Fan talk: UGA doesn’t need Isaiah Crowell to be the next Herschel Walker
Let’s answer some Junkyard Mail …
Like all UGA tailbacks, Isaiah Crowell must operate in someone's shadow. (Jason Getz / AJC)
JerryDawg writes: After all the build-up, I’m getting awfully concerned that Isaiah Crowell is going to be another tailback bust for the Dawgs. I’ve heard and read all kinds of reports that he showed up in Athens with an attitude, skipped some workouts and had to have some of his teammates sit him down and try to get his head on straight. Are you worried, Bill?
I think Mark Richt said it best: “We don’t expect Isaiah to save the program. We don’t expect Isaiah to put the team on his back. We expect Isaiah to learn what to do and to do things the Georgia way and to try to do anything he can to help the team win as a freshman. We’ll see how far that goes.”
As for the rumors, I don’t put that much stock in anonymous reports on the Internet. But more importantly, can we let the kid have his first official practice as a Georgia Bulldog before we start worrying about his attitude or work ethic? That’s one of the downsides of today’s 24/7 media environment: Players are constantly being scrutinized. Can you imagine what it would have been like had the blogosphere and social media existed when Herschel Walker first hit Athens? He didn’t exactly tear it up in preseason practice his freshman year, with Vince Dooley famously fretting that he was concerned No. 34 was going to wind up being just another “big, stiff fullback.” We found out differently once it was for real.
What would the blogosphere have made of worries Herschel Walker would be just a big, stuff fullback? (AJC file)
I’m not saying that Crowell will be the next Herschel Walker. Or even the next Knowshon Moreno. Heck, after the past couple of seasons, I’d settle for him being the next Musa Smith.
(And, by the way, if you haven’t yet watched the trailer for the upcoming ESPNU “Storied” documentary on Herschel, check it out. As a friend said, it’ll give you chill bumps.)
Thomas Vaiden writes: Do you know what number Isaiah Crowell will be wearing this season? Thanks. !GO DAWGS!
After the G-Day game, Richt said Crowell will wear No. 1, the same jersey number worn by cornerback (and occasional offensive player) Branden Smith. “We’ve just got to make sure they’re not in the game at the same time,” Richt said.
Garrett Kee writes: Hey Bill, this is Garrett Kee from Columbus, Ga., hope you’re doing well. I just wanted to get your thoughts on the new Nike Pro-Combat uniforms Georgia will be wearing against Boise in the opener. I have seen these combat unis on Florida, Oregon, LSU, Virginia Tech, etc. and have to admit I’m a little worried. They seem to change the uniforms with “radical” color schemes and crazy helmets (look at LSU and Boise). Are you worried that our good ole traditional red jerseys, red helmets and silver britches are going to be altered much? I know I am tired of these uniform “outfits” we have sported the last couple of years and just want to see hard-nosed football being played without worrying how good we look. Yet, I know that we have a pretty big contract with Nike and are almost obliged to do this sooner or later. Go Dawgs!
Garrett, I haven’t been a big fan of Nike’s special uniforms up to now, but I thought the ones they trotted out during bowl season were a slight improvement. I’ve no idea how drastic a reworking it will be, though again we’ve got lots of supposedly insider reports circulating. Take your pick: I’ve heard the helmets will be red. Or silver. Or white with a red stripe. The one thing we do know is that the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game folks say Georgia will be wearing red jerseys and Boise State will be wearing blue. There’s a lot of speculation Georgia might wear red britches as well, but that’s all it is — speculation. Still, it’s only for one game and both teams will be wearing the Pro Combats and the players are excited, so I don’t see any real harm in it. If anything, the uniforms contribute to the feeling of this being a special game.
By the way, Patrick Garbin’s always interesting historical blog has a nice overview of Georgia’s football uniforms.
Ron Sweat writes: DOES ANYONE THINK THAT RECRUITING AT UGA IS HANDLED OR DIRECTED LIKE IT SHOULD? Bill, how do we handle recruiting at UGA? Do we call all the recruits for the next 4 years every day or once a week or month and does an assistant make the call or a coach or [recruiting coordinator Rodney] Garner?
