ESPN says Isaiah Crowell not among SEC’s top 10 backs

Just give it a season … I suspect he’ll be in the top 3 the following season!

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first!

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Darn! Too slow. That’s ok. They probably wouldn’t have put Herscel in the top 10 coming in either. Doesn’t matter. He’ll either be great or he won’t. Dawgs will be fine.

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Hopefully he’s in the top 5 at seasons end…We don’t need him to be great, just alot better than average..If he can blitz pick-up, he’ll play.

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He hasn’t played a down. Good, bad, mediocre – at this point it is a wild a*** guess. Certainly makes for a riveting blog article. Writers block?

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If you don’t think the O line makes a difference, just look at Mark Ingram’s junior season as compared to his Heisman-winning season.

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Those 10 guys are pretty good. Crowell will have to develop for playing time early in the year with limitations on the playbook when he is in.

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He is essentially right where every incoming Freshman running back in the SEC should be. The SEC should have an abundance of talent at the postions when you figure the schools within the conference. Also I like the low ranking for him for a motivating tool aswell.

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Any idea if had Lattimore was in his top 10 last year?

Either way, Crowell is a major playmaker with power and speed. Lets just hope he can pass block.

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Not a single RB on the list is a freshman, proving there is no basis to rank a kid that’s never taken a snap in the SEC…what’s the point here?

Perhaps a better ranking is that of all incoming freshman at their respective positions!

Whew!

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Just wait til those big bad sec defensive lineman and linebackers show IC what it’s like to play big biy football. He will have 10 fumbles in just his sec games.

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Let’s get real. If he shows inconsistency at pass blocking, he probably won’t play much. We’ve seen this before……..

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Hard to judge anyone that has never played a down of college ball. He may be awesome or he may be a bust. We’ve seen many 5* recruits turn out both ways over the years. Only time will tell.

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First scrimmage, You run him up the middle and tell em’ not to block John Jenkins-Then, you’ll see what ya’ got!

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This is shocking, I thought he had already won the Heisman based on the AJC’s coverage.

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What a stupid column to even mention Crowe’s name as your discussion point of your column when Low was ranking EXPERIENCED SEC players…not incoming freshman!!! Go back to Low and ask him to rank the Top 10 INCOMING backs in the SEC…then you’ll have a story. This is apples and oranges.

Just cuz Low “went out of his way to say freshmen and incoming were being considered” doesn’t mean he really meant it (and truly considered them) and therefore, if I was the journalist I wouldn’t have even jumped on the poll and tried to “make a story” out of Crowell not being in it. YOU are better than this Schultz!

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Doesn’t that Walker kid from down in Johnson County still owe UGA a year of eligibility?

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Complete non-issue. I’d have more of a problem with him over-hyping Crowell by naming him a top ten back having never played a down or even gone through a practice scrimmage.

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@Rabid, Dooley ran Herschel up the middle three times in a row and didn’t block “Meat Cleaver” Weaver…Herschel took the punishment and never said a word.

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Crowell won’t put up big numbers at Georgia, no one does at running back except rare exceptions like Moreno & Musa & Herschel. Richt’s only had 2 backs go for 1000+ in 1 season. Richt uses an ineffective platoon system, 10th n SEC last year, gets 100 yards against teams with winning records, 11th in SEC there.

Richt rotates his best most productive back, with 4 non-productive players. Crowell will likely end up the #2 rusher in 2011, behind King, who’ll put up Ealey type of yards, 700-800 yards on 150 carries, getting most of the carries due to experience. Crowell will maybe go for 500 yards at best. They’re not enough carries to go around for Crowell to get 1000 yards, he’ll need to share carries with King, Malcome, Thomas, and Murray (murray got 2nd most carries last year).

So Low is right.

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And no kudos for being first (and second, btw)

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Of course he should have been left off. He has to produce first in order to make a name for himself and then there is that awful UGA OL. If they perform well, the whole offense will have a great season.

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Dyer should be ahead of Lattimore You can’t be paying attention if you don’t look at the impact he had in the National Championship game.

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I have no problem with Crowell not be ranked yet. Who cares? He hasn’t even played a down yet. Now after the season is over, that is much more important. If he can crack the top 5, then we’re going to have a decent year.

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“Join the club” – to predict his “bust” status before he ever plays a down is just as foolish as predicting him to be the next Herschel. It makes you sound just as silly.

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UGA’s O line will make Crowell stink.

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buh bye Dabo!

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College football fans obsess over kids like Crowell … anointing each of them the “second coming” or “the chosen one” before they’ve even touched a ball in college play. Then, in too many cases, it goes to their head … they start their royal strut and think the rules don’t apply to them (exhibit ‘A’ = Terrell Pryor). Then they get busted for something stupid or they don’t perform to the sky-high standards laid before them … and they get chewed up and spit out by the media and the fan base.

Crowell is 17 or 18 years old and he hasn’t played a down yet. Everybody take a deep breath and just wait and see what develops.

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They’re right, look at it, it’s freaking stacked. Ole Miss has no idea how good Bolden is because they spent all last year trying to throw the freaking ball.

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He has not played a down of football in the SEC. Of course, he’s not ranked as one of the 10 best in the SEC. Neither am I.

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Marcus Lattimore is good I admit that, but best in the SEC? That goes to Knile Davis from Arkansas. Trent Richardson as well. I hope Crowell can come to UGA and make a big impact.

