Cordy Glenn returns, but will have new coach and maybe new position
ATHENS – When offensive lineman Cordy Glenn decided last week to remain at UGA for his senior season, rather than enter the NFL draft, he didn’t know he’d soon be getting a new coach.
But that will be the case, with the departure this week of offensive line coach Stacy Searels for the same position at Texas.
“I’ve spoken with Coach,” Glenn said today. “He just told me he loved me, and he wished us the best. It was a business decision; he had to do what was best for him and his family. I respect him. It’s a business at the end of the day.”
Glenn said he has no inkling who might be hired to replace Searels, but “I’m positive Coach Richt will bring somebody great in for us. I just want to play football. I really don’t care who the coach is. I just want to play.”
Speaking of playing: Glenn, who started all 13 games at left guard this past season, said he expects to play “a little tackle” next season. How much? “See how the season goes,” he said.
Glenn said he decided to return for his senior season for several reasons: “improving my draft status, getting closer to my degree and just helping this football team out.”
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Cornerback Brandon Boykin, who also decided last week to forgo the NFL draft and return for his senior season, said today that last season’s 6-7 record was “a disappointing season that nobody really was proud of” and that he didn’t want “to go out on that note.”
He said he’s encouraged by changes in the strength and conditioning program, and convinced the 2011 season will be much better.
“I think we’ve hit the ground running with this off-season program that you’ve heard a lot about, and everybody has high hopes,” Boykin said. “… Everybody really does feel we have a great chance to compete and win the SEC this year.
“Coming off [this past] season, nothing is going to be laid back at this point,” he added. “We’re not happy with where we ended, and everybody has that type of mindset that we want to get back on top. They definitely implemented that in the strength and conditioning program.”
Another reason Boykin decided to return for his senior season: He said he’s on track to graduate in December, meaning he can leave for the NFL next year with his degree in hand.
– Tim Tucker, UGA Blog
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Brucerugby79
January 22nd, 2011
4:05 pm
Well gotta like the attitude of those two-sounds like they got their heads screwed on straight–dang Tim was I first GO DAWGS
douglasville dawg
January 22nd, 2011
4:08 pm
Enter your comments here
Ward
January 22nd, 2011
4:11 pm
We need more staff changes to get better… Having Searels leave is a great thing for us, but now we have to get rid of Garner & Grantham; demote Bobo to QB coach or assistant offensive coordinator and bring someone else in to call plays… Then I can be excited.
Destin Dawg
January 22nd, 2011
4:16 pm
Special recruiting class coming !!! ( Dream ).. new mind set… no more seniority system.. more competition… more conitioning… Junk Yard Attitude.. Go Dawgs !!!
Destin Dawg
January 22nd, 2011
4:18 pm
Grantham, Bekin, and Lakatos will show great improvement on D with a serious S & C program … Go Dawgs !!!
Destin Dawg
January 22nd, 2011
4:18 pm
Belin that is
Destin Dawg
January 22nd, 2011
4:20 pm
UGA 2nd to Vandy in SEC in graduating FB players too !!
FanSince59
January 22nd, 2011
4:24 pm
I am not going to bet any money on any improvement till I’ve seen the first two games.
armenchuck
January 22nd, 2011
4:31 pm
First
BobDawg
January 22nd, 2011
4:33 pm
McGarity/Richt has them focused on all phases of improvement when I was in Athens last week and winning the Recruiting Wars first; then S & C; then NO Off season arrests and then major improvement next Fall….
Quite worrying about the coaching staff. It is taking care of itself….
Reality
January 22nd, 2011
4:34 pm
Coach Al Groh is old…… like Dick Cheney old.
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Kent Turene
January 22nd, 2011
4:36 pm
I am hearing some rumors that Kent Turene is thinking about switching from USC to UGA. Has anyone heard anything about that? He looks like a beast at middle linebacker!
German Shepherd Dawg
January 22nd, 2011
4:45 pm
Two words: Hugh Nall.
dawg149
January 22nd, 2011
4:49 pm
Damn “Ward” give Grantham a chance……OL coach change is a plus, and play-calling needs revisiting……..need to sign couple more players…….get off that panic button…..only direction is up
dawg149
January 22nd, 2011
4:52 pm
“German Shepherd Dawg”…….AGREED!!!!!!……..Nall is a damn good coach……would love to see him on “our” sideline for once. See ya in Thomaston.
Preston
January 22nd, 2011
4:57 pm
has Turene been committed to SoCal or SC?
SLICK RICHT
January 22nd, 2011
4:59 pm
Excuse me everyone, I have to go study some football. After all its what I love most.
aarh
January 22nd, 2011
5:01 pm
dawg149- I totally agree! Everybody blamed Martinez, & now certain people are blaming Grantham & eberyobdy else. He worked under Saban befoe, & he said he was one of hte best assistants he’s had work for him. It was his first yr. implementing a 3-4. AL. struggled in saban’s first yr. implementing it as well. I’m really starting to think that UGA has just lacked the play makers on defence here lately, bc it can’t be everybodies fault. I just hope we can keep un the good recruiting so far, & I’m sure if Grantham gets the players the defense will be better.
kgb
January 22nd, 2011
5:02 pm
If anyone can, take a look at the dawgs 1st game last year – Grantham had the defense fired up all game long and really showed his passion and the defense really responded. Now take a look at the next weeks game with SC and see the difference. If Grantham had been wearing a muzzle I would not have been surprised because the lack of fire by the defense & Grantham was fully evident for all to see. The defense was much softer. It’s pretty clear Richt sat him down and let him know his high energy behavior was too much for the low key Richt.
Paul N Destin
January 22nd, 2011
5:15 pm
Mr. Glenn…Nick told you how things would be if you can to Bama as well as how things would be at UGA. Enjoy the Music City Bowl …again.
Tim Tucker
January 22nd, 2011
5:16 pm
Preston: Turene has been committed to Southern Cal. Visiting UGA today.
Midland Dog
January 22nd, 2011
5:17 pm
kgb, you might be on to something, there…..