Ron, I gather you aren’t entirely satisfied with the way recruiting is being handled at UGA. Let me say up front, I’m not a recruitnik and don’t follow it that closely until we get closer to signing day. I will admit I was disappointed by some recruiting trends in recent years in Athens (such as the now abandoned reliance on fast but short cornerbacks), but I find it difficult to condemn a recruiting program that could produce this year’s Dream Team.
Anyway, I put your question to our recruiting blogger, Michael Carvell, and here’s what he said: “If they are asking about the quality of UGA’s recruiting efforts, you can only base on it on the finished efforts of last year, which was the ‘Dream Team.’ We’re still a long way from National Signing Day 2012. As far as how recruiting is handled, I’m sure the appropriate UGA coaches call during the NCAA contact periods.”
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Dawg Tell
July 30th, 2011
5:32 pm
@slydog- Question-In the years of 1972- 1975 did Ohio State play a school from the SEC? Would like to know the type of competition they faced during this time frame.Archie was a good back,but we know about the current talent in the Big 10 or Big 12 or whatever they call it.
ga gator
July 30th, 2011
5:35 pm
UGA, Archie Griffin played in the Big Slow Conference. If he had played in the SEC the biased news media of the time would have never put his name in print north of the Mason Dixon line.
Saban
July 30th, 2011
5:37 pm
Just another dawg bust. Crowell injures his pinky in the Boise State beatdown, and goes straight to the pros.
LogicalUS
July 30th, 2011
5:38 pm
It was all started by a desperate coaching staff who was looking for any bright point to save their jobs after they have dismantled the UGA program.
So they came up with this “Dream” team nonsense for a class which doesn’t even reach the ranking level of many other UGA classes for the past 10 years. So the coaches threw these kids under the bus it they along don’t save the program in order to save their jobs. Just hope UGA fans do not end up scream at these young men come October.
UGA is currently suffering under a recruiting delusion where Georgia High school football is overvalued and UGA is ALWAYS ranked high because they are the only school in the state who gets most of the Georgia High School players, so the coaching staff became lazy. Simply taking the highest ranked Georgia High School talent without doing any actual player talent appraisal, UGA has ended up with bust after bust, not because ofr the kids but because of the coaches and recruiting services. The same thing happened to FSU, where the recruiters instantly raised the recrtuiting ranking of a player if he was offered by FSU.
slydog
July 30th, 2011
5:41 pm
During the years 72-75, Ohio St. did not play one team from the SEC. They only played to two teams from the south: North Carolina and TCU, inwhich they won both contests. All fours years they went to the Rose Bowl and played either USC or UCLA. Didn’t Erick Dickerson oce say he stole Herschel’s Heisman, since no one would vote for a freshman?
I hate Georgia
July 30th, 2011
5:44 pm
Typical Georgia blog…..Georgia hasn’t done anything in 30 years yet ya’ll think this is pro football. Amaz….no stupid, actually. The best team in Georgia plays 60 miles to the west. It is the Atlanta Falcons, if you actually paid attention, get over billy bob played for the oposing team……….I think we’d have a little more respect from the national media. But as long as the UGAJC accepts $, we’ll have to live w/it.
Dawg Tell
July 30th, 2011
5:48 pm
Slydog- Thanks for the Info.That’s what I thought. Until they played a team from the SEC,Archie”s record does not compare to HW.Go Dawgs!
slydog
July 30th, 2011
5:52 pm
During Archie Griffin’s career, Ohio St. went 40-5 overall and 29-2-1 in the Big Ten. No NC, in 4 seasons.
During Herschel Walker’s career, UGA went 33-3 overall and 18-0 in the SEC. 1 NC in 3 seasons. Case closed. So don’t ever bring up Griffin on this board again. And he was a bust as a professional.
Dogs Smell
July 30th, 2011
5:58 pm
No its coming from those Blind Homers in Athens that pray that if they cant win the big one they might have a big one have played at uga!
Kent
July 30th, 2011
6:00 pm
I am hearing that Isiah loves his hookah and Ben Jones ain’t so excited about it
I hate Georgia
July 30th, 2011
6:03 pm
As ws Herschel, Slydog. typical Georgia post. the only Georgia player worth a DAMN was hines ward…..maybe the Raider DL too, but Hines more than anything.
White Star Line
July 30th, 2011
6:14 pm
Boise State in a huge beatdown of the hapless dawgs. Then the panic begins in Athens.
