Caleb King’s status on team unclear after arrest (updated w/ Richt comments)
(Updated 9:10 p.m.)
Two days after Georgia’s football team won its first game in more than a month, the bad news resumed for the Bulldogs: The team had its 11th player arrested this year.
Tailback Caleb King spent about six hours Monday in the Clarke County Jail on a bench warrant issued after he failed to appear in court in Walton County to address a speeding ticket.
By late morning, King was released on $380 bond, which officials said would be used to satisfy the speeding fine. But how the issue will affect his status on the Georgia team remains unclear.
Coach Mark Richt did not make an announcement or meet with reporters Monday. He discussed the issue on his weekly radio show Monday night but did not say what action he will take.
“Getting a speeding ticket, not paying it and not showing up for a court date is certainly not a very responsible thing, but I can’t say it’s some kind of awful act that we all should just be ashamed of,” Richt said. “But certainly … all of these young men have to understand they have a responsibility to take care of whatever issue they have.
“If they have a ticket, they need to pay it. If they don’t [pay it], they need to show up for the court date. Those things are certainly obvious, and we have to get better at those kinds of things.”
Later, Richt referred to the King situation when asked if freshman running back Ken Malcome might play for the first time.
“There’s a good chance that happens,” Richt said. “We’re not saying for 100 percent certain he will, but the situation that Caleb has gotten himself into and the fact that [tailback] Carlton Thomas’ hamstring may or may not be ready by the end of the week, it may be that Ken has to play.”
To another caller who said he hopes King is not kicked off the team, Richt replied: “We’re just going to do what we feel like is the right thing to do. Bottom line is, we’ve got to make sure everybody takes care of business.”
Of the 10 players previously arrested this year, Richt dismissed four from the team and, in most of the other cases, issued suspensions of at least one game. King’s is the first case involving failure to appear in court for a speeding ticket.
King was arrested by Athens-Clarke County Police after his brother, Brandon King, was pulled over in east Athens around 4 a.m. Monday for driving without a working tag light, according to police spokeswoman Hilda Sorrow. The stop of Brandon King triggered a series of events that led to the discovery of the outstanding warrant for his brother.
First, Brandon King, 23, was placed under arrest when it was determined he was driving with a suspended license, police said. Then, officers asked Brandon King to call the owner of the vehicle he was driving, a 1996 Ford Explorer, and have it picked up.
The vehicle’s owner, Georgia football player Brandon Wood, arrived at the scene five minutes later and was accompanied by Caleb King, according to police. Officers checked the two players’ licenses and discovered the outstanding warrant from nearby Walton County for Caleb King’s arrest. He was booked into the Clarke County Jail shortly after 5 a.m.
Walton County Sheriff Joe Chapman said the warrant had been issued by a judge after King, 22, failed to pay a fine or appear in court in connection with a speeding ticket this past summer.
King received a citation June 20 for driving 76 miles per hour in a 55-mph zone on Highway 78, Chapman said. The warrant was issued by a judge after King failed to appear for an Aug. 6 court date.
King was released on bond from the Clarke County Jail at 10:45 a.m. Monday. His $380 bond will be used to pay the speeding ticket, an official with the Walton County Sheriff’s Department said.
Two players said King participated in Georgia’s practice Monday evening.
King’s arrest was the second of a football player since UGA President Michael Adams last month called on the athletics department to deal with the proliferation of arrests.
“We have had too much in the football team,” Adams said in a Sept. 18 interview. “And so we expect the coaches and the AD’s to provide role models and leadership for their players, and I told the whole Athletic Association that” in an early-September staff meeting.
King’s arrest was his second since joining the Georgia program. In 2007, he was arrested by UGA Police for driving a motor-scooter with a suspended license and going the wrong way on a one-way street.
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Clean House
October 11th, 2010
4:33 pm
Kick That Sorry Thug off the team NOW !
Pup Fan
October 11th, 2010
4:34 pm
I’m sure I’m about 12th by now!
Pup Fan
October 11th, 2010
4:34 pm
Wow! Second. Not bad.
Paula Abdul
October 11th, 2010
4:35 pm
We take 1 step foward and 2 steps back!
Pup Fan
October 11th, 2010
4:36 pm
Some of this arrest crap is way overblown….and some not. Damn kids!
No respect for the law,University ,coaches and TEAM
October 11th, 2010
4:37 pm
Sorry to say but Caleb must go………
WOW
October 11th, 2010
4:39 pm
Im surprised that comments are not closed……….
Dale
October 11th, 2010
4:40 pm
I think the precedent is set for dismissal, but Ealey got arrested and cutting King would make him the new starter?
realdawgfan
October 11th, 2010
4:41 pm
This is probably an honest mistake where this kid probably forgot. Have any of you ever been a college student athlete? Probably not it would be really easy to forget something like this. I honestly hope CMR doesn’t overreact this kid has been here for 4 years and has not had a hint of trouble. It would send the wrong message to incoming recruits as well as the ones that are still here. We now have a no forgiveness policy, my God people these are kids!!!
Vince Dooley
October 11th, 2010
4:41 pm
The players don’t respect CMR, so why would they care? CMR and his prayers don’t work with these kind of athletes. Does this happen under Saban’s watch? Exactly.
Montgomery Burns
October 11th, 2010
4:42 pm
I doubt the standard 1 game suspension will suffice here.
edumacated
October 11th, 2010
4:44 pm
Sounds like no big deal to me. He forgot to pay the fine, or show up in court. Run him until his tongue is hanging out for being irresponsible and move on.
No I in TEAM
October 11th, 2010
4:44 pm
incident began at 4am!!! must have been an early start to an 8am class!! So sad….so much talent, such an opportunity for an education, and football to boot!!! What a waste. Will see how serious Coach and admin are about all this ….
realdawgfan
October 11th, 2010
4:45 pm
Do you really think in Alabama any player gets arrested ever??? Are you that Naive? This has nothing to do with respect for the coach. irresponsible, maybe but disrespctful not at all.
Gainesville Dawg
October 11th, 2010
4:45 pm
I think it is rather ironic that he is arrested when he is helping his brother. The Clarke Co. Police could have handled this differently. There has to be a reason why King had not paid the fine or appeared in court. My goodness, it is only a speeding ticket. Only UGA makes the news in Atlanta, especially if it is bad. The headlines of Schultz sounded like a murder case.
Totally exaggerated!!!!!!!!!!!
bruce mac
October 11th, 2010
4:46 pm
Go back to the loser Blog, you know the gold and white one. Nothing here worth looking at. Big deal, kid gets ticket, kid forgets to pay ticket, big friggin deal. Enjoy your miserable life losers.
WTF
October 11th, 2010
4:50 pm
Does anyone read the articles? The incident started at 4am for Caleb’s brother. Caleb’s failure to appear FOR A SPEEDING TICKET was from August, so the “zero tolerance policy” wasn’t even in place. The kid is still an idiot, but lighten up folks
Curious George
October 11th, 2010
4:50 pm
So.. I get that this is a ‘big deal’ now that it’s playing itself out, but if the warrant was issued after he failed to show up in court on August 6th… what have they been doing?
Could they not find him for the last two months? Not like he’s been in on national television a few times since then or anything.. and I guess it IS pretty big secret to everyone in the state of Georgia that he plays on the UGA football team.
Seems like something in this situation was done improperly at some point by the police if nobody reacted to there being a warrant for his arrest over the last two months. Obviously, it was a series of dumb decisions by Caleb King and he deserves to be punished, but I have to raise an eyebrow at some of the details here.
Devil's Advocate
October 11th, 2010
4:51 pm
Some bloggers still call football players “kids”. What a misnomer. Wise up!!! There are thousands of men and women in uniform younger than these misbehaving football players. Also, have you checked lately how many of the football players have kids of their own? They may behave like irresponsible, spoiled, pampered jocks, but kids?!, they are not.
CHDawg
October 11th, 2010
4:51 pm
It is a speeding ticket, folks. Relax. How many kids understand the process, or adults for that matter? Admittedly, he should have been smart enough to handle it or ask about it, but remember that most people don’t lose their jobs over a speeding ticket, and King shouldn’t even have to miss a game over this. Getting arrested for failing to pay the ticket is punishment enough imo.
realdawgfan
October 11th, 2010
4:51 pm
@ No I in TEAM: re-read the article you obviously missed it! The owner of the truck was called to the scene and he appeared with him because it was his brother that was driving the truck! Please get your facts straight before making a comment. He should run his but off for being irresponsible but that is it!
Taking the Fun
October 11th, 2010
4:53 pm
Plenty of opportunities to come clean on this Caleb. 1. Pay the fine before the due date, 2. Show up in court and plead your case, 3. Request an court extension. You can’t just ignore it … Sorta like what the whole team has been doing with CMR … ignoring him. Well it time to ignore Caleb.
ugabean
October 11th, 2010
4:54 pm
King is out. What ever happened to the 2 1000 yard rushers this year. Please, recruit a bruising rb. SC has got them a good rb. I have never seen what people see in King. Ealey has the fumble fright. Thomas is just to small.
SoCal Dawg
October 11th, 2010
4:54 pm
I’m 37 and have never had a cop ask to see my license unless I was speeding. Why did the cop ask to see King’s license. All these players getting arrested are idiots and maybe that’s why they can’t learn the D or the offense but is there some prize in Clarke county for whoever can arrest the most UGA players?
Stein
October 11th, 2010
4:55 pm
Why not suspend him for the rest of the season?
ugabean
October 11th, 2010
4:56 pm
Are the Athens police that bad? Are the players that bad?
dawgfan
October 11th, 2010
4:57 pm
Another one bites the dust!
robertussen
October 11th, 2010
4:58 pm
this is stupid and shouldnt even be news
AltamahaDawg
October 11th, 2010
4:58 pm
Speaking of having kids, are these guys somebodies kids too? It sure doesn’t seem like it. Why is it up to the UGA athletic department to deal with making sure their driver’s license are valid?
WE RUN THIS STATE
October 11th, 2010
4:58 pm
we don’t do court dates
ugabean
October 11th, 2010
4:58 pm
King had his mind on this ticket for a long time. That is why he is not running that well this year.
just the truth
October 11th, 2010
4:58 pm
It’s a shame of the society we are now breeding. Win at all cost. No accountability. Your talking about a person who shouldn’t even be in college. He transferred from three different high schools and then went out of state for summer school just so he could graduate. He then was accepted on the very last day to UGA to major in …………… you guessed it, another high school course !! Arrest mean nothing as long as you win!
CHDawg
October 11th, 2010
4:59 pm
I am beginning to wonder about the Athens police! There are a million crimes committed in that city–from bounced checks, to underage drinking, parking tickets, etc., and they sure seem to have a vendetta against UGA football players. Arguing with players and then booking them for infractions like not spelling their middle names just doesn’t make the FBI’s ten most wanted list.
College Dad
October 11th, 2010
4:59 pm
This one hits home…our son away on college recieved a speeding ticket. Too embarrassed or fearing the consequences never told us about the ticket and making matters worse forgot about his fine and his court date. You know the rest of the story. I take great exception to calling a kid a thug or suggesting he be kicked out of school as I’m not sure the punishment fits the crime.
Make no mistake, there were serious consequences for our son and there should be serious consequences for CK but let’s look at the big picture before ruining a kids life. I’m a Ga grad and a huge fan and sickened by some of the arrests but let’s not judge each and every case the same.
I hope all of you calling for him to be kicked out of school and off the team are given the same justice when it is you or one of your kids.
Runner up Richt
October 11th, 2010
4:59 pm
Hey all you conspiracy theory guys need to shut up. The police have a job to do. Its there job to enforce laws. They are not going to turn over a vehicle to a criminal thats why they got his ID and ran a check. The police are doing their job, the thing you need to ask is why CMR is not doing his. This is another black eye for a team and university that already has gone through enough.
ColumbusDawg
October 11th, 2010
5:00 pm
@GainesvilleDawg, a reason he didn’t pay the ticket or go to court? WTF!? While your at it, I’m sure he had a good reason for speeding too! Clownboat!
DawgInMemphis
October 11th, 2010
5:01 pm
Curious George,
1. The warrant was outstanding for 2 months because police resources aren’t going to be wasted to proactively seize someone on an outstanding speeding ticket. They wait until they are either pulled over again and run the tags or fall into their lap like Caleb King. We as taxpayers should appreciate that.
2. Case in point of why this is overblown and the AJC has nothing better to do than to trash kids and make a mountain out of a mole hill.
AJC, perhaps you could do a little real journalism and write a piece comparing the actual “crimes” committed by Georgia players to those of other schools. But then again, a mere blanket tally of numbers fits your agenda better, doesn’t it ? “”Oh my god ! A team of 90 adolescent jocks got 11 speeding tickets this summer ! ! What a bunch of thugs ! This paper, like many local papers, is turning into a total joke !
layinlow
October 11th, 2010
5:01 pm
I’m a dawg fan too but some of you guys are delusional. King Forgot? Please spare me. And the Clarke county police could have handle it differently? He had a WARRANT out for his arrest so the Clarke county police were just doing their job by taking him into custody. Yes it was just a speeding ticket but when he failed to pay it or show up for his court date it became a much bigger deal. Police offers can’t let people go when a judge has issued a warrant for their arrest. The apologist need to stop making excuses, king was stupid and irresponsible.
Surprised
October 11th, 2010
5:02 pm
I’m not surprised.
realdawgfan
October 11th, 2010
5:03 pm
I just wonder if there is some other underlying issue here. Are they after the coach? Are their certain types of players that get arrested and others get to walk? Im just wondering, would this have happened to David Pollack or one of the Stinchcomb Bro’s? Just a thought…
Runner up Richt
October 11th, 2010
5:03 pm
Hey Memphis it wouldnt be a problem if the coaching staff could get a handle on these arrests. Its been a problem for years and never addressed till we start losing. UGA has had over 40 arrest in the CMR era.
WTF????
October 11th, 2010
5:04 pm
Totally agree with Devil’s Advocate!! These clowns left home and are at least 18 years old. Maybe they need a boot up their behinds just like the drill sergeants give others in boot camp. Grow up and start acting responsibly for crying out loud. They are NOT kids so stop calling them that…..would you want one of them to play with one of your ‘kids’?
Surprised
October 11th, 2010
5:04 pm
UGA locker room wall: Motivational Posters and Bail Bondsman Advertisements.
UGADAWG 1978
October 11th, 2010
5:05 pm
Hey Jesus. Kansas HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Dumbass
dawgster
October 11th, 2010
5:05 pm
Gainesville Dawg..have to agree with you some although i’m not excusing it any way…it seems to me that it could have been handled differently…Everybody is going to be calling for Coach Richt to kick him off the team, but the circumstances with the speeding ticket are somewhat different than when our other player was kicked off recently for DUI and other issues…I don’t know what King was thinking, whether he forgot, or just didn’t think he would get caught…It is true these are young kids that are on their own for the first time and having the freedom to go and do as they want is a prescription for disaster…It would be a shame to kick him off, i think you have look at his whole body of work and give him credit for being a good student athelete before this incident…I’m sure there will be some idiots on here calling him a “thug” as they usually are…
will-cobb
October 11th, 2010
5:05 pm
As I always say, so far I know of no one on the 1980 National Championship team that has still not been arrested for stealing the pig back during the summer before the season. Sooner or later the Athen’s/UGA Police Department will get on top of that caper and and they will be able to add to their total arrest record. Do you really think that any other Police precinct in the SEC/ACC can touch the the record’s of Athen’s “finest”! Yea it was a dumb thing to do by Caleb, and I am sure that every coach in the SEC/ACC is pointing out to our recruits what is going on in Athens and that their is no way they should be going to UGA!
SoCal Dawg
October 11th, 2010
5:05 pm
Runner up Richt- are you sure you don’t work for Clarke county. Something similar happen with my bro a few years back… I showed up and drove the car away.
Richt walks warily down the street with the brim pulled way down low
October 11th, 2010
5:07 pm
Georgia has the one of the worst rushing offenses in the SEC (#10, only Arkansas and Tenn are worse)
Who cares if King is kicked off the team?!? UGA can’t run the damn ball as it stands now!
And you’re got a “veteran” offensive line to boot!
Richt walks warily down the street with the brim pulled way down low
October 11th, 2010
5:08 pm
you’ve got*
Shane
October 11th, 2010
5:08 pm
Good lord its a speeding ticket.
Get over it.
Jesus
October 11th, 2010
5:08 pm
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cg
October 11th, 2010
5:08 pm
At least suspend him for the rest of the season to show the team he is serious about discipline, unless Richt wants to convey the message to his players that winning at all costs is the most important thing (or trying to win). The season is gone anyway, and these arrests are an embarrassment to the university.
thebighairybeast
October 11th, 2010
5:09 pm
Yes he was stupid. Is this as big a deal as its made out to be . . . no. Is it as abad as some others . . . no. Should he be discuplined . . . yes. Suspend him one game for being stupid and move on. The only reason this is major news is because there has been so many arrests already.
And why was he not picked up before now? Simple because the police have better things to do than go looking for everyone who fails to show up at traffic court. They wait until the offender makes another mistake and then grab him.
mama always said:
October 11th, 2010
5:09 pm
CMR is between a rock and a hard place….the words “ZERO TOLERANCE” came out of his mouth and getting rid of a non producing redshirt he now has to dump the King.
What did Isiah Crowell say last week about arrest at UGA?
Big Al
October 11th, 2010
5:10 pm
It is really beginning to look like a large portion of the UGA football team members are just plain STUPID!!! Don’t know how else you can explain these things.
Shane
October 11th, 2010
5:10 pm
UGA has had over 40 arrest in the CMR era.
Double that and thats how many Florida has under Meyer. Alabama probably has as many violations but a football player hasnt been arrested in T-Town since before Bear Bryant.
Shane
October 11th, 2010
5:11 pm
Hey at least we didnt lose to Kansas.
That would be embarrassing.
Jeff
October 11th, 2010
5:11 pm
See ya later caleb…..we need a mesasage loud and clear….this is the crap that leads to 1-4……
Jeff
October 11th, 2010
5:12 pm
caleb and Ealey…..Thanks alot!!! you two really built on the Tech game…..
dawgfan
October 11th, 2010
5:12 pm
No one knows if Caleb simply forgot or just thumbed his nose at the speeding ticket. However, we do know that his older brother was driving on a suspended license, so that establishes a pattern of how the King brothers treat or respect driving laws. Apparently they don’t respect the law. Caleb didn’t respect his court date and his brother didn’t comply with the license suspension when he drove the Explorer. I don’t think CMR should have to babysit these players; this is more of a reflection of the upbringing (or lack thereof) that the King brothers receieved at home. I doubt either one is a “thug” as others are claiming but they clearly didn’t respect the laws that all of us must obey. And, I’m NOT talking about the speeding ticket (we’ve all had them I’m sure); I’m talking about the failure to appear in court which is considered contempt of court and why the arrest warrant was issued.
Order Restored
October 11th, 2010
5:13 pm
Kansas???????? Serioously?????
30-24 30-24
Suck failure nerds!
Runner up Richt
October 11th, 2010
5:14 pm
SO CAL
your an idiot. I am a huge fan of our university and tired of people making excuses for whats going on up here. Enough is enough. You have to follow the law period not make excuses for players or coaches for that matter who dont seem to care. The rug is pretty high from all the dirt swept under it from this staff.
dawgfan
October 11th, 2010
5:14 pm
This “Jesus” poster is both annoying and blasphemous IMHO. Can someone stop this jerk?
d1reality
October 11th, 2010
5:15 pm
It will be interesting to see how a starter is disciplined – whatever his harsh fate is at the hand of the “Iron Richt”, you can bet he will be suited up for the Gators.
Shane
October 11th, 2010
5:15 pm
We are talking about a 20 year old and a speeding ticket.
Duh.
AJC makes a big deal out of this stuff because they know it will get page hits and they can take those numbers back to their advertisers.
Welcome to modern day journalism.
Clean House
October 11th, 2010
5:15 pm
Some of you apologist here must be morons too……The GUY FORGOT ? yeah right…. please spare us with this garbage. This is total selfishness and irresponsibility at its best. King aint no Kid either, so please cut that crap too.
Curious George
October 11th, 2010
5:16 pm
DawgInMemphis
Reasonable. Still, I can’t help feeling like it should have been noticed and dealt with before now. I have to think the NCAA can’t be too happy about having players with outstanding warrants playing in games.
But I have to agree, the fact that it’s that type of arrest makes this seem even more blown out of proportion. Guess we’ll have to see if the strain on the program leads to harsh disciplinary action.
Henry D.
October 11th, 2010
5:16 pm
Pulled over for a tag light out? And people want to say that the Athen’s Police Dept. isn’t after these guys? And I have never heard of checking licenses for someone coming to pick up their own vehicle and
certainly never heard of someone riding with the vehicle owner having their license checked.
Caleb was wrong for not taking care of his business, but this is a hatchet job in the 1st degree.
Shane
October 11th, 2010
5:18 pm
It will be interesting to see how a starter is disciplined – whatever his harsh fate is at the hand of the “Iron Richt”, you can bet he will be suited up for the Gators.
Dude Meyer had a player who basically told his GF he was going to kill her. I think he missed 1 game.
UGA’s program is squeaky clean compared to Florida.
ugabean
October 11th, 2010
5:18 pm
King was scared to say any thing to CMR. He did not forget about the ticket.
5150 P.O.A.D
October 11th, 2010
5:19 pm
Ididn’t cuss Tim it was a crazy spelling of a phrase.
ViningsDawg
October 11th, 2010
5:19 pm
The problem here is the little things. Mark is not getting through to them, did Caleb not hear the speech where Mark said there will be no more. Caleb knew then he had a problem and he could have spoke up and probably gotten this handled. These arrests are amazing.
Shane
October 11th, 2010
5:20 pm
Pulled over for a tag light out? And people want to say that the Athen’s Police Dept. isn’t after these guys?
Exactly. You cant make this stuff up. They saw what they thought was a football player then a tag light out and Viola ! Lets make and arrest. Book em Danno.
Harry from da Burn
October 11th, 2010
5:20 pm
Only reason THUGA is better than us at football is because we have STANDARDS in our student-athletes, we don’t recruit just anybody than can play football. Caleb king had to transfer from Parkview to GACS just because he couldn’t pass the Gateway…The Gateway?? I’m pretty sure I passed that freshman year of high school. And UGA signed him immediately. That is exactly why y’all have 11 arrest this year and are 1-4 and not even going bowling this season. Atleast y’all have a decent basketball teams this year…
Runner up Richt
October 11th, 2010
5:20 pm
almost the same incident happened to me when I was younger and I got ID check. And im white so its not uncommon. Regardless you have to make the right choices and he clearly didnt. Dont think CMR has a choice here McGarity will probaly call this one and force CMR hand
Ray Barone
October 11th, 2010
5:21 pm
Is there some way we can get the children off these sites?
Henry D.
October 11th, 2010
5:21 pm
Anyone bashing anyone for driving with a suspended license without knowing the facts needs to be careful and probably need to check your DMV records. My license was suspended for 3 weeks because I got two tickets within a 2 week period. Not because I didn’t pay the fines or anything else. And the kicker was I never knew it was suspended until a year later when my employer ran a DMV check. It was suspended and re-instated and I didn’t know anything about it.
Lost Dawg
October 11th, 2010
5:22 pm
Another overblown news story. Do any of you at the AJC ever get out and pound the pavement, and get some positive stories? No. You simply sit by the AP wire and copy whatever it spits out.
Tired of everybody at the AJC blaming Richt for these MINOR traffic incidents. Do you people think he spends his every waking moment shaking these kids down about whether they have permits to drive. How many of you have teenage kids at home that you can control 100% of the time much less having to be responsible for at least 100 players. You folks are impossible.
Why don’t you folks do a real article with an interview??? Maybe someone like our freshman QB? Or Maybe Brandon Boykin who was on the cover of this weeks UGA game program??
Print something positive for a change. And if you can, try coming up with it on your own, you know like original???
MattMD
October 11th, 2010
5:22 pm
So why did they run King’s license? I understand running the owner’s license to check the vehicle registration but not a passenger. The ACC-PD are some real Barney Fife’s.
Besides I thought the state normally suspends your license for unpaid tickets, not have a judge issue a damn bench warrant.
Shane
October 11th, 2010
5:22 pm
Real question is where did the Athens Police Chief graduate.
Answer that one AJC
LMFAO
October 11th, 2010
5:22 pm
Hey UGAG! I really enjoy reading your blog everyday, as it’s always something new in crappy ole Athens. The blog reads like an arrest report. Keep up the great work and feel awesome that all the lil redneck UGA fans are looking up at your storied, crappy program in tears. THWG! GO VANDY!
UGAVIII
October 11th, 2010
5:23 pm
Hey, does this mean I might have to go through a drug screen and thorough background check in order to enter the field, your program and sit my fatt azz on a bag of ice?
Harry from da Burn
October 11th, 2010
5:23 pm
Yea WHO PULLS OVER PEOPLE WITH NO TAIL LIGHTS??? Um Cops do. God UGA fans are the stupidest group of people since the KKK.
Ace
October 11th, 2010
5:24 pm
Wonder does these things bother him ?
AU tiger
October 11th, 2010
5:24 pm
Figures its THUGA
Shane
October 11th, 2010
5:24 pm
is because we have STANDARDS in our student-athletes
Ha thats funny. Standards like Reggie Ball. or what about the Tech player that was selling dope a few years back. Or about all the games Tech forfeited because half the team was ineligible.
Please.
SoCal Dawg
October 11th, 2010
5:24 pm
Runner up Richt- Hit and run is bad, sexual assault is really bad, under age drinking is bad, stealing even if it is worth $35 is bad. Kick all those guys off the team. Unpaid ticket? If you want to throw him of for being too immature fine but not for this arrest. …and I want bother calling you an idiot, I’m sure you’re probably not.
Shane
October 11th, 2010
5:25 pm
Yea WHO PULLS OVER PEOPLE WITH NO TAIL LIGHTS???
Didnt say tail light.
Said TAG LIGHT. NEVER HEARD OF ANYONE BEING PULLED OVER FOR A FAILED TAG LIGHT
GT MAN
October 11th, 2010
5:25 pm
Order Restored
Get a clue, coz your program is through! Go Jackets, Vandy, KY jelly, UF and the almighty powerouse in FCS football. The one and only IDAHO STATE FIGHTING BENGALS! LMFAO
PTC DAWG
October 11th, 2010
5:26 pm
Yeah, he forgot to pay a ticket….when’s the killing?
5150 P.O.A.D
October 11th, 2010
5:26 pm
You have to do what the cop tells you. Have any of you fans traveled to Europe and been asked for you PAPERS?
I don’t think he should be kicked off the team, but something has to be dome for accountability for your(KING’s) actions.
Pay the ticket and NO PROBLEM. Hell I drive in the Metro ATL everyday and I speed, but I pay my fines or go to court.
Sorry but more black kids/ young men think the COPS are not to be trusted and don’t care about the Laws. Was this a case of DWB? Maybe but if he was speeding then pay the fine or fight it. King shouldn’t just think it will go away. The MAN is just trying to keep him DOWN, Right?
how2fish
October 11th, 2010
5:26 pm
Really the cops pull over his brother for a bad tail light he goes to get him and BAM busted! and yes by God we should throw him off the team after shooting him a few times. When is the last time a cop asked you for your license and you weren’t even driving?? Talk about overzealous enforcement! But by all means wreck the kids life I mean he really really deserves it.
Ace
October 11th, 2010
5:26 pm
Kids alway blame someone else for their problems or try to point at someone else doing something instead of MAN UP to the situation.
Shane
October 11th, 2010
5:27 pm
Brandon King, was pulled over in east Athens around 4 a.m. for driving without a working TAG light.
I have never ever heard of anyone getting pulled over for a broken TAG light.
Not TAIL light. TAG light.
Dawggrowl
October 11th, 2010
5:27 pm
Go Jail Dawgs…………….
Irvin Meyers
October 11th, 2010
5:27 pm
Most of this crap is not the coaches responsibility. Ask Jim Calhoun at UCONN. Where are the kids parents? I also forgot that most of you all were saints in college and never got a ticket, drank and drove (did and didnt get caught), took something from the dining hall.
Seriously, Coaches can lead the kids to the water, but they have to drink it. Beat Vandy!
congaman
October 11th, 2010
5:27 pm
I’m not a UGA fan, but wouldn’t mind either of my two daughters going there since, apparently, they do have police in the area actually committed to doing their jobs and not giving preferential treatment. He screwed up and there is a penalty- no excuses. Those of you bantering about the police are disgraceful.
The real culprits here are Caleb’s brothers- complete idiots who pimped out their brother to the highest bidder several years ago. They rode his football coat tails for a long time. He needs to kick them to the curb. Everyone in Gwinnett and who follows high school ball closely know exactly what I’m talking about.
Was wondering how long it would take until someone threw in the race card- priceless…and predictable!
David Polelock
October 11th, 2010
5:28 pm
We need a special ID card for our players so the damn cops will know they are in a lot of trouble if they so much as ask one for his id. We don’t care about how good a citizen they are just win the games.
Doggy Style
October 11th, 2010
5:29 pm
Not showing up to court for traffic violations is a very common situation. Maybe the AJC should do an investigation on how many cab drivers are guilty of this very situation.
Mel
October 11th, 2010
5:29 pm
I take issue with any kid who is arrested being allowed to still play. If you’re arrested and the charges stand (meaning unless you’re falsely accused of something), you should be kicked off the team. Otherwise, what example are we setting for our children?
Harry from da Burn
October 11th, 2010
5:29 pm
Yea name the only two guys you know who did something bad. Yea we had one guy who was trafficking a crap ton of marijuana. What did Reggie do? And we didn’t have to vacate any wins buddy, we got it back. UGA has no standards in players, its obvious, look at the 80 arrest this past decade. I’m not even mentioning Damon evans.
Shane
October 11th, 2010
5:30 pm
If alot of these players were white you wouldn’t be hearing as much about this either.
There is a racist undertone at work here.
Hopefully King will avoid death row for a speeding ticket.
Red face Dawg
October 11th, 2010
5:30 pm
Shane, its not just a speeding ticket anymore. It would have been just a speeding ticket if he had paid it, but now its a failure to appear. He is saying , in other words, screw you, I don’t have to deal with this because of who I am. Another case of a lack of character. He should go and take MR with him. UGA has a serious problem, and they are an embarrassment to the state.
Helsing
October 11th, 2010
5:30 pm
You idiots should really stop with the thug comments. This hardly fits the definition.
Ace
October 11th, 2010
5:30 pm
This kind of press is priceless, where’s Paris? She could learn something here at UGA.
Einsteindawg
October 11th, 2010
5:31 pm
The bigger joke is the Walton County Sheriff’s Dept, especially Joe (Barney Fife) Chapman. Having a two month old bench warrent and not knowing where to find Caleb King…sounds like Joe’s from Alabama. And, I’d dismiss King from the team, as he knew the rules.
Lost Dawg
October 11th, 2010
5:32 pm
Layinlow, King was at the game saturday, I saw him in person. If the warrant was already issued why not arrest him last week sometime?
Look in mirror
October 11th, 2010
5:32 pm
You people are brutal. Kick him off the team for not paying a ticket. Was drugs or alcohol involved? Get a ticket in Aug and a court date several months later is so easy to forget. So quick to point out someone other than your self shortcomings etc. Those of you that work how many times do you arrive late, leave early, long lunches without making up the time? So if your caught should you be fired for breaking company policy? That’s okay cause it you right. Run wind sprint, pick up thrash, work in the chow hall but don’t kick the young man off the team, what example would that be setting?
ow
5150 P.O.A.D
October 11th, 2010
5:32 pm
HowtoFish when you are on the lake to the Lake Cops make sure their are life jackets for all the people in the boat? Do they check if anybody is drinking and/or BUI? I think they do.
Mike
October 11th, 2010
5:33 pm
Traffic violations are more or less “normal” to most people.
Kick King OFF!
mama always said:
October 11th, 2010
5:33 pm
doggystyle….
How many cab drivers are on television every saturday and drive their cabs in front of 80,000 people?
WTF????
October 11th, 2010
5:33 pm
Just my opinion but Harry from da Burn is an absolute imbecile. What is amazing is that he/she actually has the ability to type. Trailer trash.
Red face Dawg
October 11th, 2010
5:33 pm
Shane, I can’t believe you would play the race card.
Chris
October 11th, 2010
5:34 pm
Not a UGA fan at all but we’re talking about a speeding ticket?? And the fact his brother was pulled over for this…”King was arrested by Athens-Clarke County Police after his brother, Brandon King, was pulled over for driving without a working tag light early Monday morning in east Athens.” WOW! First, that is surprising that someone would actually get pulled over for that and two, isn’t that just a minor traffic violation? Why would they run a check on the passenger?? These cops were looking for this. Arrests are never good, but this is a joke.
