Hear, hear! Dogs have a new kickoff philosophy (PLUS: practice notes)
ATHENS – I’m guessing most of you will be happy to read this: Georgia’s kickoff philosophy has changed.
Kicker Blair Walsh indicated Thursday night that the much-criticized directional kickoffs –- kicks aimed to a specific spot on the field –- will yield to more deep kickoffs.
“It’s not like it was here the past two years, directional-wise,” Walsh said. “It’s a lot more use of my talent, I would say. I was fine doing what they wanted me to do. I’m a team player. I can go along with it. But it’s a lot more use of the talent, and I’m happy about it. I don’t think there’s a restraint on me anymore.”
He stopped there, wary of “giving too much away.”
But you get the idea.
New assistant coach Warren Belin is in charge of kickoffs, a role previously held by Jon Fabris, one of three assistants dismissed in December. The directional kicks became a controversial topic the past two seasons, compounded when Walsh didn’t keep them in bounds or the coverage broke down.
Walsh also said there is an aggressive approach to kickoff coverage this spring.
“From what little I know about football, I know we’re going down there and trying to bust helmets up,” the kicker said. “We’re trying to beat the guy in front of us and go get the guy.
“It’s a lot of old-school football involved in our kickoff coverage. [Belin] doesn’t like me to talk too much about what we’re doing exactly, but . . . you’re going to see a lot of guys hustling, a lot of fast, fast stuff.”
Walsh, who had 17 touchbacks last season, has a goal of at least 25 this year –- or about one-third of his kickoffs.
Sound good, everyone?
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From Thursday’s practice:
- Mark Richt cut practice short by 20 or 25 minutes to try to keep the team fresh for Saturday’s scrimmage in Sanford Stadium. But before they left the field, the players had to do an exhausting punishment drill for excessive penalties.
- The practice was the hottest of the spring, with bright sun and temperatures in the mid-80s.
- Tailback Caleb King sat out with a combination of nausea and a sprained knee. The knee flared up from an old high school injury and is nothing serious, Richt said. “It just got a little irritated.”
- Jakar Hamilton was working at a first-team safety, but defensive-backs coach Scott Lakatos said not to read too much into that yet. He’s still trying various combinations in the secondary.
- Wide receiver Marlon Brown again was wearing a green non-contact jersey because of a sprained shoulder joint, but he participated in practice.
- I spent a lot of time after practice talking with Todd Grantham for a story I’ll do next week. He exudes enthusiasm.
- No practice Friday. The Dogs hold their second of three spring scrimmages Saturday in Sanford Stadium. The third scrimmage is the G-Day game on April 10.
Also: Richt “waiting to see” what comes of police report.
And: One year ago today — April 2, 2009 — Mark Fox was hired as UGA’s men’s basketball coach. Here’s a look at how he sees things a year later.
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Bobo, Bobo, a pirates life for me
April 2nd, 2010
1:38 am
im first and don’t care
kool aid
April 2nd, 2010
1:39 am
First!!!! Now I can die happy
Bobo, Bobo, a pirates life for me
April 2nd, 2010
1:41 am
good article though…
Old Dawg New Trick
April 2nd, 2010
1:42 am
ready for the TG story and for G-DAY!
Bad News
April 2nd, 2010
2:08 am
This could be disasterous. http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/040110/bre_599224333.shtml
GaDawg
April 2nd, 2010
6:12 am
I ‘m wondering why you wait 60 hours before making a police report? This whole story seems very fishy. Why did the taxi/bus driver not call the police from the taxi , or put the four out of the taxi and then call the police from that spot. Football players but they cannot ID them. Alot of big black men go to UGA who do not play football. Just have to see how this plays out.
dawgydawg47
April 2nd, 2010
6:40 am
They should be kicked off the team. Actually, I would like for them to be arrested and put in jail for this nonsense. If the colors were flip-flopped, the world would stop in order to find these guys. Personally, I would have had to get my A** kicked.
Question
April 2nd, 2010
7:04 am
Shouldn’t they just be able to look at a roster and see which ones were involved if all of it’s true?
FalconUGAFan
April 2nd, 2010
7:08 am
IF this is true, and I believe in innocent until proven guilty, then if they are UGA players, Richt needs to kick them off the team. I’m just plain tired of this kind of crap coming out of MY school. I don’t care if we lose every single game this year.
geogiadawg70
April 2nd, 2010
7:11 am
If this is true they shouldl be kicked out of school, off the team obviously and prosecuted.
Daily Links 02Apr: Leather Helmet Blog
April 2nd, 2010
7:13 am
[...] end to directional kickoffs: The misuse of Blair Walsh has been appalling: New assistant coach Warren Belin is in charge of kickoffs, a role previously held by Jon Fabris, one of three [...]
JB
April 2nd, 2010
7:20 am
Think about it…..If it was you and your girlfriend, you would get the authorities involved RIGHT THEN after the cab ride. Not two days later. It also could have been more verbal than physical and the guy is mad/embarrassed about it, and this is HIS way of getting even. As a good friend of mine said, nothing good happens after midnight. Tech is lucky that it is unsafe to go out after dark in Atlanta.
BDAWG
April 2nd, 2010
7:20 am
GaDawg, did i miss something? Who said they were black?
Colonial Dawg
April 2nd, 2010
7:28 am
BDAWG- The report said four black men.
Bank Hound
April 2nd, 2010
7:29 am
We’ll see how the police report shakes out. Until then, I have to say that I’m really impressed (so far) with the changes that seem to be taking place, especially a more aggressive defense and kicking game…not to mention bagging directional kickoffs!
Did Fabris end up getting hired by anyone?
Jesse Jackson
April 2nd, 2010
7:39 am
Now hold on just a minute, we don’t know the extenuating circumstances,such as we don’t know how they may have looked at a brother, blah, blah, blah.
SimpleDawg
April 2nd, 2010
7:45 am
Soooo, the taxi driver picked up a man and and his wife, 3 drunk white guys, and 4 large black guys with bratwursts……how big is this van/taxi? And why would anyone want to share a taxi with that many strangers. How do you determine who owes what?
Sounds a little disjointed to me….or better yet, sounds like the basis for a comedy skit.
Topp Dogg
April 2nd, 2010
7:50 am
Four black men had to be UGA football players, at GT it would be four Camel Jockeys.
mgdawg
April 2nd, 2010
7:56 am
Love the talk of no more directional kicks. I never understood why UGA continued to do it when there was never any success with it, even when walsh put it in the right spot teams just ran around the coverage.
BMDPD
April 2nd, 2010
7:56 am
If it is true, I hope CMR makes an example.
BMDPD
April 2nd, 2010
7:58 am
How big was the CAB? What were they DBs?
Mikey
April 2nd, 2010
7:59 am
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over but expecting different results.
Insanity was the directional kickoff.
