Reshad Jones makes his move; Curran next?
(UPDATE: As expected, Reshad Jones formally announced this afternoon that he is leaving UGA early for the NFL draft. Click here for the full story from his press conference.)
Georgia junior safety Reshad Jones, who was on the verge of entering the NFL draft a year ago, will do so this time and forgo his senior season at UGA, he confirmed late Monday night.
Although he changed his mind on the draft decision a couple of times last year, he indicated he is firm in his choice this time.
“I know I’m ready,” he said.
He said he made the decision after consulting with his family.
Jones will formally announce his decision to enter the draft at a news conference in Athens this afternoon. UGA says to expect no word today from junior linebacker Rennie Curran, who is deciding whether to join Jones in the draft.
The NFL deadline for eligible underclassmen to enter the draft is Jan. 15, but Curran has indicated he might prefer to make an announcement before spring-semester classes begin at UGA. That is Thursday.
Factors believed to be steering Curran toward the draft are financial (he has a 1-year-old daughter) and the fact that the biggest knock against his NFL potential (his height) won’t change with another year of college.
Jones, from Atlanta, started all 13 games for Georgia this season, making 73 tackles and intercepting a team-high four passes. The highlight of his season was a superb performance in a 30-24 victory over Georgia Tech.
After drawing much criticism for his play against the Yellow Jackets in 2008, he made amends in 2009. His dazzling one-handed interception of a Tech pass at Georgia’s 43-yard line in the second quarter set up a UGA touchdown drive.
“This game was real personal for me,” Jones said afterward. “I wanted redemption. . . . This is as sweet as it gets.”
In Georgia’s Independence Bowl victory over Texas A&M, Jones had a 59-yard interception return to the Aggies 28-yard line late in the third quarter, leading to a touchdown. It was the 11th and final interception of Jones’ UGA career.
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Eat It St. Simons
January 5th, 2010
2:12 am
((((30-24)))) hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
grandpapeckinpah
January 5th, 2010
2:12 am
Before all the idiots come out of the woodwork…good luck Reshad. I know you’ll make us dawg fans proud in the NFL.
Michael
January 5th, 2010
2:35 am
Darn! I guess we all saw this coming. Reshad Jones had potential for a major Senior year…but I know he is more than NFL ready. He has a lot of good tape to go with his freakish athleticism. I hope he can get drafted high and make an immediate impact like Stafford, Moreno and Massaquoi did.
The Fixer
January 5th, 2010
2:48 am
I had the good fortune to meet Reshad this past w/end at Eric Berry’s 21st bday party. Super engaging and humble young man and I wish him all the best in the NFL. He told me he was announcing his decision to turn pro today and he’s obviously a man of his word. His tape is his resume and I won’t be surprised if he blows up and the combine and sneaks in the first two rounds. He modestly told me they graded him out as a three but I think he will improve his stock at the combine. Reshad will look real nice in a Texans uniform! Congrats Reshad and GO DAWGS!!!
Thanks for the memories
January 5th, 2010
4:56 am
Reshad, thanks for the memories. Wish you well in the NFL. Glad we’ve got some good young talent coming to take his place. In a dismal year, Reshad was one bright spot. 78 tackles and 4 interceptions … 82 major plays. Hope someone steps into his shoes and takes his place. Wish the junior jump rule wasn’t there. Great players are down to two years of playing and then they jump. I think it should be the senior year…not the junior year. Best to you Reshad.
Keese
January 5th, 2010
6:02 am
Good luck Reshad. Would have loved to see you one more year with our new def coord. (whoever that is). Tear it up in the NFL
triplb
January 5th, 2010
6:39 am
I’ve seen this guy tackle(NOT). Hope he has attended class and saveswhatever money he can shake out of NFL. Special teamer at best. 2yrs. at most! Hello Mr. Ogletree!
raymond
January 5th, 2010
6:44 am
Not worried about Jones’ lose near as much as I would be Rennie’s.
Classy comment....
January 5th, 2010
7:06 am
…triplb
NebraskaDawg
January 5th, 2010
7:09 am
Hey Jones, enjoy being a 4th rounder.
Wild Dawg
January 5th, 2010
7:34 am
Wonder if he will actually wrap up somebody in the NFL
To all the haters
January 5th, 2010
7:40 am
Before you speak, please realize that this young man will be drafted many many rounds before you would even be considered! So what if he missed a tackle here and there(not his fault he had a sorry position coach), I didn’t you out there tackling people either! I wish the young man good luck and I hope he has an outstanding NFL career. The higher he goes the better. It will help recruiting tremendously if we keep putting guys in the first and second rounds of the NFL draft. So quit hating on these guys and support them! He was and always will be a Bulldog for life!
Go Dawgs!!!
Joe B.
January 5th, 2010
7:43 am
I feel bad for Reshad. He was as physically gifted as any safety we have ever had at UGA, but he was the victim of Willie Martinez’s inability to coach both DB’s and be the DC.
Will Jones be able to mentally handle the rigors of the NFL? We will see. No doubt, he improved dramatically this year, and I hope he can continue that in the NFL.
Good luck!
superDawg
January 5th, 2010
7:46 am
Good luck Rashad now you will have a chance to knock out calvin.
really
January 5th, 2010
7:48 am
Glad Martinez is gone, but “victim of WMs inability to coach”? Really? I guess Sean Jones, Thomas Davis, Paul Oliver, etc., etc. were also victims, too.
getthepicturenow
January 5th, 2010
7:49 am
Kid will be an all-pro for many years in the league once he gets some coaching. Thanks Reshad. DGD.
getthepicturenow
January 5th, 2010
7:52 am
really- WM’s ability as a DB coach is unquestionable, its when he got in over his head as our DC that the secondary play, especially tackling and coverage dropped off significantly. and if you’re secondary can’t tackle or cover CONSISTANTLY, your D sucks. just as ours has over the last 2 years.
Joe B.
January 5th, 2010
7:54 am
really @ 7:48 am
Did you read what I said. Willie Martinez was a GREAT DB coach, no question about it.
However the greatest indictment of his tenure over the last couple of years is that the DB’s were clearly no longer getting the level of coaching that they had gotten from 2001-2006.
The same coach who got guys like Bruce Thornton and Tra Battle to improve immensely was now squandering NFL talent like Asher Allen and Reshad.
Willie was once a great DB coach, and likely will be again, but DB coach is the point that the Peter Princicple kicks in for him. He obviously does not have the requisite organizational skills to handle both DB and DC duties and perform them at an elite level.
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January 5th, 2010
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Spike
January 5th, 2010
8:11 am
Yawn. Good luck, Reshad.
ghldawg
January 5th, 2010
8:15 am
Good Luck, Reshad,..you’ve got the potential…work hard…and never listen to your “fans” whether it’s good or bad. LIVE…LEARN…BELIEVE!
Now…bring on Rambo and Ogletree!!! GO DAWGS!!!
