Notebook: WR Marlon Brown used to extra attention Tennessee week
ATHENS – It is Tennessee week, so Georgia’s Marlon Brown knows exactly what that means for him. It means he will be the subject of multiple media interviews.
“What a surprise,” he said sarcastically when surrounded by reporters after a recent practice.
It has become routine for the junior receiver from Memphis. When it comes time to play the Vols, everybody wants to know how he feels his decision to choose Georgia over the home state university and when he might finally have that breakout season.
And when the Bulldogs are heading to Knoxville as they are this year, Brown knows he’ll be booed every time his name is announced over the public address system.
“I already knew the day I committed [to Georgia] when I was sitting there chilling with my family and friends, I was like, ‘every time we play Tennessee I’m going to get booed. I know I am,’” he said. “So I’m ready for it. It doesn’t matter to me.”
And he did. In his first game at Neyland Stadium two years ago, the 6-foot-5, 222-pound split end was booed mercilessly after hauling in his first reception. “It was pretty loud,” he said with a laugh.
The reason Brown draws such ire from Tennessee fans is the same reason Georgia fans get after Da’Rick Rogers so badly. Like Rogers, Brown was a five-star prospect and the No. 1-rated recruit in the state when he chose to sign with the Bulldogs.
Unlike Rogers, who was a UGA commitment for seven months, Brown never committed to the Vols. But Brown was generally considered a UT lock when former head coach Phil Fulmer was there.
“I guess they just felt like I should have gone there,” Brown said of Vols’ fans. “Whatever.”
That would seem to make Brown and Rogers kindred spirits, if not friends. But they’re not really.
“I met him a few times on his visits here and I’ve talked to him via Twitter and Facebook,” Brown said. “But I don’t really know him too well.”
Brown has had his own concerns in Athens. While Rogers is having his breakout season as a sophomore, Brown is still waiting for his. He toiled in the shadows behind A.J. Green his first two seasons and has battled injuries in this one.
Brown was the toast of preseason practice, drawing profuse praise from coaches and teammates alike. But then he suffered a serious ankle sprain on the last play of the last day of camp. He tried to wrap it up and play on it in games against Boise State and South Carolina before finally succumbing to the pain.
He came back for spot duty against Mississippi State but hopes to be “full go” against the Vols on Saturday.
“I’m a lot better than I was the first few games of the season when I played on it,” Brown said. Even last game when I played on it I felt a lot better.”
Fortunately for Georgia true freshman Malcolm Mitchell has stepped up and carried the torch nicely. Mitchell leads the Bulldogs with 22 catches for 312 yards and three touchdowns.
Brown’s happy about that, too. But he’s still eager to prove that he was worthy of fuss he caused with his signing 3½ years ago.
” I’m just trying to get back in the groove of things and get back to 100 percent so I can earn my spot back,” said Brown, who has just 17 catches for 182 yards and TD in his career. “That’s what I’m trying to do right now. Definitely I feel an urgency. I have this year and next year and that’s it.”
He figures there’s no better time to make a big splash than Saturday. “It’ll be awesome to do it any game, but probably even better to do it in this game.”
Robinson ready
Junior linebacker Christian Robinson came back from an ankle injury and played about 25 snaps against Mississippi State last week. He expects to play more at Tennessee on Saturday.
“I think they feel more confident after seeing me get some reps in the last game,” Robinson said. ” I think they want me out there to help us communicate and get everybody on the same page. That’s the biggest thing for us. Whatever I get I’ll take. I know Coach O [Kirk Olivadotti] has been telling everybody it’s on our shoulders. He expects a lot out of our group.”
The question is how the Bulldogs might look with Robinson taking most of the reps at “Mike” linebacker. Junior Michael Gilliard has led the Bulldogs in tackles starting there in each of the last three games while freshman Amarlo Herrera started at the “Mo” position.
Georgia coaches and players declined to discuss it other than to say “they’ll all play.”
Georgia Vols
There are 17 players on the Tennessee roster who call Georgia home, including several that are in the starting lineup.
In addition to Rogers, right tackle Ja’Wuan James of Suwanee, tailback Tauren Poole of Toccoa, and inside linebacker A.J. Johnson of Gainesville are all expected to start against the Bulldogs on Saturday and several other Georgians are expected to play frontline roles.
“It’s an important state for us in recruiting,” Tennessee coach Derek Dooley said. “But it’s an important state for about five other schools in recruiting who are close by. Not only does the home-state school depend on all that talent — they’re going to make up probably 80 to 90 percent of their clas — but then you have Alabama and Auburn and Florida and Florida State and Clemson and South Carolina who are all are just as close or really closer than Tennessee.”
Etc. . . .
Jim Booz has been named Georgia’s new senior associate athletic director for compliance. He comes from Virginia to replace Eric Baumgartner, who left to UGA to take the same job at Virginia. . . . Senior flanker Israel Troupe is expected to return from a leg injury on Saturday. . . . Georgia held a closed “dress-rehearsal” scrimmage at Sanford Stadium on Thursday. The Bulldogs will depart for Knoxville Friday evening.
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143 comments Add your comment
DawgLifer
October 6th, 2011
7:35 pm
First!
WestOfAthens
October 6th, 2011
7:38 pm
HBTD
Frank Lane
October 6th, 2011
7:50 pm
time for Brown to step forward.
funny
October 6th, 2011
7:50 pm
3rd
run the ball
October 6th, 2011
7:58 pm
If Murrey throws the ball to the other team we will get beat. If we can’t get to their quarterback: like against Boise St, we will get beat.
Inspector G
October 6th, 2011
8:05 pm
Aarron Murray > Tyler Bray…and @ run the ball, you’re “WE” privileges have now been revoked…www.hailtothee.com
-Inspector G
ATL Sports Fan
October 6th, 2011
8:05 pm
Who is Murrey?
RomeDawg
October 6th, 2011
8:09 pm
I would love nothing more than for Marlon Brown to have a breakout game this weekend.
