UGA linebacker Robinson out ‘at least’ two weeks, plus other updates
Another week, another injury to a key Georgia linebacker.
Christian Robinson will miss “at least a couple” of games with a foot injury sustained in Saturday’s loss to South Carolina, UGA coach Mark Richt said Sunday.
The injury, coming one week after Alec Ogletree suffered a broken foot in the season opener, leaves Georgia (0-2, 0-1 SEC) without both of its starting inside linebackers.
Compounding the problem, inside linebacker was probably the thinnest position area on Georgia’s defense and the one at which the team was least equipped to withstand injuries.
“We’ve definitely got a challenge at the linebacker position right now,” Richt said.
Ogletree, who underwent surgery last week, is expected to be sidelined for up to six weeks. Richt did not have medical details on Robinson’s injury — he suggested it might involve a hairline fracture — but said it is not as severe as Ogletree’s.
The first names Richt mentioned as candidates to fill in for Robinson in the next two games — Saturday at home against Coastal Carolina and Sept. 24 at Ole Miss — are from the same trio that competed last week for Ogletree’s spot: junior Michael Gilliard, freshman Amarlo Herrera and senior walk-on Jeremy Sulek. Herrera started against South Carolina, but all three played.
Richt suggested that freshman Ramik Wilson or perhaps Chase Vasser might shift from outside linebacker to get some work at the depleted inside position. Moving Richard Samuel back from tailback to linebacker, or moving Jarvis Jones from outside linebacker to inside, are not wise options at this point, Richt said.
“You might weaken two spots if you take Jarvis away from what he’s doing and put him inside,” Richt said.
Robinson’s position is the on-field leader of Georgia’s defense, and “somebody is going to have to really get in there and be able to handle a lot of the communication issues,” Richt said.
Robinson, a junior, had a team-leading eight tackles Saturday before being injured late in the game. He was unable to play on the Bulldogs’ final defensive series. He was in the locker room afterward with a bag of ice on his left foot.
Among other topics Richt discussed Sunday:
- Although left guard Kenarious Gates is expected to play this week after missing the South Carolina game with an injured ankle, he “is going to have to compete to get back in the starting lineup,” Richt said. That’s because of a strong performance by Dallas Lee in his first collegiate start Saturday. Right guard Chris Burnette also played well against the Gamecocks after he “quite frankly didn’t play all that well in the first game,” Richt said.
- After reviewing film of Isaiah Crowell’s costly third-quarter fumble, which led to a South Carolina touchdown, Richt indicated the freshman tailback might have taken too much responsibility when he said after the game the botched handoff was entirely his fault. Quarterback Aaron Murray was “hobbling” from a hit on the preceding play and “didn’t bring the ball as deep as he normally would,” Richt said. “Isaiah should have been more patient, but certainly the timing in my opinion was different because of Murray hobbling back there instead of really sprinting.”
- Although tight end Orson Charles did not catch a pass Saturday, he “had his very best game as a blocker,” according to Richt. “Run blocking, pass protecting –- I don’t think I’ve seen him play with that kind of intensity.”
- Richt liked what he saw from the wide receivers. “You see Malcolm [Mitchell] coming on and Michael Bennett having a big day and making some plays. I think we have at least six guys who can make plays out there. I’m encouraged, definitely.”
– Tim Tucker, UGA blog
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Mensa Dawg
September 11th, 2011
8:10 pm
@MarineDog: “Crowell and Figgins in the backfield at the same time would be a good combination.”
Right. On a good day, they have a combined IQ of 100, a nice round number.
DID YOU KNOW ?
September 11th, 2011
8:10 pm
Did you UGA fans know that due to all your outstanding top recruiting classes- top 5 , top 10 , since 1980 when you actually won the national championship, that you have won that same championship every year since………………..in August ( that’s right—-before the games were ever played.)
Jadeveon Clowney
September 11th, 2011
8:12 pm
You Homers can yack all you want, but at this point the
Dawgs are irrelevant.
M.D.
September 11th, 2011
8:15 pm
Special teams and and poor tackling techiniques will get you beat everytime. Worst thing that ever happened to a DB is to watch how DEION used to tackle. Now they all do it.
CMR needs to call the plays. We pay him too much money to stand there with a play chart in his hand. Bobo is very good QB coach.
Blair Walsh missed a chip shot. A 60+ yd fake punt for a touchdown by a DT. Sloppy QB play. All things that we can point to losing a game on A Saturday that we were the better team.
