Grantham regrets choke sign: ‘Sometimes you get caught up in heat of moment’

he was directing the choke sign to his sorry ass defense who gave up 450 yards to a mediocre UF team

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I agree with Coach Richt, and as a Gator, I do not think what Coach Grantham did was a big deal. The game was very emotional with tensions high on both sides during the overtime. Hopefully both the Gators and Dawgs will win the rest of their games to show everyone that both teams are good.
Go Gators!

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Truth be told, I was in the stands making the choke sign too.

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maybe it’s just me…but what’s the big deal? should he have run on the field during the time out and wished him luck?

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so he did it. boring. who cares.

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dawgfan,
It’s not that big of a deal. It’s just an embarassing moment that a coach gets caught doing it on television. No harm no foul.

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I have no problem with what Grantham did and it doesn’t hurt my feelings one bit…

In fact, makes me happy that we have someone that SHOWS us that they care.

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GT Alum – you shouldn’t and you shouldn’t be on Bulldog discussion either. Here’s a novel idea find a GT blog / board, that should occupy your time for A WHILE! That is all keep being irrelevant in the state.

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maybe he should have grasped his hands together like he was praying, come on folks this is football. You see coaches trying to wave off kicks all the time, it is a show of emotion. It wasn’t any ill will toward the player he just wanted him to choke an miss it. If anything the kicker should take it as a compliment considering uf’s kicking situation

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Thats just they way we doo it in Georgia. I mean, who of us dawgs aint wanted to choke somebody before? If mark richt decides to go to Miami this year, i saw make Grantham the HC. Hunker down dawgs.

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The choke sign should have been directed at Mike Bobo. His play calling while pinned down at our goal line late in the game was at best awful. To me, that it crucial that we get a first down there.

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Grantham should have been fired immediately. We knew Richt couldn’t control his players, now he can’t even control his coaches.

What a sorry state of affairs in Athens.

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Gator Mike,

Thanks for giving another sign of the Apocalypse! A reasonable reaction from a Gator fan!

Seriously, good luck the rest of the season. Y’all deserved to win this one, but it was a fun game to watch…until we lost.

Go Dawgs! Recruit a big time running back and more pass rush! Woof woof!

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Grantham shouldn’t have done it but these things get attention when you are not doing well. I agree it shouldn’t be first page news.

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I was in the stadium for the game, and with all the tension in the fourth quarter and the OT, I’m glad there wasn’t a camera on me. He got carried away. Not something that he’ll want to make a habit of doing, but once is no big deal.

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Lack of class shown by Grantham. Another embarrassing moment for the University on the football program’s behalf. This crap must end! McGarity needs to reprimand him.

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Choke sign is a non-story. Giving up 450 yards on defense, not THAT is a story.

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It shouldn’t even have been reported. If that’s
all the media have to do, they aren’t very useful.
(And I’m not a Georgia fan.)

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This is crazy to make anything of this. The kicker was a 21 year old college player . This isn’t PEE WEE football. This is a ruff sport and the kicker better have a stronger emotional constitution than letting the other coach rattle him in any way or he needs to find a whimp, p#### sport that he can handle.
I will admit that it was the classiest move on Grantham’s part but it’s no big deal and doesn’t deserve any press time. As I have stated before, Myers calling timeout last year at the end of the game was a million times worst .

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This would not be such a big deal if the media would not try to blow stuff up! Get a grip…no big deal here, move on!

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Has it been proven that Coach Grantham was doing this on that actual play? or that he was trying to disrupt the kicker?
I really have no problem with this……
It was a great game, and both teams played hard….That’s a very young Gator team, BTW…Maybe the youngest in the FBS division……

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For most of you who are saying that this is no “big deal”, my guess is that if the shoe were on the other foot and a Florida (or SC or GT or Vandy) coach had made the same gesture to a Georgia player the outcry would be fast and furious and no one would be chiding the reporters for making much ado about nothing. Such hypocrites!

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What we learned was that if you are going to make a choke sign at the kicker use two hands. Obviously one hand does not work.

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MURHY,
I’m sure he’ll get spoken to about it but seriously it’s no big deal. The first OT game in series history with so much on the line for both teams trying to turn their season around. VERY emotional game on both sides. Urban has repeatedly called it the biggest win since he’s been at UF. Give the guy a break as his emotions got the best of him.
Good luck, Dawgs!

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According to Chuck and Chernoff this afternoon, the actual video shows Grantham giving the choke sign multiple times. The said the story has gone national.

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As a Gator fan, I assumed Grantham was making this gesture at Aaron Murray and not the Gators.

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the story here isn’t the choke sign, its 18 out of 21!! And we’ll see y’all in Atlanta in December!!

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http://www.richtsgottago.com

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We are way too PC as a society.

Yeah, I wanted him to choke too..

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i’ll accept the “emotions run high rationale”, reasonable enough. but a 21 year old kid with no disciplinary history has a bad break with his girlfriend, “emotions run high”, he sends one ill advised text, serves a 5 game suspension and has numerous other conditions imposed on him – where’s the reasonable response from the other side on that?

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German Shepherd Dawg: “recruit a big time runningback?”
News for you: that’s what georgia has done already. If they won’t run the ball, you’ll never know what the RBs you have can do.

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Gator alum checking in.

Bush league, but no big deal.

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What a non-issue. Some emotion from a coach on the UGA sideline is refreshing. This is like saying that calling a time out to ice the kicker is bad. If you don’t want emotion in football, go play in mamby pamby land. Part of the game is physical and psychological intimidation.

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It was a bit tacky but I can’t believe anyone outside of Schultz and the odd Nerd think this is a big deal.

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Lovely, just lovely. So many players being arrested and embarrassing UGA, now a coach making national headlines. Get rid of Grantham now, the guy is a miserable jerk.

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he should have actually run out on the the field and choked the kicker instead.

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This is not a non-issue as some of you refer to. This reflects badly on the program and our coaches are supposed to be an example to these kids, not joining in with the thugery! Classless act and Grantham should be suspended or fired.

