Some thoughts on UGA suspensions, funny brownies and connecting the dots
Bacarri Rambo seems to have the worst luck when it comes to snack choices. (Brant Sanderlin / AJC)
Mark Richt’s Bulldogs entered the spring appearing to have many things breaking their way for the coming season, what with a favorable schedule and a bunch of starters returning, especially on defense. And yet some of those veteran players seem determined to take hold of opportunity with both hands … and chuck it out the window.
While Richt declined Thursday to confirm what’s up with Bacarri Rambo and Alec Ogletree, there’ve been widespread reports that the two players will be suspended several games for “violations of team rules,” which is pretty well understood now to be official code for having failed a drug test.
(If there are any other kinds of rules being violated by UGA players, perhaps Richt and company should come up with new terminology since everyone’s going to think “failed drug test” from now on when they hear that phrase.)
Rambo previously was suspended for a game last season for a similar violation, which as a second-timer puts him in line for an extended suspension this time under UGA’s rules, the toughest in the conference. Georgia holds players out for a tenth of a season (at least one game) for one failed drug test and suspends second-time offenders like Rambo for 30 percent of a season (four games). At most SEC schools, a first-time failed drug test draws no suspension at all.
Whether schools should even be testing the use of a substance that isn’t performance-enhancing is a debate for another day; suffice it to say, it’s against the rules and the players know they’re subject to random testing, so it’s difficult to work up much sympathy for them.
Rambo’s high school coach has tried his best to engender some, though, with a sad tale about how the player accidentally got high by unknowingly eating brownies that had been laced with pot while on spring break. Last time, it supposedly was a case of Rambo just being caught with a girl in his car who had a joint in her purse, according to the coach.
OK, maybe Rambo is that unlucky or naive about what sort of folks he chooses to hang out with. Or perhaps the coach and player are being just a bit disingenuous.
I know one thing: That high school coach attempting to shift the blame to UGA for “stupid timing” in testing kids right after they came back from spring break makes me wonder about the mentoring Rambo received before he got to Athens. UGA’s athletes were all gathered together before spring break and warned not to get in trouble; drug tests right after they returned from break shouldn’t have been a surprise to anyone.
Alec Ogletree reportedly is facing multiple game suspensions, too. (Brant Sanderlin / AJC)
Anyway, Rambo’s coach says he’s down to miss four games, though he’s appealing that and if the appeal fails he might consider entering the NFL supplemental draft. And Ogletree reportedly will miss two to four games (we still don’t know for sure). All that on top of two starters in the defensive secondary already being suspended for the first game or two.
Predictably, some folks’ reaction has been to attack Richt for his lack of discipline, which boggles the mind when you consider that, as noted earlier, UGA has the toughest policy on such infractions.
I’m not sure what these folks think the head coach can do to keep his players from knowingly violating rules short of following them around 24 hours a day. Yeah, I know, if only Richt were meaner so the players were scared of him, like Nick Saban, or so the reasoning goes. Of course, Alabama players get suspended for rules violations, too, so the rule of the iron fist appears to have limits in how effective it is.
Then we’ve got the folks who are making lists of all the off-field problems that have cropped up in recent years. I saw one that even included the recent DUI for Orson Charles, who isn’t even in the program any more. Heck, why not throw in UGA alum Hines Ward’s DUI while you’re at it?
Others have gone so far as to count up how many players have left the program for various reasons over the past couple of years, connecting dots that aren’t even on the same page by noting all the Georgia signees who theoretically could have been eligible for the first couple of games this season if they were still at the school.
OK, I’ll concede that, in addition to players missing games because of suspensions, there’ve been several players kicked off the team for various reasons. Some of us consider that a sign that Richt is a good disciplinarian, but I suppose you can argue that one either way.
Still, I fail to see the point of including in the discussion players no longer at UGA because they transferred for lack of playing time or had to take a medical disqualification or failed to qualify academically.
Unless, that is, you’re just looking to pad the numbers so it makes it look worse for Richt.
Then there are the folks who cite the suspensions and departures from the program as an indication Richt just isn’t recruiting the right kind of players to begin with.
Maybe he should forget about all those 5-star and 4-star ratings and sign only Eagle Scouts and winners of DAR good citizen awards. Of course, then fans and sportswriters alike would be howling because he wasn’t drawing top talent to Athens!
As for the practical considerations of the latest development, at linebacker Todd Grantham no doubt will rely on the same players who filled in last year when Ogletree missed half the season with an injured foot, with Christian Robinson and Amarlo Herrera both having plenty of game experience. At free safety, next in line after Rambo is Corey Moore, who saw limited playing time last year as a freshman.
All are adequate replacements, though they’re certainly not the sort of impact players Ogletree and Rambo have been in the past and were expected to be again.
More than that, though, what’s disturbing about this trend is what it says about the UGA players’ dedication to their teammates. Blaming the coaches is bunk; it’s the players who are letting down the side. Sure, they’re just college kids, but they’re also scholarship athletes at a marquee program and they willingly signed up for this time in the spotlight. They all know what the rules are. They also know what’s within their grasp this season if they perform up to expectations.
And yet they’re acting as if championships can be won while still playing the fool. Rarely is that the case.
When he was preparing to return from his one-game suspension last year, Rambo declared, “I’m going to do whatever it takes to help my team win, and I know I’ve got it in me.”
It hasn’t quite turned out that way.
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Osei
March 30th, 2012
10:18 am
First ?
Still@theKool-aidBAR
March 30th, 2012
10:20 am
If they were Hash Brownies would he have just stuffed them in his panties?
Still@theKool-aidBAR
March 30th, 2012
10:26 am
1/10 of a season is more than 1 game.
12 games X 1/10 = 1.2
60 minutes X 1.2 = 72 minutes
1 game and 12 minutes of the 1st quarter of the second game.
bulldog1962
March 30th, 2012
10:29 am
Bill, you are right on with this one. I read the other column and was thinking that those listed were there strictly to inflate the numbers. That is poor journalism period. After the four game suspension I do not see RB coming back. The NFL does mind the weed issue so he will get drafted in the SD.
Bill King
March 30th, 2012
10:29 am
Kool Aid:
As a minimum suspension, 10 percent of the season is rounded down to one game, though it’s at the coach’s discretion to round it up to two games. Either way, it’s more than anyone else is doing …
Texas Dawg
March 30th, 2012
10:29 am
Right on, Bill! You’re telling it like it is.
Andy
March 30th, 2012
10:29 am
This is disappointing. I’m officially lowering my expectations for the upcoming season. I know everyone will say “it will be all right, we’ve got other guys who can play” and the like, but the truth is, these suspensions may have just torpedoed the season before it began, just like A.J. Green’s suspension did a couple of years ago. I’m not saying its certain, but I think there’s a real chance that these foolish acts may have just ruined what was looking like a promising season. I’ll still watch, but I’ll believe that “everything is going to be all right” when I see it.
Eisendawg
March 30th, 2012
10:30 am
Good article
murfdawg
March 30th, 2012
10:31 am
I quit!!
I have had season tix since 1973 and this is the last season I will buy them. I am sick and tired of these selfish little babies. Good luck Bulldog nation, I’ll be at the beach.
Ssgt Dawg
March 30th, 2012
10:32 am
I hate to see people make this about CMR. Like he’s damned if he does damned if he doesn’t. When you recruit high talent players often is the case that they haven’t been disciplined much I’m their life. So factor in the fact that there are 90 or so people on the roster and you can’t expect him to be aprobation officer. All he does is set the example, what more can he do?
#1 DAWG FAN
March 30th, 2012
10:34 am
I know this is bad for the program but can someone with more CFB knowledge than myself tell me honestly and omitting the emotional data, is the season lost due to these suspensions? I know Defense is going to be hindered but arent the first four games soort of soft games anyway? Can we win with the Dream Team recruits from last year, teamed up with the Offensive powerhouse that does not seem to be as affected by the suspensions to carry us through the first four games, or is it just as bad as everything I have read and the season is pretty much scrapped with these high value starters missing a third of the season?
J Lowe
March 30th, 2012
10:34 am
Well said Bill
Herschel Talker
March 30th, 2012
10:35 am
Bill:
Your commentary exonerating Richt is a disgrace. It is disgraceful that the ajc has you representing our fan base. Who exactly is it that is bringing in these bad players? Oh yeah…Mark Richt. These shenanigans have been going on for years under Richt, and you and all the other clowns in our fan base want to exonerate him. If he were winning national titles, at least you could point to that (though his lack of leadership would still be disgraceful), but you’re glorifying a man who not only lets the inmates run the asylum, but the man can’t beat anyone of substance lately anyway. Why do you clowns insist on keeping him around? His Saint Richt way of running things isn’t getting the job done, and it’s time to get a disciplinarian in here who may actually also beat some good opponents along the way.
FIRE MARK RICHT!!!!
HT
Still@theKool-aidBAR
March 30th, 2012
10:35 am
Bill I know Richt is no joke on the rules. The thing I find hard to understand is the fan response.
Praise RICHT for his Christina Beliefs then be upset when the brings the Hammer of God down on the rule breakers. Some say kids wouldn’t be in trouble at other schools and that is possibly right but that is why Richt is the Christian man he is.
tl
March 30th, 2012
10:36 am
to all the players and coaches … LEAD, FOLLOW, or GET OUT OF THE WAY!!!
Try Harder
March 30th, 2012
10:38 am
I enjoyed the Chip Towers article yesterday, he took the time to actually put numbers together and did not mislead readers in any manner.
Perhaps the two of you should work together and get similar numbers for other SEC schools. Does Alabama, LSU, SCar, Florida or Auburn have similar numbers for attrition? What about showing how many reported discipline problems never resulted in any suspension at another school?
