Crowell had issues but replacing him not easy for Georgia

ZDog

August 2nd, 2012
4:38 pm

KM and TG are going to do big things, WOOF

dbc

August 2nd, 2012
4:39 pm

And he was also better than most at being a slacker and getting into trouble.

Dave

August 2nd, 2012
4:41 pm

Crowell was an exceptional talent, but he got hurt and winded too easily. To be honest, Boo Malcome ran the hardest and toughest at the end of the season. I agree that he will be the #1 back heading into the season. He doesn’t have the breakaway speed, but will get the extra yardage. Marshall and Gurley are good backs that have yet to be on a field when most everyone is as good and fast as they are. I’ll put them as “wait and see”. We’ve had a ton of supposedly great backs in high school that wound up being average to slightly above average when an SEC linebacker hit them. That being said, I have endured way too much boring baseball and can’t wait for the football season to start. And I don’t give a rat’s behind what our schedule is or who’s on it. I’ll be just as excited in my season’s ticket seat (for 21 years) when we play Buffalo as I will be when we play South Carolina….just not as nervous. GO DAWGS!

ScreaminDawg39

August 2nd, 2012
4:43 pm

i take offense to this

It's Almost Friday

August 2nd, 2012
4:46 pm

The dawgs are favored to win the SEC east becasue of their super soft schedule.

ARdawg

August 2nd, 2012
4:47 pm

Schultz

Yeah the kid was good. If he had applied himself he could have produced at least twice that. Isaiah I am afraid will go down as just another “would’a, could’a, should’a”. Brimming with a lot of potential and a lot more of himself.

Enough of Isaiah. Will someone else pick up that production. I say with full conviction yes. Probably Malcome with ease and possibly Gurley and Marshall have potential of a phenom. Samuels likely on tap for a good year at TB.

It could be said Crowell produced what he did because basically, he was put into the position to do so. The kid is special, too bad he never realized in what way

5150 UOAD

August 2nd, 2012
4:48 pm

There have to be some other kids out on BAIL that can run fast too.

Son of Sammy Davis Jr, Jr

August 2nd, 2012
4:48 pm

New preseason Coaches poll:
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8226449/lsu-tigers-ranked-no-1-usa-today-preseason-coaches-poll

Joey

August 2nd, 2012
4:49 pm

Mark, I think when the season gets at the midway point, Gurley will have learned the offense good enough to become the man.

He’s big and fast, and if our line canmake a few holes, he will be rested and healthy, and a force.

Mark it down (no pun intended).

Bob Crane

August 2nd, 2012
4:49 pm

True dat on the easy schedule.

Dave

August 2nd, 2012
4:50 pm

“The dawgs are favored to win the SEC east becasue of their super soft schedule”

Like that has mattered at all to the Ohio States, Floridas, Oklahomas and USCs when they won their Natl Championship. You can’t make your own schedule. All you can do is beat everyone on your schedule. All of those conference and national champions just lean back for a good laugh when someone brings that up. It doesn’t say “National Champions…but they played a soft schedule”. Sit down, shut up and know your role.

Dawg Haus

August 2nd, 2012
4:52 pm

When Crowell felt like getting on the field, he was an impact player for the Dawgs. Replacing him won’t be easy, but everything should be fine at RB. Malcome started developing into a solid back last season, Samuel can always be counted on and if Marshall and Gurley are as advertised, the Dawgs still have a decent stable of RBs.

ARdawg

August 2nd, 2012
4:52 pm

The cancer that was Crowell far outshined his abilities

Hankie Aron

August 2nd, 2012
4:52 pm

that’s funny Screamin

Bob

August 2nd, 2012
4:53 pm

Schultz…I know you had to take the devil’s advocates side in order to justify your six figure salary, but Crowell was a cancer on the team. Granted, he had loads of talent and ability, but he was a dunce. Our team is 100% better with our current RBs. Thanks for your article.

Dawgie

August 2nd, 2012
4:54 pm

I read somewhere that Marshall has bulked up from 195 and is now around 215. If only that were true.

Joey

August 2nd, 2012
4:54 pm

Funny to me that the same fans who thought our O-line was too fat and slow last season, and couldn’t pass protect or run block, weren’t impressed by a 18 yr old RB who rushed for 850 yds, and was SEC Freshman of the Year.

Doesn’t matter now, but it just makes you wonder how soon they will be on Marshall’s and Gurley’s case after 3 or 4 games.

Patience, Grasshoppers . . .

chilidawg

August 2nd, 2012
4:56 pm

He was good, but I suspect we will have a better TEAM without him.

Top Dawg

August 2nd, 2012
4:57 pm

Well put Dave… No team has an easy schedule in the SEC. “Soft”… Really?… Really????

Top Dawg

August 2nd, 2012
4:57 pm

Well put Dave… No team has an easy schedule in the SEC. “Soft”… Really?… Really????

ARdawg

August 2nd, 2012
4:58 pm

Dawg Haus

I foresee Malcome finally having his time to rise and taking advantage of it. Richt is right, all of those guys have talent. Do they jump right out of the gate? Only time will tell. We don’t have to depend on the young horses just yet. Hopefully they get plenty of totes. That wasn’t the case with Crowell. He was about the only horse in the stable

5150 UOAD

August 2nd, 2012
4:59 pm

Crowell was the Freshmen of the Year VOTED by WRITERS

The COACHES(who Know the game) Selected USC’s Clowney the Freshmen of the Year!

1eyedJack

August 2nd, 2012
4:59 pm

We’ll go to war with the warriors we’ve got. Maybe we’ll get lucky and Saban will put one of his gazillion backs on waivers.

Joey

August 2nd, 2012
5:02 pm

Oh yeah, chili. He impressed me as a runner, but mentally, he’s a mess.

Hope he gets it together.

Hope even more we get our running game together . . .

Doug

August 2nd, 2012
5:08 pm

I don’t know why everyone is worried. What does it matter, Crowell almost was never on the field in the 4th qtr, never did he take it to the house on a long run. We now have two backs who are much better and w/Todd Gurley, give him a crack and he is gone. Plus, and maybe the best part, is both are good citizens. Then we have Ken Malcomb who was coming into his own at the end of the year. I think we are just fine at RB, the issue to worry about, if you have to worry, is the OL. It may take three backs to survive this season if that doesn’t come together.

Mike S.

August 2nd, 2012
5:08 pm

Crowell was talented, but 850 yds in a season where your team plays 14 games really isnt something to worry about. Most of those yards came against teams you can pretty much line anyone up against…Ole MIss, Miss St., Auburn…teams that couldnt stop a local high school from running the ball.

I think we will miss the player Crowell SHOULD be this year, IF he put his head on straight. There was never a guarantee that would happen, which is why UGA has been heavily recruiting RBs. Its tough to start over again for sure, but I dont see UGA being any worse off overall than last year at RB.

Doug

August 2nd, 2012
5:08 pm

I don’t know why everyone is worried. What does it matter, Crowell almost was never on the field in the 4th qtr, never did he take it to the house on a long run. We now have two backs who are much better and w/Todd Gurley, give him a crack and he is gone. Plus, and maybe the best part, is both are good citizens. Then we have Ken Malcomb who was coming into his own at the end of the year. I think we are just fine at RB, the issue to worry about, if you have to worry, is the OL. It may take three backs to survive this season if that doesn’t come together.

The T back spot accounted for X yds per game

August 2nd, 2012
5:08 pm

IC can be replaced with a tandem of two or three really good backs that will hopefully, remain fresh late into each game. IC churnned up 850 yds for 5 TDs great. We have Malcome and Richard Samuel and the TWO highly regarded new North Carolina backs, plus one or two of the smaller guys like Harton. Last yr at this time, both Malcome and Samuel were simply not ready, like they are this year.

LSU shuttles backs in and out and if UGA wants to win, then we do it this way.

I for one am sick and tired about this time of year, hearing that we only have like 7 O line guys on campus. This is the 12 years in a row NORM at UGA. This will be the end of this CMR regime as injuries mount, we will not be a contender and this fact is directly due to NO Quality Coaching for the O line and NO ONE to attract the big guys that we need on the O line to win big.

Every year UGA signs maybe 2 or 3 O. linemen and we end up seeing 3 or 4 of them walk off or get hurt. Over 3 or 4 years, you end up with no depth and that is where we are now without taking the first snap.

This is why I am figuring at best on a 9-3 or 8-4 year. It is UGA under Mark Richt. Flankers, wide outs, QBs and LBs and DBs and such do not win games. In the SEC you win with line of scrimage play and DEPTH.

UGA man, class of 71 & 73

The T back spot accounted for X yds per game

August 2nd, 2012
5:08 pm

IC can be replaced with a tandem of two or three really good backs that will hopefully, remain fresh late into each game. IC churnned up 850 yds for 5 TDs great. We have Malcome and Richard Samuel and the TWO highly regarded new North Carolina backs, plus one or two of the smaller guys like Harton. Last yr at this time, both Malcome and Samuel were simply not ready, like they are this year.

LSU shuttles backs in and out and if UGA wants to win, then we do it this way.

I for one am sick and tired about this time of year, hearing that we only have like 7 O line guys on campus. This is the 12 years in a row NORM at UGA. This will be the end of this CMR regime as injuries mount, we will not be a contender and this fact is directly due to NO Quality Coaching for the O line and NO ONE to attract the big guys that we need on the O line to win big.

Every year UGA signs maybe 2 or 3 O. linemen and we end up seeing 3 or 4 of them walk off or get hurt. Over 3 or 4 years, you end up with no depth and that is where we are now without taking the first snap.

This is why I am figuring at best on a 9-3 or 8-4 year. It is UGA under Mark Richt. Flankers, wide outs, QBs and LBs and DBs and such do not win games. In the SEC you win with line of scrimage play and DEPTH.

UGA man, class of 71 & 73

BenB

August 2nd, 2012
5:08 pm

The record for retaining running backs is poor. Doesn’t this point out a deficiency in recruiting? Richt must be looking solely at the great football talent and not at the character or academic capabilities of the individual. It is sad when you lose so many talented people.

Doug

August 2nd, 2012
5:08 pm

I don’t know why everyone is worried. What does it matter, Crowell almost was never on the field in the 4th qtr, never did he take it to the house on a long run. We now have two backs who are much better and w/Todd Gurley, give him a crack and he is gone. Plus, and maybe the best part, is both are good citizens. Then we have Ken Malcomb who was coming into his own at the end of the year. I think we are just fine at RB, the issue to worry about, if you have to worry, is the OL. It may take three backs to survive this season if that doesn’t come together.

Dawg Haus

August 2nd, 2012
5:08 pm

I hope so, ARdawg. Malcome looked really impressive toward the end of the season, especially in the Dome when the rest of the team had seemingly already given up. I’m hoping he and Samuel can show Marshall and Gurley the ropes before they’re both thrust into the spotlight. I think it’s safe to say we will see all four of these young men playing in 2012.

Dawg Haus

August 2nd, 2012
5:09 pm

I hope so, ARdawg. Malcome looked really impressive toward the end of the season. I’m hoping he and Samuel can show Marshall and Gurley the ropes before they’re both thrust into the spotlight. I think it’s safe to say we will see all four of these young men playing in 2012.

ARdawg

August 2nd, 2012
5:09 pm

I feel good about our backfield. If Richt had options last year, IMO, Crowell wouldn’t have had that much of the UGA production. We’re in better shape now than a year ago. Dawg fans have to feel good about it

Dawg Haus

August 2nd, 2012
5:09 pm

Sorry for the double post.

LagDawg

August 2nd, 2012
5:11 pm

Crowell was very talented but, he spent more time on the bench than in the game. Talented, but stupid at the same time. A RB is more productive when actually plays. I say he had been given ample opportunities to straighten up his ways and he continued to dissappoint. When you are trying to run a top program, maybe should try to recruit talent but, intelligent players. Take this year, 36 scholorships availabe and still the talent level should be higher. Seems like UGA recuits to stay mediocre not to compete for NC every. With the talent pool in the state, there is no way that UGA should not be competing for the NC every year. Alabama has a very small talent pool, but they are consistently bringing in the top recruits and winning NC. Plane and simple, the coaching needs to get better or get gone.

Dawg Haus

August 2nd, 2012
5:14 pm

ARdawg, I’m also looking forward to Quayvon Hicks getting some playing time at fullback. Kid looks like a monster!

ARdawg

August 2nd, 2012
5:15 pm

ebb and flow LagDawg. Often in college football you just don’t get the results you are expecting. The Dawgs could run the table and play for a NC. Nobody would be more surprised than I. Then again I expect a 2-3 loss year. About what I expected two years ago and we were 6-7. One just never knows

Grantham's The Man!

August 2nd, 2012
5:19 pm

Crowell will be missed, especially early in the season.

Crowell’s talent and production can be replaced by many another who may not be as ”talented” but who have more heart and are willing to give up their body against a defensive end or linebacker,something that Crowell didn’t wan’t to do.

Best of luck to Isiah, but Ga will be better off for it in the end.

PuffDawg

August 2nd, 2012
5:22 pm

IC would have been the man this season, somebody was burning candles on him and a few others, I know this. He had the routes figured out bulked up at 230lbs and was healthy.

Somebody planted that gun and no pot was found anywhere. UGA needs a new direction and some real leadership and discipline installed from top to bottom.

Maybe the football dormitory needs to return.

