Richt on NCAA probe: ‘We’ll see what they gather’ (UPDATED)
(11:29 a.m. and 12:04 p.m. updates below)
HOOVER, Ala. – Georgia’s delegation arrived here this morning for SEC Media Days and immediately faced questions about Wednesday’s news that the NCAA will send investigators to campus for an “inquiry.”
In interviews before their formal appearances before the media later this morning, Georgia wide receiver A.J. Green said he has “never” been to Miami, where various players’ attendance at an agent’s party reportedly led to NCAA probes at three other schools, and coach Mark Richt said he doesn’t believe the NCAA inquiry will necessarily bring bad news.
“I don’t know if it is [bad news] or not, quite frankly,” Richt said. “By the way you posed the question, you’re saying it’s never good news [when the NCAA investigates]. Then you’re saying it’s bad news. I don’t necessarily think it is bad news.
“I’m sure they’re gathering information, but we’ll see what they gather.”
Richt said he does not believe the NCAA probe will be a distraction to the team, which starts preseason practice on Aug. 2.
Asked if he is worried at this point about having a player or players declared ineligible, Richt said: “I’m not going to make any comment about anything having to do with the investigation.”
Asked if the NCAA is looking into the activities of one player or more than one player, Richt said: “I don’t know at all. And actually I’m asked not to make any comment about it.”
UGA associate athletic director Claude Felton said the NCAA requested that the school’s officials, coaches and players not comment on the matter until the inquiry is completed.
Green, Georgia’s top pro prospect, has said that he was asked by a Georgia official on Tuesday if he attended the agent’s party in Miami and that he said no.
He reiterated this morning that he has “never” been to Miami.
“I’m not even focused on that,” Green said of the tumult about the NCAA probe. “I’m just focused on getting ready for the season.”
Asked if he is worried about what might come of the investigation, Green said simply: “No.”
Asked if it is a hassle, he said: “Not really. Just random stuff, but it’s not a hassle.”
UPDATE 11:25 A.M.:
Before the full media contingent, Richt’s topic turned to his team and the approaching season, of all things.
He seemed decidedly upbeat.
“Everything I’ve seen so far makes me think we’re going to have what it takes from an emotional standpoint, a physical standpoint,” he said.
Despite a turbulent off-season that has included the arrests of seven players, the arrest and resignation of the athletic director and now an NCAA inquiry, Richt said it has been a good offseason from a football standpoint.
“There is an energy we have this offseason we probably haven’t had in a while,” he said.
Richt said the team has high respect for redshirt freshman quarterback Aaron Murray and is rallying around him. Richt said he believes the offense will be improved this season with a good complement of run and pass. He said he hopes Green stays healthy all season and believes he will improve as a blocker.
And to the inevitable question of how he feels about reports putting him on the occupational “hot seat,” Richt said: “I understand the business. I understand how things go. I don’t worry about it.”
UPDATE 12:04 P.M.:
In the big ballroom before the full media contingent here, A.J. Green honored the request by Georgia officials that he not discuss the NCAA inquiry.
Asked if that frustrates him, if there are things he would like to say but can’t, he said: “It’s not my place to comment on it. I don’t feel like I have to.”
On another matter, Green confirmed that he has taken out an insurance policy to protect his future potential NFL earnings against a career-ending injury.
More to come.
Please follow @ajcuga for quick updates from Media Days.
Earlier story updated: NCAA contacts UGA, says it will launch ‘inquiry’
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247 comments Add your comment
yeah
July 22nd, 2010
10:13 am
First
ForsythDawg
July 22nd, 2010
10:17 am
Hopefully we won’t have anything come up. Crossing my fingers here, Tim.
Riiight
July 22nd, 2010
10:17 am
AJ is just following what he learned from Damon. LIE! Who’s the girl? Oh were just friends. Why are you holding her panties? Oh she asked me to while I drove her home!
BobDog
July 22nd, 2010
10:17 am
A.J.’s presence at the media event is good news. If he had been in Miami, surely UGA wouldn’t have let him attend.
ForsythDawg
July 22nd, 2010
10:18 am
More Techies trolling the UGA blogs. Riiiight, why don’t you concern yourself with your second-rate team in your second-rate conference.
Some Sense
July 22nd, 2010
10:19 am
Mark’s responses seem a mite prickly.
Riiight
July 22nd, 2010
10:21 am
I think he confused Miami with Miami Ohio!
yeah
July 22nd, 2010
10:22 am
AJ just doesnt seem the type to be involved in something like this. The players who have been mentioned so far all share one thing in common….extreme stupidity ( read the N.C. players twitter message about the event if you dont believe that.) What scares me are former players being involved and UGA having to pay the price.
Starring Kam Fong as Chin Ho
July 22nd, 2010
10:23 am
@Riiiight, how can someone with your screen name be sooo wrooong ?
SatchelBuzz
July 22nd, 2010
10:28 am
Dude say’s that he’s never been to Miami,..case closed. Move along, nothing to see here,…..just another mediocre season on the horizon.
THWG!
TBOMACHINE
July 22nd, 2010
10:29 am
BOBDOG: I AGREE 100%
Schmeckdawg
July 22nd, 2010
10:30 am
yeah, I am a huge DAWG fan, but, I don’t understand your concern about former players. Are you talking about attending this party or what they may or may not have done while they were at UGA?
Keep Hunkerin’
TBOMACHINE
July 22nd, 2010
10:30 am
go dawgs
SD Dawg
July 22nd, 2010
10:30 am
If AJ was in Miami, going to be tough to back track on that statement. I would say I believe he wasn’t there. Doesn’t mean he hasn’t had “other” contact with agents though. All we can do is just wait and see what they find. If the players are guilty, so be it. Let them suffer the consequences of their action. No one is above the rules.
Waka Flocka Flame
July 22nd, 2010
10:31 am
I heard the Benny Benassi was also at the party…
du duuu du du duuuuuuuuu
TUCK FECH
July 22nd, 2010
10:31 am
I saw all the TECH players in Miami …getting Beat Down by Iowa.
We Run This "
July 22nd, 2010
10:31 am
Enter your comments here
ugag is irrelevant
July 22nd, 2010
10:32 am
yawn … boring … hey, did any of you one-eyebrow drunks ever travel outside the state and ask anyone about your alma mater? oh, I forgot … very few of you trash-heads even attended that “noble” place
les nessman
July 22nd, 2010
10:32 am
I’ve never been to Bogart!
Mr. Obvious
July 22nd, 2010
10:34 am
With a disgruntled Damon Evans as their “Anonymous Source,” I imagine the NCAA will easily be able to gather quite a bit.
MaconDawg
July 22nd, 2010
10:36 am
Riiight is really St. Simons! Still hurts, don’t it! By the way, red panties are alot better than yellow ones.
JR
July 22nd, 2010
10:36 am
AJ says he has “never” been to Miami. He is either telling the truth or really dumb. I am going with the truth… given all the attention to this issue, surely he knows better than to save “never” if there is any remote truth to the allegations.
Riiight
July 22nd, 2010
10:36 am
He’s never been to Miami Ohio! This guy has so much to lose if he’s busted. Of course he will lie. Are you people this stupid to believe him? I guess so. You probably believed Damon and Courtney were just friends too.
UGA=Yawn
July 22nd, 2010
10:38 am
You saw GT players in Miami??? LOL. Did you see all the pre-season polls??? GT anywhere from #9 to #11. UGA just barely in at #25. Poor pitiful back-seat puppies. The view is different no huh?? There’s a reason his name is being mentioned. He WAS in Miami at the party.
joe
July 22nd, 2010
10:39 am
Can you image AJ being suspended and the pups starting 0-2 in the SEC?? If that were to happen, mutt fans will be calling for Richt’s firing like never before.
GaBulldawg79
July 22nd, 2010
10:40 am
A.J. was not in Miami. Several people have confirmed he was in S.C. with his family Memorial Day Weekend, and his Facebook page has pics on there confirming it. When this is over I hope the AJC is just as energetic to clear his name as they seem to be to indict him.
JB
July 22nd, 2010
10:40 am
If there was any concern that he did wrong, I think it’s a fair assumption he wouldn’t be put in front of the press. I also wathced his Q&A and seem relly relaxed.
Sure is gonna be a shame for the envious and bitter if this is much ado about nothing.
HBTD!!!
Wiley
July 22nd, 2010
10:42 am
Damn right we’ll see what they gather.
Deepdiver
July 22nd, 2010
10:42 am
People are focusing their anger on the wrong person. They need to take their anger off agents and send it at the NCAA for being a joke and pimping players. Players are the ones who really bring in the money for college football. The NCAA tries to push forward the laughable joke that they only care about the student athletes when they extend the season by adding an extra game and allowing them to have conference championship games to make extra money for schools and conferences. The NCAA is the frickin joke. College athletes need to start their own conference for pay and stop the joke of the NCAA in its tracks.
RDR
July 22nd, 2010
10:42 am
This investigation really doesn’t surprise me. NCAA is always going to keep a closer eye on the successful programs, i.e. there looking at UGA, FL and Bama (not MSU, Ole Miss, Vandy, Duke, git, etc.) I’m surprised LSU hasn’t been added to the list. I’d be really surprised if anything came out of it negatively for any of these schools.
