Notes from Memphis: Sturdivant, others face decisions on future
MEMPHIS – Three items to start the day:
- Georgia offensive tackle Trinton Sturdivant, who started six games this season after missing almost all of the previous two seasons because of knee surgeries, is undecided on whether to enter the 2011 NFL draft or return for another year with the Bulldogs.
“I don’t have a clue,” he said Tuesday. “We’ll just see how everything plays out. We’ll see after the bowl game how it looks. . . . I haven’t really weighed all my options with my family.”
Sturdivant described his 2010 season as “all right” but “no All-American type year.” Mark Richt put it this way: “He’s had a good season. Hopefully he’ll come back and have a great season next year.”
Sturidvant said he feels “very close” to regaining the pre-injuries form that made him a season-long starter at left tackle as a freshman in 2007.
“At first, there was a little issue with, ‘Oh, is he going to fall into the mental battle?’” Sturdivant said. “But now I’m at the end of the season, and I’m feeling good, just going all out.”
- Richt said Tuesday that none of Georgia’s underclassmen who are considering the NFL draft have told him whether they are going or staying.
“Even if they knew in their heart what they were doing, I don’t think they’ll say anything until after the [Liberty Bowl] game,” Richt said. “And from what I understand, I don’t know if anybody’s going to be ready that moment.
“There might be a couple who know they’re staying, but I think the guys that are thinking about going … they’re going to want a little time to reflect with their families after the bowl game.”
Georgia’s draft-eligible underclassmen include: wide receiver A.J. Green, a likely top-10 pick who just about everyone assumes will go; offensive linemen Sturdivant and Cordy Glenn; outside linebacker Justin Houston; cornerback Brandon Boykin; punter Drew Butler and kicker Blair Walsh. All of those players have asked the NFL’s underclassmen advisory board for a projection of their draft stock – except Green, who doesn’t need anybody to tell him he’s projected to be a first-round pick. The others expect responses from the NFL board by next week.
The NFL deadline for underclassmen to enter the draft is Jan. 15, but the Georgia players are generally expected to announce their decisions by the start of spring-semester classes on Jan. 10.
- Green, suspended the first four games this season for selling last year’s Independence Bowl jersey, had little reaction to the NCAA’s suspension last week of five Ohio State players for the first five games of next season for selling memorabilia and/or receiving discounts on tattoos. The NCAA is allowing the Ohio State players to play in the Sugar Bowl.
“They know best; that’s their job,” said Green, referring to the NCAA. “I’m not going to question them.”
Please follow @ajcuga on Twitter for updates from Georgia’s Liberty Bowl practices in Memphis.
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Old Boy
December 29th, 2010
6:31 am
Bye AJ. Good luck at the next level.
JB
December 29th, 2010
6:48 am
Better get some players in Athens…….Look to Tech for No Talent and No depth……..Lost to the Military’s part time team….Geez.
NC Dawg
December 29th, 2010
7:02 am
Butler and Walsh….really? I don’t think I have ever heard of a kicker going early.
NerdCentral@NorthAve
December 29th, 2010
7:31 am
Your season next year is not looking promising. How can you be better this year without AJ, Houston, and Boykin. Your program is in big trouble and CMR will be lucky to keep his job next year. Tech on the other hand should be much improved! Look for T. Washington to have a big year. Go Jackets!!!! Oh….and there’s no way you get the Crowell kid. He goes to Bama…..
dawgerbrown
December 29th, 2010
7:38 am
With the exception of Greems, and, possibly Houston, all of these kids would benefit more if they stayed in school for another year. Especially with the uncertainty concerning the NFL season right now. They will only get better and go higher in the draft. Would be great to see UGA’s develop the kind of loyalty we see at other schools where players who could leave early decide to stay.
Inspector G
December 29th, 2010
7:40 am
Haha…Nerd Central…wow, you sure know how to self rationalize a sub-par program. Didn’t you just lose to Air Force? Hasn’t Tevin Washington thrown 3 game ending interceptions (including Va Tech)? Why can’t you sell out your stadium? Why are you still living at home with your parents? All valid questions for you to answer.
-Inspector G
Brooksdawg
December 29th, 2010
7:45 am
I would think Green is the only NFL ready player of the bunch. All the others would greatly benefit from another year of college.
Moonpie
December 29th, 2010
7:46 am
Nerd Central,
You just keep wishing for Moral Victories and leave the winning football games to the boys in Athens.
Go Air Force! Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Moonpie
December 29th, 2010
7:48 am
The joke by coke! Yep,that pretty much sums up Tech!
Columbus Dawg
December 29th, 2010
7:49 am
Richt has created a declining program that the current players can’t wait to get away from. Richt had better start worrying about how he is going to min the East without all of these players. Whenever any players from the 2010 class, or even the 2009 class who have not seen playing time yet are mentioned,it’s always ” he has a long way to go”. If a redshirt is not ready to contribute by next season, then a scholarship is being wasted. The days of waiting around three years for players to become SEC ready are gone. Championship teams are getting more and more out of incoming freshmen and redshirts these days. It is much more important to ready this program for 2011 than worry about this joke of a bowl game that Richt has UGA in. He should start what ever players that he really feels will replace these that are jumping to NFL. It is hard for me to believe that Richt does not know how hot his seat is. McGarity will not be the one making the decision on Richt’s future. The money people have been relatively quiet thus far, but that is about to change.
Brooksdawg
December 29th, 2010
7:55 am
I agree Columbus Dawg–I am not sure the coaches in Athens know what a game ready kid is right now… Murray was way ahead of them game wise. One thing that really worries me is, kids look better as freshman than as sophmores. I think Richt said it best in an interview–”old habits are hard to break”….well its time to break in a new philosophy in Athens.
SOGADOG
December 29th, 2010
8:10 am
Early departures to the NFL are a major problem at UGA. It seems CMR does nothing to encourage players to stay in school and win a Heisman or championship. UGA is just a training camp for the NFL, not a championship program anymore. We need some Tim Tebows instead of Staffords, Morenos, Currans etc.
Old Flatulent Dawg
December 29th, 2010
8:13 am
NerdCentral@NorthAve…at least our coach ain’t always looking constipated…..but then again we ain’t playing in Shreveport are we Techie…..for Tech to get better, they better find some players, looks like Gaileys are about out and Constipated Coach ain’t shone to much recruiting wise.
Columbus Dawg
December 29th, 2010
8:14 am
Richt’s comments are very telling, to him it’s more important to avoid a losing season this year than to ready players that may save his job in 2011. I know that I will get flack from this but if Richt were serious about getting the disipline problem under hand, he would suspended Green for at least two more games after the NCAA was through with him. There will be kind of an unspoken zero tolerance for disiplinary issues for 2011 in the minds of the money people. UGA has been embarrassed more this year than any other, maybe with the exception of the Jan Kemp thing years ago. I wondered what Dooley was thinking when he named Damon Evans AD to begin with. This will be McGarity’s first preseason with the Dawgs, and all of the Bulldog meetings leading up to the 2011 season will undoubtedly present pointed questions about the direction of the program, and Richt had better take these questions seiously if he really wnats to remain at UGA. I saw where he said that he hopes he is still there to coach against Ohio State in ten years. I hate to make depressing predictions, but if Richt does not beat Boise and South Carolina, the drums will start beating loudly imediately.
Cam
December 29th, 2010
8:38 am
At least 3 will leave. It’s not like I will miss many of them. 6-6 season. Good riddance.