Go Dawgs!! GATA!!
hogmtndawg
October 6th, 2011
8:18 pm
Hope they have a Peach Pass to get to the airport . . .
dawgfan6
October 6th, 2011
8:19 pm
Go Dawgs!!
bucket
October 6th, 2011
8:22 pm
Here’s hoping Brown goes out and has a great game on Saturday!
just a fan
October 6th, 2011
8:28 pm
Love the website Inspector G
bardawg
October 6th, 2011
8:31 pm
I hope Marlon Brown has the game of his life(10 receptions for 250yards, 4 TD’s) .Well that ma be a little too much to expect, but it’d still be pretty freaking awesome. Go Dawgs & get ALL the Tenn. A$$
bardawg
October 6th, 2011
8:34 pm
That’s real cute RinglingSisters ! The pooh -pooh the dawgs scrape off the bottom of their shoes will be a pathetic ,if not sickly colored orange.
bucket
October 6th, 2011
8:44 pm
Wow. There’s actually a Vol fan on here talking about players getting in trouble? I seem to remember a saying about people who live in glass houses and what they shouldn’t do.
Spaceman Spiff
October 6th, 2011
8:54 pm
@Junior Vol Two
Seems we have another candidate for the “do you just say stupid stuff?”
JB
October 6th, 2011
9:25 pm
I’ve Seen Dawgs play the last two weeks and the Vols. The Dawgs Should win.
truedawg
October 6th, 2011
9:49 pm
The dawgs have to get pressure on that Orange QB. Do that, and the Dawgs grind it out with running game and short passes. Eat the cloack and play ball control. ALSO Dawgs have to stay on the gas, let up on Tenn, and let the crowd get into it and it can be rough to play. Dawgs should win this one. CMR needs to regain his road win rep. Lose this one and it digs a deep hole. Win this one big, and it sends the final message that UGA is back. Dawgs should win by 10. 27-12. GATA!!
Go DAWGS!!!
Seriously
October 6th, 2011
9:51 pm
Maybe UGA should try that high school offense that GT runs. They seem to be doing pretty well with it.
Seriously
October 6th, 2011
9:53 pm
The Underwater Basket Weaving classes may distract from learning the offense though.
Snoop Dawg
October 6th, 2011
10:04 pm
Who’s Marlon Brown, anyway? Oh, he was a 5-star recruit out of Tennessesem eh? Well, has he played any? Has he made a touchdown? I haven’t heard a peep from him.
Seems like Marlon Brown is a bust. A dud… Another 5-star recruit that Bobo has trained up to 1-star level.
Everybody is drinking the koolaid now that Richt has beat the Mississippi teams (perenneal losers) and Coastal Carolina. Wow, what an accomplishment.. They’re tied for first place!
Keep drinking the koolaid, boys.. We will see incompetent coaching from Richt and Bobo up close and personal on national TV again Saturday night.
Their fatal errors of judgement and just plain incompetence will result in another mark in the L column. As in Loser.
Keeping Richteous Richt at $3M has its consequences. That would be losing football games on a regular basis…
We need to let da Preacha Man go. Now. With that $30M he’s been paid, he can now purchase the Crystal Cathedral in California and minister to all those Latin American indigents.
Snoop Dawg
October 6th, 2011
10:09 pm
PS. Same goes for Senior Israel Troupe…
Snoop Dawg
October 6th, 2011
10:13 pm
The only Bulldog who might have a breakout game this weekend would be Corneleus Washington if he tries to break out of the Clarke County jailhouse…
Gravy Train
October 6th, 2011
10:23 pm
Nothing sucks like a Big Orange. Tennessee, where rednecks turn orange in the fall.
Crowell is gonna take it to the house at least twice on Saturday!
Neyland Stadium is a great place for signature Georgia victories.
GO DAWGS!
St. Simons' Daddy
October 6th, 2011
10:35 pm
Love how the Vowel fans throw rocks from their glass house. Your program has no self restraint or scruples at all. No matter what a player does all we here is it will be dealed with internally. Not much longer and the NCAA will be back on campus investigating again and this time you will get more than your hand slapped. Seems Lame Kitten’s staff has struck again. It is ashame Derek has to deal with this nonsense but he chose UT and my sympathy ends there.
Guess all the Tenn prisons will furlough the inmates to fill up the stadium and you know there will be no road construction this weeked. The Vowels have the ugliest unis in all college football. The orange looks like it has been washed a 100 times and is faded. ‘If Murray is on, this game will not be close but UT has a good QB and it should be interesting. See you all DAWGS in the mountains this Saturday. Go Dawgs….
Thomas Brown
October 6th, 2011
10:43 pm
- vols – no defense
– vols – no running game
– vols – no special teams
Beating vols means as much as beat Missy State, Ole Miss, Coastal Carolina
– nothing
Mark Richt – all 11 years :
– 3 wins 10 losses to teams finishing AP Poll Top 10
– 17 wins 26 losses to teams finishing AP Poll Top 25
– 10 more losses to teams not finishing AP Poll Top 25
Aaron Murray will end up being the reason Mark Richt is fired
Aaron Murray ALREADY is reason Mark Richt’s 3 and half million dollar contract has not been renewed; this is so that the buy-out will be less
9-9 as Starting QB and compared to David Greene, utterly preposterous to compare the 2
td
October 6th, 2011
11:05 pm
Snoop Dawg
October 6th, 2011
10:13 pm
I see you are back at it again. I have noticed two weeks in a row that you have been on the blog during the game and during the week but you mysteriously disappear when GT is playing. Inquiring minds might think that you are a GT fan pretending to be a UGA fan and trashing the team. This mind knows it and so will everyone else reading this blog. You have been busted snoop (GT fan) dawg.
SNOOP DAWG IS A HIDDEN GT FAN TROLL.
Thomas Brown
October 6th, 2011
11:37 pm
October 6 is a post during the game td ?
Thomas Brown
October 6th, 2011
11:39 pm
did GT have a game tonight ?