Todd
July 22nd, 2010
10:43 am
Guess AJ’s denial means that he was at the agent’s party…..or at least what I’m getting used to these days.
Hey, Riiight
July 22nd, 2010
10:44 am
If you have pertinent information I urge you to contact the NCAA.
Otherwise you can go back to popping your zits and flogging your log.
TUCK FECH
July 22nd, 2010
10:44 am
MaconDawg…Red panties are alot better than yellow ones….Thats good stuff thier! hahahah
Have yall seen the JOKE by COKE’s schedule…SC State, Middle Tenn, Kansas,Wake Forrest, Duke Etc
GO DAWGS!
UGA is Just Fine....
July 22nd, 2010
10:44 am
From what I’m hearing this is more about guilt by association. Apparently AJ is friends with some of those who were in attendance and there were some references to the clubs and party in miami that were tweeted and posted on AJ’s facebook by those in attendance and that’s why he’s being questioned about whether he attended or has had any contact with the agent(s) in question. According to AJ he was back home visiting friends and family in Summerville.
I don’t think UGA is the last school that will be visited over “agent-gate”. The top two programs are in question about illicit agent dealings, and now there’s the “where there’s smoke there’s fire” mentality. The NCAA is going to be extremely thorough and any rumor or hint of a player anywhere that may or may not have been involved in this thing is going to have the spotlight on them.
This incident with AJ is much ado about nothing in my opinion, however with the recent DUI/underage drinking arrests, D.Evans, the NCAA will probaby do a little digging while their there. What we need to hope is that there is nothing ELSE that we DON’T know about that rears it’s ugly head.
Rarely is it a good thing when the NCAA starts investigating, but hopefully we’re in good shape. Wouldn’t surprise me if this isn’t coming from another school trying to “tattle” to get the spotlight off of them. It’s funny that this information comes out on the eve of Richt’s media day knowing that this will be the focus today.
Hedgepruner
July 22nd, 2010
10:44 am
THUG UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
GaBulldawg79
July 22nd, 2010
10:44 am
Todd,
It isn’t a denial when you have several witnesses and pictures confirming you weren’t there, its called the truth.
Reality Stinks
July 22nd, 2010
10:45 am
UGA=Yawn
It doesnt matter where we are at we will still give Tech a beat down
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 22nd, 2010
10:45 am
How in the heck is CMR supposed to sound to the news? Do you want him to sound like Saban a saber rattle or do you want him to sound like Meyer and sound like a 12 year old little girl?
CMR is a steady voice to the program and reacted to the news as TRUE UGA fans expect. With a calming presence and a rationale approach to the breaking events.
Riiight
July 22nd, 2010
10:45 am
Dumb football players? Never!! ROFL
AJ GREEN
July 22nd, 2010
10:47 am
I’ve never been to miami. I’ve been to South beach. But miami? No.
Ed
July 22nd, 2010
10:47 am
BobDog and Tbomachine,
A.J. Green was scheduled to be at media days before these allegations came out. Teams usually bring 2 or 3 of their top upper class-man but I do agree this is bad news. Only because this is going to be the last year that A.J. Green will be running Between the Hedges. He will turn pro after this year.
THWGT!!
Todd
July 22nd, 2010
10:48 am
Photos. Now that is funny.
ryan
July 22nd, 2010
10:48 am
The problem why all this has happened is because the NCAA has allowed these student athletes to move off campus and that why you see all players getting in trouble with booze or bar fights and NFL agents it came back to haunt the NCAA.
Schmeckdawg
July 22nd, 2010
10:48 am
If he says he didn’t go, I believe him. To my knowledge, he has never done anything while at The UGA to make we want to doubt him!
GATA!
Score Check
July 22nd, 2010
10:49 am
The ACC is a week conference.
Tech’s high school offense has been exposed in the last two games and even by last year’s weak UGA defense.
It is only a matter of time before the rest of the ACC figures out how to stop that HS offense too.
dawgtime
July 22nd, 2010
10:49 am
why do Richt’s comments sound “prickly”? the ncaa asked uga not to comment on the investigation until it’s over….the media is aware of this request, so what do they do…..why of course they’ll ask pestering questions about the situation! i’m sure it’s a bit annoying to richt and green alike.
Score Check
July 22nd, 2010
10:49 am
rather a “weak conference”
NCAA cops
July 22nd, 2010
10:50 am
From Jan Kemp to the Harricks to red panties to 40 arrest in 3 years to this. Way to go dawgs!
DIT
July 22nd, 2010
10:52 am
Techies, keep dreaming. No matter what the outcome is on this investigation there is one thing that will NOT change. That is your beatdown by the Dawgs this coming Novemeber. You know it and will fight all the way to the time of the beatdown.
You can’t beat UGA in football so you hope that other events will take place to UGA’s team. The only way you win come November is that the entire team is suspended for that game.
So keep on posting your mindless dribble as a tech poster or as half of you do, post as a UF or Bama fan. I get it, you team can’t do squat against UGA so you might as well jump on the bandwagon of another school. Thing is, everyone can tell an imposter!
Go Dawgs & SEC!
TUCK FECH
July 22nd, 2010
10:52 am
The NCAA is now investigating Tech for all the Missing fans at thier stadium!
CourtneyF
July 22nd, 2010
10:53 am
Par-t? Damon and me, I mean…AJ……were never at no party
Cuz
July 22nd, 2010
10:53 am
In Richt we trust, everyone else pays cash.
bo Williams
July 22nd, 2010
10:54 am
I’m a UNC fan. I wish TJ Yates would have been in Miami. That would give me some hope. Meaning – either the agents know something about him I don’t know, or, he won’t be playing this year.
MoDawg
July 22nd, 2010
10:55 am
AJ Green gave his commitment to UGA in high school 1-1/2 years before his signing day and withstood every other school in the nation’s best effort during that time to get him to stray from that commitment, but he stayed true to his word. I’ll take AJ at his word until proven otherwise. If he says he was not there….he was not there.
The NFL needs to step in and hold some of these agents accountable for this kind of thing. These are good, young kids by most standards who get swayed by slimey adults and their money. It’s a shame.
Go Dawgs!!
GW
July 22nd, 2010
10:56 am
The real bad deal here is all of the mulletheads assuming AJ Green is lying. That is what the public has come to expect from athletes, politicians, teachers, media, everybody, etc. Nobody trusts anybody. This AJC blogoid loves this stuff.
Blackberry Cobbler
July 22nd, 2010
10:57 am
AJ obviously got connected with the part by someone. Otherwise, the NCAA wouldn’t have called about it on Tuesday. Someone, apparently, made the allegation that he has there. He says he wasn’t. So someone is lying. We’ll see who.
Bruce Mac
July 22nd, 2010
10:58 am
You idiot Yech fans, UGA is not accused of doing anything wrong here. Can you even read? Please just shut up and leave some doubt as to the incredible level of your stupidity.
Schmeckdawg
July 22nd, 2010
10:58 am
What is it with the last name Furhman? You have the loud motuh drunk woman with Evans and the lying cop from the OJ case. Bad genes/name?
Paul The Vol
July 22nd, 2010
10:58 am
Well, here’s one NCAA investigation that we don’t have to worry about. We don’t have any junior or seniors rated high NFL picks.
By the way, does anyone doubt this was Drew Rosenhaus’ party?
Gratefuldawghead
July 22nd, 2010
10:58 am
I stand behind AJ GREEN! He was Not in Miami!
GO DAWGS and “F” the Haters!
CourtneyF
July 22nd, 2010
10:59 am
Gimmie back my panties
Bill King is a ..................
July 22nd, 2010
11:00 am
TUCK FECH………..get em son!!! God forbid AJ was there and he winds up suspended. But if it comes down to worst case scenerio for him….that could be a good thing for UGA. Then we will be more inclined to stay with the running game. IT WORKS TOO GOOD, PATTON!!!!!!! Plus, Orson Charles is our guy and we have Durham back. We will be fine. And whats that other kids name that was a freshman last year??? He had a lot of hype coming outta highschool but didnt have a good freshman season. HE’ll be better too. GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!
AltamahaDawg
July 22nd, 2010
11:01 am
Well at least this is one thing the UGA fans and the GT fans can agree on. WE got the NCAA sniffing around, they got the Dept of Homeland Security sniffing around. It’s a pain.
Dawg Fan
July 22nd, 2010
11:01 am
You stupid techies, though after last year you would know the polls are a joke after the whupping we put on the humble bumbles. As soon as tech plays a real team they will lose just like you lost the last 2 of 3 last year. The Dawgs own you! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
DIT
July 22nd, 2010
11:01 am
MoDawg
I totally agree. These agents need to be held accountable for stuff like this. We all know that 18-22 year old athletes have just about no brains when it comes to this type of atmosphere. Heck, I remember being recruited by a couple big time colleges a few decades ago in Baseball. It’s tough to say no to a free trip and party. It’s all so “heady” (no pun intended Damon).
Bottom line these agents should lose their license or right to be an agent if they are involved in an illegal act such as this!
