An excited Curran says ‘my heart skipped a beat’ when drafted by Titans (UPDATED)
(11:20 A.M. SATURDAY UPDATE: The Cincinnati Bengals selected former Georgia defensive tackle Geno Atkins in the fourth round Saturday morning. He was the 120th pick of the NFL draft — and just the second from Georgia. Atkins said he went about where he expected to go in the draft — late third or fourth round — but that he was surprised to be chosen by the Bengals because they had not worked him out or interviewed him.)
(1:25 P.M. SATURDAY UPDATE: The Miami Dolphins drafted Georgia safety Reshad Jones late in the fifth round. Jones was the 163rd pick of the draft, the third from UGA. Jones was drafted later than projected — he had expected to go in the second or third round — but it wasn’t a surprise the Dolphins picked him. They had brought him to Miami for a workout and interview a month or so ago. The Dolphins moved up in the draft to get Jones, trading sixth- and seventh-round picks to the Washington Redskins.)
(4:40 P.M. SATURDAY UPDATE: Finally, Jeff Owens has been drafted. The former UGA defensive tackle was taken late in the seventh — and final — round by the Philadelphia Eagles, the 243rd pick of the draft. Analysts had been all over the map with projections of his draft stock, forecasting him to go anywhere from the second round to the seventh.)
(4:50 P.M. SATURDAY UPDATE: Now Georgia’s top three defensive tackles from last season have all been drafted. Kade Weston was taken by the New England Patriots as the draft wound down, the 248th pick.)
Ninety-seven picks into the NFL draft, a player from the University of Georgia finally was selected late Friday night: linebacker Rennie Curran by the Tennnessee Titans.
The Titans took Curran, Georgia’s most valuable player and the SEC’s leading tackler last season, with the next-to-last choice of the third round, a compensatory pick.
Curran, watching the draft with family and friends at his Snellville home, was informed of his NFL destination in a phone call from Titans coach Jeff Fisher a few minutes after 10 p.m.
“That was the best call of my life, the best sound,” Curran said an hour or so later. “Just picking up the phone call, my heart skipped a beat.”
The selection of Curran came just as it appeared Georgia might not have a player chosen in the first two nights of the draft. Rounds four through seven will be held Saturday, with several other Georgia players, including defensive tackles Geno Atkins and Jeff Owens and safety Reshad Jones, expecting to be selected.
Curran bypassed his senior season at UGA to enter the draft one year early. He clearly considered his decision validated by Tennessee choosing him in Round 3.
“I’m just so excited,” Curran said on a conference call. “I’m so grateful.”
Although Curran often was described as a “tackling machine” at Georgia, where he had 130 tackles last season and 298 in the past three seasons, forecasts of his draft stock had been mixed, mainly because of concerns about his height (5-10 1/2). Many recent projections had him going in the fourth or fifth round. But the Titans had been mentioned as a team whose defensive system and needs could be a good match for Curran.
“They are a very aggressive defense, and I feel like I am going to fit perfectly with their defensive scheme,” Curran said. “I’m just glad a team took a chance on me, and they will not regret [it]. I am looking to make an impact.”
Fisher and Titans general manager Mike Reinfeldt, in a late-night news conference shown on the team’s website, said they believe Curran will overcome his height disadvantage in the NFL just as he did in the SEC.
“He’s kind of unique in that even though he doesn’t have the ideal height, he’s a long strider, so he covers a lot of ground,” Fisher said.
Said Reinfeldt: “He plays very fast, very active. He kind of fits the mold of what we look for in a linebacker.”
Reinfeldt said the Titans were impressed not only by Curran’s play at Georgia, but by their recent visit with him in Nashville. “We had the kid in. We interviewed him. He was a great kid,” Reinfeldt said. “It was all positive.”
One of Curran’s new teammates will be former Georgia Tech defensive end Derrick Morgan, selected by the Titans with the 16th pick of the first round Thursday night.
Compensatory picks, such as the one Tennessee used to select Curran, are tied to a team’s losses in free agency.
Twenty-one players were drafted from SEC teams the past two nights before Curran became the first to be taken from Georgia.
In last year’s draft, the Bulldogs had two of the first 12 picks, No. 1 Matthew Stafford and No. 12 Knowshon Moreno, and had five players chosen in the first three rounds.
Links to today’s other UGA football news:
Richt: Aaron Murray reminds me of Heisman runnerup Weldon.
Murray: First day on campus as No. 1 quarterback is ‘pretty cool.’
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Orange Colored Glasses
April 23rd, 2010
10:28 pm
How bad is your team when your first player drafted is a supplemental pick at the end of the 3rd round???? Can I get a big “UGA Sucks”?….LMAO!!!!
11Dawg
April 23rd, 2010
10:30 pm
That just means all our talent is staying.
Stinger
April 23rd, 2010
10:32 pm
Amen brother, UGA sucks the big one. LMAO. Curran is a midget and will never make it in the NFL. If I saw him get run over once, I saw him get run over 1000 times. His head is still spinning where Dryer ran over him.
Stinger
April 23rd, 2010
10:33 pm
Your talent has no choice. It is either stay and play @ UGAY or go to jail.
