‘Academic issues’ sideline UGA’s Branden Smith (PLUS: another AD applicant)
ATHENS — Branden Smith — expected to contribute to Georgia’s football team on defense, offense and special teams — is not currently practicing with the Bulldogs because he is “working through some academic issues,” coach Mark Richt said Monday.
Richt said the situation will be resolved “soon –- by the end of the week.”
Asked if he expects Smith back with the team, Richt would only repeat: “Branden is working through some academic issues right now.” Richt wouldn’t say what the “academic issues” are.
Smith, a sophomore from Atlanta, was not on the field for either of Monday’s two practices. He participated in Georgia’s first few practices of preseason camp last week but is believed to have missed practices on Friday and Saturday.
He would be a big loss for the Bulldogs.
As a freshman last season, he played in 13 games, seeing action in all facets of the game.
On special teams, he returned 16 kickoffs for 279 yards, a 17.4-yard average. On offense, he lined up occasionally in various spots — running back, quarterback and wide receiver — and rushed for 209 yards on 17 carries, including touchdown runs of 61 yards against South Carolina and 52 yards against Tennessee Tech. And on defense, his primary role, he showed promise at cornerback.
He entered preseason camp in close competition with senior Vance Cuff for a starting spot at one corner.
Smith is the only player facing academic issues, Richt said.
Another AD applicant
Chris Welton, a sports marketing executive who was a starting defensive back on Georgia’s 1980 national championship team, confirmed that he has added his name to the list of applicants for UGA’s athletic-director position.
Welton’s application was submitted after the 49 that were revealed last week in response to an open-records request by the AJC.
Welton, who has finance and law degrees from UGA, was an associate at Atlanta law firm King & Spalding before an executive position with the Atlanta Olympics led to a career in sports marketing. Welton created a company that became the marketing agency for the International Olympic Committee, then sold that company to the IOC in 2004. He is now president of Helios Partners, an Atlanta-based sports marketing firm.
Welton wrote in his application letter that UGA “has only grown in stature and quality” since his days as a student there.
“Nonetheless, the University faces a number of issues relating to athletics requiring attention and skilled management,” Welton wrote. “While the Athletic Association has been extremely successful from a financial perspective, legitimate concerns exist regarding the performance of certain teams, academic performance of athletes and off-field behavior of athletes in particular.”
Etc.
Linebacker Richard Samuel and safety Quintin Banks missed Monday’s football practices. Banks is “day-to-day” with a swollen knee and Samuel might be out “a week or two” with an injured leg, Richt said. He didn’t have specifics of Samuel’s injury. . . . The Bulldogs on Monday held their only two-a-day drills scheduled for this preseason. The final half hour of the afternoon session was in a heavy rain. . . . Georgia’s first scrimmage of the preseason is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon.
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hs
August 9th, 2010
7:10 pm
ok
Palm City DAWG
August 9th, 2010
7:12 pm
OK, let’s not panic. Brandon will be back and will have a hell of a season.
TampaGator
August 9th, 2010
7:16 pm
Are summer classes at Georgia ending about now? He probably has to pass a class and is in the dorm working on it right now…at least I hope he is. Good, talented player…and I hope it works out well for him and Georgia fans.
Damon E
August 9th, 2010
7:20 pm
Richt needs to call Jim Harrick Jr. for ideas on some mickey mouse exam to keep this player eligible! Hurry—get his number from google and get that eligibility back!
dentaldawg
August 9th, 2010
7:20 pm
if it is academics, then he needs to man up, study hard, and not let down his team.
Octavious,Dontavious and Rantavious
August 9th, 2010
7:25 pm
uh oh………..
CONFEDERATE DAWG
August 9th, 2010
7:29 pm
UH OH! AGREED
DAG GUMIT
run the ball
August 9th, 2010
7:29 pm
In 3…2…1…Dawgs lose lineman for the season.
Hobnail Boot
August 9th, 2010
7:32 pm
Not what I wanted to hear….
TDone
August 9th, 2010
7:32 pm
Question on Smith’s Final Exam, “How many yards on football field?”
Hobnail Boot
August 9th, 2010
7:34 pm
Man, we need all of our CB’s. Don’t want to jump to conclusions but this is not what we need.
CONFEDERATE DAWG
August 9th, 2010
7:35 pm
DAG GUMIT!
TAMPAGATOR WHY BEING SO CLASSY? OR YOUR BEING SARCASTIC?
jbts30228
August 9th, 2010
7:40 pm
TampaGator is always classy. In my opinion one of the best posters on these blogs.
tampadawg86
August 9th, 2010
7:40 pm
Dawg fans this is not good news if we lose him. He is a talented CB and just talented athlete. Lets hope the team rallies around him and help him get back on the field. This is a team sport. They should pull together when one struggles in their studies!! Goodluck Branden Smith! first and foremost get that college education buddy! Go Dawgs!
SD Dawg
August 9th, 2010
7:44 pm
@TDone: how many yards on on a football field?
@Run the ball: your right, we are due to lose a lineman or two or ten. just a matter of time
I would say I am shocked, but I am not. As fine of an institution as we have I am am forever amazed at how some of the guys struggle in school. Let’s be real, you know his schedule isn’t that difficult. Not really any excuses.
Roscoe P. Coltrane
August 9th, 2010
7:52 pm
I watched football Saturdays in the South hosted by Tim Brando yesterday
I found it very interesting that the running back from VT had 90 yes 90 pair of sneakers he collects in his closet not including all the clothes he had as well and I do mean a bunch a clothes.
Now 90 pairs of shoes and they were not the cheap kind you find at Walmart, priced at $80 comes out to $7200
Someone please tell me how this kid affords $7200 in shoes not including all the clothes he had when he does not hold a job and oh by the way, he bragged about how he loves to go shopping all the time
Where is the NCAA investigation on this
R
August 9th, 2010
7:53 pm
one thing that I don’t want to see Smith do this year is return Kicks. go dawgs.