Prince of Alabama
January 22nd, 2011
5:18 pm
You both would never make it on our Tide team!
Gofortwo
January 22nd, 2011
5:21 pm
It seems I heard about everyone having to compete for their job at every practice for the last year or two. Now, it being said like it some new idea. As CR has demostrated loyalty to coaches and players
over the years, that where the mind set needs to change. It’s a hard cold fact, but CR will reward his senior players with playing time, indifferent to their production. Many of our players would have been riding the bench if they had played for Urban at Florida.
0ld timer
January 22nd, 2011
5:28 pm
I fully agree with KGB
SouthGA Dawg
January 22nd, 2011
5:46 pm
Turene is a DAWG but cant be official until he decommitts. It will be Monday before it can be reported. Great pickup he is a beast.
10 to 6
January 22nd, 2011
6:07 pm
This guy Glenn needs to get serious and hit the weight room immediately as with all of our players. Im tired of seeing mickey mouse teams pushing our LOS around.
GATADAWG
January 22nd, 2011
6:08 pm
Good for both of these guys… Get that degree. GO DAWGS
trupert
January 22nd, 2011
6:12 pm
Way to go Boykin! You don’t have a championship but you’ll have something that 80% of all the players on Aubie and Bamer will never have which is a Degree.
Jwall
January 22nd, 2011
6:17 pm
@kgb
Richt said in his press conf. after game one “you got to love the passion from grantham. Fans can finally see what we see in practice”. SO Your Wrong!!!
tide roll
January 22nd, 2011
6:17 pm
Tim. This dream team’s offensive line recruits are lacking big time. Who’s evaluating these kids? After his appearance in the U/A game Dabell dropped an incredible 150 spots completely out of the Rivals 250. Why aren’t in-state kids like Chance Warmack, Roke Watkins, Ed Christian and Jujuan James, and Xzavier Ward given the opportunity to play for their dream school?
edumacated
January 22nd, 2011
6:19 pm
6-7 and that knucklehead is talking about winning the SEC next year. How about you beat Florida for a change first?
benadawg
January 22nd, 2011
6:21 pm
I like Thomas Brown coming in, I feel like Richt reeled Searles in because he has always been a fired up guy, breaking Clip boards and kicking ass…….the last few years not even a whimper, reverend richt needs to save the preaching for the Sunday.
Bernie Matt
January 22nd, 2011
6:22 pm
Hope Garner does a better job of coaching the D line this year! Not bad if we get Jenkins, but Geathers is a man also, just needs time on the field!
Top Recruit
January 22nd, 2011
6:24 pm
Boykin is a “player”. It is fun to watch him. You can bet in 2011 he will be on a mission. Do not think I want him to be hitting me in a game. Look for him to punish some players this fall.
K Conley
January 22nd, 2011
6:29 pm
@ Ward, Grantham doesn’t need to go anywhere. The defense was much improved this year with probably slightly less talent. I have no doubt that UGA will finish with a top 20 D this upcoming year and Grantham will be one of the major reasons why. Ward, you know not of what you speak. That being said, gotta get big John Jenkins this weekend, sew up Crowell, and if the Turene rumor is true, things are really rolling. Go Dawgs!!!
ECDawg
January 22nd, 2011
6:34 pm
If our players played half as well a game as they talk, we would’ve never been 6-7 last year.
Talk is cheap….hush and prepare for next season. Let your performance starting in September say it all………
bama 2nd n state
January 22nd, 2011
6:53 pm
Prince of bama. U must not remember how uga has beaten alabama 3 of the last 4 times we played.
tide roll
January 22nd, 2011
6:54 pm
Tim, If they move Cordy to right tackle and Bean Anderson back to right guard. Now your talking. Throw in Bruce Figgins at fullback, and Crowell will average 200 rushing yrds. per game.
Sopwith Camel
January 22nd, 2011
7:00 pm
Jwall, no, KGB is correct.
Jwall
January 22nd, 2011
7:08 pm
well Camel i watched grantham get in the players face during the Arkansas, Tennessee, and GT games with my own two eyes
Observationalist
January 22nd, 2011
7:13 pm
Does anyone ever notice that AJC writers comment on their blog only to the simplest questions or the easiest answers while some that ask legitimate great questions go unanswered constantly. Sure seems like they are doing just the bare minimum of their job. Here is a prime example. Preston asks: Where is Turene committed to? Tim responds: USC (west) and he is visiting UGA
WOW THANKS TIM GREAT INFO! Given you are a paid uga analyst for the AJC, id expect some better insider knowledge, blog management and question answering skills.
Jwall
January 22nd, 2011
7:32 pm
i get your point but tim tucker is not the recruiting expert and he answered his question
Who let the tards out?
January 22nd, 2011
7:39 pm
UGA used to win on running the ball and playing defense. We haven’t done much of either for a while now. For UGA to win, we’ve got to win time of possession and stop opposing teams on 3rd down. Pretty simple.
SentientDawg
January 22nd, 2011
8:06 pm
While it’s important to note that strength and conditioning has an apparent new-found focus, that should have been obvious. It’s football — key success elements, among others, are strength and conditioning. Championship teams, appropriately led, don’t lose focus, any year.
1962 Dawg
January 22nd, 2011
8:07 pm
Prince of Alabama
Needs to move to Bel Aire to be a prince, not on the Bulldawg blog.
Boykin and Glenn were both offered free rides with Saban and both refused.
Congrats to Boykin, nothing like going to the NFL with a Diploma in your back pocket.
Lots of NFL players try to come back to school after the NFL days are over and it’s tough to do with the wife and kids and all.
Hats off to Boykin——–DAMN GOOD DAWG!!!!
hbcuclassics
January 22nd, 2011
8:27 pm
2011 HBCU Draft Board – WRs (1-5)
1. Raymond Webber 6′2, 218 WR Ark-PB
AP/FCS All-American, Walter Payton Award Finalist
led NCAA 101 rec. 1,429yds 10TDs 129.9ypg.
only receiver w/ more receptions is Jerry Rice.
