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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Dawg Fan
November 17th, 2010
9:09 am
Stan Pike you are idiot! Ole Nick make all those hits on purpose. Anyone that would put their helmet in the back of the QB that late is not afraid of any late hits on the QB. Anyone that will pick up a QB and throw him on the ground and then land helmet first with all his weight and force, then get up and drag his facemask across his chin is a thug criminal, yes he will go to the NFL, buy drugs and end up in jail. Garbage, is what he is.
SourGrapesMakeBadWhine
November 17th, 2010
9:14 am
I’m puzzled by something. Why all the Whining by the uga fans? Seriously! ?
You guys played a good game… most every fan going in would have loved (and been amazed) to have been tied at halftime. Nobody all year has stopped Auburn’s offense and you did a great job doing so, up until the 4th quarter. I think uga held Auburn to it’s lowest yardage total all year — I think it was under 400, and I don’t believe anyone else has done that. So, why the moaning and whining… you’ve had an ‘off’ year… you’ve had off field problems, but honestly, you sound like Vanderbilt fans or maybe Kentucky in a down year, when they play well, come close to winning, then lose, and start whining and griping about the refs, or the rain, or something else, other than the fact you got beat by a better team that day. If I remember correctly, Auburn played well the last 2 years, and lost on the last play of the game with an almost complete pass in the endzone for a TD — didn’t catch it, lost the game, played well, end of story. No Whining…. got beat. I haven’t heard or read anywhere that the players are whining about the game like the fans….
Playing well and losing to a superior team is nothing to be ashamed of, but it’s amazing to me that the georgia fans seem to be acting like vandy or kentucky fans….why can’t you just say, ‘hey, you whipped us’ and get over it. The fans on this and other forums are making you, as a group, look like lower tier whiners…..grow up, get over it and start getting ready for next year. Keeping up the whining and complaining makes you look bad….. just saying.
Honest Bulldog
November 17th, 2010
9:18 am
The people who’ve joined the Dirty Fairley campaign should stop and listen our Buck Belue. You know things have gotten crazy when the former Georgia quarterback becomes the voice of reason.
“Fairley would be a rock star in Georgia if he played for the ‘Dogs,” Belue wrote on his blog. “But he plays for Auburn. So we hate him. I get it.”
It’s really a compliment. You don’t become the front-runner for the Lombardi Award by sending quarterbacks flowers. You do it by planting them.
Not the flowers. The quarterbacks.
DuckFan
November 17th, 2010
9:24 am
Hunker down ducks, quack quack quack.
UGAGirlFAN
November 17th, 2010
9:26 am
My Email to Silve and Rogers Redding: Take it for what it is worth, I am entitled to my opinion like it or not!
November 17, 2010
Dear Sirs,
With all due respect, I am attaching an email I sent to Mr. Jay Jacobs of Auburn University; he is their Athletic Director. Although I am sure I will not receive a response or it will be read by any of you, I must express my disgust over the UGA vs. AU game. The Officiating was just plain horrible and there is a video rumored to be going around of one Official actually patting Cam on the back when he scored his first touchdown!!!!! How sick is that? I need only to attach 2 videos from You Tube to show and remind you of the flagrant fouls that were not called against AU! I am not a sore loser, for reference in the UGA vs. UF game, we lost that game because of OUR mistakes not because they were the better team-we just made so many errors they capitalized on it and I accepted it and admitted it! But this game has me so upset because of the officiating! I know my Coach and Coach Mark Richt has too much class, Integrity and respect to ever complain about this! Although, he should file a complaint but we all know he won’t because of his character-he is a class act! However, me being a Fan I will speak my peace and must complain about AU ‘s player Fairley and how he got away with so much! And how did Cam get to play while there are so many allegations of him going on? Are you and the NCAA not taking them serious and investigating them? After all, you and/or the NCAA sure did get A.J.Green really good but the Alabama player who sold his Jersey for what, $1,800, only got to sit out for 1 game-yet A.J. Green who sold his for $1,000 had to sit out for 4?!!!!! I am losing so much Faith in the SEC and it’s abilities to be fair and just anymore !!!!
