UGA’s Ben Jones racks up at Bulldogs’ Senior Gala awards banquet
In case you didn’t catch it ( I didn’t as I was on a farm in Blythewood, S.C.), senior Ben Jones was the big winner at the Bulldogs’ annual Senior Gala awards banquet this past Saturday night at the Classic Center in Athens. He took MVP honors and also was named permanent team captain. Interesting to note that Isaiah Crowell, The Associated Press SEC Freshman of the Year, did not receive any awards, but his cousin, Quintavius Harrow, did. Here’s what individual awards were handed out (the Governor’s Trophy for beating Georgia Tech was also presented):
- Vince Dooley Most Valuable Player of the Year Award: C Ben Jones, Sr.
- Most Valuable Offensive Player: QB Aaron Murray, So.
- Most Valuable Defensive Player: LB Jarvis Jones, So.
- Most Valuable Special Teams Player(s): P Drew Butler, Sr.; LB Kosta Vavlas, RFr.
- David Jacobs Award (for courage, spirit, character and determination): G Chris Burnette, RFr.; LB Alec Ogletree, So.
- Permanent Team Captain: C Ben Jones, Sr.
- Offensive Captains: TE Orson Charles, Jr.; OT Cordy Glenn, Sr.
- Defensive Captains: CB Brandon Boykin, Sr.; LB Jarvis Jones, So.
- Leon Farmer Award (for strength and conditioning): Boykin and Jones.
- Outstanding Scout Team Award(s): QB Greg Bingham, RFr.; LB Corey Campbell, RFr.; CB Eric Elliott, Sr.; CB Luis Capella, So.
- Most Improved Awards: OT Justin “Bean” Anderson, Sr.; DE Abry Jones, Sr. ; LB Mike Gilliard of Valdosta, Jr.; S Connor Norman, RFr.
- Newcomer of the Year Award(s): WR Michael Bennett, RFr.; WR Chris Conley, Fr.; WR Malcolm Mitchell, Fr.; LB Amarlo Herrera, Fr.; NG John Jenkins, Jr.; DB Quintavius Harrow, Fr.
- Coaches Leadership Award(s): Offense — Charles, Murray, Jones; defense– DE DeAngelo Tyson, Sr., and Boykin (defense); special teams — Butler
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SSIgator
December 13th, 2011
12:22 pm
UGA 7 Time 10 WIN National Championships and Counting -
WDE likes to cling to the fact that UGA is ahead in the all time record. After UF passes them this decade, all he will have left will be his VHS tape of the 1980 NC game. UGA – Home of the ten win season, but no titles. Thirty-one years and counting.
Half Century Dawg
December 13th, 2011
12:32 pm
Dirk
December 13th, 2011
12:22 pm
Georgia Tech plays legitimate student-athletes who will go on to successful careers in industrial management and engineering.
best laugh I have had in a while, Thanks
Terry
December 13th, 2011
12:40 pm
Colorado State has reportedly found its new head coach. According to the Denver Post, CSU will hire Jim McElwain, Alabama’s offensive coordinator.
UGA 7 Time 10 WIN National Championships and Counting
December 13th, 2011
12:44 pm
Talk about an irrelevant school; that’s Georgia Tech
I mean you can’t even win the ACC. The sorriest conference in America and you’re in a state that has ranked in the top 5 among high school recruits for several decades.
And your school is in the middle of almost 6 million people
Thats right the middle school option veer is big time football
LOL!!!!!!
Let’s see now UGA hangs its hat on 10 Win Seasons which no one outside of the state of Georgia cares
and GT hangs their hat on Academics which by the way no one cares either since they are never going to be considered among the Harvard’s, Oxfords, Stanford’s, Yale’s of the academic world
Two schools who bask in the kool-aid of want to be irrelevancy.
1eyedJack
December 13th, 2011
12:47 pm
Dirk, that’s hogwash and even a doofey like you knows it.
