Dogs practice without Murray; SEC won’t suspend Fairley
Quarterback Aaron Murray didn’t practice Tuesday as Georgia began preparations for its regular-season finale against Georgia Tech. Murray is listed as “day-to-day” with a bruised knee and a bruised sternum, both suffered in last Saturday’s loss at Auburn.
In related news, the SEC said Tuesday that it has decided not to suspend Auburn defensive tackle Nick Fairley for his controversial hits on Murray. The league plans to handle the matter “internally” with the school.
One hit in particular — a late, helmet-to-the-back blow for which Fairley drew a penalty in the third quarter –- has drawn much scrutiny this week.
Georgia’s open date clearly comes at a good time for the battered Murray. The Tech game is on Nov. 27 in Athens.
Coach Mark Richt told the Touchdown Club of Atlanta on Monday, “We think by game time he’ll be able to play.” Richt later said on his radio call-in show, “There is no guarantee he will play in the game, but we’re thinking there’s a good chance he will.”
Tuesday’s practice was closed to the media, and no players or coaches were available for interviews afterward. Georgia said in a news release that Murray did not practice.
“Practice today was a start” in preparing for Tech’s option offense, Richt said in the release. “It’s always tough to simulate their offense. The better job the scout team does, the better chance we have. It wasn’t anything to write home about, but it was a start.”
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Dan
November 16th, 2010
9:04 pm
Sports reporters across the nation are going off on how dirty Auburn played Saturday. Auburn fans just don’t get it.
Sit him
November 16th, 2010
9:05 pm
It would only be fair since tech is without their starter. lol
Doug
November 16th, 2010
9:06 pm
yeah right dan. you’re a idiot. i watched and listened to several shows today and BOTH teams played dirty. Even Polock said as much.
collegefootball fan
November 16th, 2010
9:09 pm
Just a question. Why is it that every school other than UGA has classless fans. I guess you guys never say or write anything out of line? And I don’t even cheer against Georgia. I am jut not a fan.
BAMADAWG
November 16th, 2010
9:09 pm
Rick, you are right on.Our own fans need to stop and think. GO DAWGS.
Let’s make some noise Saturday nite. Hosting some great recruits!!!!
Otis My Man
November 16th, 2010
9:10 pm
Say all you want- we havn’t learned how to finish yet is the only problem (which is a big problem) USC and AU are the only teams that beat us on the field the rest of the games we beat ourselves. We need to get some “finish the drill” back in our game (a couple more players with heart wouldnt hurt either). If we are not in the SEC Shampionship game next year we have to look at making some changes,
Gary
November 16th, 2010
9:10 pm
Go back and look at the whole game. UGA players were playing just like the AU players. Hardnosed football. Nothing dirty about it until the UGA players attacked Fairly at the end of the game. Got their butts kicked, didn’t like it and started jumping on Nick. I hate that AU players defending themselves got ejected but I’m proud they stood up for their teammate. UGA got beat fair(ley) and squarely. Quit whining.
Weasel
November 16th, 2010
9:13 pm
I am appauled at the SEC’s lack of responsible action towards the safety and integrity of college football. After review, Fairley should have been suspended immediately! What would it have taken to warrant a suspension, a career ending or possible life ending injury? At a time when the NFL is acting swiftly and valianty to curtail serious injuries and to instill in players of the game a sense of concern for the health and safety of their brethren players, the SEC and NCAA has fallen short. This is the dirtiest football that I have ever seen played and to ignore it taints the sport. Fairley’s actions were malicious and premeditated. If we remember, in the previous game, Murray injured his chin. Fairley went straight for that injury with the intent of reopening the wound with his facemask. This alone should warrant suspension. When a judge presides over a court case, the most determining factor is intent and the intent was there. The continued late hits to Murray should have painted an even more vivid picture of that intent. The SEC’s failure to act on this matter exemplifies the same lack of action by the officials that “created” the chaos on the field. The SEC could easily have nipped this in the bud, but instead they have “created” a very hostile environment among true fans and I feel strongly that there will be further repercussions down the road.
