UPDATE: UGA TB Isaiah Crowell ‘day-to-day’ with groin injury
Georgia freshman tailback Isaiah Crowell stands next to coach Bryan McClendon as he sits out "The Chute" drill due to a gimpy left leg. (Photo provided by Guy Prokay/dawgtime.com)
***UPDATED***
ATHENS — Georgia freshman tailback Isaiah Crowell is battling a groin injury that severely limited his participation in Friday’s practice, the Bulldogs’ 10th of preseason camp.
However, both Crowell and UGA head coach Mark Richt insist that the injury is not serious and should not significantly hamper Crowell’s preparation for the No. 22-ranked Bulldogs’ season opener against No. 7 Boise State in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game at the Georgia Dome in three weeks.
“It’s not really that serious,” said Crowell, speaking to reporters Friday for the first time since arriving at UGA. “It was just weak or whatever, but it’s not serious.”
Crowell was not dressed in a green jersey, which signifies an injured player. However, he moved slowly and gingerly through the Bulldogs’ drill work early in practice and actually stood to the side for several of them. Occasionally he would limp noticeably and his left thigh was heavily wrapped in an ace bandage underneath his pants. See THIS VIDEO posted by our friends at DawgTime.com,
“It’s a groin that’s bothering him,” Richt said. “We don’t think there was a pull. But if you get enough practices in a row and going live and all that stuff, sometimes you wake up in the morning and you just can’t go full speed. So that’s what happened with him. We shut him down today. It’ll be day-by-day. We’ll see how he feels.”
Given the Bulldogs’ precarious situation at tailback, any injury at that position could be perceived as cause for alarm. Redshirt freshman Ken “Boo” Malcome, who was already hampered with a groin injury, did not attend Friday’s practice because “he’s not feeling too good,” Richt said. Richt was not specific other than to say it was “not a concussion.”
Meanwhile, former walkon tailback Brandon Harton — he was just awarded a scholarship Thursday night — just returned from a real concussion and remained in green on Friday. That left the Bulldogs with recently-converted tailback Richard Samuel and Carlton Thomas, who is suspended for the opening game.
For what it’s worth, Thomas had “a really nice day of competition” and Samuel had the run of the day in Friday’s full-contact workout.
“It was the first play of [teamwork] and he ran over a cornerback and kept on trucking for about another 30 yards or so,” Richt said. “That was a big run for him.”
Later it was learned that Samuel suffered a strained quad during the practice and he, too, is listed as “day-to-day.”
Meanwhile, the buzz of the day Friday was it was the first opportunity for reporters to interview Crowell since he’s been on UGA’s campus. As was consistent of his personality throughout recruiting, Crowell was a man of few words but also of quiet confidence. He actually addressed the fact that he’s not one ramble on with his answers.
“I don’t like speaking but I know I have to,” he said while sitting on a stool in a scrum of reporters and TV cameras.
Some of the “highlights” from Crowell’s 15-minutes session with the media:
- On the thrust of attention: “I think I’ve handled it well. I don’t let it get to me. I try to keep a level head. That’s what I do.”
- On his goals for the season: “I just want to get out on the field and help my team win. That’s the main thing for me.”
- His favorite moment so far: “Being out there practicing and the scrimmage at Sanford Stadium.”
- Not really. I just want to do whatever God wants me to do. I don’t really look at it like that (referencing question about Latt and Dyer).
- Biggest adjustment: “Really the hardest thing for me has been like time management and waking up early. I’m not a morning person and that has been the hardest thing for me. Physically it hasn’t been that hard for me. I feel like I fit right in.”
- Does he feel weight of expections: “No sir. I don’t really think about it a lot. My coach is always telling me I’m not the savior. I’m just coming out here and working hard and trying to help my team.”
- On influence of strength coach Thomas Brown: “He’s helped me work out and has kept me motivated with the different things we’re doing and he’s helped me learn the ins and out of Athens.”
- On advice he got from Herschel Walker: “He was telling me to keep a level head and work hard and help my team work hard and do whatever I could to help my team.”
- On notoriety around campus: “I get recognized a little. I try to not stay out too much because I know people might know who I am. That’s the main thing. I try to stay [cordoned] off.”
- On who has delivered the biggest hit on him. “No one has really hit me that hard. Not yet I don’t think.”
- Whether he can have similar impact as Marcus Lattimore last year: “I think I can. I think Lattimore had a great season last year. He helped his team a lot. I think I can do the same.”
