Richt: Drew ‘very fortunate’ scooter accident wasn’t worse
ATHENS — Another Georgia football player is sidelined with an injury from a motor-scooter accident — the second this summer.
Ray Drew, a highly touted freshman outside linebacker, suffered a separated right shoulder when he lost control of his scooter while returning to his dorm from church on Sunday. He is expected to miss practice until at least next week.
According to Athens-Clarke County Police, the accident occurred when Drew was driving downhill on Baldwin Street around 11:50 a.m., applied his brakes and was ejected from the scooter.
He was transported to St. Mary’s Hospital, where he was treated and released. No charges were filed and no other vehicles were involved in the incident, police said.
“Very thankfully, he wore his helmet,” coach Mark Richt said Monday. “He landed on his helmet and his shoulder. Another good thing was the shoulder won’t require any surgery. It was a separation, not a dislocation; the separation was not severe enough to warrant surgery. … He’s very fortunate it wasn’t worse than it was.”
Said Drew, via Twitter: “I’m so glad I don’t look like what I’ve been through … praise God.”
Officially, Georgia director of sports medicine Ron Courson listed Drew’s status as “day-to-day.” Richt said the chances of Drew returning to practice this week are “very slim.”
Many UGA athletes use small, motorized scooters to get around campus.
Tous scooter accident involving a Georgia athlete was the 2009 incident that left baseball player Chance Veazey paralyzed.
In July, defensive end Derrick Lott suffered a deep laceration on his right leg while attempting to park his scooter outside Butts-Mehre Heritage Hall. He missed the start of preseason practice but returned last week.
“We’ll look at it and talk about it,” Georgia athletic director Greg McGarity said Monday of the athletes’ use of scooters.
“But what’s the alternative?” he added, noting the shortage of parking spaces for cars.
Said Richt: “It’s very difficult for some of these guys to get where they have to get because there is such a short window of time in between class and the tutoring and the study hall and lunch and getting here for treatment and taping and all that. The scooters have allowed those guys to get around, so I’m not ready to say no scooters. But they do need to be careful.”
A five-star prospect from Thomas County Central, Drew had been working as a second-team outside linebacker behind junior Cornelius Washington.
Washington said that he, coincidentally, started riding a scooter on Monday, unaware of Drew’s accident the day before.
“He’s walking around in a sling and what-not,” Washington said of Drew. “I don’t think he’s going to be on a scooter for a while.”
Etc.
Update from Monday’s practice on the injured tailbacks: Richard Samuel remained sidelined with a thigh injury; Isaiah Crowell wasn’t able to do much because of a groin injury; Ken Malcome was back at practice. … Samuel is unlikely to return to practice before next week but Crowell could come back possibly sooner, Richt said. … Offensive lineman Chris Burnette missed practice with a stomach bug. … Offensive lineman Austin Long, who has been sidelined with mononucleosis, was on the field in a green non-contact jersey. He is close to being able to practice, Richt said. … Richt was happy with Monday’s practice, particularly considering it was the first day of fall semester classes. “We’ve continued to have good leadership as far as trying to keep the energy flowing,” he said.
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286 comments Add your comment
Dawg48
August 15th, 2011
9:29 pm
First!!!!!
ban the scooters!
August 15th, 2011
9:33 pm
enough is enough!
dawggirl
August 15th, 2011
9:34 pm
Not so sure it’s time to ban them, but something needs to be done. Have a safety course, sign something, I don’t know.
I must have been living under a rock (or don’t follow UGA athletics much outside of football), because I hadn’t heard what happened to Chance Veazey. How horrible. Very thankful that Ray Drew wasn’t seriously injured, and let him take his time to heal up.
Rabun Dawg
August 15th, 2011
9:34 pm
Ban the scooters!!!
SD Dawg
August 15th, 2011
9:35 pm
I don’t read other blogs, but seriously, do other teams have all the crazy, stupid injuries that we do? Good grief! It seems like we cannot avoid this crap for anything.
Dawg_Mike
August 15th, 2011
9:36 pm
Too many scooter accidents and it’s also embarrassing. Do what we did back in the day- just freaking WALK.
Dawg_Mike
August 15th, 2011
9:37 pm
@SD Dawg : I agree 100%. ridic!!!
Ginger
August 15th, 2011
9:38 pm
Glad Ray was not hurt worse…could have been worse for sure. I hate that Chance Veazey was paralyzed a few yrs ago…..Think that UGA needs to be mandatory scooter safety course….wish that they could use golf carts.
superDawg
August 15th, 2011
9:41 pm
I say scoot the damn ball into the end zone.
superDawg
August 15th, 2011
9:43 pm
on the real side Ray I am glad you were in church GOD has a plan for you.All other DAWGS please be carefull scooting around.
JE
August 15th, 2011
9:48 pm
Sound like some of you have never walked across the UGA campus to class from one end to the other.
Worm
August 15th, 2011
9:50 pm
They could be at Tech and robbed every other day!
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 15th, 2011
9:52 pm
Glad Ray is ok but we have a serious issue at RB heading into Boise. We are not 6 weeks away here. We are two weeks. No Thomas, Samuels not back to th eweek of the game (Having not played th eposition for 2 years), True Freshman missing VALUABLE repetitions at practice, Malcome in and out of practice with injurys. Not overstating it here but this running attack is almost on th everge of being in shambles. CMR is certainly losing some sleep over the injury developments here.
MckDawg
August 15th, 2011
9:54 pm
this is a very delicate situation.
On the one hand, you want your student and especially student- athletes to have the freedom to ride something that is easy to park on campus and get them where they need to go in a timely manner.
However, when students are getting injured at a regular rate, steps have to be taken to at least educate these young people on the dangers of driving an exposed light motorized bike.
Sal in AL
August 15th, 2011
10:06 pm
It’s really pathetic when these morons can’t even handle a motor scooter. Heaven help us if they get cars.
And Richt continues to recruit these jerks.
KOOL
August 15th, 2011
10:10 pm
Walk!!!… or ride a bus!!!
Paul in NH (formerly RDU)
August 15th, 2011
10:12 pm
I learn something new every day – like the difference between a shoulder separation and dislocation. Separation is better but it still sounds like quite a painful injury.
http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/shouldersurgery/a/separation.htm
East Repeat
August 15th, 2011
10:13 pm
Lowcountry Bulldog says it all- only 2 weeks from this Saturday and games begin! Getting closer every minute. UGA better get settled or it will be tough.
King Gator
August 15th, 2011
10:20 pm
Team Scooter strikes again! Go Gators!
bad brad
August 15th, 2011
10:20 pm
Scooters are okay; just need to be careful.
AltamahaDawg
August 15th, 2011
10:21 pm
2 weeks till the season and SC offense is still moving backwards, Oline is razor thin, garcia can’t win the job, the Dbacks are even worse than last year. SC is in real trouble.
Concrete Pete
August 15th, 2011
10:23 pm
Ok the cute scooters have ran their course. They had run their course when Veasey had his terrible accident. Time to ban them, because the kids have no sort of training to properly operate them. If the school allows them, at least make the kids take a course similar to a motorcycle driving test required by the state
Hairy Dawg
August 15th, 2011
10:30 pm
Ban the damn scooters! Even though it’s not cool for athletees to walk, jog, or ride the bus to class like 99% of the student body.
AltamahaDawg
August 15th, 2011
10:31 pm
Why does everybody assume that after the Veasey accident and the one earlier this year, nobody has thought of instructing them about safe operating. I’m guessing they have. We’ve got literally hundred and a half or so athletes driving them all over the place for year now. 3 seems like a pretty low number of accidents to be drawing conclusions that nobody knows what they are doing.
Not real sure it’s really up to the school to allow a man what he can drive to church.
Bull
August 15th, 2011
10:33 pm
How long before Shultz comes out with another one of his hit pieces, describing how Richt has lost control of the players
Snoop Dawg
August 15th, 2011
10:33 pm
Crow’s nest to bridge: Iceberg straight ahead! Somebody please wake up da Preacha Man…
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 15th, 2011
10:34 pm
Agreed you simply cannot allow a “banning” of the scooters. It almost sounds like a freak accident in this scenario. We have 1-2 incidents a year. I am sure this is not out of line with th estudent bodys incidents with scooters. They just are not 5 star recruits with all the expectations grown men put on them.
Snoop Dawg
August 15th, 2011
10:34 pm
It’s OK with AltamahaDog. Everybody’s doing it…
Mountain Dawg
August 15th, 2011
10:35 pm
Who pays for these scooters? Does UGA provide them? Do the ‘regular’ students use them, too? How are they rationed out? Anybody know?
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 15th, 2011
10:36 pm
Rationed out? What are they MRE’s?
Snoop Dawg
August 15th, 2011
10:36 pm
Steve Spurrier is selling scooters at a discount to athletes in Athens…
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 15th, 2011
10:37 pm
With driving instructions from Garcia after he has visited 5 points in Columbia….
Snoop Dawg
August 15th, 2011
10:38 pm
The Evil Genius is at it again!
AltamahaDawg
August 15th, 2011
10:42 pm
And what would you do about it cartoon boy? Last Time I checked Ray Drew was a grown man and a legal citizen.
AltamahaDawg
August 15th, 2011
10:51 pm
The Veasey accident was actually somebody turning into him. Not just wrecking a scooter. I remember reggie brown whiped out a bike once, we going to ban those? How about trying to catch routine fly balls?
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 15th, 2011
10:53 pm
Are you talking about banning routine fly balls? It certainly would make baseball more interesting,
jb
August 15th, 2011
10:53 pm
i’d be more worried about the fact that Drew was using this on a sunday for church, i.e. personal use. this is provided by the athletic department. i’d think that anything besides using it to and from school/practice could be some sort of extra benefit…sounds stupid but thats what the ncaa does for a living…
Clear Channel Voice
August 15th, 2011
10:54 pm
Boise State 222, UGA 0 —–> The beatdown of the year.
