UGA fans should curb their enthusiasm over Rogers’ arrest

ROFL SUCK IT DA’RICK I HOPE YOU’RE KICKED OFF THE TEAM ROFL ROFL

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1st?

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Wise words. And, you’re right about Chip, his updates throughout the day have been excellent.

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That’s why it’s best to stay away from cliched terms like that lou (grant?), because everyone else is using them. Otherwise outstanding work by Chip.

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I must admit I am very curious about who picked them up in the sedan. From this angle he looks kind of like Larry the Cable Guy.

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Mark, the difference is most UGA “arrests” are for crap like scooter violations and driving with an expired audience, not kicking a policeman on the ground until he ends up in ICU.

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OK, so I get what you’re saying, Mark, but …. if we don’t laugh now, when do we laugh? Somebody else is going to be laughing at you one way or another, so why hold back the chuckles? I’m sorry, but I’m not. … Besides, UGA fans have plenty of reasons to laugh … 1. we’re not Gators, 2. we’re not Jackets, 3. we’re not Vols, etc.

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Mark, You are something else man! Unbelieveable!

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it does look like larry the cable guy is driving the car .

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Rad Dog, I agree grammar cops on blogs are as annoying as parking ticket maids, but that could qualify as plagarism — plagarism isn’t simply word for word copying. However, the phrase is a trite one used in recruiting by writers the world over. … But banning lou would be a great thing, if anything for the fact that the “grammar cop” doesn’t capitalize the first letter in his name.

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one call that’s all for the soon to be ex vol !!!

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GHAHhahahahahahaha HAVE FUN IN JAIL DA’RICK HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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Mark, your right dawg fans shouldn’t gloat in this sad situation, but you can hardly blame them for all the stuff our coaching staff and university have been getting grief on these blogs, so your suggestion to us may not take hold for many on here as what goes around comes around…I don’t take light of these kind of situations but so many do and if they are going to bash the dawg nation then they can expect to get it right back…

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Yeah, we know Bradley. Who could forget with banner headlines for every indescretion – minor or major, but really, assaulting a police officer…?…..ganging up 7 on 1…..?….attempted armed robbery…?

Sure seems to be a different level of criminality in the stories coming out of Knoxville.

Good thing Derek is an attorney. If the coaching thing doesn’t work out he can make a fortune in defending Vol player/criminals.

Well, throwing dirt on Georgia isn’t going to cover up the bad seeds in Knoxville.

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In no way do I think UGA is better than Tennessee in off field issues. But dang this is just too funny that it happened to Da’Rick Rogers! Karma sucks don’t it?! hahahaha/

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Taking on the off -duty-cop weather you win or lose in the eyes of the law is always an “L”.

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If the lame fans from other teams jumped off a bridge would you jump too?

Don’t act like a child because other fans do. Hold your self above their antics!! Set the example don’t be a follower.

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I find it ironic that whenever there is any kind of incident involving UGA it’s front page material,but without a disclaimer about not gloating too much if you’re a rival fan….much less naming those rival fans as is the case here….jeeze…ajc trying to make UGA and it’s fans look bad even when it’s another schools student athletes getting in trouble

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Why didnt you make this point following Evans’ arrest? You didnt call for anyone to “curb their enthusiasm in criticizing Evans. Instead, you and the AJC enthusiastically crucified Damon Evans, even going so far as to report every detail of his arrest and publishing via internet the arrest report which was written by an obviously unprofessional and biased state trooper. Granted, Evans made a huge mistake and deserved to lose his job. I just dont think you are consistent when you go all out to report the details of Evan’s arrest and call for his firing, then when something happens with a Tenn. player you call for restraint.

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Why should we take the high road? There’s nobody there. Lonely. You can be social down on the low road.

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@1eyedjack
You needed Mark to tell you how to act like an adult? Grow up loser!!

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Mark – Chuckling is OK in my book. Where people go too far is when they use the example of a couple of stupid kids (Da’Rick, Zach Mettenberger, Robert Hall, etc) to besmirch everyone in or associated with the university.
As you said – there’s always another arrest around the corner in a college town.

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Dog Killing Thug – you think maybe it’s time to let it go? dude hasn’t played here in going on 4 years, and you’re still latched onto it? Smacks of zealotry.

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mark, i totally agree with everything you said.you are absolutely right.sometimes when things happen to others we tend to make fun of them and believe in our minds that it can’t happen to us.thats where we are wrong.just when we think we are immune, thats when it either happens to us or our family members.we should be sympathetic and pray for others who are going through hard times.i feel sorry for all those who was making fun of damon evans.as god promise, he who laughs first ,will laugh last.we have to be careful how we put people down just because3 we are up for the moments.tommorow or the next minute or second, it could be us going through what that person is going through or something worst.mark, i want to tell you, i’m really proud of you and may GOD bless you for that word and thought to many.

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I believe the myles kid will be the first to be kicked off. We will also learn alot about coach Dooley by the way he handles this terrible deal. The whole SEC will keep a close eye on Knoxville not to mention the NCAA standing in the wings. This should get us to fall practice!

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I remember how wishy-washy Da Rick was in the recruiting process. To me, that’s a tell tale bad omen for future behavior, often means the player is easily swayed and isn’t guided by convictions and doesn’t really know who he is.

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Now I understand the mentality of the people that blame Obama for everything!

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None of the players were 21, is underage drinking allowed in Knoxville?

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I don’t think UGA fans are gloating. We are just saying what comes around, goes around and karma is a you-know-what. But I can’t say we all didn’t see it coming. Folks living in the Calhoun and NW GA area have said time and again that his attitude would be a major problem. This just vindicates everything they have said.

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Thug T or THUGA…… Whats the difference? Just shows that CMR and Garner recruits nothing but thugs. Lights ,Camera and Action please for the next lime light grabber. Mr. Lemay wait your turn !

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Everything seems to be running in circles. Thanks for your opinion, Mark.

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Mark, I see your point. BUT, if something unfortunate happened to Lebron James, would Clevelanders be happy? Would the backwoods Vol fans (I say fans because none of them are alums or actually attended school) be happy if something unfortunate happened to Kiffin? This is similar. Rogers looked the UGA coaches in the eye time and time again and said he was committed. UGA did not recruit more receivers because they took Rogers for his word. He never confirmed to UGA the rumors that he was being whored out by Mike Nash and that he was going to UT, UGA coaches had to find out via an empty fax machine and by looking on the UT signing list. So pardon if i don’t feel sorry for this lying scum and I chuckle. They Have been laughing at UGA over Lemay and Evans for weeks now

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Kinda reminds me of the back that said he chose TN over Ga because TN played for national championships while GA played for conference championships. TN lost to GA for the next 4 years. Have to laugh when you can!

