UGA’s ‘bus’ less crowded as Bulldogs report for preseason camp
Linebacker/defensive back Nick Williams would have been a significant contributor for Georgia had he remained with the Bulldogs. (AJC photo by Brant Sanderlin)
Athens — Georgia coaches and players have spent a lot of time this summer talking about mass transportation. Specifically, buses.
As in, “You’re either on the bus or you’re not,” as coach Mark Richt has said more than once this offseason.
As the Bulldogs get set to open preseason camp this week, one thing is evident: Their bus is less crowded now.
The Bulldogs will open the 2011 season well below the NCAA maximum of 85 scholarship players. Seventy-eight scholarship players are expected to check in when players report for tonight’s mandatory team meeting. That includes 54 returnees and 24 newcomers. Another 27 walkons will join them.
Not included in that number are 10 former players that are no longer with the team but had eligibility remaining (see chart below). Some of those are not in Athens by choice, others were shown the door. There’s a lot of gray area in between.
“Some guys have chosen to move on and a couple got a little help,” Richt said.
You’ll never get a straight answer from the head coach on this subject. In almost every case he announces a departure as a “mutually agreed” upon decision to leave. It’s his way of saving the players from embarrassment.
But comments from the Bulldogs that are still around indicate in only a few cases did the departures have an actual say in the matter.
“The guys on this team, the guys that stayed, are the guys that really want to be a part of this team,” junior linebacker Christian Robinson said last week. “Some guys didn’t always fit in or didn’t always do what they were supposed to do or didn’t behave. Nothing against them, but they just didn’t fit into what we need right now.”
It was a well known fact that some of the players that have left were having trouble doing things “the Georgia way.” For instance, tailback Washaun Ealey had been the subject of multiple disciplinary suspensions and offensive tackle A.J. Harmon had been sidelined because of academic struggles.
And in the case of guard Brent Benedict, there was a well-publicized weightroom confrontation with new strength and conditioning coordinator Joe Tereshinski that resulted in a “mutual” decision for him to leave.
“Since we got back from after the bowl game, Coach Richt has made it very clear that we’re going to work and we’re going to make everybody understand that you got to pay a price and it’s something special to wear the ‘G’ and be part of the University of Georgia,” Georgia offensive coordinator Mike Bobo said last week. “It’s not going to be easy. We’ve made it extremely tough around here. When you turn up the heat, sometimes you’re going to have guys that don’t want to be a part of it. That’s their choice.”
In total, 13 players that would otherwise have eligibility to play football for Georgia in 2011 aren’t going to be with the team this fall. Add the one-game suspension of junior running back Carlton Thomas and the eligibility issues facing linebacker Jarvis Jones, that number jumps to 15.
The Bulldogs didn’t always want the players gone. A.J. Green, who was selected fourth in the NFL draft, really had no choice. Starting left tackle Trinton Sturdivant suffered a third ACL tear. And rising senior Caleb King desperately wanted to lead the team in 2011 but simply could not make the grades to maintain his eligibility.
“I hate it for Caleb because nobody wanted to be here more than him,” said Robinson, who attended Greater Atlanta Christian with King. “If he hadn’t been recruited, nobody would have seen me.”
Georgia will suffer some adverse effects. Depth on the offensive line, at running back and within the linebacking corps is perilously low. But sometimes, as they say, it’s addition by subtraction.
“We have enough guys here at Georgia to get it done,” Robinson said.
- OL Brent Benedict, RFr. — Transferred to Virginia Tech
- LB Brandon Burrows RFr. — Shoulder injury, out for season
- LB Marcus Dowtin, Jr. — Transferred to North Alabama
- TB Washaun Ealey, Jr. – Transferred to Jacksonville State
- TB Caleb King, Jr. — Academically ineligible, will enter NFL supplemental draft
- WR Logan Gray, Jr. — Graduated with eligibility, transferred to Colorado
- WR A.J. Green, Jr. — Early entry into NFL draft
- OL A.J. Harmon, Jr. — Transferred to Alabama State
- LB Justin Houston, Jr. — Early entry into NFL draft
- DE Jeremy Longo, Jr. — Medically disqualified
- OL Tanner Strickland, Sr. — graduated with eligibility remaining
- OL Trinton Sturdivant, Sr. — knee injury, career over
- DB Nick Williams, Jr. — Transferred to North Alabama
*Carlton Thomas, junior tailback and third-leading rusher, is suspended for first game.
**Jarvis Jones, sophomore linebacker, has an NCAA eligibility issue under review.
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Tech Lies Tech Cheats
August 2nd, 2011
3:10 pm
GATA Dawgs!
LOL
August 2nd, 2011
3:10 pm
LOL
WTF
August 2nd, 2011
3:10 pm
First
Dawg_Mike
August 2nd, 2011
3:10 pm
Get on the bus or the bus will roll over you. Enough said….
WTF
August 2nd, 2011
3:12 pm
Good. These are all addition subtraction. This team will be better off.
Sopwith Camel
August 2nd, 2011
3:12 pm
First?? We’ll go after them this fall with who we have on board!
D A DoubleU G
August 2nd, 2011
3:15 pm
I absolutely love the chemistry that is coming out of Athens right now.
UGA has not had peer leaders like Aaron Murray and Christian Robinson since the Pollack days.
“addition by attrition” will prove true this year.
GOOD LUCK Dawgs!! I am VERY excited for the ride! GATA!!
ZZ-Gator
August 2nd, 2011
3:16 pm
First! Richt runs a cesspool. I assume pups are first again in Foolmer Cup Standings.
DawginLex
August 2nd, 2011
3:16 pm
This should be viewed as a positive, not a negative. Notice how bobo said “right after we got back from the bowl game.”
The richt haters are still going to complain but good lord, it is august. You have to let the man try and rebuild things. His 2 SEC titles warrant that.
If he doesn’t win at least 8 or 9, he may be gone. I’m hoping he pulls it off.
