On Urban Meyer, partying Dogs and unfair criticism
Should Urban Meyer be suspended? (Associated Press)
Criticism can be unfair, as Mark Richt and Joe Cox are wont to remind us.
A couple of recent examples:
Fans, bloggers and columnists outside of Florida are calling for SEC Commissioner Mike Slive to follow his own recent mandate and suspend Gators coach Urban Meyer for violating the conference rule against coaches publicly criticizing officiating.
Meyer was answering a question from a reporter about footage he sent to the SEC of a late hit delivered by Georgia’s Nick Williams on Tim Tebow in Saturday’s game. The Gators coach said flatly that a penalty should have been called, particularly since the play occurred “right in front of the referee.”
Now that’s mild, especially compared with the comments made by Lane Kiffin, Bobby Petrino and Dan Mullen about poor officiating. But he did call out the referee, which was forbidden recently by Slive, who, in the face of a revolt by conference coaches over the sorry state of SEC officiating, chose to crack down on the critics instead of the officials. He declared that any public criticism of officials by coaches and their staffs would result in the head coach being suspended.
As much as I don’t like Meyer, I have to say that he doesn’t deserve to be suspended any more than those other coaches deserved reprimands. Coaches should be able to speak their minds and criticize blown calls by SEC officials, just like anyone else. And instead of worrying about quashing criticism, Slive should be concerned with the fact that SEC officiating has become a national joke.
But Slive did what he did, and now he’s hoist by his own petard. His pronouncement about suspensions basically took away any latitude he had in a situation like this. If he doesn’t suspend Meyer, it looks like favoritism toward the No. 1-ranked Gators.
Should Dogs stay out of sight after another loss to Gators? (AJC staff)
Closer to home, I was wondering what had prompted the Dogs’ Jeff Owens to tweet that The Red and Black, the student newspaper at UGA, should be called “The Orange and Blue.” It turns out the paper had run a column by online editor Marc McAfee that basically slammed members of the UGA football team for going out bar-hopping Saturday night after their loss to the Gators rather than staying at home in sackcloth and ashes repenting for their sorry play.
“I know they’re college students too. I know they deserve to have fun like I do,” McAfee wrote. “But I haven’t been endowed with the responsibility that comes with signing those papers that make me a part of this storied program in need of an update. Those players chose not to live the life of an average student, and they need to start acting like it.”
Which makes McAfee sound like the old fogey that some folks think I am. Well, in this case I think his criticism of the Dogs going out on the town after their game is pretty lame.
Yes, scholarship football players get an education in exchange for their play, and they do represent the university. But they don’t get paid, despite the school making millions off their efforts, and they spend most of their time being football players. During the season, they get very few opportunities to act like the college students that they also are, so as long as they don’t do anything illegal or otherwise besmirch the reputation of the program (off the field, that is), I have no problem with them hoisting a few after a loss.
I’m sure more than a few fans (students and alums alike) were also out partying Saturday night, and I’d bet most of them were just as upset about Georgia’s loss as the Red and Black columnist.
The difference is they didn’t lose perspective.
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Jarodawg
November 5th, 2009
7:12 am
First!!
Jcd
November 5th, 2009
7:28 am
Meyer should be suspended. Those are slive’s rules. One has to think that meyer did this to “test” slive.
Sorry Dogs
November 5th, 2009
7:28 am
Yeah, I’d have gotten knee crawlin’ drunk after that game if I was one of them.
Seriously though, with all the players who have gotten in trouble in recent years after a night downtown, maybe they should wait until the season ends to drown their sorrows, at least in public.
Previous Smoltz Fan
November 5th, 2009
7:32 am
There are laws in the United States that disallow censorship. Meyer was asked a question and he answered. He didn’t bring it up. Maybe they should censor your column. What would you say then?
Gator Bob
November 5th, 2009
7:33 am
Meyers was right to criticize the cheap shot put on TEBOW. Should have been a personal foul.
SEC officiating at a low point.
