Geathers’ punch, Vandy player’s clip likely to result in suspensions

Suspend Stewart an entire game. It was an intentional dirty hit.

Geathers? A natural reaction to receiving a dirty hit. Probably will receive a suspension but frankly I don’t blame him for his reaction.

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If they suspend the UGA player after all the garbage out of Auburn last year, then it’s official…the SEC office is fixed.

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The Geathers penalty should start and end with the unsportsmanlike call. The Vandy jackhole should get 2 games.

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If Vanderbilt’s coach Franklin had a set, he would kick Mr. Stewart off the team. That appears to be deliberate,the play was over and the opposing player, defenseless. That would have been a suspension and $50,000.00 fine in NFL. Totally uncalled for!!! What’s Geathers supposed to do, ask Mr. Stewart to please refrain from doing this in the future???

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Yes that is definitely a chop block and clip, but geathers is just pushing the vandy player. A natural reaction after almost getting your career ended.

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suspend Geathers for the first quarter of the florida game, just as they suspended Spikes a few years back for eye gauging. As far as Stewart, I say a full game would be appropriate. The NFL and NCAA are trying to protect players from getting hurt with helmet to helmet hits then intent to injure should be at least 1 game

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Wow. I can’t believe this is the “punch” I keep hearing about. Stewart’s chop was far more dangerous.

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Another thought-the Vandy guy will be suspended for a NON-CONFERENCE game while we lose Geathers for a CONFERENCE game…..that would certainly not be equitable punishment….but then when does Vandy ever play a meaningful game?

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I am not a UGA fan, but if the Vandy player had done that to me I would have punched him out.

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I can’t believe that the Vandy player wasn’t kicked out of the game for that! He was obviously trying to hurt Geathers!

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Again that was a reactionary push, not a punch. Chip you need to clarify that.

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TGT……………WHY didn’t you say the same when Ben Jones did the exact same thing against MSU? Why didn’t you say the same thing when the UGA players ran off the Bench during the Auburn Game? Why didn’t you say the same thing when 2 guys piled on Fairley and Ben Jones threw punches in the pile? WHY WHY WHY? TGT. WHY?

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What in the world got into Georgia? I did not see the game because I was on an outing, but I keep seeing news video after news video coming out. And each is worse than the previous. Somebody needs to tell them when they leave this state and wear a uniform that says Georgia across the front, they are representing all people that live in Georgia, not just Bulldogg fans. And particularly playing Vanderbilt, please maintain some decorem. I know many friends outside of Georgia that graduated from Vanderbilt and they have said that they were just surprised and appalled at the conduct of the Georgia delegation on this trip. And I agree with them that a college football game with alumni in attendance is not a place where you expectto get caught up in a backwoods, trash redneck free-for-all. I just tell them, don’t expect me to explain it, I was at the Fox theater and glad I was.

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There is no way that the SEC can give Fairley a pass last year and then do anything to a player for reacting to a blatant cheap shot that could have ended his career. The punch was a “continuation action” and was in direct response to the cheap shot. I think that cheap shot artist Stewart got off really easy. Geathers could have throw a dozen punches and been justified in my book. I think players HAVE to take care of themselves and their teammates on the field. My guess is Vandy got the message and didn’t cheap shot Geathers the rest of the game.

As for last year, I think UGA should have run a chop block at Fairley on the next play after his first of many cheap shots on Murray. The message should have been clear. You take a cheap shot and we will return the shot. I bet it would have put an end to the crap from Fairley before he escalated it with each “turning of the other cheek”.

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I can’t believe anyone would seriously try to argue that was a chop block. Look at the video again. The play was essentially dead, referee had blown the whistle and had his arm raised. You clearly see #60 leave the pile and target Geathers, who by the way is pulling up and is nowhere NEAR the play (which by the way is out of bounds and over at this point). I don’t condone how he retaliated but I understand it and frankly he had it coming to him. Dirty, dirty play. I was at the game and Vandy did that crap all night. #67 for Vandy was punching after almost every play.

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Chris – grow a pair. If you didn’t see the game, don’t judge the players. Much more is being made of the S Williams play, Geathers and Grantham.

Calm down son.

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This is almost comical. Grown men(?) defending an illegal play. Redneck is as redneck does.

The Sheriff has spoken.

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I pull for all of the Georgia teams to win and represent Georgia. That includes GT, Georgia, Georgia State, Georgia Southern.

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Geathers had been throwing cheap shots at the Vandy player all in the 1st half.Vandy kid was just getting a little payback.

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Chris,

Please. Your comment that ‘Somebody needs to tell them when they leave this state and wear a uniform that says Georgia across the front, they are representing all people that live in Georgia, not just Bulldogg (sic) fans ” is grossly inaccurate. As a Georgia native, The last thing I would want to be associated with is a University whose fan base consists of the lowest common denominator, i.e. toothless inbred rednecks.

However, I understand your inference.

The Sheriff has spoken.

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That was a dirty hit. Geathers got a 15 yarder and that’s all he deserves.

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HBSDAWG,

Thanks for proving my point. My apologies Chris.

The Sheriff has spoken.

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Chris, go back on your outing. If you don’t know what went on, don’t try to find it out from the media. They are not unbiased.

Innocent, the play was over, the referee had blown his whistle and raised his arm, AND the play was not in the vicinity. That was a very dirty, intentional attempt to cause a season and perhaps career ending injury. A reflex punch to the player with his helmet on, PLEASE!

Vandy already got the benefit with an automatic first down. Only the Vandy player should be suspended for their nonconference game.

As for Franklin, he should be exposed for the fraud he is. “We are not gonna take stuff from anybody, anywhere, anymore.” While CMR should address CTG privately, he should support him and his players in the media and NOT sell him out on the field until he has heard both sides.

I would expect my head coach to at least investigate things before publicly condemning me.

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Many years ago as a freshman in high school I was clipped on a kick off in much the same manner. My leg was pinned under me and snapped about six inches above the knee. The fracture was compound, and I looked down and saw my thigh bone sticking through my skin. An ambulance came to the field and rushed me to the hospital. I was placed in a full body cast for eight weeks so that the leg would be completely immobilized. My right leg ended up 2 inches shorter than my left. I was not able to play football again until my junior year. It was a time in my life I will never forget.

There is no punishment great enough for this Vanderbilt player who committed this heinous and deliberate act. The video shows the player with a running start at Geathers, and Geathers had his back to him the entire time. There is no other way to look at the play other than as an intentional act designed to maim and injure Geathers. Geathers was lucky to have suffered no apparent injury. I was not so lucky years ago.

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MOVE ON! Please?

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Hairy Dawg,

Thanks for further proving my point. I apologize again Chris.

The Sheriff has spoken.

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Paul – are you kidding me!! Is that the best you’ve got for evidence. He got 2 PF penalties. The first was a bang bang play on a receiver across the middle. Sometimes that gets called, sometimes it doesn’t. If you suspend every player who did that, we’d have to stick to basketball. I can’t remember his 2nd flag, but the point is he got flagged.

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The block on Geather was a dangerous clip – but it was not a chop block. A chop block is when one offensive player is engaged high with the defensive player and another offensive player blocks the defenseman below the knees.
Here is a fine example of how it is done
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=HG28AbxX240

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If Geathers were my son and this happened, I’d whip HIS butt if he didn’t defend himself! Then, I would whip the punk that did it, the coach that allowed it, and all the sissy Vandy players that got in my way.

And Mark Richt should have had the same courage Grantham did and punched Franklin right in the nose at midfield to give that theatrical goof a lesson at being a real man!

