QB Gray meets with Richt; no decision yet on transfer (UPDATED)
(Updated 8 p.m.)
Logan Gray, Georgia’s No. 2 quarterback, met Monday with coach Mark Richt to discuss his status on the team and the possibility of transferring to another school.
Gray remained with the Bulldogs as of Monday night, associate athletics director Claude Felton said, but “he is weighing options for the remainder of his playing career.”
The uncertainty about Gray’s future surfaced four days after Richt revealed the Bulldogs’ post-spring depth chart, which has Gray, a junior, behind redshirt freshman Aaron Murray at quarterback.
Richt’s dismissal of Zach Mettenberger from the team on April 18 left Murray and Gray as the only quarterbacks in the Georgia program until recruit Hutson Mason arrives this summer from Marietta’s Lassiter High.
So if Gray decides to transfer, that would leave a true freshman, Mason, as Murray’s apparent backup in the fall.
There was no indication Monday night that Gray has made a decision. He was not available for comment.
Gray has two years of eligibility remaining at Georgia but, under NCAA transfer rules, would have only one year to play if he moved to another Division I-A school. He would retain two years of eligibility if he transferred to a school in a lower division.
Richt said last week that Murray’s spot atop the depth chart does not guarantee he will be the starter in the Sept. 4 season opener against Louisiana-Lafayette.
Gray, from Columbia, Mo., was Georgia’s backup quarterback last season but played minimally behind senior starter Joe Cox.
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James T. Kirk
April 27th, 2010
10:21 am
Underage drinking is most definitely a violent crime. Look it up.
Jay Leno
April 27th, 2010
10:24 am
heard the over/under for UGA wins in 2010 is 3….i’m taking the under!
ugaaccountant
April 27th, 2010
10:25 am
“James T. Kirk
April 27th, 2010
10:21 am
Underage drinking is most definitely a VIOLENT crime. Look it up.”
That word doesn’t mean what you think it means
How2fish
April 27th, 2010
10:26 am
James T. Kirk good morning nice to see that you survived yet one more night on the Joke by Coke…anyone on this board that knows about violent crime would be a Bug..living under siege by the North Ave Natives day in and day out wears on a person.
James T. Kirk
April 27th, 2010
10:26 am
I’m a Georgia Tech student. I’m sure I have a far superior grasp on the English language than you could ever hope to have. Thanks anyway.
How2fish
April 27th, 2010
10:27 am
Jay Leno WOW your not only not funny on TV your not funny on the blog.
James T. Kirk
April 27th, 2010
10:29 am
How2fish,
You meant “you’re,” not “your.” Your is possessive. I rest my case.
Wattina
April 27th, 2010
10:29 am
This isn’t about Logan Gray, nobody cares about him now. This is now about how many UGA players who are arrested each year. Who cares anymore about the fellow Grey, he’s just one of many thugs at THUGAy who need to be investigated,
Get the Governor and the General Assembly on this investigation. Fire every player and coach and start over with moral, ethical people. Send the current crop of goons and felons packing.
chicken little
April 27th, 2010
10:29 am
the sky is falling, the sky is falling!!!
Georgia was already thin at QB, now it’s as thin as a Smurf spaghetti noodle.
Dark skies over Athens my friends, it’s the end of the world as we know it.
Give up hope, you’ll feel so much better.
How2fish
April 27th, 2010
10:30 am
James T. Kirk I’m betting your a 16 year old from Waycross who has never set foot on campus. Let alone the president of a frat at Bugville who sleeps with many hot Tech girls every night in the Master Bedroom with the hot tube at your frat house as you have stated before…please you just get funnier and funnier..
Voice of Truth/Moral Compass
April 27th, 2010
10:31 am
This is now about how many UGA players who are arrested each year. Who cares anymore about the fellow Grey, he’s just one of many thugs at THUGAy who need to be investigated,
Get the Governor and the General Assembly on this investigation. Fire every player and coach and start over with moral, ethical people. Send the current crop of goons and felons packing.
How2fish
April 27th, 2010
10:33 am
Wattina name one felon on the UGA football team…
Cade
April 27th, 2010
10:34 am
Richt has to got to sit every player down and explain to them that the “good ol’ boy” cops in Athens have a targets on the backs, and fronts, of every single UGA athlete in that town. It’s not like the criminal cops in Atlanta that probably have side businesses involving the thugs at Tech, not to mention they have daily muggings and beatings to deal with on Tech’s joke of a campus, but 1 out of 3 cops in Atlanta have CRIMINAL RECORDS!!! So obviously they side with the criminals that Tech puts on their athletic teams. Not the case for the Athens police. They are actual cops that do not side with breaking the law, no matter how minor the offense may be.
James T. Kirk
April 27th, 2010
10:35 am
If I’m 16 then what does that say about you? I clearly know the difference between “your and “you’re.” Not to mention “tube” and tub.”