Jamaica Dawg
August 2nd, 2011
3:17 pm
Tragic re: Caleb but if REALLY wanted it that badly as Robinson suggests, he would’ve passed his class. Kudos to Richt and the coaches for instilling greater accountability and discipline which I am sure will pay off.
DawginLex
August 2nd, 2011
3:17 pm
You assume wrong ZZ gator moron
That would be Auburn by a landslide
http://www.edsbs.com
Also notice florida is in the top 10. Georgia? Nowhere to be found.
Remarkable
August 2nd, 2011
3:20 pm
There are several walk-ons that deserve a good look and they should get it now. But we will miss King and Trinton Sturdivant.
Palmetto State Dawg
August 2nd, 2011
3:28 pm
ZZ-Gator, if I recall your top DB from last year was kicked off the team for like his 3rd pot arrest. I also recently read a stat that said at least 60% of the players on Florida’s team in the past 5-6 years have had run ins with the law. Sounds like the Fulmer Cup should be firmly planted in Gainesville. Don’t throw rocks from your glass house, bub.
maconbulldog
August 2nd, 2011
3:29 pm
@Lex. Yeah thanks for that . I was going to the same thing. Just worry about your own team . I do think u have your own blog somewhere. Stupid trolls
UGA Lies UGA Cheats
August 2nd, 2011
3:30 pm
The athletic history of UGA is full of so many sordid, sleazy incidents – dating back to Vince Dooley and continuing through Mark Richt – that it’s impossible to overlook. The school has come to stand for drunkenness and lawlessness, coddling of illiterate athletes who should never have been admitted to college, and rampant cheating by coaches.
And so the soggy red panties saga continues…
Frank Lane
August 2nd, 2011
3:31 pm
I hope that Connor Norman gets a legitimate shot and earns a scholarship.
GeoffDawg
August 2nd, 2011
3:32 pm
As usual, it looks like teams from Alabama are the recipients of a lot of talented Georgia players.
Tobias Funke
August 2nd, 2011
3:34 pm
Sturdivant was a cancer too. He had limp wrists.
DawginLex
August 2nd, 2011
3:35 pm
UGA Lies UGA Cheats
***************************
All you know about red panties is what you read. You definitely have never been allowed to enjoy a set of moist ones.
Douche boy virgin who posts the same thing every day.
Walk-ons are part of the fraud, you know
August 2nd, 2011
3:36 pm
Richt welcomes the walk-ons with open arms. It’s no secret that walk-ons in Athens typically have far better academic credentials than the dummies that are recruited by Richt and get scholarships. So the walk-ons greatly raise the team’s average grades and graduation rate.
But you knew that already, didn’t you.
Cmon man
August 2nd, 2011
3:38 pm
Cmon ajc do you guys just copy and paste your stories from the pay sites or what? I read this same article a few days ago on another site! Catch up guys
St. Richt
August 2nd, 2011
3:39 pm
How many more shots can St. Richt take at Caleb and Washaun on their way out the door? Pretty classless if you ask me. Looks to me like he’s using them as the scapegoats for what happened the past few years..
Mtn Dawg
August 2nd, 2011
3:39 pm
The DAWGS will be fine. GATA!!
When the food stamps run out, what's a guy to do?
August 2nd, 2011
3:40 pm
We all hope DawginLex gets a job soon, so he’ll have something more productive to do during working hours.
bitter dawgs fan
August 2nd, 2011
3:41 pm
come on HATTER’S ——————————–what say you—————–pay for play
————————————-ole school dog house now—————-hahahahahah
honest_abe
August 2nd, 2011
3:42 pm
north alabama should have a nice d! heh
Joe
August 2nd, 2011
3:43 pm
So Caleb despertly wanted to be the leader….hmmmmmm….why did it take him 5 years to decide that?????? Glad he is gone….he was a cancer for 4 years….
RabidDawgFan
August 2nd, 2011
3:44 pm
I feel like we’re cleaner now that some of the players that didn’t want to be here are gone. If you don’t want to be here, don’t ruin it for the ones that do. I feel that we are a better team today than we were last season. Players report today and they’ve stayed out of trouble. Kudos to them and CMR.
Everyone seems focused and raring to go. I know they can’t wait to get to the GA Dome to face Boise State and hit someone else.
UGAgrad71
August 2nd, 2011
3:44 pm
I don’t see how you can blame a guy for leaving early if he has completed his degree and also had some chronic shoulder problems like Tanner Strickland. At least he graduated. I feel for Caleb King who may not even catch on in the NFL, may have to try Canada.
mgdawg
August 2nd, 2011
3:45 pm
I agree with everything but the caleb king comments. I still can’t get over that he tweeted, “there’s some things in life you can’t control” when talking about his grades. After missing the bowl game because he had skipped tutoring sessions. Not to mention until the spring I think he actually had more issues then ealey did.
RabidDawgFan
August 2nd, 2011
3:46 pm
I hate it when people say we have no depth at RB and we have issues at RB. What issues? We have 3 capable tailbacks, which is more than most SEC schools have. Samuel, Crowell, and Malcome CAN and WILL get the job done. No doubt in my mind. I agree that our O-line MUST stay healthy all season long and we can ill-afford to lose anyone on the O-line but as long as they stay healthy then there’s no issue.
RabidDawgFan
August 2nd, 2011
3:49 pm
And at receiver, if I’ve said it once, I’ve said it 1,000 times…we will be FINE. We have the best TE in the country with Charles, Tavarres King showed flashes of brilliance last season, Marlon Brown will catch on with Green gone, etc. Michael Bennett, Malcom Mitchell, etc. We have talent at the WR position, we just have to make sure these guys are put in position to make plays. Maybe it’s better than Green is gone because Murray can now spread the ball around to other players. Look for Orson Charles to be our go-to guy until a receiver proves to be dominant.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 2nd, 2011
3:51 pm
So am I supposed to be encouraged by this? I honestly am worried it took him this long to realize the situation had got to this point? All these blogs are starting to get to me. I think I need to take a blog sabbatical. I am giving my liver a sabbatical till Labor day, perhaps my blog fingers need it. These AJC blogs are bringing me down.
