Another football walk-on gets scholarship; Fox wants to play Tech earlier
For the third time this spring, Georgia coach Mark Richt had the pleasure of informing a walk-on player that he will go on scholarship.
Richt called senior Chad Gloer, a special-teams standout the past three seasons, into his office Wednesday to give him the good news.
“He was excited, and he felt like his mom and dad would be even more excited,” Richt said. “He was really looking forward to telling them. He said, ‘Coach, don’t be surprised if my mom gets in the car and drives over here and gives you a big hug.’”
Gloer, a cornerback from Fayetteville, joins linebacker Reuben Faloughi and long snapper Ty Frix as walk-ons who have received scholarships for the 2010-11 year.
Two scholarships became available when linebacker Montez Robinson and quarterback Zach Mettenberger were kicked off the team following arrests.
NCAA rules allow Division I-A football teams to have 85 players on scholarship each season.
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Georgia and Georgia Tech are discussing moving their annual men’s basketball game from early January, which is when it has been played the past three seasons, to late November or early December.
“We’re working with Tech to move the game . . . to before the students leave campus [after fall semester],” Georgia coach Mark Fox said. “I think Tech is in agreement with that.”
The teams’ 2010-11 game will be played at Tech.
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- Richt noted that the highlight film shown at a Bulldog Club meeting in Macon on Wednesday night was the same one shown there a year earlier. “This last season must have been so bad we couldn’t show last year’s highlights,” he said, “so we showed the highlights from the year before.”
- Richt expects a much better 2010. “I don’t do jumping jacks like some people do when they’re excited,” he said, “but I can promise you, I’m as excited about this season as I have been for any one since I’ve been at Georgia. I think we’ve got the right stuff.”
- As things stand now, every Georgia player is expected to be ready for the start of preseason practice in August. “It’s the first time I can remember any team I have ever coached where 100 percent of the players are due to be healthy enough to participate at the beginning of camp,” Richt said. “Which is huge.”
- Richt reiterated that he is opposed to expanding the SEC, but “it’s going to be interesting.”
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DEVILDAWG85
May 13th, 2010
3:01 pm
FIRST
08 Dawg
May 13th, 2010
3:07 pm
Congrats to the walk-on. Nice spin by Richt though, this might be the second season he has been the most excited for but we all know the 2008 Dawgs were suppose to go all the way and I am sure he was more then excited about that team along with the preseason #1 ranking.
http://i.cdn.turner.com/sivault/si_online/covers/images/2008/0812_large.jpg
Bob Sacamano
May 13th, 2010
3:15 pm
•Richt expects a much better 2010. “I don’t do jumping jacks like some people do when they’re excited,” he said, “but I can promise you, I’m as excited about this season as I have been for any one since I’ve been at Georgia. I think we’ve got the right stuff.”
Sound familiar???
georgia87
May 13th, 2010
3:18 pm
I’m excited, too. I think the QB situation worked out as well as it could. We have a clear starter, who will get the reps and not worry about an early hook. A great athlete is going to shore up a thin receiving corps. When he is on the field, a trick play will always have to be guarded against. The offense will be true play-action, run-first and open the receivers. The defensive changes have breathed new life into the guys. Could be a really good year.
Dawg Fan in Grayson
May 13th, 2010
3:25 pm
For years the GT/UGA basketball game was played early December which would be soon after the football game. The game was also played at the Omni and some of the best basketball games were played there. Maybe they should schedule it at the Dome. I think it would bring in big crowds.
82Dawg
May 13th, 2010
3:30 pm
Bob Sacamano …what should he say, we stink, I hate this team we won’t win a single game?
tormentor
May 13th, 2010
3:37 pm
Heartwarming.
Ron O
May 13th, 2010
3:41 pm
Until they beat Florida there can be no highlight films
Frank Lane
May 13th, 2010
3:43 pm
Logan Gray remember Hines Ward.
Thirty Points To Your Twenty-Four Points
May 13th, 2010
3:46 pm
Ealy is the key.
