UGA releases LB signee Dexter Moody
Dexter Moody admits he 'got into some trouble' at ECI. (Jason Getz / AJC)
Athens — Dexter Moody, one of the top players in Georgia’s 2009 football recruiting class, was released from the national letter of intent he signed with the Bulldogs just last month.
UGA officials declined to say why they rescinded their scholarship offer. But Moody said Monday night it was due to a recent suspension he received for threatening an Emanuel County Institute teacher.
“I got into a little trouble down here,” said Moody, reached by telephone in Twin City Monday evening. “I got into an argument with one of my teachers.” Moody said he was accused of threatening the male teacher because he “walked up on him.”
Moody, a linebacker and teammate of fellow Georgia signee Washaun Ealey, is free to sign with another school. Asked where he might end up, Moody said, “maybe Central Michigan or Florida.”
Asked if he was disappointed Georgia revoked its scholarship, Moody said, “No, not really. I would’ve liked to have gone with Washaun but I figure everything happens for a reason.”
Moody (6-2, 205) was named a high school All-American by SuperPrep, PrepStar and Under Armour and was a Super Southern 100 and Class A first-team All-State selection of the AJC. He had 79 tackles, 10 sacks, four fumble recoveries and three interceptions for ECI, which finished 14-1 and lost in the Class A state championship game.
The Bulldogs signed two other linebackers in the 2009 class: Mike Gilliard of Valdosta and Chase Vasser of Gainesville.
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DawgPower
March 16th, 2009
6:20 pm
Great job reporting. That’s the first I heard with the police chief. Makes me think some serious serious serious serious stuff went down in Twin City. I’ve heard all kind of rumors about Moody and some well Michael Grant like issues. Looks like the police chief confirmed it. Stunner.
Joe GT grad
March 16th, 2009
6:23 pm
If the police chief is talking about or knows about it, then it is indeed something very serious. What a surprise. Another Georgia player getting into legal trouble. At least he won’t have to wait to get to Athens to get arrested.
RAMBLE ON!!!
March 16th, 2009
6:24 pm
And away they go…
GA Tech Insider
March 16th, 2009
6:36 pm
It’s unfortunate some of you have to make comments about a young man who has made a terrible mistake in his life that has cost him his opportunity to play for the College Team that always wanted to suit up for.
If that wasn’t bad enough, his behavior was made public, and now he is being subjected to the embarrassment of what he has done, whatever it may have been to have cost him this precious opportunity.
There is no need to ridicule Dexter in this public forum. He has suffered enough. Dexter is only a teenager; 17 – 18 years of age.
Let’s applaud UGA for taking a tough stand on their convictions, and wish Dexter the very best in his future and let that be all that’s said in this matter.
thomas johnson
March 16th, 2009
6:42 pm
Much better to let the young guy go and hopefully let it be a wake-up call. Love ya’ Coach Richt! The right thing to do is the right thing to do. Dr. Thomas Johnson Class of ‘74
Wise man
March 16th, 2009
6:42 pm
Very revealing comment by the head cop. CMR must’ve known big trouble was coming to Athens, and cut bad boy Dexter Moody loose before it could embarrass our program with our high character guys. This really makes us look bad. I bet the Georgia recruiting coordinator who signed Moody got chewed out by CMR. Now it makes sense why that same coach/rec. cord. got bypassed by Jancek for the d.c. position. This is just plain ugly.
Paddy
March 16th, 2009
6:42 pm
UGA did the correct thing, Dexter did not. Lets move on. Maybe a prep school or JC is better for this kid. maybe the light may come on then.
WPinAZ
March 16th, 2009
6:46 pm
RAMBLE ON!!! You are hilarious, dude!!!!
'ol sport
March 16th, 2009
6:47 pm
Tech Insider,
Thank you for saying what needed to be said. Show me someone who has not made a mistake, probably during the teen years, and I will show you the “invisible person”! If it were each of us, we would be terribly embarrased. We learn by our mistakes, or we end up in jail or dead. Let’s concentrate on the good in so many of these kids.
I appreciate CMR for standing up for what he feels is how he wants his program to be known as, win or lose. This young man has a tremendous upside. Hopefully he can learn and grow from this incident, whatever it is. I am sure he is very upset and realizes the error of his ways.
Minnesota Jacket
March 16th, 2009
6:48 pm
“Wise” man your definitely right I bet you all the coaches did yell at that coach and said to him he is supposed to at least get INTO school before violations start…and about him being a kid…18 years old means your old enough to make smart decisions in my opinion so you take the embarassment that comes from it.
