UGA QB Mettenberger arrested in South Georgia (UPDATED)

Dawgs are still crooks. Undisciplined thugs. Glad Saban doesn’t run his program like Richt does his. How many players have been arrested over the past year for the dawgs?

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At least we don’t hang out at da Walmart!!! Bwahahahahahahahahahaha

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how ’bout them dogs!!

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they are actually more walmarts here than in bama

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yes, yes, all crooks and thugs. stealing old ladies purses and putting cigarettes out on the dog.

Underage drinking and traffic violations don’t really qualify as THUG behavior in my book. I had a fake ID in college. I guess I’m a crook too?

don’t be ignorant.

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Like none of you has ever done something stupid!

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Well, the quarterback race is heating up…lol

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The most shocking fact about this case is there is actually a bar in Remerton. According to the local city government web site, they just got running water there last year…

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Whoa… Didn’t expect that… kids will be kids I guess… even elite athletes. Just ruined my whole day.

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joe just got running water..no that’s funny.

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Again, what is wrong with these college kids on football scholarships out robbing, stealing, drinking and killing? There are so many deserving ‘non-football’ playing kids that deserve academic scholarships and grants and we waste it on yes, thugs! Enough with the ‘Bama Slammin’….they won, they have a great program, get over it and do something to help clean up UGA besides mouthing off.

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Even Jesus drank a little red wine…

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I guess Aaron Murray is like Holy !@!## Batman.

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“You in a heep of trouble boy.”

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Pretty stupid. He will probably lose the battle with Murray and transfer after this.

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Hey New Jack Hustler, what is probration? Who’s the dumb redneck?

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This is actually a good thing. Murray was going to be the guy anyway. Zack would have ended up #3 so it’s no big deal. What a major crime too huh? A college kid drinking? Wow. This is not nearly as bad as those thugs who get into drugs, rape, fight, steal, etc. I see that an old Tech thug is on the run from the FBI. I think that is a little worse.

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Major criminal alert. What a horrible human being. We are sure lucky we have taken one of those dangerous criminals off the streets. Have any of you cops ever had the guts to go into Atlanta?
I say there is not a cop out there that has the guts to go around Interstate 20 in Atlanta. By the way, for the rest of us, do not stop off at the exits in Atlanta.

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CMR will make him sit out the National Anthem at the first game…

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counseling for drinking in college?

wouldn’t we all be in counseling????

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Kick him off the team, take his scholarship and set and example! What an idiot!

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And then there were two. Looks like it will be either Gray or Murray. I am picking Murray, like it really matters. I am not going to fault the kid for the underage consumption. I’ll take the “he who is without sin cast the first stone” stance on that one. But in regards to the other charges, I can only say: IDIOT!!! Dude, you are a UGA QB. You shouldn’t need a fake ID to get booze. What a moron.

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When is Florida going to annex Valdosta? There hasn’t been a single bit of good news for UGA coming from down there recently. C’mon all you South GA rednecks!!! When are y’all going to set things straight down there???

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I hate the 21 yr old drinking age. All it does is make Criminals out of College Students. The drinking age should be rolled back to 19, the age of most college freshmen. Otherwise students will continue to learn that the Guvment makes idiotic laws and it is OK to break the ones you don’t like. Too bad for Mett.

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Remerton is a JOKE about this sort of thing. Flip Flops is not a seedy bar, and the City of Remerton makes their revenue off of college students- I have had two children arrested there, and they are good kids.

I hope CMR takes this into consideration- this should be an infraction that calls for running stadium steps, not suspension. Bad judgment, but not a “real” crime-

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No matter how hard the Gators try, the UGA Curdawgs maintain their lead in student athlete and former athlete arrest.

Is Stafford’s “beer keg press” record safe? How many reps did Zach Mettenberger complete?

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Bud Flu…Mettenberger is not Jesus !

He may wish he was. He got catch in one bad County, they don’t play. Just like Henry Co. don’t play. How stupid can these players be?

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Don’t the coaches tell these guys that they are targets? I think sometimes it is wrong-place wrong-time for some, but this was carrying a fake ID with the intent to buy liquor. That is stupid and illegal and Zach should not be in college on scholarship

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The real question: What the hell was he doing partying in Remerton? Yikes! Kinda like Ben Rothelisburger in Milledgeville?

Hey Zack, take a look around Athens, should be plenty to keep you busy there!

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funny how bama wins a NC and they start appearing on these little comment blogs for the AJC – the crimson tide are lucky they haven’t been stripped of everything they’ve accomplished as much as they have cheated over the years…

Zach messed up – who cares. Aaron Murray is going to be starting QB anyways….

get back to work you idiots.

Go Dawgs.

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DieHard, there is no way that happens. His mother works in the athletic offices at Georgia. There is no way they make an example of him. I’d agree that we shouldn’t be shocked at the Under Age Drinking charge but I’d like to hear more about the Disorderly and Obstruction charges. Richt is, however, soft on those boys. He’s got the Bowden “aww shucks” mentatlity.

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Timmy Tucker,
I figured you would try to sweep this one under the rug, so to speak???? I can actually say that you showed some real journalistic integrity for once.

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Guys, these are still 18 and 19 year old kids, Coach Richt and the coaches will handle it as they well should, will definitely put him behind now…Remember before everyone goes to bashing the kid and the program that this happens to all programs, Bama included….Anyone that has not made dumb decisions or was lucky enough not to get caught at this age is lying if they post otherwise on here…The AJC will jump at this kind of stuff, but lets not get into bashing the young man for a mistake, and lets hope this is not a pattern for him, but for now give him and the program the benefit of the doubt and see how he handles the consequences that will come…Be prepared dawg nation the bashing from the other programs is about to start,,,

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Whew, for a second there, I thought the headline read “QB Murray Arrested” Thank God!

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Seems like we have a lot of “Bamas” on this blog…I wonder why? Oh yeah, you don’t have a newspaper in the state! All you Tide fans, you should be proud but let’s not go pointing out others faults!

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ahhh yes, Spring is in the air.

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Well that’s one way to narrow down the QB race.

Defending National Champs- It’s funny you ask “How many players have been arrested over the past year for the dawgs?”

Unless you count the players that were “arrested” for expired licenses (I believe there were 2), UGA had one player to be arrested in the last year: Montez Robinson. Alabama also had one player arrested in the last year for domestic violence: Courtney Upshaw.

“Glad Saban doesn’t run his program like Richt does his.” That’s also pretty funny. Nick Saban is no stranger to off-the-field incidents. In his first 14 months on the job, 8 football players were arrested.

Pot meet kettle.

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First Rothensberger (sp) in Millegeville now Mettenberger in Remerton. It’s obviously is small town Georgia’s discrimination against folks with long last names!! Just obvious as heck. I suggest we march on these towns and get the QB’s released. Oh wait big Ben has left the state and Zach is back home in Oconee for spring break. Zach that’s why everyone goes to Florida for spring break, they expect drunken college kids….I’m just saying………..

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Turn the other ….What?

I don’t like it but I can forgive him.

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What an idiot. Vying for a starting job at an sec school and you do this. Stupid kid.

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Man, how stupid do you have to be?? You are working on ‘winning’ the starting QB position for the fall…and you go out and make yourself look stupid??

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Ok, let me go over the details.
College Sophomore 1 year away from being 21, drinking on Spring Break? Hhahahahh only thing this is good for is a laugh. Made me think about when my ID fell apart when I handed to a gas station worker one time. Life ain’t over Mettenberger cause everyone loves a comeback story!

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Remerton is notorious for this kind of stuff. It’s a town inside of a town, bars and college students only. I hate to say it but Mettenberger probably thought he could get away with any thing down there because he is a UGA quarterback. Remerton will arrest anyone, it’s pretty much the police departments only source of income. Sadly, a underage consumption is treated like murder when you are a quarterback for a major university.

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Dawgster, very well said!! I concur.

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Wow, Underage drinking!! This arrest wouldn’t get this kid a suspension at UF, Bama,UT, or any other SEC school. Who cares the kid was drinking beer and got drunk.

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Making a mistake means turning left when you meant to turn right. Carrying a fake ID and buying booze is not a mistake -that is a conscious decision to break the law. Disorderly conduct and obstruction are not mistakes, either. A$$ painting is also not a mistake. The mistake is having no discipline on the team – and as a result abundant unsportmanlike penalties on the field. I wish they would call a penalty on the a$$ painter and the one who held me down while he was painting. Coach Grantham better be as good as advertised because the whole program is in his hands now. Richt is no longer in charge.

