tough.
heywood...
November 1st, 2010
10:03 pm
this is not a big deal…
Nation's Pasttime MNF Dawg Fan
November 1st, 2010
10:03 pm
3 – 1 after 7. Nolan did not look happy. Remember when he was like 43 yrs old and Robin Ventura charged the mound on him and Nolan beat the hell out of that kid? Ah, memories….
SEC Championship Game
November 1st, 2010
10:03 pm
Mike T, where you/are you a Lane Kiffin fan? You seem put a lot into “close losses”. You do realize your team was favored to a very young Florida team, right? This was your chance and your team blew it. Next year Florida really reloads.
Mike T.
November 1st, 2010
10:03 pm
Mike T, what Spurrier will go to his grave thinking is, “If I coulda played UGA every week, Joe Pa would be a distant 2nd in career wins.”
If he is thinking that now, is it an idiot, cause he is on the losing end of the record at SC.
Richt may take his place at SC.
We Hit and Run This State
November 1st, 2010
10:04 pm
17 pages of “…not a big deal”
BWAAAAAAHAHAHAHAH!
Luv ya Pups
November 1st, 2010
10:05 pm
Mike T. Keep up. Are we going to fast for you? You’re behind and starting to slur you’re witty banter. Put the PBR down and focus.
jack bull
November 1st, 2010
10:05 pm
does this give us a reason to let him go and hire Manny Diaz right away. i’m sure it wouldn’t take too much to lure him away from Starkville, would it? still not impressed with TG…
Mike T.
November 1st, 2010
10:05 pm
You do realize your team was favored to a very young Florida team, right?
I realize we need to make major changes.
We Hit and Run This State
November 1st, 2010
10:06 pm
Is there a consolation game for SHREVEPORT?
Nation's Pasttime MNF Dawg Fan
November 1st, 2010
10:07 pm
Wow, Texas pulled Lee. That was stupid.
Todd Grantham
November 1st, 2010
10:08 pm
I was signaling to Murray after he threw the interception in OT.
We Hit and Run This State
November 1st, 2010
10:08 pm
The new playbook for SHREVEPORT includes a go route that is signaled in from the sideline using a choke hold…
Nation's Pasttime MNF Dawg Fan
November 1st, 2010
10:09 pm
Indy up 17 – 3 at half. Oh, God, Chris Berman time. Back to World Series…..
GAGator
November 1st, 2010
10:11 pm
Maybe its a sign for CMR? He’s certainly choked a lot lately.
We Hit and Run This State
November 1st, 2010
10:11 pm
Will you guys please return the G to Greenbay?
Auburn Sucks
November 1st, 2010
10:11 pm
He was actually telling Chris Rainey “Prepare to Die”
Taco
November 1st, 2010
10:13 pm
There was only one choke in Jacksonville…you write the story. This will just add fire for next year. This prove Grantham is in the right spot. He acts just like 95% of all the dumbass UGA fans. I love it. At least he did not do the Hurricane Throat Slice. Where is Ray Lewis when you need him.
Surfdawg
November 1st, 2010
10:14 pm
SEC Florida won’t be in the SEC Championship game this year or next yaer
Mike T.
November 1st, 2010
10:14 pm
Will you guys please return the G to Greenbay
Don’t have to, Dooley worked it out with the Pack.
Nation's Pasttime MNF Dawg Fan
November 1st, 2010
10:14 pm
Lincecum still filthy.
And Chris Rainey would have responded to that but for advice of counsel.
College Football Expert
November 1st, 2010
10:14 pm
There’ll be a game in Shreveport but UGA won’t be invited. They’ll be in Athens during bowl season
Surfdawg
November 1st, 2010
10:14 pm
next year
ryan
November 1st, 2010
10:15 pm
I just don’t know why Shultz is making a big deal out of defence coach making a choke jester to a kicker come on there more important stuff than that Jeff you guys need move on .
We Hit and Run This State
November 1st, 2010
10:15 pm
“Miscommunication” Caleb???
Really?
Tell that to the 7 dwarves, princess.
Mike T.
November 1st, 2010
10:15 pm
Taco
He acts just like 95% of all the dumbass UGA fans
Not as big a dumbass as someone who comes on a blog, as Taco.
Nation's Pasttime MNF Dawg Fan
November 1st, 2010
10:16 pm
SF 3 outs away from winning World Series.
Is Chris Berman done yet so I can change channel?
Mike T.
November 1st, 2010
10:17 pm
Schultz is a Techie, what do you expect.
UGA89
November 1st, 2010
10:17 pm
I am older than the UGA coaches and I was at hone yelling “choke”!
Didn’t help though.
We Hit and Run This State
November 1st, 2010
10:18 pm
…dooley…what a stooge…do the right thing and give the G back to Greenbay. You guys are killin’ the G…
dawgslikballs
November 1st, 2010
10:20 pm
Mike T said … doubt seriously in the game GA won 75-0 that Georgia put back in the first string and ran a double reverse on Florida’s ten yard when the score was 75-0.
Spurrier did not do that either. The QB was Eric Kresser. 2nd string behind Danny W. The receiver who caught the TD was Travis McGriff…about the #7 receiver that year. One thing to love about the HBC…when he put the 2nd and 3rd teamers in, he figured they earned the right to play and not just sit on the ball.
So you are way, way wrong. But nice try though.
You are right about SOS resenting the loss as a player. But you can bet your a$$ that he would not trade a win there for 11-1 vs the mutts, 7 SEC and 1 NC. In your dreams.
Always appreciate the HBC for turning the Gators/Mutts series into what it has become.
Mike T.
November 1st, 2010
10:22 pm
dooley…what a stooge…do the right thing and give the G back to Greenbay. You guys are killin’ the G
Yes, Dooley dummy, he secured permission for UGA to use the forward G Logo.UGA pays GB a royalty
to use it, So does Grambling and a few others.Geez what a moron.
Nation's Pasttime MNF Dawg Fan
November 1st, 2010
10:23 pm
Whoever called Vince Dooley a “stooge” can blow me. And Vince is still able to whip your butt. Moron.
Going to bottom of 9th, SF still up 3 – 1.
Mike T.
November 1st, 2010
10:24 pm
In your dreams.
In his dreams will always be Bill Stanfill.
Luv ya Pups
November 1st, 2010
10:24 pm
Mike T., instead of busting Schultzy’s chops, you better get some sleep and get ready for the Bengals to come to town. They only lost by 3 points in overtime to Montana State and we all know that 3 point losses in overtime means you’re a really good team with bad luck. The rest of the SEC needs you guys to step up and not let us down against the always scrappy Big Sky conference and not embarrass us like you did against the 3-5 Buffaloes (0-4 in the Big 12).
Nation's Pasttime MNF Dawg Fan
November 1st, 2010
10:27 pm
Only Manning goes into a hurry-up at the beginning of the second half up by 14.
Bleu_Bayou42
November 1st, 2010
10:27 pm
I think it’s kind of funny.
Nation's Pasttime MNF Dawg Fan
November 1st, 2010
10:28 pm
The Beard gets Hamilton looking. One down.
Mike T.
November 1st, 2010
10:28 pm
Luv ya Pups
Yeah, you might take your own advice and get ready for Vandy before SC rips ya’ll a new one.
dawgslikballs
November 1st, 2010
10:28 pm
And in your dreams will be Spurrier, Meyer, Shane Matthews, Danny W, Sexy Rexy, Tebow, Chris Leak…hell even Doug Johnson and Ron Zook.
Just as a reminder…the HBC had as a goal to hang 50 on the dawgs between the hedges, after doing it the year before in the Swamp. And he did it with the subs.
Dream on.
PissedDawg
November 1st, 2010
10:29 pm
I love it! As for CMR: Psalm 138:6-8.
Nation's Pasttime MNF Dawg Fan
November 1st, 2010
10:29 pm
Two down.
Luv ya Pups
November 1st, 2010
10:29 pm
Mike T., so help me understand, now you’re pulling for the HBC? You have to be a challenge for your therapist.
Mike T.
November 1st, 2010
10:30 pm
Always appreciate the HBC
Sure funny he put ya’ll down.I guess Foley would not let the crybaby have his way.
Nation's Pasttime MNF Dawg Fan
November 1st, 2010
10:33 pm
SF Giants win first World Series since 1954. Jeff Schultz writes Todd Grantham gave Nelson Cruz the choke sign right before he struck out to end the game.
At least the Braves lost to the team that won it all.
dawgslikballs
November 1st, 2010
10:33 pm
Mike T puked up … “Always appreciate the HBC. Sure funny he put ya’ll down.I guess Foley would not let the crybaby have his way.”
WTF are you talking about???
warhorse
November 1st, 2010
10:33 pm
Perhaps Grantham just realized that he was about to join the idol of many on here, Will Muschamp, as a defensive guy who never in his career ever beat the Gators.
Luv ya Pups
November 1st, 2010
10:34 pm
Mike T, yes he did put us down. Boy was that painful while we were adding a couple of more SEC and National Championships. Meanwhile, I think you pups pulled off a couple of Georgia state championships in the years the Jackets were a little off. Well done.
PissedDawg
November 1st, 2010
10:34 pm
And Coach Grantham was giving the sign to Hire Coach Leach! Geez
Darth Gator
November 1st, 2010
10:34 pm
schmeckdawg said:
“All’s fair in love and war. Was it fair that they didn’t get flagged for excessive celebration!!!!”
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Sometimes I read this stuff and it boggles the mind. We didn’t get flagged after the game was over for excessive celebration, and that bothers you? It’s not during the game — the game was over.
You compare that to a person who is supposed to be a coach (that’s a special title and demands the person be a cut above) who is standing on the side line taunting a kid?
Tell us, Florida and Georgia fans, that you aren’t serious!
Mike T.
November 1st, 2010
10:39 pm
Yeah and your probably not old enough to have any dreams of Dooley, Erk Russell,Lindsay Scott,Tim Worley, Lars Tate,Jake Scott,Scott Werner,Richard Tardits,Freddie Gilbert and ole #34.They caused ya
nightmares.
wewin
November 1st, 2010
10:39 pm
“Chin up” would require referencing your chin in some kind of mannerism. Please stand 40 yards from someone and tell them to keep their chin up in that manner and if they don’t immediately run over to you w/ the intention of the heimlich you win.
h walker
November 1st, 2010
10:40 pm
So what, if he did it is totally acceptable and Urban Meyer has done worse and said worse. Maybe he should give the eye gouge sign.
Nation's Pasttime MNF Dawg Fan
November 1st, 2010
10:40 pm
Ugh. Nothing but political ads on ESPN. Nathan Deal ran an ad where he gives Roy Barnes the choke sign.
Lincecum WS MVP.
Luv ya Pups
November 1st, 2010
10:43 pm
Can some of you puppy lovers help put away your red and black cry hankies and help Mike T out? He’s getting the crap kicked out of him like a UGA team visiting Jacksonville and referencing guys that are in the old folks home with him. I can’t believe the orderlies haven’t put him night night yet.
Mike T.
November 1st, 2010
10:43 pm
Meanwhile, I think you pups pulled off a couple of Georgia state championships in the years the Jackets were a little off.
You need to do a little more research dude.I think its been more than a couple.
Nation's Pasttime MNF Dawg Fan
November 1st, 2010
10:43 pm
Jon Gruden just gave Ron Jaworski the choke sign.
Luv ya Pups
November 1st, 2010
10:45 pm
Mike T, are you serious???? You’re arguing how many times you’ve beat the bees? This is SEC football man. Are you hankering for a transfer to the ACC? Godspeed if that’s the best you can come up with.
dawgslikballs
November 1st, 2010
10:45 pm
“Yeah and your probably not old enough to have any dreams of Dooley, Erk Russell,Lindsay Scott,Tim Worley, Lars Tate,Jake Scott,Scott Werner,Richard Tardits,Freddie Gilbert and ole #34.They caused ya
nightmares.”