Mark
December 29th, 2010
8:39 am
sogadawg… your an idiot!!! Don’t you realize when players are projected to go 1st round… they would be stupid to stay? What is CMR going to say to AJ? “Come on AJ, pass up millions of dollars in guarenteed money and risk injury to come back and help us win a few games”…. Put yourself in those 1st round pick’s shoes. As for other players trying to see where they draft stock is at…. if you could make it to the league wouldn’t you know where you might end up? It doesn’t mean they are leaving just evaluating themselves…
PS. Georgia Tech is horrible this year and will be horrible next year. They have no passing game for late 4th quarter drives so they will lose every game they are behind in the 4th quarter. CMR wins a Sugar Bowl and TWO SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS and we have a couple of down years and people are ready to throw him off the bus… I can’t wait til next year when we go 10-2 and people will still be saying CMR is in the hot seat. Nobody wins the National Championship every year!!!
Dawg '94
December 29th, 2010
8:43 am
I hope all of them come back. I can’t believe Sturviant is even thinking about leaving. If Houston & Sturviant come back & have big years, they could both go in the first round. Green is the only one I see going. If there is a lockout, only Green will remain a top pick. The others will drop off the map. I hope the players understand that. GO DAWGS!!! 42-34
Dawg '94
December 29th, 2010
8:45 am
Boykin could also go early in the draft if he has a big year at Georgia next season.
hike!!!
December 29th, 2010
8:47 am
No loyalty anymore.
Everyone….including Green, should respect the school and coaches enough and return. Look at Ala.
What do they do differently that makes their players more loyal?
Lowcountry Bulldawg
December 29th, 2010
8:56 am
Boykin would be a possible 1st-2nd round pick this season. If he returns he would be a solid 1st rounder. He plays the run strong and has enough coverage skills to play in the NFL. His value will be the return game. Once NFL exec’s see he highlight real and his measurables they will vault him to the top of the CB board.
It now looks like Green, Houston and Boykin will leave. It is going to be a interesting season in Athens next year.
Columbus Dawg
December 29th, 2010
8:58 am
I’ve got news for you Mark, 10 and 2 may or may not save Richt next year, it depends on how it unfolds. If 10 and 2 is good enough to get to Atlanta, then okay, and with UF bringing in a new coach, and folks, South Carolina is still South Carolina it may be. I don’t see the “Tennesee will be world beaters in 2011″ crowd being anything but an overly optimistic bunch at this point. Richt faces more problems than just improving the record in 2011. If he does not stand up and proclaim that the disipline problems are not going to be tolerated, whether it is by breaking the law, or academics, or whatever, then he will not survive it. I am not going to sit here and condemn A.J. for going out and getting a large NFL contract, I am saying that Richt has better worry about UGA’s football program and not Green’s future there. It is that all of these unready players are wanting to jump ship that bothers most Georgia people.
gomdawg
December 29th, 2010
9:02 am
I THINK YOU COMMENT TO GEORGIA FOR 4 YEAS YOU STAY 4 YEARS.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
December 29th, 2010
9:10 am
Columbus,
I am not a huge fan of the players leaving early, but you have to look at it from the perspective of the level of players willing to commit to the University. Elite athletes no matter the school will leave early. I applaud the coaching staff for the ability to get the players in the door, now go do something with the dang talent when its here. It is unfair to blame the players when they have the option to leave early. The coaches have got to do a better job with the talent.
Dawg_Mike
December 29th, 2010
9:12 am
It happens every year at this time. Underclassmen ponder leaving for millions. Can any of us honestly blame them? I work hard and struggle paying my bills- if I had an option to continue struggling or cash in I’d cash in. Money talks.
nerds! nerds! nerds!
December 29th, 2010
9:16 am
There is alot of Nerds on here posing as Dawgs.
Brooksdawg
December 29th, 2010
9:17 am
You go to college to improve your position in life…Let me ask a question—if you hit the lottery today for 20 million payout over 5 years, would you leave your current job? If you answered yes—get off the kids—they are doing what is best for them and their family. The game has changed—adapt and over come. Play the best players on your team—early. Due to injury or the NFL, you may not have them for 4-5 years.
GA Dawg
December 29th, 2010
9:17 am
SOGA dog and Columbus dog you are both morons. If Richt goes 10-2 he is keeping his job. As far as the comment that we need some Tebows at UGA-yes that would be great, but he was once in a lifetime. The program has declined and if CMR has another 6-6, 7-5, or even 8-4 year he might be fired.
nerds! nerds! nerds!
December 29th, 2010
9:18 am
There will be at least 4 underclassmen that leave Alabama.
Paul N Destin
December 29th, 2010
9:18 am
Mark will be gone after the 2011 season regardless to the record. It’s a done deal. Flame away.The folks with the money think the world of Mark but they understand he’s not what is needed for the program to move forward.
Wild Blue Yonder
December 29th, 2010
9:20 am
The limitations of Johnson’s approach are coming home to roost at TECH. Big time college players are simply not going to go to a place that depends on a scheme that has no relevance outside of a few programs in college. Also, the ACC teams have seen it and played against it enough that it is no longer a big mystery. Yeah, TECH gained 500 yards or something against UGA. BUT they lost that game and got the yards as a result of UGA scoring quickly and TECH time of possession. If you lose after your team gains 500 yards on another team there is a problem.
UGA will be fine, with or without Richt. I think he will turn it around but if he does not UGA is one of the premeir coaching jobs in the game and won;t have a problem. I’ll preempt the arguments of the idiots and point out why UGA will always provide one of the better coaching opportunities in the country: the number of recruits in the state of Georgia. It can be argued UGA has not done a great job finding the right ones or coaching up the ones they get, but the recruits will always be there.
Coaching does matter and I think Richt will get it done. If he does not someone else almost certainly will. So, UGA’s present State of the Program is still light years above that of TECH. There is certainly more talent in Georgia than Alabama year in and out, and Georgia does not have to compete with Miami, Florida State and several other legitimate programs in Florida for home grown talent. This year was a perfect storm of bad luck and circumstance at UGA. Oh, and they still beat TECH.
nerds! nerds! nerds!
December 29th, 2010
9:21 am
I would love to recruit the Tebows. Too bad there is only one of him!
Old Coach
December 29th, 2010
9:21 am
@ Hike!!!
I think you NEED to look at Alabama and see who leaves early for millions of dollars before you make such stupid statements. @SOGADOG We do not need the Staffords, Morenos, or Currens at UGA because they left early for the NFL. You, sir, have absolutely NO clue about college football.Comments like yours shows that you are in a dream world!
Lowcountry Bulldawg
December 29th, 2010
9:25 am
As a side note the Miami Hurricanes in 2004 had 7 1st round picks. Plenty were underclassmen. In 2005 they went 9-3. If this program cannot withstand the loss of 3 players who leave early then it is a larger indictment of where CMR and company are really at.
nerds! nerds! nerds!
December 29th, 2010
9:26 am
Green is gone. Good for him. All I want back from that list is HOUSTON. He is a difference maker!
steve
December 29th, 2010
9:27 am
Could next year be Murrays last year at UGA???
Mark
December 29th, 2010
9:28 am
@Paul Destin……….. So if we go 11-1 and win a National Championship CMR is gone??? I can’t wait for the blogs this time next year when we are headed to a BCS Bowl game and everyone condemning CMR will be eating their words. Let the coaching changes over the past year and a half have time to get their system into place.
Don’t all of you remember complaining about the amount of penalties we had last year???????? How many did we have this year??? We are down but not out. We’ll be a force next year and strong contender for the SEC East. I agree if we have another bad season next year, CMR will probably be gone but I have confidence that Murray will be even better and carry our team to early victories over Boise and South Carolina at home and on to the SEC Championship.
nerds! nerds! nerds!