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Well I guess that’s progress…..it took 16 post before M Vick’s name came up. At least the UGA jocks are consistant, blotter fodder every year.

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Ok, stupid move. 19-20 year olds are notoriously stupid, but that doesn’t make him a “criminal” or “thug” as some of you haters call it. All the charges are misdemeanors and not a felony in the bunch, unlike stealing a dead girl’s credit card, selling drugs, or knocking off a 7-11.

He’ll get suspended at least for the first game and there goes any real chance he had to win the QB job. It will be a heavy penance and could signal the end of his career at UGA.

The really sad thing is that CMR surely warned the team of this kind of behaviour before letting them go for spring break.

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I’m an Auburn fan but this story is a non-issue. Who doesn’t remember having a fake id? This incident could occur for any student (not just athletes) at any university.

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Compare the Dawgs to LSU: The Tigers have not had one incident with a football player since 2008 when Perrilloux was kicked off the team.

This has alot to do with who is leading the program.

Meanwhile, Bradie James, former LSU linebacker and starter for the Cowboys had a fundraiser for breast cancer last Thursday in the Stadium Club section of Tiger Stadium. The cost to attend was $56, his jersey number. Says alot about his charactor and one of many examples of former Tigers who have gone on as Coach K at Duke says to “be good men”.

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Poor kid,just wait. Richt is going to come down on him hard. I bet he will have to apologize. Might even make him run a extra lap. When will these kids learn.

Woo!!!!!!

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I think he such have to sit out the first quarter of the spring game.

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Am guessing he is firmly entrenched at 3rd string on the depth chart. Use your brain kid!!!!

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Yes we all have done stupid stuff when we were younger. Nothing personal but I don’t think this is the kid we want running our offense. I would hope that the next UGA QB will be smart enough to recognize a situation that is not good for him or the program. A good leader would have not let himself get into these kind of situations

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The kid was just having some fun and made a very bad decision!! He did not hurt anybody or assult some woman like Big Ben. To all of the troll’s trying to stir up crap between Bama and Georgia can
GO KISS MY ASS!! RTR

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Alabama fans should crawl back under their rocks. I find it funny how quiet most of you were until the Saban hire, and now you act like you own the world.

News flash, Alabama came as close as any school since SMU of going into a death penalty state. Had the NCAA not realized the death penalty was a big mistake, and had Alabama not been the historical powerhouse that it is, they would have gotten the death penalty.

Any one of you morons on here for Bama or Tech that is calling these kids thugs .. just remember, you were probably doing the same thing prior to being legally able to drink. If you weren’t then feel free to comment from the computer in your apartment .. aka your mothers basement .. mamma’s boy.

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@Papadawg – No, obviously, but as a student athlete, he has more responsibilities. Athletes are an extension of the University and are part of a team. These kinds of selfish acts hurt the team. I doubt he will get any real kind of punishment, but he should be more mindful of his actions.

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Wow … #2 BAMA fan I give you props. The first intelligent post from a Bama fan all day.

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Well well well…funny how the worm turns, isn’t it?? Just a couple of weeks ago, I was hearing from the Dawgs re: the Gary Brown situation at UF all about the arrests and how Urban Meyer promotes thuggery etc etc…. But I’m not going to go bashing here, I’m going to try to be real and say that this is a problem that ALL schools face or potentially face. (By the way, Gary Brown, a highly touted star recruit, is no longer on the Florida team). I think that the only way UF or UGA or Tennessee or Alabama or any other school is going to get a handle on this problem, which is a reflection of our society and our times more than on any individual coach, is to adopt an almost zero tolerance policy toward this situation which is happening more and more. Get ‘em out of there! I see this happening more at UF, they are tired of preaching to these guys and trying to hold their hands. It’s just not worth the bad public image that you have to endure. And it just doesn’t work. Send a stong message to the team, you’d better follow the rules and be a good teammate or be gone.

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To all of you Alabama fans. There has not been an NCAA violation that your program has’nt like to violate and you want to talk about us. Yea. we have kids that make mistakes like all kids. Your coach is a liar and a jerk and he will always be that way.

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Dawggirl32,

Sweetie you don’t want to get into an argument with me on players arrested. Saban booted most of the 7 players that were all discipline problems when he arrived in 2007. He doesn’t put up with that crap like Richt does. In each of the last 2 years we’ve had something like 1 player arrested while the dawgs have routinely had 7-8 arrested over single year. Please don’t embarrass yourself by arguing with me over who has had more arrests over any time frame. Its the only contest Georgia not only beats us in but whips us soundly. As for Courtney Upshaw his arrest for domestic violence charge was dropped. His girlfriend saw him talking to another girl and slapped the fool out of him. He held her down to keep her from hitting him. A campus cop doing his rounds saw the whole thing and had no choice but to arrest both. Charges were dropped because the player did nothing wrong. You should learn something before you run your mouth about an incident. And furthermore this white girl’s father publicly blamed her because he knew she was the aggressor. In his own word he “felt sorry” for Courtney Upshaw because it wasn’t Upshaw’s fault. There ya go there sweetie. You still didn’t answer the question though. How many dawgs have been arrested in the past 3-4 years? Isn’t it like 25 over the last 4 years?

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Wow, LSU is amazing? Is that the response you were looking for, Redstic? There are many former bulldogs doing great things right now, so your post is irrelevant.

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Hey Hudson, they are starting to fall!!!!!!! Keep doing what you have done!!!!

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On another note, anyone else wondering what the heck Ben Rothlesberger was doing Milledgeville?!?!? That is just about the weirdest thing I have heard in a long while.

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How2fish

March 8th, 2010
10:47 am
The defending national champions..you are out of your mind..

Dude…I am neither a Bama or UGA fan, but you just sound stupid when you say something like “you are not defending national champions because you guys are being investigated for some things back in 2005-2007″. So who is the defending national champion, braniac?

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HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN. CAST THE FIRST STONE

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Remerton, GA is a joke. They do nothing but farm money off of college kids. They are shady, slimy, mofo’s whose only way of generating revenue is to pray off of the college community. I have boycotted the area becuase of there shady tactics.

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No big deal—UGA’s got tons of connections down there–their lawyers will make it “go away” quietly. Just pass a few season tickets around and things happen!!! Just win baby!

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All of these Alabama fans like to run their big mouths now. I remember just a few short years ago when they were the door mats of the SEC west getting beat by Auburn every year. They were not talking a bunch of smack then. Matter of fact you never heard from them because they were all hiding. You soon will be that way again when your liar coach leaves you high and dry to scratch that NFL itch again. Enjoy it while it last.

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tech nerds, eligibility and intelligence don’t necessarily go
hand-in-hand, aka Reggie Ball, so let’s not go there, plus, if tech kids didn’t drink then the suicide rate would be very high on that god-forsaken campus, 83% guys/male nerds, nothing to do on campus that doesn’t require a slide-rule, and threat of being mugged if you venture off-campus
-Having said that, I am disappointed in Zach, but having been a student, and having had many drinks in that role, I don’t think an over-reaction is necessary here, let’s just hope he learned his lesson, know where to drink and where not to, , lighten up folks

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i just checked the athens-clarke county website and there are plans for a new cell block in the county jail exclusively for uga football players. apparently they will be able to attend class as well as work out and practice in the yard during their 1 hour of rec time each day. yyeaahh grid iron gang.

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What idiot goes to a bar in Remberton looking for a good time?

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bama:
Heard Louisiana Lafayette was coming back on the schedule….Better button up….

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reply to Sweet Home Alabama,,,,,, yeah,, okay ,, you just keep believing that,,, “total person concept”… let’s just see what these “total people” have to say when the NCAA punishments come down,,, that NC trophy is going to look a little tarnised,,,,,

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AND THE BEAT GOES ON…. AND THE BEAT GOES ON… Welcome to UGA. Home of the 72 oz tonic and fake ID’s. Get’em while there hot!!!

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yeah yeah talk about the past because thats all you got! Bama, Florida, Lsu have all went WAYYYYY past you and the only reason the vols and the barn school Auburn arent better its because they had coaching changes…its sad

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Let’s see, underage drinking, or cocaine distribution. Which one is worse? Oh yeah, I forgot about the shooting incident. Tuscaloosa and Baghdad, two places where it’s not safe to walk the streets.

Jimmy Johns free on bail yet?

