Another sign of Ealey’s progress
Washaun Ealey fell just shy of his goal of his first 100-yard rushing game for Georgia on Saturday. But Ealey’s performance against Auburn was good enough for him to be named the SEC Freshman of the Week today.
Ealey led Georgia with 98 rushing yards on 18 carries and scored a touchdown in the 31-24 victory over Auburn.
Ealey, whose progress has been a late-season highlight for Georgia, has led the Bulldogs in rushing in each of the past four games — 71 yards vs. Vanderbilt, 70 vs. Florida, 89 vs. Tennessee Tech and 98 vs. Auburn. Since making his debut against LSU in the fifth game of the season, Ealey has 379 yards rushing and three touchdowns.
Against Auburn on Saturday, he had six carries for 36 yards in a third-quarter touchdown drive that he capped with a 1-yard run to put the Bulldogs ahead 17-14, their first lead of the night.
And on a four-play, 39-yard, fourth-quarter touchdown drive that broke a 24-24 tie and provided the margin of victory, Ealey carried three times for 15 yards before Caleb King scored on a 24-yard run.
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DAwg 4 life
November 16th, 2009
11:05 pm
Murray will definently be the qb next year if logan was to be qb he would be getting ALOT more playing time, and the only reason mettenberger got a scholarship is because his mom has worked for richt for 9 years
Wings and Rings and other things
November 16th, 2009
11:41 pm
Does Tech have gougers or just drug dealers on the sidelines?
Ealey
November 16th, 2009
11:46 pm
Ealey is da bomb. Caleb? Good blocker, good back, not Ealey. Samuel is playing kick coverage readying for his move to LB. We need his speed playing linebacker, it’ll be scary to watch for the opposition.
BigMike Said
November 17th, 2009
12:27 am
Dawg 4 Life, Your so wrong about Mettenberger, Rivals .com doesn’t rank you the 11th best QB in the country because your Mom works with coach Richt……BigDawg how about a 6′4 Green, a6′5 Brown, and a 6′4 Rogers coming next year. Ranked the 2nd best receiver in the country……..BS Patrol, You would no BS wouldn’t you, Tech has got suckers like you fooled to the core, ya’ll will never be on the DAWGS level. Now before you get made and start losing it, walk to the Varsity and get some chairs so ya’ll can let DAWG fans have a seat. Oh why you there, bring back 3 chili dogs mustard and onions heavy please!!
tony
November 17th, 2009
6:02 am
Mr Richt is either the worse coach in the sec or he’s deliberately trying to hurt the program. We all know that Cox is a terrible qb but Mr Richt rather let him throw interceptions than to keep the ball on the ground and let Ealey do his thing. It is crazy for him to keep switching rbs when Ealey is performing so well. He switch rbs every other play. It’s a good thing he wasn’t the hc when Herschel Walker played. Believe me, we would not have won a national championship in 1980 if Mr Richt was the hc.
I can go on and on about the bad decisions he has made with that program. The man makes me sick!
LawDawg
November 17th, 2009
7:23 am
Samuel was a great linebacker in high school. Too good of an athlete not to have on the field somewhere. Wasn’t sure if he was the one held on the kick return but saw someone being held. Four in a row. Go Dogs.
PapaDawg
November 17th, 2009
8:37 am
It takes a real man to be a running back in the SEC and maybe just maybe the Pups are figuring it out that you run hard and find the holes and run hard again. As for A,J Green I don’t really expect him to be around next year so our young receivers need to grow up now and go get some balls. Go away GT we’ll see you in a couple of weeks, we owe you one
CMR Wins the 2009 George Hamilton Cocoa Butter Open
November 17th, 2009
9:03 am
Based on the accounts coming from South GA, it will be interesting to see how long (and by what “magic”) Mr. Ealey remains academically eligible.
Yes, even in Athens.
CMR Wins the 2009 George Hamilton Cocoa Butter Open
November 17th, 2009
9:05 am
Seriously.
Stop laughing.
1970Dawg
November 17th, 2009
9:20 am
Thanks for the good article on Ealey. He has the potential to become a very good tailback and join some other great runners from UGA. His 4th Qtr run toward the goal line (he went stepped out at the 1 yd line) was
magnificent. Once he improves his blocking, he will get most of the playing time.
1970Dawg
November 17th, 2009
9:28 am
I keep reading all these criticisms of CMR and how he should play the freshman QB or the the freshman CB,Safety, RB, etc. You know, the coaches see these guys everyday in practice for several weeks and are
professional coaches. They know a heckuva lot more about football than some guy working in the office all day who probably has never seen Murray throw a football, etc. My point is, let the coaches do their job and get back to work.
Good O is coming
November 17th, 2009
9:32 am
Why would Green not be in Athens next year?