All these anti-SEC posts

August 2nd, 2012
5:22 pm

Surprised to see so-called SEC posters running down the 8 SEC teams UGA will face. Know the Techies and ACC fans like to do this, but am a little surprised that people are so quick to put down South Carolina, Tennessee, Florida, Auburn as “soft.”

ARdawg

August 2nd, 2012
5:25 pm

Dawg Haus

I’m anxious to see him too. The word is he’s got good hands too

i'm a big georgia fan

August 2nd, 2012
5:26 pm

Meanwhile, in Baton Rouge and Tuscaloosa, they have no worrires regarding the running backs or o-lines. Thats the way titles are won. Not with hugs, happy birthday singing, energy vampires, high diving board antics,or acc-finesse offenses.

Winning SEC is not "winning anything"

August 2nd, 2012
5:26 pm

In similar vein to 5:22 post, a surprising number of fans professing allegiance to an SEC team are constantly on here implying you have not won anything if you won the SEC. (See posts almost every day saying Georgia has not won anything since 1980).

This is one SEC fan that thinks winning an SEC football title trumps any other collegiate achievement outside of winning a football or men’s basketball NC.

ARdawg

August 2nd, 2012
5:30 pm

All these

Agreed. Memory’s are short on the blogs. It wasn’t that long ago the East was the beast in the SEC and it will be again. So much discounting FL, TN and UGA with a supposedly soft schedule. There’s nothing soft about it to those that know the game. It’s tough to win 8 SEC games in any year no matter which ones they are

MountainDawg

August 2nd, 2012
5:30 pm

Yes, Crowell had some talent, but was a bit overhyped. I’d much rather have an athletic RB w/ character too…like Nebraska’s Rex Burkhead.

Nick

August 2nd, 2012
5:31 pm

Wow thanks for the very first story about the running backs at UGA this year. Good work. How about something newsworthy that’s not been beaten to death already?

TampaGator

August 2nd, 2012
5:32 pm

If Georgia does not put together a solid offensive line quickly….it will not matter who plays RB….or QB for that matter. Georgia’s OL could be the thing that keeps them from winning the East this year. I would not want to be the Georgia LT lining up against Clowney if that LT does not have a lot of experience. Clowney was the best freshman in the SEC last year….by far. And he will probably be one of the best players in the country this year.

ARdawg

August 2nd, 2012
5:34 pm

IMHO, SC has been the benefactor of a down Eastern divison. Flash in the pan and the Old Bawl Sack won’t be able to maintain. TN and FL would rise again. Hopefully UGA is on the cusp

i'm a big georgia fan

August 2nd, 2012
5:34 pm

This is one SEC fan that thinks winning an SEC football title trumps any other collegiate achievement outside of winning a football or men’s basketball NC.

________________

and thinking like that is why CMR is still the Georgia head coach. Thinking like a loser. The crystal football is all that matters. Ask LSU.

TampaGator

August 2nd, 2012
5:37 pm

Funny……how that sorry, soft……bottom tier SEC……Florida Gators team that is coached by that sorry “Muschump” is somehow ranked 23rd in the nation by college coaches. Good starting point for the Muschamp’s Gators….

Pitbull

August 2nd, 2012
5:40 pm

The bottom line is despite his ability as a runner, IC was a liability to the football team. It was only a matter of time till he imploded.

We know about his ability when we signed him. we learned about his character during the course of the season.

We will be a better team without him. Perhaps we will not win as many games. Perhaps we will win more. But the team will be a better team for not having the distractions that IC created.

And if the only thing that matters in college football to someone is the crystal football, then college football would be better off without that fan.

Mike Geigerman

August 2nd, 2012
5:41 pm

Bring back mista crowell

ARdawg

August 2nd, 2012
5:44 pm

Pitbull

Agreed.

Senator Blutarski

August 2nd, 2012
5:46 pm

–it’ll be hard to tell how good any of the running backs might be if we don’t bring together a decent offensive line! I hope in the next few days we can see some detailed info about how the offensive line is shaping up in the practices and who shows a good dose of potential for solid play in 2012.

5150 UOAD

August 2nd, 2012
5:51 pm

Crowell…
(L)BSU………Crowell 15 60
(L)USC………Crowell 16 118
(W)Coastal… Crowell 16 86
(W)Ole Miss..Crowell 30 147
(W)Miss St….Crowell 22 104
(W)Tenn……..Crowell 19 58
(W)Vandy……Crowell 10 35
(W)Gators…..Crowell 18 81
(W)NMS………Crowell………….
(W)Auburn…..Crowell 24 132
(W)Kentucky..Crowell 2 11
(W)Tech………Crowell……………..
(L)LSU………..Crowell 10 18
(L)MSU……….Crowell 3 7

i'm a big georgia fan

August 2nd, 2012
5:51 pm

loser think. Pitbull and ARDawg are covered in the stench of loser think.

Macon Mike

August 2nd, 2012
5:56 pm

Hey big georgia fan, don’t be so hard on those two. The crystal football is and never will be in Georgia’s grasp, so let them lower their expectations to something a little more reasonable. Personally, I think that they should really pin their dreams on winning a bowl game in the next decade. That would be a good place to start.

@i'm a big georgia fan

August 2nd, 2012
6:06 pm

So you don’t winning the SEC is any big deal? In the case of Saban and Bama, its been easier to win a NC than the SEC. I would like to win a NC of course, but we just have a significant difference of opinion if you think winning the SEC in football is not a worthy accomplishment.

I agree for once with 5150 UOAD

August 2nd, 2012
6:10 pm

“The COACHES (who know the game) selected USC’s Clowney the freshman of the year.

And the coaches selected Aaron Murray as one of the top two QBs in the SEC, yet some don’t put much stock in the opinion of Spurrier, Saban, Miles, etc.

Pitbull

August 2nd, 2012
6:23 pm

So why do people who hate Georgia football so drawn to their websites?

Answer: they don’t have any other life.

blu eagle

August 2nd, 2012
6:25 pm

Besides being all the non-contributor that Crowell was, he never blocked right the QB would let them know on the sideline every game. Please take him Oh great school of the nation Alabama who?!

Duncan

August 2nd, 2012
6:26 pm

Talent will prevail. Marshall and Gurley will be carrying the load. No worries at RB.

Dawgdad (The Original)

August 2nd, 2012
6:31 pm

I have seen enough of Malcome and Samuel and heard enough about Marshall and Gurley, that I don’t care about Isiah and his absence. I worry about the offensive line and Murray. Richt will stick with Murray regardless, and if he doesn’t improve on his decision making and throwing accuracy, it won’t matter about the running backs.

Dog catcher

August 2nd, 2012
6:39 pm

Jeff, there’s another aspect to the inexperience at running back that could prove to be a serious problem, especially early in the season: pass protection. With issues in the offensive line, an inexperienced, young back who struggles with his blocking early on will create serious problems for the Georgia passing game, and perhaps even the health of Murray. South Carolina will be able to bring pressure – that blocking had better be there.

ugab

August 2nd, 2012
6:41 pm

IC will be missed. IC has the talent. I hope he realizes what is at stake and gets his life straight. He ran behind a predictable Offense and still had 850 yrds. good luck IC..go dawgs.

Dagny

August 2nd, 2012
6:54 pm

What’s the problem? Richt just replaces one thug with another.

donte080

August 2nd, 2012
6:55 pm

Great teams have great running backs. Crowell had the talent, but not the football IQ, to be that rare RB you need to be a great team. He was given ample opportunity and just blew it. We are better off coming to that realization now and moving on to our other talented RBs until the right one steps up..

poopdawg

August 2nd, 2012
6:55 pm

Jeff Schultz , sorry i had a Dumb and Dumber flashback. Just when i thought Schultz could not get any dumber, he writes an article like this and totally redeems himself. Good article Jeff.

Ghost

August 2nd, 2012
6:56 pm

TampaGator, Florida will be vastly improved this year, the defense should be exceptional, you would think the offense would be have to be improved over last year, but Demps and Rainey will be hard to replace.

Macon Mike

August 2nd, 2012
6:57 pm

Pitbull, people are drawn to carwrecks and circus clowns. And UGA supplies a constant supply of both.

heywood...

August 2nd, 2012
6:59 pm

um…i think yards per carry is the more telling stat. can someone tell me
where IC ranked among all SEC backs in ypc. im bettin its somewhere
around the middle of the pack. yo.

joe

August 2nd, 2012
7:00 pm

he was good when he was on the field, which wasn’t consistently the case all year. I think you are over estimating the impact of him not being there. The lack of an OL is much more pressing for uga

Independent voter

August 2nd, 2012
7:10 pm

Boo Malcome will come to the rescue… then Marshall and Gurley.. O Line will suprise.. Grantham’s DEEE will give us good field position… Go Dawgs SEC champs THIS year !!!!

Joe

August 2nd, 2012
7:13 pm

Who was the last tailback that graduated at UGA?

Wilson Pickett

August 2nd, 2012
7:14 pm

You know nothing about football if you think for a minute the talent of UGA’s RB’ is anywhere near the talent of LSU’s RB’s. UGA running back by committee since it worked at LSU! Really…then I guess my golf fame is like Tiger Wood’s in that we both play with clubs and a golf ball.

The folks within the AD complex at UGA have to be stupid to continue with Richt. If the guy were coaching at any other school in the Southeast other than UGA he would have been fired.

Independent voter

August 2nd, 2012
7:16 pm

Tampa Gator.. needs a hobby/sport.. wife.. dog.. job.. LIFE.. some body to talk to ??

Kevin

August 2nd, 2012
7:17 pm

Lifetime Dawg fan and I’d rather lose without Crowell than win with him. He showed what he was about and how many wins did he lead Georgia to last year? Go with the guys who at least ACT like they care about the TEAM as much as they do themselves.

Froggy The Gremlin

August 2nd, 2012
7:19 pm

O.J. will come out of retirement if you can get him one of the fake blonde white girls.

@wisonpickett

August 2nd, 2012
7:25 pm

Wilson Picket, Please name the SEC coach from another program that was fired with the success Richt has had at Georgia. Anyone with a comparable record, SEC Championships , division championships , bowl record of 7-4. Thats only had one losing season.The only one that could come close would be Fulmer, but he had 2 losing campaigns his last 4 years. And how did that work out for Tennessee?

Uga Grad '95

August 2nd, 2012
7:30 pm

Gimpy (and scrawny) Crowell was nothing more than average. He was frequently injured and had an attitude problem. Good riddance. Stop worrying about nothing. We will be better off without him.

SEC Fact Finder

August 2nd, 2012
7:33 pm

TampaGator

August 2nd, 2012
5:32 pm
If Georgia does not put together a solid offensive line quickly….it will not matter who plays RB….or QB for that matter. Georgia’s OL could be the thing that keeps them from winning the East this year. I would not want to be the Georgia LT lining up against Clowney if that LT does not have a lot of experience. Clowney was the best freshman in the SEC last year….by far. And he will probably be one of the best players in the country this year.

I agree 100%. The OL is the biggest concern and unless Hershel Walker gets permission to play one more season and Aaron Murray develops wings to fly there may be a few plays caught in the backfield for loss.

Good Luck to you and your teams.

Sussex Club

August 2nd, 2012
7:36 pm

Can those new backs from NC run the ball in the SEC?

Sussex Club

August 2nd, 2012
7:41 pm

7-6 Gators need good luck.

FLA DAWG

August 2nd, 2012
7:51 pm

Jeff,

850 yards in 10 games against nothing teams is no special record sir.
Would you care to cite the number of times he pulled himself out of games, had conflicts with coaches, had off-field problems and a general lack of committment (in my opinion) ?

Replacing a guy that falls at the first touch (in my opinion) shouldn’t be that tough.
Dooley (as usual) nailed it when he stated that Crowell should have been held out of games until the second half since the guy would start well but blew beets after the half (my interpretation of course).

Besides, even if Crowell had been worth his salt where would he go with an O Line that couldn’t open a mousehole or sustain a pass rush?

The above is just my humble opinion of course.

dmr

August 2nd, 2012
7:54 pm

Crowell was good,no doubt! He had good numbers for a freshman. Very good! I wish him well, but I do think this is addition by subtraction. Go back and look at how many times he pulled himself from games or was suspended or was unavailable. I think running back by committee is going to work well for these Dawgs.

Sussex Club

August 2nd, 2012
7:54 pm

The Buffalo Bulls are a humble team.

DG

August 2nd, 2012
7:58 pm

Crowell must think he’s still at UGA. His daily illiterate tweets show him in his UGA uniform.

Promethius

August 2nd, 2012
7:59 pm

Anyone have an opine, are the two NC backs as good as the UNC back Geo Bernard?

bamaguy

August 2nd, 2012
8:12 pm

Every team in the SEC and ACC would have signed Crowell if he had chosen them. He turned out to be a bad egg, but that is no fault of UGA. The real kicker is going to be if the quarterback UGA dismissed wins a National Championship for LSU.

GTBob

August 2nd, 2012
8:18 pm

Every team in the SEC and ACC would have signed Crowell if he had chosen them.

This isn’t true at all. There were several teams not recruiting him for a reason.

Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville

August 2nd, 2012
8:27 pm

GTBob

Wanted to know are you excited about the beat down coming to Tech this year thanks to our practice game against GSU the week before who run the same stupid offense that Tech does

GPB

August 2nd, 2012
8:32 pm

Georgia Tech has the nation’s highest average SAT score for football players, and also the highest average high school GPA.

UGA, on the other hand, has one of the very lowest SAT averages, as well as a very low GPA average. As a result, three-fourths of UGA players are “special admits,” when means that they can not meet the minimum educational and intelligence requirements for admission to UGA, even as low as that is.

