Riddle of the UGA locker-room theft solved by … Facebook?
"You recruits: I'd better not see this picture posted on Facebook." (AJC photo by Curtis Compton)
As reported by esteemed colleague Chip Towers, three arrests have been made in the theft of iPhones and iPods from Georgia’s locker room. One of those arrested is a football recruits for the year 2012
A gentle suggestion: Were I Georgia, I would no longer recruit that player.
This isn’t to prejudge guilt or innocence as defined by our legal system. Due process will take care of that. But Towers quotes UGA police chief Jimmy Williamson as saying of his investigation: “Facebook is always a big help.”
(And this works … how? Jimmy Williamson sends a suspect a “friend” request?)
If I’m Mark Richt, my new list of guidelines for pursuing football talent would read thusly:
Rule No. 1: Do not recruit anyone who might have gotten arrested due to something posted on Facebook.
Rules No. 2-10: See Rule No. 1.
By Mark Bradley
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Dawghater
April 18th, 2011
11:27 am
Dawglex, the truth hurts. Just another example of UGA recruiting not doing any due deligence on the quality of the kid. Time and time again this is proven. What’s the over & under on player arrests for the 2011 season?
Asdf
April 18th, 2011
11:28 am
To: BobbyLee – you sir, are a psychotic moron.
From: a dawg fan who thinks NOTHING like you
bigdawg88
April 18th, 2011
11:29 am
Actually, this is not a bad recruiting test tool. They ought to leave out iPhones more often and see which recruits “can’t help themselves.” Then delete them from future consideration!
Hee I’m evil!
jarvis
April 18th, 2011
11:29 am
I’ve got a great deal on pre-loaded iPhones.
Email me if you’re interested.
Dawghater
April 18th, 2011
11:30 am
Dawglex, see you in J’ville. It’s always so much fun after the game watching you leave with your tail between your legs.
Buckeye
April 18th, 2011
11:32 am
Funny….all the build up and hype leading up the Spring game then. ………………..BOOM.
Makes uGA, the SEC, Carver, and by association, The Annointed One II, look peachy.
SEC! SEC! SEC!
Clinch,
One more for you…………..
SEC!
DawginLex
April 18th, 2011
11:32 am
right now dawghater, the arrests are at zero. If any happen, they will get booted off the team.
Weis destroying all you can eat buffets yet?
He destroys major college football programs and buffets equally.
Gators 6-6 in 2011
Brantley benched.
jarvis
April 18th, 2011
11:33 am
Buckeye….really? Why don’t you get a free tattoo reading “Hypocrite”?
How’s that glass house standing?
It Ain't Rocket Science
April 18th, 2011
11:33 am
Worth noting that only one of the three arrested was a football prospect and UGA was far from the only school recruiting him. He was also listed by AJC as a top ten recruit for the state. The fact that he was at a UGA game day open house, and not on any type of official visit should tell you something. This kid will probably still play in DIV. 1 since Auburn has offered him also.
DawginLex
April 18th, 2011
11:34 am
Florida won’t back off of recruiting him either.
character sure doesn’t matter down there
Dawghater
April 18th, 2011
11:34 am
Dawglex, I’m OK with 6-6 because I always know one of the six wins will be against UGA. That game is always marked with a “W” on every years schedule.
SouthGaBrave
April 18th, 2011
11:36 am
SSIgator,
Strong words from someone who’s school has 2 basketball players in the pokey for breaking into cars, with police car audio of the team manager (arrested with them) saying they wouldn’t just get away with it because they were out of town. I believe the exact quote was “We’re not in f’ing Gainseville, guys.”. And make sure to keep the little green herb away from Janoris Jenkins all season, we’d hate for him to miss any playing time.
DawginLex
April 18th, 2011
11:37 am
You idiot gators call us delusional yet you believe the following:
1.)Lose a Hall of Fame coach
2.)Replace him with a coach with zero wins
3.)hire a OC who destroyed Notre Dame
4.)Scrap the spread for pro set
5.)Try and convince everyone that your players recruited for the spread are perfectly suited for the pro set
6.)Take a mediocre QB from 2010 and magically transform into Heisman material even though he was outplayed all spring by the backup
Somehow all of this equal a great season for Florida!!
