Georgia's RB legacy takes another hit with suspension

Sir Barks A Lot

July 18th, 2011
1:38 pm

First?

UGA_2001

July 18th, 2011
1:40 pm

This would’ve been covered up at Aub, Fla or Tenn.

BTW, when do Tenn and Aub get nailed by the NCAA? Are any of our rivals not under investigation?

Jamaica Dawg

July 18th, 2011
1:41 pm

It’s amazing how much the AJC loves to sensationalize. How about some more informative (and less drama based ) reporting on the two studs that the Dawgs just got commitments from at Dawgnight at Tailback, Derrick Henry and Stanley Williams?

Jamaica Dawg

July 18th, 2011
1:41 pm

It’s amazing how much the AJC loves to sensationalize. How about some more informative (and less drama based ) reporting on the two studs that the Dawgs just got commitments from at Dawgnight at Tailback, Derrick Henry and Stanley Williams?

You are absolutely correct sir!

July 18th, 2011
1:41 pm

I take with a grain of salt when kids are asked to comment upon taking over a leadership role.
Their actions hardly keep up with their words.
Please remember to lead by example before you open up your mouth.

Dawgs Roll

July 18th, 2011
1:43 pm

This is not a deal–he wouldn’t play much anyway. Crowell is the real deal and will be starting from day 1. Look for crowell to run over Boise St. and get 100 against SC in Athens.

BW

July 18th, 2011
1:43 pm

Wow…it’s like they don’t want to start…go figure

Bartles & James

July 18th, 2011
1:46 pm

Jeff, Thanks for the new kindness in reporting of all things Dawgs.
What happened to the old Schultz that just spewed venom and sarcasms in any thing related to UGA?
We like the new and improved Jeff better. Easier to converse with….
And as always, we thank you for your support!

DawginLex

July 18th, 2011
1:48 pm

Dawgs Roll

a little dose of reality here.

The depth chart for the opener will be:

Samuel-RS Jr 6′2″ 238 lbs
Malcome-RS Fr 6′1″ 220 lbs
Crowell-Fr 5′11″ 190 lbs

If we have the ball the normal projected amount of time-80 plays, Murray will throw it about 35 and we will run about 45.

Samuel will get 20+ carries
Malcome will get 8-10 carries
Crowell will get 8-10 carries
Nick Marshall/Branden Smith will get about 5 or 6

Crowell will be lucky to gain 30 yards.

Reality

PMC

July 18th, 2011
1:50 pm

Not really, if anything it’s further proof that running back is a harder position to fill than we usually think. The greats are few and far between. Just because the basic philosophy behind the position is simple the execution at elite levels is difficult.

It’s another reason I don’t feel so high on Crowell yet. Lattimore is an incredibly special talent who has the propensity to work very hard at his craft, those don’t come around all to frequently.

Most of these guys just play because of the bennies that come along with it.

Doug

July 18th, 2011
1:50 pm

I’d include Lars Tate in the list of best UGA running backs. He’s third all-time in career rushing yards and second in rushing TDs. He never put up a spectacular season, but he was steady.

slydog

July 18th, 2011
1:52 pm

this at least cuts out the stupid draw play right up the middle on 3rd and 8…lol With this tailback situation, UGA will have to be more creative in the passing game and spread the ball out. maybe use even more formations, shifts, and motions than ever before. I believe down to my core, with all these elements presenting problems, CMR will not give BoBo free reign on offense like in the past. It WILL cost him his job. I see some tension forming up between the two as CMR will probably overrule him alot on key downs. Take what we have left, call alot of slants and screens, then pound them in the third quarter with malcolme and samuel, they Could be unstoppable. there is nothing better than when a talented team and its embattled coach have their backs against the wall

PMC

July 18th, 2011
1:52 pm

Florida has had one of the best football programs in the nation the last decade, the bulk of thier running backs are borderline awful. Why?

It’s really difficult to find guys who have the measurables you need that goes along with the work eithic the position requires.

May the Force be with you!

July 18th, 2011
1:52 pm

Yeah Jeff, it is better to join the Force and be for UGA then be on the Darkside….

Beast from the East

July 18th, 2011
1:52 pm

“This would’ve been covered up at Aub, Fla or Tenn.”

UGA_2001,
Keep dissing your superiors if it makes you feel better, kid.

Worm

July 18th, 2011
1:54 pm

Ever hear of Isiah Crowell and Derrick Henry(Who was just named the top prospect in the state of Florida for 2013)…

UGA_2001

July 18th, 2011
1:56 pm

Beast-from-the-East:

Shhhhh! The adults are talking.

Sir Barks A Lot

July 18th, 2011
1:57 pm

To be honest – Ealey and King leaving is the best thing for them and the program. Both of these guys developed into liabilities and were cancerous to the team due there inconsistencies on and off the field.

Although it would have been a great story if the both turned it around – finally mature and “get it” – it was wishful thinking and I do wish them the best.

All is not lost:
1. Moving Samuel is HUGE and a plus. He passed blocked exxceptionally well when he played as a 17 year old – and is hungry and mature. Yes, he has stiff hips – but he is a powere runner.
2. Malcome is a brute – another power runner – redshirted last year and had a great spring – although he was injured. He is ready to go and will have 2 summers in the system. Reports are his fitness level is exceptional.
3. Brandon Harton – walk-on – fast, extremely quick – hard runner and a big surprise to the team.
Similar to Carlton Thomas – 3rd down and change of pace type of back.
4. I. Crowell – Should have an impact – need to find a way to put him in position to be successful as he is learning the system and learning how to pass block.

Regarding Carlton Thomas – extremely quick and fast – but he scares me as he is a fumble liability -even in the spring game – he fumbled. On his TD run – the ball squirted out after he broke the plain.

More concerned with the O-Line.

slydog

July 18th, 2011
1:57 pm

@ pmc… also add that both UF and UGA have not let the running game be the focus of their offense for years. even miami put 4 pro bowl rb’s in the league (two with ACL issues) during the last 12 years and alabama may have a string 5 in the nfl real soon.

Worm

July 18th, 2011
1:57 pm

BTW-Jeff, Thanks for being on top of that Tech investigation…The next sound we heard was snoring-Your words, not mine!

UGA_2001

July 18th, 2011
1:59 pm

Bottom line is UGA is playing by a different set of rules than their SEC rivals.

Florida players have to get arrested 5 times before they’re even suspending. At Aub and Ala, players are never arrested because the cops are on the take!

Lowcountry Bulldawg

July 18th, 2011
1:59 pm

DawginLex,

If Murray averages 35 passes a game I think we are in trouble. Only two games last year did he attempt that many, Florida and UCF. I think we gotta pass it successfully, but that does not many in large quantities.

Schultz is right. UGA has had two good backs since 1995, Musa Smith and Knowshon Moreno. Edwards was nice, but only in glimpses. So what was once Tailback U is now as much a myth as anything. UGA has bombed on to many cant miss tailbacks, Sanks over Jamal Lewis? It is as much evaluation of talent as it is coaching. The talent evaluation in Athens has got to get more better as Ray Goff would say.

GeoffDawg

July 18th, 2011
2:00 pm

A legacy is not determined by one season alone let alone a one game suspension for a 2nd or 3rd string player. You can argue that CMR’s balanced approach has deemphasized the running game over the last ten years over the history of the program, I’d stack Georgia’s RBs against anybody. We’re forgetting other guys like Lars Tate, Tim Worley and Musa Smith. Also, even though he was overshadowed by Garrison Hearst, some guy named Terrel Davis.

WayxDog

July 18th, 2011
2:00 pm

Can Crowell learn the system fast enough?

cave canem

July 18th, 2011
2:00 pm

Sensationalize? Yes, seriously. Three tailbacks having problems of various sorts does nothing to the legacy of great running backs at UGA. Why not just report the facts instead of fabricating some supposed hit to the “legacy”? Some of those facts might include the fact that UGA reruited a top running back last year, will, probably get another this year, and is already recruiting for the future at the position. The tradition will continue.

MichaelC

July 18th, 2011
2:02 pm

Sure will be nice to have Murray doing the dump off plays to our nice crop of TE’s (Charles mostly) As good as running plays, but more effective……

DawgDad

July 18th, 2011
2:06 pm

With a 238-pound RS-Jr. tailback meaned-up at linebacker for a year I’m expecting the Dawgs to line up and run right at people until they stop him. Shouldn’t hurt the pass-protection, either, and that QB-TE tandem can keep the linebackers and safeties honest. I’m more concerned with the O-line than the tailback situation.

Not Disappointed

July 18th, 2011
2:11 pm

I’m a Tech fan but this is very sad. I hate to see these young men get in trouble. Hopefully it’s not to big of a problem and he will be back on the field soon.

Ramblin Wreck!

If they could only speak...

July 18th, 2011
2:13 pm

Does anybody else cringe when they hear a player being interviewed that speaks with the intelligence of a third grader? They’re in college and should be able to at least speak english….Jeez.
The state of Georgia needs to add speech classes to their high school core curriculum.
It can only help. Every student needs to be able to articulate the English language (except for athletes?!) for future employment. So what’s the downside?

JB

July 18th, 2011
2:15 pm

#1. We have not been tailback U in a while. #2. This is just business as usual, when a player has an issue, they sit, unlike Tech. and speaking of Tech, what about that image. On probation TWICE in less than 10 years. They can spin it all they want, but that program seems out of control. 2005-6, 11 football players ALLOWED to play who were not eligible. Someone please list all the probation’s under Richt’s tenure.

If they could only speak...

July 18th, 2011
2:16 pm

Don’t knock the messenger.

San Diego Dawg

July 18th, 2011
2:16 pm

We best prepare for reality. This is going to be another long season. You just cannot like our chances to win the SEC with this set of RB’s and that offensive line. Unless one of those backs has a “break out” year and the OL responds to their new coach, this is going to be a long, long season. Best prepare for 7-5. Maybe 8-4.

Call me the wet blanket.

Russ, the Temporary Running Back

July 18th, 2011
2:17 pm

Yes, that’s right . . . Coach has asked me to run a few plays at tailback. I run low to the ground and am hard to knock off my feet. Most importantly, I have no arrest record and I am popular on campus. I remember last year meeting the Okra Festival Queen. I’ve told some of you this story before. She was a student at UGA and she was wearing a hat that looked like a piece of fried okra. At halftime, she urged everyone to eat more okra and not to drive while drunk. That completed the Athens experience. It was a good day of Georgia football.

JB

July 18th, 2011
2:20 pm

Anyone care to guess how many games Garcia at Carolina will miss this year. Remember, he like Carlton, got in trouble last spring. Garcia suspended at the time indefinitely, yea right. Garcia will play, Carlton won’t. Interesting. By the way, that was Garcia’s SIXTH suspension…… No, no difference.

chazzo

July 18th, 2011
2:22 pm

1st: I’d add smith, henderson, worley, and tate to the list of UGA backs.

2nd: It might be a hasty leap to lump Thomas in with Ealey and King. Unspecified but speculated?

As far as thug BS goes, did it ever occur to anyone that maybe UGA hands out so many suspensions because they are the only ones that punish smoking weed and ditching class?

DawginLex

July 18th, 2011
2:23 pm

Lowcountry

I hope you are right but I fear we will be unable to pound the rock like a lot of us want to.

