Riddle of the UGA locker-room theft solved by … Facebook?

First.

And I wish this were the first stupid “scandal” for my Bull Puppies.

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At least this one didn’t involve any current Bulldogs.

Even our recruits make the news, though! lol

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Did they post pics of themselves holding the stolen items or what? That is sad you can’t even trust some guys you may be recruiting to go visit the locker room and not take anything.

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Wow – it boggles my mind to think that someone would take advantage of that situation knowing that they would potentially be attending UGA on a full scholarship. Not only have they undoubtedly blown their chance at UGA, I would be surprised if ANY D1 school would give them a chance if these charges pan out.

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A shame for the kid Bonner. His life just took a turn. Big time.

Pardon the pun, I hope he and his posse is the only bad Apples from Carver. Regardless, puts a stain on The Annointed One II.

DwaginLex,

Not to worry, Fulmer points require that the alledged perp be in a current roster, correct?

Regardless, requires mention….a Georgia recruit, treamate of The Annointed One II, pilfering electronics from the Georgia locker room.

Can’t make this crapola up.

Pray for his Mama.

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I’m betting this one is going to 10 pages of comments…

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Is is correct that one of the players was identified incorrectly? He has a twin brother that did the deed?

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These kids are now Auburn bound. This is how we get them. Nobody wants to play for Auburn initially but when they are regarded as trouble we step in and scarf them up. We are the best team in the SEC and country.

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and now they are all kicked off the Carver football team. What a way to end your football career.

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WHY didn’t TIM TUCKER open comments? Does HE know the WORLD that is not the dawg nation will call out RICHT again for bringing in Miami and FSU type players?

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UGA should keep these kids on the recruiting wish list. They will fit in perfectly at UGA. Right in line with the class of kid UGA normally recruits.

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Rule #1 is don’t recruit someone who stole for their future teammates. Please tell me UGA is going to drop these guys like a rock?

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I guess these ummmm recruits (?) were only being recruited by UGA? Give it a break. There are bad apples in every corner of life. They just happened to find the store open (locker room), and went shopping while they were there. Since they were at best, possibly UGA DAWGS in the future, I doubt it had gotten to the stage where any background investigations had even been done on them.
5$ DAWG, I would bet you are right and most of the comments will be negative and without basis. Gives them something to do in thier life and they think it makes them important. Legends in thier own minds.

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I don’t know, something tells me at least one of these guys will end up at Tenn/Aub/Ala anyway. I’m sure some of the current UGA players who had their iPods stolen would love to get a crack at them on the field…

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Dawghater, you are stupid enough to believe that Georgia was the only school recruiting them?

Some of you idiots are too stupid to be alive.

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From The Columbus Ledger….

Bonner (5-foot-11, 170 pounds) is a highly recruited defensive back with scholarship offers from a long list of schools including Georgia, Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Florida State, Miami, South Carolina and Southern California. Bonner and the two others from Columbus were on a recruiting visit at Georgia on April 7 when the thefts took place, according to police

Read more: http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2011/04/18/1543656/two-carver-football-players-unnamed.html#ixzz1Jt80eOiH

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Check the lockers at Clempson. Bonner was there for the Orange and White game on April 11th.

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My god people…….

Look at the LOOOOOOONG list of teams recruiting Bonner……

Those who want to spin this into a “Mark Richt is only recruiting thugs” story sound ignorant as sh–.

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Funny, looking at that list, uGA looks like Miss Goody Two Shoes ( New Shoes in the case of FSU).

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The GIFT that just keeps on GIVING, UGA football. This is almost to hard to believe. Certainly I DO NOT blame CMR. Lets just quitely mark this “fine young man” off the list of perspective DAWGS. Hey, maybe Southern Cal would give them a look. Lame Kitten / USC could be a fit.

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Mark Bradley,

I really wish you and the ajc would adopt more strict polities to ban the obvious trolls.