A Sincerely Disgusted UGA Fan,
EMAIL ATTACHED to AU ATHLETIC DIRECTOR:
Dear Mr. Jacobs,
I approach you out of respect first of all before I make my comments towards your Football team and your Coach. That being said, it is obvious I am a UGA fan. Since you do not know me, here is a little information about me…… I have been a true and faithful UGA fan since the Dooley era dated back to the 70’s in my case. I bleed red and black, but I am also objective and will admit our areas of improvement. I have a cousin who is an Auburn graduate and fan (we cannot all be perfect-LOL), plus I am a distant relative to Paul “Bear” Bryant, so football is in my blood and yes, me being a UGA fan makes me the black sheep.
Now my comments. I am very disturb, to put it mildly, at the game on Saturday and the way your Coach handle Fairley, with his obvious late hits, roughing our quarterback and then the fight at the end! That fight was plain shameful for one main reason! You won the game, that was obvious and you are ranked in the top 2-we are not even ranked, so you are the ones with the chance at the Championship! So why start the fight?!!! To me that was not signs of a deserving Championship team, your team showed no class what so ever! Then Fairley…. Why was he allowed to continue to play in the game? It was so obvious he was out of control! I am so very disappointed in your school Athletic Department Football Coaching Staff and I never ever thought I would ever say this because I hate him with a passion but I am actually going to pull for Spurrier against ya’ll for the SEC Title! My only hope is that your Coach learned from this game about how to handle his players and their emotions and when to take them out! We may have lost but our Coach Mark Richt has class and integrity!
Sincerely,
jim8307
November 17th, 2010
9:26 am
Georgia lost a football game, but Auburn and the SEC have lost their integrity with the Cam Newton and Nick Fairley saga. The SEC has to be the most corrupt conference in the nation. The conference leadership is spineless and will take no action against any school that has an opportunity to play in the BCS MNC game. The only thing the SEC is interested in is money and TV ratings IMO, ethics, integrity, and player safety be damned.
Mobile Dawg
November 17th, 2010
9:32 am
A couple of points to all fans. Football unlike golf isn’t a gentlemans game. That said, Fairley’s style of play isn’t what I would coach a young man to do. You can play hard, lights out, whatever you want to call it without “intentionally” trying to injure the opponent. That’s “dirty” football period.
As far as our defense goes CMR has throttled CTG’s intensity. His ability to get the players attention. CTG can only do so much within CMR’s guidelines. CMR sets the tone for our team and his “passive” nature is our current culture. Not condoning or criticizing, but want to bet as to whether “young” AJ McCarron goes against Sabans wishes again? It’s pretty “damn” clear who’s in charge in that program.
Get ready for another year of “mediocrity” Dawgs, that’s what we will get with CMR. I hope you’re all happy with where the program is.
girldawg
November 17th, 2010
9:34 am
Fairley has been getting away with this all year. If you watched other games he hit late and often and the REFS just looked the other way. The SEC refs should be ashamed of themselves since thug Chizick won’t do anything about they could have… walkem back 30 yards a series even Cam Newton can’t win those games. ROLLLLLLLLLLL TIDE!!! Slive you are a coward you need to reign this in or step down if you can’t handle it.
UGAGirlFAN
November 17th, 2010
9:35 am
SourGrapesMakeBadWhine – We are not whining as you say, hell yeah we played a good and fair, honest- notice I said honest game!!! Our “complaint”, not whining is with Fairley and then the Officials looking the other way!
Wow2TheWhiners
November 17th, 2010
9:40 am
WoW — four days later, and ya’ll are STILL moaning and groaning?
Poor, poor, pitiful Dawgies!!!
How sad for you.
