Two players who left UGA team are happy to be back
ATHENS – Two players who briefly left Georgia’s football team this month seem happy to be back.
Freshman linebacker Dexter Morant, who was gone for three days because of homesickness, and sophomore cornerback Branden Smith, who was gone for eight days because of an academic issue, spoke with reporters Monday for the first time since rejoining the team.
Morant said he left Athens on Aug. 3 because “I’m not used to being away from home.” But he said he realized he’d made a mistake soon after arriving home in Manning, S.C.
“A lot of my friends, when they saw me at home, were, like, ‘What are you doing here? You quit football?’ They were, like, ‘Man, we were depending on you,’” Morant said. “They kind of made me feel bad all over again. . . I realized I made the wrong decision.”
A chat with his high school coach, who cautioned against a decision that might lead to regrets later, also helped steer him back to Athens, Morant said.
“In a way, I don’t regret what I did,” he said, “because it opened my eyes to [the fact] I need to be here.”
Morant rejoined the team Aug. 6 and vows to stick around this time.
Smith, meanwhile, left the team Aug. 5 because of a question about whether a placement-test score would prevent him from enrolling in fall-semester classes. Smith said Monday that he had the option of continuing to practice while the issue was sorted out, but “I chose to handle my business.” He rejoined the team Friday after being cleared academically.
Smith, who said he has a 3.4 grade point average, described his absence as “just hard times, man,” but wouldn’t discuss the academic issue in detail.
“I’m just glad to be back,” he said. “It’s good being at Georgia.”
Diving day
Coach Mark Richt canceled Monday’s scheduled practice at the last minute because of rain and instead treated the team to what has become a preseason tradition: a trip to the pool inside the Ramsey Center.
A number of players dove off the 10-meter platform, while others relaxed in the cool water.
“Finally jumped off the high dive,” senior linebacker Darryl Gamble said. “Scariest thing ever.”
Richt also went off the 10-meter board, doing a back flip in slacks and a dress shirt.
The Bulldogs will return to the practice field Tuesday.
Jones’ surgery
Starting center Ben Jones‘ arthroscopic knee surgery went as expected Sunday, Richt said. Jones is expected back for the season opener Sept. 4 against Louisiana-Lafayette.
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111 comments Add your comment
Offense
August 16th, 2010
8:32 pm
Glad to have you back, Branden. Run that ball!
UGAfan18
August 16th, 2010
8:34 pm
2nd! GO DAWGS!!
charlotte dawg
August 16th, 2010
8:36 pm
sept 4 not soon enough
I'm Just Saying
August 16th, 2010
8:37 pm
Monday’s schedule – Party
Tuesday’s schedule – Party
Wednesday’s schedule – Party
Thursday’s schedule – Party
Friday’s schedule – Party
Good to be back on campus….ain’t college life great?
JImmy
August 16th, 2010
8:37 pm
Looking forward to the season!
JImmy
August 16th, 2010
8:37 pm
Actually, just doing my part for a starving journalist.
Glory Glory
August 16th, 2010
8:43 pm
Well, since you Tech maggots are guaranteed to be here to bash this hard working young man and our dominant program (over yours), I guess I should share some news with you dorks…..
Your prized recruit, Romar Morris commited to UNC this evening, according to our very own Chip Towers, via his Twitter account, sourcing Scout.com. Now before you Techies start pulling the GT classics like “we didn’t want him anyway” or “he wouldn’t have fit in our program anyway”, please read the below story about him just a few days ago and check out the comments you dorks made about him. How awesome he would be as an “A-Back” and how much you absolutely NEED him.
http://blogs.ajc.com/recruiting/2010/08/10/tech-target-romar-morris-an-ideal-fit-at-a-back/
So, how’s that superior recruiting ability of Groh, and the Mighty Triple Option working out for you??
GO DAWGS!!!!! Now get off our Blog!!
Calhoundawg
August 16th, 2010
8:50 pm
Each year seems longer and longer in between seasons. Just a quick fact I gleaned from my obsessive perusing of all things Georgia today; Mark Richt has never had back-to-back single-digit [winning] seasons in his nine years as a head coach. I guess the ten-win seasons speak for themselves. Here’s to another. It’s Great To Be a Georgia Bulldog — Go Dawgs !!!!
Go Dawgs
August 16th, 2010
8:51 pm
should have signed that Cochran kid from Morgan Co – could have used the depth at QB!! Oh well- Go Dawgs!!
BG
August 16th, 2010
8:51 pm
8 out of 9 baby!! I love it!!!!!!!!!!
ATL Native
August 16th, 2010
8:53 pm
Here’s a high five to both young men and Godspeed to Ben J.! GATA Dawgs
run the ball
August 16th, 2010
8:53 pm
It really is a relief to have Smith back. He could be another Champ Bailey. I think our secondary is primed for a big year. Boykin, Rambo, Smith, and Hamilton/Ogletree. Those are 5 exceptional athletes. I beleive they are getting better coaching now. Go Dawgs!!
Sorry, I couldn’t resist: If CMB will hand the ball off 40 times a game we will win 10 games.
Dawg Stephen
August 16th, 2010
9:01 pm
Yes, welcome back guys. Dont forget, I really believe Logan Gray is going to be a great playmaker at wide receiver. I do.
http://dawgstephen.blogspot.com/
Paul Johnson
August 16th, 2010
9:06 pm
I have to hand it to the DAWGS. They are just better than us, year in and year out. I will be happy if we can win 2 games every decade.
Mike T.
August 16th, 2010
9:13 pm
I just can’t understand this canceling practice to go to the swimming pool. When I played high school football, we practiced in the rain. I can still hear my old coach saying,”We might have to play
one friday night in the rain. We need to work on handling a wet football.” I think they are missing out on some things that may help down the road. If lightning was the cause then how can they get in a swimming pool?
