Athens police: UGA players cleared in taxi incident
Athens-Clarke County police Monday cleared the Georgia football team of involvement in an alleged March 28 attack on a married couple in an Athens taxi.
Police said in a statement that one football player was in the vehicle, “but the investigation revealed that he acted as a peacemaker and tried to calm the situation.”
The suspects in the case “have been identified as residents of Heard County,” police said. Arrest warrants are pending and further information will be released after they are issued, police said.
Police did not identify the player they said acted as peacemaker.
The incident has been under investigation since March 30, when the married couple filed a police report. That report stated that the couple was taking a taxi van home around 2 a.m. when the driver stopped to pick up four males in downtown Athens – “all of whom were UGA football players, according to the [male victim].” He told police that the men cursed and threatened him and his wife and that one of the four “slapped or punched” them in the back of their heads, according to the report.
Georgia’s football team did not practice Monday, and through a spokesman coach Mark Richt declined to comment immediately on the police statement clearing players of involvement. Richt might comment on the matter Tuesday, the spokesman said.
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Hootie Bookems
April 5th, 2010
3:45 pm
i HEARD that
GooseDawg
April 5th, 2010
3:48 pm
Where are all the Dawg haters now…imagine that, a player (a black, UGA player) acted as the PEACE-MAKER. Lord knows this web-site sure could use some peace makers!
Don'twastepisson tech
April 5th, 2010
3:48 pm
so much for all the name calling………
DawgScout
April 5th, 2010
3:52 pm
Well Bill, your caution seems vindicated.
jaglaw
April 5th, 2010
3:52 pm
Tim Tucker,
Maybe you could do an article on how a UGA player was a “peace-maker” and not a criminal, as noted by GooseDawg. College Football needs some positive articles. Can you do a positive article relating to the Dawgs????? I know your initial article on this issue was not accusatory, but will a article on the players positive actions be as long and important to you as the initial story??
GooseDawg
April 5th, 2010
3:53 pm
I say fry’em anyway. The football player was in the car with these other thugs, so what is he doing frat’n with scum?
innocent bystander
April 5th, 2010
3:53 pm
Thank God
GooseDawg
April 5th, 2010
3:55 pm
jaglaw, positive articles never sell papers (or hits in this case). Ever watch the local news? How many feel-good stories make the headline news? Yeah, you get the local feel-good stories at the end of the broadcast when everyone has switched off. That’s not by accident either. Anyway, it does beg the question why the football player was hangin’ with these thugs.
Dawglasville
April 5th, 2010
3:55 pm
What is The Sporting News going to do about their initial headline? Nothing because no one reads The Sporting News.
ClassicDawg
April 5th, 2010
3:56 pm
Crow anyone????
georgiagirl
April 5th, 2010
3:57 pm
Like always the reporters jump the gun on this story before they had the facts. You done your damage now, without the facts.
gem dawg
April 5th, 2010
3:58 pm
Do you think we’ll see a retraction by Sporting News????????????…bet not. They’re only interested in spouting news, not reporting facts.
Ace
April 5th, 2010
3:59 pm
Wonder what that cost the coach ? He’s got the money.
gdawginkalamazoo
April 5th, 2010
3:59 pm
There’s the word for Mark Richt. Thank you and goodnight.
BULLDOG MAN
April 5th, 2010
4:00 pm
i said its great to be a georgia bulldog
Much ado about nothing « The Grit Tree
April 5th, 2010
4:00 pm
[...] ado about nothing Published April 5, 2010 Uncategorized Leave a Comment It turns out no UGA players will be charged in the ‘taxicab’ incident. Only one player, according to the Athens-Clarke County Police Department was in the car and in fact [...]
how2fish
April 5th, 2010
4:01 pm
Ahhhh ACE don’t go away mad just go away!
Old Dawg
April 5th, 2010
4:01 pm
GooseDawg: You’re only partially correct. The bad stories do equal rating points but it’s also easier to get the information from the police etc than working to get the stories. I made a career out of writing “good” stories and they were all widely read and I won more writing awards than I could list here.
Part of the blame should be placed squarely on the shoulders of society, it loves negative news. That’s why I haven’t watched local broadcasts in forever and I won’t go back to watching that kind of scum.
As for your question about the UGA player hanging out with folks who create problems, those kinds of things can happen at any time and with anybody… Perhaps you’ve had a similar incident in your life.
Either way, feature/life style stories are always part of the new cycle.
So much for jumping to conclusions… « Get The Picture
April 5th, 2010
4:02 pm
[...] much for jumping to conclusions… Jump to Comments Brat-gate turns out to have little bite, at least with regard to the football team. Athens-Clarke County police said this afternoon that [...]
JS
April 5th, 2010
4:03 pm
New players will be arrested next week – Thug City! Athens, GA!
boots
April 5th, 2010
4:03 pm
Congrats to CMR and the player’s parents for helping to develop a young man to do the right thing. And congrats to the PLAYER for being a man, a peacemaker and doing the right thing. Will the AJC and Sporting News now run a BIG headline saying “UGA Player Helps Make Peace and Avoid Trouble?” Let’s wait and see…
O'Keefe Gym Strangler
April 5th, 2010
4:04 pm
You can take the kid out of Heard County, but you can’t take Heard County out of the kid!
GooseDawg
April 5th, 2010
4:04 pm
How flattering! I now have an imposter–The REAL GooseDawg will not be commenting anymore on this article. I said what I needed to say @ 3:48PM & I’m done…the FAKE GooseDawg can pollute this page w/mindless dribble while I get back to work. Why use a fake screen name though, whoever you are, be original, get your own handle.
GOOOO DAWGS!!!
Chris
April 5th, 2010
4:05 pm
Goosedawg – You have obviously NEVER been in a taxi in Athens, have you? Taxis are Vans that carry up to 10 people at a time. Usually 3 or more separate destinations. Whenever I took a taxi at UGA I ALWAYS had others riding along that I had no idea who they were.
JS
April 5th, 2010
4:05 pm
It’s great to be a Georgia Bullthug!
Coverup
April 5th, 2010
4:06 pm
A total cover up by the athens police and uga—nice to have friends at the police!!!!
DawgGirl32
April 5th, 2010
4:07 pm
What a relief.
Anti-alternative
April 5th, 2010
4:10 pm
Posting as a Tech alumnus, I’m always glad to see anyone representing either program doing the right thing. Let programs from our bordering states embarrass themselves by not teaching discipline. I’m glad this one was a false alarm.
DawginLex
April 5th, 2010
4:12 pm
Here is to hoping that this outcome is a sign as to how the season will go. The last 2 years, these kind of things always took an ugly turn and put Coach Richt in a no win situation.
Maybe, finally, these kids are starting to listen.
Perry Mason
April 5th, 2010
4:12 pm
Don’t worry…..there will be plenty more arrests of UGA thugs over the weeks and months to come. Mark “Tan Man” Richt has lost control and the inmates (thugs) are running the asylum over in Athens. I say it sucks to be a UGA fan.
MoDawg
April 5th, 2010
4:12 pm
Coverup, please do not comment on something of which you have no clue. Anyone who has followed UGA football over the past few years knows that there are no “friends” of the Dawgs at the Athens-Clark County Police Dept.
Hopefully none of these young men were being actively recruited by UGA, and if they were, they won’t be any longer.
No coverup...
April 5th, 2010
4:13 pm
Considering the Athens police just absolutely LOVE to arrest football players for such crazy offenses as driving a scooter down the wrong side of a road, driving on suspended license or having a beer, a serious doubt this is a cover-up by the police.