- On being heavily counted on: “I expected to play and everybody to look up to me. I knew I had to be a leader and work hard for everybody to follow me. I expected that.”
- On the grind of preseason camp: “It’s a lot of work and it’s tiring and it’s hard. But I love football and I’ve been doing this all my life, so it’s fun to me.”
- How much of playbook he’s mastered: “Like 90 percent. I know most of what I’m doing. I’ve just got to learn a few more things in there and I’ll be set.”
- On rumors he showed up out of shape with bad attitude: “I heard all that but there’s wasn’t nothing to it. People are going to say what they want to say.”
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Get Real
August 12th, 2011
2:31 pm
Crowel doesn’t block for himself and neither will the wannabees on the UGA O-line. Typical UGA fans. All they can do is revel in their glory of 31 years ago. Lordy people, you ain’t that great.
Tech Grad mows my Lawn
August 12th, 2011
2:31 pm
Does Boise really think they can win? They will be competitive and maybe have it close or a lead in first half. But they can not hold up after 3rd qtr. If this were the last game of the year they would fare better..but the first game against UGA?? Paaaaahleeeeez. More speed, depth than they have ever seen….the adrenalin runs out in the 4th qtr and the DAWGS embarrass them and show the football world BSU is waaaay over rated….sucks to be them
Waldy Butts
August 12th, 2011
2:32 pm
I am wondering if coach Richt did the 10 Meter Dive this year?
Did he chicken out or trying to change his luck?
Gatormeat
August 12th, 2011
2:32 pm
It does not matter how hurt Crowell is, with or without him georgia starts 0-2, gets humiliated by Florida, and ends the year without enough wins to qualify for a bowl. Sad times for the dogs, sad times
Big Dirty Dawg
August 12th, 2011
2:34 pm
These blogs are hilarious. LOL Too bad we’re not all at happy hour together!!
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 12th, 2011
2:34 pm
what does that tell you about the play of the Georgia defense when he hasn’t been hit hard yet.
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Softies.
Freshmen usually get theirs on the first day with full pads.
Marcus Lattimore got his last year by D.J. Swearinger.
Bruce Ellington got his this year by Stephon Gilmore.
TampaGator
August 12th, 2011
2:34 pm
Big Spur…..
I think the least of Georgia’s problems are on the defenive side of the ball. Big questions at WR, OL depth, and at running back…including depth. Georgia cannot afford to lose Crowell at anytime during the season, even if he is an unproven player just out of HS….and Georgia has had a lot of HS super star RBs who flamed out quickly….and recently. He may be the second coming of Walker….just like Samuel, King, and Ealey were at one time or another…but he needs to prove it against Boise and SC….just like Walker did against the Vols back in the 80’s.
Big Dirty Dawg
August 12th, 2011
2:35 pm
Field Jesus and Nothing Could Be Finer….i commend your efforts today!! Too funny!! Go Dawgs!!
Big Spur
August 12th, 2011
2:35 pm
Boise fired their athletic director Gene Bleymaier yesterday.
They are angry that Bleymaier agreed to have his team travel cross-country to play a cupcake while everyone else watches Oregon-LSU.
Boise gets nothing from this win.
Gatormeat
August 12th, 2011
2:38 pm
georgia scores 3 on C Florida with greene and think they are going to beat Boise without him?! Give me a break, after Boise is through with the dogs, you guys will be arguing about who the next coach will be. richt is through
TampaGator
August 12th, 2011
2:39 pm
Tech grad at 2:31……
Did you watch Boise play against Va. Tech last year? First game….and they dominated Va. Tech in the fourth quarter. Boise is a highly conditioned team….and well coached…….and very experienced. There is a reason they are ranked 5th in the nation. Georgia better bring their A plus game to the Dome….and be ready to play. Boise has a great system….and some really good players on both sides of the ball. The only quesiton they have is at WR. Can they replace the two studs from last year….the ones that gave Va. Tech fits. They retuned much of their defense….and it was very good.