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He was mimicking McGarrity when the ad found out what Richt pays Grantham a year. Really, no big deal, the 21 year old student athlete got the last laugh. Just like Grantham’s defense, this did not work either.

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Can we have some counselors present on the sideline for the next time this sort of thing happens?

My 6 year old daughter was frightened.

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Must be a slow news week.

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Rabid Dawg, I heard that Rainey lives in a van down by the river!

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“Chris”….Bowl tie-ins don’t work that way.

But seeing as though you’re a Georgia fan, this doesn’t surprise me.

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This is a non-story, period.

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Who cares?

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Oh for petes sake….GROW UP…The kicker is 19 or 20 not freeking 4. If this hurt his widdle feewins then he should try out for ballet. The kicker didnt even make a big deal out of it. Schultz did.

There is no comparison to this and Muttenberger assaulting a young lady or the GAYTURD threatening to kill his girlfriend. There is no double standard in play. And NO I would NOT be talking differently if it was a Gator coach. I was pretty ticked off when they tried gouging out our eyes though or calling timeout when they had a huge lead. That was classless thuggery. (and the celebration which Richt apologized for repeatedly is not equivalent) This incident is nothing. What a bunch of girls.

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Why the hell is this even a story? Did we hurt the kicker’s feelings by wishing for a missed field goal? Did Urban cry over it or something?

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He was saving someone else form doing it to him

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“GT Alum – you shouldn’t and you shouldn’t be on Bulldog discussion either.”

This is not a “Bulldog discussion”. It is a sports fan discussion. All are welcome, Dogs, Jackets, Gators, Vols, Fighting Irish – well maybe not Fighting Irish – lets don’t push this thing to far. But the forum is not owned by the Dogs but by Cox Enterprises.

Just saying.

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Funny how all your Gaytors fans are all over Grantham for the choke sign but were so darn happy Rainey played and he threatened a co-eds life via text in front of a police officers. Give me a break. And really — do you think anyone outside of GA & FL really care — NO.

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Oh, and another thing….I don’t recall that ERK RUSSELL ever needed to resort to a choke sign on an opponent.

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poor fella was just choking on UGA’s dog bone and nobody was helping him

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Didn’t Mike Vick choke his (huh humm) Dawgs??

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If you’re not a UGA fan don’t comment on this blog. Only an idiot would say something that stupid. Grow up.

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What a story about a defensive coordinator getting fired up during a game. Does anyone remember Erk Russell? Are you sure he wasn’t sending a message to Chris Rainey regarding his girlfriend?

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Hell, at least CTG was showing some emotion… From the pic I saw, CMR was lookin’ on the ground for dropped change…

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As a huge UGA fan this is embarrassing. Almost glad the kid made it. If UF coaches had done this to Walsh we’d all be in an uproar. No excuse for it. Just sad. Heat of the moment doesn’t cover something that stupid that will be shown for the next 5 years or until he’s gone.

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just wondering though, how often was ERK RUSSELL on TV? not sure he had 15 cameras at the stadium looking for anything and everything…

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@ dlagator, if Damon’s friend wants her red panties back, tell your Mommy to give ‘em back if she hasn’t stretched ‘em out too much.

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Yes just more CLASS from the Mark Richt run program.

Move on now…..time to steal something ? Get a DUI, or forget about a court date ?

Gotta Love a coach ……who has ” TOTAL Control ” of the Program !

Perhaps you better win FIRST in the future…… then accuse the other side of choking.

Great Job Georgia…….you make us so EMBARRASSED !

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i personally think he could’ve been sending the sign to Baccari Rambo, you know, the guy who hits a receiver AFTER a 30 yd gain, then acts like he did something special….

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Coach Granthan…endeared forever in the hearts and souls of alum Dawgs. Keep it going, we are with you Coach Grantham!

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Thanks, Todd. Now Urban Myer has another reason to use all of his time-outs to drag out next year’s loss to Florida.

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Chas Henry should have taken up golf.

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It is amazing to see all of the UGA fans saying it’s no big deal…of course…when approximately one-sixth of the team has been arrested in the last year i can see how you become numb to bad behavior

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If Erk Russell were coaching today all these same idiots who keep bringing him up would be yelling for his head. why don’t you go back and look at all the 4 and more loss seasons his defense led us to and then figure out why you people think so highly of him. Idiots.

I am glad we have someone who is emotional.

Another thing that I find hilarious is the people who respond here that are fans of other schools. Not once in my life have I ever read a blog for another school. I don’t have time. Don’t you think these people could actually get a life?

Same goes for everyone else who lives and dies, or seems to , with the wins and losses of a football team made up of 21 year olds. IT’S A GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I was giving the choke sign and the finger !
Get over it and move on.
Good Grief we have to beat Tech for our shot at Shreveport!!!

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It really is not a big deal. Everyone of us has had a moment in our jobs when we did something really boneheaded. The boss gives you a good telling off but nothing more and I suspect that is what Richt should and will do. None of us were fired and Grantham won’t be either.

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There will be no disciplinary action taken against Coach Grantham beause he broke no rule. He will probably apoligize and that should end all of this needless
nonsense that the AJC started.

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football should be played where it was meant to be:

on the couch via xbox.

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Meyer was doing the “gaytor chomp” to the fans after the kick, classless and immature, yes, so what’s the difference?

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Funny how Georgia coaches do so much in Jacksonville to regret later. Just a few years ago, Richt instructed his entire team to run onto the field illegally and draw a penalty, saying that he would “be disappointed if they didn’t”. Now Grantham gives a childish choke sign. It sure looks like the Florida game brings out the immaturity of UGA coaches. The UGA AD needs to step in and issue a little disciplinary action. Who knows but what this kind of misbehavior might rub off on the players and lead to them getting arrested back in Athens. Oh, wait!

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I remember years ago, Florida vs. Florida State
the field goal kicker for Florida STate kicking a
game ending field goal after having been tantalized
unmercifully by the Gator fans, then coming off the
field giving them the Gator chomp.
Priceless.

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You ignorant inbreds, Todd Grantham is “Good People”.

