Who will be Dogs’ true freshman impact players?
Will true freshman Malcolm Mitchell make an impact at wide receiver? (Chip Towers / AJC)
ESPN.com’s Edward Aschoff took a look at true freshmen who could have an impact on their teams this fall, and for the Georgia Bulldogs he singled out running back Isaiah Crowell (no kidding!) and wide receiver Malcolm Mitchell.
Crowell, he says, “arrives in Athens with a ton of hype. Georgia has yet to find its feature back and Crowell has all the talent to be that player. Some think he could start by the midpoint of the season.”
Mitchell, he notes, “played both sides of the ball in high school, but Georgia’s staff really likes what he could do at receiver. He’s a tremendous athlete and will get a chance to earn playing time for the fall, especially with some unproven receivers already on Georgia’s roster.”
Crowell and Mitchell are probably the safest bets among the true freshmen to have a big impact, but who else from their class do you see getting a chance at considerable playing time?
Could Damian Swann or Nick Marshall enter the picture at the unsettled safety spot? Marshall, of course, already has been mentioned as also getting possible spot duty on offense. What about the Rev. Ray Drew at outside linebacker? Can Georgia keep him off the field? And considering how thin the Dogs are on the OL, might Zach DeBell or Watts Dantzler have a shot at making an impact?
(Sorry, originally had the injured Xzavier Ward listed there when I meant DeBell.)
Feel free to share your thoughts on Georgia’s true freshmen.
GETTING READY FOR GAME DAY
If you’re not sure yet where you’re going to park this season, you need to know that UGA’s Parking Services department will offer season parking spots in its Athens decks starting July 11 on a first come, first served basis. Up for grabs will be parking permits in four locations on campus: the North Campus, Carlton Street, Performing Arts Center and South Campus parking decks. South deck permits are limited to four per customer. The Hull Street deck is not available this year. The price is $120 for all six home games, plus a shipping and handling charge. Permits will be sold online at gameday.uga.edu (click in the parking tab).
JACK DAVIS PRINTS
Prints by UGA alum Jack Davis are going to be auctioned in Statham. (University of Georgia)
An auction of Georgia Bulldogs prints by famed illustrator Jack Davis is set for 1 p.m. Sunday at Breffle Auction Co. at 1906 Railroad Street in Statham, just outside Athens. The Athens Banner-Herald reports the prints are part of the estate auction of a former publisher who worked with Davis, a UGA alum known for his great Mad Magazine covers. John Breffle estimates 1,000 prints will be available, with 15 to 20 different selections of Davis’ work, and some are autographed by Davis. Stacks of the prints (about 10 to 15 per stack) will be auctioned and Breffle expects them to go for between $200 and $300. Nothing dresses up a Bulldog room like an original Jack Davis!
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386 comments Add your comment
Joey
June 30th, 2011
11:27 am
We may as well expect the worst from the NCAA regarding Jones, so getting Drew up to speed is vital. I’m hoping Marlon Brown has a big year – he is a huge target. Also hoping Brandon Smith will get plenty of snaps at FL – if Bobo can figure out how to utilize one of the fastest players in the country other than the predictable reverse. Maybe a few underneath crossing patterns, Coach bobo? Sorry, AltamahaDawg . . .
Urban Meyer
June 30th, 2011
11:27 am
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Do_Tell
June 30th, 2011
11:28 am
We get great impact form freshmen players and then they join the draft–back to loser status again.
Destin Dawg
June 30th, 2011
11:28 am
Richt DOES need to take over the Offense.. or Bo BO will be out coached !!! Win This Year !!
Douglas dawg
June 30th, 2011
11:29 am
UGA fans are hopeless! You people would defend Richt if he hadnt won a game in two years!
Urban Meyer
June 30th, 2011
11:29 am
Redshirt all the Freshmen! I’ll have 4 years starting next year to take them to the dome.
Douglas dawg
June 30th, 2011
11:33 am
@ ATL XMAN – very stupid comment – Ron zook recruited well and it seemed the only team he could beat was UGA. Jim DOnnan recruited well….the list goes on and on.
ATL XMAN
June 30th, 2011
11:34 am
uga doesnt lose to uf every year, richt has beaten them 2 times and will have plenty more chances to win some more. uf having to deal with new coaching changes while uga doesnt have to worry about if they have a great coach or not. they already know.
Douglas dawg
June 30th, 2011
11:34 am
HEY Urban Meyer – Please give Richt some help! he needs you.
Gainesville dawg
June 30th, 2011
11:36 am
Just beat UF. For the love of God, just beat UF!
kerryb
June 30th, 2011
11:37 am
Douglas dawg, there were probably a bunch of naysayers like you for FSU and Penn State back in the 70’s and 80’s that wanted to bail on Paterno and Bowden when they struggled. It took those guys 16 and 17 years to win a NC. True UGA fans know what has happened the last two years. In 2009 Stafford left and we were stuck with a career backup who proved why he was one and a defense that was not coached very well. Last year we were starting a RFR with no game experience and was starting over on defense with a new coach and new system. Now the QB has experience and is projected to be the best in the SEC. The defense has a year in the system with better athletes and should be a lot better. After you have a lot of success sometimes you have a couple of down years. We will see the old Richt teams of 2001-2007 back this year. You naysayers can get on board or find another team if your not fans of other teams already.