Dude
January 5th, 2010
8:22 am
I don’t really get it, but whatever. I mean he is leaving for what??? Early 3rd round money. I understand he doesn’t know who his coach will be, and he knows it probably won’t make a difference, at least for his senior season anyway. I just think he has a huge chance to boost his stock next year. Curran, on the other hand, is ready. If he were about 3″ taller he would be a top 10 pick. Zach Thomas proved that height doesn’t always matter. I think Curran will make it big, IF they give him a chance at the next level. With the talent at linebacker in the NFL right now, he is going to have to fight just to get reps in practice.
Otis from Mayberry
January 5th, 2010
8:28 am
Who are those eye-gouging booger eating jerks from down I-75 rumered to be losing? O besides Coach “I don’t look like Norman Bates” Myer?
Joseph
January 5th, 2010
8:33 am
Seems to me that if the focus was to win championships and you don’t why leave early then? Everyone knows its all about the money in these decisions and certainly the fear of injury is always in the background, but can’t we just decide that unless the teams’ goals have been met, personal interests should be put on the back burner. I certainly understand the logic in Matthew Stafford’s decision, but we all knew he was done and when asked about not meeting the teams goals his reply was basically it was no big deal. That is precisely why we are underachieving as a team.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
January 5th, 2010
8:44 am
At most he is the 3rd best Safety coming out and thats strong. You have Berry from UT and Mayes from USC. Then off the top of my head I can’t think of another who has a better Pro Skill set than Jones. Yeah he aggravated the crap out of us, but he is a kid and still progressing in the game. Good luck Reshad!
Dr. Kenneth Noisewater
January 5th, 2010
8:48 am
Good luck, be nice if he stayed and at least mentored the freshman coming in. Curran will be leaving too.
PSJDawg
January 5th, 2010
8:56 am
Wish him luck – but I just believe that he could boost his stock by building on a pretty good rebound year!
NCDAWG
January 5th, 2010
9:11 am
Another year might have helped. To everyone degrading R. Jones, you are just mad that he is not staying. Ask yourself if you would be able to turn down the $$$? Best of luck Reshad Jones. As a bulldog fan I am more worried about the interior of the DL, with: Atkins, Weston, and Owens leaving.
Bremen Dawg
January 5th, 2010
9:24 am
Maybe Richt needs to get a better insurance company in there and talk these guys into buying a good policy if they get hurt and stay another year. 4th – 6th round pick for Jones, if he stays and gets better, which he has this year, then he could be a 2nd round pick next year.
Law Dawg
January 5th, 2010
9:32 am
Tough year to come out as a safety (Berry, Mays, probably Earl Thomas), but Reshad improved tremendously this year. Good luck to him continuing a great tradition of GA safeties in the league.
And to everyone thinking Ogletree is the automatic replacement, don’t sleep on Jakar Hamilton…
Go Dawgs!
Bremen Dawg
January 5th, 2010
9:33 am
Guys, Reshad is looking at most a 200,000 – 350,000 a year contract. He has had a hard time tackling at the college level and most NFL scouts know that. He also lacks that hard hitting of a NFL safety. Gets burned on deep balls alot but he is pretty good and stuffing the run.
The Swamp Fox
January 5th, 2010
9:35 am
I don’t see this as any huge loss for the Dogs. While talented, I never saw much from this guy. He completely lacked any consistency. Having said this, I wish him well and expect he will make some teams’ roster and play in the league for a while. Good Luck 9.
DogGoneGaDawg
January 5th, 2010
9:35 am
I do not want to be a downer but when I look at former DBs from UGA I see the likes of Thomas Davis, Greg Blue, Champ Bailey and Jermaine Phillips. These guys were outstanding performers at UGA. I am talking about game-in and game-out having the types of performances which were game changers. When I look at Reshad Jones I see someone with a great deal of ability getting burned and not making tackles. While I wish him the best at the next level I just do not see his loss as a negative at UGA.
1eyedJack
January 5th, 2010
9:35 am
The reason some of these kids come to UGA is to get to the NFL so it should come as no surprise when they leave early….but it still hurts. Good luck Rashad and go buy a tackling dummy….just kidding.
DogGoneGaDawg
January 5th, 2010
9:39 am
Good point ghldawg. Could it be that Reshad hears the footsteps of Rambo and Ogletree?
Big Albany Dawg
January 5th, 2010
9:42 am
Remind me who this guy is again?
DogGoneGaDawg
January 5th, 2010
9:45 am
Hey guys, did you notice the article about GT wanting to use the Orange Bowl as a springboard to the NC in 2010? I find it very peculiar that there is not a blog attached to this nonsense. Let’s see, creative writing, hmm, how do you describe laughing so hard you have to get side stitches?
UGA realist, must read
January 5th, 2010
9:48 am
Alright, let’s face it. A lot of the top talent UGA has is due to success the program had over the last 2-5 years. If Mark Richt can’t get this team back to near national prominence then I see the UGA ship sinking fast. Where are the national commits that UGA use to enjoy. Well, with Bama and Florida on the national stage, UGA is an after thought.
It is the truth, as a faithful UGA fan, the truth is I don’t know if Mark Richt is an iconic coach. He is a good coach, but not the coach that will compete for SEC and National titles year in and out. Atleast not with the level of talent that is coaching teams around him. Rival coaches out coach, recruit and lead their staff and players to a championship mentality, from practice, late night meetings, the film room and winning on Saturday. Richt is to much like Bobby Bowden in his later years. to nice of a guy with no killer mentality.
I am afraid UGA fan’s will grow even more frustrated in the next 2-4 years when the dogs are not in contention for the SEC and more. Why, Florida & Bama has the reign’s and UGA is no where in the picture. UGA is in contention only if Saban and Meyer leave, what does that tell you about UGA’s leader? By the way, if Florida and Alabama now have the supperior players according to recruiting, then Mark Richt has to beat them with less talented players? UGA is digging itself deeper and deeper into a hole from a recruting aspect. Richt has always had a hard team beating teams that have the same level talent or less. Richt has never blown out teams the way Alabama and Florida has.
Yes folks, I do compare UGA to those programs, because their is no excuse why UGA shouldn’t not be on their level. It will not happen with Richt. It doesn’t take iconic coaches 8-10 years to compete for a national championship, which UGA has never done under Richt. So what makes you think he will do that in the next 8-10 years. We are currently log jammed with with USC (Carolina), Tennesse and the Auburn’s, if we are lucky.
I am not excited the least bit about UGA anytime soon. It would take a miracle for UGA to compete with the Alabama’s and Florida’s of the SEC.
Mark my word, Richt will not get it done. A new DC will come in. UGA will win most games except, Florida, Tennesse etc. UGA may get to a 9-10 win season, but will not get over the hump. Eventually the boosters and fan base will have enough. Then it will be tough to find an iconic coach to come in and turn UGA into a Florida/Alabama program. Tough to find a Nick Saban/Urban Meyer. Maybe TCU coach, we need someone innovative who can truly lead.
Wishful thinking. I am sure the dawg hatters in our blogasphere want UGA to stay complacent with Richt, because they know what we have. A mild mannered nice guy who win’s against average opponent’s. Very predictable, he will only beat you if you are having a down year.
When will change come?