So lets see that’s 1-6 now of those questionable guys…. I say at least 2 more can’t graduate high school.
POS Mutts
March 16th, 2009
6:49 pm
Now hold on the GT Insider. The problem is the program called georgie. They new this kid was a risk but they go for low character kids and just HOPE things work out. Sometimes it does but most times it doesn’t then you end up with 12-14 arrests during the off season.
This is the kind of kids georgie recruits. They won’t turn away any kid if they think the kid may give them a chance to win and that’s sad. Georgie’s the one’s dragging the kid thru the muck.
First of several from this class to fail out or end up at Hargraves. Had the mutt coaches asked the coach at ECI, they would’ve learned this was bound to happen. They don’t care.
GW
March 16th, 2009
7:01 pm
Obviously the kid caused some serious problems somewhere. The rumors have been awful. Maybe something occurred AFTER he decided on UGA, or is that too much of an overload on the brains of those on this blog that are criticizing Richt, his staff, and UGA. If Richt let him come anyway he would still be criticized. Folks labeling themselves as GT fans on these blogs must sit around waiting 24/7 for a new topic. If Moody causes enough trouble he will end up with Houston and Hamilton.
Sautee Dawg
March 16th, 2009
7:02 pm
Funny how the problems of others seems to bring the Tech faithful to their feet. ALL 5 OF YOU!!!
NRBQ
March 16th, 2009
7:03 pm
Well said, Insider.
Don’t expect your fellow Tech fans to follow you down that high road, as already evidenced.
The Athens Banner-Herald has quotes from ECI’s coach. UGA laid out a plan of academic pursuit and behavior standards for Moody, and he apparently refused to comply.
Guess he wasn’t as smart as Reuben Houston, or he coulda at least enjoyed some campus life for a while.
ECI fan
March 16th, 2009
7:11 pm
This is just the tip of the iceberg, releasing Dexter Moody. If they thought he had behavior issues, just wait until the real story comes out about Ealey. He has 100 times the behavior problems. Never seen a great player like him with such attitude problems. He divided our team with his “me first” attitude and cost us the state championship. The whole world saw Ealey throw his famous fits all over the field on TV against Wesleyan. People who watch ECI know that has been the disturbing story all along. Ealey didn’t stand with his teammates on the sidelines during games, and his teammates were just fine with that. At least Moody was a team player. Milan did the best coaching job in the state somehow holding this team together. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Georgia release Ealey, too. Behavior issues and academics. It’s all coming out now and I guess it was inevitable when you’re in the public eye with the Georgia Bulldogs.
GA Tech Insider
March 16th, 2009
7:12 pm
POS Mutts;
The only thing I have heard come out of the University of Georgia’s facilities is a confirmation that they have released Dexter from his NLOI. It seems you are the one who is throwing around the insults to me.
Sometimes kids make mistakes. When they do, you council them and give them a chance to learn from them. That’s what growing up is all about. Show me a program that hasn’t given a kid a chance in spite of some potential “red flags” in his past, such as grades, or potential concerns about how that can adjust to their environment away from home for the first time.
It’s easy for you to take pot shots at these kids from behind your keyboard. Tell me; how’s your past? Nothing in it that you’ve ever done that you’d change if you could?
If your answer is that you’ve been an angle and never made a mistake, then I’d say you either need to be in Church as a Preacher or a Congregant. If you can’t figure out why I listed both as options, let me know and I’ll be happy to explain.
In the meantime, let the young man be and simply wish him the best as he tries to get his life in order. You should have better things to do with your time than to be so petty about a High School Senior who made a mistake. If you can’t be, then maybe YOU need to grow up.
Gold Faithful
March 16th, 2009
7:17 pm
I love to poke fun at UGag as much as the next Jacket, but this is not the situation for it.
Evidently, this kid blew it! Somebody will probably pick him up, but he is now damaged goods.
45-42, there, I feel better.
POS Mutts
March 16th, 2009
7:19 pm
Hmmm, so you see there Saute Mutt. Of course, this ECI Fan could be a total hoax but this stuff is well known and was well known BY the georgie coaches but they went after these guys anyway. These are the kids who should get passed on by Div1A offers and end up playing with Perilloux at JSU.
Your team has many on it like these guys already. That’s why you don’t play as a team and quit when someone score 26 points on you in a quarter and they lose to their main division rival by 39 points. But boy, these guys can dance and do AWESOME chest bumps!!