After the game, a UGA player who reads, writes, and speaks at a 6th grade level will be interviewed on TV, and millions of viewers will wonder why Mark Richt recruits these dummies and why UGA admits them.
It makes you long for the days when ethical UGA coaches like Wallace Butts and Harry Mehre recruited literate athletes who actually earned serious college degrees.
If you doubt this, go back and read Caleb King’s farewell tweet. The guy couldn’t even write a single coherent sentence. This simpleton should have been sweeping floors somewhere, not enrolled in college.
AltamahaDawg
August 15th, 2011
11:00 pm
and safer.
GO DAWGS
August 15th, 2011
11:01 pm
I dont think Richard Samuel missing time will be much of an issue..he knows the offense i would guarantee it. it does worry me that crowell is missing all those reps. we just have the WORST luck with running backs dont we!!!!
AltamahaDawg
August 15th, 2011
11:01 pm
I think it’s legal jb as long as they return the change from gas money.
RamboDog
August 15th, 2011
11:03 pm
King Gator
August 15th, 2011
10:20 pm
King Gayturd, I know it has been extremely HOT the last few weeks which always puts you on a fowl mood. I have a suggestion for you that should help.
Face your trailer West in the morning and turn it to face East after 100pm or so…this should keep the sun from shining through your dirty drawers being used as your curtains. You may need to get the other Gay Tors to turn theirs, and will most certainly need to leave some wheels on it .
I would also have them pick up your car that was on blocks, it doesn’t run and is just in the way.
If you would find a job , maybe they would have some AC… take the bus boy over the cook, that way you can sneak some cig breaks in.
Crap, I just remembered, with the Meth Lab, moving that trailer aroind could get real dicey….make sure you have someone sober on hand to supervise, don’t want you hurt before we kick your tails this year.
Go Dawgs
GO DAWGS
August 15th, 2011
11:03 pm
Clear Channel Voice,
Every college kid makes tweets and posts that are incorrectly spelled. It’s apparently cool for them. Georgia had the tied for second highest graduation rate in the SEC for all athletes behind Vandy of course. All you trolls ever do is talk trash about how dumb the uga players are, i mean good lord, every school has players that aren’t has academically gifted as others, not just uga. So please shut up
Greta
August 15th, 2011
11:05 pm
It looks like the free use of scooters is going to result in more NCAA violations for the Cheating Dogs.
UGA '05
August 15th, 2011
11:10 pm
Clear Channel Voice,
Come up with new material. It’s called being creative. But since you’re always on your couch all day, you wouldn’t know anything about creativity. Douchebag
RamboDog
August 15th, 2011
11:11 pm
Clear Channel Voice
August 15th, 2011
10:54 pm
Boise State fans have some class, so I deduce that you are a Tech tard hiding behind this handle. You want us to lose, that’s ok…I understand how you fell losing to the mighty UGA every year….crying about what went wrong, how many yards you had and what you will do next year. Well, it’s next year and you will still suck.
GT has won 4 games in 20 years or so, and used illegal players during your little 3 game streak. By the way, which Tech engineer was on the bridge job in Atlanta? That was some fine work there, uh huh !!!
GO DAWGS
August 15th, 2011
11:14 pm
Guys, guys let’s not insult the Tech fan anymore. He’s miserable enough as it is having to watch the poor excuse of a team
PMC
August 15th, 2011
11:22 pm
maybe instead of an indoor practice facility they could build a parking garage.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 15th, 2011
11:33 pm
Still trying to determine at what age we need to ban these routine flyballs.
observor
August 15th, 2011
11:43 pm
The UGA bus system is actually a very efficient way to get around campus. I don’t see what the problem is for the athletes to utilize the same system. Even if you live off campus, the ACC bus system gets you to campus stops effectively as well. I used it for four years, and never had an issue getting to where I needed to be on time.
Harold
August 15th, 2011
11:45 pm
The scooters are used by many students, not just athletes. I’m not sure if they are provided to athletes by the athletic department or not, but I do know that I have seen a lot of students riding them all over campus. Part of the problem is that Athens, is so crowded, and if you try to drive up there, especially on campus, while classes are in, you really have to have a sharp lookout. Not only are scooters everywhere (unlike when I was there in the late 90’s), but people on bicycles are everywhere too, and it’s hard enough dodging other cars, much less bicycles, and scooters. And, you have to do all of this while trying to keep your eyes on the road and off the Milledge Avenue sidewalks…especially during the summer!!!!
Columbus
August 16th, 2011
12:13 am
Boise St is going to get man-handled. Overpowered. Wore down. Can you say a good old-fashioned butt whooping? They are gonna get hit, shoved, pulled, drilled by our defense and by our fullbacks, tailbacks, linemen and tight ends while we run, run, and run some more. Come midway through the 3rd quarter, Boise is going to be ready to get a shower and go home instead of endure the wrath and tyranny that UGA is is going to unleash upon them and they will know they can do nothing more to stop the inevitable dominance and being the main course of the Big Dawg! May the Big Dawg Eat and Eat Well! Yes he will!
Loran, whatayagot?
August 16th, 2011
12:16 am
Maybe we should require that they use three wheel scooters. That third wheel makes them more stable. Or they might be safer on roller skates, childhood experience, ‘ya know.
RED DOG 77
August 16th, 2011
1:41 am
@Altamaha Dawg……..Thanx for the up-date on South Carolina. Have a buddy who is a big S.C. fan and he seems to be screaming panic. Hope Ray Drew heals quickly, I feel pretty sure he will, coulda been alot worse………And to the DOG people crying “the sky is falling” over the RB situation. Chill people! every dadgum college football team worth their salt always has some bumps and bruises during pre-season practice. Coach Mark Richt and Coach Grantham will be ready to throw everything including the dang kitchen sink at Boise State and South Carolina……..We’re going to be just fine, DOG NATION!………just relax and enjoy!…..only a couple weeks to go, 2011 is gonna be a pretty good year……..and I don’t even have a crystal ball like many I see post here………….God speed Ray Drew…………GATA BULLDOGS………….Regards to all, RED
WalkerMuhDawg
August 16th, 2011
2:11 am
Brandon Harton will be our only available RB for Boise State and will run for 127 yards and 2 TD’s in a Dawg win. 4 TE’s will line up as we won’t have enough OLmen healthy enough to suit up. Crutches, braces and scooters will clutter UGA’s sideline.
Stinger2
August 16th, 2011
5:23 am
Sorry that any player gets hurt regardless of how or why it happens. However, I believe too much hype is being made by UGA fans over this scotter incident. Its an isolated occurance….does not happen every day. Even CMR is apparently not that concerned in saying he is not ready to ban scooters. Chill out UGA fans.
dawgfan
August 16th, 2011
6:34 am
You chill out Stinger2. Its mostly crybaby Tech fans that use things like this to bash 19 and 20 year olds that play for a football team that they don’t like making all the noise about this. Believe it buddy.
Malcolm X
August 16th, 2011
6:36 am
These guys aren;t smart enough to drive a scooter. Make ‘em walk or take the bus.
AltamahaDawg
August 16th, 2011
7:02 am
We had a player paralyzed on a fly ball, I was making a point.
East Repeat
August 16th, 2011
7:20 am
Altamaham yoou are whistling pass the graveyard. UGA has maybe 1? RB ready to play today and now a top recruit goes down with shoulder injury with 2 weeks till first game. If SC was having these problems I would be worried. Wake up and smell the coffee. I can actually hear the Sanford Stadium crowd gasp the first time Lattimore does his thing. GATA, indeed. See you at the stadium!
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 16th, 2011
7:21 am
Alt,
You are right we did, I was making apoor attempt at humor.
Burma Shave
August 16th, 2011
7:23 am
Depth only at tight end
It’s the same old song
More Carlton Thomas
On second and long
BURMA SHAVE
Burma Shave
August 16th, 2011
7:25 am
Linebackers are dropping
More pressure on the line
The only hope left
Is to flash the choke sign
BURMA SHAVE
Burma Shave
August 16th, 2011
7:26 am
No line and no backs
You can’t punch it in
Blair Walsh sets record
From twenty yards in
BURMA SHAVE
Burma Shave
August 16th, 2011
7:28 am
Other conference teams
Recruit a high number
Here schollies for walk ons
What could be dumber?
BURMA SHAVE
@east repeat
August 16th, 2011
7:35 am
Come back and talk smack when your football program finally goes to a major bowl(just make an appearance winning would be asking too much), finishes in the top 10, wins an SEC title , doesn’t lose 5 or 6 games in a season. 15-43-2 vs Georgia.
Silver Dawg
August 16th, 2011
7:37 am
If Samuel does not return until August 23 (one week from today) that still leaves about 10 days of practice, albeit limited to 20 hours per week. In the meantime Malcome can get in some reps. Not time to panic yet.
AltamahaDawg
August 16th, 2011
7:48 am
NO, I just assumed you get your SC news in the Dawg blogs.
Lattimore better do his thing, because he’s the only thing. Spurrier reports that the O-line looked really bad again in Monday’s drills.
Barboroosa
August 16th, 2011
7:53 am
Use the rear brake next time?
Retro
August 16th, 2011
8:00 am
Attention, everyone, especially dawgtards. We will now observe a moment of silence in memory of Saint Jan Kemp, who exposed the shameful practices at UGA that were initiated and carried out by slimeball Vince Dooley. Dooley’s image as a coach and a nice guy were forever shattered during the trial, not to mention the one million dollars that dawgtards had to pay Saint Jan. These practices of recruiting morons and coddling them for four years, them tossing them out like garbage, are still going on, but at least the world knows about the sleaze that’s happening in Athens now.
And now, the moment of silence…
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Thank you, you may resume your normal activities now.
» SEC: Texas A&M needs divorce; Georgia scooter crash John Clay’s Sidelines
August 16th, 2011
8:07 am
[...] Georgia player sprains shoulder in scooter crash, reports Chip Towers of the AJC. [...]