Woof Woof
August 2nd, 2011
3:53 pm
Does anyone else get the feeling that this should have been done a long long time ago and maybe we would not be in this situation now? Desperate times call for desperate measures, but it sounds like CMR may have been let the prisoners take over the yard a little while ago.
DawginLex
August 2nd, 2011
3:54 pm
food stamps moron
My business is doing just fine. It allows me to blog
just STFU douche boy
Woof Woof
August 2nd, 2011
3:54 pm
Out of all the players we signed, Malcolm Mitchell will have the biggest impact this season on Offense, and Jenkins on defense.
GeoffDawg
August 2nd, 2011
3:56 pm
Come on Hatters?
JYD
August 2nd, 2011
3:56 pm
GATA
The real Nate Taylor of the 70s
August 2nd, 2011
3:56 pm
I’ve followed GA since about 1959. Over the years, UGA always had one or two guys that walked on to become stars. This is why college football is fun. Some guys just want to wear his school’s colors and play ball. I think that is great !!!
Back in the late 70s, or 80s, UGA saw Nate Taylor of Athens come in as a walk on and on every play that he was in on, Munson would ask “who is that guy? and of course, we learned forever the name of Nate Taylor. His son also played for UGA and was a real good un too.
One man’s loss in life, is another’s gain. Let us look for one or two or three emerging Bulldogs out of the 27 so called walk ons. Three would be fabulous if they can really contribute and make an impact on game day or even at practice.
gooooooooooooooooooooooooo Dogs.
Go Dogs.
bucket
August 2nd, 2011
3:57 pm
@ St. Richt – I see you are back on a UGA Sports blog to spew more of your crap. You told DawgInLex to stay off the Tech blog this morning even though it was a College Recruiting blog and he was trying to congratulate Tech. Richt is not quoted as taking shots at anyone. Actually in the article Mr. Towers says that Richt always answers his questions in a way that saves the individual players embarrassment. Don’t read articles with your haters lense on and they may become clearer to you.
Woof Woof
August 2nd, 2011
3:57 pm
You heard it here first, Coach Friend is a heck of a coach, but he is working with very few players past the top 4 who are ready for the grind of playing in the SEC. We need help on both OL and DL. We cannot afford to lose anyone or young Murray will have to create plays on his feet.
GA Yech
August 2nd, 2011
3:58 pm
Is this why Yech can’t fill up their stadium? I mean we’re talking about a chicken sandwich here!
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/28721743/detail.html
Mightydawg
August 2nd, 2011
3:58 pm
Hey Chip, Is Sturdivant’s career officially over? He has missed 2 seasons with injury and would likely be eligible for a 6th year of eligibility.
DawginLex
August 2nd, 2011
4:01 pm
mightydawg
I hope trinton isn’t plaaning on playing anymore football
Woof Woof
August 2nd, 2011
4:01 pm
Mightydawg, I think he may have a hard time getting clearance from the medical staff to play.
superDawg
August 2nd, 2011
4:02 pm
32 more days.
Mightydawg
August 2nd, 2011
4:03 pm
I thought that he injured his other, non-surgically repaired, knee this spring.
Paul N Destin
August 2nd, 2011
4:03 pm
The new AD at UGA has taken charge of the program and he’s making some progress. Richt is a wimp and he’s on his last token at the UGA football machine. The UGA coaching job will bring a lot of outstanding coaches when it is open this year. Sometime you have to go backward to go forward and this is that time at UGA.
Woof Woof
August 2nd, 2011
4:03 pm
Just read the article again, it sounds like Mrs. Richt gave back Mark his nads and he is on a tear.
@ GA Yech
August 2nd, 2011
4:04 pm
LMAO…That certainly explains why the Nats’ stadium is less crowded!
Woof Woof
August 2nd, 2011
4:04 pm
Paul is the water nice in Destin today?
bucket
August 2nd, 2011
4:04 pm
Trinton’s situation is truly a tragedy IMO. He looked like a beast as a freshman.
P_The_Ricker
August 2nd, 2011
4:06 pm
for whatever reason, i always thought that n. williams was getting a raw deal at UGA. no reason b. evans or j. hamilton should have started over him. he had a mean streak to him….and that’s something the defense especially lacked in ‘09 and probably could have used a little more of in ‘10.
Vince Lombardi
August 2nd, 2011
4:06 pm
Anymore secondary violations to report this week?
51-7...memories for a lifetime.....
August 2nd, 2011
4:09 pm
Poor Caleb….yeah, right. This is a kid that continually caused problems and lacked any kind of leadership skills. He had 4 years to do something and now were supposed to say..poor Caleb, nobody wanted to be a leader this year more than him…..what a bunch of crap from a total moron. He and Ealey were a major reason for all the crap that went on the last few years. My bigger question- why did it take the possibilityof losing his job for our head coach to wake up and do something???????????????????????????????????????????
Beat the rush....Laugh at Tech early and often
August 2nd, 2011
4:11 pm
Hope the players really get it this year….time will tell
LHarding Dawg
August 2nd, 2011
4:12 pm
Hey Paul, we already have an outstanding coach and the Dogs are going to be just fine.
UGA
August 2nd, 2011
4:13 pm
Shows the pressure Richt is under to win. By far the most transfers of any of his UGA teams. He has finally saw the writing on the wall! Lose more than 3…and its GOODBYE even if you are a nice guy. Thus, training regimen has picked up for job security reasons.
CMR Titanic
August 2nd, 2011
4:14 pm
Just a rearrangement of the deck chairs…. that’s all
UGA Insider
August 2nd, 2011
4:16 pm
I have said the only thing that worries me about this season is the injury bug. That’s the problem with having significantly less than 85. UF has much of the same problem. If we stay healthy we have a chance…if we constantly have 10 or 12 on IR each week as most SEC programs do…We are in major trouble. Keep your fingers crossed.
Stomping on Vandys midfield logo
August 2nd, 2011
4:17 pm
I see big things for this program. buh bye mark richt……
Douglas Dawg
August 2nd, 2011
4:18 pm
Big CMR supporter…. I really hope this is not to little to late!
