Big blow to Dogs offense: Mettenberger kicked off team!
Zach Mettenberger has been kicked off the team. (Bob Andres / AJC)
UGA just made the announcement this afternoon. Not many details, but here it is:
“University of Georgia redshirt freshman quarterback Zach Mettenberger has been dismissed from the Bulldog football team according to a Sunday announcement by UGA head coach Mark Richt.
According to Richt, the dismissal is a result of violation of team rules.
A graduate of Oconee County High School in Watkinsville, Ga., Mettenberger had been issued a minimum one-game suspension by Richt following an alcohol-related arrest in March.”
Obviously, new details must have surfaced from the incident earlier this spring in which Mettenberger was arrested for underage drinking and having false IDs. Those don’t seem like charges that would get you kicked off the team, and it’s hard to believe Richt would have let him go through spring practice if he was going to dismiss him just for that.
And, of course, Mettenberger finished the spring with the best showing by a Georgia QB at G-Day.
Anyway, this leaves Georgia with just two quarterbacks until Hutson Mason gets on campus in August. Dogs fans better hope Aaron Murray really is the real deal!
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Mr Me
April 18th, 2010
5:08 pm
wow this is quite a blow, but Richt has to stand his ground on discipline
jeb adams
April 18th, 2010
5:08 pm
oh he is gonna be the real deal no doubt
joe cox
April 18th, 2010
5:11 pm
At least we know who the starter is going to be now.
g
April 18th, 2010
5:12 pm
These young men are not being prepared in high school for college. What a shame! Such a great opportunity wasted.
82Dawg
April 18th, 2010
5:12 pm
Sounds like CMR has had enough of players not going by the rules. Maybe this will wake the rest of them up. Way to go coach!!
Matt
April 18th, 2010
5:13 pm
Maybe now the coaches will give Hutson Mason a chance
PJ
April 18th, 2010
5:13 pm
I was one of the Murray bandwagoners ….. but damn this hurts, this mean Logan would be 2nd in the depth chart and no chance for him to move and help with depth at WR. Horrible news. Mason get here soon!
BobDog
April 18th, 2010
5:13 pm
Did he do something else, or is this from the original incident? It will be interesting to find out.
I am very disappointed. Mett was impressive in the spring game.
DAWG
April 18th, 2010
5:14 pm
It has to be a new incident, not from the one this past spring. I am sure that one of the stipulations of punishment had to be staying away from alcohol related problems and he must have failed to do so this past weekend.
SCREWBALL WILLIE
April 18th, 2010
5:14 pm
This is no doubt the work of that Pinko Commie Dr. Michael Adams and that Yellow Bug Head of SEC Officiating. The season aint even here yet and they’re already screwing the DAWGS out of wins. HUNKER DOWN DAWGS!!!
Goldtimer
April 18th, 2010
5:14 pm
And another one bites the dust. Stories like this just make it too easy to LOL at the sad state of affairs in Athens.
sam
April 18th, 2010
5:14 pm
Holy you know what!
CONFEDERATE DAWG
April 18th, 2010
5:15 pm
DAG GUM IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I Bleed White and Old Gold
April 18th, 2010
5:15 pm
Hooray for Richt! A man who means what he says!
Even a die hard Jacket can applaud a coach who instills real discipline for his team.
82Dawg
April 18th, 2010
5:16 pm
Goldtimer …go back to your board. Nobody here cares what you say. Just remember 8 of 9 and so on. Tech is the joke!
cedski
April 18th, 2010
5:16 pm
What a Thug
Buzzzed
April 18th, 2010
5:18 pm
Good for CMR for attempting to clean up the team. It takes some balls to dismiss your #1 QB and that should send a message (loud and clear) to the rest of the team.
PeachJam
April 18th, 2010
5:18 pm
Way to go Richt, this needs to happen when kids violate rules. Better now than in mid season. Murray was the answer anyway. Mett seemed to have an arrogance about him that didn’t serve him well in the end.
Diamond Dog's Parole Officer
April 18th, 2010
5:18 pm
CMR was told by a higher authority (AD or President) to kick him ot the curb. His history has shown that he’ll give multiple chances before dismissing them from the team. Even players who’ve committed assault/battery…
Gator Fan
April 18th, 2010
5:20 pm
Good job by Richt. I thought Mett would have won the job, as he is a better passer than Murray or Grey. But looks like Murray will have to use that mobility in the pocket and sharpen up that passing for the fall. dogs are probably going to be more of an alabama like team anyway, focus on the run and pass when they have to. Dogs should be more worried a/b their defense, with two good tailbacks, and a experienced O-line, their O should be fine.
Paul's Johnson
April 18th, 2010
5:20 pm
Unusually harsh discipline handed out by the ever-tanned one. But with the o-line and rb’s he’s got returning, cutting a QB loose isn’t going to hurt too much. As long as Murray stays healthy, though.
Paddy
April 18th, 2010
5:22 pm
It sounds like this was the last straw for CMR and this young man. If you can’t follow team rules as a SEC QB, he needs to play in the Sun Belt Conf. or the MEAC or someother league that is not as high profile. Hope he can turn this around!
Mr Me
April 18th, 2010
5:22 pm
And the haters come crawling out in 5,4,3,2 ……
Chris
April 18th, 2010
5:25 pm
Something else HAD to happen other than the incident in March. NO! I just typed over four cuss words,,,dang, gawldang, NO. Even though he was playing against the second team defense, some of those throws were Stafford like.
Man,,,you knew Murray would be your starter and he has a cannon of his own, possibly a better understanding of executing the offense and obviously more mobility, but god forbid Murray gets hurt, we’re in for another eight win year.
He must have really screwed up bad this time.
tw3a
April 18th, 2010
5:25 pm
This is what make Richt a great coach, he doesn’t let a bad apple rot in the basket he removes it so the rest can be what they suppose to be. No matter how talented you are.
CONFEDERATE DAWG
April 18th, 2010
5:26 pm
OH AND TO EVERYONE WHO TRIED CMR ABOUT KEEPIN LOGAN AT QB AND WASTING TIME, LOOKS LIKE HE WAS GONNA BE THERE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
LETS RIDE DAWGS, CHRISTIAN LEMAY DOOR JUST SWUNG A LILL MORE OPEN FOR YA
74Dawg
April 18th, 2010
5:26 pm
This is disappointing for fans, but it is just sad that the young man has placed himself in that position. Sad for him and his family. The truth is,we don’t really need to know what happened. All we need to know is that Coach Richt did what he felt was appropriate. Looks like an opening for another QB recruit this year.
uga1989
April 18th, 2010
5:27 pm
How much you wanna bet the Old Ball Coach is on the phone this afternoon?
Justafan
April 18th, 2010
5:28 pm
He who is without sin cast the first stone. You really got to respect Coach Richt for his decision. You got to right the ship before it sinks and to many have had trouble with the law. I really hope Zach gets a second chance with another school. Good kid just made a mistake.
zinoDawg
April 18th, 2010
5:28 pm
Something must have happened this weekend – he did something we don’t know about.Two strikes and you’re out.
Good message for the team – bad news for the kid. I hope Murray is the real deal – and I hope he doesn’t get hurt!
outsidelookingin
April 18th, 2010
5:28 pm
Gotta give CMR credit. He’s not gonna put up with any childish, immature high school antics. Even though it may mean putting the team in a bind. Ya gotta respect a coach like that.
General Mills
April 18th, 2010
5:32 pm
O well ,Kids have rules they have to live by if they want to be a Dawg..Coach Richt proves that he doesn’t play favorites..Four or five years of discipline to reap the rewards of playing at UGA and some can’t or won’t adhere to policies.Send them packing .It will benefit the program in the long run.I’m sure it is the right call.Good riddance.
Tom
April 18th, 2010
5:32 pm
Gee, will his mom get to keep her job?
kme
April 18th, 2010
5:33 pm
Seems like the dude was constantly having problems. I hear Hutson Madson is a good QB….Aaron Murray seems to have shown his stuff….and we must remember…there were 3 QBs vying for the top spot. This is like a season-ending injury…someone has to step up! Go DAWGS!
GT3O
April 18th, 2010
5:34 pm
That sucks. He looked the best in the G-Day game to me. He could really throw it down the field. As a GT fan I was much, much more afraid of him than Murray or Gray.
Hope you guys can turn it around and I am sure Richt will find a way to coach them up.
I am not here to heckle you fans, if GT is going to beat UGA I want it to be both teams at full strength with the best of the best on the field head to head. Kinda thought Mett was the best of the QB’s.
Glad to see Richt take a tough stand, that should send a message.
With that said, good luck to UGA in the SEC and Go Jackets!
Vote For Pedro
April 18th, 2010
5:35 pm
Is this a portent of some ON field discipline finally this fall? Hope so!
James
April 18th, 2010
5:37 pm
I’m a tech fan and not here to gloat.
Good for Richt. He needs a handle on discipline for this team, and this really shows he’s serious. OF course, maybe something really bad came out about ‘Mett and he didn’t have a choice, but still. Reflects well on the team that crap will not be tolerated. Good luck with that other kid (until Nov.)!
Frank Lane
April 18th, 2010
5:37 pm
Obviously something really serious surfaced. If so, best to act before the news is public. But what a blow. I thought for sure he was the starter.
Taylor
April 18th, 2010
5:38 pm
I am sure the UGA haters will love this, very sad for the guy though. What a waste of talent, hopefully he wakes up
rogeriter
April 18th, 2010
5:38 pm
I admire Coach for doing what he did. I was pulling for Mett to win the job but if he won’t play by the rules established by the coach. He needs to go. We need more coaches with this class! Football is more than just playing games. It is a preview of life to some degree. And we need more people with honor. They have to know there is a price for wrongdoing!!
shawn
April 18th, 2010
5:40 pm
Wow, wonder what he did. No run of the meal type incident here. he must have done something really stupid.
Big Dawg
April 18th, 2010
5:40 pm
I give CMR all the credit in the world for the letting the kid go after violating team rules. I do wish we hadn’t wasted all those hundreds of snaps in the spring with the number 1’s that Murray didnt’ get because of the “qb race.” Hindsite, I guess…
Barkin'Dog
April 18th, 2010
5:42 pm
Just because he is off the team, for now, doesn’t mean he can’t be reinstated at a later date. See Oregon and their RB (or was it a WR?). Anyway, Mett may get it together, pay his punishment and return next year… or not.
As for him being the best QB in the G-Day game, several players (incl. the other 2 QBs) said it was Mett’s best scrimmage of his college career (all last year and this Spring). So, considering that and the immaturity he showed earlier in his 5-MD arrest, he was too young to lead the Dawgs this year anyway, IMHO.
Either way, good luck to the young man. I hopes he gets it figured out and has a stellar career somewhere. Go Dawgs!
Realist
April 18th, 2010
5:45 pm
uga1989,
Funny. Very funny,
one fan
April 18th, 2010
5:46 pm
It’s the curse of the “Damn Good Dawg” song in full bloom. Until the curse is lifted, these things will always happen. I’m sure Florida and Tech are loving it.
gadog
April 18th, 2010
5:51 pm
there goes the best qb any chance he gets reinstated
heeldawg
April 18th, 2010
5:52 pm
Apparently there were more details about the spring break incident that just recently surfaced. I don’t have any substantiated information so I’ll just leave it at that. But for all you guys who have thought that CMR was going to put up with poor discipline and other crap from his players at Georgia, this serves as a refutation to that premise. He just dismissed a possible first round draft pick from the team. This will serve notice to everyone else on the squad that no one is immune. I mean, Mett’s mom works in the U.Ga. athletic office (and has for over a decade)!
And Goldtimer, things are so “sad” in Athens that we’ve beaten your insects 8 out of the last 9 times (and will easily make it 9 out of 10 this season). Coming from a fan of a program that is a living, breathing example of mediocrity, and a the second-rated program in a state with only two BCS football teams, that’s an awfully rash statement. Tech had no defense last season and lost their best defender. Tech’s best receiver and best running back are both gone, and the Georgia offense that ran roughshod over the Tech defense returns 10 of 11 starters. The Georgia defense will be rejuvenated under Grantham his season. And you’re trash-talking?
Talk about delusional….