LMAO
1eyedJack
April 18th, 2011
11:38 am
“Just another example of UGA recruiting not doing any due deligence on the quality of the kid. Time and time again this is proven.”
Just how would due deligence(sic) have uncovered a crime before it happened? You ain’t quite right.
rduck
April 18th, 2011
11:38 am
DA DoubleU G calling others “trolls”… Priceless
DawginLex
April 18th, 2011
11:38 am
Jeremy Foley will be BEGGING MRS MEYER TO LET URBAN COME BACK AFTER 3 GAMES.
Clueless @ the AJC
April 18th, 2011
11:41 am
Wow is all I can say. How stupid can you be? And it begs the question…if they’re this stupid how did they qualify academically? I suppose the answer is to quote Sir Charles “as long as I was the leading scorer in the SEC my grades were not a problem”.
Buckeye
April 18th, 2011
11:42 am
Jarvis,
I’ve offered no excuses. Arrests in our situation? Bails posted?
Nope. Not one.
DawginLex
April 18th, 2011
11:43 am
clueless is really clueless
Want to clue us in on what you are talking about?
Qualify academically where and to do what?
Buckeye
April 18th, 2011
11:44 am
DawginLex,
I could use a place in line at Weiss’s buffet right now!
Dawghater
April 18th, 2011
11:44 am
Dawglex, I’m OK with 6-6 because I always know one of the six wins will be against UGA. That game is always marked with a “W” on every years schedule
George Stein
April 18th, 2011
11:44 am
Double is calling other folks trolls? Pot, meet kettle.
DawginLex, don’t argue with those clowns. You’re better than that.
Animal Control...on the prowl for MUTTS
April 18th, 2011
11:45 am
I’m certain this was simply an initiation ceremony, no biggie. Looks like these guys will fit right in
Animal Control...on the prowl for MUTTS
April 18th, 2011
11:46 am
Carver-Columbus? Nuff said. Dawgs sure know how to pick em…
Dawghater
April 18th, 2011
11:46 am
Dawglex, when the police talked to the kids that stole the Ipods they told the police they were disappointed they could not find and SEC or National Championship ring to steal. The Athens police told them they should have visited Auburn, Alabama, LSU or Florida if they wanted to find that.
Just saying
April 18th, 2011
11:50 am
To quote that famous Alabama football player, “STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES.” There certainly is no lack of stupdidy on this blog. Just sayin, Y’all need to chill…and leave off all this stupid stuff.
VillaRicaDawg
April 18th, 2011
11:51 am
They will be making early commitments to Georgia Correctional Institute. Good ‘ole GCI. Go Guards! Stick ‘em.
D A DoubleU G
April 18th, 2011
11:54 am
Unsure of how I am a “troll” when 90% of my posts are defending against trolls, and the other 10% are about the subject of the post.
I wonder what the percentage of people on here today pretending to be Gators are actually Techies…….
TROLLS.
Buckeye
April 18th, 2011
11:55 am
Arkansas is on the Fulmer Cup Board!
Arkansas’ Rasner arrested on drug, alcohol charges…………………………………..
SEC! SEC! SEC!
Animal Control...on the prowl for MUTTS
April 18th, 2011
11:56 am
EVERYONE knows the dawgs will have an undefeated season, clinch the SEC east and ultimately the SEC, and the National title. They are only the best damn team in the nation, period. Check the stats…
…wait, don’t do that
Animal Control...on the prowl for MUTTS
April 18th, 2011
11:56 am
Buckeyes bend over for SEC teams, though. Regularly.
Techies suck
April 18th, 2011
11:58 am
Hey Techies….
Obsessed with UGA much??
http://www.stingtalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=53745
Pathetic.
D A DoubleU G
April 18th, 2011
12:02 pm
I always forget that Georgia Tech is the only team in the Nation to have background checks, credit checks, references, religious checks, and polygraphs for all POTENTIAL RECRUITS before they are allowed to step foot on campus .
Funny thing is, Georgia Tech would KILL for the chance to host a player like Bonner remotely consider their JOKE of a program.
