Injuries sideline several Dogs as spring practice winds down (UPDATED)
(Updated 8 p.m.)
ATHENS — Georgia’s football team Thursday held its next-to-last practice before Saturday’s G-Day game. And judging from the increased number of players wearing green non-contact jerseys, spring practice is ending with a flurry of injuries.
Among the new players in green Thursday: inside linebackers Richard Samuel and Marcus Dowtin, offensive lineman Chris Davis and defensive lineman Abry Jones.
Coach Mark Richt indicated after practice that none of the injuries are serious.
Davis’ hip is bothering him, Richt said, but “it’s nothing that is long-term serious.” As for Samuel, he is doubtful for G-Day, said Richt, who could not recall the specific injury. Dowtin and Jones should be able to practice Friday and play Saturday, Richt said.
On the offensive line, Chris Burnette worked at first-team right guard Thursday in Davis’ place.
Tailback Caleb King missed a fourth consecutive practice, still bothered by a strained knee. King is not expected to play Saturday, but his injury is not a long-term concern, offensive coordinator Mike Bobo said. King’s absence from practice has been “precautionary,” Bobo said.
Wide receiver Marlon Brown, who had been limited by a shoulder injury for almost two weeks, participated fully in Thursday’s practice and is expected to play Saturday.
One other note: Bobo said he hopes to have a quarterback depth chart a week or so after G-Day. “We’ll go back and revisit everything and talk about where we want to stack ‘em up,” he said.
Also, here’s a story on Todd Grantham’s first spring in 12 years in college football.
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BobDog
April 9th, 2010
9:27 am
Coach Richt brought the conditioning coach from FSU with him to Athens. This is the same guy who built quite a record in Tallahassee in the ’90s.
The last time I looked, those guys hit pretty hard and things happen. Y’all act like we’re the only team with injuries.
Let's have a show of hands here and then
April 9th, 2010
9:41 am
Class …………raise your hands so that I can see them. How manyy “I hate UGA” bloggers on this site even attended a junior college? Hmmmm?? None? I see.
THIS says it all.
Go Dogs.
JD
April 9th, 2010
9:42 am
It just looks like they are playing table tennis with Richard Samuel. It seems like a run away train wreck with them moving him back and forth and injuries for him and some of the running backs. Hopefully we will not need debth at running back in the future. King seems vulnerable to injuries. Samuel will end up confused, under used and through with eligibility at 20 years old if they are not careful. Hopefully he will work out at LB. What mistake by the coaches choice.
1eyedJack
April 9th, 2010
9:44 am
GT BABY how’d the UGA and Iowa games work out for ya?
1eyedJack
April 9th, 2010
9:46 am
There goes Caleb…TOUCHDOWN!!! Nobody touched him or could catch him. Ya’ll fixed that mudhole in Grant field yet?
GT BABY
April 9th, 2010
9:51 am
1EYEDJACK- HAVE YOU FIXED THAT PRISON YOU CALL A FOOTBALL TEAM IN ATHENS YET?
I-DOG
April 9th, 2010
9:57 am
Zulu,
Agree that Jeff Owens was a very strong player and developed that well at UGA, but his conditioning was flat out terrible. It will end up costing him millions in the upcoming draft. He could have been so much better if his diet and conditioning were even “solid”. Imagine what they could have been if his diet and conditioning were excellent!
In the exchange between Pollack and Owens that was public… Owens seemed to have no idea that proper nutrition was important for an elite athlete. He seemed shocked that eating whatever you want and having a spare tire weren’t OK, after all he is a lineman.
I wouldn’t use Owens as the poster child for conditioning at UGA despite the fact that he was very strong.
1eyedJack
April 9th, 2010
10:03 am
GT BABY, ya’ll found Reuben Houston yet?
GT BABY
April 9th, 2010
10:14 am
1EYEDJACK-Y’ALL FOUND JESUS YET?
Preston
April 9th, 2010
10:20 am
GT Baby needs to go kill himself before the team that sucks beats his for the ninth time in ten years.
1eyedJack
April 9th, 2010
10:20 am
Found him as a youngster. You?
redandblack80
April 9th, 2010
10:31 am
You said it “ALL”Preston
redandblack80
April 9th, 2010
10:32 am
Preston you from Gainesville,Ga.?
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April 9th, 2010
11:02 am
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kevin
April 9th, 2010
11:28 am
GTBaby,
Our “non-real” football team ruined your season last year and had beaten you 8 of the last 9 years. So, what does that say about your team. I will tell you. You’re a joke.