I damned sure am old enough to remember those guys. #34 was the best CFB player I ever saw, I was at every game he played against the Gators. Freaking Lindsay Scott too…though it was pretty funny to see him and Buck brought out before the 95 dawgstomp in Athens. Erk Russell was the Gator killing coach that got the dawgs to believe they owned the Gators.
Know what? Last 21 years have dulled those memories, thanks again to SOS, the HBC. But they are still plenty fresh to relish the Gators kicking the crap out of the dawgs year in and year out.
I know they nightmares are nice and fresh for you though.
Mike T.
November 1st, 2010
10:45 pm
Luv ya Pups,
He’s getting the crap kicked out of him like a UGA team visiting Jacksonville
47 times we did get the crap kicked out of us.
Nation's Pasttime MNF Dawg Fan
November 1st, 2010
10:45 pm
Dammit, Peyton, throw it to Reggie Wayne, not over his head!! Or Todd Grantham will give you the choke sign!
Mike T.
November 1st, 2010
10:46 pm
correction didn’t
dawgslikballs
November 1st, 2010
10:48 pm
Hey Mikey…didn’t answer previous question. How old do you have to be for the dawgs to have a winning record versus the Gators during your lifetime????
Nation's Pasttime MNF Dawg Fan
November 1st, 2010
10:49 pm
Correction – Renteria WS MVP. Usual good reporting by Tim McCarver. Joe Buck must have given him the choke sign.
Mike T.
November 1st, 2010
10:50 pm
Let’s not forgot GT, USE TO BE SEC, they may even own the record against FL.
UGA Not Elite Program
November 1st, 2010
10:50 pm
Would actually mean something if UGA was an elite program …
but they are not …
and will NEVER be an elite program like UF, Texas, Bama, or OSU.
Just a small coach at a small program making a big fool of himself.
Luv ya Pups
November 1st, 2010
10:52 pm
Dawgs…you’re gonna have to slow down for Mike T. He’s falling behind again kinda like a UGA team since the downfield pass was invented. Plus, he’s busy figuring out how many times they can lose to the Gators but beat the bees and still chest thump.
Nation's Pasttime MNF Dawg Fan
November 1st, 2010
10:52 pm
Manning just audibled at the line, I think one of his signals was the choke sign. Houston trembled at the sight and called time out.
Luv ya Pups
November 1st, 2010
10:54 pm
Mike T, what year do you show it being on your abacus?
kgtech
November 1st, 2010
10:55 pm
FILTHY liars, he said choke to the 21 yr old kicker. Typical white UGA trash.
ryan
November 1st, 2010
10:56 pm
You want talk about choke Texas lost to Baylor
Mike T.
November 1st, 2010
10:56 pm
UGA Not Elite Program,
Georgia #11 all time college football victories, that ahead of UF.
if were not so elite, then why did a man with two NC say this was his most important win, and why did
one of Florida players say he nearly burst into tears Sat?
Surfdawg
November 1st, 2010
10:56 pm
Darth Gator the game was not over. Your guy stepped out on the 5
Nation's Pasttime MNF Dawg Fan
November 1st, 2010
10:56 pm
@ UGA Not Elite -
Your girlfriend just gave me the choke sign. Oh, never mind, she was actually choking on me.
Mike T.
November 1st, 2010
10:57 pm
kgtech,
Go play with your Lincoln logs and tinker toys.
svannahdawg
November 1st, 2010
10:57 pm
are you for real?????? who gives a crap if he did or not! i hope he gave him the finger after he made the damn field goal!
dawgslikballs
November 1st, 2010
10:58 pm
“Manning just audibled at the line, I think one of his signals was the choke sign. Houston trembled at the sight and called time out.”
That’s funny right there…don’t care who you’re a fan of.
kgtech
November 1st, 2010
10:59 pm
Mike T
Your wife told me all about your tingle toys last night,
Better change them sheets on your bed,she loved it.
marietta dawg
November 1st, 2010
10:59 pm
It’s amazing what passes for content at the AJC.
The Exterminator
November 1st, 2010
11:00 pm
kgtech -
Buzz off or I’ll choke you with a can of Raid. Now go to bed before you get in trouble with your mommy.
Bug. 8 out of 9.
Mike T.
November 1st, 2010
11:00 pm
Georgia vs UF 47-40-2
Georgia vs GT 60-39-5
Goodnight
kgtech
November 1st, 2010
11:01 pm
And how many National Championships has GA won????? ONE
Night and tell your wife I said goodnight to!LMAO
ssidawg
November 1st, 2010
11:01 pm
Guys – realize that the team is way under performing – whose fault does not matter – how do we get better
dawgslikballs
November 1st, 2010
11:01 pm
Say Mike…how old do you have to be for UGA to have a winning record vs. the Gators during your lifetime?
Surfdawg
November 1st, 2010
11:03 pm
I’m with you SVANNAHDAWG, Hell I was giving him the choke sign to, as well as everybody else in the West stands
Luv ya Pups
November 1st, 2010
11:03 pm
Okay Mike T., you’re right. Congrats on being a historic success. We’ll remember you fondly kinda like the Roman empire. Meanwhile, we’ve moved on so enjoy the newsreels from the Ford and Carter years and congrats on being able to beat up on the Big Sky, ACC and Big 12 (oops, not the Big 12).
Who Cares?
November 1st, 2010
11:05 pm
This is the dumbest thing I have read in a while…
UGA Not Elite Program
November 1st, 2010
11:05 pm
Good luck finding a bowl after Christmas, if you even become eligible.
Your program is a joke.
Spokesman for the SEC East
November 1st, 2010
11:06 pm
Mike T. thanks for reminding us. Hopefully McGarrity will find comfort in your stats and we can keep the Grantham Richt combination for another 7 years.
kgtech
November 1st, 2010
11:07 pm
Mike T you have officially lost this argument now go to bed and be a good little boy.
dawgslikballs
November 1st, 2010
11:08 pm
Tomorrow is voting day. I’m casting my ballot for 4 more years of CMR and the chokeman.
Ed
November 1st, 2010
11:08 pm
And of course, there’s Saint Mark nearby pretending to be oblivious to it all. A classless display by Grantham, with Richt’s apparent acquiescence. Richt’s time at UGA has about run its course. It’s time to move on and find a coach with a fresh approach.
The usual pre Florida Georgia observation
November 1st, 2010
11:10 pm
The reason Florida fans are always the last to fill the stadium is they know that they will be the last to leave the stadium.
Gen Neyland
November 1st, 2010
11:11 pm
Damage Control, I need a report…
The usual pre Florida Georgia observation
November 1st, 2010
11:12 pm
Should the choke sign not being acknowledged by Richt the liar be a surprise? He said in 2007 after the Dancing with the stars episode in the Endzone that he didnt approve of it even after CBS showed him laughing while it was going on. Typical hypocritical liar!
The Exterminator
November 1st, 2010
11:12 pm
Jeff Schultz reports Pete Carroll gave choke sign 17 years ago:
http://www.nytimes.com/1993/01/14/sports/pro-football-dolphins-just-love-to-let-him-boot-one.html
He is under investigation.
Gen Neyland
November 1st, 2010
11:12 pm
Is Grantham related to Orgeron..?
DontfireRicht.com
November 1st, 2010
11:13 pm
Supported by the University of Florida
ssidawg
November 1st, 2010
11:14 pm
it sucks that “uga not an elite program” is right
The Exterminator
November 1st, 2010
11:14 pm
The reason UF fans are the last to fill the stadium is that they are too stupid to read their tickets and find their seats.
DontfireRicht.com
November 1st, 2010
11:15 pm
The Exterminator and the humper fans are too stupid to read that the game isnt over yet?
Judge Smails
November 1st, 2010
11:16 pm
Noonan, miss it ….NOOONAN… miss, miss, MISS IT..
The Termigator
November 1st, 2010
11:16 pm
Exterminator the only ones who cant find their seats are the ones who buy them from redneck jawja fans who are sick of the beatdowns and sell them on line.
Lester Maddox
November 1st, 2010
11:17 pm
Bring back Willie….. Willie B….
dawgslikballs
November 1st, 2010
11:17 pm
Ed…No, no, no.
4 more years.
4 more years.
4 more years.
Best 4-6 D-1 School in the Nation
November 1st, 2010
11:18 pm
B.F.D.
Nation's Pasttime MNF Dawg Fan
November 1st, 2010
11:19 pm
Monica Kaufman looks like a Q-Tip. And she just gave Glenn Burns the choke sign.
ryan
November 1st, 2010
11:19 pm
UGA will rise again we have been down before Bama was bad before Saban and so was Florida before Meyer
Schultz is a schmuck
November 1st, 2010
11:20 pm
Who cares? Get a life Schultz, you moron.
Marky Mark
November 1st, 2010
11:20 pm
THIS IS SO SAD!!! I am embarassed to admit that I spent 10 minutes of my life reading these pathetic comments. Most of you clowns don’t even get it. First of all what Schultz is reporting is 100% accurate as I have watched the Sun Sports telecast of the game and Todd Grantham clearly grabs his throat multiple times and yells at Chas Henry (Florida’s kicker) – you are going to choke with some expletives thrown in. The point is for all of you that can’t comprehend the low rent behavior displayed by Grantham is that he is a COACH not a player. He is supposed to be a teacher of young men and should lead by example – that is why Damon Evans was fired as he did not lead the Georgia athletic department by setting a good example for the all the players at the school – you can’t admonish drinking and driving and then go out and do it your self – not really a good example for young people. An opposing COACH trying to intimidate or harrass a collegiate player on another team is just not acceptable ( this is not professional sports). I am sure there will be a formal apology issued by McGarity and the Georgia Athletic Department condeming this kind of sleazy behavior by one of it’s top coaches. If he coached his team to play better defense against an offense that could only muster 7 points against Miss St then he would have to resort to such outlandish antics to intimidate a kid trying to kick a field goal. I guess he is so desperate that he will do whatever it take to win. Again the really sad thing here is that most of you either condone, deflect or argue the issue. You all are a sorry bunch.
Stacy
November 1st, 2010
11:21 pm
I agree, who cares??? Must be a boring news day. If that is the best you can come up with, give the Maintenance Crew the day off and go clean the toilets or something. Make yourself useful.
The Exterminator
November 1st, 2010
11:21 pm
Termigaytor, don’t you need to wash your El Camino, iron your jean shorts, comb your mullet and get ready to take your GED test?
The Termigator
November 1st, 2010
11:23 pm
Ryan not so fast my friend, even the Zooker was 2-1 against Richt.
Dave
November 1st, 2010
11:23 pm
The real question is what the hell does CMR have on the GA media?
The guy has stunk forever and everybody else get’s the blame.
Steve
November 1st, 2010
11:24 pm
Are you kidding me? This is news worthy? Only on the AJC and it’s anti-UGA writer cesspool is this even a topic. Jeez.
If you published half the animations that coaches went thru during the games from anger at their own players, to the refs, to the other team .. it would make your heads spin. To point this one out is the AJC showing their true journalistic bias.
Allen
November 1st, 2010
11:25 pm
Who cares?
BUBBA GUMP
November 1st, 2010
11:26 pm
Who cares one way or the other……………..It is part of the game………….get over it.
Steve
November 1st, 2010
11:27 pm
Dave .. seriously .. stunk forever? You do realize he has a comparable record to Urban Meyer, as well as Saban. Or better yet, since he has been at UGA he has a top five record of any coach who didn’t get his school on probation.
If you think this guy stinks, then goo dluck finding someone who fits your definition of success you moron.
It is a disgrace
November 1st, 2010
11:27 pm
Marky Mark, you are right.
I am sick of Mark Richt looking the other way or pretending things didn’t happen (just like he lied about Bobo’s call that caused the fumble in the Colorado game). It is so obvious from the video that has gone viral. ESPN News just reported on it a while ago.
Shultz is right on – this should not happen from a coach. Very immature and not at all a very good representation of sportsmanship.
For all you folks who say …. get a life or no story here…. quit trying to belittle or deflect the issue. How many other coaches do you see doing that???????????????????????????????????
Granthem really is a disgrace both in his coaching and in his actions. I feel sorry for our players being coached by such a jerk off.