Otis My Man
November 16th, 2010
9:16 pm
Weasel– you nailed it bro!
TrishaDishaWarEagle
November 16th, 2010
9:16 pm
Hey GATechies….UGAs QB is likely to be sore when you play them…might want to blitz a lot:)
To quote John Kreese, “Sweep the leg!”
Heath
November 16th, 2010
9:17 pm
The funny thing is NO ONE is looking out for Fairley. The SEC doesn’t care if he carries a knife on the field as long as it has a rep at the national championship game. This means he’ll think it’s okay when he goes to the next level, and the NFL will boot him out within 3 years. He’ll be on the streets and Slive will be giggling in his mansion.
Beam with pride, War Tigers.
Dawg 1
November 16th, 2010
9:18 pm
There are personal fouls and then there are personal fouls.
He played a filthy game. His coaches condoned it by allowing it to happen and the refs were pathetic.
There is no excuse for taking your facemask and rubbing into a players throat or driving your helmet into the back of the QB LONG after the ball had left his hand.
For Auburn people to defend this conduct is at best ‘poor form’…
AU in B-ham
November 16th, 2010
9:19 pm
I admit it was a bad hit and bush league but he also got chopped blocked bad by Ben Jones in the 1st qter, always like our rivalry and the end of the game was poor for both teams. I know right now you guys think AU is dirty but we don’t have many personal fouls for the year compared to the majorty of the SEC. Fairley is actually a big teddy bear, but when he is on the field he is a monster. I hope Murray is okay and good luck against the Jackets. I thought the “code red” ordered by Richt at the end of the game was okay as well, its like baseball you deck our guys we will deck yours…
Gary
November 16th, 2010
9:20 pm
Next year lets all wear flags and play flag football. We won’t keep score either because somebody could get their feelings hurt.
Come on, quit whining. This is the best rivalry in college football. Better than AU-UAt. Auburn takes a lot of players from Georgia and there are going to be lingering feelings from high school championship games between these guys. They play to win. They hit hard.
Oh yeah, AU goes to the NC game because they are the best, not because Slive said so.
Otis My Man
November 16th, 2010
9:23 pm
AU in Bham — I dont care if he is a tittybear– He is out to hurt the other QB’s-just look at his conquests/kills/laid out.
JD
November 16th, 2010
9:23 pm
Fake injury??? No one can talk to the media??
dodgecountydawg
November 16th, 2010
9:26 pm
Mr. Fairly !! ,, get ready because “Bama has a couple of young men #76 (6″8 , 390lb) and #77 , who is almost as big and much stronger that will kick and stomp your as@###^##*(S S ,, for us !! ,, my “Bama friends promised me that !!
Shawn
November 16th, 2010
9:26 pm
It’s not just UGA’s QB we are talking about. This kid has been hammering QB’s into the ground all season. Check out LSU’s QB Lee or Arkansas QB Mallet. He has hurt multiple QB’s with these kind of hits. Yes, chop blocks are dirty but if the refs are not going to call fouls on this kid I would take the 15 and blow this jerks knee out!
AU in B-ham
November 16th, 2010
9:27 pm
This year also reminds me so much of the “Soulja Boy” blackout game a couple of years ago..I was at both, UGA was not going to lose that game and AU wasn’t going to lose Saturday. Au bitched for weeks about all the dancing and chippy hits by uga and now this from UGA. AU is just the better team this year like UGA was a couple of years ago…just my thoughts, fire away…
You think Auburn is dirty?
November 16th, 2010
9:27 pm
This sums it up nicely…..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrP0UdJY-lI&feature=related
Big Wally Dawg
November 16th, 2010
9:27 pm
With the extra practice time, perhaps Grantham and his great defense can hold the gnats to under 40 points.