December 29th, 2010
9:31 am
This just in… Tech fumbles again.
JB
December 29th, 2010
9:37 am
This team has not the talent or coaching to win 11 games. I didn’t see anything this year or anybody that got in a game to make be believe we can win 11. Richt has just enough good athletes in Athens to beat the weak, But this team against the best ain’t there. I’m a Georgia Alum, I love this University and I like Richt, But I study this team, this roster, the redshirts and this league.
Tech ran all over us this year( yes, we won) and Air Force holds them to 7. We love to throw, and no one PROVEN that can catch is returning. Our OL could not push a tired, undersized Tech defense out of the way on fourth and one for a first down late in the game. This staff has no imagination or willingness to shake the offense up. Does anyone on here see 11 wins next year. How about 7,8?
Paul H
December 29th, 2010
9:39 am
Can we quit with all the leaving early talk until after the bowl game please?
bruce mac
December 29th, 2010
9:41 am
Does the AJC go out and hire morons to post on these blogs? UGA has great players and they go pro when they can make milions. If that is CMR’s fault, keep them coming.
The kid has to eat sometimes
December 29th, 2010
9:41 am
Did Baby Daddy Rennie Curran ever start making child support payments to his girlfriend after he signed the NFL contract, or is the baby still hungry?
That’s what I thought.
Brooksdawg
December 29th, 2010
9:44 am
I don’t see 11 wins….Neither did I see 6 loses this year.
UGA Insider
December 29th, 2010
9:48 am
It has been my experience that when kids don’t announce they are coming back by the bowl game that generally means they are leaving for the NFL. I would say it’s a 90% guarantee that we are losing Green, Houston, Glenn, Boykin, and Sturdivant. Next year will be a total rebuilding year for the dogs next season. Also, we have 20 departing seniors and 4 or 5 juniors who are contemplating not playing out their eligibility like Tanner Strickland. UGA is going to look like a single A high school next year when you look over at our sidelines. We don’t have the numbers. It would no surprise me if CMR took the Maryland job. UGA is in real trouble.
BirdDog
December 29th, 2010
9:50 am
Mark, please stop with the National Championship talk. It’s embarassing to other UGA fans…
Academically provisionally accepted
December 29th, 2010
9:51 am
Outside of Sean Bedford, how many Tech footballers could have been accepted into school as regular students or have the average SAT score of Tech non-athletes? My guess is very few. This is common across the country. You don’t believe all those Duke basketball players have 1400 SATs do you?.
AJ
December 29th, 2010
9:55 am
Let me see: Do I want to write a 10 page term paper or cash my $10 million signing bonus check? Tough question…
JB
December 29th, 2010
9:57 am
UGA Insider, I agree….We’ll look back at this year as a good one……You’re right, it’s just pure numbers….and talent…Richt has been caught short handed and UGA will not get out of this quickly….OK, we sign 28 this year…you see him starting 10 true Freshman. No. We win 6-7 next year and the talk ALL YEAR will be about who’s next. That’s just the nature of this business.. I hate in for us, because next year will make 4 of being average, and it’s gonna take new blood to revive it. Good news, this state produces a ton of blue chip talent and the cupboard won’t be totally bare for the next guy, like Tenn. was. He’ll have Murray as a junior to work around.
bruce mac
December 29th, 2010
9:59 am
UGA insider, you are an idiot. Of course we lose the seniors and AJ, what a scoop. Did you think they were coming back? It is the SEC’s best quarterback and Crowell and Ealey in Red and Black in 2011, we are in real trouble alright. Trouble for the rest of the conference.
Who Cares
December 29th, 2010
9:59 am
Mark, stay away from the eggnog. UGA will go 11-1 next year? UGA couldn’t win 11 games next year if they were playing UGA. This team lacks talent, coaching, and discipline. It starts at the top, and works it’s way down to the players. Coaches don’t work hard, players don’t practice hard, and that equals no wins on saturdays. These coaches can’t recruit, they can’t evaluate talent when recruiting,and they can’t design a game plan that utilizes the talent they do have. And god help if they have to make adjustments at the half of a big game. A prime example of how they can’t evaluate talent in state: 3 of the defensive player of the year awards to high school players in ga per the ajc. signed with Tenn. and Bama. UGA signed guys that made the team, but weren’t players of the year in their classification. Those players are A.J. Johnson, and Brain Randolph who committed to Tenn, and Shannon Brown who committed to Bama. Just shows you that these clowns coaching at UGA have no clue when it comes to recognizing talent. Tenn. has better coaches, and they are killing UGA on in state talent, not to mention Auburn, and Bama. this dream class, is just thay a big DREAM!! 11-1, that might be the biggest DREAM of all
AltamahaDawg
December 29th, 2010
10:00 am
“It seems CMR does nothing to encourage players to stay in school and win a Heisman or championship.”
You base that on some inside knowledge of his in-depth conversations and personal relationships developed with those player over the course of years?
JB
December 29th, 2010
10:01 am
AJ let his team down for a 1,000…..What’s 5 years at 60 mil with 20 mil of it Guaranteed gonna look like?
After the Liberty Bowl game
December 29th, 2010
10:02 am
A Liberty win vs UCF or USF ( which is it?) will put a small bow on this ugly season. All of the hype about Murray’s stats sickens me. It is just like it was for MS and Zeier. Neither one of them did squat for UGA. In the day, back in the 50s, Johnny Rauch was a record setting UGA QB and he did nothing for UGA.
IF UGA does not develop a powerhouse rushing team and augment that with a nice passer and a solid, hard nosed, aggressive D team ………………………we will wander in the desert for years and years.
Richt is stubborn and he will like Bowdon, pay the ultimate price. Bowdon, at least was 85 years old. Richt has lost his edge …………….look at his eyes when Chuck Dowdle and he do that WSB Mark Richt show. Richt is a case of BURN OUT.
McGarity is the UGA football puppetier at this moment.
Liberty bowl …………….a NEEDED win?
Recruiting goes well? Needs were met?
Spring football game and emerging stars?
Summer with 0 ………….0 ……………..0 problems and then
2011 season with a WIN over Florida and SC and UT and Arkansas and Vandy and UK and MSU and GT in our other home field …………….Grant Field.
This is what McGarity wants to see.
Go Dogs.
Get Real
December 29th, 2010
10:05 am
Scholarships are 1 year deals and renewed each year by the school and the player. If the school and the NCAA cared so much, they would put these kids under contract for 4 years. College is nothing more than a farm program for the NFL and I don’t blame any kid for leaving at the end of 3 years to make money. Every program that attrachs tog notch kids deals with this. It is a blessing and a curse for UGA.
D
December 29th, 2010
10:05 am
Guys leaving early can be good and bad. It hurt UGA in that it’s left us very young in key positions. Few teams have a lot of success without plenty of upperclassmen in the first 22. At the same time, recruiting becomes even harder if guys stay for all their years of eligibility. This year is a good example, Tim (or anybody who knows) correct me if I’m wrong here. We have 84 scholarship players, we lose 15 to graduation, and we currently have 16 verbals. That makes 85 for next year. We can’t sign Crowell or anybody else unless some of these Juniors leave, right?
Mark
December 29th, 2010
10:07 am
Lets be honest we are not going to win a National Championship anytime soon. I mentioned that because Paul Destin said no matter what UGA’s record is next year CMR is going to be fired. It was a response to a prior post. I just want to see us compete for the SEC Championship next year…. but then again us UGA fans are notorious for saying “Well maybe next year…”
JB
December 29th, 2010
10:07 am
Just a reminder…..That football powerhouse Maryland fired an Alum….the ACC coach of the year….for winning 8 games……….Maryland………..And look at Miami, with a ex Clinton Liberal Staffer as it’s President, fired an African American coach FOR WINNING MORE THAN 6 Games…………..HELLO WORLD !
