UGA fans have visions of four- and five-star tailbacks dancing in our heads
Isaiah Crowell is talking the right talk. (Associated Press)
Coming back from a week’s vacation, there’s plenty to talk about, even if there thankfully wasn’t any major news in Athens amid the continuing coaching upheaval in the SEC, with South Carolina losing Ellis Johnson the latest development.
The rumor mill was working overtime about Mark Richt and Isaiah Crowell, but Richt’s not going anywhere despite the efforts of some folks in the media to send him to Texas A&M or Penn State.
And apparently Crowell isn’t going anywhere either, contrary to all those bulletin board sources, though he does find himself behind Boo Malcome on the depth chart heading into the Outback Bowl. Still, a little competition never hurt and it’s encouraging that Crowell is saying all the right things about needing to apply himself more and take more responsibility. Maybe he’s finally growing up.
There’s also been the usual wondering you normally get this time of year about which underclassmen will leave early for the NFL (with Orson Charles and Bacarri Rambo seeming the most likely) and which ones still want to play college ball (thank you, Jarvis Jones).
Plus, of course, speculation on whether backup quarterback Hutson Mason will transfer or take a redshirt year to give himself some class separation from starter Aaron Murray (I’m hoping he chooses the latter); Outback bowl tickets have been a hotter item in Athens than in East Lansing (not surprising); and we’ve learned that the ridiculous NCAA rule book doesn’t allow Richt to play Santa Claus with his staff unless he clears it first with the athletic administration.
A Twitter dream ... (Melchizedek Lockwood)
Meanwhile, it might not have been visions of sugarplums dancing in our heads, but after his visit to Athens four-star running back prospect Mike Davis tweeting that “IV Horsemen” picture of him along with Crowell, UGA five-star commitment Keith Marshall and fellow four-star prospect Todd Gurley certainly had Dogs fans dreaming of big things happening in the running game.
How about a Dream Tailback Corps this year?
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Bobo is Not the Problem
December 20th, 2011
3:17 pm
AltamahaDawg, the year was 2006, not 2002.
Newman
December 20th, 2011
3:18 pm
Hey Ooltewah…Eric Zeier was the QB in the Citrus Bowl…Not Bobo…
AltamahaDawg
December 20th, 2011
3:19 pm
Correctt, Leak, the senior QB who some said would win 2 Heismans.
And Tim Tebow made major contributions to that team, without whom, they don’t win those razor thin games that got them there.
Flo-Ri-Duh
December 20th, 2011
3:19 pm
Avery Young is now the #1 target due to need at OT. Ellis Johnson leaving S. Carolina is a big blow to Spurrier, especially during recruiting time. UGA should not sign more than two RB’s this year. Instead, they should go after two more OL.
Bobo is Not the Problem
December 20th, 2011
3:19 pm
The biggest problem with UGA is the culture of excuse-makers as represented by the folks on this board. You have so many excuses you couldn’t fit them all in Santa’s huge bag. Everybody else cheats, ESPN is against us, we don’t get any breaks, the refs are against us, the NCAA is against us, blah blah blah blah blah!!!
Get over it. No one is against us. And no one can create a culture of excellence except for us.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
December 20th, 2011
3:19 pm
Alt show me when they have rotated running backs well.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
December 20th, 2011
3:20 pm
Not due to Injury that is.
AltamahaDawg
December 20th, 2011
3:20 pm
Yes, 2002 was only Richt’s second year too. Was that NOT your point?
Bobo is Not the Problem
December 20th, 2011
3:22 pm
Whatever, AltamahaDawg, the fact is they DID have Tebow and Meyer DID win a NC in his 2nd season and won another one in his short tenure there.
Richt had Matt Stafford, the #1 overall NFL draft pick, and Knowshown (”Run out of bounds like a sissy”) Moreno, the #13 overall pick in the same NFL draft, and a host of other talent, recognized by many as the pre-season #1 team, and he managed to squander that in a horribly disappointing season.