Troy
March 16th, 2009
7:21 pm
The ECI coach “laid” out behavior standards about Moody to the Athens Banner-Herald HAHhaHAhah. From what I’ve read on the rivals message boards, there couldn’t be a more fitting term for the ECI coach to explain it.
Tim
March 16th, 2009
7:21 pm
As a UGA grad. I wish CMR would recruit athletes that should be in college and not athletes that should be in prison. But, I guess winning and that 2 million a year salary is all that matters. I bet half of UGA football/basketball team couldn’t add the numbers on their jersey if they had to.
Lnowen
March 16th, 2009
7:25 pm
He’ll probably end up at Tech.
Lnowen
March 16th, 2009
7:25 pm
Enter your comments here
Lnowen
March 16th, 2009
7:29 pm
Tech fans are going to comment on a kid that gets REJECTED from UGA? Really? This is kind of funny when a member of Georgia Tech’s faculty on the same day gets 10 years in prison for stealing from the University.
Tim
March 16th, 2009
7:31 pm
What did this guy do?
UGAman
March 16th, 2009
7:32 pm
trust me, ealey is bigger trouble than moody ever thought about being. horrific attitude and grades. it will come out in the end, too
dawgkicker
March 16th, 2009
7:36 pm
WOAH…. UGA cut a player….? they will probably resign him soon and then give him a STERN one game suspension against someone like UT chat…. Keep it going richt…. dont let anything like character or the law stand in the way of fielding a winning team….
dawgkicker
March 16th, 2009
7:38 pm
funny talking about tech faculty (or as Lnowen would say it facahtee). its not big news at UGA because the faculty there has already served thier time…
Army Vet
March 16th, 2009
7:39 pm
What he done did? Sounds like Mr. Moody would have been a perfect fit for CMR and his staff. Maybe we’ll be the pre-season #1 for player arrests.
UGA dummy
March 16th, 2009
7:46 pm
Thats one that wont get a UGA education, too bad about 6 more will flunk entrance exams–now he’ll wind up at FSU
SEC
March 16th, 2009
7:48 pm
Good jab DAWGKICKER, sounds like you know Richt and UGA policies too.
DC Dawg
March 16th, 2009
7:48 pm
Better to cut now than to cut later. If CMR wants more team players then they made the right call. Seems like the vetting process should have caught this earlier though.
jacketbacker
March 16th, 2009
7:49 pm
I LOVE IT!!!!
45-42!!!!
THWG
Chase
March 16th, 2009
7:49 pm
I heard from a friend that is a high school football coach, that Moody had been involved with the ECI coaches wife sexually..yeah pretty crazy huh
UGA dummy
March 16th, 2009
7:53 pm
Moody being from a farm town, could have help improve the grass field at UGA, so the Homecoming Queen could have grazed longer
Tom
March 16th, 2009
8:04 pm
He wasn’t simply “released” from his scholarship, he was denied University admission. You can’t just “pull” a scholarship after the NLI is signed.
sam
March 16th, 2009
8:12 pm
Enter your comments here
gatorlady
March 16th, 2009
8:18 pm
Chase,
Sounds like Moody got “screwed” twice. Kid should sue the school system.
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Lamers
March 16th, 2009
8:19 pm
OMG would you losers stop using every comment section to throw the same insults at each other over and over.
GT fan: “Haha stupid redneck pups!”
UGA fan: “STHU nerd!”
GT fan: “45-42!”
UGA fan: “7 of the last 8!”
We get it already. Being fans of rival sports team doesn’t mean you have to literally hate each other and constantly argue over the internet. It’s sports, not war. You’re obviously starving for some real drama in your lives.
Auggie Doggie
March 16th, 2009
8:24 pm
Ga Tech Insider is a POS mutt trying to put a positive spin on another UGA disgrace. Damage contol! Let’s just move on, right? Anyone detect a trend in UGA “student athletes”? They should be called “The Hypes in Stripes”. Or perhaps, “The Chaingang Dawgs”.
GaDawg
March 16th, 2009
8:31 pm
GA Tech Insider – I want to praise you for your maturity in your post. You would think, that as difficult it is to get in Tech, and as equally hard as it is to stay in Tech, that most of the negative posters would have more than $hit for brains in their comments. You Techies pride yourselves in how smart your are, but you have zero common sense. As far as any gators, tide, or vols, your comments are like the pot calling the kettle black. Take a look in your own backyard before criticizing ours! It sickens me to see so many posters attack CMR for having character. You guys live in glass houses. As the greatest prophet that ever lived once said, “ye that is without sin cast the first stone” how true. I feel bad for the kid, but if the rumors are true, I feel even worse for the ECI coach.
