Ogletree’s move impacts Dogs at three positions
ATHENS – One decision is having ripple effects at three positions as Georgia’s football team continues spring practice.
The decision to shift Alec Ogletree from safety to inside linebacker bolstered his new position, created competition at his former position and freed Jarvis Jones to play outside linebacker rather than inside.
“The moves we made are good moves; I think we’re going to benefit from [them],” defensive coordinator Todd Grantham said this week. “Those guys are doing good jobs in their new spots.
“The reason we made the moves was to create depth [at linebacker] and to get some guys that we feel can make plays closer to the ball. And it’s also created an opportunity in the secondary for someone to step up and take that position. The other thing is, anytime you can show players that [the lineup] isn’t etched in stone and that if you work hard you’re going to play, that’s a good thing.”
At inside linebacker, Ogletree is “a natural fit,” Grantham said, who is picking up the new position relatively quickly because of the knowledge of the play calls that he gained while starting five games at safety as a freshman last season.
“Even though he didn’t play this position last year,” Grantham said, “he knows what he’s doing based on what the safeties did last year.”
Ogletree came to Georgia as a safety but with an open mind.
“I wanted to come in and start out playing safety, but over time I didn’t mind moving to linebacker if the opportunity was there and [the team] needed me to move,” Ogletree said. “Honestly, I didn’t think it was going to happen this soon. But the coaches called me into the office [before spring practice] and talked about it, and I came back with a decision to go ahead and move.”
Jones, who was redshirted last season after transferring from USC, likely would have been needed at inside linebacker if Ogletree had remained at safety. But Jones is now working exclusively at outside linebacker, where Grantham expects big things.
“I’m excited about him,” Grantham said of Jones. “He’ll make plays for us. . . . We’ll be glad he’s out there next season.”
The other offshoot of Ogletree’s move is that it opened up one starting spot in the secondary, where three other starters — corners Brandon Boykin and Sanders Commings and safety Bacarri Rambo — return. Jakar Hamilton, Shawn Williams and Marc Deas are battling for the other starting safety position, which pre-move likely would have been held by Ogletree.
Secondary coach Scott Lakatos said he didn’t resist the move of Ogletree because “it gets a real good athlete in there at linebacker . . . and we do have some guys that have a little bit of experience at safety that we want to get on the field as well. So we made a little room for those.” He said Hamilton and Williams, both of whom made starts at safety last year before Ogletree claimed the position, “just need to continue to get reps and learn. That’s how you learn — you learn by doing things.”
– Tim Tucker, AJC
Click here for notes from Thursday’s practice, including an item on how Ben Jones fired up the offense.
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81 comments Add your comment
jp
March 31st, 2011
5:42 pm
he’s going to be a good un
Guytondawg
March 31st, 2011
5:44 pm
It’s becoming obvious Samuels isn’t going to be any impact…..
Jeff
March 31st, 2011
5:49 pm
Where is Branden Smith in all of this? Haven’t heard anything about him in a while? Will he play more at corner or as an offensive X factor?
BooBOO
March 31st, 2011
5:55 pm
King and washed up Ealey wont be an impact either.
Benadawg
March 31st, 2011
6:01 pm
Maybe they wont get 5 or more yards falling forward as in the past……we need some slobberknocking back in Defense.the
Musical Chairs
March 31st, 2011
6:07 pm
Its obvious these coaches are clueless. Grantham stood on the sidlines last year looking clueless as the gators went up and down the field. Only thing he could do is the choke sign to the Gator field goal kicker. These guys are Choke Artists.
UGA Alumnus
March 31st, 2011
6:12 pm
Go Dawgs!
Bawbie
March 31st, 2011
6:18 pm
FIRE DAVE PERNO!
fishook dawg
March 31st, 2011
6:25 pm
I wouldn’t mine some more changes when the freshmen get in. I would like to see Ray Drew at the other OLB across from Jarvis Jones and move Cornealius Washington to DE opposite Tyson. Take Swann and/or Marshall at corner and move Commings to safety.
Palm City Dawg
March 31st, 2011
6:25 pm
Black jerseys, red britches, red helments…and kick some a_ _!!!
Palm City Dawg
March 31st, 2011
6:30 pm
Chairs, go back to the choir…what the hell are you doing on a football blog!!!
