Fan revolts out of control, one wanted to fight UGA player

Typical redneck UGA fans. You can find them anywhere in Athens or Winder.

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Yes, it is easy to forget that these are kids and students. They are not getting paid. If ya want to get upset with someone who is getting paid and getting paid excessively, look towards the coaches.

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this may come as a shock to some of you but it’s JUST A BALL GAME people. it’s not life and death, the sun is going to come up tomorrow no matter who wins or loses a a ball game. I can keep going. there are people that are out there on the field, they have feelings just like the rest of us.

Please forgive the poor SOBs that take it too seriously God help them

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ITHINK IM HALF JAPANESE I THINK IM HALF JAPENSE I REALLY THINK SO

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Jeff,
Have you ever toilet paper rolled a house?

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clutter

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Jeff, how about asking Chipper why he refused to hustle down the line in the very last at-bat of his career?

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The masses have been diverted by bread and circuses at least since Ancient Rome, and probably before. Life really hasn’t changed that much. Just more ways to be obnoxious.

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Glad we don’t have these problems on our beloved Plains.

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While I personally COMPLETELY understood the throwing of trash at Turner Field (I wouldn’t have done it myself…but I understand), the other two instances you cited in KC and after the UGA game were pathetic. KC especially; cheering an injury is disgusting behavior. Egging players’ houses after an honest loss is over the line. But the Braves fans weren’t angry at the players; they had a legitimate beef. Some monumentally incompetent fool made a mistake that possibly (yes I know it wasn’t the only factor) threw a 163 game season out the window, but that wasn’t the travesty. People make mistakes. It was when the stadium was on the verge of rioting that the real travesty happened. Joe Torre, who’s seen enough baseball presumably to know when the damn infield fly rule ought to be signaled, saw a potential riot brewing, viewed the evidence (which any 14 year old fan of either team in the crowd could have correctly interpreted), and apparently thought it might be funny just to give everyone the middle finger and insult the intelligence of everyone who’s ever watched or played the game. He should have been fired by the commish and if we HAD charged the field and people got hurt which would have happened almost anywhere else, he should have been arrested for conspiracy to incite a riot. But then we all know about Selig’s lack of baseballs.

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Crawl in your hole, Rusty, and shut the hell up! You’re probably the idiot who egged and toilet papered the house! Most likely, you live in a rented trailer with an out house and eat butter beans three times a day….lots of gas! Just don’t strike a match close to your a**! GO Robinson, GO Aaron and GO DAWGS!!

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My family and I were at the Braves game and everyone felt the crowd response to the call was appropriate! While I or anyone I know would not throw anything on the field, it was a good safety-valve for the frustration built up that night. Eventually, the emotions cooled down, no one was hurt(Cardinal fans agreed that it was not directed at anyone on the field.), and the fans policed the situation themselves! I would like to point out that the Braves did not handle it well with their admonitions that the umpires could forfeit the game. All they had to do was put Chipper on a mike and he ask the fans to stop and they could have ended it in 5 minutes! One of these days we may get some respect from the league and they don’t schedule a game to start in Atlanta at 5 on a Friday! (see frustration referred to earlier).

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I have stopped going to ugahood because of the home team fan abuse. Throwing beer, obscene gestures, spitting, punctured tires, keyed cars,,, if it was just me ; I would not comment. However, ask any visiting team fan what they think of the hospitality and vandalism in Athens. It is awful. You recruit thugs, harbor thugs, enable and promote thugs. So why are we surprised at extremes to which they will resort . My prayers to Arron’s father, teammates. You deserve better fans.

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Hey, anybody else in here hungry?

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Chi Town…

Chicago smear machine and thugs in your city. Yeah criticize and demean UGA fans.
Pot meet kettle

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Thanks for the article Jeff. I’m embarassed that these college ball players are enduring the kind of abuse cited. I derive a lot of joy from rooting for my team, taking road trips to cheer them on, and hanging with my friends while so doing. I hate that some people are so bitterly unhappy that they resort to such examples of ridiculously childish behavior. Taking a step back and remembering why you love the game(s) in the first place might be helpful to some of these misguided folks.

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These are just some extreme examples of sports fans getting out of control.It’s everywhere and seems to be getting worse, or certainly not any better. When people let their happiness, sadness, or anger be determined by the results of a game, these incidents will result.

Maybe you and Bradley should look at some of your articles and the emphasis you place on winning. Seems to me that you are more pf a part of the problem than a solution.

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The day i pay 9 bucks for a beer unless it was brewed by monks in a monastery in Belgium will be a cold one. Jeff, do you remember the Tech game while O’Leary was coach when 10,000 seat cushions sailed onto the field after an AWFUL call by a ref? Now that was funny, and there was almost zero chance of injury. And if i had paid 9 bucks for a beer, like cattledawgs I would have kept in my hand.

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Schultz: “The fans are revolting!”
Me: “You can say that again!”

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dwag fans trash the campus every home game and go to the bathroom in the library everywhere except the bathroom. so it is not surprising they will trash their players homes. white trash is white trash.

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Braves got hosed by umps…maybe league will get better umps as a result…no fun to drive an hour and watch incompetent umps determine victor after 3-4 more hours…and drive home for another hour….6 hours wasted..so game delay was the only fun that day

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Who cares? It’s just a game — people shouldn’t get so worked up. But having said that, the fans have a right to demand fairness — I’m sick of the outcome of games being determined by incompetence. I was there Friday night — that umpire should have been suspended for the rest of the play-offs. But the league never does anything about it, so the fans become more frustrated. As for UGA, the fans need to talk with their wallets. If we want the ineptitude and incompetence to finally end — we’ve got to quit buying tickets. That’s what I’m doing. Loss of profits and/or revenue is the only thing that creates change — it’s the American way.

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Sorry Jeff, but you are DEAD WRONG about the Braves game. I agree that a huge line was crossed in someone challenging an athlete to a fight off the field. However, the shower of garbage is what I call “consequences” for an umpire that had no respect for the game. Rather than you self-righteous media types finding yet another thing to mock us ‘commoners’ about, why don’t you get off your judgmental high horse? The ump should have been fined and suspended from working any more games, but are they EVER held accountable for turning a season on a call? Sure, the Braves helped do themselves in with 3 errors, but personally, the fact that garbage DID come down on the field was more of a source of pride in a group that actually cares about their team, rather than the ‘embarrassment’ that the disgusting (words I can’t print) P.C. announcers alluded towards. Personally, I think if you can’t get a call right that is that obvious when you make 6 figures a year, maybe you deserve a D-cell battery bounced off your cranium.

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Thanks for the article, Jeff. I’m definitely in agreement. I’ve said enough on the subject matter Sunday night, so I’ll hold my tongue except to wish Aaron Murray’s father well.

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I dont hold anything against the players. I fault the coaching staff. They recruit these guys and the kids buy into what they are coaching. The coaching is just horrible for big games as of late. Its ok to have high expectations and demand better.

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I trust Christian Robinson, Murray and their housemates understand that these actions do not represent 99.99999999% of the UGA fan base. I seriously doubt the individuals that committed these acts ever matriculated a day at the University of Georgia.

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Gotti – I’m not but I feel like one for having to call Football ‘Soccer”…

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I am as big a Tennessee/Atlanta fan as you will find, born and raised in Georgia, but a graduate of UT, and it breaks my heart to see this extreme behavior in our backyards. For us, social media alienated Aaron Foster during his tenure at UT since the team fell out of ranking while he played there, even though he was still an extremely gifted athlete who made a great contribution. We just wanted to win EVERY Saturday. When we didn’t, he got blasted on the boards to the point that I don’t think he is proud to call Tennessee his Alma Mater now for what went on with Fulmer’s firing his last season. Now I feel so badly for Murray, Robinson, and Chipper. Especially the college kids, who are just that-kids! They are going to associate these horrible actions with their time at UGA, and that says more about us as fans than it does then and in the end it hurts the game and the school’s recruiting. We haven’t been the same.

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I just come here(AJC) to get a good laugh each day……. or to get banned by Chip towers or Bill King.

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“Love your children, like sports….”

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“A house rented by five Georgia players was egged and toilet-papered following the Bulldogs’ 35-7 loss at South Carolina”
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Yeah, and Murray was throwing some of the eggs also, but he overthrew the house and hit the one next door instead.

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@truth be known

Bill King got you on lockdown too? Hahaha!

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Af Dawg, you will not be missed at the stadium. Plenty of folks willing to by tickets to see 10 win seasons back to back.

