Q&A: Derrick Lott making way back from yet another setback
After yet another setback, defensive end Derrick Lott is no longer wearing green and ready to contribute for the Bulldogs. (UGA photo by Chris Collins)
Q&A WITH DERRICK LOTT
Derrick Lott has had a hard-luck career at Georgia so far. No sooner did he show up from North Cobb High than he had to have ankle surgery that assured a redshirt year. Then Todd Grantham shows up with his 3-4 defense and suddenly he’s a tackle trying to become an end. After playing in just three games last season in what would have to be described as a transition year, Lott had a solid spring and was heading into camp as a legitimate player in the defensive line rotation. Then he sliced his leg open parking his scooter at the Butts-Mehre Building and Lott thought for just moment that his football career was over.
It wasn’t. After being sidellined a month following surgery to repair a 12-inch gash in his lower right leg and suffering a sprained wrist almost as soon as he returned, Lott is back competing on the football field. And, once again, this 6-foot-4, 305-pound sophomore figures in the Bulldogs’ plans on defense. Here’s what Lott had to say recently about the accident that sent his to the hospital by ambulance and his prospects now that he’s back on the field.
Q: Tell us about the accident. How did it happen?
A: “I wasn’t going very fast. As a matter of fact the scooter was off. I was just coasting and looking for somewhere to park. Next thing I know, I looked down and saw a puddle of blood.”
Q: Did you know it was bad right away?
A: “Not until I saw it. When I saw it, I was like, ‘wow.’ I hadn’t seen anything like that in my life. It was like in the he movies and Jason comes through with a knife or Michael Myers slices somebody with a knife and they’re sitting there looking at their guts and everything inside. It was hot; the sheet-metal was thin; it was a clean cut; sliced right through. I didn’t even feel it. I’m getting off the scooter and I felt the wind blowing against. So I kind of reached down and rubbed it and it felt weird. I picked my hand up and saw a pool of blood. Then I looked and it was just bone and muscle and everything.”
Q: Did you yell for help or what?
A: “That was the funniest thing about the whole story. Nobody was outside and I had to get my hand scanned to get inside the building. Then walked through there. Then I started thinking I probably shouldn’t be walking on this, so I started hopping through the building. Then I had to put my hand scan in again. [laughing] Once I got inside I couldn’t take it anymore. I was worried about losing too much blood. So I just started yelling, ‘help, help!’
“Some of the guys in the workout group came and they were like, ‘what’s that?’ Nobody could believe it. I was looking at my teammates’ faces and their eyes were wide open. I thought I was going to pass out, so I just dropped. It was definitely scary. I shed a couple of tears thinking my football career was over. I hadn’t seen anything like that anywhere.”
Q: So you’re back on the field now. Does it affect your ability to play?
A: “They said I was two centimeters away from cutting my nerve. If I had cut that nerve I would’ve had drop foot and don’t think I wouldn’t been able to play football or compete. So I’m lucky it’s not worse than it is. They gave me an Evoshield to cover it. My muscles are still recovering. It’s going to be about two months before they’re fully strong because they were cut. But otherwise I’m fine. I’m running full speed, I’m making cuts from left to right. It’s just a matter of time before everything heals. . . . I’m still getting rehab just to get it stronger and build it back up. I was out for like a month and I didn’t really do any lower body. So I’m starting back with lower body, doing squats, running more and doing more heavy stuff with my legs. But I’m full goI’m ready to go. As far as playing time, I see myself playing in every game. If I put my mind to it and my effort to it, I could see myself starting a few games.”
Q: Do you feel like you can have the same type of impact as before the accident?
A: “I feel as though this is going to be my year. Guys have bad seasons, bad luck. I would compare myself to [Auburn's] Nick Fairley as far as coming from a season where he did OK and played some and then drastically changing over to first-round draft pick defensive lineman. That’s how I see myself, having a cross-over season.
Q: Where are they working you in?