No more insanity!!!!
midland Dog
April 2nd, 2010
8:00 am
SimpleDawg, I thought the same things. It must have been one of those cars you see at the circus that 50 clowns coming piling out of, and they converted it to a taxi. If the report is true, I don’t care who the offenders are, just kick them off the team. I’m sick of the elitist, thug mentality of the college athletes these days!
stw
April 2nd, 2010
8:04 am
dawgydawgy47: I suppose the 47 is your IQ, but why not go ahead and put them in jail for life ? What’s the sense in discovering all the facts. Get off your momma’s computer.
Dr. Kenneth Noisewater
April 2nd, 2010
8:09 am
why, why, why???? Richt/Coaches/Captains & Seniors- get your crew in check NOW!!! if this turns out bad, could make for another disappointing year.
dawgster
April 2nd, 2010
8:18 am
don’t know why if this is true that ballplayers, especially during spring practice should be out in Athens at 2:00 am in the morning…I remember in high school that our coach would actually ride by to see if we were home after 11:00 oclock at night..That may sound a little extreme but if you wanted to play on his team you obeyed and followed his rules…With that being said i think we need to let the circumstances come out before jumping to conclusions and branding these young men for life..we still haven’t confirmed if it was football playeres or not, but i’m sure coach Richt will find out and apply the appropriate punishment…Its very easy to get on this blog and spout off about what you would do or what should be done…Walk in a coach or a teachers shoes sometime and you find out how difficult it is in dealing with some young people today and when you are dealing with 80, 90 or 100 or more all with different backgrounds you have to be careful not to overreact based on initial reports…I’m sure the appropriate punishment will be given, if warranted, when the time is right.
bill h
April 2nd, 2010
8:19 am
the ‘victim’ started the interaction by making a comment about the food…the comnment, which should not have been made anyway, could have been made with an attitude or in a disrespectful manner. Alcohol was involved, so who is to be believed and why would anyone’s report be trusted with a car full of drunk and/or wasted folks late night and running off at the mouth…and reported way too late ( 3 days) to make any report credible. Comments here made by posters about racism and etc. are weak and without any verifiable evidence. If this was all so onesided, then the police should have been called as soon as the victim was away from the alleged offenders. \Maybe victims didnt want to make the report with alcohol or other substance possibly in their system?? Who knows. But the fact that so much time passed and there was at least alcohol involved during ‘late night’ makes this very speculative and nearly impossible to establish the truth conclusively. Let it go….and mind your own business and keep your late night comments to yourself if you dont want to be involved. Maybe the victims acted or sounded very racially biased…we dont know and probably never will….too late and too much ’substance’ involved to know the real deal
WonderDawg
April 2nd, 2010
8:20 am
I guess it shows just how bad things had gotten, when we get excited that our kickoffs, defensive tackling, and secondary coverage will be played like they’re supposed to be played. Good riddance Fabris and Martinez! I wonder how Richt feels when he hears Berlin yell at the defense, “who taught you how to tackle the last 5 years?” Or when he hears Willie taught his secondary to “never look back at the ball” when covering a receiver. Richt should be ashamed of letting this kind of crap go on in his program.
Good luck, Oklahoma, you’re gonna need it!
Eaassyy
April 2nd, 2010
8:22 am
no names? the guy thinks they’re GA football players? Strong case. Moving right along. Can’t wait for the piece on Grantham. Keep the updates coming. Enthusiasm is what this team has been missing. I like what i’ve hear so far…
jasont13
April 2nd, 2010
8:22 am
I find this story very interesting. The complaintent said they were football players but didn’t know which ones they were. So how did this person know they were football players and why wait 2 1/2 days to file a police report? Also the taxi drive had no idea, seems very fishy to me.
jasont13
April 2nd, 2010
8:27 am
Bank Hound, Fabirs is coaching Linebackers and Special Teams at Louisville. He is the reason why our special teams were horrible and with being fired landed the Louisville gig and stole Deon Rogers who was committed to UGA as well.
RomeDawg
April 2nd, 2010
8:31 am
I call b*llsh*t on cab story!
WonderDawg
April 2nd, 2010
8:36 am
Disasterous?
Wow, that’s so believable …..feeling so threatened, you go straight to the police ………2 and 1/2 days later. And “4 large black men” = UGA football players? Next the two will hire a shyster, and slither into court wanting $$.
what the hey?
April 2nd, 2010
8:36 am
fabris was hired at louisville by charlie strong. guess someone thought he was a good coach. who oh yeah someone who coached a defense that helped win 3 national titles in 5 years. Don’t get me wrong, it was time for a change, but it’s not like these guys were dumb, they were just (like a lot of coaches) stubborn.
UGASlobberknocker
April 2nd, 2010
8:38 am
Constitutional reminder: Innocent until proven guilty. And it’s kinda hard to start throwing blame around when no one knows who did what. I find it hard to believe that 4 people (regardless of who)would get in a cab and immediatly start abusing a couple who were quietly minding their own business. There is obviously more to this story than has come out so far…..but until the players (if they indeed were players) are id’d..then it didnt happen.
bobbydawg
April 2nd, 2010
8:38 am
James Carpenter, Chance Warmack, Darius Mckeller, Byrom Isom, Ed Christian, Maurice Hurt, Jujuan James, Ray Dominguez, Sergio Render. No more South Georgia offensive co-ordinators. No more “country strong” offensive linemen. Get some athletes in there.
Chili
April 2nd, 2010
8:44 am
The police report says the cab driver identified one of them as ‘Derrick’. Also said there were some disgusting, sexually explicit comments. Loyal dawg here, but if this is true, the’ve gotta go.
Joey
April 2nd, 2010
8:45 am
Boy this “story” strikes a nerve with the nerds (FalconUGAFan, dawgydawg47,georgiadawg70, y’all ain’t fooling us). Sounds like somebody got their lunch money taken at school. Now look, you’ve peed your pants just thinking back …
UglyOld Dog
April 2nd, 2010
8:45 am
Now if only we could get a real QB & OC to replace BOOBOO!!!!!!!! I mean BOBO.
1eyedJack
April 2nd, 2010
8:47 am
Have to agree with Dawgster…If it is true and they were UGA football players then what the h3ll were they doing out at 2am during spring practice? Do you think “The Bear” or Vince would have put up with this? Absolutely not!!! And what ever happened to curfews? If proven true, and let me qualify this by saying I smell fish, all four should be off the team, period.
The things that were allegedly said and done are totally unacceptable.
Having said that, if it had been me, I might have taken a beat-down, but we would have tore the inside of that cab to pieces.
GaDawg
April 2nd, 2010
8:55 am
Bdawg – here is the quote from the paper where it states four black men, the couple told police they were “terrified,” and “hunkered down in their seats,” after four black men got into the cab, slapped one of them in the back of the head and accused them of racism. Thanks Colonial Dawg for having my back.
heybuttlickers
April 2nd, 2010
8:59 am
This new kicking philosophy ? Seems to work in the back of taxi vans as well !!!!!