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Its a shame that an immature prank has shifted the focus from last Saturdays performance, which was unacceptable and quite frankly embarrassing. To every Dawg fan’s dismay, since 2008 we are 2-14 against teams that finished the season ranked, going 0-9 against SEC opponents during that stretch. Our coach makes 3 million a year and we are repeatedly unprepared for big games. I wish we were talking about this, as opposed to the bruised ego of our second string LB.

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If we don’t throw batteries into the opposing bullpen like Mets and Phillies fans, we are “The Least-Deserving Fan Base in Sports.” If we get passionate and angry, we are hooligans. We do own a stake in these teams with the extreme ticket prices for pro sports–and very soon, we’ll foot the bill to pay for a billion dollar stadium, for which we’ll then have to pay even more extreme rates for seats in our own stadium. CMR and his staff are among the states highest paid employees. They should be more accountable. This does not justify violence toward players or vandalism. But you can’t bash us for being upset at things like a really, really bad call or a high-paid coaching staff that apparently did little to prepare their team to play.

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Maybe Richt should ban his players off of twitter and facebook. They should be committed and focused on UGA football and just socialize around campus. It can be done.

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im tired of these so called fans crying and peepeeing in their pants. its just game man, man

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yea i think richt needs to ban twitter i unfollowed mr robinson bc he tweeted so much

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I don’t understand the treatment of Murray and Robinson by the UGA fans neither one of these players or anyone else on this team were put in a position to succeed by the coaching staff. If you are frustated express that to the staff or administration, financially. Quit buying merchandise, don’t go to the games. Money is all they understand. This coaching staff laid an egg in Columbia, no preparation at all. Same as Boise State and Michigan State last year. Mark Richt is not going to take this team to another level. Even Grantham does not have the fire this year. So before blaming Murray or anyone else look at the game plan or lack thereof

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Mr. Robinson should have known better. He left the door wide open with those comments on twitter.

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Ahhhh my favorite medai meme, the blaming of fans for crazy behavior. This has been going on forever. Shultz, do you not see the irony? The very reason there is a sports section, or sports blog, or sports talk radio is because of this fanaticism. There is no Furniture Talk Radio. But by all means, let’s stop keeping score and just give out Participation Awards.

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Talk Radio is not that bad. I’d say a lot of it has to do with the amout of money people are paying to attend events, and alcohol.

Ultimately it is just a game, athetes are people too.

We need to do better not sweating small stuff like this. Passion is good, and losses are frustrating, but they aren’t that important really.

Maybe we should all just be frontrunners, it’s a lot more fun way to live.

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First!…so do I get the kudos?

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Guy Bailey, good read. Strangely I found myself reading your post in an Austin Powers accent.

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Georgia brought in Mark Richt when he was a hot assistant, people are right in that they aren’t attracting anyone who is an elite coach at the time, for them Georgia is probably the worst job in America. Great Expectations with not much ability to be Above Average most of the time, but hey, so is Auburn, and they just won a National Championship.

They could always send a dump truck of money Kirby Smart’s way and see if he can coach.

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One more thing, UGA over M Richts 12 years is 2nd in total wins, only narrowly behing LSU who has had 3 coaches over this period.

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Also…all those fans that want to blame the players for their performance should haul their happy drunk butts out there onto the gridiron. Nothing would be more hilarious than a tight end drag route pass over the middle to the fat drunk lawyer in Row E or a fullback dive by the drunk sorority girl who dresses like she’s going to church at the game. I would pay double to see that. Unfortunately, the only place I get to see that is the scene in “Waterboy” when the towel boy suited up for Michigan State.

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CE? Don’t you mean AD?

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@Bobo.

Wrong, It is a rarity to see someone who actually attends UGA or attended to boo thier Dawgs. We may get a little sauced at games, but we always love our Dawgs. They are one of US.

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It is just a game after all. Some people need a dose of reality.

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Hey Factor…yeah we are loving all those wins over Buffalo, Florida Atlantic, etc. It would be nice if we could get some that mattered.

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@class of ‘86

Have you evr heard of Tony Dungy – pretty damn good NFL coach, right? You never saw him show emotion on the field just like Richt. But because Saban is winning at Bama, suddenly that’s the vogue way to act.

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@The Factor:

One more thing, UGA over M Richts 12 years is 2nd in total wins, only narrowly behing LSU who has had 3 coaches over this period.
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LSU also has 2 national championships during CMR’s tenure..Richt needs to go and so do you…

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The Factor

October 12th, 2012
4:19 pm

“One more thing, UGA over M Richts 12 years is 2nd in total wins, only narrowly behing LSU who has had 3 coaches over this period.”

LSU has only had 2 coaches during Richt’s tenure. Saban from 2000-2004 and Miles, 2005-present.

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Not worried about how he acts…but a little sense of concern or something to show he cares would be nice. I know he wants to win, and I know the players want to win, but somewhere there is a disconnect between their physical abilities (we have some of the best athletes in the nation) and the way they play. SC might have beat us on our best day, but there is NO WAY they should have embarrassed us the way they did. No reason Buffalo should have scored 20 points or FAU run over our defense the way they did…something is not clicking. The ability is there, the will is not.

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@clock stoppa

Certainly, we don’t need you……….Stay at home and watch it on your black & white tv with rabbit ears…but please, stay out of Athens…

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I am pretty sure it was a couple of drunk UGA STUDENTS who rolled the players house. You UGA MEN like the FACTOR should get off your high horse about fans who care about YOUR school for football only. What a stuck up snob….sure you’re not a Tech fan?

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UGA laid an egg again and Mark Richt still sports a nice tan.

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@Red Stick, u are correct J DiNardo left in 1999.

@class of 86, I said it is a rarity for those who atteded UGA to act like jerks towards their own team,. You are the rarity.

@gaperson, not a snob at all, you are welcome and can sit near me as long as you are passionate and don’t act like a ass towards visiting fans and don’t boo our team.

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While I don’t condone this type of behavior these athletes who like to tweet and facebook and use all of this social media shouldn’t cry when some nutjob verbally attacks them. News flash! There are some crazy people in our society mr. Robinson so if your gonna put yourself out there then don’t whine like a baby when a crazy confronts you. People haven’t changed but the world around us has and with all of the technology we have today there is communication between these athletes and anyone with an internet connection. I’m sure if we had social media in the 1970’s there would have been fans blasting dooley on message boards and fans threatning players on twitter. If your a player and you can’t laugh off the criticism then quit tweeting and twittering or whatever the heck they call it.

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“The factor” Nice name if you can’t come up with a handle and you like someone else doing you thinking. Other suggestions might be Rushboy or Bortzarama. Just kidding. I’ve enjoyed the back and forth today. I believe the facts show that UGA is a middle tier SEC team. If we can assimilate that fact we won’t expect so much.

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This is nothing new. I remember when Bill Curry was run out of Tuscaloosa because folks were throwing bricks through his windows. It appears that it is out of control because of social media outlets, but it is the same ole disgruntled fan reactions we have always seen.

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Jeff, you are a hypocrite. You are worried about people’s feelings? Until I complained to your editor you routinely made fun of portly coaches like fuller and friedgen

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Chi Town

October 12th, 2012
2:20 pm

Typical redneck UGA fans. You can find them anywhere in Athens or Winder.

YUP, just like in the outskirt’s of ‘ChiTown” where there are more brother and sisters marrying than all of the appalachains combined – Yes I’ve driven through and all I see are the cow farms! So rednecks don’t have a specific area they’re from right moron?

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Someone from the 3rd world country of chicago making fun of anyone is large. You best by your ammo while you can. When the welfare checks stop you don’t want to be near chicago.

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The Factor
October 12th, 2012
5:32 pm

@ DawgNole

Of course not. Just the opposite. Dawg fans need to be careful what they wish for.
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Of course not? Then why point out that the only team with more wins than UGA during the referenced period has made coaching changes? Duh.

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What would they do in Athens if UGA lost to Middle Tenn? Coaches made tons of money and if they lose when they are supposed to win what do you expect? Jocks make tons of money and get all the hot women and when they play like they are on weed what do you expect? Please Schultzie give us the comedy we love and stay away from the preaching. If I wanted preaching there are 15 local tv stations preaching in two languages. But at least you are nice enough not to ask me so send you money so you can continue your ministry. Your predictions for Tech and UGA for this weekend are spot on.

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No need to compare Richt to other school’s records, just compare the first 5 years, to the current half…also, why is he paid a salary that is in the top 10? Is that what it takes to get someone to coach UGA? When was the last time the team finished in the TOP 10?

