Richt dangles possibility of Dome start for Crowell

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Bill- Nice column. I think Richt finally gets it that you have to play with controlled reckless abandon as well as recruit that way. Even Richt himself admitted that redshirting the talented Knowshon Moreno was a huge mistake.

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Martin- I think Ealey and Crowell will split carries.

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It’s simple I think, if Crowell hasn’t picked up pass blocking then he only comes in for some running plays and maybe as a pass catcher out on the flat if he is good at that.

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They have to come out with their hair on fire and guns a blazing against Boise. Make a statement not about the “Dream Team”, but about Georgia football

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What do you think of moving Figgins to FB, He wasn’t going to get any playing time at TE anyway. I like the idea of using Crowell early. Hopefully, he’s what he’s supposed to be.

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Dawgs are thin at FB. Zander Ogletree and Figgins. Sounds like a good move

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Not sure where Boo Malcome fits in.

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I want to see what Crowell does over the Spring games. If he outperforms Ealey, give him the rock against Boise. But that’s saying a lot for a brand new guy to come in and knock out Washaun Ealey who was been an absolute star at RB in 2010 on his extremely limited carries. I don’t see Crowell picking up blitz schemes, but he’ll add some deft pass catching skills.

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Let the FB’s pass block…just give Crowell the ball.

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Play the best player at the position. If he understands the pass protection and blocking assignments then he should get a shot at toting the rock.

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meant *see potential* sorry, mind somewhere else.

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Caleb King’s 2011 Stats: (hopefully)

5 carries, for -10 yards, 0 TD’s. He sucks! Kick him off the team!

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If this doesn’t once and for all light a fire under Ealey and King (if he’s still here) to get better, I don’t know what will.You’ve been starting for 2 years, making plays, and the coach is even gonna consider mentioning this? Every player worth his salt would be bustin a$$ this off-season to try and keep1 Crowell on the pine. We shall see… If Ealey is still worries about booty calls at 4 AM (what did you think he was doing when he had the wreck and incident last year?) and King is worried about trying to bum free drinks downtown then we’ll know what kind of heart they have. I’m not mentioning Malcome because we have nothing to go on with his play. Fact is this: if Crowell shows up in August, he WILL NOT be ready until mid-season at the earliest. He needs to be here in June to have a chance to help us

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The program cannot afford not to play the kid if he is 80% of the talent he is hyped to be. Passing situations can be handle with Thomas,Ealey and King. Let them block, but do not make the same mistake with Crowell as you did with Moreno- over PASS BLOCKING! The best talent needs to be on the field. Players make plays, they don’t wait a year. Let the kids play.

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He acknowledged that mistake Chris- Crowell is going to get every opportunity to play, hopefully he is the full package( solid speed with vision and patience, quick cutbacks, fight for the extra yard, always falling forward, pass protection skills, maturity of Lattimore)

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Don’t teach him how to pass protect ….yet. Just let him run the football at first. Pass protection will come in time.

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Pure genuis by Richt. He gets Crowell excited to come in, and has motivated the returning backs by basically telling them that they better step it up or Crowell has the job. He can also back out of this since he added, “…if he does what he’s supposed to do.” Great motivation ploy from a coach I had thought had lost his ability to motivate these kids. I also see Ray Drew steping in immediately and being a vocal and emotional leader. I know that’a a lot to ask of a 18 yr old, but he’s an ordained minister and has the best head on his shoulders for a kid that young besides the J-Hey Kid.

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I hope also we don’t see another player arrested all this year. That would infuriate me if we do.

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Carlton Thomas won’t see the field unless he is lining up in the slot or on a screen play like Tyson Browning used to do and be successful at.

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I think they will leverage Crowell to:
1. use him if and when he can make a differnce.
2. get the most out of Ealey.

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FWIW, I lost all respect for King when I saw him in an Athens bar celebrating w/ pals like we’d won the National Championship after we’d lost a home game(this yr) and my gf’s sister asked him why he wasnt upset or taking a close loss tough.
King: It don’t bother me none, I didn’t play today so what do I care
lost all respect for him right there, pile on his off-field issues and he is a real POS. the difference this year is these Dawgs wanna wear the “G”.

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I think Richt learned 1 thing from 2010, let the players EARN the job based on how they PERFORM in competition. Murray should have never started a game. Sorry. He didn’t earn it with his poor play in the Spring games. I saw a 6-7 season coming with Murray at the helm. Did good against bad teams, but winless against winning teams. Need guys who play best against thye best. Maybe Murray earns it this Spring, I doubt it, I don’t see him suddenly showing more poise than Lemay or more accuracy than Mason. Let’s compete, and give it to the guys who earn it, not ENTITLE players with starting positions before they’ve earned it.

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SmyrnaDawg,

If that’s true, I retreact my above posting. That’s a terrible attitude.

Hope that’s not true.

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@really?
not backing off caleb one-bit. He’s selfish and it shows. His head hasn’t been on football and if it isn’t given to him he doesn’t wanna earn it.
@martin
to knock Murray is just plain stupid. STATS: 3,049 yds 61.1 comp% 24 TD 8 INT as a rsFr. He’s not blame. I agree @ times he looked lost but seriously kid had an outstanding season and can only get better w/ competition i.e. Lemay/Mason

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Malcome should have gotten playing time last year.He shouldnt have been red-shirted

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Our fullback situation last year hurt us more than we realize, with Chapas hurting. Figgins should be an earth grader at fullback.

Crowell may get the start and the first carry against Boise St. (Richt may have promised this in recruiting), but I’m not sure he will heavily contribute until 3 to 4 games in. In the meantime Washaun and Boo can carry the load. Let’s just wait and see if Caleb can remember to show up for practice. He can be the designated pass blocker.

Of the starting 22, 17-18 should be Juniors and Seniors.

Of the other signees who could come in and help:
John Jenkins (hopefully) starts right away.
Ray Drew gets significant playing time by the end of the year.
Malcome Mitchell and Chris Conley get reps at WR.
Damian Swann in the rotation at CB.
Several contribute on special teams.

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im pretty sure just about anyone can pick up all the nuance’s of bobo’s offense after watching about three offensive drives. how hard can it be to memorize 4 plays?

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Ealey #1, King #2, Malcome #3 and Crowell #4. If Richt does not play favorites, it should go in that order. But we all know Richt does play favorites. Why even mention a freshman over Ealey when he has led the team in rushing for the past wo years. Ealey has ran hard over the past two years with too few carries and a coach that benches you half the time.