If the defense is doing well, our gameplan could change to more of a running game.

JB

July 18th, 2011
2:24 pm

SEC’s win at any cost Coah’s by rank
1. Auburn
2. Bama
3. Carolina
4. Fla
5. LSU
6.Miss St
7.UGA
8.the rest don’t matter.

42-34 Dawgs All Year Long

July 18th, 2011
2:24 pm

Bottom line is AJC dropped the ball on the cheating/lying/cover-up going on down the street at tech and Jeff is trying desperately to bail them out. Even Pat Forde called the AJC out for missing the story.

JB

July 18th, 2011
2:24 pm

s/b coach’s

Beast from the East

July 18th, 2011
2:25 pm

“Florida players have to get arrested 5 times before they’re even suspending.”

UGA_2001,
And you hve proof of this? Please provide it.
I’ll make an allegation. UGA grads from 2001 cannot put together an intelligible sentence. Proof provided above. LOL!

What's up with Donnan?

July 18th, 2011
2:26 pm

Was he suckered into this thing was legit?
Sounds like he did a lot of the legwork, but the question is….
What did he know and when did he know it?
Love that old, long over-used Watergate question from Sen. Baker.
Fits into any investigation, conspiracy, etc. anytime, anywhere!

Bishop Eddie Longs Red Panties

July 18th, 2011
2:27 pm

Are we going to have enough players to field a team ?

Oh well......

July 18th, 2011
2:28 pm

Isaiah better have a big red “S” on his chest and let’s hope there ain’t no Kryptonite on the defense……….

Buckeye

July 18th, 2011
2:30 pm

The Annointed One II is only 5/11 190??

What’s the plan, dogs, when takes one upside the chin and decides to lay down??

Boise in ATL

July 18th, 2011
2:30 pm

King and Ealey hurt UGA and Carlton Thomas is not an every down dependable RB.
Samuel, Malcome and Crowell will lead the way for UGA. It may take some time for this position to gel. I would be equally as concerned with your Offensive Line and WR’s.

If UGA picks up Marshall and Henry for 2013 – then UGA is have a stable of backs that every school will envy.

I wonder if D. Henry from Yulee (love the name – Yulee) will have a negative impact on UGA’s chances at getting Marshall.

BOISE VS UGA
Funny how many Dog fans are still thinking Georgia is going to hammer the Broncos!
Vegas and the rest of the college world see this as a Bronco victory.

I expect a hard fought game – and Boise to win this game – potentially win it going away in the last half of the 4Q. Much like Mississsippi State did – or South Carolina did – or Auburn did!
If this game is close in the 4Q – Boise will win.

Recent 8-5 and 6-7 records are not flukes – but realities to the state of the UGA football program.

Boise has a large number of returning starters – with the exception of WR. However, the next wave of WR’s will be ready to go. Our defense if very good – and our Offenses excels in picking teams apart. We play are disciplined and play as a TEAM – two things UGA has not done in quite sometime.

I expect UGA’s defense to be improved – but your OL is a mess, your WR’s are unproven, and you are converting a LB to play RB – when it did not work out for him the first time.

With that said – UGA may need to develop first half of the season – then gel into a monster second half. Like the year UGA whipped Hawaii. UGA was a completely different team 2nd half of that season.

Best of luck to UGA.

Since moving to ATL about 3 years ago – have really enjoyed following the teams and love the passion. ATL is the capital of college football – Hockey??? who cares!!!

Buckeye

July 18th, 2011
2:32 pm

Boise,

I’m with you. It will be the only game in the Dome for the dogs this year. Put a hammer on Isaiah (The Annointed One II).

Bishop Eddie Longs Red Panties

July 18th, 2011
2:34 pm

@ JB are you sore about losing to your top 6 =(

John Brown

July 18th, 2011
2:35 pm

Why does Richt still have a job? Man, 1980 was a longggggggggggggg time ago. One thing I thought I could always count on was UGA football. Wow, you guys really lowered your standards down there. Glad I went to Northwestern U then, where they dwarf UGA in academics, and at this point, NU dwarfs UGA in football. All those nerdlingers(like me) at a school with 7,000 undergrads has a better football program than the SEC “powerhouse” UGA. Fire Richt. Should have a long time ago. Sad sad sad. I’m a UGA fan 1st, born and raised. I want another championship. Pretty sad it will be NU before UGA.

Glass house FL

July 18th, 2011
2:35 pm

How many times has UF and Aub been on probation in SEC history?
I’d bet their the top two…Gotta love Charley Pell and Gayboy Hall…
Heck, Pell admitted to spying on GA practices and still couldn’t beat ‘em.
Of course Bamalama had the redneck teflon coach in Bear Bryant that the NCAA stayed clear of.
Certainly he was the cheatingest, but must have had more dirt on investigators to keep away from him.

Vain Jangling

July 18th, 2011
2:35 pm

Tailback-U? More like Tailback U-Haul! and doesn’t that Walker kid from down in Wrightsville still owe us one more year?

JB

July 18th, 2011
2:36 pm

The expectations are that Georgia plays in the SEC and Boise plays 10 really weak teams a year piling up impressive stats in a weak conference. It’s a good time for Boise to catch the Dawgs, because most Dawg teams year in and year out would beat Boise 9 of 10 times . I understand they have a pretty good team, but in the SEC they would be Kentucky. Sorry, but it’s true.

Lowcountry Bulldawg

July 18th, 2011
2:38 pm

” We play are disciplined and play as a TEAM – two things UGA has not done in quite sometime.”

That is a very good summation of UGA football the past 5 years. Until this is corrected it will be a rallying cry for rival bloggers. Lets hope CMR understood that finally this past offseason and can silence his critics. Until he shows otherwise that is a fare assessment of the state of UGA football.

Jamaica Dawg

July 18th, 2011
2:38 pm

Shultz – yes seriously – let’s put it into perspective – a one game hit to a likely backup tailback does not equal a serious “Hit” to the tailback legacy at UGA. I say “sensationalized” because it created, not one, but two articles from two separate AJC authors. Let’s get some more quality, investigative reporting from you guys, not the multiple article and constant rehash of old information . Dawgnight got two major future commitments for the Dawgs at tailback and it got limited mention which was my real point.

So close

July 18th, 2011
2:41 pm

Yeah, AL probably deserved the death penalty throughout history as much as USC, OH St., FL, Aub, the entire old SWC and the one that got it SMU!

Vain Jangling

July 18th, 2011
2:42 pm

And BTW, Schultz, I wish these bloggers would make up their minds. Either you’re an unrepentant homer, ignoring the man behind the curtain whilst sucked up to UGA’s hind teat, or you’re laughing like a hyena on crack, clicking your heals in shuddering glee after every Bulldog arrest or suspension. It might be one or the other, but it ain’t both!

Hee hee, I said “teat” on the computer.

JB

July 18th, 2011
2:43 pm

@2;42……….good way to get banned.

Russ, the Temporary Running Back

July 18th, 2011
2:44 pm

Being a running back and a mascot at the same time is something I am glad to do for Coach Richt and the program. The hardest thing for me will be the “no-bite” rule. A little dog gets anxious when he’s playing ball and there is a tendency to snap at the tackler. Watching the game from the sidelines while your sitting on a bag of ice is different, just ask Barbara Dooley. I think getting to play on Saturdays is going to be a real treat. Being a football player may open some doors for me and help me with the girls. Something about a girl in a pair of coveralls, can’t describe it.

slydog

July 18th, 2011
2:45 pm

@ if they could only speak… yes i cringe and it is bordering on anger. the answer: these young men are gladiators in a meat market. for a majority of the african american players, this is there ticket out and some school administrators, scouts, recruiters, agents the NCAA, AND the NFL need to have a steady supply of meat. You throw the coaches on that bus too. The results speak for themselves.

@Boise all I can say is, I will make some money in Vegas in september. thanks for the tip. it BEHOOVES YOU to go with the underdog (yes, pun intended) This is not VA Tech. Furthermore, this the beginning of the season, not the middle where UGA normally stumbles, and CMR butt is on fire and so will the teams psyche. They will be fresh, fast, stronger, bigger (john jenkins), and have a chip on their shoulders.
@ Buckeye please go read your own blog. you may not have a football team in a few years.

Beast from the East

July 18th, 2011
2:47 pm

Glass house FL,
UF certainly does have their (notice the correct usage?) fair share of NCAA violations in the past. My question is, do you really want to got there? UGA is tied for 9th all-time with 6 major infractions. Does Jan Kemp or Jim Harrick ring a bell? Glass houses, indeed.

RedandBlackDAWG

July 18th, 2011
2:47 pm

Come on Jeff, legacy? I hardly think he was going to leave a legacy to be remembered at UGA or in the SEC.
Now you want legacy, ask Jim tressel what that means. No wait, he is retired, ask his AD, mr. Coverup.

has the game started yet?

July 18th, 2011
2:48 pm

lots of folks here that know how to coach………anyone want to apply for CMR’s job?

Beast from the East

July 18th, 2011
2:51 pm

I’ll take it for $3,000,000 a year. LOL!

A lot of mouth coming from a deadeye

July 18th, 2011
2:52 pm

How’s that big 10 (or are you able to count to 12 now?) thing going for OH. St. this year?
And Boise, quit crying that you want to be one of the big boys….Go to a real conference and then if you win, you won’t have to feel like a red headed stepchild.

Dumbo Donnan

July 18th, 2011
2:54 pm

Actually ealey was let go first. Then king.
Dogs in for a world of hurt this year on offense. Freshman rb’s contantly miss blocks. Qb’s get mangled with them in there. They also fumble a lot. With no aj to throw to, this offense will be very anemic.

Yeah we can go there Glass House FL

July 18th, 2011
2:54 pm

Florida still tops UGA in NCAA crimes.

Real.Dawgs

July 18th, 2011
2:55 pm

Not that Georgia ever had a chance to beat Boise, but it gets worse every week.

I was predicting a 2-3 td loss with and improved and health team, but it’s gonna be bad, maybe 3-4 td loss for my dawgs with all the losses. Oh well, just another year, at least we can defer to SEC dominance instead of worrying about our dwindling Georgia team.

Tailback U

July 18th, 2011
2:56 pm

Jeff, I gotta add a shout-out for Sam “Bam” Cunningham too! Man he was a bruiser and had some fine years on some bad Patriots team as well. How long until kick-off????

RabidDawgFan

July 18th, 2011
2:56 pm

This is being blown out of proportion. I could see it if we lost him for the season. He’s not even an EVERY DOWN back and likely wouldn’t have gotten many carries vs. Boise anyways. Seriously. We have Samuel, Malcome, and Crowell and most SEC teams only have about 2 backs that can get the job done anyway, well we have 3. We’re FINE. If the O-line comes through and blocks like they should, then we’ll be fine. For the most part, we have everybody we need to go out and get that win vs. Boise on Sept 3rd.

Sopwith Camel

July 18th, 2011
2:56 pm

Russ, you are too funny!!