He stays healthy, we win a lot of games.
I am the least concerned of anyboy i know about our QB “situation”. I would be surprised if Murray throws 15 times a game.
I hate it for AJ Green, as he simply came to UGA at the wrong time, but has more than made the most of it. I wish we could have had a “Stafford-Green” like 1-2 punch for a few years. Unfortunately he wil be on his 3rd QB in as many seasons.
But I can see taking a page from that High School Offense over on the North Ave Ghetto, where we run the ball 10, 11 times in a row, then throw some play-action to an AJ Green long-route catching Defenses and Safeties napping. (*** Except we will run a pro-style running attack, not a trickery-gimmick run by most Pop Warner teams in the land ***)
This wil be a fun summer. My anticipation is bubbling, and it will only get greater as the August heat begins smacking us in the face. LOVE IT!!
GO DAWGS!!!!!
Thirty Points To Your Twenty-Four Points
May 13th, 2010
3:49 pm
Dawg Fan in Grayson….
Why on earth schedule the Tech/UGA game at a “neutral” site in Downtown Atlanta? If ANY Neutral site is used, the Gwinnett Arena would be best fit.
Keep the game home and home, and keep beating those stuck up Nerds year in and year out.
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Herschel Talker
May 13th, 2010
3:52 pm
Couldn’t we save these scholarships for high school recruits and sign a couple more guys than we normally would?
Portland Dawg
May 13th, 2010
3:56 pm
we could Talker, but why not award them to someone who has earned it already?
Pete
May 13th, 2010
3:58 pm
“I’m as excited about this season as I have been for any one since I’ve been at Georgia. I think we’ve got the right stuff.”
Look back….that is the same thing Coach Richt said last year……As Larry would say…uh oh…keep your eyes and ears open- we might have awakened……..
Getting Paid
May 13th, 2010
3:59 pm
Herschel Talker is my homeboy, BDU MF-ERS
david
May 13th, 2010
4:00 pm
When will we stop with The seasons great expectations and pre-season talk. After the past 2 seasons, I would rather the head coach keep conmments to himself instead of creating expectations his team has clearly not been able to live up to. I love UGA and the DAWGS but honestly after what I have seen the past couple of years all I can say is….I will beleive it when I see it
mark
May 13th, 2010
4:00 pm
Why not play tech twice in December and early January. School is out and you need something to draw fans to both campuses. Wouldn’t this benefit both schools from an attendance and RPI standpoint?
kauai dawg
May 13th, 2010
4:07 pm
Glad to hear Richt is excited. That carries a lot of weight going into this season after the last few. Go DAWGS!
Johnny DangerDawg
May 13th, 2010
4:08 pm
Bob Sacamano,
Yes, Richt’s excitement does sounds familiar, but I think that in a healthy program, the coach should be saying that every year. Any college coach who still loves his job and is working hard at it is going to approach every season thinking he can make it the best yet. If you don’t feel that way, then your name is Steve Spurrier and you only have half of your old passion for the job.
1eyedJack
May 13th, 2010
4:11 pm
Chad Gloer is a senior so it won’t make a difference in the # of scholarships available in the 2010 class.
DawginLex
May 13th, 2010
4:12 pm
Only an idiot would not see there is a huge difference between this year and last year.
Last year-joe cox kool aid
This year-5 star recruit Aaron Murray who will be around for 4 years
Last year-Running backs????
This year-Ealey and King both capable
Last year-willie Martinez
This year-todd Grantham and new attitude and NFL resume
Last year-going to Okie state with tons of ???????
This year-opening with a cupcake to get our sea legs
Last year 8-5 and gave 2 away
This year – Why can’t we win 10, 11 or 12?