Tom
August 16th, 2011
8:07 am
I knew plenty of people at UGA that rode the bus b/c they didn’t have a car……..these are stupid accidents that aren’t neccesary.
Carl Spackler
August 16th, 2011
8:11 am
Have someone who knows something about riding “Bike’s” and back-off the setting on the front brake. If you pull that front brake on loose dirt, gravel. et al, the front wheel just locks up and over the top you go. Have someone come in and give them a little “lesson” on proper braking techniques. Ever “lock-up” the front wheel on a ten speed without using the back brake also…same thing.
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
August 16th, 2011
8:15 am
Sounds like this guys has a vehicle that he doesn’t know how to operate.
The "scooter dude"
August 16th, 2011
8:15 am
Give the whole roster scooters, give Isaiah a “crotch rocket” , the QB a Harley, the kickers mini bikes, give Munson a hov a round for the old folks home.
Sly Cooperative
August 16th, 2011
8:36 am
Did Richt give Drew a hug and a new pair of red panties to console him?
TallaDawg
August 16th, 2011
8:41 am
One problem is they have put too many buildings where there used to be parking.
TampaDawg
August 16th, 2011
8:42 am
@Sal .. kind of harsh don’t you think? I mean, calling a kid fresh out of high school a jerk for having an accident on a scooter. I think you wear the jerk title more than Ray Drew since you’re obviously trolling and not even a fan of the team.
safetydawg
August 16th, 2011
8:44 am
To Chip Towers, Can you please call UGA or whoever at UGA, and suggest to replace those scooters with GOLF CARTS similar to that use in Fayettville? Thank you.
SEC Football News APP
August 16th, 2011
8:48 am
So much of the pre-season distractions get blown up because we’re all so hungry for football to start. This is just one more case. 18 more days til kick-off!!!
DawginLex
August 16th, 2011
8:50 am
The idiots are out in full force today.
Here is a recap for you morons. Read slowly or have someone read it to you.
1.) Ray Drew had an accident. He separated his shoulder. He will be back next week. He is a backup linebacker
2.) We have 3 running backs. All are going to play. All 3 have been dinged up some. all 3 will be ready for the opener.
3.) Girls wear red panties. Maybe one day you will get one to show them to you.
Good day.
TampaDawg
August 16th, 2011
8:52 am
@Clear Channel Voice — I can’t believe someone just used a TWEET to judge a person’s literacy. Are you serious? If that’s your measuring stick, then you are the illiterate one. You are a troll who doesn’t even have the guts to name your school. Again, passing judgment on someone’s education level based on falling off a scooter is so pathetic. Good luck with that troll.
GT Safety, Morgan Burnette
August 16th, 2011
8:59 am
GT’s former safety is no Cicero. Listen to his speech patterns. I did view him about two weeks ago on local TV and um, ah, ……..Sad. Engineer? Come on folks ………………GT has some kids that are bright no doubt BUT they too have kids that are not legit college material.
Most of y’all here are folks that are clueless. UGA has for years and years and years had Rhodes Scholar candidates playing ALL STAR football AND ALL STAR ACADEMICS.
Give it a rest. The old, tired agument that UGA is full of dumb asses is a clear sign that the bloggers are un educated or worse, products of Atlanta’s public schools. Obamaland schools, they are. Fire them all !!!
Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Dogs.
bubba4dawgs
August 16th, 2011
9:06 am
Go slow on the scooters and fast on the field! Save yourself! We need you!! Coach, everyone on campus should be required to take a series of safety classes and issued a permit before scooters are allowed. Designate scooter parking only areas so they don’t compete with vehicles that will run them over. GO DAWGS!
PMC
August 16th, 2011
9:11 am
guess you have to break a few eggs to make an omlet.
SouthGaBrave
August 16th, 2011
9:22 am
Also a note to the uninformed:
The scooters are not given out by the Athletic Department. The players who have them (which is actually only one-third to one-half of the team), purchase them on their own. I know that most people commenting here never played college athletics, but I can’t believe anyone would be naive enough to think that the school was just passing out scooters to athletes. C’mon man….
Nate the Great
August 16th, 2011
9:23 am
How about hove-arounds? Safe and can go anywhere plus old people never get hurt on them and the commercial said they can get it for little to nothing. Problem solved!!!
East Repeat
August 16th, 2011
9:25 am
SC is 2-2 over last 4 games with Dawgs (sounds even to me) and 8-13 vs Dawgs over last 21 games spanning 23 yrs (did not play in 91 and 92). Hmmm, sounds like SC has been closing in on Dawgs for some time and has now caught UGA football program. 8-13 recent history is much better than 15-43-2 all time. Gonna be 3 wins in last 5 games by Sept 11th. Glad to hear spurrier poor mouthing OL, keeps everyone working hard.
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 16th, 2011
9:25 am
Richard Samuels out for another week?
Not good, considering he needs all the reps he can get.
B'dawg
August 16th, 2011
9:26 am
If this keeps up at this pace, scooters will wreck Richts career.
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 16th, 2011
9:27 am
SC has been closing in on Dawgs for some time and has now caught UGA football program.
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That is correct.
This years game will have more people taking notice.
Evansdawg
August 16th, 2011
9:33 am
Is it against NCAA regs to have the players transported around campus since their schedules are so much tighter than most other people’s??? It just seems to me that their time is consumed with practice, tutoring, taping, class, study, film watching….etc., etc. Can their be an athletic department shuttle???
this dawg want hunt!!
August 16th, 2011
9:34 am
Not a lot to be optimistic about with the opener less than 3 weeks away. B.S. has an all-american offensive tackle, UGA has none. B.S has 2 high draft choices that are seniors on D.L, UGA has none. B.S. has a 1000 yd. rusher returning, UGA has 2 unproven freshmen, and a linebacker that failed at r.b. his 1st go round. B.S has the best passsing Q.B. in college football returning, that has won big games against quality opponents, UGA has a Q.B. that has never beaten a quality opponent. Don’t think Tenn, or Ga.Tech would qualify as quality now. Oh and did i mention, UGA has the worst safety combo in the SECE, that will have to defend B.S. quick strike passing game. Like i said, not a whole lot to get excited about if you are a UGA fan. Sounds like another Ga.Tech game in 2008 coming. UGA hasn’t slowed down Tech’s running game in 3 years, and I don’t think they will slow down B.S passing attack either. Week 2, if UGA can’t slow down Lattimore, it will be the same result as last year. Nothing says they can do that this year, a bunch of blind UGA fans blogging about how great the team will be, doesn’t make it so. Could be along season for UGA. But hey it’s preseason and every team is undefeated now. So go DAWGS!!
Russ, the Temporary Mascot
August 16th, 2011
9:41 am
Are any of the other students involved in scooter accidents, or is it just football players? Coach should let the players wear their black helmets from last year when they ride the scooters. Wearing black helmets should improve morale and put them over the top when they are trying to avoid a scooter accident. Seeing a 300 pound player riding a little scooter down a hill and wearing a black helmet should strike fear in anybody who might get in the way.
PTC DAWG
August 16th, 2011
9:44 am
It warms my heart to read how much our rival fans care about UGA.
norris
August 16th, 2011
9:55 am
The athletic dept does not provide scooters. These belong to the student., i.e., they have to buy them! Have you ever tried to make it from south campus to north campus in 15 minutes? You ain’t gonna do it on a bus!
Scoot along folks
August 16th, 2011
9:57 am
let’s talk football.
bamaguy
August 16th, 2011
10:00 am
You could just have the alumni buy them all a car. Wait, the NCAA might have a teeny problem with that.
Seriously, if you are at college and can’t afford a car do you have much choice? Our culture is so automobile oriented that you are forced to have some kind of motorized vehicle. If it is common on campus for students (not just athletes) to have scooters it would be appropriate for the school to offer a safety class.
UGA Insider
August 16th, 2011
10:07 am
I’m not in such a good mood this morning concerning my 2011 Dawgs. It’s not the Ray Drew deal which is pathetic and a waste of time talking about. I’m worried about the RB situation which is looking pretty dire. Samuel and Malcolm couldn’t even stay healthy on the damn scout team last year and Crowell missed time playing AA HSF. We have major problems and I think CMR knows it. Practice has been closed however I am betting that Nick Marshall is practicing at RB because I never see stats on him at CB. I’m hoping I’m right. Is it too late to get Ealey back???
Dawg Watcher
August 16th, 2011
10:09 am
Maybe Richt can drive players to class. Sheesh. Ban scooters? How about we ban goofballs from posting on this site? Opps, too late for that I guess.
JB
August 16th, 2011
10:18 am
Boy, can we get some football news. This is so slowwwwwwwwww…….It’s been over 24 hours…He’s Ok…He’ll be back next week to practice………Can we get some scouting reports on Boise. How are the WR’s looking? How are the back up OL developments coming along. Any new wrinkles to the offense with our new found talent. How about any Changes in style/technique of our two new coaches. Something besides a scooter wreck marathon.
Seriously folks...
August 16th, 2011
10:21 am
the scooters are NOT provided by UGA.
W.O.W.
The players buy them. UGA is HUGE (I know a lot of you have never actually been there) and the players have tight schedules, much more so than Suzzy Ugastudent who only has Tues/Thur classes and her sorority meeting on Wednesday nights.
I worked two jobs while I was in undergrad (one at Butts-Mehre) and can tell you that getting around campus on a tight schedule is not easy – not to mention that thereis no bus service to Butts-Mehre and no place to park nearby.
Try going to class, then to tutoring, then walk in the heat to and from a grueling football practice a few times before you complain about the players being lazy.
FaithfulDawg86
August 16th, 2011
10:24 am
I am a college professor and have taught at numerous universities. Students (not just athletes as commentors have suggested) everywhere use scooters as an efficient means of transportation, especially on a campus as large as UGA’s. Accidents happen to everyone all the time – on the bus, on foot, on a bicycle – we just don’t hear about them because the students involved are not “news worthy.” Leave these young men alone; they’ll be fine.
