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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hornblowermg
December 27th, 2011
4:22 pm
i hope that richt actually starts Malcome and runs him for the entire game. richt has lied about his making changes before. let’s see what Malcome can do with a whole game to work with.
wrightsville dawg
December 27th, 2011
4:23 pm
Wish we could head to tampa but work and school starts day after. Tampa to wrightsville. Too long! I hope our dawgs do great. Beat sparty
AltamahaDawg
December 27th, 2011
4:25 pm
Malcome had an entire year to work with, what did you see?
SCBDAWG
December 27th, 2011
4:29 pm
I heard from a few of his teamates that Crowell gets a bad case of vaginal bleeding late friday night and it lasts until Tuesday night. Will be glad when Marshall gets here!!!!!!!!
Ga
December 27th, 2011
4:31 pm
Thanks B-truth and DIT..some people on here have no sense..im 18 and I can say we still have some areas to mature..good grief
tenn.DAWG
December 27th, 2011
4:34 pm
The O-Line needs to be called out on this one,if they do their job UGA wins.Have Pat Dye give them a call.
Bama Mike
December 27th, 2011
4:34 pm
“Spash” right off Vererans Expressway and Del Mabry the best Italian Seafood in the city. Try the Shrimp and Scallops Carbona with a cup of Lobster Bisque to kick it off. You may not want to leave. Good luck to the Dawgs. I am predicting a dominate performance especially second half by the Dawgs.
Jack Sparrow Captain of the SS Kool-aid
December 27th, 2011
4:36 pm
All Aboard!!!!!
The SS Kool-aid sets sail for the 2012 Pre-Season National Championship in 2 weeks
Please bring your power ranger uniforms for extra clothing and you’re book on energy vampires as it will be an 8 month voyage across the kool-aid ocean!!!!
Jack Sparrow Captain of the SS Kool-aid
December 27th, 2011
4:38 pm
I particularly love mens in “whitey tighty’s”
Jack Sparrow Captain of the SS Kool-aid
December 27th, 2011
4:42 pm
I sure wish my team had “Real Men” playing on it. I love UGA’s big burly men. Makes me tingle inside.
DougsMugsDOTcom
December 27th, 2011
4:42 pm
I sure am glad to hear that Samuel the Hammer is back. I really want this young DGD to have a great game and a great Senior (or post graduation) year!
RS, you have my best wishes and have from the moment you stepped on campus!
DIT
December 27th, 2011
4:44 pm
I agree, it would be nice to Samuel come out hard on Monday with a 100 yards plus on a good defense.
Jeff
December 27th, 2011
4:44 pm
and are we surprised about Crowell?????? What a joke this moron is….same old crap…after his song and dance post smokin episode…..song and dance after SEC episode…….and now……sick….boo..hooo…..
TampaDawg
December 27th, 2011
4:46 pm
Bama Mike
December 27th, 2011
4:34 pm
“Spash” right off Vererans Expressway and Del Mabry the best Italian Seafood in the city. Try the Shrimp and Scallops Carbona with a cup of Lobster Bisque to kick it off. You may not want to leave. Good luck to the Dawgs. I am predicting a dominate performance especially second half by the Dawgs.
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Must be typing this on your phone from the spelling issues at top. Splash is a great recommendation from what I hear. It’s getting a great rep around here. Crazy Buffet near the stadium is really good too and no way you can leave hungry.
hornblowermg
December 27th, 2011
4:47 pm
i didn’t see Ken Malcome given a chance to run the ball like we were told that he would. he hasn’t been given a chance this year. can you count? he wasn’t put into the game for more than thirty plays for the entire year. he runs straight ahead for positive yards instead of to the sidelines for a smoke break. what i did see when he ran the ball was someone who actually wanted to run with the ball. don’t be so stupid, miss altamahadoog.
TampaDawg
December 27th, 2011
4:47 pm
Jack Sparrow is just another trouble causing techie with no real point for his own team. Go figure. Stay positive Dawg fans, the future looks great.