GT Bill
January 5th, 2010
9:48 am
Good Luck…
DogGoneGaDawg
January 5th, 2010
9:57 am
UGA realist: Where is your head? You are now telling us that we no longer get the national recruits? In case you are not aware the #2 and the #7 National QB prospects were red shirted this year at UGA. Why? Because you cannot learn an elaborate offensive scheme in three weeks in the spring and three weeks in the summer. Please, don’t get your panties in a wad and start panicking. Remember, two years ago UGA finished #2 in the nation. In ‘08, the year with all the expectations there were 21 roster players lost to season ending injuries and the still won 10 games. All you Richt haters who want to see him go away need a dose of reality, but just not from this guy.
Alpharetta Dawg
January 5th, 2010
10:00 am
I wish them both well. I hate to see Rennie go but agree another year will not raise his stock. Jones has lost his mind if he thinks he can work himself into the first round. He cannot cover or tackle…make ocassional big hits…catch an occassional INT that is thrown right to him…make no more than 2 athletic INT’s his whole career yes. Jones has terrible instincts and plays out of position way too much…I wish him well and glad he is gone…we will be better at safety with Rambo/Ogletree etc…
DogGoneGaDawg
January 5th, 2010
10:02 am
The last time I looked UGA was ranked #4 in national recruiting. In my book that is top tier. While cognizant of the fact that there are SEC school ranked higher, well, that might be the case when you are in the premier football conference in America. No one said it was going to be easy. You could be in the ACC. But that would be unconscionable.
PMC
January 5th, 2010
10:02 am
Good Luck Mr. Jones. I’m really glad I don’t have to go over the middle on this guy.
cheetah1976
January 5th, 2010
10:05 am
Good luck to him! Do we have someone in the wings who can make up for all of his personal foul, pass interference and excessive celebration penalties?
South FL Chapter of the Bulldog Nation
January 5th, 2010
10:05 am
Go get ‘em Rashad! Make us Dawgs proud!
Quickster 82
January 5th, 2010
10:07 am
we can’t fault both players for making the leap. Especially when we have a question mark at DC. Both have talent and we wish them well in the NFL. Who knows, maybe their kids will show up at UGA in 20 years or so.
mgdawg
January 5th, 2010
10:07 am
As for reshad jones, although I think he could’ve greatly improved his stock with another year, I wishhim the best of luck in the NFL. I think he wanted to leave uga, and no offense intended, but I don’t want a person playing who doesn’t want to be there. I think curran is in a different situation. I think he wants to stay, but financially he needs to leave.
UGA realist, I strongly disagree. While this year was definitely a down year, I don’t think it is a sign of things to come. UGA is still bringing in the talent, just look at aaron murray. He’s from florida and was the number 3 qb last year rated by scout.com. I guess you can say he isn’t from farther away like stafford was from texas, but if the number 3 rated qb happens to be from one state away I don’t think it makes a difference. Remember that in one of UGA’s worst teams in a while they still beat Gtech, a team that was having their best year in a while.
Finally, I think there is one thing that alot of fans don’t think about. Offenses and Defenses are totally different monsters. As a defense you want to be on the field as little as possible, as an offense you want to be on the field as much as possible. As an offense you need time to get in a rhythm and when the defense is playing “bend but don’t break” they are spending alot of time on the field. I think that is one reason that the offense has struggled so much. I don’t want to put all the team’s problems on the defense, but I think that is something that is overlooked. I don’t always agree with bobo’s playcalling, but I’m not as angered by him as some people are.
Zeus
January 5th, 2010
10:09 am
If a pro coach can figure out to get him to play near his potential, he will be a Pro Bowl safety in the NFL.
Dawg Fud
January 5th, 2010
10:11 am
Reshad will be a beast in the NFL because he will have excellent caoching. There is a GM out there very intrigued by his abilites and excited about the impact he can have on their franchise.
Reshad is one fo the ebst raw talents we ever signed. We simply never coached him up.
Rennie? he should take the money. everything changes when you have children.
collegeballfan
January 5th, 2010
10:12 am
Anytime you get an opportunity to get a million dollar paycheck, you are a fool if you turn it down. Good luck to both.
Dawg Fud
January 5th, 2010
10:12 am
Reshad will be a beast in the NFL because he will have excellent caoching. There is a GM out there very intrigued by his abilites and excited about the impact he can have on their franchise.
Reshad is one of the best raw talents we ever signed. We simply never coached him up.
Rennie? he should take the money. everything changes when you have children.
Good Luck
January 5th, 2010
10:13 am
Good luck Mr. Jones!
A 4-8 team next year would not be appealing to me either.
collegeballfan
January 5th, 2010
10:15 am
“I don’t always agree with bobo’s playcalling, but I’m not as angered by him as some people are.”
What the hell do any of you people know about play calling?
Gimme a break!
Justin
January 5th, 2010
10:15 am
To blame his coach for his tackling problems is absurd. His coach wasnt out their looking like a short armed f**k that couldnt tackle.
Not Disappointed
January 5th, 2010
10:16 am
<—————- Die hard Tech fan here!
I wish these young men the best. They are making the best decision for them and I understand. I hope they comeback to finish their degrees one day. "Best of Luck!"
Ramblin Wreck!
Dawg Fud
January 5th, 2010
10:18 am
I like Richt. Do i think he is the greatest ever? no. Is he good for UGA? Absolutely.
The problem with most UGA fans is that we tend to believe we are better than we really are. we are a perennial top 10-15 program. that’s pretty good but not where most of us think we should be.
we certainly have not reached our potential but hopefully we will.
it would have been nice if we could closed the deal against Florida in 2002 and South Carolina in 2007. if we did, we would have played for the national title both years. may not have won either but would have been to the big game.
reality check
January 5th, 2010
10:19 am
Boise State 2 BCS appearences and 2 BCS wins.
GT making its first BCS appearence ever, tonight.
MATT
January 5th, 2010
10:24 am
Thanks for nothin. Talk about someone who never lived up to his hype. Our D should be improved without him, evans, and miller. NEXT!!!
Vick=Dog killing thug
January 5th, 2010
10:27 am
Best of luck Mr. Jones. I wish you would stay as you just cant replace senior leadership. I hope to see you on Sundays for a LONG time.
DGD
Tallapoosa Dawg
January 5th, 2010
10:28 am
Good riddance to a thug. Take a few more of those worthless bum thugs with you including Mike Bozo!
dawg e dawg where's ur bone
January 5th, 2010
10:28 am
Thx Reshard ur doing us a FAVOR u never lived up to ur potential and probably never willl……Ogletree would take ur position ne way
Agent 86
January 5th, 2010
10:28 am
To any Dawg fan who rips one of their own: Show some class and treat the players like they were members of your family. … To Reshad: Best of luck.
OZZFEST
January 5th, 2010
10:29 am
Ummm…good luck, dumb-dumb.
I have attended 250+ UGA games and have never seen a worse set of defensive backs play for one team…for one entire season…with little to no improvement.
Steve
January 5th, 2010
10:29 am
JoeB nailed it.
Willie was great at coaching our DB’s, but when he became DC they went downhill in a hurry. Either he needed to own both roles, or hire a better DB coach. Please don’t tell me he couldn’t own both roles and do it well, as BVG was both DC and LB coach and they dominated under him.