CONFEDERATE DAWG
August 9th, 2010
7:54 pm
MAYBE CAMPS AND STUFF GIVE HIM SNEAKERS FOR FREE? I THINK THEY ARE ALLOWED TO DO THAT
Branden Smith next stop will be....
August 9th, 2010
7:56 pm
Georgia Military School!!! Just like all UGA Leghumpers that can’t make the grade.
gadawg
August 9th, 2010
7:56 pm
Roscoe the kid might actually have parents who give him an allowance. You don’t have to look far to find spoiled college kids.
John
August 9th, 2010
8:00 pm
Give the kid the benefit of the doubt. Coach Richt will make sure he is a STUDENT athlete.
R
August 9th, 2010
8:01 pm
hey tech fans, 30-24
superJACKET
August 9th, 2010
8:03 pm
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Nesbitt for Heisman
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no matter
August 9th, 2010
8:03 pm
@R…you might not…see him return…
Dawgtime
August 9th, 2010
8:04 pm
and the dawgs have dominated GT for 5 decades…..Calculate those numbers and come up with some pathetic excuses.
BAMADAWG
August 9th, 2010
8:04 pm
Tamps Gator, You are the classiest Gator Fan ever on our blogs. Always a good positive blog. But that don’t stop me from being a Gator hater
Dawgtime
August 9th, 2010
8:06 pm
Why do GT fans read UGA blogs? Well it’s kind of like ugly men buying Playboy magazines. You can look but you will never stand a chance. Go DAWGS.
R
August 9th, 2010
8:07 pm
no matter, i m guessing your a tech fan so you might not see GT beat UGA again for a long time. people are figuring out PJ’s offense. like i’ve always said, talent will eventually beat schemes.
wolfman
August 9th, 2010
8:07 pm
They are just now discovering that he has “academic issues”?
GADAWG88
August 9th, 2010
8:08 pm
I’m nervous… We need him…
GATOR CHOMP
August 9th, 2010
8:08 pm
Why am I not surprised here? Saint Richt knew this kid was a dumbazz when he recruited him.Thats why the MIGHTY GATORS never offered him.I will bet anyone of u losers that u mutts will finish no higher than 4th in the division put up or shut up cowards.GATORS or DIE!!!
I Could Have Put Some Lame Name Here
August 9th, 2010
8:09 pm
I guess it’s out of the question that the poor kids family can afford to give him money for shoes and clothes.
Contrary to what you may think, not all families of athletes are poor.
Athens, Georgia
August 9th, 2010
8:09 pm
… Joshua Nesbitt for Heisman …
luke08
August 9th, 2010
8:11 pm
Hey Tech fans 8 out 0f 9, stop talking!
I Could Have Put Some Lame Name Here
August 9th, 2010
8:11 pm
I’m sure that he will get his self together, it will be for him and not for teh team as it should be. The benefit of the team will be a secondary benefit.
Score Check
August 9th, 2010
8:12 pm
Yes the Jim Harrick Jr era was a mess and an embarrassment. That being said I can assure you that comparing P.E. Exams with normal class exams is a bit of a joke anyway. Let me get this straight: Scholarship Basketball players who had been playing the game since they were what 8, 9, 10 years old have a joke of a final exam in a P.E. Basketball class. And the nerds are still talking about it. Wow. It shouldn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out those players already knew the fundamentals of the sport.
I once had a P.E. class on Bait & Fly casting and never got near the water. OMG!! Another academic scandal. Alert the Media!!
R
August 9th, 2010
8:12 pm
leave it to gaytor chomp to something unintelligent. hey moron look at this you dumba$$.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/uga/football/recruiting/player-Branden-Smith-76867;_ylt=AmtDtCov12DKvYa9MbJuUsgGuZB4
R
August 9th, 2010
8:14 pm
looks like fla did offer him YOU MORON!!!!!!
Dawghater
August 9th, 2010
8:15 pm
You mean he couldn’t take that basketball class that had the hard exam? How many halves are in a game! What is a 3 point shot worth! Dawg fans don’t like it much when others read how lame their football players academics are! Try looking up the degrees these kids are taking other than the QB, punter and field goal kicker! Study hard? Give me a break. Heck, most could just show up for these classes and pass!
R
August 9th, 2010
8:17 pm
gaytor chomp, i know one thing for sure, CMR doesn’t recruit the type of players that steal a dead girl’s credit card then charge $5,000 on it. classy move there
Hey, Gator Chump
August 9th, 2010
8:22 pm
Here’s a list of schools that offered Branden Smith a Scholarship:
Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Michigan, Notre Dame, South Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia.
You see Gator Chump: Urban Crier and the gay_turds offered him as well.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/uga/football/recruiting/player-Branden-Smith-76867;_ylt=ApmBCxW9nBuT63kdbC7ZlysGuZB4
Durango Dawg
August 9th, 2010
8:29 pm
This Kid should have tutors galore, to help him pass.
In this day and age of mega million dollar college football, when you have a player of this calibur, Coaches should never let a player, fail a class.
That being said I guess they can’t be a baby sitter 24/7 either.
Smith get your acdemics in order, please.
Football Fan
August 9th, 2010
8:36 pm
Would Georgia fans spelling his name Brandon please spell it Branden? Geez.
dds3434@aol.com
August 9th, 2010
8:40 pm
I just find it hard to believe that people’s lives are so empty that they get their kicks from posting trash talk on opposing teams blogs. Unbelievably pathetic and sad.
Hattie
August 9th, 2010
8:52 pm
Question on Smith’s Final Exam, “How many yards on football field?”