J Who?
August 16th, 2010
9:21 pm
@Mike T
“If lightning was the cause then how can they get in a swimming pool?”
Tim Tucker Article:
“a trip to the pool inside the Ramsey Center.”
Key word: inside
…..just givin’ ya a hard time.
CLEVON LITTLE
August 16th, 2010
9:22 pm
Glory Glory….That’s some funny sh it……..
Dawg House
August 16th, 2010
9:25 pm
Indoor aquatics complex Mike T.
This is a tearly tradition as well. I feel it builds unity and bonds players and coaches pricelessly. Of course there are going to be idiots from other schools on OUR blog telling us how slack Richt is and how soft it will make our team. But the moment tge read about their coach doing something fun for their team, they will all of a sudden think its pretty cool.
19 short days!!!!!
tell me again
August 16th, 2010
9:25 pm
First of all, before you Tech maggots comment on OUR blog you need to meet the following criteria…You must have had more than 3 – 10 win seasons in the last 50 years / a better than .575 winning percentage over the history of your programs existence / and you must have at least broken even in games played against UGA in the past ten years / and your stadium has to sit more people than can fit into the Varsity during lunch rush…..What? CMR has about twice as many ten win seasons in the toughest conference in America over the past TEN YEARS? What? We’ve won the last 9 out of 10? What? We can fit almost two of your dung hole stadiums in ours? What? CMR has a .767 winning percentage over a decade in the same toughest conference in America? What? Now that everyone has seen your tickie tack offense it’s just going to get eaten up this year? What? Man Boobs PJ is 0-1 in bowls at Tech / CMR is 7-2? What? Tech is the ACC champion but wasn’t good enough to beat UGA during their worst year ever under CMR? What? CMR has won 2 outright SEC titles and 3 Eastern SEC titles, again in the toughest conference in America – a conference that has produced the last 4 national champions? Tell me again – WHAT does anybody at Tech have to say to US about football???? NADA! If we would have had rings made after every time we beat you under CMR we would be out of fingers – GO DAWGS!
CDAWG
August 16th, 2010
9:26 pm
Hey Mike, maybe he was giving the OL a day off to help them heal.
DAWG07
August 16th, 2010
9:28 pm
Anticipate an improved aggressive defensive effort this fall with an improvement in the offense play calling from the staff.
GO DAWGS
superDawg
August 16th, 2010
9:30 pm
TUCK FECH!!!NUFF SAID.
Mike T.
August 16th, 2010
9:31 pm
J Who?
My local Y has an inside pool, when it lightning, No swim.
Maybe were just a little over cautious.
Maybe that diving will help us dive in the endzone.
Harrick
August 16th, 2010
9:32 pm
Never seen anybody flunk out of UGA, why the big scare?
Mike T.
August 16th, 2010
9:35 pm
Hey Mike, maybe he was giving the OL a day off to help them heal.
Maybe so. That does sound a lot better than a trip to the aquatics center.
tdawg
August 16th, 2010
9:36 pm
tell me again it is 0-2 in bowl game and being outscored 17 – 62. Go dawgs
Dawg Stephen
August 16th, 2010
9:44 pm
Keep in mind the POOL DAY came on an off day from practice as Coach Richt instead decided that since they pooled today, then the off day of tuesday all of a sudden became a practice day.
so the pool trip came on an OFF DAY!!!
jimmymack
August 16th, 2010
9:50 pm
ihe bulldog nation is one again maybe ADAMS will handle PR $ and leave the athletic dept. alone PLEASE
Coach Paul's Johnson
August 16th, 2010
9:54 pm
Coach Johnson entered a doctors office for some pre-season surgery. It seems the coach is a little upset over how his neck looks on TV. Many a turkey has been quite envious of his gobbler! While in the doctors office Coach Tommy Tubberville was in another waiting room 4 blocks away and overheard Coach Johnson crying over the sight of his abnormally large ‘Turkey Neck”. Oh well, maybe Coach can beat Georgia this year or not.
GET BACK TO MANNING YOUR SLURPY MACHINES TECHIES!! AND THAT’S THE GOOD WORD!!
Idiots...all of you
August 16th, 2010
10:15 pm
Really, CPJ went in for some neck work? Hmmm…I thought it was to have his annual mammogram….oh well, bad information I guess.
gt110
August 16th, 2010
10:17 pm
Haha and we are the ones obsessed with uga? I must have read half a dozen posts bashing Tech and not one Tech fan commenting. You guys are funny!
davidinloganville
August 16th, 2010
10:26 pm
hey harrick I remember an offensive lineman from Buford flunked out at Georgia, without a car, and showed up the next year at tech with a car and never had any problem staying eligible.
AltamahaDawg
August 16th, 2010
10:44 pm
You know I had some doubts about Gray at WR. Not that he couldn’t do it, or that he wouldn’t add maturity and character to the guys. That was never a question. It just seems to me that there must be at least 4 guys that not only can catch it just as well, but are much more skilled at patterns and blocking, and faster, more athletic. But darn if the boy isn’t doing well. I realize they are probably giving him a few more extra looks in the scrimmage just to accelerate his progress, but he has certainly taken advantage of that. We might not see him often, but he could be that sneaky lil possession receiver that just doesn’t get covered all that well.
Old Gold
August 16th, 2010
10:45 pm
UGAY!!!!!!!
Old Gold
August 16th, 2010
10:46 pm
rED PANTIES AND PIKUTREGATE…
Old Gold
August 16th, 2010
10:47 pm
My red panties dont fit coach..