UGA got hosed on the celeb call against LSU – and also got hosed on some calls and noncalls against OK STATE.
FLORIDA got very lucky and benefitted on some calls and noncalls against ARKANSAS. Yes – ARKANSAS got hosed.
Agree that SEC and all conferences need to get out of the officating business – and let the NCAA handle it.
Spikes should be suspended for two games – what he did was pure crapola.
17 wins in 20 years???!!! -Wow!!!
Jeff
November 5th, 2009
7:45 am
Lets see what the SEC Commish does now?? You honestly think he will suspend his favorite coach???? The SEC officials have become the nations biggest joke and the idiot that is in charge is a Tech Alum….figures! As for the players- Jeff Owens and the rest of this so called “team”- you dudes need to man up and show that you at least have a clue before you go lashing out on the rest of us. You’re the most undisciplined bunch of guys that I have ever seen wear the G on the helmet.
Joe
November 5th, 2009
8:03 am
Coach Richt needs to sit down with his guys and tell them to quit making proclamations to the fans.
Guess what? That is why you are going to college for free. That is why you get all those hot ass girls. This is how it works.
Joe Cox says he does not want to go out to restaurants in town now. Guess what? That is part of it. If he had played well, he would be getting more ass than everyone in Hollywood.
It’s too bad Coach Richt is too stupid to explain to his guys that you cannot beat the media, and you cannot beat your fanbase. We were here 100 years ago and we will be here 100 years from now.
Just win baby!
Tom
November 5th, 2009
8:03 am
Methinks Bill just stumbled across an online thesaurus.
Sautee Dawg
November 5th, 2009
8:07 am
Jeff Owens should spend more time praticing his tackling skills, instead of tweeting and blogging.
UF 22 first downs in Saturdays game??????????????? Something to Twitter about huh?
big dog jacket
November 5th, 2009
8:07 am
In my many years pulling against the Hated dawgs, never have I witnessed an ass whipping put on them like the Vols game. It was pure brutal. it was obvious from the getgo that the red and black wanted to get back on the buses as soon as possible without risking any serious injury. With a new lawman in Knoxville, it looks like some lean years ahead for the chiwawas. maybe they can concentrate on roundball or gumnastics.
big dog jacket
November 5th, 2009
8:11 am
The Dawgs stand at 4-4 and paying a suntanned head coach 4$ out of every ticket sold at Sanford Stadium. Is this a deal or what?? With CMR raking it in with both hands and a few mil extra selling carpet, why should he give a big rats whether the Dawg Nation is a little upset??
uuughh...
November 5th, 2009
8:15 am
The team was probably so rested from taking the day off in Jacksonville that they had a lot of energy to burn off…and what better place to do that than in the bar?
I am guessing that the film rooms at Butts-Mehre were all locked. Not being able to get extra film study in, they did what anyone would do and went out drinking.
Enjoy the party boys–you have certainly earned it!!
Maybe some silver helmets will give the team enough “juice” to beat Tennesee Tech.
Road Scholar
November 5th, 2009
8:16 am
“During the season, they get very few opportunities to act like the college students …”
Like going to classes?
Diamond Dave
November 5th, 2009
8:23 am
“…as long as they don’t do anything illegal.” I wonder how many of said players were using a fake ID?
gatorsam
November 5th, 2009
8:23 am
Hey Dawg! Thanks for some good common sense writing. Maybe you could teach Tony some things! Thanks again!
Jeff Owens
November 5th, 2009
8:24 am
We didn’t miss any tackles on those beers….
Paul's Johnson
November 5th, 2009
8:28 am
Jeff:
“The SEC officials have become the nations biggest joke and the idiot that is in charge is a Tech Alum….figures!”
Slive is not a Tech grad, hegraduated from Dartmouth.
