Jones firing up UGA offense, doing ‘everything I can to get this program back on the right foot’
ATHENS — Ben Jones is entering his fourth season as Georgia’s starting center, and he’s determined to make the most of it.
Jones
With both amusement and respect, teammates tell the stories of how Jones has taken it upon himself to fire up the offense this spring. After the unit’s worst practice of the spring eight days ago, Jones “got on us a little bit,” quarterback Aaron Murray said. Well, apparently more than a little bit. He was “screaming, yelling, pushing, going crazy, being Ben Jones,” Murray said.
By all accounts, the offense has performed much better since then, culminating with its best practice of the spring on Tuesday, when it won three of five head-to-head competitions against the defense.
On the day of Jones’ tirade, the offense lost all six drills against the defense.
“You go out there and lose every competition drill — that’s not acceptable,” Jones said Tuesday. “I wanted to make a point to the offense that we’re not going to sit out there and take a loss. We need to come out and change that. I wanted to make sure I got my point across to everybody.”
The main point is, Jones does not want his UGA career to end with a season like last year’s.
“I don’t want my senior year to go to waste,” he said, “so I’m going to do everything I can to get this program back on the right foot.”
A couple of other interesting observations from Jones after practice Tuesday:
- On Murray: “He’s going to get better every year. Quarterback is a lot mental, and he works harder than anybody on the team. He’s probably about to watch film right now. He always watches film before meetings, after meetings, and he watches right before he goes to supper. He’s going to put the work in to get better.”
- And on nose guard Kwame Geathers, whom Jones sees close-up in offense-vs.-defense practices: “Geathers has really been doing good. He’s really coming off the rock on the defense. That’s really all I see — big Geathers right there.”
– Tim Tucker, AJC
And if you missed it, here’s an earlier story on Jones changing his jersey number this year to honor his late father.
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Top Row Dawg
April 6th, 2011
11:22 am
Big Ben make this season special dude.
EW
April 6th, 2011
11:27 am
Talk is cheap. And that kind of cheerleading can turn some ppl off. But as long as he is backing it up with HIS play and HIS work ethic I think it can help.
Inlet Dawg
April 6th, 2011
11:31 am
I am fired up that somebody on the field is holding them accountable,now maybe someone on defense will step up and be a leader.
German Shepherd Dawg
April 6th, 2011
11:31 am
Ben Jones has led by example since he was a freshman. He’s more than talk,.
lil pup
April 6th, 2011
11:37 am
Good to see. Been a long time … prob back to Jon Stinchcomb … since we had one of the fat boys step up and take charge of the O. Hoped Boling might take that role last year, but think he too much the silent type. Jones has the right qualifications to lead this unit … seniority, peer respect,attitude, and physical presence
gdawginkalamazoo
April 6th, 2011
11:40 am
He is one of the better centers in the country, possibly a first round pick. If there is ever an NFL again.
Trojan
April 6th, 2011
11:40 am
EW: Blogging is cheap.
1eyedJack
April 6th, 2011
11:42 am
Some folks respond to coddling.
Others need a swift kick in the butt.
dawgster
April 6th, 2011
11:43 am
Thats what a leadership on a team can do for you..something that has been missing for awhile or at least on consistent basis…Hopefully we have some more guys stepping up and I believe a few of the new recruits may have those leadership qualities in them…best way to show it though is on the field…David Pollack comes to mind….go dawgs
Lowcountry Bulldawg
April 6th, 2011
11:44 am
Boling could not talk to the media last season so who knows what kind of a leader he truly was in the lockeroom,practice and in film sessions. Damn, take it easy on a great departing Dawg!
1eyedJack
April 6th, 2011
11:44 am
Timmy, Georgia practiced yesterday and this is all you could write about? I read this 3 or 4 days ago. What happened yesterday?
dawgster
April 6th, 2011
11:45 am
Its a matter of time now, even hate to bring this up, but “Tide Roll” should be dropping in soon with his usual absurd comments about our O-line…just thought I would give everyone a heads up…if you don’t respond to him, he may go away without a fuss…go dawgs
GeoffDawg
April 6th, 2011
11:47 am
EW – Ben Jones has always backed it up on the practice and game field. What’s cheap is taking useless potshots at some kid for displaying the kind of attitude you would hope every player on your team posseses.