Coach: Monte Coleman (don’t be stupid on this one)
2. Ricardo Lockette, 6′3, 199 WR/KR FVSU
2009 DII 200 Meter Champion
23 rec./232 yds. 4.39-4.41/40yd. dash
Mentor: Terrence Mathis – track guy
3. Ronnie Childs 6′2 195 WR Albany State
BASN All-American, All-SIAC, SIAC Champ 11-1
45 rec./ 22ypc./12TDs – (all he does is catch TDs)
4. Jeremy Franklin 6′3, 199 WR/KR JC Smith
3x All-CIAA, JC Smith All-time leading receiver
55 rec/823 yds/5 TDs – fierce, beats up DBs.
5. Larrone Moore 6′0, 185 WR/KR Delaware St.
25 rec. 450yds 4TDs, 18.8ypc – another track guy
2x Maryland 4A 100m champ, 55m Maryland State champ
4.29-4.36/ 40yd dash (has Deion-like speed)
http://www.hbcuclassics.com
corey
January 22nd, 2011
8:31 pm
Kent Turene commited to Uga today, they cant make it official until his official is over.
Go Dawgs
January 22nd, 2011
8:36 pm
Will someone PLEASE get the word to this team and these coaches…..NO MORE SMACK TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU’RE GOING TO DO NEXT YEAR…SHUT UP AND JUST SHOW US. SICK OF ALL THE TALK BEFORE THE SEASON STARTS AND IT TURNS INTO A BIG FLOP…AFTER LAST YEAR- NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR ANYTHING….JUST PROVE IT WHEN THE SEASON STARTS…..
Worm
January 22nd, 2011
8:59 pm
Now that’s funny!..Headline on front page says Dawgs “edge” Miss. ST…
bhamDawg!
January 22nd, 2011
9:18 pm
Bama and auburn weak next year…Dawgs on the rise…Grantham needs to take some heads off and kick some butt! Dawgs win East and crush LSU in Atlanta! Bank on it!
bhamDawg!
January 22nd, 2011
9:21 pm
And what’s up with all the bama fans on here? Nothing to talk about on the Tide blog? Understand the facts, bama fans, your Saban does not love bama, he failed in the NFL like Spurrier and a $4 mil. paycheck paved the way to Tuscaloosa. He will turn on you soon and bye, bye! Mike Price aka strippergate, will be your new coach…Bank on it!
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GDawg
January 22nd, 2011
9:25 pm
Dawgs fans, the top two linebackers weren’t on the field last year during the games. Richard Samual and Jarvis Jones were KILLING it on the practice squad! They both REDSHIRTED last year and will have instant impact this fall. Bean Anderson and the big guy from Mississippi (if we can get him to come to UGA) will be a massively different D. This fall should be way more fun! I want Richt to stay. If we can’t do it this year with the recruits…it will be a long 3-5 years for UGA.
Dr. Phil
January 22nd, 2011
9:27 pm
The key to next fall will be in how Richt handles the spring semester arrests.
Lakedawg
January 22nd, 2011
9:30 pm
Anyone hear the second phase of SoCal punishment comes down tomorrow. Theu might be losing some of those 25 committments, including hopefully Kent Turene to the Dawgs.
Mike
January 22nd, 2011
9:30 pm
We did bank on it or took a with-drawal and banked that our 4 million investment would surpass your investment in “Tan Man”. Guess what 36-5 last 3 years with a championship. All expense paid trips to lets see Pasadena, New Orleans and Orlando. How did those trips to Shrevport and Memphis work out for your “Bank on It”. Almost forgot were you guys number 1 when we woke up your last Dream Team at half-time. I love these gimmicks Richt pulls Dream Team I have to laugh.
JAWJeRDAWG
January 22nd, 2011
9:31 pm
Corey and Brandon:
Thanks for your re-commitment to the Dawgs, and a renewed attitude of wanting to go out as winners. Be leaders in the off-season S&C program and in your dedication to prepare to compete and win. Go Dawgs!
BobDog
January 22nd, 2011
9:32 pm
@Ward: Grantham needs more than one year to get his system going and get the right personnel. He had to take the players available last year without a trut NG. He needs at least one or two more years to get it in place.
@German Shephard Dog: Hugh Nall is happy in his job where he is and I would be surprised to see him leave it. Coaching is unstable and, frankly, an OL position at UGA doesn’t pay enough to abandon his current career. Look at the way Auburn treated him. Those were his guys blocking for Cam Newton this year and look at the credit he gets.
Mike
January 22nd, 2011
9:32 pm
Bama and Auburn weak next year? I must laugh. The state that owns college football weak? NEVER
JAWJeRDAWG
January 22nd, 2011
9:34 pm
Sorry @ CORDY (not Corey) and Brandon:
Dawg Whisperer
January 22nd, 2011
10:20 pm
Bow wow… is there anyone in the state of Georgia that does not have an opinion on the UGA coordinators? My opinion is that college football is big buisness and those that have the responsibility for creating and maintaining revenue know a lot more about all that is going on than I and most folks. I know what I see on TV/Sanford field and read on the AJC which is probably the extent of 99% of those that comment.
Dawgfan0711
January 22nd, 2011
10:28 pm
Any truth to the rumor of the linebacker, Kent Turene commiting to the Dawgs today? I looked at the espn web page and it says he is a verbal to usc. I know verbals aren’t binding but was wondering why it hasn’t been announced if it was true. Do they have to wait until the official visit is over? Thanks in advance for any replys. Go dawgs!!!
CHUCK UGA
January 22nd, 2011
11:08 pm
Really stupid for people to start suggesting UGA could win a NC next year. REALLY stupid. Let’s see if we can beat Tennessee and Florida in the same season for the first time since 1988. Let’s see if we can beat Boise State led by a Heisman candidate at QB (they will be just as good people). Let’s see if we can beat a very much better South Carolina program and not allow a second straight loss to them. Then I may believe Richt has it turned around. But for now, I don’t expect much to change. Anything less than a 3-1 or 4-0 start will doom Mr. Richt.