JB
December 29th, 2010
10:09 am
Get Real……Bama knows than rule the best………
UGA Insider
December 29th, 2010
10:09 am
bruce mac, you are setting yourself up for a third year of heartache. Please don’t do this to yourself.
JB
December 29th, 2010
10:09 am
s/b THAT rule
HotDawg
December 29th, 2010
10:16 am
Im an Alum and a Huge Dawg fan, but I swear to the Good Lord above that I aint never seen this program this bad! I mean all you have to do is turn on the T.V. and watch. Enough said. Quaterback is good, running backs are slow and below average, the offensive line sux, the defense totally sux and the special teams are pretty good. With that said, a good quarterback and pretty good special teams aint gonna win us 11 games next year and a National Championship. Geez, people are friggen looney! I want the dogs to win the title every year too, but face it we don’t have the talent or the coaching, and I like CMR too. Just not a championship program. If you don’t believe me then turn on the TV Friday afternoon and watch the comical bowl game for yourself.
bruce mac
December 29th, 2010
10:18 am
If it happens, I can live with it. I graduated in 1975, I have seen it all I just see the glass half full. Why not? There are some idiots on here that think it is a bad thing to have the best QB in the SEC. Some how and for some reason I think it is a good thing. Go figure?
JB
December 29th, 2010
10:18 am
I can take a bad year….What i can’t stand is this trend we are in…..And heading to year four…
Read and listen to what people think and say about UGA football around the country now….Look at the second tier channels putting us on at noon , when we used to live in prime time….Look at teams who just eat up our once proud defense with points and yardage….Not just one year……but for the last 3….I can’t take a bad year….The trend is making me nervous. Is just fielding a team what we want? That’s what we are doing.
Columbus Dawg
December 29th, 2010
10:28 am
Paul N Destin, It sounds like you have inside info about 2011 being Richt’s last. I was reading a blog somewhere a while back that said as much, that Richt did not want to return after next season no matter what. Sounds like he may see the writing on the wall. That being said, I just read his comments about hoping he was here to play against Ohio State in ten years. Personally, I would like to see the fire return that he possessed when he arrived in Athens, and turn this thing around. Here’s hoping.
Dirty Dawg
December 29th, 2010
10:39 am
Hell if I were a half-way decent football player at Georgia and was constantly exposed to the whining and backbiting displayed by the likes of ‘columbusdawg’ and the rest…the disrespect for my coaches and for me…I’d be looking to get the hell out of here just as soon as I could. Who the hell wants to play for a program that has such idiotic fans that don’t understand that mutual respect and support is what make a ‘team’ a ‘team’…not smart-a$$ criticism.
Hey ‘col-dawg’, do us all a favor and become a ‘columbuswareagle’.
UGA Insider
December 29th, 2010
10:50 am
Since we are piling on UGA today let me give some additional bad news about the upcoming 2011 season. Richard Samuel who we are all counting on as being a top LB has constant swelling in his knee and is not practicing. This is not good. Also, CMR is thinking about moving Bean Anderson back to OL. Are we that thin now on offensive line???? I hate to see this about my dawgs but I’m worried. Could UGA be 3-8 next year??
Tuna
December 29th, 2010
10:51 am
Butler and Walsh??? You have got to be kidding me!!!
Bud
December 29th, 2010
10:54 am
Mark and Dirty Dawg,I’m afraid you are dealing with idiots and morons,the Dawgs will be fine and coach Richt WILL be our coach for years to come,thank God!
Naysayers be damned !!!
Summit Dawg
December 29th, 2010
10:55 am
We’ll be ok if Booboo lets Ealey touch the ball more!!!!!!!!!!!
We
December 29th, 2010
11:06 am
I hear that techis just “Giddy” after their loss to AF. “We love moral victories.” Go techies sting them just a little!
bruce mac
December 29th, 2010
11:11 am
UGA insider, we aren’t piling on, you are. Why don’t you become GT insider, we don’t need all of your made up facts and dellusional bad news. You are pathetic.
Jim
December 29th, 2010
11:13 am
AJ may be the only NFL ready underclassman at UGA and being a top five projected pick means a lot of money he could end up in Detroit with Matthew Stafford. If so I would hope they could produce better than they did at UGA. No matter the price for going early is steep if a good NFL team doesn’t trade for the early rounders and they are drafted by the loser of the NFL and wind up taking a beating like Stafford has this year. Sure the money is good but…..is it a pipe dream? Look at where Quincy Carter, David Green, and DJ Shockley went in the NFL and where they are today.
I would like to see the college welfare system go from a 4 year ticket to a two year that would allow the players to earn one year extentions or be cut from the team if they can’t meet expectations on and off the field.
K Conley
December 29th, 2010
11:14 am
Boykin and A.J. should leave early. They are the only 2 that are ready. I don’t think Houston is going to translate as well to the league. I love Justin and he’s been a terrific player at UGA, but it’s more because of his hard work and determination than an actual skill set. I’m not saying that he can’t play in the league, but he should come back to increase his status. A.J. is obvious, but Brandon is also highly skilled and trust me when I say that he will be highly coveted by NFL execs.. Trinton probably is the 2nd most talented Dawg behind A.J., but he simply needs to show the GMs that he is all the way back. He should come back. I want them all back, but if I’m being honest to my players, I tell A.J. and Brandon to leave and everyone else to get back on the Dawg Bus.
JB
December 29th, 2010
11:14 am
Those on here saying the Dawgs will be fine are hoping, with love, which I can understand, But if you STUDY this program, The depth chart, the ability of those there now, and this staff, you are setting yourself up to be disappointed. This was year 3 of being way below Georgia football. I don’t see any miracles next year…..i can always HOPE like some of you on here………
WTF
December 29th, 2010
11:23 am
Hey UGA Insider, when did you buy the Dawgs (your Dawgs)? I thought they were UGA students that played for the University of Georgia, not for you. But of course, since you are privey to every thought in CMR’s head and are at every meeting and every practice, you should know everything.
What a friggin idiot!
suwaneedawg
December 29th, 2010
11:24 am
OK, if you are a nerd fan please think before you post trash. Your team went to Shrevesport all it got was a t-shirt. I would go to your blog and post with the rest of nerd nation about how great your coach is and you will win a national championship with that offense. After that put in a Harry Potter movie and get some hot coco and chill out.
Doodaddy
December 29th, 2010
11:25 am
Tech is so bad they’re not worth making fun of anymore. And they are the worst winners, the rare times that has happened, I suppose because they have so little experience with winning.
Big Jim
December 29th, 2010
11:25 am
From a truly embarassed Tech fan…yes our coach sux, yes his recruiting sux, yes our offense sux…no question. Most of us Tech fans that actually understand the game want him gone now. We know we are in the crapper for many yrs if we do not.
BUT…very few of us would EVER trade W2’s with Uga grads…so calling us “Nerds”?? Not really so hurtful…as say “red neck trailer trash” I say both are pretty much on target.
And as weak as it is…we get GREAT pleasure when UGA sux so bad that they start measuring their season by…wait for it…BEATING GT!!!!
You morons are making fun of us for playing in S’port?? Seriously? 6-6 and a trip to Memphis (S’port last yr) Yipeee, whohoo…you are big time!
Hector
December 29th, 2010
11:27 am
Good riddance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dwayne
December 29th, 2010
11:27 am
no one commits for 4 years, scholarships are revolving 1 year deals. Don’t believe me? ask the kids that were at kentucky when calipari took over and bought in the 6 high school all-americans.