Who Cares
March 31st, 2011
6:34 pm
This defense has more holes in it than swiss cheese. I’m sure Lattimore is licking his chops at the thought of getting to run through the arm tackles of Rambo&the hitman that has never hit anyone Hamilton. If these are the best safeties UGA has on it’s roster, then it is a direct reflection of Richt and his staff’s pathetic recruiting. Rambo is a joke. He loafs, and he is afraid to hit anyone anymore after he got knocked out against Auburn 2 years ago. If you look at this defense, it is hard to get excited about the fall. There is no one on the D.L. that has proven he can one, stop the run, and two create pressure on the q.b. The linebackers have no one returning that has proven he can rush the q.b., or stop the run. The only returning linebacker with experience is Washington, and he has been a major disappointment for 2 years now. To expect him to all of a sudden be a disruptive pass rusher is a big reach. So to not have a proven playmaker in the front 7 is very scary. Then the secondary is a work in progress as well. The secondary couldn’t cover anyone last year, and both corners are coming back, which means they want be able to cover anyone this year either. The corners are also, terrible in run support. That leaves the safeties, which is a total disaster, both in coverage and run support. Add all of these question marks up, and the answer to this defense is very scary, and to expect the defense to improve on last year’s numbers is a very big stretch. Bottomline, this coaching staff hasn’t done anything to prove they have a clue what they are doing, and just because they say moving people to different positions is an improvement, really doesn’t mean anything. Missouri has nothing on UGA fans now, Ga. is now the ShowMe state.
Musical Chairs
March 31st, 2011
6:36 pm
Kramer… you go first.
Herman Talmadge
March 31st, 2011
6:44 pm
“Grantham stood on the sidlines last year looking clueless as the gators went up and down the field. Only thing he could do is the choke sign to the Gator field goal kicker.”
You got that right. This clown should be run out of town on a rail.
Palm City Dawg
March 31st, 2011
6:47 pm
Who Cares…and Coach Lombardi has spoken…you are an idiot and fools fool…
SD Dawg
March 31st, 2011
6:47 pm
Wow! That is quite a rant Who Cares. But I happen to agree with a lot of it. I want to be excited about this fall, but I won’t let myself do it. I just do not see this team being much better this year and it might actually get worse. Grasping at straws here, but maybe the increase sized at NT will help the rest of the defense.
I care
March 31st, 2011
6:47 pm
And evidently you do too “Who Cares” or why would you know so much about the Dawgs defense. Let me guess….nobody has ever told you, you have a great attitude have they?
WaverlyDawg
March 31st, 2011
6:56 pm
Who Cares, would you be happier if we just go ahead and forfeit all our games for next year? Did you ever play the sport or are you just another wishiwuz or maybeicouldabeen?
trupert
March 31st, 2011
7:09 pm
I think the Defense will be much improved this year and by the responses of a couple of Fla and SC fans it looks like they know it too. Go Dawgs!!!
Tim
March 31st, 2011
7:13 pm
Richard Samuel will get playing time and plenty of it. Ogletree can’t play every snap of every game.
college is forever
March 31st, 2011
7:15 pm
http://www.collegelunchboxes.com We all know that after last season there are alot of questions to answer, especially after that turd they laid in Memphis. But I’m sure as heck not cheering for any other team. Go Dawgs!!
tony
March 31st, 2011
7:26 pm
I do not agree with Grantham moving Alec Ogletree too inside linebacker because safety is his natural position……if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
tide roll
March 31st, 2011
7:32 pm
Coaches should not listen to Christian Robinson. Dowtin was a man, and Ogletree was well on the way to being the most intimidating safety in the Country. Just more wierd stuff from Richt and co.
Who Cares cant fool us hes actually blogger formerly known as UGA1953
March 31st, 2011
7:36 pm
Who Cares = UGA1953…..cmon now ..come clean, admit youre the same guy..same whine..same way too long post. nothing is ever any good.
If you arent him you must be his great grandson
aladawg
March 31st, 2011
7:37 pm
Who Cares, What coaching school did you attend you idiot. Shut you pie hole because when you don’t you let us all know how stupid you are.
ugab
March 31st, 2011
7:41 pm
Seem like we should have been recruiting safeties and linebackersl
Worm
March 31st, 2011
7:45 pm
Tony, ever hear of Thomas Davis?..It’s the natural progression..Safeties become LBer’s,LBer’s become DE’s,DE’s become DT’s,and CB’s become safeties..Also, if a DL can’t cut the mustard, he can usually move to the OL…If and OL can’t perform, then that’s usually a big MISS!
ugab
March 31st, 2011
7:45 pm
I thought Richt wanted an aggressive D. I have yet to see that. Blitz and Hit and tackle and quit playing like willie.
