Murray drops the glove (plus other news and notes from UGA camp)
ATHENS — Here you go, the first bits of news from Georgia’s preseason camp:
- After wearing a glove on his throwing hand throughout spring practice, quarterback Aaron Murray said he has rethought the matter and will not wear a glove in preseason camp or during the season. “I tried it on and off throughout the summer but just decided I felt more comfortable without the glove,” Murray said today. “I think I’m fine without it.”
- The plan, at least at the moment, is for quarterback-turned-wide receiver Logan Gray to take no practice reps at QB. But coach Mark Richt said Gray has been told to stay “mentally prepared” to play QB, and that the situation might be reassessed in a few weeks depending on how true freshman Hutson Mason is progressing as Murray’s potential backup.
- So for now Georgia has a redshirt freshman (Murray), a true freshman (Mason) and two walk-ons (freshmen Parker Welch and Greg Bingham) at quarterback. “The quarterback room has got to be youngest room in the history of college football,” Richt said. “A little bit scary in there.”
- Starting inside linebacker Akeem Dent will miss most of preseason camp after undergoing toe surgery last week, but Richt says it’s still possible Dent could be ready to play in the Bulldogs’ season opener Sept. 4 against Louisiana-Lafayette.
- Freshman offensive lineman Kolton Houston is sidelined with a foot injury. Not clear how long he’ll be out.
- Richt said he doesn’t know how long it’ll take the NCAA investigation to play out but said all players are eligible for practice.
- Georgia takes the practice field for the first time of the 2010 preseason at 3:25 p.m.
More from first day of Georgia camp: click here.
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Things that make you go hmmm.....
August 2nd, 2010
2:59 pm
Here’s more about Bowman:
Georgia receiver Michael Bowman visited and committed, just like said he would earlier this week.
Bowman is No. 51 on the Press-Register’s Super Southeast 120. He grew up a fan of Georgia but was reportedly waiting to receive a full scholarship offer from the Bulldogs. He is thought to still have work to do academically to qualify for 2009.
“I’m gonna get my grades up,” Bowman told CrimsonConfidential.com. “I’m still working on it. I have plenty of time though.”
JB
August 2nd, 2010
2:59 pm
200 post a day x 30 days=6,000 comments from people who have no idea about how this year will turn out……..Great for the “pop up” Ad sales staff at the AJC, but a bunch to do about nothing until kick off……….Go Dawgs……
theTruth
August 2nd, 2010
2:59 pm
Roll Tider, I’m also hearing Robey Green and Rod Woodson. I believe Robey Green has already been suspended if I’m not mistaken. Has the NCAA finished their inquiry with Ingram going to the DC party?
Things that make you go hmmm.....
August 2nd, 2010
3:00 pm
Roll Tider
August 2nd, 2010
2:55 pm
Wow, didn’t think I could pull one over on you, bamer fan.
Roll Tider
August 2nd, 2010
3:00 pm
treyinga, while I agree that Nesbit can’t pass I wouldn’t brag too much about QBs. Will be very interesting how this season plays out for yours as well. I only give UGA a winning record because they have UT, Vandy, and UK on the schedule. I think Florida, Auburn, and Arky smoke you and USC could go either way. I said 5-3 but 4-4 is very possible.
Roll Tider
August 2nd, 2010
3:02 pm
Ingram had clearance before he even went. Dareus is the only one being investigated and he’ll end up cleared.
JB
August 2nd, 2010
3:03 pm
If anybody knows about 5-3 records, it’s Tide fans…..It ain’t been that long….Hell, we beat you…
theTruth
August 2nd, 2010
3:04 pm
Roll Tider, Bowman signed a couple years ago. 4 star WR, little brother of Adarius Bowman who would have been a 1st round pick except he got busted with a lot of drugs in Meigs Co. Tn two weeks before the draft. He was the WR at OSU after transferring from UNC after playing for Notre Dame HS in Chattanooga (kicked out b/c of mary jane) Sadly, he wasn’t even drafted and is now playing in the CFL. Good talent. Million dollar body, ten cent brain. Are you caught up yet?
Sick & Tired Of Being Sick & Tired
August 2nd, 2010
3:07 pm
WOW….It’s good that UGA can be first in something…..even if it is just “PARTYING”. It definitely won’t be in collegiate football team no matter how much the rednecks and bubbas keep trying to spin it claiming how great it is to be a DAWG……DAWGS #1…….NOT!!!!!
ugag is irrelevant
August 2nd, 2010
3:07 pm
glad to see ugag finally beat uf and bama in something … party school … wow what excellent credentials that’ll give marcel and his pregnant girlfriend when he gets his degree in hog-calling
Yoda
August 2nd, 2010
3:07 pm
Roll Tider…where you getting all this insider info on every team in the conference…from that jerk Finebaum
Things that make you go hmmm.....