Coverup?
April 5th, 2010
4:14 pm
if you know the police in athens, you know the last thing they would want is to get uga students/football players out of anything
JB
April 5th, 2010
4:14 pm
There are a bunch of folks who should now have a fine appreciation for the taste of crow.
HBTD!!!
DawginLex
April 5th, 2010
4:14 pm
Hey coverup idiot,
You must not read much news if you think the Athens police would cover up a situation with a UGA athlete.
If anything, they relish the thought of dropping the hammer early and often(i.e., riding a moped etc.).
Think before you type moron. But then again, you are nothing but a drive by hater so why should I expect anything any different?
Cherokee
April 5th, 2010
4:15 pm
Where are all of the haters now? I bet none of them will be MAN enough to apologize.
UGA Faithful
April 5th, 2010
4:15 pm
@ Coverup…you’re an idiot its always a conspiracy huh?
AltamahaDawg
April 5th, 2010
4:15 pm
Awwwww shoot. I guess tech will have to reschedule classes for tomorrow.
Cherokee
April 5th, 2010
4:17 pm
Hey PERRY MASON get off the band wagon…you are NOT wanted.
Chris
April 5th, 2010
4:18 pm
Hey Perry “wet ur diapers” mason…UGA 30 – Techies 24 – - HOORAH!
btgt69
April 5th, 2010
4:19 pm
hard to cover up all of them
Pi$$onaDAWG
April 5th, 2010
4:20 pm
I am glad the UGA player was not trying to make it a bad for himself. UGA and College Football doesn’t need this crap to continue.
chazzo
April 5th, 2010
4:20 pm
I love to tell I told you so.
Time to sue
April 5th, 2010
4:21 pm
The UGA Athletic Dept, should sue the slandering couple for lying about the football players!!!!!
DawginLex
April 5th, 2010
4:22 pm
brokeback,
The tech campus is far more dangerous than UGA.
dawgster
April 5th, 2010
4:24 pm
You want see any apologies from people who were bashing the dawgs or probably any articles to commend the young man who tried to diffuse the situation…Its a shame how many columnist and others immediately want to jump on our coaching staff for any misstep that a player may have..Thank goodness that as a parent who teaches my children right from wrong, that i’m not bashed by friends and like if one of my children do make a mistake..For all you people that want to bash Coach Richt everytime a player messes up, give him the respect and opportunity to do the right thing wiht the player, I can promise you he knows more about the player than you do and will do what is best for the university and the player..Again we should be proud to be a dawg and the good actions by this player with this situation should be applauded…
Reality
April 5th, 2010
4:24 pm
Maybe it was former GA Tech great Joe Hamilton drunk and smoking pot again. Or is Tech great Reuben Houston out on bond after running from US Marshals? Of course at Tech they just sweep it under the rug like that last rape charge against one of their football players!!!
Dawglasville
April 5th, 2010
4:24 pm
Other than the recent actions of Montez Robinson, will someone please list all of the “thug” like activities the UGA football players have been involved in over the past few years. I guess I have selective memory. (Please don’t list the Nesbitt ankle injury back in November. You lose credibility instantly).
Bill
April 5th, 2010
4:25 pm
Wasn’t there an incident a few years back surrounding an incident regarding the Duke University LaCrosse team which everyone (fueled by the media and liberal faculty members)”convicted” the young men and afterwards it all turned out NOT to be true?
Yellow Jacket man
April 5th, 2010
4:26 pm
Heard County is Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket country!!!!!
Pi$$onaDAWG
April 5th, 2010
4:27 pm
“My child ain’t bad the other people he was with are the trouble makers.” Look I am glad a player is not in trouble but his PUNK friend will get him in trouble if he don’t drop them. This guy Mike VICK had the same problem! “It was a bad group he was hanging with!” Get away kid and read a book. Are his bro on the UGA recruit list? More problems in the UGA Future.
An Attorney
April 5th, 2010
4:27 pm
Now we can sue for slander!!!!!!
Georgia Football Players Cleared in Athens Taxi Cab Incident
April 5th, 2010
4:28 pm
[...] have been or will be charged in connection with an incident in an Athens taxi cab on March 28, the AJC is reporting. Four men, identified by the victim as UGA football players, allegedly threatened and [...]
Urban Meyer
April 5th, 2010
4:29 pm
Please don’t mention all the many thugs and arrests we have with our Florida Gators (which in fact usually are felonies) because I will have to whine and cry and have a temper tantrum!!!
Nick Saban
April 5th, 2010
4:30 pm
Cry all you want Urban but my numerous felonious thugs can whip yours!
Go ‘Bama!!! (and get off NCAA probation!)
Minnesota Dawg
April 5th, 2010
4:31 pm
Yellow Jacket man, no it isn’t. I grew up in Heard County. My grandmother live right where the new school is on Main Street. It’s DAWG Country!
The Truth Hurts
April 5th, 2010
4:31 pm
I got in a fight at 2 AM in a cab when I was in college in Athens. If you ever saw me, you’d know the term “thug” hardly applies.
Dawg Stephen
April 5th, 2010
4:32 pm
Wait!!! can you post that again?? THE PLAYERS ARE INNOCENT??? DID I HEAR THAT RIGHT??
Tonight for supper children, we will be having crow.
Just glad it wasnt a gator, or you would really have gotten some entertainment from Urban’s speech.
“You’re a BAD Guy man..A BAAAD GUY”
jw
April 5th, 2010
4:32 pm
Bunch of tools!
Knoxville
April 5th, 2010
4:33 pm
So what! Our football player thugs at UT in Knoxville rob convenience stores! Rocky Top!!!!
Heard County
April 5th, 2010
4:34 pm
Go Jackets!!!! Sting ‘em! Bzzzzzzzzzzz!
Pi$$onaDAWG
April 5th, 2010
4:34 pm
Leave the accusers alone. 2,679 African Americans enrolled in UGA. 1/2 are women. the 4 men were football players just not all were at UGA YET. A DAWG was in the middle of it. The BROS were UNDERAGE and drinking. No!! NO! the UGA player was not Drinking just all his underage friends. UGA didn’t dodge a bullet! LEGALE problems abound in this whole situation.
Legend of Len Barker
April 5th, 2010
4:35 pm
There are three Heard Countians in Athens?
I’m from a similarly pathetic Georgia county with three towns the same size as Centralhatchee.
dawgster
April 5th, 2010
4:36 pm
Lets see if the AJC will give as much attention to the clearing of these ballplayers as they do when they are quick to convict them by their slanted articles they throw out there…I know, there response is, “just reporting the news”, thats fine, but give equal acknowledgement when you get it wrong….
Debbie Downer
April 5th, 2010
4:36 pm
Typical cover up.
Minnesota Dawg
April 5th, 2010
4:39 pm
Heard County has improved over the years. They didn’t start a football program till the early 70’s. They now are competing pretty good. That was when Hogansville always won the division. It was single A football for a while.
Cherokee
April 5th, 2010
4:39 pm
Debbie Downer….where is the cover up?
Minnesota Dawg
April 5th, 2010
4:41 pm
Heard County only had one red light in the whole county when I was growing up. Everyone in Franklin knew each other. I have good memories growing up there.
Frank Lane
April 5th, 2010
4:41 pm
I am sorry a UGA player was there at all, but at least he acted appropriately. I join those that are sick and tired of the press jumping on everyone they can just because they happen to be a team, a fraternity, a golfer, an actor, etc.