Boise beatdown

July 18th, 2011
3:01 pm

Weak running game.
No standout wide receiver
Murray sophmore slump
No blocking for Murray=
Boise 31 Ga 17

icallbs

July 18th, 2011
3:01 pm

“When and why did the Georgia running back position become such a parade of knuckleheads?” About the time the public school system went to hell in a hand basket – no accountability, no fear of punishment, rewarding of incompetence (students, teachers, administrators). One way of looking at it is that the public school system is producing EXACTLY as it is designed to do so; a school system designed to produce knuckleheads is succeeding spectacularly well. The Atlanta Pubic School System would be the poster child. Yeah, I know Caleb King went to a private school, which highlights that particular school as a joke.

How bad was Scam Newton?

July 18th, 2011
3:03 pm

So bad even FL kicked him out….and those cheaters hardly ever kick “an employee” off the team.

It's Enrico Pollazzo!!

July 18th, 2011
3:07 pm

Shame for the little guy to get in trouble. Isaiah Crowell is saying “holy sh&t Batman!!”

DentalDawg

July 18th, 2011
3:11 pm

Who woulda guessed Sgt. Schultz would be the one pointing out another UGA woe.

UGA Spin Machine

July 18th, 2011
3:15 pm

Scenario #1: Player in trouble and gets dismissed from UGA.
UGA spin: Isn’t Richt great? The other SEC coaches and the local police who are all corrupt would have just swept this under the rug.

Scenario #2: Player in trouble but not dismissed from UGA.
UGA spin: Isn’t Richt great? The other SEC coaches would have gotten rid of him to open up scholly’s.

Gator Mascot

July 18th, 2011
3:17 pm

Russ, The Temporary Running Back
Russ, at least you are alive and can contribute,
I am down here in the Ben Hill Sky Boxes, stuffed
and in a glass case.

Newman

July 18th, 2011
3:20 pm

You should add first-round picks Tim Worley and Cleveland Gary to the list…And what about Super Bowl MVP Terrell Davis?

Randall "Pink" Floyd

July 18th, 2011
3:22 pm

2 departures + 1 suspension = 3 blessings in disguise.

Lowcountry Bulldawg

July 18th, 2011
3:23 pm

Tim Worley was a good back—-flunked out of NFL due to drugs, hardly one I really would want ot attach my name to.

Cleveland Gary—-didn’t even finish his career at UGA

Terrel Davis— Ray Goff obviously misevaluated his talent.

So attaching Tailback U to these guys is really a mixed bag.

rogeriter

July 18th, 2011
3:25 pm

All of you Boise State fans–remember all the sports announcers said Ga. couldn’t stay with Hawaii (same league) in the sugar bowl. But they found out that play in the SEC is different. I’m not saying Ga. will win–just that I wouldn’t pay much attention to what sports announcers on TV say. They are the same ones who pick Ohio State vs SEC in National Title games.

Beast from the East

July 18th, 2011
3:25 pm

“Florida still tops UGA in NCAA crimes.”

Are we talking major NCAA violations? If so, then not according to the data I’ve read. If you have some other info, please provide a link. If you’re referring to player arrests, then I bow to the reigning Fulmer Cup champs. It seems you have us Gators beat on both fronts. Kudos!

another day at the office

July 18th, 2011
3:26 pm

Boise won’t get 21, Georgia 35+

joe

July 18th, 2011
3:28 pm

I heard Coach Donnan has contacted Thomas earlier today, saying he’s got a sure-fire way of growing a $100 bill ten-fold in just 30 days…

Beast from the East

July 18th, 2011
3:28 pm

I would be more concerned about the Boise game at this point. I’m sure they’ll blitz often. Bobo and McClendon need to really work to ensure the remaining RB’s are ready to pick up the biltzes. If they are, then Murray could have a HUGE game. If not, then it could be a long night.

One Year Left

July 18th, 2011
3:30 pm

Not to worry. I’m a 63 year old UGA grad who has one year of eligibility left. I’m already increasing my daily walking and lifting my grandchildren for 10 reps each. Put me in coach. I am a model citizen, so you can count on me.

Jimmy Crack

July 18th, 2011
3:32 pm

What about Vandy? How can a school so scholastically anal as them not have big dumb jocks who can’t make grades or can’t differentiate between dating girls and assault? They do have a defensive line like everyone else, you know. I smell a cover up! Oh, nevermind, that was me.

Decatur Dawg

July 18th, 2011
3:33 pm

Weak article. Lazy journalism. You my friend, are an idiot.

Jimmy Crack

July 18th, 2011
3:35 pm

Lars Tate.

Chip Folendore

July 18th, 2011
3:36 pm

I have a question for you Jeff. Why was investigation of Tech never mentioned in your column until day penalties were announced?

Bobo, Bobo, a pirate's life for me

July 18th, 2011
3:39 pm

what about Terrel Davis?? I loved watching him in Denver.

Paddy

July 18th, 2011
3:41 pm

UGA should beat Boise St with only 1 running back, whomever he is. This is not that big of a deal! If we can’t beat a weak sister like Boise St then UGA needs to look into the mirror and make some big changes. I, for one, am not worried about our opener!

Saywhut

July 18th, 2011
3:43 pm

Since the Dawgs aren’t opening with Idaho State, I doubt anyone will notice that Carlton Thomas is not there.

FL Stats

July 18th, 2011
3:43 pm

B from the East,

how many felonies have been documented for FL players since urban took over? I’ll tell you that there have been none under richt at UGA in that same time periord. Are there more arrests at UGA? Probably. Of course, those misdemeanors include DUI, DWI, suspended license….which are embarrassing, but let’s not compare the type of arrests to take place down in gainesville to what has occurred up in athens.

Real.Dawgs

July 18th, 2011
3:46 pm

I love Georgia, but Boise’s gonna put a beat down on us that will be felt through SEC country for years, and worse, Boise will go undefeated and into another BCS bowl if not the NCG, and will probably beat another SEC team. This may be a bad year for the SEC. I’m worried.

Trojan

July 18th, 2011
3:47 pm

Jeff: Why not write a story titled: “Carlton should have went to Auburn and taken an independant study class”? Why not applaud UGA tough standards? Why not applaud UGA for suspending Kings last bowl game for not going to tutoring sessions? Why always such a negative slant? Do you not agree that UGA is trying to do the right thing with the suspension?

Trojan

July 18th, 2011
3:48 pm

A 3rd string RB at UGA gets more press than probation at Tech?

Pete

July 18th, 2011
3:49 pm

“If we can’t beat a weak sister like Boise St then UGA needs to look into the mirror and make some big changes. I, for one, am not worried about our opener!”
————

Paddy— You can’t even beat a crap CUSA team LOL, how you gonna handle a top 5 team? UFC is even worse than little sisters of the poor. LOL how delusional and forgetful you UGA homers are.

I’m gonna enjoy the shots of the crowd on gameday when Georgia is getting pummeled like a lower-tier CUSA team haha!

Coach Bobo

July 18th, 2011
3:49 pm

Now what am I going to do on second and long?

Beast from the East

July 18th, 2011
3:51 pm

FL stats,
Polish that Fulmer Cup trophy while you try to deflect. It’ll be good practice for if/when you ever win a crystal one!

Druid City

July 18th, 2011
3:54 pm

Same ol’ for Georgia.

Break the rules and get rewarded with a week off while retaining all the benefits of your scholarship.

This is why your football team will never win it all.

Only idiots in this state

July 18th, 2011
3:55 pm

Any other program loses all it’s rushing and receiving offense from the previous year, then common since and logic says it will be a tough next year. But not the idiot writers and fans of Uga. The dumbest herd I have ever encountered.

Rushing
Name G Rush Yds Y/G Avg Lng TD
Washaun Ealey 12 157 794 66.2 5.1 58 11
Caleb King 8 80 405 50.6 5.1 32 2
Carlton Thomas 10 64 253 25.3 4.0 15 2

Name G Rec Yds Y/G Avg Lng TD
A.J. Green 9 57 848 94.2 14.9 50 9
Kris Durham 10 32 659 65.9 20.6 66 3

Pete

July 18th, 2011
3:56 pm

This is evident in the Nationalchamps.net 2011 preseason All-American list which has Boise State with more players within the first three teams, at five, than any other school. A surprising statistic for what the ignorant have classified as marginal products inside a gimmick system. Even if “honorable mentions” are included, Boise State ties Alabama for the top spot with six players each.”

Georgia getting so ownt by a far superior team with so much depth Boise’s 3rd stringers would start for Georgia.

FL Stats

July 18th, 2011
3:58 pm

B,

I love it! Avoiding the question.

Here’s another one: Care to compare arrests at UGA to that of UF for 2011? UGA may not have an experienced rb to hand off to at the moment, but I can tell you that they’re getting ready to hand off the referenced Fulmer Cup. Lucky for you, Aub has had a couple more stumbles of late.

Brucerugby79

July 18th, 2011
3:58 pm

Some of you need to check your post for spelling errors before pushing the Submit Comment button.
Just saying-it is hard to take your comment seriously when you have 5th grade errors.

Druid City

July 18th, 2011
3:59 pm

I see Thomas has truly taken on a leadership role with the team.

This is what team leaders at Georgia do.

BigTimeTechFan

July 18th, 2011
3:59 pm

@Boise In Atlanta – pretty good but you’re not accounting for the fact UGA just signed “The Dream Team”. They could just start all them and it would guarantee the win. There is now way a NCAA team can beat a Dream Team, that would be like thinking the Hawks could beat the the NBA Dream Team.

Dawg Tired

July 18th, 2011
4:00 pm

I’d throw him off the team. Who was Herchel’s backup? ANS: Carnie Norris. Who was the third string back? Who knows? He never played. Let’s move on.

Druid City

July 18th, 2011
4:01 pm

Players go to Georgia to dream.

Players come to Alabama to win.

RxDawg

July 18th, 2011
4:03 pm

Eh… Ealy and King deserved to be bashed. What a waste for those two. But Carlton, I’m guessing he was just being a regular college student. For the most part, he’s had his head straight. So unless we get details I’m not gonna throw him under the bus.

Guess we now understand a little more about Samuel moving back to RB.

Nate the Great

July 18th, 2011
4:05 pm

Hate to break it to the IC supporters but he will be a bigger bust than sanks ever hoped to be. Thomas Brown has to go with him to class just to make sure he shows up and doesn’t sleep through it. That is the exact work ethic and attitude we thought we were getting rid of with ealey and king. I don’t think we have big enough helmets to fit his massive ego into.

This is samuels and Malcomes time to shine!! Goooo DAWGS!!

OK Jeff, your my new favorite

July 18th, 2011
4:05 pm

Bradley is done it’s now your chance to keep me or lose me.
GO DAWGS!

chazzo

July 18th, 2011
4:05 pm

BSU has a good team, and they will come to play. But, as far as Boise fans talking about the state of UGA’s program: BSU played two ranked teams last season, barely beating one and losing to the other. The vast majority of their schedule, year in and year out, is comprised of the teams that SEC teams pad their schedules with. How many national champions do you face each season? In 2007, UGA faced the previous three champs in the same season. Patsy schedules and NCAA sanctions! Please, don’t talk to me about the state of our program.

It’s been a couple of rough years. I hope that Boise comes in thinking this is going to be an easy win.

Boise is small ball and always will be

July 18th, 2011
4:07 pm

UGA this year will not be great. They will defeat Boise State. Boise does not have the talent to play when the 3rd and 4th qtr roll along.

UGA wins a wild one ……………….. 39-29. Possibly, Blair has to kick a very long FG to clinch it …………..but he does with 2:00 left on the clock.