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Did ever occur to you dolts fans of other schools are trying to make UGA look bad.

Who would do such a thing? The Barns, The Yeck’s etc.

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Well said Jeff Schultz…

The thing that is so disgraceful is that they (the delusional type of fans or bloggers) are still trying to rationalize the behavior. I’m never surprised by the veracity of the outrageous conduct. Look at how they are when they attack on these blogs. It is the phony indignation and trying to turn their own contemptuous ideas (and false assumptions) being displayed daily with no penalty.

They won’t stop until they have a human version of that shameful Auburn incident. And when it happens, they will fawn fake and phony indignation… Yes, it is only a game. It is not a loved one being diagnosed with the final stages of Sickle Cell Anemia. It is not a young man getting the news that his father may have a life and death struggle in front of him. It is not that darn important, but it is more of the silliness that passes as gravitas on this forum… That is a dangerous thing!

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You know who I wanna fight? Greg McGarity. That moron should have never given Richt a contract extension. What an idiot!!!

As far as fans wanting to fight the players…that’s a pansy move. The losses are on the coaches – not the players. I’m 100% behind those kids- You should be too. If you’re not, then STFU and GFY.

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The actions of a few are unfortunately often attributed to the larger group! Sadly, the actions of a limited number of “fair weather UGA fans” blemish the entire Bulldog Nation. I have always wanted to ask complaintants, “since you know more than the coaches, why hasn’t the Athletic Board hired you to coach?” or “Since you better understand the game and have more athletic ability than the team members, why don’t you have a scholarship?” True fans support their team. People who go througth life expecting to win everything live unhappy, miserable lives!

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Kingdaddy- if you’re losing your girlfriend to a homeless guy, you’ve got bigger (or smaller, and the case may be) problems than being single. The only person’s tail you need to beat to death is your own.

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The Truth,
You seem to be superior to everyone on here. It’s nice that you have this Internet life to make yourself feel better, tough guy.

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You’re absolutely correct, JSS; sports are silly and inconsequential and you’re far above this forum and its petty, knuckle-dragging inhabitants. I therefore urge you (and am unlikely alone here in doing so) to move on from here and utilize your talents in a way more suited to your personality and intellect. Say, something involving a ceiling fan, riot cuffs, plastic bags, auto-erotic asphyxiation and a “Frazier” marathon on Lifetime. Or perhaps “Murphy Brown,” or “Gilmore Girls.” The gender roles and level of pretentiousness are entirely up to you, of course.

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Us getto boys in Chicago think we know sports best but really wedon’t know nothing!

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baddog, why don’t you put your head under your mothers dress!

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Fans of all sports all over the country know how to behave. Except the small percentage of idiotic fans that reside in every fan base. The thing is no one is writing an article about the thousands of fans who turned the UGA game off midway through the 3rd quarter, said “Oh well” and went on with their lives. The biggest problem in this country is way too much media. Everyone is trying to make a story out of nothing.

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Some of it comes from the delusion that some fans have that they are part of the team. How often do you hear someone say “we” played great, “we” won, “we” lost, etc. It’s not “we”, it’s “them”. Spectators are just that. I enjoy watching sports, baseball in particular, but in no way is my life affected by the outcome on the field. If the team I’m pulling for wins, I’m happy; if they lose, I’m unhappy but I know that things will be the same for me tomorrow, no matter how the game comes out. So when the game is over, I leave it behind and go do something else. It’s entertainment and that’s as far as it goes.

And of course, as some have mentioned, alcohol doesn’t help, usually.

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At least Kirby Smart would add some “fire” to the side line..ala Will.

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NateDawg
October 12th, 2012
7:59 pm

Fans of all sports all over the country know how to behave. Except the small percentage of idiotic fans that reside in every fan base. The thing is no one is writing an article about the thousands of fans who turned the UGA game off midway through the 3rd quarter, said “Oh well” and went on with their lives.
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If they gave up and left midway through the 3rd quarter, they aren’t fans.

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Wetpants willie….right here pal…..good to know that not only do you obsess over the Dawgs….but have time to think of me as well……I am touched..

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@DawgNole- Whatever guy. It’s not a requirement of a fan to finish watching a game on TV after the result is not in doubt. Especially a fan with a family that sacrifices time with them to watch the game to begin with.

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NateDawg
October 12th, 2012
8:36 pm

@DawgNole- Whatever guy. It’s not a requirement of a fan to finish watching a game on TV after the result is not in doubt. Especially a fan with a family that sacrifices time with them to watch the game to begin with.
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A fan doesn’t need a “requirement” to finish watching his/her team play. The result wasn’t already determined in the 3Q. If you’re a fan, there are plenty of other things you could sacrifice if you feel you’re depriving your family of your presence.

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Years ago, when I was attending more Georgia games than I do now, my wife, who typically did not attend with me, joined me for a big game in Athens. We were gettin kicked pretty good and about mid-way through the fourth quarter I said, ‘OK, let’s go.’ She turned to me and said, ‘Why should we leave? The team can’t.’ Here was a lady that while a fan, wasn’t nearly as fanatical about it as I was. But she fundamentally understood the concept of ‘We’re all in this together.’ I’ve never forgotten it and I’ve never left a losing contest early since.

The ‘fans’ that have gone after these kids should be identified and dealt with…and if they truly want to ‘meet with ‘ them I’ll volunteer to step in save the boys the trouble and the aggravation. By the way, you nut jobs that think this kind of behavior is somehow good for the program, think about how many recruits will decide not to consider UGA because the damned Athens police have to patrol players houses to protect em from these peckerwoods. I’ve got a suggestion, and since none of them actually attended Georgia, just go be an Alabama fan or something cause we don’t need you or want you.

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I want to take this time to apologize to the entire UGA football team, coaches, student and faculity for comments and actions of some idiots. Some people forget that these kids dont go out there to lose. These kids become part of our lives for 3-4 years and most for life. There is absolutely no reason act in a threatening way verbally or otherwise, to a group of great kids such as UGA’s.

As for the Braves game, I am proud to say the Braves fans finally showed up! Not the best actions in the world but….. I have NEVER seen an infield fly called in short to mid outfield, by an outfield umpire at that. The Bravos lost and probably should have based on the way they played, but that call is one of the worst as well.

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Dirty Dawg – Well said, however I will say that the recruits who are deciding not to attend UGA are doing so more because of the poor coaching staff than because of the lunatic fringe our our fan base. The fact is, you’ll get those types anywhere you go.

Go Dawgs. Support the players 200%. F the coaches. Here’s to hoping for a new staff and a new direction in 2013!

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The Truth= sad little man that likes to act tough on a blog.
Go back and read a few of your own posts earlier to see what an ass you come across as.
Anyway, have fun following Richt’s Dawgs. Look forward to seeing y’all down in Jax to restore the rightful order of things.

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NateDawg
October 12th, 2012
9:42 pm

It has nothing to do with arrogance. You’re questioning my fanhood because I didn’t watch an entire game that was humiliating. I’m simply explaining to you why I can turn the TV off and get on with my life.
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What happened to that quality time you yearn with your family? That supposedly led you to turn off the UGA-SC game in the 3Q, but tonight you ignore them to puff yourself up on a blog? That’s what I figured.

And I question your fanhood simply because you act like you’re better than those who choose to stick with the game despite seemingly insurmountable odds.

Hopefully when you grow up, you’ll also be less condescending.

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Beast from the East
October 12th, 2012
9:38 pm

Anyway, have fun following Richt’s Dawgs. Look forward to seeing y’all down in Jax to restore the rightful order of things.
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The rightful order of things?! C’mon now, Beast, it’s been less than a year since WE restored order, and here you are wanting to mess it up again already.

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You are correct, JSS, in that compared to you here my comments appear to be but a “side show.” While I usually take the time to read the articles, I rarely make more than a post or two per week if that partly because I have other, more important things to do but also because I can’t get five comments into any of them without reading your latest stultifyingly smarmy, pseudo-intellectual dismissal of everything sports and fan related followed by a thorough licking of Schultz or Bradley’s ink-stained boots to make sure there’s at least ONE person who’ll continue to give you some little corner of the internet to hold court over “DawgNutz88″ and the like in a genuinely pathetic attempt to take your “mind” off of how poorly you’ve failed elsewhere. No, JSS, this is YOUR show. The stench of failure radiating off you like the wavy heat lines off fresh poured August asphalt deserves a forum of its own, and here you’ve found it. I’m here tonight because I’m babysitting a sick dog and there isn’t ^&%$ on TV. But you, sir, are here at all times of any day simply because you need it more. You are, I fully admit, the MAIN show. Join me, everyone, in a nice slow golf clap for JSS’ legendary blog achievements. Nobody’s worked harder for less tangible results.

