Sprained MCL limits Ealey in practice; says he’ll play vs. Gators
ATHENS – Georgia tailback Washaun Ealey missed parts of Tuesday’s practice because of a minor knee injury but said he will play Saturday against Florida.
Ealey said the injury, suffered in the fourth quarter of last week’s victory at Kentucky, was diagnosed as a mild sprain of the medial collateral ligament (MCL) in his right knee.
“It’s really nothing,” Ealey said. “Basically, just a bruise.”
Although held out of some drills Tuesday, including the portion of practice when the No. 1 offense went against the No. 1 defense, Ealey participated when the offense worked against the scout-team defense, which was simulating Florida’s defense.
“It’s 100 percent,” Ealey said later. “I’ve been running on it. Just trying to get it from being stiff. Just trying to get it back to strength.”
“He’s going to be good to go,” offensive coordinator Mike Bobo said of Ealey. “It’s think it’s more a precautionary measure. [The knee] got a little stiff after the [Kentucky] game. He carried it 28 times, and it got a little sore on him, like anybody’s does when they carry it 28 times.”
Ealey ran 157 yards and a UGA-record five touchdowns in the game. He left the game briefly midway through the fourth quarter because of the knee.
“When it first happened, I was [afraid the injury was worse], but after I rolled around a couple of times and the pain was kind of settling down, I knew it wasn’t very bad,” he said.
He returned to the game to make his longest run of the night, a 41-yarder.
Ealey figures to get fewer carries against Florida because fellow tailback Caleb King will return from a two-game suspension. King was suspended by coach Mark Richt after being arrested for failing to appear at a court date regarding a speeding ticket.
“Caleb is rested up,” Bobo said, “and I think he’s itching to get back out there and pick up where he left off.”
King started in the last game before his suspension, but Ealey posted back-to-back 100-plus-yard games in King’s absence. Richt said Tuesday that he expects King and Ealey to share the carries against Florida. Richt said he doesn’t know which one will start.
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Brandon Spikes
October 27th, 2010
10:49 am
dawghater you need to be corrected, the leg humpers didnt beat KY last year.
RussDawg
October 27th, 2010
10:52 am
Just get it done on the field guys. This is the best chance we will see to beat down Urban and UF
This is bigger than any bowl game we can expect this season so just get out there and nail it already. Get Mean. Get Nasty. UF is long overdue for a beat down from UGA. No gimmicks just beat them like they were messin with your sister.
Chris Rainey - star of the upcoming film Scream 4
October 27th, 2010
10:54 am
TIME TO DIE fleabags!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
poopdawg
October 27th, 2010
10:57 am
Russdawg treat them “like they were messin with your sister” or texting your sister. GO DAWGS!
#1Stunna
October 27th, 2010
11:01 am
Wow, the haters are really sounding off today!!! Some of your guys must not have your own team blogs to go and comment on; thus, you’d rather come on here and bash the Dawgs cause you have nothing better to do…GET A LIFE!!!
ozzfest
October 27th, 2010
11:13 am
30 YEARS LATER…LET’S DESTROY SOME PROPERTY!!!
long-time dawg
October 27th, 2010
11:15 am
The Dawgs have put themselves in the position that every game is a “must win”. And can you believe that even if they beat the snot out of the gators that they may still be unranked?
Spike
October 27th, 2010
11:18 am
Just win, baby!!
Howard Dean
October 27th, 2010
11:22 am
And the Dawgs are going to go down to Jacksonville and give the gators the BEEYAWWW!
gdawginkalamazoo
October 27th, 2010
11:26 am
Howard, now that was funny!
Blowing Rock NC Bulldog
October 27th, 2010
11:29 am
The Dogs need to pound the rock and put a ton of pressure on the Gators QB.
That’ll doer.
Can’t wait until Saturday at 3:30 PM EST.
Go Bulldogs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Delbert D.
October 27th, 2010
11:36 am
@PHIL 4:04 a.m.
“Is the SEC down this year in quality or is there just more parody?”
Well, it hasn’t made Saturday Night Live.
gdawginkalamazoo
October 27th, 2010
11:40 am
Delbert D. chalk one up for you.