JDawg1785
June 30th, 2011
11:37 am
Help us, Urbie Wan!
Gainesville dawg
June 30th, 2011
11:38 am
ATL XMAN – What? Richt has beaten UF 2 times. that true but he has played them 10 times!!! and new coaches dont seem to matter. ZOOk beat him his first year and so did Meyer. Muschamp will do the same!
Joey
June 30th, 2011
11:39 am
“Other than the W column, it’s not like Florida really has dominated the Richt era.”
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Dang, JBD, there’s only a W column and a L column. Moral victories are for losers.
Winning isn’t everything. It’s the only thing. – Vincent Lombardi
kerryb
June 30th, 2011
11:39 am
All of you people who are putting a quitter like Urban Meyer on a pedestal are morons.
DGI
June 30th, 2011
11:40 am
KERRYB – shut up. COme on how long did it take meyer or saban to win a NC and start beating UGA’s ACE? Even SPurrier at uf won it his second year. come on man you make no sense.
DGI
June 30th, 2011
11:40 am
thank you Joey for making some sense!
ATL XMAN
June 30th, 2011
11:41 am
zook was a great recruiter just sucked as a coach thus he was fired after 3 seasons. his players went on to win a national championship thanks to a very lucky coach in urban meyer and tim tebow. but richt is still here coaching the sec because he wins more than just 1 big game a year. richt wont hav another 4 pr 5 loss season for at least another 4 years or so. richt blows donnans doors off in recruiting and coaching.
True Dawg
June 30th, 2011
11:41 am
Don’t Get It is blunt, but you have to admit he makes some great points. Richt’s record against Florida is absolutely pathetic, and any Georgia fan who believes otherwise should stand up and take off the kneepads. 2-8 is unacceptable and do not even try to make excuses. For my money, Georgia needs to go 9-3 this year (8-4 maybe, but only if that includes a win against Florida) for Richt to keep his job. And JBD, there are plenty of good young coaches out there who would bring a huge upgrade in energy and passion from what we have seen from Richt in the last 4 years.
C. Brown
June 30th, 2011
11:41 am
I used to be a CMR homer unitl I saw him kick a field goal against UCF on 4th and inches. It took all the momentum away from the team and they quit. I also saw him get outcoached against GT a few weeks earlier. Should have lost that one too.
kerryb
June 30th, 2011
11:42 am
We saw what a genius Urban Meyer was when Tim Tebow left. He got lucky and got one of those Hershel Walker once in a life time players and won with him. After he left he struggled and couldn’t handle the pressure of it and bailed. Quitter!
Tom
June 30th, 2011
11:42 am
How many signees didn’t qualify this year?
DGI
June 30th, 2011
11:43 am
ATL XMAN – Remember 2002? maybe Richts best team ever? DOnnan recruited thos guys.
DGI
June 30th, 2011
11:45 am
Kerryb – What about urbans teams at utah? the guy won two NC at UF while Richt was scratching his arse and going to the weedeater bowl.
DGI
June 30th, 2011
11:46 am
I think Coach Richt is the real quitter. He quit after 2007.
Gainesville dawg
June 30th, 2011
11:47 am
Just beat UF. For the love of God just beat UF!
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11:47 am
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ATL XMAN
June 30th, 2011
11:47 am
dont think muchamps team is expereinced enough..meyers team had the more experienced players those years he beat richt team. fla will always have great players no matter who coaches but those roon zook teams had the better players on both defense and offense. and iga didnt match up well at all with them. uga and richt will have payback soon enough. when they start building the oline depth up which about the last thing that the bulldawgs have left to do, then watchout. richt and company will start winning sec titles again and this time the sec has enough clout to put us in the national title game instead of what happen in 2007
kerryb
June 30th, 2011
11:49 am
Lets see, He won in the Mountain West conference. Big Whoo. I guess I have to repeat my point once again. He won with a once in a lifetime player. He struggled when he left. He struggle just like Richt has struggled since Stafford and Moreno left. The difference is that he quit, Richt has tried to stick it out and fix it.
kerryb
June 30th, 2011
11:51 am
Florida will start playing in the Toilet Bowl for awhile now.