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it doesn’t matter anymore (it matters to me, but not to the world). you can lie, cheat and steal and win the Heisman. you can mis-behave off the field to the point of being kicked off the Dogs but still start at QB for LSU. I personally think it all became ok when President Clinton looked us all in the eye on national tv and lied about having sex with his fat girlfriend. in the oval office.

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And “nerds!” – what’s the matter, you don’t like the first amendment? The only victim names shielded by news agencies are victims of sexual assault. You must get angry every day…

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DawginLex

April 18th, 2011
11:16 am
Dawghater, you are stupid enough to believe that Georgia was the only school recruiting them?

Some of you idiots are too stupid to be alive.

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Gravitate to Athens? i repeat above for you as well.

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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?

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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!

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Dawglex, see you in J’ville. It’s always so much fun after the game watching you leave with your tail between your legs.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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DA DoubleU G calling others “trolls”… Priceless

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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”.

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clueless is really clueless

Want to clue us in on what you are talking about?

Qualify academically where and to do what?

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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

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I’m certain this was simply an initiation ceremony, no biggie. Looks like these guys will fit right in

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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.

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They will be making early commitments to Georgia Correctional Institute. Good ‘ole GCI. Go Guards! Stick ‘em.

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Arkansas is on the Fulmer Cup Board!

Arkansas’ Rasner arrested on drug, alcohol charges…………………………………..

SEC! SEC! SEC!

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Buckeyes bend over for SEC teams, though. Regularly.

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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.

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You’re acting like a troll right now, Double.

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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—-.

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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.

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Is Ben Jones screaming and hollering about this or did Nick Fairley blow past him again?

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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.

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don’t worry UGA haters, Auburn has “The Cup” clinched for 2011

http://www.edsbs.com

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this is worth absolutely nothing w/ regards to the Fulmer Cup.

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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.

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You can bet that players at every school won’t tolerate a thief in the locker room, at any level. And those kids are lucky the Athens PD got hold of them before big Abry knocked their heads together. Loosing a phone is expensive, AND a major hassle.

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Smooth move X-lax(s)

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This just in:

Bonner moves to top of Auburn target list for 2012. Chizik has learned that past indiscretions DO COUNT toward Fulmer Cup points if he signs with the barn.

Chizik wants to repeat as Fulmer Cup champions

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Did CMR sign em up? They fit the prototype as UGA “student / athlete” and will carry on the fine traditions established by many before them!!!

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sheepdawg:

go suck an egg!

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Sounds like a perfect fit for UGA!

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Honkey,

Best of day so far. Good laugh!

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The big question I see here is “where was security ?”. Do they just let anyone, including not recruited players wander into the locker room? Sounds like UGA needs to beef up security. Otherwise, all other opportunist crooks maybe paying UGA a visit !!!!

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Rule # 11…. Dont recruit players who cant beat Vandy ,SC, Central Florida and at least can beat Florida on a more regular basis.

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DawginLex,
First, I did not see UF isted as one of the schools recruiting him, did you?
Second, are you really talking smack about the Gators? Really? Did you suddenly change schools or something? No one and I mean no one from UGA has earned the right to talk smack to UF. Talk down to the Techies if you must but know your place in the SEC East. It’s at least a notch or two below the Gators until your team can actually muster a “W” against us. LOL!!!!!

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Here we go again with Fulmer cup…dude is a broken record…

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Mark Richt should have done a better job of locking those phones up when he has his prized recruits tour the locker room. Unsecured IPhones and a UGA recruit are like feces and flies, it is hard to keep them away from each other.

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Not locking lockers is stupid. Stupid is what stupid does.

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Beast,

I am just trying to figure out how y’all think Muschamp and Buffet Boy are going to turn your fortunes around in one year when a Hall of Fame coach couldn’t do it post Timmy.

Switching from the spread to the pro set with spread recruits.
Trying to convince yourself that Brantley is the answer at QB even though Murphy is better.

I just don’t get it.

And as far as where the 2 programs are right now, last year’s game went to overtime 34-31. Not exactly domination.