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HBSDAWG

October 19th, 2011
12:05 am
Paul – are you kidding me!! Is that the best you’ve got for evidence. He got 2 PF penalties. The first was a bang bang play on a receiver across the middle. Sometimes that gets called, sometimes it doesn’t. If you suspend every player who did that, we’d have to stick to basketball. I can’t remember his 2nd flag, but the point is he got flagged.
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I am confused. Are you saying he didn’t have a bad penalty but are saying that you can’t remember what he was flagged for? So you don’t remember what happened but you do remember it wasn’t bad?
Or
Are you saying that because he got flagged he shouldn’t be suspended?

BTW – I am not saying WIlliams should be suspended for anything – but he certainly does have some dirty plays in his past.

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Innocent, I did not say it was or wasn’t any kind of block. It was just a dirty play. Perhaps someone else needs reading comprehension. Stay focused.

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Let’s just call a spade a spade: Kwame is culpable on this play. Not saying that the Vandy player didn’t make a really dirty play (he did), but two wrongs don’t make a right. I bet both of them get half game suspensions, which is tough for us against Florida. If Williams get’s penalized by the SEC, I will be livid. And if Grantham gets some sort of sanction and Franklin doesn’t, I will lose it. I think both teams made big mistakes, but I am so tired of everyone acting like Vanderbilt was the victim. Franklin made an fool of himself just as much as Grantham did. Also, Franklin’s whole “we’re not going to take junk from anything” speech lost a lot of its power after that video of him crying to Richt came out. I liked him before, but now I think he is just a whiny tool. Kiffin-esque in a lot of ways really.

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I agree. If the SEC/NCAA is reviewing plays and they did NOTHING after last years UGA-Auburn in which Nick Fairley committed all those dirty plays, then we know how it goes within the SEC/NCAA. Protect their image not the players. It’s all about the money with them.

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The blog censors are totally absurd.

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Great video. It makes it very clear that the Vandy players act was deliberate and obviously intended to injure Geathers. Geathers reaction was just that, a natural reaction. I don’t blame him at all. If it hadn’t happened on a football field, there would be no discussion and it would have been called self-defense.

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Oh well, the only man at UGA who has any class and is worth anything, Mark Richt, has already acknowledged that you Dawgies were bad puppies and he apologized. Too bad he is stuck with a bunch of inbred toothless hayseed fans who seem to love psychotic displays like Goon Grantham.

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DawgVoiceofReason…………PLEASE go back to the Ben Jones hit on the MSU player and explain the difference you are so mad about! yes it was WRONG what Vandy did. SO the FW! it is Karma for UGA doing the same EXACT Thing last year. Don’t sell me Cow Dung and call it Rose Food. YOUR DAWGS did the same thing and VANDY just gave it BACK. Now the MUTTS cry. GTFOI and or keep wearing the red undies. You get what you give. Grow a PAIR as you like to tell every other team but the GATORS.

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Geathers reaction was sort of like having to sneeze………A normal tickle in your nose will do that. I’m just surprised he didn’t react a little more, after what I saw……..but I’m glad for playing time he didn’t………….When I was a young man playing high School football, I had a coach one year who instructed us, on the first series of downs, we were to use every legal means to litterally knock the living crap out of our opponant……….didn’t matter if we scored, or they scored………just knock crap out of ‘em………..We had a very good year that year, and all was legal………..Not that I’m a Georgia Alum, I just don’t see a punishment handed out to Geathers………..:#1 Illigal and intentional “dirty” cut block……….that kid should miss one to two games……..but Geathers? hell the kid could have had his dreams of playing NFL football go down the drain with that one block!…….throwing a half-assed punch back seems pale in comparrasin………….Get it right Mike Slive………Stand-up and support your players coach Richt and Grantham……………Today? Todd Grantham and Kwamme Geathers are my favorite BULLDOGS……….keep GATA Kwammee………keep GATA coach Grantham………….When our opponants are complaining about us playing too rough…….Man, Now that’s music to my ears…………….RED

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The Vandy coach has to be thrilled with all of the publicity he is getting in Georgia after this game. It’s better than a helicopter ride to a high school game.

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Seeing it from this angle, Geathers should have done more than punch the guy. That was as cheap a shot as I’ve ever seen. If the SEC office gives those two equal suspensions, then the SEC office is the same as the NCAA. A JOKE!

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What a dirty clip. Stewart should be suspended for a game. Geathers was just reacting to a dirty play. A 15 yard penalty is enough. Probably won’t be though. The SEC office has to make a big deal of this. One game suspension for both.

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Willie…………..the Miss St player didn’t react to the ben jones hit, but nothing was done to ben “the fat pig” jones. WHY WHY WHY WHY should it be different now that a Dirty MUTT had it done to him?

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Well geathers threw a punch.The vandy player had a face mask to protect him.Geathers is running to the ball carrier and the o-lineman goes for His knee.It’s an easy call. Suspend Stewart .

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WhoDat? Get out of here with Fairley is innocent crap and was simply retaliating. Not only did Fairley go after Murray once, but at least two other times. Whatever he got for that spear in the back and going after his knee is fine with me. Dance with fire get burned by fire. He got what he deserved. Tell me again, what did Murray do to deserve the spear, the chin music, and the attempt at his knee? No, please, I’ll wait.

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Who Dat… Hey dumb ass! Ben Jones apologized and sent a letter to the MSU player. he admitted to it, and said it was poor play on his part and felt bad because he would hate someone doing that to him. Doubt we here a peep from Stewart.

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Yes, GO DAWGS…….. back under the couch to hide. This football is rough and you might get hurt. Poor poochies.

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Can we please move on?

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Everybody knows its the retaliation that gets the personal foul call every time. “vandy is classy” my as$. Franklin all but admits this was a premeditated strategy. That guy seems as classless as they come. And give it up auburn fans, fairley was a dirty player, you would have to be a blind crack addict to think otherwise.

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@Chip Towers: I disagree with your review of the block. After watching the video several times it is clear to me that Stewart tries to get himself in position to hit Geathers on the front of his legs by taking an angle. Hard to tell on the video even in slow motion but at the very worst he only hits him on the side of his legs, not the back.

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It must be nice to be a UGA fan with a GED and think that you matter to the dawgs. You must be white and didn’t get in UGA with the same score on the SAT as the UGA players did. Look past ALL the garbage. See SEE what the UGA football team really is. GH…to trash that should never be allowed on a College campus unless they are doing some maintenance (after a GBI background check). Most SEC teams are LOADED with Garbage that couldn’t pass a GED test if they had to in order not to get the Needle at Jackson State Prison. If you UGA fans can’t admit that then you are no smarter than the fools on the football field. Georgia is the Biggest SEC JOKE. Y’all get the Bestest Dumbest Players and still can’t win a MNC. Tennessee did it. Florida ,Alabama, Auburn, and Louisiana State did it. Why can’t the Georgia Plantation Players do it too?
UGA will win the SEC in a FLUKE this year by beating Bama or LSU in the DOME and still not GET THE CRYSTAL FOOTBALL.

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All that preseason hype on Kwame and he only has 3 starts & 7 tackles? Can you say bust?

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Dirty Dawg at least you know the TRUTH about the MUTTS from your name.
Please Answer my questions about how what Ben Jones is somehow better

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Now how does that old saying go? Best to let lieing dogs sleep? Well nite nite mutts.

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WhoDat is a dumbass !!!!!

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This is all you have to talk about? I know they are off this week – but really? If he is suspended – so be it.

Next

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Innocent Bystander

YOU ARE AN IDIOT!!! I agree it wasn’t a “chop block” because he wasn’t engaged, but to say it was a “legal” cut block. You are truly an idiot. There was nothing about that play that was legal. He purposely dove towards the back of Geather’s knee with intention to hurt him. If anything it should have been called a clip, and no way Vandy should’ve gotten a first down. At the very least it should’ve been off setting penalties.

