An inside look at UGA’s famous mat drills
A much-discussed but generally unseen aspect of the Georgia football program -– the famous mat drills –- will be featured extensively on SportSouth’s “Under the Lights: Georgia Football,” a 30-minute behind-the-scenes look at the Bulldogs that airs for the first time at 10 p.m. Saturday.
“We haven’t had a camera man in here in 10 years,” Mark Richt tells his players at the start of the mat-drill session featured on the show. “We’re going to allow them in here today.”
The show — I watched an advance copy –- gives a good glimpse of the February mat drills: players arriving at 4:48 a.m., going through a grueling series of conditioning drills, then struggling to put the ordeal into words.
“It makes February the longest month of the year,” snapper Ty Frix says.
“Under the Lights” is SportSouth’s occasional series of behind-the-scenes looks into the lives of players, coaches or teams.
In addition to mat drills, the Georgia show also puts cameras in team meetings, practices and even Richt’s truck as he drives to the G-Day game.
On the practice field, Richt is shown reacting to another special play by A.J. Green: “Doesn’t seem right. Doesn’t seem fair. When in doubt, throw it to No. 8.”
Click here for video of the mat-drills portion of the show.
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Tech Wrek
August 5th, 2010
11:00 am
FIRST! Guess as a Techie I should be used to beating the pups at everything
dentaldawg
August 5th, 2010
11:05 am
go dawgs! more mat drills=more better
Willy
August 5th, 2010
11:07 am
Lame
Me and You and a Dawg Named Belue
August 5th, 2010
11:08 am
5th?
Me and You and a Dawg Named Belue
August 5th, 2010
11:10 am
Tech Wreck? Seriously? Yeah, you guys really beat us a lot. 2008? uhh…..oh, wait, that’s it.
fountain
August 5th, 2010
11:10 am
hmmmmm tech wrek….use to beating us at everything huh…does “WE RUN THIS STATE” mean anything to you…..or 8 of the last nine…..but i guess with all of the excitement of planning for the annual trip to the Humanitarian Bowl is just to much for ya,,,,enjoy boise…
Jesse James
August 5th, 2010
11:11 am
Once again the program everybody hates,except Dawg Fans gets more attention. Program must mean something to get the air time it gets. Bottom line is that the UGA is a popuar school with a popular athletic program. Dawg haters get over it, because it is true.
Scott "Phillip" Wallace
August 5th, 2010
11:13 am
30 years without a national championship ring… sounds like it’s working to me.
Dap01
August 5th, 2010
11:15 am
What a miserable life to pull for a rival team yet want to be first on an UGA blog.
Wow.
fountain
August 5th, 2010
11:17 am
well they have to invade the dawg blogs because no one even looks at the tech blogs…have they started practice yet..pretty sad when first year team georgia state gets more air time than you…wow nesbitt for heisman really….really ad how is he going to acomplish this all of his supporting cast saw the ship sink last year after the demolition on the flats and the utter trample in miami by iowa…sad sad year ahead boys….
Dap02
August 5th, 2010
11:17 am
“Mat drill”?
Is that when you toss your mat down on the floor just before you pass out drunk?
Punk
August 5th, 2010
11:20 am
Enter your comments here
fountain
August 5th, 2010
11:22 am
hey we may get drunk in athens..that’s alot better than getting robbed and murdered every time you walk onto techwood ave.
fountain
August 5th, 2010
11:23 am
seriously where the hell are the light sabers when you need them
DAWG 1
August 5th, 2010
11:25 am
Scott “Phillip” Wallace – Perhaps the NC has been a little scarce in some sports, but not in others. There have been plenty of NC’s in other sports, and the day will come when football and basketball will find theirs. It’s not too far off.
If you are a Gator, I would remind you that you didn’t even win your first SEC championship until 20 years ago. If you are a Techie, what have you won lately. A “so called” joint NC in football twenty years ago, and what else?
These negative comments on a blog dealing with UGA only underscores the jealous factor some of you have. Try to find something proud about whatever team you pull for, because your ignorance is showing!
kevin
August 5th, 2010
11:25 am
Dap02,
Hilarious! Good luck with your comedy career!
Tech Wrek
August 5th, 2010
11:27 am
kevin!!! I missed you so, buddy, and your genius comedic advice. you must be kin to mitch hedberg
kevin
August 5th, 2010
11:31 am
Tech Wrek,
Nice to hear you missed me. However, I see that you still have not heeded my advice and are back to your usual postings reminiscent of retarded 13 year old’s sense of humor. Nice work!
Joey
August 5th, 2010
11:33 am
Ease off the Jim Beam, Dap02.
Not really pro wrestling
August 5th, 2010
11:33 am
Wow…. must be a big secret on the mat drills. I mean what do they do behind the scenes to get the yearly beat downs from the Gators and Rocky Top?
Willie Wonka Dawg
August 5th, 2010
11:35 am
Mat drills? Does this mean the midget performs somersaults on the mat?
BMDPD
August 5th, 2010
11:37 am
Tech Wrek, did you participate in any Butt races while you were in school?
DDPO
August 5th, 2010
11:37 am
The title implies that mat drills are something that originated in Athens.
UGA started using mat drills when Richt hired Dave Van Halanger, who started this process in the early 80’s at FSU.
But I’m sure that UGA fans will state they created the mat drills. That they were the first team with a bulldog mascot. And that they used the current decal on their helmet before Green Bay. And the fight song is not a spin off of Battle Hymn of the Republic.
Did they catch Richt in his truck before or after his spray tanning session?