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BAD news for ESPN. I have them 12th for where
I get my sports news.

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Crowell is like any other young kid that is highly rated by the college world. He has all the potential there to be a very good back, but he will need to prove it on the field first. There is no shame in not being picked in the top 10, if you haven’t played a down yet. I would bet nobody had David pollack as a top ten player either, and look how he produced. ESPN’s lows predictions really don’t mean a lot as far as incoming freshman go, because he bases them on what those guys did last year in college. If Crowell, is as good as advertised, he will show it on the field and next year the ESPN writer will rate him in his top ten list. The young man certainly contains the raw skills to be a very good RB. He just needs to work hard and translate those skills to performance. I hope he does and the rewards will come then, If being picked for any ESPN list can be considered a reward.

GO DAWGS

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Incomimng Freshmen shouldn’t even be ranked with backs that have played in the SEC. Crowell has potential, but he also has had some durability issues getting nicked up a lot in HS and not having that many carries.

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The Marxist kool-aiders and reprobates should be very happy with the fact that Georgia has no running back on this list of top SEC backs. They happily said UGa is better off without WE3. Then MR himself said because Caleb King has reformed the Dawgs are set at RB with the addition of a true freshman IC. Well reprobates MR has sat the kool-aid juice out again and you goons fought each other for the first cup until you guzzled it all up. MR has ran you all amuck with the secret ingredient of the kool-aid, the lies and deceit. Caleb King didn’t even get a second thought and wasn’t even mentioned on the list. IC was rightfully left off the list because he is new and unproven to the SEC. WE3 would have represented UGa in the top five of this list, but he was scapegoated and ran off deliberately by MR. Now MR will demand Bobo to resurrect the old, antiquated, FSU fastbreak offense of the 90s,which consisted of a dink & dump, short pass happy offense which played to the strength of the weak armed quarterback. Face it Dawg, there will be no thousand yard rusher at UGa this year. Georgia will be a pass first, pass second, run third and punt team this year. But have heart Dawgs this will be the final year of that crap. MR said he knows what the #&?! he doing, but I think he is in denial and does not believe he is in the HotSeat this year. Take some advice all you delusional Marxists and Kool-Aiders out there : THE HOTSEAT IS REAL!!!!!!.
The Marxist kool-aiders and reprobates should be very happy with the fact that Georgia has no running back on this list of top SEC backs. They happily said UGa is better off without WE3. Then MR himself said because Caleb King has reformed the Dawgs are set at RB with the addition of a true freshman IC. Well reprobates MR has sat the kool-aid juice out again and you goons fought each other for the first cup until you guzzled it all up. MR has ran you all amuck with the secret ingredient of the kool-aid, the lies and deceit. Caleb King didn’t even get a second thought and wasn’t even mentioned on the list. IC was rightfully left off the list because he is new and unproven to the SEC. WE3 would have represented UGa in the top five of this list, but he was scapegoated and ran off deliberately by MR. Now MR will demand Bobo to resurrect the old, antiquated, FSU fastbreak offense of the 90s,which consisted of a dink & dump, short pass happy offense which played to the strength of the weak armed quarterback. Face it Dawg, there will be no thousand yard rusher at UGa this year. Georgia will be a pass first, pass second, run third and punt team this year. But have heart Dawgs this will be the final year of that crap. MR said he knows what the #&?! he doing, but I think he is in denial and does not believe he is in the HotSeat this year. Take some advice all you delusional Marxists and Kool-Aiders out there : THE HOTSEAT IS REAL!!!!!!.

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Just do like Bama did and buy the Heisman Trophy. Ingram was #2 in the SEC behind Anthony Dixon and still won the Heisman Trophy.

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Crowell, for all the hype, will have virtually no impact at running back this year at UGa, because of the the pass first, run later mentality and culture that exists there presently. And based on careful research on IC, I don’t believe he can be a consistent week in & week out dominating running back in the SEC. Yes he was highly recruited and yes I’ve seen the highlight reels, but he doesn’t strike anyone as a up and coming epic prodigy at RB as Hershel, Bo Jackson, or Marquis Dupree. It will boil down to how well he is coached and performs. He has an opportunity to a least duplicate what Lattimore did in SCar last year, but with the current coaching regime at UGa in place, he won’t be legendary in his freshman year. I will be shocked if he breaks 500 yard rushing, because Caleb King will finish with about 650-700 rushing yards if he gets all the carries and is lucky enough to stay out of trouble.

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The 2 RBs from AUB are the true mystery….Crowell has yet to play a single down behind a patchwork offensive line….the RBs from AUB will see 8 or 9 in the box, cuz the new QB is unproven & not Newton….not much of an article here, even if he wins Freshman of the year for the SEC….gotta give props too the guys who have laced them up & actually performed….isn’t that part of what the NFL is fighting over now, giving rookies, who have yet to play, star treatment & accolades???

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Whoa, whoa, whoa. Don’t know how I missed this. Seriously?

The event took place on Sunday, Jan. 23, the final day of Crowell’s visit. Richt and his staff arranged for the team’s offensive lineman, receivers, fullback and quarterback to gather during Crowell’s exit meeting in the indoor facility. The current players were dressed in gameday jerseys and looked up to Richt’s office, which overlooked the practice field.

“Coach Richt reported that the idea was to create a feeling for the PSA (prospective student athlete) that he was needed at the running back position that was left empty by the team,” the letter reads, adding that Richt was aware off the gameday simulation rule, but did not believe it applied in this case.