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Someone needs to lite a bonfire in King, Ealey, the offensive line, Bobo, the playbook, Richt, etc

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“Nuances of Mike Bobo’s offense”? Would that include our mandatory run between the tackles on 2nd down following an incomplete 1st down pass?! (Who knows – maybe Crowell and turn that predictable running play into a 4 yard gain instead of our usual 0-2 yard gain). That way, we’re only left with 3rd and 6….

Nuances…!?!?!?! I hope we have some of those in 2011…!!

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Rats…..someone swiped my “can” and replaced it with an “and”. Must have been that groundhog from yesterday………

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Take away Ealey’s killer fumbles and his performance wasn’t so bad. But, that’s like saying Siberia would be a great vacation spot if it weren’t for the cold weather……..

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Ealey and King can pass block?!

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IF Crowell learns the UGA system he will tote that rock. Apparently, Moreno did not initially pick up on the system. This then is a big IF> of course, IF Ealey is a man, he will coach up the new kid in town, and Ealey will also compete for toting that rock.

Caleb King is probably toast, so forget him. Ealey? he might want desperately to play this next year …………… as he likely thinks that he is NFL caliber and could turn pro.

This situation can only be to UGA’s benefit ………….. for a change. King and Ealey both knew that UGA had no choice in 2009 and 2010.

IN 2011 Ken Malcom and Crowell will put Ealey on the bench. Too bad ………….. he had his shots. King/ Oh yeah, go find your drivers license.

Gooooooooooooooooo Dogs.

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How about we teach Crowell how to pass block? If he doesn’t get it…. teach him again

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These guys get paid what they get paid to coach. Surely a million dollar coach can teach one kid to pass block before Boise St.

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Just remember this everyone. If Richt loses to Florida AGAIN next year, then he is pretty much gone either way. It’s all about that one game.

This recruiting success this year just proves that these coaches were being lazy last year.

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edumacated: I am not sold on that proposition…if we go all the way to SEC CG with one loss (and that being FL) and win it, then he ain’t going no where except to the BCS NCG. Now am I a homer who believes that would happen? no, but I’m hoping..

What if we split the first two games? And the one loss is close? like 1 or 2 points on last minute FG? Will folks on here call for his head?

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AltamahaDawg: I agree…execution is the key. I hate to say it, but Saban’s teams don’t make mental mistakes often and it shows. They execute plays as designed and do it well. But I think these Dawgs will hunt! Go Dawgs!

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Start him now, Georgia RB’s & QB’s get worse the more they’re “coached up” by Georgia coaches.

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“Did I read ” learn Bobo’s offense? It’s 20 plays.”
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It doubled for 2011?

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CMR learned his lesson with Knowshon Moreno who redshirted one season, played two and went on to the NFL. CMR wont waste a year with Crowell. CMR is also calling out King and Ealey who need to get their heads out of their @$$%$ and play ball or ride the bench while a true freshman takes their job.

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Exactly, and Saban’s teams not exactly working out of some kind of creative, unpredictable playbook. They are extremely predictable. 2nd and 10, you know damn well they are going to run between the tackles (and also because you could guess that on any random game and have a 80% chance of being correct)

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Martin..I agree with you. CMR said yesterday NO ONE job is safe. AM jock sniffers seem to be afraid of competition. If AM earns it in the spring game, he has the job with no complaints from me. However if LeMay gives you the best chance at winning a BCSC, he should be allowed to progress. AM hasn’t shown to proform superiorly against top tier competition, he built his stats on non winning teams, besides the fact he’s only 5′11 and can’t see most TE’s over the middle of the field. Against SC, FL, Auburn and several other teams he didn’t perform well in the redzone, LeMay gives Georgia more options inside the 30 yd line, besides he’s taller & faster.

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sandman053…the last time Georgia wore black, Alabama torched them black. They beat Hawaii in the black in a dome, but the key is coaching not the attire. Actually I would like them to wear pink for Breast Cancer awareness to save the tatas.

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Yeah I was referring to playing in the dome. I had to drink for six hours to get the Bama beat-down out of my mind. And I’m all about saving the ta-ta’s

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Better get ready for a bunch of media and SEC coaches to be AM jocksniffers, because he is going to be a preseason All-SEC pick.

And of cource he has to earn it to play this year. He had to last year, as did everybody that started.

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The canard about UGA would have had Cam at tight end and it being some sort of egregious error in judgment shows a rather shallow understanding of the situation. First, the guy was as big or bigger than most tight ends. That was a need at the time; qb not so much. Also, the guy may have had a better long-term future as a tight end, we’ll soon find out. It is very common for some of these high school guys to be so much more athletically gifted than teammates that they end up where the high school coach most needs them. Put them with other just as gifted athletes and maybe they belong at a different position. He turned out to be a great one-year wonder as a qb in college. Let’s see what happens now.

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AltamahaDawg…I’m no AM basher, but the reason Georgia didn’t throw to O.Charles or the TE’s is because AM can’t see over the middle (He’s more like 5′10 than 6ft) Most of his passes were towards the sidelines, and down the field. He won’t have AJ Green out jumping CB’s this year, and the 10 yard cushion they gave him to catch short passes. When Georgia scored it was usually on big plays, but was poor driving inside the 30 because they are limited. What’s wrong with a taller more mobile QB that will spread the field, creating wider running lanes for Crowell? Ask Auburn how that worked out for them last year.

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Ditch Caleb King, free up a scholarship, and find a good JC back that wants to play in the SEC. Crowell and Malcome are the future. Ealey is a has been and King is a never was…

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icallbs…Georgia had Joe Cox and Logan Gray at the time. They couldn’t carry water for Cam Newton. What do you mean UGA didn’t need a QB at that time? Are we now developing TE’s for the NFL? Who cares if Newton is a TE in the NFL, he won a title at Aubrun. That’s just the thinking that keeps UGA out of a Championship game…backward, bizzaro world idealogy that gets you nowhere but to 6-7. FL, TX and Auburn has won championships with mobile QB’s in the last 4 years, UGA needs to get with the system or forever be left behind.