Tard Dawg
August 16th, 2011
10:29 am
Richt should ban walking. Too dangerous for these morons.
Herschel Talker
August 16th, 2011
10:30 am
I guess we should wait until one of these guys breaks something more serious before we ban scooters, ok, yeah that makes sense. Mark Richt may be the stupidest human being alive.
Dirty Dawg
August 16th, 2011
10:30 am
The streets of Bermuda are littered with the teeth, hair and hide (and worse) of those that had never ridden a scooter before, but figured it was ‘just like riding a bike’…the problem with those damn things is that people, even students, don’t get enough practice on them before they take to the roads – where all those hills and curbs and big-ol cars and trucks are. There ought to be a rule that nobody rides until they pass some kind of riding test – preferably on a big, open parking lot with plastic cones and stuff – and that players shouldn’t be allowed on a scooter without helmets and shoulder pads…oh yeah, and shin-guards.
DawginLex
August 16th, 2011
10:31 am
Insider
You are as wishy washy as anyone I have ever seen. One minute it is Chris Peterson interviewing for the UGA job during the weekend of the game. Then it is us blasting Boise and SC “better be ready for a whipping”. Now it’s “dire running back situation”.
Samuel and Crowell will both be back by the Boise game. Malcome is going to need more time apparently. Thomas will be back for SC game.
If Marshall is playing some at running back, good for him and for us but it is no cause for panic in the streets.
just a fan
August 16th, 2011
10:37 am
@ East Repeat the Dawgs are 10-4 vs USCe since 1997 its all in how you look at it my brother
Seriously
August 16th, 2011
10:37 am
HIre some temp students who can drive golf carts around the campus to pick up and drop off the guys.
ATL Sports Fan
August 16th, 2011
10:37 am
DawginLex, I second what you said about UGA Insider. He has ZERO inside information. What is funny about all this with Samuel being out and Crowell not able to do most drills, is that is all coach speak. If the there was a game this Saturday both would play. If they are held out of a drill its recautionary. Chip reports it like he is there when the only thing he is reporting is what he hears in a press conference. And we all know Chip and Michael Carvell like to stretch the truth a little in order to get hits to their page.
Back to UGA non Insider. He has ZERO inside info. Your right, one minute the sky is falling then the next minute we are world beaters now back to this. Please!!
bulldogmaniac
August 16th, 2011
10:41 am
RELAX!!
You cant ban scooters…………they do not have time to walk and get to classes on time.
A little training on how to ride them and maybe a set of training wheels should do the trick.
ATL Sports Fan
August 16th, 2011
10:42 am
95% of all the posters on here have only been on UGA’s campus for a football game. Try working out at 7 AM, having a 9:05 and 10:50 class, lunch, 1:05 class then you have to be at Butts-Mehre at 2:45. How about all of you try doing that walking and hope you do not have any questions for a professor, or GA or have somone say hello to you on your way out of class. Guess what? It’s nearly impossible.
Ted M
August 16th, 2011
10:42 am
I see scooter training in the players future.
ATL Sports Fan
August 16th, 2011
10:44 am
Most of you people talk like its easy to just walk every where or take the bus. Those busses do not work on everyone’s schedule. My sophomore year I had to get a scooter in order to make all my classes and get to Butts-Mehre in time for workouts/practice. I tried the busses but was late a few times and this isn’t high school they do not accept tardiness to classes or practice.
BIGMIKE
August 16th, 2011
10:45 am
Don’t any of you idiots realize these guys have far more obligations than the typical student. Time is a premium. Most kids get out of class and head for the library or food court. These guys have mandatory iteneraries to maintain. It’s like trying to catch a connecting flight at the Atlanta airport that’s in a concouse on the other side of the airport. Without the tram you wouldn’t make. If they paid for shuttle to move these youngsters from one appointment to another, you would all be bitchin’ about that. I swear…where do you people come from???
TTOUGH44
August 16th, 2011
10:46 am
WALK TO CLASS, BUS TO CLASS, RIDE A BICYCLE TO CLASS…YA KNOW, WE ALL SEEM TO THINK WE WILL NOT GET INTO AN ACCIDENT DRIVING RIDING ETC.
SCOOTER EDUCATION IS THE KEY…LIKE WHEN I WAS YOUNGER MY FRIEND AND I RODE MOTORCYCLES AND I WILL NEVER FORGET HIS DAD TELLING US
” WHEN YOU THINK YOU HAVE A MOTORCYCLE MASTERED, YOU BETTER THROW AWAY THE KEY!” SAME APPLIES TO SCOOTERS!
TTOUGH44
August 16th, 2011
10:47 am
WHEN YOU THINK YOU HAVE A SCOOTER MASTERED YOU BEST THROW AWAY THE KEY!
MO DAWG
August 16th, 2011
10:49 am
We are beating up ourselves before we even play Boise State. Get rid of those darn scooters and give the guys ample enough time to get where they need to be. Push practice back or something. Go Dawgs!!!!! I’m glad Drew is okay though.
DawginLex
August 16th, 2011
10:53 am
ATL sports fan
I wonder why no one has mentioned that Lattimore was held out of the scrimmage Saturday at the chicken coop?
Is he hurt?
Is Spurrier hiding something?
Is Lattimore ineligible because of grades?
Or, is it doing the same thing we are doing with Samuel and Crowell-playing it safe and smart.
There is a reason NFL players hate training camp.
Spurrier
August 16th, 2011
10:53 am
Man y’all got some real idiots riding those scooters don’t you? These players need help tying their own shoes. You S&C program must be the worst in the country. At least you finally replaced your crippled S&C coach. Long season for the dawgs, looking at 7 losses for sure. Maybe you should give your players big wheels, much safer, but that is assuming they know how to peddle.
UGA Insider
August 16th, 2011
10:54 am
I know all the major players and inner workings at UGA. However I haven’t been to any practices lately so I know about as much as you to losers… …ATL Sports fan and DawginLex.
Alabama Jack
August 16th, 2011
10:55 am
Scooters – another great Georgia Tech invention
Malcolm X
August 16th, 2011
11:01 am
The problem isn’t the scooters, it’s the idiots who don’t know how to drive them and then get into a freaking wreck. WOW.
James
August 16th, 2011
11:02 am
If Ealey owuld have had a scooter incident, Ealey would have been kicked off the team. I guess it pays to be a favortie.
James
August 16th, 2011
11:03 am
Ealey got in trouble for wrecking a car, Drew gets a pass for wrecking his scooter.
TampaDawg
August 16th, 2011
11:11 am
@this dawg want hunt!! — Ok, first off, it’s “this dawg WON’T hunt” not “this dawg want hunt” .. second, we have heard it all before about the mid-major school with the all-americans on their roster. Hawaii had Colt Brennan who threw for over 50 TDs. We heard all about BSU before the last game they played against the Dawgs. But sorry, I don’t think an “all-american” is all that playing agains the likes of Wyoming, Utah St., Air Force and Colorado St. Give it a rest GaTech fan. Mr. dawg want hunt!
renegade#1
August 16th, 2011
11:13 am
These are little vehicles with really big people riding them they will be top heavy and slide out from under you slow down guys before one of you get killed. They are for going places but not in a hurry. I haven’t seen a nitro switch on one yet. SLOW DOWN
James' Daddy
August 16th, 2011
11:14 am
You are an idiot just like your mother. Ealey had a hit and run incident after curfew. Drew had a one vehicle accident after leaving Church.
DawginLex
August 16th, 2011
11:14 am
Insider
Why the personal shot? I’m a Dawg just like you. I just wish you would not be so wishy washy. Just my opinion. You have changed courses 4 times just this summer.
I have appreciated the reports from practice etc but if you aren’t getting in now since practices are closed, you know as much as we do which is nothing.
We are supposed to be on the same side you know????
James' Daddy
August 16th, 2011
11:15 am
Dawg in Lex is right about Insider!
DawginLex
August 16th, 2011
11:16 am
“Spurrier”
You must be a SC fan huh? Congrats on that record breaking 5 loss season last year and for setting the record for the worst beatdown ever in the SECCG.
2-4 versus Richt and you are crowing? Richt has owned Spurrier going back to his FSU days.
Good luck keeping Garcia sober.
teamjsglaw
August 16th, 2011
11:17 am
What kind of scooter? Some of these scooters are built with the average euro beatnik in mind. The load capacity on some is less than 200lbs. When a 240lb linebacker (much less a 290lb DE) gets on one and maxes out the shocks, they can become unwieldy. Perhaps the players should keep this in mind when selecting one. Right bike, a little training and some common sense makes these type vehicles very urban, that is cool, practical and efficient. Other than that, wouldn’t it be more fun to be speculating about game plans for BS than debating transportation issues? C’mon sports staff!
James' Daddy
August 16th, 2011
11:17 am
I believe the word Insider was looking for is TWO, not too, or even to. Please share your great knowledge with us Insider, oooooooooh.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 16th, 2011
11:18 am
At one point Dawg Insider could not even correctly name our AD. So lets take his reports with a grain of salt DawginLex.
DawginLex
August 16th, 2011
11:21 am
James
Get you mommy to read this to you. She can hopefully make you understand it.
Ray Drew was riding his scooter and wrecked it. He got hurt. No one else got hurt. No other scooters were in the wreck. Just one. No cops involved. He had an accident.
Washaun Ealey wrecked a car. He hit a concrete wall in a parking deck. It wasn’t his car. He didn’t have a driver’s license. He left the scene(where the wreck happened) of the accident. He got in trouble with the police.
Now get your mommy to explain to you the difference in those 2 stories and why Drew didn’t get into trouble and Ealey did.
James' Daddy
August 16th, 2011
11:21 am
Where is the Troll Police?
First Tide Roll exposes himself as a Nerd, now Insider does. What is going on at Tech? Everybody over there is sooooo jealous of UGA. It’s pathetic. I don’t know one Dawg fan that would fake being another team’s fan. That’s sacreligous.