CHDawg
September 11th, 2011
8:16 pm
I could be wrong, too, but I thought it was three in football. Imagine some of these guys at the Battle of the Bulge, Marine: “Ike is an idiot. Fire him. He should have seen this coming. We are 0&2, the Panzers are bigger and better than our tanks, and we should just give up and go home–maybe boo the generals on the way out. The most important thing is to get rid of Ike ASAP!” Instead our Dawgs acted like a famous old 82nd Airborne paratrooper is reported to have done. In the midst of an entire tanker unit retreating in the Ardennes, a tank driver noted a PFC digging in. The PFC digging the hole asked the tanker if he was looking for some place safe, and the tanker said, yes. The PFC said, well pull in behind me; I’m from the 82nd Airborne and this is as far as the b*****ds are going. (roughly paraphrased). I’m proud of the fight in our Dawgs, as I see you are, too. We lost a battle, but the Dawgs look determined to win the war.
Lakedawg
September 11th, 2011
8:22 pm
What a bunch of idiots on here today, most of whom use Dawg in their name but have never been to a game and for sure do not pull for the Dawgs. Another racist to go along with tide troll enen showed up.
If you really follow the Dawgs and even read the article Isiah hurt some ribs and could not take as many carries as he should have. And yes Boo is not completely well and has not been most of the time he has been here, until he can practice he can’t play
This team is going to get better sd year goes and be really good end of year and will see you _______ then.
DDPO
September 11th, 2011
8:24 pm
UGA holds USC to a three and out. The players and Grantham are over on the sidelines dancing/celebrating like they had just found out that they had won free KFC for life. How Grantham, how about staying focused and keeping your players heads in the game instead of chest bumping and celebrating.
There’s a reason that Grantham was fired in his previous DC position…
mountaindawg
September 11th, 2011
8:31 pm
all the comments are coming from a lot of wana be`s. if you could coach why are you not on the field every sat. no you set at home waiting for the game on t.v.. i get sick to my stomach just reading all the comments you send in. you must just shut the heck up and get your rest as you will need it monday morning when you start your paper route.. if i was healthy enough, i would be at all the dawg games just to show my support GO DAWGS CMR IS AND WILL BE THE BEST COACH TO WALK THE SIDE LINES IN SANFORD STADIUM
bob
September 11th, 2011
8:31 pm
How long until they fix Richt’s brain problem? Oh well, at least we will still keep Boise from having a strong SOS to let others yell they belong “because they beat a good SEC team”, they beat a terrible SEC team who would be the worst if it wasnt for vandy.
What is amazing is that Richt has all these highly sought after recruits but he did better his first few years and I think only a few were 4 stars and I dont remember any of them being 5 star recruits, his coaching style only works with hungry players. Pampered 5 star primadonnas are not the recruits for him, he needs farm boys and those raised in the country to succeed, but he will go to a mid level school and do really well since he can coach lesser recruits up. He does not have the ability to coach superstars.
bob
September 11th, 2011
8:34 pm
Oh well, hopefully those in power at UGA will be smart enough to go get Kirby Smart and not try to get Van Gorder back, with that defensive showing I really dont want him back.
Well maybe its not all his fault, they did trade all the draft away to get a guy who I don think even got the ball once today.
DamntheButcher
September 11th, 2011
8:34 pm
Tide Roll said it best a little earlier… Mark Richt wanted Cam Newton for a tight end. That should show what the idiot knows about recruiting and evaluating players!!!!
DamntheButcher
September 11th, 2011
8:35 pm
FIRE MARK RICHT
MarineDog
September 11th, 2011
8:37 pm
I totally agree CHDawg! 10 games left and people are already waving the white flag. Why does everyone expect to go from 6-7 to 12-0 in one year.
DamntheButcher
September 11th, 2011
8:38 pm
mountiandawg you just showed how stupid you are. 5 SEC teams have won national championships since Mark Richt has been at UGA. All 5 teams hired new coaches and that passed ole Saint Mark by. If you like to lose then I am sure Mark is the guy for the job.
dmr
September 11th, 2011
8:40 pm
Injuries are part of the game, I know. But did you know that over the last several seasons Georgia leads the Nation in losing “Starters to Injury”. I mean, how good was our offensive line when Trinton Sturdivant was a freshman? People forget he suffered three (3) major knee injuries and had to retire from the game. We have been snake-bit in areas where we can least afford injury.
I would like to see our “starters” play about 1 and 1/2 quarters of the Coastal Carolina game and then build depth and experience with some non-starters and freshmen (red shirts and true).