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I would start a 6th grader instead of Caleb Moron King and Washon “bad attitude” ealey…..it would not be any worse- that’s for sure. Hope that King and Ealey end up quiting before next year- their troubles and attitudes is what have been a major part of the problem…

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Isaiah Crowell’s scouting report states, he possesses soft hands so he’s a threat in the passing game. Aaron Murray’s scouting report states he’s 6′ 1″ I don’t know where people get he’s 5′ 11″ and if michael vick can see over a NFL line at 6′ 0″ I don’t see why Murray can’t see over a College line.

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tony

February 3rd, 2011
12:39 pm
To all the Tide fans who keep talking against the dawgs. Mr.Richt has made some poor decisions for his football team but too his credit he has defeated Saban more than once. The players in this year’s recruiting class has some serious vocal leaders(Drew, Lemay, and Turene) who can turn a program around real fast. Don’t underestimate those dawgs.

When Georgia can win a National Championship and not the Fulmer Cup then you can talk tony. But until then Georgia is always Georgia, a team that can’t beat Florida

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John: Who did UGA sign as a qb that year instead of Cam?

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The G Day game will be fun to watch this spring. This year, just like last year, UGA will display two kids that can play at a high level and possibly, one or two more. LeMay is there now lifting weights and bonding with the kids and with that new receiver, Conley. Mason has a year under his belt too.

LeMay and even Nick Williams from Wilcox County, will add a new dimension for UGA’s offense with the WILD DOG formation. Two of these guys can run that to perfection. With them in at QB on second down and four, it could be fun to watch.

UGA will be a much better and much better prepared team by September. If they handle Boise State, then SC in Athens, watch to see how UGA gets NATIONAL MEDIA ATTENTION. Boom!!

It starts with the G Day game, a quiet summer, then Boise State in the GA DOME !!!!

GO Dogs.

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Tech Stinger: Thanks for the update. Original, too. We’ve all now changed our minds about UGA and become TECH fans.

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Rumor is Ealey & King are transferring due to Richt’s comments about Crowell starting before he even practiced. Lost 2 great backs. Ouch.

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SmyrnaDawg…UGA was behind in all of the games except Auburn. AM performed poorly in crunch time, but after the opponent got the lead and their defense played pervent…AM florished! Look at the quarter by quarter scoring, not the end results. AM outperformed some of the QB’s that beat UGA, what does that tell you? He did it in “garbage time” not when it mattered.

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Crowell will play some this year. He has not played in A SEC game yet so lets all jump off the “let him tote the rock” bandwagon for a second. Me also thinks he is injury prone. You heard it hear first. And by the way Crowell seems to have a bit of an “entitlement attitude” from what I saw on tv yesterday.

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Still seeing some fools putting down Murray. When was the last time we had a player (QB, RB, whatever) that accounted for 28 TD’s in one season?

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Joe..you’re making stuff up. I don’t think LeMay will sit behind AM for 3 years, but he isn’t requesting a transfer….yet. Hutson Mason should, he can play Div. 1 football, I hope he realizes it before it’s too late.

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I would have red-shirted Knowshon Moreno his freshman year also if he couldn’t pickup the blocking assignments. Besides, we had Lumpkin, Brown and Ware in the backfield. Caleb problem have been being labled the next coming of H. Walker. Walker was a 220-230 pounds of muscles power back with world class sprinters speed. Ealey and Malcome (i think) are more of a power back. King and Crowell are speed backs. None have the combo. Crowell, like Caleb, will not be effective if the line play don’t improve. From what i’ve seen, both of these backs need to get into space. Reguardless of what’s being written, Caleb have been effective when he gets into space. Caleb fumble at Colorado was due to a lineman beating a handoff to him. How do a lineman beats a quarterback to the running back? That should never happen. I don’t care how good you are or suppose to be, if you can’t get started, you can’t do anyhing. One final note, these are kids playing a game. Keep that in mind when you are attacking and insulting them.

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@Joe,
Mettenberger may have been better all around but HE screwed up when he went grabbing women in S.Ga and it cost him.

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Murray went 0-6 in 2010 against winning teams, and also lost to Colorado. No doubt Greg Bingham could have won more games. You’d have to think if Murray puts in his normal choke like Spring, and gets blown off the field again by the other QB’s, then when Bobo annoints Murray the starter again, you can bet, any QB’s left will be gone by then.

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Unless Calab King is suspended for any additional games to begin the season he will be the starter in the Boise State Game. He is the best back we had the last 2 years and due to his familiarity with the system and his excellent blocking, he will start over Crowell. I expect to see King and Crowell/Malcomb be a 1-2 combo. Everyone is down on King because of off the field problems. However, his on the field production has been very good considering the pitiful blocking he has received.

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King & Ealey were outraged by Richt’s comments about Crowell. I don’t see this ending well. Watch what happens this week.

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Uh, I’m pretty sure Cam Newton was put with “just as gifted athletes” last year when he was a starting QB in the SEC. The result was one of the most dominating individual seasons in college football history. But he would have been spending most of his time blocking as a tight end at Georgia. There is absolutley no conceivable way to spin or defend that. It demonstrates how inflexible that Richt is with his system and how he is sometimes a poor evaluator of talent. There is nothing special about Georgia’s offense that would have prevented us from offering Cam Newton a scholarship as a QUARTERBACK. The guy is like 8 feet tall and weighs 250 lbs. It doesn’t get anymore “pro style” than that. If there is a talent like that on the table you build the offense around him, you don’t put him at freaking tight end. Please spare me the excuses. I doubt Cam Newton would have come to Georgia anyway but he sure as hell wouldn’t have come here as a tight end. Get real.

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Joe, It look’s like your the one who is making up the rumor, about Hutson Mason and Christian Lemay, do you have a legitment source you can show on this blog, or are you just running your mouth. Put up or shut up.

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“It’s about winning the BCSC, if AM is UGA’s best QB to get there, I say let him start, but if someone else is better, let’s play our best.” — I completely agree.
If Lemay is better he will play, CMR has no time now to worry abt keeping players happy. We haven’t seen Lemay yet and I look forward to GDay and will support whoever is under center. My points were all about last yr and the thought that AM wasn’t adequate enough. He helped us a ton last yr and we probably would have been a lot worse off.

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As far as Orson goes I think he should be in the slot, he’d pose as a dangerous threat and allow us to utilize all of our stock @ TE. His hands,feet, and ball skills are perfect to dominate, not to mention his perimeter blocking skills.

