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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Dawg4ever
June 30th, 2011
12:06 pm
Cool-aid drinkers Richt’s record the past 3 years does speak for itself. A .500 record in the SEC east over that time frame is unacceptable at UGA. Hell Goff won 50% of his games in SEC, yet UGA fans still believe in this guy. What has this clown done the past 3 years that makes you think he is a good coach. Just answer that, and then we can talk. If you can’t answer that question, then you are part of the NIGHTMARE that is taking place in Athens.
Dawglasville
June 30th, 2011
12:07 pm
Douglas dawg – If it is national championship or bust then how many active coaches are qualified to take the Georgia job? Of those coaches, how many of them are leaving their jobs to come to Georgia? So, now we are down to unproven head coaches versus Richt. Richt who has had us close to the title a few times. Richt who represents us very well. UF has the most to crow about over Richt. How many schools in the nation can’t UF crow over? I’m happy with our coach. You are not. I’m pretty sure that outside of the blogosphere our opinions don’t amount to a whole lot.
kerryb
June 30th, 2011
12:07 pm
One thing is for sure. Other teams probably didn’t worry about us because they knew especially last year that they were going to take us in the 4th Quarter. From what I read coming out of that weight room that will no longer be the case and I can’t wait to see it.
red&silver
June 30th, 2011
12:08 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.
I understand the trolling. The same guy does it everyday under different handles.
Dawgscrews
June 30th, 2011
12:08 pm
Atl XMan… why is there 4 downs in football ? not always guaranteed to get it in 3, so you line up and go for it in that situation !!! And when you go for it, you expect to get it.. enough said. Richt has made Georgia into Field Goal University by this and they will continue to be because of his inability to coach !!
ATL XMAN
June 30th, 2011
12:10 pm
richt isnt going anywhere unless he pulls an urban and quits when his best players leave for the pros. and richt has proven he wont do that.. funny how other teams fans get on here tryng bash coach richt when they know for a fact you wouldnt fire your teams coach for winning this much. and he doesnt the right way unlike the gene cheeseiks of the world
Columbus Dawg
June 30th, 2011
12:11 pm
Where did this moron “dont get it” come from, probably one of the other trolls using a different blog name. Might as well just use “coward” as a handle.
I would go out on a limb and proclaim that every single person who supports UGA Football, in any capacity wants improvement in the team it fields, beginning THIS year. That being said, when Coach Richt has had the hosses to compete, he has. Not only has he competed with the SEC schools, he has a 7-3 bowl record against winning teams of other conferences. He also holds a winning, record against the majority of the SEC teams. I know, I know not against UF, but against every other team except LSU, which is 3-3. He has beaten Auburn like a drum, and South Carolina, and Arkansas, and has been the coach to actually come in and make the Dawgs respectable against Tennesee, who had embarrassed UGA for many years before. Tennesee is a very respected program, and yes they are down a bit now, but they will be back under Dooley given a few more players.
The Dawgs will have more receiving options than most think once fall practice settles out, you will all be pleasantly surprised when the Boise game gets going. Richt ain’t gonna sit back and let his passing offense go to crap just because A.J. Green is gone. Richt was almost apologetic when he announced Mike Bobo was going to be the new OC. If you will remember, he said that Bobo had called the majority of the plays against Virginia Tech in the bowl game that previous year, and that he was easing him into the job. Many will point to the working relationship between Bobo and Searels as being less than acceptable. I am of the opinion that Bobo is just not SEC caliber OC material, and I think that Richt will have no choice but to become highly involved again this season. There is probably some merit to the fact that Bobo is related to Barbara “Dooley’s other Dawgs” Dooley being a factor in his not being downright fired, but with Richt being back on the job this year, and a new OL coach in Friend, improvement here is going to be expected and demanded by McGarity, count on it.
Nobody on the planet knows what Crowell will actually bring to the table until he’s on the field, but think about this fact. He will be the fastest back that Richt will have ever had. Musa was not all that fast, and neither was Moreno, these have been his two highest acheiving Tailbacks. Not since Robert Edwards was playing for Donnan has UGA had a back with the ability to “take it to the house”. His film shows that with a little crease, he can get out nthere in a hurry, so I am optimistic here.