Ha HA HA THUGA
WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF
Lowcountry Bulldawg
April 2nd, 2010
9:06 am
On topic- Thank goodness the kickoff coverage is changing! Now we dont have to see, Touchback, Touchback, directional kick- ball at the 40! That was crazy! Walsh proved he had the leg and they still seemed to screw it up.
im dumb
April 2nd, 2010
9:09 am
WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF
Otto
April 2nd, 2010
9:26 am
I thought Fabris took the job at L’ville and then decide to stay home?
The whole police report sounds very fishy and the time between said incident and filing the report makes it less than credible. A van full of people and the only people talking are this couple that filed the report. The driver does not seem to have anything solid to say?
Otto
April 2nd, 2010
9:28 am
The Bear or Vince wouldn’t have to worry about this sort of thing hitting the media if it did happen.
Dawgone
April 2nd, 2010
9:35 am
You can hear the excuses starting already, even one poster who insinuated that it might be the victims fault for intiating the conversation. Just from the intial police report and witness, sounds like he was just trying to be friendly. But I will assure you that IF this involves football players, you’ll hear people on here trying to blame the victims or at least trying to make excuses for these guys.
SEC FANATIC
April 2nd, 2010
9:36 am
Hey, when do they give out the Fulmer Cup??
Some of you folks must have never been to Athens before, ever.
April 2nd, 2010
9:38 am
#1 Most of the taxis in Athens are vans that can hold 10-12 people. It is a little tight mind you, but when the bars close, everyone piles in…especially if you live on the east side of town.
#2 Football players out at 2:00 a.m. has been happening for years. I started at UGA in 95 and worked downtown for 4 years — it was a common occurrence to see football players at the bars that late — never on Fridays before the game but often on Saturdays after games. This will happen all throughout the season. Richt enforces curfews sometimes, but I’ve never heard of a curfew on a Saturday night in early spring.
It sounds like there is a lot to sort out — but if it comes to light that these events really did occur, I hope they kick all four of the players off the team, regardless of who they are. What an embarrassment.
BigGAdawg
April 2nd, 2010
9:39 am
Sounds like MORE Smart coaching from Coach Belin. That directional stuff was moronic. Personally I would be happy to let the opposition start every series on the 20. If you kick it deep enough there is no runback and no chance for breaking a play. But letting them start on the 40 due to an out of bounds kick, as happened way too many times last year, is just stupid. When you have a kicker with a leg like Walsh has it is crazy to not turn him loose and see how deep he can kick it.
The difference in the two schools
April 2nd, 2010
9:42 am
GT and UGA have some thug players and there are seemingly just thugs lurking close to BOTH of the schools and interacting with the students. The difference it seems, is that at Tech, they have knives, guns and trunkfulls of “stuff”. Also at tech, they have one or two “players” that were hauled in on rape charges.
If these kids are UGA players or students ………….get to the bottom of it all and then deal harshly with them. Thugs of any stripe ( student, non student, white, red, yellow, and yes, black ) need to be quickly and harshly dealt with by the authorities. If one of them did slap a women, then that should be publically broadcast and show the “man” for what he is ……………. a coward. You can injure a person badly with the right force to the head …………internal bleeding,etc.
Facts need to govern this.
Me
April 2nd, 2010
9:48 am
IF in fact these guys WERE football players, they should not only be kicked off the team but prosecuted. But IF they were in fact UGA players, that’s OK all the excuse makers out there. WHOEVER it was, all they did was make threatening remarks about the victims life, hit him and his wife in the back of the head and suggest that they and the victims wife have group sex. And I cleaned that last part up quite a bit so it wouldn’t get deleted…
Dawg Fan
April 2nd, 2010
9:49 am
Sounds like the new coaching philosophy is getting back to basics of REAL football.
Fernando Appleyard
April 2nd, 2010
9:50 am
The incident obviously occured. The cab driver did not deny it. The only question is was it football players or just “four big black guys”?
Reality Check
April 2nd, 2010
9:51 am
Sounds like some some drunk guy and his drunk wife making baseless accusations. If it were true why can’t he actually identify the supposed attackers. And why can’t the taxi driver verify his story?
Racist Accusations!!!!
April 2nd, 2010
9:53 am
Just because they were black does not mean they were football players!!!! When is this racism going to end?
trailer park manager
April 2nd, 2010
9:54 am
Racist Accusations!!!! No they were basketball players stupid!
Cant Blame...
April 2nd, 2010
9:55 am
Good thing this wasn’t UF players that MIGHT have been involved in this kind of behavior, they’d already be tried and convicted on here. And if it turned out that it WASN”T players, they’d blame Meyer for it anyway.
Fact is....
April 2nd, 2010
9:56 am
I remember Georgia Tech football coach Bobby Ross gave no punishment whatsoever to those Georgia Tech football players the beat the heck out of a petite GT coed in 1988. The girl was on the Atlanta news with her entire head in bandages after her ER treatment. They really put a serious beating on that girl but at GA Tech you don’t mess with the football team!!!!!!!
Been to Athens?
April 2nd, 2010
9:58 am
Athens has a lot of black people that hang out downtown…could’ve been any number of guys.
Some of you folks must have never been to Athens before, ever.
April 2nd, 2010
9:59 am
Good one TPM — actually they weren’t basketball players. They were football players but they were white guys with African American penises.
Jeckyll Island
April 2nd, 2010
10:04 am
30-24!!!
30-24!!!
30-24!!!
30-24!!!
8 out of 9!!!
8 out of 9!!!
8 out of 9!!!
8 out of 9!!!
73-66!!!
73-66!!!
73-66!!!
73-66!!!
Georgia Tech = rape cover-ups! Baseball players overdosing on drugs. Former Tech greats/staff member DUI hit & run w/marijuana in the car, ex-GA Tech players running from US marshals and anti-American terrorists for GT students! Yea — GA Tech has some class doesn’t it?
Big One
April 2nd, 2010
10:06 am
To: Some of you folks must have never been to Athens before, ever.
Is that what your wife told you?
Some of you folks must have never been to Athens before, ever.
April 2nd, 2010
10:10 am
Well, I am not married, so, no. My response was directed at “Racist Accusations” — whoever that person is needs to read the Red and Black article on the incident.
Big one — it was acutallly your mom who told me.
RxDawg
April 2nd, 2010
10:10 am
I have this mental image of Ogre from Revenge of the Nerds.
FalconUGAFan
April 2nd, 2010
10:11 am
Joey…you are just dumb…no need to reply…
As I stated before, innocent until proven guilty. It will take some time for this to be worked out.