If UGA wins by 1………………..the polls will still just love it. UGA is not expected to be good by the know it all writers. A win will be …………. a win over a top 10 Boise St. team.

We shall see.

Go Dogs.

WDE

July 18th, 2011
4:07 pm

@Druid City last I looked hot shot players went to Bama to finish 4th in the West…

Bill

July 18th, 2011
4:07 pm

What is with these kids parents?

Beast from the East

July 18th, 2011
4:08 pm

“Care to compare arrests at UGA to that of UF for 2011?”

No, not this year. You guys have really done a 180 on arrests this year. All I can say is……thank god for the Barners! LOL!

SSIgator

July 18th, 2011
4:09 pm

“When and why did the Georgia running back position become such a parade of knuckleheads?”

Is this a trick question Jeff? You can’t really be serious. Helen Keller could see that this “parade” started when the $3,000,000 Preacha Man, who “knows what the hell he is doing” arrived at UGA with that Florida State Criminole mentality trained by his mentor Boobie Bowden. Anyone who thinks that flim-flam man Mark Richt will ever get this under control is sadly mistaken. Have another glass of KoolAid guys. It helps block out the reality.

WDE

July 18th, 2011
4:09 pm

@Nate the Great thanks for all the “insider” info..but if its all the same to you I’ll wait until he plays a down or two before giving him the “bust title.

Pete

July 18th, 2011
4:11 pm

What’s the best time of year for a Dawg fan????????????

The pre-season, duh! Where anything is possible! LOL!

You dawg fans sound the same as last year, and the year before….. one of these years you might be right……you can’t be awful forever, can you?

WDE

July 18th, 2011
4:12 pm

@SSIgator we do indeed have a parade of knuckleheads at UGA as opposed to the parade of potheads you have at UF…really you made it just that easy!

UGA Insider

July 18th, 2011
4:13 pm

I have heard the exact same things as Nate The Great. Brown really has his work cut out for him in dealing with IC. I too think it will be Samuels, Smith and Boo. From what I hear it would not surprise me if IC never played a down at UGA.

WDE

July 18th, 2011
4:13 pm

@Pete this dog fan is not the same as last year and the year before I’m better looking and thinner..so there troll boy!

Bear

July 18th, 2011
4:13 pm

I miss u mama.
I’m down here in that bad place cause all the cheating I did…on and off the field (if u know what I mean). Paid off a lota folk to keep dem ncaa bastards away.
Signed, Bear B.
p.s. I miss my ugly a#% hat, too.
And they call me that Teflon Redneck coach down here cause all I got away with up there in that Sh#%hole called bamalama.
They’re so mean here. George Wallace says hi, too.
Wuv U mama

Bull

July 18th, 2011
4:15 pm

How bout the parade of knuckleheads writing for AJC? Shultz you’ve waited all summer for a negativity piece you can’t survive without when writing about the Dawgs. Hang it up Terrance..er…Jeff

Dawg'88

July 18th, 2011
4:15 pm

Hey Jeff…isn’t yech’s legacy hurt by the scandal last week? That athletic department seems to be out of touch with its programs. Ineligible players, a player selling dope, football major violations, basketball violations to the hilt and yet you characterized it this way:

“Damage for Georgia Tech’s future should be limited”

UGA gets a RB who doesn’t passes his classes and doesn’t pay a parking ticket. one who violates team rules and has a car accident and leaves the scene and another commits a violation unknown (shouldn’t you wait until you know what it is?) and yet the “legacy” of all UGA running backs is in peril?

Come on…thats is sensationalizing and transparent bias on your part and you know it!!!

Dawg Gone

July 18th, 2011
4:15 pm

@Beast from the East your right thanks for the Barners…they have really raised the bar for the Fulmer Cup this year. They keep this up a couple of years and Charlie Mason would have a hard time taking it from them.

Connie Lingous

July 18th, 2011
4:16 pm

This is a column?????

Wow, Schultz, you are pathetic. not a single word of insight, and in fact nothing you haven’t written before. And pssst: Nobody, anywhere, thought our season was riding on Carlton Thomas – your brilliant clincher of a closing line is not exactly original (obviously, since even you say you are simply regurgitating it from your previous column).

I”m sure Coach Richt wishes he’d never called you out at that presser several years ago … you’ve never gotten over it.

Oh, and OJ is actually not an “alleged” double murderer – he was, but he was “acquitted” of the charges.

Please get an editor and some professionalism, Bro.

let the young men play

July 18th, 2011
4:16 pm

The O -line is below average at best …… The running backs are going to get hammered then blamed by the bulldog faithful for not not being productive….. One area the Dawgs will continue to excel in both in the SEC and the nation is in the amount of REVENUE the team generates for the University. UGA is at least two years away ( at best ) for being a contender. The Dawgs can’t win their division much less the SEC.

Nate the Great

July 18th, 2011
4:18 pm

WDE

I live in Athens and that’s what the some of the players said about him. Not making it up but I would love to eat crow on it just don’t think I will. His own teammates are very unimpressed by him so far

I miss my mama

July 18th, 2011
4:18 pm

Signed, Bear

SSIgator

July 18th, 2011
4:19 pm

let the young men play -

“One area the Dawgs will continue to excel in both in the SEC and the nation is in the amount of REVENUE the team generates for the University”

They have a phrase for that regarding a fool and his money.

Dawg Gone

July 18th, 2011
4:20 pm

@let the young men play..exactly how do you know the OL is below par..everyone on the planet talked about how good they were last year and they were wrong. What makes you think your a better handicapper that they were?

jim

July 18th, 2011
4:20 pm

I am so tired of reading about UGA problem players. As a long time Dawgs fan, I say enough!! I have never been anti-Richt but it is getting harder and harder to defend the team and its problems. Could we please have a season without players getting in trouble? And I understand the legalities but I am OH SO TIRED of a university saying, “Its a team matter and it will not be discussed”. It is also a public university and if tax payer money is going to the school, which it is, then the lame excuses for covering up mishbehavior need to stop. Let that school and its players explain to us for a change. Incredible.

JLS

July 18th, 2011
4:21 pm

Anyone ever heard of Terrell Davis? He had one great season with UGA before Goff screwed up his senior year. But anyway, as far as former UGA running backs that succeeded in the NFL, he is one of the best.

JLS

July 18th, 2011
4:22 pm

Oh yeah, somebody needs to pull the trigger on firing Mark Richt. Enough is enough. He has no control over his team and that FSU success he has lived off of has been forgotten by now.

WDE

July 18th, 2011
4:22 pm

@Nate the Great fair enough but like I said I will wait and see…frankly I’ve never thought he would be a real force right of the bat, figured it would take him at least 6 games, but will give him his shot before I make up my mind. Heck I have ex-wives I’ve been wrong before.

WDE

July 18th, 2011
4:23 pm

@SSIgator by the way what is the current pot head count up to down to the Swamp at this point?

The Truth

July 18th, 2011
4:25 pm

Jeff – where was the AJC for over 16 months when the NCAA was investigating GT? Why was the story never made public by this media outlet?

The answer is either the staff of the AJC participated in a cover up on behalf of Tech, or the beat writers never, never once, requested via Open Records, any information from GT as regards the NCAA, pending investigations, letters regarding potential investigation, letter regarding violations, etc etc. Which is it? If the staff at the AJC was doing its job when it comes to fair and equal reporting, the GT NCAA story would not have been a shock when it became public. Even the Knoxville paper has done a better, fair and more impartial job as regards Tenn’s NCAA issues than you folks. It’s a good thing the AJC staff isn’t with the Columbus OH newspaper if so the Ohio St mess would still be secret.

Shameful job of reporting by the AJC, or better termed “lack of reporting”. Now here you are deflecting attention to Georgia suspending a 3rd team TB. Got those priorities in line there don’t you big guy?

Maybe you can find the time to explain how it is you guys misses such a “Big Story” locally. Why the Atlanta Journal and Constitition was silent, oblivious to an NCAA inquiry and now probation at Georgia Tech. Stunning.

Bear

July 18th, 2011
4:25 pm

I miss u mama.
They’re so mean in this bad place I went to…They knew about all the cheating I did on and off the field (if u know what I mean) and all the people I paid off to stay off probation. Although this place does beat Bamalama.
Wuv u mama.
Signed, Bear B.
p.s.
I miss my ugly hat too.
And George Wallace says hi

Dawg'88

July 18th, 2011
4:25 pm

SSIgator….

DON”T YOU DARE…start slamming and making fun of Mark Richt as a man or a coach, you nimrod!
You can’t carry his jock when it comes to character or intelligence. Anyone that does as you do here is lacking in brains!

Read these two articles (if you dare…bet you are afraid to…no guts) and then come back and tell us what a terrible person CMR is or to mischaracterize his faith/morals. You gutless worm..you are a boil on the backside of humanity!

http://www.ajc.com/sports/uga/georgia-coach-mark-richts-988093.html
http://blogs.ajc.com/uga-sports-blog/2011/05/25/mark-richt-says-decision-to-sell-lake-hartwell-property-was-christian-motivated/‘

You want a character and intelligence war with Mark Richt?
You are not equipped to handle such a task SSIgator.
Why don’t you quit making SSI folks look bad…you are in Georgia country…go back to Florida.

Ooops…you are probably not from Florida…just a bandwagon pot stirrer with a pimpled face like a teenager!

let the young men play

July 18th, 2011
4:30 pm

Another ??? — When was the last time a Bulldog starter ACTUALLY graduated from from college ?

DawginLex

July 18th, 2011
4:30 pm

http://espn.go.com/blog/pac12/post/_/id/23264/usc-rb-tyler-suspended-for-comments

Stinger2

July 18th, 2011
4:31 pm

Shultz: Can`t you find something today besides a duplicate
of what Chip wrote. This blog is a best overkill about a 3rd string running back. A one game suspension of Thomas does not amount to a hill of beans in this case. UGA has enough tailbacks without Thomas. He is primarily a return runner anyway.

DawginLex

July 18th, 2011
4:32 pm

Shawn chapas graduated along with many others you dumba$$ idiot

Bear

July 18th, 2011
4:33 pm

Dear mama,
I forgot to tell you they call me the Teflon Redneck coach for all the stuff I got away with up there.
They’re so mean.
Still wuv u mama
Byebye
Signed, Bear B.

Dawg'88

July 18th, 2011
4:33 pm

SSI is one of those potheads…give him a break!

Hey SSI go back to Fla. You make SSI folks look bad. Troll!

When it comes to slamming/making fun of CMR…that tells me all I need to know aobut you.
You are a gutless worm who is intellecutally challenged and couldn’t win a character debate with CMR.

Read the below article and telll what have you done lately like the man you love to tear down. What does it say about you when you get your jollies out of slamming CMR? Sad…little man you are!
Bandwagon pot stirrer. Bet you can’t name 10 players on Uf’s roster without looking them up.

Dare you to read these and respond intelligently:

http://blogs.ajc.com/uga-sports-blog/2011/05/25/mark-richt-says-decision-to-sell-lake-hartwell-property-was-christian-motivated/

http://blogs.ajc.com/uga-sports-blog/2011/06/27/richt-in-honduras-a-trip-that-changes-lives/?cxntfid=blogs_uga_sports_blog

DawginLex

July 18th, 2011
4:34 pm

http://dogbytesonline.com/16-uga-football-players-graduate-friday-including-te-a-white-and-ol-t-strickland-both-rs-juniors-former-wr-fred-gibson-also-graduating-40174/

Dawg'88

July 18th, 2011
4:34 pm

Go Dawgs!