Need a longer term project? Based on money, recruiting base and any other necessary resources to build a championship level college football program, is there any school in the country that does less with more than UGA?
#1 DAWG FAN
March 30th, 2012
10:38 am
BTW Hoorah Ssgt……Devil Dawgs are everywhere if you know what to look for Grrrrrrrr yut yut. Semper Fi.
George Stein
March 30th, 2012
10:40 am
Far be it for me to defend Georgia, but Hines Ward didn’t get a DUI. He got accused of it, but was never convicted. Let’s let that one go.
As to the weed stuff, kids everywhere use it. This should not be surprising information. I’m pretty sure the bigger upset would be if college kids went on spring break and didn’t smoke (or eat) up.
The only criticism I’d offer, Bill, is that it’s completely irrelevant what other programs do. It does no good to point elsewhere and say, “look at them!”
keith
March 30th, 2012
10:42 am
all the more reason to recruit the maximum number each year to help you thru situations such as this
#1 DAWG FAN
March 30th, 2012
10:47 am
Basically CMR is under a microscope, and we the people have the liverty to voice our opinions in the media. So like Ssgt said, he is damned if he does and damned if he does not. Half the people will love him if he locks these kids down in the offseason and only feeds them protein bars and shakes to survive on……but of course the other half will say this is not helping our team. I dont see how a coach can prevent this type of behavior if he is shooting for a National Championship. You recruit to fill needs with the best available resources out there. CMR is staying true to the wonderful state of GA by recruiting local and he gets great talent to fill our Dawg needs, but not every single recruit is going to have their head on straight. As a matter of fact the kids we want on this team have been the best at football their entire lives and more times than not they are already going to be a little “over confident” if you will. Of course CMR will try and tame them as much as possible but I would think a top program like UGA would get quite a few that will need some peer discipline if you know what I mean (I am referring to blanket party Ssgt…he he he). We need to let the team take care of those that get out of line as there is only so much a coach can do.
DIT
March 30th, 2012
10:47 am
I can’t believe I’m agreeing with some of what Kool-aidBAR is saying. Some posters jump on board that CMR is a Christian man. Then if he disciplines he is an awful coach.
Part of me wishes that CMR would just go ahead and kick Ogletree & Rmabo off the team. 2nd violation tells me that they could give a flip about the team.
And, if I’m reading thsi correctly, Rambo already plans on the Supplimentary draft. If his suspension is not lifted he said he will apply for it? With a 2nd offense against him, his suspension will not be lifted nor should it.
Saying that it’s bad timing for a drug test after spring break is stupid. Heck, if there is a time for a drug test it’s right after spring break. This shows you who is loyal to the team and who is not. These two are not.
DIT
March 30th, 2012
10:48 am
sorry about the typos
Chuck
March 30th, 2012
10:48 am
Let’s put the testing/penalties in the hands of the NCAA.
End the rivalry snark and let’s see which programs have been hiding their dirty laundry all along.
ColumbiaDawg
March 30th, 2012
10:49 am
If what Rambo says is true, then he needs to find new friends. If a person hangs around the wrong crowd long enough, he’ll get caught up in bad situations whether he wants to or not.
UGA Insider
March 30th, 2012
10:50 am
I have the best idea…
Email your governor and tell him to fire MIKE ADAMS immediately!
I’m tired of being embarrassed by our football, basketball and baseball program.
Please UGA fans lets start to put some pressure to get rid of Adams. He is our problem.
Win P.
March 30th, 2012
10:52 am
Bill, agree. I adhere to the belief that it is a privilege to play for UGA and the opportunity to earn an education that the majority of students have to pay for with money and/or academic effort.
Andy
March 30th, 2012
10:52 am
Stinky Pete’s comment needs to be removed.
DIT
March 30th, 2012
10:53 am
Did he really say that he was hungry when he got up and ate the “brownies” for breakfast and did not know pot was in them??? Where the heck was he during the 4 hour drive to the beach? That comment is so assinine that it’s embarrassing to read it.
Dawg_Mike
March 30th, 2012
10:54 am
After the Mizzou game I just hope we are’nt discussing how Rambo would not have let that receiver get by him for the game winner or likewise Ogletree.
Lindsey
March 30th, 2012
10:54 am
Right on Bill!!! Well said!!! I hate hearing the blame put on CMR, these are the direct results of personal choices made by young men at an accountable age to know the difference between right and wrong. I have no doubt it was made very clear to them before Spring Break not to get in trouble. I hate that this has happened, but they know the rules and are given an opportunity many men can only dream of. Rambo is one of my favorite Dawgs, I really thought he had the heart of a Bulldog. I hope there are some other Bulldogs ready to step up, GO DAWGS!
Chuck
March 30th, 2012
10:56 am
Other programs don’t have this happen because their self-testing and penalties for failure are not on par with UGA.
You want this to stop, you need to pressure UGA to water down our testing and penalties to the level of our rivals.
Bigdsel5556
March 30th, 2012
10:58 am
I agree with you Bill. I also think some schools cover a lot of problems up in house
Mike
March 30th, 2012
10:58 am
Who decides what players UGA recruits? Rodney Garner? It seems to be a systemic problem. Maybe its time to recruit higher character players. It is also interesting that almost all of these players are defensive backs. Does the secondary coach (Lakatos) have any hand in discipline for his position group, or the players that are recruited? All questions that need to be addressed by Richt.
SSIgator
March 30th, 2012
10:59 am
“they’re also scholarship athletes at a marquee program”
No matter how my day is going, I can always count on coming to this site for a good laugh. 1980 – so long ago.
Duncan Hines Ward
March 30th, 2012
11:00 am
And what about the additional (3?) drug test flunkies mentioned by Ramdo’s HS coach? Are they going to be suspended? If so, for which games?
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
March 30th, 2012
11:01 am
“More than what other programs do”….now that is pitiful…Michael Bowman and Ronald Carswell are suspended at Alabama and have been for months and they don’t get to practice with the football team period nor does Duron Carter. You UGA folks need to stick to your tradition and continue the denial about how your program is run instead of looking to drag other programs into your mess! Then again you wouldn’t be UGA! The good news is you have overtaken Auburn as the #1 wannabe program and excuse program. “more than other programs are doing”….LOL
Chuck
March 30th, 2012
11:01 am
Yes Mike, the assistant coaches promote marijuana use, then the head coach suspends them for it.
Also, no players smoke weed anywhere but UGA, because they are so much more disciplined.
Also, none of our disciplined rivals recruited these players.
If you believe all of this, I have several investment opportunities I’d like to share with you and your extended family.
Chuck
March 30th, 2012
11:02 am
Wet Willie – what is the penalty at the capstone for a first failed drug test??
Duncan Hines Ward
March 30th, 2012
11:03 am
And, in the history of the known universe, when has a plate of POT brownies EVER been left sitting on the counter in a house of spring breakers ALL NIGHT?!
Mike
March 30th, 2012
11:04 am
Ok thanks for clarifying that
DIT
March 30th, 2012
11:05 am
@Mike
Dude, these players are also being recruited by other top programs in the SEC and region. This is not just a UGA thing. Garner is not the problem here. It’s the choice of these individuals. They choose to not be a part of the team AFTER they were told that there will be a drug test after the break. They thought they are better than their team and would get away with it.
I personally don’t care what other teams do or don’t do. I’m concerned with UGA! We have a problem here.
Dawg Haus
March 30th, 2012
11:05 am
Good point, Bill. They let their teammates down and should be held accountable.
What a ya got
March 30th, 2012
11:06 am
They keep chucking it out the window.
DownDawg
March 30th, 2012
11:07 am
Is it just me, or does everyone log into the AJC in the morning, click the UGA link, and just wait with anticipation as the page loads to see who has been disciplined next. It has become a ritual of mine over the past several years during the spring. Unfortunately, it seems that it is always the same. can anyone remember a time when it wasn’t like that with the Dawgs? Perhaps before the internet when these things weren’t spilled across every sports web page in the world. Here’s hoping we can salvage the season.
DIT
March 30th, 2012
11:11 am
I hear ya DownDawg! I do look at the UGA every morning to get caught up on any newsworthy items about our Dawgs. Too bad lately I’ve been hesitant slowly open the site knowing that this crap is still going on.
Bulldog Ben
March 30th, 2012
11:12 am
Duncan Hines Ward – The other explanation is equally as plausible … that someone woke up on Spring Break at 7 am and made a plate full of brownies.
Yeah right. Where do we get these geniuses ???
evil empire
March 30th, 2012
11:12 am
@ andy…shouldn’t you be watching msnbc with the arrest zimmerman crowd…
rangerdawg
March 30th, 2012
11:13 am
David Pollack = 3 star athlete, Trent Richardson = 3 star athlete, enough said!!!
SSIgator
March 30th, 2012
11:16 am
“I’m going to do whatever it takes to help my team win, and I know I’ve got it in me.”
You know, Bacardi “Speedbump” Rumboy has a point. If he is high when he gets steamrolled by one of those big, bruising running backs that LSU has, it doesn’t hurt nearly as much as it could have if he didn’t have “it” in him.
DownDawg
March 30th, 2012
11:16 am
I think the stars should be weighted rangerdawg. It should say 5 star talent, 2 star heart, 1 star off the field. Weighted average 2.6 stars. I think there is a website that should be created for that.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
March 30th, 2012
11:16 am
You want the Truth?
You can’t handle the truth.
Damn Right I Ordered the CODE RED.
Seems there needs to be some Team Hazing and Team Self Discipline. If the other Players gave Blanket Parties to players breaking the rules then maybe some of this would stop.
reebok
March 30th, 2012
11:17 am
This Georgia Tech fan still thinks UGA has enough depth and enough of a favorable schedule to get back to the SEC Championship Game. Maybe my Jackets should try to move the Georgia game to early in the year, so we could catch you with a bunch of players serving one or 2-game suspensions, instead of at Thanksgiving, when your team is putting it all together.
