So who’ll start at tailback for the Dogs? Caleb King or Washaun Ealey?
(Updated 6:45 p.m.)
I’m working on a story for tomorrow’s paper (on-line later today) about Caleb King and Washaun Ealey, who, as you know, eased all worries about Georgia’s tailback position with their play late last season. (UPDATE: Click here for the story.)
One thing that kind of struck me is that, for all the talk about who’ll be the starter at quarterback and various other positions, you don’t hear any talk around spring practice about who’ll emerge as the starter at tailback, King or Ealey.
That’s probably because they were so effective as a tandem late last season that, well, why worry about who starts?
Mark Richt and Mike Bobo don’t dismiss the question, though.
“Both of those guys are competing hard,” Bobo said, “because like at any position there’s going to be a guy who wants to start and wants to go first. And I think that’s healthy.”
“I think Caleb and Washaun have a very good friendship,” Richt said, “but I think they both want to be the starter and both want to prove they deserve the most carries. I really like the way they’re practicing.”
Said King: “Of course both of us want to start.” But he added — and Ealey echoed — that the competition is making both players better and that last season proved there’s ample role for both. Then King mentioned, not for the first time, that he sees “a realistic chance” of both of them gaining 1,000 yards this season.
King started the final five games last season, but it should be noted that Ealey had more carries in three of those games. Over the course of the final five games, Ealey had 77 carries for 525 yards and King 74 carries for 440 yards.
So, just wondering: What do you expect from the tailback tandem in 2010? Who do you expect to start? ( Or do you care who starts?) Do you expect their carries to remain pretty even?
FYI: No football practice today. Dogs practice Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday this week.
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232 comments Add your comment
Thom
March 22nd, 2010
12:32 pm
Starting doesn’t mean much. We’re just supportive of Coach Richt and whatever he decides. GO DAWGS! http://www.wedgeorgia.com
uga kid
March 22nd, 2010
12:32 pm
FIrst!!!!!! and washaun by the way
uga kid
March 22nd, 2010
12:33 pm
i meant second…
Delbert D.
March 22nd, 2010
12:33 pm
Does it really matter? They are interchangeable parts.
harold
March 22nd, 2010
12:40 pm
DOESN’T MATTER. GEORGIA IS AVERAGE IN FOOTBALL. MAYBE WE NEED SOME REAL WINNERS TO COMPETE LIKE ALABAMA AND FLORIDA HAVE. WE ARE GREAT IN TENNIS
Thanks for the props, Harold
March 22nd, 2010
12:44 pm
UGA is GREAT in tennis AND gymnastics AND equestrian…but no so good in football, basketball and baseball…
uga bird
March 22nd, 2010
12:44 pm
I RUN THIS STATE!!!
By the way...
March 22nd, 2010
12:45 pm
SIXTH!!!!! and 7th…
By the way...
March 22nd, 2010
12:45 pm
er, 6th, 8th, and 9th…
But we are # 1...
March 22nd, 2010
12:46 pm
…in trash making…
jughead brown
March 22nd, 2010
12:48 pm
The obvious choice is Ealey, who took real bullets in games, and emerged as the more productive back, who fumbled less than King.
But Bobo RARELY makes the obvious choice. For example, since Richt is 40-3 when he gets a 100 yard rusher, the obvious choice is to have a go-to RB, who gets more reps in practice and more touches in games. Yet Bobo seems incapable of comprehending this.
Bobo SUBJECTIVELY FEELS King is the better pass blocker. From the game video I’ve seen, it’s not true.
Objectively, Ealey is averaging 5.7 ypc, vs. 5.2 ypc for King.
Objectively, Ealey fumbles MUCH LESS than King.
But again, Bobo doesn’t appear to make his decisions based on PERFORMANCE or BALL PROTECTION.
Bremen Dawg
March 22nd, 2010
12:51 pm
I don’t think it matters who starts but Ealey can pick up a few more yards that King can after contact.
Tennis is a man's sport .......isn't it???
March 22nd, 2010
12:52 pm
There is contact in tennis. Seriously, tennis is a man’s sport. Really! I lost teeth playing tennis in high school in the late 60s in my old East Point hood. Kid slung a wooden racket and I lost 2 front teeth. Rod Laver branded too.
Go Dogs.
Dawglasville
March 22nd, 2010
12:53 pm
Harold- that is really depressing. These kids are winners on the field. I guess you want National Champions. Are you number one in country in your field? We should all strive for it but the truth is that 99.9% of us aren’t. I just have a problem with people saying that kids they don’t know aren’t winners.
Neither fish nor fowl has UGA been
March 22nd, 2010
1:01 pm
Dogs ought to be a rushing team or a passing team. To do both errantly,we look confused and just scrolling for a play that might work big, from game to game. Everybody go long or end around trick play with fumbling # 1 Smith or off tackle stuff. Use the backs and FULLBACKS for goodness sakes.
Let us be THE PASSING TEAM or THE RUSHING TEAM …………then, when one or the other is well established in every game, keep em off balance. We are the team that always seems off balance, when we have the darn ball. Ok State and KY and Florida and UT games were such and not so much vs LSU in the second hallf. We stunk that game up with 45 seconds to go, however.
I for one, am convinced that Todd Grantham is going to bring some new attitudes that will be infectious and will in fact, create positive rivalry between all the elements, including the position coaches. I look forward to that.
TG will make UGA better. Attitude and scheme are so important. We lacked both in 09.
2010 IS here.
Go Dogs.
BG
March 22nd, 2010
1:08 pm
I will take either one. This is a good problem to have. Both would start for any SEC team.
AlcarUGA
March 22nd, 2010
1:24 pm
Don’t care who starts; let the two-headed monsters run. Flash, Thunder!
Dirty Buzzzzzz
March 22nd, 2010
1:25 pm
The boys from techville will come to Athens and knock the snot out both backs. Tech has the better team and you know it Dogfood
Buckhead Dawg
March 22nd, 2010
1:29 pm
Ask Paul Johnson who should start, he’s got as much experience as anyone watching those 2 run.
Monticello Dawg
March 22nd, 2010
1:30 pm
UGA’s athletics: Has anyone in the SEC won national championships in as many sports as the Dogs?
Men: football, baseball, tennis (multiple), golf
Women: tennis (multiple), gymnastics (multiple), swimming (multiple)
Its great to be a Dog fan, and have sports teams that are contending for titles year round!
O'Keefe Gym Strangler
March 22nd, 2010
1:32 pm
“Then he mentioned, not for the first time, that he sees “a realistic chance” of both of them gaining 1,000 yards this season.”
Never knew Caleb was such a comedian…
PMC
March 22nd, 2010
1:33 pm
Generally they trend to favor upperclassmen when starting regardless of how they are performing so I’m inclined to say that it’s King’s job until Ealey takes it from him.
Hunker Down
March 22nd, 2010
1:33 pm
@ Dirty Buzzz You are such an dummy, Did you see what them dawgz did in your house We run this state!! If you show up in Athens we are going to beat your a$$ all the way back to Atlanta
Dirty Buzzzzzz
March 22nd, 2010
1:36 pm
Hunker Down i got something all your little no education having women can hunker down on. Go to Tech get a job, Go to UGA get in the unemployment line LOSERS
Dirty Buzzzzzz
March 22nd, 2010
1:38 pm
I just took over the uga blog no one will respond to a GT MAN
chiefdawg
March 22nd, 2010
1:40 pm
Let’s not get so giddy about the running game. Remember UGA was playing GT in that last game of the regular season when the 2 backs did so well. I still don’t have much confidence in C. King. Ealy on the other hand might be the real deal.
RxDawg
March 22nd, 2010
1:43 pm
Ealy > King
AltamahaDawg
March 22nd, 2010
1:45 pm
OR, those were games that we ran the ball well for a number of reasons.
Willie Martinez
March 22nd, 2010
1:47 pm
If these two guys would have ran the ball last year instead of having ole joe try to be a brett farve i might still have my job. The greatest D coordinator uga has ever had got fired cause they culdn’t run the ball so i dont care who start. I am going to move in with Paul Johnson i luv that guy.
AltamahaDawg
March 22nd, 2010
1:48 pm
“Generally they trend to favor upperclassmen when starting regardless of how they are performing”
Like whom?
Of A Superior Bloodline = UGA Alumni
March 22nd, 2010
1:58 pm
Dirty Buzzzz: The truth is if you live in China or India you go to Tech. If you are one of the best and brightest in this state you go to UGA! If must suck to be so inferior to us GEORGIA MEN!
Like (drum roll)...
