Hutson Mason promotes UGA, ‘The Ride’ while at U.S. Army Game
When Cole Marcoux fired a 50-yard strike to Ivan McCartney for a touchdown in the fourth quarter of the U.S. Army All-American Bowl, nobody was happier about it than Marietta’s Hutson Mason.
Georgia commitment Hutson Mason (front left) and Cole Marcoux (back left) were two of the big winners coming out of the television documentary "The Ride." (special photo)
Mason was in San Antonio this past week with Marcoux and the six other quarterbacks that competed in the made-for-TV documentary “The Ride.” As the winner of that competition, Marcoux was able to suit up for the East team and play in the U.S. Army game, the oldest and most prestigious of the national all-star contests. Mason and the other “cast members” from the television series were also there Wednesday through Sunday to shoot a reunion show, which will air next Tuesday, Jan. 19, on Comcast Sports Southeast (CSS).
Marcoux, a senior from The Bronx, N.Y., made the most of his opportunity. He completed 5-of-8 passes for 99 yards with two laser-like touchdown throws in the fourth quarter. He looked better than all of the other quarterbacks playing in the game, all of whom have accepted scholarship offers to BCS schools.
“I was really happy for Cole,” said Mason, a UGA commitment who set the Georgia record for passing yards (5,460) and TDs (54) his senior season at Lassiter. “He took his opportunity and did what most people might have had a meltdown trying to do.”
Mason said the U.S. Army All-Americans weren’t very accepting of the Marcoux, whose only offer ’til then had been from Dartmouth, which does not extend football scholarships.
“What most people don’t know is that those guys were giving Cole a hard time out there,” Mason revealed. “They were, like, ‘we’re out here because we’re Army All-Americans and Cole is out here because he was on a reality TV show.’ Going through the week he was getting a hard time from those guys. They were giving him the cold shoulder.
“So for Cole to go out there and play like he did, that’s awesome for him. I hope the best for him. I hope he gets a school close to home he can play at. I think what it shows is that all these people can list you at whatever, Rivals can list you at whatever, Scout can list you at whatever, but all that doesn’t mean jack on the end. It was a great point for Cole to prove. Cole proved he can play with those guys and proved all those other people wrong.”
Marcoux’s performance was the highlight of an enjoyable week in San Antonio for Mason and his fellow contestants. They were followed around by a film crew gathering footage for next week’s finale.
“We went a couple of places for fun and they followed us around,” Mason said. “We did one interview and they asked me a bunch of questions and I was wearing my all my Georgia stuff .They’ll go back and make cuts and make it into a TV show. It’ll be interesting to see what they put on there.”
Mason said he made a point to wear Georgia gear the whole time he was in San Antonio and he talked up the Bulldogs whenever he got a chance. After going into the season without a BCS scholarship offer, Mason ended up with a half-dozen and accepted the one from Georgia shortly before Christmas.
“I was out there doing my recruiting,” Mason said. “Christian Green, him and Jeff Whitaker, I saw them a lot and talked to them a lot about Georgia. Christian Green was actually on my plane flight back to Atlanta. I told him, ‘Man, you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do but I hope you’re a Dawg. If I ever get to play quarterback at Georgia I guarantee you I’ll get you the rock.’ He laughed at that. But I needed to get my word in. I was trying to push Georgia.”
Mason said he’s concerned about Georgia’s recruiting class, which remains ranked in the Top 10 nationally but is encountering onslaughts from rivals due to the uncertainty over the defensive coaching staff.
“I hope we can keep our recruiting class together and keep it in the Top 5,” he said. “We need it to be able to compete with the Floridas and Alabamas in the SEC.”
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jimmy
January 12th, 2010
12:58 pm
need a dc at once
DAWGINGERMANY
January 12th, 2010
1:10 pm
That is the kind of kid you are glad to see get a scholly. Kid loves UGA, I wish him the best!
And I second that jimmy, that DC thing needs to be handled!
Blindog
January 12th, 2010
1:12 pm
What the hell is going on ,we need a DC NOW !!It’s not suppose to be that hard!
UGA
January 12th, 2010
1:14 pm
YES WE DO DAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
gomdawg
January 12th, 2010
1:17 pm
EASY PEOPLE OUR DC IS COMING SOON YOU WILL BE EXCITEDTO HEAR………
Connie Miffin
January 12th, 2010
1:19 pm
I think UGA offered this guy out of a “have to” case. With the records he set, it would have been as bad PR for him to sign/succeed elsewhere as it was for Kirby to reject the DC offer.Doubt seriously he will get a chance to compete for QB. There may be a reason he only held a few “small”school offers.I do hope he gets a chance though because not many kids get to play for their dream school.
