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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Dogs Smell
June 30th, 2011
1:35 pm
After the first 2 games one or 2 will be out for several weeks.
bulldogmaniac
June 30th, 2011
1:38 pm
“dont get it” really dont get it! What an idot!
AltamahaDawg
June 30th, 2011
1:42 pm
showmedog are YOU a alum and fan of Georgia? Tell us how YOU are standing up and making demands, to whom and how, then you can come lecture to the rest of us for not.
Dawg4ever
June 30th, 2011
1:43 pm
altahama dawg, you are the problem with UGA football. It’s fans like you that settle for medicrity that allows this clown to still be the coach. I didn’t contribute this year, and i’m not gonna go to any games until this regime is gone.How about you? All you can do is talk about the last 10 years, so what? Guess what teams have won the National title the past 3 years? Try Florida, Bama, and Auburn, all which fired mediocre coaches, and all whose programs have passed UGA and your wonderful coach. Did you ever hear of Tuberbille, and Fulmer? Both were very successful coaches at one time, but both had a couple of mediocre seasons, and both fan bases got tired of their mediocrity, and both were fired after one losing season. Why does UGA still cling to RIcht? Because of fans like you. Good luck watching this pitiful coaching staff, starting with BoBo, to Grantham, to McClendon, to Ball, to Friend, get outcoached every SEC game except maybe Vandy. Go watch the 2005 SECC game and get excited, because that’s all you will have to cling onto as long as this regime is there
UGA Alumnus
June 30th, 2011
1:46 pm
@me
June 30th, 2011
10:44 am
get a life, Caleb King is a college student. Go troll some where else.
JJ
June 30th, 2011
1:46 pm
1 or 2 will get arrested before this year is over…..
UGA Alumnus
June 30th, 2011
1:47 pm
I don’t think people realize what a legend Jack Davis is around the world. And it’s not for drawing bulldogs! He is a national treasure, and a great artist.
JB
June 30th, 2011
1:48 pm
Gotta solve this one problem this year to win some close games. I’m 58 and 30 pounds over weight and I think I could gain 100 yards up the middle on the Dawgs last year. We gotta plug that up. There were times a back hit the middle and there wasn’t a Dawg within 6-8 yards of him. We couldn’t get anyone off the field, especially backs busting it for 8 -10 yards a pop.
AltamahaDawg
June 30th, 2011
1:48 pm
It strikes me the the folks in here that are the most adamant about telling Richt what he needs to do, are also very quick to tell the rest us us what we need to do about him.
I’m seeing a pattern.
RichtHasToGo
June 30th, 2011
1:52 pm
Richt is a great man, and a great example for young people, but he isn’t much of a football coach. I think most UGA fans have trouble separating how much they like the guy and how well they think he can coach. The longer he sticks around the longer UGA will hover around the middle of the SEC with some of the best talent in the country.
red&silver
June 30th, 2011
1:52 pm
The Richt bashers are just too funny.
will the freshmen execute the gameplan?
June 30th, 2011
1:52 pm
Two responses:
TYP DELUSIONAL GEORGIA / (AKA CHICAGO CUB) FANS:
IF THE FRESHMEN EXECUTE RICHT’S UNFALLABLE PERFECT GAMEPLANS, WE WILL BE UNDEFEATED AND WIN ANOTHER NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. WE ARE ALREADY PICKED TO WIN THE SEC BY EVERYONE!!!! GO DAWGS GATA WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF.
And now for Reality:
Richt couldn’t do crap with two NFL first rounders and a preseason #1 ranking.
Preaching Jesus in Grass huts is only a few more months away…….
allwehaveishope
June 30th, 2011
1:53 pm
O line and D backfield is where the dawgs really need help. Any other contributors is icing on the cake. If they can stop BSE and score some points w/o screwing up they may have lot of MO going into SC game. They will need it.
AltamahaDawg
June 30th, 2011
1:55 pm
I have a feeling that you not going to any games was a pretty easy concession for you.
I’m going to 2 or 3 in Athens, and of cource Jville. I will have fun. I won’t miss you and neither will anyone else. Frankly I don’t blame you based on your comments. Clearly you have decided what it all means to you. Not right or wrong. It’s all a voluntary participation.