Tim Tucker
April 6th, 2011
11:47 am
1eyedJack: Here’s yesterday’s practice notebook: http://www.ajc.com/sports/uga/uga-spring-football-notebook-899853.html
1eyedJack
April 6th, 2011
11:49 am
Thanks Tim, somehow I must have missed that. My bad.
lil pup
April 6th, 2011
11:51 am
LowCountry … I’m crazy about Boling, love the guy and all he did for us. Great 4year starter and DGD. I don’t pretend to know what he was like in the locker room, etc. Don’t intend to be hard on him at all. But, just my opinion that he wasn’t an overt-type leader. If he had been an ass-chomper type… we would have seen so on the field more often… we would have read the occasional comment from other players (who were allowed to talk) about him getting in people’s face (see Murray comment about Jones).
Dawg Gone
April 6th, 2011
11:52 am
Good to see Ben fired up…we do well when that happens! Glad to see his comments in regards to Murray and the big K!
D A DoubleU G
April 6th, 2011
11:54 am
A nice solid, 150 days til’ kickoff!!!
I like what I am hearing from this team SO much more than the team this time last year.
Oh, what’s the over/under on “Tide Roll” showing up to talk about UGA’s O-Line, and that Greene kid he loves raving about? I am saying 12:23pm…….. takers??
1eyedJack
April 6th, 2011
12:00 pm
dawgster and D A DoubleU G, what time is his recess? And he will also mention James Carpenter and Chance Womack, what ‘cha want to bet?
Lowcountry Bulldawg
April 6th, 2011
12:04 pm
No problem, just reminding you of why you did not hear from him directly and to temper your judgement of what type of a leader he is/was.
BornADawg
April 6th, 2011
12:05 pm
It’s attitudes like this that make the all the players around you better. If a player doesn’t like this, well maybe he shouldn’t even be on the field if he is to passive to get fired up about getting your butt kicked. Hopefully, 3-4 more will step up and take this attitude, especially on defense…Go DAWGS!!
tampabigDAWG
April 6th, 2011
12:06 pm
First off, Tim, both this story and the one you said where yesterdays practice notes are both story that look very similar if not exactly like ones posted a few days ago. Maybe I shouldn’t get on here 3 times a day looking for new info on my DAWGS if the same crap is going to get repeated. Seems a little obscene I know. All I want to say without analyzing to much, is that I am excited about this year. I wasn’t very excited last year because of the rough changes and newbees. Pictures of these guys in practice already show them looking more conditioned and solid. I hope it last through the summer and into the fall.
dawgster
April 6th, 2011
12:08 pm
Actually I’m surprised we haven’t seen him yet, must be at a Bama practice….thata also a good bet with Carpenter and Womack…lets not forget about the Greene kid either…how about 12:20pm…
BornADawg
April 6th, 2011
12:08 pm
Our problems the last couple of years hasn’t been scoring thrity point )well, a few times) but giving up 31. Can’t wait to start hearing about Jenkins this fall. I think he is going to bring a real attitude and I have a feeling people might better listen…Go DAWGS!
HB
April 6th, 2011
12:12 pm
Trolls and troll baiters … both love keeping the nonsense alive
Morris
April 6th, 2011
12:37 pm
Blah, blah, blah.
Jones, firing up his teammates? Where’s the QB?
Jones, has a hard time blocking for runners, or pass protection.
We ranked 10th in the SEC in rushing, and gave up 25 sacks last year.
Gonna take more than screaming to fix that, that’s embarrassing.
sogadog
April 6th, 2011
12:39 pm
The Dawgs need a few more Ben Jones on the team.
Morris
April 6th, 2011
12:42 pm
Clowney got something special for Georgia and Ben Jones.
uga - the greatest program in the spring and winter
April 6th, 2011
12:45 pm
here we go again, cubs fans.
Jason
April 6th, 2011
12:50 pm
So, does this mean Ben is going to take more cheap shots at opponents from behind in order to keep his guys fired up? The only time we seem to hear about “Ben just being Ben” is when he’s going on a tirade. I’m still wondering if this team will ever stop making the mental mistakes at critical times. Going on tirades can be good sometimes, but if that is the only way to motivate it usually comes with the type of mental mistakes that result in all the personal foul problems that UGA has had over the time that Ben has been at UGA.
Wonderful-Ohio-On-The-Gulf Dog
April 6th, 2011
1:01 pm
You never can tell how much is hype and how much is reality, but you’ve gotta love it when your “best-in-the-conference” quarterback gets such media attention for hard work, preparation, and devotion to getting better.