A: “I’m working some with the first team. I’m doing good. The cut was a setback but it wasn’t too big. So I see myself still moving forward. I feel like my fellow defensive line guys believe in me. Coach G [defensive line coach Rodney Garner] has talked to me and said, ‘listen, we need you play this year. You’ve got to work.’ A lot of guys on this team believe in me. They’ve seen me play; they know I can play. So I’ve just got to get out there on the game field and ball out.”
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107 comments Add your comment
Tdawg
August 25th, 2011
4:27 pm
first
GeoffDawg
August 25th, 2011
4:27 pm
Dang…glad he’s ok. Note to self: wear pants when scootering.
Tdawg
August 25th, 2011
4:28 pm
See I paused to long. That was the first time that I was ever tempted to do that. I just don’t know what came over me.
bucket
August 25th, 2011
4:31 pm
Really Dogma? It was a freak accident, chill out. I’m thankful that Derrick is going to be ok and I agree with him that he is in for a breakout season!
DawginLex
August 25th, 2011
4:32 pm
3 of the 1st 7 comments from UGA hater idiots
The nuthouse must have released early this week for weekend furlough
GeoffDawg
August 25th, 2011
4:34 pm
Sure, because corn is for Rhode Scholars.
Joey
August 25th, 2011
4:34 pm
Nerds! Nerds! Nerds!
Nerds love UGA blogs . . .
trupert
August 25th, 2011
4:34 pm
Derrick, glad to see you’re doing well. Keep up the good work. Go dawgs!!!
bucket
August 25th, 2011
4:37 pm
@ DawginLex – how pathetic is someone’s life when they sit around waiting for a new UGA blog entry so they can make idiotic statements? I state once again for the record, I have never gone to another team’s blog to trash any of our rival’s. In other words, I have a life.
DawginLex
August 25th, 2011
4:39 pm
Hey Rev
If you don’t like the insults, leave the UGA blog
What are you going to do next, report me to the moderator?
WAAHHH!!! WAAAHHH!!! He said a bad word to me!!!!
WAAHHH!!! WAAAHHH!!!
Shanahan
August 25th, 2011
4:40 pm
FIRST!!!!!!!!!!LETS GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Shanahan
August 25th, 2011
4:40 pm
dang kinda late
DawginLex
August 25th, 2011
4:42 pm
5 Time National Champs Nebraska
August 25th, 2011
4:29 pm
Dogma
August 25th, 2011
4:27 pm
If he’s too stupid to park a scooter, he’s too stupid to be enrolled in college.
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Welcome to UGA
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I guess I gave you WAY too much credit for having a semblance of class. Bashing a kid for having an accident on a scooter.
What a classless lowlife scumbag you are.
Have you ever tried to walk around the campus at UGA?
You need a scooter to get around.
He had an accident on it.
It doesn’t make him stupid.
Get a life loser.
Tobias Funke
August 25th, 2011
4:45 pm
Ball out!!!
5 Time National Champs Nebraska
August 25th, 2011
4:48 pm
bucket
August 25th, 2011
4:37 pm
@ DawginLex – how pathetic is someone’s life when they sit around waiting for a new UGA blog entry so they can make idiotic statements? I state once again for the record, I have never gone to another team’s blog to trash any of our rival’s. In other words, I have a life.
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You have a life because you post here, but others who post here don’t have a life.
This logic brought to you by the University of Georgia faithful.
Can you spell ambiguous?
DawginLex
August 25th, 2011
4:49 pm
He posts on the UGA blog as a UGA fan
He doesn’t TROLL for other team’s blog sites to post crap.
That’s why he has a life.
5 Time National Champs Nebraska
August 25th, 2011
4:51 pm
DawginLex
August 25th, 2011
4:42 pm
I guess I gave you WAY too much credit for having a semblance of class. Bashing a kid for having an accident on a scooter.
What a classless lowlife scumbag you are.
Have you ever tried to walk around the campus at UGA?
You need a scooter to get around.
He had an accident on it.
It doesn’t make him stupid.
Get a life loser.
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What does needing a scooter on the UGA campus have to do with the inability to safely park a scooter? That’s like justifying wrecking your car because you need one to drive to work.