Does that include the end zones?
ga gator
August 9th, 2010
8:53 pm
No panic, that’s why most kids take classes during the summer. Hope he plays well in all games except against the Gators, but from all I’ve read he is a quality kid.
AltamahaDawg
August 9th, 2010
8:53 pm
TDone how ironic to try to joke about a stupid question but end up just showing your ignorance in the process. How many Yards? is that long, wide, square???are they just laying around in a pile?
Santa Cruz CA Bulldog
August 9th, 2010
8:56 pm
Branden Smith, study hard and ask for help.
I remember my Freshman year, soooo many temptations and you have to learn, college isn’t high school.
dagnabit
August 9th, 2010
8:58 pm
dds; Iagree. Go over to a Tech blog and read the number of dawgturd comments.
dawgfan
August 9th, 2010
8:59 pm
Of course the AJC writes of a “big loss” when there has been absolutely zero evidence that UGA will lose anything. Its just as plausible that he’s studying for a big test and will be back on the field as soon as its over. But that doesn’t stir the pot and get the sad and pathetic haters hacking away at their keyboards does it?
Techies can say what they want about me, but I would NEVER wish any kind of bad on one of their players like they do ours. Its YOU I hate Techies, not your players. Tech fans are dirtbags.
ga gator
August 9th, 2010
9:05 pm
dawgfan, techies say crap like that because you own them.
zero
August 9th, 2010
9:05 pm
Very few UGA fans really look at these AJC blogs anymore because they are only initiated by totally non-UGA fans and the posts are predominately from Tech students. This is a typical example.
Athens, Georgia
August 9th, 2010
9:06 pm
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Joshua Nesbitt for Heisman
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TDone
August 9th, 2010
9:14 pm
Hey Georgia Fans, LIFE!!!
Gratefuldawghead
August 9th, 2010
9:15 pm
Who is Joshua Nesbitt?
Jarrod
August 9th, 2010
9:17 pm
Branden Smith’s GPA is 3.41 ask around and ask about it dummies… The board of Trustee’s has a policy thats denying Branden , Look it up Lay off one of the best bulldogs. His family is no dummies or Juco players
Jarrod
August 9th, 2010
9:20 pm
And to hattie, I bet u never saw a 3.41, if Branden transfers he can play at any other SEC school or wherever he chooses if he likes. Before you dummies start blogging figure out facts. transcripts dont lie, just dummies
marsha
August 9th, 2010
9:32 pm
not to be rude but you people dont have the slightest idea of what ur talking about. please do you research very carefully be for u start throwin stones,calling people dummies, and jumping to conclusions!!!
albert
August 9th, 2010
9:33 pm
Its Georgia, he wont flunk out, Richt, just like Dooley, will see to it.
Harry
August 9th, 2010
9:34 pm
Man I wish Tech didn’t have standards when recruiting players.
railman311
August 9th, 2010
9:35 pm
well i hope he works it out if not oh well suck it up!!
Darma:
August 9th, 2010
9:36 pm
Just give em the Harrick Basketball exam from a few years ago and maybe he can pass. UGA is pathetic. Evans, then this loser and everyone else. give it up, your school, team and academics are a JOKE!
By the way, give me back my red panties. LMFAO!
And you wonder
August 9th, 2010
9:36 pm
why coach Richt limits you guys access. The sky is falling—the sky is falling, sure would have sworm that mountian wasn’t there yesterday.
AltamahaDawg
August 9th, 2010
9:37 pm
LIFE…..says the guy who spends his time in another man’s sports blog despite having no actual point to make.
Murray da midget:
August 9th, 2010
9:38 pm
Gratefuldawghead
he is my idol and is a heck of alot better than my azz. You will see who he is as the season progresses. I wish your louzy team the worst of luck throughout the season. THWG!
Vick=Dog killing Thug
August 9th, 2010
9:38 pm
Have to laugh at all the haters. Seems like this young student athlete is doing the right thing. Working on his grades and eligibility before football. UGA coaches, his teammates and others will help him through. GO DAWGS
UF!
August 9th, 2010
9:40 pm
Dawgtime
Like we own your louzy team. Hey, 19 of 22 isn’t so bad. I wouldn’t be talking crap about the jackets, when your team can’t beat us but 3 of the last 22 years. Now, that’s sad.
Herta
August 9th, 2010
9:42 pm
After watching “Party in the UGA,” I have no trouble understanding why UGA football and basketball players flunk out, get arrested, or go to agents’ parties in South Beach. That was the stupidest thing I’ve seen in ages.
Yes, there’s a reason it’s called The Cesspool of the South.
Watch out for those flying red panties. They’re everywhere in Athens.
Gulf
August 9th, 2010
9:44 pm
It’s real simple. Branden Smith is an illiterate moron. Why else do you think he’s failing with the jock courses he takes.
UF!
August 9th, 2010
9:44 pm
Young student athelete doing the right thing? He did the wrong thing by enrolling in sorry Georgia. I am sure everyone will help him. Just ask him how many points a TD is worth.
A) 3
B) 6
C) don’t know as I am an UGA student
D) Doesn’t matter, coz I get an A anyway
E) Red Panties
LMFAO!
Darma!
August 9th, 2010
9:47 pm
Give Brandon the panties. heck, maybe that will motivate him to get through classes. Just ask Evans for them, …………..I mean Murray, sorry, I mean Ealey,……………man, the entire team is wearing them and passing them around.
GA Grad
August 9th, 2010
9:49 pm
This is our year to win the NC. Every year is our year and it’s the same old crapola from our team. We are overrated and underachievers in football, academics and life. We are just plain sorry. THWG! Go GATORSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! CHOMPEM UP!
You Know You are Loser When
August 9th, 2010
10:03 pm
You know you are loser when… the only joy in you’re life is posting negative crap on other team’s boards… Pathetic…..