Tech Wrek
August 5th, 2010
11:39 am
Oh, I forgot we lost to UGA last year didn’t we. I guess this blog is the only place a Nerd can be 1st!
Vick=Dog killing Thug
August 5th, 2010
11:40 am
You said it best Dap01
Mat Drills in February? Why not July so the conditioning runs over into the season ?
Dawg House
August 5th, 2010
11:41 am
my Comcast guide is showing that this Saturday at 10pm, its “UInder the Lights”,inside Georgia SOUTHERN Football. You sure you have your dates and times right Mr. Tucker??
SSIgator
August 5th, 2010
11:42 am
“Under the Lights: Georgia Football,”
Should be – “Passed Out Under the Bar Room Lights: Georgia Football”
Or – “Spread “em Under the Police Car Lights: Georgia Football”
RabidDawgFan
August 5th, 2010
11:48 am
Dap02 and Willy Wonka Dawg, I’m guessing you guys wouldn’t know what mat drills are. I bet you two have never played a down of football in your life. Mat drills are grueling and it’s intense. It’s something you guys couldn’t do if you tried.
thUGA
August 5th, 2010
11:54 am
Fortunately for thUGA, they run these same drills in prison. So when the players are released on bail, they have not missed a single drill
RambleOn84
August 5th, 2010
11:56 am
My high school inherited mat drills when Richt was heavily recruiting one of our players…we all hated them, but they did toughen us up. Probably the toughest conditioning we ever did.
Tim Tucker
August 5th, 2010
11:56 am
DawgHouse: Yes, SportSouth confirms that the Georgia show debuts at 10 p.m. Saturday.
TBOMACHINE
August 5th, 2010
11:56 am
SSIgator: so then Florida would be “Using a dead girl’s credit card:Florida football”
DR
August 5th, 2010
12:00 pm
AJ green is the man!! He is the best receiver in the SEC hands down.
Jesse James
August 5th, 2010
12:01 pm
Go Dawgs! It is so good to hear from these Dawg bashers. So much envy out there or they would be on their own blog. Enjoy the jokes about one of the most popular athletic programs in the country.
RxDawg
August 5th, 2010
12:01 pm
On the practice field, Richt is shown reacting to another special play by A.J. Green: “Doesn’t seem right. Doesn’t seem fair. When in doubt, throw it to No. 8.”
- That’s awesome.
Character Matters!
August 5th, 2010
12:01 pm
Glad to see the UGA coaches moving quickly to sign a replacement for Dexter Morant. Welcome our newest bulldog ! Mr. Antoine Dodson ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMtZfW2z9dw
DR
August 5th, 2010
12:02 pm
SSIgator, boy don’t throw rocks if you live in a glass house!
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 5th, 2010
12:05 pm
What loser posts a Prince song as a insult on a sports blog?
lakerat
August 5th, 2010
12:13 pm
Sorry, DDPO, but VanHalanger may have brought the drill to UGA after doing them at FSU in the ’80s, but we did them in 1972 winter drills at little Davidson College – before they were called “mat drills” they were plain old “up-downs” that we did in high school in the ’60’s –
Nothing is original anywhere – even the ’80s dance moves of Michael Jackson were copied from James Brown’s moves in the ’60s…
godawgs!
August 5th, 2010
12:15 pm
Techies seem to forget that the NCAA vacated Tech’s records in their sports between the 1998-99 due to ineligible players, so from 1991-2009, they have actually only beaten the Dawgs twice in football. Ouch
Sven Ottke
August 5th, 2010
12:15 pm
“famous matt drills?” Seriously Tim? Famous to who? What a joke this paper is.
Character Matters!
August 5th, 2010
12:16 pm
Sorry Low country….. but the original is on ..the ghost of ErkRussell blog…..
Swim Time
August 5th, 2010
12:19 pm
The players are tired of those workouts—when will Richt take them swimming?
Dawg House
August 5th, 2010
12:24 pm
State of Georgia Top 25 Preseason Football Rankings are in!!
1. UGA
2. Georgia Southern
3. Camden County
4. Valdosta State
5. Parkview
6. Georgia State
7. Lincoln County
8. Lowndes
9. A.J. Green
10. Shirley Franklin’s flower on her suit
11. Washington Wilkes
12. Mercer
13. Paul Johnson’s left man-boob
14. Taco Mac’s flag football squad
15. Brookwood
16. Buck Belue
17. UGA’s practice squad
18. Clark Central
19. Agnus Scott
20. Westside Macon
21. Berkmar
22. Paul Johnson’s right man-boob
23. UGA’s recruiting class of 2011
24. Russ, the temporary mascot
25. Washaun Ealey
Others Receiving Votes:
Berry, Perimeter College, Collins Hill, Southern Poly Tech, Rome
NOT Receiving Votes:
Da’Rick Rogers, Dan Reeves, Carver Columbus, Georgia Tech
Dawg House
August 5th, 2010
12:24 pm
Thanks Tim!!!!
TXDawg
August 5th, 2010
12:27 pm
nice points lakedawg…..I was pretty sure that the MatDrills were nothing more than the up-downs we did when I was in high school as well. Where did James Brown get his moves from? I heard he sold his soul to the devil? Any truth in that?
TXDawg
August 5th, 2010
12:28 pm
**oops…I mean lakerat, not lakedawg.
ugag is irrelevant
August 5th, 2010
12:37 pm
zero story —> zero school —> zero relevance
Here come the Dogs!
August 5th, 2010
12:38 pm
Dawg 1, well put! One of the pleasures of being a UGA fan, is that you can follow teams competing for titles year round.