BooMan
April 6th, 2011
1:04 pm
Awwwwwwwwwwwww….that’s such a cute little story. Maybe THuga can run around this year while they get their rear ends handed to them and scream and push each other and let us all enjoy these precious moments. So sweet!
JB
April 6th, 2011
1:07 pm
Jason….what ” perfect Angel” team do you support? We’d like to know.
Morris
April 6th, 2011
1:15 pm
Joe Cox studied film for 4 years at UGA.
Went 8-5.
Sometimes film study doesn’t help.
Reg
April 6th, 2011
1:18 pm
Auburn averaged 32 points a game against winning teams.
Our offense, anchored by Jones, 11th in the SEC, at 18 points a game.
Why CAN’T THIS TEAM AVERAGE 30 POINTS A GAME AGAINST WINNING TEAMS?
WHY DOES EVERYBODY CHOKE AGAINST THE GOOD TEAMS???
That’s PATHETIC!!!
Russ, the Temporary Mascot
April 6th, 2011
1:23 pm
Sometimes I will bark at a player to fire him up. Yesterday, I barked and snapped at one of the running backs and before I knew what was happening . . . he had a knife! Now, I let Ben Jones do most of the shouting.
Troll Power Ratings
April 6th, 2011
1:25 pm
Sometimes film study does help. Had you rather your qb study film, or not? Thanks for the profound observation, Morris.
AltamahaDawg
April 6th, 2011
1:25 pm
No. You are wrong. Had he not studied film, it would have been worse.
1eyedJack
April 6th, 2011
1:25 pm
Maybe you techies would appreciate Ben Jones more if he would just “punch ‘em in the face”.
cantondawg
April 6th, 2011
1:27 pm
Dawgster,
Tide Roll annoys me too. But we do have to give him credit for two things.
1) He’s smart enough to get out of Alabama and live in Ga
2) He’s rather blog with intelligent GA fans than the inbred hicks from Alabama.
I guess his philosophy is “I’ll cheer for Alabama” as long as i don’t have to live or talk to you.
DawginLex
April 6th, 2011
1:35 pm
I wish we had Erk around to train Ben Jones on how to deliver a cheap shot that actually works without the ref seeing it.
If Erk was around last year, Fairley would still be walking with a limp.
Ben Zambiasi was the meanest SOB on a football field I ever saw and he would knock your head off 24/7 and made people pay for running near him. Some called him dirty. I called it effective.
We need more of that.
PTC DAWG
April 6th, 2011
1:51 pm
GATA Ben…
AltamahaDawg
April 6th, 2011
2:10 pm
REg, I think I can answer that question. Last year Auburn had a very good offense. Last Year UGA did not have a very good offense. Does that solve the scoring dilemma for you?
UGA Insider
April 6th, 2011
2:11 pm
I have been telling myself and others this off-season that 2011 is another rebuilding year…. However I have been to some practices this spring and I’m pretty impressed. We look like a much stronger unit that enjoys putting on the pads each day. Coaches tell me off the record that they look for 4 or 5 true freshman to come in and compete from day 1. I would imagine it is one of the safeties, one of the LB’s and the kid from Wilcox Co who many expect to win a CB spot.
As of now I feel ok about our recievers. I hope Conley can come back because we have to find a guy who can make a play on 3rd and 10 in a tight game. As of now I don’t see him yet other than Charles. But as we have all seen Bobo tends to shy away from TE’s in big game situations for some reason. He better change his way of thinking this year.
If we can find a big-play reciever this COULD be a big time turnaround season for UGA. The schedule is pretty easy after USC and sets up nice. I like this team chemistry as of now.
DawginLex
April 6th, 2011
2:29 pm
Insider,
i too believe that 3 or 4 of the freshmen are going to start:
Drew-LB
Marshall-CB
Crowell-RB
Conley-WR
This is a problem too. Starting 3 or 4 true freshmen in the SEC, with 2 of them being on defense puts you at risk. Fortuntely, the schedule lacks elite teams and we will find out quickly if Boise is elite or not. I believe not.
It is crazy to predict wins and losses 150 days away from kickoff but if this team does not win at least 9 games, they will have underachieved.
1eyedJack
April 6th, 2011
2:43 pm
DawginLex, I think Damian Swann is more likely to start at CB and Mitchell at WR. Hopefully we’ll have somebody come out of left field ala Kenarious Gates. Maybe a Sanford Seay at WR or a Cootie Harrow at SS.