On to better things..good to hear the kicking philosophy has changed. Can’t wait to get some more QB news from the upcoming scrimmage…
The Greek
April 2nd, 2010
10:15 am
It was white fraternity boys wearing black face on their way to an Al Jolson filmfest………
SEC East Headlines – 4/2/10 « MrSEC.com
April 2nd, 2010
10:15 am
[...] to that amount.6. Georgia receiver Marlon Brown is still learning the ropes.7. Blair Walsh said he’ll try fewer directional kickoffs this year.8. Mark Fox said he knows “you can win” in basketball at Georgia.9. John Calipari is [...]
BigDawg
April 2nd, 2010
10:22 am
Based on the headline I was afraid this was about those four players involved in hitting the married couple in the taxi. I figured Richt had Kicked them Off the team. Guess it proves what Yech fans have said for years….Football comes before character and ethics.
I, too, am married! Should I be afraid to call a taxi for myself and my wife around town??? Please let me know Coach!!!
Denver Dog
April 2nd, 2010
10:26 am
They were really skinny southeatern asian GT students that went to Athens to have some fun as there was nothing happening at Tech except for murder, rape,robbery, and fondling of young children by professors. They also heard REM play that night at a local bar, before heading over to the love shack to see the B 52’s. When the got in the cab with all those people they found themselves in a widespread panic. Another tough Saturday night in Athens. WHO CARES!
Robert Dunn
April 2nd, 2010
10:29 am
This cab story isn’t going to add up to much. First of all, the time that elapsed makes me wonder. I mean it’s kind of like the complainant may have been intoxicated himself. He had several hours to think about it and sober up. The other thing that gets me is if i’m just riding in a cab and someone hits me for no appararent reason, then someone is gonna tote one right then not 60 hours later.
Athens
April 2nd, 2010
10:30 am
I read the story,the taxi driver it turns out did not know who the supposed assailants were and the story sounds concocted and one sided. I will not be surprised if no arrests are ever made. Unless someone has the alleged incident on video. Is it on YouTube yet? Will it ever be?
Laughing.....
April 2nd, 2010
10:35 am
It sure did take a long time for this guy and his wife to come forward with those very vague accusations. I guess they had to sober up and come down off that marijuana high — eh? or maybe it was ecstacy!
PS. they must of forgotten about being taken aboard the mother ship…..
PMC
April 2nd, 2010
10:41 am
“it’s a lot more use of my talent” – 8 words indicating EXACTLY why Jon Fabris had to be fired.
Robert Dunn
April 2nd, 2010
10:48 am
From a different prospective. There are grown men out here with families that have no job. These men cannot find jobs and struggle to provide for their families. Meanwhile, it’s everyday that you see or read a story that some immature college athlete has screwed upb again. Even worse, you see the commentators backing them and trying to justify their act. I’d love to go to college for free. The govt. says I make too much money for financial aid. Yeah right. Coach Richt, I might not run a 4.3 forty or vertical jump 40 inches but I can tackle and guarantee that I won’t get in trouble and I would value my college education. Oh yeah, I didn’t mention that I won’t cost my teammates, coaches and Georgia fans yards and wins for my own stupidity and anger issues on or off the field.
Dbalcer
April 2nd, 2010
10:49 am
Sounds like the story about Moreno hitting someone is a bar this year. The one reporting it was drunk and when investigated charges were not filed. If something had happened it should have been reported right then by the cab driver. I don’t think charges will be filed because of the lapse of time before the incident was reported. I hope there are curfews for the players during spring practice.
Spurrier
April 2nd, 2010
10:52 am
Penalty U !!!!
Johnny DangerDawg
April 2nd, 2010
11:01 am
I am a supporter of deep kickoffs. However, I just want to point out that good directional kicks are also a “talent.” Furthermore, NFL teams look for kickers with directional kicking “talent.” So it is not a waste of one’s talent to develop directional kicking skills.
SouthGaBrave
April 2nd, 2010
11:03 am
Jon Fabris is a fine coach and will do well at Louisville. I played 4 years under Coach Fab at UGA and know that the reason he has used directional kicking for the past 20 years is that he has had success doing it. While he was at Iowa State and Kansas State, his kickoff (and punt return) teams finished in the top 10 statistically on a yearly basis. A coach can give his players the plan, but it’s their job to execute it.
Nick
April 2nd, 2010
11:03 am
Finally!! Someone with some sense in the kickoff department.
Eaassyy
April 2nd, 2010
11:04 am
greek, if you’re talking about what i think you are i know the Ga State student who did that…
yourstruly
April 2nd, 2010
11:13 am
The four men involved in the taxi incident were dropped off at East Campus Village, the athlete dorms at uga. That’s why the victim thought they were football players. Just some FYI.
ARdawg
April 2nd, 2010
11:36 am
dude probably lost his girlfriend for being such a wuss and now he wants to blame football players. Can’t identify them? How did he even know they were football players. They might not even be UGA students. Smacked in the back of the head? Give me a break. Sounds like Saint Simons was in Athens over the weekend and lost his girlfriend
Saint Bobby Bowden
April 2nd, 2010
11:39 am
Don’t worry, I taught Markie Mark how to discipline those boys.
Saint Bobby Bowden
April 2nd, 2010
11:43 am
Sounds like Patrick was trolling for gators.
Cant Blame...
April 2nd, 2010
12:00 pm
I find it funny that many people here are already trying to dismiss the situation or point to the victims because they think they MIGHT be football players. Best to cover your bases I guess, just in case. But I wonder what the conversation would be if it was already established that these guys were not associated with UGA football. Four black guys slapping or hitting and “strongly suggesting” a gang you-know-what with a white woman. Hmmmm.
UA Alum92
April 2nd, 2010
12:16 pm
If the police report is true, this incident is truly disgusting and Richt needs to drop the hammer hard; however, if it is not true, why would a 25 year old, married UGA student make it up?
how2fish
April 2nd, 2010
12:23 pm
Great news on the change in kickoff return methods..the cab story well if the are football player they have to go..but until they can be at least I.D’s think I’ll wait and see WTF happened.
jrmdvm1
April 2nd, 2010
12:39 pm
Big Dawg, would you have all the “large” black players kicked off the team? No one has proved that these were football players. No one has even identified any of them by name. So, who gets kicked off the team? I also learned long ago that there are usually at least two sides to most stories. I think that ACC police have shown they do NOT cover up anything related to UGA athletes, so I think we can trust them to make a thorough investigation. If it is proved that football players were involved, and if they are identified and charged, then certainly suspensions are in order until the legal processes are finished, as well as dismissals for those found guilty. Right now, I believe that the perpetrators were probably not UGA football players.
getting real
April 2nd, 2010
12:51 pm
This guys says he was drinking but not drunk….please
It supposedly happened at 2:30 AM
He cannot identify any individual but “thinks” they are football players
….can he identify these 4 alleged black football players in a police lineup?
Can he be sued for defamation?
ARdawg
April 2nd, 2010
12:59 pm
How about getting the facts before the conviction?