Michael Moore
November 5th, 2009
8:28 am
Not one dropped wing…
319 Dawg
November 5th, 2009
8:33 am
Maybe if the Dawgs cared as much about playing as they do partying, we would have a Top 10 team again. But then again, most of us aren’t in the arena so how would we know :rolleyes:
Mike Kerley
November 5th, 2009
8:43 am
In regard to the partying, you’re absolutely wrong. “Scholarship” athletes are, in fact, semi-pro football players not true students, and should thus at least pretend that they care after a humiliating loss. Hoist a few? Sure. But have the discretion to do it in private.
Blue Darter
November 5th, 2009
8:47 am
A little fact checking might be in order Bill. The following contains an attributable quote from Slive regarding coaches comments about officiating.
This is the SEC, where the commissioner last week said this: “For the foreseeable future there will be no reprimands. We will go right to suspensions and fines.”
He never said he was going straight to suspension…only that he wasn’t going to bother with reprimands. What Meyer said was fairly benign compared to Kiffin, Petrino and Mullen but there’s no spinning it into anything other than “public criticism of officials”. He’s got to at least fine Urban…otherwise he’s lost whatever credibility he’s got left.
Go Gators!
UGASlobberknocker
November 5th, 2009
8:48 am
When I saw the Spikes video I was outraged, called for suspension, etc. With their actions this week, Brandon Spikes and Washaun Ealey have shown more class than me, then anybody on this board who posted similarly to me, and for sure Coach Meyer. I am proud of Ealey and I have new huge respect for Spikes. I have learned something here..I hope others have too..that we sometimes get carried away in our zeal. Thanks guys for the lesson.
Gator Rob
November 5th, 2009
8:51 am
So Bill, what’s your beef with Meyer anyway? Because he kicks the crap out of UGA? Because he’s Florida’s coach and he wins? Because he’s a devout family man who loves his players and is active in the community? Yeah, I agree, what an @sshole.
Johnny Yuma
November 5th, 2009
8:52 am
They should suspend all the SEC coaches, at least until all the losers stop crying.
Go Gators..
Kennesaw Dawg
November 5th, 2009
8:52 am
Members of the team going out ‘bar-hopping’? Lucky that a lot of them didn’t get arrested. Many members of the football are under age 21 and with the crack-down on under-age drinking, I’m surprised we didn’t wake up the next morning to a list of names of Dawgs who had been booked in the local pokey. That would have just been more for Richt to deal with in addition to his scooter-riding Dawg without a valid driver’s license.
TaDawg
November 5th, 2009
8:58 am
If the football players at my college (and many of them are 21+) do not go out and have fun at bars, I would be embarassed having them represent me. That IS a big part of the college experience many of us live vicariously thorugh these guys. Holding them to different standards than the other students (outside of practice time and game time) is exactly what has created the entitlement attitude of many players.
Snoop
November 5th, 2009
9:02 am
It is tacky for coaches to criticize and blame the referees for losses. That being said, Silve is acting like the Glorious Leader of some banana republic.
jr tomasito
November 5th, 2009
9:04 am
These are all pale compared to the bux’ pryor and co bar hopping wed and thurs before the purdue game, limo ride out and back, and all the booze and girls they could stand………
JB
November 5th, 2009
9:17 am
1. Fire Martinez
2. Don’t care about Meyer
3. replace DE coach, which gets rid og Special teams coach, a twofer.
4. replace RB coach
5. Hire, along with new DC, someone who can coach DB’s, and sign some over 5′8″.
6. Can all uniforms except for traditional ones.
7. Off season conditioning needs to be looked at.
8. recruiting needs to be looked at.
9. Richt needs to hire a Nut cracker A**hole.
GreggJ
November 5th, 2009
9:19 am
I agree with you on all accounts-Slive OUT! And players drink a few-there college kids!
Bryan G.
November 5th, 2009
9:20 am
Bill:
I actually think the column in the R&B was pretty fair. The point was not that the players were out Saturday, it’s that they were out celebrating.
When I was in college I, too, couldn’t stand going out after a Dawgs loss…especially in a big game like Saturdays.
I think those of us who are boosters, alums, and fans just have to remember that we love UGA like a spouse…and the players love UGA like it’s a good job.