March 22nd, 2010
2:01 pm
…JOE COX!!!!!!
tim
March 22nd, 2010
2:02 pm
by the time the Jax beatdown comes around both of those tailbacks will be injured and unable to play
option smoption
March 22nd, 2010
2:03 pm
I agree with you, PMC. For whatever reason Richt is overly loyal to his upperclassmen, even when he has younger players with more talent. Most recently Joe Cox over ANYONE else, also redshirting and losing a whole year with Knowshon because he continued to give the ball to the less talented Thomas Brown. Even when Knowshon did play, he gave the ball to TB WAAAAAAYYYYYY too much. We should be starting this season with a qb who has a year under his belt. Last season was basically a throw away year.
The Dogfather
March 22nd, 2010
2:04 pm
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The Dogfather
March 22nd, 2010
2:07 pm
Be a great package to have ‘em Both on the feild with AJ at the same time. Whatcha’ think Tim?
Of A Superior Bloodline = UGA Alumni
March 22nd, 2010
2:07 pm
Tim: By the time the GA/FL game comes around, Saban will have finished the job of killing Meyer and the Gators will be coach less!
gdawginkalamazoo
March 22nd, 2010
2:14 pm
Buckhead Dawg, LMAO that was funny.
TroutBum
March 22nd, 2010
2:15 pm
Should be Ealey. He looks to be more physical & appears quicker that King. Ealey’s vision appears to be the real difference. Watching King run up linemen’s back’s drives me crazy. Plus he fumbles way too much. Ealey should & will get 60% or more of the work.
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dawgfan2
March 22nd, 2010
2:23 pm
I’ll just say that King gets into the endzone better than Ealey. Remember the A&M game they tried to stick with Ealey and let him get it in and he couldn’t? I think King is faster than Ealey and that’s why his long runs finish with a TD where Ealey’s finish with him getting knocked out of bounds.
That being said, I think they’re both great, but it seems folks are overlooking the scoring King managed to do. And the fact that he was on a liquid diet for a good chunk of the season.. he didn’t eat solid food from the LSU game (during which he played with the injury) until just after the Kentucky game.
Dr. Kenneth Noisewater
March 22nd, 2010
2:23 pm
I’d start with King and use Ealey when his legs get tired. Plus Ealey is younger and we need his longevity for his remaining years. D. Jackson to me has gone nowhere- i know he’s been injured, but i think Boo Malcome will be the next star at RB
meh
March 22nd, 2010
2:24 pm
they’ll probably both end up getting about the same amount of touches so it doesn’t really matter who gets the start.
chemdawg
March 22nd, 2010
2:28 pm
Ealey is more explosive than King because King doesn’t break many tackles.
richtfan
March 22nd, 2010
2:33 pm
when people say “starting doesn’t mean anything”, those folks haven’t talked to players. starting is a big deal and exhibits what level of confidence the coaches have in players.
Alf
March 22nd, 2010
2:33 pm
Boo Malcome has not played a lick in college, much less SEC, and you want to say he is the next great RB @ UGA. Say what?
JC
March 22nd, 2010
2:34 pm
For what it’s worth, Chris Low of ESPN called Ealey the 3rd best running back in the SEC behind the ‘Bama duo of Ingram and Richardson. On a slightly related note,
Georgia Class A High School State Champions > Georgia Tech football
McDawg
March 22nd, 2010
2:34 pm
hopefully we will also have a solid 3rd man who can step in case of injuries
1eyedJack
March 22nd, 2010
2:34 pm
After a couple of games and a couple shots of Jack #3 and #4 running out of the tunnel arm-in-arm are going to look like #34.
jughead brown
March 22nd, 2010
2:35 pm
Scoring? Bobo favors King because Bobo THINKS King can PASS BLOCK better than Ealey.
So guess who gets the most touches on the goal-line?
King.
Thus the difference in scoring.
Birrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrd Man
March 22nd, 2010
2:36 pm
Just flip a coin: heads Ealey, tails King. If it lands on its side, Carlton Thomas, if it rolls away, D. Jackson.
Stats Don't Matter
March 22nd, 2010
2:36 pm
Stats don’t matter.
Bobo doesn’t care about fumbles or int’s, Bobo plays his favorites regardless of stats.
TXDawg
March 22nd, 2010
2:37 pm
Start them both!!
Dorsey Hill
March 22nd, 2010
2:41 pm
option smoption,
With respect to QB’s do you really think that Logan or a true freshman gave us a better chance of winning last year? Don’t you think that throwing in anyone other than Cox REALLY would have made 2009 a “throwaway year?” If you’re desire was to go 4-8 so that we’d have an experienced QB in 2010 than you could have had that. By playing anybody but Cox you put the USC, Ark., ASU, Auburn and GT wins in serious doubt. And I’m not saying that Cox was good, I’m just saying that he gave us the best chance to win in 2009. Further, as bad as the running game was early in the year and as reliant as we were on Cox’s arm, we would have probably gotten Aaron or Zach either demoralized or killed.
As for RB’s, don’t you think 2008 would have gone better if we had someone at RB other than Knowshon? In 2007, Tech shut down Moreno (17 carries 45 yards) but TB got 140 also on 17 carries. Why? Because Tech focused on stopping Moreno and when TB came in they relaxed and TB burned them. However, vs. UF that same year they couldn’t stop Knowshon and he got 33 totes. Guess how many the favored upperclassmen got? Yep, that’s right: 0.
AltamahaDawg
March 22nd, 2010
2:43 pm
And it just as easy to find an endless list of younger players that played over more senior player. You guys pick and choose (and don’t really know what you are talking about in the Moreno case anyway) and say this is always how it always is. I love how the “too loyal” conspiracy only applies when it’s convenient, and most often in hindsight.
And Joe Cox played over exactly WHO that was better prepared to win the ball game? Not liking a player, or that player not ended up playing well is not an automatic assumption that somebody was held back over seniority. That just patently false, and a pretty worn out complaint, refuted by many examples.
NOw if you thihnk we should have been training a player VS trying to win as much as possible, that’s fine. That’s a perfectly good difference of opinion. BUT that argument has nothing to do with seniority or loyalty. Richt played Joe Cox, for his own benefit, and the benefit of the 2009 team. Even if you disagree, (which I doubt you did going into the season), it certainly wasnt done FOR JoeCox out of pure loyalty. If he thought they could win more with Gray, then Gray wouldnt have played.
Thirty Points To Your Twenty-Four Points
March 22nd, 2010
2:45 pm
Well OBVIOUSLY Washaun Ealy will have to start.
Caleb King is still running wildly around North Ave because nobody was able to stop him on November 28th, 2009.
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We Run This State
To HELL With Georgia Tech!!!!
Darindawg
March 22nd, 2010
2:48 pm
Good one “Buckhead Dawg”…..Funny how the Tech fans are talking smack about Ealey and King when their defensive players are STILL trying to scrub their cleat marks off of their jerseys.
AltamahaDawg
March 22nd, 2010
2:50 pm
Caleb King fumbled twice, 2 times the entire year. Ealey fumbled once. What a huge indictment!
I’ll let you guys judge which was more costly.
Personally I like Ealey. he is my preference to see in the game. I love watching his fluid style, there is something just more exciting about the kid. He is also from the “other” Georgia, so I am pulling for him. that being said, I think a capable King getting significant carries only improves our game.
But,the whole idea that any of us KNEW who woulda/shoulda/coulda from last year is just completely pulled out of thin air.
Of A Superior Bloodline = UGA Alumni
March 22nd, 2010
2:50 pm
Thirty Points To Your Twenty-Four Points: I live in the Highlands and I just saw Caleb run through my yard. I tried to yell at him to tell him the game was over but he just said “I Run This State” and took off!
dogcrap
March 22nd, 2010
2:50 pm
ugag football is second tier sec at best. Basically irrevelant.
hunker down
March 22nd, 2010
2:54 pm
Nice to have them competing for the start position but sure we will rotate them in and how they perform in games will determine who gets the most carries.
Of A Superior Bloodline = UGA Alumni
March 22nd, 2010
2:55 pm
dogcrap: You are a dumba$$, second class at best. Basically ignorant and irrelevant!
JC
March 22nd, 2010
2:56 pm
dogcrap is second tier in life, at best.
BigGAdawg
March 22nd, 2010
2:59 pm
Dirty Buzzzzzz, looks like you been drinking the kool-aid, or rather kook-aid in your case. You have been sniffing too much pollen again.
As to the question posed in this article: Ealey would be my choice to start based on last years stats, however, how they are playing in practice prior to the start of the season should be the determining criterion. In the long run I don’t think it really matters to most of us who starts. We are more interested in how they finish.
441 North
March 22nd, 2010
3:02 pm
The starter will be the best pass blocker.