I am sorry to see these young men potentially damage their careers through misconduct, whatever school they attend. But the brownies thing cracks me up. “It wasn’t me, Coach! It was Duncan Hines!”
no dog
March 30th, 2012
11:20 am
I vote for the suspensions to be late in the season…LOL!
richmondDawg
March 30th, 2012
11:20 am
Right on, Bill, well said! Frankly, I don’t even bother to comment on the other guys on the AJC Bulldog beat anymore….Not worth the time or aggravation….
SSIgator
March 30th, 2012
11:22 am
“They also know what’s within their grasp this season”
They sure do. They didn’t come to Doobie Brothers University for any other reason. They just better hope that Trayvon wasn’t one of the mules. He won’t be on the string any more.
Red Clay Hound
March 30th, 2012
11:22 am
Good column Bill. You are spot on!!
Still@theKool-aidBAR
March 30th, 2012
11:22 am
reebok…I can promise you 1 time there will NEVER be a Drug test and that is the Friday after Thanksgiving. The kids were at home and maybe did some bad things. The OFFICIAL test results would not be back before the Tech game but the pee stick failed test results would be known and that would make player have to miss The SEC CG or Bowl game and that ain’t EVER going to happen.
weed whacker
March 30th, 2012
11:24 am
I am trying to imagine being the suspended players and actually going into the locker room where Herschel, Woerner, Tarditz, Stanfill and others played and have no guilt or remorse. These guys probably do not have a conscience. It is obvious they do not respect the other 100 guys wearing the red and black. Making it worse is the lame lie of the brownies. CMR should think hard on encouraging him to go pro and move on. And, the pros wont’ put up with his crap. They knock him so hard he will NEED pot to get rid of the pain. Send him to the Saints.
DawginLex
March 30th, 2012
11:25 am
Bill
You are exactly right about one thing:
The list of 31 players who have left is a list made to bash Richt
I understand that he recruited them all but to blame him for a kid who flunks out or gets injured is ridiculous.
corkylovesbeer
March 30th, 2012
11:25 am
rangerdawg,
trent richardson was a five star recruit…
LCDawg
March 30th, 2012
11:26 am
First let me say I think it’s 100% Unconstitutional and illegal to conduct drug tests on a student/player. Performance enhancing drugs–yes. Having said that I think these clowns are selfish a holes. If I was their teammate I would kick their a**. Richt should have them each run the gauntlet through the middle of the entire team without pads and let everyone take their best shot. Problem solved.
Big Crimson 75
March 30th, 2012
11:27 am
As a minimum suspension, 10 percent of the season is rounded down to one game, though it’s at the coach’s discretion to round it up to two games. Either way, it’s more than anyone else is doing …
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Mr. King — Are you implying UGA is the only Program that suspends Players for conduct detrimental to the Team?? It sure as hell sounds like it!! Keep dreaming…….
Jacket99
March 30th, 2012
11:27 am
Then there are the folks who cite the suspensions and departures from the program as an indication Richt just isn’t recruiting the right kind of players to begin with.
Maybe he should forget about all those 5-star and 4-star ratings and sign only Eagle Scouts and winners of DAR good citizen awards. Of course, then fans and sportswriters alike would be howling because he wasn’t drawing top talent to Athens!
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Are 4 and 5 star players always going to be rule violators? Could a 5-star player also be a good citizen? Keith Marshall was a 4-star recruit and Ray Drew was a 5-star recruit. They both seem like good citizens to me.
DawginLex
March 30th, 2012
11:28 am
bill your filters suck
Promethius
March 30th, 2012
11:29 am
Official dawg breakfast – coke and brownies
DawginLex
March 30th, 2012
11:29 am
dead right about the list being a Richt bashing tool
Including kids that flunk out and get injured and blaming Richt is a method of trolls and tools
SSIGator you can STFU too. Tell me your beloved gators do nothing wrong?
douchebag
DawginLex
March 30th, 2012
11:30 am
SSI go drown yourself
Still@theKool-aidBAR
March 30th, 2012
11:31 am
I all started to go down hill when Uga VII died after the Kentucky Loss.
This is a funny Twist on the WEED EATER BOWL.
Jim
March 30th, 2012
11:32 am
Lane Kiffin is getting his boys prescriptions for Medical Maryjowana to ease their pain after the game.
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
March 30th, 2012
11:32 am
Trent Richardson was a 5* sport then and now. There isn’t one UGA fan on this site that after watching Rambo for 3 years believe he is a high character guy! Not one of you will make that statement. You’ve accepted his thug ways for three years and will for 4! Bama has a panel made of players that is a big part of the discipline of players but Nick is the head of that committee and he doesn’t want to spend time with players that create clutter. Football is a business at Bama and the recruits and their parents understand that from their 1st visit and meeting with Nick Saban. You can’t weed all the bad apples but you save yourself much time and effort if you understand early in the recruiting process what the parents are all about as well as the player!!!!! Talent is big and you will not win big with average folks but no character people take up too much of the teams time and coaches time trying to keep them on track. As the old Delco commercial said “You can pay me now or you can pay me later”…
Team Leaders
March 30th, 2012
11:33 am
What I would like to see are some team leaders coming forward (Jarvis Jones, Murray, anyone?) and saying that they are sick of the selfish behavior of some of their teammates. Obviously, the coaches don’t seem to be getting through – maybe if their teammates started holding them accountable, we’d get some traction…
reebok
March 30th, 2012
11:33 am
don’t let the trolls get under your skin, Lex. it only encourages.
GTBob
March 30th, 2012
11:34 am
Are 4 and 5 star players always going to be rule violators? Could a 5-star player also be a good citizen?
That is a good point. I’m pretty sure Andrew Luck and Marcus Lattimore haven’t been getting into trouble. There is a way to recruit quality 4 and 5 star guys, but I don’t think UGA has done that so far overall. They let far too many bad eggs in.
Grantham's the Man
March 30th, 2012
11:34 am
Let’s take a look at how Saban would have handled the latest incidents at Ga.
Brandon Smith, Saban would have called a press conference ASAP( the next morning) and declared Smith as the ”finest example of what we look for from our players” and said that he will not be suspended. This is the best way to make a story go away. See the Upshaw Domestic Violance case.
Sanders Commings, again call a news conference and repeat what he said when Courtney Upshaw was arrested for the same thing. Again, no suspension.
Ogletree and Rambo. After they failed the schools drug test Saban would have had a GA simply throw away the samples because that’s how it’s done at Alabama. It never happened.
Who really believes Alabama players never smoke or drink? If you do then here’s your sign!
NC Dawg
March 30th, 2012
11:35 am
legalize reefer!
SSIgator
March 30th, 2012
11:40 am
Well, at least this opens up another possible explanation as to why UGA fans think it is spelled DWAGS.
schmeckdawg
March 30th, 2012
11:43 am
murfdawg
March 30th, 2012
10:31 am
I quit!!
I have had season tix since 1973 and this is the last season I will buy them. I am sick and tired of these selfish little babies. Good luck Bulldog nation, I’ll be at the beach.
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murfdawg no while I haven’t had my tickets nearly as long as you, I am in the same boat. I am sick of these no count prima donnas.
schmeckdawg
March 30th, 2012
11:45 am
SSIgator
March 30th, 2012
11:40 am
Well, at least this opens up another possible explanation as to why UGA fans think it is spelled DWAGS.
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Now that’s pretty good! As much as I hate to admit it, pretty clever on your behalf!
solution
March 30th, 2012
11:47 am
The NCAA as governing body should put in place a consistant punishment system for illegal drug use. Simple solution is maditory quarterly drug testing for scholarship athletes. First failure – 5 game suspension. Monthly drug testing after 1st failure… 2nd failure loss of scholarship and 1 year suspension…. NCAA policy for all. Pretty simple.
Newnandawg
March 30th, 2012
11:48 am
UGA football players smoke no more or less weed than those in any other SEC program. We just test more.
When, and if, Mark Richt ever wins a meaningful game again we’ll forget all about this.
Dawg Tired
March 30th, 2012
11:48 am
Bill – Some people just don’t understand what it means to be a responsile citizen and team mate. All this relects poorly on their maturity and indicates extreme self-centeredness. As you point out, we have the most severe policy in the conference on these kinds of transgressions. It seems irrelevant to these young men. I think the ultimate result of our stern policy is that some recruits will simply decide to go where they can “do the weed” and know they will not be suspended. Our tough policy seems to only hurt the team in that we no doubt miss some recruits and we have numerous players ineligble at the start of every season.
It is naive to think that more of our players are eating mj brownies during spring break than those on other teams. It’s just that ours are the only ones being suspended. Bottom line: our tough policy makes no sense from a football point of view. On the other hand, what is a coach supposed to do? Turn the other way like other coaches do? I suggest that the life lessons hopefully will make these young men better citizens in the future. If that turns out to be the case for just a few, then it is worth the hit in wins and losses.
Tweedle Dee
March 30th, 2012
11:49 am
Uncharacteristicly good article from the AJC. Unfortunately, like the current polarized political landscape, there are those who have no common sense on both sides and they reveal themselves on this blog. I suppose that will never cease.
solution
March 30th, 2012
11:49 am
* consistent typo
folsomprison
March 30th, 2012
11:49 am
The biggest thing that Richt and Co. should be concerned with is that this is just the end March. The rest of those guys have four months to get into trouble. How many more players will be suspended by the first game? Also, it is crazy to compare what other schools do or do not do with discipline. The policy is the policy and the kids know it going in. If they cannot live by the rules, they can go somewhere else or not play. It is pretty simple. If I get arrested I doubt I can go before an American Court and tell them that it is not fair because that is not the law in Mexico!