On defense, the secondary will improve just by experience alone, and by benefitting from a much improved front seven. Look folks, Georgia was in every game last season, and that is more than I can say for the 2008 campaign where the embarrassing Blackout against Bama, and the blowout loss to UF still stand out to me.
All of this adds up to an SEC East title, a trip back to the Dome, and I’ve got news for you, Alabama and LSU are not all that, and my prediction for the West is Arkansas anyway, so there are really no clearcut favorites on either side IMO.
'94 UGA Grad
June 30th, 2011
12:12 pm
Hey don’t get it,
You apparently were not a fan back in the Goff era when things really were bad. 2 SEC Championships, and 6 top 10 finishes is not that bad of a resume for a coach who has coached 11 years. Things may not be that great right now, but I have faith that coach Richt will right the ship.
aint conVinceD
June 30th, 2011
12:12 pm
kerryb…….. Ther was no BVG either in 2005 and Richt had to rely on those damn chickens to help UGA through the back door to the SEC champoinship game. Then UGA embarrassed by WVU in the bowl game. BVG bailed out Richt in a few games too. Face it dip, Richt aint no big game coach.
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ATL XMAN
June 30th, 2011
12:18 pm
there are 4 downs in football because its harder to go 10 yards for a first down in 3.
again he was trying to tell his kids that ucf had know buisness there stopping them on 3rd down and that his big time players should have played with more effort on the first 3 downs so he punished them by kicking the field goal in hopes of getting the offenses line attention of playing hard on all downs not just the 4th. i toally agree with what he was doing there at that time. like i said uga 4-5 stars guys just ran through the motions the whole game. defense played well but the offense had some issues with effort. im not saying every player on offense but just some. no way uga loses to ucf for another 20 or so years.
Richt
June 30th, 2011
12:18 pm
Has the best win percentage of any coach in UGA history after 10 years,finished 5 ap final top 10 finishes ties him with LSU with most in SEC, Winning record vs every SEC team except UF and tied with LSU 3-3, 2 sec titles only LSu has more (3),
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UGADawg83
June 30th, 2011
12:20 pm
Bill writes and doesn’t even have all the info down (Ward injury). He also recycles already published information. For heaven’s sake get us a better “fan blog” writer.
ATL XMAN
June 30th, 2011
12:22 pm
i meant no buisness…anyway i hope you get my point. richt is the perfect coach for uga. his pro style offense will keep bringing in the big time recruits and his cool calm attitude will pay off on these young guys. i wouldnt have any other coach.
tide roll
June 30th, 2011
12:25 pm
Bill, is Xzavier Ward healthy? If so, he could maybe help. Keep in mind, you brought in the 9th rated offensive line class in the CONFERENCE (per Rivals), and they know what they’re talking about. Other than Ward, if healthy, not one of your offensive line signees is SEC caliber. The experts recognize this, Yet you and UGA fans refuse to. It doesn’t help that Richt keeps talking “Dream Team,” Maybe at some other positions, but certainly not the offensive line. And the thing is, your competition now uses Dabell and Dantzler (the Double D’s!) as Uga’s future at offensive tackle. Why would Vidal Alexanderr or the kid out of Florida ,(Avery Young), want to sit 4 years behind those two. And they will. Even if they’re better( And they are), For the same old tired UGA reasons. The idea of bringing Dabell and Dantzler in and letting Coach “T” build ‘em up is so like Georgia. Neither are athletic or physical or tough enough to compete at this level, and Georgia realizes it. But that’s not what it’s about. Never has been. and this is why you’re average and, until your philiosophy changes up there, are destined to remain so.
AltamahaDawg
June 30th, 2011
12:25 pm
Hot digity it’s close enough to start talking about where to park. I’m looking forward to it. I think its going to be an exciting season.
WDE
June 30th, 2011
12:26 pm
TROLLS…..I’m going to make this simple and I’m typing real slow so try and keep up…UGA has a football coach his name is Richt, that will not change this year. Find another tune…oh that’s right you can’t use Fulmer Cup so really your only fallback plan is CMR is this or that…boo hoo…we have a coach he needs to have a good year we as UGA fans hope he does or there will need to be a change.It won’t happen this year..he has been a great coach for us and we all hope he can return the team to the standard HE raised the program to…now go away.