CHUCK UGA
January 22nd, 2011
11:10 pm
Forgot to add Miss State will be even better in 2011. Plus they have an all-world coach. Let’s see how UGA responds in that matchup.
Carlton
January 22nd, 2011
11:15 pm
@ Mike:
Yeah, hate to say it. Auburn’s going to be weak next year. You know the difference between their 8-4 season 2 years ago and their perfect season last year? Cam Newton and Nick Fairley (who both came in for last season and are now leaving). ALSO, need I remind you that Auburn is losing their top wide receiver AND 4 of their 5 offensive linemen..umm..good luck replacing all those losses (not to mention Auburn will STILL have their anemic secondary in place).
And Bama can replenish (which I’m afraid of as a Dawg fan) but they are also losing Mark Ingrham, Greg McElroy, Julio Jones, and some seniors on both offense and defense. It will be hard to replace each of those key components so I must say that UGA has a fair chance of winning it all. LSU will be our biggest competition in the West but UGA doesn’t play LSU or Bama next year. Florida has the new coaches and the players who were perfect for Meyer’s system but not what Muschamp is bringing to Gainesville, Auburn will be down and UGA only plays @ Tennessee, Vandy, Ole Miss, and GA Tech next year. Boise State will practically be a home game (in the GA Dome) and FL is always neutral. I think UGA can make a run based on these facts…
savannadawg
January 22nd, 2011
11:24 pm
kgb, you hit the perverbial “nail on the head” thing with Grantham and Richt. He did it to Van Gorder too. Told them they were being too “over the top” so to speak. By the time BVG left the program, his defenses were on the way down! But going back to what you said. Grantham was not the same after the first game. Know why? Cause some players momma heared her son getting cussed out over a stupid mistake made on the field. I’ve said this for a while now too people I know. but if CMR ain’t careful he has already hired his replacement. That would be CTG in my honest opinion. The guy has way more credentials than Richt does. Don’t be surprised if all our departed LB’s aren’t drafted by an NFL team.
savannadawg
January 22nd, 2011
11:46 pm
I also have to respond to people saying UGA is gonna win this and that and has a chance hear and there. We, yes and including myself in the past, have talk about how all these possibilities can occure if this or that happens. I just can’t anymore. I just don’t believe Mark Richt knows how to be dedicated enough to consistantly beat the other coaches in the conference. I mean I hate to say that, but the facts are there. You know I may be wrong. He may not be smart enough. It is after all a huge chess match that must be won or lost in the manner of one hour not counting time outs and intermission. If CMR could get back the magic he once had of coarse everything would change. But one can oviously tell he is just not that into it. Making boys into men and productive citizens is a great banner to hold up. but I question motivation. See, if he can’t motivate himself to be the “best darn football coach in the USA” how is he going to motivate others?????????
BoWeevil
January 22nd, 2011
11:46 pm
“I just want to play football. I really don’t care who the coach is. I just want to play.”
I guess that about sums it up for a team who is 14-12 over the last two (2) seasons.
BoWeevil
January 22nd, 2011
11:50 pm
“Don’t be surprised if all our departed LB’s aren’t drafted by an NFL team.”
I know this about the departed linebackers : we don’t have any left to play the 3-4.
We can play the 3-0
dawgforlife
January 23rd, 2011
1:10 am
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RED DOG 77
January 23rd, 2011
1:22 am
BoWeevil……….Put a lid on it dumbass, you made more sense when you were “BuLLdawg”……….Ofcourse most of us see you still as “Little Miss Debbie Downer “…….RED
dawgforlife
January 23rd, 2011
1:24 am
here comes “tide roll” again with his racist overtones about how UGA is racist becasue the entire offensive line isn’t black. May I point out, Johnson drafted by the Falcons from Bama is very white. you meantion Zach DeBell falling in the ranking because he is white…and all the other kids you mentioned you say “do not have a chance to play for their dream team” they are all black. Truth is, Zach DeBell was offered on potential. He is 6ft 7 265…too light to play right now…but, great feet and physical stength. He projects to 6ft 7 315 after a red-shirt year and the weight room. As for those other players, most of them, if not all of them, hold UGA offers…Jujwan was one of UGA’s top priorities last season and chose to go to TN. UGA will put what is perceived as the best players on the field. If those perceptions are wrong, those coaches will be fired and replaced. That being the case, they are not going to let color (either way) cost them a job. Your theory would suggest there are no elite white offensive linemen. Ever hear of Joe Thomas, Jake Long, or the greatest player in the history of the University of Alabama according to the top 100 players all time in the NFL per NFL.com…John Hannah..check them all…they are melanin deprived.
nash
January 23rd, 2011
4:10 am
Boweevil look at the depth chart and the guys that where recruited last year and this . The team has a couple of Lb’s on the charts But lets talk about the Holyfield fight dude got killed in two round. He got beat up a little bit and then said I DON’T WANT NO MOE. The fix had to be in. Holychump is a bum. Where is the champion I remember from the 90’s. Is it that bad that he take a two round beating to get a check. As a matter of fact he never took a beating. He got hit three times and said enough. I saw the fight for free and I want some form of monetary compensation.
RED DOG 77
January 23rd, 2011
5:30 am
Chuck UGA ……….So-called Georgia fans like yourself may well get what you want if Mark Richt is pushed out the door, but be sure it won’t be a result of your intelligents spewing venom all over blogs like this one. Unless a Cam Newton falls in your lap, it usually takes quite a while to start over with a whole new coaching staff. This “new age” college football fan mentality makes me want to puke………..you squeal like a baby in a highchair when your team loses, and drools all over youself when your team wins……….grow-up young man, and get a grip ! anyone who has followed college football for more than 10 years will tell you it all runs in cycles……..Alabama lost to La. Monroe just 3 short years ago, before that, they were horrible for the previous 10 years……..how about them Texas Longhorns this past year ? or the winningest program in all of college football, Michigan ? Southern Cal, Miami, Notre Dame, UT………..Yea keep spewing your crap……..you may get what you want, mabe 10 years of misery………..fools like yourself come on here trying desperately to prove to everyone how damn smart you are, just to convince me of your stupidity……….Regards, RED
UGASlobberknocker
January 23rd, 2011
6:52 am
“Go Dawgs” comment above is exactly right..but extend it to apply to some of the b loggers on this board. No one wants to hear trash talk from a 6-7 team or their fans.