Right now I’d say it is pretty even headed into 2011.

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Richt will still sign ‘um!

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looks like another typical season between the hedges. How many arrests last year? 10, 11?? Go for 12 this year Dawgs.

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DawginLex,
I have not seen anyone say that UF will be dominant this year. I certainly haven’t. I think most of us expect some pains from the transition. Who knows what this team will look like come fall? But if bragging about taking our worst team in many years to OT is what you Dawgs have to hang your hat on then I’d keep my mouth shut until you can actually beat us, don’t ya think?

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Our worst team in many years took your worst team in many years to ot. Doesn’t sound like he’s bragging to me there Beast.

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This is only about some kid being stupid. Its NOT about CMR or the Georgia football team. This is however, very sadly, a black eye for Carver. I hope the coach kicks the kid off the team.

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Looks like we have some future thugs coming to Athens, better go get their cell ready because we have some thugs on the loose.

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CCJO,

Get some new material douchebag.

Even the TROLLS are complaining…………

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DawginLex,
To answer your question. Nothing to fear other than our defense. You do have the better QB. Better running backs? I think not. I’ll take Demps and Rainey over King and Ealey any day of the week and twice on Sundays. If they’re not injured, they’re suspended or fumbling the ball. Our defensive front will stack up against anyone’s. Our OC has forgetten more than Bobo will ever know. He failed as a HC but no one can deny that he is one of the best OC’s in all of football. All in all, I’ll take UF’s situation with a first year HC over UGA’s lame duck situation. It’s only a matter of time before ya’ll are in the hunt for a new one and we all know it.

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are you calling me a troll?

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DeputyDawg,
Don’t speak on topics you know nothing about. Yes we have had some arrests in the past and will have some in the future. But Mark Richt is a fine man and he’s treating these boys right, and teaching them how to behave on and off the field. Not all are going to heed his message 100% of the time.

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I am sure Georgia will still sign the kid anyway. After signing day next year, Richt will release a statement saying “He has learned a lot from his mistake, he is really a good kid.”

Richt played for Miami which was the original thug school. You can take the boy out of the U but you can’t take the U out of the boy.

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UGA attracts thugs like a magnet.

But we’ve known that for years.

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Dawglex, you can’t figure out that beating UGA year after year in J’ville isn’t domination. Last year was called UGA’s best chance to win and you still couldn’t pull it off. Year after Year UGA fans show up with great hopes and go home dissappointed, drunk and miserable. It’s my favorite time of the year.

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For gators trolling on this blog I have two words: Jabar Gaffney. Gators not only support locker room thieves, they coddle and revere them.

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Trolling Gators? Seems backwards. Shouldn’t you troll FOR gators? Anyway, now that Muschump is coaching, we’ll see what a weiner Oscar Meyer was.

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If Damon Evans was a Gator AD in Gainesville the panties would have been orange, not red, and he’d still be working. The cops in Georgia are anti-bulldog and anti-black.

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DeputyDawg,
The grass is always greener huh? Kirby Smart wouldn’t put up with this crap. Arrests would drop to 0, and grad rate would be 100%? Who else do you have in mind. Richt didn’t forget how to coach, and being a good christian man doesn’t mean he’s soft on his players. We don’t know everything he does behind closed doors.

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He was only arrested because he had a white woman’s head in his lap and his fingers in her pie.

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Cesspool of the south crap needs to stop. Only morons would say that bs. Athens is a beautiful city with beautiful people. As a top recording artist once said: “haters everywhere I go”

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DeputyDawg,
Troll for Gators at your own peril, sport. LOL!

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Maybe we can get Spurrier after this year, I don’t care what anybody says, I like that guy.

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GAINESVILLE — Jabar Gaffney has caught more passes than any freshman receiver in Florida history, but not enough, apparently, to make people forget.

Gaffney continues to pay the price for a nearly year-old indiscretion, stealing jewelry and cash from the UF locker room in December.