Gerry
November 1st, 2010
11:27 pm
I mean really people who gives a $h..t what he did. How bout we all go get a life.
The Termigator
November 1st, 2010
11:28 pm
A choke sign by a coach is about the same as an attempted eye gouge by a player. Grantham’s big problem is he is more concerned about getting to the buffet line at the cafeteria.
ryan
November 1st, 2010
11:28 pm
Becarefull what you wish for if Richt does get fired because UGA will go out and get big name coach because UGA has the money and McGarity will do what ever it takes to get a winning coach .
The Exterminator
November 1st, 2010
11:29 pm
From the Associated Press – Washington, D.C. : The White House reports Barack could not perform in the presidential bedroom tonight. Michelle reportedly gave him the choke sign. A dejected president went outside and had a smoke. Jeff Schultz will be following this story for us.
Stacy
November 1st, 2010
11:29 pm
Marky Mark, you are a joke. You sit there and say how pathetic it is that you stayed and wasted 10 minutes of your life reading this and then you leave one of the longest posts. Lol. What a dork. Next time, spend that 10 minutes and go do something useful. Maybe write a post someone cares about or sing a song.
Living in the past
November 1st, 2010
11:30 pm
Steve,
You are living in the past dude…. what has Richt done lately bud. He has put it on cruise control and is just cashing checks.
He does stink – UGA has a losing record 9 games into the season and is pretty much assured of nothing better than 6-6. If we do go to a bowl it will be the toilet bowl…..geesh.
Red Panties
November 1st, 2010
11:30 pm
A grown man making $750,000 a year exhibiting this sort of behavior towards a student-athlete? One word: Pathetic. Just like the rest of the UGa “program.”
The Termigator
November 1st, 2010
11:30 pm
Ryan with Richts stellar SEC record, we hope Richt gets a 10 year extension along with Todd “I never missed a meal” Grantham.
Get a life?
November 1st, 2010
11:30 pm
Enter your comments here
Todd Grantham
November 1st, 2010
11:31 pm
It was not a choke sign, I was encouraging Chas Henry to chew is food properly so his waistline will look like mine.
NO DEAL GA!!!
November 1st, 2010
11:34 pm
Are you serious? This is a problem? Get real! There is plenty of rivalry already and it is super important to both teams and their coaches. This is not middle school. They are all adults. Some people just gotta find something to stir thinfs up!
Gerry
November 1st, 2010
11:35 pm
Im so offended please make coach G. Apologize as soon as possible.lmao. This is what’s wrong with America something offends everyone.
Marky Mark
November 1st, 2010
11:35 pm
Hey Stacy
You are right I am even more embarrassed that you brought this to my attention – how could I have wasted so much time on a bunch of goofballs that truly don’t get the crux of the issue here. I appreciate your constructive criticism. I was hoping to shed some light on the subject and possibly get a few people to realize what Grantham did was way out of line but alas it appears that you are just too dense or ignorant to understand it.
Get a life.... really, is that all you can keep saying?
November 1st, 2010
11:36 pm
How about:
Get a team,
Get a QB with a brain,
Get a Coach with some moxy,
Get a cab ride and a suitcase for those red panties
Get a parole officer for each player
Get a valid driver’s license for each player
Why would any player want to come to UGA anymore…. we are headed down while USC, KY, Miss St., Arkansas, etc.. are all headed up….
It SUCKS to be a Georgia Bulldog and it is almost time to swallow.
Nation's Pasttime MNF Dawg Fan
November 1st, 2010
11:37 pm
This whole satirical thread was the result of Jeff Schultz choking when he needed to write something by deadline. CHOKE CHOKE
Goodnight everyone. Remember, vote early and vote often! But only if you’re Republican.
XXXOOO
I was at the game
November 1st, 2010
11:38 pm
As soon as the timeout occurred someone said something on the Dawg sideline and Henry pulled his helmet up so whoever it was could hear what he was saying. I guess it was the big boy Grantham that said it.
ja. jenkins aj green worst nightmare
November 1st, 2010
11:38 pm
UGA has the dumbest ignorant fans in the nation… yall have never won anything since that guy from johnson county the years that CMR did win the SEC umm was the only years that teh SEC didn’t win the national championship go figure… i personally hope yall keep CMR and this will continue….it was so funny at the game watching all the ga fans leave sad as ever as always be happy hell at least you got to stay past half time… but you still lost to by far the worst fla team under meyer and you still couldn’t win…..UGA SUCKS ALWAYS HAVE A PROB ALWAYS WILL!!!
Aaron Murray
November 1st, 2010
11:39 pm
Coach G was making the sign at me since I can’t seem to perform in the big games.
Who Cares?
November 1st, 2010
11:40 pm
About the Dawgs anymore?
Marky Mark
November 1st, 2010
11:41 pm
Marky Mark
November 1st, 2010
11:20 pm
THIS IS SO SAD!!! I am embarassed to admit that I spent 10 minutes of my life reading these pathetic comments. Most of you clowns don’t even get it. First of all what Schultz is reporting is 100% accurate as I have watched the Sun Sports telecast of the game and Todd Grantham clearly grabs his throat multiple times and yells at Chas Henry (Florida’s kicker) – you are going to choke with some expletives thrown in. The point is for all of you that can’t comprehend the low rent behavior displayed by Grantham is that he is a COACH not a player. He is supposed to be a teacher of young men and should lead by example – that is why Damon Evans was fired as he did not lead the Georgia athletic department by setting a good example for the all the players at the school – you can’t admonish drinking and driving and then go out and do it your self – not really a good example for young people. An opposing COACH trying to intimidate or harrass a collegiate player on another team is just not acceptable ( this is not professional sports). I am sure there will be a formal apology issued by McGarity and the Georgia Athletic Department condeming this kind of sleazy behavior by one of it’s top coaches. If he coached his team to play better defense against an offense that could only muster 7 points against Miss St then he would have to resort to such outlandish antics to intimidate a kid trying to kick a field goal. I guess he is so desperate that he will do whatever it take to win. Again the really sad thing here is that most of you either condone, deflect or argue the issue. You all are a sorry bunch.
GWJ
November 1st, 2010
11:42 pm
WHO CARES?
The Midget
November 1st, 2010
11:42 pm
My only problem during the game was I had to drop back at least 10 yards to see over those tall Gator linemen.
Black and Red
November 1st, 2010
11:44 pm
I honestly hope it is a choke sign, because it would mean that someone on the UGA sideline gives a s***.
ckgator
November 1st, 2010
11:46 pm
I watched the replay and noticed the same thing. Thought how low-class it was (and it was), then enjoyed watching Henry symbolically shove the football up his back-side by winning the game.
It wasn’t a single choke. It was a prolonged taunt, where he was clearly addressing Henry directly.
Not a huge deal, but if you’re an objective party it just doesn’t reflect well on UGA for one of your coaches to do that.
builder dawg
November 1st, 2010
11:47 pm
who cares. At least someone on that sidelines is showing some emotion. Richt certainly does not show ANY emotion of any kind, except that “oh, well” look…Now I think that it was in very bad taste, and the league should hit his pocketbook, but how many of you out there are tired of getting beat by uf?How many of you are tired of sub par, non inspired play from the coaches and the team? Coaches, its your JOB to have them prepared. Can you as a group say that you have done your best to make that happen???? Nah, didn’t think so.
GT fan
November 1st, 2010
11:47 pm
Who cares? UGA lost, as expected. Their coach was disrespectful, as expected. Look at their players- what, 11 arrested? Nice leadership…
Find something else to report on…
Ha
November 1st, 2010
11:51 pm
It’s unbelievable to me that UGA fans gave Meyer all kinds of sh!t for playing Rainey, but then turn around and want to make excuses for Grantham’s behavior….more of the same for UGA fans.
NashDawg
November 1st, 2010
11:55 pm
Who Cares!!!
UGA Girl
November 1st, 2010
11:59 pm
It’s interesting to me that Florida fans get all up in arms about this when numerous times during their seasons, they receive unsportsman-like conduct penalties for gator chomping in player’s faces and blatant and obvious celebrations that are just wholly unnecessary. Florida needs to stop judging because who is knowledgeable enough to say that what he was doing was done in malice. I highly doubt that it was anything other than a play. Florida fans need to realize that whether you are good or not, people hate you because of your fans. Period. So quit with the “class” comments. Florida has no room to talk.
Thwg
November 2nd, 2010
12:00 am
Typical low rent dawg behavior. What a pathetic pig. And you rednecks wonder why everyone is laughing at you and why your athletes are thugs? This sort of role model with Damian Evans and you’re really shocked. Face it, your a low rent irrelevant cow town college. Trend is towards class and real education like Stanford, GT and away from crap like uga.
Thwg
November 2nd, 2010
12:05 am
Hey uga girl, you’re missing the point. This wasn’t a fan or a player. It was a frisking coach who’s paid by the university as a representative of the school and also a teacher of young men. I assume you’d be fine sending your son to play for grantham? Not me or ant one else who wants their child mentored. I don’t want my kids coach teaching my son such pathetic sportsmanship.
Gratefuldawghead
November 2nd, 2010
12:07 am
I love this picture. Grantham actally Wants to win and Richt looks LOST!….. And as always TUCK FECH !
Gators OWN YOU
November 2nd, 2010
12:12 am
Hahaha…what a trashy jerk. Yeah…he’s the one choking…on that perfect kick right down the DAWG’s classless throat. 18 of 21 y’all. I just want to know why Dawgs make such a big deal out of this game ever year like it’s some kind of rivalry? Gators look at this game like a game against Vandy or Kentucky..just another game that most of the time the Gators should win. Something definitely wrong with the Georgia program. They have all these players who are stars in the NFL, but for some reason y’all coach either screws them up or something ’cause y’all don’t have any championships in over 30 years.
Who Cares?
November 2nd, 2010
12:12 am
if this wasn’t caught on camera would it be news at all? No
Who knows what coaches do on the sidelines during games that don’t get filmed, but get em on film and people treat it like they just shot someone. Sometimes the media really gets on my nerves, trying to make something on of nothing (not singling you out in particular JS, just “The Media” as a whole). You have “Stories!!” and then you have “stories ….?”
“As if Florida needed any more motivation in this series, right?”
The Gators will be a bigger group of girls than I thought they were if they let something like this get to them. They’ve won 18 out of 21 games, why would they need more motivation than that, unless they’re they kind of people who takes every little thing seriously regardless of how big or small it is.
Thwg
November 2nd, 2010
12:12 am
Gratefuldawgdead, Where do we send our contribution for the ‘keep Richt’ fund again?
Thwg
November 2nd, 2010
12:15 am
Gatorsownyou that’s classic – like vandy or ky!!! I love it. Lol!
Gators OWN YOU
November 2nd, 2010
12:15 am
Oh yeah, and that was our PUNTER who nailed that field goal! Coach just made himself look incredibly stupid and made an azz out of himself while our PUNTER got to have the thrill of putting the dogs away again. A rebuilding year, Florida has a mediocre team, and we still own the dogs. Y’all need a new coach – see my comment above. All those NFL stars and Dawgs haven’t come remotely close to a championship in over 30 years. Can’t say you didn’t have the players. Meyer took our bunch of inexperienced kids and still owned the dogs…with a PUNTER putting them away! lol
SickandTired
November 2nd, 2010
12:16 am
Georgia has class….it’s just low.
James Adams
November 2nd, 2010
12:17 am
I hate Florida. I wouldn’t give two shi…I mean Jeff Schultz blogs if a Florida coach did this. I’m so sick of the pussification of this game and this country from damned liberals.
$750,000!!!
November 2nd, 2010
12:18 am
Grantham—his defense totally sucks, he’s been a bust, but he can give the choke sign with the best baby!!!! Pay him more money next year and he’ll develop some new “signals” to use against other opposing players!!!!
Tavares!!!
November 2nd, 2010
12:19 am
Is Tavares still in his TD pose? He’s the man!!!!