Boca Baby
August 16th, 2010
10:48 pm
I understand that Richt spoke with the seniors about Morant and asked them if they wanted him back. It is said that they said “yes” with conditions: He is going to have to earn it. I believe that this is an excellent move on Richt’s part. It bodes well with being a team player and moreover with cultivating senior leadership.
bufbox
August 16th, 2010
10:52 pm
@ gt110
I like GT fine as a Georgia citizen, and I don’t bash them. But what nulls your comment to me is that this is a UGA blog.. and Dawg fans should have right to bash the opposition if they want. If GT fans want to bash Dawgs on their own site, I and prob many others on this site don’t really care cuz we never go there anyway. Hard for me to understand the appeal of hanging out on the opposition blog site.
Nick
August 16th, 2010
11:10 pm
Good God almighty! Great news all the way down the line. I love it love it love it.
Love the fact that Branden’s back after taking care of business. That Dexter did some soul-searching and realized what he needs to do and it’s right for him. Love the diving thing with CMR always did, but the deal with doing it fully clothed it awesome. Glad to hear about Ben Jones. He is so important in our offense.
Geez, I can’t wait till the season.
Go Dawgs!!!
bigcalidawg
August 16th, 2010
11:44 pm
I’m really not seeing the comparisons with Smith and Bailey. They play the same positions and are both fast, but Champ will lay hat. Smith appears to be more of a finesse guy (at least at this stage of his career). I can’t remember Champ as a Freshman, though.
Just seems like Champ was and is a more physical player.
I'm Just Saying
August 17th, 2010
12:13 am
bufbox..you can’t be serious? Your ilk is all over GT articles.
davidinloganville….BS
Glory Glory…hard working??? maybe on the field….in the class…not so much…how much is a three pointer worth you…your school….is a joke.
RED DOG 77
August 17th, 2010
12:17 am
Glad to have Morant and Smith back in the fold………..we will depend on both of them alot this year !
Desperation
August 17th, 2010
12:19 am
Richt’s on the hot seat and getting desperate if he’s taking back all these quitters—who come back with an attitude and demand immediate playing time. At Ga Tech, Coach Johnson wouldn’t put up with that.
college is forever
August 17th, 2010
12:29 am
http://www.collegelunchboxes.com This is when they need a indoor practice field. They get rid of the two a days, don’t practice in the rain, lounge in the pool. Picture Day is Saturday. I hope we are ready come opening day and especially the second and third week of the season. Come on Dawgs lets get to work.
12-2
August 17th, 2010
12:36 am
30-24
Dawg Stephen
August 17th, 2010
1:06 am
Very glad to have these guys back. Im also glad to have back 3 players who were SORELY missed in 2009…Sturdivant, Durham, and Figgins. With their return, and losing no other starters besides Joe Cox, I look forward to a pretty decent year offensively, ya think??? Anyway, my thoughts below.
http://dawgstephen.blogspot.com/2010/08/welcome-back-3-more-dawgs.html
12-2
August 17th, 2010
1:21 am
pretty decent year ?
You mean like winning 10 games ?
14-game season.
10-win season
3-loss season
No SEC Championship Game for the 5th consecutive year
Something like that ?
With 15 seniors and 4-5 juniors all leaving after this season dawgstephen
With our 10-10 vs SEC East the last 4 years
Facing # 35 South Carolina on road game 2 or have a LOSING RECORD vs SEC East then over the last 5 years ?
That what you mean dawgstephen by a pretty decent year ?
Dawg Stephen
August 17th, 2010
1:24 am
I said a decent year on OFFENSE…thats all I said. With an improved defense, we have the players on offense to have a good year. All that other stuff will take care of itself.
Dawg Stephen
August 17th, 2010
1:31 am
12-2, i dont understand the need to post the same thing, and attack fellow dog fans, but I do understand the stats you post being frustrating and as a contributor and seaason ticket holder, i do share in your desire to see the team improve.
I believe the defense needed to get better, and CMR made a move.
The special teams had to get better, and he made a move.
the secondary had to get better, and he made a move.
Let’s see the moves and let the new coaches coach. I too want another trip to the dome. As a season ticket holder, and one who would gain tickets, I plan to be there. Whether we agree on everything the last few years, we do share passion for the dawgs.
See you in Athens on Sept. 4th.
12-2
August 17th, 2010
1:44 am
You are a LIAR dawg stephen
12-2
August 17th, 2010
1:45 am
You are full of B.S. dawg stephen
You DUCK the point
The POINT is that we have ZERO OFFENSE
12-2
August 17th, 2010
1:46 am
I was at the Georgia Dome the last time we were there.
Where were you ?
We took Marta down, sat down, booed Michael F. Adam$ and his wife, the hag.
Before we could even quit booing the score was 28 to
NOTHING
12-2
August 17th, 2010
1:48 am
I am not attacking you dawg stephen
but what you say.
You refuse to admit that there are a huge large big group,
like EVERYONE at Sanford Stadium
who BOOS THE PLAY CALLS OF MIKE BOBO
12-2
August 17th, 2010
1:50 am
This is NOT
a STAT
10-10 vs SEC East the 4 years
Facing South Carolina in game 2 on road with yet again no QB prepared
EXCUSES lining up before we even GO THERE
Lose and Coach Richt has a LOSING RECORD vs SEC East the last 5 years
then
And, against WHOM ?
There has ONLY BEEN 1 team we play in The SEC East the last 4 years
1
12-2
August 17th, 2010
1:54 am
There are
EIGHTEEN
(18)
teams Coach Richt does
NOT
have a better record than over the last 4 years
18
THIS too is NOT a stat
These are WON / LOST RECORDS
Since when the living HELL is your WON / LOSS RECORD a damn stat
dawg stephen ?
