NG John Jenkins working hard in preparation of June arrival at UGA
John Jenkins signs his letter-of-intent to attend Georgia as his mother Maryanne Baker looks on. (Photo by Scout.com)
John Jenkins has heard the rumors and, quite frankly, he’s not too happy about them.
The big nose guard from Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, who was one of the most heralded members of Georgia’s 2011 signing class, is presently back home in Meriden, Conn., getting ready to join the Bulldogs this summer. But even up there in what he describes as a very intensely focused environment, he has been hearing the scuttlebutt that an apparent academic snafu had jeopardized his eligibility at UGA.
“Yeah, I don’t know exactly where that came from,” Jenkins said Tuesday. “Everything is good. Everything is straight. I’ll be there in June. All it is is rumors. I don’t know where it starts. Regardless, I’m going to be playing against Boise State and that’s all I’m thinking about right now.”
Jenkins, a 6-foot-4, 360-pound JUCO All-American, is expected to be a big difference maker for the Bulldogs. Along with redshirt sophomore Kwame Geathers, he’s expected to give them the push in the middle of defensive coordinator Todd Grantham’s 3-4 defense they were previously lacking.
Jenkins said he knows he’s being counted on and he is preparing accordingly.
“I’m on Coach T’s [Joe Tereshinski] workout plan, but I’m going beyond that,” he said. “I’m working out three times a day. I’m lifting weights and doing a lot of running and conditioning. I want to be in good shape when I get there. Everybody just needs to chill.”
Just to double-check, I talked to Jenkins’ coach at MGCCC.
“You can go ahead and squash all that,” coach Steve Campbell said. “Of course, each kid has to go through an admissions committee and all that’s going on about right now. But he graduated from here and Big John’s going to be fine. We haven’t had anybody not make it yet.”
Meanwhile, Jenkins said he finds all the rumor and innuendo annoying.
“I get people asking me about this and asking me about that and it’s like people are just predetermining things,” he said. “I’d just say if you don’t see me at Georgia, then you can start worrying. But I’m going to be down there June 3 with my teammates getting ready for Boise State and South Carolina and everybody else.”
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Not since 1980
May 17th, 2011
3:05 pm
“Are we including game days, or just regular days of the week?”
Take your pick.
Florida Dawg
May 17th, 2011
3:06 pm
Not since 1980 – Oh…so now you are issuing judgements and hateful comments toward people less fortunate than yourself, merely because they live in trailers and like the same football team you do. I suggest you put all of this anger and energy to good use and help those people around Nashville who can’t afford anything but trailer homes. Then you could guarantee that all Vandy fans are not “trailer trash” as you call it.
Not since 1980
May 17th, 2011
3:06 pm
“Boise is nowhere near that.”
They lost 1 game last year. What’s so funny about dawg fans is the fact that they actually think UGA is incapable of losing games in and out of conference.
Guess you missed The Liberty Bowl.
DawginLex
May 17th, 2011
3:09 pm
I have to give it to you Not Since 1980, you excel at being a smarta$$.
You must be proud.
You never post an original thought on here. You just copy another person’s comments and then bash with some lame 4th grade comeback.
You never want to talk football. You just want to be a smarta$$.
Congratulations, you are good at it.
You also excel at ruining blogs for the rest of us.
I’ve reported you to Chip Towers. Hopefully, he can ban your IP address and do us all a big favor.
Maybe one day you will grow up enought to have a serious conversation.
Go ahead now, copy my post, spew about it and call me Gump.
You are so predictable.
Not since 1980
May 17th, 2011
3:09 pm
“Oh…so now you are issuing judgements and hateful comments toward people less fortunate than yourself, merely because they live in trailers and like the same football team you do.”
LOL!!!!!!!!!!! Whatever you say, Jesse Jackson.
ryan
May 17th, 2011
3:11 pm
Not since 1980 you can bash and bash UGA all you want every school goes through a rough time but mark my words all the crap you have been saying will come back to haunt you .
Florida Dawg
May 17th, 2011
3:11 pm
Not since 1980 – Well during the week in Athens, I have rarely if ever seen random people of humble means shouting aloud about how UGA will win the SEC or a national title in football. So that one is out. As for during game days, there are upwards of 100,000 plus people roaming around campus and filtering in and out of the stadium. I wouldn’t doubt there are many of UGA’s humble fan base that are shouting with pride before, during and after a game. I’m pretty sure Vanderbilt campus and Nashville in general is very similar on game days or game day weekends.
Not since 1980
May 17th, 2011
3:11 pm
“I’ve reported you to Chip Towers. Hopefully, he can ban your IP address and do us all a big favor.”
