Sophomore Brandon Harton gets starting nod at tailbback
Georgia running backs coach Bryan McClendon (L) talks to suspended starter Isaiah Crowell shortly before kickoff in Saturday's game against New Mexico State. (AJC photo)
ATHENS – Greetings from bright and and sunny Sanford Stadium. But don’t let that fool you. It’s cold here! A strong, cold wind is blowing north-northwest and keeping the flag in the west end zone blowing straight. It’s strong enough that I’d say it will have an effect on the passing and kicking games.
So here’s what I can tell you so far:
- Looks like sophomore Brandon Harton is going to get the start at tailback. No big surprise there. The former walkon was named most promising walkon in the spring and earned a scholarship in preseason camp. In fact, he’d played his way into the rotation in August until a severe ankle injury the last week of preseason workouts sidelined him for the first two weeks of the regular season. He has the most experience of the tailbacks left after the Bulldogs lost four to injury and suspension this week.
- Don’t be surprised to see Nick Marshall line up in the backfield for the Dogs today. Marshall, who is a backup safety and special teams player this season, was an all-state quarterback at Wilcox County, which he led to a Class A state championship. He was actually promised in recruiting a chance to play as the back in Georgia’s rarely-used “Wild Dog” formation. The Bulldogs shut out the media from the teamwork portion of practice this week so there could be all kinds wrinkles we see today.
- Outside linebacker Reuben Faloughi is not dressed out today. No official reason has been offered by UGA but the Athens Banner-Herald reported late this week that his dorm room at at Rooker Hall was searched on Thursday after a student noticed the smell of marijuana coming from within. Police searched the room and no contraband was found and no arrest was made But Faloughi, a sopohomore backup, is not playing today, so make of it what you will.
- Jarvis Jones (mild knee sprain) has been announced as a starter at outside linebacker, so I guess he’s going to go. It was not certain late in the week as he did a lot of exercise bike riding during practice.
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ARdawg
November 5th, 2011
2:46 pm
Maybe someone should post a list of the bridges built by Tech grads. I would hate to know I was on a bridge that was “only” off by 23%
sting'um
November 5th, 2011
2:46 pm
ARDAWG: You have no degree,you are just another one of the many
athens losers that hide behind your keyboard and stoke your little puppy while
sharing the doobie with crowell. Enough said see ya.
evil empire
November 5th, 2011
2:47 pm
UGA 2012 preseason nat champs for the thirty second year in a row…reality sets in 9/8/12 in Columbia…
Kramer
November 5th, 2011
2:48 pm
With a 49-3 lead, I’m so happy to see all the haters out in full force on a beautiful Saturday. What’s the matter? Mom didn’t give you enough chores? Losers.
ARdawg
November 5th, 2011
2:48 pm
sting’um
Obviously you are a chronic sufferer of penis envy. They have drugs for that you know. Luckily they are not off as bad as your calculations
UGA Pays New Mexico State $700,000 for a buy win
November 5th, 2011
2:49 pm
wow why not play ga southern for that 1 mill?
DooRag
November 5th, 2011
2:49 pm
Don’t agree with putting Mason in with 2nd strong O-Line, and no rb that can Pass Pro. what’s the point? Not gaining real experience there, just trying to doge passrushers.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
November 5th, 2011
2:49 pm
No Personal fouls on UGA today! I guess the dawgs are playing a high school team.
UGA Pays New Mexico State $700,000 for a buy win
November 5th, 2011
2:50 pm
uga still can’t beat a ranked team. right girls?
ARdawg
November 5th, 2011
2:51 pm
Doorag
They’re calling off the Dogs. We’re not GT, no use in trying to embarrass somebody
milk dud
November 5th, 2011
2:52 pm
No Kool Aid we’re playing Tech later this month. Don’t get chaffed just having fun kool-aid.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
November 5th, 2011
2:52 pm
ARDAWG the announcer said $900k in the pre-game breakdown. I am just repeating what they said.
ARdawg
November 5th, 2011
2:54 pm
StilltheBar
It is $900K. It’s your comrade in protractors that said $700K
milk dud
November 5th, 2011
2:54 pm
I know New Mexico State is small time, but was pleased and suprised to be up 49-3 at half-time.
ARdawg
November 5th, 2011
2:56 pm
NMST could take a small portion of their earnings today and schedule GT in Las Cruces next year
evil empire
November 5th, 2011
2:56 pm
2013 will be my favorite uga season…new coach… playing Clemson, SoCar, LSU, Bama in the first 7 weeks…the tears will be flowin’ in clarke county…
DooRag
November 5th, 2011
2:56 pm
Maosn hits Conley for 46 yards!
Still@theKool-aidBAR
November 5th, 2011
2:56 pm
@
Vanderbilt
W33-28
Gators 20-7 against Vandy . A healthy Gators beat UGA.
milk dud
November 5th, 2011
2:57 pm
I understand it’s not cool to humiliate a team, but we also need Hudson to get some more experience, so I say let him rip.
DooRag
November 5th, 2011
2:58 pm
That was a beautiful pass from his own end zone, talk about poise, Mason drew back and connected 46 yards.
UGA Pays New Mexico State $900,000 for a buy win
November 5th, 2011
2:58 pm
how many @uga was let go to pay for this win?
Still@theKool-aidBAR
November 5th, 2011
2:58 pm
Vandy scores 14-20.
how did Vandy score 28 on the dawgs Defense?
I don’t get that at all.