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Aaron Murray is the Matt Ryan of College Football, when the pressure is on he Chokes. Check the Florida game and the Auburn game loser

Go Tech

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Will certainly be an interesting spring w/more questions than answers. Whether all these guys will pay dividends right away may be seen in fist two games. They have to be exceptional players to be able to play SEC FB right out of the gate. What they haven’t learned in the playbooks they’ll have to make up w/shear talent.

After last season and all the high expectations then go bust I choose to wait and see before getting my hopes too high. For the sake of the bulldog nation and this coaching staff I hope these kids are as good as all the hype. GO DAWGS.

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Richt better pray Ealey and King don’t leave due to his comments or UGA may really suffer this year. If I was one of Ealey’s or King’s parents I would give Richt a call and ask him if he was trying to run them off. Richt has to be the worst coach in the nation with handling the media.

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Its not really an emotional thing for w/ AM, I’m simply looking at his body of work on the field as RsFr, and I and most others would agree he handled his own and learned from his mistakes. I agree he may not be “the guy” to win it for UGA, but as far as last yr went he was the best option to go with. Mettenberger was dismissed in April so we really had no choice. This yr is different Lemay will have a shot at QB. I definitely want the best product on the field.

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Murray’s stats? 6-7 as a starter, 0-6 against winning teams, couldn’t beat Colorado.

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Cam Newton didn’t take well to sitting the bench at Florida. Yes, he was better than Tebow at the time, yet Tebow retained his starting position.

Losing Newton cost Meyer a National Championship in 2010.

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Terry..putting AM stats up is like going to NFL.com and looking at QB rating. Why are there so many losing teams with QB’s with great ratings? Why is AM stats better than most team QB that beat UGA? Why can’t AM put up those stats in the 1st, 2nd quarter when the defense needs a rest, and the team needs the lead, but puts up great stats in the 4th quarter when the game is decided against prevent defenses?

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SmyrnaDawg…You have no problem giving Ealey/King competiton, but AM should be able allowed to cake-walk? Seems like you like to have your calk and eat it too…

CMR said yesterday…No one job is safe….AS it should, it seems as if Meyer and Saban has the same idealogy…and both has won BCSC.

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Joe…Logan Gray wasn’t/isn’t better than AM. Let it go man…

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John…..you do realize that Murray is instructed to run the plays that Bobo calls right? For you say that AM couldn’t produce is tough. The entire year we never established an offensive identity and I believe that starts with the OC and his plan of attack.

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Thanks Okefenokee, I know this past season was a tough pill for all fans to swallow, just trying to separate a few positives, from a lot of negatives. Our D improved but @ times we were confused and out of place and couldn’t stop anything. That hurts cause in most situations last yr it forced us to answer with points.

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Okefenokee Brave…the offense goes 3 and out for most of first half & 3rd quarter, the defense is tired and gets behind by 2 touchdowns, and you think offense is not part of the problem? That’s rich…

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John
I played a little football many years ago and was the quarterback and I am short. You are correct when you say that Murray probably couldn’t see the receivers down field because he is too short. The problem is our offensive line couldn’t block long enough for Murray to pick up an open lane. When he finally got frustrated at not being given enough time in the Florida game and the Bowl game he started trying to force the ball which didn’t work very well.
Murray’s strengths are :
1- not making mistakes because of his patience. He needs to realize that the reason we didn’t get blown out in any game and could have won every game was because he didn’t have near the turn overs that Cox did.
2-With LeMay on the team Murray should be able to make quicker decisions about whether he should run or not.CMR want have to worry about if Murray get’s hurt ,who will be the quarterback. Look down field and if nobody is breaking open or none of the back’s are open so he can dump it to them Murray needs to not hesitate any, just run the ball.
What coach Richt needs to do is rework his play book so it will speed Murray up in deciding to run , throw down field or dump it to a back. If LeMay can execute these three things faster then he should be quarterback.

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John…my argument isn’t falling apart. I defended AM b/c you attacked his performance. I brought up Bobo b/c I (and I is an opinion) think his creativity(or lack thereof) should put these kids in a position to make plays(audible or not). We seem to love Play-action w/out establishing the run and long developing routes: a detriment. How many times this year did we receive the KO and know the 1st play would be a bomb?

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“Lemay” like ability, hell this kid has proven nothing in Athens, didn’t play his senior year and half the fanbase is ready to start the kid. No wonder fans of other schools make fun of us. We now have morons thinking after watching Cam Newton that Lemay will walkin and perform equivalent to that….

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Murray completed 61% of his passes. Go check the Comp % of Greene and Stafford as freshmen. Also go check out the ground game they had also. If Murray would have had a solid running game that would have took some pressure off him some of these arguments would be irrelevant.

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Apples II Oranges …Should we grade him on a curve because he’s too short to see downfield? Should UGA stop recruiting OL’s that are over 6 ft tall because AM can’t see over them? Does he need the best WR in college football to succeed? Cpuld it be the running game disappeared because most teams stacked the line and doubled AJ which rendered AM useless? You want perspective, but you make no sence…

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Joe
The reason that Mettenberger left was because he was deep in CMR’s dog house because he sexually assaulted a girl at a bar and because he LIED to coach Richt. The one character trait that CMR demands and I agree with is that his players better not LIE.

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No john we all make a lot of sense(sp correctly). You have yet to support your argument with any factual information. I showed you Am’s productivity in stats and you argue that it all came against prevent D’s in the 4th Qtr when everything is out of reach yet you can’t provide a stat line to go along with your bantering.

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I will give Mark credit, he recruited very well this year but more importantly, he recruited needs and talent (let’s hope Jenkins signs). It’s already been stated that UGA recruiting really hasn’t been the problem, it’s the lack of development and use of the talent that has eluded Richt.

My ultimate desire is that Mark will get it right and somehow adjust to the current level of coaching competition in the SEC. He has all the ingredients in place, now it’s time for results.

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What Bobo and CMR are planning to do is establish the run, thus the comment about Crowell . Having said that CMR is going to play his best running backs. I still say that the starter at tailback will be Malcomb. CMR praised the hell out of his practice play last year but it didn’t make any sense to take the red shirt off him after we went 1 and 4.

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SmyrnaDawg…you’re arguing the point, so the burden of proof is on you. Why did AM outperform most QB’s that beat UGA in stats? If they stats were sooooo important wouldn’t it be the reverse. Should not the team win be a mirror the supporting cast & stats? AM stats were made in “garbage time”, not when the team needed the points…not when the defense need a rest.