If this report and blamed four students it would not have made the papers at all.
59bulldawg
April 5th, 2010
4:42 pm
Hope Richt will use this this incident as a teachable moment to point out how important their self-discipline and maturity is to team stability. Lord knows we have had too much immature behavior but he should also point out that UGA haters were standing ready to criticize the program in their rush to judgement . . . which I think emphasizes the need for them to mind their Ps and Qs at all times. Because of all the incidents in the past several years, Georgia football players are looked at differently and not always different in a good way. I’m sure Richt has drilled this into them many times over . . . that they represent the University of Georgia and should always be on their best behavior. Maybe that message is not getting through (in light of the kid we just kicked off the team and previous other problems). Maybe we need to be more selective in who we recruit. Maybe we need a stronger orientation to the dangers of Athens nightlife for athletes who have no self-control. I am thankful that this young man acted like he did but if the other knuckleheads in the taxi were his buds, then he needs to find better friends.
some guy
April 5th, 2010
4:43 pm
good that the player wasnt the one being a jackarse, but he was still hanging out with guys that were harassing random strangers. i dont think youre going to get liable for having a couple say they were harassed by football players, since he is indeed a football player and was part of the group doing the harassing. its not a stretch to assume they all were. kid needs to find some new friends.
Otto
April 5th, 2010
4:44 pm
Pi$$onaDAWG, It is nice to have a Barbie Dollon campus. Don’t be jealous.
TechMaster
April 5th, 2010
4:46 pm
With special rules for football players, UGA gets out of another crime for a starter—Richt pulls some strings and the police now say the only football player involved was just a “peacemaker!” Hilarious—even more so that anyone believes this BS at the University of Football, where they make the rules!!!!
Tom
April 5th, 2010
4:47 pm
Oh please…all the UGA apologists thankful this one incident doesn’t go on the long resume of arrests under March Richt. UGA is still a joke of a program when it comes to athletes getting in trouble. Joke of a football team too.
Dawg Stephen
April 5th, 2010
4:51 pm
THAT POST AT 4:51 IS WHY WE NEED USERNAMES AND REGISTRATION to post here…
AJC YOU STINK!!!
Big Smile
April 5th, 2010
4:53 pm
Dang, I guess the Techies will have to return the rings they surely made for their football team in celebration of the possible demise of UGA players.
dawgster
April 5th, 2010
4:54 pm
TechMaster, do you really believe the crap that you just posted…What strings did Coach Richt pull to get the police to actually lie about what really happened…Give the police the respect that they deserve and that they actually know a little more about this case than you do…To say something like you just said doesn’t even belong on here…Are you so full of hate that you believe that they would cover this up just because Coach Richt told them to..I have much more respect for our program and the police than to give any validation to your post….Find something else to entertain yourself with…
HanDAWG
April 5th, 2010
4:54 pm
Hey Saint Simons, If we are THUG U, why are you so in love with us? We treated y’all like frat house blind dates last year – per usual. When your great little Joe Hamilton was busted, where were you? http://www.bighairyblawg.com
Paul
April 5th, 2010
4:55 pm
Again… who cares? Black people said vile things to white people, but remember, only white people can be racist.
Without football and sports at UGA, how many black people would even attend the school?
http://stuffblackpeopledontlike.blogspot.com/2010/01/college-football-opiate-of-america.html
Delusional Dawg
April 5th, 2010
4:55 pm
Well I guess I’m not only delusional but a little dubious. Mark Richt, based on his comments a couple of days ago that he “wished” he could comment on what was determined, seemed to already be aware of the result. But it’s good to see that the comments are back open on the AJC now that the sun is shining and everythings cool again for the Dawgs.
GooseDawg
April 5th, 2010
4:55 pm
After years of these stories being true its great that this one isn’t! Maybe this is a sign of a good year to come. Go Dawgs!
Not buying it
April 5th, 2010
4:56 pm
Something is really fishy here. This investigation lingered a little too long. Why was this player out so late while putting himself in this situation. Peacemaker or instigator ? I bet its the later.
he's like a Fox
April 5th, 2010
4:56 pm
rejoice, rejoice….whats a nice guy like that hanging with trash for? I smell cover up, birds of a feather drink and hang together. the report didn’t say three mean guys and one really nice one.
Sad Richards
April 5th, 2010
4:59 pm
Dawg stevie……. Go find you a woman or a partner for life. Sheesh ….let it rest dude and go back to your wannabe blog you blind homer!
HanDAWG
April 5th, 2010
4:59 pm
I met this pretty boy ex-Tech player with a huge ring on and said, “You aren’t old enough to have played in 1990.” He answered, “These are from the Peach Bowl.” (a blowout loss to LSU after a once in a decade close win over UGA). STATE CHAMP = UGA. How long before Georgia State puts Tech in 3rd?
DawgsOnline » Georgia players cleared in taxi incident
April 5th, 2010
5:03 pm
[...] know now that the correct answer was heavy on number 3 with a small peppering of option number 2. According to the AJC’s Tim Tucker, no Georgia football player will be charged in the incident. There was one player among the four, [...]
Cherokee
April 5th, 2010
5:04 pm
Where does it say in the article the UGA player was with them? NO where does it say they were together. Maybe he got in the taxi at the same place, doesn’t mean they were together.More jumping the gun.
Barack Dawg
April 5th, 2010
5:06 pm
Enter your comments here
Help bail Mutt out of Jail
April 5th, 2010
5:08 pm
Why haven’t all you so called Die hard Dawg fans( band wagon mutt fans too) helped bail Robinson out of jail?
Dawglasville
April 5th, 2010
5:08 pm
Again, since 2001, who are all of the thug UGA players? No one has answered.
i love uga we awesome
April 5th, 2010
5:08 pm
likely story…
he's like a Fox
April 5th, 2010
5:09 pm
when did he intervene? After the whole thing was over and it was time to exit the van? Mr. Peace keeper didn’t stop them from delivering “SOME SLAPS TO THE HEAD”. What a joke,never heard the victims talk about the really nice baller who tried to intervene. DRINK RED COOLADE …drink masses drink
i love uga we awesome
April 5th, 2010
5:09 pm
we awesome, we not criminals!
Darkjuice2
April 5th, 2010
5:09 pm
Where does the article say the UGA player was black?
Kristen
April 5th, 2010
5:10 pm
@Goosedawg: if you’d actually gone to school in Athens you’d know that the taxi-vans actually pick up more than one group of people until they are full. Then they drive everyone to their destination one at a time. Just because the UGA player was in the van with the thugs doesn’t mean he knew them from Adam.
i love uga we awesome
April 5th, 2010
5:11 pm
no ways a uga player is thug…we got smart players only
Early of the Squidbillies
April 5th, 2010
5:13 pm
Like everything else at UGA, There is a cover up going on right now.
Cherokee
April 5th, 2010
5:14 pm
Looks like Saint Simmons is back
stw
April 5th, 2010
5:22 pm
Now where are a$$holes who wanted to put these thugs under the jail ? I thought so…
Urban Liar & Satan Sabin
April 5th, 2010
5:24 pm
So, how about telling us if the Ga player was hanging around the 3 scumbags fro heard Co?
Brown Sugar
April 5th, 2010
5:25 pm
Dont forget that Montez still sits in jail you blind homers.