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Good work MR. Keep bringing those thugs. Ever considered background checks?

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To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice. ~Confucius

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This is just a few immature kids showing what they’re made of, nothing more. Cross em off our recruiting list and let’s move on. They’ll get another chance somewhere, who cares. They’re not our problem. Don’t let em step foot on the UGA campus ever again.

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Yeah Crim,
And they still let morons like you post on the blogs.

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Why are all these people saying not nice things about Georgia Tech? This Institute had nothing to do with these thiefs and is not involved in the subject of this story.

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McGee still has a ton of bad blood with UGA so he sent these 3 up there to loot the locker rooms, they got caught so he had to boot em off the team so nobody would catch on. You’re a genius to figure that out CarverClass!

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Looks like Ohio State and Auburn have started recruiting these kids again.

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He’s still wearing a UGA jacket on his FB page! HA! They should go and take that jacket from him.

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“NOBODY YOU KNOW”: YOU NEED TO SEE A PSYCHIATRIST. SUCH A LAME BRAIN COMMENT. THE “SUCCESFUL” SON OF A SINGLE MOTHER

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does this mean UGA will pull the scholarship offers until they get out of jail? The dawgs need this talent bad!

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Skitty,

Take note of the recruiting list from the Ledger article…..Ohio State not to be found.

Locker room theifs are about as they go.

Warm regards,

Buckeye

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Mark’s Booster: mutt fans like to feel better about themselves by inserting Tech where unwarranted. They should still feel pathetic despite these circumstances, as this is likely the most exciting thing to happen in Athens in a long time.

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The Gators don’t have to steal. They pay for all their stuff with dead girls credit cards!

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We’re trying to win one there DC, not buy one.

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I’ll sign him…..he has all the signs of a great Raida!

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These kids represented their high school program and stole from a school that invited them into their home. They should be suspended by the coach for part of the season next year. Disgraceful

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Offer these little sticky fingers scholarships! They’ll fit right in with Saint Richts thugs. Keep the tradition alive!

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more of the same,

Get some new material. Even the TROLLS are complaining.

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These guys were being heavily recruited by florida…but once the Ipods/Iphones, etc. came flying outa of the dorm windows last weekend…auburn said we’ll them…no questions asked!!l

Sorry my Auburn friends…I couldn’t resist!!
Trackem down just like beagles…Go to Hell U War-damn-eagle!!!
Go Dawgs!!!!

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That should say ” auburn said we’ll take them”!!

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Guys, c’mon. They were confused because they had been given free iPods and iPhones during their LSU and Auburn visits.

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uga,

Congratulations by the way. As of the last tick of the spring game clock, you’ve clawed ( or would chew be a better word choice) your way back to playing .500 ball. woof woof.

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Poop- I don’t know if I would be casting that stone as long as AJ Green is alive and well.

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poop,

No clue, Never been. You? Poop?

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G8R8U2, “UF beats UGA like they stole something from the Gator locker room”. LMAO. Now that was a good one.

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This kid wasn’t on Florida’s recruiting list because they won’t look at him until he starts making felonius threats to kill his girlfriend.

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Did anyone else chuckle on Saturday when WIn With was in the TV booth and they were asking hime to run down the new rule changes……including excessive celebrations? Can’t make this up!

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ATL, you must have got me confused with someone else…I never said that.

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All I ask is for these poseter to list the school they are fans of. No one will do that especially because this kid was being recruited by all the TOP schools in the country. Wether he had been offered a scholarship or not he was still being recruited by schools which you people are fans of. So continue to spout off about UGA but understand your school was more than likely after this kid as well.

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@Newnan Dawg

Its a one way street around here.

A star Tech baseball player got a DUI and was so drunk he could have killed somebody but you barely heard about it on here.

Imagine if he had been a UGA football player

Would have been a whole different ballgame.