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Grantham better wear goggles when he comes to JAX next year!

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I think it is uncool for a grown man to harrass an opposing college player, but did the kicker even hear or see Grantham? There were 70,000 screaming fans and a sea of red on the UGA sideline.

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I like dawgfans earlier post…”What he supposed to do? Walk out onto the field and wish him good luck?”. In truth, THAT might have messed the kicker up more than ANY gesture! This is much ado about nothing…the coach ONLY did what every Dawg fan was hoping for. Next topic.

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To bad grantham is man enough to address the subject. What a great leader for his players to follow!
The only choking was his defense that closely resembles what we have had for the last 3 years!! FL scored 6 on ALA & 7 on MISS ST.

There are a few GA fans that would like to choke grantham! What an embarrassment!

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At least this controversy deflects the attention from CMR losing complete control of his team.

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there was nothing wrong with what he did. in fact i would encourage him to continue doing it if it helps us win.

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I was sitting in front of the tv waving my hands tring to distract the kicker myself.

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Is it okay for our nose guard to
talk trash to the center and quarterback?

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Did we not call a time out to try and ice the kicker – which is an attempt to make the kicker choke!!! It’s not as if he Woody Hayes’ed the guy up side the head!!!!!

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YAAAWWWWNNNNN……..

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We promise never to use the choke sign again
provided you (Gators) do away with the chomp.

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When I become coach, no more choke signs,
Just COW BELLS

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It’s gonna make great billboard material, but who really cares? It wasn’t a ‘throat slash’ move and he wasn’t instructing a player to do anything dirty so who cares? I understand it’s not something a big time coach does, but UGA is no longer a big time program.

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Daddy Urban that large man on the sideline is scaring me! Make him stop it! Give him the gator chomp or tell Rainey to text him!

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“I’m aware of it, and I would just say that emotions run high,” Richt said. “People do things they probably wish they didn’t do. I think that was what was being communicated. I don’t think he’s necessarily proud of it. We’re just going to learn from it and move on.” Joke
,,,,,Now if a Player would have threw up his hand or made any kinda of hand or mouth movement after making a touchdown…he would still be doing morning run…

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The REAL GA Gator
Then why all the excitement about beating a small time program.
Oh, by the way, your big time program is sliding without Strong,
Mullen and Tebow.

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Personally, I would have called time-out in the middle of his kick.

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To all you Gator fans out there, after your two
more losses to Spurrier and Jimbo, we would
like to offer you a slot in our bowl game pitted
against another big time program, Notre Dame.

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He needs to publicly apologize to the Henry kid or get his butt out of Athens,GA.IF he will not do it,Fire him! This is a grown man not a teenager.

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luVsMyDaWgS
You are a good example of what is wrong with the Dawg nation.
This is football you wimp.

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I say forgitaboutit. Just get ready for the next game. Richt has already handled the situation and none of knows what was said or done to Coach Grantham.

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Again, the game ended in a tie.
The Gators got lucky with the coin toss.

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How about Chas’ River Dance celebration. Was that gay or what? I guess with a name like Chas he’s already knuckle deep.

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This is all ‘much ado about nothing’. Who cares about a choke sign when our team looks like the day after a New Orleans New Years Day celebration.

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HA HA!

So the kicker was focused on the GA sideline before the kick?

Is that how they coach them down in FL?

The next team will probably have the cheerleaders pull their dresses up before the kick.

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Grantham was not giving the choke sign to the kicker. He was giving Chris Rainey advise on how to handle ex girlfriends

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reality
The next team will probably have the cheerleaders pull their dresses up before the kick, something like that happened to Wally Butts when Ray Graves coached Florida.

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Your comment about Grantham better wear goggles
when he comes to Jax next year, are you Rainey’s
assistant?

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Is there anything gayer than tight football pants with no pads?

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All thUGA all the time!!!

From the players to the coaches to the AD.

This school is an EMBARASSMENT!!!

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does anyone really want to win anymore games this year and risk the fact that the administration will prolong this miserable situation letting Richt give it one more try. I am not one to give up but honestly if it means we get started on the rebuilding process sooner, then I will be glad to sacrifice the rest of this year. Mediocrity is a free fall, the closer to the bottom you are the sooner you can start climbing to the top again. We all torched Richt for hanging on to Willie too long, so doesn’t Richt deserve the same pressure on his employment status at Georgia? I have no personal bias against Richt, he seems like a really good human being, and was a good coordinator, but when it comes to running what should be top 5 team every year based on recruiting, facilities, fan base and other factors, but is more like a I AA program instead, I say its time to change.

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he regrets that the kid missed, or that he was caught on tape and maybe even that they lost; but he knew what he was doing. instead of putting a quality defensive scheme together to stop florida he reverted to a bs tactic that had no effect, other than embarrass himself and the university.

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Well, besides the little crybabies on here. Did somebody get theire feelings hurt, aw?

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Shankit, the reason the St. Johns river flows north is because Jawja sucks.

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Grantham-no class!!! Being a Dawg fan-that game Sat was probably my most dissappointing loss to the Gators.I will be honest though,I never thought for one minute in that whole game that we would win. Rather you are a Dawg or a Gator you have to feel good for Henry.After tanking in the LSU game and them having a chance to redeem himself against UGA(he is from Dallas,GA)-Thats what makes college football the best game in the world.My hat’s off to that kid.

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Absolute stupidity to make an issue of something like this. Leave it to Shultz.

Is this as unsportsmanlike as calling a time out seconds prior to a snap on a FG… or waving your hands at the ine of scrimmage to try to distract the kicker. or fans players on the sideline yealling at the top of their lungs to distract a kicker…. Absolute BS and leave is to a scumbag like Shultz to print it in the hometeam paper just to stir haters and get hits.

I really hate this paper.

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Choke signal?? Did he do it for himself? His defense didn’t even show up and gave up 34 points to a mediocre florida offense in disarray! He makes $750,000 and he’s giving choke signals to other players? What a low class moron. The Georgia AD should fine him $50,000. Grantham’s D is worse the Willie M!!!!!!!! Great way to spend all that money dog fans.

