On vacation until Memphis …
(Note: The UGA blog will be on hiatus while I take a week’s vacation before heading to Memphis for the Liberty Bowl.)
Georgia will be without its starting fullback in the Liberty Bowl.
Shaun Chapas, a senior who recently was named permanent captain of the 2010 team, won’t play against Central Florida on Dec. 31 because of ankle surgery, coach Mark Richt announced Saturday.
That means Chapas’ UGA career ended with the Nov. 27 victory over Georgia Tech.
After battling problems with his left ankle for most of the season, Chapas underwent surgery Friday.
Georgia has three other fullbacks who are getting work in practice as bowl preparations continue: senior Fred Munzenmaier, freshman Zander Ogletree and redshirt freshman Dustin Royston. In addition, backup tight end Bruce Figgins, a junior, is getting some practice time at fullback.
Figgins’ move is “not necessarily a full-time change,” Richt said in a news release, “but we are getting him some work there because of depth issues.”
Chapas received numerous honors at the Bulldogs’ recent awards gala. In addition to being named the team’s overall permanent captain, he received the David Jacobs Award, which goes to the player who best portrays “courage, spirit, character and determination,” and shared the Leon Farmer Award, which recognizes dedication to the strength and conditioning program. He also was one of four recipients of the Coaches’ Leadership Award.
– Tim Tucker
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USN Volunteer
December 21st, 2010
8:03 pm
Don’t you guys have a basketball team that you wanna blog about?
bubba4dawgs
December 21st, 2010
8:06 pm
Hey, “Mama is Calling”….wash your mouth out! If you can’t say something appreciative of Shaun, then throw up somewhere else! He deserves tremendous credit. He’s one helluva football player! Without a doubt, one of the finest blockers to ever play at UGA! We WILL see him on Sunday!! Now, Mama, crawl back in your hole! The dawgs will be by and poop on you!!
bubba4dawgs is really Richard Simmons
December 21st, 2010
9:20 pm
Play on Sundays? Are you kidding me, who wants a slow white boy who runs a 5.0 fourty.
He will be lucky to have a Tech Graduate for a boss who tolerates his late behavior, loser background and associations with convicts on the UGA football team.
Did anyone mention mr, study hall Caleb King?
George O'Leary owns 3 bulldogs
December 21st, 2010
9:22 pm
George really loves the feel of bulldogs cowering down and licking his hands.
Goober
December 21st, 2010
10:40 pm
As an Auburn Alum – I love me some Mark Richt – hope hes stays another 10 years…
Trisha Disha War Damn Eagle
December 21st, 2010
11:15 pm
Georgia fans are the worst in the SEC. We at Auburn are classy and we know how to celebrate see Toomers Corner. Georgia fans get drunk and get arrested. It was so cool to beat UGA and everyone else got cammed. War Eagle.
Hit A Single
December 22nd, 2010
8:50 am
Trisha Disha – Where have you been the last 20 years? Auburn classy. Yea with the sprinklers, drunk fans in Athens and Auburn. You do have a great environment on game day but I hate to tell you but all schools including Auburn has their idiots.
Fortas
December 22nd, 2010
9:46 am
Think about the football team THUGA puts on the field. fully 90% of the players are academically provisionally accepted, with Mark Richt and his cronies knowing full well that these goons will use up all their coaching and tutors and elligibility and then have their asses kicked out on the street and soon be pushing grocery carts around Atlanta looking for a warm place to sleep. What a pitiful way to run the State’s flagship university, and what a gross embarrassment for the people of this state.
Retro Dawg
December 22nd, 2010
9:53 am
Chapas was chosen as captain because his rap sheet is shorter than the rest and because he was one of the few dummies who could actually string togther two syllables without sounding like a complete fool.
Burma Shave
December 22nd, 2010
11:36 am
Santa is coming
Through the mist and fog
One thing’s for sure
He’ll skip every dawg.
Burma Shave
LLUGA
December 22nd, 2010
12:53 pm
Auburn can’t beat Oregon…even with the thief, cheater, and liar. Watch how Cam and Chizik and Auburn fans act when they lose…they will cry and make excuses. Cam and his Dad will probably rob a liquor store or something. Auburn fans….stay classy.
We ruin this state
December 22nd, 2010
1:50 pm
When you look at the demand for Falcon’s playoff and Peach Bowl tx, there is obviously a whole lot of us that are not in a recession. I think this recession is half B.S. anyway.
Just the Facts
December 22nd, 2010
2:23 pm
Georgia fans have no clue what winning is about, what going undefeated is about and have the worst stadium to get to, watch a game, or exit after GEORGIA loses week after week.
Auburn owns Georgia and ALL of their 5 STAR Recruits.
GET USE TO IT. YOU BUNCH OF PANSY LOSERS…
Burma Shave
December 22nd, 2010
2:55 pm
Richt is a sleazebag
For sure we all know
Now we just wish that
From Athens he’ll blow.