AltamahaDawg
April 27th, 2010
10:36 am
Stephen, I think they been asking that same question for 30 yrs now.
Tattler
April 27th, 2010
10:38 am
Confirmed rumors are that Aaron Murray is in Richt’s office this morning And that raised voices are being heard. An unidentified probable starting offensive lineman is in there too.
It’s beginning to look like the UGA team may not have any unarrested players by September.
There’s more than one way to keep a quarterback happy | UGA: The Junkyard Blawg
April 27th, 2010
10:42 am
[...] What to make of the Logan Gray situation? [...]
ugaaccountant
April 27th, 2010
10:42 am
Drinking alcohol is a part of life. It’s high time we as citizens demand a decriminalization of this similar to how it’s treated in most European countries. Good first steps would be the following:
1) 18 as legal drinking age, aiming for lower
2) no “open container laws” anywhere
3) no law against “public intoxication”. If the person isn’t breaking a real law, that in itself shouldn’t be a crime.
Unrelated but still relevant here: 4) resisting arrest verbally is a perfectly normal response if you feel you’re being wronged. Unless you’re fleeing a scene or attacking an officer that should not be a crime.
AltamahaDawg
April 27th, 2010
10:42 am
BD, Last year you predicted that a 8 win SEC team would not go to a bowl game? interesting.
But anyhow, what 6 games do you have UGA losing this upcoming season?
Techsucks deeznutts
April 27th, 2010
10:45 am
Make way for the kid from North Carolina (Lemay) in 2011!
Wattina
April 27th, 2010
10:46 am
“Wattina name one felon on the UGA football team…”
What a trick question. As soon as the thugs are accused of a felony, they’re suspended before being convicted.
THUGAy! THUGAy! THUGAy!
James T. Kirk
April 27th, 2010
10:48 am
UGA will lose the following games:
1. at SC
2. Ark
3. at Miss. St.
4. at Colorado
5. Tenn.
6.at UK
7. UF
8. at Auburn
9.Tech
AltamahaDawg
April 27th, 2010
10:50 am
I think you may need to look up the meaning of the word “suspended”.
chicken little
April 27th, 2010
10:50 am
arrests, transfers, firings, shrunken depth charts, get out while you can, run for your lives, the sky is falling, big chunks coming down, down, from all around.
RUUUUUUUUNNNN!
Honor
April 27th, 2010
10:51 am
The state needs to just do the right thing and tear down the whole wretched excuse for a university in Athens.
TEAR IT DOWN!
TEAR IT DOWN!
TEAR IT DOWN!
TEAR IT DOWN!
TEAR IT DOWN!
TEAR IT DOWN!
ugaaccountant
April 27th, 2010
10:51 am
Captain’s log: Stardate April 27th, 2010 10:48 am
I have now lost all shred of my sanity. I am resigning my commission as captain of this vessel so that I can go study college football prior to posting anymore on the football blogs.
1eyedJack
April 27th, 2010
10:55 am
Grady Memorial Hospital’s psychiatric unit must have given it’s inmates Internet access. James T. Kirk, Jay Leno, Bill Clinton and Wattina (whatsa matter..couldn’t come up with a better alter ego?). Where’s Napolean Bonaparte?
James T. Kirk
April 27th, 2010
10:57 am
I am posting from my hot tub in my frat house on Tech campus. Nice try.
Honor
April 27th, 2010
11:00 am
It looks like this is the beginning of the end for Adams, Evans, Richt, and others who have kept the obscenity going for so long, The people of Georgia are sick to their stomach over the huge embarrassment that UGA has become for all of us.
It’s like sand running through a sandglass… The end is near. And very few will miss THUGA sports, knowing how so many thugs and illiterate goons were playing.
Dawg26
April 27th, 2010
11:00 am
Great idea redshirting Murray last year wasn’t it?!!
GDawg
April 27th, 2010
11:00 am
Logan is garbage. Everyone keeps talking about how athletic he is. Name one athletic thing he has done on the field.
AltamahaDawg
April 27th, 2010
11:00 am
Wow, looked at the schedule and picked the game that were difficult and predicted UGA would lose them all. That’s impressive. Your football acumen is well displayed.
chicken little
April 27th, 2010
11:01 am
The glass is broken, shattered, and worse than half empty. Give up! You have nothing to fight for.
The whole Logan Gray thing proves I was right.
It’s getting worse.
It’s falling apart.
RRRRUUUUUUUUN!
AltamahaDawg
April 27th, 2010
11:02 am
Dawg26 I think it was a great idea. What is your take on it?
Church of the Latter Day Dude
April 27th, 2010
11:06 am
We cannot carry this negative energy into the tournament, man.
This agression will not stand, man.
Bummer.
Tattler
April 27th, 2010
11:06 am
The meeting in Richt’s office is over. Murray is gone for good.
Remember you heard it first. Stay tuned for more inside information as the UGA athletic program implodes.