AltamahaDawg
March 22nd, 2010
3:02 pm
Actually DH< that kid from Chicago got in the game for one carry. Everybody wanted Moreno to get that 37th carry, but you know ol Bobo, the sole decider on which RB is in the game, had to give his precious senior a carry in the Fl game. 12 yards and a first down I think it ended up being. Would have been 13 if Moreno had it.
AltamahaDawg
March 22nd, 2010
3:06 pm
Not sure why we have a Running Back Coach, and Running Game Co-ordinator, or a Head Coach, obviously some folks have exposed that Coach Bobo calls all the shots.
Call It Like It Is
March 22nd, 2010
3:06 pm
Who cares?
GA won’t be anything again this year as the Gators win the East again in 2010.
Enough Said!
js
March 22nd, 2010
3:07 pm
“I’m working on a story for tomorrow’s paper (on-line later today) about Caleb King and Washaun Ealey, who, as you know, eased all worries about Georgia’s tailback position with their play late last season.”
Really – 3 or 4 games of a decent running attack – “eased all worries”??
Poof, we have the SEC’s best running game – Really??
To answer the question – Ealey over King. In the long run Ealey will have the better career numbers.
Caleb King the Fumbler
March 22nd, 2010
3:08 pm
Caleb fumbled 6 times, and lost 2. King LED THE TEAM IN LOST FUMBLES, yet Bobo chose to start him for being such a FINE EXAMPLE?????
Ealey fumbled 1x, and lost it, arguably, it was Cox’s fault, as Cox pitched it to Ealey when Ealey was 6 inches from Cox’s nose.
lucky21
March 22nd, 2010
3:08 pm
Well… let me preface this by saying that I am a Tech fan, but over the CFB I end up watching a lot of UGA to, and if I was a UGA, I would want to see Ealey on the field because he is a lot better than Caleb when meeting resistance upfront and fighting through it. Caleb only has a good game when the offensive line rolls, but Ealey I think will fing a way to produce in any situation.
That being said I hope King plays
Sammy D
March 22nd, 2010
3:09 pm
All I know is, in the Knetucy game ALONE, King fumbled 2x, and was int’d 2x when thrown to.
That’s one game.
And yes, Bobo rewarded King’s Kentucky effort by…
STARTING HIM THE NEXT GAME!!!
We_Run_This_Country
March 22nd, 2010
3:10 pm
Who cares?? UGA football is irrelevent…has been since 1980.
Richt's Clueless
March 22nd, 2010
3:13 pm
Ealey got 155 td’s and ran for 8100 yards in high school. Ealey is averaging 5.7 ypc in college, FAR above Herschel Walker’s 5.29, which is thought of as the gold standard.
When a guy performs better in yards per carry, in REAL GAMES, against SEC teams like LSU and Florida, AND protects the ball better, to NOT start Ealey and give him more touches than King is to undermine effort.
UGA’s NON-MERIT starting system must be replaced by merit-based performance.
Richt's Clueless
March 22nd, 2010
3:13 pm
wHO CARES?
YOU DO, YOU’RE ON THIS BLOG GENIUS????
Al
March 22nd, 2010
3:14 pm
I go neither or both. First play from scrimmage we line up in the spread or have them stacked in the backfield.
ugaclassof2004
March 22nd, 2010
3:14 pm
You know both guys are pretty good at running the ball up the gut which is surprising for Caleb considering his stature.
It’s hard for me to really judge Caleb because I can’t determine if he’s really good or the defensives he has had success against are really bad. Caleb has better break away speed than Washuan and is better at scoring in the red zone, but Washuan has been more consistent. He had like 70 yard on like 12 carries vs. a good Gator defense last year. But of course Bobo decided on giving more carries to Samuel as well as relying on the incredible arm strength of Jox Cox and Logan Gray: which combined with our “wet paper bag” defense, clearly performed wonders for us in that game.
Bottom line: Both guys will play. Both guys have strength’s. Just hope our coaching staff is smart enough to utilize them effectively( not holding my breath on that one).
Sammy D
March 22nd, 2010
3:15 pm
Caleb also got picked for 5 Interceptions when thrown to.
Sammy D
March 22nd, 2010
3:16 pm
Caleb ins’t better at scoring, Bobo just gives King the ball more often on the goal-libne because he FAVORS King’s PASS-BLOCKING skills.
AceDawg
March 22nd, 2010
3:17 pm
King MIGHT be faster, but Ealey appears stronger, more agile, has better vision, showed signs of being a good running back last year before anyone else did…
EALEY!! That said, King looked much better by the end of the year, and I don’t mind being proven wrong. I’ll be cheering both on.
dawgfan2
March 22nd, 2010
3:17 pm
Sammy D — in the kentucky game it was Ealey who fumbled the game-tying touchdown… Caleb had no fumbles for loss in the Kentucky game. the only two fumbles against Kentucky that were turnovers were from Ealey and Smith.
Thirty Points To Your Twenty-Four Points
March 22nd, 2010
3:18 pm
I’m not going to lie…..
I am rather excited for Tech to have a 5-7 record this upcoming season, then Paul Johnson calls a mandatory meeting with ALL Tech fans (all 800 or so of them), and presents a vat of purple kool-aid, in which all will partake.
“Johnsontown” will be the name of the movie that ensues.
We_Run_This_Country
March 22nd, 2010
3:18 pm
Puppy fans are getting worked up about King vs Ealey…I think you should worry about your QB first!! Is he still sitting in jail or did he get bailed out finally??? I know Spring is in the air when I start seeing UGA football players in the blotter! LMAO!
Richt's Clueless
March 22nd, 2010
3:19 pm
It matters who starts and gets more touches.
We’ve got to move from the FAVORTISM system, to an OBJECTIVE, FAIR, MERIT-BASED system on deciding who starts.
We can’t have turnovers in 2010. We can’t have guys like King and Smith, who don’t respect the ball, get REWARDED with a bunch of touches every game.
It sends the WRONG MESSAGE to the rest of the team that TURNOVERS ARE FINE, as long as you’re being AGGRESSIVE????
Richt's Clueless
March 22nd, 2010
3:20 pm
gUYS LIKE cOX, kING, AND sMITH HAVE TO BE BENCHED WHEN THEY LEAD THE TEAM IN TURONOVERS.
ugaclassof2004
March 22nd, 2010
3:21 pm
Caleb King the Fumbler
“Ealey fumbled 1x, and lost it, arguably, it was Cox’s fault, as Cox pitched it to Ealey when Ealey was 6 inches from Cox’s nose”
I remember watching that and thought to myself “Jesus, we have a QB who performs like a Pee Wee football player”. It was seriously that embarassing!
dawgfan2
March 22nd, 2010
3:21 pm
Sammy D — usually we count interceptions against the QB. King had more receptions than any other RB — when you’re thrown to more as a last resort you’re likely to get picked. His receiving yards and average yards per reception were better than Ealey’s.
If you’re going to make an argument, at least pick the right statistics to use. Making stuff up just makes the rest of what you’re saying look bad.
From the Georgia Statistics regarding fumbles in the Kentucky game:
(fumbles – lost):
Georgia-Brandon Boykin 1-0; Branden Smith 1-1; Joe Cox 1-0; Washaun
Ealey 1-1.
CC Dog
March 22nd, 2010
3:21 pm
I agree, with all the fumbles, and interceptions when thrown to, Caleb should be BENCHED, not even ROTATED IN, I’m sorry, but you have to get serious about people who have such DISREGARD for BALL PROTECTION. Don’t let those guys near the football because they will lose games (like Kent)
We_Run_This_Country
March 22nd, 2010
3:23 pm
GT could easily be 12-0 this season…only team that might give GT a hard time would be VT. But, I don’t see VT being able to penetrate a Al Groh led defense.
js
March 22nd, 2010
3:23 pm
Its great to be a Dog fan, and have sports teams that are contending for titles year round!
Men’s football = Shreveport
Men’s Basketball = Nothing, Zero,Ziltch (not even NIT)
Men’s Baseball = 8-10 overall and on a 5 game losing streak, Lost to GA TECH.
HAHA!!
GATA GETTA TD
March 22nd, 2010
3:24 pm
Ealey has a track record. He led his team to a state championship. His attitude and leadership turned around so many games, like Auburn and Tech, Ealey set the tone.
ugaclassof2004
March 22nd, 2010
3:24 pm
P.S.
I don’t think we should forget about Carlton Thomas either. He was by far the best RB in the spring game last year, and I think he’s better than most folks think.
1eyedJack
March 22nd, 2010
3:25 pm
Whichever one takes “himself” out of a ballgame, the other one would be my starter from then on.
GATA GETTA TD
March 22nd, 2010
3:26 pm
Tim-
Can you ban people like js and we run this country, who make irrelavant comments to try and kill our discussion.