Ron Smith
April 6th, 2011
2:48 pm
I love “being fired up” as much as anyone but unfortunately that doesn’t show up in the won-lost column. I’m sure the UGA football team was fired up playing against Colorado and in the Liberty Bowl last year. They seemed particularly fired up in last years games against Florida and Auburn as well. I hope they stay fired up but more than that I hope they are in good condition, have an exceptional coaching staff, know how to block, catch the ball, score touchdowns and stay out of jail. I am a total Dawg fan although I went to another SEC school
AltamahaDawg
April 6th, 2011
3:01 pm
They have pretty much been widely ON the record with that haven’t they?
AltamahaDawg
April 6th, 2011
3:04 pm
We don’t need to get too hung up on the term “start” when discussing freshmen contributions.
markie mark
April 6th, 2011
3:12 pm
RUSS…I missed ya pal….glad to see your back….
DawginLex
April 6th, 2011
3:18 pm
You are right altamaha, freshmen starting shows you don’t have any depth and your talent base has dropped.
I think it will take 2 more top notch recruiting classes to get the defense where it needs to be given the change to the 3-4
schmeckdawg
April 6th, 2011
3:32 pm
DAWG fans, don’t sleep on Cootie Harrow. This kid is going to be a HUGE surprise and I mean in a good way!!!! And as far as Ben Jones and the rah rah stuff goes, right now, not interested. Reserving judgement until after September 3rd and 10th.
schmeckdawg
April 6th, 2011
3:38 pm
On the day of Jones’ tirade, the offense lost all six drills against the defense.
Hmmmmm, sounds like it did a bunch of good. Like I said, let’s check back after the first two games.
Mobile Dawg
April 6th, 2011
3:42 pm
Amen schmeckdawg, we hear the talk every year, now let’s hope we see the walk.
Too Easy
April 6th, 2011
3:42 pm
Schmeck: It’s possible the tirade came after losing those 6 drills.
Pago Pago Dawg
April 6th, 2011
3:50 pm
This past year how many other schools wantd to “interview” UGA coaches….zero.
1eyedJack
April 6th, 2011
3:53 pm
The Carolina Panthers wanted to interview one, and took him.
edumacated
April 6th, 2011
3:55 pm
This team has way too many questions. Can anyone step up at safety? At linebacker? At D-end? Will we have a dominant nosetackle or even a reliable backup at that position? Will the O-line finally get it in gear? Can King be the “guy” at receiver? Who will be the running back?
QB is about the only sure fire bright spot.
It’s gonna be a long year, and probably Richt’s last. Just keeping it real.
DawginLex
April 6th, 2011
4:03 pm
Jenkins and Geathers have the nose tackle locked down and these are huge upgrades from 2010
Tyson and others now can move back to DE
one CB will be a true freshman-talented but inexperienced. Will cost us a game
O-line has a new coach with weight gains all across the line due to new S&C-jury is still out-1 loss
Receivers/tight ends and runningbacks-lots of talent but not much depth-freshmen will have to contribute-1 loss
I say 9-3 is par
10-2 is a birdie
11-1 is an eagle from 250 yards out into the wind with a 5 wood
12-0 is me winning the Masters
Troll Power Ratings
April 6th, 2011
4:23 pm
My best guess is the first two games will go a long way toward good/bad season. Split them and I think 9-3 may be best case. Win them both and 10-2 starts to be a real possibility. Lose them both and it will be uphill all year and the natives will be howling (me included).
Shawn
April 6th, 2011
4:38 pm
If we win the first two and get by Miss St. We win them all. UF is the only tough game after that and I think they will be in for another tough year. I love the way this schedule sets up. I think it is far fetched that we will lose to Boise. UGA’s best asset TY will be attitude. They are a team with their pride hurt. Take a team with this much young talent, add to it hunger and work ethic in the off season and they will be very tough especially in game 1! The change of attitude is reflected in the lack of off the field troubles TY. By this time LY we had kicked 2 to 3 players off the team and had 10-12 arrests. This year, 0 arrests! I love how our 2011 is looking this year!
Shawn
April 6th, 2011
4:42 pm
I firmly believe UGA will run Boise off the field in the GA Dome. I believe the outcome will be comparable to the last time we played them!
Shawn
April 6th, 2011
4:45 pm
DawginLex, can I be your caddie? I believe you stand a good chance at the Masters NY and I would like the payout. IDK if they can win the SEC but the 12 on their schedule is very possible!