Looking at our schedule, if the Georgia team that showed maximum effort against SC shows up for the remainder of our schedule, sans multiple turnovers, there is not a game left that cannot be won. We just need that one, hard fought game win to help turn things around.
DamntheButcher
September 11th, 2011
8:41 pm
Mark Richt has put Georia football in the same category in the SEC with Vandy, Kentucky and Mississippi. You can’t argue with those facts!!
dog 21
September 11th, 2011
8:42 pm
fire them all. tired of this crap
DamntheButcher
September 11th, 2011
8:43 pm
dmr you are saying that about a team that lost to Central FLorida!!!!
bad observation
September 11th, 2011
8:43 pm
To pick out someone that had a bad game in the Boise Game–i.e. (Chris Burnette), the other guys must have been sensational. They all made mistakes! And why aren’t they lining up against Chris Burnette? If he is so bad. Come on Mark Richt. Look at your quarterback and help him to make good decisions.
Chubb
September 11th, 2011
8:44 pm
No worries, we got the Dream Team redshirting, next year we will dominate at every position. We got a couple of bad breaks (injuries, turnovers) or we would be 2-0 right now.
UGA 99
September 11th, 2011
8:44 pm
We can still win the sec and a national champeonship. No need to panik yet.If we win out and it can happon we will be top 5 and when we beat alabama or lsu, we will be in the big game. GO DAWGS
jack bull
September 11th, 2011
8:46 pm
Excellent game by the Dawgs yesterday, minus number 11. Coaches did a great job! the KIDS looked like they were out there having fun, which is what its all about. The only bad thing i can say about it is this, where was that fire and passion and aggressiveness last week(on the National Stage)? We continue to play like that, we’ll finish 9-2. I just hate that Murray’s height hurts us so much. it’s hard for him to even complete a screen pass.
Go Dawgs!
DamntheButcher
September 11th, 2011
8:46 pm
UGA99.. I think you need to learn how to spell….. That was pathetic
DamntheButcher
September 11th, 2011
8:47 pm
if if if if if if if if if if if
Dogged
September 11th, 2011
8:49 pm
Uga 99 u on crack?
Me
September 11th, 2011
8:51 pm
Enter your comments here
jackthejester
September 11th, 2011
8:55 pm
Another great weekend in GA sports – Dawgs lose again, Braves swept and Falcons blown out.
Coach Ray Goff
September 11th, 2011
8:56 pm
Until midget Murrays last desperation irrelevant td he had thrown for 3tds and singlehandedly given up 3tds.
Rambo does nothing and plays dirty. No. 2 is afraid to tackle and obviously only wants to play offense.
Grant hams a fraud. We suck.
Delbert D.
September 11th, 2011
8:57 pm
Need to see Ole Miss at Vanderbilt next week to get a better read on them. BYU beat Ole Miss 14-13 with 2 TDs in the 4th quarter. BYU lost to #21 Texas 17-16 on Saturday.
Please read
September 11th, 2011
8:58 pm
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/6956421/despite-starting-0-2-georgia-bulldogs-building-blocks-college-football
Real Dog Fan
September 11th, 2011
8:58 pm
How many of you are real football coaches and how many just wish they were? If your a real coach , maybe you should spend your spare time working on your game plaas rather than bashing another coach. To those of you who are just wannabes, pipe down. No one really cares to hear your theory on screen passes or position changes. All you do when you bash the team, coaches and players is turn off potential recruits who read these comments and decide they don’t want to play for a bunch of Bozo fans. It kills me that you guys think you sound smart when you spout off all your football jargon. My guess is most of you couldn’t make it as a football player in high school, so you feel it nessisary to put down the players and coaches who are good enough to play at the college level.
Go Dawgs…most of us fans love you guys come hell or high water. Forget about these other idiots.
UGA 99
September 11th, 2011
9:03 pm
Man some of you are jerks. Win we win the rest of are games, you will be back on the wagon. Fare weather fans. I didnt know the grammer police was here.
ATLDAWG87
September 11th, 2011
9:03 pm
….Why not move JARVIS JONES back to the inside, and let CHASE VASSER AND TJ STRIPLIN handle the outside….. I HOPE KEITH MARSHALL LIKE HOW THE BULLDAWGS ROTATED CROWELL & SAMUEL BECAUSE THEYRE GONNA BE A GREAT 1 2 PUNCH!!!
UGA Dawg 97
September 11th, 2011
9:04 pm
Bye, bye Richt! And take Aaron Murray with you.
Buster
September 11th, 2011
9:05 pm
Wow real dog fan. You and uga 99 need to go back to high school and learn how to spell and write.