And, what’s worse, how embarrassing for you!
hey yall
November 17th, 2010
9:40 am
Like I said—Georgia got beat physically. Like it or not—Richt just wont commit to the running game —and that same ol drop back and pass stuff is old and takes too long—-eveybody knows the offensive scheme now—-its no secret—-please just roll out or do some serious qb runs with 5 blockers ok—-enough of the same ol deal. They should have sent 3 or 4 players after that guy that hit Murray while they were still on the field. But who in the hell knows what is going on in Athens these days. In that Auburn game Georgia showed no will to overtake Auburn—-there is no fight in Georgia any more—–
Slive is a joke
November 17th, 2010
9:42 am
Of course they won’t. They’ll try and cover it up just like they have covered up the Newton saga and the HORRIBLE officiating over the past several years. Slive is a slimeball.
To GirlFan
November 17th, 2010
9:44 am
If your complaint is with the officials looking the other way, better make sure you complain in regards to the players in Red ‘n Black as well. Plenty of UGA’s transgressions were overlooked as well.
If the officials had not *looked the other way* when Georgia emptied its benches (twice) you’d have no starters to put on the field against GATech.
So… do you REALLY want to go *there* ?
Think about it… think hard.
Take control of your program
November 17th, 2010
9:45 am
Mobile Dawg,
You’re exactly right. Did you like how Tavarus King was talking back to Richt when Richt was chewing him out? Think any of Saban or Meyer’s players would do that?
your brain must be full of cobwebs
November 17th, 2010
9:48 am
To GirlFan,
Fairley’s actions are what emptied the benches in the first place. If the officials hadn’t overlooked almost all the crap he pulled, it would have never come to that. Simple cause and effect. Dust off your brain.
UGAGirlFAN
November 17th, 2010
9:50 am
Yes I will go there! I have thought about hard and hell UGA had to do their own officiating obviously!!!!!
H
November 17th, 2010
9:50 am
Fact. The SEC office is becoming an absolute joke around the country. Losing respect over every terrible decision they make. You either make the decision to suspend him against Alabama or SC. End of story. Now, what happens if Auburn makes the nat’l champ game and Fairley gets ejected in front of the whole nation for a dirty play. Its all around the SEC already that the kid is dirty. Makes the SEC look bad, makes Auburn look bad. You’ll have announcers asking why this kid wasn’t suspended before in front of the whole country. If you suspend him before that maybe he will get a hint into his thick head that he needs to clean it up. The SEC office is a disgrace to the game of football and people around the country are starting to notice that.
PALADIN DEATH DEALER
November 17th, 2010
9:53 am
George:
Bobo won’t go anywhere unless he wants to….Offense is not the problem….We could use a running back like Moreno….Seems like our runningbacks stay hurt all the time….Bobo is a great recruiter and a life long Bulldog….Stupid fans say stupid things when their team is not winning….Last 6 games have been 30 points or more with a 1st year QB, 2 mediocre RBs, one great wideout, and very pedestrian oline which is not helped by mediocre RB’s…..Got to go get a beast or 2 at Runningback and defensive line, and also linebackers and secondary….Our talent level on defense right now is not good enough to beat upper level football teams….
UGAGirlFAN
November 17th, 2010
9:53 am
Your brain must be full of cobwebs – A BIG DUH!!!!!!! My point exactly so what is your point with dust off your brain?!!!! Who were you pulling for?
DANNY
November 17th, 2010
10:00 am
Cute comments George
PALADIN DEATH DEALER
November 17th, 2010
10:02 am
Give these guys $150 a month and cut out some of this bullcrap….These guys can’t hold a job, most come from situations where the people at home cannot send them money, how are they supposed to carry on a college student’s life without any money….Lot of cheating starts here, just trying to have enough money to wash their clothes and live day to day….
Crazed Losers
November 17th, 2010
10:02 am
No complaints by UGA fans for the TEAM UNSPORTSMAN call against Florida several years ago. Cheating that was condoned by your coach!!!!
