Da’Rick Rogers-Bacarri Rambo war of words (and other stuff)
Oct. 9 continues to loom larger. That’s the date of the Georgia-Tennessee football game, which became the most compelling on UGA’s 2010 schedule the moment Derek Dooley was named the Vols’ coach. Now, there’s the added storyline of Da’Rick Rogers, the Calhoun High wide receiver who broke a 7-month commitment to Georgia to sign with Tennessee last week, potentially playing against the Dogs and encountering UGA safety Bacarri Rambo.
Rogers and Rambo have been going at it a bit on Facebook and Twitter since last week.
It started with a Facebook status update by Rambo, who wrote: “Bacarri Rambo thinks [it] is messed up how all of UGA high school commitments back out on us but I’m telling you now when I catch you on the field I’m going to knock fire from you.”
Rogers responded Saturday on Twitter: “Who is Bacarri Rambo?”
Then from Rambo on Twitter: “Tell Darick ‘pretty boy’ Rogers he doesn’t have to know me but I bet he will feel me!! Lol”
Then from Rogers: “don’t worry about me ha … that’s your choice … last time i checked a big hit =’s you getting knocked out.”
Rambo: “I compete against the best receiver in the nation everyday at practice. Why should i worry about that guy.”
OK, on to other stuff:
– Saturday night’s crowd at Stegeman Coliseum wasn’t huge (an announced 8,131), but it was spirited and it again showed that the Dogs can enjoy a significant home-court advantage in the old building. “Everyone said when I came we need a new place,” UGA coach Mark Fox said after the victory over Vandy. “Heck, no, we don’t need a new place! We just need great fans like we had tonight and the right effort.”
– The approximately $12 million in Stegeman renovations approved by UGA’s Athletic Board last week won’t affect the seating bowl, but will make a dramatic difference in the concourses and the exterior appearance.
– Interesting game Saturday. Georgia scored 23 points in the first half, the Bulldogs’ second fewest in any half this season, and 49 in the second half, their most in any half this season. The Dogs’ ball-handling, lousy in the first half, improved in the second.
– Of Georgia’s six SEC losses, four have been by four points or fewer.
– And the Georgia men’s tennis program continued its 21-year winning streak against Georgia Tech on Sunday. The Bulldogs beat the Yellow Jackets 5-2 at the Lindsey Hopkins Indoor Facility in Athens -– Georgia’s 24th consecutive victory over the Yellow Jackets dating back to 1989. Georgia is a mind-boggling 50-1 vs. Tech in men’s tennis since 1969.
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The NCAA
February 8th, 2010
9:19 am
Where did Da’Rick get that brand new car last week?
DogGoneGaDawg
February 8th, 2010
9:19 am
Alec Ogletree is also waiting to put the wood to mr rogers. I am pretty sure that Alec will see playing time this year. Wow! Have you seen the wood this guy brings to the neighborhood? da’rick is going to get “blowed up” one way or the other. Anyway, rogers did not look too good in the allstar games when he was up against high level talent.
KevinM
February 8th, 2010
9:21 am
Single minded Georgia fans here……and I’m not a fan of UT either, but wow, not one comment about the basketball team in this article. How can there be so much basketball talent here, yet zero interest. That tells you that Georgia will always struggle getting kids to stay in state.
No one has any interest in this program that can’t get support until they pull a major surprise.
Get behind Coach Fox. He has surprised me at this point, and even though his record isn’t good at this point, he has his players’ ears and they believe in what he is trying to do.
Suicide
February 8th, 2010
9:22 am
Pope- One thing I DO know is UT has biatch slapped UGA 3 out of the last 4 years, and all were major beatdowns. Losers! And Rambo got knocked the F out the last time he TRIED to “knock fire” from somebody. What a candy-azz!
SUPER DAWG
February 8th, 2010
9:24 am
This was all about Mr. Nance being angry over UGA signing Hutson Mason. Nance was told that UGA would not be signing a QB then went and signed Hutson. So this whole thing of holding UGA’s scholarship hostage up to the last minute was designed to inflict as much damage as possible by Da’flip Rogers so he could make Mr. Nance and his son feel better. Well payback as they say , can’t wait to Da’flip fails to qualify and ends up playing in Kansas for 2 years. Then we will see who has the last laugh!