So, the coaching staff called the entire starting offense out to the practice field, with jerseys on, to effectively treat this kid like some sort of rock star and essentially promise a starting job? Wonder what King thinks of that? This might be one of the more pathetic and desperate recruiting stories I’ve heard.

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How in the world can you be rated at all as a running back in the SEC??????? He has not played 1 game yet. He is right where he should be, a potential prospect, and nothing more. It is no wonder these players have an inflated view of themselves and their abilities!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do you believe IBM would make him a VP before he works 1 day for the company?

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How could anybody name Crowell on any “best” list, other than high school?

Let him get yards against a SEC defense, then rank him.

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Non-starter. Crowell has not played a down of SEC football. He may be the most anticipated back to arrive in the SEC. You have to give credit to the backs that have been there, done that. This is really a non-story and a non-issue. We are really desperate for football aren’t we?

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Does that mean he’s been de-Annointed or un-Annointed?

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1. Mike Dyer, Auburn
2. Knile Davis, Arkansas
3. Marcus Lattimore, South Carolina
4. Trent Richardson, Alabama
5. Brandon Bolden, Ole Miss

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Obviously, thugs don’t count for much. They know Crowell will spend most of his time in jail or on suspension.

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Crowell will end up splitting carries with 4 other guys, Murray, Thomas, Malcome, and King. There’s only @30 carries to split up, King & Murray will get over 50%, that leaves 15 carries between Crowell, Malcome, and Thomas. So look for Crowell to get 5 or 6 carries a game, until he learns how to passblock better than the other backs, which could be a while, like a season.

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You mean Elliot Berry(Creekside HS)Fairburn, GA. class 2014 wasnt on this list? Thats crazy!!!

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Agree wit above posts – How can tghe kid be a top 10 back when he has never played in a game.

Those honors need to be reserved for returning players.

Crowell could potentially be a top 10 back – time will tell.

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Nice article Jeff. Crowell is hyped and will end up splitting reps with 2 other feature backs plus Thomas mixing in. Unless he proves to be a grinder like Musa Smith, he won’t get more than 400 or 500 yards.

All of us Dawgs hope that Coach Friend learned something about run blocking along the way that Coach Searles never bothered to deal with.

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If I were a DAWG Fan, I would not be concerned with what ESPN says. Crowell is a superb talent as was Lattimore coming out of high school last year. Once he gets on the field, he will do well if he is supported by the offensive line.

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He hasn’t even played a down so why should he be a top 10 back in the SEC? Home cooking in Bull Dog land.

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“npgator” – if you read most of the posts, most of the UGA fans don’t think he should be ranked in the top 10 yet. Jeff Schultz doesn’t think so either. It’s simply a way to get a lot of opposing fans riled up, making obnoxious comments to Dawg fans, and get corresponding foolishness from our supporters. Thereby, this gets lots of posts for Schultzie’s article and gets him in nice with his bosses even though it’s not much on the way of real journalism.

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Just wanted to say a big welcome to Washaun Ealey’s family on the thread. S

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Agree he shouldn’t be in the 10 top before playing a down in college..What’s next I wonder rating Mushy SEC coach of the year before he ever coaches a down as a HC?? Unreal…

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Crowell shouldn’t even be considered. He hasn’t played a down of college ball, yet. Lists and polls are stupid, anyway. What’s a great running back without a line to open holes? Without a passing game to offset the run? Without a Defense that can get the ball back?

TEAM wins. The rest is hooey including the Heisman.

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I hope Isaiah is reading textbooks and working out instead of filling his head up with all this bogus media hype.

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This is a really pathetic attempt by Schultz to start a flame war. If the best he can do is point to what Chris Low is writing, I guess we should just read Chris Low instead of Schultz.

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Last year, Dogs rushing went 800, 400, 300, 200. In other words, 4 guys split carries, 3 backs with Murray getting about 200. Ealey got 800, King 400, Thomas 300, Murray 200.

So this year, King gets 800, Crowell 400, Thomas 300, Murray 200.

No, Crowell will not make an impact, you can’t with Richt’s offensive pass oriented, rb rotation scheme.

Crowell might move up to #1 in the rotation in 2012 and get 700-800 yards, best he can hope for with pass happy Richt.

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where is caleb king?

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Crowell will get @5 carries a game, kid can’t passblock, teams will know Georgia’s running when Crowell’s in, so will shift to run defense, testing Crowell’s passblocking skills. Murray could get injured, so Richt won’t risk the season ending injury to his QB to get Crowell more reps. It takes away offensive potential when Crowell’s there, and makes Georgia easier to defend because likely it’s a run play.

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Shoeless,

What good is Caleb King if he needs to learn how not to fumble and score more touchdowns as a Senior? Doesn’t matter if he runs it 99 yards on one carry if he can’t hold on to the ball. Shouldn’t take a guy 5 years to learn how to hold on to the ball and find the end zone. I’m not holding my breath on him, but he will allow Crowell to have a little more time to learn it all and get used to college game speed. Crowell will start from Game 1, and will be full time by Game 4.

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It’s worth noting that Washaun Ealey would have come in around 5or 6 i imagine. We really did a poor job overall with him. However much responsibility falls on him as well.

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The reasoning behind the rankings is UGA’s sad O line. Richt has not gone after BEEF every year, year in and out and when he does sign some big kid, he is called a project or he will be fine once his blown out knees mend or his back surgery is successful. We are always a patch work quilt of no names and bum knees and bad backs, bad shpoulders on the O line.