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WOW, I guess none of yall drank alcohol at the age of 19 when in college and I didnt know that your a redneck if you do drink, who would of thought?. For those people who are ripping this kid, your pathetic or you prob just didnt hang out on the weekends due to the Lord of Warcraft tournments going on. bama fans- yall were on probation earlier this decade so dont talk about bad programs and you’ve had 3 good teams in ten years and please dont try convince us that saban is a good person(better coach not better person) ex “I am not taking the Alabama job”. As for the CMR haters, what the hell is he supposed to do in this case? tell me idiots, he cant hold their hands all the time. Kids MAKE MISTAKES. Its not CMR’s fault here and if you think so your an idiot. I sure everyone on this blog has a friend or two that has gotten an alcohol related arrest or known someone that has. lets face it, cops are bad in athens, statesboro, valdosta, and carrolton when it comes to underage drinking but in this case mett was the idiot. Tech fans obiviously feel the need to dog UGA even though the ACC champs got their AZZ WHOOPED 30-24, again ok, 30-24, god that feels good. Oh and in basketball where the dawgs are below 500 and STILL beat GT with one the best teams GT has fielded(based on talent, not results) nerds how does it feel to be champs of the Almost Competitive Conference but aren’t state champs? No I m not a redneck, i dont fish or hunt or listen to country music, I have a job in sales. My parents went to UGA, those are my ties to UGA. That takes away most your lame azz comebacks. So I wonder what yall will say to make yourselves feel better? keep in mind, UGA’s worst>tech’s best.

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Georgia and Auburn are tied for 3rd place with 5 other programs for the most major infractions cases brought against the program by the ncaa. Just a fact. Bama has had 3 major cases brought against them. All in the 90s and 2000s. The textbook case would count as 4 except most of the violations were incidental and secondary and there was no MAJOR violation committed. The 5 players who were gaming the system to help friends/girlfriends get free textbooks received no illegal benefits and the school received no competitive advantage. Even with these 5 players the violations were counted as secondary since the school took immediate corrective action.

So the count according to the NCAA cops is still UGA/AU with 6 major infractions cases versus 3 or 4 against Bama.

JUST THE FACTS SIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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OMG you nut have your team are nothing but crooks! T town is perfectly safe place to be its just like athens except it has the smell of a winner

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You can die for your country when you’re 18 years old, but can’t legally drink a beer. You have to drive 55 mph on roads engineered to drive 75 mph on. We can’t drill for the 1000 years’ worth of oil under our noses cause it might keep an owl awake at night. Just a few of the thousands of idiotic laws the do-gooders in DC have bestowed upon us …

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UGA fans take note that GT fans did not come on here and blast your QB like some of you did to Shaw, and all he did was transfer. Stay Classy.

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we lost to Louisiana Lafayette 3 years ago but were still a lot better than you….

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For all of you who even think that Mettenbeger is a thug, you really have no clus what you are talking about. He is the definition of a white bread, rich boy. He got caught doing something that countless young college students do, not that I’m saying it’s right. He will pay severely for his actions, both with public humilitation and a probable 2 game suspension that will all but remove him from the QB competetion.

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Remerton is a one square mile municipality , which is literally down the street from Valdosta State University and is completely surrounded by the City of Valdosta. Remerton is essentially a bedroom community for VSU students, primarily consisting of apartments and duplexes. Their are several bars which accomodate underage drinking and stay open past the closing time of Valdosta bars. Their municipal court dockett consists primarily of alcohol related offenses and speeding tickets. They have an unusually large police force for their geographic and population size, which is conducive to generation of revenue in their municipal court. That having been said, they do enforce the laws in their little town. Maybe more of the scrutiny should be placed on the “student athlete” in question and his alleged illegal conduct. Without knowing the facts, the charges suggest that he was not only illegally drinking, but fought with the police or others, although if the disorderly conduct has to do with an alleged altercation with the police, then they have already cut him some slack by not charging him with felony obstruction of an officer. Then again, any felony charge would go to Superior Court, where the City of Remerton would not benefit from the fine, which would go to Lowndes County. Keep it in municipal court and the fine stays in Remerton. In any event, at ease Dawg fans. Valdosta has several UGA grads who are attorneys, including a former UGA quarterback. This will be handled. After all, a quarterback for UGA is entitled to special consideration, no matter what in which part of the state he travels .. There is just too much money involved in UGA football for it to be otherwise. After all, we have to keep football income high, so that the coaches can keep their outrageous salaries, while the legislature and BOR threaten to kill the 4-H program and reduce the county extension offices by half. So what if the farmers’ crops suffer through the loss of county agents? Having successful food crops and protecting Georgia’s agribusinesses pale in comparison as to how the football team performs against our traditional rivals on Saturday afternoons. People, get your prioirities straight, !

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yes we all know he is WHITE breed so it will get off perfectly fine

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he*

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Hope Richt uses him as an example and throws the book at him!!! Use him as example to ward off any other knucklehead behavior. You can say he is 18 blah, blah, blah. Athletes held to higher standards! That’s the way it is and they sign up for that when they sign letter of intent. Richt better be hard on this one!!!!!!!

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UGA leads all of College football in arrests the last 2 1/2 years. There coach is named Saint Richt. Anybody seeing the irony here. Most of the arrests were for small violations, but they still show UGA players making poor decisions. UGA makes fun of Fla, Bama, TN for having thugs play. It’s obvious the whole SEC uses thugs. Go to Athens, get arrested, play football, lose to FL. Does that sound fun to you?

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no actually the uga fan above me said Louisiana Lafayette, I really dont remember who they were since we havent lost at home since unlike you guys when we beat the pants off you in your own house

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Richt, keep recruiting thugs and stupid kids. No way you’ll ever win the SEC.

Unless you consider he has already won it. Twice.

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I remember when 18 meant you could drink in college and we did….if you can be sent to Irag at age 18 you should be allowed to drink…

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Gatormania, a lot of Dawg fans posting on the gators blog about Gary Brown a few weeks ago was there?

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Well, I guess that settles that QB battle.

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BAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHA!

Great job Coach Richt, amen.

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ya us oconee boys are complete thugs. but for real everyone drinks. he dont deserve it

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Bama….really? – when the last time your team PLAYED or WON in a National Championship game? You were probably still crapping your pants and sucking on your momma’s big fat teeeeot.

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Haha…Georgia and Bama fans calling each other rednecks.
Just like the pot calling the kettle black….

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this will have no effect on UGA’s QB competition. this will be long forgotten by august.

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OK, if Duke fans want to make fun of UGA being full of thug athletes, go ahead. BUT Alabama? Crooked, backwards, know-nothing Alabama? Give me a break. Yeah, I’m sure Alabama has a lot of scholar athletes on their roster.

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Bama really?

You need some perspective. Sure Bama had Jimmy Johns and one other player who committed a felony. Both were immediately dismissed from both school and the team. Everyone has a bad apple or 2. The difference over all between discipline at Bama vs UGA is nothing short of astounding. Saban cleaned up all the bad apples in his 1st year in 07. In 08 and 09 we’ve probably had a grand total of 2-3 players arrested. Over the same time span UGA has had 15 or more players arrested. Seems like its a daily occurrence with the dawgs. Over the past 3-4 years its been something like 25 players arrested for UGA and not even half of that for Bama.

You can always point to one or 2 serious infractions by Jimmy Johns and one other player. But in terms of pure overall numbers of players getting in trouble with the law you guys have us beat by a mile.

It just a fact sir so deal with it.

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Raised two kids in the 90s and early 2000s. Did not have this to deal with ………lucky, I guess. Both are ultra successful in their respective careers, but both did some stupid things like this.

One down and two QBs to go. We may have to go with Rambo, who played in HS. Aaaahahaha

Go Dogs.

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Is it starting again already? I had hoped we had seen the last of this type of publicity from Athens.

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They are too busy studying, even on Spring Break.

LOL Good one. Truth is this stuff goes on especially at spring break. Hell I had a fake ID too when I was in high school. We all did. There was a kid down the street that made em for 20 bucks.

He also is not the first kid to drink a beer before he was 21. I did. Im sure alot of you did as well.

That doesnt excuse his behavior. Im sure this morning he is finding out the hard way the being a high profile athlete at an elite program like UGA means you dont just get away with this stuff. If he were another kid on campus this wouldnt even be a story.

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UGA is all talk but cant win the big one. But congrats you guys did beat Hawaii couple years ago hahaha

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Hey jacketnation. You are an idiot if you think any of those YECH players pass calculus on their own. Have you heard them talk. They can’t even put a full sentence together that anyone can understand.
By the way, 30-24.