Meyer would have won 3 NC’s with a talent like Stafford at QB.
Dirty Dawg
December 20th, 2011
3:23 pm
Damn how exasperating some of you people are. Mark Richt’s a damn-good coach and makes me proud to be a Georgia Bulldog everyday. Your ‘big, rich, arrogant’ Columbus boosters be damned…what is it about money that makes people think they can buy any damn thing they want and to hell with everybody else? And to ‘bobo’s not the problem’ – are you serious? You want that ‘I’m a man’ weinie at OK State? Surely not, and seems to me Cheeze-it and Miles weren’t over-acheiving before they got their current jobs.
Richt’s our coach and will be our coach, so either get on board or take your support elsewhere…we don’t need or want those that feel the need to carp about every play, and every decision that they don’t happen to agree with.
AltamahaDawg
December 20th, 2011
3:24 pm
Ah, so no real examples………..just going with the ol’ beta error , eh Bar?
Bobo is Not the Problem
December 20th, 2011
3:24 pm
Altamahadawg, I thought you were saying Richt would have won with Tebow in 2002 if he had been coaching Florida, and mis-typed the year, since Tebow wasn’t around in 2002.
Bobo is Not the Problem
December 20th, 2011
3:25 pm
Aww, dirty dawg, does dissent and independent thought bother you? Too bad for you.
Eaassyy
December 20th, 2011
3:25 pm
“Meyer would have won 3 NC’s with a talent like Stafford at QB”
You can’t prove that any more than I can prove UGA would have won two NCs with Charlie Strong as DC rather than Willie M.
Dwayne
December 20th, 2011
3:25 pm
AltamahaDawg, i am a Ga fan….Your answer is Joe Cox. sorry dude, CMR is too loyal to a fault
Bobo is Not the Problem
December 20th, 2011
3:26 pm
I am NOT on board with Richt and never will be. He has proven to be an “almost good enough” coach and a nice guy who somehow turns out thugs on his team with arrest records. Somehow, that’s supposedly adding to the credibility of our program, but I’m not sure how.
I support UGA. I demand excellence. I want a coach who will bring us a NC.
Not a nice guy.
RxDawg
December 20th, 2011
3:26 pm
“Rx, hope you made more sense of that than I could.”
Negative. But the koolaid sure is good! Mmmmmm
Dawg 39
December 20th, 2011
3:26 pm
It probably will not happen but the 4 TBs picture brightens my Christmas.
Maybe the fourth S/B the 2013 TB the Dawgs have a commitment from.
Bobo is Not the Problem
December 20th, 2011
3:27 pm
Eaassyy — neither can AltamahaDawg prove Florida would not have won without Tebow in 2006.
Do you understand the concept of argument and debate?
Luckie
December 20th, 2011
3:28 pm
Bama #2 national ranking in recruiting and team polls. Florida #4….down the list Dream Team Jawga #7.
AltamahaDawg
December 20th, 2011
3:28 pm
So Moreno was a sissy , but we should have won a NC with him that year. Got it.
And no. No Meyer would not have won a NC with our 2008 team. Pure BS. We had no line on either side and barely enough LB depth to field a starting lineup, much less a punt return team. Meyer proves to us what HE did with a lot of injuries and few great players. A couple of times. Remember? (hint, he damn sure didnt win 10 games)
RxDawg
December 20th, 2011
3:30 pm
“Your answer is Joe Cox. sorry dude, CMR is too loyal to a fault”
huh? Who were we supposed to play? True Freshmen Aaron Murray? Cox wasn’t perfect, but he had one of the best seasons stat wise of any other QB’s at Georgia. Our problem that year was defense. In fact, that was when it was really starting to rear it’s ugly head.
Bobo is Not the Problem
December 20th, 2011
3:30 pm
Moreno was a sissy BECAUSE RICHT LET HIM BE ONE. Richt appears to care more about churning out NFL prospects than winning in college. No way should No-show be allowed to take the prima donna attitude of preserving himself for the NFL. But Richt coddled him and condoned that attitude IMO.