Folks ……………….. SEC ball is O line and D line STELLAR play. Period. We have been very deficient here and AU was much improved because ther BRAND NEW HC goes out and gets some O line and D line beef. UF and LSU, Alabama, and even sad old MSU got some BEEF. BEEF is why sad Colorado pushed UGA around in Boulder.

CMR has this year to refute all of these criticisms ……………. or it will be NEXT !!

Go Dogs.

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If our line plays like last year, Herschel couldn’t crack a 100 yards

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Do this Keith Marshall will now come to UGa?

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If anyone is interested, Crowell did not show up for the workout with Hershel Walker last week for incoming freshman….Not a good sign…nor a good start IMHO

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Give Crowell a month before he meets the Athens-Clarke County police.

At most.

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[...] and inadvertent texts have led to some secondary violations at Georgia. 4.  Egads!  ESPN.com didn’t rank UGA’s Isaiah Crowell – who’s never played a down in the SEC — among the top 10 tailbacks in the [...]

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No problem with Crowell being left out at this point. He’s a freshmen yet to even touch the ball.

Further, UGA has a track record in recent years of (a) not committing to the running game and (b) recruiting backs that just don’t work out.

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he doe.s like georgia that all it is if he when any where other than ga he would be in top five

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Schultzie. Your top 10 running back is already there, and the Bobo/Richt brain trust moved him to back up linebacker!! I’m talking about 6′2″ 230lb. blaster, Richard “Duece” Samuel. They could use him like the Dolphins use Ronnie Brown, and Arkansas used Darrin McFadden.In a straight up “Wilddawg” direct snap formation. OR let him dot the “I” behind Figgins/Ogeltree, and Bean Anderson, Kenarious Gates, and Cordy Glenn (aka The Georgia Power Company), The kid’s a North/South bruiser, but explosive too (80 yd. TD vs. Arkansas as a Freshman!), Come on Coach Richt, move him back. This kid Amarlos Herrera is a Ray Lewis clone, so depth at linebacker will not be affected. The kid’s a running back. Either you realize that, or your just wasting a 6′2″ 230 lb. stud.

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@Gip: You have to add it together. That’s 1700 yds. rushing, and that’s a down year. (Not bad for pass happy Richt). Keep in mind that Bama only had 500 more in 2010 with Ingram and Richardson in the backfield. If one guy had 1200 and the rest added another 500, we’d be talking about UGA having a great run attack. I agree that the running game needs improvement, but let’s keep it in perspective.

Expect about 2000 dispersed yards per season.
2010 – 1854
2009 – 2093
2008 – 1928
2007 – 2305
2006 – 2108
2005 – 1882

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Give me a break. UGA GOT 100 RUSH PER GAME AGAINST WIN TEAMS. 12TH IN SEC.

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Branden Smith gets over 8 yards a tote. But he fumbles a bunch. But he’s an exciting guy. Too bad the coaches can’t teach him ball protection.

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Look for UGA to finish #7-#11 in rushing in the SEC against winning teams. Last year got about 100 a game, almost last. Better than only Vanderbilt. The rushing game, offensive line, run audibles, and run production of secondary backs, is near the bottom of the SEC. Need a new RB coach. New o-line coach. New offensive coordinator with a better run scheme.

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“So what are you thoughts on the Crowell being left off? Should we expect greatness right away?”

Well, according to Christian Robinson: “We’re not just lifting weights. We’re lifting weights to win a game on Saturday.”

???

So, by that logic, if Crowell is lifting weights (and lifting weights to win a game) greatness must be on the horizon.

Good grief. If the traditional methods (good coaching, sound tackling techniques, properly executing offensive plays from the playbook, etc.) do not work, then try something else.

This comes from chapter #4 of Richt’s “How to Become a Cutting Edge Football Coach” guide book. Better pick up the pace coach. The book has eighteen chapters.

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Better watch out for Eddie Lacey and Dee Hart. Eddie Lacey outrushed everyone in shredding Michigan State last year and is ready for a breakout year now that he won’t be 3rd team behind Mark Ingram and Trent “the beast” Richardson. Dee Hart was our 5 star running back- he set the state of Florida high school record for tds in a season with 50 and was the MVP of the Army high school All American game after becoming the only back to ever rush for over 100 yards in the game. I believe the more heralded Crowell had something like 20 yards in the same all star game.

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@Crimson nation agree Hart looks like a stud..but like IC he has yet to take a snap..hoping they are both the real deal.

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@crimson nation crowell played in the under armour game hart played in the army all american game. But I will agree lacy is a player to look out for he seems to the one player that people never talk about he is a good player

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Call me crazy but I think Isaiah Crowell will not be the 2nd coming of herschel I predict he’ll be the 1st coming of CROWELL which I think he will be even BETTER than herschel. He will rush for 1700 yrds plus his freshman year and 2000 yrds plus his sophmore year before bolting to the NFL. Carve it up, write it down, deposit it, put it in the bank do whatever you want but I just spoke of nothing but the truth!!!

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Over-hyped, over-sold, and rightly over-looked.

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As long as Crowell’s on this list at the end of the season, I’ll be happy. If he’s not, well, let’s just hope that one writer who had Caleb King as a dark horse Heisman candidate isn’t smoking something.