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I have found a thread that doesnF say …..COMMENTS ARE CLOSED

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De’Rek must now deal with Da’Rick and that should be most entertaining. When we was playing ball there was nobody on the team with an apostrophe in their name. Closest thing was Da’Stinky Wintes.

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Thank you, Da-Rick, I appreciate the diversion.

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I love you, Mark, but enough with the finger wagging at UGA. It’s obvious that whatever Rogers is involved in, is minor compared to what we went through last week, but considering how most fans feel about the kid, it’s a welcome relief.

You’re stating the obvious, my man, but at this point, someone else’s misery is welcome relief.

Also, stop telling us how great Paul Johnson and D-Rad are. They’re good guys, but really? Does Radakovich let you borrow his hot tub or something?

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ooooooohhhh i am a big man!! I can stick up for myself on the internet….watch me roar!!!!
Pathetic!

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Hay mang, yall know if dat bar still gone be open 2nite?

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That’s not laughter – it’s a sigh of relief! Nice to have another school making CNN breaking news. Further, I was told a long time ago that UGA was better off without him. Lots of talent got him through school, but that he was nothing but trouble. Looks like those sources were right – he didn’t even make it to the first day of class.

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Mark, any other fans of any other university need to curb their enthusiasm? Or just UGA?

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“Who is Bacarri Rambo?” The better question is: “Where is my lawyer?”

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Well said, Bucket.

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People that drive glass pickup trucks shouldn’t throw rocks at joggers.

Funny thing about people, they all have weaknesses and flaws.

If, during someone’s most vulnerable time, we hurl them with stones, don’t be surprised when at our most vulnerable time, we get a few rocks thrown at your pickup truck.

Well known stone throwers, become big targets soon enough.

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MB how can your write the verbage you did in this blog? Where you not reading your own blogs last week about Evans! Get a clue!

Listen every team has their troubled athletes. I’m not here to pile it on UT. Heck, I feel sorry for the fans and coaches because a couple meat heads pull this crap and the entire Vol nation has to take responsibility?? Please. Same as UGA and with Evans last week.
The people that should be taking the heat are the ones that did it. The coaches, Alums & fans should not. No one here made those idiots do what they did.
GT did you guys make the players on your team sale pot or beat a co-ed? Didn’t think so! Sad truth is that this happens in every College & Institution across the country.

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I read on Chip’s blog that the age for legal drinking in Tenn is 18. If that is true, it may explain the propensity for some “party-hardy” players to gravitate to Knoxville. The sort of crimes they’re having up there are very serious and must be stopped. This looks bad on college football.

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One more note; Is there really a need to bring racist comments on here? BravesFan79! Totally uncalled for. Mett. at UGA was not black if I recall. Being a punk is not limited to skin color!

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Extremely insightful article, MB. Yes, I’m being facetious. We knew what he was the day he committed to Tennessee — a drama queen punk. Ironically, with all the trash-talk about UGA these days (no program is immune to this stuff), Rogers might have made it over the hump in a program like Richt’s. Now, he may never play a game at UT. Plus, he gave up the opportunity to play with guys like Aaron Murray, A.J. Green, Marlon Brown, Orson Charles, and many others. We Georgia fans can gloat all we want. It’s his own fault. All of this just puts Tennessee’s arrival back into contention in the SEC just that much farther back. I hate it for Coach Dooley. In the mean time, Go Dawgs !!!!

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how2fish I have me a great big pile of rocks to toss. So DaLiar is already in trouble. Dawg fans don’t you just love it. Don’t get all riled up there Vol fans, I hear that papa Nance already has him a lawyer. Johnny Chocran I hear. Say what? He is? When? Oh well never mind. Any way it couldn’t happen to a better school. Don’t you Tennessee people know by now that you can’t give Georgia kids alcohol. Or is it you can’t give the Indians alcohol. Any way congrats with your pain in the a$$ player. He should fit right in with the Vols. Don’t ya just love it?

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I agree Bradley, but at least it shuts the Vol fans up for a minute! They can stop the red pantie comments. They need to pull the splinter from there own eye first!

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Owns the bar ???…..LMAO !!!!!…What a way to spill the beans. lol…in detail too. That’s an ncaa violation and it definetly won’t look very good on them. SO.. Remember one thing UT …..YOU’RE NO SAINT AND YOUR ATHLETIC DEP THOSE SHADY DEALINGS !!!! so don’t act like you don’t do anything illegal, “BECAUSE YOU DO”. It’s just hard for you to get caught. but eventually you will get caught with your hands on the cookie jar.

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I go way back to the times you very seldom heard of a college football player getting into trouble. It wouldn’t be politically correct to opine as to why it is different now.

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Agree with atlvol and sympathize.

It is a tragic situation which is all too common now in our society especially among the youth. This is a thug mentality and disrespect for all authority.

Mark, you are certainly correct with your advice…and maybe you should remember this advice when UGA is on the other end. You try to minimize this episode as an old fashioned ‘barroom brawl’ like it was the good old days.

I won’t use this unfortunate event for UT as a cause for celebration, but you must admit far less severe episodes at UGA are blown out of proportion, especially by the AJC. Anything half this explosive would be dealt with by expulsion and I can give examples. The Myles kid has a court date Aug 12 for the very same charges incurred in April.

These thugs don’t make UGA look any better, but Coach Richt certainly does!

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Doggoneit, now that is funny! You are right. AD’s are a dime a dozen, but a good 5 star RB is hard to find!

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Glad he stayed away from ATHENS, GA. He would have redshirted anyway with #8. He’ll fit in perfectly wearing the worst colors in the entire nation -Bright hunter Orange

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The problem with Damon, Da’rick, and Mr. Myles is…….”They just can’t help it!” Poor things!!!!!! Don’t start believing your own press!Here endeth the lesson. GO DAWGS!

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You can’t spell “THUG” without “UT”.

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He was originally going to UGA, right?

Excellent article MB

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It’s dat cracka’ George Bush’s fault!