Roc
April 5th, 2010
5:27 pm
cuz Montez did a bad bad thang
Stinger
April 5th, 2010
5:28 pm
I knew that this would be swept underneath the rug. You had to be stupid not to realize this. I still say they were guilty and should be kicked off the team.
gtfanfrom1951
April 5th, 2010
5:35 pm
Same old song UGA players in trouble with the law sounds like when CR was at FLa State!!
Sad Richards
April 5th, 2010
5:42 pm
Hey Dawg Stephen…. whats you blid homer excuse for Montez???? I thought so…… nothing
Sad Richards
April 5th, 2010
5:42 pm
*blind*
Dave In Tampa
April 5th, 2010
5:43 pm
Love to see the whining Nerd Herd on here posting. Reminds me of the whining, sorry, sacks of entrail they are. Sucks to be you Techies!
Urban Meyer
April 5th, 2010
5:48 pm
I just need to cry…..waaaaaaaaaa! waaaaaaaaa! waaaaaaaaa! I feel better now.
Reality Check
April 5th, 2010
5:51 pm
Just laughing at the whiny wimps and their unintelligent and baseless cover up accusations. They are eating crow and it kills them! Go cry somewhere else wimps!
Carolina Gator Lover
April 5th, 2010
5:59 pm
i wonder how much the alleged cover-up cost?
William Conrad as Frank Cannon Tonites Episode " Cab Cover Up"
April 5th, 2010
6:05 pm
Something is rotten in Denmark. Seems like Richt, Adams and Evans had to scurry around to clean up the cab fiasco.
AltamahaDawg
April 5th, 2010
6:06 pm
……lets count how many more tech fans can use the word “joke” today. As in, your vocabulary is a joke.
FalconUGAFan
April 5th, 2010
6:07 pm
Good deal. Glad to hear the UGA player was trying to do the right thing. Can we get back to spring ball now?
AltamahaDawg
April 5th, 2010
6:10 pm
I only WISH those guys knew how to cover-up something. They have got to be the world’s worst at it.
Another Thug bites the dust
April 5th, 2010
6:12 pm
Montez dont slap upside da head he grabs and slams to da ground…….
oledawg
April 5th, 2010
6:14 pm
I’m with Dawg Stephen at 4:05 posting. Amen, Alt.
Sad Richards
April 5th, 2010
6:19 pm
I would smack dawg stephen upside his head. That blind homer would have kept Willie as our DC.
Georgia players cleared in taxi incident | SportsCentral Arkansas
April 5th, 2010
6:19 pm
[...] in Athens, Ga., is a perfect example of why. On Monday, the Athens-Clarke County Police Department cleared members of the Georgia football team, saying they weren’t involved in an alleged attack on a couple in a taxi cab on March 28. [...]
KingfishStevens
April 5th, 2010
6:25 pm
Since your such loyal fans, why don’t you pool your money and spring Montez Robinson out of jail? I know most of you dog fans make meniman wage, but if enough of you get together, maybe you can be better doggie fans.
Why don’t you all pool your money and spring Montez Robinson out of jail? I bet you think he’s innocent too.
AltamahaDawg
April 5th, 2010
6:26 pm
Well now we know what it was that Richt “wanted to say about it”, but probably shouldnt. I bet there was a F and a U somewhere in there.
BG
April 5th, 2010
6:27 pm
Well, Well, all you haters can hide back back down in mamas basement!!!!!!!!!
oledawg
April 5th, 2010
6:27 pm
Shall we now count our blessings in that there is a forewarning with this incident and that’s for the Dawgs to keep sqeaky clean on social outings at least until after kickoff for the SC game. We might ask for Kimberly at Bleacher Reports for an article that makes up for linking team behavior directly to Mark Richt and for smearing a little of the Criminols smut on him as well. She sounds surprised that she had some criticism because she states late in the article that she likes Richt, but that was after a leading title and references to Bowdin and FSU about similarities and questioning whether Richt was into discipline or not.
Delusional Dawg
April 5th, 2010
6:30 pm
This whole cover-up is being perpetuated by Urban Meyer. He has paid off the cops himself so that Richt looks good and is around just so he can beat CMR down for an additional 5 years…or longer.
DawgByte
April 5th, 2010
6:32 pm
With Montez Robinson gone that just provides Grantham with one more scholly to recruit the type of player he needs to bring our defense back from the dead.
For any Akbar Tech lurkers out there, may I remind of one simple fact.
2009 = UGA 30 – Georgia Tech 24
HaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaROTFLMFAO
Georgia players cleared in taxi incident | theSPORTSpage Arkansas
April 5th, 2010
6:32 pm
[...] in Athens, Ga., is a perfect example of why. On Monday, the Athens-Clarke County Police Department cleared members of the Georgia football team, saying they weren’t involved in an alleged attack on a couple in a taxi cab on March 28. [...]
oledawg
April 5th, 2010
6:34 pm
So would I have kept Martinez since the outside ilk on here influenced others to trash the man even when stats were presented to show the problem was with the injuries starting in 2008. sad-sack richards take your crud to another blog. I think Urban is callin’ you, boy.
jerry
April 5th, 2010
6:35 pm
How was it determined that the player was a peacemaker?
In the spotlight...
April 5th, 2010
6:38 pm
I didn’t read all of the responses, so if I’m repeating someone, my apologies…guy’s you aren’t like every other college student…you represent the University of Georgia whether you like it or not…you took the money/scholarship, and with this comes a certain maturity that is expected of each and every one of you…Met should have been the standard bearer for bad behavior for this season…do not allow yourselves to be placed in situations, or with people, who could do you, the university, and your football team harm…walk away, leave, get out of there, because they know of you, whether on campus, in town, in the county(ies), or state wide…time to grow up and be smart about what you do and remember who you represent
he's like a Fox
April 5th, 2010
6:41 pm
yeah I know, BUT my boy would never do anything like that…. it was them other boys…. they did it coach… it was them not me, I didn’t say nuttin, I just sat there like the angel I am…. I was on my way home from bible study. please coach ya gots ta believe me. CMR..well we don’t need no more of this sort of thing getting us on the news and perpetuating what the world knows as or collective character. I’ll talk to the sheriff and make a short speech to our masses and it will all be swept under the rug…hehehe their to stupid to figure this out any how. Now go mix me up a crap load of that red coolade dummy I got a statement to deliver.
AltamahaDawg
April 5th, 2010
6:41 pm
That’s an interesting comment if you follow that link back to Chris Low. How are UGA player “cleared” as if they did something wrong? Since no actual players were named in the first place, shouldn’t the headline read , No UGA players “involved”?
Dawg Gone
April 5th, 2010
6:45 pm
4 untruthful people vs 2 truthful people. The four play for the Bulldogs. Did you really expect the truth to win out in that situation? Hell no. The Thugs win again
Cherokee
April 5th, 2010
6:57 pm
Dawg Gone…. READ the damn story!! They did not play for UGA….You must be a TECHIE.
oledawg
April 5th, 2010
6:59 pm
I blogged yesterday and earlier today on this (AJC) and other sites that the perps could easily be visitors. See Bill King. I was surprised at my own depth of loyalty to the players and the team when proven correct. Most fans on here feel the same way and I’m glad to be associated (however obliquely) with true Dawg Fans. Our Dawg Nation can rest in peace tonight and concentrate energies toward following our coachs and team practice.
Mobile Dawg-where are you? Alt’s on here and it could steam up into retribution later. Dawg Stephen should come back. We all recognize the moniker stealers by their posts. Not to worry, we can discern friend from foe even if they try to perpetrate fraud. By the way, didn’t Ga Gator help you out the other day? Those are the interlopers we like to hear from. SIC’EM DAWGS!!