Mike
April 23rd, 2010
10:34 pm
Georgia since 2000 has led all SEC schools in players that got drafted by the NFL with a total of 57 players drafted in the NFL
Welcome #58 Curran.
http://www.mrsec.com/story/the-sec-in-the-nfl-draft
TECHblows
April 23rd, 2010
10:36 pm
Dwyer? You mean when he went for 33 yards in a 30-24 loss?
P. Bull Terrier
April 23rd, 2010
10:36 pm
Five years from now people are going to look back on the Curran pick at #97 as one of the steals of the draft. Not to be negative about Weatherspoon, but it wouldn’t surprise me if Curran ends up being the more productive player of the two.
Gil
April 23rd, 2010
10:36 pm
Overall, Georgia’s been the best in the SEC.
Georgia has more 1st round NFL Draft picks in the last decade than any team in the SEC:
http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/10305/sec-first-rounders-the-last-decade
Mike
April 23rd, 2010
10:37 pm
Curran led the SEC in tackles, tough little guy.
"All things Georgia"
April 23rd, 2010
10:37 pm
Congrats to Rennie, a class act and a hell of a football player. He’s got a great motor and will do very well in the Titians 4-3 scheme.
Not Disappointed!
April 23rd, 2010
10:37 pm
Good luck to Curran. I personally like him as a football player!
Ramblin Wreck!
Snoop
April 23rd, 2010
10:40 pm
At least we won’t have to watch Curran hi fivin’ after giving up 10 yards on late tackles or stupid penalties.
TECHblows
April 23rd, 2010
10:40 pm
We beat you. 8 out of 9.
Stinger
April 23rd, 2010
10:41 pm
No, when he went for 60 yds. in a 45-42 win !!!
TECHblows
April 23rd, 2010
10:42 pm
8 out of 9.
jim
April 23rd, 2010
10:45 pm
tech sux pinchas
Dawgforlife
April 23rd, 2010
10:48 pm
hey stinger…it seems I will not have to sing the tech fight song…Dwyer still sitting there not drafted in the 1st after all…looks like I was right…PJ fattened him up and cost the 12th rated player in the nation coming out of high school MILLIONS of dollars…and as for our talent being 3rd round…I believe it was last year when we had no \\1 and no 12 in the first round…let me see, I believe both your firsts this year were outside of 15….wonder where AJ Green will go next year…who ya’ll got going in round one 2011?
"All things Georgia"
April 23rd, 2010
10:49 pm
D. Morgan and R. Curran representing the good old state of Georgia. Rivals in college who now get to blow-up opponents as defensive teammates for the titans. I feel sorry for opposing quarterbacks and running backs.
TECHblows
April 23rd, 2010
10:50 pm
Tech has nothing going in the first round next year. High school stars will go there to waste away and try to win a championship in the weakest of the BCS conferences there are. WEAK.
TECHblows
April 23rd, 2010
10:50 pm
and then follow that up with a loss in the bowl game, b/c any real defense with more than a week to prepare for that GIMICK offense shuts it down. See the last two bowl results.
athdog
April 23rd, 2010
10:51 pm
Stinger, I don’t know of a kind way to say this, try as I might to find a little tact, but the fact is you are an idiot. You saw him get run over 1000 times? You need to realize that what happens on X-Box is not real, you cornhole.
technosexual
April 23rd, 2010
10:53 pm
Stinger,
Who is this Dryer you speak of?
technosexual
April 23rd, 2010
10:55 pm
has anybody seen my retainer?
P. Bull Terrier
April 23rd, 2010
10:56 pm
Snoop, don’t let the facts stand in the way of a dumb comment. UGA was penalized too many times for late hits in the last few years, but Curran wasn’t one of the ones drawing the flags. Besides, if you’d ever watched a UGA football game, you would know that late hits are a 15 yard penalty.
shotgunplanet
April 23rd, 2010
10:57 pm
What a display of hubris… Rennie would knock you and anyone on YOUR team into next week… line up against him and then bloviate, stunger… rose(orange) colored glasses…
FFMS is proud of Rennie
April 23rd, 2010
11:07 pm
Yeah for Rennie! A great kid…doing great things! He’s going to show all you haters just how great he is!!!!
athens inbred institute of outhouses
April 23rd, 2010
11:09 pm
Nesbitt will be drafted next year whether you inbreds like it or not
To Hell with Georgia
April 23rd, 2010
11:09 pm
Another bust from THUGA!!
GT Alum
April 23rd, 2010
11:10 pm
Congrats to Rennie Curran! As a GT fan, I always hated him because he made almost every tackle and some nice ones at that. I will also enjoy watching him play alongside Derrick Morgan in Tennessee. Those 2 have non-stop motors and should be fun to watch at the next level. Who’da thunk??
To Hell with Georgia
April 23rd, 2010
11:11 pm
THUGA NO FIRST ROUND DRAFTS!! YEAH GEORGIA SUCKS !
Junkyard Blonde
April 23rd, 2010
11:14 pm
Hey Snoop and Stinger- What time is band practice? I am a girl and know more about football than you two.
bkbroila4224
April 23rd, 2010
11:16 pm
That’s hilarious….Yes, Techies…You guys had 4 or 5 drafted before UGA’s 1st…and that class beat yours 3/4 games…and who can’t utilize their talent???
