Cam Newton is on SI cover — and on Bulldog Nation’s mind
A few notes to start the day . . .
- The quarterback that Georgia’s defense will be chasing Saturday is on the cover of this week’s Sports Illustrated. Cam Newton is the first Auburn football player to make the cover of SI’s weekly issue since Bo Jackson 25 years ago, according to the school. Newton shares this week’s cover with TCU’s Andy Dalton and Oregon’s LaMichael James as SI takes a look at the BCS and a possible Auburn-Oregon national-title game. Jackson shared the Dec. 2, 1985, cover with Iowa’s Chuck Long and Plymouth (N.H.) State’s Joe Dudek.
- Not surprisingly, the 6-foot-6, 250-pound Newton was a big topic of conversation on Mark Richt’s weekly radio call-in show Monday night. As an example of Newton’s powerful running, Richt mentioned something he saw on Auburn film: a third-and-1 situation against Mississippi State on which Newton ran for the first down and collided with a middle linebacker. “The linebacker, you would think, would just knock his rear end back and make the stop,” Richt said. “But Cam jumps up and runs back to the huddle, and the linebacker is just laying there and they had to carry him off the field. Now, he did finish the game, so he didn’t get hurt too badly, but he got stunned by the big guy.”
- Richt said after last Saturday’s game that he hoped Auburn would be ranked No. 1 in the country this week. A caller asked Monday night why the coach felt that way. “If everyone thinks Auburn is the No. 1 team in the nation and we beat Auburn, they might think Georgia is a pretty darn good team, too,” he said. “That is the opportunity and challenge we want.” Auburn is actually No. 2 in the polls and the BCS standings this week. “1 and 2, it’s about the same — this time of year, anyway,” Richt said.
- As expected, Trey Thompkins‘ high ankle sprain will keep him out of Georgia’s basketball opener Friday night against Mississippi Valley State, coach Mark Fox said during the second hour of the “Bulldog Hotline” show Monday. “It’s a third-degree sprain,” Fox said. “It’s a significant injury, and he’s not close to being back. He will not play in the opener. . . . He made a decision to come back to school, and we owe it to Trey to make sure he’s healthy before he steps on the floor. He’s chomping at the bit to come back tomorrow if he could. But our trainers are doing a terrific job, and he’s getting treatment around the clock, basically. So we hope he’ll get back soon, but it’s going to be a little while.” Fox indicated previously that the injury, suffered during a scrimmage on Oct. 30, could sideline Thompkins for two to six weeks.
- More later today . . .
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Gotta hate Cam... what you gonna do on November 27th, 2010 after ALABAMA ruins your perfect season?
November 9th, 2010
9:46 am
Hahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahhahahahhahahahahhahaha!
Go dawwwwwwwgs this Saturday.
The truth
November 9th, 2010
9:46 am
Goota hateScam…you just lied..you the Scam!
Gotta hate Cam
November 9th, 2010
9:47 am
“You come on here and act like a childish fool”
Pot meet kettle.
“you put on your little War Tiger Eagles polo on and pretend to be the classiest college football fan on earth.”
You really are stupid, aren’t you.
“I think your anonymous aggression on these blogs is in direct relation to your neighbor taking you out back to his woodshed to work on that “special project” you were not to tell your parents about.”
I think you’re a high school drop out who’s late to her shift at McDonald’s.
Gotta hate Cam
November 9th, 2010
9:47 am
“you just lied’
About what.
Dawg fan
November 9th, 2010
9:48 am
at least this takes the pressure off richt for a day or two.
UGA sucks
November 9th, 2010
9:48 am
How many UGA athletes will be arrested before this weekend?
JdawgT
November 9th, 2010
9:49 am
Come on people, he has’nt done anything more than most of our politicians !
JB
November 9th, 2010
9:49 am
Now Cam is a liar……. In the Athens Banner Herald this AM, under the story about his old High school teammate Tripp, he ( Cam) say’s he was offered by UGA as a QB, but with Stafford, Cox and Gray, he thought Florida looked more appealing roster wise…..LMAO……. They had like 2 years of Tebow left and Brantley on Campus…………Just say you didn’t want to go to Georgia, but don’t lie……
JB
November 9th, 2010
9:50 am
AU gets ALL they want this weekend……Go Dawgs
UGA sucks
November 9th, 2010
9:51 am
JB
UGA is 5-5. If I were you, I’d be more concerned with being a worse team than Ole Miss.
UGA sucks
November 9th, 2010
9:51 am
“AU gets ALL they want this weekend”
55-23 Auburn
JB
November 9th, 2010
9:52 am
Nobody has stopped the guy all year, but they have played some tight games………Gonna be fun…..Whose the pressure on ?
Question
November 9th, 2010
9:53 am
Why didn’t Florida come forward with this when it happened 2 years ago?
Answer
November 9th, 2010
9:53 am
“Whose the pressure on ?”
The pressure is on the team that is on the verge of having a losing season.