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“The rightful order of things?! C’mon now, Beast, it’s been less than a year since WE restored order, and here you are wanting to mess it up again already”

Guess it depends on which side of the fence you’re sitting on. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the last couple of decades in our series. Couldn’t say that the first half of my life.
All kidding aside, lots of football still to be played and we will certainly have more surprises in store. I’m just enjoying watching a much improved version of the Gators. The last 2 years weren’t much fun. They’re not world beaters, but there’s a lot of fight in that team Muschamp is building.

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Your little agenda of envy just went radioactive… Funny, all of those sniveling examples you used and somehow the genius you are had to get to page 3 to find that first comment… Irony? “Side show,” yep not because I’m courting attention, it is because you’re mind could not wrap itself once again on being on the wrong side of an issue… You put a “spectator” as Hillbilly D so eloquently expressed the point above just behaving like a thinking human being! Now the long, slow, clap can commence…

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nogroh, I’d have to select #3.

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Dawg ‘88 – LOVED your retort to Chi town. Thanks for showing what common sense is.

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“I would give you 10 – 1 odds that the threat did not come from a true UGA fan but some idiot that is to much of a coward to ever show his face.”

That is beyond stupid.

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Throwing garbage, egging houses, toilet paper rolling, etc.

equals TRASHY people.

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It’s all George Bush’s fault.

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just win baby

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this is such a bs article. so a 19 or 20 year old wanted to “fight”? how about my linebacker stay off of twitter, and you—–jeff scultz put effort into a REAL ARTICLE. as a grown man schultz– this is what you are doing?

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+1 on the troll article. +3 on following it up with a troll comment.

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Bush and Reagan did it!!!Waahhahhhaa

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Truth
you missed the point of my post but that’s no big deal. If you’re a Dawg fan, don’t attack other Dawg fans. Just shows ignorance. My only problem with women is getting them to leave when I’m done. Married 3 times, divorced 3 times. No big deal…

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I understand some players don’t deserve to be treated bad like that but if they played to win and showed some pride they wouldn’t get bad stuff happening to them. Its just a egg and not like someone actually bombed there house. Robinson should have fought the guy and beat his tail instead of tattletelling him on the newspaper. guys need to man up and grow some.

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Well said GUY Bailey. While we dont want umpires to be intimidated coming to Atlanta, they should have second thoughts before making bad calls that have the potential to end seasons. If people dont want us to be upset, please dont ask us for a lot of money and then be upset when the rules you design are not followed….

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The article is right on. No reason or no poor excuse for fans to act as pointed out.
I believe a great contributing factor is alcohol.

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I hope BOO BOO has another quarter back in the wings that he can make a pocket passer out of. A pocket passer is not your best college QA in case you haven’t noticed. CMR

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October 12th, 2012
3:05 pm

Braves got hosed by umps…maybe league will get better umps as a result…no fun to drive an hour and watch incompetent umps determine victor after 3-4 more hours…and drive home for another hour….6 hours wasted..so game delay was the only fun that day
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You don’t think the league was in on it…………….???

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I would bet the Mortgage that the person who did the rolling and egging had nothing to do with the University at all. But I bet they can bark….

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Jeff,

Great article and overdue. I always appreciate your perspective even when I disagree. To me this is really a symptom of the overall decline of sportsmanship in sports – in pursuit of winning at any cost and the insane money at stake. It seems like no one in football cares about respecting the game or their opponents, each game is a stage to raise ones marketability.

Where is the sense of honor, of representing your school? Why do we allow all the trash talking and grand standing? Why does everyone act like it’s their first tackle, touchdown, pass defense ever? Just a few years ago there was a clear line in behavior between college and pros. Not any more, college kids emulate the worst behavior of the pros – and we stand by and watch. The coaches are not “leaders of young men” but CEO’s of multi-million dollar businesses – with free labor at the college level. When the players act this way, the fans emulate that behavior and it cascades to all levels of the sport. And we allow it.

Would any of the great college coaches of the past make it today without getting sued or losing all their recruits to a less disciplined program? Doubtful.

I realize things change but this is one area we need to make a stand. Of course, from a society that glorifies shame and stupidity, i.e, Kim Kardashian, Housewives of wherever, ad nauseam, I doubt we’ll see any action at any level – unless someone cuts off the cash flow. I will not be holding my breath.

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I would bet the Mortgage that the person who did the rolling and egging had nothing to do with the University at all.

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You just lost your house. Now you’ll have to rent a mobile home like most of the other dwag fans.

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Look for the Braves to overreact and not allow people with bottles of coke or beer and all mustard and ketchup will only be available in packets. All drinks will be poured into cups.

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The writer of this column and media have lost perspective as well. These aren’t golf games. Who cares about trash throwing or egging a house? How many houses have been egged outside football?
For the outrageous prices of tickets I can see fans feeling the right to show protest on some of these things like the bad braves call.
As for the guy wanting to fight an athlete? There’s a percentage of morons in every large crowd.
As a retire professional athlete, I believe athletes need to realize – yes – they are our time’s gladiators. We put more emphasis on life in modern times but you are performing for the delight of the fans.

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As a NATIVE Atlantan, I am proud of the way the Braves fans behaved. Here’s why. We have ben kicked, crapped on, and laughed at by the media and the nation since the days of jimmy Carter and Howard Cosell (named us Losersville). If the fans were throwing batteries, as in Denver and Cleveland, I would have some concerns, but the bottles were the vendor PLASTIC and the cans were ALUMINUM.
Never heard of an emergency room call where man killed by flying plastic bottle.
Maybe the umps/refs will think twice now beore making bad calls now……our hometown coaches do enough of that for us.

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Hey Chi Town, I am from Chicago and this happens all the time at our games. This happens everywhere so why are we making a big deal of it? Fans drink and get mad. So are we not allowed to be upset at poor performence? Or is this just more of the wussification of America? I gues booing is bad as well. A house was rolled, Oh No!!!! That was really hurtfult, really crybaby’s kids homes are rolled in highschool for less all the time they are not crying about it. People kill each other over soccer in other countries, and you are complaining about booing or cheering if someone gets hurt? GET OVER IT, if they dont like oit dont play the sport. I guess I won’t cheer the next time someone knocks someone out in boxing or the UFC. No wonder the UFC is so big right now, you can actually cheer when there is blood, or say boo to someone you don’t like.

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Irrational fan behavior of the negative variety is the other of the sword. Emotions run high. Fan is short for fanatic.

You don’t hear players complaining when the adoring throng stands in line for hours just for the privilege of touching the hem of their garment as they walk from the bus to the locker room.

It’s a lunatic fringe and a decided minority that conducts themselves in the manner rightfully condemned in this blog.

Brining the Murray family’s personal trial into this conversation is inappropriate if you ask me.

But we’re in hard times and angry times as a society. That’s reflected in our recent behavior.

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Since Atlanta was awarded the College Football Hall of Fame, now the city can experience “redneckville”! Can you imagine fans from all over the SEC in town? I resided in ATL for 32 years and am more than glad to be out of there. RTP, NC is not only more civil, you can actually get somewhere in a short period of time. Home never looked so good!

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THE UGA FANS ARE AS REDNECK AS ANY IN THE SOUTH.

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My point was….

Is the behavior worse than lying about what spurred the behavior?

I guess the behavior is worse…but lying about the source is just as bad in my mind.

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SSIgator
October 12th, 2012
10:14 pm

DawgNole -
Sorry about your quad-loss-perfecta last weekend. Braves, GA Tech, UGA, FSWho. Oh well, at least your Falcons won, but the season is young.
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It was rough indeed, SSIgator. Like you said, only the Falcons salvaged a little dignity for us. Just have to see how the others bounce back.

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A complete embarrassment! I was there when ND came to town and played GT. The team had to circle around the ND players as protection… It was probably the most embarrassing time in GT football.. Some fans are complete idiots!

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There’s no place for bad fan behavior at sporting events. It’s only a game. 90% of UGA fans are great, but the other 10% are the reason I quit going to games in Athens.They are the ones treating the players badly when they lose.

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JSS
October 12th, 2012
10:19 pm

“it is because you’re mind could not wrap itself once again on being on the wrong side of an issue…”

Correction: it is because your “mind” could not wrap itself the fact that once again your on the wrong side of an issue…
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STILL incorrect.