Carolina Dawg
October 11th, 2010
5:35 pm
Caleb had to show his license because B Wood had to drive his own car home and Caleb had to drive the car they came in. Caleb’s brother obviously was going to jail. Officers have to check to see if everyone taking a car from the scene is able to drive and properly licensed so they were just doing their jots. the problem is arrest warrant from Walton County. if you have teenagers, you know this stuff happens. happened to me in Macon growing up. Judge called my dad and we went and paid it. Now I know better. Seems like Walton County judge or clerk of court should make a courtesy call to UGA to give them heads up on the need to pay the ticket. As a judge told my son in college last year, “I’m not trying to ruin your life son, I’m here along with parents trying to help you straighten your life out”. The punishment has got to fit the crime and in this case, Caleb should get scorched with a big ticket and fine and thenrun steps till his tail falls off. I also don’t know what the team rules are. He might be in big trouble with CMR for not telling him about the ticket in the first place, so that could be a violation of team rules and a big problem. Anyway, hate to see an example made of Caleb for a simple speeding ticket.
annierooneydawgfan
October 11th, 2010
5:35 pm
Give me a break…kick this kid off the team for this…that is ridiculious! My husband forgot to pay a ticket back in 1979. We were in process of moving and he just forgot about it. Yes, they issued an arrest warrant, but all he had to do was show up in court, pay the fine and that was the end of it. He didn’t lose his job, I didn’t kick him out, no big deal…and he was and is a white collar worker. Kids will be kids and have so much going on. Were any of you that are spouting off “kick him off the team” ever young and “forget” to do something important!!!! Only God is perfect!
Ace
October 11th, 2010
5:35 pm
I’m telling ya’ll its ok with me if its ok with the coach, and he must like this kind of stuff because he has not stopped it.
The Bag Man
October 11th, 2010
5:36 pm
UGA has taken a commanding lead in their effort to repeat as Fulmer Cup Champions. Keep up the good work team!
mama always said:
October 11th, 2010
5:36 pm
The next time some State Trooper pulls you over and writes you a ticket, do not pay it , do not show up for court and see what happens to you. By not paying the fine, showing up for court is disrespectful to the courts, the university, to his teammates, and the coaching staff and is directly a reflection of how much the team disrespects CMR.
Golden Rules!
October 11th, 2010
5:36 pm
Man….it is like that movie Goundhog Day. Same old – same old with you mutts.
Hutson Mason
October 11th, 2010
5:36 pm
Don’t kick him off the team. Kick Murray off. I want to play!
5150 P.O.A.D
October 11th, 2010
5:36 pm
AT 3 am see how many cops don’t check all people in the car for ID to run a warrant check? Do you people not watch COPS on TV?
To Ace:
October 11th, 2010
5:38 pm
What would you suggest CMR do to stop all of this?
Matter of fact, I present this question to everyone. If you were Richt, how would you remedy this situation?
Ace
October 11th, 2010
5:38 pm
Please tell me this won’t stop, I knew UGA was in decline but this freefall to the bottom is golden.
Paul in RDU
October 11th, 2010
5:38 pm
Caleb isn’t a thug but he doesn’t seem to be the sharpest student at UGA. He’s not a kid – he’ll be 23 in January.
AltamahaDawg @4:58 makes a good point – doesn’t Caleb King have a mentor/parent who could have walked him through taking care of his ticket or did King just not care? I’m not going to throw stones at CK – I’ve had to take my 18 year old to traffic court myself
Fan-attic
October 11th, 2010
5:38 pm
Just another day in the Bulldog Nation! Georgia needs to change their recruiting priorities from number of stars to evidence of character.
KimZ'sPackage
October 11th, 2010
5:39 pm
Can UGA get the Tiffany Crystal HandCuffs 2 years in a row? Richt wake-up.
Ace
October 11th, 2010
5:39 pm
I would ask my players “Does anyone have any legal problems” If they said yes, I would deal with the problems, if they lie I would suspend them, if I didn’t care I would go to the tanning bed.
UGA FANS=LOW CLASS TRAILER PARK LOSERS
October 11th, 2010
5:40 pm
Says it all
pbj
October 11th, 2010
5:41 pm
DawgInMemphis And all the other national media that picked this up- they are all in the conspiracy against Ga? They are all a joke for reporting the arrest of your team players??? No you are the real joke here pal- that’s YOU. You want to win so bad that you don’t care about the disregard of the players for the law and breaking the rules. 2-4 with 11 arrests since the Spring- is there a problem at Ga- ABSOLUTELY!!! And the expressions on this blog such as yours only continue to add to the embarrassment that the program at Ga has become.
Ace
October 11th, 2010
5:42 pm
Oh yea if I was the coach, I might have forgotten to ask but after a few arrest I might remember.
The coach’s job is to deal with it, no me.
KimZ'sPackage
October 11th, 2010
5:42 pm
To ACE
I would have a meeting. Have the Position Coaches take a more active roll in the players lives. Like We told their parents when we recruited the players. Mom and dad would be called and told that thier child needs to be picked up from the UGA campus and find other opportunities for thier futures.
ugapuppy
October 11th, 2010
5:42 pm
guys you all are worried about the wrong thing…could somebody arrest Bobo for being a jacka….my inside information told me Bobo jumped in one of the player face today…
Harry from da Burn
October 11th, 2010
5:43 pm
Of course the Cops have to check the background and record of anyone they pull over….Is this a joke? You all cannot be this stupid…
KimZ'sPackage
October 11th, 2010
5:43 pm
#1 has been done plus an added Zero Tolerance Policy.
Runner up Richt
October 11th, 2010
5:43 pm
SO CAL APPARENTLY YOU CANT READ IDIOT
I said Mcgarity will probaly force CMR s hand to kick him off. I never wrote I wanted him off. Read before commenting
To Ace:
October 11th, 2010
5:44 pm
I liked the tanning bed remark.
Fat Dog
October 11th, 2010
5:44 pm
King is about as dumb as AJC sportwriters. ie real dumb!!!!
mama always said:
October 11th, 2010
5:44 pm
Athens Clark County Jail keeps a reserve jail for UGA football players.
Ace
October 11th, 2010
5:45 pm
There is a system to deal with the legal problems, and yes it is a minor problem, but to hear the rationalizions is worth say $10 and a six of country club.
anonymous
October 11th, 2010
5:45 pm
this wouldn’t be as big of a deal if there wasn’t 10 other arrests before his…this one is sooo not a big deal. get over it.
KimZ'sPackage
October 11th, 2010
5:45 pm
Harry do want the Illegals living in the US burning through our TAX money? At 3am I would have to check all the IDs in the car for My protection. If you think that is wrong then please become a COP and then run your mouth.
big deal
October 11th, 2010
5:46 pm
Florida player arrested for STALKING, 2 games suspension.
TN player arrested for beating undercover cop, no suspension.
Ga player unpaid speeding ticket, suspend for the year? Some of you bloggers are just stupid.
Get a life. . . this is not thug behavior.
db
October 11th, 2010
5:46 pm
I don’t think he will be kicked off the team. Probably a 1 game suspension. The sad thing is, and this is not just at UGa but everywhere, there are two sets of rules. One set for the non-stars and one set for the stars. Unfair.
ugafan
October 11th, 2010
5:46 pm
Hey ugapuppy I heard the same from a player. I heard it was Bruce Figgens. From my understanding Bobo don’t care for the kid. It’s Figgins not Figgens
Paddy
October 11th, 2010
5:46 pm
King family should go to drivers ed class. Caleb reckless driving charge and his brother with a suspended license.. Dumber than a sack of hamers!!!
GaDawg
October 11th, 2010
5:47 pm
he couldn’t pay the fine ’cause he does not have time to work and he can’t sell his jersey ’cause that will result in a 4 game suspension.
mama always said:
October 11th, 2010
5:47 pm
keep jumping in their faces, up there tails, on their heads, make some examples out of this undisciplined bunch and maybe oh maybe we might see some changes in attitude, tone and smarts.
Kel
October 11th, 2010
5:47 pm
Richt has plenty of cash with the million dollars he made for those 4 losses to bail players out of jail.
Say what mirror?
October 11th, 2010
5:47 pm
What??? You work for a company that wouldn’t fire you for long lunches, coming in late, and leaving early???! I would fully expect to be in serious trouble, firing or suspension would not surprise me in that situation. Not to mention, yes being arrested for showing the poor judgment to not show up in court may cost my job because they may no longer trust my judgment. Also, everyone whining that the cop made CK give his license, it was because he said he was going to DRIVE the car his brother was arrested in, not because he was a bystander! Had the cop not checked, CK was about to commit another crime by driving on a suspended license. Where would you be then?
sandman053
October 11th, 2010
5:47 pm
@ Shane The tag light is in the books under Title 40 of the Georgia Code… Section 8 about equipment. Anyway, most folks use it to simply pull over a car (this occurred at 4AM-ish in the morning) to see if someone was drinking or up to other tomfooolery. Yes it is a pretextual stop and it is entirely legal. Now after the pretextual stop, the driver had a suspended license. So this person is going to jail, but instead of imposing a wrecker fee on top of the fine for suspended license this cop lets him call the owner of the vehicle.
Once that owner gets there (still all at prior to 5AM) the cop runs a check on those folks as well. Again standard procedure.
Now as to the seriousness of this crime? It was a speeding ticket and it is possible to forget. Heck I just remembered I have an Athens parking ticket to pay this week. And I happen to be 40 years old. Just let the boy run every step in Sanford Stadium and sit him for one game and be done with it.
WTF????
October 11th, 2010
5:48 pm
Alabama 33, Aubarn 17. Questions???
Harry from da Burn
October 11th, 2010
5:48 pm
hey Kim im calling the UGA fans idiots that are saying cops shouldn’t check IDs every traffic stop. Get back behind the register loser.
big deal
October 11th, 2010
5:48 pm
not thug behavior, get over it
Paddy
October 11th, 2010
5:48 pm
doggie style…cab drivers don’t get on tv, thus no media coverage. You should know that!
Its simple
October 11th, 2010
5:48 pm
I don’t know why Mark Richt is mum for, its simple kick the THUG off the team now!!
Red face Dawg
October 11th, 2010
5:48 pm
When a program has more arrests than wins in a year, its time for a shake up.
mama always said:
October 11th, 2010
5:48 pm
Why all the empty seats this past weekend for a game against TENNESSEE? There was SRO in the Athens Clarke County Jail with UGA athletes.
munsondawg
October 11th, 2010
5:49 pm
He WILLINGLY AND KNOWINGLY avoided a court date. Forgetting is not an excuse. He is an adult. I, as a season ticket holder, am tired of “stupid” mistakes by Georgia players. Take your crap Caleb and LEAVE………….
big deal
October 11th, 2010
5:50 pm
Hey its simple-
Yeah, its simple, you are an idiot
Big L
October 11th, 2010
5:50 pm
since when does not paying a speeding ticket make a person a thug? Y’all are a bunch of morons. Punish him hard for being stupid. But he ain’t a violent thug. Hell, the fact that he enrolled at the age of 17 at UGA tells me he is smart. But just like a Techtard, BOOK smarts don’t take in account common sense. Punish him. But he’s the type that will get something from it.
mama always said:
October 11th, 2010
5:50 pm
Ignorance of the law shall not be tolerated…..by Buford T. Justice….
insideralltheway
October 11th, 2010
5:51 pm
very strange….I’ve never seen King speeding on the football field…….
db
October 11th, 2010
5:51 pm
I bet CK is much more unhappier about fumbling that ball late in the Colorado game now. If he had of scored and UGa won, his sentence may have gone lighter.
browndog
October 11th, 2010
5:52 pm
CK made a mistake, but not the type of mistake that should warrant extreme punishment. CMR will research the facts and make the appropriate, and informed, decision.
big deal
October 11th, 2010
5:52 pm
db, learn english.
baddog
October 11th, 2010
5:53 pm
Hey Big L, what does the L stand for?
Loser?
sandman053
October 11th, 2010
5:53 pm
@ insideeralltheway… that was hilarious about King never speeding on the field. I almost had beverage come out of my nose. thanks!
@ mama always said…Best movie ever!!!!
db
October 11th, 2010
5:53 pm
It’s Ingrish big dealDO.
mama always said:
October 11th, 2010
5:54 pm
Does anyone think that Isiah Crowell’s parents want him being associated with Washun Ealey( hitting parked cars, leaving the scene of an accident) or Caleb King..failure to appear in court?
I think not!
Its simple
October 11th, 2010
5:54 pm
big deal you dumba$$ shut the f up
big deal
October 11th, 2010
5:54 pm
its simple – you are still stupid
Surprised
October 11th, 2010
5:54 pm
Here’s the bottom line:
When I view old footage of college football players receiving awards, I see young men, in business suits, with decent haircuts, who speak the english language eloquently. The NFL needs to start a minor league system for these idiot thugs that are too stupid to be in school. This is embarrassing!
Richt walks warily down the street with the brim pulled way down low
October 11th, 2010
5:55 pm
seriously does it matter one iota? UGA is 2-4 (1-3 SEC)
South Carolina, Arkansas, and Auburn have passed you. Miss State is on the verge of passing you. Florida already owns you. LSU and Bama are already miles infront of you.
UGA is insignificant in the grand scheme of things in the SEC. Whether of not King gets kicked off of the team DOES NOT MATTER
big deal
October 11th, 2010
5:56 pm
some of you Tech fans should be ashamed. excellent school but no common sense.
kick king off b/c of a speeding ticket. your ex-coach lied on his resume, so you STFU.
Bulldog Nation
October 11th, 2010
5:57 pm
It’s a national disgrace.
Hobnail Boot
October 11th, 2010
5:57 pm
I am so sick of reading this crap about our players. It has to stop somewhere.
munsondawg
October 11th, 2010
5:57 pm
This isn’t the first run in w/ the law for Caleb. He’s been arrested before. Enough is enough.
Dawgpaw
October 11th, 2010
5:57 pm
You overzealous, pompous buttheads. Get on with your pathetic existence and move on. The kid made a mistake. Bad boy, ……… now go play some football. Must be a slow day in the Athens police department for a tag light being out, and a slow news day at the AJC for this report. Go Dawgs. And have a nice day.
Its simple
October 11th, 2010
5:57 pm
big deal-the only thing that isn’t big is your brain you retard
Bling and blang
October 11th, 2010
5:58 pm
Too bad brotha AJ couldnt help out with the fine .AJ shouldve sold his ear bling to help a brotha out….
mama always said:
October 11th, 2010
5:58 pm
When a player has more tattoos, piercings, fake grills than he has tackles or yards gained, you have a major problem…..
C.King was this highly sought after player who has done NOTHING while at UGA and if anyone thinks his dismissal will greatly missed is just in need of some strong medication.
Que?
October 11th, 2010
5:58 pm
Big Deal (aka Jethro Bodean) – What year did you graduate, from the 6th grade? Let me guess, not from not is double not?
Hobnail Boot
October 11th, 2010
6:00 pm
Have the coaches lost touch with the team? I manage sevral folks in the real world and I am not a micro manager. I do howerer know what goes on and watch the direction we are going. If I don’t like what I see I advise others how to drive the ship.
big deal
October 11th, 2010
6:00 pm
simple, who are you a fan of? Tech? Florida? Did you even attend college?
Use your brain. You don’t kick a kid off a team for this. Sure, suspend him for a game.
Why don’t you comment on the Vols? Beat up a cop and no suspension? Stalking by Florida player gets two games?? Be reasonable.
mama always said:
October 11th, 2010
6:00 pm
Spend more time in the weigh room or running the steps in stadium than you do behind the wheel of an automobile would be the last words CMR should say to C.King.
Its simple
October 11th, 2010
6:00 pm
Everybody please excuse big deal, he only cares about winning and this is why georgia can’t become a better program because of fans like this. Caleb King has been arrested before and its time for him to go, don’t let the door hit him on the way out and big deal since you like him so much you can follow his azz too
big deal
October 11th, 2010
6:01 pm
“much more unhappier” is grammatically incorrect.
mama always said:
October 11th, 2010
6:01 pm
Then tell him that you will help him transfer to GEORGIA State……
BoWeevil
October 11th, 2010
6:01 pm
You left out that he has not done a
DAMN THING
since coming on MY campus, except to get
ARRESTED.
That and telling Ken Malcome that being a Tailback at UGA is a “GRIND.”
B.S. Coach Richt
Ex Bulldog fax
October 11th, 2010
6:02 pm
The Vanderbilt game will be played at the Athens-Clarke county detention center.
Its simple
October 11th, 2010
6:02 pm
Big Deal you dummy this is not his first time being arrested, what do you not understand? Zero Policy for everyone
big deal
October 11th, 2010
6:02 pm
que? since you can’t figure it out, I spelled it out for you.
6th grade? funny. I have my undergrad degree from UGA and post-grad from UF.
BoWeevil
October 11th, 2010
6:03 pm
big deal
11
big deal
October 11th, 2010
6:03 pm
simple. I understand. please answer my question about the TN and FL players though.
Big L
October 11th, 2010
6:04 pm
Baddog. U just keep talkin that junk thru the computer. But if u need to know, I’ll introduce u to Mr L.
Top Recruit
October 11th, 2010
6:04 pm
You have a bad ankle for a few games. Banged up. Not seeing much PT. You fumble. Your QB has more rushing yards. You do not know how to ride a little scooter. Suspended license. The president of the University has said this behavior has to stop. Your peers have been arrested and dismissed. Your coaches have given you talks and a grace period to come clean.
Athens…home of the clueless. How can you expect anyone to play with any kind of production when they can not manage their own life. Did these guys think they have a life time of entitlements.
If I’m coach I cut you. Ramp up my recruiter. Start punishing the whole team for another’s transgressions. I want the team to start controlling itself.
Makes you wonder if their moms don’t have to come to the game and dress them. Damn grow up! Take responsibility for yourself. The mindset you see off the field does not end when they cross the line and the whistle blows. It stays!
big deal
October 11th, 2010
6:04 pm
I am just tired of hearing “thug”. Mett’s arrest was bad, I agree. Some of these others are kids being
stupid.
Andy in Blairsville
October 11th, 2010
6:04 pm
Only thugs and deadbeats fail to appear in court.
While nearly every person on this blog has had a speeding ticket, how many have ever had a bench warrant issued by a judge for failure to appear in front of a judge?
Exactly.
Its simple
October 11th, 2010
6:05 pm
Here is your answer big deal 11 arrests in 4 months. ZERO POLICY
dawgfan13
October 11th, 2010
6:05 pm
I think the biggest problem here is that fact these players are full aware of whats going on with this program and what happened in repantygate! It seems like they would do any and everything to stay out of trouble, including going to court for court dates. The fact that Caleb forgot is even more damming! These players have to know that Georgia is under a lot of scrutiny from the media both nationally as well as local as well as the University and for Caleb to forget his court date or just not show up is, i hate to say this, is inexcusable. These players have no regard for the University or the coaches. AJ Green knew what he was doing when he sold that jersey, but he didnt care Caleb knew, he didnt care, Ealy knew after being warned by the coaches, he didnt care. What a SHAME!
StraightJacket
October 11th, 2010
6:05 pm
New Musical Jingle for the Mark Ricked Show!
To the tune of “The Beverly Hillbillies”:
Come and listen to my story ‘bout a Coach we hail,
leads a bunch of mutts; but caint keep ‘em out-of-jail,
and then one day, he was readin’ on the blotter,
… and in walks Damon with somebody’s daughter.
Swerving Bimmer. Red Panties.
Well the first thing ya know, Coach Ricked’s a Marked Man.
Some loyal mutts said “Now, ****’* hit the FAN!
But the players all said “He’ll beat our rap slate”,
‘Cause we got a game ‘gainst Mississippi State!”
Starkville, that is. VCR rental stores; Retired Wal-Mart greeters. …..
The Mark Ricked Show!!!!
Great entertainment!
I say give Mark Ricked a Paul Hewitt “everGREEN 7 year roll-over contract”. We need the humor during these tough economic times.
BoWeevil
October 11th, 2010
6:06 pm
Dawgpaw,
No sir, this is the not going to end with another array of
EXCUSES
from you.
11 arrests since March 7, 2010.
This is October 11
mama always said:
October 11th, 2010
6:06 pm
“Son, did you come here to play football or to go to school?” “Son, if you are going to play football here you need to stay out of jail, go to class, and make a passing grade”
big deal
October 11th, 2010
6:07 pm
Simple – understand. I am with you. 4 guys have been kicked off the team. You just don’t do that for
a minor deal like this. Just my opinion. We just disagree.
SICK AND TIRED
October 11th, 2010
6:07 pm
MARK RICHT PLEASE KICK THIS THUG KING OFF THE TEAM TODAY
SeoulDawg
October 11th, 2010
6:07 pm
He probably fumbled the ticket and didn’t recover it, thus the reason he didn’t know his court date.
big deal
October 11th, 2010
6:08 pm
now that was funny, Seol
Tron5000
October 11th, 2010
6:08 pm
First of all, Caleb King is a moron for not paying his ticket. I’m sure dude could’ve come up with $380 to avoid a bench warrant. And he’s even dumber for putting himself around police knowing that he had an unpaid ticket, which usually leads to a bench warrant. But I wonder what led to the cops checking his license. If they asked for mine in such a situation, I would wonder why if I was not the one being pulled over or accused of the crime. Did he run his mouth or something to entice the cops to ask for his license, or was it just because he happened to be there?
Harry from da Burn
October 11th, 2010
6:09 pm
Hey big deal, yea we had a coach lie on our resume. BUT YOUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR WAS ARRESTED FOR DUI WITH A GIRL THAT EVERYONE KNOWS HE WAS HITTING THAT!!!
BoWeevil
October 11th, 2010
6:09 pm
dawgfan13,
Coach Richt’s recruits feel entitled.
The quicker you learn that, the better it will be.
Then, you can move on to what to do about entitled recruits of Coach Richt.
FORGIVEN.
This is the key word in Coach Richt’s vocabulary.
Its simple
October 11th, 2010
6:09 pm
Big Deal I understand your point but at some point you will have to agree enough is enough. We are the laughing stock of the SEC right now because of this and this guy couldn’t pay a speeding ticket or go to court?
Andy in Blairsville
October 11th, 2010
6:09 pm
Getting a speeding ticket is no big deal.
Getting a speeding ticket, not paying the fine and being issued a warrant by a judge to have your ass arrested because you didn’t appear in court is a BIG DEAL.
mama always said:
October 11th, 2010
6:10 pm
Does anyone think that Dr. Adams has not already called for a meeting with the powers to be in Athens over the empty seats at Saturdays game and the arrest of the starting tailback less than 48 hours later?
This is a business and only a business and when your business is making the headlines for the wrong reason over and over again…Houston we have a problem!
BoWeevil
October 11th, 2010
6:11 pm
Tron5000,
Sir, it is 4 am.
What do you expect the Police to do ?
Andy in Blairsville
October 11th, 2010
6:11 pm
Dr. Adams knows the best HC they can get is Mark Richt. Richt is going to be sucking SEC ass for many more seasons to come.
melanienougafan
October 11th, 2010
6:11 pm
When are you people going to get enough of this? How many more players are going to get arrested before you wake up & say this is it!!! You need to start fining these thugs you have for players & make them accountable for their actions…if they think they are untouchable they will continue to behave like little spoiled brats & think they can get out of jail pass just in time to play ball. The SEC & the NCAA need to put fines on the players & the administration for allowing this to happen. This football administration has got to get a grip on this team before they are left with the water boy. I would be embarrassed & would not support them if this were my team, but if this were my team it would be all over national news & my team would be disqualified for years for scholarships, playing rights on TV & you would never see them again on campus because they would be GONE!! You have to put the blame on the team, the coaching, & the young men for screwing up. Coach Richt was taught by the best, Bobby Bowden on how to handle thugs; Bowden was notorious on his den of thugs for years in Florida & it has continued here in Georgia…..what an embarrassment to football. They show no respect for their team, their school & themselves.
mama always said:
October 11th, 2010
6:12 pm
Anything going on after midnight is always trouble!…especially if you are an athlete!
state patrol
October 11th, 2010
6:12 pm
We stop people with tag lights out because people who steal cars take the lights out to try and get by the law.
UGA Fans need too standup
October 11th, 2010
6:12 pm
Fans like BIG DEAL need to be kicked out the door along with them thugs
Billy Jack....@ big deal
October 11th, 2010
6:13 pm
it was a misdemeanor…it is indeed NO BIG deal……he probably didn’t have the $$$ to pay the fine…he panicked and didn’t show up for the court date…it’s not like he assualted someone or stole from someone…if he had borrowed $300 from someone and mailed a money order to Walton Co. he’d have been in the clear….he does NOT deserve to be kicked off the team….
big deal
October 11th, 2010
6:13 pm
Andy and Simple-
Guys, I am a dawg fan and mad about arrests also. I just don’t agree with suspending him for the rest of the year or worse kicking him off the team. Yes, 1-2 games and run the shtt out of him. Do you guys think it will make a difference at this point either way?
mama always said:
October 11th, 2010
6:13 pm
Caleb was in “STEALTH MODE”
BoWeevil
October 11th, 2010
6:14 pm
big deal
No, sir, you just don’t get it.
11 arrests since 7 March.
11.
# 2 for Caleb King.
He who has not felt good on game days.
Coach, I don’t feel good.
# 1 football player in the state of Georgia 2006.
Came here in 2007
Now, you tell me what the frig Caleb King has done beside be arrested and arrested and feign injury and tell Ken Malcome that being RB at Georgia is a “GRIND”
You go ahead and give me your EXCUSES
for this entitiled Coach Richt recruit here on MY campus ?
I’ll wait.
Tangram
October 11th, 2010
6:14 pm
The fact that Richt has been silent all day means that he will not do anything about King. Yes, maybe – just maybe – he’ll suspend King for one game (Vanderbilt – big freaking deal), but that’s nothing.
As usual with his players, Richt will stick his head in the sand and do nothing but pontificate.
King should have already been dismissed and sent home.
Dorsey Hill
October 11th, 2010
6:14 pm
Didn’t Rennie Curran have the exact same issue and have no consequences? I don’t recall any outcry then. Nor was one necessary. This has to be the biggest tempest in a teapots I’ve ever seen. The team we just played left an off duty cop bleeding on a sidewalk and nobody missed a game, but we’re supposed to kick guys off for unpaid traffic tickets?
james
October 11th, 2010
6:14 pm
THIS DOES HAPPEN AT ALABAMA, THEY JUST DISMISS THE KIDS AS MEDICAL RELEASES
Allan Iverson
October 11th, 2010
6:14 pm
We’re not talking about a busted tail light, we’re talking about a tag light.
A tag light people…….(repeat several times)
big deal
October 11th, 2010
6:15 pm
boy, i sure wish in our society “thugs” were people that just didn’t pay a speeding ticket. some of you live in very utopian worlds. wish i were there.
BoWeevil
October 11th, 2010
6:15 pm
I am Tired of all this
FORGIVENESS
do-dah do-dah
October 11th, 2010
6:15 pm
big deal
October 11th, 2010
6:01 pm
“much more unhappier” is grammatically incorrect.
Except in the state of Ga.
dawgfan13
October 11th, 2010
6:15 pm
I think Thuggg is a very strong word you guys are using, but I am not making light of the situation, but because there have been so many issues with this team I am not sure what to do with this guys. As a Ga fan I am sad abiout this because I see this program sinking fast! Nuthing good has happened this year.
Billy Jack....@ james
October 11th, 2010
6:16 pm
At Alabama the cops look the other…anyone that doesn’t know that are kidding themselves…..
UGA Fans need too standup
October 11th, 2010
6:16 pm
Big Deal it will send a message to the players that they can keep getting a slap on the wrist, no more 1-2 games suspensions and running after practice crap kick the guy off the team
DawginLax
October 11th, 2010
6:16 pm
Rennie Curran was a pure thug. Glad to see the punk gone from here.
Andy in Blairsville
October 11th, 2010
6:16 pm
After 11pm something like 1 out of 4 cars on the road is being driven by a drunk, so what do you expect po-dunk college town cops to be doing? They are looking for probable cause to pull a car over whether that pc is swerving or a light out. Once they have you pulled over they have a 1 in 4 chance you being a $1000++ cash cow after it’s all said and done. Not that you should be drinking and driving, but it’s way more lucrative then writing parking tickets.
Tron5000
October 11th, 2010
6:16 pm
BoWeevil, if he wasn’t suspected of breaking a law, I wouldn’t understand why the police would have any reason to run his license for outstanding warrants. Then again, police in Georgia look for any reason to add a warm body to the local jail. But I just wonder if he did something to provoke the officers or if they were just shaking him down for nothing.
big deal
October 11th, 2010
6:17 pm
do-dah do-dah
yes, but perhaps anywhere in the south!
We Run This State's Prisons
October 11th, 2010
6:17 pm
All y’all stop calling me Cagedup King…I’z resembles them remarks!
dawg mom
October 11th, 2010
6:17 pm
Do not stoop so low as to try to bring in other schools and point fingers while we are in such dire straits at UGA. We need to straighten out our own house…that is no class to point fingers at UF and UA , and others.
The Time is Now
October 11th, 2010
6:17 pm
Mark Richt needs too kick this guy along with the rest of his THUGS off the team
BoWeevil
October 11th, 2010
6:18 pm
I would have sent
CALEB KING home for good
in the Spring for telling Ken Malcome that being TB at UGA is a
“GRIND”
to Caleb King.
BoWeevil
October 11th, 2010
6:19 pm
dawg mom,
EXACTLY
ray
October 11th, 2010
6:19 pm
all this drama over a speeding ticket ?
Sick and Tired
October 11th, 2010
6:19 pm
For all you fans saying he shouldn’t be kicked off the team, this is not his first arrest and no more kid games kick this thug off now
WTF????
October 11th, 2010
6:20 pm
These thugs are not kids so please stop it. Would you call an 18-year-old guy who goes to Iraq and is engaged in combat a kid? Didn’t think so. He would be called a man because he is doing the work of a man. How is that any different in college life? You leave home and start out on your own. You are a kid no longer. Please stop this ‘kid’ $#!+.
Andy in Blairsville
October 11th, 2010
6:20 pm
All this drama is over a warrant for his ARREST!
SoCal Dawg
October 11th, 2010
6:21 pm
Runner up Richt- “…and I want bother calling you an idiot, I’m sure you’re probably not.” I am sorry I was wrong… YOU ARE AN IDIOT. My point is if this was the first arrest for the dawgs this would be nothing.
Andy in Blairsville
October 11th, 2010
6:21 pm
Sounds like the NCAA needs to investigate how he managed to get out of HS and into college….
state patrol
October 11th, 2010
6:22 pm
A I tag lights out is a required stop for reasons I mentioned earlier
BoWeevil
October 11th, 2010
6:23 pm
Tron5000,
Let me make sure I have this straight, ok ?
It’s 4 am.
You pull a guy over and he has to call the owner of the vehicle to the site or the car will be towed, under law.
Caleb King rushes up there.
And, you think the Police should what ?
Just let the “owner” and Caleb King drive away ?
No questions asked.
Now, I realize that I was in the Top 5 % of my University of Georgia Graduating Class, and that I didn’t come in here to poke fun at anyone; but,
Good Lord Son.
NCAA INVESTIGATION
October 11th, 2010
6:23 pm
If North Carolina can kick their thugs off the team then Georgia can too, Tired of Excuses
WTF????
October 11th, 2010
6:24 pm
Now if you want to see a real college ‘kid’ who cannot grasp the English language, all you need to do is listen to an interview with GT’s Nesbitt. Ebonics all the way. Dumb as a fence post. Amazing!!
JT
October 11th, 2010
6:24 pm
How can the drivers license course or test not include these infraction items and what actions you should do when you are in these situations? Coach Richt is not a drivers license instructor. A 22 year old should know after possibly 6 years of having licenses what to do. If not he should have asked the arresting officer. Wierd to blame anyone except himself. King had to be clueless to show up at the police department to drive a car home knowing he had this situation to deal with. Either he is obnoxious, or cluless or just plain did not know.
BoWeevil
October 11th, 2010
6:24 pm
Andy in Blairsville,
Uh, no.
11 arrests since March 7
dawgsfan
October 11th, 2010
6:24 pm
I know for a fact that Caleb did what he was supposed to do – he let his coaches know about it and they said it would be taken care of. He trusted them and this is what happened. This is not a thug, this is not someone who thought he could get away with not paying, this is someone who trusted his coach/staff’s directions to him.
McDawg
October 11th, 2010
6:24 pm
Thugs yeah right-tough thugs getting speeding tickets -crucify him
Andy in Blairsville
October 11th, 2010
6:25 pm
Cops pull on people with flat tires all day long and run their plates and DL’s. This guy wasn’t singled out just because he looked like a thug at 4am.
do-dah do-dah
October 11th, 2010
6:25 pm
“Son, you got a panty on your head.”
crabapplejoe
October 11th, 2010
6:25 pm
It is mindboggling to me that someone in the Winder police department or court system didn’t pick up the phone and call someone in the UGA athletic department….and say “hey, isn’t Caleb King one of your RBs….well now, he’s got an outstanding warrant and I think somebody needs to clear this up”. Unbelievable…and you know most of them are “big” Georgia fans.
Ricky 4
October 11th, 2010
6:26 pm
Kick him off!! I have no more tolerance for this crap!!
BoWeevil
October 11th, 2010
6:26 pm
JT
Agreed.
Now, Coach Richt has had 129 arrests in 10 years here at UGA.
54 since February 2007 according to David Hale of http://www.macon.com Bulldog blog.
Now, JT, I ask you sir ?
At what point does it
BECOME
COACH
RICHT’S
PROBLEM ?