CONFEDERATE DAWG
August 9th, 2010
10:04 pm
1 GAYTORS BEST REALIZED ALL THE JOKES YOU GOT GET WIPED OUT WITH DEAD GIRLS CREDIT CARD STORY.
2 THINK ITS FUNNY THE GUY CALLIN HIM DUMB SAID G M SCHOOL INSTEAD OF GMC
Vick=Dog killing Thug
August 9th, 2010
10:07 pm
Stupid post UF!
Gator
August 9th, 2010
10:13 pm
Should have come to Florida! You don’t have to go to classes!
Jesse James
August 9th, 2010
10:16 pm
UF! – Stands for U Fool!
Jesse James
August 9th, 2010
10:19 pm
Brandon will be alright. Some of this stuff should not even be out in the media. Alot of parents would raise hell if their kid’s acacdemics were made public. Should not even be a story until the end result is out.
Bow Wow
August 9th, 2010
10:21 pm
At away games, we are going to have people waving red panties and showing the “Orientation Video” on the message board. Talk about distractions…
Dawg Whisperer
August 9th, 2010
10:55 pm
Gator fans are totally infatuated with UGA. We appreciate all the compliments. If you didn’t care, you wouldn’t post. Here, I’ll throw you a bone. What school leads the football series with the gators 47-39-2? Look carefully at all those numbers because most of you are experiencing a brain freeze past the number 20. Come on out of the closet…. you can say it… that’s right, those beloved Bulldogs have stomped the chomp out of the lizards 47 times. Now, don’t you feel better, I know I do.
NOBODYYOUKNOW
August 9th, 2010
10:55 pm
Its good to see CMR and UGA are getting to the point where they realize what these kids go to college for. He can’t participate in football unless he makes the grades in his studies. It would be great if all schools did the same.
superDawg
August 9th, 2010
11:04 pm
Brandon needs to focus on his book.According to tek we only have one its Brandons turn.
Im Just Saying...
August 9th, 2010
11:21 pm
For goodness sake someone tell him how much a three point shot is worth so he can get back on the field.
superDawg
August 9th, 2010
11:37 pm
Ealey for heisman!
DJ
August 9th, 2010
11:56 pm
Wow, what a shock, especially after reading his “blog” on the AJC a couple years back. Let me guess, it’s an English course that he’s having trouble with? Give me a break, a kid this soon in his college career, when you can get guided through such juggernaut majors like “General Studies” at the STATE UNIVERSITY is really shameful. He’ll make it though, they need him. And yes PUGS, he can hide in classes at that school of yours. Now, which of you geniuses is going to pick on a Tech major like Management and compare it to your plethora of joke majors?
bgdawg
August 10th, 2010
12:05 am
i wish some of these posters would read what they’re posting. players caught with a dui all of a sudden becomes thugs?? someone who needs to take a few days off to do school work is “an illiterate moron”? seriously, ga tech fans get one win in a decade and they just lose their minds. you can’t be classy and take a W or be quiet and take a L. now has anyone one this blog been a star athlete? anyone of you know how it feels to be rated top 5 in their respected state? you need to check yourself before you call players retarded, morons, thugs, because they are KIDS IN COLLEGE.
dawgster
August 10th, 2010
12:15 am
Don’t know what the this is about, but i believe summer classes at uga ended on or about July 30th..Correct me if i am wrong…if that is the case, i hope it just that maybe he has to finish up some work or something..None of us have enough info right now…Wishing you the best of luck Brandon…
Paul in RDU
August 10th, 2010
12:38 am
I hope Smith gets his grades up and is a contributor to UGA, but how the heck do grade problems come to the fore at the end of the summer right before the Fall semester starts?
aladawg
August 10th, 2010
1:27 am
Darma, the red panties that the bulldawgs are wearing are your mothers. She loves the bulldawgs all of them. She spends the weekends in the football players dorms.
We Drink This State
August 10th, 2010
1:36 am
Off-season follies continue. We’re in for a GREAT season this year!
UGA owns you tasty bees..
August 10th, 2010
1:45 am
What a weak-bellied tool, gatorchomp is, to run his mouth (in all caps, i must add) saying UF didn’t want/offer Branden Smith, when in fact, gatorCHUMP, He was a UF “lock” for most of his recruiting, and UGA and Mark Richt giving him opportunities in life, education, and in several different aspects of the game, something you obviously don’t know, because you are either a bandwagon loser of a fan(most likely), who probably just likes the team colors, a hat, symbols, or hype, or are very young fan and immature, even lacking wit or taste. In either case, get off the blogs child, as this conversation is for adults only.
UGA owns you tasty bees..
August 10th, 2010
1:52 am
Makes Vance Cuff’s 40 time and pretty good vertical look even better now, just in case, doesn’t it guys? I personally believe there are good tutors working behind this, and they will encourage and educate him to whatever requirement he has to meet to be cleared to play. Only 26 days till Dawgs kick it off!!!! Sic Em Woof Woof Woof!!!!
bitter "gatard fan"
August 10th, 2010
2:32 am
my mommy wont wipe my as—, im so useless, please fill free to slap me, go t-boo
12-2
August 10th, 2010
4:39 am
Grades were due for Summer Semester 7 p.m. on Monday last week, August 2.
Registration for the Fall Semester is this coming Friday, August 13.
Classes begin next Monday, August 16.
We also know that Branden Smith lost his license when he was 1 of the 7 in Tavarres King’s SUV because he had on his person, the ID of Vance Cuff who is over 21 years old. All 7 were arrested or had their license suspended, as all 7 were underage, and Branden Smith clearly lost his license for having Vance Cuff’s Driver’s License on his person.
Since there are no classes going on, and no one on this entire blog knows that, or can say that, I will – since I am a graduate of UGA, and I know.
Therefore, if Branden Smith is studying now, he is being given an opportunity to get a grade up – after the grades had to be turned in by 7 p.m. last Friday.