Thomas Brown
October 6th, 2011
11:50 pm
You know, it gets more than a little old that anyone who is not satisfied 13-13 vs SEC East teams after 2005, is a Georgia tek Nerd. Lame td, Lame.
td, you are the problem with this football program anymore. We have not finished ranked at all these 3 years now, and have no hope of such this year, unless – like Georgia tek we get ranked for beating the cupcakes – like the vols.
Oh, we beat an SEC team. No we didn’t. We beat Ole Miss and Missy State the 2 dead last worst teams in The SEC.
The vols are the 4th worse team in The SEC.
That makes us about the 5th worse team in The SEC.
It is what we do.
We cannot beat the great teams.
We cannot beat the ranked teams.
We do LOSE to cupcakes at the rate of 1 a season all 11 years of Mark Richt.
2002 we won The SEC Championship when the only other ranked SEC team in the Coaches’ Poll Top 25 for all of 2002 was # 14 Auburn & Auburn beat Alabama but LOST Four (4) games 2002. We LOST 2002 to a team who ended up NOT RANKED in EITHER POLL, yet Mark Richt’s offense which averages the # 52 Total Offense all 11 years and is the # 52 Total Offense again this year, went 0-11 on 3rd Down Conversions vs Florida in 2002.
2005 we won The SEC CG, but we ended up the # 3 SEC team in the final polls 2005 when we LOST 3 games.
2007 Mark Richt did not get hosed by the BCS, as in 2007 he LOST to a sorry 6-6 South Carolina team who did not even play in a bowl, while LSU beat two (2) teams who ended up in The AP Poll Top 10; Mark Richt beat no teams finishing in the AP Poll Top 10 in 2007. And, in 2007 he also LOST in a BLOW-OUT of Biblical Proportions to an average at best, vols
dbc
October 7th, 2011
12:42 am
The Virginia for Virginia compliance exchange is a bit odd.
clay
October 7th, 2011
2:31 am
@thomas brown- Wow…Really?
Lowcountry Bulldawg
October 7th, 2011
5:34 am
Look at all the incumbent receivers in Troup,Brown,King and Wooten falling behind players like Mitchell and Bennett, each true Freshmen. Unbelivable that out of that group of four uber talent WR that none have been able to come close to matching the hype they came to Athens with.
Cmon man
October 7th, 2011
5:38 am
@thomas brown whats your deal you go on tech blogs and defend uga but you turn around and talk bad about uga on here? Did you not get enough hugs when you were a kid?
Thomas Brown
October 7th, 2011
5:57 am
I am actually not satisfied, thank you for asking, with 13-13 after 2005 vs SEC East teams; and, moreover the entire 11 years shows huge numbers of players arrested suspended and not playing such as the 29 scholarships given out by Mark Richt for 2011 season who are not here to play vs vols. In addition to all that, Mark Richt all 11 years has 3 wins over teams finishing in the AP Poll Top 10 and 10 such losses; along with his 17-26 record all 11 years vs teams finishing in the AP Poll Top 25; with 16 games Lost all 11 years vs teams who would not have finished being ranked in the AP Poll Top 25 without their win over Mark Richt and 10 of those 16 still were not ranked, even after they beat Mark Richt.
I know the concept is hard to comprehend : I ain’t happy with not ending up being ranked at all 2011, 2010 and 2009. Again, thank you for this opportunity to clarify that I hate Georgia tek, love UGA, attended UGA, am as big a fan of UGA as you could possibly ever meet at the game – and am not in the least drinking any more Kool-Aid, buying into any further EXCUSES, and think the # 11 program all-time in 1-A wins should not be # 27 after 2005, when 2005 was 7 seasons ago.
I’m fed up with it, and know for a fact that 3 and a half million dollars annual total compensation for Mark Richt is WAY TOO MUCH for this, and that ANYONE who is saying we are OK instead, is the problem why we are stuck with this worthless “coaching staff” Mark Richt has assembled, and that they are therefore the problem with our football program. I want it fixed. Now, that you have heard my deal, what’s yours ?
GaTruth
October 7th, 2011
5:58 am
Everything orange is evil. Evil I tell you. Evil…
Thomas Brown
October 7th, 2011
6:13 am
We have a WR receiver coach who was a Great Running Back.
We have Running back coach who was a Wide Receiver here.
We have OC whom we stole as QB coach from JAX State.
We have TE coach who in fact is a Quarterback.
We have OL coach who has coached at West Alabama, Tuscaloosa Central high school, Gardner Webb, UAB and no here.
We have a S&C coach who has done nothing but that here since 1982, promoted to head S&C.
We have a head football coach, who has never been head football coach anywhere who has proven in his 11 years that many years ago, he should have had all hiring and firing decisions removed from his job description. We have a liar for a head football coach. You have to ask yourself why Mark Richt has not had his 3 and one-half million annual total compensation contract renewed ?
Cmon man
October 7th, 2011
6:14 am
so crying on the ajc is going to fix your concerns about the direction of the program? Nobody on this site can do anything about the program so instead of crying like a little girl why dont you be a man and take your concerns directly to mark richt he has a call in show and makes numerous apperances during the off season. Its easy to sit behind a computer and take shots.
Thomas Brown
October 7th, 2011
7:02 am
You were asked child what is YOUR DEAL ?
Instead a personal attack.
Why is that ?
Don’t want to come clean on YOUR DEAL ?
Obviously, child.
Thomas Brown
October 7th, 2011
7:06 am
Why don’t you just sit there and cry in your baby crib, that what ? You ARE satisfied with what I just put there for you to review of what we in fact are in football.
Thomas Brown
October 7th, 2011
7:07 am
Taking shots ?
You mean like YOU ARE DOING sitting there hiding behind your keyboard ?
Im so over Richard Samuel
October 7th, 2011
7:24 am
Still over him
Douglas
October 7th, 2011
7:29 am
Lowcountry Dawg…you are right about Troup, Brown, King — I don’t think Wooten has gotten enough playing time but when he is in the game, he seems to be better than the others. I just don’t think we have a good receivers coach or RB coach.