38-14 last 4 years
NO SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME APPEARANCE
and you sir are a LIAR a man who DUCKS the point
a man who refuses to FACE the point and even discuss it
All you give a crap about is having a PRETTY DECENT RECORD
We are the # 11 team in America as a football program historically in 1-A wins
INSTEAD 18 teams Coach Richt does NOT have a better record than over the LAST 4 YEARS
You want I should POST the 18 teams again dawg stephen while you FAIL to address the POINT
Dawg Stephen
August 17th, 2010
2:10 am
umm…the last time we were at the GA dome, we won 34-14.
12-2
August 17th, 2010
2:10 am
In your summary here I reply to dawg stephen sir, you DUCK the point of the offense.
Now, I have posted you 5 posts without a single STAT
You want to discuss the offense or NOT ?
Because if you do want to discuss the offense
Then you MUST address
(1) NO Offensive All-Stars in this great state of Georgia signed on Signing Day 2010
(2) 14 interceptions a year the last 4 years in a row average
(3) 21 fumbles a year the last 4 years in a row average
(4) # 96 NCAA Rank Penalties every year last 4 in a row average
(5) Starting Caleb friqin King the last 5 games despite Ealey # 1 RB
(6) Starting Aron White until game 12 for his 3 catches freshman yr
(7) Despite Orson Charles NFL Starter rest of his 23 catches
(8) Marlon Brown # 2 WR in nation 2 passes thrown to all year
(9) Branden Smith who had 1085 yds receiving senior yr also 2 passes all season long thrown to him too
(10) Redshirt Knowshon Moreno so we got to see best RB here in 30 yrs for 2 years only
(11) No QB prepared 2006 lost 4, No QB prepared 2009 lost 5, No QB prepared AGAIN 2010
(12) WITH Knowshon Moreno # 56 in nation in rushing, played 3 good teams that year LOST all 3 allowing 29, 31 to nothing at half and 42 consecutive points THIS IS NOT DEFENSE this is OFFENSE
(13) WITH Matthew Stafford # 86 in the nation in PASSING
(14) GD it, I am SICK and TIRED of this FAILED OFFENSE
(15) I have been frustrated with this FAILED OFFENSE since 2005
(16) I am well beyond that and the forgiveness of Christian Coach Richt and his walk with Jesus not suspending Branden Smith and Vance Cuff for giving Branden Smith his DL to go buy alcohol so that 7 kids could drive around town in Tavarres King’s SUV for the sole purpose of getting drunk (for which he was given only 1 game suspension)
(17) We have NO DISCIPLINE
(18) We are # 1 in Fulmer Cup Standings today for 2010
(19) We are # 3 in Fulmer Cup Standings over the last 4 years
(20) 47 arrested / suspended since February 2007 of 160 players
(21) 10-in seasons in 14-game seasons 8 of the 10 years now this year for Coach Richt 27 losses compared to Vince Dooley only 21 1980-88 and Wally Butts only 21 losses 1940-48.
(22) ZERO -0- NADA Top 10 Final AP Poll teams beat in ANY BOWL GAME entire Coach Richt Era.
(23) 3-8 vs Top 10 Final AP Poll teams entire Coach Richt Era
(24) be 3-10 vs Top 10 Final AP Poll teams after this season
(25) Lose 15 seniors and 4-5 juniors after this 2010 season and you want me to say that you are RIGHT that we are headed in the right direction
(26) Loyal to Willie Martinez, loyal to Montez Robinson, loyal to Mike Bobo. He can sleep at night walking with Jesus that he TREATS these GUYS RIGHT
(27) God Almighty. They all should have been SO GONE
Dawg Stephen
August 17th, 2010
2:12 am
in the SEC championship game..we won 34-14, and we dont have the D-coor that had us down 28-0 anymore.
Would you care to know that under Mike Bobo, we score 4 MORE points a game than we did under Coach Richt when he called the plays. nevermind. Coach Richt made adjustments, and I will be there to root the team on.
12-2
August 17th, 2010
2:22 am
“umm…the last time we were at the GA dome, we won 34-14″
LIAR
See what I am saying dawg stephen you LIAR ?
31-24 and we were a 4-LOSS TEAM
We LOST to Kentucky
We LOST to Florida duh we are 2-7 vs Florida
We LOST to
INTRA-MURAL VANDIE at Sanford Stadium a 4-win team
EVEN WITH THEIR WIN over Georgia at our home
We LOST to a lousy vols team, the vols have been HORRID the last 4 years but WE are 1-3 vs the vols the last 4 years
Hells Bells, we are 2-2 vs Kentucky the last 4 years
2006 the year our OFFENSIVE BRAIN TRUST put Joe Tereshinski III the # 1 QB at UGA, Joe Cox # 2 and Matthew Stafford # 3…
This the 2006 season you want to discuss
AND
our
PEACH BOWL ?
I thought you were talking about SEC Championship Games and I 1-upped that with the Sugar Bowl you DIDN’T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT.
You MAKE UP WHATEVER YOU WANT and REFUSE CATEGORICALLY to discuss the OFFENSE.
Dawg Stephen
August 17th, 2010
2:26 am
We both want the team to succeed, im not arguing your facts.
Your point is made, what am I supposed to say?
Lets have a good 2010
12-2
August 17th, 2010
2:36 am
Well go ahead
Root them on
Sit there and IGNORE the ISSUE
Our Offense sucks
# 52 Total Offense ENTIRE COACH RICHT ERA
And, you want to talk about Mike Bobo doing BETTER than Coach Richt as OC
Coddle the offense
See if I friqin care
I will be there too
BOOING the offense
Sorry about that
I am NOT SATISFIED
And, you ARE dawg stephen
I aspire MORE than these 27 points on our OFFENSE
We have had 38 games where we scored no more than 2 TD
We LOST 27 of those
Tell about 10-win seasons again why don’t you ?