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If anyone has doubts about DaRick’s character then I suggest you make a trip to Calhoun or Rome and ask some of the locals about his “time” in those communities and schools. I say “time” because it’s like a juvenile rap sheet. He was about to be tossed out of Darlington (how did he afford that private school) when he “transferred” to Calhoun.

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If it had been a Taxi full of WHITE men slapping a black couple around in Athens, or 10 WHITE men beating down a black police officer, the NAACP would organize marches and demand “hate crime” charges! Im not racist, i just believe in EQUALITY!! Something i see very little of in todays “lets celebrate diversity and ignore facts” society.

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Sooooo. Is that his attorney hunkered down in the back seat behind Larry the Cable Guy?

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BravesFan79, dit you say diversity? man, i was goin back to diversity when i went in da bar. i shoult have stays out of da bar and jes went back to diversity and gone to bed. dat way da man could not hold me down.

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He wouldn’t have a job if he didn’t harp on UGA, Bull.

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Mark Bradley considers 7 to 10 guys beating up one guy and kicking him while he’s on the ground a Barroom Brawl? You are the same knuckle head that suggested the the GT Athletic Director was the right man to take over at UGA. You now have achieved the same level of credibility that Terrence Moore had!

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checkerd shirt !!!! ummmmmm ….NOW THAT’S UUUUUUUUUUUGLY YA’LL !!!!

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YES I WOULD JUMP OFF A BRIDGE…..I CAN SWIM.

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Da’rick screwed UGA….now he screwed up…it’s funny….and I’m laughing…and I have no regrets…end of story

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should work his butt off to keep this fella out of trouble

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Mark, shut the F up. Your the biggest judge of them all. How dare you tell US not too judge. You A**. You need to keep your opinions too your self and just report and let us decide what we think. You’re a screwball. As far as those Tenn. players. All i can say is that I’m glad they are not at UGA. The long road for D. Dooley just got longer. UT fans i can’t say i really feel bad for ya’ll. But, you did have a pretty good coach in place. He wasn’t going to stay down forever. Just like Richt won’t. Just saying!!!!

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Where was whitey the qb kid that sux at qb..?? I thought they were “best friends”….LMAO….

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Bob Horner
July 9th, 2010
6:10 pm

He was probably at DaRick’s condo (that his dad purchased) cleaning it for him.

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Now it all makes sense…
July 9th, 2010
6:11 pm

What bridges are under water?

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In all fairness Bradley did deliver the same message to all the rivals piling onto us last week. He did right?

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Things that make you go hmmmm…. stop it…you made me laugh so hard I spit out some beer….good stuff….

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If you kick a wall too hard, you’ll break your own leg.

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@ hmmm
some are over land.
You did graduate right?

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@ Bob
You never ever ever waste beer. Control yourself.

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Now it all makes sense…
July 9th, 2010
6:17 pm

I may not waste beer, but I have been wasted on beer.

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Dude I’m begging you please change the name. Every time i read it that D@MN song plays in my head.

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Great column Mark, the news all day is about what the UT players did last night and you somehow make it about UGA. We know you love the dawgs but you really showed us this time. Next time maybe you can report on the incident that happened instead of telling the UGA fans to keep their mouth shut. You sir are an idiot!!

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Wow. So a UT athlete screws up and Mark Bradley writes another blog with a UGA negative spin. lol

BTW: When a gt football player beats up his best gal the AJC writes a story but doesn’t allow comments to be posted.

Fairness and journalism at its finest. Now for a big horse laugh. LOL

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I’m laughing my black-spotted @zz off!!

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[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Ann Marie Carron. Ann Marie Carron said: UGA fans should curb their enthusiasm over Rogers' arrest: Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)(Photo by Amy Smothe… http://bit.ly/cfvut3 [...]

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Who cares what color the guys were. All this can be solved with a strait hand set of rules that the SEC puts forth., not the schools. All criminal activity needs to go through Slives office period. If they are found guilty they should no longer have the priveledge to play in the SEC. If they are found innocent, and are in good standings with the academic side of the house then all should be forgiven but with a warning. If they are academically behind the eightball they should have been in the library not the bar. Punishment should come from the academic side of the house which the athletic dept. would have too abide by.

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Let’s not forget that a cop was injured this time, folks. Same issue as the UGA AD getting caught and pretty much ruining his life when it was going so well. You can laugh, but I hope you can get a little humility from it all somehow, and give a little thanks to the man upstairs that it wasn’t you or one of your sons or male relative. I’m angry at them all for doing it to themselves. Why on earth are they risking promising futures? Where is this new “Coach for Life” Andre Lott in all of this?

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Mark-

You’re exactly right. Didn’t Newton get it right in his 3rd law about opposing forces? Actions create reactions, no doubt about it. Have to be mindful of actions we choose, recognizing the law of ‘action-reaction’.

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No but I have head of rapes by both blacks and whites. Against blacks and whites.
So you couldn’t find any one white to have your back.
Oh i get it. They only have your back when you are online. That keyboard bravado at it again!!!!

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Now it all makes sense…
July 9th, 2010
6:28 pm

Pot……kettle.
Kettle…..pot.

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Don’t laugh…….to hell with that…..Da’Rick…….i LOVE IT…….HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA……

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Where was this lecture when others made fun of UGA’s misfortune? I think Georgia folks understand your point better than you think. It’s just that given the way Da’ Rick the Convict jilted the Dawgs, poking fun at the guy is just too irresistable. Sure the kid was free to sign with anyone of his choosing, but the classless way in which he conducted his recruiting switch reinforces the notion of what goes around comes around. The real problem here is that too many college towns, and this is especially true in Athens, make underage drinking too easy. I don’t know for sure whether alcohol was involved in this incident but perhaps it’s time to make even underage entry into a bar illegal. Personally I don’t understand why any athlete, underage or not, needs to be in a bar. Call me idealistic but shouldn’t they be trying to maintain their bodies at peak physical condition? Another angle here might be to also weigh the student athlete’s character more heavily. Too many times college coaches, and again this is especially true at Georgia, take too many chances with athletes because of their athletic skill and the feeling that they can rescue a kid from himself. I’m not saying that transformations aren’t possible but most of the time a punk is a punk and will remain a punk. And if the evidence shows that Da’Rick was involved in the assault on the off-duty cop, he’s going to be a punk with a lot of legal problems. Unfortunately he wouldn’t be the first promising athlete too full of himself to wind up in jail. It may be a tough pill to swallow but he’s the one who ordered the medicine. And to many of us in the Dawg Nation, it’s more than a little amusing.

