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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HeyDawg
November 16th, 2010
9:47 pm
Trish – why are you here? Why is any AU fan poking their heads out of the hole right now?
LLUGA
November 16th, 2010
9:48 pm
Love the guys posting that UGA is 5-6 and sucks….
Really…couldn’t figure that one out on my own…
Yeah…and taking out a QB’s knee, chin-raking him with helmet, and spearing to the back…not really a big deal…even though those are dirty plays, as a UGA fan, I should probably not say anything…because Auburn fans seem to think that winning gives them the right to tell us to shut up….
Ummmm. No. See, since we lost, I don’t have anything better to talk about. We may not even go to a bowl, so for the next 361 days all we are gonna do every time we see an Auburn fan is bit$h about that punk-a$$ thug Fairley and the rest of your dirty team…
Any you should pray to God that Cam didn’t do anything wrong…because if he gets in trouble we are NEVER going to shut up…because we lost…and you won…So even though its been a while, quit being little bit4hes and understand that because you won and won dirty, you are NEVER going to hear the end of it. Of course you have the ultimate comeback….scoreboard.
Ahhh. But seriously…Love you Auburn fans…always had a good time at your stadium…just HATE losing to you.
BG
November 16th, 2010
9:48 pm
Fairley is a fat punk and I hope he tears his ACL aganist BAMA.
Gator Fan Laughing at You
November 16th, 2010
9:48 pm
“The times have a changed. Just about every hit he had on Murray would have earned him a huge fine in the NFL nowadays.”
And how many many Georgia players would the NFL suspend for stepping one foot on the field while inching closer to a team brawl? Sit all 20 something of them for the Tech game, eh?
Upset that the AJC will not post my thoughts
November 16th, 2010
9:48 pm
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November 16th, 2010
9:49 pm
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Gainesville Dawg
November 16th, 2010
9:50 pm
OK, so how does the SEC handle the situation with Fairley internally with Auburn???? I guess they told Chazik to tell Fairley not to do it again. Be a good boy!
HeyDawg
November 16th, 2010
9:50 pm
LLUGA – it’s a done deal. Auburn is playing with and ineligible player. They’re toast.
TrishaDishaWarEagle
November 16th, 2010
9:50 pm
@heydawg..consider my presence a compliment. I would be writing trash on a Bama blog, but I am not foolish enough to think they can read..I assume UGA fans can.
Grow Up
November 16th, 2010
9:51 pm
Maybe Trooper Taylor should be suspended for jumping around the middle of the field like an idiot celebrating with the fat thug Fairley. Hey Trooper you are a middle aged man. Turn your hat around and start acting like it. You ever wonder why you have never made it past a lower level assistant after your many years of coaching?
Upset that the AJC will not post my thoughts
November 16th, 2010
9:51 pm
Is Mike Slive screening the comments?
Gary
November 16th, 2010
9:52 pm
Newton MAY be ineligible at Miss St, like Albert Means was at Bama, but if you remember, Means went on to play for Memphis. When this is all said and done, Miss St will burn, not AU.
Nick Fairley
November 16th, 2010
9:53 pm
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.
—–
You know what happens when you assume… Dawg?
49-31. Even if your dream came true guess what the score is, 49-31. A L for UGA, be proud, you earned it. Except Murray. Give that kid some credit. He played hard despite the fact that I kicked his *** up and down that field.
Now back to Cam. Isn’t it odd the FBI is involved? Seems odd, unless that story about the FBI investigating multiple schools is true and Auburn is, get this, wait for it, not one of them but Kenny Rogers is a big part of it.
I talked to Cam, I asked him what happened in MSU. He said this:
o Cam Newton And Cecil – “I really like MSU and Dan Mullen”
Kenny Rogers- “Hmmm…after talking to this kid and his family, I think there is money to be made here. Since Im an MSU grad, and I really cant take it anywhere else, I’ll take it there. Slam Dunk. He’s going there anyways.”
Kenny Rogers to friend and fellow MSU grad John Bond – “Its gonna take money to get him here. Whaddya say?!”
John Bond – “ummm. Ok. Ill see”
John Bond to MSU – “They want $ ?”
MSU – “What? We don’t pay for players”
MSU- “This is kind of F**Ked. We are reporting it next year after we make sure we don’t get a violations for it.”
