Georgia safety transferring
Makiri Pugh, a reserve safety on Georgia’s football team, will transfer to another school in search of more playing time, UGA said Wednesday night.
“We are appreciative of Makiri’s contributions during his two years at Georgia,” coach Mark Richt said in a statement. “We understand and support his decision to transfer and wish him great success the remainder of his career.”
Pugh, who was redshirted as a freshman in 2008 and appeared in nine games (no starts) last season, was behind at least four other safeties in spring practice: Bacarri Rambo, Nick Williams, Jakar Hamilton and Shawn Williams. The Bulldogs also have rising senior Quintin Banks at safety, and prized recruit Alec Ogletree will join the crowd at the position this summer.
Pugh, from Charlotte, had two tackles last season. He played in Georgia’s G-Day spring scrimmage on April 10, recording two tackles.
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UGA owns you tasty bees..
April 22nd, 2010
5:12 am
I love idiot GT fans. So delusional. What kind of losers make rings to commemorate beating an out of conference opponent once in the last decade. That’s very sad for you, b/c believe it or not, beating you pathetic tasty bees in Nov. does NOT make our season.. You wanna know why? Because we EXPECT TO BEAT YOU every year. And that’s not an exaggeration, or wishful thinking. We save our “tune-up” game (i.e. “cupcake”) until the last game of the regular season. Argue, whine, and lie all you want, but deep down, you KNOW we a supposed to win every game. Better go on and start scheduling GSU before they get too strong under Curry, or you will lose your chance to beat up on another in state school. Really, you should try it sometime.. Its really fun
UGA owns you tasty bees..
April 22nd, 2010
5:14 am
And for the love and respect of football, would someone PLEASE get that high school coach Paul a BRA!!!!! The kids are watching these games. Think about the kids.
BuLLdawg
April 22nd, 2010
5:21 am
If you don’t know what he did by now, that is your own fault for posting instead of reading.
If anyone is going to criticize Coach Richt over his dismissal, they are wrong.
If anyone is going to support ZM, they are very wrong.
You can also read about what he did to the lady on 680 The fan, and while that is a media guy writing it, he has 3 sources.
Or you can read about it first hand. They all say exactly the same details.
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April 22nd, 2010
6:37 am
[...] A Georgia safety is transferring, reports Tim Tucker in the AJC. [...]
Otis from Mayberry
April 22nd, 2010
7:11 am
I was thinking about Tech football and came up with an idea. Should I call it my “theory of irrelativity.”
Dr. Kenneth Noisewater
April 22nd, 2010
7:18 am
good luck pugh, wherever you land. it is what it is- rambo, hamilton, banks, williams- all apparently better. looking forward to our secondary this year.
clueless
April 22nd, 2010
7:18 am
Gotta love Tech fans. Go start shooting some hoops or something. Nobody cares about your football program. Always will be second fiddle!!!
Dawg Stool
April 22nd, 2010
7:20 am
Even the reserve players know that UGA is going to stink out loud this year. But on the down side, Pugh will never get to see Shreveport for the holidays!
FORTY ONE POINTS to your seventeen points
April 22nd, 2010
7:32 am
41-17.
FORTY NINE POINTS to your ten points
April 22nd, 2010
7:38 am
49-10. V2008.
Vick=Dog killing Thug
April 22nd, 2010
7:49 am
GT BABY… Dawgs had a off year yes, but still managed to be ACC champs
30-24 Yeah baby
McDawg
April 22nd, 2010
7:51 am
did hear much from this spring-too bad seems like he had alot of talent -best of luck
Paddy
April 22nd, 2010
8:21 am
Best of luck kid. Georgia St or Georgia Southern does sound like good advice!
bulldogmaniac
April 22nd, 2010
8:26 am
Hey GT Baby
Nov. 27 vs. Georgia Tech in Athens: Georgia will be going for its ninth win in 10 years against the Jackets
Kennesaw Dawg
April 22nd, 2010
8:38 am
Or he could go play for an ACC school like GT. Probably get plenty of playing time there. Probably play any position he wants to as well.