Legend of Len Barker
November 16th, 2010
9:29 pm
That’s the sad thing. Auburn is more than talented enough to make the national championship game by playing hard but clean. Fairley’s a beast, a heckuva defender. He doesn’t have to hit late or play dirty, but for some reason, that’s his modus operandi.
And for that reason, I find myself pulling for Nick Saban and Steve Spurrier in consecutive games. I keep waiting for a lightning bolt to strike me dead for even entertaining thoughts of pulling for those two.
AU in B-ham
November 16th, 2010
9:30 pm
Dodgcounty, I’m glad your bama friends promised this? I hope that makes you feel better..
Big Wally Dawg
November 16th, 2010
9:30 pm
I hope someone for Bama cripples that thug Fairley. He’ll be in prison soon anyway. Trash like him always ends up where they belong.
Dbalcer
November 16th, 2010
9:32 pm
We live in SC and when AU played Clemson they talked about Fairley and how dirty he was but I didn’t see the game so I didn’t know what type of play they were talking about. You can add Clemson fans to the ones in the SEC who think he is dirty. It is a shame that the SEC won’t punish the refs for letting the game get out of hand and Fairley for his play. The NFL will fine him next year if he keeps it up but hopefully he doesn’t take a QB out like what happened to the Rutgers player. He is dirty and it is not a secret.
TrishaDishaWarEagle
November 16th, 2010
9:32 pm
Fairley will get what he deserves!!!! probably $5-7 million signing bonus..NFL teams love heavy hitters. They can teach limits they can’t teach skill.
UGA sounds like those whiney big 12 teams whining about Suh the last 2 years.
Gary
November 16th, 2010
9:32 pm
Alabama is a joke. AU 52, UAt 20. Richardson 25 yards. Ingram 35 yards. Newton 225 yards, McCallebb 80 yards (2 TDs), Dyer 105 yards.
Sources say Bill Curry has something up his sleeve for the fans that threw bricks at his house.
AU in B-ham
November 16th, 2010
9:34 pm
Yeah, Big Wally he has such a checkered past with the law? zero issues with the law…He will have about 15 million in the bank next year and a top 10 pick in the draft…
jtdawg
November 16th, 2010
9:34 pm
Auburn trailer trash still defending that dirty play.
What a shame and embarrassment to the SEC.
Big Wally Dawg
November 16th, 2010
9:34 pm
Wrong, the NFL, doesn’t allow cheap shots like that. Keep trying retard.
m
November 16th, 2010
9:35 pm
That’s OK. Don’t suspend. He WILL pay. There is a HIGHER power that can do more to him than any on earth. “Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord.”
AU in B-ham
November 16th, 2010
9:36 pm
Even your boy Buck Belue didn’t think it was a big deal unlike most of you guys, I think most of the frustration is AU is 11-0 and UGA is 5-6 right now…
Gator Fan Laughing at You
November 16th, 2010
9:36 pm
Any of you sobbing JAWJA girls remember Georgia’s Nick Williams and his cheap shot on Tebow last year?
boohoo……
LLUGA
November 16th, 2010
9:37 pm
What’s up with the Auburn fans telling UGA fans to quit whining…it’s not enough just to win…now they don’t want anyone calling Auburn out on their dirty play…
Also, love the Auburn fans claiming that Auburn players ejected were “defending” themselves…
hahahahahha
AU in B-ham
November 16th, 2010
9:38 pm
Hey M will God strike down Ben Jones for his dirty play 2?
Big Wally Dawg
November 16th, 2010
9:38 pm
Buck did have a problem with one of the hits (the day late spearing), so be fair now.
Big Dawg Man
November 16th, 2010
9:39 pm
I don’t place the blame on our offensive line for allowing Thug Fairley to hit Murray. All the hits were about 15 seconds after the plays had ended. The sorry refs are the ones that can stop that and they cowed down (something Auburn is used to). The SEC should have taken action and suspended the Thug for the remainder of the season. I hope Bama breaks his legs.