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Ricky Dawg,

You’re ignorant. Nobody would say that a clipping penalty was fair. Just please shut up. Fans like you are why so many people have issues with Georgia fans. Grantham overreacted and let his emotions get the best of him, but he was not wrong for defending his players. Franklin was wrong for trying to repremand a player on another team. If you have an issue with another team’s player, then you should take it up with another teams head coach. Vandy is just as much to blame as UGA, maybe even more so, but for some reason UGA is getting all the flack. Typical AJC crap trying to stir up something that isn’t there. What else should we expect from a Tech based Newspaper.

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Thomas Brown,

How is this relevant to this topic??? Please go away.

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And, really, I really find it relevant that RED DOG 77 admits that he is NOT “a Georgia alum”

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Thomas Brown,

First of all he got clipped from behind. The player CLEARLY went for his knee! The play was clearly over! You and people like you are the reason that people like Casey Anthony walk out of court free. It is plain as day on that video and you sit there and argue against it. You are truly a moron! Tell me I can’t make a valid observation? I’ve got 20/20 vision buddy, maybe you should get your head out of your butt and put on your glasses, because you are the one who can’t make valid observations. What a tool!

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And again how am I lying. There is video proof right there in front of you, you ignorant fool. Talking to moron’s like you is like being sober and watching a bunch of drunk people make fools of themselves. Thanks for the early morning laughs you dunce.

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We have had discipline problems in the past, but you fail to notice that we rank 4th in the SEC with fewest penalty yards this year. To call the coaching staff undisciplined is your opinion only. Grantham is an emotional guy that let’s him get the best of him at times, but I wouldn’t call him undisciplined. The defense ranks in the top 15 in the country in total defense if I’m not mistaken. You don’t do that by having undisciplined players and coaches. Richt is saying all the right things publicly, like he has ever since he got the job. I assure you he is just as displeased with the way Vandy went after his team, he just wants them to be the bigger man and let the play speak for itself. You clearly have it out for Richt and nothing will change your mind. Sad for you he’s not going any where. We’re probably gonna play for the SEC championship this year, and be poised to do the same the next two years. You are the type of nay saying, gloom and doom UGA fan that I wish would just find another team and move out of state.

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TISSUES PLEASE

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Really, after years of having discipline problems i’m glad the dogs are only 4th in penalties this year. Is it a fluke ? Congrats on only being 4th.

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Kwame Geathers was flagged for multiple penalties in our 11-penalty onslaught vaulting UGa to # 85 in the nation in penalties so far this season including but not limited to Kwame Geathers PUNCHING a Vandie player. This 1st Down Penalty against Kwame Geathers clearly was AFTER THE PLAY, and it led directly to Vandie then taking the football directly on the drive into the end zone to make the score 33-28.

Shawn Williams, infamous # 36, was flagged for his PERSONAL FOUL 15-YARD penalty in the 2nd Quarter, long before ANY of this stuff started. In fact, there had only been off-sides penalties in the entire game until SHAWN WILLIAMS # 36 GOT HIS PERSONAL FOUL PENALTY in the 2nd Quarter. Now, after the game, according to every post on this blog, Shawn Williams TAUNTED the Vandie bench and sidelines AFTER THE GAME, too. Who started this, either ?

We play undisciplined football and have for 11 years, this the fault of the coaching staff; and, we are # 35 in the nation at beating teams who end up in the Top 10 for 11 years too, this the fault of the coaching staff.

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I think he showed great restraint. I would have done a lot more in return. I think the whole game was like this for Geathers and the Dawgs. In fact I think the refs are allowing or overlooking this type of cheap hit way to much.

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Again, Thomas Brown you obviously have it out for Richt and can’t see the forrest for the trees. This team is not that bad, and you don’t win 101 games in 10 and a half seasons without being a darn good coach. Like I said before, go get another team, because you and every other negative Dawg fan have gotten old! Get on board or get off, but I don’t expect you to gain any common sense and listen to me, and being that talking to you is like talking to a stop sign, I will gladly bid you good bye.

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“he made changes that seem to be working”

“if I’m not mistaken”

This is the manner in which REALLY mealy-mouths his responses, in a cloak of Mark Richt has improved to # 4 in penalties this 2011 season, believing of course, Greg McGarity who also made that statement today – BOTH TOTAL ABJECT LIES.

But, notice too in his wording “seem to be working” and “if I’m not mistaken” while REALLY posts posts in public about statements HE MAKES contrary to FACT, without the bother to go look them up BEFORE he thusly states them, or he would not have to use mealy-mouthed wording such as “if I’m not mistaken” or “seem to be working.”

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Prior to the Vandie game, Greg McGarity made that statement TODAY.

I gave you the URL Link to your lie.

Take it back.

Say we are # 85 in penalties. Go ahead have some credibility for once and admit you agree we are # 85 in penalties TODAY.

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he made changes that seem to be working if I’m not mistaken
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This is the manner in which REALLY words his responses, in a cloak of Mark Richt has improved to # 4 in penalties this 2011 season, believing of course, Greg McGarity who also made that statement today – BOTH TOTAL LIES.

But, notice too in his wording -seem to be working- and -if I’m not mistaken- while REALLY posts posts in public about statements HE MAKES contrary to FACT, without the bother to go look them up BEFORE he thusly states them, or he would not have to use wording such as -if I’m not mistaken- or -seem to be working-

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When I got in trouble at school or elsewhere, one of the first questions asked by my parents…Why did you do what you did? Some how the answer to that question determined to some degree the level of my punishment. Seems to me the “WHY” in the Franklin-Grantham & Geathers-Vandy center is discounted or ignored by media and those commenting on this blog and and others blogs.

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Stewart’s hit was a clear dirty play intended to injure another player. He should be suspended for at least a game. Geathers’ action was so quick, it was obviously a reflexive reaction with no premeditation. I can’t see why any disciplinary action should be handed out for that.

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The SEC office has and will always be biased, for the Alabama Schools. Get ready for a Geathers suspension.
This will be just another bogus act against UGA.

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Give Geathers a 1/4 game suspension. Unlike the dirty Auburn players, Geathers was a split second reaction that came a millisecond after he saw his career, fortune and his NFL future flash before his eyes, not to mention the pain from the premediated helmet first hit to the knee.

The Vandy center needs to get a two game suspension and be put on probation, one more like that and he’s out of here.

Grantham should get a reprimand and be fined $ 2.000, and put on probation for the rest of the season.

Franklin should be fined $ 5.000, be put on probation for the rest of this season and all of next season. He should be warned that following Chizik’s tactic of helmet first hits in the back and to the knees will not be tolerated.

Franklin should also be told that emulating Lane ”Boy” Kiffin is no way to start as a head coach in the SEC. UCLA will be looking for a new coach soon. Maby the Pac-whatever would approve.

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Interesting reaction from Vandy Coach Franklin. You can see him running off the sideline frantically trying to get the refs to throw the flag on Geathers for punching. No concern over the cheap shot by his player though. Classy dude.

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I had to watch it three times in super slo-mo to even see a “punch.” Lame reason for a suspension.

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I forgot one thing. The SEC officials’ crew that worked the vandy game should be fined, put on probation. They let that game escilate throughout.

Vandy made several dirty hits that were not called. The helmet first hit that was put square in Bennett’s back was overlooked as were many more by vandy.

The Officials share in the blame. If they let dirty coaches like Chizik and now Franklin play the game the way they want, we will have many more like this one and it will get real ugly in some of them.

The helmet should not be used as a weapon to cause harm .

When a player does that they should be ejected on the spot. Fix this problem, because if it’s not fixed, one of these dirty coaches will get some player paralized and end a great players NFL dream. That would be a shame.

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I feel the punch was a reflex action taken due to the illegal block. Yes, there should be consequences for the first foul but not for a reflex action. The clip could have been a career ending act for Geathers. The punch should have not been thrown but you are not going to do much damage when you punch a guy in a helmet and pads. However, the knee is totally exposed and vulnerable.