GT BABY
April 9th, 2010
11:39 am
kevin- you didnt ruin anything….we still won our conference. Tell me what y’all won? It’s pretty sad that beating Tech has become your highlight of the year. How did yall match up against Kentucky hahaha? How about Tenn? What bowl did yall paly in, the Independence bowl hahahaha? We would have won our bowl game too if we played Texas A2M hahaha? What a joke yall have become! It must be very sad for a wanna be top tier Georgia team these days.
GT BABY
April 9th, 2010
11:47 am
1980, Independence Bowl, Shereveport, LA, Kentucky, Blackout against Ala., Tenn, 8 arrests before summer practice…..FACE IT F@G, GEORGIA TECH RUNS THIS STATE NOW! WE’LL BE IN THE TOP 10 THIS YEAR, WILL U? CAN Y’ALL PLEASE FINISH IN THE TOP 50 THIS YEAR UNLIKE LAST YEAR, PLEASE? CAN Y’ALL PLEASE GET LAUGHED AT BY EVERYONE IN THE COUNTRY FOR BEING RANKED #1 TWO YEARS AGO AGAIN HAHAHAHAHAHA….UGAY IS SUCH A JOKE AND ALL THEIR REDNECK F@GGOT A$$ FANS ARE SO LAME. Y’ALL HAVE NOTHING TO TALK ABOUT EXCEPT ALL YOUR OFF THE FIELD PROBLEMS. HAVE YOU BEEN TO ATHENS LATELY? NICE RED PANTS AND SUSPENDERS. NICE XTRA SMEDIUM PINK POLO SHIRTS AND TEVAS. GOD, WHAT A JOKE UGA IS!!!
THWG!!! WE RUN THIS STATE!! 1980 BITCHES!!!
1eyedJack
April 9th, 2010
11:52 am
Hey guys, GT BABY may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don’t let that fool you. He really is an idiot.
kevin
April 9th, 2010
11:52 am
Wasn’t that your 1st BCS bowl? We’ve been in 3 and won 2. And seriously, we have beaten you head to head 8 of the last 9 times. Get real.
GT BABY
April 9th, 2010
12:02 pm
KEVIN- ALL I WANT TO KNOW IS WHAT WILL GEORGIA DO THIS YEAR? BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF. DONT SAY BEAT TECH, I WANT TO REALLY KNOW WHAT YOU THINK GEORGIA WILL ACCOMPLISH THIS YEAR.
GT BABY
April 9th, 2010
12:03 pm
LETS ALL HOPE TO GOD YOU SAY OVER 7 WINS UNLIKE LAST YEAR
chipperdawg
April 9th, 2010
12:09 pm
All these Dawg haters on here really just blow me away. It’s mind boggling to me, to think someone actually spends their time, on a rival team’s blog, just so they can throw cheap shots and say idotic things that show their stupidity. This “GTBABY” person is ribbing on the Dwags, because they lost to “SEC conference rivals”, as if we’re getting beat by some patsy team (like, huh, Wofford?) and neglects to mention the obviuos… WE BEAT YOU, DUDE !!! 30-24 IN YOUR HOUSE !!! FOR WIN # 8 IN THE LAST NINE YEARS !!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME??!! Get a life… and a team… holy cow.
chipperdawg
April 9th, 2010
12:18 pm
Huh, 8 wins last year. Jeez. See what I mean, man? When you open your mouth (or, in this case, peck on your keyboard) its like you’re screaming ” HEY, LOOK AT ME EVERYBODY… I’M AN IDOIT !!! I’ll be glad when spring break is over, so your back in middle school and we don’t have to read your crap anymore.
chipperdawg
April 9th, 2010
12:21 pm
No more comments GTBABY? Guess his mama caught him on the computer again, when he’s supposed to be cleaning his room. Oh well, now the grown-ups can talk.
kevin
April 9th, 2010
2:41 pm
GTBaby,
I think UGA will be better this year than last. I can tell you this. If UGA played and that joke of a conference you call the ACC, we would have won it last year with her worst team in 10 years. After all, we beat the best team in it–your spread option, Orc-loving, foam-weapon-building GT. Here’s the thing. I am not on a UF blog telling them they are no good. Why? B/c they have owned us for the last 10 years and to do so would be idiotic. By analogy, you’re a complete idiot.
kevin
April 9th, 2010
2:43 pm
By the way, it’s called caps lock. Try it.
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