The UGA notebook: Vance Cuff’s 40 time is something to write home about (UPDATED)
Good morning from Destin, where SEC athletics directors and coaches begin four days of meetings today. (I’ll be tweeting from the meetings, so please follow @ajcuga on Twitter for news, notes and anecdotes.) Before turning to the business of the SEC, let’s run through a few UGA items that have accumulated:
- Georgia cornerback Vance Cuff tells his hometown newspaper, the Moultrie Observer, that he ran the 40-yard dash this spring in 4.24 seconds, the fastest ever recorded by a UGA football player. Now, granted, 40-yard dash times aren’t exactly the most reliable records in the world of sports. But a 4.24 clocking is definitely something to write home about. “It hasn’t soaked in yet,” Cuff told the Moultrie paper. Check out the story here. (UPDATE: Mark Richt confirmed today that Cuff did, indeed, run a 4.24. Richt said he saw it.)
- Remember Bill Gullickson, the former major-league pitcher? Went 162-136 in 14 seasons with the Expos, Reds, Yankees, Astros and Tigers in the ’80s and early ’90s. His daughter is Chelsey Gullickson, the Georgia sophomore tennis player who won the NCAA singles championship Monday.
Bradberry
- Rex Bradberry, who had worked with Georgia’s strength and conditioning program as an intern and a graduate assistant, is now a full-time staffer and will serve as the football team’s nutritionist -– a new position. Bradberry earned his Ph.D. in Kinesiology at UGA this spring, with research interests in injury prevention, nutrition and speed development. He is a former Georgia walk-on player under Jim Donnan.
- Georgia’s softball team travels today to Oklahoma City, its second consecutive trip to the College World Series. The Bulldogs (48-11) open against defending national champion Washington (50-7) at 9:30 p.m. Thursday on ESPN2.
- And if you missed it, Phil Steele said the Georgia football team “could very well run the table” this year.
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134 comments Add your comment
Stinger
June 1st, 2010
3:16 pm
His 4.24 was probably more like 4.64. That is still faster than NO SHOW’s 4.78.
DB Coach
June 1st, 2010
3:37 pm
if we can get Cuff to come out his backpedal running under 4.4.. pic 6… we good!!
wsewell525
June 1st, 2010
3:38 pm
UGA’s Defense is going to be fun to watch
BurningRedBleedingBlack
June 1st, 2010
3:52 pm
Kids fast and has improved his skills by getting coached by real coachs(Grantham, lakatos,) Going to be nice to see how talent combined with great coaching turns this defense around.
SOOHSO
June 1st, 2010
4:29 pm
Seriously, just how tall (or short) is Murray?????
CHELLE
June 1st, 2010
4:54 pm
WAY TO GO ‘VC’
Cornholio
June 1st, 2010
4:55 pm
Who gives a crap how fast he ran the 40, but can he tackle??
UGA King
June 1st, 2010
4:55 pm
Video proof of Vance Cuff’s speed – THWGT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nDhGrYAx5g#t=3m18s
CHELLE
June 1st, 2010
4:55 pm
THAT’S WHAT’S UP ‘VC’ GOOD FOR YOU..RUN BABY RUN
Inquisitor
June 1st, 2010
4:58 pm
Did they ever replace the ugly flea-bitten mutt mascot?
Just askin’…
Werner
June 1st, 2010
5:02 pm
UGA’s Defense is going to be fun to watch.
Yes, it will be fun to watch.
For the opponents, that is!
Stockdog
June 1st, 2010
5:18 pm
What I was trying to say was that once you hit 4.3, it doesn’t matter. You are fast, period.
Sam
June 1st, 2010
5:48 pm
Deoin Sanders could F-L-Y at 4.29 in the 40.
Quote: Vance Cuff’s 4.24 wasn’t clocked officially like Deion’s, but if it was even off by 1/2 a seond, that’s still Deoinesque speed.
And yes, Cuff’s skills are superb–he shut down AJ Green all Spring. End Quote
40 speed is very overrated IMHO. 1) how often does a guy run 40 yards in one burst? 2) I think vertical jump is a better sign of explosiveness. Most football moves are about that burst or explosiveness. 3) If the time is off by 1/2 sec, then he would be a very slow DB (that would be a 4.74 40===something you want your linemen running).
If he has those physical skills, then he is a huge disappointment. Of course many people can run a straight line fast, lift a lot of weight or jump high and not make a very good football player.
GT breeds terrorists
June 1st, 2010
7:36 pm
Why is it that Gator fans come onto an Atlanta recruiting blog? I’m glad to know Georgia is on your mind. I know Gainesville is a dump but seriously. BTW, by the looks of the times of these post some UF fans need to get a job. Stop living off the gov’t you bunch of democrats.
DawgNation
June 1st, 2010
7:44 pm
I’m in Oklahoma City and I can’t believe my luck and timing. Going to root on the Lady Bulldog Softball team in person. Hope to see some more Dawg fans there.
beatdowns galore
June 1st, 2010
7:58 pm
How fast can the midget run ?????
DawgNation
June 1st, 2010
8:21 pm
When you’re done beatdown let us know.