Jesse James
August 5th, 2010
12:39 pm
Tech can’t do mat drills until we host the Olympics again so they will be provided mats used in the Olympics. Thank you Billy Payne, UGA graduate for bringing the Olympics to Atlanta.
freelemur
August 5th, 2010
12:39 pm
the famous mat drills? Famous because other schools make fun of the strength and conditioning program at uga because its so poor at developing their players? Thats all i’ve ever heard about it.
How2fish
August 5th, 2010
12:41 pm
SSIgator funny as hell….. in the Swamp its “Under the Lights = Gator Automatic Weapons Drills” take it from me that give “Finish the drill” a whole different meaning.
How2fish
August 5th, 2010
12:42 pm
ugag is irrelevant and back again I see….welcome we always have a place for you and you always know your place…trolling the UGA blog.
SKB
August 5th, 2010
12:44 pm
Georgia State runs this STATE!!!!
Jesse James
August 5th, 2010
12:45 pm
I heard that all Gator players are going around the campus today blindfolded with seeing eye dogs so they can see what it is really like to be blind. It is the Spikes Drill!
Lucia
August 5th, 2010
12:45 pm
Hey Dawg House, I was sorry to hear that your single wide burned down.
RedPantsDawg
August 5th, 2010
12:45 pm
I wonder if there is too much focus on mat drills in terms of the strength and conditioning program. Mat drills didn’t seem to do much when other teams (Florida & Alabama) where more physical in the trenches the last few years. Go back and look at the pro day stats. CB Prince Miller had more reps than Kade Weston did. Weston probably has a foot of height and 100lbs of weight advantage over Miller. Richt has addressed the defense and special teams this offseason but is there an issue in the strength and conditioning program that needs to be addressed?
LowCountryDawg07
August 5th, 2010
12:45 pm
ugag is irrelevant
-And why are you wasting your time posting this? Makes no sense.
59bulldawg
August 5th, 2010
12:46 pm
@ SSIgator. Good one! LOL! Unfortunately it’s been true too many times the last few years.
Jesse James
August 5th, 2010
12:46 pm
SKB – You talking about Georgia State Partol? Ask Damon!
pikedawg
August 5th, 2010
12:48 pm
freelemur…why don’t you look up how many UGA players are currently on NFL rosters and then tell me how “poor” they are at developing players.
freelemur
August 5th, 2010
12:53 pm
pike dog… why dont you look at your record, your lack of championships and your embarrassing performances against teams like alabama and florida.
Its pretty widely known that your S&C program is a joke. Just look at the pictures of your fat team hitting the high dive with your empty headed coach. The team’s physique is as bad as the general population of your state.
Jesse James
August 5th, 2010
12:55 pm
freelemur – Does your mother know you are on the computer?
freelemur
August 5th, 2010
12:57 pm
jesse – does your in home nurse know that you are too?
egs
August 5th, 2010
1:01 pm
I don’t know freelemur, they look pretty fit here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GJVxFP19Gs
Tom Selleck
August 5th, 2010
1:01 pm
The majority of the successful big-bodied players in the NFL were Donnan era recruits. It’s been a long time since UGA has produced linemen like Seymour, Stroud, and Grant. Richt’s teams have been soft in the trenches for years.
DawginLex
August 5th, 2010
1:02 pm
New show:
Gators live!
Starring the family of the dead girl who got her credit card stolen by the gator football player.
Special feature on proper use of an AK-47 assault rifle.
Closing segment-The Florida State Senate shown voting unanimously that Corinne Brown be elected President of the University of florida.
Paul in RDU
August 5th, 2010
1:02 pm
Interesting that CMR is letting the cameras in for a behind the scenes look at UGA’s football program. He obviously isn’t superstitious. As I recall, just about every pro team that has done this on HBO the last few years has had a down season. I believe Hoover won the Alabama AAAAA championship their year “under the lights”.
DawginLex
August 5th, 2010
1:03 pm
Week 2 highlights of Gators live!
1.) Special feature-Mulletts are not fish
2.) How to make a fashion statement at work wearing only jorts.
freelemur
August 5th, 2010
1:05 pm
good one dawg in lex, and timely too… those guys are still around right? How many arrests are the dogs up to this year? besides they AD of course.
freelemur
August 5th, 2010
1:06 pm
Great Video egs… great example of UGA, a third rate production for a third rate school.
And yes magnum, uga has been soft for years.
freelemur
August 5th, 2010
1:07 pm
they do under the lights features on pretty much all the SEC teams.
How2fish
August 5th, 2010
1:07 pm
freelemur and yet UGA has sent all those former players in the NFL, and its a Bama player than can’t physically qualify to play…
Coach or not Meyers
August 5th, 2010
1:08 pm
Wish we had a blog on the AJC! Fans love the Gators but they love me more my shrink says!
Tom Selleck
August 5th, 2010
1:10 pm
Remind us all what was the score when UGA played the Bama team with the player not physically qualified?
freelemur
August 5th, 2010
1:11 pm
Like was already stated, UGA’s NFL lineman are from many years ago. And if you’re talking about Terrence Cody he’s an almost 400lbs nose tackle… and he already passed his conditioning drill.
Also we’re talking about actual playing strength, not being able to run wind sprints or bench press. Clearly the uga fans are as ignorant on the subject as the coaches are… this is why you havent accomplished anything of note in the last 30 years.
Doug UGA 1983
August 5th, 2010
1:12 pm
To Tech Wrek, go jump off a cliff! Stay on your nerd blog.
ugag is irrelevant
August 5th, 2010
1:12 pm
nothing fans, too
Tom Selleck
August 5th, 2010
1:14 pm
Maybe Richt can institute special edition new workout uniforms to get the team extra fired up to lift.