GT Alum
April 23rd, 2010
11:17 pm
Some of the Tech fans in here need to really get a life and show Curran some respect. And surely there are some Georgia fans out there that would agree that its strange that Dwyer is still undrafted. He went from being the possible 1st but sure thing 2nd rounder to not even being mentioned on day 2 of the draft.
SamoanDawg
April 23rd, 2010
11:21 pm
Congrats Rennie! I know you’ll do well in the pro. Looking forward to see many of your highlights knocking ppl heads off and prove some of these dumb ass wrong.
I hate Gators, but I hope Tebow prove’em experts wrong.
I hate Tech, but I’m a Bebe Thomas fan. Looking forward to see him develop too. Along with Decker from Minnesota.
Go Murray, Sic’em!
foxandcoon
April 23rd, 2010
11:26 pm
My mama told me that if I couldn’t say anything good about someone not to say anything. So this is what I will say about Tech…” “.
Gen Neyland
April 23rd, 2010
11:34 pm
Congrats Rennie Curran…
BigDawg
April 23rd, 2010
11:37 pm
Hey Techie Losers, here’s what you wanna see again! Normalcy restored!! At least your QB didn’t throw it out of bounds on his last play of the game. hahahahhaha http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXFouJ-UWLQ
BigDawg
April 23rd, 2010
11:39 pm
Drop it like it’s hot! Go Bay Bay or whatever!!
Joe Cox
April 23rd, 2010
11:52 pm
Wow…I just woke up from an alcohol induced coma. Can someone tell me if I have been drafted yet?
Delbert D.
April 23rd, 2010
11:58 pm
Weatherspoon too short at 6′ 1-3/4″? Curran is 5′ 10-1/2.
Reality
April 24th, 2010
12:02 am
Facts (things that make you go hummmmmmm):
1. Curran was uga’s most valuable player last year. He was known as the “tackling machine.”
2. Curran was the SEC’s player with the most tackles last year.
3. Curran was taken during the supplemental draft after 3rd round.
4. Three GA Tech players were taken ahead of Curran.
5. UGA regularly has top 10 recruiting classes. GA Tech’s recruiting classes are usually top 50.
So, what do these facts lead YOU to conclude? Which school coaches will coach players up? Which school coaches players down?
You be the judge.
College Professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder
April 24th, 2010
12:16 am
Stinger,
Has anyone ever told you that your written grammar is horrible? I sure hope that you’re a Georgia Tech fan and not a Tech graduate. If you are a graduate, you’re truly embarrassing a fine institution. I bet you have a difficult time verbally communicating with others as well. Based on the numerous comments you’ve made on the Atlanta Journal and Constitution UGA Sports website, it appears that you have issues with properly articulating or expressing yourself without the use of derogatory language. You’re a bitter individual that’s for certain. Anyway, I’m finished wasting time on you as it appears that you’re a lost cause. I bet you didn’t even have a date tonight and I sure as heck know that you’re not married. It’s sad to think that you didn’t have anything better to do on a Friday night other than to bash the University of Georgia. Anyway, my wife and I wish you the best and we hope that you find a woman soon. Take care and good luck to your Yellow Jackets this next football season.
Oh, and GO DAWGS!
Dawgforlife
April 24th, 2010
12:20 am
Reality….tech 9 first round draft picks since the draft started in 1937…UGA 13 in the last 12 years…UGA no 1 and no 12 last year tech no first rounders…UGA 60-39 all time…8 of last 9…23-7 in the Dooley/Richt eras…AJ Green top 5 pick next year…tech no one on the radar…one year where tech has players drafted earlier does not make it reality..since the draft began…UGA has had almost 100 more players drafted…you be the judge
Dawgforlife
April 24th, 2010
12:23 am
athens inbreds…yes I am sure Nesbitt will be drafted…in the 6th round as a wide receiver…but, because of PJ’s obsolete offense, he has no hope of ever playing quarterback in the NFL…you guys won’t have anybody sniff the 3rd round next year….and btw the folks being drafted this year are Gailey’s players
Dawgforlife
April 24th, 2010
12:30 am
GT ALUM….thank for your respecful post…I mean after all this is supposed to be congradulating a young man on making it to the NFL…Dwyer is a special case in my opinion. While it is true the option offense can win football games against collegiate level competition, having Dwyer gain a bunch of weight to be able to play fullback I believe was a mistake. In my opinion, he was one of the top tailback prospects in the country coming out of high school; however, the extra weight slowed his 40 time and made him look sluggish at the combine. I think being a team player at Tech has cost him millions of dollars…which is a shame because I honestly believe he is a quality young man.
GO DAWGS
April 24th, 2010
1:03 am
Rennie will be a great NFL player,he plays with will and heart he reminds me of Jessie Tuggle.Congrats Rennie you will shine for the Titans!!! GO DAWGS 30-24 UGA rules the nerd school from the flats.
Flo-Ri-Duh!
April 24th, 2010
1:09 am
Stinger – you don’t even know how to spell the name of your own player – it’s not Dryewr – it’s Dwyer and you are full of it.. When Rennie hits his man he goes down like he hit a brick wall …. including that slow, chubby Dwyer.