JB
December 29th, 2010
11:27 am
Tech is in DEEP trouble…..They won’t admit it, but with that QB,Defense,special teams,No WR’s, , more Gailey players gone , they are looking like schedule filler in the ACC.
Dwayne
December 29th, 2010
11:28 am
oh yeah…tech sucks…lolololol
suwaneedawg
December 29th, 2010
11:28 am
Big Jim, Harry Potter and Hot Coco. By the way, I would trade W-2’s with tech gads and I work with a couple. No problem Big Jim. By the way, your team must be in sad shape when you start comparing what you make to a UGA grad. Here’s your sign son.
Destin Dawg
December 29th, 2010
11:29 am
Richt shows no passion… Burn out ?? I thought ( hoped ) Grantham, Belin and Lakatos.. all 3 improvements in D coaches… would spur new motivation and intensity.. it seems Richt dumbs everybody down… on attitude… discipiline.. conditioning…. no excitement on Offense… fake punts, reverses, on side kicks… WAY too predictable !!!! Good Luck in 2011
suwaneedawg
December 29th, 2010
11:31 am
OK destin dawg, are you a UGA fan or a nerd upgrading by pretending to be a dawg fan?
JB
December 29th, 2010
11:31 am
I wouldn’t trade my W2 with ANY engineer…….I own a business and do quite well with my UGA degree and education……Sitting around a “firm” drawing a salary as an engineer and leading a humorless life is not for me. Good luck with that guy coaching your team. the guy needs to sign a punter….and learn when to use him….LOL
suwaneedawg
December 29th, 2010
11:32 am
JB, I think Big Jim meant he would trade his tech life with a UGA grads life. I can’;t blame him.
UGA Insider
December 29th, 2010
11:35 am
I wish my fellow UGA fans would not be so jealous of my behind the scenes info. But you guys keep fooling yourselves and believe what you want. I will trust what I know.
collegeballfan
December 29th, 2010
11:39 am
I trust that all who believe players should stay another year are honest enough to say that if offered a million dollar raise they would leave their current jobs and take the million dollars.
Hector
December 29th, 2010
11:43 am
Will Damon be drafted??????? I mean prosecuted!!!!!!!!!
JB
December 29th, 2010
11:45 am
Collegeballfan……I agree……. The superstars, like AJ, are enjoying everything in life………But money…..And when you don’t have $5 to eat a McDonalds, and you can put 20 mil in the bank………you’re gone……And remember, once AJ declares, His selected agent will start advancing him ” walking around money”….. Like 50K
dawgster
December 29th, 2010
11:47 am
@brucemac…i was going to respond to some of the bloggers as you have but decided it was a waste of time..Its amazing how negative these so called experts with all this inside info are…I want even call out their names, they no who they are…They have given up on next season already and are wanting Coach Richt gone..Well guys get over it..Coach Richt will be our coach next season, and if things don’t work out, Greg Mcgarity will do whats best for the program, not what a bunch of bloggers say or think they know…Thank God my coaches didn’t give up on me, the players or our program when we were down..Yea that really would have helped our confidence..Please for your own sake find you a team that you can support and be proud of you…For me i’ll take my chances with the dawgs and our coaches…I’ll let people that actually know how to run a Div 1 college football program make the right decisions concerning our program when they feel it is warranted..go dawgs
Bon voyage
December 29th, 2010
11:48 am
It is frustrating to see so many UGA underclassmen being considered as possible early draft picks when their college careers have been so unimpressive. Are we to have 3 linemen (2 underclassmen) drafted from a unit that was frequently overmatched? Who knew that we had an NFL worthy DB? Butler and Walsh are excellent kickers, but have we used their skills to change the course of any game?
This potential exodus is not confined to this season. During home games, there is a “Bulldogs in the NFL” segment displayed on the scoreboard. Many of the players had very nondescript careers in Athens, but they are good enough to play pro ball.
We have too much talent to have so few victories.
Smiling Jack
December 29th, 2010
11:54 am
“Just shows you that these clowns coaching at UGA have no clue when it comes to recognizing talent.” That’s an idiot opinion…..Another idiot opinion, “It seems CMR does nothing to encourage players to stay in school and win a Heisman or championship.” If they cannot judge talent, why is it so many are such good players considering leaving for the NFL in the draft.??? I personally don’t think UGA is in BIG TROUBLE. That’s my opinion. One thing I know for certain is that there is no shortage of idiot bloggers..wether they be GT nerds posting about UGA or not…. I say GO Dawgs!!!! Keep up the good work and hiopefully we’ll win it all next year.
sirluciouscp
December 29th, 2010
11:57 am
Jim ur a fucin idiot
bruce mac
December 29th, 2010
11:59 am
JB, UGA finished #10 in the nation in 2008. This my friend is not below UGA standards. UGA is the 11th winningest program of all time so #10 is exactly UGA standards. 8 and 5 or 7 and 6 and out of top twenty is below UGA standards. So, we just completed year 2 of down period. If you are going to be negative all the time at least get your facts straight. UGA under CMR is above UGA standards overall. Give the man a chance to get it back, he has earned it.
atl xmen
December 29th, 2010
11:59 am
more like reload for next year. uga hasnt had a rebulding year since donnan left. richt has it under control guys. juts have faith and trust in richt as he has won plenty of games while at uga.
NerdCentral@NorthAve
December 29th, 2010
12:00 pm
You people can insult me and attack me all you want. But the fact is, your program is seriously on the decline and your coach will likely not make it through next year. Yes, Tech is down right now too, but next year will be different. We have a great recruiting class going right now and we are filling all our needs. Can you say the same thing about UGA? No, you keep missing on the recruits you want. Good luck losers!!
Big Jim
December 29th, 2010
12:03 pm
Suwaneedawg = Exhibit A
JB = the blind squirrel
Thanks for playing…
Big Jim
December 29th, 2010
12:06 pm
Again…YES our offense & coach SUCK!. I hate it, but am smart enough to realize it.
bruce mac
December 29th, 2010
12:06 pm
NerdCentral, there is no program in the country (Bama, Ohio St, USC, Oklahoma, et al) that doesn’t have down periods. We have had 2 bad years, that does not qualify as serious decline anywhere except in North Avenue’s wishful thinking department. I hope your program comes back and I am glad you are confident but please remember you lose to this program that is in serious decline almost every year so apply some logic to your thought process once in a while.
MoGA
December 29th, 2010
12:13 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C95Cb2ByHNA
GraceLand
December 29th, 2010
12:16 pm
A.J.,
Stay in Athens one more year and try to get that 1,000 yard milestone.
Thank you very much.
Brooksdawg
December 29th, 2010
12:19 pm
If you truly have life experience in ANY SPORT… you know what a winner looks like on the field. By contrast you know what a loser looks like….without ever looking at the score or record.
Bearlover
December 29th, 2010
12:22 pm
Could you Ga guys please sign CMR to a lifetime contract?
So you are paying him 3 million a year for a .500 team, money well spent. You know he is the best Christian and the first to tell you about it. I like the way he handles discipline too. Leads the SEC in penalities on and off the field. Problems are never his fault, just throw an assistant under the bus. It has to be their fault. No way the best Christian in America could be just cashing million dollar checks. He earns every penny. Man there is nothing phony about this guy. Making his wife the waterboy was top notch coaching.
Wild Blue Yonder
December 29th, 2010
12:24 pm
UGA Insider aka NerdCentral: Get a life.