Tdawg
April 2nd, 2010
1:20 pm
bill h, I hear what you’re saying man. Let’s point out the obvious though. Hope I’m wrong, but 4, countem, 4 big ole hulking football player’s (maybe), now on the other hand you have this fellow, let’s just say that it was you and your girlfriend or wife or something. You still with me? Let’s say just for arguments sake that both parties have been indulging in the spirits a bit much. Are you trying to convince a normal thinking person that you would antagonize 4 men while crammed into a vehicle. I’ll even give you that. But you would have to had to have slugged one of these guys in order for me to see your point. The fact of the matter is that these guys know the rules and should have just left the scence. You know how it is when a gang of guys get together and drink, they generally become a bit rowdy.
If these were athletes attending the University of Georgia then they should be kicked off the team and kicked of campus. I really hope that this isn’t true, if so at least maybe one or two of them hopefully weren’t involved. The truth will come out soon enough. I have all ideas Rich already knows what went down and all parties involved are. I suspect he’s just waiting to see what the law is going to do. No matter what the law decides to do, if they were his players then they should be told to take a hike.
Tdawg
April 2nd, 2010
1:24 pm
getting real, that just about cover’s it.
Adele
April 2nd, 2010
1:47 pm
Oh goody, four more UGA thugs about to be arrested.
We’re only three months into the year. With the other arrests, this could be a record year for arrests.
When will Richt stop recruiting this kind of undisciplined, unprincipled thug?
Adele
April 2nd, 2010
1:59 pm
By the way, for all you 30-24 jerks, it’s the latest score that counts, and that’s 6-5 for Tech on March 16.
Have a nice day.
Russ, the Temporary Mascot
April 2nd, 2010
2:21 pm
What can you tell me about the spring mascot? Is there a mascot with the team? I have been waiting for a phone call but the phone has not rung. It may have something to do with my reaction to the a$$ painting. The team needs a mascot and I need work. Maybe it will work out. Maybe not. What kind of people paint a little dog’s a$$ white?
Quit Telling Your Competition What You're Doing Guys!!!
April 2nd, 2010
2:51 pm
Our players, (hi walsh) need to learn to quit discussing strategy with media. Here’s how you answer questions like what’s different THIS YEAR:
“A bunch of things, but I am not going to talk about them, because we prefer to keep that information to ourselcves”
Reality
April 2nd, 2010
3:16 pm
Wow. Let’s look at things logically.
Women dawgs excel. Women dawgs win.
Men dawgs lose. Men dawgs get arrested.
This leads to only one logical conclusion. UGA needs to close down men sports and focus on the Lady Dawgs!
oldbird
April 2nd, 2010
4:00 pm
You folks that keep criticizing Bobo need to look at the facts. Last year we put up over 40, and had to, to beet South Carolina and Arkansas. Remember that Bobo was coaching an offense that lost its quarterback that was taken number one overall in the NFL draft, a running back that was taken number 12 overall and a receiver that was taken in the second round. Also, he lost his best offensive lineman before the season started. I remember Bobo’s playing days, and he did not have SEC caliber physical talent. He played well because of his mind. Give him time to grow. He will be a head coach soon somewhere, and if you are a Dawg fan, you better hope that if it is in the SEC, it is at UGA.
Go Dawgs!
UGA class of ‘86
Zeb
April 2nd, 2010
5:28 pm
Well dam……None of us knows what really happened and all of our comments are based on pure speculation……but…….like a few have said on here……..it doesn’t matter if my wife and I were on a rikshaw in Mongolia……….those 4 would’ve had to kill me after they even had a coherent thought of touching either of us.
It sounds like the plaintiff is either just making this up or exaggerating the circumstances.
Unfortunately….on this blog……most of our players are already convicted while the accusations are still sitting on the desk of a Magistrate Judge.
If anything beyond a mild verbal confrontation is true….then these guys…whatever color……need to stand in front of a judge. I’m not saying throw the book at them……but they need to understand that this type of behavior is intimidating and could result in them getting the hell beat out of them if they challenge the wrong guy.
ESPN Chris Low Overlooks UGA Again?
April 2nd, 2010
7:48 pm
Wooten gained more yards than ALL the Florida receiver sin their Spring scrimmaghe COMBINED, and did the same against all the Tenn WR’s COMBINED. Amazing performance. Don’t hear a lot fo people talking about Wooten. I wonder if this had happened at Florida’s scrimmage, if Low would have been ALL OVER IT???
http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/040210aab.html
p.s. Da Rick Rogers did not catch a single pass. And the Tenn QB’s ALL looked TERRIBLE.
harold
April 2nd, 2010
7:49 pm
GEORGIA FOOTBALL IS VERY AVERAGE COMPARED TO ALABAMA & FLORIDA!
ESPN Chris Low Overlooks UGA Again?
April 2nd, 2010
7:51 pm
For those of you that like to compare UGA’s WR Wooten, to the ENTIRE Tenn WR Copr, or the ENTIRE FLORIDA WR CORP, Wooten outgained BOTH TEAMS BY HIMSELF, see post above or this link:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/college/gators/os-florida-football-news-0328-20100327,0,1465757.story
Rambo Wins!
April 2nd, 2010
7:55 pm
Guess who Bleacher Report named as one of the TOP 10 College Football players….
WHO CHOSE THE WRONG SCHOOL?
Da Rick Rogers:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/370293-2010-recruiting-10-commits-who-might-have-chosen-the-wrong-program
Adele
April 2nd, 2010
8:21 pm
Looks like four more bad apples in the bunch.
There’s no end to it, is there?
YELLOW HAMMER
April 2nd, 2010
8:49 pm
hey dawg fans ,remember this name A.J.McCARRON back-up Q.B at BAMA ya’ll will get to see him. HE’S THE REAL DEAL
Dawg Tired
April 2nd, 2010
8:57 pm
I don’t think it could be any of our players because the report indicates they actually hit what they swung at.
col fot
April 2nd, 2010
10:03 pm
Hey! techie tucker, why don’t you and swartz get a life, all you do is write up BULL…. about The University of Georgia, what gives dude? Oh! By the way, i heard one of the players passed gas in public…go sniff it out!!!!!
God
April 2nd, 2010
10:23 pm
I saw em do it, it’s true. Four drunk football negros beating up on innocent people. Woof Woof Woof
trailer park manager
April 2nd, 2010
10:28 pm
Only a momma would believe those boys.
Classof84
April 2nd, 2010
10:34 pm
It’s not like Athens is any more dangerous than Atlanta, but at least the nerds on North Avenue don’t prey on each other. Inexcusable for this kind of behavior, and Richt REACTING to this is not enough, not this time. It’s time the AD, the HC, and Dir of Football Ops start recruiting the right kind of young men and leave the trailer and ghetto trash to the Miami’s, FSU’s, and VaTech’s of the world.
trailer park manager
April 2nd, 2010
10:35 pm
Wasn’t there a movie a few years ago called the Blair Walsh Project?