Buck Beglue
November 2nd, 2010
12:21 am
Hey, it’s ok! We’re going to beat East Cupcake State 46-12 this weekend!
cmac
November 2nd, 2010
12:24 am
Another, all too common, embarrassment from UGA. Then he isn’t even man enough to comment on it. He should be out of a job by the morning!
Richard Cranium
November 2nd, 2010
12:25 am
UGA is classless and ignorant. What a bunch of morons.
UGA steps in it every other day – what a joke.
IF YOU CAN’T GO TO COLLEGE – GO TO GEORGIA….
Howdy
November 2nd, 2010
12:32 am
What is wrong with the writers of this paper? Where is your support? Yeah so what, he made a choking gesture. What does his age have to do with it? Just because he is older and is trying to help the Dawgs keep hope alive you call out his behavior? Why dont you look in that paper YOU WRITE FOR and see how many 15 and 16 year olds are murdering other people. Can believe you would even write it could see it coming from FLA. , but our own guys and don’t say you are just reporting the news. I have seen this go on for ALONG TIME now. You show me how many major papers bash their programs in FLA.. Whether you do it directly or indirectly you all do it. I think i will start reading the FLA. TIMES UNION, Unlike the ACJ, I would like to read about support, recruiting, and just an entirely different atmosphere on what backing your state colleges is all about. “You could have spun that story into a postive”. Like, look at the oldman, his first year on the job and he is already neck deep into the rivalry! Do me a favor think postive before anything else!! ,and if there, come hell or high water, is just no way but to write a negative shoot your on state in the foot report, message,letter, etc….. Then when you do write. I can say to myself “there was just no way around, it had to be written that way.”
Gators OWN YOU
November 2nd, 2010
12:35 am
I believe he is not giving a choke sign. I believe he is choking on some RED PANTIES.
is manny diaz still available
November 2nd, 2010
12:37 am
I also believe he was talking to aaron murray or maybe his defenders who failed to secure 2…f’ing 2! fumbles free for the taking…who gives a shart really….sometimes I feel jeff schultz is the one that needs to get choked out, especially after mind-blowing stories like this one!
Howdy
November 2nd, 2010
12:37 am
I believe you wearing them on your head, standing in you momma’s room on the backberry.
ramblinman
November 2nd, 2010
12:43 am
while its not that big of a deal, it is inappropriate for Grantham to do what he did. and yeah, judging by that photo and Henry’s comments, it seems pretty obvious that he told Henry to choke. Inappropriate: yes. warranting a slap on the wrist: maybe
all that big a deal: no, its a rivalry and emotions get heated
Howdy
November 2nd, 2010
12:49 am
ramblinman It would not suprize me if coach Grantham got a stiffer punishment than Rainey. Just for the simple fact we have writers like ScHultz trying to bring our programs down with each and every story.
JP
November 2nd, 2010
12:53 am
Stay classy UGAY!!! LMAO
Howdy
November 2nd, 2010
12:54 am
You show me one good story bout them Dawgs and i can show you ten negative ones. If you keep writing negative stuff eventually the public will take that stance. How many people have been just around one negative person? Did it not after a peroid of time make you start feeling the same way? This paper does the same thing, just on a mass scale.
will
November 2nd, 2010
12:54 am
Who gives an absolute rat’s a*&. Jeff you gotta do better than this. Did your boss make you write this. This is down to the level of Bill King writing.
By the way I do follow your columns and 99% are really top of the line.
ctift
November 2nd, 2010
12:58 am
Pretty bored huh Shultzie? Quit writing about trivial stuff. I swear that AJC has trned into the TMZ! Pathetic…
stendek
November 2nd, 2010
1:00 am
Enter your comments here
stendek
November 2nd, 2010
1:02 am
Way to go defensive guy! Believe sign was directed at Mark Wretch and Mike Dodo. Real chokers! That said…
The Aaron Murray post All Hallows Eve resume. CAUTION: It is indeed scary:
LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: Second coming of Johnny Unitas. Wonder why!
SOUTH CAROLINA: Disaster Part 1.
ARKANSAS: Disaster Part 2.
MISSISSIPPI STATE: Worse Disaster Part 1.
COLORADO: Even Worse Disaster Part 1.
TENNESSEE SCHOOL OF BLIND: Passable. Ho hum.
VANDERBILT TOUCH FOOTBALL CLUB: Superb. Yawn.
KENTUCKY: Rode defense coattails.
FLORIDA: Utilimate Disaster Multiple Times Over.
That Durham kid is tough and should be QB. Murray is soft, clueless and untalented. Spare me the youth bullshet! Many young QBs are doing quite well thank you. Not at my beloved university. Damnit! STENDEK
stendek
November 2nd, 2010
1:04 am
If a Bulldog player makes a BONEhead play scrap a bone off his damn helmet. Fair is fair. Sheesh! STENDEK
bigstack
November 2nd, 2010
1:13 am
There is no place in college football for actions like this.
bigstack
November 2nd, 2010
1:13 am
Oh yeah. 1001st.
Tech Buzz
November 2nd, 2010
1:19 am
Ga needs to fire this low class loser grantham—his defense is terrible and now he’s embarrassing the program even worse than losing to the lowly gators, who aren’t any good. Tech will beat Ga easy in athens—book it!
Lawrence Hollyfield
November 2nd, 2010
1:26 am
I’m a UF fan and I think he clearly is trying to taunt Henry but clearly way too much is being made of this. Henry is a man and took care of things the proper way – he made the kick. He doesn’t need an apology. If UGa/Richt/Grantham want to offer one, great. Shake hands and move on.
JP
November 2nd, 2010
2:16 am
Inappropriate, but it happens. I cover high school football, and there have been a couple of times where I’ve been on the opposing sideline shooting photos when a player on the team I cover has run near that sideline only to get mocked/taunted by an opposing coach. It makes it far worse for it to be a 16-year-old high school kid getting harassed, but sports makes people do crazy things.
chickenman
November 2nd, 2010
2:38 am
who cares? I WAS PRAYING FOR GOD TO STRIKE HIM DOWN. Nothing wrong with that. he made the kick uga loses again and we are back to the back pages.
From Where I Sit
November 2nd, 2010
3:04 am
Just like what Spikes did last year, this was WRONG, especially from a coach for GOD’s sake. He did it and he knew what he was trying to do. Again, the classless, lackluster program rises it’s ugly head again. BTW, KICKER TREAT!!!!! LMAO!!!!! Gators win the EAST in 2010!
Jason
November 2nd, 2010
3:07 am
Jeff, maybe the sign was directed at you and your journalism career?
PHIL
November 2nd, 2010
3:49 am
If this is the best story line you can come up with why do they pay you to be a writer?
seriously
November 2nd, 2010
3:57 am
story out of nothing ??? hahahaha
StatesBurr
November 2nd, 2010
4:15 am
My GOSH Shultz…. Was there anything more noteworthy to write about??? My friends are 40-50 years old…. We were yelling for him to choke, swing and miss, start crying, jump off sides….SO WHAT if the Defensive Coordinator wanted him to CHOKE… If he had missed we would have been saying…HE CHOKED!!!
EmoryDawg
November 2nd, 2010
4:34 am
What prattle! If Sun Sports really want to talk about a Coach giving a bad signal they should show the comments Corch Meyers made when reinstating his wide receiver Chris Rainey who unequivocally threatened the life of his lady friend. Now that’s a bad signal.
good defense?
November 2nd, 2010
4:38 am
Georgias defense could be blamed for this Florida loss you know–they allowed 34 point to be scored. In my book that is too many. This guy they hired probably doesnt know what he is doing anyway.—-So what difference does it make? Georgia will be terribly lucky if they ever , ever, ever beat Florida again. Florida is like a God to the Georgia coaches and players. They are afraid of them in every respect. It is obvious every year that they play. Georgia is always timid and Florida always plays better and has the better coach.
good defense?
November 2nd, 2010
4:45 am
This is a hard realtiy but I think UGA has only won 2 national championships since they have been created. Maybe one or two more but——-they really have not ever been known as a national championship team or school. But it used to be known that if you played Georgia you knew that you were going to get your brains knocked out. Today you might not get hit and you may be allowed to beat them as well. It might be noted that the coaching and the players may not be to blame for this reality. It may be the politics of the University that controls UGAs playing and coaching. In other words there is some dirt that is not being talked about by the press or anyone else. Georgia has had many coaches but they all come up with the same results. Interesting fact I thought I would mention.
gtne80
November 2nd, 2010
4:45 am
Typical low class move from a no class coach in a no class program. It’s inexcusable and a program with ANY standards would not tolerate it. PERIOD.
Jeff Schultz Fan
November 2nd, 2010
4:52 am
Jeff: Do you keep records for the number of blog responses you get? Just wondering.
UGA= Trailer Park Trash
November 2nd, 2010
5:03 am
Had Urban done that, all you dumb Georgia rednecks be crying too. GATORS BEAT OVER RATED AGAIN.
southside dawg
November 2nd, 2010
5:11 am
D coaches are always doing things in the heat of a game. Erk used to bloody his head. Besides we owed those bastards one for calling timeouts at the end of last year’s blowout. Give em hell Coach Grantham.
All choked up « Totaluga.com
November 2nd, 2010
5:18 am
[...] you may have seen by now, a screen-shot of Grantham appearing to make the choke sign is making the rounds on the web. The Georgia defensive coordinator seems to be yelling at the field as he grabs his neck; many are [...]
Mike
November 2nd, 2010
6:02 am
Who freakin cares?
Dean Tate
November 2nd, 2010
6:04 am
Who cares? I just wish it had worked.
MaconSportsFan
November 2nd, 2010
6:18 am
Jeff, this just shows to me that your a Tech Fan in disguise……………Was it professional of Grantham?? Noooo but it was not criminal and it happens from coaches all the way down to High School and in the Pros….it has just been a bad season for the Dawgs!!
Quit piling on Jeff……………I see you have no problem with Urban Meyer playing Rainey the guy who probaly wanted to put his Girlfriend in a real choke hold…when he text her Die you B*************
Will
November 2nd, 2010
6:21 am
The consensus from UGA fans appears to be, “who cares, we will never know the exact truth of the gesture”.
I guess that UGA fans assume that we will never know because both Coach Richt and the thug coach that made the gesture will not tell the truth about the gesture.
When you have thug coaches, you get thug players. Kind of explains all the arrests and all the non-arrests but under-report other misbehavior that occurs only a weekly basis.
Choke, Jeff, Choke
November 2nd, 2010
6:22 am
Jeff, what’s the big deal? Urban Cryer allows his criminal element back and all you care about is whether one of our coaches wanted the kicker to choke and miss? Well, let me enlighten you. EVERY time an opposing team attempts a game winning kick against ANY team in the Nation, the coaches, players and fans ALL want the kicker to choke and miss. As a sports writer, you probably should have already known that, but since you don’t, I’m happy to educate you.
dd
November 2nd, 2010
6:26 am
Must be a slow news day.
DOG GONE
November 2nd, 2010
6:26 am
Richt will probably suspend him for the first game next year !!! LOL
THUGA is a JOKE !!! How many players is THUGA recruiting this year that have been kicked off their high school team ???
SEC defensive coordinator gives kicker “choke” sign | Ben Maller
November 2nd, 2010
6:32 am
[...] Grantham, Georgia’s defensive coordinator, was shown seemingly giving the “choke” sign before Florida’s Chas Henry lined up to attempt a winning field goal in Saturday’s game in Jacksonville. Attempts to reach [...]
Tman
November 2nd, 2010
6:39 am
What I want to know is…. Why is UGA’s DC wearing a pink shirt?
UGA Fan with class and no patience left
November 2nd, 2010
6:40 am
If this is truly what it looks like, then if I am Richt, I fire Grantham immediately for “conduct unbecoming” of a UGA coach. No contract buy-out, no severance, nothing. These men are here to lead young men and set good examples. I am sick for how this season has gone, but if we tolerate this, then we are not fit to wear the red and black.
Eighteen of Twenty-One
November 2nd, 2010
6:40 am
Scoreboard, Coach Grantham.
bye richt
November 2nd, 2010
6:45 am
poor fellow was choking on UGA’s dog bone and no one even noticed
You can't WIN every year DANG
November 2nd, 2010
6:48 am
As much as I don’t like UGA AT ALL, but you can’t win every year.