Thomas Brown
October 7th, 2011
7:30 am
You talk about being a man and then you ask me a question. I am man enough to answer your question thoroughly. You ? 3 times I have asked you. Have you answered what your deal is yet ? No, sir. You are like so many on the Internet who feel that only you can criticize anyone else. This happens to be a sports blog. You haven’t said one word on sports, and despite my attempts to get you tell this world you think you are impressing here, what it is that is your deal, you have categorically refused to say.
Why is that ?
Spaceman Spiff
October 7th, 2011
7:42 am
@cmon man
The first thing you need to realize is that Thomas Brown (aka rooster, polyana, etc) is nothing more than a troll… In one of his posts he talks about being sick of it, well we all suggest that he hops back over to the GT forum so he can support them…
Oh, and Thomas Brown, you still haven’t answered our question as to why you are so in love w/ the real Thomas Brown that you feel you must use his name as your handle… Or is it that you wish you were his handle?
Cmon man
October 7th, 2011
7:47 am
Thomas brown this is the last time I will speak on this issue if you stop crying for a minute and learn to read in my last post I said ” I dont have a problem I just dont understand why a grown man continues to cry and complain about the samething day in and day out” now if that is to hard for you to understand then you have some serious issues. Does your wife or girlfriend know that you complain this much?
Thomas Brown
October 7th, 2011
7:51 am
That does not answer what your deal is. Where are you on this point of mine that I am unsatisfied and nonplussed with this coaching staff. Obviously, it DOES bother you or you would not continue this personal attack on me, child.
Thomas Brown
October 7th, 2011
7:56 am
“Did you not get enough hugs when you were a kid?”
“crying like a little girl”
“Its easy to sit behind a computer and take shots.”
“now change your tampon ”
“stop crying for a minute”
“Does your wife or girlfriend know that you complain this much?”
“you have some serious issues”
Who has the issues, child ?
Thomas Brown, Seek Help!
October 7th, 2011
7:57 am
.
Orange is Ugly
October 7th, 2011
8:01 am
any shade
Spaceman Spiff
October 7th, 2011
8:07 am
Will the real Thomas Brown please stand up! We have a troll on here that is so in love with you that he must use your name as his handle! Please take him in the back room and give him the attention he so greatly desires
Thomas Brown, Seek Help!
October 7th, 2011
8:08 am
We understand that you are not satisfied with the program overall (coaches, QB, WRs, watergirl, band, cheerleaders, time of kickoff etc). Now that you are trying to justify your comments I must ask this. Does a reasonable person post to these blogs throughout the night? Your comments over the past few days and weeks express many of the frustrations many of us feel. However, you really need to take a deep breath. You are coming across not as a frustrated fan but as a real headcase.
Nothing you can say or do in these silly blogs will change the team. They only make you look like a “child”. If you are a booster I would suggest writing to Greg McGarrity expressing your frustration with the current program and explain to him why you will not be making future contributions to the program. That may be the best solution. Otherwise, stay off these blogs, get some sleep, regroup, refocus, and then seek help.
DawginLex
October 7th, 2011
8:20 am
Don’t feed the pig
Don’t argue with the pig
Georgia is going to win this game I predict.
If we don’t, the course will be set
2012
New coaching staff
New starting QB
Murray is on the hot seat big time this week. No turnovers, run the ball and let our D do its thing, we win. Keep forcing throws and trying to do too much, turn the ball over, and we lose.
Simple stuff.
DJ Dawg
October 7th, 2011
8:29 am
I dont even waste my time reading what Thomas Brown ever post. I have a good feeling about the DAWGS coming out focused and playing all 4 qtrs and coming out of there with a convincing win!!!!!
Go Dawgs!!!! GATA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mark
October 7th, 2011
8:36 am
@DJ and DawginLex
Couldn’t agree with you more!Have said all along the the Dawgs are going to surprise people, no matter what the trolls say…
sogadog
October 7th, 2011
8:37 am
Great Q & A with Derek Dooley. He reminds me of Vince, praising the upcoming opponent, and anxious for his team to establish his running game. D. Dooley will probably have a great deal of success at Tenn.
CMR could take a lesson from Vince Dooley. Unlike CMR’s recent teams, V. Dooley’s teams didnt beat themselves with mistakes and turnovers.
DJ Dawg
October 7th, 2011
8:45 am
Establish the Run and that will open up the play action pass! Do that and its an easy win!
Richard Tardits
October 7th, 2011
8:51 am
DawginLex, agree. I think we will win but a loss may set the course. After the 41-14 win last year a UT win this year would suggest both programs are sharply heading in different directions. However, that being said I don’t think UT is markedly better than they were last year and I really do think we have improved at least with the X’s. Not greatly improved but enough to get the job done. If the Aaron Murray from last year shows up we win no question about it. A loss and that may seal the deal.
gdawginkalamazoo
October 7th, 2011
8:54 am
DawginLex, nice summary of what this game means.
gdawginkalamazoo
October 7th, 2011
8:55 am
We need to get that “largest O-line in ALL of football” to make a statement this weekend and for the rest of the season.
DawginLex
October 7th, 2011
9:00 am
UT gave us that game last year
Simms played QB
Bray came in late
This won’t be 41-14
Mark
October 7th, 2011
9:02 am
I feel pretty good about this game. Our D needs to put Bray on his back or at least keep the pressure on him. If they can’t, then he may end up looking like a heisman candidate. But I believe our D can do it. I hope the changes to the O line will make a difference and actually be dominant.
DJ Dawg
October 7th, 2011
9:06 am
Mark
I agree.We cant let Bray sit in the pocket or he could pick us apart. We need DB’s to step it up as well and hang on to some of these pick’s!!!
Paul is a Johnson
October 7th, 2011
9:11 am
This is not the same TN team we beat last year 41-14. Truth be told this is a great measuring stick for both teams. Both just re-entered the SEC East race with SC and FL losing last week. We both have a ton to play for. This UGA team seems different this year. They fight hard and nobody is quitting. I think the difference in this one will be our D. Grantham has them playing at a high level and if the D shows up we win.
