Bulldogs buck football tradition, drop two-a-day practices
ATHENS –- Georgia will abandon a piece of football tradition this summer: two-a-day practices.
The Bulldogs have a tentative practice schedule that, for the first time anyone around the UGA program can recall, calls for no two-a-days.
Two-a-days -– the stuff of legend among generations of players –- have been on the wane with Georgia and most other college teams in recent years. Georgia had three sessions of two-a-days last summer.
NCAA rules limit teams to 29 practices before the first game, and Georgia basically decided that preparation for the season can be more productive with 29 one-a-days, allowing time between sessions for more film review and walk-throughs.
But it is a break with tradition, to be sure.
“The older you are, the tougher it was back then,” Georgia offensive coordinator Mike Bobo said Wednesday. “Talk to the older coaches on our staff; they had four- or five-a-days. That’s how Coach [Stacy] Searels and Coach [Rodney] Garner would like to say they had it at Auburn.”
Georgia Tech will continue to have a limited number of two-a-days this year. The Yellow Jackets have three days of double practices on their preseason schedule, spokesman Dean Buchan said.
Bobo said that Georgia’s staff discussed the elimination of two-a-days and that coach Mark Richt made the decision “after visiting some places and talking to some other head coaches” who have dropped double practices in recent years.
“The good is you can teach a little better [with one-a-days], where you might not be able to get as tough as you would like them,” Bobo said. “But everybody is playing with a limited number [of players] now, and there’s a fine line with injuries. You can see what injuries do to a football team. … I think we’ve got a good plan.”
The players, you can be sure, will welcome the demise of two-a-days.
“In their minds, mentally, they’re probably going to think it’s a break,” Bobo said. “But we’re still going to have 29 practices to get ready for the first game, no matter how you break it down.”
And it’s still going to be hot.
Georgia begins practice July 31, about a week earlier than usual, for its Sept. 4 opener against Louisiana-Lafayette. The Bulldogs are generally scheduled to practice six days per week throughout August.
Georgia Tech starts practice Aug. 5 for its Sept. 4 opener against South Carolina State.
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Damon Evans
July 14th, 2010
2:25 pm
Booby Johnson is ‘Good People” !
just win games
July 14th, 2010
2:25 pm
enough said
Damon Evans
July 14th, 2010
2:26 pm
BTW First ! Lets party… Im driving !
Atlanta Jackets
July 14th, 2010
2:28 pm
Mutts can only handle one a day. Burn!!! LOL!!!
Here’s your money for the pizza, now get off my porch. LOL! ROTFLMAO!!
Bubba
July 14th, 2010
2:32 pm
30-24 beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatch! 8-1.
Bubba
July 14th, 2010
2:34 pm
I hear you punks getting sued over that piece of crap car.Thats funny as hell.
DawginGermany
July 14th, 2010
2:35 pm
Guess the Jackets can only handle one win every eight years, right Atlanta Jacket?
Hankie Aron
July 14th, 2010
2:35 pm
atlanta jackets- your post is wasted space and frankly left everyone who read it knowing they can never get back that time for your stupidity.
Mikey in the SAV
July 14th, 2010
2:36 pm
I would think that we need MORE intense practice, not less but who am i ?
ScoutDawg
July 14th, 2010
2:36 pm
Maybe Atl Jerkit, but we still got your number nerd. Now go back and redesign this washer for my toilet, you didn’t get it right the first time nerd.
A I
July 14th, 2010
2:37 pm
Practice?
We talkin bout practice?
I mean what we talkin bout…practice??
Mi
July 14th, 2010
2:37 pm
Enter your comments here
Mikey in the SAV
July 14th, 2010
2:38 pm
Stop it A I …you’re killing me.
Gatorzone
July 14th, 2010
2:38 pm
I think this is a good plan by Richt. As long as the players are in shape, which I am sure they will be, this is a really good idea. It allows more days to let the playbook sink in, which will be essential with a new DC. I like it.
Spanky
July 14th, 2010
2:39 pm
Hey Atl (Members Only) Jacket, why do you nerds consistantly ask for this abuse? As Bubba pointed out, WE OWN YOU! Now, your on-line poker chat room is waiting,..get back to it!
destin dawg
July 14th, 2010
2:40 pm
Dawgs…. quit the parties… you’re lucky to have a scholarship to a good school like UGA… work out & get in shape BEFORE practice starts… still have 2 weeks… then you get alot more out of practice… meaning game prep !!! Go Dawgs and good luck to Tech.. we both have reasonable schedules.. so winning is expected… State championship will be a BIG game !!! Goooo Dawgs !!!
Gatorzone
July 14th, 2010
2:41 pm
This also gives the coaches more time to supervise players. Very smart. This could be a new trend if it helps minimize injuries and gives them more gas in the second half of games. With the players keeping their bodies in shape all year around, i am surprised more teams do not do this.
Huh?
July 14th, 2010
2:44 pm
Too soft for two-a-days?
Atlanta Jacket is an idiot
July 14th, 2010
2:44 pm
Why are you on here panty waste? I bet you never played a down of football in your life. Now go away before I taunt you a second time. You’re mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries. Moron.
Spanky
July 14th, 2010
2:46 pm
Gatorzone, do you know if Fla. does or did two-a-days? I’m thinking that this would cut down pre-season injuries. I agree, this is a smart idea all around!
Pat Dye
July 14th, 2010
2:48 pm
Told you Dawgies aint man enough !
ScoutDawg
July 14th, 2010
2:48 pm
Damn shame to see Bobby Johnson resign. Nobody, and I mean Nobody ever did more with less than he did. Adios Bobby, the SEC and especially Vandy will miss you.
HugoStiglitz
July 14th, 2010
2:48 pm
Sounds like a good plan to me. Why do teams do two a day practices anyways? Is it just to improve conditioning of the players? Sounds like a bad idea to begin with.
RunningDog
July 14th, 2010
2:51 pm
Hey, Atlanta Jacket, what about the 4 hotdogs and 4 cokes? A proud tradition!
Zeb
July 14th, 2010
2:53 pm
Dam good idea…..if you’ve never been thru 2-a-days…..they’re grueling!!
It’s got nothing to do with “can’t handle ” practice you jaket tard. I think this is smart. It should definitely cut down on pre-season injuries and give them more time to focus on film, x’s and o’s, etc….. When you’ve just been thru a morning practice and know you’ve got another one coming in the evening, that’s all you can think about. The “intangible” part of football is the last thing on your mind.