Browncoat
November 2nd, 2010
6:52 am
Typical uga behavior, why is this a story? Cesspool.
FSU-Nole
November 2nd, 2010
7:07 am
UGA going into the toilet while we take over the state of ga in recruiting…:)
USC GAMEC0CK
November 2nd, 2010
7:10 am
This so called Defensive Coordinator is one big LOSER…his defense sucks and now he shows the world that he sucks…perfect fit for the georgia program but embarssing for the State of Georgia…where i live.
Pete
November 2nd, 2010
7:17 am
All Dawg fans Don’t sweat this idiot or the Florida losers. We will get through this year and Grantham is doing a stellar job with players he didn’t recruit and a new scheme. Real Florida football fans who know anything about the sport-maybe 2-3% of them are scared to death of when we right the ship. We had the better team and they got lucky as hel* like usual.I am not a huge Richt fan as I think he is to nice, but the arrests and poor execution have to stop. We will win at least 2 of the 3 remaining games and be bowl eligible.
Burma Shave
November 2nd, 2010
7:20 am
The game is over
It will pass
But Grantham is
Just an ass.
Burma Shave
Atrocity
November 2nd, 2010
7:23 am
This is an atrocity of the first order and someone needs to pay with a lengthy prison sentence. This is a hate crime, pure and simple. Grantham, Richt and really, the entire Georgia team and administration should stand before a tribunal to speak for their crime. This is disgusting, immoral and downright evil. We haven’t seen activity like this since Khmer Rouge.
Big Bucks
November 2nd, 2010
7:25 am
If this is truly what it looks like, then if I am Richt, I fire Grantham immediately for “conduct unbecoming” of a UGA coach. No contract buy-out, no severance, nothing. These men are here to lead young men and set good examples. I am sick for how this season has gone, but if we tolerate this, then we are not fit to wear the red and black.
Good thoughts, but nothing will come of it. Richt and Grantham are both just in it for the big bucks, and they don’t care about anything else.
FLDAWG
November 2nd, 2010
7:25 am
It’s a play call. Saw him do this in the 1st game and the Arky game.
SuperB
November 2nd, 2010
7:27 am
Same of bull from the writer. Can’t you find anything noteworthy to write one of your Enquirer moments about?
You ought to be the writer assigned to cover Lindsay Lohan– or some otehr “real news.”
greattobeadawghater
November 2nd, 2010
7:29 am
Pete, you are pretty funny. 2-3% of Gators know anything about the sport? That’s probably right and same as just about every other fanbase. Except UGA where y’all think the Herschel years are the norm for UGA football instead of a wild exception.
Keep thinking that way. By the way. It’s been 21 years. How long do you think it will take to “right the ship”? We are skeered!
11 Arrests 4 Wins
November 2nd, 2010
7:30 am
Grantham’s an idiot, and his defense proves it.
minnesotadawg
November 2nd, 2010
7:31 am
Next thing we are going to hear from you is what he was actually thinking!! Amazing!
THIRTY FOUR POINTS to your thirty one points
November 2nd, 2010
7:31 am
and FORTY ONE POINTS to your seventeen points, FORTY NINE POINTS to your ten points….
18 our of 21
8 out of 10
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA11111
S Spurrier
November 2nd, 2010
7:33 am
All those recruits…same ol GA.
Uhoh
November 2nd, 2010
7:34 am
I hope Meyer doesn’t have the nerve to complain (same guy that called timout just about in mid-snap on Auburn a few years back)- didn’t work that time either.
B
The Truth
November 2nd, 2010
7:34 am
Isn’t it about time for an arrest or two, for THUG-U?
scentdawg
November 2nd, 2010
7:36 am
As Josh Smildress said, quit making something out of nothing and stop trying to kick a dawg when he is down. He might just turn around and …….. Just remember what goes around comes around.
KEN
November 2nd, 2010
7:37 am
…you don’t grab your THROAT to say “chins-up”, you use the back of your hand and push your chin up…. “Pathetic attempt to spin.”
Red Panties
November 2nd, 2010
7:38 am
Pete
Are you a fu#$@! idiot, Florida losers????????????????? can’t you read the scoreboard 34-31———you are the loser pal and will be for years to come. This was Georgia’s best chance at beating Florida and the Dawgs CHOCKED, not the Florida PUNTER. This is a new one, Georgia getting beat by a punter.
THIRTY FOUR POINTS to your thirty one points
November 2nd, 2010
7:39 am
(((((((((((((((((((((((34-31))))))))))))))))))
and the kick iiiiiiiiisssssss GOOD!!!!!!!!
does it hurt? I hope so!
Zitadelle
November 2nd, 2010
7:40 am
Grantham’s behavior is completely unacceptable. UGA is already a huge embarrassment to the state of Georgia. We don’t need another jerkoff like Grantham in Athens.
There’s a reason why UGA is known far and wide as The Cesspool of the South.
Willie Martinez
November 2nd, 2010
7:42 am
Finally a competent DC. Now that’s coaching right there!
USC GAMEC0CK
November 2nd, 2010
7:42 am
where is that DawginLex dude at?? I bet you are so proud right now….puke-breath…USC hopes you keep that grantham loser for a bunch of years….”and there goes Lattimore….right up the gut!!
Smart like a Fox
November 2nd, 2010
7:44 am
funny U(sic)GA is always elbow deep in crap….its one thing or another. Hey Coach, Thanks for keeping the laugh train rolling.
Jeff
November 2nd, 2010
7:46 am
Only you Jeff would find time to add fuel to the fire…..you are an absolute moron and a poster child for what sewage really looks like. I am done even giving your articles the time of day.
THIRTY FOUR POINTS to your thirty one points
November 2nd, 2010
7:46 am
USC
Yeah, where is that big-mouth dawginlex? Kinda like all mutt fans, can’t find em when they lose, can’t shut em up when they win. I guess he’s in his trailer “chokin”.
Disappointing
November 2nd, 2010
7:46 am
I know the field goal was bitterly disappointing to the dawg players and fans.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
34-31
34-21
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Jesse Stone
November 2nd, 2010
7:47 am
Ask Pete Carrol if it’s a big deal, and he was an NFL Head Coach when he did it. This was perceived as immaturity at the time and was replayed over and over again when he lost his job. Can’t say I’m surprised.
What’s funny is the UGA homers trying to explain this. “Maybe he is telling the players to keep their chins up.” So damn predictable.
GatorBait
November 2nd, 2010
7:47 am
This bush league coach just added another 7 years of bad karma for the bulldogs. Too bad, Georgia had worked it’s way out of 3 of the 7 years of bad karma from Richt famous Endzone dance in 2007. Now the dawgs will have 11 years of bad karma to work off, let’s see at the rate things are going the Georgia record in 11 years will be 4-28 against the Gators. You poor bast#@$% bring all this on yourselves.
Mr. icht
November 2nd, 2010
7:47 am
This is how you coach young men who have no ability to make responsible choices?? Dawgs are a classless program without ANY scruples. Notice how close he is to Richt in the picture. He believes this behavior is acceptable to the coach. I wonder why? From Adams to Richt to the players, it is no wonder this kind of thing goes on. UGA is so out of touch with reality, even Dowdle comments that everyone in the locker room believed the best team didn’t win(except for the 50 miscues by the dawgs). WHAT? WHAT??!! This is the biography of a bunch of losers/haters whatever you want to call them.
Horsie
November 2nd, 2010
7:47 am
He just ate on campus.
Phil
November 2nd, 2010
7:49 am
Grantham is a low life clown for this type of behavior. Did Richt address this on the call in show last night? Richt hasn’t done many things right lately but canning this clown ASAP would be Step 1 in turning the program around.
ricardo
November 2nd, 2010
7:49 am
How to make a story out of a non story by Shultz. There are bigger worries for the Georgia program. I Get the choke sign every day in traffic and the press says nothing.
gtforever
November 2nd, 2010
7:50 am
You pay that GOON 750K a year….. GOOD GRIEF, what a JOKE UGA has become!
Coach Grathem
November 2nd, 2010
7:51 am
Look what I did for you:
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buck
November 2nd, 2010
7:51 am
I guess the gators have become a bunch of whiney bitches just like thier coach urban crier.
Another waste of time comment "Jeffey"
November 2nd, 2010
7:53 am
You are like a jealous little baby Jeffey. I don’t understand why every day you and Shultz and now King, want to attack UGA coaches. They must have decided several years ago to stop giving you any inside information and this is your way of trying to bring down the coaches. It won’t work. Ritch and company will be there as long as they want to be.
GatorBait
November 2nd, 2010
7:53 am
buck
and you point is???????????????? Losers call people names they can’t beat.
GDAWGS65
November 2nd, 2010
7:56 am
The news media can fantasize anything to get attention. Big deal – let it go.
Favre's Bad Pass
November 2nd, 2010
7:56 am
A cheeky “chins up”? or a dastardly “choke” invocation? Or did he drink hemlock rather than witness the game ending field goal?
I guess we’ll never know.
Gen Neyland
November 2nd, 2010
7:56 am
This blog has been a test. Those of you that see this blog as an irrelavant waste of space have been cross-checked from previous blogs on coaches from other programs that pulled perceived bone-head stunts and your reaction to those stunts have run 74% to 26% in favor of calling out the coaches of those other programs as mean, vicious, unsportsman-like jerks. Grantham’s hand signal has run 17% to 83% as an attack on Schultzy as a total waste of time in favor of supporting the Bulldog coach. Thanks for participating in this study…
Burma Shave
November 2nd, 2010
7:57 am
The game is over
The dawgs are dead
Grantham’s the sleaziest
When all is said.
Burma Shave
Larry
November 2nd, 2010
7:59 am
Hey, Nothing else has worked this year for the Dawg’s defense. Although, that incomplete pass play they used against Florida did keep the Gators from scoring 70 points. What a coach! What a coaching staff! What a team! Fire Richt, and all his minions, now!
Justin
November 2nd, 2010
7:59 am
Clearly this board is a fantastic outlet to the most immature behavior anyone can possibly show. Grownups acting like a bunch of petty 12 year olds after their team wins or loses. Pathetic.
GatorBait
November 2nd, 2010
7:59 am
This is the perfect storm for Greg McGarity, he can get rid of both Richt and Granthem for cause.
Richt won’t fire Granthem for cause, so McGarity can fire Richt for cause for not firing Granthem. McGrarity can then fire Granthem for cause since Richt didn’t.
Look how many millions of dollars McGarity can save Georgia while getting your program back on track much earlier.
THIRTY FOUR POINTS to your thirty one points
November 2nd, 2010
7:59 am
buck
Urban “Crier” has 2 National Championships. How many does suntan boy/thug king have?
On a rail
November 2nd, 2010
8:00 am
It’s time to fire all the coaches and start over. And let Grantham be the first one to be ridden out of town on a rail.
GatorBait
November 2nd, 2010
8:01 am
Burma Shave
great work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Game Time
November 2nd, 2010
8:03 am
Doesn’t surprise me at all. No class at all in the UGA program. The low bar set for behavioral/character traits in recruiting athletes apparently extends to the coaching staff. Just pathetic.
USC GAMEC0CK
November 2nd, 2010
8:03 am
Do NOT fire Grantham…keep him in charge of that so called defense
Do NOT fire BoZo…keep him in charge of that offense at least it is better than the D.
Do Not fire Richt…he is just now really starting to hit his stride.
But do puke on Dawginlex when you find him…give him his well deserved breakfast
Reminder
November 2nd, 2010
8:06 am
There’s a reason why UGA is better known as The Cesspool of the South.
And winner of the Fulmer Cup.
Home of the moist red panties.
Sleaze piled on top of sleaze.