You don’t hate a loss anymore than me, but I am almost certain that I enjoy a win more than you. Sounds like you are just getting the worst of all things. I wouldn’t go either if I were you.
UGA Alumnus
June 30th, 2011
1:57 pm
do a google image search for “jack davis” if you want to get an idea of what he’s done.
red&silver
June 30th, 2011
1:58 pm
Richt couldn’t do crap with two NFL first rounders and a preseason #1 ranking.
Alabama had four first rounders and a preaseason #1 ranking last year. How did that work out?
UGA Insider
June 30th, 2011
1:59 pm
As a UGA fan I am looking forward to going back out to the Ole Miss game! I don’t care if we are 1-2 that is a fun trip!
AltamahaDawg
June 30th, 2011
2:00 pm
Imagine if he had FIVE NFL first rounders, and a preseason #1 ranking.
dont get it
June 30th, 2011
2:02 pm
Altmaha dawg – Better have your fun BEFORE the game in jax. i’m sure you, like myself have learned that by now. soooo lets see what can we do to correct that problem? anyone?
AltamahaDawg
June 30th, 2011
2:02 pm
Was it four? One had a heisman as I recall.
AND a perfectly healthy team, AND #1 as late as the 5th week.
Jimmy Crack
June 30th, 2011
2:02 pm
Jack Davis is an institution. His wonderful caricatures will live on forever in the Bulldog Nation. He draws a great Vince Dooley and the Junkyard Dawgs artwork collection is awesome.
dont get it
June 30th, 2011
2:04 pm
Hey – all this talk and we are still 2-8 vs our biggest rival. whooopie!
WDE
June 30th, 2011
2:04 pm
Funny all the trolls that show up to ask a question and then disappear..but that’s better than them sticking around I guess.
JB
June 30th, 2011
2:05 pm
Based on his entire body of work, and yes, being a great guy, I think the University was justified giving him this year……….But this is big business, lot’s of money, lot’s of raw emotion………..He doesn’t have them back to playing solid Georgia football this year, They ( ADAMS/McGarity) will have no choice but to make a change. I’m rooting for him and the Dawgs.But……..four average years in a row will not survive ANY SEC coach…….Even Vandy.
dont get it
June 30th, 2011
2:05 pm
@ altamdawg – Richt called he said he loves your excuses. Says he has a place for you on his staff.
Dawg4ever
June 30th, 2011
2:07 pm
Altamaha, you just can’t defend this guy anymore.Even you are running out of things to say to convince yourself this guy is a good coach. The difference between me and you are very simple, I’m a UGA fan, and i support the program, I’m not a Richt fan, hopefully even you can understand that. But i seriously doubt it. I will support the program, but i will not support the guy that has single handedly, under his watch, brought our program to this mediocre level. He has no answers now, and he has had no answers the past 3 years. Yet, you think he will change his personality, and his coaching style, and somehow win big again. Sorry, but there is an old saying, “Can’t change the strips on a Zebra” and unfortunately Richt is too dumb or too stubborn to change. Just like it took him 2 years too long to dump his buddy Martinez, he has waited 4 or 5 years too long to dump his other buddy BoBo. You keep dreaming,and i will keep facing reality.That reality is simple, Richt was lucky to have VanGorder to bail him out from 2002-2004, now he has nobody to bail him and Bobo out. If you don’t realize this, then i question if you are really watching the UGA games
dont get it
June 30th, 2011
2:07 pm
“Just beat Uf. For the love of God, just beat UF!”
WDE
June 30th, 2011
2:08 pm
@Dawg4ever if AltamahaDawg and fans like him are the “problem” where do I sign up? You pompous blow hole you!
AltamahaDawg
June 30th, 2011
2:08 pm
I’ve learned J-ville be very disapointing, but I I’ve had plenty big fun after losing there. Like winning the East a few times after that. It’s certainly less fun on that day to lose.
The correction to that problem is simple. Have a better team than them. That has rarely not worked out well.
red&silver
June 30th, 2011
2:09 pm
I’m starting to think some of you really have a bad case of selective memory.
dont get it
June 30th, 2011
2:10 pm
@ altmdawg – Who’s job is it to get a better team in place? maybe the HC?
dont get it
June 30th, 2011
2:13 pm
Would WDE and Altamahadawg please give us a number. just one number on how many losses untill you also think it should be legal to criticise this coach. how any losses to UF before you guys decide to wake up?