Just shows that UGA loves a cheater as long as it is them. Team filled with crooks. Top two recruits for next season already kicked off their high school teams. The list of scandals with that University would fill a wing in any major library.
Honest Bulldog
November 17th, 2010
10:08 am
The bulldogs should put this issue behind them, admit they got their tails beat….and worry about Tech. They are going to kill us!
Vick=Dog killing thug
November 17th, 2010
10:11 am
I’ve put the last game in the past. Hate that Murray will lose practice time with the bug game coming up. Might be good for Hudson to get these practice reps though…
I’m looking for a HUGE win over GT, No way they can stop our running game. AJ was injured last year at this time as well. He should have a monster game, possibly his last regular game for the dawgs. You have to think he’ll be extra motivated to play well?
root4au
November 17th, 2010
10:17 am
UGAgirlfan……tell your OL to block and Fairly would not have pounded your qb all day. He had ONE late hit and was penalized accordingly. As for Cam. Should he have to sit out of games on allegations? Now that would set a good precedent. Accuse another teams best player of something and supsend him from the game. Face it, your dogs took a beating on the plains and AU was a MUCH better team. Heck, AU beats y’all without Cam…Everyone else has..
collegeballfan
November 17th, 2010
10:20 am
Re the UGA defense. It takes 2 seasons to install the 3-4 defense, be it college or pro. UGA, and GT, will have the defense they signed up for in the 2012 season.
Joe
November 17th, 2010
10:32 am
Ugagirlfan- your letter is better suited for mad magazine or comedy central. Fairley’s play was minor versus the 4 man thug hit on him afterwards. you may want to check your team’s history of 15 yard penalties- what a joke
Referee
November 17th, 2010
10:34 am
JUST AS I EXPECTED, THE GOOD OLD BOYES OF THE SEC WILL DEFEND THE OFFICIALS TILL HELL FREZES OVER. They let this game get out of hand. But the Auburn coaches did not help. Farley has the mentallity of a mob hit man. Dumb and stupid and will do what the god father (Head Coach) tells him to do. The O line did block till Murray let go of the ball. Farley then hit late. A flagant personal foul. Carries with it being tossed out of the game. And the head butt in the first half, another coached item. That got a flag, too. I can only think that the coaches are coaching this. But the idea is to win at all costs. Money or dirty play. I was amazed that Georgia didn’t start to retaliate earier. Coach Richt doesn’t coach that. But as an official, if the players are allowed to hit late, it will only continue until someone (The Referee) stops it. By the way, the referee has the white hat on. I have called the captains together many a time and warned them to clean up their team. If they don’t, I do. Both teams were taking cheap shots, but one teams stood out.
bank walker
November 17th, 2010
10:40 am
Every SEC team should be out to hurt every Auburn player they can next year. They won’t be suspended!
Agree with Joe
November 17th, 2010
10:42 am
But talking with GirlFan is going to be as productive as going outside and talking to a tree stump. He/She/It has tunnel vision for sure, not to mention a very selective memory when it comes to Georgia’s underhanded and coach-endoursed dirty play over the years.
gdawginkalamazoo
November 17th, 2010
10:45 am
That’s okay that Fairly wasn’t suspended. What goes around comes around and he will eventually get his. He seemed proud of his late hit.
gdawginkalamazoo
November 17th, 2010
10:55 am
I agree keep Bobo. But not as OC unless somebody gives him a different playbook to use. Typically if you run a dumb play it is used to set up a different play from the same formation a little later in the game. It seems like we just call dumb plays and forget to use the smart version later on.
UGAGirlFAN
November 17th, 2010
11:28 am
To all of you who threw insults towards my intelligence or nasty remarks it just only shows and proves your lack of disrespect and how ugly a person can be, I never knew this was about personal attacks forum, I just thought it was a sports opinion forum but ya’ll are plain out nasty and rude!…. I am sure your Parents would be proud of that one (Wow to GirlFan )- Sorry I ever expressed any opinion period! EXCEPT GOOOOO DAWGS!