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Hey Gator Mania — here’s why Gary Brown was suspended. big difference between that and underage drinking. now…. the obstruction charge may be an equalizer, but I doubt it knowing how little it takes to get an obstruction charge.
Brown, a redshirt freshman from Greensboro, is facing two counts of misdemeanor battery for allegedly slapping a woman and scratching another at a party early Sunday morning. According to the police report, Brown used an open hand to strike the face of a woman trying to kick people out of a party. Another woman who intervened was scratched by Brown as he attempted to slap her arms away, according to the police report.

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The only thing I question is why he was spending part of spring break in South Georgia.That is harder to explain than drinking.

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Hey bama, you guys don’t have a blog somewhere else?…(hint)

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YESSS mount cody has huge boobs but he still is better than half those sorry players you got in athens and your an idiot please go back to your cameo uga hat and big truck with UGA sticker in the back…talk about redneck

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Well I’ll tell ya Andy, he was obstructing because he knocked the bullet out of my pocket, that’s why it was obstruction. And I’ll tell ya another thing too, we ought have him paint that porch for Aunt Bea because he won’t even need a ladder to reach the ceiling. I’ll go put in the cell with Otis until his bail hearing.

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It just a fact sir so deal with it.

This is a fact. The police in Tuscaloosa dont enforce the rules on Athletes. Never have.

Hell I used to live there and David Palmer was walking out of a gas station every night with a case of beer and he was 19 at the time.

The joke around town at that time was if you called 911 they would first ask you to get the players jersey number.

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idk maybeee but if you dont like strip clubs then something is wrong with YOU! im on my way to the pink pony as we speak

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I was a-r-r-e-s-t-e-d and released on BOND in 68 on Spring break in Datyona Beach Florida. I was charged with being on the hood ( outside of a moving car ) on the beach. The whole thing was in and out in about 1.5 hours. Went to jail in the Volusia County paddy wagon with several wacked out, sunburned rednecks and hippies. I just had some brews but was not charged for that. Why??? I was not a loud mouth punk QB from a major university, although I was a loud mouth UGA student and fan …….still am …..a fan. I kept my mouth closed that day and took my licks.

I had to go back in June that year to face the music and had to write a paper to turn in at court. Did that and that was that. This is so similar and it will not matter in the scheme of things. I am now 61 and it is only a fond memory of being young and dumb.

Go Dogs.

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Cu cu cu cu, It was obstruction because he ripped the shrubbery off my car when I cuffed and stuffed him. Boss Hogg won’t be happy with that. Might have to sick em on those Duke boys as big as he is.

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You mean sometimes kids drink under the age of 18????

When did this start????

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I don’t mean to make light of the charges – but I do remember being that age. I’m now a boring old man. But at that age I could have easily been in the same boat. I know that not all young people travel that route but I’d guess that most do. It’s just that time in life. I wish the kid well and hope that he either changes his behavior or gets smarter about it. But it is hard for me to put this sort of thing in the thug category – in my book it just isn’t a serious offense.

I hope the determination of who will be the QB will be made on the field. If a one-game suspension is the normal punishment for this – sure – do it. But I hope – and do believe – that this will not determine who wins the competition.

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Five wins if we are lucky.

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Allow me to help you out sir. Last year Alabama led the nation with 22 players in its bowl game who had already earned their degree. Just the facts sir.

Who you kidding? Everyone knows Bama players dont even go to class.

Alabama has the dirtiest program in the Nation. Always has. they will be back on probation again very soon.

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Shane,

Sorry dude but that is your opinion and is not based upon any facts or hard data. Please learn the difference. Also, if the Tuscaloosa pd was that lenient than Jimmy Johns never would have been arrested.

Also, your opinion doesn’t jive with the facts, especially in 2007. There was a series of articles written in the Tuscaloosa news in 2007 regarding the perceived aggression with which the local cops seemed to pursue Bama football players.

As a matter of fact Rashad Johnson was arrested in a bar for a scuffle that videotape verified and proved wasn’t even a scuffle. The video vindicated Johnson and brought about the series of articles as to why the police seemed to basically be harassing football players.

Your opinion is in conflict with the facts sir.

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How2Fish, good to here from you again girl. A coach cannot watch a student athletes every move. Nor can a parent, I know his family and they’re outstanding people. I only guess at how disapointed they are.

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Again people stop bashing this young man and the dawg coaching staff or any other coaching staff for things involving 18-19 year old kids…You have to treat this with consistancy based on how other players were handled when the same behavior happened…Don’t make this kid into something other that he made a mistake and will suffer the consequiences…Why do we have to bash the programs, coaches and the kids as we read on here way too often…I think we all know that all programs do have some severe problem kids that have to be addressed, i don’t believe any of the top programs are immune to that. and if drinking is a problem for this young man, i’m sure it will be dealt with, but for gosh sake, give the kid a fair chance and see how he accepts what comes down…I believe if we look at history you will find Presidents of our County, Sports figures, Celebrities, Ourselves that have been given 2nd chances and maybe more should stop and think real hard before they continue this unfair bashing…

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Now it appears that Rothliesberger now has someone he could blame that attack on. 6-5 245lbs QB Drinking and out of control. Hmmm. Big Ben will be thrilled with this new information.

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Hello Zach. We have been waiting for you. Hahahahhahaaaaaaaaa!

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Your opinion is in conflict with the facts sir.

Um no its not sir

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He is a jock. Football is so important. He is a future leader. Kids look up to him. Leave him alone. LOL

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If Alabama won 17 straight SEC games they would be tide with UGA this decade.

If Alabama had a online blog, perhaps you tide turds would not be trolling anything in the state of Georgia.

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Blue your an idiot look at the post you moron…the guy I was replying to name is defending national champs..you moron your dismissed! And my post was to him talking down to a kid who got caught drinking when his program is looking at voiding 20+ wins during those years NO ONE said Bama wasn’t or didn’t deserve the NC this year..again moron read the posts or STFU!

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He’s a college kid out doing what most college kids do….give him a break. Timmy Tucker, do you happen to like the band Moe?

Go Vols!

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Richt just cannot demand discipline can he?? It is the same thing every year, and then he expects something different on the field. Richt needs to review what Einstein said about repeating the same thing over and over, and expecting a different result!! Maybe 2011 will bring a new tone and face to lead UGA football!

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I grew up in Valdosta. Remerton is actually a town in the middle of Valdosta with just a few restaurants several homes (duplexes mainly) and its own police department. The cops are obviously bored and are known to pick fights just to have someone to arrest. Not excusing Mettenberger at all, but its probably also not as bad as it seems.

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Need our Bama friends be reminded of Jimmy Johns selling coke on campus a few years back? Hipocrisy knows no bounds.

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Did he lose his way to Shreveport ?

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Oh boy. This isn’t good. Sure kids will be kids but at some point they have to think about their actions. I can tell you that I stumbled and tumbled around Athens for 4 years (I think) and never once was arrested (from what I can recall). Zach you have a golden opportunity here kid be better than that. Drinking will get you nowhere. You will end up like us blogging about the next great UGA QB who gets nailed on some stupid underage drinking/fake ID/obstruction of justice charge. Do you want to end up like us? Hell no! Now sober up. Drunk and stupid is no way to go through life.

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The bama team is filled with thugs and criminals, but saban has the local cops in his pocket, and they keep all the crimes and arrests covered up. Tuscaloosa–trailerparkville—filled with a bunch of ignorant rednecks and a mediocre college!!!! But do it all it takes to keep the thugs eligible!!

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Now that’s a guy that I want leading my TEAM. Nuff Said !!!

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Sweet Home Alabama: Sounds like the only thing BAMA is missing is a typing class! What about all those violations, I guess the total person concept, at BAMA, doesn’t apply to directors and coaches. I’m sure you never had an underage drink in college, because you didn’t go to college. I can’t stand you Wal Mart BAMA fans!

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Does this mean he sits our

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Well this Young Man made a very POOR DECISION. The problem being is that too many of our Student Athletes are making dumb SELFISH mistakes. You can say what you want about our enemy Saban…but he does have his kids thinking PROGRAM AND FUTURE First.

I hope CMR can get someone’s attention on this Springs Squad and deliver a message by example and change the MENTALITY and ATTITUDE.

ACCOUNTABILTY is something that our nemesis preaches and focuses on and apparently many on this blog think” It is a college kid drinkin”….well with that kind of attitude among our student athletes and parents we will continue this downward spiral to a mediocridity in the SEC.

TIME TO GET IT TOGETHER…..

SEC FIRST AND ALWAYS…OVER EVERY OTHER CONFERENCE..

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Mark Rick just announced his punishment.15 minutes on the stadium steps.
He will get a break every 5 minutes so as not to overheat.

Now we know why they are losers.HA HA HA HA.this is a great story.