TidePride
January 12th, 2010
1:20 pm
Kid seems like a motormouth. But good for him that he got a scholarship at several schools – including UGA. His highschool numbers are impressive.
If anybody knows his story – please respond why it took a while for scholarships to land his way.
Best of luck!
maddawg
January 12th, 2010
1:22 pm
I’m hoping we can get the guy from Air Force. The more I read about him the better fit I think he’d be. I hear he is interviewing at Texas A&M soon so I hope we don’t waste time.
Rooferdawg
January 12th, 2010
1:23 pm
Stop with all the “I have inside info!” I have heard that on these blogs until I am sick of it!
Rooferdawg
January 12th, 2010
1:25 pm
I also agree! I hope we go after the DC from the air force! I never wanted Kirby.
Dawg26
January 12th, 2010
1:26 pm
gomdawg- Yeah, you know how many times we’ve been told that? How many times people have said, ” It’s this guy! Bank on it! ” ” Its Kirby Smart, done deal! ” ” My daughter’s boyfriends homeboy’s cousins friend said he over heard some guy at a store telling his manager that his girlfriends mom had slept with a guy who said he thinks he heard that UGA hired Urban Meyer to come onto the staff and charlie strong is actually leaving Louisville to come on too! ” Come on.. Richt will let us know, when he knows, but at this point I doubt even he does.
maddawg
January 12th, 2010
1:27 pm
I just don’t think we have the luxury of waiting for the guy from Dallas. Heck, Dallas could keep on winning. What a disaster that would be.
Savannah Dawg
January 12th, 2010
1:28 pm
Hey Chip,
What’s the word with DaRick Rogers? I know that he went to Vol country on an official visit with his QB but haven’t heard anything else.
Also how in the hell does Flordia sign 3 of the top 25 guys in the country over the weekend when their DC, Charlie Strong and Meyer aren’t even there?
Sounds like Richt needs to fill that DC position stat and get some studs in Athens!!!
Ted Striker
January 12th, 2010
1:31 pm
Mason is talented and energetic. And a good kid. Kudos to him. And kudos to Marcoux
self confidence????
January 12th, 2010
1:34 pm
“If I ever get to play quarterback at Georgia I guarantee you I’ll get you the rock.”
I thought you were signing with UGA to play football and compete kid sounds like he is just along for the ride and happy to be here. I want someone with some swagger and going to fight and knows he is going to play QB
RedandBlack
January 12th, 2010
1:35 pm
The young man said it all. If you are not in with the recruiting gurus, then you do not get the high ratings. Also, once a high rated non committed player commits, then the recruiting gurus down grade that same player later on because there is nothing else to write about.
Check out the NFL draft and see how many stars the first round players received coming out of high school. That would be an interesting statistic.
I am glad that this young man will be wearing Red and Black. Go Dogs!!
Chip Towers
January 12th, 2010
1:36 pm
Savannah Dawg: Da’Rick Rogers is taking an official visit to UGA this weekend followed by an official to Tennessee with teammate Nash Nance on Jan. 22. As for what the deal is, I have no idea. He last said he’s still committed to Georgia but gonna go look at UT with his best buddy. But DR has since shut off everybody save for his inner circle and those recruiting him. It should be an exciting drama going on until signing day.
Dawg26
January 12th, 2010
1:36 pm
Self Confidence- That would be Aaron Murray! He is going to be great, Mason is just happy to be a Dawg, what is wrong with being humble and thankful that he is going to a great school?
Dawg26
January 12th, 2010
1:41 pm
Chip-
I saw a report today stating that Auburn is now leading for Whitaker, but I was under the impression that the two teams were tied at the moment in the battle for his signature? Also, any news on Thornton concerning UGA and/or other top programs?
WOW
January 12th, 2010
1:47 pm
Dont count out Mittenburg. He might be the better of the two QB’s. I bet one will transfer depending on who gets the top spot. Good LUck this season and Go Jackets.
savannadawg
January 12th, 2010
1:47 pm
we need to recruit Cole Marcoux too. Did ya’ll see that kids arm? WOW!!!
Tim
January 12th, 2010
1:51 pm
TidePride – Best I can tell is he was a late bloomer. Most of these kids get evaluated so early, and when Lassiter got their new coach 2 years ago, he started putting up monster numbers in their system. People wondered if he was legit or just a product of the system. I think the biggest knock on him was arm strength, but I think he looks pretty legit to me. His interest began picking up as more film got out on him.
Dawggie
January 12th, 2010
1:57 pm
Check out CMR’s website: http://www.markricht.com/
Looks like we have a DC!
