Green named Georgia’s MVP at banquet (plus: other awards and Team of Decade)
Wide receiver A.J. Green received the “Vince Dooley Most Valuable Player of the Year” award at Georgia’s annual football gala Saturday night in Athens.
Many other awards and honors also were handed out:
- Most Valuable Offensive Player: Quarterback Aaron Murray.
- Most Valuable Defensive Player: Outside linebacker Justin Houston.
- Most Valuable Special Teams Players: Placekicker Blair Walsh and punter Drew Butler.
- Overall permanent captain: Fullback Shaun Chapas.
- Offensive captain: Lineman Clint Boling.
- Defensive captain: Linebacker Akeem Dent.
- Special teams captain: Butler.
- David Jacobs Award (for player who portrays courage, spirit, character and determination): Chapas.
- Leon Farmer Award (for dedication to the strength and conditioning program): Chapas and Boling.
- Most Improved Players: Wide receiver Marlon Brown (offense); linebacker Darryl Gamble and safety Bacarri Rambo (defense); safety Shawn Williams and cornerback Sanders Commings (special teams).
- Newcomers of the Year: Murray (offense), safety Alec Ogletree (defense) and Blake Sailors (special teams).
- Coaches’ Leadership Awards: Center Ben Jones (offense); Dent and end Demarcus Dobbs (defense); Chapas (special teams).
- Outstanding Scout Team Awards: defensive end Jeremy Longo, offensive lineman Hugh Williams, receiver Michael Erdman, tailback Wes Van Dyke and safety Lucas Redd.
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Also at the gala, Georgia’s Team of the Decade, covering the 2001-2010 seasons, was announced. The all-decade team was chosen through online voting, with more than 37,000 ballots cast at the georgiadogs.com website. The team includes:
DEFENSE
DE: Charles Grant and David Pollack
DT: Jeff Owens and Geno Atkins
OLB: Rennie Curran and Boss Bailey
ILB: Dannell Ellerbe and Odell Thurman
CB: Tim Jennings and Asher Allen
FS: Thomas Davis
SS: Greg Blue
OFFENSE
C: Ben Jones
OG: Fermando Velasco and Max Jean-Gilles
OT: Jon Stinchcomb and Clint Boling
TE: Ben Watson
WR: Mohamed Massaquoi and A.J. Green
FB: Brannan Southerland
TB: Knowshon Moreno
QB: David Greene
SPECIAL TEAMS
P: Drew Butler
PK: Blair Walsh
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BoWeevil
December 13th, 2010
1:20 am
So awesome you know, beating Georgia tek
Crappy football program # 35 in wins from 1959 through today : Georgia tek
We are 13-12 vs SEC East the last 5 Years
We are 20 LOSSES last 5 years, AVERAGING 4-LOSS SEASON PER YEAR last 5
BoWeevil
December 13th, 2010
1:23 am
7576DAWG,
When we kick field goals is when the score is Colorado 29, Georgia 24
JD
December 13th, 2010
6:09 am
Terrance Edwards did not get voted in because he was not a media item. Also because some dawg fans only remember the high pass miss against UF. No one considered all the passes Green missed the first four games this year. How many games did we lose the first four games this year? It has been several years since Edwards was in the limelight and he has not made it as an NFL player. It is a sad deal for him not to have been on this team and all those thugs included.
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December 13th, 2010
9:10 am
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Lake Oconee
December 13th, 2010
9:34 am
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Gatorman
December 13th, 2010
10:04 am
Everyone knows I’m not a UGA homer when it comes to their players, but the Falcons need to do whatever it takes to get A. J. Green. He is the missing link on offense, the man that can get open and make the catch in a critical situation.
HanDAWG
December 13th, 2010
10:25 am
AJ was the most-damaging player this season. We had our offensive eggs in his basket, and he broke a rule that directly led to us being 1-4. A rookie QB without his only proven threat equaled losses. The Colorado game was lost with them coming back while AJ was out with cramps in his first game back. We went 5-2 with AJ over the last 7 games, but he cost us a good year with poor judgement.
McDawg
December 13th, 2010
10:28 am
the only players that are NFL ready are AJ Green and Walsh-Houston should stay another year-Boykin is delusional (not on the smae level as A. Allen-although could be) and the linemen i hope are just curious as to the process
RxDawg
December 13th, 2010
10:55 am
SS: Greg Blue
Oh dear lord… most overrated saftey in UGA history.