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ATL Sports Fan- Of course other schools were and still are recruiting these kids, but how can you blame them for trying to steal or cause mischief in Athens? It’s accepted and expected there. The environment Mark Richt has created and allowed to continue is a disgrace.

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Just too funny for even a comment. The story in Humptown just keeps on going.

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Boise State 56, Athens Correctional Institute 10

You can’t make this stuff up. Thugs rule in Athens!

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How embarassing. What a joke of a program.

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Very unfortunate. Richt’s days are numbered if he can’t get control of his program…no matter how great his recruiting class is.

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I don’t even see Auburn going after Bonner, now.

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There will no second chance for this criminal act. If these guy got caught just think how many times they have gotten away with this type thing. At their age you either have integrity , ethics and morals or you don’t. I don’t care where they go as long as it’s not UGA.

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You never want to write a kid off but considering the fact that he was an invited guest in their home “locker room” and, stole form the team shows what type of person he is. It is a very sad affair that can and should not be ignored by anyone but the fact remains some one will. A division one scholarship is a privilage not a right because someone has a great 40 time. The team is filled with walk ons that have good 40 times that still have to pay for their education. I hope this young brother (thats right I said it) learns something about how you treat people from this experience and becomes a better person because of it.

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Reality, what do you mean if he can not get a hold of his program. Last time I checked there have been zero arrests of UGA football players. Guess what I am sure the school you pull for has either offered Bonner a scholarship or were actively recruiting him. And yes that goes for Tech as well. They have been recruiting him but have not offically offered him a scholarship.

Reality

April 18th, 2011
4:53 pm
Very unfortunate. Richt’s days are numbered if he can’t get control of his program…no matter how great his recruiting class is.

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Where does these thugs come from that UGA attracts?

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Woe Eagle…if you’re hear to tell us the NCAA is done with Auburn and Cam then you’re just plain stupid to go along with your redneck. The NCAA has so many irons in the fire at Auburn they can’t keep pace with all the stuff your old banks,drunk old coach, the jock sniffer yellafella and you DA AD has done over the past three years. The hire of the two ghetto twins from OSU was the last straw for you towel wavers. The SEC will be better off if they just boot your sorry azz from the conference!!!There is no college in America as trashy as Auburn. Until the old banker and the drunk old cheating coach is dead I see no way it will change. That inferiority complex is killing you folks over there. You’re Alabama and you never will be Alabama so give it up and enjoy being 2nd fiddle. Cow college U ,yesterday , tomorrow and forever!!! Moo U…what’s that smell.

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My team is UGA… whats your excuse?

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The thing about this crap is that some SEC school, if any of these kids are good enough, will rationalize their behavior and enroll ‘em. I mean UF had had enough of Cam’s behavior – stealing, cheating, numerous traffic violations, and two seasons later he wins the Heisman and NC at Auburn…the Mettenburger kid sexually assaulted a Valdosta State coed, then lied about it to his coaches…and now he’s competing for the starting QB job at LSU.

I mean what good does it do to discipline these kids is if all they have to do is spend a quarter or two at some JC (wanna bet how many classes they actually attended) then enroll in a big-time SEC school/rival and all is forgiven? I say that the SEC itself needs get involved in these kinds of issues and, upon review of the case, say that any kid that is dismissed for crap like this, or even if it’s in high school, not only would have to have completed a year at a JC, but would have to sit out an additional year at any other SEC school. these kinds of acts needs to have some real penalties associated with it, particularly since the league is gaining the reputation of cutting corners, paying players and compromising standards when it comes to football.

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Auburn will still take him.

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Dirty Dawg makes some good points.

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Will the “birther” question become an issue this season? It’s sure seems to be growing!!

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“Will the “birther” question become an issue this season? It’s sure seems to be growing!!”

Good question. Could we please see Mark Richt’s birth certificate?

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I remember a few years ago a Basketball player stole someones lap top and Division I school still recruited him. The funny part was when the kid was on the court playing the opposing team fans started the “overrated” chant except the plugged in “where’s my laptop?” It was priceless. Hopefully! Alabama, Auburn, Florida or UT will pick Bonner up so we can do the same! – Where’s my ipod — Where’s my ipod?