Watch for Saint Mark to be rearranging the deck chairs.
Value judgement day
July 30th, 2011
6:18 pm
The last UGA player with intelligence, integrity, talent, and leadership skills was Fran Tarkenton. And that was a looooong time ago.
The current crop of coaches and players are worthless.
RedandBlackDAWG
July 30th, 2011
6:27 pm
I hate Georgia,
You will be happy to know that georgia hates you also. Now, don’t you feel better you little nerd.
Soulja Boy
July 30th, 2011
6:29 pm
There is no way that Crowell will live up the the recruiting drama that Richt provided. There are some bad vibrations coming out of Carver Columbus, and Crowell may prove to be another one.
RedandBlackDAWG
July 30th, 2011
6:29 pm
Dogs smell,
what school are you a fan of? Seems you don’t like to answer that question when asked.
frank
July 30th, 2011
6:29 pm
gt fans dont hate ga fans. we have to great football programs. lets hope both come in 1-2 this year
RedandBlackDAWG
July 30th, 2011
6:36 pm
SlyDog,
Good answer to the people who would discount HW. Anybody that watches any film of him at work at UGA, is either dumb or a UGA hater, (not that any of those types of people would ever come onto a blog, that concerns UGA) if they can deny that he was not a great player. When Archie Griffin played for ohio, I beleive it was called 3 yards and a cloud of dust football, by their coach then. HW went on to a very good professional career, Archie griffin didn’t amount to much. But hey, he is an officer in the ohio alumni association now, so that should give him hero status.
Boca Baby
July 30th, 2011
6:43 pm
Let us not forget that when Herschel Walker first arrived he was less than impressive. Even Vince Dooley wondered if what he had was just another big stiff fullback. But when it came to game time he morphed into something else. Just ask former UT defensive back Bill Bates. Practice and potential are one thing game time performance is another. We may just have another big stiff fullback or we may have something else. Only time will tell.
SOUTHGADAWG88
July 30th, 2011
6:44 pm
I just hope the kid goes hard every play…the rest will take care of it’s self
Destin Dawg
July 30th, 2011
6:55 pm
Richard Samuel will be the next Hershell Walker .. THIS YEAR !! 235 lbs.. 4.5 40.. what’s not to love ???? this is a Dawgs Blog for dawg lovers !!!! Haters and techies go to your Blog !!!
Sayonara Richt
July 30th, 2011
6:55 pm
After the Dream Dream, how difficult will it befor Georgia to stay under the salary cap next year. I was told by a staff person at UGA that the Stafford class was the most they’d ever spent giving to players. I’m sure Crowell’s class blew by that. Inflation alone says it would.
Destin Dawg
July 30th, 2011
6:56 pm
with Samuel and Malcome.. Crowell will be broken in slowly.. Go Dawgs !!
Destin Dawg
July 30th, 2011
7:01 pm
this year is Todd Grantham”s to make a huge impact and solidify his college coaching career….. Huge impact this season and next will make his future… Junkyard Dawgs are BBBAACCCCKKK !!
ugakev
July 30th, 2011
7:08 pm
what was impressive about HW was they knew he was getting the ball and still couldnt stop him…If HW played in a more open creative offense today it would be scary what he would of done. Greatest player ever in college football and I would say that if he would of played at
Auburn, Florida, or anywhere else.
tech wreck
July 30th, 2011
7:17 pm
I’m GT but this will be Uga’s year…
CHDawg
July 30th, 2011
7:36 pm
Goodness gracious folks! We have zero real news to go on, and some of these posters could write a book on Isaiah Crowell’s personality, potential, deepest motives, and secret thoughts. I sure hope my life story doesn’t have much about my first few weeks in Athens, GA in it!! Give the man a chance and a little time. It took Murray, Massaquoi, Moreno, and quite a number of other great Dawgs 1-3 years to really shine. I understand the excitement, but you are setting everybody up for a letdown–especially Crowell. Very few excel as true freshmen.
I hate Georgia
July 30th, 2011
7:39 pm
Still, what did HW ever do in the NFL?