Dawg
March 31st, 2011
7:46 pm
For all the people who post and come up with negative crap about the “DAWGS”, maybe you should try coaching and see if you can do a better job.
Zoli
March 31st, 2011
7:56 pm
I think the only question we have to worry about is at safety. I don’t care what anyone says, since we have inserted Rambo the defense has improved. This guy is poised and makes plays. I don’t know if you saw the hit against Auburn, which ultimately won the game. For all you who think Ogletree is a safefty please quit. He is way too big and is a perfect fit at LB. He and Jarvis are going to kill people out there. These guys are bigger than most NFL LB’s. Yes Grantham looked like a deer in headlights against UF, but they threw a curveball at us by throwing a TE at QB. With the guys we have in place we now have the size to stuff the big backs and QB’s. I can’t wait to see this D….we are going to be a large and violent wrecking crew!
ringleader
March 31st, 2011
8:01 pm
Dawg………….You need to shut up and pay attention……………There is nobody posting on here that could not do a better job coaching than was demonstrated in Nashville. That was the worst coached Georgia team since 1960 from the first drive, let me kick a field goal to the final whistle. There had been no coaching since the Tech game, the staff thought it was a joke playing Central Florida. No scrimmage, No hitting, just drift around in shorts or sweats, No film review at all. Yep, anybody on here could have done a better job and won that game. So you start paying attention and you will understand the frustrations by us that know what is going on .
ROGERITER
March 31st, 2011
8:07 pm
WHO CARES, where are you coaching now? I’ll bet schools are fighting to get you to coach for them!
You’re just another blow-hard who thinks they know more than college coaches. Go clean up your room!!!
ROGERITER
March 31st, 2011
8:09 pm
You too ringleader!
dawggone
March 31st, 2011
8:13 pm
who cares and musical chairs are thye smartest dawg fans on this blog, think you for your honesty about the state of uga football, we suck and have always sucked, Ga Tech is much better than we are.
tony
March 31st, 2011
8:13 pm
Worm, nice try. Did it ever occur to you that maybe Carolina was already solid in the safety department so they decided to move Davis to linebacker? Not the same case @ uga. They were solid at safety with Alec Ogletree but now their not. ONCE AGAIN, IF IT AIN”T BROKE, DON’T FIX IT.
kybodawg
March 31st, 2011
8:14 pm
hey who cares. as einstien once said its all relative. give them a chance.
dawggone
March 31st, 2011
8:14 pm
GO JACKETS, THWG
SOGADOG
March 31st, 2011
8:15 pm
Are the recruiting analyst wrong or are we not developing players? Caleb King, Branden Smith and Richard Samuel are all five star players who have not been very productive. I am excited about next season and believe the Dawgs are closer to an SEC East title than most of us realize. I just have to wonder why five star recruits are either ordinary or underachievers.
armchair qb's
March 31st, 2011
8:15 pm
So Ringleader, I guess you were there while they prepared for the bowl game? You guys are all a bunch of tools!
dawggone
March 31st, 2011
8:15 pm
EVERYBODY BE BETTER THAN WE BE
Who Cares
March 31st, 2011
8:28 pm
UGA fans are so predictable, just like Richt&BOOBOO’s offense. They are so desperate to win a big game again that they will listen to anything Richt and his pathetic staff say. For you kool-aid drinkers that think Richt is a great coach, i feel sorry for you, because you are in for another big letdown. I stopped drinking the Richt kool-aid after W.V. made UGA look like a high school team in the Sugar Bowl in 2005. He had no clue what to do then, and he has no clue what to do now. Any coach that couldn’t win an SEC east title with the talent UGA had on offense in 2008 is a joke. Maybe if this clown hadn’t of promoted a Q.B. coach to O.C. UGA would have won in 2008, 2009, and 2010. But there is one thing for sure, they want win in 2011 with BOOBOO calling the plays on offense, and Grantham running the defense. Come back after the second game and tell me i’m wrong.
bwkdawg
March 31st, 2011
8:34 pm
I think this move is a great one. I’ve always felt he would make a better lb than a safety. I think he can be a good safety, but with his athleticsm I think he can be a great lb. I’ve always felt the same about thomas davis and greg blue. I’d rather have a safety thats great in pass coverage over a big hitter anyday of the week as long as he can make a tackle thats good enough you don’t get any points for hard hits.