PMC
April 22nd, 2010
8:38 am
Good luck to him. I hope he finds more playing time elsewhere.
IN 1990, there WERE 4 NCs
April 22nd, 2010
8:53 am
Depending on what region of the country that you lived in and certainly on what newspaper that you read and the fact that ( ESPN) tv sports rankings was not a factor, nor were any media beyond local/regional writers, AP and UPI, you had F-O-U-R ( 4 ) teams ranked #1 in 1990.
So, the four were:
SE except Florida- Ga Tech
Florida and up east- MIami
Midwest Chicago- Notre Dame and Colorado tied
Yes, 4 are btter than one NC and in 1990, that is what we had ……….4.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHHA
Mike T.
April 22nd, 2010
8:55 am
FORTY NINE POINTS to your ten points
Don’t forget about 2007! 42-30 Dawgs on top!
DawgSter
April 22nd, 2010
8:55 am
No big deal–he wasn’t that good anyway. The Dawgs are loaded on D.
Mike T.
April 22nd, 2010
8:56 am
47-39-2
Mike T.
April 22nd, 2010
9:01 am
No big deal
Common Dawgster, He did wear the Red and Black, and actually played for Georgia,that puts him ahead of 99% of all other Dawg fans
on this blog.I wish him the best.
The issue? really? Depth is it
April 22nd, 2010
9:05 am
Depth is the issue at safety for UGA. That kid from Charlotte is probably a great athlete but if you read the several names that are now and will be keeping him on the bench ……….it makes good sense for him to split. He could go to any ACC school and be All Conference.
We have Ogletree and Jakar and Rambo and too many MORE big timer safeties for him to hang around.
Actually, given the recent revelations about ZM and the third string punter and now this kid, UGA is getting MORE spots to offer for class of 2011. Last year’s class ( current incoming frosh ) is small, so we will need to have about 28-30 spots to fill anyway. All of this “attrition” is NORMAL, IF you have ever been around a major college program …………you would recognize this for what it is.
Go Dogs.
Headlines during Christmas 2010
April 22nd, 2010
9:11 am
Coach Nick Sabin has accepted an offer to coach the Michigan Wolverine football program. He will not coach the Crimson Tide in the 2011 Sugar Bowl. Mrs. Sabin,who hated Tuscaloosa anyway, has already left to go to Ann Arbor. She left at Thanksgiving to be near family and was quoted as saying “I ll never return to that horrible place again.”
Roll Tide
Junior Samples
April 22nd, 2010
9:15 am
he could transfer to tech. they don’t play D over there…would be an upgrade for sure
GT BABY
April 22nd, 2010
9:15 am
How many times do I have to write this? Our schedule is harder because we play everyone away.
@ UNC (top 20)
@ Wake
@ Clemson (top 25)
@ Va. Tech (top 10)
@ UGA (Bunch of fruit cakes)
Miami (top 15)
Les W. Moore
April 22nd, 2010
9:24 am
I heard he was sicken’d by the burnt toast smell in position meetings….
Really guys, the kid wants to play and would start at ANY D-IA school of his choice. G. State would be a very bad choice but G. Southern, Wofford, Elon, W. Carolina, or Chattanooga would be good choices for him. And, he would not have to sit out a year.
#1 BAMA FAN
April 22nd, 2010
9:44 am
Headlines….Coach Saban would coach Prattville High School before he would Michigan….they do have more football talent. RTR
DawgGoneTruth
April 22nd, 2010
9:45 am
Who is this idiot GT BABY? You are going to compare your pathetic ACC schedule to ours? We play UF, UT and Auburn every season and Alabama and LSU every other season or so. Heck, the few breaks we get is playing Vanderbilt and Tech, but we don’t play yall till the end of the season, so it doesn’t really help us as far as giving our players a rest. If GT played our schedule they would never go to a bowl again.