God's Boss, Vince
April 2nd, 2010
10:42 pm
Now, everyone knows that boys will be boys. The players haven’t changed, but nowadays with internets and newspapers and such it’s just a lot harder to keep it quiet. Besides, what’s up with college kids these days? It used to be the regular students were happy to be propositioned by one of the team. Now they file charges.
Classof84
April 2nd, 2010
10:45 pm
There’s time when enough “apples” go bad that you need to throw out the whole bunch and start over, including the pickers and leaders.
BD has a VD
April 2nd, 2010
10:48 pm
Chris Rock used to talk in routine about cringing everytime there was another murder or crime announced on the news, and hoping it would not be a brother. I’m beginning to feel the same way about any crime in Athens and the UGA football team. No reason, no excuse, no punishment can make up for this behavior. Richt has lost control and the inmates run the asylum now.
BD has a VD
April 2nd, 2010
10:49 pm
Or, maybe it’s more appropos to say the gorillas run the zoo.
Observer
April 2nd, 2010
10:51 pm
Fab was hired by Strong but decided he didn’t want to move away from his mom in Athens.
Punishment at end of practice was 2 sets of 100 yard log roll. Guys were puking midway through the final set. Reason for the post practice discipline — penalties during 11 on 11 drills.
Too many holes in the cab “story”. Cabbie says he’s stopping to pick up his “boy” Derrick and then later says he doesn’t know any of them? Victims have cabbies cell phone # b/c he was cool with them on a previous trip? Victims wait 2 days to call po-po? Somethin’ ain’t right here…..
ScatteredSmotheredCovered
April 2nd, 2010
10:51 pm
time to clean house, CMR. it’s too late to nip it in the bud because this problem has been growing for years. when one of these huge psychopaths finally kills someone, either another student or maybe even a teammate, then maybe someone will finally take notice.
ScatteredSmotheredCovered
April 2nd, 2010
10:56 pm
………. Punishment after the fact is not enough. It’s time to PREVENT, not time to REACT. Beating Tech and then bleating about it used to be fun, but now we spend half our time explaining why our program produces so many rednecks and gangstas. A QB on the eve of his biggest challenge (winning the starting job for UGA) gets drunk and disorderly in public while underage? Four brothers verbally and physically bully around two fellow students with a third as witness and for no good reason.
Barking
April 2nd, 2010
11:01 pm
This taxi story has teeth, fellow Dawgs. The cabbie is not cooperating but someone or ones who know the thugs has been talking plenty. They contacted the police when the story first broke. Richt is too soft again, not putting any real pressure on players to “out” the goons. Eventually there will be an inside whistleblower, but CMR has to guarantee some kind of immunity. Word on Jackson Street is that 3 were varsity players, maybe one starter, and the fourth one was on the practice squad but trying to make varsity.
Barking
April 2nd, 2010
11:02 pm
Go Dawgs!!! Next time, don’t be so stupid. Just go to Atlanta and bully some Tech students. Nobody will believe them.
Babsishot
April 2nd, 2010
11:04 pm
When you merely react to these charges and police reports as Coach Richt has been doing for the last four years, then players just learn to not get caught. He isn’t punishing the behavior, just their getting caught. Richt is a good man so it is not intentional, but he needs to build some character among his players so we don’t have recurrent episodes like this one.
Babsishot
April 2nd, 2010
11:08 pm
CMR, you have to stop treating these oversized children like men, expecting them to develop character and gentlemanly behavior by osmosis. You have to treat them like the 300-lb children they are and teach them to become men.
Beatman
April 2nd, 2010
11:11 pm
Two scholarship players, one walkon, and one practice squad player. By this time Monday, they will be two former scholarship players, one former walkon, and one former practice squad player. The main offender was one of the scholarship guys. Two of the players were mostly passive, though they were laughing at the others comments and actions.
Beatman
April 2nd, 2010
11:11 pm
Just be glad they weren’t riding mopeds down the sidewalk in their condition.
VoiceofMosesLarryM
April 2nd, 2010
11:14 pm
Many holes in taxigate, but several higher ups have confirmed that some players were involved. Several witnesses from the dorms and near the pickup site have come forward and named names. Charges on Monday.
VoiceofMosesLarryM
April 2nd, 2010
11:16 pm
The victimized couple said something that provoked the players. Still no excuse, but bet the cabbie had to clean out the couple’s seats when they left. Having over a ton of hurt threatening to kill you and rape your wife will have that effect.
VoiceofMosesLarryM
April 2nd, 2010
11:17 pm
When the cabbie breaks then more of the truth will surface. He’s just trying to save his job right now, but doesn’t realize he’s really hurting himself. What do you expect, he’s a cabbie?
augusta b.d.
April 2nd, 2010
11:18 pm
Just some racist kids trying to make a name for themselves by ratting out some brothers having fun.
ZedUndead
April 2nd, 2010
11:30 pm
Two asian kids, their friend, and four black guys get into a taxi….
sounds like a joke to me.
ZedUndead
April 2nd, 2010
11:32 pm
The taxi dropped the players off at East Campus near one of the unofficial jock dorms. The cabbie knew at least one of the guys. It happened. Just a matter of time before everybody starts talking.
ZedUndead
April 2nd, 2010
11:32 pm
The Red and Black has outdone itself on April Fool’s Day.
ZedUndead
April 2nd, 2010
11:33 pm
While Richt prays for strength to lead his team, his team preys on innocent kids who have to pay their own way through school.
Babsishot
April 2nd, 2010
11:34 pm
Which players are named “Derek”?
Sweet Home Alabama
April 2nd, 2010
11:34 pm
UGA football an embarrassment on the field and out of control off the field.Please think hard about leaving the SEC,you are making your fellow schools look bad.
I am sure Coach Suntan will be tough with these thugs,stadium steps for 15 minutes at least.The beat goes on .what a nightmare……………..
Why did Carl Moore Miss Practices--Florida Cover-Up
April 2nd, 2010
11:41 pm
WR Carl Moore angrily left the practice field and quit practice for a couple of days. What happened? Did Urban Meyer do something or was a different coach? This is bizarre, and this is a BIG story that will define Meyer’s career.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/college/gators/os-florida-football-news-0401-20100331,0,3960713.story
ZedUndead
April 2nd, 2010
11:42 pm
I’m not saying they are connected in any way, I don’t know. But the two “Derek’s” I know are Derek Rich and Derrick Lott. Both are pretty big guys. But again, it would be wrong to speculate based on that alone. There are probably dozens of “Derek’s” who are big, black, and students at UGA.
ZedUndead
April 2nd, 2010
11:46 pm
Urban Meyer’s behavior since his retirement redux is bizarre. I think the boy is wound too tight (beware Bama, your HC may be next) and is starting to unravel. For someone who carries the “good Christian” banner he sure is doing a lot of stuff to get forgiven for.
ZedUndead
April 2nd, 2010
11:47 pm
Urban: members of the media and your own team beg you to take your meds. Whether it is psychotic, or just high blood pressure, you’d better get that temper in check.