Delta Stewardess
July 30th, 2011
7:41 pm
Destin Dawg
July 30th, 2011
10:51 am
Destin Dawg
July 30th, 2011
11:09 am
Destin Dawg
July 30th, 2011
11:33 am
Destin Dawg
July 30th, 2011
2:38 pm
Destin Dawg
July 30th, 2011
3:59 pm
Destin Dawg
July 30th, 2011
4:44 pm
Still@theBAR….. on here all day ???? No JOB ??? NO girl friend/wife ???? No Life !!!! I can’t imagine ???
Looks like the same could be said for you. I have done a few thing today actually. I have just come back to see what is being posted. I was hoping for more news on the Falcons making some moves or the Braves.
Destin Dawg
July 30th, 2011
6:55 pm
Destin Dawg
July 30th, 2011
6:56 pm
Destin Dawg
July 30th, 2011
7:01 pm
You called somebody out today. Sounds like you need to get a life too.
I don’t know about the Crowell kid, but I think the Running Backs with experience will have to play really well. Murray needs to be protected when he is passing. I don’t know if a freshman is ready for that job.
East Repeat
July 30th, 2011
7:45 pm
Hershell Walker was hands down the best college football player of all time. Kind of silly to say Samuel will be the next HW this year. HW competed at a high level as a sprinter in track and was a genetic freak, one of a kind, never again.
OSU lost 2 bowl games to South Carolina back when Lou Holtz was coaching the team up. Cost one coach his job (Cooper I think). OSU went on a run after that a won a NC, i think. but now, the SEC is completely dominate. Only the yankee dipsticks at ESPN care about OSU, Penn State, Michigan, etc… Another NC for SEC this year, hopefully from the East.
I hate Georgia
July 30th, 2011
7:46 pm
And I love being called dumb about a football team that hasn’t done anthing in 30 years. You don’t iompress me. Hell, William Andrews was the best running back when hw was at it
C-Town
July 30th, 2011
7:57 pm
Jasper Sanks was better than Ealey, King, Dontavous jackson, Tyson Browing, Carlton Thomas,none these guys never led the SEC rushing. Jasper was 2nd in the SEC in 1999. Jasper was a Bust of the field. Carver has had the #1 RB in the nation, twice in the last 14 years 97 Sanks, 2011 Crowell…How many GA high school can say that? Carver High has D-1 kids each season. Crowell will be fine…..all of you haters, just keep up the hate. Crowell had 100 yards in every high school game he has played in (Calhoun 94 yards , 60 yard TD called back). So this kid will do well in college. TMZ of football…Crowell Hater Club
Delta Stewardess
July 30th, 2011
8:07 pm
Do some of you people remember a guy named Bo Jackson? He was pretty good in college too. I think he was a better Pro in 2 sports compared to Herschel Walker.
UGA
July 30th, 2011
8:11 pm
Yeah let’s see 30 years of nothing vs 30 years of GREATNESS at The Ohio State. Enough said, no don’t even think it.
heeldawg
July 30th, 2011
8:12 pm
@I hate Georgia:
I set the record straight about HW’s pro career in an earlier post. Want it again? Fine–here it is:
Herschel set an NCAA freshman single-season rushing record his first year and led the team to a national title. He played 3/4 of the national title game with a separated shoulder against Notre Dame and had 150 yards rushing against a Notre Dame team that had not allowed 100 yards rushing to any team all year. He still hold the all-time SEC career rushing record with nearly 5300 yards and 52 TDs despite only playing three collegiate seasons.
Herschel won the Heisman as a junior and turned pro afterward, playing with the New Jersey Generals and setting a professional single-season rushing record with over 2411 yards rushing. He rushed for 5562 yards in three USFL seasons. He then moved on to the NFL, where he had career totals of 8225 yards rushing and 61 rushing TDs, 4859 receiving yards and 21 receiving TDs as well as 5082 kickoff return yards and 2 return TDs. His NFL total offense yardage of 18,168 yards (with 84 NFL touchdowns) is eighth all-time in the NFL among running backs. His combined rushing yardage of 13,787 yards for both the USFL and NFL would rank him fifth all-time in professional football history. He is a fifth-degree black belt in taekwondo, has raced with the U.S. Olympic bobsled team, danced with the Dallas ballet and has won both of his MMA bouts thus far by TKO. In addition, he is a millionaire businessman, with ProSports training facilities and a food distributorship. He’s in the college football Hall of Fame and was recently selected by ESPN is the greatest college running back of all time. He was also selected by the Associated Press as the greatest college football player at any position of the past half century.