TampaDawg
August 16th, 2011
11:21 am
@Dawginlex — “2-4 versus Richt and you are crowing? Richt has owned Spurrier going back to his FSU days.
Good luck keeping Garcia sober.”
Classic stuff .. the SC fans are worse than Awbun .. at least Awbun won a NC before they started tooting their horn. SC gets TO the SEC title game, gets worked over, and now they sing and dance over mediocrity during a down year in the East. Keep up the good work GameChickens.
James' Daddy
August 16th, 2011
11:24 am
Tampa
Don’t forget they lost 5 games. They were BLOWN OUT in their last two games. They can’t keep their QB or his QB COACH sober! Yeah, lots to brag about!
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 16th, 2011
11:35 am
When you have a guy who has been suspended 5 times for booze related offenses the jokes will continue to come. Grow a tougher skin is what I say. Also work on th eretorts yourself as that attempt was weak.
Beast from the East
August 16th, 2011
11:35 am
DawginLexEatenByGator
Lex…….it’s coming soon!!!!!!!!!!!
Brett Favre
August 16th, 2011
11:36 am
DawginLex,
“There is a reason NFL players hate training camp”.
What is this “training camp” that you speak of? In all my years I have never seen it.
thats right
August 16th, 2011
11:36 am
Ban Mark Richt!!! Now!!
gdawginkalamazoo
August 16th, 2011
11:37 am
I have the feeling that Coach is letting the sky fall just a little bit before the big game. Then BAM!
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 16th, 2011
11:38 am
Lets hope so gdawg…
TampaDawg
August 16th, 2011
11:40 am
I have a feeling its the same stuff for every team every year. It’s called training camp.
DawginLex
August 16th, 2011
11:42 am
Will it be
BeastFromTheEastEatenByDawg
OR
BeastFromTheEastEatenByWeis
?????????????
Joey
August 16th, 2011
11:42 am
Yeah, Spurrier, our players are so dumb they thought it was okay to stay in a luxury hotel at Motel-6 prices.
Beast from the East
August 16th, 2011
11:43 am
DawginLexEatenByGrantham?
DawginLex
August 16th, 2011
11:43 am
On Collegefootballnews.com, the prediction for games started by Connor Shaw is 4.
Joey
August 16th, 2011
11:44 am
I thought Weis just had a gland problem . . .
this dawg want hunt!!
August 16th, 2011
11:44 am
To tampa, if that’s all you can come back with, it says alot about your football knowledge. You live in the past, just like most UGA fans on this blog. Guess you didn’t see what Boise St. did to Va.Tech at Va.Tech last year. This is not the same Boise St. team UGA played 5 years ago, and this sure as hell isn’t the same UGA team. That UGA team was lights out compared to this bunch. And to make fun of S.C’s team last year is typical of you. Last time i checked, S.C. beat Bama, and Florida. Something UGA couldn’t ever do in the same season. S.C. has the 2 best players in the SEC, and they have a Q.B. that has beaten ranked teams. Add to that the #1 player in High School last year, and probably the best D.L. in the conference, and you have a team that is more talented than UGA’s current team. I know you will never agree to these facts, but until you can come back with facts instead of insults, you are what you are. Another big mouth delusional UGA fan.
Ga DOT
August 16th, 2011
11:52 am
CMR, I would suggest you and your staff put training wheels on the scooters. And while you are at it, you might want to put bibs on the mutts and give them pacifiers.
Jimmy Crack
August 16th, 2011
11:54 am
Make all the players ride 4-wheelers, especially the big players. They probably don’t fit very well on a 2-wheeled scooter anyway. Golf carts would take up too much space in a campus environment, but a compact 4-wheeled scooter-like vehicle should do the trick to keep these big palookas safe and sound. Sort of like the ones the Banana Splits used to run around in.
gdawginkalamazoo
August 16th, 2011
11:54 am
McGarity has no problem parking his name is on the damn sign.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 16th, 2011
11:55 am
Yeah thats why Spurrier asked the players to move out of the Whiney Hotel and settle up there bills, because ANYONE staying that long got the same discount.
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 16th, 2011
11:57 am
Lets see here, 18 days till Boise.
Samuels is out another week, leaving about 11 days.
By that time, the coaches will be preparing a gameplan for Boise while Samuels needs more “development”.
The coaches will be depending on a RB that still needs development and are going against a D-Line that is ranked in the top 10 by many prognosticators.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 16th, 2011
12:00 pm
Quote from Spurrier,
“We have a ways to go,” Spurrier said at SEC media days. “When we tell our players we were seventh in defense and offense [in the SEC], that means we’re mediocre. That’s what we were. … We’ve got a ways to go to really be a good team.”
So this is a team with all of that talent that you think will just come into Athens and role us? You own coach called you Mediocore. That is actually a step up, before last season the term was irrelevant.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 16th, 2011
12:01 pm
No not praying at all, just fact checking your lies.
TampaDawg
August 16th, 2011
12:02 pm
Ok Want Hunt (whatever that means). Is this the same team that lost to Nevada? The same Nevada team that lost to Hawaii? Or even better, that Va. Tech win doesn’t look so glorious after the Hokies lost the very next week to James Madison? And no, the loss to BSU was NOT in Blacksburg or even in Virginia for that matter. It was in Landover, Maryland. Nice try though. Fact is still this. It’s still a mid-major. Stars don’t shine as bright on this schedule:
Sept. 6 at Virginia Tech W 33-30
Sept. 11 OPEN DATE
Sept. 18 at Wyoming W 51-6
Sept. 25 Oregon State W 37-24
Oct. 2 at NMSU W 59-0
Oct. 9 Toledo W 57-14
Oct. 16 at San Jose St W 48-0
Oct. 26 Louisiana Tech W 49-20
Nov. 6 Hawaii W 42-7
Nov. 12 at Idaho W 52-14
Nov. 19 Fresno State W 51-0
Nov. 27 at Nevada L 34-31 OT
Dec. 4 Utah State W 50-14
LAS VEGAS BOWL
Dec. 23 Utah 26-3
ckgator
August 16th, 2011
12:03 pm
It worried me sick that Tebow rode around on one of these for 3 years. As a motorcyclist, I can tell you that these are as-or-more dangerous than any of their larger cc cousins. Any scooter rider would be well-advised to at least take the Motorcycle Safey Foundation course, as should any motocyclist: http://online2.msf-usa.org/msf/Default.aspx
Scooter safety is a much bigger issue than just the safey of student athletes. People treat them as if they were “just riding a bike,” when they are actually doing something far more dangerous.
Coach Richt is right to be concerned and should at least require proper training for any of his players. Same goes for the entire student body if they can make it happen.
Go Gators!
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 16th, 2011
12:06 pm
All I can say is remember to keep your players out of Five Points and if they need a legal guardian as a chaperone do not ask Garcia. I forgot how much coddling he needs.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 16th, 2011
12:07 pm
7th on offense? 7th on defense? Speaks to how down the East was. USC took advantage of a weak SEC East. Then the results of that speak for themselves. Spanked the last two games to finish of that memorable 9-5 season.
ckgator
August 16th, 2011
12:10 pm
As popular as these are on college campuses, all university presidents should require scooter training of their students – and track via a decal program on the machine, or similar method. The MSF offers great curriculum – and there are private companies which could offer similar training to students.
http://www.msf-usa.org/scooterschool.cfm
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 16th, 2011
12:11 pm
Remember to lock up Williams Brice Stadium from your players. I almost forgot all those computers they like to steal.
guy
August 16th, 2011
12:12 pm
Observor has hit the nail on the head.My son was at UGA two or three years ago and used the bus systems without a problem.He knew the schedules to a tee and went to it.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 16th, 2011
12:12 pm
I think Lattimore is still looking for the teeth that Greg Reid knocked out.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 16th, 2011
12:19 pm
O Spurrier got his little feathers ruffled….
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 16th, 2011
12:20 pm
James Madison beat Virginia Tech who beat NC State who beat Central Florida who beat Georgia.
meh
August 16th, 2011
12:24 pm
get em some segways!
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 16th, 2011
12:24 pm
Out on that comment. Later guys…
Tripple Lindy
August 16th, 2011
12:24 pm
Well, the upside of scooter use is, I believe, that no drivers license is required to operate them. That’s one problem solved…
yeah
August 16th, 2011
12:26 pm
pow pow power wheels! now we’re driving for real!
TampaDawg
August 16th, 2011
12:29 pm
@Nothing could be finer — way to miss the point. Not sure I am surprised.
TampaDawg
August 16th, 2011
12:31 pm
to Spurrier and all others .. not sure where the hell that Sleepy Dawg comment came from or why. No real fan of sports ever condones that stuff, joke or not.
Joey
August 16th, 2011
12:32 pm
Tim Tucker should ban the nut that posted the 12:22 crap.
Dogs Smell
August 16th, 2011
12:33 pm
He could have hit another scooter and that would have been twice as bad. Isnt the English Bulldog one of the dumbest breeds of dogs?
Dogs Smell
August 16th, 2011
12:35 pm
9- 5 record. What was the record of the dumbest dog last year?
BIGDAWG37
August 16th, 2011
12:36 pm
Alright gentlemen!!! 18 days til kick off!!! Get your boiled peanuts ready for a Boise State beat down!!! All the haters stand up and shut the “F” UP!!! GO DAWGS!!!_
Mean Machine
August 16th, 2011
12:40 pm
Ban the damn things! We don’t hear about scooter accidents at other schools. Why does this continue to be a problem? Here’s an idea, WALK! If that means you have to adjust your schedule so you leave your dorm 10-15 minutes early, then do it! This is one more headache that the coaches should not have to deal with!
Dogs Smell
August 16th, 2011
12:44 pm
18 more days until the dog fans begin with an entire Fall of excuses . 0-2 is just around the corner!