Toasted
April 18th, 2010
5:56 pm
I’m not getting warm fuzzies about this at all. I do take some solace in the fact that Montez Robinson was given every opportunity, and just couldn’t get his act together. Can you say the same for this kid? In the end I hope so, but it was clear to me from the comment CMR made about “Murray not having his best game” after the Spring game that Zach is definately not his choice for the starting QB. I don’t care if Murray didn’t have his best game. I saw the Spring game, and under all the pressure and hype, I saw Zach rise up and look great, while the other two choked under the spotlight. Here’s my point, if CMR had announced that Zach won the Spring competition, and named him starter, or even co starter, would that have been enough motivation for him to keep his nose clean? Maybe he was thinking he didn’t have a chance no matter what he did on the field. Maybe CMR was looking for a reason not to name him the starter, and found it. I just feel bad for this kid. Is drinking in college the unpardonable sin? This guy is gonna transfer to an SEC team somewhere, and light us the **** up when he gets the chance. I might even be cheering him on when he does. Good Luck Zach.
CHDawg
April 18th, 2010
5:56 pm
The problem is that he is the second young man (both very promising talents) to get kicked off the team. Maybe it is a sign of the times, but sad for them and their families. No telling what both of them might have developed into on the field….sad day for the Dawg family.
CHDawg
April 18th, 2010
5:58 pm
Toasted,
No way Richt did this because he was trying to give Murray a break! Surely you aren’t serious. I am sure there is more to follow…I would hear the whole story before anymore of that kind of talk.
CHDawg
April 18th, 2010
6:01 pm
Let me add, I think Murray could be UGA’s next Heisman winner, but you never no when someone will get injured.
Supes
April 18th, 2010
6:03 pm
Well, stop offering to kids who aren’t serious enough about being football players at UGA. I don’t hear Murray’s name mentioned, why b/c the guy takes being a QB at UGA freaking seriously and doesn’t put himself in the type of situations to get in trouble like Mett did.
I’m sad to see that a talented kid has thrown away an opportunity like this, to be the starter at UGA by acting like an average frat boy. What a waste.
Barkin'Dog
April 18th, 2010
6:03 pm
Toasted… you said:
This guy is gonna transfer to an SEC team somewhere, and light us the **** up when he gets the chance. I might even be cheering him on when he does.
Are you freakin’ kidding me??!! Anyone who says something like that is no Dawg fan! Get another team or change your tune, boy! Mett showed what he had and was… and CMR thought it was too much to tolerate. He did what needed to be done. NO MORE CRAP FROM PRIMA DONNAS!
Go pull your pud, but don’t bother pulling for the Dawgs, you turn-coat slug. Mett made his choices, and our head coach made his. This is what major college football is all about – especially in the SEC!
Sanford Drive
April 18th, 2010
6:10 pm
Too bad. I was pulling for him over Murray. What an idiot.
CJ Dawg
April 18th, 2010
6:12 pm
Praise Richt for this all you want, but at the same time he has let other kids stay for doing worse things. If ZM did nothing else wrong, I fault only Mark RIcht for this. No way he should have kept the kid strung out like that. AND, IMO….Mett WAS the best QB at UGA. I hope he goes somewhere and lights it up as well. I WILLLL be pulling for him, just hope he goes to Clemson.
wag
April 18th, 2010
6:12 pm
Wow! Just got the news. He must have really messed up. I think his mom works in Richts office, so. I really think Richt is sick and tired of this crap and he is cleaning house. He got rid of his awful D staff and now this. For all you people who think Richt is soft, look out, cause I think a fire has been lit.
Toasted
April 18th, 2010
6:14 pm
Athletic Office now saying there is no new incident with Mettenberger that influenced this decision. This is rotten to the core.
jasont13
April 18th, 2010
6:15 pm
Something major had to happen for Mett to be kicked off the team. I doubt it was what happend in Valdosta. Also his mother works in the UGA football office.
Standing on the sidelines
April 18th, 2010
6:16 pm
Somewhat odd that a first time offense where underage drinking and a fake ID would result in dismissal, particularly if nothing else had transpired since. A second offense for the same things would warrent it perhaps. I will be interested to read the details if they become public.
Chuck
April 18th, 2010
6:17 pm
Zach Perrilloux… What a waste, son.
Alabama Jack
April 18th, 2010
6:17 pm
Its a shame that a young man has lost a great opportunity. After all, he could have been another “Big Ben.”
CJ Dawg
April 18th, 2010
6:18 pm
Just heard from a source in Athens. Mett may have been involved in a sex offense. This could be realllly bad….
CJ Dawg
April 18th, 2010
6:20 pm
He MAY have sedually assaulted a female student at UGA…..that is what it looks to be. Oh Damn…..
CJ Dawg
April 18th, 2010
6:20 pm
sexually*…..
CJ Dawg
April 18th, 2010
6:20 pm
Enter your comments here
saint simons
April 18th, 2010
6:23 pm
CJ really has the inside story here hahaha
CJ Dawg
April 18th, 2010
6:24 pm
shut up saint simons. This really isn’t something to laugh about, even a low class jerk like urself.
CONFEDERATE DAWG
April 18th, 2010
6:25 pm
DUDE YOUR THINKIN OF BIG BEN…… RIGHT?…..
BigDawg
April 18th, 2010
6:25 pm
Strange but true! It is hard to believe that he did nothing else wrong and new information is coming to light about an arrest several weeks ago. Very sad day for UGA, he did show the best performance by far in the G-Day game, rocket throws, accurate long-balls, remember, one other was on target and dropped, would have been 7-10 for about 170 yards. Other QB’s reminded me of Joe Cox, here comes a rush, throw it, and often times big misses of the receiver. Hoping Murray really steps it up, sure would take another David Greene!
icedawg
April 18th, 2010
6:26 pm
Let’s hope that Zach responds to this discipline in a constructive way. In the pursuit of the idol of unlimited freedom our society has become authority haters and discipline haters. The freedom to do as the individual pleases has eclipsed restraint, moral integrity and character. The ill effect is evident on Wall Street, in the halls of government and in homes. We’re heading in the wrong direction.
great dain
April 18th, 2010
6:27 pm
What happened to the second chances all the other cons on the football team get? Montez was given three chances after beating on his girlfriend. There has to be more to this than whats being reported.
wag
April 18th, 2010
6:27 pm
Big Ben is probably not the best example these days. That is a good comparison Alabama Jack.
DawgFan24
April 18th, 2010
6:28 pm
Dammit, I like what I saw from Mett, sad day indeed. Very shocked at the news…Murray doesnt really have any REAL competition now. Hope he doesnt slack off b/c of it.
CJ Dawg
April 18th, 2010
6:33 pm
No, this is not Big Ben. It is Mett. It’ll be out by the end of the eveniing I think. At least the talk will be. CMR will have a tough situation at hand….IF this is what it is and something like this would be the one thing he would get kicked off for immediately. Remember, this came from somebody that is involved with the team. NOT me.
Shame
April 18th, 2010
6:33 pm
Kay Sarah Kay Sarah.
option smoption
April 18th, 2010
6:34 pm
Now everybody’s reporting there was no new incident and new information is just now surfacing from the 5 count night. Are you kidding me. Don’t we have people who can get all the information we need to keep or not keep a player sooner than now. At least before we waste half the spring on a kid? Just damn.
brokebackvol
April 18th, 2010
6:38 pm
Hey, can we have him? We need a QB! GO VOLS!
(just kidding fellow Vols!)
Delusional Dawg
April 18th, 2010
6:38 pm
Wonder if Berger Boy was out partying again. I’m sure there were strict rules laid down for him and he must have stepped over the line (again) leaving Richt no choice…Now, not only are the Dawgs inexperienced, but thin at the position. Starting to look like Tennessee’s situation.
Rod
April 18th, 2010
6:39 pm
Met’s conduct got him kidked off the team. He showed up the other QB’s by celebrating and running around like a moron in Gday game but he couldn’t learn the offense and was way behind the other QBs. Last thing Richt wanted to hear was people like King questioning the depth chart. Problem solved thank goodness.
Mike S
April 18th, 2010
6:40 pm
Sad days for the Dawgs, Mett looked like a star in the making.
That said – HUGE KUDO’s to CMR for making a stand even if it hurts the team.
Let’s hope Murray is ready, and that Mason comes in ready to play (Get to studying that playbook son!!).
McDawg
April 18th, 2010
6:41 pm
look if i guy like me can make it through life w/o having been arrested-then these players are simply dumb (excluding moped incidents)–obviously this guy does not have his head screwed on right-if he gets his act together will make some team out there very happy–word from the players in spring was this was the guy with the “it factor”
Hutson Mason
April 18th, 2010
6:44 pm
The Hutson Mason era begins this fall BABY!!!!!
Toasted
April 18th, 2010
6:45 pm
Those cazy college kids…if the would just quit drinking and screwing…Off with their heads! Freaking hypocrites…how many of us are drinking a beer right now I wonder. I’m smelling some Michael Adams breath on this one.
ol ball coach
April 18th, 2010
6:46 pm
How y’all gonna have Logan catch punts now? Waiting until he starts?
Ga Tech Old Timer
April 18th, 2010
6:46 pm
I’m proud of Coach Richt for doing what is right for the school and program. He leads by example and is not afraid to make tough decisions concerning players who put themselves above the ideals of the program and school. And, I feel sorry for the kid who apparently has issues with being able to handle responsibility. Here’s hoping he gets it together soon and has a chance to showcase his talent before it’s too late. He’s missed an outstanding opportunity at UGA.
ol ball coach
April 18th, 2010
6:47 pm
By the way, Mrs Richt has a stronger arm than Mason.
Gator Fan
April 18th, 2010
6:48 pm
UGA must have another QB on the radar to recruit this year and had to make some room.
Big L
April 18th, 2010
6:50 pm
Damn,damn,damn,damn,damn,damn,damn,damn,damn,damn,damn,damn,damn,damn,damn,damn,damn,damn,damn,damn. There, I feel a little better. Well , Murray, get ready bubba, the position is yours. I was sure that Mett was gonna be the guy. Now they can’tmove Gray to reciever because he will be the only backup. Richt better start talking to Christian Lemay hard. Just Damn.
Eassyy
April 18th, 2010
6:52 pm
Got to be more to this story.
DawgJones
April 18th, 2010
6:52 pm
This kid was never a winner in HS and maybe because he only had the tools and not the intangibles to be a winner….no big loss in my book…I questioned why he was here in the first place. So he looked good against a second team defense that has been lit up on a regular basis. Richt and Bobo have some work to do or they better do what they have not been able to do since they have been here…commit to the RUN!!!! Grantham…more pressure on you too!
Notso Fast
April 18th, 2010
6:53 pm
This is sad regardless of the team you pull for. I hope it wakes him up and and he can go to another team and take advantage of the gift he has been given. You also have to think that there is something we don’t know.
Richt's Butt Cut
April 18th, 2010
6:55 pm
Got to be more to this one…..
Small Johnson
April 18th, 2010
6:56 pm
Do you think Mett was driving the cab?
crazy dawg
April 18th, 2010
6:58 pm
This is a big loss however the player must know who is in charge. This can work i8n our favor in the long run if Zack uses bad judgment off the field it would only be a matter of time before it would cost us a game or two during the season. Also lack of self control could and would spread throught the team remember the Quincy Carter and Jasper Sanks years. Aaron Murray will be a great Qb for the dawgs this season and is a true leader on and off the field.I hope the recruiting of Christian Lemay picks up and make him a top target. Good move by CMR to put the fire out right away and let the team know that this type of off field behavior will not be accepted by the staff and team any longer
Big L
April 18th, 2010
6:58 pm
Hey cedski, he ain’t a thug, he’s a spoiled rich kid jackass.
Ben Roethlisberger
April 18th, 2010
6:58 pm
Look brother Berger, I told you there was no need to stand outside the bathroom that night. I had everything under control. Now look what you’ve got yourself in
Hoping For Better Days
April 18th, 2010
7:00 pm
This is sad…CMR took a stand and we all applaud him. Now…I told them to take a hard look at the Cam Newton project that Auburn now has. At least he had put his trouble behind him.
Hmmmmm...