ZedUndead
April 2nd, 2010
11:48 pm
We may have our share of psychos on our team, but the Gators have one for a head coach.
Beatman
April 2nd, 2010
11:50 pm
UGA is on the rise and will drive Bama and UF to their knees quicker than four linemen can beat heck out of an Asian couple in a taxi.
Beatman
April 2nd, 2010
11:50 pm
New York has the “Cash Cab.” Athens has the “Cage-match Cab.”
Meyer goes off on reporter & player leaves practice
April 2nd, 2010
11:51 pm
What a wierd few days for URBAN MEYER. He’s back in the news.
First, he goes off on a reporter. Then, a player gets angry, leaves the field, and goes missing for several days.
Bizarre stuff going on. Out of control.
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports_college_uf/2010/03/urban-meyer-uh-passionately-defends-deonte-thompson.html
Beatman
April 2nd, 2010
11:51 pm
Herschel: did you and three of your personalities take a cab last weekend by any chance?
Beatman
April 2nd, 2010
11:52 pm
Meyer’s a NUT! I guess he just can’t bear Timmy leaving.
ZedUndead
April 2nd, 2010
11:53 pm
Meyer is just a step ahead of Nurse Ratched and electroshock therapy.
ZedUndead
April 2nd, 2010
11:56 pm
Gator, Gator, Urban’s a hater. Bullying young beat reporters is not just out of control….it is plain arrogance and ignorance. The AD better start pulling in the reins on Meyer before he goes really ballistic….it’s just Spring for gosh sakes.
Babsishot
April 2nd, 2010
11:59 pm
Expulsion from school. Revocation of scholarships and financial aid. Kicked off the team. All these are justifiable punishments, but when is someone in the Athletic Department going to step up and stop these incidences from happening in the first place. Coach Richt may be able to recruit talent, but he sure can’t recruit character.
Meyer goes off on reporter & player leaves practice
April 3rd, 2010
12:00 am
I still can’t believe this video where Meyer goes off on this reporter, when I watch how strangely Meyer acted against Jeremy Fowler, been viewed 180,000 times, very hard to believe, look at Meyer’s face, listen to his words, something is wrong with somebody.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgqQshESm8s&feature=related
32Ford
April 3rd, 2010
12:02 am
Near the Georgia Tech campus the local gangsta types have been hijacking cars and mugging students. In Athens, the students are attacking each other. No moral equivalency there, little doggies.
Zed's chopper
April 3rd, 2010
12:04 am
Meyer is losing it. Must be either high blood pressure or brain cancer. Then again, as Barney Fife says, maybe “He’s Just Nuts!!!”
Zed's chopper
April 3rd, 2010
12:05 am
Handcuff Saban and Meyer together and put them on a deserted island together….and then take bets to see which one chews through his arm first to get away from the other. I think Meyer would bite Saban’s arm actually.
Russ, the Painted Mascot
April 3rd, 2010
12:07 am
The three white kids knew they were football players because their a$$es were painted white.
Russ, the Painted Mascot
April 3rd, 2010
12:07 am
Technically, you’re not really black if your a$$ is painted white.
Russ, the Painted Mascot
April 3rd, 2010
12:08 am
Plus, painted a$$ just smells better, tastes better.
Russ, the Painted Mascot
April 3rd, 2010
12:10 am
Coach Richt, Vince Dooley, Todd Grantham, and Willie Martinez were on their way to the late night “Blackface Quartet” finals when they were picked up by a cabbie who mistook Dooley for his son. The rest, as they say, is history.
Russ, the Painted Mascot
April 3rd, 2010
12:11 am
If the black players at UGA are going to show their a$$ in taxi’s, then they should at least have to paint them.
Russ, the Painted Mascot
April 3rd, 2010
12:12 am
Triumph, where are you when I need you? We both need to poop on the four sociopaths from taxigate.
Russ, the Painted Mascot
April 3rd, 2010
12:13 am
AFter Spring Practice the prediction for next season’s record has changed from 8-3 to “5 or 10 to life”.
Gators trouble with law
April 3rd, 2010
12:21 am
Good grief. Read this article about how many people have been in trouble with the law under URBAN MEYER’S watch. It takes 4 pages to get through the incidents. Raise the moral standard, this is out of control:
http://www.gatorsports.com/article/20090614/ARTICLES/906149965?p=1&tc=pg
Russ, the Painted Mascot
April 3rd, 2010
12:32 am
The good news is that the Bees are only projected to be 7-5 next year. The bad news is that we’re only projected to go 5-7, but we may get time off for good behavior.
The ugly news is that good behavior seems to something we are not capable of, even with our a$$es painted.
Russ, the Painted Mascot
April 3rd, 2010
12:33 am
Yeah, Urban’s players’ rap sheets are almost as long as Richt’s. One crime the Gators have never been guilty of is painting their mascots a$$!
Meyer goes off on reporter & player leaves practice
April 3rd, 2010
12:35 am
I think Meyer is tired of hearing about how Tebow’s throwing motion is so bad. It makes it look like Meyer didn’t care about Tebow’s future, like Meyer only used him to win a national championships, and whether that’s true or not, the fact is, after spending all those years at Florida, Tebow was not ANYWHERE NEAR Nfl-ready. Tebow has had to completely rebuild his delivery to try and get drafted in the 1st round instead of the 2nd or 2rd round, taking snaps under center, etc. It is hard to believe Florida did so little to help Tebow get ready for the NFL. Looks like Tebow’s gonna be drafted as a Slash type of guy or a wildcat guy. Very sad.
Russ, the Painted Mascot
April 3rd, 2010
12:35 am
Urban at least blows off steam at reporters. We know that one of these days “cool” Coach Richt’s head is just going to explode, leaving nothing but a well-tanned torso wandering headless down the sidelines, his a$$ painted white….or maybe just untanned.
Russ, the Painted Mascot
April 3rd, 2010
12:36 am
Tebow is rumored to have gone on mission to bring the gospel to the natives, and to paint their a$$es white.
Russ, the Painted Mascot
April 3rd, 2010
12:38 am
Before you complain about my obsession, try getting your a$$ forcibly painted.
Russ, the Painted Mascot
April 3rd, 2010
12:50 am
Derek Rich is a white kid, Tight End. Derrick Lott is black and big, about 6-5 and 300#, but he is also a Dean’s List and Honor Roll student. So whoever the cabbie’s homeboy “Derek” is, he’s not on the current varsity roster most likely.
Russ, the Painted Mascot
April 3rd, 2010
12:51 am
Just the facts, ma’am, and none of that a$$ paint.
Russ, the Painted Mascot
April 3rd, 2010
12:53 am
They seek me here,
They seek me there,
Ol’ Sonny seeks me everywhere,
His precious mascots will not be tainted,
So he caught me and my a$$ was painted.
