Tailback competition is low-key in UGA camp this time (UPDATED)
(Updated after Wednesday’s practice with comments from RB’s coach Bryan McClendon)
ATHENS – The most-asked question in Georgia’s preseason practice a year ago was about who’d open the season as the starting tailback. The answer turned out to be Richard Samuel, who’s now a backup linebacker.
There’s an open question this preseason, too, about who’ll be the starting tailback. But it is drawing a lot less attention than a year ago, mainly because the Caleb King-Washaun Ealey tandem had so much success late last season that there’s a sense it doesn’t matter which one of them starts. Both will play, and play a lot.
“I don’t think about it every day, but of course we both want to start,” said King, a junior. “I believe with the competition -– I’m pushing him and he’s pushing me –- we both work hard and get better. I think the competition is good for us and good for the team.”
Ealey, a sophomore, has expressed similar sentiments.
“I think it’s a very healthy competition,” running backs coach Bryan McClendon said after practice Wednesday. But, make no mistake, it is very much a competition.
“Those guys compete at everything,” McClendon said of King and Ealey. “They can come out here and try to throw something away, and they’ll say, ‘Hey, mine went in cleaner than yours.’
“I think it’s healthy. I think they enjoy it. . . . I don’t think it has split a wedge in anything. In actuality, I think it has grown our room [the running backs meeting room] closer together.”
There appears to be no separation between King and Ealey at this point. Both played the same number of snaps with the No. 1 offense in Tuesday’s closed scrimmage, McClendon said. Ealey gained 66 yards on five carries, King 63 on 14. McClendon said the difference in carries was incidental, the result of “how the plays were called.”
McClendon said Georgia needs to play “at the very least” two tailbacks “because it’s a very physical position in a very physical league.” He noted that neither King nor Ealey has played a full SEC season. Ealey didn’t shed his redshirt until the fifth game of last season, and King missed three games with injuries.
Perhaps the best news at tailback this preseason is that King, who was injured at the start of last season (hamstring) and again at the end of spring practice (knee), is healthy.
He was sidelined from one practice last week as a precaution after “banging my knee a little bit, but the next day I came back fine. So I’m 100 percent.”
A few other notes:
- Tuesday’s Sanford Stadium scrimmage was closed to the media, but there was agreement among offensive and defensive players afterward that the defense brought a lot of pressure. “They were coming with so many blitzes,” King said.
- As you might have read, A.J. Green caught two touchdown passes from Aaron Murray, one a deep ball and the other a short route on which Green “juked two guys out,” as Murray put it. Green on Murray: “I thought he did real well. He’s very confident and poised. He went through the reads pretty good.”
- Offensive lineman Trinton Sturdivant, attempting a comeback after missing almost all of the past two seasons because of knee injuries, didn’t participate in the scrimmage. He has been practicing on a limited basis in a green non-contact jersey.
Click here for more on the scrimmage and here for scrimmage stats.
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Coach Johnson
August 11th, 2010
1:45 pm
I was at the mall watching my wife looking at bra’s, and I just got excited for some reason…..
Dawgtards ruin this state
August 11th, 2010
1:54 pm
thUGA lost to kentucky, tenn, OK state, Florida (17 out of 20). Do something in your own division. GT – ACC champions!!!
thUGA – losers!
ugag is irrelevant
August 11th, 2010
1:57 pm
“… competition is low key …”; is more like “… no key …” cause nobody cares; c’mon folks get over yourselves
Bill P
August 11th, 2010
2:07 pm
Tech people are such idiots…..
Paul H
August 11th, 2010
2:07 pm
Hey “dawgtards,” what does that make your team? You got DRILLED by the team that lost to all those other teams. And you’re still trying to brag about your cute little ACC champtionship like that actually means something?
Damn Good Dawg
August 11th, 2010
2:12 pm
That video was pretty funny. Except there is no way it can be true, there are no white girls on tech’s capmus. All five are asian, and they might be trannies.
To the tech nerds, I’m pretty excited to see what your new 3-4 defense under million year old Al Groh, UVA’s D was pretty good… oh wait, no it wasn’t.
To the gayturds, 46-39-2
chazzo
August 11th, 2010
2:18 pm
Chris,
I am not sure I would brag about that.