AltamahaDawg
April 6th, 2011
4:47 pm
The good thing edumated, is that I don’t see anyone on our schedule that is not asking a number of those same type questions. And a few of them are are asking it about thier (what you say is our sure fire bright spot). (although I would disagree that QB is the only sure fire bright spot we have).
We are bringing back a boatload of guys, and it’s not like we need them to transform into All-SEC performers overnight. How much improvement does 4 points take?
I also disagree that this being Richt last season, is “probably”. The odds are that it’s not.
Shawn
April 6th, 2011
4:55 pm
I was glad to get Jenkins but I did not think he was the end all be all get of the off season that most were making him out to be. I think he is going to have a rough time winning the job over Geathers. It is a nice situation shaping up there though. We will not only have big fellas in the middle but we will have depth!
AltamahaDawg
April 6th, 2011
5:02 pm
Like Crowell, Jenkins was not the end all. I think we are going to be some better at both of those positions from pure experience, even if they are not difference makers from day one.
Certainly better to have them than not. We seriously needed the momentum from signing those guys, and we seriously didn’t need to somebody else to take that away.
I will always believe that the timing of those few highly publisized signing late in the game was on purpose to highlight how they signed with Richt OVER somebody else. They sign a month earlier and it’s not a story.
Einsteindawg
April 6th, 2011
5:09 pm
Way to go Ben…DGDawg! How ’bout knocking some sense into the “Hitman”, some responsibility into CK4 and Washan, some hustle into our defensive line, and knock the goldbricks out of Malcombe and Samuel. Thanks; hope you have a great season…we appreciate you at UGA.
Shawn
April 6th, 2011
5:12 pm
I’m definitely glad to get him as well as Crowell, Drew, Mitchell, Swann……I just think big Kwame is going to be a factor this year too. The kid is large and seems ready to take the next step as a sophomore. We have plenty to be excited about for this year!
LMAO
April 6th, 2011
5:24 pm
What a hypocrite! This dude was the second dirtiest player behind Fairly. Should have played for Tech with the way he made a living from chop blocking.
Richie_Rich1986
April 6th, 2011
5:44 pm
wow a positive article on UGA by the AJC I knew yal could do it!! This is a lot better reading than all the negitivity!!! Go Dawgs Hunkerdown baby!!
superDawg
April 6th, 2011
6:11 pm
I said last year that UGA has lost its fire.The last DAWG to bring heat was Belue and he could get everyone fired up.Rambo had moments but was throttled back because the refs would throw flags that cost us when he put the smack down legally on recievers.Light the fire and look out SEC.GO DAWGS!
Kyle
April 6th, 2011
6:25 pm
I really want to beleive……I really do……Murray watched alot of film last year too…..I am still not past 10-6…..that was inexcusable……I know its not all Murray….no one doubts he is good…..but it is more than him. Maybe Caleb and Ealey get the message also…..Last year lies right at the players feet…..hopefully, this team stops any type of smack talk and does their talking on the field…….
Paddy
April 6th, 2011
6:50 pm
Morris….Who’s Clowney? I can’t find him on our depth chart.
RichmondDawg
April 6th, 2011
7:18 pm
Just saw that Garcia is suspended from SC again, this time perhaps for good. Not sure if this helps or hurts us, at this point.
Dawg Man
April 6th, 2011
7:27 pm
Get the National Championship trophies ready—-next 5 years !!!!!!!, bet all the teams are trembling about playing the dawgs—bet at least 3 forfeit rather than be run off field by dawgs!!!
footballfan-365
April 6th, 2011
7:28 pm
where is the blog about stephen garcia being suspended for the 5th time, and the 2nd time this spring? Say what you want about cmr but he will not give you 5 chances. If this happened at uga there would be a blog with 500 comments by now!
Brucerugby79
April 6th, 2011
7:32 pm
Dawginlex you are correct probably lb for lb the toughest dog of all–you should have seen him play Rugby!! Scott Woerner will tell you Ben hit him harder than anybody and he was a great guy as well
TechRedNeck
April 6th, 2011
8:31 pm
BLA,BLA,BLA, JAWJA,JAWJA,JAWJA. BLA, BLA, BLA
PhoneDawg
April 6th, 2011
8:58 pm
Some of y’all need to be careful Ben doesn’t get your address because when he does, he’ll come over and first eat your grass then he’ll kick your @$$!! If we had more players like Ben Jones, we wouldn’t have been so disappointing lately.