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Only weenies would be upset about that!!!!

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Hey Dale, you forgot Let’s all run in to the end zone and celebrate a touch down. The calling time outs after we had whupped your Butts was a LEGAL way of retaliation. As far as the choke sign, it is what it is. If he was just making the gesture, it’s football. If he was trying to get the kickers attention while making this gesture than it’s inmature on his part.

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…join them by being a jerk. Way to go Grantham. Not only are you doing a lousy job with the defense, but you’ve got no class.

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Gator Mike thanks for being classy on the choke issue,my headache is just know going away…love the DAWGS,hate losing to you guys but love the emotions and the fact that the game was as competitive as it was. GO DAWGS!

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Has American society become such pathetic sissies that someone would be upset at someone doing a choke sign at a FOOTBALL game?

All I can say is that Schultz must’ve voted for Obama!!!

Be a man not a crybabywimp!

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If anyone saw the interview they would see that Chaz Henry wasn’t upset about it; of course Washaun Ealey wasn’t upset about what Spikes tried last year either, in his interview he thought it was funny.

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Just when you think it can’t get any sleazier at UGA…

It does.

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C’mon Schultz take your panties off and be a man!!!

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How many times do coaches call a timeout before a field goal attempt? Isn’t the point to make the kicker think about it and possibly miss the kick or said another way “choke”? It’s done all the time. So what, who cares what Grantham did. As a UGA fan, if Urban Myer did it to Blair Walsh, I could care less and I would think Walsh would not be affected by it other than being motivated by it. If that gesture would make a kicker miss a field goal, then he doesn’t need to be the kicker for a college program (high school for that matter).

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DILLIGAF lets see when you dont use gayturds, Gators wont use U G A Y.

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Why isn’t anyone talking about the Fla gator who gave Tavarres King a cheap shot by whacking him upside the head when was down on knees after that play was over?

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I think Grantham was merely attempting suicide by choking, and learned that it ain’t all that easy. They better hide all the rope..

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Schultz should never be taken seriously and most people don’t pay a bit attention to the rag he produces – which is good only for wrapping (smelly) fish. He is a second rate gossup columnist – no more and no less. This whole thing is a waste of time. Talk about playing “Time To Die” Rainey and how that was wrong. Talk about playing a guy that gouged the yes of a player the week before and how that would be a moral wrong but don’t bring up a non issue. Schulzy needs to get a life.

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What the hell. We lost. congrats Florida. They out coached us ( see their offensive changes if you think otherwise), out played us ( see our 4 turnovers), and played to win, except hoping to win like Georgia does this year.
Time to move on. Coach G. grabbed his throat. Why the hell would the kicker look that way anyway, he was I am sure focused on hitting the kick ( his results on the kick would indicate that as well).

Personally hope Florida beats S carolina and goes to the championship game. As a Georgia fan I can say that.

AD needs to evaluate Georgia program top to bottom. An frankly our defense seems to be responding better to its coaching then the offense, which sputters and spurts with TDs one minute and turnovers the next.

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The sideline dance by the Dogs was almost as good as the one in 2007.

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Screw UF. This is the team that called timeout with 1 minute left in a 49-10 game. it is a rivalry. Deal with it. Gee, next year CTG should just go on the field and clean his kicking shoe off and remove any rubble from the kicking spot. UF bows. UM blows. Mark Richt blows. He is a wus.

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Note to Grantham: Its time to MAN UP!!!!! Grab your crotch next time!

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They were calling his name and he looked over there.

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I’m by no means a UGA fan or SEC fan whatsoever, but I don’t get what the issue is. If that kicker was rattled by an opposing coach giving him the “choke” sign, then he needs to be kicking for a school like Austin Peay, not a a BCS conference school.

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True Dawg,

Spikes tried but was not successful and when asked after the game Ealey laughed about it. Only whining Dawg fans were upset about it.

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Better than giving him the bird…….. Really who cares……

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Another reason the game should move to a home and home.
The report and film on Grantham was generated by Sun Sports,
a Florida news agency. I hope they are getting some good
ad money from all the Gator fans.

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I agree with you bjohndawg!! well said,they made the play’s they needed 2 when it counted,we didn’t hats off to them,we just have to fight harder next year!!! Good luck the rest of the way….I just love SEC period…..GO DAWGS!!

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Just curious: Whats the score if Rainey didnt play?

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The choke was self-directed as he realized that he was about to join the sainted Will Muschamp as a defensive leader who never did/will defeat the Gators. Muschamp was 0-4 and Grantham is 0-1, not the stuff of brilliance to be aiming barbs as a player who succeeds under difficult circumstances.

Grantham = overpaid loser who will fit in well in Athens.

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Dawgs are whimps. You don’t need eyes in order to live.

Grantham threatened to cut the punter’s air from going into his lungs so he couldn’t breathe!

That is attempted murder my friends!

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So does this mean Choke is no longer the official drink of UGA? Is it now the official “hold”?

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Schultz is a namby pamby bed wetter and writes a useless gossup column that the rest of us could care less about.

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True DAWG fan

Agreed True Dawg, I have bite marks on one of my legs to prove it from 1969.

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you kids are funny..period…both programs have carried around black eyes for on the field and off the field crap…so don’t try and polish your school off b/c they won..post with class and real info…

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In other news, Grantham has a small penis

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Can’t recall Dooley ever beating the Gators in Gainesville (or Mecca
as my A Hole Gator buddies call it.)

An pu$$y imposter posted that.

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True DAWG fan

Agreed brother. I went to the game with my UGA lady friend and was astonished by the lack of taunting after the game. I guess a sign that both fan bases know their teams are not up to par.

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this was payback for brandon spikes gouging ealey’s eyes, you fools!!!!!!!!!!!

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WHAT THIS EARLIER POSTER SAID!