Not sure who should go there. Maybe Sean Jones or Rashad Jones.
RxDawg
December 13th, 2010
10:56 am
“DT: Jeff Owens and Geno Atkins”
Jonathon Suliven should replace one of those two.
RxDawg
December 13th, 2010
10:57 am
“ILB: Dannell Ellerbe and Odell Thurman”
Tony Taylor!? Who the hell selected these guys?
RxDawg
December 13th, 2010
10:58 am
“CB: Tim Jennings and Asher Allen”
“DE: Charles Grant and David Pollack”
100% agree with those.
RxDawg
December 13th, 2010
11:01 am
I can’t argue too much on the offensive seleltions.
You could STRONGLY consider Reggie Brown and Terrance Edwards at WR. But I can accept Massaquoi over them. AJ is obviously the best WR to ever play at UGA.
I agree with Greene over Stafford too on collegiate accomplishments alone.
RxDawg
December 13th, 2010
11:03 am
I’m surprised they only named one RB and TE.
I figured Thomas Brown and Leonard Pope would be RB and TE #2 respectively.
RxDawg
December 13th, 2010
11:07 am
“I’m thinking Oliver at corner instead of Allen. wansley a good choice too.”
Good call. I actually got Jennings mixed up with Wansley. I agree that Wansley should be in there. I still remember him coming across the field to save a homerun by Cadillac Williams against Auburn. It was a sure TD until Wansley came along. He was a football player. Wish we had more of those in Athens lately
RxDawg
December 13th, 2010
11:21 am
salinsa
December 12th, 2010
9:15 am
Best post I’ve read so far. I 99% agree with every word you wrote. (I disagree about Davis being bad at pass coverage). I still can’t believe UGA fans think Gregg Blue was a great safety for us. I think it’s just because his name was fun to yell when he clobered someone on the field.
4 games missed =UGA MVP
December 13th, 2010
11:32 am
A.J Green MVP? Seriously? How can a guy that had to sit 4 games due to a suspencion for a greedy motive and left his team hanging out to dry be the MVP? Could the voters be kissing his butt trying to show him love in order to get him to come back? Something wrong with this picture. I am not a UGA fan and I am not sure who should’ve won the award, but I know a guy like that doesn’t deserve it… also, what about Kris Durham? He was one of the best playmakers and dependable guys they had…
collegeballfan
December 13th, 2010
11:38 am
Obviously it is none of my business but curiosity would cause one to wonder how a player who played in only 66% of the teams games could be the “most valuable”. And 50% of their losses came after he started playing. What did he do?
Just curious.
Cecil Newton
December 13th, 2010
11:53 am
Sean Jones over Greg Blue, this one is not even close….., Seems like Tony Taylor should be in there somewhere. Tim Wansley and Asher Allen are too close to call. Asher was probably more consistent, and Wansley made more impact plays…You make the call!
Cecil Newton
December 13th, 2010
11:56 am
If i had known then what I know now, I would have had more children! wink wink.
ron wild
December 13th, 2010
12:08 pm
How can a kid who misses four games because he is so selfish win anything?
BigDawg
December 13th, 2010
12:46 pm
Great the guy that knowingly violated NCAA rules…cost us several football games because of his stupid move…still winds up as MVP???
Just another stupid decision!!!
chilidawg
December 13th, 2010
1:08 pm
Asher Allen?
Mike Bobo 17 INT
December 13th, 2010
1:14 pm
Who cares? That’s right, nobody…..
Snoop Dawg
December 13th, 2010
1:21 pm
They didn’t list the top UGA coach of the decade: Jim Donnan.
The Dawg Nation is delusional. It seems Dawg fans will bite on anything to avoid the obvious–that UGA has the worst coaching staff in the SEC, if not NCAA Division 1. Richt hasn’t turned anything around. He is a total complete fraud. The Dawgs will again finish with a losing record next year after embarassing us by losing to Central Florida. My how the Dawgs have fallen. Not only can we not beat Florida, we can’t even beat Central Florida. And these stupid Dawg fans just gush about how much they love CMR, how he’s gonna turn it all around, etc. What a joke. This guy reminds me of the old TV evangalist Marjoe. He’s got the Dawgnation drinking that Koolaid. Does anyone really believe that by moving his buddy Van Halogen to another position with no reduction in salary and bring back an over-the-hill true blue UGA mafia man that anything will change? He will throw Bobo under the bus after the bowl loss to keep the alumni money flowing (a year late). Look folks, the fish rots from the head down. Nothing will change until Richt is gone for good.
student
December 13th, 2010
1:26 pm
Leonard Pope > Ben Watson
And Asher Allen was mediocre at best. Not that we’ve had many great CB’s though.
seabass
December 13th, 2010
1:43 pm
How can Green win MVP when he had to sit out the first four games and his absence cost us probably half of them.