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should read Ealey and King

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7576DAWG…if Malcomb is good enough to start at RB this year, CMR should be fired. That means he did the same thing to Malcomb that he did to Knowshon, which means UGA get’s 2 years from Malcomb then he can go to the NFL. Let’s hope that CMR didn’t do that again. Therefore, I believe your premise to be false.

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I don’t thihk they are saying that he shouldn’t have to earn his job. They are saying that they believe he will. Glad to clear that up. You’re welcome.

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The most important thing for our running back’s will be the blocking of the offensive line. The most important lineman will be Sturdivant. This guy is a beast and as a freshman was dominate until he got hurt. This year he will either get re-injured which will end his football career or he will regain his dominance on the line. He knows what’s at stack for him so he will not be holding back any to prove whether he can hold up over an entire season. The NFL will need proof that he can go all out for the entire season before they will take a chance on him.

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We have that one guy who for some reason holds a grudge against Aaron Murray on here again. He keeps posting under various names so we think that there are a ton of AM haters. We all know there is just one! Do you really think you are going to convince all the people on here that AM sucks? We all watched the games you moron. So did AM steal your girlfriend or what? LMAO!!!!!

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Okefenokee Brave…Joe Cox proves that you can plug anyone in the QB slot and with good players around him, you can win at least 8 games. That doesn’t say much for Murray, he only got 6 wins against teams that won no games. At least Joe Cox got some quality wins on the scoreboard, Murray gets them on the stat sheet.

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I hate the term “All In” it is so stupid. Clemson fans use it too. I know that their coach started but UT is lame.

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To give a 17 year old kid the starting tail-back assignment without him ever stepping foot on the fiield. Have to scratch your hat on that one.

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Martin, the fact is that the chance to start hasn’t been there for a lot of the recruits because of CMR’s loyalty to seniors and juniors. I believe (HOPE) that he’s learned his lesson from this and initiates a policy of allowing freshmen to compete for starts. That helps the seniors as much as anyone by lighting a fire under their butts! The redshirting of Moreno was a prime example. If Moreno hadn’t redshirted in 07′, we probably wouldn’t have lost those games to TN and SC and could have easily played for (and won) the NC that year.

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edumacated…I agree with your premise, but your point ( Heck, some guy named Buck Belue won it all for us, so why not Aaron) Look at some of the last dynamic QB’s that it took to win the NC (Vince Young, Tebow, Cam Newton) The day that you can slide a body into the QB slot and win the big one is far and between, sometimes you need your QB to make a play or in the case of the last few BCSC games…sometimes you need your QB to dominate the game to win the BCSCG. The sooner these UGA homers realize this, the better off they will be.

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Apples II Oranges…AM isn’t 6′1, more like 5′10 with shoes. The reason UGA can’t get the ball over the middle to TE or slint passes to receivers is no mistake of playcalling on Bobo, its because of height..You can’t hit what you can’t see…it’s simple.

LMAO…nobody hate Murray, we just want him to compete for the job, not be handed to him. If Ealey has to compete against Crowell, so should AM…it makes the team better.

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So people saying AM didn’t fair well over the middle of the field are also saying that for Orson to have 26 catches and 422 yards all came on out routes and bombs? What about Aaron Whites 9 catches for 125 yards. Those guys were running a lot of fly patterns and 20 yard outs. The kid uses the whole field and spreads the ball around.

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I don’t think anyone on here wants the job just to be Murray’s w/out competition because that only makes you better, but you trying to campaign for Lemay by bashing AM’s stats he put up against SEC(top-tier) competition when Lemay has done nothing is dumb.

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John = Football rocket surgeon.

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So I’m confused…is Bill King an Ewok, or does he just look like one?

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SmyrnaDawg…I’m saying that 95% of Orson receptions came on out-routes and bombs. They had to split him out as a receiver to get the ball in his hands, a sure tell-sign to any defensive coordinator if you see UGA TE split out, their putting him in a positon AM can see him. C’mon, the guy is 5′10 with stilletoes on, and his arm is suspect…he has tendinitis in his throwing arm…why do you think they limited his passing in 2 straight spring practices, he wears the arm bandage to alievate the stress and the glove he wore against UCF wasn’t for dress-up. I’ve noticed that all CMR & Bobo will say about the glove is “He just likes wearing it sometimes”…is it because the ball is slippery? when it’s not raining? The glove is prescribed SmyrnaDawg…by a doctor.

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Tony

I think Ealey and Boykin will start and have great years.

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John…I will argue all day with you that 90% of the time Orson put his hand ON THE GROUND came out his stance, ran a seam or a 10-15 yd in route. If you saw him catch the ball outside the Hash it means the play developed, Orson carried out his route and Murray found him, are you really this dense? You do realize how difficult it is to throw over the middle right? I’ve got no answer for gloves, i wasn’t pleased to see him wear them in the bowl game but the weather wasn’t great for that game.

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Offense:
WR-Malcolm Mitchell
TE-Orson Charles
OT-T.Sturdivant
OG-Cordy Glenn
C-Ben Jones
OG-K.Gates
OT-AJ.Harmon
WR-T.King

Defense:
CB-Nick Marshall
OLB-RayDrew
DE-D.Tyson
NT-Jenkins
DE-A.Jones
OLB-C.Washington
CB-Sanders Commings

ILB-Jarvis Jones
ILB-Christian Robinson

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Starting SS:

Alec Ogletree-S
Bacarri Rambo-S

Crowell will start.

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Every dawg fan knows not even Moreno could pass protect his 1st year. Ealey is the best rb the dawgs have on the roster. King and Ealey had off the field problems. Leadership is not in king and ealey’s vocabulary. You have to lead by example. Every dawg fan wanted to see Malcome last season. I hope Crowell gets to play next year. There is alot to learn before crowell gets to start. Other teams defense will know why Crowell is in the game. (just to run)

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John,

It is in AM intangibles John you look at. In high school as a Senior he came back from a broken leg to play in the Chamionship game that his team won. Apparently you are not aware of this. He displayed incredible moxie last season, and took some vicious hits-staying in the game. I think we have different view points in determining what makes a qb great. That is fine, but you ignore all of the positives that Murray displayed while taking the helm as a first year starter. That is disingenuous of you.

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I think I did that without name calling also.