@ Paddy
April 6th, 2011
9:06 pm
He is talking about J. Clowney with SC the DE that signed
@ DawgMan
April 6th, 2011
9:12 pm
Dude – really go read your comment – and then ask your self this “why do I exist” – you really just make yourself look stupid – but then again – you are.
Bubbatavious
April 6th, 2011
10:11 pm
Wow screaming or whatever…. Can the dumpy kid run block? Thats the real question.
Otis for UGA
April 6th, 2011
10:20 pm
You cant keep a Good DAWG DOWN! Expect Great things on the Grid Iron this year 9+ wins. We need Otis for UGA this year as well- Check out his FaceBook Page!
TechRedNeck
April 6th, 2011
10:20 pm
UGA will lose 6 games next season. BOOK IT!
Otis for UGA
April 6th, 2011
10:22 pm
I love the fact that the “DAWG Haters” lead such a boring life that they are on OUR Blog!!!! LOSERS!!!! Get a Team that matters! HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
TechRedNeck
April 6th, 2011
10:22 pm
Bla, Bla, JAWJA TEK, Bla Bla.
Otis for UGA
April 6th, 2011
10:22 pm
TRN,
You will lose 6 faster than we play 6!
Red Commy in TN
April 6th, 2011
10:23 pm
They say nice guys finish second and bad guys finish first, well lets hope a
good guy can turn the tables and win the SEC East Mark Richt or Derek
Dooley!!
TechRedNeck
April 6th, 2011
10:24 pm
Hey Otis! Go back to mayberry and lock yourself in the Mayberry Jail.
Otis for UGA
April 6th, 2011
10:25 pm
Agreed RCT!
But you have to think UT is a couple years away- right? UT will only get better under Dooley
TechRedNeck
April 6th, 2011
10:26 pm
You gotta be a dawg fan with a name like OTIS.
Otis for UGA
April 6th, 2011
10:29 pm
HELL YEAH I AM! Otis “my man” is my UGA bloodline English Bulldog. UGA IV
tater tot
April 6th, 2011
10:53 pm
You “will” pay $5 a gallon + again and you won’t complain loud enough to make a difference, RIGHT!
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Obama is a Communist/Socialist anti Constitution idiot
April 6th, 2011
10:59 pm
Tater Tot– you are 100% right — left wing, enviromentalist, big gov’ment, socialist, idiots want to rule (and inslave) the under achievers in our society by rewarding them to be “low paid slaves that can vote”
mike
April 6th, 2011
11:01 pm
ben jones will be a high draft pick..book that
Obama is a Communist/Socialist anti Constitution idiot
April 6th, 2011
11:02 pm
rewarding them via handing out our TAX $$$$$. Lets all pay taxes and let the liberals direct their tax dollars to the “moochers” and let the conservatives direct our tax dollars to building our economy thru promoting small business
Chad
April 6th, 2011
11:07 pm
Didn’t expect that from a guy who made it a point to tell reporters he was being treated differently by other students on campus after they lost 4 straight games.
Otis for UGA
April 6th, 2011
11:13 pm
Join Otis for UGA on Facebook! We need him on the sidelines for the Boise State and USC Games and beyond!
drbasic1
April 6th, 2011
11:14 pm
TechRedNeck
We may indeed lose 6 games this coming season but one of them WILL NOT be to Tech…….awww…BOOK IT……you nerd
Bodda Getta
April 6th, 2011
11:24 pm
Tot,
The US lets the other countries run their mouths and drain their oil resources while it quietly sits on its own reserve.
The other SEC teams quietly work to improve themselves while the ThUGA coaches and players run their mouths about how things are going to be different this year.
Otis for UGA
April 6th, 2011
11:28 pm
drbasic1– no way we lose 6 and you are correct– we will not lose to the ramblin terds!
ckgator
April 6th, 2011
11:28 pm
His mother should have given him a comb before that photo was shot. Maybe Richt should have, now that he has more time to focus on football.
Bodda Getta
April 6th, 2011
11:30 pm
ck,
Do you really think Richt uses a comb?
Otis for UGA
April 6th, 2011
11:31 pm
Bodda & CKgatta,
FL,LSU,AL,AU next UGA Mark it down now!
Bodda Getta
April 6th, 2011
11:38 pm
Otis,
Have you been drinking again?
Jayson
April 7th, 2011
7:47 am
You have to look at what these players actually DID last year, not what they SAY or SAID.
What did Ben Jones actually DO last year?
His O-Line got manhandled. Finished next to last in the SEC in rushing yards, and gave up dozens of sacks.