Dogs Smell
October 27th, 2010
11:50 am
Georgia traditionaly does not beat UT and UF in the same season. This year will not change , even when UT and UF are the worst they have been in years Uga will not be able to accompolish this task even now. A loss on Saturday should put these “Homers” back in the crib crying about play calling and coaching. UF 35 – 13
gdawginkalamazoo
October 27th, 2010
12:09 pm
Dogs Smell, hell we have not beaten Vandy & KY in the same season for the past couple of years. This year, check.
Delbert D.
October 27th, 2010
12:09 pm
“Georgia traditionaly does not beat UT and UF in the same season.”
Strange tradition. Anyway, Georgia hasn’t beaten Florida and Auburn in the same season since 1983. Maybe it has something to do with the Mayan prophecy. If Georgia pulls off the trifecta, does it portend the end of the world?
RedandBlack
October 27th, 2010
12:14 pm
Coach Richt should have played the freshman running back Malcombe to get some good experience when the Bulldogs were playing the likes of Tennessee, Vanderbilt, and Kentucky. Now, that Ealey is banged up after carrying the load for the last 3 games, the Dogs are going to be short handed should Ealey go down again. King, Thomas, and Munz will need additional help. Malcombe is a good runner and should provide that extra help the Dogs will need against florida and Auburn. If the talent is there, then get it on the field, Coach. We do not need to sit another Knowshon Moreno or Aaron Murray for one year. Go Dogs!!!
gatorman770
October 27th, 2010
12:17 pm
Mike should go jump in the lake.
Go Gators, screw UGA!
jtdawg
October 27th, 2010
12:27 pm
@ gatorman770
Just like a lifeless jort wearing, frosted tips gayturd fan to want to do something that sickening to a small animal.
Poor Uga just needs to sit his rearend aganst the back of the doghouse on Saturday for extra protection….
I exepect no less … yechhh
Dumb ass dawg
October 27th, 2010
12:29 pm
Gaters watch out!!!! We beet Tennysee, Vandurbilt and Kenntuky. Reel gud teems. We r gudd. We r gonna win the SEEC!!!
Dogs Smell
October 27th, 2010
12:49 pm
gdawginkalamazoo
KY and Vandy are No Tennessee and Florida. As far as Auburn that game will be tail kicking in favor of Auburn !
Dogs Smell
October 27th, 2010
12:51 pm
gdawginkalamazoo
Beating either KY or Vandy have been keys to going to Atlanta. UT and UF have been. Logic ?
I doubt you have ever been to Athens on a weekday.
Dumb ass dawg hater
October 27th, 2010
12:57 pm
I have no life, never been with a girl, never went to college and have no job. I play with myself often thinking about seeing one of them Georgia girls naked.
I am a jealous loser who has no life.
DawginLex
October 27th, 2010
12:58 pm
Ealey is not hurt. He went back in and ran 40 yards after going out of the game Saturday.
Caleb King should hold a clipboard this weekend.
1eyedJack
October 27th, 2010
1:01 pm
Dumb ass dawg, we was thinking you were just a plain old moron. We apologize….you’re a low grade moron.
Concrete Campus Man
October 27th, 2010
1:02 pm
You UF folks better look out…..I don’t have a “Dawg” in this fight so to speak, but I’m predicting Ealey AND King put up some numbers like they did against Tech last year. I watched Ealey run all over Kentucky and King seems like he’s due to bust out. I’m just sayin’…..
Rich
October 27th, 2010
1:11 pm
I hope Ealey can play but I thought MCL sprains take a minimum of 4 weeks to heal??
Jimmy Crack
October 27th, 2010
1:22 pm
MCL sprains take a shorter amount of time to heal if you’re about to play your arch rival AND if the biggest competition at your position just got out of the dawghouse.
DAWG STUCK IN AUBURN
October 27th, 2010
1:36 pm
UGA2002 WHAT YOU SAY IS VERY TRU…I TOTALLY AGREE..THAT IS WHY I HAVEN’T TALKED TRASH OVER HERE THIS YEAR…BUT SOMETIMES GOERGIA HAPPENS…
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Go Tech!
October 27th, 2010
2:01 pm
Honestly I think Georgia is the better team this year (usually Florida is) and I think the only way they lose is if they can’t run the ball and have to force the pass. Or if they commit a bunch of personal fouls like they tend to do in some games. You don’t win when you commit a ton of penalties.
Ocala Rehab,Inc.