We need better DB play, but our biggest problem is below average LB play(far below average for UGA standards) since BVG left. LB’s solidify your entire team, and our LB play the last couple of years is as bad as you will see in the SEC. Sure, Curran makes a ton of Brooking’ess tackles 5-6 yards downfield, but our LB’s can’t cover the pass or stop the run. Ellerbe was a big hitter, and probably the best LB we have had since BVG. If not for tremendous interior line play teams would have run wild against us. Maybe it’s recruiting, but in my 30 years of watching the Dawgs, I have never seen weaker LB play and it has affected our entire defense.
Best of luck Reshad. It seemed like you were just starting to come into your own, and having to cover up for terrible LB’s the last two years probably slowed you down. Get better at tackling or you won’t be a major player in the NFL.
Bill
January 5th, 2010
10:31 am
I think Reshad Jones will be a star in the NFL. I am glad he chose to be a DAWG and I wish him the best. He will be missed.
BPClassof-85
January 5th, 2010
10:33 am
I wish the best to Reshad and hope that he lives up to the lofty expectations that he did not live up to at UGA. I onloy hope Rennie will be back. He is not nearly as expendable as Jones.
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January 5th, 2010
10:33 am
[...] many folks are surprised to hear that safety Reshad Jones won’t be returning for his senior season with the Bulldogs, and the expectation is that linebacker Rennie Curran [...]
Bill
January 5th, 2010
10:33 am
At best a fourth rounder – And I drink the UGA koolaid. Way to many passes left undefended, way to many missed tackles, way to many cheap shots
McDawg
January 5th, 2010
10:35 am
he had a great year-can hit, covers alot of field probbaly a good decision
DirtyDawg
January 5th, 2010
10:49 am
I too wish the young man well, but like others that decided to forgo their final year of eligibility, it’ll hurt. It’s particularly disheartening since Mr. Jones had just started to play up to his potential and another year of improvement would have been nice for him and for us.
So we move on, as we have ever since Herschel made the mistake of trusting Jack Manton.
Socal Dawg
January 5th, 2010
10:50 am
Mistake!
Halberstram
January 5th, 2010
10:52 am
Congrats Reshad and best of luck!
All the negative comments are not needed. This guy played hard for the Dawgs for three years.
Steve
January 5th, 2010
10:52 am
collegeballfan, if you think fans might not know about play calling you are an idiot.
It doesn’t take someone who has coached, or even played beyond high school to know anything about play calling. While many people might not know how the difference pieces of a team work in different ways on certain plays, they can still understand some basic fundamentals of the game. More importantly, a gameplan is what most fans refer to when they speak of calling the plays, not about individual play calling.
That being said, I and many others were obviously correct this year. When Georgia finally committed to running the ball like so many of us thought we should have done, Georgia started winning games it was supposed to (Auburn, GT, TAMU). Prior to that stretch, the only identity our offense had was that other teams knew if they blew up one or two runs that we would abandon the running game for the rest of that half. No one feared our running attack for the first 9 games because we only ran off-tackle and miss-timing runs. We didn’t just line up and force someone to stop the dive play. When we finally did, we found out teams couldn’t stop it, and we controlled the ball and most importantly the clock much better. This kept our defense off the field, which was the best play call we could make. Our offense was as much or more at fault as our defense because we didn’t eat the clock.
Georgia was dead last in rushing attempts as a perecentage of offensive plays in the SEC until the Georgia game, and for some reason the light finally switched on. Maybe it was all the fans complaining for the entire year, or maybe Bobo finally saw the light that you can’t run a play-action pro-style offense unless the other teams respect the run. So apparently, despite fans not knowing anything about play calling, or rather game calling, when Bobo started doing what the fans wanted we started to dominate.
I guess the fans know more than you think.
TXDawg
January 5th, 2010
10:53 am
To all you coaches out there in blog land, before you start penciling in Ogletree as the replacement for Jones at Safety you might want to know that he might not even play safety for the DAWGS. Instead he may be moved to linebacker. Stick to being a fan and let the REAL coaches handle the positions, X’s, an O’s.
UGAGRAD02
January 5th, 2010
10:54 am
Thank god he is going pro. Between Jones and Evans I couldn’t tell you who sucked more.
Bank Walker, Texas Ranger
January 5th, 2010
10:55 am
Any chance Evans will turn pro as well….please.
Bank Walker, Texas Ranger
January 5th, 2010
10:57 am
UGAGRAD02, couldn’t agree more. Both should hire WM as agent because he thinks they are a lot better than they actually are.
bigdawg#8
January 5th, 2010
10:58 am
It doesn’t matter what round he gets drafted in, he will make more money then anyone on this blog! Good luck RJ from another former dawg.
BJohnDawg
January 5th, 2010
10:59 am
Jones wish you luck but I have to say personally think it is a mistake.
You need major work on your tackling, technique, and your positioning. To many times you showed poor tackling skills and seemed to be lost on the field.NFL looks for complete players, they dont want to teach fundamentals.More to it than hitting someone hard.In the NFL a shoulder un tackle will get you cut quick.
I predict a late round pick.Not hating here, just stating it as I see it.Hope you prove me wrong.
murfdawg
January 5th, 2010
11:01 am
As a Dawg fan for over 40 years, I have never seen as poor a display of “tackling/bumping/O-laying” as Jones exhibited in the GT game in 08. Then he starts off the season at OKST with an illegal hit on a defenseless receiver that cost us a TD. Glad to see him go. He will wow some NFL scout with his athletic ability and make some money, which is good for him and I wish him well.
I hope UGA goes back to recruiting football players from football schools, not athletes from non-football schools. I think Ogletree will make us all forget about Jones.
Bank Walker, Texas Ranger
January 5th, 2010
11:09 am
Now lets get the DC from Boise State
Chi Town is in da house
January 5th, 2010
11:10 am
Looks like all the rats are jumping the sinking ship
NCR
January 5th, 2010
11:10 am
To the dummy that said he will *only* make 200K-350K a season, the Packers have the lowest average salary at $440,000. Let’s say he’s 4rd material. He could be close to that. The kids maybe 22, let’s say he sticks around 3 NFL years. That’s over $1 million dollars before he’s 25. Did YOU have that kind of money at 25? Most people won’t see that money over a lifetime, nevermind at 25.
Jonathan Dowling
January 5th, 2010
11:12 am
Run Dawgies! Get off that sinking ship before it completely goes under.
1eyedJack
January 5th, 2010
11:20 am
NCR, you’re right but, once his agent takes a cut, he buys mama and grandma a new house and Lexus, gets a couple of “baby mama’s” and makes some bad investments he’ll be right back where he started from.
SEC East Headlines – 1/5/10 | MrSEC.com
January 5th, 2010
11:29 am
[...] time is right” for him to leave Athens for the NFL.21. Linebacker Rennie Curran is expected to make a similar announcement, perhaps today.22. In basketball news, Georgia has a rivalry game with Georgia Tech before opening [...]
Flo-Ri-Duh!