Parade of Knuckleheads

July 18th, 2011
4:35 pm

Knuckleheadedness seems to be contagious in Athens.

Please do not trash the grounds of the Georgia Dome during Boise State vs UGA.

DawginLex

July 18th, 2011
4:36 pm

No trash in the GA Dome for the opener?

I guess that means you aren’t coming

Dawgaholic30286

July 18th, 2011
4:36 pm

You forgot about Orlando Gary and Terrell Davis

Stinger2

July 18th, 2011
4:36 pm

The Truth: Agree that this blog by Schultz was completely unnecessary since Chip Towers had already wrote the same thing today. However, I don`t think the AJC deliberately
covered up the GT story. They just slept through the investigation without a clue.

SleeplessinAtlanta

July 18th, 2011
4:38 pm

How does losing Carlton Thomas for 1 game have ANYTHING to do with UGA’s RB legacy? completely unrelated concepts. stop reaching for headlines.

SSIgator

July 18th, 2011
4:38 pm

Jeff -

“Georgia’s RB legacy”

????

In their own minds I guess.

Hey Bear, Try to recruit OJ down there pretty soon

July 18th, 2011
4:39 pm

He’s on his way, Ya’ll should have a pretty good team down there.

DawginLex

July 18th, 2011
4:40 pm

SSI

You really want to compare running backs when the best running back you ever had other than E smith was a QB???

shane#1

July 18th, 2011
4:42 pm

Oh no, there goes our short yardage back!

Dawg'88

July 18th, 2011
4:43 pm

let the young men play:

Uh…UGA football is 2nd only to Vandy in graduating its players and also academics as a whole. They are one of the top programs in the country. Georgia owns the Southeastern Conference’s second-best Academic Progress Rate in two major sports — including football — according to data released by the NCAA. Graduation is a top contributor to the score.

Thanks to a perfect score of 1,000 for the last academic year, Georgia’s football team posted a multi-year score of 976 was only one point behind Vanderbilt.

Also, the last graduation saw a UGA starter give the commencement speech for the student body!

Georgia TE Aron White got the rare honor from university to do so.
For only the third time in school history, a Georgia student-athlete gave the commencement speech during the Bulldogs’ graduation ceremony.

Yech on the other hand is one of the worst. Does that answer your dumb question?

Beast from the East

July 18th, 2011
4:44 pm

DaginLex,
Neal Anderson? James Jones? Fred Taylor? C’mon man!

Evansdawg

July 18th, 2011
4:45 pm

Dawgs best hope that Crowell is better than Herschel every was….and that isn’t going to happen. If Herschel had been asked to perform the pass protect to the level that the Richt/Bobo system calls for, he probably would not have played in that now famous game against Tennessee.

goldwreck

July 18th, 2011
4:45 pm

Pulpwood Smith would have been a great one but he couldn’t stay eligible
and out of trouble.Unbelievable talent that was ultimately wasted.

Why don't you leave?

July 18th, 2011
4:46 pm

GA was so much better before you moved here from your punk a$$ state.
UGA will always be better than your punk a$$ state school.
And cause your here just bashing away, you must be jealous and have major penis envy.
Remember YOU idiots came here to get away from YOUR pitiful place.
We win.

Druid City

July 18th, 2011
4:47 pm

I hear UGA is finally changing the “Dawg Walk” to “The Parade of Knuckleheads”.

Be sure to arrive early.

Parade of Knuckleheads

July 18th, 2011
4:48 pm

UGA football fans are 2nd to nobody,
when it comes to throwing trash all over campus during home games.

Lamont

July 18th, 2011
4:48 pm

Dawg fan here since 1969. I am so tired of picking up the paper or reading ESPN and always seeing something amiss at Georgia. This one left and this one transferred and this one got upset and left and a former coach was in a Ponzi scheme and another alumni is arrested and an official is caught with red panties and on and on. Why can;t we get it together?

SSIgator

July 18th, 2011
4:50 pm

Beast from the East -

You forgot about Ericht Rhett, but don’t question DawginLex, he knows everything.

Texas Dawg

July 18th, 2011
4:50 pm

With a 245 pound tailback and a 280 pound fullback we should be able to pound the heck of the ball and then play action pass.

If we don’t manhandle Boise st at the line…if we can’t get 4 yards a pop…..we UGA fans are in for a long season…..no excuse whatsoever that we can’t win the line of scrimmage and pound them with that size fullback and tailback!

Druid City

July 18th, 2011
4:50 pm

Lamont,

It’s because your coach is Mike Shula with a butt cut.

Matt Skole

July 18th, 2011
4:50 pm

At least were not cheaters like Tech …… Hic ……. Hic …..

Parade of Knuckleheads

July 18th, 2011
4:51 pm

Beast from the East

DawginLex forgot to take his medication again.

Dawg'88

July 18th, 2011
4:53 pm

To JS:

(from Pat Forde): “If you want to know how far the AJC has fallen, lack of reporting on Tech case is a great indicator”

(from thevictoryformation): How did the Media Completely Miss the Ga. Tech Story?

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

This collection of individuals is by far the biggest offender. The AJC sports staff includes Jeff Schultz and Mark Bradley as columnists, Tony Barnhart, Tim Tucker, Ken Sugiura, Doug Roberson, Chip Towers and Bill King as college football bloggers, and Michael Carvell as a recruiting blogger. How did 9 (nine!) people that are assigned to cover college football miss a story like this that was happening in their backyard? Furthermore, former AOL sportswriter Terrence Moore used to be on staff at the AJC (prior to taking a buyout), and was one of the people that convinced Calvin Booker, the former Tech player with sports agency ties mentioned in the NCAA report, to stay at Tech for his senior season under new head coach Paul Johnson. I’m not saying that Moore necessarily knew anything, but he has known Booker personally since Booker’s high school days, and has a personal relationship with him. None of the nine people listed above could pick up a phone and call him, or send him an email? What does the AJC pay their Tech beat bloggers, Sugiura and Roberson for? It’s not exactly news that the AJC staff has been lacking in their reporting. Before his departure for the Orlando Sentinel (to cover Florida State), Coley Harvey was the Tech beat writer for the Macon Telegraph, and he was more of a go to for news and insight than the guys whose offices are a five minute walk from campus. Bryan Fischer made a great point about how this shows just how far the AJC has fallen. Pat Forde agreed. I guess someone out there in twitterland thought that the recently broken Atlanta Public School scandal absolves the AJC of its many sins, but I don’t recall seeing a byline by any of the nine individuals I listed earlier on any of those reports. To give you another example of the rampant incompetence that rules the day at the AJC, check out the fourth paragraph here. The link there takes you to the front page of From The Rumble Seat, the SB Nation blog run by and for Georgia Tech fans (full disclosure: I have written for From The Rumble Seat in the past). Scrolling to the earliest story posted about the investigation, you see a post that was updated multiple times throughout the morning, and while said post does mention Bay Bay Thomas and Morgan Burnett, it does so by displaying a tweet from Zach Klein, the sports director at WSB-TV in Atlanta. I imagine that in the mad rush to put something on AJC.com, the names of the players came up, and somebody asked “where’d you see that?”, and the response was “on some blog”, and they never even bothered to find the actual post, or where the players names originated. That’s just out and out laziness. The AJC should be ashamed of themselves.

I do want to take a moment here and give kudos where they’re due. Zach Klein was in front of this story for the entire day, and had information before anyone else. We need more people like him, and less like the gaggle of incompetents at the AJC.

SSIgator

July 18th, 2011
4:54 pm

Parade of Knuckleheads -

“DawginLex forgot to take his medication again”

No he didn’t. He is having another glass of KoolAid right now. It helps fight off reality.

Message Board Surfer

July 18th, 2011
4:54 pm

You UGA fans are hilarious for the most part, most of you have common sense, but some like 2001 are just ignorant.

Claiming other campus police or city police at other institutions are on the take is easy when you live in your mom’s basement and play video games all day. Get some facts.

Jeff wrote a column based on the facts, not one time did he misspeak about those facts. The situation at UGA is unlike any other in the SEC, and there are NCAA investigations going on at 2 of our schools and one is awaiting penalties from their previous coach. The number of players leaving, suspended, flunking out, or being dismissed this far into the summer is unheard of. That is what is the root of this. Players are supposed to responsible student-athletes who are afraid to make poor judgements this close to the season beginning. Look at Arkansas, even Petrino kicked off a player who decided for the second time in a year he would drive drunk. Besides that one we have had less than a half dozen dismissals since spring practice ended and half of those have come from UGA.

The root of the problems with UGA is not the coach, not the school, but with the type of players being brought in to hurry up and right this ship and the changes CMR made during the past off season and those players are now having to live with those changes.

No matter how you spin it, life as a Football Dawg is not good and until a game is played and UGA gets a win against a team that has a winning record, we will continue to view this UGA program as a failure with all the talent that abounds this state.

Matt Skole

July 18th, 2011
4:54 pm

You forgot about Ericht Rhett, but don’t question DawginLex, he knows everything.

No comparision between Florida RB and UGA RB over the years.

Florida has had some good ones. But not nearly as many as Georgia.

Dont they have newspapers in Orlando or something???

Obviously you guys are obsessed with UGA football.

Not Impressed

July 18th, 2011
4:57 pm

Everybody wave goodbye to CMR – he is on his way out and then maybe Georgia might start recruiting some intelligent football players – these guys that wear the Red and Black are complete idiots and it all starts at the top with CMR. Good bye Mark and Good Riddance!

Man up a-holes

July 18th, 2011
4:58 pm

Bunch of pansies talking trash from other states.
They’re showing their ignorance and jealousies.
All UGA fans here man-up and don’t worry about these pu$$ie$ from FL and other garbage dumps.
We’ll sic Goldberg on all your a$$es.

Druid City

July 18th, 2011
4:58 pm

Yes. It is the AJC’s fault that Georgia runs an undisciplined program.

Message Board Surfer

July 18th, 2011
4:58 pm

I would rather have the AJC and its staff than the one owned and operated in Birmingham by Auburn Alumni who will not print anything negative about Auburn. Even four players arrested for armed robbery was kept off the front page and hidden in the back pages.

The AJC is 100% better than what is being used by the al.com or many other markets that cover the SEC and ACC.

Druid City

July 18th, 2011
5:01 pm

It’s not the players that Georgia recruits. We all recruit the same players.

It is the fact that none of the players at Georgia respect their coaches or fear for their scholarship.

It’s been that way since Coach VanGorder left.

Message Board Surfer

July 18th, 2011
5:01 pm

Lets ask a question, if Auburn were located in Atlanta and the AJC covered it, do you think that the investigative reporters or columnist would have done a better job than what is being done by our brothers over in the Auburn area?

I think and believe so.

Parade of Knuckleheads

July 18th, 2011
5:02 pm

“Man Up” and use a trash can during UGA home football games.

Message Board Surfer

July 18th, 2011
5:02 pm

Druid City

July 18th, 2011
5:01 pm
It’s not the players that Georgia recruits. We all recruit the same players.