Yes, it would be great if Tech was more competitive with UGA, but Tech fans are proud of our heritage of having intelligent, responsible athletes who go on to rewarding careers and contribute to society.

Contrast this with the very unintelligent dummies that UGA recruits. The fifty arrests over the last four years is proof enough, not to mention winning the Fulmer Cup. Most of these goons are tossed out after their eligibility is over, and many end up on welfare.

UGA is clearly just a football f-a-c-t-o-r-y dedicated to winning at all costs, and most UGA fans are okay with this, with no concern about the embarrassment this brings to the State of Georgia.

Mark Richt is the architect of this situation. As long as he is paid a huge salary, he will continue to recruit the illiterate brain-dead t-h-u-g-s who he thinks will win. Unfortunately for UGA fans, he’s not remotely in the same league with the top coaches in the SEC.

So the bottom line is that Georgia Tech – win or lose – does so with honor and integrity, while the lowlife punks, woman beaters, drug users, and drunks in Athens continue to embarrass us all.

5150 UOAD

August 2nd, 2012
8:33 pm

Flat you better wait until closer to Thanksgiving before talking that crap. LOL

Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville

August 2nd, 2012
8:33 pm

; )

fan

August 2nd, 2012
8:34 pm

GTbob is a little bi tch

Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville

August 2nd, 2012
8:35 pm

GPB

Good for Tech; now do Div I college football a favor and drop out of Div I and allow Georgia St to take your place in the ACC

5150 UOAD

August 2nd, 2012
8:37 pm

It will be 10 years before GaState will be a winning team worth watching.

Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville

August 2nd, 2012
8:38 pm

5150 UOAD

Good to see you still havent dropped Tech as your favorite team; thanks to fans like you Tech will remain meaningless

Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville

August 2nd, 2012
8:38 pm

5150 UOAD

Its been 45 years since Tech was worth watching

5150 UOAD

August 2nd, 2012
8:41 pm

1990>1980

Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville

August 2nd, 2012
8:47 pm

1990

Shared with Colorado

Tech played #17 Nebraska in the Citris Bowl for their so called joke national title game

LOL

#17 Nebraska for their championship game

SEC Observer

August 2nd, 2012
8:48 pm

Georgia is in serious trouble on offense. A great back can make something out of nothing with an average line. The Dawgs have an average line at best. Georgia has no back close to Crowell at this point.

Schultz is right to point this out.

Georgia will quickly fall out of the top 25. They will get by Missouri but will lose to SC, UT and Fl.

Dawg fans need to wake up. You will have a solid defense but a lack of offense will be your downfall.

JB

August 2nd, 2012
8:48 pm

Maybe… Maybe now.

I don’t think it’s to hard to imagine at least one of the two Fr being as good.

The OL is a far bigger concern.

HBTD!!!

Paddy

August 2nd, 2012
8:49 pm

If you think Crowell wil be missed, you have not been paying attention the last 30 years to similar situations in sports. Dawgs will not miss a beat.

JB

August 2nd, 2012
8:51 pm

Lose to UT? You powers of observation need some work.

Frankly, if we do have an OL, and that’s up in the air at the moment, but if we do, I think we win all three of those games.

HBTD!!!

Tide Rising

August 2nd, 2012
8:54 pm

Dawgs are better off without this guy. He had 850 yds but against who? I didn’t see an impressive performance by him against anyone of note. He was nowhere to be found against Boise and LSU and racked up his yards against the really bad teams on the schedule. This guy just didn’t have the right stuff against the big boys. Then again you can say that about the entire dawg football program.

5150 UOAD

August 2nd, 2012
8:56 pm

Paddy…………..please tell me about a similar situation. Knowshow goes to the NFL leaving King & Ealey they go away leaving a T Freshman Crowell and now again he is gone.
What school has EVER had this situation and done anything good?

Tide Rising

August 2nd, 2012
8:57 pm

UT could be a surprise this year. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if they did beat the dawgs. We’re talking about beating the dawgs folks. We aint talkin LSU or Alabama.

Red Stick

August 2nd, 2012
9:03 pm

@SEC Observer I don’t see any way that UGA will lose to SC, Tenn and Florida. I do think that the Vols will be much improved and will be better than many think. Their offense with Bray, Rogers and Hunter will be very difficult to stop.

Tenn could very well beat any team in the East so they should not be overlooked.

Cmdawg99

August 2nd, 2012
9:04 pm

Booooooooooooooooooooooooo!!
Go Dawgs!!!!

Cmdawg99

August 2nd, 2012
9:09 pm

Why can’t we suspend people the way spurrier does ? Suspends for the off season and then brings them back before the season starts. ? LOL

Mobile Dawg

August 2nd, 2012
9:12 pm

Isiah Who?

Macon Mike

August 2nd, 2012
9:12 pm

why not trying to beat Spurrier first…

Red Stick

August 2nd, 2012
9:13 pm

@Cmdawg99 whether you agree or not it seems the East side of the SEC has alot more problems with players getting in trouble than the West side.

Geaux Tigers
Go SEC

Statues R' Us

August 2nd, 2012
9:16 pm

the evil genius

5150 UOAD

August 2nd, 2012
9:19 pm

Crowell missing New Mexico St over Auburn Cmdwag99?

bubba4dawgs

August 2nd, 2012
9:24 pm

Crowell is gone and we wish him well! That doesn’t mean that we should be singing his praises of the good things he did. Sure, he ran for 850 yards his freshman year. No one could have guaranteed that at the beginning of the season. It is time for Keith and Todd along with Ken and Richard to take over. The talent is there! It’s downright shameful that the OL is not what we need but they may even get around that with their talent. I’d much rather have them than IC with all his baggage and I believe the DAWGS will have a very good season! Both Keith and Todd are capable of taking it to the house and IC never did do that beyond approximately 40 yards on one occasion! GO DAWGS!!

The Truth

August 2nd, 2012
9:24 pm

Jeff.. you are wrong… Georgia is favored to win the East NOT because of defense and QB….but their SCHEDULE…. have you looked at the schedule? Grayson would make it to the Dome with that schedule.

The Professor

August 2nd, 2012
9:26 pm

Here’s your UGA Math Problem of the Week

f(x,y,z) = 10x + 5y•π + √4z²

Solve for f(x, y, z), given:

X = the probability that the UGA will make it through a season without another player being arrested and locked up in jail

Y = the number of legitimate college courses that UGA football players have passed

Z = on a sleaze scale of 0-10, with 0 being the sleaziest and 10 being morally and ethically upstanding, where is Mark Richt?

Congratulations if you came up with the correct answer, which is ZERO

Pago Pago DAWG

August 2nd, 2012
9:33 pm

It appears that some of you people have very little confidence in the coaching staff.

Dr. Phil

August 2nd, 2012
9:41 pm

Crowell believed the missing man hype. He believed it even before Richt’s silly soap opera. Crowell had some talent, but not nearly as much as he thought he had and that Richt led him to believe he had. He clearly demonstrated that he was not the #1 prospect in the country.

Brainiac(Dawg For Life) / (CMR fan for life)

August 2nd, 2012
9:43 pm

@ BenB:

Will you just please put a sock in it???

Where do you get all your “EXPERTISE” on how to run a D-1 College Football program???

Currently CMR is the 3rd best active coach in the nation when it comes to won/loss records. Better than Saban and Miles. He has won 6 SEC East Championships and 2 SEC Championships in his 11 years. as HC.

You know less about more than most anyone on here but you, like a bunch of others on here, just have to run your mouth/keyboard. True UGA fans are fed up with your and your ilk’s drivel. Fortunately you and your ilk have exactly ZERO to do with anything Dawg Nation. Your Single Digit IQ shows pn every post from you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Macon Mike

August 2nd, 2012
9:50 pm

Currently CMR has won as many national championships at UGA as I have.

MountainDawg

August 2nd, 2012
9:50 pm

The OL will make or break UGA’s season. If they’re like swiss cheese, that will negate the passing and running game. If the Dawgs cannot control the clock, it’ll pull all the burden on the defense…who’ll eventually gas out. On the upside, they’ve got some talent at WR…Michael Bennett has great potential and should get more reps.

chazzo

August 2nd, 2012
9:52 pm

1) Yep! It definitely would have been nice to have a healthy sophomore who was the NCAA freshman of the year. I for one feel bad for the kid. He had the world by the tail. He will be missed.

2) He’s gone. Not coming back. There are a couple of guys who have looked good on occasion but hit the holes pretty quick (something that Crowell didn’t always appear to do well). We also have a couple of freshmen that could do well. Have you seen tape of Marshall? the guy is quick.

3) I think the phrase, RB by committee, was coined to describe the Dawgs back in the Cooper/Brown/Ware/Lumpkin days. While no one back had spectacular numbers, add them up and the Dawgs had big rushing yards. It can be deceptive.

WestOfAthens

August 2nd, 2012
9:54 pm

ZZZZZ…

Waiting for the season to begin, actions always speak louder than words.
HBTD

5150 UOAD

August 2nd, 2012
9:56 pm

chazzo
August 2nd, 2012
9:52 pm

1) Yep! It definitely would have been nice to have a healthy sophomore who was the NCAA freshman of the year. I for one feel bad for the kid. He had the world by the tail. He will be missed.
=========================================================

Crowell was the SEC VOTED BY THE MEDIA Freshman of the Year.
Clowney was the SEC Freshman of the Year from the Coaches.

Brainiac(Dawg For Life) / (CMR fan for life)

August 2nd, 2012
9:57 pm

@ Redd Stik:

Seems you may have overlooked some suspensions in your place. Not to worry though. Just like Spurrier, Miles had them back on the field before the National Anthem was finished. That QB deal possibly cost LSU the NC game.

athensdawg

August 2nd, 2012
10:02 pm

another year of mark richt.
another group of crucial players get dismissed or suspended.
another preseason spent wondering who is going to play on the offensive line

anyone notice a pattern here????

Brainiac(Dawg For Life) / (CMR fan for life)

August 2nd, 2012
10:06 pm

@ Macon Mike:

You are sooooooooo funny and otherwise entertaining ,,,,,,,,,,,,not!!!!!!!!!!!

Don’t you have something better to do like brushing all 4 of your teeth or painting your Singlewide???

I love your stupid a$$ anyway!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brainiac(Dawg For Life) / (CMR fan for life)

August 2nd, 2012
10:07 pm

@ AthensdawgL

Delta is ready when you are Big Dummy!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brainiac(Dawg For Life) / (CMR fan for life)

August 2nd, 2012
10:09 pm

@ 5150(9:56pm post)

And your point is???????????????????????????????????????????????

mgdawg

August 2nd, 2012
10:11 pm

I agree that crowell had some definite talent, but truthfully I only saw that talent in a few games. He was a freshman and I understand that, but some people act like the guy looked better then moreno, he didn’t and it wasn’t close. While losing a talented player isn’t a good thing, I’d rather have a little less talent and someone I can trust. You never knew with crowell, is he going to do something stupid this week and get suspended, is he finally going to be healed from an ankle injury that he was game time decision for multiple weeks, if he does play how quickly will he pull himself out (under/over was two carries). I think that kind of a player hurts the team more then it helps.

Malcolme began gaining confidence at the end of the season and Samuel was a big part of UGA beating florida. Samuel is a beast by the way, he played the tech game with a seperated shoulder. For those of you who don’t know, that is one of the most painful injuries you can possibly have in sports. Marshall from what I’ve heard seems to be a class act and was one of the top ranked rb recruits. Gurley I’ve heard might actually be better then marshall.

sandiego

August 2nd, 2012
10:12 pm

you idiots who criticized IC have never taken the slams these kids take. He was and is a physical talent. His decision making is certainly questionable but he woulda/coulda helped the Dawgs. Marshall and Gurley will prove to be good on the field and off. Here’s hoping the O Line gels..

5150 UOAD

August 2nd, 2012
10:13 pm

And the HITS just keep coming.

Chase Vasser, a junior outside linebacker from Gainesville, was arrested for driving under the influence back in May in Atlanta, Georgia officials confirmed on Thursday. The 21-year-old projected starter has been suspended for the first two games of the season as per UGA’s student-athlete conduct code, team spokesman Claude Felton confirmed late Thursday evening.

Gamecock in Georgia

August 2nd, 2012
10:14 pm

YADA
YADA
YADA

Brainiac(Dawg For Life) / (CMR fan for life)

August 2nd, 2012
10:15 pm

@ The Professor:

Here’s how many people in Dawg Nation give a fat rat’s a$$ about your juvenile math crap. If you guessed ZERO you are CORRECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Professor my a$$. You couldn’t find your a$$ with both hands in your hip pockets!!!!!!!!!!!

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AtlGamecock

August 2nd, 2012
10:16 pm

The Plain Truth.
UGA Football Sux!!!

Dawghater

August 2nd, 2012
10:18 pm

The Plain Truth
UGA football sux…

Dawghater

August 2nd, 2012
10:19 pm

They will never win anything.
Hopefully they can filed a team on opening day as them boys just keep getting in trouble.

Dawghater

August 2nd, 2012
10:19 pm

They did not beat a good team last year and it’s been years since they have had a good win.

Dawghater

August 2nd, 2012
10:21 pm

They got dominated by all 4 good teams that they played last year.
If their defense is so good, why did Bosie State drop 42, SC 45, LSU 42, and the slow Big Ten Mich State 33!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dawghater

August 2nd, 2012
10:23 pm

Brainiac u are an idiot who have no footbal knowledge and we know that because u are a Dawg fan for one

Bly

August 2nd, 2012
10:25 pm

Herschel would have scored.