Gatorzone
July 14th, 2010
2:53 pm
Spanky, as far as I know they still do. Doesn’t make sense in this day and age with the extended season and the Florida Heat! You can still get them conditioned in one practice per day, but I would imagine that would not be necessary.
Kendawg
July 14th, 2010
2:55 pm
I like the idea of having only once a day practices. The two-a-days never made much sense to me. Some genius said in his blog that there would be fewer practices, but I thought it was made perfectly clear in the article that the number of practices would remain the same.
ugaclassof2004
July 14th, 2010
2:56 pm
As a former football player, I think I can speak for most players when I say that no one likes 2 a-days. It makes sense on the high school level because teams are only given a limited amount of time to get ready for the season. The same is true of college players to a degree, except for the fact that players on scholarship are training year round. There is definately no replacement for physical contact, but what most of these guys need is to become better students of the game. I think if they’re going to lessen the physical contact, then they need to up the game film study time. UGA has really lacked a collective football IQ the last few seasons and to me that comes from a lack of studying game film. To me that is what really separates guys who are just good athletes from guys who are great football players. And especially considering that a new defense is being implemented, this is a great time to really break down game film. If these guys have dreams of reaching the next level, they are going to have to demonstrate to scouts that they can be students in the film room along with having the natural ability.
DawgInMemphis
July 14th, 2010
2:56 pm
Its a good idea so long as it doesn’t compromise them getting in shape. If the “second half” of the day consists entirely of them sitting around an air conditioned film room, then we could be in trouble. Is it considered a “practice” if the team captains (no coaches) take the team out for an afternoon 30 minute +/- exercise session ? Sprints, calisthentics, and grass drills just so their muscles aren’t dormant the entire afternoon.
Otherwise, this could be a great move because I’m sure those afternoon sessions can be incredibly counterproductive as far as learning goes when you’re dog tired.
Buzz Bandit
July 14th, 2010
3:00 pm
After the players hard partying in downtown athens, no way they can handle 2 a day practices. They can barely get through one practice with all that alcohol in their system each day. Richt is smart to cancel that second practice each day.
Tom Davis
July 14th, 2010
3:00 pm
good it gives the team more time to go out and hit the town…………
O'Keefe Gym Strangler
July 14th, 2010
3:02 pm
Do the guys still get to go swimming? Now that is hard-nosed football training.
High dive….weeeeeeee!
Spanky
July 14th, 2010
3:04 pm
Hey Buzz- you need to chill. Go find Reuben Houston! He can definitely show you how! LOL!!
bkbroila4224
July 14th, 2010
3:05 pm
The worst thing about 2 a day’s is the blisters you get on your feet trying to break in new cleats…
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 14th, 2010
3:05 pm
Less opportunity to lose a starter in the preseason, love it! These guys need to be in the film room obviously more anyway after the way the D played the past few seasons.
gt4life
July 14th, 2010
3:06 pm
Cant wait to see my championship calliber jackets whoop the dogs and eat there dog food in athens again
gt4life
July 14th, 2010
3:12 pm
Or at least eat there hot dogs and cokes. But it will cost way more to get hot dogs and cokes in athens then it is at tech
Spanky
July 14th, 2010
3:12 pm
GT4life-nerd, ……………really?! You must love abuse, because we’ve been dishing it 8-1!..And what happened last year? Oh yeah! Championship calliber alright! Shut up!
gdawginkalamazoo
July 14th, 2010
3:12 pm
As long as they don’t get arrested in their “spare” time I could see this as a benefit.
GaTruth
July 14th, 2010
3:14 pm
I laugh hardest at Tech comments implying UGA is less of an achiever’s school. When the latest academic reports came out on each school’s athletics, it seems the UGA student athletes were ranked more highly than the Bees. Just Damn! BTW are we sure the oil leak in the gulf is really from BP? It could have been from six GT propeller heads going swimming. I heard the other day the reason Tech has such a hard time recruiting is because so few players are able to carry such massive chips on their shoulders.
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Elmo Lewis
July 14th, 2010
3:14 pm
First three games in the middle of the day in Dixie. Maybe a plan to conserve some of the players strength. Go Dawgs!
Fair and Balanced
July 14th, 2010
3:14 pm
Who cares? Just make it work so that GA wins games.
Fair and Balanced
July 14th, 2010
3:15 pm
Who cares? Just make it work so that GA wins games. A winning tradition is more important than a practice tradition!
Paul in RDU
July 14th, 2010
3:15 pm
Predictions:
If UGA starts the season off well with minimum injuries, minimum penalties, and some good wins people will be blogging that dropping 2 a days was a great idea.
If UGA starts off poorly, has penalties, loses some games, etc. people will be blogging that they should have had the 2 a days.
All I will say
July 14th, 2010
3:17 pm
GT’s two stellar players- E L Ivory and # 37 Tarrant have something very much in common
Jim Doanan as in Doans Pills
July 14th, 2010
3:18 pm
Cramping up ? ” What kind of damn question is that ? We just beat a good football team out there today ! “.
Dog tiredness might be avoided
July 14th, 2010
3:19 pm
So maybe we can avoid the dead legs syndrom. Maybe it is a good idea. We just might feel fresher.
Go Dogs
BurningRedBleedingBlack
July 14th, 2010
3:20 pm
Nice i really like this idea, i totally agree with Gatorzone, i think it will allow the playbook to sink in also, Reduce injury rate. I have a feeling Todd Grantham had something to do with this policy. Bringin gin more NFl styles ideas to the Program.
Booby Johnson
July 14th, 2010
3:20 pm
No Mas !
jasont13
July 14th, 2010
3:24 pm
I wish a lot of you people would read the article and not the headline. They will still practive the same amount of 29 practices however they will have the ability under NCAA guidlines to focus on others areas that you normally do not have time to focus on (weight training, special teams, team meetings etc.).
The Bottom Line is...
July 14th, 2010
3:24 pm
they still will have a total of 29 practices..isnt that all that matters…I think its a great decision…
Delbert D.
July 14th, 2010
3:27 pm
Will there be fewer hours of practice in those 29 days? 2-a-days gives the body time to recover between sessions. Ah, heck, who knows…back when I played we weren’t allowed water in the afternoon practice. Water discipline, it was called. One day on the bus ride back from the practice field it started raining. Everybody was trying to stick their heads out the windows to catch runoff front the gutters.
Insect Repellant
July 14th, 2010
3:28 pm
Bobby Johnson is a knucklhead that needs “punched in the face” for talking about GA fans like he does
Lilburn Dawg
July 14th, 2010
3:28 pm
So how does the amount of time spent in one session compare to the 2 per day sessions? Is the one session going to be equivalent to the time spent in the 2 sessions? Will it be 1 long session as opposed to 2 shorter sessions?