By the way, Techies get over the 45-42.
marseilles mutt
March 16th, 2009
8:32 pm
Yo.dawgkicker, having a little trouble with our spelling, are we? ‘Their’ is really one of the tougher words though. We understand. No journalism, or english classes at Tech, huh?
To me it matters little whether this occurs at UGA, Tech, UA, Auburn or Agnes Scott! To see a youngster create problems like this is never pleasant. Hopefully, the young man can learn from this and move on.
Coaches can measure talent, peruse grades and check on ‘deportment’, and beyond that it is a crap shoot. The operative word, of course, is talent. They are ALL paid to recruit the very best available, are they not?
In many cases, especially with many of the so-called ‘prize athletes’, ‘behavioral problems’ are the norm rather than the exception. Kind of sad, but true none the less. Glad UGA got it on the front end rather than the back, though!
Now, why is he, Richt, being critcized for doing what appears to be the right thing at the right time? Just wondering.
South Ga Fan99
March 16th, 2009
8:33 pm
Dead on CHASE
YoungDawg
March 16th, 2009
8:34 pm
Can someone please post a link or give a recap of the rumors of what he did
ZDog
March 16th, 2009
8:40 pm
It’s hard to believe that some of you people are really adult males. You sound more like a bunch of little old ladies passing along the “latest” at a tupperware party. Ridiculous…
RAMBLE ON!!!
March 16th, 2009
8:41 pm
Stop calling me a dude!!! I AM A FEMALE.
Too bad pups lost another recruit. But I hope he ends up at GT.
ZDog
March 16th, 2009
8:46 pm
I KNEW IT! See, Ramble On IS a dejected little old lady at a tupperware party!
Sissy Dawg
March 16th, 2009
8:47 pm
Georgia has had more than its share of bad eggs. But, every other school including GT has had some. In this case the coach did the right thing and I applaud him.
Rosie O'Donnell
March 16th, 2009
8:50 pm
Student Athletes 45. Chaingang Dawgs 42!!
PTC DAWG
March 16th, 2009
9:02 pm
I’m not sure if Rival fans get it or not. You only confirm your idiocy by coming here and mouthing off profusely. It’s better than to be thought an idiot than confirm it.
Bama Stan
March 16th, 2009
9:12 pm
31-0 at the half?!!!
I hate seeing a young man put themselves into this type of situation.
However, good for UGA for taking a stand and let’s hope this young man will learn and grow from his actions. I admire Urban Meyer for the Jamar Hornsby situation and Mark Richt for this one.
Seriously – let’s hope this is a giant stepping stone for Moody as a person.
He will wind up at Ole Miss or Tennessee.
Mike S
March 16th, 2009
9:15 pm
Good god, is this a college recruiting forum or a kindergarten class. Talk about a bunch of whiny nasty tempered children.
This is pretty simple, Georgia took a chance on a questionable player that happens to be an elite athlete. EVERY SCHOOL takes these chances, even supposedly infallible GT (to hear the pompous windbags on here tell it).
Gerogia knew Moody had some “issues”, that is why they gave him a strict set of behavioral and academic guidelines to follow. He did not follow them, and as a result they pulled his scholarship. I am sure a little investigation will find that Washaun Ealey has much the same deal, along with a handful of other recruits. And if you check Tech’s recruits you will find a handful there with the same requirements. Same with Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Tennessee, LSU, etc etc etc.
Every school signs questionable character athletes and hopes for the best. Georgia should get credit for cutting ties with Moody as soon as he violated the agreement.
I pray Moody gets his act together and gets an oppotunity to prove himself at a Junior college, Prep school or Div II or III program.
Techster
March 16th, 2009
9:16 pm
Hate hearing this – not a situation to rag on each other.
Rosie O'Donnell
March 16th, 2009
9:25 pm
Hey Mike S, The excuse for the weak: “Everybody does it. we’re just the one’s who get caught. WAAAAAAAAH!!!”. Don’t blame Tech for your own transgressions! You make a lot of accusations. Back them up, wuss!
gatorlady
March 16th, 2009
9:34 pm
At some point someone should be advisor to these young men and women when making such important decisions concerning their futures. One would hope that the parents would have that ability, but in some cases they may be as naive as the young people. That’s where situations like this come from.
