Bulldogs’ TE Aron White talks about being eaten by UGA’s famous hedges
Aron White clutches a piece of Georgia's hedges as he's interviewed at Sanford Stadium following Saturday's 63-16 win over New Mexico State. (AJC photo by Chip Towers)
Aron White has become somewhat of an Internet sensation.
Video of the senior tight end from Columbia, Mo., getting stuck in Georgia’s famous hedges has been making its way around the world wide web since the Bulldogs’ 63-16 win over New Mexico State Saturday. White dove head first into the Chinese privet hedge row after leaping a marimba following a touchdown catch in the east end zone. He had to be extricated by teammates before he could celebrate his second touchdown of the season.
I spoke with White about the chain of events in the locker room following the game and took a picture of him clutching a piece of the assaulting hedge, which I’ve included here. Scroll down to see video footage of the play.
Here’s what White said about it after the game:
“I’m a little bit of a character so people thought I was playing. They said, ‘Man, you did that on purpose.’ But I didn’t. I couldn’t get up. My teammates got to the hedges and they were yelling at me. ‘Come, on, come on!’ I was saying, ‘I can’t. Help me, pull me, do something!’ When they finally did yank me out of there, it tore a big hole in the back of my jersey. They didn’t believe me ’til I showed them my shirt. That gave me a little credibility. But God, man, it felt so good to score in Sanford Stadium. To be right in front of the student section and to pop up like that and it go from almost dead silence to everybody cheering and roaring and everything, it felt really good.”
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oldbird
November 7th, 2011
2:01 pm
THe red pants look great with the white jerseys. I don’t think we have worn them since my junior year at clemson, 1985.
AltamahaDawg
November 7th, 2011
2:05 pm
I think they needed to clear it with Peterson first.
Joey
November 7th, 2011
2:11 pm
I hope it’s not true. We’re playing for the right to go to the Dome. Shouldn’t need a gimmick to get the players up for this one.
0-3, and 100+ points allowed in our last 3 uniform-change-games . . .
mike dodo
November 7th, 2011
2:15 pm
guss is going to mississippi! SPREAD IT!
JDawg1785
November 7th, 2011
2:15 pm
Definitely the play of the day!
TampaDawg
November 7th, 2011
2:16 pm
@Still@theKool-aidBAR .. First, I think that by saying the SEC East is the worst in the last 15 years is discounting the fact that a 5 loss team won it last year. Second, you STILL can’t compare the two. Hard to say that CPJ had less talent than his competition at GaSo. And at GT, he is still in the ACC and even then, it isn’t like GT was wallowing in the basement of the ACC standings. Plus, CPJ’s first contract with GT was worth more than CMR’s first with UGA.
Dr. Morpheus
November 7th, 2011
2:19 pm
It’s great… to be… a Georgia Bulldog! I don’t see how Auburn wins with their QB making his third start ever against our QB-eating D. And we will have all of our weapons locked and loaded. But we will need to be serious, remembering the way AU behaved last year, focused, and ready to TCB.
@BayouDawg- Having lived here in Baton Rouge the past 30 years, I will say that Nick Saban is the only coach LSU will ever have who cares as much about winning as the LSU fans. Nick seems depressed even when he wins an NC.
AltamahaDawg
November 7th, 2011
2:23 pm
So you think they would have done better had they not worn a different color?
Still@theKool-aidBAR
November 7th, 2011
2:25 pm
@TampaDawg i don’t know how you can say a 5 loss team won the SEC East last year. That would be IMPOSSIBLE. A 3 loss team won the SEC EAST last year. This year again a 3 loss team could win it, maybe UGA will just have 2 losses but I am hpoing TECH will beat the Dawgs as i guess you know.LOL
TampaDawg
November 7th, 2011
2:42 pm
@Still@theKool-aidBAR
In Conference Overall
#22 South Carolina x 5 – 3 9 – 5
That is a five loss team.
TampaDawg
November 7th, 2011
2:46 pm
Last years East division had 4 sub .500 teams. This year, that’s not going to happen. Not even by a long shot and thats with Florida having one of the most brutal schedules in history.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
November 7th, 2011
2:47 pm
TampaDAWG……..now that is fun MATH. USC was a 3 loss EAST Champ. USC then lost to Auburn in the Championship Game(4) and to FSU in the Bowl game(5).
USC lost 3 games to BECOME the SEC least CHAMP.
You are counting losses AFTER USC was the EAST CHAMP.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
November 7th, 2011
2:49 pm
Does that explain the point that USC was not a 5 loss SEC east Champ.
TampaDawg
November 7th, 2011
2:51 pm
Why does that matter? You never said anything about how they won the east. I just said the East Champ had 5 losses. FACT, they did have 5 losses. And I pointed out their conference 3 loss record as well. But as a whole, there were 2 five loss teams at the top of the heap, and 4 sub .500 teams after that. Will that happen this year? No.