Again, welcome to UGA
JAWJeRDAWG
August 25th, 2011
4:52 pm
Bet those of you who are posting these classless remarks about Derrick wouldn’t say them to his face! .. Go Dawgs!
Some of you are clueless
August 25th, 2011
4:54 pm
For the record, I happen to know Derrick Lott. He’s a great young man with manners and respect for his coaches and teachers and a solid student. It amazes me that total strangers get on here everyday saying unbelieveable things about young people they have never met. But then again, they don’t have to give their real names.
Good luck Derrick. Have a great year.
DawginLex
August 25th, 2011
4:56 pm
So you have never had an accident or made a mistake of any kind?
Perfection?
Delusional=Nebraska
i’m done arguing with an dumb idiot.
Later
So how smart do you have to be to park a scooter and not get cut?
August 25th, 2011
4:56 pm
I’d like to know that since it seems to be OK if you can’t safely park a scooter.
Dbalcer
August 25th, 2011
4:56 pm
Good luck Derrick. I hope your season is a great one to remember. The way to deal with trolls is to ignore them. Go DAWGS.
bad brad
August 25th, 2011
4:58 pm
Right you are Dawg in Lex; my son doesnt play football, but has a scooter. It is the most economical way to get around campus. Beautiful, large campus with limited parking. A lot of the haters on here have never been to Athens.
DAWG FAN FROM DOUGLISVILLE
August 25th, 2011
4:58 pm
U LOOSERS THAT DONT LIKE UGA JUST GO A WAY. U HAVE NO BUSNESS BEIN ON A UGA BLOG. I DONT NO THIS KID BUT CUT HIM SOME SALCK CUZ HE IS JUST A KID OK?
G8R H8R
August 25th, 2011
4:59 pm
Hey 5 Time, the point everyone is making here is that this blog is for GEORGIA fans, not Huskers. Do they not know how to write blogs in Lincoln & Omaha or are they just too busy fornicating with the livestock?? Stay off the UGA blogs and you won’t get your feelings hurt….
5 Time National Champs Nebraska
August 25th, 2011
5:00 pm
bad brad
August 25th, 2011
4:58 pm
Right you are Dawg in Lex; my son doesnt play football, but has a scooter. It is the most economical way to get around campus. Beautiful, large campus with limited parking. A lot of the haters on here have never been to Athens.
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I’ve been to Athens before. I never injured myself while trying to park a scooter.
They have shuttle services too. Of course, there may be sharks on the shuttle buses that would make them more dangerous than scooters.
Mitch Cumstein
August 25th, 2011
5:01 pm
Nebraska is such a powerhouse!!! Please!!!!!
Listen assclown, go to the Nebraska site and post for those pillow biters, will ya!
5 Time National Champs Nebraska
August 25th, 2011
5:02 pm
G8R H8R
August 25th, 2011
4:59 pm
Hey 5 Time, the point everyone is making here is that this blog is for GEORGIA fans, not Huskers. Do they not know how to write blogs in Lincoln & Omaha or are they just too busy fornicating with the livestock?? Stay off the UGA blogs and you won’t get your feelings hurt….
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Just how will my feelings get hurt? They’re not like a scooter that can hurt me when trying to park it.
bucket
August 25th, 2011
5:02 pm
@ Nebraska – you may need to polish up on your reading comprehension skills. I never insuated people who post on blogs don’t have a life. However, I did clearly insuate that people who come to a UGA blog merely to ridicule 18-22 year olds, Coach Mark Richt, or anything Georgia; don’t have a life. Thanks for providing the class with a visual aid to demonstrate my point!
G8R H8R
August 25th, 2011
5:03 pm
Douglisville…very original…let’s pull out the tried & true, “all Dawg fans are uneducated rednecks” card. I’ll put up my degree from UGA and weekly pay stubs against yours and feel fairly confident I’ll come out on top. Go back to playing online video games from your Mom’s basement and let the adults talk about football.
so how Stupid Do you Have to be to be from Nebraska?