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I am very excited about the spring game for two reasons. I want to see Lemay takes some snaps because people are overlooking how great of a QB we got in this class. Lemay would of been the number 1 quarterback out of high school if he played his senior year. I am also excited to see richard samuels and jarvis jones play linebacker. Man do we have alot of talented linebackers now! Throw that in there with an improved defensive line with big john coming and a much improved secondary from the recent past…things are looking to return to great on the defensive side of the ball which excites me more than anything…GO DAWGS!

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Murray is a baller. He made freshman mistake this year. His so called strength of team running game and ol let him down. He is a Baller.

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“if another player can bring needed support for the offense I don’t think we should ignore that either.” <— Agreed.
I understand the QB position is more than stats and I believe AM provided that w/ good decisions, for the most part, using his legs effectively to avoid trouble, and often times showing his teammates how to continue to fight.

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oh yeh, Spring ball needs to be unreal for this team after this season

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Apples II Oranges…let me guess Bret Favre is your hero? His moxie…the intangibles…the grit…spare me the nostalgia ole timer. Sometimes there’s no subsitute for speed and talent and no manner how you prepare or how much you leave on the field. CMR isn’t in the positon anymore that he can declare moral victory’s anymore, the faithful is getting restless and wants a BCSC, his back is against the wall with a 1 year contract agreement. He’s adopted Saban and Meyer idealogy of putting the best players on the field, whoever he feels is the best man to get him there is his decision.

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Martin, crowell will not be getting carries in the Spring game. Think about it for awhile and you will figure out why.

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SmyrnaDawg…we were very much in those games…Let me guess…the offense couldn’t score any points? But..but..but…we almost won…coulda, shoulda, woulda…That should secure CMR another 5 year contract (sarcasm)…almost winning is still losing.

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No I believe you were saying that Murray tacked on stats at the end of games when we were already out of them. Again show your stats on this. Scored 24 against ARK lost by 7(in it check), Scored 31 against UF lost by 3 in OT(in it check, helluva comeback by UGA, led by Murray), Scored 31 against AU lost by 18(got worn down in 4th). I believe if we score 24 or more we ought to be winning football games.

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Murrray is a lot like David Greene. He will win a lot of games in his career at UGA.

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Has anyone put any thought into what our depth chart will look like for the QB position next year. From what I can tell, we’ll have Murray as #1 Mason #2 and Lemay #3 going into spring. I know there are a couple other QB’s on the roster, but don’t know much about them. Welch is one…don’t know about him at all or the others. I can see a good dual tandem between Murray and Lemay…and Mason filling in for Murray if he’s hurt or needs rest. But it will be damn hard to cut down on Murray’s reps the way he performed last season, but think having Lemay come in could help the team move the ball downfield.

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Valdosta Native…my point exactly. We did nothing in the redzone, when teams put 8 or 9 in the box you can’t run against 9 man fronts, the field is too short to throw a bomb, we were sitting ducks. I’m not saying replace Murray, just add another dimension to the package.

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Once again, John shows his super intelligence! CMR has several years left on his contract extension that he signed 2 or 3 years ago. Nobody on this blog has suggested that the job should be handed to Murray on a silver platter. I really don’t think the coaches would have recruited and signed a player like LeMay if that was their intention. Just admit to the fact that Murray had an excellent year for a freshman, especially when you consider his supporting cast and the way they underacheived.

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John– first of all I’m not sad. Secondly, AM has already earned the job–now it is possible he may have to re-earn it in the fall but I rather doubt it. If he can’t cut the mustard, I’m all for someone else taking over. Look at it closely man–no one else(except Mason who only played a few minutes all year) has experience and to think Lemay is going to come in and take over is only wishful thinking on your part. No John I’m not sad but I think you are because for some reason you don’t like AM. You know, everyone has an opinion and an a$$hole and they both stink. I just think yours stinks worse than mine.

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Just another caleb king failure nothin but a thug!

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some of you guys on here are really fools… if u really watched the games and know the game of football, you would know that king is better than ealey. Now if he wants it more who knows but to just to assume ealey will play before him would be a mistake

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If Kenny Malcome is so great why did’t CMR let him play when UGA was 1-4. Crowell was much more jighly recruited and is a total package. Bobo the Clown, run the damn ball this year!

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CROWELL.. Saw him play multiple times this year… what a back.. the stats dont lie he missed 4 games this year and most the time was on the bench by the 3rd.. 1600 yds… This is big boy football down in South GA… Look for him to make some big plays in the dome and slowly ease the hype into reality… this guy is the best looking freshman back in a decade to play here… even the knowsh would want this guys speed

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chickenman

Hope your right. Wish Bobo would pick a RB out of our group and let him carry the ball 20 or more times a game. Got to run to win the SEC.
Dyer and Lattimore was proff of that.
I read where Lattimore never had a 100 yard game against a top 10 team.
Anyone know if this is true or not?
Know he got a 1/10th of a mile against us but didn’t keep up with his stats.

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Y’all just watch Boo Malcolm.

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Anybody know what Crowell’s number was in HS, and wonder if CMR promised him a certain number.
I know Boo Malcome wore number 24 last season,
Wonder who’ll get Gray’s number 6 and A.J. Green’s number 8?

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All these PRAISES for Crowell, what happen to Caleb King, these comments have a familiar ring??

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There is another kid there no one is talking about and that is Malcome. Ealey would be fantastic if he could keep the ball in his hands, and King just needs to keep his butt outta trouble. The Dawgs should have a high profile running attack it just depends on the effort these kids wanna put in to it. Could you imagine how good this team would be on offense if King and Ealey pulled their heads outta their A@%!

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Rome and Charles are completely different types of TE’s, Its not a matter of one or the other at the position.. Maybe one or the other depending on the situation. Could see them both on the field at the same time as well.

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War Eagle,
You guys recruited Caleb King just as hard as we did. Too bad ya didn’t get him.

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“All the nuances of Mike Bobo’s offense”??? Give me a break!!!

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martin- you are stupid!!!!!! murray is a winner. i was proud of him all year. i know my football and this is no bias statement. murray is the real deal. he had a crappy team. he is going to be great.

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Why are we talking about being world beaters against Boise St. PLEASE lets not get carried away with a team that had 22 seniors in its class this past season. This will be a new Boise team. Probably still good, but not 22 seniors good.

