‘Pocket dialing,’ inadvertent texts result in NCAA violations for UGA
“Pocket dialing” and inadvertent text messages have generated a pile of paperwork for Georgia, the SEC and the NCAA the past two months.
According to documents obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Wednesday afternoon via the Freedom of Information Act, UGA had to report six secondary violations in five sports since April. Two of those violations were inadvertently committed in one instance last month by head football coach Mark Richt.
In Athletic Director Greg McGarity’s letter of explanation to the SEC Commissioner Mike Slive, dated May 27, he explains that Richt accidentally sent two text messages from his Blackberry to the father of football prospect Jordan Jenkins of Harris County on May 26th (text messages to prospects or their family members are impermissible per NCAA rules until one day after a prospect has signed a national letter of intent with the school). In the first instance, Richt received a text from Ron Jenkins asking for camp dates. Since Richt did not have the number programmed in his phone, the text was identified as “unknown.” Richt intended to forward the text to a recruiting assistant for identification but accidentally replied to Mr. Jenkins, which was a violation NCAA Bylaw 13.4.1.2.
Richt immediately reported the inadvertent violation to compliance director Eric Baumgartner, who subsequently asked if Mr. Jenkins had replied. In an attempt to forward Mr. Jenkins’ response to Baumgartner, Richt accidently replied to Mr. Jenkins again, hence he had to report another text violation.
This, ladies and gentlemen, is how the majority of your schools’ compliance time and resources are spent. During this same time period, UGA had to report:
- Men’s basketball assistant coach Kwanza Johnson sent an impermissible text to prospect Robert Carter of Thomasville on April 25. Johnson immediately reported to the UGA complaince office that he had intended to send the note to Carter via his phone’s email function (email is permissible). Nonetheless, UGA self-imposed a 30-day communication ban in May and prohibited Johnson from phoning prospects for two weeks, which the SEC accepted without adding penalties.
- A softball assistant coach had to report calling a prospect’s mother twice in the same week. The second call was a “pocket dial,” according to the letter of explanation. No further penalties were imposed.
- New volleyball coach Lizzy Stemke self-reported sending what was determined to be an impermissible email to a UGA alum who has a “prospect-aged daughter” in high school. UGA self-imposed a penalty prohibiting it from sending recruiting materials to said prospect for a period 60 days this fall.
- A gymnastics team trainer sent a text to a signee advising her about a medical exam and dorm assignment before her signed national letter-of-intent had been processed. No penalties were extended.
Georgia’s football program has had to report at least two other secondary violations this year. In March, it reported that the use of a “missing-man formation” during Isaiah Crowell’s official visit in January violated the NCAA’s rule forbidding game-day simulations. Also, in February the Bulldogs had to report a violation when former players Randall Godfrey and David Pollack attended the late-January announcement of eventual signee Ray Drew in Thomasville.
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red&silver
June 16th, 2011
5:26 am
1st.
John Galt
June 16th, 2011
5:44 am
Silly- The NCAA monitors this foolishness yet allows a semi-pro QB play and win a national championship. Pathetic.
FalconUGAFan
June 16th, 2011
5:46 am
Off with their heads! Off with their heads!
SidVicious
June 16th, 2011
5:49 am
I think this football staff has shown the tendency the last 2 years or so to committ a secondary violation in order to help with a recruit. It’s like its easier to ask forgiveness than to ask for permission.
German Shepherd Dawg
June 16th, 2011
6:11 am
Sid Vicious,
Not much smarter than the real deal, are we?
Pocket dialing and accidental replies is a secondary violation done intentionally?
I hate calling people names, so I’ll just say goodbye.
SidVicious
June 16th, 2011
6:12 am
Remember Crowell and the missing man formation on the practice field right under their staffs nose? Those are the types of things that I think will get them in trouble if they aren’t real careful. All you have to do is look norht to the problems at UT.Kiffin was blasted for committing several secondary violations,then he slips up and committs a major. In his eye the secondary was worth the risk if it got you a recruit.
59bulldawg
June 16th, 2011
6:23 am
The Apple Dumpling Gang strikes again!
Welcome home
June 16th, 2011
6:29 am
I’m glad to see that the NCAA is right on top of things; meanwhile The Ohio State football program is running amok. It’s like a crewman polishing brass while the Titanic is sinking.
Paddy
June 16th, 2011
7:00 am
Silly. This story can’t be real can it? CMR and others are adults. Let them coach and stop making them run to the pricipal’s office for demerit points. I didn’t think this was possible in the real world after the age of 16. Silly!!!!!!!!!!
Beast from the East
June 16th, 2011
7:06 am
How many secondary violations like these are committed daily across the country? 10, 100, 1000? How’d you like to be a compliance officer at a major university? They should have a salary that rivals the head coaches’. LOL!
PJ
June 16th, 2011
7:18 am
It sounds like Mark Richt hasn’t figured out how to use a Blackberry.
Top Dawg
June 16th, 2011
7:35 am
I’m still worried about the NCAA eliminating kickoffs.
It Ain't Rocket Science
June 16th, 2011
7:44 am
And now we know why the NCAA enforcement book of rules, is almost 300 pages. I am surprised that we don’t have to report if a recruit uses the restroom facilities on campus, if he visits, officially or unofficially. I guess we should be thankful that we self reported these errors and terrible violations. And we wonder why it takes the NCAA 5 years to actually settle major cases of non-compliance in the NCAA. Of course they fall back on the old line, “We don’t have the staff to keep up”. Here’s an idea, don,t make everything short of breathing air on the campus, some type of violation.
JB
June 16th, 2011
7:48 am
Boy, right up there with Ohio St. Type mess. I think the NCAA ought to send 4 or 5 field officers in and dismantle Richt’s Blackberry, Call in the entire athletic staff and polygraph them.
Institutional control has been lost……..Hit the wrong button on a blackberry. I bet money was wired also………………..GEEZ.
How the heck do you...
June 16th, 2011
7:53 am
…inadvertently send a TEXT? You had to type out the stuff, so this stuff has to lie, after lie, after lie – and I am a season ticket holder – sounds like McGarrity is a cover-up guy that learned his trade well at UF…
rock steady freddy
June 16th, 2011
7:56 am
In other news; au and osu are paying players and committing several thousand violations daily.
JB
June 16th, 2011
7:56 am
Richt could learn a lot from Chisnik. Now, hats off to winning it all on the field, but to recruit, Richt needs himself a Trooper Taylor, A duffle bag, and a source for cash and a good car and flashlight for meeting in alley ways at night. Turn that phone off. It’s traceable.
This is why whe shouldn't have a holiday called Kwanza
June 16th, 2011
8:09 am
•Men’s basketball assistant coach Kwanza Johnson sent an impermissible text to prospect Robert Carter of Thomasville on April 25.
JB
June 16th, 2011
8:10 am
79 days till kick off. This will be an event changing year in Athens. Either Richt wins and gets an extension…..or we end up starting a new era in Athens in 2012……..
Dentaldawg
June 16th, 2011
8:11 am
NCAA Bylaw 13.4.1.2 Blows
This is why whe shouldn't have a holiday called Kwanza
June 16th, 2011
8:12 am
JB Duffle bag or cash? How about giving them Hershel’s Trans Am that Vince gave him?
JB
June 16th, 2011
8:14 am
It’s in a glass case next to his Heisman, that’s why….LOL
JB
June 16th, 2011
8:17 am
Also, Vince was an Auburn man…. Learned the Auburn way…….. The trans am was boosters far removed from Vince or staff…..Or known as the “Auburn Way”
Rabid Dawg'84
June 16th, 2011
8:21 am
Chip, how many scholarships can UGA fill in FEB 2012?
lawdawg
June 16th, 2011
8:24 am
The most worrisome takeaway from this story is that Mark Richt has no idea how to use the text forwarding feature of a cell phone. Lol.
This is why whe shouldn't have a holiday called Kwanza
June 16th, 2011
8:24 am
goot one JB
1eyedJack
June 16th, 2011
8:32 am
Coach Richt was “Wienerized”.
JB
June 16th, 2011
8:32 am
Rabid Dawg………It was reported on here the other day that Mark said 18. The AJC writer, I believe Bill King stated that the number may jump to 20 after the season based on draft declarations.
JB
June 16th, 2011
8:35 am
What’s happened to the story about the Justice dept. asking the NCAA Why no playoff in Div 1 football? I guess the killing of OBL and the Weiner story have taken over the headlines.