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“Character and integrity is vanishing among SEC institutions.”

Vanishing?

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UGA recruits the scum of the earth. You deserve all this and more until you start recruiting student athletes.

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I have a question. Will this recruit from Columbus have to sit out 2 plays in next years spring game?

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Jake Scott taps you on the shoulder and asks you about vanishing morals. No internet and no ESPN means we have no idea what the players were getting away with back in the day.

Bill Stanfill had a tremendous game against Florida one year and stayed on the field after the game with his helmet in his hand. Fans who were still there went out onto the field and began stuffing money in the helmet. Twenties, even. I have two accounts verifying that one and Stanfill on his own has admitted to getting drunk at the end of the Florida 51-0 blowout. He’d stick his water cup through the fence and fans would poor hooch in it.

Pete Maravich got a way with more than a ton of stuff at LSU, both legally and academically.

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If you want an example of a real student-athlete, ready UNC’s Harrison Barne’s press release on his decision to return to Carolina.

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this kid will go USC,that is where he belongs.this funny.

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Boys will be Boys.

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Hey Coach……. sumbody stoled my ear bling from my lockers.

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Moderate all you want Mark

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What’s up with these thug kid football players ?

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Mark, DOB moderates all my comments just because I bow down to you and call him the “Beat Writer” that he is. You are his Father, use the force ! He wants to be you some day. You know, get off the beaten path and into the AJC papers…

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Facebook is a new Big Brother.

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Bonner was part of the package deal for Crowell, which will prove nothing but trouble for the University and Richt, if he is still around. Richt is certainly not the only coach recruiting thugs, but he did bring Randy Moss to FSU under the guise of reforming him. Moss had to leave FSU when he was sentenced to 60 days in jail for drug dealing and couldn’t make it to Thursday night bowling.

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can anyone finish this story as to how the police used facebook to capture the suspects. I mean how can you leave that out of a story when you report that the police were able to use facebook to help solve the case. i mean hello, are you going to leave us all hanging?

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We are WINNING for sure now.

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@ Paul in RDU If you are 17, GA criminal law says you are an adult. So they are 17 year old HS JRs and SOs. Hawkins was probably held back a year but Bonner probably was not.

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its sad to see that these kids throw thier lives away for a phone. if you are lucky enough to get offerd a scholorship to any school and you throw it away for a phone. i hope this kid can wake up and see how he is throwing his life away and stand up and be a man

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It is unfortunate that this happened while at UGA because the headlines read “UGA” recruit. He is a national recruit plain and simple. Would he have done this at a school that he really wanted to play for???

This definitley would not have happened at AU or UA as iPods, iPads, and iPhones are included with the recruiting visit a swag to go with the bag of money.

I guess these guys just felt slighted by UGA.

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Bradley you never cease to amaze me…saw several of you’re repost and you’re pinning the blame on UGA as usual…geez do you not understand that these kids are being recruited by EVERYONE in the SEC…but somehow you blame UGA for both these kids actions

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this will help their street cred at uga—grantham likes the bad boys with a few arrests and suspensions to run his 3-4 D and justify his $750,000 salary! Bring in home—they’ll fit right in.

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CrimeDog,

He was part of the package for Crowell. I assume, you have proof of that. Certainly, I would expect such an expert as yourself, to be honest rather than as usual, shooting off that big mouth of yours. Go make your momma proud and go play in traffic some place. Preferably a high traffic area.

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I really think that Mark Richt is snake bit———every year is just like the other—-arrests, arrests========i think somebody over there at UGA needs to lay the law down for good———and that goes for idiots and losers too. We is doin the best–es we cans————————-never mind——-half a——-s dont cut it anymore. I am really over UGA football and their inability to cope with reality.

