Georgia drags major tailback dilemma into Georgia Tech game (UPDATED)
Georgia has already displayed recognitiion of its 2011 SEC Eastern Division championship on the wall of the team meeting room at Butts-Mehre Heritage Hall. (AJC)
UPDATE (6:20 P.M.) Georgia offensive coordinator Mike Bobo said he expects both Carlton Thomas and Isaiah Crowell to play at tailback. . . .
ATHENS — The question posed to Georgia coach Mark Richt was a simple one. His answer was not.
Richt was asked what the Bulldogs’ tailback rotation might look on Saturday against archrival Georgia Tech. In a nutshell, he either legitimately does not know or is not saying.
“I don’t know the answer to that,” Richt said at his weekly news conference Tuesday at Butts-Mehre Heritage Hall. “We have to sort through it. It’s just not cut and dry. I don’t know who is going to start. I don’t even know who’s going to play 100 percent. But we’re working our way through it and we’ll know more by the end of the week. I don’t know what I’ll announce, but right this second I do not know exactly how it’s going to come out.”
There are a number of issues facing the Bulldogs at their prestige position:
- No. 1 tailback Isaiah Crowell was limited to two carries for 11 yards this past after spraining his left ankle. Initially, Richt expressed optimism that Crowell would be able to go Saturday. Now he says he’ll be in a green, non-contact jersey for Tuesday’s practice and his status is questionable.
- No. 2 tailback Carlton Thomas is coming off his third-one-game suspension of the season on Saturday and Richt has remained vague about what his status will be for Saturday’s game. “I don’t know that answer right now.,” Richt said Tuesday.
- No. 3 tailback Richard Samuel, who had ankle surgery on Nov. 1, is now practicing in a limited capacity but is not ready to come back. “We hope he’s in the mix next week,” Richt said.
- Nos. 4 and 5 tailbacks Brandon Harton and Ken Malcome combined for three fumbles this past Saturday. At this point they have seriously breached the coaches’ trust regarding ball security. “We’ve got some guys that need to learn to hold onto the football,” Richt said.
So the rotation, Richt said, will be determined in practice this week.
“I want to see them practice,” he said. “I guess competition is the hold up, deciding through competition who deserves to start, who deserves to play.”
Despite its many issues Georgia has had this season, it has managed to run the ball fairly effectively throughout. The Bulldogs are fourth among SEC teams in rushing at 185.4 yards per game and they’ve had three different players bust the 100-yard barrier.
That will be especially important against the ball-hogging Yellow Jackets.
“We always like to run the football,” Richt said. “But you have to have backs who can do it and some backs who are willing to hang on to the football in the process. The thing about this game is every possession really is pretty crucial.”
– Chip Towers
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248 comments Add your comment
jaglaw
November 22nd, 2011
3:16 pm
first
jaglaw
November 22nd, 2011
3:19 pm
wow. i am not sure that runnning the ball against tech is nearly as important as stopping the run. lets hope our D is up to the task of dodging those illegal knee chops, and stuffing the run.
jaglaw
November 22nd, 2011
3:20 pm
anybody out there???? oh well, i need to get back to work anyway.
uga student
November 22nd, 2011
3:21 pm
second
1eyedJack
November 22nd, 2011
3:22 pm
Let Figgins dot the I and see if they can stop him.
bulldawg/thomas brown said we would go 12-2 in 2010
November 22nd, 2011
3:23 pm
We are going to lose this game short of a miracle. If we can’t run the ball, play action is gone and they will blitz and play press coverage all day.
secdawgs
November 22nd, 2011
3:23 pm
Sounds like the Brandon and Branden show, as in Boykin and Smith!
George Stein
November 22nd, 2011
3:25 pm
Eh, I’m not sure the guys running it are as important as the ones blocking. I’m sure y’all will have someone competent back there.
coachx
November 22nd, 2011
3:26 pm
Now all Dawg fans are worried silly.
I think UGA will do what they Gators did against us with Brantley.
Have Crowell warm up and go in early to the locker room before the game. Then when they announce the starters you have Harton run out there at RB. However, Crowell actually starts the game.
The Gators did that crap with Brantley acting like he could not start as he did not even run out on to the field as starters were announced……………..but he started the game with like 10 passes in the 1st 12 plays catching UGA’s defense off guard.
There will be alot of “gamesmanship” going on for sure.
JimDog85
November 22nd, 2011
3:27 pm
Sounds like it will be Harton and Malcome carrying the rock. Maybe they will give the Brandon’s a few more carries, but really, they are not ready to take the pounding of carrying the football 10+ times a game. Murry is going to need to play much better than he did against Kentucky for us to win. A big part turns on which GT team shows up to play – the one who beat Clemson or the team that lost to Miami and UVA. My guess is the loser team. If we can get up a couple of scores in the first half, they are likely to fold.
Dawglasville
November 22nd, 2011
3:28 pm
We just need guys who can run hard and fast between the tackles, hold on to the ball, and get 4-5 yards a carry. We have to run it well enough to set up the play action or this could turn into a stressful game very quickly.
LHarding Dawg
November 22nd, 2011
3:28 pm
I think we’ll be fine at tailback. We had our fumble game last week and I’m sure they are working on that this week. And like he said, we are averaging 185 yards per game without a clear cut starter. And who is to say Thomas will not be back this week. All he did was get caught with a girl in his room. I say, give him a metal.
Delbert D.
November 22nd, 2011
3:29 pm
The legal knee chops (one of many cut block techniques) will be enough to handle. No need to put irrational fear into the heads of the defense.
StuDawg
November 22nd, 2011
3:29 pm
I think we just rotate who we have, throw short passes to tight ends etc….dink and dunk down the field. Shut em down with defense. Beat the nerds once again.
North ave. faithful
November 22nd, 2011
3:29 pm
illegal knee chops, good grief. now theres a guy who knows his football
George Stein
November 22nd, 2011
3:29 pm
You may be right, JimDog85, but we’ve been down two touchdowns each of the past three years and we fought back. We’ll know more in 96 hours.
George Stein
November 22nd, 2011
3:31 pm
That made me chuckle, LHarding.
StuDawg
November 22nd, 2011
3:31 pm
the major dilemma is trying to figure out WHICH TWO OF OUR BACKS ARE GONNA HAVE 100 YARD GAMES!!!!!
HAHA
TECH SUCKS
JG
November 22nd, 2011
3:32 pm
How can you have three 1 game suspensions in a season and still be on the team?
UgaDawg82
November 22nd, 2011
3:32 pm
Anyone know if Crowell was actually running in practice today?
Delbert D.
November 22nd, 2011
3:32 pm
Georgia has lost 9 fumbles this year, and Tech has lost 10.
coachx
November 22nd, 2011
3:33 pm
On a positive note………..I personally saw I. Crowell and his family at the Athens Red Lobster Saturday night after the UK game.
Crowell was in normal tenning shoes with no walking boot. He had a small hitch in his walk but nothing that a week off can’t cure.
Big Wally Butts
November 22nd, 2011
3:34 pm
They’ll figure it out. Tech doesn’t have a very good run defense. Actually they remind me of UGA about two years ago prior to and at the beginning of the change to the 3/4 . Run it up the middle because unlike UGA which has goten a couple of hogs to clog it up, Tech doesn’t have the players to run the 3/4, especially in the middle. Not sure why they are still trying to run it.
North ave. faithful
November 22nd, 2011
3:35 pm
you shouldnt get in trouble unless you have girls in your room.
North ave. faithful
November 22nd, 2011
3:36 pm
that should be 2 girls in your room.
Dawglasville
November 22nd, 2011
3:36 pm
George Stein – “We’ll know more in 96 hours.” You said it all brother.
Delbert D.
November 22nd, 2011
3:38 pm
481 rushing attempts for Georgia, 608 rushing attempts for Tech. That includes all fumbles, not just offense.
Bigdsel
November 22nd, 2011
3:38 pm
I think it’s time for boo Malcolm to play like he wants it.
DawginLex
November 22nd, 2011
3:39 pm
I hate Richard Samuel is hurt. He could have a big day running between the tackles.