It is the fact that none of the players at Georgia respect their coaches or fear for their scholarship.

It’s been that way since Coach VanGorder left.

AGREE!

dogcatchergeneral

July 18th, 2011
5:04 pm

I would excpect an ignoramus THuga fan to try to say something stupid like claiming to be the Taiback U or Tailback U East…..but an AJC sports writer???????? Boy you guys are digging so far up that doggy butt now you’ll never find your way out!! Believe me…BELIEVE ME…when I say as a matter of FACT that no one outside the little fandom of THUGA would in a million years consider the toiletlappers as “Tailback U” under ANY circumstances. Tailback U belongs to Auburn University. And yes, sometimes folks out west call the Trojans the same, which is okay by AU fans. But don’t you stupid mutts EVER think you’re RB history comes anywhere close to Auburn University’s or that you can self-appoint yourselves Tailback U. I’m absolutely amazed at the jealousy and ignorance in this state!

Spike 80DF

July 18th, 2011
5:04 pm

probably been said already but no Terrell Davis on that list?

Not the AJC?

July 18th, 2011
5:05 pm

Yeah all these idiots want to talk about are arrests for TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS at UGA.
Not the robberies, rapes, even murders at other schools living in their glass houses.
HELLO FL and AUB

Message Board Surfer

July 18th, 2011
5:05 pm

How much would you give to see a Head Football Coach in the SEC give the player a perp walk to jail or out the door for violating rules or breaking a law?

Priceless, but ain’t gonna happen…

Casey Anthony being recruited at UF

July 18th, 2011
5:10 pm

Need to add to their criminal quota.

Druid City

July 18th, 2011
5:12 pm

At other SEC schools, the head coach leaves the dismissals and the perp walks and to the assistants and law enforcement, and this happens only if the player is not on the two-deep. If the player is on the two-deep, then the punishment is doled out in conditioning work on the field, where it helps the team.

These situations are managed. They don’t bark it to the press and they don’t give players free weeks off.

Bada Bing

July 18th, 2011
5:13 pm

Proof that all UF people are morons. When they open their pie hole.

Bada Bing

July 18th, 2011
5:16 pm

Listening to anyone from FL is like listening to the Peanuts teacher…….waawaaawaawaaa.

Bada Bing

July 18th, 2011
5:17 pm

Or listening to nails scratching a chalkboard.

GDAWG65

July 18th, 2011
5:18 pm

Did Bobo get some offensive coach training this off season.
GO DAWGS and GO AWAY BOBO!!!!!!!!

Beast from the East

July 18th, 2011
5:18 pm

“Proof that all UF people are morons. When they open their pie hole.”

Pot meet kettle.

just goes to show that

July 18th, 2011
5:19 pm

dumb asses who live in glass houses in athens shouldnt cast stones.

Bada Bing

July 18th, 2011
5:20 pm

Again, WAAAAWAAAWAWAAAWAAA.

Larry

July 18th, 2011
5:21 pm

Add Terrell Davis to Georgia’s list and it is more impressive than USC.

parade of knuckleheads part du

July 18th, 2011
5:23 pm

man and woman up and use a bathroom not your library carpet.

how f’ng disgusting.

makes one wonder what they do at home. i hate to even think.

Matt Skole

July 18th, 2011
5:23 pm

The situation at UGA is unlike any other in the SEC

Huh? UMM Florida has had waaay more arrests.

And I know for a fact the police look the other way in Tuscaloosa. Ive seen it first hand.

Its a well known fact they just drive em home and drop em off in T-Town.

No matter how you spin it, life as a Football Dawg is not good

Actually its fantastic. We had 90 wins last decade. 2nd most in the SEC (LSU 91).

Winning record against every SEC team not named Florida during the decade.

Sure the last couple of years weren’t very good but the odds of that continuing are extremely small.

Mose than likely UGA goes back to winning 10+ games like they have the overwhelming majority of the time under Richt.

Glory

July 18th, 2011
5:23 pm

If we lose any more tailbacks, I will be very worried. I’m nervous about starting a true freshman. Hell, even Herschel didn’t start his first game. And Crowell aint’ no Herschel.

Who was here 1st?

July 18th, 2011
5:25 pm

My guess is GA fans were discussing topic when a-hole FL fan tossed FIRST stone at a GA fan.
So how does that saying go about tossing stone FL fan?…….Seems like GA fans are retaliating against your moronic insults and you can’t take it.

Larry

July 18th, 2011
5:26 pm

Dawg’88,

A paragraph is a useful tool…try one or two to break up about 20 sentences!

Pete

July 18th, 2011
5:27 pm

——————POLL———————–

Will they make Mark R. resign right after Boise destroys them?

Or, will they wait till they lose the next week and a few other conference games?

Belcher

July 18th, 2011
5:28 pm

Who keeps on recuirting these thUGAs!!!

Yes, the joy of football season!

July 18th, 2011
5:30 pm

I’ll just wait for the games to be played and then see all the non-GA fans wimper back into their closets.

powerhouse?

July 18th, 2011
5:33 pm

Old saying…can’t tell how far a frog can jump by looking at him. Your freshman may be a real “powerhouse” but we probably will not learn that in the dome game. Most teams pass a lot after they get behind.

Bear Here

July 18th, 2011
5:33 pm

All ya’ll can go to hell. Actually not so bad here. Beats being in Alabama.
I miss my mama.
Signed Bear

rumor has it that a lot of

July 18th, 2011
5:35 pm

boise fans will be sporting gt gear……

go boise!

beat da frawgs

what is the over n under for the number of games it takes for the dawgs to start pointing to the gt game as the season saving game? AGAIN!

having the no 2 recruiting program in the entire nation over the last 10 years to have to depend on their rivalry game every year to salvage their season is toooo funny.

Pete

July 18th, 2011
5:35 pm

“I’ll just wait for the games to be played and then see all the non-GA fans wimper back into their closets.”
———————————
I think i’ve heard that the last few years? Oh, no, this year is for real! hehe LOL! yeah right.

Bob

July 18th, 2011
5:37 pm

Good article Jeff! In my opinion, the TB legacy ended with Garrison, all the others were just rent-a-players. And under Richt and Bobo, Herschel would be a first and second down back, maybe getting 10-12 touches a game.

Back to closet Pete

July 18th, 2011
5:37 pm

Village People are waiting for you

Bye bye, Time to make the donuts

July 18th, 2011
5:43 pm

It’s hot as….oh yeah, i’m in he!!
Signed, Bear B.
p.s.
wuv u mama

Top Dawg

July 18th, 2011
5:47 pm

What about Tim Worley?

Poopdawg

July 18th, 2011
6:00 pm

“Georgia’s RB legacy takes another hit with suspension” Schultz with this little masterpiece your legacy keeps on growing. Shave your butt !

Devildog

July 18th, 2011
6:02 pm

Let’s see; OJ Simpson killed his wife. Reggie Bush brought down the USC football program. Mike Garrett was AD when it all came down. Infractions by Georgia RBs are chump change compared to that.

Knucklehead in Buckhead

July 18th, 2011
6:03 pm

What about running back Robert Edwards, moved from defensive back.

Beef

July 18th, 2011
6:03 pm

I’m wondering what Boise fans think about their center being 5′11″ 285 going up against our 2 NT’s who are each about 6′5″ 350. And your guards and tackles weight less than our 2 DE’s by about 10-20 lbs as well.

You’ll see 3-4 sets on most plays, but on short yardage you’ll actually see a 4-3 set with 1300 lbs in our 4 DL’s going up against your 1400 lbs in 5 guys on your OL.

We’re going to have 1-2 extra pass rushers on virtually every down in 3-4 because you need 5v3 on the line. This has to be a legitimate concern of yours. I’m not talking smack, I’m actually asking a reasonable question about what you think, because this isn’t going to be as easy as some think it is for Boise.

Tofu

July 18th, 2011
6:10 pm

That Boise State QB is legit.

Bulldog Joe

July 18th, 2011
6:11 pm

What petty thing did he do this time?

Sneak past the measuring stick to ride the Scream Machine?

Pete

July 18th, 2011
6:15 pm

“I’m wondering what Boise fans think about their center being 5′11″ 285 going up against our 2 NT’s who are each about 6′5″ 350″
———————-

We don’t think much of it. Talent and strength supersede fat, just ask all the other teams Boise has beat with bigger lines than UGA. Another dumb and wishful thought.

You dawg fans are so cute though, really, it’s cute.

Druid City

July 18th, 2011
6:15 pm

I am guessing he crossed the rope into the deep end of the pool during football practice.

Dawg4ever

July 18th, 2011
6:21 pm

Beast from east, have you ever heard of the famous Florida term(Deferred prosecution)? It’s a term the famous BullGator district attorney in Gainesville calls all of his sentencing for Fl. athletes. He reduces the charges as much as he can, and then he gives all of them deferred sentencing until after the upcoming football season is completed. Your program and it’s fans are a joke now, and you always have been.If the D.A. in Gainesville was a fl.state fan, Florida wouldn’t even be able to field a team this fall. For you to come on a rival schools blog and brag about your players and their arrest records truely shows how uneducated you really are. Go to a site where your ignorance doesn’t show, and the only place that would be would be in the state of florida, maybe FL.St or Miami has a blog. but i doubt it, because you wouldn’t be here running your ignorant mouth if they did

Druid City

July 18th, 2011
6:23 pm

Florida gets it as does the rest of the SEC.

You apply the punishment without damaging the team.

Another Moron Dawg Fan

July 18th, 2011
6:25 pm

That’s where you’ve wrong Pete. We like ‘em fat, slow and stupid; helps our fans relate better.

sports

July 18th, 2011
6:36 pm

Oh yeah, big news. Me thinks the warden at Georgia Tech needs to tighten the chains.

TampaDAWG

July 18th, 2011
6:58 pm

Not sure how this impacts UGAs runningback legacy. He isn’t a superstar or a starter. Also, neither King nor Ealy lived up to expectations and were always in trouble. If this did happen to Moreno, or Walker or Edwards, Hearst, Worley, Hampton, etc then I could see a this being an impact for UGAs runningbacks.

TampaDAWG

July 18th, 2011
7:02 pm

Hey Pete do a little research. John Jenkins isn’t fat or slow. Nice try though. You guys have a talented team but last time yall talked trash and came to play UGA you got thumped pretty good. You should probably not talk too much smack.

Beef

July 18th, 2011
7:06 pm

Well Pete, if you think Jon Jenkins is “fat” simply because he’s 350 lbs, then I’m happy because you’re going to be in for a nice surprise. He’s a freak of nature and hella strong. I hope you guys continue to under-estimate the dawgs.

chazzo

July 18th, 2011
7:16 pm

Beef: Amen to that. Most of the UGA fans on here seem fairly cool, calm, and collected about the situation. Everyone else seems to be falling over themselves to make a stink about a 3rd string back having to sit out a game for missing study hall.

For those down in the mouth dawg fans and richt haters: I hope that you have the common decency to admit you were wrong when the Dawgs do better than you claim.