Big Dirty Dawg
August 16th, 2011
12:48 pm
You can ride a scooter around town..but i cant ride my fourwheeler…with FOUR WHEELS…headlights..and tail lights!! Much safer than those scooters too!!
how2fish
August 16th, 2011
12:50 pm
First they will not ban scooters they are a very practical and efficient means to getting around on campus plus there is the economy factors as well as parking..so get over the ban the scooters. However they do need to require a safety class, I’ve driven cars, trucks, bikes, motorcycles and ATV’s all my life and a couple of weeks ago I tried riding a scooter for the first time and the darn thing nearly got away from me. After about 30 mins I was good to go but they do take some getting used to and this was on a quite street in a neighborhood and not on a busy college campus. Anyway Ray is on the mend so are the RB’s and kickoff is getting closer everyday….Go Dogs!
how2fish
August 16th, 2011
12:52 pm
@Big Dirty Dawg I hear you…my ATV is a lot easier to drive and a lot more stable.
The Sting
August 16th, 2011
12:52 pm
why is it that everytime one of UGA players has an altercation or accident of some kind they are coming home from church…..when church going seems to be the last thing UGA students do *cough* No. 2 party school *cough*
Big Dirty Dawg
August 16th, 2011
1:07 pm
Spurrier…LMAO.
Funny how the chickens come home to roost after a marginal win and season…they very well suffer from the same disaster of failing to “finish the drill”. Plus, no originality…choosing Spurrier as your blog name!! LMAO Curse of the chicken again, again, and AGAIN!! Spurrier gonna ruin Latt’s career, much did Dooley did with Hershel!!
WDE
August 16th, 2011
1:12 pm
@The Sting sounds like you woke up on the wrong side of probation this morning Bug boy..
James
August 16th, 2011
1:16 pm
If Ealey had done this, hw would have been kicked off the team.
Good thing Drew is one of Richt’s favorites.
When Ealey had his wreck, Ealey got suspended.
Drew gets coddled.
So sweet.
AltamahaDawg
August 16th, 2011
1:20 pm
Poor tech fans, can’t figure out the real world’s little mystery like partying AND going to church. That just doesn’t compute for you, does it?
Big Dirty Dawg
August 16th, 2011
1:21 pm
James…you’re a dumbash!! LOL make no sense!!
AltamahaDawg
August 16th, 2011
1:25 pm
I see he has worked all the way to the J’s on his little chart so far this summer. WE’ll be hearing from Jerry by the weekend. With his cfbstats website aleady pulled up on his secondary laptop.
shipyard dawg
August 16th, 2011
1:28 pm
Sounds like he used the front brakes instead of the back brakes.
just a fan
August 16th, 2011
1:30 pm
@AltamahaDawg I figure he probably has them memorized or saved on a word document so he can just copy and paste as many times as he post’s that garbage on these blogs
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 16th, 2011
1:33 pm
Have there been any Energy Vampires reported yet?
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 16th, 2011
1:38 pm
Spurrier becareful what you call our fanbase when a proud rascist resides in Coumbia in Maurice Bessinger. I think he is still flying that flag in his restaurants.
S GA AU FAN
August 16th, 2011
1:41 pm
Don’t ban athletes from scooters just ban em from class.
NRA
August 16th, 2011
1:42 pm
Scooters don’t kill people, dawgs do.
UGA Chancellor
August 16th, 2011
1:43 pm
@S GA AU FAN:
We don’t require our “athletes” to attend classs.
TampaDawg
August 16th, 2011
1:48 pm
Go back to sleep James. Or go to your room and let the adults talk (Spurrier and East Repeat not withstanding)
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 16th, 2011
2:00 pm
Since Samuels has issues with fumbling the ball and is now suffering injuries, how will his playing time be affected?
Will that freshman now get more PT?
DawginLex
August 16th, 2011
2:00 pm
James is still mad because his mommy caught him eating boogers and took away his bike.
jerry
August 16th, 2011
2:04 pm
UGA sports blog Richt: Drew ‘very fortunate’ scooter accident wasn’t worse
What kind of headline is this? It doesn’t say 5 STAR Drew.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 16th, 2011
2:10 pm
Spurrier stop talking bad about Jadeveon Clowney like that.
KenDawg
August 16th, 2011
2:12 pm
There’s too much at risk here to continue allowing athletes to ride on scooters on a crowded campus. One solution – buy a small fleet of golf carts and hire students to drive and transport players to classes/practice. Gives the students a chance to make a few bucks and keep the athletes healthy! The cost would be minimal compared to losing a student/athlete for a season…
DAWGMAN
August 16th, 2011
2:12 pm
Scooter Driver Education in real campus traffic. North to South and then the reverse. No pass; no play. One vehicle accident leaving church? No excuse for that. These guys have to demonstrate some self defense skills on and off the field. They have that Duty to the team.
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 16th, 2011
2:26 pm
Sports Illustrated has SC ranked at No. 7.
Alshon Jeffery is featured on the cover along with Andrew Luck, Trent Richardson, Jared Crick and Landry Jones.
TampaDawg
August 16th, 2011
2:27 pm
ok, to the idiot posting as “Ray Drew”, you can cut out the cowardess, ignorant diatribe you are trying to pull off. You know less about this kid’s intelligence than you know about football and that’s a low standard to live up to. It’s disgraceful and pathetic.
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 16th, 2011
2:27 pm
Oh and they have Boise ranked No. 8.
Richt couldn’t have asked for a tougher start to “The Hot Seat Season”
Just making up reasons why UGA should win
August 16th, 2011
2:37 pm
Just have a hard time reading some of these bloggers comments. The UGA nation bloggers build up this season like”this” is the year that UGA turns it around. Others making excuses why USC and Boise St. are not going to be very good and will lose to UGA without even a single fact to support their position.
If you think UGA is going to be good, that is fine, but please please be realistic in your comments. But the cardinal sin is to sit there and make up stories that Garcia cannot win the job, that the Drunk QB coach is horrible and that Boise St cannot physically hold up and come into The Dome and win.
Two major points….USC has E. Carolina and E. Carolina is pretty good too. No one doubts that Spurrier is keeping most of his game plan close to the vest and will not speak or show very much to the media and will hold a great deal of their playbook back against the Pirates. Second point, Boise St has one REAL game that counts this fall and UGA fans…it is against Georgia. The difference with Boise and UGA is that Boise needs to win this game in the Dome or they are out of media for the remainder of the year, UGA can lose yet still be the Dome in December for a big game.
So please stop making things sound better at UGA and worse at other schools, it makes you look and sound foolish.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 16th, 2011
2:38 pm
NCBF,
I would rather follow it up with a tough game rather than a cupcake. Look at what happened to Va Tech last year. Our attention will be a peak performance the first two weeks of the season.
this dawg want hunt!!
August 16th, 2011
2:43 pm
Tampa, once again you failed miserably at defending your argument.Va.Tech won 10 games in a row after the lose to Bosie St. But none of that matters, because you as all other UGA fans keep taking shots at Boise St, and you continue to talk about how awesome UGA was 5 years ago. but you refuse to answer one simple question? What the hell did UGA do last year, and what have they done to think they will beat anybody on their schedule that has a winning record, regardless of who the wins came against. Last time i looked UGA lost to C.Fl., Colorado, Miss.st, i would say that Boise St. could beat all of those teams. Yet you want to make fun of their schedule.Hey brilliant guy, who did UGA beat that won 10 games last year, if you think beating Va.Tech was no big deal? The answer is nobody. You are so weak in your rebuttals,it’s like taking candy from a baby, dealing with your weakass blogs.
AltamahaDawg
August 16th, 2011
2:45 pm
You can’t say Alshon’s name enough can you? Nothing wrong with a little man crush.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 16th, 2011
2:46 pm
Va Tech lost the next game after Boise. DUH!
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 16th, 2011
2:50 pm
This year, the Mark Richt Show has a new sponsor
UHaul
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 16th, 2011
2:51 pm
Yep, CMR is such a nice guy he is planning on rallying up sponsorship dollars since Spurrier will be retiring after a disappointing season and moving to Kiawah.
girldawg
August 16th, 2011
2:53 pm
Maybe Scooter Operating 101 course should be offered and mandatory.
how2fish
August 16th, 2011
2:56 pm
@Just making up reasons why UGA should win …..
AltamahaDawg
August 16th, 2011
2:58 pm
Of cource the easiest solution for those of you so put out by reading post from a bunch of UGA homers is to not do that.
Nate the Great
August 16th, 2011
2:58 pm
@Just making up reasons why UGA should win
August 16th, 2011
2:37 pm
——–
1) We are not making it sound better at UGA than other schools, it just is that way.
2) This is the first time that people EXPECT BSU to win the game. BSU has the target on their back this time. How did they do when they had the target against Nevada?
Based on physical stats, UGA should win. Based on recent history, BSU should win and by a lot. The game isn’t played on either; it’s played on the field. The only time these two teams played, BSU was supposed to win (or at least compete), we won 48-13 and I was drinking bourbon talking to pretty girls by mid fourth quarter. This is eerily reminiscent of that game. UGA had a lot of question marks going into the season and Boise was coming off their biggest win in school history and returning an all everything QB. This game also looks a lot like Hawaii. Physically over matched on both a side of the ball, but their speed was going to kill us and they had a “great” QB.
how2fish
August 16th, 2011
2:59 pm
I think you might want to review a couple of facts that have been tossed around the OL and DL for UGA is bigger and faster…not sure where you play ball at but in the SEC that is always a good thing. Some of the predictions here and on other blogs go a bit wacky but those are two facts that can make a huge difference.
theevilone
August 16th, 2011
3:00 pm
You guys are get your arses handed to ya Sept. 3rd.
AltamahaDawg
August 16th, 2011
3:02 pm
Like Spurrier isn’t going to be packing his Uhaul to get out of that town as fast as he can, starting the very hour he isn’t forced to be there. Which is roughly about 4 months from now.