Macon Mike

August 2nd, 2012
10:27 pm

Hey Brainiac, any insight on the Vasser situation? You are the go to guy on all things UGA.

a country boy can survive

August 2nd, 2012
10:29 pm

hey brainiac, swap over to your kingdaddy persona…that character isn’t as angry…

dj fk u

August 2nd, 2012
10:33 pm

uga is a straw dog. look at last year. it’s telling. Four losses when it mattered.

t2go

August 2nd, 2012
11:06 pm

Enter your comments here

t2go

August 2nd, 2012
11:14 pm

Gotta agree with many on here Shultz….I think you are wrong on this one. Crowell was not all that…had hopes for him this year, that maybe he could really break out. He did do well last year but when was he a game changer?! Samuel was vs. Fla…..Malcome ran hard and showed heart that seemed to inspire the team and fans. Crowell got tons of his yards vs. lesser opponents and was not a player you could rely on on or off the field. Frankly his baggage out weighed his benefit to the team. We will see where he ends up…..and I do not think it will be good for him. BTW whats up w Ealy and King…where are they?

UGA IS AWESOME!

August 3rd, 2012
12:53 am

It is a shame that the majority of the titles and topics of discussion I read related to UGA’s football program written by the AJC are always negative. I understand that controversy attracts readers, but to bring up the Crowell thing is so “one month ago” and sounds more like a biased writer from an opposing SEC school or even maybe even Spurrier himself. This is the best you could write for the state of Georgia’s flagship university and football program. I guess ones job security outweighs being a respectable journalist. It’s very obvious that the AJC and so the called sports writers get their kicks writing articles like this about UGA’s football program. I want to keep up with the Dawgs online via a pro-Georgia media outlet. This one appears to have downsized and is operating out of the Georgia Tech library. Can a good ole Georgia Fan please provide an online website that is pro UGA football and celebrates all the hard work that our football program is exhibiting. Thanks.

GEORGIADOGS.COM

August 3rd, 2012
1:45 am

You can follow the Dawgs online on georgiadogs.com. It is UGA’s official website which all for UGA. There is a great article/video on the UGA’s opening day of camp with player interviews, etc. The players are pumped up and in great shape. Go Dawgs!

hot diggity dawg

August 3rd, 2012
2:19 am

Kept in perspective of UGA’s WEAK schedule last year, 850 yards rushing and 5 TDs in 10 games isn’t “great” as some have proclaimed.

Crowell never proved himself.

Ted Striker

August 3rd, 2012
3:56 am

Crowell was ballyhood by zealous fans when he was recruited signed/then booed and lambasted by those same fans for more than a year.

I heard people I know say things about Crowell that made me more ashamed of THEM, not him.

Wish the guy well and stop being knuckleheads yourselves.

BigDaddyJim

August 3rd, 2012
6:16 am

Being great and having great potential are two totally differt things. what the fact that Crowell ran for 850 yards last year says about him is that he ran for 85 yards per game. Greatness? Nope. What those numbers don’t reflect was the time he spent sitting on the sidelines with his helmet and shoes off. Relaxing on trainers table, not being treated for anything, or wearing non-contact jerseys to practice while his teamates were on the field busting their hind ends and probably playing through broken bone, gouged eyes, sprained ankles,etc. because real Dawgs GATA. IC1 was out for #1. I contend that he wasn’t soft, he was downright LAZY. Ikie Crowell had an oppoutinity to be a great player, he was blessed with a lot of talent and given an awesome chance to play at UGA, but like Jimmy Buffet he pissed it away somehow. I hope i never have to be subjected to another article about how “great” Crowell was/could’ve been. How about writing about some guy who’s actually on the team and wants to be there.

kingdaddy

August 3rd, 2012
6:39 am

Jeff,
Do you know anything about “CANCER”? Carlton Thomas had 3 suspensions!!! Obviously, he just didn’t care about rules. Crowell had an unregistered handgun in his possesion! On top of that, he had 3 new recruits with him! Did he show-off his “gat”? Did the new recruits become infected with his disregard for the law or rules? Do you know how peer pressure effects youths? Wow, That’s I.C., he’s SEC FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR, I WANT TO BE LIKE HIM!!!

Jeff, you need to “glorify” DGDs like Jarvis Jones and Richard Samuel. They are not CANCERS, they are the “CURE”. Crowell’s dismissal was addition by subtraction. Nothing more, nothing less…

59bulldawg

August 3rd, 2012
6:40 am

Crowell was exceptionally talented but he isn’t the first exceptional talent to do his best to throw it all away. I wish him well but have no regrets. I think we’ll be fine with what we have if we can stay healthy.

In your heart, you know I'm right, bless your heart

August 3rd, 2012
7:09 am

Crowell
Ealey
C. King
Sanks
.
.
.
And other thugs too numerous to mention who were recruited by Richt. It always comes back to Richt. Face it – Richt is the real cancer on this team.

JB

August 3rd, 2012
7:32 am

My biggest concern is for the say the last 3 years, I have watched as the Dawgs have not been able to establish a running game against bad teams, average teams or good teams, thus have no signature wins to speak of in that time frame, while last year having the biggest line in all of football. When you get inside the other teams 30 and get to fourth and say 1 or 2 and can’t get a first down , you got problems.

JB

August 3rd, 2012
7:35 am

Crowell will not be missed. No heart, no team spirit, did not like contact etc. He liked the bright lights and all, but he was not a football player to go to war with. I’ll take Samuals and one of these freshman with heart.

The Truth

August 3rd, 2012
7:39 am

Yep, I don’t know what the Dawgs are going to do at RB this season. Shultz is right – I don’t know where they are going to find a guy that can’t take a hit, takes himself out of games, and runs like a 4 year old girl between the tackles. The only impact Crapwell has last year was his rear end on the bench.

Costanza "Lord of the Idiots"

August 3rd, 2012
7:46 am

Someone should hand CMR a picture of Crowell standing next to Trent Richardson. Coach, this is what we had versus what we want. They’re the same height but one has an extra 50 lbs of tackle breaking muscle because he spends hours upon hours in the weight room. Oh yeah, it also took 3 years for that other guy to crack the starting lineup because they have a stable full of guys just like him.

gt4ever

August 3rd, 2012
7:47 am

Here’s to the BEST team on paper in the NATION! Good grief you guys are awesome on paper… IC never proved a thing, other than he had a coach that failed him. Period. A little discipline and this kid would have been special.

Eric C.

August 3rd, 2012
7:49 am

Crowell was injury-prone and had many more negatives than positives…I’ll always remember those shining moments such as his ill-timed fumble that lost the game against SC. Let’s focus more on what can still be controlled, eh?

juvenal

August 3rd, 2012
7:51 am

when i tell dauug fans i would rather lose with dignity to teams that recruit these prima donnas than have them attend my alma mater, all i get is scoffing disdain-many of them don’t see at that end of the spectrum, but some are just walking away…integrity is it’s own victory….

juvenal

August 3rd, 2012
7:52 am

& way to go, Ms. Schmitt!

Starring William Conrad as Frank Cannon

August 3rd, 2012
7:59 am

Crowell is a bad apple and also an energy vampire. Good riddance!

Buzz2011

August 3rd, 2012
8:01 am

Crowell was the perfect Dog running back.. Not very smart, no discipline, played two series a game and a thug attitude. The Dogs will miss Crowell..” We gun this state”……

gt4ever

August 3rd, 2012
8:01 am

“Great running backs can hide the deficiencies of an offensive line, just as a great line can make a running back look better than he really is.”

Hardly, Great running backs ONLY happen when they have great lines…. I’ll agree to the second part, as a great line will make a average running back look good… But there is NO instance anywhere, where your first statement exists…

Starring William Conrad as Frank Cannon

August 3rd, 2012
8:05 am

Crowell was a master of the english language on twitter.

The Truth

August 3rd, 2012
8:07 am

Hey Techies – win more than 1 in 10 and then we will talk.

kingdaddy

August 3rd, 2012
8:09 am

Jeff,
How about no more articles on transfered or arrested Dogs for awhile. The season is about to start. Think you can do some more articles on what we have instead of what we don’t? Coaches poll ranked us #6 and you write about more negatives about a player that’s been gone over a month? Has anyone seen Gurly or Marshall yet? How’s Boo looking? Can Q.Hicks catch a ball coming out of the backfield? Will Jay Rome be ready for a breakout year catching the ball while Artie open running lanes?
So many questions and you give us Isaiah is gone and we’re going to miss him. Sometimes, I wonder if you like the Dogs at all. I know, some people call you a UGA homer, lol. You can’t win, can you Bo???

gt4ever

August 3rd, 2012
8:12 am

@ The Truth

I can’t argue with you… You guys OWN us… Kinda pathetic really… But hey,, it’s a fact.

kingdaddy

August 3rd, 2012
8:25 am

Why can’t Nerds just worry about their pocket-protectors and model train-sets and leave football to the Doggies? If we want to learn how to cook fries and o-rings, we’ll give y’all a call…

jim

August 3rd, 2012
8:32 am

Do you think we will get back to letting the fullback run the ball occasionally. We use to use the fullback significantly, but that was before Bobo started calling the plays.

oldfart

August 3rd, 2012
8:32 am

“…10 full games…”

It sure didn’t seem like it was that much.

JTDAWG

August 3rd, 2012
8:35 am

You ever been on a team, Schultzie? This kid, though talented, was a cancer. It’s not always about talent. Dogs will be better without him.

Rival

August 3rd, 2012
8:41 am

Funny, you haven’t mentioned the Houston ordeal before when writing about UGA’s offensive line woes. Of course, you did mentioned the “banned substance” but left out the circumstances surrounding it which are a credit to Houston/UGA and should disgrace the NCAA (if they had any shame).

How ’bout them Jackets, Schultz!

gt4ever

August 3rd, 2012
8:44 am

@Kingdaddy

You really have nothing to talk about… You guys should be held at a higher standard, since your coach recruits top 10 every year… But hey, you can hang your hat on that big win over us, the national power that we have become…

Fair and Balanced

August 3rd, 2012
8:46 am

Crowell may be very talented, but we can do without him. The problem is though, that we have a weak OL. This has been a problem for so long that it is rediculous that it hasn’t been fixed! Everybody knows this and still we go without a remedy! This is not rocket science. Get some hogs in there that know how to block! GA goes 9-3 in a mediocre year, with mediocre schedule. I have no confidence we win the East. None!

kingdaddy

August 3rd, 2012
8:47 am

Jeff,
Do you think UGA would be a better team if it had I.C. back? You will notice I said Team???

kingdaddy

August 3rd, 2012
8:54 am

GT4ever
sorry brother, I like Tech. I’m just responding to your post attacking UGA again. I don’t go looking to troll GT articles with crass humor and senseless shots at your team. Not my style. You threw down, remember? I just responded, lol. Not my fault Dawgs bite intruders…

Nativebird

August 3rd, 2012
9:11 am

“Running back by committee shouldn’t be celebrated, any more than platooning quarterbacks. If one guy was considered exceptional, he would start.”

Or if all others really sucked.

REALLY?

August 3rd, 2012
9:15 am

He took himself out every other play. If the O-line (BIG IF)can come together UGA will be fine at RB.

'94 UGA Alumni

August 3rd, 2012
9:15 am

I hate to say it Jeff, but you are spot on. We will definitely miss Crowell. I am not very optomistic about us being able to run the ball. We may have to go with the “run and shoot” and have 4 receivers on every play. I don’t think we ought to use the ‘I’ formation that much.

kingdaddy

August 3rd, 2012
9:15 am

Running back by committee sure didn’t hurt LSU did it???

Hap Hines

August 3rd, 2012
9:21 am

I guess you could call being a disgusting piece of human trash “having issues”. I’m sure there’s a jail cell waiting for him somewhere. Maybe he can bunk with Lawrence Phillips.

kingdaddy

August 3rd, 2012
9:22 am

From watching the Spring game, UGA will have a very good running game. If you’ve already given up before the first game, then you aren’t much of a DOGGIE FAN ANYWAY! If you disagree, then you’re probably a troll or just don’t know what it is to be a fan. Could you at least give them until the Missouri game before you write them off???

too tough

August 3rd, 2012
9:31 am

All I can say is…The Dawg Nation Believes in all the players the put on the G helmet! I have faith in CMR and the coaching staff! Ya know folks, UGA has had some trials and tribulations….BUT! This team will come together and be a team that will be special!
GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RiffRaff

August 3rd, 2012
9:31 am

Why are we still talking about this guy anymore??…..He let the team down. He was a poor representative of UGA and was all about himself. Marshall and Gurley will make everyone forget about IC. Go DAWGS!

old dog

August 3rd, 2012
9:31 am

Crowell had character (or lack there-of) issues from the get-go. Many of his yards were against lesser teams, and he patted his head so often to come out after a decent tackle that he learned the Morse code! It does not make one a non-fan because they didn’t worship this wack job. That being said, if we do not pick up the o-line play this year, we will be sreaming back and forth on these blogs next year, because we will STILL be a second tier (LSU, ‘Bama are top-tier) SEC team. I love my Dawgs, but until we get a top-notch o-line (and we do not have one now) the D and other aspects of the team will have to win the games. I am hoping for the best, and I think we will have a good year. But anyone who played on any level knows our o-line is not up-to-snuff with the big-boys. I don’t care how many got drafted, they did not do well as a unit. Hopefully Friend will find a way………………

a country boy can survive

August 3rd, 2012
9:32 am

uga doesn’t have a running back on the roster who would get into the rb rotation at LSu…

Gary

August 3rd, 2012
9:32 am

It’s all Marks fault!!! First he goes a gets the kid every other coach wants. Then it turns out he is a bit of a punk on and off the field. Georgia dumps him. Some how Mark is now getting the wrong kids. Pretty sure LSU is starting with one of our criminals. Last year they let one of there own criminals QB who should have been off the team for putting a guy in the hospital. I don’t know how it works at Bama, but when kid gets arrested in Athens it is in the AJC before the 6am the next morning. Maybe the cops in Bama can’t write police reports and that is why their players seem to never get in the paper. Not sure. I just know that Mark is doing a pretty good job taking a stand with the kids causing trouble and I think it might be hurting our recruiting, but I don’t care. You need to do whats right rather than what is easy. I just hope we make it to the SEC again just so the haters (I am only talking about the Georgia fans(?) who want him gone) can suffer with him until he is ready to retire.