Cherokee
April 5th, 2010
7:05 pm
Please Cherokee!!! ………..My bad please accept my apologies I should have known better!
Sad Richards
April 5th, 2010
7:06 pm
oledawg you would have kept Ray Goof too Huh? I guess you are content with Urbans beatdowns on the dawgs as wel…..l you tender hearted homer.
Jeckyll Island
April 5th, 2010
7:06 pm
30-24!!!
30-24!!!
30-24!!!
30-24!!!
30-24!!!
30-24!!!
30-24!!!
30-24!!!
The Dawgs whipped the overrated GA Tech Jackettes on Grant Field inside little Bobby Dodd Stadium to win the state championship of Georgia and the Governors Cup. Meanwhile GA Tech won the third rate football conference called the ACC (similar to Conference USA in quality.)
8 out of 9!!!
8 out of 9!!!
8 out of 9!!!
Mark Richt is undefeated in Bobby Dood Stadium!!!!
73-66!!!
73-66!!!
73-66!!!
73-66!!!
GA Tech could not win the Georgia state championship in basketball either.
Go Dawgs!!!!
Alaska Dawg
April 5th, 2010
7:07 pm
I am really tired of media hype against the UGA program. This story,as usual, was way overblown. Let’s get back to spring practice and start the run for an SEC title. Tom, you need to get a reality check. I will take Richt and the UGA program over Paul Johnson and the wannabes at GT anyday!
AltamahaDawg
April 5th, 2010
7:14 pm
oledawg, I don’t think it takes blind loyalty to know that story wasn’t going to hold up. IF there had been UGA player involved, the names would have out there long before now.
1eyedJack
April 5th, 2010
7:16 pm
Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper – Mark Twain
If you ain’t with us then you’re against us….whale dookey…the lowest thing in the ocean…and you will do whatever you can to bring us down to your level.
Go Dawgs!!
Kramer
April 5th, 2010
7:17 pm
The level of immaturity on these blogs is mind boggling. Regardless of the outcome, the children come on here and see who can “out 3rd grade” each other. This is now a non story as it relates to georgia football. Grow up people. Oh, sorry. nanny nanny boo boo. Is that more clear?
For dawglessville
April 5th, 2010
7:48 pm
dawglessvilee-
For starters Michael Lemon…
Next why don’t you look up who has more players arrested in the last 5 years in the SEC…Here’s a hint it’s not Florida…
FACT: GEORGIA HAS HAD MORE PLAYERS ARRESTED IN THE LAST 5 YEARS THAN ANY OTHER SEC SCHOOL.
jules
April 5th, 2010
7:50 pm
glad that was resolved.
Back to football.
How much did that cost?
April 5th, 2010
8:05 pm
.??
Brainiac(Dawg for life)
April 5th, 2010
8:08 pm
Alamaha Dawg: It had to be “cleared” SINCE UGA PLAYERS HAD ALREADY BEEN TRIED AND CONVICTED BY LOCAL AND NATIONAL MEDIA.
Cherokee
April 5th, 2010
8:13 pm
For dawglessville …99% have been for minor traffic violations. What has Florida’s been for? Oh yea falling asleep at the wheel.
Brainiac(Dawg for life)
April 5th, 2010
8:13 pm
Spotlight: How are you to run a background check on every passenger in a public transportation vehicle or should the driver just wait while the background checks are being done?
For dawglessville
April 5th, 2010
8:21 pm
Cherokee stop spewing such BS spin and you may need to learn math.
Brainiac(Dawg for life)
April 5th, 2010
8:25 pm
Stinger: You wouldn’t punch my 93 year old granny. You and CPJ are all hat and no cattle. Get back under your rock you little twerp.
Dawglasville
April 5th, 2010
8:27 pm
Michael Lemon- OK. That is two on Richt’s watch. Hardly qualifies for Thug U but I’ll play. Name a third who did something truely thugish. By the way, since we are playing, what is your school?
Cherokee
April 5th, 2010
8:30 pm
For dawglessville …Have you got facts to back up your BS or are you a typical Florida fan? Also show me where my math is wrong.
For dawglessville
April 5th, 2010
8:34 pm
Kevin Perez-DUI not a minor traffic violation
Zach Mettenberger- Drunk and Disorderly- not a minor traffic violation
Michael Lemon- Felony Battery- not a minor traffic violation
Justin Anderson-battery- not a minor traffic violation
Trinton Sturdivant- battery- not a minor traffic violation
Donovan Baldwin-drunk and disorderly- not a minor traffic violation
Marcus Dotwin-drunk and disorderly- not a minor traffic violation
Jeff Henson- Public urination- not a minor traffic violation
Clint Boling-DUI- not a minor traffic violation
Jeremy Lomax- concealed weapon- not a minor traffic violation
Brandon Wood- DUI-not a minor traffic violation
Kendric Golstoon- Barroom brawl-not a minor traffic violation
this goes on and on but I think you get the picture…
Brainiac(Dawg for life)
April 5th, 2010
8:36 pm
Tech Master-bater: You couldn’t find your skinny little girlie butt with both hands in your hip pockets. Get back to clearing tables.
The Truth
April 5th, 2010
8:45 pm
GA Tech Lies & Cheats & Everyone knows it. I thank God everyday that I was not raised to be a GA Tech fan. Thank you Jesus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For dawglessville
April 5th, 2010
8:48 pm
Actually HBTD1 unless you’re talking about Women’s equestrian you don’t beat my team in much of anything every year. Good try though….
Cherokee
April 5th, 2010
8:50 pm
For dawglessville ….so are you jealous that you didn’t get a scholarship offer from UGA or what is your problem? Or did you even go to college? I am sure if you did your research on every other college you would find the same issues. You have way to much time on your hands.
For dawglessville
April 5th, 2010
8:50 pm
Jeff Henson-DUI- not a minor traffic violation
For dawglessville
April 5th, 2010
8:52 pm
Cherokee- Guess that’s all you got when your completely retarded statement of “99% were minor traffic violations” was proven to be complete BS. If you don’t want to be made to look like such a fool with your lies then don’t post them…
Cherokee
April 5th, 2010
8:56 pm
For dawglessville…nope just don’t have the time to research to see how many are actually true, and if they are true which ones were actually convicted. You want to research that and get back to us? You still did not answer the question why you are so pissed off at UGA?
For dawglessville
April 5th, 2010
9:03 pm
Just showing you what a hypocrite you are. You blindly throw stones at a team when the FACTS are UGA has had more players arrested in the same time period and NO it wasn’t even close to 99% minor traffic violations. No wonder dog fans are so delusional, you make blanket statements with not even knowing anywhere close to the facts in which are going to make you look bad.
Bruce Mac
April 5th, 2010
9:03 pm
Montez off the team, TaxiGate is over. I love my coach. We are getting ready to kick some serious booty. GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!! Game over.
Montez Mania
April 5th, 2010
9:06 pm
“Thank goodness we have a coach that is objective and fair”
Objective, fair, and a 2-7 record against Florida………..keep him!
Cherokee
April 5th, 2010
9:07 pm
For dawglessville ….sorry dude no hypocrite and before you start calling people names you need to be sure you know what you are talking about. Where was I throwing stones blindly?