Delbert D.
April 18th, 2011
12:04 pm
Check out the article on nytimes dot com about how prospect-fan interaction on Facebook may violate NCAA regulations.
George Stein
April 18th, 2011
12:07 pm
You’re acting like a troll right now, Double.
Jones
April 18th, 2011
12:07 pm
***JUST RELEASED***
Check out this Columbus news clip with the mugshot of Deion Bonner.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KDrPUcUsFY
D A DoubleU G
April 18th, 2011
12:10 pm
Georgia Stein……
The article is about UGA, I am here to comment on it. Techies are here to get their demented fix on a young man who f’ed up, who so happens to have “UGA” associated with a lengthy recruiting process.
Techies want to argue that ONLY UGA was recruiting him, since they and every other school in the nation was able to see that he would have slip ups like this.
pathetic.
And George…. you are a bit of a stalker of me…. have you realized that?? You creepy bast—-.
George Stein
April 18th, 2011
12:14 pm
Except that not one of your comments is about the article. But whatever.
Don’t get your panties in a wad because I tried to hold you accountable for a promise you made – unprompted, by the way – and didn’t keep.
It Ain't Rocket Science
April 18th, 2011
12:15 pm
The kid was being recruited by a lot of other schools other than just UGA. He was not on an official visit. He was also listed by the AJC as a possible top ten recruit. I guess that means it is all UGA’s fault for sure. No problem though. He was recruited by Auburn so he will play div. 1 football.
George Stein
April 18th, 2011
12:16 pm
Also, I think it’s ironic that in your first sentence you say that the article is about UGA and in your second sentence, you say UGA is only tangentially associated with it.
Hollywould
April 18th, 2011
12:21 pm
Is Ben Jones screaming and hollering about this or did Nick Fairley blow past him again?
dawgster
April 18th, 2011
12:24 pm
An update for any that are interested…The three kids in question have been dismissed from the Carver football team per the Columbus Ledger…Don’t know the whole story with these guys, but how can you defend their actions and lack of responsibility…I would bet money that the Bonner kid will get another shot at an SEC school….which is sending the wrong message, but someone will take him…Any takers on what school will go after him…
Coach Mark Richt
April 18th, 2011
12:26 pm
Do you know the work it takes to win the Fulmer Cup?
We have to pass on any players with a decent upbringing no matter how good they can play football.
This is just the guy we need for a repeat.
DawginLex
April 18th, 2011
12:27 pm
Bonner’s top 3-(UPDATED)
Auburn-offer is $180,000 right now
Alabama-offer undetermined but believed to be six figures
Florida-Muschamp can’t count that high but Foley handling finances
DawginLex
April 18th, 2011
12:28 pm
don’t worry UGA haters, Auburn has “The Cup” clinched for 2011
http://www.edsbs.com
D A DoubleU G
April 18th, 2011
12:28 pm
Bonner will sign with LSU or South Carolina, with a late push from a VERY desperate Georgia Tech.
reebok
April 18th, 2011
12:29 pm
this is worth absolutely nothing w/ regards to the Fulmer Cup.
dawgfan
April 18th, 2011
12:30 pm
Holy bejeebus what a bunch of morons. Did they brag about it on Facebook? Hilarious.
And Georgia Tech fans need to STFU. Do you idiots have any idea what kind of criminal activity goes on in or near your campus? Hell, its not uncommon for a dead body or two to be found somewhere on your dump campus. Nobody tries to associate it with your football players. Tech fans are simply the dumbest people in the world.
Thanks.
gdawginkalamazoo
April 18th, 2011
12:30 pm
DawginLex, just the way I roll, but I wouldn’t run any smack against Florida until we beat them.
dawg88, I like your idea. Let’s go one better and plant a dye bomb in the thing like they have at the banks. Set it to go off when they leave the locker room. That way you don’t have to have them arrested and the bad apples can end up at Auburn for their future embarrassment.
Andrew
April 18th, 2011
12:32 pm
Dawginlex,is the lex part of your name Lexington Kentucky,or Lexington Georgia [just outside of athens]?