GaGator
February 8th, 2010
9:24 am
Did I mention that Gators like to gouge players eyes when their arms are pinned back? If not, Gators are well known for playing dirty! And we Gators are proud of it! They don’t call us RedneckNation for nothing!
Go Gators!
GaGator
February 8th, 2010
9:25 am
Richt Best Recruiter in SEC
-wrong as usual,facts prove you wrong again.
Rivals.com rates the classes:
Try the past 5 years since some are still in school,
2006 #4, 2007 #9, 2008 #5, 2009 #7, 2010 #16
Unfortunately, he recruited against Florida, 2006 #2, 2007 #1, 2008 #3, 2009 #11,
and 2010 #1. It appears Richt has no better luck recruiting against the Gators, than playing
them, 2 for 9. How long are you going to put up with him?
Athens (TN) fan
February 8th, 2010
9:26 am
Georgia Football = All talk
GaGator
February 8th, 2010
9:26 am
GaGator
February 8th, 2010
9:24 am
fraud!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Vol in Powell
February 8th, 2010
9:27 am
SHOW ME THE MONEY BACARDI.
Richt Best Rankings in SEC Since 2002
February 8th, 2010
9:28 am
Congrats to Coach Richt who has had the best final poll ranking sin the SEC since 2002:
2002 #3, 2003 #6, 2004 #6, 2006 #10, 2007 #2, 2008 #10
Simply the Best at recruiting and final poll average.
GaGator
February 8th, 2010
9:29 am
Why are some of you dawgs so childish? Taking other peoples handle.
Ga Gator with his eye poke, that didn’t happen according to Easley.
AltamahaDawg
February 8th, 2010
9:30 am
I see GaGator is off to another roaring week posting 20 times a day about UGA.
Tim
February 8th, 2010
9:30 am
Haha. This is good stuff. Looking forward to the game.
1eyedJack
February 8th, 2010
9:34 am
Rambo did the equivalent of shooting a hole in the bottom of the boat. Now it’s time for the rest of you to pull your weight and start rowing if we’re gonna get this thing to shore.
GaGator
February 8th, 2010
9:34 am
AltamahaDawg
Sorry pal, its fun to pull your leg and prove the boasters wrong.
Calhoun High School Teacher
February 8th, 2010
9:38 am
How is Da’rick going to play against Rambo? Is Rambo transferring to some JUCO next fall? As of now Da’rick couldn’t even qualify to Fort Valley State. Don’t worry too much UGA fans, Da’rick has major problems in the classroom.
Paddy
February 8th, 2010
9:38 am
Darlington Blues……De’Rick’s answer to why he left Darlington was (in the ajc) the administration wanted me to be a school leader. If that does not want you to leave your HS nothing will! The gaul of that school! Shameful! Doubt he has a poster in his room that says; “the buck stops here”?
Vol Player
February 8th, 2010
9:40 am
Hey Bacardi,
STFU! You didn’t “knock our head off” last year when you had your chance. And DaRick is already better than we were.
All THREE of us caught touchdown passes over YOUR MOUTHY AZZ!
Gerald Jones (TWICE)
Denarius Moore
Marsalis Teague
2009 “The Mouth shutting”
Tennessee……….. 0 21 17 7 – 45
Georgia…………. 0 12 7 0 – 19
OVER-RATED
February 8th, 2010
9:41 am
HAHAHA – Cant wait to see UGA CHOKE against UT AGAIN. Maybe its not considered “choking” when you aren’t that good in the first place.
LOL
February 8th, 2010
9:43 am
1eyedJack
February 8th, 2010
9:34 am
Rambo did the equivalent of shooting a hole in the bottom of the boat. Now it’s time for the rest of you to pull your weight and start rowing if we’re gonna get this thing to shore.
Yeah right 1EyeJacked. Kinda like the “equivalent” to the way Yellow Fuzz bitch slaps you on the blogs? Hahahaha.