M-E-R-C-E-R DAWG
March 30th, 2012
11:50 am
Yassir errifat!
10-2. With a crap bowl.
Big Crimson 75
March 30th, 2012
11:52 am
I know Rambo was recruited before last yrs class — but you never attach a name to a recruiting class & expect a bunch of model citizens.
Calling last yrs class the “dream team” was a mistake! It sets the wrong tone.
Did Saban attach a gimmick name to his first true recruiting class @ Bama in 2008? I think not. Now that class was a “DREAM” class!!
Dawg Daze
March 30th, 2012
11:55 am
Glad to see someone write something that makes sense. Great article, I agree on all points! Mark Richt can’t be a “helicopter” coach and follow over a 100 guys around on Spring Break or any other time…although that could make an interesting moive. “Richt Almighty.”
Terds-lov-ich
March 30th, 2012
11:58 am
Ok Bill, you’re the coach (assume) at UGA and every week one of your players in the off season gets a DUI,tests positive for MJ,domestic abuse,etc. And these type of crimes happen for 3 straight years. Who do we blame ?
A)The players ? Ok. each person is responsible for their actions,true. But you wanna call Richt strict yet he allows the same players to commit the same repeat offenses. Kick them off the team.
B)Society ? Ok. True that USA’s morals are rock-bottom. But Aaron Murray or Blair Walsh didn’t commit any offenses. So don’t blame society until EVERY player is indicted.
C)The coach ? Ok. He cannot babysit them in the off-season,true. But if your players continue to disregard the laws and put a black eye on the university then why not get a coach that might get thru to the players ? This isn’t happening at Kentucky,Florida,Vandy,Tenn,Auburn,Arky,etc. Its only happening at UGA to this extent.
Savannah Dawg
March 30th, 2012
11:59 am
I am a very frustrated fan. I am tired of being embarrassed by these fools. The rules may be tougher than other places but they are common knowledge. Prehaps these guys are just too stupid to represent this great university. If you just have to use marijuana or associate with people that do then simply don’t come to UGA.
On a lighter side, I’ve heard that Cheech and Chong will be honarary Captains and that the Redcoat Band will do a tribute to Bob Marley.
evil empire
March 30th, 2012
12:00 pm
meanwhile, back at the ranch…
according to sources at the NYKAE (new york koolade exchange), spot prices on kool-ade futures are extremely volatile…” the rumors of georgia football suspensions have this market in a tizzy…will it cause more consumption by the ‘we’ll be alright crowd” or less consumption by the “sky is falling” crowd…said company president K.A. Mann, “the georgia fanbase is a large part of our business, but not all of our business. don’t forget the notre dame dreamers and the ohio staters. the market will settle down once the ajc enablers down there handle the masses with more national championship talk. we’ll be fine for the time being…our biggest kool-ade sales are in the month before kick-off. georgians have never abandoned kool-ade, and we don’t expect the recent events down there to change that. georgia loves them some kool-ade”
Duncan Hines Ward
March 30th, 2012
12:03 pm
I heard the band’s going to do a tribute to The Buckinghams with “Kind of a Dwag”
SSIgator
March 30th, 2012
12:04 pm
evil empire -
Have they not finished the pipeline from the plant in Dalton to Athens yet? Lord, they have been working on it for almost a year now.
UGA fan
March 30th, 2012
12:05 pm
You, along with others, are reporting that Bacarri was suspended for one game for failing a drug test last season. The FACT is that he told Coach Ritch about the “speeding ticket” and the joint being found on the girl who was riding with him. Since when does anyone get suspended for speeding. That was the charge. At NO time was Bacarri tested and found to have drugs in his system. The suspension for last season was not enforced because of a failed drug test. Coach Ritch issued the suspension independently by his own admission.
God Bless his high school coach for trying to defend him and mentoring the kid. It may be the only mentoring he has ever had. For you to pass judgement on the coach and indicate that he was a poor influence on his life before he went to UGA is reducilous and insulting. That coach may be the only reason the kid is in college in the first place. I’m sure you have influenced 100’s of “kids” in your life while writing articles that slam coaches for being fathers to these boys.
Terds-lov-ich
March 30th, 2012
12:05 pm
Richt fresh off a new 5 year extension loses 2 more players to drug use. Incredible.
Hmmmm
March 30th, 2012
12:07 pm
Why cant theae guys with all their NFL potential just go on a mission trip like Tebow did in college instead of placing themselves in harms way! Idiots!
Bill King
March 30th, 2012
12:07 pm
UGA fan: I did not say Rambo failed a drug test last year. I said he was suspended for a similar violation.
DawginLex
March 30th, 2012
12:07 pm
evil empire
Care to comment??
“34% of the inmate population at Louisiana’s Correctional Facilities are former LSU athletes.”
Dirty Dawg
March 30th, 2012
12:09 pm
Sounds to me that young Mr Rambo’s high school coach has been, and continues to be, an enabler that only encourages the kids bad behavior…an excuse for everything and blame everybody else for for my failures. I truly hope that kid doesn’t think that the threat of declaring for the supplemental draft will do anything but sour fan support and label him as a malcontent. Then again if he’s incapable of behaving himself, maybe he should just move-the-hell on.
PrimeTime
March 30th, 2012
12:09 pm
Bill is absolutely right. And H. Talker is a complete idiot. Let’s FIRE HT!!!
evil empire
March 30th, 2012
12:09 pm
still moving forward…funding got tough while the negotiations for new contracts for coaching staff were being stretched out, but, project is back on track with completion scheduled for the early august pre-season national championship run…
Old Dawg
March 30th, 2012
12:10 pm
Too bad is wasn’t Aaron Murray who got suspended for four games. By the time he got back, they might have found out he is not the best QB at Georgia!
Still@theKool-aidBAR
March 30th, 2012
12:12 pm
On Barnhart & Durham talking with the Clemson People LIVE said the UGa v Clemson H-n-H will be played. The games might need to be moved around in the year but IT WILL HAPPEN and UGa’s Adams agrees.
Terds-lov-ich
March 30th, 2012
12:14 pm
Bill, why is Richt dodging admission to these reports ? That’s a red flag right there. Chip Towers knows but Richt doesn’t ? I’m just tired of this happening to our players. Who will put a stop to it ? I arrived at work this morning and a Tech fans says “Yeah, I heard ya’ll lost 2 more players on defense ? What’s that 6 players now ?”
Jump off a cliff Dawg
March 30th, 2012
12:15 pm
Getting real old quick. Am I to understand we may hear more incriminating news in the coming days? I’m a season ticket holder and the enthusiasm for this season is quickly waning. It will take a big change in Athens to get it back for me. Sorry, just speaking the truth and no one is a bigger Bulldog than me! This was suppose to be the year, with a three year starting qb, defense, everything was pointing to 2012 for several years now, and we are going to battle with a half loaded gun. Something is missing, and I hope our head honcho’s can figure it out an infuse some positive energy back into the program.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
March 30th, 2012
12:17 pm
Evil Empire are you saying I am not as RICH as I was in February? I better invest some money in Straight Jackets & Rubber rooms I guess.
UGA fan
March 30th, 2012
12:17 pm
Georgia holds players out for a tenth of a season (at least one game) for one failed drug test and suspends second-time offenders like Rambo for 30 percent of a season (four games). At most SEC schools, a first-time failed drug test draws no suspension at all.
In the statement above, it says that there is a suspension of one tenth of the season for a failed drug test and suspends second time offenders LIKE RAMBO for 30 percent of the season. Again, I ask, how does UGA consider him a second time offender when he never failed a drug test to begin with?
maybe my beef is not with you Bill King but rather UGA for considering him a second time offender.
However, I do know Alan Ingram personally and know he is as much a father to so many kids in south Georgia as their own fathers, sometimes moreso. He has been coaching football in south Geogia for 42 years and is a pillar to the Seminole County and Miller County communities.
Defend your child til the end. I can’t fault Alan for that.
Valdostadawg
March 30th, 2012
12:18 pm
Well said, Bill!! Couldn’t have said it any better myself.
Haha
March 30th, 2012
12:18 pm
Da’rick absent at UT. He would have fit int at Uga so well! He and Rambo can go play at ga state together and be losers!
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
March 30th, 2012
12:23 pm
6-8 more years of college football and then it’s over. Keep craping 10 #’s of sheet into a 5# bag.
SHANKSBAIT
March 30th, 2012
12:24 pm
Shanks, Bill King must have been listening to your pathetic show yesterday! Why don’t you shutup and accept the fact that Mark Richt can’t do anymore about stupid players than we can do about your lame show being on the air!!!!
maharajiean shorts
March 30th, 2012
12:24 pm
Very nice article Bill.
The genuis who schedules the drug tests needs to be suspended……forever, idiot.
And while we are at it, loosen up the drug policy…I mean, really, who brags about that? I would rather brag about crystal, which sadly…aint gonna happen with Richt.
evillurks
March 30th, 2012
12:27 pm
This writer (blogger) for the mutt nation is nothing more than an excuse-making talking head for THUGA. He regurgitates all of the major “talking points” the media has been given by THUGA to use everytime their players are caught breaking the law or breaking basic rules of being on athletic scholarship at ANY university. THUGA isn’t any harder or stringent on its players than others in the SEC. That’s totally BUNK! If anything, THUGA has a huge, recurring issue with players in trouble because there’s no real fear of serious reprisal there! Schools like Auburn EXPEL (not suspend) players who fail to meet requirements (see Michael Dyer, its best player and potential Heisman hopeful for 2012) of its program and yanked the scholarships for all 4 players who were arrested for a criminal act last year THE DAY AFTER IT HAPPENED!!!!!!!