October 27th, 2010
2:28 pm
CUM, we have left the light on for you. Your bed is all ready for you with Ambien tablets close by, along with some Johnny Walker and ice. We also have the TV set at the channel that you adore ……………. Sesame Street …….. The Early Years. Enjoy.
Shhhhhhhhhh, shhhhhhhhh, he becomes so distraught when a SEC team whups him ……………shh.
IN 2011 …………… U of Florida will have an all new coaching staff. CUM does not have it in him to rebuild from what he created ………… He is emotional toast and just could not quite pull the trigger last December on his retirement. He will come to grips with that around Christmas 2010 and bowl season.
Go Dogs.
Real Dawg Fan
October 27th, 2010
2:31 pm
To FireRicht.com & dawghater…..
What are u talking about? UK beat South Carolina, who beat us and beat Alabama (defending champs and #1 team)…UT, although not the best team they’ve had, did take LSU (a 1 loss team, undefeated at the time) to the final whistle….so to call them weaklings, I believe ur misinformed about this season…we cant dwell on history but the current year we are in….
and to MEL….send the thugs packing? really? they were arrested for minor traffic violations and AJ wasnt arrested at all….u must be a clown b/c that was a clown statement…ur a thug too then b/c of the traffic ticket you got
PHIL
October 27th, 2010
4:06 pm
No one is calling for PJ’s job, no one is calling for Mac Brown or Wil Muschamp’s job, no one is calling for Urban’s job. Why?
Not all UGA fans are idiots, but it sure seems that all the idiots are UGA fans.
Wayne
October 27th, 2010
5:12 pm
Why is this two-bit punk still on the team? The dawgs would be 100% better off without him.
Snoop Dawg
October 27th, 2010
5:29 pm
Yo, if Washaun has been having 100+ yard games since Caleb Knucklehead King decided to get on the wrong side of the law, then why are our brilliant coaches telling everyone that Ealey and King will split the running duties? Is this dumb or what? If you’ve got something good going, keep it going as long as it works. King needs to warm the bench until Washaun cools off…
takedowndawg
October 27th, 2010
5:53 pm
Pretty funny, 1eyedjack, ….the Chattahoochee comment. Hope, that you are right!
takedowndawg
October 27th, 2010
5:59 pm
wayne, and yes we would be 100% BETTER OFF without A.J. Green, Aaron Murray and a whole slew of others, too. Who are you, in Wayne’s World! Have some sound reasoning or you begin sounding like a foe or opponent and not a DAWG fan at all.
takedowndawg
October 27th, 2010
6:16 pm
Dr. phil, above. The one who has the definitive and informed opinion of DAWG fans. We who were so unhappy with Coach’s Richt’s coaching staff last year and, yes, we did strongly demand a change in DC, special teams and LBC. These men did not make necessary adjustments because of their apparent stubbornness to change their coaching philosophy in their respective areas even though their methods were obviously not working. Coach Richt waited about two years too long in most of our minds. But, he did make a change and it will take some time for our new coaches/players to operate at a high level but I do see improvement and that is encouraging. The case is still out on Coach Bobo. He needs to improve considerably in his choice of plays. We have been much too predictable under his leadership. But, phil we could have them same coaches as last year and out DBs playing off their men 7-8 yards. That won’t cut it in the SEC. Adjust, or leave…one way or the other.
rincon dawg
October 27th, 2010
8:12 pm
Hey Phil
Those coaches won National Championships. Thats the difference. Anything less and your the first LOSER. Just beat Florida and my mouth is shut.
SatillaDawg
October 27th, 2010
11:29 pm
Sic ‘Em Dawgs!
Thump Gators!
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EricADawgFan
October 28th, 2010
4:04 pm
Lets Pay Coach Meyer back. Coach Mark Richt, run the numbers up on Coach Meyer and the Gators this weekend. Return them the favor as to what they did to the Dawgs last year. Give them a dose of their own medicine. Ealey should remember what they did to him last year as well. Ealey need to rush for 200 yards and King should also rush for over 100 yards as well. Score at least 42 points on them, and the Dawgs defense don’t allow Gators into the end-zone the entire game. Shut them out.
Run the points up Coach Mark Richt, leave no doubt.
CHUCK UGA
October 28th, 2010
11:29 pm
Bet few on here realize UGA has not defeated Tennessee and Florida in the same season since…wait for it….1988!