It Ain't Rocket Science
June 16th, 2011
8:37 am
Rabid DAWG,
Good question, I am wondering that myself. I think CMR said back a couple of months ago that there were 18 to offer for 2012, but I saw an article , I think in Yard barker(?) that said he actually could get the full compliment of 25, so I am confused. 25 would be nice, so we could really load up on some OL’s, WR’s and a few more secondary people. CMR may have been hoping to sign 18 this year and use any open ones for spring entry next year. If I understand the rule change now though, the spring guys could against the upcoming years total now, so they could not be added to the previous year, even if you did not fill all of your scholarships for the previous year. I might be wrong though since the rules seem a little confusing to me.
Mr. iPhone
June 16th, 2011
8:40 am
Good thing Coach Richt doesn’t have an iPhone. I had 4 pocket call just yesterday. Does any one know if I need to report these pocket calls to the NCAA?
JB
June 16th, 2011
8:46 am
John Stossel of Fox news wants Wiener to run for President and wants to be his VP………The campaign would be……………………………..Wiener-Stossel……………….OK, Slow morning.
Wolfman
June 16th, 2011
8:49 am
Does anyone believe that he doesn’t know how to use his Blackberry??
It Ain't Rocket Science
June 16th, 2011
8:49 am
JB,
LOL, a real slow one is it? LOL. Wonder what the campaign slogan might be?
BG
June 16th, 2011
8:52 am
This was silly to report on.
UGA
June 16th, 2011
8:56 am
How many secondary violations have we had in the past couple of years??? Sounds like we are really good at violating minor offenses while staying away from majors! Richt seems to do an awful lot of stuff inadverdently! LOL
GA-AU
June 16th, 2011
8:59 am
Nothing to see here….The NCAA rules are to much at times.
Captain
June 16th, 2011
8:59 am
What are the chances the AJC requests similar info from GT? Duh! The beat writer for GT is a fan, God forbid he send a FOI request to the GT Athletic Dept. The AJC history of favoring GT continues, fostered by Furman Bisher, perpetuated by Norman Arey, continues today.
Come on AJC, if you are going to request Information from the Georgia Athletic Dept and publish these stories can you at least “attempt” to be fair by treating GT with the same regard?
Stinger
June 16th, 2011
9:01 am
Here comes the DEATH SENTENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LMAO
Magic Jack
June 16th, 2011
9:01 am
Seems like silly regulations. But wait; we wouldn’t need regulatory bodies if everyone played by the rules.
South Georgia Man
June 16th, 2011
9:02 am
How is it that an ex colledge football player can’t attend a signing of intent but there are a lot of pictures in newspapers where a student signed with a school and had a coach from the colledge they were signing with in the picture. NCAA knows how to lock down JOB SECURITY!!! Go Ray Drew!!!!
Really Chip?
June 16th, 2011
9:05 am
Chip – stop trying to create a stir – typical media. It is humerous that you failed to mention that EVERY NCAA school sends in these reports regulary. This is a very low attempt to take a shot UGA and your credibility as a report is questionable. Chip you are better than this, or at least I thought so.
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June 16th, 2011
9:06 am
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Dawgs Tell
June 16th, 2011
9:10 am
NCAA is an association that is a money making machine.Create rules and regulations then decide who should follow and who gets a free ride.Man,I need to get in on this revenue generator.Wish they would go public and I could but stock.OH I forgot; they are a non-profit!! Ha-HA
TallaDawg
June 16th, 2011
9:10 am
I am a huge UGA fan, but are these coaches technological idiots?
schmeckdawg
June 16th, 2011
9:11 am
Hilarious! With what is going on at schools like The Olieo State University, UGA has to report improper text messages. Gimme a break!!!!!
boise bulldog
June 16th, 2011
9:14 am
Just turn the division 1 into semi-pro, let the pro teams pay for it, and get it out of the university costs. No more NCAA stupid rules and running around holier than thou. Hell I screw up with my Blackberry all the time.
It is what it is
June 16th, 2011
9:19 am
What a waste of time..
Sir Barks A Lot
June 16th, 2011
9:20 am
Hey – the rules are the rules – and not matter how silly – they are in place because coaches and programshave abused a prior system.
How many times did Lane Kiffin have accidental communications with a recruit?
Need to track and report all communications – it sad – but the overall lack of integrity in college recruiting is evident.
Now about the joke we call the NCAA.
They are a huge part of the problem – here is yet another example:
– Will the NCAA force Ohio State to vacate their bowl victory over Arkansas?
– Why were players – who were caught violating rules – selling or trading memorabilia allowed to play in the bowl game?
– How fair is that to players and coaches on the opposing team that are playing by the rules?
– How fair is that to AJ GREEN and UGA?
– Any school that has a player breaking a rule now has a great arguement to the NCAA that they will allow their player to finish out the current seeason – and defer game suspensions until the next season. If the player does not return – it’s on the player – not the school.
What is the NCAA going to do now that T. Pryor is bolting OSU – and not having to sit out any games – but will be collecting a paycheck.from the NFL?
The NCAA played in a big part in creating this mess because they picked bowl ratings and happy sponsors and money over integrity. Now they are going to point fingers at OSU?????
Also – OSU and the NCAA denied an opportunity for the back-ups to step up for their school on a big stage. Maybe Arkansas would have won – does not matter,
Remember when GT beat a Lorenzo White led Michigan State with a back-up QB as their starter was suspended for missing curfew?
Here is what the NCAA should do:
– Vacate the OSU victory.
– Terminate the NCAA executives involved in this blunder.
– For OSU – no bowls for 2 years – no TV for 2 years – no champioship game appearance for 3 years – vacate wins for 2010 – 30 scholarship reductions over 3 years.
Mobile Dawg
June 16th, 2011
9:21 am
Hopefully some, or most of you pay as much attention to what’s going on with our country’s leadership, or lack of, as you do to this trivial nonsense. It’s beyond time to take our country back, let’s just enjoy football for what it is, “entertainment”. Imagine how much “time and money” are wasted on such ignorance and a lack of common sense. We’re regulating ourselves right out of existence. Enjoy your day fellow Dawgs and Americans.
Contractor
June 16th, 2011
9:21 am
I’ll take a text message over a story about free cars, tattoos, and lying.
whatthedawg
June 16th, 2011
9:25 am
Let he who is without pocketcalls cast the first stone.
Seriously, who hasn’t made pocket calls? This is not a big deal.
@ How the heck do you...
June 16th, 2011
9:26 am
Np one is questioning the fact that CMR typed the text message. The problem is, he hit “reply” instead of “forward”.
@ How the heck do you...
June 16th, 2011
9:27 am
oops, meant to say No one… See, it’s easy to hit the wrong key.
Eat and Tweet
June 16th, 2011
9:27 am
Richts is now on vacation so will the playa’s with character issues at UGA try to male some ground for Fulmer Cup points?
sogadog
June 16th, 2011
9:28 am
Much ado about nothing. We get in trouble for inadvertant texts and pocket dials while Cam Newton’s dad can offer his son’s services for 180K without breaking any rule.
wat?...
June 16th, 2011
9:31 am
For the life of me I cannot comprehend how you “inadvertenty” send a text, especially one worth getting a response from someone asking for camp dates and then sending another one on “accident”. I am calling shenanigans. Nice to see how some will take the high road in one topic(over signing) and the low in the next…
BIG JOE
June 16th, 2011
9:32 am
Wow… We are REALLY stretching for some football news..
Chip Towers
June 16th, 2011
9:34 am
UGA, others: Generally, secondary violations demonstrate compliance, not a lack of it.
Old Dawg
June 16th, 2011
9:35 am
I get texts from people or entities I don’t know every now and then. If it’s a person, I ask who they are. If it’s a company trying to sell something I delete it.
There are a lot of issue related to texting and cellphones that can create problems within the NCAA guidelines. In all fairness, it doesn’t look like and of these incidents were attempts to break the rules, simply cases of technology running amok and folks trying to respond to communications.
Chip Towers
June 16th, 2011
9:37 am
Rabid Dawg’84: As always, it’s impossible to tell how many scholarships will be available for 2012 at this point. Currently, Georgia is expected to lose 13 seniors to graduation. Then there are the slots available from off-season transfers, which is four or five. But underclassmen entering the draft and other attrition will surely open more spots. So I’d suspect 18-20, but you never know.