“Red-N-Black

November 2nd, 2010
1:26 pm
WHO REALLY CARES!!!! I hope he did it, I can’t stand the lizards either. If he wasn’t tryint to disrupt the kicker then the Dawgs don’t need him on the sideline! Thank God he has a competitive spirit and wants to win, if you think otherwise you shouldn’t be watching sports or consider yourself a fan. Art of War – show no mercy to your enemies! I want a leader who is doing everything they can to disrupt the opponent, for the love of all that is Holy stand behind him and get your tail from between your legs.

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BG UGA fans were long gone when he left.

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Don’t you nerds have a fish fry to go to? Go curl up on PJ’s manboobs and get nursed. It’ll be better, girls . . .

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Just the press trying to make something out of nothing. Are you supposed to be hoping your opponent is successful? Dummies you journalists are.

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Notice to: All GA players, coaches, alumni, fans, students, cheerleaders, and supporters.

After carefull cousultation with Jeff Schultz, expert on rules of football ediquette, it is no longer acceptable to distract an opponent on the field in the act of performing his job or duties. You are expected to sit on your hands, keep your mouth shut, and give the opponent the courtesy of complete silence so that he will not be disturbed or distracted and have a fair chance to perform his job. No taunting jestures shall be tolorated.

While we are at it, UGA will expect its fans and all school personnel to practice this same rule during basketball events on campus. We will no longer accept yelling, shaking pom-pom’s, waving of the arms or anything of a distracting nature during free throws or any other time during play.

Feel free to show your enthusiasm during time outs, between quarters, or before/after the game.

Campus security shall be informed of these new rules and will enforce a one game suspension on anyone caught in violation of these new policies.

We appreciate your cooperation in helping us make the gameday experience more enjoyable for the players and fans alike.

Sincerely,

Michael Adams

……..I cant believe CMR even addressed this…. he is going to run TG off with his silliness…

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Fake Urban Myer:

“UGA should have gotten a penalty for knocking the helmet off of one of the GATOR players; he used his elbow to knock the helmet off.”

Too bad his head wasn’t still in it.

Now, that’s funny, I don’t care who you are!

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Right, Charlotte Dawg (see my Who damn cares post @ 2:58).

Mr Small, only a techie would talk about penises on a football blog. Maybe you should see someone about that size envy. Jeez.

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Again, why are the only ones shrieking about this, other than the AJC, the techie girls? Wasn’t the kicker a UF player?

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All you Georgia trailer park red necks would be crying up a storm..

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Since I go to all of the UGA home games, I hated for Murray and some of the other Florida boys on the team, but still with what this Florida team has had to go through since last Jan, I agree with Meyer that it was one of the programs most important wins of all time. That should tell you of the respect he and most true Gators have for Georgia.

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Repeat after me……”We’re going to the Birmingham Bowl! ” Bruce has already made reservations, right Bruce?

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I can’t believe these posts “what’s the big deal”. It’s just another poor example coming out of Athens. Sad, very sad.

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The Dawgs ………CHOKE…….every year in Jacksonville.

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collegeballfan

November 2nd, 2010
2:16 pm
“GT Alum – you shouldn’t and you shouldn’t be on Bulldog discussion either.”

This is not a “Bulldog discussion”. It is a sports fan discussion. All are welcome, Dogs, Jackets, Gators, Vols, Fighting Irish – well maybe not Fighting Irish – lets don’t push this thing to far. But the forum is not owned by the Dogs but by Cox Enterprises.

Just saying.

You are just to stupid to get the meaning, and just like my Daddy alway’s said: You just can’t fix stupid.

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Bruce – A coach showing emotion is not a bad thing – We could expect them all to be like CMR I guess

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Good game to Florida. Hard fought by both teams.

The only ones that seem to be bothered by this are the writers and fans who support GT.

I don’t know what it is with GT. They are more concerned with what GA is doing than their own team.

I was watching the GA/CO game at a local sports bar and as GT was making a come back on Wake Forest, the GT fans didn’t even pay attention to the GT comeback. They were too busy cheering for Colorado.

Too funny!

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Bruce Murray:

“Probably went after refs in his kids pee wee game too.”

I don’t know about Grantham but I routinely go after refs in my kid’s pee wee league. I sent threatening texts to one guy and tackled another and gouged him in the eyes but I don’t use the “choke” sign, I just wait until after the game and choke him on the way to the car.

Just joking.

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Apparently Bruce Murray ain’t got no kids
that play Pee Wee football.

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Typical classless losers at ga. That is all you are. Losers living in the past, still hanging on to 30 years ago with dirtbag criminal players and scumbag coaches. You deserve all the self inflicted negativity you get.

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Xmen, CMR isn’t cool, he’s asleep at the wheel.

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I just hope this is one more THING that contributes to the firing of CMR this season! UGA fans and alumni deserve a top notch, elite coach. Mark Richt is not and will never be a championship level coach.

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Some of you on this thread are so stupid it is pitiful. First of all, the Meyer timeouts weren’t last year…get a clue. They were 2 years ago. And they were in direct response to the orchestrated celebration penalty from the year before….so UGA coaching started it all. Only difference is calling timeouts is legal and not a penalty and what UGA did was not. And for those mentioning the eye-gouge, well that was national news and the player got suspended. What is happening to Grantham for breaking the NCAA Code of Ethics (several items relate specifically to precisely what he did)?

Dawg 75-76 and Mtn Dawg are as clueless as humans come. If Grantham was my coach I would be totally embarrassed. And trying to justify bad behavior by citing poor behavior of others is a loser’s national anthem.

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Sorry Dawgs, there’s no place in college athletics for that kind of unsportsman like conduct. CTG just withdrew his resume for the Interim Head Coach position.

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What is happening to Grantham for breaking the NCAA Code of Ethics (several items relate specifically to precisely what he did)?

Absolutely nothing. That’s Richt’s way.

There’s a reason why UGA is called The Cesspool of the South.

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MTN. DAWG AND WHAT # AQRE YOU

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too funny. i really don’t give a rat’s a$$ that he did it. who cares? i know Florida fans don’t, Georgia fans don’t. only idiots who care are loser Tech fans. good thing i have many Tech fans that aren’t as$holes like those on this blog or i’d really hate Tech. As it is now, tech is just a team we beat every year.