“. . . wrap itself the fact that . . . .”??? Huh?

“. . . once again YOUR on the wrong side . . . .”??? Hello?

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Some fans are just self centered at tmes. At the Outback Bowl, there is an 85 year old and a 72 year old behind me sitting at their seats. The guy on row in front of me with his teenage kids decides to stand up the entire game. Standing for big plays is expected. After he stood up for the entire first quarter, the elderly couple was discussing among themselves what to to do. They are watching the game off of the Big Jumbo Screen. I asked the guy in front of me if he could sit for the parts of the game that were not a big play because of the elderly fans behind me and him. He looked at the elderly fans and told me that he was standing the entire game and that he paid for his tickets and that he was entitled to this. The stadium personnel did absolutely nothing. Another situation happens continuously. Buy a ticket to a game, sit amongst profanity laced fans who think that everyone on the filed can hear their insults towards the refs, players and coaches. It is like being on a golf course with a golfer who is not only a poor golfer and also a poor guest. In the case of the golfer, he has the attitude of, I paid my greens fee and by golly, my behavior and attitude is mine even if it ruins the round for others. The same attitude is with the profane and obnoxious fan, I paid for my ticket and I can act anyway I desire even if it destroys the atmosphere of the game for those around me. It was a teachable moment for my 9 or 10 year old when we went to a game. The education that my kids received was precious. They learned decisively how not to act and how to respond to such obnoxious behavior. And the stadium attendants would do nothing. And if they did, then the entire section would have to be dismissed because the obnoxious behavior is the norm for so many people. I am glad that I am abnormal. The enjoyment of rooting for my team and watching excellent play is important. As an All-American and professional, I know how hard it is to master a craft. The game is more important than the fan.

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Gee Jeff Schultz… hard hitting article. Shame you can’t apply yourself in the same manner when it comes to covering the actual play on the field…

You, Sir, are a disgusting example of the Lap Dog media; can’t be critical of the teams… no, that might make some of the players and personnel angry with you…
boo-hoo-hoo…

Go buy some soap, take a bath and find something constructive to do with your miserable existence… |-)

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I’m Sorry to Say Jeff Schultz, I can understand why Sports Fans in Atlanta are so restless. We’ve had ever major professional sport in Atlanta for 40 plus years now and only one Championship to show for it.
And please Falcons, don’t wear those damn losersville uniforms anymore.

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I agree with The Grinch 100%!!!
I was at the Braves game and I would have thrown my water bottle too, if I hadn’t been up in the nosebleed section.
Chipper didn’t come out for a farewell waive because he didn’t want to. It had nothing to do with the fans.

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“Fan” is a contraction for “fanatic”. What you are seeing is fanatical behavior, that I believe is stoked by the internet. All these internet brave folks who post trash on the interwebs take it to the street. Updyke style. None of this is a surprise.

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It is the fan interest(?) that puts 100,000 in the stadiums. Pays football coaches 3-5 million a year.
It allows somone to make a GOOD living writing about this crap.
Jeff, I sometimes think your articles are over the top making heroes of these guys, so maybe you
are part of the problem not solution.
When I was growing up we had a name for the Jeff’s of the world ” jock sniffers”.

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@loyal dawg, did you know that an adult can be arrested now for using profanity in the presence of children? You might want to push that next time you are around the crumbs you alluded to.

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Braves fans action warranted. Horrible call blatant cheating with no ability to rectify it. Fans showed passion now if only the ATL media would show some passion and DEMAND a consistent level of top tier performance Atlanta sports would be better. To much middle of the road conciliatory sports reporting and opinion from our media. Expect and demand excellence

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@Motocross Driver: My church (and it’s definitely a Christian church) uses the terms CE more often than AD. Times change. God is dynamic and has shown himself to be throughout history.

Not sure what this has to do with the current thread but I had to respond to it as I did not want Motocross Driver speaking for all Christians.

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It was mentioned that the college players don’t get paid, what do you call the full ride free education the majority get…what is happening is just typical of our society, nothing more. From politicians, hip hop,I want it free and I want it now society. I find it hard to believe that anyone else would actually think this is unusual.

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ATLien
October 13th, 2012
10:34 am

Braves fans action warranted. Horrible call blatant cheating with no ability to rectify it. Fans showed passion now if only the ATL media would show some passion and DEMAND a consistent level of top tier performance Atlanta sports would be better. To much middle of the road conciliatory sports reporting and opinion from our media. Expect and demand excellence
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It’s not only the media that fails to expect/demand excellence in this city. It’s the pro teams’ ownership, management, and coaching.

Proof? ONE championship (’95 Braves) in 156 seasons of competition spanning nearly a half-century.

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The infield fly rule at the Braves game, the blown call last night on Nate McLouth’s home run, and many, many other complete incompetencies of MLB umpires is exactly why I always say: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL IS THE SINGLE WORST THING TO EVER HAPPEN TO BASEBALL. Except for maybe aluminium bats. Anyway, if you want better baseball, DESTROY THE MLB.

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Chicken fans – you better hope you win today because you will not beat Florida in the swamp. If you lose today, you are out of the SECe race…..

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Proof? ONE championship (’95 Braves) in 156 seasons of competition spanning nearly a half-century.

Proof…….. WREN is dumb, and so are the Braves upper management.

Both Blanco and Infante are in the championship series…… last time the pair was on the Braves they had a huge lead after the All-Star game….. Funny they were traded and the Braves choked the last two season’s away !

WREN IS DUMB !!!!!!!!!

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First point: The horrible infield fly call that was made against us would have resulted in AT LEAST the same reaction in any stadium in the county. Braves fans are probably the most respected in the country for their courteous behavior.
Second point, I think JSS and Factor have it right. The majority of UGA fans are great people, but face it, they have a segment of their fan base who are hooligans. Some of them have even gotten on the blog today, and they’re easy to spot. We’re Tech fans, but everyone in our family went to Georgia and hopefully our son will go there. But when we’ve gone to Athens with our son, we’ve always had some trashy remarks and behavior directed at us in front of him, so we quit going. My brother-in-law had to have another season ticket holder thrown out after he repeatedly got drunk and kept spilling drinks and falling on him. He had to have his seats moved because their friends harassed him. My sister had to get police involved when another UGA fan threatened her in a parking lot because of her “fancy” car. This kind of behavior needs to be called out, and people seriously need to get a handle on what’s really important in life, and it isn’t football.

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People are STILL saying that the reaction of the Braves fans was warranted. It was a display of “passion”. BS!. It was a display of a lack of civility. A sense of entitlement. If you’re unhappy with the call then you just boo as loud and long as you want. You can write the commissioner’s office and you can also choose to not go to the games. Don’t give MLB your money.

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What you also saw at the Braves game is mob mentality. And mobs react with emotion, not reason.

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Wow, Tech fans think some UGA fans are trashy…totally true. Some of them get drunk and are complete ashpoles. Do you really think Tech fans are any different? I mean you got into Tech, so you can’t be ignorant…there are bad, trashy fans everywhere. Failure to recognize your own brands you as an blind homer.

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Fans put their sports “heroes” on a pedestal and think they can do no wrong, until they do, and then it’s open season on the same “heroes”. Some days you win, some days you lose. Ya gotta accept it and move on.

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Went to a high school playoff game at the Dome one year, Camden Co vs somebody, can’t remember. I was on the Camden side. An elderly couple was sitting next to me. A guy was in the seat directly in front of them. He stood and stood and stood. Finally the elderly guy next to me asked him politely if he could please sit down. There was nobody standing in front of this guy so he could have seen just as well by sitting. But anyway, this guys says,”I’m supporting my team and I’ll stand if I want to”. I said I’ll go get security and he sat down. It doesn’t pay to argue with a fan in the heat of battle. Just call security.

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“Saying “it’s just a game” is like saying “it’s just money to someone homeless or starving”

This has to be the dumbest comment I’ve ever read on these blogs. Comparing a friggin game to someone’s basic needs for survival? You sir, are an idiot and should just go ahead and end it all the next time your team loses. The world would be better off.

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I am encouraged by our Eastern brothers resurged passion, while individual acts of violence and stupidity are judged abhorrent and subject to and a well earned amount of ridicule, they do however offer a side some could call the “barometer” into the general’s eye of public perception.

Case & Point: CMR would never last as the HC of Alabama football and he knows as much, Bill Curry found this out the hard way.