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BUT WE CAN DREAM——-LOL!

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I’m sure Orenthal Rainey will feel like it’s someone’s time to die and miss most of the season, moving Crowell up.

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Oh, sorry, Wrong blog.

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befofe walker came to georgia he has play a down also but look what he did so all you none georgia fan if you don,t know what you taking about why give it

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Foot Ball Fanatic,

Herschel said in an article that he had told Crowell to just be himself when he was there. Are you sure he didn’t work out with the rest of them.?

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Right now, criticizing this young man is like trying to carry water in a bucket with no bottom. Let him play some and then let’s see how he is. A lot of you are letting your hate of UGA cloud your vision and good judgment, provided you are in possession of those qualities.

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It Ain’t Rocket Science
How about not PRAISING the kid until he puts on a Jock and gets HIT by a SEC defense. Calling CROWELL a bust now is the same as calling him a Heisman candidate now or in 4 years. It is easier to HATE on the kid never seeing him play in college as it is to call him Herschell or Lattimore.

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by the end of the year, richardson, lattimore and crowell will be the 3 best backs in the SEC—mark it down! Crowell is the real deal, maybe the best back at UGA in 20 years. He will put up huge numbers and the DAwgs will win the SEC east!!!!

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like some cheese with all that WINE—————HAHAHAHAHAHAH

———-you tree killer trolls would love to have crow hold up a elephant//// reality check he held up

——————a future ugga————–hatters——————-dawgs rule—get over it

———————–go spray some round out in your momma’s mouth, beats spraying—–

—————————————–just saying trolls———-hahahahahahah

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Crowell could be the next big thing. Lattimore didn’t have any experience, and he did great his freshman year. Crowell will too. Should have been top 5 on this list.

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Low was off.

ESPN had Lattimore ranked #18 on ESPN 150, he turned out great.

ESPN had Crowell ranked #4 on ESPN 150, so he will be a little better.

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Scout had Crowell #5, Latt #10. So Crowell is a notch better, due to speed likely.

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We will see how good Crowell is after Boise State and SC defenses get finished with him. They are thinking about him all summer long!

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HEY, ROCKET SCIENTIST, after reading other opinions on this blog it appears more Dawgs out there agree with me. Shut up the wimpy wining, throw away the kool-aid and wise up. People are allowed to critically analyze what they see in the UGa program , its not illegal yet. Right now a lot a of people are not as satisfied with the direction Georgia is going as you are and the AJC graciously provides an unbias forum of communication for those happy about 6-7 seasons like yourself and those who are unhappy like me. Since you probably never studied history I will help you out. Marxism is a theory and practice of Communism, which is the political and economical practice of Socialism including the labor theory of value , dialectical materialism, the class struggle, and dictatorship of the proletariat (elites) until the establishment of a classless society. I realize my explanation probably has confused you even more, but I will speak in historical football analogy to further help you. Before MR took the UGa job he was an OC at FSU for years, under Bobby Bowden. From 1987 to 2000 the Seminoles finished ranked in the top five. But during those 14 years of unprecedented success success the ‘Noles only won a measly two national titles. In fact, they could not beat the Miami Hurricanes when national championship implications were on the line and when they did, the “Noles lost more national championships than they won going 2-3 in such contests. The last national championship game Bobby Bowden or MR would coach in resulted in a highly disappointing 13-2 loss to Bob Stoops Oklahoma Sooners in 2000. The “Noles fans were livid and highly upset with MR’s playcalling in that game which featured only a short passing game by QB Chris Weinke to WRs and backs and virtually no attempt to to run the ball. Oklahoma had 14 years of film on the Noles offensive attack under Richt to study and knew they could shut it down and exposed the fact that Richt’s FSU attack had no consistent running game . After the game Bowden was hounded by questions of why FSU failed to try to run and why couldn’t the Noles offensive line run block as well as they pass blocked ? As Bowden struggled for answers, MR was packing his bags and fast break short passing offense for Athens and the Nole fans rejoiced and were glad to see Richt go until Bowden committed nepotism with OC position by installing his son Jeff (with no prior OC experience). This would be a bad decision by UGa to bring a pass first coach to a traditional run first school. Jim Donnan had UGa set up as a run first offensive attack and Richt had no choice but to win with the players he inherited from Donnan, thus from 2001 to 2005 UGa was deceptively and moderately successful. Then in 2006 a confident MR turned over the short pass offense to his protege Mike Bobo(with no prior OC experience) as expectations of a national championship soared in 2007 and evaporated that fateful night in Athens versus Saban and the Tide in 2008. It’s been all downhill ever since. So I call the kool-aid drinking lovers and followers of an underachieiving, can’t win the big game coaching regime Marxists, as in the first name of their leader. Get it ? You probably don’t, obviously you got to be blind, crazy or delusional to continue to follow a staff that is 2-8 vs.UF. This coaching regime has defiled our traditions and made UGa a national embarrasement instead of a national power. You Rocket Scientist may be happy about the losing situation at UGa, but excuse me for being defiantly critical of the mediocrity. Look don’t single me out, I’m not the only one calling it as I see it, currently MR is number ONE on the HotSeat on CoachWatch. And with the tradition, resources, and following at UGa, it’s safe to say he has rightfully earned that distinction. So instead of getting mad at people on the blogs, just relax and enjoy the last season of the PASS FIRST offense at UGa.