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For the record, Spikes suspended himself for 1/2 game. Get real.

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most of the critics are just hypocritical. get over it and get a life. oh, that’s right, most
tech fans have no life that’s why they are on here.

“punch in the mouth”, yeah that’s classy. of course b/c cpj said it, it was a “joke”. fu

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Richt: Hey good game Gators, nice kick by that Gator punter. Let’s go pray in the middle of the field because it is just a game and we are all brothers in Christ…Gators and Dawgs
Grantham did wha? Oh well, we all do things that some of us may feel like we really wish we didn’t do. Not saying Grantham or I am sorry. I am just saying.
Bullpups and Richt are hypocrites and sore losers. What are they teaching those kids? Oh right, nothing.

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gatorboy, you have no class. was that really needed? you are the typical jacka$$ fan that makes people hate florida, and i went to UF

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Georgia? Florida? neither one are relevant so it really doesn’t matter. Hope you Dawg fans stick with your man Richt. He is an absolutely pathetic coach and will never see another SEC championship game unless he buys a ticket or watches it on TV. Mediocrity=UGA

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So what…he probably meant he hoped the kicker “choked” as in miss the field goal. Don’t make a big deal of out of AJC, because it’s not one!

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HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA. I hope all you gayturds choke.

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classy as always UGA..classy……

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You morons get real the kicker is no kid. He is a 21 yr old man. Idiots.

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uh..yeah…WE’RE the idiots…riiiiiiiiiiight…..

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What a crock, and folks get a life. CTG was only doing what 100% of the UGA coaches and players and 99% of GA’s fans were thinking. Big Deal! Go vote.

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for Mike Bobo for his absolutely steller OT performance.

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Mark Richt has lost any control over his players and coaching staff. I wish I could say I was surprised, but it’s just another example. As a UGA alum, I’m embarrased.

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Richt will have to take some sort of decisive action to quiet this down. It will however be another skeleton in the closet that will rattle for years. The end zone celebration still resonates.

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*DONE EVERYTHING

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More bulletin board material for next year’s game. No wonder the Gators are hyped up and win.

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Grantham is nasty

And has a trashy mouth

That’s why they call it

The Cesspool of the South.

Burma Shave

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Players arrested numerous times…..Athletic Director fired for panty incident….coaches are now throwing choke signs against opposing players….UGA has to have the worst football program in the country…..something needs to be done….Win or lose, at least have class….

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@Gainesville Dawg….UGA is the only team that matters in this state. If that’s what you’re asking.

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So what if he gave a choke sign…what’s the big deal?

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I can’t believe this is still getting blog hits. Non-story that just needs to go away. Henry nailed the kick and the game is over. End of story.

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Richt: “We’re just going to learn from it and move on.”

How many times have we heard Richt say this?

Is anyone else getting tired of this line?

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Just saw this. McGarity is getting a call in the morning.

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Since Grantham could not be on the field and distract the kicker he was only doing the next best thing and attempting do it from the sidelines.

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Message = My expectations for my coaches’ behavior isn’t any higher than my expectations for my players’ behavior, which are pretty low…

Well Put, and according to this blog, most but not all UGA fans, have the same low expectations…

Some things never change!

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Its not that big of a deal but with all the embarrassments UGA has had lately, it doesn’t look good to be acting like that when you are a coach. I’m sure Richt doesn’t care at all. I’m not sure if that guy cares about anything at all.

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That fool Grantham was just telling me to go easy on my girlfriend after the game.

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Chris,

Since you already had your way with the Georgia defense and special teams, it does me proud to see you had enough left for your girlfriend.

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Nellie Bly – My the names you concoct!!!!!!!! If you do not like things why do you not relocate????????? Many UGA grads are not pleased with recent action. You act as if fans can hire, fire, etc. GET REAL and stick with one blog name!!!!!!!!!

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Why do people look for BS to cause trouble. I don’t blame the Coach if he wanted the kid to choke and make the jester. Hell in the heat of battle its war….. I’m a GT fan but even I wish he had choked.

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“GET REAL and stick with one blog name!!!!!!!!!”

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No big deal! He could have give him the middle finger instead. As Coach Richt said we need to move on. No it should not have happened but it did.
Forget if and move on. Whimp!!! He probably gave the “choke hold” to his sorry A– defense. Coach Richt has got to get ahold of the running of a college football team,. And then when a player or coach does these things they have to answer to the head coach. Period no question that it!!!! bye
Go DAWGS..

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It’s sad that this story has had a lifespan of two days.

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I think CMR is living in some sort of self projected reality where nothing is a big deal and life is simply learning and moving forward. He has truly been the “teflon man”. Perhaps if CMR removed the shades on game day, he could see reality of events on the field & sidelines. In any event a 21 yr old punter had the last laugh. woof woof doggies!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0357VcZfmE

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When you have a significant number of players who get drunk, wreck cars, cheat in class, abuse girlfriends, ignore summons to court, drive without licenses, what have I left out, oh yeah, carry guns, and destroy hospital plants, you don’t need coaches giving choke signals during a game. Georgia is the laughing stock of the country thanks to Richt, Evans, and Adams.

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The whole program lacks class from top to bottom. From drunken players to drunken womanizing ADs.

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To all of you on Chris Rainey. He came from a very bad childhood and at one time was homeless. He has never been in any kind of trouble and is a good kid thats had a bad life. He sent a disturbing text to his girlfriend, “time to die”, which is a saying often used in the violent neighborhood he came from. No excuse and totally unacceptable, No one believes he had intentions of actually hurting anyone, but in his anger handled the situation as bad as anyone could. He did not play for 5 games. Kicking this kid from the team and chances of a degree or future NFL would not have been the right thing to do.

It makes for great fodder though for Gator haters, just as I know many Gator fans have much to say on UGA’s arrests. Bottom line when facts came out, the police investigated and charged him with a misdameanor and his girlfriend refused to press charges, it was a friend of hers that called the police. I don’t think the police gave him a free ride, the facts didn’t warrant labeling him as a violent abuser.