CHARLOTTE DAWG
March 31st, 2011
8:42 pm
I anxious to read an article about our DE’s. Noone stood out last year if I can recall. If Big John can occupy two people and we had two studs at DE that could get pressure without bringing 1 or 2 linebackers, how awesome would that be?
Drop all the linebackers back in coverage…..with our big boys we would kill people!
Hey, a man can dream right?
Big Dawg Cobb
March 31st, 2011
8:48 pm
All ya’all have to do win the game is score more points..
Max Sizemore
March 31st, 2011
8:54 pm
Georgia Tech has first and goal at the UGA 2 last season and Grantham’s defense leaves both guards uncovered!! Next play, of course, is a touchdown. That doesn’t auger well for the coming season, regardless of what kind of personnel moves they make.
@Max Sizemore
March 31st, 2011
8:58 pm
And GT still lost so what are you saying.
NOBODYYOUKNOW
March 31st, 2011
9:02 pm
WHO CARES? I CARE! And I’m gonna stay positive. They did a good job recruiting. And me thinks the dogs are gonna kick some butts next fall.
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March 31st, 2011
9:04 pm
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@ who cares
March 31st, 2011
9:08 pm
Obviously you do. Why else would a grown man take time out of his day to sit in front of a computer on a blog site and type comments. I don’t care about FL or AUB and I wouldn’t waste a min of my day on their blog site.
Choke
March 31st, 2011
9:15 pm
While I was really surprised that Tree got moved to ILB, I do think it will be good. I would much rather have play makers in the front seven than the secondary. Yes. Safety is suspect, just like it was last year. The good thing is that they can only improve from last year’s performance. The big difference, aside from everybody having considerably more experience w/ the system this year, is that UGA defense now has the personnel to run it more effectively. Jenkins, plus an impressively filled out Geathers, will give the defense a formidable core, which will reverberate throughout the rest of the defense. It allows Tyson to be moved out to DE, which is a much more natural fit for him. Having Jones and Tree at OLB and ILB, respectively, will have 2 big time playmakers free to make plays. WHoever said we don’t have proven LBs must not be paying attention. Jones was a stud starting as a true freshman at USC. And Tree is a playmaker being moved to a more natural position. It’s not that 230 is insanely huge for a safety; it’s that he inevitably will outgrow the position. Even if he were not to put on more weight, he would certainly put on more muscle, which would cause his hip movement to suffer in the secondary (see Taylor Mayes). I’m still not a huge Christian Robinson fan, but again, he can only improve from last year . . . hopefully. C. Washington has shown quite a few times that he is a great pash rusher, at least he did as a 4-3 DE. I can only think that after a yr in the system, he will have adjusted. At 6′4″ and 265 lbs, running probably a legit 4.5, he’ll be a star. While UGA might not be lights out on def, they will be considerably better than last year. Also, Boykin is a proven commodity at corner, despite his relatively small size. He’s a solid guy. Commings has steadily been improving. Again, it’s just the safety positions that are concerning . . .
Bigdsel
March 31st, 2011
9:16 pm
i think uga lost the east in 2008 because teblow and the gators kicked our butts that year. They wanted it more than uga did.
Poopdawg
March 31st, 2011
9:20 pm
Maybe we should get the lbs from the Newnan team who i guess were better lbs than Ogletree in high school to play for Uga. Zander is already on the team who is the other kid? Why wasn’t Alec playing lb in high school for the same reason we want to play him there now?