ROLL TIDE ROLL…….

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Shane, is this why UGA/AU are tied with 5 other programs with 6 major infractions cases brought against them by the NCAA? Bama has had 3 cases and 4 if you count the textbook case. All have been in the 90s and 2000s. We still trail you and AU though. Just the facts sir and this is verifiable with the ncaa. Do your research sir.

I have sir.

All have been in the 90s and 2000s. Take that for example. Everyone knows Bear Bryant was a drunk and paid his players. He ran a dirty program but it was all kept quiet because he won.

Man I knew people from bama were dumb put this is pushing it a bit. They actually believe they have and have had a clean program over there? Unbelievable

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Howtofish,

No one cares about 5-10 years ago in the early 2000s when Georgia was up because Florida had zook and bama was devastated by probation. You can choose to live in the past if you would like to but I prefer to live in the present and future.

5 or 10 years ago isn’t relevant to today and if we want to pick a point in time to brag about our team’s success then why not just pick all time or at least the time frame that starts with the inception of the 2 division format? In your case you only pick the last 8 years or so because otherwise it doesn’t suit your argument.

We can all pick a point in time to make our program look deceivingly good. That’s just weak. For example I can pick the last 100 years of football since Alabama is the nation’s winningest program of the last 100 years. But it doesn’t have anything to do with the 2010 season now does it?

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BOY OH BOY. So much for our QBs hopes.
We might end up playing the guy who was
in the local high school playoffs 2 months ago.

We’re in trouble!

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Georgia Fans are inbred hilbillys!

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Shane get a life you freaking idiot!! Tuscaloosa police would give anybody a hard time me included!!
I was walking to a game with a beer in my hand and a black cop gave me a hard time because I was not on the sidewalk!! RTR

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You can choose to live in the past if you would like to but I prefer to live in the present and future.

That has to be the first time a Bama fan has ever uttered those words. Wait till they dont win anything again for the next twenty years then it will be 13 titles this and XYZ titles that.

Watch and see.

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What up?

You blog people ain’t cool talking about this guy.

I ain’t gwan to TH-UGA if I cain’t grow my corn-rows, dance on my sidelines, and act the way I want to act.

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Kid made a mistake. At least he did not beat his girlfriend. Most of the UGA arrests have been for very minor things like underage drinking. What college kid does not do that? War Eagle and Go Dawgs. Gonna thump you guys this year in Auburn!!

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Titles are Titles and Wins are Wins…Unless the NCAA decides to go after a school with a vendetta each school even (SHANES) will Cheat or cross the Gray Area wherever possible..that is the facts and always has been….

I love my DOGS in 80 and have been proud and dissappointed…Jan Kemp…have watched school after school in the SEC go on and off probation….if you think your school does not cross that cheating line whether intentional or not you need to be on some serious medication.

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Shane,

I already mentioned all of our probations were in the 90s and 2000s or did you miss that? Also, I never claimed we run the cleanest program around and in the late 90s under Debose things certainly weren’t being run cleanly. No argument here. I’m simply pointing out to you that you’ve had your own little issues with running a filthy program. The crap that was going on under Dooley? Jan Kemp exposing the fact that a lot of the Georgia players were being graduated but were functionally illiterate? I got news for you. Ozzie Newsome, Dwight Stephenson, all of the Alabama greats of the 70s. Those guys were literate.

What Kemp exposed at Georgia was nothing short of mind blowing as far as the preferential treatment towards football players and graduating players that were illiterate. You should read about it sometime. And lets not even get into Jim Harrick Jr. and how man points do you get for a 3 pt shot?

As for calling Bear a drunk. He certainly was successful for a guy who was such the drunk that you make him out to be. Hard to fathom how a guy who is such a bad drunk can be so incredibly successful. But since you knew the man I guess you alone can testify as to what a drunk of a loser he was.

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Vandy fans can’t spell!!

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You never would see Tebow doing that!

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My understanding is he’s not 21 yet, underage drinking against the law.

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Juan.

I can say Jimmy Johns. So what? One bad apple. Once again people like you lack perspective. You can point out one bad apple but you don’t want to get into comparing the sheer number of Georgia players arrested over the last 3-4 years with the number of Bama players arrested during the same time frame. No sir. You just don’t want to go there. It is an argument you cannot win.

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ANOTHER ugag player arrested. Is it still news if it happens daily?

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Bama probably leads the NCAA in number of times put on probation. Did they give rings for that too?

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Juan,

What was that about you calling me an inbred piece of crap? Inbred? A thought that book and movie “deliverance” with all the man raping inbred hillbillies was based on rural Georgia and not Alabama? Oops looks like I’m right. Wasn’t that book and movie Gone with the wind with all the intermarrying cousins based in Georgia? By golly I believe it was! And you gonna call someone else inbred? You are wayyyyy too funny.

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An Dawg drinking is not near as bad as a elephant DEALING with agents ( Andre Smith, Antonio Langham).

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gss303,

The count stands at 6 major infractions cases brought against UGA by the NCAA versus 3 major cases brought against Bama by the NCAA. Looks like you whupped us there!

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Hey give him a break he’s a kid. I hate to say it but I credit CMR for this. He is too passive period. I guarantee on thing though. This kid will never get in trouble again. His mom works for the team. HA HA

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The count stands at 6 major infractions cases brought against UGA by the NCAA versus 3 major cases brought against Bama by the NCAA. Looks like you whupped us there!

Well when everything is kept hush hush its amazing you have 3.

University of Alabama

Dirtiest program in the nation. And its really not that close sir.

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What was that about you calling me an inbred piece of crap? Inbred? A thought that book and movie “deliverance” with all the man raping inbred hillbillies was based on rural Georgia and not Alabama?

Ive lived in both states and I can tell you without a doubt Alabama is the biggest craphole on the planet. Their schools are falling down the roads suck. Its one big septic tank trailer park. Even Bham the biggest city sucks.

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Everybody that lives in Valdosta knows not to go party in Remerton. He must of been stupid to go to a club down their

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Stupid move. He’ll get suspended briefly. He’ll get reinstated. UGA haters will then cry about it and demand that Richt ruin his life. When he doesn’t, they’ll call him a hypocrite, a cheat, a liar, a dirty filthy rat. All because Richt chooses to live a life in a better way than they do, looks better than they do, and is just overall a better human being. Its the same ole song and dance.

I went to college. I drank. But I don’t think its unfair to expect a little more out of these guys. Playing college football is a priviledge, not a right.

Anyway, at the end of the day we can still beat Georgia Tech. Players get suspended. Players get hurt. Coaches get fired. It doesn’t seem to matter what calamity has befallen the Bulldog nation. We still wax that nerd azz like its our job.

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Umm… pot calling the kettle maybe? I’m pretty sure EIGHT players have been arrested since saban’s arrival at alabama. Another bammer hypocrite.

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Spurrier’s defense is now planning on seeing Murray in Columbia.

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I am stunned. A rational post from a Techie? No way…

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UGA should change the name to UFA….University of Felony Athletes (They stay in trouble). Geezzz.

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Tech Man, the thoughtful post is appreciated with all the trash that gets thrown around in here. It’s Spring Break at UGA, and I’m guessing that he has some friends down at VSU. It was definitely a stupid move on his part, you can only hope he learns from the experience.

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Don’t you just love it. Do these morons ever learn?

Oh well, Richt will bless him and hold him out of one practice, that’ll show him he’s tough on crime.

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Can you say “dumbass”…………….what an idiot.

Even if you do drink you do not put yourself in position to ruin your career potential.

PS Bolden will be like Peerless Price was for the Falcons, no factor.
Anyway …..Joe Flucco sucks. Is he gay, he looks gay.

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Russ, the Temporary Mascot:

Your infatuation with asses is quiete disturbing. I think you’re on the wrong blog.

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How in the world can this story be the top headline in this state? I fail to see where the arrest of a college student getting arrested, regardless of who he is, has anything to do with the “news.”

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The guy checking his mail was like 23 and it is a $300 fine. I forgot that part.

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Hey dawgfan, take the number of UGA players who are arrested every year and subtract the number of players who graduate with a degree in a real field. It’s a pretty big number, isn’t it!

Bless our precious Saint Jan Kemp for exposing this football factory disguised as a university.

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Tech Fan here!……..The kid was drinking and SO What! Not many people can say they didn’t attempt to drink at his age or Drunk! He will learn from his mistake. It’s still a young man with a bright future.

I hope we beat UGA in late November…………….”Ramblin Wreck!”