Dawg4ever
June 30th, 2011
12:26 pm
Columbus, love your optimism, but until Richt proves he can win a big game again, nothing else matters. Just being comptetitve doesn’t get it, and his teams have been embarrased alot the past 3 seasons. Defend Richt all you want, but i’m tired of going to games in athens and on the road and getting our asses handed to us. If you need a reminder, try Bama at home, try Tenn on the road Kiffen’s first year, try Florida, Tebow’s last 2 years at Florida, Kentucky at Kentucky when Stafford was a freshman, and Kentucky at home last year. The losses the past 3 years have been unbearable, and there is nothing that has changed that will make this program respectable again. The only change that will make UGA significant again is to fire RIcht. Sorry, but he created this nightmare with his recruiting of players and assistants. The lack of depth on this team is a joke for a coach at a program for 10 years. Nothing anyone can say that will change that.
ATL XMAN
June 30th, 2011
12:32 pm
dawg4ever my butt you sound like a closet tech fan..haha..richt can win all games big or small. has won tons of them as every game in the sec is big or else he wouldnt have won 2 sec titles and have a 7-3 bowl record.
Ceasar
June 30th, 2011
12:35 pm
Is Crowell still puking????????
Jail Birdz
June 30th, 2011
12:35 pm
Yes, how many of the incoming punks will have an impact? And how many of them will end up sitting on their butts in the Athens-Clarke County jail, waiting for Saint Mark to bail them out?
ATL XMAN
June 30th, 2011
12:36 pm
depth is fine excpet for the oline and thats not richts fault with all the injuries on the o line. but help is coming there too soon enough and uga will be back to winning 10-11 games a year with sec titles and with some good luck a few National Championships. no worries as i have complete faith in richt and has eraned with his 96-34 record
WDE
June 30th, 2011
12:36 pm
@Dawg4ever you go back the last 10 years and name a team that has not been embarrassed over the time CMR has been in Athens? He lost to UT on the road 2 years ago..and last year he beat the heck out of them etc etc.You may get your wish and a change will be made..it won’t be this year so buckle up it will be a wild ride..and I pity you no matter how well we do this year you won’t be able to enjoy it as your goal is regime change not having a winning season etc.
WDE
June 30th, 2011
12:38 pm
@Jail Birdz I’m betting your team has had more arrests this year than UGA, want to play?
seabass
June 30th, 2011
12:41 pm
We don’t have any choice but to make Ward and Dantzler impact players. See this is why Searls leaving for Texas is good thing. He sucked at recruiting and our shortages with the offensive line now proves it.
AltamahaDawg
June 30th, 2011
12:42 pm
THANK YOU ATL XMAN, I am glad to hear somebody else say that. Personally I wanted to go for the first down at the time, but admittedly that’s the default “aw come on” response from a fan. In hindsight, sure, he goes for it, he said as much.
But as much as folks categorize that as “sending” a bad message to the players, they Ignore the actually message he “said” to the players.
“Don’t get stuffed right there on 3rd and short then run over here wanting ME to go for it. If you wanted a first down, then do it when your supposed to”
It perfectly fine to call that a mistake, but there was a reason for it. (not the least of which had been the much publicized fact all week, that when Georgia scored first they 6-0, and when they didn’t it was 0-6). He has proven time and time again that he would go for a 4th down. he didn’t in this case for a purpose. Didn’t work, but Folks act like Richt really messed up the psyche of some well oil-machine there.
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Travis
June 30th, 2011
12:49 pm
Dont get it……you fit right in with Caleb and Ealey….cancer to the team……maybe you can go “coach” another team…..as for being a UGA fan…..we need less of people like you- especially this year….either back this program or get lost loser!
Zoli
June 30th, 2011
12:50 pm
don’t get it sounds like Charlotte dawg. I can’t handle his negativity…dude needs to get a life
tide roll
June 30th, 2011
12:51 pm
These decisions regarding what prospects Georgia chose to sign this year on their offensive line smells like the influence of McGarity, who, unfortunately ,is another 1970s Georgia grad. There really ought to be a law. I’m sure he’s also behind the Joe T./ John Kasay strength and conditioning experiment.You think the competition is going to use Dabell/Dantzler against you, wait till they have prospects, (and their parents) compare the credentials of their Strength and Conditioning directors vs. those of Joe T.and Kasay (yet two more former Uga players). I have an acquaintance who graduated from Uga,, and times being what they are, I’m going to suggest he apply for a position on the staff. What do you think? Having gone to school there, like Bobo ,Kasay, Joe “T”, and McGarity, is apparently all it takes.