GT3O
April 24th, 2010
2:10 am
Curran will get stepped on! BWAHAHAHA! That midget is going to get pancacked by the opposing QB! Too damn funny! It’ll be the first DB to pancacked by a QB! Ever!
HAHAHAHAHAH! The dawgs suck. First pick in the 3rd round. Pathetic.
kauai dawg
April 24th, 2010
3:01 am
Congrats Mr Curran. Glad you stayed close to home even thought its big orange country. go DAWGS!
30-24
Damon Evans
April 24th, 2010
4:54 am
Hey…its ok to draft our guys…they are all…well most of them are out of jail. Way to go Rennie… Morgan will teach you alot. He went to a good school. Go Jackets….oops…I mean Dawgs
Paddy
April 24th, 2010
5:12 am
Congrats Rennie, love to watch you play football.
Paddy
April 24th, 2010
5:15 am
Anyone have accurate info? Dwyer’s weight 2008
Dwyer’s weight 2009
FalconUGAFan
April 24th, 2010
5:32 am
Congrats Rennie. You are a damn good dawg!
Big Dawg
April 24th, 2010
7:40 am
Dwyer is a risky pick for any NFL team. A back that played in a triple option offense typically do not make it in the NFL. P Johnson, indeed, cost Dwyer millions. Listen up you high school kids, see how Dwyer’s stock has drop like a rock. I would not go to GT if you have dreams of playing in the NFL. Nesbitt will not be drafted next year. Option QBs do not make it in the NFL (i.e. Couch from Nebraska).
NXS
April 24th, 2010
7:56 am
Congrats Rennie and best of luck with the Titans. You’ll be sorely missed at UGA on game day.
Go Dogs!
Cornelius Washington
April 24th, 2010
7:59 am
Dwyer will be a productive NFL back….Chan Gailey did a nice job recruiting Dwyer, Thomas, Morgan, and Burnett…..I wonder how many of Paul Johnson’s recruits will play in the NFL.
computersaremyonlyfriend
April 24th, 2010
8:24 am
To all the UGA hater we really seem to anger you. Perhaps your obsession is due to the loss on your team’s schedule that UGA delivers annually. Try to get through this with counseling.
Shreveport Sam
April 24th, 2010
8:28 am
Ah, Big Dawg, I love your logic. I guess, then, that being part of a system that underachieved and ended up playing in my town explains the lofty draft status of your mutts this year, huh?
Big L
April 24th, 2010
8:31 am
Hey, Curran got took and Dwyer is still on the board. I was’nt even gonna go there, but u Techies need some perspective. We had two go in the first twelve pick last year and in a down year you talk crap!!!!! Jealousy is an ugly color and does not match blue and gold. STFU. Tech losers.
Slaw Dawg
April 24th, 2010
8:47 am
Curran may be a nice guy….but he is too short and too slow for the NFL. He will be on the practice squad for a couple years before getting the boot. I am totally embarrassed with UGA having no 1st or 2nd round picks. What does that say about our coaching and our recruiting. The “Tanned One” better get his * * * * together and soon!
Cornelius Washington
April 24th, 2010
8:55 am
I know Rennie Curran…I played with Rennie Curran…Rennie Curran is a friend of mine…..Sean Witherspoon….you’re no Rennie Curran….and Paul Johnson has a triple chin and nose cleavage.
messin with sasquatch
April 24th, 2010
8:57 am
doggs finally got a pick……….
messin with sasquatch
April 24th, 2010
8:58 am
and cmr thanks cpj everyday for saving his job……
RomeDawg
April 24th, 2010
9:13 am
Big Dawg,
With all due respect, I don’t understand why Dwyer is a risky pick. He is physically gifted and very smart. He learned the triple option, or whatever Tech calls it, very fast so I think he could pick up any offense quickly. He may wind up being the steal of the draft. Go get him Falcons!
Curran, a Midget like Murray
April 24th, 2010
9:18 am
Big Dawg, that is no option qb except tebow.
Eat it!
April 24th, 2010
9:18 am
Here’s a breakdown of SEC first-rounders over the past decade:
Georgia — 10
Tennessee — 10
Florida — 9
LSU — 9
Arkansas — 6
Auburn — 6
Ole Miss — 6
South Carolina — 4
Alabama — 3
Vanderbilt — 2
Kentucky — 1
messin with sasquatch
April 24th, 2010
9:22 am
still feel sorry for stafford (and calvin) – lost in hockeytown…….
Colorado Buffalo's 1990 Football National Champions
April 24th, 2010
9:29 am
Wow so much H8 for Rennie. He will be great in the NFL.
GoDOGS1
April 24th, 2010
9:29 am
Hey y’all, lets be complete L O S E R S, take the low road, and head on over the GT blog and bash the Techies as to why Dwyer has not been picked? We can all act like the 12 year old Stinger, and really rip into them. Yeah buddy! Sound like SO much fun.
Anyway, whoever scoops up Dwyer will be gettinga bargin. The kid is a winner….unlike some of the GT bloggers here.
Happy DAWG
April 24th, 2010
9:29 am
As a life long DAWG, I don’t appreciate our fans knocking Sean Weatherspoon like some of the “other teams fans” knocking Rennie. I would suggest that both are fine young men after seeing Weatherspoon interviewed and reading about his upbringing.