Auggie Doggie
March 16th, 2009
9:43 pm
Don’t worry PTC DAWG, You have confirmed it.
Hawgfan
March 16th, 2009
9:56 pm
Please don’t bring up Mike Grant. The University of Arkansas was glad to have him and he spent four great years at the University as a model citzen. I had him in one of my classes and he was a wonderful young man. The Dawgs loss was the Hawgs gain for the All-SEC football player. Still I do know if we’d take Moody. Don’t want too push our luck.
TampaGator
March 16th, 2009
9:59 pm
Good decision, Georgia. Sounds like a potential recruit for Ole Miss! P.S. Anyone notice that Jamar Hornsby, the former Florida recruit who ripped off a dead girls credit card and then was later recruited to Ole Miss, just got into trouble with the law again. Big surprise. And, by the way, no one is now commenting on the fact the Carl Johnson, the OL at Florida that was accused, not convicted, of date rape, etc, was cleared of all charges by the DA and the girl retracted all her charges as well. You guys had convicted and fried the guy (along with Meyer)after the AJC published the story (and they didn’t either write anything or much at all about his being cleared of all charges by the DA and the girl). Also, Florida just released two DL (former 5-star recruits) for failure to live up to academic and behavioral standards(Torey Davis had NFL potential and made a potential game saving tackle in the NC game, and John Brown was an outstanding DL prospect as well). Neither player conducted himself to Meyer’s standands and were released. So, say what you will about Meyer, he practices what he preaches. If you come to Florida, you have to not only be the 1 percent of the 1 percent, you have live like it, too…or you are gone.
TampaGator
March 16th, 2009
10:08 pm
Meyer like Richt took a chance on Torey Davis and John Brown as recruits. They were both outstanding HS players but had questionable academic and behavior issues. Meyer just released them from the team. You take a chance, hope they will buy into your program, and if not…you say goodbye ASAP. Sounds like Richt just decided this kid was just too much of a risk before he got there. Good for him. Sad for the kid. But best for Georgia and the team. But behavior and a lack of work ethic (earn what you get) in schools is a major problem today…and not with just athletes. No respect. Lots of defiance. Lack of cooperation. Etc. Etc. Etc. I think you are going to read a lot more stories just like this one…and not just in college football, but from within the business community as well. Values still matter, no matter what people think today.
matt
March 16th, 2009
10:15 pm
Tampagator,
What about the kid who stole is girlfriend’s car from the impound…or the moron shooting the ak-47 in a parking lot…1 percent of what…all schools have this crap…sad to say…even UGA
Goober
March 16th, 2009
10:20 pm
Don’t worry boys, we’ll just resign him next year and he’ll pump up our recrootin’ rankin! We gonna be recrootin champs agin babee
GA Tech Insider
March 16th, 2009
10:28 pm
Auggie Doggie;
I can assure that I am no “POS mutt trying to put a positive spin on another UGA disgrace”.
I am a GA Tech Alum who can represent my Institute with class and can appreciate UGA for the way they handled the situation. I’m also a father who can have empathy for a young man who made a mistake that could impact him for years to come.
Personally, I wish this young man well, and hope he is able to recover from his problems and is able to continue with his football “career,” but more importantly, to get a college education.
Those of you who feel the need to throw insults at one another, based on this young man’s unfortunate situation, or to make derogatory comments about this teenager without knowing anything about him or the situation that caused him to lose his chance to play for UGA are also losers in this equation.
Rosie's Mama
March 16th, 2009
10:33 pm
Don’t forget about Rueben Houston selling a BUNCH of weed to the F.B.I. on campus and PLAYING in the game against Georgia while under Federal indictment! Go to the corner!
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Technique
March 16th, 2009
11:25 pm
Guess Dexter wasn’t too smart, anyone else sensing the irony? lol
JMO
March 16th, 2009
11:46 pm
I applaud GT Insider for the absolutely correct response to this sad turn of events. Too bad there is not more maturity on serious issues.
TGator, hope you are correct that values still matter, but sometimes I wonder if the world will right itself again. Great posts by both.
38-3
March 17th, 2009
12:05 am
RAMBLE ON, why SO UPSET DUDE? Oh yeah, STILL WAITING on those CHICK FIL A BOWL rings! How’s that working out for you?
Pathetic how many NERD Fans are here at a UGA blog/story and commenting away…must SUCK to have just the 5 of you contributing to your own Tech related blogs, so you came here to talk SH8T as usual.