JD
April 22nd, 2010
9:59 am
GT Baby, as an SEC fan your comparisons in schedule is not a good argument being that an SEC team has won a national championship most of this decade.
Delusional Dawg
April 22nd, 2010
10:03 am
Where’s he gonna transfer? Fulton County U?
Delusional Dawg
April 22nd, 2010
10:05 am
Heard that CMR is gonna be the summer league coach at Fulton County. Wants to keep in touch with all the old guys.
YELLOW HAMMER
April 22nd, 2010
10:38 am
headlines; coach NICK SABAN says after bcs championship game; this is not the end this is only the begining
Karl
April 22nd, 2010
10:39 am
What? Could he not spell kat?
YELLOW HAMMER
April 22nd, 2010
10:41 am
headlines: alabama’s biggest competition for 2010 is ALABAMA
BigDawg
April 22nd, 2010
11:07 am
Looks like recruits had better be wary!!! If it looks like you can’t start we will find a way to force you out of your scholarship. A) If you drink underage and get caught – Poof you are gone. See Mettenberger who lost his scholly. B) After Spring game the coaches will call you in the office and truly hint that you aren’t very good and will receive no playing time. And oh yeah…BTW you could transfer to another school opening a scholly up for us to go after some other high school kid. Don’t let the door hit you on the way off campus.
4 ncs are better than 1
April 22nd, 2010
11:14 am
I love GT BABY. Yea, I’m a homo.
JOE NAMATH
April 22nd, 2010
11:21 am
UGA fans kill me with that “WE OWN YOU” talk to Ga. Yeck. Thats like saying you own a french poodle.
FLA DAWG
April 22nd, 2010
12:12 pm
I don’t blame the kid. Two years no playing time and standing 4th in line would make me look around too. He’ll get time on the field elsewhere. I wish him the best of luck and hope he does very well.
BuzztheKiller
April 22nd, 2010
12:12 pm
And the exodus continues…the wheels are definately wobbling. Can you say 4th place in the SEC East this year?
comments closed
April 22nd, 2010
12:19 pm
Who is next getting kicked off the team? stay tuned more to come! CMR’s boys like a little too much alcohol and even a coach of his got busted for DUI a few years ago…….
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BuzztheKiller
April 22nd, 2010
12:56 pm
I’m gay too:)
GT BABY
April 22nd, 2010
12:57 pm
STOP LIVING IN THE PAST GEORGIA FANS!!!! IT’S NOT 1980 ANYMORE. With that said, I’m talking about the 2010 football schedule. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE YEAR IS 2010? I AGREE OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS GEORGIA HAS HAD A TOUGH SCHEDULE. UGA doesn’t have to play LSU or Ala this year. The only ranked team Georgia plays is Fla. and GT. Auburn isn’t that good and Tennessee will not be ranked. Tennessee has a horrible coaching and quarterback situation going on over there. I’ll give you South Carolina, but I can’t give you Arkansas. I don’t think Arkansas is going to be as good as people think. I would love to put money on who has the harder strength of schedule when it comes out, any takers?
Good Grief
April 22nd, 2010
1:06 pm
It never ceases to amaze me how GT fans think they have a right to talk smack to UGA fans about football. We own you. We know it. You know it. The players know it. The coaches know it. The media knows it. Glad it still hurts so bad.
Good Grief
April 22nd, 2010
1:40 pm
GT Baby needs a bottle. Poor little guy.
Gillislee
April 22nd, 2010
2:03 pm
GT Baby – Auburn will beat the Dawgs this year and the frosh QB is going to have a meltdown at South Carolina for loss #1.
Egbert
April 22nd, 2010
2:03 pm
He ought to transfer to Appalachian State – winning program, close to his home, a HS teammate from Independence High starting at LB and the best DB in I-AA returning. I had hoped Makiri would play more at Georgia,because I like our Independence pipeline, but that certainly wouldn’t have been the case with the ascendance of Rambo, not to mention Ogletree coming in.