DIT

August 3rd, 2012
9:36 am

Crowell was a world of talent. I don’t think anyone ever doubted that. It’s a shame that he could not stay out of trouble. I hope he gets his life together and learns from this life lesson. He will be missed from that offense. Still, I’m glad that Coach Richt did the right thing when it came to dismissing him from the team. He has been given a couple chances and took it for granted.
Now we have to look past this. Sorry fellow Dawg people, but we can’t rely on two true freshment to tote the ball in the SEC. This is Samuel’s time. Either he steps up and carries the load or we will be an average team with 3 losses this year. Of course the O-Line needs to open some holes for whomever is running the ball.
Ready for this to start! Go Dawgs!

5150 UOAD

August 3rd, 2012
9:51 am

LSU running back by comity didn’t hurt them.

UGa AIN’T LSU that is the difference.

Wilson Pickett

August 3rd, 2012
10:01 am

No Coach in America could have saved Crowell from what he is. None. Saban would have given him a chance to produce as a player and a person but he would be gone from Bama as well. If your plan to get a player is to kiss his azz then expect to continue that same plan in order to keep him.

Please stop your RB by committee BS using LSU as the example for your 4 backs aren’t near the level of LSU. Perhaps you UGA fans might do something different in 2012 and that is stop running your mouth until your team actually beat someone that has beaten somebody. Just a thought.

This stuff in Miami is going to get gooder as it goes. The recruiting CO Hill resigned today.

DIT

August 3rd, 2012
10:05 am

I guess I’m behind on the latest news. What happened in Miami?

chazzo

August 3rd, 2012
10:08 am

Wilson Picket,

You seem really upset, man. Chill out. No one is doing you any harm. Relax. It’s okay.

We are merely discussing that the impact of losing Crowell is greater than reported.

I agree with Schultz on this one. I also hope Crowell can turn his life around.

I think without Crowell there is still potential for a productive running game.

UGA Insider

August 3rd, 2012
10:16 am

Boo is the best we have and played a damn good game against Michigan State. He should be a 1000 yard runner easily.

UGA Insider

August 3rd, 2012
10:19 am

By the way, I reported here on Monday that Houston was out and many of you scoffed. I also said CMR would make a statement soon.

Time

August 3rd, 2012
10:39 am

Hey, it’s a slow news day, let’s drag up Crowell and take advantage of that kid and whatever mistakes he’s made so we can have another blog full of Tech and Bama trolls posting 10 pages of anti-UGA drivel. Classic.

UGA will be fine at RB even without IC. It is my opinion it was a rush to judgement to run him out. Cops ALWAYS drag out the “I smelled weed” thing anytime they pull someone over when they know they don’t have a valid reason to have even pulled the guy over in the first place. I’ve seen no evidence presented that it was in fact Crowell’s gun. Watch as this case ends up getting dropped, Crowell ends up at LSU and comes back to haunt us.

Sad Richards

August 3rd, 2012
10:39 am

Well in few more days I suspect we will be hearing about how the ole injury bug will deplete the football team and our hopes again this year. Its the same ole same ole with cmr.

ARdawg

August 3rd, 2012
10:43 am

chazzo

You usually post some good stuff and on the mark. Maybe your latest one here is a bit off though. IMHO, Crowell had the production he had last year Because basically he was the only one there to get it. I disagree with Schultzie, he won’t be missed from the standpoint of there being 4 highly capable guys to perform as IC did.

I wish the kid well at AST. Maybe he’ll fix himself and go on to greater things but UGA won’t miss him

Gamecockrock

August 3rd, 2012
10:59 am

Yep, they don’t make many Lattimores and with USC ’s solid OL and D, it’s why they beat UGA and win the East. UGA loses to USC, MIzzou, UF and Auburn. Going to be a tough year for Richt.

khaki-wearing effiminate UGA fan

August 3rd, 2012
11:24 am

Congrats on arrest # 51! On to 100!

Its Me Again Ethel

August 3rd, 2012
11:35 am

It all started about guns. People in law enforcement and colleges want to do away with the 2nd ammendment. They pass law restricting guns so anyone can be guilty of possessing a firearm. I dont care about Crowell but I do care about laws restricting firearms.

JaxDawg

August 3rd, 2012
11:50 am

When IC came to the sidelines in the sec championship game after missing a block and CMR was giving him a earful, he just turned his back on CMR and walked away. That shows a total lack of respect to the coaches and team at any level.I think we will be better off without him.

Dawg Done Gone

August 3rd, 2012
12:21 pm

It would be nice to have running backs with character and upbringing like Samuel. Dawgs sign too many thugs like Crowell and Ealey. First question to a high school player should be are you a thug?

Dawg Done Gone

August 3rd, 2012
12:25 pm

Guns dont kill people. Idiots that have guns use them yo kill people. Ive got 25 guns and they just sit in a safe.

Buckeye

August 3rd, 2012
12:29 pm

Oh Isaiah, The Annoited One II, we hardly knew thee…………………

Buckeye

August 3rd, 2012
12:30 pm

I hear a number of you dogs are meeting at Chick Fil A’s today.

Sharkman

August 3rd, 2012
12:41 pm

Isaiah who???

AuburnCreed

August 3rd, 2012
12:52 pm

THuga’s not favored to win the east because of Murray or their defense! Get real!!

They’re favored once again because only THuga could draw the easiest SEC schedule in history FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS IN A ROW! They’ll still lose to south carolina, they’ll lose at Mizzou because 80% of the defense is suspended for drug use and other crimial (thug) activity, and they’ll lose at Auburn this year because whether mutt fans want to admit it or not, Gene Chizik and staff have outrecruited THuga for the best talent and will be ready right last year’s wrong in athens.

5150 UOAD

August 3rd, 2012
1:04 pm

I wish we had some players at Tech that reporters could talk about…the fastest boys at Tech are those running from us in Piedmont Park!

Mr. Thomas Anthony Jones, SR

August 3rd, 2012
1:18 pm

Mr. Isaiah Crowell should be the Bulldog’s starting tailback in 2012 and 2013. The fool cop who who stop him, failed to mention that no drugs were even found ion the vehicle. If there was no drugs in the vehicle why did the idiot stop the vehicle anyway? And did anyone run the fingerprints on the “alledged weapon” to see whose fingerprints were on the “alledged weapon” Something is screwed up here. No drugs! No Fingerprints! There was nothing to this case and UGA should apologized to Mr. Crowell and ask him to come and play tailback for them.UGA should let the players play and tell the UGA police to mind their own business!

Mandingo

August 3rd, 2012
1:18 pm

By all accounts , Georgia has a soft SEC schedule to play. If they win their side of the division or put on a good show it should be more than enough for the drunken fan base.

lawzoo

August 3rd, 2012
1:26 pm

Carolina has Marcus Lattimore. He’s a good example of the program Steve Spurrier has at Carolina.

Isaiah Crowell and Michael Dwyer are good examples of Richt and Cheezit’s programs at Ga. and Auburn.

Of course with $cam Newton…Student- Athelete the Opelika crowd is in another underworld by themselves..

Alphare

August 3rd, 2012
1:50 pm

if 3 is a pattern, UGA RB’s have a pattern.

PG

August 3rd, 2012
2:08 pm

The first installment of the continued series ” Excuses, Excuses”
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All Bark, No Bite

Boise Dawg

August 3rd, 2012
2:14 pm

The question is… are we better off at running back today than we were a year ago? I think the answer is definitely yes. Obviously we have no idea how the season is going to play out and how our current running backs will perform, but we had that same uncertainty going into last season. And despite Crowell’s production (850 yards), I can’t recall very many big games that he took over. He certaintly wasn’t a difference maker in any of our 4 losses. He was talented no doubt, but despite the good news coming out of the Spring about his attitude improvements, there were no guarantees Crowell would have been a superstar this year, had he not gotten booted off the team.

kingdaddy

August 3rd, 2012
2:41 pm

UGA should have a nice mix of run and pass this year. We will know by the Missouri game. Two weeks into the season, we will know one way or the other. Good or Bad, we’ll know pretty quickly…

They'll do just fine without, never you mind mister

August 3rd, 2012
2:59 pm

I say it was more of a down year for candidates of SEC freshman of the year, last year, than it was a completely deserved honor for Crowell.

Reebok

August 3rd, 2012
2:59 pm

This year is Georgia’s window of opportunity…Tennessee and Florida down, South Carolina pretty good but with a much tougher schedule. Georgia can lose to S Carolina and once more in-conference and still make it to the SEC Championship, because Florida and S Carolina will both have at least 3 losses.

They'll do just fine without, never you mind mister

August 3rd, 2012
3:01 pm

Still bringing up Ealey and King? Jeez
Like a woman that brings up something from years ago in an argument!

CJ

August 3rd, 2012
3:02 pm

Jeff,

I agree. running back by committee has never worked for Mark Richt. We have averaged 7th-10th in the SEC in rushing the last 3 years platooning backs.

Platooning has other big flaws:
1- It limits practice & game reps severely, so backs don’t learn how to passblock or run schemes in practice platooning with 4 others
2- They don’t get in a rhythm out there during a game either.
3- Non merit based Platooning always results in transfers–Ealey & Thomas both asked to be transferred due to not being rewarded for being the #1 producer.
4- It hurts run production, say you have a guy who get 3 yards a carry like Samuel getting 20 carries, and then a guy like Thomas who gets 5 ypc also getting 20 carries, means you left 40 rushing yards PER GAME on the BENCH.
5- Rotating in a guy who Richt perceives to be a slighly better passblocker like Samuel on 3rd down is odd, considering Thomas averaged 8 ypc on 3rd down, compared to 2 ypc for Samuel on 3rd down. so it’s also costing you maybe 4-6 3rd down conversions and 1st downs PER GAME.

2 other flaws in Richt’s current rush game approach:
1- Picking lineman based off of who’s the better PASSBLOCKER, results in guys who don’t RUNBLOCK as well. LSU and Bama do the OPPOSITE.
2- You don’t put a tight end who can catch and is too tall to meet people shoulder pad level in at fullback, that’s just plain dumb. Why Figgins was playing fullback, I’ll never understand unless it was because they liked his passblocking skills. He couldn’t catch, and he couldn’t run block.

Mark Richt just doesn’t understand the rushing part of offense.

They'll do just fine without, never you mind mister

August 3rd, 2012
3:05 pm

Tell us about all the OL that haven’t panned out due to injuries throughout the last few years while your at it Jeff.
Since you’re bringing up other old, meaningless crap, that doesn’t have anything to do with this team going forward.
Or how about……never mind, you should get the point by now.

gt4ever

August 3rd, 2012
3:08 pm

Sorry Kingdaddy, not trolling but the facts are fairly evident. UGA recruits as well as any program in the country. UGA also has a discipline problem… Mr. Richt has NEVER been a big disciplinarian, and of course he has proven that way back at FSU through his UGA tenure. No surprise there… Sorry if the facts bother you, and it’s not meant as an attack… A little jab, but NO attack. I even conceded that my Jackets are not in the same league, which is plain to see…

let's get a few practices in please

August 3rd, 2012
3:11 pm

Jeff, do you play role reversal and argue with your wife about something she said or did years ago?

kiss my you know what

August 3rd, 2012
3:15 pm

Funny how it was Richt’s team at FSU when talking about negative crap…..not Bobby Bowdens?
And was it his team when they were winning championships? Probably not to all the haters.
hypocrites

5150 UOAD

August 3rd, 2012
3:19 pm

Dawgs should like this.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=431374960238090&set=o.403704969677563&type=1&theater

5150 UOAD

August 3rd, 2012
3:22 pm

FSU was NEVER Richt’s team, but there were plenty of Rccht recruited players at FSU that got in trouble.

gt4ever

August 3rd, 2012
3:24 pm

Some of these dawgs are like flowers…. Very fragile, and very sensitive…

Clayday

August 3rd, 2012
3:27 pm

I can remember very clearly in the past we had an nfl RB, QB, WR’s and touted OL but still underacheived. Maybe these guys will step up and play like champions.

?

August 3rd, 2012
3:56 pm

Exactly when was the last time UGA lost any starting tailback to “graduated with honors”? Just as likely they lose one to alien abduction. Do UGA tailbacks even know that there is a university in Athens?

DawgNole

August 3rd, 2012
4:08 pm

gt4ever
August 3rd, 2012
3:08 pm

Mr. Richt has NEVER been a big disciplinarian, and of course he has proven that way back at FSU through his UGA tenure.
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Ignorant statement. As OC at FSU, he was NOT in charge of discipline, so his FSU years have nothing to do with the discipline issues at UGA. Wise up.