Saint Simons
July 14th, 2010
3:29 pm
Coach Richt needs more time to work on his tan, players need more drinking time!!!!!!!
Can TG and Co. instill the MENTAL toughness
July 14th, 2010
3:29 pm
I want the three new D coaches to instill mental toughness. We have really lacked that. I am not talking about swagger ……. I am talking about the 09 OSU game and the KY game and the LSU game. With LSU we fought back so hard and let it slip away and in 08 with LSU we put a physical whuppin on them BUT they nearly won it with Charles Scott up the middle ………he hit the corner in 09 and ran over our small LB and game over. Yes, Orson Charles was celebrating and that cost us. Yes, there was a bad call on AJ with a TD “celebration” that hurt too. MENTAL TOUGHNESS is what we have been lacking and LSU in 09, KY in 09 and Tech in 08 illustrate that. In these games …………..we seem to simply check out, day dream ………..this is a lack of mentall toughness. It is so obvious when you see it.
If we overcome this things ………… then UGA can re emerge ………….. we always get our share of talent. Folks are about 65% correct about UGA ………..we “do get players and then, what happens?” We have not been mentally tough and that is coaching and coaching at every position.
This should be the first sign of the new D regime. It ought to be apparent on the first snap.
Go Dogs.
Bulldog59
July 14th, 2010
3:32 pm
Paul in RDU, of course, these blogs are full of weather men and armchair QBs, both always have opinions that fit any outcome, so you are right on with your assessment.
ugaclassof2004, I’m inclined to agree, but put a different slant on it. You can only absorb so much info in a given day of practice. Once you reach a point mentally and physically, it’s time to call it a day. Makes sense to show up on a new day, mentally and physically refreshed.
Gatorzone, Spanky, etal. I too would be curious to see, how many major injuries occurred during the second session of the two a day practices.
Bulldog59
July 14th, 2010
3:37 pm
Can TG and Co. instill…..you hit it on the head. Remember the end of the G-Day game when the scuffle broke out between Ealey and a DB (Wiliams?) Grantham was screaming, yelling, cursing and spitting in his face about the mental mistake that would cost us 15 yards in a real game. Reminiscent of Van Gorder. D players hated to come to the sideline after making a mistake when BVG was standing there! This seems to be a priority for Grantham.
Huh?
July 14th, 2010
3:39 pm
Didn’t UGA decide to have more physical practices a year ago? Guess they couldn’t handle it so the coaches have treat them like they play on the women’s field hockey team instead of football players.
You’d think they’d need more time to practice things like tackling…
FLA DAWG
July 14th, 2010
3:45 pm
Big Mistake…………….Keep Two A Days and just make one a half speed play drill practice.
Watching film is important but the counter to what is seen on the film must be practiced.
Paddy
July 14th, 2010
3:45 pm
Mikey in Sav….maybe the practices will be more intense. Who’s to say until they start to practice. Anyway you cut it there is still only 29 sessions to work with. I was always under the impression that the Dawgs pactice sessions are intense.
UGA Tackling Dummy
July 14th, 2010
3:45 pm
I’m lonely, sooooo lonely!
Crow
July 14th, 2010
3:46 pm
we’ll see how well conditioned they are this season. I’m sure their competition is okay with it.
How2fish
July 14th, 2010
3:49 pm
Frankly I don’t think it will have that much of an impact one way or the other. As the article states “Georgia had three sessions of two-a-days last summer”. All your doing is adding 3 more “practice” days and filling the mornings or afternoons each day with more film/playbook study..this is not like the bad old day where 2 a days lasted a couple of weeks.
Red Panty Gate
July 14th, 2010
3:49 pm
Meet @ Beluga @6 for Drinks wth thUGA’s AD
Tenspeed
July 14th, 2010
3:54 pm
Next step: Pratice once a year. Two free get outta’ jail cards for players. New Athletic dept. EZ Store, Athletic Dept Gun. Players need money, go get the AD Gun, rob the AD EZ Store. All is well!!!! No longer will we say, “Looks like Tarzan, plays like Jane.” New discription, “Looks like Jane, plays like Jane”.
Dawgs Rule
July 14th, 2010
3:56 pm
was that a Saint Simons sighting?
It’s been a LONG time SS. No longer ashamed? You will be again soon enough!!
How2fish
July 14th, 2010
3:57 pm
Oh and for those mental giants that don’t think you can get in shape on doing one a day sessions..you can do them at 4pm if you want….or at 12-1pm which is when we have the bulk of our day games this season.Going full speed is what gets you in shape and helps guard against injury..after a couple of days of two a days..its tough to go full speed..hell its tough to go at all.
joe
July 14th, 2010
3:57 pm
Just what the doctor ordered…less practice time surely equals more wins, right? Shreveport here we come again…
Atlanta Jackets
July 14th, 2010
3:58 pm
Why was my second post deleted?! You mutts can’t handle a true talker?
Fletch
July 14th, 2010
3:58 pm
Atl Jacket…that was the g@yest post I’ve ever seen. Thanks for the laugh
destin dawg
July 14th, 2010
4:01 pm
Yes !!! New mentality on Defense.. TG is the man.. Belin and Lagatos.. are great on basic tackling and coverage… Belin on special teams… MUCH more aggressive attitude.. hit ‘em early and often…
Atlanta Jackets
July 14th, 2010
4:02 pm
Seriously, I typed a long response and now it’s gone. Forget this site. You guys need a good tech man to run this. At least things would be working. I’m out of here.
Burn!!
KimZ'spackage
July 14th, 2010
4:07 pm
Players need time to practice DUI’s too. Players can’t just focus on Football and Hard Classes. Boys got to get down that DUI without getting attested or hitting other objects. The best way to get ready to play in the early season heat is to not hit or practice outside. You need to be inside in the A/C watching film or playing football on the XBOX. No good comes from being in a situation with fatigue setting in and you have to make the right choice on the play. I mean our Special Forces learn how to do the real hard work playing videogames as practice.
Ole Dawg in Junction, TX
July 14th, 2010
4:07 pm
What would th’ Bear say?
Blackberry Cobbler
July 14th, 2010
4:07 pm
Looking at film is good, but it don’t mean squat unless it transfers into better execution on the field. I think the team needs 2-a-days AND more time with film. We’ll see. Remember, it was CMR idea of less physical practices last year that produced the kind of sloppy on-field performance we witnessed.