JB
August 2nd, 2011
4:20 pm
Lot’s of interest in the Dawg program from Non fans. i. e. Paul n Destin loves the dawgs. Here for almost every blog. tide roll must be at the mill on second shift….or at the cleaners picking up his Camo Bama apparel. Looking forward to the season.
441North
August 2nd, 2011
4:22 pm
51-7, you nailed it. Glad those cancers are out of there.
GtDawg
August 2nd, 2011
4:22 pm
“LOST DOGS” LOST 7 games last year, New “DAWGS” for 2011…GATA
just the truth
August 2nd, 2011
4:23 pm
GA Yeck ………… you seem to be a good reader so I’m sure you read the article or saw on tv where the school 60 miles to to the west of you was rated the #1 athletic facilities in the country.
David Pole-ax
August 2nd, 2011
4:37 pm
just the truth
To whom were you referring:
1. ATL professional sports teams.
2. Ga. State
3. Kennesaw State
4. Emory University
*…..OR…..*
5. McEachern H.S.
Dabo Dawg
August 2nd, 2011
4:41 pm
Fire Rodney Garner for recruiting these unlucky 13!
St. Richt
August 2nd, 2011
4:41 pm
bucket, I think DawginLex had tried to point out that he was the classy blogger this morning in complenting us on the commitment of Marcus Allen out of Florida. And all I said was that I too had been highly complementary of Georgia’s recruiting, which its hard not to be- especially this past year. But if you read DawginLex’s comments on this blog and many others, his comments are immature at best. He complains about the trolls that post random garbage, yet he responds to them like a 10 year old. Case in point below:
“just STFU douche boy”
All I’m saying here is that Richt needs to move on and stop talking about the players who have left the program. We get it, they weren’t team players. But every time he brings it up it sounds like he’s trying to say they were the problem.
Let the trashing begin in 1, 2, …
St. Richt
August 2nd, 2011
4:43 pm
In fact, DawginLex had suggested that I should take a page from his book. So should I call somebody a “doucheboy” now? Will that make him happy?
David Pole-axe
August 2nd, 2011
5:05 pm
For anyone who cares:
[my "e" has been added for reasons]
If some care to do the arithmatic;
only six were nudged out the door.
* The others;
injury, graduation, going pro !
Not exactly poor reasons failing to be on this years roster.
Sturdivant, Longo, Burrows…give me a break,
how did their names get included in that article ?
A.J. + Houston…same ?
Now…Tanner Strickland’s case is interesting.
* He never quite panned out.
He would possibly contend for a starting position this year.
Yet, he walks ?
However, you can’t blame a kid for graduating.
Still…..curious ?
By the way, don’t you termites have your own blog ?
RabidDawgFan
August 2nd, 2011
5:05 pm
QB: Aaron Murray
HB: Richard Samuel, Isaiah Crowell, & Ken Malcome
FB: Bruce Figgins
WR: Tavarres King
WR: Malcom Mitchell
TE: Orson Charles
LT: Cordy Glenn
LG: Kenarious Gates
C: Ben Jones
RG: Chris Burnette
RT: Justin Anderson
RabidDawgFan
August 2nd, 2011
5:07 pm
DE: Abry Jones
N: John Jenkins & Kwame Geathers
DE: DeAngelo Tyson
OLB: Jarvis Jones
ILB: Christian Robinson
ILB: Alec Ogletree
OLB: Cornelius Washington
CB: Branden Smith
FS: Sanders Commings
SS: Bacarri Rambo
CB: Brandon Boykin
Be Real
August 2nd, 2011
5:09 pm
Its easy to say none of those will be missed but if you are truthful Dawgs will miss Ealey,C.King,J.Houston,and especially A.J. Green. So lie if you wqant to but 4 will be really missed.
Black Mountain Bulldog
August 2nd, 2011
5:10 pm
Any word on Kent Turene?
Russ, the Temporary Mascot
August 2nd, 2011
5:31 pm
Does this mean they will be riding the short bus now?
St. Richt
August 2nd, 2011
5:34 pm
No pressure Isaiah.
bucket
August 2nd, 2011
5:48 pm
@ St. Richt – Do you know for a fact that’s the 2 Richt was referring to? Or maybe he wasn’t referring to a specific number. That could have been a figure of speech. When I saw that list I saw 7 names on there that close friends in Athens tell me were malcontents. Everyone on these blogs have been screaming about a lack of discipline in Athens and this article makes it clear that Richt finally got the message and made some changes to address that issue. As of now it seems to be working because UGA has not been in the headlines for a lot of arrests. We will see how it works when the games start. We get it, you don’t like UGA or Richt. CMR is not a perfect man and is not above reproach, but this article is not an indicator of his class.
GtDawg
August 2nd, 2011
5:55 pm
@Be Real, This is College Football. Players leave every program every year. You recruit and try and improve on last year. Bama lost a Heisman Winner and they most likely will be preseason #1
edumacated
August 2nd, 2011
6:00 pm
Rich’ts team is going to be short of quality players in too many spots, but that is besides the point. I’m not getting excited until I see a smart coaching call from the sidelines at some point. By the way, with Richt’s band of coaches, I’m not going to hold my breath.
Destin Dawg
August 2nd, 2011
6:15 pm
Richt will by more hands on this year….play calling etc… all 10 +++ season coaches have a down year or 2…. S & C has the team in great shape… this will be Todd Grantham’s coming out year… he’s a great coach and at this point he knows he can solidify his college carreer in the next 2 or 3 years.. and he’s at the right place and has the players and schedule… Go Dawgs !!!!!!
Shawn
August 2nd, 2011
6:15 pm
Defense will win us some games this year! This is going to be a good year for the DAWGS!
UGAG is gitting the ncaa death penalty, he he ha ha
August 2nd, 2011
6:17 pm
Gitting on the bus is good practice for ugag players, they use a lot of buses in prison work gangs!