August 2nd, 2010
3:09 pm
Sick & Tired Of Being Sick & Tired = Obama fan
Fladawg
August 2nd, 2010
3:09 pm
Hey Tim! According to the Princeton Review, UGA is the nation’s no. 1 party school! Also, my University of the South – Sewanee broke the top 20, unsurprisingly, and is the only liberal arts school in the top twenty! Yea, Sewanee’s Right!!! Go Tigers!!! Seriously, though, I share your concerns about the quarterback position. I think young Mr. Murray is going to do just fine, and maybe even excel, but he cannot get hurt. There is no depth whatsoever behind him. Barring injury to Murray, I see a strong season this year. The defense should be MUCH improved. Grantham and Lakatos are both good coaches. And we have experience, talent, and (apart from the QB position) depth on offense.
Things that make you go hmmm.....
August 2nd, 2010
3:09 pm
Yoda
August 2nd, 2010
3:07 pm
I actually used to like Finebaum somewhat but he has become a total bamer homer and Saban worshipper.
Things that make you go hmmm.....
August 2nd, 2010
3:11 pm
I personally think Murray will struggle mightily if we cannot establish a running game. Let’s be honest – he’s a reshirt freshman and hasn’t played an entire season of football since his Junior year in high school. Just sayin…..
Roll Tider
August 2nd, 2010
3:13 pm
No insider info, just eye test from last year and knowing what everyone is bringing back. I just think UGA, even with Grantham, will struggle with Garcia and Mallet. I think Auburn with Newton and Malzahn will be tough for everyone this year and UF is loaded with athletes. Overall the conference will be down somewhat with Bama and UF meeting in Atlanta again. Though Auburn and Arky may pose problems for us as well.
Saben
August 2nd, 2010
3:14 pm
Is the QB going to wear red panties?
Now that the gloves are off.
JB
August 2nd, 2010
3:16 pm
Like it or not, Dawgs will pose problems for folks…….There are 30-35 players on that team that every SEC power wanted. Look out.
Yoda
August 2nd, 2010
3:19 pm
Saben….only a weirdo or techie would want to know that answer.
Destin dawg
August 2nd, 2010
3:19 pm
Techies… Stressed out from life in Downtown ??? up to ypur a$$ in nerds??? crime… muggings.. no women ??? you need a getaway weekend to beautiful Athens Ga… USA.’s best college town..pretty girls.. #1 party school !!!
Yoda
August 2nd, 2010
3:22 pm
Destin dawg….Techies ain’t into women…Google Swinging Richards it’s Techies favorite wateringhole
Dawggie
August 2nd, 2010
3:25 pm
Would somebody please either take the college recruiting blog off (poor Chip Towers is playing nurse). There were appx 3 updates in a 7 day period. Must not been much going on at UGA this weekend, EXCEPT TWO OF THE TOP 10 PLAYERS IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
Dagforlife
August 2nd, 2010
3:26 pm
Tech lifer talking about UGA embarrassing the state is a laugher. Tech getting scorched in the Smurfterf Bowl by Our Lady of Basketweaving State was an embarrassment….Bill Lewis…Buddy Curry…Chan Gailey…Decades and decades of being the state of Georgia’s answer to Vanderbilt…51-7 loss to UGA…Ball throwing the ball away on 4th down rather than take a hit. Bay-Bay choking and dropping a wide open pass. Eeking out one victory in a decade and having rings made to mark the occasion…now these are true embarrassments….Ya’ll have been so bad for so long that one ten win season makes your crow like roosters. We’ve had six in the last nine years btw…and are 7-2 in bowl games under Richt. I believe Tech’s bowl record in the same time period has been 2-6…Tsk Tsk…talk about embarrassing. I am glad things are getting better at the North Avenue trade school because for years I couldn’t even show my face when someone from another state mentioned Tech.
Taylor
August 2nd, 2010
3:28 pm
Why do so many Tech fans comment on UGA articles and then claim that UGA is irrelevant. SMDH
You detractors remind me of the ugly kid
August 2nd, 2010
3:32 pm
UGA articles are for anyone to read, i suppose. When the UGA haters get inolved, I always think back to middle school, where the ugly, scrawny kid ALWAYS pulled the hair and called the pretty girl in the class “ugly”. Why/?? Because that punk wanted that girl’s attention. On this site? I suppose the UGA haters either have NO BLOG to go to, because they have no collegiate ala mater or they are jealous of UGA. If they are true grads of an Alabama or UT or LSU, Auburn, Florida, or even GT, they have serious jobs and are too busy to sit and bang away all of this child like ” I hate UGA” vitriole. Me? I am retired. UGA Class of 71 & 73 thank you.