Blackberry Cobbler
July 14th, 2010
4:11 pm
I agree with KimZ at 4:07.
Yea, the Dawgs are going to learn better by just watching how to do it rather than actually do it. Yea, I bet the Marines learn how to be the best by watching film of other Marines, right?
This is all just another sissy-@$$ CMR routine.
Booby Johnson
July 14th, 2010
4:13 pm
I will now be the new A D at UGA……
shane#1
July 14th, 2010
4:13 pm
I am sorry to hear about Coach Johnson. I think he is a good coach and a fine man. Vanderbilt would seem to be a pretty thankless place to coach. Dropping the two-a-days sounds like a good idea to me. If I were trying to break in a new QB and install a new defense I would want the guys as fresh as possible. With the stress CTG is putting on fundamentals having more practices of shorter duration is a good idea. When one is tired old bad habits tend to creep back in. I know this from practicing rifle shooting. An hour a day for a week is much better than one five hour day in that sport.
Delbert D.
July 14th, 2010
4:15 pm
@ All I will say -
Who is E L Ivory? Not a Georgia Tech player. I’m guessing the comparison with Jarrard Tarrant (#37) has something to do with Eddie Lee Ivery, a Georgia Tech graduate an former running back.
Ivery was a player with Green Bay, and he was with James Lofton at a strip club in 1986 when Lofton was arrested for sexual assault on a stripper. Ivery wasn’t charged. He did spend time in jail in 1984 while with the Packers for the crime of driving with a suspended license. While with the Packers Ivery drank, smoked, got divorced, and he ultimately with through AA meetings his last 6 years with Green Bay. He came back and graduated at Ga. Tech 13 years after his college career.
Jarrard Tarrant was arrested on charges of alleged rape and jailed more than 2 months after the alleged crime. He was released on $40,000 bond. Tarrant was suspended from the team indefinitely, pending the outcome of the legal proceedings. The DA didn’t drop the charges until the season was in progress, so Tarrant was redshirted for the 2008 season.
So, yes those 2 players have something very much in common…they spent time in jail, but only Tarrant did while in college. Are you in need of more athletes for your list? They are not hard to find.
Dogschugginlicker
July 14th, 2010
4:18 pm
Plus we gotta study for Basketball 101. That’s sum shyte man.
Booby Johnson
July 14th, 2010
4:21 pm
I can now show Mark Richt how to do more with less.
Delbert D.
July 14th, 2010
4:21 pm
Bulldog59 -
“Grantham was screaming, yelling, cursing and spitting in his face about the mental mistake that would cost us 15 yards in a real game. Reminiscent of Van Gorder.”
Reminiscent of my drill instructor at Quantico as well. That is exactly what is needed.
Hobnail Boot
July 14th, 2010
4:23 pm
I don’t like it. I think we need one practice just dedicated to the snap count (jumping off sides) and Special teams. We were bad in both areas last year. Nothing wrong with 2 a days.
Brad
July 14th, 2010
4:24 pm
Gator fan here w/ some stuff that has absolutely nothing to do with UGA’s practice schedule… I just read Stewart Mandel’s Mailbag from si.com and he completely smashes Tech’s claim of 4 national championships. Thought you guys might like this… I’ve included it below… enjoy!
Just a clarification regarding the email you received about Georgia Tech winning its first national title in the ’90s — it’s incorrect. That was the school’s fourth national championship.
– Rubin, Atlanta
Fair enough, but here’s a little clarification on my part. The Mailbag fully concedes the right of any school to recognize whichever national championship selectors it deems legitimate from the pre-modern era, and the inherent ambiguity that comes with it. Alabama, for instance, proudly claims 13 national championships, while other sources recognize it for 12. Georgia Tech, for its part, is certainly entitled to claim the four that it does: 1917, 1928, 1952 and ‘90.
For uniformity’s sake, however, the Mailbag does not recognize so-called “national championships” prior to the advent of the AP poll in 1936 and coaches poll in 1950, seeing as most “polls” prior to then were conducted by obscure individuals or organizations and oftentimes were rewarded retroactively. Therefore, while Yellow Jackets fans are perfectly entitled to brag of the 1917 and ‘28 teams that wowed the Helms Athletic Foundation, or the ‘52 team that claims as one of its selectors the INS — International News Service — the Mailbag officially recognize the 1990 UPI coaches poll trophy as that school’s “first” national championship.
Any further disputes may be taken up with Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert, who will “personally guarantee” any championship your favorite team dreams possible.
Booby Johnson
July 14th, 2010
4:24 pm
Steve Martin is my lookalike and I can bring Greatness to the UGA program.
Dawgrulz
July 14th, 2010
4:27 pm
29 practices is 29 practices, Does not matter if they do it in 29 days or in 25 days. You still have the same practice time as allowed by the NCAA. This is the biggest non-story ever!!!
Dadgumit
July 14th, 2010
4:29 pm
Dawgs getting softer every day. You think Bama and Florida are doing once a day practices?
Tar heel Bob
July 14th, 2010
4:30 pm
Reports are that Dean Smith has passed away…….
dawgster
July 14th, 2010
4:33 pm
Being old school here, don’t know how i feel about the new practice schedule…but here is what i predict: if we don’t havfe a strong season and if we appear to be getting beat physically, then everyone will attribute that to the lack of two-a days, if we have a really good season and have fresh legs and can physically handle some opponents then credit will be given to the coaches and team for their insight…I support this staff on the decision and hope it will turn out as a benefit to the dawgs this season…
Yeah Delbert D.
July 14th, 2010
4:33 pm
Here are a few more; Mooney, Salibury and Lavin, Houston, Hamilton and Hall. All of their issues except for a couple here are/were with g-i-r-l-s and hard knuckles.
UGA does have some 19 year olds that do booze it and we did have Montrez Robinson who has gone.
Compare the itty, bitty gal in early mid 90s getting whupped hard ( she fought hard until she was held ) by the 3 GT LINEMEN.
Atlanta Jackets
July 14th, 2010
4:34 pm
For all of you mutts that question my background, I played football for years. I just gave it up last year. It was flag football which takes even more hip flexibility and agility than “hugging” football does. Even we practiced twice a day when we had a tournment to prepare for. These mutts are whimping out. And then they are going swimming! LOL! Burn!
Yep
July 14th, 2010
4:37 pm
You are acting like UGA is the only program switching over to this. If anything, they are one of the last programs to get the hint.
Patsy
July 14th, 2010
4:44 pm
good thing daugs are not starting with cowgirlz again….you would need those two-a-day!