WTF
November 17th, 2009
9:43 am
tony, if you hate Richt and the Dogs so much why don’t you get the hell off this blog and crawl over to the Tech pile where you will fit right in. What was your record when you were a big time college football coach?
shards1967
November 17th, 2009
9:47 am
My nephew is married to a high,high contributor $$$ to tech and a former player thug there fron the Dodd era. You spell Dodd like this: Jack Daniels whiskey. Anyway, he bragged about going to the GT game in Tampa on Saturday night after their win vs Duke, his alma mater. Anyway, I told him that that ACC Champ game will be played in front of 26,000 homeless bums and drunken merchant ship’s mariners. He thought that it would be a hue, huge thing and with his ACC pedigree ………………he was crushed when we told him “Nope, it will be played in front of maybe 22,000 FREE ADMISSION Tampa area high school fans.”
Such is life in the lousiest conference in America.
Gooooooooooooooo Doogs.
squat
November 17th, 2009
10:02 am
why is logan gray still playing on special teams..he does no good sitting back watching the return man run right by him, this all goes back to dumb coaching….
Rome Dawg
November 17th, 2009
10:06 am
Richard Samuel will be a star at LB. He will be Renny Curran with size and more speed. He was a terror in high school at the position, and probably would’ve been there from the beginning had we not had some questions marks at RB.
Preston
November 17th, 2009
11:09 am
Why do you people give saint simons the time of day? Ignore his repetitive nonsense and eventually the child will get bored and leave. And even if he doesn’t…..who cares. He obviously has mental problems because he sits and waits for a new blog to open to be first. How sad is that? VERY
Preston
November 17th, 2009
11:13 am
I’ll have to say that I was dead wrong about Kiffin. He’s done the right thing so far by dropping two of three from the team. Drop the other and let them all transfer to UF and I’ll be even happier.
godawgs
November 17th, 2009
11:15 am
I think Ealey has the “IT” factor, I think he has that kind of drive an determination that you can’t coach. He’s getting over 5 yards per carry, but I think that will go up quite a bit as he gets more touches and playing time. If Bobo starts giving Ealey the ball 20+ times a game, Georgia will be on its way to the Natl’ Championship. Ealey has earned the right to get the ball 20 times. Give the man the ball, let’s see if he’s the REAL DEAL?
Remember, Richt wins 38 out of 41 games when he gets a 100 yard rusher, that’s a 11-1 or 12-0 season every year folks.
100 yard rusher = 93% win % for Richt = Natl’ Championship.
DavidPandGA
November 17th, 2009
11:29 am
Ealey will leave after junior year. Ga can never keep good talent for 4 all four years.
jbts30228
November 17th, 2009
11:36 am
Green cant turn pro until after next year. I still think Samuel at defensive end would solve the problem of no pressure on the QB. For the people that say Gray on the punt return is poor coaching is just plain dumb. He has the best hands and is not back there to return the punt. He is back there only when we expect a short punt that will come down around our 10. He is there to call a fair catch and not drop the ball. Why don’t you folks pay some attention before you start talking?
Dawgs pee Yellow
November 17th, 2009
12:25 pm
Just beat the stinkin bugs… and STOP talking about the 1st poster and he will go away…
mambo
November 17th, 2009
12:42 pm
It took CMR long enough. CMR did the same thing with Knowshawn, or however he spells it.
Jborodawg
November 17th, 2009
1:17 pm
C.King’s yard per carry average was better than Ealey’s in the Awbun game: 6.4 vs 5.4. Also, I believe it was the Vandy game in which the coaches changed the O line; so I think they’re blocking better. If we can just get a little bit better pass-blocking … and J.Cox making better decisions…
Jborodawg
November 17th, 2009
1:20 pm
Any news on Rambo and Green?
kerryb
November 17th, 2009
1:21 pm
I love it. All of these over confident Yellow Backett fans. That will make the fall even more harder.
godawgs
November 17th, 2009
7:06 pm
Ealey’s 5.2 per carry on the year, vs. 4.7 for King. Ealey’s a FRESHMAN and he’s ALREADY OUTRUSHING King. Ealey’s the man.
RED DOG 77
November 18th, 2009
12:32 am
Mr. Ealey is already a damn good dog, give him a couple years with all the new talent we have and my beloved BULLDOGS will be taking everybody in the SEC s lunch money once again. You see, if a dog is mistreated he will end up bitting the crap out of you , always have, always will…….GO DOGS
godawgs
November 18th, 2009
11:55 am
Given everything Ealey accomplished in High School, it only got him a chance to get his foot in the door. Now he has to show the EFFORT every practice, every play, give HIS BEST EFFORT to reach his POTENTIAL. Upside is huge, but if he slows up in effort or coasts on his High School or past laurels–he’ll just go down as a High School legend—another guy with BIG UPSIDE that never REALIZED IT. Time will tell. Ealey, I think you’ll get better in ypc, explosion plays as Bob gives you 20+ touches a gem. You’ve earned that right once. Go earn it every game! Getting Freshman of the Week, gives me hope, that FINALLY, an RB with BiG UPSIDE, can match the POTENTIAL with his BEST EFFORT consistently.