LoganvilleDAWG
March 31st, 2011
9:32 pm
First, I would like to say the one that goes by “WHO CARES”. I was at the Sugar Bowl(in a suite) & knew before the game started that the DAWGS were probaly going to get beat. I was at practice during that time & the players thought they got a raw deal having to play a team from the BIG LEAST conference. Also it was the third staight game being played in Atlanta. WVU had speed we had never seen before & its hard to come back losing 21-0 and if Coach Rod hadn’t done a fake punt we would have won the game. Once we started playing they couldn’t stop us either. . I hate to say this but Auburn was probaly the better team in the SEC that year. If WHO CARES can remember we lost to Auburn that year in Athens. And since you know so much it takes DEFENSE to win Championships. You talk about all the offensive talent we had in 2008, WE HAD NO DEFENSE. In 2005 we had NO DEFENSE, Also Stafford was leaving after 2008 season that year & wasn’t going to do anything to get hurt. Why can’t you be positive, pump the players up, the coaches up, the fans up. Yes we can win the first two games or we could lose one, win one or lose both. WHO CARES, YOU DO NOT KNOW. I do not know, no one knows except the GOOD LORD ALMIGHTY. Even you didn’t pick Auburn to win it all or maybe you did since your so knowledgable. If you could say the glass is half full you might go somewhere. The players read this junk, the recruits read this, the coaches read this junk and most of the fans read this junk. WE SHOULD DO ALL WE CAN TO SUPPORT THE PLAYERS, THE COACHES & PUMP OUR FANS UP.. Most of them don’t even know how to make any noise, Ask the oppossing teams that play BETWEEN THE HEDGES they can tell YOU how easy it is to play there nowdays vs the 70’s & 80’s when it was loud with less seats, the fans want to complain instead of being positive, but I forgot you know that. So WHO CARES & the other negative fans on this blog, start getting the players pumped for this season as well as the fans. SO GOOD NIGHT, I HAVE TO GO TO WORK.
TRUE BLUE
March 31st, 2011
10:07 pm
Bad move to move ALEC to the inside instead of outside where it fits his athletic ability. It was a good move to move him from safety, because he had a hard time covering the middle of the field. He more of a player that need to be closer to the line of scrimmage for run support. Plus playing inside you have to learn to come off blocks and read more than playing outside linebacker.
Shawn
March 31st, 2011
11:28 pm
UGA lost in 2008 mostly due to in juries. Sure we had Stafford and Moreno but we also lost 28 players for the season with injuries. I don’t care how well You coach, that is a bit much to overcome and win the SEC. If you remember correctly we had to switch a D-lineman to LT for the Bama game it got so bad on our O-line. We were down to 2 scholly DE’s, LB’s were a MASH unit, and we had lost 2 DT’s(Jeff Owens in the first game). Winning 10 games that year was an accomplishment. Bama lost 1 tackle for the bowl game that year and got slaughtered by Utah because they could not keep the QB upright. Watch that game and see what happens to Saint Nick when he loses just one player on the O-line. We had started more than 10 different players on O-line that year due to injuries.
This is going to be a very good year to be a Dawg! Opening night we will beat down Boise the frauds and then get back to owning USCe after a 1 year hiatus. It’s all good from there!
Choke
April 1st, 2011
12:36 am
TRUE BLUE, those are goods points. I would say, though, that Tree’s ability to read plays (from experience at safety) would be a huge asset at ILB. He’s got the size to develop into more of a run stuffer, but ILB in a 3-4 definitely requires a ton of athletic ability, probably a great deal more than an OLB (See Rolando McClain). While it might not require the same cover skills needed for a MLB in a 4-3 Tampa Cover 2, it’s still a huge asset that no other player on the team can really bring to the table. Initially, I was thought it was a huge mistake to move him inside rather than putting another 30 lbs on him and moving him to outside, but the more I think about it, the more I like it. His cover skills at the linebacker level will be dangerous for opposing QBs, and he’s got the size, athletic ability, and hitting ability to wreak some havoc on the run. But, the latter is definitely going to require an adjustment period.
Texas Dawg
April 1st, 2011
12:43 am
You clowns still whining about granthams chokeing motions I have seen this in pop Warner football I didnt realize it was such a big thing.Oh well must be Tech blogers or Auburn or Fla.Oh by the way I am glad to have seen the job Jones did on Fairly>i would have used thumbs and anything else the way he was late hitting Murry. Go DAWGS
big o
April 1st, 2011
12:53 am
@jeff
Thanks dude !!! I’ve been asking that same question for three weeks. He is the fastest player on the team. He has not been arrested why has he not been developed into a true shut down corner. We begged him to come stole him from the Gators at the last moment he was a 5 star recruit. Put him on the field at corner and let him continue to do punts,
excessive celebration
April 1st, 2011
8:47 am
So if someone tells the truth they are now to be considered pessimistic (sp), or too negative. Hmmm pass the coolaide because Dawg fans are not mad enough yet for changes to be made. How many chokes can ya’ll endure until you get fed up like those of us who are sick of loosing. Man those Gators are looking better all the time hmmm maybe alabama or auburn. now those teams are winners!