WDE
August 16th, 2011
3:04 pm
@this dawg want hunt!! I have a question for you there troll boy…what in the heck does last year have to do with this year..do you think Bama will end up 4th in the East? do you think Auburn will repeat, can UF recover from the beatdown Bama put on them last year or USC from the buttkicking Auburn gave them in the SEC championship game or Bama recover from last years Iron Bowl ?? What??
NdawgC87
August 16th, 2011
3:04 pm
How about the University offer scooter classes to teach them how to drive? Its a moped for heavens sake….even a drunkard can drive one
AltamahaDawg
August 16th, 2011
3:08 pm
Other facts are that reporters that cover SC ARE saying that the defensive backfield could be even worse than lasts year. That the O-line has had a rough camp, and Its not making up anything to say garcia has failed to gain Spurriers seal of approval so far. “really not that bad” I think is his most encouraging words. I understand that’s just Spurrier, but garcia possibly not being the starter at points during the year is hardly a made up deal by Georgia fans.
AltamahaDawg
August 16th, 2011
3:10 pm
IF Saban knows what to do, why didn’t he do it last year? As Ron would ask.
Nate the Great
August 16th, 2011
3:11 pm
this dawg want hunt!!
August 16th, 2011
2:43 pm
——————
1) Your QB and his coach are alcoholics. Yeah we had a bad year last year with discipline (red panties and arrests), looks like you have carried that torch nicely for the SEC East though.
2) Your entire argument is based on last year’s team. Have you by chance noticed that a lot of the team is different? We didn’t even fill this year’s 85 man roster with players we recruited. A lot haters like to point out how many players we lost and that only a homer would think their team would get better when all the productive players left, and then in the next breath talk about our 6-7 record. Who again led us to that great 6-7 record? Oh, that’s right, the players that started last year, so in this case it is addition by subtraction.
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 16th, 2011
3:17 pm
The SC defensive backfield can hardly get worse than last year.
They will be improved.
Plus, they are practicing against the likes of Alshon Jeffery.
Kind of hard to be lights-out against those types.
wildbill
August 16th, 2011
3:19 pm
I guess when we get our rear ends kicked by Boise State, we can blame it on the scooters. We need a fall back excuse.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 16th, 2011
3:29 pm
Sure…..
this dawg want hunt!!
August 16th, 2011
3:31 pm
wde, i knew auburn fans were idiots, but what in the hell are you talking about? I’m just asking these delusional UGA fans to state why they think this team will beat Boise St so easily. All they keep bringing up is that Boise St. doesn’t play anyone. Well they did last year, and they beat them. So my question is who the hell has UGA beaten lately? If you can’t beat a good team last year, and you lost your best 2 w.r’s, your best 2 running backs, and 3 of your best O.l’s, then why would you think they will all of a sudden be so improved? The answer is there is no reason, other than UGA fans think their team is better than everyone else every year. The fact is they aren’t, and they haven’t been in 4 years. So go back and worship your scamcam, and your cheating school and head coach. And stay in your sad all in family.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 16th, 2011
3:33 pm
WDE…he knows so little that he thinks you’re a Barner.
K Dawg
August 16th, 2011
3:36 pm
Ashlon Jeffries looks like he has spent too much time at McDonald’s this offseason. He looks terrible, I have never seen a W/O with a beer belly. I saw this on SI.com.
WDE
August 16th, 2011
3:40 pm
@this dawg want hunt!! Your funny ! But we are still bigger and stronger and faster across both the DL and the OL its won’t be easy Boise is a good well coached team, but they don’t play in the SEC and the size and speed we bring should wear them down…………and I was WDE before the barners came up with that little war cry..my point is this year has nothing to do with last year, for us, the barn the Gators,Bama etc..we tee it up Sept 3rd…then the counting starts.
SEC WEST > SEC EAST
August 16th, 2011
3:41 pm
http://espn.go.com/college-football/preview11/story/_/id/6865651/college-football-preview-sec-west-enjoys-upper-hand-sec-east
AltamahaDawg
August 16th, 2011
3:41 pm
OH that Alshon! Just making them look slightly less than lights out.
Yes they can hardly be worse. They could, oh I don’t know………. have a broken arm or mulpiple players with suspension, forcing LESS capable backups to play. NOBODY Has said they will be better for any actual reasons. Do you have any actual reasons?
AltamahaDawg
August 16th, 2011
3:44 pm
Stop it. Alshon is a dreamboat, nothing could be finer.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
August 16th, 2011
3:56 pm
this dawg want hunt!!
Who did Boise beat last year, refresh my memory?
If your talking about VT, I seem to remember they lost to James Madison High school the following week, or maybe it was George Jefferson High school
TampaDawg
August 16th, 2011
3:58 pm
Want Hunt must be a 12 year old on dad’s laptop while he is at work. Anyway, facts are facts and you keep jacking them up. Should we anoint every team that has a big upset? Sure, I mean that vaunted Va Tech team lost to James Madison. Bet UGA could beat James Madison even on their down year. You haven’t taken candy from a baby troll, now go play in the back yard and get off dad’s laptop.
AltamahaDawg
August 16th, 2011
4:00 pm
Weezy, get the lead out!
RedandBlackDAWG
August 16th, 2011
4:11 pm
The UGA campus is 614 acres. That seems to be a pretty big campus if you have a class at the other end and have 15 minutes to get across it.
Accidents are going to happen, and he could just as easily have had an accident riding a bike, or possibly even a car. He wasn’t even going to classes, he was coming from church, to top it all off.
Give the kid a break. He made a mistake but he will come out of it OK.
I don’t know that a safety class on scooters would help that much. I thought at first it might, but I am not sure the yung guys are thinking about a whole lot more than getting to their destination as fast as they possibly can.
Dawgscout
August 16th, 2011
4:17 pm
I think riding a scooter on public roads in Georgia requires a class C license. Make them complete motorcycle safety training and present a valid class C license before letting them ride.
BiggdawgK
August 16th, 2011
4:19 pm
I can’t imagine how pathetic and empty someones life is to insult and make fun of a young man having any type of ACCIDENT. There is no possible way these hate filled losers have any friends or loved ones and any human contact these clowns have is painfully awkward I’m sure.
If the ajc ever shuts down their blogs, there will be a huge rash of suicides since way too many of these truly pathetic nothings have zero life outside this site.
Count the number of hateful comments a poster makes about these young men many of them still teenagers and I can assure you if you count more than 3 the poster has less than 3 people they speak with daily. 5 or more and the poster is highly depressed and probably suffers from aspergers. 7 or more and the sad wretched individual breaks into tears several times a day and rarely leaves his filthy trash strewn hovel except to cash a disability check. Each day he struggles to find a reason not to end it all.
The irony is CMR and Ray Drew pray for these guys and sincerely care about them.
Top Dawg
August 16th, 2011
4:20 pm
Scooters are the only way for student athletes to get where they need to be ON TIME….. Keep the scooters, have a mandatory scooter driving work shop!! Ha… Seriously..
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
August 16th, 2011
4:21 pm
Sounds to me like there was a brake malfunction on the scooter
I had that happen to me on a bicycle going down a hill. The front brake locked and it flipped me off
Luckly I rolled about 10 times, and came out with skinned up arms and bruised legs and with friends laughing but oh well
Someone ought to make sure these scooters are maintained for safety
DawginLex
August 16th, 2011
4:22 pm
Here’s a link to an article for all you
“Let’s fire Coach Richt right now” proponents.
Be careful what you wish for. Notice the phrase “set the program back years”? That is Tennessee today. Lots of comparisons to Fulmer with Richt. You think UT wishes Fulmer was still around?
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=ap-ncarolina-afterbutch
clueless
August 16th, 2011
4:25 pm
this dawg want hunt probably will never understand why he has stamped himself an idiot before anyone even reads the first word of any of his moronic statements. LOL LOL LOL LOL
BiggdawgK
August 16th, 2011
4:29 pm
BTW for all the brainiacs who say UGA is the only place players have accidents, AD Garrity has commented several times on the number of similar and worse scooter problems UF has had the last few years. To add to the problem there, fla does not have a law requiring helmets!!!
7576DAWG
August 16th, 2011
4:30 pm
A very small percentage of Dawg fans want CMR fired and a much smaller percentage of Alumni want a change. The very small vocal group that is calling for a change needs to give McGarity time to finish his job and I think everybody will be happy with the outcome.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 16th, 2011
4:36 pm
SEC WEST > SEC EAST
Isn’t that backwards if you are trying to make a point in relationship to the article?
Stop the Madness
August 16th, 2011
4:44 pm
No No No…just posting the statement that USC DB’s are going to be bad, and the Defense is going to be worse than last year….does only one thing….sets UGA up for failure by having these KoolAid drinkers believing that garbage. Just because it aids in your point to support the fact that UGA should and will have to throw the ball a great deal and ride Murrays arm if UGA has any chance. Nice try.
The facts are:
USC lost some good defensive players, but they played a ton of young guys last year.
UGA lost some good to great OL to injury and departure.
USC signed the premier Pass rusher this spring.
UGA signed the premier rusher this past spring.
Both USC and UGA have some gaping holes, but this is the SEC and no one is going to roll over for anyone inside the conference.
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 16th, 2011
4:44 pm
Alshon Jeffery eats DB’s for lunch.
Especially small runts like 5-foot-10 Brandon Boykin.
Stop the Madness
August 16th, 2011
4:46 pm
http://www.firemarkricht.net/...
WHO STARTED THIS WEBSITE?
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 16th, 2011
4:47 pm
But you didn’t know that Brandon Boykin had a role in Star Wars…he was the force.
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 16th, 2011
4:50 pm
More like the farce.
Boykin is better suited to be a return man than go against the big boy wr’s.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 16th, 2011
4:51 pm
Brandon Boykin can make onions cry. Much like he will have Alshucks after the game.
LogicalUS
August 16th, 2011
4:53 pm
Here is the question which just seems to defy answering….Where is the offensive production going to come from with UGA?
