Isaiah Crowell ‘under weather’ for Georgia’s first practice in Tampa
TAMPA — Back at my room after Georgia’s first Outback Bowl practice. Will be posting some reports later this afternoon. For now, here’s what you need to know:
- Tailback Isaiah Crowell is “feeling under the weather,” according to coach Mark Richt, and was standing on the sidelines and not participating, at least for the open part of practice early on. His left ankle apparently is not an issue and he will be able to play in the game.
- Richt said Ken Malcome enters the week No. 1 on the tailback depth chart but that it’s “a highly competitive situation” with Richard Samuel (ankle) coming back and Crowell and Carlton Thomas healthy. “I hope Ken hangs on,” Richt said. “That’d be good for him.”
- Speaking of Samuel, he was practicing full speed and appeared pretty agile. Said he’s eager to get back on field after being sidelined since the last play of his impressive effort against Florida.
- Wide receiver Malcolm Mitchell acknowledged there has been some kind of preliminary discussion about him possibly playing some cornerback next season. However, offense would still be his primary role.
- “If I think that it’ll help us win and he can function and do that, that’d be fine,” Richt said. “We have a few guys that play both ways but we try to have them focus on one position. If they have enough of a comfort level knowing what to do, we can begin to share a little bit. I wouldn’t be against it.” . . . Defensive end DeAngelo Tyson (ankle) didn’t practice but is expected to before game per Richt. . . . Linebacker Michael Gilliard worked out on side in green (non-contact) jersey but seemed confident he’d be able to go. Said he ran full speed on ankle escaping from a bull while “cow-tipping” in Valdosta over holiday. . . . Punter Drew Butler was full go after being sidelined with a left ankle injury for Georgia’s practices in Athens. Butler injured his non-punting foot while walking in slick, tuxedo shoes before UGA’s Senior Gala. . . . Georgia practiced in full pads under a light rain on the University of Tampa’s Rood Field at Pepin Stadium. It’s a soccer pitch they converted into a football field, complete with temporary goal posts. . . . Georgia is practicing under a huge banner that says “S-P-A-R-T-A-N-S.” That’s the mascot for Tampa. It also happens to be Michigan State’s team name. “I just saw that when we got off the bus,” Richt said.
This is the name in front of which the Bulldogs are practicing this week at the University of Tampa.
Workers erecting temporary goal posts under menacing morning skies.
The University of Tampa has won many a national soccer championship at Pepin Stadium.
An almost-healthy Richard Samuel was one of the first Bulldogs on the field for the Bulldogs on Tuesday.
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17 Dawgs
December 27th, 2011
2:21 pm
It really doesn’t matter who’s running the ball for UGA. If we are successful with the run, Bobo will abandone it for the sake of balance and the idea of keeping the opposing D honest. Bobo does the same in our passing game if we are killing them there. It’s like he looks at our yardage totals and adjusts according to that alone. I wouldn’t care if we ran the same play all game long if their D couldn’t stop it.
AltamahaDawg
December 27th, 2011
2:22 pm
Oh, it matters.
TampaDawg
December 27th, 2011
2:22 pm
DIT, you going to the game dude? I will be the guy there in the black Dawgs shirt with the big “G” on the back and wearing the Army Boonie hat.
DIT
December 27th, 2011
2:22 pm
Heck, give it to Ogletree and Figgins!
AltamahaDawg
December 27th, 2011
2:24 pm
Bowl game in your backyard. What a deal!
DIT
December 27th, 2011
2:24 pm
@TampaDawg – I was hoping to get there, but it appears I’m needed in the office this week. Still working on it. My boy really wants to go. It would be his 1st Dawg game! I’ll let you know if things change.
Spig Weed
December 27th, 2011
2:27 pm
I guess Crowell just needs some more weed. Surely he took a good supply with him to Tampa.
TampaDawg
December 27th, 2011
2:28 pm
Definitely DIT, my mother and father in law bought tix for Christmas so he is going with me. My son is 7 and hasn’t really fallen in love with college football yet. Of course, that was about when I did so he is due.