Sonny
April 3rd, 2010
12:53 am
I had to paint half the cheerleader’s a$$es white last season, so don’t feel bad, Russ.
RED DOG 77
April 3rd, 2010
1:09 am
Love the stratagy of kicking the living hell out of the ball, the haulin butt down field and crackin some helmets…………DOG STYLE………Gotta love that Belin guy, gotta love the defensive attitude coach Todd Grantham has brought to Athens !!!…………………….Oh, Yeh, and the cab ride thing………that’s the biggest bunch of crap I’ve heard in a long, long time……..happens 2am Sunday morning, but you don’t report it until Tuesday afternoon ? give me a dadgum break ! college kids are famous for doing stupid stuff, but if the so-called witnesses can’t back up their story with some credible proof……….then their butts need to do some jail time ! I’m damn tired of football players getting picked on because they play football……….this story is pure hogwash !!
Sonny
April 3rd, 2010
1:37 am
Yeah, damm right Red Dog. Our football players need to get away with anything they do! Those bothersome white couples need to stop picking on our itty bitty Black linemen. Are the Dogs and CMR soft? You just answered that question.
Sonny
April 3rd, 2010
1:38 am
This is nothing that discipline and some white a$$ paint couldn’t cure.
Sonny
April 3rd, 2010
1:40 am
The story may be hogwash, but the fact that everyone is holding their breath is evidence that CMR is still too soft on these kids. Kick’em off the team if they’re guilty, and suspend everyone who harbors them. And if one more incident like this happens in the next year, it’s time to punish CMR.
gp295
April 3rd, 2010
2:13 am
When it come to lying, who stands out in american. Not the pope they can do no wrong only big black guys going to Uga, The black athletic should recruit these young men to their school, no one will talk about how these kid are use for their talent. And get push aside when no longer needs, million of dollar are being made for their talent.
Jim
April 3rd, 2010
6:42 am
are these people over 21?
Rock E. Topp
April 3rd, 2010
7:37 am
Hey Marlon Brown…..did your Granny make you wear a no-contact jersey? Or are you just a scared little BOY who is “afwaid to get his wittle body hit”? Can’t wait until Janzen Jackson gets a shot at you in October then it will be LIGHTS OUT….your traitor! Go Vols!!!
Sad Dawg
April 3rd, 2010
7:43 am
UGA players = Street THUGS! Its a sad day in Athens. Richt has lost control of the team especially the THUGS. And YES take it the way I mean it.
Mark "Mr. Tan Man" Richt
April 3rd, 2010
8:31 am
I am holding a prayer vigil and Bible reading at 6:00 today for our players. Once they hear the gospel they will shape up and be good citizens on and off the field. Furthermore I have banned all players from riding in taxi cabs for a full month. On a side note, I will be signing autographs at SunTan City in Athens at 11:00 a.m. I will be in Dalton Monday to shoot a Carpets of Dalton commercial. Its great to be me!
Richt the genius...
April 3rd, 2010
8:49 am
Ahhhh remember last year when all the fans where screaming at people who questioned CMR’s coaching style…how could you, if you were a real fan dare to question why they didn’t kick deep, why they wouldn’t adapt the defense, why they would stick with a game plan that would put the weight of the team on Cox’s to make a play, etc., etc…those same knowledgeable fans who would kiss the feet of the almighty 10 win a year average coach by asking where you played football, where did you coach, and the blind trust to CMR that went on and on by these “FAN’s”…you aren’t a real DAWG fan if you didn’t blindly follow the Pied Piper of Sanford and march lock step with his brilliance…wellll, it appears that things that were questioned last year are being changed for this season, doesn’t it…discipline and consequence for penalties (what a novel idea)…the defense is being changed, the kicking team is being reworked, CMR is getting out of his CEO mode and actually getting involved, Bobo is getting the time to concentrate on the QB’s more, and list is going on…next you’ll see AJ in there during critical games returning punts when the DAWG’s need a boost…hey, he’s finally acting like a real head coach…apologies accepted
Urban says that patrick looks as stupid as he writes
April 3rd, 2010
10:12 am
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1158327737&ref=name
trailer park manager
April 3rd, 2010
10:14 am
These boys are just mis understood.
JAXDAWG
April 3rd, 2010
10:47 am
Get some original content. I read this yesterday on another site. Loser.
Boca Baby
April 3rd, 2010
11:24 am
Go to the grill and see who purchased those brats; see if a credit card was used. Check security cam footage. Get the GBI involved. And if civil rights were violated get the FBI involved. Homeland Security might have an angle in this one! Hey, they could be a disgruntled al-Qaeda sleeper cell flexing its muscle. Come on! I do not believe a word of this. 60 hours later? This sound like something the late Senator Kennedy would do visa-a-vis Chappaquiddick.
Boca Baby
April 3rd, 2010
11:31 am
Rock E. Topp: I tell you who ought to be afraid, that’s Da-Rick Rogers coming over the middle for a reception in Sanford Stadium. The personification of alligator arms. “No, No Coach Dooley! I told you that I wanted to redshirt this year!” Sorry Da-Rick, you ain’t gettin’ off dat easy. You see they ain’t got nobody else. If you dance you got to pay the piper.
Florida Rebuilding Year 2010
April 3rd, 2010
12:20 pm
Good article here about how 2010 is a year of MASSIVE change for the Gators. All key offensive positons were lost, and key defensive positions, and the key coach–Strong. Keep in mind, in 24 years of coaching, Meyer has never won a championship without Charlie Strong. Many think he got lucky, like Bowden did with Richt.
#1- No team that has been ranked #1 in recruiting by ESPN has ever gone on to win a National Championship
#2- No Gatorade Player of the Year QB, in 25 years, has ever gone on to win a National Championship
Good article on Florida’s tough 2010 season:
http://www.macon.com/2010/04/02/1080360/floridas-spring-includes-big-changes.html
Hendu
April 3rd, 2010
12:28 pm
I would HATE to have Blair Walsh set a goal more in line with most high school kickers and try to get 50% unreturnable. My friend has a son, who kicks here in Gwinnett, who is probably D2 prospect and he kicked 65% last year as a junior. Drew Butler kicked about 75% out of endzone while at the Ridge. Come on King, learn your football better.
hater
April 3rd, 2010
12:50 pm
Florida Rebuilding Year 2010, good article patrick. Its great when a cali marine complains about gators on uga blog
trailer park manager
April 3rd, 2010
12:50 pm
Who done it?
Soooo Busted
April 3rd, 2010
7:59 pm
April 3rd, 2010
10:12 am
Sulley…..it is YOUR day! Bawa ha ha ha ha.
BuLLdawg
April 4th, 2010
8:45 am
TV has “Cash Cab” while in Athens we have “Thug Cab”……kick their blackazzez off the team NOW!!
stw
April 10th, 2010
7:12 pm
dawgydawg47: How do you kick someone off the team who doesn’t even go to school. Nothing like jumping to conclusions.
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