April 18th, 2010
7:03 pm
Something’s rotten in Denmark…
Small Johnson
April 18th, 2010
7:04 pm
Maybe Richt should start requesting how many times these recruits have been disciplined in school along with test scores and grades.
Just A little tired of this Miami and FSU mentality that has come to UGA
Barkin'Dog
April 18th, 2010
7:05 pm
icedawg — well said, my man.
11-3 GT
April 18th, 2010
7:05 pm
QB JOSHUA NESBITT
…………………………….for HEISMAN
1eyedJack
April 18th, 2010
7:07 pm
Good judgement comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgement.
A year at Georgia Military would do him wonders.
Small Johnson
April 18th, 2010
7:07 pm
Ok
As we post everyone take a guess as to what the infraction might be
The winner gets to have their picture taken with METT and a signed ball at the first game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DancinDawg
April 18th, 2010
7:10 pm
Murray Sucks IMO. Richt just didn’t like Mett cause he likes cold beer….give me a break! UGA football is set back another 2 years.
Cosmos
April 18th, 2010
7:10 pm
All I can say is WOW. There has to be more information to this story that will come out later. Stay tuned.
Big L
April 18th, 2010
7:12 pm
Christian Lemay baby. Go get him.
Small Johnson
April 18th, 2010
7:15 pm
Dancin Dawg thinks its another cold brew
I still think he was driving the cab
Other opinions?
cindy Hendrix
April 18th, 2010
7:20 pm
I hate it about Mettenberger he looked like the best QB on Gday. But there has to be more here than we know about something major must have happened for Richt to dismiss him from the team we will have to wait & see
Mon what led up to it. Murray you are really going to have to work harder now since HM arrives in August he could give you a run for the QB job I ‘ve read he’s like Eric Zier if this is true we need to work with him & get him on the field we could rotate him & Murray. I hope Mettenberger learns from his mistakes sorry for his family & especially his mom since she works for the athletic dept. But he has to abide by the rules like the rest of the players we are trying to turn things around this yr 3 new coaches & new players &tring to learn a new defense everyone is going to have to be more discplined. Hang in dawg fans we’ve worked too hard so far to let this stop us have faith in our coaching staff & lets see how HM does when he gets here & as always GATA
GO DAWGS SIC EM WOOF WOOF!!!!!!!!! Cindy
Coldbeer & Fast Women
April 18th, 2010
7:25 pm
Nice take on the situation DancinDawg. Sounds like Mettenberg is the kind of guy that’s perfect for UGA’s football.
hedgepruner
April 18th, 2010
7:26 pm
LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER ASS WHOOPING IN ATHENS by PAUL JOHNSONS TEAM……..we GT fans are loving this !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thug BALL ,,,,top 10 here we come !!!!!!!!!
Delusional Dawg
April 18th, 2010
7:27 pm
It’s gonna be another 7-5 season (hopefully, if Murray doesn’t go down). Wonder when the natives will start getting restless…
4 ncs are better than 1
April 18th, 2010
7:30 pm
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!! LOSERS!!!!!!!!
4 ncs are better than 1
April 18th, 2010
7:31 pm
THUGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SnoopDawg
April 18th, 2010
7:32 pm
I heard his Mettenberger’s mom asked for a raise and CMR got ticked, so he kicked the kids ass off the team.
4 ncs are better than 1
April 18th, 2010
7:32 pm
THIS MADE MY DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Small Johnson
April 18th, 2010
7:33 pm
Seems like everyone thinks it was the cold beer
Any other thoughts on what Mett did
SEC FANATIC
April 18th, 2010
7:34 pm
Makes you wonder if this is the reason Richt wouldn’t name a starter. Must have been something in the wind that was confirmed. Remember, it took Richt a week or so to even make the decision to suspend Berger for the “standard” one game, so maybe something else from that original incident reared it’s ugly head and could not be swept away or “smoothed over”.
4 ncs are better than 1
April 18th, 2010
7:35 pm
Face it, you weren’t going to be that good anyway!!!!!!!!!!! The downward spiral continues!!!!!!!!!!! Don’t forget 25-6!!!!!!!!!
4 ncs are better than 1
April 18th, 2010
7:37 pm
Keep recruiting those thugs, richt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4 ncs are better than 1
April 18th, 2010
7:42 pm
Can you say WEED WHACKER BOWL?
kauai dawg
April 18th, 2010
7:45 pm
Tough day for Metz. Hope he lands on his feet and learns a great lesson. I also hope that AM is ready. Now he has to be unless Huttie coming in is ready. WOW how our position changed in a few hours….. still
Go DAWGS!
30-24 sounds so good!
Small Johnson
April 18th, 2010
7:46 pm
4 ncs are better than 1
Hey we will qualify late in the year for the weed whacker bowl after we beat TECH
BLAH HA HA HA HA AHA HA HAHA AH
Now whats your thoughts on the brand of beer Mett chose to get in trouble with
Mike S
April 18th, 2010
7:47 pm
Can you say 30-24, 8 of 9. I knew you could!
Gabulldog72
April 18th, 2010
7:47 pm
I think it is sad for a kid to throw his future at UGA away. If I were Richt and Bobo I would be in Rochelle in the morning trying to get Nick Marshall to verbally committ. He is going to make some team a strong contender in the near future.
atl xmen
April 18th, 2010
7:54 pm
murry is the better of the two anyways and kudos to him for staying out of trouble. i feel bad for Mett but he had his chance. he wasnt going to play anyways as long as murry was healthy. and logan is a nice back up to have as well. so no worries from me. focus on who we have now and hope Metts learns from his mistake.
atl xmen
April 18th, 2010
8:00 pm
and trust me and mark richt for that matter Bill, this is not a big blow for the GA Bulldogs offense. everyone who knows anything about football caopuld tell that Murry is the better QB
Me
April 18th, 2010
8:00 pm
Where’s “patrick’ with all of his spring stats?? Looks like he’s gonna have to start looking spouting off high school stats with Hudson Mason coming in. Of course he’ll probably say what I expect to hear from alot of Dawg fans over the next day or so…that Murray was “the man” anyway.
Small Johnson
April 18th, 2010
8:03 pm
No I won’t
still think Mett was the man
Oh well either driving the cab was the problem or he had too much to drink
atl xmen
April 18th, 2010
8:03 pm
tech is so bad this year that we could be them with there QB …techs defense will suck again…i love beating tech and watching the tech faithful cry and break there glasses after stomping them..
CHARLOTTE DAWG
April 18th, 2010
8:05 pm
So we are all wondering what happened, right? Something recent right? Something even last night maybe, right?
Here’s what I think happened. RIcht finally exhaulted Murray as the #1 for now and Mett flipped as he thinks he was entitled due to his play and being a local kid(subliminally).
And then Richt said take a hike. Anyone with me on this? Hey, if we are not given information, people will speculate.
Not ruling this out until I get more facts. Anyone agree?
Dawg 39
April 18th, 2010
8:06 pm
CMR continues to have the most specific set of rules of any SEC school. That is something all Dawgs should be proud of. And yes, Mett may well end up playing for one of our rivals. They are all more lenient than CMR. He does have complete control of the team as the players continue to learn.
Also, I always believed Mett would end up transferring anyway, rather than being the back up QB for the next 4 years. He is still a future NFL QB.
Ed
April 18th, 2010
8:10 pm
Richt has put up with a lot of foolishness from players over the years. I have to think that there’s a real good reason for this move, beyond the usual teenage stupidity. Too bad, but hopefully the young man gets his life back together.
My New York accent is so ugly....
April 18th, 2010
8:17 pm
After the Montez Robinson debacle, CMR better fess up as to why he just kicked off our strongest arm; underage drinking and fake ID’s are part of college, we have kept morons on the team for doing much worse.
This f*ckin sucks.
Mikey
April 18th, 2010
8:17 pm
Tough time for any QB with “berger” in their last name…
Preston
April 18th, 2010
8:20 pm
Hopefully Mettenberger will learn from this and move on to another school and stay out of trouble. CMR did what he had to do and I’m proud of him for it. But good luck to Mett as well. I know I made mistakes when I was his age so I’m not going to crucify the kid. It’ll be interesting to see where he transfers to.
athdog
April 18th, 2010
8:28 pm
Feel for the kids’ mom. Long time employee of the athletic department, dating back to Dooley’s Dogs, I believe. Maybe he learns, matures, and gets another shot at a scholarship by another program.
Meanwhile, congrats to coach Richt for what was obviously a tough, gut wrenching decision. And, does it strike the rest of you ‘Dog people as strange that a large portion of posts on this ‘Junkyard Blawg’ are always from Yellow Jacket nerds?
UGA = loserville
April 18th, 2010
8:31 pm
Hey UGA: 1 down and 2 to go! Typical UGAG problems. Way to go Mettlnloser: LMFAO!
Coach Mark Richt announced Sunday that touted redshirt freshman Zach Mettenberger was kicked off the team for violating team rules.
Mettenberger threw two touchdowns in Georgia’s April 10 spring game but already was facing at least a one-game suspension after being arrested on alcohol charges during spring break. The team didn’t reveal if Mettenberger was involved in another incident, or if his dismissal from the team was the result of more details becoming known from his arrest.
The Bulldogs now have a two-man race for starting quarterback: redshirt freshman Aaron Murray and junior Logan Gray, who last year backed up Joe Cox during a disappointing 8-5 season.
The 18-year-old Mettenberger was arrested March 7 in Lowndes County and charged with underage consumption and possession of alcohol, possessing fake identification and disorderly conduct-obstruction. The school never made him available to comment on the charges.
UGA = loserville
April 18th, 2010
8:34 pm
Great Job UGA! Keep up the tradition. Hey, maybe he will transfer to Idaho State and then their sorry school can beat you. I know when you transfer, you have to sit out a year, but I am sure they will make room for Mettlinboooooooozer! Sick em Woof Woof Woof
Mett's fake ID
April 18th, 2010
8:34 pm
It’s all good, Mett can use one of his fake IDs to get back into practice.
South Ga Dawg
April 18th, 2010
8:34 pm
What an absolute moron!! Obviously did not realize the oppportunity he had.
UGA = loserville
April 18th, 2010
8:35 pm
Hey Athdog: You all suck azz! THWG! Go Gators chompem up as usual!
san diego dawg
April 18th, 2010
8:36 pm
Every year, a few of the draft’s top prospects appear on the confidential list for failed NFL Scouting Combine drug tests.
FOXSports.com has learned the two biggest names for 2010: Georgia Tech running back Jonathan Dwyer and Southern California tight end Anthony McCoy.
Dwyer tested positive in February for amphetamines, but this appears unlikely to hurt his standing as a late first-round/early second-round selection in this week’s draft.
CHARLOTTE DAWG
April 18th, 2010
8:39 pm
You know what is funny about Tech fans? They know more about UGA football than we’ll ever know about the bug program. I bet you 90% of the Bulldog nation doesn’t know 3 QB’s on the entire Tech roster.
But here are the Tech fans……so interested in us. It is just so funny…the envy I mean.
There is a golf tourney I play in every year with a great deal of Tech fans. And for some odd reason, they listen to the MARK RICHT SHOW. THE MARK RICHT SHOW.
I simply asked “why”? Why would you listen to a show about UGA football. And then I quickly answered my own question.
Just so funny. But please continue to show your interest Tech fans. hahahahahahaahahahaha
Reality
April 18th, 2010
8:39 pm
Richt continues to recruit thugs and anti-respectful players and this is the result. Part of recuiting NEEDS to be about the values and morals of the kids. Otherwise, you end up with this crap.
Way to go UGA. Keep making the State of GA proud.
FLMoonpie
April 18th, 2010
8:40 pm
Well I’ll be damned. It looks like brother Mark is actually trying to make this bunch conform to a set of rules. It’s unfortunate that some of these 5-star primadonas think they are above rules, regulations and the law in general.
Reality
April 18th, 2010
8:41 pm
@san diego dawg -
Why mention Dwyer? He had gotten prior APPROVAL for taking his prescription from the NFL. He did NOTHING wrong.
You are a loser.
FLMoonpie
April 18th, 2010
8:43 pm
In the end this is what you get when you place your trust and faith in Rivals and Scouts.com.