Alabama | MrSEC.com
December 29th, 2010
12:35 pm
[...] Georgia’s offensive line could look a lot different in 2011.6. Several Dawgs are still deciding whether to turn pro or return for their senior seasons.7. AJ Green says the good of 2010 “outweighed the bad, definitely.” Green missed [...]
Jeff Dawg
December 29th, 2010
12:35 pm
hmmm…shouldn’t there be an article on how the AJC reports stuff to early??? Why are you saying now AJ has a decision to make when you reported on your website a week ago that he was 100% sure he was going to the NFL…..hmmmm…credibility?
11 Arrests 6 Wins
December 29th, 2010
12:38 pm
I’m sure Richt and his crew have been researching rap sheets from a lot of Correctional Centers, looking for good “playuhs”.
PHIL
December 29th, 2010
12:40 pm
I see they gave all the inmates at the asylum access to the internet for Christmas
KnowYourRole
December 29th, 2010
12:42 pm
aj green was ready for the nfl after his freshman year. kid is crazy talented and will be a star at the next level. being an auburn fan, i thank god that this will be the last time i see him in red and black (unless its for the Falcons).
same for julio, ingram, dareus, mallett, peterson, and neves.
GEORGIA97
December 29th, 2010
1:04 pm
This blog has gotten ugly. I haven’t seen anything like this since the Anita Bryant concert.
k483
December 29th, 2010
1:10 pm
So, do you think Tebow ended up ahead by waiting a year before going pro? Didn’t he end up signing for an even higher amount than he would have received the year before? Didn’t his stock actually go up during his senior year? If that is the case, might that apply to these UGA underclassmen as well?
Loran, whatdayagot? . . . . . .7-6 we hope
December 29th, 2010
1:11 pm
I hope Georgia will avoid the … ” 6-7 season hall of shame.”
KnowYourRole
December 29th, 2010
1:13 pm
@k483
green’s stock cannot get any higher. barring an injury (which applies to all players), green is probably the safest draft choice out there. i can’t see him no doing well at the next level. with or without another year of college.
bruce mac
December 29th, 2010
1:19 pm
11 arrests, grow up and get some new material. That wasn’t funny the first 150 times it was posted. Yechsters are so juvenile.
suwaneedawg
December 29th, 2010
1:23 pm
Techies, you keep bringing up our arrests and we will keep bringing up all the wins we have against your team for the last 10 years. By the way, Air Force just recovered another one of your fumbles coming off their plane in Colorado Springs. Great offense.
JDawg
December 29th, 2010
1:52 pm
Hey 11…what are you competing in??
C. King
December 29th, 2010
1:56 pm
Dang! Colorin 101 is too hard!
JDawg
December 29th, 2010
1:56 pm
11 the nerd……..You would probably take the red panties and come up with an invention for boxer shorts……chill with the arrest crap…….just look at most of those charges…..You have a second rate program that only surfaces every now and then with a tinge of respectability. Now it’s your basketball team that I am so impressed with……..wow, what a program!!!
edumacated
December 29th, 2010
2:02 pm
I’m not looking to call anyone a name today, or get called one myself, but here is my opinion. I think that folks thinking that Richt will turn it around next year are guilty of wishful thinking. Honestly, if you had to bet your paycheck on Georgia winning the SEC East next year, would you? Probably not. Richt looks tired, and acts tired. That is a high energy job, and it burns people out. He’s likely done. It’s all over but the shouting.
Glenn
December 29th, 2010
2:27 pm
I do find it hard to understand why people want to leave early. If there were a coaching change or something like that maybe but just to leave for the money, where is the loyalty. As far as Green I think he owes UGA another year after what happened at the first of the year, after all he knew he was doing wrong. There is a lot of what ifs in this years team. In my opinion we should have won the East and could have won the SEC. The next big question is how will this effect the recruiting this year. We need a huge year in that area. We shall see.
Terry
December 29th, 2010
2:32 pm
edumacated, I wouldn’t bet a paycheck on any sports team, to many things can go wrong in a year. Look at Auburn, how many people would have thou they would be playing for the BCS Championship.
bruce mac
December 29th, 2010
2:32 pm
edumacated, that is a thoughtful reasonable post. If I had to bet my paycheck on 2011 I would bet UGA wins 9 games. I don’t think 12 and 0 or even 11 and
bruce mac
December 29th, 2010
2:36 pm
and 1 is reasonable. CMR has done very well when he has the QB. His offense is centered around having a great talent at the QB position. For the first time in 3 years he has what he needs to be successful on the offensive side of the ball. There is no 3 – 4 defense in the country that succeeds without a huge presence in the middle. We will have that in 2011 and it will change everything. I would bet the pay check on both of these two facts and our special teams are the best in the country. That is logical and reasonable. Keep the faith.
Magnolia, Tx Dawg
December 29th, 2010
2:45 pm
With Richt as coach, it is hard to keep the faith. We are losing good recruits because no one wants to play on a Mark Richt coached team.
Pago Pago Dawg
December 29th, 2010
2:47 pm
Let’em leave….we were 6-6 with them..can’t get much worse…or can it!
Believe It
December 29th, 2010
2:55 pm
Vad Lee named AP NC prep player of the year. Next years QB for the Yellow Jackets.
bruce mac
December 29th, 2010
2:55 pm
Yea Magnolia, CMR never has good recruting years. Where do you morons come up with this stuff?
KB
December 29th, 2010
3:06 pm
AJ Green is a given to go pro. Matter of fact AJ would be a fool to not go pro. Justin Houston is on the edge and only question is timing.
But look at who else is trying to get out of UGA and into the NFL. Both kickers, an average offensive lineman, and average DB and a above-average offensive linemen who has missed 2 of the last 4 seasons with major injuries.
Is this a vote of non confidence by players? What does this say about the state of affairs for UGA Football?
Buckeye
December 29th, 2010
3:09 pm
How’s the weather in Memphis?
Snoop Dawg
December 29th, 2010
3:15 pm
…like rats jumping from a sinking ship. The captain of the ship, Markt Wrecked, has been sighted in a life raft with da Water Girrrrl , Willie, and Bobo rowing toward the shore.
Snoop Dawg
December 29th, 2010
3:19 pm
AJ, you sold everyone out just like Judas for a handful of sheckels. Get out of Athens and leave your UGA red and black stuff there as you are not a true Dawg. Good riddance! PS love those big diamond earrings–you’re a real player for sure… Idiot!
bruce mac
December 29th, 2010
3:35 pm
It says nothing of the sort JB and Snoop. Your post does say you are typical ignorant blogger that knows nothing of the process used by Major college football programs to help their athletes access their future prospects in the NFL. I am sure you would rather see our athletes shackled and whipped like peasants but unfortunately for you this is the 21st Century.
GTrek Season In Review
December 29th, 2010
3:37 pm
I got the Georgia Tech/ Paul Johnson Breakfast Special at Shoneys this morning.
All the cereal you can eat, except no bowl.