Or, have I finally MADE THE POINT 14 losses last 4 years yet ?
Probably NOT.
Our Offensive Line CANNOT block for the run
Mike Bobo has Knowshon Moreno 2008 and we are number 56 in the nation running the football with Knowshon Moreno. # 56.
Mike Bobo has Matthew Stafford 2007 and we are number 84 Passing offense in the nation and # 74 Total Offense.
8th worst in The SEC 2007 Passing Offense with Matthew Stafford.
8th SEC 2007 Passing.
Mike Bobo has Knowshon Moreno taken with the 7th pick and we are 5th in The SEC in rushing the football with Knowshon Moreno in 2008. Remember 2008 ?
2008 we gave up consecutive points of 31, 42 and 29 in 3 LOSSES.
Knowshon Moreno averaged 14 carries those 3 LOSSES.
12-2
August 17th, 2010
2:37 am
My mother could figure out to hand the football more than 14 times to Knowshon Moreno against Alabama, Georgia tek and Florida.
Mike Bobo and the rest of the Offensive Coaching Staff talks every year about cutting down on penalties, cutting down on interceptions and cutting down on fumbles.
Then, they put guys out there who are not our best players, playing favorites.
Then, they put the better guys deep on the Depth Chart and do not start them.
Even when they prove they are better than the favorites, they still are not made the Starter.
Not 1 year have we gotten our Quarterback ready, not 1 – except for DJ Shockley in 2005.
We have failed again to get our QB ready for 2010 and here we are and we have nothing but issues all over the Offense.
Logan Gray in his entire now 5-Year Career here at Georgia has completed 5 passes with 2 interceptions and 0 Touchdowns. 5 years and these are his totals.
5 completions
2 interceptions
0 touchdown passes
He is not ready. We never get anybody ready around here at QB except 1 guy in 10 years now, DJ Shockley in 2005.
12-2
August 17th, 2010
2:38 am
Our players are injured and stay injured.
Did you know that we have 4 players injured on the offensive line, unable to go now ?
4 OL injured now
Let’s get the excuse list ready.
Write that down.
4 OL injured missing practice.
There aren’t any more excuses.
Which team is it who said they are going to steal Mike Bobo from us ?
I missed that.
This crap about sans the mistakes…
Excuse me, that is the issue with the Offense.
Mistakes.
Can’t line up and run a play without a penalty.
When we do run a play, it’s to the wrong players.
When we do run a play, it’s a fumble
Or, an interception.
We lead the nation on offense for 4 years in a row now in Interceptions, Fumbles and Penalties.
10-10 vs SEC East teams the entire last 4 years now because we cannot even line-up and run a play without a penalty, and when we finally do, it is an interception or fumble.
You cannot say, sans the mistakes.
14 losses the last 4 years and most of those against The SEC East. 10 of the 14 losses.
National Stage ?
We cannot even get out of our own Division.
Let alone our Conference.
To get on any National Stage.
10 years now Coach Richt has not beat 1 single solitary Top 10 Final AP Poll team in a bowl game.
It goes on and on and on and on and on, ad nauseam.
Ad infinitum.
12-2
August 17th, 2010
2:40 am
We sit here and make excuses for injuries but many of those too are preventable, such as allowing our Star Quarterback who is desperate to get under center and get some experience for the 1st time in his lifetime under center, to throw his arm out just exactly like we let Joe Cox do.
And, Caleb King with his hamstring.
How did we get AJ Green injured against Florida ? After Coach Richt told us he would throw the ball to AJ more in the 2nd half, we threw the football into 5-man coverage covering AJ Green.
We are without a clue on offense.
12 points vs 6-loss no bowl South Carolina 2007 Knowshon Stafford Bobo.
14 points vs 4-loss vols 2007 Knowshon Moreno Matt Stafford Bobo.
20 points vs 7-loss Vandie 2007 Knowshon Matt Stafford Bobo.
24 points vs 5-loss Kentucky 2007 Knowshon Stafford Bobo.
14 points vs 5-loss South Carolina 2008 Knowshon Matt & AJ Bobo
10 points vs Florida 2008 AJ Green Knowshon & Stafford. Bobo.
17 points vs 7-loss Auburn 2008 AJ Knowshon Stafford. Bobo.
24 points vs 4-loss Michigan State 2008 AJ Knowshon Matt Bobo
27 points vs 7-loss Arizona St 2008 AJ Knowshon Matt. Bobo.
26 points vs 7-loss vols 2008 AJ Knowshon Matt. Mike Bobo OC
24 points vs 6-loss Vandie 2008 AJ Knowshon Matt. Mike Bobo.
10 points vs Oklahoma St not ranked Top 25 Final AP 2009. Bobo.
20 points vs 8-loss Arizona State 2009. Mike Bobo Off Coord.
13 points vs LSU who beat not 1 Top 25 team 2009. Mike Bobo.
19 points vs 6-loss vols 2009. Mike Bobo Offensive Coordinator
27 points vs 6-loss Kentucky 2009. Mike Bobo Off Coordinator
17 points vs Florida 2009 Mike Bobo Offensive Coordinator.
They interviewed Coach Richt at half time against Florida losing for the 7th time in 9 years, and asked him how Mike Bobo could get AJ Green more into the game, and Coach Richt glibly fired back, throw him the football.
NO FUN OFFENSE.
We have no fire on Offense.
We have 1 win against Florida last 4 years.
We have 1 win against Tennessee last 4 years.
We have 2 wins and 2 losses to Kentucky last 4 years.
This is The SEC East.
Worst of all, now 2010 with all the All-Stars on OFFENSE in this great state, and we get NONE OF THEM.
None.
What does that tell you that the recruits in this state want to play Defense here but NOT OFFENSE.
12-2
August 17th, 2010
2:41 am
How about you say
FIRE MIKE BOBO ?