Burma Shave
Reese
December 22nd, 2010
3:00 pm
“Auburn owns Georgia and ALL of their 5 STAR Recruits.”
Only at UGAy do 5-star players get coached down to 1-star players. And only UGAy recruits so many thugs.
Which spells L-O-S-E-R.
Sven Ottke
December 22nd, 2010
3:35 pm
Wow. With A**lessChapas out and Caleb King flunking out, UGa will be without their starting backfield for the bowl game.
gomdawg
December 22nd, 2010
3:39 pm
Reese what you got is a bucket full of looser’s, play dirty but what go figure money goes a long way. It’s like a sepic tank when it fill up the shzt will come out.
gomdawg
December 22nd, 2010
3:41 pm
Sven, a good team has back ups . King was never a start in my book.
Reese
December 22nd, 2010
4:22 pm
Go Auburn! We are good every 5 years!
Mama is Calling
December 22nd, 2010
7:35 pm
I see you guys are still going at it.
Jim007
December 22nd, 2010
7:55 pm
With CMR ranking #10 of #12 in a recent SEC Coaches Poll….No Wonder
That the Dawgs are in DEEP S _ _ _ !
Auburn is for Winners and UGA means Loser
December 22nd, 2010
9:14 pm
Bulldawgs and Bulldawgs fans still cannot get past the fact the best player in college football never even considered playing for the DAWGS. He chose the best school, the best fans, the best team and the best coaches to play for.
Georgia is a joke and everyone knows it. Georgia still thinks the second coming of Hershel Walker is coming every season when they sign a 4 or 5 star running back. Folks it is not happening. Who wants to play with the worst arrest record team in the entire NCAA family, have the biggest flunk out rate of all SEC schools, and have one of the crappiest stadiums that should be torn down and started all over and then maybe then the losing teams will wash away all those heartbroken memories of losing and losing.
Georgia is so horrible.
UGA fans tune in right now on ESPN to see the team that will lay a spanking on the Bullpups in the opening Chic-Fila next year..another spanking from an out of conference foe. We all know Georgia is used to that but guys you are embarrassing every other school in the conference, even Vanderbilt who is in it for the money only and a decent basketball team every other year.
Georgia has Lottery Scholarships that should help them out tremendously but yet beside womens gymnastics, and tennis every sport at Georgia just plain out sucks.
Georgia fans are the worst and worst and are not getting any better.
Auburn is for Winners and UGA means Loser
December 22nd, 2010
9:17 pm
Oh yeah I forgot to mention a few years ago Mark Richt announced that he was going to do MISSIONARY WORK, it players heard Missionary and only thought about one thing and it was not a religious thing.
Auburn is for Winners and UGA means Loser
December 22nd, 2010
9:22 pm
Can anyone watching this game on ESPN with Boise St. verse Utah picture the team in white being UGA and Murray scrambling for his life, a running back in Ealey laying down after getting hit, King running across the middle with Alligator arms after a hard hit, and Charles getting his head slammed into the Georgia Dome turf while 90K UGA sit in shocked silence. Then within 2 hours of the game ending everyone with a KOMPUTOR in the state of Georgia logging on to the AJC website calling for Mark Richt’s head. A small portion will be making excuses and blaming the refs, others will promise UGA will get better but in reality the whole picture at UGA is very bleak. I can see RAMBO getting multiple personal foul penalties and getting burnt play after play after play.
Auburn is for Winners and UGA means Loser
December 22nd, 2010
9:38 pm
8:59 p.m. The AJC reports that AJ Green is going pro.
First of all it has been proven he was already a Pro Player ( see 4 game suspension in 2009)
Second, even Stevie Wonder saw that coming.
Third, The bad news from UGA just keeps piling on.
THE BAD NEWS DOGS..the new moniker.
Dog Lovin 101
December 22nd, 2010
9:51 pm
You Auburn fans are trash.
Trish Disha War Damn Eagle
December 22nd, 2010
9:52 pm
At UGA they do not take Finals at the end of the semester, they just have “Last Call for Alcohol”.
J.A. greene
December 22nd, 2010
9:57 pm
Good riddance to that punk Green. Richt should not be recruiting thugs like Green anyway.
Boise Dawg
December 22nd, 2010
11:03 pm
Mark Richt needs to beat Texas to the punch and go get Bryan Harsin (Boise States offensive coordinator) to be our new offensive coordinator. Demote Bobo back to QB coach and have him learn under Harsin…. Harsin, if successful in turning Georgia’s offense into a force would probably land a head coaching job and Bobo might be ready to take over again.
catlady
December 24th, 2010
8:13 am
Do I understand this right? The Ga player (Greene) got suspended for selling his jersey immediately (after a long wait) but the Ohio Buckeyes don’t have to miss their bowl game because they did not adequately learn the rules???? Is that right? If I understand it correctly, it sure seems to be a double standard.
still@the bar
December 24th, 2010
10:30 pm
merry christmas
David Pole-ax
December 25th, 2010
3:01 am
LeBron undermines union with comments