Cheats!
June 16th, 2011
9:41 am
CHEATERS!!!!! and you still lose???????? hahahahhahahahahaha
PTC DAWG
June 16th, 2011
9:42 am
Mobile Dawg +1
Atlanta Gator
June 16th, 2011
9:42 am
Sounds like the UGA athletic department needs to spend $200 and get all of the Dawgs’ coaches holsters for their BlackBerries. Voila! No more pocket-dialing.
phil
June 16th, 2011
9:42 am
I’m beginning to think that Richt is just incapable of sending a text to the right person. He should be fired immediately so that we don’t have to fire him after the upcoming losing season ahead….
sigh…
Mark Richt what a dumb As*
June 16th, 2011
9:43 am
Richt is as dumb as he looks.
Ross
June 16th, 2011
9:43 am
None of these were intentional or severe. Some things are just nit picky. I do agree however, that with a semi pro quarterback act Aubrn, perhaps this was a little unecessary.
Mark, Mark-TheHairLipDog
June 16th, 2011
9:44 am
What will happen if they are playing “pocket pool” inadvertently?
bucket
June 16th, 2011
9:45 am
@ South Georgia Man – Great point about HS coaches. I have said for a long time that this is the unwritten story in the state of Georgia regarding high profile recruits. One of the reasons, (not the only reason haters!), one of the reasons that UGA has lost out on recruits in this state is that schools like Alabama, Florida State, and others have defacto recruiters on Ga HS football teams in the form of the coaching staff. In fact, since you’re a South Georgia Man you probably know what is going on right now with a certain high profile recruit in your area who is a strong UGA lean, but is getting pushed in a different direction by his coach.
Vulture
June 16th, 2011
9:48 am
Maybe McGarity should relieve Richt of his Blackberry duties.
Mr. Dawg
June 16th, 2011
9:51 am
I know you have a job to do Chris. But with all due respect this must be a really slow news day.
The Truth
June 16th, 2011
9:57 am
Captain, GA Tech Lies & Cheats & Everyone knows it. The AJC simply ignores it. I have not bought a single copy of the AJC since the Spring of 1986 for that reason. And I haven’t missed a thing.
CDAWG
June 16th, 2011
9:58 am
This is funny, HOW do you type out two messages and send them to the SAME person TWICE, ACCIDENTALLY? Not that I don’t think that this is tivial BS!
I think for punishment he should have to do a double back flip off the platform!
Delbert D.
June 16th, 2011
10:00 am
I’m way behind the curve when it comes to new-fangled technology. I wanted a rotary dial cell phone, but no luck with that. I hit the wrong button or something while turning my supposedly simple Nokia off the other day, and I was very surprised to see myself looking at me from the little screen. I immediately took out the battery. I’m not making this up. Well… the rotary dial thing was a fantasy.
Name (required)
June 16th, 2011
10:00 am
John Galt…..at least UGA will never have to worry about getting a national championship taken away. The NCAA can’t take away what is not there
this is too easy ...
June 16th, 2011
10:00 am
@Captain:
… because I’m sure Paul Johnson and his staff KNOW how to use their Smartphones. LOL (alot).
Yeah, the AJC shows favoritism towards UGA all the time … what with its 2 blogs dedicated to UGA and constant pandering to the barking masses.
KeithB
June 16th, 2011
10:02 am
Almost as silly as free tattoos.
funny...
June 16th, 2011
10:03 am
Richt can’t decide whether or not it’s a good idea to kick a field goal or go for a touchdown on the 1 yard line, so yes, I do believe he has no idea how to use his blackberry.
He is also the guy who thought that Mike Bobo and Willie Martinez would make good Coordinators.
I can’t believe he still has a job. Amazing
funny...
June 16th, 2011
10:04 am
As punishment, the NCAA should make Georgia keep Richt.
Roadrunner
June 16th, 2011
10:12 am
My work supplied cell phone pocket dials CONSTANTLY. I can’t count the number of times, seriously probably in the 100’s of times. You have to press two buttons to unlock it which is somehow exactly the pressure caused by putting it in your pocket. Great design Samsung! Granted, UGA can afford better phones for these coaches than I have, but still it does happen.
It Ain't Rocket Science
June 16th, 2011
10:13 am
Good Point Chip,
I never looked at it that way. Reporting minor transgressions does indicate compliance to the rules more than anything else. Makes perfect sense. I am sure for one nebulous reason or another, the rule is in place there, but I don’t think for a minute that CMR did it deliberately, because I don’t buy that it is easier to commit a minor offense and then report it, versus not complying by the rules.
Ummm, couldn’t interest you in doing the Junkyard Dawg blog, could I? LOL.
Win P.
June 16th, 2011
10:23 am
The NCAA has taken stupidity and made it an art form.
Sanjeev
June 16th, 2011
10:25 am
Wait a minute so all these violations were self reported immediately??? How did they know who to go to? I mean the sweater vest couldn’t figure it out.
Coach Vince "Coke Head" Dooley
June 16th, 2011
10:27 am
These are silly violations.
When I was coach we supplied Herschel Walker with boat loads of cash and a few women.
rexdogma
June 16th, 2011
10:28 am
Richt, how do you accidently text someone? What a joke.
LOL
June 16th, 2011
10:29 am
Seriously, its not a friggin supercomputer Richt. Someone needs to give that moron a lesson on how to use a cell phone properly. I have never once sent a message on accident… And I’m a UGA fan too.
rexdogma
June 16th, 2011
10:29 am
Richt, did you talke blackberry lessons from Congressman Weiner?
Richt has some flaws
June 16th, 2011
10:31 am
UGA fans know that, but besides Florida, what SEC schools have a winning record against him?
As far as NCs not being there to be taken away, the Dogs trophy case has close to 40 ranging across 8 different sports, not to mention over 130 SEC titles.
NoDawgsAllowed
June 16th, 2011
10:32 am
Seems like there’s probably a need for schools to add a “technology training officer” to the staff, might cut down on the compliance issues.
flo-ri-duh
June 16th, 2011
10:34 am
knit picking
Bob
June 16th, 2011
10:35 am
What utter and complete bovine excrement.
It Ain't Rocket Science
June 16th, 2011
10:35 am
Sanjeev,
They were reported to the UGA compliance department, as the story above indicates. Then the compliance dept. makes up a report and forwards it to the NCAA.
Jacket Man
June 16th, 2011
10:37 am
And everyone wonders why it costs so much to attend collegiate games now-a-days…It seems like the Universities are having to spend more time and money training and policing themselves for “minor NCAA infractions” than being able to do what they are hired to do; run an honest program that doesn’t have to worry about walking on eggshells.
Sure, there needs to be some rules in place to maintain some sense of order and “legality,” but allowing some payment to players for recruiting trips and while they’re on their respective teams sure would help alleviate some of the need of the constant NCAA interference.
I hate Georgia
June 16th, 2011
10:38 am
Death Penalty……..when this podunct school finally realizes NOBODY cares about this bunch. I’m dreaming.
It Ain't Rocket Science
June 16th, 2011
10:39 am
LOL,
You are calling CMR a moron. Let’s see here. You are posting stuff on a newspaper blog, about a coach making over 3 million dollars a year, and CMR is the moron. Call me what you want if I am making 3 million a year. Now that is laughable, LOL.
Trojan
June 16th, 2011
10:43 am
What if CMR has pocket dialed Cam Newton’s father about Cam’s salary?
charliedawg
June 16th, 2011
10:45 am
Great story Chip, let us know when Richt drops his BB in the toliet when taking a dump. That’ll make the front page of the sports section. They don’t call it the urinal constipation for nothing! LOL!
patrick Sulley
June 16th, 2011
10:46 am
How the heck do you…
June 16th, 2011
7:53 am
…inadvertently send a TEXT? You had to type out the stuff, so this stuff has to lie, after lie, after lie – and I am a season ticket holder – sounds like McGarrity is a cover-up guy that learned his trade well at UF…
==============================
LOL.”cover up” Wait…wait…so…..you think that SELF reporting on THE SAME DAY you did it is a “cover up”???????????????????? Oh My God. You drinking early today…. no?
bdawg
June 16th, 2011
10:46 am
The NCAA has proven they are “dollar” driven…Allowing Ohio State players to compete in the Sugar Bowl after admitted violations is a joke. The guilty players promised to come back and take their punishment…QB Pryor will go pro hence no punishment. That tells me they played with an illegial player and should forfiet the game. They could/should have seen this coming. Another SEC team gets shafted…sorry Razorbacks.