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All you dumb Redneck Georgia hicks be whinning and crying too.

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Jim Rome reported on this topic…….he said classless….I agree

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How ironic. We lose 17 of 20 games and this clown who’s supposed to lead our kids is over there making choke signs.

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I’m not a GT fan, so don’t accuse me of being one after you read my post. However, I cannot believe the number of UGA fans on this site who are/were so ready to crucify others for having the audacity to even PLAY a player (Rainey), and then want to give Grantham a hall pass on cursing at an opposing player and making a very un-sportsmanlike gesture. I’ve heard UGA fans say “it’s no big deal,” or “let’s move on,” and so on. Huh?

Before 17 people respond to this post and say that what Grantham did isn’t even close to what Rainey did, please don’t. That’s is absolutely not the point. What Rainey did was wrong, but so is what Grantham did. For UGA fans to not take the same incredibly strong and vocal stance against Grantham for a being a jackA is unconscionable.

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You know when that eye-gouging incident happened, it looked pretty bad, but the Georgia player on the bottom of the pile said it was no big deal and he didn’t have a problem with Spikes. Why? Could it be that when he was on the pile, he was doing the same or worse but just didn’t get caught?

Come on, watch a game on Tivo and slow motion it. You will see kicks, elbows and stomps. Spikes got caught and suspended as he should of, but spare me that your team is innocent. All of them do it in the pile, it’s common knowledge.

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Its a non-issue. Grantham is the man for the UGA defense, and the AJC just needs to STFU

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People love to hate us because we are the envy of the SEC. Yes our team sucks right now, but we have the classiest, most successful leaders in the league. Look at the city of Atlanta and who runs the town/state/southeast… ALL UGA grads. So all you Florida cheese d!cks, Alabama hillbillies, Tennessee rednecks, GT nerds, Auburn farmers just keep on hating.. Sucks being jealous.

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Unbelievable- It takes a real man to call someone pathetic online?? You’re probably some 150 pound nerd who couldnt fight his way out of a paperbag..

As for all of our arrest, they were mostly minor traffic violations…

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Only if we had another 5* recruit… we would have won the game. Can’t wait for Idaho State! We are going to crush them!!! 2 wins away from the Pappa Johns Bowl. Anyone know a good hotel in B’ham???

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Unbelievable– Learn how to spell idiot. Pathetick??? LOL typical Oklahoma d!psh!t.

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The only ones choking is UGA and its miserable make every excuse fans.
You and UGA are just a mediocre underacheiving program. You guys get used to being a second tier program and mark richt adds another embarrassing moment to his tenure

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Come out from under your dirt shack in OK… UGA grads run this state/town/southeast moron.

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Gaytors are hypersensitive, I dont see anything wrong with what Grantham did, I can give any sign I want except the middle finger but now Im actually giving the middle finger to all Florida and Gtech fans

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LOl.. “then why are you ready posts just like me?” Huh??? OK Retard.. and yes BBA I am. pu$$y.

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Butt Cutt,
I guess anyone not from the state if Georgia gets called a name by you? Stay classy!

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Caught up in the moment, sure. But its the “moment” – when the chips are down – that define you.

Grantham defined himself all right. This is the only story putting UGA on the national radar screen this season, so yes time to move on.

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RBC….BadA…I highly doubt it…it sounds like you have one about 1 inch long.

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Also…Grantham’s comments make it clear that he is disingenious….he can’t apologize? Why?

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Because he is not sorry!

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Agree with Jiggy. Urban sold his soul in playing Rainey. Again, a guy that wants to win. I appreciate that.

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So, he made the choke sign…big deal. at least he wasn’t scratching his b*&*#s on camera or pickin and flickin like a Techie.

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Fire Richt and take that idiot with him. How did Richt make an announcement that he didn’t know whether Grantham regretted it? And how hired him? If he does that on national tv what is he behind the scenes? He’s 44 years old, that’s a student he’s directing that to. What a ******* idiot and **** Richt for hiring him.

YEAAAH. WE LOOK LIKE THUGS. Arrests, jumping around like morons after the first TD of a game, selling jerseys, selling rings, selling us out. Richt has overstayed his welcome.

Now for all of the morons defending this, let me ask, do you see Saban doing this? Do you see Meyer doing this? Just imagine if he did btw? Tressel? Kelly? Chizik? Miles? Fulmer? The list goes on. You don’t see this.

This dude shouldn’t be a coach on any level because if he acts this way what are the players learning? How are they being led?

Fire Richt because all you need to know is everyone around the SEC is delighted to where we’re headed.

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Greg….let’s move the Georgia vs. Florida game to the 1st game of the season…..

Both teams..work over Spring and Summer to beat their biggest rival…

Big TV Game to kick off the season….

When Georgia loses…all the UGA fans..can get over the lose….

When you lose early the polls don’t care…vs..losing late in the season….

UGA fans don’t have to fret until the last weekend in October..to see if we can beat Florida…

Play the game in the Georgia Dome…weather..heat ..not a factor….split the tickets….like you do for SEC game….

I am sick of going thru the season and waiting for UGA to lose to Florida in October…let’s get the pain behind us….

Now…if we had a football program that was well managed and coached that could beat the Gators…maybe every other year…then..I would not be proposing this idea….

All UGA fans…we should start a petition to move the game to the first weekend in September….

For all those UGA fans who want to go to Jacksonville in October….let’s schedule a UGA vs. Florida State traditional game…….good football..no conference impact….

Make it happen!

Comments welcome….

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Old enought to call you an idiot. go scratch yours if you have any.

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2 years ago, Coach Saban’s coordinator said we were wearing black because we were going to a F#cking funeral! and we did… maybe seeing a little bit of enthusiasm is just what the doc ordered.

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No big deal on the action but the statement is lame. Sounds like a Clinton statement – I regret the situation (not I am sorry for my actions) and immediately – “lets move on”. Usually it is – mistake, then apology, then punishment, THEN lets move on.