Thanks SEC
July 22nd, 2010
11:02 am
Thanks SEC for covering the butts of Florida and Alabama by making sure the NCAA makes a visit to Athens even though there is no evidence that anyone in Athens did anything wrong. UGA is never going to get back on track until the GA Tech alumni @ the SEC are gone.
Dawg'88
July 22nd, 2010
11:04 am
Hey Riight….SHUT IT MORON!
BG
July 22nd, 2010
11:04 am
AJ was not there plain and simple!!!!!!!!!
BobDog
July 22nd, 2010
11:05 am
Ed,
Correct, it was already scheduled, but they knew about the situation before they went. And they would have left A.J. at home if they knew he had done something wrong rather than presenting him as a face of the UGA program. I’m sure they quizzed him pretty hard and felt comfortable about his answers before they let him get out in front of reporters.
DIT
July 22nd, 2010
11:05 am
What is funny is that all the Nerd Herd said in the past that Pre-season polls mean nothing(to this I agree), but now they are on here saying that they are “pre-seasoned” ranked higher than UGA and beating their chests!! Silly Nerds!
Schmeckdawg
July 22nd, 2010
11:05 am
Nice calls MoDAWG & Gratefuldawghead!
UGA=Yawn
July 22nd, 2010
11:06 am
TUCK FECH – we’re #9 !!! You’re # nothin!!! How’s the view from the rear!!!????
RDR
July 22nd, 2010
11:06 am
The obsession by the nerds continues. Aahahahahaha! Go Dawgs!!
Reality Check
July 22nd, 2010
11:09 am
Wonder if the Bulldog media appraoches this story with the same enthusiasm they approached the Pouncey and Florida probe, not likely!
TUCK FECH
July 22nd, 2010
11:10 am
UGA=Yawn ..The DAWGS have beaten Tech 60-39 Times. You have beaten Richt One time in 9 years.
Quote from Athlon Sports this year “Georgia Tech will always be the second favorite team in thier own city”
How Bout Them DAWGS!
Dawg'88
July 22nd, 2010
11:11 am
UGA=Yawn
We take a back seat to how? Tech? Because of the polls? Give Me A Break!
The polls mean zero! Tech is in our rearview mirror. Its almost boring to beat Yech time after time after time after time…when Yech wins one game (2008) their fans go balistic because they know it will be another 7-8 years before they win another one.
Thats an inferiority complex! They know that the Dawgs are better…no matter the polls, the records, etc. Ga Yech…ACC Chumps! Without AJ Green last year the Dawgs still beat your sorry butts! Hold, hold on a second…………..Caleb King Just Scored Again!!!!!!!
WE RUN THIS STATE!!!!!!!!!!!
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DAWGS!!!!
Rex
July 22nd, 2010
11:13 am
No Tech players have ever been to Miami, either. That was evident in the Orange Bowl.
John = Idiot
July 22nd, 2010
11:13 am
John- you are a Jacka**, how does race even come into play here? First of all did it ever occur to YOU to think before you type?
“Once again, whenever a pro or college athlete gets into trouble, they are black 95% of the time. Just amazes me. I guess their brains are just different. Not as smart.”
First question do you have CREDIBLE statistical data to support your 95% claim? There were quite a few white players from Notre Dame that got into trouble this past weekend.
Second- if the majority of football/basketball players are in fact black, wouldn’t it stand to reason that a larger pool of those who get into trouble would then in fact be black? The majority of people who run large corporations are older white men, so should it come as any surprise that “95%” of those who commit corporate fraud are older white men?
Perhaps you should take a look at your own IQ and leave the intelligent conversation to those of us who’s IQ’s are comprised of more than two digits.
Race has absolutely nothing to do with stupidity or intelligence for that matter. Wake up and step into the 21st century or go find a Klan site to troll.
Bill King is a ..................
July 22nd, 2010
11:13 am
at UGA=Yawn……..Ya’ll have beat us once in the last decade. Give it a fn rest. We own you, your mama/daddy, grandparents, your mortgage, your wife(if you have one). What about this do you not get??? A Tech fan lecturing a DAWG fan about football is kinda like a nun lecturing Heidi Fleiss on how to give a bj. She doesnt need it and neither do we. You sir(UGA=Yawn) are cordially invited to go do urself.
DIT
July 22nd, 2010
11:14 am
Dawg88 – I think is that was Ealy scoring again!
seriously
July 22nd, 2010
11:15 am
WE ALL KNOW KNOWSHON AND STAFFORD DID A WHOLE ALOT AND GOT A WHOLE LOT
BG
July 22nd, 2010
11:16 am
When is the NCAA heading to Tech, UT, and LSU to snoop around? Oh I almost forgot about ole Auburn.
Dawg'88
July 22nd, 2010
11:17 am
Hey UGA=Yawn…
Has the view from behind us 8 out of 9 years? If your #9, its just shows that UGA should be ranked higher or that the pollsters are smokin’ something. Even if you finish #9 or higher.,..you will still lose the 9th out 10 games vs UGA!
Jealousy is ooozing from you! I love it! The madder and more vile you get it means we’re getting to you. Thanks for the entertainment. You have no facts to support Yech being better besides a pre-season poll. Its not a poll to determine who is better…its on the field!!! Guess who leads the way there? UGA UGA UGA UGA!!!!
Ealey just ripped off another 20 yard gain followed by another King TD on the flats!!!
How is “buttterfingers” Thomas…ran to the NFL with his tail between his legs. Can’t live down that
ooops…drop!
Keep up the anger…heh,heh,heh!!!
WE RUN THIS STATE!!!!!!!!!
Schmeckdawg
July 22nd, 2010
11:18 am
Rex, that is HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!! Hell, even in these posts’ we kick yechs asses!
shannon1776
July 22nd, 2010
11:18 am
1. The reason I feel he is telling the truth is first, it will be too easy to find the truth, and two, Richt wouldn’t have brought him.
2. In this case, I am on bama and SC’s and NC’s side. The agents are child predators. Punish THEM for causing this trouble-don’t blame the kid who most times has never had a DIME too his name., What is the kid supposed to do when he has the chance to pocket some money and be shown star treatment?????????
Go dawgs.
Dawg'88
July 22nd, 2010
11:18 am
DIT…Ealey didn’t score a TD vs Yech,…just ran wild 20 yards+ per attempt!
shannon1776
July 22nd, 2010
11:19 am
@Riiiiiight:
Go stick a first down marker up your ass. Then, get out of your mom’s basement and get a life.
Paddy
July 22nd, 2010
11:21 am
AJ said he has never been to Miami. Good enough for this Dawg fan!
Dawg'88
July 22nd, 2010
11:22 am
Tech players: “When does the Orange Bowl start?”
Answer: “Its over….you guys didn’t show up!”
Aiken Chicken
July 22nd, 2010
11:25 am
I’m not feeling a lot of love on here…and football is still 6 weeks away.
Dawg'88
July 22nd, 2010
11:25 am
Tech fan: We’re #9 We’re #9 We’re #9 We’re #9 We’re #9 We’re #9!
UGA fan: 30-24!! WE RUN THIS STATE!!! 30-24!! WE RUN THIS STATE!!!
Schmeckdawg
July 22nd, 2010
11:25 am
Hey all of you dirt daubers, I think I just heard your PA announcer say first down GEORGIA…AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!
DawginLex
July 22nd, 2010
11:26 am
All the Dawg hatin’ nerds on the blogs forget one small FACT.
WE BEAT TECH LAST YEAR WITHOUT AJ.
Don’t need to throw when you can run the ball down the nerd’s throats.
Who Cares?
July 22nd, 2010
11:26 am
At least it wasn’t Damon’s panties in her lap!
The NCAA is taking a look. If UGA has a clean program, and I believe they do, so what? They may find a player or two that did something wrong but the institution can only do so much. It eventually comes down to individual integrity. AJ has demonstrated it. I believe him. CMR has as well. I believe him.
I am not a lawyer but isn’t it illegal to offer someone money to break a contract? Couldn’t the NCAA and the schools sue the agents who do this? I think USC should sue Bush, May and the agents involved and let a court decide how much they owe. That would stop all of this.
How2fish
July 22nd, 2010
11:29 am
John there is a lot of really dumb stuff posted on these blogs NONE dumber that what you posted..please get help..today!
DIT
July 22nd, 2010
11:30 am
Dawg88 – I can’t keep up with all the scoring from King & Ealy. Wait, UGA just scored! DGD!
jimmytech
July 22nd, 2010
11:30 am
I believe AJ has never been to Miami, but he sure as hell has been to Shreveport…and probably will be again soon!
DIT
July 22nd, 2010
11:33 am
AWWWHHH little jimmytech
UGAownsTech
July 22nd, 2010
11:34 am
GT TECH FANS ARE FUNNY…15-4 VERSUS YOU GUYS THE LAST 18 YEARS AND THE THREE YOU WON IN THE 90′S YOU USED INELIGIBLE PLAYERS…YOU GUYS HAD ONE LEGITIMATE WIN…ONE. AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR WE COME INTO YOUR HOUSE AGAINST THE NUMBER ONE RUSHING TEAM IN THE COUNTRY AND RUN ALL OVER YOU GUYS FOR 339 YARDS ON THE GROUND. INSTEAD OF ASKING ABOUT AJ GREEN AND DAMON EVANS, WHY DONT YOU ASK YOUR COACH WHY HE CAN’T WIN A BOWL GAME? WHAT’S THE WORD???? I GOT SOME WORDS FOR YOU…HOW BOUT THE DAWGS?