DJ Dawg
October 7th, 2011
9:21 am
That is correct the SEC is wide open, that is why I cant understand why all the Murray bashers are calling for CMR to play Mason. I know the kid needs and maybe deserves playing time but now is not the time to do it.I just dont think Murray is the type of QB that could handle being platooned in and out of the game and be as consistent as we need him to be.
Richard Tardits
October 7th, 2011
9:30 am
Mark, agree. We don’t need to let Bray look like a Heisman Candidate like we did with Crompton. Bray is much better than he was and that has me a little concerned.
Buck Blew
October 7th, 2011
9:35 am
Murray will not be playing in the game until after 7:48……….the end of Yom Kippur in Knoxville. As many of you know he is Jewish and won’t play on the holiest day of the Jewish year….the Day of Atonement. It’s going to be interesting to see how his fasting will affect his energy level.
UGA Insider
October 7th, 2011
9:38 am
UGA 28 UT 27.
I pray UGA does not get beat on special teams however.
Mark
October 7th, 2011
9:39 am
@DJ,
One thing that we have to remember is that the Murray bashers are, more often than not, Tech trolls. I see the O line gelling and providing stout play – protecting well and opening holes for Crowell and company. Is Malcome redshirted?
Spaceman Spiff
October 7th, 2011
9:41 am
@Buck Blew
You, sir, have joined the candidate list for “Do you just say stupid s**t?”
why??
October 7th, 2011
9:42 am
thomas brown… please get a job or at least a girl friend.
Spaceman Spiff
October 7th, 2011
9:44 am
@why??
He does have a gf – rosie palm… they meet quite often while he is looking at his pictures/posters of the real Thomas Brown…
why??
October 7th, 2011
9:45 am
nothing SUCKS like a BIG ORANGE!! GATA!!!!
why??
October 7th, 2011
9:45 am
WHAT ABOUT A JOB?
UGA Insider
October 7th, 2011
9:49 am
Also, look for Orson Charles to have a monster game… If he doesn’t against those freshman LB’s then Bobo should retire on the spot! No excuses in this game for the offensive coaching staff….The defense has their kids ready to play now it’s your turn!! If you try and play conservative you are going to lose!
Real Dawg Fan
October 7th, 2011
9:56 am
TO UGA HATERS (alumni included)
Stop bringing up the past. True we had some bumps along the way til now but I do see a new program being formed here. Team first players and a coach/staff who will “help” you go to another school if you feel UGA is not the place for you. Nobody’s position is safe, example, Damian Swann came in and took alot of PT from those who thought otherwise………GO DAWGS!!!!
WDE
October 7th, 2011
9:57 am
My Lord but it is GREAT to be a Georgia Bull Dog !!
duronimo
October 7th, 2011
10:01 am
When goth teams are stocked with good players, games like this comes down to the intangibles. For several years now I’ve been seeing Georgia teams minus whatever it takes to simply “will” themselves to a win. Tough-minded teams end up on top. The character issue in recruiting needs to go further than whether or not a player will get in trouble. That’s important, but perhaps more emphasis should be paid to what a player is going to do when toughness is required. Toughness can also be instilled in players but a mild mannered coach can’t do it.
harold
October 7th, 2011
10:01 am
TO SHOW YOU HOW THE TALENT AT UGA HAS GONE DOWN——BROWN WOULD BE ON THE BENCH BEHIND RODGERS AND JUSTIN HUNTER!
HOWEVER UGA SHOULD STILL WIN THIS CAKEWALK.
DOOLEY HAS GOT TO START WINNING ON ROCKY TOP OR THOSE FANS WILL BE GOING “BUCK WILD!”
Not Really
October 7th, 2011
10:13 am
The one thing i’ve noticed is that when fans see a 5 star rating they automatically conclude that he will be great. And he very well maybe. But in due time. Aside from good coaching, the thing i’ve noticed about the teams such as Boise St., is that there are alot of 3 star players who play together for 5 years. Thus making a TEAM. Our coaches are good enough to compete at this level, however most of our greatest recruits have only commitments to themselves and not the TEAM. I don’t blame them I blame the media for the hype,the NCAA for not allowing some sort of stiphon, and the companys that rank them only to sell their services. 5star’s only sells magizine’s, its good for business. There is so much parady in college football today that if you can get teams to stick together for four or five years you can build a winning team. On any givin saturday any team can be great. Hopefully saturday will be one of those days for the dawgs. One more thing, if you can’t or don’t want to contribute to a intelligent discussion. Find something meaningful to do with your life and stop wasting my good air.
ugab
October 7th, 2011
10:14 am
I hopeM Brown has a break out game against UT. It is going to hurt losing our best pass rusher this game. I do no know what Washington was thinking. Someone needs to step up.
TANKER264
October 7th, 2011
10:14 am
The dawgs will win if our O gives Crowell room to run and pass protection, they have to pick up the blitzes, I believe that they blitz us all night long since that is one of the dawgs’s weaknesses. That is when we have the most problems at, throwing ints, fumbling and not converting on 3rd downs. I believe that if we can pass protect better and keep Murrary off the turf and give him time to sit and throw the ball like we know he can then we will pick ut apart. And we will win if our D puts pressure on Bray all night long, blitz him on 1st and 3rd downs, and our secondary not allowing big plays, nothing behind them. If they let Rogers or Arnett by them it will be 6 and it will be a long night. We can give them some short passes but if we do we have to swarm tackle them, no dang arm tackling or they will shake and bake and take it to the house. If the dawgs do what they are suppose to and do all of this then the dawgs will win and will be on top of the SEC and in recruiting. GO DAWGS. GATA…
Mark
October 7th, 2011
10:15 am
@harold
Really, now you can’t be serious – basing our talent level off of 1 player. What about Mitchell, OC, IC, Rambo, boykin, and the rest? Are they of lesser talent also?