Oh and UGA owns RAMBLE ON’s SMIPLE MIND. LOVE IT.
Tom
March 17th, 2009
8:51 am
There’s a reason all the news about the recruting classes at Georgia Tech ends with signing day. Down on The Flats, spring and summer simply don’t have the suspense and anxiety they do in Athens….where wondering which signees won’t be on campus in the fall (for whatever reason) is an annual ritual.
Rabun Dawg
March 17th, 2009
8:53 am
Thank you GT insider, and Tampa Gator for your posts. Too bad many come on here and throw insults at the individual and the University. We should all be praying that this young man can get his problems worked out, not throwing insults his way. When most of us were teens I am sure we all made some bad decisions or did things that we later regretted, so lets give him a chance to get his life in order and move on.
Tom
March 17th, 2009
8:57 am
make that “recruiting”. more coffee, please.
PMC
March 17th, 2009
9:04 am
Very Disapointing he’s an excellent football player, hopefully he will mature and start acting like a man instead of bowing up on teachers. Central Florida and Coach O Leary could be a good combination for him. I’m sorry it didn’t work out for Georgia but I hope he gets his life strait and learns some dicipline.
J Dub
March 17th, 2009
9:04 am
What’s interesting to me is that when a Dawg fan comments on the Tech board, we are accused of being “so afraid of them and they have such a mental hold on us that we can’t stay off of their blog.” Yet, a story about a bulldog comes up and where are 90% of the posts coming from????? The Tech School!! Pot?? Kettle??
SEC1
March 17th, 2009
9:36 am
Ramble On:
you look like a dude, so what’s the problem?
Keeping It Real
March 17th, 2009
10:24 am
Good foot ball players are tough by nature. A black player in south jawja will be labled a troublemaker just because he is black(yes I am playing the race card and it does trump everything in our society). I hope he goes to Tennessee or Florida so that he can tee off on some Bull Dawgs until he goes to the NFL and gets paid like the pompous Mr. Richt. Ha! Ha!
Roger Daniell
March 17th, 2009
10:32 am
I agree with GA Tech insider on this one , but I also want to add that a lot more Coach’s at a lot more schools need to do this as well. These young men need to learn and understand that there are consequences for their actions and that they have to start taking responsibility for their actions.
On another note I think the biased media reports the bad things that happen before they will report the good, dirty laundry is what sells papers, makes people tune in, whatever. This holds true in everyday news as well as sports and business. Good luck to Mr. Moody where ever he ends up in college footbal, I sure hope he doesn’t go to Florida though!!!!!!!!!!!!!
altom
March 17th, 2009
10:49 am
Tampa Gator:
“If you come to Florida, you have to not only be the 1 percent of the 1 percent…”
Seriously? One example: Meyer signed Percy Harvin. A player who because of various confrontations, including fighting and spitting, with referees and opposing players was BANNED from VA high school athletic before signing with Meyer. Top 1% of the top 1% of what? Give us a break!
JustCallMeChamp
March 17th, 2009
10:55 am
As long as you have solid facts, it is almost always better to just part ways with a player before he has a chance for further mischief or to further embarrass your school and program. I commend UGA for doing it the right way. The most significant thing you accomplish is that you send a clear and simple message to the rest of the team…don’t screw it up! Unlike many Gator fans, I thought Urban made a mistake a couple of years ago by not suspending Tony Joiner when he broke into an impound lot to retrieve his girlfrieds car instead of just punishing him and stripping him of his priviledges of being a captain. Quite frankly I think it hurt the team a little. Other than that, I think he has made mostly the right decisions on players and tries to give a legitimate second chance where warranted. I don’t know about everyone else out there, but I’d rather lose a game then have your school be embarrased and the target of ridicule!
1eyedJack
March 17th, 2009
10:57 am
It’s good to know that not all GT fans are immature snot-nosed booger eaters. Thanks Ga Tech Insider.
Comin' Down The Track
March 17th, 2009
11:00 am
Does anyone else find it amusing that most of the “comments”, for lack of a better term, on this blog are from Tech “fans”, for lack of a better term?