In blog world, we call it trolling. They don’t deserve to be here.
P.S. Like I was saying, Ealey brings the intangibles too in how he led his team to the state championship.
GATA GETTA TD
March 22nd, 2010
3:27 pm
Thomas fumbled too much too, and wasn’t productive against real bullets.
Thomas is a practice star only.
Dawglasville
March 22nd, 2010
3:28 pm
Techies- back to your blog with the childish crap (no offense lucky 21). You won the ACC. I won’t belittle that. It’s a step up. Your baseball team is better than ours, OK. As long as Fox stays, I wouldn’t trade places with you in basketball. Just like you are all about buying into the promise Paul Johnson has for you, we are chips in with Fox. I know how it hurts when you think about next basketball season. Hewitt is caught in a vicious cycle and everyone knows it. I think I’m being nice considering the fact that you are on the UGA blog.
dawgfan2
March 22nd, 2010
3:28 pm
Here is the official record, folks. Caleb King had TWO fumbles for losses this season. That’s it. Ealey has ONE fumble for a loss. That’s it. We lost the game where Ealey fumbled, we won both the games when Caleb did.
Arkansas
FUMBLES: Georgia-Prince Miller 1-1; Richard Samuel 1-1.
Arizona
FUMBLES: Arizona State-None. Georgia-Caleb King 1-1
Tennessee
FUMBLES: Georgia-Michael Moore 1-1. Tennessee-Cooper, K. 1-0.
Vanderbilt
FUMBLES: Georgia-None. Vanderbilt-Smith,Larry 1-0.
Florida
FUMBLES: Georgia-Joe Cox 1-0. Florida-Tebow, T. 1-0.
Tenn Tech
FUMBLES: Tennessee Tech-BLAIR, Jimmie 1-0. Georgia-Shaun Chapas 1-0; Arthur Lynch 1-0;
Rantavious Wooten 1-0.
Auburn
FUMBLES: Auburn-Demond Washington 1-0. Georgia-None.
Kentucky
FUMBLES: Kentucky-None. Georgia-Brandon Boykin 1-0; Branden Smith 1-1; Joe Cox 1-0; Washaun
Ealey 1-1.
Georgia Tech
FUMBLES: Georgia-Caleb King 1-1; Branden Smith 1-0. Georgia Tech-Dwyer,J. 1-0; Jones,R. 1-0;
Nesbitt,J. 1-1.
Texas A&M
FUMBLES: Texas A&M-TEAM 1-0; Johnson, Jerrod 1-0; Terrell, Steven 1-0. Georgia-None.
Bacardi RammerJammerBo
March 22nd, 2010
3:30 pm
Go ahead and pick one, Richt: Diddley or Squat.
phoenix falcon
March 22nd, 2010
3:30 pm
Ronnie Brown and Carnell “Cadillac” Williams
js
March 22nd, 2010
3:31 pm
GATA GETTA TD – I agreed with you on Ealey. Some of the other posts were just too far from reality to not offer an opinion. After all a blog is your opinion, thanks for trolling with me.
Fumbleroski
March 22nd, 2010
3:32 pm
There are FUMBLES, and FUMBLES LOST.
King LED THE TEAM IN BOTH FUMBLES (6), AND FUMBLES LOST (2)
News Dawg
March 22nd, 2010
3:34 pm
Sorry, but who cares? It’s one thing to debate who’s starting as QB, but not at RB between these two. They’ll be team players who work together to wear down the D.
Am I the only one getting tired of irrelevant stories about UGA football whose mere function is to get people blogging? Unfortunately, the ‘conversation’ ends up in the toilet, with people hurling insults and getting back to base arguments about whose university football team sucks worse and basically talking a bunch of crap.
This is stupid. I’m done with the AJC. Adios.
Dawglasville
March 22nd, 2010
3:34 pm
Nooooooow baseball matters. Just want to know what the rules are. Your Lady Jackets can sit at home and watch the Lady Dawgs play. What is it, 2 trips to the tourney and bounced both times, blah, blah, blah… Is that how this thing is played now?
dawgfan2
March 22nd, 2010
3:38 pm
Fumbleroski
“March 22nd, 2010
3:32 pm
There are FUMBLES, and FUMBLES LOST.
King LED THE TEAM IN BOTH FUMBLES (6), AND FUMBLES LOST (2)”
Uhhh.. NO. He had fumbles (2) and fumbles lost (2). I just posted the stats.
RxDawg
March 22nd, 2010
3:38 pm
Dorsey and Altahama, I think you two have the best back to back responses for the “knee jerk” fans.
I think Birrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrd Man has the best idea of who will start.
Fumbleroski
March 22nd, 2010
3:39 pm
your stats are wrong. king had 6 fumbles, and lost 2.
Thirty Points To Your Twenty-Four Points
March 22nd, 2010
3:41 pm
It makes me smile so big —->
<——- that Techie fans are stil trash talking UGA after we ran the ball down their throats on their home field last fall. Not to mention the 8 wins in the last 9 games against them.
{{{{{30-24}}}}}
It hurts you Nerds more than you will EVER EVER EVER admit!!! hahahahahaha!!!!!
Sammy D
March 22nd, 2010
3:44 pm
How you can even CONSIDER starting a guy like Caleb King who fumbled 6 times, and got picked for INT’s 5 times, is beyond me.
King fumbled 2x, and got picked 2x, in the Kent game alone, in the 2nd half.
dawgfan2
March 22nd, 2010
3:44 pm
Please post the games where you say King had those fumbles. My stats are right off the Georgia Football website. I’m not sure from which orifice you pulled yours.
dawgfan2
March 22nd, 2010
3:45 pm
Sammy D what the heck are you talking about?? King had NO fumbles in the Kentucky game. Are you watching Georgia football at all???
damail
March 22nd, 2010
3:46 pm
who starts at tailback in not an issue…they will both get their carries…DAWGS problem last year was an average (at best) QB…and, not a very well coached defense…
dawgfan2
March 22nd, 2010
3:47 pm
And as far as interceptions go, King was usually the receiver of last resort, ie when Cox had no where else to go he’d dump it on King. Some of those throws were yards away. I wouldn’t blame any TB for those.
Sammy D
March 22nd, 2010
3:48 pm
Bobo had 16 interceptions in 1 year as UGA QB when he platyed for UGA.
Turnovers start with Bobo having a disregard for BALL PROTECTION.
We have to start an RB who:
1) perform at a higher level
2) protect the ball
Sammy D
March 22nd, 2010
3:50 pm
wRONG, uga AVERAGED was 1TH IN THE sec in rushing for the 1st 7 games, and bobo called less runnning plays than 117 teams.
the running game is just as important as the defense in the sec.
Thirty Points To Your Twenty-Four Points
March 22nd, 2010
3:52 pm
Winning the ACC is parallel to being the “skinniest kid at fat camp”.
Guess that “Title” doesn’t mean so much when you cannot even win your State Championship game, then get blown out by a “bigger fish to fry”, IOWA!!!
hahahahahha!!!
{{{{{30-24}}}}}
Thirty Points To Your Twenty-Four Points
March 22nd, 2010
3:54 pm
My friend has a dog that does a backflip every time UGA beats Tech in football in back to back seasons.
I asked my friend, “What does your dog do when Tech beats UGA ion football in back to back seasons??
My friend replied, “I have no idea. I have only had the dog 10 years”.
{{{{{30-24}}}}} stamped right on your forehead!!!!
Thirty Points To Your Twenty-Four Points
March 22nd, 2010
3:55 pm
What do Georgia Tech Football and Marijuana have in common??
They are both frequently SMOKED in bowls!!
{{{{{30-24}}}}} SO glad it hurts you Nerds SO bad!!!!
IRERELEVANT POSTS
March 22nd, 2010
3:58 pm
ANYONE WATCH THE OBAMA VOTE?
SINCE TIM TUCKER DOESN’T CARE ABOUT RELEVANT COMMENTS, I GUESS WE CAN DISCUSS THINGS BESIDES THE TOPIC.
G
March 22nd, 2010
3:58 pm
Tough call Ealey might get the edge but King blocks so well , he stoned a few linebackers last year. Just hold onto the ball!
AltamahaDawg
March 22nd, 2010
3:59 pm
He also tied the team lead in TDs. Are there two types of TD as well?
Brandon Spikes
March 22nd, 2010
4:13 pm
Who cares; just put your helmet on.
AltamahaDawg
March 22nd, 2010
4:22 pm
and your plexiglass faceshield.