January 5th, 2010
11:30 am
Don’t blame Reshad for leaving …. he is almost ready for the next level but still needs work on coverage skills and tackling. However, he would have to learn a system under a new DC and there are two very talented safeties coming in the current recruiting class. One of them will be ready (Jakar Hamilton) as he is a Jr. college transfer but Alec Ogletree will be straight out of highschool and if Reshad had stayed Ogletree probably would have been a backup. Good luck to Reshad.
bigdawg#8
January 5th, 2010
11:31 am
1eyedJack is that a racist comment? I believe it is. WOW IT TOOK 5 DAYS INTO 2010 FOR RACIST COMMENT TO SURFACE!!!!!!!!!!!!
30-24 Dawgs - WE RUN THIS STATE
January 5th, 2010
11:32 am
Can’t blame Reshad after he proved his worth to NFL scouts on 28-Nov when he SHUT DOWN tech’s perfect option and passing game all night long and picked off the dual-threat Caucasian known as Jayblow Shaw en-route to a 30-24 victory by the Dawgs!
Flo-Ri-Duh!
January 5th, 2010
11:33 am
Reshad will likely be a 3rd rounder – if he waits til next year I see him as a 2nd rounder which is a big difference in pay normally but the owners are thretening to change the pay structure for rookies in the NFL after this class so I don’t blame him for leaving even though he could use another year in college and UGA needs him.
N.GA.DAWG
January 5th, 2010
11:34 am
I for one was wanting him to leave last year. I agree with the folks that said he cant cover or tackle. In the NFL you dont get as many chances to f up like he did at UGA. In his defense he had a much better 09 than 08 season. but i dont think he will last long unless he overcomes his flaws.
PapaDawg
January 5th, 2010
11:37 am
Hate to see quality atheletes go early but I don’t blame them one bit. Go get that NFL big money while it’s there
N.GA.DAWG
January 5th, 2010
11:37 am
By the way a coach cant make a tackle or cover a receiver for him.
1eyedJack
January 5th, 2010
11:44 am
Comment hit home bigdawg#8? Not meant to be racist, just observations over the last 15-20 years. By the way, I teach at an historically black college and most of my students would agree if not say the same thing.
Glenn
January 5th, 2010
11:48 am
Jones want be missed, Curran please stay another year.
ValdostaDawg
January 5th, 2010
11:54 am
I know we have Rambo,Cummings now and we have Olgetree coming in (which he didnt impress me in the All American game) BUT…..
How good is Jakar Hamilton?
What about Jordan Love??
on another note, Where is the Gaethers kid???
kerryb
January 5th, 2010
11:57 am
I’m a Dawg fan and this does’nt bother me much. The guy never lived up to his potential. Good luck in the NFL. I bet he does’nt go above the fourth round.
Happydawg
January 5th, 2010
12:00 pm
Thank you for playing at UGA and the best of luck to you!
Pat
January 5th, 2010
12:01 pm
Curran needs to support his child! This is a continuing problem for athletes! Just look around…most athletes have illegitimate children. Many!!!! So sad. Forget his athletic ability, he is a parent first!
me123
January 5th, 2010
12:05 pm
I loved watching Curran tackle this season. He is skilled, effective, and fast. He will make a place for himself in the NFL no doubt.
ValdostaDawg
January 5th, 2010
12:14 pm
Although I hate to see them both go, but remember once a Dawg ALWAYS a Dawg!!! They choose to play at UGA and not UF, Tenn, or Ala for that matter. Supprot them in their decision and lets be there biggest fan in the league.
SOOHSO
January 5th, 2010
12:20 pm
Now really, why was Willie fired??
Dawg Foot
January 5th, 2010
12:27 pm
Reshad: Good luck and remember doing the “Bumper Car” style of tackling does not work in the NFL
mikie g.
January 5th, 2010
12:35 pm
Logan Gray would be a great safety.
wes
January 5th, 2010
12:40 pm
Nice interception against Tech’s little white QB, Reshad!
That was the only reason Georgia won that day (Nesbitt’s injury).
Have fun cheering on the best team in the state tonight at 8:30!
Go jackets!
p.s. This Tech fan is glad to see #9 gone….along with UGA’s top 3 DT’s. DT’s are the main ingredient in stopping Tech’s offense (which y’all still didn’t do when Nesbitt was on the field).
Good luck in the future. You’re gonna need it!
deMARYius"oops"Thomas
January 5th, 2010
12:43 pm
THANK GOD!!!
Dawg Foot
January 5th, 2010
12:43 pm
Wes: We smacked you upside the your NERD head by beating you in your crap stadium. Are you as dumb as you look? Idiot NERDS.
Phat Phil
January 5th, 2010
12:46 pm
Personally I wish both would stay @ UGA. I would enjoy seeing Big Daddy Lane light them up again next year! It must really suck to be a Dawg…..but its great to be a Vol. Don’t give me any of that bowl crap! Yes, we lost to the #11 team in the country and you beat a mediocre-at-best Texas A&M team. However just remember the beatdown, azz-whooping laid on you last October 45-19!!! Get used to it Mutts!
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dawgfan13
January 5th, 2010
1:06 pm
No one should be losing any sleep over this. Rashad never really made that big of a difference on a weak defense for the past two years! Rennie Curran even had a down year this year. We need new blood and I think that Bacari Rambo, who should have been playing more anyway is going to be a much better player than Rashad ever was here. Sanders Cummings, Branden Smith, Boykins, Ogeltree, Jakar Hamilton and maybe even Logan Gray are the future of our secondary.
1eyedJack
January 5th, 2010
1:06 pm
Phat Phil, we like big fat men like you…when they fall, they make more noise.
ToccoaDawg
January 5th, 2010
1:12 pm
This is a lose? Seriously, does Jones even play 2 years in the NFL?
THWG
January 5th, 2010
1:15 pm
Factors pushing Curran toward the draft include financial (he has a 1-year-old daughter) and the fact that the biggest knock against his NFL potential (his height) won’t change with another year of college.
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r us sure after a year Athens PD can not stretch him an inch taller? He also has a b#stard child to feed? Way to go renee hopefully your bebe mama is much smarter than chris henry’s.
woof woof
DEMONEY2291
January 5th, 2010
1:16 pm
ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Doug Patterson
January 5th, 2010
1:35 pm
Met Reshad in Shreveport. Very nice young man. Bulldawg Nation is going to miss him. Fringe people who are saying good riddance probably never went to the school in the first place. He is the type young man we need in the program.
Olgetree???????
January 5th, 2010
1:37 pm
Why are you folks saying we will be fine with Olgetree? You haven’t the slightest idea how he is going to perform at the next level. Oh, my bad, it’s because some recruit scouting organization claims he is one of the best…. Maybe, but I’ll believe it when I see it. You had better hope Rambo or Banks is able to fill the gap, because the one left by Jones leaving is bigger than you think… Ogletree… funny.
Richard Hamilton
January 5th, 2010
1:41 pm
Jones will go in the third round with a strong combine, if he’s lucky. This will be a loaded draft and he simply has shown much consistency until late this season. He still has a lot to learn.