Tim Rupert
April 18th, 2010
8:51 pm
Zach’s first mistake was not going to Fla, He would still be able to come in after the first two quarters. Go Dawgs.
had a lot to learn...
April 18th, 2010
8:53 pm
Met had a lot to learn from the time he entered last spring, and actually improved greatly, but he was still a year away from putting it all together. It’s a shame that a kid who grew up loving UGA, received a full ride, improved greatly, could have this happen. If he really wants to play this year doesn’t he have to go to a JC, or is there a school in another division where he can play a year, then transfer to a Div 1 or Div 2 school following that season. If he wasn’t named starter, and he didn’t take it too well, my guess would be that he was going to transfer anyway. I sort of hope it’s that he got beat out and spouted off about it to CMR, this is better for him rather than getting in trouble with the law again. Moving from HS sports to college sports is a tough adjustment for most kids (very humbling).
jasont13
April 18th, 2010
8:53 pm
4NCS are better than 1, your once again need to do research before you post any of your comments. UGA has 5 count them 5 recognized National Championships. Its also funny that something pertaining to football you bring up a baseball score cause you can’t bring up the football score cause your best team in decades peed their pants against a bad UGA team. Oh and last but not least, Murray has looked good in every scrimmage and practice with the exception of one and that was this past years spring game. Where Mett has not looked all that great until this years spring game.
jasont13
April 18th, 2010
8:54 pm
I heard from a very reliable source within the UGA athletic department that he failed a drug test.
gt4ever
April 18th, 2010
8:55 pm
All about freeing up space for another recruit…… Man, this Richt guy has NO conscience….
Reality
April 18th, 2010
8:58 pm
I hate my life.
jbb
April 18th, 2010
8:59 pm
I spoke with an attorney in the county where Mett, committed the misdemeanors. Apparently a possible felony also occurred. If so, look for an indictment. I hope Mett, and his family are ok.
FLMoonpie
April 18th, 2010
9:00 pm
atl xmen, if its not past your bedtime, heed the message, go back to school,,,fool…..at least get a GED. You are pathetic.
Dawg Stephen
April 18th, 2010
9:00 pm
Since Bill got mad at me, he wont let me post my link to my blog, but I will have my thoughts and a full write up as soon as I get the facts together.
In the meanwhile, you can find my blog on “yahoo search” or on “Google”
Just search: Dawg Stephen
cant keep a good man down Bill!! of course you wouldnt know that, you cant even meet a good man in the mirror.
Reality
April 18th, 2010
9:02 pm
“this crap” beat us 30-24. “this crap” beat our best team in 10 years. I ask myself,” what is worse than “this crap?’ then I look in the mirror.
gt4ever
April 18th, 2010
9:05 pm
atl xmen is such a tool, murray is not even close to the QB mett would have been!
RxDawg
April 18th, 2010
9:20 pm
For underage drinking? I can’t wait to hear the real story about this. This violation of team rules crap is insulting.
Sunday News and Notes: Zach Mettenberger Dismissed by UGA and Other News « MrSEC.com
April 18th, 2010
9:22 pm
[...] big news today is that UGA has dismissed redshirt freshman QB Zach Mettenberger. Mettenberger was already going to have to serve a one-game suspension as [...]
SOUTHGADAWG88
April 18th, 2010
9:33 pm
Montez had a brutal upbringing…Zach is from a totally different world BUT.. “decisions have consequences” is a mantra all young men have to learn.Dawg Stephen-getting a little chippy eh?
dawg85
April 18th, 2010
9:34 pm
Sad for him. Something else must have happened since Valdosta and it must be pretty bad. I still think Murray would have ultimately won the job regardless but i hate losing that kind of depth and the competition that goes along with it.
Dawg Tired
April 18th, 2010
9:34 pm
This is a shocker. I feel bad for the kid, but know Coach Richt would not take such action without a very good reason. I am encouraged to see real discipline being administered by the coach. I hope this helps the kid straighten out his life.
As for “4 ncs are better than 1″ all I can say is what an idiot. I think he is actually happy this has happened to the young man. Now that is sick and less than human. He is apparently too stupid to grasp that this is about so much more than football. We’re talking about a young man’s life here. Of course, many others on here are apparently just as clueless as all they seem to care about is what this means to the football team. The kid didn’t blow out his knee, he has made a major life mistake. Do you folks have a clue about life? Or is football your life? If so, might I suggest you get a life.
daddydog
April 18th, 2010
9:51 pm
If Mett has been kicked off team because of mistakes from one night, it is indeed a shame and far different from anything in the past.
If Mett crossed team rules again, definitely the right move.
dog forever
April 18th, 2010
10:00 pm
barking dawg all i have to say is WOOF WOOF … I AGREE WITH U
Bama
April 18th, 2010
10:02 pm
sell the lake house and get involved with the program. Thanks again for James Carpenter and Chance Warmack
Gillislee
April 18th, 2010
10:06 pm
Richt just sent his #1 QB packing and I heard several SEC teams are already interested in Mettenberger so you probably haven’t seen the last of him.
Puzzled
April 18th, 2010
10:16 pm
Can’t quite figure this out. During my time as a student at UGA, virtually every classmate I knew had a couple of fake ID’s and drank on occasion. If any one reading this attended UGA and never had a beer before age 21, I would be interested in hearing from you.
I don’t worry about this from the standpoint of GA football. The football team will get by. I am concerned about Mettenberger. He strikes me as a decent kid who made a mistake. I hope this does not have long term negative ramifications for him.
EASTsiders
April 18th, 2010
10:17 pm
Urban, Steve, Derek, Joker, and Bobby are all smiling tonight.
JELLO JOCKITCH
April 18th, 2010
10:18 pm
I JUST WONDER IF HE ASSAULTED A JELLO JOCKITCH AND HIT HIS AL GROHin.
GaDawg
April 18th, 2010
10:23 pm
Small Johnson
April 18th, 2010
6:56 pm
in the name of uga
April 18th, 2010
10:23 pm
After pondering what one would say if I was in the same predicament, I came to this conclusion: we can all only hope for the best. As a diehard uga fan, I only want what’s best for the program. Prior to reading other articles discussing this very incident, there are a ton of rumors surfacing. The most popular rumor is that zm was going be charged with some type of sexual assualt. Now if this is true and honestly none of us no for sure then I believe that the young man made a terrible mistake. But in my opinion, he should have been given another shot for redemption. Going forward, it is my belief that cmr is going to have to exercise a tight ship with all of his players for this dismissal to make any concrete sense.
Cautiously Optimistic
April 18th, 2010
10:40 pm
I think that the non pecking order and Mett only playing with the 2nd string on G-day says that CMR knew a decision was coming. Therefore making it possible that the first incident was the reason pending the investegation. Just my 2 cents. I hate this since I thought he would be the guy, but yet I am glad to have a team rid of this type behavior. We just have to move forward and hope for the best. Go Dawgs!!!
shane#1
April 18th, 2010
10:41 pm
Damn, just damn! Can UGA not even buy a break?
Patrick
April 18th, 2010
10:46 pm
Mett, come on out to Cali and you can stay with me and my Chihuahua and we can play some touch football.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1158327737&ref=name
SamoanDawg
April 18th, 2010
10:47 pm
I wonder if coach will send Mett to GMC and gets a second chance to come back to Athens. He did the same thing with Odell Thurman and Akeem Hebron. They spent a year at GMC and was reinstated, of course.
GaDawg
April 18th, 2010
10:49 pm
@Small Johnson – this has been a miserable day at home. I just finished burying my pet cat whom my wife accidentally backed her car over in the driveway; we are both heartsick. Then I get this sickening news about Mett? Then I read your following post:
Small Johnson
April 18th, 2010
6:56 pm
Do you think Mett was driving the cab?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
That was a good funny post. Thanks,
I really, really needed that laugh!!!
6:56 pm
Do you think Mett was driving the cab?
Urban
April 18th, 2010
10:51 pm
Mettzen…who???
Jimmy
April 18th, 2010
11:01 pm
Some of you act like the kid is a player in your pathetic video games.
What kind of human beings are you?
This is a real person who has experienced something terrible in his life.
He obviously made mistakes…
You animals from other schools are real jerks.
Dixie
April 18th, 2010
11:12 pm
too easy……
Dan Halen
April 18th, 2010
11:16 pm
This is a real milestone.What do you have to do to kicked off the team by Richt, commit homicide?
hind tit
April 18th, 2010
11:32 pm
what ever happened will come out sooner or later and more than likely won’t be good. what really concerns me more than what’s at stake in the qb race has more to do with the two families caught up in all this. number one is the mettenberger family whose son is the center of all the rumors, of which is 99% of what’s on this blog. as bad as that is his mom work’s with or for coach richt and uga for a good number of years. number two is coach richt who like it or not becomes these kid’s father away from home for up to five years and loves these kids just like they were his on. then you throw in the kids mom who over the years he has learned to love like family. i know one thing i sure wouldn’t want to have to make some of the choices he has to make and all the sleepless night’s he goes through. i raised two kids and was very blessed they gave me no trouble at all. he has 85 plus a recruiting class to go to bed and worry about each night. the point i’m trying to make is, coaching football is the easy part and whose going to be the qb is the least of his worries.
Dawg 39
April 18th, 2010
11:36 pm
In 2005 UGA signed 19 recruits. Only 12 got in that fall. UGA & Vandy have the most difficult entrance requirements in the SEC. CMR has rules & penalties resulting from not following those rules that are fair & known to all of the players. No one does a better job of screening recruits than CMR. What he did makes me proud to be a DAWG FAN. Now Mett will probably end up playing for one of our rivals. He is still a future NFL QB.
sameitaintso
April 18th, 2010
11:37 pm
Apparently he was removed from the team for additional charges from the incident in Remerton. He didn’t fail a drug test. Seems that he & Big Ben share more than just the Berger in their last name. There are some charges from touching a young lady inappropriately without her consent.
Retired UGA Prof
April 18th, 2010
11:46 pm
Mike Adams micromanages all aspects of the University. He is campaigning hard for the NCAA job, and the issue of player graduation and discipline has jumped up and bitten him in the butt. Adams pulled the trigger on Zack to get points with the NCAA. Dooley stood up to Adams and look what happened to him.
PMC
April 18th, 2010
11:54 pm
Mark Richt has to do what is best for his football team and the university. It was a really tough call I’m sure but he’s paid to evaluate and make these kinds of decisions. Mettenburger has really picked his game up in the last year. I’m sure this will be depressing for him but I also think he will land on his feet and become an excellent QB somewhere if he keeps working at it. Really tough lesson to learn though.
RED DOG 77
April 19th, 2010
12:25 am
Sad day for Zack Mettenberger……………….Great day for the University of GEORGIA football program !!!!………My thoughts and prayers are with Zack and his family…….Hope he learns from this and grows up, mans up, and does what it takes to turn his life around !……..For CMR to cut loose a great talent like Mettinberger shows the type of leadership we have at UGA !!!…..Folks, don’t fret, the DOGS will be better off in the long run because of Richt’s principled move…….not only are we getting rid of a distraction from the team, this also opens the door for another top flight recruit ! mabe Mr. Christian Lemay………or any number of high quality QBs that will be ready to be coached by the best QB coach in the country, Coach Mark Richt. ………….So alls good DOG fans, be cool we gonna whup-up on some butt this 2010 season !!! GO DOGS !!! GATA !! SIC’ ‘EM WOOF….WOOF…….WOOF……..WOOOF !!!!!
RedandBlack
April 19th, 2010
12:34 am
It really is a shame that Mettenberger could not have gotten another opportunity. Perhaps he did and messed that up. We do not know. He is still innocent until proven guilty and as of now there is no conclusion as to what transpired down in South Georgia. Things happen for certain reasons, and it is hard not to be thinking positively for Mr. Mettenberger and his family. Things will be better. They are and will be Bulldogs and of course we should wish the best for them.
Until, we see the real results, it is very difficult to see this dismissal as being the outcome from everything that occurred from the one incident. For the record, ZM had no second or third chance, did not cause harm to another, did not test positive for drug use, did not damage or steal property, and did not commit a moving violation whether he was under the influence of something or not. After considering all of that, this dismissal still looks very strange given the previous history of offenses that have been tolerated in Athens.