Why are they jealous?? We all know that “UGA has no NC’s” so why are the UGA fans (grads) so excited about this year or 2002 or 2008 or 2009 ?? ………….. because they are fans ….. with or without that fabled NC lately. We love our ala mater and all the haters just reinforce the love for UGA.
heck …………family memners for generations have graduated from UGA and that is another reason for the hate ………… jelousy of UGA traditions. They attend even without that NC.
Folks, the NC is nice, but it ain’t the reason you go to a university. NCs are primarily for guys that really care about the NBA and the NFL playoffs and the Super Bowl. I could care less about that stuff. This is the key.
Go Dogs.
Red panties and #1 binge drinking school
August 2nd, 2010
3:33 pm
Alcohol arrests all over the board including the AD who loses his half mil a year job. What a school. When are the sobers going to get the drunk neanderthals running the asylum out?
Gratefuldawghead
August 2nd, 2010
3:36 pm
Love how the Dawg Haters stay Obssesed with every thing going on with GEORGIA!
How Bout Them DAWGS!
Murray the Midget
August 2nd, 2010
3:43 pm
A QB that has not played in a game since high school two year ago(college game too) and your back up QB not taking snaps either.Way to go Mark Rich, thank god THUGA has you and they can keep you too.You will never be a threat to win a National Crown.
Taylor
August 2nd, 2010
3:44 pm
You detractors remind me of the ugly kid
Great post. I think everyone knows that it is the same 100 people posting the same crap over and over anyway. It really puts their fan base in a negative light, because the majority of Tech/Aub/FL etc etc fans are not just waiting for the newest UGA blog to be posted and to make some stupid comment (usually has nothing to do with the article)
Taylor
August 2nd, 2010
3:44 pm
who’s Mark Rich?
Taylor
August 2nd, 2010
3:46 pm
I feel like people do not realize Murray does not have to be Case Keenum out there, but all he has to do is not make mistakes. He has arguably the best WR in the nation, a great RB tandem and a great OL
Belinda
August 2nd, 2010
3:48 pm
AJC headline: UGA named the nation’s No. 1 party school
This is NOT news. The Cesspool of the South has been known primarily for partying and drunkeness for decades.
Something to be proud of, especially since UGA can’t be Florida or win the SEC.
Taylor
August 2nd, 2010
3:49 pm
Something to be proud of, especially since UGA can’t be Florida or win the SEC.
UGA can’t win the SEC? you must be 10 years old
Georgia football = contenders to pretenders
August 2nd, 2010
3:49 pm
for the last thirty years. keep barking mutts.
Mikey in the SAV
August 2nd, 2010
3:51 pm
I guess Drew Brees was a midget too?
Taylor
August 2nd, 2010
3:53 pm
Drew Brees being a midget was the reason he was taken in the second round. D’oh!
How2fish
August 2nd, 2010
3:58 pm
Murray the Midget he already has 2 SEC rings you don’t get those and never been close to a NC…please just hold your breath for say forever..
ugag is irrelevant
August 2nd, 2010
3:59 pm
yawn
DAWGS did beat Drew Brees ina bowl!
August 2nd, 2010
4:01 pm
GO DAWGS!
Jesup
August 2nd, 2010
4:03 pm
Woooo..hooooo walkon from Jesup…if we would ever throw the ball he might have got a ship..
Things that make you go hmmm.....
August 2nd, 2010
4:05 pm
Taylor
August 2nd, 2010
3:44 pm
Isn’t Mark Rich that country singer who sang “Behind Closed Doors”? No, no…….I believe that was Buddy Rich. I know, isn’t he the country singer that part of that group “Big and Rich”?
Junkyarddawg
August 2nd, 2010
4:07 pm
Mark Richt 2002 & 2005 SEC Champs & 2009 ACC Champ!
GO DAWGS!
82Dawg
August 2nd, 2010
4:11 pm
Taylor ….when was the last time Tech had a QB drafted????
JerriP
August 2nd, 2010
4:11 pm
Jan Kemp, Jim Harrick and son, 47 arrests, a drunken whoring AD, and the world’s biggest drunk tank.
It’s time to shut down the cesspool for good. It’s become an abomination and a laughingstock.
Did I mention the red panties?
82Dawg
August 2nd, 2010
4:12 pm
Jesup …how are things looking down there for this year?
Really, Rival Fans
August 2nd, 2010
4:13 pm
The more you post the better we look!!!
beatdowns galore
August 2nd, 2010
4:14 pm
Ha Ha UGA pays that clown millions to be the head coach and he cant remember the name of his 3rd string QB. No wonder the program is in trouble.
Reese
August 2nd, 2010
4:15 pm
Adios, dawgtards. Your season will be over after SC.
82Dawg
August 2nd, 2010
4:15 pm
beatdowns galore ….where are you getting your info?
wordy
August 2nd, 2010
4:15 pm
nice double fister for the lead photo. The Richt technique to coaching young lads