UPDATED: ILB Shawn Williams highlights 4 new starters on Georgia’s defense
ATHENS – Georgia’s Shawn Williams, who started the first two games of the season at strong safety, got the start at inside linebacker Saturday against Coast Carolina
Williams, a 6-foot-1, 220-pound junior from Damascus, got the nod at the “Mo” linebacker position where regular starter Alec Ogletree was lost to a foot injury in the season opener. Ogletree is expected to be out at least two more weeks. Freshman Amarlo Herrera started the South Carolina game at Mo.
Georgia also had a new starter at the “Mike” inside linebacker position on Saturday. Junior Mike Gilliard filled in for Christian Robinson, who went down late in the South Carolina game with an ankle injury.
Williams’ switch from safety to linebacker created a domino effect on Georgia’s defense. Sanders Commings, who normally starts at cornerback, slid back to Williams’ strong safety spot. That meant that nickelback Branden Smith got the start at cornerback.
Also, John Jenkins was slated to get the first start of his young Georgia career at defensive end for the injured DeAngelo Tyson. But at the last second the Bulldogs subbed for Jenkins before the first snap and sent in cornerback Damian Swann as a nickelback.
Jenkins, a 6-4, 350-pound junior college transfer from Meriden, Conn., is primarily a nose guard but was filling in during the game at Tyson’s defensive end position. Tyson had started 11 consecutive games on Georgia’s defense but did not play Saturday because of an unknown injury. UGA officials said head coach Mark Richt will discuss Tyson’s situation after the game.
Other notable players to sit out Saturday’s game included tailback Richard Samuel (leg) and wide receiver Marlon Brown (ankle).
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Homer from Homerville
September 17th, 2011
7:13 pm
Sorry, forgot to mention that I am most proud of the display of the confederate flag by the Dawg Nation! As a Grand Wizard of the…err local chapter of the Bulldog youth organization fund I am most pleased with our progress. Go Dawgs!
HeyDawg
September 17th, 2011
7:33 pm
Yawn. There’s at least two people on this blog that need to get a life. Is the season over yet?
Columbus
September 17th, 2011
7:34 pm
Go Dawgs!
Oh and all you younguns who are blowing up the internet with complains of Richt…..you dont know jack squat!
The majority of fans support you coach and we will see you next year!
Columbus
September 17th, 2011
7:34 pm
Thank God for you Chip! You are the only writer on here who has a clue when it comes to UGA and not being a dwon right hater!
Go Dawgs!
renegade#1
September 17th, 2011
7:57 pm
why dont all of you get in a hog pen and have a bitch slap contest.Ya’ll all sound like whiney little shift covered turd sucking morons. Its sickening to read the drivel yall post. Go root with the hogs not for the dawgs.And if you have something smart to come back with just forget it you are not that important to me or anyone else especially your parents.
confusasnoop
September 17th, 2011
8:04 pm
snoop…your back under the name renegade#1? Or is this your sister?
Free online translator
September 17th, 2011
8:16 pm
“Tyson had started 11 consecutive games on Georgia’s defense but did not play Saturday because of an unknown injury.”
Translation: he went out drinking with Israel Troupe. You can guess how that worked out.
class act
September 17th, 2011
8:34 pm
I just read QB Hutson Mason’s post-game comments. This boy has class! Great to see him play today.
Snoop Dawg
September 17th, 2011
8:40 pm
Navy is playing South Carolina point for point. Where does that put our football genius Mark Richt and his trusty assistants Bobo and Grantham?
Snoop Dawg
September 17th, 2011
8:42 pm
Confused, which Richt assistant or employee are you really? You have several different aliases. don’t worry brotha, cause you’re gonna be licking food stamps pretty soon…
Snoop Dawg
September 17th, 2011
8:43 pm
Confu, on second thought you’re probably working on the Obama Economic recovery team… You are a true dufus.