At any rate, Hutson Mason definitely has a tremendous opportunity once he arrives in Athens this Summer. Look for him to give significant competition to Gray and Murray. After watching Murray’s decision making and throwing ability at the G-Day game last week, Mason will be seeing live action considerably this upcoming season. The only red shirt Mason sees will be his home jersey. Woof, Baby Woof!! Go Dogs!!
dawg123
April 19th, 2010
12:51 am
This all stems from the night he was arrested. A woman has come forward and pressed charges against him for groping her at the bar
Las Vegas Chainsaw
April 19th, 2010
1:19 am
Hutson Mason???? Starting as a freshman???? HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Pass around some of that North Georgia moonshine you’ve been drinking!
frank perez
April 19th, 2010
1:58 am
mark richt is not the right coach anymore in my opion. my aunt that got a degree in psychology always said that everyone deserves a second chance in life. sorry uga. its time for another head coach. plain and simple. a national championship with cmr is only a dream.not a reality.
Dawg 39
April 19th, 2010
5:24 am
RED DOG 77: You got it right. I totally agree with every sentence in your comment. The next 4 years keep looking better & better to me. The Dawg Football PROGRAM is in great shape.
Win with class
April 19th, 2010
5:24 am
I’m tired of street thug, dread lock, tatooed, burned symboled athletes who can’t put a sentence together bringing a street fight mentality and lawlessness to college athletics. It’s time to clean up the entire mess. Athletes have gone too far riding their importance and egos. This was the right move for CMR and it will pay dividens now and in the future. This sends the message that should have been sent several years ago. If he’ll send dumb ole Matt packing, he’ll send you packing.
I’d prefer to win with class than have a win at any cost program. It may be tougher but it will be better. If Mattenberger couldn’t do the deal, he needed to be put on the road. He sounds like a spoiled, hard headed, ego centered trouble maker to me. Go Dawgs … keep some class.
Jim007
April 19th, 2010
5:25 am
There must be more to the story that has not yet come out !
Lesson to all….Do something wrong and the whole world knows in 20 minutes today !
However, I am glad CMR has finally begun to take a stance on dicipline.
bornloser
April 19th, 2010
5:58 am
please explain the term driving the cab! CMR is a loser get a real coach. fire cmr fire cmr fire cmr
BuLLdawg
April 19th, 2010
6:31 am
It is not a big blow to Dogs’ Offense that Zach Mettenberger is charged with yet another charge from a very bad night for him in Remington because when the news comes out, all the “fans” who think you can only say good stuff about losing to 5 SEC East teams in the last 4 years, none of the 5 of whom are found in the Top 25 Final AP Polls the last 4 years, will say that well he isn’t on our team.
2 Georgia Bulldogs’ football recruits of Rodney Garner / Coach Richt have been dismissed from the team for what they did off the field DURING SPRING PRACTICE.
1 beat up a girl. Truth be told, he did that October 20, 2009. He slammed her into a dumpster. He was suspended for 1 game. The Shreveport Bowl game. THEN, November 30, 2009 Montez Robinson attacked her car in the parking lot breaking the taillights. He was suspended for the 1st games of this up-coming 2010 season. Only then, Montez Robinson at McWhorter Hall, picked the little University of Georgia student up and repeatedly threw her into the floor.
THAT
is when Coach Richt dismissed him from the team.
Zach Mettenberger one month and a half ago on March 7 a Sunday was arrested for arguing with the police trying to break up a brawl. They arrested him for obstruction. He also then provided 2 fake IDs. In addition this 18-year Rodney Garner / Coach Richt recruit was disorderly, and of course drunk. Now, we find out that he might have been on a trip to see a gal and that she has something to say about that night too, now that he was not the best QB at G-Day, but the Best UGA QB in the 3 Scrimmages including the G-Day Game.
What we saw was that Aaron Murray did not look good on TV in front of 39,000 Sanford Stadium crowds, but the facts are that Aaron Murray was not the best QB prior to that. Injured in high school, he showed up here, injured. Then, our staff allowed him to throw his arm out and he missed 21 practices last year. This year, we found that the QB who never took a snap under center at Plant High School, had to share time to finally try to get ready with a QB here for 4 years now, Logan Gray, who has 0 TD passes, 2 interceptions and 5 completions to show for his 4 years now in this system. And, had to share time with Zach Mettenberger, who was relegated in a 3-way competition for Starting QB to being the ONLY QB not to play with the 1st team offense.
Coach Richt knew this about his recruit of last year, all along.
It is why he did not let Zach Mettenberger play with the 1st team offense, despite being # 1 QB for the 3 scrimmages.
3 scrimmages # 1 QB, not just G-Day.
It is why he did not let Zach Mettenberger be named on the 3-deep Depth Chart at QB. It is why he missed telling us all the Depth Chart for the last 2 weeks now, even though he told us he would, not this weekend but last weekend.
Then, he missed this weekend’s deadline for announcing the depth chart.
92 arrested / suspended UGA Football Players in the Coach Richt Era.
4 years of substandard play against substandard SEC East opponents.
A QB who is small and only is 4.7 in the 40-yard dash. Seemed overwhelmed in the highly publicized G-Day, but frankly underperformed in all 3 scrimmages with 3 scrimmages worth of 5 interceptions and 1 TD pass, numerous sacks, and the team fumbled the ball, while we saw penalty after penalty which clearly were not allowed to be called.
9-4 or 10-3 in a 14-game season.
Don’t let there be something else I find out about later, Zach Mettenberger, Coach Richt told him. Tell me now, March 7. Month and a half later, yes Coach that happened also.
Gone.
While every other team is discussing their 10-3 or 9-4 season up-coming in 14-game seasons, we have the dubious distinction of hoping oft-injured small and slow Aaron Murray who did not perform well on TV in front of even 39,000 screaming fans, can witness at least what ?
No more arrests / suspensions ?
We get to spend yet another Summer talking about nothing but Arrests / Suspensions
AGAIN.
92 Arrests / Suspensions in the Coach Richt Era.
Look for Chris Low to have his say on this, now.
It is ALL we hear about anymore. Arrested / Suspended Bulldog THROWN off the team.
Michael Lemon. Odell Thurman. Montez Robinson. Zach Mettenberger. And, it does not stop here. We have filled the NFL with the same type situations for them to deal with too. It is the state of this UGA Bulldogs’ Football Program.
That and losing 5 games to SEC East Teams the last 4 years alone, none of the 5 of which are found in the Top 25 of the Final AP Polls the years they ALL 5 BEAT US.
Whiznot
April 19th, 2010
6:45 am
Don’t criticize CMR. He is a good humble simple minded Christian.
Buckhead Bulldog
April 19th, 2010
7:06 am
BuLLdawg – Brutal but true…..gotta agree with you on that one! I wonder how much Grantham’s influence has had on Richt? Get a little NFL discipline with these wild boys at UGA….enough is enough. Very embarassing for the institution I love.
Hobnail Boot
April 19th, 2010
7:06 am
I guess better now than down the stretch when we need him. I hate it the kid really had a big arm.
Bud
April 19th, 2010
7:17 am
test
AltamahaDawg
April 19th, 2010
7:18 am
The team? What about the serious blow this does to the EGO of certain bloggers. I worry about them.
Bud
April 19th, 2010
7:19 am
This gives Mettinberger a way out to go start for another team. It’s a mutual ploy.
toole
April 19th, 2010
7:23 am
I was told Mr. Mettenberger was not too friendly with a female acquaintance in Lowndes County that March evening he was arrested on the other charges. I heard that some felony charges are what he is facing. More details to come…………..
Montez Robinson
April 19th, 2010
7:25 am
We still Thug-U, soulja boy.
CHDawg
April 19th, 2010
7:29 am
Enough of attacking Murray or Richt over this incident! It is insane to think Richt would purposefully dump Mettenberger because he did better than his favorite son on GDay. I guarantee that both of them would have gotten a lot of playing time next year, and if Mett won on the field, and Murray didn’t–Mett would have been CMR’s man. Richt’s future at UGA depends on winning, not on playing favorites with inferior players! It is also very likely that Richt’s bosses at UGA weighed in with strong opinions–even if it was his decision. Finally, give Murray a break here boys: I think he will be our next Heisman winner, but I’d be the first to admit I’ve been wrong before. One thing is sure, regardless of which QB you liked, UGA will have a lot less depth at the position because of this incident. Now, let’s hope Mett didn’t do something that is going to land him in jail, and that he (and a lot of other players) learn a lesson, and that he gets his life back in order. Although I hate losing and love winning, when winning takes precedence over developing Godly character in these young men, this is the kind of stuff that happens. Richt has been one of the best in character development and winning. Don’t throw him under the bus because you are frustrated that your favorite in the QB race made a terrible mistake.
FORTY ONE POINTS to your seventeen points
April 19th, 2010
7:36 am
Good morning mutties—what’s new? LOL!
#2 BAMA FAN
April 19th, 2010
7:42 am
Three yards and a cloud of dust will be motto this year for the dawgs.
SEC FANATIC
April 19th, 2010
7:50 am
I laugh and laugh when I read these doggies talk about how tough it is to get into UGA and how it adversely affects recruiting for them AND Vandy. Try picking up a “U.S News and World Report” ranking mag on colleges next time your in the supermarket…that is, if you’re even capable of reading it. Nowhere NEAR Vandy and definitely behind UF.
Bill King is a........
April 19th, 2010
7:51 am
I live in Valdosta and no one around here has heard of anything else that happened that night. I believe he was charged with 5 counts. I have to believe if he had gotten into something iwth a female student here in town……that would have been out all over town at least. Maybe not so much in the papers or on the blogs…….but Valdosta is a small town when it comes to something like that and i would like to think that something like that would’ve been out already. It might have happened but damn….they sure did keep it quiet.
SEC FANATIC
April 19th, 2010
7:53 am
Now the whole season will be a “blackout”…
SEC FANATIC
April 19th, 2010
7:57 am
In that picture they always show of him with Murray and Gray, he is the one holding the helmet with the big “G” on the side…stands for “Goober”…or maybe just “Gone”.
Dawg 39
April 19th, 2010
7:59 am
Do the crime: Do the time. CMR is consistent with his rules and the consequences for breaking those rules.
If a dismissal was not warranted, there would not have been a dismissal. I am proud to be a Dawg Fan.
UT?
April 19th, 2010
8:01 am
If he is kicked off the team, does that automatically release him from his scholarship, and is he free to sign with anyone? Or does UGA have to approve of his transfer? Basically, is he free to sign with another SEC team, say UT? That could be a double blow… UGA loses him and UT picks him up? If ole Lane was still there, I would be sure they would take him. With Dooley, not so sure, but does make for an interesting question. Is it possible?
GaGator
April 19th, 2010
8:06 am
Looks like Auburn gets another starting QB, they are starting
a Gator dismissal this year.
mick6701
April 19th, 2010
8:09 am
Yellow Jacket fan here. You have to give Richt props for sticking to his principals. Unless of course, the university forced him to do it.
SSDog
April 19th, 2010
8:39 am
SEC Fanatic – there is a huge difference between admission requirements and US News and World Report overall university rankings, but don’t let the facts get in the way of youe diatribes. It’s a sad day for Mett and his family and I hope he can come back from this.
ol' seadawg
April 19th, 2010
8:39 am
I must hand it to some our Tech and Gator friends, who’ve actually said they respect CMR for this decision and we shouldn’t gloat when their hard times come and they will. That was HUGE decision by CMR. Some of our politicians could learn a lesson!
Preston
April 19th, 2010
8:45 am
UT?, it’s my understanding that since he is already enrolled at UGA, he’ll have to transfer to a lower division if he wants to play this season. He can transfer to another FBS team if he chooses, but he’ll have to sit out a year. Seems like that’s what Perilloux had to do when Miles finally kicked his butt out of town a couple of years ago. My guess is that he’ll transfer to another big time school and sit out until next season to enhance his NFL resume’.
WonderDawg
April 19th, 2010
8:45 am
Just hope he doesn’t goe to a SEC East team. He’s gonna be a star . . . somewhere.