We have spent this entire summer with the UGA homers whitewashing every single recurring incident from Ealey bolting, to the loss of King, and Thomas, onto Crowell showing up out of shape, to Malcome simply never going to be healthy, to practice starting and now both Samuels and Crowell unable to go thru any live reps? And the usual suspects have been saying “We will be fine”, why? The local media around Crowells high school often discussed that Crowell was injured and missed significant time last season due to injury but the AJC homers simply never reported or mentioned this fact in favor of bellowing “Dream Team”.
In fact, someone {myself} predicted that Crowell was likely to miss some time due to pulls and strains when he reported out of shape. Of course, the resident homers called me a troll and Tech fan for pointing out the obvious?
Now basically UGA is going into the season against two top 15 teams with RBs who have not practiced or been limited to 1/4 speed drills? UGA could not score more than two FGs against a mid-level Conference UGA Central Florida. And that was with the two NFL WRs and a stable of upperclassmen RBs?
What is Bobo going to do with no weapons? Time to punch that panic button.
Ah, who cares
August 16th, 2011
4:54 pm
Don’t blame the scooters, blame the incompetent riders. ER, ake that those that attempt to be riders.
shane#1
August 16th, 2011
5:02 pm
Drew was ordained as a minister at the age of 18. I would venture a guess that, excluding the military, not many young men have reached such a high level so young. At least he was coming from church and not exiting an alley with a can of beer and a stolen helmet with no license. I also assume he gave the officer his middle name, thus no arrest.
theevilone
August 16th, 2011
5:04 pm
@ this dawg will hunt…….You’re the only clear-thinking sob on here. One of the best and most experienced D lines in the country going up against THAT??? That dome will be more than half empty and the bars downtown full by mid 3rd quarter.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
August 16th, 2011
5:05 pm
DawginLex
Let first say I wish Richt the best this season and hope that by the end of next season there is an obvious turn around with the program
You talk about UT, many UT fans know when Cutcliff left, UT was not the same. Fulmer should have been let go way back but leaving him there longer left the program in more mismanagement than Dooly will be able to recover from I fell
Also continuing with the same ol results moves your program nowhere just look now at your example UT
Unfortuantley when UGA ranks #2 in recruiting the past decade behind Souther Cal with the results we have had something has to be addressed
Florida made the move on Zook what was the result
Texas made a move to get Mack Brown what was the result
Oklahoma made a move to get Stoopes what has been the result
USC made the move to get Pete Carrol
Ohio State made the move to get Tressel because they couldnt beat Michigan but 1 time in the 90’s and like us watching FL sat at home and watched Michigan play in the big bowl games and win championships
Texas, Ohio State, USC, Oklahoma sputtered around for a long time until the right coach came into the program
Alabama after Bryant finally found their coach in Stallings then once again struggled to find its coach again in Saban
The point is UGA has the Money, the Recruits, and the Fan Support just as the ones mentioned above.
The question this year is does UGA need to move to a new direction, we will see, but losing to FL every year, 3-9 against top 10 teams, 13-12 in the SEC east since 2005 doesnt cut it for what we are paying this coach
and with the resources he has at his disposal. That is an example of mismanagement
Again I hope Richt has gotten the message this year and hopefully we will see a much improved team
If not UGA has begin the painful process of looking to someone else until we do find that person.
We have the school and resources for what most coaches hope to have. No more excuses
And yes Im willing to sit in the stands and watch us be 8-4, 6-7, 5-7 or whatever until we do
But again hopefully Richt has gotten the memo
Stinger2
August 16th, 2011
5:18 pm
This blog is typical of what UGA is all about. That happens to be nothing. The UGA fans get all worked up and terrified about an isolated incident involing a scooter accident. There may be something new to get all stirred up about tomorrow like a UGA player ate too much pizza and had a stomach ache last night. He was transported to St. Marys and given an Alka Seltzer. He is being held out of practice today as a precautionary measure.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
August 16th, 2011
5:28 pm
Stinger2
You really should focus more on the Security camera screens. North Ave is a highly dangerous place.
We know Tech will not ever be what they were before the days of electricity because all money and other resources are used for securing GT students 24 hours a day.
Back to work son
Bob
August 16th, 2011
5:55 pm
Glad to hear Boo Malcome back at practice. Someone must have told him that a walk-on was close to getting his scholarship.
Laughter is heard all the way to The Dome
August 16th, 2011
6:48 pm
To think that a Georgia fan has created a website to fire Mark Richt. They even have a clock running showing the last SEC Title won at UGA. This is too too funny, just like the offensive game plan put together by our current coaching staff.
UGA Alumnus
August 16th, 2011
7:35 pm
“Car Crash Stats: There were nearly 6,420,000 auto accidents in the United States in 2005. The financial cost of these crashes is more than 230 Billion dollars. 2.9 million people were injured and 42,636 people killed. About 115 people die every day in vehicle crashes in the United States — one death every 13 minutes.”
UGA Alumnus
August 16th, 2011
7:35 pm
All you “ban the scooter people” should get a life.
UGA Alumnus
August 16th, 2011
7:37 pm
Automobile accidents are one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. Should we ban the automobile?
Blonde Bombshell
August 16th, 2011
7:39 pm
These stupid idiots aren’t smart enough to operate motorized vehicles. Maybe Richt needs to get them some rollerblades.
UGA Alumnus
August 16th, 2011
7:42 pm
My girlfriend crashed her bicycle on that same hill on Baldwin. I was biking with her at the time. She ended up at St. Mary’s, just like R. Drew. She broke her foot and gashed her head. It’s a dangerous curve that sneaks up on you if you aren’t familiar with the street. That was 2 years ago. Back then, there was a manhole cover, with a huge pothole in the black-top all around the cover, located right as you enter the curve in front of the Blind Pig.
But i notice, at least, that hole has been fixed since then. Still a dangerous street and curve.
UGA Alumnus
August 16th, 2011
7:43 pm
@Blonde Bombshell
August 16th, 2011
7:39 pm
based on the way most American’s drive, you could say that about pretty much everyone.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 16th, 2011
7:43 pm
@Flat Tire 5:05 post.
Very well said. I agree 110% with the your post.
Sense of History
August 16th, 2011
7:44 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.
Compared to this mountain of sleaze, a few motor scooter accidents is nothing.
Blonde Bombshell
August 16th, 2011
7:52 pm
@UGA Alumnus: “based on the way most American’s drive, you could say that about pretty much everyone.”
Especially for UGA alumni who don’t know enough to capitalize the first word in a sentence and add incorrect apostrophes. You’re just making the case for how poorly educated UGA alumni are. We certainly can’t expect football players who take remedial studies to be qualified for anything more complicated than mopping floors.
quiz
August 16th, 2011
7:56 pm
what do scooters and fat chicks have in common? They are both fun to ride but you don’t want your friends to see you on one.
NASCDAWG
August 16th, 2011
8:05 pm
Ohio State players don’t have scooter wrecks because they get cars at scooter prices.
bwkdawg
August 16th, 2011
9:38 pm
@BroncoBlue. That was just a great throw and catch, Boykin played it perfect, no defense for that. Just like the best quarterbacks will throw picks, the best db’s will get beat, and the best linemen will give up sacks, its football. Anyway you guys don’t have a Riely Cooper on your team. Post a link to uga vs boise, oh yea you guys want to forget that game. Don’t blame ya.
bwkdawg
August 16th, 2011
9:53 pm
@ uga insider @10:07am. I’ll take that bet. Nick Marshall has missed the last four practices with a concussion.
atowngiant
August 16th, 2011
10:39 pm
Im sure what ever church he went to the church members would give him a ride if he asked. Or ask a teammate to drop him off.
AltamahaDawg
August 16th, 2011
11:11 pm
Ok girls heres the deal on LOL. if you want to express that you thought somebody else said somethig funny, that one thing. When you LOL yourself, it’s just gay.
“look I am so tickled at myself” really doesnt belong in a sports blog, does it now?
Barack Dawg
August 17th, 2011
5:37 pm
Clear Channel Voice – you must be a Tech Terd. Regardless of the Boise Game – one thing is for sure. The ACC is full of cheating schools and UGA will beat you again this year.
SEC ONE
August 17th, 2011
6:28 pm
Maybe we can get the jailed booster from Miami (Shapiro) to furnish limos to take our guys from place to place as a sign of goodwill and repentance! LOL
SEC ONE
August 17th, 2011
6:33 pm
Oh yeah, I LOL’d myself and I am not gay. Speaking of which: There are only two types of people that come from Altamaha, women and gays!
meandog
August 17th, 2011
9:08 pm
Well, I kinda saw Drew as mostly a backup this year anyway until he learned how the Junkyard worked. Still, B”lousy” State and the Lamecrocks from Spurriertown will need plenty of bite from the Dawgs. Can’t wait until that magic date in Jacksonville though when Drew is plenty healthy and can apply his muscle to making the Gayturd on this circuit eat his words!
Master P
August 18th, 2011
12:06 am
Maybe richt can get hot UGA coeds to drive players around campus in rickshaws or mini-coopers.
just checking
August 19th, 2011
12:38 pm
This whole thing, the article and the comments, has been hilarious and sad to read. I feel bad for the those kids who have had these accidents happen on those scooters-what an embarrassing way to be put on the injured list. I’m not a UGA fan, but for the sake of human decency, I hope that they get better soon and that the rest of those guys who also ride scooters will learn their lesson and be more cautious around campus.
As for the Boise game, just do us a favor when y’all are downtown at the dome- TRY not to trash it too much. I know that is asking a lot of you UGA fans, but us Panthers have to play there like a week later. I understand it’s really exciting playing there because they sell beer and all, but pace yourselves and put the trash in the trash bins like a good doggies. Thanks in advance!
Those comments about women were
just checking
August 19th, 2011
12:40 pm
*Those comments about women didn’t make sense. I wasn’t sure what AltamahaDawg was referring to…