George Stein
November 22nd, 2011
3:40 pm
Happy Thanksgiving, Dawglasville.
George Stein
November 22nd, 2011
3:40 pm
Samuel would kill us, Lex.
LHarding Dawg
November 22nd, 2011
3:43 pm
Malcolm could have a big day running through the tackles if he could only hold on to the ball. He looked good last week, when he was’nt fumbling.
Dawg_Mike
November 22nd, 2011
3:43 pm
With all this gnashing of the teeth we still have given our fullbacks the ball
wait for it
thats right.
Zero carries this year.
DILLIGAF
November 22nd, 2011
3:44 pm
LHarding Dawg said, refering to Carlton Thomas:
“All he did was get caught with a girl in his room.”
That’s one thing GT players don’t have to worry about.
Dawg_Mike
November 22nd, 2011
3:44 pm
Figgins should be a defenses nightmare coming at them with a head of steam so again, why no carries?
robodawg
November 22nd, 2011
3:45 pm
I’d love to see what Figgins can do as a downhill runner. I don’t think we’ve seen that yet this year?
We can also give carries to Smith and Boykin, but they’re not every down backs.
The passing game had their off day last Saturday, so hopefully they’ll be back in sync and we can eat clock and keep the chains moving with a possession passing game.
Nate the Great
November 22nd, 2011
3:46 pm
Why dont we run Zander Ogletree?
HABDAWG
November 22nd, 2011
3:46 pm
Dawgs handle their businessand then it’s off to the dome.GOOOOOOOO Dawgs!!!
CHDawg
November 22nd, 2011
3:47 pm
It sounds to me like Coach Richt wants to start Harton, but the two lost fumbles make that difficult. He may just be making a point with both of them, since we usually play two or three TBs. I’m glad some of our walk-ons and guys who never thought they would see a play in a UGA uniform got some experience against NMST. We will have to use them if another injury or more fumbling occurs.
Delbert D.
November 22nd, 2011
3:47 pm
VT’s strategy on defense this year against Georgia Tech was to replace size with speed. The moved a 225 LB to DE and a safety to LB. Clemson put 9 in the box, but they have a poor defense and got gashed inside a lot.
DawginLex
November 22nd, 2011
3:47 pm
nate
We haven’t handed off to the fullbacks all year. It is not just zander.
Maybe he is waiting for the right spot?
Maybe they only block and can’t carry the ball?
Fleming Island Dawg
November 22nd, 2011
3:48 pm
Frost proof is on the Garcia suspension plan.
DawginLex
November 22nd, 2011
3:49 pm
fleming
That’s chicks and weed right?
Fleming Island Dawg
November 22nd, 2011
3:49 pm
Yes, and has 3 more to go.
CHDawg
November 22nd, 2011
3:50 pm
We do have a scholarship TB left in the stable, a four start recruit named Ken Malcome. Ken, if you could, hang on to the ball, don’t miss any blocking assignments, and run like a wild man. These opportunities don’t come up that often.
by the way,
November 22nd, 2011
3:50 pm
is that a joke about your coach leaving after the season?
Why would he?
Fleming Island Dawg
November 22nd, 2011
3:50 pm
I might get on that plan myself
George Stein
November 22nd, 2011
3:51 pm
The issue y’all are having is that Ealey and King should still be there. Sorry for being Captain Obvious.
chipperdawg
November 22nd, 2011
3:52 pm
CTG’s Junkyard Dawgs will steal the show Sat. and seal the deal on another 10 win season for UGA!!
I like 1eyedJack’s idea of getting Figgins involved in the game plan more, too.
The TD he caught in the flat against Auburn has been there all year.
I’d love to see Bobo call a few more throws to him out of the backfield.
Utilizing all our other weapons will help compensate for the drop off we may have in the running game.
CHDawg
November 22nd, 2011
3:52 pm
Star…I have to figure out a way to disable Apple’s auto misspelling function.
Be a Man about it
November 22nd, 2011
3:52 pm
All the experts on here giving advise are really funny…..
George Stein
November 22nd, 2011
3:53 pm
Neither of which are surprising for a college student, Lex.
Be a Man about it
November 22nd, 2011
3:53 pm
advice
Jim
November 22nd, 2011
3:53 pm
Just put Little Tree and Figgins in the I and feed Figgins the ball, or put Figgins, Little Tree, and Boykin in the backfield and give Boykin the ball. It’s not like Richt don’t know it’s he isn’t saying.
AlanW
November 22nd, 2011
3:55 pm
If UGA’s B- defense and C+ offense show up, they should have little problem beating Tech. If the offense plays Tech like they played against Kentucky, the defense needs to take their B+ to A- game to Atlanta to win. If UGA’s A+ defense shows up, Tech won’t stand a chance.
Dawg Fud
November 22nd, 2011
3:57 pm
Tech will be ready to play. I hope we are.
Dawglasville
November 22nd, 2011
3:59 pm
George Stein – same to you sir.
I agree with you and Lex about Samuel but you have to play the hand you are dealt. I’m pretty sure you guys would have loved to have had Nesbitt last year too. Samuel is a good kid who has sacrificed a lot for his team.
We are men
November 22nd, 2011
3:59 pm
Be a man, obviously you aren’t a Georgia fan…if you had seen the play calling on Saturday, you would be giving advice, too. The execution didn’t help.
The Diesel
November 22nd, 2011
4:01 pm
Hope UGA physically beats the North Avenue Trade School so bad they carry a few of the Yellow Maggots off on stretchers.And yes I mean it GO DAWGS!!!! To Hell with Tech
We are men
November 22nd, 2011
4:03 pm
Of course, when you lose three fumbles and throw an interception, everything looks bad. But really, barely matching KY on offensive production for much of the game is something to have some serious evaluation about.
George Stein
November 22nd, 2011
4:03 pm
Samuel had better get a massive ovation at Senior Day next year, Dawglasville. He has red shirted, switched positions, and then did it again. Even this Tech fan admires the hell out of him. He has represented UGA remarkably well.
And, yes, I would have loved Nesbitt last year. I guess those are the breaks.
We are men
November 22nd, 2011
4:03 pm
Diesel, you sound like a nice guy.
George Stein
November 22nd, 2011
4:04 pm
Not sure why you’d wish injury on an unpaid college kid, Diesel, but whatever.
roughrider
November 22nd, 2011
4:08 pm
This just in: Tech coaches are only dressing out two players for the game with UGA. The rest will have to dress themselves.
A Dawg
November 22nd, 2011
4:08 pm
Enter your comments here
A Dawg's Dawg
November 22nd, 2011
4:11 pm
I heard that we aren’t going to use backs on Saturday, and that Tailback U will be discontinuing the position in the future. Two TEs, three Wrs, shotgun all day.
Delbert D.
November 22nd, 2011
4:12 pm
The Georgia defense allowed over 300 yards total offense only against Boise, S. Carolina and Vanderbilt.
Tom Shane
November 22nd, 2011
4:13 pm
@roughrider
Engineering Degree vs. Trailer park management.
Engineering vs. Trailer park
I think it’s UGA who will have problems dressing themselves.
A Dawg's Dawg
November 22nd, 2011
4:14 pm
What dilemma? Just throw the ball.
A Dawg's Dawg
November 22nd, 2011
4:17 pm
Tomboy, you think engineers dress better than trailer park residents? Take off those coke bottle glasses, put your pen in your pocket protector, and pour that vodka out now….
Chris
November 22nd, 2011
4:19 pm
Dawgs – Don’t worry. I’m watching GT practice at this very moment and they’re running pitches, reverses and sweeps over and over and over. They aren’t running anything up the middle. UGA’s speed will beat them outside all day. Jarvis will have another career day.
Tom Shane
November 22nd, 2011
4:21 pm
@Dawg’s Dawg
This seems to prove engineers dress better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvxNgdFeWqM
A Dawg's Dawg
November 22nd, 2011
4:23 pm
Just line up in a shotgun every time and let Murray throw it 40 times, and let’s see what happens. He has 28 TDs, and 2446 yards, and much of that was against nation leading Ds like the Gators and Carolina. And we didn’t have some of our best receivers available. We are deep, so give LSU something different to think about. Tech supposedly has trouble with passing D…
St. Richt
November 22nd, 2011
4:24 pm
Don’t worry Chris, you’ll get a healthy dose of the dive up the middle, too. And its not just about speed in getting to the corner on our sweeps, its more about keeping your feet..