Sharkman
November 2nd, 2010
8:07 am
Normally Jeff your columns are pretty humorous, but, is this all you can think of to write about today? Get a life! Really!
lisa
November 2nd, 2010
8:08 am
Oh get over it gaytors..you won…now move on…GO DAWGS!
swgaboy
November 2nd, 2010
8:10 am
There’s just no excuse for this. I honestly hope that TG is brining the fire to his players on the practice field and in the games themselves. But this set a very bad example for a group of guys that already has enough issues. At one time UGA football players were taught to play tough as nails on the field but to do it with sportsmanship and then to be gentlemen off the field. That’s just not the case anymore.
You can get by with some things when you’re winning. But going 8-5 and backing that up with a 5-6 win season is going to bring every little thing under scrutiny. Things like this need to be addressed. Coaches have to be held accountable just as the players are held accountable. And rightfully so.
DOG GONE SOUR
November 2nd, 2010
8:10 am
What else would you expect from THUGA !!!
And Why?
November 2nd, 2010
8:11 am
Would any recruit want to go to UGA? This program has got to be one of the worst in the country right now.
NO Character
NO Leadership
NO Support
NO Talent Development
NO Class
NO Winners
NO Direction
NO Future
These things are cyclical and we are headed for the gutter, if not already in it. Pretty pathetic – I am not renewing my season tickets anymore (after 12 years).
dawgslikballs
November 2nd, 2010
8:12 am
Do not fire Richt.
Today is voting day, cast your vote for CMR!!!
4 more years.
4 more years.
4 more years.
4 more years.
swgaboy
November 2nd, 2010
8:12 am
Reminder….don’t know which team you pull for because you’re sole purpose here is just to bash UGA. But you have no class. You’re no better than what you are criticizing.
Choking Hazard
November 2nd, 2010
8:13 am
Enter your comments here
No apology
November 2nd, 2010
8:14 am
The fact that no one at UGA, including Grantham, has apologized for his boorish behavior means that no one cares.
Ugly incidents like this typify why UGA is known far and wide as The Cesspool of the South.
Once again: The Cesspool of the South
Vain Jangling
November 2nd, 2010
8:14 am
1088th?
Vain Jangling
November 2nd, 2010
8:14 am
Yeah baby!
JimDawg
November 2nd, 2010
8:16 am
Who cares. I wish Richt had the fire in his belly that Coach Grantham has.
USC GAMEC0CK
November 2nd, 2010
8:16 am
How can Georgia claim they are cleaning up the program then have a DC act like a 12 year old??
How can Georgia fans actually stand up for this loser?? btw, have you seen his defense?? seriously?
Georgia is a real laugher right now…red panties, choke signs, DUI, hit and run, assualt and battery, failure to appear,..etc,
Gerogia and Tennessee must recruit right at the prison gates…both are pathetic
Chihl Dawg
November 2nd, 2010
8:16 am
Wow . I can’t see why this is a big deal. Maybe if he ran out on the field and grabbed the kid. Would someone please list the rule that was broken? The average age of the responders here must be 12. Don’t be late for school.
DOG GONE SOUR
November 2nd, 2010
8:16 am
Its OK at THUGA if you are a punk just so long as you are wining !!! Win at all cost at THUGA !!!
Three Rs
November 2nd, 2010
8:17 am
“… you’re sole purpose here is just to bash UGA.”
No, my other purpose is to point out that dawgtards like you have zero spelling and grammar skills.
swgaboy
November 2nd, 2010
8:18 am
Just to keep this in perspective though, its not like he told Henry, “Time to die.”
Damon Evans
November 2nd, 2010
8:18 am
So what….
Chihl Dawg
November 2nd, 2010
8:19 am
USC GAMECOCK- Take a deep breath and stop taking yourself so seriously. You beat us twice this decade.
swgaboy
November 2nd, 2010
8:20 am
Three R’s…….whatever else you are calling yourself……..don’t have kids and don’t vote. You come from the bottom of the gene pool.
VOR
November 2nd, 2010
8:20 am
When did we become such a society of sensitive puds? Why don’t we just go ahead and take off the pads and put on the flags? And while we’re at it, we need to stop keeping score – we don’t want anybody feeling inferior, right?
I miss the days when men were men and women were women. It was a pretty darn good arrangement.
Roy Barnes
November 2nd, 2010
8:21 am
Vote for me and I promise UGA will never lose another game.
Remember, I put the goober in Gubernatorial !
USC GAMEC0CK
November 2nd, 2010
8:21 am
I would never let georgia’s coaches get their hands on my kid…
atlvol55
November 2nd, 2010
8:23 am
much ado about nothing
Chihl Dawg
November 2nd, 2010
8:24 am
USC GAMECOCK. Take a deep breath and stop taking yourself so seriously. You only beat us twice this decade. Maybe that’s why you’re so angry.
Gator Mike
November 2nd, 2010
8:24 am
I do not see this as a big deal, and the Gator Nation needs to move on. We have more to worry about. The UGA coach may or may not have meant anything wrong. He is obviously a pasinate coach, and he is doing his best for UGA. All of this political correctnes is pure b.s. It was a very good game, and for the most part it was cleaner than in recent years. I am concerned with Vandy and the Game Chickens, and I am sure that the Dawgs are focused on ID and AU for the next 2 weeks.
Go Gators!
It's time...
November 2nd, 2010
8:25 am
Wound my heart with a monotonous languor.
swgaboy
November 2nd, 2010
8:25 am
Well Mr. Gamecock, its not like the University of South Carolina has been the great example of decency within its football program in the last 10 years……a running back thats allowed to play after damaging school property and stealing a laptop. A QB that keyed a professor’s car. And lets not forget your recent NCAA troubles. Just a few things to consider from your glass house…..
joe suggs
November 2nd, 2010
8:26 am
Who cares ?? Urban Meyer is a Jerk . Rainey threatens to kill his girlfriend and plays.Gator Nation is not owed any respect even if we never beat them.
USC GAMEC0CK
November 2nd, 2010
8:26 am
It’s not about being a man or tough
It’s about honorable behavior and sportsmanship
Georgia has none so we don’t expect you to get it….your momma didn’t teach you and Richt doesn’t care…
granthem is a putz so dont look to him for any either…just look at that picture…pathetic
Buzz
November 2nd, 2010
8:27 am
First off, I’m a Tech man, second, You guys really need to toughen up. Come on. The coach is wishing, hoping and telling the Gator kicker he is going to choke. Big deal. We have a sorry president, a country at war, in the worst recession ever, people losing jobs everyday, China taking over this country and the world, kids on drugs, molesters in our schools and everyone makes a big hoopbla over a coach wanting the kicker to choke while expressing it. We as a country have lost it. GET A LIFE PEOPLE!
DOG GONE SOUR
November 2nd, 2010
8:28 am
Did Michael Vick play for THUGA, cause if he didn’t yall missed out on a great match !!!
Marky Mark
November 2nd, 2010
8:29 am
THIS IS SO SAD!!! I am embarassed to admit that I spent 10 minutes of my life reading these pathetic comments. Most of you clowns don’t even get it. First of all what Schultz is reporting is 100% accurate as I have watched the Sun Sports telecast of the game and Todd Grantham clearly grabs his throat multiple times and yells at Chas Henry (Florida’s kicker) – you are going to choke with some expletives thrown in. The point is for all of you that can’t comprehend the low rent behavior displayed by Grantham is that he is a COACH not a player. He is supposed to be a teacher of young men and should lead by example – that is why Damon Evans was fired as he did not lead the Georgia athletic department by setting a good example for the all the players at the school – you can’t admonish drinking and driving and then go out and do it your self – not really a good example for young people. An opposing COACH trying to intimidate or harrass a collegiate player on another team is just not acceptable ( this is not professional sports). I am sure there will be a formal apology issued by McGarity and the Georgia Athletic Department condeming this kind of sleazy behavior by one of it’s top coaches. If he coached his team to play better defense against an offense that could only muster 7 points against Miss St then he would have to resort to such outlandish antics to intimidate a kid trying to kick a field goal. I guess he is so desperate that he will do whatever it take to win. Again the really sad thing here is that most of you either condone, deflect or argue the issue. You all are a sorry bunch.
Chihl Dawg
November 2nd, 2010
8:29 am
I can’t believe the mod. on this board will let everybody trash UGA but won’t let me respond to them.3 posts deleted in 5 minutes. Agenda?
Spoon
November 2nd, 2010
8:30 am
Who cares if he said choke?! You reporters are so pious when it comes to the realities of competitive sports that you believe that there is no intended nastiness between schools like UGA and Florida. Who cares that he was calling the kicker to choke, maybe you ought to look around at the fan base that was screaming even louder and more violently for him to choke. Seriously, do you not have a story and you have to find something to talk about, or do you normally pick up on stuff being shoveled out of Florida? I’ll say this, the game is meant to be rough and played with a fierceness that is designed to screw with someones head, lay off the guy for simply being the persona that needs to be there for a defensive cordinator.
poopdawg
November 2nd, 2010
8:30 am
That was obviously Richt’s hand telling Grantham his defense is crappy!GO DAWGS
DDF's
November 2nd, 2010
8:32 am
No real big deal, it didn’t work. A shame that $750,000 a year coach has to result to stupid hand gestures in an attempt to psyche out an opposing player. Pathetic. Leghumpers have gone from being the most delusional fan base to the most desperate. Congrats. Again, it did not work, the young man stroked the kick and Grantham is left to choke on it.
still a Dawgs fan
November 2nd, 2010
8:33 am
really, are you expecting him to not want the guy to choke?
Non-news…..boring!!!!
niceheadslap
November 2nd, 2010
8:34 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owg9kT5xTmU
Buzzhater
November 2nd, 2010
8:35 am
Schultz, ur an idiot, and ur just like your namesake, that fat guard on hogans hero’s. who cares if CTG gives a kid the choke sign, did it hurt his feelings? what did the kicker think CTG should have come out on the field and given him a few words of encouragement? what are you Schultz, a competition Liberal? “oh we should all be winners!” yea that’s just what we need in sports, and for those of you who say “it’s in bad taste” well it’s not intended to be in “good taste” when a 245lbs Linebacker slobber knocks a running back is it?
if there is a dumbArse award in life, Schultzie you don’t just deserve it, you OWN it.
RW
November 2nd, 2010
8:37 am
07 dancing on field 09 stupid uniform changes 2010 classless coach pathetic pathetic pathetic
Snake Doc
November 2nd, 2010
8:37 am
Who cares if he is or isn’t! Much ado about nothing. The mental midget Schultz has nothing else to write about so he decides to stir up a little controversy. The AJC is a fish wrapper and its writers should be working as fish mongers, lord knows they don’t have any actual talent for writing!
DOG GONE SOUR
November 2nd, 2010
8:39 am
I heard Lane Kiffin is ready to come back to the SEC !!! He would fit right in with yall !!! As UGA VIII would say thats embarrasing !!!
Charlottedawg
November 2nd, 2010
8:40 am
Schultz…..you need to be fired for even giving creedence to this crap. Meyer reinstates a charged felon to play in the game…..and all you can do is drum up some sketchy video of Grantham giving a choke sign to a kicker…..so what? Why is that supposed to be disconcerting? You know what’s probably being yelled on that field amongst the players? And please don’t say that a “Coach” shouldn’t display his emotions on the sideline……a “Coach” shouldn’t reinstate a charged felon…..that’s what needs to be discussed…..the worst part is that you write for the AJC….not SunSports….you prick.
USC GAMEC0CK
November 2nd, 2010
8:40 am
Sportsmanship….Not at georgia
btw, that was a funny headslap
DDF's
November 2nd, 2010
8:40 am
Grantham was actually mimicking what the new ad did when he found out how much Grantham makes a year to run such a terrible defense. Last laugh is on Grantham, huge payday and he doesn’t even have to produce.
Savannah Dawg
November 2nd, 2010
8:42 am
Jeff, you remind me of the little girl in third grade who was always being the tattle tail. So what if Grantham was giving the UFAG kicker the choke sign. If you want to compare the morals and integrity of the two coaching staffs, go ahead. In one corner, we have Urban “selective discipline” Meyer who brings back Chris “TTDB” Rainey for the Georgia game because he knows his season is on the line. Then we have the “eye gougeing” line backer last year that Meyer was going to suspend for a whole two quarters against Vanderbilt until somebody convinced him to make it the whole game. Too bad you don’t work in Gainsville. You’d last about two weeks before Saint Urban would be banning you from practice while telling you you’re a “very bad person.”