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Sad to say, both players should be suspended. The clip by Stewart is dangerous and possibly career ending. Though I understand why Geathers reacted the way he did, if we allowed players to react like that after every dirty hit, the games would be nothing more than fights.

As for Williams, two personal fouls a games does not a suspension make…just ask the victims of Nick Fairly!

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Really???? October 19th, 2011 5:31 am

“Dude, I just told you 4th in the SEC! I wasn’t talking about nationally which you obviously are.”

“As a matter of fact I haven’t disputed one stat that you have presented.”
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That’s because I look my facts up before I state them. And, it is I who have disputed EVERY fact you post, ever :

PENALTIES G No. Yards Avg/G

1. Kentucky 6 23 160 26.7
2. Alabama 7 22 198 28.3
3. Miss. State 7 37 278 39.7
4. S. Carolina 7 46 341 48.7
5. Arkansas 6 40 303 50.5
6. LSU 7 47 368 52.6
7. Tennessee 6 39 320 53.3
8. Vanderbilt 6 42 327 54.5
9. Georgia 7 48 388 55.4

http://sec.xosdigitallabs.com/Portals/3/SEC%20Website/football/confldrs.htm

# 4 my hind end, LIAR

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It is the culture of violence.

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I wonder why ESPN hasn’t shown this angle on the play? Has anyone else seen this on ESPN at all? I’m not one to accuse ESPN of a conspiracy, but I will accuse them of sloppy reporting and follow up. If you are going to report on this story, you should also follow up with all the facts. What the Vandy player did was clearly as bad as who Ben Jones did last year at the MSU game. Also, that is bull stuff from the Vandy people saying Geathers was giving them cheap shots the whole game. The center was just ticked that he has been getting beat on the whole game and lost his head. I can tell Franklin is going to have some problems in this conference- if he lasts very long.

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This IS THE GA WAY. Cheap shot, no class, punks.

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That was horrible. Bush league tactics from a bush league coach. The SEC should suspend that coward kid AND THE HEAD COACH 2 or 3 games. If not, why shouldn’t every team try such incredibly dangerous tactics. Even the worst UGA players from past years NEVER did that kind of possible career ending attack. That kid was TOLD to hit Gathers in the back as part of his football training. Suspend that chicken %$#@! Vandy coach!

Zebra is right in that Franklin instigated this whole thing on the field, and then threw gas on the problem post game. Shameful play just to make a name for himself. Think of the fine man that just retired from Vanderbilt and what HE THINKS about the new coach. Shameful.

Franklin said “We’re not gonna take it anymore”, well Franklin is one twisted sister betch, and the wrath of the other SEC teams will rain down on him and his cheating kids for years to come.

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This is what ghetto punks that make 650 on their SAT and play football for GA do. No news here.

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I wonder what Franklin would say after Saban and his minions kick the crap out of his team. “Saban’’s players were being mean to my players- boo hoo!”

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Loyal Dawg

Hey genius, Bama already beat them, 34-0, 10/8/11. There were no issues. Unlike CMR, Saban knows how to win with class. He controls his team.

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Yo0u cal always tell a dawg, you just can’t tell them much.

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If you don’t know how to use the Internet to look up what you are going to say before you say it on the Internet, don’t call me ignorant. Just come on here and instead of saying -correct me if I am wrong- or -I think it may have been like this- or -not sure but seems to me- or -he made changes that seem to be working- or -if I’m not mistaken- just ask, hey how do I find out where The Georgia Bulldogs are in PENALTIES this season, either in The SEC or Nationally, or both. Then, I would give you the 2 URL Links, and you would know that we are # 9 of 12 in The SEC for the MOST PENALTIES of all SEC teams all season long 2011 and # 85 WORST in the nation at Penalties 2011. Ignorant is saying whatever you want to say to make your point without studying that which would educate you – not, replying to someone MAKING UP FACTS ignorantly, with the URL Link and explanation of the education on the topic you could have gleaned with any Google Search engine.

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hopefully williams #36 will get suspended for being an a-hole with no talent! This would help ugaly!

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Thomas Brown you hating POS, your stats are skewed like your tiny hating personality. Not all stats are golden. Here are some differing stats troll boy…

http://www.teamrankings.com/college-football/stat/penalty-yards-per-game

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How is Williams going to react to his HC calling him a dumb*** to the opposing HC?

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Geathers had every right to knock the Sh%$T out of that guy! It was an uncalled for totally dirty play that could have resulted in a season ending injury. If the SEC suspends him for 1 play they are a joke. I would suspend Logan for a minimum of 1 game. We have not sen the last of these blocks- just wait and see what Tech does…. The have patented this type of blocking in CPJ joke of an offense.

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If the SEC watched Fairly play against Georgia last year and determined they saw nothing, and come down on us for this, you gotta know that the SEC office was “cheering” Auburn on last year to get in that Game. Fairly should of sat a whole game for going after Murray’s knees with his helmet, lunging at him from all fours after being put on the ground !

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It’s football. Yellow flags were all that’s needed. Move on.

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One problem the Dawgs may be having after thinking about this is that the SEC is a war every Saturday and we have such a “passive” HC, these guys have to fend for themselves on the field. Yea, I know it’s a reach, but you never know.

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Tom

October 19th, 2011
7:45 am

How is Williams going to react to his HC calling him a dumb*** to the opposing HC?

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Yes, it could end a career, but what about the danger it poses to someone’s knee for the rest of his life. Football is football. Dirty hits are cheap and cowardly.

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If you watch the Williams incident again, there is shoving after the play, he Vandy player grabs Trees facemask, throws a swing at Tree, Williams does nothing but get between them, then Vandy boy throws a haymaker towards Williams, who never did anything but get between them.

He shod never even have been flagged. And he Vandy player should be sitting out like Geathers.

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Looked like a cheap shot to the knee

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Geathers will be suspended but I completely understand his reaction. That was a cheap shot with the intent to injure. That is not a chop block.

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I suspect Stewart will have to sit at least a half-game, as Jones did last season.

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Using the standard set by Nick Fairley at last year’s UGA – Auburn game, neither player should suspended. Mike Slive should be suspended for not having any credibility. As for Geathers’ punch, he should have taken Stewart’s helmet off first. And after hearing James Franklin whine to Mark Richt, kudos to Vandy for hiring the school’s first black female head coach.

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The Vandy player is a cheap shot jerk. The SEC should take him out for the rest to the season and allow Geathers to be in house disciplined. Geathers did what any normal person would do, lash out at a numbskull who tried to possibly cripple him for life. Any one who has ever played any football knows how stuff just happens by accident, let alone a flagrant cowardly act.

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I will always support anything that a Dawg player does on the field and I will back it up with excuses and denial.

You can’t prove anything!

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They should suspend this newspaper.

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The Vanderbilt game is just another in a long line of incidents of classless UGA players and now a classless coach been defended by classless UGA fans without regard to facts or rules. What else is new?

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That could’ve seriously blown out his knee and ended his career. That Vandy player is a punk and deserved to get smacked. The personal foul penalty against Geathers is plenty.

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Thank you for showing the video. If the SEC takes a look at this then they should suspend the Vanderbilt player indefinitely. That was a hit that could have ended a players college career and could have damaged him for life. Thank goodness he didn’t have the leg firmly planted. Geathers shouldn’t have thrown the punch but what would you have done picked the guy up and brushed him off and told him to hit your knee anytime. Get with it. Maybe the Vandy coach should be suspended for allowing his player to do such a deed.

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NCAA and SEC officials are out to sucker punch UGA anytime they can. Now that UGA is playing a bit of decent ball, they decide to hit them with suspensions with the biggest game of the season coming up.
Everybody stand up and clap for the NCAA and the SEC officials, but let Auburn pay for play and nothing done about it is BS!

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Don’t worry Dawg fans. I have a contingency plan in case the SEC suspends one of our players.