August 25th, 2011
5:03 pm
So how smart do you have to be to park a scooter and not get cut?
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How stupid do you have to be to blog and make fun of a 305 pound kid who could whip your a$$?
G8R H8R
August 25th, 2011
5:05 pm
5 time….I’m not going to have a battle of wits with an unarmed man…too easy. Go Dawgs…
DAWG FAN FROM DOUGLISVILLE
August 25th, 2011
5:06 pm
G8R
IM ON UR SIDE DUDE. WHY ATACK ME? I HATE ALL THIS UGA HATERS COMING HERE RUNTING OUR BLOG NO NEED 2 MAKE FUN OF ME
So how smart do you have to be to park a scooter and not get cut?
August 25th, 2011
5:08 pm
FYI?
I’m not from Nebraska.
Roll Tide!!
Mitch Cumstein
August 25th, 2011
5:10 pm
The Nebraska dweeb has gotta be a nerd. There is no way a true fan of a storied program like Nebraska would waste his or her time insulting players from another, relatively insignificant(because we don’t play them) school. Think about it, who would, as a Ga. fan would go to a Nebraske website and hurl insults? Has to be the geeks from North ave.
Scratch n Sniff
August 25th, 2011
5:11 pm
Q: Tell us about the accident. How did it happen?
A: “I wasn’t going very fast. As a matter of fact the scooter was off. I was just coasting and looking for somewhere to park. Next thing I know, I looked down and saw a puddle of blood.”
Looking for somewhere to park to looking down and seeing a puddle of blood?
That’s his explanation?
Wow.
Big Ten Champs Nebraska
August 25th, 2011
5:13 pm
Mitch Cumstein
August 25th, 2011
5:10 pm
The Nebraska dweeb has gotta be a nerd. There is no way a true fan of a storied program like Nebraska would waste his or her time insulting players from another, relatively insignificant(because we don’t play them) school. Think about it, who would, as a Ga. fan would go to a Nebraske website and hurl insults? Has to be the geeks from North ave.
Because a “Nebraske” site does not exist.
reebok
August 25th, 2011
5:15 pm
this tech fan is glad the young man is going to be able to continue his football career…2 centimeters from cutting the nerve…dang.
The U
August 25th, 2011
5:15 pm
Will play for pay!
UGA inside edition
August 25th, 2011
5:16 pm
Nebraska…..The state where “men are men”, “and the sheep are scared”……..Bet ur wife can eat corn through a fence!
Steak and Lobster
August 25th, 2011
5:16 pm
I bet if you guys just ignored the ones you consider trolls, they will go away.
Bigdsel
August 25th, 2011
5:16 pm
Hey 5 time, don’t be mad because your team left the big Texas conference and had to go to a weaker big 10 conference in order to compete
Big Ten Champs Nebraska
August 25th, 2011
5:18 pm
UGA inside edition
August 25th, 2011
5:16 pm
Nebraska…..The state where “men are men”, “and the sheep are scared”……..Bet ur wife can eat corn through a fence!
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I’m laughing because that is so lame. Keep trying. Someday you may be worthy of insulting me.
Damon Evans is from Nebraska
August 25th, 2011
5:19 pm
Go Big Red Panties!
merbertmoover
August 25th, 2011
5:20 pm
hahahahaha!!!! nebraska??? hahahahaha!!!! the absolute most boring state in the union (yes, north and south dakota are much more interesting…..maybe you guys tie with kansas) wow! such strong smack talking from a person who comes from such a flat, uninteresting place….
nebraska is irrelevant. sorry that you are upset that UGA is superior in every way (scholastically, culturally, musically, WAY hotter chicks) and you are stuck in nowhereville nebraska shucking corn
go derrick! the true bulldawg nation loves you and your contribution to the team! GATA!!!!
Mitch Cumstein
August 25th, 2011
5:20 pm
Oh you got me “Nebraske”.
I told all of you the kid is a tek fan!!!