D-MAN
August 2nd, 2011
6:18 pm
St.Pricht- Richt made these comments two weeks ago at SEC media,get over it!Why do you spend so much time on here anyway Nerd boy!Richt never threw anbody under a bus,Richt represents nothing but class!How bout Garcia being reinstated,there’s your class.
Poopdawg
August 2nd, 2011
6:34 pm
Nipples, just how big a boy or you?
Destin Dawg
August 2nd, 2011
6:35 pm
St Richt is why everybody hates Techies !!!! all schools not just the Dawgs… all of ‘em !!
JDawg1785
August 2nd, 2011
6:40 pm
Golden words from Christian Robinson!
LakeDawg
August 2nd, 2011
6:41 pm
UNA should play in the SEC. They have transfers from all over the SEC.
LogicalUS
August 2nd, 2011
6:44 pm
“CMR just sprouted some stones overnight and realized they were cancers”
Shhhh you are upsetting the apple cart and are going to depress some kool-aiders..
It is setting up to a perfect storm in Athens this season. It’s few areas of strength of TE are going to be hampered by it’s many deficiencies. Few fans seem to realize that an effective TE is heavily dependent on a strong running game or threats outside at WR, which UGA simply does not have.
A strong running game holds the LBs and lets the TE get in the space behind the LBs or heavy threats at WR allow TE to cross underneath of dropping secondaries.
The other thing which is going to kill TE production is that the OL issues are going to require UGA to keep the TE in for pass protection against the better teams so that Murray doesn’t end up in triage. So look for UGA TEs to show out against the Coastals, Vandy’s etc, but to disappear against the Boisey, SC, UT, UF, etc.
Beast from the East
August 2nd, 2011
6:50 pm
The “team” is better off without players that want to put “me” first. UGA may lose a game or two because of depth issues, but will be better off in the long-run.
BirdDog
August 2nd, 2011
7:33 pm
It’s called addition by subtraction.
derek
August 2nd, 2011
7:51 pm
I guess most players really don’t care as much about winning championships helping the team as they say. Because if everyone on on that departure list had stayed. Georgia would be in the Dome in December playing the champion from the West.
Rhall55
August 2nd, 2011
8:12 pm
I still believe in Roster Management: Clowns like Caleb King should be dismissed from the Team on the first smell if ignorance, laziness, or plain stupidity!! He qualified in all (3) categories!! Offers should have gone to D Daniels (son of Phillip Daniels, former UGA Player / WR to Notre Dame); J Clemons (son of Charlie Clemons, former UGA Player / RB to KY); and M Caffey (best friend of Damian Swann; wanted terribly to come to UGA with his best friend); continue the family lineage and bring in players who have a desire to play for UGA!!
FLA DAWG
August 2nd, 2011
8:57 pm
On the surface the cohesion factor sounds good.
But will that translate into four quarters of SEC caliber performance on the field?
I have been skeptical for three years – so far my skepticism has been proven justified.
I genuinely want to be wrong about the forthcoming season but I think The Dawgs beat Boise (maybe) in a close game and then lose to SC. The rest of the season will likely be like last one – missed blocks and tackles and below average offensive playcalls.
But that’s just my opinion.
FLA DAWG
Class of ‘79
RedandBlackDAWG
August 2nd, 2011
9:17 pm
Vince Lombardi,
The only violation is using a famous mans name to act stupid. What team do you support you moron? Lombardi is probably turning over in his grave, having a fool, using his name to spout such garbage.
Tech Guy
August 2nd, 2011
9:26 pm
I always suspected the dawgs rode on the sort bus anyway.
wayxdog
August 2nd, 2011
9:49 pm
Is the new, tougher approach a product of McGarity or Richt?
ToccoaDawg
August 2nd, 2011
10:18 pm
Sturdivant is the tragedy this off season. I noticed it didn’t say he lost his scholarship
. maybe he can learn to coach.
RedandBlackDAWG
August 2nd, 2011
10:39 pm
It took me a little while, but I think I have finally figured out why the UGA haters come on blogs about UGA and spout their dribble. Forgive the slowness as I am getting older.
It is called the Mickey Finn Syndrome. His famous saying was, “He was going to hit me, so I hit him back first”. Fear, just plain fear. It even drives Tech. fans to come on here, and pretend they matter in the whole scheme of things.
It probably wouldn’t be so bad, except most of the stuff spouted by these haters, is equivalent to a 4th grader mentality. No substance and all B.S. with childish remarks. Isn’t this the time of year when all these haters should be on their own blogs, supporting their teams. You can forgive the Tech. fans of that, since they really don’t have much of a team.
GO DAWGS
Jake
August 2nd, 2011
10:41 pm
Funny thing — Richt’s line about being “on the bus” is a spinoff of the original line, which was “You’re either on the bus or off the bus.” It was the slogan of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, who traveled around the country in the 1960s in a psychedelically painted school bus called “Furthur” doing LSD and other psychoactive substances. Tom Wolfe wrote about it in a book called “The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.”
So, Coach Richt, like…peace and love, man….
Terry
August 2nd, 2011
10:43 pm
The Techie’s like to run the dawg fans down, but what about Chris Jackson Techie’s? After summer-term exams Wednesday and Thursday, he should have the 2.0 GPA mandated by the NCAA to compete.
Loyal Dawg
August 2nd, 2011
10:59 pm
I sounds like Coach Richt has gone back to what made the team a success those first five years. That’s good news. With football, as it is with most sports, you have to put the time and effort in to be a champion. No way around it.
Natalie P.
August 2nd, 2011
11:02 pm
Zero confidence that Richt can turn things around. Brace yourselves for another debacle of a season and more humiliating losses.
Then, please fire Richt and stop the bleeding.
Loyal Dawg
August 2nd, 2011
11:03 pm
RedandBlackDawg, from what I can tell. it is the same one or two trolls that spout all the dribble using different names. I just think they are board and need something to kill some time!!
Loyal Dawg
August 2nd, 2011
11:05 pm
I see the blistering heat has arrived just in time for football training camps. Brings back some not so fond memories.