UGAKev
December 29th, 2010
3:41 pm
I can understand players leaving early, but I could be the number one pick, and would come back to georgia, because nothing would mean more to me then putting on that red helmet and jersey and running out in the greatest stadium in front of the greatest fans. No money in the world could replace that great feeling
GTrek Season In Review
December 29th, 2010
3:45 pm
1. 9 of 10 – FAIL
2. 42-34- FAIL
3. But we’re a basketball school (73-72)- FAIL (also see Kennesaw State)
4. The triple joke (excuse me) option is unstoppable- FAIL
5. CPJ is smart by giving up an extra 7- FAIL
6. Nesbitt for Heisman- FAIL
7. We’ll sell out at least one game this year – FAIL
8. Free hot dogs are worth watching a 1940 offensive scheme – FAIL
9. Sure recruits will come to play for an offense shunned by the NFL and a defensive coordinator who’s coaching record is first mentioned in the Dead Sea Scrolls- FAIL
10. At least we’re not in Shreveport – FAIL
TTOUGH44
December 29th, 2010
3:46 pm
How is it that UGA ALWAYS has several to head to the NFL every season…I believe to, in a situation as Green breaking the rules being suspended as well as any others (ohio, Newton), if you used your scholarship, then you should have to honor it…a player as green, should not be allowed to go to the next level due to the fact he did not hold up his end of the deal accepting the scholarship…( an injury, is a different aspect, no prob. with that,) The ncaa and the NFL need to get on the same page and Not Allow an undergraduate that has violated the rules as these boys did, and not allow them to be able to play in the NFL the following yr. They could be drafted but ineligible to play the next season….something has got to be done to stop all of this and the doulbe standards the ncaa put out there….they are a joke regarding the ohio and newton incidents…ncaa you are a joke, once respected by me…not anylonger….sad….
Einsteindawg
December 29th, 2010
3:46 pm
Sturdivant will be better served by returning and showing the pros that his knees are ready. If he leaves early, I think he would probably be signed as a free agent, but cut before the NFL season begins. Then, he’d forgo school and become a night manager at a fast food place with a bunch of Tech grads working for him. Just my opinion.
Einsteindawg
December 29th, 2010
3:48 pm
TTOUGH44, you’re right and I agree; however, college ball is the NFL’s farm league and it’s FREE! It’s all about the money.
11 Arrests 6 Wins
December 29th, 2010
3:53 pm
GTrek Season In Review
1. Arrest
2. Arrest
3. Arrest
4. Arrest
5. Arrest
6. Arrest
7. Arrest
8. Arrest
9. Arrest
10. Arrest
11. Arrest
Magnolia, Tx Dawg
December 29th, 2010
4:02 pm
Bruce Mac, I may be a moron, your opinion, but with all these great recruits, where is a NC.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
December 29th, 2010
4:08 pm
11 wins,
Yes it has failed, 2 out of 3 times you played UGA. Wins and losses are not kept in the total yardage stat line. If so the 1989 Houston Cougars would have won the National Title.
willdawg
December 29th, 2010
4:11 pm
11 arrests you are 1 jack@$$!!
9 of 10 now bugger off!!
Season in Review you sir get an epic win for pointing out tech’s FAIL!!!
11 Arrests 6 Wins
December 29th, 2010
4:15 pm
Lowcountry Bulldawg
Try reading “comprehension”…your buddy was calling it “unstoppable”(sic)….is 512 yards allowed “stopping”??? Typical.
11 Arrests 6 Wins
December 29th, 2010
4:18 pm
willdawg
December 29th, 2010
4:11 pm
11 arrests you are 1 jack@$$!!
LOL!!! Hey! I don’t have an arrest on my record! hahahaha!!!
How’s that whippin boy for FLA going? LOL!!
1966 Gator
December 29th, 2010
4:40 pm
Only a handfull of college athletes make it in the pros. What is their backup plan if things don’t work out?
Without the college degree, you’ll end up being someone’s ball boy.
STAY IN SCHOOL AND GET YOUR DEGREE !
Kyle
December 29th, 2010
4:49 pm
Hey Nerd Central……LMAO…like you should be telling ANYONE about how their program looks……hahahahahahahhahahhahahahahhahahah….at least you’re right on the name…NERD!!!
SecGuy
December 29th, 2010
4:56 pm
Tech did rush for over 400 yards on Georgia, but keep in mind he only had two weeks to prepare.
Jaykyl
December 29th, 2010
5:03 pm
It doesn’t matter what Sturdivant decides to do. It’s extremely unlikely that any NFL team would draft him with his injury history. In any case, he’s not remotely good enough to play on Sundays, and he certainly hasn’t been coached up at UGA.
still@the bar
December 29th, 2010
5:17 pm
Sturdivant better go if he thinks he can get some NFL money. If he is not projected descent in the DRAFT he better be working hard on his Degree in a USEFUL field of study. His body will not last for a NFL career. If his knees were so bad in college how can he stand-up to NFL size linemen? He Can’t. Sturdivant be smart 4th round or better GO if not get your degree and look fo a J.O.B besides Football.
Dawg61
December 29th, 2010
5:21 pm
“I haven’t really weighed all my options with my family.”. Yeah, right. If you believe that tripe, you probably voted for U-Know-Who. It’s really “how much money can I make if I go now, or (God forbid) should I grace the team with my presence for another year…provided, of course, I remain healthy. HuH? What’s that? The Escalade I ordered is in? Wow, OK…Uh, adios Dogs.
k483
December 29th, 2010
5:45 pm
@KnowYourRole……no question here that Green will make it in the pros. But if he is going for the $, will waiting a year, when there is no strike looming, yield a greater bottom line contract? A lot of variables here, i.e., the strike, who is likely to pick him up this year vs. next year (and their payroll room), and who is the competition in the position in his position this year vs. next year. I imagine someone has done the research in this. I’m just suggesting that the boon might be greater if he waits.
SuperB
December 29th, 2010
5:48 pm
A. J. Green HAS to be Georgia’s best receiver ever– since he is the best receiver who every played in the SEC!
KnowYourRole
December 29th, 2010
5:56 pm
@k483….1 in the hand is worth 2 in the bush. he is a sure fire top 5 pick. is it possible that he would be 1-4 next year? sure, but is it worth the risk of injury? i think he is gonna make bank regardless. heck, i enjoyed my 4 years of college, but then again i wasn’t an elite athlete who could make millions playing a sport.
k483
December 29th, 2010
6:10 pm
@KnowYourRule……I don’t know, is 1 in the hand worth 2 in the bush when your “birds” are multi-year, 7 figure contracts? If he goes as the first receiver this year in a receiver-heavy draft, that might mean an x-year contract worth y, with a signing bonus of z, whereas he waits a year and goes in a receiver-light draft, and gets 1.2x, 1.3y, 1.4z, etc. Not saying that would happen, I just wonder if from a purely financial standpoint it is the best move, even considering the risk of injury.
KnowYourRole
December 29th, 2010
6:20 pm
@k483….i don’t know what kind of financial situation aj’s family is in, but if it was me, i would want the money now. receiver-heavy draft or not, he will be the first reciever picked. if a GM pick’s another reciever before him in this draft, he should be fired.
still@the bar
December 29th, 2010
7:06 pm
SuperB please pass me some of what you are smoking. Green doesn’t even lead Receiving stats at UGA so how can he be the best ever in the SEC. Green doesn’t even rank in the top 10 is the SEC by a long shot.
Wes Chandler
Don Hutson
Ozzie Newsome
Carlos Alvarez
Terry Beasley
Wendell Davis
Ike HillardTim Mcgee
Jabar Gaffney
David Palmer
Those are the TOP 10 all-time SEC receivers. You actually think AJ Green is even close to any of those guys? AHAHAHH
AJ Green’s ranking in the SEC
08 #37
09 #59
10 #71
And again you think AJ Green is the best to ever play in the SEC? AHHAHAHAHHAH
Please pass me some of what you are smoking.
Toyt Like A Tiger
December 29th, 2010
7:09 pm
Let me state the obvious….
A.J. Green=Gone
Justin Houston=Dallas Cowgirls
Brandon Boykin=Gone
Cordy Glenn=Stay
Trinton Sturdivant=Obviously stay if you want to be drafted at all.