How2fish
August 5th, 2010
1:14 pm
ugag is irrelevant and your back……again! and its the same old blah,blah,blah…
MoDawg
August 5th, 2010
1:16 pm
Dawg House….ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the laugh. I needed that…..
How2fish
August 5th, 2010
1:18 pm
Tom Selleck he was hell..in the 1st half ..one of the reasons we got back in the game in the 2nd half was because he wore out.He did surprise me in the 4th quarter in the UT game last year..no problem that day…I think his off season S&C program this year was seeing how many cheeseburger he could tote at a time..
DawginLex
August 5th, 2010
1:19 pm
Really tommy Selleck?
How come Richt’s got tons of players in the NFL?
Last year’s trio of Atkins, Weston and Owens are all on NFL rosters and completely shut down Dwyer in the GT game.
But don’t let the facts get in the way of your haterade.
How2fish
August 5th, 2010
1:20 pm
Tom Selleck and I think we put 3 DL in the NFL this year…
gabulldog66
August 5th, 2010
1:20 pm
SSIgator, that was very clever. Things must be slow in in your neck of the swamp.
Anyway, I watched the video and found it an interesting team building and conditioning program. I get it. Oh, by the way, I won’t be visiting a Florida blog. Way too busy to waste my time on something that does not interest me in the least. It’s a big boy kind of thing. Ya know?
Really, Rival Fans
August 5th, 2010
1:21 pm
The more you post the better we look.!
DawginLex
August 5th, 2010
1:22 pm
Gators live! was going to run a special feature with Tim Tebow teaching college students how to stay pure until marriage. The course was going to be offered at GT but they cancelled it because they realized it was not a problem on the flats…………………..
Scott "Phillip" Wallace
August 5th, 2010
1:22 pm
DAWG 1 – football is all that matters, and you know it!
uuugh.
August 5th, 2010
1:23 pm
Hey Lex…tune in for week 3: “Florida Football: Under the Traffic Lights–Passed out Drunk with Carlos Dunlap.”
Tom Selleck
August 5th, 2010
1:24 pm
Fish – As of right now Weston, Owens, and Atkins have done as much as Quentin Moses. Please use examples of players who have done more than just make a training camp roster.
Lex – I clearly limited my criticism to “big-bodied players”. The little guys are genuinely in pretty good shape.
How2fish
August 5th, 2010
1:26 pm
Scott “Phillip” Wallace really only football?? news flash A-hole..not too long ago a LOT of Gators were real interested in basketball..or have you forgotten?
uuugh.
August 5th, 2010
1:27 pm
…and week 4: “Florida Football: Under the Security Lights–How to break in an impound lot, remove your impounded car, get arrested, and have the whole fiasco covered up with the help of a Win-At-Any-Cost Corch.”
DawginLex
August 5th, 2010
1:30 pm
Stinchcomb, Max Jean Gilles and Dennis Roland are all still in the league as well. They are pretty good sized boys.
How2fish
August 5th, 2010
1:30 pm
Tom Selleck what a moron…first you say we haven’t put any big bodied player in the NFL and then you say we haven’t put any in that have done “something” puck you moron they got drafted into the NFL and none of the 3 are light weights…spin it *itch spin it.
DawginLex
August 5th, 2010
1:32 pm
you’re right how2fish,
Next thing will be he will say they don’t count unless they have been to the Pro Bowl.
Tom Selleck
August 5th, 2010
1:36 pm
I also very clearly said “successful”. Stinchcomb was a Donnan recruit, Jean Gilles has started 16 games in 4 years (mainly because he was so out of shape), and Roland has started 13 games in 4 years. Face it your big guys have been soft, lazy, and/or marginal for a while now.
How2fish
August 5th, 2010
1:41 pm
Tom Selleck hey moron they all qualified to play at least!! And there is not telling how this years class will turn out..they are rookies..
How2fish
August 5th, 2010
1:43 pm
DawginLex nope they will have to be in the hall of fame..after all isn’t that the true measure of success in the NFL…please! I’m just hoping some of the trollers go to their own team blogs now that camps are starting…
Tom Selleck
August 5th, 2010
1:43 pm
OK you guys are all right. I’m wrong. Everything is gravy in Athens. When the Dawgs get in a big game they never get physically outmatched in the trenches by a team stronger and nastier.
Hattie
August 5th, 2010
1:57 pm
The UGA blogs are so much more… interesting than Tech blogs. Tech has nothing in its history comparable to the Jan Kemp trial, Jim Harrick, 42 arrests in three years, or a drunk AD with moist red panties shoved up his crotch. Tech doesn’t even place in the top party schools.
So the UGA blogs are far more interesting, especially watching the Gators lord it over you chumps.
Red but not red and black
August 5th, 2010
1:59 pm
Oh my goodness, those red panties are falling from the sky again. Will it ever stop raining red panties?
DawginLex
August 5th, 2010
2:03 pm
The panty thing over and over is truly weak.
But what can you expect from a group of men who have never had the privilege of removing a pair of panties from the hips of a female.
Hey, Hattie...
August 5th, 2010
2:08 pm
…who said the panties were moist – you know something the rest of us don’t?
Ugag 28
August 5th, 2010
2:13 pm
Tech #9. Nuff said
http://whatifsports.com/beyondtheboxscore/default.asp?article=2010CFB_PowerRankings1
freelemur
August 5th, 2010
2:16 pm
As tommy says, you guys are right… The nfl is full of stud richt players on the lines. Please continue to believe you guys have the biggest strongest lines in the SEC and that Mark Richt is a great coach. its working out great for us.