It’s one thing to yell and scream in April, it’s another to go out and actually DO something in Spet-Nov, when it matters.
01HAWK
April 7th, 2011
8:29 am
Georgia Coach Mark Richt signed yet another five-star running back this year in Isaiah Crowell of Carver-Columbus, Ga. But Richt has a habit of signing stars — like Reshard Dudley, Kregg Lumpkin, Thomas Brown, Caleb King, Dontavius Jackson, Carlton Thomas, Richard Samuel, Washaun Ealey and Ken Malcome — who sort of under-perform, to say the least, over in Athens. Of the 10 four-star running backs that Richt has signed since 2002, only one has rushed for more than 1000-yards during a season. That’s 10 running backs ranked in the top 25 of their position across the nation and only one has reached 1000-yards during a season. Georgia’s running game has averaged 149.3 yards per game during his tenure on 4.09 yards per rush.
Louie Kablooie
April 7th, 2011
8:57 am
Ben Jones is a pud.
Whisky Breath
April 7th, 2011
9:18 am
Didn’t this cute kid try to light up CMR in the middle of a game. Didn’t this result in CMR suspending Jones for disciplinary purposes? Now the kid some kind of cheerleader and a great guy. Leave it up to the media to help CMR to motivate the team. So funny. I guess the readers are just fools. Remember GA people, CMR makes 3 million dollars. Isn’t that enough for him to figure out how to motivate his players? Now go blame Bill King for telling the truth.
Mobile Dawg
April 7th, 2011
9:19 am
Ben Jones came here “highly regarded”. He played lights out as a Freshmen, he was like a “pit bull”.
I’ve been beating the drum now for a while as to the root of the problem. Great players have come here only to get mired up in the quagmire UGA football has become. The problem at UGA has been a lack of “focus” and “performance” by the “Coaching Staff”, no other explanation for it.
Has it changed? Only time will tell. IMO Richt should have been released for his woeful performance over the last several years, I know ya’ll know how I feel. I hope he rights the ship and gets his focus back but right now we have more important things to worry about.
Everyone needs to get out and let the politicians hear our voices, loud and clear and help regain “control” of our country.
It Ain't Rocket Science
April 7th, 2011
9:54 am
I think CMR will be a lot more involved in the offense this year and I believe he has learned to be a lot less CEO and a lot more coach. He is a great coach but the last couple of years he has depended on his assistants to manage the game too much. UGA has a lot of talent and if they play with some spirit and purpose, they can be very good. This will be CMR’s main job. Bring out the feelings of a true DAWG from this bunch of very good atheletes and they will be hard to beat. Get involved in the offense more and help oput Bobo, when some of the tough decisions have to be made. He spent too much time on the sidelines last year, just looking discouraged and he has to become more involved. If there is one place UGA will have to improve to be truely good, it will be at defensive secondary. They are young at that position but there is a lot of time between now and opening day for them to get coached up and step up. I believe they will. Having some strength at nose tackle will also help to put a little less pressure on the secondary. It is hard to throw when you are running your butt off to get away from DE’s and blitzing linebackers.
As for So. Carolina losing or possibly losing Garcia. I think that he is one of the worst QB’s in the conference when it comes to playing good under pressure. Not sure they are any worse off with him out of the game. If there second year quarterback reacts and steps up to the game, they will be just as tough as they were last year. As long as Latimore is healthy and doing his thing, the Quarterback is more of a caretaker than the key to their offense anyway. Look what happend when Lattimore got hurt. Garcia drops back to pass, Garcia throws an interception. He just is not a good QB under pressure. Spurrier likes to think they are a pass first team, but I am also sure he recognizes that running wins games in the SEC more than passing most of the time. UGA has learned that painfully the last few seasons. He could win at Florida with good QB’s but he had a whole bunch of great atheletes to support that QB. SC seems to be one great runner, one could be great WR, and one servicable QB on offense. Defense looks pretty stout but they can’t be on the field 45 out of every 60 minutes and not have some problems.
UGA has the players on the team. Team leadership from some of the seniors and more agressive coaching from the coaches will be the key to their success this year. GO DAWGS.
Bodda Getta
April 7th, 2011
10:06 am
Jayson,
Don’t forget all the ThUG moves, putting Fletcher Cox out for the season on a blind side chop block after the whistle and the cheap shots on Nick Fairley, for which he and his guard were never suspended.