DawginOH
February 8th, 2010
9:44 am
This punk is not worth your time, Bacarri. Just embarrass him on the field on October 9th. Go Dawgs!
scary
February 8th, 2010
9:46 am
Rambo lay motionless on the field for about 10 tense minutes before being carted off late in the victory over Auburn. He was taken by ambulance to St. Mary’s Hospital, where he remained for testing and observation until being released this afternoon.
Richt said today that Rambo suffered a concussion but no other injuries.
OVER-RATED
February 8th, 2010
9:46 am
If Richt’s recruiting classes have been so great, how come he can’t win the SEC East? Recruiting class rankings are about as useful as Preseason rankings, ie UGA ranked #1 two years ago. What a joke. Wake up UGA fans, you’re the Clemson of the SEC.
LOL
February 8th, 2010
9:47 am
Enter your comments here
Proud Dawg
February 8th, 2010
9:48 am
I like a player really taking this to heart and calling him out!
Bacardi Rambo
February 8th, 2010
9:48 am
@ DawginOH ……thanks bro. I will try to embarrass him on da field if I be conscious doring da game. It be hard to embarrass da udda teem when you beez knoked out on yo azz.
1eyedJack
February 8th, 2010
9:48 am
well, similar.
SouthGa Dawg
February 8th, 2010
9:52 am
Nobody is worried about ol floppy top or Derek Dooley! Our matchup is in Jacksonville. The tide is about to start turning. We made necessary changes. Wait and see how or recruiting class ranks next year suckers!!!!
feverdawg
February 8th, 2010
9:54 am
Da’flip Rogers, if he has the grades, will be in Knoxville the next few years. What happens when Nash Nance rides te bench 3 to 4 deep on the depth chart. Does Daddy Nance work a package deal with Middle Tenn. St. for them both to transfer to.
BuzztheKiller
February 8th, 2010
10:01 am
Who is either of these clowns? One is a high schooler that probably won’t even qualify at UT (been telling you guys that for months, you got lucky by not wasting a spot for him) and the others only accomplishment so far at the college level was getting knocked unconscious. Very telling that this is the only news to report on the UGA page…argument between a never has and a never will…
1eyedJack
February 8th, 2010
10:02 am
Thanks for answering your own question poser.
Lakedawg
February 8th, 2010
10:03 am
Enough talk. Dawgs, let’s GET READY TO PLAY
Tennessee for a change and quit underachieving
against that sorry lot. Tennessee has done
NOTHING of note in the past few years except
beat us…..no championships, no BCS bowls,
no substantial rankings. Losing to them
is an embarrassment and it’s time to END
that foolishness. How about another 41-14
Georgia butt-kicking of Tennessee like in
Knoxville not long ago ? It’s WAY overdue.
Enough talk…..DAWGS, GET READY TO PLAY.
shannon1776
February 8th, 2010
10:07 am
Isn’t it funny the Rogers says he didn’t know who Rambo was, then a post later talks about him getting knocked out against Auburn? So D.R.: are you a liar, or stupid?
surfdawg
February 8th, 2010
10:14 am
From what I’m hearing Rogers is struggling with academics and probably will not play next year at Tenn. and probably would not have even been able to get into UGA if he had stayed.
Don't buy into it
February 8th, 2010
10:23 am
Surf- The only place you have heard any of that is on here from delusional, jealous Dawg fans. The kid will get in at UT and the only qualification to get in that second-rate farm school in Athens is to be able to color inside the lines. Losers!
Richt Best Rankings in SEC Since 2002
February 8th, 2010
10:27 am
Average ranking for recruiting #1 SEC for active coaches in SEC since 2002.
Also, #1 in final poll ranking in SEC for active SEC Coaches since 2002.
What the.....
February 8th, 2010
10:27 am
Peyton didn’t have any trouble with GA. Since you said he is a big game choke artist, I guess that means the GA isn’t a big game – I agree.
Last year, I couldn’t believe the idiots from TN who attacked Marlon Brown for switching to GA after they thought he would single-handedly change our program. So what? He made a decision that was best for him. Deal with it.