We’re not gonna wait until we score this time. Right after the coin flip, we’re gonna clear the bench and take out as many Gator starters as we can get our hands on.

That should even things up, and I know that my fans will insist on a raise and a contract extension for me and my staff after pulling off such a brilliant scheme. This will teach Todd Grantham to upstage me!

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If Geathers has to sit at ALL it’s a travesty. You gotta be a low down dirty POS to do that to an oppsing player. I say the Vandy player gets a two -game suspension.

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A chop block has to involve two offensive players, one hits below, the other the top, so it wasn’t a chop black. It was a “cut” black because it was below the knees. And it looked like a clip.

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NCAA has already lost all reliability and consistency! At the big scope of how things have rolled for the past few years…they have proven to be useless in college sports. Both NCAA and OSHA are worthless!!

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Oh yeah, I forgot the best part.

We’re gonna pull off this pre-game beat-down against the Gators while sporting our new pink Breast Cancer Awareness unis! They are so cool!

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This new Vandy coach is a punk. I could tell at his press conference, he wants to show everybody he’s tuff enough to stay in the SEC. His new tactic at Vandy is to tell these players that we will in fact do anything and everything to win a game. This includes cut blocks, spearing, etc. Otherwise, he knows they can’t stand toe to toe with SEC teams on a regular basis.

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Yay!

We Beat Vandy!

We’re Back!

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Looked like an open hand puch in the back to me..

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Hey Innocent bystander-
You’re right in saying that was not a ‘Chop Block’, but you’re a fool if you say that is a legal block. That is not legal and for good reason as it could cause serious and a career ending injury and just a cheap shot. I love the way you presented the definition for a chop though, block like you really knew what you were talking about.

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I swear…I feel like some of these UGA bloggers are trolls..how dumb can you be?? Both players were wrong..but to say the cut block deserves a 2 game suspension?? I’m sure you would say that when your DAWGS chop block/cut block they deserve a 2 game suspension too…

But no..you all state “they are defending themselves and the other team was playing dirty all night”…really? REALLY?

Thanks Paul in NH for the video…ahem that was way before Fairley speared murray..which he was flagged for…also..WHY ARE WE EVEN BRINGING UP NICK FAIRLEY..man you UGA fans have nightmares about that guy..

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Actually if you look the last of the clip in slo-mo, you can see that the Vandy player actually gets his helmet on the front side of the knee/leg. Be honest fellow Dog fans.

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Is this not about the same thing that Ben Jones had to sit a half for last year? Seems like the Vandy player should be punished. I knew we should have never danced in that end zone, we are still paying.

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@Timmy Dog

You’re right. It wasn’t a clip and it wasn’t a chop block. It wasn’t even a late hit. It was a simple cut block.

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@ RS Dawg – on that point I totally agree with you. The SEC officials on the field and in the office in Nashville are still paying UGA back for that stupid end zone celebration.

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Actually dawgfan the AJC would be fine without “you” i am confident. However Budweiser, Skoal, and Valtrex would most certainly suffer!

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“The block was legal” What a moron.

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Todd Grantham…

HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!

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@ timmy dog – we can argue about whether it was a clip or whether his head was technically in front of the knee or whatever crap you want to argue. But the “clip” (IMO) was clearly late after the runner was already out of bounds.

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I wouldn’t get close enough to that guy to try to get a quote without body guards standing by.

Todd Grantham…

HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!

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@Joey

It’s only a late hit after the whistle blows.

But you heard it blowing on that youtube video, didn’t you?

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STAY CLASSY UGA!!!!! Love the comments about how dirty it was and how Stewart shouldnt come to UGA next year, yet, in the same article it speaks of a UGA player being suspended for the same type of play.

One thing all fans can agree on UGA, is the most classless bunch in the game today……….

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Say what u want. All of this is the result of CHOP BLOCKING>>>>>>>>>>If u cant beat them chop blockem

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@ Clemson: Was that original thought?

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Innocent bystander : you obviously don’t know the difference between a cut block and a clip. Gaethers was hit from behind below his knees which is an illegal clip. A cut block is going below the waist from the front which is legal in some circumstances.. Tech does a lot of cut blocking. The replay showed the coward diving at his knees from behind. By the way that was the second time he did it. The first time he was not flagged. The Vandy player should have been kicked out of the game. Gaethers was penalized for defending himself when the ref wouldn’t dfend him. I say two games for the Vandy player and none for Gaethers is fair.

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Tom : just put your name on the back and look at it in the mirror. It will read “DUMB”.

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Geathers reacted to a horribly dirty play. If Stewart was Farley from Auburn, nothing would happen. That play could end a career and it was very intentional and away from the play.

I have no faith in the SEC or NCAA.

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Athens resident, Dog through and through…however:
The stuff that Fairley did to us last year could have been prevented, easily, if we had blocked him. Face it, guys, last year we were horrid….and 6-7.
Shawn Williams should be suspended, his actions were repeatedly embarrassing, and finally, Geathers should not be suspended at all, in my opinion. True, he reacted poorly. Also true is the fact that the hit he sustained could easily have wiped out his season. The Vandy center should be suspended, no doubt.

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The thing that stands out to me is the intent of a player running 30 yards to cut another player that is clearly not in the play. I don’t give a da#n if some AH calling himself a ref. says it’s OK. The vandy coach frankenberry is a PUNK I have delt with them all my life run that mouth when you know no one can do any thing but yell ar you. Big man to some 18 year old kids not so much to a grown man, needs his a$$ kicked glad CTG called him on it. As always GO DOGS & GATA

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Wait a GD minute here…

Brandon Spikes and Nick Fairley were never suspended.

No way they can suspend anyone from the UGA/Vandy game.

What a terrible article, AJC is no better than TMZ.

Why don’t you go crucify Cam Newton again…

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That Vandy player needs his sorry a** kicked for the cheap shot he took at Geathers. Geathers should have picked that guy up and body slammed him.

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If the SEC suspends Geathers, that will suck.
This “hit man” deliberately tried to end Geather’s career.
If this had been my son, there would be pay back.

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That was NOT a chop block. A chop block requires TWO players from the same team to complete.

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Hey Clem(p)son..aka Awbarn with a Lake (Lewis Grizzard, God rest his soul)…remember that little donnybrook y’all had with the Gamechix in 2004 in Death Valley?

..yeah, that’s what I though!

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Just line them both up and terminate them..would that make everyone happy?..Both screwed up..let coaches handle it. To much BS over something that happens all the time.

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Football insider… it’s called “clipping”, and YES is it illegal.

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AJC is just stirring the pot.

AJC has always been a second tier rag anyway.

They continue to pay Mark Bradley, Jeff Schultz, and Bill King to write for them.

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Geathers was slowing down and his posture showed the play was over. That’s the only reason this guy caught up with him. When a player relaxes at the end of a play that’s when he is most vulnerable. He reacted and noone was hurt. The flag, maybe, the suspension, fuhgetaboutit.

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seriously – is that Franklin running on to the field begging for a flag? I thought Franklin was a legitimate guy until this game. He’s a douche-bag and the media portrays him and Vandy as the good-guy in the whole mess. What a crock.

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I am sick of The Whole World being against our Dawgs. Vandy cheap shots us, clips Geathers terribly, chop blocks us at the knees all night and Wimpy Franklin who obviously coached his team to do these things, says Oh Coach Richt you and your guys rubbed our face in it. What a vagina. The media takes us to task. I am with Coach Grantham, Dawgs are not going to take this anymore. The evidence is against Vandy or should we call them Candybilt not Georgia. Beat them by 50 nedxt year Coach Richt or you lose my support.

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All of these idiots (dean) calling for UGA to get rid of Geathers obviously have never participated in athletics in their entire lives or really pull for GT.