These kids are becoming men, much more of an accomplishment than some on here will ever experience. Congratulations to both, and to the others who have been and will be, drafted. Rennie Curran worked for what he has earned, with a wonderful attitude and a great and always present smile (except when putting a punishing blow on opposing players). He is a fine example of what every aspiring player should be.
the real OLD GOLD
April 24th, 2010
9:32 am
Somehow the Titans quietly ended up with the ACC defensive player of the year and the SEC’s leading tackler.. Look out for an already decent Titans D. I look for both of these guys to make an instant impact.
Curran, a Midget like Murray
April 24th, 2010
9:37 am
Eat it!, how many of those were Jim Donnan’s?
Winchester
April 24th, 2010
9:40 am
See Willie Martinez was right. It was not his fault, he just had a lack of talent to work with.
USF more than UGA?
April 24th, 2010
9:40 am
How does USF get more drafted in first 3 rounds than UGA? Coach Richt must be doing something right!!
James
April 24th, 2010
9:49 am
Dwyer’s weight was higher than Johnson wanted it when he left school. When he told him to put on weight, it was adding muscle. He did that and played well. The problem was he started to get fat his last year. Funny though that the spread option wide receiver went before the RB. I think someone is going to be very pleased with where they pick him up.
Rennie "daddie" Curran
April 24th, 2010
9:53 am
I hope that Dwyer plays on my team because I never could tackle him.
JELLO JOCKITCH
April 24th, 2010
9:55 am
JELLO JOCKITCH HAVE MIDGETS IN THEIR AL GROHin. HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA
Big L
April 24th, 2010
9:55 am
What reason but height does anyone have to bang on Rennie. He works hard, he’s a good person and he is a great football player. Are these not attributes that a school like Tech looks at.
Tell it like it is.
April 24th, 2010
10:07 am
Best of luck to Rennie Curran.
70 Dawg
April 24th, 2010
10:07 am
Congrats Rennie and thanks for a great career. Also congrats to Morgan, Thomas, Dwyer and Burnett and best of luck for a great NFL career. These comments from such losers as Stinger, Orange glasses and others make me sick. Classless, stupid comments.
CPJ = genius
April 24th, 2010
10:24 am
CPJ once again running circles around the Dawgs. He secretly recruits Morgan, Burnett, Dwyer & Bay-Bay to Tech (while he is still employed by Navy) cuz he knows after 07 season Tech will fire Chan and hire him. Just proves Tech is the top program in the state. Ha-Ha we win again! In six years we’ll beat you guys again!
Hmmmmm
April 24th, 2010
10:52 am
Ditto to 70 DAWG. Good luck to all of the young guys. Save your money, spend wisely and you will a bright future ahead.
Stinger
April 24th, 2010
11:10 am
The Broncos can now cut NOSHOW since they will have the Tebow to Bay Bay connection.
Midtown Cowboy or Cowgirl or...oh gosh I'm soooo confused!
April 24th, 2010
11:25 am
ha ha ha Stinger…you are being played out on all the other blogs on the AJC. Go check it out, ya fricking chump!
laughin larry
April 24th, 2010
11:35 am
What a down year, Georgia will only have 7 or 8 guys get drafted in the NFL.
clarity
April 24th, 2010
11:37 am
GT Alum- you are right on this one. Attacking these players is stupid. Even dumber is the idea that 1st round draft picks translates to a better team. Two years ago, Georgia had two taken in the first but had lost to Tech. Now Tech had two taken in the first but still lost to Georgia. Thats pretty ironic.
Now as a Georgia Tech fan, you have to admit that Stinger’s idea of Tebow and Bay Bay both immediately starting is hilarious. Tebow will get playing time, but lets not smoke ourselves retarded here. Bay Bay on the other hand may have a chance to start though he is a bit raw.
One admission though- I would have thought Jeff Owens would have gone higher in the draft. I guess Pollack was right about him needing to lose weight. Still in his defense, you can’t fault him for lack of stats in a secondary where coverage sacks were non-existent (sacks forced by the fact that coverage prevented a throw long enough for the qb to be sacked) and where teams knew that running the ball was pointless when you could always rely on burning Bryan Evans.
GTville
April 24th, 2010
11:54 am
Doesn’t matter where you are picked, it only matters that you get a chance to make the cut. Go Titans! Looking forward to both Derrick and Rennie joining the team. Both are much needed positions, so they should fit right in…Derrick will start this year, Rennie will either be 2nd string or starter within 2-3 years.
Borodawg
April 24th, 2010
12:05 pm
Ditto to GT Alum and Clarity. Great posts.
Ditto to 70 Dawg: “…Congrats Rennie and thanks for a great career. Also congrats to Morgan, Thomas, Dwyer and Burnett and best of luck for a great NFL career. These comments from such losers as Stinger, Orange glasses and SLAW DAWG…”
Curran could be just fine; maybe another Tuggle. As with most draft picks, have to wait and see (just like college recruiting).
Good luck Rennie. You’re a DGD! Glad you’ll now be able to support your kid.
Goooo Dawgs!!!