WTF man????
You create a website for recruiting purposes, it is maintained (via the Aggies reference on the homepage) but then you don’t even remove WM?
The Air Force DC seems like a great fit and still keeps CRG in the picture for recruiting and DL Position coaching. Got this tidbit from another site about DeRuyter
“So, for scheming for different offensive styles, you have the following:
Held Navy’s triple option (hello PJ) to lowest seasonal output.
Held Utah’s spread (hello Urban Meyer) to it’s lowest output.
Held Houston (hello 5600 passing yards) to lowest output of the season.”
Works for me. Now just remove WM from your website.
Ron Recruitment
January 12th, 2010
1:59 pm
Christian Green is leaning Gator, that is a fact. The real winner at the Army game was Florida, Mr. Mason may or may not see those three 5 star defensive players that commited at the game depending if he actually plays for UGA or not. Also something tells me that the Gator commits had a bigger influence on the players yet to decide then Hutson did. One more thing they better show him with his Georgia stuff on during this “reality” show because there was hardly a mention of UGA during the game and only 1 of the 10 recruits who commited had Georgia as one of his final schools, that kid enrolled at Florida on Monday.
WOW
January 12th, 2010
2:01 pm
The Air Force DC is a good one.
Preston
January 12th, 2010
2:03 pm
DR, I’m afraid, will make the mistake of taking a trip with his friend to visit a set of coaches who are obviously pimping out their pretty hostesses to lure them to sign with UT. Hopefully, DR will just use the opportunity to get with some pretty girls this weekend with his buddy and then stick with UGA. Under these circumstances, if I were CMR, I’d tell him that if he goes, the deal is off. Have fun playing at a school that will soon be in serious trouble with the NCAA.
Preston
January 12th, 2010
2:05 pm
WOW, I agree 100%. DeRuyter is the guy we need at this point. I’m not so sure that he shouldn’t have been the first choice. Get another guy that can come in here under the radar like Van Gorder did.
Chip Towers
January 12th, 2010
2:20 pm
Dawg26: There’s no news on either Jeff Whitaker or Mike Thornton. Auburn and Georgia are frontrunners for both players. Here’s the thing, though, Auburn has offers to them and to Marcus Lattimore and Lache Seastrunk and at least a half-dozen other bluechips. But it already has 27 commitments and the SEC will allow only 28 signees per class this year due to the newly-minted “Houston Nutt rule.” So the Tigers can get one more player. It may be Whitaker or Thornton but not sure what’d they do then if Lattimore decided to come. I guess somebody else would be dropped. Stay tuned.
Paddy
January 12th, 2010
2:22 pm
The Air Force defense plays like their hair is on fire. I remember that is how the Dawgs used to play defense. Who knows who will be named? But the prolonged time it is taking is messing with our commit class and the prospect of any good defensive players giving us serious consideration at the moment. This is THE worst time of the year to look and act confused. We did enough of that during the season just completed.
Bremen Dawg
January 12th, 2010
2:25 pm
Thanks for pushing the Dawgs Mason. Until we get some better play on D and get a little more productive on O then recruiting top 5 – 10 every year doesn’t matter.
Albert
January 12th, 2010
2:35 pm
“I hope we can keep our recruiting class together and keep it in the Top 5,” he said. “We need it to be able to compete with the Floridas and Alabamas in the SEC.” – Hutson Mason
The gap between the 2010 Florida class and the 2010 UGA class is huge.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/recruiting/football/news/story?id=4811710
William Cromwell
January 12th, 2010
2:41 pm
This Mason kid is a little cocky for his own britches.
RxDawg
January 12th, 2010
2:47 pm
Huh…really nice story Chip. I think that’s awesome that the Bronx kid showed up all those stuffy all americans. Football comes from the heart, so many forget that..
Dunkley
January 12th, 2010
2:58 pm
“Also how in the hell does Florida sign 3 of the top 25 guys in the country over the weekend when their DC, Charlie Strong and Meyer aren’t even there?”
Two reasons – First there are so many players that want to play at Florida before they recruit them because they love the program above all else. Second it is great to be a Florida Gator, I said its great to be a Florida Gator!!! Get inside the mind of a typical recruit, Christian Green(ATH) out of Tampa is down to UGA, FSU, and Florida. He says :
“I like the Florida program. I feel like Coach Meyer and those guys motivate players to win, and they are going to make you better as a player. That, and they win national championships,” he said. “I think that’s important to go to a school that is going to win national championships and they have proven they can.”
“Georgia is always been a program I liked growing up. Coach Richt seems like a real spiritual guy, and that is something I look at,” Green said. “I know he’s going to take care of his players and push his players to get better.”