SSIgator
July 22nd, 2010
11:38 am
Despite a turbulent off-season that has included the arrests of seven players, the arrest and resignation of the athletic director and now an NCAA inquiry, Richt said it has been a good offseason from a football standpoint.
“There is an energy we have this offseason we probably haven’t had in a while,” he said.
That must mean that the two for one bars have extended happy hour to happy days.
Odell T.
July 22nd, 2010
11:38 am
Richt kept Mettenburger on the team until it became apparent that he couldn’t cover up the assault on the female charge. Evans pretended that he had just one too many beers at his press conference until the video and red panties proved him disingenuous. The emails and phone records confirmed Evans an outright liar. Expect the same kind of manipulation on the NCAA issue.
harold
July 22nd, 2010
11:40 am
A GEORGIA NIGHTMARE.
RealDawg
July 22nd, 2010
11:41 am
Only reason he is on the hot seat is because the media keeps saying “he is on the hot seat”. Heard it on talk radio in Nashville yesterday. Terrible for recruiting. Quit fn saying it. It is not even close to true.
dougdawg
July 22nd, 2010
11:42 am
no problem for tech is right. there’s no one playing on that high school team that any agent or pro team would even want to consider.
ryan
July 22nd, 2010
11:42 am
harold get off this page you jerk AJ was in SC get it through your head butt head.
Brad
July 22nd, 2010
11:42 am
Jimmytech….not as many times as you’ve been to Boise….LOL
How2fish
July 22nd, 2010
11:43 am
SSIgator hey good thing about the timing of all these NCAA probes for the Gator fans is that CUM will sure be able to get the dosage for his MEDS dialed in before the season starts…see you in Jax.
Margaret DeVille
July 22nd, 2010
11:44 am
Despite a turbulent off-season that has included the arrests of seven players, the arrest and resignation of the athletic director and now an NCAA inquiry, Richt said it has been a good offseason from a football standpoint.
Richt thinks that’s a “good offseason”?
I think he knows he’s in trouble when he spouts stupid crap like that.
The sooner this bozo is gone, the better.
Roy Wood
July 22nd, 2010
11:46 am
If CMR is ever fired at UGA he want be out of work long.Maby we could hire Ray Goff back again.You think everyone is of average intelligence but some of the stuff on this blog is crazy as Hell TEX DAWG
jimmytech
July 22nd, 2010
11:47 am
Yeah, good point dougdawg, that is why tech had two first round draft picks this year…because they are a high school team..
Katy
July 22nd, 2010
11:49 am
Note to UGAownsTech and the rest of the welfare trailer park trash:
You Dawg fans who keep repeating “30-24″ like a mantra enjoy yourselves all you want. The thing is… Tech alumni and fans have lives that don’t depend entirely on what a bunch of kids does on Saturday afternoons. College sports are fun to follow, but the biggest reason for going to college is to get an education.
UGA fans don’t seem to care about anything but football, and they don’t care if their players are enrolled in silly majors that no parents who are paying the bills would send their kids to UGA for. The very few football and basketball players who graduate have no job opportunities and end up unemployed or working in menial jobs that hardly require a college degree.
Georgia Tech is a real school with serious academic standards, and that includes scholarshipped athletes. UGA has a long history of being a party school, where parents send their kids for an easy degree, even if the degree itself is practically worthless.
Jan Kemp exposed the crap going on at UGA with athletes being enrolled in courses a ten-year-old kid could pass. That was almost three decades ago, and nothing has changed. If anything, the abuses are more blatant today. Way too many illiterate morons are being recruited, and the very high arrest rate shows clearly that Richt does not care if his players have any morals or self-discipline.
The bottom line is that most Tech fans have very good jobs and productive lives that don’t depend on Tech’s football record for their happiness in life. It would be great to beat UGA more often, but when you put scholar-athletes up against dummy-athletes, it’s usually no contest.
It’s pretty pathetic to see UGA fans who typically have never been within miles of a college classroom and who live or die with UGA’s weekly results on the football field.
So keep on posting your “30-24″ all you want, especially since you’re home with plenty of time on your hands. I wish you well, maybe you’ll get lucky and get your old job back at the Waffle House before your unemployment checks stop coming.
Lashauntavious
July 22nd, 2010
11:50 am
Don’t worry Aaron Murray IS the second coming of Joe Cox!
GT is now a 6TH RATE HIGH SCHOOL TEAM
July 22nd, 2010
11:54 am
GT fans have yellow panties but wished they were red for more excitement. hahahahahahahahahahaha
Lashauntavious
July 22nd, 2010
11:55 am
If the NCAA finds UGA guilty, then they should take away all of Georgia’s championships for the last four years! Oh yeah……….there weren’t any.
hairyuga
July 22nd, 2010
11:58 am
UGA=Yawn, #9???? you were #7 last year when we beat you! GT will quickly fall out of the polls!
SSIgator
July 22nd, 2010
11:59 am
Richt’s best shot at staying in Athens long-term is to trot on down to Adam’s office and apply for the AD job. Otherwise I don’t see him being in town much longer. The natives are restless and it is getting louder. 1980 – so long ago.
TampaGator
July 22nd, 2010
11:59 am
Will Georgia have to forfeit the victory in Shreveport….how will Georgia ever recover? Just joking folks. I really hope AJ Green is innocent….the SEC needs him this year….but I do not understand the “no comment” response…or Richt’s response. The Pounceys and Meyer infatically denied the charges against the Pouncey’s and U of F. Not saying Green is guilty…and I hope he isn’t….but I just found the approach hard to understand….
RDR
July 22nd, 2010
12:02 pm
Poor little Jimmytech doesn’t even realize that the SEC is no longer tied into Shreveport. Beginning this year it’s the ACC and some other “mickey mouse” conference.
ryan
July 22nd, 2010
12:02 pm
Margaret i don’t were you got seven players arrested from i know there was 11 players arrested at Norte Dame. Yea what kind of a mascot is a yellow jacket it a bug you can squash with your bare hands
TampaGator
July 22nd, 2010
12:03 pm
That is “emphatically”….too big a hurry with the post.
Bill W.
July 22nd, 2010
12:03 pm
@Katy
This is a UGA football newspaper blog. Why else would we be talking about football on here?!
Each school have their share of athletes that flunk out or may have trouble down the road. I’m sure UGA law or veterinarian school has really produced some unemployed folks, ha!. UGA is a fine school.
And to your comment about “menial” jobs. You ever consider that some people may enjoy their “menial” jobs? Lay off on the judgments of others and realize that this is a sports (football) blog with rivalry banter that goes on back and forth.
Oh, and by the way (30-24) HAHAHAHAHAHA!!
GATA!
jasont13
July 22nd, 2010
12:08 pm
@ Katy, do you not remember when Tech beat UGA in 2208? That is all you guys did was put up the score every where on these blogs. Heck your seniors even had rings made and put the score on there. So in my mind we (UGA Alums and fans) have every right to post a score of last years game.
Joe
July 22nd, 2010
12:08 pm
“Dude say’s that he’s never been to Miami,..case closed. Move along, nothing to see here,…..just another mediocre season on the horizon”
Every season is a mediocre season for Tech.
TampaGator
July 22nd, 2010
12:08 pm
Katy…..I believe the University of Georgia is every bit concerned about the academic progress of its student athletes as is Ga. Tech. I think you are clearly barking up the wrong tree with your comments. In fact, I believe Ga. Tech has lowered its entrance requirements somewhat so the Tech coaches can recruit more athletes and be able to compete better on the football field. Just saying…..
How2fish
July 22nd, 2010
12:11 pm
TampaGator AJ had stated he was NOT there, yesterday and again this morning…CMR was told NOT to discuss this by the school and the NCAA so he really can’t say much..and I think that made him a mite testy..as the media just keeps asking him questions he can’t answer and probably wants to..not sure if Saban or Coach Meyer were given the same marching orders or not?
TampaGator
July 22nd, 2010
12:12 pm
Joe….I don’t think going to the Orange Bowl (Tech) is considered having a mediocre season on the flats…..but I think the Independence Bowl (Georgia) would be considered such between the hedges. Watch what you say….maybe.
Tech Sucks
July 22nd, 2010
12:12 pm
Tuck Fech had the greates line of the day so far.
“I saw all the TECH players in Miami …getting Beat Down by Iowa.”
Awesome. Nearly fell out of my chair at work.
TampaGator
July 22nd, 2010
12:13 pm
How2Fish…good point. Florida had 5 weeks. Georgia had one day. Thanks.
Gatorzone
July 22nd, 2010
12:13 pm
AltamahaDawg
July 22nd, 2010
11:01 am
Well at least this is one thing the UGA fans and the GT fans can agree on. WE got the NCAA sniffing around, they got the Dept of Homeland Security sniffing around. It’s a pain.