DawginLex
August 5th, 2010
2:17 pm
freelemur,
I really don’t give a sheet what you think
Tom Selleck
August 5th, 2010
2:19 pm
The proof is in the pudding, Leems.
SEC fan
August 5th, 2010
2:21 pm
DawginLex -
You can only wish the panty thing is over. It hasn’t even yet started.
Coming to all UGA away games – “look at the panties falling from the sky, look at the panties”
In other news, the city of Shreveport has renamed their bowl game to the Minnie Pearl Red Panties Bowl since UGA will again be there.
The name Shreveport and red panties…only in America.
Rebel
August 5th, 2010
2:22 pm
Mats are thing you sleep on.
DawginLex
August 5th, 2010
2:28 pm
SEC fan,
AS I HAVE POINTED OUT NUMEROUS TIMES,
THE ACC IS THE TIE-IN FOR SHREVEPORT NOW. TECH MAY END UP THERE, NOT UGA.
Breaking News
August 5th, 2010
2:33 pm
Attention Alabama fans who have stated over and over that Saban’s oversigning was much ado about nothing: It’s now official, Alabama oversigned by 3 players even after non-qualifiers, etc. 3 players who were offered scholarships by Alabama for 2010 were told they had to either take a greyshirt and sign in the winter- basically wasting an entire season and having to pay their own way for the fall semester- or transfer to another school.
Nick Saban is a great football coach but he does not keep promises and is not a man of integrity.
Ramma Bama
August 5th, 2010
2:34 pm
It doesn’t matter what “mat drills” they do at Ga. Bama’s winning this conference again easy with another blowout over florida in the SEC title game—book it! This bama team may be better than last year. Title #14—on the way!!!
Da truth
August 5th, 2010
2:35 pm
why not call it fox sports-GA ….they give so much coverage to the dogs.
How2fish
August 5th, 2010
2:35 pm
Tom Selleck nice spin..really nice. Went from not sending anyone to the NFL to not being tough..enough your dismissed.
Proud of Panties
August 5th, 2010
2:37 pm
Why should UGA be embarrassed about red panties- we had an athletic director who liked to party and bang white chicks. How is that a bad thing? Only a bunch Nancy boy geeks who never get any would think that’s a bad thing.
SEC fan
August 5th, 2010
2:37 pm
Gee DawginLex – all those caps, scary dude. Did I hit a nerve with those red panties? Thought it was over but we know it’s not. And you’re the one trying to call out other teams given what your track record is. Pot meet kettle.
TampaGator
August 5th, 2010
2:39 pm
I was going to post a positive comment about how interesting this will be to watch….but obviously this is not the place to post something positive. See ya.
Tom Selleck
August 5th, 2010
2:40 pm
Once again for those with reading comprehension problems:
“The majority of the successful big-bodied players in the NFL were Donnan era recruits. It’s been a long time since UGA has produced linemen like Seymour, Stroud, and Grant. Richt’s teams have been soft in the trenches for years.”
Alabama's March to 85
August 5th, 2010
2:46 pm
Terry Grant, Running Back, Scholarship not renewed, graduated, quit football, might get a medical hardship scholarship
Travis Sikes, Wide Receiver, Scholarship not renewed, graduated, not good enough to see the field
Darius McKeller, Offensive Lineman, Medical Hardship Scholarship
Star Jackson, Quarterback, Transfer, Georgia State Div 1AA.
Blake Sims, Quarterback, Academically Ineligible, summer school, might enroll next year.
Taylor Pharr, Offensive Lineman, Medical Hardship Scholarship
Milton Talbert, Linebacker, Medical Hardship Scholarship
Rod Woodson, Safety, Scholarship not renewed; removed from team
Ronnie Carswell, Wide Receiver, Greyshirt; healthy and eligible
Wilson Love, Defensive End, Greyshirt; injured, eligible
ugaclassof2004
August 5th, 2010
2:46 pm
I don’t know if the ” Mat Drills” have been as successful the last few years. It seemed like they really worked earlier in Richt’s tenure, but lately this team has really tanked it in the second half of games. Not sure if that is a mental toughness or conditioning problem. But it seems like the whole point of having Mat drills is to develop mental toughness through conditioning. If that is the case, then Mat Drills have been a huge failure the last few seasons IMO. Either they need to change things up, or scrap the whole concept entirely. Surely Grantham could think of comparable drills in the Pros that accomplish the same thing.
YELLOW HAMMER
August 5th, 2010
2:46 pm
no wonder uga players are soft. mats!!!!!
DawginLex
August 5th, 2010
2:53 pm
SEC fan,
My point is it is fine to be a hater, but at least know what you are talking about regarding shreveport.
REALIST
August 5th, 2010
2:56 pm
Tech rules the ACC! It’s like being the best baseball player in France.
SKB
August 5th, 2010
3:03 pm
I love when Tech Fanboys make fun of UGA for Red panties.. haha, its like something Tech Fanboys have never seen or heard of, wow girls exist that doesn’t look fugly.. wowowowow
LowCountryDawg07
August 5th, 2010
3:05 pm
I’m gonna buy 2k red panties with G’s on them to sell to our fans.
SEC fan
August 5th, 2010
3:07 pm
DawginLex -
It’s pretty obvious that you feel it’s fine to be a hater. Look at your posts at 1:02, 1:03 and 1:22. Very pithy with your Gator hate – how droll.
Taking shots at another program when yours has no room to talk is pretty weak. Then again, having your a$$es handed to you by that porgram 17 out of the past 20 years brings out the worst in some people I guess.
Try to at least have a little class.
