Herschel Walker chimes in on the Dogs’ ‘Dream Team,’ and other notes
A few quick notes to start the day:
- Herschel Walker became the latest to chime in on Georgia’s recruiting class. “How about that Dawgs ‘Dream Team’ Coach Mark Richt recruited?” Walker posted Thursday evening on Twitter. “We finally kept our Georgia boys at home. Nice job Coach.” Walker previously had expressed concerns about elite prospects leaving the state.
- Georgia basketball signee Kentavious Caldwell-Pope received a high honor Thursday: He was chosen as a McDonald’s All-American. The shooting guard from Greenville (Ga.) will be one of 24 players in the prestigious all-star game March 30 at Chicago’s United Center. According to the game’s website, 10 previous McDonald’s All-Americans went on to play for UGA: Terry Fair (a 1979 selection), Dominique Wilkins (1979), James Banks (1980), Vern Fleming (1980), Donald Hartry (1982), Melvin Howard (1983), Litterial Green (1988), Shaun Golden (1989), Carlos Strong (1992) and Damien Wilkins (1999).
- Mark Fox will coach against one of his former players when Georgia plays at South Carolina on Saturday. Gamecocks forward Malik Cooke transferred from Nevada, where he played two years for Fox and started all 34 games in the 2008-09 season. “What a great kid,” Fox said. “It’ll be a strange experience, certainly, to go against him. Always root for him. Certainly won’t root for him on Saturday, but I do know we better block his butt off the boards because he’s a great offensive rebounder.” Cooke, who is from Charlotte, is averaging 8.5 points and 6.4 rebounds in 24.7 minutes per game for the Gamecocks.
- Georgia and Georgia Tech will battle again Saturday -– this time in men’s tennis. The Bulldogs have dominated the rivalry in this sport, winning 24 consecutive matches and 57 of 65 against the Yellow Jackets. Saturday’s match starts at 1 p.m. at Tech’s Bill Moore Tennis Center.
- Speaking of rivalries, Georgia and Florida also will meet Saturday –- this time in gymnastics. No. 1-ranked Florida (6-0, 3-0 SEC) vs. No. 4 Georgia (6-2, 2-1) in sold-out Stegeman Coliseum at 4 p.m.
- And finally, several folks on the blog about Will Friend asked for details on how his candidacy for the UGA offensive line coaching job started. I asked Friend that. “The first thing that happened was, Mike called me, Coach Bobo called me, told me he was interested and would like to talk,” Friend said. “I told him I would be in Athens whenever he needed. And so it kind of went from there. Did not hear much about it [for a while] because it was at the end of recruiting. For a week and a half, two week, period, didn’t hear much. Finally got a call from Coach Richt, and he wanted me to come over and meet.”
– Tim Tucker, UGA Blog
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crawdaddy
February 12th, 2011
2:29 pm
Fire CMR! Hire Dan Reeves!
crawdaddy
February 12th, 2011
2:37 pm
Seriously, It is time for Richt to go. Ten years or whatever it is, is long enough. Too many UGA players kicking butt in the NFL to not win more. I’m with Fran. Why isn’t UGA hiring Saban or Meyer types? I can’t stand either one of those guys, but they know how to get the job done. I live in Denver and losing to Colorado was embarassing. Glad I did not go the game! I had planned to go to that game for over a year, but with UGA’s all ready crappy record, I chose not to get tickets.
@crawdaddy
February 12th, 2011
4:26 pm
UGA has had 1 losing season Richt, Mark has more wins over a ten year span than Dooley ever had.(I Used Dooley’s best 10 year period with the most wins 80-89)
And Vince didn’t have the worry of players leaving early for the NFL until Herschel left after his junior year.2008 18 scholarship players were lost by season ended injuries I was surprise Dawgs won 10 that year. 2009 was an off year mainly because we lost Stafford, Moreno and Asher Allen, almost our whole receiving corp , 2010 was just a bad year , every program experiences them. Time to get over it and move on. I will be solidly behind Mark Richt to turn things around. I agree Mark has been slow to react at certain coaching changes and has his faults, none that aren’t correctable.
crabapplejoe
February 12th, 2011
9:27 pm
So UGA has recruited another class of “4&5 star” thugs as evaluated by Rivals……and then Boise State comes in with their 75th ranked recruits and beats Georgia in the dome…..everybody blames CMR…and doesn’t see the obvious……LMAO at the Bulldog Nation.
Lakedawg
February 12th, 2011
11:28 pm
crapapplejoe—Have another drink pal and start saving your money if you are betting on Boise in the Dome. The Dawgs will put a whupping on them boys bad.
crabapplejoe
February 12th, 2011
11:31 pm
@Lakedawg: Don’t need to save any money….its already in the bank…and banked on Boise State….gonna enjoy the result more than the payout because UGA refuses to recruit European American players…I hate discrimination and love diverstiy!