I will bet real, folding money that this weasel weighs 105 and paints his hairless chest gold at every home game. I think I saw him on TV the last beatdown we gave them. I truly felt bad for the kids parents.
Pesticidesales.com
August 25th, 2011
5:21 pm
And how many trees will bama fans kill this year,just to let yall in on a little secret you bunch of idiots,they have cameras up at auburn now.
D Fence
August 25th, 2011
5:22 pm
This guy can play and I cant wait to see him put some ..ug uhmmm…legal shots on whoever the heck AU has at QB by the time we steam roll them in Athens – ala Nick nice and clean Fairley.
UGA inside edition
August 25th, 2011
5:23 pm
Nebraska, …..worthy has nothing to do with it…..I jus call it as I see it
How’s that horse treating ya?
5 Time National Champs Nebraska
August 25th, 2011
5:24 pm
Mitch Cumstein
August 25th, 2011
5:20 pm
Oh you got me “Nebraske”.
I told all of you the kid is a tek fan!!!
I will bet real, folding money that this weasel weighs 105 and paints his hairless chest gold at every home game. I think I saw him on TV the last beatdown we gave them.
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Does the idea of a 105 pound man painting his hairless chest gold turn you on? Why would you even mention this?
Falcondawg
August 25th, 2011
5:25 pm
Seriously? What a terrible blog!! Does anyone want to actually talk about sports instead of fueling this idiots fire by responding to him? All you have to do is ignore him!!!!!!!!
steve
August 25th, 2011
5:26 pm
So what did he actually cut his leg on??? 12 inch gash!! They might need to find out what cut him and remove it from the scooter parking area….
Mitch Cumstein
August 25th, 2011
5:26 pm
Again I’m proven right!
Thanks for validating my assumptions nerd!
Mad Dog One
August 25th, 2011
5:31 pm
@ 5 TIMES I have worked in lived & worked in NEB. & I have to say that you are an exception to the rule of the people from your state. Worked with some good men there (and I don’t mean A$$ Ho!#$ like you) so please change your tag and don’t bring down a good state & school with your stupid a$$ remarks.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 25th, 2011
5:42 pm
What sight exists to go and actually talk UGA football? It certainly is no longer the AJC.
Joey
August 25th, 2011
5:43 pm
Chip, stop the madness!!
Joey
August 25th, 2011
5:45 pm
You are so right, Lowcountry. I like a good debate with a real fan of any team. But this mess is idiotic . . .
Bob
August 25th, 2011
5:53 pm
I like his attitude! Just wish these players would forgo scooters and jog or walk to class…another way to be in condition to finish the drill in the fourth quarter.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 25th, 2011
5:55 pm
Debates no longer exist here. It turns into mindless dribble from them.
Bob
August 25th, 2011
5:57 pm
@Lowcountry…with all due respects, I think you’re wrong. This dribble is mindfull.
bad brad
August 25th, 2011
5:58 pm
@ 5 Time,
So you are a hater who has been to Athens, so what. The alley at Butts Mehre where the players park is full of scooters, probably close to a hundred. This kid said he was coasting up probably trying to get as close to the door as possible and hit his leg on either his scooter or someone elses and cut his leg.
BIG DEAL.
Not sure what the comment about sharks on the transit buses has to do with anything. Take your goofy a$$ back to Nebraska. Not going to sling useless insults your way. Nebraska’s best days are behind them.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 25th, 2011
5:59 pm
unfortunately true Bob.
Bob
August 25th, 2011
6:01 pm
Chip, I read your other articles that are not blogs and I think you do a fine job of covering our team. Thanks!
Delbert D.
August 25th, 2011
6:09 pm
Someone has to educate the coaches about the danger of overloading these 50cc scooters. CMR seems to see it only as football player + scooter, and he worries about inconveniencing the players. Wrong idea. My 250cc scooter (requires a motorcycle license) has a curb weight of 370 lbs. and a maximum load capacity of 350 lbs. The little Chinese jobs are nowhere near that.