Palm City Dawg
January 23rd, 2011
7:18 am
Ward, Grantham will have one of if not THE BEST defense in the SEC next year. Look at the improved stats with lack of 4-3 personnel. Our defense will be dominent with the personnel he will have coming in and the men coming back. The schemes will be tougher for the opposing offenses and the all play will be at a much higher and intense level. GOOOOOOOOOOOO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!
Destin Dawg
January 23rd, 2011
7:20 am
Remember we got 3 new coaches on Defense last year…. T.G. plus Lakatos and Belin ( who was also recruiting coordinator at Vandy )… maybe Caldwell will will be our new O.L. coach too ???? going UP HILL in Athens !!!!! with a super freshman class … win the 1st 2 games it could be a DREAM season… Go Dawgs !!!
Paddy
January 23rd, 2011
7:34 am
SoGeorgia Dawg…….I don’t know if you meant to be funny @5:46 but I sure lol. Turene can’t be official to UGA until he decommits from USC. Why do you need to decommit officially from a commit that is not official? That was funny stuff Dawg!!!
Black Mountain Bulldog
January 23rd, 2011
7:45 am
Rodney Garner is an excellent coach. Take a look at some of the D lineman he has developed, who now play on Sundays. I for one do not want to get rid, of him.
The Dogs will be allright, now that we have an Athletics Director, who isn’t preoccupied, with a life of wild times.
McGarity has taken Richt and the boys to the wood shed and now they are back focused and ready to go.
Evidence #1 look at the coahes intensity out on the recruiting trail, this year as compared, to the last few seasons.
Also I bet Richt will be much more involved in the Offensive game planning and play calling this year.
Richt now knows his gluteus maximus is on the line.
Buckeye
January 23rd, 2011
8:03 am
UGA remains unranked. Your “dream team” has not attended one college class nor played in a college game. Keep “dreaming” you Liberty Bowl Losers.
Go BUCKS! 20-0, # 1 in the Country. Our Frosh Sullinger would take Howard Thompkins the woodshed.
Jborodawg
January 23rd, 2011
8:33 am
It’s great that Glenn and Boykin are coming back. Glenn “playing a little tackle” might help, we’ll see.
“I think we’ve hit the ground running with this off-season program …everybody has high hopes,” Boykin said. “… Everybody really does feel we have a great chance to compete and win the SEC this year…”
To you naysayers about his statement: the team is SUPPOSED to set high goals, winning the SEC should be the top one. Keep this goal in mind, then about August 15th make Boise the main goal.
al.com
January 23rd, 2011
8:55 am
I have decided to stay= I will not be drafted very high
yogi2
January 23rd, 2011
9:17 am
Bring Mike Shula to Athens. Tar and feather Bobo
Evansdawg
January 23rd, 2011
9:28 am
Don’t you all just love the homepage of the AJC today! Scroll down toward the bottom of the page on the left column and VERY familiar words are displayed…
UGA Wins | Tech Falls
As usual.
harold
January 23rd, 2011
9:40 am
GEORGIA FANS ARE SICK OF THIS “DREAM TEAM” TALK. RICHT IS IN SERIOUS TROUBLE WITH A 13-11 SEC SLATE LAST TWO YEARS & NO SEC TITLE GAME FOR SIX LONG YEARS. THE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS ARE NOW AUBURN AND ALABAMA. GEORGIA IS AVERAGE IN FOOTBALL.
RICHT WILL LIKELY BE FIRED NEXT YEAR. I WOULDN’T GO THERE IF I WAS A FOUR OR FIVE STAR.
Big Dawg Cobb
January 23rd, 2011
9:45 am
It’s funny to see all the fake postings on this board. Some people have way too much time on their hands..
ugab
January 23rd, 2011
9:54 am
Boise State will be ready.
Willl
January 23rd, 2011
10:18 am
Tom:
As someone who is close to the Glenn family, I can tell you his comments exactly reflect the character of this young man – loyal and supportive and positive.
I will also tell you that he was near inconsolable regarding the loss of his position coach last week. IF he had known his position coach was going to leave, I am certain he would have declared for the NFL.
On another note – who do you think is the better UGA Head Coach – Richt or Fox?
In terms of getting the most out of the talent on hand, I would have to say Mark Fox is the far better coach. Coach Fox’s talent level on the court represent, at best, the mid-level talent in the SEC whereas Coach Richt year in and year out recruits the top tier talent of SEC football players.
Coach Fox and his staff appear to have the ability to recruit good players and make them better. Coach Richt and his staff appear to have the ability to recruit great players. Period.
Florida Dawg
January 23rd, 2011
10:20 am
Just a hint……..beat Florida and your problems will go away.
Glenn
January 23rd, 2011
10:28 am
One of several changes that will help Ga next year. Point blank what did he do for the OL I am so glad he is gone. Maybe someone will take Bobo too. If Bobo stays long enough he make turn into a great coach. I assure you they have one more year to prove there worth. That’s just the way it is.
Delusions of granduer
January 23rd, 2011
10:29 am
I just had to chime in to the dawg blawg to get my laugh for the day. Seems I’ve read several dawg posters on here saying the dawgs have a legit chance of winning it all this year. Are you guys smoking a newly invented supercrack or something? You really think this pathetic 6-7 team that lost to UCF in a bowl game and loses AJ Green can win it all? Good grief.
Then some of you kool-aid drinkers compare yourselves with Bama which has a real legit chance of winning it all this year. Bama is ranked no 2 to no. 4 preseason 2011 depending on which poll you look at. The reason? Bama returns 9 starters on D, returns 4 of 5 O-lineman, and its recruiting classes the last 3 years were no. 1 in both 08 and 09 and no. 4 class last year. The tide will certainly end this year most likely as the top class yet again for the 3rd time in 4 years.