Big D Dawg
February 13th, 2011
12:38 am
some of you guys talking about Herschel are morons. He has no eligibility left. his eligbility became null and void the day he signed the pro contract in football or the day he had contact with an agent.
dawgforlife
February 13th, 2011
1:12 am
tide roll…why in heaven’s name do you care where UGA was rated…or, when and if we beat Fla?…you are the world’s worst troller…who thinks UGA has a racial agenda because our entire team is not black, Richardson was recruited very hard…and CHOSE to stay in his home state. UGA recruited the highest rated linemen in Ga and signed them. This year the talent in Georgia was amazing…however, it was not a good year for the interior line on either side of the ball…please concern yourself with how long Saban is going to say…and stop losing sleep over who we do or don’t recruit or start in our offensive line…geez
BreakingNews
February 13th, 2011
1:48 pm
after all of the negative press from this past season, thought some of you might like to read something positive about a UGA player…
http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/021311/foo_784830837.shtml
AU in B-ham
February 13th, 2011
4:59 pm
Was Herschel always going to UGA? That was way before my time….
tide roll
February 13th, 2011
6:41 pm
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Gator Man
February 13th, 2011
8:18 pm
From TideSports.com…good read, and this guy who posted this stuff has been days of ahead of breaking news by every organization: Good Read…..
Patience is a virtue
I already know MUCH more than I can say…..MUCH MUCH more, heard all sorts of conflicting stories, gathered and pieced together as best I could about what’s being said & what was turned in, I could go on record & lay out every little detail I have heard or know to be true, but there’s a line I won’t cross, hopefully you & all of TS understands
ESPN is STILL sitting on it’s story and waiting on the bingogate defendant they got promised an interview with by the Feds. It wasn’t ever disproved, like many other rumors are it simply disappeared out of thin air because the FEDS got wind and cut the deal with ESPN. THIS story is involving $Cam, Legacy Banc group, ATM cards, wire taps the whole gambut, but not Trooper, thety might MIGHT try to throw it on him as he walks out the door to see if it sticks, but I doubt it, they know I’M SURE what all Troop knows & has seen, he will tell if they try to slam him under the bus. It is important to remember the way AU’s coaching staff works is not normal SEC staff, on Bama everyone knows what everyone else is doing, no secrets, no meddling or direct contact of ANY coaches with trustees or boosters, unless it’s Saban or a media planned function etc. This is CERTAINLY not the case with AU’s staff I’m told. To think that this happens is mind baffling to me, but it happens, Trooper is the main catalyst on staff at AU, that’s easy to see & Chizik is a pawn to AU’s BoT’s
I could sit here & speculate all day long about all the stories & all the info & if I KNEW it wasn’t going to see the light of day, I WOULD, but since it is & I have NO TIMETABLE, I only know for a FACT that this is a knee jerk reaction to make AU look better in many MANY eyes, but it’s too little too late. All you have to do is LOOK at the actions that will happen both in court with bingogate (federal defendants filing injunctions EVERY DAY so far it seems to keep certain pertinent info the Feds obtained primary to the case, under Federal lock & key until the trial is OVER) & down on the plains (The clouded recruitment of $Cam Newton story which seemed to pick up steam every day, then all vanished, then the switch of 2 prominent Bama leans, one a commit, Calloway & Cyrus, then what happened AFTER NSD with Cyrus, then wildly speculative stories all stemming from his last weekend visit, now what will happen in the next week with them strong arming Trooper out the door). This will all be publicized soon I can PROMISE you. All it’s gonna take is 1 domino to fall & the woodwork will likely be cleared out with stories, 1st hand accounts of parents etc. & several of the dominos are leaning as we speak about to fall.
Let ME REPEAT………….THE BARN WILL BURN
salparadise
February 13th, 2011
8:51 pm
Georgia calls this their Dream Team. Alabama just calls theirs the Class of 2011. Notice the difference?
Not just the Barn
February 13th, 2011
10:40 pm
“Let ME REPEAT………….THE BARN WILL BURN”
Stuff just about as shameful happens at UGAy every day. And yes, CMR knows about it, just as Vince Dooley did.
Conspiracy Theory BS
February 14th, 2011
8:26 am
Those swamp people kill gators for a living. They don’t eat if they don’t kill any gators.
Its great UGA has a top recruiting class but will Richt be able to coach them to top 5 status over the next 3 years ? It seems like a lot of top recruits come to UGA and become nothing. That’s a fault in coaching.
How does Bama and Auburn rank ahead of UGA in recruiting ? I guess 3rd in SEC is still not the best.
Old News
February 14th, 2011
8:35 am
Any word on a new defensive backs coach ? Why is CMR dragging his feet as usual?
Botox Dad
February 14th, 2011
8:37 am
I dont know if I still like the make up of this recruiting class.
woebegong
February 14th, 2011
9:08 am
Not Just The Barn,
Just what stuff are you referring to concerning UGA. The greatest defense mechanism in the world is to try and blame others for your troubles or try and accuse others of doing exactly what you are accused of. Works great for kids, but not much for grownups. What category do you fall into?