FORTY ONE POINTS to your seventeen points
August 11th, 2010
2:18 pm
7 out of 9
17 out of 20
3 NC’s in 14 years
Philosophy 101- The Paul Johnson Theorum
August 11th, 2010
2:21 pm
If a football team gets pounded in the Orange Bowl by a bunch of hayseeds but no one cares, does it really get pounded into the turf or simply disappear into the irrelevance from whence it came?
sthgaboy
August 11th, 2010
2:22 pm
It must be mighty quiet over on the GA Tech blogs….
Paul Midler
August 11th, 2010
2:23 pm
What is with tech fans on this blog? Go away. You win one game in like forever and you think that gives you the right to bust up on the Dawg blog. Did you know we don’t really think about you and your bees.
I NEVER even look at your blog. I care about my Dawgs and could care less about your team….till we beat your ass again. Go play with your sister.
bumbler jacket
August 11th, 2010
2:25 pm
tek fans are desperate to join forces with anyone who has ever beaten UGA. It’s pathetic really. They can’t stand on their own so first they pretend to be Fla or bama fans or they try and change the subject…..
30 to 24 nerds 8 of 9 and 60/39/5 and soon to be 61….. nothing changes that nerds. UGA 2009 ACC Champs.
bumbler jacket
August 11th, 2010
2:26 pm
41 to 17 is a tek fan…. pretending to be a FLA fan… pathetic. He is embarrassed to show his face as a tek fan.
ugag is irrelevant
August 11th, 2010
2:27 pm
what a nothing trailer park on the oconee
zeeee Nachos aka the "Living Legend"
August 11th, 2010
2:29 pm
In a related story that is more interesting….. I just took a HUGE post-lunch dump.
2011 = our year I SWEAR
FORTY ONE POINTS to your seventeen points
August 11th, 2010
2:29 pm
bumbler jacket
August 11th, 2010
2:26 pm
41 to 17 is a tek fan…. pretending to be a FLA fan… pathetic. He is embarrassed to show his face as a tek fan.
You just don’t get it, do you?
How2fish
August 11th, 2010
2:30 pm
Reality Check…now that cracks me up…CPJ no excuses REALLY..I remember last year he said they were “looking past UGA” to the bowl game…where just like in the UGA game a MUDHOLE was stomped in their AZZes! LMAO !
Birrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrd Man
August 11th, 2010
2:32 pm
Yeah, what is the deal with Carlton Thomas?
I hate GT
August 11th, 2010
2:34 pm
GT pukes talk so much trash for winning 2 games since from 2000-2009.
To me,a 2-8 record over the past 10 games is a losing record, but what do I know. I’m not an enginerd. They ask about the 42-45 field?? what? I see it as the 142-104 field (UGA’s 5 home games against the scrubs)! I even see their crap hole as the 140-82 field over the last 5 away games also. No, No… please show me how jealous you are by hanging on to those two wins… go ahead. It sounds like us when we complain about UF.
Hey JB, you left one school out, man
August 11th, 2010
2:34 pm
The real order of finish in the ACC;
UGA
Iowa
SC
GT
Clemson
My GT pals are still feeling embarrased, humiliated and greatly abused by the Urange Bowl and Iowa and their slow farm boys. Did I say farm boys? Did I say …………s-l-o-w??? This is hillarious.
Go Dogs.
learn something everyday
August 11th, 2010
2:37 pm
FORTY ONE blah blah blah. The bama, aub, and vol fans on these boards don’t join with you guys, they can see just how obnoxius you are and tend to want distance from that… And LSU? really? was not aware LSU fans hated us seeing as how its not a rivalry.
Ohhh…. wait, now I get it, that would be the ONLY way you could mention your team in the same sentence with teams like that…
I bet you were one of the idiots back in Juen that actually believed Tech would get an invite to the SEC if expansion exploded. Sorry Bumble-Bee.
Hey, Keith
August 11th, 2010
2:47 pm
King was injured early last season. And Ealey (The true Freshman) wasn’t ready until mid season.
CPJ needs a man-zier, chin augmentation and a life style face lift
Why do the nerds keep brining up a score from 2 years ago?
Say What???
August 11th, 2010
2:50 pm
A few observations…
Anyone find it ironic that someone using the name “Ugag is irrelevant” spends the better part of the day on a UGA blog?