Big Dirty Dawg
August 12th, 2011
2:39 pm
Tampa,
I see you’re up to your ole shanagans today!! Too Funny!! See you’re getting a few nibblers. LOL
Carver High Graduate
August 12th, 2011
2:41 pm
FOR EVERYBODY I HAVE SEEN THIS MAN PLAY EVERY YEAR OF HIS HIGH SCHOOL CAREER AND TRUST ME YEA HE LIKE TO BE CAUTION IT MAY BE A STING BUT HE IS JUST READY TO PLAY BOISE STATE I KNOW COLLEGE IS A DIFFERENT LEVEL BUT HE REALLY HAS A GIFT OF BEING A RUNNING BACK IM NOT EXPECTING HIM TO START OFF GOOD IN THE GAME BUT BY THE 2ND QUARTER HE IS GOING TO BE TURNED UP ALL THE WAY TURNED UP AND IF HE GETS HYPE GAME OVER!
TampaGator
August 12th, 2011
2:42 pm
Gatormeat…..
last year’s performance in a meaningless bowl game has nothing to do with this year…..for Georgia….and I can assure you…..the level of the Dawg motivation will be at a different level at the Dome for Boise than it was in Memphis for UCF. Just saying….and being real.
TampaGator
August 12th, 2011
2:44 pm
Big Dirty…..
and what would they be? Talking reality….with people who make sense and read….or disrupting deamland for the rest?
Big Spur
August 12th, 2011
2:45 pm
@TampaGator
I agree. There is a lot of pressure on Crowell, just like Lattimore last year against Southern Miss and Georgia behind what people were calling a very suspect offensive line.
While he and his offensive line exceeded expectations, we found out later that neither Southern Miss or Georgia were any good.
Boise State and South Carolina have very solid teams and if Crowell recovers, we will find out very early if he and his offensive line can handle the pressure.
TampaGator
August 12th, 2011
2:46 pm
Gotta go…..have a nice day……for those with minds…..for the rest of the dreamers…….envison Energy Vampires at your door!
Big Dirty Dawg
August 12th, 2011
2:49 pm
Boise will be blue alright…Black and Blue from the beating they’re take! This defense is hungry to prove everyone wrong!! Offensive line needs to take on this same challenge!! Agree with Tampa on that.
Big Dirty Dawg
August 12th, 2011
2:50 pm
Either they love ya..or hate ya!! Sorta like Charlie Sheen!! LOL
WONDERING
August 12th, 2011
2:52 pm
94 degrees, 107 heat index, my leg hurts. Just wondering.
Mikey
August 12th, 2011
2:58 pm
Same chronic leg that bothered him both junior and senior season in high school. Here we go. Bame wanted to redshirt him to give the leg an entire year to recover. Here’’s hoping they were wrong.
youwillsee
August 12th, 2011
2:59 pm
Yall missing Ealey yet. You will.
Mikey
August 12th, 2011
3:04 pm
Overall bad day for injuries across the SEC
Hightower Alabama
Davis Arkansas
Dyer Auburn
Crowell Georgia.
Stinger2
August 12th, 2011
3:06 pm
Sorry that Crowell is hurt. I don`t like for any player to be hurt regardless of that team he plays for.
I was glad to read Crowell`s answer to the question about his goals. He said to help his team as much as he can. A far cry from what he said at signing day. At that time he said his goals were to gain 1000 yards and be an All-American as a freshman.
reebok
August 12th, 2011
3:07 pm
He’s-day-to-day. We’re ALL day-to-day.
wreckmaniac
August 12th, 2011
3:11 pm
Boise Bronco: Good tidbit. This group down here thinks you know nothing about your opponent. It will be to your advantage.
CHDawg
August 12th, 2011
3:12 pm
Why would grown UF, USC, and Tech fans spend countless–I mean countless–hours posting negative information on an anonymous AJC, Georgia football fan blog? Either nuts or bitter impersonators with some sort of an axe to grind? Ask yourself if you would live on a UF or Boise State blog and bad mouth every interview, every fumble in a scrimmage, every muscle pull? They aren’t right in the head! To be fair some of them like football and discuss it like normal people, but most of them appear to be missing a bolt or two…come to think of it some of our fans seem to be missing some, too! Go Dawgs!
Cornelius d coatney
August 12th, 2011
3:14 pm
Georgia is going to beat boise st no matter what happen we have better skill player and faster and strong Isaiah Crowell will run for a 100 yard and we sack kellon morre at least 5 time watch and see u boise fans and aaron murry will thow for 300 yard so final score 35-7 GO DAWGS
Cornelius d coatney
August 12th, 2011
3:18 pm
BOISE ST SUKS ASS STAY IN THE
moleman
August 12th, 2011
3:18 pm
chdawg: read the post following yours for the answer..