What’s that about Ingram leaving? Its okay. Got Trent “the beast” Richardson coming back. Mich state can also tell you a thing or 2 about our 3rd tailback Eddie Lacy. Julio Jones gone? So what. We got every other receiver back and have been stockpiling them for years. New QB? So what. AJ McCarron is the real deal. Taller, more talented than Greg McElroy, superb in backup duty and limited play, the man is going to rock the SEC. BTW your midget aint even in the same league as this qb.
You guys will be back to back 6-7 and Richt will be fired. Deal with it LOSERS!
What is his position?
January 23rd, 2011
10:46 am
Would someone splain what position Mr. Kent Tureen plays?
UGA can always go 9-3 or 10-2 or better, and occasionally 8-4, if UGA signs EVERY year, solid, beefy and smart O linemen and D linemen. We don’t do that and then we become desperate due to normal attrition and flunk outs.
We have over looked this strategy for years and that is why late in games, we are getting abused. My wife knows nada about college football or pee wee football for that matter, and she recoginzed this to be true of UGA line play. Fix that and UGA can win again. Folks, this is not neuro surgery.
GO Dogs.
What has Bama done lately?
January 23rd, 2011
10:51 am
Alabama had one wodnerful year in 09. NC and congrats. Year before that, they were blown out and abused by Idaho State or Utah in the Sugar Bowl. They were stomped.
Bama was nothing in 2010. They had the team of teams in August BUT ………….BUT Saban could not deliver. It is over for Alabama for another 20-25 years. AU owns them now in recruiting. Saban will not hang around to see Alabama be dominated by AU. His ego will not allow that.
If Saban does not win the NC in 2011 ……………..he will take another gig. He is a wanderlust kind of guy. Period.
These things run in cycles. Alabama is on the way down. See 2010 and that proves it.
Snoop Dawg
January 23rd, 2011
11:06 am
Folks, HOPE IS NOT A METHOD!
Great to hear seniors like Cordy Glenn and Brandon Boykin want to finish out at the Red and Black. It isn’t business, it’s love. If Searles was doing a 9-5 job for business, good riddance.
Unfortunately, no amount of player enthusiasm will make up for the total lack of passion or leadership that Mark Richt displays. My wife, who isn’t a football fan, remarked that he acted as if he had no interest or passion for coaching while she watched him on the sidelines during a game last season. He just doesn’t have it in him, and no amount of studying football will cure him. In addition, Mike Bobo is definitely in over his head. He just doesn’t get it and probably never will. At best, he should be returned to QB coach and probably just dismissed.
If you want to win championships, you need “the eye of the tiger”, not the lamb. If you want another SEC championship, we need a coaching staff of lions. Currently, we have the lambs.
Winning will not return to UGA until we have a winner at the head coach position.
Adams and McGarrity are burning daylight every day that they put off the inevitable.
Snoop Dawg
January 23rd, 2011
11:09 am
The DREAM TEAM will be a reality when we get world class beef on the lines. These skill players are nothing without the hogs clearing out the opposition and terrorizing the other team.
Snoop Dawg
January 23rd, 2011
11:16 am
Red Dog 77, I just read your blog. I’m sorry, but you are not thinking soundly. It does not take ten years for a new coaching staff to turn a program around. Look at any of the SEC teams that whoop up on us now to see. No matter how long it takes to turn it around, it can’t get any worse than what it is: a losing season and losing a bowl game to Central Floriday! Come on! Every day that we delay the hard decision to cut Richt’s tether is another day that a new coach will need to turn it around. Hope is not going to change a thing. Try to look at it objectively. Any objective analysis points to the fact that Richt has to go.
Still@theBAR
January 23rd, 2011
11:31 am
DO you think there will be a BIG change in the Blocking Schemes or just work on Better Technique?
This change should allow All the O-linemen a NEW Fresh Clean look for the coach and that could help the young guys more than the old guys.
AltamahaDawg
January 23rd, 2011
11:34 am
the 3-0. Have to admit that was funny.
Mike
January 23rd, 2011
12:11 pm
Bama down. Youre kidding right. Lets see 10-3 top ten finish with a rebuilt defense made up of sophomores. Tell me again how that 6-7 finish felt. How has the past 3 Dream Teams worked out for you. I remember the blogs when Caleb King signed with Georgia. We will playing for championships and King will win TWO Heismans. How did that pan out? Anyone? Anyone? Thought so. By the way Bruce Miller of CF grew up only wanting to be a Dawg. Richt would not acknowledge his existance on a visit with Tripp Chandler. Last time I looked Dream Team 2 QB Aaron Murray was running for his life from Miller. Nice assessment by “Tan Man”
jsmooth
January 23rd, 2011
1:03 pm
Hey Buteye: Is that a marijuana leaf growing on the side of those ugly helmets. Well it took a good while for you buteyes to finally beat an SEC team in a any bowl. If Arkansas receivers could catch a ball and a break or two, you would have lost that game to! Keep wishing you could play in the SEC instead of the BIG FLOP. By the way, your players should have not been able to play in the bowl game, however, someone felt sorry for OSU and allowed them to play. Rules are different for certain folks. Loser!
Whisky Breath
January 23rd, 2011
6:57 pm
I am not sure I have seen more homers in a long time. You do realize Ga went 6 and 7 and lost to Central Florida? Are you guys aware the same head coach is still there?
I want some of the same thing you guys are drinking.