Kirby Smart
January 5th, 2010
1:43 pm
dang…well i no longer wanna go to uga. I hope i still get my raise
dap01
January 5th, 2010
1:49 pm
Wes: Don’t reinvent history. GA Tech was losing when your QB was in and out of the game.
Go troll somewhere else. Or go back to the fries, the drive thru is backing up.
Richard Hamilton
January 5th, 2010
1:49 pm
I think if you compare the senior season that Jones could have, you are absolutely right that the gap will be large. The problem is you can’t compare what could have been. Jones simply didn’t live up to his 5 star billing for most of his career. It wasn’t until the second half of this season that I really started to see the talent show itself. Jones struggled consistently with reading coverages and making plays. How many interceptions has the guy dropped in his career???
He certainly can lay the hammer down on someone, and he has a ton of talent, but he was simply way to inconsistent at the rover/safety position. He did play really well at the end of this season, and I wish the best to him.
dap01
January 5th, 2010
1:52 pm
UGA has a down year running this year except for the Tech game. Bobo clearly out coached the man who invented football (CPJ).
If Iowa can run the ball, tech is toast.
Wes: What % is your QB complete this year? 46%, Wow, that is bad!
mike
January 5th, 2010
1:52 pm
Good, that will automatically reduce the number of personal fouls GA gets next year.
Rolo
January 5th, 2010
1:56 pm
I’ll be surprised if he’s invited to the combine. He’ll be a second day pick of F/A….Either way its probaly going to be as good if not more than he’s making at UGA.
Can't Tackle
January 5th, 2010
2:00 pm
GOOD RIDDANCE!!!! Go make a “big hit” in the NFL all the while forgeeting your coverage assignments and how to use your arms and wrap up on a tackle….oh, and thanks for costing us the game against the trade school last year for those very reasons!
Josh Shaw
January 5th, 2010
2:02 pm
Good move boys, you might actually play in the Georgia Dome next year now.
andy
January 5th, 2010
2:06 pm
Every Sunday on NFL broadcasts, you here names that wore the red and black and once graced the fields in Athens and the South. Make us proud guys. Glad you wore the red and black!
Dawg Fud
January 5th, 2010
2:12 pm
everyone on here ripping Reshad for his poor play has obviously forgotten that his DC (who was also his position coach) never taught him anything.
if we don’t develop talent that is not the player’s fault. they enroll at UGA with expectation of getting better.
Jones is an undeniable talent. It’s pretty obvious if you have watched him the past three years. he will do well under NFL tutelage and i expect him to very successful with some strong coaching.
military dog
January 5th, 2010
2:13 pm
Thanks for the years you spent at Ga. Don’t listen to the haters. Always listen, practice hard, be a leader, and keep God first and you will be an outstanding pro. Good luck
Tone LaRone
January 5th, 2010
2:16 pm
I went to Tech and I am a steelers fan forever. Reshad is an outstanding player and an even better person. Good luck, young man. You will look good in a steelers uniform opposite Ike Taylor. Listen, learn, and be blessed.
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January 5th, 2010
2:17 pm
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Dawg Fud
January 5th, 2010
2:17 pm
Ogletree????,
the people saying those things about Ogletree were the same people saying the exact thing about Reshad when he signed with Georgia.
you forget that everyone on here was a D-1, 5 star prospect who entered the draft.
Willie Martinez was Jones’s position coach — seems pretty obvious to me why Jones never developed into his potential.
RAMBO!
January 5th, 2010
2:19 pm
On our way to improving now!!! see ya!
how2fish
January 5th, 2010
2:23 pm
Reshad best of luck in the NFL! Thanks for your efforts in behalf of the Bull Dog Nation..and remember To Hell With Ga Tech!!! Damn Good Dawg!
gdawginkalamazoo
January 5th, 2010
2:48 pm
Good luck Reshad. You should do well at the next level.
Preston
January 5th, 2010
2:51 pm
Big Albany, let me remind you. Remember the guy that almost killed the Oklahoma State player with an obviously clean play (even though they threw the flag)? That was Reshad Jones. He’ll be a great pro player. This wasn’t news to me. I knew this would be his last year in Athens before the season started. Good luck Reshad! Can’t wait to watch you send em’ off on stretchers in the NFL.
Georgian
January 5th, 2010
2:54 pm
No loss here. How can you be called a leader when you don’t wrap up and you get penalized more than anyone on the team? Just because he caught a lazy pop fly served up by the Tex A&M QB (that anybody on this board could have caught), does not mean that he has morphed into a good player. Like the tin man, he has no heart. We need less like him regardless of his physical stature. Will be a bust in the NFL and end up cut by the Ottawah Rough Riders in 2012.
Preston
January 5th, 2010
2:54 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXbnf_M84S8
Here you go. Watch for yourself.
how2fish
January 5th, 2010
3:02 pm
Georgian…you are able to see in the young man’s heart…WTF if you can’t say something nice about someone STFU…this is a guy that was sweating in the summers working in the weight room for years trying to get better he deserves more respect than to have a nobody like you call him names from your basement..loser..
Dawghater
January 5th, 2010
3:14 pm
Shreveport gave them a glimpse of the future. Here I come NFL!
Doug UGA 1983
January 5th, 2010
3:21 pm
R. Jones played up to his potential the last two games, Tech and Texas A&M to go pro. Our goals for next season should be to upset Florida, beat Tech again of course and go to a New Years Day Bowl.
Doug UGA 1983
gtfanfrom1951
January 5th, 2010
3:40 pm
If Curran goes to the NFL a bad defense will be a bad, bad, bad defense next year. Maybe thats why nobody wants the DC job. They are going to have to rebuild. And that with a offense that will have to rebuild means another bad year for the dawgs. Curran is special player at linebacker and I’ve enjoyed watching him play.
Happydawg
January 5th, 2010
3:49 pm
Fairwell and Adieu you ladies of Spain
SEC Officials
January 5th, 2010
4:00 pm
With Reshad gone ,UGA improved 200yds. in penalities
DawgDad
January 5th, 2010
4:07 pm
“Mark my word, Richt will not get it done.”
Interesting how so many people are down on UGA and so many more are glowing about the local BCS team that LOST to them this year. Quite frankly, I think THIS UGA team could beat half of this year’s BCS teams.
Preston
January 5th, 2010
4:23 pm
gtfan, the days of long rebuilding phases are over. if UGA gets the right guy to head up the defense, we’ll be fine next year. The offense will be fine with Murray throwing to AJ Green, Marlon Brown, Rontavious Wooten, among others (including Logan Gray who will switch to receiver after losing starting QB job to Murray). The offense will be much better with a QB that’s doesn’t resemble a deer in the headlights in control so long as the defense doesn’t put them in catch up situations.
Saint Simons Dawg
January 5th, 2010
4:31 pm
Good…he is a legend in his own mind.