Keeping it Real-er
March 17th, 2009
11:18 am
Holy Cow–When will you idiots stop blaming ‘the man’? I agree that everyone deserves second, third, even forth chance (wasn’t it 7 times 70 times or something?). Let’s keep it really real though. He has apparently already received several chances and the last one was a set of behavioral guidelines. What reasonable person needs a set of behavioral guidelines at 17 or 18? If you don’t know how to follow the rules by then maybe prison is the place for you. It is so simple: don’t break the rules in High School, prove to a University that you can read ‘good’ enough to play football for 3 or 4 years, don’t break the rules in college for 3-4 years, play hard, then get rich playing a game. The problem is that these atheletes think that they are different. Sure they have athletic talent…but who threatens a teacher for walking up behind them? Uh…teachers are allowed to do that! Many times there job requires them to walk up to students from all different angles…even from behind. I would like to know exactly what happened, as the other rumors are even worse than this report.
In the end this foolish kid will get free college anyway. Another school will swoop in, let him play, and not require him to attend class. I ask you, obviously the smartest people on the planet, what is the real lesson the kid should take from this?
…and before you clowns even start, I have been in trouble and I had to bust my a$$ to put it behind me. Will this kid need to put in the same effort? Not likely.
Dawg Fud
March 17th, 2009
11:23 am
ditto GA Tech Insider.
Keeping It Real
March 17th, 2009
11:40 am
Keeping It Realer,
Good comments and I am not an idiot for stating a fact. I am not blaming the “man”. Like everyone else on this blog, we do not know what the kid did or what his true temperament is. None of us know anything about his previous troubles. Evidently, Jawja did not see anything that would prevent them from offering him a scholarship. I am not making excuses for the kid. I do know that you must have some meaness and swagger to play football today. Despite what you want to believe, athletes are different from the rest of us side line do-gooders. They are being recruited as early as middle school. What middle schooler from a poor environment would not be suscepitble to bad behavior and a sense of onipotence. I don’t know about you, but I had many fights when I was in school. That did not make me a bad person.
Craig Meadows
March 17th, 2009
11:54 am
Man, steroids does a body no-good. Anger, baby. Florida will take them and Brandon Spikes will slap some sense in him.
DawgBite
March 17th, 2009
1:40 pm
Joe GT Grad, you are one ignorant dumbazz. He’d still be at Tech if he’d signed with you guys. Can you say Rueben Houston moron? Reggie the idiot Ball can totally lose it and assault visiting coaches and you want to talk all that sanctimonious smack? And let’s not forget the 2 tech players that beat up that 100lb girl and broke her nose in the infamous pizza parlor assault right before a big game in 1990 and not only didn’t draw a suspension but started the game. Tech’s a cesspool. FSU can barely give you guys a run for the dirtiest program in the ACC. And by the way. Think you can get through a whole year without an OD? Georgia Tech! LMAO!
2N4YEARS
March 17th, 2009
1:52 pm
And NOBODY knew this BEFORE he signed??? This should be one of the first questions the coaches ask BEFORE they spend countless hours recruiting a player!
UGAfans=lozers
March 17th, 2009
2:18 pm
Ha Ha Ha!! So Redneck Jr. College lost a recruit Shocking! That football factory will take anyone. And their inbred fans, most of whom have never set foot in a UGA “classroom” – and I use that term loosely – can prepare for another disappointing fall!!
803Dawg
March 17th, 2009
2:35 pm
ya know whats funny? I have two relatives that have gotten their Phd from uga…Both of them teach at both schools. And apparently alot of their co-workers do too. I’m starting to wonder if all this “College Athlete” vs “Chaingang Dawgs” is actually fans who have never seen the inside of a Tech classroom
WatsonOne
March 17th, 2009
3:01 pm
There are lots of opportunities for comments here. Some comments are good, some show uneducated, moronic, infantile tendencies. Let’s be fair when we judge. Dexter is young but old enough to know right from wrong. We all make mistakes. Who will “cast the first stone”?
Coach Richt is a good coach and a good man. He teaches his players that they have to be accountable. Dexter has to be held accountable.