12-2
August 17th, 2010
2:42 am
The reason you say you do not argue my facts is because YOU KNOW I am right.
But you say that Mike Bobo is 3 points better as OC than Coach Richt.
Excuse me dawg stephen
Coach Richt told Mike Bobo that he Coach Richt is making these choices now, NOT Mike Bobo.
Dawg Stephen
August 17th, 2010
2:50 am
Im still here. laughing.
12-2
August 17th, 2010
3:02 am
Laughing
Yes, this is really funny
I just love Coach Richt NOT having more wins than ALL these teams the last 4 years while you sit there LAUGHING and Bill King says CELEBRATE :
Coach Richt does not have more wins than
ALL THESE TEAMS over the last 4 years :
Boise State
Florida
Texas
Ohio State
BYU
Southern California
Oklahoma
TCU
Cincinnati
Virginia Tech
LSU
Penn State
Utah
West Virginia
Central Michigan
Boston College
Missouri
Wisconsin
Pretty LONG LIST here of teams the last 4 years that Coach Richt does not have more wins than.
# 19 wins last 4 years
# 11 wins All-Time vs 1-A Georgia Bulldogs
12-2
August 17th, 2010
3:04 am
Let me ask you this question dawg stephen, sir
Are you a Christian ?
TCM
August 17th, 2010
6:04 am
I am a Christian 12-2, hahahahahha Enough already!
12-2
August 17th, 2010
6:45 am
I wonder sometimes.
Which are we ?
A Church
or a
Football Team, anymore
bornloser
August 17th, 2010
6:48 am
UGA SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND SO DOES YOUR MOMMA
Perk
August 17th, 2010
7:38 am
just curious – how many dawg fans have ever been on a Tech blog? Not me – don’t feel the need, don’t need the comfort that some one will actually be there, and finally, don’t need the attention.
Retro
August 17th, 2010
7:43 am
You Dawg fans who keep repeating “30-24″ like a mantra enjoy yourselves all you want. The thing is… Tech alumni and fans have lives that don’t depend entirely on what a bunch of kids does on Saturday afternoons. College sports are fun to follow, but the biggest reason for going to college is to get an education.
UGA fans don’t seem to care about anything but football, and they don’t care if their players are enrolled in silly majors that no parents who are paying the bills would send their kids to UGA for. The very few football and basketball players who graduate have no job opportunities and end up unemployed or working in menial jobs that hardly require a college degree.
Georgia Tech is a real school with serious academic standards, and that includes scholarshipped athletes. UGA has a long history of being a party school, where parents send their kids for an easy degree, even if the degree itself is practically worthless.
Jan Kemp exposed the crap going on at UGA with athletes being enrolled in courses a ten-year-old kid could pass. That was almost three decades ago, and nothing has changed. If anything, the abuses are more blatant today. Way too many illiterate morons are being recruited, and the very high arrest rate shows clearly that Richt does not care if his players have any morals or self-discipline.
The bottom line is that most Tech fans have very good jobs and productive lives that don’t depend on Tech’s football record for their happiness in life. It would be great to beat UGA more often, but when you put scholar-athletes up against dummy-athletes, it’s usually no contest.
It’s pretty pathetic to see UGA fans who typically have never been within miles of a college classroom and who live or die with UGA’s weekly results on the football field.
So keep on posting your “30-24″ all you want, especially since you’re home with plenty of time on your hands. I wish you well, maybe you’ll get lucky and get your old job back at the Waffle House before your unemployment checks stop coming.
And look at the red panties falling from the sky, oh my!
Ailene
August 17th, 2010
7:45 am
Since dawgtards seem to love living in the past, how about remembering the Jan Kemp trial, which exposed UGA and Vince Dooley for the jokes that they were. My favorite quote from the trial was this one:
O. Hale Almand Jr., a lawyer for the defense, offered a justification for the favorable treatment accorded the athletes, citing a hypothetical player. “We may not make a university student out of him,” he told the jury, “but if we can teach him to read and write, maybe he can work at the post office rather than as a garbageman when he gets through with his athletic career.”
The best thing about the trial was that it completely killed Vince Dooley’s shot at Congress, since he was exposed as a fraud and a cheat during the trial. Make no mistake – Dooley knew everything that was going on.
Nothing has changed in the almost three decades since the trial. If anything, the abuses are even worse. Exhibit #1: Jim Harrick and son.
Today the players are even more illiterate and felonious and, well, just plain stupid, as evidenced by their arrest records and record number of penalties. Even Vince Dooley couldn’t have controlled this mob, much less Mark Richt. And now even the AD is a drunk debaucherer.
There’s a reason why UGA is known as The Cesspool of the South.
Vince
August 17th, 2010
7:45 am
Dawg Stephen is right on.
“12-2″ writes some of the craziest posts on this blog that rarely make sense to me, and I don’t even read them anymore, just scan right past them, like everybody else.
Dawg Stephen
August 17th, 2010
7:46 am
Back to what I saw saying last night. The return of Figgins, Durham, and Sturdivant should be a great help to an offense that returns everyone except Joe Cox. I look forward to it.
http://dawgstephen.blogspot.com/2010/08/welcome-back-3-more-dawgs.html
AltamahaDawg
August 17th, 2010
8:01 am
Figgins will be huge.
LawDawg
August 17th, 2010
8:07 am
Ailene or Michalene, etc.
QUIT cutting and pasting that drivel and changing your aliasw. It has gotten OLD!!! Get lost loser.
12-2,
Please stop the bashing and start supporting. Your posts have gotten old and have rehashed everything we already know.
Retro,
What comes around goes around!!! Everyone on this blog remembers the Nerds posting the score from 2 years ago.