GO SPARTANS
December 20th, 2011
3:30 pm
get ready for a green beatdown, you ugly puppies
RAID
December 20th, 2011
3:31 pm
Wow!….Anyone heard the free pass Ohio St just got handed to them today?…..The NCAA is a joke!…..
Eaassyy
December 20th, 2011
3:31 pm
Certainly. I just don’t think argument and debate based on personal conjecture and opinion hold much water. Even on these boards.
GO SPARTANS
December 20th, 2011
3:32 pm
i look at your schedule and laugh – who did you beat this year? and you got slaughtered by LSU and manhandled by Boise… get ready to see Sparty crush your dreams
AltamahaDawg
December 20th, 2011
3:33 pm
I could certainbly make a MUCH more compelling case that Tebow was instrumental in 2006, than you could make that Meyer would win a NC without an offensive or a defensive line.
And no silly boy. YOU said Meyter did XYZ in his second year. I was comparing “second years”. How is that not clear?
Bobo is Not the Problem
December 20th, 2011
3:33 pm
Cool, Eassyy, just pull out some stats and facts and figures to answer hypothetical “what-if” questions about whether Meyer would win a NC without Tebow. Take lots of time and show us your work. That’s what quick, concise posts on a blog are all about, right?
Bobo is Not the Problem
December 20th, 2011
3:34 pm
And even after you have done so, you won’t have “proven” anything.
It’s a hypothetical question.
sting'um
December 20th, 2011
3:35 pm
Not worried,they all end up either flunking out,tossed out or
transferring to a D3 school to finish up that luxurious
career. LOL. Same ole same ole every year. NO CLASS
True Dawg Fan
December 20th, 2011
3:35 pm
Big Un
December 20th, 2011
2:32 pm
Bama Mike …..uh…no tax liablity…gifts are tax free up to $20,000 per person….
13K per person/ per year actually.
AltamahaDawg
December 20th, 2011
3:36 pm
Dwayne, had I asked a different question, I guess. For example: name a QB who the coaches thought gave the team a better chance to win, but some fans believe they know better.
Joe Cox is not an example of not” rotating equal talent”. Especially RB, which was the point.
Big Un
December 20th, 2011
3:37 pm
True Dawg Fan….$20,000 since money can be claimed by both spouses from joint account
AltamahaDawg
December 20th, 2011
3:39 pm
Well who was “proving” anything? I though we were pretty much talking was ifs.
You know, like you insistance we should FIRE our well extablished HC, and go hire a “Gene Chizik” based on your hypothetic point. Of which, my opinion, is that I disagree.
reality Gator
December 20th, 2011
3:40 pm
Yeah they are really spoiled, last NAT 1980,
Still@theKool-aidBAR
December 20th, 2011
3:41 pm
AltamahaDawg
2011
Isaiah Crowell 182
Carlton Thomas 71
Brandon Harton 53
Richard Samuel 73
Ken Malcome 30
Aaron Murray 79
2010
Washaun Ealey 157
Caleb King 80
Carlton Thomas 64
Aaron Murray 87
2009
Washaun Ealey 125
Caleb King 114
Richard Samuel 88
Branden Smith 17
Carlton Thomas 22
2008
Knowshon Moreno 250
Caleb King 61
Richard Samuel 26
2007
Knowshon Moreno 248
Thomas Brown 148
Kregg Lumpkin 12
Kalvin Daniels 8
2006
Kregg Lumpkin 162
Danny Ware 81
Thomas Brown 62
Matthew Stafford 47
2005
Thomas Brown 147
Danny Ware 101
Kregg Lumpkin 66
D.J. Shockley 78
2004
Thomas Brown 172
Danny Ware 138
Michael Cooper 29
D.J. Shockley 24
Atl…yes Bobo & Richt have showed an ability to really spread the ball around. Now with 4 equally talented RBs Bobo & Richt will just change their methods/history.