UGA Insider
November 22nd, 2011
4:24 pm
I told you guys yesterday IC wasn’t going to practice this week. I for one am nervous as a cat. GT and LSU are licking their chops because if you can make UGA one dimensional then Murray really struggles. Just go look at all of our poor offensive games…Like UK. I pray this is not an ugly end to the season but we are in trouble.
bucket
November 22nd, 2011
4:24 pm
I personally think Malcome will be ready to play after a week of practice knowing he will be counted on. (The fumble on his first carry Sat was ugly though!) It’s time for Malcome to put-up or shut-up about PT. The Carlton Thomas deal took everyone by surprise and they had obviously not game planned to have to throw the ball alot. I haven’t seen as much miscommunication between Murray and his receivers since the first of the season.
UGA Insider
November 22nd, 2011
4:27 pm
I’m sure glad Boo didn’t quit the team a few weeks ago. It’s gonna be his time to shin this week. He is our only SEC sized back we have left besides IC.
AlanW
November 22nd, 2011
4:28 pm
How many Tech players are actually engineering students?
Chris
November 22nd, 2011
4:29 pm
St. Richt – I’m sure Kwame Geathers is shaking in his boots about GTs tiny blockers when you come up the middle. UGA has the second best run defense in the country and the fourth best defense overall. Bring it!
It doesn’t matter who plays in UGAs backfield. The defense will win it for them again, no matter how the offense plays.
A Dawg's Dawg
November 22nd, 2011
4:31 pm
Might be a few good lessons for Boo on that one Insider! But everybody else should take note, too. Mason is one play away from playing in the SECCG-let’s hope he is ready, too.
Eaassyy
November 22nd, 2011
4:31 pm
Insider and or Chip, Boo actually looked pretty good last week at times (when he wasn’t coughing it up inside the 30).
What is the deal with this kid? Why did we wait until week 11 to play him?
Delbert D.
November 22nd, 2011
4:32 pm
Referencing my 4:12 comment, Georgia was held to less than 400 yards total offense in only 5 games:
375 – Boise St.
366 – Tennessee
354 – Florida
317 – Kentucky
315 – Miss. St.
A Dawg's Dawg
November 22nd, 2011
4:32 pm
Tom, funny, but I would rather trust a fashion designer to build a supercomputer, than an engineer on fashion! Trailer park wins 100 out of 100.
I want my tailback
November 22nd, 2011
4:33 pm
Richt is being Coy…. if Crowell is ready he starts, if not Thomas starts. If neither can start.. we pass
A Dawg's Dawg
November 22nd, 2011
4:33 pm
Malcome looked very strong in the 2nd half.
Eugene
November 22nd, 2011
4:34 pm
There are a number of questions that I would like to ask Georgia’s head coach about his offensive strategies and how he uses his offensive personnel. A number of these questions would be instantaneously cleared up if he would answer the question why there are two starting players on his team that wear the same number, #1.
I find this assignment of numbers expecially perplexing in games in which their numbers are called to play offense. I also wonder what the Defensive Coordinator think of this practice?
Chris
November 22nd, 2011
4:36 pm
Smith and Crowell are never on the field at the same time, so they can have the same number. If Smith is running the ball, it’s only because Crowell isn’t playing. Otherwise Smith is on defense and it’s a moot point.
Delbert D.
November 22nd, 2011
4:38 pm
@AlanW “How many Tech players are actually engineering students”
Well, you can dig for the info out of this:
Updated 11/1/11
Misc. info on some of 2011 the 2/3-deep players:
Quayshan Nealy – 1st team LB Computer Science major
Tevin Washington – 1st team QB Management major, pre-law
Emmanuel Dieke – 2nd team DE Biomedical Engineering major
Preston Lyons – 2nd team B-back History major ACC Academic Honor Roll 2010
Will Jackson – ACC All-Academic Team, 1st Team Freshmen All America in 2010
Synjyn Days – 2nd team QB Biology major
Ray Beno – 1st team OL Management major 4.0 GPA throughout HS
Chandler Anderson – Punter Biology major
David Scully – Kicker Biochemistry major
Morgan Carter – LB/special teams – Business & Public Policy – US Supreme Court Intern 2011
Nick Menocal – LB/special teams Civil Engineering
Darryl Dickey – 3rd team QB – Aerospace Engineering
Jamal Paige – special teams/A-back – Industrial Engineering
Morgan Bailey – 3rd team OL Rs-Fr Physics
Trey Braun – (Rs) OL Mechanical Eng major
Jabari Hunt-Days (Rs) LB Biology major
Roddy Jones – 1st team A-back grad student, 3-time Academic All-ACC
Logan Walls – 1st team NT grad student, 2-time Academic All-ACC
Jason Peters – 1st team DE Grad student-member of Ga. Tech Student-Athlete Advisory Board
Tyler Melton – 1st team WR
Michael Peterson – 2nd team CB/nickel Grad student, ACC Academic Honor Roll 2010
Tom Shane
November 22nd, 2011
4:39 pm
Dawg’s
Well I would trust a fashion designer to build a super computer over a trailer park, and I don’t think a “trailer park” would take advice from an engineer or designer on fashion. They would recommend that a shirt and shoes be worn in public.
St. Richt
November 22nd, 2011
4:39 pm
Don’t worry Chris, we will bring it. You should also note that I’ve been highly complementary of Georgia’s defense. Maybe I’m missing the part where I disrespected them in any way…
bucket
November 22nd, 2011
4:39 pm
@ Easy – I asked this same question last week and from the responses I got apparently attitude and effort have been a problem for Malcome. He certainly looks like an SEC rb and I have wanted to see him get some of the carries that Harton and Thomas has been getting simply because they don’t have the size to run the ball between the tackles. Actually Thomas has looked pretty good, but can anyone be sure he won’t get himself suspended? I just cringe when Harton gets the ball because I am scared he will get broken in half, but his 100 yards was needed last week, too.
Joey
November 22nd, 2011
4:41 pm
No matter who’s back there, you can bet your ass that PJ noticed what KY was doing to disrupt and/or confuse our OL, and we’ll see more of it.
Anybody who thinks this game will be lopsided is insane.
Clinically insane.
Chris
November 22nd, 2011
4:44 pm
To all of you who use academics vs. football stats, at least UGA graduates more players than Tech.
Quote from the AJC:
Georgia Tech ranks last among ACC schools in graduation rates for football and men’s basketball programs, according to figures released Tuesday by the NCAA.
Georgia ranks near the middle of the SEC in those sports.
List of SEC grad rates:
Vanderbilt 89%
Georgia 68%
Florida 67%
Alabama 67%
LSU 67%
Mississippi State 64%
Auburn 63%
Kentucky 63%
Ole Miss 61%
South Carolina 57%
Arkansas 55%
Tennessee 53%
Chris
November 22nd, 2011
4:46 pm
For the record, last in grad rates in the ACC is 55%. That’s Tech’s lousy grad rate. UGA looks better academically and athletically.
St. Richt
November 22nd, 2011
4:46 pm
Thats an old and tired statistic, Chris. It just means that GT doesn’t hand out degrees to any idiot athlete that shows up on campus. You actually have to earn it from GT. Graduation rate is just a statistic used by the football factories that give out degrees like candy on Halloween..
Chris
November 22nd, 2011
4:47 pm
St Richt – I don’t think you did any disrespect – just a little fun rivalry. I’m watching Tech practice, so I’ve got my game attitude going. Fun stuff.
Delbert D.
November 22nd, 2011
4:49 pm
Basketball? Basketball?
Chris
November 22nd, 2011
4:49 pm
St Richt – I have an undergrad from UGA and an MBA from Tech, so I’m quite familiar with academics at both. Neither schools are slouches, but there are people who put UGAs players down for academics, so I thought I’d throw out some stats to refresh some memories.