HOLLYWOOD MARINE DAWG
November 16th, 2010
9:39 pm
LEE you are a GUTTLESS WONDER!!! IF a UGA player did what Fairley did on this past Sat. there is no way in hell I would condone or make Bu**S*** excuses for them! As you stated earlier Fairley might be a top ten pick, but what if he had ruined AM’s chance to play on Sunday because of his cheapshot to the spine. You are a true CANDY A**! Go hangout with the rest of your GUTTLESS friends!
TrishaDishaWarEagle
November 16th, 2010
9:39 pm
Lets see…Deacon Jones…hall of fame
LT …hall of fame
Jack Lambert …hall of fame
Ray Nitschke …hall of fame
Dick Butkusn …hall of fame
Reggie White …hall of fame
Yeah..NFL HATES heavy hitting Qb crunchers…
sam
November 16th, 2010
9:40 pm
Look for Trooper Taylor’s name start to surface in the investigation – you don’t mess with the FBI.
HeyDawg
November 16th, 2010
9:42 pm
OK Auburn fans. I know you’ve been ignoring the allegations, but it’s as simple as this: When Cam’s father asked for money from Miss. State, which he has admitted and Miss. State has confirmed that he did, Cam became ineligible to play for any team in any sport. So smack talk all you want, but I got the mother of all smackdowns for yall: You are playing with an ineligible player. Your season is fake and has no merit. I don’t think it could get any worse than that.
AU in B-ham
November 16th, 2010
9:42 pm
Gator Fan I was just about to mention that, the shot UGA player Nick Williams did on Tebow was worse. Problem was, UGA was a 5 loss team last year and nobody cared. UF didn’t cry about it nor did Tebow..I didn’t hear UGA fans wanting their own player “struck” down by God or sent to jail for the same late hit, you guys are pathetic.
Lost Dawg
November 16th, 2010
9:43 pm
What did you expect from the Barn side of the SEC?
Slive has no backbone. Only$$$$$$$ signs.
Will be embarrassing for the Barn when everything’s vacated, wins and trophies.
That is if they make it through the Bama game in one piece.
Something tells me the SEC officiating crew for the iron bowl will see to it that an undefeated Barn will represent the SEC in the BCS.
Big Wally Dawg
November 16th, 2010
9:43 pm
What are you living in the 70’s or something. The times have a changed. Just about every hit he had on Murray would have earned him a huge fine in the NFL nowadays.
Dawgfan55
November 16th, 2010
9:45 pm
The SEC will not suspend Fairley. What a shocker!!! Smell that? It’s called sarcasm.
Nick Fairley
November 16th, 2010
9:45 pm
So what comes around goes around? You want Alabama to take me out? You’ll take me out next year and blah blah blah. Just a question for you… if you think it’s right for me to be taken out in the next game with a career ending injury why do you think it’s wrong if I nail your QB after you keep chop blocking me? Just a question.
TrishaDishaWarEagle
November 16th, 2010
9:45 pm
yeah Lets just all admit the obvious..If it wasn’t for the SEC officiating crews HATING on UGA, they would win the NC year after year after year after year…
UGA is the by god best damn 5-6 team ever and should be at least 7th in the BCS if not for the villianous Retired Federal Judge Slive.
AU in B-ham
November 16th, 2010
9:46 pm
Lost Dawg, what about Nick Williams hit on Tebow last year? Were you embarrassed? I bet you started barking at the TV
HeyDawg
November 16th, 2010
9:46 pm
Auburn is KNOWINGLY playing an ineligible player, which is pretty remarkable b/c I don’t think any school has ever done that.
Big Wally Dawg
November 16th, 2010
9:46 pm
Amen Big Dawg Man, or another way to look at it. Our defense should have seen what was going on and just taken a few late hits on $cam Newton’s knees.