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
August 12th, 2011
3:33 pm
No excuses losing to Boise
I dont want to hear them if it happens
Big Dirty Dawg
August 12th, 2011
3:41 pm
Boise is quick and fast defensively, yet lacks size….and very well coached!!! Wonder if Bobo knows how to gameplan for that!! Veteran QB play…and plenty of speed skill players. Richt…pound the ball…play physical defensively….dawgs win! If we come out with a inconsistent offensive gameplan…dawgs lose!
Rooster
August 12th, 2011
3:44 pm
Carver high graduate, is that Crowell you are talking about??? HE has got a bum leg just like he did in high school.
i thought joe t = no injuries
August 12th, 2011
3:48 pm
uh huh……
keep downing that koolaide people.
BiggdawgK
August 12th, 2011
3:50 pm
moleman That was not an answer to chdawg. You act as if UGA has the only fan base in the world that pumps up their team and has high expectations.
No the real reason people like you are on this site all day long and into the night is because you are a friendless sad despondant nothing. I can’t even begin to imagine the despair you suffer each day as you desperately try to think of a reason to not just end it all. The hate and envy you feel for those of us who have happy productive lifes is the only warmth in your meaninless life and if I were as good a man as CMR I would pray for you.
I’m not so I laugh at you. I read every 10th post your bitter little fingers peck out and laugh as I think of you in your mom’s trash strewn basement. Your name is perfect for you. moleman. tiny shriveled living underneath everyone else.
You know actually I do pity you a bit despite your hate filled words. Please seek help from a free clinic. There are cures for depression that might allow you to at least hold down a part time job that don’t require any skill.
edumacated
August 12th, 2011
3:56 pm
@ CHDawg,
You nailed it. I think a lot of these trolls have serious mental issues. How else could you explain it? In my entire life I have never read a SC, GT, or FL blog. What a waste of time.
Tard Dawg
August 12th, 2011
3:59 pm
UGA to start the season 0-2. Will Richt be fired before or after week 3?
Dawg Time Down
August 12th, 2011
4:00 pm
Against boise, he’ll be full speed—mark it down. Look for crowell to run all over that weak D—he’ll get 150 easy.
RedandBlackDAWG
August 12th, 2011
4:06 pm
football insider,
you have the nerve to call what you do, analysis, LOL. What team is it you support anyway? How much big time football did you play to become this great analyst?
You are just a troll, trying to irritate people. The only inside information you know, is what you make up. You certainly are not impressing anybody with your knowledge, only irritating people mostly. You do a good job as a troll though, because even I am acknowledging your stupid remarks for what they are. Just plain stupid.
Uuugghh
August 12th, 2011
4:09 pm
Groin injury? No problem Boo got one in spring practice and was back right aw–wait…damn.
REALITY
August 12th, 2011
4:09 pm
I can’t wait to watch ‘Run Lindsey Run’ highlights on our new scoreboard this year over and over before games! That’s the only glory we have..@ least uga can say ‘We were #1!? When we have 6 or 7 mean @$$ OL, & a jerk for a headcoach, that’s when UGA will win big, truth hurts.
Bulldog have too many Bong Smoking Fans
August 12th, 2011
4:13 pm
Bull-wimp fans
Booo hooo hooo another fan is talking about my program, good grief
Please stop whining you pansey’s, about other fans coming on your blog
No wonder you lose to the big teams every year and crap your pants when you cross the FL boarder
Keep enjoying your mithical 10 win championship seasons losers]
Staying at home watching real SEC teams play for the SEC championship must be fun
Whats sad is FL hired Zook and Meyer and yet their first yr of coaching they beat you. This year will be no different with Muschamp.