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Yeah Buddy, I know he is a wide reciever, the post I was responding to from Dogoneit was talking about AD’s and star recruits. I was not referring to anyone specifically, just making a point, but thanks for being the A$$ police. Sorry Officer A$$. You do work for the UGA PD right?

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This a black eye to all the SEC, if you cheer when a SEC wins the BCS then…

This will be Coach Dooley’s statement to all present & future Vols. Many under age players in a bar, it was Mills 2nd arrest this summer, and a police officer was left kicked unconscious in the street. Zack Mettenberger looks like saint today.

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Now it all makes sense…
July 9th, 2010
6:35 pm

And I’m sure you’re an expert on “white people”, right?

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Rumor has it that Duh-Rick’s legal defense will be temporary insanity…he was still highly upset that he was not invited to Mike Vick’s “Beat-Down” Birthday Party, nor to Damon Evan’s “Night Out With White Trash” party.

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I’ve been hearing this from various Atlanta media outlets all day, and while I do agree, where was this talk last week when UGA was being smeared? Just a very, very predictable article.

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Now it all makes sense…
July 9th, 2010
6:38 pm

Isn’t “overseeing a network cutover monitoring a conferernce call” the new politically correct term for switchboard operator?

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You’re right MB, “No school holds the patent on good behavior” but at least UGA is trying. I think the GA coaching staff maybe predicted something like this from him. That’s why they didn’t stay on top of him like they did the other recruits. I don’t think it really mattered to MR if he left or not. The public gives these kids the “big head” and they feel invincible. But I guess that kind of applies to older folks too doesn’t it… like 40-year-old ADs.

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there is something badly wrong when 7-10 young men jump one guy that are supose to be college students which seems to say they would be above this sort of behavior. i must say that i was taken aback on signing day to see rogers making a sign with his hands and fingers which i wondered then denoted trouble. We had a terrible tragedy in our town when this sort of thing happened. this type of thing must be purged much like the NBA is trying to do.

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Never been into labels. My feeling is you can call me whatever you want. I judge the intent more so than the words.

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Boys…..just settle down here. I live in Knoxville and the whole story is far from being told. A friend of mine works for the Knox County Sheriff’s Dept. and gave me some inside info. Rogers was caught up in the middle of trying to break-up a fight. The off-duty cop, who had been drinking, got involved and thats when things got out of hand. Word is Miles will be gone before Monday but Rogers will get a 1-2 game suspension.

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@Braves Fan
I am not trying to one up you, The point of the argmument was that every one does every thing. No race has the market cornered on stupidity.

The fact you took the time to look that up is kinda scary. I surrender you win. Please don’t hurt me.

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Oh no 2 GT players had to leave the Team. Not because they were in trouble but because they couldn’t get in a Graduate Program to finish their ELIGIBILITY! When was the last time you heard that about UGA or the VOLS?

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Mark,

As unfortunate as it is, people are caught for DUI’s nightly, daily, weekly, all the time. There are even more people that don’t get caught.

Rarely does it happen that a school’s #1 flip flop and #1 recruit beats the hell out of a cop. That’s the difference here.

In my mind, both are despicable offenses and would warrant jail time and getting thrown out of school. Luckily Da’Rick has Nance Nash as a teammate for his dad’s bail money. If he were at UGA he’d still be in jail.

Ridiculous…..

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BravesFan79, do you know if black guys only eat the ears? It seems I remember a black guy named Tyson who liked to nibble on ears too.

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Pi$$onaDawg
July 9th, 2010
6:48 pm

You mean like the ineligible players O’Liary used for three years, or the two bball players Hewitt kept who had such poor grades that GT was the only school in the ACC that failed the minimum scores so they lost two scholarships? Examples like those?

Oh yeah, when did you graduate from tech?

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You have a good point Mark. I hope this young men get it together!

Ramlbin Wreck!

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I had to work, take out student loans, and even work part time in the old Memorial Hall cafeteria to get through school. Take these idiot’s scholarships away and see how long they stay in school. Ha!

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Myles was released this afternoon now they had time to get a new story straight since this is how it goes in Knoxville.

KNOXVILLE – A brawl that led to the arrests of two University of Tennessee football players began when “an unknown patron” of a Cumberland Avenue bar attacked freshman defensive tackle Montori Hughes “without provocation,” Hughes’ attorney said this afternoon.

Gregory P. Isaacs, who was retained today to represent Hughes, said that his client hasn’t been interviewed or charged by law enforcement in connection with the fight that sent two people to a hospital, including an off-duty Knoxville police officer.

“Our investigation has revealed that the UT football players did not start the altercation at the establishment,” Isaacs said. “Importantly, Montori Hughes was assaulted by an unknown patron for no apparent reason, which was the catalyst of the altercation.”

Isaacs said he didn’t believe that any criminal charges will be filed against Hughes, 19. He also said that his firm’s investigation “revealed there is no surveillance video existing of the events that transpired.”

Tonight, coach Derek Dooley announced he was dismissing sophomore safety Darren Myles from the program. Dooley also indefinitely suspended sophomore defensive tackle Marlon Walls and sophomore linebacker Greg King.

The injured officer, Robert Capouellez, has been moved to a private room at the University of Tennessee Medical Center and is listed in stable condition, according to DeBusk.

DeBusk also identified a man who was assaulted inside the bar as Gary Russell, 20. Russell was treated and released from UT Medical Center, according to a spokesman.

It’s unclear if Russell is the “unknown patron” that Hughes’ attorney said started the fight.

The two arrested players were released from jail this morning after posting bonds.

According to UT Police Department reports, players John Brown, 22; Matthew Milton, 18; Denarious Moore, 21; Darren Myles Jr., 19; and Da’Rick Rogers, 19, were identified as those involved in beating the off-duty Knoxville Police Department officer.

A UTPD report filed shortly after the incident said that assault charges were pending against Milton, but DeBusk said this afternoon that it appears Milton won’t be charged.

Moore is a senior wide receiver out of Tatum, Texas. Hughes is a sophomore defensive tackle out of Murfreesboro.

Brown is a junior-college transfer who was expected to provide some depth for the defensive line. The 6-2, 285-pounder out of Northeast Mississippi Community College originally signed with Florida but had various health concerns that helped prompt his transfer away from the Gators.