SKB
August 5th, 2010
3:10 pm
@SEC fan
This is a UGA blog, thus it has more UGA fans that praise their own team.. durrrr then you have your gator alt, come here and trash talk, ALL on a UGA blog. See the problem here?
I Could Have Put Some Lame Name Here
August 5th, 2010
3:17 pm
get a life
AltamahaDawg
August 5th, 2010
3:19 pm
TampaGator, if you find an internet site where grown men can talk about the game of football, please let us know. Some of miss that.
SEC fan
August 5th, 2010
3:20 pm
SKB -
I just think that this forum would be fine if the juvenile behavior would stop. There are numerous ways that people can converse and make points without it degenerating to name-calling. Some of these guys still act like they’re in grade school.
SEC fan
August 5th, 2010
3:22 pm
Altamaha and TampaGator, ditto.
gdawginkalamazoo
August 5th, 2010
3:26 pm
Maybe the camera should have taken a ride with Evans to the Sting concert instead of in Richt’s truck. Oh, nevermind I remember her mug shot now.
Reality Check
August 5th, 2010
3:26 pm
So this drill instills toughness and discipline?
When is the last time a UGA football team was tough, and isn’t discipline shown through a lack of penalties?
In short, it’s not working.
DawginLex
August 5th, 2010
3:30 pm
talk to SSIgator. i respond to her with venom. try to be respectful when respect is shown but not much shows up on here with comments about panties, drinking etc.
I enjoy talking football respectfully but it is a 2 way street. Bloggers show up with no interest in UGA other than to stir up crap.
DawginLex
August 5th, 2010
3:32 pm
SEC fan wants to discuss having class.
Posting about Minnie pearl, shreveport and panties falling out of the sky is classy?
All about perspective I guess.
DawginLex
August 5th, 2010
3:36 pm
One final thought:
you want to talk football?
Here you go.
No Tebow=No titles
He is your Herschel
2006 and 2008 he was there. Bailed Leak out numerous times.
Prove me wrong Urban. win a title without Timmy.
He won’t.
Reality Check
August 5th, 2010
3:38 pm
Guys, it’s just a game. Quit taking everyone’s quips and insults so seriously.
No one is personally attacking you or your family when they slam UGA.
Get a laugh out of it or get over it.
Reality Check
August 5th, 2010
3:44 pm
DawginLex- This seems like wishful thinking on your part. (but you probably realize that)
1. Many, MANY people said the same things about UF when Spurrier left. they were wrong.
2. To say that Tebow “bailed out Leak” is way overstating his roll on the 06 team.
3. UF certainly has the influx of talent to be a contender for some time to come.
4. Meyer is starting his 6th year there and he’s won 2 titles. It’s not like we was there for 10 years without winning one before Tebow showed up. History implies that he can win more.
AltamahaDawg
August 5th, 2010
3:46 pm
I believe the penalties were more an issue of technique than disclipine. If you get beat on the line and you just let the opponent sack the QB rather than grabbing him, is that a great sign of discipline? If you are beat on a pass route and rather hanging on, you just allow an easy TD, is that disclipine? The vst majority of penalties last year were associated with trying to play the position and not doing it well. I can think of very very few that were just hothead losing thier discipline.
I seriously don’t mind the tech guy in here talking football. Not even the barbs. I fully expect it’s not thier place to excuse or compliment thier big rival. We all get that. But some of you guys just don’t seem very up on the actual game. Its just “uh lets see what I make up” about from a list of negative lil talking points and the topic makes absolutely no difference.
JB
August 5th, 2010
3:50 pm
At Tech, it’s Bra drills
Reality Check
August 5th, 2010
3:51 pm
Discipline is about more than losing your head and getting a personal foul. It’s about lining up in the right place, sticking to your assignment, fighting through exhaustion to keep good technique in the 4th quarter, not jumping offsides, etc.
The vast majority of penalties are about discipline and conditioning.
DawginLex
August 5th, 2010
3:55 pm
You can believe what you want and spin it however you want.
Tebow had the “it” factor. Without him Leak doesn’t win.
Let’s watch Brantley this year and the 1st time he struggles as a drop back passer in a spread system. Tebow won’t be there to bail him out.
I’m standing by my prediction.
No Tebow=No title
Ask not for whom the bell tolls
August 5th, 2010
3:59 pm
It tolls for you, if you are on the Dogs schedule. We are coming for you, Jack.
Mark Richt, first five seasons, 2 SEC titles, 3 trips to Atlanta. Last four seasons, no trips to SEC title game. We know Richt can win championships, if the defense is sound. The Dogs had a great DC early on. I think we may have another now, so it would not surprise me to see two more titles in next five years.
Reality Check
August 5th, 2010
3:59 pm
I don’t think that I was “spinning” anything.
I’m just looking forward to seeing what Meyer does with this new group of guys. I have reason to be optimistic…just like I have for a long, long time now.
StupeDog
August 5th, 2010
4:00 pm
I sure do LOVE drilling on the mats.
StupeDog
August 5th, 2010
4:01 pm
How about you jb?
anybody but GT
August 5th, 2010
4:07 pm
You mean those famous mat drills that have made CMR the most sought after coach in America? Oh, wait, someone said no other program has any interest in CMR. His alma mater changed coaches recently, Miami didn’t want him. FSU, where he coached for a long spell changed coaches. FSU didn’t want him. UGA is stuck with his lack of coaching, his squandering of great talent, and his inability to coach recruits up. So sad. UGA fans and alumni deserve better.
Reality Check
August 5th, 2010
4:14 pm
“anybody but GT” speaks the truth.