Dawgy
August 17th, 2010
8:10 am
Only Nerds call Athens the cesspool of the south. This is probably because they got slighted by a coed on their one trip to Athens. Cry a river somewhere else Nerds!!
bdawge71
August 17th, 2010
8:14 am
Dear Mr. Harrick, Many years ago a football player FLUNKED out of UGA. He then decided he needed to go to a easier academic institution. That school was the concrete college located in Atlanta on n.avenue. I think that school was ga. tech. Do your homework in the future before uttering nonsense again. The PLAYERS NAME WILL REMAIN SECRET FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, BUT I CAN PROCURE IT IF NEEDED. His initials were TS. Check it out.Im sure a techie somewhere knows the answer. For now 10-4. All is well in ATHENS TOWN.
BirdDog
August 17th, 2010
8:19 am
Man, the freaks come out at night! 12-2 you need to get back on your meds.
How2fish
August 17th, 2010
8:22 am
I’m Just Saying really I think when you have QB’s that can count to 4 you can start throwing stones about stupid till then you and 12-2 just STFU..
suwaneedawg
August 17th, 2010
8:33 am
I think 12-2 was up late with a small hand mirror, razor blade, and some white powder. That was one hell of a fillibuster! It was also a lot of genuine prairie jiberish. And please explain how tech fans continue to shoot off their mouth after they got beat by UGA last year and ended the season in humiliating fasion by getting beat by Iowa?
Dawg Stephen
August 17th, 2010
8:35 am
Wow…if you havent read the “Bulldog in Exile” blog, you need to. This is some REALLY good stuff on Mark Richt, and the changes he made.
http://dawginexile.blogspot.com/2010/08/case-for-emergence-of-manic-kyle.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FknyR+%28A+Bulldog+in+Exile%29
DawginLex
August 17th, 2010
9:01 am
12-2,
You sit next to me and boo and I’ll kick your a$$.
Try me loudmouth.
Mikey in the SAV
August 17th, 2010
9:19 am
Me too.
DawginLex
August 17th, 2010
9:29 am
Retro,
For someone who claims to be so smart, you write the most stereotypical garbage I have ever read.
UGA graduates have excelled in all fields. UGA grads go on to become successful as doctors, lawyers, accountants etc. Tech grads are obnoxious and think the whole world revolves around them when in reality, no one cares.
You go on believing all UGA fans are as you describe if that makes you feel good.
DawginLex
August 17th, 2010
9:44 am
Anyone who calls the University of Georgia “UGAY” does so to mask their own sexual issues.
Mitch
August 17th, 2010
9:56 am
12-2 you remind me of that kid Twitch from SouthPark. Also word of advice, nobody cares to read your novels of crap. Make it concise so we can skip over it quicker.
Retro get over yourself you classless a$$ with your sterotyping. I have a great job in finance, not Waffle House. We listened to your nerd herd brethren about that 3 point win for a year. This is payback for that crap. You couldnt read a blog without it from that pu$$y St Simon who has gone back into the closet after last year.
Laughing at Tech Fans is Fun Sport
August 17th, 2010
10:39 am
Uh, Retro, we care about all college sports. Ask a UGA fan how we have done against Tech in every single sport we play, and we all know we beat you in everything most years. Sure, we have a down year once in a while, like baseball this year, but we still have a NC in baseball, and we seem to knock you out of the NCAAs pretty regularly, even though you have had such good players. Then there is basketball where Techsters also love to wet their pants over their team. But how many wins does Hewitt have against UGA in his 10 seasons? 4. And how bad has UGA been in that same time frame? 2 trips to the NCAA tourney, one on a fluke SEC Champ we won on your own court! We own your big breast! Congrats on all the college golfers you guys get. There have been some good ones. But again, you can’t beat UGA and you have never won a NC in golf. Uh, we have. (shoot, the school where I got my MBA, Augusta State, has a golf NC from this season!). Anyway, I rarely argue with Tech people because deep down they know they have nothing to say. But when you throw out comments like “All you care about is football,” well, I just have to remind you we love other sports, too.
Tech Engineer
August 17th, 2010
10:41 am
UGA—the university of football! Win at all costs–stay eligible—pay coaches whatever it takes! When eligibility up, find a job anywhere–waffle house, walmart, kmart or dollar general! Just win baby!
St. Richt
August 17th, 2010
10:46 am
DawginLex, cyber tough guy. We’re all shaking in our boots.
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jasont13
August 17th, 2010
11:07 am
Hey Retro, who had the UGA-Tech score put on their rings?
12-2= BuLLdawg
You are not a UGA supporter, more like a UGA hater. If you hate UGA that much stop commenting, donate enough money so you can speak your concerns to the athletic association. You are a disgrace to other Bulldog fans and alumni.
Dawgy
August 17th, 2010
11:12 am
Tech Engineer,
when is the train pulling out at Zoo Atlanta?
DawginLex
August 17th, 2010
11:12 am
St Richt-Cyber nerd.
We all laugh at you daily.
To: Tech Engineer
August 17th, 2010
11:19 am
Sir, the Waffle House is owned by Techies. Ayone that knows GT ball is aware of that. Most of the football players end up there.
Education? Got mine at UGA and spent about 34 years with an international firm( Japanese ) and retired quite young …….late 50s. Ran that firm too and all I got from UGA was my fine lil ole undergrad history diploma.
All the UGA partying taught me how to talk, sell and add up figures ……..as found in Kappa house.
AAAAAAAHAHAHAH Love my UGA background, as it served me well.
Oh yeah, one more thing ……………..FORE!!
Go Dogs.
Dawgpaw
August 17th, 2010
11:20 am
12-2. Sounds like a man who needs some red panty action.. Maybe was not breast fed as a baby. Definitely got some issues. Lay off the caffiene and get a life dude. Make sure to catch his words at the end of the year. Maybe his blowup companion will have lost some air by then and get a real woman to take care of all that aggression and insecurity.