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One thing I am tired of seeing people write is how we should have won or could have won more games this year. The fact is, Richt fielded the worst team UGA has seen in over a decade, after having top recruiting classes since he got here. They deserved every loss. It required a major failure of his daily coaching duties in order to pull that off. Sit and blame players like Ealey and King all you want, or lay it at the feet of BoBo, but it’s the head man who is the most responsible. Period. Wake up everyone. The sooner he is gone from Athens, the quicker the rebuilding process can start.

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Martin….you are a football moron.

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I have a feeling Crowell will wear #5 last number 5 i saw was Michael Cooper. What ever happened to him?

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Does anyone know how big this Crowell kid is and what is his 40 yard dash time?

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Yes, It would have been the correct thing to do….Give Mettenberger the starting job..He was arrested for a sexual offense…What does Richt do then???? WHAT HE SHOULD HAVE DONE, kick him off the team……Do not forget what the guy did before the spring game…..He actually was never in the picture after the incident in Remerton. It was a matter of time that he got kicked off the team. He is lucky he did not have jail time…

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I just want them all to protect the “rock” this year. If Crowell can hold on to the ball then give him the go!
Great class but aren’t they always?

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Phil, you asked the question does anyone thing Moreno was not the best RB “at that time”. I don’t.

I also don’t think the guestion is as simple as “best” as in potential. It has to be best as in best option. It has to be asked in term of reality and circumstance. It’s certainly as simple as predicting the future of such thing as the likelyhood that somebody is going to be the one extremely rare player to leave for the pros as a sophomore. If you ran that entire chain of event 10 more time, 9 of those would have been a complete waste of a year for Moreno to stick him in behind those guys that year. AND Richt have proven plenty of times that if that criteria of best option is a freshman, thats who he goes with. Had Moreno been better “at that time”, he would have played.

Frankly, it’s pretty hard to believe that he wouldn’t put his best option on the field. The loyalty argument simply ignores that he also has loyalty to 100 other players, 2 dozen staff jobs, family, freinds , and a million Dawg fans. I doubt that he would crap on all that for just one of the many players that come and go.

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I’ve seen it said that Crowell was acting selfish to string out his decision. I’ll not debate his motives for attention. Nor fault him. As is pointed out, he still has to do the thing.

BUT in reality his doing so brought a lot more national attention to Georgia, The Dream Team, The recruiting efforts of Richt’s staff. You have to admit the fans got a lot more energized by that whole episode than had he simple committed a long time back. IF he felt strongly he was eventually coming, and clearly the staff did, then you could not have purchased any publicity than having him wait to announce. Early announcement also are never painted as picked UGA OVER somebody else. (as in beat out Ala) One has to wonder how much of that was staged?

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has anyone heard from Marcus….you know the “Ilove to hate Aaron Marray” guy??? Just wondering how he is doing

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Georgia will win the National Championship.

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Getting only three years from exceptional talent is the very reason that Redshirting WOULD make sense. You dont gain an extra year in playing a freshman, you swap a year, his best year actually. 3 better years vs 2 and some change. It’s the same formula for player who don’t leave early. Apple for Apples a player should be better his last year than his first.

Injuries happen in practise and a pick up game of BBabll. Should not try to predict the future.

Being able to help the football team win a football game at that time should be the only criteria considered. Crowell (possibly) can. Ealey was determined to be able to. List goes on……… Murray could not “at the time”. Moreno could not “at the time”. Linemen most often can not simply from a physical maturity standpoint, but obvious when one is determined to be the best option even they play.

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If Caleb and Ealey are enraged, let them show it on the f-i-e-l-d. THEN, they can shut some mouth, mine included. THEY NEED to man up and play ball. Both thought ( past tense) they were headed for the NFL. Their immaturity and their lack of character will hurt them badly come 2012 draft time ………………… unless they man up and run for 800 yds each AND HELP Crowell learn the system.

The NFL is watching them …………….. it IS up to these two. Let us see if they ARE men.Time will tell.

Personally, with these two and Boo Kenny Malcome, Carlton Thomas AND Crowell, running behind road grader Figgins ……………. wow!! I like it and these two guys OUGHT to recoginze the potential instead of whining. Do right …………..and maybe …………….maybe they get drafted. The NFL is all into character now.

Go Dogs.

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Most UGA grads and fans enjoy the signing day drama. Why not? These are kids. I do enjoy it and I try to view some of the HS all star games. I love college ball, not the NFL.

When they announce their selection as UGA with Florida and FSU and AU and LSU hats on the table or vice versa, we respond accordingly. Right? It IS fun.

Problem here is when the GT grads see U of Chattanooga or Millsaps College or Citadel or Davidson College caps along with that mighty brand GT, they become ill. THAT is GT’s issue with UGA recruiting.

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I wish this guy would get another name. Let it be known that I am not moronic enough to believe that Moreno was as ready as a freshman as the backs that were there with him at that time. He was not a better option. Richt just said he should have played him to give him a pat on the back.

Crowell has a better shot at playing early, but at over 5 yards a carry the other two guys aren’t that bad. It seems to me the problem was all the carries that got stuffed or amounted to a yard or two. The average doesn’t mean they got 5 yards every time they carried the ball. Hopefully some new red shirt linemen and a new coach will help the run game.

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Go dawwwwwwwwgies

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It’s great that Michael Turner (or Bush or Tomlinson or Sanders or…) has never run up the middle and only gained a yard or two.

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Turner also didn’t stand behind a freshman QB who was muttering “10,9,8,7….. crap, play clock, here, just run it”

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Richt – “I wouldn’t be shocked to see him running that rock in the Dome against Boise State on the opening play if he does what he’s supposed to do.”

While I like that Richt has that much confidence in Crowell, I think the first play should be fake the run, then deep pass to King/Mitchell/Brown (ala Stafford to Massaquoi in the 07 Florida game). Go ahead and set the tone for the season on the first play. Save the grinding for the next series. haha

But thats just my opinion.

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Crowell will play until he fumbles. The coaches base their decision on which RB will play by their last fumble or last arrest.

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Well we have put together a nice class. Now with what wr have returning and coming in, the coaching staff really needs to COACH these kids up. Put the best players on the field of play, the Hell with seniority! I’d bet you anything that a Nick Satan or Myer would take this class and team to a sec championship and national championship with in two years. I truly never understood why BoBo would continually call play actions plays when our running game sucked ass. UGA member these words, Honor, Courage, Commitment! Live by it and show it own the Damn field. Go Dawgs!

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Richt learned his lesson from the Knowshown Moreno debacle. You don’t keep talent like that sitting on the pine for a year.