MSU to Cecil Newton- “Your friend Kenny told us about the offer. No Thanks”
Cecil Newton – “WTF are you talking about?”
MSU – “$”
Cecil Newton – “This is un holy. I don’t want any part of this…Son you are going to Auburn where you’ll be able to play for a good team, contend for the SEC and maybe win the Heisman and National Championship.”
Cam – “OK”
THE END
Dawg in Kentucky
November 16th, 2010
9:53 pm
I don’t understand. Sell a jersey and get 4 games. Lay out a qb
with a blind hit that could have possibly put this young man in
a wheelchair for life, and the SEC chooses to handle the matter
internally with Auburn? Wonder how the SEC is REALLY handling
CAMGATE?
HeyDawg
November 16th, 2010
9:54 pm
Whatever there fella, your season is a sham.
Upset that the AJC will not post my thoughts
November 16th, 2010
9:54 pm
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TrishaDishaWarEagle
November 16th, 2010
9:55 pm
The Auburn compliance officer is a former lead Investigator for the NCAA. This means his allowing Cam to play means they have no evidence against him ..read my lips..”to this point”. May change, but probably not this year anyway..
Dawg in Kentucky
November 16th, 2010
9:55 pm
Enter your comments here
Hilly
November 16th, 2010
9:56 pm
I want Mark Richt to explain why he allowed the entire UGA team to jump off the bench in the middle of the Auburn game. He made us look like thugs.
Nick Fairley
November 16th, 2010
9:57 pm
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.
But it didn’t happen often. HA! HA!
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Uh, funny you mention this, they did hit him late.
Did you guys know McCallebb was knocked out of the game on a helmet to helmet his from Clemson. Did you hear Auburn fans crying and whining? Nope. You know why? They won and didn’t have to find excuses.
Dawg in Kentucky
November 16th, 2010
9:57 pm
CAMGATE………Just made that up but it’s pretty cool.
HeyDawg
November 16th, 2010
9:57 pm
See how easy that is dawgfans? We don’t need to go into some long drawn-out explanation about anything. The talk about who hit who pales in comparison to: AUBURN IS KNOWINGLY PLAYING WITH AN INELIGIBLE PLAYER That’s all that needs to be said. The End.
Gary
November 16th, 2010
9:58 pm
Cecil hasn’t admitted anything. A “source” said he did, but there have been nothing but “sources” in this whole story. Miss St may be dirty like UAt was with Albert Means, but Auburn is innocent just like Memphis was.
HeyDawg
November 16th, 2010
10:00 pm
I appreciate you pasting my comment again, AU fan with many names. I like it so much I’m going to paste again too:
“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.”
I love seeing it too
Nick Fairley
November 16th, 2010
10:00 pm
HeyDawg… how do you know Auburn is knowingly playing with an ineligible player.
As in, how do you know he is ineligible?!? I’d love to see your info. I promise I won’t even spear ya in the back for your boys chop blocks and dirty play.
Coffee Bluff DAWG
November 16th, 2010
10:00 pm
Trisha,
It’s SEC football – not a place where dirty players like your GOON Fairley tries for career ending hits. What a pathetic excuse for a human being – celebrating on the sideline after his cheap shots.
Sopwith Camel
November 16th, 2010
10:01 pm
Go Bama! Do Beat Auburn! And if you maim Fairley in the process, double congrats!!
HeyDawg
November 16th, 2010
10:01 pm
Cecil did admit. Go to Fox Sports, ESPN go wherever you want. AUBURN IS KNOWINGLY PLAYING WITH AN INELIGIBLE PLAYER
Nick Fairley
November 16th, 2010
10:02 pm
I was celebrating UGA losing 49-31 and going home after all of their personal fouls and cheap shots.
TrishaDishaWarEagle
November 16th, 2010
10:02 pm
1 UGA logo snuggie (return denied by walgreens due to tobacco juice stain)….$19.99
1 UGA “2010 SEC EAST CHAMPS” t-shirt, pre ordered in August………$29.99
1 pair red panties…$400,000 contract buyout
49-31……..PRICELESS
HeyDawg
November 16th, 2010
10:02 pm
I’ll tell you what AU fan w/ many names. You go find a name and maybe I’ll respond to you./
Big Wally Dawg
November 16th, 2010
10:02 pm
Trish, we can read thank you, but you need to type slower.
Nick Fairley
November 16th, 2010
10:02 pm
REALLY, Cecil admitted it. I love it. Keep going, what did he say?