Georgian
January 5th, 2010
4:44 pm
how2fish,
No, I can not see in his heart. I am speaking figuratively. He plays with no heart until he sniffs the NFL $$. Why do I need to applaud someone who is going to a mandatory Summer workout which is part of the agreement he signed to get a free education? I do not think he is the type of person that a championship team can be built around. Therefore, I say good riddance as I would like for my team to be a championship team. I also believe that he will get drafted (and paid) because of his physical prowess, but will flame out due to his habits. I am glad that he performed well against GT and TAMU, but simply think that we can do much better.
UGA Loves Curran
January 5th, 2010
4:47 pm
UGA loves Curran and Curran loves UGA. If there’s any way at all, look for Rennie to stay one more year, and get Richt a Natl Champ.
Curran could benefit form some sacks, tfl’s, and int stats before he goes Pro.
His tackling stats are superb, but he needs some more stuff to juice his money out: Int’s, and sacks and some more tfl’s.
longDawg
January 5th, 2010
5:17 pm
tony dienhart reports that Todd Grantham is being offered the Uga DC details are being worked out also UFs backfield coach Kenny Carter is gone to Louisville to be with Charlie Strong
BigMike Said...
January 5th, 2010
5:21 pm
It is all to funny to see so many of you criticizing a young man, who has given his heart and soul to a game, and became a D-1 player. Has acheived success at the highest level(The SEC), and now on to the NFL. Even if he ends up in the fourth round, he’ll make more money than your average Grad with a Masters Degree in the next 10 years! Good luck Rashaun, just invest wisely, buy into businesses and keep your Faith in GOD. Let all the haters hate and you achieve your success! P.s. Ryan Leaf isn’t complaining about the Bonus Money he got is he!
BigMike Said...
January 5th, 2010
5:24 pm
2010, Let’s play Bulldog Ball! USC-UGA BCS Natinals next year!
Bulldog Mike
January 5th, 2010
5:25 pm
Ain’t gonna be Grantham, he runs a 3-4, UGA doesn’t have the personel to run that.
bham dawg
January 5th, 2010
5:49 pm
What happened to Greg Blue, I thought he was going to be great in the NFL
John
January 5th, 2010
6:34 pm
Everybody looooooves the players until they go early to the pros, then everybody thinks the players personally owe them something. Especially when AA kids go from broke to signing a contract more than you will ever make in your lifetime, it really ticks some of you off and brings out the worst of your christian morals. If Reshad is so bad for Georgia why not wish him well, unless you have other motives for your rants.
Big L
January 5th, 2010
6:39 pm
You people who are bangin on Reshad need to grow up. He is a kid who is trying to start his life. That’s why UHA fans get a bad name. Idiots who lack the ability to act lime a grown person. Talk about Sanders Commings, Bacari Rambo ( greatest football name ever) or Alec Ogletree. But leave him alone and focus on future, whixh is bery bright if Richt will find someone who can properly use the talent.
Big L
January 5th, 2010
6:40 pm
You people who are bangin on Reshad need to grow up. He is a kid who is trying to start his life. That’s why UGA fans get a bad name. Idiots who lack the ability to act like a grown person. Talk about Sanders Commings, Bacari Rambo ( greatest football name ever) or Alec Ogletree. But leave him alone and focus on future, which is very brite if Richt will find someone who can properly use the talent.
cullowheedawg
January 5th, 2010
6:53 pm
Reshad, even leaving early, YOU have a standing invitation to come to my tailgate at any time. We park at the Catholic Center and I will have some BQ pork shoulder or burgers, etc for you. By the way Rennie, we have enough for you also. Both of you are members of the DAWG NATION and we will always be proud of you, wishing the best for you.
Cullowheedawg
Pulaski Dawg
January 5th, 2010
7:25 pm
I pray that whatever decision Rennie Curran makes turns out to be the right one for him and his family. Of concern is that if the NFL does not work out, an additional year toward a degree would be huge in supporting his family. In returning there is the risk of injury. Tough decision.
icedawg
January 5th, 2010
7:33 pm
Good on him. Hope he gets in and can stay in it. For most of the guys it is the big money. The injury bug can come at anytime. The landscape has changed. Freshman used to not play much. It looks like now that a significant number of the good players play freshman-Jr. year and then bolt for the pros. Some guys are ready but quite a few (Matthew Stafford being one) would have benefited from playing their Sr. year.
Todd Grantham
January 5th, 2010
7:37 pm
Good luck Reshad, but you’re missing out because I’m going to be a heckuva a defensive coach at Georgia next year.
Fred Football
January 5th, 2010
7:57 pm
http://www.smartestbulldog.com. It just keeps getting better.
Big L
January 5th, 2010
7:59 pm
GT band was playing “In the Navy” . I swear to god.
TXDawg
January 5th, 2010
8:29 pm
Nice one Big L…..still laughing!!
Snoop Dawg
January 5th, 2010
8:50 pm
I say good riddance to that thug Rashad Jones. What a dud. We brought this doofus in as a 5-star recruit and he has never learned the basics of tackling. How many embarassments has he brought to the great UGA. That idiot will be lucky to get drafted at all. And he’s too dumb to get a degree. Look for this mug to be knocking on your door in about three years selling firewood or offering to get rid of that tree stump in your front yard.
Oh yeah, Rennie Curran might be energetic for his size, but he’s definitely not NFL material. He’ll get his neck broken for sure if he can scam his way on to a team. This rastaman fellow never really provided any leadership to the Dawg defense…
We’re better off with a clean slate of better characters…
ajc is slow
January 5th, 2010
9:23 pm
Rennie Curren has already announced he’s going to the NFL. Why hasn’t the AJC reported about it? THEY ARE SLOW…..or just too busy up Tech’s a$$ this evening.
BTW….congrats to the Dawgs for beating Tech in bb tonight!!!!!
john '90
January 5th, 2010
9:43 pm
Reshad: Wish you absolutely the best of luck in the NFL. Selfishly, I wish you had stayed one more year, but ultimately it’s your decision. From my observation, Jones made his most improvement this year. He definitely has the physique, speed and ability for Sunday ball. Thanks for all the hits, ball separations, pass break-ups and ball strips for the Dawgs. Once a Dawg, always a Dawg!
Tear up the NFL!
daddydog
January 5th, 2010
10:32 pm
Rennie, don’t impose a false deadline on yourself. You don’t have to make a decision by the start of classes. You can always withdraw if you decide later to apply for draft.
true UGA fan
January 6th, 2010
12:53 am
snoop dawg, STFU, no one wants to hear your cowardly remarks, just STFU, YOU ARE A REAL BIOOTCH
BuLLdawg
January 6th, 2010
1:05 am
73-66 UGA Bulldogs’ Men’s Basketball team, with a far better Academic Progress Rate APR than GA tek’s men’s basketball thugs, beat GA Tek tonight 73-66. GA tek suffers only a 914 APR, and Paul Hewitt who has a LOSING RECORD to UGA Bulldogs, has been put on NCAA PROBATION with only 11 Scholarships allowed. GA tek has not beat UGA in Athens since 1976. Who has the better coach ? Clearly, UGA’s new basketball coach Mark Fox, who does NOT have a LOSING RECORD to GA teak as GA tek’s coach Paul Hewitt always has bad against UGA Bulldogs both on the court and in the classroom. Our players are NOT thugs. This team still has a pretty high ceiling,” Paul Hewitt said. That is a POOR SPORT. He should congratulate UGA on a not so surprising victory at all. Paul Hewitt is now 4-6 vs. UGA. Paul Hewitt is a bad coach and would have been fired years ago at UGA. At GA tek, they try to cover up his NCAA PROBATION and NCAA limiting him to just 11 Scholarships.