Shech aint tit
July 14th, 2010
4:44 pm
Atlanta Jackets has two a days all the time with Saint Simons.
Anonymous
July 14th, 2010
4:51 pm
Who’s running this asylum, the idiots? ! ! !
Zeb
July 14th, 2010
4:51 pm
Delbert….you just brought back shivers. I was at Quantico in ‘83….I4 platoon. Some of the best experiences in my life. Talk about learning how to work thru pain……..dam. I wish the UGA players could go thru the O-course at Dobbins too……that’s an awesome team builder.
Zeb
July 14th, 2010
4:55 pm
Atlanta Jacket……….WOW……flag football……….just wow.
King Gator
July 14th, 2010
5:03 pm
Who can practice twice a day when you’re that hung over in this heat. Plus afternoon practice cuts into Happy Hour! Go Gators!
KimZ'spackage
July 14th, 2010
5:08 pm
Zeb Damon was playing flag football when he got busted for DUI. Wow just Wow. Flag football with is friend.
ScoutDawg
July 14th, 2010
5:12 pm
Atl jerkit I have no problem believing you have mastered “hip flexibility” or whatever you kids want to call it now. I do however love your LOL, ROTFLMAO, or whatever acronyms it is you use! Just like my 14 yr. old daughter. NERD.
Beast from the East
July 14th, 2010
5:15 pm
Sounds like a good idea. More time on the mental aspect of the game and less physical exertion. The mental part has been UGA’s downfall the past couple of years (ie: penalties, turnovers and blown assignments). It’ll be interesting to see if some other teams in the SEC follow suit in the coming years.
Way to think outside of the box, Coach Richt!
Bulldog59
July 14th, 2010
5:17 pm
Delbert, I’m LMAO, good comparison
Jesse James
July 14th, 2010
5:19 pm
It is good to see that a coach is not scared to go against tradition and try something new. It is kind of like high school football. Spring Practice is a joke. Ask most high school coaches and they say they do it just because everybody else does. Many do not like it and they know that a kid playing another sport is hampered by Spring Football especially if they hold it in Jan. or Feb.
VolzRule
July 14th, 2010
5:20 pm
I wonder how things are going in hallowed Knoxville with the outstanding recruiting class of 2009. The Default Setting is “Blame Kiffin”…which is fun, but it’s also easy. And the easy answers are rarely the right ones. It is worth pointing out, however, the fate of Kiffin’s February 2009 signing class, which we praised for its excellence at the last minute:
(List sorted by Rivals ranking)
#1 Bryce Brown: transferred from program
#2 Janzen Jackson: involved with robbery at Pilot, but charges dropped; reportedly was present at the Bar Knoxville fight, but walked away
#3 Jerod Askew: redshirt
#4 Nu’Keese Richardson: dismissed from team after robbery at Pilot, making a strong case for worst judgment in a crowded field with this class
#5 Marlon Walls: idefinitely suspended today in relation to Bar Knoxville fight
#6 Eric Gordon: redshirt
#7 James Green: did not qualify
#8 Darren Myles: dismissed from team after second arrest in four months, evaded and resisted arrest before assaulting a police officer after Bar Knoxville fight
#9 David Oku: contributor on special teams and in the mix at RB
#10 JerQuari Schofield: redshirt
#11 Marsalis Teague: contributor at WR
#12 Mike Edwards: dismissed from team after robbery at Pilot
#13 Daniel Hood: redshirt, prior issues
#14 Arthur Jeffery: redshirt
#15 Greg King: indefinitely suspended today in relation to Bar Knoxville fight
#16 Robert Nelson: redshirt
#17 Nyshier Oliver: cited for shoplifting last fall
#18 Zach Rogers: minor contributor at WR
#19 Nigel Mitchell-Thronton: contributor at LB
#20 Kevin Revis: redshirt
#21 Rae Sykes: no signficant contribution
#22 Toney Williams: medical redshirt
Of Kiffin’s 22 signees, six of the top twelve are either not with the team or are on indefinite suspension. Ed Orgeron’s infamous “We’re not angels, and we’re not going to recruit angels” quote was quite right.
But…there’s a reason it’s called the Fulmer Cup and not the Kiffin Cup (not yet, anyway). Discipline problems at Tennessee were not a new thing for Lane Kiffin, nor are they new for Derek Dooley. The difference for Fulmer was, the vast majority of his discipline problems did not involve such large groups of players at once, and did not involve such serious crimes. I don’t know if you can fairly draw a straight line between the group incidents and Kiffin’s recruits, but it is worth pointing out that we’ve seen a third of our 2009 class run into serious problems, and they’ve only played one year.
dagnabit
July 14th, 2010
5:21 pm
SPANKY owns a pair of red panties and the DUI cell at the Athen’s jail.
andrew
July 14th, 2010
5:23 pm
i saw joe cox sunday afternoon at the chik fil a in commerce. the one by the tanger outlets. he was eating with another guy i couldnt recognize
Borodawg
July 14th, 2010
5:24 pm
Some o’ you brainiacks who say CMR is getting soft; players will be outa shape blah blah blah….This aint rocket surgery. They’re still running 29 practices. They are NOT cutting back on the number of practices. They are NOT gonna spend every afternoon in an air-conditioned room watching film, etc etc. Read the sentence in the article…”allowing time between sessions for more film review and walk-throughs…” Several other top programs are and have been doing the same thing. And as has been so astutely pointed out, usually the 2nd of 2-a-days leads to a point of diminishing returns anyway.
I think it’s a swell idea.
Gooooo Dawgs!
ReddJonn68
July 14th, 2010
5:27 pm
Dang VolzRule, good info why does this guy even have a job ( Kiffin ). Evans had an acohol problem, Kifffin is a con- artist.
whatever
July 14th, 2010
5:28 pm
who cares what they do at this point, UGA disapoints every year SOME how….forget em
CHDawg
July 14th, 2010
5:28 pm
I like it! Way back in the day coaches used to dehydrate the players because they thought it made them tough. Dumb ideas need to be discarded. One a day= 1 – much more time in practice, overall, when counting mental aspects; 2 – much more time for recovery, making increased exertion possible. 3 – more time for stretching and conditioning, reducing injuries, hopefully. 4 – more time to bond as a unit; last and not least 5 – less time over the summer to go out and get arrested for something!
VA DAWG
July 14th, 2010
5:31 pm
The home of Georgia strong safety Shawn Williams was lost in a fire Tuesday night in his hometown of Damascus.