Bruce Mac
April 5th, 2010
9:08 pm
Oh yea, I forgot. Tech will never matter again in College Football unless Bobby Dodd is reincarnated. The Fox Train is coming, deal with it. “How do you like me now”? AD Evans
Dawglasville
April 5th, 2010
9:08 pm
For dawglessville – Well, since you took the time to find all of these I will show you the respect to look into all of them. What is your team again? I promise not to be childish. We are both talking about things that we can not control. I just want to see how tight the ship is that your coach runs.
ga gator
April 5th, 2010
9:08 pm
Good news for UGA, the SEC and all of college football.
Bruce Mac
April 5th, 2010
9:10 pm
Montez, thank you for your support. CMR is not done yet.
Cherokee
April 5th, 2010
9:17 pm
Dawglasville …How does he have the time to look for this stuff on another team? Makes you wonder what kind of life he has? No team is perfect and we all hope that CMR is fixing the problem, which I think is.
VolNation
April 5th, 2010
9:23 pm
Interesting how everything was closed for comment until they were cleared…you didn’t grant the same courtesy to the the UT players…what gives with that???
Tdawg
April 5th, 2010
9:24 pm
stw………we’re all still here. If you will go back and do some reading you will see that 99% of the dawg fans used the IF word. Non dawg fans not so much. As for myself, even if it had been Georgia football players I would find it hard to believe that all four of them would have been stupid enough to do something like that. Now pay special attention to this. IF some or all of them no matter their race did what they were accused of, then I don’t care what you say, they should have been kicked off the team, again IF. It is a relief to hear that only one of them was a dawg and IF he did what they said he did(play peace maker) then my hats off to this young man. IF he did this, then he is a tribute to his parents.
Dawglasville
April 5th, 2010
9:25 pm
Where are the adults at the AJC? Shut this guy up.
Preston
April 5th, 2010
9:29 pm
Brown sugar, yeah and his ass (Montez) don’t play for UGA anymore either, does he? If he played for Florida, he’d get suspended for half of a game.
Dawglasville
April 5th, 2010
9:30 pm
I guess I should have had more faith. That was crazy.
For dawglessville
April 5th, 2010
9:30 pm
Cherokee- it took me the same amount of time to look those up as it did for you to read and respond each time. It also didn’t take long for you to realize your statement out of pure assumption was wrong and ignorant and start backtracking and attempting to deflect from being called out with facts.
Bruce Mac
April 5th, 2010
9:31 pm
Again, I am proud of our coach. He supports and gives second chances. When the person proves he is not worthy of the support, he makes the call. If I had a kid that could play for UGA I would encourage him to go there no doubt.
Preston
April 5th, 2010
9:33 pm
VolNation, you should be glad that the AJC spared you the egg that surely would be splattered all over your face if the comments were allowed before. Don’t complain because they did you a favor. The UT idiots were on camera. Pretty damning evidence right from the start on that case.
Tdawg
April 5th, 2010
9:34 pm
BravesFan 79………….Man you need to pick your battles a little better. You are way off base with this one. Politics has no place in this argument, that is of coarse unless the KKK or the NAACP were to get involved. Until then this is nothing more than a criminal act by a few thugs.
Big D Dawg
April 5th, 2010
10:26 pm
for dawglessville…..assault, dui they are all bad and no real dawg fan should accept it. now back to your team?? credit card stealing from a dead woman, firing an ak 47 in public, hitting a coed in the face with a beer pitcher, robbing a convenience store, having to give up 21 victories, probation, houston selling drugs???? any of those sound familiar to you?
bad apple dawg
April 5th, 2010
10:29 pm
CMR is lax on discipline until his hand is forced. Metteburger should be suspended for at least 3 conference games . Nothing but prima donna’s and thugs at UGA.
Brown Dawg stains in my underwear
April 5th, 2010
10:32 pm
This cabbie incident stinks and I smell cover up!
whatever
April 5th, 2010
10:49 pm
I wonder how much UGA’s Athletic Dept paid the police? Hmmm. And once again, some idiot has to make a racial issue out of this – I have not read ANYWHERE where they identified the “players” as black. And BTW – how did the “victim” know that they all were football players? Either way – it sounds as if the police were paid-off again.
RED DOG 77
April 5th, 2010
11:02 pm
Hate to say, “I told you so”…………but, ” I told you so “. ……………..The immature little people that bully college kids, is just a sad situation…………..Remember these are college kids, not NFL players, and one of the kids on the bus, a football player, was a peace maker………..Grow-up you immature adults…………I’d like to see some apoligies posted about now………..Anyone man enough for that ?
superDawg
April 5th, 2010
11:10 pm
To hell with peace makers I will always hate the tek nerds on this site.Stinger I will be in Athens Ga. saturday on Huff St.
superDawg
April 5th, 2010
11:11 pm
Excuse me Hull St.
UGA72
April 5th, 2010
11:14 pm
For all you bloggers who assume some sort of coverup was consorted between UGA and the police, forget it! Life in Athens for atheletes does not work that way. They screw up and they usually pay the price. I am a retired journalist of 35 years. One thing I learned over that period is that a scandal does not lurk beneath every rock. The problem is a serious amount of incivility was apparently displayed by some of the black passengers inside the taxi, a certainly verbal, and possibly simple assault occurred to the victims, who, in turn, are likely guilty of making statements based on opinion to the police; Statements that the news media headline writers will have a field day with. The good point in all this is that no UGA players (outside the one “peacekeeper”) are part of this non-story. And someone will discover the identity of the “peacekeeper.” His story will be told, also. We have not heard the last of the Great Bratwurst Experience. Stay tuned!
P. Bull Terrier
April 5th, 2010
11:35 pm
We’ll be reading about “The Whole truth” (11:12 p.m.) getting shot outside of Magic City one of these days after he beats up someone else’s girl friend.
Even though he’s clearly an idiot, he indirectly brings up a point I’ve wondered about too. I haven’t heard anything about what the white couple’s role in the whole incident was. Were they simply sitting in the taxi minding their own business as the story implies or was there some type of arguement that led up to the head slapping? I haven’t heard anything either way, but since the accuser was wrong about the 4 men being football players, I wonder what else he might have been wrong about that night.
Preston
April 5th, 2010
11:47 pm
You guys are idiots for believing that the cops were paid off.We have guys getting arrested for mistaking a cop car for a taxi when he had too much to drink (very responsible), riding mopeds the wrong way, and rubbing a pregnant girl’s belly and you actually believe that UGA pays off the cops. Get a life you UGA haters.
Stinger
April 5th, 2010
11:50 pm
ACC RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I didn’t see any SUC teams in final 4.
col fot
April 6th, 2010
12:04 am
Hey! Techie Tucker, aren’t you dissapointed the UGA player was cleared in that investigation…too bad, so sad. Why don’t you write something with relavance instead of that BULL…. that you do!!!
What a crock.
Brown Dawg stains in my underwear
April 6th, 2010
12:09 am
UGA Baseball team stinks too. The team is getting beatdowns like Tenn. and Florida have been putting on the UGA football team lately.
Don'twastepisson tech
April 6th, 2010
12:13 am
Just wondering when does the “Thug” label apply…. Resisting arrest? Drunken disorderly conduct? Under Age Drinking? Falling off balcony while threatening someone while under age drinking? Getting into drunken fights while underage drinking or drinking period? or just doing any of the above while being black at the same time? I just need to be clear on this for future reference.
Paul Johnson's breaf stanks
April 6th, 2010
12:18 am
This cab incident has the makings of a cover up hand down. CMR has lost control just like Perno has with the baseball team. What a bunch of losers.
finish the drill
April 6th, 2010
12:23 am
An innocent UGA football player riding in a taxi at 2:00 a.m. getting ready for practice.