ROLL on
August 5th, 2010
4:15 pm
I don’t think the gators need to be talking to much trash….Tech? Well they need some amusement cause they sure don’t get it from the gridiron…ROLL TIDE !!!
gdawginkalamazoo
August 5th, 2010
4:17 pm
anybody but GT, we will forgive your ignorance on the matter. Richt has stated that he wants be at UGA as long as UGA will have him there. Period. End of conversation being that Richt is a man of his word. So nobodyh is even going to bother calling. Get it? Probably not.
AltamahaDawg
August 5th, 2010
4:20 pm
Then explain why the teams that make up the top 20 are typically some of the top penalized teams in the nation while the least penalized teams don’t seem to win very many game. There are exception of cource.
Maybe Richt needs to visit Ball State this offseason.
Mat drills are meant to built teamwork, and obviously fend off the winter bellies, but halfway through the season a lineman holding did NOT come from a failed winter conditioning program.
BTW GT was only about 25% less “undiscliplined” than UGA by your criteria last year.
Reality Check II
August 5th, 2010
4:23 pm
UGA football has taken a serious slide the last two years. In 2008 the Dawgs were embarrassed by Alabama, Florida and even GT rushed for like 400 yards in the second half alone. 2009 was followed by weak losses to OK State, Tennessee, Kentucky and another blowout to UF. The last two years have included high amounts of penalties, turnovers and lack of discipline on the field. I have been a CMR supporter over the years and feel that this year better show improvement all of those areas. If not, it will be time for him to go. I think if we improve the character and toughness of the team should be at least 9-3. UGA SHOULD NEVER be blown out by Alabma, UF and Tennessee on a consistent basis.
DawginLex
August 5th, 2010
4:29 pm
It is all about the D or lack thereof.
It is all on Grantham.
insert favorable dawg comment
August 5th, 2010
4:33 pm
MAT drills?
Math Aptitude Test.
Not hardly, UGA doesn’t
make their guys do reedin’/rytin’/rithmatick
drills.
Maria in Dalton
August 5th, 2010
4:38 pm
Unlike fine wines, cesspools do not improve with age.
DawginLex
August 5th, 2010
4:38 pm
Congrats to Coach Richt for maintaining highest APR scores since 2003 in the SEC
Berger
August 5th, 2010
4:42 pm
Please continue to believe you guys have the biggest strongest lines in the SEC and that Mark Richt is a great coach. it’s working out great for us.
Amen. Give Richt a lifetime contract!
And the red panties will never get old, you’re going to be hearing about for many, many years.
Barney
August 5th, 2010
4:47 pm
Congrats to Coach Richt for maintaining highest APR scores since 2003 in the SEC.
APR = All Panties Red.
Gloom and Doom
August 5th, 2010
4:51 pm
1980: Look at the sugar falling from the sky!
2010: Look at the red panties falling from the sky!
2011: Look at Mark Richt being ridden out of town on a rail!
Tech Sucks
August 5th, 2010
4:51 pm
Tech Wreck before you talk smack maybe your team should actually beat us at something. We own you in every possible sport except comic book conventions and playing Warcraft. Dumbass nerd.
Tech Sucks
August 5th, 2010
4:52 pm
Richt 8
Nerds 1
Ray Barone
August 5th, 2010
5:09 pm
From up here in New York, it appears that UGA generally has the better football program than the GT program. Not just counting wins and losses but overall it looks superior year in and year out.
15 wins in 50 years
August 5th, 2010
5:10 pm
Hattie
Tech has an interesting laundry list of its own: a heroin overdose, A drug smuggler, academic probation in 2005, and can you please explain the coincidence between flunkgate and Morris brown losing its accreditation?
NoGaGator
August 5th, 2010
5:11 pm
DawginLex -
You’re correct in that Brantley is no Tebow. After losing 9 players to the NFL draft, I don’t expect UF to win the NC this year, I believe Brantley, if healthy, will have a great year, putting UF on pace to go for the NC in 2011. UF’s offense will change to take advantage of Brantley’s being a better passer than Tebow. No they won’t be running Brantley on 3rd and short but they have plenty of backs to do the job.
UF’s recruiting classes the last 5 years were ranked 1,2,4,5, and 1 by ESPN. UGA classes were ranked 4,13,5,6,12. That’s a pretty big spread and UF’s staff has proven that they can develop these guys.
With 2 NC’s in the last 4 and a very talented roster UF will reload this year and contend next year.
Tebow's Gone
August 5th, 2010
5:26 pm
Without Tebow, UF will be ordinary. The Dawgs will take over the SEC east this year—take that to the bank. UGA’s D is loaded and they have the best receiver in the SEC. Too much talent for florida to deal with. Dawgs win by 13 over UF—place your bets.
NoGaGator
August 5th, 2010
5:41 pm
Tebow’s Gone -
Love the “take that to the bank” and “place your bets” talk. Did you also bet all these years when UF beat UGA without Tebow?
I’d love to take your bet. We’ll soon see how it goes.
ugag is irrelevant
August 5th, 2010
5:47 pm
really sad that the red panty thing is hyped in athens as more “heritage material” …. anyone over there ever study ethics, fidelity, temperance, or any other form of social restraint or even respect for one another? really sad …….
Hyper
August 5th, 2010
6:29 pm
The dawgs should be truly craptacular this year.
Sojourner
August 5th, 2010
6:32 pm
… anyone over there ever study ethics, fidelity, temperance, or any other form of social restraint or even respect for one another? really sad…
This is UGA. Are you crazy?
Question Mark
August 5th, 2010
6:46 pm
After all these vaunted drills, years of having top 5 rated recruiting classes, and sending so many players to the NFL, UGA still can’t win their division, much less win the SEC, and play in a BCS bowl. That goal keeps slipping further and further away.
