Georgia center Ben Jones benched for first half of tonight’s game
BOULDER, Colo. – Georgia center Ben Jones won’t play in the first half of tonight’s game at Colorado as punishment for a late clipping penalty in last week’s loss at Mississippi State.
Georgia coach Mark Richt and SEC commissioner Mike Slive conferred after reviewing video and agreed a half-game suspension was in order, UGA announced just before the start of tonight’s game.
“It was poor judgment on Ben’s part,” Richt said in a statement. “He feels very badly about the incident and has sent a note of apology to the Mississippi State player. I have talked with [Mississippi State coach] Dan Mullen, and he appreciated the concern and Ben’s apology.”
Jones clipped Mississippi State defensive tackle Fletcher Cox on Georgia’s next-to-last play of last week’s 24-12 loss.
In an interview earlier this week, Jones said: “There was a pass downfield, and I was trailing the play because I didn’t know if it was caught yet. I went to cut a guy downfield because I thought he might make a play, because the ball was still up. [The refs] said it was too far behind the play, and I shouldn’t have done it. At the time I really didn’t think much [about it], but after watching film, I now know I shouldn’t have done it.”
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J Clay
October 3rd, 2010
12:14 am
BLUE – get a grip man…Yes they lose to SEC teams….who have we beaten recently? Just like our team playing for FG’s, trying to talk trash to other teams when we are 1-4…Guess waht? We have not beaten Fla recently either
The Ohio State Buckeyes
October 3rd, 2010
12:14 am
@Dammthedummy….Their is no arguement,….We are in the discussion every year…. UGA is not….
Thanks J clay it is about winning right now and getting an opportunity to play in the BCS game…
Look we are 0-9 against SEC teams but come to the big house one time….Now this is how weak the SEC is Florida will beat LSU…..because LSU is weak….
STFU
October 3rd, 2010
12:14 am
The Ohio State Buckeyes, MY TEAM AUBURN WILL RAPE OSU, HELL AUBURN AND ALABAMA WILL TAKE TURNS RAPING YOUR SORRY OVERRATED TEAM
J Clay
October 3rd, 2010
12:15 am
Les Miles is a bad coach. worse than Richt…..but he is still winning despite himself
DamntheButcher
October 3rd, 2010
12:16 am
Nobody knows what would happen if an SEC team went to Ohio St to play a game but we DO KNOW what happens every time Ohio ST plays the top SEC team. LMAO
The Ohio State Buckeyes
October 3rd, 2010
12:18 am
Blue don’t forget to talk your meds tonight…. UGA has not done well against top teams in the past 10 years….
UGA fans sometimes get delusional…THE OSU buckeyes have 7 national championships how many do you have? lol
BLUE
October 3rd, 2010
12:19 am
J-Clay I have a grip but the guy from OSU not I know UGA sucks and will take a betten vs most SEC teams BUT SO OSU they just dont play as many as we do. The guy says who all they could beat intheSEC but in truth they have not beat anyone
J Clay
October 3rd, 2010
12:19 am
Just heard Dooley saying the team did not have a chance to substitute and LSU snapped it too quickly???? really??? Sounds bad as richt…No excuse Dooley you had 13 men on the filed and bailed out the joke Les Miles
The Ohio State Buckeyes
October 3rd, 2010
12:20 am
I would love to play Auburn this year….We would take that weak azz defense to the woodshed…. Now Bama plays like a pro team…They would definitely hurt the bucks..
But we would take all the rest of the SEC teams to the woodshed….
We beat Tech last year
October 3rd, 2010
12:21 am
Our big mistake was when we hired Ray Goff. Ray Goff was a terrible coach but his brother Jack was a genius. There’s still time to get him though! Go Jack Goff!!!
BLUE
October 3rd, 2010
12:23 am
@ The Ohio State Buckeyes still dont want to talk about the last time you beat a SEC team in a game that mattered and remember your last championship is a joke because Alburn when 13 and o but you got to play a weakass USC
The Ohio State Buckeyes
October 3rd, 2010
12:23 am
Dude Penn State beat LSU last year, Wisconsion beat some SEC Team last year… C;mon dont tell me about the weak big ten teams…. Big Ten slow Teams have a good record against the SEC… Check out the records,,, Now we have not held up our end of the deal… But we are ready to pounce on the SEC this year….. Even though we have a knucklehead coach like Richt…
i funble this state
October 3rd, 2010
12:25 am
boulder was so nice that I couldn’t focus on the game because I am a UGAy bull dyke baby!
Party down
October 3rd, 2010
12:25 am
When’s the last time UGa was 1-4??? Before Dooley I bet.