Rogers is a 6-foot-3, 205 pound receiver out of Georgia. He is a five-star wide receiver from Calhoun (Ga.) High School. He was widely considered the crown jewel of football coach Derek Dooley’s first recruiting class with the Vols last spring after Dooley pried him away from Georgia.

Rogers was ranked the top recruit in the talent-rich state and among the top 100 prospects in the country. He wasn’t an early-enrollee and missed spring practice, but after showing up last month for summer school he was expected to contribute right away in the UT passing game thanks to his blend of size and speed.

Like Rogers, Milton is another true freshman UT could use immediately at wide receiver to bolster the passing attack. The tall, 6-5 target had an impressive spring after enrolling in school early and showed an ability to make plays through the air despite some raw talent out of Mascoutah (Ill.) High School.

None of the players has been charged in connection with beating officer Robert Capouellez, who was found unconscious about 1:50 a.m. with a head wound in the street outside the Bar Knoxville, 1820 Cumberland Ave.

Another man, identified in records as Jerran Talley, 19, of Athens, allegedly was with the group involved in the beating. Talley is not a UT student and has not been charged.

Capouellez was a customer in the bar who apparently tried to help quell the disturbance as bouncers led the disruptive crowd from the bar.

“It appears he was a patron, not in uniform and off duty,” DeBusk said.

Capouellez was undergoing treatment at the University of Tennessee for a head wound, DeBusk said. The 24-year-old officer has been with KPD since August 2008.

A UT Medical Center spokesman said Capouellez was in stable condition in the emergency room.

Police have charged UT freshman Rogers with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, DeBusk said.

Myles, a sophomore, was charged with assault, resisting arrest and evading arrest, records show. He was released after posing a $2,000 bond.

Myles is accused of assaulting UT Police Department Officer Brian Greenlee after the officer arrived at 2:04 a.m. to help Capouellez.

Greenlee’s affidavit states he was directed by bar bouncers to a group of people “involved in a fight with the officer.” Greenlee said after he identified himself as an officer to the group, Myles “fled from me on foot southbound towards Lake Avenue,” the records state.

Greenlee caught up with Myles on Lake Avenue and tried to arrest him, records show.

“The defendant (Myles) slipped out of my grip and struck me in the face on my left side,” Greenlee wrote. Myles continued to resist, the officer noted, and ran toward Cumberland Avenue.

According to UTPD records, Greenlee was trying to put Myles in a restraint hold for handcuffing when Myles’ continued resistance led him to smash his elbow into the officer’s face just below his left eye. Greenlee did not require medical treatment.

UTPD Officer Christopher McCann stated in a report that he joined the hunt for the running Myles, who was found hiding under a parked BMW behind the old Days Inn building. When ordered to come out, Myles did but ran toward Lake Avenue.

McCann and KPD Sgt. Jason Keck continued the foot chase as Myles ran behind the Howard Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy building and then by Greve Hall and Henson Hall. The officers found Myles hiding in bushes at Henson Hall, McCann wrote.

Myles had an encounter in April with Knoxville police just hours after the Orange and White game. He was charged with public intoxication, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after a 2:29 a.m. incident at Sobu, 6213 Kingston Pike. Club bouncers had removed Myles from the business, but he continued causing problems in the parking lot.

Myles was riding on the hood of a car when officers arrived, police said. Officers said he fought them when he was arrested, but no officers were injured. Myles is scheduled to appear in court Aug. 12 on those charges.

Knoxville police spokesman DeBusk said the brawl began when the beaten patron was involved in an altercation with another customer “when several additional patrons jumped into the fight.”

“Employees of the bar intervened and pushed the fight outside onto the sidewalk. Officer Capouellez intervened in an attempt to stop the fight when he was attacked.

“According to witnesses, the officer was hit in the head and knocked to the ground. Once on the ground the suspect kicked the officer several times before fleeing the scene. Six individuals were identified as potential suspects. These individuals were located and detained for questioning.”

DeBusk said “there could be additional charges as the investigation continues.”

DeBusk said police alerted Dooley, who is out of town, of the incident this morning.

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College? They wouldn’t have gotten out of High School if not for football. Be mowing the side of the road now.

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I am guessing that indoor plumbing makes you go “hmmmmmmmm” too.

Did a Tennessee fan actually just say that? Ive never seen a toilet in the whole state of Tennessee.

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http://www.govolsxtra.com/news/2010/jul/09/vols-football-players-brawl-bar/

Now that they had a little bit of time to mull it over the new story comes out. I mean it has honestly changed about two times since 2am this morning when 18 yr old UT players were treated like celebrities and allowed VIP access into a bar witnesses claimed they looked drunk when they got there and now some cop is in ICU unconcious. Regardless of who started it which before by the owner the cop stepped into to stop the fight but was off duty now a different story emerges. But the lawyer Dooley will get him off I am sure and made Myles the sacrificial lamb his crap was cleared out at 5pm today.

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Two thousand years after Jesus! Thirty years after Martin Luther King! The age of Montel! Sweet lord a-mercy, izzat where we at?

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You mean like the ineligible players O’Liary used for three years, or the two bball players Hewitt kept who had such poor grades that GT was the only school in the ACC that failed the minimum scores so they lost two scholarships? Examples like those?

The techies have a very selective memory. See every UGA player is a thug and every GT player has never had so much as a parking ticket and is a straight A student.

Its actually pretty comical.

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Miles dismissed from UT team.

And the idiot that said he knows what went on is sooo wrong…

1 guy was jumped by perhaps 10 Vols football player.

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@ Shane…………..the reason you have never seen a toilet in Tennessee is that you have never been out of your mommy’s trailer park in Winder. You all probably just whizz off the back deck. I am sure you get all your UGAg stuff down at the WalMart when it goes on clearance….right?

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Large Orange
July 9th, 2010
7:00 pm

Now that was much better. Your comments about indoor plumbing were just not fitting for a UT fan. But inbred comments about cousin marrying suits you to a tee. Or is that “suits you to a UT”?

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TOOTRUE: Bradley shouldn’t write.

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Just another Punk A$$ trying to be somebody…SOOOOO glad he is not a Dawg !!!

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Large Orange = Lane Kiffin

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I’m sure UT loves having the orange “T” on that car for the photos as much as I did when Evans held a press conference with Georgia’s logo all over the room. This is a slam dunk – Dooley should kick both of these kids so far off the team they will land in New Jersey. Underage drinking is bad. Shooting off fireworks is nothing. Beating a cop until he passes out deserves jail time, not a one-game suspension.