Fund-raising efforts have been established to assist in expenses
necessary to replace the belongings lost in the fire. After consultation
with the NCAA, donations must be deposited into a special account at the
Bank of Early (county): Bank of Early, PO Box 527, Blakely, GA 39823, Attn:
Andy Smith.
Tar heel Bob
July 14th, 2010
5:32 pm
Still trying to confirm If Dean Smith has passed away. Sports Radio station in Greenville SC was trying to confirm.
BigGAdawg
July 14th, 2010
5:34 pm
Atlanta Jackets, “Mutts can only handle one a day. Burn!!! LOL!!!”
What’s next from the clever corner, maybe a “BaZinga” or two. “Burn”–Really??
Tell you what, we can handle the fuzzybutt bees–and that is what counts. In the worst season UGA has had in a decade we still won the ACC. It will only get worse for you from here on in. Yuk Yuk Yuk!!!
Go Dawgs! WOOF!
VolzRule
July 14th, 2010
5:35 pm
andrew
July 14th, 2010
5:23 pm
Did the guy Cox was with have pants hanging halfway down the crack of his arse and was he holding something up to his face? If so it could have been DaRick Rogers.
VolzRule
July 14th, 2010
5:37 pm
BigGAdawg
July 14th, 2010
5:34 pm
I also thought Atlanta Jacket might start giving it the Curly “woob woob woob” or “nyuk nyuk nyuk”.
KimZ'spackage
July 14th, 2010
5:48 pm
Espn has nothing on Dean Smith passing either. I think you have that wrong UNC Bob
mgdawg
July 14th, 2010
5:52 pm
This may actually lead to increased practice time. Usually practice during a two a day aren’t as long as a practice during a one a day, for instance a two-a-day may consist of two practices an hour and a half a piece a one-a-day may consist of a practice that is 2 hours. When you add it up, they are spending more time on the field. I love the idea, I’ve worked with a college football team and that second practice on the same day is usually a waste. Also, during one-a-days you’ll practice in the heat of the day a lot of times getting you more used to the heat. Not mentioning injuries should go down, more time for the mental part of the game, and don’t be shortsighted richt was heading this way with just 3 two-a-days last year, I don’t think this was something grantham demanded.
bkbroila4224
July 14th, 2010
6:00 pm
As a former Football Player…Not flag football..BTW…who actually experienced 2-a-days, the second practice was always sluggish for player and coach alike, and was very unproductive…
Atlanta Jackets
July 14th, 2010
6:01 pm
Drats! Gotta go now. Momma is calling me to supper. Oh well the basement was smelling a bit gaming anyway.
Al Franken
July 14th, 2010
6:04 pm
This will not have a bearing on the outcome of the season. I agree with the logic of spending more time reviewing film and having more focused practice. When the body is fatigued it’s more susceptable to injury. Good move!
Montavius Funkinspankin
July 14th, 2010
6:06 pm
((((((((30-24))))))))
TOTAL DOMINATION!!!!!!!!!!
Paul in RDU
July 14th, 2010
6:06 pm
Tar Heel Bob – If Dean Smith had passed away it would be the only thing on the local news here in the Triangle. Not a single report
CDAWG
July 14th, 2010
6:11 pm
UGAClassof2004, well said. I would have done away with 2-a-days back with the salt pills!
Logan Gray: full-time wide receiver AND backup quarterback? | UGA sports blog
July 14th, 2010
6:13 pm
[...] Dogs break football tradition, drop two-a-days [...]
bkbroila4224
July 14th, 2010
6:13 pm
It’s official…If you say, “BURN!!!” and think it’s cool…YOU are a N.E.R.D
Tide Roll
July 14th, 2010
6:15 pm
HEARD RUMOR THAT FLORIDA FANS ARE HIRING AN AIRPLANE TO FLY A GIANT RED PANTY AROUND ALLTEL DURING THE GA/FLA GAME.CAN ANYONE CONFIRM?
Tar heel Bob
July 14th, 2010
6:18 pm
Thanks Paul……. Ive been searching myself since the Clemson Greenville sports station mentioned this. They did say it was unconfirmed but their source was a credible one. They also did say they get stuff like that all the time. I dont even understand why they even mentioned it if its unconfirmed.
bkbroila4224
July 14th, 2010
6:23 pm
Tide Roll…can’t confirm or deny, but that is pretty funny…don’t think it will happen.
Damon Evans
July 14th, 2010
6:26 pm
What is the new phrase for the night ‘good people’ ?
Gt4ever
July 14th, 2010
6:26 pm
Well guys…. It will give each player more time with their parole officer….. I think it’s a GREAT idea….
Delbert D.
July 14th, 2010
6:35 pm
@Yeah Delbert D.
July 14th, 2010
4:33 pm
“Here are a few more; Mooney, Salibury and Lavin, Houston, Hamilton and Hall. All of their issues except for a couple here are/were with g-i-r-l-s and hard knuckles.
“UGA does have some 19 year olds that do booze it and we did have Montrez Robinson who has gone.”
Keep them coming, if you choose to. I won’t comment on the University of Georgia or any other schools’ offenses.
Tarrant (all charges dismissed) and Hall are on Georgia Tech’s current coach’s watch; his players. Hall’s battery on his live-in girlfriend was inexcusable, never mind that it was an escalating argument over their joint checking account. The running total is 1 case under investigation with Hall’s indefinite suspension.
Mike
July 14th, 2010
6:41 pm
I had three-a-days one year in high school – way too much. But two-a-days were good for conditioning, I thought. Kids today would rather go out and drink all night than condition thmeselves. After two-a-days, you didn’t feel like doing anything but go to sleep. What a bunch of pussies. Keep coddling these guys and we want be able to beat the Girl Scouts. Yes, I’m a huge UGA fan and 25 year season ticket holder. We need to put on two jock straps, as my old coach said, and get after it …
Dawghater
July 14th, 2010
6:45 pm
Too Many Kids in Jail for two a days! Woof Woof!
Facebook campaign likes Matt Stinchcomb for Georgia AD | UGA sports blog
July 14th, 2010
6:46 pm
[...] Dogs break football tradition, drop two-a-day practices [...]
Paul in RDU
July 14th, 2010
6:47 pm
Bob – I’d guess they just wanted to try to boost their audience.
BTW – Judging by yout name you might be interested in this one. The top sports story on the local news was about a Pro-Am b’ball game last night where a team with some UNC players played a team with NCSU recruits. UNC has some studs coming in – Barnes and Bullock combined for 55 in a win.