SOUTHGADAWG88
June 30th, 2011
2:14 pm
Ward had an ACL injury.Mitchell has been called the most impressive newcomer so far.Crowell will get a lot of pt.Drew will play.At least 3 freshmen WR will get some pt.At least 1 OL will play alot and Marshall and Swann will play how much depends on how they look in Aug.The high profile guys are going to play…how much depends on how quickly they adjust to the college game.Jay Rome may be the only one looking uphill bigtime on the depth chart.
Atlanta87
June 30th, 2011
2:14 pm
It’s fun to watch UGA fans defend their coach with examples of how other teams struggle too. Comparing what Richt did with that talent and what Saban did with his talent, doesn’t change the fact that he didn’t win an SEC championship with his players. Oh well, what do I care, I hate both teams so please keep the guy and Bobo as well.
dont get it
June 30th, 2011
2:14 pm
dawg4ever – well said!
dont get it
June 30th, 2011
2:15 pm
SGD – Hey ole buddy!!!
SOUTHGADAWG88
June 30th, 2011
2:16 pm
Some of you “fans” are just stupid.They haven’t played a game yet and the boo birds are already laying down and giving up.To hell with all of ya!
dont get it
June 30th, 2011
2:16 pm
Richt retired after 2007. He’s just been collecting checks ever since
dont get it
June 30th, 2011
2:19 pm
SGD – you have completely converted me. You make a lot of since and I apologize for being so negative. Perhaps I should wait untill we get the crap kicked out of us by Spurrier and Muschamp before I post anything else. I’ll be back around the first of November. I promise.
Atlanta87
June 30th, 2011
2:19 pm
@ dont get it : pretty sweet gig huh? Too bad it comes at y’alls expense.
JB
June 30th, 2011
2:20 pm
We are very different from Bama,AU,UF and LSU…….Any of these schools that would of had the last three years we’ve had, would probably have a different coach. I thought how the LSU fans had turned on Miles…for winning 10-11 games for pete’s sake. I really think Meyer got out before he was asked to leave. How do you top 2 national titles in 5 years. He wanted out on top. Bama decided they wanted to win….They went out a got Saban…a hired gun…..didn’t rub their hands over the price…..I won’t comment on Auburn. We’ll see what kind of coach the Russian is this year. We watched last year as Maryland and Miami fired coach’s that caught some off guard. The Football job in Athens revolves around Adams. I’ve said on here before that Adams cares about being competitive,not championships. I know some of don’t want to hear that, but if it wasn’t true, Richt would have fired last year.
dont get it
June 30th, 2011
2:22 pm
We were “copetitive” against UCF! not most of the SEC.
Joey
June 30th, 2011
2:23 pm
JB, didn’t you read the remarks of Adams, McGarity, and a couple of the Athletic Assoc during the St Simons meetings?
I did, and I believe Mark Richt will be UGA’s football coach until he decides to retire, and that’s that. Considering all he accomplished the first half of his career, I guess that’s the way it should be.
I’m pulling for him to win 9 games this season, but with Bobo losing 3 of his 4 top playmakers from ‘10, we’re gonna need some good fortune, and some great D to get it done.
JB
June 30th, 2011
2:25 pm
Joey……….you are wrong………I don’t care what THEY SAID at that meeting, if the team in 2011 falters, Richt will not be back.
WDE
June 30th, 2011
2:27 pm
@Atlanta87 no the sweet gig is getting to go on a team that you hate’s blog and trash them and their program and it free! , but at least your not trying to act like your upset because you demand championships. You hate UGA so be it…we hate you right back have a great 4th weekend.
Damon Evans
June 30th, 2011
2:27 pm
Hey Good People it’s my 1 year anniversary!
dont get it
June 30th, 2011
2:28 pm
lets hope your right jb
JB
June 30th, 2011
2:29 pm
I bet ole Damon never gives her red panties for Christmas
dont get it
June 30th, 2011
2:29 pm
ray goff would have beat florida last year
WDE
June 30th, 2011
2:30 pm
JB I think your right we have a repeat of last year CMR is gone, I hope it doesn’t happen but I agree we have a meltdown and I can’t see him being back in 2012.