AltamahaDawg
April 19th, 2010
8:51 am
BuLLdawg, I guess what you are saying is that you appreciate Mark Richt taking stand on discipline at YOUR university football team, although it came in the form of a player that you claim you wanted to start all along last year, despite saying last year that his skills were so bad that we had wasted a scholarship, but you still “all along” wanted him to play over Murray, whom you endorced as a backup over Gray who you thought to be a better starter than any of them, now of cource is simply another bad character that you calim the staff recruits and should have know that despite being a straight A white boy from a great family whose mom happens to be one of the finest ladies on the AD staff? That about right? And of cource your wonderful insight as to why the “starter” being named in April maybe wasnt quite as critical as you claimed it was just hours ago.
Or did you even have a point?
AltamahaDawg
April 19th, 2010
8:55 am
UT, the release of a scholarship does not superceed the NCAA rule on sitting out a year at another D-1. That’s not a coaches call. You can however bet your last dollar that Richt will work tirelessly to try to help him find a new place to start all over.
This is "news?"
April 19th, 2010
8:56 am
Yaaaaaaawwwwwwwwnnnnnnnnn.
Same ole, same ole…out of Athens.
Move along.
AltamahaDawg
April 19th, 2010
9:02 am
On a lighter note, way to go Golf and Equestrian teams!
hey yo!
April 19th, 2010
9:10 am
I agree. If Richt were gonna kick em off the team for what we already know about he would’ve already done it. Gotta be some new information that came up.
mcdaviddawg
April 19th, 2010
9:13 am
The end of the Richt era. The chances of a good season were already poor and now take a definite turn for the worse.
UGA Boots QB Candidate Mettenberger « MrSEC.com
April 19th, 2010
9:18 am
[...] The Georgia quarterback race took a shocking turn yesterday when Mark Richt dismissed G-Day star Zach Mettenberger from the Bulldogs’ team.Mettenberger was expected to be suspended for the season-opener due to an alcohol-related arrest in early March. That arrest resulted in charges of underage possession, disorderly conduct, obstruction, and two counts of having a fake ID. Richt had said that he expected Mettenberger to face the UGA-mandated one-game suspension for an alcohol arrest, but he left open the possibility for a stiffer penalty. According to Georgia SID Claude Felton, there was no new incident involving the redshirt freshman QB, so it looks like Richt finally got all of the details surrounding Mettenberger’s arrest.Police in Remerton, Georgia continue to investigate Mettenberger’s arrest six weeks after it occurred, so it seems that there’s more to this case than a college kid tossing back a few too many.Mettenberger was locked in a three-man battle to win Georgia’s starting quarterback job. While coaches have said the signal-callers were still very much bunched together, Mettenberger won the support of fans with a good showing at Georgia’s G-Day spring game. (All it takes is one look in a spring game for fans to decide on their choice for QB, even if Mettenber was working with the second-team units.)The dismissal moves Aaron Murray (probably) to the top of the UGA depth chart.Richt also dismissed linebacker Montez Robinson in the past month, leaving the Dawgs thin at the OLB position.For a guy that isn’t supposed to be tough on crime, Richt certainly seems to be making some tough decisions this spring. Mettenberger played Little League baseball with Richt’s son, so he’s known the young man and his family for several years. And the quarterback’s mother is an administrative associate in Georgia’s football office.Jeff Schultz of The AJC — who has criticized Richt in the past for his leniency — is praising him for his current tough-guy approach.Fans, meanwhile, are obviously more worried about the effect the dismissal might have on the team’s offense. As this fan/blogger writes, Bulldog fans “better hope Aaron Murray really is the real deal!” [...]
Richt Rules
April 19th, 2010
9:19 am
Richt needs to clean house of all the troublemakers and attitude problems on the roster to turn the program around. That old fsu model of letting the players run wild doesn’t work anymore.
Evansdawg
April 19th, 2010
9:28 am
On the bright side….Logan Gray has had to really compete for the job, and step his game up a bit in a three-way competition. Murray and Gray gained ability throughout that three-way race. I can see both QBs complementing each other next year. With a solid OL, things will be fine.
gt4ever
April 19th, 2010
9:35 am
Gotta love the bulldawg fans….. You guys will be OK, your not going to win any NC’s anyway… You will be lucky to finish 2nd in your division, but you did win the ACC last year, right…??? Just think positive and maybe, just maybe you will be on top of the ACC once again…
ATL XMAN
April 19th, 2010
9:36 am
tech is so bad this year that we could be them with there QB …techs defense will suck again…i love beating tech and watching the tech faithful cry and break there glasses after stomping them..
the whole football team knows that Metts was 2nd best to Murry. Murry’s arm is fine and he has a quick release too. Murry beat him out fair and square so stop it with ” this is a big blow to the bulldog offense. metts didnt progress as fast as Murry did. Murry is the next stafford with how fast he will learn to be a great QB. i can see alot of drew breese in him too..the boy can play qb.
bulldawg go look up richt record since he has been at uga and then compare him to the other coaches in football..that sounds like fun..
gt4ever
April 19th, 2010
9:37 am
Richt Rules, If he were to clean house simply because of this ABSURD drinking law for underage drinking, then He probably couldn’t field a team….. Good grief guys, don’t any of you guys remember your college years….
ATL XMAN
April 19th, 2010
9:38 am
GT4ever…tech will be in trouble when gailys last recruits leave and all your team has are a bunch off runningbacks at the qb position…haha,, no more 10 win records for you guys…i love it…
gt4ever
April 19th, 2010
9:38 am
and then there was ATL XMEN, keep drinking the koolaide dude…….
ATL XMAN
April 19th, 2010
9:39 am
he didnt clean house because of metts drinking…he suspended him one game ..we dont know the whole story
ATL XMAN
April 19th, 2010
9:40 am
if you put yours down..tech will be really bad again this year..hope to see your post then
Laughing out loud at idiots
April 19th, 2010
9:40 am
Morons, if any of you actually watched the G day game what did you see in Murray to make you believe he is an SEC level QB? He is short and slow and threw a stupid pick because he couldnt see over his line. UGA is in deep poop if he beats Gray out and maybe even if Gray wins the job.
gt4ever
April 19th, 2010
9:43 am
I hope we will be as bad as we were last year, 11-3 is pretty bad…. Man, you need to get off the Budweiser, it’s way too early… Yes, you will see my post next year. You guys beat us fair and square last year, but from here on out it will be competitive, anybody can win…. Your domination is over!
LAKE OCONEE DAWG
April 19th, 2010
9:43 am
Diamond Dog’s Parole Officer:
Nice try, but Coach Richt runs this football program….Now go back to your Techie Boards, and get the damn dungeons and dragons lined up for the 12:30 Saturday kickoff for the spring game….You still toting that November 28 AR$E whipping……There are no cures, except possible lukewarm enemas to get that out of your system…..Can still see BAYBAY letting it slip through those NFL fingers……just saying, 90 wins in 9 years, 8 of 9……
gt4ever
April 19th, 2010
9:44 am
MUrray reached his peak in Highschool…. NOWAY he was better than Mett!
UGAgrad71
April 19th, 2010
9:45 am
Sad, very sad. It looks like the young man has self-control issues and is a man in an 18-year old kids body. I hope he is able to get a college education somewhere down the line and redeem himself.
I-DOG
April 19th, 2010
9:48 am
Diamond Dogs PO. You know that for a fact? or are you just spouting ideas that you wish and hope are the case? Nobody even seems to know exactly what he is being kicked off for….but somehow YOU know that this was forced on Richt.
Should Caleb King have been kicked off the team because of his moped incident first offense? I can’t think of another program in D-1 football that kicked a starting qb or a guy who is certainly competing for the starting job… off the team. I can’t imagine that what he did was anything like Houston at tech, a felon drug trafficker who was reinstated the first day the NCAA allowed or the guy from FL who shot a gun into a crowd and was allowed to return to the team.
That being said, I support this move by UGA and wish the young man the best of luck. I’m sure he will wind up playing at Ole Miss or Ms State or some other big time program. Does the dismissal release him from having to wait a year to play?
jasont13
April 19th, 2010
9:52 am
gt4ever, what do you do for a living? Oh thats right doesn’t have anything to do with scouting or rating quarterbacks. I think Mark Richt is a better judge of football talent than you are. Murray had one bad outing in the spring game and Mett played his best since he enrolled last year. So by your standards one good outing against a second and third team defense is ok for you and all the other idiots that think he should have started? Come on there is a reason why Murray had tons of scholarship offers. Urabn Meyer wanted him really bad and so did Pete Carrol and others.
jasont13
April 19th, 2010
9:53 am
He made his bed now let him lay in it. It wasn’t what happened in Valdosta that got him kicked off the team. I’ve heard he failed a drug test, which got him kicked off the team.
GT FAN PA
April 19th, 2010
10:05 am
Kudos to CMR for making this choice- I’m sick and tired of all these Kid’s thinking they can say and do what they want just on the talent they bring to a program-not saying it does not happen because more time then not it does as the pressure is put on the head coach to perform. I hope the kid learns a lesson and moves on from this- See you boys in November- Go Jackets- THWG!!!!
Laughing out loud at idiots
April 19th, 2010
10:08 am
I think this insures that Gray will not move to receiver even if Murray wins the job because with Murrays injury record, It would put a true Freshman behind center if he went down.
bulldawgrob
April 19th, 2010
10:30 am
There is more news to come from this.im’ a season ticket holder for the last 14 years and i have herd from friends with info from inside that there will be more news to come out.i want whats best for the Dawgs and i thought Mett would be a great player.But i think CMR would do whats best for georgia allways and i trust him.if your a real Dawg fan you get behind Murray,Grey,and Mason when he comes in.I hope the best for Zack Mett. and i hope he gets it togthere.I have herd there is more to this and the news will come out sometime.what ever has happened is Zach’s bussiness and between him and the university and i wish it would stay that way.but i being a Dawg fan wish Zach well but i will never pull for him to go somewhere else and do well aginst the dawgs!!!
Gator Kuntry
April 19th, 2010
10:32 am
Fake ID and underage drinking?
If enforced on the student body 80% would be goners…. Interesting approach especially since they have a new super frosh QB on the way guess that needs that scholarship -
hobnail boot
April 19th, 2010
10:42 am
I heard a rumor nearly 2 weeks ago before the spring game that Mett was going to be kicked off the team. What a shame to loose a kid with a NFL caliber arm and size to go with it. I wonder how long ago coach Richt made this decision.
Shreveport Sam
April 19th, 2010
10:43 am
ATL XMAN, God, stop, you’re just providing the atypical UGA fan prototype. I hate this young man lost his chance to play at UGA, what a blow for him and his family. Hell, I’m a Tech fan and hate to see it happen. And yes, it happens at all schools and both good and bad things happen to schools. It’s called life, folks.
In the end, Mark Richt will be judged for his record on the field……
AltamahaDawg
April 19th, 2010
10:44 am
Where is the WE HAVE TO NAME A STARTER RIGHT NOW IN APRIL crowd this morning? I mean who is going to take “reps” in the summer now?
AceDawg
April 19th, 2010
10:48 am
Let’s see if Roethlesberger’s name comes up with Mettenberger’s. The names and their shared position, as well as their seemingly shared interest in young girls, leaves the opportunity open.
Lastdogstanding
April 19th, 2010
10:53 am
I see Mett heading for Columbia and providing a conduit for Spurrier to win a championship. This thing has the aroma of the stench coming out of Adam’s and Damon’s lair. This kid was hosed and so were the dog fans.
FLA DAWG
April 19th, 2010
10:56 am
I hear more news is forthcoming about the circumstances of his arrest which will justify his dismissal from the team. Despite the fact Mett shined in the Springs I’d rather this occur now than halfway into the season. I guess that’s the only good thing to come out of this.
Murray should be good enough to grow with O Line support and protection this season.
squat
April 19th, 2010
11:02 am
i think this should have been done sooner than to drag the kid along..
#21
April 19th, 2010
11:07 am
I give Richt credit for making a stand early and letting these kids know what will and what won’t be tolerated. Makes you wonder what new information is coming forth though.