Brand New Bama Fan
November 17th, 2010
11:45 am
So Auburn fans. You constant whining that Bama is protected and Auburn is vilified by the SEC will be put to the test. When Fairley cheap shots McElroy with either a body splash or a really, really late hit at full speed and a spearing helmet, and I say when, because it’s definitely not if, but when it happens, then you’ll know for sure whether all of your incessant whining about the preferential treatment the Beloveds get is actually true or not. If Fairley is given unnecessary roughness personal fouls for the first time this season against Bama, then all your orange-headed step-child insecurities will be validated. On the other hand, if he continues to just get a late hit penalty on one out of three, then your constant whining is just sour grapes after all.
By the way, if any of you Fairley apologists had stopped defending his indefensible actions long enough to think for a moment, you’ll notice nobody has an issue with late hits from any of the other Auburn defensive players, just Fairley. The reason is that none of the other Auburn players took late hits because they all are not trash like this log. He is an individual piece and reasonable people can see that it’s not an indictment of the whole team, just Fairley. On the other hand, many of you morons that defend his actions are simply defending his actions because he’s on your team. Blind defense of any player against overwhelming evidence is a sure sign of inbreeding.
And yes, there was retribution by some UGA O-line. I’m not talking about chop blocks, those happen, but the supposed eye-gouging in the pile. I don’t condone it. I can only assume they felt they had to go outside the rules to protect their QB because Fairley was going outside the rules to hurt him. Also, anyone who says it’s not illegal unless the refs call a foul is just an f-ing moron and is impervious to a logic.
DodgerDawg
November 17th, 2010
11:48 am
Both teams emptied the benches…so careful where you go with that comment, the TV angle was to UGA so it showed only the UGA players, but both benches emptied. As for Fairly, I too sent an email to Commissioner Slive outlining my disgust for Auburn’s actions during the game as well as the entire season. I encourage everyone that feels Auburn should suffer the same fame as USC (player suspended for a half for flagrant late hit) and MSU (1 game suspension for Personal foul no a receiver away from the play). Commissioner’s Slive’s email is commissioner@sec.org. Doubt we will see anything from the commish except his continued attempts to garner another national championship and sell out the integrity of the league. Maybe the SEC Board of Presidents need to look into Slive’s actions and review his current contract. Handling such fragrant fouls “internally with the institution” is just another way of saying whitewashing over it and hoping the ire from 11 of 12 institutions forget about it in 2 weeks.
49-31!
November 17th, 2010
12:02 pm
The world is surely a better place now that we have a “Brand New Bammer Fan” poking around. bammer, I’m sorry to inform you, but you are a complete moron! Fairley is simply a guy playing to the whistle, who admittedly, made a mistake on one play. How many times in the history of the game of football has a young man made a mistake on the field? Does that bannish him forever into the realm of being known as dirty player? Why h*ll no! It takes a pattern to achieve such lowly status. While many of you morons buy into the mere fact that Fairley has knocked out his share of QB’s this year then he must be a “dirty player”, the fact remains he has been flagged for very few late hits all year. Surely you don’t think the SEC refs just let him get away with cheap shots. The bottom line is he is a difference maker, and he showed that on Saturday, just as he has all year. You morons don’t like the fact that he is on an Auburn team you all had penned in as W’s on your preseason picks. Mark my words, Fairley will take down McElroy next week with a booming hit that will be legal. There will be more whinning from the haters and “New Bammer Fan” you can join right in with them now that you are one of them.
Unbelievable...
November 17th, 2010
12:02 pm
How about this:
Last year AJ drew an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for what the refs called making a motion to the crown after a TD catch against LSU. Garbage Call.
This year Dirty Fairley does a dance at midfield…after a fight that HE caused…and gets a five from one of his coaches. Noooo Penalty for that though.