USC GAMEC0CK
November 2nd, 2010
8:43 am
Grantham will be publicly admonished by the new AD at georgia…he has to be…heck maybe the SEC will issue a suspension…that would be so right and georgia would be embarassed again…come on SEC office slap georgia for this outrageous behavior..
seriously????
November 2nd, 2010
8:45 am
Seroiusly…seriously???? Schultz, you liberal pansy….Who cares, there is nothing wrong with that….it happens all the time in the NFL and elsewhere…just stir up some more muck you bottom feeder….
Vince Vaughn while stuffing his face with crab cakes
November 2nd, 2010
8:45 am
Class, class, class!
SOUTH GA DAWG FAN
November 2nd, 2010
8:45 am
And here is the reason Grantham can be fired and the new head coach can bring in his own staff just saying
GO DAWGS but
tired of waiting for next year
USC GAMEC0CK
November 2nd, 2010
8:45 am
and you losers who are defending grantham…i hope you dont have kids
SEC Fan
November 2nd, 2010
8:46 am
Seriously, who wouldn’t tell the kid to choke, it wasn’t like he said to kill the kid. He did flip him the bird or anything. Anyone who makes a big deal of this has no passion for the game anyway. My wife doesn’t understand me yelling at the TV, but I love the game and UGA. As far as the posts downgrading UGA, please….GET A LIFE…every school has moments….at least he has passion for the game a desire to win.
DOG GONE SOUR
November 2nd, 2010
8:47 am
Chas Henry you DA Man !!! Way to go !!! Sorry you had to see a coach act like a 13 year old !!!
LAKE OCONEE DAWG
November 2nd, 2010
8:47 am
JUST FINDING SOMETHING ELSE TO CRITICIZE UGA WITH….WORTHLESS….
jtdawg
November 2nd, 2010
8:48 am
Gator Mike = Class
The rest of you? Why are you here? Oh yeah, to be classless – go spend time on your OWN teams blogs and have some dignity -oops, you have none…
JW
November 2nd, 2010
8:51 am
Fire them all – Bobo and Grantham first
Mr. Bulldawg
November 2nd, 2010
8:51 am
You want a spin on it. Here is a spin on it for you classless gator fans. I’m glad we finally got somebody on our sidelines with a little intensity and understands this rivalry. I guess you don’t remember your thug linebacker shoving his hand in our running backs facemask. If you want to cry about a guy getting a little intense then stay home in your trailor.
jbeggs
November 2nd, 2010
8:51 am
Non-story and surprised Pat is making a big deal of it. I’m as conservative as it gets but this is nothing. How about Meyer calling a timeout late in the 4th a year or two back with a 40 pt lead? Give me a break!!
LAKE OCONEE DAWG
November 2nd, 2010
8:52 am
USC GAMEC0CK:
THIS IS PROBABLY A FIRING SQUAD OFFENSE….SCULTZ WILL LET US KNOW WHEN THE FIRING SQUAD WILL BE PUT IN PLACE….AFTER LISTENING TO COACH SPURRIER MAKE HIS LITTLE COMMENTS THROUGH THE YEARS (HE ONLY MAKES THEM WHEN HE WINS ONE HE DIDN’T THINK HE WAS GONNA WIN), THIS IS A LOT TO DO ABOUT NOTHING….I AM SURE SCULTZIE WILL WORK THIS STORY UNTIL AT LEAST THURSDAY OR FRIDAY….SCULTZIE, HOW HAVE THE JAYHAWKS DONE SINCE THEIR PASTING OF TECH….HAVEN’T HEARD A LOT OF REPORTING ON THAT GAME……
NoAxeToGrind
November 2nd, 2010
8:53 am
What does anyone care? At least he’s in the game. More than you can say for the “so-called” head coach and his dumb a$$ offensive coordinator. I doubt Grantham will last long with Rev. Richt. Grantham probably wants to win too badly.
David
November 2nd, 2010
8:53 am
Who cares?? It’s not like he tried to gouge sombody’s eye out!
fan for life
November 2nd, 2010
8:55 am
this is not news…move on and get over it.
James
November 2nd, 2010
8:56 am
Such a class act in Athens.
LAKE OCONEE DAWG
November 2nd, 2010
8:57 am
JW:
450 YARDS OFFENSE, 31 POINTS…..CALLED A GREAT GAME AND YOU WANT HIM FIRED….YOU MUST REALLY BE A PIECE OF WORK….YOU ARE LIKE THE “FANS” THAT WANTED PATERNO FIRED AT PENN STATE, AND YES THERE WERE SOME ALABAMA FANS WHO WANTED TO GET RID OF COACH BRYANT, THE BEST WHO HAS EVER BEEN, AFTER BACK TO BACK 6-5 SEASONS….IF IT COULD HAPPEN TO COACH BRYANT, IT CAN HAPPEN TO ANYBODY….
johnsonDAWG
November 2nd, 2010
8:57 am
If coach grantham did, do the choke sign to any player, he needs to be fired. Ga. has enough problems with ower players. We don’t need ower coaches setting that kind example……
Andy
November 2nd, 2010
8:58 am
Every non-UGA fan that runs into this thing just sits back and smiles, knowing that well over 1,000 UGA fans flooded to this blog in blind attack mode with no leg to stand on. Don’t worry guys, when your season is over later this month, there will still be AJC blogs to comment on.
USC GAMEC0CK
November 2nd, 2010
8:59 am
and for you defenders of grantham…if you do have kids…HOME SCHOOL THEM…dont make us suffer their gross behavior
i bet you defenders of grantham are the same adults who curse at little league and threaten the coaches…that is not passion or desire to win…that is an out of control idiot who should be banned and grantham should be banned too
NCAA football
November 2nd, 2010
9:00 am
Such a sad display by Grantham. Slinging F bombs and the choke sign at an 18 year old kid. Classless jerk which adds to why UGa is called the Cesspool of the South. Now you’ve got the Head Coach lying on his show last night saying it was a play call. Seriouisly? You can’t make this stuff up. You people sticking up for Grantham get what you deserve. You are an embarrassment to College Football. Grantham is low rent. Time for McGarity to clean house.
Gators for Richt
November 2nd, 2010
9:01 am
Thanks for the bulletin board material, Grantham! Please keep it coming!!
Scott
November 2nd, 2010
9:02 am
Who gives a rat’s arse? Inconclusive non-news imho. Still hate the turds with all I can muster and will always be a proud Dawg fan and alum
David
November 2nd, 2010
9:03 am
johnsonDAWG – You actually think this is a firable offense?? That’s a freaking joke man. And it’s ‘OUR’ not ‘OWER’
USC GAMEC0CK
November 2nd, 2010
9:06 am
okay uga nuts…watch the vid that shultz has now posted above and defend that damn loser…
i personnally want georgia to keep the “don’t know defense if it bit him hin the butt” grantham but his behavior is absolutely pathetic…grown man on national TV acting like a idiot…
seriously….big dope head
USC GAMEC0CK
November 2nd, 2010
9:08 am
yes it is a fireable offense but …dont fire him…georgia’s defense has never looked worse.
rly1118
November 2nd, 2010
9:09 am
Who cares? It’s football and that kicker is a grown man! I promise he sees/hears much worse than that in his dormroom in Gainsville.
USC GAMEC0CK
November 2nd, 2010
9:10 am
of course everyone already knew he was a “big dope head” because we have been watching that so called defense since the USC game….i loved that defense then and frankly love it today too.
timthebrave
November 2nd, 2010
9:13 am
This is really a story….Are you telling me that the georgia coaches were hoping the kicker would choke and miss a field goal? You mean to say they weren’t cheering for him? Wow….This is BIG news….Stop the presses.
USC GAMEC0CK
November 2nd, 2010
9:13 am
other players doing that is part of growing up…a freaking DC at georgia doing that and yelling curse words too….completely an IDIOT…parents of recruits will think twice before letting their kids play for this dumb nut…..when that happens…you will care then too.
Urban likes to threaten women
November 2nd, 2010
9:15 am
Urban Meyer wouldn’t care if he TEXTED it. But he might feel differently if Rainey had texted his Daughter don’t you think?
FLORIDA FANS SUPPORT ABUSE AGAINST WOMEN.
USC GAMEC0CK
November 2nd, 2010
9:16 am
wanting him to miss or choke is fine…thinking it is fine but doing what grantham did is unacceptable period and i dont care who you pull for
Fakey McFake
November 2nd, 2010
9:17 am
@schmeckdawg
“All’s fair in love and war. Was it fair that they didn’t get flagged for excessive celebration!!!!”
Hey Carnac, do you always answer your own questions before asking them?
Urban likes to threaten women
November 2nd, 2010
9:17 am
Who gives a crap, FLORI_DUH jerks. Talk about SORE WINNERS. WHiners.
Just be happy you have a FORCED home game against Georgia every year, with BIAS CBS coverage. I was waiting for them to lobby the NCAA to allow TEBOW back to do the Jump Pass. You FLORIDA fans love criminals.
DILLIGAF
November 2nd, 2010
9:18 am
USC GAMEC0CK:
“and you losers who are defending grantham…i hope you dont have kids’
And I suppose that you do have kids and I also would bet that you teach your little spawn that it’s o.k. to lose “because you can’t win em’ all” and “somebody has to win and somebody has to lose” and you whine to the coach because Little Johnny sucks so therefore he doesn’t get as much playing time as the more talented kids and then you wipe away his little tears and take him for ice cream and make it all better.
You’re what is wrong with this country, sniveling liberals who feel that they and theirs are entitled. Well guess what? You’re not. There are winners and their are losers in sports and in the real world. If you’re not #1, then no one really cares where you place. I imagine that you’ll teach your kids to be a crybaby just like yourself. How about growing a set and teach you kids the same.
I do have a son and he knows not to say a word if he doesn’t get playing time. he knows to practice and work harder to acheive his goals. My kid is the one standing on the sideline giving the “choke” sign and laughing at your kid.
UGA/85′
USC GAMEC0CK
November 2nd, 2010
9:19 am
hope you grantham supporters don’t have kids and please don’t vote either…no way you have even half a brain
Brian
November 2nd, 2010
9:19 am
I had a football coach knock the crap out of me while I was in full pads, call my momma names, and threaten to kill my dog. The fact that this is even a story demonstrates how this country is getting petty and soft! I wanted him to choke, slip, black out, trip over his shoe strings, start crying – anything – but he didn’t. All you can say is good game Gators. Hope you choke next year.
GT Dude
November 2nd, 2010
9:20 am
When I first heard about this yesterday, I thought there is no way a college coach at a reputable university would do that… but this video tells the story loud and clear.
What is most telling is that the supposed “Good Man” Richt is right beside Todd when he is yelling “you’re going to #*&@ choke” with not so much as a look in his direction.
I never have liked UGA, but I begrudgingly used to admire Coach Richt. However, I lost a lot of respect for Richt over the last couple of years with all of the arrests and now his apparent support of Todd’s actions has made all right with the world.
I don’t like UGA and I don’t like their coach; the UGA fans and coaches are in synch and for the most part both are classless.
Concrete Pete
November 2nd, 2010
9:20 am
My personal opinion, as a huge dawg fan and ex high school coach, this is incredibly out of bounds and unprofessional. I would expect that from a liquored up redneck fan, but not a coach in a coordinator position, especially one that just gave up 31 points and 450 yards. There has been a choke job this year, and its our DC.
Fakey McFake
November 2nd, 2010
9:21 am
Hey coach, next time try not giving up 34 points instead of relying on a completely lame attempt to get in that kid’s head. What athlete would wilt because the opposing D coordinator is making a choke sign? Any of us with even the least bit of competitive spirit would see that, laugh to themselves and think, me choke? Well watch this…
David
November 2nd, 2010
9:21 am
USC GAMECOCK – If you have kids, please home school them; because they will no doubt wither if subjected to adversity. If you truly believe this action warrants termination then I am sure NPR would love to have you on staff. This was an imatute move by Grantham, but your drama and over reaction to this is laughable!