At THUGA, Richt and company dance around every issue. You mutt fans keep screaming that you have a the “toughest drug testing policy”. You wanna know why???
BECAUSE YOUR PLAYERS HAVE THE WORST DRUG PROBLEM IN THE SEC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No matter how bad it get, no matter how many times it happens, the THUGA beat writers and bloggers like this guy here (bill?) will keep singing excuses instead of manning up and admitting your program does and HAS HAD major problems with all-around thuggery since Saint Mark arrived. You mutts NEVER take any responsibility for ANYTHING!!!
Your program is out of control and always WILL BE out of control because you fans, you MUTT FANS, excuse and equivacate EVERYTHING!!!
Losers!!
Radly Dawg
March 30th, 2012
12:27 pm
Given this police state of a society we live in today…..one can only imagine what things at UGA might have beeen like back in the late 60’s and 70’s when Jake Scott, Buzzy Rosenberg, Craig “Sky” Hertwig, etc. were roaming the Classic City. “Things” were going on big time back then!
Go Dawgs!
evil empire
March 30th, 2012
12:27 pm
you’ll be fine still@…the ohio staters are sucking up the urban meyer “rebel on a mission” storyline in more than enough volume to offset issues down here…
SSIgator
March 30th, 2012
12:28 pm
They just found the iPod that Barcardi lost at the beach. The only song on it was from the group Boston called Smokin’ and the chorus goes:
Smokin’ Smokin’
We’re cookin’ tonight, just keep on tokin’
Smokin’ Smokin’
I feel alright mama, I’m not jokin’
We’re gettin’ down today
We’ll pick you up and take you away
Get down tonight, well alright
That was pretty catchy back in its day. Maybe UGA could use that when the team runs on the field before the game. Welcome to the Jungle and the like are getting kind of boring.
mcg dawg
March 30th, 2012
12:34 pm
Rambo….if your playmates are “at fault” for getting YOU in trouble…time to find some new playmates!
hotdawg
March 30th, 2012
12:39 pm
Cmr please give me a scholarship to play football with a free ride through college along with spending money and free food. Promise i wont let you down by being a stupid idiot since i know that my decisions and hard work will pay me back millions one day in the NFL.
wyatt earp
March 30th, 2012
12:40 pm
Apparently the number one requirement to be recruited by UGA athletics, is to have been arrested at least once
duh
March 30th, 2012
12:43 pm
Look at a photo of the 1980 team, then look at a photo of the 2010 team. Is it just me, or …..
roughrider
March 30th, 2012
12:46 pm
i don’t buy the ” brownie “excuse.
georgedawg
March 30th, 2012
12:46 pm
I think we should adjust our rules to be more in line with other SEC teams. There is too much scrutiny and expectations for these 20 years olds. We are ham stringing ourselves.
George
March 30th, 2012
12:50 pm
Amazing. Can you make any more excuses for the thugs up there? “it’s more than anyone else does” ha ha ha ha ha are you serious with this garbage. Not only is that 100% false it is absurd. Grow a pair and stop making excuses for the pathetic from top to bottom uga program.
suspend Betty Crocker NOW
March 30th, 2012
12:50 pm
4 games at least, and make her wear a scarlett “w” * on her apron from now on
*(for weed)
Crimedog
March 30th, 2012
12:53 pm
Over the years, Richt has been a master at covering up player misbehavior. When the drunken players destroyed the potted plants at the Athens hospital, Richt had a lawyer there before the police arrived. The players who stole money from their teammates were not charged with a crime, because that goes to the NCAA. Richt ignored Mettenburger’s assault charge and named him starting QB until he couldn’t make the charge go away and Adams got involved. If you consider Richt a disciplinarian, just have another brownie.
hornblowermg
March 30th, 2012
12:56 pm
it doesn’t bother me that Rambo will be absent. although he may look good in other areas, it seems that i have seen him dodge significant “hits” more than three or four times in games that resulted in touchdowns or firstdowns for the other team. he hasn’t shown up to make the hard tackle since he was knocked out in that Auburn game.
SSIgator
March 30th, 2012
1:01 pm
Crimedog -
What did you expect? He played at U of Miami and learned from the master of coverup at FSU – Saint Bobby. But he is a nice guy.
Terry
March 30th, 2012
1:07 pm
Try Harder, Saban has not even suspended Courtney Upshaw for even one quarter, or even one practice, for assaulting his girlfriend, how would you get the attrition numbers, if Coaches like Saban don’t discipline for Violent infractions, much less minor? And if a player were suspended at another College, wouldn’t that be his second offense? So you would have to double other college’s suspensions, because Georgia suspends for a first offense. Really there is no way to get an accurate number of other Colleges attritions, because some sweep the dirt under the carpet. Next time, try Harder!
Troup Co. Dawg
March 30th, 2012
1:11 pm
I have known a lot of people who went to Athens to attend the University of Georgia, come back home as alcoholic drug addict’s and some even have lost their mind. If this is the environment you put your kids in, then they are going to mess up!
SSIgator
March 30th, 2012
1:18 pm
evil empire -
This is the one year chart for Kraft Foods (who also owns KoolAid) on the NYSE
http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lcddata.html?ticker=KFT&fq=D&ezd=1Y&index=5
Notice the huge uptick in the stock value in August of last year, just before UGA started their football season. As the footnote in their annual report states – “A special thanks to all of the UGA fans for making this a banner year for our KoolAid brand”. At least UGA gets recognition for something.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
March 30th, 2012
1:24 pm
2 Live Stews ripping on a Bro? How can the Stews rip on Rambo? LOL
Paddy
March 30th, 2012
1:38 pm
Duncan Hines Ward…….which games will they be suspended for. Welllllll, it is always the first games on the schedule. What did you have in mind, games 4, 7 and 9? lol
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
March 30th, 2012
1:38 pm
Lets have some more blame Nick Saban for greyshirts. Yep…that is what we need. The fact is your embarrass yourself attempting to blame others for the failure of your admin to manage your football program! Then again denial is apart of the Richt Tradition.
Border dweller
March 30th, 2012
2:12 pm
Rambo will declare for the supplimental draft now, I bet .Maybe he can get a contract pitching Betty Crocker Brownie Mix. I hope I’m overreacting, but he seems to me like he’s heading down the Odell Thurman path.
Brewer & Shipley...
March 30th, 2012
2:30 pm
Hey, back in our day (the ’70’s) we wrote a song just for this occasion – anybody remember “One Toke Over the Line”?
Now, THOSE were the good ol days…I bet even Bill remembers those days (OK, maybe not, heh, heh, heh…)
7576DAWG
March 30th, 2012
2:33 pm
Looking on the positive side of this, Rambo if still on the team and Ogletree will have a month of built up aggression that they can take out on Tennessee and South Carolina. I certainly wouldn’t look forward to playing Georgia knowing who was coming off suspension.
Duncan Hines has the best Brownie Mix
March 30th, 2012
2:36 pm
After the end of two a days this summer camp;let’s have a Brownie Day.Put away the watermelons and serve Duncan Hines with a hint of you know what to celebrate the end of summer practice.By the way,the Piggly Wiggley store at PCB has sold out of Brownie Mix and has requested a double shipment this weekend for Spring Break (High School).It all starts in the Home Economics course.
dawgSTILE
March 30th, 2012
2:36 pm
Bill, Usually I come here to harass your fellow dawgs (well it IS fun). Sir you are RIGHT ON THE MONEY on this one. Excellent insight. Now, what can I say to get under doginLEX’s skin, oh I know – have you guys heard the latest on the “internet dirt sheets” – -
evil empire
March 30th, 2012
2:42 pm
7576dawg…no one is intimidated by uga regardless of their eligibility issues…uga is clemson without the more recent title…uga is the sec equalevent of arizona state…or illinois…or rutgers…you are a member of the conference, but, you’re not the first, second, third, or fourth name that comes to mind when talking about that conference…revel in mediocrity…
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
March 30th, 2012
2:45 pm
One thing you have learned from this past year is that the new AD is a Big Hat with No Cattle. Then again Foley at Florida leads the pack for arrest in addtion to a lot of trophies!!! Big difference.
1980…..
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
March 30th, 2012
2:47 pm
@ Ssgtdawg:
Very well put but the worst part is that our opposition uses all their BS to help win recruits to them. It happened in the 2012 signing class. Fortunately the powers that be gave CMR a very nice extension and J. Jenkins decommitted from Bama to the dawgs. Jenkins verified this story. One way to get rid of the trolls and DFINO retards would be to start charging a fee.
Thanks again guys for your positive stuff.
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BILL: Good math lesson you gave to Kool Aid and especially the info that UGA is by far the most strict disciplinarian in college football!!!!!!!!
Still A Fan
March 30th, 2012
2:50 pm
The thing that really gets me is that Rambo has a pic on his twitter page of him and another guy (Zander?) and the caption reads “my lil hommmie stoned” Now why In the world would you put something out there like that? I know Rambo did not say he was stoned but still why would you put something out tere like that? You know if I can find it than other people can too. A little weed is one thin but come on lets use our heads.
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
March 30th, 2012
2:50 pm
@ Evil Empire:
UGA has won a Title since your rag tag team of wannabes have.
Just sayin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ginger
March 30th, 2012
2:50 pm
Honestly—don’t think that our (UGA) discipline policy is effective enough to stop players from using pot. And what rate of stoppage is considered effective—vs number of players using vs number of players being caught
But I don’t know of any policy at different colleges that is effective enough to stop players from using pot….Pot is just so widespread.