“They [Florida State] have just been a great program. I have always grown up a Florida State fan. A lot of my family went to Florida State,” said Green, whose cousin E.G. Green played for the Seminoles. “Looking at it now, they now have stability with Jimbo Fisher, they are getting topflight recruits and I think the future is going to be real bright.”
thomas
January 12th, 2010
3:02 pm
LOVE COACH RICHT! LOVE THIS KID! GO DAWGS! http://www.wedgeorgia.com
RedandBlack
January 12th, 2010
3:05 pm
Hello Chip,
Why was nothing written in the AJC about the 2nd Annual Alec Kessler Memorial Invitational Basketball Tournament in Pensacola, Florida? Coach Hugh Durham spoke and scholarships were awarded. The Roswell and Milton high school boys teams played in the tournament with the Milton boys team winning overall amongst the eight team tournament. How about some coverage of that tournament and what it is all about next December 2010? Go Dogs!!
Coach Smith
January 12th, 2010
3:37 pm
Actually Georgia has the #4 overall ranked recruiting class at the moment…..
The Dawgs don’t need anyone who de-committs because they are not about the team or the school
Florida fans you better get a good class b/c you are losing a ton of seniors, a bunch of coaches, and now Juniors are deserting the swamp like a sinking ship!
BurningRedBleedingBlac$1.4 million Shreveport vs. our $14 million BCS Orange bowk
January 12th, 2010
3:43 pm
We’re going to get Todd Grantham go to espn and read Chris lows article.
auburntiger
January 12th, 2010
3:48 pm
Someone who posted above is totally uninfomred. Auburn has 27 commits, but 5 of them count back to 2009 so they still have plenty of room for Whitaker, Thornton, Lattimore & others. You need to know your facts before you post.
AUMax
January 12th, 2010
4:04 pm
I believe auburntiger is correct. AU still has 5 slots for this years signing class.
AUMax
January 12th, 2010
4:13 pm
ok ok maybe 6 lol
FBR
January 12th, 2010
4:25 pm
Why is it that when UGA is without a DC, we’re in dire straits with our recruiting class—but when anybody else is in the same situation, there’s never a “problem” losing commits?
Dawg26
January 12th, 2010
4:29 pm
Auburntiger- Actually, it’s the point at which the kids sign, not when they commit and it is “per class” so, they do only have 1 slot open.
Elliot Garcia
January 12th, 2010
4:35 pm
Ask Mason if he is happy that Georgia is still looking for another QB……
Chip Towers
January 12th, 2010
4:48 pm
RedandBlack: Poor promotion I guess. This is the first I’ve heard about The Alec Kessler Memorial Invitational Basketball Tournament in Pensacola.
a
January 12th, 2010
5:05 pm
Ya, i would really support a DeRuyter hire right now. Not as positive about Grantham, but he could grow on me. DeRuyter seems the VanGorder type – in that both were/are “under the radar,” but both also seem like they would love to be in pads with their players knocking the hell out of someone. I’ve missed that sideline fire ever since VG left.
ChuyDawg
January 12th, 2010
5:08 pm
Hey Chip,
Just found out that Adrian Coxson de-commited from Penn State. I know he was on an official visit to UGA back in December. Do you believe UGA could possibly be in the mix with him?
TampaGator
January 12th, 2010
5:16 pm
Nice kid and he will make a nice extra point and field goal holder for the Dawgs for the next four years. He is dreaming if he thinks he will be throwing passes to Green. If he gets in the game in the next 4 years, he will be tossing passes to 3rd stringers and not to Green. I think that is maybe why Green laughed at his comment. No way he beats out the 2 freshman QBs from last year.
I think Christian Green’s talents (and they are truly “green” talents at WR, will be developed at FSU. Too much of a family connection there. If not FSU, then it will be Georgia. Florida needs more polished receivers right now like Ivan McCartney or Kardon Boone. I am hearing that Kyle Prater, the #1 or #2 WR prospect, is considering backing out of his USC commit and taking a visit to Gainesville.
ChuyDawg
January 12th, 2010
5:27 pm
TampaGator,
Come on dude, don’t you think you have more than enough highly rated recruits already? Just remarkable what UF has been doing lately, possibly best class of all time. I’m UGA all the way but I am a college football fan first and I will be the first to admit it; the future does not look good right now in Athens. Hopefully it all changes soon.
Look Alive
January 12th, 2010
5:27 pm
Disqualify any DC canditate that would ever use the 3 man rush. It is for losers and has no place in winning football–mainly because you usually lose with it. NO surrender defense please…..