# 116 Passing Offense Georgia tek
# 75 Total Offense Josh Nesbitt
Played 3 years at Georgia tek and this is his 4th year and last now 2010.
36 games Josh Nesbitt has played.
11 of the 13 Losses by Georgia tek the last 3 years Josh Nesbitt played.
4 yards per carry rushing the football.
12 Interceptions and only 13 TD thrown in 36 games he has played.
Josh Nesbitt throws one TD pass every 3 games.
44 percent of his passes are thrown for a completion.
134 completed out of 298 passes in 36 games played.
3 passes per game are actually completed by Josh Nesbitt.
72 yards passing per game.
But, don’t forget he gets 4 yards per running play.
12-2
August 10th, 2010
4:55 am
When grades were due last Monday, August 2 and Branden Smith is working his way though an Academic Issue, he made bad grades, not 3.41 GPA.
He was spending his time driving around Athens with buddies, 7 in total in the SUV, and Branden Smith lost his driver’s license for having the only possible license they could have used to buy the alcohol. Plus Vance Cuff and Branden Smith are as close a match as there is on the entire team, being exactly the same size.
Face it Branden Smith bought them the alcohol. Didn’t drink any, but bought it in my humble estimation. Do you have some other explanation ?
He did have 1,085 yards receiving his senior year in High School, and then got here and we threw him all of 2 passes total on the season, in this Mike Bobo failed offense.
Do you know how bad this offense was last year with all the starters returning this year ? It was at the BOTTOM of EVERY CATEGORY in The SEC on OFFENSE.
The sole purpose for driving around in Tavarres King’s SUV was for 6 of the 7 to go get drunk and the 7th to have on his person the only valid D.L. that could have been used to secure the alcohol, for which his license was suspended at the scene.
If Josh Nesbitt is a Heisman Trophy, he will be the ONLY Georgia tek football player to EVER get a Heisman Trophy, which explains why Georgia tek Nerds would be in here daily wanting to discuss just that. His 4 yards per rush as HORRIBLE. His 44 percent completions in Passing is ATROCIOUS. His 12 Interceptions to only 13 Touchdowns in his 36 games, is the dead last worst in the nation. Georgia tek has LOST 13 games the last 3 years. UGA has Lost 14 games the last 4 years. Josh Nesbitt plays his last football game ever, this season. He not only will not be drafted, but will NEVER play football anywhere ever again. Heisman Trophy is about numbers. Josh Nesbitt has numbers and they all SUCK.
SickandTired
August 10th, 2010
5:46 am
It’s all cool Dawgies. Don’t worry about this, Marky Mark Mark is gonna get this taken care of. It’s just that some bone headed Prof at UGA has held this kids feet to the fire and we’ve got to get it ’splained to this football hatin’ goof head that we need this kid and he’s just gotta get his heart right and falsify the records for this kids class. It need a few days to ferment.
12-2
August 10th, 2010
6:00 am
SEC OFFENSE
Scoring Offense Arkansas, Florida, Auburn, Alabama, Ole Miss, Tennessee, then in the bottom half of The SEC is Georgia.
Total Offense Florida, Auburn, Arkansas, Alabama, Ole Miss, Tennessee, MISSISSIPPI STATE, then again in bottom half of The SEC is Georgia.
Rushing Offense Mississippi State, Florida, Alabama, Auburn, Kentucky, Ole Miss, then again in bottom half of The SEC is Georgia.
Passing Offense Arkansas, Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina, Auburn, Ole Miss, then again in bottom half of The SEC is Georgia.
Passing Efficiency Florida, Arkansas, Auburn, Alabama, Tennessee, LSU, then again in bottom half of The SEC is Georgia.
JOE COX, OH YEAH, WAS GREAT.
First Downs only Intramural Vandie had fewer 1st Downs than Georgia.
Penalties Georgia DEAD LAST in The SEC.
Time Of Possession Alabama, Mississippi State, Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina, Kentucky, Ole Miss, then in bottom half of The SEC Georgia.
Yes, AltamahaDawg, Joe Cox is obviously great. So is Mike Bobo’s Offense, quite obviously. We get them all back 10 of the 11 Starters for this SORRY OFFENSE.
Georgia is in the bottom half of The SEC in every offensive category.
destin dawg
August 10th, 2010
6:09 am
It’s a great year for Ga. sports !! , Braves are on top, Falcons, Dawgs and GT all look to have good talent and improving prospects for winning…Hey.. Tech and Dawgs are not even in the same conference… why all the hate ??? lets watch some great football this fall !!!
footlong dawg
August 10th, 2010
6:17 am
12-2 get a life !!! you have severe mental issues ??
12-2
August 10th, 2010
6:24 am
footlong, so sorry to burst your bubble that our offense is any good.
It is NOT.
Has not been.
Is not.
Will NOT be.
12-2
August 10th, 2010
6:27 am
We average the # 52 Total Offense the entire Coach Richt Era.
We also the last 4 years have averaged # 96 in Penalties, 14 interceptions, 21 fumbles and # 3 in the nation in Fulmer Cup Standings
and have NOT been to the SEC Championship Game ANY of the last 4 year either.
The way fix that is to cheer them on.
Tell them they are great.
Forgive them for ALL this.
Not.
12-2
August 10th, 2010
6:34 am
Georgia Bulldogs return 10 of 11 Starters on Offense. That’s the good news ? The bad news is that we return 10 of 11 Starters on Offense who were in fact in the bottom half of EVERY SEC Offensive Category, and do so with Mike Bobo again as Offensive Coordinator and his gang of out-of-position lousy coaches on his staff.
Georgia is in the BOTTOM HALF of The SEC in :
Scoring Offense
Total Offense
Rushing Offense
Passing Offense
Passing Efficiency
First Downs
Penalties
Time Of Possession
Georgia is in the bottom half of The SEC in every offensive category.