Jack Sparrow Captain of the SS Kool-aid
December 27th, 2011
4:50 pm
The first 25 crew members to board will get a free 10 Win Season T-shirt
Spike
December 27th, 2011
4:52 pm
TampaDawg.. Are you hosting a tailgate?
docdawg
December 27th, 2011
4:52 pm
First, Mitchell was rated #1 CB for good reason and the fact that he turned out to be a big threat receiver who will develop his routes and across the middle catches in traffic is something few if any could have foreseen coming until he showed up last summer. People knew Champ was a good athlete but he played QB at Charlton as well, few projected him to be the receiver he grew to be, but give Mitchell another year to develop and then make comparisons. It took time for Champ too, Mitchell may be the better athlete in the end, he has a gear very few hit, throw a ball he has to go after instead of waiting for and you`ll see that explosion. Greene can blow by virtually any CB in the NFL, according to his coaches, Mitchell has more zip than Greene. If he played some corner he`d be hard to shake for any receiver. To say Samuel is a second tier SEC runner is foolish, watch the Fl tape. He`s a power back, and has excellent burst for 240 lbs. Every team has a combo of speed and power backs to mess with a defense, refer to Ala, Lsu, for starters. Next year look for both, especially when the freshmen develop and learn the system. If Davis and Gurley commit, everyone would get carries, provide fresh legs, a change of pace and become a D coord nightmare like Lsu did this year. Add the big FB for I sets, and you become the relentless unpredictable ofense that wasn`t on the field in the dome against Lsu. taht game may have been very different with Samuel able to pound short first downs.Crowell will grow with time, give him a chance, talent`s great but refer to heart ie Pollack. not everybody has that out of HS. Be a fun game Monday!!
Jack Sparrow Captain of the SS Kool-aid
December 27th, 2011
4:53 pm
The SS Kool-aid will dock in Tampa Bay to pick you up TampaDawg in 3 weeks. Just hang tight.
AltamahaDawg
December 27th, 2011
4:53 pm
Yes, I can count:
1. CLEARLY not trying very hard to start the year.
2. QUIT the team, or tried to anyway
3. SUSPENDED for failed drug test
And still, despite all that given every opportunity to EARN some time, which it sounds like he is finally doing. And I hope him the best at it.
TampaDawg
December 27th, 2011
4:55 pm
Spike, not hosting, but will probably hang with a few that will be there.
TampaDawg
December 27th, 2011
4:56 pm
Jack Sparrow is currently captain of the SS Probation which isn’t allowed to bring as many crew on board as the other ships and is one more screw up away from not being able to leave port at all in December and January.
Watsonone
December 27th, 2011
4:58 pm
Lets just have a bash Crowell, bash Bobo, bash Georgia, bash anything you want to bash. Then you a-holes SHUT UP and go away. You remind me of my brother who professes to be a Dawg fan but spews nothing but negativity – get it all out then get a life! I love Crowell, Bobo and UGA. That is what a real fan does.
BigTimeTechFan
December 27th, 2011
5:00 pm
My hats off to the Dogs this year, you were better then Tech and had a nice run this season.
Maybe we will be better next year, I think Tech and UGA will have big years next year.
Spike
December 27th, 2011
5:00 pm
TamaoDawg… Come on, MAN!
hornblowermg
December 27th, 2011
5:02 pm
apparently crowell hasn’t stopped quitting. the key words here are “finally” is given, and “an” opportunity”. watch Kenny run.
Jack Sparrow Captain of the SS Kool-aid
December 27th, 2011
5:08 pm
TampaDawg
Yea there are a few holes in the SS Kool-aid but dont worry there are plenty of UGA fans that will drink the kool-aid leaking into the ship to keep us afloat for 8 months
JRW7
December 27th, 2011
5:16 pm
IC is a wimp! GO DAWGS!!!!!!!