Exley DAWG
November 5th, 2009
9:24 am
No biggie. When I was at UGA from 93-96 I remember seeing Mike Bobo slobber-knocker drunk at Harry Bissetts several times. Wait a minute………that was the last time we had a 4-4 record also.
gadawg
November 5th, 2009
9:24 am
the red and black should rename the sports section black and blue ’cause were getting our @$$ kicked every game. I was in Jacksonville last year and we planned to go to the landing after the game but after that game we were so po’d we decided to eat and go to the hotel- i guess i take being embarassed on the field too seriously! maybe the players should have to walk through all the gator fans and take their abuse. Then maybe they will understand the passion it takes to strap on the red and black-oops!i mean whatever we wore on Saturday-that’s another blog
gadawg
November 5th, 2009
9:29 am
I agree with JB except we need BOOBOO to go and take Richts offense with him and hire someone that has a better scheme- we have never been good on offense since Richts been there.
F-105 Thunderchief
November 5th, 2009
9:33 am
Rarely is anything worthwhile written by a college newspaper columnist, simply because they are inexperienced. They don’t know anything … yet … and are immature. Same with Owens’ response, little ado about even less.
first times
November 5th, 2009
9:36 am
it is an open secret in athens that the problem with the players in athens is not bar hopping after a game… but during the week. they don’t fear him…at all.
F-105 Thunderchief
November 5th, 2009
9:36 am
You know, actually, you don’t have to hire a nutcracker a-hole as defensive coordinator. Erk Russell was fire to Vince Dooley’s ice, but everybody loved that guy and played their guts out for him.
Say What?
November 5th, 2009
9:37 am
Let me get this straight…coaches should be able to speak their minds even when calling into question the integrity of the SEC leadership? Despite what you clouded mind tells you Bill there is no moral equivalency between what Meyer said in responding to an interviewers question and what Lane the Brain volunteered during his post game press conference. “and Alabama and Florida roll on”. As a devout college football fan do you NOT see the difference? or are you just like everyother AJC writer with an obvious anti Meyer bias? Do tell.
JB
November 5th, 2009
9:38 am
Forgot to ask………………………..Richt say’s Ealey will not start because he missed a block……………………………………And why is Cox starting this week. If you are going to evaluate, do it.
I laughed when Richt said he gives us the best chance to win. If Spurrier coached this team, one of these freshman would be given a look to see if THEY could give us the best chance to win. Will our punt catcher be our starting QB next year by default, because Murray can’t learn our 15 plays we run in TWO YEARS !
gator dawgpounder
November 5th, 2009
9:43 am
Dont get excited everyone, here is the real problem and here is the video that Meyer sent to the Commish’s office:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_QC_HEwtpk
XXXVII
November 5th, 2009
9:46 am
if you want to stop the criticism, fix the officiating don’t punish the coaches.
Floyd
November 5th, 2009
9:59 am
Ditto that, XXXVII….Slive can’t have it both ways. He can’t endorse (or, at the very least, overlook) poor officiating AND get angry when coaches don’t like it. Either clean up the officiating problems in the SEC or accept the fact coaches are going to call them out when bad calls are made.
Ironically, does anyone really believe Slive would have suspended the officials after the FL/ARK game if Petrino had remainded silent? HIGHLY UNLIKELY. Richt remained silent after the bad call against LSU and you know what happened to the officials involved? Not a damn thing.
JCD
November 5th, 2009
10:05 am
UGA Sloberknocker. So Washaun says that Spikes shouldn’t be suspended? Yeah, he is a bigger man than me to probably forgive him, but an idiot as well. I don’t know what Spikes’ fingers were doing between his facemask inside his helmet, but that’s not where they belong. The technical term for that is “facemask” in football and is a 15 yard penalty.