LawDawg
October 11th, 2010
6:26 pm
After working for a D.A., I learned that tens, if hundreds, of bench warrants are issued everyday for people that don’t show up to court. Very few of the people that miss their court dates do so because they are dodging the law. The bench warrant is nothing more than a court order that says that this person needs to be brought before the judge to go through the arraignment process. There is no criminal punishment for failing to miss a court date and there is no added fine for having to be hauled in via the police. All in all, missing a court date is a no-no, but by no means is it the end of the world. In my opinion, it is nothing like stealing, D.U.I. or even selling collegiate paraphernalia in clear violation of NCAA rules. You can’t do these things “accidentally” like you can miss a meeting.
BoWeevil
October 11th, 2010
6:27 pm
Ricky4,
I am with you.
Dawgs Friend
October 11th, 2010
6:27 pm
I feel badly for this young man because the news of his mistake (although not an overwhelming one) comes at the worse time possible for him given the recent announcement of the zero tolerance policy. Also, I know this is a tough situation for Mark Richt to have to handle. Hopefully common sense will prevail.
Dorsey Hill
October 11th, 2010
6:27 pm
I have had about enough of the “thugs” and attempts at humor by posting ebonics and even seen someone call our players “jigs”. You aren’t fans. You aren’t even effin human beings. What you are is a bunch of racist, Klan member wannabes who aren’t fit to be Georgia fans. The fact is that roughly 75 of our 85 scholarship players are African-American. You clearly don’t like people of color so go watch polo or cricket. Obviously, college football is not for you anymore.
Andy in Blairsville
October 11th, 2010
6:27 pm
What is more feasible is some booster probably offered to pay this ticket for him until King and the rest of the team had that fanatstic1-4 start, then all of a sudden that cash didn’t show up in King’s mailbox.
McDawg
October 11th, 2010
6:28 pm
i don’t think i have ever seen the word THUG used in reference to a white player-Mettenberger was never called a THUG when he sexually assualted a women-is it the duty of the AJC to provide a forum for a bunch a racist rednecks
Mike
October 11th, 2010
6:28 pm
oh wow, A Warrant!! for…..Caleb King!!
Was King concerned about the “warrant” 30 – 60 dags ago or WHAT UGA might think or do today???
dawgsfan
October 11th, 2010
6:29 pm
There is no comparison between this case and others. the “bail” Caleb was held on was just the fine for the speeding ticket and a fine for failing to appear. He didn’t get busted for speeding again or arrested for hit and run while driving a suspended license.
There was a HUGE miscommunication here among the coaches and assistants. Caleb did not try to hide anything or avoid paying for anything. He did what he was told to do.
BoWeevil
October 11th, 2010
6:30 pm
LawDawg,
What total B.S.
Are you in the Bar ?
I have NEVER known anyone who got a ticket, who goes to college, who doesn’t know how to read it in English.
It says pay the fine, dial this phone number, be in Court on this date.
The Police ALWAYS read it to them.
You can pay the fine by mailing it to this address on the ticket.
Or, you can come to Court on this date.
Do you understand ?
And, you call yourself a LawDawg.
You ain’t shiite.
NCAA INVESTIGATION
October 11th, 2010
6:30 pm
MCDAWG SOUNDS LIKE A THUG ALSO
munsondawg
October 11th, 2010
6:30 pm
The fact that this happened back in the summer and he is caught now by his own stupidity shows his arrogance and complete disregard for a serious issue. Bye Caleb.
Sick and Tired
October 11th, 2010
6:31 pm
McDawg if you don’t like it then you can follow the thug when he is kicked off the team
UGA Fans STANDUP
October 11th, 2010
6:32 pm
McDawg
October 11th, 2010
6:28 pm
i don’t think i have ever seen the word THUG used in reference to a white player-Mettenberger was never called a THUG when he sexually assualted a women-is it the duty of the AJC to provide a forum for a bunch a racist rednecks
You sir need to watch your mouth
John Galt
October 11th, 2010
6:32 pm
Calm down, folks.
The Zero tolerance policy was for alcohol-related infractions or real crimes- not a speeding ticket.
He was NOT out at 4:00 am, his brother was.
It IS possible that he was too dumb to know better; after all, he went to the police voluntarily, only Wood was called. If he was aware of the warrant, that was pretty stupid.
The cops were probably aware of the warrant because of name recognition; they wouldn’t hunt him down and arrest him, but when he showed up, they probably knew who he was, and knew of the warrant, so that is why they asked for his license.
The cops used the tag light as an excuse simply because any car on the streets at 4:00 am is a candidate for a DUI. It happened to my WHITE daughter, also for a tag light (and led to a DWI). Race has nothing to do with this.
There are two scenarios here:
- the coaches knew about it, and he had been told to handle it, and he ignored them. In that case, he is suspended for multiple games, and runs stadium steps so much that he quits, unless he REALLY wants to play football; or
- the coaches didn’t know and he had not been warned. In that case, IF he pays the fine, he still gets run to death, but he is suspended for half a game for stupidity.
As embarassing as the last 10 arrests have been, you can’t give a petty criminal the death penalty because you are tired of petty crimes. He still deserves to be judged on his own merits (or lack thereof).
Bud Mc
October 11th, 2010
6:32 pm
Guys, Guys, Guys…… It’s a speeding ticket. Let’s not implode here. Common sense says, run him till he pukes.
HeHateGator
October 11th, 2010
6:32 pm
They’ve backed themselves into a corner with the earlier no tolerance dismissal from the team. They could say the ticket was prior to the zero tolerance policy but anything short of dismissal will drip with hypocrisy….
Surprised
October 11th, 2010
6:32 pm
Stop these hurtful comments. You’ll give these arrested players a complex. We need to change their little diapers, sit them in our laps, and give them a good breast feeding. They’ll be OK.
Some athletes should not go to college.
Some fans are simply oxygen thieves.
Aiken29801
October 11th, 2010
6:33 pm
If kicking King off the team has a negative effect on a recruit, you are better off without that recruit. CMR has created a haven for problematic players. Most players without these problems will go play where they can be surrounded by quality players who care about something more than they care about themselves. No way I would encourage my son to attend or play ball at UGA, especially with CMR at the helm. Birds of a feather flock together and the UGA has nothing but troublemakers. Just like Miami used to be. You bozo’s deserve what you are getting. And by the way don’t get used to that warm fuzzy feeling you got from beating up The super strong Volunteer taem.
Clean House
October 11th, 2010
6:33 pm
Dorsey Hill……STFU ! I DONT CARE WHATS HAPPENING AT TENN , BAMA OR FLORIDA. I CARE ABOUT UGA AND IM SICK AND TIRED OF THIS CRAP !
CDAWG---yes
October 11th, 2010
6:34 pm
I think an employer, mine included, could fire me for getting arrested for failure to appear in court, particularly for something so easy to take care of. They could determine that allowing the issue to grow to an arrest warrant shows lack of judgment and poor decision making on my part. Not advocating for any particular punishment for CK, but yea, I think it’s a big deal and I think a lot of employers would as well….
KICK ALL THE THUGS OFF THE TEAM
October 11th, 2010
6:35 pm
ITS TIME
jo arp
October 11th, 2010
6:35 pm
Walton Co. ( Loganville Police ) are the biggest bunch of redneck, steroid using, dumb bunch of imbeciles that have nothing better to do but harass citizens. Quotas, quotas, quotas.
Dorsey Hill
October 11th, 2010
6:35 pm
McDawg,
White guys who do inappropriate things are simply making youthful mistakes. You gotta remember that most of these people voted for a guy (twice) whose arrest record and substance habits were let’s just say not very good. But that’s okay because he’s white, right?
Aiken29801
October 11th, 2010
6:35 pm
By the way, It’s not the speeding ticket…….. It’s the lack of responsibilty shown by not handling the ticket and no respect for the authority of the Courts. That’s the big deal.
Kpassa
October 11th, 2010
6:35 pm
They should just make it easy and add the Georgia prison system to the SEC
BoWeevil
October 11th, 2010
6:35 pm
Strike 1
First ARREST
Strike 2
NEVER shows up for the GAMES
Strike 3
Tells Ken Malcome that to him, Caleb King, being RB at UGA is a “GRIND”
Strike 4
ARRESTED AGAIN
That way more than ENOUGH.
A Coach who is in charge of his Program would not have FORGIVEN this guy for the totality of this.
BEFORE NOW.
Like I said, for what he told Ken Malcome, he would be gone from MY alma mater, were I to have had any say in it.
And, I came in here and said so at the time.
I studied his body of work.
He has done NOTHING.
Hit the road, Jack. Don’t let the door hit you on the backside on the way out. And, don’t be coming ’round here no more.
I am NOT taking away MY scholarship I gave to Caleb King for 76 in 55.
I am taking it away for ALL THIS, and he is # 11.
NEXT ?
Who is NEXT Coach Richt ?
Tell me,
PRAY TELL ?
GA BirdDawg
October 11th, 2010
6:36 pm
I mean really? WTF is it with these idiots driving with suspended license? What a bunch of morons!!
Andy in Blairsville
October 11th, 2010
6:37 pm
This team is out of control as Mark Richt laughs all the way to the bank.
At least GA beat TN and moved up from 68th to 67th in the CBS polls.
BoWeevil
October 11th, 2010
6:38 pm
85 scholarships NCAA gave Coach Richt 2010
11 ARRESTED
13 percent.
And, you think Coach Richt gets a BYE on this ?
B.S.
Take your weak butt crap out of here.
KICK ALL THE THUGS OFF THE TEAM
October 11th, 2010
6:38 pm
If Washun Ealey did it and got away with it then what do you think Caleb King will think. HE HAS TO BE KICKED OFF THE TEAM
LawDawg
October 11th, 2010
6:39 pm
BoWeevil, thank you for the spacing. It makes your writing look as juvenile as your words sound. FIrst, no, I’m not “in the Bar; “I’ve been “admitted to the Bar.” Second, yes, there are many ways to pay your debt and many reminders to go to court, but when the court date is often weeks, if not months, after the ticket, it is reasonable and understandable that even the most law-abiding citizen could have a court date slip his mind. This is especially true for a student-athlete who, during that time, was registering for classes, buying books, going to class, and working his tail off at practice to play for the Bulldogs. From your post, I am assuming you would not know from first hand these experiences. You, sir, are a bad fan and a worse human being.
braves make a ws run
October 11th, 2010
6:39 pm
transfer.
James
October 11th, 2010
6:40 pm
The question here really isn’t the speeding ticket–it’s the stupidity. When you fail to appear in court for traffic violations, bench warrants are issued in EVERY case! It happened to me, and I drove carefully until I scrounged up the money to pay the fine plus the additional fees. I was dumb in doing so, because I could have paid way less just by mailing in my ticket/paying on time.
SO, the real question hereis why would a guy who knows he has an unpaid speeding ticket (even if he didn’t realize he had a warrant) would go and MEET the police for his brother, who had already committed a crime? Seriously, you would think guys that attract trouble would avoid police.
That’s what I do!
Aiken29801
October 11th, 2010
6:41 pm
Yeah it’s all about being white and black, You MORON, it’s about being right and wrong.
Dorsey Hill
October 11th, 2010
6:42 pm
CLEAN HOUSE: YOU STFU!!! I DONT CARE WHAT MAKES YOU SICK AND TIRED. THE FACT THAT PEOPLE LIKE YOU WOULD CALL CALEB A THUG AND ELECT A GUY WITH DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROBLEMS AND A STRING OF ARRESTS LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD ARE A BUNCH OF IDIOTS AND HYPOCRITES!!!!! Sorry if the truth hurts and all caps won’t make me shut up. SORRY!!!!!
munsondawg
October 11th, 2010
6:42 pm
James,
Caleb probably has the IQ of one of UGA VIII’s turds!
John Galt
October 11th, 2010
6:42 pm
AND MAY I ADD:
Several years ago my son found out at a traffic stop that his license was suspended; we thought a small fine had been paid, but it was not. We were allowed to drive to the Clerk of Court and pay the fine. If my son had been a football player in Athens, he would have gone to jail for a few hours and been in the AJC the next day.
I have to agree the that reference to “THUGS” is very thinly-veiled racial slur. As a Dawg fan, you folks embarass me.
James
October 11th, 2010
6:43 pm
sorry for the convoluted post. I learned as a young white dude with long hair that police are to be avoided, because they will find something to get you on if they feel like it. I’m sure an african american teenager learned the same thing early on as well.
munsondawg
October 11th, 2010
6:43 pm
Hey Dorsey,
Does the white man have you down today?????? LMAO at you….
T4Buzz
October 11th, 2010
6:43 pm
Good grief….. We’re a GT family and we’re even embarassed for Mark Richt and no character dawgs.
LawDawg
October 11th, 2010
6:44 pm
John Galt, I agree.
Dorsey Hill
October 11th, 2010
6:45 pm
Aiken,
When you start throwing around “thug” and using ebonics in your posts and yes I saw “jigs” earlier then it clearly is about race. You can deny it, but I can read. It is very clear that many of the posters here are racist hypocrites and I don’t care if they don’t like me pointing it out.
Kenny Powers
October 11th, 2010
6:46 pm
There’s nothing worse than being broke! Back in the early 70’s I was going back to college in my families car and got pulled over for speeding. I was I-80 and was the first car of about 5 cars, when 1 guy came around all of us and then saw the policeman with radar at the bottom of the hill. He put on his brakes and slid into the line of cars. Well, I got pulled over and although the cop knew it wasn’t me, he couldn’t tell just who was speeding and I got the tkt for around $180 (court cost, etc.). Now, back in those days they only had one radar gun per county, so being PO’d I took my tkt and off I went up over the mt. and down the next mt. right into the next county and THEIR 1 radar gun (this was my fault this time) and got yet another tkt for around $200. Man was I sick, no money, family didn’t have any to spare, what to do? Well, I went to the booster club and asked for some cash to buy books, sold my own books (didn’t use them anyway), and when I went to the two county courts and gave the judges a song and dance where they both dropped down the fines to where they were manageable and I actually made some cash out of the deal. The lesson I learned is that you always appear in court and plead guilty with an explanation. Over the years I have had many a tkt and found that the judge will usually drop any tkt down as long as you do not have too many points on your record.
John Galt
October 11th, 2010
6:48 pm
And Dorsey Hill, you are an embarassing moron.
I knew a Dorsey Hill who was a fine man and a prominent Georgian. Find another screen name to use when you are exposing your ignorance, please.
Mike
October 11th, 2010
6:49 pm
Seems you can’t spell “THUGS” without UG…..
munsondawg
October 11th, 2010
6:49 pm
Dorsey probably voted for “change”. Wonder how that is working out for him????
Clean House
October 11th, 2010
6:50 pm
METT WAS A THUG TOO !
James
October 11th, 2010
6:50 pm
Nice story, Kenny Powers.
Dear UGA players:
Once again, sometimes (and sometimes not) cops are jerks. If you have unpaid tickets, go plead guilty. And for god’s sake, do not show up to pick your dumb friends when you have something outstanding on your record!
Jeff Dawg
October 11th, 2010
6:50 pm
This incident happened before the zero tolerance policy. It was stupid, but throwing him off the team is extreme
Aiken29801
October 11th, 2010
6:50 pm
I have not mentioned thugs or used ebonics, (I can barely use english). You just heading down the wrong path. Don’t try to make anybody else look bad, Try to find a way to make Caleb look better, Can’t do it can you? Your trying to defend a low life, next time pick a better cause.
munsondawg
October 11th, 2010
6:51 pm
Clean House,
I agree 100%.
obvious
October 11th, 2010
6:51 pm
Lets look at this seriously. Did he break the law? Yes, TWICE!! (speeding and the failure to appear) Should he be kicked off the team for that offence? No, BUT Saint Richt said ZERO TOLLERENCE. Should Indiana have fired Bobby Knight for repremanding a punk kid who called him Knight in stead of Coach knight or Mr. Knight? No but it was after a ZERO TOLLERENCE standard was set. King was arrested after the fact and therefore should pay the price. Also, if he cant work to pay the fine, then where did his bail money come from???? I was a college athlete and I got a couple of speeding tickets. Did I get suspended or repremanded by the coach? No cause I put that tick on my computer and circled the court date on my calander. It just that this is a punk kid who already got his second chance. He’s got to go.
Surprised
October 11th, 2010
6:51 pm
Dorsey, who said:
The fact is that roughly 75 of our 85 scholarship players are African-American. You clearly don’t like people of color so go watch polo or cricket. Obviously, college football is not for you anymore.
Dear Dorsey,
The ‘race card’ doesn’t work any more. Try X-Ray vision, the power bomb, or the secret cloak.
jtdawg
October 11th, 2010
6:52 pm
My daughter just got pulled over for no tag light. Good excuse for cops looking for people up to other things (alcohol, drugs, etc.)
Pretty common actually…
…but my daughter, who will be attending UGA next year, will in fact pay her fine…. if she can do it, so can the football players.. geez
LawDawg
October 11th, 2010
6:52 pm
Failing to appear is not a violation of the law. There is no fine or penalty for failing to appear.
crabapplejoe
October 11th, 2010
6:52 pm
@LawDawg: You know what you are talking about…and BoWeevil is an idiot. He forgot to pay a speeding ticket in the middle of signing up for class, practicing for UGA fans, chasing women and whatever else college students do these days. He’s a twenty year old male….they do stupid things. Based on the number of arrests, UGA probably needs to start recruiting smarter athletes…but this is about a speeding ticket…geez. Anyone who has raised a male child to the age of 25 would understand this.
Clark County Correctional Institute
October 11th, 2010
6:52 pm
Henry D., you drive for Domino’s or Pizza Hut?
You butt-lickers are hilarious with your rationalizations. Law is law and no good was being done at 4am.
Tom
October 11th, 2010
6:53 pm
WHY WOULD RECRUITS COME TO UGA JUST TO END UP IN JAIL WITH A RECORD? THESE TOP RECRUITS CAN CHOOSE FROM ALL THE OTHER SEC AND ACC SCHOOLS. THAT WAY IF THEY GET ARRESTED THE NEWS WILL BE KEPT HUSH. IS GOING TO UGA REALLY WORTH THE RISK ANYMORE FOR THE TOP RECRUITS?
John Galt
October 11th, 2010
6:53 pm
ALSO- what makes you think a college student has $380? If I am correct, Caleb’s parents are not in the picture. I know an older brother was his guardian when he was being recruited. And if his older brother was driving a borrowed, 14 year-old-car, is money perhaps an issue here?
Would you folks feel better if he had sold his bowl jersey to pay this fine?
Listen, I don’t know the details, but it IS possible that he doesn’t have an extra $380 laying around. But you folks wanting his scholarship revoked and his college career ended for this infraction don’t know the details either.
You’d better hope you aren’t judged with the same standards- and information- that you are using on this young adult.
Dorsey Hill
October 11th, 2010
6:54 pm
munsondawg,
Around about inauguration day 2009, my money was in T-bills. The Dow was about 7000, would soon drop to about 6700 by March. On March 9th, 2009 I put my money back in the market. (I had taken in out in the fall of 2006 as I saw the train wreck coming.) Now the market is about 11,000. So you figure it out. Thanks for asking though.
Chris
October 11th, 2010
6:54 pm
I am a Tech fan and take no joy in seeing young men make stupid decisions! I enjoy seeing us beat the dogs on the field not hearing about their arrests. I feel for Richt, he is a good man, but his players cannot seem to get their heads right.
St. Richt
October 11th, 2010
6:55 pm
The longer this goes on without a comment from your sackless leader, the worse it looks. Count me as one of the few on this blog that thinks there is a lot more to this story. Not sure the other shoe has dropped yet. There have been some pretty well substantiated rumors about King’s house getting raided in a probe of thefts on campus. I think Mark Richt’s silence on this matter might be a hint that there is more that hasn’t come out yet.
munsondawg
October 11th, 2010
6:56 pm
Good job Dorsey. And I though you were stupid.
munsondawg
October 11th, 2010
6:57 pm
“thought”
UGA75
October 11th, 2010
6:57 pm
What I can’t figure out is why the Athen’s police even looked at or ran Caleb’s Drivers license. It wasn’t his vehicle, he was not driving or doing anything wrong. If the kid could afford an attorney this arrest is not valid, there was no probably cause to even speak to him, much less run his license. This is false arrest, violation of Mr. Kings civil rights and probably racial profiling. If a white student drove up would they check his license. I think the Athen’s police department needs to be checked by the FBI for the disproportionate number of Black Athletes being stopped for minor violations. A license plate light out? They are not required by state law, so how exactly is that a violation.
The Athens police Department needs to be sued, I will contribute to a fund to pay for Mr. King’s Attorney.
Pulp Wood Smith
October 11th, 2010
6:58 pm
Racial profiling, zactly right, zactly right.
Gen Forrest
October 11th, 2010
6:59 pm
The apologist dawg fans are really hilarious on here!! Blame the cops??? You have GOT to be kidding!!! Little punk with an overly-inflated ego just figured since he is a great UGA player, he doesn’t have to be bothjered with things like laws. That may fly in Tuscaloosa, but not ANYWHERE in the State of Georgia!
As to why the cops pulled the guy over for the tag light being out to start with — Duh, it’s 4:00am in AthensfreakinGeorgia! The biggest town of drunks south of Pittsburgh!!! I’d feel safe in saying that at least 75% of the drivers on the road between 2:00am and 5:30am in Athens are sh*tty drunk, and that is a conservative estimate! The cops are going to pull over pretty much anyone at that time of day if you give them an excuse.
Bottom line is, King has a demonstrated history of idiotic, egocentric behavior and has been a major discipline problem everywhere he has gone since his early teens, but pathetic losers like the apologists on here keep enabling him just because he can run fast with a ball. Why do you think no one but the SEC football factories even considered this dolt? Because he is dumb as a rock and tends to stay in trouble (nothing too serious, but there is a pattern there!) and can’t legitimately pass the most basic of enrollment criteria at any respectable school. He should be shoveling asphalt on a DOT road crew, not occupying a slot that someone who actually wants to SUCEED could be utilizing.
And yes, I know it’s just a moron who is either too stupid or too arrogant to go to court (if you are actually stupid enough to “forget” a court date, then you are too stupid to be breathing the same air as the rest of us. Darwinism should kick in at some point!), but at some point you have to look at the trend. I’ve been familiar with this particular idiot since he was in middle school. Trust me, the high GAC was delighted to see him leave. Also, UGA must consider the fact that the entire nation is pretty much laughing at them as a team and as a University, for putting up with all of this mess from a bunch of 18-to-23 year olds who would not otherwise even be on a college campus. I despise the whole concept of “zero-tolerance”, but at some point the line has to be drawn in the sand. That’s the bigger problem here: Does CMR have the intestinal fortitude to do what he said he would? Even if it’s a starter? It’s one thing to try and look tough by kicking off 3rd stringers, but then he looks the other way for a starter. Congratulations Athens, you got Bobby Bowden MKII !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
obvious
October 11th, 2010
7:00 pm
And by the way, you really are an idiot if you think players don’t get paid. The school gives them about $500 a month and lets not forget the envolops of money at the campus post office….
St. Richt
October 11th, 2010
7:00 pm
Mark Richt is awaiting word on what they found during the raid on King’s house before he comments on this. Isn’t it obvious to anybody other than a Georgia fan? Either way, looks like his zero tolerance is going to be put to the test. Its easy to kick a walk on or 4th stringer off the team.
UGAVII
October 11th, 2010
7:00 pm
I just can`t take it anymore.
This is why I left for the other side.
munsondawg
October 11th, 2010
7:00 pm
UGA 75,
Newsflash for you. If the equipment you are operating is not in working order, the police have the right (not the obligation) to pull you over. No matter how minor a violation
Silver Classic
October 11th, 2010
7:02 pm
As I read the comments here I just have to wonder if I should be embarassed to be identified as a Georgia fan…..Not because of the team or players or coaches…..rather, because of the blithering idiots who are so-called fans and post here. I think most of you are not “has beens,” you are “NEVER WEREs.”
That said, some points from a law enforcement perspective re the events of this morning:
When a police officer stop a car where the driver cannot be allowed to drive the vehicle, such as; suspended drivers license, the officer, when possible and to save the violator an impound fee, ask if they can have a licensed driver come to the scene to take charge of the car. That is why Brandon Smith brought King with him, so that the car could be released to King who would then drive it away, thus the officer had to confirm he had a valid license before releasing the car to him.
FTA-Failure to Appear, is not uncommon and warrants are routinely issued when it occurs. No one is looking for the suspect, the suspect’s name is simply entered into the GCIC data base and, sooner or later, the person will come into contact with law enforcement and they will be held accountable, as King learned this morning.
St. Richt
October 11th, 2010
7:03 pm
Any news on the raid?
Aiken29801
October 11th, 2010
7:03 pm
No Sir, The police have an obligation to determine who they are turning a vehicle over to. During the ID check it is required to run the person/persons through NCIC. Busted go blow that crap up someone elses butt.
Dorsey Hill
October 11th, 2010
7:03 pm
All of you out there mad cause I supposedly played the “race card” please explain to me how thug is an appropriate word to describe Caleb. Explain how using ebonics furthers this discussion. Justify using “jigs” to describe our football players as having nothing to do with race. And finally explain to me how you believe that it is ok to elect a president with a history of cocaine and marijuana use, a self-proclaimed alcholic with a string of alcohol related arrests yet Caleb can’t play football for your team. I’m sorry I don’t get it unless it is an issue of race. Although I suppose its possible that your standards for the UGA roster are simply higher than for the White House and I just didn’t know that.
????
October 11th, 2010
7:05 pm
This is the first time i have ever heard of someone being pulled over for a TAG LIGHT being out. I amalso curious as to why Caleb’s licensed was checked at all. As I read it he was dropping off Brandon Wood to pick up his car and checking on his brother. Why does the officer ask him for his license? I’ve heard people in the past say that the football players are being targeted. I am starting to believe it. What do you think?
GaTruth
October 11th, 2010
7:06 pm
For all you Saban worshippers:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/11677-alabama-football-woes-nick-saban-brings-miami-mentality-to-tuscaloosa
He’s had plenty of trouble. He’s no saint. So stop dreaming about smooching with him, his brother, Cliff, and Moe with the gimpy leg.
James
October 11th, 2010
7:07 pm
Has anybody else noticed that these dudes are almost always borrowing somebody else’s car? Maybe Richt should suggest that only guys who own their vehicles and can provide valid license and registration to coaching staff are allowed to drive, period.
Also, I didn’t realize King was arrested previously on a scooter. No 200+ lb. grown man should ever drive a scooter. I’m sorry. Get a motorcycle. Grow up.
Sven Ottke
October 11th, 2010
7:08 pm
The 4 star LB that was kicked off the team due to the zero tolerance policy is wondering “what’s up?” Along with all the other Bulldog football team that sees Richt’s preferential treatment on the team.
Abnerish
October 11th, 2010
7:08 pm
So someone is a “thug” because they forgot about a speeding ticket. puhleease!! Is it immature? yes. Does it further embarrass the University? yes. Is this even worth talking about? No. He should get a game or maybe a half a game for embarrassing the U and that’s it. I mean, SERIOUSLY! How many of you out there have had a speeding ticket and forgot about it and paid it either right before or right after the court date? It’s stupid, but that’s all it is.
munsondawg
October 11th, 2010
7:09 pm
Dorsey,
I’m white and I really dont care what I’m called. Call me a cracker or whatever black people call whites these days. The fact is Caleb was arrogant and probably considered himself above the law. Zack Mettenberger was a thug in my book and he was white. Both are/were negative influences and are not needed at Georgia.
St. Richt
October 11th, 2010
7:09 pm
Dorsey, its not appropriate at all. But its a Georgia blog and you’ve always got some redneck, meth-heads, and general trailer trash trolling. It is what it is. But I’ve gotta say it sounds like you have the blinders on as well- because Caleb King’s stupidity in this case is off the charts. And it sounds like there might be more news forthcoming after the cops raided his house. This kid has been coddled and protected since high school. He has always felt entitled but somehow can’t seem to take care of a simple speeding ticket. and this isn’t his first infraction either.. But keep making excuses for him. Thats what people have done his whole life and probably why he is in this mess to begin with.
James
October 11th, 2010
7:09 pm
Scratch that, I don’t ever want to see Caleb King on a motorcycle. Nevermind.
GaTruth
October 11th, 2010
7:09 pm
Hey Dorsey Hill, I don’t have time to go back and look for those posts but you are RIGHT – there is no room for race-based comments here. We’ve had plenty of idiocy on the parts of both white and black players. I will say this tough, our Peruvian players have not been any trouble at all this year.
Aiken29801
October 11th, 2010
7:10 pm
Hey Dorsey, I will give you this George W was a piece of crap and racial slurs have no place in this or any other world but this about Caleb, The univerisities inability to hold it’s players to any standards and you trying to blow smoke up our butts. As I said try to make Caleb sound like a better person. Try to explain how he is a good guy, how he usually follows the rules how he tries to be a team player, how well he contibutes to the community. Again this is about right and wrong, about an out of control university taking control of it’s athletis dept and holding athletes and coaches accountable for their actions or lack thereof. Help me see your point on that basis.
Aiken29801
October 11th, 2010
7:12 pm
Thats what I thought, Nothing.
Mike
October 11th, 2010
7:12 pm
I think the Athens-Clarke County Police needs to be investigated. Something sounds fishy. I have no doubt that King is guilty and should be dealt with accordingly, but why did the police check the license of King and Wood. This just does not seem ordinary to me. Are they purposely pursuing football players? I don’t think they are but I am now beginning to wonder.
1 Game Suspension
October 11th, 2010
7:12 pm
Suspend him for the vandy or UK game—just make sure he’s on the field against florida. The Dawgs will take down the gators this year. Their D is terrible! Dogs roll against uf: 33-19!
Its simple
October 11th, 2010
7:13 pm
Abnerish
October 11th, 2010
7:08 pm
So someone is a “thug” because they forgot about a speeding ticket. puhleease!! Is it immature? yes. Does it further embarrass the University? yes. Is this even worth talking about? No. He should get a game or maybe a half a game for embarrassing the U and that’s it. I mean, SERIOUSLY! How many of you out there have had a speeding ticket and forgot about it and paid it either right before or right after the court date? It’s stupid, but that’s all it is
It’s stupid cause people like you fail too realize this is arrest number 11, There are still some responsible people out there and Caleb King sure as hell isn’t one
north
October 11th, 2010
7:13 pm
How is he suppose to pay the fine? He isnt allowed to have a job. Where would he get the money?
H15
October 11th, 2010
7:14 pm
@SHANE you are a fool
dawgfan13
October 11th, 2010
7:14 pm
This is going to kill recruiting! The players are going to think that they have targets on them if they come to Athens. This is the beginning to the end of the UGA football program. Why is it that the basketball players at Georgia dont get in trouble?
JUDGE DAWG
October 11th, 2010
7:14 pm
What were they doing checking IDs in the first place? They had done nothing wrong. I am not excusing failure to pay a traffic ticket but there is something strange here.
Its simple
October 11th, 2010
7:15 pm
Mike
October 11th, 2010
7:12 pm
I think the Athens-Clarke County Police needs to be investigated. Something sounds fishy. I have no doubt that King is guilty and should be dealt with accordingly, but why did the police check the license of King and Wood. This just does not seem ordinary to me. Are they purposely pursuing football players? I don’t think they are but I am now beginning to wonder.
He was arrested in Walton Co. not Athens, D@MN you must be a Georgia student also
jerome
October 11th, 2010
7:15 pm
Another African-American athlete at UGa being targeted by the system—just another way to keep the black man down in that city. It never ends. The African-American players need to protest this treatment by the racist athens police.
munsondawg
October 11th, 2010
7:18 pm
Jerome,
I didn’t know we had any people from Africa playing on our team.
Its simple
October 11th, 2010
7:18 pm
jerome
October 11th, 2010
7:15 pm
Another African-American athlete at UGa being targeted by the system—just another way to keep the black man down in that city. It never ends. The African-American players need to protest this treatment by the racist athens police.
Its simple try reading the article before writing a comment and King wasn’t arrested in athens. Caleb King brought this on himself, the guy had plenty of time to pay on the speeding ticket and go to court as well
Dawgs Tell
October 11th, 2010
7:19 pm
First of all Caleb is 21,in my book he is a man at that age.We have soldiers dying in service younger than him.He knew about the court date,just did not want to go.Period!!! Should he be kicked off the team-Hell no! Maybe a two game suspension. However,I’m starting to see a pattern about the Athens Police Dept.Tag light was just an excuse to stop anyone so they can find something else.It does not matter if you are a student or athlete they are looking for revenue or something big to write a report on. Yes, Caleb did wrong.Stupid yes. Kick -off the team,no.
jerome
October 11th, 2010
7:20 pm
munsondawg bite me you pathetic moron
dawg nation
October 11th, 2010
7:21 pm
Well get ready to roll “Boo” Malcome. Maybe a future star gets discovered because of this. Caleb is too old to be making this type of mistake. Been in program too long. suppose to be a leader. Oh well, he’s been all hype anyway.
Scottlarock
October 11th, 2010
7:21 pm
Wow some of the comments are stupid, the kids probably forgot about the ticket, the courts design it for you to forget it or pay right away, hense the reason most tickets have a court date 2-3 months away.