Can someone please come up with something more original than “red panties”? I mean, come on… A child who gets a laugh with a joke will continue to use the same joke. Do you have anything else?
Tech fans like Yellow Fuzz have a selective memory, only remembering the one time in nine years that UGA lost to Tech? Appearntly Denial is not just a river in Egypt.
Yellow Fuzz
August 11th, 2010
2:51 pm
Last time I was in Athens:
45 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 45
to
42
Put that in your Skoal can and dip it…LOOOOOOOOOOOOZERS
Glad it still hurts.
hahaha.hahahahahahahaha.hahahahahaha
Idiots...all of you
August 11th, 2010
2:52 pm
YELLOW FUZZ…err, I mean FORTY ONE POINTS….nice try d-bag….quite sad is the loser who poses as the fan of another school in a lame attempt to vicariously talk smack….sad, desperate, pathetic, yet typical tactics from the Maggot Nation….hang in there losers there is always next year
RxDawg
August 11th, 2010
2:52 pm
Are the nerds really still hating? Hello, we won last year, we reserve the right to trash talk. You reserve the right to take said trash like a ma_………bee. Now buzz off.
I watched a clip of highlights from our game against Tech last year. I had forgoten how good King looked in that game. I sure hope all of that energy and running game carries over to this year. Go Dawgs!
Dawgtards ruin this state
August 11th, 2010
2:54 pm
@ Paul H – An NFL #1 draft pick WR dropped a pass while wide open on 4th down for GT to lose the game. thUGA didn’t win the game, much less drill anybody, as much as GT lost the game. Our defense had issues all year and they cost us dearly against thUGA. Our starting QB missed a whole quarter after an unsportsmanlike play, which didn’t help our cause. You won, congrats, but you didn’t drill anybody fool.
The definition of getting drilled is Florida vs thUGA, They hang 40+ points on the dawgtards every single year.
FORTY ONE POINTS to your seventeen points
August 11th, 2010
2:56 pm
learn something
LOL!
Damon DirtyDawg
August 11th, 2010
2:59 pm
3 places for thUGA fans – 3rd place in their division, bowling in shreveport, 6 feet under your trailer.
FORTY ONE POINTS to your seventeen points
August 11th, 2010
3:01 pm
Idiots…all of you
You only WISH just little techsters hated you—you mutts are desperate.
learn something everyday
August 11th, 2010
3:01 pm
I just checked to verify and there is infact a Tech blog on the AJC. Granted, it probably has the list amount of page clicks on the entire ajc website, but it is there.
But, for some reason there is little in the way of comments, and it seems that the bugs only choose to read & comment on UGA articles… very interesting.
Perhaps they should click on one of the spam emails in their box offering perscription/herbal correction for ’smaller’ uhm, situations. That might help to remedy some of their envy.
Reality
August 11th, 2010
3:05 pm
Tell me again Grandpa…when did GA win a NC?
NerdCentral@NorthAve
August 11th, 2010
3:11 pm
Thank goodness I went to a “good” school and got a degree. UGA fans are so pathetic! Most of you didn’t even attend UGA. You are all losers!
NerdCentral@NorthAve
August 11th, 2010
3:11 pm
Thank goodness I went to a “good” school and got a degree. UGA fans are so pathetic! Most of you didn’t even attend UGA. You are all losers!
Yellow Fuzz
August 11th, 2010
3:12 pm
Georgia tops even Notre Dame when it comes to being hated and it’s all because of the obnoxious alumni and sidewalk fans that would have you believe they were alumni. hahahahahahahahaha.
Auburn
Alabama
Florida
Georgia Tech
Kentucky
LSU
Shreveport
South Carolina
Tennessee
Idiots...all of you
August 11th, 2010
3:12 pm
FORTY ONE POINTS….yep, keep telling yourself that and maybe you believe it…everyone else here sees you as the pathetic loser with too much time on his hands and too many screen names….no matter how names you post under, everyone knows it is the same pathetic Maggot loser….enjoy yourself, this is all you have
Say What???
August 11th, 2010
3:14 pm
@ Dawgtards….
So that is your argument now? “We may have lost, but it was because our #1 draft pick WR dropped a pass and our defense did not play well.”
I also noticed that you see it is pointless arguing that GT is so much better than UGA and have decided to use Florida. That makes sense, I guess. If you can’t beat your rival, use the name of some team that can.