The “red brick incident” while shameful in its act, has forever enshrined Alabama as “the football program” outside of the NFL.

That has added benefits and the cretin who did that act begrudgingly did more for the program than any red elephant or administrator not that he had any foresight past his whiskey glass that night.

Great passion leads to acts of malfeasance by our “kook fans” (we all have them), but the caliber and absurdity does hold bearing on expectations from the gentlemen of the fan-base as well.

I was there at bat day in the 1970’s when the kids bats littered the field after a bad call, long time coming to see that passion return to the field, they had better take note for next year; expectations are high!

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Jeff,

You hit the core issue and then dismissed it. Your analogy of the chariot race was precisely the root cause of these current outrages. Political and social issues are at the root of it all. The only difference is social media’s ability to concentrate the effect by allowing the same lunatic fringe to have virtually unlimited access. One person can spend a few hours dominating the social media outlets of multiple sites, expanding one person’s influence to give the appearance of a widespread problem.

You combine this effect of social media with the increasing anger in the body politic and things get out of control much easier.

For me, the worst example you mentioned were the Kansas City fans who cheered when their starting quarterback was seriously injured. That was horrible. The worst aspect of the Atlanta episode was the potential for injury to fans, because injury to fans in the stands underneath the thrown debris was under the greatest risk for injury. The players and umpires were able to coalesce in the center of the field or the dugouts.

The issue with social media can be controlled by ramped up moderation. I have owned a forum website for over five years now and while the membership is small, the behavior is excellent. I simply don’t allow unruly behavior and the members enjoy that. The bad behaviors we see here at the AJC forums can be equally controlled.

What concerns me the most is the rising level of anger directed publicly toward college athletes. This disturbs me greatly because these are young men who are not able to earn professional incomes. They work very hard for the limited compensation of a college scholarship for revenue sports, or equally hard for partial scholarships for the limited revenue sports such as women’s basketball or baseball.

There is no sense in challenging such amateur players to a fight, or threatening them by vandalizing their homes. It is perverse. And of all the episodes you mentioned, Jeff, this is the worst. I will offer some theory on what is causing this very obvious rise. First, again the social media allows the few unhinged fans to portray an influence greater than their actual numbers. Social media also allows a more intiment contact with athletes without the immediate accountability that face-to-face contact mandates.

But, there is more at work. Young people are increasingly concerned about their futures, and this is where politics and social changes appear. Unemployment among youth, including college graduates, is rising to unhealthy levels. People who feel they are losing their futures can often replace meaningful pursuits with trivial pursuits. Video games and social media are filling the vacuums created by the lack of faith in future professional growth.

We need to put this country back to work and expand buisiness opportunities and that needs to be done by expanding the scope of liberty. We need to stop trying to centrally plan everything and let a bit of chaos theory back into the free market. In other words, people need to be reminded that no amount of government can guarantee success and that there is no substitute for hard work and integrity.

When people realize that hard work yeilds success and likewise laziness and lack of personal accountability leads to suffering, then people stop pursuing the trivial and start pursuing the meaningful. It means we have to accept the truth that in life there are winners and losers in comparative measures, but with liberty and integrity even comparative failure can be successful in its own right and can therefore lead to happiness.

When people feel herded like sheep, they aren’t happy. When people are free to pursue their own dreams unfettered by outside control, they are happy. Socially, in my view, we have too much herding and an erosion of liberty in this country and this is causing the lower bar to anger. People are rebelling against what they see as usurpation of liberty, and it is time for government to pay attention to it!

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Anyone that says “some days you win and some days you lose” does not understand sports. That’s like saying “some people live and some people die” to family members that lost 100 year old relative to a heart attack and a 13 year old to a drive-by shooting. They are different. The losses by Braves and UGA Fri and Sat were not just “losses.” If you can’t figure that out, then you don’t understand sports. Both teams beat themselves…nothing is more frustrating (well, getting cheated is more frustrated…infield fly) and rightly calls into question commitment, mental toughness, preparedness.

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Ken Stallings:

Interesting take but too generalized in scope for my tastes. Thoughtful though and thx for sharing.

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Also…tired of hearing about player’s twitter wars with fans. Most players live a life of luxury isolation (whether professional or on college campus). They don’t encounter opposing fans. They are surrounded by teammates. Even when they go into opposing stadiums, they spend most of the time in a locker room or sideline/dugout surrounded by security and teammates. Fans encounter opposing fans all the time…work, school, kid’s ballfield, mall, vacation, etc. We buy the shirts and gear…we wear it…we go into opposing stadiums filled with hostile fans…we sit in the bad seats with no security…we pay the high prices…we take the abuse…we defend our team…constantly.

How dare these players complain after a pathetic loss. We’re the ones that have to see the other fans. We’re the ones that have to put up with the ribbing. We’re the ones that have to put our team sweatshirts back on and answer all the questions about “last Saturday’s” game. Players go back to their protected environment. Don’t even pretend that a player has it rough. Fans have to put up with this garbage all the time.

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“People are STILL saying that the reaction of the Braves fans was warranted. It was a display of “passion”. BS!.”

Yes, I agree. Folks who claim they are proud that Braves fans finally stood up,well, I wonder where maturity and common sense went in hiding. It looked stupid and pathetic on TV. I am not immune from being a nitwit at times, but I’ve never had the urge to throw trash on a field of play and my attendance at major league sporting events goes back to the early 70s. Yes, the call was surprising to most, but the last thing we needed is for that Braves squad to stumble into the playoff with the way they were playing. It would have been an even bigger embarressment than the fans were on that infamous Friday night.

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When I was a boy, early 50s our family had a party line phone, with neighbors. Some guy got on the phone and told my dad to get off he had to use the phone, real rude. My dad an ex Ga. Tech end, who I had never seen violate, was told by this guy to get off or he was coming down to our house and beat my dad up. Dad got a smirk on his face I can remember till this day and very articulately, no temper or loud voice, explained to this would be bully how to get to his house and he would be waiting outside in the yard for him. Then almost like he had won the lottery, taking me since I was maybe 4 and we were the only two in the house, out into the yard to meet our expected guest. My dad waited in that yard till it got dark and my mother made both of us both come in to supper. I think my dear old dad was depress for a week that guy didn’t show up, much to the amusement of my mother. I have a strong suspicion that would happen to Mr. Robinson.

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Obvious solution to badly-behaved fans: stop selling beer in the ballpark. Stadiums finally got rid of smoking, the other health hazard, so it makes sense to put a total end to the saloon-like atmosphere and make baseball (especially) a family game again.

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@ijag~I still disagree. You must not have ever played sports. In reality, yes, some days you really just don’t have your A game. The importance of the game is irrelevant in these cases. It does not mean there is a lack of effort. Sometimes you get on the field, be it softball, baseball, football, volleyball, it doesn’t matter. Your body doesn’t do what you want it to. It DOES happen. There’s nothing that can be done. And sometimes trying harder exacerbates the problem. You don’t just lose your athletic ability one day and regain it the next. You’re assuming that everyone on a team is clicking on all cylinders every time they go out on the field. That ain’t the way it works.

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If you read this conversation on Twitter (before it was deleted), Robinson’s/Lynch’s responses were very different than what he claims

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I have no problem with throwing trash on the field in protest. Nobody gets hurt. And the message is sent loud and clear: you suck.

I was at a title boxing match three decades ago and the same thing happened, when the judges rendered a bad decision. Water bottles flew. I thought it was entertaining. And the officials were left in no doubt about he crowd’s sentiment.

So, nothing new about that. Old hat. Actually, ho-hum old hat.

The internet? Interesting psychological phenomenon.

Have you ever wanted to go through life with a superpower: the ability to read people’s thoughts? Well, now you can. Just read internet comments. The shield of civility vanishes and people let their id run rampant. The internet is what people are thinking before the super ego asserts itself.

It’s often vile. And it requires a superpower of a different kind to ignore it, which it what it demands.

Egging an athlete’s house? Wanna bet alcohol was involved? Idiots, but not a trend.

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Don’t forget the Harvey Updykes of the world…

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I can explain it all with one word. ALCOHOL !!!!!!!!!!!! (after all it is a drug)

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TechLB
Just trolls baby, just trolls…

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Having a conversation with yourself on the blog kingdaddy?

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I have been attending SEC games since 1952. In high school, I sold drinks and programs at Grant Field, and I have a graduate degree from UGA. Georgia is a great school, in spite of Adams’ effort to mold it to his own cash cow.. In all of these years, I can say that UGA fans are the most fickle and ill behaved of any I have seen. It does not surprise me that Murray’s house was egged and rolled. But what kind of example has Richt set with his player arrests, unsportsmanlike conduct penalties, and tacky end zone dancing?