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Mike Bobo, where are the Georgia running backs, all so highly-rated in recruiting rankings for which we gave Mark Richt credit for recruiting them, when you told us Mike Bobo and Mark Richt that you insist on a “Balanced Number of Plays – both passing and Running” ? I read a guy, Brandon Pledger on Bleacher Report say that – just give Mark Richt 2 more years on his blog there yesterday. Not this up-coming 2011-2012 season, but 2012-2013. Wait until 2012-2103, Brandon Pledger begs. I’ve heard a lot of really silly stupid statements from Richt-O-Files, but seriously before the season, even starts, and he is begging for us all to wait until not this season but the season AFTER this up-coming season. Takes the cake, Brandon Pledger – no wonder you don’t want a post about that quote in your blog responses – no wonder- Brandon Pledger.

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Excuse me ? Kellen Moore is still the QB at Boise State, isn’t he ? We still have no one in the Secondary, do we ? We still have no one who has sacked a single QB on the entire roster, do we ? As bad as Boise State is on Special Teams, we still were # 85 in the nation in kick-off returns last year, weren’t we ? Boise State still has a lot better pass defense than we have, don’t they ? And, we have no wide receiver, still, don’t we ?

Given all that, Crowell, who hasn’t proved he can block at all, is going to run the football for our pass-happy Mike Bobo who red-shirted the # 12 overall pick of the 1st Round best running back here at The University of Ground Attack in over 2 dozen years so we only got to see Knowshon Moreno for only 2 years, behind an OL that has 5 OL on the entire roster who ever played 1 down and not 1 down well none of them, with no Fullback, and oh yeah, that sets up pretty for Crowell – when what we have instead is a QB who stole 8 runs a game every game last year from the tailbacks averaging less than 2 yards a carry.

Man, we are going to win the National Championship now, now that we have Crowell. This is our year. No doubt of that.

DISNEYdawgs.com

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Real DAWGS Drink Kool Aid,

Another typical big mouth blogger, with no guts. Why don’t you go and talk your crap to the people you so bravely put down on these blogs. You are just an idiot. You don’t like a team so you spend your time, writing everything negative about them that you can. A typical loser with no guts. When you can confront these young men and spout that crap in person, then you might be a man. Until then, you are just some worthless geek, hiding behind a computer. I would suggest if you ever get delusional enough to confront them though, that you have an ambulance standing by as I am sure it will be needed to transport you to a hospital after they use you as a tackling dummy. A position you probably qualify for.

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Thomas Brown,

You never met a person or player you couldn’t hate or find some way to put down. How many years did you play or coach at the college level by the way?
You are entitled to your opinion but I find a person that only has negative things to say about a team and others, is usually quite unhappy with their own life. You can seek medical attention for that condition.

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I have to wonder why it’s even noted that he’s not made the list? How could you expect a high school player to be ranked in the top 10 of anything in the SEC? I realize he’s already on campus, but he’s yet to even practice with the team.

Seems like a blatant attempt to psyche young Mr Crowell out. He’s got enough pressure on him as it is and this kind of nonsense only adds to the mix. BLAH

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LOW IS JUST STUPID!

Look, Georgia HS football is the best in the country (I know because I played in Cobb and would have been a Dawg but I blew out my knee my softmore season) and IC was the best in Georgia last year. That makes him one of the best backs in the SEC – end of the discussion.

It’s more like, IC will easily have the Dawgs playing for the SEC Champ nest year and in 2-3 years we’ll be playing for our SIXTH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!

Kiss the ring all you haters.

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Good luck SEC running backs, Ga boys will run behind ya and will see at the end who will be better?

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I had Crowell at #3 in the SEC. He’ll put up some big numbers this year, bout 1300 yards of total offense. No other back, besides Demps, has Crowell’s speed, and no other back period has Crowell’s soft hands.

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I think he’ll be as good as King.

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Crowell will beat Herschel’s freshman numbers. Easy.

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As for Florida, Gator, you guys are going to suck this season. New head coach, 4 starters gone off the offensive line, no one good at qb and no shut-down corner. Good luck with another 7-5 season!

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I’d rank Crowell #4 on SEC.

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Brian,
We’re going to “suck”??? what does that say about you because you know we’re going to punish you again. UGA will get pounded by the GATORS like Ginger Lee.

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Isaiah Crowell isn’t one of the SEC’s best…yet.

He hasn’t take a single snap in a college game, so he shouldn’t be listed.

Duh!

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4.43

http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=9&c=8&toinid=740&yr=2011

Isaiah Crowell has 4.43 speed in the 40-yard dash.

“No other back, besides Demps, has Crowell’s speed” by

tOSSuP

June 17th, 2011 at 11:52 am

tOSSuP, sir, Isaiah Crowell is ranked the # 1 RB in nation for 2011 by Scout.com and the # 2 overall best football player in the nation by Scout.com, but it is NOT because of his speed and he is nowhere near as fast as 4.25 at 6′ 1″ and 225 lbs by Herschel Walker who is now 50 and still runs 4.35.

4.43 Nike time by Isaiah Crowell 2011 in 40-yard dash, just for the 2011 recruiting class alone makes him the

# 142 in the nation just in 2011 recruiting class in terms of speed

# 53 in the nation just in 2011 recruiting class in terms of speed just counting those recruited as RB

There are 7 pages of 20 players per page just in the 2011 recruiting class who are faster than Isaiah Crowell, and over one-third of those were recruited as a Running Back, as was he, sir.