Now that’s funny!
ryan
July 22nd, 2010
12:13 pm
TampaGator all of us SEC guys need band together and not let these jerk writers jump to conclusions because most these guys on here are ACC guys.
S FL Chapter of the Bulldog Nation
July 22nd, 2010
12:16 pm
LMAOROTF…Some of you people are just too funny! Like this Jimmytech guy…you’re an IDIOT! No clue what you are even saying! I used to have a neighbor growing up who’s name was Jimmy and he wound up going to Tech(I still have an imprint of he braces on my knuckle)…he was a F-IN PU$$, DORK, DWEEB, and more than anything else…a NERD! But even if he was going to try and talk smack…he’d probably at least know something about what he was talking about! UGA will never again go to Shreveport unless they chance conferences…you F-IN IDIOT!! DAMN IT! Sometimes when I read some of these posts…I FEEL LIKE I’M PLAYING CARDS WITH MY SISTER’S KIDS!!!!
Now, back to the subject at hand! Believe it or not…it’s not the lack of common since these retarded GT fans have. It’s the SEC Media Day, and more specifically the NCAA probe into current player/agent interaction. Which at this time happens to include, UF, UA, UGA, UNC, & USC. Now, all of these may not be necessarily related but they all are deemed to be a primary violation by the NCAA.
Poucey from UF has already come out stating that the claim against him is 100% false, and said that he provided everything that he could to prove that. AJ has made a statement that not only was he not in Mia for Memorial Day, but he’s never been to Mia. Now at this time I have to believe both of them. Now, is it possible that another player from UGA could of been down there…absolutely. We’ll just have to wait and see what comes from this. Oh and from what I heard AJ is in Hoover.
I, along with every other Dawg fan, hope that this does not prohibit any current player from competing this season, but if it comes out that one of our players did mess up then guess what?? We have someone right behind that guy who’s ready to get his chance….and we’ll move on!
The good thing is that this whole thing is coming to light now and not during the season!
There has been a lot of people from all over the grid, Dawgs, Gators, etc., saying this and that about…don’t talk smack, don’t throw stones, etc. The fact is that player issues are not a single teams issue. It’s every teams issue! No school is free of a young man’s decision coming back to haunt both him as an individual and the team as a whole. It’s an unfortunate effect of the size of the game these days. In the south football is king…bottom line. A good number of the best players in the nation come out of the southeast US. I know there are quality players all over the country, but everyone knows that there’s a very large pool of quality D1 players in the southeast.
I’m keeping my fingers crossed for all teams and players involved in this inquiry that nothing serious comes out of it, and the teams are not effected in any way. But, as someone mentioned earlier….when there’s smoke there’s usually a fire. As UGA fans we need to hope the smoke’s just coming from the surrounding states, and not from the Classic City!
Only a week and a half until the pads will be popping! Let’s not let this crap take any focus away from what needs to be done! There’s way too much work to be done in a short amount of time….the names will come out as this unfolds, and at this point I’m not sweating it too much. It does make my stomach a little uneasy, but it’s much like the feeling I get before game day. A for the majority of those it comes out alright as well! So stay the course Dawgs and Finish The Drill!!!! GO DAWGS!!!!!
UGA = Clemson = Perennial Underachievers
July 22nd, 2010
12:16 pm
Where there is smoke, there is fire…
They didn’t just randomly pick AJ Green to question. You mutts better hope, I mean HOPE, he wasn’t there and that he didn’t lie to the NCAA…..because if so, having another 5 loss season is the least of your concerns.
Flo-Ri-Duh!
July 22nd, 2010
12:18 pm
A.J. is a quiet guy – not a party type. He may have been invited to Miami but he wouldn’t be interested. He knows that he is already a 1st round draft choice. He doesn’t need to talk to any low life lawyer agents.
Flo-Ri-Duh!
July 22nd, 2010
12:19 pm
Cheating agents should be put in a cage match with the ICE MAN.
Gatorzone
July 22nd, 2010
12:20 pm
Katy, “Georgia Tech is a real school with serious academic standards, and that includes scholarshipped athletes. UGA has a long history of being a party school, where parents send their kids for an easy degree, even if the degree itself is practically worthless.”
YOU ARE DELUSIONAL!!!
TampaGator
July 22nd, 2010
12:20 pm
I am sitting in my office and watching TV (and doing a little work but don’t tell anyone)…and you got to love the new Vandy coach….I haven’t laughed so hard in a while….what a comment (not sure if it was his exact words but close….
“People don’t even know who I am…and I am a coach in the SEC…isn’t that wonderful? Heck, when I walked through the lobby this morning…people were handing me tips.”
This guy is going to be a hit on the recruiting trail. What a change from Johnson….who was Mr. Serious all the time. But a good coach.
Dawgsrunthisstate
July 22nd, 2010
12:21 pm
I just saw the ncaa on north ave. it seems they just saw Reuben Houston selling a pound of pot to Joe Hamilton and when they caught Hamilton he was drunk and Houston ran into a house with kids and pulled a gun. They said they took off cause they were scared someone would rob them while on campus. The investigation continues!
SSIgator
July 22nd, 2010
12:22 pm
S FL Chapter of the Bulldog Nation -
“It does make my stomach a little uneasy, but it’s much like the feeling I get before game day.”
Maybe that feeling will not be a often this year since Joe Cox is gone.
TampaGator
July 22nd, 2010
12:22 pm
Gatorzone….you are wrong about Georgia. There approach to student athletes is no different than Georgia Tech or Florida….
MoDawg
July 22nd, 2010
12:22 pm
To the poster noting AJs trip to Shreveport…I’ll tell you somewhere else AJ hasn’t been, and that’s Boise, Idaho on the Smurf Turf. Tech has frequent flyer miles there and still had blue stains on their knees (and backs) from the last time.
Katy, turn the mirror around and get St. Simpleton (Simons), RAMBLE ON!!! and YellowFuzz to pose with you in front of it.
If you can’t take it, go back to your “life” you and all your bumble bees supposedly have.
Gatorguy
July 22nd, 2010
12:22 pm
With all of Georgia’s football team in trouble with the law, let’s hope they have a work release program in Athens. Otherwise it will be tough to practice from the jail house-NOT that practice will help you in Gator Land!!!
TampaGator
July 22nd, 2010
12:24 pm
Dawgsrunthssatte….the Joe Hamilton situation was sad…and nothing to make jokes about. He was one of the best players in Tech history…and he hasn’t lived his life as such……too bad….and I hope he is getting things right in his life. Now Houston is another matter.
Dawgsrunthisstate
July 22nd, 2010
12:24 pm
And of course this is all alleged. Just heard it while at the varsity. HAHA!
UGA is Just Fine...
July 22nd, 2010
12:25 pm
@Katy- “The thing is… Tech alumni and fans have lives that don’t depend entirely on what a bunch of kids does on Saturday afternoons. ”
If this is the case then why is it so many of you spend so much time on a UGA FOOTBALL Blog?!
Dawgsrunthisstate
July 22nd, 2010
12:26 pm
Yeah Hamilton was a fine player and so on and so on. I’m just tired of hearing these tech people talk about Dawgs getting arrested for being kids. Especially when they have had their share of issues themselves that are pretty bad!!
DAWG07
July 22nd, 2010
12:27 pm
Any SEC team been on NCAA Probation in recent years? If so there is concern with the way they celt with USC.
S FL Chapter of the Bulldog Nation
July 22nd, 2010
12:27 pm
S SIgator…I sure hope so!! lol But, when your dealing with the guys who can do what they want when they want…kind of like getting pulled over for a tag light being out. It still makes you a little nervous. Especially not knowing what you got pulled over for at first. Your confident you didn’t do anythign wrong but he still pulled you over for something….
Nads
July 22nd, 2010
12:28 pm
I’m sick of Richt’s stupid accent. Get off my television, you hayseed clown.
How2fish
July 22nd, 2010
12:29 pm
Gatorguy really..you know its too easy..see you in Jax.
SSIgator
July 22nd, 2010
12:30 pm
Dawgsrunthisstate -
“Dawgs getting arrested for being kids”
I don’t think that would qualify as probable cause.
Gatorzone
July 22nd, 2010
12:33 pm
Tampa, that was a clip from Katy’s blog. Her words not mine. That is why i said she was delusional
Schmeckdawg
July 22nd, 2010
12:33 pm
Dawgsrunthisstate, let’s not forget to remind all of the dirt daubers out there about the quality OL or DL that caved some little girl’s face in a few years back.
Ah The Joke by Coke…get some windex for those glass houses you idiots live in!!!!!!!
S FL Chapter of the Bulldog Nation
July 22nd, 2010
12:33 pm
Yes we will see you in J-ville Gators….and I for one am expecting one hell of a game! I know you have a good squad in G-ville, but don’t sleep on the Dawgs this year. Feel free to think and say what you want, but if I were you I be more than a little nervous about your chances in J-ville this year. Just sayin….
Gatorzone
July 22nd, 2010
12:35 pm
I think Lane Kiffin is behind all of this!