You Haven't Considered
September 11th, 2011
9:06 pm
That Boise St. was that much better than USC and that is why Ga looked improved. Meaning GA had to look like a better team against USC than Boise St. There was HUGE difference in the skill level of Boise St & USC. Remember one was ranked #5 and the other #12. You goobers ain’t smart enough to know the difference evidently.
LakeDawg
September 11th, 2011
9:07 pm
Who’s going to call the defense!?! LOL
What a disaster this program is right now. CMR only concentrates on recruiting receivers, backs, and QB’s. The lines of scrimmage are an afterthought. He still thinks he can win in the SEC with an FSU attack. The thing is this can be turned around in 1 year with the right coach. Tons of talent and support at UGA.
ATLDAWG87
September 11th, 2011
9:08 pm
IF WE FIRE MARK RICHT, THEN LOSE ALOT OF RECRUITS AND ALOT OF THE YOUNG PLAYERS ON OUR TEAM
what_mojo
September 11th, 2011
9:09 pm
AHA! exactly what I said saturday!!!! When Murray came up in pain and hobbling they should have pulled him for a few plays-his mind was on the pain and not 100% on football. Just common sense (which is the problem here of course). So naturally two plays later the fumble occurs.
Matthews Dawg
September 11th, 2011
9:10 pm
Well said “Real Dog Fan”! I’ve said it for years on here. 98% of the people on here don’t know what it takes to be an elite athlete, coach, etc… Before most of you get on here and say we don’t have any, be quiet! Pull for the Dawgs or get off the BUS!! Great game and we did give it away, but personally I was happy with the way we played! We played with HEART! We will beat a lot of teams and we will continue to get better. I believe we win 9 total games, maybe 10. It will be tough, but I like where we are going. Go Dawgs!!
bob
September 11th, 2011
9:14 pm
CHDawg , mountaindawg, MarineDog all need a reality check. Most have been calling for his head for 2 years now, I defended him for those years but no more, the problems are still there two years later, stupid penalties, mental lapses, and moronic offensive play calling, I dont care if you have the bears defense from ‘85 keep putting them in those situations and even they would look bad, you cant keep running on 3rd and long, everyone knows its coming and it gets stuffed every time. And then when something works they never go back to it, WTF? Saturday they pulled the guard and blasted a hole for IC but then after that they didnt do it again, why not? It was a wrinkle they werent expecting and it was brilliant because they had no answer for it. Look, I loved richt but this is so stale that he has to go. Let him coach the year and then hire Kirby, its our only hope.
Reggae man
September 11th, 2011
9:14 pm
Dont worry man, the dogs will prevail. We are uga and we will fight.
We will win the rest of the games.
Mark Richt
September 11th, 2011
9:16 pm
Help me Obi Won Konobi. You’re our only hope.
drdawg
September 11th, 2011
9:17 pm
Seems like year after year after year we have no depth on the OL. Why? Should not we always have three deep on the OL? Why not? It is the same story for year after year. Isn’t the most important job of the CEO who he hires (recruits) and fires? Why are we always so thin on the OL?
And a program at UGA has to rely on walk-ons at LB?
Jest
September 11th, 2011
9:17 pm
Why is Lsu only a 3.5 favorite against MS this Thursday?
UGA Dawg 97
September 11th, 2011
9:18 pm
Can we get a QB in the house over 5 9′? We are at a major handicap with a midget behind center. Send him back to Florida where he came from!
tc
September 11th, 2011
9:19 pm
Dogs Suck
bob
September 11th, 2011
9:19 pm
ATLDAWG87-That depends on who the hire is, no player wants to sit a year and as long as the coach is hired before recruiting it may get more in there since the school looks bad right now.
Matthews Dawg-Really? Did you watch the same game I did? They played sloppy and without a purpose, they should have won the game by 14 or 21 points, we had better players than boise but lost, why? Because of discipline, plain and simple, Richt’s mantra of “finish the drill” sounds stupid now since we know nobody on the field was paying attention. And if you think they will win 9 or 10 you need to seek mental help, this is at best an 8 win team and most likely a 6 or 7 win team with that coaching staff.
just a fan
September 11th, 2011
9:25 pm
Great article by Ivan Maisel thanks to who ever posted the link.
Delbert D.
September 11th, 2011
9:25 pm
When 2 members of the Georgia athletic board question the direction the program is headed, are they not being true fans? Dr. Tommy Lawhorne did play high school football. As a matter of fact, he was a linebacker and team captain for Georgia.