Thirty Points To Your Twenty-Four Points
May 13th, 2010
4:12 pm
david,
you must be a Yankee. Do you not realize College Football is a year round sport? College Footbal pride is what keeps a lot of people ticking. If you have a problem with somebody being exciting about their team year in and year out no matter what the circumstances, I would recommend you move back to Brooklyn, where you can spend Spring Training deciding if the Mets or Yanks will be your passion for the year. Down here, our colors don’t run and our passion is only fueled by the rising and setting of the sun.
Steve
May 13th, 2010
4:13 pm
Wish I was excited as Richt – see us around 8-4 – not enough CB depth, FR. QB, not enough quality WR’s outside of Green, learning a new system on D – and Richt is still a good to great coach – he just doesn’t schedule the creampuffs every year like UF and UA, both of which have tougher schedule’s this year than normal. And now UF and UA have been killing us in recruiting….We should be better in 2011 than 2010, and maybe make a run at a championship in 2011 or 12 – just don’t see it this year, too many negatives (I did grow up listening to Munson and Dooley however).
GT BBall Fan
May 13th, 2010
4:17 pm
Georgia does not beat Tech in BBall year in and year out – That poster is an idiot!
The Tech/UGA BBall games were great in the Omni. I usually went with a group that included both Tech and UGA grads and we had fun messing with each other. The crowds were split pretty even and Tech had no significant advantage with the game so close to campus. If we only play once a year, then a nuetral site (Dome, Philips or Gwinn Arena)game makes alot of sense.
jod
May 13th, 2010
4:18 pm
No, it would only benefit uga in too since tech is generally higher rated, but would drag tech’s down.
Gillislee
May 13th, 2010
4:18 pm
Come September Murray hasn’t played in a game in 20 months…..against high schoolers……most of whom are now in the stands on Saturday afternoons. After the cupcake opener South Carolina is going to be a real shock for him. Best defense he has ever seen, best opposing coach he has played against, and a loud…hostile enviroment.
Thirty Points To Your Twenty-Four Points
May 13th, 2010
4:22 pm
Gillislee….
That sir, is why we will lead the SEC in rushing this year.
PTC DAWG
May 13th, 2010
4:28 pm
Me thinks Richt will be at or above his average of 10 wins per this year….10-2 with the 2 losses in the right place wins the East, IYAM.
O'Keefe Gym Strangler
May 13th, 2010
4:29 pm
Stack the line to stop run…zone blitzes…double AJ Green…make Murray get rid of the ball quickly. 3 and out.
Another Dawg
May 13th, 2010
4:30 pm
Herschel Talker: Those scholarships can’t be “saved.” These are 1-year scholarships for seniors; they will be automatically be freed up for the 2011 recruiting class. This is typical of any team that has scholarships vacated (short recruiting classes, transfers, dismissals, etc.) It’s no different impact on recruiting next year’s class than if they were recruited as scholarship players who were now in their senior year.
If you were meaning to imply that we should go pick up some high school kid leftover who hasn’t signed yet for the 2010 class–Jesus Christ, that would be dumb.
he's like a Fox
May 13th, 2010
4:43 pm
Nice win over tech this year but we have a long way to go to match their program, This program will improve and thats a fact, and Thirty points…..is that you St Simon.
Tallcarl
May 13th, 2010
4:46 pm
Well Strangler that means you will have about 15 people on the field.That will work, I just hope you are not a football coach.
SatchelBuzz
May 13th, 2010
4:48 pm
Don’t go back to Rockville,…..make it Shreveport.
The RUN will win the day ....w/ Fbacks
May 13th, 2010
4:48 pm
UGA will run, run, run. If Bobo does not get too greedy trying to out think a Spurrier or so and so coach, we should be fine with AJ and the TONS of very quality receivers that UGA has. Aaron’s ability to roll out and run or throw is one skill that CJ never had.
UGA has two and maybe THREE great NFL style fullbacks with the two kids returning ( Chapas and Muntzenmier ) and that SW Dekalb kid. This position will lead the charge. I am convinced that due to the position’s excellent results in the bowl vs TX A & M, the staff saw how we could churn up the field with our full backs.