Ginny22
November 16th, 2010
10:02 pm
Cam Newton hasn’t been ruled ineligible and it doesn’t look like the NCAA is investigating Auburn at all. MSU looks like it’s going to take the hit over Cam, not Auburn.
HeyDawg
November 16th, 2010
10:03 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
HeyDawg
November 16th, 2010
10:04 pm
You’re in denial. Auburn is playing an ineligible player. The End
Nick Fairley
November 16th, 2010
10:06 pm
HEYDAWG! What did Cecil say?!
You know I’m baiting you, please don’t make me wait around all night as you post the same question over and over and ignore my simple question – what did Cecil Newton Sr. say?
William C Smith
November 16th, 2010
10:07 pm
SEC rules state that a player leaving a bench during a fight is to be
suspended for the next game. Thirty two Georgia players left the bench
and where on the field. Silve needs to enforce all rules strictly.
That might help our favorite friends the GEORGIA TECH YELLOW JACKETS.
Don’t wish for something you might get it.
Cobb Dawg
November 16th, 2010
10:07 pm
Hey Bama, according to Aubies, it’s perfectly legal to hit a QB long after he releases the ball, wrap him up, and drive him to the ground with your helmet under his chin. So I’d like to see the Bama defense doing this, as well as going after Scam Newton’s knees. It’s all good with Auburn. ROOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLL Tide!!!!!!!!!!! Bury Auburn. The entire league’s behind you Bama. Heck, the entire country!!
Cobb Dawg
November 16th, 2010
10:08 pm
William C. Smith, you’re a moron. But you already know that.
Gene Chizik
November 16th, 2010
10:08 pm
Crap, I’m screwed:
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5813734
HeyDawg
November 16th, 2010
10:08 pm
Auburn’s football season is null and viod. Enough said.
TrishaDishaWarEagle
November 16th, 2010
10:09 pm
Beddy bye time…will just leave you with the words of Benjamin Franklin Belue
“Football is a tough, physical, emotional game. Mean dudes play it…like Nick Fairley.
This guy has a take no prisoners approach. He’s bringing it. Do I think that was a cheap shot he took against Murray, when he hit his knee down low? No, I don’t. Look at the the replay again. Fairley is already low to the ground, getting pushed by the ‘Dogs OL…and then, he finishes with the blow to the leg. Could he have bailed out? Don’t think so. His momentum was moving forward. Was this a deliberate attempt to hurt Murray. Don’t think so.
I played with a guy that lived on the edge too. Eddie “Meat Cleaver” Weaver. He was mean and intimidating, just like Fairley. QB’s knew Weaver was going to bring it. Same way with Fairley. I”l end it with this: If you don’t want to get hit, go play tennis.”
YOUR QB in your last undefeated season..24 years further away than our last undefeated season, btw
WAR EAGLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 11-0
HeyDawg
November 16th, 2010
10:10 pm
So what William, this football season that you are so excited about is null and void. There you go.
aarh
November 16th, 2010
10:10 pm
Harold- Well, people say they need to block him, but how can anyone say that when he hit him late several times. The line shouldn’t have to hold him forever. They seemed to be holding him, but of course when you hit the QB late…the play should’ve been over at that point, & so it shouldn’t have been the O-Lineman’s resposibility to still be blocking him at that point.
Nick Fairley
November 16th, 2010
10:10 pm
Cobb, Bama won’t catch Newton.
HOLLYWOOD MARINE DAWG
November 16th, 2010
10:11 pm
TrishaDishaWarEagle we will see whats priceless when the NCAA drops the hammer on Auburn’s fraudulent a**!!!!!
HeyDawg
November 16th, 2010
10:12 pm
Why are you AU fans still here? Your season is over. The next five seasons are over. Time to pick another team, I guess.
Gary
November 16th, 2010
10:12 pm
Again, no letter of intent at AU. All investigations seem to be at Miss St. See the Albert Means story.
And, you fans calling for Fairley and Cam to be injured shows NO class. Something I’d expect from Bammers, but not from UGA fans.
Nick Fairley
November 16th, 2010
10:13 pm
Come on Heydawg!! I got the article right here, I’m waiting for you to tell me what Cecil said that makes Cam ineligible. Man, is this going to take all night? Am I going to have to hit you in the back to get you to talk?