Oh, so you’re a crybaby who can’t handle other peoples opinions. He won’t ban me, Gump. No matter how much you cry about it.
“You never post an original thought on here. You just copy another person’s comments and then bash with some lame 4th grade comeback.”
Pot meet kettle. How many folks have you name called, including me, Gump?
Not since 1980
May 17th, 2011
3:12 pm
“mark my words all the crap you have been saying will come back to haunt you .”
When and how?
DawginLex
May 17th, 2011
3:12 pm
As I said, so predictable.
gump? Is that all you have?
so original
1eyedJack
May 17th, 2011
3:12 pm
Not since 1980’s smart twin spontaneously aborted himself. Smart move.
Not since 1980
May 17th, 2011
3:15 pm
“gump? Is that all you have?”
Well, since it drove you to cry about me to Chip, yes.
DawginLex
May 17th, 2011
3:15 pm
Interpretation of Not since 1980
A fan(not a graduate) of auburn football since they were the last team to win the national title. He couldn’t get into UGA so he went to some JC in alabama and thinks that allows him to claim Auburn as his team. Year before, he was a Bama fan.
Hates all things UGA because he couldn’t get in, a UGA guy stole his girlfriend and fired him from his job. He now lives in a trailer in Alabama and posts on his momma’s computer.
He gets his jollys from ruining UGA blogs. Makes him feel powerful.
cadawg
May 17th, 2011
3:15 pm
atta boy big john! this is good news for the dawg nation. HBTD!
Go Dawgs!
May 17th, 2011
3:15 pm
“What a profound comeback. Did you learn that at UGA?”
I tried to save you the time, like I said insert lame comeback which you did.
That’s the best you’ve got? Obviously we all know it’s true that your Dad should have pulled out. Just admit it. Misery loves company, I mean why else would you spend so much time ATTEMPTING to make others misarable? You’re misarable and unhappy because your dad didn’t take the time to put on a condom, so now you want some company to wallow in your misery with you. Okay,if it will make you feel better I’ll play along.
Oh, I’m so mad and upset at Not Since 1980, he’s so mean and cruel. How can he come on here and talk about my Dawgs with such a lack of respect. boo, hoo, hoo.
There feel better about yourself?
Florida Dawg
May 17th, 2011
3:16 pm
Not since 1980 – Just to make sure I am not making improper assumptions. I will call a few of my friends attending Vanderbilt University and make sure I have my facts straight. If I am wrong, I will be sure to post my sincere apologies.
GO DAWGS!
Dawg Gone
May 17th, 2011
3:16 pm
DawginLex you and the rest of the Bull Dog Nation need to heed your advice about pigs when it comes to 1980…like all teens he has the attention span of a gnat..he will bore and go. Go ahead troll fire at will…you got nothing.
Not since 1980
May 17th, 2011
3:16 pm
“I have rarely if ever seen random people of humble means shouting aloud about how UGA will win the SEC or a national title in football.”
That’s because you aren’t paying attention.
Not since 1980
May 17th, 2011
3:17 pm
Go Dawgs!
I really hope you’re not majoring in psychology because your “analysis” is about as accurate as Mark Richts coaching ability at the Liberty Bowl.
DawginLex
May 17th, 2011
3:19 pm
Later TROLL boy.
Call your mommy to pick you up from the library
ryan
May 17th, 2011
3:19 pm
Not since 1980 has some mental issues these haters can say all they garbage they want but what maters is what happens on the field this year not in past i think the reason they spewing this hatred is maybe they fear big John Jenkins and Ray Drew .
Not since 1980
May 17th, 2011
3:20 pm
DawginLex
Lie much, ma’am?
Florida Dawg
May 17th, 2011
3:20 pm
Not since 1980 – I can see that attempting to have a conversation with you without slandering each others teams is an effort in futility as you appear to genuinely hate the University of Georgia and its fanbase. Well…to each his own. Best of luck with your endeavors.
As always… GO GEORGIA BULLDOGS!
Not since 1980
May 17th, 2011
3:21 pm
“Not since 1980 has some mental issues’
LOL, ok.
UGA Insider
May 17th, 2011
3:22 pm
As I expected AJ Harmon is transferring.
Go Dawgs!
May 17th, 2011
3:22 pm
Not since 1980
May 17th, 2011
3:17 pm
Go Dawgs!
I really hope you’re not majoring in psychology because your “analysis” is about as accurate as Mark Richts coaching ability at the Liberty Bowl.
Not Since 1980, if that’s what you need to tell yourself to sleep better at night then go ahead. Again Misery LOVES company, that’s common sense not psychology
What else you got?
Not since 1980
May 17th, 2011
3:22 pm
2011 scenarios for UGA football.