Buddy
April 24th, 2010
12:11 pm
Laughin Larry, best post I’ve seen this decade, super insightful.
Ken
April 24th, 2010
12:12 pm
Laughin Larry, another great post, thanks.
Porshe
April 24th, 2010
12:13 pm
Laughin Larry-
Too funny, but good point, as usual, your comments are right on the mark.
You’re a genius. Good stuff.
RxDawg
April 24th, 2010
12:16 pm
Good for Rennie and Geno. I’d imagine Jeff Owens can’t be too far behind. Poor Rashad, I hate to see players leave early when it’s not in their best interest. Not that were really hurting on safeties, but I always thought he was really starting to shine. I bet he would of had an all SEC and maybe more senior season. Plus this years draft is diluted with a lot of good safeties.
Dawgs over tech again
April 24th, 2010
12:24 pm
tech has beaten UGA ONCE legally since 1990 (by three pts by the way)! How pathetic is that??? Stick to star trek and tickle piles, nerds!
Dunno
April 24th, 2010
12:30 pm
laughin larry:
keep up the funny stuff. you’re the best guy here. you’re right, 7 or 8, in a downyear, real bad year, right.
Absolutely best post of the millineum.
Dogmax
April 24th, 2010
12:38 pm
All my fellow dawg fans, you need to watch what you are saying about Gt and Johnson. I get the feeling we may be in trouble this go around. Johnson has improved Tech each year since he got there and he seems like the kind of coach that has a long memory. On our end, it just seems like coach Richt has our program slipping but he finally made some long over-due changes. Now that Johnson has shown recruits that they can come to Tech, flourish in his system, and then get picked in the first round, I’m afraid that he will get even better players to run his offense. Please just stop antagonizing those guys.
Delbert D.
April 24th, 2010
12:46 pm
I think Curran will be a heckuva player on special teams his first year. With the new rule prohibiting wedge blocking, Curran’s quickness and tackling ability should make him a standout.
Bo
April 24th, 2010
1:25 pm
The haters saying that Rennie will never make it in he NFL obviously haven’t heard of Sam Mills. Hell, Stinger probably doesn’t even know who Pat Swilling is.
Dogmax, no one’s buying that you’re a Georgia fan.
Dogmax
April 24th, 2010
1:51 pm
Bo, I have been a season ticket holder for many years. What, a true dawg fan can’t be objective? I believe that you can be loyal to a team and still respect and admire the competition. Coach Richt’s recent changes are a breath of fresh air, but I think we need to go further. I would love to see our offense changed to something similar to what Johnson or Meyer runs. I think they are the wave of the future. Even the most stubborn fan cannot deny how effective they have been. You, me, and every other dawg supporter laughed and joked about how Johnson would never put any recievers in the NFL, and now look! We did the same thing about Tebow, and he goes first round, too! We laughed at Meyer’s offense and said it wouldn’t work in the SEC. Two NCs later, who’s laughing? I think that we need something like what they run in order to compete with them and the Alabama’s of the world. I just get so sick of seeing guys get so excited and tore up over our signing classes year after year only to be dissappointed with the final result.
Stinger
April 24th, 2010
2:13 pm
Bo, I know Pat Swilling had a hell of a NFL career for the Saints after playing on the flats you idiot. Bet 5′9″ Currin will get cut in preseason. He will not make it in the NFL.
Stinger
April 24th, 2010
2:17 pm
Prof from Colorado, Has anyone told you that you are a gay music teacher and should leave the little boys in the 5th grade alone?
Stinger
April 24th, 2010
2:22 pm
Brokeback Cowboy are you a student of the prof from Colorado?
bug crusher
April 24th, 2010
2:34 pm
DOGMAX STFU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ultra
April 24th, 2010
2:35 pm
laughin larry:
spectacular post, my life is complete now. Seriously, you’re the best here, thans for taking the time to write. great, great stuff. Funny, but different from what anyone else could say. And bringing new ideas every time.
right on. Georgia should have 7 or 8 guys go again this year. It’s all in how you see things I guess.
thanks again laughin larry.
you da’ man.
bug crusher
April 24th, 2010
2:39 pm
PUNKS MURREY WILL KICK YOU’RE A$$ AND CURREN WILL DOMANATE THE NFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stinger
April 24th, 2010
2:46 pm
The Steelers can now cut Hine Ward and just give Dwyer the ball.
Mr Charlie
April 24th, 2010
2:54 pm
OK, Tech has more talent than UGA, and the best coaching staff in modern College football. So, can anyone please explain the 30-24 whuppin Tech took by this poorly coached team with inferior talent?
Mr Charlie
April 24th, 2010
3:00 pm
Curran will be a stud. He has led every league he has played in over the past 5 years in tackles. He plays with dicipline, great technique, and he is smart. He will start opening day.
On his “downside” it says he “looks tiny” out on the field. Well, how you look does not mean anything.
UGADAWGZ
April 24th, 2010
3:00 pm
Orange Colored Glasses- UGA sucks? Um… No. The round you are drafted in doesn’t determine if you will be good in the NFL you idiot.