Dawgsrunthisstate
July 22nd, 2010
12:35 pm
SSIgator so i guess you’re one of those perfect people that never drank before you were 21 or hell maybe you don’t drink at all. Kids underage drinking is not that big of an issue it happens all day everyday! You gator fans crack me up do you remember Dunlap, jenkins,hannah, johnson,cooper, newton, rickerson,davis cunningham, james, hammond i could go on and on!! Give me a BREAK!!!! Some of those got some pretty serious charges also!
SSIgator
July 22nd, 2010
12:36 pm
S FL Chapter of the Bulldog Nation -
The only thing I get nervous about in Jax is if some moron is parked in my reserved parking place.
UGADawg 27
July 22nd, 2010
12:37 pm
I don’t think AJ went to Miami. He is the most down to earth person I have ever met. Plus I’ve heard he has debit card receipts with dates and pictures to prove that he was home and not in South Beach. In the case that he was there, we beat Tech without him, so I’m not entirely concerned… 30-24.
Cabo
July 22nd, 2010
12:37 pm
Georgia Tech will not be investigated by the NCAA. The NCAA stated to be investigated Georgia Tech would have to actually have a Athletic Program. Since there are no signs of anything resembeling an Athletic Progam at Georgia Tech we have no reason to be concerned with this trade school. However, if Tickle Piles ever become a NCAA sanctioned sport Georgia Tech will be the first school to be investigated.
Gatorzone
July 22nd, 2010
12:40 pm
Dawgsrunthisstate
July 22nd, 2010
Some of us have better sense than throwing stones from our glass house! We got our own issues in Gainesville, like everyone else.
KimZ'sPackage
July 22nd, 2010
12:42 pm
TUCK FECH have you seen UGA schedule? Tech schedule has a record from last year of 87 wins and 62 loses compared to UGA schedule from last year of 78 wins and 74 loses. BOY don’t work too hard there dawgs.
Lunchtime links: An unjust system | Hog Country Online
July 22nd, 2010
12:43 pm
[...] coach Mark Richt says, “We’ll see what they gather” in the NCAA [...]
Bob Marley
July 22nd, 2010
12:44 pm
Don’t worry..Every lil thing’s gonna be all right!
GO DAWGS!
Dawgsrunthisstate
July 22nd, 2010
12:45 pm
Thank you Gatorzone!! It doesn’t matter what school they are at there are too many making poor decisions! It’s sad to see and it goes on at every school. I know there just kids but they are being given a great oppurtunity and need to take full advantage of it.
TampaGator
July 22nd, 2010
12:47 pm
GatorZone…
Please accept my apology….I read your post too quickly.
TUCK FECH
July 22nd, 2010
12:49 pm
I have a package for you KimZ! Really what does the SEC media days got to do with the ACC (All Coast Clear)? Stop obsessing over the DAWGS!
DAWGS RUN THIS STATE!
dawggirl
July 22nd, 2010
12:52 pm
Katy, do not presume to speak for all UGA fans. I have a degree from there, and it is not worthless. My older brother does as well, and he is running a corporation. We lead full and exciting lives. One of my closest friends is a Tech fan, she didn’t go there but her father was a professor there, and her older brothers did attend Tech. One married a UGA grad, and they are the happiest couple you will ever see.
So in other words, don’t speak and make yourself look like a complete idiot. Unless of course, that was your intention. In that case, job welll done.
KimZ'sPackage
July 22nd, 2010
12:53 pm
TUCK just because there is Dawg S..t in the yard don’t mean there is a dawg in the house.
KimZ'sPackage
July 22nd, 2010
12:54 pm
PS TUCK FECH after I pull out my package you would just hide in the corner and lick your butt.
TampaGator
July 22nd, 2010
12:54 pm
S FL Chapter…..
I don’t think 9 out of 10 Gator fans take the Georgia game as an easy victory for the Gators (and it most often isn’t for either team)….but we have grown used to winning in the last 20 years or so….but not spoiled. Georgia will be a very good team this year….but they will have to play at their very best to beat an excellent Gator team. I truly believe this year’s Gator team will be a lot better than last year’s Gator team….in overall balance and…better….effort and motivation. I honestly believe the Dawgs best chance to beat the Gators is if Florida beats Bama early. They could have a let down against the Dawgs. If Bama beats the Gators, the Gators will be on a mission to beat everyone and return to Atlanta to play Bama again. Just my opinion…not the facts.
Schmeckdawg
July 22nd, 2010
12:56 pm
Gatorzone, you may not be to far off on the kiffin call. Even as a DAWG fan I will have to give you a well played on this one! As far as drinking, I’m so damn old that the drinking age was 18 when I was rolling through!
dawggirl
July 22nd, 2010
12:58 pm
TampaGator, by far the most reasonable and respected Gator fan I’ve seen. Just curious as to how you see the loss of Tebow not only as a player, but also as a leader. Who is going to step up into that role? This is one of the reasons I see Florida as being not as strong as last year.
Lunchtime links: An unjust system | theSPORTSpage Arkansas
July 22nd, 2010
12:59 pm
[...] coach Mark Richt says, “We’ll see what they gather” in the NCAA [...]
Yellow Stinger
July 22nd, 2010
12:59 pm
Hope the NCAA doesn’t probe our Tech players in Piedmont Park!
KimZ'sPackage
July 22nd, 2010
12:59 pm
ROLLING THROUGH that is a great statement about getting a UGA Diploma. Just Roll Throught Town Stop at a Bar and get a Diploma as a Drink Coaster.
ryan
July 22nd, 2010
1:00 pm
The hole UGA football has not been arrested don’t go there !
KimZ'sPackage
July 22nd, 2010
1:02 pm
ryan the UGA players that went to jail did get HOLED though. the HOLE TEAM really?
JaxDawg
July 22nd, 2010
1:03 pm
Just beat Florida!
92 Dawg
July 22nd, 2010
1:04 pm
Techies…. return to your cubicles and get back to figuring out how to beat UGA more than once every nine years. LOSERS!
UGA is Just Fine...
July 22nd, 2010
1:05 pm
I can’t believe I’m about to say this, but I totally agree with Nick Saban on the agent issue.
First, yes the players should absolutely take responsiblity for their actions, but let’s put it into perspective. Many of the athletes in question come from poor backgrounds, with a high percentage of those in single parent homes where the mother is the sole bread-winner. As a player you see thousands of people buying/wearing a jeresy with your number on it at $100+ a peice, you play in front of 90K people each of whom represents $30 for the ticket (face value), and when you go home to visit your mother she is tired, stressed, and worried. She’s working two jobs to keep a roof over her and your sibling’s heads.
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Then some agent’s runner comes to you and says, “hey kid I know things are tough for you. Here’s some cash to help your family out. Just remember where it came from when it’s time to sign with an agent.
Now two more years pass and the player is a much higher pro prospect than when he took the cash. He doesn’t like the deal the agent lays out and decides to go with another agent who’s offering a better deal. The first agent gets p*ssed and has someone turn him in for taking cash.
So what does the NCAA do? They investigate find that the allegations are true. Then they decide whether the school should have known about it, most cases they feel they should have. Now the player is long gone so you can’t suspend him or kick him off the team. There is no way for the NCAA to punish the agent, but a major violation took place and SOMEONE has to pay the price. So depending on the seriousness it could be anything up to and including loss of scholarships, forfeiting games already played (joke), and/or no post season play. But in this case let’s look at who really is at fault and who really gets punished.
The player is at fault for taking the money, but in many cases how many of us wouldn’t to help our mom? If you say no I would have enough integrity not to, I question your HONEST ability to put yourself in the position of helping your mother. Remember taking the cash is breaking a rule not a law.
The Agent/ Agent-runner, they are at fault for not playing by the rules but again it’s a competitive business and there’s really no penalty for them other than being called a “pimp or preadator” by Saban. They are just doing what they’ve always done and could care less about any collateral damage along the way.
So gets punished by the sanctions?
The current players- many of whom weren’t even on the team before said player committed the violation- just look at USC, none of those kids suffering from R.Bush’s deciscions even played with him. But they have to suffer by either staying on a team that isn’t even allowed to go to a bowl game – let alone win a championship of any sort OR transfer to another school and basically start over with one – two years less eligibility.
The alumni/fans – now have to suffer through the embarrassment not to mention watching an inferior product on the field AFTER they’ve dropped thousands for the right to buy tickets in hopes of watching a team with a chance of winning something.
So why should the agents or players do anything different? There’s no real teeth in the existing rules or laws.
What do you think Reggie Bush cares more about right now? – his now tarnished legacy at USC OR the millions of dollars he’s making as a pro in New Orleans?
Until there are consequences for those agents as Saban suggests this will continue. It should be like in drug enforcement where the dealers(agents) pay a heavier price than the users(players), but the innocent law abiding neighbors (alumni/fans) are protected from the bad element.
MissNancy
July 22nd, 2010
1:05 pm
So, I’m a GT guy. I posted the following words on a GT blog
“NBA? We can’t control them (or the NFL). But what’s their rush to get their hands on college players? They’ve got the athletes already turned pro. If all teams had to wait for graduation (or 4 years after high school), it would probably increase the quality of the pro game.