St. Richt
November 22nd, 2011
4:51 pm
Yeah, no worries, but one could easily argue that the lower the graduation rate among student athletes, the better the academics. Makes more sense to me, actually.
Delbert D.
November 22nd, 2011
4:52 pm
From AJC June 9, 2011:
“Georgia Tech’s football and men’s basketball teams posted the biggest improvements in APR scores in information released on Wednesday.
The APR, or Academic Progress Report, measures the eligibility, retention and graduation of athletes on every Division I team in all sports. It is designed to serve as a predictor of future graduation success. The APR scores released are four-year rates based on the 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09 academic years.
The football team’s score increased for the third consecutive year, reaching 993, the fourth-highest score nationally and tops in the conference, according to the ACC. The team’s multi-year average of 967 is tied for the third-best score among ACC teams, behind Duke and Miami.
Chris
November 22nd, 2011
4:52 pm
If you throw in the fact that UGA sends more players to the NFL, it actually skews it more in UGAs favor.
Chris
November 22nd, 2011
4:53 pm
Delbert – That is impressive. Let’s just hope GT wasn’t in cahoots with the Atlanta School Board. Kidding of course.
The Institute
November 22nd, 2011
4:53 pm
Chris, the Institute doesn’t hand out diplomas.
Apples and oranges, homeboy.
DawginLex
November 22nd, 2011
4:54 pm
Chip
It’s all over the internet that Richt is leaving.
Any truth or any discussion?
Chris
November 22nd, 2011
4:54 pm
The Institute – Neither of them do. I attended both.
JP
November 22nd, 2011
4:55 pm
@Chip
What happened to Kyle Karempelis? Is he getting any look at all this week? He didn’t look terrible against New Mexico State (I know, I know).
Eaassyy
November 22nd, 2011
4:55 pm
do you have links Lex?
Dawg48
November 22nd, 2011
4:58 pm
Lex
What I saw about it last night on dawgs247 some guys from Alabama started the rumor and ran with it! It started before the season opened, you can go to dawgs 247 and read all about it.
Chris
November 22nd, 2011
4:58 pm
Richt wouldn’t leave before the end of his contract. If he were to leave, it would be at the end of his deal.
DawginLex
November 22nd, 2011
4:59 pm
I hope it’s not true but I would not be surprised.
I don’t like the 2 candidates mentioned
Delbert D.
November 22nd, 2011
4:59 pm
Lex – That is an unusual site. I guess if they’re taking bets on it…
The Institute
November 22nd, 2011
4:59 pm
Chris, please don’t compare the difficulty of getting a Tech degree to a UGA degree.
That’s just ignorance.
Chris
November 22nd, 2011
5:01 pm
The Institute – Unless you have attended both schools, I’d say you are the ignorant one.
DawginLex
November 22nd, 2011
5:01 pm
the rumor is apparently a bunch of crap
Delbert D.
November 22nd, 2011
5:02 pm
By the same writer, Mark Mayer on the same site today:
“I’D RATHER SEE NCAA FOOTBALL’S SEC TAKE ON THE IVY LEAGUE
November 22, 2011 3:00 AM by Mark Mayer
VIP: On the Mark | How about “Occupy Subdivision” concocted by some SEC teams last Saturday. Citadel-South Carolina, Furman-Florida, Samford-Auburn, Georgia Southern-Alabama.”
Okay….
Dawg48
November 22nd, 2011
5:03 pm
Lex
Did you go to dawgs 247?
wmg
November 22nd, 2011
5:04 pm
Interesting game. Both teams have played very well at times, both have stunk.So it all depends on who shows up to play. One thing UGA has going for it – the offensive line has come on a bit and is opening up holes. And the UGA defense really is a major improvement over last year.
If the two teams play to form, I think Georgia get the nod. But it’s so hard to tell with this game and that’s what makes it – for me at least – one of the best games of the year to watch.
Luckily, I’m not a big fan of either team. I moved here from Arkansas and it’s hard to change teams, even after all these years in Atlanta. I root for both UGA and Tech usually but am not in the fanatical fan category … so much so that I have no idea who I hope wins. Usually, in this game, I root for the team that’s behind.
I think it’s fairly apparent that UGA is the strongest of the two but I honestly think Tech has the best coach of the two. So it ought to be a lot of fun.
The Institute
November 22nd, 2011
5:04 pm
LOL, right Chris.
Put it this way, the average SAT at Tech is about 150 points higher. And even with superior students, we have a lower graduation rate for all students. Those kids usually transfer to UGA or GSU.
That should tell you the school is hard. I can’t believe I’m even debating academic merits with a mutt fan. My IQ is dropping just talking to you.
Sam
November 22nd, 2011
5:07 pm
Amazing video of a high school senior from Columbia TN who kicks the ball dead straight 75-80 yards in the air. He was successful on 54 of 54 attempts this season….100%. Now he needs a college team.
Watch for yourself…it is unreal! Wants to go to GT.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_JKwgwFY3g
Chris
November 22nd, 2011
5:07 pm
The Institute – The fact that your IQ is dropping has nothing to do with me. Good luck with that.
DOGZ
November 22nd, 2011
5:09 pm
Hey Institute,does the name Tryone Sorrells ring a bell?
Delbert D.
November 22nd, 2011
5:13 pm
SAM aka Richard, would you stop with that link post? 2 weeks is enough. By the way, it’s obvious most of it is looped. Everybody else, please disregard.
A Dawg's Dawg
November 22nd, 2011
5:15 pm
Institute, we are talking about football players, not the whole school, and remember that neither SAT scores nor grades predict success perfectly. Just like having 4-5 star recruits to Tech’s 2-3 stars doesn’t guarantee success Saturday. I would be willing to bet that over the last 10 years, Georgia’s football players have a much higher average salary than Tech’s for the first 10 years out of college. Before you get excited, just type in Stafford, Moreno and Green’s numbers and see what that does to the averages.
The Institute
November 22nd, 2011
5:15 pm
Nope. But I love mutt history. Please. Go ahead sir.
The Institute
November 22nd, 2011
5:16 pm
“remember that neither SAT scores nor grades predict success perfectly”. LOL.
A common refrain from people who had neither high SAT scores nor high grades.
Mobile Dawg
November 22nd, 2011
5:16 pm
Reference the article by Chip, Bobo just needs to earn his $$$. Come up with a game plan utilizing the fullbacks, Boykin and Smith, along with the servicable tailbacks we have. Keep things loose for the passing game. No one player, or person for that matter is bigger than this program. I’m sick and tired of the controversy surrounding the tailbacks. I say recruit a blue chipper that’s in the mold of a Richardson, Samuel, that has a proven track record. IC may become the greatest ever, but I seriously doubt it.
A Dawg's Dawg
November 22nd, 2011
5:17 pm
Isn’t it funny what a simple discussion about 20 year old tailbacks morphs into during G/GT week! Trailer park fashion, SAT scores, and average salaries, and oh yeah…old fashioned hate. Let the Big Dawg Eat!!!
The Institute
November 22nd, 2011
5:17 pm
Please, all this talk about academics is showing your ignorance. For YOUR sake, let’s drop that and move on to football. Something that we actually compete on.
The Diesel
November 22nd, 2011
5:18 pm
There was a post put on here earlier that was not by me,but my nephew who thought it was funny.Please disregard the post and delete it if need be.Sorry about that folks.
A Dawg's Dawg
November 22nd, 2011
5:18 pm
That is a fine rationalization, Institute, but what I am saying is very true. UGA grads have much higher salary.
A Dawg's Dawg
November 22nd, 2011
5:19 pm
average salaries.
Delbert D.
November 22nd, 2011
5:21 pm
NYTimes story on people are dropping out of science majors:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/06/education/edlife/why-science-majors-change-their-mind-its-just-so-darn-hard.html?ref=science
Delbert D.
November 22nd, 2011
5:24 pm
Football? The 2 teams are going to compete on Saturday. None of us can do anything about that.
I'm ready coach
November 22nd, 2011
5:33 pm
Just go into a 5 receiver look, and put boykin in there for his last 2 games. Spread the Defense, and Murray can scramble for 5 when we need him to.