Finally: BSU fans…. you got no balls on the table. You have a good team and could very well win, but you really can’t talk about the state of our program. You played two ranked teams last year, lost to one, and barely beat the other. Everyone else on your schedule is a patsy game for SEC teams. Where’s the beef, BSU? Oh yeah, enjoy the ongoing NCAA investigation. I wonder who you will have sitting out for the first game.

chazzo

July 18th, 2011
7:19 pm

Am I the only guy on the planet that thinks the BSU/UGA game will be a low scoring (relatively speaking), Defensive game settled by special teams and turnovers.

Dogs Smell

July 18th, 2011
7:25 pm

Good Lord typical Homer banter ! Dogs go 6-7 again this season with the normal losses to UF and UT.

Beast from the East

July 18th, 2011
7:32 pm

Dawg4ever,
I’ll post wherever I choose to, mutt. If you don’t like it then don’t get your kid to read it to you. LOL!

Druid City

July 18th, 2011
7:32 pm

The Boise State game will be low scoring for one team. Georgia.

The sad thing is people will come out of this game thinking Boise State is much better than they actually are.

wreckmaniac

July 18th, 2011
7:36 pm

Damage to legacy ? Thats a stretch. Ealey, King and Thomas couldn’t have made most JUCO teams. Richt made bad recruiting decisions by bringing in below average talent and is lucky enough to now get rid of his mistakes. DawgNation has now bet on one man, Crowell , and we’ll see how it works. This is a bet with a very slim chance. Let’s see, a soph GB and a frosh RB. Not a recipe for prime time.

juvenal

July 18th, 2011
8:04 pm

they are kids,stop analyzing everything so harsh(oh, wait, the nzaa, the media have all of thi$ Big Bu$ine$$)…..

NCDawg90

July 18th, 2011
8:27 pm

Who cares? Carlton Thomas is one of a long list of G-Day superstars. Guy never did anything in an actual game. Anyone else notice he’s a midget? I’m sorry, a “little person”.

For those who are excited about Samuel coming back…um, they was a reason he got switched to LB. He sucked as an RB. When he found himself in open space, he’d run right towards the closest tackler. It’s like he was already an LB, running as fast as he could to the nearest opposing player. Watch highlights, I’m serious.

We succeed running when pick a guy and ride him all the way, Knowshon, Musa, etc. CMR tries the Florida State thing too much of running back by committee. Doesn’t work most of the time.

heyberto

July 18th, 2011
8:35 pm

I guess the AJC beat writers had to find a chance to call Georgia players “knuckleheads”.. it not as if these guys caused their team to forfeit a conference championship… but I think its safe to say that Tech fans would gladly trade places with us right about now. 85 emerging from an alley tickets is still favorable over 4 years of probation and forfeiture of a conference title for lying to the NCAA. Stay classy GT. Shultzie, keep sensationalizing in pursuit of that pulitzer. It’s not like the NCAA can nab you for lying.

As Annie Lennox would say... Why?

July 18th, 2011
8:36 pm

The Athens-Clarke County jail has a nice, clean cell waiting for Crowell. No reservations required.

You know a guy is going to be trouble when Mark Richt has the bail bondsman’s number on speed dial.

Really, folks, Crowell won’t last a year before even the very forgiving Mark Richt dismisses him. So why does Richt keep recruiting these pathetic losers?

Same ole same ole

July 18th, 2011
8:41 pm

The biggest change that CMR needs to make is to stop recruiting the low-class illiterates and thugs who he seems to think will win for him and keep his oversized paychecks coming in. People like Marcus Dowtin, A.J. Green, Washaun Ealey, Caleb King, and others too numerous to mention are not team players, they’re “me first” jerks who don’t give a rip about anyone else.

Gator On The Loose

July 18th, 2011
8:56 pm

Come on Shultzie, give us some real news. This is just the run of the mill dawg getting suspended for unspecified violation of team rules. What next, you gonna try to wow us with some DUI arrests, assaults, and red panty raids. This is all common and expected in Athens.

Give us some interesting stuff, like how these mutts with the best recruiting classes over the last ten years muscled thir way to a 6-7 record last year.

Oh you mighty dawgs you!

chazzo

July 18th, 2011
9:15 pm

Geez Annie Lennox. why? Maybe the same reasons every other coach in the nation wanted Crowell and he was rated the #1 RB pick in the nation…. Duh

Mobile Dawg

July 18th, 2011
9:15 pm

I think Bob probably nailed it. Richt and Bobo don’t have the committment to develop a running game. I keep hearing “pound the rock”. When has Richt ever had a pound the rock “rushing” oriented attack?

chazzo

July 18th, 2011
9:25 pm

UGA is an unknown commodity this year…. as is UF…. South Carolina is grossly underrated. AU is also overlooked. LSU…. we’ll see. Bama is going to be great. UT is also an unknown and potentially a big ugly orange surprise. Arky and Missy State, overlooked by everyone. Ole Miss and KY probably not, but any given Saturday. Then there is Vandy. That raps up the SEC report.

I still say the key to Georgia’s better season will be the D. Look for UGA to miraculously rise to the bottom of the top twenty before playing BSU. A lot will depend on the players not letting that hype go to their heads.

It’s a new frickin’ season, folks. Take all those stats and use them for tp.

CHUCK UGA

July 18th, 2011
9:39 pm

Really good kid. Came out to the Countdown to Kickoff event last Saturday and signed a lot of autographs. Probably just missed a meeting. He’ll be fine.

Trojan

July 18th, 2011
9:40 pm

I guess this blog is only for Dawg bashers, written by a dawg basher. Real insightful.

CHUCK UGA

July 18th, 2011
9:43 pm

Mobile Dawg, did you miss the Knowson Moreno years? How about the good ‘ole days of Musa Smith? I think the problem has been Bobo and Richt didn’t have a big enough back to handle the pounding. Ealey and King were not all that big. The guys they have now are pretty big, so perhaps their strategy will change. It better, because Boise will win in a cakewalk if they do not run the ball A LOT. Ball control is the only way to beat Boise, because you can COUNT ON Boise scoring at least four TDs, even if UGA’s defense is vastly improved (which it will be).

jeff d

July 18th, 2011
9:45 pm

Boise,

Thanks for your concerns but choose your words carefully. It’s that same passion of football around these parts that can give way to a swift RETURN to being an SEC contender (which makes you a national title contender). I agree the last couple of years were not flukes and more a product of not developing players and bad trends. But I know the previous 6 (2 SEC titles) weren’t either. Do not be shocked if we are ranked in the top 10 after 2 weeks and things are back to normal.

good luck to you as well.

chazzo

July 18th, 2011
9:53 pm

With Washaun and Carlton in the backfield last year against SC, the Dawgs netted 61 yards rushing. I don’t see these guys doing any worse. SC plays the run tough (at least against UGA). They have a solid D that always plays tough against the Dawgs. The differences will be that UGA’s D will be more solid; Murray knows the playbook, and Lattimore will not be a surprise commodity.

SC is a much bigger fish to fry than Boise. Let’s hope an elevated ranking and a win over Boise will not go to the Dawgs’ heads.

jeff d

July 18th, 2011
9:55 pm

Pete,

you’re a complete idiot. Jon Jenkins is neither fat nor slow.

aarh

July 18th, 2011
10:03 pm

UGA_2001- Are you kidding me? Did you not see the article that was all over the news where Chizik asked if the investigation is over yet, & she said when it’s over I’ll let you know. It came for the New York Times, but every other news source reported it to. It was even on the front page of the Solumbus paper down here as well. Besides, you should know that it’s not always public when school is under investigation. GT just got busted, & I don’t think anyone saw that coming.

Mobile Dawg

July 18th, 2011
10:06 pm

Chazzo, I’ve feared the same thing. I hate to beat a dead horse, really! Richt has a history of not having his teams ready to play big games. If they beat Boise, and history repeats itself, and we don’t show up against USC, we will get run off the field.

Chuck, of course I remember Knowshon and Musa. A different offensive game plan against Bama and UF in 08 and that season could have been very different, IMO.

Uh yeah

July 18th, 2011
10:52 pm

It’s no different than a guy being injured in the sense that you don’t know when a guy is going to be injured,” Georgia defensive coordinator Todd Grantham said

Huh? Nice hire there. With the choke hold last year and this comment, you got yourself a real smart fella.

MS. Bully

July 18th, 2011
11:38 pm

JB, your nuts. MS. State ahead of Georgia in your mind for winning at any cost. Don’t complain when the Real Dogs put another beating on your puppies. Don’t do the crime if you can’t pay the time!! The only remedy is MORE COWBELL!!!

athens own dog

July 18th, 2011
11:45 pm

Dawg in Lex. You are right, sir. Nice job. Samuel will start, Boo Malcolm will back him up and hopefully Bobo will finally realize that if something works, keep running it until it stops working!!!
He has always caused me to approach apoplexy by running something a time or two if it works, and then going to something else. His reasoning is always ‘we wanted to change before they stopped it.’
Pound Boise, pound it pound it, pound it. Malcolm and Samuel should be able to have three and four yard plays in the first half that turn into seven and eight yarders after three or four quarters.
Crowell? He’s an all time great high school player. AFTER he shows me he can play in the SEC, I’ll get excited.

chazzo

July 19th, 2011
12:09 am

Athens and Lex, I am not a Bobo hater, but I will say sometimes he outsmarts himself. It’s like that works, so they’ll know that I know it works and they will never be expecting what doesn’t work…. LOL

Don

July 19th, 2011
12:53 am

Coach Richt needs to focus on character and ability with these backs. It didn’t take a brain surgeon to know that Caleb wasn’t going to survive the rigors of college classes. It also didn’t take a football guru to know that he wasn’t a great back. I saw a Buford team shut him down completely in front of Auburn’s head coach his senior year. Turberville left at halftime. I think King had negative 2 yards at that point. C’mon coach…Find us some real talent and some real character along with an academic mind (or at least a teachable mind that can survive a baccalaureate degree.)

Big Dawg

July 19th, 2011
6:48 am

Sir Barks a lot,

A little memory recall for you, I know our backs are against the wall but moving Richard Samuel back to RB in IMHO is still a very big mistake and will only hurt the team. The first time around he proved he was not a running back, he has no feel for the position, as he lacked the ability to run where the hole was even when there was a hole he went down on first contact, sometimes with no or only nominal contact. He missed blocks frequently which got our QB either sacked, hit and/or hurried a lot, he fumbled a lot as well. In his defense he did have several good runs one for a TD but if you remember he wasn’t even touched on the play and still almost tripped on his own feet. I do hope and pray that he has learned from his mistakes the first time around and he proves me wrong and provides the Dawgs with much needed leadership at the running back position.

Go Dawgs

chazzo

July 19th, 2011
6:51 am

Seems I remember that there was more to Caleb and Washaun being at UGA than Richt not knowing how to recruit (which is a laughable assertion btw). Richt was shooting for the stars with a back he didn’t get. It was tough to attract THE RB when you already had Knowshon.

That being said, King and Ealey did average over 5 yards a carry. They didn’t exactly suck.

Finally, I was a well-behaved, A student from a private school in Central FL and got kicked out of UGA after two years. There is no telling what is going to happen when an 18 year old hits campus.

I just don’t buy some of the arguments here that Richt is somehow a poor recruiter because a couple of players didn’t pan out.

chazzo

July 19th, 2011
6:56 am

I also don’t buy that Richt is the only coach in history that has recruited players with discipline problems. Look at all those players at UF, smoking pot and using dead girl’s credit cards. Look at Garcia at South Carolina. And the couple of years I was at UGA, I saw what Vince’s players were doing. If you guys are so capable of recruiting a perfect team of incredible athletes who make straight As and never get in trouble, then you should be making millions. Go get a job!