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Da’Rick why the Georgia Tech Shirt? Do you really think that any person would believe you were smart enough to get in Tech? Does anybody think you would actually chose a school that will make you take REAL Classes?

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Cynthia P Most of the players were arrested That went UGA were from the Atlanta area.

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Do you really think that any person would believe you were smart enough to get in Tech?

I know some Tech grads. Getting into Tech isnt some great feat. About the same as any other school. Its not MIT for crying out loud.

How many classes did all those ineligible players attend?

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A few weeks back I was serverly chastized over comments regarding character of recurits. At this point, all of the shcools in Georgia ought to be happy he went out of state. It just seems that Coach Dooly never had problems like these and his son will not put up with it as well.

Maybe there is a change and folks will realize what a priviledge they are throwing away.

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You’re absolutely spot on, Mark– easy for the pot to call the kettle black, but as a UGA alum (and Tennessee resident) I can’t help but revel in this particular arrest just a little bit!

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No we shouldn’t curb our enthusiasm.

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Da’Rick Da’rested. I am shocked.

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What is funnier is Tenn recruiting thus far. They do not have a single commit from the state of tennessee and none over three stars.

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Wearing a GA TECH SHIRT and showing his underwear. Let me see, Mr. T Football in a Knoxville bar wearing GA TECH gear. What a loser. Look out Kansas Small College, here he comes!

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There really is nothing in this scenario to laugh about nor do I think it reasonable to bring up the issue for ridicule by writing about it as if it had something to do with recruiting. We know that recruits & players on scholarship get arrested but do they get arrested at a greater % than the general public of the same age or vs the student body at any particular college. I have never seen a study on this which would seem a natural for anybody writing about student-athletics in today’s society. Is it an intelligence thing I mean do the student athletics at Harvard, Yale, Stanford & Duke get arrested at the same rate as those at UT, UGA or USC? Is it a southern thing? Compare the numbers for the SEC vs the Big Ten for example. Or could it be the rates are the same all round it’s just a society problem In that case, let’s turn to the parents because as all of us know when we were at age 18, 19, or 20 we didn’t want to get into trouble because we didn’t want to embarrass ourselves &/or our parents.

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screw u bradley

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UGA fans really shouldnt laugh at anybody after everything that has happened to their program this offseason. Especially DaRick who was the next coming of Jesus Christ on these boards before he decided we didnt want to be a dawg.

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Mob mentality takes over a situation and people do things they would not normally do ie Riots. after Championship Game. Damon on the Other hand was a MAN in control of the situation until the TRAMP showed how classy she and Damon were being behind Momma’s back. Kids being stupid kids thinking they could get away with it is somewhat understandable, but a 40 yr old man doing the Down-low with a white chick knew better and that is why he tried to use the lil power he thought he had. Is That Better 2 Understand. Man v. Boy

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A kid getting maybe a $12k/yr scholarship as apposed to a MAN getting $440k/yr with a wife and kids is a BIG Difference and if you don’t understand that you must be a DAWG. I am sure your wife will forgive you for doing the samething faster than she would forgive her son doing what Da’rich did. I bet MOM will not DIVOREC your son, but I bet your ASSETS are sitting on the CURB. DO you now understand the Difference?

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Uh, why is da-rick wearing what looks to be a GT shirt with Buzz on the front? You can see in the pic on the front page.

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Okay, the shirt is from his high school whose mascot was yellow jacket (Buzz) so it’s not really a GT shirt.

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Pi$$, so I suppose you’re saying that what the ‘kids’ did to an officer to the extent of putting him in the hospital is merely mob behavior? Okay, I got it. Now we should just give them a stern penalty of maybe a 3-games suspension, right? You are one piece of work, Pi$$. Justify any act from your warped point of view. Example: the Nazi soldiers were only following orders when exterminating millions of innocent civilians so it wasn’t their fault…..right? They were just demonstrating mob behavior….you know, just caught up in the moment. Are you sane??

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So what type of punishment did Rogers get? The article on the main page didn’t say what he got.

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And did you just seriously compare attempted murder to adultery and drinking and driving?

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Schools such as UGA, Ten, USC are soliciting “THUGS, CRIMINALS, TRASH” to play football at their school for the sole purpose of making money. Not to educate or further advance those individuals. It is completely selfish and for the MONEY!

You’re entirely correct. UGA (Mark Richt) knows that most of the players they recruit are illiterate thugs, but they simply don’t care, it’s win at all costs.

UGA has been doing this for decades, and it’s sickening.

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Judging by the ages of the group of Vol players involved that particular bar doesn’t check ID’s and they just walk/stumble at will. The off-duty cop was only 24.

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BillG

It extends not only to UGA. The NCAA should establish rules minimizing this crap!

If it is not established by the NCAA, other schools will simply recruite these THUGS to increase their income. Thre has to be control across the board.

The most important aspect that has been lost is that these are suppose to be “Student Atheletes” competing at a student level to furthet their development and educational needs to be a quality citizen.

The folks arrested from Ten, UGA, USC etc are NOT those students we are looking for!!

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Bradley get this straight ok….Dawg fans are not reveling in the fact that a Vol was arrested….its because of what DR did to CMR and staff at the last minute. Then making up stories, he (threw his good friend Nance) has trashed the coaching staff.

So get the facts straight…its not about the transgression of a Vol. Its about being stabbed in the back and having what goes around actually come around to bite DR in the butt. He is deserving of the ridicule and UGA fans laughing at his expense. He created the controversy…and from what he has said on his Facebook idiot’s page…he was/is far from an upstanding citizen before this. If he beat up an off duty policeman, he has far more problems to worry about than what UGA fans feel anyway.

So lay off of us…its not “glasshouse” situation or anywhere close to it! You sound more worried about our response than what these idiots did. Thats disgusting. Sorry to disappoint you but we’re not the story…DR and his drinking buddies are.

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I was gonna take his head off… What happened Da’ Rick?

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OK mark I get it. I am really P…ed My best friends son just passed and I want to talk bas CRAP about people that have soo much to live for and just Urinat it away. OK Mark I will let it go for tonight I am sorry. I don’t think you pull punches for eitherside. you just put the info out there as it is. Have a good weekend and be safe. Hug your wife and kiss your kids. Call mom & dad sunday just to say you are thinking of them.