A Dawg's Dawg
November 22nd, 2011
5:33 pm
Institute, I was mostly harassing you for amusement, but you did make one comment that needs a serious rebuttal. You implied that the reason GT’s football grad rates are horrendously lower than UGA’s is that the school is so much harder. I would agree it is harder in most majors. But which school is using the kids? You know your school is too difficult for reasonable numbers to graduate, as you admitted, yet you use these kids for their football skill (and the millions that brings your school) and then you discard them without degrees? That doesn’t sound too nice to me. I wouldn’t pursue that line anymore.
gap
November 22nd, 2011
5:37 pm
Other Than Uzzi and perhaps Attachou is there player on Techs offense or defense that’s on Georgia 2 deep? Johnson might get some time at Safety.But beyond that?
TampaDawg
November 22nd, 2011
5:44 pm
So there we have it. Two schools based in the fine state of Georgia and one argues that the other is so vastly superior to the other in academics. But alas, there is proof out there from a third party that though GT rates higher (and this is assuming of course that you put stock in a college degree being the key to success .. and if you want to argue that it does, I will eat your lunch and laugh at you while I do), they are not so vastly higher than UGA that the phrases “handing out diplomas” and “worthless degree” actually apply.
http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities
So, if you really want to have a debate, please bring data to the table. I have, again, admitted that UGA fell short of GT on this list, but to discredit a university who is listed in the top 100 schools in the nation academically is truly ignorant. But again, the key to success in a college degree? Hardly. Carry on soldiers!
Richard
November 22nd, 2011
5:45 pm
I hope not, but any chance the Carlton issue is an NCAA one? And thus the reason for all the secrecy.
Dawg48
November 22nd, 2011
5:47 pm
Richard
He was caught sneaking a girl into his hotel room.
duronimo
November 22nd, 2011
5:48 pm
I wondered why the big white running back with the unusual name has been kicked to the curb. His stats were as good or better than Harton’s. But let’s appeal to the record and let it speak. Crowell is apparently, not durable enough to be an SEC back and he fumbles. Tomas and Harton are too small to take an SEC “hit” without coughing up the ball. Malcome … apparently some hidden problems and fumbles. And then there is Samuel. He’s big enough but has only used that size in a couple of games in four years. So …. let’s try “whitey”.What could it hurt?
ARdawg
November 22nd, 2011
5:49 pm
Without some credible threat on the run, we likely lose. The passing game don’t know which team it plays for
Delbert D.
November 22nd, 2011
5:54 pm
CMR’s comments, or rather non-comment on Thomas is interesting. What’s the big decision, one that he can’t make? Due process of some sort?
davidinloganville
November 22nd, 2011
5:56 pm
The Institute
November 22nd, 2011
5:16 pm
“remember that neither SAT scores nor grades predict success perfectly”. LOL.
A common refrain from people who had neither high SAT scores nor high grades.
yours is a common refrain from someone who had neither good looks nor good success with the ladies.
Bob
November 22nd, 2011
6:00 pm
I think this is a smart move by CMR…why tip your hand before you have to? Frostproof is probably gone, IC1 probably won’t be eligible for the bowl game, and Malcome is a flake. Harton has heart, courage, and desire to win, so he’ll start. And, he’ll help us win.
Augusta Dawg
November 22nd, 2011
6:04 pm
We didn’t win the East in 2007…Tennessee did. What’s up with the picture?
19
November 22nd, 2011
6:05 pm
It’s doubtful Georgia will have RB problems. Too many athletes. Maybe a couple will play both sides. I’d also say IC will gets some carries. Running Figgins would very interesting.
Sorry, I do not hate. I hope it’s a great game!
Dawg48
November 22nd, 2011
6:06 pm
Crowell will start
Thomas #2 then harton then malcome 3&4
Dawg48
November 22nd, 2011
6:07 pm
Augusta
It was a tie
Tennessee won the head to head and went to the dome.
Augusta Dawg
November 22nd, 2011
6:08 pm
Only one set of rings right?
kb
November 22nd, 2011
6:08 pm
Both Crowell and Thomas are practicing.
Barry
November 22nd, 2011
6:09 pm
Samuels may not be the most elusive back, but at least he runs hard, cares enough to play where the team needed him to play, he keeps his nose clean and gives 100%. Seems like more than can be said about a couple of the other Bulldog RB’s.. Wish we had him this week.
In the institute
November 22nd, 2011
6:11 pm
My boy, your ego is tied up in your perceived superior intelligence. Based on what..the fact that you went to tech… i know many folks that went to tech and while they are bright they are also weird and most have no people skills. none are in leadership positions…..so much for a tech degree
Dawg48
November 22nd, 2011
6:13 pm
I just hope we do not go into this game like the Kentucky game and play not to lose.
We need to come out fast on offense and get tech behind early then bobo can get conservative and run the clock.
bobby
November 22nd, 2011
6:14 pm
THE WAY IT LOOKS, SAMUEL AIN’T PLAYING NOT PHYSICALLY ABLE TOO, CROWELL I DON’T THINK WILL PLAY, CARLTON THOMAS I DON’T THINK WILL PLAY. SO IT’S UP TO BRANDON HATTON AND KEN “BOO” MALCOME. HATTON IS A SOILD RUNNING BACK BUT HE’S ON THE SMALL SIDE SO THIS WEEK IN PRACTICE, BOO MALCOME AT 6 FEET 230 POUNDS HAS TO STEP HIS GAME UP AT PRACTICE THIS WEEK BECAUSE I SAW THE KID IN THE KENTUCKY GAME, AND HE HAS ALOT OF TALENT HE’S BIG, STRONG, AND HAS REALLY GOOD QUICKNESS HITTING THE HOLE AND RUNS REALLY HARD AND BECAUSE OF HIS SIZE AND POWER, HE HAS GOT TO PLAY A BIG ROLE IN THE TECH GAME BECAUSE UGA I THINK ME CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE TECH GAME THIS SATURDAY.
Draggin' Fly
November 22nd, 2011
6:16 pm
@DawginLex re the Richt leaving rumor: “Top candidates to replace Richt reportedly are Tennessee coach Derek Dooley and Georgia offensive coordinator Mike Bobo.”
Now that’s funny, right there….
Bulldog Bro,
November 22nd, 2011
6:22 pm
Dawg 48, when CMB tries to run the clock out, we almost always stall, which is followed by a momentum shift. Auburn and NMST were notable exceptions, but generally when UGA is lighting up the pinball machine, CMB needs to pour it on until it is way out of sight imho. He has his moments where he looks like a genius, and that is why the momentum shift is frustrating. Let the O amass some stats when it is going well.
IlliniDawg
November 22nd, 2011
6:25 pm
Gosh, some terribly insecure TechNerds here. I guess when you don’t have it you try to bring down the guy who does – just like their coach trying to talk down the SEC in the media. Must drive them crazy to realize that UGA fans care a helluva lot less about this game than they do. Make no mistake, this will be a tough game – but it won’t define our season. It seems that it will yours and your coach’s.
IlliniDawg
November 22nd, 2011
6:27 pm
@Draggin’ Fly: Thank God these are only rumors! Cuz you’re right – either of those would be a joke.
Dawg48
November 22nd, 2011
6:27 pm
Bulldog pro
I agree totally with that.
I would love to see us jump out fast to get techs offense out of their normal game plan.
Mark (another one)
November 22nd, 2011
6:29 pm
Heard Jenkins has asked to get a carry or two. That would be interesting.
I also find it distressing that people are so down on Malcome. He is a Freshman and was a 4 star recruit. He is listed at 6′, 226 and has good speed. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him start carrying some of the load when we need to run up the middle. All three Brandon’s are fast but small for running between the tackles. Crowell and Malcome do fine there.
Also, for those questioning Crowell’s durability, compare his per game stats with Lattimore’s from his freshman year. There pretty close and everyone loved Lattimore last year.
wildbill
November 22nd, 2011
6:29 pm
I just hope more of the new recruits show more character than the ones that the recruiter has been sending to UGA for the last several years.
IlliniDawg
November 22nd, 2011
6:31 pm
@Mark: one key difference – doesn’t seem that Lattimore used a bong as part of his training regimen.
tripwire
November 22nd, 2011
6:31 pm
I guess when most of the athletes major in under water bubble blowing at UGA the rate would be near the middle of the group. Go G T !