Problem is this. I have a problem with Washaun being nonchalant about this, and acting like it is “just part of the game”. Whether it “goes on all the time” or not, when someone loses an eye b/c of these types of actions, what happens? If Washaun had lost an eye, or had permanent vision problems the rest of his life, I doubt “it goes on all the time” is going to get his eyesight back. “Part of the game” is running, catching, throwing, tackling & blocking. Eye gouging is not required to do any of these things. There is a reason why it’s illegal to chop block, lead with the helmet and have late hits out of bounds, b/c of the risk of permanent injury to a defenseless individual. This is a game of football played for fun, and if you get to a certain level, for a chance at going to college and possibly making money. Few people get this chance, and to have ANYONE feel like they have to do something like eye gouging at the bottom of a pile, that could ruin someone’s chances at a career in football, or for this matter, anything else in life, is completely unacceptable.
You are correct, people did get overworked about this, but it was for the wrong reasons. They hated Spikes, the fact that Fl won, etc. Something ought to be done about it now. It’s kind of like the intersection that doesn’t have a light and wrecks occur there all the time. It seems like they won’t put a light in until a person or two gets killed. Same thing here, we probably won’t see this outlawed until someone loses their eyesight.
Comin' Down The Track
November 5th, 2009
10:05 am
Constitutional lesson for Previous Smoltz Fan:
“Congress shall make no law… abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press;”
-excerpt from First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
Nowhere in this passage does it say “‘Bill King’ shall make no law… abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press;”
Only Congress is not allowed to tell someone to STFU. So… STFU.
(Incidentally, I feel the same way as you do about Smoltz).
AthensSG
November 5th, 2009
10:18 am
big dog jacket, yeah, and your guy got a big raise last year just after that ass-whipping LSU put on you Techies. There’s no recession in the coaching ranks. I will admit PJ is more worth the money this year than Richt and his “boys”.
another ptc dawg
November 5th, 2009
10:20 am
The Spikes -Ealey story would be better if the Dawgs had won and the Urban Crier went to the commish whining and crying about somebody hitting Timmy. Slive and CBS have a GOLDEN EGG in their possession and will not let anything stand in their way.
Maybe the players were drinking to forget. I know I tried, but ran out of beer, scotch, bourbon and mineral spirits.
Rodney King
November 5th, 2009
10:23 am
Can’t we all be friends !
reebok
November 5th, 2009
10:28 am
Tech fan here. I have no dog in this fight (sorry), but the fact that the SEC Commish decides to put the hammer down on the coaches for criticizing the crappy officiating…instead of fixing the crappy officiating…is really comical.
BTW, bad calls are part of the game. The Dogs commit a lot of dumb penalties…but that gets compounded by the fact that the officials KNOW the Dogs commit a lot of dumb penalties…and pretty soon, all the judgment calls are going against you.
Good luck in your next 3 games. I personally hope you sweep them. See you on the Flats in a few weeks!
George P
November 5th, 2009
10:33 am
I saw a lot of the UGA players out in downtown Athens not two hours after the Tech game last year. They didn’t seem too upset by the loss and neither did the girls they were grinding with on the dance floor. Me and bunch of Tech fans kept calling them out, they went somewhere else, the girls stayed with us though.
Dis Gusted
November 5th, 2009
10:33 am
If the players WANT to go out drinking after a loss like that during a season like this, that says a lot about what kind of people they are and what kind of program Georgia now has. I’m usually too depressed to go out drinking after a Ga. loss, and it’s not even my fault they lost. With very few exceptions, Ga’s players seem not to care very much or to try very hard. Perhaps it’s a lack of leadership (either by the coaches or among the players), or perhaps it’s the type of people Ga. recruits.
AthensSG
November 5th, 2009
10:36 am
Impressive move by by Spikes sitting out the game and Ealey defending him also. I wish some our Dog fans would lay off Myer, though. He is everything I respect in Richt, plus has a toughness about him I wish CMR had, defends his players (Tebow, Spikes) consequences be damned. He demands excellence from his assistants (what a concept) and is heading for his 3rd BCS title in 4 years. I’m envious as hell of UF. Twice now in my lifetime have they made perfect choice in football head coaches, Myer and Spurrier. Maybe the NFL will come calling again….