STFU
October 3rd, 2010
12:25 am
The Ohio State Buckeyes, MY AUBURN TEAM WOULD HAVE RAPED YOUR OSU TEAM THAT YEAR WE WENT13-0 AND WE WILL DO HE SAME THIS YEAR
The Ohio State Buckeyes
October 3rd, 2010
12:25 am
Dude have you forgotten….USC came to Auburn when you had Ronnie, Caddy and Jason and they shut out Auburn took you too the woodshed and beat you like you stole something… Did you forget that game?
dawgster
October 3rd, 2010
12:28 am
DJlasitup..look at the play…i agree the play was busted up, but i also think he tried at the last second to spin away, i could be wrong..bottom line he should have hung onto the ball…I don’t blame this call on Coach Richt or Coach Bobo..it just seems our players are making crucial errors at the worst times…I’m afraid this season is going to cost us a lot of recruits whether the Coach is let go or not…We need some players and right now we just don’t have the horses up front on either side of the line…I’m disappointed in our DC, i know he needs to time to the players and needs time for our players to adjust to the 3-4, but the lack of intensity on the defensive side of the ball is discouraging…go dawgs…
The Ohio State Buckeyes
October 3rd, 2010
12:28 am
@ST loserville…..Who did you play that year? Bama was not good you barely beat some of the weak SEC teams…. Get out of here that is why you did not play in the Championship game the SEC Was weak that year…Quit crying you have never won a NaTionCHAMPIONSHIP…Talk to me when you win one LOSERVILLE
Andy in Blairsville
October 3rd, 2010
12:28 am
Typical UGA idiot….the $100 handshake has been gone for decades.
1st string players on top SEC teams (obviously not UGA!) make $40K/season at a minimum.
Andy in Blairsville
October 3rd, 2010
12:29 am
UGA = Prison Rape Scene
STFU
October 3rd, 2010
12:32 am
The Ohio State Buckeyes, USC just beat you guys last year you loser, and when you guys can beat a SEC TEAM then talk because any conference that has Northwestern undefeated is SOFT with a capitol S
Party down
October 3rd, 2010
12:40 am
In case anyone forgot
UGA recruiting ranking from rivals.com
2009 #6
2008 #7
2007 #9
2006 #4
STILL don’t think we have a serious coaching problem??????
The Ohio State Buckeyes
October 3rd, 2010
12:41 am
Northwestern was cheated last year in the bowl game against that weak Auburnn.
@STFU BKA dummmmmy…. Can you say championship,will you ever be able to say Auburn the COllege National Champions……NEVEEEEEEEERRR
Party down
October 3rd, 2010
12:42 am
Fire Mark Richt NOW
My Dawg Has Fleas
October 3rd, 2010
12:51 am
Hey Idiot Andy , I am thinking of UGA players not Miss State or any other SEC power houses.I know you can’t be buying no hoopties with no $ 100 handshake.
My Dawg Has Fleas
October 3rd, 2010
12:53 am
Party Down ,Is there a.com that rates football coaches?
Flo-Ri-Duh!
October 3rd, 2010
7:32 am
Sam G. – Jan Kemp was metally off and ended up trying to become a celebrity thus ruining her family and making a fool out of herself. She had a major ego that she could not control and eventually had to go to a mental facility. She was a sad, pathetic figure. Still I hope she is in Heaven. UGA has had their problems but so has practically every other school in the SEC and Tech has also had legal problems with their athletes. At least the majority of legal offenses at UGA have been for driving without a license, etc. and not violent offenses – with the exception of Mettinberger who was kicked off of the team. Florida and Tennessee have had more serious offenses with their athletes but most of them were allowed to remain on the team. Richt is trying to keep this under control and I don’t think he can be with every player (100+ of them) 24 hours a day. They are old enough to know right from wrong. Unfortunately programs like MTV and Hollywood have a negative influence on kids today – many who do not have a strong family structure from which to learn. It can be argued that three untimely fumbles have led to three of the losses even though the team played poorly in those games. The defense looks lost. I am sure you want a change and I’m not sure if you are for UGA or against them.. Who would you replace Richt with that is better than him? There is also a little problem of an eight million dollar contract that Richt has if they do make a change. Richt hired a new DC under pressure and they thought money would bring whoever they wanted. They had to settle for their 3rd choice and so far that has not worked out but it takes more than a few months to completely change the defense. Personally, I have never been a big fan of the 3-4 defense and I don’t think UGA has the personnel right now to run it. It cannot be ignored that the offense has not played up to it’s billing either. Murray is learning on the job and he has a long way to go. The o-line has definitely been below average so far. Walsh is one of the best field goal kickers around yet he seems to miss the one or two kicks that costs UGA games every year. Nothing is going right now but I am a true supporter of the Dawgs unlike many on this vent who are the enemy disguised as Dawg fans.
Flo-Ri-Duh!
October 3rd, 2010
7:37 am
Come from behind in the clutch – Again I have to explain your mistatements to you. A.J. Green did not violate any laws and has never been charged with any illegal actions. He violated NCAA rules and was punished for it. UGA should be able to win without A.J. Green.