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Blocking below the knees 5 yards beyound the line of scrimmage should result in ejection and 2 game suspension. If it occurs more than 5 yards away from the ball. 1 year suspension.

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GT blocks this way by design. Because it is by the line of scrimmage, it is “legal”.

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Coach Richt, Surely after 11 years at the helm, you recognize the passionate hatred from each and every opponent we face. The teams coming to OUR STATE and raiding us for our players. They cant beat us with their players, they have to have GEORGIANS to beat THE DAWGS. Dear Sir, NO MORE MERCY PERIOD. BEAT’EM DOWN, they do it to us when they can. NO MERCY. UGA VS. the world. That includes ESPN, The BCS Bulldog Cheating System, and all foes.P

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PJ..lol
You’re so stupid..watch the damn game.

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Stewart and Franklin started both incidences. I can not believe the media is not showing this correctly. Quit making it out that UGA was in the wrong and start showing how KG and CTG were defending themselves and their players.

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Who is gsu? Cant spell slug without gus. Pinkie gsu meet me in the parking lot and see what girls gym class l took sweetie pie.

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M. Kearns, amen brother, l second that emotion.

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PJ, Ben Jones’ half-game suspension was for the downfield clip on a Mississippi State player. Nothing to do with Fairley/Auburn.

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50-50 Candy Franklin probably takes another job instead of showing up in Athens next year. Where he will be exposed for a wimp. l say he has not got the brass to stay and take it like a real man. Gutless. People who talk WALK, People who cause pain, sit quietly, are silent, then black mamba strikes them unconscience.

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I’m your greatest nightmare. Beware gym class puppy!

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If one good thing happened it is that this UGA team got brought back down to planet earth. I told you last week that the team had had a bad week of practice and walked around beating their chest because they beat UT. I told you we would play sloppy and be lucky to win. Please note..I have watched this coaching staff and this is what you come to expect. The D played very well in the 1st half but were gassed in the 2nd. Anyways, I think this win will get everyone motivated again and hopefully UGA will play with some fire on the 29th.

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Cut blocks are legal but not when they are after the whistle and from behind…….

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Suspensions expected by whom? Courtney Upshaw flagrantly kicked a Vandy player for doing the same thing earlier this season, and was not suspended by the SEC. The only precedent here is that there’s no precedent.

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I would still be beating that cheap shots a$$.

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Football Insider

October 19th, 2011
9:53 am
I can’t believe how many people on here don’t know what a chop block is.

It is IMPOSSIBLE to have a chop block with just one person. A chop block by definition is a blocker CUT blocking low (legal) but another
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Where on earth did you come up with this crap? It isn’t true one little bit.

The cut block is when an offensive football player attempts to get a defensive player to the ground by diving at his feet and ankles rather than his upper body. This technique, however, borders the thin line between making a good block and maybe injuring someone.

http://www.essortment.com/cut-block-illegal-football-player-execute-43222.html

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I agree with z. Fanklin just wrote a check his team cant cash. I expect a beat down in Athens next year, like nothing weve ever seen.

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To WhoDat,

I didn’t watch either of those games in full, and I saw nothing as blatant as the clip on Geathers. If that were the case, then some UGA players should have been removed from those games as well. Also, what does your reference have to do with the UGA/Vandy game?

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Geniuses, that is NOT a chop block. It is an illegal block (ONLY because it was from behind) and was penalized as such.

All this nonsense about VU chop blocking all night is beyond out of control. I have watched the first half twice and there isn’t even one instance of a VU cut block, much less a chop block. Of course, none of you geniuses know the difference.

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It was a deliberate and calculated dirty hit by teh Vandy center, but Geathers was stupid. Don’t try to rationalize his personal foul as ’standing up for himself’. That was just undisciplined and stupid. It wil cost his team. The guy is a difference maker on the field.

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The penalties were assessed and the SEC should just stay out of it. They are becoming as bad as the present U.S. Govt. administration, they want to try and control everything. The game is over, and their decisions could directly affect UGA in it’s upcoming game with Florida. It would seem to me that the offices of the SEC would have better things to do than get involved in a situation that was handled properly on the field. Tempers got a little heated, but this is football, a full contact sport. It is not played in some board room with nice southern gentlemen discussing the weather, over their glass of bourbon. When the outcome of a future game can be altered or at least handicapped by a bunch of supposedly intelligent men, sitting on their little mountain, is it really football anymore. You would think these jokers would have better things to do, like expansion, for the sake of taking in more money, but ruining what is the SEC, by taking in a south western and mid western team and trying to kill the tradition, and history of the best conference there is in college football today. But, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, they now have to try and influence the outcome of future games by over governing. How come there is not much outcry about Saban’s now famous press conference or Mushcamps, curse filled outrage against the refs in a game. Oh that’s right, it did not involve UGA.

GO DAWGS and GATA

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Geathers should get a medal for not putting that cheap shot punk away. And Grantham should get a raise for not beatin the snot out of the trash talking wannabe coach. Good, you have my support, and be sure you know this is a rehearsal for when the $cam cheetahs come to town.

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I wouldn’t call that a “block” of any kind. Or even a clip. Those would seem to imply to me there was some sort of attempt to affect the play but just executed against the rules.

That was Simply a hit to the back of the knees after the play was decided.

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1eyedJack and Altamaha with back to back great posts.

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For those who are curious. I looked at the website Roster and Depth chart of VU, and I do not see any Stewart in the depth chart. In the roster, there is a Logan Stewart #60 listed a C/OG and a SO. Another Stewart is listed as Jimmy #95 DE/LB and FR.. I wonder if he is just one of those “hired guns”, you know, “provocateur” just planted for a particular time and purpose with minimal risk if caught or suspended.

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okay a low cut block below the knees is a lot more serious than a punch to the sude. a punch to the side when players are wearing pads isn’t going to end anyone’s career, a shot below the knees when the quarterback is already out of bounds is more likely than not. Vandy is making us out to be the bad guys, and they were instigating all night.

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I am in COMPLETE agreement with “Dawg stuck in Bammer” Auburn got away with more dirty plays last year than I care to remember, especially Fairley!!!!!!!!!! As far as this video and game, all I saw was a UGA player having a natural reaction to a dirty play.

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Kwame shouldn’t be punished at all! That’s BS!

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Sniffin’

October 19th, 2011
11:08 am
“Jap slapped you?” Is that a South Georgia term? Nice! Do you “Jap slap” Crowell when he is drawing on a joint during the week? He is so addicted it is bad news for the future. He is roaming town looking for Doritos and junk food around 11:30 on weekday nights in Athens.

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Slanderous statements are illegal in all 50 states. Defamation of character law suits end in big settlements. Might want to grow up a little and think before you just run your mouth about someone that I guarantee you know nothing about after the cameras are off.

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The refs blew it on this one. The Vandy player should have been flagged for clipping and personal foul. His actions looked intentional. There is no justification in suspending Geathers. Richt should go to bat for his player, who was protecting his body from injury.

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NO suspension for UGA! SUspend for the warm ups maybe…rhe refs should have ejected the vandy player for trying to intentionally end someones career with a cheap shot flagrant hit! End of story!

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I say call it good on both sides and let it go. That was a nasty clip that could have injured Geathers, he got his retaliation so just move on.

Onto Grantham, just move on too. If the story below is any indication of how lanuage has been used in football we would be suspending all the coaches. No difference yelling at the refs or another coach IMO.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7119493/florida-gators-muschamp-apologizes-foul-language

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OH YES CHIP maybe Coach Saban should be suspensed for using the S word. What you think Chippie. Half a game, full game and wash his mouth with soap.I have great ideal why don’t you or AJC start writing a column on what players do for good causes. Each week feature a player from a different team. THERE’S enough negitive going around LET’S GET SOME GOODNESS GOING AROUND What’s you say CHIPPIE

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He can’t man up against a superior athlete so he sneaks up behind him…………

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http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7119493/florida-gators-muschamp-apologizes-foul-language

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UGA vs Vandy, now a heated rivalry in the SEC East.