“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
Albert Einstein
12-2
August 10th, 2010
6:36 am
I love being
10 wins 10 losses over last 4 years vs SEC East teams
Especially when the only team we played who was ANY good at all, was Florida.
Someone please explain how that makes us great ?
footlong dawg
August 10th, 2010
6:43 am
12-2.. ” Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again ” thats’ YOUR blog… you ain’t Albert but you are INSANE. or been on drugs all night !!
Paddy
August 10th, 2010
7:12 am
destindawg, I am with you, let the games begin and the fun start. Way too many children on this blog with nothing to add. Football in the state of Georgia is going to be exciting. The state of Florida is set up for great football again. With UF & FSU both having the top Offensive Lines in the country to make things happen. I am not sold on Miami as much as others.
Go Dawgs beat everybody!!!!!
JB
August 10th, 2010
7:26 am
Wait a minute….I’m reading about all the degree’s Chris Welton has , a lawyer for King and Spalding, started, runs and sold businesses ……..and he’s a Georgia grad…………How does that happen, I mean Tech folk think THEY are the only ones who can work and think and put one foot in front of the other and have a house with plumbing and grass to cut……This must be a mistake……..He’s a fry cook at McDonalds and lives in a trailer…..He must……..This needs looking into……
59bulldawg
August 10th, 2010
7:29 am
This is not good! Buckle down and study son . . . we need you!
JB
August 10th, 2010
7:33 am
Welton, a starter from Georgia’s 1980 National Championship team, in his letter to be AD, sounds like he is not happy with losing to Florida every year and winning 8 -10 games a year……Don’t know if any of you picked up on the story yesterday, but Georgia has more players on SEC rosters than any other state. I like Mark, be we are under achieving in Football with the players coming out of this state.
Fred in Columbus
August 10th, 2010
8:10 am
You see Gator Chump: Urban Crier and the gay_turds offered him as well. Funny Stuff…
Thumper
August 10th, 2010
8:20 am
WOW!…..A college kid struggles with classes. Why don’t we convene Congress and have them investigate this aberration? Why this is just unheard of.
And yes….we all know that tech people have VASTLY superior intellect and that all tech football players major in astro-physics with a minor in bio-medical engineering. We get it. Nobody at tech struggles. Good for you guys. Pat yourselves on the back and flaunt that 6.75829 GPA that you all have.
Sleep well tonight knowing that every single UGA student….grad….and fan is obsessing over all things tech.
Yep
August 10th, 2010
8:23 am
AKA – he flunked a class, which brought his GPA below the minimum, and he is disputing the grade. Best of luck to him, but challenging grades rarely works.
dawgster
August 10th, 2010
8:33 am
Yep, where did you get your information, since exact issue has not been released..if you are going to discuss someones personal issues, then at least cite the source and not just rumor…thanks
Paul in RDU
August 10th, 2010
8:38 am
12-2 = buLLdawg
Same mix of capitalization and lower case
Same long posts in the early hours of the morning
Same story in the posts
footlong dawg
August 10th, 2010
8:48 am
NOT a story !! wouldn’t even come out at most schools and why does AJC jump on it until results are released..
Papadawg
August 10th, 2010
8:50 am
JUST STUDY, DANG IT
St. Richt
August 10th, 2010
9:09 am
Wow, just wow. Thats about all I can say… Looks like someone in the athletic department is gonna be meeting with the professors to explain how things are done in Athens. St. Richt to the rescue. He was able to watch his mentor “take care of” these sorts of things in Tallahassee and now he’s putting that experience to work in Athens. Georgia fans should be proud.
That Guy
August 10th, 2010
9:27 am
I’m sorry to disappoint all of you dawg fans, but the summer semester is over for Georgia, so he’s definitely not studying for a test. My best guess – grades just came out and he failed a course. The Georgia athletic program is doing everything that they can to make that “F” a “D”, which they probably will do, because let’s face it, football is far more important in Athens than academics. That’s why the issue is not being made public, because it is something unethical.
JB
August 10th, 2010
9:30 am
That guy…………Got all the info and inside scoop ? Geez……..
St. Richt
August 10th, 2010
9:31 am
Okay, so what exactly does the tanned one hope to “have resolved” by the end of the week if summer semester has already ended? Might be worth investigating a little more AJC….
That Guy
August 10th, 2010
9:33 am
JB – I know for sure that the Georgia summer session is over because they start the fall semester next Monday, so yes that is factual. As for the rest of it: “My best guess”, meaning I am simply speculating, and there is no concrete information to back up my statement. I am making an educated guess.
Come on JB, use your context clues..
SSDD
August 10th, 2010
9:35 am
How illiterate do you have to be to be flunking “remeidal” courses?
News from Athens
August 10th, 2010
9:37 am
Smith is out for football season.
Dawgtards ruin this state
August 10th, 2010
9:37 am
Does he even know his middle name???
les nessman
August 10th, 2010
9:43 am
tech rules, dawgs drool….
JBDawg
August 10th, 2010
9:48 am
I don’t understand why there is so much speculation about the details of Branden’s academic issues. We don’t know ANY details. There have already been many possibilities suggested on this blog, and there are possibilities that have not even been addressed. For instance, an “I” (incomplete) is sometimes given to a student under certain circumstances.
Is an “I” enough to cause Branden to miss a week of practice? I don’t know, but the NCAA rule book seems thich enough to address the topic.
I don’t believe that CMR would say that everything should be okay by the end of the week if he didn’t truly believe it to be true.
ugablows
August 10th, 2010
9:55 am
wtf?
football players don’t flunk out at uga…..no worries ugay fans, they are probably just covering up some other incident with this horsecrap
shankit
August 10th, 2010
9:57 am
Does Morris Brown allow Georgia players
to take “Industrial Management” or is this
school limited just to Tech players?