ADMan
June 16th, 2011
10:47 am
Much to do about nothing!
Sammy Dawg
June 16th, 2011
10:53 am
This don’t mean nothing! If fat boy johnson did this the yeller jerkits would use the “fat fingers” defense. Here comes 10 out of 11!
Yea Right
June 16th, 2011
10:53 am
For you doggie fans who think Richt inadvertently sent 2 text messages. I am selling bridges in the Bay area.
redneckviking
June 16th, 2011
10:54 am
I hear that Crowell did not show up for the incoming Freshman workout with Hershel Walker last week………….Not a good sign nor a good start for the heir apparent
Just sayin'
June 16th, 2011
10:55 am
Maybe Richt should leave texting to the kids?
UK_Cat
June 16th, 2011
10:58 am
Is a text that different from email? The NCAA needs a revamp or a revocation.
What the ?
June 16th, 2011
10:59 am
How the heck do you… – reread the article genius he inadvertently sent the message as a text instead of an e-mail, his phone can do both. Good Grief.
Bill Clinton
June 16th, 2011
10:59 am
And I “inadvertently” had sex with that woman
BIG BEE
June 16th, 2011
11:00 am
Silly rule, BUT, better keep your hands out of your pockets or you may have to resign from congress—UH-UH- or somewhere.
Just sayin'
June 16th, 2011
11:02 am
LOL@ Bill Clinton! Good one.
Mike
June 16th, 2011
11:02 am
Somehow, someway….this is Nick Fairley’s fault.
BIG BEE
June 16th, 2011
11:03 am
Enter your comments here
@Sammy Dawg
June 16th, 2011
11:03 am
You wish you had a Fat Boy Johnson
WONDERING
June 16th, 2011
11:04 am
Is pocket dialing the same as pocket pool? Just WONDERING.
FinanceBuzz
June 16th, 2011
11:05 am
IF these were truly inadvertent, differentiating between texts and emails is kinda silly but not shocking out of the NCAA. IF truly inadvertent, I cannot fault UGAg for that. But I just have to question just how much “inadvertent” stuff happens that can be reported as a “slap on the wrist” secondary violation. (And I question that with pretty much any major program, not just UGAg.)
Your Pastor Would Say The Same Thing, Right Before ‘Go Dawgs!’
June 16th, 2011
11:06 am
[...] said it before and I’ll say it again: Mark Richt could have extricated himself from any number of awkward secondary violation situations [...]
AfghanHound
June 16th, 2011
11:08 am
Yea, I sent an inadvertent msg to my girlfriend. My wife slapped me w/a major violation.
Stud
June 16th, 2011
11:08 am
Cheaters.
Nomobama
June 16th, 2011
11:11 am
So thats how richt operates…how convenient. The ncaa should ban him from the high dive permanently…
Alabama Dog
June 16th, 2011
11:22 am
This is not good for coach whose job security is ALREADY hanging by a thread!!!!!
Bill McGregor
June 16th, 2011
11:37 am
Technology + UGA = Incompetence.
Maybe a technology coach is needed. A text message has to be typed in before it can be sent. Is the good Rev’s phone typing on its own now???
jw
June 16th, 2011
11:40 am
This NCAA deal is a mess – schools can get in more trouble for texting students than they can for giving them cars and money – I see the logic in that – NOT.
Someone needs to get the NCAA back in line and let’s get this recruitment thing and student/athlete thing fixed. It isn’t that hard to do.
CountryBlumpkin
June 16th, 2011
11:41 am
Bill, it appears that he was forwarding it to someone that was allowed to handle it and hit reply instead. No text needs to be typed to do that on my phone atleast. All you need is a number to send it to, and “reply” would automatically enter that in for you.
Brock
June 16th, 2011
11:41 am
was he playing pocket pool?
RabidDawgFan
June 16th, 2011
11:41 am
We’ve known about the missing piece in the backfield about Crowell for months now! This is old news. Just something to stir up UGA when we’re not doing anything wrong this offseason. This didn’t even have to be brought up again! We’re having a good offseason with no off-field troubles and they can’ts stand it so they bring up SOMETHING! Don’t sweat it UGA. We’re fine. Go Dawgs!
icedawg
June 16th, 2011
11:42 am
Richt should switch to the iPhone4.
ColumnDawg
June 16th, 2011
11:47 am
At least we didn’t have a player caught speeding at 123mph in a car rented by a University employee! That would be bad. I think? Or maybe not? I guess we will see.
It is funny though. Richt gets caught in many many minor violations but never a major. And they are always inadvertent. The only way the minor stuff becomes a problem is if something major happens in any sport and then the NCAA launches a full on investigation.
dawgfan999
June 16th, 2011
11:48 am
Uh oh! They’re on double-secret probation by Dean Wormer for sure now.
BigTimeTechFan
June 16th, 2011
11:49 am
LenixDawg – There’s your answer from your questions to me in the Auburn/Recruit blog yesterday.
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Georgia’s football program has had to report at least two other secondary violations this year. In March, it reported that the use of a “missing-man formation” during Isaiah Crowell’s official visit in January violated the NCAA’s rule forbidding game-day simulations. Also, in February the Bulldogs had to report a violation when former players Randall Godfrey and David Pollack attended the late-January announcement of eventual signee Ray Drew in Thomasville.
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How long are they keep going to let Mark Richt get away with all these violations.
Remember Tech was on probation 3 years for an Admin/grade error in their Academic department, UGA should get no less.
a nony mous
June 16th, 2011
11:51 am
ho hum !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BigTimeTechFan
June 16th, 2011
11:53 am
Flash Back:
The NCAA placed Georgia Tech on two years of probation Thursday for using 17 academically ineligible athletes in four sports, including 11 in football.
It is the first time Georgia Tech has been placed on probation. The school had proposed self-imposed sanctions, including one year on probation.
Georgia Tech, “which argued the violations were not intentional”, is considering an appeal of the penalties.
“We are disappointed by the ruling of the NCAA Committee on Infractions,” said Georgia Tech athletic director Dave Braine. “Yes, mistakes were made, but they were inadvertent and confined to a small number of cases when you consider that we reviewed more than 800 transcripts.”
Chi Town
June 16th, 2011
11:55 am
Give em the death penalty!
Bunch of cheaters up in that dump of a city.
Monkey on your Back!
June 16th, 2011
11:56 am
How many times can Mark Richt(the holier than thou coach) go to the same well and spew this same line on it was a mistake. He has used this same lame excuse and you UGA believers who see he does no wrong, is all knowing, is the greatest coach, is the most honorable and is above reproach continually repeats this same “call back- text back” excuse.
The problem is that the same excuse was used by Hal Mumme, and Lane Kiffin over and over again and they were both given first a warning, then hit with sanctions, and one was proven to allow boosters to run his program.
Keep believing this hype and how it is an honest mistake, the small lies soon become whoppers, ask Jim Tressel.
Alabama | MrSEC.com
June 16th, 2011
11:58 am
[...] under-3 group.2. Morehouse College will play Kentucky at Rupp Arena in an exhibition game.3. “Pocket dialing” and inadvertent texts have led to some secondary violations at Georgia. 4. Egads! ESPN.com didn’t rank [...]
Monkey on your Back!
June 16th, 2011
12:04 pm
Did anyone else hear the news out of Montgomery that the NCAA has two attorneys “in the court room where the “Bingo Gate ” trial is being held? Yesterday on the evening sports talk in Montgomery it was mentioned and the talk show host then moved on, as it was in the final minutes of the show. And no it was not Paul FInebaum, it was the local guy in Montgomery.
Monkey on your Back!
June 16th, 2011
12:08 pm
Just to make my opinion more clear, Charlie W. of my Gators also committed a minor violation two weeks ago and immediately called the compliance office to report it. No other information was given, but these NCAA rules are very hard to follow and keep up with. But one thing is to call or text a number you are not 100% sure of is just not smart.
Gdawg
June 16th, 2011
12:09 pm
If only we’d paid $180,000 or more to a prized recruit….we would have gotten away with it!
rlm
June 16th, 2011
12:09 pm
Maybe they should not use cell phones for recruiting.
DawginLex
June 16th, 2011
12:13 pm
Bigtimetech fan wants to equate acciidental cell phone calls to 17 players being academically ineligible.
That clinches it.