Vampire Bill
August 25th, 2011
6:13 pm
Best of luck to Derrick
EW
August 25th, 2011
6:14 pm
Nobody actually said how his leg got cut….hello?
Destin Dawg
August 25th, 2011
6:17 pm
Coach Richt… conditioning…. they should ride bikes .. safer.. more exercise.. Go dawgs !! can’t wait
UGA girl
August 25th, 2011
6:17 pm
Okay, first of all, I actually go to UGA and know how chaotic campus is. There’s over 35,000 people in a little town all trying to go to the same place. He cut himself on something while riding his scooter… How does that make him stupid?! He’s obviously not too stupid to be going to such a prestigious school like UGA. Second of all, all of you $h!t talkers are probably unemployed middle aged men with nothing better to do than hate on innocent college students. Real mature.
On a brighter note, glad to hear Derrick is okay. Can’t wait for the season to start! Gooooooo Dawgs! Sic ‘em!
Delbert D.
August 25th, 2011
6:19 pm
Thin sheet metal of the scooter, according to Derrick’s statement.
Destin Dawg
August 25th, 2011
6:19 pm
the trolls will go away after the 1st 2 games… recruits will jump on the band wagon !!
Bob
August 25th, 2011
6:25 pm
Hey Lowcountry, sounds like UGA girl needs a date. Suppose we can fix her up with TampaGator? I think these clowns need to walk, jog, or ride a bike. Their classes are all pretty close to the jock dorm.
gotta go
August 25th, 2011
6:26 pm
Hey, Husker Boy, PLEASE GO HOME and chase some of those corn fed women who are the size of Lott!!! Good grief, what a loser…
UGA girl
August 25th, 2011
6:35 pm
Hey “Bob”, thanks for the concern, but I’m happily in a relationship. And you obviously have never been to Athens or UGA campus. I had classes back to back on opposite sides of campus, which is no where close to walking distance, that I had 15 minutes to get to. It’s not as easy as you think. Not to mention all of the buses are always overflowing with people. But good try!
TampaGator
August 25th, 2011
6:51 pm
UGAgirl…….
No worries about Bob’s mindless comments. I am too old for you…..and my happily married wife would not go for it anyway. And the closest I get to a jock dorm smell these days is when I sit in the stands at THE SWAMP on Saturdays…or when Bob walks by me after another whipping in JAX…..and I have to turn my head as he passes to avoid the locker room smell coming from his Dawg crying towel.
o “walk, jog, and ride my bike” near or on Clearwater Beach these days.
Delbert D.
August 25th, 2011
6:51 pm
Someone should send information like this to the athletic department.
Georgia DMV information:
To be classified as a “moped”
-Has an engine that doesn’t exceed 50 cubic centimeters.
-Can’t go faster than 30 mph.
-Cannot be driven on roads with a speed limit above 35 mph.
-Not required to be registered or titled.
-Valid driver’s license is required.
-Helmet is required.
To be classified as a scooter:
-Engine greater than 50cc.
-Horsepower 2 HP or more.
-Can reach speeds of 30 mph or more.
-Must be designed for highway use.
-Requires license as a motorcycle.
-Requires title and registration.
-Requires DOT-approved helmet.
I picked a moped scooter at random on the web:
Price – $549
Weight – 191 lbs.
MAXIMUM LOAD – 200 lbs.
TampaGator
August 25th, 2011
6:53 pm
But the good thing is…….college football is one day closer from being out of summer dreamland and into fall reality.
TampaGator
August 25th, 2011
6:56 pm
So….Delbert D….
My 1800cc deluxe cruiser is not a moped, right?
TampaGator
August 25th, 2011
6:58 pm
Bob……..
Enjoy the rest of your summer. Muschamp is starting to act like Spurrier and Lou Holtz with all his positve camp comments and now…….his, we aren’t very good comments. Keep on thinking, world…..that the Gators aren’t very good. That is what Muschamp wants you to think now…..but don’t believe it. They are very good.
Delbert D.