If you need proof
Terrell Davis- 6th round
Hines Ward- 3rd round
Jon Stinchcomb-2nd round
Kevin Butler-4th round
Mohamed Massaquoi-2nd round
Dannell Ellerbe-Undrafted and now is going to be a starter for Baltimore
Also We have had more first rounders than anyone in the sec so, to say we suck in the draft makes you ignorant
Another perspective
April 24th, 2010
3:00 pm
Mr C, The only way to explain it is by saying that most of the techie posters are full of …. I think Mike pretty well summed it up about Stinger and his band of losers
Mr Charlie
April 24th, 2010
3:04 pm
My guess is Curran will play in the NFL longer than Derrick Morgan and “Gay Gay” combined….Another you are right, I am sure Hines Ward is worried about his job.
Mr Charlie
April 24th, 2010
3:08 pm
“Gay Gay” is a workout wonder who will be a miserable failure in the NFL.
bug crusher
April 24th, 2010
3:14 pm
HAHA!!! MR CHARLIE YOUR SO FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOUR RIGHT ABOUT CURRAN TO HE IS A SMART PLAYER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!THAT IS WHAT WRONG WITH ALL THE BUGS IS THEY THINK THEY ARE SO SMART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!
bug crusher
April 24th, 2010
3:18 pm
THE DAWGS PUT MOST PLAYERS IN NFL THAN ANYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bug crusher
April 24th, 2010
3:24 pm
DAWGS WILL WIN IT ALL THIS YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!! DON”T BE SO JELLOUS LITTLE BUGS AND GAY-TURDS!!!!!!!!!! MURRAY WAS THE BEST QB IN HIGH SCHOOL SO GET READY FOR YOU’RE A$$ WHUPPED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bug crusher
April 24th, 2010
3:31 pm
CAN’T WAIT UNTIL BASKETBALL SEASON TO!!!!!!!!!!!!! CHOACH FOX HAS TURNED US TO A POWER HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!! KENTUKY LOOSES ALL THIER PLAYERS TENN SUX ANT NO WAY WE LOOSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dawg nation
April 24th, 2010
4:00 pm
Ga Tech has a football program? I drove by their the other day and I thought it was a highschool stadium. bahahahahahahahha
Red Dogs
April 24th, 2010
4:15 pm
Tia & Cref are scared to leave their dorms b/c they might be the next robbery victims on the Tech campus.
Techsucks deeznutts
April 24th, 2010
5:09 pm
Dwyer “ya’lls boy stud didn’t look to much of a stud in alot of NFL Eyes, Thank God for Spiller or the ACC would’nt have Squat at the tailback position boooy!
Anne
April 24th, 2010
5:11 pm
Congrats to Jeff Owens on being selected!
I Hate UGAY
April 24th, 2010
5:14 pm
Close UGA, Close UGA, Close UGA, Close UGA, Close UGA, Close UGA, Close UGA, Close UGA, Close UGA, Close UGA, Close UGA, Close UGA, Close UGA, Close UGA, Close UGA,
Dawg Tired
April 24th, 2010
5:34 pm
Stinger needs to get his slide rule out and figure out whether 5 is greater than 4. Although I suspect Stinger never got admitted to Tech. Just a guess, He just seems to be too stupid to actually have beem admitted to Tech.
trey in lagrange
April 24th, 2010
5:49 pm
dogman I hate to burst your bubble- granted a WR got picked by Tech in the first round; but, he was recruited by Gailey for a completely different system along with the other players chosen in the draft… Johnson will run Tech into the ground with recruits– that offense will not attact top-tier talent.. It is designed for the lesser athlete plain and simple. It’s what is called the great equalizer.. sorry but that is the trust… and the receiver currently a sophmore at tech would be a 3rd string at UGA. My god on a downyear Georgia sends another 5 players to the NFL in the draft ( not counting the free agents which might make a team over the summer ) Hell the quarterbacks in this draft were awful– I can’t rememeber a group so ill prepared for the pro game… THWGT!!! 8 out of 9 and you know the score a couple of months ago…
DAWG WANTS A TITLE
April 24th, 2010
5:54 pm
I love reading blogs from tech fans. what some fn idiots. All 7 of you.
DAWG WANTS A TITLE
April 24th, 2010
5:57 pm
Am I the only one who cant believe Moore hasnt went any where.
big_fort
April 24th, 2010
5:57 pm
Leave it to an idiot like Stinger to make stupid comments. Tech couldn’t beat UGA even with our late round talent so what does that say about the Yellow belly Jackets?
DAWG WANTS A TITLE
April 24th, 2010
5:57 pm
?
DAWG WANTS A TITLE
April 24th, 2010
5:58 pm
TRUE
DAWG WANTS A TITLE
April 24th, 2010
6:00 pm
TECH FOOTBALL NOW EVERYONE LAUGH
DAWG WANTS A TITLE
April 24th, 2010
6:02 pm
And speaking of thugs, WHATtheHEll classes does Nesbit attend?