Oh, and please stop the all caps – makes you look stupid…
Mark
October 7th, 2011
10:19 am
Like ugab, I hope that Brown will have a breakout game. But I think Mitchell and Charles will be even bigger. Also think that IC will have another 100+ rushing…
UGA Insider
October 7th, 2011
10:21 am
I’m ready to see what Ray Drew has when he gets to play on third and long. He will basically be asked to speed rush off the end. Vasser will be in there on 1st and 2nd. Drew has not played more because he came into camp unprepared for SEC Football. Perhaps in good enough shape for AA HSF but not SEC. The wreck slowed him down more and it’s been tough to catch up with the veterans. I personally would have liked to see a redshirt year. Also, Washington can be replaced. His stats were not that great leading up to the MSU game and he was non existent in the Boise, USCe game. I personally think we can get better production from his backups.
All my worries are with the offense and the comments coming out of Athens regarding our game planning.
DJ Dawg
October 7th, 2011
10:24 am
UGA Insider
What comments are you referring to?
AltamahaDawg
October 7th, 2011
10:25 am
Not too worried about Special Teams. Walsh will just end his slump at some point and then he won’t be in one. That’s not a strategic failure or lack of preparation/coaching. He’ll just make a few and it’ll be over. Punt return defense has been oddly a problem, but it’s not been costly. Fortunately we offset being the worst (giving up yardage) with being the best (in punting). Actually looking at Special teams on the whole, we are actually in the upper part of the league in most categories, AND a far cry better than TN than practically every one of them.
FaithfulDawg86
October 7th, 2011
10:27 am
Thomas Brown: Quit defiling the name of a great Bulldog. You’re an idiot. That is all.
Mark
October 7th, 2011
10:34 am
I know this question has been beat to death, but has Malcome been redshirted?
AltamahaDawg
October 7th, 2011
10:39 am
He was last year, yes.
Mark
October 7th, 2011
10:43 am
@AltamahaDawg,
Thanks. Didn’t (still don’t) know his status. I think his new attitude will turn him around.
UGA Insider
October 7th, 2011
10:49 am
DJ Dawg,
Bobo did an interview with the AJC and basically said that in the 2nd half they go conservative and hope the defense wins the game. That’s the reason for the poor numbers against Ole Miss and MSU. I just hope Bobo realizes UT is a quick, fast scoring offense unlike our previous 2 opponents. I just wish CMR would step on someones throat one week.
DJ Dawg
October 7th, 2011
10:51 am
UGA Insider,
Im with you 100% on that. Put somebody away,play to win and stop playing not to lose!!! Sooner or later that prevent stuff will come back to haunt you.
TANKER264
October 7th, 2011
10:52 am
I believe that Bobo needs to open the field more, call some swing passes to Crowell and Thomas and let their speed take over, they will wear down UT’s D in open field, run some screen passes to them and to Mitchell or Brown. They need to spread the ball and their d. They need to keep their d on their toes. If they do that then Crowell will be able to put on a show. If we can estabalish the passing game then the passing game will set up the running game. If anybody watches Florida games then you see how they use their speedsters, they throw swing passes to the running backs and screens and let their speedsters use their speed to get more yards after the catch and possibly take it to the house.
Dirty Dawg
October 7th, 2011
10:54 am
Hey ‘c’mon man’, SnoopDawg has a wife or girlfriend? You’re kiddin’, right? And Derek’s defending the wearing of those OOOOrange pants wouldn’t seem like much if it were, at least, the same color orange as the rest of the team. Met an Auburn fan once at an SEC Championship game where they were playing Tennessee (this was back when I was actually speaking to AU folks), and asked him what the deal was with all these ‘orange’ teams surrounding Georgia – we’re pretty much boxed in if you hadn’t noticed – he mentioned that while that was so, that there was a difference in, at least, their orange and UT’s orange…UT’s is the one that had been left out in the sun too long. Derek’s don’t even look as if they’ve been washed once.
I’ve been to a lot of big Georgia-Tennessee games – almost always with UT friends – and it’s always been pretty cordial. Seems to me that nothing seems cordial anymore. What’s that all about? Have we all become jaded, cynical and, basically, smart-a$$ed because of politics? Is it what I call the ‘anti-social’ media that allows people to anonymously say crappy things about someone else without worrying about gettin’ your face re-arranged? Whatever it is, it’s not nearly as much fun. I recall the first GA-UT game I ever attended, again with UT friends, the ‘68 tie. Yeah we wuz robbed, but I had as much fun – sittin’ in a UT section, by the way – as I’ve ever had at a game, win or lose. Hopefully, that kind of feeling of just being able to enjoy the competition and the camaraderie, hasn’t been lost forever.
GT Joe
October 7th, 2011
10:55 am
Tennessee 48-4 (yes, two safeties).
UT hung tough at Florida, and drubbed a good Cincy team.
Bobo and the Bobettes on offense put up a goose egg. Book it.
RxDawg
October 7th, 2011
10:55 am
“The reason Brown draws such ire from Tennessee fans is the same reason Georgia fans get after Da’Rick Rogers so badly”
Eh… not exactly. Marlon Brown chose between UT and UGA. Da’Rick Rogers reneged on UGA after commiting to them. UGA fans feel like Da’Rick betrayed UGA and Richt. Now it was his choice to do this and it wasn’t illeagle. But it speaks miles for Da’Rick’s character and what his “commitment” is worth.
WDE
October 7th, 2011
11:00 am
@GT Joe hey good luck to your bunch this weekend.
One week at a time it is
October 7th, 2011
11:04 am
UGA lost our first two games allowed for the entire season. If Richt cannot win out, then he is toast. Sorry.
Minimally, UGA needs to land a spot in the Dome or …………or “tie” SC for the East but by the head to head rule, we would not go to the Ga Dome but could possibly end up in the Capital One Bowl at 9-2. THAT last scenario MIGHT save his job.
Losing the first two games, badly hurt CMR’ds chances of hanging on to his job.
Folks, it is what it is. The last 2.3 years have put CMR in this spot.
Lose to UT up in Knoxville again …………….knowing that we choked up there in 09 and 07, would possibly get him fired by Sunday morning. The alumni LOOK HARD at this game and he knows it. THIS GAME IS VERY CRUCIAL for CMR.