FireUga7.net
November 5th, 2009
10:39 am
It’s not OK to go out drinking when players have practice the next day. As the R&B columnist points out, by signing the letter of intent the players agreed to be held to a different standard than the average student. It’s perfectly reasonable to expect those players to live up to the standards they agreed to.
Brad
November 5th, 2009
10:41 am
Actually Bill…
As I understand the rule, Slive possesses the option to fine Meyer instead of suspending him. As a ‘journalist’ for a major newspaper, how do you and Barnhart not know that?
mgdawg
November 5th, 2009
10:42 am
I’ve seen the video of nick williams and he shouldn’t have made the hit. However, I am a firm believer that if a qb hands the ball off and fakes like he still has the ball, you have every right to hit the qb because he may still have the ball. When UGA plays tech I hope they hit nesbitt on every play that he fakes like he has the ball. The only thing about this video that makes it appear bad is that tebow has his head turned watching the rb and nick williams has a clear view of where the ball would be.
dan
November 5th, 2009
10:43 am
Joe,
I absolutely agree. Yeah the football players don’t get paid, but there are a LOT of other perks to being a football player in Athens. I don’t have a problem with these guys going out and having a good time provided things don’t get too out of hand. But when the Dawgs are having the kind of season they are having, and then go out partying after a blowout loss to a rival, it sends the message that they don’t care. And that’s a BAD message to be sending to folks when coaching jobs are on the line.
I think there needs to be a rule amongst the players that if they win, then go downtown and have fun all night. But if they lose, maybe go out to eat and have a few beers with each other(provided they’re of age),
but they stay away from downtown. I don’t think that’s an unfair expectation. Besides it will probably save some of these players from
encountering drunk heckling fans, and keep them out of fights and jail. So that’s my thought on that.
Oh and maybe if Jeff Owens and Michael Moore spent a little less time tweeting and more time making plays against those guys in ” Orange and Blue”, then they wouldn’t have to worry about what was being said about them in some crappy student paper.
Vanderbilt is next
November 5th, 2009
10:44 am
The Gators were partying too after the 41-17 victory.
AthensSG
November 5th, 2009
10:45 am
JCD, gosh, ease up, please. Of the hundreds of thousands of football games played every year at all levels, in all my years of playing, then following the game, I have never once known about, heard about, or read about 1 single player losing his eyesight. Never. Not once. If Washaun laughes of the incident, shouldn’t we?
Sanford Drive
November 5th, 2009
10:46 am
The Red & Black has always been staffed with idiots. Nothing new here.
Matt
November 5th, 2009
10:53 am
Slive can’t suspend Meyer over his comment because he would then have to suspend Mark Richt also because he agreed that a penalty could have been called on the play. Interpetation of the rule this strictly doesn’t make sense. The coaches can still question calls and ask the league to look into them. They just don’t want criticism of the officials.
SouthATLdawg
November 5th, 2009
10:59 am
re: gator dawgpounder … now THAT’s funny!!
bigdawg54
November 5th, 2009
11:03 am
I like what JB said, but who cares about the unies? Total black out against AU!
Harpoon
November 5th, 2009
11:04 am
Do ya reckon Vandy thinks they now have a chance to beat Florida now that Spikes has been benched?
Villa Rica DAWG
November 5th, 2009
11:05 am
I don’t think it should be a rule. However, it is and Meyer knowingly violated it. Suspend his butt!
If it were someone I liked, I’m sure I would feel differently.
Sam
November 5th, 2009
11:06 am
If Jeff Owens does not like criticism from the media, then he had better skip the NFL.
Bill King
November 5th, 2009
11:13 am
Matt:
Actually Richt just agreed that it could have been a flag. He did not call out an official.
Bad Dawg
November 5th, 2009
11:22 am
Down town should be off limits for players, win or lose. That should be a team rule.