With the fullback blocking, running it and catching it, UGA will be ahard to stop. This will not be expected this year but will emerge as a key. Fake it to Ealey or Caleb, then hand it to a fullback and go. FIRST DOWN or more !! Fake it to Ealey, then pump it and hit the fullback out on the flats.
Fake it to the fullbacks, then hand it to Waushan ……….TD!!! It will drive them crazy with our DEEP O line.
Go Dogs.
The RUN will win the day ....w/ Fbacks
May 13th, 2010
4:49 pm
Whoops ……….CJ is meant to be J Cox. Sorry.
O'Keefe Gym Strangler
May 13th, 2010
4:53 pm
We could have used 15 defenders on the field last November…
DawginLex
May 13th, 2010
4:54 pm
i believe there are more receivers to throw to on this team.
Namely the tight ends charles and Lynch along with Durham at wideout who was injured in 2009.Also troupe and Wooten.
Beck
May 13th, 2010
5:19 pm
Guys, I would be more concerned with the defense than the offense. While we do have a better man heading up that part of the team, do we have the players, especially in the front seven, to be that much better on defense (I know we couldn’t be much worse than last year, but it still is possible)? Is Grantham going to have those guys ready to play this year, and playing disciplined at that? If we can eliminate 4 penalties a game, and play decent, not spectacular defense (making tackles on a consistent basis), I think we have a good team. If that happens, I can see 10 wins.
Monticello Dawg
May 13th, 2010
5:30 pm
georgia87 and DawginLex, congrats on your well-reasoned comments. I salute you both.
One, two, free, fo, fi, them der Gator don't take no jive!
May 13th, 2010
5:34 pm
9-4 or 10-3 if they gel early on the “D” side of the ball. That’s still going to be contingent on them DRASTICALLY redcuing the penalties and turnover differential. If that continues (I suspect it will be better) then the results will be about the same or worse than last year.
Gordon
May 13th, 2010
5:36 pm
As long as we have Hewitt and UGA has Fox, the time the game is played doesn’t matter. Neither does the location. Neither does the talent (or lack of) one side may have.
CONFEDERATE DAWG
May 13th, 2010
6:06 pm
JUST BEAT THE GAYTORS!
longDawg
May 13th, 2010
6:20 pm
o keefe you are a real brain fart if you do all that who’s going to cover our great TE and WR’s
Co Cole
May 13th, 2010
6:22 pm
Chad “Chopper” Gloer is one great kid from a class act family. He has been a passionate, driven young man since his days as a vertically challenged middle school cornerback. He exemplifies the student-athlete who loves the Georgia Bulldogs, his college education, and his country. Way to go Chopper!!! You deserve this.
bjohndawg
May 13th, 2010
6:57 pm
8-4 my behind. more like 10-2.
Tired of that …”oh they will stack the line and stop are running game and we cannot pass.” This offense is going to smack some people in the mouth. The QB at BAMA was not the most skilled guy in the league. Teams stacked the line on them. They ran it down people’s throats and when they had to they threw the ball just fine. Watch Georgia do the same this year.
IF they improve on defense, and we get some good play calling( maybe the biggest if of them all) Dawgs will be in a BCS game.
HunkerDown27
May 13th, 2010
7:11 pm
08 Dawg,
Since you like to look up SI covers, go look up how many injuries we had during the 08′ season. One of them be Dannel Ellerbe who is on that cover! And we still won 10 games. Considering what we went through, that was a damn good season. The things some of our “fans” say amazes me! HunkerDown!
duckey
May 13th, 2010
7:39 pm
GT has not beat GA in athens sence the 70s
in b ball
URBAN RULES
May 13th, 2010
8:32 pm
My grandma could have racked huge yards against Tech and A&M. When you POUND THE BALL!!! against a legit defense then you might have a chance. Ealy is probably legit, only time will tell. If you think King is going to step up you are living in a dream world. Just be ready for your annual A_ _ Whippin in J’VILLE!!