Topp Dogg
August 2nd, 2011
11:40 pm
The only way you can get a female naked at GT is to strip search her for a sandwich OMG-LOL.
Columbus
August 3rd, 2011
12:09 am
We are behind you coach. It is a great time to be a Dawg fan. Last year has only made you and the team stronger. You did not collapse under the pressure of adversity, you persevered and everyone is stronger for it. Great job coach. It is going to be a GREAT season and the BEST 5 years in UGA history are in front of us! Thank you.
Hairy Dawg
August 3rd, 2011
12:20 am
This is exactly what we be needing to keep the real mems and cut loose the stinkys boys. Now we get the rifht attitudes that playing for Dawgs is honor with running campus and nice ladies but got to win to get it. We got rid of bad disesae that fumbling like Ealy. Now we reload the talents and Crowell’s Dream Team. We put Adams in place to can stinkys instead of stucking us with them.
Hairy Dawg
August 3rd, 2011
1:09 am
Real fans better jumping on the bus cause Coach Richt finally has the attitude to go with the skills and talents of SEC speed. That goning to let us unload the whooping can on traitor Muschamps and Flabby Weiss. Then we rampages on Dooley Boy and the Orange Pumpkin Patch boys. We owes Aubie and Visor Boy some beating down to as we gets revenge this year for keeping Dawgs down last year through cheating.
Thomas Brown
August 3rd, 2011
3:59 am
Incomplete List, way incomplete. We play 10 regular season games against teams Rivals say average a ranking of # 65 team every week. Clearly, we win those 10 – or is that too optimistic for the “we will be fine” contingent ? Just as plainly, we will play in a bowl game against another team who will not be in the Top 10 AP Poll when the bowl game is done. That is 11 wins. While it is true in 10 years, we have Lost to 1 a year who did not even finish in the Top 25 with 10 such losses the 1st ten years, we also have won only 3 games out of 12 the 1st ten years against teams who did finish in the AP Poll Top 10. So, my question is if we go 11-3, who is that we beat ? Answer : No one, and if we lose one of the 11 games including the bowl game against # 65 average team, are we going to beat Florida, Boise State and South Carolina – or, even bigger question what of Missy State or Auburn ? 11-3 really shows that the 13-12 record vs Down SEC East the last 5 years with 21 Overall Losses, is really just more of the same – only with a softer easier cupcake-filled schedule in this Down SEC East this 2011 season.
Now, for the names left off the list of 15 above :
Kris Durham, you list AJ Green and Justin Houston why not list Kris ?
Kiante Tripp – Kris was 5th round NFL draft pick, Tripp in NFL now too
Darryl Gamble – also in the NFL now
Demarcus Dobbs – ditto NFL now as well
Josh Davis – NFL, why list 2 in NFL and leave off all these Chip Towers?
5+15=20.
21-Brandon Burrows waited until yesterday for surgery lost for year
22-Dontavius Jackson RB great RB just up and quit
23-Lonnie Outlaw – said to be great recruit also not on team.
24-Chris Little – Chip Towers how do you leave all these guys off ?
25-Ben Harden
26-Jonathan Owens
27-Logan Gray, are we to forget he left program – transferred
28-Jalen Fields
29-Montez Robinson are we to forget he was in Jail – off team
30-Zach Mettenberger – why make a list 8/2 and leave off Zach ?
31-Deion Bonner that was this year stealing in locker room
32-Chris Mayes – you left him off your list of 15 too Chip Towers
33-Kent Turene – one blogger already pointed out you left him off
THE GREAT EXODUS
ADDITION by ATTRITION
Give the coaching staff great credit for their recruiting, and hey we are all so glad all 33 are gone, off the team, unable to play vs Boise State 1 month from today September 3. There are 11 others hobbling, injured, surgery who are also in consideration not to play vs Boise State. Soft Schedule of built-in 11 wins (which 1 do we lose to anyway like always) and 3 games including Alabama, LSU or Arkansas we get clocked by. 11-3, accomplish nothing. Wag the tail how great we are beating those 11 averaging # 65 in the Rankings. We are not 1 of the top football programs and have not been – us at # 23 in won/lost record over these last 5 years now. Oh, we are young 2011. Whose fault is that ? Excuses. All these players you list and the 18 you left off ? Is it their fault ? Or, is this coaching staff responsible for mis-management of our talent, I ask you ?
Hairy Dawg
August 3rd, 2011
4:37 am
The fault is on Adams for not letting us recruit without restrictoins like the Bammers. Your so good at numbers try adding up the Hargraves in the last 5 years with the previous 5 years. We got less Hargraves now and that cause Adams choking the recruiting and not letting us stockpile talents at Hargraves. Then we could cut loose the stinky players that not panning out to free up schollies and bring up hungry real mens from Hargraves. But noooo! Adams making Coach Richt compete with one arm behind back. It not fair when we got to play teams like Bammer that not choked back by Adams.
Coach Richt casting out the stinky players that likes to fumbling with bad attitude like Ealy. But then he not allowed to replace from Hargraves cause Adams. And that why we less than 85 scholly players and still stuck with some that turned out to be stinkys.
Thomas Brown
August 3rd, 2011
4:42 am
Yes, I am so good at the numbers.
33
Try looking at the list of 33
Tell me that is not mis-managment of the talent
Talent you give this coaching staff great credit for bringing here
Talent the coaching staff is responsible for of mis-management
flo-ri-duh
August 3rd, 2011
5:25 am
ZZ Gator – don’t you have something better to do – we don’t need your ignorance to show up on the UGA site. Go to the site for the Florida Lizards and read about all the players Urbane Meyer had to suspend (or put up with) that are now in the Big House.
flo-ri-duh
August 3rd, 2011
5:34 am
Thomas – your dumbness is showing again. Please let me correct you on one small thing from your list. Green and Houston were listed because they left early for the draft (juniors). Kris Durham was not listed because he was a graduating senior. You really need to seek help through an anger management professional my friend.