Francis
December 27th, 2011
2:29 pm
MSU 37, Special Admit U 10
DIT
December 27th, 2011
2:31 pm
Good stuff, My boy just turned 11 and has a ton of Dawg stuff. It’s 2 of us Dawgs against 3 gators in our family. My wife and 2 daughters like the “bad” guys.. ha ha.
Actually my wife does pull for the Dawgs when UF does not play them. She wants to go as well.
Hope y’all have a great time!
TampaDawg
December 27th, 2011
2:31 pm
Francis is obviously a tech fan who is still worried about special admits as if the entire tech program doesn’t have them also. Keep trying there little buddy. It might matter someday. As soon as you realize that there is more to life than a college degree and there are more programs that make the world go around than just engineering. Not that the VAST majority of the tech football team is part of the engineering program themselves.
TampaDawg
December 27th, 2011
2:32 pm
Yeah Altamaha, that’s what I thought myself. I have been to a couple of them. The Q.Carter versus Drew Brees game I missed. Won’t miss this one!!!
WDE
December 27th, 2011
2:33 pm
@Francis your name just says it all…..LMAO !
TampaDawg
December 27th, 2011
2:33 pm
hope to see you there DIT, we will have fun for sure. You going Altamaha?
AltamahaDawg
December 27th, 2011
2:34 pm
Interesting sidenote: We are going to see a new SEC career scoring record set in this game. (to break the one previously held by another UGA player)
DIT
December 27th, 2011
2:35 pm
Has anyone heard anything new about Mason possibly transfering?
AltamahaDawg
December 27th, 2011
2:36 pm
I’d sure like to. Been to that one a couple of times. Great trip. PLus Tampa is one of my favorite (big) cities. That Monday game isnt working out for me though.
DIT
December 27th, 2011
2:37 pm
Just saw where it’s suppose to be 80 degrees and sunny for game time on Monday…… Gotta love Tampa living
AltamahaDawg
December 27th, 2011
2:43 pm
If anyone is staying south, My favorite coffee mug lies on the Bottom of the Palma Sola Bay. I’d like to have it back.
DIT
December 27th, 2011
2:46 pm
D’OH!
Henry
December 27th, 2011
2:47 pm
Speaking of Crowell reminds me of the old saying: about a leopard never changes his spots.
Techster
December 27th, 2011
2:50 pm
Can’t wait for the Outback bowl. I will love watching the dawgs lose to MSU.
What was that LSU/Ga. score again? Ha ha ha ha ha ……………..
Techster
December 27th, 2011
2:53 pm
I predict MSU will beat the Univ.of Ga. Penal Colony by at least 2 touchdowns.
DIT
December 27th, 2011
2:53 pm
You crack me up Techster….
AltamahaDawg
December 27th, 2011
2:59 pm
I’m convinced that if Georgia didn’t have them on the schedule, tech fans would even know thier schools mascot.
LHarding Dawg
December 27th, 2011
2:59 pm
And what was that Georgia / Georgia Tech score again? Hahahahaha………..
BiggDawgK
December 27th, 2011
3:00 pm
Other than grumbling a few times here and there like all fans do about most players. I think only a small percentage of actual Georgia fans rip on Crowell or want him to leave. I am guilty of letting high expectations and the obvious huge talent IC has shown this year frustrate me when he has shown he is (gasp) capable of being an actual normal college Freshman.
I know this will amaze a lot of people but not everyone who claims to be a UGA fan and then proceeds to slam Crowell, or Richt or Muuray etc… on a message board might possibly be lieing.
old dog
December 27th, 2011
3:01 pm
Techster,
I suppose, then, that they would beat ya’ll by at least four or five touchdowns. After all, MSU DOES play big-boy football, not a high-school gimmick that folks have figured out! (And, they have a REAL QB, not an athlete at the position! Lastly, they have defensive linemen bigger than their kicker!) Anyhow, we will win and I gotta admit, AltamahaDawg, you may be right. I’ve been hard on Crowell, maybe too hard. I just don’t see character there. We had other freshmen that did not act like that!
dawgfan
December 27th, 2011
3:02 pm
Isaiah just has a case of the Sun Bowl fever that is sweeping the nation!!! The Joke By Coke vs. The Utes in a game for the ages!!!December 31st can’t get here soon enough!!!