At 210 lbs and 5′ 11″ tall, he is not the load Herschel Walker still is, either.

He is no Herschel Walker, who ran over people and then ran away from them.

Isaiah Crowell does neither. It is not possible, sir.

There are 5 recruiting classes which make up the 2011 season. Each of the other classes already on campus and already have practiced and proved they can block and understand a playbook.

There are therefore 710 college football players 2011 who are faster than Isaiah Crowell and 210 players recruited as running backs, as he, who are faster 2011 than Isaiah Crowell.

Jeffrey Demps is not 1 of them, nor is he anywhere near as big as Isaiah Crowell. Demps is a itty-bitty 5′ 9″ and 162 lbs. which explains why Jeffrey Demps has averaged 634 yards of rushing every year at Florida. Jeff Demps has 90 carries per season and these are 13 game seasons which isn’t even 7 carries a game, average over his entire career; and, now this season is Jeff Demps True Senior Season.

I don’t think either one are a proper comparison, if you don’t mind me pointing out the truth. And, if you do.

15 carries average per game for Isaiah Crowell 2011 for Mike Bobo and Mark Richt ?

If Isaiah Crowell only gets 15 carries against Boise State, South Caroilina and Florida, Georgia will have Lost the only 3 football games they play this entire season. But, it is not because of his speed. If you are expecting Isaiah Crowell to average 7 yards a carry, every carry all season long starting with let’s say South Carolina, you are out of your mind.

Give the gentleman half a chance, if you would be so kind sir. Let him come in here and try to learn the play book, figure out how to block, and somehow figure out to get on the football field using those specific skills. If you think he is the fastest RB in the nation, or that he is going to run away from 710 football players who are faster than he; he has no hope of meeting your expectations and I will be back in here to remind you that you are a DISNEYdawgs.com

That is wholly presposterous to expect 15 carries at 7 yards a carry net. What is he playing in a void ? No one needed around him ? No defense ? Great Scott. Please post more about National Championships (which would be our 7th, not 6th which we already achieved in 1980 – over 3 decades ago.)

1300 yards is not unreasonable but not on 15 carries; he does only average 15 carries and we are sunk. And, if our fan base expects Isaiah Crowell to speed his way past every team in America except for 1 guy at 1 school, then you can just sign up at DISNEYdawgs.com

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13 GAMES X 15 CARRIES A GAME = 195 CARRIES X 5.1 YARDS PER CARRY = 1000 YARDS RUSHING

25 YARDS RECEIVING X 13 GAMES = 325 YARDS RECEIVING

1000 + 325 = 1325 TOTAL YARDS

THIS IS WHAT CROWELL WILL DO AS A FRESHMAN

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Folks,
Granted that Richt was successful in signing Crowell, but isn’t he jus this year’s version of the “number one back in the country” that has signed with UGA? Just in recent memory, I remember the same bs about Richard Samuels, Caleb King, Waushaun Ealey, and probably others. Without exception, they completely failed to live up to the hype. Why do you think that is? Could it just possibly be that Mark Richt cannot coach? That is what an objective person would conclude.

What is obvious is that UGA does not have one of ESPN’s top ten backs. How many of those backs are from UGA? Several. Why didn’t they sign with UGA? Maybe it was because they were not pursued agressively because the UGA scouts did not see the talent. Kinda like Cam Newton having “potential as a tight end.” It might be that high school coaches know that Richt is not a coach and are influencing their stars to sign at schools that have real foot ball coaches.

Everybody has been conditioned now to “give another year” to Richt at about $3M. I hope we have a good season, but the facts point another disappointing years.

UGA fans will continue to be disappointed until someone like McCavity or Adams or the Regents get the kahunas to fire Richt and his clowns. Until this happens, we just dig the hole deeper.

I wish the best for Isaiah Crowell, but the facts show that he will just be another flop unless a real coach can actually coach him up to the level he deserves to be coached up to. We are letting these recurits down.

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I agree with Low. Until Crowell proves himself on the field, he’s an unknown entity.

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I hope you’re right, Real V Dawg, but hope is not a method…

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Why the dissing on Cromwell. He goning make media pays for no lack of respects. He showing off talents and dominanting SEC like Herschel. Then we know Dawgs is back on top like supposed. Cromwell be best back with speeds, power, and elosive and that hard to tackles. Cromwell will run through and over the bad team.

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That what I like hearing Real V. How we returning to dominants now with Dream Team recruits. Dawgs rule SEC and displays swaggering for it based on talents. That and good Christian coaching makes Dawgs best with winning SEC that causes BCS win. All we got to do is put Isaiah on field to be next Herschel and replacing that fumblin bum Ealey. Now with Ealey and bad attitude casted out we can display Dream Team talents and winning SEC.

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(GASP) I can’t believe it! I heard the folks at the Downtown Athletic Club have already carved his name into the 2011 Heisman Trophy. I mean you have to consider the over-achieving pancake machines he’s going to be running behind.

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DawginTX,

Yes. That is so obvious to point to Willie Martinez. But, it absolutely does not explain the Offensive, Special Teams and off-the-field disappointments of 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 nor 2010.

We haven’t beat the teams who finished in the Top 10 of the AP Poll, not with 3 wins the years we lost 4 games 2001, 3 games 2005, and 4 games of 2006. The other 9 games against teams finishing in the Top 10, we lost every game.