Snoop Dawg
September 17th, 2011
8:44 pm
… or more probably you are a French sissy, as in je suis confu–which you certainly are…
Snoop Dawg
September 17th, 2011
8:47 pm
Good thing UGA doesn’t have to play Clemmons this year, that would really be embarrassing wouldn’t it. Even Dabo or whatever his name is would make Richt look like the imbecile that he is.
Snoop Dawg
September 17th, 2011
8:50 pm
I can’t believe that Preacha Man and BooBoo actually let Hutson Matson get a few reps. They must know the end is near…
Snoop Dawg
September 17th, 2011
9:03 pm
“I know our opponent returned some tickets just [Friday] or something,” Richt said. “They sent like 500 tickets back or something, so there wasn’t much time to get them sold. I don’t think it was that big of a deal. Our guys knew it wasn’t going to be about all that. It was going to be about taking care of business.”Want hear something funny? The fans are getting it. UGA didn’t even sell out the game, first time in years. Here’s what Marjoe Markt Wrecked had to say about that:
Don’t you folks get it? This guy is a world class chump. Once again, he’s passing out the koolaid as his team beat a NCAA 1-AA team between the hedges.
Actually this was an unfair fight. In school, the coach wouldn’t let a heavyweight whip up on a welterweight. But ole Marjoe Richt’s passing out the koolaid, expert at the sleight of hand.
Bottom line is that this is pitiful, a scandal. We’ve been ripped off by this imposter and his conniving staff and their parsitic friends and family.
They have utterly destroyed our football program and belittled our great Football Tradition.
All the while, too many have some sort of fetish love for this schmuck. Shame on you!
We have been dumbed down to the point where half of the Bulldog Nation is downright incoherent.
Wake up!
The Grinch
September 17th, 2011
9:03 pm
Snoop be postin’ for almost fo hours….on a Saturday night….must be a great life….
BWAAAAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
confusasnoop
September 17th, 2011
9:06 pm
snoop, welcome back. 6 posts in 7 mins.? Some kind of premature ejack?…..not much substance but the french was surely inspiring……..or not.
Snoop Dawg
September 17th, 2011
9:08 pm
The Bulldog Nation hates Steve Spurrier. Why? Because he has always been better than the coach at UGA he opposed. It’s really just jealousy.
I would love to have Steve Spurrier coach the Dawgs. It’s about winning.
Snoop Dawg
September 17th, 2011
9:10 pm
Hey Grinch, I’m multi tasking!
And I’ve about had it with this bs…
Is there any life out there?
'94 UGA Alumni
September 17th, 2011
9:13 pm
Hey Boise,
If you’re counting on us to win games for you then you are in trouble. Boise will never make it to the National Championship game with their schedule. To think we are the toughest game on your schedule is a complete joke because we aren’t anything special. If you want to be the best then you have to beat the best which requires at least playing the game which Boise doesn’t. Alabama or LSU would kill Boise. Trust me. They are on a different planet than UGA.
Snoop Dawg
September 17th, 2011
9:14 pm
Richt has destroyed UGA football to the point that the major media do not even show the score or the hightlights.
How low can you go?
You can’t get much lower than whale $hit.
Snoop Dawg
September 17th, 2011
9:15 pm
These Richt zombies remind me of Alice the Goon. Remember her? She was in love with Popeye…
The Grinch
September 17th, 2011
9:15 pm
Snoop Dawg
September 17th, 2011
9:03 pm
Snoop Dawg
September 17th, 2011
9:08 pm
Time for a dose of reality, Snoop.
You mentioned UGA’s “great Football Tradition”.
* Dooley won 201 games in 25 years, but 43 of those came during the first 4 years of the 80’s. So he won 168 games over the other 21 years. That’s about 8 games per season.
* Dooley leaves and we get Goff. Enough said.
* Goff is gone and we get Donnan who averages, you got it, about 8 wins per season.
* After Donnan comes Richt. So how far back do you go to boast about the “great Football Tradition”?
Now to Spurrier. I used to have very good contacts with a couple of people working in the athletic’s department. It appears Spurrier wanted the HC job at UGA but the braintrusts in Athens went with Goff. And the rest is history…..