WDE
December 13th, 2011
12:51 pm
UGA 7 Time 10 WIN National Championships and Counting and SSI funny how that history thing works you of course would love to think the game was invented in 1990, however we have been playing it much much longer. Problem for you belly sliders is you really suxed at it prior to 1990, and while you can keep clinging to last 20 years mantra those days just as 1980 are behind us. What remains is the 8 or 9 more wins that UGA has in the series and one you will never over take…never. Oh and laddies keep talking up the 10 win season all you want as long as it includes UT,Auburn,Bug U and the gators we will take it…it never gets old.
Dap01
December 13th, 2011
12:55 pm
Dirk: I know of a guy that was recruited by GT (and GT alone) and he was accepted on football scholarship to your great school only to drop out after 1 year). No other school would even look at him because of grades except that wonderful GA Tech.
SSIgator
December 13th, 2011
12:55 pm
UGA 7 Time 10 WIN National Championships and Counting -
See what I mean about WDE? He is such a doggie homer he probably drinks his KoolAid out of the toilet because he wants to be just like Ugga.
Dap01
December 13th, 2011
12:56 pm
Why is GT even being discussed? Shouldn’t there be a blog criteria that your school must average 40,000 fans before a blog is accepted?
UGA 7 Time 10 WIN National Championships and Counting
December 13th, 2011
1:02 pm
WDE
You might want to buy Hooked on phonics and then re-read my 11:06am post. I never said I was a Florida fan.
Oh and LOL bragging about wins against a sorry UT FL, GT and AUB teams.
Name me a time when FL and UT were this awful in the same year. And you finally beat them both in the same year. Thats a first, when was the last time you did that, when 8 Track was popular LOL
LHarding Dawg
December 13th, 2011
1:17 pm
All these people on here bashing Georgia when they have never spent a dollar on their so called schools.
WDE
December 13th, 2011
1:18 pm
@UGA 7 Time 10 WIN National Championships and Counting never said you were a UF fan truth to tell I could care less your a mindless troll consumed with UGA envy. At least SSI is a self proclaimed belly slider, but with the amount of time he spends on UGA centric non reptile related items he feels he must spew on about I sometimes wonder..
UGA 7 Time 10 WIN National Championships and Counting
December 13th, 2011
1:20 pm
LHarding Dawg
The only money you have spent on your school is the purchase of your 10 Win National Championship poster and the glass of kool-aid served outside Sanford and Son stadium
UGA 7 Time 10 WIN National Championships and Counting
December 13th, 2011
1:26 pm
WDE
UGA envy….
LOL
Oh Im really envious of a program that thinks 10 win seasons are the pinnacle of success and rewards its coaches with contract extensions after coming off a losing season last and then beats 10 unranked teams and loses to 3 ranked teams
Envy nope; this is comedy entertainment at its best
WDE
December 13th, 2011
1:31 pm
@UGA 7 Time 10 WIN National Championships and Counting name me a team that doesn’t extend coaches for 10 wins they either do or have already…even Bama doesn’t fire a coach with 10 wins even when he comes in 4th in the West ask Saban.
UGA 7 Time 10 WIN National Championships and Counting
December 13th, 2011
1:45 pm
Bama didnt extend Bill Curry’s contract after he won the SEC
And Saban has won a recent NC what a stupid example
FL doesnt either
Ohio State got rid of John Cooper and he won 10 games consistantly
'94 UGA Alumnus
December 13th, 2011
2:22 pm
Hey Dirk,
Do you honestly think GT only has legitimate student-athletes? Are you calling Reggie Ball a legitimate student-athlete? He doesn’t even know when it’s 4th down
MountainDawg
December 13th, 2011
2:48 pm
Jones should be the first center drafted come springtime. Connor Norman has alotta potential…as does Michael Bennett.
Chip Towers
December 13th, 2011
3:28 pm
murfdawg: too many to list.
DeafDAWG
December 13th, 2011
3:39 pm
After the DAWGS began the season with two losses, fair weather fans were demanding Richt’s ouster.
Because of that, I have a reply: Pfffft!
Chip Towers
December 13th, 2011
7:00 pm
Innocent Bystander: All the players are listed by the class they’ll be in NEXT year, this being a 2012 depth chart. Hence, Abry Jones is listed as senior. Understand?