Thoughtful
April 27th, 2010
11:09 am
CMR is right to stick with his offensive system as opposed to changing it to fit Logan Gray. Gray proved last year that his skills are not suited to run that system. He’s not a bad athlete. Just a bad fit for CMR’s offense. I respect Gray’s decision to move on. He should. UGA got spoiled with the patience of Shockley, Tereshinki, and Cox. There’s one big difference with Gray. If Murray is the starter in the fall, Gray will never sniff the starting job. His eligibility expires before Murray. So what’s in it for him? He should find a I-AA system that fits his skills (i.e. Valdosta State or Montana (seriously)).
As for UGA’s backup situation, let’s give Mason a chance to get some back up reps. If anything happens to Murray, Mason probably would be awful (as the Texas QB was in the 1st half until the game slowed down for him and the coaches adjusted the game plan for what he could do instead of what McCoy could do). If Mason had to start, then the game plan would be simplified for him and become much more conservative – you know, the good old Vince Dooley play book. That’s when the punting game becomes a real weapon (don’t laugh, Bill Parcells won a Super Bowl with that offense).
With Gray gone, I can’t imagine UGA won’t get LeMay and another 2 or 3 star QB next signing day. LeMay will redshirt in 2011, Mason will be an experienced backup in 2011, and the 2 or 3 star true freshman QB will fill out the depth chart. Then, if Lemay is as good as advertised, UGA is set for the future: Murray (2010-12 (when he leaves after his junior year a la Stafford)) then Lemay (2013-15 (when he leaves after his junior year)).
See nothing to get all worked up about. CMR actually has a good plan. Didn’t Charlie Ward (Heisman winner – 1993) follow Casey Weldon (Heisman runner-up – 1991)? UGA is FSU north (in too many ways!).
CarrieDawg
April 27th, 2010
11:11 am
This is all so unexpected and sad. How could a major college sports program be destroyed so quickly?
ugaaccountant
April 27th, 2010
11:14 am
carriedawg – Nothing has happened this offseason to change the likely regular season record of 10-2 for 2010. It’s all been backup players.
Marti
April 27th, 2010
11:14 am
I heard on the radio that the UGA athletics office is being compared to Goldman Sachs. That’s pretty nasty, but I guess it’s true.
AltamahaDawg
April 27th, 2010
11:16 am
Certainly nothing has happened that will change the number of rivals that will still be trolling in here this time next year.
ugaaccountant
April 27th, 2010
11:17 am
“James T. Kirk
April 27th, 2010
10:57 am
I am posting from my hot tub in my frat house on Tech campus. Nice try.”
This is not anywhere near as cool as you think it is. I’m sorry, but the vast majority of guys would rather be anywhere else than hanging out with the fellows in your hot tub. And don’t even try to pretend you’ve got a bunch of hot women over there, that’s not believable at all given the # of women at your school.
How2fish
April 27th, 2010
11:18 am
James T. Kirk I take it back your not 16 your just a lying poser. and folks if you are a fan of UGA and having the backup QB transfer sends you into a mental tailspin..find another team. How did you folks get thru 08 with the daily injures?
Tattler
April 27th, 2010
11:18 am
Expect to hear an announcement of another player suspension and a coaching change by Wednesday or Thursday.
50/50 odds that Richt will be gone by next week.
GSU Panther Fan
April 27th, 2010
11:18 am
This kid needs to come to Georgia State. We already got a TE from Auburn, two OLs from Tech (Yandell and Gilbert) and Gray would be icing on the cake. He could play immediately and spend the last two years of his career etching his name in the record books as the first starting QB in GSU history. His foot-speed alone would be perfect for the Dome.
Terry
April 27th, 2010
11:20 am
I believe a Quarterback for Texas came in for McCoy in the Championship game and almost helped them win against the Tide, if Logan was a good QB he would have won the QB position.
How2fish
April 27th, 2010
11:33 am
Tattler really are you smoking crack?
ugaaccountant
April 27th, 2010
11:36 am
“James T. Kirk
April 27th, 2010
10:57 am
I am posting from my hot tub in my frat house on Tech campus. Nice try.”
Captains log: Stardate April 27th, 2010 10:57 am
I just proposed to the fellows in my frat that I’d like to boldly go where no man has gone before with one of them. Uncontrolable giggling ensued. A few minutes later when calm had resume, my buddy Jugdish explained that it wouldn’t be possible to go where no man had gone before with nay of them. Clayton and the rest of the guys agreed and then we all had a tickle fight.
pcb mike
April 27th, 2010
11:42 am
Only four arrests this spring, wait til the players get their paychecks from spring football. Things should pick up then.
ugaaccountant
April 27th, 2010
11:44 am
So Tattler – Given that we know where Coach Richt is this morning, care to explain why you think he was in his office today?
http://blogs.ajc.com/gold-dome-live/2010/04/27/richt-tells-senate-to-grind-it-out/?cxntfid=blogs_gold_dome_live
Making up stories is only funny when they are believable.