ThUGA’s lines pull this crap when they get dominated. They got called for a half dozen of them last year and should have been called for at least a half-dozen more against Colorado, UCF, and South Carolina.
ThUGA is Chop Block U.
Bodda Getta
April 7th, 2011
10:16 am
Keep in mind that Georgia’s offensive line is losing every competition drill this spring against the worst defensive line in the SEC.
Mumbai
April 7th, 2011
10:58 am
कुत्ते के चूसना । उन सभी चूसना ।
DawginLex
April 7th, 2011
11:06 am
bodda, UGA has the worst defensive line in the SEC?
Really?
I know you are a hater but come on, you can’t be serious.
Are you at practice every day? Did you notice the offense won tuesday’s drills?
Love and coddling has got us NO WHERE
April 7th, 2011
1:07 pm
All the CMR/Van Halanger/ Martinez Sunday school class stuff and the “I love my boys” stuff and the “we love you right or wrong”, has f-a-i-l-e-d for CMR and UGA. Now, we need to try “let us get it done or we are all expendable”. This is CMR’s final year short of defeating Florida AND at least strongly competing for the SEC East title. 7-5 or 8-4 ain’t it folks. He must defeat Florida and at least end up in the Cap One to indicate REAL PROGRESS. I suspect that 88% of the UGA alumni do too. I certainly do.
LIfe is that way, unless you are a union Postal worker thug, union thug teacher or GM/Chrysler union assembly line worker thug or a government paper pusher in DC or downtown Atlanta.
Hampton Inn Mgr-Opelika, AL.
April 7th, 2011
1:09 pm
FBI is about to chop block AU football and their coaches. AU will soon forfeit their last two or three years.
It is a coming.
Mobile Dawg
April 7th, 2011
1:28 pm
I have to ask Rocket Science, why you think CMR is a great coach? What single thing has he done to indicate he is a “great” coach? I don’t want to see him fail but I’m tired of the status quo that’s been going on. I haven’t seen one single indication since he’s been Head Coach that he is “great”.
It Ain't Rocket Science
April 7th, 2011
2:32 pm
Mobile DAWG,
Quite simple for me to answer. Whether you agree or not of my assesment is your business.
He runs a clean honest program. The kids want to play for him. He has had one losing season in ten years. He has won the SEC twice, and he has a fair amount of folks that go on to the PROs. if they so desire.
He honestly cares for the kids who play for him and he is a good ambassador for UGA. He has only lost 2 bowl games in ten years.
The above qualifies him as a great coach in my mind. Coaching is not all about winning and losing records.
A-Ville Ranger
April 8th, 2011
2:27 am
With all due respect to Ben. If he wants to get the team back on track, try blocking. We had absolutely no inside running game last year. I can’t recall a really solid blocking play that went thru the center all last season. I know Richt loves his attitude and he seems like a good kid. As a football player he needs to start worrying more about Ben Jones and let Richt do the job he’s paid way too much to do.
Mark, Mark-TheHairLipDog
April 8th, 2011
8:42 am
Let’s see. Big mouth has been a starter for 4 years and is now wanting to get the program on the right foot? Yeah buddy!! All this rah rah is pure horse manure. Still ain’t jack.
I-DOG
April 8th, 2011
6:22 pm
I Still don’t know why the line was so bad last year, but we certainly seem to have the talent to have at least a “good” OL this year. Jones, T. Sturdivant, and Glenn are all very talented and experienced and with Anderson, Burnette, and Gates you have another 3 that should be able to step up and if they don’t there are another 2-3 guys behind them that will push for playing time.
I guess what I am saying is that I don’t see any reason why our OL shouldn’t be able to be top 6 in rushing in the SEC and top 5 in preventing sacks at the very least. Of course, I said the same thing last year.
Why were we so bad on the OL last year?
It Ain't Rocket Science
April 9th, 2011
9:19 am
I-Dog,
I think it was a combination of not being in the best of shape and techniques both. I hope this new coach teaches them how to stay on a defender and not always worry about trying to best him every time. It is great to have the mentality of thinking you can beat the D lineman across from you on every play, but I think it is more important to be able to impede him on every play and provide a lane for the runner or time for the QB to find his ones and so on. Physically, I think they just weren’t ready to play 60 minutes but also I think you need to add in the fact, that the defense did not control the game so the o line was out there a bit more than they should have been. If the kids on the o line are coached better this year, I think they will be fine. If not, at the very least, they should be physically fit, and technique poor. I expect though that they will be much better this year.