JB
November 9th, 2010
9:53 am
UGA sucks……If you are a Au Fan, We are happy for you, because after 4 beat downs, we were beginning to put you in the class of Tech for us….LOL
Question
November 9th, 2010
9:54 am
Why won’t the University of Florida come out with a statement about the cheating incidents?
Question
November 9th, 2010
9:55 am
What bowl will UGA go to when they lose to Auburn?
Question
November 9th, 2010
9:55 am
Where is the evidence that Newton took $200,000 from Miss State or Auburn?
Question
November 9th, 2010
9:56 am
Why won’t the “anonymous source” come forward instead of hiding?
Question
November 9th, 2010
9:56 am
Why has Thayer Evans written 5 articles about Auburn without any proof?
Truth
November 9th, 2010
9:57 am
@ 9:44 Scam, where’s the proof..$200,000?
Question
November 9th, 2010
10:00 am
Why are all of the so-called sources in the Cam for money story all denying it ever happened?
JB
November 9th, 2010
10:00 am
AU, do the right thing…Sit him until this is cleared up…………LMAO
Truth.... has the NCAA started an inverstigation?
November 9th, 2010
10:00 am
Proof barner. Bye
Question
November 9th, 2010
10:00 am
Why are Dawg fans giving a free pass to their players who’ve been arrested this year, but saying Cam should go to jail?
AJ
November 9th, 2010
10:01 am
I think Cam Newton should be suspended until investigation is over with…..I’m just sayin
JB
November 9th, 2010
10:01 am
AU – Cam = 7 – 5
Question
November 9th, 2010
10:01 am
Why are Dawg fans so concerned with a football player when their own team sucks?
Truth.... barners have no personality and are complete tools
November 9th, 2010
10:01 am
They have to cheat to compete with ALABAMA, LSU, Arkansas, Florida etc etc
Question
November 9th, 2010
10:02 am
Why do dawg fans have low IQ’s and marry their own offspring?
JB
November 9th, 2010
10:02 am
Let’s see….minor traffic violation vs a alleged 200,000 payoff……….yea, close …LOL
Ask Mark!
November 9th, 2010
10:02 am
Ask Mark Richt why he tolerates crap like this:
http://www.redandblack.com/2010/10/12/accusations-piling-up-for-running-back-king-tally-of-arrests-increasing/
Question
November 9th, 2010
10:02 am
Why do dawg fans have a higher percentage of being high school drop outs than other fans?
Question
November 9th, 2010
10:03 am
Why hasn’t UGA won a title since 1980?
Paul in RDU
November 9th, 2010
10:03 am
There certainly seems to be quite a rush to judgement concerning Cam Newton and whether he may or may not have committed plagiarism when he was at UF. I don’t see how it has any effect on his academic eligibility at Auburn. Kids flunk out or transfer for academic reasons all of the time. As long as he is in good standing at AU, he’s eligible to play. It is interesting that these allegations have come out now – his academic record at UF is supposed to be private, so you can bet someone with an agenda leaked it.
Unfortunately plagiarism happens all the time.
http://www.american.com/archive/2008/november-december-magazine/cheating-2.0
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Question
November 9th, 2010
10:03 am
Where did Jim “Donnan of a new era” go?
JB
November 9th, 2010
10:03 am
Question…………….we see you sweating from here………..It’ll be fine…..just like 2004…….LOL
Question
November 9th, 2010
10:04 am
Why do UGA fans boast about how great their team is when facts state that UGA is 5-5?
Question
November 9th, 2010
10:04 am
Why is UGA now the Ole Miss of the SEC East?
Paul in RDU
November 9th, 2010
10:05 am
From an article on plagiarism:
Schools with honor codes have lower rates of cheating, but the rates are still significant. The Center for Academic Integrity at Clemson University found that while 45 percent of students at colleges without codes cheat, only 33 percent of students at schools with modified honor codes cheat and 23 percent of students at schools with traditional codes cheat.
Question
November 9th, 2010
10:05 am
Why do dawg fans consider pre-season number one rankings as automatically winning the national title?
mama said
November 9th, 2010
10:06 am
all you uga people that believe uga is the best thing since sex is sick, she said you need to smell whats cooking…a good ole whip @** from Auburn.
JB
November 9th, 2010
10:06 am
question………… I don’t think you’ll find ANY real Dawg fan bragging about this years team.
Question
November 9th, 2010
10:06 am
Why does UGA lead the state of GA in students taking remedial classes?
Question
November 9th, 2010
10:06 am
Why does JB continue to lie?
Question
November 9th, 2010
10:07 am
Why does UGA hire people who are in to child pornography?
JB
November 9th, 2010
10:07 am
Question…..you better not lose to us……you might drop out of the top 25….LOL
Question
November 9th, 2010
10:08 am
Why is a “journalist” at Fox Sports the only person who breaks stories on Cam Newton?
Question
November 9th, 2010
10:09 am
Why does JB continue to write asinine comments with nothing to back them up?
JB
November 9th, 2010
10:09 am
Question….lighten up, your showing your age……We all know it’s a big game for ya’ll and there’s a lot riding on it for ya’ll, and we’re just the next team on the schedule……..But we ain’t Chattanooga……….