Derrick
February 14th, 2011
9:34 am
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Trey Thompkins feeling the hot seat like Mark Richt does
February 14th, 2011
9:59 am
“I definitely know I can step up my game a lot,” Thompkins said Friday, “and I plan to.”
Just Asking
February 14th, 2011
10:26 am
I think one needs to revisit the recruiting rankings again, Auburn is several spots behind UGA on multiple boards.
Buckeye
February 14th, 2011
10:31 am
Clowney will eat your “dream” team for lunch. Can’t wait.
shankit
February 14th, 2011
10:32 am
JayDawg – Your comment “Georgia was still third in the conference in recruiting
in spite of keeping all the recruits at home.”
According to Scout.com the difference in #7 (Georgia) and #2 (Alabama, Auburn, whoever_
is only 100 points. Traditionally, this gap is over 1100 points. Thus, even Georgia ranked
7th, there is very little difference in our class and the other two SEC teams.
ugaclassof2004
February 14th, 2011
10:46 am
“This thing is in the ditch”
Fran is absolutely right. UGA is at BEST an 8-5 program. Turnout the lights, the party’s over Coach Richt!
Just Asking
February 14th, 2011
10:49 am
Check out this blog about Trooper Taylor from Auburn, this guy is calling Taylor and his recruiting practices out….too funny.
http://www.bobleesays.com/Blogs/BobLee-Says/January-2011/College-vs-NFL—Meet-Trooper-Taylor.aspx
Just Asking
February 14th, 2011
11:04 am
Rivals:
AL 22 3.91 2632
FSU 29 3.55 2365
TEXAS 22 3.77 2322
USC 30 3.47 2315
UGA 26 3.58 2309
LSU 22 3.64 2224
AUBURN 24 3.62 2194
CLEMSON 29 3.34 2173
OREGON 23 3.57 2048
NOTRE DAME 23 3.48 1976
Auburn does not beat UGA in recruiting, the best thing yet to come is that Auburn has 5 players committed who have minimal shots to get into school without another administrator changing grades( aka Fairley). But do not put anything past that group of know cheats and con artist.
The rumblings in and around Auburn is so bad now, it has surpassed the rumblings around Alabama and Albert Means and their former machine of buying players out of Tennessee. It just looks very very bad for Auburn in the coming spring and summer months.
Just Asking
February 14th, 2011
11:31 am
Another funny tidbit about Auburn, Cam Newton, Cecil Newton. You can read it on a bama blog : ibleedcrimsonred.com
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Friday, February 11, 2011
AUBurgeddon: How many people named Tony Paige can there be?
Auburn fans, you’d better hope to hell PRAY TO GOD that there are at least three.
Way back in November, this blog noted that during the struggles with the City of Newnan to save the Holy Zion Center for Deliverance from the heathen excavators hell bent on demolition, Bishop Cecil Newton had hired a contractor to make certain repairs to the facility:
On January 15, Cam Newton decided he wasn’t “all in” with teh fambly anymore and declared himself eligible for the 2011 NFL Draft. On January 21, after praying about it and talking it over with the good Bishop and brother Cecil, Jr., Newton hired an agent—Bus Cook of Perennial Sports.
There’s another figure connected with the Newtons who is also affiliated with Perennial. His name is Anthony (Tony) Paige. The same Tony Paige who represented big brother Cecil. That must have been one big family deliberation on who to hire, huh?
Are there two men named Tony Paige? Looks like it, in this case. The Contractor Paige lives in the Atlanta area. The Agent Paige lives in Maryland. Who knows if they even know each other, or even know that the Newton’s know two men named Tony Paige.
Maryland is a small state, and there’s a pretty (recently) famous high school there. It’s Dematha Catholic, where Cyrus Kouandjio played prep football. You may remember a bit of controversy surrounding his TV appearance on National Signing Day, and some of the issues surrounding his recruitment. Dematha has a pretty decent freshman football program, too.
Guess who the freshman football coach is?
Mathew Watts
February 14th, 2011
1:13 pm
What’s the latest on the new Linebacker’s Coach or “Defensive Ends” Coach? Do you have or can you get a list of prospective candidates?
DawginLex
February 14th, 2011
1:48 pm
hey dogs smell,
Where did Matthew Stafford, Mohammed Masoquoi and Knowshon Moreno attend high school?
Good ole’ Ga boys or nothin huh?
what a dumba$$ you are
hop
February 15th, 2011
11:45 pm
dawginlex… you are the real bozo,tarkenton does not need the pub since he appears on fox news many time over the last few months talking about small business since, one of his companies is a leader in providing small business solutions.
he appears on 680 the fan weekly because the station hired him since they believe he has something to say.
i guess when you are one of the top 100 PLAYERS to play in the NFL , you are in the hall of fame in both the college and nfl,yes dawginlex ,he has every right to say what he wants and you are the dummy who is question his right to speak.
i think you are the one who has no clue !