Dawghater
July 14th, 2010
6:48 pm
The bars in Athens just saw their sales go up and the bail bondsmen will enjoy the added business. YEE HAW boys, no more late practice. Happy Hour starts at 5 and as long as we are bailed out of jail by 8 we can make the 10 o clock practice. Woof! Woof!
Tech Sting
July 14th, 2010
6:52 pm
More swimming, easy practices, richt’s a players’ coach!!!
jzdawg
July 14th, 2010
7:04 pm
Start the practices at midnight so we can keep the players out of the bars and out of trouble.
ryan
July 14th, 2010
7:08 pm
Its like that movie that was filmed here the Crazies what is CMR thinking !
Big L
July 14th, 2010
7:10 pm
So the techies are gonna have 3 two a days and are talkin crap cause we ain’t having any. 3 two a days give u trash talkin privelages. So what are we gonna say when tech leaves practice early to have a scavenger hunt to find a bra with him sized cups.
Big L
July 14th, 2010
7:17 pm
The main difference between players now and 15 years ago is they live it all year round. Two a days got fat asses like me back into playing shape cause we didnt have strength and conditioning. They are needless at UGA’s level.
bkbroila4224
July 14th, 2010
7:22 pm
Wow…you techies could write jokes for Dane Cook…that was not a joke, you really could…His are almost as corny and repetitive!
mason
July 14th, 2010
7:28 pm
(( 30-24 ))
hahahahahahahaha
daisy Mae
July 14th, 2010
7:32 pm
I guess you thought that the dogs were only half perpared last year. This year will be a joke, also CMR last year. Do you know what we call CMR at Wal Mart where I work–A SLACKER
jasont13
July 14th, 2010
7:47 pm
Funny all these Tech people talk so much crap about it but their FIRST THREE practices are two a days. Funny to talk so much crap about a sport you yourself probably never played.
jerry
July 14th, 2010
7:55 pm
Will the players be drunk or sober when they practice?
Big L
July 14th, 2010
8:01 pm
Funny how the techtards aint embarrased about getting beat bya “complete team of drunks.” what would we do to the jerkits if we were sober? They better hope they dont find out.
FLA DAWG
July 14th, 2010
8:19 pm
Well, with “One A Days” we probably won’t get injured in preseason.
By the way, if The Dawgs perform on opening gameday against Laffer – Lou the way they did against Ga Southern then we will know how then season will go from there.
Jackson decides to transfer from UGA after DUI arrest | UGA sports blog
July 14th, 2010
8:42 pm
[...] Dogs break football tradition, drop two-a-days [...]
Jimmy
July 14th, 2010
8:46 pm
The only reason they are doing away w/ “two a days” is because they now have more than 29 days to get the 29 practices in since they are beginning preseason practice earlier. I had never heard of it beginning before Aug 1st in the past.
This year they are beginning on July 31st and they dont play their first game until Sept. 4th.
In the past teams would have less than 29 days to get their 29 practices in, thus having to create “two a day” practices in order to get them all in. You can’t forget you have to give the team a few days off during the month long preseason.
This is a non story. Move along people. And use your heads.
AltamahaDawg
July 14th, 2010
8:54 pm
I know the staff visited some other progam around tha nation this year just to see how they ran S&C, so I assume this isnt out of the norm now.
Warhorse
July 14th, 2010
9:25 pm
And they are going to cut out all profanity on the practice field — to get ready for their savior (as anointed by some on this board, the Christian Mr. LeMay).
This will leave time for dance practice so that the poodles can raise the ire of the mighty Gators, leading to a serious thumping of the pups. Sounds like a girl scout event.
andrew
July 14th, 2010
9:36 pm
@VolzRule- no the guy he was with actually did have an athletic build although really lanky and white. it might have been kris durham but i didnt get a great look him.
Saint simons
July 14th, 2010
10:25 pm
Yes Its me and Im coming out of the closet. I had a long , long talk with mom. First she says at 46 years old its time I pay her rent for living here. Secondly she wants me out of my little computer room crying over the 30-24 posts at least 2 hours a day. And she says that I have to come to grips that Ga runs this state and we ( The bugs ) have lost 8 out of 9. Im seeing a therapist but it all seems so surreal.
Amelia Mike
July 14th, 2010
10:28 pm
Can I claim that last post ????
bkbroila4224
July 14th, 2010
11:46 pm
GDamnit…you nerds have no shame…lol
A...Blank
July 15th, 2010
12:52 am
NCAA limits to 29..you still get 29 practices whether it’s over 29 days or less days with more practices in a day..I think it’s smart..more teaching and film time.
BullDawgMike
July 15th, 2010
1:29 am
I’ve never participated in two-a days before. But if I had, it would be at UGA! Stay thirsty my friends………….
OrlG8r
July 15th, 2010
7:07 am
Does “one a day” mean they’ve twice as much time to be arrested ????
Dawg4life
July 15th, 2010
7:33 am
Tech is being sued for a student falling off of the Rambling Wreck. He says he was standing outside of the car, riding from the Lambda Lambda Lambda house, waving and cheering when he fell off because a rail broke… He holds Tech responsible for providing “a vehicle that is unsafe for student use”. And you guys want to talk about us…. Why don’t you go back to the Tech page and read about your epic battle with Middle Tennessee State? Or your season defining showdown with Virginia? Go mix some aluminum and copper powder….
Buzzer Now
July 15th, 2010
7:45 am
Richt’s main concern is getting the players done with practice so they can shower and get to the 2 for 1 drink specials at the athens clubs. He’s thinking ahead—being proactive!
KeithB
July 15th, 2010
7:53 am
They might as well practice less. The extra practices haven’t done them any good over the last 30 years.
How2fish
July 15th, 2010
7:55 am
Buzzer Now I have to disagree with your so well thought out comment..CMR’s main concern is to stomp mudholes in the Bugs azz and so far he is doing a GREAT job!
chazzo
July 15th, 2010
8:06 am
I keep reading posts about Richt’s coaching style being too soft or that he is too buddy, buddy with the players. Of course, I doubt if any of these posts come from anyone who has ever attended a practice. (I, too, have questioned Richt sometimes when he calls practice early or gives them a day at the pool.) All this criticism aside, I have watched him pull a true freshman aside and calmly talk to him and place him in a clutch situation and have the guy perform. There is a lot to be said for calm cool and collected when it comes to the players’ confidence and poise.
I read posts about Richt’s lack of discipline. Yet, I have seen him repeatedly suspend players or even expel players who are important to the team because those players broke the rules. What else would you have him do?
In addition to the fact that none of us (the observers) have any real direct insight into how the program is run, criticism of the man’s demeanor just plain seems inconsequential. You may as well talk about his wardrobe.