If Tech can run, we can run
May 13th, 2010
8:34 pm
If Tech can run the ball, we can run the ball…. people know Tech is going to run and Tech runs all over them anyway. UGA can do the same thing….
In fact I will place a bet with any Tech fan. I bet UGA averages more rushing yards than Tech this coming year.
Willie martinez
May 13th, 2010
8:48 pm
Chad Gloer probably led our team in special teams tackles, especially on Kickoff. He is usually the first one down the field and more times than not gets clipped or makes the tackle. This is a scholly well used.
uga89
May 13th, 2010
8:50 pm
If we really start the running game more than the pass then expect more penalties. We were forth in the nation in penalties last year and got away with several holds against yech and our bowl win while pushing the run. This has surely been pointed out to the sorry SEC officials by more than one team.
poopdawg
May 13th, 2010
8:55 pm
Congratulations to Mr. Gloer, job well done. The receivers at UGA are the best group i have ever seen at UGA. Murray will have a better year than most people expect. Well timed play action passes ( like UA 2008 John Parker Wilson) will be crtical for Murray’s success.
silly uga fans
May 13th, 2010
8:58 pm
I will take that bet. I’m not doubting that UGAs backs have the skill but your big o-line is going to get plenty tired trying to pull that off against quality Ds. I think that is why CPJ likes to use smaller more athletic lineman. That has burned us against teams like LSU and Iowa and I think that is why you see bigger interior lineman being recruited now. I could be wrong we will have to wait and see. Plus I honestly don’t know this, but does UGA have the depth to do that on a continues basis?
hugedawgfan
May 13th, 2010
9:28 pm
Learn to finish a game first (LSU or UK) then we can pump our chests. Fact is, we have a history of starting slow and coming on in the end. Learn to start and finish winning games. All remains to be seen-it is played on the field, not here on this blog. All competitors want to see us fall on our faces, but I do think Coach TG will have this D back performing like the old days, may take a yr or two but, could it really get worse? Here’s hoping for a great season. GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Elliott
May 13th, 2010
9:54 pm
Coach Richt: “I think we got the right stuff”
I agree. Richt helping Bobo with QB’s, solid. New special teams coach, solid. Special teams, solid. QB Depth, solid. Running backs, solid. WR’s, solid. TE’s, solid. O-Line, solid. Belin tackling machine coach, solid. Lakatos, pass defense, solid. Grantham, lb’s, solid. Garner, d-line, solid. New 3-4 defense, solid.
100% healthy going into camp.
This team gonna win some games and make some noise.
Rabun Dawg
May 13th, 2010
10:07 pm
GT BBall Fan, you are correct. Play the game at Phillips, Dome, Gwinnett,and a pretty much split crowd. To those impaired UGA homers, we usually win in Athens,but not all of the time. Play in Dec., before conference schedules begin.
daddydog
May 13th, 2010
10:18 pm
Congrats to the walk-ons who got scollys. now lets hold on to the rest,with so many prospects loking at UGA.
Glenn
May 13th, 2010
10:19 pm
I love it, go Dawgs
Lotte Lenya
May 13th, 2010
10:51 pm
“This last season must have been so bad we couldn’t show last year’s highlights,” he [Richt] said.
And they’ll be showing the same one again next year. This disorganized, arrest-prone bunch of goons will be lucky to be 7-5 this year.
Lotte Lenya
May 13th, 2010
10:55 pm
Coach Richt: “I think we got the right stuff”
Translation: UGA has recruited some top lawyers and bail bondsmen.
UGABasketball
May 13th, 2010
11:06 pm
Early or late we got PAUL HEWITTS # …No way they win!
col fot
May 13th, 2010
11:31 pm
nest year UGA coach Fox will cost Tech coach Hewitt is job, count on it.
BS Patrol
May 13th, 2010
11:42 pm
Ga’s gonna avg more yds rushing than Tech? A Fool & his money are soon parted.