August 25th, 2011
7:12 pm
Hey, TampaGator. As a matter of fact, a guy rode a 250cc Honda Helix scooter (like mine) in the 1995 Iron Butt Rally over 9,000 miles in 11 days. Not for me; about 50 miles is about all I can handle without an injection of painkiller in the a$$. At 70 mph it is plain scary. I hit that once just to confirm the number.
My wife wouldn’t allow me to get another motorcycle. She says I’m to old to remember how to shift gears. Let’s see…1 down, 4 up.
Delbert D.
August 25th, 2011
7:16 pm
7 days and 15 minutes to game time for the early starters…
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
August 25th, 2011
7:22 pm
Muschamp gets it
Our staff; the only thing they get is win 10 wins thats all and beat Div II GT
Popcorn anyone while you watch another team play for the conference championship
LogicalUS
August 25th, 2011
7:27 pm
“actually talk UGA football”
BS Lowcountry, UGA homers on this site do not want to discuss UGA football, they want a delusional cheerleading session where everyone agrees that UGA is loaded five deep at every position and that no other school in college football have a single players who could make the UGA scout team.
Then when the crappie hits the fan in Sept and the mirrors come crashing down, they will scream and curse about the supermen “beating themselves” and not really loving “UGA”.
ZinoDawg
August 25th, 2011
7:27 pm
Man I don’t understand why you guys let the trolls get under your skin. That is exactly what they want. Ignore them and let’s discuss our Dawgs. GATA!
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
August 25th, 2011
7:39 pm
LogicalUS
Actually UGA has been deep with talent at every position, just no one knows how to coach them to play at this level
JDawg1785
August 25th, 2011
7:47 pm
Agreed, Zino. Although I’ll be the first to admit that it’s pretty disturbing to see so much negativity and trash talk on a blog post about a determined young man coming back from a nasty injury.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you, Derrick! DGD!
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 25th, 2011
8:02 pm
Logical is shows how little you know about me being a cheerleader for UGA. I often laugh at the blind homers who think we are going to win it all every year. I am a realist, I understand where UGA is at right now. Does that not mean I would like to see a 9-3 season? Is that actually expecting to much? Surely the talent at UGA can muster a 9-3 regular season when the toughest games do not include Bama and LSU. So is that cheerleading or being a fan that is hoping we actually get some good breaks this year and go to a bowl game to finish 10-3. After the past two seasons I think that is the improvement that needs to be shown.
tide roll / tech fan
August 25th, 2011
8:06 pm
and the nerds shall inheret the earth
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
August 25th, 2011
8:18 pm
I’ll be glad to shut my mouth if we can beat FL 2yrs in a row, or beat them every other year not every 5+ years
I could also deal with 8-4, 9-3 10-2 seasons if those wins came against opponents that you should have lost too.
Say what you want about Dooley, but you could expect his teams to pull off an upset against any team that they should have lost too.
BG
August 25th, 2011
8:19 pm
Good luck this year Derrick. GO DAWGS!
Kramer
August 25th, 2011
8:22 pm
The maturity level on these blogs never ceases to amaze me.
Fed Up
August 25th, 2011
8:34 pm
AJC headline: UGA profs offer course to illegals
This rips it for me. UGA has been a vipers’ pit of scumbag left-wing academics for decades, and now this.
At this point, the people of the State of Georgia are suffering another huge embarrassment from UGA.
Yes, there’s a very good reason why decent people know UGA as THE CESSPOOL OF THE SOUTH.
Mobile Dawg
August 25th, 2011
8:35 pm
Some of these posters are among the lowest class human beings living. I would bet that karma has already made their lives a living, miserable nightmare.
Mobile Dawg
August 25th, 2011
8:38 pm
I’m waiting on the practice report that Big John and Samuel are back and contributing.
JAWJeRDAWG
August 25th, 2011
9:09 pm
He just did, and in even more detail. .. Go Dawgs!