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out of control fans is when a bad call by a soccer (football) judge means he is then killed in the parking lot as he tries to outrun his killers. When players are on steroids, elevating their playing level to lethal, and some think it okay to contract bodily harm on an opposing player, the fans become steroidal by osmosis. The answer to out of control fans is control the sports better. Control the players, coaches, and officials so the sports do not deteriorate into arena cage matches where all rules have been suspended, and the fans get to give the thumb down for the outcome.

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Fans are vital as a group. But, individually we are relatively trivial in the big scheme. Our vitality is as a group becasue through ticket sales, merchandise sales, and media sales, our money fuels the professional sports market. In colleges and high schools, there is somewhat the same relationship but the attachments to colleges and high schools is more significant due to being an alumnus and also having your own children attend the schools.

Individually, however, no fan makes the degree of time investment to match the athletes and coaching staffs. Buying a ticket and sitting in a seat is hardly a true sacrifice, especially compared to spending hours in practice, in self-training in the offseason, and game preparation. To asset any other understanding is to reveal a gross misunderstanding.

Beyond the money provided, the most significant influence fans have is to raise the noise levels and passion in the stadium, to influence the play on the field or court. Disrupting the game crosses the line and cannot be tolerated. The Braves lost their last game this baseball season. I love baseball and it is by far my favorite sport.

But, I was still able to go in the back yard and play catch with my two boys. I was still able to go to work and earn my pay in my chosen aviation profession. And, I was still able to go fly my own airplanes and rehack my instrument currency in my Cessna 310R. In other words, life went on, and those things truly important to me remained the same and I feel blessed to be in that position.

I may have left out one thing in my long-winded analysis written earlier. Same as people need freedom and self-accountability, they also need to focus on the truly important and never allow diversions and entertainment to become the central focus of their lives.

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Jeff Shultz, playing the part of Dorothy, in the Wizard of Oz: “Lions, tigers, and bears, oh my! Lions, tigers and bears, oh my! etc, etc.

So a few, (southern) citizens in a country of 300 million get upset at sporting games and JS is mortified? A few points:

1) Metro-Atlanta ain’t really part of The South.

2) Yankees fans have throw stuff at players and umps for decades, including C-batteries, and GLASS beer bottles, and Cards fans sent death threats to an ump.

3) European soccer fans have trampled-to-death others in stadiums for what, 50 years?

4) While a despicable act, toilet paper and eggs have claimed how many human lives, now?

5) Just be grateful most irate folks in the US don’t strap on explosives and detonate them on MARTA, or drag other countries’ Ambassador’s dead bodies up and down streets.

Just a little perspective . . .

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I also don’t know why people were blaming Christian Robinson for anything. Anyone that watched that game saw what happened. UGA’s inexperienced O-line finally caught up to us against one of the best D-line’s in the country.

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Well, not sure when people will learn their lesson when it comes to Twitter and Facebook, but they are problems waiting to happen and just give people more avenues to get into trouble and post personal stuff that no one else cares about. Get off Twitter and you won’t have to deal with the BS that you know comes with the territory of having an account. Sounds easy enough, otherwise, man up and deal with what comes your way.

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Hey Schultz, if it’s just a ball game, maybe we should stop reading your silly articles, too. They’re unimportant. We shouldn’t care. Right?

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Well said, DawgDad.

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It wasn’t just a couple of hundred. It was everyone. Grandmothers were tossing things if they were close enough.

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Once again the lack of perspective really shows. We are a myopic society. We live only in the moment and have no thought for the future. We want everything now and patience is an expletive. EVERY fan base has it’s lunatic fringe. UGA fans are no worse than any other fans. We just live in a media smothered area that reports when any celebrity is headed to the restroom. These incidents are just a symptom of the society we live in.
I like to write in these blogs because it is my only outlet for my thoughts. But I would gladly say anything I put in writing to anyone else here in person. I am not ashamed of what I say. Using twitter to flay football players because they didn’t play the way you personally thought they should play is C-O-W-A-R-D-L-Y.
I hope someone flaps their big mouths about their cowardly deeds and they get nailed for it. The fans at the Braves game had the guts to do what they did in public. I don’t agree with tossing garbage onto the field, that’s just childish, but MLB really needs to start hearing the fans on issues like this. Maybe they would listen if we didn’t watch their national broadcasts or buy their merchandise. Not buying Braves tickets would only hurt the Braves so that would be out of the question. Just my 2 cents…

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Delusional=Thomas Brown
Coo-Coo bird…

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Does anyone else think Mizzou is about ready to admit they are not SEC caliber, and that they are not located in the Southeast? They need to crawl back to the Midwest where they belong!

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I do know that over the years after playing UGA and winning, our vehicles were damaged by UGA fans. We were out numbered and security looked the other way. This is great for recruiting when you are attacked by your own fans.

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Frustrtion– I am frustrated with our local teams but no excuse for that kind of behavior — especially toward college athletes.

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I hate to knock college athletes but UGA is going to underachieve as long as Richt is the head coach.

He is good but not great — cannot win in the SEC.

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@catlady

Does anyone else think Mizzou is about ready to admit they are not SEC caliber, and that they are not located in the Southeast? They need to crawl back to the Midwest where they belong!
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most people think UGA should crawl over to the ACC where they belong!

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Good think Twitter wasn’t around when Odell was still at UGA and some fan was trying to call him out, would have gotten ugly real quick

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brick
October 13th, 2012
5:46 pm

Good think Twitter wasn’t around when Odell was still at UGA and some fan was trying to call him out, would have gotten ugly real quick
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Who would ODELL get to Read and Write on twitter for him?

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So Sergeant Schultzie points to 2 incidents to say “revolts” are “out of control.

Last week there were more than 50 Div 1 football games
Last week there were more than 40 FBS games
In the last 2 weeks there were more than 12 MLB games
More than a dozen soccer games

And so you have 2 incidents- 1 perhaps that can best be described a protest, not a revolt – because mind you, no one stormed the field, no arrests, no assaults.

And it’s “out of control”

Schultzie, you used to screaming fire in a crowded movie house.

Dumbest post ever

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JoeFan, you must not be a drinker, because if you were, you would know that it was impossible to get a drink at the wild card play-in game because the line was an hour long. Folks weren’t drunk, they were pissed. And they were justifiably pissed.

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This whole “rolling and egging” thing is a red herring.

The real issue is the incompetent coaching staff of Mark Richt, Bobo, Grantham, Garner, Friend, and the other embiciles.

These players have let the Bulldog Nation down. On national TV, no less. So what if a fan rolls Murray’s yard because he absolutely cannot win a game against a competent team?

The real problem is named Mark Richt. The blind homers have divided the Bulldog Nation.

It is time that these talented players have some competent coaches.

How long must this BS go on?

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Hey I just did what Aaron Murray has never done. beat a top ranked team and Beat South Carolina…. miss me yet bulldog fans?

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Zach Mettenburger
October 14th, 2012
12:20 am

Hey I just did what Aaron Murray has never done. beat a top ranked team and Beat South Carolina…. miss me yet bulldog fans?
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Nope. And what top-ranked team did you beat? Sure as hell wasn’t SC.

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Zach Mettenberger, against the same South Carolina defense Aaron Murray did NOTHING against, drove LSU up and down the field on South Carolina, exactly as I stated all week before the 2 teams played last night on national TV for us all to see.

Zach Mettenberger’s 1st Drive was 16 plays for 68 yards.
Zach Mettenberger’s 2nd Drive was 5 plays for 24 yards.
Zach Mettenberger’s 3rd Drive was 13 plays for 33 yards.
Zach Mettenberger’s 4th Drive was 6 plays for 30 yards.
Zach Mettenberger’s 5th Drive was 9 plays for 69 yards.
Zach Mettenberger’s 8th Drive was 16 plays for 75 yards.
Zach Mettenberger’s 9th Drive was 5 plays for 17 yards.
Zach Mettenberger’s 10th Drive was 1 play for 50 yards.

Zach Mettenberger did so much better than Aaron Murray, as to make the point that as a Starting Quarterback at LSU Zach Mettenberger has a Win against a team who makes the Top 25, while Aaron Murray as our Starting Quarterback has a 0-10 against teams who make the Top 25. Aaron Murray also has 2 Losses to teams who did not make the Top 25, while again, Zach Mettenberger has none.