Coaching staff
September 17th, 2011
9:15 pm
Well at least we know one thing for certain, SNOOOP DAWG has no life.
The Grinch
September 17th, 2011
9:16 pm
Snoop Dawg
September 17th, 2011
9:10 pm
“Hey Grinch, I’m multi tasking!”
Translated – you’re posting on the job and screwing your employer out of an honest day’s work.
confusasnoop
September 17th, 2011
9:17 pm
snoop??? say it isn’t so!
Confusadog
September 17th, 2011
9:17 pm
Snoop,
I owe you a big apology. At first, I thought you were just an a$$ but the more I read of your blogs I came to realize that Richt really needs to exit stage left. Thanks for putting it all in perspective for me.
confusasnoop
September 17th, 2011
9:19 pm
I feel soiled………….
Snoop Dawg
September 17th, 2011
9:19 pm
Confusedog, I know that your mamma and sister made you say that, didn’t they?
Snoop Dawg
September 17th, 2011
9:22 pm
Marjoe Markt Wrecked is really the Three Dollar man. Why is UGA paying him three million dollars a year to lead us into the SEC cellar with all the creepy crawlers?
Snoop Dawg
September 17th, 2011
9:25 pm
Mark Richt is not Georgia. He’s really a spy from Florida. He’s a saboteur on a mission of espionage..
confusasnoop
September 17th, 2011
9:25 pm
Snoop, snoop, snoop………..did you know snoop spelled backwards says pleasure me Mandingo Man?
Snoop Dawg
September 17th, 2011
9:26 pm
Richt is like Obama. He’s hated Georgia all his life. He’s on a mission to utterly destroy all our values and way of life.
Snoop Dawg
September 17th, 2011
9:27 pm
Confuciusdog, your mamma asked me to remind you not to use your inhaler excessively…
confusasnoop
September 17th, 2011
9:28 pm
you have values snoop?
confusasnoop
September 17th, 2011
9:31 pm
comparing Richt to Obama is like comparing Snoop to a manly man. It’s almost Bi-polar.
confusasnoop
September 17th, 2011
9:39 pm
It’s been 11 mins snoop. You getting tired?
Kathryn
September 17th, 2011
9:42 pm
Georgia will beat ole miss by 3 touchdowns
confusasnoop
September 17th, 2011
9:45 pm
Bless you Kathryn.
confusasnoop
September 17th, 2011
9:59 pm
Snoop is a blog bully, limp dick & all.
confusasnoop
September 17th, 2011
10:02 pm
Enter your comments here
kybodawg
September 17th, 2011
10:24 pm
will the real aburn please stand up.
TommyB
September 17th, 2011
11:10 pm
To say richt has no values is ignorant
TommyB
September 17th, 2011
11:12 pm
Poop dog your a sissy
aladawg
September 18th, 2011
12:59 am
This is for all you sh–heads that are harping on Walsh, Coach Richt and the rest of the ball team have got to have come from a loooong line of inbreeding generation after generation. You people are so damn stupid it is pathetic. I feel sorry for the people that have to put up with you idiots.
aladawg
September 18th, 2011
1:06 am
Snoop Dawg, go back to your double wide and have sex with your mama or your sister oh, your momma no your sister they must be the same person you inbred moron.
aladawg
September 18th, 2011
1:18 am
Snoop Dog, your mama, wife and sisters have given me a key to their bed room. You sorry piece of inbred scum bag mongoloid.
Joey
September 18th, 2011
7:24 am
Still no pass rush……
renegade#1
September 18th, 2011
9:17 am
confusadookie this is your mama go out in the yard and play til you learn to get along with others
DawgByte
September 18th, 2011
11:48 am
Thanks Chip for the article on Hutson… he deserved the recognition. He played very well yesterday and provides us all with a sense of confidence that if called upon, he can get the job done. If Crowell goes down – well that’s entirely different story.