Thomas Brown
August 3rd, 2011
6:35 am
AJ Green, Justin Houston, Kris Durham, Kiante Tripp, Darryl Gamble, Demarcus Dobbs, Josh Davis 7 players now in the NFL today – on the team who we have to go back all the way to 1953 to find an UGA Bulldogs’ Football Team who Lost more than the 7 games they Lost their last year here. 58 years ago to find a worse team for us.
My point is that this “coaching staff” is responsible for their mis-managment here – only 7 of the 33 – mind you who I state are Prima Facie
MIS-MANAGMENT
of the Talent here at UGA.
And, you reply that I am dumb ? What was your GPA here at UGA while I sat on the RR Tracks at 3.88
RS GATA
August 3rd, 2011
7:13 am
Dude, you would never make a 3.88 now. Totally different University. You probably wouldn’t even get in. Let’s see how it pans out, very soon now….but you have to be a blind homer Columbus to not have some concerns. Some great talent and heart on this team plus easy schedule by SEC standards….should be some great football!
Dr Phil
August 3rd, 2011
7:19 am
BuLLdawg (aka Thomas Brown),
I really hope that Mrs BuLLdawg(if such a person exists) suffers from the same malady as you; otherwise, I don’t see you getting any sack time with a sane female…..which you are in dire need of my friend.
Thomas Brown
August 3rd, 2011
7:20 am
Never do that now, but Top 5 % then. Interesting you say that, and in the same paragraph even, completely and totally agree with me – right down the line.
Thomas Brown
August 3rd, 2011
7:25 am
RS GATA
“you have to be a blind homer Columbus to not have some concerns. Some great talent and heart on this team plus easy schedule by SEC standards”
17 of 20
August 3rd, 2011
7:27 am
Georgia always has the best players going into the season, and then just like Coach Spurrier said something happens to them. Could it be the coaching?
Hairy Dawg
August 3rd, 2011
7:34 am
Every body keeps trying to blame Coach Richt and I tell you it’s is Adams and the choking of recruiting. Think of all the SEC talent and speed that Adams denies us that at Hargraves. And Coach Richt more Christian and that helps with recruiting snd winning. We gots to stop the blaming on Coach Richt when Adams is problems for trying to choke recruiting and stopping partying at tailgate on game day.
Russ the flawed bulldog
August 3rd, 2011
7:45 am
Rumor is, Richt will appear as a drag queen for his spectacular high dive this year. You go girl!
Thomas Brown
August 3rd, 2011
7:47 am
Hairy Dawg,
You’re a good dog. Now, why keep up with this – in light of the 33 names I just posted, sir ? You look at that list. You tell me if we have not mis-managed the talent here, or not ? Quit with your excuses that Michael F. Adam$ is responsible for the 33 names on that list of Scholarships Mark Richt and his “coaching staff” mis-managed themselves. Not Michael F. Adam$. I hate Michael F. Adam$ a lot worse than you, but he is in no way responsible for the 33 Scholarships
MIS-MANAGED
what of it?
August 3rd, 2011
8:07 am
What is this “bulldog way” you speak of? Is it leading the country in team arrests? Is it running a painfully predictable offense? Is not being able to manage timeouts? Wait… I’ve got it it must be the characteristics of a bulldog: horribly unintelligent, thick, in-bred, unnecessarily aggressive, not capable of cleaning its own ass, and a bad temperament
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 3rd, 2011
8:25 am
September 10, 2011
4:30 P.M.
Yall better be ready for the Lattimore show, Part Deux
AltamahaDawg
August 3rd, 2011
8:47 am
I just decided that I love Michael Adams.
St. Richt
August 3rd, 2011
9:14 am
The bus may be less crowded, but I’d be willing to bet whoever is driving it has a suspended license.
DawginLex
August 3rd, 2011
9:24 am
st richt
You are dam right I’m going to call people douchebags and other things if their comments warrant it. I am sick and tired of having to read it.
So sue me
You get on here and talk college football, then there is no problem. you take personal shots at UGA, the players, coaches etc, then you’re dam right I’m going to call you out.
These ignoroant drive by shooting comments are the things that are immature, not me.
I call it like I see it.
So sue me if you don’t like it.
gdawginkalamazoo
August 3rd, 2011
9:26 am
Mark Richt’s “Attrition through Addition” tour. Can’t wait to see this one. I think the Coach is moving in the right direction.
Glad to see Tommy Davis coming back for his degree. Just thought that I would look up some of his youtube hits. Man those guys could put the hurt on people. Him and Greg Blue. The days of fear in our secondary. You could see those defenses playing with fire. I hope that Richt let’s Grantham put that fire back into the defense. Make the opposition fear moving past the line of scrimmage.
St. Richt
August 3rd, 2011
9:29 am
Okay tough guy. I will let you rant and rave all you want from the safety of your keyboard. My original comment on this blog was that it was classless of Richt to continue to throw the recently departed players under the bus. And I stand by that 100%. If you don’t like it, then tell me to “STFU douche boy” like you did with the others… That is the epitome of class right there, as is your last post. “Sue me” Really?
Gator Mike
August 3rd, 2011
9:29 am
DAWGINLEX, you are totally correct in your assesment of the antics and run ins with the law of Gator players ove r the past few years. All of us long time Gators are not proud of it. UGA has also had a spike in the number of problem children, but it does not reflect negatively on the long term reputation of UGA. Knuckleheads are everywhere, and we all get out share.
Alos, I like the post of the UGA fans on here who do not care who is on Richts bus if they are not bought in to his program. Hopefully, Muschamp will have the same philosophy.
Good luck to all.
DawginLex
August 3rd, 2011
9:46 am
st richt
You can stop wasting your time trying to defend your posts from the past. We have all read them. I’m not proud of some of the stuff I’ve written either.
You hate UGA. We get it. You make fun of Coach Richt by calling yourself St richt. We get your agenda.
I’ll just be glad when the season starts and we can stop analyzing how many times I Crowell farted at weight lifting yesterday
David Pole-axe
August 3rd, 2011
9:52 am
Thms Brwn ?
Am I missing something here ?