Thanks CMR for making a new tradition.

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I haven’t read this entire blog but what about the Florida guy who gouged Ealey’s eye? I could be wrong but I don’t recall the SEC suspending him. I only recall Meyer initially suspending him for like the first quarter or first half of their next game which was Vandy. Then Meyer received so much pressure from the media that he sat him for the whole Vandy game, but I still don’t think it came from the SEC? Maybe I’m wrong? Punishment needs to be applied consistently.

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suspension for what geathers did???????????????
you have to be freaking kidding me.
he had the right to rip the guys head off.
the fla scumbag that tried to rip ealys eyeball out got nothing from the SEC, are you kidding me???????

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I’ve heard that Vandy are Taliban members and that Grantham was just fighting the war on terror. USA…USA…USA

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Did not get suspended because the coins from Lee Co were once again accepted.Just like last week when the NCAA found nothing was wrong with Mr.Newton. Just give these guys(SEC/NCAA) what they want and your problems will go away.BTW,Not bad Auburn! $600k was a small price to pay for that NC.200 for Mr.Heisman and double it for the NCAA.Nice Job!!

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Geathers let him off easy…should have been two punches in there instead of one…that was a planned illegal dirty hit from the Vandy player, he got up and pointed to the bench in approval…

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gdawginkalamazoo

Well you have one pal–Ben Jones. BTW that wasn’t a clip, his head was in front, secondly it was the left leg9not right knee) and lastly the play wasn’t over, the RB could have cut back and it would have been a great block

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Finally!!! Someone else is watching the same video I have seen too.

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@ Energy Vampire – You are a moron. The play was over the ref had called time as 60 went for the knee. Rogers had already handed the ball to the ref. Wake up moron!

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Look real close. Words were exchange at the LINE ……Before the play. And the Vandy player payback the Big Mouth UGA player. Go Vandy

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Words = Cripple. Go with that.

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Energy, I said RIGHT AT HIS KNEE, I didn’t say right knee, you must have failed reading comprehension. Plus I said I don’t care WHAT YOU CALL IT, it was a dirty hit designed to HURT Geathers. Well the RB didn’t cut back the play was over.

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Yea from what i have been hearing the Vandy player tried to end Geathers career and Franklin condoned it that is very dirty CTG and Geathers should not be suspended .

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[...] Mr. Geathers is referring to Vanderbilt sophomore center Logan Stewart, who was flagged for clipping on the play. Kwame Geathers was called for a personal foul after he turned around and punched Stewart in the side while both players remained on the ground. You can  GO HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO. [...]

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That was technically not a chop block. As a DL you have to be engaged with an O blocker when someone tries to cut block you, a dangerous situation, to be a chop block. That was personal foul clip.

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I think Geathers and Stewart are both at fault and they should get equal punishment. Either they both get half a game or neither does. Williams shouldn’t get any punishment.

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gdawginkalamazoo – A clip is by defined as from behind, so clearly it does matter if it is from the front or side. I agree it wasn’t necessary, but he probably didn’t know the play was over, and I doubt the whistle had blown when he blocked him.

TampaDawg – You are confusing a Cut block and a Chop block – a Chop Block requires two blockers. The defender is engaged with one up high and the second dives at their knees. A cut block (which is what Stewart’s block would be unless it was from behind, which is debateable) is legal. If he is suspended for 2 games, Geathers should get 6.

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yeah, clearly an attempt to intentionally injure……can I get the lotto numbers for this week, too?

it was an illegal block….and he was penalized for it. geathers threw a punch….and he was penalized for it.

move on.

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Get it the right order … the “clip” result in the “punch” … some true reporting …

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don’t even comment to him or the other idiot agreeing with him kalamazoo. Everyone slows up on the video because the play was over. No debate available for that. Even the dumb vandy player slowed up, then seeing his couterpart, Geathers, available for an open shot, he speeded up for the hit.

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This is truly amazing,this play was not a chop block but they were many of those in this game.This was purposeful illegal clip from behind with intentions to cripple Geathers who they were having a hard time blocking.Those are the facts and they are undisputed.

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My brother is a big Alabama fan and he told me that Upshaw took a swing at a Vandy player. He says Upshaw is not a dirty player, but that he was harrassed by that guy during the game and finally got him back.

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Georgia is always “guilty” in the eyes of some people. It amazes me how people talk so much trash about Georgia. I don’t get on the Tech or Auburn sites and criticize their teams! Worry about your own teams instead of being obsessed with hate for Georgia.

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Can you post the gouching of the UGA player’s eyes vs Uf a couple years back?

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“This is truly amazing,this play was not a chop block but they were many of those in this game.This was purposeful illegal clip from behind with intentions to cripple Geathers who they were having a hard time blocking.Those are the facts and they are undisputed.”

Are you a lawyer? The only undisputed fact is that it was an illegal clap. Nothing else is fact and it’s far from undisputed.

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Geathers did what any self-respecting “man” would do when attacked from behind…he threw a punch. The personal foul resulted in a first down for Vandy.

Stewart cowardly, and from all indications, purposely clipped. No real penalty was realized. However, he does play for Vandy so he’s being punished anyway.

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why are all of you so dense? as mentioned on here over and over (but apparently, it isn’t sinking in for you), the play was over and Stewart had even started to slow up, AS DID EVERY OTHER PLAYER ON THE FIELD. Then he picks up some steam and charges into the back/side of Geathers knee. It was intentional and the actions on the video can be used, if you must talk a little lawyerese, to demonstrate intent to injure.

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BUSHLEAGUE!!!! No suspension unless the player from Vandy gets double or even more time!!!

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There is no “i” in team, but there’s an “odd” in Todd and a “me” in Kwame. Nuff said…

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Not a Chop Block

October 19th, 2011
12:50 pm

TampaDawg – Do me this favor. Pause the video right when the quarterback steps out of bounds.
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If the play wasn’t over, then why is everyone, and I mean EVERYONE including Stewart starting to slow down? That’s what the video shows. What isn’t shown on the video is the cute little thumbs up he gives to the sidelines afterwards. It was planned, it was intentional.

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Get Real People

October 19th, 2011
12:49 pm

A block, even an illegal block, is a football play.

Taking a swing at another player is not (I repeat – is not) a football play.
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For a simple mind, sure. But, as your analysis goes, an intent to injure is NOT a football play either. There was clear intent here as demonstrated by speed of play shortly before Stewie headed in Geathers direction and by Stewie’s little thumbs up to his bench after it was over.

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AJC keeps fanning the smoldering flames…Film at 11!

What else is new? The ajc can’t come up with any creative story writing. Always looking for controversy…this broken record is warped!
A guy tries to injury another permanently and he is supposed to show restraint?

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TampaDawg – I am not sure what video you are watching. There are two players 10 yards further away from the play still engaged in a block at the time of Stewart’s block. The play was not over.

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Looks like Williams, Weathers and Stewart were all suspended for a half. Now we can move on….

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ok people it is NOT a chop block. get educated on football before you post! a chop block is when on o-lineman is blocking a defender high (at the sholder pads) and another o-lineman comes in and blocks him low (at the knees)! THAT is a chop block. what thius vandy TOOL did was dirty, and it was a clip, NOT a chop-block! he should get a 2 game suspension for that!

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what does the vandy player expect when he committs a clip like that?………Geathers’ is a natural reaction………..could’ve been lot worse…………………………………..point is that if the vandy player hadn’t started it then the dawg wouldn’t have had to finish it………………………..

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Good for Geathers! He should have grabbed dudes face mask and ripped his head off… Dirty dirty dirty! Btw… GO JACKETS!!