Unfortunately, an AD or a Coach cannot know what some kid is doing 24/7. If a school totally leaves character out of the equation when they recruit jocks, the likelihood of having a disaster is higher (see Bush, Reggie). We’ve been fortunate at GT with the quality of kids we have recruited. But you never know…………”
I’m sure its a small number of Rednecks who never set foot on the Athens campus…..but what is up with those guys who are so obsessed with saying that GT is irrelevant? Self-contradiction……
ATLGATOR
July 22nd, 2010
1:07 pm
Dog fans…Where there is smoke…there is usually fire…like in Gainesville and Tuscaloosa. If you Tech fans want a real NCAA investigation…start asking Tech players about tutors and “pre-tests”. Or get an assistant coach …who makes a Chatty Cathy sound like Marcel Marceau…at one of your booster club meetings.
S FL Chapter of the Bulldog Nation
July 22nd, 2010
1:08 pm
S SIgator…LOL I bet that guys wearin Blue & Orange though! And probably smashed! I’ll be there, but who know where I’ll be parked…
TampaGator…That’s in interesting perspective. I agree with the balance thing. Y’all will have to be in my opinion. There are an equal amount of question for both squads! That’s why I’m calling for a head knockin, throw down that come down to the last possession…which I hope belongs to the team from the north! lol Which would make me drive back down south with a smile for the first time in two years
ugaman
July 22nd, 2010
1:08 pm
THE BEST THING WE COULD DO AS DAWG FANS IS TO NOT EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE THE TECH FA#S WHO SAY ANYTHING ON OUR STORY BLOG. IT IS ALL THEY HAVE.
DIT
July 22nd, 2010
1:09 pm
Hard to say about AJ. He appears to be a good guy. My thought is that if we have yet to see any pictures of AJ at that party, with all of the cell phones with photo access, chances are good that he was not there. Of course it’s still early.
Love the comment about Kiffin. He is probably the one up to these investigations. ha ha
sthgaboy
July 22nd, 2010
1:13 pm
I guess the techies will be engraving their rings with the preseason rankings!
S FL Chapter of the Bulldog Nation
July 22nd, 2010
1:14 pm
TampaGator…I know y’all have a plethra of tallent but do you feel like the younger guys can step up and take the lead like Spikes, Tebow, etc? Y’all lost A LOT of Sr’s!!!
MonticelloDawg
July 22nd, 2010
1:17 pm
I know it is asking a lot, considering this is the internet, but couldn’t there be at least some civility in our posts? Specifically, I am referring to some of the first messages on this topic, calling AJ Green a liar. There have been numerous cases of high school recruits being called thugs. This is an across-the-board thing with posters from every school being guilty of smearing young men who do not deserve it. It is not like we are talking about a bunch of politicians, who are older adults, and who have a track record of stretching the truth.
Todd
July 22nd, 2010
1:18 pm
TMZ has the goods. WHo do you believe. A desperate football player or a tabloid?
Aaron Murray SEC Freshman of the year
July 22nd, 2010
1:18 pm
it sure is sad that all these Tech fans get on the uga page since they have nothing else to talk about in ATL. why dont yall pay attention to the ACC media days. OH i forgot they arent a big deal and nobody cares. ACC= Americas Cupcake Confernece
S FL Chapter of the Bulldog Nation
July 22nd, 2010
1:19 pm
UGAMAN…I couldn’t agree with you more, but I’m guilty of wanting to play Gallager and his Sleg-0-Matic with their melons after reading some of their posts! lol It’s really amusing! And irritating, but I know….that’s what their trying to do! LOL Damn it man…those Techies really make me feel like I’m dealing with little kids!!!! I guess I need to have one to know how to deal with them in a more adult way! lmao Too funny!!!
KimZ'sPackage
July 22nd, 2010
1:19 pm
SEC media day in HOVER? You can’t write this stuff. HOVER is where Damon Evans was headed before the cops pulled him over.
ryan
July 22nd, 2010
1:20 pm
South Beach is the place to be i not saying AJ was there but you got LeBron , Wade , Bosh then have the Kardashians plus Paris Hilton who doesn’t want to be in Miami. I’m just saying!
mike Jay
July 22nd, 2010
1:21 pm
Tech fans,
You do realize how sad you all look by coming into these UGA blogs and gloating. If you could actually beat UGA more than once a decade it would be different but it so obvious that you all are completely frustrated that you have to latch on to any sort of negativity about Georgia as your only means of feeling better about yourself. It’s just sad and you all should be ashamed. When somebody wrecks their car to you point and laugh? When an old lady trips and falls to you snicker and point and laugh because you didn;t fall? Why most your only form of happiness come from other people’s misery? Doesn;t that seem a bit wrong? You al lare supposed to be smart people. Didn;t your Moms raise you better than this? Tech’s got a fine football team, going i nthe right direction. You should spend some of this wasted energy on supporting them instead of on bashing another team.
KimZ'sPackage
July 22nd, 2010
1:21 pm
Ryan so you are saying the WHOLES are in MIAMI or would that be the HOLES?
Lunchtime links: An unjust system | SportsXXL
July 22nd, 2010
1:23 pm
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SuperB
July 22nd, 2010
1:24 pm
If Green has “never” been to Miami, (and that is the apparent focus of this investigation,) isn’t the NCAA plain and simply, harassing Georgia?
Also, it’s time for the NCAA hammer to come down on the agents!
76-Dawg
July 22nd, 2010
1:25 pm
If the NCAA does not find any wrong doings at UGA, I want to know from what source did the NCAA think they had such good reliable information that they felt they had to investigate UGA , FLA. ALA. SC. This sounds like a witch hunt and if there is no validity to any of this crap then the SEC needs to file a formal protest against the NCAA or at least the reliable sources that got all this mess started. If I was the SEC I would be filing law suits against someone or some institution . So NCAA I want to know your sources ?
KimZ'sPackage
July 22nd, 2010
1:26 pm
mike Jay learn to read before you post. WTF? You are missing words and it is hard to understand what you are trying to say.
jerry
July 22nd, 2010
1:26 pm
Mark Richt looks like Jim Belushi. Other than that, I don’t much care.
snapshot
July 22nd, 2010
1:27 pm
crap just keeps flowing out of the athens cesspool.
yeah
July 22nd, 2010
1:29 pm
Schmeckdawg you may have heard about the little problem at USC involving former players Reggie bush and oj mayo taking benefits. The school is paying for what those two did years ago. From everything being reported every draftable player from last year and this will have been investigated before this is all said and done
Aaron Murray-20 INT's 8 TD's
July 22nd, 2010
1:30 pm
No your school provides plenty for us to talk about. Whether it’s DUI and hit & run arrests, AD’s getting pulled over drunk and with girl’s panties or your best off player lying about where he was and violating NCAA rules. Enjoy your long Summer and Fall AJ. Too bad they don’t teach common sense at UGA.
UGA will be SO one dimensional this year. 5-7 sounds about right.
DawginLex
July 22nd, 2010
1:30 pm
If I was AJ Green’s family and I knew for a fact that my boy was at home that weekend, I’d sure be saying so. I’d threaten the NCAA with a lawsuit because all this negative publicity could have a direct influence on his draft status and cost him millions.
I’d tell them to produce solid evidence or shutup and offer an apology or I’d see them in court.
DawginLex
July 22nd, 2010
1:33 pm
20 int, 8td’s,
Dream on little gerbil boy.
mike Jay
July 22nd, 2010
1:34 pm
Kim,
Yes my typing is suspect on a forum but it’s really not that hard to figure out my point. I have to type in a hurry as I am on my lunch break! Congratulations on ignoring my post though and missing the point.
B-ham Dawg
July 22nd, 2010
1:34 pm
Katy… This is a football blog. Bow down to the dominance that is UGA football. We run this state we always have and always will. On another note you can’t just be some dummy and start for a D-1 program like Georgia. There is a lot of smarts that go into playing the game. But, you wouldn’t know anything about that you GT genious. Oh I almost forgot…
30-24 GATA
ugag is irrelevant
July 22nd, 2010
1:36 pm
y’all are dumber than a bag of hammers
Lunchtime links: An unjust system | GameDay Weekly
July 22nd, 2010
1:39 pm
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Richt Video
July 22nd, 2010
1:41 pm
A video of Richt speaking this morning at the SEC Media Days:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lBEbARLZ4k&feature=channel
Lunchtime links: An unjust system | Rebel Country Online
July 22nd, 2010
1:53 pm
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Hunker Down
July 22nd, 2010
1:55 pm
Katy,
You go on a long dissertation about what a terrible school UGA and do not understand why we are so intent on our football team. You ramble about Tech being this higher learning institution and we at GT don’t party. First I would ask the ? if it’s not a big deal football and UGA then why are you on this blog that is a UGA article? I would also point out a couple of other things to you. The AJC once did an article on student athletes. I have friends that are big Tech fans and are always trying to say that the Tech athlete could not compete as easily because they require a higher IQ individual. Well the article showed the falasy as both the UGA and Tech players had about the same SAT scores and both were well sub par of the overall student body. These two schools are no different then any other ACC or SEC teams as it is difficult to get in top flight schools on an academic bases but if you can play some ball then you get in. If you want to gloat about a school look to the IVY League that my understanding is football players do not get a free ride but have to pay like every other student. This appears to me more of a truely student athlete. As far as UGA being a party school my brother went to GT. Made the deans list first semester and ended up flunking out cause he liked to party too much at Tech. If you want to cast stones in here about jobs after graduation consider that 92K mainly grads fill Sanford every Saturday I guess from unemployment checks as you state a degree from UGA is only good for receiving. While UGA is not known in the same light as GT as an engineering school we are obviously better at math and can count cause GT built a stadium that you can only fill 1/3 of the way on Saturdays.
