Richt: Murray is expected to play vs. Tech despite knee, chest injuries
Georgia’s open date comes at a good time for quarterback Aaron Murray.
Murray might miss some practice time this week because of knee and chest injuries but is expected to play in the Bulldogs’ next game Nov. 27 against Georgia Tech, coach Mark Richt told the Touchdown Club of Atlanta on Monday.
“He’s beat up pretty good, actually,” Richt said in a speaking engagement that was streamed on the Internet.
Richt said “luckily there is no structural damage” to Murray’s left knee, which took a shot from Auburn defensive tackle Nick Fairley’s helmet late in Saturday’s game.
“It was more just a blow to the knee, to the bone, and it’s bruised up pretty good,” Richt said. “I think he’s going to be fine.”
Richt said Murray also suffered “a pretty deep bruise in his chest” against Auburn.
Officially, Georgia director of sports medicine Ron Courson lists Murray as “day-to-day” with knee and sternum bruises.
Georgia will hold its first practice of the week Tuesday, and Richt was uncertain whether Murray will participate.
“We’ll see how he handles it, if he’s able to throw the ball,” Richt said. “We think by game time he’ll be able to play, but right now practice is day-to-day.”
UPDATE: Asked about Murray’s status on his radio call-in show Monday night, Richt put it this way: “There is no guarantee he will play in the game, but we’re thinking there’s a good chance he will.” Richt said the bruised sternum “is probably bothering [Murray] the most right now.”
Both Saturday night and Sunday, Richt declined to comment about Fairley’s hits on Murray in Auburn’s 49-31 victory. But the coach did make a fleeting reference to the issue in his remarks to the Touchdown Club.
“I thought offensively we blocked No. 90 [Fairley] pretty good most of the game,” Richt said. “There were some times he did get free. Sometimes he got free a little bit late, but he did get free.”
Murray, a redshirt freshman, has 2,580 yards passing this season — the third most all-time for an SEC freshman. He has thrown 21 touchdown passes and six interceptions — “a tremendous ratio for any quarterback, even if you’re a veteran,” Richt said.
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Georgia’s A.J. Green was named Monday as one of 10 semifinalists for the Biletnikoff Award, which goes to college football’s top receiver each year. The field will be reduced to three finalists on Nov. 22 and the winner named on Dec. 9.
Green has 41 catches for 674 yards and nine touchdowns this season despite missing the first four games while on NCAA suspension for selling his Independence Bowl jersey for $1,000. He had nine catches for 164 yards and two touchdowns against Auburn.
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Vince
November 15th, 2010
4:08 pm
@ CH DAwg
LOL
JOE
November 15th, 2010
4:09 pm
Dawglasville – We have to agree to disagree. At least you went there. I can take hearing your crap. I didnt go to Tech but dont stand up on the soap box either. This is really the first time in 3 years I have really said anything one way or the other about Tech. I like the basketball team better but until we get rid of our Jim Donnan AKA Hewiit we wont be winning there anytime soon
CHDawg
November 15th, 2010
4:09 pm
Whiner,
Again your logic is faulty. Jones was disciplined and Fairley was not. Nobody has defended Jones, but you are defending Fairley. Fairley has actually injured several QBs this year and his actions are deplorable, period. It is never right to injure players–and players should be disciplined for it. Nobody is rationalizing but you.
SHEEITIMSODRUNK!
November 15th, 2010
4:10 pm
Trish, Good for you. Career here too, baby.
49-31!
November 15th, 2010
4:11 pm
I’m glad the kid (Murray) is ok. He is a good QB and played a heck of a football game. But this crap about Nick Fairley is just that, crap! He made a mistake in hitting Murray after he released the ball and was flagged. Punished. Not enough punishment for you? If you recall, it was third and long and Murray overthrew the receiver on the play. AU would have had excellent field position and likely put the game out of reach on it’s next score. Instead, after marking off the requisite 15 yards and automatic first down, UGa marched the length of the field and stayed in the game, even if for only a brief moment. Then AU drove it down your throat, again and essentially put it away.