By the time we play UGA all the kinks will be ironed out and two SMART coaches will take about 3 mins of their golf time to watch UGA film and figure out your stupid play calls
Its ok you’ll have your chest beating moment when you beat that Div II team located in downtown crime ridden Atlanta
ugakev
August 12th, 2011
4:16 pm
chdawg, that’s an easy answer…georgia tech fans have absolutely nothing to be happy about when it comes to college football. Their happiness has to be artificially inserted by getting on here and saying anything negative to get a rise out of getting under a Georgia’s fan skin. South Carolina fans are the funny ones that come in here to me. Georgia has absolutely owned them and I think they come in here and try to get attention because they have never been their before and they believe they are fixing to be a great program for years to come. It’s really funny to watch. The Florida fans just want us to submit to them and be a weak fan base and we dont so they continue to hammer the 18-3. fact like they beat us 60-0 every year. But even though yall have recently dominated us in the series I always seem to smell the fear of losing to us. Better hope Muschamp is the answer because a Ray Goff can turn the series back in our favor like he did at uga for florida in the 90S
CHDawg
August 12th, 2011
4:17 pm
My thoughts: Interesting matchup! One of the best in recent memory, in fact. The Ducks and Cajuns will be a great one, too. Tivo time, though. BSU–Heisman finalist, great running back, small and quick team, very well coached, and really wants to beat UGA to make a statement. Vs. a UGA team coming off of their worst year in CMR’s career here. Watching Richt trying to rebuild is interesting. A couple of points: BSU didn’t crush VT and VT did start very slow last year, losing to James Madison by a larger margin than BSU in the next game. They did get much better in the second half of the season. Some of the pundits are going on endlessly about the talent Boise brings back, but I personally think they lost a lot. We’ll see. UGA appears better on D than last year, and they should be at least the same as last year on O, imho. One thing that could go in UGA’s favor–if our D is tough, our special teams may make the difference in the game. If Moore is able to lacerate CTG’s secondary, then it is either a shootout or a blowout, depending on how well our O does. Like BDD, I expect Coach Bobo to go with his standard game plan that he is known so well for–pound the rock and use play action to keep BSU honest and score some big plays. The big unknowns are how well the O line blocks BSU’s small but very highly rated front 7, how well our backs block and run. If we have the old UGA running game back, the Dawgs will be hard to beat. I don’t agree that Murray can’t shoot it out with opposing teams. I think he excels at gunfights. I don’t know how well this year’s receivers will get open. The depth there should make for an awesome corps, but I have yet to see them do great without AJ. I liked what T King said the other day. He wasn’t happy with mediocrity, and he realizes the Dawgs are going to have to do much better to shake things up. This is the most interesting start to a season in recent memory.
RedandBlackDAWG
August 12th, 2011
4:20 pm
Moleman,
This probably describes you pretty well, especially the blind part.
Moles are the majority of the members of the mammal family Talpidae in the order Soricomorpha. Although moles burrow, some species are semi-aquatic. Moles have cylindrical bodies covered in fur while the ears are generally not visible. They have small or covered eyes and can probably still tell night from day, although they are otherwise blind.
Ears covered in fur and darn near blind. I would say that describes you pretty well.
MS. Bully
August 12th, 2011
4:23 pm
If Georgia doesn’t win the LEast division of the SEC this year, They have no-one to blame but themselves. They have the easiest schedule I have ever seen for a SEC Team. Put Georgia in the SEC West and no-one would even mention them. MS. State will help Georgia because they are going to put a beat down on South Carolina when they visit Starkville. Spurrier cannot win in the state of Mississippi.
CHDawg
August 12th, 2011
4:25 pm
Bong man, nobody is whining…we were pitying your miserable lives! To think that a semi-literate Gator fan (who can’t spell border or pansies) would elicit anything other than pity from the Dawg fan base shows you are a lost soul, without a life…I might add. Good day!
Bulldogs have too many Bong Smoking Fans
August 12th, 2011
4:26 pm
ugakev
Your not turning the series around, in 10 more years it will be us owning the series for good
Coach Grohbo
August 12th, 2011
4:26 pm
Agreed Bully. But you’re not taking into consideration the beating your team will again put on UGA.
Kinda evens it out, doesn’t it?
moleman
August 12th, 2011
4:28 pm
@BiggdawgK: your response made my day!! knowing that i had that big an effect on you with my writings, well, it is proof that my time is indeed well spent. if you don’t mind, would you tell me which of my posts inspired you the most? you sound like the typical dawg fan; overly sensitive to any criticism regarding uga. that’s too bad,biggdawgk, because my purpose here is to enlighten people like you. i know, you’ll rant that you don’t need any help. staying stupid, you’ll brag, is a lifestyle choice. but way back in the darkest regions of your brain, behind the memories of life’s failures, past the numerous times you choked in athletic competition and those scars, yes, even deeper than the still raw emotions of getting caught in a compromising situation with a male friend..there is an area in your brain that needs the truth. thats why i’m here. stay out of the deep end of the pool.