Yellow Fuzz
November 20th, 2009
10:43 am
“ Wes Bunting of NationalFootballPost.com lists Dwyer, a junior, as the best running back on the board and the No. 8 overall NFL prospect. Bunting called Dwyer “a violent runner who exhibits good vision between the tackles and has the initial burst to separate from defenders at the second level.”
There must be some mistake. Dwyer plays in that “gimmick”, “high school”, “triple option” system that no blue chip recruit with aspirations of playing in the NFL would ever consider………………Hahahaha. Some dog nation bloggers on here are wrong about absolutely everything. See you azzholes on the 28th and bring all those top 5 recruiting classes with you! LOL.
45-42
godawgs
November 20th, 2009
8:16 pm
Here are some records that are about to fall, thanks to Ealey, if Bobo will give him a chance (25+ carries a game):
1) Herschel’s 5.29 career yards per carry average (this one will be SHATTERED–Ealey’s at 5.2 now ONLY becuase he’s been rotating in games like Tenn Tech where he was averasging 12.7 yards per carry–he’d be at 6.0 ypc if he’d been the 1 back like Herschel was )
2) Herschel’s 49 td’s (will fall in the next 30 games if Ealey stays healthy and if Bobo gives him 25 touches a game–he needs to score a TD every 15 touches–ealey had 2 td’s in 7 touches against Tenn Tech)
3) Herschel’s 285 yards in one game (will be SHATTERED–Ealey was averaging 12 ypc before he was benched during the Tenn Tech game, he was on track for a 490 yard game with the 39 runs Bobo called)
godawgs
November 20th, 2009
8:32 pm
P.S. of the 13 guys who broke Herschel’s high school rushing yards record, none of the RB’s had a great college career. Why? They thought they’d already achieved every goal. They focused on their PAST STATS. The drive was gone. The hunger evaporated after breaking that record.
Ealey COULD be different. bUT….He’ll need to set new goals to be HIS BEST at this level, just as he was in High School. Like Walker, they both came from small A schools where nobody thought they were the real deal. Walker proved his critics were DEAD WRONG! I think Ealey will Shatter some of Walker’s records if he ONLY COMPETES WITH HIMSELF. Like all the great ones, Jerry Rice, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Bill Russell, I sense Ealey has it. Watch and see–you are about to experience SHOCK AND AWE!
godawgs
November 22nd, 2009
11:57 am
Ealey had a 55 yard explosion run on his 8th rush. It was called back by a penalty. Still had a nice game. Great 9 yard run by the goal-line. That 55 yard run WOULD have brought his ypc average to 6.9 for this game. Oh well, it’s still a 5.0 ypc average for the season. Ealey looked a little tired in the 4th Qrtr. Look for Ealey to improve his conditioning in the off-season. Jerry Rice was known for his off season conditioning. Jerry always looked as fresh in the 4th Qrtrt as the 1st.
Gaboy Dawg Jacket
November 28th, 2009
9:50 am
Reading all the jabs back N forth I can’t help but feel great pride about the great football teams, coaches, and talent that exist’s in the state I was born in and grew up in. I traveled the country during the summer following my son playing baseball witnessing him and his teammates live a dream representing the state of Ga. and all I heard was how much people loved us and they thought we were a football state, we are! Tech has had great players come through and now some awesome freshman waiting their turn, and the Dawgs have had greats and some exciting freshman playing & waiting to play. We enjoy a treasure most of the country dreams about. My highlights: Tech-Shawn Jones 1990 season & Hamilton’s career, Dogs-Butler’s fieldgoal attempt at Clemson, Belue to Scott TD, meeting Hershel his senior year high school winning high point award for track then watching as a freshman dominate SEC. Best moment: Spending the day with Coach Bobby Bowden 84-85 1st Annual Citris Bowl. Let the war begin!
godawgs
November 29th, 2009
3:48 pm
Great effort by Ealey to finish out his fresman year. 180+ yards, 9.1 ypc, on 20 carries. Excellent passblocking in this game too. No fumbles–terrific ball protection. Nice quickness and cuts. Beautiful 30+ yard explosion runs. Still needs work on conditioning in off season, performance dropped (ypc) as the game wore on.
Ealey brought the “shock and awe” tonight. I couldn’t take a break when he was in, you never know what’s going to happen when Ealey’s in the backfield.
Good job living up to the Ealey standard. Ealey can CRUSH Walker’s career 5.29 ypc average if he focuses on HIS BEST EFFORT and competing with himself.
Ealey has a bowl game to go. He’s at 5.7 yards per carry for the season, which is above Walker’s career average, a tad below Herschel’s Freshman average of 5.9. After the Bowl game, with another great effort, Ealey will finish over 6.0 ypc for hs freshman season: breaking Herschels best ypc average–Herschel’s freshman season.
Ealey showed the drive is there and his focus is about his future, and living up to his potential, and not about his past accomplishments. That’s the attitude of a Champion.
Records are about to fall. Mark it down.