BigDawg
March 22nd, 2010
4:22 pm
Carlton Thomas is as good as Ealey and King…Hope he gets to compete
JC in Powder Springs
March 22nd, 2010
4:31 pm
Don’t care which one starts. If they each get about 150-170 carries, they’ll both reach the goal of 1,000 yards. I don’t believe Bobo has enough sense to stick with the running game to that extent, though. He’ll find a way to screw it up unless Richt substantially curtails Bobo’s playcalling responsibilities – like he did in the GaTech game.
Bulldog59
March 22nd, 2010
4:32 pm
It has been proven over the last several years in both the NCAA and the NFL, two backs are better than one. The key, as you pointed out, is in the stats. Over the last 5 games of 2009, a balance in carries, 74 vs. 77, and a balance in production, 440 yds. vs. 525 yds. Imagine 2010 with both these guys averaging around 6 yards a carry. Coach Searels has a full stable of tough OL to ensure that we keep the chains moving. This is just what a rookie QB needs, a strong running game to take the pressure off him.
GHunt
March 22nd, 2010
4:32 pm
Ealey or King, good problem to have. Here is the solution. Take the FB out and start both at the beginning of the game. After a few plays take one out and insert the FB. Then go with the one who is hot. We mjght see that they both can be on the field at the same time for some scripted plays.
BCS championship game, Dogs in 2011! .
AltamahaDawg
March 22nd, 2010
4:33 pm
Didn’t Thomas fumble 19 times? 7 fumbles in that one game.
shane#1
March 22nd, 2010
4:53 pm
I don’t care who starts, play them both and start whoever had the best game or worked the hardest in practice, whatever the coaching staff decides is fine with me. The important thing is that the two guys have become friends. I hope they become as close as Moreno and Brown did, Moreno didn’t seem to have as much fun out there in 08 without his buddy on the sideline. With a 12 game season and hopefully a bowl game, UGA is going to need both guys, and possibly Thomas and Jackson also. 12 games is a lot of pounding for a running back.
AltamahaDawg
March 22nd, 2010
5:06 pm
And somebody point out the games in which our Running attack was working and Coach Bobo inexplicably went away from it.
BurningRedBleedingBlack
March 22nd, 2010
5:08 pm
Tim, i like the two back attack right now. Ealey really was everything i expected him to be this year. I had a gut feeling that kid would become a solid runningback. Kind seemed to improve and feed of ealey late in the season, maybe King just needed his confidence back. Either way both those kids look ready bring a solid running game back to UGA. I really feel Ealey and King will have a monster season this year if they both can stay healthy. I also look forward to see Carlton Thomas evolve into a better back up back thanks for the story. GO DAWGS!!!!!
Ernesto P. Chubbaleen
March 22nd, 2010
5:09 pm
I think Ealey is the better back and will emerge at some point as the starter.
BurningRedBleedingBlack
March 22nd, 2010
5:09 pm
King* sorry
tony
March 22nd, 2010
5:15 pm
There’s a reason why Mr.Richt havn’t won a national championship. The man just doesn’t know the different between a mid-range talent and a top notch talent. If he did he would have name DJ Shockley the starter instead of David Green. DJ Shockley would have gotten us a national championship if he was a 4 yr starter.
In Mr.Richt’s mind Thomas Brown was a better rb than Knowshon Moreno, so what did he do? He red shirted Moreno.
Marcus Howard shined when he finally got his opportunity after Quentin Moses graduated. He led the dawgs in sacks and was the biggest reason why the defense had a good yr. He should have started over Quentin Moses because Moses was a bad pass rusher.
He red shirted Murray and Mett which didn’t make any sense because Cox was a terrible qb and now Murray has no experence going into next season. Murray should have gotten some playing time when he was cleared to play because he would help the team win most of those games they lost. Also had Mr.Richt not red shirted Murray he would be a junior in 2011 when Nick Marshall graduates from hs. Nick Marshall probably will sign with Tenn where he will get some playing time right away. If this does happen, Nick Marshall and Da’Rick Rogers is going to make it very difficult for the dawgs to beat them.
dawgfan
March 22nd, 2010
5:15 pm
Why not DJax and Ealey, That would be 2 Hard Runners Wait and see DJax is for real
AltamahaDawg
March 22nd, 2010
5:24 pm
Well, now we know!
Dawgs
March 22nd, 2010
5:27 pm
Both had break out seasons last year and I only hope it continues. I wish that Bobo would let our speedsters (Carlton Thomas and Branden Smith) line up as a slot receiver! Smith might have a few times last year, but not enough. I think that UGA needs to get more creative with their play calls and think outside the playbook! CMR, we want a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!
DawgDude
March 22nd, 2010
5:28 pm
Dontavius Jackson is better than the others. Cant figure out why Richt isnt playing him?
jackhammer
March 22nd, 2010
5:29 pm
Ok, Louie,
The pups must have scared you off, again. Don’t let ‘em scare you; they’re all smoke. Maybe you’re just depressed, as I am, over the vote Sunday night. Pups likely don’t get, yet. You know how it is with them; room temperature IQ.
G
March 22nd, 2010
5:31 pm
Tony,
Moses lead the Sec in sacks his Junior year. Also Thomas Brown was a great back and all sec. And Mett was no where near ready and Murray got hurt. I do agree with Shockley and the fact that your an idiot.
Gratefuldawghead
March 22nd, 2010
5:42 pm
“There’s a reason why Mr.Richt havn’t won a national championship. The man just doesn’t know the different between a mid-range talent and a top notch talent. If he did he would have name DJ Shockley the starter instead of David Green. DJ Shockley would have gotten us a national championship if he was a 4 yr starter.”
Maybe if Shock wouldn’t of thrown the interception to Florida in 2002..We would have had a National Championship..lost ONE game by a touch down ! Shock had a great SR year though!
GO DAWGS!
Summit Dawg
March 22nd, 2010
5:45 pm
Bobo’s brain is getting number & number each year…….so how des he know anything?
Go E.C.I !
AltamahaDawg
March 22nd, 2010
5:46 pm
And I am sure Murray won’t be any good in that extra year. We should have traded that for some meaningless reps in mop up duty half way through the season when he could have played, to see if he could have retroactively won those games already lost.
Jeremy Wallace
March 22nd, 2010
5:48 pm
Hey Monticello Dawg, don’t forget disc golf! Seriously.
SickandTired
March 22nd, 2010
5:51 pm
Hey Gratefuldawghead, sounds to me from your post as though you have been smoking too much pot. Your post doesn’t even make sense. You say he should have started DJ over the guy that won more games in NCAA history other than Colt McCoy this season. Then you say DJ lost the Florida game that probably cost us a national championship. I disagree with your first assertion and I agree with the second. Mark Richts inablilty to let the best player play was nothing more than a case of having David Greene look over his shoulder for four years and in spite of it he performed like a champion. Now he can’t even decide who to start at running back when it’s appartent to even the most casual observer of football that Ealy is head and shoulders above Caleb King. My God, what does this Moron of a coach have to see to understand that you play your best players? David Greene played with a knife in his back for four years and now it looks like Ealy will have to do the same. Mark Richt is a lightweight coaching in the heavyweight division.
Georgia: The Wisconsin of the SEC
Georgia deserves better.
mark richt
March 22nd, 2010
5:51 pm
tell paula johnson i will kick his a$$ WE RUN THIS STATE!!!
Dawgfan
March 22nd, 2010
5:57 pm
Since Dontavius Is finally Healthy I sure hope the Dawg nation will finally get to see what he is capable of. He is the real deal. Maybe G day will tell the tail.
paul j
March 22nd, 2010
5:58 pm
meet me in tha FLATS dont nobody want to go to athens come to the ATL
URBAN
March 22nd, 2010
6:00 pm
I RUN YOUR STATE
AltamahaDawg
March 22nd, 2010
6:00 pm
How much is too much?
AltamahaDawg
March 22nd, 2010
6:05 pm
Didn’t realize they named the starter for the game in the middle of spring drills.
AltamahaDawg
March 22nd, 2010
6:09 pm
GD< did you say he should have started DJ, because I could have sworn that was the opposite of what you were saying.
Mr. Inside / Mr. Outside...
March 22nd, 2010
6:09 pm
Is one better than the other at turning the corner…is one better at pounding it between the tackles…does one, or both have these abilities…some team(s) is/are strong up the middle, then take it outside; they stop that, then you bust it up the gut…there is no way that a coach can’t know who to name as the starter after taking into last year and then having the spring and fall practices to evaluate the talent…this is a nice problem to have on a team (unless you’re the third string back :B )
AltamahaDawg
March 22nd, 2010
6:17 pm
Greene was without a doubt the uncontested starter. If he was looking over his shoulder, if was only what series he might have to give way to a back up. he was never ever one time worried about not being a starter.
Even IF Ealey was “named starter”, RB are ALWAYS going to give way to reserves at some points of the game. Not even remotely the same thing. How is that looking over his shoulder (as you claim in Greenie case)?