Keep America CLEAN
April 6th, 2010
12:26 am
Make those Heard County boys pick up all that tail-gating trash as punishment.
GT
April 6th, 2010
12:29 am
…………..Looks like another trip to Shreveport for UGA
DodgerDawg
April 6th, 2010
12:33 am
Seems Brian Cook of The Sporting News (sic) is going to try to let this one slide without a retraction or an apology for his news (sic) reporting. Here is his update:
APRIL 5 UPDATE: Late today police are saying the following regarding the taxi incident, via the AJC: (removed AJC article)
We’ll continue to update this on Tuesday if there is more news on who the peacemaking player was.
Original Post: It’s April Fool’s Day and it’s the afternoon so by now you have had it beaten into your head that anything surprising or weird going on today is a damn dirty lie. But we’re pretty sure this is legit: a couple on the Georgia campus gets into a cab late on March 29th and is joined by four “individuals who knew the cab driver.” The individuals have bratwursts. (removed rest of original article)
So much for reporting being about facts.
col fot
April 6th, 2010
12:34 am
Ga tech, the joke of college sports, their crimes are constantly covered up. Just a scumbag unit from one to the other.
Football Factory baby
April 6th, 2010
12:49 am
Yep, another cover up at the neighborhood football factory. Way to go Athens police. The SEC is overrun with criminals now, and they get all the breaks.
Just like the UT fans that got robbed at gunpoint by their own players: “That’s just how it is.”
Brandon Spikes
April 6th, 2010
12:51 am
I poked out some eyeballs last time I partied in Athens. No charges filed, of course. They were just UGA students, so no one bothered.
Freedom Dawg
April 6th, 2010
12:55 am
Glad CMR finally decided to pay off the police, instead of ignoring them. That’s how its done in Clarke and it only took him 10 yrs to figure it out!!! Another reason why he needs to go…
Don'twastepisson tech
April 6th, 2010
1:06 am
Thug or No Thug…..
Matt James, 17, of Cincinnati, was the second teenager in two weeks to die. Police say the 6-foot-6, 290-pound offensive lineman was drunk and acting belligerent when he fell Friday night as he leaned over a fifth-floor railing to shake his finger at people in an adjoining room
Paddy
April 6th, 2010
1:16 am
Goosedog, you sir are an idiot!
Southside
April 6th, 2010
6:16 am
The player may have been a peace maker but what was he doing with these guys in the 1st place if they were obvious thug bullies. Athens should also look at the taxi company to see why this many guys were picked up after the couple hailed the cab. That is just asking for trouble.
Notso Fast
April 6th, 2010
6:57 am
For a few season tickets you get cleared and a peace maker to boot. Not bad. Go Dogs,
OrlG8r
April 6th, 2010
7:04 am
Glad to hear that players were not involved and that those responsible have been identified. It’s a reminder to us all to not pre-judge these situations…
Joey
April 6th, 2010
7:42 am
Instead of bailing Robinson out of jail, I think we Dawg fans should create a program …….call it “Hookers For Nerds.” It’s obvious from the hysteria on here, the blowup dolls aren’t working, and really, where can the nerds find real dates, other than Thumbellina and her four sisters? For a small investment, we would have content, confident nerds posting here instead of sneering, immature nerds.
T1M2
April 6th, 2010
8:34 am
4 men, 1 was a player. The other 3 were friends from Heard County. Read the police report published at onlineathens.com and decide if you would want this player as a peacemaker for you sometime…
jerry
April 6th, 2010
8:47 am
Once again, how did the police determine that the player was a “peacemaker”? Because he said he was? Or did the couple say he was? Or did the taxi driver say he was? If this is investigative journalism, it stinks.
OEJ
April 6th, 2010
8:47 am
If anyone cares to know who the player was that was trying to calm the situation, it was Dontavious Jackson
National Champ
April 6th, 2010
8:47 am
Sounds like home cooking to me… Now get focused so you can beat Kentucky next year.
Maddog
April 6th, 2010
8:48 am
Dontavious Jackson is from Heard County. Was he the “peacemaker”?
Dawg Tired
April 6th, 2010
8:54 am
As I said when this story first broke, I was reasonably sure these guys could not have been any of our players because they were actually able to hit their target.
I also pointed out this jumping to conclusions, which many on this blog did, reminded me of the Duke lacrosse case.
Of course, as some of the comments to this article indicate, there are still plenty of idiots out there. See comments by “Coverup” for exhibit A as to what an idiot says when disappointed in the results of the investigation. I mean the guy actually wanted some players to get in trouble! That’s sick.
HungryDawg
April 6th, 2010
9:00 am
As we’ve always known and witnessed, the thugs are on that practice squad that they try and pass off as a team down there off North Ave.
Asylum13
April 6th, 2010
9:10 am
gt fans have to try and take their shots when and where they can because after 9 years their football team is having trouble providing them with ammo.
How2fish
April 6th, 2010
9:16 am
Well now perhaps we of the Bull Dawg Nation can talk a little spring football for a while. And the Bugs can return to the Tickle Pile.
db
April 6th, 2010
9:18 am
Don’t get too frisky doglovers… You still have this: http://blogs.ajc.com/uga-sports-blog/2010/04/04/uga-football-player-montez-robinson-jailed/
db
April 6th, 2010
9:19 am
and…. Go Gators!
OEJ
April 6th, 2010
9:20 am
Maddog…yes he was the peacemaker
David
April 6th, 2010
9:29 am
If you believe that account, you will also believe TN players were visiting a Pilot station at 1:00 AM
OVER-RATED
April 6th, 2010
9:34 am
It’s pretty obvious that Richt and UGA threatened to kick the couple out of school if they pressed charges.
ugaaccountant
April 6th, 2010
10:00 am
OVER-RATED
April 6th, 2010
9:34 am
It’s pretty obvious that Richt and UGA threatened to kick the couple out of school if they pressed charges.
Yeah, because Mike Adams would just do anything he could to help our football program. :Rolleyes:
How2fish
April 6th, 2010
10:01 am
OVER-RATED and you have proof of that? My God the only thing “obvious” is the lengths you would go to slander UGA..please and I mean this with the utmost respect..STFU thank you.
Cherokee
April 6th, 2010
10:10 am
db ….He was kicked off of the team, so we don’t have to worry about it. CMR has already handled it.
rocky topper
April 6th, 2010
10:11 am
nice cover-up!
How2fish
April 6th, 2010
10:22 am
The Dogfighter Returns your a moron..CMR gave the kid a 2nd chance and a set of rules he needed to follow after his 1st run in with the law..he didn’t honor his part of the agreement so he is gone..end of story.
Cherokee
April 6th, 2010
10:23 am
The Dogfighter Returns …….Do your homework before you start calling names. He CANNOT bail him out the bond hearing is today.
Dawg Stephen
April 6th, 2010
10:47 am
This is a good teachable moment for Coach Richt, as well as coaches everywhere really. 1 player did the right thing, but he was out too late In my opinion. Anyway, glad there were no players involved, but shouldnt have been in that situation to start with.
http://dawgstephen.blogspot.com/2010/04/coachable-moment.html
SILLY UGA FANS
April 6th, 2010
11:10 am
Glad to see no players were directly involved.
No Cover Up,
Just out of curiosity are you saying driving on the wrong side of the road, driving under suspension, and whatever else you listed should not be arrestable offenses. Usually, albiet not always, the person being arrested goes to jail because of the actions they take after being caught doing whatever illegal action they were doing in the first place. As a GT fan I will say from everything I have ever read about Richt I cannot believe he would try to cover up criminal behavior. Whoever the player was though he definitely needs to seperate himself from these “friends” or something like this is bound to happen again.