So why is Mark Richt still in Athens? Do you think Alabama or Florida would put up with this situation?
Just askin’…
Harriet
August 5th, 2010
6:50 pm
The Dawgs will take over the SEC east this year—take that to the bank.
I did. The check bounced for insufficient funds.
BrownDog
August 5th, 2010
6:56 pm
Tech fans, get a life. You guys cannot stand UGA because you cannot beat UGA. That’s why you hang out on our blog talking stupid, trying to find anything you can to put our program down. YOU ARE OBSESSED with uga and you know you have to talk all the B.S. you can before we whip the living sh!t out of you in Athens this year, and yes my little yellow
f@ggots it is going to be ugly. So get back to your dugeons and dragons and get ready to crawl back under your little rocks when the clock sais :00 this year. You know that it’s coming.
AltamahaDawg
August 5th, 2010
6:58 pm
Uh yes, mark. That would, and they have.
D-MAN
August 5th, 2010
7:04 pm
Northside Warner Robins has got to be ahead of left boob,good list though Dawg House!
TampaGator
August 5th, 2010
7:23 pm
Dawginlex….most people are doing the “red panties” thing for fun…and it is fun. What is not fun is contantly reading posts about Jamar Hornsby (credit card) and Ronnie Wilson (gun) when they have long ago left the Florida program and don’t reflect the current culture at Florida….or people saying really negative things about any of the Georgia players who messed up and who are no longer part of the team. I, for one, hope your former QB can get his act together in JC and maybe return to Georgia or some other program in good standing like Cam Newton did. I think Cam Newton deserves to be respected for his comeback but Georgia fans are on here all the time calling him all kind of names even though the kid was NEVER convicted of a crime, all charges against him were dropped, and he left Florida by his choice. He could have stayed at Florida. But….on the football field….Cam Newton knew he would never beat out John Brantley and made a wise choice to leave. I wish him a lot of luck at Auburn…except when he plays the Gators of course. People get on here and post all kinds of negative comments….some maybe….like me yesterday….because their wives ticked them off…or maybe the dog did. But I would like to read more intelligent posts than what is written in the majority of the posts…most are just one line insults and contain a lot of racial or homophobic content. I frankly get tired of ready the insults and the slurs against race and creed. I think Florida and Georgia preseasons are reflected two very alike teams with very similar objectives and purposes…with both having a lot of talent. I post something on here about some of the Gator talent or maybe some recruiting news….and a lot of time all I get is “Gay….” insults and “why are you on this site” comments…which frankly….are jevenile and immature…and lack insight into anything worthwhile reading. But that is negative thinking and an insult to those who post such things….and maybe I shouldn’t do that. But it would be nice….when an AJC reporter does some research and writes an interesting article…that we….could avoid…at least once…post civil and intelligent responses to reading the artice….and not just express our frustrations about life because we can on here.
FDAWG
August 5th, 2010
7:25 pm
To freelemur and all the other UGA haters…get this. UGA is the ONLY school that has won at least 8 games a season over the last 13 years.
TampaGator
August 5th, 2010
7:31 pm
P.S…..rumor is the Gator D will also be showing a lot more 3-4 this year with the LB core of A.J. Jones, Brandon Hicks, Jon Bostic, and Jelani Jenkins. Now…that is a lot of speed and talent at the LB positions my friends….and Jeremy Brown (who nearly beat out Janoris Jenkins last summber before going down with a back injury for the season) seems to have made it all the way back…to replace Joe Haden. And he is being pushed by talented Jaylen Watkins and Joshua Shaw, both freshmen CBs. And Will Hill, Ahmad Black, and Matt Elam manning the safety positions…and…if Ronald Powell can step in and replace the 2nd and 3rd and long pass rush of Dunlap….the Gators will be might tough on D this year….and a lot faster than they were last year…which is hard to imagine…but true.
TampaGator
August 5th, 2010
7:34 pm
FDAWG….Georgia is an outstanding football program….but Richt needs to win an SEC title first…and then win a NC…for your program to be considered a top tier program like Florida is right now. Just the facts. This year is your opportunity to set a new standard other than just winning 8 games a year. Not good enough in today’s college football world…ask the coach at LSU who might lose his job if he just wins 8 games this year.
FDAWG
August 5th, 2010
8:16 pm
TampaGator…….I agree, 8 wins will not cut it anymore.
AltamahaDawg
August 5th, 2010
8:57 pm
What did ESPN rank the Gator recruiting class in the 5 years before the NC runs? Just curious.
AFDawg
August 5th, 2010
10:49 pm
Freelemur and other Techies, GA Tech has won only one NCAA Team National Championship in its entire history. GA Tech is a a great academic school but a loser in sports — period! Also, did you know Tech’s student body is only 30 – 35% female — no wonder you guys get so steamed up about a pair of red panties. My prediction — in five years GA State will have a stronger football program than Tech. Tech also won’t play them just like they don’t dare play GA Southern.
TampaGator, Richt has won a SEC title. The national championship will come just like it did for Bobby Bowden eventually. Georgia’s biggest curse has been top talent like Stafford and Moreno leaving early for the draft.
Dawg on Top
August 6th, 2010
10:40 am
Tech had that fluke, miracle win 2 years ago GA, which was flat and overconfident—no big deal. Ga blew out the ACC champions last year and will beat Tech like a drum this year in Athens—you can bet the house on that. Tech will be lucky to win 8 games. With all the top talent and better coaching, GA’s winning the SEC east this year. florida’s down big in talent.