DooRag
November 5th, 2011
2:59 pm
Mason heating up, hit McGowan for 10 yards…
ARdawg
November 5th, 2011
3:00 pm
NMST could call it the GT promotion and give all 4150 in attendance 4 hotdogs and 4 cokes
milk dud
November 5th, 2011
3:00 pm
Kool-aid,
I’m not trying to be ugly to you but it’s kind of hard to disrespest a team that your team has lost 9 out of the last ten games against. Sounds like sour grapes to me, but no hate from me buddy because what good is college ball without a little smack talkin’
Sic' 'em Dogs
November 5th, 2011
3:00 pm
Trolls on a UGA blog during a blow out game…priceless.
THE definition of fricking L O S E R S.
http://www.merriamwebster/loser.definition
Still@theKool-aidBAR
November 5th, 2011
3:00 pm
Good for the KID.
milk dud
November 5th, 2011
3:02 pm
I think we beat Auburn by 14. At least I hope.
DooRag
November 5th, 2011
3:02 pm
Hutson big 3rd down conversion to McGowan on 3rd and 8. Then a bunch of running calls, td. Nice drive Hutson Mason!
ARdawg
November 5th, 2011
3:02 pm
Afterall, GT doesn’t get to play in front of many crowds that big
ARdawg
November 5th, 2011
3:03 pm
Enter your comments here
Buh Bye
November 5th, 2011
3:03 pm
The athletic history of UGA is full of so many sordid, sleazy incidents – dating back to Vince Dooley and continuing through Mark Richt – that it’s impossible to overlook. The school has come to stand for drunkenness and lawlessness, coddling of illiterate low-class athletes who should never have been admitted to college, and rampant cheating by coaches.
UGA and Mark Richt are an affront and an embarrassment to all decent people in this state.
DooRag
November 5th, 2011
3:03 pm
Mason is 5 for 7 for 85 yards with the 2nd string O-Line. Man!
Still@theKool-aidBAR
November 5th, 2011
3:04 pm
Sic”em Dogs………………..Watching Vandy/ UF & NCSU/ UNC too. Don’t care about Texas Tech/ Texas.
If is football season so We watch what games are on.
Plenty of UGA fans on the Tech blog Sat. night against Clemson.
DooRag
November 5th, 2011
3:05 pm
Kyle Karempelis had 3 strong runs to finish out that td drive. Got some nice backs. These guys Harton & Kyle look better than Crowell & Samuel.
milk dud
November 5th, 2011
3:05 pm
Kool – Aid,
I respect real Tech fans. I have some in my family. I feal sorry for the real ones because so much of the Tech fan base only come out when Tech does something kind of big. My mom’s whole side of the family is pretty much Tech so we have butted heads alot through the years.
BiggdawgK
November 5th, 2011
3:05 pm
It must be white boy day in Athens.
DooRag
November 5th, 2011
3:06 pm
Can we break 70 points?
Still@theKool-aidBAR
November 5th, 2011
3:07 pm
Mason should have transferred as soon as this season started and not wasted playing time.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
November 5th, 2011
3:07 pm
Vandy trying to get the lead with a score on this drive.
UGA Pays New Mexico State $700,000 for a buy win
November 5th, 2011
3:07 pm
paying a HIGH school $700,000 for a win is for losers alright.
DooRag
November 5th, 2011
3:08 pm
Kind of agree, Mason wasted a year, don’t think he’ll be back next year.
milk dud
November 5th, 2011
3:09 pm
Dog fans,
If people don’t hate on you it just means your a little unkown team or you win like 2 games a year. When you have a team that has beaten and upset alot of fan bases a UGA has through the years, you pick up trolls. Comes with the territory. Don’t let it make you so upset. GO DAWGS!
UGA2002
November 5th, 2011
3:09 pm
WOW! 5 TDS IN THE FIRST HALF!!! Against a 3-5 team. We have the easiest schedule I’ve ever seen for an SEC team.
We still have not beaten a team with a winning record since 2009. And I can easily see us going into the Auburn game favored by 10-12 pts, ranked higher and feeling great because we are at home. In years past that’s been a disaster for the at home ranked and favored team. I see us losing to Auburn like we did in 1999 when I first was there, beating UK and losing to GT.
We’ve barely beaten bad teams and UF goes down to Vandy and loses 5 in a row then our signature win was a fluke or a sign UF is dead.
I can’t believe we won 7 in a row but I also can’t believe the SEC East is this awful.
ARdawg
November 5th, 2011
3:11 pm
Maybe GT should re-negotiate to play in Athens every year for a $700K pay out (they’re not worth as much as NMST), they could earn 3-4 times more than they do playing at Middle Tennessee
UGA Pays New Mexico State $700,000 for a buy win
November 5th, 2011
3:12 pm
Milk Dud aka Milk dumb…beat a ranked team. can they? no. will they no. not again this year.
ARdawg
November 5th, 2011
3:13 pm
milk dud
Agreed and after pounding Tech year after year after year is why they hate us and troll here. They can’t help it, bless their little hearts
milk dud
November 5th, 2011
3:15 pm
One thing you will also notice is so many of these people on here that say UGA is irrevelant and they can’t beat ranked teams and this and that are on here everyday posting insulting comments. Have you not noticed that UGA STAYS IN THESE PEOPLES HEADS RENT FREE ALL DAY.
GO DAWGS!
Still@theKool-aidBAR
November 5th, 2011
3:16 pm
VANDY is supposed to be SMART? 4th and inches and they jump offsides to let the gators keep the drive going. Not smart at all.
North ave. faithful
November 5th, 2011
3:19 pm
Is anyone watching the refs cheat vandy out of a chance to beat the gators? Its absolutely unbelievable. BTW good game dawgs,keep it up,i want us both to be 9-2 when we play.