Even if who is the starter is some big deal, which I think has little affect in the outcome of the game, how does competing to keep that title make a RB less effective?
AltamahaDawg
March 22nd, 2010
6:19 pm
affect, effect? which affects the outcome of the game very little. better.
mgdawg
March 22nd, 2010
6:25 pm
I think Ealey is the better back and will emerge as the starter, I think the only reason that he didn’t start last season is because he didn’t know the plays that good. However, if one of the runningbacks gets into a rhythm then leave him in, give him a break if he needs it, but if he’s running good then leave him in. If the next game the other is running better then leave him in more. This has seemed to be something UGA messes up on on a consistent basis. They try to get everyone equal snaps instead of leaving in the guy that is running the best.
Santa Cruz CA Dawg
March 22nd, 2010
6:34 pm
Start the best player, but these guys can sub in and out , stay fresh and rack up yards and TD’s!
That being said; forbid if one of them gets fumblidits, keep that back on the sideline.
AltamahaDawg
March 22nd, 2010
6:37 pm
You know King fumbled 52 times, 13 in one series.
AltamahaDawg
March 22nd, 2010
6:38 pm
Are we not doing that one anymore?
Berzerk8dawg
March 22nd, 2010
6:39 pm
Lets say they both get a little better and the offensive line gets just a little better. PLUS they don’t fumble the ball. That is a good problem to have with a rookie QB alabama did it last year. Possible for us too? Mabye we have the talent.
AltamahaDawg
March 22nd, 2010
6:56 pm
“and bobo called less runnning plays than 117 teams.”
And UGA was next to last abnd very low nationaly in total plays too , so that figures. Probably had to do with whole TO margin deal. Didn’t we also have some odd distiction of having an low play count per TD going on there. If he called less running plays , he also called less passing plays than (however many teams).
On percentage UGA ran the ball 56% of the time. Bama and UF ran the ball 61% of the time. Given that they both had excellent lines and Heisman trohpies in the backfield, and we had none of that, I’d say we were as committed to the run as they were. WE just weren’t very good at it. Also UF pitching the ball is a “run”, and our version of that is screen or shuttle “pass”.
Sanford Drive
March 22nd, 2010
6:57 pm
King is a bust. Ealey all the way.
Dawg46
March 22nd, 2010
6:57 pm
I think it will be good to see both in and out It worked with Auburn few yrs back , Remember arkansas tandem , And most evident it will take the pressure off the Young quarterback you get my point . I am looking forward to the season GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gratefuldawghead
March 22nd, 2010
7:21 pm
SicandTired….It was a response to TONY’S post and I backed GREEN and Shockley!…If you can’t understand that then maybe I can draw you a picture!
Buckhead Bulldog
March 22nd, 2010
7:28 pm
Ummm Sickan tired you my want to read Grateful Dawg’s comment again. He was arguing against a previous blogger’s comment. Hence, the quotation marks around the first paragraph.
David was one of my all time favorite UGA QBs (ICE, baby)…..DJ was close behind him.
Buckhead Bulldog
March 22nd, 2010
7:30 pm
Right on AltamahaDawg! I enjoy reading your post, bro!
chazzo
March 22nd, 2010
7:32 pm
Slight correction on your 3-4 article, Tim. Lars Tate rushed for 1,016 in 1987. (I had to look it up. I am not that much of a geek). He wasn’t in the top ten rushers with the magic number, but he had over 1,000 yds. So, that’s 11 seasons. Small issue, granted. There may be a couple others in the ball park just under 1,100 (#10 on the list sinkwich). Also, Edwards was only 92 shy.
Total rushing yardage for UGA hasn’t cracked 3,000 in a season since 1987. (It happened, also, with Herschell in 81 and 82). It is important not to overlook the tailback stable days under Richt where multiple TBs carried it plenty enough for any one to have had 1,000 yard season solo, if you get my drift.
I would love to see dual 1,000 yard seasons from these guys. I hope that defenses have to work hard not to let that happen so AJ, Orson, and the boys can have some fun, too. I think it is going to be an exciting season.
Tom
March 22nd, 2010
7:39 pm
This is a huge toss up. King has more experience, but Ealey seems to have more spirit. I would start King, and switch them out for injuries, fatigue, or mistakes.
SOUTHGADAWG88
March 22nd, 2010
7:49 pm
I’d rather worry about who is starting on the OL.
Tim Tucker
March 22nd, 2010
7:55 pm
Chazzo:
Thanks for the correction. UGA media guide (page 113) lists only ten “1,000-yard single-season rushers”, but I’ll check and correct ASAP. Thanks again.
tim dawg
March 22nd, 2010
8:00 pm
If you look at UGA’s history, here’s what it takes to have a great year:
1) 1980
Herschel got 30 carries a game, 150 yards a game, 1600 yards rushing,
12-0, Natl Champs
2) 2002
Moreno got 250 carries for 1400 yards, finished #2 in Nation
Brown got 150 touches for 800 yards
3) 2007
Musa Smith was THE back, got 260 carries and 1400 yards
Richt’s record is 40-3 when he gets A 100 YARD RUSHER.
Conclusion:
1) Give Ealey 250 touches minimum–20 carries a game
2) Ealey needs to average 5.6 yc and get 1400 yards
Buckhead Bulldog
March 22nd, 2010
8:09 pm
I hope Caleb will regain his confidence. Personally, I thought he was timid in 08 and the first half of 09. I think/hope he has regained his swagger after the broken tibia his Senior year at GAC. I KNOW the below link is HS, but I saw some of that in the GT game that makes me keep on hoping good things for him. I think Ealey is turning into a beast of runner and will only get better…reminds me a little of Hearst. I’m also happy to see us recruit some bruisers again like Boo Malcome from SWD….I used to love, and I mean love watching Tate, Henderson, Worley, Musa bull through some holes, and then blast the jets on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qE4tmyw-Sag
BS Patrol
March 22nd, 2010
8:12 pm
Doesn’t matter. It’s Larry vs. Moe. They would ALL ride the pine at Tech.Still struggling to find a back after signing two 10 star RBs. Shades of Tech BB.
AltamahaDawg
March 22nd, 2010
8:13 pm
tim, you are joking right?
AltamahaDawg
March 22nd, 2010
8:24 pm
Thanks B B. I occationally agree with my posts too.
And I think you hit the King nail on the head. It seemed like a confidence issue.
The very First time I saw Ealey run I said exactly that. He looks just like Hearst. The same gliding motion. Its perdy, so perdy.
dolby conn
March 22nd, 2010
8:27 pm
UGA had 23 FUMBLES in 2009 according to the game video. Yet only list 13 on their website. For example, the Caleb King fumble on the goal line in the Bowl game? Never happened according to Georgia’s website. Caleb King fumbles quite a bit, so does Branden Smith. Georgia doesn’t like to report that, of course, but it’s true. Whoever UGA starts needs to protect the ball.
2009:
23 fumbles, 11 lost
17 int’s
This is not the way to win the SEC. Richt’s best 2 years at UGA were his best years in turnovers, and Richt’s WORST 2 years, were his worst 2 years in turnovers. Ball protection should play a HUGE factor in who the starting RB is. Who cares if Branden Smith averages 12 yards a carry, since he loses 2 fumbles every 7 touches. Caleb King is pretty bad too.
Lance Handsinpants
March 22nd, 2010
8:34 pm
First !!! Hooray for me !!!
Stats Don't Matter
March 22nd, 2010
8:41 pm
All I know is I love to watch this video of the Georgia-Ga Tech highlights from 2009, watch these 2 guys run–wow!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-zZ_qIJ3aQ&feature=related
Washaun Ealey, 8100 yards, 133 TD's
March 22nd, 2010
8:45 pm
To me, the LSU game and Florida game was big. Got to see Ealey, as a Freshman, step up against 2 excellent defensive coaches, and get 4+ yards a carry. Caleb only got 1 ypc against LSU.
I think that’s another important factor–who runs the best against the best SEC defenses? King struggled at 1 ypc against LSU, while Ealey got 4 ypc. Ealey also excelled against Charlie Strong’s defense, very hard to do.
dolby conn
March 22nd, 2010
8:58 pm
UGA averaged 1.7 fumbles per game, and lost .9 per game in 2009.
23 fumbles, 11 lost.
hind tit
March 22nd, 2010
9:01 pm
put both in the backfield at the same time.make for alot of interesting plays.
AltamahaDawg
March 22nd, 2010
9:17 pm
NO idea what UGA website you are looking at but the official Georgiadogs sites has 22 fumbles, 11 lost. King 2/2.