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http://www.vucommodores.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/101911aaf.html

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[...] Video: See Geathers’ punch and clip that led to it here [...]

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Watch Stewart’s path to Geathers, he runs outside to in, getting his head and nearly shoulders ahead of Geathers body, and I agree with coach, do your home work before you go calling it either a chop or cut block.

Clipping – “A blocker contacting a non-ballcarrying opponent from behind and at or below the waist” No question that the block was below the waist, but I think you could argue wheter or not Stewart’s body was strictly behind Geather’s at point of contact.

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You UGA fans are moronic. A punch after any play is indefensible.

Todd Grantham.

HA HA HA

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First time seeing the video. I see intent to injure there. I’d say the vandy guy got off easy with only a punch to the side. I’d also say whomever meted out the punishment to Geathers is a f’ing idiot.

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I strongly condone what Geathers did afterwards….this Vandebilt player was trying to deliberately hurt or even worse break his legs with a helmet dive even as it ocurred away from the play. This could have been a career-ending hit. Go UGA.

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HEAD LINE SHOULD READ…Geathers reacts to cheap shop by Vandy player

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update 61-39-5 ………..Geathers should be made to run the stadium steps for not totally whipping the Vandy players ass.

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I’m a GT guy and typically root against all things UGA… but that Vanderbilt player deserved to be tossed from the game for that maneuver… and UGA’s 99 was reacting like any player/person would who cares about their health and career.

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I wasn’t even THINKING about making a comment until I saw this! The Vandy player was way out of line on this one! Heck, the ball carrier was out of bounds! I can’t blame the Ga player at all! Just thankful his football career is not over. Dirty play!!

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The Vandy player should be suspended for at least one game. That could have ended Kwame’s career and was blatant! Kwame showed incredible restraint to only throw one punch. SEC should not have suspended Kwame and was way too light on Vandy player.

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Chip, why my comment is not posted?

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Is there a bounty on Vanderbilt center Logan Stewart?

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I don’t pull for the dogs, but I don’t blame his reaction. I think many players would’ve had the exact same reaction. It was a cheap shot by the Vandy player and dumb – it could’ve really hurt Kwame.

Grantham on the other hand…..

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Buford T. Puss ee is more like it.

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Now, to all you no nothings about football. It’s not a chop block, it’s not a cut block. It is a clip, and clipping has been a PF for more than 80 yrs.

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I don’t get it. An intentional act to cause unprovoked personal harm; i.e. “assault”to an individual; which resulted the party assaulted being punished for responding to the physical assault. Don’t believe a court would delve out equal punishment to both the agressor and the responder to aggression. Both should be punished, but not to the same degree.

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Georgia Tech, ranked no. 84, is the leading school in Georgia, ahead of Emory at 114 and the University of Georgia at 385, according to the rankings compiled by U.S. News and World Report.

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Christopher, that’s not even remotely close to a chop block. It’s a CLIP. A chop block is a combination block of one player high and one player hitting low. Meaning it takes 2 teammates to commit a chop block infraction. This is a CLIP.

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Cheap shot but you have to keep your composure, do not whine just get even on the next couple of plays.

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Return to Glory…he tried to get even with a punch and got the suspension unfortunately.

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Watch the video…the play was over! Did not think Vandy was dirty. Guess they had high hopes going 3-0 against no names. Then the real schedule kicked in and reality slapped them in the face.

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@Anonymous

That was an illegal clip.. you idiot.

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I used to be a park and recreation director many years ago. Whenever two kids wanted to act bad in front of everyone, I take them to the equipment room, lock put them inside and tell them, “I’m going to lock the door you two go ahead and fight it out, I’ll be back in 5 minutes.” Every time I locked the door and put my ear up to it, never heard a word. Until late in my career I did it to two 12 year olds in my office. The minute I closed the door they went after it like to pit bulls. Just about distroyed my office. (Remember this was many years ago) They sue me in this day and age for that. But the point is, everyone wants to look tough in front of a crowd. I guarantee you if you put that punk Vandy player in a locked room with Geathers he would have wimpered like a little girl.

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I think we should all pray about it and be more concerned about the way our Univeristy looks! Coach Richt is the worlds best coach and in him we trust! GOOD FOR KG , I WOULD BROKE THAT GUYS LEG THE NEXT PLAY! FIRE RICHT…..NOW!

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BTW, Fairley was suspended for the first half of the Bama game.

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It would be nice to allow a player to defend himself if he is attacked in a manner that could severely injure him and end his career. In the context of this situation, and in my opinion, the Vandy player should receive a multi-game suspension. Franklin should receive a warning from the SEC office about enforcing clean play from his players. The Georgia player needs no further repercussions.

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Gratham has shown he stands behind his players

Richt doesnt

Guess thats why our defense has improved and the offense sputters along in mediocrity

players play harder when they know you have their back

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What is wrong with block??
His helmet is in front of the defender?

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The Vandy prick should have been thrown out and suspended all four quarter of Vandy’s next SEC game. Kwame should have gotten no more than the personal foul he received. Franklin’s Commodes were pulling stuff like that all night.

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c) williams

http://vanderbilt.scout.com/2/1118324.html

watch the highlight of chris boyd’s 23-yard reception….watch wr at top of screen on slant route….this was one of at least 3 for williams

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Wow… by definition a chop block is when a defensive player is engaged but high and low by two offensive players. Period. It is illegal.

Cut blocks are 100% legal and everyone uses them for down field blocking.

Any of you folks every play football or do you just sit at home and play football on the Nintendo or what ever?

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Stano: Reports say Stewart gave a “Thumbs up” sign to the sideline while getting up from his and Geathers run in. Second hand info on that though.

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Best I remember, Spikes gave himself a suspension for a quarter or half game. Meyer nor UF did not suspend him. And Farley is a criminal for what he did to Aaron Murray and should have been give a year (in prison). SEC did nothing to either.

Dip wad Franklin started the argument with Grantham and cried like a baby when Grantham didn’t back down and gave it right back to him.

The SEC office is a joke and will surely let that Georgia Teck director of officials will let Penn Wagers of South Carolina referee our game against UF. Watch and see. We will pay for this again in that game.

Thank you Mr Geathers for standing up and saying what our Head Coach and Athletic Director should have the guts to say themselves.

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dramatic much?

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Where is the video?? I couldn’t access it at work and now that I’m at home, it appears as though it’s been taken down….

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Chip is there any where we can find the video thats ok with the sec

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Yeah looks like Clay Travis still had his butt hurt from what he poor Vols had to endure last week and thus made a big stink about the AJC having the video. Chip I think we found who complained to the SEC about the video. Poor little Clay Travis got his feelings hurt: http://www.outkickthecoverage.com/the-play-that-led-to-georgia-vandy-confrontation-georgia-defensive-back-shawn-williams-cheap-shot-.php

And dense….go pound sand. Williams was wrong, but so was the Vandy player. And you are obviously blind if you did not notice the block was away from the play and Geathers had pulled up, ie, meaning he was in a defenseless position. Now go back and play your boy Paul Johnson on the playstation. Hey maybe with you vast football knowledge you can figure out how to beat Virginia on there since your boys can’t do it in real life.

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Why does it keep saying “go here to watch the video” when I can’t find a single link to the friggin video?

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Preston, because there was a video yesterday afternoon until Chip and the AJC were forced to take it down b/c of some copyright bs. In actuality, if you look at the link I posted earlier, the SEC pulled the plug on the video b/c little Clay Travis got his feelings hurt because UGA wouldn’t give him the video first because, quite frankly, he is not a journalist like the AJC and thus he pitched a hissy fit to the SEC office about it.

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[...] Mr. Geathers is referring to Vanderbilt sophomore center Logan Stewart, who was flagged for clipping on the play. Kwame Geathers was called for a personal foul after he turned around and punched Stewart in the side while both players remained on the ground. you can  GO HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO. [...]

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