You are a Tech FAN because you are too dumb to have gone to Tech.
ronald
June 16th, 2011
12:23 pm
If these offenses were committed every day for the next year, they still don’t add up to the known offense of the chump from the Plains who tried to bribe MSU for $180k. He and his father should both be banned from the sport. No NFL, no coaching youth, no contact with football again…ever.
AltamahaDawg
June 16th, 2011
12:25 pm
I’m not sure we are all in agreement as to the meaning of the term pocket dial. What had happens was…….not that.
Sven Ottke
June 16th, 2011
12:26 pm
5 people “accidentally” are doing this? Give me a break. Idiots running the asylum. Too fishy.
An Old Violin
June 16th, 2011
12:28 pm
Not to start a rumor, But ! It’s been circulating around campus that before Uga (RIP) died, some of the UGA staff started using their Blackberries (while still in their pockets) to try and find a replacement ! NCAA rule number #2398765437621 states: You can’t assume your mascot is dead until the Buzzards start to circle Sanford Stadium 4 days in a row ! Then, and only then can you contact the owners of other Uga Wannabees for a visit at the Dog House……Blackberries must be taken out of pockets and clearly visible to the entire UGA staff and 83% of the students 3 hours before the first calls are made…..What’s that guys name from Auburn that got all that money and then tyurned pro ? Football, that great american sport…..gotta love it !
AltamahaDawg
June 16th, 2011
12:31 pm
Dear trolls, does it matter to your narrative that Richt gained no advantage from texting some camp dates to Mr. Jenkins, who neither asked nor cared?
Monkey on your Back!
June 16th, 2011
12:39 pm
AltmahaDawg,
That is the dumbest thing you have posted in awhile. ANY Head Coach who responds by text, phone call or email to a prospective parent of a player DOES gain an advantage in the fact the parent has their personal cell number and he knows the coach will respond. That in itself is an advantage. Any conversation that is unallowed is an advantage as other coaches cannot do the same. The parent or player thinks he is important enough for the coach to call or text him back gives that head coach an advantage. Your post are normally better than this, do not be such a homer that you cannot see the truth.
NCAA cops
June 16th, 2011
12:40 pm
Not a big deal. Most of these violations are minor and accidental- small potatoes. The missing man formation deal with Crowell is a little more serious though because this is an extremely well known rule. For Richt to say he didn’t know this was a violation is just plain dishonest. That or incompetence.
'94 UGA Alumni
June 16th, 2011
12:45 pm
If Vince did give Herschel a Trans Am, then I’d say we got a pretty good return on our investment, wouldn’t you? The same could be said about Chizik.
Monkey on your Back!
June 16th, 2011
12:47 pm
AJC College Sports Recruiting Ray Drew’s announcement results in 5 NCAA violations for Georgia (UPDATED)
AJC College Sports Recruiting Did UGA commit NCAA violations at ‘Dawg Night’
UGA sports blog UGA reports violation in Crowell recruitment, bars Richt from calling recruits next month
All AJC Sports Headlines within the past year.
Dawg Tired
June 16th, 2011
12:48 pm
Better to ask for money for your son to sign than send a text asking about camp dates. Surely you jest!
johndawg
June 16th, 2011
12:52 pm
Can they play “Words With Friends” with recruits?
dan
June 16th, 2011
12:55 pm
This NCAA stuff is getting a bit out of hand. The NCAA is way too big, they should reduce their staff in half at least. It’s seriously one of the most incompetent and corrupt conglomerates I have ever seen. Pockets dialing? Wow, really?
GDAWG65
June 16th, 2011
12:56 pm
What a waste of time and tax payers money.
Go Dawgs!
June 16th, 2011
12:58 pm
Somebody really needs to teach Mark how to use his Blackberry.
Blackoutanyone?
June 16th, 2011
12:59 pm
I blame oversigning. Seriously these things happen all over the NCAA but for whatever reason the Atlanta media likes reporting the UGA details. Can’t wait for the season to get here. Roll Tide
Monkey on your Back!
June 16th, 2011
1:06 pm
The funny thing is that when it affects “your program” the discussion is how minor the violation is, but when it is some other program it is “cheating” or taking advantage of loop holes. Everyone knows the NCAA is a joke, but you cannot have it both ways.
I am still for dividing up the BCS schools. The schools that want to give stipens, and adding the monetary components to the equation with and academic scholarship, and then have those schools who cannot afford it stay in the old format of scholarship only. The schools that want to add the stipen will have to pay for a full time NCAA employee to work on each campus, review all phone calls, text, hand out the stipens, have access to lockerooms, practices, and any activity that is athletic related. The NCAA employee will be on campus for a 2 year max, rotate them out and bring in a new guy. By doing that the chance of becoming to friendly with a NCAA guy is somewhat eliminated. The current compliance staffs are only given information that the coaches deem they get and there is where the problems lie.
JB
June 16th, 2011
1:20 pm
Notice the AJC took a tough stance on the WR to Auburn story. If they would crack down on these post, we could all talk football….and the haters would be lost.Double edge sword though. They need the hits to sell ads.
JB
June 16th, 2011
1:21 pm
@1;18 …. good example
AltamahaDawg
June 16th, 2011
1:27 pm
Yes I am very well aware of the role of personal interaction as it relates to recruiting. I am also aware as to why this was a violation, and I never claimed otherwise. BUT the “truth” is that a technical violation is a far cry from the troll accusation that this was deliberate attempt to gain an advantage (of which the impact is questionable at best) and then just claimed it was a mistake.
I think a good question is why are categorizing somebody as a blind homer for making a pretty straightforward comment, that everybody knows is true. I would say the exact same thing about your coach. Sounds like you just want this, anything, to be a big negative about Richt, and it really doesn’t matter what the actual story is.
Coach Grohbo
June 16th, 2011
1:32 pm
Can’t say I’m surprised.
The NCAA and FBI need to stop wasting their time in Columbus, Knoxville, and Auburn and go to Athens, Georgia to put an end to the culture of cheating by this desperate Athletic Department.
It is time to make an example of someone and this is the best place to start.
Anthony Weiner
June 16th, 2011
1:34 pm
Pocket dialing can ruin your career.
DawginLex
June 16th, 2011
1:39 pm
Ohio State fan says “Tressel had players getting paid and getting free stuff and selling their stuff for money but Georgia’s coach accidentally dialed his phone that was in his pocket.”
Said with tongue sticking out of mouth and saying MMMMMMMMMMMMM
Auburn fan says “We had players getting serious cash but never did we accidentally sent text messages like Georgia did.” Said with thumbs stuck in ears with the rest of the fingers waving while saying “YEEEEEEEEEEEEE”
Name (required)
June 16th, 2011
1:44 pm
That’s all you got? Gymnastics national championships? I guess if you want to be known as a gymnastics school in a football conference, it’s great. Keep on sucking, Coach Richt…..the rest of the country enjoys laughing at you.
Sam the Sham
June 16th, 2011
1:45 pm
Come on. He accidentally texted the father of a prospect TWICE? I’m sure he didn’t intend to violate NCAA rules, but he ABSOLUTELY INTENDED TO SEND THE 2 TEXTS. Quit insulting our intelligence. It’s like on Maury when the baby mama accidentally had sex and got pregnant.
Dawghater
June 16th, 2011
1:46 pm
New class at UGA. How to turn off you cell phone 101, How do use a Blackberry 101 and How to Read the NCAA rule book 101
Coach Grohbo
June 16th, 2011
1:47 pm
Ohio State, Auburn, Tennessee will fight the NCAA to death in court. It will take years to get anything done. Meanwhile the cheating will continue nearly everywhere else.
Georgia will roll over.
Athens is the place where the NCAA should assert themselves and set the example.
A former QB
June 16th, 2011
2:00 pm
As long as we ( UGA ) do not remodel a home in East Point to resemble the Taj Mahal, like another SEC school did, we will be fine. The FBI is on this and the Victoryland activities of current and former AU players.
The stuff will come out like at Ohio State.
athdog
June 16th, 2011
2:02 pm
You think the NCAA might be due a review of their arcane rules in light of the ‘electronic’ age?
Only words
June 16th, 2011
2:04 pm
Pocket dialing or pockets full of money. Hmmm.
Sort of like robbing a bank or running a stop sign at midnight, after slowing down a little bit. Wrongs do not make it right.
Yes, there are degrees of guilt and that is a fact. Ask Ohio State or the real USC or SMU alums from the 80s.