Chip Towers
December 13th, 2011
7:02 pm
SEC Football: Not really following the recruiting thing right now. Will get more involved in January. But I’ll summarize what I know: Everybody who was at the Senior Gala had a great time, thought UGA was a special place and moved the Dogs up on their lists. Alas, they’re all waiting to make a decision. How’s that?
Chip Towers
December 13th, 2011
7:04 pm
RiffRaff: No news on Orson Charles, though he did have a conversation with Giants TE Dustin Keller, according to one of Charles’ tweets. We’ll probably know something before the bowl game.
Drago
December 13th, 2011
7:32 pm
Big Tree will not leave early. He would have to leave Zander behind. That won’t happen. And, he has been far more valuable as a LB that he could have been at Safety. Pass coverage is not his strong suit.
FLA DAWG
December 13th, 2011
7:46 pm
Think maybe UGA knows more about Crowell’s past and future than the AP?
The guy limps then runs without favor, gets hit, falls, gets up, limps again, runs again with no favor toward either ankle, gets hit and limps himself off the field.
If there is enough pain you limp MORE when running than walking.
This fish stinks and has been smelly for several weeks now.
I don’t see IC in Athens next season.
Yeah, I gotta think this guy is history after MSU beats us on Jan 2.
DJ
December 13th, 2011
9:25 pm
That sign Ben Jones is holding should say, “I ATE this state.” Dude is gigantic.
Wreckmaniac
December 14th, 2011
12:20 am
Crowell, don’t worry You’ll be in spring practice next year, if you show up, along side another pack of 5 stars who aren’t any better than you are. Compared to the average UGA 5 star, you had an awesome season. Problem is it would have been a horrible year anywhere else.
Wreckmaniac
December 14th, 2011
12:21 am
Jone’s sign misspelled “Ruin”.
Wreckmaniac
December 14th, 2011
12:25 am
Gosh, 10 wins in a row ? Might it now be appropriate to shoot for, dare I say it, a conference championship or perhaps, gasp, a nat champ ? NAAAH. Those achievements are for other teams.
Wreckmaniac
December 14th, 2011
12:26 am
A & M will win an SEC conf champ before UGA.
Wreckmaniac
December 14th, 2011
12:28 am
Isn’t it also now 10 straight wins over Vanderbilt ? Impressive.
StAugDawg
December 14th, 2011
8:32 am
#3 on Special Teams (Blake Sailors I think)was a bad ommission on awards night…..This kid should have won an award..How about the Iron Man Award for Guts…..He was on almost every ST tackle all year long. I agree about IC…..too vanilla for an award. Let’s hope Keith Marshall is a hard-nosed kid with good morals and integrity and will prioritize the team-first concept.
38 Yardline Dawg
December 14th, 2011
9:23 am
Dirk: If your yellow bees are so focused on your education, explain why GT had to FIRE your former head coach for LYING about having a master’s degree?
RedandBlackDAWG
December 14th, 2011
9:37 am
Wreckmaniac,
And GT will win another fabulous, fun filled adventure to El Paso texas. Just remember though, don’t drink the water and be sure to bring your flak vest. You have got to be some kind of idiot, Coming onto a blog concerning UGA players and talking crap. I must be missing something because I haven’t seen a single Tech. player listed on any all American list this year. Now why do you suppose that is? Could it be you still find delight in running a high school offense, and all your engineers on your team, just can’t find time to practice? By the way, I will ask you the same question that none of your associates, (Make that Tech. Trolls) seem to be willing to answer. How many of your football team members, are pursuing a degree in any engineering course of study? You will not answer it either, because you are a typical Tech. fan. You can’t beat UGA, so you waste your time coming onto UGA blogs and spout a bunch of garbage about UGA.
Jalex49
December 16th, 2011
9:29 am
Congradulations to everyone who received recognition at the local and national level. To those that didn’t receive awards your contributions were well noted by the fans and your value to the success of this team is immeasurable.
To all the juniors , come back, Georgia needs your leadership and play. The freshmen class was outstanding this year, the best I have seen at Georgia in many years!! Thanks for coming to Georgia and making your imprint!
Thank you all …….