The same thing almost happened to me in last week, I received a ticket in snellville that is bogus and I was going to court to fight it, with court being two months away, I forgot until the last week on monday and court was on wednesday, which I had scheduled a work trip out of town, lucky for me I didn’t wait until tuesday to try to reschedule, bottom line things happen and kid may have forgot, I guarantee you that his summer was a lot busier than a lot of you on here posting stupid comments.
dawgfan4life
October 11th, 2010
7:21 pm
UGA75, Are you freaking kidding me? He was out at 4am to drive the car away. He has his priorities screwed up. Idiots like you want to blame the police? Thats what they do, its their job. Its called police work and it yields arrests. Bottom line is, he thought he would get away with it. I don’t care who you are, you don’t forget about a speeding ticket or a court date. That is total BS just like your post. He needs to pay his fine and he needs to accept whatever punishment he gets. Just like I would have to do!
Help is only a phone call away
October 11th, 2010
7:22 pm
We should hire D. Dooley on our staff as we sure could use a team lawyer.
Aiken29801
October 11th, 2010
7:23 pm
Where did he get the car? Where did he get the gas money? See this is the attitude that makes UGA suck…. All the reasons why he is not to be held to the same standard as everybody else. Justify his actions all you will, UGA stays in the tank as long as enablers continue to call the shots and support the actions of those who deserve to be punished. Not saying that every infraction justifies kicking a player of a team or suspending them from play but you have to have fences. Stay in line and get rewarded with the HONOR of playing for the university step out of line and there will be consequences, major or continued infractions result in more severe punishment but this is out of control and has been.
Scottlarock
October 11th, 2010
7:23 pm
I agree with you, Dawg tell, why in the world would the police officer need to see his drivers licence and the go run it, unless he was profiling, he was not on the scene when his brother was stopped so there was no reason to “check” him. Sounds kind of fishy.
insideralltheway
October 11th, 2010
7:25 pm
speeding ticket, who cares?
only reason King should be punished is for impersonating a running back…..
munsondawg
October 11th, 2010
7:26 pm
You go protest Jerome.
dawgfan4life
October 11th, 2010
7:27 pm
Dorsey Hill, shut up please!!! The kid will get what is due to him. You want to compare this to the Poser in the White House????? Don’t worry, he will be kicked out of there soon. Wait, I know its because he’s black. It doesn’t have anything to do with his poor job performance does it? A subject for another blog if you are up to it?
dawgsfan
October 11th, 2010
7:28 pm
The “rest of the story” y’all are waiting for is Richt admitting that Caleb did tell his coach about it.
Gen Forrest
October 11th, 2010
7:29 pm
………and yes, I see the multiple grammar/spelling errors there. Not enough caffeine yet today apparently.
munsondawg
October 11th, 2010
7:30 pm
dawgfan4life,
Obama is half-black when convenient. Remember now, he’s half white too!!!!! LOL
jerome
October 11th, 2010
7:31 pm
munsondawg hey little crybaby will you shut up, if not I have something for you to suck on
Forrest Gump
October 11th, 2010
7:32 pm
The coons are here
munsondawg
October 11th, 2010
7:33 pm
Let me guess jerome, is it your mamas tit?
dawgfan4life
October 11th, 2010
7:33 pm
yes munsondawg, Jerome is a MORON!!!!!!
Bail Money
October 11th, 2010
7:34 pm
Georgia’s athletic dept. is facing a crisis! The bail money fund is getting very low—donations are requested from dog fans everywhere to keep this fund in the green and the dog players bailed out of jail for the big games. Come on dogs–step up!
Dawg Gone
October 11th, 2010
7:34 pm
Yes, it was just a speeding ticket, and while he was 21 mph over, that’s not terribly egregious. The problem is in blowing off court/not paying the fine. Do you really think he forgot? If he did, maybe he needs a hard lesson. What would happen to you if you did the same?
Dorsey Hill
October 11th, 2010
7:35 pm
dawgfan4life,
I don’t think the comparison was to the current president. It was to the former president who it appears you voted for twice. And again, for anyone up to the challenge, tell me why George Bush, given his habits and arrests, deserved to be elected to the White House, yet Caleb doesn’t belong on our football team. I am still waiting.
munsondawg
October 11th, 2010
7:35 pm
Forrest,
You gonna git in trouble wit dat language boy!!! LOL..
Jim007
October 11th, 2010
7:35 pm
11 arrests in 2010 and Richt is still there ????
Adams what the h are you doing ?
UGA is a MEGA Joke and getting Worse !
FLA DAWG
October 11th, 2010
7:35 pm
All he had to do was show up in court. He didn’t or wouldn’t.
Unload this guy YESTERDAY.
If King is not released then we have confirmation Richt is a weak leader.
crabapplejoe
October 11th, 2010
7:36 pm
@jerome: Why you so upset with munsondawg…what he wrote was true. The Prez was raised by his white grandparents, but when its time to run for Prez he writes a book about his relationship with his “African” father who he had met for about ten minutes at an airport….typical scenario by the way in these situations.
Jim
October 11th, 2010
7:36 pm
Why would they even check Caleb’s driver’s license in the first place? He is not the owner and the other guy, the owner, would be driving the vehicle. A bunch of B S!
jerome
October 11th, 2010
7:36 pm
munsondawg and dawgfan4life if you little babies are sad about King then how about you play with each other
munsondawg
October 11th, 2010
7:38 pm
Dorsey,
It’s because stupid people are allowed to vote for the President of the U.S.
Scottlarock
October 11th, 2010
7:38 pm
dawgfan4life, you are a moron, the reason he was out at 4am was because they were going to arrest his brother and was called down to the scene, the owner of the car, Brandon was there to pick it up and drive it back, there was no reason to run him in the system, he was not driving, I guarantee you the police do not run everyone that he comes in contact with, if he did, Athens jail could not hold all the people. Get your facts straight, along with the Obama facts also, how can you be logical in your mind that you give Bush 8 years to F it up and only give Obama 2 years to straighten it out.
munsondawg
October 11th, 2010
7:39 pm
Jerome,
I’m not sad about King. I hope Richt shows him the door.
jerome
October 11th, 2010
7:39 pm
dawgfan4life=moron
Why his license was checked!
October 11th, 2010
7:40 pm
Please people read the original article- they checked his license because he came to drive home the car his brother was arrested in!!!! Ahhhhh! It had nothing to do with shady police stuff, they do this for anyone who shows up to pickup a car in that situation! More importantly, you all realize had he not had his license checked he would have then driven home the car with a suspended license, yet another legal violation.
Aiken29801
October 11th, 2010
7:41 pm
If you would slow down and read what some of you are posting on this site, you will see everything that is wrong with America today. When someone does something wrong, they will not accept responsibility for it and there’s always some idiot nearby telling them why it’s not there fault. Even if it’s profiling (which is was not) does that change the fact that Caleb failed to show up for court, even to request a reduction in fine and/or and extension for payment much less to plead his case for aquittal. No he failed to take any responsibility for his actions, even knowing the problems it would cause his team and school and you nuts are defending him……
Dorsey Hill
October 11th, 2010
7:41 pm
munsondawg,
And stupid people are allowed to attend football games, blog, call people thugs, jigs and coons, etc… but it doesn’t really answer the question does it?
Surprised
October 11th, 2010
7:42 pm
Jerome,
Let’s call Al and Jesse.
Even though the arrest didn’t occur in Athens, they’ll give ‘em the ol’ “Shakedown” anyway.
When did football evolve into race and politics?
Jim007
October 11th, 2010
7:42 pm
Isn’t this King’s second arrest ?
Maybe we now have the Three Strikes and your out policy at UGA…..
Granted that is for starters only under Richt !
Scottlarock
October 11th, 2010
7:42 pm
Yes Jerome, dawgfan4life is a moron and so is munsondawg.
Aiken29801
October 11th, 2010
7:43 pm
Someone needs to show Richt the door, he is one of the main reasons this behavior continues….
olddawg
October 11th, 2010
7:43 pm
In what other town in America have you heard of a guy being stopped, and arrested, because a tag light was out. Athens police do it again.On game days you cant even get through the light at the intersection by the Athens Civic Center because no police workt the 5 way intersection. Took me 25 minutes to go 2 blocks to get to the North Deck parking lot.
jerome
October 11th, 2010
7:45 pm
Scottlarock
October 11th, 2010
7:42 pm
Yes Jerome, dawgfan4life is a moron and so is munsondawg.
I’m glad we have another smart person on this blog
Kevin
October 11th, 2010
7:46 pm
OMG I am so disgusted….With myself! I read 20 mins worth of crap on this blog…then remembered…I have a life. The coaches know what kind of kid this is and this blog is infested with a bunch of former band geeks passing judgement…
Police Chief
October 11th, 2010
7:47 pm
Hey Scottlarock and Jerome, I could have told you thatdawgfan4life and munsondawg are morons when I locked them up one night in a jail cell. One sure was screaming the whole night
Dorsey Hill
October 11th, 2010
7:47 pm
Aiken,
It isn’t an issue of “defending” him. Its simply a question of the punshment fitting the crime. He screwed up. Hell, he’s spent God knows how many hours in jail and if that was the result of an oversight rather than an inability to pay the fine, then he’s had some punishment already. I just don’t think he’s a thug and I don’t think he should be kicked off the team. I don’t think he ought to be suspended at all. Frankly, I don’t think its any of our business because society was not in anyway impacted by this event. He hurt no one but himself.
dawgfan4life
October 11th, 2010
7:47 pm
Jerome, you are pathetic!!!! You got your boy Obama in there and you still want to complain about Bush???? Newsflash Jerome! Bush is gone. Has been for two years! Why can’t you stay on topic??? This about a young man who has his priorities screwed up and needs to pay a price for it just like I would have to do if I broke the law and was arrested. There are many people in the “real” world who have lost their livelihoods for what this kid has done. He doesn’t get a pass because he is a football player or because he is black. PERIOD!
playing time
October 11th, 2010
7:48 pm
Richt has no choice.
HeHateGator
October 11th, 2010
7:48 pm
The only thing worse and more embarrasing than all these arrests are those trying to downplay them…sad, pathetic, hypocritical, and disgusting….
Scottlarock
October 11th, 2010
7:49 pm
Jerome, it’s not hard to read between the lines of what the thoughts are of some of the people that post, if it would have happened to Aaron Murray, these guys would not even post, once they throw in the racial comments, they go straight for PRESIDENT Obama.
munsondawg
October 11th, 2010
7:49 pm
Dorsey,
Last time I checked caleb was on the team. He had a chance. More than one chance. He screwed it up. Mark Richt runs the show. Mark Richt makes the decision.
jerome
October 11th, 2010
7:49 pm
Wow dawgfan4life what does Obama has to do with King getting arrested, more excuses from another loser
Problem Solved
October 11th, 2010
7:50 pm
If you want to help these boys stay out of trouble, hire someone to work in the Athletic Dept who does nothing but keep a calendar for every player. Have that person keep track of license expiration dates and any other potential trouble-making dates. Chief among their responsibilities is to oversee expiration dates and such things that will land them in jail if they are ignored. Have that person remind the player well enough in advance AND THEN THE RESPONSIBILITY BELONGS TO THE PLAYER. If they screw up and don’t show or follow through like they’re supposed to – adios and don’t let the door hit your stupid a** on the way out!
These guys are “working” for their education. Why not hire them a secretary. Yes, it’s pathetic, but as long as the city of Athens allows the Gomer and Barney to patrol, what choice do we have? Don’t tell me that Tuscaloosa, Gainesville, Knoxville, and Auburn have the same types that Athens has. If they did, you’d hear about the piddly stuff – like tag lights, helmets, scooters, spitting bubblegum on the sidewalk, etc and not just the DUIs and assaults that go on there.
I’m SURE the same stuff goes on in Knoxville, but how often do you hear about it? Hardly ever, unless it’s a felony (which should be reported and dealt with). The Smoky Mtn Hillbilly police force must handle it quietly or not at all.
My point it this: The football players need to use the gray matter between their ears for something other than tackling and quit this stupid stuff. But it would not be outrageous IMHO to assist them in this area of life – it’s done with other aspects of their time at Georgia (see tutoring and 1:1 assistance). I doubt the players carry a Blackberry so they can check their calendar every hour. As many of you have pointed out, it’s easy to overlook and forget important stuff when it’s not in your face at the right time.
jerome
October 11th, 2010
7:51 pm
Scottlarock
October 11th, 2010
7:49 pm
Jerome, it’s not hard to read between the lines of what the thoughts are of some of the people that post, if it would have happened to Aaron Murray, these guys would not even post, once they throw in the racial comments, they go straight for PRESIDENT Obama.
Exactly, what does obana has to do with Caleb King? Their statements are extremely stupid
Win P.
October 11th, 2010
7:52 pm
Finally figured out why UGA’s football program is performing poorly. Their football players are not very smart.
Scottlarock
October 11th, 2010
7:52 pm
dawgfan4life, get it straight, I’m the one that brought up Bush, and no, no one has lost their livelihood over failure to pay a speeding ticket. DUI yes, not paying a speeding ticket no, failure to appear no. Get your facts straight.
I’ll be your Huckleberry.
Brad
October 11th, 2010
7:52 pm
Don’t they have grad assistants to monitor this stuff?
Dorsey Hill
October 11th, 2010
7:54 pm
dawgfan4life
“This about a young man who has his priorities screwed up and needs to pay a price for it just like I would have to do if I broke the law and was arrested. There are many people in the “real” world who have lost their livelihoods for what this kid has done.”
Where to start? What price would any of us have to pay except for the ticket? It seems to me that many want him to suffer additional consequences that any of us normal people would have to bear because he’s a football player.
Lost livelihoods? Who the hell loses their livelihoods for failing to pay a ticket?
This like many of the reactions out there are just way out of line with reality.
Police Chief
October 11th, 2010
7:54 pm
dawgfan4life and munsondawg=blog lovers
munsondawg
October 11th, 2010
7:56 pm
Scottlarock,
Go back and see my comment about Zack Mettenberger. He’s the white ex-quarterback who fondled a white chick. And yes, he’s a thug. We didn’t need him either. Just like Caleb, mettenberger was a distraction.
Dorsey Hill
October 11th, 2010
7:57 pm
munsundawg,
Was Clint Boling a thug when he got a DUI?
HeHateGator
October 11th, 2010
7:58 pm
Its Caleb’s second arrest…enough…
Bride of Chucky Knapp
October 11th, 2010
7:58 pm
I can’t count how many times we got “detained” back at UGA. Twice we were pulled over on the rivers in Savannah, once by the Coast Guard. I mean, you seriously haven’t gotten pulled over until you get pulled over by a branch of the armed services with a deck mounted machine gun and M-16s. Never got arrested. Guess times were different back then. Just sayin’.
JDawg
October 11th, 2010
7:59 pm
Mel……You are a fricken idiot!
Clean House
October 11th, 2010
7:59 pm
agree munsondawg ! also Dorsey Hill is a complete idiot !
Police Chief
October 11th, 2010
8:00 pm
munsundawg is the real THUG
SRS
October 11th, 2010
8:00 pm
Jerome, it’s not hard to read between the lines of what the thoughts are of some of the people that post, if it would have happened to Aaron Murray, these guys would not even post, once they throw in the racial comments, they go straight for PRESIDENT Obama.
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Yea it’s hard to be a Georgia Bulldog fan knowing how racist a lot of the fans are. They hide behind the word “thug” and justify it by pointing out arrests. I’ve been following UGA blogs on the AJC for some years now. Anytime Knowshon had a bad game all the sudden “hip hop” and “thug” were used to describe him as a person. It’s no wonder the south is perceived as ignorant and uneducated.
Caleb King
October 11th, 2010
8:00 pm
I am a UGA football player and deserve special treatment. The rules don’t apply to me. If I fail out of one school, I just don’t show up and go to another. If I fail in one county, I don’t show up and go to another. It is unfair that they asked to check for my license to find the warrant. The nerve of some people….pulling me over, asking me to come to court, issuing a warrant for my arrest when I did not knowingly show up. I mean, the system and the rules don’t apply to me playa!
Clean House
October 11th, 2010
8:01 pm
Clint Boling is a thug too. He aint done squat either…….
Police Chief
October 11th, 2010
8:01 pm
Clean House
October 11th, 2010
7:59 pm
agree munsondawg ! also Dorsey Hill is a complete idiot !
You are a complete idiot! Moron!
Vince
October 11th, 2010
8:01 pm
Yes the players are half stupid, always have been but not just Ga. How
does AJC ;know withen 30 seconds of a player arrest? Sounds like someone
from the Clark county PD is on the take from AJC
Clean House
October 11th, 2010
8:03 pm
Clint Boiling got whipped by a freshman on the LOS. He is over hyped.
Mark Richt Game Checklist
October 11th, 2010
8:03 pm
Helmet – Check
Pads – Check
Mouthpiece – Check
Jock Strap – Check
Red Panties – Check
Suspended License – Aw Shucks
Outstanding Warrant for Arrest – Daggumit
Aiken29801
October 11th, 2010
8:03 pm
Hey Dorsey, In a way you are right he did screw up and the punishment needs to fit the crime. Kicking a player off a team seems extreme for such a minor offense. At the same time his actions have effected others, the team and the school. In the end this is a situation for the school, the staff and Caleb to resolve. My main point is the school has tolerated and at times fostered an enviroment of bad behavior for far too long. At some point the athletes and for that matter the coaches have got to be held accountable but tolerating this behavior will only tell others that it’s OK to do it. Just like raising children, There have got to be boundaries and consequences. As i see it you must say its OK to drive while drunk as long as you don’t hurt anybody else, only yourself…. It just makes for a bad situation and invites more problems. I’m sure Caleb probably is not a terrible person he has however makes some poor choices and chose to ignore them. For that there has to be some type of punishment.
Why his license was checked!
October 11th, 2010
8:03 pm
Scottlarock, you’re wrong plenty of people have morality clauses that include getting arrested fir ANYTHING. Plenty of employers would consider you underserving of their trust for a lack of judgment such as this, plus if your employer told your entire company they were sick of arrests, there’s a new policy and you were subsequently arrested you’d be toast.
munsondawg
October 11th, 2010
8:05 pm
Dorsey,
I hold a professional license in this state. Every year when I have to renew it, I have to sign an affidavit saying that I have not been convicted of, or plead nolo contendre to anything other than a moving violation in this state. Any other violation and the State of Georgia has the right not to renew my license. Without a license, I have no practice. So yes,livelihoods can be lost. It’s not about the ticket. It’s about Caleb’s failure to remotely be worried about taking care of it. Hence the warrant for his arrest. If he’s not concerned about it, Mark Richt should not be worried about keeping him around.
Clean House
October 11th, 2010
8:05 pm
You people dont understand it Richt said no more, now lets see if he backs it up. Caleb azz should be grass….
dawgfan4life
October 11th, 2010
8:06 pm
He doesn’t get it!
Dorsey Hill
October 11th, 2010
8:07 pm
Clean House,
Incredible analysis. Detailed, thoughtful, precise and fact-based. Really, from you I expected something like: “that Dorsey guy, he’s s-s-s-stupid in stuff. And he’s kinda dumb cause a what he says.” You out performed my expectations. Congrats.
GTFan
October 11th, 2010
8:07 pm
Shane
October 11th, 2010
5:11 pm
Hey at least we didnt lose to Kansas.
That would be embarrassing
What does Tech losing to Kansas, have to do with this? I am actually pulling for UGA to fix whatever issues they have. I work for a court system, and we give FTA’s 2 weeks to get their tickets paid, or come to court. We have many ways to get the citations paid. If not then the license is suspended, or a bench warrant is issued. I don’t know if this is quite tops news, but it’s still very irresponsbile of King.
Clean House
October 11th, 2010
8:08 pm
Again Dorsey Hill STFU !!!!
scottlarock
October 11th, 2010
8:09 pm
munsondawg, Did you blog about Mettenberg when he got kicked off about how you thought he was a thug, or now when its said and done? I would think his situation is alot tamer than Mettenbergs.
Let me see if Caleb was to fondle a white check, what happens to him, Let’s hang him….
Delbert D.
October 11th, 2010
8:09 pm
Chapas at tailback, Munzenmaier at fullback. No more missed blocks.
jerome
October 11th, 2010
8:10 pm
Clean House STFU
Dorsey Hill
October 11th, 2010
8:10 pm
munsondawg,
But is was a moving violation so what’s your point? There is no license that you aren’t getting renewed over a failure to pay a traffic offense, yours included.
Tired
October 11th, 2010
8:11 pm
We won’t ever win with fans like Clean House b!tching about little stuff
munsondawg
October 11th, 2010
8:11 pm
Scott,
I typed on the Athens paper’s blog (onlineathens.com) many times. Sure did.
Clean House
October 11th, 2010
8:11 pm
scottlarock…… I did ! Mett was a thug too. Satisfied?
GT
October 11th, 2010
8:11 pm
Seems th east is still wide open!! The Gayturds seem equally as bad loosing to LSOOOooo..
Police Chief
October 11th, 2010
8:12 pm
Clean House how about saving yourself by getting off the blog please
Dorsey Hill
October 11th, 2010
8:13 pm
Clean House,
Even more impressive. You learned an acronym. See if you can decipher this one: KMWA.
scottlarock
October 11th, 2010
8:13 pm
Clean house or whatever you changed your name to, everytime you log on is easy to say now.
Clean House
October 11th, 2010
8:13 pm
Police Chief…. save yourself blind homer….
munsondawg
October 11th, 2010
8:14 pm
Dorsey,
There was a WARRANT for his arrest. If I had a warrant for my arrest and had to go to jail, you can rest assured that the licensing board would have me visiting their offices in downtown Atlanta for violating their rules.
Police Chief
October 11th, 2010
8:16 pm
Clean House dude you are so lost?
The Big House
October 11th, 2010
8:16 pm
Shoot y’all, it’s all good! One mo’ arrest and we got an even dozen!
SRS
October 11th, 2010
8:16 pm
He’s a college football player, not a truck driver. Most companies could care less if one of their employees failed to appear in court for a traffic violation. Let’s not get carried away here. Caleb was incredibly irresponsible and should be punished, but let’s not act like he’s Brett Favre–running around sending picture of junk to women other than his wife–meanwhile is actual wife is at home battling cancer.
scottlarock
October 11th, 2010
8:17 pm
There may be a moral clause in your contract but I doubt it would not be renewed if you were arrested for failure to appear for a speeding ticket. Every keeps talking about Richt saying no more arrest but this happened back in august, if his court date was on the 5 of august, no matter what he would have been arrested any day after that, even if he paid the fine.
Dorsey Hill
October 11th, 2010
8:17 pm
munsondawg,
Yeah and you’d tell them your sorry and you took care of it and that would be that. Your life is not getting ruined over this sort of thing. You could be in the NSA with the highest National Security Clearance on the planet and you’d slide through this.
The oleball coach
October 11th, 2010
8:17 pm
This arrest is much worse than Tennessee thugs under age drinking, asaulting a police officer, and a fat guy while accepting gratitudes from bar knoxville……-
Mel must be a techie. let put all who have speeing tickets in the electric chair….
Clean House
October 11th, 2010
8:18 pm
munsondawg… you cant reason with the morons taking up for a moron. They refuse to see trends ,patterns and all they know is to use excuses because they have no respect for rules themselves.
Police Chief
October 11th, 2010
8:19 pm
Clean House
October 11th, 2010
8:18 pm
munsondawg… you cant reason with the morons taking up for a moron. They refuse to see trends ,patterns and all they know is to use excuses because they have no respect for rules themselves
From one moron to another, you guys both are lost
PappyHappy
October 11th, 2010
8:20 pm
This is so typical of Richt! His players know they can get by with just about anything! If it has taken this guy this long, he has some serious character issues …….HIMSELF!
BYE-BYE donations until Dr. Adams gets his act cleaned up. I am really becoming ashamed of the nation’s top ‘PARTY SCHOOL’!! Would you want your child or grand child caught up in this sort of garbage?? A sad state, and we as taxpayers are underwriting this corruption of morals!
Problem Solved
October 11th, 2010
8:20 pm
Seriously, hire a secretary who does nothing but track dates and issues reminders. After that, if they screw up, kick ‘em off the team.
Delbert D.
October 11th, 2010
8:20 pm
@Problem Solved
“Don’t tell me that Tuscaloosa, Gainesville, Knoxville, and Auburn have the same types that Athens has.”
Okay, then, I won’t tell you that Gainesville, Knoxville and Auburn have the same types that Athens has. Satisfied? Think that one through again.
scottlarock
October 11th, 2010
8:20 pm
munsondawg, hum is that why the athens paper was sucking for a while. Well tell your cousin, Officer. Whatever his name in athens, to work on busting more of the METH suppliers over there and leave the football players alone unless truely warranted.
Coffee Bluff DAWG
October 11th, 2010
8:21 pm
He made a 20 yr old mistake – speeding and then compounded the mistake, by probably, his inability to pay.
Don’t make this out to be a crimminal offense. If suspension is warranted it’s likely 1 game – end of story.
Clean House
October 11th, 2010
8:21 pm
scotlarock….. has it occurred to your pea brain that Mr. King has had ample time to notify his coaches about the unpaid ticket after all that has transpired?
Tired
October 11th, 2010
8:21 pm
Clean House is the biggest loser ever
munsondawg
October 11th, 2010
8:22 pm
Dorsey,
Everybody makes choices. Some good, some bad. Caleb already had 1 chance. Now you want him to have another? If you say so…. If I was the coach, I know my decision. Mark Richt should be thinking “Fool me once………….”
Clean House
October 11th, 2010
8:24 pm
Im a loser BWAHHHHHH…..
Clean House
October 11th, 2010
8:25 pm
Looks like Caleb King is the real Loser…..
scottlarock
October 11th, 2010
8:26 pm
Clean house, I will put my record against your record any day, I have a top secret clearance, so having respect for the rules is not an issue, but right is right, Caleb messed up, got a speeding ticket and made it worse by not going to court or paying it, but to throw his career down the tubes because of it is kind of well STUPID. DUI yes can see it and will agree he need to be kicked off but failure to appear over a speeding no.
J W
October 11th, 2010
8:27 pm
Three questions arise: (1) why didn’t he make initial court appearance, (2) why wasn’t someone from the athletic department assigned to make sure he made initial court appearance, and perhaps now I’d be inclined to open investigation as to (3) how he came up with $380 dollars to now settle the fines? If he’d paid it in July, it may have only been $75.
Call in show....
October 11th, 2010
8:28 pm
In case you aren’t listening richt just said something to the effect that not paying a traffic ticket is not that big of deal then something like we need to teach them to be more responsible. I see a light punishment in the future…
crabapplejoe
October 11th, 2010
8:31 pm
@Delbert D who wrote: “Chapas at tailback, Munzenmaier at fullback. No more missed blocks.”
Man, I like that idea…in addition to the no more missed blocks, UGA might actually get some production out of the RB position….and think, no more fumbles on the goal line. Look what happened when Denver/Cleveland let Peyton Hillis run the ball instead of block…..free at last, free at last let the boys tote the rock
munsondawg
October 11th, 2010
8:32 pm
If that’s the case, I’ll find something better to spend my money on next fall. Goodbye $5k yr./ donation. Mark Richt & Co. will lose more and more contributors if they allow foolishness.
guy
October 11th, 2010
8:33 pm
He should have already been served for not appearing in the summer.Then all of this would have been over.These young men better wake up because football will be over soon.Grow up!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THWG!!
October 11th, 2010
8:34 pm
Richt can’t control his thug players. Ha Ha Ha Ha
Clean House
October 11th, 2010
8:34 pm
Scotlarock…… He got ARRESTED! GET IT ??????? I could care less if it was for jay walking at this juncture. It is a distraction, he was irresponsible, he has embarrassed the university and football program. His azz should be kicked off team and let these players know once again Cow Horns Hook…
UGAVII
October 11th, 2010
8:35 pm
Lord I should have gone to Georgia Tech.
Paul Johnson is a man, Georgia needs a man not a bunch of panty wearing, taning salon thugs.
scottlarock
October 11th, 2010
8:35 pm
HaHa munsondawg, goodbye. You think your low donation of 5k is going to allow you to tell the coach who stays and who goes. Dude this is not the 50s.
Delbert D.
October 11th, 2010
8:37 pm
crabapplejoe – Yeah, find out which one can do the Hollins hurdle, and play him at tailback. Both of those guys have good hands. Imagine Munzenmaier blocking for Chapas on a fullback lead. Imagine both of them chipping the pass rushers (more like pancaking, rather than chipping with those guys) on straight pass plays.
scottlarock
October 11th, 2010
8:37 pm
Yes Clean house he got arrested for failure to appear for a speeding ticket, not DUI, not hit and run, a speeding ticket which he was allowed to promply pay and leave, he dos not even have to go to the walton county courts in the future for this, it’s over now…
munsondawg
October 11th, 2010
8:38 pm
Guess what scott,
Add up enough of those donations and then look around the stadium and when you can see metal bleachers and not bodies the UGA admin. will take notice.. Do you contribute? Have you for over 15 yrs? Do you go to road games? Did you see the empty stands this past weekend?
11 Arrests 2 Wins
October 11th, 2010
8:38 pm
No news here. Same ol GA. Since he’s a starter, probably will sit out 1 series with Idaho State.
Delbert D.
October 11th, 2010
8:39 pm
I guess my daily checklist suggestion for the players got censored. It shouldn’t have.
Fair and Balanced
October 11th, 2010
8:39 pm
It’s pretty obvious isn’t it – GA players are not smart. You just cant cure stupid!
georgytech
October 11th, 2010
8:39 pm
Dorsey Hill ”’Obama used cocaine, pot, alcohol just as W did, only difference is W b ecame a succesful businessman while Prezbo became a community organizer (see DREAMS OF MY FATHER for reference). But back to the issue King should be disciplined in some manner, his record shows contempt or at the very least total disregard for traffic laws( wrong wayh on a one way street with suspended license previously), a pattern it seems. He needs to learn for his own sake that there are sometimes severe consequences for immature behavior. Losing his position on a college football team does not mean the end of the world for him if that does happen. He is the one that will determine his life’s directions by his actions.
It seems like many athletes he has been failed by adults in his past that allowed him to avoid penalties for failures in academics.
Vick=Dog killing Thug
October 11th, 2010
8:42 pm
no story here… no suspension. Extra running and maybe some community service. This is nothing
kennedy
October 11th, 2010
8:43 pm
In Cobb County, if you forget to pay ur speeding fine, you dont get a warrant for ur arrest, they just send you a letter in da mail telling you that your license is suspended. We are talking bout a speeding ticket guys, A SPEEDING ticket!! What was so wrong with the police calling the head coach or position coach and having all this avoid, time wasted, along with my tax dollars wasted
Lee
October 11th, 2010
8:44 pm
There is really no excuse for King to ignore paying the speeding ticket. I’m sure that Richt and the coaches laid down the law [pardon the pun] with the players this summer after the rash of GA players getting arrested.
Most counties just don’t issue a bench warrant for failure to appear for a traffic citation. If you don’t show, you usually get a letter in the mail telling you that a warrant for your arrest is imminent if you don’t take care of the citation.
In all probablity, King ignored the traffic citation, ignored the warnings from his coaches, and ignored a warning letter from the court.
The dumb idiot deserves to get kicked off the team.
Ron
October 11th, 2010
8:44 pm
Take from me, the Clarke County Police do not seem to perform when there are real crimes. My business has been broken into a number of times over the years. It is very easy to see from the road. They never saw anything, caught anyone, I mean nothing. The wheels & tires were stolen off one car sitting right by the road—-twice. I can assure you that they don’t like poking around in the dark where there might possibly be something dangerous going on. Traffic stops are pretty safe, 99% of the time.
Problem Solved
October 11th, 2010
8:45 pm
Delbert D.
In response to your “Okay, then, I won’t tell you that Gainesville, Knoxville and Auburn have the same types that Athens has. Satisfied? Think that one through again.”…..
When you take a sentence out of context, it sure works for ya, doesn’t it.
If you read the entire sentence, you would see that the preceding article meant that “the same types” referred to the police, not the players. “Yes, it’s pathetic, but as long as the city of Athens allows the Gomer and Barney to patrol, what choice do we have? Don’t tell me that Tuscaloosa, Gainesville, Knoxville, and Auburn have the same types that Athens has.
Nitpicker. Hmmmmmm. Are you an Athens cop and did I touch a nerve?
scottlarock
October 11th, 2010
8:46 pm
munsondawg , not everyone that contributes think like you, the reason why the empty stands is because of the record, I guarantee you that if we were undefeated and caleb had stats of 150 yards a game, this would not be an issue, and yes I contribute, I just don’t cry about it, don’t do it if you don’t want to, there is a lot more going on with UGA than football.
Delbert D.
October 11th, 2010
8:46 pm
“What was so wrong with the police calling the head coach or position coach”
That’s not part of their job. Executing warrants is.
judge
October 11th, 2010
8:47 pm
from what I understand its not a big deal—its just a small fine—-300plus dollars———no biggy—–Richt should sit him out of the Vandy game and play him some in the Kentucky game to keep him warmed up—and then let him start the Fla game—–lets dont lose our minds over this at this point———all bets are off until the end of the season—and I am sure more will be revealed at that point—
Problem Solved
October 11th, 2010
8:48 pm
Me thinks Delbert D. is in law enforcement.