I’d hardly call that a “bust.” Most running backs in the league only last a year or two. HW played professionally from 1984-1997.
Archie Grffin’s career NFL stats: 2808 yards rushing, 7 rushing TDs, and 1607 yards receiving for 6 TDs. Herschel outgained Archie professionally by 11,000 yards rushing and 7000 yards receiving–and scored 71 more touchdowns in his NFL career alone. There’s really no comparison. Griffin’s best NFL year saw him gain ~1000 yards total offense–once. Walker gained over 1000 yards total offense in each of his twelve NFL seasons.
uga nothing
July 30th, 2011
8:31 pm
Oh my you had one average player come out of UGA in 30 years and yo thing your a great school. Get real 1 out of 50 kids from UGA make something out of them. Compared to 1 out of 5 for OSU look at your facts about HW one out of 30 years you should be proud to be from UGA. Your laughable.
CHDawg
July 30th, 2011
8:33 pm
Ctown, great points, but I think he was fourth in ‘99. Crowell has plenty of talent and his frustration in the Calhoun game is better explained as a competitive spirit–he hates getting beat and allowed himself to get frustrated. That, to me, is a good sign. Some of the greatest athletes in history have had to overcome immature competitive spirits when they were young. The fact that he hates losing will drive him where he needs to go. It may take longer than Sep of ‘11, though. Calhoun was thrilled to hold him to about 100 yds and about 5 yds/carry. Obviously, the big run was called back, so they got some help. I’m excited that we have a kid who gets upset over being held to just under 100. I think he won’t quit until he succeeds at the next level. I also believe that Malcome is a tremendous talent who will be very hard to tackle if he can get healthy.
Ringleader
July 30th, 2011
8:36 pm
You keep them straight, heeldawg.
And, some idiot mentioned William Andrews, who did nothing at Auburn. The high school coach they had at the time used him as
a blocking back.
I hate Georgia
July 30th, 2011
8:44 pm
What national championships has this team won? You still pee in your pants when you see the Florida Gators. Y’all are pathetic. What game have you won joe from the bronx will talk about the rest of his life? Shut the flip UP….It drives me nuts that the Falcons could be playing in the Super Bowl, no, win the Super Bowl yet that stupid mutt in Athens gets bigger press. Stop thinking everything revolves around them and I may not be so unimpressed.
gomdawg
July 30th, 2011
8:46 pm
Georgia had a lot of players not just HW Hines Ward, David Green , David Pollack, AJ Green
CHDawg
July 30th, 2011
8:48 pm
One other point Ctown made, Sanks’ career was sunk off the field. The on field performance wasn’t what everybody expected, but off the field is what stopped him cold. As Richt said at the time–there is right and there is wrong; if you don’t do right it may cost you your career (loosely paraphrased). Off field really hurt Ealey and King, too. IC needs to understand that off the field problems are among the biggest threats to his career at UGA and to any subsequent pro aspirations. Even average UGA tailbacks have had pro careers, with some being outstanding, but he has to study, work hard, and stay out of trouble. If he does that, I suspect he will have a bright future.
CHDawg
July 30th, 2011
8:57 pm
I hate GA–pathetic is the nerd you have to look at in the mirror every morning. Ranting on the AJC blog about your fantasy that UGA fans care what you think isn’t normal. Get a life and go rant on your team’s blog like normal fans do!
uga nothing
July 30th, 2011
9:14 pm
Oh sorry 5 out of the 30 years. More laughs coming your way compliments of the UGA fans.
Crowell Rules
July 30th, 2011
9:53 pm
Crowell will be the best RB since Walker—mark it down—he’s the real deal. He’ll light up boise st.’s weak D for big yards.
AltamahaDawg
July 30th, 2011
9:53 pm
As I recall reading Herschel was a huge concern still by the end of camp. Dooley doubted how much playing time he would have that year.
dOGMA dAWGMA
July 30th, 2011
10:15 pm
richt’s only had 2, 1000 yard rushers out of the 30 rb’s he’s coached at Georgia, so the chances of Crowell, or anyone else under Richt becoming the next Herschel Walker, is about 7%.
