Live from Athens: UGA hooks Harvey-Clemons – or does it?
Bulldog Nation -- at least a portion of it -- gathers in anticipation. (Photo by M. Bradley)
Athens — Here we are at Butts-Mehre, sometimes known as Dawg Mahal, and you can cut the tension with a … well, you know. It’s Signing Day, and the biggest undecided name in Georgia’s sights is about to pledge his troth. (Or, to use a more contemporary image, don some school’s baseball cap.)
And Josh Harvey-Clemons, the linebacker from Lowndes, picked …
Georgia.
For the record, Harvey-Clemons did not do the now-tiresome hat trick. Instead he allowed his younger sister to take off one sweatshirt to reveal a red Georgia shirt underneath. Style points!
And that, you’d have to think, would ease the doubt some Bulldog fans had over this class not being ranked as highly — at least not by Rivals and Scout — as last season’s. Harvey-Clemons gives Georgia the No. 1 player (at least in somebody’s ratings) in four different states.
UPDATE: As of 3:07 p.m., Georgia hasn’t received Harvey-Clemons’ signed letter of intent. Which means he isn’t officially a Bulldog yet. Asked about the holdup, recruiting coordinator Rodney Garner said an hour ago: “Sometimes you have to wait.”
By Mark Bradley
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436 comments Add your comment
Contractor
February 1st, 2012
9:58 am
2012 Preseason Fulmer Cup Champs,
Gee dude, it’s not that big of a deal that we didn’t get the guy. I personally think Georgia is already stacked at Wide Receiver, I was just being a little greedy and wanted all of the recruits we went after. You can have your one and continue down that slippery slope over there on The Plains. Congratulations to the kid for being able to go to college free and play some ball. Get a life to the chump that was laughing at my comment.
2012 Preseason Fulmer Cup Champs
February 1st, 2012
9:58 am
Cuz
AUBURN, Alabama — Four-star wide receiver JaQuay Williams was courted by Georgia to the very end, but stuck with his commitment and signed with Auburn today.
Hydro-Dawg
February 1st, 2012
9:58 am
Grown men freaking out over 18 year old boys? Does anyone find this a tad creepy?
Mark Bradley
February 1st, 2012
9:58 am
As for the hoopla of Signing Day: I’ll just say that I remember the time when nobody knew who signed where until the next morning’s paper.
That, too, was a while ago.
2012 Preseason Fulmer Cup Champs
February 1st, 2012
9:59 am
“You can have your one and continue down that slippery slope over there on The Plains. ”
Oh boy. Here we go again with delusional dawg fans. Slippery slope? HAHAHAHAHA
Summit Dawg
February 1st, 2012
10:00 am
Let’s GO DAWGS!!!!!….Old and new!!!
The Truth
February 1st, 2012
10:01 am
Hey Florida! Can u smell what The Richt is cookin!!!!!!!!!
Joey
February 1st, 2012
10:02 am
Back when we actually had to dig the sports page out of the paper, and we got ink on our fingers, Mark?
flagboy?
February 1st, 2012
10:02 am
Big get. Hope he puts on some muscle and is successful on and off the field.
ole ball coach
February 1st, 2012
10:03 am
Boy those ole Gawga boys sure do pick up the recruits. They are getting so many I think I’ll petition to move ole SC to the weaker west side.
Go DAWGS!
BamaFan
February 1st, 2012
10:03 am
Congrats to UGA. They are going to be landing some great picks. More to come. I see a rematch of the SEC championship coming.
Russ, the Temporary Mascot
February 1st, 2012
10:03 am
Mark, I haven’t seen you yet. They have me working the phones today. We are trying to get a commitment from Lesophagus Gilmore from Bremen but he won’t answer his phone. Can you drive me over to Bremen in a little while?
Contractor
February 1st, 2012
10:04 am
2012 Preseason Fulmer Cup Champs,
I for one am not a delusional fan that claims to be world beaters every year, so you may wanna understand who you’re commenting against before you peddle that same old tired gibberish on a blog. Auburn has no quarterback and no offense, y’all lost your offensive coordinator whom kept y’all in contention the past couple of years, and your best player just left the team in Michael Dyer. Auburn has nothing going for them and will fall right back into the shuffle of the SEC with Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, and Kentucky.
Mark Bradley
February 1st, 2012
10:04 am
I’ll be waiting in the driveway, Russ.
Dean
February 1st, 2012
10:04 am
Because the past 5 years Auburn boy UGA is 4-1. Can anyone post the scores of those games? Your loan win came during the $cam year so it doesn’t even register as a true win.
2012 Preseason Fulmer Cup Champs
February 1st, 2012
10:05 am
“Can u smell what The Richt is cookin!!!!!!!!!”
Another beat down in the SEC Championship game? Another bowl loss?
Buckeye
February 1st, 2012
10:06 am
Wake me up when you dogs are about to beat a top 20 team in an actual game.
P.S. Urban sends his Top 3 class regards.
jarvis
February 1st, 2012
10:07 am
Cam has already played two more games for the Panthers than he did the Tigers. 16 to 14
The Truth
February 1st, 2012
10:07 am
Hey JaQuay, man. U broke my heart, dog!!!!! Why,man?! Why?!
Mark Bradley
February 1st, 2012
10:08 am
Josh Dawson of Tucker announces for Georgia.