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Way to go Ugagers, your graduates make a 20 (thanks for signing your name) on the NFL intelligence test and your recruits and players are bereft of a moral compass. Wow, now what does your degree feel like. Garbage in garbage out.

TO HELL WITH GEORGIA, EVERY DAY IN EVERY WAY!!!

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Nice headline………………

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday/post/Georgia-recruits-charged-as-Georgia-locker-room-?urn=ncaaf-wp813

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Joe Pa,

I had high hopes for Duran. I’m sure no one was more dissapointed than his father in his freshman academic performance. He showed great promise on the field too.

Who knows what the underlying issues were. I, for one, will root for his success, Saban or otherwise.

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Nice to see some high schoolers taking on “college level’ work while on a field trip to UGA. Go Gators!

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Get some new material Candela. The TROLLS are even complaining.

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So I take it Auburn will now be heavily pursuing these young men? Or maybe Florida? Oh wait, they didn’t threaten to kill anyone, so that may exclude florida from it.

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Relax folks, it’s only mid-April, there’s at least 3 more months of unbelievable, never-a-dull-moment zany antics that’s gonna come out of the UGA football program.

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Mark,

Were these guys part of Crowell’s posse? Do you know if they traveled to G-Day together?

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Funny how so many of you haters seem to ignore obvious facts. Read Carefully; This kid had numerous offers from lots of schools. He and the other two could have just as easily done the same thing if given the chance at any school they visited. He doesn’t represent UGA or for that fact, the majority of students at his high school. You all must feel really proud of yourselves, beating up on a bunch of high school students by bunching them up together and saying three kids that got into trouble doing a stupid act, represent their whole schools attitude. Tech fans: How many people from that school do you have on your athletic teams? How about all of you fans from other SEC schools? You offered this kid also. And Buckeye, lord knows you do not need to say anything about another college, given the recent events of your head coach, and his failure to tell the truth. You got a break from the NCAA with the Tatoo five but I think this mess might come back to bite you in your butt this time. For all of you perfect, schools out there; If you have never had any kind of violation and are perfect, I want to know what seminary you favor? He was not and will now ever be a DAWG. Get over it and post something objectively backed by facts, not opinions. You know what they say about opinions.

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“I’m betting this one is going to 10 pages of comments…”

It’s getting there.

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It’s true that Georgia Tech can’t compete with UGA’s thugs and morons, but Tech players don’t end up pushing shopping carts or riding the back of garbage trucks like UGA players after Mark Richt dumps them when their eligibility is up.

That’s just one of those inconvenient truths for dawgtards.

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Notinlex,

Man, you sure are orginal. I think you need to join the new club, that the AJC blogs made possible. It is called the “losers and babies crying” fan club. I think, if you checked, you might find out that a lot of these so called thugs are a product of the metro Atlanta area, so certainly, if you are so high and mighty at Tech. you should be able to straighten out what society is having a difficult time doing. They don’t choose tech. because they want to get away from Atlanta and therefore you don’t have a chance to recruit them. Don’t give me this bull about academics either, as I am sure Atlanta high schools are the best in the country. Lay off these kids until you have walked a mile in their shoes. Nobody is saying they are perfect but at least schools like UGA are willing to give them a chance. Not just throw them out in the streets. Try volunteering to help some of these kids change the course in their life, instead of always putting them down. Maybe they haven’t had as many chances as you have had in life, but they are part of society and putting them down all the times makes you appear to be a snob.

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Anybody that blames this theft on youth is an idiot. I never stole anything least of all on a recruiting field trip for a College Scholarship from one of my possible future team mates???

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It appears that these kids had no plans of ever playing for UGA. This crap only poisons the water for them and the entire team ………….. especially the current UGA guys that invited them to come to Athens and hang out.

Since when do non players gain entrance to UGA’s locker rooms or any other school’s??

This has nothing to do with UGA ………………… or any CURRENT UGA player (s) I hope. It does have to do with thieves and they are everywhere …….. like at GT’s Ethel Street or in the US Congress and the White House.
Gooooooooooooooooo Dogs.