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anything to motivate ealey and king!!

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especially when they had his name wrong on his jersey huh?

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Before Richts dangles anything he needs to grow a pair first. 4th and inches inside the opponents 5 yard line and kicks a damn field goal. Sheesh……

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Did you ever hear of play-action? CMR is clearly setting up the first play of the new “season of hope”
with some deception. Boise will key on Crowell, Murray will fake the hand off and go deep to Charles for 6 and Crowell will trot off the field having passed the first test of his career as a Bulldog.

I can hardly wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Will he have picked up the NUANCES of Mike Bobo’s offense by then? Are you kidding me Mr. King? SInce Bob’s offense has no nuances now, Crowell can move right onto pass protecting. I really hope the kid is next year’s Marcus Lattimore.

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dawg squeeze yes I can I can think of a team that won their conference and got beat by a sub par UGA team in their house…that is real under achieving…

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Buck Blew your name says it all….

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Before anybody goes into convulsions over which BCS bowl UGA will be going to after the 2011 season, just remember that Bobo is still the offensive coordinator. This in and of itself should give sane people reason for pause.

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I wonder if the hotdogs are better in the Georgia Dome?

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Thats right UGA, do what you have for the last 30 years, shoot your mouth off about how great the talent you have.
You know when your program is in the dumps when your coach has to sell the fans on a freshmen that has yet to carry a college football.
You idiots already have the starting lineup LOL, boy the rest of us in the SEC are so scared.
Mark Richt please stay at Georgia because theres not a school in Florida including high schools that would hire you.

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Of course you are not on our blog what can you say 18 out of 21 and remember you have best talent every year.
I really hate for us to beat us because you guys will tear down the goal post, thats what happens when you are not use to wining.
I just love to see you losers make a fool out your self every signing day.

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GIVE ME A BREAK !!!!!!! This kid is the most overated kid in the country. It’s doubtful he can even make it without the JUCO route. For a coach to talk about playing a kid who has never played 1 second of college football in the opener against a team that will stomp you just proves how ignorant Mark Richt is. Oh well, Joe Cox was undefeated until he started a college game. Mark Richt is soooooo delusional. LMAO.

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Classic Rich; talking instead of coaching. Here’s a prediction, Dawg fans… This class ends up about the same as the last four or five for one huge, unavoidable reason: great coaching matters.

If recruiting great talent were enough, Ron Zook would still be coaching at Florida.

The horrifying reality for all you folks is, especially if you’ve been following Muschamp’s press conferences, that you missed out on possibly being to hire him before we did. Has to hurt.

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Crowell’s my Hoss if he don’t never win no race !

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It is being reported that Vasi “Tombstone” Papulu is still considering UGA, along with UCLA, Texas, Oregon and a few other schools. A 6′6 380 nose tackle would be a great addition to go along with John Jenkins!! Reports of Papulu delaying college ball to do a Mormon mission for 2 years is apparently inaccurate, as he converted to being a Methodist and is no longer a Mormon. It’s time to add some bulk to the D-line!!! One report had him enrolling at a JUCO, but apparently no LOI was faxed.

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I think with a tough running game we can go back to ole school UGA football. With some experience on the wide outs will help too. Also as long as our new conditioning coach does his job and we can play all 4 QRTS strong and our offensive line can make gaps, then I have no worries. Goooo DAWGS Sic’em

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Enough of the 1980 crap. It’s time to get that monkey off our back. Win it in next three years. GATA.

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I would just say to Crowell to not get with a bad group of people that could land him in jail. Hopefully he is smarter than that and has a good head on his shoulders like Ray Drew. The Seniors should pick 3 players to take under their wings and mentor them while their in school to keep them out of trouble.
I dont want to start next season with 5-6 players landing in jail or doing something silly that could cost them playing time on the team.
This is one of the sore spots that Georgia faces year end and year out and has seem to only escalate each and every year.

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Florida Gator- Will Muschamp hasnt even coached his 1st game and wow he’s a Hero now. A premature announcement from an inmature person. Guess they should go ahead and call the Bowl Committee and declare Florida National Champions.
What are you gonna do if Florida goes 5-6 this year? I know. Muschamps 1st. year will be your excuse. These are the facts and nothing to with your delusional forecast.
Muschamp has no head coaching experience, Florida will have to get use to a different Offense and Defense Scheme, Injuries, Football Schedule, and players getting kicked off the team for rules violations.
Youre no longer the elite program you use to be, those guys are gone. Urban Meier wasnt gonna go through this and blemish his name or record and so he saw this and left.
You may have leaner years ahead and can you endure this or Florida Fans? When this happens dont come here whining about your team or the program……we could care less.
This happens to every school, there will be bad years for sure. Woody Hayes- Ohio State, Bo Schembeckler- Michigan, Bear Bryant-Alabama, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Tennessee, USC, Texas, Georgia and Auburn.
They will not always win. They have to reload and sometimes they will not have great recruiting years to keep their program in the top 5 nationally.
Georgia has had better ,way better teams than Florida. You know that and we know that. We lost when we should have won and the losing played mentally on our players. Wasnt your coaching or your talent, it was psychological. Yeah you had Tebow and we beat him before.
Florida had some great teams for sure but so did Georgia. But now you not only have to contend with playing Georgia but S. Carolina, Tennessee, Auburn, Alabama, and LSU. Right now all we care about is that Coach Richt recognize talent and play them to their full potential, keep them out of trouble and start winning again.
Not Florida.
Mark Richt is an exceptional coach, with a track record and Wil Muschamp hasnt even started yet. So before anyone comes here announcing him as a great coach, i’d wait and see before running my mouth.

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Does anyone know what time Big John Jenkins is going to announce?

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Hey Bill, can you elaborate on the “nuances” of Bobo’s offense? My 5 year old could call defenses against our pedestrian offense… And anyone that puts any blame on Aaron Murray is downright ignorant. He will go down, statistically anyways, as one of the greatest QB’s that has played at UGA. He out-performed Stafford as a senior, and the kid was a freshman. He was the lone bright spot on the team last season.

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thanks Dawg4life i was tryingto find that

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Reports are that Vasi Papulu will announce his decision on Monday, with UGA and UCLA being the leaders. He will announce by ham radio from Samoa, from what has been said so far. At 6′7 370, and his island’s pancake-eating champion as well as star NT/OT, that would be one gigantic Dawg!

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