Dr. Morpheus
December 27th, 2011
5:18 pm
I’m not even going to read the comments to see which trolls are piling on IC. We may have to start calling him “Underdawg.” Hmm, I actually kind of like that idea…
UGAgrad71
December 27th, 2011
5:20 pm
To Captain Sparrow: Your idiot postings have all the merit of whale manure, and that is sitting on the bottom of the ocean.
hotdawg
December 27th, 2011
5:23 pm
Yea malcolm mitchell was the #1 rated cb….we can’t ignore it
jonkdawg
December 27th, 2011
5:27 pm
Beat Michican St , Go dawgs i
Jack Sparrow Captain of the SS Kool-aid
December 27th, 2011
5:32 pm
UGAgrad71
Idiot postings… ha ha my good fellow
Just like those pre-season national championship posts that start on this blog every year right after the season ends.
Valdosta Cat...
December 27th, 2011
5:41 pm
Mitchell is a better cornerback than he is a reciever…. But I like him at reciever as it gets the ball in his hands. He played both ways in high school so this isn’t something that will set him back. I say try it out.
bitter QB
December 27th, 2011
5:50 pm
did any of you trolls not watch a single game where crowface –QUIT—on this team
—i for one dont support quiters———he quit on his team mates period
——-no getting beyound that except to say –richt is a weak coach
————coach gratham is about making his defence play together as one
———–crowell and most of our running backs the last 4 or 5 years have been just as weak
————————-put that in your pipe—–cry babie trolls that wont to kiss crowfaces a$$
Bama
December 27th, 2011
5:50 pm
Hehehehehehehe
Return to Glory
December 27th, 2011
5:52 pm
This just in, Crowell sitting out waiting for his toe nail paint to dry….give me a break hope the other backs are ready to play 4 quarters because Crowell sure wont’ be
Kilroy
December 27th, 2011
5:54 pm
Mitchell is an athelete and should be on the field as much as he can to help the team. From what I’ve seen he will give 100% effort in whatever the coaches ask of him. He is a DGD and this is the type of student/athelete that we need to recruit.
athdog
December 27th, 2011
6:01 pm
Give me a Malcome sized back anyday over a guy like Crowell. IC has mucho talent, but apparently is overwhelmed, for now at least, by the physical nature of SEC fb. Pound Malcome and Samuel for three quarters, by the fourth quarter the 3 and 4 yard runs turn into 8 and 9 yarders, sometimes much longer. And, of course, Bobo loves to play action pass. He just hasn’t figured out that without a pounding, relentless running game the play action is useless.
athdog
December 27th, 2011
6:02 pm
Okay…I meant ‘Bobo loves THE play action pass’.
But you know that because you’re smart people…some of you anyway.
athdog
December 27th, 2011
6:04 pm
Bitter QB…learn to spell and learn that a proper noun is capitalized. Another product of Alabama public schools, no doubt.
ICro
December 27th, 2011
6:06 pm
ICro’s sick again—he’ll be taking himself out of the game every other play. The dude just can’t play at this level.
The Diesel
December 27th, 2011
6:11 pm
Hope IC will get over “feeling under the weather”.Hopefully he will have a positive impact in the game Monday….GO DAWGS!!!!!!!
Techster
December 27th, 2011
6:12 pm
At Tech, where we have our priorities right and our head coach doesn’t make illegal payments, Crowell would have been dismissed from the team a long time ago.
When I was a frosh and my senior year
December 27th, 2011
6:14 pm
From the day that stepped onto the grass at Russell Hall back in 1967 to the day that I graduated 5 years later ( i had to work to pay my way) I gained 35 pounds of muscle, physically matured, lost my pimples and gained some valuable knowledge about life and social comportment my obligations and responsibilities and such, graduated and moved on.
IC will also mature, gain solid muscle mass and gain in the social aspects and in the responsiblity category. Let him mature ……………………we are not all alike.
I suspect that most of the bad mouthing of IC is from Alabama, AU or Tech fans.
GO Dogs.
Larry
December 27th, 2011
6:25 pm
I was hoping “Cro never well” was going to flunk out.
Kilroy
December 27th, 2011
6:27 pm
Techster
No, your coach just drops the F bomb every other word while the camera is on him. But that team would probably make me cuss too!!
bitter QB
December 27th, 2011
6:34 pm
@athdog—-troll i put my time in thought not being mr. spell check
crowface like you su-x——————–tell your boy friend good nite and put your cats outside
Fire CMR!
December 27th, 2011
6:36 pm
Enough Said!