It’s a shame the game ended as it did. Why no penalties on UGa for leaving the bench? Why no ejections for UGa for throwing “punches? Why did Blanc get ejected after the UGa guy blocks him downfield in the back, after the whistle and Blanc simply slung his arm around to knock the guy off of him? Now AU has two guys sitting on the sidelines for the 1st half of the bammer game.
John
November 15th, 2010
4:12 pm
Murray is a BEAST!! I think our offense is going to be good for years to come with him……now if only I could say that about our defense!
rambling wreck
November 15th, 2010
4:14 pm
this just in….the leghumpers will wear red and black skirts for the Tech game.
puppydawg
November 15th, 2010
4:15 pm
Auburn’s good enough to win without playing dirty. So why do they do it, I wonder? It cheapens what should be a memorable season for them IMHO. After watching that scumbag Fairley on Saturday, I will be pulling for Bama and SC in Auburn’s next 2 games with hopes of getting to see Fairley being carried off on a cart.
Trisha's Taint
November 15th, 2010
4:15 pm
Looking forward to Trisha’s whining after AU loses to Alabama. I can hear the excuses now.
You ma’am are a blowhard and a troll. You’re a johnny-come-lately who needs to get off Fairley’s jock.
Make sure you come back here and get your plate of hot steaming crow after it all comes falling down on the 26th.
Markie Richty
November 15th, 2010
4:17 pm
Trisha’s Taint
Taint so! The water girl doesnt like talk like that.
SHEEITIMSODRUNK!
November 15th, 2010
4:18 pm
THIS just in right after “this just in”…and those black skirt-wearin’ leghumpers are going to beat the living bodily fluids out of Tech.
Cooki
November 15th, 2010
4:18 pm
Can you guys stop WHINING YET!?!?!?! It’s FOOTBALL IDIOTS. Maybe Richt should carry pom-poms to match is skirt with comments like “he’s beat up pretty good.” Maybe he can be the cheerleading coach.
And get over the comments about Fairley will get his. Ga NEVER does you bunch of whining sissy punks!!!!!
rambling wreck
November 15th, 2010
4:18 pm
49-31! you are wasting your time trying to make rational points to these leghumper fans.
Tech Man
November 15th, 2010
4:19 pm
Fairley is a thug, plain and simple. He doesn’t belong on a college campus. Hopefully, Murray will be ok. He’s going to be a fine quarterback. Unfortunately, we will have to see him for 4 years.
SHEEITIMSODRUNK!
November 15th, 2010
4:20 pm
Eh give her a break, Trish is cool Sassy–a career woman, and my money says she’s dish too.
SISSY DAWG
November 15th, 2010
4:21 pm
I’m really sick of all the Dawg fans complaining about Auburn players playing dirty. all you have to do is watch the video of the game the two Auburn players ejected were ejected after they responded to a nasty punch by a Georgia player. Georgia is lucky that half the team wasn’t ejected. And the hit on Murrary was the result of a Georgia player knocking Fairley into him. Time for Georgia to man up and quit whining. Football isn’t for girls or wimps.
bitethis
November 15th, 2010
4:22 pm
I have never heard so many whiny whipped pups in my life. Here’s and idea, why don’t you get an offensive line that can block? Have fun watching USC in the SEC championship. I know I will.
TrishaDishaWarEagle
November 15th, 2010
4:23 pm
Hard to be a JCL when i attended AU from 2001-2005
The come lately part is that UGA is even a big rivalry..sure, the 50 -60 year old Rv tailgaters would come in and say it was abig game, but we considered our rivals to be #1 Bama #2 Florida #3 ole miss #4 arkansas #5 maybe UGA…maybe its because the road team always won, so we didn;t get up for it..now If we lose to bama, FOR ANY REASON..you won;t hear me whine…whining is what UGA does best, AU sucks it up and plots revenge…
mickdog2010
November 15th, 2010
4:24 pm
@ puppy
Ricardo Cabeza
November 15th, 2010
4:24 pm
Nick Fairley is not a quality football player. He is a common street thug and should be prosecuted under the law for felonious assault with intent to do bodily harm to another.