Dash
December 13th, 2010
2:01 pm
Tony Taylor was a better ILB than Ellerbe… though Ellerbe did get significant playing time from his freshman year onward… I just feel like he sort of disappeared between the blowout of Boise his frosh year and his Sr. year.
Paul Oliver shut down Calvin Johnson like I didn’t think was possible. Would def trump Allen in my book if he had not been declared academically ineligible for his Sr. Season.
As for WR… I love M. Massequoi… He was a DGD… but there is NO WAY you can list him above Terrance Edwards, and probably shouldn’t list him above Reggie Brown.
And what about Quentin Moses @ DE? I guess he didn’t have as much time in the spotlight, maturing late… but he was a terror off the end.
Thomas Davis is a no brainer… but while I loved Greg Blue, Sean Jones was better.
Stinchcomb not on the list? Come on. Thats just silly.
Big Dawg
December 13th, 2010
2:07 pm
How did Brannan Southerland make the list? I thought Chapas took over most of the FB duties Southerland’s senior year? Or was Southerland hurt most of his senior year?
Razor Ramone
December 13th, 2010
2:35 pm
Why give the award to a junior that is leaving your team for the NFL ? They should have given it to a senior.
RxDawg
December 13th, 2010
2:44 pm
Q. Moses is a good name Dash. But I still think Grant and Pollack were better. Our DE’s listed is one of the few positions that makes sense to me.
Another worthy mention was Marcus Howard. But he really didn’t do anything until his senior year. But still, watching him make Hawaii’s QB pee in his pants was hillarious
Dash
December 13th, 2010
3:12 pm
Big Dawg – Yes Southerland was hurt a lot his Sr. Year. I think Southerland is a good pick, but he was neck and neck with – not Chapas – but Jeremy Thomas in my book. Thomas was a walk on that became all SEC caliber and was as tough as nails. That being said, I have no problem with the selection of Southerland.
As for AJ… there are two ways to look at it. The award is Most Valuable player. You could say – whose presence was most important for our team? Arguably – AJ fits this bill (see three losses in the four games he was gone). Now would we have even sniffed more than 3 wins w/out Murray playing the way he did? Probably not. Add that to the fact that he almost beat Ark (BCS team) and S. Carolina (SECEC) without green and you have a legit argument. At the end of the day, if you have one game to play TODAY (not the future), are you going to pick AJ or Aaron with your first pick? Yeah. I thought so.
RxDawg
December 13th, 2010
3:29 pm
“At the end of the day, if you have one game to play TODAY (not the future), are you going to pick AJ or Aaron with your first pick? Yeah. I thought so.”
That’s kind of how I look at it also.
DawgDad
December 13th, 2010
3:38 pm
How does Green win the MVP if Murray was the offensive MVP? Green was clearly the “most offensive player of the year” and Murray was clearly the MVP.
B5
December 13th, 2010
3:52 pm
Geez, if Ben Jones made the All Decade Team, I guess Martrez Milner should have been on there too………….
B5
December 13th, 2010
3:52 pm
I agree with Dash. Tony Taylor should’ve been on the list.
UGA Insider
December 13th, 2010
4:44 pm
Many people have asked me today if they think that Muschamp will hurt us in recruiting this season or in the future. My answer to that is not so much. Coach Urban Myer was the best there was and there really isn’t anywhere to go from him but down. He just signed the past 2 classes which were ranked #1 both seasons…that’s in the nation, not just the SEC folks. UF currently has their class just about full for 2011 so I think CWM will just try and hold on to what he’s got which will give him the #1qb prospect in the nation. He will try and steel a Crowell or Rome just to let Dawg fans know he is the new sheriff in the SEC and a force to be reckoned with. We’ll see on that one.
Fair is Fair
December 13th, 2010
6:42 pm
If Georgia wins the East in 2011, Bradley should be fired. How about That?