Who Cares
January 23rd, 2011
7:36 pm
Tide Roll, u sound like a broken record. Every post you brag about Womack, and Carpenter, yet you never mention the fact that UGA’s center Ben Jones is better than Bama’s center, and yet he is from Alabama. Also you never mention that the weak link to Bama’s team this year was their O.L. Both backs ypc was down almost a full yard, and Bama gave up almost twice as many sacks this year. So go back to your b.o.l. site and cry with the rest of the bama fans about losing both studs form valdosta, and you might want to worry about losing the stud from griffin on nsd. It’s funny how Bama comes off of a national title, and yet they are only concerned about out recruiting a terrible UGA team that went 6-7. UGA will be back, but they don’t have to worry about being back when it comes to Bama, because the last time i looked, UGA had beaten bama 3 or the last 4 games, and UGA and the pitiful Richt had beaten bama 3 times in a row until 2008. One last thing, do you remember how to say UGA isn’t man enough? I think UGA kicked your mighty tide’s ass in the famous tuscaloosa that year. Go show your ignorance on the b.o.l. site, where you clowns predicted on the front page that Mitchell was commiting to the tide. Have a good time on this site until NSD, when you will lose your top d.e. recruit to UGA!!
Delusions of granduer
January 23rd, 2011
7:39 pm
Who cares,
So Georgia beat Bama 3 out of the last 4? So what. Bama beat Georgia 4 of the last 7. We also won the only one that counts- that being the last game played. Oh, and might I add that we dominate Georgia in the head to head series. 36-24. WE OWN YOU! Deal with it and get over it.
UCF
January 23rd, 2011
7:40 pm
Don’t forget. We own Georgia also.
Dawg Tired
January 23rd, 2011
8:20 pm
Here’s the deal: Stop talking and start getting the job done! Talk is cheap, and, as we know based on experience, actually easy. Getting the job done; not so easy. Actions speak louder than words. In fact, I would like to see no talking, either on or off the field, and just good solid football. When that happens, I’ll be satisfied.
Dawg Tired
January 23rd, 2011
8:22 pm
The same goes for those folks from other schools talking their crap on a blog article that has absolutely nothing to do with whatever team they follow. What’s wrong with you folks. Are you really that lonely. Get a friend, just one ought to do it.
RED DOG 77
January 23rd, 2011
8:44 pm
Snoop Dawg……..With all due respect, take a look at Alabama and their record 10 years prior to Saban arriving……..No it usually doesn’t take 10 years to turn a program around, but programs have gotten “stuck” having made ill-advised changes………..Mark Richt is a winner, on that we may disagree………but given his “body of work” over the last ten years, we could certainly do worse. I subscribe to the theory that college football programs run in cycles……..note my examples……..When Michigan was down, they went out and got W.Virginias coach…….looks like that didn’t work out so well, now Michigan gets to start over yet again after three mabe four years with Rodrigues………be careful what you wish for, Grantham has had but one year, and while you may not like Mark Richt, I do believe given time, he has proved to be an excellent coach that can pull things together………….but even if he can’t, remember, these five star prospects read these blogs……….you may well be underminding your own team, my friend !……….It won’t be you or me who decides wheather Richt stays or goes……….I would subscribe to you: supporting our Georgia Bulldogs will work to help turn the team around much faster than tearing them down………Regards, RED
Skitty Fritty
January 23rd, 2011
10:07 pm
Bama:
I wouldn’t talk a lot considering you were pre-season #1 and ended up losing 3 games. You didn’t even play in a BCS game.
Also, your arch rival beat you and won the national title and the Heisman trophy this year so you are not even the best team in your own state.
In 2011, Bama was average.
Mike Tomlin
January 23rd, 2011
10:13 pm
Rex Ryan is my bitch. Bend over, fat boy.
Rex Ryan
January 23rd, 2011
10:16 pm
Up yours, Coach. You doing a great job with Bill Cowher’s team.
Roger Goodell
January 23rd, 2011
10:18 pm
You are both fined for trash talking, even if Rex is a fat bitch.
Mark Richt -
January 23rd, 2011
10:19 pm
Enter your comments here
Mark Richt -
January 23rd, 2011
10:19 pm
Coach Tomlin -
What’s it like to win a championship?
Nick Saban
January 23rd, 2011
10:21 pm
Feels pretty good, Mark. Want to see one of my rings?
Mark Richt
January 23rd, 2011
10:22 pm
Nick, if I was not such such a good Christian man I would tell you to go f–k yourself.
Gene Chizek
January 23rd, 2011
10:24 pm
Hey, it’s easy to win a championship when you have the best team money can buy.
Joe Namath
January 23rd, 2011
10:27 pm
Suzy Kolber still looks hot. I want to kiss her. And Rex Ryan is a fat bitch.
Suzy Kolber
January 23rd, 2011
10:30 pm
Sorry, Joe, I know you’ve sobered up, but you’re a little old for me. Rex Ryan is a fat bitch, though.
Bill Bellichick
January 23rd, 2011
10:31 pm
I can’t believe I didn’t beat that fat bitch.
Peyton Manning
January 23rd, 2011
10:33 pm
Heck, I can’t believe we lost to that fat bitch either. I’m the greatest QB of all time!!!
Barack Obama
January 23rd, 2011
10:35 pm
Nice to read a bolg about a fat bitch that’s not my wife!!
Tom Brady
January 23rd, 2011
10:40 pm
We beat the Steelers though! Doesn’t that mean we should be in the Superbowl? What a fat bitch.
wastedyears
January 23rd, 2011
10:42 pm
FIRE MARK WRONG ,HIS TYME HAS PAST I WOULD SAY AN DO ANYTHING TO KEEP MAKING 3 MILL A YR HE IZ PLAYIN U STUPID GA FANS HE HAS 8 GAMES IN DA STATE NEXT YR AN WHEN HE FINISH 8 4 AN DOESNT GO 2 DA CHAMPSHIP WILL HIS A$$ B FIRED THEN?IM DONR WITH GA UNTIL THEY FIRE HIM AN HIRE SOME ONE WHO CARES U STUPID FANS CAN KEEP WISHIN IM GION ON A CRUZE AN AS LONG AS HE IZ THE HEAD COACH I WILL LOOK 4WARD TO DA SEASON WHEN HE IZ GONE
Rex Ryan
January 23rd, 2011
10:43 pm
Tom Brady –
We whupped you. Not cut your hair and shave and stop trying to look like Jesus. Leave that crap to Tebow.