Georgia Tech=JOKE.
Pensacola Dawg
December 27th, 2011
3:03 pm
Practice..did you say practice I mean com on man practice
B.MAKOVER
December 27th, 2011
3:03 pm
THEY SHOULD LOSE CROWELL NOW-GET HIM OUT OF GEORGIA-HE IS NOT DESERVING OF THE GEORGIA TRADITION
DIT
December 27th, 2011
3:06 pm
@B.MAKOVER – OK Tekie
ca dawg
December 27th, 2011
3:06 pm
@DIT: i would be surprised if mason didn’t transfer. i’ll hate to see him go as well, but he’s talked openly about the possibility and knows he’ll never get the snaps he wants at UGA. the bad news is that he really can play. the good news is that — whatever the people on this board think about it — he’s not as good as murray or lemay.
AltamahaDawg
December 27th, 2011
3:09 pm
And we have had freshman that did, and took no where near the critisism. But it is what it is, and he will learn to deal with it.
DIT
December 27th, 2011
3:10 pm
ca dawg – I could see it. There always going to be more hype on someone that has not played as much than the starter in most cases. I still think that Murray is the best fit for the Dawgs. I just wish he would cut back on the turnovers in big games.
It will be interesting with Lemay next year. Does he have enough patience to be a back up for one year. (my guess if Murray flourishes he will leave for the NFL)
urban redneck
December 27th, 2011
3:12 pm
there sure is some good cow tippin in valdosta.
Colonial Dawg
December 27th, 2011
3:18 pm
What’s the normal tip for a cow? 15% or 20%?
WDE
December 27th, 2011
3:24 pm
@Colonial Dawg tip percentage is udderly dependent on the quality of service…
DIT
December 27th, 2011
3:25 pm
ahhh good one WDE!
Putting up the BS flag!
December 27th, 2011
3:29 pm
When I was an 18 year old kid I knew right from wrong hence I didn’t do drugs with my buddies. I also knew when I got handed a silver platter (scholarship) to hang on to it tight (I.E. do my school work and listen to my coach). Let’s face it: IC wants the glory without the sweat. He’s a malingerer, period. Get rid of the dead weight and get some people in here that will suck it up and play when a little hurt.
WDE
December 27th, 2011
3:30 pm
@DIT thank you thank you I’ll be here all week try the fish!
34Dawg
December 27th, 2011
3:39 pm
GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AltamahaDawg
December 27th, 2011
3:41 pm
Murray ain’t leaving early.
DIT
December 27th, 2011
3:46 pm
@AltamahaDawg
You just never know. If he has a huge year next year and people tell him that he will be a 1st rounder I think he will go. Now, will he have a huge year next year? Time will tell. An average year and he will stay for his SR year.
AltamahaDawg
December 27th, 2011
3:56 pm
Murray doesn’t strike me a a guy who is so anxious to get to the NFL asap that he would defy history and conventional wisdom.
AltamahaDawg
December 27th, 2011
4:03 pm
Not sure he would even be the top 5 QB (eligible) for the 2013 draft, even IF he had a phenomenal year.
DIGDUG77
December 27th, 2011
4:06 pm
Very good source says Crowell SMOKES TWO PACKS A DAY. No wonder he can’t stay in the game.
Dodddamdog
December 27th, 2011
4:12 pm
No doubt IC is by far the best running back on the roster. Talk about immaturity, what about Thomas? Wasn’t he suspended 3 times this year as a Jr? At some point we need to hold the rb coach accountable
AltamahaDawg
December 27th, 2011
4:14 pm
That, and getting tackled.
slippery rock
December 27th, 2011
4:16 pm
Does anyone expect anything different now from IC? He went back home to Columbus, hung out with his homeboys and the element that is Muscogee County Clown Posse.
Next item, I see everyone keeps howling about Keith Marshal. Good news there, he apparently is a great deal smarter and better prepared for college than IC was. He will need to pack on some major muscle to compete in the SEC play for 12 games.
The OL still seems to be the future weak link for UGA. Even with Theus it is going to be much harder for the holes to open up, and make those long routes throws.