JE
April 1st, 2011
9:36 am
Well, If we had a rb coach that could develop players, We would not have had to play Ealey and King nor had the problems with them if they had stuck with Samuel instead of putting him on the bench, then changing his position so he could sit on the bench. Someone with his character and ability should be on the field somewhere. The kid is just now 20 years old, King and Ealey are 21 and 23. What a waste of talent…but he is still there a great dawg!!!!!! You have to take a 16 year old five star early enrollee and MAKE something out of him…His youth and lack of experience showed. The coaches should have realized as a 16 year old early enrollee he had to be developed instead of pushing him into cleanup duty and wasting his freshman red shirt year and moving him around. He needs to be on the field somewhere. We will be in a heep of trouble if Rambo and others go to sleep while Ogletree is somewhere at linebacker with Samuel on the bench…. What a waste by the coaching staff.
PeePants the hobo clown
April 1st, 2011
9:44 am
People have forgotten that we didn’t have the type of players needed for the 3-4,it’s always a struggle at first. We now have everything we need to get the job done other then experience.
DawginLex
April 1st, 2011
9:56 am
BS, tide roll. Your comment proves your stupidity.
Ogletree got burned at safety time and time again. He has put on 20 pounds of muscle and is knocking heads off as a linebacker.
I’m surprised you don’t support him since he is black and that is all the criteria required for you.
jaglaw
April 1st, 2011
10:00 am
You guys need to stop bashing UGA. You know WHO you are. Your either momma’s boys, used to getting what your spoiled self wants, or simply an imposter for another team.
Stop crying over what happened last year. Be positive about this year.
The knock on UGA has been its Defense. Since CBVG left, it hasnt been the same. He could recognize talent, and have them play up to their skill. Thats why he is in the NFL. He had big LBs who could run. Grantham is doing the same thing. I wish we could place bets, but we cant. However, I would bet we see a vast improvement in the Defense this year.
Remember, Nick Saban was 6-6 his first year at Bama while trying to teach a new scheme.
Just saying……
DawginLex
April 1st, 2011
10:16 am
If any of you idiots knew anything about college football, you would know that Virginia Tech recruits lots of safeties and corners and bulks them up and turns them into linebackers.
That’s why they are so fast on defense!!!!!!!!!!
Jackson
April 1st, 2011
10:26 am
Personnel issues…. that was issue last year (although personal issues could very well have been a problem). First and foremost, we did not have the personnel to run the 3-4 last year. We spent a great deal of time teaching the 3-4 but we ended up running a 4-3 most of the time. That means we were unable to exploit the benefits of the 3-4. With Jenkins, we will be able to run the 3-4 more effective, but we will still need to find a suitable back up. This might prove challenging. As for the moves of Alec to LB, it makes great sense. I get tired of everyone pointing out how terrible the secondary is. The problem for the secondary and Rambo, has been the inability to stop the run. The D has been focused on run support for the last three years and it has exposed the secondary. Success will be driven by the front 7 stopping the run in running situations and the secondary making plays in passing situations. In order for that, you need to pressure the line of scrimmage. I agree we will not be a lights out defense next year but we will be more consistent. This is good.
Now, if only BooBoo can figure out how to establish something more than a finesse offense, I will be impressed. We are not in the Big 12 and I have no desire to be a part of a finesse offense. I lived in Texas for 4 years… recently 18 months ago. I watched the local high school ball games consistently. 5A BALL… all spread shotgun, chuck and dunk. It was like watching flag football. Yes, you get great passers from that system but you don’t win championships that way. Run the ball, play great D. New o line coach, check. better D, check. Recruit another great running back talent, check. Now just run the freakin’ ball…. well again hello booboo. The fate of next year will not rest on the D but rather how well we run the ball…
vadawg
April 1st, 2011
10:46 am
@who cares…….sounds like a Missouri fellow who may have played for the dawgs and tranferred!!!!!!!!!???????????
Brainiac(Dawg for life)
April 1st, 2011
10:56 am
@Who cares………………..Damn! I could have sworn C. Robinson played LB quite a bit last season. Thanks for clearing that up for me WHO……………….. Dumbass.!!!!!!!!!
Brainiac(Dawg for life)
April 1st, 2011
11:00 am
JagLaw: ……..You said it for me too.