ATL XMAN
April 19th, 2010
11:13 am
11-3? haha ga tech wont see 10 wins again as long coach PJ is there..the old school offense has lost all but 1 or 2 div 1a guys to make it work and that will not cut it when most of teh teams on your schedule are fielding div 1a players all over the place. techs high school offense has been running on coach gailys players which were div 1a guys that are going pro where as PJ guys are players that should be playing at GA Southern or some other div 1aa team..Murry is faster and smarter than metts and can make very throw that Metts can make…his arm might not ne as strong as Metts but its strong enough to make all the throws that UGA we ask him to throw. plus he can throw on the run where as Metts couldnt….look for Murry to be one of the best QB’s in the SEC this year..the guy can play and he will only get better. his int had nothing to do with not seeing over the line..it was at the end of the game and he was trying to make a play and made a bad throw…he is taller than Joe Cox and csn move in the pocket..much like drew breese…
gt4ever..who do you guys have that is a true qb and not a converted running back or corner other than Nesbitt ( a gaily recruit)…you guys are in deep trouble and look forward to your posting of cursing Paul Johnson and his high school offense this year…
ATL XMAN
April 19th, 2010
11:17 am
what is murry’s injury record? he doesn’t have one…he played in all but a few games and that is because he had a broken ankle..haha and the guy still came back to finish the season strong…
Bull Gator
April 19th, 2010
11:23 am
Hey Auburn, go get your backup QB like the criminal Cam Newton the Gators dismissed…
Shreveport Sam
April 19th, 2010
11:34 am
ATL XMAN, Murry is your second string quarterback at best, he may even not be that. And while you’re ragging on Paul Johnson, please don’t even bother. What he’s accomplished in two years is phenomenal. You can even rag on Gailey, but he is coaching a professional football team, something I don’t see the NFL recruiting the preacher man for.
You’d better be worried about what’s goin’ on in Athens. It’s not pretty…..
38 Yardline Dawg
April 19th, 2010
11:38 am
Makes you wonder just what did Mett do? It wasn’t just drinking and being a college kid. I mean, Montez Robinson went to jail three times before being dismissed from the team.
DawgBuzz
April 19th, 2010
11:57 am
Well, this really sucks. So much for the coming season. Mettenberger had come such a long way since last year. The guy took care of the ball. He out passed the other two easily. This guy was a perfect fit for a pro style offense. Logan looked average, Murray never did impress me. Hutson Mason won’t see the field unless the other two end up injured.
comeandgetittechies
April 19th, 2010
12:23 pm
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comeandgetittechies
April 19th, 2010
12:29 pm
woops,
Shreveport Sam.
ive always said how envious tech was of UGAs athletic success for the last ten years.
all you ever played in was toilet bowls when you actually went to one while UGA was gracing Sugar Bowls, Captial Ones, Chick-Fil-A, and Outback bowls.
GT has ONE, are you reading this, ONE, BCS bowl appearance to UGAs 3
and of course when you do go to it (you lose it mind you) you act like you just won the national championship
funny also that while all this is going on you still get whooped by UGA in your house.
or should I say UGAs house, 5 in a row at Mini-Dodd bleachers
you win one game by three points and you think that you all of a sudden own Georgia which you clearly do not.
You are no longer a main rival for UGA, we need to focus more on Auburn, Florida, and Tennessee, tech is just a W on the schedule for UGA
Dr M
April 19th, 2010
12:32 pm
I support CMR in running a winning program we can be proud of on and off the field.
Richts Butt Cut
April 19th, 2010
1:14 pm
Better me more to it than this….Richt may be WAY out of line on this one if true…
Chuck Oliver’s Blog
Disclaimer….
Apr 19, 2010 — 12:56pm
Disclaimer: until I hear this directly from Mark Richt or Zach Mettenberger or the bouncer at the bar, this is simply what I’ve been told from three separate sources. One is a former All-SEC player who is still up-close with the program, one is attached to the program and works with Coach Richt on a weekly basis during the season. The third source is simply the third source — can’t say much more without identifying him, but is someone I trust. Very solid, never been wrong. Having said that . . .
ZM being dismissed from the program is because of two things — 1. There was much more to what happened that night than originally came out and 2. ZM lied to Coach Richt about it.
According to the sources, ZM was seriously intoxicated that night at the bar in Remerton. He was being very inappropriate with his language and then became inappropriate physically. One girl, in particular, works at the bar — she wasn’t on duty that night, but was there with friends and ZM was essentially trying to expose her in the bar in full view of others. The bouncer tossed ZM into the parking lot and that’s when the altercation with the police began.
ZM has several friends at VSU that he’s known from growing up together in Oconee. Several of these friends are all in the same sorority at VSU and the girl he was allegedly accosting is in that sorority.
ZM then gets back to Athens and lies to Richt about what happened. From what I have heard, ZM told Richt that he had put one hand on each of the girl’s hips to move around her when he was trying to the bathroom and she was in the path he was taking between two tables in the bar. No one else backs up that story. Again, this is according to three sources that I trust.
chazzo
April 19th, 2010
1:37 pm
Anyone else suspect that Richt knew this was going to happen prior to G-Day. That would certainly explain why Zach only played with B-team. I wish that kid well. Give ‘em hell Richt.
CDAWG
April 19th, 2010
1:39 pm
I pray that Murray lives up to the billing that I had been hearing before the G-Day game. I did not see it in that game. I just hope that there was a reason why he threw straight at defenders and threw it 20 yards away from his receivers. This really stinks, Mett was the real deal! My balloon has definitely been deflated some. I agree with an earlier posts that something else must have surfaced; CMR would not have let him continue on in the spring.
Shreveport Sam
April 19th, 2010
2:20 pm
comeandgetittechies, the mere fact that you felt like you had to lay all that crap out to prove your point just indicates how far the Tech program has come. And you know you don’t want to be talkin’ about Florida or Tennessee, now do you?
silly uga fans
April 19th, 2010
2:36 pm
I love how some UGA fans love to talk about dominating GT over the years and how their worst team in years beat our best in years. First off that was not the best team GT has had in years. The offense was good with a shacky line and that was the worst defense GT has fielded in the last ten years. Funny how some forget that lasr years preseason #1 dawgs lost to GTs predicted 3-8 team. Last years loss hurt because on paper GT should have won, but once again the D let the team down. Winning by six is not dominating.
LifelongDawg
April 19th, 2010
2:39 pm
We can’t have it both ways; the fans have been edgy about the lack of team discipline for awhile now. I might have preferred that something as severe as dismissal wait on adjudication of the charges, but who knows what the young man admitted to Coach Richt already? Not good for the short term, but the proper message is being put out to recruits: Exceptional talent but questionable behavior will not be accepted. Period.
silly uga fans
April 19th, 2010
2:41 pm
comeandgetittechies,
If it is just a W on UGAs schedule, then why oh why do fans like you feel the need to justify the win? The highlight of your horrible season was beating lowly GT and you can’t stop talking about it, yet diminish the program at the same time. Fans like you are a joke.
LifelongDawg
April 19th, 2010
2:45 pm
@ silly uga fans…”Winning by six is not dominating.”
Good to hear. Now maybe you whiny Tech fans will cease and desist with the trash talk that comes from winning by three the previous year. BTW, winning eight of nine IS dominating…
Fletcher
April 19th, 2010
2:50 pm
These athletes need more explanation of life from home. They feel they are the answer to the world’s problems with all the attention they get.
JalenTigh
April 19th, 2010
3:43 pm
It does not matter what the Athletic Dept. is saying, there simply HAS to be some other violation that has occurred. Though this “ongoing” investigation from his previous arrest sounds ominous, as in possibly additional charges, it seems unethical that the police would have have made those known to Richt or the Athletic Department before any charges are filed. Not to mention charges don’t mean guilt. This just feels wrong to me, letting this kid go through Spring ball and all and then cutting him, leaving him less time to find a school to transfer too. There better be some more serious charges and not just allegations, or some serious rule violation that has just occurred, or I will have lost alot of respect for Richt.
Bobo and Richt promised to announce the QB order
April 19th, 2010
3:55 pm
Well, per Richt’s promise, we got the order for the UGA starting QB: 1.Aaron Murray and 2..Logan Gray and 3. Hutson Mason. Gee, this was easy.
Too bad for Mett’s family. His mom is a employee of the UGA Athletic offices, right? She has to be grim faced and mad. Too bad. Imagine how many kids would love to be in the hunt to start at QB for a SEC school and then they go get some cold ones and blow it all up with mouth and poor judgement. Dang. Teen aged, punk young men. At 40, if he never plays again, he will not get over this dumb move.
Gooooooooooooooooooooo Dogs. Sic em!!
silly uga fans
April 19th, 2010
3:56 pm
I will admit that several GT fans went overboard after the 08 win, but that was after 7 years of misery and some UGA fans saying once again we would fall to the mighty preseason #1. What sucks in good ole fashioned hate is that GT has fell in close scoring games minus 07 (31-17) and should have had 06 if not for the horrible pass interference call that should have been offenseive pass interference not defensive. My point really is that some UGA fans go on and on about being dominant and playing in the mighty SEC and slam the GT program, but with all that talent and GTs appearant lack of it UGA wins by a single score in low scoring games. That is not dominance if as some say GT is a lowly nerd school in a weak confrence with no talent around the ball. Can’t have it both ways.
silly uga fans
April 19th, 2010
3:59 pm
GT fans have a right to be excited about the direction of the program as do UGA fans with the direction of thiers, minus this story. Up side to this story is it may help UGA land a top QB recruit next year with less competition.
Hey, Silly UGA fans ...I can splain it
April 19th, 2010
4:08 pm
Um, ah, the reason that we UGA fans get on this blog to pound on Tech is because of that twirp Saint Simon who in 2009, just banged away on his keyboard with noise about UGA losing to tech in 2008.
Usually, as in like 21 of the last 25 years, UGA fans go to the tech game watch another WIN over tech and then plan on some decent bowl like Outback or Sugar or Chi FIl A or the Capital One.
With Saint SImon banging away, UGA fans warned him that we would not let up when we handled you bees and we did. Had we won by only 1 point, it still would be funny. The numbers about tech vs UGA are irrefutable. Also, the fact that tech has been only to two major bowls in 42 years
( Urange Bowl ) is laughable and most of your bowl games were Boise Bowl or the Micron Bowl or the Gator a couple of times.
You do know that in 2010 the Independence Bowl will be taking the SECOND PLACE ACC team, as the Gator bowl FIRED the ACC. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHHA They know that the ACC Champ is only ranked around 17, so why invite the ACC runner up, ranked 54th. AAAAAAHAHAHA
Go Dogs.
38 Yardline Dawg
April 19th, 2010
4:17 pm
I just figured out why Mett was dismissed…Hutson Mason wears #5, so Richt needed Mett’s jersey available in August.
I am trying to find the positive with Mett’s dismissal, and looking at some of Mason’s highlights from last year, he could move to the back up position by Fall.
UGAAlumnus
April 19th, 2010
4:20 pm
I was convinced Murray was the guy for the job until sitting in Sanford Stadium on April 10th. Mettenberger looked good, and he changed my mind.
But now he’s gone. Wow. Who was expecting that?
You know, I was watching Mett on the side line with his helmet off talking to other players. You could see it from the 26th row that he just doesn’t give a ****. He seemed to have the attitude that he could take it or leave it. Both Murray and Gray seem very focused on football. Mettenberger just comes across like he doesn’t care.
This leaves us in a very precarious position of basically having only 2 QBs.
Aaron Murray
April 19th, 2010
4:35 pm
You’ll be sorry!
Aaron Murray
April 19th, 2010
4:40 pm
I cant wait to start against La Lafayette; it will get me ready for a sorry SC team.
Thuga
April 19th, 2010
4:59 pm
Since the new DC has joined the team it seems CMR has had to step it up a notch. He knows that with this guy the defense will not be babied and heads and tails will roll for not abiding by the rules. Maybe this could be the start of something good….
For all you crybabies that think this is too harsh, being soft has made the Dawgs be stupid. Sure we can win alot of games, but we can’t win the important games. Maybe the FSU is being drained out of CMR and he is becoming a full blooded dawg… time will tell.
Don’t fire his momma, let her quit!
larrymunsonthe3rd
April 19th, 2010
4:59 pm
This it not a big blow to our offense
blazer
April 19th, 2010
5:22 pm
make room for lemay kid i guess-thought murray was the next hero???
Small Johnson
April 19th, 2010
5:38 pm
Thuga
Well spoken
Well spoken!