Eaassyy
December 20th, 2011
3:42 pm
Well, he won one with Mr. Leak at QB. So I think that answers that question.
AltamahaDawg
December 20th, 2011
3:46 pm
I have no earthly idea what you thought you were proving with those stats.
True Dawg Fan
December 20th, 2011
3:48 pm
Big Un
December 20th, 2011
3:37 pm
True Dawg Fan….$20,000 since money can be claimed by both spouses from joint account
Actually no its 26K if you count split gifts. I am a financial planner sorry I deal with this every day especially come end of the year
True Dawg Fan
December 20th, 2011
3:49 pm
Atl…yes Bobo & Richt have showed an ability to really spread the ball around. Now with 4 equally talented RBs Bobo & Richt will just change their methods/history.
Did you factor in years that some of those RB’s were hurt? No you didnt now move along idiot.
AltamahaDawg
December 20th, 2011
3:50 pm
Thats probably a better case for showing “spread the ball around” as well as anyone in the league you just posted.
Destin Dawg
December 20th, 2011
3:51 pm
with all the coaching turmoil in the SEC East… at Tenn. Auburn, Fla. now Ellis Johnson leaving S.C… we’re in great shape with Mark Richt and Todd grantham.. extend their contracts SOON.. 2012 and beyond looks very encouraging.. Go Dawgs beat MSU !!
True Dawg Fan
December 20th, 2011
3:51 pm
GO SPARTANS
December 20th, 2011
3:32 pm
i look at your schedule and laugh – who did you beat this year? and you got slaughtered by LSU and manhandled by Boise… get ready to see Sparty crush your dreams
ahahahahahah I laughed so hard at this idiot I had to shut my office door. 14 points is being manhandled????
Holding LSU to 0 first downs and under 15 yards in first half is being slaughtered?
Or maybe the dropped passses and turnovers giving short fields helped them out???
WDE
December 20th, 2011
3:54 pm
@reality Gator 2011 SEC East champions…..you don’t think that a big deal but by the time the gators win another one they will.
Dwayne
December 20th, 2011
3:54 pm
I knew the excuses would come flying, Cox sucked, anyone would have been better. Passing stats were good because the defense sucked? More excuses…WM…he sucked…more excuses. Guys, had AM played then, maybe he would have beat a legit team by now. Having said all that. I looked forward to next year, I do think UGA will be a top 10 team. They do have a weak schedule, I’m not a blind follower, the key will be SC, because of Spurrier, not Lattimore, Florida, not because of their coaches, or recruits jumping ship, it’s because they are Florida and they have had our number. Then their is that SEC Championship game. Go Dawgs.
AltamahaDawg
December 20th, 2011
3:55 pm
and NO, they are’nt going to Run Murray, or the walk ons, as much as Crowell, or Kalvin Daniels as much as Moreno.
04, 05, 07, (till Brown got hurt) , 09, ALL year where the talent was fairly close, as was the carries. Other year it was not.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
December 20th, 2011
3:56 pm
I said when not due to injury. The Injury years were where more backs got fewer carriers. Without injuries Bobo and Richt give 1 RB the carries. Notice how much Murry runs too. I know it is because the NFL sized O-Line UGa has sucks, but it shows even more Pass Attempts that failed so Murray had to run. those 4 RB’s would be Stupid to go to UGA because 1 will become the coach’s favorite. It happens EVERY TIME.
Reality
December 20th, 2011
3:57 pm
Spoiled? No. Total jerks? Yes.
AltamahaDawg
December 20th, 2011
3:59 pm
What excuses Dwayne. for what? I am telling you that your “answer” to me was not about the “question” asked.
But on this other topic, Had AM played WHEN? He was injured till very late in the season. Are you really saying you wanted to swap his RS senior year out right then? To bring in a true freshman to play a few games, (and lose them most probably).