Bill King
November 5th, 2009
11:25 am
Brad:
Here’s the release from the SEC. It says suspensions AND fines, not suspensions or fines. But, of course, it’s ultimately up to Slive.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Oct. 30, 2009) – In a unanimous vote of the Southeastern Conference’s Athletic Directors and with the full support of the Conference’s twelve Presidents and Chancellors, all violations of SEC Bylaw 10.5.4 will be enforced by suspensions and fines, effective immediately.
The length of the suspension and the amount of the fine will be at the discretion of the Commissioner.
SEC Bylaw 10.5.4 requires that coaches, assistant coaches, players, support personnel and others associated with the institution’s athletics program refrain from public criticism of officials.
Head coaches are advised that suspensions and fines for violations of Bylaw 10.5.4 made by assistant coaches or other support personnel will be enforced against the head coach.
“There are proper channels available for head coaches to use when communicating officiating concerns to the Conference office,” said SEC Commissioner Mike Slive.
As is customary practice, the conference office will continue to address reviews of officiating calls on specific plays with each institution’s head coach and no public comments will be made concerning these communications.
Will
November 5th, 2009
11:28 am
Hey Jeff! You have 19 tackles this year, 0 Sacks, 0 FF! Stop twittering and start playing.
mightyKC
November 5th, 2009
11:41 am
“As much as I don’t like Meyer..”
Bill, why not? because he is so good at what he does? I don’t love every SEC rival coach, but i wouldn’t go as far as saying i dislike them…i don’t love saban, but he is a good coach and i respect him.
Valdosta Dawg
November 5th, 2009
11:53 am
I agree with you Bill I can’t stand Meyer, and MightyKC that has nothing to do with his coaching ability, Meyer and his wife are whiney little turds that belong up north where they are from. Yep he is a great coach but I still hate him1 As far as Owens I agree he needs to work on football and save his love of the tweet for after his career at UGA is over.
DamnGoodDawg
November 5th, 2009
1:18 pm
Hey, Florida AD…wanna swap head coaches?
Bride of ChuckyKnapp
November 5th, 2009
4:02 pm
UGA is more of a basketball school, anyway.
Brad
November 5th, 2009
5:15 pm
TOO bad it wasn’t MEYER out there playing quarterback…..!!!!
HOT DIGGITY DAWG
November 5th, 2009
5:17 pm
IF the Dawgs party like that after a loss what do they do after a win….???GO TO CHURCH..?????
Slaw Dawg
November 5th, 2009
5:24 pm
No,they go get some slaw dogs and wash them down with moonshine!
Lou Vales
November 5th, 2009
9:13 pm
PLEASE suspend Meyer! I Was wondering how Urban would get Florida motivated for Vandy?
Imagine Florida coming out of the South tunnel with its coach suspended and its captain missing the game–Oh Yeah, That will help Vandy.
Lou Vales
November 5th, 2009
9:16 pm
Valdosta Dawg, IF I were you, I would DETEST Urban Meyer. That would be the ONLY rational emotion to demonstrate toward somebody systematically destroyingwhat you love. Hate Away!! it’s Healthy and ALL you have.
Mark Richt is a good man.
Mark Richt is a good man.
Mark Richt is a good man.
Lou Vales
November 5th, 2009
9:18 pm
I forgot.
Mark Richt is a good man.
ECDawg
November 7th, 2009
1:17 pm
…..so Jeff Owens has determined that due to one writer’s opinion, he now takes it upon himself to rename the student newspaper The Orange and Blue………..apparently Owens has a lot of free time on his hands. I would suggest more film study, mental preparation and concentration on his on field performance………he has been one of the year’s bigger disappointments. Damn good Dawgs let their effort and play do their talking for them……..not tweets illustrating stupid comments.
Samual Jr.
November 8th, 2009
10:53 am
Party Dawgs. Jailbird Dawgs. Illiterate Dawgs. No-character Dawgs.
These are the kind of moron losers that Richt recruits.