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LeMay

Are you of the same caliber as Rogers??

Sure seems so with you and your preacher man/ das BS!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Remember Joe Hamilton

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PI$$onadawg: What diference does it make whether she was a white chick or not. Are you some kind of white supremist?

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Large Orange: If Hillbilly U has many more events of this type(half the team involved) Coach Dooley will have to ask for student walkons to field a team.

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I’m is!

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I hope all you nuts are not reproducing

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The “little” ut has the market cornered on thugs… in less than a year, ut football players have committed ARMED ROBBERY, stole from a dept store and nearly beat a cop to death… stay safe, stay out of Knoxville.

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Amazing how Dawg fans are piling all on top of a 18 and 19 year old. Stupid teenagers making stupid decisions are one thing….an adult running your athletic department with panties in his lap driving drunk? Perhaps when your own backyard is clean you can feel free to jump on teenage kids.

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hey red ……we are not stupid and we play bt the rules! Its all about character !

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One question for you Mark…Where were you when the GT folks were launching on UGA for Damon Evans? (And still are by the way).

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Apparently Bradley only likes muckraking when he’s doing it.

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[...] I cautioned Georgia fans about not gloating over the arrest of Da’Rick Rogers, the Tennessee signee who spurned the Bulldogs at the 11th hour. I mentioned that these things have [...]

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and 2 more arrested in athens this morning. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA god uga is pathetic

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Woops we got a chuckle and now its everyone elses turn to chuckle at us. 2 arrests last night. 1 for hit and run, driving on a learners permit and underage possession and the other for underage possession. Not to mention the poor guy who, even thought will prob be found not guilty, cant even spell his middle name. Hope you didnt laught too hard at Tenn’s misfortune because they will be laughing at us now. And HOW does a kid get to college and cant even spell his own last name??? Gee i wonder. Such a comment on the US educational system

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woops my bad. Cant even spell his own middle name i meant. Sorry bout that

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UGA to UT–I’ll see your arrests and raise you two more thugs…….

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At least UGA will be #1 at something.

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You are right Mark, UGA fans should not judge – like you do with every single article you write.

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Mark, do you have ESP or did you put a curse on the DAWGS? Now two of our players have been arrested, one looks really serious.

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THE MORE I READ THESE BLOGS, IT LET ME KNOW HOW SICK, WARPED AND TWISTED PEOPLE ARE.THEY HAVE NO SYMPATHY FOR THEIR FELLOWMAN.WE A SODOM AND GOMMORHO SOCIETY.EVERYTHING IS A JOKE NO MATTER HOW PEOPLE ARE HURT.ONE DAY LIFE WON’T BE A JOKE.THIS IS FOR ALL OF US.

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http://www.sportsargumentwiki.com/index.php?title=Fulmer_Cup

This about sums it up. Come on UGA you are very close and if you keep up the good work you might finally win something! I will be pulling for you

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And it took all but 12 hours for karma to set in again. I wrote after the damon evans arrest that there is a major problem at uga for alcohol abuse among not just the student body but also the employees as far up as evans. Many said prove it. Who else. Doesn’t several arrests each month prove it? Or will you continue to live in denial. I feel sorry for Mark Richt having to baby sit so many players who have drinking problems. It’s like having 10 Lindsay Lohan’s on your team. This doesn’t even touch the student body nor the instructors and employees at Uga. Michael Adams continues to ignore the problem. No one takes responsibility for what has become an epidemic in Athens. Maybe it will take people dying, like what happened in Atlanta recently, for something to happen and change the culture there. Or perhaps they enjoy their debauchery. It will eventually end in more chaos and CMR should just leave before the disease takes over his life.

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Bradley you were right and this morning we have two arrested again. People have to remember these are kids, but I really don;t understand why some schools such as UT and UGA have more arrests than others. I wish we could bring back the football dorm. Damn Big Ten.

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It would appear Karma’s getting time and a half this week. My sympathy to the families, victims and students, of all involved. I do like how Coach Dooley seems to be stepping up to the plate on this one though. Every time Phil stepped up to the plate he had a knife and fork (couldn’t resist).

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and the hits just keep on coming!!!! 2 more football players arrested from the mighty uga. Boy i tell ya, your football program is an absolute embarrassment to the state of ga.

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Mark I read your article yesterday and slept on it; what I came up with is that everyone gives us hell when something happens at UGA so I would think payback is in order here. We would not give this one much thought if it were someone else at UT, but it’s not, it is traitor “Duh Rick.”

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Mark, do you really think it is necessary to tell UGA fans that this happens to every team at every school. Most of the post you were referring to were some fans just returning in kind what UGA fans have received from vol fans and others,in recent years after some of our players were in trouble. And please drop the holier than thou act. If you guys were really troubled by the comments posted on here you would drop it from the website. We know it is the only way you have of verifying if anybody is out here. I really wish we still had a real paper in Atlanta. What is the AJC going to do next run you columns as a scroll across the bottom of the screen on the Home and Garden network!

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blahahahahahahahahahahaha

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Let’s all go wait at the Athens jail next Friday night and see who comes in. It will be an opportunity to meet some football players.

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Yes, this coming from of all people DaRick Rogers…is just too funny, or poetic justice or whatever. BUT, I think MB is just saying be careful throwing stones; or implying that UGA is better, etc. There are lots of empty pages in the Athens PD blotter waiting to be filled.

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No doubt Derrick was true dawg…he now has the arrest record to prove it. Just saw two UGA players were arrested for underage drinking and quite honestly I am confused…they were just following Damon Evans example.
Can anyone tell me if UGA players get stars on their helmets for arrests like Ohio State players do for doing something good? If not they should start!

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ALL schools have underage drinking, it just goes with the territory of kids getting out on their own for the first time. I do know that Athens-Clarke County police have a zero tolerance and they don’t play. I am curious if maybe some other schools aren’t quite as strict as UGA.

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OLEDAWG: very, very well written. I have been a GT fan my entire life, but have always respected UGA the institution and its athletics program. It has some of the best academic programs in the nation, and the excellence of the all-around athletics program speaks for itself. I feel the same way about my school, Georgia Tech. Our state is blessed to have two of the premier institutions of higher learning in the country.

With all that said, I admittedly had to chuckle a little when I saw the headline about the arrests of the two Dawg players this morning, more about the timing and all the flak that UGA fans–and others as well–tossed at the Vols. However, no school is immune from such incidents, some just more than others it seems.