Yellow Fuzz
August 11th, 2010
3:16 pm
Tech will beat georgia by 5 points in Athens THIS year. Write it down. I guarantee it.
shankit
August 11th, 2010
3:17 pm
Reality, pretty good one, even if it does hurt.
college is forever
August 11th, 2010
3:17 pm
http://www.collegelunchboxes.com Did you know that Georgia has the more Super Bowl MVP’s then any other school? Jake Scott, Terrell Davis, and Hines Ward. How bout them Dawgs!! See what your friends are talking about, the UGA classic tin lunchbox the perfect beach purse for your wife or for you to carry around your poker chips, playing cards, etc…What’s in your lunchbox? Go Dawgs!!!
The Real SugarHillDawg
August 11th, 2010
3:19 pm
I agree with yellow fuzz. Tech should have the most athletic team they have had in 10 years.
shameless
August 11th, 2010
3:28 pm
college is forever, how have you not gotten banned from here yet? I see you everyday shameless hocking your merchandise.
Why would my wife use a tin luchbox as a purse at the beach? Tin gets a little hotter than cloth!
I get that your a startup man, but come on. You have one product, which makes your website look suspect. I imagine you had to pay a good deal to license that, so take some of your money and hire someone to market, blogs on the AJC ain’t gonna do it for you.
Dawgtards ruin this state
August 11th, 2010
3:36 pm
@ Say What??? – You didn’t see the game did you, can’t afford tickets, can’t afford a tv, can’t afford cable???
I also said our defense didn’t play well ALL season, the thUGA game was no different than watching CJ Spiller twice against our D. The difference is we scored on our last drive against Clemson and we didn’t score on our last drive against thUGA.
I don’t USE Florida for anything, but they sure USE thUGA for 40 points every year. But dawgtards just pretend it doesn’t happen, be happy with 3rd place in your division – It is who you are!
Dawgie Doo
August 11th, 2010
3:40 pm
Google “UGA athlete arrested”. Man there are tons of hits. But the best one was this from Athens Online: http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/070610/bre_665812423.shtml
Cornerback Jordan Lawrence Love, 19, was charged with misdemeanor obstruction, but he did not willingly try to deceive the officer, who was investigating a complaint that men were shooting off fireworks in the courtyard of McWhorter Hall, Williamson said.
“Mr. Love gave his first and last name, but he said he didn’t know his middle name, then said he kind of knew it, but didn’t know how to spell it,” Williamson said.
Hahahahahahaha!!! You can’t make up something this good.
FORTY ONE POINTS to your seventeen points
August 11th, 2010
3:52 pm
Idiot
August 11th, 2010
3:12 pm
There ya go, I corrected your typo.
No Teeth
August 11th, 2010
3:52 pm
Hey Vol fans how does it feel to be ranked #11 within the SEC and not even in the Top 25 going into 2010? Yes, that’s one step above Vanderbilt. LMAO!!! How does it feel to have Lane Kiffin bail on you after ONE year, leaving your program in shambles and NCAA investigators crawling up every orifice? You’ve just lost two starting D players and 10 guys on your team were involved in a bar brawl resulting in one dismisal and a ton of scandel regarding one Da’Rick Rogers!!!
Your 41-17 highpoint from last year is going to be wiped away this year as the Dawgs wipe the floor with you Hillbilly’s.
DYNAMICBIGBOY
August 11th, 2010
4:00 pm
Hey YellowFuzz, why don’t you go back to the pathetic bumblebee board. I bet from your name you are one of the yellow frizzy haired geeks who act like idiots over at that high school stadium that the bumblebees play in. Get a life.
NWGA DawgFan
August 11th, 2010
4:05 pm
I know that every team has some obnoxiuos fans. Both UGA and Tech. But I just can not understand why the UGA blog has 102 comments on it today as opposed the Tech blog has 7!!!!!
It looks like Tech fans are more interested in cutting down UGA than getting excited about their own blog. Who is Really Worried????????
Old Dawg
August 11th, 2010
4:09 pm
ROBERT HALL FROM GEORGIA TECH: 3-4 defense? That’s not legal. Unless you play 7-man powderpuff football and dance at a gay bar.
UGA-Pride of the SEC
August 11th, 2010
4:44 pm
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