Fumble means lost possession during live action. Nobody, no team, counts a bobble, or a dead ball. If thats the criteria, then AJ had a few, as did Moreno, so did every ball carrier in the history of UGA football.
Not that your point of protecting the ball is not right, it is,……but isn’t that obvious enough without modifying the facts to support that?
AltamahaDawg
March 22nd, 2010
9:31 pm
Actually Smith carried the ball 33 times.That would have been 10 fumbles (actually 3) by your percentage. Not a fan of the freshman, eh?
We need to pit you against the never play an upperclassmen crowd.
AltamahaDawg
March 22nd, 2010
9:37 pm
BTW, I absolutely detest fumbles. I have said in here for years that fumbles are to me 5 times more damaging than the worse defensive effort, or the dumbest play call.
chazzo
March 22nd, 2010
10:21 pm
Tim,
The reason I brought up Tate was I remember him saying it was his goal to get a thousand, and he did it. I thought it was pretty cool at the time because I was doubtful with Worley and Henderson around Just want him to get the recognition.
GA RBs
March 22nd, 2010
11:08 pm
King and Ealey is the best RB combo in the SEC—UGA should put up huge numbers in the running game, leading to an SEC east title in 2010—-bank on it!
Of A Superior Bloodline = UGA Alumni
March 22nd, 2010
11:13 pm
Dog Crap, you better get off the computer before your Mom catches you. The 8th grade is an important year and you need your rest so you can pay attention in class and one day get into community college.
Fumbleroski
March 22nd, 2010
11:16 pm
Caleb King’s 6 fumbles (not fumbles lost) for 2009 by game:
Texas A & M– 1 fumble
GT- 1 fumble
LSU- 1 fumble
Kent- 2 fumbles
Arizona State- 1 fumble
Of A Superior Bloodline = UGA Alumni
March 22nd, 2010
11:16 pm
We_Run_This_Country: It’s good to see a Tech fan man up and admit his flaws. The fact is the vast majority of Tech students could never obtain a leadership posistion in this country, much less obtain US citizenship!
Caleb King Fumble Video
March 22nd, 2010
11:22 pm
At about the 1:47 mark in the Texas A & M game, you’ll see Caleb King fumble the ball at the goal-line.
According to the official Georgia stats, this fumble never happened.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjBRaQsGkRc
AltamahaDawg
March 22nd, 2010
11:27 pm
Tim you are also ignoring that in 2003 with a split load, the UGA rushing attack was nearly indentical in every stat, and in 2004 with an even bigger split loan, the total were way up over 2002 or 2003.
I think that you might have your cause and effect mixed up in the 100 yr rusher stat too. How many times over the years that UGA used one primary back and did NOT get 100 yards and lost? Or 2 back with 60 yards each? I’m betting its a pretty good that that too. So all that proves is the value of having a good rushing day, not that having the one back was the sole factor. It was effectively rushing the ball. Obviously if there was one carrier that got the majority of attempts he got a lot of yards that day. But I would guarantee you that somebody else has some yards in those 40 victories because a 100 yards total is not that great.
Taco
March 22nd, 2010
11:33 pm
Does anyone really care other than a bunch of third tier loser UGA fans? Bring Herschel back or remain in the losers bracket.
Caleb King Picked for 2 Int's vs. Kent Video
March 22nd, 2010
11:35 pm
This video clip shows #4 getting picked for Int’s 2x in the Kent game.
It’s after the 1 minute mark.
It shows BOTH Int’s, watch for #4, who did not break up the pass either time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwKQmSLObIY&feature=related
Taco
March 22nd, 2010
11:37 pm
Superior blood line? Are you serious? Lay down the crack pipe home team. Community college? Is that not what UGA is? You must be a home economics major? African studies? Criminology? College studies? If I would have met your mom is the only way we could have saved your bloodline.
AltamahaDawg
March 22nd, 2010
11:40 pm
Great research video. Good job. Here is why it never happened according to the UGA website. Because It never happened. He never fumbled. A TD is a dead ball and whatever happens to the ball afterwards doesnt matter. Did he caugh it up, lose it, sure, but don’t accuse the UGA stat keepers of somehow hiding something because they don’t refute the official and insist on listing it as a fumble.
Of A Superior Bloodline = UGA Alumni
March 22nd, 2010
11:45 pm
Taco, UGA is the first public University in this country and total inability to express your thoughts in English make it apparrent that you are not packing enough mental ammo to get into my alma mater. I have a BBA in Economics, that’s Bachelors in Business Admiistration. If you would have met my mom should would have probably given you a dollar because she has a soft spot for pan handlers!
AltamahaDawg
March 22nd, 2010
11:46 pm
Watched it frame by frame on the INTS, you’re stretching that one.
Of A Superior Bloodline = UGA Alumni
March 22nd, 2010
11:55 pm
Taco, the closest you could get to going to UGA or GT would be to land a job in the facilities maintenance department, cutting grass. Nevermind, you have to be a legal immigrant to land that job!
mark
March 23rd, 2010
12:21 am
ealey by far, caleb king is terrible
shane#1
March 23rd, 2010
12:22 am
Chheeeesshhhh, what some absolue idiots on the blog nowdays, the AJC needs to cull some of these dolts, as if #39 isn’t moron enough with his fire everybody crap now some creatin is blaming a RB with four interceptions! How many passes did King throw? You idiot! You can hang it up Alt, no sense trying to educate a fool!
How to solve the fumble problem?
March 23rd, 2010
12:22 am
hand the ball to Ealey. He did not fumble a single time when handed the ball.
His only fumble was a bad pitch in the Kent game from Cox, when Ealey was super close. Cox should have never pitched it because the defense blew the play up.
With Non-Ealey players touchign the ball:
23 fumbles
With Ealey running the ball:
1 fumble
RED DOG 77
March 23rd, 2010
1:22 am
Caleb King or Washaun Ealey ? Doesn’t really matter, King has grown-up, and good for him, Ealey is a beast and will get his yards after contact………………..I, my friends, am a University of Georgia BULLDOG………..and, I love em both !…………..Whats more, I would agree 100% with the gentleman who said on his post, ” Coach Todd Grantham’s attitude is going to rub off, and start a fire under the BULLDOG football team ” 2010 looks pretty dadgum interesting, if you ask me, and I’m a GEORGIA BULLDOG……….GO DOGS !!! GATA !!!!
STEINER
March 23rd, 2010
3:18 am
jughead brown:
That’s the reason they call you jughead…You come on here like you know something, you don’t know jackschitt about Georgia football or anything else for that matter….Bobo has forgotten more about football in 15 minutes than you have learned about football in your lifetime….Leave the damn coaches alone and let them coach, without your self proclaimed expertise….
STEINER
March 23rd, 2010
3:27 am
URBAN:
Only thing URBAN runs is the EMERGENCY ROOM…Still a lot to come out on quitting,not quitting, beach in Hawaii, family wants him out, now family don’t care…He still got explaining to do….
STEINER
March 23rd, 2010
3:30 am
harold is a loser…probably a Tech guy with that November 28 affair at the joke by coke still in his craw…Its gonna take a couple weeks of 2 a day lukewarm enemals to get that loss out of his system…Ole BAYBAY dropped the candy…You remember, don’t you, harold….
BuLLdawg
March 23rd, 2010
3:47 am
ACC is so great in basketball, I thought ?
UGA Women won again in the NCAA Tournament to run our record to 25-8 on the season, while Georgia tek has been finished in basketball for some time now both in women’s and men’s basketball.
ACC Sweet 16 ? Duke is it in men’s basketball while The SEC has 2 teams the vols and Kentucky.
750 wins for Andy Landers, averaging over 24 wins a season, so this is an average season for him.
18 times Andy Landers has been in the Regional Semi-Finals. This year’s squad cannot shoot. But, they can play some defense.
UGA advances to play Stanford, another school Georgia tek is NOT.
While the nation ponders the thoughts of Georgia tek bragging they are better than all the teams remaining in The NCAA Tournament, the facts are that not only did UGA beat Georgia tek in football 30-24 but also beat Georgia tek in both men’s basketball 73-66 and women’s basketball 56-50.
So, while Georgia tek remains at home their seasons over, UGA advances.
UGA also beat Georgia tek in the classrooms this year with a higher APR than Georgia tek in football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball, the Major Sports.
Assailed in the national press for your low academics, the worst in college basketball in the NCAA Tourney this season, Georgia tek also could not win in men’s basketball even with your 914 Academic Progress Rate, limited by the NCAA Probation to only 11 scholarships.
Sweet 16 for Georgia 18 times now for Andy Landers.