TrishaDishaWarEagle
November 15th, 2010
4:24 pm
Oh, and I doubt any AU fans will commit an arson felony at brian dennehy (fat guy from tommy boy) stadium…unlike UGA fans at toomers corner
CHDawg
November 15th, 2010
4:25 pm
Sissy, talk about excuse making! Fairley has now personally injured three SEC QBs…oh never, mind. No amount of logic would convince your type.
mickdog2010
November 15th, 2010
4:26 pm
I always want the SEC to be in the BCS champ. game, but if it’s Auburn, I think I’d rather not
War Dumb Cheaters
November 15th, 2010
4:27 pm
Get Real – come on back to the old blogs here after your season is flipped, Scam Newton will be found ineligible soon enough for all games played. Then all you’ll have left is that disgrace Fairley.
SHEEITIMSODRUNK!
November 15th, 2010
4:27 pm
Trish, AU and FLA doesn’t even play every year. The East-West divisions ended that.
GTSteve
November 15th, 2010
4:28 pm
Fairley should have been ejected, no doubt in my mind, he purposely leads with his helmet
War Dumb Cheaters
November 15th, 2010
4:28 pm
And I am glad someone burned whatever tree in the trailor park Auburn is crying about. Don’t be douches and stuff like that won’t happen.
bitethis
November 15th, 2010
4:28 pm
Hey mickdog2010, I don’t blame you. After a beat down like that, I’d hate Auburn too.
War Dumb Cheaters
November 15th, 2010
4:32 pm
And Trisha, we know Bama is not a big rivalry for you guys, cause you get waxed every year. And If I recall correctly you just beat UGA for the first time in 6 games. Cheat your way to the top! The AU Way!
To Trish Dishwasher
November 15th, 2010
4:32 pm
Trish- please go back to Gadsden & Emma Sansom High and try again!!! Dirty play has NO PLACE in the SEC. I don’t wish harm on any players (yours or mine) You guys won the game. Something you haven’t done in the last four tries. Good for you. Nonetheless, everybody already knows that (un)Fairley is overly aggressive. Players like him have a way of getting what they deserve in the long run. I sincerely hope that BAMA doesn’t spoil your season and for the benefit of College Football on the Plains, I hope the FBI finds nothing.
Alabama Jack
November 15th, 2010
4:33 pm
Like, the dawgs never had a roughing penalty or an ejection. Go cut some more cheese to go with this whine.
puppydawg
November 15th, 2010
4:33 pm
Auburn lies. Auburn cheats. Enjoy it while it lasts, tigers/plainsmen/war eagles/scumbags. The death penalty is coming.
Ron Mexico
November 15th, 2010
4:34 pm
Funny to hear all the arrogance from a team that hasn’t beat UGA in like 10 years. LOL I guess buying a shiny new quarterback will do wonders for some peoples trashy mouths. Stay Classy Auburn!
puppydawg
November 15th, 2010
4:35 pm
@ Alabama Jack. The best thing to ever come out of Alabama is I-20.
CHDawg
November 15th, 2010
4:36 pm
Hey Trisha,
that is the funniest post I have ever read here! Sure UGA isn’t a rival–that is why you have been crowing on a UGA blog all day long, sweetie! That is just what we all do–go to the opposing team’s blog and post non-stop for hours when we win, especially when it is a team that isn’t even a rival. And you are defending a guy who has injured his third QB with dirty/cheap shots–but you could care less about UGA. I say you are St. Simons doing what you do best–acting like a woman! Come to think of it, I have to go get a life, too! Adios, amigos and AU fan impesonators.
Ron Mexico
November 15th, 2010
4:37 pm
Funny too, I don’t recall seeing a “beatdown” this weekend. I saw a great game that was won by Auburn, but as soon as the first snap on AU side took place I cracked open a celebratory beer for the victory UGA locked up by Scam playing and the impending forfeit by AU. Was a pretty good Saturday all in all.