I am against players using Pot for the record…..But why penalize the team by having a tougher policy at UGA that is not any better at stopping this use….I say our policy should be in line with other schools in the conference–or the conference should just have a blanket policy that everyone abides by.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
March 30th, 2012
2:52 pm
HAHAHAH………I am at times called a troll but no worse than the UGa trolls on the GT blogs. Here is a tribute to the trolls. LMAO.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMEe7JqBgvg
Still A Fan
March 30th, 2012
2:52 pm
The thing that really gets me is that Rambo has a pic on his twitter page of him and another guy (Zander?) and the caption reads “my lil hommmie stoned” Now why in the world would you put something out there like that? I know Rambo did not say he was stoned but still why would you put something out there like that? You know if I can find it than other people can too. A little weed is one thing but come on lets use our heads.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
March 30th, 2012
2:53 pm
Brainaic……..WOW a Title of the SEC Least!
Try a BCS TITLE.
Newman
March 30th, 2012
2:58 pm
Just keep lovin’ em.
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
March 30th, 2012
3:01 pm
@ George:
Bill is 100% right on the “does more than”. If you know anything why not share it. Oh, that’s right. You are all hot air with a single digit IQ and I apologize for harassing the handicapped.
You could find you rear end with both hands in your hip pockets………………………..but I still love you!!!!!!!!!!!
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
March 30th, 2012
3:06 pm
@ Kool Aid:
You prove my points every time you post.
If you can’t spell my handle correctly with it spelled out in front of you, you may be WORSE than a single digit IQ. ……………………………Just sayin.
WDE
March 30th, 2012
3:08 pm
Lets see we drank huge amounts of Kool-Aid in August..hmmm well how did that turn out of us as UGA fans…lets see we won 10 games beat UT,Auburn, Bug U and kicked gator tail all over Jax oh and won the SEC East…waiter can I have another and make it a double please.
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
March 30th, 2012
3:13 pm
@ Kool AID:
You need to be careful while LMAO. When you are 100% A_ _ . We sincerely would miss you. I had Hemorrhoids a couple of years ago and I miss them too……………………….but I love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
March 30th, 2012
3:17 pm
@ WDE (3:08 pm post)
Great post fellow dawgie especially when referring to a Windbag whose team recently had to forfiet an entire season and is currently on NCAA probation
THE Dixie Redcoat Band
March 30th, 2012
3:17 pm
For sure these idiots could care less about the “team” concept.
Tom
March 30th, 2012
3:19 pm
“Richt is the one recruiting these thugs.” oh yeah, no other schools were recruiting these kids. Any of these kids could just as easily be at any other school in the country. Bama would have gladly signed any of them. They know the rules. They also should be well aware of the consequences. Richt is consistent and firm in how he handles discipline. I guess if Nick Saban were the assistant principal instead of me at my elementary school, none of the 3rd graders would run down the hall.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
March 30th, 2012
3:21 pm
Brainiac………..no response on the TITLES………No Gut to Prove you leak point?
Still@theKool-aidBAR
March 30th, 2012
3:22 pm
weak point sorry
Rooster
March 30th, 2012
3:22 pm
As I have said for the past two years: FIRE RICHT!!!!!! All roads lead back to him. Compared to these idiots now on the team, Ealey was a saint.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
March 30th, 2012
3:23 pm
Brainiac got Gut punched like FAIRLEY by ben jones.
Moneyball
March 30th, 2012
3:25 pm
Bill, please tell me that Jarvis Jones broke Rambo’s jawbone with a haymaker at practice.
Megan
March 30th, 2012
3:25 pm
I hate to say it, but I think its time for Mark Richt to start handing out one and done penalties! If you want to smoke weed, go elsewhere, if you want to play football, come here!
Rooster
March 30th, 2012
3:28 pm
Please drug test Murray and get him suspended for the first four games. IF that happens, maybe the puppies will have a shot at the SEC East title. hehehehehehehhahahahahahohohoho.
cloudodust
March 30th, 2012
3:37 pm
More strict than other SEC schools for 1st and 2nd violations for drug use? Maybe, I don’t know. Would like for someone to take the time to give us the others policy on 1st and 2nd’s and don’t forget the new kids on the block. Thanks
Still@theKool-aidBAR
March 30th, 2012
3:47 pm
35:55minute MURRAY need Prozac at halftime.
harold
March 30th, 2012
3:48 pm
RICHT AND MCGARITY ARE NOT LEADING.
WDE
March 30th, 2012
3:54 pm
@Rooster hey feather head we ARE the SEC EAST Champs…..how was that heaping bowl of stupid you had for breakfast?
East Repeat
March 30th, 2012
4:00 pm
WDE- To be the champ you gotta beat the champ and UGA did not beat the champ (SC). UGA “won” East, but SC was the best team in East. 3 in a row coming up! What did you have for breakfast, Weedies?
WDE
March 30th, 2012
4:09 pm
@East Repeat hey boy-o if you don’t have to win your conference to be MNC your not going to get much traction on that beat the best BS…by the way you barely beat us and you were favored..you lost to a team that you were favored over and we beat like a red head stepchild…would you like a cheese with that whine?
WDE
March 30th, 2012
4:11 pm
@East Repeat and you need to change your handle there buck-o you can’t repeat if your not the Champ this year….and your not.
areyoukiddingme2012
March 30th, 2012
4:16 pm
This is why UGA will never be a National Championship Team. We actually play by the rules. Urban Meyer, Spurrier, Saban. Those guys would not bench a first string player FOR NOTHING.
It’s unfortunate, we’ll never have a consistent Championship Caliber team. Then again, Adams probably doesn’t even want Football at UGA (seeing how UGA is 2nd or 7th most profitable football program in the nation—depending on which poll you believe)—and the *STILL* refused Bonus Payouts to 2nd tier coaching staff…deplorable. I would take 100-Richt’s before I’d take 1-Saban, Meyer or Spurrier. However, just know, he’s hand strung. You could be a FOOTBALL GENIUS, but without players to carry out your plays….what does it matter?
A Father
March 30th, 2012
4:29 pm
Wow: people jumping on the religious factor and tones to protect Richt, but if you slam him for the BS religious crap these same people want you banned. This article and situation is exactly what is wrong with having Richt as Head Coach. The job as UGA head coach has nothing to do with religion, not a dang thingl It is all about winning while possessing discipline and projecting the image to the public that every former player and UGA alumni can be proud. Mark Richt has not done any of these three things. Fire Mark Richt NOW!! Withdraw the contract Mark Richt has not signed, Withdraw the contract Grantham refuses to sign, lets find people that will obtain the three things listed above because of their passion about UGA, enough of this BS starting with our lack of voice President Michael Adams.
AltamahaDawg
March 30th, 2012
5:08 pm
Bill, BuLLdawg can give you the complete list of people who disagree with you.
b-ham dawg
March 30th, 2012
5:16 pm
this is a compilation of all my posts the past few days.
b-ham dawg
March 30th, 2012
5:20 pm
@A Father… with the drug and suspension policy the way it is no matter who they bring in the problem will be the same.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
March 30th, 2012
5:20 pm
areyoukiddingme2012
March 30th, 2012
4:16 pm
This is why UGA will never be a National Championship Team. We actually play by the rules. Urban Meyer, Spurrier, Saban. Those guys would not bench a first string player FOR NOTHING.
HAHAHAHAHAHAH…………………….more that 70% of your players are Special Education\Special Admits. That poor lil guy down the street with a better SAT/ACT score can’t get in UGa cause a Ball Playing Pot Smoking took his slop at UGa.
Yes what rules do you think are the ones UGa should play by?
Still@theKool-aidBAR
March 30th, 2012
5:20 pm
Spot
b-ham dawg
March 30th, 2012
5:30 pm
@Still@theKool-aidBAR… unfortunately we have to follow the rules that are in place at UGA. But if you read the article where the debate is is how much the policies at other schools differ from ours. This is why a uniform policy should be issued to every member institution of the NCAA
Can we bring back stoning
March 30th, 2012
5:33 pm
I can not think of a punishment for a punch of potheads than stoning them in the public Square!
Still@theKool-aidBAR
March 30th, 2012
5:46 pm
Bham…Have you seen where in the Supplemental Draft Rambo is projected?
Return to Glory
March 30th, 2012
5:52 pm
It is not CMR it is the dumb@###$% players who make decisions with the two cent brains they have to go with their million dollar bodies and abilities. What a shame to throw away a chance at a special season Rambo should honor his decision to stay, he screwed up and it is HIS and only HIS fault.
b-ham dawg
March 30th, 2012
5:57 pm
he isn’t that dumb i don’t think
evil empire
March 30th, 2012
6:02 pm
This is why UGA will never be a National Championship Team. We actually play by the rules.
really…i would have thought poor coaching played a larger role…don’t sell cmr short…
BullDogMike
March 30th, 2012
6:21 pm
I tend to look at the big picture here. If this trend keeps on, CMR will be forced to take the redshirts off players before he is ready. Not necessarily before they are ready. We have lots of talented players,as does most all SEC teams. They can fill the void left by the brain dead starters who get suspended. Problem is though, it kills the progression of the program, It will leave us shorthanded in future seasons at certain positions.
BullDogMike
March 30th, 2012
6:28 pm
And by the way East Repeat : Ya’ll scored on four turnovers. Without those that day, we whip you just as bad as we did Auburn. Who you all could not beat ..even on your home field. You’ve never won a SEC championship probably never will..
Big Crimson 75
March 30th, 2012
6:38 pm
More bad news for pup-nation
-Rueben Foster will be transferring to a High School in Alabama to finish out his SR year b/c Troup fired his Coach/Mentor.
I assure you, He’s not transferring to a HS in Alabama to sign with UGA.