B-ham Dawg
August 17th, 2010
11:48 am
12-2 shut up we are tired of reading your bs remarks. If you are gonna sit there and talk about the last 4 years under mark richt, why wouldn’t you go back to his start at UGA. You will then find that he is in the top 5 in the country in win percentage. Let’s focus on the future here not the past. 12-2 zip up your pants and get out from in front of the computer you nerd.
GATA
Dr. Kenneth Noisewater
August 17th, 2010
12:00 pm
those are some crazy posts by 12-2. some of it makes sense, but i’m more optimistic about this team like dawgstephen. this team will make a huge difference this year!!!
Very Dawg
August 17th, 2010
1:37 pm
Don’t worry about the doubters and complainers—this Dawg team is loaded—Richt’s keeping it quiet, but this team could run the table and win the SEC. Look for huge early wins over USC and Tennessee and a big upset of florida in jax. Dawgs-Bama for the SEC title—bet the house!
UGA is Just Fine...
August 17th, 2010
2:03 pm
12-2 – While many of your points/stats have merrit, you need to take a xanax and chill.
Defense was a problem – he got us a new DC
Secondary was a problem- he got us a new DB coach
Special teams coverage was a problem- he got us a new ST coach who also is the LBs coach a group which has had it’s issues as well.
I’m quite sure he heard the boos on offensive play calling and is getting his hands back in the offense as well.
Everyone one of your “issues” with the state of the team have been addressed, now it’s time to give CMR a chance to see how thoses attempts will play out.
Let me break it down for you with an analogy:
Let’s say you buy a new car. The car is great for the first few years but then starts to have a few minor issues that grow into major ones and the car is in need of repair. You take your car back to the dealer and in no uncertain terms let the dealer know how unhappy you are with the fact your car isn’t running properly and you want to know what he’s going to do about it. The dealer looks you square in the eye and says “you’re right sir, you do deserve better, bring your car in tomorrow and we’ll get to work on it right away.” They replace the broken parts with new ones. The dealer calls you back in and says your car is ready to drive and hands over the keys, again apologizes and says, “We addressed all of your concerns with the car and everything SHOULD be fixed.” Now instead of getting in the car and taking it for a test drive to see if it is indeed fixed, you just look at it and continue to complain about all the issues you brought it in for and say you don’t think it’s fixed and what about the fact that it was broken 2 days ago…See where I’m going with this?
Give the coaches and players a CHANCE to let you down before you just assume they will. If the issues aren’t addressed and there is no improvement then your aruguements will be just as valid in Nov. as they are today. However if the ship is righted and the team is back on track then in Nov you will look pretty silly.
GO DAWGS!!!
Hello BuLL
August 17th, 2010
3:28 pm
You feel better now?
12-2
August 17th, 2010
3:35 pm
Wharrgarbl.
Derp.
Deedily DUMB.
Wharrgarbl.
Derp.
Deedily DUMB.
Wharrgarbl.
Derp.
Deedily DUMB.
Wharrgarbl.
Derp.
Deedily DUMB.
Wharrgarbl.
Derp.
Deedily DUMB.
LHardingDawg
August 17th, 2010
4:28 pm
I got my Colorado tickets in the mail yesterday. I also got Colorado vs. Kansas State, and Colorado vs. Hawaii. The only way to get the Georgia tickets were to purchase them in a 3-game package from the Colorado ticket office.
It’s going to be a great trip. Beats playing East Tn State girls school.
Fred
August 18th, 2010
8:19 am
Dawg House
August 16th, 2010
9:25 pm
19 short days!!!!!
+++++++++++++++
I disagree Dawg House. Those aren’t “short” days, each one seems like 5 freaking years. I HATE August. College football is so close you can smell it, but it ain’t quite here. I think they should just do away with the month of August altogether and jump straight into the season opener. As a matter of fact, let’s do away with February, March, April, May, June, and July while we are at it…………. I mean is there really life without Dawgball, I mean college football? Heck, I even cheer for the Jackets when they aren’t playing the Dawgs……… But then I only watch them if there is nothing else on……..
Funny thing is that I don’t care at all about pro football.
Fred
August 18th, 2010
8:49 am
I always get a chuckle when some knuckle headed Technoid comes on the blog and starts trying to talk graduation rates as if Ga Tech actually has their football players perform in the classroom. Last year is no different from the precvious years. UGA graduation rate: 57%. GaTech graduation rate: 49%.
Tech is not only at the bottom of the ACC for graduating their athletes, they would be at the bottom of the SEC, not to mention the Big 10, and the Big East. Only 2 schools in major conferences have lower graduation rates, Arizona (41%) and Oklahoma (45%), while two other schools, Texas and and Oregon have the same 49%. Or 51% failure rate if you look at it the right way.
Feel joy in your academic prowess techies, if it weren’t for Arizona and Oklahoma you could have top honors as having the most stupid football players of all the BCS conferences.
When you factor in ALL college sports, not just football, Georgia Tech has even more dismal graduation rates.
Oh and your ACC “acedemic” rival, Virginia Tech (who routinely kicks the ever living crap out of your football team)? They graduated 71% of THEIR football players. They actually LIVE the standard that you lie about.
Fred
August 18th, 2010
8:52 am
lol while typo’s hppen, they are priceless on certain words. Like the person who calls someone an “idot.”
I meant Academic, not acedemic in my previous post……….
Dawg Run
August 18th, 2010
8:58 am
Tech players get admitted under special rules, get full time tutors, get to take mickey mouse classes and somehow stay eligible. If they took regular classes without paid tutors, they’d flunk out in the first semester.
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