93% of the rb’s under Richt don’t turn into 1000 yard rushers.
Ringleader
July 30th, 2011
10:41 pm
I just want him to be as good as Garrison Hearst was and we will be just fine. Garrison was the only back we have had since Herschel that you could hear is feet hitting the turf and you knew who had the ball. He was quick and would flat run over you.
heeldawg
July 30th, 2011
10:47 pm
@uganothing:
As your handle implies, you’re certainly an expert on nothing, that’s for sure. The numerical equivalent of nothing is zero–and that number, in fact, may be an approximation of your verbal SAT score, you illiterate moron. Seven grammatical and/or spelling errors in one post! I think you’re the one who is “laughable.” In fact, your ignorant rant made me laugh out loud. I’ll be laughing pretty hard when “Cheater U” OSU stumbles its way through this lost season, as well. How old are you–thirteen? Or do you just write like a middle-schooler? Because if your command of the English language is representative of the average Ohio State graduate, it’s no wonder you guys are on probation. No one can read the NCAA rulebook!
And if you are implying somehow that HW is the only great player to come out of Georgia in 30 years, you just don’t have any data at all, do you? Sixty-eight Georgia players have been named All-Americans; eleven are in the College Football Hall of Fame. There are currently 40 former Georgia players active in the NFL.
You’re a fool. And if you’re the last person to leave the Rust Belt, turn the lights out.
mgdawg
July 30th, 2011
10:56 pm
Crowell doesn’t have to come in and compete for a starting spot, he just needs to provide murray with some balance and actually make the first tackler miss every once in a while.
As for the jersey’s, I like it. Almost all the top teams have worn these combat jersey’s and the players like it. As for changing the color schemes, I’ve always like the black pants they were many years ago. I think people make too big of a deal about the jersey changes being a negative thing.
Thomas Brown
July 30th, 2011
11:12 pm
2008, you recall, we were ranked # 1 in the nation by every single solitary poll. Then, that night, 22 players went out on the town and had a party celebrating it. Then, we played 3 teams who were any good at all. And, gave up consecutive points of 29, 31 and 42 points against in all 3 games – losing all 3. Richard Samuel had the fumble against Georgia tek, as you might recall 2008 in Georgia tek’s run of 29 consecutive points, to beat us. Richard Samuel also had the fumble to begin the season against lowly Georgia Southern of 1-AA Championship Subdivision game. As a matter of fact, for 2008, besides Matthew Stafford’s 5 fumbles putting the ball on the carpet and up for grabs, Richard Samuel led our beloved Georgia Bulldogs’ football team in fumbles all of 2008. Not only did Richard Samuel fumble the football against both Georgia Southern and Georgia tek, he nor any of his teammates recovered Richard Samuel’s fumbles 2008.
19 fumbles 2008 will look like we never fumbled the football at all, compared to the huge number of times we put the ball on the carpet and up for grabs 2011. Just wait. Tell me I am wrong now and then run and hide with your Excuses after this season is over. I have already predicted a record number of fumbles for 2011 for UGA, and of course our offense is notorious for having no training not only on not fumbling, but on not recovering our own fumbles either. Like Richard Samuel’s 2008.
2008, Richard Samuel played in 11 games, missing only Arizona State and the last game against Michigan State.
26 carries for 113 yards, a 5.11 yards per carry average – not counting his fumbles glaring fumbles – and 1 TD run. Richard Samuel also in 2008, made 2 catches for 11 yards and no TD and 19 kick-off returns for 401 return yards 2008. 3 assisted tackles and 1 solo tackle on special teams for 2008. This is Richard Samuel Freshman season 2008. Ramarcus Brown, you may recall shared kick-off return duties with Richard Samuel, with Ramarcus doing them the early games, and like I say Richard Samuel with 6 kick-off returns at the end of the season against Georgia tek, not the least of which was the one at the goal line costing us the ball game against Georgia tek – fumble that is at our own goal line. Remember ? All of us did all Spring and all Summer. Yes, indeed 2008, Knowshon Moreno had 1,822 all-purpose yards for UGA and then was gone after just 2 seasons, because we Redshirted him – so that we could see him only 2 years and then selected as the # 12 best football player in the world after this 2008 season. Since, unlike Matthew Stafford, he has proven he is one of the best in the world .