As far as this two-a-day stuff, my initial reaction was that it’s soft to get rid of it. But, then I thought, you know two-a-days are just a rite of passage more than anything else. Maybe there is not time for rites of passage in a preseason that involves a new QB and a new defensive scheme. After thinking about it, Richt is right on here. Spend the extra time in the film and fundamentals department.
How2fish
July 15th, 2010
8:33 am
chazzo well said great post! The fact is that we have only been running 2 a days for 3 days anyway its really not that big a deal..of course when some one cramps up in the 90+ degree heat of the 1st few games which kickoff is at what 12-1pm (like they always do) people start screaming its because we shed 2 a days…even with it happening every year to every team that plays football in the South in early Sept.
'94 UGA Grad
July 15th, 2010
9:28 am
Hey ScoutDawg,
well said about Bobby Johnson. He was a fine coach and a fine man and will be missed.
Tosh.No
July 15th, 2010
9:42 am
Flag Football? Did that guy really just proudly say how he played Flag football? I think there is an L in those words that is not needed… and it ain’t in the word football Hahaha.
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July 15th, 2010
9:45 am
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Gatorbait 17-3
July 15th, 2010
10:14 am
Glad to see this latest blunder by Richt. He will never catch Florida
until he out coaches them and out works. This is a recipe for another 20 years of misery in J’ville, of course Richt won’t be around for most of that
Headlinin’: Recruits pull reverse race card on Savannah State | Sport News
July 15th, 2010
11:08 am
[...] • If you don’t have players wretching in a boot camp-style atmosphere, what do you have? Georgia will commit football blasphemy by foregoing two-a-days altogether in summer practices, denying its players such essential, character-building rites of passage as dehydration, cramping and heat stroke. UGA thinks it can get more teaching done if it spreads its allotted 29 preseason practices out. But a coach who doesn’t live to see his charges puking into clouds of dust before 6 a.m. isn’t a coach Bear Bryant would ever want to know. [Atlanta Journal-Constitution] [...]
SEC’s lunchtime links | GameDay Weekly
July 15th, 2010
12:20 pm
[...] are a thing of the past at Georgia, Tim Tucker writes in The Atlanta Journal Constitution. In case you missed it, Bulldogs backup [...]
OneNationUnderDawg
July 15th, 2010
12:28 pm
Only time will tell if this is a good decision or not. I believe this is a bad decision. Two a days build mental toughness and weed out the weak. While I recognize the recent news headlines over the years about injuries and even fatalities due to heat, a properly run two a day program with proper hydration is still my preference.
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12:31 pm
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July 15th, 2010
12:35 pm
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July 15th, 2010
12:49 pm
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EagleDown
July 15th, 2010
12:58 pm
Georgia fans can minimize this all they want but this is a story that confirms what a lot of us already thought, which is that Mark Richt is losing his grip on the team and losing his sense of what it takes to be a winner. Georgia’s problem last year (and indeed most years under Richt) was not injuries. It was that they were SOFT – physically and mentally. When things got tough, they didn’t push through it, they buckled. Making fall camp easier for them to get through is not going to solve that problem – it’s going to exacerbate it!
EagleDown
July 15th, 2010
1:01 pm
Perfect example of a Richt UGA team being mentally soft: the LSU game last year. Yes, the excessive celebration penalty was unfair, but it didn’t end the game. UGA’s defense still had a chance to win the game but they weren’t mentally prepared to handle that kind of adversity. They folded like the cheap lawn chairs that are no longer allowed on Georgia’s pristine campus on game days.
Anonymous
July 15th, 2010
3:24 pm
Flying a giant red panty around AllTell . . .
(snorkle)
Notso Fast
July 15th, 2010
4:40 pm
As long as they get in shape it should be no problem. Coach R can always buy some more black helmets when he plays the Gators & Bama
chazzo
July 15th, 2010
7:05 pm
EagleDown,
Speaking of soft, your initials are ED. LOL
There is going to be a lot of crow to eat this season. And, it aint the dawgs that will be doing it.
salparadise
July 15th, 2010
7:23 pm
Everyone knows the UGA squad the last two years was soft. The defense was soft and the passion to win was obviously lacking. The program is soft. Admit it. This news only reinforces the fact. We’ll see if it pays off.
CSRA Press
July 16th, 2010
12:33 am
Let’s talk about who really owns who in the SEC! Florida owns “The Dawgs” even with an excessive celebration penalty after that infamous Knosho first touchdown — those come soooooo few against the Gators, I guess it was fitting. How many is it now? Slowly so you can keep up — Georgia has won Three (3) of the last Twenty (20) — that’s what I call owning a team and total domination — and, it ain’t lookin’ very good anytime soon for you Dawgs to improve your record in that series. Strange how Coach Richt won’t count the Florida games as “Road” games in his sacred “Road Record” — since every other year Georgia is considered the “Visiting” team. Isn’t the “Visiting” team the one that has to travel on the road to get to the game? 3-17 — Can you count? — Gator Bait!!! And, Brantley can’t wait!!!!
chazzo
July 16th, 2010
8:28 am
CSRA.
You are right. No one really thinks otherwise. Now, slow, so you can understand it: WE DON’T CARE ABOUT THE LAST TWENTY YEARS. WE DON’T CARE ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK.
Go Gators
July 16th, 2010
11:46 pm
Is this excuse #594,392 when the Gators kick UGA’s butt this year?
chazzo
July 19th, 2010
8:27 am
Go Gators,
No excuses! There are simply no excuses for choking and gagging in games UGA should have pulled off. In a lot of other years, Florida simply had a better coach and a better team. No excuses. I am just saying that the last twenty years don’t matter. NO ONE CARES. 2010 remains to be seen.
BIG DAWG
July 19th, 2010
2:57 pm
Hey ATL Jacket I’ll send your check and a pink slip.
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July 20th, 2010
6:15 am
[...] the lead of many college programs around the country, the Dogs will ditch two-a-day workouts from the schedule for the first [...]
UGA moves back start of preseason practice; will reworked schedule include any 2-a-days? | UGA sports blog
July 20th, 2010
8:49 am
[...] The original schedule had none, and offensive coordinator Mike Bobo talked in a meeting with reporters last week about the elimination of two-a-days — the stuff of legend among generations of football players — from the schedule. That story is here. [...]
Far Away From Home Dawg
July 20th, 2010
10:39 am
It is mentioned in this column that CMR visited other schools that have dropped two a days. Can anyone name any schools that have set this precedence?