Imma Dumbgafan
October 11th, 2010
8:50 pm
They are just pickin on our football playuhs…it’s not fair…they are as pure as the driven snow…what was so so wrong with the police calling the head coach and brushing this under the rug…they are our PLAYUHS…it would be okay if it was just a “regular” student, but, we have to wind football games….I mean, it’s not like this is a place for academics! We MUST win football games. Regular “students’–hey, lock em up! Our playuhs are there for one thing, and one thing only—FOOTBALL!!! Leave them alone!!
scottlarock
October 11th, 2010
8:51 pm
georgytech, really, you are going there, W was no businessman, he failed at all of his businesses, only difference is his father bailed him out, not to mention the reason he got in Yale, he pretty much failed out in college too.
Obama didn’t see dollar signs when he graduated from college as Bush did. Don’t compare the two, really don’t do it, we know who the smarter of the two are.
dagnabit
October 11th, 2010
8:52 pm
A hit-n-run DUI is not a misdemeanor. An assault on a woman is not Misdemeanor. The JOKE is DAWGINMEMPHIS.
scottlarock
October 11th, 2010
8:53 pm
Imma Dumbgafan
October 11th, 2010
8:50 pm
They are just pickin on our football playuhs…it’s not fair…they are as pure as the driven snow…what was so so wrong with the police calling the head coach and brushing this under the rug…they are our PLAYUHS…it would be okay if it was just a “regular” student, but, we have to wind football games….I mean, it’s not like this is a place for academics! We MUST win football games. Regular “students’–hey, lock em up! Our playuhs are there for one thing, and one thing only—FOOTBALL!!! Leave them alone!!
I bet they would pick up the phone to call the chief of police or the mayor that their son or daughter was about to be arrested.
Clean House
October 11th, 2010
8:53 pm
Scotlarock…….. his speeding ticket was for doing 21 miles an hour over the speed limit. Thats considered reckless driving. This also demonstrates his complete disregard for the law. It is a serious matter whether you and others agree or not. Boy do the Insurance Companies love those Statistics so they can set those rates for good drivers….
Thuga
October 11th, 2010
8:54 pm
You boys are funny! Last week we all wanted to dismantle the coaches and team and they win one game and now everything is off limits. Good thing the big T self destructed for us. The poor little babies, they can’t be required to remember things that are not important…like going to court. They are just children, that is until they get to the field and then they are SUPERMEN!!! Leaping tall linemen in a single bound, crashing through linebackers…and remembering the offensive play book which I assume is done in cartoon characters to assist the little ones in remembering what is going on. If you can’t take care of business in life, you have no business on the field (unless you are a special little bullpup) If they can’t handle their business then they should change the name to the BULLPUPS!
No Excuses! You don’t have to kick him off the team, just let him start over at the waterboy position and work his way back up.
The proud fans will not stand for it…we need him to help our team so we won’t stink. I think the average blogging fan would be just like CMR and give them a slap on the wrist and let them go to preserve just one more win. It’s a sellout, I know because I’m THUGA!
Old Dawg Fan
October 11th, 2010
8:54 pm
I am a full believer that Richt has lost this team in the “respectability” category HOWEVER this is a speeding ticket he didn’t take care of. How many of us have made this mistake??? The majority of us are not expected to be on the “job” literally 24/7. Stupide mistake-Yes, Kick off the team or sit out a game-NO. We have more problmes than this to deal with!!!!!!! Different thing than leaving the scene of an accident or drinking and driving.!!!!!
munsondawg
October 11th, 2010
8:55 pm
Scott,
Did you know that in the short span of just 2 yrs. in order to become a first time season ticket holder the points balance was dropped from $10,000 to a little under $2,000 for a person to receive first time season tickets.? That shows that demand is fading bigtime. Events both on and off the field are truly turning tons of people away. You cant give tickets away to this abortion of a team and season.
Jim007
October 11th, 2010
8:55 pm
This is King’s second arrest !!
What is Richt doing, three strikes and you are out for starters only ???????
Dawgs are FSU North & a TOTAL Joke !
gtforever
October 11th, 2010
8:57 pm
I caught some of the mark richt radio show. He was talking about the CK incident…. Coach is already back peddling. What a NOODLE spine your coach has…… It’s NO wonder whey your football team is in such a MESS!
SRS
October 11th, 2010
8:57 pm
Dorsey Hill ”’Obama used cocaine, pot, alcohol just as W did, only difference is W b ecame a succesful businessman while Prezbo became a community organizer
———————————-
This has nothing to do with your comments so don’t take this the wrong way…and I know I’ll regret going here but…Georgia W never “became” anything. He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and never had to work hard day in his life. He is the equivalent of a trust-fund-baby. And intellectually speaking, Bush is a mental midget compared to Obama. Coincidentally (or not), most regressive southerners voted for him twice. Go Braves!
BIG BEE
October 11th, 2010
8:58 pm
If he forgets to pay a traffic ticket, what makes you think he can remember the play book?
scottlarock
October 11th, 2010
8:59 pm
Clean house, I guess you have never been on that stretch of hwy, have you? they did not issue a ticket for reckless driving, only speeding.
Granted he should not have been going 21 miles over the speed limit because I guess he didn’t know that area is a speed trap, that’s the reason why I do 64 on that road, because you are certain to have a police waiting for you.
Imma Dumbgafan
October 11th, 2010
8:59 pm
scottlarock
October 11th, 2010
8:51 pm
“…not to mention the reason he got in Yale, he pretty much failed out in college…”
Oh really? And how do you “pretty much failed out in college”? Know what W’s investment was in the Texas Rangers? And what he got when he sold? Moron.
gtforever
October 11th, 2010
8:59 pm
and then you have morons like SRS…….
Imma Dumbgafan
October 11th, 2010
9:02 pm
SRS must be a Community Organizer.
scottlarock
October 11th, 2010
9:02 pm
munsondawg , yes the demand is low because the product has underperformed,not becaue of the arrests, hence why you can walk in stegman coliseum and sit wherever you want.
Call in show....
October 11th, 2010
9:03 pm
Richt also made a jab about the empty seats, something to the effect that it’s a two way relationship and coming out seeing empty seats impacts the players. Only other interesting comment was in response to a ? about what he tells recruits, basically he said they’re told if they don’t behave appropriately they get consequences. That was disappointing, I was hoping to hear something more in line with we have the highest expectations and while we’ll give you guidance and help you grow, but if you screw up here you will pay a serious consequence. Probably unrealistic to say that to a recruit but still was hoping to hear a hard line on infractions.
Gumpdawg
October 11th, 2010
9:03 pm
Caleb King is Stupid and dumb as a box of rocks…..
georgiagirl
October 11th, 2010
9:04 pm
Oh my God no one on here never had a ticket. AJC why don’t you find something to write about besides speeding ticket, under age drinking, how about Fla Gators, text messages going to kill their girlfriend, AK 47 going off in a crows of people, stealing dead people credit cards.
A speeding ticket is not a reason to kick someone off the team you people must all live in glass houses. You all act as if you never anything wrong, I had a speeding 25 years ago when I was young. All you can do is throw stones at everyone, this team needs to tell the bandwagon fans what boat to get on. REALLY AJC always trying to find something wrong with Georgia. I don’t need to read this sH!! anymore. True fan signing off from all the do gooder on here.
jdawgs34
October 11th, 2010
9:05 pm
Whats amazing is the car was stopped for no lights for tag…ok, how many really do have lights…every car has something to stop them for…this is getting bad over there…
scottlarock
October 11th, 2010
9:06 pm
Imma Dumbgafan
October 11th, 2010
8:59 pm
scottlarock
October 11th, 2010
8:51 pm
Oh really? And how do you “pretty much failed out in college”? Know what W’s investment was in the Texas Rangers? And what he got when he sold? Moron.
You pretty much fail out because your daddy keeps making calls to keep your ass in, thats how.
The Texas Rangers, wow anyone that invest in a sports team is set to make money when they sale, There is not one Pro basebase team that an owner did not make money when he sold a team.
fred
October 11th, 2010
9:07 pm
it’s apparent coach bobo can’t coach stupid
Bull
October 11th, 2010
9:07 pm
hee hee hee. It just keeps getting better and better.
georgiagirl
October 11th, 2010
9:08 pm
I watch the cops everyday where I live in the county waiting to get the school kids on one road and they get about 5 a day. So I guess these kids need to be kick out of school. Speed traps going on all other the state, better watch out your next
Bull
October 11th, 2010
9:09 pm
“speeding ticket is not a reason to kick someone off the team you people”
FAILURE TO APPEAR, Moron. Just like BJ Clinton,LYING UNDER OATH.
georgiagirl
October 11th, 2010
9:10 pm
No lights around my tag on my 2007 4-runner I guess I will get a ticket
Gumpdawg
October 11th, 2010
9:11 pm
Economy is bad for the one horse towns. Better be on your P’s and Q’s cause they all need revenue and will give you a ticket….
scottlarock
October 11th, 2010
9:13 pm
Georgiagirl, I got stopped for the same thing on one of my cars, funny thing is the police officer just told me that I didn’t have a light on the tag and went about his way, no drivers license check or anything.
Imma Dumbgafan
October 11th, 2010
9:14 pm
scottlarock
October 11th, 2010
9:06 pm
“You pretty much fail out because your daddy keeps making calls to keep your ass in, thats how.”
And I’m sure you have proof or a link for this accusation?
Dumb= GA Fan
Dumber= Obama supporter
Rocky Mountain Bulldog
October 11th, 2010
9:15 pm
King should be punished, but we don’t know all of the facts of his case, yet.
Richt will have to come down hard, but I don’t think he should be booted off the team.
He is not the smartest apple in the bunch, though.
The 2011 recruiting class will make or break Richt, if he survives all of these arrest and win loss issues, this year.
Florida Dawg
October 11th, 2010
9:19 pm
I think the problem started at driving around at 4AM….why is Calab King going out at 4AM too? I understand to help his brother but really…wait until a decent hour so you might have a chance of staying out of jail.
Aaron11
October 11th, 2010
9:19 pm
Going to be interesting to see who is going to run the ball. CMR may have no choice but to take the redshirt off of Malcome anyone one know the status of Carlton Thomas
Aaron11
October 11th, 2010
9:20 pm
With this Coach Richt may have no choice but to take the redshirt off of Ken Malcome so we have some RBs
scottlarock
October 11th, 2010
9:22 pm
Imma Dumbgafan
October 11th, 2010
9:14 pm
scottlarock
October 11th, 2010
9:06 pm
“You pretty much fail out because your daddy keeps making calls to keep your ass in, thats how.”
And I’m sure you have proof or a link for this accusation?
Dumb= GA Fan
Dumber= Obama supporter
Yes, its in the open records act, check out gpa. And yes I’m a proud supportor of UGA.
Dawg Poop
October 11th, 2010
9:22 pm
This arrest is way overblown as are the other 10 arrest. Just let them boys play!
astrouga
October 11th, 2010
9:22 pm
Please Richt, kick him off the team!
scottlarock
October 11th, 2010
9:24 pm
Imma Dumbgafan, I forgot Bush had his records sealed so no one can see them.
Oh Obama’s records are available though.
astrouga
October 11th, 2010
9:26 pm
Kick King off the team. We don’t want people like this representing our school. There are plenty of good running backs in the country that obey the law.
80Dawg
October 11th, 2010
9:27 pm
Tech fan, is life at Tech so bad you just have to rejoice when we have problems. I am glad to say that I never give your program a second thought.
Snoop
October 11th, 2010
9:27 pm
Pleeze! Richt has not kicked anyone off the team, except the poor 5th stringer. Montez was in jail on a serious charge. When Richt couldn’t cover up Mettenburger’s sexual battery, he was forced to kick Mett off by Adams, who was in the middle of his campaign for NCAA Czar. This is King’s second arrest. At least he got a driver’s license after the first one. These players are morons. As long as Richt coddles them, Georgia will continue to lose games and disgrace the university.
LHardingDawg
October 11th, 2010
9:30 pm
Snoop’s an idiot.
Imma Dumbgafan
October 11th, 2010
9:33 pm
scottlarock
October 11th, 2010
9:24 pm
Imma Dumbgafan, I forgot Bush had his records sealed so no one can see them.
Oh Obama’s records are available though
You have it backwards. W’s GPA was released years ago, and people like you were claiming John “why the long face” Kerry was soooo much smarter than W. Well, come to find out, W’s GPA was higher than Kerry’s.
Obama’s are NOT available.
LifeLong Fan
October 11th, 2010
9:35 pm
Richt has no comments?????????? He recruited the bum. Did he not tell the young adult the rules up front? Or did the “coach” talk about finacial rewards to the player of selling one’s jersey?????? Or the benefits of going to bars and screwing around? And driving drunk?
Same thing, eleventh verse. It finally caught up with the Cum Bah Yah coach AND US HOPEFUL FANS.
Fire the bum coach if that’ what one calls him.
Semper Fi
scottlarock
October 11th, 2010
9:36 pm
Imma Dumbgafan
October 11th, 2010
9:33 pm
scottlarock
October 11th, 2010
9:24 pm
Imma Dumbgafan, I forgot Bush had his records sealed so no one can see them.
Oh Obama’s records are available though
You have it backwards. W’s GPA was released years ago, and people like you were claiming John “why the long face” Kerry was soooo much smarter than W. Well, come to find out, W’s GPA was higher than Kerry’s.
Obama’s are NOT available.
You are right he did release his GPA, which was a 2.35 in college, but I don’t remember saying anything about Kerry, Hum.I think I said Obama.
Browndog
October 11th, 2010
9:36 pm
CK made a mistake but he does not deserve to be dismissed from the team. CMR will administer appropriate punishment, which will not satisfy at least 50% of those posting comments about this article.
Florida Dawg
October 11th, 2010
9:39 pm
If King doesn’t understand and remember you have to pay a traffic ticket or it only gets more expensive, how does he remember the play book?
Why are these people out driving with a suspended DL at 4AM. Is that not stupid?
I mean…how dumb can you possibly get. And for King to GO with this guy at 4AM…isn’t that dumb too under the circumstances? Even if he is clean…why would a UGA football player be out at 4AM??????
Bad Dawg, Bad Dawg
October 11th, 2010
9:41 pm
Enter your comments here
David77Dawg
October 11th, 2010
9:42 pm
UGA Football program NEEDS A NEW STANDARD. IF YOU get arrested, YOU ARE SUSPENDED AT LEAST ONE GAME. The trouble is CMR is NOT “Man Enough” to implement such a policy!
Bad Dawg, Bad Dawg
October 11th, 2010
9:42 pm
Richt has to go! No more excuses!
woodie
October 11th, 2010
9:42 pm
I think King should sit out the 1st qtr against Idaho State…
David77Dawg
October 11th, 2010
9:43 pm
Such a new policy SHOULD get each player’s attention!
Bad Dawg, Bad Dawg
October 11th, 2010
9:44 pm
By the way, the program is the laughing stock of the nation!
dodgecountydawg
October 11th, 2010
9:46 pm
bout time that Richt “Finishes the Drill ” and suspends King for the rest of the freaking season!! and why ?? he’s got to make an example out of a “name” player or he’s going to become a joke.. Making these “kids” run extra , obviously is NOT having the desired affect.. Ealey can get the job done at Tailback ,but so what, it’s time for Richt to ” Finish the Drill “”
Mcdawghna
October 11th, 2010
9:46 pm
Please correct me if I’m wrong but was’nt it Vince Vance who had the motor scooter incident a couple years ago for the exact same charge or did Caleb do the exact same thing?….Just wondering if I’m losing my mind…
Look in mirror
October 11th, 2010
9:49 pm
You people need to READ before responding.. Its a tag light not a tail a big difference. So the headlights from the officers car couldn’t see the tag? Why stop someone for that? Im sure the officer could have been stopping criminals while on that wasted traffic stop. All of you calling for the young man to be kicked off the team must be PERFECT. I don’t know the reason for him not showing up for court but with school, football practice, games, dealing with trainers yeah just maybe he could have forgotten. Youngsters are irresponsible and make mistakes just like ADULTS. If it was your child would you suggest the same action? I doubt it.
BG
October 11th, 2010
9:49 pm
WOW!! King forgot to pay a speeding ticket! How many holy rollers on here have done that??
Mcdawghna
October 11th, 2010
9:50 pm
I’m thinking that he has’nt been in trouble before….I know V Vance had the exact same charge and wonder if the second arrest thing is true and maybe the names are wrong…..not making light of anything here cause it shows total lack of intelligence on all parties….
Verbal Kint
October 11th, 2010
9:50 pm
I’d love to see Ken Malcome get some carries.
BTW – I just watched a replay of the UT game and I’m impressed with Kenarius Gates. He seemed to dominate his man all game long. I think this kids got a solid future for Georgia.
North Georgia Dawg
October 11th, 2010
9:51 pm
I personally don’t have a problem with this recent arrest. I went to college, was in a fraternity and partied like a rock-star. Out of probably 60 guys there was someone always getting into some kind of trouble… Fights, Public Intoxication, DUI and others. The bottom line is these kids or any other college student in athens is going to run the risk of getting arrested/trouble while they are in college. However, I am just going to come out and say that if any body needs to go it’s the Sheriff of Athens-Clarke County. What a doucher! This guy needs to ease up a bit with Nazi/Gustapo tactics. Vote him out the next election!!! You don’t see this crap in Knoxville, Tuscaloosa or Gainsville beacuse there they protect the players as should we!!! DUI, Robbery, Assault, Murder, Rape & other acts of violence shold not be tolerated but this type of crap is just plain BS!
loosen up
October 11th, 2010
9:53 pm
Not paying a traffic ticket is no big deal. He’ll pay the fine and that’s the end of it. No suspension is required for this minor thing. The Dawgs will need king and ealey big time for the florida game.
Massivo Johnson
October 11th, 2010
9:54 pm
I think we need to recruit more thugs, so we can become the poster child for Jesse Jackson’s All Thug team. I’m sure old Jesse and Terrence Moore are happy, because their folks are representin on this unit. Why recruit a corn fed fade when you can get a fast hood who can’t count to ten. Good strategy!
Unimpressed
October 11th, 2010
9:54 pm
Seems UGA has replaced U of Miami as the hoodlum school of all time.
Mobile Dawg
October 11th, 2010
10:00 pm
Time for a new topic I think….What’s the line vs Vandy?
Duh'Hood
October 11th, 2010
10:01 pm
I be runnin da 40 in 4.40 seconds flat baby… u knows why? I be runnin like I just stole sumpin. Rodney G say he gonna hook me up with a scholly to UGA. Can someone tell me how many quarters are in a half?
2HLLWGA
October 11th, 2010
10:03 pm
Why are people questioning what the police did and not what he was doing out at 4 in the morning. I would bet that was a curfew violation.
Also, most cars get checked at 4 in the morning – get a police scanner to see. When someone removes their tag light, it means they were probably doing something they should not. This is indicative of someone trying to hide something.
UGA can now field a team from jail.
The Ole Ball Coach
October 11th, 2010
10:06 pm
Electric chair for speeding says all the Tech fans LOL
jimmymack
October 11th, 2010
10:07 pm
jesus, may you be forgiven for blasmant comment. parent’s send their children to uga in our trust.we are to raise them make them grow to be responsible human being’s.if you have an academic scholarship how much would you have to answer for, for a speeding ticket DUMB
Herschel Walker
October 11th, 2010
10:07 pm
SRS, First let me say specifically that YOU ARE A LOSER just like your lover Obama. When you get together for your gay love fests I hope you tell him that the nation is totally F’d up thanks to him. I know love is blind but you are an idiot.
Herschel.
Notso Fast
October 11th, 2010
10:08 pm
As long as we excuse this type of behavior because other teams have the same problem then we will continue to have the problem. Coach R doesn’t have a clue as to what to do stop it. How can a team play with dicipline on the fiels if they have none off the field.
The Ole Ball Coach
October 11th, 2010
10:09 pm
All the Tennessee fans are showing up…..
A Fan
October 11th, 2010
10:13 pm
AJC needs to put a huge retraction as a headline that says, Georgia RB King not arrested for stolen electronics.” At a lunch meeting this afternoon, a bunch of guys were killing him because all they read was the part this morning about the search of those apartments for stolen electronics. The article led me to believe that this was the issue. Why is no one holding these guys accountable. I’m a minister, I’ve done the exact same thing when I was in Bible School, and the officer didn’t arrest me. He took my DL, let me call someone to pick me and the car up. I went and paid the ticket the next day, and got my DL back.
Granted, I’m in the business of grace, and not law, but if Caleb wasn’t the owner of the car, then why would an officer ask for his DL. That makes no sense. The police are employeed to protect, and that sounds like fishing to me.
Lastly, how many of you fans that are calling the players thugs and wanted them kicked off the team for a unpaid ticket, how many of you get juiced at tailgating, go to the game, get juiced after the game and then drive home on the same roads that me and my family travel every saturday?
He who has no sin, cast the first stone!!!!!!!!!!!!
Prez Obozo
October 11th, 2010
10:17 pm
Out of all these comments and you politically correct puppets on a string at the ajc are sensoring mine?
Mobile Dawg
October 11th, 2010
10:17 pm
It’s real easy, maybe that’s why CMR has trouble with it. Simple, if King has skeletons to go along with his speeding ticket, i.e. previous arrest, not showing up for court without a damn good excuse, stolen property in his dorm room, he’s off the team. If CMR recruited the right kids, then weeded out the one or two that sneaked through he wouldn’t have these problems.
Not one problem CMR has can he not look in the mirror, every day, and see the person responsible due to his ineptitude as the CEO of the Program. Significant change can’t happen overnight, for lack of a better word it’s a process. CMR is at least two years away from fixing his problems if he does all the right things if he stays at UGA.
Spare the rod, spoil the children.
Mobile Dawg
October 11th, 2010
10:20 pm
A fan, we thank you for your profession and God bless you.
We also thank the police for their profession and God bless them. It’s what cops do at 4 in the morning. Where I live the police department pays for their new cruisers, Tahoes, equipment, etc. with money confiscated from drug dealers at 4 in the morning. My son works for me doing quality work for our business, mostly at night. He gets pulled over once or twice a week. There is no conspiracy to bring UGA down via the APD.
Ralph
October 11th, 2010
10:22 pm
Caleb could care less. He did the same thing in High School at Parkview. They keep him on the team because he was there stud. The Adm. tried to get him on track but he felt if he was not treated with respect he would just leave and go to another school. Which is what he did. If Ga. suspends him, he will go elsewhere looking for some love.
Ralph
October 11th, 2010
10:23 pm
Enter your comments here
College Professort
October 11th, 2010
10:26 pm
When scholarship students who are not athletes who miss court dates get arrested for failure to appear for traffic violations & lose their schoarships & have articles written about them that end up on the front page of the AJC then & only then should Caleb King be kicked off this team. Why are athletes the only scholarship students that are singled out?
srcdawg1
October 11th, 2010
10:27 pm
you can’t really blame these guy’s. they come by it honestly. their athletic director got it all started. man what leadership we have over in athens.
mark
October 11th, 2010
10:27 pm
Shane, You are a total moron.
bigcalidawg
October 11th, 2010
10:28 pm
Not so much an issue of being a thug, but dang is that kid challenged. How are you gonna blow off a court date, but show up where the cops are to pick up your brother? He shoulda just let Brandon do it and get somebody else to drive the car back.
It’s not that UGA kids are that dim……..we recruit from the same pot as everybody, so relative to others, we’re about the same.
I have no clue as to how some of these kids are graduating, though.
Sad…………this is a drop that makes the whole bucket spiil over.
This is not like Montez, or Mett….different situation, but I think it’s gonna be zero tolerance.
Let’s just can everybody that screws up. Play Kenny (but please teach him how to stay out of trouble.) This season is a wash. We can play with Carlton and Kenny.
L-Dawg
October 11th, 2010
10:29 pm
To all you thug-mongers: is Zach Mettenberg a thug?
srcdawg1
October 11th, 2010
10:33 pm
kick him off the team and set an example. let him pay for his education. he will need it. he is not NFL material. he has never impressed me at running back.
CJDawg
October 11th, 2010
10:33 pm
I was no angel at 19. I did not have any idea how the system worked. Nor did any of you I would bet.
College Professor
October 11th, 2010
10:35 pm
srcdawg, should all scolarship students lose their scolarshps for the same infraction & be forced to pay for their education or just the athletes?
Tech Realist
October 11th, 2010
10:39 pm
Richt needs to call Coach Johnson for advice—-at Tech, the staff would not put up with all these arrests, crimes, etc. At UGA, it’s no big deal.
smart dawg
October 11th, 2010
10:40 pm
Richt’s new name : “Thug Whisperer”
If this were CK’s first infraction, then a simple direct order to go clean this mess up would be in order.
But, this is not his first arrest in Athens/Clarke Co while attending college there on scholarship as a scholar/athlete.
Four scholar/athletes have been dismissed from the team–they were expendable. Richt must think he has to have CK. His lack of comments tonight says loud and clear “CK’s not leaving this team any time soon”.
Sorry Mark, your credibility is zero. What you preach and what you do are not one and the same.
Tech Fan
October 11th, 2010
10:40 pm
Please kick King off the team!
mark
October 11th, 2010
10:42 pm
Andy you cant be serious? Only thugs and dead beats fail to appear? Stay in Blairsville,dump of the Appalachian.
Red Panties Rick
October 11th, 2010
10:42 pm
“Everybody in the whole cell block,
Was dancin’ to the Jailhouse Rock!”
lost dawg in bama
October 11th, 2010
10:44 pm
Not much of a deal; sounds like a one game suspension. And that is plenty, the kid has had no problems prior. Support your team or go find yourself another. All you holier than thou; get a life.
Red Dave
October 11th, 2010
10:46 pm
Mark Richt -
You’re nothing but a hypocrite. The words “ZERO TOLERANCE” came out of your mouth!!!!!!!!!!
James
October 11th, 2010
10:48 pm
Not a dawg, but this Bama fan thinks this is nothing. Yawn. What’s next? Player forgot to pay bar tab and had to go get credit card next morning? lol
Red Dave
October 11th, 2010
10:48 pm
lost dawg in bama -
you’re an idiot….Caleb King was arrested in 2007 for traffic violations. Same song and dance.
Brett
October 11th, 2010
10:49 pm
WSB Radio was reporting this morning that Caleb was arrested after police searched his apartment on a tip that some stolen goods were there, which they apparently found some. Does anyone know anything more about that, or was WSB just reporting the wrong story?
Red Dave
October 11th, 2010
10:49 pm
Caleb King’s prior arrest…..how many do you get????
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2007/07/17/85786/ugas-king-arrested-on-traffic.html
KimZ'sPackage
October 11th, 2010
10:50 pm
RICHT will not do a damn thing to hurt his chances to win some games. GET real DAWGS RICHT is no GREAT CHRISTIAN. He is GREAT at being a crying baby. Rhicht is not the MAN to RUN anything but a bible study for ghetto kids and bail them out if they make a MISTAKE. AHHAHAHAHHA Right!.
crabapplejoe
October 11th, 2010
10:51 pm
@Dorsey who wrote: “The fact is that roughly 75 of our 85 scholarship players are African-American. You clearly don’t like people of color so go watch polo or cricket. Obviously, college football is not for you anymore.”
Perhaps this is the problem….why we are having so many arrests…and can’t play well. Perhaps we should start back recruiting European-American athletes like the team that won the NC in 1980…remember Scott Woerner intercepting the pass to clinch the NC game against ND. Remember Jake Scott who went on to win two SuperBowl MVPs…Kirby Smart…David Pollack. None of those kids had off-field problems…and wouldn’t be recruited to play for CMRs coal black defense.
If its true that 75 of 85 scholorship athletes in the UGA football program are black then that is a problem…this state is majority white. I guess too many potential recruits are designated as “playing while white”….LOL
ugabean
October 11th, 2010
10:54 pm
I don’t want to see King kicked off the team. I do want to see Malcome run the ball. Someone needs to give the dawgs a spark. Its not King or Ealey.
srcdawg1
October 11th, 2010
10:54 pm
professor, i get your point it is well taken. each case should be reviewed based on merit. remember this is his 2nd infraction. the 1st was the ticket for breaking the law, the 2nd is for failure to appear. my point is how stupid could he be, your on national tv so there should not be a problem locating him and with all the publicity that has happened with this team and coach richt’s sermon’s the past 90 days on taking care of your responsibilities. you either don’t care or he is just stupid.
InsectInside
October 11th, 2010
10:57 pm
It’s not JUST a speeding ticket, it’s Contempt. I’m sure he got a ticket with a court date on it, a letter when he didn’t show up and probably a notice from DPS.
Barack Dawg
October 11th, 2010
10:57 pm
gtforever – your coach has to worry about your players beating and raping their girlfriends and robbery…little bit of difference than worry about speeding tickets and showing up in court. It is just that UGA is much more prominent and news worthy for the AJC that they like to focus on that instead of on anything GT related.
Pitbull
October 11th, 2010
11:00 pm
Why did the police do a background license check on the two (Calab) who came to help. Pure harassement by the local police. This is why the players keep getting into trouble. Adams or the NAACP needs to do something about it.
baddog
October 11th, 2010
11:01 pm
Star Player = No penalty.
Average Player = Punishment.
What is that teaching our young?
Army Vet
October 11th, 2010
11:01 pm
CJ Dawg: The court date is on the ticket. Of course, if this thug could read he probably would have been in court. It’s amazing how you fans worship these criminals. Win at all cost…pathetic.
baddog
October 11th, 2010
11:02 pm
Barack Dog – Your thought process eerily resembles the other barack. Very scary.
Barack Dawg
October 11th, 2010
11:03 pm
KimZ’s Package – what are you talking about biatch? You need to pull your lip over your head and swallow. Get off the internet staring at Favre’s little penis and getting penis envy then making stupid remarks about Richt.
Please go to the toilet, jump in, and flush.
cALEB THE kING
October 11th, 2010
11:04 pm
There have been 10 arrests this year and the coaches all sat us down and said from now on ZERO TOLERANCE, but I figured HEY, I’m a starter. CMR ain’t gonna do nuthin’. What’s the big deal anyway? I was just disrespecting the law, the team, and CMR.
Army Vet
October 11th, 2010
11:06 pm
Pitbull…it’s standard procedure for the cops to run someone’s license. Are you one of those losers that scream “racism” when you don’t get your way. I guess “whitey” is holding you back again.
baddog
October 11th, 2010
11:07 pm
Xactly right cALEB THE kING! Getting tired of Richt’s double talk. If the player is not a starter, they get kicked off the team. If they’re a starter, one game suspension at most and it is usually against a pushover.
Diggity Dawg
October 11th, 2010
11:07 pm
UGA seems to be the new Miami.
cynic
October 11th, 2010
11:08 pm
Kids make mistakes, but kids who think rules dont apply to them will keep pushing the envelope until caught into a real serious situation. I’m sure Ga. Football knows the weight, height, and speed of every player on the squad. But does Ga Football look into the character of anyone they recruit
fred
October 11th, 2010
11:08 pm
looks like a case of driving while a brother….
Bill
October 11th, 2010
11:10 pm
Caleb at least gets a suspension……and I don’t buy that bullcrap about forgetting the court appearance…….Brandon King was driving Brandon Wood’s vehicle without a licence ! Brandon Woods is an athlete at Georgia. Is it not a crime to allow an unlicenced person to drive your vehicle ? Could the younger brother be taking the rap for the older brother ? The mistery begins !
jerry
October 11th, 2010
11:11 pm
The woods are full of big, strong, and fast 18 year running backs. And some of them are dumb as hell, sad to say.
Vanderbilt Fan
October 11th, 2010
11:11 pm
Bill
It’s mystery you gabnut…not mistery. Typical UGA guy.
Gail
October 11th, 2010
11:12 pm
Pitbull @ 11:00 Someone has to drive the car Brandon Wood & Caleb King went the police station in (unless they walked in) and someone has to drive the car Brandon King was driving when he was stopped. It makes sense to me that they would check both drivers to make sure their licenses were valid.
Footballin' Chick
October 11th, 2010
11:15 pm
It’s amazing. I’ve gotten two speeding tickets and I’ve managed to stay out of jail just fine. In fact, out of the many people who I’m friends with and are within my immediate family, I can happily say that none of them have been stupid enough to be arrested. Why? Cause we respect authority and have no problem with following the basic rules of society. Somehow, eleven of his thug life-to-the-max players just can’t seem to get that whole “law abiding citizen” thing down.
Kristy
October 11th, 2010
11:17 pm
Who would put barack in their name here? Worst president in the history of the USA. I don’t care if he’s black or chinese. He’s always bringing race into everything. Very divisive. I voted for him because I thought he would be anti divisive. I thought he was a rallying figure, but all he does is try to incite segments of society with hate.
srcdawg1
October 11th, 2010
11:18 pm
pit bull, he got into trouble when he got the ticket and again when he failed to appear. the police were doing their job by running the background check. you don’t turn a vehicle over to someone at 4am without knowing who you are giving it too. i guess that is the answer to everything call in outsider’s to make a situation worse. if you can’t do the time don’t do the crime!!!!!!
Burger Boy
October 11th, 2010
11:19 pm
The problem is the ghetto mentality and no respect for authority.