TampaDawg
November 7th, 2011
2:52 pm
THEY STILL LOST 5 GAMES LAST YEAR! That’s the only point I am making. The team at the top finished the season with 5 losses. The “next best team” also had 5 losses. It doesn’t matter when they had them when you are looking at a conferences entire body of work.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
November 7th, 2011
2:55 pm
OK we are not arguing the lil numbers. The EAST last year had a BETTER top team than this year. IMO then. The EAST has not been this weak COLLECTIVELY CONSECUTIVELY then in the last 15 years. Does it change the basic premise of the argument?
Are you attending the Auburn game? be nice if you go to the Auburn fans. The players are the ones that are supposed to be mean and physical.
Tom
November 7th, 2011
2:57 pm
Well, ligustrum sinense is a cultivated weed, after all.
Chip Towers
November 7th, 2011
3:02 pm
Hey, new “UGA Insider,” go back to using your old handle. Somebody has already been using that name. Thanks.
Chip Towers
November 7th, 2011
3:03 pm
I stand corrected. It is Chinese privet, as verified in UGA media guide. It had been referred to as English privet for years. Thanks to all you horticulturists out there.
Someone needs to see a psychiatrist, quick
November 7th, 2011
3:04 pm
Uranus Butter
The only thing Uga is good for is crappin on the field. I would love to kick that mutt right in his big ugly face.
“Animal abuse is an early indicator of a chaotic household where the safety of women and/or children is compromised”
You’re probably 10 years old so you’re definitely not married or have kids (and even if you were a risk to your mother your dad would probably just knock you out like he should). You are however a risk to the people you go to school with and you need help before you use this anger and seriously hurt someone around you …….
Steven
November 7th, 2011
3:10 pm
I can’t believe that we are going to do a ‘red out’. UGA Insider is always so knowledgeable…. I’m pumped!!
Joey
November 7th, 2011
3:24 pm
No. It’s just a little embarrassing that we kept trying gimmicks that failed miserably.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
November 7th, 2011
3:25 pm
Not a UGA fan, but ALL I ever heard was that the Hedges were English Privet like the Ugas being English Bulldogs.
Thanks for whoever Educated us a lil more today on the HEDGES.
Steven
November 7th, 2011
3:26 pm
If you get embarrassed b/c we have worn different uniforms a few times you really need to re-evaluate your life. Pretty sure there may be some underlying issues there…
Evansdawg
November 7th, 2011
3:27 pm
He extracted that piece of the hedge from his arse.
Dawg48
November 7th, 2011
3:28 pm
@still
If your a tech fan why are you always on the Georgia blog? Just asking.
Dawg48
November 7th, 2011
3:30 pm
@chip or any one else……….
With ole miss getting rid of nut any opinions who they may pick up?
Timeout Georgia
November 7th, 2011
3:32 pm
UGA was leading 42-3 with less than a minute left in the first half. New Mexico State sends the punt team out there and thinks they are seconds away from getting in the locker room. But wait! UGA calls a timeout so they could have time to score again before halftime. So not necessary, even if UGA did pay that school a small fortune.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
November 7th, 2011
3:43 pm
Dawg48……………if you can’t kick them off your blog then join then on their blog. You can’t get the Dawgs to leave the GT blog so why shouldn’t i come to the UGA blog too?
This IS a PUBLIC forum? It is my right?
Ole Miss Coaching Search
November 7th, 2011
3:44 pm
@Dawg48
We plan to get the coach that Georgia hoped to get. That’s why we aren’t waiting until the season ends.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
November 7th, 2011
3:45 pm
Dawg48 just for FUN do you think BOBO will be UP for ANY HC coaching job? Well, unless Clarke Central, Athens Academy, or Pop Warner in Athens needs a new coach.
TampaDawg
November 7th, 2011
3:46 pm
“Nutt, who is earning approximately $2.7 million this season, has a $6 million buyout clause in his contract, Boone said.”
And people talk about the $2.85 million that CMR is getting?
AltamahaDawg
November 7th, 2011
3:46 pm
SOOOO, right back to my question, how did they “fail” if the results were not tied to them, and the would not have differed had they not occured? My personal opinion is that we simply played worse than the other guys.
Lot’s of things are done in the cource of a football season that have no other purpose except to prepare and motivate, that also occured the week of some losses. Doesn’t mean they shouldnt ever do it again.
Dawg48
November 7th, 2011
3:46 pm
@ ole miss
And who may that be?
TampaDawg
November 7th, 2011
3:48 pm
Ole Miss Coaching Search
November 7th, 2011
3:44 pm
@Dawg48
We plan to get the coach that Georgia hoped to get. That’s why we aren’t waiting until the season ends.