ARdawg
November 22nd, 2011
6:36 pm
Mark
I think Malcombe is going to be fine if he can get his head right. He’s got the goods, he just needs some carries. But, if he don’t get his head into being a footballer at UGA he’ll likely go the way of Ealey. Some just can’t make the transition from HS star to 4th string nobody.
I liked watching Karempelis. He’s also got something there to work with.
Nicki
November 22nd, 2011
6:39 pm
What will the tailback rotation look like Saturday? Heavens, we know that now. Crowell will limp off after 2 plays max.
Where's the real discipline???
November 22nd, 2011
6:45 pm
“No. 2 tailback Carlton Thomas is coming off his third-one-game suspension of the season…”
Another dopehead. If the stupid jerk can’t stay clean, send him home. Thomas is just another cancer like Crowell, Ealey, and King.
Idiot Dawg
November 22nd, 2011
6:46 pm
I would fake the ball to Figgins (going left) and flip it to Harton going right. Figgins sneaks out and Harton throws back across to wide open Figgins. TD
BG
November 22nd, 2011
6:46 pm
Richt is 9 out of 10 aganist Tech. Richt will figure out a way to make it 10 out of 11. GO DAWGS!!!
The drain on society starts in Athens
November 22nd, 2011
6:48 pm
You Dawg fans who keep bashing Tech enjoy yourselves all you want. The thing is… Tech alumni and fans have lives that don’t depend entirely on what a bunch of kids does on Saturday afternoons. College sports are fun to follow, but the biggest reason for going to college is to get an education.
UGA fans don’t seem to care about anything but football, and they don’t care if their players are enrolled in silly majors that no parents who are paying the bills would send their kids to UGA for. The very few football and basketball players who graduate have no job opportunities and end up unemployed or working in menial jobs that hardly require a college degree.
Georgia Tech is a real school with serious academic standards, and that includes scholarshipped athletes. UGA has a long history of being a drunken party school, where parents send their kids for an easy degree, even if the degree itself is worthless.
Jan Kemp exposed the obscene sleazy crap going on at UGA with athletes being enrolled in courses a ten-year-old kid could pass. That was almost three decades ago, and nothing has changed. If anything, the abuses are more blatant today. Way too many illiterate morons are being recruited, and the very high arrest rate shows clearly that Richt does not care if his players have any morals or character.
The bottom line is that most Tech fans have very good jobs and productive lives that don’t depend on Tech’s football record for their happiness in life. It would be great to beat UGA more often, but when you put scholar-athletes up against dummy-athletes, it’s usually no contest.
So keep on posting your scores all you want, especially since you’re home with plenty of time on your hands. I wish you well, maybe you’ll get lucky and get your old janitorial job back before your unemployment checks stop coming.
Hobnail Boot
November 22nd, 2011
6:55 pm
Crowell needs to man up. Time for him to step up and take the RB job and actually run more than 3 times b-4 tapping on his helment.
North ave. faithful
November 22nd, 2011
6:57 pm
2 fine universities located in the finest state in the usa! and also, why doesnt the coaches use that fb named kyle k ? i bet he would stay in the game with a bone hanging out of his leg.
IlliniDawg
November 22nd, 2011
6:59 pm
@the drain: like I said above – insecure Tech Nerds. The majority of the tit-for-tat back-and-forth my-school-is-better-than-your-school crap is being posted by you guys, not us.
We’re chilling out on Beam and Coke, after playing 18 holes, comfortable in our skin and enjoying life. You guys are carrying your wife’s purse through Little Five Points, worried about whether the guy in the cubicle next to you is going to get the latest version of the iPhone before you do.
Hobnail Boot
November 22nd, 2011
7:04 pm
Best post of the day. Beam and Coke sounds pretty good
George Stein
November 22nd, 2011
7:04 pm
C’mon, IlliniDawg. UGA fans, if they’re honest, care deeply about this game.
wins-by-a-link
November 22nd, 2011
7:05 pm
Tech is very capable of upsetting the Dogs, Remember the Dogs have played one good game against a decent Auburn team and Tech has beaten a good Clemson team, Georgia may go into the game with 3rd or 4th string tailback starting, Murray has become an either off or on QB, No in between it seems, Maybe Bobo will use his tight end which he has not done to any extent so far the season, Murray needs to look to more than one receiver, He had several receivers open against Kentucky and failed to see them.
BiggdawgK
November 22nd, 2011
7:09 pm
According to the worlds smartest coach paul (I’m a) johnson the Bulldogs have little to worry about concerning the north avenue trade school.
Here are some of cpj’s comments
“They’ve got a heck of a team,” Johnson said. “Won nine in a row, SEC East champs. Hopefully we can stay with them.”Johnson interrupted a question about his players not needing much motivation this week by saying they are “probably scared.” And why would that be SaidJohnson, “We haven’t beaten them in a long time.”
All those comments suggest cpj is a realist.
ATL Sports Fan
November 22nd, 2011
7:09 pm
Crowell could have and wanted to finish the game last week. When he came out of the locker room at the half he wanted to go back in. I heard with my own ears ( each game former letterman are allowed to be on the sidelines) Coach Richt and Jeff Courson tell Isaiah they want him to stay off the ankle, and not risk it as they need him the next two weeks.
Isaiah was visibly upset about it and wanted to go in.
So in other words…Get off the kid!!
ugab
November 22nd, 2011
7:11 pm
without our 2 top tailbacks, we suck. we need ic and thomas. this is not good for the dawgs. d will not win the next 3 games and that is a promise
ATL Sports Fan
November 22nd, 2011
7:12 pm
Who cares about who has better academics. This is a blog about football, not the Calculus Bowl.
ATL Sports Fan
November 22nd, 2011
7:13 pm
Ugab your the type of fan that is a problem. Both IC and CT will play.
Oh my god the sky is fallin.
BiggdawgK
November 22nd, 2011
7:15 pm
ATL Sports Fan I want to believe what you posted so I will accept you are an actual former letterman. Do you have any insight on what team rules Carlton Thomas violated? I have heard a few different theories that are similar but would like to hear what you might know.
BiggdawgK
November 22nd, 2011
7:18 pm
any person who just happens to put uga or dawg or bulldog etc… in their handle and then proceeds to bad mouth Georgia are not really fans of the Bulldogs.
Spike 80DF
November 22nd, 2011
7:18 pm
@BigDawgK, sounds like Paul (looks like my grandmother) Johnson has received is PhD from the Lou Holtz school of poor mouthing your own team. One of my favorite quotes ever was when he told tech fans to “punch them in the face” talking about UGA fans. I guess he’s never seen Tech fans b/c that wouldn’t be a good idea, hahaha…….
ATL Sports Fan
November 22nd, 2011
7:22 pm
Bigdawg, I’ve heard a few rumors and one from multiple friends I played with. Something about his girlfriend showing up at the team hotel and CT sneaking her into his room.
BiggdawgK
November 22nd, 2011
7:27 pm
ATL
That is what I keep hearing as well. Thanks for the input. It’s never good to violate team rules but that is kind of minor as far as I’m concerned. Surely that won’t keep him out of the tech game. That will open me up to be attacked by techies saying Richt is too easy on the kids blah blah blah but I don’t think anyone can honestly still pull out that old sawhorse.
Biff Pocaroba Fan Club
November 22nd, 2011
7:32 pm
Anyone else think that Coach Todd Grantham looks like Chaz Bono?
BMOC
November 22nd, 2011
7:34 pm
wins-by-a-link
It’s hard to see when you are TOO SHORT!
Put Mason in.
atl xmen
November 22nd, 2011
7:35 pm
playing tech these days will be like playing ga southern again…no defense and the high school offense might put up yards but they wont score more than 3 tds. most likely uga will score on every possession unless uga gives the ball up. techs defense is awful. clem defense is not as good as uga and clem offense turn the ball over way too many times . uga could get away with turning it over but it will keep the game close otherwise its a UGA blowout. no more chans gailys players to beat uga
Hold 'Em
November 22nd, 2011
7:37 pm
Man, you’d figure these running backs could hold onto their balls ?