5150 UOAD

August 3rd, 2012
4:12 pm

dWagHole……plenty of the Players RICHT recruited to FSU were trouble makers on those teams over the years.

DawgNole

August 3rd, 2012
4:22 pm

5150 UOAD
August 3rd, 2012
4:12 pm

dWagHole……plenty of the Players RICHT recruited to FSU were trouble makers on those teams over the years.
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The players Richt recruited at FSU more than a decade ago have nothing to do with the discipline problems UGA is encountering today. You’re reaching, and you’re failing–again.

5150 UOAD

August 3rd, 2012
4:29 pm

dWagHole….not reaching explaining what the guy the guys post about Richt and his lack of discipline around his entire coaching career. From Playing in MIAMI all the way to UGa Richt has NEVER seem a Clean & Disciplined program.
Richt is only doing what he learned.

Ryan Bailey Howard

August 3rd, 2012
4:37 pm

Isaiah will be missed. Not by me, but others will.

Dewnsav

August 3rd, 2012
4:40 pm

Crowell was very good…O line killed UGA last year…that being said, Crowell had to go…and all those spouting off about the “players” Richt recruits, they are the same “players” everone else recruits…and if you think there isn’t more of this behavior going on at other schools, you have your head in the sand…and no, I don’t have proof…cannot have proof if it is not reported…just my opinion

BILLY JACK

August 3rd, 2012
5:00 pm

Nobody could of saved this kid-time to move on.

DawgNole

August 3rd, 2012
5:28 pm

5150 UOAD
August 3rd, 2012
4:29 pm

dWagHole….not reaching explaining what the guy the guys post about Richt and his lack of discipline around his entire coaching career. From Playing in MIAMI all the way to UGa Richt has NEVER seem a Clean & Disciplined program.
Richt is only doing what he learned.
____________________

He recruits from the same talent pool that his coaching counterparts recruit from–mostly in the South, with occasional ventures outside the region. He generally recruits well, based on recruiting class rankings, but the team simply hasn’t been able to ride the talent he’s brought in to a national championship.

As a college football fan, I loathe the seemingly never-ending off-field issues–especially those encountered by FSU and UGA. I expect they’ll continue, unfortunately, until teams are willing to trade speed for character–and I certainly don’t see that happening in my lifetime.

Brian

August 3rd, 2012
5:45 pm

UGAs schedule is soft. #6 in the country? What a joke. To be able to sniff the arses of the likes of LSU and Alabama is a joke. UGA isnt in the same class as those 2 programs. With a normal schedule, UGA wouldnt be Top 25.

GT

August 3rd, 2012
5:57 pm

Marshal is good, just the press working with the athletic department again to take pressure off this kid. The offense doesn’t like to run it isn’t flashy enough, but when they do this team is a different kind of cat. If Georgia ran more they would be a better football team. That is how the play against Tech, but not the SEC teams. Spurrier and LSU plays with their minds they come out firing when grinding would do the job.

Marvin Mangrum

August 3rd, 2012
6:00 pm

Gods honest truth, Crowell is nothing but a boy, he was a boy in High School, he was a boy in college, he was a boy playing football. Get over it, if he were a man he would have rushed for many, many more yards but he barely got 900. Girly boy, would be gangster boy. What a loser! In case you are hard of hearing WHAT A LOSER! Been watching em over 50 years, only one great runner! Thats the shame!

Brainiac(Dawg For Life) / (CMR fan for life)

August 3rd, 2012
8:12 pm

@ Gary(9:32 am post)

You got it precisely right Bro!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gary = DGD

Brainiac(Dawg For Life) / (CMR fan for life)

August 3rd, 2012
8:21 pm

@ UGA Insider:

Why didn’t you warn IC or CMR that the campus police was planning a road block on campus at 3:00 am????????????????????

Maybe that way IC could have hidden his “piece” with the serial numbers messed up and gotten a mere 8 game suspension!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Contractor

August 3rd, 2012
8:53 pm

How is he going to be hard to replace? Find a back that can stay in the game for an entire series and they are already better than Crowell. Maybe it’s me, but I don’t think he had a year worth a crap. His yards were all against inferior defenses, and he buckled in the biggest games, except South Carolina where he gave Georgia a little spark. Add in the fact he was suspended and this article is just plain stupid. All Freshman-SEC honors only because there wasn’t anyone else. Keith Marshal is a kid ranked as a Top3 back, over a 4.0 GPA, so I feel as if he has the brains, he had Crowell beat in January while Crowell was still on the dang team. Replacing a simpleton like Crowell will not be an issue, and Georgia will have Malcolm, Marshal, and Gurley, on top of Harton and Samuel, so now worries. Disclaimer – I was excited Crowell picked Georgia on Signing Day, and I was also happy to see him run against South Carolina, BUT as soon as he got in trouble that first time I wanted him gone. You can look at the kid and see he is a wanna be gangster that was nothing but trouble. And call me shallow, but looking at his attire on Signing Day it makes sense. Profiling – yes, Conclusion – right on.

Statues R' Us

August 3rd, 2012
8:57 pm

811 yard Washaun Ealey averaged 5.2 per carry w/ 11 TDs.

850 yard Isaiah Crowell everaged 4.6 yards per carry w/ 5 TDs.

Replacing Easley not easy for Crowell.

who gives a damn????

August 3rd, 2012
9:36 pm

Hey Schmultz……who gives a damn about Crowell??? I dont think UGA has him listed on its roster. Who cares about him now??? thats just the cold hard reality of the situation. Can you write a story on anything positive that has come from the first few days of practice??? Even you morons in the press know that any UGA success this year is going to come from the the defense. Can you give us any info on that???? Crowell is gone, quit trying to stir any emotions amongst fans about him. Yesterdays news…….please move the F on!!!!

Thomas Brown

August 4th, 2012
2:17 am

“Many would rather talk about Crowell’s perceived lack of dedication, or his immaturity, or that he was soft. (It’s rare that even Vince Dooley calls you out.) Let’s assume all that were true.”
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Jeff Schultz, Richard Samuel, and Arthur Lynch can attempt to tell you how great Isaiah Crowell is and the magnitude of his loss to our team, but the fact remains that he did nothing to contribute to any win over any team who even made the top 25. In fact, you could directly let Aaron Murray off the hook for having beat no team in his entire career here at UGA who made any top 25 team at 0-9 according to many solely on the basis of the lack of a running game in all 9 of those losses against teams making any top 25 and 2 more losses to teams who did not make the top 25, even with their win over Mark Richt.

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Not possible to isolate all the distractions on and off the field by running up stats vs cupcakes
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Kicked-Off / Transferred-Out / Ineligible who were supposed to play 2012
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1.AJ Harmon SR # 10 OT nation 4-Star transfer
2.Dontavius Jackson SR # 23 TB 4-Star transfer
3.Carlton Thomas SR TB transfer
4.Brent Benedict SO # 10 OT 4-Star transfer
5.Nick Williams SR Safety could’ve redshirt 2011 transfer
6.Marcus Dowtin R SR # 7 LB 4-Star could’ve redshirt 11 transfer
7.Toby Jackson SR # 9 DE 4-Star transfer
8.Makiri Pugh SR Safety CB, transfer
9.Montez Robinson SR # 10 DE 4-Star, transfer
10.Washaun Ealey SR # 15 RB nation 4-Star transfer
11.Lonnie Outlaw JR WR transfer
12.Jakar Hamilton SR Safety 4-Star transfer
13.Derek Owens JR CB transfer
14.Demetre Baker JR # 23 LB 4-Star, transfer
15.Jalen Fields JR DE 4-Star, transfer
16.Kent Turene FR # 37 MLB transfer Dream Team # 1
17.Chris Mayes SO DT transfer Dream Team # 2
18.Chris Little SR # 12 OT 4-Star transfer
19.Derrick Lott, JR DE, transfer
00.Marc Deas SO DB CANCELLED HIS TRANSFER 3 April 2012
00.Brandon Burrows CANCELLED HIS TRANSFER 9 July 2012
20.Zach Mettenberger JR # 14 QB 4-star, transfer
21.Jordan Lawrence Love JR 12/31/90 CB 4-star transfer
22.Sanford Seay RFR SE transfer Dream Team # 3
23.Chris Sanders SO 4-Star # 20 S 6’ 4.39 transfer Dream Team # 4
24.Nick Marshall SO 4-Star # 15 CB transfer Dream Team # 5
25.John Atkins F # 23 DT nationally, transfer
26.Leonard Floyd F 4-Star # 18 DE nationally, transfer
27.Cootie Quintavious Harrow Soph S transfer Dream Team # 6
28.Isaiah Crowell # 1 RB nation Soph transfer Dream Team # 7
29.Kolton Houston 4-Star # 6 OG NCAA violation

Thomas Brown

August 4th, 2012
2:41 am

4 Offensive Linemen who were projected to be Starters transferred-out.

How good would the OL be projected 2012 if we had all 4 ?

8 Defensive Backs transferred-out.

How big a problem would it be to begin the season with 40 % of the 10 Senior Starters on Defense, all at Defensive Back, are all SUSPENDED, if we had these 8 Defensive Backs ?

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We will look back at 2012 as a season which was our best chance, with only 1 opponent who made any top 25 and 11 opponents who average 4.8 wins; and, point out then that our roster Mis-Management caused us once again for year 12 in a row and counting, to lose to all the teams who made the Top 10 – because at the end of this incredibly favorable schedule of playing only 1 game against the Five (5) SEC teams ranked in the Coaches’ Poll Top 25 this morning, we inevitably must play the top teams, and we will do so with 67 Scholarship Recruits plus 1 transfer-in while the top teams have their 85-man limit of Scholarship Recruits.

There will be 2 factions :

(1) Those who say we won 11 games and we are in The SEC after-all, who clearly is the Top Conference, to whom I will say : Excuse Me, who was it we beat ? We haven’t beat one of these Best Conference SEC teams who put up a winning SEC record starting with the Kentucky game way back in 2007. When 2007 was Six (6) seasons ago now this 2012 season. We haven’t beat one of the teams who made the Top 10 since 2006. When 2006 was Seven (7) season ago now this 2012 season.

(2) Those who say : Excuse Me, who was it we beat ? And, what is your Excuse for it again 2012 ?

1 game against the Five (5) SEC teams ranked in the Coaches’ Poll Top 25 with 67 Scholarship Recruits plus 1 transfer-in

August 4th, 2012
2:50 am

Who’d we beat ?

Rocha leads Reno-Tahoe Open; Daly in hunt – Atlanta Journal Constitution » Black Conservative Thought

August 4th, 2012
2:57 am

[...] Jeff Schultz: Crowell had issues but replacing him not easy for Georgia [...]

1 game against the Five (5) SEC teams ranked in the Coaches’ Poll Top 10 with 67 Scholarship Recruits plus 1 transfer-in

August 4th, 2012
3:06 am

What’s our Excuse (s) again 2012 for beating no team making the Top 10 ?

Dnice

August 4th, 2012
8:02 am

People are complaining about the schedule not because its in the SEC but because of the losses. They managed to lose 2 games at the GA Dome. We supposedly had a great defense but an offensively challenged LSU dismantled us at the Dome. So if we had been embarassed by LSU, MSU, and Boise then it would be different about beating teams with not so stellar records. You win a bowl game and SEC championship then yeah we could care less about the schedule but if you have a soft schedule then go out and lose the hard part of the schedule you will get no credit for a good season.

Burma Shave

August 4th, 2012
8:22 am

Richt’s players are morons
Who all use drugs
His dawgs are just
A gang of thugs

BURMA SHAVE

the truth...

August 4th, 2012
8:22 am

Crowell had ISSUES ??????????

Pretty simple, he was a cancer, a thug, and apparently was able or interested in changing his ways. You can take it to the bank that if Mark Richt gave him the boot, that Crowell was gong to be a huge negative to the team no matter how much good on the field.

It’s about time that the thugs that don’t change their ways in college athletics are shown the door and aren’t given the chance to infect their team with the darkness that they’re about.

RTD

August 4th, 2012
8:23 am

Mr. Schultz, please remove your lips from Tech’s backside.

Jeff You Must Be Bored

August 4th, 2012
8:51 am

YOU JUST WROTE AN ARTICLE LIKE THIS TWO WEEKS AGO. SURELY, YOU’RE A BETTER JUDGE OF TALENT THAN THIS. CROWELL IS NOT SEC MATERIAL. AT WHAT POINT DURING HIS TIME AT GEORGIA DID HE EVEN COME CLOSE TO DISPLAYING THAT QUALITY?

RedDawg

August 4th, 2012
9:14 am

Crowell can play with any cfb in the country, but his head is not in the right place. We got good backs that will do great this year can’t wait. GO DAWGS!!!

GatorBrown

August 4th, 2012
10:17 am

UGA is perfect. Please don’t change anything.

Jawja Dawg

August 4th, 2012
10:31 am

@ Tampa gator speaking of, how the heck did we put up 45 points on SC last year, and not on every other team we played? Clowney & Co were after all about as good as it gets.. just a shame we gave about 28 of those points right back..