Now the Rogers changed to UT, I see there are just as many idiodic UGA fans as UT fans. Both players did what they thought was the right thing to do, so fans of both teams need to understand that, grow up, and stop proving these 18 year old kids are more mature than we are.
nash
February 8th, 2010
10:28 am
Rambo might not even see rogers next year or the year after that.This kid might not ever touch the feild from what I understand he can’t run a good route in high school and he might not learn to run one in the SEC Rambo is a big time free safty at a a major school. IF HE SEES THE FIELD TAKE HIS OFF BECAUSE PETTY BOY WILL BE LOOKING FOR NANCE TO TELL HIM WHERE TO RUN BECAUSE HE IS IN A BENCH WARMER POCKET ANYWAY
dawg84
February 8th, 2010
10:30 am
hats off the rambo, all of the defense needs to let rogers know who they are…work your ass off in the weight room, let’s get after them on defense. defense wins championships.
What?
February 8th, 2010
10:30 am
“Big time free safety” You are kidding, right?
CrimsonPride
February 8th, 2010
10:30 am
southga dawg:
Hmmmmmmm. Not worried about “floppy-top?”
Vols beat ugag 45-19: 26 pt difference
Gators beat ugag 41-17: 24 pt difference
ugaga needs better changes than just switching to “Grambling” uni’s to beat Vols or Gators.
And, BTW, “blackouts” dont work anymore, just in case you overlooked that fact too.
Mark Richt=UGA not getting their money's worth
February 8th, 2010
10:31 am
Richt Best Rankings in SEC Since 2002
and 1-2 vs Ron Zook and 2-7 against Urban Meyer. Mark
brucemac
February 8th, 2010
10:32 am
Overated, he did win it 3 times. 1/3 of the time, he wins the east. So I guess he can recruit okay, huh? Oh yea, CMR has winning record versus UT also.
SEC East Headlines – 2/8/10 « MrSEC.com
February 8th, 2010
10:32 am
[...] will have to do some shuffling on their roster this fall.4. Georgia safety Baccari Rambo is in a Twitter/Facebook war with former UGA commitment and Tennessee signee Da’Rick Rogers.5. ESPN’s [...]
sogadog
February 8th, 2010
10:34 am
Rambo talks the talk, now he has to walk the walk. With the DaRick Rogers controversy, “DaRek” Dooley stealing Ga. recruits, Kiffin pronouncing UGA will never beat Tenn again, and Rambo stirring the pot, the Bulldogs should not have a problem getting motivated to play a great game against the Vols. I love to see Rambo getting whipped up to play in February. These Bulldogs are hungry and mean. I love it.
backroads
February 8th, 2010
10:34 am
When friend Nance transfers to another school because of lack of playing time at UT what will Rogers do? Nance and Rogers both backed out of their original commitments. UGA is better off without Rogers.
OldDawg
February 8th, 2010
10:36 am
BuzzTheKiller…there was one small mention of the UGA-techie tennis match last weekend..you must have missed it….BTW…congrats on your fine men’s tennis program…I must admit I had no idea they were that good..series record 50-1..I was not giving them any credit, as I did not remember them winning 1.
Fellow Dawgs…is it just me, or have you guys noticed all the inginuity with the monikers that Yellow Fuzz, RambleOn, m=idiot, GTForever, Pissonadog and the rest of the nerds are bringing here since 30-24?
1eyeJacked
February 8th, 2010
10:36 am
Maybe that “recruit” ain’t happy with the way “Rambo” plays, ever thought of that?
GT
February 8th, 2010
10:43 am
You know that is exactly what got the last defensive coordinator fired, immature players. Watch Dooley you won’t hear much more out of Rogers when he checks into his system, he will save it for the field. If this new DC is what he is suppose to be Rambo will leave it alone too, but Rambo is already in the system and a junior, not sure he gets it yet or has every been taught to just play and shut up. It will be an early sign of what has changed and what is the same old same old. Most penalized team in the SEC for a reason.