Bill
October 11th, 2010
11:20 pm
Pit Bull……..you are one of the reasons America has gone to hell in a handbasket……When you and others start to accept that right and wrong don’t have anything to do with the color of a man’s skin. It’s what he’s made of , his character, the way he takes care of his business. When he does it like a thug, he shows what he’s made of. I know plenty of people of color who don’t act like this, and plenty who see wrong or right, and I’m proud they are my friends ! AND……I’m sad that you don’t seem to fit in the latter mode ( judging by your comments)…..
where's herschell?
October 11th, 2010
11:20 pm
Enter your comments here
Brainiac(Dawg for life)
October 11th, 2010
11:20 pm
5150 P. O. A. D. : You have erred in the zero tolerance zone. You are hereby suspended from any participation on this blog for 24 hours. Why?? Cause President Adams has decreed it. Oh; By the way add 15 minutes of community service(Cleaning up behind UGA Tailgaters).
Hunker Down
October 11th, 2010
11:22 pm
The scooter debatcle was a bit…Mickey Mouse …by Athens finest…this second arrest has more substance but not exactly a DUI. The wave of constant arrest, yes including the former AD at UGA, is more than embarrassing. It demonstrates a school and program out of control. I support CMR in whatever the outcome of CK. He should know better than not to show up for a court date. Reprimand him or kick him off the team I support the decision. Someone needs to hear do not get arrest as a football player at UGA.
Hunker Down
October 11th, 2010
11:22 pm
arrested
srcdawg1
October 11th, 2010
11:26 pm
BILL, DITO. good coment.
lost dawg in bama
October 11th, 2010
11:27 pm
Red Dave you are a coward; you must not have a life to lie on this board
UTELLUM_10
October 11th, 2010
11:28 pm
The real criminals are the police & these crokked small town judges!!!…My son just got out of Walton County Jail…They stopped him for a broken tail light, and of course he found out that his license was suspended…Never received notice of any such thing. He also missed his court date, was able to sign a signature bond, returned to court and was locked up for 2 weeks..Cost of the broken tail light? 1300.00, and revoked his license again,because he didn’t have 2000.000…Now you tell me whose the criminal?
Iowa corn fed dawg boys
October 11th, 2010
11:28 pm
Uga needs more big ole strappin country corn fed boys with character. Fire Rodney Garner immediately !
Bill
October 11th, 2010
11:29 pm
My apologies to Vanderbilt Fan ! I mispelled mystery and now I’m going to be kicked off the team…..Smile ! Will try not to use that word (Mystery) again for fear of using it wrong or mispelling it again…….Had I gone to Vanderbilt I’d known that, right ? You have a good day, and good luck to the ” Commondores “….heard they have a good team this year……
step35
October 11th, 2010
11:29 pm
This is a mistake on his behalf. As one of the comments said a speeding ticket and failure to appear. The way that some of you all are talking is like he killed someone or robbed someone, but instead he is going to school ( learning) and playing football. It is not warranted that this young man lose what he has worked for most of his life. It happens with grown people that they forget at times. I can understand a game suspension but kicking someone off the team for a minor issues is crazy. Him being arrested is already an embarrassment along with a game suspension should be punishment enough. If they elect to kick him off the team. I know plenty others that would be happy to have him. Same as the Falcons did with Vick and the Eagles with McNabb. Someone loves another persons mistake. Georgia don’t let that same mistake happen to your program.
uga fan
October 11th, 2010
11:32 pm
everyone keeps saying richt needs to get a hold of the team. then oshers say its.no big deal just a speeding ticket. i dont care if he got arrested for jaywalking. he still had a run in with the law.if richt is ever going to get a hold on the team he needs to punish the players. everyone of these players are very blessed and have a tremendous opportunity that most of us dont have. maybe its time for these.guys to get their heads out of their asses and show the maturity that comes with the privledge
BuzzGT
October 11th, 2010
11:33 pm
Does anyone know how many hours the new “Zero Tolerance Policy” lasted?
Bob
October 11th, 2010
11:42 pm
Kicking him off the teach would be excessive punishment. These players ARE just kids and what he did wouldn’t make the newspaper if he wasn’t a star athlete. But coaches do need to find a way of mentoring the players about rights and responsibilities as citizens and as representatives of the University of Georgia.
srcdawg1
October 11th, 2010
11:43 pm
utellum-10, why was your son’s license suspended for in the first place? I’m sure it was not for having a broken taillight. i am having a problem trying find out what a crokked judge is? is that something to do with his back? tell your son to get his taillight fixed it is a lot cheaper.
Mr. Opportunity Lost
October 11th, 2010
11:50 pm
Another blown opportunity. CMR should have immediately call Dog the Bounty hunter and made this into a TV segment. “A Dawg for Dog”…..think of the $$ the UGA athletic dept could have picked up. Not to mention the notarity of having Caleb featured on National TV.
But, it was not to be.
Arrests galore and a loss to the Commodores
October 11th, 2010
11:51 pm
Mark Richts swan song will begin this weekend…. Bank on it !
crap sandwich
October 11th, 2010
11:53 pm
Let’s be realistic and realize that this was a very stupid thing King did. Does that mean he should be kicked off the team? No. It is very much different than the Baker case, the Robinson case, etc. However, I think a 1 or 2 game suspension would be in order, or maybe that is even too harsh.
Look we are all upset about the arrests, but let us be reasonable on punishment for stupidity vs. a real crime
James
October 11th, 2010
11:55 pm
Much ado about nothing.
This is another non-story.
Shouldn’t even have been reported, must be a slow news day.
Dawgtards ruin this state
October 11th, 2010
11:55 pm
thUGA just sux!
Hey you !
October 11th, 2010
11:57 pm
Yeah you jackazz… I dont want stupid people on my team period. Kick that dumbazz off the team!
srcdawg1
October 11th, 2010
11:58 pm
STEP 35, wow you just named another thug! in vick. from where i stand , the falcons did not make any mistakes in firing vick. they have had back to back winning season’s for the fist time in franchise history and are in 1st place the nfl south. i may be wrong but they seem to be a lot better off with out pit bull vick.
Dawgtards ruin this state
October 11th, 2010
11:58 pm
No James – thUGA is the laughing stock of all NCAA programs. Richt has brought FSU and Miami morals to Georgia. Only Damon Evans acting like David Hasselhoff has taken the heat off Richt. You are all Felons! Die!
Damon DirtyDawg
October 12th, 2010
12:01 am
Don’t worry Saint Richt is praying that Caleb becomes a better felon.
UTELLUM_10
October 12th, 2010
12:03 am
@srcdawg…For a ticket that he had already paid…that was why he didn’t get a notice, so he was able to get it reinstated the next day. Sorry for the typo..But the crooked judge suspended them again when he sent him to jail,even tho he was stopped only for a small hole in his tail light.
Home Boy
October 12th, 2010
12:05 am
Speeding ticket not paid and did not make court apperance or pay fine. How does this affect you whiners? Did you lose your life? How does this compare with murder? If you think this student should be expelled from school for his crime then shouldn’t the murderers be expelled too? Run a check on each female student to see how many have had abortions since they entered school and expell them all for murdering their child. Of course there are those that think that the murder of a child is not a serious offense but if the child had a mind left it would surely disagree. Put into perspective the two events –speeding ticket (which could have caused death) or abortion which certainly caused a child’s death and pass on the shame to the AJC for publishing the speeding ticket info and not the child killing info. The abortion info will never be published because most of the AJC writers are left wing Dumacrats and believe that a woman’s murder of a child is her right to choose. In most cases she had her right to choose when she flopped on her back. Now sinners rave on.
UTELLUM_10
October 12th, 2010
12:05 am
and he did fix it, he didn’t know it had a hole in it @ srcdawg
fred
October 12th, 2010
12:09 am
abort home boy
srcdawg1
October 12th, 2010
12:12 am
utellum-10, I’m glad we got that worked out. thank you and have a nice day.
CalebKng is the man!
October 12th, 2010
12:16 am
obviously those of you are suggesting kicking caleb off the team and calling him a thug? dont know him at all. Caleb is a great kid and the furthest thing from a thug. Prob one of the nicest kids i know. He is a great fball player and great person that doesn NOT deserve to be kicked off the team….he prob be promoted to getting more carries like he needs. He prob didnt pay the fine bc he is a college football player with no money and has a full time job that doesnt play (football)
SKB
October 12th, 2010
12:20 am
Not too bad, I got a speeding ticket for driving 87 on a 55 highway. Man give these kids a break, I think King just forgot about it, Athletes are so busy with practice. Athens/ Clark County/ UGA polices forces are trying too hard to find these kids. They are ruining the university!!
JT
October 12th, 2010
12:23 am
He is not a kid, We have young men and women defending our country that are younger than him.
Home Boy
October 12th, 2010
12:24 am
abort fred since he has no love for children as evidence by his snide remark. He must be a cowardly Dumacrat..
srcdawg1
October 12th, 2010
12:28 am
damn, you can tell we don’t have much to do. we are arguing over something that we can’t control and richt is not going to do anything about the problem. it does not matter if he is dismissed from the team. the guy is really not a good running back. his dismissal will not hurt this team on the field. however, it would be a start to cleaning up the program and let the team and recruits know that this program is zero tolerance. gosh i need to get a life it is 12am!! you all have a nice day. time to go to facebook
Home Boy
October 12th, 2010
12:29 am
Pack up Jeff Schultz. Tim Tucker and his sisteer Cynthia, and trade them for two jackasses that do not root against the home team. Also ship Fred along with them for an animal that doesn’t eat their young.
Home Boy
October 12th, 2010
12:31 am
Anyone believing in zero tolerance is not very responsible and has nearly zero brains.
SKB
October 12th, 2010
12:32 am
srcdawg1
Caleb King= Future Hersheal Walker
What are you talking about not good?
Home Boy
October 12th, 2010
12:34 am
The bet here is that the atheists referring to Coach Richt as Jesus Richt or Saint Richt already have their tickets punched for a quick trip to hell. Not judging mind you just laying odds.
Home Boy
October 12th, 2010
12:37 am
Good night good people and the mental midgets.
SISSY DAWG
October 12th, 2010
12:42 am
CHARACTER – That is what many of the players at Georgia don’t have. Both King brothers were arrested. Caleb King showed his lack of character in hight school and was still recruited. He has not changed and will again embarrass the university if he is not removed from the team. The message must be clear.
UGay
October 12th, 2010
12:44 am
UGAy and their ‘discipline’ are a joke. I’m so glad you focks are 2-4.
Typical Tech fan
October 12th, 2010
12:54 am
irrelevant comment, unintelligible thought, immature nonsense, flatulence, pop a pimple, stupid crap, dream about seeing a grown man naked
Typical Tech fan
October 12th, 2010
12:55 am
May I mambo dogface to the banana patch?
srcdawg1
October 12th, 2010
12:57 am
SKB, if he is the next HW he had better pick it up. WALKER picked up more yardage & td’s in one game than caleb has done in his career at UGA.
Typical Tech fan
October 12th, 2010
12:59 am
Star Wars Lego video for sale, best offer
Typical Tech fan
October 12th, 2010
1:00 am
Damn, I can’t figure out my parents’ code to unlock the Cinemax!
Typical Tech fan
October 12th, 2010
1:01 am
That Trent Dilfer sure is a pretty man
Bishop
October 12th, 2010
1:05 am
Please kick him off of the team Richt. Caleb would sure look good in Panther Blue!
CaliDawg
October 12th, 2010
1:09 am
Do what they do at Florida and suspend him for an entire half against Vandy.
CalebKng is the man!
October 12th, 2010
1:17 am
How exactly did caleb show his lack of character in high school?? by being a complete badass at parkview? and whoever said caleb sucks..clearly doesnt watch uga fball games because he is the best rb we have and only that can run the ball…both washaun and carlton suck.
Reader
October 12th, 2010
1:30 am
Really? Yall are really shocked the police check the licenses of the two black guys that showed up to drive the vehicle away. Did you forget you live in Georgia, mess like that still happens. He got pulled over for a tag light being out…shocked about that too? Remember you’re in good ole Georgia!
TRUE BLUE
October 12th, 2010
1:31 am
I hope some of the top recruits that UGA are trying to recruit read this blog. Especially their parents, because if I had a kid that UGA was recruiting and read this blog talking about THUGS and GHETTO. I wouldn’t send my kid to that REDNECK SCHOOL , because of their REDNECK FANS. Know I see why it took so long to find the RAPIST in ATHENS. We are chasing cars with no tag lights. Plus for the underage drinking in TENN. and UGA , How did the players get the alcohol at the BAR. Who serve them alcohol. I’m sure they carded them before they enter the building. Did the coach ask the question Son where did you get the alcohol from like the kids in COBB told on the lady when they were underage drinking saying she serve them alcohol.
HeHateGator
October 12th, 2010
1:49 am
Its the kid’s second arrest before he’s even 21…time to cut the cord…
jaxdawgfan
October 12th, 2010
1:51 am
Like it or not, King must go. A firm message needs to be sent that bad behavior has serious consequences. Kids like King have probably had no one to hold them accountable. Coach Richt, UGA, the SEC and the NCAA need to be consistent, not playing favorites with starters.
Once it is established that NFL careers can dry up and disappear because of bad behavior in college, the bad behavior will decrease noticeably among football team members.
It has to be done. Bite the bullet and cut him.
HeHateGator
October 12th, 2010
1:52 am
Most kids are arrested….never!
Tipicul ugay fann
October 12th, 2010
2:28 am
wat da hell its just anuther eresst..let da boy playsum foosball..keds r keds..beesides he got my mommas red panttys..wes 2an 4 now luk out
Obvious Tech Fan
October 12th, 2010
2:38 am
This thug must be kicked off the team. Two arrests while he has been in Athens show a pattern of behavior that must be addressed. He is well on his way to being a serious habitual traffic offender. My guess is that he will fail to use a turn signal when changing lanes next. Get rid of this thug now.
sickofgeorgia
October 12th, 2010
2:44 am
Absolutely amazing that this kid is called a THUG because he didn’t pay a speeding ticket. He’s human and probably just forgot about it. Secondly he was arrested the first time for driving a scooter w/o a license not robbing a D store or something. Yes he should be a bit more responsible but he’s a young kid. Why did the police have to run them when he just came to check on his brother????? I am so sick of GA and the BULL and JUDGEMENTAL people here.
BoWeevil
October 12th, 2010
2:48 am
“I’ll practice as if I have to take on a big load on my back this week.”
Obviously, Washaun Ealey thinks Caleb King should be suspended.
Atlantan for more Football
October 12th, 2010
2:52 am
If you think this is the last time Caleb King will be arrested or in trouble, I think you are grievously underestimating his stupidity. The guy had to transfer to a different high school so he could graduate without having to pass the graduation exam. Went from a public school to a private school. Was FAILING every class in high school his junior year. How do you fail every class, especially when one of them is probably PE or weights due to the fact he is a footballer? Caleb was highly touted for his athletic skill but I think everyone missed his thug/stupid side. I think the athletics is suffering due to his other priorities. And like it’s been said, all you have to do is call the court and tell them you are a student and the court date interferes with class schedule (and it has to…include travel time to/from Athens). They will ask for written verification, send them your class schedule and they will make a new court date around your schedule. Not tough. I had to do it once and drive all the way to Milledgeville from LaGrange and back for a 5 pm class. I did it though and didn’t get arrested. Tough I tell you. Even for the idiots, its not hard.
King David
October 12th, 2010
3:27 am
OK folks in Alabama they don’t arrest their football players. They don’t want to embarass their players. They keep it hush hush. But in Georgia especially Atlanta let’s see how bad we can make our kids look. These are college kids give them a break!
Ok Obama - you need to stop this!!
October 12th, 2010
4:03 am
Checking someone’s license, needs to stop in Georgia! You people know His Majesty Obama has sued the state of Arizona for passing a law to do just that and Georgia is no better. Obama are you listening or do you have your head stuck up Sheik Abdul Abadimajab’s tale?
59bulldawg
October 12th, 2010
4:40 am
I think it’s incredible, given all the negative publicity this year, that Caleb did not appear in court. But it’s also curious, if I correctly understand the facts, that the police ran a check on him when it wasn’t his car and he wasn’t involved in his brother’s initial stop. I’m not into conspiracy theories but it does seem funny in a not so funny way. But perhaps most incredible to me is that Richt still doesn’t have in place some type of system to keep track of athlete court dates and other legal entanglements so the football program isn’t constantly blindsided with negative publicity. Better to be proactive than reactive. Why the NCAA ever came up with the bright idea of not housing athletes together is hard for me to understand. It makes it exponentially more difficult to keep tabs on team behavior. But then again they are young adults and need to learn to be responsible for their own actions.
gomdawg
October 12th, 2010
4:48 am
PLAY LOGAN GREY AT TB , HE HAS SIZE AND GOOD HANDS. LOVES THE GAME (HINES WARD )
B-Bro
October 12th, 2010
5:22 am
Damn it was only a traffic ticket people give the guy a break. More than half of the SENATE owe thousands in traffic tickets, what pety crap. Gator Fan……
BoWeevil
October 12th, 2010
6:02 am
NOT a traffic ticket.
That was BEFORE he was ordered to Court, or pay the traffic ticket.
He choose NEITHER.
Thus, ARRESTED failure to appear as ordered.
Of course, if you cannot read, then you would not know that is what is on the ticket.
When Washauan Ealey said last night after practice : “I’ll practice as if I have to take on a big load on my back this week,” Washaun Ealey is saying that he thinks Coach Richt Obviously should suspended Caleb King.
MARK
October 12th, 2010
6:04 am
KICK KING,EALY,AJ AND ALL OF THE CRIMINALS OFF THE TEAM, THE SEASON IS LOST, LET SOME LAW ABIDING COLLEGE STUDENTS PLAY. I’M SICK OF WATCHING THE SLOP AND THE THUGS.
Boobie Bowden
October 12th, 2010
6:07 am
The dawg football team is out of control. Deal with it or get counseling.
real talk
October 12th, 2010
6:16 am
its a speeding ticket! maybe he did or did not forget. i got a speeding ticket my first day arriving to columbus st. university. i did go to court, but i couldnt afford the ticket. i honestly considered not going to court because i knew i didnt have the money. so maybe he was afraid of what would happen if he went. its hard being a student athlete w/o money and w/o ways of making money.. kicking him off the team for a speeding ticket would be a disgrace.. give him a break! hes not invading homes, robbing people, and smacking girlfriends.. its a speeding ticket and he was going to look out for his brother.. u ppl are ignorant calling him a thug. you all dont even know the kid. yes he’s having a terrible season, but that does not make him a terrible person.. “a thug?” smh at your pre-judgements…
Clark County Correctional Institute
October 12th, 2010
6:18 am
Notso Fast, the rev is just doing what he learned at the foot of the master at FreeShoes
BoWeevil
October 12th, 2010
6:23 am
Washaun Ealey said he thinks Coach Richt should and will suspend Caleb King, which is why Washaun said he is then going to practice extra hard this week so that he can take on the additional load.
real talk
October 12th, 2010
6:23 am
@Atlantan for more Football
sooooo just because a guy fails a class or a standardized test he’s a thug? huuummmm… people (you) are so ignorant and stupid these days. you are right, he could have rescheduled the court date, and tried to work things out. but you dont know the man’s situation. and for u to call him a thug from not passing a graduation test is down right pothetic! how many “thuggish” or violent crimes have he been arrested for? kid gets a speeding ticket and he’s a thug? how fast were you going when you got your speeding ticket you gang banger?
BoWeevil
October 12th, 2010
6:26 am
real talk,
“Caleb King is having a terrible season” you say ?
Caleb King has had a terrible career.
MrDan
October 12th, 2010
6:28 am
Have him sit out the Idaho game and be done with it.
real talk
October 12th, 2010
6:39 am
boweevil
i can honestly agree with tht comment.. he has not played good throughout the course of his career. but i cant stand how ppl are calling him a thug for a speeding ticket. he does not deserve to be kicked off the team. just run the dawg ish outta him and move on. i live in ga i love the dawgs, but i really really love the longhorns of texas, and we are terrible this year too. go falcons!
collegeballfan
October 12th, 2010
6:41 am
You guys who are downplaying this incident with King are ignoring one big point: this is his second time being arrested. Richt cannot let him off with running laps, etc, etc. Second offense means King must receive a stiff punishment. Probably suspension for the remainder of the season.
Richt really has no other option.
Enough is Enough
October 12th, 2010
6:43 am
Enough is Enough … kick him off the team. This is the second offense by Caleb. He has been given every chance to make good but his “low life values” have pulled him down. We would be better off without him. You can see his street mentality in the way he plays the game. I am sick and tired of being sick and tired of huge ego players believing they are above the law just because they appear on a football field. Lower the boom Richt … take back control of the program. If the athletes know that all they get is a slap on the wrist … they will continue the same pattern. Eliminate the troublemakers and take those who want to be Bulldogs and law abiding citizens and do the best you can. I prefer to lose with honor that win with dishonor. This team has little honor when you consider that about one in every 8 people on the team has been arrested this year. Enough is enough.
BoWeevil
October 12th, 2010
6:43 am
real talk,
The difference between Texas and Georgia is that Texas is having a poor year and is NOT GETTING ARRESTED.
Because of Caleb King as our Tailback, we have NEVER HAD A RUNNING GAME.
He was supposed to be the # 1 player in the nation and # 3 tailback nationally.
Instead, he has acted entitled, once even telling Ken Malcome that being a TB at UGA is a “GRIND.”
This is his 2nd ARREST at UGA, instead.
And, done NOTHING. He doesn’t even suit up for the games.
He has isssues in H.S. that indicated this is what we would get.
And, his first arrest, he had NO DRIVER’S LICENSE (suspened) and was still driving.
This time, he shows up at 4 am to help his brother driving on no license (suspended) and gets ARRESTED because he failed to pay his speeding ticket and then FAILED to go to Court as ordered.
I am fed up with it.
11 arrests makes ALL of them thugs.
Especially Caleb King.
VolinSuwanee
October 12th, 2010
6:45 am
Richt will decide what is best for the program, himself and the athlete. Then all of us will hit these boards and comment away on what we THINK should have been done. The bottom line is the players will decide what they THINK about it and Richt will either have control of the program or not. That is the bottom line.
» SEC: Florida ready for high basketball expectations John Clay’s Sidelines
October 12th, 2010
6:46 am
[...] Caleb King’s status unclear at Georgia after arrest, reports Tim Tucker of the AJC. [...]
BoWeevil
October 12th, 2010
6:47 am
Enough is Enough,
Lose with dishonor.
That’s what we’re doing at 40-18 for all of 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
We’re # 2 WORST most ARRESTED / SUSPENDED team 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
More than a speeding ticket
October 12th, 2010
6:48 am
Caleb King’s offense was more than a speeding ticket. It was more than breaking the law. It was disregarding the law and having no respect for the law. He felt and acted as if he were above the law.
He WILLINGLY chose not to do what was right. He WILLINGLY chose not to obey a court order.
He WILLINGLY did more than just speed. This shows Caleb King has a problem with authority.
You can see he has a problem with authority by the way he tries to play football the way he wants to and not how his coaches tell him to.
This is the problem with many on the Georgia team … no respect for authority (especially for the authority of the head coach). If Richt don’t gain control, he will lose the program. When he loses the program, he will lose his job. When we lose Richt, we will all lose. Caleb needs to go because of his “above the law” and “no respect for authority” arrogant attitude.
Disgusted
October 12th, 2010
7:01 am
The real story here is the AJC. On Monday morning the AJC posted a story on this website linking CK to a theft investigation. The article lead readers to believe he had been booked for theft ! As you all know now theft isn’t even a part of this story ! This is terribly irresponsible. I doubt seriously we will ever see a retraction. I guess the writers just make this stuff up as they go…
Up at 4:00 a.m.
October 12th, 2010
7:02 am
Folks, Caleb was arrested at 4:00 a.m. Can he play and practice football after being up at 4:00 am. Most of the Georgia arrests have been early in the morning (3:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.). Maybe they are too tired or had too little sleep to play well on Saturdays. This stuff stinks and I am ready for it to be over with.
lawdawg
October 12th, 2010
7:02 am
The boys have done some lame brain stuff for sure. But does anyone else notice that the Athens-Clarke police have and h-on for giving these kids citations? I mean Caleb wasn’t directly involved in the incident and he still got his information ran against GCIC. Da’Thug Rogers hits and off duty cop in TN and the guy refuses to press charges. I think we may be dealing with some jealousy in the law ranks. Lord knows there is no shortage of egos where I work.
Jeff
October 12th, 2010
7:07 am
OK…that there is the LEAST bit of hesitation in CMR shows the team he is not serious about this crap. Bottom line HE WAS ARRESTED THE SECOND TIME SINCE HE HAS BEEN HERE!!!!! TWO TIMES!!!!!! he needs to send a clear message we are sick and tired of this crap. WE are paying for this idiot to go to school and this is what we get.
Er-ben Mey-ur
October 12th, 2010
7:09 am
CMR wants to be like me…have him call me! We’ll talk about Rainey!
Onward
October 12th, 2010
7:11 am
“Getting a speeding ticket, not paying it and not showing up for a court date is certainly not a very responsible thing, but I can’t say it’s some kind of awful act that we all should just be ashamed of,” Richt said.
This is why he’s having trouble with character development. If he’d expect more from the players’ behavior he might get it. No, it’s not as bad as getting drunk in public or some of the other felonies that have happened to the team, but it IS something to be ashamed of.
To whom much is given, much is expected. Talented jocks are no exception.
sick of judgemental people
October 12th, 2010
7:13 am
Calling Caleb a THUG was way off base!!!! Grow up people and lets just hope your sons or daughters never make a mistake.
AMEN CollegeDad!!!
This one hits home…our son away on college recieved a speeding ticket. Too embarrassed or fearing the consequences never told us about the ticket and making matters worse forgot about his fine and his court date. You know the rest of the story. I take great exception to calling a kid a thug or suggesting he be kicked out of school as I’m not sure the punishment fits the crime.
Make no mistake, there were serious consequences for our son and there should be serious consequences for CK but let’s look at the big picture before ruining a kids life. I’m a Ga grad and a huge fan and sickened by some of the arrests but let’s not judge each and every case the same.
I hope all of you calling for him to be kicked out of school and off the team are given the same justice when it is you or one of your kids.
Disgusted
October 12th, 2010
7:13 am
How many of you have ever been late paying a bill ? Maybe you should be arrested for being irresponsible and not settling your debts…. I guess that would make you a thug also.
UTELLUM_10
October 12th, 2010
7:15 am
@real talk…I co-sign with you on your comment, and he had good reason to be apprehensive about going to court in Walton County, He probably would have went to jail.
just be real
October 12th, 2010
7:19 am
@Realdawgfan…you are right, they “are just kids”…which is precisely why they need to be treated as such. Interestingly, when I first read of Kings’ arrest, the story talked about “off campus housing for UGA student-atheletes” and “non-student roommates”, etc. I’m just saying that when I was in college, my school had “jock dorms’ and all atheletes had to live in them, on campus. Coincidentally, we were the Ohio Valley champs too. So now I am reading that in light of enough arrest to put together a detention school team, the atheletes are left to their own devices??? So football is something they have to just show up for? If they ain’t eatin it, breathin it, sleepin it, all under the direction of adults and a well laid plan, this season is what you get. Get over the fact it is just a game, and quit making excuses for attitudes and behavior you probably wouldn’t accept from your spouse, kids, employees, etc.
barneyb
October 12th, 2010
7:20 am
For those of you who think, “this is no big deal, it’s just a speeding ticket the kid forgot to take care of”. Sorry, I’m pulling the B.S. card on you!
It’s so much more than that! The moron “forgot” to take care of a citation? News flash: when you do not appear in court or pay the fine, your license is suspended and the judge issues a contempt of court/failure to appear bench warrant!
These athletes need to learn that they do not live on Fraggle Rock- this is Planet Earth! And here on Planet Earth, we play by rules. There are real repercussions for us real people who don’t take care of their legal and moral obligations. It’s high time that athletes that have had their butts kissed since peewee ball play by our rules. Put on your big boy pants, grow a set, and act like a responsible human being.
You are being paid for your services, like it or not. You are an employee of the University of Georgia. Like any job, you are expected to provide a service and abide by a certain code of conduct. If we real people screw up, we get disciplined, up to and including termination. You have been given an opportunity that very few get. You are given a free education, room and board, and the most incredible job interview each and every fall Saturday to showcase your skills to a prospective future employers (the NFL). If you shine on the field, you will be paid obscene amounts of money to play a game, for God’s sake- A GAME! If you shine academically and actually graduate (which few of you do), you stand a better likelihood of landing a job via the connections with the UGA Athletic boosters. Sometimes, those job offers might even come to you merely because of your ability to play football.
And you show the gratitude and maturity of a petulant 2-year old!
The argument that these are “boys being boys” is just insulting. Not every college kid gets wasted and then slides behind the wheel of a car. Not every college kid cheats, steals, or acts like a total moron.
I wish my child had the opportunities you have been given. I have to help my child pay for college, every dime of it. And if my child screws up, 2 things will happen: the college will dismiss them, and I will cease to pay for their antics. Plain and simple.
Fire Caleb King and every other young man on that team who messes up and has adverse law enforcement contact. And clean house with the coaching staff, from Mark Richt on down! The players have not one speck of fear or respect for Richt and the staff. The absolute lack of institutional control on and off the field is disgusting. We are paying millions to this coach and his staff. Like any other job, perform to a certain level of expectation or be fired. And you have relinquished that right. I am embarrassed and disgusted that my money has gone to subsidize this foolishness.
11 Arrests 2 Wins
October 12th, 2010
7:23 am
This punk has 2 arrests. UGA, the State Embarrassment.
elliemae
October 12th, 2010
7:24 am
To LawDawg above:
Why do you think the officer ran Caleb’s license on GCGC/NCIC? It’s REQUIRED! You can’t turn over custodial posession of a vehicle to another driver without doing so. It is a huge liability to do so without verifying the status of that driver! DUH
Munson's Toupee
October 12th, 2010
7:26 am
What Would Damon Do?
Copper
October 12th, 2010
7:28 am
Coach Richt needs to hire a Clarke County Officer on a part-time basis; his/her sole responsiblity would be to conduct a driver’s license query each day on the Georgia Crime Information Center’s data base to ensure the current roster of players have a valid driver’s license and are not wanted. I believe the athletic department just anounced a surplus for the year; a part-time officer at $35 and hour sounds like a pretty wise investment to me.
Michael
October 12th, 2010
7:29 am
Over 100 people are arrested every day in Gwinnett County for offenses like not paying child support, failure to appear and speeding. They are a disgrace to their high schools, colleges and jobs and should be dismissed immediately. Their bosses, who clearly have lost control of their employees, should be immediately fired. Go Dawgs.
georgytech
October 12th, 2010
7:32 am
Bottom line , Mr. King has shown a pattern of little regard for law..was even willing to drive a car the day of his arrest with a suspended license just as he did the year before on a scooter going the wrong way on a one way street.. His brother has been implicated in an electronics theft ring, how does a college student so poor he cannot pay a traffic ticket afford to pay rent for off campus housing?
So ..how does Coach Richt & UGA solve the ongoing problem of sa’s getting into trouble? At some point that have to make the cost of such behavior severe enough to wake up the sa’s.
I realize that the coaches & administration are not responsible for the behavior of these miscreants but are dealing with students that in many cases were raised in less than ideal homes. So what do they do to adress all the negative publicity the university receives because of the actions of a few? These people on athletic scholarship are given a tremendous opportunity in life..it is up to each of them to utilize it to their own benefit or squander it..they have a choice. Nowadays players are allowed to remain on sports teams for offenses that would not have been tolerated in my youth. In the ’60’s two of the most gifted football players were kicked off teams for offenses less severe than some occuring nowadays. Anyone remember Joe Namath sitting out a year at Alabama? Joe Don Looney dismissed from the team at Oklahoma? Inaction by UGA officials sends a message to younger players that if I am a talented football player I need not worry about getting into trouble it will be fixed for me.
Marty
October 12th, 2010
7:34 am
If Richt had cracked down on this kind of irresponsible behavior when it started about three years ago, he wouldn’t have the discipline problems now.
Make an example of Caleb King and any others in similar situations now, and he can regain some control. If he fails to do so, the arrests will continue.
Dismiss Caleb King now. The punk has outlived his welcome.
Nancy in Bonaire
October 12th, 2010
7:37 am
Richt’s decision should be easy. Send King home.
ugaalumn81
October 12th, 2010
7:39 am
What is Richt waiting for? The lack of swift, severe discipline from his speaks volumes! And we wonder why he has lost control of the players?
And for those of you who think Caleb King is the Second COming to the UGA football program, think again. His issues started in high school. Had to transfer from a Gwinnett public school to GAC because of his less-than-stellar academic performance and propensity to do poorly on standardized tests. GAC saved him from academic ineligibility. And he came as a package deal with his brother, remember? This is not the only issue with King. He spends a lot of time injured and for what UGA has invested in him, they have not gotten a decent return. I don’t care if it’s failure to appear for a ticket or murder….lack of regard for laws and rules = you are so fired. And so should be Richt! Blow this football program up and start over. These “rebuilding years” have so many of us weary.