Paddy
August 25th, 2011
9:11 pm
DawginLex…….I like the stuff you say most of the time. but I believe you have lost your way today. Take a break and come back refreshed. Go Dawgs
WalterEgo
August 25th, 2011
9:46 pm
per “5 time national champion NEBRASKA,
“What does needing a scooter on the UGA campus have to do with the inability to safely park a scooter? That’s like justifying wrecking your car because you need one to drive to work.
Again, welcome to UGA”
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You just highlighted that Lott had a scooter accident driving on campus much like others have a car accidents driving to work and you highlighted how that makes him somehow ignorant. Does that make everybody that wrecks a car going to work (or wherever) ignorant? I mean it is your analogy comparing scooter and car accidents. How exactly is (a teenager) having a motor vehicle accident evidence of anything other than “accidents happen”.
Motor vehicle accidents happen all day, every day. The difference is that the same accident on a scooter injures MUCH more severely. Had Lott been in a car (not possible on the UGA campus) he would have been unscathed. Wrecking wasn’t his problem. I’m sure Mr. “Nebraska” has wrecked. His scooter analogy went head-on into a car for example. While Mr. “Nebraska” appears ignorant for this reason it does not stand that all who wreck are.
The problem was being ON A SCOOTER in the first place.
Dawg Whisperer
August 25th, 2011
10:13 pm
Fed Up… if you are overwrought with a UGA football player injuring his leg on a motorcycle and somehow relate that as an embarrassment to the State of Georgia… well, let’s just say your priorities may need re-evaluating.
Let me guess, you’re not a fan of UGA? Not surprisingly, all the Rhodes scholars that UGA has produced over the past few years somehow doesn’t deserve your attention and how about UGA’s standing as a top public state university? Not worthy of comment either, huh? Nebraska, on the other hand, doesn’t enjoy the same academic standing as UGA. The only cess pool I see is the collection of mindless, asisine comments from folks that choose to hate on these blogs.
ca dawg
August 25th, 2011
10:14 pm
@nebraska: pathetic and beyond classless to call a kid stupid for having an accident that almost ended his career. why don’t you let derrick know what you think of him next time you’re in athens, tough guy?
@lowcountry: you’re no blind homer, i can vouch for that. you’re one of the few people on here who consistently makes sense.
@mobile dawg: samuel ran some drills recently, i think, but they’re really being careful with him because we’re gonna need him in 9 days. 9 days!
ca dawg
August 25th, 2011
10:16 pm
chip: you’re doing a great job on the UGA beat. really enjoy your reports. KIU, brother.
jocrazy
August 25th, 2011
10:26 pm
why would children of the corn be worried about bulldawgs
Tdawg
August 26th, 2011
8:01 am
Why is it when I think of Nebraska I think of Lawrence Phillips? Not one great civilian or great scholar comes to mind.
DawginLex
August 26th, 2011
8:37 am
Obviously, I made a great decision yesterday to leave this blog
Chip Towers
August 26th, 2011
8:53 am
Say goodbye to Gay Dawg, Dogma, Mo Ped, T Dawg and 5 Time National Champion Nebraska. They’ve been banned.
I’m tired of people thinking this is a forum to be mean and nasty to others simply because they root for a different team. Obnoxious behavior and unsavory comments won’t be tolerated.
how2fish
August 26th, 2011
10:26 am
Chip thanks !
Dawg Gone
August 26th, 2011
11:02 am
Man I’m glad I missed this blog some of that trool’s stuff could have sent me over the edge and into the banned list too…..glad for the example and yes going forward will try harder not to let the troll bring out the dark side..
I am in my 60s now but ............
August 26th, 2011
2:55 pm
I had two scotter accidents in my late teens early 20s. One accident in the Bahamas and not paying attention while running into a golf course fence and once with my wife of nearly 40 years now ( both then UGA students) at a party, slamming into a storm sewer. We lived to tell about it and since that one, I never rode a motor bike again.
So, for the UGA haters to allege negativity …………….it proves that they do not ever get out and live the life.
Go Dogs.
albanydog
August 28th, 2011
11:51 am
THE ONLY ROLL TIDE I KNOW IS IN MY BATHROOM