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Sweet Home Alabama…rednecks? here in Georgia? Sounds funny coming from a place where it’s considered a great weekend when you have a date with your sister and your way with your pet goat. What? That wasn’t a goat? That’s your MOM?….sorry….

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CMR is suspending Mettenberger from all classes for a month. Pretty stiff, huh ?

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You’re right, dcp. We owe the cops a favor….surely he was going to get in the car and drive, kinda like ol’ Joe Hamilton did a couple of years back. But wait, there were more serious charges involved in that occasion, or am I wrong?

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look everybody, the kid made a mistake. Players for Bama,Fla,UGA,Gt and all the rest do the same thing. They just haven’t been caught. Let’s forget the holier than thou attitudes and solve our differences on the field. GO DAWGS!!!

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Remerton Ga…haha. I lived in Valdosta for 8 yrs and Remerton within the city is all of about 5 blocks with 1 block of bars. They prey on the college students there from the bars to waiting to give you a DUI when you leave. They pull you for anything hoping to get a DUI..rolling through stop signs…high beams…whatever

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This goes to show you that this guy is not capable of being a leader of any major college football program. He made a mistake and he should be given another chance, but i assure you that he has lost the starting job with this behavior off the field. Not so much about his talent, but the coaches will not be able to trust him.

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“Compare the Dawgs to LSU: The Tigers have not had one incident with a football player since 2008 when Perrilloux was kicked off the team.

This has alot to do with who is paying off the cops. ”

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College students and alcohol. My son, a 19 year old college student, walked out of an Athens Bar after 2 beers. NOT DRUNK, NOT DRIVING, NOT
CAUSING TROUBLE. Bicycle cop drives up. “How old are you? 19, an honest answer. “Had any alcohol?” “Yes, 2 beers, another honest answer.
“SON ,You are underage and under arrest” Off to jail he goes. NOW I agree he was breaking the law but JAIL ! I don’t understand ! Took him
2 years to somehow get this cleared so he could fill out a resume
without listing this arrest. There needs to be a better way to handle
College students, who are NOT DUI and a few beers !!!!!!!!!!!

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A UGA football player getting arrested isn’t really news. It happens all the time.

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Ever see a UGA student cut somebody up with a sword? Ain’t no gangsta ninjas down here.

Be seein’ y’all in the fall.

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At least, in a down economy, UGA felon-athletes keep the bail bondsmen busy.

So it’s not all bad.

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Another example of yellow journalism by the AJC. Keep it up and see how long you guys stay in business.

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Senora Weeb = Saint Simons and/or m

Too much of a pansy to use his original handle so he hides behind a new alias everyday.

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Just the facts sir well I wouldn’t think twice about that or the 2002 scandal if every other day some BAMA fan wants to jump on his high horse and scold anyone in the SEC on what it takes to run a good program. You don’t want to have that discussion because in the last 20 years BAMA has gotten very good at paying the price for cheating in football..and that Sir is a FACT..oh and Shane and I both know what you can do with your white glove.

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Mark Richt has just announced his punishment: 15 minutes with me and my sister-wife in our single wide.

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big John — that is why you “plead the 5th” when it comes to law enforcement. That cop knew (suspected) he was underage and had been drinking, but he couldn’t do anything about it until your son “confessed”. Don’t give the cops the rope to hang you with!!!

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Hey this is terrific news for UGA!!! Similar behavior out of Matthew Stafford and he turned out as a #1 draft pick. UGA is a party school before academics and this young man simply fits our model of the typical student.

Go Dawgs!!! Woof Woof Woof!!!

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What does “sanctimonious” mean?

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“Stupid is as stupid does.” This was a stupid thing done by a kid who simply needs some correction. Perhaps his parents might help but if I’m his coach I run his butt off till he vomits all over the field! the law is the law. He’s gotta respect it – like it or not. And if he wants to wear a helmet with a “G” on it – then learn what you are supposed to right now and move on. If not – move out!

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Remerton is actualy a pretty cool little strip of bars in old mill houses, just off of the Valdosta State University campus. They are pretty tolerant of the partying, as long as you are sober when you drive.

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QBs and small UGA towns don’t mix.

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I think the real trouble here is the disorderly conduct, obstruction. He was explaining to the officer on how he is going to be the QB at UGA.

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Bama fans and Tech fans call say what they want about UGA and our team full thugs etc., and I can say…take a look at Tennessee.

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Shane,

Why does Alabama have the # 3 public school in the nation if GA’s education is so much better? The first GA school to show up on the list is at # 91, barely even making the top 100, 15 spots after another Alabama school.

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Dawggirl 32, I think I’m in love!! Secondly, anyone that thinks this will eliminate Zack Mettenberger form the qb race is out of their minds. The kid got arrested for drinking underage!! Not exactly 1st degree murder now is it?? He’ll still have a shot, he may have to run a few more laps after a few practices but that’s about it.

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Whatcha smoking over there, ATL Bama Fan?

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/national-top-public

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Maybe Mettenburger wants to play for the VSU Blazers!! LOL Getting used to the scenary. Valdookie got some hotties down there!!

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LMAO…..this is too funny. What a dumbass….of course he is a Bulldog so what do you expect?

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you can’t be a bulldog without being involved with the powpow. congrats Mr. mattenberger you are now officially a member of the thuga nation.

UGA where thugs go to play ball.

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Georgia Fan,

PS. Even according to the US News Rankings, which you provided, AL has a public school at #25. GA barely makes it in at #100. So, even your preferred rankings system still proves my point.

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HELLO!!! He broke the Law! some of you need to get saved…it is the law, he broke it, now he will have to pay the consequences for it..got it???

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You people calling him a thug must live in Mayberry. I think these cops in these small towns get some extra cash thrown their way from the lawyers and judges. They make a killing off this. You could go into a bar right now in any college town and arrest half the people in it. If you disagree, you need to crawl out of your shell.

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I have been in this situation…this kid is guilty of underage consumption only… if that. The other charges are automatically thrown in with every arrest made in Remerton. He is a typical college kid…he was just one of the ones that got caught.

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Singer, remind me again, what was Joe Hamilton arrested for in 2008? Did Coach Gailey supply the weed? Or was the D-Rad?

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339 rushing yards and a 30-24 win says we have all the discipline we need. You’re right about one thing, Stinger. It wasn’t a dull moment.

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30-24
hahahahahahahaha!!

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It never is a big deal until you get caught… ask Tiger!

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Mettenburger was down here in Titletown (South Georgia)
trying to learn how to motivate and win at football.
It’s obvious you can’t learn how in North Georgia regardless
of how good a coach you have.

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Dear Just the Fact Sir,

Keep to just the facts. You aren’t meeting the “prez” and you aren’t flying up to DC with the BAMA team and you probably will never touch the trophy. Go back to your room full of BAMA posters and media guides and cream on Saban’s face for the 13th time today…

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No big deal. Get off your high horse Tonto!

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Let’s go Murray! You’re the man now, please stay out of trouble!

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I too lived in Remerton in college and found that as long as you didn’t run any stop signs you were pretty safe. I can’t imagine anyone being any wilder than me and in my years there I never managed to get arrested. However, I was of legal drinking age. That could make all the difference.

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BTW……..if it’s spring break and I’m in the hunt for a starting QB job at UGA, I’m going to be training and hard!! This guy is probably sharp enough to QB at Valdosta Blazers Football but not UGA

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Maybe he was at the Ben Roethlisberger party!!!

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He will fit in just fine at UGA. Another poster child for the UGA program. Yep, the puppy dawgs fans hold their kids to high standards! Just kids being kids right!

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Everyone that has judged this under age drinking as a crime. Have you every been speeding in your car. Ran a red light or stop sign. He made a mistake. Why don’t we break both his knees. How would any of you control 85 – 18 to 21 year old kids away from home for the first time. If they did break a rule, what would you do. Bama, you cheat, Florida, you assult, Tenneessee, you rob. Georgia, we under age drink.

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PUT THAT IN YOUR BEER BONG AND SMOKE IT

Roll Tide

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The cops down there are some of the worst in Ga.They will give the arresting officer the key to the city tommorow.They let the drug dealers go………They were trained in alabama at the school of stop kids from having fun.

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Regardless of the belief that “all college kids are going to drink” a kid who has a scholarship of any kind is and rightfully should be, held to a higher standard!!

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I think he should start! Our football team needs a hellraising cheerleader ducking QB! This ain’t the glee club! Go Mets! Get Some! Go Dawgs!

Is Joe Namath such a bad guy in retrospect? Neither will Mets be…

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Mettenberger needs to be booted off the team and sent back home where his mama and daddy can watch over him and keep him out of trouble. The team can get by without this moron.