DawgBuzz
April 19th, 2010
5:39 pm
Hey CMR, what ever happened to second chances?? He has not been in trouble since and was by far your best QB. Did he lie to you or could he not remember clearly what happened?? Hope we can run the ball because we DON’T have a true starting QB right now. Logan – average at best. Murray – looked scared out there and the D wasn’t allowed to touch him.
tim
April 19th, 2010
5:39 pm
you dogs will see this kid again, and you won’t be happy
tim
April 19th, 2010
5:41 pm
can’t wait to see Murray in Jax he’ll rue the day he went to a mid-level SEC wanna be
DawgBuzz
April 19th, 2010
5:42 pm
Maybe with Logan and Murray we can just run the wishbone.
matt
April 19th, 2010
5:47 pm
there seriously must be more to this than messing around with a girl in a bar, right? even “trying to expose a girl,” while deserving of a suspension, doesn’t merit dismissal. dismissal is armed robbery, felony assault, forced sexual relations, repeated drug violations, etc. something really bad. getting drunk and cutting loose in a bar one night as an 18 year old kid doesn’t do it for me.
4 ncs are better than 1 is a......
April 19th, 2010
5:49 pm
This guy’s post are the dumbest of anyone on this blog. What an adiot. Stick to the subject.
Agree with Mr. King, Richt showed no mercy here, 1st offense, gone. There is nothing new coming out of this arrest, no secrets left. No proof of any of that. The UGA people even said there is nothing additional involved here.
Yes, it hurts, but we move on. Hustson Mason is our only hope for 2010, or it’s a 6-6 year with Richt out the door.
silly uga fans is a......
April 19th, 2010
5:52 pm
ok, this guy’s post are the worst. Both say nothing of value.
As Mr. King pointed out, this is a big time loss for Georgia. Mettenberger was deemed the QB in his class with the “most upside” by Scout. And Mettenberger was winning the QB derby in the 3 scrimmages in every category.
DawgBuzz
April 19th, 2010
5:57 pm
I agree with you Matt. What the heck did he do to deserve being dismissed??? This sucks.
Dawg07
April 19th, 2010
6:13 pm
DAWGS will be OK! Hopefully, Matt will be too. We wish him the best.
AltamahaDawg
April 19th, 2010
6:19 pm
There is of cource the possibility that developments from the “ongoing” investigation are going to continue to be distraction for both Mr. Mettenberger and the football program throughout the summer, and it was mutually agreed upon that this is what is in both’s best interest. Of cource, that would be too obvious. More than likely it’’s one of the well informed theories put forth in here today.
Dawg 39
April 19th, 2010
6:23 pm
Sorry but I just don’t understand . The stats don’t lie. CMR is the most successful coach in Dawg History. Nobody is going to fire him or ask him to resign. All of the new coaches believe they can win at UGA with CMR as HC. The players do too. He is not going anywhere anytime soon. You are beating a dead horse. Get with the program or call it quits. Personally, I believe The Year is this year.
2010: THE YEAR OF THE DAWG. Time Will Tell.
Small Johnson
April 19th, 2010
6:25 pm
I think Mett was driving the cab
How can they all have...
April 19th, 2010
6:26 pm
Man oh man, I’m glad that I found this blog. I’ve been reading about that Murray kid for over a year now and I’m really happy and want to thank you all for setting me straight on what a short, slow, injury prone, weak armed QB that will be leading the DAWGS next year. This valuable information will help make me indepently wealthy. To think that I was depending on sports writers around the country gushing over his abilities. To think that Colt McCoy, Carson Palmer, T.J. Houshmandzadeh, Pete Carol, Urban Meyer, Rick Neuheisel, Tom Lemming, Phil Fulmer, Tom Luginbill (who stated he was tied with Barkley for being the best QB in the country), could all be so wrong. Yea buddy, I’m just counting my blessings that I found all of you experts. If any of you experts have access to the team, please steer Murray away from this site. I sure wouldn’t want him to benefit from any of this valuable information. I want to retire early.
DawgBuzz
April 19th, 2010
6:36 pm
CMR wanted the best QB who would protect the ball….that would’ve been Mettenberger. He had the fewest turnovers and threw more TD’s. The stats don’t lie. Sorry, I wanted Mett to get past his mistake and succeed with the team. What could have been….
Impatient dawg
April 19th, 2010
7:30 pm
No question about it. Mett was by far the best qb we had stat wise in the spring scrimmages. He clearly was going to be the starter after the first game. Murray looks shaky, not great judgement, and his td and ints ratio was way out of wack. No doubt about it. We are definitely in trouble at the qb position.
Las Vegas Chainsaw
April 19th, 2010
10:17 pm
Muttenburger will NEVER play a game at an SEC school…bank on it.
jdawg
April 19th, 2010
10:38 pm
I don’t know why everyone was so excited about Metterberger in the first place. He was not the best high school quarterback in Athens his senior year and was not even on the all area team,
atl xmen
April 19th, 2010
11:48 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68Mmf1VDao0&feature=related
check out UGA new QB they will be fine/..this guy can play the qb postion
HenryVIII
April 20th, 2010
12:50 am
That kid got what he had coming. His an entitled little punk who treats everyone especially women with disrespect. I expect many more details to come out about the incident he was arrested for.
AltamahaDawg
April 20th, 2010
7:28 am
Don’t forget Tony Barnhart and David Hale, both experts on Georgia football, have been to the practices and YES did watch the G-day games. But wait, the “stats”. Silly sportwriters.
costadogman
April 20th, 2010
8:13 am
Richt seems to lack the courage to explain his reasons for dismissal of the kid who may have turned out to be an all pro.
If Zack was such a bad guy fine, but the coach should have the guts to tell us the real story.
If this was some petty drinking problem richt should have studied what bear bryant did with namath.
CLEVON LITTLE
April 20th, 2010
8:21 am
Murray is in over his head. DAWGS ‘D’ will be better, and even though there is a lot of talent on the ‘O’, METT was clearly the best QB. Murray will be no better than Joe Cox — more talent than Joe, and different than Joe –but by seasons end I don’t believe his stats will be any better. SO, we are right back in the same situation as last year –actually worse because we have less depth. Usually I look forward to fall football all summer. Not so much this year. Sad time in DAWG nation.
CLEVON LITTLE
April 20th, 2010
8:25 am
AltamahaDawg … Are you being serious or kissing Tonys azz?? Tony an ‘expert’??!! lol Tony isn’t even an ‘expert’ sports writer, much less an expert on UGA football. GMAFB
wsewell525
April 20th, 2010
8:32 am
well truth be told the best talent is rarely on the field. It’s really just the people who are able to stay the course, and keep themselves out of trouble.
Bud Kilmer
April 20th, 2010
8:33 am
IT WAS YOUR DREAM TO PLAY WEST CANON FOOTBALL….NOT MINE!
CLEVON LITTLE
April 20th, 2010
8:41 am
METT was recruited for 3-4 years for having so much potential. Murray was recruited slightly because he was rated as a ‘TOP 10 QB’ by most recruiting analysts, which we all know that recruiting analysts are WAY over-rated. Murray wanted to come to GA all along –just as Stafford did. Richt probably promised Murray starting time just as he did Stafford (regardless of what they claim publicly). Murray is 6-1″; he will look no better in the fall than he looked in the spring. WAFJTI.
CLEVON LITTLE
April 20th, 2010
8:42 am
wsewell525 , for some teams, I agree.
Bud Kilmer
April 20th, 2010
8:49 am
STICK TO THE BASICS!
hop
April 20th, 2010
9:28 am
a bad move made by richt and he will live to regret the harshness of it when zack plays big time for another sec team!
richt has keep other players on the team for far worse,but mr. perfect only wanted to show the world how tough he is!
it is high time to get a coach who is consistent in his judgement,mark richt is not!
the big loser will be uga and not zack because he will found many in the sec who will welcome him with open arms.
how2fish
April 20th, 2010
9:59 am
CLEVON LITTLE I think if I was going to listen to someone pick games in college football and the SEC I’d trust Tony over say..well you. And please sad days for the Dawgs?? Question what would you do if say Mett had blow a knee out a couple of weeks from opening day ? Run to Auburn or Bama…?? Man up! If this is the worse that happens it will be a banner year!
lazydawg
April 20th, 2010
10:19 am
CMR is protecting the kid by not putting out why he let him go.
GaDawg
April 20th, 2010
10:36 am
hop – The whole truth has not come out yet. And, I think that CMR has more information than we bloggers! This is not a bad move. It is obvious that the kid has bad judgment. I think he thought nothing was going to happen. Rumor has it that there are some issues with a female also. So let’s all wait to pass judgment on CMR and how this adversely affects UGA until the full story is told. He will play football somewhere, but I don’t think it will be an SEC school. His name is mud right now. I’m sure your mother probably told you, sometimes someone has to be made an example of and Mett was that someone. I wish him well and hope that he learns from this. Hold off judgment of CMR until you know the facts. I agree with lazydog. Richt is protecting him but that small town south Georgia police chief will not. They will release the whole report in time.
Bulldog59
April 20th, 2010
10:59 am
Hop, etal. I hate to see ZM go, but CMR made the right call. We don’t know all the details, except as now reported on 680 The Fan, ZM allegedly was doing a watered-down imitation of Ben Roethlisberger on the night in question. CMR has proven he will stand behind players that make mistakes, offering them a second chance, as long as they take responsibility for their actions. In this case, it is reported that when CMR confronted ZM with specifics about his conduct towards a female, ZM lied. Faced with that, CMR has obviously decided he can not trust ZM to lead this football team. I tend to agree.
Mambo
April 20th, 2010
10:59 am
Mettenberger had to have really caused a problem to have gotten this much attention from police in Valdosta. People who sit and drink quietly don’t attract the attention of police. The whole truth finally came out and CMR did the right thing. If CMR had done this some time back in other cases, this wouldn’t have happened.
Bulldog59
April 20th, 2010
11:34 am
And to Clevon Little, Urban Meyer had targeted Murray as THE GUY he wanted to replace Tebow at UF. I’d say UGA got a quality player. We lack depth at QB and WR. Lets hope (1) Murray stays healthy and performs, (2) Bobo/CMR design a package for Gray if he is needed, and (3) Hutson Mason shows up this summer and is as good as advertised, and finally (4) the entire group of WRs/TEs contribute.
Bull Gator
April 20th, 2010
7:47 pm
Don’t bet on ZM not playing for some low life SEC coach. Cam Newton stole a laptop and was dismissed from UF. Can you say Auburn???
AltamahaDawg
April 20th, 2010
9:21 pm
I must have been swayed by the books, and the national sports shows, and the newspaper columns.
Next time, I’ll try to find folks like you that know all the private conversations between coaches and recruits when I am looking for insight.
DawgVoiceofReason
April 20th, 2010
10:22 pm
costadogman,
You said, “If this was some petty drinking problem richt should have studied what bear bryant did with namath.”
And look how that ultimately turned out with Namath: Namath, apparently intoxicated on National TV, practically propositioning a female sideline reporter. There is no such thing as a “petty drinking problem”, by the way.
Richt did the right thing. There is no way the quarterback can stay with that kind of behavior, even with an arm as good as his. It would have eventually been worse for the team to keep him.
GT BABY
April 20th, 2010
11:16 pm
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GT BABY
April 20th, 2010
11:16 pm
INDEPENDENCE BOWL
GT BABY
April 20th, 2010
11:17 pm
7-5
GT BABY
April 20th, 2010
11:17 pm
KENTUCKY
GT BABY
April 20th, 2010
11:18 pm
ATL XMEN- SHUT UP, YOU’RE STUPID!
Kyle's Pyle
September 4th, 2010
2:45 pm
Looks like CMR made a great decision…built a good looking team and can’t wait to see how we play against SEC teams with our full staff…
Discipline is what we’ve needed to beat our #1 enemy – penalties…and it appears to be working in our first game!
Go Dawgs!!
Kyle's Pyle
September 4th, 2010
2:54 pm
And Hutson Mason scores 6 on his first pass with the Dawgs…nice
Glad drinkinberger didn’t make the cut and demoralize the rest of these hard workin boys!
Nathan Grantham’s D looks great! Hoorah!