Kool-Aid to drink that now that Willie Martinez is gone (when I was here saying every day of every post, that it had to be Willie Martinez AND MIKE BOBO who had to go.), that Georgia will be great, or at least the # 11 team in Wins all-time with 6 national championships in 1-A football as we most assuredly are. Richt said he was standing by BOTH Willie and Bobo. He then fired his college roommate, reluctantly; and, now we have to go back all the way to 1953 to find a season in which we lost more games than the 7 games we lost WITHOUT Willie Martinez.

Our running backs are not taught how to hold the football. They don’t know how to block and they don’t know when and how to flare out in the flats and catch a pass. In addition, they don’t know how to stay out of trouble, nor run the football.

Our recruiting leaves us with big huge gaping holes at some positions (fullback, secondary) while stockpiling at others (tight end, linebackers.)

Our wide receivers haven’t done anything in years. They are not winners. They don’t make the big catch against a great team, taking them down. We have no one at these positions.

Our secondary is the worst secondary this football program has ever put on the field and tried to pass off as a secondary. We watch as the top secondary players are plucked from this state to the Top 6 teams in The SEC neighboring us, who then beat us with them.

We yank players around willy-nilly and move them to positions they have zero experience at, and then back the next year.

We announce Joe Tereshinski III is the Starter at QB and put Joe Cox # 2 and have Matthew Stafford worse on the Depth Chart than both. In 2005, we have 1 hand tied behind our backs vs Florida with Joe Tereshinski III trying to play QB, and still nearly won the game.

2002 we go 0-11 on 3rd down conversions against a team who absolutely sucked and fired their coach for sucking for years, but Ron Zook beat Mark Richt because he had a better offense. Florida would end up not even ranked in the Coaches’ Poll Top 25.

2007 we lost to a 6-6 South Carolina team and were drubbed by the vols, yet neither were any good and South Carolina didn’t even play in a bowl game 2007, but they beat us.

We try a field goal on the opening drive last game against a hapless team who 3 nobody teams beat, on a 4th and inches at the goal line.

2008, we hand the football to 1st Round NFL Draft Pick Knowshon Moreno an average of 14 carries and threw him the ball an average of less than twice a game in the only 3 games against the only 3 teams we faced 2008 Alabama, Florida and Georgia tek and we lost all 3 of those games.

We redshirted Knowshon Moreno so we saw the best UGA RB in over 2 Dozen Years here, only 2 years and then gone as the 12th best player in America.

Excuse me, the world.

We try for years on end to kick-off to the corner. Still pulling my hair out on all those.

We are # 85 in the nation in kick-off returns last season with arguably one of the best kick-off return men in the history of the game. We had such a horrid season again last year after not being ranked the previous year (RELOAD the DISNEYdawgs.com said in here this time last year), that even our Punter was in a funk. What does that tell you ?

We have an attitude problem. And, it starts with playing favorites with the likes of Caleb Darnell King on offense. For lesser transgressions, better football players have been kicked off this football team at running back, than Caleb King has.

We play Favorites, especially on offense.

For 11 years now, we have put together clearly the worst “coaching staff” in America.

Now, our head coach says football is too violent.

No, it’s not Willie Martinez. He was just part of it. Obviously. We have a whole host of it remaining. Our players are not conditioned and don’t give a hoot. Our fans fill their heads with how great they are, and they don’t even try to get anything done on the field and play around off the field not preparing themselves. We announce we fixed that by promoting a guy who has been in the weight room every day since the 1st day of the 2001 season. What was he doing then ? Motivating the players ? If so, why did that take 10 years to promote him, finally ?

No sir. The problem is not Willie Martinez, have not been Willie Martinez and still aren’t Willie Martinez.

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Wet Willie was a problem that exposed as bad as NY Congressman but the real blames is with Adams and then Evans. Adams made Coach Richt compete with hands tied behind back from recruiting restrictions. Then Coach Richt not allowed to recruit like Bammers with oversign and medical cut loose the stinkys players to free schollies for more talents. Evans deserving blames for not standing up to Adams to tell him who running Athens. Now McG gots the opportunity to put Adams in place and help Coach Richt to winning with talents that being more Christain.

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He should be in Top list cause he playing for Dawgs and replacing stinky boy fumble artist Ealey. He can’t help but be better to help Dawgs dominants the SEC. All we need is rest of line to get mean like Ben Jones and then we blast holes for Cromwell he blow through for TD. That how Dawgs return to Glory of SEC and BCS champs. All we needed was talents at RB who don’t fumble. Now we got it and rest of team coming together with learned knowledge of 3-4 D this year.

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Stop trying to stick blame on Coach Richt. The blaming deserves to being in two places of the Adams and the stinky players. Every one konws that Adams choking recruiting and we got to fix that so Coach Richt can recruit without restrictions like Bammers. The we got to be able to cut loose stinky players that not playing up to deserving level of Dawgs. That frees schollies for talent that appreciates opportunity to expose for NFL and ladies in Athens while running campus. When we get stuck with bad attitude that fumbles like Ealey we got to cut thems loose. Not being able to recruit ahainst Bammers and cast out those that not playing using talents are to be blaming on Adams. Saban able to recruit with no limits and then cut loose stinkys that don’t play to talents. Coach Richt is being hancuffed by Adams and we got to gets McG to stands up Adams. Then Dawgs have more talent and play by same rules as Bammers to get us winning repeat SECs and BCS champs.

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Against not ahainst

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The score will tell.

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