Hamco
June 16th, 2011
2:04 pm
Someone get Richt checked out on his hardware. I don’t text, twitter or do the twist so I can’t help him out.
Al the Dawg
June 16th, 2011
2:10 pm
1) CMR hit reply instead of forward twice. Once to send the original message to an assistant to identify the sender. The second time it was to send a copy of the original message to the UGA compliance office. An easy mistake to make.
2) These are extremely minor, ticky-tack violations, but they are violations all the same. I would much rather have the head coach immediately reporting anything even remotely out of compliance than having it swept under the rug. A coach at a certain University up north thought that he didn’t have to report “tiny violations” and look where he and his program are at now. Integrity is what you do when nobody is watching.
CecilDawg
June 16th, 2011
2:13 pm
Better check JoePa’a phone log………..
WDE
June 16th, 2011
2:19 pm
@Coach Grohbo are your freaking kidding me?? Your going to have to do better than that just to make a honorable mention in the Troll Power Rankings…your an example..but I’d get banned if I told you of what..
Coach Grohbo
June 16th, 2011
2:22 pm
I’m just so upset that my team sucks so bad! It’s good to see when someone does not know how to text. I sure wish they would fire CMR because he has been kicking our tail too much.
Oh crap, I guess that means if he is sooo bad, that means they could bring in someone even better!! Crap, my techies will never beat UGA.
Uh OH, here comes my sister. I have to leave now. If she catches me on her lap top she will beat me up and make me wear a dress again!!!
Donna Outlaw
June 16th, 2011
2:46 pm
Funny that it took less than 24 hours for the NCAA to “investigate” Scam Newton and allow him to continue playing while the 16 North Carolina players that started last season sitting out the game because of an investigation were still bench sitting at the end of the season. Money talks… Now, 3 years down the road, Auburn will have to forfeit their NC and Scam, who won’t have the class Reggie Bush had, will be returning his Heisman, kicking and screaming all the way…
GA_WISHER-WATCHER
June 16th, 2011
2:49 pm
174th.
Whatchagonna do? NCAA rules so tight a sugar ant can’t get through.
Kudos for self reporting however. If we learn from it, too, it would make life easier.
Jimmy Crack
June 16th, 2011
2:52 pm
Somebody should investigate the NCAA’s investigators.
Lane Kiffen hired hookers for recruits and we get this.
tom
June 16th, 2011
2:53 pm
So, the coach screwed up twice. I will give him the first. The second, NAW! Fire him now. Another wasted season is coming soon.
Budd
June 16th, 2011
2:55 pm
kiffin had 6 in a yr at TN. gawga has six in two mmonths Where is the probabtion?
Shields-Watkins
June 16th, 2011
3:01 pm
Jimmy Crack Corn and the NCAA don’t care about hookers.
That’s a local law enforcement issue.
WDE
June 16th, 2011
3:01 pm
@Budd its coming the NCAA will be dropping the hammer on UT soon which suxs since it was the Lamer that committed the crimes…and Budd it was NOT 6 secondaries they are talking about in UT’s case..grow up.
Bob LaBlah
June 16th, 2011
3:12 pm
Pocket dialing? That is a load of crap. Did his pocket put that text message in there? How pathetic.
DawginLex
June 16th, 2011
3:13 pm
Coach Grohbo,
Are you really THAT stupid?
I know you hate Georgia but do you really believe what you type?
DawginLex
June 16th, 2011
3:14 pm
he explains that Richt accidentally sent two text messages from his Blackberry to the father of football prospect Jordan Jenkins of Harris County on May 26th (text messages to prospects or their family members are impermissible per NCAA rules until one day after a prospect has signed a national letter of intent with the school). In the first instance, Richt received a text from Ron Jenkins asking for camp dates. Since Richt did not have the number programmed in his phone, the text was identified as “unknown.” Richt intended to forward the text to a recruiting assistant for identification but accidentally replied to Mr. Jenkins, which was a violation NCAA Bylaw 13.4.1.2.
Richt immediately reported the inadvertent violation to compliance director Eric Baumgartner, who subsequently asked if Mr. Jenkins had replied. In an attempt to forward Mr. Jenkins’ response to Baumgartner, Richt accidently replied to Mr. Jenkins again, hence he had to report another text violation.
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Did they not teach reading comprehension to you bozos at some point during school?
JacketBacker01
June 16th, 2011
3:17 pm
Oops! I sent a text…maybe he didn’t get it…Oops!! I sent another, I hope he got it. Maybe Richt needs to attend one of those “How to use my BB” classes over there.
KZGuy
June 16th, 2011
3:25 pm
Man, we should all be able to sleep soundly tonight knowing that the NCAA is really looking for serious violations. Oh but wait! Ohio State has known major violations and the NCAA delays ‘punishment’ until after the bowl game.
George P. Burdell
June 16th, 2011
3:41 pm
Good grief. This is a college. Aren’t colleges supposed to be places where leading edge technologies are created, used, and taught?
Oh…I forgot. This is UGA.
Never mind.
rs
June 16th, 2011
3:44 pm
this is a big joke
WDE
June 16th, 2011
3:45 pm
@KZGuy stop it your making logical sense and you can be banned for that!
Well, Well...
June 16th, 2011
3:46 pm
It looks as if UGA is cheating as well. With all the stones being thrown at Ohio State and Auburn from UGA fans, I thought uga was squeaky clean. Unles the text messages read gjdkeopagpcuyeesghjelgigauyep, then the text were intentional. Uga is just as dirty as everyone else, sweep your own porch before you worry about everyone else.
WDE
June 16th, 2011
3:49 pm
@ Well, Well… yeppers texting mistakes self reported surely equals multiple violations and a COVERUP…you Sir win the Moron of the Day award..wear it with pride.
Somebody's already said it
June 16th, 2011
4:08 pm
At some point the NCAA is going to hammer UGA/Mark Richt for making these minor mistakes.
To the poster earlier who said that the Sports Talk guy in Montgomery reported as he was signing off that the NCAA had two attorney’s at the hearings in Montgomery. Yes, it was reported on Tuesday that they were in attendance.
shane#1
June 16th, 2011
4:47 pm
The NCAA is made up of university presidents. In other words, academics. Thus they can’t find their butts with both hands, but they can find the money. The rules are many and so complicated that even the NCAA cannot understand them. This means that the NCAA gets to interpet the rules in a way that brings in more money. I wonder how they feel now that Pryor will not serve his five game suspension? What a joke! Did anyone actualy believe that Pryor wasn’t going pro?
B-town Buzz 61
June 16th, 2011
4:48 pm
This just goes to show that when you have historically run a crooked program your every move is watched very closely.
AltamahaDawg
June 16th, 2011
5:00 pm
And what would “hammer” entail?
What they aught to do is make Richt fess up to it, force the university to investigate, have the AD actually have to write a letter to the Conference president explaining what went wrong, and how they intend on fixing it going forwards. You know make the hassle factor of dealing with it disproportionally larger than any actual event. That’ll show em.
7576DAWG
June 16th, 2011
5:10 pm
The NCAA let the five on Ohio State team play in the bowl game last year. Why? I have no idea. The NCAA is a joke and the 5 kids that broke the rules were suppose to serve a five game suspension but all five will not be around.The NCAA went light on Ohio Sate and was stabbed in the back.When they hand out the penalty I hope they will remember how bad Ohio State made them look. PAY BACK IS HELL.
J W
June 16th, 2011
5:26 pm
(1) yes, it is a silly rule, but, a rule nonethless. (2) in compliance with full disclosure guidelines, let’s see a copy of the contents of those messages; only then can it be decided just how “accidental” they were.
Innocent unless and until proven guilty but let’s see the evidence from both sides.
Dawghater
June 16th, 2011
5:32 pm
UGA and NCAA Violations go togther like Peanut Butter and Jelly.
Say it isn’t so???????????
South GA Dawg
June 16th, 2011
5:43 pm
I think the NCAA should be investigated by the FBI. They are the real crooks here.
South GA Dawg
June 16th, 2011
5:45 pm
GA had the balls to take the NCAA to court over Media coverage and won. Since then the NCAA has declared war on UGA and a blind eye to everyone else.
South GA Dawg
June 16th, 2011
5:47 pm
Dawghater why dont you go lick the gnats off your butt. It would be the best thing you have done with your tongue.