406 yards of Offense led by Zach Mettenberger against the same defense who shut-out Aaron Murray.

224 yards of Offense led by Aaron Murray last week against the same defense Zach Mettenberger drove the football up and down the field on.

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Players of Mark Richt, both current players and former players, are speaking out on this football program right now. It is a common theme from them all that there is no leadership.

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Are you saying it should have been Richts house that was egged and rolled?

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Early Prediction for SEC. FL vs Bama, Bama in a blowout. Bama plays Oregon. This time, no controversy (remember Auburn player looking to sideline for direction after he knew his wrist touched the grass), Bama by 9.

Yet, another NC for the Crimson Elephants.

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Spurrier has got to have the toughest schedule in the country. Now he goes to the Swamp. The only team they missed in this three weeks was Alabama.

LSU worn em down. Best offensive lineman in college football. Best night crowd in college football. That place use to be dangerous when they had nothing. They are young and talented, what they don’t get this year they will continue to improve and get later. Don’t see how Florida beat them, but the Swamp is pretty close to Death Valley. Miles is as fun to watch as Spurrier, lots of personality.

Next week South Carolina may hand back the title to Georgia, but some of the best games of the years came from Gcocks. They are SEC football at its finest as is LSU. The coaches making it fun, but keeping it real.

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“Thomas Brown at 6:10am helps prove my point.”
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If you think 6:10 am is about Aaron Murray or Zach Mettenberger, you’re as much a dolt as Mark Richt for attaching his $ 3 million dollar annual salary to Aaron Murray.

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Sports is – and always has been – a kind of vent for anger and frustrations. The worst modern example is the game of soccer. In Europe and South America, riots are a regular occurrence. Up until the last decade-or-so, American sports had been (mostly) free of these kinds of displays but… as we become more and more secular with less and less moral fabric, this kind of thing will likely become more widespread.

But now, on the flipside… that was a horrible call during the Braves game. My moral fiber would have done well with seeing the umps soaked good in beer from the stands, lol.

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Speaking of morons, Ansel First? Now moving on, I’ve never attended a game where I didn’t see a lunatic, ESP drunk ones.

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What do you expect from a Penal Colony?

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“My church (and it’s definitely a Christian church) uses the terms CE more often than AD. Times change. God is dynamic and has shown himself to be throughout history.”

This is about sport… keep Skyy Daddy out of this… cognitively sick miscreant…

“And the Dish ran away with the Spoon…”

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C Robinson plays with alot of heart, works very hard — but is not a D1 level linebacker. C Robinson has run his mouth for years now while at UGA and loves to talk smack to reporters etc., for this he has opened himself up to the public for his STUPID STATEMENTS AND VERY POOR LEVEL OF PLAY ON THE FIELD.

Answer: Closed you mouth C Robinson and stop with the twitter or whatever you are doing to draw attention to yourself of the field. TYPICAL KID THAT FEELS ENTITLED TO HIS VOICE BUT NO ONE ELSE CAN COMMENT.

Jeff Schultz: BUTTS MEHRE IS ON FIRE but not a one of the ajc reporters will do any investigative work and do true reporting, WHY IS THAT:

HERE IS NEWS FOR YOU SO CALLED AJC SPORTS WRITERS, auburn’s 2012 season starting QB will be transferring to ARKANSAS STATE to play for Malzone (sp.)

Here is questions that need answering: Why and Who has forced the removal of Michael Adams and why is a over 2 million payment being made to keep M Adams quiet?

What bank held over 35 million in deposits of UGA Athletic Department money and was drawing less than 3% interest? Did former governor and any of the board of regents actual recieve illegal perks in regards to this money —

You see J Schultz — all kinds of VERY INTERESTING ARTICLES are possible but ajc writers will not step up — AJC REPORTERS ARE EQUIVALENT TO UGA’S MARK RICHT AND COACHING STAFF, LAZY BUT DO JUST ENOUGH TO GET BY!!!!!!!

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I think that the media makes the problems larger with their blog message boards, and sports talk radio contributes to the problem too. Sports talk radio often reminds me of the politial hate talk I hear on a cetain a m station in atlanta that used to be news, weather, and sports – but not sports talk.

Also I think that the younger generations are becoming more entitled in their attitudes towards life and they do not recognize boundries for decent behavior anymore. This will of course fall on deaf ears, but when they go to far testing the boundries and serve a stretch in jail for their behavior that will be a more valuable educational experience than school.

I call it social Darwinism. Those without the sense to live lives of self control end up self destructing and the rest of us are the better off for it.

It is a shame that these spoiled brats have to put a damper on what otherwise is a wonderful sport. The players are much better behaved than the fans.

It happens throughout the world. Look at the soccar riots that are intentionally started by a handful of fans before, during and after games. A very sad commentary on humanity.

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What do we expect when our Vice President was so rude and unprofessional in the debate the other night. Lack of class and embarrassing.

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Does anyone remember the Falcons game where fans cheered when Chris Chandler went down to allow Mike Vick to play QB

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A real SPORTING event with a real Hero.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrIxHhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrIxH6DToXQ&feature=g-sptl&cid=inp-hs-bul6DToXQ&feature=g-sptl&cid=inp-hs-bul

Skydive from 120,000 feet to let a Human break the sound barrier.

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GT
October 14th, 2012
8:31 am

Miles is as fun to watch as Spurrier, lots of personality.
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Kinda like Mark Richt?

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CHI TOWN – How did those rednecks in Chi Town respond when the guy interfered with an attempt to catch a fly ball? Yes, you can find rednecks in Winder and Athens. You can also find them in Chi Town, Milwaukee, New York, Detroit, LA, etc. So what’s your point, redneck from Chicago? Or do you not even know? I suspect the latter.

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2 picks for ryan

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Jeff- you combined a lot of scenarios in your article. The Braves frustration is one of the umps had many chances to correct the error but baseball umps consistently act like they are not responsible to anyone. The left field umpire clearly thought he was at third base. The other 72 umpires that MLB had on the field could have easily reversed and didn’t. They protect each other like sorierty girls protect their sisters. The debris was a bunch of plastic bottles. Shouldn’t be done but what is the penatly to the ump? Nothing as always. For the love of the baseball gods make the umps responsible…..

The UGA fans (hooligans) committed an egregious act- completely different.

Also, no Auburn fan, but the wrestle tackle on top of the defender needs to be changed. Too cutesy to be taken down (which would be points in a wrestling match) and have the offensive player get up and run. For the love of football gods- the player is down.

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I like A.D. better Jeff !!! The Day of the Lord says it all to me !!!

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Total lack of class by uga fans. Sad but not unexpected. Some of them have to dealwith the fact their life is owed for the rest ofhe year nice they will not go undefeated AGAIN this year and won’t be MNC’s yet again….
uga is not, nor will they ever be a national program for all their spending and recruiting and chest thumping each year. No one outside of the Southeast cares about uga football….

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Sounds like some of these keyboard wannabe warriors talking tough about kicking some other countries butt butt they never served nor intend to. Same class…same ilk.

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Richt and that good for nothing coaching staff are the ones that needs the ass whipping…! UGA makes 5 star prospects into one star players…….!

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UGA= OVERATED!!!!!!!!!

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Sad about the players catching all the flak.
Coachs are the ones at fault,lets roll their yards and fire ‘em.

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Sad to see all that talent wasted on such sorry coaching
If St Nick instead of St Richt had been our coach all these years with our talent level,I think 3 NC’s at least

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CHI Town – This behavior is not typical of UGA fans! I live in Winder and have gone on many occasions to Athens and really think that 99% of the fans would not condoned this behavior! Now looking at your post name you must be from Chicago, just a few years ago a fan of the Cubs had to have protection from other Cub fans for catching a ball that could have been caught by a Cub! So I guess typical redneck Cub fans exist!

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I saw the dawgs practicing today… They were being taught to roll over, sit up, and not cover wide recievers….. Murray was workin on his specialty..” pick six” and “fumbleruski “drill… and also throwing the ball over their heads and getting them batted down.. Bobo said he really has stepped up his game… Big John Jenkins was practicing on getting pushed back by the smallest guy on the team… Jones … Rambo practiced on getting burned by recievers.. Offensive line was sitting on butt eating cup cakes.. Bobo wearing his clown costume, Grantham was cussing out the water boy…CMR was found diving of the board….. so this is why I pay 150 to see them play…

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If it’s just a game, why do you pay Mark Richt 3 million a year?????

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