————————
Well, with Ole Miss being 2-7, you probably shouldn’t wait. Flip the record around and Nutt isn’t even leaving.
Dawg48
November 7th, 2011
3:50 pm
@still
Don’t know don’t care
Dawg48
November 7th, 2011
3:52 pm
Do you think guss malzon will end up at ole miss?
Or how ever you spell his last name………
Dawg48
November 7th, 2011
3:56 pm
A list of coaches off the top of my head would be……..
Guss from auburn………….
Ralf friedgen…………( would love to see him be OC at Georgia)
Kirby smart……….
News | MrSEC.com
November 7th, 2011
4:02 pm
[...] this weekend, the East race will go to the Dawgs.6. Did you see UGA tight end Aron White get stuck in the Sanford Stadium hedges on Saturday?7. AD Greg McGarity says there will be no nine-game schedule in the [...]
BobDawg
November 7th, 2011
4:04 pm
I’m telling you my Dawg bretheren that this game will NOT be close… Over by halftime…. The Barners are running into a steamroller… They won’t know if we are coming by Air or by land with our full contingent back in action…..
CHDawg
November 7th, 2011
4:07 pm
News Flash: Thomas Brown has left the building to become a motivational speaker. Kool aid man, keep the hedges out of this. For the Dawgs getting sucked into the dissing contests about Tech and other teams, I wouldn’t. Tech is doing quite well, and will be a tough opponent, and CPJ is a very innovative OC. Look at Tech’s run stats, and overall stats the last few years.
kybodawg
November 7th, 2011
4:16 pm
just wondering how many game suspension the HONEY BADGER will get for flagrant clothesline on ala player that put him out for the game. oh wait a min. lsu is ranked no. 1 he will probably be sec defensive player of the week.
Hoopster
November 7th, 2011
4:17 pm
Internet sensation? Hardly.
Coach Richt is best
November 7th, 2011
4:31 pm
Yeah they’ve never had any suspensions at Georgia under Coach Richt. He’s a christian. He beats everybody. Just look at this year. He’s won every game the last 7 weeks. His players are all young. His coaching staff is better than every other staff. He will beat Auburn. Auburn is just great. His recruits are the dream team; does anything else need to be said on that? He will beat Lsu. He beats bama too. Arkansas, please. Does Georgia really want to go back to the goof years? I don’t think so. Coach Richt will be here forever. President Adams hired Coach Richt. He also fired Donnan. Next year Georgia wins the national champ. It will be great. Coach Richt is not selling his homes. He is going to donate all that money to his church. He has adopted children from not wealthy countries. Coach Richt is the best. The recruits are lined up. He has 8 strings of running backs. He chose Aaron Murray and Aaron is the best quarterback in the SEC. Aaron Murray has won all these games this year. Last year is over. It was just 1 bad year. This year is certainly the best ever. They beat Ky and Gt. I don’t see any problems. They might even win the national champ this year. You don’t know. I don’t want Satan. Satan lost Saturday. Coach Richt won Saturday. I would rather have Coach Richt than Satan. Les Miles is a fool. Paul Johnson got lucky 1 year. 1 out of 11 years after Coach Richt beat them again soon. Coach Richt will win the bowl game like he always does. Coach Richt has been hiding how good his team is this year. What he has 7 wins now? Auburn, Ky, Gt. That is 10. Beat Lsu. That is 11. Beat BCS bowl team. That is 12 wins. Mark it down.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
November 7th, 2011
4:48 pm
D48……………………..you have a better chance of BOBO being the HC at UGA than you do of havin Fridgen being the OC under the Moron Richt.
doggoneit
November 7th, 2011
4:58 pm
Guys listen, If you write more than two lines no one will listen to you or read it!
Ole Miss Coaching Search
November 7th, 2011
5:12 pm
“Guss from auburn………….
Ralf friedgen…………( would love to see him be OC at Georgia)
Kirby smart……….”
None of those are Head Coaches. Neither is Mark Richt, for that matter.
A Thousand Points of Spite: Week 10 judginess – Campus Union
November 7th, 2011
5:28 pm
[...] sudden arboreal stop. Georgia tight end Aron White was, for a fleeting moment, part of the hallowed Sanford Stadium hedges themselves, becoming entangled after catching a touchdown pass from Aaron Murray and hurtling [...]
KF
November 7th, 2011
5:39 pm
What about the big drop at Jacksonville?
Still@theKool-aidBAR
November 7th, 2011
6:43 pm
Ole Miss Coaching Search……………..not only do you just SUCK at football, but you are DUMB too. Ralph Friegden was the HC at his alma mater Maryland.