TRUE BLUE
March 17th, 2009
3:31 pm
PEOPLE NOBODY HAS SAID ANYTHIHG ABOUT HIS GRADES. I HEAR THAT HE MAY HAVE TO GO PREP SCHOOL OR JUCO. DO THE CLASS OF 2009 UNDERSTANDS “STUDENT ATHLETE”. THIS KID PLAYED IN UNDER ARMOUR ALLSTAR GAME IN FLORIDA, BUT HE HASN’T QUALIFIED YET FOR THE NEXT LEVEL. HE,WASHAUN EALEY, ERIC FIELDS,JOHNATHAN DAVIS,AND GREG REID HAD GRADE ISSUES. I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY PARENTS DON’T INFORMED THEIR KIDS THAT SCHOOL WORK COMES FIRST. ALL YOU HEAR ABOUT IS THAT THEY PLAY FOOTBALL BETTER IN THE SOUTH,BUT ONE THING WE DO IN THE NORTH IS QUALIFY FOR THE NEXT LEVEL. WE DO OUR SCHOOL WORK FIRST THEN FOOTBALL. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW MANY SUPER 11 AND TOP PLAYERS IN THE STATE HAVE QUALIFIED FOR NEXT LEVEL.
brick
March 17th, 2009
3:44 pm
I really enjoy how Tek fans talk about low character UGA football players with the number of drug dealers that have graced their sidelines. Lets not forget all the academic issues the Tek athletic program faced a couple years ago, but UGA kids are high risk and low academic achievers? Bottom line is UGA will take some risk on a kid, GT will take some risk on a kid, every D1 program will take a risk on a kid if it things it can help it win.
JustCallMeChamp
March 17th, 2009
4:36 pm
Man, you Uga and Tech fans are brutal! I used to think that way about my Gators and FSU. We’re kind of like Democrats vs Republicans but you guys…you’re more like Isreal vs Palestine!
shane#1
March 17th, 2009
5:29 pm
Champ. You have to realize that a lot of twelve year olds post on here. Too bad for the kid, but it seems that CMR and co spelled out in black and white what had to be done to become a member of the Bulldogs and the kid didn’t perform. Chances are that if he couldn’t meet the standards set for him long enough to make the team he wouldn’t have lasted in Athens anyway.
Inside Scoop
March 17th, 2009
5:48 pm
The real deal is that Moody got caught sexually with the head coaches wife and after that the head coach had it out for him. The coaches wife bought Moody a cell phone was paying his bill and everything. She has resigned from ECI and now ECI’s coach has applied for the West Laurens head coaching job. Moody was already getting in trouble and that is when Georgia set those academic & behavior guidelines for him. He probably will not graduate on time from ECI anyway. With him bucking against teachers & thinking he is MR. ECI it was easy for the head coach to inform Georgia that he bucked on Friday against his Chemistry teacher and that was the last straw. He has a troubled past and being a young star does not help. He wants to go to Florida but I do not know if they will touch him. Central Michigan is his other D-I possibility but I look for him to have to go to prep school because he is going to have a hard time just graduating on time from ECI much less qualify academically.I hope he gets him self together because he is an heck of a player. All the above facts are true even though ECI tried to sweep it under the rug. Good luck Dexter.
South GA Dawg
March 17th, 2009
7:02 pm
Dexter Moody is getting what he deserves. Milan Turner is a great guy, just like Mark Richt. We don’t want this trash anyway.
gadawg5
March 17th, 2009
7:23 pm
What is the deal if he comes to school you tech fans say CMR only plays thugs we kick him off the team and thats still not good enough what do we have to do to please you please let me know
old schooldawg
March 17th, 2009
8:20 pm
If Moody was such a bad kid why did the school put up with this for so long.I’ll tell you why, they used the kid to try and win another championship.And when the season was over he was a marked man. For you who don’t know this has been going on at ECI for decades. Someone needs to follow up on this situation. A coaches wife corrupting a teenager at such an important time in his life.Maybe AJC needs to take a trip to twin city and find out the truth.
Bobby Bowden
March 17th, 2009
8:53 pm
WE WILL TAKE HIM!!!!!!!! GO CRIMINOLES
Georgia’s policy on releasing recruits remains mystery | College Recruiting
March 17th, 2009
10:05 pm
[...] UGA officials declined to say why they rescinded their scholarship offer. But Moody said Monday night it was due to a recent suspension he received for threatening an Emanuel County Institute teacher, according to the AJC’s Chip Towers. [...]
Techster
March 17th, 2009
10:34 pm
Why are all of you dogbuttsniffer motor mouths, who posted negative comments about UT’s signing of the nations top recruit and his “possible problems”, so invisible today about your thug boys problems,lol,lol? I see no other SEC school losing a recruit so soon after signing day.
Paddy
March 17th, 2009
11:32 pm
GOOD JOB….Hang in there Dex??? WOW. The people who should have hung in there was his parents. No discipline at home will not translate to discipline at school. Hope it works out for him some day but it sounds like he has some life changing decisions to make first. I am afraid this story will not have a happy ending.