GySgt Hartman
October 12th, 2010
7:39 am
I am a lifelong, diehard DAWG fan, but here is my take, Caled King is a symptom of a larger issue, 11 Arrests? Is there a discipline problem within the team, yes! Is it being addressed? Maybe so; but not so much that players are heeding the warnings. Richt needs to make a very public example out of one of our “Superstars,” yes that’s sarcasim, and then maybe when he revokes a scholorship and this poor lost youth has to pay for his education instead of getting the full ride so he can carry a piece of leather around the field the rest will appreciate what they have. The thing I think MUST happen is that the coaching staff MUST step up and enforce discipline or much like they are doing on the field these poor lost youth will lolligag through the rest of their lives too.
ArmyRangerDawg
October 12th, 2010
7:41 am
If you are ARRESTED…For ANY reason…You should be G O N E!!!! That is what ZERO TOLERANCE means!!!! He is GUILTY and should soon be changing oil @ Jiffy Lube in Norcross….
wayne dawg
October 12th, 2010
7:42 am
these comments by richt is exactly what is wrong with the dawgs program.i qoute, getting a
speeding ticket then not paying for it and not showing up for the court date is not
something to be ashamed of. i would think anybody with any sense and responsibility about
them would be ashamed and the program should be ashamed to have someone within the
program that is not ashamed should be gone from the program including richt.
Penny
October 12th, 2010
7:46 am
He’s just irresponsible like about 95% of the young males I know. Clueless. Also, the Athens Police are like Nazis. The cousin was pulled over for a missing license plate light? C’mon. My son is looking at UGA but I am very put off by an overly-aggressive Athens Police department. THey are out to make every student a criminal. They were not obsessed like that when I was there in the 80s!!!
11 Arrests 2 Wins
October 12th, 2010
7:49 am
Penny
Oh yeah, it’s the fault of the Athens Police. Lame.
Helen Hunt
October 12th, 2010
7:50 am
So where did he come up with the $380 to make bail but not have it to pay the original fine? It just appeared or it Tolley the bag man too?
Dawg Tired
October 12th, 2010
7:50 am
It’s a TRAFFIC TICKET!!
11 Arrests 2 Wins
October 12th, 2010
7:52 am
He GOT ARRESTED! TWICE!
reality
October 12th, 2010
7:52 am
Penny…you must be an Obama supporter. Look what the Athens Police Dept has to deal with?
Penny
October 12th, 2010
7:55 am
Definitely King’s fault but the Athens Police department is definitely an issue in that town. My husband and I are pretty sick of the whole scene up there. Last game they took two packs of diet crackers out of my husband’s bag (70 years old), and in the process lost an expensive inflatable seat. They mistreat/abuse fans and have a pathetic program. It’s not a great time to be a Georgia Bulldog.As season ticket holders, we went to that one game (had to walk about 5 miles to get to the stadium) but have no plans to go to any others. The fun is just about gone.
Consider the caliber of the athlete being recruited. Really what do you expect? I think the whole system needs to be changed. I want REAL college football with REAL college athletes! Let these guys go on to some other in-between organization before they go to the NFL.
Ted
October 12th, 2010
7:55 am
Still waiting to hear what action Richt takes. The fact that more than twenty-four hours have passed with no word likely means that nothing will be done about Caleb King.
Which means that the arrests and poor behavior will continue.
Penny
October 12th, 2010
7:56 am
Reality – them’s fightin’ words!
intothesunset
October 12th, 2010
7:56 am
Amazing.. can’t even be in the proximity of a cop without having your license checked . INFILTRATION is sooo abundant…. BEWARE
Parkview Grad
October 12th, 2010
7:58 am
Sorry RealDawgFan, I am too a long time Dawg Fan, probably a lot older than you. King has been running (from everything) since he was a player at Parkview. He knows better, and has been stopped for various reasons, when he was a redshirt freshman, he was stopped while driving his Danali, this is not a first offense for him, his drivers license is suspended in 2007 for another charge, and I venture to say what it was. This kid is trouble where ever he goes. Parkview, GAC, and now UGA. Time to cut ties with him, his brothers, and uncle. We used to joke around several years ago, Parkview got the car(Danali), GAC got the loan, and UGA got the title….This 18 yr old was driving a brand new Danali around campus, showing off…. Let’s not let the NCAA open another investigation…
Sally
October 12th, 2010
7:58 am
All these arrests are just a symptom of a bigger problem. There is one person in control of these guys, Richt. When you’ve already had 10 arrests, I don’t think you make light of #11. I don’t care what the issue is. A speeding ticket is something most of us have had. But guess what? Responsible people make sure they understand the process when it happens. Those who think they are above the rest of us blow it off and assume someone else will take care of it for them. Richt is the one setting the tone for this team. Georgia obviously has a serious problem in the football program and the first step in fixing that is to get rid of the person in control. That would be Richt.
Penny
October 12th, 2010
7:58 am
He needs to be suspended from the Vandy game for being an irresponsible moron. WHat was the first arrest for? I swear I think it was for riding a scooter the wrong way down some road or something stupid like that. DOes anyone remember? My age group is, without a doubt, the biggest bunch of hypocrites ever.
Dagny
October 12th, 2010
7:59 am
It’s clearly time to clean house in Athens. Get rid of Mark Richt and all of the smartass punks on the team who think they’re above the law.
Ed
October 12th, 2010
8:03 am
If fans and the media are going to try and hold Mark Richt responsible for these players. Then give him the resoruces to do so. Move the players back into thier own dorm. Assign a curfew and make sure these kids are where they are suppose to be during the season. I blame the school. The players use to be housed in their own dorm and you never heard of these things. Micheal Adams and the parents are the ones to blame, not coach Richt.
I bet all of us where speeding trying to get to work this morning. So should we all lose our jobs because of it? I don’t think he should be kicked off the team but a one game suspension would fit the crime.
Big Dawg
October 12th, 2010
8:04 am
So quick to call uga players thugs….omg!
mambo
October 12th, 2010
8:07 am
When CMR says “I can’t say it’s some kind of awful act that we all should just be ashamed of” you can see why team members play him like a punk. Caleb King didn’t show up for his court date, which is a crime. It’s not about getting a speeding ticket. Most of all, it is about a coach who has lost his team’s respect and fear.
Penny
October 12th, 2010
8:07 am
If you folks think you are going to get these players to be fine, upstanding citizens, you are smoking something. Stop and think about who they are and where they come from. How are you suddenly going to morph them? This has been going on forever and will go on forever as long as we continue to make them “college athletes.” There is a reason these college coaches make what they make. The deck is stacked against them when this is the raw material they have! Can you imagine being a major college football coach and trying to get these guys to be what they are trying to make them be?! That reality, paired with a super aggressive Athens PD, is a losing proposition.
Gary P
October 12th, 2010
8:07 am
I’ve never understood how anyone – even an alumnus – could support and take pride in UGA’s football team. When you look at their history for the past forty years, how can anyone ignore Jan Kemp and the “remedial studies” scam, the Jim Harrick fiasco, the DUIs in the athletic office, the DUIs and other arrests of players, the #1 party school tag (i.e., the most drunk students), the suspensions and outright dismissals, the Fulmer Cup, and on and on?
As disgraceful and humiliating as it is, I don’t see many alums and fans demanding an end to this sordid activity. It sets UGA apart as the kind of school most people abhor, and it’s become an embarrassment to the whole state of Georgia.
Will it never end? Apparently not while Mark Richt is at UGA. Richt is perhaps the biggest hypocrite in the United States. But even with all the cheating and lawlessness that he ignores, he still can’t win the SEC.
So you’re paying him to be BCS champions, but he can’t even win his SEC division. So why do you pay him millions of dollars a year?
Just asking.
Still running untouched
October 12th, 2010
8:11 am
We need to go get some players that are not from the getto, million dollar bodies and 2 cent brain players are not working. Go get some players with respect and values….here is a hint you ain’t gonna find them in the HOOD !
Jacket89
October 12th, 2010
8:12 am
hahahahahahahah, wait for it, wait for it, ummmmm……..hahahahahahahah.
gbal
October 12th, 2010
8:12 am
Im just a littled ticked that the AJC printed the story before having the facts… Wanted to tie the arrest to theft of electronic equipment. Our home state paper sure doesnt want to do much to support these kids.
if I were CMR I wouldnt give Bradley and Shultz the time of day.
Penny
October 12th, 2010
8:12 am
Still running untouched – that’s what I’m saying. THe whole system needs changing. These are not “college” athletes. Everyone wants to make them something they are incapable of being. It’s a losing proposition.
PINKLON THOMAS
October 12th, 2010
8:12 am
UGA… we speed, steal,rob & pillage this State.
Warden Richt wins Fuller cup hands down.
Atlanta news | Minute by minute (Oct. 12) | Atlanta News | Minute by minute
October 12th, 2010
8:13 am
[...] a.m. Here’s a late update to the story about Caleb King, the UGA running back who spent about six hours Monday in the Clarke County Jail [...]
Penny
October 12th, 2010
8:14 am
The AJC – now that’s another story. What a pathetic excuse for a newspaper. They called last week and I told them not to deliver it to me for FREE. What a rag. I saw the first story that they yanked down. THey were all to anxious to report some other story involving stolen electronics. What was that all about?
ugaalumn81
October 12th, 2010
8:17 am
Parkview Grad:
We heard the rumors about the Yukon Denali all the way over here in Marietta.
kentufecky
October 12th, 2010
8:20 am
CMR Definition of ZERO Tolerance;
Kicked off team UNLESS you are a Starter, if so, you can act however you like and I’ll slap your hand (softly,,,, I promise).
Fat Matt Wilson
October 12th, 2010
8:20 am
Let him play we gonna win natinal championship this year!!!!!!!!
mark twain
October 12th, 2010
8:21 am
LET US ONCE AGAIN REMEMBER THE DRUG DEALER CAUGHT AT ga tech AND NEVER MISSED A BEAT PLAYING FOOTBALL FOR THAT SCHOOL. REMEMBER A SLIDE RULE ALWAYS HAS THE RIGHT ANSWER.
Circus Act
October 12th, 2010
8:23 am
Time to kick out the clowns in Athens. Mark Richt is a softee.
Buford T. Pusser
October 12th, 2010
8:25 am
King should be dismissed from the team and lose his football scholarship immediately.
And get rid of Ealey and Green too. The three of them are like cancers eating away at the Dawgs.
Mark (another one)
October 12th, 2010
8:26 am
The punishment needs to fit the crime. Let’s see, he posted $380 bail, which will be used to pay the ticket’s fine. As far as the courts are concerned, he’s done. UGA can’t fine him so its either kick him off the team, suspend him, or ‘internal punishment.’ Richt has to decide what the public embarrasment warrants.
My opinion is that it doesn’t rise to the level of kicking him off the team, or even suspending him. People make mistakes and I would bet he won’t miss a date in traffic court again. I’d make him speak to the team, coaches, and the administration about how sorry he is, and handle this internally. I’d also be watching him to see that he takes this situaiton seriously and is committed to the program.
Richt manages a staff of people along with dozens of athletes. I knows how to read people and see if they are committed to the organization or to themselves. I trust his judgement to handle this case.
PappyHappy
October 12th, 2010
8:29 am
A hard question to ask: DOES THIS TEAM OF GUYS RESPECT WHAT RICHT SAYS, AND IF SO, WHY DO THEY CONTINUE TO VIOLATE HIS ‘POLICIES’????
Michael
October 12th, 2010
8:31 am
Good God Folks it’s just a ticket not baby rape..Lets get a little perspective.
46-39
October 12th, 2010
8:33 am
King is an idiot for not showing up for court and/or paying the speeding ticket. His brother is an idiot too for driving on a suspended license. But a broken tag light??? These cops should find something better to do with our tax money..
The Alpha Male
October 12th, 2010
8:34 am
A band of thugs in Knoxville can almost kill an off duty cop and virtually nothing is done about it, yet some idiotic Georgia fan wants Caleb King booted for a MISDEMEANOR.
Why have there been 11 arrests? Mostly because UGA Police aren’t allowed to write tickets if an 18 yr. old kid has a beer open in public, football player or no. They HAVE to arrest them. That doesn’t happen in ANY other college town or campus.
Perspective, people……. try it sometime.
jihad Jane
October 12th, 2010
8:36 am
Kick the infidel off the team and go out and get a Musa……..
ugaalumn81
October 12th, 2010
8:41 am
Another little factoid:
Caleb Kind is no “kid”. I believe he’s just a few months shy of his 23rd birthday. What in the heck is a 23-year old doing still as a college undergrad?
Shankit
October 12th, 2010
8:41 am
My Dad, bless his soul, would have been
happy if the only heartburn I caused him
at Caleb’s age, was riding a scooter to
class without a license, and a speeding ticket
and a no show in court.
I don’t know all of the circumstances surrounding
this incident, but if this is the only hiccups Caleb
has had, I think he should be given probation and
a second (third) chance.
Dem Dawg
October 12th, 2010
8:41 am
The police pulled Brandon King for a tag light because he is BLACK. They demanded Caleb’s ID because he is BLACK. They issued the arrest on Caleb after realizing that he is a BLACK UGA football player. Wake up citizens.
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Cecil
October 12th, 2010
8:41 am
Caleb King should already be on his way home. On the bus, of course. Please don’t let the moron drive any more.
like2win
October 12th, 2010
8:42 am
uga=U Getting Arrested
Claude Bawls
October 12th, 2010
8:45 am
Put this moron in the wind. He is a bad egg…
LAKE OCONEE YELLOW JACKET
October 12th, 2010
8:48 am
I AM A TECH FAN AND COACH RICHT SHOULD SUSPEND HIM FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SEASON….NO WAY CAN I WATCH #4 RIP OUR DEFENSE LIKE HE DID LAST YEAR….AFTER THINKING IT OVER, HE SHOULD BE SUSPENDED….
Keyser Soze
October 12th, 2010
8:51 am
This is really simple, he was probably carrying the check to the courthouse to pay his fine, when someone bumped him in the crowd. He dropped the check (he is a UGA tailback after all) and a Mississippi State d-lineman picked it up.
Mirk Racht
October 12th, 2010
8:52 am
Why is Caleb King not on his way back home to his mama?
What is Richt going to do about this punk?
Good questions!
Pulpwood
October 12th, 2010
8:54 am
I’ve never understood how anyone – even an alumnus – could support and take pride in UGA’s football team. When you look at their history for the past forty years, how can anyone ignore Jan Kemp and the “remedial studies” scam, the Jim Harrick fiasco, the DUIs in the athletic office, the DUIs and other arrests of players, the #1 party school tag (i.e., the most drunk students), the suspensions and outright dismissals, the Fulmer Cup, and on and on?
As disgraceful and humiliating as it is, I don’t see many alums and fans demanding an end to this sordid activity. It sets UGA apart as the kind of school most people abhor, and it’s become an embarrassment to the whole state of Georgia.
Will it never end? Apparently not while Mark Richt is at UGA. Richt is perhaps the biggest hypocrite in the United States. But even with all the cheating and lawlessness that he ignores, he still can’t win the SEC.
So you’re paying him to be BCS champions, but he can’t even win his SEC division. So why do you pay him millions of dollars a year?
Just asking.
gt
October 12th, 2010
8:55 am
Think if Richt kicks King off the team what a message that will give the the rest of the team. Think what not doing anything or as Richt did playing it down tells this team. You can stop a lot of this right now by getting a message out that they are not going to put up with this or you can let it go and obviously wait for the next round, because it is coming. I think of my parents and if this had happen to me. Nobody would have said it was a small thing. Going to jail is a big thing though my old man’s raft for being so stupid was bigger. I get the idea King thought he could ride along with Brandon Wood and because of who he was talk the cop out of taking the car. I also get the feeling there is an atmosphere in Athens or this state that made this young man think he had that kind of power. I notice the lineman at Tech were talking yesterday about how their position coaches have stopped being their friends and started being their coaches and how that has made a big difference in their play. My father was not my friend growing up he was my father, and between the two of us we got some things done.
bulldogmaniac
October 12th, 2010
8:56 am
STUPID! CMR should have told the reporter or answered the callers question with, “Get a life”!
It was a freaking speeding ticket! This has turned into a withc hunt! How many people on this board have ever gotton a speeding ticket. Probably EVERYONE! Now, how many have ever forgot to pay a bill on time or forgot to get your tag renewed on time or didnt pay a speeding ticket on time? Probably alot! It is IDIOTIC to see some people post comments like…kick him off the team, or calling him a thug! Again, GET A LIFE!
1 Game Suspension
October 12th, 2010
8:57 am
Just suspend king for vandy or UK—not florida. The dawgs finally have the chance to beat florida, which is terrible this year. They need a full roster for that game.
bulldogmaniac
October 12th, 2010
8:58 am
TO DEM DAWGS – I am white and I agree with your post!
GT53
October 12th, 2010
8:59 am
If CMR does notr kick this young man off the team, we will see who should be held responsible. IT is Coach Mark himself. If he lets a STARTER get away with this, then he is just playing lip service to his commitment to excellence.
UGA's TD twins
October 12th, 2010
8:59 am
King and Ealey have done nothing for UGA and they have been troublesome, on and off of the field.
You say, ” well, um, ah what about the 09 GT game”? and I say, that was vs a no body from the sissy ACC. They really cost us some BIG BOY SEC games with their ill timed fumbles. Colorado, KY in 09 and SC and Arkansas and MSU. Who needs em?
UGA must pay the price for not recruiting better kids and better tailbacks. A football coach should every year, every year, every year ………… recruit big boy SEC caliber running backs. These two think that they are the studs of the UGA program. Show em the door.
Folks ………….this is the way that it is. You don’t make your home mortgage payment, you lose the house. It is that simple …………. unless you are an obamaron.Richt just has not done the COMPLETE COACHING JOB …………. due to his extracurricualr activities.
Gooooooooooooooooo Dogs. Sic em!!
UGA class of 71 & 73
BigBad
October 12th, 2010
9:00 am
Dem Dawg, you are dead on. I’m sure many on here will disagree, but if they could see how blacks are treated by the ACCPD they wouldn’t understand. You are right… They had NO right to ask for Caleb’s ID. He gave them no reason other than being a young black male. I am a 40 year old white male (from Athens) and have NEVER been asked for my ID other than in a road block.
No Leadership
October 12th, 2010
9:01 am
It’s obvious that Caleb should stay on the team but loose his starting position until it is clear that starters are leaders. It shouldn’t take Richt two days to figure this out. Grow some balls man.
BigBad
October 12th, 2010
9:03 am
Am I the only one that finds incredible comedy in the Tech fans demanding Richt to “kick him off the team” for a speeding ticket but somehow justify Paul Johnson keeping Robert Hall after he PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED A WOMAN!
SECWasteManagement
October 12th, 2010
9:03 am
It goes from what his punishment should be (if any) to someone pulling out the race card. Incredible.
GB1205
October 12th, 2010
9:05 am
I am white and could care less about UGA football, but this is a clear case of DWB. Pulled over for driving without a TAG light? Come on!
Then, running the license of the passenger of the owner? What possible reason did they have to check his license? I hope some attorney rips the police a new one over this one.
BTW – this all started when the NCAA removed athletic dorms and let the athletes live in the dorms and off campus. I am a former college athlete and I can tell you, the temptations are too tough for an athlete and they need their coaches and teammates around to keep them in check – as well as a curfew!.
csdawg
October 12th, 2010
9:05 am
Enter your comments here
JB
October 12th, 2010
9:05 am
A big ta do about nothing………..Haters everywhere…………….Florida….33 arrest in last 3 years, and they’re covering most of it up…..Geez….
Memory Lane for GT grads over age 45
October 12th, 2010
9:06 am
Lavin, Moony, Salisbury ……………folks ………. this is not some NY steak sauce. These are three of GT’s finest that …………well, um, y’all can look it up. Call Peachtree Orthopedic for the girl’s details.
GT grads are proud of these three …( I will not call them men) former football players of the 90s.
UGA has speeders and motor skooter driving morons for sure but a case like this? How about GT’s DE Hall???Right now, the more mature GT grads are ashamed when I resurrect these clowns.
Houston, # 37 and Jumping Joey hamilton to name just a few more and how about their greatest abck Eddie Lee Ivory?? 10-20 years in the Wisc big house. Hmmm??
Keep it up GT fans with the A negativity then look in the mirror.
georgytech
October 12th, 2010
9:12 am
Check out this link;
http://www.redandblack.com/2010/10/12/accusations-piling-up-for-running-back-king-tally-of-arrests-increasing/
tiredteacher
October 12th, 2010
9:14 am
I really don’t understand why anyone is surprised at anything these players do. From the time they are in middle school excuses are being made for bad behavior, poor grades, lack of respect, etc. by coaches, principals, boosters and others because they can play football. I have actually had players say to me, “Well you can try to send me to detention, but coach won’t allow it.” When you have learned to expect to be an exception to the rules since you were 12 why should it change because you are 18?
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Old Dawg Dad
October 12th, 2010
9:14 am
No big deal, except the Athens/Clark Co police go out of their way to arrest students, especially football players.
No these penny-ante arrests don’t happen in AL or TX or even on North Ave. Atlanta PD and the others must have other priorities.
I know jaywalking, illegal fireworks and 20 year old “college kids” drinking is very SERIOUS CRIMES – BUT, you’d think Athens PD would have better things to do with several rapes and robberies in the downtown area this year.
AtlantaFan
October 12th, 2010
9:15 am
I don’t think the Athens police are picking on anyone. They are just doing their job. You are going to stopped anywhere if you’ve got a light that is out. I tell my college-aged kids all the time; take a taxi and keep all your car lights in working order. Athens may get all the press, but they issue tickets in Statesboro too. Both my kids have gotten tickets, and they’ve either dealt with then on their own or asked for our help. Tickets don’t go away. You’d think somebody on the football team would know that after the many arrests that they have had. If Caleb were my child, he would be getting an earful. He’s not 18 anymore. Grow up boys.
bulldogmaniac
October 12th, 2010
9:16 am
1.University of Miami coach Randy Shannon said he is ”gathering more information” on the Saturday arrest of linebacker Zach Kane, who was charged with aggravated assault for allegedly breaking a bottle over the head of another teenager at a party in New Jersey.
2.Four Tennessee men’s basketball players were arrested at a traffic stop Friday and face weapon and drug charges, FanHouse has confirmed.
The players, Tyler Smith, Cameron Tatum, Brian Williams and Melvin Goins were arrested at a traffic stop around noon Friday.
3.Safety Janzen Jackson and receiver Nu’Keese Richardson, two of coach Lane Kiffin’s most prized signees from his first recruiting class, were among three Tennessee football players arrested early Thursday morning in Knoxville on charges of attempted armed robbery.
4.Two University of Connecticut football players, junior kicker Dave Teggart (pictured) and sophomore linebacker Jerome Williams, were arrested on charges related to breach of peace on early Tuesday morning. The players were fighting each other.
Both players were taken into police custody and released on $500 bonds. At his Tuesday press conference, UConn coach Randy Edsall said both players have a “strong chance” at playing this Saturday in a big game at home against Vanderbilt.
5.There have not been 24 different players arrested, or even 24 “arrests” where a player was booked into jail. But there have been at least 24 instances where a Gators player faced misdemeanor or felony CHARGES for a crime. Many lawyers and courthouse folks we spoke with expressed this simple fact — a charge is technically an arrest, as long as the defendant is dished out a mandatory notice to appear in court. Not everyone agrees on that. That’s why we’re providing the information and you decide.
6.Tennessee had 4 players arrested for the beating of a man. The man was beaten fy at least 3 men until police arrived.
And we are talking about a speeding ticket??????????
The Temporary Mascot formerly known as Russ
October 12th, 2010
9:16 am
I warned Coach about the running backs.
BigBad
October 12th, 2010
9:17 am
I thought it was entertaining how Tech handled the Houston drug TRAFFICKING (not possession, not even with intent to distribute) case… “Well, he may sue us if we suspend him out before he’s convicted, so we better let him play”. Drug trafficking arrest= potential lawsuit for suspending player? Damn, Demetre Baker should get a lawyer, there’s no telling how much he could get from UGA for being kicked off for a 0.92 (less than 3 beers) DUI…
AltamahaDawg
October 12th, 2010
9:19 am
What Would Urban Do.
bulldogmaniac
October 12th, 2010
9:20 am
Officer’s dont ask / cant ask a hispanic person that speaks or reads NO ENGLISH for their drivers license or papers or it is racial profiling????? Why then is it ok to do this to a black guy who is a passenger in a car.
like2win
October 12th, 2010
9:21 am
if king had a wreck taking the car back home the athens police department would have been sued for millions for allowing someone to drive a vechile while license was supended i think the cop for doing his job correctly if king and cmr had done theres the same way we would not have this problem hats off to the cop for doing the right thing
bulldogmaniac
October 12th, 2010
9:23 am
TD TWINS – What has King done that has made you label him a troublemaker??? If you are going to call someone out at least back it up with some facts!! I’m sure he has not done anything worse than you have done.
(Arrested) Player of the Week
October 12th, 2010
9:23 am
“….we have to get better at those kinds of things.”
Mark, don’t you think you came down way too hard on this young student athlete?
Rupert
October 12th, 2010
9:24 am
King lied to the ACC policeman, saying that he had taken care of the problem in Walton County. That alone is enough to dismiss him from the team.
The Temporary Mascot formerly known as Russ
October 12th, 2010
9:24 am
If a new policy is in effect and Coach dismisses Caleb from the team for failure to appear in court . . . then Washaun will start and all he has so far is a hit and run. We’re just lucky that Coach wasn’t releasing players back when that hit and run happened. I may play a little at running back on Saturday. Russ, temporary but never incarcerated.
Rogerdawgfan
October 12th, 2010
9:25 am
You know what….to me it sounds like the campus police and Athens p.d. need to find something to do other than pulling vehicles over for a broken tag lite?????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Come on please!!!
Ed_Dawg55
October 12th, 2010
9:27 am
You guys are idiots. Kick a kid off the team for a not going to court over a speeding ticket. Bail will cover his fine. CMR and staff run his butt at 6am for a few weeks and be done with this crap. You don’t cut and run from every issue in life. I love my Dawgs, but is winning at all cost really what you guys care about? I guess so!
The Temporary Mascot formerly known as Russ
October 12th, 2010
9:27 am
Running low to the ground will help me slip through some holes. Once I get going, I can be hard to stop. Of course, I also can bite some ankles.
bulldogmaniac
October 12th, 2010
9:29 am
ATTENTION ALL HATERS ———–STFU
All of you GTards just want him kicked off of the team so he wont run all over you AGAIN!
Don’t worry about what is going on with OUR program or how it is ran! Worry about your own coaches, players and your little bummble bee! Oh…..also be on the lookout for the 1231 criminals running around your campus stealing computers, cell phones and cars!
GDAWG65
October 12th, 2010
9:30 am
“…and we have to get better at those kinds of things.” CMR’s favorite saying.
Mark Seminole
October 12th, 2010
9:31 am
Hey UGA fans,
Did you notice the beat down FSU put on Miami Sat Night on the road? Look who’s on the rise again. Unless someone can show me the multiple Nat’l Championships, Heisman trophies and Gator beat downs, don’t compare yourself to FSU anymore. UGA was never close to that good and now your program is in much worse shambles than ours ever was. Good luck in the doo doo bowl this year – if you happen to become bowl eligible somehow.
gawxnative
October 12th, 2010
9:31 am
Well the being out at 4 am was to help drive the vehicle his brother was in. The police SHOULD check the license status before letting someone drive away. King got a speeding ticket (no great offense), BUT did not pay it before the court date, (Aug 6th) which was the Friday after fall practice started….He should be punished for the missed court date, which led to the arrest, which action REFLECTS ON THE TEAM AND SCHOOL!!!!. What has not been driven home from when a player is recruited is 1) Your actions on and off the field reflect on the TEAM and SCHOOL. 2) Bad actions will have bad consequences. THAT IS A LIFE LESSON!!!!!
Randall
October 12th, 2010
9:32 am
A broken tag light is often no accident. Thugs frequently disconnect the wires so the tag light won’t work. This makes it tougher for anyone else to read their license plate at night.
cwm
October 12th, 2010
9:34 am
College Dad
October 11th, 2010
4:59 pm
This one hits home…our son away on college recieved a speeding ticket. Too embarrassed or fearing the consequences never told us about the ticket and making matters worse forgot about his fine and his court date. You know the rest of the story. I take great exception to calling a kid a thug or suggesting he be kicked out of school as I’m not sure the punishment fits the crime.
ONLY REASONABLE POST I HAVE SEEN HERE YOU CAN’T PUT EVERYBODY IN THE SAME BARREL …. GET A LIFE PEOPLE ….
YOU ALL HAVE ISSUES …. WHEN TIGER WOODS THINGS CAME OUT HE WAS AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN IMPALED … NOW BRETT FAVRE LETS HIDE IT … WOW
jdawg
October 12th, 2010
9:34 am
wonder who paid his bail. hope it wasnt a sports agent
UGAy
October 12th, 2010
9:39 am
Hard to believe many different points to this chain of events:
1. If Walton County was even slightly proactive, they would have known where to find Mr. King on any given Saturday…
2. Unlawful search and SEIZURE–How was King lawfully SEIZED if he had simply come with his buddy to get the car? I’m wondering why/how the cop was able legally check his identification in the computer if he wasn’t in the car with his brother, which was legally stopped.
This will probably end up being a learning experience for Mr. King and in the future, he will take care of business, and question any cop who asks for his identification(papers). If Mr. King had been hispanic, there would be outcry over racial profiling or something.
Dorothy
October 12th, 2010
9:40 am
Hey Nerds.Idont think we are in Kansas anymore.
Mark Seminole
October 12th, 2010
9:40 am
GA fans,
Losing to Colorado is as embarrassing as losing to Kansas. Your team is not any good and you likely won’t go to a bowl game. End of story – see you next year
Athens PD Lookout
October 12th, 2010
9:41 am
If you are a Georgia player, we are going to get you. If you get a speeding ticket, ride a bicycle the wrong way on a street……..spit on the ground……drop a chewing gum wrapper on the ground, we are going to arrest you.
We are watching you like a hawk, 24/7, and we don’t give a rats #### what is being done at other schools. WE DO NOT CARE who you are!!!
Bubba
October 12th, 2010
9:43 am
and PIGS wonder why we call them PIGS
WITHOUT LINDSEY SCOTT,THERE'S NO 1980 TITLE
October 12th, 2010
9:44 am
YOU RACISTS CRACKERS NEED TO KILL YOURSELF,IM GLAD THAT THE NEW YOUNG BLACK FOOTBALL PLAYERS READ THESE BLOGS,AND NOW I SEE WHY THEY LEAVE GEORGIA AND GO OUT OF STATE!
KARMA FOR EVIL CRACKERS,A SPEEDING TICKET MAKES A BLACKMAN A THUG?
dawgmeister
October 12th, 2010
9:44 am
I believe that each case has to be judged on its own merit. Getting a speeding ticket and not pay it or show up for a court date for me is not grounds for kicking CK off the team. CMR needs to have CK sit out the next game only.
Bubba
October 12th, 2010
9:46 am
Dude, learn some english bro
Bubba
October 12th, 2010
9:48 am
CRACKERS ROCK!!!!!
obvious
October 12th, 2010
9:48 am
Blog hits. Allen gets ACC honor (1 page), Game over for Cox (5 pages)
Caleb (9 pages). Obviously, DAWGS own this state.
Surprised
October 12th, 2010
9:49 am
The Caleb King arrest itself does not mean the end of the world. It’s the systematic arrests of players (white and black) that is a huge embarrassment.
The NFL and NBA need to start minor league systems to allow athletes, who are not student athletes, to go and do what they do well and stop ‘dumbing down’ our university system.
The *self-discipline* problems boil down to the coach. I’m not a Penn State fan and I’m sure they have a few skeletons in their closets. However, look at Joe Paterno’s teams — no names on jerseys, no overwhelming ‘bling’ on game day, decent haircuts, and they speak english pretty well.
Penn State has what many teams are lacking — PRIDE and DISCIPLINE. Would you bed-wetters please stop justifying this behavior.
That being said, I hope that any southern team beats the tar out of them but we can do it with *student athletes.*
Are you kidding?
October 12th, 2010
9:57 am
Why are the comments not closed? Any article that deals directly with the status of an individual player should not be left open for the public to anonymously crucify him. Step it up AJC.
Undercover "dawg", North Ave, Atlanta address
October 12th, 2010
9:58 am
I have not had two cents respect for this punk since he screwed over his (first) high school team by bailing on them (look it up dawg fans). Every mis step this guy takes I ENJOY. I see a future in LAWN CARE for this boy, if not STATE PRISON.
Barrack on Crack
October 12th, 2010
9:58 am
LINDSAY – you sound like a real smart and successful…….idiot!
Raiderbeater
October 12th, 2010
9:58 am
I haven’t called for Richts ouster AT ALL ! But if he shows that he’s willing to kick off non-starters for misd. charges……but makes an excuse for starters….than Richt isn’t the golden boy we all think he is. He’s the irresponsible one that rode a wave of talant.
Officer
October 12th, 2010
9:58 am
I think a lot of these officers arresting these UGA kids are from Gainesville Florida, lol no just kidding but seriously I dont think this one is deserving of getting kicked off the team. There are plenty of people who forget about their speeding tickets, its the law that you get arrested because the county wants the fine paid. One game suspension, learn from your mistake and move on. We cant aspect everyone to get kicked off the team for every incident, each incident is different and must be treated that way.