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Personally the drinking age is a damn joke. You can vote, You can work, you can get married and have kids, you can even go to war and die for your country for crying out loud. You can do all these things legally before the age of 21.Yet you can’t drink, BS. Ever wonder why the drinking age is 21? I mean the real reason, not the BS the goverment tell’s you. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$, that’s right money plain and simple. How much money do you think the states and counties make on the consumption of alcohol by a person under the age of 21 law? I would’nt even venture to take a guess. I don’t remember ever voting on this law and now they snuck this super speeding law past us, you know the law that say they can stick it to you for going a certain speed on certain type road an extra $200. Don’t remember voting on that law either. How can they pass these laws without the public’s voting on them? People are worried that we are heading towards communisim. Hell people wake up your rights are not your rights anymore, they belong to the police, the state and the federal goverment.

Getting back to Mr Mettenburger. Kick his ass off the team. This kid knew the rules before he even set foot on campus. You agreed on these rules. You get a free education, Free room and board and free food I think. You purposley break the rules then you should lose all these things. You were given something that kids bust there arses off ever day to earn. And you want to throw it all away. I say sorry can’t trust you anymore, bye, bye, nothing but love though. I hear WalMart is looking, you might want to even try Alabama. Man I’m just sick and tired of these stupid over entitled brats these day’s. You may be a great kid, but you obviously don’t care enough about the concequences to make better choices for yourself so then why should we?

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haha ……….. dead on right.

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An SEC football player getting arrested…WOW, that’s news. LSU WR Terrance Toliver got cited for a bar fight in Baton Rouge this past weekend, so it’s not just you guys Dawg fans. Geaux Tigers!

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Mettenburger is a perfect example of the entitlement mentality that so many top athletes have today. They’ve been coddled since they first showed some athletic talent, their grades were “adjusted” to keep them moving along, and they think they’re above the law.

So why does it surprise anyone that we have so many spoiled, undisciplined athletic thugs today.

Do the right thing, Coach Richt. Send this idiot home and let him watch the Dawgs on TV.

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Bammers…after today’s visit to the White House, it’s time to forget about 2009 and the other 12 national title years….its a whole new season, so the 13 national title mean jack when it comes to this year. I’m certain the great Nick Saban has forgotten about last season and like all you bammers, just follow your leader like little sheep and begin echoing every single word, thought, and concept that leaves the lips of Saint Nick!

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Don’t want my starting QB as the team leader to be one that is prone to get in trouble. Hope he can learn from this mistake and make amends. No more incidents to any degree. No sure what I would do. Maybe not take turn with first unit until season begins or not play until third game.
Then again South Carolina Quaterback was in trouble time and time again with no significant consequences. So maybe QB is not as Signifcant to
Anyway, hope the you guy makes amends and earns the trust of the team and has a great career. Thats my wish for him and the team.
Go Dawgs!

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If so you should probably call the police….It seems some of the GA TECH players have issues. At least Mett. didn’t try and sword fight the police, or say pull a gun on anybody…. Or try and blow up the bar… Some young men drink before they are legally able…It happens…he is a good kid, and he will be fine…

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@the defending national champions. A Bama fan calling another program crooks? what a joke

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To all you Bama fans: Everyone knows that the toothbrush was invented in Alabama. If it had been invented anywhere else it would have been called a teethbrush.

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CMR needs to take this boy to the pool and then have a prayer meeting with him on the high dive. Bowling anyone???

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UGA fans…you really have no right to say anything about Alabama arrests. Y’all have lots of guys arrested. Now GT fans…we can make fun of you both. You have more arrests in one off season than GT has in 30 years.

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I love how these Bamer fans are all over an 18 year old kid drinking on spring break. They seem to have no problem with the fact that they had a coach who showed worse judgment and they presently have a coach who is a liar (”I will not be the football coach at the University of Alabama”).

Now to the real issue: This kid has shown amazingly bad judgment, although not as bad as Mike Price showed. I question his maturity, even for an 18 year old, in that he should know that as a player competing for the starting QB job on an SEC team that this would be big news. For all the other 18 year olds arrested on spring break it will be basically meaningless.

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All he needs is Remerton’s equivalent to Dalton’s judge Jack Partain and he’ll skate.

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And shane#1 has just humiliated himself in front of all the blog readers.

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For those of you who can’t figure out what ZM was doing in Valdosta, check the map.

441 S. (Athens Highway) to 83 S. to Forsyth, and I-75 from there, through Valdosta (250 miles from Athens).

On the way to… Florida? Spring Break?

Thank goodness he was stopped before he could get to Daytona (or wherever he was headed). There might have been some underage drinking down there, no place for a college student.

While Zack was in Valdosta/Remerton, wonder if there were any UGA players sipping a cold one back in Athens? What do you think?

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I’d imagine Hutson Mason is a lock for the #2 to Aaron Murray now. Mett blew it–big time!

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IDK what the big deal is,hes just a noraml college student on spring break just let the kid have fun,you cant tell me that hes the only under age college football player drinking beer!

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Evidently the kid came for his visit to Georgia and saw all the fans sloshed to the gills and thought that’s the normal life in Athens. Non-issue as far as Richt is concerned.

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It’s no big deal. Hutson Mason was just buying him a few drinks and, well, things just got out of control.

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hey techie tucker, so what? YOU need to expound that thug Houston, is he in prison yet? It’s just a matter of time. You must really get off when you report something on a UGA player, get real hoss!

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i don’t recall any player at georgia trying to blind a player by gouging his eyes,that was pitiful gators.

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ugaaccountant, I can humiliate myself all I want. I am not competing for starting QB at UGA. I know college kids drink, I did it myself, but this was damn poor judgement! I feel for the kid, he will just have to take his medicine and work twice as hard to get another shot, at QB that is! Murray is competition enough without shooting yourself in the foot. The sad thing is that Mett may be the best QB of the three, but if Murray or Gray starts to click we may never know.

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murry is best of three and prob would of won job anyway mett would of been 2nd string

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It would have been more understandable if he got arrested in Athens. But he’s from Oconee County, what was he doing in Valdosta? I guess he figured he could get away with it.

Yes, how shocking a college kid was picked up for underage drinking. How many times have college kids done that? They might as well change the legal age to 18. Everyone does it before 21.

What were u thinking dude

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if u can go 2 war at 18 and die then u should be able 2 drink at 18

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Well, at least if things don’t work out in football he can fall back on that UGA degree………

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Oh, and one more question, totally unrelated…. Is there a bigger dickweed than Paul Finebaum??? He’s got to be the Lane Kiffin of sports radio.

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If drinking a beer at age 20 is a crime, then most reading this were criminals in their youth.
Forget about it .

If 18 is old enough to go to war and maybe die, then it should be old enough to drink a beer.

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I bet that was on loooooong drive from Valdosta to Athens after his Dad bailed him out. Ouch! Poor guy, but hopefully the knucklehead learned his lesson.

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Buckhead Bulldog, based on your comment we know who is a loser.

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What the hell is wrong with these clowns in Athens? Last year we had a player inappropriately touching a woman’s pregnant belly and also players with driving license issues. Just no respect for the law you clowns.

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Geez, UGA starting to sound like Florida with the off-the-field problems–ha ha.

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To all Dawg fans…
Tired of “fans” of other colleges on our website with all their trash talk? None of which is neither enlightening nor on topic. Me too. That’s why i found the following link to be of such interesting and laughable reading. Visit and enjoy yourself, and next time you are on this website reading some Alabama/Florida/LSU/etc. fan’s crap, you may just laugh too. Go Dawgs…

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UGA QB hopeful Zach Mettenberger was busted for underage drinking. Welcome to the spotlight. The same ole crappy UGA stuff. Way to go! I still say that next year, UGAG wins it all……………………..in gymnastics. LMFAO! LOSERVILLE

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I didn’t read all of the comments because they bore me. An 18 year old hot-shot drinking? My goodness, what is next? Sex? Lord! They just said he was drinking, not drunk. I have a gut feeling more than half of all of you “Dawg” fans never attended college for a single day…but hey! That is cool. The world needs fork-lift drivers too. Nothing wrong with that. I am from Birmingham and went to school at U of A when Bear Bryant coached. Even met him a few times. Alabama is back, so get used to it. They cheat no more than any other major college, and I assure you they all pretty much cheat. Even the ones with records such as Michigan. See you “Dawg” fans this fall!

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‘Cos…I read the article, just not all the comments. Perhaps a literacy class would be a good investment for you.