Trojan

July 19th, 2011
6:56 am

Hey Jeff, the QB from GSU was arrested for stealing, wouldn’t that be a great story?

Eddie

July 19th, 2011
9:02 am

Trojan,

Only if he transfers to UGA and the NCAA suspends him for four games.

Alabama Jack

July 19th, 2011
9:32 am

Hey, its only jawga. Who cares?

Furman Bishop

July 19th, 2011
9:52 am

How the bulldogs perform next season really means Richt’s job. Make that how they perform the first two games.

Pete

July 19th, 2011
10:59 am

Top 1,000 reasons Boise will crush UGA:

1) QB Kellen Moore ->Best QB in the country
2) O-Line-> Tops in the country
3) D-Line-> Tops in the country
4) Doug Martin-> Tops in the country and far better than any UGA RB ezly.
5) Coach-> 2 time Bear Bryant winner(only coach to ever win it twice) Best coach in the country.
6) Boise beats teams better than UGA all season long.
7) Boise likes to crush teams and make them cry at their house in front of their fans.
Boise has most All-American than any other team in the country.
9) Boise has better players at every single position.
10) Boise doesn’t lose to mediocre teams and rarely loses to great teams.
11) 61-5 record over the last 5 years.
12) Tops the nation in scoring
13) Tops the nation in pts. allowed.
14) etc……. I just don’t have the time to write out all 1,000 but thats a good start.
Ready……….go.

RedandBlackDAWG

July 19th, 2011
12:22 pm

Pete,

The game is played on the field as you will find out in September. To compare the competition UGA has faced against the Boise competitiion is a stretch at best. Last year Boise beat VA. TECH. Which then promptly went out and lost the following week to a DIV. II school. They followed that up with an 11 game win streak and Boise lost to New Mexico. I think VA. TECH. would have beaten Boise in a rematch. You RB is going to be new, Your Defense is undersized but fast, I will give you that. Your offensive line is on average 35 pounds less than the D line of UGA, so the advantage goes to UGA. You lost your two best WR’s last year, as we did. No proven performers on either side so that is a toss up.
I am sure you think they are invincible, but like I said, the game is played on the field, not in any fan of any teams mind. Maybe you had better wait until after Sept. 3rd, to start polishing your trophy.
By the way, any word yet on the NCAA investigation that has now concluded on Boise, for lack of control. Just the penalty to be found out right?

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2:18 pm

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Blowout

July 19th, 2011
2:25 pm

Ga blows out boise state in game 1—take it to the bank. Ga’s O will be rolling up and down the field at will with murray and crowell and boise state’s weak D will be worn out by the third quarter. Dawgs 41 BS 20

chazzo

July 19th, 2011
2:32 pm

Pete, You are so right, man. I have to confess. BSU is going to whip us. Be sure to tell everyone, BSU doesn’t even have to practice. You are so right. Georgia is mediocre at best. Spread the word among your faithful. We will be lucky to even on score on your team full of all-stars. I think BSU is going all the way this year. How could anyone complete with such talent?

chazzo

July 19th, 2011
2:36 pm

In the entire history of Boise State’s arrival in Division I-A (FBS) football it has played fourteen ranked opponents. The Broncos are 7-7 in those contests including a recent 5-2 run since 2006 with wins over #10 Oklahoma (2007 Fiesta Bowl), #17 Oregon in 2008, #21 Fresno State in 2008, #16 Oregon in 2009, and #4 TCU in (2010 Fiesta Bowl).

chazzo

July 19th, 2011
2:40 pm

BSU played one ranked team in 2007. Georgia played the past two national champions. In 2008 UGA played three national champions. BSU played #21 Fresno State.

King Gator

July 19th, 2011
2:52 pm

Better hope Boise State’s no UCF… or it’s going to be a long season for the Pups. Go Gators!

258DAWG

July 19th, 2011
4:20 pm

I guess you must have just forgotten about Terrell Davis for being on this list?…… just a minor oversight i’m sure.

258DAWG

July 19th, 2011
4:21 pm

King Gator, warn your team……….. pre-season drug test are coming!!!! We want you to at least field a team.

chazzo

July 19th, 2011
5:26 pm

I do hope Boise State is no UCF. I hope the UCF debacle never happens again. I hope that Boise expects to play the team that lost to UCF.

chazzo

July 19th, 2011
5:30 pm

Whoever is running for UGA: Just hold on with both arms and get 3.5 yards. Wrap it up tight, don’t let it go, and plunge for 3.5 yds. Do that 3x and its a first down. If you can get your feet to the line and fall down, that’s two yards. That means the O-line has to move someone backward 1.5 yards.

Pete

July 19th, 2011
8:18 pm

REason #14) All of Boise’s players have more playing time than any of Georigas’(Most of Boise’s starters were outta the game by halftime because Boise played teams like Georgia). Boise doesn’t rebuild.
15) Where Boise lost starters, they have players coming in with ample playing time.
16) Boise’s slightly smaller Lines, crushed bigger lines better than Georgia’s, just ask Oregon, VT, TCU, etc………………….
17) etc….. I could go on, but i’m running out of time again.

For the record, Boise lost to Nevada who was 13-1. That Nevada team that Boise lost to, lost to Hawaii and beat Fresno at Fresno by 1 pt.(I think) in the last minute or two of the game. For the record, Boise destroyed Hawaii like 49-7 and destroyed Fresno 51-0. Boise didn’t get up for that game because they became complacent and lost to a inferior but good team. Sorry to tell you, they won’t let that happen again, and sure as hell won’t let some mediocre team from the east do it.
Cheers!

dawgs

July 19th, 2011
11:45 pm

john brown,
northwestern is in the big ten…and hasnt sniffed a conference championship in my lifetime, granted I’m only 17. however, uga has been to the SEC title three times this decade and won it twice. we actually know how to win. you think that being bowl eligible is the greatest thing when we think being bowl eligible is a given year in and year out. please don’t attempt to compare northwestern football to uga, because uga dwarfs northwestern not the other way around. go and study a book or fix a computer

Cane-Dawg#32- MEMO to CMR: UGA is NOT & NEVER will be FSU !!

July 20th, 2011
3:14 am

Jeff we (UGA) no longer have our traditional legacy at running back with the the current coaching staff. It has been replaced with a new legacy of infamy that features suspensions, flunk outs, underachievers, overachievers, quitters, prima-donnas/divas and position flip-floppers at the position. The coaching and leadership at the position gets the grade of “I”, for incompetence on and off the field. There is an undercurrent of dissension on this football team and it will continue to reflect in ball games this season as it has all summer. The problem at the root on offense is you have a coach who is in has-been status himself as an evaluator of talent as well as coordinator, turning over the complete offense to a guy who is only an average QB coach, who has no prior experience at any program at any level as an offensive coordinator. The SEC is no place for on the job training at OC if you want to win championships. Then you have an O-line that is thin on depth, that can only hold blocks barely long enough to get passes off. The staff can’t seem to commit to teaching the finesse O-line to execute hard nosed, smashmouthed, sustained run blocks to pave routes for the running game. That’s right UGA is soft offensively, which is reflective of the mentality of the ”you betta not curse at ‘em” mentality of the coaching staff. Was Thomas suspended because Richt caught him cussin’ red-handed !!? LOL. Next the #2 recruiting program the past ten years, has recently brought in highly recruited prima-donnas and divas that are soft guys that lack the hardcore mentality needed to be a respected SEC running back. But what else would you expect to come to play “RB” at UGA, with the current crew running the offense. We will never see another traditional UGA RB as the past greats playing in this offense, because this offense is not geared to run the football and a truly talented big time back would & should avoid this offense like the plague. Thus no tears were shed when WE & CK left because they were just fumblers & cancers recruited by CMR. The current UGA offense is set up to feature the short passing game of the Richt/Bobo braintrust, who see only themselves in the overachieving and overrated QBs they play political games to name the starter. Because of the established mediocrity that exists at UGA, I would not be suprised to see the team perform poorly (as they always do in Jacksonville) throughout another long disappointing season. I hope I’m wrong, but here’s some advice to CMR since he has virtually eliminated the running attack at UGA. Get Bobo to get Lemay plenty of reps besides Murray because without a solid O-line and ground game with blocking RBs, the starting QB is going down and going down hard !! When AM gets knocked out, CL can come in and lead the offense. So don’t worry about the RBs now CMR, because you never have worried about establishing the run to pass. But you better have the best no.2 & 3 QBs ready when the time comes. Believe it, that time is coming real soon. Wake up, delusional UGa fans and CMR staff the job make or break player on offense won’t be a RB. It maybe whoever survives playing QB.

astrouga

July 20th, 2011
10:32 am

Look for UGA to pass, pass, pass against Boise St. They have no pass rush. Don’t expect our running game to produce consistently against them. If we waste our time trying to run with our inexperienced lot, we lose the game.

AFDawg

July 20th, 2011
3:19 pm

JS, What a crappy piece of journalism. Things are slow so here you go again with some of your absurd remarks to try and stir the pot. The Dawgs losing some running backs off the current team has nothing to do with its legacy. For you to even mention such is absolute lunacy. You can never take away what UGA’s great running backs have accomplished. We’re excited abourt the new RBs coming in. Once again JS you are showing your lack of knowledge (or maybe it is your lack of caring) about the college game. You’re never going to have a situation where every recruit pans out the way you anticipated or hoped. Please start writing for the entertainment section of the paper, because you’re definitely not informative — just entertaining in your own misguided way.

AFDawg

July 20th, 2011
3:21 pm

Cane-Dawg#32, I read the first two lines of your post and then tuned out. So much negativism — take the game for what it is. If you have so much stress in your life, go see a counselor.

AFDawg

July 20th, 2011
3:28 pm

dawgs, Northwestern tied for the Big Ten Championship in 2000 and has been in the running a couple of other times the last 15 years. Just want the record to reflect properly.

AFDawg

July 20th, 2011
3:30 pm

Pete, Be real man. If you really think Boise’s line crushed VT’s line you’re living in la la land. I watched that game — it was not won at the line of scrimmage.

AFDawg

July 20th, 2011
3:36 pm

King Gator, What a stupid comment. Last year’s game against UCF was at the end of a disappointing season — UGA played lackluster the whole game and lost as a result. They didn’t show any fight or motivation (that was the biggest disappointment with last year’s team). Don’t you think the circumstances are a little different starting the season against Boise in the Kick-off Classic? They are a LOT different. Fopr you to make such a comparison is completely asinine.

Cherok

July 20th, 2011
6:11 pm

Dawgs are great. Will beat BSU by 82 -0. Please send accounts info and creddick card numbers to Exchequer of Redolent Somalian Bank. We will begin distributions of $35,000 per month for life to your accounts, and the Jackets cheat; that $312 worth of clothes made all the difference in those last 3 games. Thank you, Cameron.

Turks dawg

July 21st, 2011
9:28 pm

hey Boise, thanks for telling us how much talent we got here (okay I’m just stirring the pot here) seriously what with the talent we got here you can see why the fan base is pissed.

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