East Repeat
March 30th, 2012
6:40 pm
BullDogMike- Are you MJP (a friends initials)? Oh, and the last time UGA did beat SC is because the UGA linebacker (Brookwood) barely tipped the ball on last play or it would be 3 in a row headed to 4 in a row. My point is, you lay it all on the line, and you don’t get to “claim victory” when you lost. Clowney forced Murray to give up the ball. Lattimore busted that long one when UGA was up by 4 and SC had to have a touchdown (Murray’s above referenced sack, fumble, TD came later)..
Tom in Atlanta
March 30th, 2012
6:43 pm
You either have to believe:
1) ALL the bad kids go to UGA – these same kids were coveted by other Football powerhouses, but somehow only the bad ones go to UGA
2) UGA has a tougher disciplinary system then said other schools. And this is not conjecture – its fact.
So why is it that UGA players are always getting suspended and in trouble? Not too hard to figure out. It’s not the players – its the policy.
To evillurks
March 30th, 2012
6:55 pm
1. You claim Georgia is not any harder or stringent on its players than others in the SEC. Absolutely they are regarding illegal drug usage. You might want to look up the penalties for failed drug tests at SEC schools. UGA and UK are the only ones with game suspensions for the first offense.
2. You said Auburn yanked the scholarships for all four players who were arrested for a criminal act last year. Seriously you are not saying all criminal acts are equal. I am guessing any reader on this board would say armed robbery is worse than marijuana usage.
3. Are you aware that Auburn set a Fulmer Cup record that year that was almost 4 times the number of points UGA had the sole time they “won” the Fulmer Cup?
4. Let’s get an impartial party to administer random drug tests for the SEC and compare apples to apples.
It is like having a 100 mph speed limit and some of you bragging about how few speeding violations your school has. Make each school reveal how many first time flunkies they have on drug tests. We never hear about these since it is kept quiet and no games are missed.
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
March 30th, 2012
7:02 pm
Funny to read these post of the Richie Boy is great fan club! More UGA info at MyBrownieTasteFunny.com
Looks as though we need some more Nick Saban and Justin Taylor greyshirt articles. Maybe get Jordan Jenkins parents to vouch for ST. Mark. Yep that will work.Deflect and deceive.
Eddie
March 30th, 2012
7:55 pm
Bill–your article is right on. I did not take the time to read all of the blithering idiots from the programs who do all they can to hide what is going at their schools. Wet Willie–you are just pathetic.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
March 30th, 2012
7:57 pm
EDDIE…..UGa with better than 70% special admits and you wonder why this problem exists?
Clay
March 30th, 2012
8:14 pm
Richt gets a raise, tickets prices go up and players continue to get in trouble. WHAT is this world coming to?
NCDawg
March 30th, 2012
8:17 pm
I get tired of reading these stories and then coming to the boards and seeing all the stupid comments about how UGA only recruits thugs. For god’s sake people look how stupid that comment makes you look. The talent pool is the same. Yes, there are schools that will overlook stars to get the right kind of person for their school. But it sure isn’t Bama, LSU, Florida, or South Carolina. Nick Saban wanted Malcome Mitchell and Ray Drew VERY badly. He didn’t let them go they CHOSE UGA instead of Bama. They didn’t choose UGA because they thought Coach Richt was going to let them get away with whatever they wanted to. They chose UGA because they liked the school and the coaches and the opportunity. Bama DOES NOT recruit players based on character. The reason you don’t see these reports about Bama players is because reporting such a thing or being an arresting officer in such an incident would be akin to committing suicide. The stuff happens there and I guarantee it. Does it make it right? NO. But stop the inane finger pointing at CMR. In the environment he is in, where everything that happens is public record and the police and school can’t make it go away, he is doing what he can.
If he were an a-hole and had a Charlie Bronson eat$@#t stare, you’d be claiming that he was a thug and lax and just didn’t care. But because he is a composed gentleman you say he is soft and coddles these guys too much. NO ONE could do better in the environment that he is in.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
March 30th, 2012
8:25 pm
Kool-aidbar
UGA and special admits
Come on you think Techs players arent special admits
If they arent Tech’s academic program is on par with UGA then
Munson Fan
March 30th, 2012
8:25 pm
Ranger @11:13 Trent Richardson was the highest rated RB from the state of Fla his Sr yr, a 5 star. Where in the world did you come up with a 3 star rating? He was ine of the top backs in the nation. Dang son, You need to get out more.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
March 30th, 2012
8:42 pm
FLAT..TECH doesn’t DUMB DOWN classes for players. TECH doesn’t offer P.E. , Sports & Leisure, and Turf Management majors.
01HAWK
March 30th, 2012
8:43 pm
I have heard that the RECIPE IS:
2 EGGS
1 CUP FLOUR
1 CUP of Marijuana from your teamates at UGA
1 CUP of milk
1 teaspoon of vanilla flavor
1/4 teaspoon of baking powder
Nuts are optional
400 degrees for 45 minutes……………………..All of the football team has the recipe. LOL
Still@theKool-aidBAR
March 30th, 2012
8:48 pm
CROWELL P.E. Major….Ben Jones P.E. major. NUFF said.
Dean Wormer said it best………….Fat, Drunk, and Stupid is no way to go through life son.
01HAWK
March 30th, 2012
8:55 pm
Trent Richardson ratings his senior year.
SCOUT………………5 STAR……………………# 2 Running back
RIVALS………………5 STAR……………………# 2 Running Back
ESPN Grade……… 91……………………………# 1 Running Back
St. Richt does it again
March 30th, 2012
8:56 pm
When you recruit the low class dummies that Mark Richt recruits, you get low class, trashy, stupid behavior. Why does that surprise anyone, when Richt has been doing this for years, with the same, tired results.
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
March 30th, 2012
9:21 pm
@ Chuck:
If Mike’s extended family is as DUMB as he is you should become a millionaire overnight!!!!!!
Actually Mike is DUMB enough to be triplets!!!!!!!
bwell
March 30th, 2012
9:23 pm
NOW Derrick Lott is transferring what the heck is going on Bill!!!!!!!!!!! he got caught up in the potgate crap. Searching for more playing time…………Really? Really! what is going on with the team man.
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
March 30th, 2012
9:28 pm
@ Chuck:
This is hopefully something the NCAA should handle in order to even the playing field but UGA’s stiffer penalties are self imposed and certainly nobody is going to tell UGA they can’t have stiffer penalties but it will certainy hurt UGA recruiting because other schools will use it when talking to recruits.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
March 30th, 2012
9:42 pm
Brainiac……..WHY?
Recruit you are DUMB as DIRT but we will take you to be a dWag. If you stay Stupid and smoke dope you get in trouble. If you get smarter that your ABSENT DADDY you can get a P.E Degree and maybe a cup of coffee in the NFL.
let the fun begin
March 30th, 2012
9:45 pm
it’s amazing how last year when CMR was on the hot seat, this kind of stuff stopped.
now that he has a new five year extension, it starts to creep back up.
hmmm…….
Gibson Dawg
March 30th, 2012
10:29 pm
I bet we will be 4-0 when the Big Dawgs come back. Bet we beat the snot out of everbody else. Including SEC west and WIN the National Championship, (smoking dope or not).
SC Dog fan
March 30th, 2012
11:16 pm
Gibson: 4-0 even with my sister playing safety. Everyone forgets how all this crap was flying around Tallahasee before and during their championship season down there. Not new.
Gibson Dawg
March 30th, 2012
11:53 pm
NOT WORRIED AT ALL
hunter
March 31st, 2012
12:00 am
This is so true. Richt has taken a lot of unnecessary blame for something he cannot control. Players have to make the right choices!
daddo
March 31st, 2012
12:03 am
Not to throw the idiot a lifeline, but Mark Ingram was the 3 star.
Smartso
March 31st, 2012
12:16 am
Don’t forget that LeMay wasn’t allowed to play his sr yr because he allegedly was caught having sex at school. UGa took him and gave him 3 credits for sex education.
Tom in Atlanta
March 31st, 2012
12:16 am
Cloudodust – here you go:
The minimum required number of games a student-athlete is suspended for each of the 68 automatic-qualifying BCS conference football programs, using next year’s conference affiliations, based on a (1) first-positive test for recreational drugs; (2) second-positive test; (3) third-positive test; (4) fourth-positive test and (5) fifth-positive test. Drug policies are obtained through public records requests or from the school’s official website.
Alabama: (1) none; (2) 15 percent of games; (3) one year; (4) dismissal.
Arkansas: (1) none; (2) 10 percent of games; (3) 50 percent of games; (4) dismissal.
Auburn: (1) none; (2) 50 percent of games; (3) dismissal.
Florida: For marijuana/synthetic marijuana: (1) none; (2) 10 percent of games; (3) 20 percent of games; (4) dismissal. For all other drugs: (1) 50 percent of games; (2) dismissal.
Georgia: (1) 10 percent of games; (2) 50 percent of games; (3) dismissal.
Kentucky: (1) 10 percent of games; (2) 50 percent of games; (3) dismissal.
LSU: (1) none; (2) “up to 15 percent of games;” (3) one year.
Ole Miss: (1) none; (2) none; (3) three games.
Mississippi State: (1) none; (2) 50 percent of games; (3) one year; (4) dismissal.
South Carolina: (1) none; (2) 25 percent of games; (3) dismissal.
Tennessee: (1) none; (2) 10 percent of games; (3) dismissal.
Texas A&M: (1) none; (2) “possible suspension;” (3) possible dismissal.
Note: Private universities not required to respond to public record requests that would not voluntarily provide drug policy: Notre Dame, Northwestern, USC, Stanford, Syracuse, Vanderbilt and Wake Forest. However, Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald told CBSSports.com his school has a substance abuse policy but did not disclose the specifics.