It Ain't Rocket Science
June 16th, 2011
5:51 pm
DAWGGHATER,
It isn’t so. Now do you feel better?
Carl Haddow
June 16th, 2011
5:54 pm
Mark Richt is already at the top of the CoachWatcher Hot Seat. …This doesn’t help. Check it out: http://www.CoachWatcher.com
Einsteindawg
June 16th, 2011
5:59 pm
Wow, guess these secondary violations really gave us an unfair advantage. Richt needs to learn from Tressel, Chizick, Trooper Taylor, and Lane Kiffin.
Dawghater
June 16th, 2011
6:06 pm
Well Rocket Science, fall practice is coming and soon after the arrests will follow. I think it was 11 or so last year. A high mark set by the 2010 squad but I have full confidence you can aim higher for 2011.
Dawghater
June 16th, 2011
6:09 pm
South Ga Dawg – you can take care of that yourself. All the gnats are in S. GA and the rednecks too!
SEC1
June 16th, 2011
6:10 pm
Was he pocket dialing or playing pocket pool? Maybe the pocket pool resulted in the pocket dialing. Would that be considered sexting then? Should Richt resign? Man, what a quandary…
Einsteindawg
June 16th, 2011
6:14 pm
SEC1, I’m thinking it was “pocket pool”, too. Richt alsways has that “glazed look” in his eyes…especially when it’s third and long.
zincc
June 16th, 2011
6:17 pm
My question ….. how is it that the people who have “graduated” a major college can’t operate a cell phone text message? Maybe they need to take a course in operations of said cell phones!
It Ain't Rocket Science
June 16th, 2011
6:37 pm
Zincc,
I take you have never made a mistake then? Might he have been in a hurry and inadvertently hit the wrong little button on the blackberry? When he makes a major violation, it will be news worthy. This is petty crap and he even self reported it. Surely, there is no one on here who has never made a mistake. If so, I would suggest they are in the wrong dimension, as heaven sure as the devil isn’t earth.
Tron Carter
June 16th, 2011
7:05 pm
dawghater+ kneepads+ 7-11 dumpster on North Avenue go together like Peanut Butter and Jelly
NCAA Violations? YAAAAWWWWNNNN
Tron Carter
June 16th, 2011
7:10 pm
George P. Burdell,
Good One. Such Comedy. You’re the best. How do you come up with such clever stuff so quickly. Amazing.
Suck it Techhie
PT
June 16th, 2011
7:18 pm
They know what they are doing. Would it not be worse, if there was no response to a father’s request?
bitter cheater's gaylor
June 16th, 2011
9:07 pm
ohio st and the university of pay for play————–the diffenition of the word————
DROPPING THE HAMMER————DEAD IN THE WATER————ALL LOOKS AND NO BRAINS
———-GETthe picture sir–cheats alot————-the clock is ticking pay for play!!!!!!!–
————————DEATH PENALITY—————-HAHAHAHAHAHAH
CHUCK UGA
June 16th, 2011
10:26 pm
All of these coaches including Mark Richt should be fired immediately. Any of the players involved should be disqualified from competing in collegiate sports for life. Post-season bans should also be imposed for two seasons effective immediately. These people need to understand that slip-ups like this will not be tolerated. New rules will also be put into effect to ban anyone from competition who parks their scooters in unapproved spaces.
Karl Marx Hitler
NCAA President
Head of NCAA Rules Committee
Bama Fan#2
June 16th, 2011
10:58 pm
These minor infractions are not worth writing about. It must be a
slow news day. RTR
RxDawg
June 17th, 2011
12:03 am
Chip, I just read your DJ interview and I really enjoyed it. Since it didn’t have a comment section I thought I’d come here. Thanks for that. I still believe in DJ and think his knee injury that year was such a butterfly effect.
hawks4life
June 17th, 2011
12:09 am
big tech fan, and loves to take shots at UGA, but this is just stupid, there are bigger problems the NCAA needs to spend their time on.
Dawg Fans for Anthony Weiner
June 17th, 2011
12:14 am
Texting is important to the success of our program.
KR
June 17th, 2011
12:45 am
I guess this is what passes for college football news in the summer.
So how does the father of a recruit get Mark Richt’s cell phone number to send him a text in the first place? If communications with the head coach are restricted, it seems to me that a simple way of avoiding the problem is to guard the coach’s cell phone number like it’s classified information. Give the parents the number for the recruiting assistant, but not the head coach.
Don D
June 17th, 2011
4:10 am
Coach Ritch can’t use a Blackberry? What a crock. My 9 year old grandson knows how it works. Keep it up…..
OK
June 17th, 2011
5:09 am
Need to go the Au way. Pay for play.
William
June 17th, 2011
5:54 am
This just in: Georgia Tech will not be allowed to play in a BCS Bowl game this year. No, not any NCAA infractions. Just won’t be good enough to be invited to play in one.
It Ain't Rocket Science
June 17th, 2011
6:55 am
DAWGHATER,
You are obsessed with UGA and it is killing you. You are one of those people who has a borderline mental disease due to that hatred. It is usually associated deep down with an envy fetish of men in tight pants and pads. You hope they get arrested as secretly you also have a prison fetish associated with this as well, where you fantasize you are in a confined space with big strong men. You need to see a doctor.
gt
June 17th, 2011
7:50 am
Alumni participation in recruiting is the real violation of Georgia. Richt doesn’t need to call anyone, except his ex players who in many cases have more salesmanship than he does. David Pollack comes to mind.
I guess the NCAA figures it is a wash. Richt can recruit, or the school by tradition brings em in, but can’t coach, why worry about violations. Save their investigators for someone like Ohio State that is not only cheating but winning?
Jborodawg
June 17th, 2011
8:53 am
I just hope military generals and others with launch codes and stuff don’t use Blackberrys.
“…General Hank ‘Tank’ Franks self-reported yesterday that he pocket launched a Predator drone attack on an elementary school in Kabul. The Dept of the Army reported the incident to the Dept of Defense and self-imposed a thirty day moratorium on Predator flights in and around Kabul. An investigation by Reuters of DoD records shows that the Army admitted three such Predator launches in the past three weeks. In a press release, the Office of Launch Codes Authorization Compliance reports that they have increased training for all end-users…”
Rob
June 17th, 2011
8:59 am
Sounds like Georgia needs to hire coaches with smaller buts…
KevinM
June 17th, 2011
9:02 am
As long as CMR was driving and texting, I’m okay with a little pocket texting….just don’t have it preloaded next time.
Slap!
DawginLex
June 17th, 2011
9:31 am
Hey Bama fans,
Lots of talk going on about how Kentucky had to bow down to the NCAA and admit that celebrating Calipari’s 500th win was wrong since he vacated 33 wins.
Some UK fans and now some talking heads are saying if it applies to Calipari, it applies to Saban and others. Bama media guide apparently counts the 2007 season wins for Saban even though they were vacated.
Stay tuned.
Later Tater
June 17th, 2011
9:36 am
While Mark Richt send Pocket texts, Paul Johnson plays Pocket Pool.
DawginLex
June 17th, 2011
9:54 am
9:49 am
Nice try TROLL BOY
How old are you 5?
DawginLex
June 17th, 2011
10:00 am
Thanks Chip for eliminating my impostor.
It Ain't Rocket Science
June 17th, 2011
10:28 am
GT,
CMR in your estimation may not be able to coach, but his record against GT is pretty admirable. Guess he has enough ability to beat you all, so I am not sure you are in a position to rate his coaching ability. The record speaks for itself.
hmmmmmmmm
June 17th, 2011
1:23 pm
Funny how these secondary violations only seem to occur with high rated prospects. How do you accidently send a text let alone two? Why does Mr. Jenkins have CMR’s cell number and feel comfortable texting the head coach himself instead of contacting the athletic department? This screams of diversion. UGA is telling the NCAA to look right while the really interesting things are to the left.
zincc
June 17th, 2011
3:19 pm
IT AIN”T ROCKET SCIENCE,
I’m not saying I’m mistake free, I’m making the point that IF these people are so smart, they should be able to work a phone. Nothing more. And, so you’ll know, no I haven’t sent an inadvertent text!
Canadadawg
June 17th, 2011
4:05 pm
NCAA needs to be blown up and rebuilt.