Washun "E"
October 3rd, 2010
8:31 am
What happened? I missed it I was trying to park my car!
Party down
October 3rd, 2010
9:05 am
Flo-Ri-Duh!
October 3rd, 2010
7:32 am
Sam G. – Jan Kemp was metally off and ended up trying to become a celebrity thus ruining her family and making a fool out of herself. She had a major ego that she could not control and eventually had to go to a mental facility. She was a sad, pathetic figure.
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You’re take on the story is much different than what the courts found:
While coordinator of Georgia’s remedial English program, Dr. Kemp was among several faculty members who had complained that officials at Georgia intervened in the fall of 1981 to enable nine football players to pass a remedial English course in which they had received failing grades. The athletes remained eligible to play for Georgia against Pittsburgh in the Sugar Bowl on New Year’s Day 1982.
Dr. Kemp was demoted in 1982 and dismissed the next year. She filed suit, maintaining that she had been ousted because of her complaints, a violation of her constitutional right to free speech.
In Atlanta Federal Court in January 1986, university officials defended their actions concerning the football players, saying the athletes had been admitted to the regular curriculum because they were making progress in their studies. Dr. Kemp, they said, was dismissed for disruptive conduct and for failure to conduct adequate scholarly research.
The jury found that Dr. Kemp had been dismissed illegally and awarded her more than $2.5 million (later reduced to $1.08 million) for lost wages, mental anguish and punitive damages. She was later reinstated.
The university’s president, Dr. Fred C. Davison, announced his resignation in March 1986. The board of regents of the University System of Georgia issued a report in April implicating Dr. Davison and the Georgia athletic department, headed by Vince Dooley, who was also the football coach, in a pattern of academic abuse in the admission and advancement of student-athletes over the previous four years.
Note that the article said that she was AMONG SEVERAL faculty that had complained. She stood up and did the right thing and was made a pariah for it. Both the courts and the board of regents agreed with her. It is UGA that has the “ego problem that they cannot control” and is “sad and pathetic”.
Dawg Tired
October 3rd, 2010
10:57 am
ITS TIME TO FACE THE FACTS
This was a typical Mark Richt loss…we get 2 touchdowns up he takes his foot off the gas and lets them right back in it to win it.
He’s a great guy if you want to have a Bible Study but as an SEC Coach of the greatest programs in college football (we will rise again) he is a dismal failure.
Richt can’t recruit…(AJ was a lifelong UGA fan and would have gone there anyway (look it up)
Richt only recruits speed, not character, not intelligence, not football knowledge, not dedication …just a Thug mentality, light hitting, fumbling, bunch of Gangsta wannabes who take every opportunity to lead BCS teams in personal fouls and self glorifying victory chest beating usually while standing over an opponent they knocked out of bounds after giving up a first down.
You want a team with no character… recruit players based on speed and nothing else.
Also…If you are too stupid to make an adjustment to your offensive scheme or defensive scheme until halftime you are too stupid to be in the SEC.
If you are too stupid to make an adjustment in personnel, i.e Martinez, Bobo, Cox until the end of the year then you are too stupid to coach in the SEC.
If you are too stupid to think you need a SPECIAL TEAMS strategy you are too stupid to coach in the SEC (when is the last time we rushed a field goal or extra point)
I’m Tired Dog Tired of this pathetic bunch…You don’t scare me with what it was like before Richt…If our politically correct AD hadn’t have gotten caught with some gals panties in his lap you would have some direction and strategy…now the whole program is ruined for this year…Thanks a bunch..
Richt cant manage a program of this size start the search AND START IT IN BOISE!!!!!
Rcicht can’t win
Goff
October 3rd, 2010
7:33 pm
I have an idea. For the Tennessee game, how about wearing black jerseys?
bulldawgbill
October 3rd, 2010
8:02 pm
JAN KEMP WAS A NUT CASE! SHE WAS ARRESTED AND CONVICTED ON CHARGES RELATED TO CHILD ABDUCTION.
UGA FIRED HER FOR GOOD REASON AND THE LIBERAL COURTS AWARDED HER MONEY FOR NO GOOD REASON. SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN RUN OUT OF TOWN ON A RAIL! I THINK SHE FINALLY KILLED HER SORRY SELF AND GOOD RIDDANCE!
biggestdogfan
October 3rd, 2010
10:58 pm
Even though we are having a down year all bulldog fans should check this bulldog song out. It got my spirits up!!
http://www.jfareal.com or youtube search jfareal go dawgs. At least there is one bright spot.
Larry
October 4th, 2010
9:52 am
If you want a preacher get Richt. If you want winning couch get Saban. These so-called top players they bring end are a joke for the most part. I watch high school games locally in Atlanta that are much better.