Gooooooooooooooooo Dogs !!!
DJ Dawg
October 7th, 2011
11:05 am
WDE,
You are to nice! lol GT Joe we will see whos talking in November!! Thats all I have to say to you.
Destin Dawg
October 7th, 2011
11:07 am
Tenn. is a 2 point favorite in Vegas….. I’ll take the Dawgs !!! Grantham’s Junk Yaerd Dawg defense shows up… BIG… UGA 31 Tenn. 17
WDE
October 7th, 2011
11:10 am
@DJ Dawg I’d love for Tech to be undefeated when we play them, I really would.
Cmon man
October 7th, 2011
11:16 am
you know as good as this defense is playing right now we still havent seen them at their best the #1 defense has yet to take the field together. Against boise didnt have rambo and lost tree, usc didnt have tree and list crob. When the pieces come back together this defense is going to be scary not to mention big john is starting to get into a rhythm.
DJ Dawg
October 7th, 2011
11:17 am
WDE
Point taken. That would be nice!!!!
Cmon man
October 7th, 2011
11:18 am
*lost not list
AltamahaDawg
October 7th, 2011
11:29 am
So you are concerned that what was said about a specific team in a specific situation, (and was the correct strategy for that) will be dangerous if it’s applied to a completely different team and a completely different situation? Yes, that would certainly be cause for concern.
Spaceman Spiff
October 7th, 2011
11:30 am
I see that our beloved GT Joe is back for usual morning rant… Gotta love those technerds who live vicariously through us!
Not Really
October 7th, 2011
11:40 am
@Dirty Dawg, you are absolutely right. We have a great group that has tailgated together for years. And have always welcome other fans to tailgate with us. Because of that we have formed freindships thoughout the SEC. When UGA plays in Knoxville we have a spot to tailgate, Columbia we have a spot at the fairgrounds saved for us, in Tuscolussa much of the same. I love the Dawgs and if they don’t win another race they are still my horse. But anymore to me its not so much about the football as it is about the fellowship with some people I only get to see because of the football. I guess maybe i’ve mellowed with age. Can’t wait to see the Maples clan in Knoxville. Die hard UT fans. Great people and some of the best pickled eggs ever. I hope everyone on the road returns safely and remeber its just a game that will be over in a few hours, but the freindships will last your whole career
DEREK DOOLEY
October 7th, 2011
11:45 am
WE’RE GONNA GET SMASHED ON OUR OWN FIELD AND I’M GONNA HAVE A MESS ALL IN MY ORANGE PANTS!!! OH NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AltamahaDawg
October 7th, 2011
11:46 am
It seems to me that in the world of, sooner or later it might come back to bite you: The sooner is the number of games I have seen turnovers and poor field position give a downed opponent the opportnity to get back into a game, and the later is the times I have ever seen a team mount a comeback when they can’t move the ball and the clock ran out before they could get it back enough times.
Mark
October 7th, 2011
11:49 am
As I said earlier, I have a good feeling about the game. I think our offense will finally gel and start firing on all cylinders. I do wish, however, that Crowell will play with more heart. I mean, he has the potential to be great, but it just doesn’t seem that his heart is in it at times. I would like to see what Malcome can do…
MY 2 cents
October 7th, 2011
11:58 am
Thomas(blah blah blah) Brown,
If your not happy being a dawg go home. Become a green peace advocate and vanish. You are like a bottemless pit of negativity. Youre deal is that you are a moron, a cancer. But since you claim to be a dawg fan, go lay in the corner and lick your nutts and SHUT UP!!
RockyTopics
October 7th, 2011
1:25 pm
Nobody in TN even remebers this guy! He is the last guy we are worried about. Here is what we think of all you UGA fans! http://rockytopics.blogspot.com/2011/10/normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-x-none.html
AFDawg
October 7th, 2011
1:55 pm
Thomas Brown, Your posts are too long and boring — just about everyone just scrolls past them these days in case you’re wondering. Bye.
Chuck UGA
October 7th, 2011
2:11 pm
Sure better be a UGA win for Mark Richt’s sake. No reason whatsoever to lose to this UT squad. They are at best a 7-5 or 6-6 team. If Georgia loses, the blogs are going to get really ugly, and the team will likely spiral to a 7-5 finish (the only way Richt could possible save his job after a Tennessee loss is to win out with the expeption of possibly one more loss…but not to Florida). That means win this game or there likely will be a new head coach in Athens come January, not to mention a number of transfers out of the program due to the loss of Mark Richt.
LoganvilleDAWG
October 7th, 2011
3:36 pm
This idiot calling himself Thomas Brown is also a dipstick. I know the real Thomas Brown & he would not talk about the program like you, moron. The real TB is a great young man with ethics, smarts & a true DAWG fan. I promise that you DO NOT KNOW ONE THING about this program. We have a very good coach, who promotes my school with integrity, morals and knows college football. He is not perfect & no one on his staff is(I know I’m not) but I forgot you think you are the real Thomas Brown & do no wrong, you are such a joke. Yes I feel there needs to be some things looked at regarding the staff, but it is not Coach Richt, maybe the OC…
I will continue supporting Coach Richt, his staff & our players. If something is going to be done about our coach, wait till the season is over, not now. I really want him to stay as well as alot of other TRUE FANS… All of your crap, as well as others is costing us some major recruits.
So stop whining, go to the games, support the staff & our players!!!! And make some freaking noise in our stadium so we will be a tough, intimidating place to play like it used to be. It was pathetic at times during the MSU game. I am very sad to even say this as well as seeing it.
GO DAWGS!!!
Vol4ever
October 7th, 2011
3:38 pm
Bray will throw for over 400 yards in this game. Da’Rick will get over 100 and a couple of TD’s.