NCAA Tournament Action :
SEC 13-3
ACC 9-9
SEC Men 4-2
ACC Men 5-5
SEC Women 9-1
ACC Women 4-4
ACC has neither a winning record in NCAA Tourney Men
ACC has neither a winning record in NCAA Tourney Women
SEC has winning record in BOTH NCAA Tourney Men & Women.
SEC is kicking the butts of ACC in basketball, again.
» SEC links: Byrne leaving Mississippi State for Arizona John Clay’s Sidelines
March 23rd, 2010
6:37 am
[...] Tim Tucker of the AJC looks at the Georgia tailback battle. [...]
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March 23rd, 2010
7:21 am
[...] Tim Tucker of the AJC looks at the Georgia tailback battle. [...]
AltamahaDawg
March 23rd, 2010
7:26 am
Ealey himself said it was his fault. Ealey ran the wrong way. The defense only blew up a play that was never designed to go up the middle in the first place. Now, how does the senior QB leave the huddle with a freshmen not knowing the play is another matter, but lets get the facts straight on the play. Its been broken down by both players and the coaches at this point.
And the boy IS going to have to be able to take a pitch at some point if he is going to play RB, don’t you think?
and please everybody look at the official stats. UGA fumbled 22 times last year, not 23, not 24, not 30, not 13.
AltamahaDawg
March 23rd, 2010
7:28 am
Congrats to the Lady Dawgs, and Andy Landers. Second only to Pat Summit for Sweet 16 trips.
Buckhead Bulldog
March 23rd, 2010
7:47 am
chazzo- I enjoyed watching Lars Tate play. Trying to imagine Lars and Henderson coming at you if your were playing D would have freaked me out. Those horses were complete thoroughbreds. It is interesting to me to see how the game has changed from these 6-2, 6-3 , 230-240lb backs to these shorter compact backs like Ealey and King. Even though I pulled and always do pull for the Dogs, I enjoyed watching Charles Scott from LSU. He reminded me alot of the glory T-Back U days at UGA.
AltamahaDawg
March 23rd, 2010
8:34 am
Wasn’t Charles Scott at fault for 19 interception last year?
Tech Man Forever
March 23rd, 2010
9:05 am
WHO CARES????? THWG !!!!!!!!!!!
TUCK FECH
March 23rd, 2010
9:11 am
Tech Man Forever …You better care about Ealey and King who put over 340 Yards on your Tech defense! Deal with it!
AltamahaDawg
March 23rd, 2010
9:26 am
I would say that question was answered, at exactly 9:05.
23 fumbles--officially
March 23rd, 2010
10:17 am
According to UGA’s website, UGA fumbled 23 times in 2009 and lost 11.
http://www.georgiadogs.com/fls/8800/stats/football/2009/teamcume.htm
LSU Fumble Mystery
March 23rd, 2010
10:21 am
Apparently, UGA admits 2 fumbles in the LSU game, but credits the fumbles to “the team”.
Anyone know which member of “the team” fumbled in the LSU game?
http://www.georgiadogs.com/fls/8800/stats/football/2009/indgbg.htm#IGBG.FMB
Of A Superior Bloodline = UGA Alumni
March 23rd, 2010
10:34 am
Tech Man Forever: Tech Man sounds like an oxymoron to me!
Call It Like It Is
March 23rd, 2010
10:57 am
Hey STEINER,
I would not be calling Tech fans out as your team can’t show up against the Gators as you get OWNED in Jax every year!
Gators win the East again in 2010!
Enough Said!
Of A Superior Bloodline = UGA Alumni
March 23rd, 2010
11:10 am
Call it Like it is: After we G Stomp the T-Blow less Gators, the Dawgs will be 2-2 against UF over the last 4 years, and the all time record will be 47-39! The difference is we own the all time record over the Gators and always will, while GT can’t even carry our jock straps! Go Dawgs!
AltamahaDawg
March 23rd, 2010
11:14 am
Joe Cox QB………. 4-1
TEAM……………. 3-0
Braden Smith……. 3-2
Caleb King TB……. 2-2
Washaun Ealey TB…. 1-1
Shaun Chapas FB….. 1-0
Brandon Boykin…… 1-0
A.J. Green WR……. 1-1
Prince Miller……. 1-1
Athur Lynch TE….. 1-0
Carlton Thomas TB… 1-1
Michael Moore WR…. 1-1
R. Wooten WR…….. 1-0
Richard Samuel TB… 1-1
I count 22, although the summary does list it as 23. I think its a conspiracy.
BTW the TEAM fumbles in the LSU game, (and its 3 actually) were bad exchange from Center to QB.
AceDawg
March 23rd, 2010
11:39 am
UGA just needs to have a TOUGH defense again. Grantham seems 100% committed to a defense that puts an emphasis on physicality instead of the Martinez prevent style defense. If Grantham is successful, the attitude and success of UGA in all phases will be noticeable. After all, I don’t know any teams that have a tough, gritty offense that don’t have the same on defense. They feed off each other in practice, etc.
The naysayers of UGA had a strong argument until Grantham was hired, but he might be the one to turn things around again.
Fumbleroski
March 23rd, 2010
3:24 pm
The 3 fumbles in the LSU game were all in the 4th quarter.
the 1st one was the 1st play of the 4th quarter by “the team”
the 2nd fumble was at the 42 seconds to go mark by “the team”
the 3rd was at the 36 seconds to go mark by “the team”
AltamahaDawg
March 23rd, 2010
3:58 pm
And notice the incomplete passes by Cox listed in the same play. Bad snap. Sorry guys, it wasnt King, I know that’s disappointing.
tell burke
March 23rd, 2010
4:41 pm
Looks as if Dirty Buzzzzz is overloading his .50 Cent butt with his hundred dollar mouth !
dawgfan
March 23rd, 2010
5:34 pm
I’m still laughing at the idea of two 1,000 yard rushers with Bobo’s playcalling. That would mean that we would have to run the ball even when everybody in the stadium knows we’re going to run it. Bobo does not believe in this agressive and physical style of offense. He thinks that screens, draws, and play action trickery are the only ways to run the ball with any success. He thinks that if the defense knows we’re going to run the ball then they are obviously going to stop it. I mean, there’s just no way our offensive line could do something whacky like block them so they couldn’t stop it. No way. That’s just crazy talk to Bobo. You have to trick them. Otherwise, just let the QB check in to an ill advised pass play and throw an interception. That’s the Bobo offense folks.
Caleb’s head is in the right place. Too bad Bobo is wasting his talents.
AltamahaDawg
March 23rd, 2010
6:32 pm
dawgfan why keep posting that same old worn rant , when everybody in the stadium knows that ylou have no idea what you are talking about?
Its your contention that “there’s just no way our offensive line could do something whacky like block them so they couldn’t stop it” because Coach Bobo doesnt believe in “an agressive and physical style of offense”? Really?That’s your stand? That’s your actual opinion? Really?
DawginLex
March 23rd, 2010
7:18 pm
Harold likes men who like men.
He fits in well on the tech blogs.
They discuss new techniques with blow up doll dates.
AltamahaDawg
March 23rd, 2010
8:42 pm
Do you even know what play action means?
dawgfan
March 23rd, 2010
11:20 pm
Settle down Francis. That’s not my opinion on the offensive line. Maybe I didn’t make myself clear. That’s what I think Bobo thinks. He has no faith in our offensive line.
You can attack my opinions all you want. Maybe I don’t know what I’m talking about. But the results speak for themselves. Bobo’s offenses have done jack diddly freaking squat against the best defenses in the SEC. That’s not an opinion. Its a fact. Name me one game where Bobo’s offense looked even remotely competent against a top ranked SEC defense. Just one. You can’t do it. 2007 Florida? Their secondary was a joke. What else is there? Look at what they’ve done to Bobo since. Bama shut us out for an entire half…with two NFL 1st rounders in the backfield!!! How in the good holy crap is that not Bobo’s fault? Facts are facts and the fact is that if we face a big, talented, and well coached defense we’re freaking toast.
One game my man and I’ll stop posting my same old worn rant. You just give me one game. You can’t do it because it isn’t there. I’m sick of the excuses.
Class dismissed.
Call It Like It Is
March 24th, 2010
8:13 am
Hey Of A Superior Bloodline = UGA Alumni ,
WE?
I didn’t know you played for a SLACK PROGRAM like UGAY.
Last time I checked GA has 1 NC compaired to FL’s 3.
Sit Down!
Enough Said!
chazzo
March 24th, 2010
1:11 pm
Call it like it is… I remember when UF couldn’t win the SEC to save its life. Basque in it while it lasts. UF alumni have poured millions into that swamp, but it’s dawg time in Jax again.
Call It Like It Is
March 25th, 2010
8:04 am
Hey chazzo,
Us Gator fans have now basqued for 20 years now with 3 NC!
Now, whatcha Got?
Enough Said!