Buzz
May 14th, 2010
12:26 am
I have an idea, you didn’t want to help us by moving one measley football game, we aren’t moving the darn basketball game.
Big D Dawg
May 14th, 2010
1:44 am
buzz… you’re a da**n fool. gt wanted to move the football game to enhance their home schedule and have clemson and ga on the same year. big problem with that is that UGA would play tech and aub away on the same years to end the season. NOT ever gonna happen and gt would never end their season playing two away games either!!
UGA owns you tasty bees..
May 14th, 2010
2:31 am
why don’t all of you tech fans email the AJC requesting more stories/blogs about the under-sized linemen your team recruits, tailbacks recruited to play QB (easy at tech, 4 pass attempts at most a game) or what size bra your coach should be wearing next year, and stay outta our parade. You, my lowly buzzy bee, were not invited, nor of you welcome here.
Paddy
May 14th, 2010
6:53 am
David, you must not be from round here? We talk football everyday.
Paddy
May 14th, 2010
7:00 am
Talker….if a kid has not signed by now for 2010, do you think he would be good enough to play football in the SEC for Georgia. Now that would be throwing away a scholarship. All schools give aid to their walk-on’s when they can. Why are you against these kids and this great policy?
AltamahaDawg
May 14th, 2010
7:24 am
I think H. Talker was getting scholarships confused with his time share points.
james T. Kirk
May 14th, 2010
7:52 am
How cruel is that? Giving a kid in his last season of eligibility a scholarship? You’d think Mr. Churchy would have a bigger heart than that. Or it is as we all expected, just for show?
J.G. Wentworth
May 14th, 2010
8:01 am
Now that we’re officially in the off-season, wouldn’t this be the perfect time to take an in-depth look at UGA and have a free-ranging discussion about the problems at UGA and why the arrest rate of players is the highest in the country? it’s common knowledge that UGA is a party school, but have any football players every actually graduated with a real degree? Jan Kemp exposed the school and the coaches almost three decades ago, but there is no sign that anything has improved; if anything, the arrest rate shows that things are getting more outrageous every year while Mark Richt – a decent fellow with minimal coaching skills – has no clue what to do.
UGA has become a major embarrassment to all Georgians, and we want some answers starting now.
Joey
May 14th, 2010
8:04 am
“UGA will run, run, run. If Bobo does not get too greedy trying to out think a Spurrier or so and so coach,…”
Haha. Bobo can’t even out-think a Kiffin. . .
WonderDawg
May 14th, 2010
8:07 am
I’m just glad that “Russ the temporary mascot” poster must have finally taken my advice and chased a stick out onto I-75 . . .
those games meant everything to tech
May 14th, 2010
8:34 am
and to Paul Johnson, lmao….why do you call tech fans stuck up nerds…we dawgs employ a bunch of them up here…they drive trains well ..great Engine …ers……..tell coach Paul to wear a helmet to the hedges come november ..the disrespectful nerd nation leader will need it…as coach Johnson said “what has Georgia done since 1980?”
UglyOldDog
May 14th, 2010
8:49 am
Hope Murray grows up fast…I really don’t think it will be fun in Columbia….I gotta sit with a boat load of Chicken fans (wife’s family) and don’t look forward to Murray imitating UGA raising a leg at mid field and hearing that god awful screeching Chicken noise.
SCfalconfan
May 14th, 2010
9:31 am
You give the scholarships to the walk-ons because they are for the 2010 season. Its highly unilikely that you would get a player at this point ofr the 2010 season. Maybe a JUCO guy would be possible, but other than that, there’s not many guys you could bring in. It would in no way effect the number of scholarships you could give for the 2011 recruiting class.
Ron
May 14th, 2010
10:16 am
Some posters don’t realize, a freshman can come in January and be counted against 2010’s numbers.
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damngooddawg!
May 15th, 2010
8:17 am
The Dawgs will possibly loose one game this season, to Fla. Most favorable schedule in years.