Tide Roll
June 1st, 2010
8:45 pm
Strength and Conditioning, Nutrition? What a bunch of idiots! Start Sturdivant at Left tackle, Cordy Glenn At Left Guard, Chris Burnette at Center, Bean Anderson at Right Guard and Josh Davis at Right Tackle. What a group of morons for coaches. Sheesh. Just do what Florida does and you should be ok. LOOK: LT- Marcus Gilbert LG- Carl Johnson C-Mike Pouncey RG- Muarice Hurt (from Milledgeville) RT- Xavier Nixon. It’s so simple unless there’s another problem not related to football. And of course there is, it’s UGA isn’t it? That OT from Moultrie is crazy if he goes up there to play behind Kolton Houston. He needs to set up right next to Chance Warmack to continue our tradition of Georgia kids making up the left side of the Crimson Tide Offensive front. Thank you Coach Richt, Thank you coach Bobo, and most of all thank you UGA supporters for your years of prejudice. Roll Tide, Tide Roll!
Bennett black
June 1st, 2010
9:24 pm
wat about #12 Tavarres King. He can fly too.
Pitbull
June 1st, 2010
9:48 pm
I were vistin a married lady frin of mine and her husband come hom. I ran a 4.123 out da front doe in no time.
Big Dawg
June 1st, 2010
10:07 pm
Cuff is FASTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
Did Herschel run a 4.4 considering his size was 6′2 @220lbs…that was a run away train….
goober t weichshiner
June 2nd, 2010
12:18 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhfa8q61GTY&NR=1 what it mean dog man what it mean
RED DOG 77
June 2nd, 2010
1:19 am
Return U ? Vance Cuff, Branden Smith, Justin Scott Wesley, Christian Connelly, Branden Boykin…………………..and……..AJ Green….Are you kiddin me ?
bluejeanshortsstuckupyourbutt
June 2nd, 2010
4:56 am
Fla’s head football coach presents with Bi-Polar Disorder and doesn’t even want to work anymore. Talk about priorities. Win, or lose, our coach is grounded in faith and values. Your coach yells at his toothbrush in the morning…….
dawg4life
June 2nd, 2010
7:46 am
Congrats to the Techies that blew themselves up. Now we get to hear from the techies how CPJ has the best record against Mark Richt of teams that have had students blow themselves up. Rings to follow.
dawg4life
June 2nd, 2010
7:50 am
Did I just read a post by an Alabama fan talking about racism???? You tools need to learn how to stop throwing stuff on the field when you lose before casting stones… If you don’t remember in that little pea brain of yours, Sturdivant has been hurt the last 2 seasons dipsh!t.
PS- Your program is historically cloaked in scandel. The most corrupt program in the nation. You have no room to talk.
wiredawg
June 2nd, 2010
7:55 am
Hey Cuff’d and Stuff’d…..
Yes, there are some pretty dumb comments on this blog. But how can you talk about the UGA fan’s IQ without mentioning the “brilliant” GT students who nearly blew themselves up doing a “high school chemistry experiment”. Wow, now that is impressive!
Urban Meyer
June 2nd, 2010
7:57 am
Every time I read a Georgia Blog I’m reminded;
“The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.”
“0″ Interceptions, prepare for a breakout year!
Cuff'd and Stuff'd
June 2nd, 2010
9:12 am
wiredawg, at least its students blowing themselves up at GT and not professors shooting each other or themselves.. Now back to the article about the world’s fastest man, Vance Cuff. Vance who? And how was this mythical 40 timed? Don’t think anybody has mentioned that.. Reminds me of some of those 40 times you heard about in high school- “yeah, I ran a 4.2 the other day. My dad timed me..”
Most delusional fanbase ever. And its not just GT fans that realize that..
wiredawg
June 2nd, 2010
10:03 am
Cuff’d and Stuff’ed, you’re right. At GT most of them get mugged on the way to class or dorms. But at least they have that beautiful campus going for them! Haha.
On Vance Cuff…obviously he was hand timed, just like all the other college players’ times you hear about. When these guys get to the combine, their times go up because it is done electronically and is very presise. But use your head, you have to have something to compare the other timed results with. All anyone is saying is that he is the fastest ever hand timed at UGA, and he has showed a lot of improvement this spring.What is your issue here, other than football program envy? And don’t talk about delusional fans, when the GT nerd fan base hyperventilate for a year like they won the national championship just because they beat UGA once every 8 to 10 years…wow, very sad.
Cuff'd and Stuff'd
June 2nd, 2010
11:02 am
At UGA students get mugged by players on their way to campus. At GT we are excited because we have the best coach in the state who actually has a pair. And at least we don’t talk about how good we’re going to be every preseason. We leave that to the UGA fanbase. Its not just Tech fans laughing at your lofty expectations every year, either, its pretty much every other fanbase in the southeast.
By the way, Paul Johnson is 1-1 against your Dawgs. Hope springs eternal for us GT fans. I’ve got amnesia when it comes to the Gailey years..
wiredawg
June 2nd, 2010
1:08 pm
At UGA we are so used to 10+ win seasons, we expect it. Anything less is unacceptable. Hence, the lofty expectations. At GT you nerds keep hoping and praying that one day, in your life time, there might be back-to-back 8+ win seasons; but no matter what the record, a win over UGA makes the season successful and you buy the team rings to commemorate it. You techies have amnesia when it comes to a lot of things. That’s the only way you could continue to be GT fans.
And by the way, we only buy rings for championships. Watch and learn.
paul johnson has manboobs
June 2nd, 2010
8:54 pm
you’re right tech nerd, you guys never have expectations so when uga expects a bcs bowl game you just can’t understand it…and the rings were the biggest joke ever, you win 1 game after losing 7 straight? (i lost count) so you call jostens to have some crappy rings made, haha….
bitter tennersa Fan
June 3rd, 2010
5:59 pm
me sistar ran a 4.12 chaseing the great AJC sports writer chip the cow chip and cought him and rap that geoge boy he felt like transfering to big orrangge country and won’ts to date smokey hahaha cow chip