As for the bashing on Hamilton and other former or current players I don’t think true UGA fans really want to open that conversation as former and current UGA players have been involved in plenty of legal problems themselves. I would also think that if CPJ was trying to “cover up” the rape allegations he would have done it without having to have him sit out a entire year.
Georgia Fan
April 6th, 2010
11:12 am
Dawgfighter — you are right that he doesn’t have any relatives nearby, make that, relatives, period. Coach Garner recruited the kid from Indiana where he was an orphan. It doesn’t excuse his behavior, but Montez hasn’t had the easiest life. And if you believe in karma, you might want to reconsider casting aspersions towards people and a situation you know nothing about.
UGA Alumnus
April 6th, 2010
11:19 am
As I said before when this was first reported, now that our men have been cleared of all wrong doing, I encourage all alumni and fans to pursue legal action, for slander, against the sports blogger who reported that it was UGA players without any proof. It looks like not all big black guys in Athens play football. The rascist tendencies displayed by all accusers and self proclaimed judges on this blog were disgusting!
AltamahaDawg
April 6th, 2010
11:36 am
“No wonder dog fans are so delusional, you make blanket statements with not even knowing anywhere close to the facts in which are going to make you look bad.”
Wouldn’t that BE a good example of a blanket statement? How many dog fans are in the world? Talk to them all do you?
Dawglasville
April 6th, 2010
11:36 am
Dawgfighter- Please don’t let your hatred for UGA and your love for mixing it up on the blogs put you on a high horse to look down on another man’s walk with the Lord. We love Coach Richt and what he stands for. He will be our coach for a very long time. You should go and support your coach instead of trying to knock down someone else.
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April 6th, 2010
11:38 am
[...] … Athens police cleared an unidentified Georgia player of any wrongdoing in last weekend’s terroristic taxicab bratwurst complaint, which wrongly [...]
AltamahaDawg
April 6th, 2010
11:40 am
….and I believe the comment that you took exception with was nowhere close to a “blanket statement”, but rather a very specific statement about a very narrow topic.
Maybe you should just stick to your facts and refute him, rather than resort to broad sweeping banilities about a fan base that you (by nothing more than circumastances), just happen to not be a part of.
Thugs who want jail time
April 6th, 2010
11:42 am
We are in SHREVEPORT, drinking Red Dog beer, stw.
Yellow Cab
April 6th, 2010
11:45 am
We cater to UGA football players needing a ride at 2:00 a.m. in the morning.
Sad Richards
April 6th, 2010
11:56 am
Cut the crap dawg stephen and go back to your dreamworld blog even though you do make a good point that the so called peacemaker was out too late.
Dawg Stephen
April 6th, 2010
12:12 pm
Hey Richards!! good to see ya. thanks for the shout out, and yes blogging about the dawgs is my dreamworld. Please dont wake me up. (and yes he should have been in bed at 2am) Have a good one, and Go dawgs
Smitty
April 6th, 2010
12:39 pm
So I wander how all that crow tastes that all the media is eating now?
Dawglasville
April 6th, 2010
12:44 pm
For Dawglessville- I’ll try this again. I had forgotten how long the police blotter was. I’ll say this, I believe that Coach Richt is a very good man, and a very good coach who does a great job balancing expectations with the best interest of the his family, the players, and the university. I just wanted to note that I stand corrected but Coach Richt is still the man for the job. I believe that most people blogging would appreciate a man like Coach Richt if he was their coach.
Tide Rising
April 6th, 2010
1:25 pm
Good for the dogs. We all often jump to conclusions and assume the worst sometimes. It could have been nationally embarrassing if it was indeed football players but it seems now that all is well that ends well. As a matter of fact it makes you wonder how much harassment would have taken place had the one football player(he had enough sense to know he had a lot to lose) not stepped in and reined in the 3 thugs.
BurningRedBleedingBlack
April 6th, 2010
2:59 pm
Great News!!! That story sounded like crap anyway
All UGA players cleared « MrSEC.com
April 6th, 2010
3:40 pm
[...] you know by now…everyone on the football team was cleared of wrong doing in the Taxi Cab Confessions incident last weekend. I only posted this because I [...]
Taylor
April 6th, 2010
6:42 pm
Attention all idiots who do not do their research. 1. I would love to hear how UGA has had so much stuff “covered up for them”. Arrests have included “emerging from an ally, moped infractions! So don’t spin your cover up garbage.
2. Those who point out montez robinson, dude isn’t on the team anymore. I don’t think he will be let back on like Reuben Houston was either.
Truth
April 6th, 2010
10:52 pm
This was just another chance for GA Tech fans to show their ignorance and immaturity by making false accusations and childish name calling.
Dawgs-r-peterlickers
April 6th, 2010
11:37 pm
Dawg players cleared just about the time a pair of prefered season tickets appeared under a paper weight on the COP’s desk. Case closed.
BuLLdawg
April 7th, 2010
12:00 am
30-24.
This one was never a story. That does not exclude the 2 arrests of 2 Georgia Bulldogs’ Football Players since Spring Practice began, including picking a girl up and repeatedly throwing her to the ground April 2 – after 2 previous arrests by the same Georgia Bulldogs’ Football Player, including beating the University of Georgia coed the first time October 20 suspended Shreveport Bowl Game and then bashing her vehicle November 30 another 2 game suspension to begin the 2010 season as all of these events happened when he was a Georgia Bulldogs’ Football Player. 3 arrests by Montez Robinson as a Georgia Bulldogs’ Football Player. Montez Robinson 20 played as a true freshman last year after being ranked the Number 8 best at his position in the nation, and the top football player at all positions in his state. Montez Robinson’s Arrest for beating up a girl, repeatedly picking her up Friday and slamming her repeatedly into the floor at McWhorter Hall is the Number 90 Arrest / Suspension by a Coach Richt Georgia Bulldogs’ Football PLAYER, following the March 7 arrest of one of the leading candidates to be in fact the Starting Quarterback this up-coming season who by the way should have been last year too. This is Zach Mettenberger 18 Georgia Bulldogs’ Football Player arrested for obstruction, disorderly conduct and underage alcohol. The 1st Georgia Bulldogs’ Football Player arrested since Spring Practice began has been suspended for at least 1 game, so he cannot be the Starting Quarterback for that game; and the 2nd Georgia Bulldogs’ Football Player arrested since Spring Practice began previously was suspended for the Shreveport Bowl Game and already was suspended for both the 1st game next year AND the South Carolina game already, and has now been kicked off the team, remains in jail with family member in Alabama saying he would pay the bond but has not been allowed to pay the bond until the previous Judge who gave Georgia Bulldogs’ Football Player Montez Robinson Probation, determines his punishment for violation of his Probation for previously beating up a girl.
So much for jumping to conclusions… | balls.co.in
April 7th, 2010
6:26 am
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Richt Speaks About Taxi Incident « MrSEC.com
April 7th, 2010
11:13 am
[...] and The Macon Telegraph:“Police say football players cleared in taxi incident”“Athens police: UGA players cleared in taxi incident”“Football players cleared in taxi incident”Yep, clearly our headline was realllll [...]
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April 8th, 2010
11:50 am
[...] … Athens police cleared an unidentified Georgia player of any wrongdoing in last weekend’s terroristic taxicab bratwurst complaint, which wrongly [...]