Delbert D.
November 22nd, 2011
7:38 pm
Kook at the blog update. Bobo says he expects both Carlton and Crowell to play.
Delbert D.
November 22nd, 2011
7:39 pm
Kook? Look.
Paul in NH
November 22nd, 2011
7:41 pm
I hope Samuel gets to play in one of the last 3 games – he has earned it.
Paul in NH
November 22nd, 2011
7:45 pm
bulldawg/thomas brown said we would go 12-2 in 2010
November 22nd, 2011
3:23 pm
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Whatever happened to buLLdawg / Thomas Brown? I haven’t seen any 1000 word ramblings, with BIZARRE use of CAPITALS! posted at 2:00AM in quite a while. I am pretty sure he embarrassed UGA fans as much as Yellow Fuzz, m and St. Simons embarrassed GT fans.
HABDAWG
November 22nd, 2011
7:48 pm
@Paul in NH. I agree. Samuels went to my old highschool and I hear he is a great young man.
atl xmen
November 22nd, 2011
7:49 pm
the bulldawgs are not losing enough for BULLDAWG to post on here any longer with his useless stats the last 3 years…blah blah blah..
atl xmen
November 22nd, 2011
7:53 pm
UGA defense is better than MIA defense and they held tech to 7 points. UGA should be able to do the same as UGA front 7 is as fast or faster than MIA defense. in fact tech fans might get their wish in having DAYS come in and run the offense. washington might get knocked silly
angry mangy mutt
November 22nd, 2011
7:58 pm
@drain
I find it funny to hear you Techies go on your rants. However you view UGA, those who have ties with Duke, MIT, Vandy, Cal Tech, Tex Tech, Stanford, etc view you guys the in the same manner.
I am willing to bet that as a whole UGA athletes are just as solid in the classroom as your guys. The NCAA does their assessment of each program, and UGA appears to do fine on their scores. I may have missed something (very possible), but I think the NCAA has given UGA a higher score both years since they have stepped up their reviewing process. I am not saying all athletes in Athens are students, but most are.
Eric C.
November 22nd, 2011
8:02 pm
Just from watching the GT/VT game, I think Murray will have a big game anyway.
It is great to hear that Samuel may be ok for the SECCG…he is the kind of back they will need against LSU/UA.
Fidlin1
November 22nd, 2011
8:02 pm
I know I’ll catch grief for this but I believe the Jackets will be held to under 150 yards on the ground. Their threat in the air is negligable and lately the first contact has done a good job of making the tackle. There will be a swarming defense and at least 3 fumbles in this game by Tech. That’s based on everything I’ve seen but I’ve also seen enough to know they can end up being a spoiler and leave me shaking my head. Go Dogs!
angry mangy mutt
November 22nd, 2011
8:04 pm
@ George Stein
This game is more of a nuisance than a meaningful game for many us Dawg fans. A victory is expected, a lost is as embarrassing, and unfortunately the game is too often too close. I do not understand why some of us mark this game on the calendar. I think I speak for many UGA fans when I say we would not miss this game anymore than the Clemson game if it were to end.
trupert
November 22nd, 2011
8:06 pm
Let’s get this straight.
The cutblock technique that Tech coach Paul Johnson uses is very dangerous, but not illegal.
It’s simply a technique that teams stoop down to when they can’t really block their opponent.
RabidDawg84
November 22nd, 2011
8:08 pm
Can somebody please tell teh running backs to carry the ball over their chest muscle. On the ribs, the D can punch up or down and the ball easily comes out. Tiki Barber fumbled for NYG 24 times in 5 seasons, then he discovered if you carry the ball over the pectoral muscle, there is no where for it to go. Only 1 fumble the next 2 or 3 yrs. Knowshon, Ingram and Richardson do this and almost never fumble. ANyone know the runningbacks or the coach?
reality DAWG
November 22nd, 2011
8:08 pm
News out of Tuscaloosa is Saban is interested in the Indy Colts job. They will be winless this year and draft Andrew Luck to be groomed by Peyton and Saban will be the HC. You heard it here first!
Hold 'Em
November 22nd, 2011
8:10 pm
I hope Bobo stays home and Richt calls the offenses plays !
honky kong kracker
November 22nd, 2011
8:11 pm
Like I have said… Crowell would rather smoke some green and wear the jersy…. he’s a complete pu$$y,,,, Murray is a terrible passer.. He couldn’t hit the back side of Rose O’Donnell’s a$$with a ball. We can’t cont to run tiny toon running backs and expect their little short arms to holdon to the ball… They look like little T- Rex’s out their….
honky kong kracker
November 22nd, 2011
8:14 pm
oh yea… Bobo sucks…… Crowell sucks… Murray sucks…. C Thomas needs to be kicked off period..
Hold 'Em
November 22nd, 2011
8:16 pm
Why did A.Murray play well for 7 games then play pathetic against Kentucky ?
Sam
November 22nd, 2011
8:20 pm
Amazing video of a high school senior from Columbia TN who kicks the ball dead straight 75-80 yards in the air. He was successful on 54 of 54 attempts this season….100%. Now he needs a college team.
Watch for yourself…it is unreal!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_JKwgwFY3g
BTG MIKE
November 22nd, 2011
8:20 pm
RABID DAWG 84———————What the heck are you talking about. You sure as heck don’t know. That’s not how you carry a football. The nose is securely tucken in the armpit of the arm carrying the ball with your hand around the opposite nose of the balll, pulled snuggly against your upper chest area (including ribs). When you are expecting close contact, both arms are used.
The fumbles I saw were due to a lapse in concentration. Initally these guys were carrying the ball correctly, but they allowed the ball to lose contact with their body and got sloppy at the “end of their runs”. That is something that needs to be coached.
JB
November 22nd, 2011
8:32 pm
I’m thinking this little back we’ve been playing could be OK for beating Tech. He’s fast and a pretty good runner. If Thomas plays, and Bobo say’s he will, I rest Crowell. Murray , if on, will light Tech up.
North ave. faithful
November 22nd, 2011
8:34 pm
You know i try to stay somewhat civil, buit trupert and honky donkey kong what ever the hell that was are just a waste of blog space.
BTG MIKE
November 22nd, 2011
8:35 pm
And another thing concerning you Aaron Murray critics. I’ll kiss your a$$ on Peachtree Street if you can name a QB that didn’t have a bad game or two or three in their career. I would rather have this kid at quarterback in the 4th qtr down by 3 with 2 minutes on the clock than anybody in the country. You can take the STATS and smoke ‘em in your crack pipes.. Johnny Unitas didn’t do it pretty eitha’ but he won ball games with poise and guts…………and that’s what Murray does. Along the way Johnny U amassed a few stats that lasted for a while, but that’s not what he was playing for. He played to win. By one point or on hundred….it doesn’t matter.
JB
November 22nd, 2011
8:44 pm
North ave faithful……………….Both fan bases have people we are not proud of. I want to beat Tech, but don’t hate them. The feelings of hate always come a little stronger from Tech IMO, but there is plenty to go around. I have Tech friends, and they will tell you we just don’t get the players Georgia gets, so the Dawgs will always have the edge. Johnson keeps it close and does a good job. I don’t care for the man, but I don’t hate him.
Delbert D.
November 22nd, 2011
8:49 pm
“Tex Tech” (assuming Texas Tech abbreviated) does not belong in that group of schools. Good lord, they are ranked 160! That is almost Louisville and West Virginia-bad. No one will take you seriously! You must retract that silly post!
Delbert D.
November 22nd, 2011
8:52 pm
“It’s simply a technique that teams stoop down to when they can’t really block their opponent.”
The body block is the fundamental blocking technique taught at the midget football level for over 60 years.
KingDawg88
November 22nd, 2011
8:54 pm
Mike Bobo says TB Carlton Thomas will play on Saturday. Confident about Crowell, too.
BTG MIKE
November 22nd, 2011
9:07 pm
Delbert D. ————————If you read these BLOGS very often get used to it…………the closest, most of the people on here, have been to a football field, is the front row. They don’t know anything about football. They’re just fans. But every football team is greatful to have them.