Don
June 17th, 2011
4:17 pm
What does this say about the NCAA and its rules and compliance? Were they inadvertent? The point is, we have coaches at major institutions breaking rules and lying about it. We have a governing authority that is too chicken $hit to enforce its own rules. And they don’t want to confront the BCS about a playoff system? Excuse me? And we wonder why our kids learn the wrong lessons. The wrong grown-ups are teaching them, I think. Just a thought…
Nolesbaby
June 17th, 2011
4:31 pm
FSU rules!!!!!!
Jborodawg
June 17th, 2011
5:02 pm
RE: Don…What does this say about the NCAA and its rules and compliance? …”
What it says is that the NCAA rule book is nearly as thick as the fed tax code and nearly as complicated. You can “…text____between____and____; but only on____AND only if______and_____, notwithstanding_____…”
Jim Tressel
June 17th, 2011
5:46 pm
I’ll get on it ASAP.
bigdawg
June 17th, 2011
5:52 pm
Stop boo-hooing about OSU! One day soon the FBS schools will grow a spine, tell the NCAA to pound sand and set up their own league. Then, the NCAA can spend it’s time penalizing Dartmouth and William and Mary!
It Ain't Rocket Science
June 17th, 2011
7:32 pm
ZINCC,
And you haven’t coached a major college football program either, so what is the point. He made a mistake. Do you know if at that moment, he might have been just busy and hit the button by mistake. Things like that happen. I am sure you feel that never having made an inadvertent text message makes you proud. I hope that is not by any means the high point of your life. You really need to stop looking for every little thing to criticize CMR for. He and his assistants are pretty busy guys, and since he self reported it, I doubt seriously he did it intentioanlly. I am sure he knows how to use a blackberry.
Greg
June 17th, 2011
10:08 pm
I really hope GA has a good year and meets Bama in the SEC championship. CMR is a class guy.
Dirty Dawg
June 18th, 2011
9:45 am
I wonder, are there UGA fans lurking around Bama, Gator, Auburn, Tenn, SC, Tech, et.al., sites and stories looking for something to criticize? Are the Richt-bashers ‘really’ Georgia fans that think they actually know more than the coaching staff and that are wiling to openly criticize the program and its leaders for all to see, or are they just more ‘trolls’ that have decided that the more negative crap they can spew the more the ‘media-types’ will fall for it and actually help put CMR on that, so-called, ‘hot-seat’ – or at least help turn up the heat under it just to watch him, and us, squirm? Who are you guys and do you have another life?
As for ‘pocket-calls’, I know a reasonable amount about using cell-phones and have made plenty…has nothing to do with knowing how not to, just in taking the time to ‘lock’ the keys.
While I’m at it, does the presence of Erin Andrews on ESPU’s college football shows represent a promotion for her? If it is they should have given her better stuff to talk about and better writers, cause she ’sucks’ at it….of course the obligatory, in-depth, look at Will Muschump at her alma-mammy was a given…wonder if she asked him if he ever ‘guaranteed’ a victory over Oklahoma to Texas fans? – doubt it…and, in fact, did she ask him what when wrong last year with his defense? Oh well, he’s a Gator now so he’s got to ‘go all in’ for that ‘princely salary’ they’re paying him. Of course her treatment of this incident – or at least the ‘teasing of it’, was predictable in her trying and make Mark Richt and Georgia look, at the least, foolish. I’ve often wondered why her daddy didn’t put her over his knee when she first suggested that she wanted to go to Florida – he played at Georgia ya’ know…and I’ll never forget the time Georgia was playing in the finals of the College World Series and she wore a Florida-blue outfit the entire time over the several days she covered the event, and particularly when she was in the Georgia dugout….bet she got a kick out of that….point being, with her on that show you can count on Georgia not getting cut much slack…she probably has it written in her contract that she can bash Georgia unabashedly.
Mr. SEC
June 18th, 2011
10:14 am
This is a great example why America’s economy is failing! Groups of people who do not have anything else to do but to make a big deal out of BS! These people need to get a life; really a text message? Money transfers I can see, but a text message of this nature is stupid! Bur knowing that it is UGA, they will be held to only 1 football scholarship next year!
It Ain't Rocket Science
June 18th, 2011
10:34 am
Dirty Dwg,
Go over to AL.com and go on their blogs and you will not see many folks outside the Alabama schools, on them. It would be hard to post anyway, with Auburn and Alabama cutting into each other so bad. Magnify the tech. and UGA blogs, for nastiness at each other about ten times, and then you have the Auburn and Alabama discourse. I get a kick out of reading their blogs. It appears their rivalry is truly one of the more passionate ones in college football.
Mike Bobo 17 INT
June 18th, 2011
4:33 pm
Bill King and the AJC are chickensh#ts for not allowing me to provide my insightful criticism of the UGA program, which is tanked and an embarassment ot state of Georgia. The same paper that screams freedom of speech allows columnists to block users for criticizing this horrible program.
Fine, bury your heads in the sand as all most major media outlets laugh at this horrible/overrated program.
Mike Bobo 17 INT
June 18th, 2011
4:55 pm
The scores will tell.
B Goldberg DGD
June 18th, 2011
5:25 pm
I am 24 and the son of a season ticket holder south corner endzone club level and a graduate of 82….. can we please just get back to winning im so fnnn sick of the trollssssssss. my thoughts……..
i like richt i really do… however i love my progrm anough though if he cant straightin us out then we need to git r done. im really rooting for richt i promise i am , i just want the best for our program…im sick of being the middle of the pact . we are a top 5 program and should be every yr. i hope we get right this yr . nothing els more to say othr than i cant explain how i felt after the bowl game. i date a girl who goes to gay ass ucf . yea feel my pain. seriously richt wake the f**** upp Ilove u though go damn dawgs
ugab
June 18th, 2011
11:31 pm
How many time did MR and his nc teams w fsu
SuperDoggie
June 19th, 2011
2:09 am
The only thing our guys do wrong is on accident and our rivals paid players 180k and evevryone knows and it HAS BEEN PROVEN FOR A FACT!!!!!!!!!!! The facts are in! Why is this happening?
Buzz 2010
June 19th, 2011
6:36 am
Clarke county’s finest ………………
joe
June 19th, 2011
8:00 am
With all the infractions going on you have to findt these small infractions of UGA and report on them?
RMikel58
June 19th, 2011
9:18 am
Here we have “Text Violations” OMG, lets see Auburn did what with that QB’s dad? Ohio State did what and got what? USC and Kiffin did what and got what?
You know the NCAA stinks to high heaven, its almost like they pick their favorites to not pursue. Here you have an honest mistake by a great coach Richt and the NCAA is salavating at the mouth to imnpose sanctions on us yet again.
I think an investigation needs to be within the NCAA to see who’s on the take and who’s friends with whom.
I wouldnt even call this an infraction, at best it was an honest mistake.
Dirty Dawg
June 19th, 2011
9:38 am
Let me see if I’ve got this straight….you blame Bobo when the OLine doesn’t do it’s job…when vaunted running backs fumble the ball…when receivers sell their jerseys and have to sit out four games…when a rookie QB has to ‘develop’ along the way…OK, I get it. Now tell me, who’s responsible for averaging 32 ppg last year, the tooth fairy? The OC can only do so much…let the Defense do it’s job the way we need it to and see what happens.
Liar, Liar
June 19th, 2011
11:46 am
pants on fire, Georgia. Keep lying and and you could be the next Ohio State.
DawgByte
June 19th, 2011
6:07 pm
I don’t even know why you’d bother invoking the Freedom Information Act on this non-story! Boooooooooooooring.
HelluvaEngineer
June 19th, 2011
9:10 pm
technology is hard.
HECKLE
June 19th, 2011
9:11 pm
Where does all that paperwork end up ???????????
OkieDawg
June 19th, 2011
9:14 pm
Lane Kiffin said secondary violations are to be expected and they are no big deal. That’s what
Lane said! Gotta love him…NOT
Professional Athletes David
June 20th, 2011
3:14 am
Good..that the NCAA monitors this kind of violations. This only means that this committee do their jobs and just waiting for their payrolls.
dawgdip
June 20th, 2011
5:35 am
Hey Chip Please write another article. Please.
LLUGA
June 20th, 2011
9:29 am
Good thing Cam only steals computers and takes bribes…and doesn’t accidentally text. Stay classy NCAA.
Professional Athletes David
June 23rd, 2011
1:57 am
I totally agree with @Mobile Dawg, paying attention to the country’s leadership
kyms
June 23rd, 2011
3:04 am
The article is well written, like very much here