Good no call refs…way to keep it fair!
just wow
November 17th, 2010
12:04 pm
I think everyone needs to take a deep breath and take your medication, I don’t care who you cheer for. I am an Auburn fan, and love my school and my team. I think it is a little over dramatic to start calling our whole team, program, and school dirty and clasless. Are there some who are, absolutely – every school and program has them. Please give me some other examples aside from Fairley, which I give you, I don’t agree with some of his playing, but what else – on the field football plays that makes us dirty . “HeyDawg” – I think was the name, no question a lot of people can slam a QB, that is not special but, you have to admit not many of them can get to a QB like Fairley can. Again not condoning but, what majority have applauded him for is that, his quickness and being tough to block. I for one have always enjoyed this rivalry. After living in GA for a while (and no I didn’t previously live in a barn or have cows…really people) and having a lot of friends who are UGA alum pull for UGA next in the SEC. After all of this and everything that has been said really all I can is, just wow. I think the bigger issue we face in the south is really how much emphasis we place on this sport period, myself included.
We're 5-6, must be the Refs
November 17th, 2010
12:14 pm
Nothing funnier than butt-sniff land whining, crying, and complaining. Hilarious!!!! RFLMAO!!!!!
We're 5-6, must be the Refs
November 17th, 2010
12:58 pm
Heard that Coach Richt and the GA AD have called the little Techie’s Coach and AD, and asked that the Tech Defense must count to 10 before rushing to the QB, or they will call the Tehcies “dirty players”.
Unbelievable...
November 17th, 2010
1:21 pm
Just Wow. I too enjoyed this rivalry. Until Saturday. No more for me. Chizik is garbage and it rolls down from there. Sorry.
Conspiracy Theory SS
November 17th, 2010
1:22 pm
SEC is not consistent. Just because he plays for Auburn and their ranked # 1 and face Bama this week they decide not to suspend Fairley ? Georgia should open up a case against the SEC. But A.J. Green hurts nobody by selling a jersey a year ago and gets 4 games suspension ?
DAWGBONE79
November 17th, 2010
1:34 pm
Lee…you might want to watch the flagrant late hit in the back AFTER the whistle blew. Still find it unfathomable any Auburn football fan would try to defend that! Get real.
DAWGBONE79
just wow
November 17th, 2010
2:39 pm
Well, Unbelievable, sorry you feel that way. I disagree about Chizik but, I also don’t let one game determine things for me. Especially one where emotions were running high based on a number of factors.
SenseOfReason
November 17th, 2010
10:37 pm
So, UGA fans are going on about late hits even though during the Georgia-Georgia Tech game last year, post whistle, the UGA defenders continued twisting and jerking at Tech’s QB’s legs until he ad to leave the game for two quarters? And then bragged about a victory by 3, and now want to whine about the loss to Auburn?
Both teams were dirty. That’s SEC football. LSU, UGA, South Carolina, Auburn, Alabama, Florida. Jeez, man, if FSU were in there, you’d have all the dirtiest teams in college football.
Lastly, any UGA fan calling an Auburn fan is hilarious. Nearly every school who plays Georgia sings “To with Georgia”, which has multiple lines about the redneck state of the school.
SenseOfReason
November 17th, 2010
10:47 pm
*…calling an Auburn fan a redneck…
Of Course
November 18th, 2010
8:02 am
The SEC has no integrity and IS NOT concerned with player’s health and well being!
BMS10
November 18th, 2010
8:24 am
Continuous late hits are not punishable by the SEC but God forbid if you sell a jersey cause that make sense : /
SEC Commisioner
November 19th, 2010
6:49 pm
I Love college football. I HATE dirty cheap shots. It does not matter who or for what team they play for. Fairly, clean up your cheap shots because they will come back to you by someone who is bigger and meaner than you. (Karma) Coach Chizek, (however you spell that last name) take resposibility for your players please be professional and a man.
Above all, remember the young man from Rutgers who is paralyzed (not from a cheap shot). Just imagine what would happen if a player is permanently paralyzed from a cheap shot. Just something to think about. I would not want that on my conscience.