As for Coach Mark Richt, I still think he is a fine man and outstanding coach. Should he be more “aggressive” in punishment of his players when laws are broken and extremely poor behavior. I think so. Will the punishments that he hands out be more severe? I think it should, especially after all that has transpired in the last couple of weeks. He needs to do something more punitive than a 1-game suspension in situations like. The point needs to be driven home. And I emphasize that situations like this should be recognized at ALL school. An alcohol/drug awareness program and tough penalties for violations should be in place at ALL schools.

I absolutely love college sports, especially football and basketball, but incidents like this, and even more so the “one-and-done” stuff in basketball bother me greatly. And, Tech, is among the nation’s leaders in recruiting tarnishing the term, “student-athlete” when it comes to is recruitment in basketball.

Sorry to ramble. I love college sports. I am proud of both Georgia Tech and Georgia for many things, but I think both of them need to do a better job of recruiting the student as well as the athlete and the person as well as the star.

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Man Richt has got to get control over his players. I know all schools have problems but this has gotten far from funny and into the sad and disturbing area. I guess the bench will be void for the big bad La. Laff game when Richt should make an example and suspend somebody for more than one game against mediocre opposition. UGA fans wether you want to face it or not there is a real problem when this many players are getting in trouble for alcohol related incidents. Ether they have no respect for Richt and the UGA program, don’t care, or what looks to be the more obvious no fear that anything will happen to them if they do break the rules.

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Maybe Bobby Cox should have been too when he beat hell out of his wife

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Silly,

Where do these college kids not drink underage? Athens just has a zero tolerance that other places don’t seem to have. What is your school? Not saying?

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Fishawk,
Putting people in ICU is not a youthfull mistake. I seriously hope you are no looking at these two situations as the same thing. Let’s say 7-10 police officers beat a Tenn football player so bad it put him in ICU. It would be national news and people would be screaming at the top of your lungs. I grant you the drinking and driving from UGA is SERIOUS but not the same. These Tenn players are not looking at poss 30 day charges it could be life sentences depending on the medical outcome.

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Greg,
I am a huge GT fan and I am not trying to knock UGA on this one I’m just pointing out facts. I agree that these kids are going to drink and party no matter where they go and yes it’s easier to get caught in a small populace like Athens compared to Atlanta, but I have to ask if Richt has called a team meeting and told these kids to knock it off or suffer certain consequences. If you are trying to build a dream team I don’t imagine numerous offseason arrests are the way to go about it and you have to wonder how much public humilation Richt is going to let these kids bring on the school.

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The SEC may be #1 in national championships and all but it looks like the SEC is also #1 in embarrassing arrests….by a mile.

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Two more UGA athletes are arrested for alcohol related offense. These young men should be be suspended for a year, loss of the year, or kicked off of the team. This behaviour has become all to common, stupidity apparently resides on every campus. 0 tolerance and stiff penalty should be the order of the day.

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I love Mark! Lord, you are old my man. Sorry your print media is dead and gone. I live in colorado (yes, better than Atlanta, where I lived my whole life, but you wouldn’t know). I guess you like traffic, people, traffic and concrete. Keep up the good work online, that’s all you have left.

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lots of similarities between rogers and lemay.

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Underage drinking is a serious problem on all college campuses and it extends well beyond athletes. Coaches should impose stiff consequences when players are convicted of alcohol-related offenses, but let’s not pretend this is a problem isolated to just athletes or just to a few schools.

Here are some statistics from MADD and the NIAAA:

http://www.madd.org/docs/college%20statistics.pdf

http://www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov/statssummaries/snapshot.aspx

The NCAA limits alcohol ads during NCAA telecasts, but they could make a stronger statement by eliminating them altogether.

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OleJacket- Thanks for the words. I was embarrassed by mistyping “empathize”, but we all understand in the heat of communicating and self-editing that some slip by.

Your words were most important for recognizing the emotions of our school pride. I am happy to have corrected some misunderstandings of your University on these pages as well. Guess the old farts are ambivalent in their admiration/hate psyches brought on by great competition through the years. I sometimes even admit that I have a nephew who graduated from your fine institution and is a rabid old gold fan. Our ambivalence is nothing compared to his since his brother-in-law played for UGA and was on the team for 4 yrs. During that period he attended more UGA games than I did.

I go back to the Wally Butts/ Bobby Dodd era and many times found myself siding with Dodd. I always viewed him as a coach of great character. That still didn’t curtail the feelings of “Good Old-Fashioned Hate” expressed by alums of both schools. We understand that expression of admiration/dislike perhaps better than some due to the wisening toll of the years.

Placing into perspective what we are viewing today with our recruits; it hasn’t changed in 50 yrs, it just gets more light shined on it. Using an expression from my vocation:

“Big fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite ‘em,
and little fleas have littler fleas and so adinfinitum.”

So it goes with our football players today. Some have fleas and issues that trump those fleas, but all-in-all they are all just human. The large stage and brighter lights are the only differences from the rest of the student body. And we always have our rivals and AJC upon ours and their backs to “bite ‘em”….and so adinfinitum.

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I am so sick and tired of thug behavior by atheletes everywhere. UGA and Tennessee hsould be ashamed, as so the rest. This is disgusting. This is not “boys will be boys”….

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I agree with Icedawg and The rest of the SEC.

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Ole jacket

Good grief man, Get some HELP!

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Is that black/white prisoner attire I see in those photos?

Priceless.

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Sleep late Chuck?

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Why is it that we can comment on UT players being arrested but the comments are closed for UGA players? A little home cooking Mark?

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The only “pleasure” I take in Da Rick’s problem(s) is that he is having it/them in Knoxville and not in Athens.

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Part of the problem was pinpointed in the last paragraph of an article in the Atlanta paper. The bar owner’s wife was quoted as saying, “The Vols players are treated like VIP’s here.” Too many people treat these young adults as VIP’s because they play college ball. The NCAA and the schools are to blame. One UGA player was just arrested for DUI and other charges driving a Chevy Avalanche. He is 20 years old. I seriously doubt his family is buying that car. Alumni funds? Where is the NCAA?

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How & why do under age players get placed on a VIP list in a bar in the first place?

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Hey Thug’Rick,

Take one for the team…

KILL YOURSELF

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Reminds me of the memorable Will Rogers quote: “Everything is funny, as long as it’s happening to somebody else.”

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