Ron Swanson
October 7th, 2011
4:03 pm
Rocky Topics- I read your post that was linked. What you’ve just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
mark PRicht
October 7th, 2011
4:15 pm
go VOLS…….cant wait till Sunday when no cars will have those stupd G’s hanging on the windows, and all those wonderful redneck so called fans are only taking about firing PRicht on monday at the office
mark PRicht
October 7th, 2011
4:19 pm
rocky topics I agree…..they danced on the star at Vandy and PRicht went and shoved them off and in the interview said that is not who we are….the next week the same PRicht sent them out to rush the field on Florida….the program has went downhill since that day….Dooley would have never been that big of a hypocrite
chris white
October 7th, 2011
4:38 pm
Why do people find away to hate on a team when they team haven’t did any thing in six or 7 years win some games before u hate on Georgia do some win or shut up that you all saying about Georgia when been better than yall over these last 5 or six years come get for real vols fans love your team nothing wrong with that but that hate not looking good own yall hope its a good game sat but we will win by 10
Phat Phil
October 7th, 2011
4:39 pm
Tennessee has no redneck fans, our hunting orange colors and davy crockett mascot are just a coincidence
DAWG in BAMA
October 7th, 2011
5:34 pm
@ RockyTopics
Your an idio”T”. Woof woof.
Bob
October 7th, 2011
6:19 pm
Marlon Brown=Durell Robinson. Thank goodness for M. Mitchell.
Strange Murphy
October 7th, 2011
6:27 pm
Everyone knows rednecks wear orange in the fall.
Saban
October 7th, 2011
6:46 pm
Dawgs lose by 50
harold
October 7th, 2011
6:57 pm
GEORGIA 42 TENNESSEE 17 IN A CAKE WALK!
DRoger
October 7th, 2011
7:33 pm
That’s what I love about GA, you beat the bottom 2 teams in the West Divison, and now they can’t lose. GA will not win, so let it be written, so let it be done.
BoonesFarmDawg
October 7th, 2011
8:12 pm
We got this on lock. Unless this a singing competition.
PLEASE KEEP RICHT UGA LOSERS
October 7th, 2011
8:20 pm
NOW COMES TENN,FLA,AUB AND GEORGIA TECH!
AFTER MARK RICHT AND MIKE BOZO LOSES TO THOSE TEAMS,YOU HICKS WILL BE CALLING FOR SAINT MARK’S HEAD AGAIN!
Snoop Dawg
October 7th, 2011
10:36 pm
What’s this “again” BS? Richt should have been fired after the 2008 season. Unfortunately, UGA has too many “Deliverance” rednecks who have a fetish for the Tan Man. Never mind that they are upside down on their mortages, and their wives are hanging out at the bar, they want Marked Marjoe Wrecked to continue to pull down $3-$4M a year in perpetuity because he is a righteous man.
What? A righteous man? Balderdash. Richt is a world class scam artist.
The losers who defend Richt have driven UGA’s storied football program down into the cellar. We are now the laughing stock of the SEC. In those Nike power ranger uniforms on national TV. For a few scheckels of gold–what a disgrace the program has become.
With losers like Adams and Howdie Doody McCavity in charge, we can count on a steepeer and steeper death spiral until the G logo has no residual value.
Spaceman Spiff
October 7th, 2011
10:38 pm
@Please keep
You, sir, are a moron. Please go back to your technerd columns and enjoy playing paper teams…
Snoop Dawg
October 7th, 2011
10:41 pm
Spaceman Spiff, your blog name illuminates your total goofiness. You are an idiot. Go turn yourself in…
mark PRicht
October 7th, 2011
10:42 pm
gonna be a bad day in all the Athens trailor parks tomorrow
I used to think I couldnt stand CMR but its great to know mutt fans hate him worse than I do
Traitor
October 8th, 2011
1:13 am
So I guess that Marlon Brown is a traitor for not signing with his in-state school just like Da’Rick Rogers is correct? I mean, I don’t hear the UGA screaming that about Brown, but it would have to be right?
harold
October 8th, 2011
8:48 am
MARLON BROWN WOULD WARM THE BENCH BEHIND ROGERS AND THE GREAT JUSTIN HUNTER! THE TALENT LEVEL AT UGA IS WAY DOWN AND THE 16-15 RECORD RELECTS THAT IN RICHTS LAST 31 GAMES!
Made In Georgia
October 8th, 2011
9:05 am
For Mark Richt”s sake, I hope he beats Tennessee. With our illustrative president driven by his own ego, it’s obvious that a loss to Vince Dooley’s son carries a little more weight. From a more realistic thought process, losing to the Vols indicates a rebuilding program (with a new coach) is ahead of an established program (and coach). Losing to the Vols is always a bitter pill, but this year had more meaning than usual.
DRoger
October 8th, 2011
9:37 am
GA’s storied football program; you can’t be serious. CMR’s best years are with Donovan recruits.
DRoger
October 8th, 2011
9:40 am
Three yrs of Herschel does not make a storied football program.
PLEASE KEEP RICHT UGA LOSERS
October 8th, 2011
9:57 am
COME ON TENN BEAT GEORGIA,SO THAT THE UGA FANS WILL BE BACK ON THE FIRE MARK RICHT BANDWAGON!
O’YEAH FLORIDA AND AUBURN IS COMING UP!
PLEASE KEEP RICHT UGA LOSERS
October 8th, 2011
10:02 am
FIRST LAME KIFFEN BEAT MARK RICHT IN HIS 1ST YEAR,NOW DEREK DOOLEY WILL BEAT THE MUTTS IN HIS 1ST YEAR,ALSO IM GLAD ESPN TOOK UGA OFF OF ITS OPENING SONG!
St Simons - we're on Island time
October 8th, 2011
11:59 am
Well, I’m relieved it’s finally here, the moment of decision. Sunday either we keep Mark or move on. I think everybody is ready. I don’t know which one to do – my money’s going to ‘em anyway – I got 2 kids at UGA and a UGA dad bumpersticker.
Ryan
October 8th, 2011
1:52 pm
How you feeling doggies seeing UAB shut out Missy st. Your defense is NOT good. It’s that you’ve played crap cream puffs the past 3 weeks. Vandy nearly doubled your win over ole miss.
Vols will crush you again today
UT 37
Ga 20