Joey
February 1st, 2012
10:09 am
Josh Dawson too. Wow.
bravos0516
February 1st, 2012
10:09 am
Josh Dawson flips from Vandy to the Dawgs.
The Atlanta Spirit
February 1st, 2012
10:09 am
Can someone tell me if there are tickets available for the Thrashers game at Philips tonight?
DC
February 1st, 2012
10:09 am
@Contractor…you know nothing about AU..many of your statements were so full tilt its stupid..
DC
February 1st, 2012
10:11 am
Eddie Goldman picks FSU over AU..thats a tough one for us today..
2012 Preseason Fulmer Cup Champs
February 1st, 2012
10:11 am
“Cam has already played two more games for the Panthers than he did the Tigers. 16 to 14″
Uh yeah, the Pro Bowl being one of them. So sorry Mark Richt wanted to recuit him as a tight end.
Wanna see the crystal trophy?
flagboy?
February 1st, 2012
10:11 am
Josh Dawson to UGA over Vandy. .another nice get.
2012 Preseason Fulmer Cup Champs
February 1st, 2012
10:12 am
DC
A dawg fan making predictions about Auburn is like a Cub fan making a prediction about the Cardinals.
GA Sandlapper
February 1st, 2012
10:12 am
Top 10 recruiting class 10 years in a row..here we come!
jarvis
February 1st, 2012
10:12 am
He did great in that Pro Bolw too.
2012 Preseason Fulmer Cup Champs
February 1st, 2012
10:13 am
“Top 10 recruiting class 10 years in a row..here we come!”
And NOTHING to show for it. Geez, if top classes meant anything UGAG would be national champs by now.
Contractor
February 1st, 2012
10:13 am
DC,
Please explain why my statements were “full tilt” and “stupid” instead of just running your mouth without any evidence that I was wrong.
Cuz
February 1st, 2012
10:13 am
Dawson is a good pickup. Hate it for Vandy, the little team that could, but love it for UGA.
Joey
February 1st, 2012
10:13 am
Todd Grantham is a happy man today.
Gary
February 1st, 2012
10:13 am
I love our coach.
Chi-Town's BBaller
February 1st, 2012
10:13 am
Hydro-Dawg – I agree with you, a bunch of grown men living their childhood dreams through 18+year old kids. Get a life. I know Georgia has dumb a$$ immigration laws, these laws would not exist if a large % of the Latino community played American Football.
The Truth
February 1st, 2012
10:14 am
Hey 2012!!!!! I’ll Joe Namath guarantee, we’ll beat Florida,though!!!!! Go dawgs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
jarvis
February 1st, 2012
10:14 am
@2012 Preseason Fulmer Cup Champs, proof that any decent sized football program is only two JUCO schlitzbag transfers away from a National Championship.
You were crap before him and crap after him, and now you’re going to be stuck paying Chizik a chunk of change to make him go away.
2012 Preseason Fulmer Cup Champs
February 1st, 2012
10:15 am
“Josh Dawson to UGA over Vandy.”
Dang, thats like taking a recruit from GA Southern.
Jimmy Crack
February 1st, 2012
10:15 am
Buckeye, you can have the Urban Legend all to yourself. Just remember how fast he left town after Alex Smith (Utah) and then Tim Tebow (UF) graduated. You guys better have a one-trick pony for Urban to ride or else he will soon be gone for greener pastures. Mark it.
flagboy?
February 1st, 2012
10:15 am
If the Dawgs can get the OL Avery Young, it’s been a really good class for meeting needs.
If they get Young and a few other surprises, especially one more O Lineman, it’s just icing on the cake.
Good work by the coaches and staff. Congrats and Go Dawgs!
GA Sandlapper
February 1st, 2012
10:15 am
haha! I agree 2012 Preseason!
2012 Preseason Fulmer Cup Champs
February 1st, 2012
10:16 am
“Mark it.”
Trademark saying of UGA fans. Every year it’s “mark it down” or “write it down” as they make bold and incorrect statements about how they’ll win a national championship.
Matt in ATL
February 1st, 2012
10:16 am
Yeah on Josh Dawson!!
Buckeye
February 1st, 2012
10:16 am
The kid who flipped from Vandy made a poor liflelong decision. Just sayin’.
2012 Preseason Fulmer Cup Champs
February 1st, 2012
10:17 am
So UGA gets a great class every year and does what with it?
Double Zero Eight
February 1st, 2012
10:19 am
Let’s hope Richt and his staff can “coach em up” as the
saying goes. The last 2 classes of recruits should allow
Georgia to seriously contend for a SEC championship.
We don’t want to hear any excuses for the upcoming
season.
Mark Bradley
February 1st, 2012
10:19 am
No. 1 WR Dorial Green-Beckham goes to Missouri.
Georgia plays at Missouri, you know.
flagboy?
February 1st, 2012
10:19 am
Fulmer Cup. . . what’s your team?
2012 Preseason Fulmer Cup Champs
February 1st, 2012
10:19 am
“Just remember how fast he left town after Alex Smith (Utah) and then Tim Tebow (UF) graduated. ”
After Urban’s plan to sink Cam Newton failed, he bolted really fast from UF. Meyer is equal to Nick Saban as far as coaching goes. There isn’t a better coach in the country than those two.