News from Athens
August 10th, 2010
9:58 am
Youre not listening.
He’s out.
Schmeckdawg
August 10th, 2010
10:00 am
Does Quentin Banks have a hoo ha? Has that kid ever not been hurt!! Same thing goes for Samuels in regards to the 2nd half of last year!
@ JB
August 10th, 2010
10:01 am
thUGA has alot of smart people attending, some that even graduate. What GT fans are saying is we have a higher number of smart people and Forbes and the NCAA agrees with us!
Dawgtards ruin this state
August 10th, 2010
10:08 am
How does anybody fail a class at thUGA? I guess if you’re color blind, the coloring books could be confusing.
LawDawg
August 10th, 2010
10:10 am
To all the jealous haters:
This type of story happens at EVERY school in the nation. Get your heads out of the AJC a$$ and look around the country at academic issues. There are also MANY more arrests and players trouble elsewhere. One difference is that the idiots on this blog don’t bother to look at national sports news- only the “dig up and stir” AJC stories. Look at ESPN and tell me that UGA has the only problem. The AJC needs to do a story on the Yech athletes and the amount of time spent in a classroom or taking tests (ZERO!). The REAL story would shock everyone.
@ shankit
August 10th, 2010
10:10 am
You are one of Jan Kemps dullest dawgtards ever!
LawDawg
August 10th, 2010
10:11 am
Please explain what “dawgtard” is.
LawDawg
August 10th, 2010
10:13 am
I get it…you are jealous about the “we run this state” statement. Very clever. Come up with something more original.
Two horrible fumbles cost
August 10th, 2010
10:15 am
BS did explosed for one nice and very timely TD in that wild SC game. He had two or three very costly fumbles that led directly to UGA losses and one was in the KY game.
I have never been sold on his cover skills, beyond the fact that he is blazingly fast.
Good luck to him and may he work hard on this issue. Football can end for these kids in one flash, then the old college education can assist them in life. A no brainer but their “advisors” or “uncles” tell them to only think of the League.
Go Dogs.
blord
August 10th, 2010
10:17 am
don’t worry the Jan Kemp school of dumb A$$ will get him qualified.
That Guy
August 10th, 2010
10:19 am
LawDawg – Obviously Georgia isn’t the only program around the nation that has issues with athletes’ grades, conduct, etc. But Georgia is nationally known for misconduct around the nation, on and off the field. Of course other schools get in trouble, but Georgia just gets into it more often.
And that’s an absurd comment about Tech athletes and their attendance to class and tests. Do you have information to back that up? Because I’d love to hear it.
Mad Hatter
August 10th, 2010
10:23 am
It says volumes about the academic standards at UGA when an athlete can’t pass the jock courses that they take. Richt is really getting desperate when he recruits illiterate morons like this guy.
The World’s #1 Party School = The Cesspool of the South.
Amen. And just look at the red panties falling from the sky!
Mad Hatter
August 10th, 2010
10:27 am
Please explain what “dawgtard” is.
DAWGTARD = DAWG + RETARD
That would be obvious to anyone but a dawgtard.
@ LawDawg
August 10th, 2010
10:31 am
Hey you win dawgtard of week honors for proving how just how stupid a thUGA law grad can be in 2 posts or less. Congrats!
I-DOG
August 10th, 2010
10:32 am
AJC,
Where is the headline that UGA leads the SEC in Academics? Ahead of Florida and Vanderbilt and that isn’t newsworthy? There was a tiny little blurb about it a few weeks ago, but I didn’t see any commentary from Mark Bradley or any of the others about how great that is. Instead we get the headline that one player may miss time due to academics. I know that negative reporting sells papers, but why can’t there be a positive headline every now and then especially with something as great as UGA leading the SEC in academics?
LawDawg
August 10th, 2010
10:44 am
I know of “tutors” that ABSOLUTELY have taken tests for student athletes at Nerdville.
UGA does NOT get into any more trouble than other schools around the country. Get you head out of the sand and look at National sport publications. Also, the arrests in Athens are pretty petty compared to elsewhere. That is a fact!!
I guess this “dawgtard” person is an absolute know it all!! He’s pretty intelligent (by changing his alias) and clever (dawg + retard). I bet you have lots of friends and multiple lady friends. I mean, who wouldn’t be attracted to such awitty individual?
LawDawg
August 10th, 2010
10:45 am
teeheehee,
Mad Hatter is talking about….shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh- “red panties”!!!
Sven Ottke
August 10th, 2010
10:49 am
This is a done deal. He’s done for the year. Academically ineligible. You can throw all the lip service at it you want, but he’s toast. Couldn’t pass the jock classes at UGa. Pathetic.
St. Richt
August 10th, 2010
10:51 am
Georgia leads the other SEC schools because they “take care of” any academic issues that pop up. Vandy and the others let the student atheletes earn grades on their own. A novel idea… And LawDawg, shut your trap if you don’t know what you’re talking about. I played at GT and while there were some inherent “advantages” relative to tutoring, no tutors ever took tests for players. Give me a break.
UGA does NOT get into any more trouble than other schools around the country
August 10th, 2010
10:58 am
The single dumbest post ever in the history of blogging. For someone to think this means they can’t read. Funniest part is that it’s posted by a dawgtard named lawdawg. A lawyer that can’t read and can’t recognize facts. You make thUGA proud!
Slawdawg
August 10th, 2010
11:01 am
Keep posting lawdawg, the rest of dawgtard nation is hoping you quit making thUGA look worse.
Sambo
August 10th, 2010
11:03 am
12-2,
If the Heisman trophy is only about numbers, then why did Ndomakong Su finish 2nd in the voting last year? Why did Gino Toretta win a Heisman trophy? Why did Charlie Ward win a Heisman trophy? The Heisman is one trophy that you can definitively say it is NOT all about the numbers.