Rabun Dawg
April 24th, 2010
6:38 pm
Tia and Cref, I think the questions you posed are none of your business, and you probably have no idea what you are talking about. The article was about the NFL draft and nothing more! Congratulations to all of the UGA and Tech players who were drafted. As Kiper stated at the end of the draft, come back in about 3 to 5 years to see how they all pan out. I suspect this bunch from our schools will do just fine!
bug crusher
April 24th, 2010
9:26 pm
WRITE IT DOWN UGA WINS NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP THIS YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bug crusher
April 24th, 2010
9:28 pm
YOU LITTLE PUNKS FROM FLA WILL GET YOURS NOW THAT TEBOW IS GONE!!!!!!!!!!!!Enter your comments here
bug crusher
April 24th, 2010
9:30 pm
WE SHOULD HAS BEEN NATIONS CHAMPS TWO YEARS AGO BUT THEY LET LSU JUMP US AND THEY LUCKY WE DIDNT SUE!!!!!!!!Enter your comments here
bug crusher
April 24th, 2010
9:32 pm
RICTH WILL PUNK EVERYBODY OUT THIS YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bug crusher
April 24th, 2010
9:36 pm
AND THOSE DUMBA$$ BUGS GOT PICKED IN FIRST ROUND WONT MAKE OUR BOYS WILL MAKE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bug crusher
April 24th, 2010
9:38 pm
NO BUGS BS??????????? AT LEAST YOU KNOW WHEN TO STFU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GoDOGS1
April 24th, 2010
9:58 pm
Are you drunk, bug crusher?
GoDOGS1
April 25th, 2010
7:59 am
Alixi- I’m sure your her next door neighbor, too? Why don’t you and her go to the Salvation Army, and see if you can two get the baby some formula?
4 ncs are better than 1
April 25th, 2010
8:29 am
bug crusher, sue for WHAT??????????????????
Bulldawg Country
April 25th, 2010
8:32 am
4 ncs: I do believe that coach Richt and Evans did look into filing suit against the NCAA and had a very good case against them.
4 ncs are better than 1
April 25th, 2010
8:37 am
FOR WHAT????????????? “Bulldawg Nation” is the biggest bunch of B**TH A$$ CRY BABIES in all of college football!!!!!!!!!! You can’t file a law suit against the NCAA for that BS!!!!! Try winning your CONFERENCE that might help! WHAT A JOKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4 ncs are better than 1
April 25th, 2010
8:39 am
And bug crusher, LEARN TO SPELL YOU TYPICAL CRY BABY DAWG!!!!!!!!!!
4 ncs are better than 1
April 25th, 2010
8:41 am
This is some FUNNY S**T!!! I can’t wait to tell my GT buddies so they can have a good laugh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bo
April 25th, 2010
12:46 pm
Stinger, if you know who Pat Swilling was then you know he played next to one of the best ILB backers of all time…a 5′ 10″ “midget” that by your accounts couldn’t have made it in the NFL.
Dogmax, sure you can be objective. However, your comments were “please stop antagonizing those guys”. I hate the trolls on these blogs as much as anyone but come on with the please don’t antagonize GT talk. What, GT wouldn’t try as hard to beat UGA? Your response was more legitimate as a Dog fan but I have to disagree. The spread is a legitimate offense but I believe the Pro style offense will always be better. Even if it weren’t better, UGA is in a good position to get some big time QB and WR recruits since FL is running the spread. Sure, there will be some great pro style players go play offense for the Gators but I think UGA has an edge with that type of recruit (see LeMay).
Stinger
April 25th, 2010
7:00 pm
Dumb AZZ Dawg Tired, the word is been not beem. You are smart enough to get into UGA but too damn dumb to be a 5th Grader.
Dogmax
April 25th, 2010
8:52 pm
Bo, I agree that we will get some good pro style guys, but it seems like FLa and GT take some of the same kind of players and put them in position to really hurt people. Look at the receiver for Tech, he was a pro style guy like AJ but compare their stats from last year. Why couldn’t we utilize AJ like that? And Tech is a run oriented team. Look at how GT and FLA spread the defense out so their skill guys can be more effective. I guess I’m just pi@#@*& off because we get so much talent and it seems like we waste it every year and I’m just ready for something new, that’s all.
2 national titles pre-WWI
April 26th, 2010
10:33 am
Yech terds still trying to claim Michigan St. and Colorado’s titles. LOVE IT!!!
James T. Kirk
April 26th, 2010
10:38 am
Poor poochies. Still upset that Tech had 14 players drafted or signed while you had a measly 2. Pathetic. I suspect you saw how Tech Nation was out in full force Saturday to watch our starters win 27-7 while only playing one half. You all know what that means for this Thanksgiving weekend. Yet another beat down between your hedges. We have our thrower of the ball returning while you are trying to play a 5′5 midget at your thrower of the ball position. Nezbit will win the Heisman contest. We have the greatest catching receiver in all the land in Stephen Hill. Most say he is the best prospect to come along since Randy Moss. We have the greatest coach and recruiter in the nation while you have fake ‘n back Coach Rick. I can sympathize with you poodles. I know how much it must hurt to be annually owned by your masters from Atlanta in everything.
Cheryl and Marco Williams
April 26th, 2010
1:23 pm
Way to go Rennie! We are so proud of you and can’t wait to follow your progress! Congrats! I still owe you a dinner…. (Nicole’s mom)
CDAWG
April 27th, 2010
11:28 am
Way to go Rennie, I know you will make UGA and the SEC proud. Good luck to you and your family.