My grandmother (during New Years day bowl games back in the ’60’s and 70’s), bless her heart, used to ask me and my dad why the kickoff return man always ran toward the biggest crowd of opposing players. That used to give us a big laugh. And we would explain that it was the other way around. The opposing players were running to the football. That’s pretty much how someone who has never played the game looks at it. Nothing against them, it’s just that they don’t know.
We Have No Class
November 22nd, 2011
9:28 pm
Butts-Mehre Heritage Hall
How do you pronounce that? It sounds like an undergarment stain when I say it.
dawgfan6
November 22nd, 2011
9:31 pm
Harton weighs about a buck fifty and has no business running the football for UGA. The kid about got killed against Kentucky.
We Have No Class
November 22nd, 2011
9:34 pm
He’s a Dream Back©.
Chip Towers
November 22nd, 2011
9:40 pm
It’s pronounced “Mayor.”
Chip Towers
November 22nd, 2011
10:04 pm
DawginLex: You really don’t need me to answer that, do you?
Spaceman Spiff
November 22nd, 2011
10:10 pm
@ Dawginlex
How would chip know that? Seems that is nothing more than a rumor concocted by the technerds who so desperately want to distract us.
bitter dawgs fan
November 22nd, 2011
10:11 pm
where are all the gaytard hatters——-war chicken hatters——-talk $_it now!!!!!
———–fire preacher man–fire bozo—-fire grantham—-fire dooly—–fire hershal
————————————where are all the hatter trolls—–aka——tide troll
——9 game winning strick—-hahahahahah——–5 losses again gaytards
————————————crystal ball holders 5 loses—–hahahahahah
————————————————-DAWGS RULE—-bamma state flower????a satilite dish—-hahaha
bitter michael cravell
November 22nd, 2011
10:15 pm
take your ole job back towers!!!!!!——–!im no good at finding info on high school kids
We Have No Class
November 22nd, 2011
10:21 pm
Our grammar also leaves something to be desired.
Zephyr Dawg
November 22nd, 2011
11:06 pm
Just hold on to the ball on offense and let the defense Hunker Down – the nerds will go quietly.
bitter michael cravell
November 22nd, 2011
11:22 pm
f@#$%$ the spell check police——–just saying troll nerds
Bill
November 22nd, 2011
11:24 pm
$10 says Crowell isn’t passing his classes and will not play in a bowl game.
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November 22nd, 2011
11:56 pm
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UGA Dawgs
November 23rd, 2011
1:11 am
I dont know why everyone is so hard on Boo Malcome. He showed to be a SEC-type back in the 9 carries he had. Sure he fumbled his 1st carry but he still ran the ball hard the other 8 carries. Everyone seems to love Harton but he is just TOO small for the SEC. thats why he fumbled 3 times and lost 2 of them while getting 23 carries. he cant hold the ball because the forcce of an SEC hit is too much for him to handle. I think Richt should give Malcome more carries than Harton this week cause our offense works better with Malcome in there. Defense dont even bite on the play action when Harton is in there because they dont fear him. Everyone on UK’s defense was foaming out the mouth at a chacne to get a highlight hit on Harton because he’s so little. it was obvious that Richt wanted to make sure that Harton got 100 yds rushing because he didnt allow him to against NMSU so thats why he got most of the carries. I hope he dont do that this week because GT offense is better than UK and they can beat us if Richt dont play his best players (depending on whoever suits up)
JaxDawg05
November 23rd, 2011
7:48 am
So, you ask a stupid question after the Florida game and now you expect Coach Richt to give you direct and concise answers to your questions? Nah, not how it works Chip. You act like a jackass so these are the answers you deserve.
Old Dog
November 23rd, 2011
7:56 am
Who is this nerd “SAM” that posts on all the blogs a link to a youtube video – is he trying to get us to upload a virus or what? I am getting tired of seeing this same thing over and over. Can the blog owners not cut him out, please?
Thanks.
Who are you?
November 23rd, 2011
8:40 am
Kyle? Nick Marshall? Why not give these guys a chance?
Rabid Dawg'84
November 23rd, 2011
10:01 am
BTG Mike———————Thanks for agreeing with me, your description is good. The ball might touch a rib, but the pressure point is on the nipple. The elbow angle is 90 degrees with our fumblers and the ball is by their side. The elbow angle should be much more acute and higher up, against teh pectoral. There is no where for the ball to go unless you are knocked out. Murray also needs to tuck it immediately when he runs, defenders behind him have caused fumbles already.
DawginLex
November 23rd, 2011
10:29 am
Chip
i think I was pretty clear in that i doscovered the truth about the rumor regarding Richt.
So to answer your question, No
SumterDawg
November 23rd, 2011
10:45 am
If you can’t trust a player to follow the rules he does not need to be on the team. Knowing the rules and breaking them intentionally is stating to the other players you are not concerned being a team member, your concern is self. This ruins a team. I love the Dawgs, but college football has become more important than education. I suppose we can go to the Garcia grading system. In the classroom you will have at least 5 opportunities to fail the class, in football you can have small failures and still be part of the team. Just hope and pray all of the players don’t do the same infraction at the same time. Oh, that wouldn’t be a problem, we would just look over that as it was a team effort.
Ken Malcome
November 23rd, 2011
11:31 am
Ken Malcome could be the man. He is about 6′1″ and weighs around 210 or 215 and whne hit, he moves the pile two yds. . He is a solid, but not spectacular back. Fumbles need to go but if he can grind on them and help Muarry set up the play actions with credibility, then if the weather is fine, we should do ok.
One question
November 23rd, 2011
11:32 am
Did girl whupper Robert Hall of GT play last year in this game? I recall that he slapped his roomie, a lil gal.
More important news
November 23rd, 2011
11:43 am
CPJ is on the HOT SEAT and that sort of explains his shot at UGA fans. He feels the pressure and he knows he must handle UGA to keep the faith over at the TECH FUND offices. He has rec’d phone calls with “votes of confidence” from prominent GT alums for two weeks now on the UGA game.
He must win some game that will project him AND HIS SCHEME as relevant beyond a Clemson game or ( UGA in 08) for him to be considered worthy. It is what it is. Hence, the nervous shot on the radio toward UGA fans. Besides, he grew up in NC and that IS WALMART country.
Lots of GT/UGA golfing groups are gathering this week and we talk. We know. We are older UGA/GT alumni and we are in THE KNOW.
Big game upcoming. Wrod is that if UGA wins this game, but loses in the DOME, we enjoy the Cotton Bowl, WIn em both and we are Sugar Bowl bound.
GT’s bowl??? Belk Bowl IF they win vs UGA.
Tallcarl
November 23rd, 2011
11:57 am
@George Stein please read the article about the season motto- ”Get on the Bus”. Then you will understand why those young men are gone.
Alabama | MrSEC.com
November 23rd, 2011
12:00 pm
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docdawg
November 23rd, 2011
12:25 pm
2 good teams, for tech, qb pressure, line play, ballhawking and coverage, hold blocks, big plays; for uga line play, disciplined assignments, sure tackling, ballhawking, mobility and accuracy, run it,Walsh, both teams, turnovers, create and avoid
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November 23rd, 2011
3:06 pm
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A view of opposing QBs this year
November 25th, 2011
11:28 am
Never in my 45+ years of viewing Qbs vs UGA D. teams have I seen the first ANDsecond team QBs get up like a prize fighter, stunned and cross eyed after taking a sack.
Alec O and Jarvis Jones and Gathers, Gilliard and Garrison Smith and Abry Jones and Tyson really bring it on the QBs. AU’s and KY’s and NM State’s and several others, like MSU and Ole Miss and UT QBs …………… ALL got up slowly and shaking their heads to avoid spewing on the field.
THIS is why I think UGA can dominate …………………IF UGA brings it on D. That pitch point for GT will be very painful for T Washignton and his pitch man back. Fumbles will take place for quick 6 TDs for UGA.
CMR Character Conflict
November 25th, 2011
11:25 pm
Once again – that great man of character – CMR (NOT) is lying through his teeth – he knows who is going to be able to play by now. What a liar he is.
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