56-50 Women’s Basketball UGA Lady Bulldogs also have a far higher Academic Progress Rate than the GA tek women’s basketball team. Also, UGA Lady Bulldogs have NEVER lost to GA tek in Athens in women’s basketball. The GA tek coach, after last year refusing to shake Andy Landers’ hand after he beat the crap out of her team, this year did. It resonated throughout the college sports what a horrible POOR SPORT MaChelle Joseph is as GA tek’s women’s basketball coach. The score this year was 56-50. The better coach ? Without any doubt Coach Andy Landers.
30-24 Forcing Paul Johnson to scrap his high school offense, GA tek Heisman hopeful Josh Nesbitt threw 4 incomplete passes as wounded ducks to end the game. It was a devastating loss, leaving Paul Johnson to tell the GA tek fans (both of them) to hit UGA fans in the face. This is a POOR SPORT. This, while, Coach Richt beat GA tek for the 8th time in 9 years of 90-27 football including 2 BCS Bowl Championship Game WINS. GA tek has not won a Major Bowl Game since 1955, a span now in excess of 55 years. It also marked the 60th defeat of GA tek football and coupled with their bowl loss to bring Paul Johnson to 0-2 in bowl games, while Coach Richt is 7-2, it is a bitter pill to swallow for a football team at GA tek under Paul Johnson who has a far worse Academic Progress Rate APR than Coach Richt’s football team’s APR. The better coach ? By far Coach Richt.
It has been a BAD YEAR for GA Tek. A complete clean sweep. In all major sports UGA has far exceeded the Academic Progress Rate of GA tek. And, oh yeah, while we are on the topic, we have BEAT GA tek for this year :
73-66 men’s basketball UGA wins over GA tek.
56-50 women’s basketball UGA wins over GA tek
30-24 football UGA wins over GA tek.
A day to go down in Infamy for GA tek. It could not have happened to a worse group of losers, thugs, college drop-outs and POOR SPORTS. Congratulations GA tek, a clean sweep, in every possible fashion.
DavidDawg86
January 6th, 2010
1:48 am
We Run This State …On and Off the Court!!
Go Dawgs!!
Cali Dawg
January 6th, 2010
1:52 am
Best of luck in the NFL. But, you will be learning a new defensive scheme next year. For the chance to move up to a first rounder, you may want to curb the talk about the difficulty to learn a new defensive scheme next year.
Coach Scott
January 6th, 2010
6:56 am
I was probably Rashad Jones biggest fan. I kept waiting for him to be the kind of “hitter” I expected him to be – the next Greg Blue or Thomas Davis. Alas, I never thought he reached the potential or the expectations I had for him. But, I do believe he gave us enough time, and wish him well in the NFL.
Best Wishes
January 6th, 2010
8:26 am
Best of luck to you in the NFL – glad to see so many GA players are NFL ready – you all will be missed and thanks for the time at GA – time for the young talent to step up for a great 2010!
Go Dawgs!
dap01
January 6th, 2010
9:08 am
Wow, did GA Tech get dominated physically by Iowa or what? If Tech plays outside of the ACC, they have been physically dominated in every aspect of the game. That offense is no longer a mystery, that defense is terrible and the kicking game is second rate at best.
Ha, Ha, it seems that CPJ did not invent football afterall!
flagboy?
January 6th, 2010
10:14 am
Steve
January 5th, 2010
10:52 am
“That being said, I and many others were obviously correct this year.”
“We didn’t just line up and force someone to stop the dive play. When we finally did, we found out teams couldn’t stop it, and we controlled the ball and most importantly the clock much better. ”
“Georgia was dead last in rushing attempts as a perecentage of offensive plays in the SEC until the Georgia (Tech?) game, and for some reason the light finally switched on”
“when Bobo started doing what the fans wanted we started to dominate.”
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First, when coaches start listening to what the fans want, we’re in for a world of trouble. Fans live with perception, not reality. Let’s all admit that Richt, Bobo, and Martinez have forgotten more about football than the rest of us know.
Second, running the ball against tech is a world different from running the football against Florida, LSU, and South Carolina. . .or Tenn for that matter. Losing your best offensive lineman in the first series of the year doesn’t help, and we tried desperately to hide one person on our offensive line ALL YEAR. I don’t think there is anyone out there that wouldn’t like to just line up and run it over and over and over and win. But we COULD NOT do that during most of the season.
To say we should of done all season what we did against tech is saying the SEC is on par with the ACC. And i’m not bashing tech/acc when i say that just isn’t the case.
flagboy?
January 6th, 2010
10:16 am
And R Jones, good luck in the NFL.
I, and i’m sure many Dawg fans will agree, appreciate your game against tech. . . that was a good one.
Bulldog Mike
January 6th, 2010
11:43 am
I’d be REAL surprise if Curran leaves UGA. Curran is a LOYAL dude. He loves Richt and UGA, and UGA loves him. He’s a VERY special guy. He really wants to be that guy that helps Richt get his 1st official Natl Champ. Curran’s family is fine for now. Curran can improve with more int’s, sacks, and tfl’s. Much more $$$ if he waits one more year. Richt ALWAYS follows a tough year with a great 11 or 13 win season. With a new DC, Curran could really have an All-American type season.
confusadude
January 7th, 2010
11:32 pm
Jones was the most overated dog. He has no chance in the NFL. His leaving opens spots for new recruits. Curran needs to stay, I wish we had 10 Currans. How about hiring Pollack as some kind of defensive coach.
weary-dog
January 7th, 2010
11:43 pm
Miller & Jones were below average defenders. Martinez sucked, but these two didn’t help. UGA’s zone defense was clueless. Defense should be better without the 3 slackateers. We need more Renne Curran character players. Forget 5-star ratings, go for character.
who's on 1st
January 7th, 2010
11:48 pm
Whatever happened to Jon Tenuda? Is he available? Kirby isn’t ready for this DC job.
Brent
January 10th, 2010
4:14 am
To you people saying that UGA needs a new head coach: grow up. While it’s true that Mark Richt hasn’t taken us to the promised land yet, let’s remember that this guy has the best winning percentage of any coach in UGA history, including Vince Dooley. Let’s also remember that it took various other legendary coaches, including Dooley, Tom Osborne and Bobby Bowden, longer than a decade before they earned their first title.
Richt won the SEC in two of his first five seasons, and finished ranked #2 in the nation in 2007. If you were to hop in a Delorian, go back to the 1990’s and talk to Dawg fans then, these type of accomplishments would have been grounds for sainthood in Dawg Nation.
I still have faith that Richt will win a national title at UGA. So he hasn’t been as successful as Urban Meyer or Nick Saban in the last couple of years…is that really a reason to fire somebody? Anybody who thinks we should fire Mark Richt is a moron.