LawDawg
August 10th, 2010
11:15 am
No one embarrasses themselves more on these blogs than you jealous losers who can brilliantly change their alias by way of cutting and pasting and by typing “thUGA” and “dawgtard”. Yeah, your fellow fans (whoever or wherever they are) must be damn proud to have you in their ranks. But, then again, your facts are based on what idiots like yourselves post on these blogs. What about the 9 football players fighting in a Knoxville bar at 2am and NOT one got suspended. Or the 8 football players busted at Notre Dame for underage drinking and disorderly conduct? Again, no suspensions. What about the on going problems with fighting at Southern Cal and Oklahoma State? Zero suspensions. Multiple felony arrests at FSU? Assault at Nerdville with a football player beating up a girl? A girl? What was the punishment?
BTW, St Richt…
I do know what I am talking about and DO, in fact, know of these tutors who took tests for Yech athletes. You claim you don’t know about this? You sir, did NOT play at Georgia Tech- poser!!
Really Rival Fans?
August 10th, 2010
11:20 am
The more you post, under different names I might add, the better we look!!! GO DAWGS!!!!
Dawgtards ruin this state
August 10th, 2010
11:21 am
slawdawg – You are who you are. thUGA has the history of cheating, being arrested ETC! It happens at all colleges, but thUGA excells at it. It is your history, it is who you are. If you aren’t happy, there are plenty of bridges across the connector to jump from. Just don’t delay rush hour, you’re not worth it!
Dawgtards ruin this state
August 10th, 2010
11:24 am
In case you morons can’t figure it out, I am not the only person posting using the titles “dawgtard” and “thUGA”. I see fans from 4 or 5 schools using these handles. I can’t help if they define you.
Schmeckdawg
August 10th, 2010
11:26 am
Put it on em’ LawDawg!
Big Kahuna
August 10th, 2010
11:37 am
Not a problem, dog cheaters. Jan Kemp is no longer there to keep you semi-honest.
LawDawg
August 10th, 2010
11:42 am
I didn’t say you were the ONLY embarrassment to this blog.
POAN
August 10th, 2010
11:47 am
“dawgtard ruin…” = another nerd fan ticked off!
That Guy
August 10th, 2010
11:51 am
Names LawDawg. I would love to know. If you know, please share with us. Enlighten me, please.
LawDawg
August 10th, 2010
12:01 pm
I’m not going to get onto it other than to tell you that one for sure plays RB in the NFL right now.
David Granger
August 10th, 2010
12:03 pm
Chris Welton might be a pretty good AD. Of course, after all the interviews are over, UGA needs to take him to the Cheetah III…see how he handles himself.
Where have you gone Bill Stanfill?
August 10th, 2010
12:21 pm
Do any of you jackasses think that he might have been taking an independent study course? He may be trying to finish it before the deadline which often times does not coincide with the semester schedules. It is very reasonable to believe this was a required class taught at a time that conflicted with another required class or practice in the spring. Generally, independent study courses have a window of 1-2 academic terms to finish. So it is very plausible he has procrastinated over the summer and is now cramming to finish. I am gonna reserve my judgement until the truth comes out after he “resolves them” at the end of the week.
By the way tech fans stay classy. I am sure that “midget” Joe Hamilton, who is by the way shorter than Aaron Murray and the best player in tech’s not so illustrious modern history, was a scholar in his logistics management classes. He sure did know how to transport his contraband efficiently. (I say best player in tech’s modern history as the best ever was a classy gentleman named Clint Castleberry that gave his life for our country and would probably be ashamed of the “institute” these days.)
Jarrod
August 10th, 2010
12:26 pm
Cant wait til Branden Transfers and play against the Dawgs because of the Board of Regents, Ive did my research. And know the details cause i work with a lawyer who is on top of the case. The Board of Trustees policy is why Branden is not with the team. And to the dummy that called him a moron and iliterate when he’s playing this year and his next interiew he states that he is happy to play and has a 3.4 ull see dummy
Dawgtards ruin this state
August 10th, 2010
1:42 pm
Certainly not ticked off POAN, I couldn’t be laughing any loader at thUGA fans trying to act like their school doesn’t cheat and their players aren’t stupid thugs. If you are such a big fan, why don’t you make sure all thUGA FB players know thier middle name. It will help identify them in the Athens lockup!
uga '02
August 10th, 2010
3:45 pm
1. Who is Chris Welton???
2. always academic issues??? need a new reason
Real Tech Engineer
August 10th, 2010
3:54 pm
How can you possibly have “academic issues” at Ga with all the mickey mouse classes that football players take?
Tdawg
August 10th, 2010
6:50 pm
Would love to see the kid get his act together and get the grades to what they need to be but I don’t see it having an impact on this years team at all if he doesn’t. I seen him last year and to tell you the truth I didn’t see him making that much of an impact. This year may be different. but if he doesn’t get the grades then Georgia will be just fine without him.
Where have you gone Bill Stanfill?
August 11th, 2010
8:25 am
Real Tech Engineer,
Take a look at your supposed scholars on your football team. Yes you have 15 engineering majors, a majority of which will change before their freshman year is up, 2 Computer Science majors a few other various majors, 2 History, Science and Technology majors,(whatever the He!! that is) and 75 Management Majors. Don’t give me that bu!!$#!+ about Tech having all scholar athletes. Tech is just like everyone else, a few brilliant players, a few middle of the road and the rest just lucky to be there. Management at tech is like Housing and Family development at UGA. It is a made up major of give-me courses so that athletes can stay afloat. There is nothing you can do to prove otherwise. That Management degree and $1.40 will buy a 20 oz. Coke at the quickie mart. You are not superior academically and you know it. If anything you are about the same as every other school in the SE.