Drew Butler=Obvious Stay but is one of the best punting prospects ive ever seen
Blair Walsh=Obvious Stay but his leg is NFL approved. He and Butler will be the first Kicker/Punter selected in the draft if they go.
Cuz
December 29th, 2010
7:31 pm
Trinton had better stay and get his degree. That would be his best choice for the future. He could have a good injury free season next year and improve his draft stock, which I feel is nonexistant now. Or he could declare for the draft, not get picked and lose his education. I hope for his sake he comes back.
Go for the sheepskin!
red hill
December 29th, 2010
7:47 pm
Good luck to these guys in the pros. I wonder if Richt might quit after the bowl game too. That would suit me just fine.
Camden Mark
December 29th, 2010
8:39 pm
Wish our coach would go on to the pros, anywhere, just go
FLA DAWG
December 29th, 2010
9:51 pm
Dawgs,
If you’ve got prospects of a good offer then take it.
Otherwise you’ll be a part of another Richt – demoralized team.
Best of Luck AJ and thanks for the memories.
NOBODYYOUKNOW
December 29th, 2010
9:52 pm
Tech, if you are not gonna be competitive in any sport,(and at this time you’re NOT.) Then get out of athletics. That bowl game with air force was pathetic. I would rather watch Buford H.S. and some other good high school play each other. I was a G.Tech fan years ago but got so disgusted I jumped ship.
Dawg 1
December 29th, 2010
10:35 pm
Let’s see… Georgia has beaten Tech 9 out of the last 10. Tech has lost 5 of the last 6 games they have played and we still get idiotic comments from Tech fans talking trash about how they are on the ‘up swing’ and how Georgia is losing all of their players.
What am I missing here?
GADSDENDAWG
December 29th, 2010
10:42 pm
AJ dont go. Come back for one more year. PLEASE DONT GO WE NEED YOU.
still@the bar
December 29th, 2010
10:43 pm
Dawg 1 you will see what it is like next year. Tech lost 4 very good and important underclassmen this year. we had 2 linemen go to different colleged for Grad school because they didn’t get into Tech. UGA will have a tough year next year at the start trying to find players to replace the players you may lose.
still@the bar
December 29th, 2010
10:44 pm
Dawg 1 you will see whne you lose some of these underclasmen next year.
jasont13
December 29th, 2010
11:47 pm
I just love reading what people post on here. You can tell the fake UGA fans. They are usually the ones who spell the players names incorrectly or call out games UGA will lose next year like the guys on page one who mentioned UGA will lose to Arkansas next year. Guess what idiot, UGA doesnt play Arkansas next year. Oh and then there is this so called UGA insider. You do know that they play 12 games in Division 1 football right? You claim that UGA could go 3-8 next year. Impossible when they play 12 games.
Some lame name here
December 30th, 2010
2:46 am
Loyalty? Why do they owe the fans anything?
Fair and Balanced
December 30th, 2010
2:52 am
Let ‘em go! It’s all about money now. The fact they are considering speaks volumes about the change since Richt came to Ga. We heard about unity and people NOT wanting to leave because of the fun of playing on a team like GA. Now it’s different. Richt has lost it.
Ha, ha...yea come on with yo come on!
December 30th, 2010
2:56 am
College football’s $1.1 billion profit:
Read it weep, GT L O S E R S! Can’t argue with the $ any way you try to slice the rsults.
http://money.cnn.com/2010/12/29/news/companies/college_football_dollars/index.htm
Paddy
December 30th, 2010
6:58 am
SOGADOG….you must be kidding me. A big time college coach trying to talk players out of going to the NFL. For what? Glory for the old red & black? If CMR tried that approach he would never win a recruiting battle against any opponent. Kent State would out recruit him in short order. He would also get fired for that kind of behavior.
Andy in Blairsville
December 30th, 2010
7:40 am
Stay at UGA and most likely get arrested and suspended all while having another 6-6 or 7-5 season or go get locked out of the NFL? I’d rather be locked out of the NFL too.
Lainie
December 30th, 2010
8:01 am
In the 1986 Jan Kemp trial, O. Hale Almand Jr., a lawyer for UGA, offered a justification for the favorable treatment accorded the athletes, citing a hypothetical player. “We may not make a university student out of him,” he told the jury, “but if we can teach him to read and write, maybe he can work at the post office rather than as a garbageman when he gets through with his athletic career.”
That trial exposed UGA for the football factory that it was, and exposed Vince Dooley as a fraud and a sleazebag. It also derailed Dooley’s plans for a political career. That’s why we see the decrepit old fraud doing TV commercials even now.
Mark Richt is just the latest in a line of sleazy UGA coaches who coddle athletes and discard them after four years of football. He recruits illiterate morons he knows aren’t smart enough for college, but he doesn’t care, as long as they help him line his pockets with millions of dollars each year.
UGA, winner of the Fulmer/Richt Cup and The Cesspool of the South.
Cherie
December 30th, 2010
8:05 am
I’ve never understood how anyone – even an alumnus – could support and take pride in UGA’s football team. When you look at their history for the past forty years, how can anyone ignore Jan Kemp and the “remedial studies” scam, the Jim Harrick fiasco, the DUIs in the athletic office, the DUIs and other arrests of players, the #1 party school tag (i.e., the most drunk students), the suspensions and outright dismissals, the Fulmer Cup, and on and on?
As disgraceful and humiliating as it is, I don’t see many alums and fans demanding an end to this sordid activity. It sets UGA apart as the kind of school most people abhor, and it’s become an embarrassment to the whole state of Georgia.
Will it never end? Apparently not while Mark Richt is at UGA. Richt is perhaps the biggest hypocrite in the United States. But even with all the cheating and lawlessness that he ignores, he still can’t win the SEC.
Buck Blew
December 30th, 2010
11:06 am
Green will be a bust in the NFL next season. He needs to come back for his senior season to get bigger and stronger.
Snoop Dawg
December 30th, 2010
1:00 pm
Interesting that Richt’s incompetence has led to such a level of disdain within the Bulldog Nation that the university can’t even sell its ticket allocation to the Liberty Bowl. They probably couldn’t even give them away. I don’t see too many folks traveling such a distance to watch the worst team in UGA’s long and storied history probably lose to lowly Central Florida. The Bulldog Nation expects the Dawgs to be playing the University of Florida, not the University of Central Florida. Nevertheless, I sense that da Preacha Man’s Koolaid isn’t working the wonders and causing such a euphoric state of hallucination as it has had over the past several years. Now that UGA will be losing big football revenue, the end is near for CEO Markt Wrecked and his Keystone Cops staff.
Snoop Dawg
December 30th, 2010
1:06 pm
If AJ Green needs some money, he should talk to Cam Newton’s dad about floating a loan for a year while he gets some meat on his bones in the SEC another year. Mr Newton could hold AJ’s diamond earring studs as collateral. Then Mr Newton could act as AJ’s agent when negotiating for a pimpy salary with bonus in the NFL…
Snoop Dawg
December 30th, 2010
1:09 pm
Mr Newton might be able to get Cam and AJ on the same team. Cam would be pitching to AJ, see… Perhaps they could join Michael Vick in Philadelphia. The Eagles would become the Philly Payolas…
Snoop Dawg
December 30th, 2010
1:10 pm
As a bonus, Mr Newton could get Cam and AJ big black Escalades to ride around in with spinners and all sorts of sounds within… Ambient lighting, too…
Snoop Dawg
December 30th, 2010
1:47 pm
Actually, the Philly Playahs sounds better…
NewnanDawg
January 4th, 2011
3:49 pm
Maybe we should request that the entire O-line leave early for the NFL.