You realize…..your list included:
*a HS player, *@ least one recruit, *several graduates,
and *Lgn Gry was on the list, correct…?.
…..or…..
are you just some sort of barking moonbat ?
St. Richt
August 3rd, 2011
9:54 am
I hear ya man. I think we are similar in a lot of ways in that we both get a little bit bipolar at times on these blogs in trying to defend our teams. And no, I don’t like Georgia. In fact, as a former GT player, I hate the Dawgs. But I still respect them and recognize the fact that they’ve absolutely owned us of late. I’m not one of those “head in the sand” Tech fans that doesn’t recognize that.
And I would have to applaud you as well for being a voice of reason compared to many of the other Dawg fans on these blogs that call for an SEC championship every year. Its those Georgia fans that make your fanbase look delusional at times.. Just like the loser GT fans that come in here and spout off about the “red panty” fiasco.
DawginLex
August 3rd, 2011
10:04 am
You played at Tech?
Dam, no wonder you hate UGA……..
Rheemus Says
August 3rd, 2011
10:08 am
NCAA needs to change the rule and only allow seniors to enter NFL draft. Colleges go out of their way to sign top high school players and cater to them. For example, Stafford & Moreno left as juniors. If both had stayed UGA possibly would have played for the National Championship their senior years. Its a dumb rule that hurts a college teams continuity and depth.
St. Richt
August 3rd, 2011
10:15 am
Rheemus, not gonna happen. Just be thankful that football players are required to be in school 3 years before becoming eligible for the draft.(as opposed to 1 year in basketball) But I understand where you’re coming from. As a Tech fan, it sure would have been nice to see Dwyer, Thomas, Burnett, and Morgan play last year.
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 3rd, 2011
10:22 am
Date Opponent Result
Sep. 3 Boise State…………………..W
Sep. 10 South Carolina………………..L
Sep. 17 Coastal Carolina…………….W
Sep. 24 at Ole Miss…………………..W
Oct. 1 Miss. State……………………L
Oct. 8 at Tennessee………………….L
Oct. 15 at Vanderbilt………………….W
Oct. 29 Florida…………………………L
Nov. 5 New Mexico St……………….W
Nov. 12 Auburn…………………………W
Nov. 19 Kentucky………………………W
Nov. 26 at Georgia Tech……………..W
DAWGMAN
August 3rd, 2011
10:23 am
Good luck Dawgs!
Vespa of Athens
August 3rd, 2011
10:34 am
Dang! There’s 33 scooters we won’t sell this fall.
gdawginkalamazoo
August 3rd, 2011
10:41 am
St Richt, Yes, if you are not “on the bus, you will be under the bus”. That’s slogan replaces “finish the drill” for this season.
T-shirts for everybody.
I-DOG
August 3rd, 2011
11:03 am
Wow, when you look at this llist all together like this… it really hits home how many 4 and 5 star type guys are not going to suit it up for the Dawgs. It is actually much worse than this list indicates because of all the guys we lost the year before that were young players that would have been upperclassman now that could have helped the team.
How about Robinson at OLB. We wouldn’t be worried about a 1 or 2 game suspension to Jarvis Jones nearly as much if that guy were still on the team with a good attitude. How about Dontavious Jackson at RB. J. Owens at OL if he were healthy, X Avery at RB or safety. M. Pugh probably doesn’t hurt as much because of our depth at CB, but he was highly recruited and now playing at Colorado. I think Chris Little would have been a redshirt Senior. How about having another 4 star offensive lineman in the system for four years available? Also Neyland Ball would be a senior OLB if I am not mistaken and Z. Mett has to be included, though like CB, we are OK at QB.
You have to assume you are going to lose a couple each year to injury and some attrition from things just not working out, but this year and last year are awfully long lists at some key positions.
BigTimeTechFan
August 3rd, 2011
12:19 pm
What size and color is UGA’s bus?
AltamahaDawg
August 3rd, 2011
12:56 pm
St. Richt, would you bet “any amount of money” it was Donnan driving the bus too?
John Galt
August 3rd, 2011
1:06 pm
Donnan could sell you an interest in an investment company that was planning to buy busses………
RedandBlackDAWG
August 3rd, 2011
1:06 pm
I think if I were a former player of an opposing team, I would want a better handle than the name of the opposing coach. At least something to indicate that you were a proud tech. team member.
FLA DAWG
August 3rd, 2011
1:11 pm
Columbus,
I’d say losing to CFU in a bowl is pretty much a collapse wouldn’t you?
The Grinch
August 3rd, 2011
1:16 pm
BigTimeTechFan
August 3rd, 2011
12:19 pm
The size of UGA’s bus is 9 x 1. Oops, my bad. 9-1 is our record against Tech the past ten years.
BWAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Atlanta87
August 3rd, 2011
1:43 pm
Are you sure its not 3 X 18 @ The Grinch. Ooopppppsss, my bad. 3-18 is your record against the Gators the past 21 years.
BWAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
BigTimeTechFan
August 3rd, 2011
2:31 pm
@The Grinch – Nice, pretty good comeback
DOGZ
August 3rd, 2011
2:47 pm
Paul in Desin = moron
DOGZ
August 3rd, 2011
2:49 pm
LOL>>.big time tech fan you have no dog in this fight we own you NERDS. Go back to your slide rule you pimpled face nerd!
WDE
August 3rd, 2011
2:50 pm
@Nothing Could Be Finer the Dogs do us a favor make sure Lattimore is healthy for the UGA game this year we have a little something for him…oh yeah make sure Garcia is sober too. Saban two words for you ..well so far this week……..Darius McKeller and B.J. Scott the latest of your victims .
James T. Kirk
August 4th, 2011
8:51 am
UGA’s bus is less crowded but the Athens-Clarke County prison is above maximum capacity.
RedandBlackDAWG
August 4th, 2011
10:12 am
James T. Kirk,
I think that is a pretty childish comment you just posted, but then once you look at your handle, I realize you are just some middle-high school kid and it is to be expected. Doesn’t school start up for you soon?