Again, I don’t care about the choke sign, whatever…, just tired of the non-apology “apologies” with the “lets move on” statements that seem so common now. Great game to watch as a fan and really, given GA vs FLA, a pretty clean, sportsman-like game overall.

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Unbelievable….why do you care so much? You made your point. It wasn’t a crime….find another soapbox that means something.

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Swamp- I agree. I have said all along the coordinators are not the problem. It is the strength coach. He takes top 10 recruiting classes and in 2 years, has there a$$es pushed all over the field.

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No Grantham made a classless move. Rainey broke the law by threatening a woman. Not the same.

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AND…apparently it is a big deal…it’s all over ESPN, Sportingnews, newspapers, Serius radio, etc.

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Un,,- I agree that Dog fans would make a big deal if the UF coach made the gesture.

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Someone ought to be choking Grantham – what a sorry performance as a DC this year. And spare the line about getting players for the 3-4 – they don’t tackle, can’t cover in the secondary – bad hire – he does not understand the college game.

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Do you think Spurrier would have played him?

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I can’t believe it, no self respecting team leader would do that. I know they are sore about losing to us so many times, but come on. Chas didn’t deserve that, and you will NEVER see that kind of stuff coming from the Gator’s coaches. Players can be dirty, that goes for ANY team, but the LEADERSHIP needs to maintain good sportsman like conduct. With a head coach that has lost his edge to a defensive coordinator that acts like a child, the dawgs just have no hope. Go Gators, and see ya’ll next year!!!

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BTW, who was supposed to pay King’s ticket? Geeish, hello NCAA.

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UN- Believe this. Spurrier would have never played him and Urban would not have played him if he had won a couple of those 3 losses

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Brian,

I am not saying that he should have played. I honestly believe that he shouldn’t have. Zoom out for a minute. That has not been my point (as I have reiterated many times).

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Agree both wrong!

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Florida and Georgia have both had many arrests of their athletes that are still on the team. It is stupid for either side to go there, both schools have had embarrassments from players.

The coaches however is a different story. Your AD shamelessly caught with his “panties” exposed, your coach laughing as the players run on field and dance, and now an assistant taunting a 20 something year old on the field. Your coaches response? “People do things they wish they didn’t do.”

The only bump Meyer had was yelling at a reporter for an article on one of his players, unprofessional yes, but an exchange between 2 adults on Meyer’s field after practice, and he APOLOGIZED to the reporter face to face and made a public statement of apology.

It’s no so much the adversity, but how you handle it. It’s clear there is a different culture on the UGA staff than UF’s. Nuff said.

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Swampdawg:

“Richt … you have to recruit some “men” with upper body strength on defense! These you have are too weak and CANNOT tackle!”

Yeah, that’s what we’re lacking, upper body strength on defense, too weak, can’t tackle.

Let’s hire Swampdog to recruit some “men”.

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I’m not sure what the Gators want Grantham to do now – maybe send a bouquet of flowers and a singing telegram to the punter/kicker.

The gesture was no worse than Meyer calling all his TO when leading UGA by about 40 a couple years ago. Classy – don’t think so.

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Brian Asselstine @ 8:55, agrees with Swampdog, still LMAO!

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Finally some PASSION from the sidelines – could have been direct other ways or to our own players but, finally a coach that shows he cares and is emotional.

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Well who cares? If the shoe had been on the other foot I would say he got what he deserved when his team lost. I would get much more pleasure out of that. He looked ended up looking really dumb; he has to live with it, learn from it, and digest the crow. He showed poor judgment and got caught up in the emotion of the moment, but it wasn’t a crime.

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All of this is rather pointless. Until Georgia stops allowing UF to own them, all arguments are pointless. Until you can be competitive in a rivalry, you lose every argument.

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This is the same chump that ran his mouth to me after we embarassed them Dogs!!!!!!

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I am not talking integrity. Meyher should not have played that kid but he and UF dominate the series so it is ok with most. I mean the media does not make a big deal etc. UGA coach makes classless gesture, you are dominated in series so media takes off. Grantham wrong, Meyer wrong. which one are you hearing about?

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Grantham has as much class as the entire uga program, which amounts to the number of their national championships in the last 4 decades……………….. ZERO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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You make all so proud of you

You make us all so proud of you Coach Grantham!

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Trivia- What coach made same gesture years ago and was able to get to the top of his game after the controversy died?

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Lookout Dawgs Idaho State took us right down to the wire but we pulled it out 38-3.
Be careful on Saturday. Is this a 10:00 AM start?

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I’m sick of losing to Florida.

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Any trivia answers?

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30 players arrested; an AD arrested for DUI holding red panties; a 44 year old coach making choke gestures to a 19 year old kid and a fan base who says “no big deal’. PROUD TO BE A DAWG

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Answer: Pete Carol

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Brian….it’s pretty clear that most people aren’t upset about Rainey playing. It’s also clear that most people think what Grantham did was wrong.

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Dawg lover, I remember…they were bigger than my husband’s.

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Portland St wins the free meal at the sizzlin. Pete Carroll made teh gesture to the Dolphins kicker when he was the Head Coach of the Jets before he went to USC. Un- that was my point. UF gets the free pass on Rainey in the media because they are dominating the series.

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I think House Republicans just gave House Socialists, er, Democrats, the choke sign.

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A choke sign? WGAS? Seriously.

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I don’t know who could turn this thing around. My reason for saying Dan Mullen is because he know’s the Florida program and could be a key to us defeating them consecutively. He is also familiar with the SEC which helps also. Pete Carrol, hum I think UGA doesn’t want to end up probation for two years like USC.

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Brian,

I think Rainey/Meyer gets the hall pass because people thought that it wasn’t as bid of a deal as what Grantham did. Kids make mistakes…people get that. Grantham is 44 and the leader of those same kids…people dislike that more.

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So would you like him to send it directly to you then you can pass it one to all the “many, mnay others” you seem to know so well?

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http://www.dawgsports.com/2010/11/2/1789772/separating-richt-the-man-from-richt-the-coach

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Dawg Lover…funny…if he has said it to the reporter when asked, than everyone would have heard it.

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