GulfwavesGary

August 4th, 2012
10:36 am

Jeff, The line has to be drawn somewhere. This was not about pot( which I believe should be legal), but weapons charges. Gun charges. If the guy is so stupid he has a filed down gun in his vehicle at 3:30 in the morning driving around with 4 other football players then has to go. He may be hard to replace but the distraction of a real arrogant guy on state paid education cannot be tolerated. LEGALIZE POT, gun charges get you get you kicked off the team. Can you imagine Hershel doing something so arrogant and stupid.

Son of Sammy Davis Jr, Jr

August 4th, 2012
10:38 am

Spurrier owns Georgia. He should be required to pay property taxes.

1 game against the Five (5) SEC teams ranked in the Coaches’ Poll Top 10 with 67 Scholarship Recruits plus 1 transfer-in

August 4th, 2012
10:43 am

“It’s about time that the thugs that don’t change their ways in college athletics are shown the door and aren’t given the chance to infect their team with the darkness that they’re about.”
_____________________________________________________________________
You must have missed the list of 29 such at 2:17 above.

1 game against the Five (5) SEC teams ranked in the Coaches’ Poll Top 10 with 67 Scholarship Recruits plus 1 transfer-in

August 4th, 2012
10:46 am

Mark Richt said 19 July 2012 : “There’s been more attrition the last couple of years than there has been since we’ve been at Georgia.”

Well, let’s see now, we had 67 scholarship recruits plus one transfer-in remaining of the 107 Mark Richt signed to play our best shot 2012 with a schedule of 1 game against The Five (5) SEC teams in the Coaches’ Poll Top 10, but we have to SUBTRACT from that number

______________

SUSPENSIONS :

______________

(1) Safety Bacarri Rambo facing a four-game drug Suspension when announce

(2) Cornerback Branden Smith at least one game drug Suspension when announce

(3) Inside linebacker Alec Ogletree least one game drug Suspension when announce

(4) Cornerback Sanders Commings Suspended for two games hit girl

(5) Chase Vasser # 9 in the nation strongside LB, DUI 4 months ago, Suspended 2 games at least.

Only problem with that list is that we KNOW 5 failed the NCAA Drug Test during Spring Practice back in April 5 months ago, and we know that Greg McGarity said “ask Mark Richt; he’s the one who is holding back information of the Suspensions.” So, actually what we have available to play is 67 scholarship recruits plus one transfer-in minus Five (5) we know of and double that number who failed the NCAA Drug Test April.

It is a fair bet that the answer to the question how many do we have left standing to play ?

59 scholarship recruits including the 1 transfer-in will be available to play when the season starts.

keep Will, he's our secret weapon and will always love GA

August 4th, 2012
11:50 am

GatorBrown….don’t worry UGA won’t change a thing, such as beating the Lizards again this year, winning the East, the SEC and more!

watch UGA play for Championship as your team sits at home

August 4th, 2012
11:53 am

@previous hater posts, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
jealous, obsessive, idiots that need to take their meds and have their mothers tuck them in bed.

Haters are losers

August 4th, 2012
11:56 am

Haters…..Delta’s ready when you are…..go on back to your sh.thole and complain or cheer to your hearts content.

gbal

August 4th, 2012
11:57 am

They lacked certainty and experience going into last season…… Same as this year but we have TWO high ranked freshmen comming in…

IC did have his great moments but could not be counted on. I hate that he made decisions that forced his dismissal; I really had confidence or optomisim that he had turned the corner with a season under his belt…. But NOT…

We are no worse off than going into last year as far as having an established back….. I think better.

wild one 13

August 4th, 2012
12:11 pm

“Georgia is favored to win the SEC East Division largely because of its defense and quarterback Aaron Murray”

The only reason the Dwgs are favored top win the East is because of their weak schedule. No LSU or Bama on the schedule.

big t

August 4th, 2012
1:26 pm

I hope Isaiah gest his life turned around, just not at UGA. He was good & will be missed BUT
Good RB’s get out of high school every year.
I don’t think I Crowell was a team player, he was all ’bout himself. He will be in and out of trouble for a long time…….

Brainiac(Dawg For Life) / (CMR fan for life)

August 4th, 2012
2:25 pm

@ Son of Sammy D:

How long has Spurrier(aka Chief Chikun of the USCe Chikuns) been at Chikun U.???

CMR had won at least 4 SEC East Tittles and TWO SEC Championships in less time than the Chief Chikun has been at Chikun U.!!!!!!!!

Since the ARK was built by a guy named NOAH Chikun U. has won ONE(aka 2 minus 1) title of ANY
kind( 1 while CMR now has 6 SEC East titles in his 11 years as HC)but if you say so the Chief Chikun owns UGA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brainiac(Dawg For Life) / (CMR fan for life)

August 4th, 2012
2:30 pm

@ Wild one 13:

I don’t really know how to break this to you because it is going to pop your bubble. CMR’s brother-in-law makes ALL SEC schedules but please keep this under your hat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There should be plenty of room under there because your Single Digit IQ doesn’t take up that much room but I love your MISGUIDED A$$ anyway!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brainiac(Dawg For Life) / (CMR fan for life)

August 4th, 2012
2:35 pm

@ Burma Shave:

How old are you?????????

I’m guessing between 4 and 6 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brainiac(Dawg For Life) / (CMR fan for life)

August 4th, 2012
2:43 pm

@ Thomas Brown:

Delta is ready when you are and tell them to send me the bill(Only if it’s a one-way ticket) !!!!!!!

You are dumb enough to be triplets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brainiac(Dawg For Life) / (CMR fan for life)

August 4th, 2012
2:57 pm

@ Buckeye:

WTF are you doing on a Big Boy Blog????

Aren’t all y’all BUCK TEETHERS on some type of suspension?????????????

Paterno family intends to appeal NCAA sanctions – Atlanta Journal Constitution » Black Conservative Thought

August 4th, 2012
6:09 pm

[...] Jeff Schultz: Crowell had issues but replacing him not easy for Georgia [...]

You can run, but you can't hide from your past

August 4th, 2012
7:59 pm

In the 1986 Jan Kemp trial, O. Hale Almand Jr., a lawyer for UGA, offered a justification for the favorable treatment accorded the athletes, citing a hypothetical UGA player. “We may not make a university student out of him,” he told the jury, “but if we can teach him to read and write, maybe he can work at the post office rather than as a garbageman when he gets through with his athletic career.”

That trial exposed UGA for the football factory that it was, and exposed Vince Dooley as a fraud and a sleazebag. It also derailed Dooley’s plans for a political career. That’s why we see the decrepit old fraud doing TV commercials even now.

Mark Richt is just the latest in a line of sleazy UGA coaches who coddle athletes and discard them after four years of football. He recruits illiterate morons he knows aren’t smart enough for college, but he doesn’t care, as long as they help him line his pockets with millions of dollars each year.

Suntanned Saint Mark isn’t all he appears to be, is he?

Pitbull

August 4th, 2012
10:09 pm

UGA has the worse recruiting. I remember the day when all GA high school stars just wanted to be a dawg. Now they would rather play in the ACC than play for CMR and be a dawg. Why aren’t any of the big guys in GA being recruited by UGA? You hear about official visits but nothing comes out of it. And when it does, the kid ends up being more trouble than they are worth. Is it the lack of a good coaching staff? Is it the reputation of the athletes in the program? Just makes no sense at all….

Southwired

August 4th, 2012
10:22 pm

Crowell showed only flashes of what he would be capable of…..if….
Mark my words, with that type of personality, its not the last time he’ll see the inside of a cell. I really hope different……

As far as the future, it’s all talk till they tighten that chin strap, lets just see then…….

rxdawg

August 5th, 2012
2:57 am

Do you guys really want to talk about Malcome looking good at the end of last year? Of course he did, he quit the team in the middle of the season and didn’t get into a game until late in the season! Fresh legs made him look good, not talent. There was a reason he was riding the bench, buried behind multiple RBs. Malcome shouldn’t even have been let back in, he turned his back on the program.

1 game against the Five (5) SEC teams ranked in the Coaches’ Poll Top 10 with 67 Scholarship Recruits plus 1 transfer-in

August 5th, 2012
3:49 am

Ken Boo Malcome is the Starting Tailback at UGA as of our most-recent game. He also is the Starting Tailback against Georgie tek, a game we Won. Only getting game time against lowly Coastal Carolina until the last Five (5) Games Two (2) of which he is our Starting Tailback, including the most-recent.

Boo Malcome played in all 5 of our most-recent games.

174 yards rushing on 42 carries, a 4.14 per rush average.

No touchdowns.

Boo Malcome also put-up 23 receiving yards.

Boo Malcome is our 3rd-best returning rushing leader, since the 1st two were both booted, again, as the previous season – both for what would have been or were 3 suspensions in last 12 months.

Boo Malcome did have a fumble he lost against Kentucky. It did not end up costing us.

He finished his Redshirt Freshman season, after being recruited, injured out of Southwest DeKalb High School with 4.55 speed for a big-man at Tailback.

Boo Malcome is our Most Improved Player on Offense coming out of the Spring.

Me thinks he is getting a bad rap from your post.

Alabama offered the young man, ranked the # 25 Tailback nationally. Oklahoma offered Boo a scholarship too. So did FSU. UGA. Clemson. West Virginia. Florida. All offered Boo Malcome a Scholarship.

He has some serious competition behind him, including one I am clearly thinking puts up nearly 4,000 yards here like his father did in college before going to the NFL.

Now, he was Suspended for the New Mexico State game with the 2 leading running backs, when Ken Malcome, Isaiah Crowell and Carlton Thomas all 3 failed the NCAA Drug Test Thursday before the Florida game in the stadium where they play The Gator Bowl every year.

Yes, he transferred and then cancelled his transfer out of our program. Are you equally upset with all the others like him, who transferred and cancelled their transfers-out too because there have been many of our players who fit that fact.

Boo Malcome obviously was one of the top tailbacks in the nation, until his season-ending knee injury in high school, and in the Michigan State loss, he suffered a separated shoulder and concussion.

Boo Malcome is a 4-star Scholarship Recruit who put up 32 yards in the G-Day Game scoring 2 touchdowns. The reports are he has lost weight from 226 lbs. Richard Samuel and he expect early to be counted-upon. I’d like nothing better than to see him do well. But, that’s me. You are certainly welcome to your opinion, rxdawg.

Good to see Branden Smith is not going to be suspended, as well. Now, what about those 5 who DID fail the drug test Mark Richt and the other 2 who also failed the drug test Mark Richt ?

fred

August 5th, 2012
7:49 am

UGA….the Penn State of the South….

51 arrests in four years

August 5th, 2012
7:51 am

I’ve never understood how anyone – even an alumnus – could support and take pride in UGA’s football team. When you look at their history for the past forty years, how can anyone ignore Jan Kemp and the “remedial studies” scam, the Jim Harrick fiasco, the DUIs in the athletic office, the DUIs and other arrests of players, the #1 party school tag (i.e., the most drunk students), the suspensions and outright dismissals, the Fulmer Cup, and on and on?

As disgraceful and humiliating as it is, I don’t see many alums and fans demanding an end to this sordid activity. It sets UGA apart as the kind of school most people abhor, and it’s become an embarrassment to the whole state of Georgia.

Will it never end? Apparently not while Mark Richt is at UGA. Richt is perhaps the biggest hypocrite in the United States. But even with all the cheating and lawlessness that he ignores, he still can’t win the SEC.

So you’re paying him to be BCS champions, but he can’t even win the SEC. So why do you pay him millions of dollars a year?

Just asking.

tell me again

August 5th, 2012
8:08 am

Winning the crystall is all that matters? All that matters? Wow….talk about compressing a universe of accomplishments and achievements into the size of beetle scat and leaving out all of the rest. Winning the crystal is absolutely NOT all that mattters – if you think about that statement you will either realize that you were having a brain fart when you wrote it and slap yourself on the back of the head ala Gibbs on NCIS, or you will be exposed as one of the main reasons why college sports is in the sad state it’s in.

Damon Evans

August 5th, 2012
8:09 am

Gun in yo ride
Gun in yo ride
Looking like a fool
With a gun in yo ride

Dan Reeves

August 5th, 2012
8:15 am

UGA’s schedule this year is one of the weakest, if not the weakest, in the entire SEC. Florida Atlantic? Really? Buffalo? LMAO! Georgia Southern? LOL! Old Mess @ Homecoming? R U Joking? What’s the matter, couldn’t Saint Richt get Lassiter or Sprayberry on the schedule? Dogs finish 6-6 at best. Can you say Shreveport?

tell me again

August 5th, 2012
8:24 am

51 arrests – so are you thinking that these things don’t happen at – like Tech? You know, where they had a drug ring working out of the locker room? Or bombs being left in the student center seating area? Or where they had to forfeit an ACC title due to lack of institutional control? Coach Richt is in charge of being a daddy to over 100 players, who for the most part, do not come from the educational or social elite of society – it would be a daunting task to raise any ONE of those kids much less be charged with over a hundred. When they come to UGA, or any other school, they are in the process of growing up – being away from home for the first time – dealing with academics and social demands that would crush most of the moron posters on this blog. And on top of that, at the same time, they are charged with developing into physical specimens that will be able to compete on a nearly NFL level almost immediately – mainly due to the fact that nowadays “winning the crystal” is all that matters and we don’t even give them the luxury of a redshirt year anymore to develop and grow. CMR is a fine man doing a fine job. Some of you on this blog are delusional to think that UGA or any other program is going to be able to field a NC winner every year……get over it – there will be good years, there will be bad years ~ enjoy the game and realize that being a spectator or fan does not allow you the right to sit as judge and jury on a good program you really know absolutely NOTHING about. Most of us, if we will be honest, know as much about what really happens inside UGA football as we do about what really goes on in Washington – nothing. We read an article in the paper and parrot it all day long talking like experts. Please…..this is an AMATEUR game that is supposed to be watched, enjoyed and used for entertainment purposes – yes, there are some of us that went to UGA or have affiliations with the university that give us the warm and fuzzy feeling that we somehow are entitled to praise or criticize – bit, that’s really an illusion too. And for all of you pathetic dweebs who say, “I pay good money for tickets every year just to watch them suck” – hey, I tell you what, go find a team that NEVER sucks and spend your money there! Wow – what a plan!