Brainiac(Dawg for life)
April 1st, 2011
11:19 am
@Excessive Celebration:…………………….Dream on. Florida and Alabama are both in decline. Auburn is hiding and shaking until the NCAA hands them their just dues for running a “Pay for Play” outfit and other bigtime violations. Please tell me what Auburn (Community Cow College) has won in the past 25 years other than the MNC this past reason with the highest paid team in the SEC. Alabama finished 3rd in the SEC West and Florida missed 3rd or 4th in the SEC East by sqeaking past UGA. Why do you think Myer left Fla?
PS: Anybody heard from a Community Cow College(aka; Awbarn, Waw Damn Ignorants)since the “Gang of 4″ rode through the neighborhood? Payback is hell and may the CCC enjoy it for the next 5-10 years.
scdawg
April 1st, 2011
11:34 am
Christian Robinson is not elite LB material. He is slow. There ia not one player, besides Ogletree, that wanted to light somebody up. Lattimore is good, but he ain’t the kind of good that Georgia allowed him to be. Rambo and Hamilton are not hitters. Branden Smith is good? Look no further than Joe Hayden to see what a true cover corner looks like. Here is a what if….what if John Jenkins blows his knee out in summer workouts? As far as Bobo, how fresh would it be to have 3 TE’s in the game? Figgins at FB, Charles, ( white or Lynch). Oh the possiblities and nightmares for a D coordinator. Power run game or break the huddle and split them out wide. Do you think we will see the use of all this talent at TE? A ….wait for it……new look. I just don’t see it happening. Kind of like seeing Carlton Thomas in the slot instead of straight up the middle @ 175lbs.
Is anyone here older than 15?
April 1st, 2011
11:36 am
Most of you are 18 YO punks on this site with no education and lots of worthelss opinions.
Here IS a fact ……………Auburn in is deep T.
Go Dogs.
dawgfacedboy
April 1st, 2011
11:37 am
Guyton dawg- I agree about Samuels. He played the position in HS and was redshirted a year to learn the playbook and he’s not even mentioned as being a factor. That’s disappointing.
SLCDawg
April 1st, 2011
11:51 am
I think ( hope ) we will see alot of Richard Samuel. He is 1 of only 3 legit ILBs on the team after all, isnt he? i would expect to see him get quite a bit of playing time?
ClinchCountyDawg
April 1st, 2011
12:32 pm
Brainiac
Those bloggers from the Community Cow College have been laying low. The crap keeps piling up over there since the Hole in the Head Gang knocked over the trailer park. Did you hear? The Ronco portable safe that they swiped was empty. It could only happen in Alabama.
Time for a change
April 1st, 2011
12:43 pm
I’m really concerned with the Safety spot and the fact that two of these returning players have been in the system for a full year now and they are still “learning” the position? Are you kidding me? How many games did UGA lose last year because of poor safety play? The fact that they are still learning and the other safety spot occupied by Rambo, who is obviously still “learning” scares the crap out of me. I see a repeat of last seasons last minute losses happening again with that group back there. Hopefully with the improved D Line and Linebackers it won’t be that big of a concern, but…… I’m really starting to question the hiring of Lakatos based on the play of the secondary. They were consistently out of position last season and it didn’t seem to get fixed as the season went along. Go DAWGS!
robby
April 1st, 2011
4:25 pm
can you really say it was granthams play calling or the guys missing some assignments cause the scheme was new it takes awhile to learn a defense and to all you negative so called DAWG fans why don’t you just start rooting for tech
Just Wunderin'
April 1st, 2011
5:33 pm
Anybody know what happened to Outlaw? Is he eligible? Is in college?
NHS
April 1st, 2011
5:33 pm
Alec told me they didn’t tell him he was changing positions until one day he showed up a practice and moved him. He said they didn’t discuss the move at all. He was kinda upset about it and debated on transferring so he could play safety.
darapevine
April 1st, 2011
6:41 pm
what has happened to michael gilliard?he was a 4 star ilb out of valdosta high 3 years ago.never hear his name come up at all.did he transfer out or just not making it.
Dawg Tired
April 1st, 2011
6:41 pm
1st point – nobody is more predictable than….Who Cares. In fact, he’s so predictable one can only wonder if he actually has a brain or it it simply some preprogrammed computer response.
2nd point – What is it with the coaches’ love affair with Rambo? He has basically been terrible ever since he got hurt making the big hit in the Auburn game 2 years ago. Surely we have someone on scholarship who can compete for his position. Otherwise, we are very weak at that position.
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April 2nd, 2011
7:34 am
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