What will UGA most likely do in 2011?
a: Repeat as Fulmer Cup Champs?
b: Lose another game to Florida?
c: Finish third in the SEC Least?
d: All of the above?
Not since 1980
May 17th, 2011
3:24 pm
“if that’s what you need to tell yourself to sleep better at night then go ahead. Again Misery LOVES company, that’s common sense not psychology”
I sleep fine, ma’am. In fact, I sleep better knowing that dawg fans will once again witness failure in Athens.
Thanks.
MarineDawg
May 17th, 2011
3:25 pm
DawginLex,
I think I will join you in reporting this moron. It would be nice to see the other bloggers that would actually like to discuss football report him as well. Maybe we can get rid of him once and for all, since roach spray doesn’t work on him.
Not since 1980
May 17th, 2011
3:28 pm
“I think I will join you in reporting this moron.”
I love hypocrisy. Especially when one writes about responding about someone else all while calling said person a moron.
Not since 1980
May 17th, 2011
3:29 pm
MarineDawg
I’ve tried to talk football. Shall we discuss UGA winning another Fulmer Cup or perhaps UGA not being able to beat Florida?
mdr
May 17th, 2011
3:30 pm
If that man told me to chill, I would chill. Quickly and quietly.
ryan
May 17th, 2011
3:31 pm
UGA insider AJ Harmon out but Caleb King is good to go and Not since 1980 you need get a life if you don’t like UGA than why do come here nobody cares we all know we had bad 3 years but UGA will be better this year our defense a lot better ..
Go Dawgs!
May 17th, 2011
3:32 pm
So now calling me “ma’am” is somehow supposed to make me feel like less of a man?
Boy I hope YOU didn’t major in psychology!!!
C’mon junior which is it:
1. You’re feeding your need for attention that your mom and dad with held
2. You’re misrable and have fallen into the misery loves company syndrome
3. You’re a loser living in mama’s basement with nothing better to do
which is it?
ryan
May 17th, 2011
3:33 pm
Not since 1980 if you don’t like UGA don’t come here .
mdr
May 17th, 2011
3:33 pm
Enter your comments here
Not since 1980
May 17th, 2011
3:35 pm
“Not since 1980 if you don’t like UGA don’t come here .”
But it’s so much fun to get dawg fans riled up. See: you
Not since 1980
May 17th, 2011
3:36 pm
“which is it?”
None of the above, ma’am.
Go Dawgs!
May 17th, 2011
3:37 pm
Better yet, why don’t we just poll the bloggers:
Everyone which do you think it is:
Not Since 1980 is:
1. Feeding his need for attention that his mom and dad with held from him
2. He lives a misrable exisistence and has fallen into the misery loves company syndrome
3. He’s a loser living in mama’s basement with nothing better to do
4. All of the above
Not since 1980
May 17th, 2011
3:38 pm
“Better yet, why don’t we just poll the bloggers:”
Go for it, Gump. I bet they’ll flunk it just like most people who flunked out of high school.
Go Dawgs!
May 17th, 2011
3:39 pm
None of the above, ma’am.
That ma’am thing is SOOO funny, especially coming from a boy with a vagina.
JAWJeRDAWG
May 17th, 2011
3:41 pm
Not since 1980 obviously hates UGA, Ryan. Basically his responses have only been to retorts. If posters will ignore him / her, maybe he / she will soon tire of talking with himself / herself. .. Go Dawgs!
Not since 1980
May 17th, 2011
3:42 pm
“especially coming from a boy with a vagina.”
Hey, why don’t you write about how I need to be banned for posting mean things! I can’t wait to read another delusional comment about how I’m the one who writes nasty things.
I love hypocritical dawg fans. DawginLex, where are you? Here girl! Come on girl!
Not since 1980
May 17th, 2011
3:42 pm
I love dudes!
Not since 1980
May 17th, 2011
3:43 pm
Go Tech baby!
Not since 1980
May 17th, 2011
3:44 pm
Oh goody, dawg fans are now stealing blog handles.
Not since 1980
May 17th, 2011
3:44 pm
“If posters will ignore him”
Maybe you could act like your fellow mutts and steal my blog handle. Then, you can write Chip a letter about how I need to be banned. LOL
Fake Name-- YET AGAIN
May 17th, 2011
3:45 pm
This is why the AJC message boards are a joke and no one can be believed to be who they say they are. I can change my name this many times and yet nothing is done. this is a joke. there needs to be USER NAME registration, and Accountability.
Mutt fans are scared of Nick Fairley
May 17th, 2011
3:46 pm
Let’s see how many dumb dawg fans will steal my handle.
ryan
May 17th, 2011
3:50 pm
There are some real immature people on this board .