Urban likes to threaten women
November 2nd, 2010
9:21 am
Time to CHOKE,
TIME TO DIE,
What’s the difference?
Urban likes to threaten women
November 2nd, 2010
9:23 am
DILLIGAF thinks it’s appropriate to threaten women, but not to yell at a player.
Perhaps you’d be happy taking away the 7 points from the women abuser and losing the game?
USC GAMEC0CK
November 2nd, 2010
9:26 am
Grantham’s defense = choke kings of college football
MURPHY
November 2nd, 2010
9:26 am
If Grantham did this-and it appears he did-Richt must let him go.This is a total lack of class and has put UGA is in yet another embarrassing situation. This seems to be the norm for 2010. McGarity it is time to earn your salary.
crap sandwich
November 2nd, 2010
9:26 am
At least one of our coaches shows some emotion. This is a game of emotion, and I see absolutely nothing wrong with coach Grantham’s display of emotion. This coach will be a winner for UGA.
jbeggs
November 2nd, 2010
9:26 am
Jeff, refresh my memory – did you write an article voicing your displeasure at Meyer when he called 2 timeouts lat in the 4th quarter with a 40 pt lead a year or two ago? You are so transparent it is redonk!! You and Cynthia Tucker are peas in a pod!!
King Donko of Punchstania
November 2nd, 2010
9:28 am
Nowhere near the same as what Woody Hayes did. It’s a rivalry game, and things happen. Deal with it P.C police.
Urban likes to threaten women
November 2nd, 2010
9:28 am
Please. people. Grow up. Urban Meyer has NO ROOM to talk after he supported RAiney.
Rainey would be UNDER the jail if he did that to anyone here’s daughert, including MEYER’s.
FLORIDA is a school of hypocrites. and USC C0ck-block belongs there too.
DILLIGAF
November 2nd, 2010
9:28 am
Urban likes to threaten women:
“DILLIGAF thinks it’s appropriate to threaten women, but not to yell at a player.”
Did I say anything about women? Can you even read?
Maybe you need to put down the crackpipe, don’t you think its a little early to be burning brain cells?
root4au
November 2nd, 2010
9:29 am
Not as bad as uga players dancing before OT began…
@WreckBuZZ
November 2nd, 2010
9:33 am
Maybe he was signalling to his own defense about what he thought about their performance?
It's Obvious
November 2nd, 2010
9:36 am
that he’s trying to warn the Florida Cheerleaders that Chris Rainey is charging at them and it’s time to die.
JacketFan
November 2nd, 2010
9:36 am
UGAg fans calling the Gators criminals … priceless!
DILLIGAF
November 2nd, 2010
9:37 am
To those that are bashing this program and especially CMR, I can tell you one thing, if Chris Rainey had been a Bulldog and he committed that crime, he would have NEVER donned the red and black again.
Yet Meyer doesn’t kick him off of the team but brings him back him back, just in time to play in the one game that took the heat off of him. Just like the Spikes eye gouging incident last year. Meyer totally blew it off until he began to get some back lash and he suspends him for half a game. Win at all cost.
Meyer’s a dirtbag. I just wish Grantham’s hand was around his throat.
David
November 2nd, 2010
9:37 am
Really? Who really gives a damn? I wish he had run out there on the field and tackled the m’ fo . . .
It's Better than
November 2nd, 2010
9:38 am
when CPJ rips off his shirt at games and pulls on his nipple rings like Farmer Fran
Fakey McFake
November 2nd, 2010
9:38 am
@WreckBuZZ — LOL. That’s probably it. Hey defense, our offense made a nice comeback, scored 31 points, and you guys CHOKED!
uga's girl
November 2nd, 2010
9:38 am
WHO CARES!!!????!!!! I’ve seen a lot worse & heard a lot worse, so again, who cares? If he was, good for him, he showed passion. Something our other coaches could learn. Seriously though, was the kicker really looking at Grantham? I believe that to be a lie. I watched the actual game on dvr several times & I didn’t see old Henry looking over there. He did look like he was going to crap his pants though.
Thanks for giving the gayturds & the techies more fodder! Geez louise.
David
November 2nd, 2010
9:39 am
Hey JacketFan . . . what’s Reuben selling these days? We’re still gonna stomp your bug ass in a few weeks. UGA’s worst team in 30 years will smack your Jackets like the little bitches that you are.
CaptainDave
November 2nd, 2010
9:39 am
I will say it again….
A coach should never yell or gesture at an opposing player on the field. The only time a coach should communicate with an opposing player is with a postgame handshake.
This is an incredible display of unsportsmanship. That most of the bloggers here are trying to defend the indefensible is disappointing.
Peter "F - 'em" Perterno
November 2nd, 2010
9:39 am
Who gives a rip if Grantham was actually giving the chock gesture/ At least he shows some emotion and a will to win! Can’t say that about “Poker Face” Mark Richt. Good to see a little fire on the Red and Black sideline.
There is a
November 2nd, 2010
9:42 am
big difference between speeding tickets and threatening to kill someone or dirty play on the field
30-24
It’s still 30-24 dorks
You can use another football programs record against us to trash talk, but it doesn’t hide reality
73-66
ugadawg09
November 2nd, 2010
9:42 am
Really?! They’re going to make a big deal out of this when Brandon Spikes got a slap on the wrist for almost taking out one of Washaun Ealey’s eyes in last years game?! Absolutely ridiculous… Gators will always play way dirtier than the Dawgs. At least Grantham only motioned it instead of actually choking him, which Urban would have got one of his players to do to Walsh in that situation.
Gators played Felon
November 2nd, 2010
9:43 am
And how is this related to the proud University of Florida playing a felon?
Danny
November 2nd, 2010
9:43 am
Is it just me or does it seem like the media is making a big deal out of this. The dude symboled to choke…which is meant as “miss the field goal”…i didn’tthink for one second that it was meant as a threat. The media needs to grow up…most of you never played sports anyway, that’s why you “report” instead of play.
GatorDude
November 2nd, 2010
9:45 am
Give me a break. This is SEC football not the LPGA. The guy got caught up in the emotion of the moment. Mountains from mole hills. If you want to get upset about something, how about the missed INT that cost UGA the game? Let’s face it both teams suck this year.
JacketFan
November 2nd, 2010
9:46 am
@David – So, when is the Fulmer Cup ceremony? Should look nice next to the one NC trophy from 30 years ago. Glad you guys finally ended the championship drought.
UGAg: 0-11 v/s Athens-Clarke County
Zoomie
November 2nd, 2010
9:46 am
This is ridiculous. Goes to show that those who wish to be offended will find any excuse to make it so. If gator fans want to put this in their “UGA Portfolio of Slights,” more power to them. Weak!
Hayseed Dixie
November 2nd, 2010
9:47 am
DILLIGAF,
No, actually, buddy, you’re what’s wrong with this country.
There’s these things called gentlemen’s agreement, unwritten law, honor, etc.
Rules that you don’t get punished for breaking, but you look like a jackass if you do. Or at least you used to. Now that there’s common goons like yourself with a jackass agreement to act however you want to. That’s fine.
How much character does it take to make the choke sign at a kid? None, really. Character is hard to come by, that’s why it’s valuable. I don’t expect you to know the value of it. You’d look at honor the way a chimp would look at a cell phone.
Oh and by the way, character was what got me up every morning to run and work out in the spring, which is what it takes to get playing time. We hated you trash talking dads who were living vicariously through your kids.
I was glad some of you dudes had to be put in the parking lot, cause the parks and recreation wouldn’t let you near the field. You always embarrassed us, and your spawn rarely got playing time cause they were trash talking before we even scored. Man, I hated that.
Put down the talk radio, and look up the word “honor”.
StatesBurr
November 2nd, 2010
9:47 am
USC GAMECOCK: You have one half A _ _ decent season so far and you are talking trash… NewsFlash!! You still have games left, you do have the opportunity to become nonrelevent as usual… and look at your ‘ol ball coach..throws his visor like a brat…
schultz is an idiot
November 2nd, 2010
9:48 am
You are a moron Schultz. Who cares? Did this pitiful kicker get his feelings hurt. The only good gator is made into a nice pair of boots. $uck my a$$ Schultz.
Danny
November 2nd, 2010
9:48 am
I would also love to see Florida make a deal about this…adding to ‘Gator played Felon’s’ previous comment, didn’t Brandon Spike EYE GAUGE Ealy last year. Their player did not motion eye gauge, they actually intended to cause harm…the result, 1 quarter (or half) suspense from the coach. Way to go Urban! You showed him. I lost repect for the NCAA, UF, and the SEC for not kicking his @$$ off the team, out of the NCAA and out of school. Cam Newton “received stolen property” and you kick him off the team…however, your star linebacker tries to poke someone’s eye out because he plays “emotional” and you grant him asylum…REAL GREAT!
the silent majority
November 2nd, 2010
9:48 am
He was telling him “time to die”. You know, like Rainey tells people when he is gonna kill them and then plays against UGA anyway.
Heard It All Before
November 2nd, 2010
9:50 am
I’m going to cut Grantham some slack here. Three times out of 21, that choke sign might actually work. See you Dawgs again next October.
Oldtimegator
November 2nd, 2010
9:50 am
Really?? What idiot would say it was a “defensive play call” with all evidence clearly showing it was a classless, stupid gesture from a coach. NCAA should investigate and suspend Grantham if the AD doesn’t fire him first.
Danny
November 2nd, 2010
9:52 am
I hope some of these comments get under Shultz skin…you’re only stirring the pot. It’s time to grow up and quit trying to make a bid geal out of nothing. YOU ARE A MORON grow up.
UGA'72
November 2nd, 2010
9:53 am
The attention given Grantham’s touching of the throat is crap. So what if an opposing coach signals or yells for a player on the other team to choke during a game-winning field goal attempt. What did you expect him to do: cheer Henry on? Find something worthwhile to write about.
dawgs for grantham
November 2nd, 2010
9:54 am
This is nothing compared to Brandon Spikes’ eye gouge in last years game. At least Grantham just motions it instead of having his players personally choke Henry… Enough said. Florida will always play dirty & get away with it while Georgia takes heat over a damn hand motion!
Oldtimegator
November 2nd, 2010
9:54 am
At least we own up to our players idiocy. You make yourself look classless and stupid to defend this Neanderthal. Certainly we have had our share of 5* players with 1* intelligence. Everyone has them…that isn’t the issue. If Richt had any balls at all, he would fire this idiot…for the gesture AND for his poor coaching!!
dawgs for grantham
November 2nd, 2010
9:55 am
@ Danny… EXACTLY my point!!
Danny
November 2nd, 2010
9:55 am
Oldtimegator….
So you are all for letting a felon play on the team, and letting someone who actually tried to inflict harm on another player on your team? Your statement contradicts what the “Gator Nation” does/says.
Tell me you honest opinion, how would have you handled C. Rainey & B. Spikes?
Danny
November 2nd, 2010
9:57 am
lol, maybe Grantham SHOULD in fact go choke the kicker…then maybe there should be a discussion.
Oldtimegator…i await your response. If no answer, I assume you are a coward and are admitting defeat.
Artie
November 2nd, 2010
9:58 am
It’s crap like this that makes it sooooooooo easy to root AGAINST the Dogs.
Tucker
November 2nd, 2010
10:02 am
If you are going to call a timeout to make the kicker “choke”, what’s wrong with making sure he gets the message? Some of these college football players are not all that bright.
Danny
November 2nd, 2010
10:03 am
@Artie
I could personally carless whether you root for the DAWGS or not. You’re just like f’n Shultz, make a big deal out of nothing. You could have watched the replay a 1,000 times and never once thought anything of it…as soon as the media cries foul you jump on board. Nice to know that you are suggestible to media’s propaganda!
Please Keep Todd Grantham
November 2nd, 2010
10:03 am