AltamahaDawg
June 30th, 2011
12:52 pm
Dawg4ever, please describe to us any actions you have taken one bit different that all the kool-iad drinker combined. Yamering in a a sport blog is not exactly some badge of courage. Letters, phone calls, emails, been to any personal appearances and brough any of this up. NOt buying appearal, not going to games? Anything? Any one single action beside big talking personal ego stroke?
We get it. We are all dummies for supporting the actual coach or the actual team and not the yet to be named hypothetical coach of your team. We are just big losers to sit here and discuss why the sesaon “might” be much better. Too dumb to understand that while we do want the team to win, we need to hope that the coach of the team fails. Not you, big boy, you are doing something about it, right? Thanks.
Summit Dawg
June 30th, 2011
12:52 pm
Dawginncarolina….
How come other coaches can do it successfully year in and year out, and Richt can’t
see to?????????????????
Bitter "dawg reporter------aka---Chip Towers."
June 30th, 2011
12:54 pm
any 4 or 5 star “O ” lineman recruit would be foolish not to jump on board with UGA right now and be looking at playing time. some kids that left the state could return and sit out this year and play
next year————————-just saying———————bitter recruits
Bitter "dawg reporter------aka---Chip Towers."
June 30th, 2011
12:58 pm
@tide roll–aka— tollit paper tide————–i here them calling your name—your break is over
—————-back to your WAL-MART–wharehouse job———punk
GDawg65
June 30th, 2011
1:01 pm
If Richt would fire Bobo and coach UGA might have a chance. There’s a lot of talk about firing Richt but what worthwhile head coach would come to UGA? We’ve missed some great opportunties. If we have a winning season this year despite the light schedule I’ll be surprised.
Jonkdawg
June 30th, 2011
1:02 pm
I can’t wait and see what these kids can do( fresh men of course)…doom or die? especially Isiah Crowell and Ray Drew.
Zoli
June 30th, 2011
1:05 pm
Cheers Columbus Dawg!
Atlanta87
June 30th, 2011
1:05 pm
WDE are you a UGA fan?
Hollywould
June 30th, 2011
1:07 pm
This better be Richt’s year. The schedule is set up perfect for the dawgs. I would be surprised if you don’t win at least 9, maybe 10. You miss most of the heavyweights. War Eagle!!
schmeckdawg
June 30th, 2011
1:11 pm
Bill, I thought that Xzavier Ward was out for the year due to knee surgery.
Bitter crowell---spoiled recruit
June 30th, 2011
1:14 pm
HELP—————–HELP!!!!——–JOE T is “killing me”
Munson
June 30th, 2011
1:14 pm
DGI, did you actually attend UGA?
powerhouse?
June 30th, 2011
1:15 pm
Dogs hope a freshman does not play QB…
Greg
June 30th, 2011
1:16 pm
I think one will get B&E, one will get caught smoking weed, one will get a DUI and another will get arrested in a bar fight.
showmedog
June 30th, 2011
1:16 pm
dont get it gets it. He is right on the dot. Uga fans and alumni need to stand up and demand a better coach. UGA is top notch in every thing needed to be a great program. A Coach/ Leader is missing.
Quit worrying what Richt deserves. Worry about what our great fans deserve.
Carlton
June 30th, 2011
1:24 pm
Yet another “cut and paste” article from Bill King. Great reporting.
By the way Bill, like others have said on the comments, Ward is recovering from an injury and won’t be playing this year. If you’re going to be a reporter, please report something (facts help too!). Thanks.
Greg
June 30th, 2011
1:26 pm
dawg in carolina; 70’s and 80’s? Michigan beat Ohio State by 80 points in 1917…how far you want to go back to make a point?
ATL XMAN
June 30th, 2011
1:27 pm
showmedog..there is no better coach out there and personally no other coach i would want and i think the players would say that too. he has won big and will again very soon..just relax bro