Former Georgian
October 12th, 2010
10:00 am
People need to obey the laws about speeding and show up for court dates. It’s called respecting authority. That being said, how many other students and adults in Athens missed court dates but are still out on the street? I know of a student(not an athlete) in Alabama whose mother has been worried for two years that he will be arrested because he got a ticket and blew off the court date. As far as I know, it hasn’t happened yet.
Randy
October 12th, 2010
10:03 am
The previous arrests and ignoring court dates are bad enough, but with the newly-surfaced police reports that King stiffed a classmate for a loan and threatened to post nude pictures of her if she sued him for the money shows that there is no excuse for not dismissing this punk from the team immediately.
Send this thug home today.
Jim
October 12th, 2010
10:03 am
To Mel and all of the other critics of Caleb and the Dogs -
Don’t you think the police department knew where Caleb was if they really wanted him after all his name is in the newspapers almost daily for ensedoing mostly good things and not bad things such as forgetting to show up in court. They could have come over to Athens anytime after the bench warrant was issued and arrested him.
Another question, “why was it even necessary for the A Hole Athens Police Department to check out HIS driver’s license and not just run a check on the guy who OWNED the truck and who was there to pick it up? There is so much that is so wrong with this scenario. And Mel, I am sure you have never made a mistake in your clean life and have never forgotten an important date, right? You probably never played any sports and never went to any college or university anywhere. I wonder what kind of expample(s) you are setting for your kids everyday.
Cannot Believe...
October 12th, 2010
10:03 am
What about the comment that CMR said after the 10th arrest – something on the lines of “we have checked all licenses and everyone has a valid ID” If they had actually done this would they not have known that CK did not have a valid license?
ViningsDawg
October 12th, 2010
10:05 am
I can not believe how many of our fans are that lets say it, dumb. The police do not go and chase these bench warrants just because they know Caleb King is playing on Saturdays in Athens. They have other things to do. The resources are stretched thin and they work these warrants just like what happened to Caleb.
NOW, Caleb has to be suspended for more than one game. I know this was a speeding ticket, but Mark made it clear to this team that he will tolerate no more. Claeb heard this speech and knew he had a ticket and a missed court date. Caleb snubbed his nose at authority and it has now bitten back. I am waiting to see if Mark has learned his lesson that the Bobby Bowden Ways are not working and he needs to step up and get the respect of this team. Hey Mark, quit acting like Jim Mora Jr., being the boys’ buddies, and act like the leader you are supposed to be.
Undercover "dawg", North Ave, Atlanta address
October 12th, 2010
10:05 am
To “without linsee skcot”, what Burger King do you work at? Did you take anger management while YOU were in prison? Teach your kids to read instead of how to “dribble” or “run a football” and maybe you can change that culture of thug, but likely not-
Female dog
October 12th, 2010
10:06 am
zero tolerance —unless you are a starter——or if you see significant playing time ——or if you play more than a few minutes—-or if I need you to win a game—-or if I need you back next year —-pretty much zero tolerance for anyone that I don’t really need and can free up a space for more scholarships next yearbb
Chuck Allison
October 12th, 2010
10:06 am
Caleb King should be kicked off the team permanently. IF obeying the law was any priority to him, he surely would not have forgotten to meet his court date. They ought to pull his drivers license also. It might save the lives of some kids in Athens.
UGADawg16
October 12th, 2010
10:09 am
I feel for CMR. It’s a tough spot to be in to deal with young men who are going to make mistakes, show compassion but yet set a standard by which others will learn.
I know, I know…we perfect people on this blog would never stoop to the repulsive criminlistic activity of Mr. King. He should be dismissed from team, forced to participate in a Tech tickle pile while singing rocky top non-stop for the rest of his life and wearing a standard football issue gator thong and then permanently relocated to the state of Alabama with yearly vacations to Mississippi. Oh, and he gets Bobby Petrino as his “punishment buddy.”
I bet if UGA was 6-0 or 5-1 and King was rushing for 100 yards a game we would all be a little more forgiving.
Vance Duuley
October 12th, 2010
10:09 am
I haven’t called for Richts ouster AT ALL! But if he shows that he’s willing to kick off non-starters for misdemeanor charges…but makes an excuse for starters…
That’s exactly what Richt is doing.
And that’s just one of several reasons why Richt should be fired.
nerds! nerds! nerds!
October 12th, 2010
10:09 am
Caleb got a speeding ticket. WHAT A THUG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Gimme a break ajc.
Female dog
October 12th, 2010
10:12 am
affirmative action students at their best –why the surprise, you can take the thug out of the ghetto but you can’t take the ghetto out of the thug
seabass
October 12th, 2010
10:13 am
Its a freaking speeding ticket. Get over it all ready. I’m sure the majority of America have had unpaid speeding tickets. In this economy its the norm.
DDawg10
October 12th, 2010
10:14 am
No college recruits choirboys for the football team. You recruit kids to help you win in a violence sport. This very nature is the result of the arrests. You have 19 to 22 year old kids making the university millions of dollars each year, but they are kids and make bad decisions. Forgive them, don’t forgive them, your choice, but the bottom line is they are kids who make bad decisions and you just can’t fix stupid.
rx-dawg
October 12th, 2010
10:15 am
Surprised,
Joe Paterno once said “I don’t care what they do off the field, it’s what they do on Saturday that concerns me”. But hey, let’s give the guy a pass, he’s old, coached at the same place forever and wears coke bottle glasses. Paterno has run a straight thug program for nearly as long as he has been at PSU (he just doesn’t care) and the crimes his players have been caught for make cocaine rings at ‘Bama, AKs and Credit Cards at UF and all the stupid emerging from and alley, failure to provide middle name and suspended licenses from UGA pale in comparison. Gang rapes, armed robberies….just another day in State College. Could have picked a better program to throw out there (Texas for one).
CGA
October 12th, 2010
10:17 am
Obvious: Blog hits. Allen gets ACC honor (1 page), Game over for Cox (5 pages)
Caleb (9 pages). Obviously, DAWGS own this state.
Have you every thought that the Tech fans might actually be working and enjoying a life that does not revolve 24/7 around football?
EJ
October 12th, 2010
10:18 am
From The Red & Black:
It’s never a good season when you’ve had more petitions for arrest warrants in one year than touchdowns. But for Georgia running back Caleb King, it’s just been that kind of year.
Having already dealt with accusations of influencing a witness, King’s Monday morning arrest was just an exclamation tacked onto the end of what had already been a rough start to the 2010 season.
His legal troubles began after a 23-year-old woman accused King of threatening to post “nude pictures and video” of her on the Internet, according to an Athens-Clarke County Police report.
The woman claimed she had lent King $500 on March 6 in order to pay bills.
When she attempted to recuperate the loan in April, “King told [the] victim that he was not going to repay the money, and if she continued bothering him about it, then he would post nude pictures and video of [the] victim on the [I]nternet,” according to the report.
http://www.redandblack.com/2010/10/12/accusations-piling-up-for-running-back-king-tally-of-arrests-increasing/
Athens PD Lookout
October 12th, 2010
10:19 am
Let a friend show up to bail out a player and we will check their DL’s, too. Parking meter violations will soon become another ‘Dawg’ getter, too. Any violation can get them. Let a meter expire and there will be a officer there with handcuffs. We will get’em.
nerds nerds you are a jackass
October 12th, 2010
10:19 am
The previous arrests and ignoring court dates are bad enough, but with the newly-surfaced police reports that King stiffed a classmate for a loan and threatened to post nude pictures of her if she sued him for the money shows that there is no excuse for not dismissing this punk from the team immediately.
Like the rest of the humper fans; don’t care what the “boy” does as long as he totes the rock.
Mike Shula
October 12th, 2010
10:23 am
No tag light? The real reason they pulled him over was that it was 4am. Cops in Athens make the SS look like boy scouts.
Surprised
October 12th, 2010
10:32 am
rx-dawg,
Point taken about Penn State. However, it does not address the problem.
You named a laundry list of schools with problems (and I’m sure that all of the Longhorns don’t wear halos but Brown runs a good program). College athletics has become a culture of pampered brats with no work ethic. I am embarrassed for any school that has sub-standard student athletes. My take is that if you sign a scholarship, you graduate — of free the money up for someone who actually gives a crap.
Surprised
October 12th, 2010
10:34 am
‘or’ not ‘of’
Tim
October 12th, 2010
10:41 am
Totally overblown. So he messed up and didn’t pay a ticket. Honestly, big friggin deal. He should be starting Saturday.
obvious
October 12th, 2010
10:42 am
CGA, it’s OBVIOUS what category you fall into.
rckedmon
October 12th, 2010
10:42 am
since when does a UGA football player get a speeding ticket in Walton county??? Man these counties are EXTREMELY hard up for cash right now I guess.
Shankit
October 12th, 2010
10:43 am
Got pulled over by the Monroe police coming
back from a Georgia game. Reason? windows
tinted too dark. (standard Ford Motor Co. tint)
Then the smart ass cop wanted me to get out
and do a breath analyzer. Passed it. Still got
a ticket for tinted windows??
Google National Motorists Asso. The National
Speed Trap Exchange. Monroe (Walton) is right
there with Ludowici.
All you Dawg fans need to be careful when you
come thru Monroe, it is an entrapment waiting
to happen.
dawghater
October 12th, 2010
10:43 am
11 arrests and counting. Let’s see where to start. Oh yea, all the bull pup fans have put their flag back outside their homes in dreams of an SEC championship. The defeat of the mighty TN Vols have they hopes breaming with dreams of a return to glory. Now the cold water! UAB put up 40+ points on TN in Knoxville. The same UAB team that was hammered by Central FL last Thursday 42-7. Yes, UGA fans we all know that TN took LSU down to the wire. Pin you hopes on the big UT win. Hope you have enough players out of jail to finish the season. UGA may want to replace the hedges with prison fencing!
Flo-Ri-Duh!
October 12th, 2010
10:44 am
This offense happened on June 20th – three+ months ago. He will be suspended for one game, maybe two but the investigation is on going and he may possibly play this weekend but I doubt it. This was just stupid decision making. I expect that ALL of you shooting off your mouths in indignation on this vent have had a speeding ticket at some time – if not you were just lucky you didn’t get caught. Someone’s a thug because thaey got a speeding ticket? Then you are a thug! By the way – he was not charged with drinking or DUI. This is a misdemeanor offense but he should have taken care of the fine. He probably doesn’t have any money since the school does not give the players an allowance and his job as a football player does not pay any money.
JoeFan
October 12th, 2010
10:45 am
CMR says he has a zero tolerance policy, well lets see him back it up. The players need to understand if they break the rules they are off the team. Way past time for a change in philosophy and in recruitment strategy.
monty
October 12th, 2010
10:48 am
Kicked off the team for being irresponsible is extreme. He didn’t do anything gross or immoral. But he does need to be suspended for a couple of games to learn a lesson. I remember some of the dumb things I did when I was that age. I don’t know his background I believe he has good parents,not sure I can say that for alot of these troubles kids that just happen to excel in a sport. I’m sure responsiblity isn’t high on their parents training list.
chief #1
October 12th, 2010
10:49 am
It sounds like a witch hunt on all the Georgia football team, this is a joke and kids stuff and somebody in the Police Dept don’t care for the Coaches at GA. The Athens Police Dept needs to get a life.
Flo-Ri-Duh!
October 12th, 2010
10:49 am
Surprised.: These athletes don’t have a worrk ethic? They are extremely disciplined, dedicated and hard working but they are still young adults. It takes many years of sacrifice and hard work to get to their level as athletes. You wouldn’t understand that.
5150 P.O.A.D
October 12th, 2010
10:50 am
I said last week that it will be interesting to see what Richt will do when a star player gets arrested. Well, that didn’t take long. Now I guess you DAWGS will find how much of what Richts will match what Richt actually does.
The reason the ACC COPS(hehehe I love that the ACC COPS) had to check Caleb Kings License becaus he would have to drive one of the Vehicles back to campus. See King’s brother didn’t have a license and that started the problem. Then the Owner came to get the car. See the owner couldn’t drive 2 cars at the same time. So the ACC COP had to make sure the owner of the car had to be checked to see if he could drive. Well King then had to drive one of the vehiccles back to campus. Right? Well that gave the ACC Cops every right to check is King was legal to drive the car back to campus.
DID I MAKE THAT EASY ENOUGH FOR YOU DAWGS?
Heheheheheh the ACC COPS busting SEC DAWG players! That is just too funny.
Tim
October 12th, 2010
10:51 am
You don’t kick some one off the team for not paying a speeding fine. Good grief.
Tim
October 12th, 2010
10:51 am
Agreed chief #1
Huh?
October 12th, 2010
10:51 am
Geeesh people, learn the difference between “your” and “you’re”. Gummint education rearing it’s ugly head again.
monty
October 12th, 2010
10:53 am
If the red and black thing is true boot him off!! I thought his dad was a minister or something? Making daddy proud.Priceless.
mad
October 12th, 2010
10:53 am
?????????? all traffic offense are mismeanors tag light are you kidding me. that department is shameful. that officer was wrong for checking id of a kid not operating a vehicle needs to be reported to post
Mange Brain
October 12th, 2010
10:56 am
The missing facts: Caleb and Brandon arrive 5 minutes after they get a call from Caleb’s brother at 4 AM. What is missing is the fact that they drove over to pick up Brandon’s car. So the question is: Who is going to drive the car they drove up in home? The Cops assume that it would be Caleb. And guess what comes with a bench warrant for failure to appear? That’s right, a suspended drivers license. So the police do Caleb a favor and prevent him from committing the crime again, driving with a suspended license. No wonder Thuga is 2-4.
TLamar
October 12th, 2010
10:57 am
Since some of you guys are referring to this young man who forgot to pay his speeding ticket as a THUG! I guess that would make Breet Farve a FREAK since he decided to send picture of himself to women, knowing he is a married man. I think they should kick him off the football team and ridicule him and take away his endorsements just as they did Tiger Woods. Also, Ben Rothenburger should be in jail for RAPE and not starting on anyones football team. I’m sure if that were any other player, they would be in jail.
Let the Big Dawg Eat
October 12th, 2010
10:58 am
Leave ol’ Caleb alone. Being stupid is not a crime.
droopydawg
October 12th, 2010
10:59 am
Oh good, we’ve gotten to the race baiting part of our show. Note to everyone: responding to a stupid racist comment with a stupid racist comment makes you dumber than the original commenter.
HAD ENOUGH
October 12th, 2010
11:00 am
Enter your comments here
UGA fan
October 12th, 2010
11:01 am
we need to make a strong push to recruit isiah crowell and make him our bruising rb
HAD ENOUGH
October 12th, 2010
11:02 am
time for ZERO tolerance. you get arrested, you are off the team and scholarship is revoked. taxpayers should not pay for these idiots to go to school. spend tuition dollars on someone who really cares and wants an education, not stupid thugs who think the rules don’t apply to them !!!
Former UGA Parent
October 12th, 2010
11:05 am
Tailback Caleb King spent about six hours Monday in the Clarke County Jail on a bench warrant issued after he failed to appear in court in Walton County to address a speeding ticket.
King’s arrest was his second since joining the Georgia program. In 2007, he was arrested by UGA Police for driving a motor-scooter with a suspended license and going the wrong way on a one-way street.
King’s arrest comes just days after according to a police spokesman, the running back’s apartment on Wiltshire Drive in Athens was searched last Wednesday night for stolen items following an earlier search at East Creek Bend.
I don’t want a young man labeled or tossed from a program, yet this troubles me a bit. What would be an appropriate disciplinary consequence? I have a son in college and he’s gotten speeding tickets as well as parking tickets however he informs us and we make sure he takes care of them. He’s also twentysomething.
BIGAL
October 12th, 2010
11:05 am
It is sad to see what the misfits on this website thinks of our kids. The person who writes such negative information about kids are the wimp who grew up wanting to be like these guys and never could. They are the same ones who children will grow up to be just like them (misfits) and can’t walk and chew gum at the same time, but want to be just like these kids and can’t because of the genitics of their sorry family bloodline. I say to the kids a UGA be responsible, take care business, and always remember what the people who only see you on Saturdays really think of you. The big grins, slaps on the back and you da man comments in the end really mean nothing. Believe in your coaches and the strong positive adults around you.
What is a "thug" ?
October 12th, 2010
11:06 am
I am so sick of that word.
TheItalianDawg
October 12th, 2010
11:06 am
I think more than 95% of people leaving comments to kick CK off the team are Georgia haters and full of BULL CRAP!! like they are the perfect citizens and know what to do!!! I absolutely think Caleb King doesn’t deserve to be suspended even for 1/2 game!! I never drove the speed limit on HW 78 anyway and luckily I never got caught. it is such a boring drive and the speed limit should be set like HW 316 which is 65. the offense that Mr King did is very common, it is not serious at all and he has already paid the price, he learned his lesson and lets move on.
Dawg Fan
October 12th, 2010
11:08 am
Athens police have gone to far. Pulled over for non working tag light. Right! That is nuts. I have seen cop cars with non working tag lights. Pay the fine, run after practice, nuf said about his non issue.
5150 P.O.A.D
October 12th, 2010
11:08 am
Tlamar I don’t support Farve or ClasslessBurger either, but they are PROS. If the Teams decides to do nothingthing to them that is their problem. You will have to read the players contract to know what the Team can to to a Pro player. Now the NCAA has rules and the College PAYS the student/ATHLETE to go to school and represent the college. The school has the right to do they see fit.
It is not about a Speeding Ticket. FAILURE TO APPEAR Warrant. Would you people be happy if the cops let KING drive away then pulled him over for driving on a suspended license. His license should be suspended for the Failure to Appear.
Dawg Realist
October 12th, 2010
11:16 am
If he is not kicked off, I am stopping my donations to the school.
Chaz
October 12th, 2010
11:18 am
I’m confused here. Caleb wasnt driving at all that night, so why even ask to see his identification??? Hmmm, I wonder what made the officer ask. YOu dont usually see this happen. In fact IT NEVER HAPPENS in normal society. Im not jumping on the race card at all, King should have paid his fine or gone to court. No excuse for that, but come on folks, either they love locking up UGA players or the cops only see black and white rules of law when it comes to using common sense. At the very least, they should have given him a warning and called his parents to make sure he clears up the speeding ticket. I think this was a waste of a report. HEY CALEB PAY YOUR FINE DUDE.
Dawgs229
October 12th, 2010
11:21 am
I totally blame this one on Coach Richt. As a leader of the program (coach), it is your duty to know and make sure that your players make it to their court dates. Maybe an authorized person going with him. Are you actually letting these players go to court alone and depend on them to tell your program the outcome? I am a supporter of coach but this problem was because of poor leadership.
TLamar
October 12th, 2010
11:21 am
5150 P.O.A.D, no he shouldn’t have been allowed to drive; however, this could have been an innocent mistake; because, we all have made them in our life times. I don’t think this infraction should have him kicked off the team. Maybe a game suspension, but not being kicked off the team.
Let the Big Dawg Eat
October 12th, 2010
11:21 am
….. and let the Big Caleb play!
HeHateGator
October 12th, 2010
11:23 am
Its NOT kicking him off the team for a speeding ticket…its for being ARRESTED barely 2 weeks after the school implemented a NO TOLERANCE policy. If you don’t live up to your word, then your word has no meaning….you so-called fans trying to downplay being arrested are simply pathetic…
Dazed and Confused
October 12th, 2010
11:24 am
What to do, what to do? We kicked a fourth stringer off the team ( we can use his scholarship) and made an example out of him, but we can’t sit out a starter, even if King is a habitual offender (2nd arrest). I mean, King did get a driver’s license. I’ll just stick my head in the sand until this problem goes away.
lance
October 12th, 2010
11:29 am
Big Fing deal!
Nut Job
October 12th, 2010
11:29 am
Heard from someone that Kind has been suspended 2 games.
HeHateGator
October 12th, 2010
11:31 am
If all he got was a 2 game suspension, then what happened to the No Tolerance rule…I’m gonna puke…
harold
October 12th, 2010
11:37 am
GEORGIA IS NOW KNOWN AS “THUG U” BECAUSE RICHT SOFT PEDALS THINGS AND THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT ALLOWS IT! SABAN DOES NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM!
Suspension?
October 12th, 2010
11:37 am
Why suspend players for speeding tickets? Get real—coaches get speeding tickets and don’t get suspended. Regular students get speeding tickets and don’t get suspended. Loosen up—it’s no big deal.
I Could Have Put Some Lame Name Here
October 12th, 2010
11:39 am
You guys are a bunch of F’ing whining idiots.
Get a life and stop trying to loive through these kids. Getting and not paying a speeding ticket in no way merits getting kicked off a team and altering a persons life for ever. Neither does underage drinking.
I would hazard to guess that most of the people who think like that are probably tea partiers too.
These players are not human to you, they are just pawns for your entertainment and when they don’t live up to your expectations they are expendable. Somewhat less than human to be discarded and forgotten.
PATHETIC!!! I truly hope that you are judged exactly the same in your life.
HeHateGator
October 12th, 2010
11:39 am
Again, its NOT about the speeding ticket!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its about being arrested!
Dawg
October 12th, 2010
11:40 am
Only in Athens can you show up with the owner of the vehicle, be required to show ID, and then have your license run by the police. What was the purpose in running his license in the first place? King was certainly wrong for failing to show up to court in Walton County, but I can tell you, if we fired every adult that failed to show up for a court date on a speeding ticket, the unemployment rate would be significantly higher. And if we kicked every college student out of school for the offense of failure to appear on a speeding ticket there would be a significant drop in enrollment. I know law enforcement is doing there job, but in some college towns “doing your job” means going a little overboard. He who is without sin cast the first stone!
I Could Have Put Some Lame Name Here
October 12th, 2010
11:42 am
First:
He did not break any rules AFTER the Policy was implemented. The arrest took place after that. Big Difference.
Second:
UGA is Not Known as Thug U by anyone other than some “Holier than Thou WASP’s”
Jborodawg
October 12th, 2010
11:42 am
A speeding ticket is NOT a major violation. Not paying the fine or showing up in court IS fairly major….but nothing to get your jock in a wad. AJC makes it a big deal. It wasn’t such a big deal to the police, obviously; or he would’ve been arrested already.
Not to mention, his brother is pulled over for a “no tag light”. Give me a break. On da udder han, his brother driving with a suspended license…give me a break; what a doh-doh.
Caleb should run the steps for 30 mins and be done with this “episode”.
HeHateGator
October 12th, 2010
11:43 am
..and its about being responsible. If you say you now have a NO Tolerance rule and then don’t carry it out, then you’re teaching them no we don’t honor our word and the consequence is not as bad as we promised…they should not have stated a NO TOLERANCE rule if they were not going to carry it out. They owe an apology to the kid they did kick off and in fact he may now have a lawsuit…
The truth is
October 12th, 2010
11:45 am
there is or never was a no tolerance or zero tolerance rule implemented by Coach Richt. Everyone assumed that it was because the kid got kicked off the team for a DUI. Was the arrest embarrasing, yes, was it worthy of being kick off the team…not at all. He wasn’t out doing anything illegal at the time of his arrest, he was just being irresponsible to his obligation of paying a fine.
Dawg
October 12th, 2010
11:45 am
And everyone who fails to show up for a court date involving a speeding ticket is by no means a “thug”. Just ask some of the folks where you work if it has ever happen to them or their children. And then by all means ask that they be fired or suspended for being a ‘thug”.
5150 P.O.A.D
October 12th, 2010
11:45 am
2 games? Vandy and Kentucky? Usually these games would be easy wins, but not this year?
HeHateGator
October 12th, 2010
11:46 am
I nor no one in my entire family has ever been arrested. I had a speeding ticket when I was 18. I was not arrested and went to court, yes, in Athens when I was UGA student….so YES I will cast the stone!
Richt walks warily down the street with the brim pulled way down low
October 12th, 2010
11:47 am
I Could Have Put Some Lame Name Here
Don’t be so sure about that second point…that perception is changing with every arrest that occurs
You’ve even got Florida State Criminoles fans calling you out for being miscreants…and that is very very bad considering their track record
Dawg
October 12th, 2010
11:48 am
Figures.
Granitedawg
October 12th, 2010
11:48 am
After reading the above comments, I feel this discussion is being driven by people outside of the UGA family, mainly those insects from the North Avenue Trade School.
Their ideas hold no water but they use them like a dam.
October 12th, 2010
11:54 am
Hopefully HeHateGator it will continue to work for you.
5150 P.O.A.D
October 12th, 2010
11:54 am
GraniteDawg
So what if Tech fans are giving the DAWGS HELL?
It is just the police trying to bust UGA players right?
If UGA is the #1 party school there should be tons of arrests every week, because the Drinking age is 21 and that is usually a Sr.
Take your ABUSE because you so live to give it out. It Sucks when you have to take it.
Richt walks warily down the street with the brim pulled way down low
October 12th, 2010
11:54 am
Granitedawg
If GT had 11 players arrested, uga fans would be giving gt fans sh|t about it
it is what it is, get over it
I Could Have Put Some Lame Name Here
October 12th, 2010
11:58 am
@Richt Walks
I agree there is talk mostly from rivals, but there is a big difference between fans talking good-natured smack
AND
People who genuinely believe that these kids are THUGS!. Simply because they are Non-white athletes that have not lived up to their expectations for the most part.
Richt walks warily down the street with the brim pulled way down low
October 12th, 2010
11:59 am
I Could Have Put Some Lame Name Here
I agree whole-heartedly
pcb mike
October 12th, 2010
12:03 pm
Only 11 arrests, isn’t that a sub par year in Athens.
Jborodawg
October 12th, 2010
12:04 pm
To those of you: calling Caleb a thug; calling for Caleb’s dismissal; saying CMR has lost control; saying CMR should be fired; ad nausea…
It’s just a traffic ticket. Lawdamercy, you’d think he robbed a bank or something. To the Walton County “system” it’s a done deal. Why do yall want to drag it on and make a mountain out of mole hill? Extra running and extra study hall is about all this warrants. It certainly doesn’t warrant a front of the sports section “major” story. Nor does it warrant all the negative comments about Caleb and CMR. You negative people should get off your high horses. Oh I forgot, you’re long-time Dawg fans and know exactly how to coach and run a football team. I forgot, you’ve never made a mistake; paid for it and still gotten “major” media coverage and people calling for your head and first born child.
Like one poster said, “…over one hundred people a day in Gwinnett county arrested for failure to…” Fire em all from their jobs? Kick em all outa school? Even after they’ve paid the fines etc?
Sheeesh.
Delbert D.
October 12th, 2010
12:09 pm
Criminology 101. 1) Stop a vehicle for a moving violation. 2) Check drivers’ license, registration and proof of insurance. Any unusual circumstances, call it in.
a) Unusual circumstances – driver has a suspended license, and car owner not present. Is the vehicle stolen?
b) Check for outstanding warrants and conduct tag check for reported stolen vehicle. Vehicle is not in system for reported stolen.No warrants in the computer for Mr. King A., but his brother, Mr. King B returns a hit. Contact owner of vehicle to appear at the scene and collect the vehicle.
c) Vehicle owner appears to collect his vehicle, along with Mr. King B. After verifying identity of Mr. King B., he is placed under arrest per the outstanding warrant.
Their ideas hold no water but they use them like a dam.
October 12th, 2010
12:18 pm
Delbert D.
Now that is one way to do it. But I think you will find that Caleb does not get checked until he arrives on the scene. Again, this too does not make him a “thug”.
Jborodawg
October 12th, 2010
12:34 pm
OK, he’s now gotten a two game suspension. That’s fairly drastic…but, CMR has sent a message, as he’s been trying to do for quite some time now.
Coach Cecil Flowe
October 12th, 2010
1:25 pm
Screw Caleb King just like he screwed us here at Parkview when he was in high school!! CMR, you said zero tolerance!! If you were a great coach like me you would stick to your guns and send this kid back to GAC to clean up the stadium after their games.
Auburn80
October 12th, 2010
2:30 pm
I was a player once upon a time. I can tell you first hand that this stuff happens on every team. Pre-1980’s this type of thing was swept away and the media did not get into it very deeply. The media reported on important issues not a bunch of college kids. The players were always and I mean always punished. Some of the greatest all time players for all of the SEC teams were locked up in the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s and 80’s for a variey of charges. “Same as it ever was!”
Now it is virtually impossible for “cover-ups” by coaches and administration. A new era of transparency has been with us since the late 1980’s thanks for programs like Miami and FSU. So many hijinks! Now the media watches every move. On the other hand if Caleb was just some Horticulture Major and living among the general student populations of some major college a 76 in a 55 and a skipped court date would not be an unusual even. remember these are kids. Most of them cannot even balance a checkbook! Out of the sight of the news media regular college kids get bailed out and yelled at by mom and dad. These kids are not thugs and many grow up to be pillars of the community. It was certainly irresponsible of Caleb not to pay the fine but he is still a kid. This too shall pass. Let coach deal with him.
Some UGA fans....
October 12th, 2010
2:55 pm
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Some UGA fans....
October 12th, 2010
3:09 pm
The racist UGA fans are getting what they deserve. Caleb King is from Gwinnett…hardly the “ghetto”. Most of the alcohol and drug abuse on campus is by white non-football students. Face it…your program sucks…it has nothing to do with arrests…stop blaming the players you redneck cowards. Beat Having players arrested never stopped other REAL programs from winning games.
Some UGA fans....
October 12th, 2010
3:19 pm
Please top recruits….don’t come to KKK(I mean UGA). If you have a bad game you will labeled a thug and called ghetto. You will be criticized by people who’s biggest accomplishment was obtaining their GED.
Aaron Murray
October 12th, 2010
5:09 pm
I can’t wait for King and Ealey to be gone….cause I’m gonna be a freakin’ star!
BigDawg
October 12th, 2010
5:19 pm
First off the police overstepped their bounds in this case and had no right- legally or otherwise to ask a passenger in a car for his identification without just cause. This is still America and these cops did in fact violate the CIVIL RIGHTS law themselves and should be the ones under a microscope at this point. To say that Caleb King is a thug/criminal some of you need to get a life and be realistic. Next the reason his brother was stopped also needs to be questioned a broken tag light, give me a break, this is nothing but harasshment pure and simple. The Athens Police Department has an axe to grind also the AJC thinks this stuff is news.
Go Dawgs
Common Sense
October 12th, 2010
5:34 pm
Aaron Murray, our f’ing Quarterback, has as many rushing TD’s as King and Ealey combined…look it up.
King + Ealey + Samuels = nothing.
Will someone please RECRUIT (and play) a REAL tailback for Mark Richt’s PRO-STYLE, I-Formation offense?
If we had a HAMMER (Musa Smith, Moreno, Brown), that stupid PLAY ACTION stuff would work.
Our problem is we don’t and our HC and OC are both QB’s….”chicks dig the ‘fake’ handoff”, says Bobo….ugh.
Meanwhile, Ealey misses another block and Murray is carted off the field on a lawn tractor.
Ken Malcome anyone?
Common Sense
October 12th, 2010
5:39 pm
@ BigDawg
Stop with the civil rights stuff already.
This ain’t Selma, AL in the 1960’s
This is 2010, and Caleb King knew he had a ticket….he signed for the damn ticket and the damn ticket had a damn court date listed on it…and knew he’d be arrested if he damn well didn’t show up.
Dammit.
Common Sense
October 12th, 2010
5:43 pm
This just in….Ealey arrested for allowing his QB to be molested by an opposing teams blitzing linebacker.
Ken Malcome
October 12th, 2010
5:45 pm
Coach Richt says it’s a “grind” to be a tailback at UGA.
Yea, Moreno had to sit a year too…I’ll be here on the bench if ya’ll need me.
Henry
October 12th, 2010
6:10 pm
If you look like a football player around Athens you better be careful. Seems there is a bounty on them.
A tag light out causes a pullover and a player who is not driving has his record checked?
Late night shift patrols must be really boring in Athens except for blue lighting football type men to pull over.
Maybe these officers are GT fans or alums.
Henry
October 12th, 2010
6:14 pm
Good thing I don’t drive around Athens. I just checked my car and found one of my 4 tag lights out. I would probably be okay though, I don’t look like a football player and I wonder how many of those caught are white
Iron Dawg
October 13th, 2010
8:58 am
Sounds like only about half of the folks on here have a clue or remember when they were college age (if in fact some went to college). Or, does anyone ever read? The human brain, especially the portion that controls logic and reason isn’t fully developed until the mid 20’s. That is one of the reasons why teenagers make such stupid mistakes. The guy got a ticket and forgot to go to court. No, he shouldn’t have gotten the ticket ad when he did, certainly should have taken care of it, but this isn’t all that serious – any adults on here ever made a mistake? And, is kicking him off the team going to make him a better person? A more productive member of society? Hell no. Punish him, make him run tell he drops, make him clean the bathroons, something, but don’t treat this like he is a real criminal (if you do he may start acting like one).
Thanks Caleb!
October 16th, 2010
1:45 am
Looks like more NCAA Violations coming for the Dawgs….
http://www.redandblack.com/2010/10/14/caleb-king-case-sent-off-to-sec/