Mark Richt
January 23rd, 2011
10:46 pm
@ wastedyears -
I am a good Christian man, but until you tell me how many SEC championships you have won, blow me.
crawdaddy
January 24th, 2011
12:37 am
I think the large number of UGA players in the NFL is says the most about CMR. How can you not win more with some of those guys? The talent is there, the coaching is not. There is no reason that the Bulldogs should not be in the mix every year. I live in Denver and every big UGA game was on TV. If they start losing more, less TV time. Less TV time, Less top recruits.
JE
January 24th, 2011
12:41 am
Crowell averaging 200 yards per game???? Who are you kidding. There is no way any running back will ever have that many yards at UGA with all those receivers, Tight Ends, and a Throwing QB with Bobo as OC.
RED DOG 77
January 24th, 2011
1:02 am
crawdaddy………..Don’t forget my friend thses 5* recruits read these blogs, and while you may well be frustrsted, along with me and many other Georgia alum and fans……….remember, college football runs in cycles. Example : Texas, Miami, Southern Cal, UT, oh and Michigan, the winningest program in all of college football………couple down years, got rid of Lloyd Carr [I think he was a pretty good coach myself] went out and got Rich Rodrigues who squandered three more years, and now you are in a major rut !!! starting all over again. You may disagree, and you have every right, but when you look at Mark Richt’s “body of work ” over the last 10 years , I think I would give him more than two years to turn the ship around…………Me? I don’t want to see us in the same rut Michigan finds itself in…………But if you are the type that wants to go ahead and sink the ship, like many are, keep spewing your negative venim and do your best to hurt our recruiting……..or you could do as some of us have chosen to do…………Support The Georgia Bulldogs !……….Regards, RED
RMikel58
January 24th, 2011
5:31 am
Hopefully that attitude will transpire on the field next season.
BoWeevil
January 24th, 2011
6:23 am
DISNEYdawgs.com sitting there squirming in their seats to come up with yet another set of EXCUSES and SPINS, are the major reason why the team feels entilted. Instead, you must demand more than this of them, or you are a Richt Apologist drinking Kool-Aid dragging this # 11 All-Time Football Program into the Ground :
It’s not a talent issue, which has brought us this these last three years :
Lost – to # 21 Central Florida 6-10
Lost – to # 01 Auburn 31-49
Lost – to # 15 Missy State 12-24
Lost – to # 12 Arkansas 24-31
Lost – to # 22 South Carolina 6-17
Won vs. # 13 Georgia tek 30-24
Lost – to # 03 Florida 17-41
Lost – to # 17 LSU 13-20
Won vs. # 24 Michigan State 24-12
Lost – to # 22 Georgia tek 42-45
Lost – to # 01 Florida 10-49
Lost – to # 06 Alabama 30-41
2-10 last 3 years vs teams who finished in AP Poll Top 25
Dagny
January 24th, 2011
10:51 am
The biggest change that CMR needs to make is to stop recruiting the low-class illiterates and thugs who he seems to think will win for him and keep his oversized paychecks coming in. People like Marcus Dowtin, A.J. Green, Washaun Ealey, Caleb King, and others too numerous to mention are not team players, they’re thug wannabes who are much closer to a gang than a team.
It’s sickening to see felons and goons like these representing the state’s flagship university.
Hector
January 24th, 2011
11:27 am
Amen, Dangy!!!!!!!!!!
schmeckdawg
January 24th, 2011
12:32 pm
@ Dagny
Not really sure why you are calling AJ Green a thug. Anyway, does anyone have any idea who CMR is looking at as the next OL coach? I just hope that he has recruiting connections around here and Richt will let him coach. Unlike I heard of the handcuffs he put on Searles!
ugaclassof2004
January 24th, 2011
1:05 pm
Richt loses more than 5 games this season and he’s gone. Or should I say, HE BETTER BE GONE! Until UGA gets serious about winning football games again, I’m going to find better things to do with my Saturday’s, and so should most of you.
Has Anyone Else Noticed
January 24th, 2011
1:15 pm
Enter your comments here
Has Anyone Else Noticed
January 24th, 2011
1:47 pm
Has Anyone Else Noticed that every time a UGA assistant is fired, leaves, resigns that the next coach hired is a step back.
Has Anyone Else Noticed that every recruiting season and signing day the Sun is Shining so brightly on Athens and the Dawg Nation, but when the season starts the “we do not have great player or our coaches are doing a horrible job’ starts echoing throughout the stadium and the airwaves.
Has Anyone Else Noticed that the strength and conditioning program has been about 10th in the conference the past 8 years and replacing the S&C Coach with the assistant S&C Coach is a real winner way to go.
crossdawg
January 24th, 2011
1:49 pm
Cordy & Brandon…Damn Good Dawgs
icedawg
January 24th, 2011
3:47 pm
If any DAWG gets arrested and convicted he should be off the team period. A lot of changes coming and so they should, hopefully for the better. Could not have gotten much worse.
Chad
January 24th, 2011
7:36 pm
Cordy Glenn was thinking about going pro early? Where? The CFL?
Dawg Back!
January 25th, 2011
1:25 pm
The Dawgs are signing everyone they want—this dawg class may be the best in 20 years. When they get seasoning, UGA will have the best team in the SEC east. Look for Ga to start some big wins over florida and win the SEC east in 2011!
southerndawg
January 28th, 2011
5:00 pm
dont know why everyone is down on the D …. if you take time to look at the stats you will see that the D got oalot better this and will be even better next year ….got to give him more than just one year……..go dawgs
RTR
January 28th, 2011
7:41 pm
By displaying the national championship trophies in Wal-Marts, the state of Alabama increases its tourism because that’s as close as anyone in Georgia is ever going to get to one. Can I get a Roll Tide? Ten bucks says Bama’s on #20 before UGhhhhh hits #3. Reality called puppies. You still got Richt as a coach. Deal with it. Roll Tide!! Hope these kids don’t get hurt before they get into the League, if they get into the League, just so they might have a chance to win something. It ain’t happening in Athens.
RTR
January 28th, 2011
7:42 pm
Oh, yeah. Roll Tide!!