ATL XMAN
June 30th, 2011
11:51 am
yea and richt coached with a pro style offense and a mean defense, just like he will this year and the year after that..the man can coach and win games period. even the great bear bryant had losing seasons. richt only has one in 10 years. if he can continut that trend i will take it as he wins 10 or more a year alot more than he loses 7 or 5..look it up
red&silver
June 30th, 2011
11:53 am
The blog is for the dummies today. I guess everybody is a SEC coach now.
kerryb
June 30th, 2011
11:54 am
Floridas about to go through a 7 loss season like Texas and UGA did. Not enough talent to make a spread team a Pro style team right now. They also kicked their best player on defense off the team. They also don’t have any experience at WR and no big RB and FB to run a pro system. They are going to struggle to get bowl eligible this year.
bigroot
June 30th, 2011
11:55 am
all da freshmens should b playing by week 3 after losing 2 Boise State by 30 and S.Carolina by 17 with a offense that will only score 14 points on boise and 10 on s.carolina and coach richt will still make excuses for mike bobo play calling.Nick Marshall is the best QB we have rite now A-murray is not a championship QB, C-lamay aint ready and with an offense that will keep going 3 and out the defense is going to wear down quick.I said a long time ago i will get myself fired coach richt is going to let mike bobo get him fired in week one
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11:55 am
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Dawgscrews
June 30th, 2011
11:55 am
I actually agree with “dont get it”… We have had some great talent come thru the hedges only to find ourselves winning the SEC twice.. I do like Richt as a coach, but as in the UCF game not going for it on the goal line with just inches to go shows me that he has no guts.. Sooner or later you have to go for the jugler, and i dont really recall Richt ever really being that guy !! I do hope that this year he proves me wrong, as i have been through alot of disappointing years with all the hype !!
McDawg
June 30th, 2011
11:56 am
i agree on Zach DeBell on O-Line
Drew may have to if things turn bad regarding Jarvis Jones–USC /NCAA dig dig dig until we find something
ATL XMAN
June 30th, 2011
11:56 am
also dgi..go back and look how many jr and seniors uga had that year in 2002. richt now has to deal with players leaving after 2 seasons while donnan players stuck around for 3 or 4 years. dont get me wrong, donnan had great players but never the big time players richt keeps bringing in year after year. i just wished that sometimes that these players would stay a bit longer but i cant blame them though for taking the big time money the nfl is throwing at them. just glad we have a coach who can reload the big time players.
kerryb
June 30th, 2011
11:56 am
bigroot, You show your intelligence just by typing that post.
red&silver
June 30th, 2011
11:58 am
The people calling for CMR’s job are so delusional!
Floozy
June 30th, 2011
11:59 am
Happy Red Pantie Day Dawgie Fans!
Dawgscrews
June 30th, 2011
11:59 am
I dont like excuses either. You get the kids ready to play, show up on gameday and HOPE for the best ? No… you expect the best or you dont play !! Look at the other coaches that have been in the SEC for less time that have won national titles, and you think they have had more talent ? Not at all.. we had a Stafford, Moreno, Greene, so why havent we won a NC ? Answer that question correctly !!
Joey
June 30th, 2011
11:59 am
Kerryb, Tebow didn’t play but 6-8 plays per game in ‘06, when guess who won the BCS National Championship?
Myer’s UF.
With Tebow as backup QB.
Hell, Myer was a Gator, but you’ve got to give him his due. He won the big game twice, and beat our guy 5 out of 6 times – at least half of those with less talent than we had.
Alabama Jack
June 30th, 2011
11:59 am
Nothing dresses up a bulldog room. So true, Bill, so true.
kerryb
June 30th, 2011
12:01 pm
Richt won an SEC title in 2005. There were no Donnan players around then. They were all Richt recruited players. So the Donnan argument is pretty stupid. Meyer won a NC in 2006 with Zook’s players. There’s no doubt about that. He then won with a once in a lifetime player. The perfect spread QB that couldn’t throw but could throw his 240 lb side of beef into the line on runs and couldn’t be brought down. After all that we saw what a great coach he was without them.
Who
June 30th, 2011
12:01 pm
Okay so we fire Richt and the remaining staff, who do we hire. Just firing richt without a plan I just don’t get.
red&silver
June 30th, 2011
12:02 pm
Dawgscrews
June 30th, 2011
11:59 am
I dont like excuses either. You get the kids ready to play, show up on gameday and HOPE for the best ? No… you expect the best or you dont play !! Look at the other coaches that have been in the SEC for less time that have won national titles, and you think they have had more talent ? Not at all.. we had a Stafford, Moreno, Greene, so why havent we won a NC ? Answer that question correctly !!
Those guys played a total of one year together.
ATL XMAN
June 30th, 2011
12:02 pm
dawgscrews tghe reason richt didnt go for it there was to teach his offense a lesson that if they wanted a td there there should have gotten on third down. his players pretty much going throug the motions that game. now if he could see into the future he would have gone for it because his guys didnt really play well enough on offense to get any closer but again he has plenty of guts as he has shown before plenty of times. but he also wants his players playing hard every play so when they took third down off he punished them by kicking the field goal thinking he would be back down on the ucf goalline again real soon.
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kerryb
June 30th, 2011
12:04 pm
red&silver, it’s not the UGA fans that are calling for Richt’s job on blogs. It’s the morons of other teams using UGA type names. Trollers in other words. They are scared that he is about to turn his program around and theirs have no chance anymore.