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Mike,
You don’t need to read the comments, you need only to ask yourself the following question in order to get my point : “If i’m NOT a Georgia Bulldog fan, then for the love of God why am i not only on a Georgia Bulldog fan website, but also taking the time to blog with total garbage and negativity? How’s my grammar? Or should i talk “redneck” to you so you may understand my point?

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Better yet Mike, i’ll take a “literacy class”(????) if you go to your fan’s website and leave us Bulldog fans to ours. Deal?

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Why don’t you Alabama folks worry about a functional economy, paving your roads, and removing the 40+ year stigma of George Wallace. Reflect on that the next time you drive to Atlanta for a flight because the world doesn’t know or care where Birminham is located. You’re reading the Atlanta paper from your home in Georgia I presume because their is no industry to speak of in Alabama. Get a clue.

As far as that crown of the state of Alabama…..the Bama football program. In the last 10 years………Mike Dubose, Mike Price, Denis Franchione, Mike Shula……….just stop. Assault Weapons, Larceny, Theft, Assault………you know glass houses and stuff.

Give me a break

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Mike P Alabama is back alright back to the rest of the pack once probation and a NFL team scoops up Saban. Enjoy the year on top.
BREAKING NEWS…..Auburn turns in Saban for recruiting violations…film at 11
Go Dawgs!!!

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Most of your bloggers on this site are too young to know much of anything. I supect most are urban punks that stay with in screaming range of mommy’s purse and have never, ever attended a major university and graduated. Period. If you did not go away to college, then you have nothing that is applicable to say in this matter.

Anyway, Joe Namath and Ken Stabler, both Alabama QBs AND NFL GREATS …………..GREATS AT BAMA AND NFL, were drunks. BOTH were benched at one time or other by Bear Bryant and if correct, Namath MISSED the Cootn Bowl vs Texas for the NC.
This is only ONE example young people, about college jocks.

Young people ……………….this has nothing to do with anything beyond being, selfish, young and dumb.

Namath and Stabler were both as guilty at Zack. They both did allright in the end.

Get a life. Get a life …………the more your bad mouth CMR and UGA, the more we know that you too are young ands dumb and without a college experience.

Go Dogs.

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Zech got caught, just like thousands of college kids do every night. I’m sure he will deal with the consequences and move on. I just hope his lack of judgment is used as a teaching point and example to the rest of the team. It’s funny how these fans from various teams come in here and criticise or players for getting arrested for parking tickets, jay-walking and drinking yet their players are getting arrested for armed robbery, cocaine dealing, or suspended for selling the books they received on scholarship. Keep up the smack talking because UGA is going to dominate for the next 3 years! See you in December BAMA!

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HIGHTIDE: Were also preety good and G-stomping BAMA during the Mark Richt era!

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I watched Alabama. They lined up and I thought to myself in such a pressure situation, will they jump ? Sure can’t have a penalty here. And, they did not. And, they won.

I have watched my beloved Georgia Bulldogs Football Program NOT LAST YEAR, but the last 4 years in a row AVERAGE # 96 in the nation in penalties.

I have also in the last 4 years watched us go 1-3 vs Florida, 1-3 vs the vols, 2-2 vs Kentucky and 10-10 vs just The SEC East.

We’ve lost 14 games the last 4 years.

Other than just only last year, we also led the nation in arrests/suspensions.

We once again don’t have a QB ready and in fact have 3 freshmen QBs and 1 guy been here now 4 years who the coaches want to move to WR but he doesn’t want to go to WR and he also just last Friday criticized the Offensive Coaching Staff at UGA for not having competition for the QB job last year, not this year.

We have stayed in the press for arrests/suspensions, and not just all little junk, either. We have had 100 arrests/suspensions in the Coach Richt Era already. Except for last year, it has been every year.

We have stayed in the press for penalties, ones detailed above that cost us in the loss to LSU, the loss to Oklahoma State to name games lost where we gave them touchdowns, just gave them to them.

And, we stop ourselves on Offense, and put ourselves in silly holes for drives.

We have lost 8 games to teams not ranked in the Top 25 Final AP Poll the year we lost to them. Oklahoma State is 1 of those 8.

We have not coached the offense well. Any player analysis of who starts and who is behind them or redshirted instead, just jumps out at you.

Spring Break and a guy everyone figures is the back-up to the other guy who has had injuries both of the last 2 years already, has 5 charges against him.

I have no idea how a blog can be written about discipline, leave out the losses to Oklahoma State to begin the season and to LSU to ruin the season, and not correlate the penalties to the arrests/suspensions (other than just only the 1 year last year), and not say we have a problem. In fact, say we don’t.

You do allude to the fact that when we are not in the press for penalties at the alarming rate of # 96 Average NCAA Rank the last 4 years with 14 losses and only 10-10 vs SEC East teams and arrests/suspensions which other than last year have been an average over 10 a year, that we are in the press for fumbles 21 per year the last 4 years in a row, and in the press for 14 interceptions per year every year for the last 4 years as well.

Maybe you can say, let’s not talk about last year, but we have 3 freshmen quarterbacks with all their mistakes coming as we have once again not prepared our quarterbacks.

Indeed, not prepared anybody for anything.

And, this has been a problem at least for 4 years in a row now. And, in arrests/suspensions all 10 years of the Coach Richt Era except for last year.

And, we are losing to teams we should beat 8 losses to unranked teams not in the Top 25 Final AP Poll the year we lost to them in the Coach Richt Era.

And, we are not beating the good teams, losing 8 of 11 vs teams ranked in the Top 10 of the Final AP Poll the year we played them winning only 3 of 11 in the Coach Richt Era.

And, we have a losing record to the Top 25 teams in the Final AP Poll the year we played them too at 17-19 in the Coach Richt Era.

We are NOT Florida State of the 1990’s.

We are an undisciplined group of players, have been, continue to be, and pardon me, we are in Decline. You cannot ignore all the bad press.

Our problem is not that Zach Mettenberger has 2 fake ids, gets into it with the police in South Georgia on the Florida line, and at 18 is drinking at a bar with friends. Our problem is that it is heaped upon us when he is getting most press he could ever imagine, as our back-up QB to a guy who has had several injuries the previous 2 years, for a team who really cannot afford any more bad press.

We’ve got problems.

And, Coach Richt should have already said he’s suspended for the first 6 games.

If you think this does not affect our football program, think again.

2 felonies 2 fake ids.

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CatsFly

March 8th, 2010
9:00 pm
“If you think that’s naughty, you shudda seen what Becky and I did at her aunt’s house when she (her aunt) was out of town one summer while we were in Jr. High. Believe me, it was more fun than drinking beer, which I have done of plenty of as well. Heck the kid is lucky, Becky’s daddy would have killled me if he caught us.”

Actually, that wasn’t Becky; it was Becky’s brother!

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First of all, I don’t think this kid is a thug or even a bad kid. He was being young, irresponsible and foolish. And above all, selfish. Alot of us have been there, haven’t we?? But what I find most interesting is the hypocrisy of the Georgia fans. While they want to make a thousand excuses for the kid’s behaivor, I gaurantee that if this had been a Vol or a Gator that they would be jumping all over this kid AND his coach and calling them all kinds of names. Heck, he wouldn’t even had to have done something wrong…he could have just had a concussion or something. And yes, I read that little Bleacher Report article link from a few posts ago. And how a fanbase that barks in your face, uses foul language that would make a sailor blush with a 68 year old lady present and tries to pick fights in parking lots is not in the top 2 or 3…I’ll never know.

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What we haive hears is jist a total lacks of respecs for the Law. This kid was bumpin his gums baick at the offercer. Seems to mee this kid is a spoiled brait.

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Gator Nation,

I’m certain I have run into the same situation you are referring to with gator fans, heck all other SEC schools for that matter. Yeah, we bark….we are bulldawgs, what do you expect. Unfortunately, a few bad apples make everyone else look bad.

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David, I can assure you, I HAVE been all over the SEC (except Arkansas) and that kind of behavior is the exception, NOT the norm. And the barking I can understand, it’s the “in your face” part I do not. I have also heard this from other SEC fans as well.

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Gee whiz. A college kid drinking! And having a fake ID! The obstruction is vague because it could mean a thousand things. If he became violent, I would feel differently but if it’s just a drinking thing then leave him alone.

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BuLLDawg, please, no electronic versions of your essay on pessimism will be accepted! Please find another team to support; the Jackets could use help filling their stadium!

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Satan Saban is worse than Spurrier. Hope the University of Auburn(deliberatily said by Saban publicly)beats ‘bama’s ass next year. What a classless idiot !!!

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