Flying Tigers
December 13th, 2010
6:48 pm
Shows you how bad things are in Athens when Mr. All Me, to hell with the team, is your most valuable player. Somebody grab all his jerseys before the bowl game. LMAO…WAR DAMN EAGLE!!!
Bonzer
December 13th, 2010
8:28 pm
It seems appropriate that UGA’s sleaziest player (Green) gets an award named for UGA’s sleaziest coach (Dooley).
Of course, everything at The Cesspool is sleazy.
ugaclassof2004
December 13th, 2010
8:47 pm
This all-decade team is pretty idiotic:
Jeff Owens and Geno Atkins are a bunch of fat lazy P*$$ies! Jonathan Sullivan and Kedric Golston would have eaten their lunches.
Dannell Ellerbe over Tony Taylor? Please tell me that’s a joke!
Tim Wansley was better in 1 season than Asher Allen was in 2.
Ben Jones over Russ Tanner? Fernando Velasco over Kevin Breedlove? Clint Boling over George Foster? Asinine!
Everyone else looks alright.
Joe
December 13th, 2010
8:56 pm
How in the world could green be MVP?? He screwed us over by having to sit out 4 games for greed.
It should have been Murray in a land slide. Question?? Who were the voters??
William C Smith
December 13th, 2010
10:46 pm
If Will Muschamp wins the SEC east his first year will he still be stupid. He sounds as if he is trying to put together a great staff.
I’m not a Florida fan but I have come to realize that a great staff can accomplish great things. If Richt had Gus Malzahn and Kirby Smart he would look a lot smarter. No pun intended. A great staff brings in great players who are the reason for great teams. As Casey Stengel once said after managing the Yankees for several seasons. Mantle. Ford , and the other players made me look a lot smarter.
JD
December 14th, 2010
8:59 am
Terrance Edwards not beint on the all decade team is a disgrace.
JD
December 14th, 2010
9:00 am
Terrance Edwards not being on the all decade team is a disgrace.
DFWTX Dawg
December 14th, 2010
11:37 am
I whole heartedly agree with UGAClassof2004 about Wansley being better than either Allen or Jennings. I think Wansley had something like 7-8 pics as a Jr. and 6-7 as a Sr. Golston and Sullivan were way better than Atkins and Owens. IMO, Sullivan hands down the best DT I’ve ever seen at UGA. Certainly the most talented and athletic. Dude was extremely quick off the snap. Marcus Stroud would be a close 2nd. Eddie “Meat Cleaver” Weaver was pretty good as well. Was Bill Stanfill a DE or a DT?
DFWTX Dawg
December 14th, 2010
11:54 am
Also…Southerland was good but him over Veron Haynes!!!??? You gotta be kidding!!! Even though Veron finished at tailback, he played most of his career at FB and was a damn good one. That guy is probably the best FB that ever played at UGA. He could, block, catch, get the tough yards inside, and break tackles like he was lathered up with baby oil. Jim Donnan certainly had an eye for talent and could recruit, but he couldn’t do a damn thing with it. All those morons screaming for Donnan’s return obviously jumped on the Richt bandwagon and didn’t follow UGA before Richt. UGA’s most talented team ever was 2000. Donnan took that team to an 8-4 and looked like crap doing it. They looked sloppy in close wins vs. crappy teams, blow a 1st half lead @ Auburn to lose in OT, and were dismantled by UF and GT. And who can ever forget Quincy Carter’s 5 interception performance in Columbia, SC that year. You think Richt’s teams are undisciplined? JD’s teams were pathetic and truly nauseating to watch!
Wells
December 14th, 2010
2:09 pm
How can Rambo win ANYTHING?!?!?!? No love for Terrence Edwards?
Jborodawg
December 14th, 2010
3:43 pm
I would give the David Jacobs Award to Chris Durham. He showed a lot of courage and determination over the last couple years, AND made some fine clutch catches this year. I’ve always like Chapas, but…he might be part of the reason we din have such a great running game; or not a consistent running game anyway.
BoWeevil, you sure sound like a Gator or Tech fan…or…
What part of, “…“Coach ‘Van’ is a tremendous coach,” Murray said. “We love him greatly.” …. is throwing CMR under the bus?
Uhm2002
December 14th, 2010
3:51 pm
Where is SEAN JONES!?