32 Scholarships given to guys by Mark Richt to play vs Missouri, now will not play, 32
March 31st, 2012
1:32 am
BAD NEWS for UGA BULLDOGS’ FOOTBALL PROGRAM:
Mark Richt given GREAT CREDIT by Bill King for Signing :
1.Brent Benedict SO # 10 OT 4-Star, transfer over S & Cond
2.AJ Harmon SR # 10 OT nation 5-Star, academic failure transfer
3.Dontavius Jackson SR # 23 TB 4-Star, DUI transfer
4. Carlton Thomas SR TB suspended 3 times 2011 alone, transfer
5.Nick Williams SR Safety, transfer could’ve redshirt 2011
6.Marcus Dowtin R SR # 7 LB nation 4-Star, transfer could’ve redshirt 2011
7.Bryce Ros JR # 22 TE listed med disq like Jeremy Longo
8.Johnathan Owens SR # 39 OT listed med disq like Jeremy Longo
9.DE Jeremy Longo SR with Commings when beat up girl transfer
10.Xavier Tyrone Avery SR RB, signed 2009 UGA instead baseball
11.Toby Jackson SR # 9 DE 4-Star failed qualify transfer
12.Makiri Pugh SR Safety CB, transfer Suspended Colorado 11/10/11
13.Montez Robinson SR # 10 DE 4-* beat up girl transfer
14.Washaun Ealey SR # 15 RB nation 4-Star, suspended, transfer
15.Lonnie Outlaw JR WR failed qualify, transfer
16.Jakar Hamilton SR Safety 4-Star, allowed Ealey drive suspended lic transfer
17.Derek Owens JR CB, Academic Failure suspended bowl transfer
18.Demetre Baker JR # 23 LB 4-Star, kicked off DUI transfer
19.Jalen Fields JR DE 4-Star, failed qualify, transfer
20.Kent Turene FR LB failed qualify Dream Team # 1
21.Chris Mayes SO DT failed qualify Dream Team # 2
22.Chris Little SR # 12 OT 4-Star transfer, ruled ineligible
23. Derrick Lott, JR DE, fine looking young man, transfer
24.Zach Mettenberger JR # 14 QB 4-* sexual battery, transfer
25.Jordan Lawrence Love JR 12/31/90 arrest # 21 CB 4-* arrested didn’t know middle name or birthday, transfer
26.Sanford Seay RFR SE theft transfer Dream Team 3
27.Chris Sanders SO DB theft transfer Dream Team 4
28.Nick Marshall SO CB theft transfer Dream Team 5
29. Sanders Commings SR CB Suspended simple battery girl
30. Branden Smith SR CB Suspended Buffalo only ?
31.Alec Ogletree JR LB Should be Safety failed drug test
32.Bacarri Rambo SR Safety 2nd of 5 failed drug test, other 3 ?
Yeah, I list all 32 because all 32 were given scholarships by Mark Richt who should’ve been playing vs Missouri and now will not.
BAD NEWS
Oh, I see it is supposed to be GOOD NEWS that all these guys Mark Richt signed are NONE OF THEM GOING TO PLAY VS MIZZOU ?
Of course, not.
Not to miss any options, you listed EVERY EXCUSE under the Sun Bill King.
Don’t test for drugs when you admit yourself that it’s hard to drum up any sympathy for them.
Don’t blame the coach for Heaven’s Sake, when of course you lauded Mark Richt for signing each of the 32, now not playing vs Mizzou.
A guy is forced to transfer because he is ACADEMICALLY INELIGIBLE as several of the 32 are, and that is not BAD NEWS ? Right. Keep telling yourself that.
Jeremy Longo last month, medically disqualified, cannot be listed EITHER ? Last month, he was with Sanders Commings BAR-HOPPING where they drank 6 drinks they admit to, and then of course Sanders Commings pleads Guilty beating up a girl, with Jeremy Longo there with Sanders Commings the entire evening. They really take care of each other, don’t they ? Cannot list Jeremy Longo.
In your dreams.
NOTHING BUT BAD PRESS when we are supposed to be readying for the G-Day Game 2 weeks from today, and for a team who hasn’t beat a team who made any top 25 in 9 consecutive games and for a team who hasn’t beat a team who made any top 10 in 7 consecutive games all the way back to 2006.
BAD NEWS
Sorry to be the one to tell you group of DISNEYdawgs.com that the list isn’t 32 this Sat morning. Sure it is.
32 Scholarships given to guys by Mark Richt to play vs Missouri, now will not play, 32
March 31st, 2012
1:38 am
Gibson Dawg March 30th, 2012 10:29 pm
“Bet we beat the snot out of everbody”
_______________________________________
12 regular seasons’ games against 1 team who made any top 25.
CUPCAKES
Buzz2011
March 31st, 2012
2:35 am
This can’t be happening.. Not again and again to the Dawgs. This is a farce and the program is a high school farce…
Mark Richt will just up and Quit
March 31st, 2012
6:22 am
kingdaddy March 31st, 2012 3:41 am
“Every time you check in to the AJC, someone else is suspended or transfering. Spin it any way you want to, the UGA football team is the worst group of kids I’ve ever known. Who’s next? I don’t even care.”
_____________________________________________
There are nearly two and a half good guys living up to their side of the bargain on their Scholarship, for every one of the 32 who did not for Mark Richt. He over-signed 109 for his 85-man limit of Scholarships and yet has only 77 left on Scholarship – including 3 walk-ons who never play offense or defense – because of all these Scholarships he gave out to guys who spent their days here providing us nothing but BAD PRESS both off the field and on the field. Mark Richt is a weary man over all this, contemplating quitting any day because he knows he can’t beat the top teams, because he knows he hasn’t, and because he knows he won’t. Not now; not ever.
ole yeller
March 31st, 2012
7:46 am
There are somethings you just don’t do, they are too expensive. Bad behavior is one. If you can’t do the time then don’t do the crime.
D. Biggs
March 31st, 2012
8:19 am
If you don’t recruit guys with character, you shouldn’t be surprised when all this stuff happens.
D. Biggs
March 31st, 2012
8:21 am
If you don’t recruit guys with character, you shouldn’t be surprised when this stuff happens!
Still@theKool-aidBAR
March 31st, 2012
8:23 am
Maybe MAX GARCIA better think hard about another team over UGa. He has to be asking WHY all the troubles with the Dawgs?
Tim
March 31st, 2012
8:52 am
I never fail to be amused at the fervor that grown men with real responsibilities display in these posts. Kids will be kids, end
of story. These kids are supposed to be students first and athletes second. No where in their scholarship papers is a statement outlining the requirement to sooth the egos of an obsessed fan base. Ga. has won one national title in the last 30plus seasons and fortunately I was there to see it. Ga. is a nice little program but they are not and never will be on par with Alabama and for good reason. Alabama does not care what steps it must take to achieve greatness and Coach Richt and the leadership of UGA at least attempt to keep things in perspective. Do you think Saban and company look and test to the extent UGA does. I doubt it because doing so would put their next national title in danger. While it would be nice to actually reach greatness again I would prefer to do it with integrity.
Big Crimson 75
March 31st, 2012
9:01 am
Tim — Looks like UGA has a shot at reaching greatness(cough cough) before they do it with integrity.
Chuck
March 31st, 2012
9:04 am
So big Crimson, how does this demonstrate a lack of integrity at UGA?
We test our guys at the first hint of use, and suspend on the first positive test.
I’d imagine a program that doesn’t suspend on the first test is demonstrating less integrity than one that does.
collegeballfan
March 31st, 2012
9:14 am
Every player that has signed with Georgia knew in advance what the standards of conduct were.
If one does not believe they can meet those standards, then sign someplace else.
Lakedawg
March 31st, 2012
9:52 am
Think the smart thing for coaches to have done was announce
“WE ARE TESTING EVERY TEAM MEMBER FOR DRUGS WHEN YOU RETURN FROM SPRING BREAK”
Dennis
March 31st, 2012
10:37 am
Jan Kemp would be proud of you Bill.
JB
March 31st, 2012
11:48 am
good thing the sec front office decided to roll out the red carpet for the dawgs agains this year
no bama, lsu, arky 2x in a row
uga got beat by every good team they played last year
that team is all bark no bite
WorkinDawg
March 31st, 2012
12:58 pm
Telling your kids “don’t get in trouble” and drug testing while they unpack their car after spring break are two VERY different deals. This is stupid on every level and UGA is to blame. Think the major programs we compete against both on the field and for high school talent are doing such nonsense to their 19 & 20 year old all-Americans? Recruiting in the SEC is cut-throat and what we (UGA) just did will hurt us worse than 7 loss seasons and Bobo play calling combined.
bama dawg
March 31st, 2012
8:34 pm
shouldnt we expect that young men given the opportunity to play D 1 athletics of any kind to be held accountable for there own actions? Isnt it reasonable to expect them to know right from wrong? my son plays D 1 baseball and i have been very surprised by how much the coaches depend on them to the right thing but they are young men and thus should be treated that way . There is no way possible to blame coaches for what these young men choose to do on there free time . You would think having to face your team mates after youve just let them all down by your selfish childish act would be enough but as ive always said you can take the player out of the hood but you cant take the hood out of the player .
Old Dawg
March 31st, 2012
9:09 pm
“I can not think of a punishment for a punch of potheads than stoning them in the public Square!”4
They have been stoned!
Scott Young
April 2nd, 2012
4:41 pm
How stupid can the UGA Administration be? Drug testing after spring break? Our competition doesn’t even drug test – or if they do they give warning to their athletes – because they want to win, not run players off. Why don’t they follow the athletes around w/ secret cameras and see what else they can uncover and get rid of the rest of the players.
All UGA students are on scolarship (HOPE) – why not randomly test them and let’s get enrollment down to 15-20,000 and become a more elite university? That would help Dr Michael “Control Freak” Adams resume even more.