Techs Schedule
July 22nd, 2010
2:09 pm
Tech, You should walk through your first 6 games since you do not have to play anybody. Frankley you play 3 good schools and one of them will beat you again with or without AJ Green. We didn’t need him last year. See you in the fall, settle it on the field.
AJ, just tell them the truth and you will play a full season. Do not make the mistake Dez Bryant made.
SECRules
July 22nd, 2010
2:15 pm
The questions do not surround Green but a couple of our OL’s.
AltamahaDawg
July 22nd, 2010
2:21 pm
surely, you guys recognize “katy” as the nerd that paste that exact same post in here once a week, each time under a different feminine name.
Brainiac(Dawg for life)
July 22nd, 2010
2:41 pm
Forsyth Dawg: Why would you call the ACC a second rate conference? Maybe a 4th or 5th rate would be more accurate.
LOL
July 22nd, 2010
2:46 pm
Hey Katy, better look out because I just saw Robert Hall and he said he is going to beat your ass like you were his roommate.
Undercover "dawg"
July 22nd, 2010
3:16 pm
“Bruce Mac”, that sounds like a hamburger served in the “Ansley” area of midtown if you get my drift-
dawg gone
July 22nd, 2010
3:19 pm
Rough times in Athens…players arrested, players kicked off the team, bad recruiting year, AD being arrested and forced to resign…now an NCAA investigation…what is going on in Athens???
UGA = Clemson = Perennial Underachievers
July 22nd, 2010
3:20 pm
LOL, did Courtney ever get her red panties back?
ChadDawg
July 22nd, 2010
3:20 pm
F*** GT and you 2 A.J ain’t going no where they ain’t even going 2 have Pro fooball in 2011 dumb ass tech grads
Tech Tony
July 22nd, 2010
3:21 pm
As evidenced by the handle, I don’t care about UGA one way or the other. However, I feel a great deal of pity for AJ Green because the kid is now in a no-win situation. Either he’s telling the truth but will never be believed by half the people reading this or he’s lying and will have to wear that label forever. I wouldn’t want to be in that spot.
adam
July 22nd, 2010
3:23 pm
I am going to throw my 2 cents in about this subject….first off I believe AJ to be a high caliber person. I think he has his head screwed on right. However about the agents in pimping out players, I think players have now gotten to the point where they dont see any of the money these high profile coaches and AD’s making. As much lavishousness that is displayed they want their fair share of what they aren’t getting to play and it is now making its way to the top of the chain. If you dont think this is happening you are naive and dumb, but it is. College Football is the minors of NFL.
dawg gone
July 22nd, 2010
3:25 pm
Tech Tony…I don’t think AJ really cares…before we slit our wrists over feeling sorry for AJ, let’s remember that he will be making millions sooner rather than later…I would change seats with him in a heartbeat.
whatever
July 22nd, 2010
3:26 pm
i don’t understand why you UGA fans get mad when tech fans come on your blog. UGA fans do it all the time, and you know it’s true.
boot
July 22nd, 2010
3:34 pm
macon telegraph and athens banner herald.
Tech Tony
July 22nd, 2010
3:38 pm
dawg gone—I appreciate your point of view but here’s what you seem to be missing: none of us should ever be required to prove our innocence. Green says he has evidence to prove he was not in Miami, and for his sake I hope he’s right, but for his name (and the other players) to come out in this mess without proof of guilt is simply wrong.
(My own guess is that with all the twittering that goes on and all the cell phone cams out there, if he WAS there, we’ll all know soon enough).
Mark Seminole
July 22nd, 2010
4:05 pm
Shannon1776,
As long as you feel the same way about this agent issue as you did about FSU’s infamous Free Shoes University incident, you have some validity. I suspect that most posters here railed against FSU as an out of control university ran by a bunch of goons (namely B Bowden) that let a bunch of criminals into their university. Guess what, this is Karma coming back potentially in your school’s face.
Mike Bobo Seventeen INT
July 22nd, 2010
4:08 pm
Just another excuse when the Dogs crank out another 8-4 or 9-3 season….”we would have been better, but we were distracted by an NCAA investigation.”
There is rumor that the UGA program could receive NCAA penalties for violating the talent abuse rule….Section 12.A.22 “If any Division 1 football team has a tremendous amount of talen and fails to play for a national title within a 10 year period, and settles for a medicre SEC title every once in awhile, then this team is subject to penalties by the NCAA.”
Mike Bobo Seventeen INT
July 22nd, 2010
4:10 pm
ChadDawg
Nice response….classy….way to represent UGA.
Mr. Geogia Football Returns
July 22nd, 2010
4:11 pm
SEC Coaches look forward to a NCAA inquiry the same way the would look forward to a coleoscopy.
Mike Bobo Seventeen INT
July 22nd, 2010
4:12 pm
DawginLex
Put your money where your mouth is…I will take UF even and I want the push.
Mr. Geogia Football Returns
July 22nd, 2010
4:13 pm
Mike Bobo Seventeen INT =
Your good dude! Keep’em coming.
tdog
July 22nd, 2010
4:15 pm
Instead of red shirts we have red panties, we have players the coaches cannot keep control of, and now finally getting investigated for it. What did we expect, a national championship? No one will let this mess die. It will go on and on.
Mr. Geogia Football Returns
July 22nd, 2010
4:37 pm
Correct me if I am wrong but………………….
Aren’t you suppose to win the National Championship and then get investigated? What happens if you go 7-5 in the regular season like Georgia and get a NCAA inquiry?
Richt’s Turn at the Podium | Dawn of the Dawg | A Georgia Bulldogs blog
July 22nd, 2010
4:38 pm
[...] Georgia beat writer Tim Tucker has a piece up on the Day 2 of the SEC Media Days, specifically Mark Richt’s time at the podium. As expected, [...]
Lashauntavious
July 22nd, 2010
4:51 pm
You need to be more “pacific”.
Mike Bobo Seventeen INT
July 22nd, 2010
5:19 pm
Mr. Geogia Football Returns
Thanks…I think we have something in common….here are some No Show Moreno Highlights, just another overrated UGA/NFL pick…by the way, have the Lions made the playoffs yet?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO5iGBEaGHQ&feature=related
Mike Bobo Seventeen INT
July 22nd, 2010
5:23 pm
Just some additional reasons UGA is not respected in college football.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I42PYAKXKm4
Number1DawgInMississippi
July 22nd, 2010
7:27 pm
According to SI.com the NCAA plans to look into sports agent violations at UGA. It’s unclear if Green is part of that investigation.
NorthGADawg
July 22nd, 2010
7:32 pm
Katy, I will be at Athens First tailgating in a few weeks, please stop on by and I will give you that big bear hug you need; when he said he’d call, he really meant to I bet. Maybe his phone died and he lost your number and now he has been trying like the devil to find you cause from what I can gather, you probably made a great impression on him and he cant wait to get to know you better; sure you have that “I’ve been hurt before” rough exterior but he saw you for who you are and knows, deep down, you just want to be held and gazed at longingly…sure you’ve been burnt before by those flashy guys in the AV dept., but this guy was different, he didn’t care you got drunk and let those things happen with the D-Line. I for one am rooting for you Katy, Godspeed.
Also I get it now, “thUGA” cause our school’s name is UGA and if you put it with “th” it spells a version of a word that could be substituted for a word that implies criminals are only enrolled at the school…classic. So if they made artificial sweetener in Athens could we call it “sUGA sUGA” ? Wilson Pickett would.
Shreveport Shorty
July 22nd, 2010
8:49 pm
UGA fans—we’re keeping the PBR cold for your return trip to our city in December. Remember–that motel 6 books fast by the freeway, so go ahead and make your reservations!
medwa
July 23rd, 2010
12:25 am
The more I read about AJ, the more I am impressed with his poise and his attitude. He seems to be a humble man who keeps his composure when it is most important, and I think he is a great face for this UGA football team.
dawg gone
July 23rd, 2010
12:26 am
Tech Tony…I’m not missing your point. I am just saying that he was either there or not. In the tech savy world that we live in now, it’s not hard to prove where someone is or has been….or not. If he was there, then he’ll get what is coming to him…if he wasn’t, he’s fine. Trust me though…AJ isn’t sitting around thinking about due process.
bobbydoddsghost
July 23rd, 2010
3:32 pm
Would Would Damon Do?
8 out of 9
July 23rd, 2010
8:34 pm
Can one of you Tech fans send me a link to the AP Preseason rankings? I can’t find them anywhere. Are you sure you aren’t making them up?
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6:02 am
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Totaluga.com
August 12th, 2010
5:34 pm
Summing up, Green NCAA update, etc….
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