CHDawg
November 15th, 2010
4:38 pm
impersonators!
DAWG07
November 15th, 2010
4:38 pm
2012 will be grea year for the DAWGS
Murry will be a great QB and we have several WRs that have potential.
Need that one great RB that can step in and be a threat each time he touches the ball. Hope that is CROWELL.
Mike B.
November 15th, 2010
4:39 pm
FBI interviewing principals in the Cam Newton universe between now and the AU-Bama game. Interesting just got riveting. One thing about Auburn year in and year out, dang they have the drama. Where to begin? Dye’s last season and Tape-gate? Lil’ Bowden and “the Affair?” President flying incongito to talk to Petrino–behind Tubbie’s back–after they stole him from Ole Miss….
Maybe a sordid histoire such as this is why we have dozens of ‘Barners on here right now.
Ron Mexico
November 15th, 2010
4:40 pm
Would have been closer too if not for Fairley and the late hits on our QB, but it is football and I am OK with it. Just remember this next year though when your crying cause Scam is gone and probation has kicked in though Auburn fans. Karma is a bee-yotch!
Tom
November 15th, 2010
4:40 pm
I’m a die-hard Tech fan and I hope we run all over the dawgs in 2 weeks like we did in ‘08. However, I am glad that Murray is OK and am totally didgusted with Fairly the thug. Even if you can look at the hit to the knee as just being blocked into the QB (and I’m not sure you can), the late hit with the helmet into the back was one of the most blatant and vicious illegal acts I have seen on a football field. He should have been ejected right then.
TrishaDishaWarEagle
November 15th, 2010
4:40 pm
@sheeit, we beat UF in 2001, lost in OT in 2002, traded them for tennessee and beat them twice in 2003, 2004,played gatech for some reason in 2005..and 2006 handed that Florida team their ONLY LOSS in their NC year…
puppydawg
November 15th, 2010
4:40 pm
@ Ron Mexico. I agree. That forfeit makes us bowl eligible with win # 7 coming up on Nov. 27.
TrishaDishaWarEagle
November 15th, 2010
4:41 pm
@chdawg, not i’m on the UGA blog because I live in the ATL..and the AJC is a huge homer gomer..
TrishaDishaWarEagle
November 15th, 2010
4:43 pm
nothing will be forfeited by AU, and even if wins are vacated, the losing team does not get a W..they still keep the L..
Ron Mexico
November 15th, 2010
4:46 pm
They teach English down there at AU Trisha? If so, go back and take some classes sweetie. And what is a homer gomer? That some redneck thing I haven’t heard about? You might be a redneck if… you say weird things like that. Just sayin’
Professor Van Nostren
November 15th, 2010
4:46 pm
Hey TrishaDisha or whatever your name is: the buzzer just went off on the oven in the kitchen and your husband needs his turkey pot pie taken out.
TrishaDishaWarEagle's Daddy
November 15th, 2010
4:48 pm
Trish, honey. Is our date still on for tonight? If so, I’ll meet you in the back of the car after I get home from cleaning the bathrooms at work. And I’ll try not to crush your Marlboros this time.
big bad BRUCIE (Uga VIII)
November 15th, 2010
4:48 pm
Now, Trisha, don’t be too hard on my Ga boys. Can’t you see they are a sensitive bunch of fellas and are really, really, really upset with that big brute Fairley for hurting our poor little QB.
SHEEITIMSODRUNK!
November 15th, 2010
4:50 pm
@ Trish–if that’s your real name (others are casting doubts). Glad to see you recall your FL games (which of course are now on rotation) but UGA/AU is a BIG deal to both schools. It’s only 115 years old. Com’on…
And AJC is a UGA homer paper? Were you only able to see that from a UGA standpoint. Most Georgia people–including this one would heartily disagree.
Welcome to Georgia by the way.