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DEION BONNER WILL NEVER PLAY FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA I HEARD HE HAS BEEN KICKED OFF HIS HS TEAM BY COACH MCGEE AND MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PLAY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL AS A SENIOR.HE WILL HAVE TO GO THE JUCO ROUTE AND HOPE PEOPLE FORGET.HE HAS EMBARRASED CROWELL JARVIS JONES AND MANY OTHER CARVER PLAYERS WHO HAVE PLAYED AND LOVE GEORGIA.I HEAR THESE TWO GREAT KIDS ARE VERY UPSET WITH BONNER.HOW STUPID CAN YOU BE TO STEAL AFTER BEING INVITED BY COACH RICHT AND TO STEAL FROM THE LOCKER ROOM 2 PLAYERS BEING ABRY JONES AND DEANGELO TYSON BOTH OVER 300 POUNDS -IF THEY HAD CAUGHT BONNER AND HIS THUGS IN THE ACT IT COULD HAVE BEEN VERY UGLY FOR BONNER.HE COULD HAVE BEEN BEATEN SEVERLY IN THE LOCKEROOM BY THE UGA PLAYERS.THIA IS ABOUT THE DUMBEST THING I HAVE EVER HEARD.I DONT THINK AUBURN ALABAMA OR FLORIDA WILL TOUCH HIM NOW.

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Speaks well to the intelligence level of the recruits and the judgment of the UGA coaches. I guess these recruits passed the admissions test and enrolled early…so UGA can count them toward next year’s Fulmer Cup, soon to be renamed the Richt Cup.

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There is just as much humping and drug use going on at the rich private schools as there is at the inner city schools.

Just because the girl is white, blond and her daddy is Dr So and So doesn’t mean she is not skipping class in the middle of the day and going to her empty house and getting banged and smoking and sniffing.

It’s everywhere folks. And the guy doing her is most likely going to a major college on a football scholly.

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These kids should have gone to Gayfer’s in Tallahassee.

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Bodda, you’re a dumbass!

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Just what is it that makes a great recruiting prospect want to steal things once he is inside the Puppies’ locker room??? Is it the water? Like the Old Ball Coach says — they get these great kids, and then what happens to them?? This is almost too funny and too good to pass up, even though it is unfair to the Puppie nation since the guy was being recruited by a lot of schools. But any BS about him not playing somewhere good because of this is just silly — and that includes Georgia. If Michael Vick can come back — a grown man who knew better – a felon – a prison inmate — then any one can — especially this high school kid. You can bet that out there some where is a coach at a big time school who covets his skills and abilities, and who will have no problem making the noble speech about how we should not ruin this young kid’s life, his whole career, and unfairly take away the millions he will help to bring me as his coach and this university, and then the millions he will one day make in the NFL once his indentured servitude in the NCAA-governed football program has ended. Everyone deserves another chance, especially a young kid like this who made a big mistake and who is very sorry for it (cue the tears and downcast remorseful countenance of the player in question). You can even see Richt making this kind of speech. Heck, maybe he will let bygones and bygones and even make it for Bonner. Not out of the question. The Puppies need all the help they can get from these recruits. I have two words for the Puppies to chew on over the summer – Boise State. First game – it’s gonna be UGA-ly.

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captguitaridiot:

wanna put some dough on the opener? Better keep your money to buy your blowup doll.

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SSIgator,

Who is obsessed?

I’m not the one who shows up on UGA blogs spewing all the crap that you spew.

Why don’t you leave?

That way you don’t have to read my posts………….

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CAPTGUITARMAN You have a short memory don’t you. I will be there to see this one [ butt whippin ] in person.

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SSIgator,
Gravitate? Wrong word for invited guests who probably will never be invited back. You want to needle someone, try ?coach? McGee who doesn’t weem to know the meaning of “dismiss”. Bonner has demonstrated his below zero IQ on Twitter. Guess he could still qualify academically for uf?

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