1 game against the Five (5) SEC teams ranked in the Coaches’ Poll Top 10 with 67 Scholarship Recruits plus 1 transfer-in

August 5th, 2012
8:34 am

“Richt is in charge of being a daddy to over 100 players, who for the most part, do not come from the educational or social elite of society – it would be a daunting task to raise any ONE of those kids much less be charged with over a hundred”

He shouldn’t have any problems now, since he has only 67 scholarship recruits remaining to play wet nurse to he recruited here himself to such great fanfare from you – to have to show for it, 0 wins in last 9 games against teams making top 25, 0 wins in last 9 games against SEC teams who put up winning SEC records all the way back starting with Kentucky game in 2007, six seasons ago, and 0 wins in the last 7 games to teams making the Top 10 all way back to 2006 which was 7 seasons ago.

1 game against the Five (5) SEC teams ranked in the Coaches’ Poll Top 10 with 67 Scholarship Recruits plus 1 transfer-in

August 5th, 2012
8:39 am

“winning the crystal” is all that matters ?

We cannot beat any of the top teams, while LSU beat 3 teams who made it to the Top 10 and Alabama beat 2 teams who made it to the Top 10 – we’ve not that once since 2006.

You act as if we’re beating the top teams…

uh, no. And, have 67 to perform that task this season remaning of the 107 he signed to be playing this up-coming 2012 season.

When, with 85 all these 7 years in a row now, has beat no team making the Top 10 – you act as if you either expect us to beat 1 this season, or don’t give a rats behind if we do or if we don’t.

1 game against the Five (5) SEC teams ranked in the Coaches’ Poll Top 10 with 67 Scholarship Recruits plus 1 transfer-in

August 5th, 2012
8:41 am

And, you most certainly don’t care if 29 are kicked-off the team, or transfer-out who all 29 were supposed to be playing for Mark Richt this 2012 season.

We should go pick another team ?

Or, you should ?

1 game against the Five (5) SEC teams ranked in the Coaches’ Poll Top 10 with 67 Scholarship Recruits plus 1 transfer-in

August 5th, 2012
8:48 am

__________________________________________
– tell me again, DID YOU SAY THIS OR NOT SIR ?

We will get this straight. I promise.
__________________________________________

tell me again October 9th, 2011 9:59 am

“Playing on the road at Tennesse is one of the most difficult SEC venues to play and win in….the last two times we went up there we arguably had better teams and got blown up – this time we win and supposed fans like you STILL are Bit***n and moaning. Yes, the schedule favors us this year I agree with you that we seem to get off the accelerator when we get a lead and that drives me crazy too”
_______________________________________________

tell me again November 4th, 2011 5:22 pm

“We may be inconsistent, We may recruit a few knuckleheads, our QB may be a little shaky as a sophomore, our special teams may have gone south for the winter, our coaching staff may be out to drive us all crazy”
__________________________________________________
Now you offer this gem up this morning :

“And for all of you pathetic dweebs who say, “I pay good money for tickets every year just to watch them suck”
__________________________________________________
For YEARS on this blog, you have run in here and BRAGGED that you DO NOT EVEN GO TO THE GAMES tell me again.

1 game against the Five (5) SEC teams ranked in the Coaches’ Poll Top 10 with 67 Scholarship Recruits plus 1 transfer-in

August 5th, 2012
9:18 am

tell me again,

You don’t have to worry about that, spending good money for tickets every year just watch us not beat any team making the top 10 in 7 seasons in a row now, because you don’t go to the games you brag in here to all of us all the time. Yet, you have the guts to run in here Sunday morning and tell us we are not the fan you are ?

GoingToClassToday?

August 5th, 2012
9:37 am

Yep, he could run the ball and make things happen. No doubt about that. The reality is he can’t be counted on to show up when his team mates need him most.

DawgNole

August 5th, 2012
9:59 am

51 arrests in four years
August 5th, 2012
7:51 am

I’ve never understood how anyone – even an alumnus – could support and take pride in UGA’s football team. When you look at their history for the past forty years, how can anyone ignore Jan Kemp and the “remedial studies” scam, the Jim Harrick fiasco, the DUIs in the athletic office, the DUIs and other arrests of players, the #1 party school tag (i.e., the most drunk students), the suspensions and outright dismissals, the Fulmer Cup, and on and on?
______________________

And now can you tell us exactly what “the Jim Harrick fiasco” had to do with “UGA’s football team”?

Didn’t think so.

1 game against the Five (5) SEC teams ranked in the Coaches’ Poll Top 10 with 67 Scholarship Recruits plus 1 transfer-in

August 5th, 2012
11:12 am

tell me again

1st brags that he doesn’t even go to the games

then admonishes all of us as not being as good a fan as he is

tell me again ?

urban redneck

August 5th, 2012
7:12 pm

replacing him shouldn’t be that hard. lots of folks can smoke weed and scratch the serial number of a piece.

hatfieldgeoff

August 6th, 2012
9:27 am

Jeff, everything you say is true. Obviously he was a great talent. But what is you point. If UGA had kept him you would have written 5 columns raking Richt and UGA over the coals. The kid had to go. No matter how talented a player is you have to have rules and discipline to get the most from you team. And some players are so talented you have to take chances on their personal life. I think the real problem here is at the high school level. The competition to win at that level is bigger than at the college level. Coaches wanted to win 30-40 years ago but though I know several great athletes that were thrown off of my high school team. Carve needs to find out why they produced such a premidonna who admitedly didn’t go to class if he didn’t want to (which makes his passing grades questionable) and seems to have held his talent over everyone at the school. This is not just happening at Carver I am sure it is happening all across the state. But pricipals and more importantly school superintendents need to get control of things. But I know they are risking their jobs because “sports” parents will organize to vote them out of office. But someone has to toe-the-line to make things change.

Brainiac(Dawg For Life) / (CMR fan for life)

August 6th, 2012
11:35 am

@ tell me again:

Your 8:24 am post should be required reading for every UGA blogger(trolls too) because it is written in nice, slow and easy to read language.You are sooooooo right about those who see or hear something and take it as gospel with zero research or knowledge to arrive at conclusions that are somewhat factual.

Problem is that apparently many of those can’t read and it wouldn’t make a dent in their craniums if they could.

So many of the fools you speak of will never understand the damage they have done to Dawg Nation although some likely did so on purpose!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

tell me again = DGD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brainiac(Dawg For Life) / (CMR fan for life)

August 6th, 2012
11:45 am

1 game against the 5 SEC……….. = Thomas Brown!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I 100% guarantee this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How do I know???

Even his Blog handle is 3 pages long and his only subject is UGA has ______? wins against____________ teams winning an average of more than ONE NC on the 5th Tuesday Night
in February each Leapyear ?

T. B. = King of the Single Digit IQ Sect!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dunwoody Tailgater

August 6th, 2012
5:00 pm

Okay, I’ll take the opposeing side of the argument that Crowell will be hard to replace. Let’s set aside his skills of checking himself out of the game and getting suspended so that he missed two regular season games and just look at that big 850 rushing number for a second.

Running against teams still RANKED in the Top 25 at the end of 2011 season (Boise ST, SC, LSU, Michigan ST=4 total) – 196 yards (49 yards per game average)

Running against UNRANKED teams (8 total) – 654 yards (82 yards per game)

In his last 3 games: 3 yards against Michigan State, 15 yards against LSU and 11 yards against Kentucky TOTAL

Conclusion: Crowell = NOT THAT SPECIAL

1 game against the Five (5) SEC teams ranked in the Coaches’ Poll Top 10 with 67 Scholarship Recruits plus 1 transfer-in

August 7th, 2012
2:37 am

5 Days Jeff Schultz

We’re practicing in full pads, those whom we have to practice. And, you wonder why the medical staff is releasing a report daily now to us of injured players ?

Jeff Schultz, 5 days would seem to be laz on your part with nothing to report on UGA Football, sir, the biggest sport around here.

Mark Richt has announced through the freedom of information act that he has 72 football players 2012 on scholarship, but he declined to name them for you.

Allow me :

Kolton Houston, who has not been cleared according to anyone is on list.

4 walk-ons who play on our # 80 special teams are on the list, too :

Faloughi *
Frix*
Harton*
Sailors*

That is 72 minus 5 = 67 scholarship recruits of the 107 Mark Richt signed to play 2012 plus one transfer-in.

Until such time as anyone can show anyone saying that Kolton Houston is allowed to play 2012, he cannot play. It’s pretty simple.

Fully expect there to be a huge announcement, as there was 2011 last season about then 9 walk-ons provided full scholarship, 4 of whom are multi-year scholarships.

Atkins#
Floyd#

Any lists which list either of these 2 who are not on campus and not enrolled even at UGA, when both are transfers-out on a list of 29 transfers-out, is further bogus information.

Any lists which list 75 including Atkins# Floyd# Houston@ Faloughi * Frix* Harton* Sailors* Jones+, is a list of scholarship players today who were not recruited to UGA by Mark Richt as scholarship recruits, and is intended only to obscure the obvious that we face 2012 with but 67 scholarship recruits Mark Richt signed to play 2012 of the 107 he signed to play 2012 plus one transfer-in.

68 is 17 under the 85-man limit, and any article stating we signed 17 to the 2012 class 8 under such article states, is further bogus article, as there are only 14 who were signed to the 2012 class for the 2012 class who are on the roster. Why we signed only 14 to count toward the 2012 class when we are 17-under the 85-man limit, is the real problem.

We have our best chance 2012 playing only 1 game against The 5 SEC teams in the Coaches’ Poll Top 10, and do so facing this 14-game schedule with 67 scholarship recruits plus one transfer-in, 17-under the 85-man limit.

Roster Mis-Management.

Self-Imposed NCAA Probation of 17 Lost scholarship recruits 2012.

Damage done to the Dawg Nation

August 7th, 2012
2:53 am

Damage done to the Dawg Nation is done by a group of liars who wish that no one would ever admit where we are short as a football program, and wish to hide where we need to improve. You are the problem. Any post stating the tell me again is a great Bulldogs’ Football Fan would have to explain why he brags then all the time in here that he does not even go to the football games.

I did not make the fact that we’re 17 under the 85-man limit today of scholarship recruits on our roster, only 67 then for our best chance 2011 – that would be our football coach who brings you that fact instead. I do make the point, don’t I ? And, what do you offer us ? That 3.88 GPA is single-digit IQ, and nothing on the

Roster Mis-Management.

Why is that ?

It damages us to admit it ? Really ? Me thinks it damages us to not admit it. 1st we have to admit where we are short, and 2nd we must work to fix it.

When, yes, I know this is hard for you to understand, we have not beat a single team who made the Top 10 since 2006, there is an issue and when you have self-imposed 17 Lost Scholarship Recruits of our 85-man limit, you’re going to have to report daily injury reports.

Damage done to the Dawg Nation

August 7th, 2012
6:59 am

Louis Young Georgie tek player selling game tickets to the UGA game for a profit, what’s wrong with that ? Everyone at Georgie tek sells their tickets to the UGA game – even Georgie tek itself.

BUI now that is wrong Daniel Drummond, pleading guilty – another suspended Georgie tek player. You play VT on national TV in game 1, is that right ?

Who else is Paul Johnson covering up for who is also suspended ? The AJ-C actually reported this ? Amazing stuff.

http://blogs.ajc.com/georgia-tech-sports/2012/08/04/tech-player-facing-suspension-for-selling-tickets/

Why not state Georgie tek is on NCAA PROBATION in FOOTBALL 2012, back-to-back repeat violators.

stoptheinsanity

August 7th, 2012
10:26 am

On the other hand, one year ago today – we had one POTENTIAL “feature back”, fresh out of high school, with only one veteran who had EVER toted the rock in a real D1 game. Today, we have two POTENTIAL “feature backs” fresh out of high school and the same veteran, along with one other vet who had significant carry time last year. Year over year, I’d rather be where we are NOW. Just sayin’.

Damage done to the Dawg Nation

August 7th, 2012
9:57 pm

Amen to that. I never liked the preferential treatment afforded to Isaiah Crowell, from the missing man, to the what was 3 Suspensions – the last of which was him being kicked-off approved for transfer-out, and EVERYTHING in-between such as turning his back in front of me at the Georgia Dome when Mark Richt was trying to for the 1st time in his life even attempt to discipline Isaiah Crowell after he took the devastating penalty for his personal foul, and every single run of his every single snap, every single game jumping-up and jawing at the lousy opponents after he got 5 yards vs a sorry opponent; and, all of his yanking himself out of the line-up and being afforded his FLUNKED-OUT sidekick Cootie Harrow whom NO OTHER COACH IN AMERICA would offer a scholarship to, just Mark Richt as his running mate. As it turns out Cootie Harrow had ALREADY flunked-out when the 5 underage Bulldogs ALL 5 went to a BAR where they say the WRECKING of drugs in their car came from.

Where did Cootie transfer to play football, Mark Richt ?

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