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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KOOL
December 27th, 2011
6:38 pm
I saw Michigan State play Notre Dame in South Bend 3.5 months ago. They’re not a good team… Dawgs will win by 2 touchdowns.
BTW...if it bleeds it leads...Journalism 101
December 27th, 2011
6:39 pm
C’mon folks. Don’t be so gullible. Don’t you know that the link, “Crowell illness”, is going to draw your eyeballs to the link so that you’ll click it. Next, the ads will appear for the companies that pay for the AJC. Next, the CMO (Chief Marketing Officer) of that company will get an email report showing how many of you consumers saw their ad.
All this news was purported to do was report on a practice. You clicked the link; read something about Crowell, and now you’re blogging about him. I guess the marketing journalism worked.
bingdon
December 27th, 2011
6:43 pm
Who’s the bigger disappointment? IC or Falcons last night. Truth be told I’m not shocked at either. Next year’s cometition will make or break this kid. Bet with my head and he’s gone by season end either from discipline or academics. Bet with my heart we have a movie of the week moment and you see him running in slow motion cheered on by adoring caucasian fans charging over would be LSU tacklers, life turned around, scoring the winning touchdown and leaping into CMR’s arm’s even as he shoves aside his post game smooch with his wife Seriously, which one do you think more likely? Will we see him prance across the stage at graduation flipping his tassle to the left side, waving and smiling to his oodles of fans, dressed to the nines, suma cum laud and headed to a millionair’s life or will he end up standing behind some local package store with Waushan Ealey passing a blunt and drinking 40s waiting on Caleb King to pick them up so they can go hit another “lick” to get money for crack. Which one do you really think is most likely. Working as a pot-bellied county employee in a green jumper with his first name on the right shirt pocket embroidered in red collecting his 36 g annual salary and benefits to help feed his brood of squalling brats or strutting across the stage in NYC two years from now receiving the Heisman and dreaming of glory in the NFL and maybe even a side career in rap. If you really think about how these kids’ lives play out either scenario is on the horizon. We’ve seen it time after time after time at UGA and everywhere else. Think about the kid from Ohio State that wound up in prison after breaking all kinds of freshmen records at OSU. Or the dude name Lawrence (Can’t remember his his name) from Nebraska, 2nd pick in NFL draft, out of football within a couple of years and prison bound. Clearly Caleb King is spoken for and I bet I’m not too far off. Waushan Ealey’s story has not been finished but it will be when he leaves Savannah State. We’ll know very soon about IC. Folks, a winner is a winner no matter where they come from and a stinker is a stinker just the same. Can you smell what the Rock is cooking?
bitter QB
December 27th, 2011
6:43 pm
@btw——-what/???uh???—who the—what the???—-journalism—-please——–
AltamahaDawg
December 27th, 2011
6:44 pm
Tell you what hornblow. Let’s play a little game in our minds. Let’s pretend that Ken was in the room and we get to ask him directly which was true.
1.That he had to overcome some issues, his fortunes have been squarely on him, and is very thankfull to have a coach Like Richt.
OR
2.He has been 100% on board since he had a great camp and proved he was ready to contribute BUT Richt holding him out while repeatedly using encouraging words (including in this article), talking him into NOT quiting, using a 5 foot walk on with games on the line, was just to mess with him.
Now I wonder what he would say is more likely?
fan
December 27th, 2011
6:46 pm
2012 schedule out, undefeated in SEC play winning the east. Will then play an undefeated Bama for the SEC Championship and lose. so then does a one loss UGA play Bama again or will undefeated USC get the nod? Let the discussion begin.
Coastal Dawg
December 27th, 2011
6:46 pm
I personally hope that Richard Samuel gets the start or at least a lot of playing time. The guy seems best fitted for linebacker, and previously looked like he went down easily and tripped on himself……but the light flipped on in the UF game. His exuberance and wanting the ball in the crucial aspect of the UF game for me was the highlight of the season. I felt badly that he was injured and could not bask in his accomplishments for the next games/
I hope Malcome does well. Sure it would be good for him; it would be good for us.
Crowell….REALLY hope he gets it together and has a great game and a great 2012-2013. I am not down on him. I know it is not easy being a freshman with that kind of pressure and his ability is apparent. He has a lot to learn and many things he needs to unlearn. If he had turned his back on Coach Dooley as he did CMR in the SECCG, he would no longer be a Georgia Bulldog.
If Mitchell is a better cornerback than a wide receiver, then I am certainly going to enjoy watching him even more than I thought next year.
Go Dawgs!
JimDog25
December 27th, 2011
6:51 pm
Crowell SEC freshman of the year….WOW… That’s like obama getting the Nobel Peace Prize….
Kilroy
December 27th, 2011
6:56 pm
Coastal Dawg
Well said. I agree and would like to see IC have a great game agaisnt MSU and gain confidence going into spring practice.
bitter QB
December 27th, 2011
6:57 pm
@bingdon—-all that writing—-end the end you told me nothing i did not already no
———who cares about loooossser running backs——they had there chance
250,000 dollar scholly———free young women———all you can eat—-free ride—books too—hahaha
kral
December 27th, 2011
7:03 pm
CG I do not see how you can actually say what Coach Dooley would have done…and you do not know if Coach Richt and IC had a conversation after the game..just speculation..same as you…VD had fun dealing with all- American and all-pro Jake Scott…just speculation…same as you
Kilroy
December 27th, 2011
7:04 pm
IC has all the athletic tools needed to be a very dangerous running back in the SEC for UGA. Maturity is what it will take to become a DGD. I hope that he can make this jump and it will start with his performance and effort or lack thereof, on Monday January 2nd.
freddie
December 27th, 2011
7:25 pm
Crowell, in tribal English, means n i g is trouble
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
December 27th, 2011
7:29 pm
@Niceville Dawg:
Can’t just be supportive of ALL UGA players? Save the negative crap for the enemy………………..Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TampaGator
December 27th, 2011
7:46 pm
Chip……
you have 15 minutes before everyone goes to bed in Indian Rocks Beach.
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
December 27th, 2011
7:49 pm
There are so many Know It Alls on this blog. Can’t we just let the coaches handle IC and ALL the rest? Thats what they get paid for and I’m confident they know a helluva lot more about what is going on and what needs to be done than any of us or maybe we have a bunch of geniuses on here that should be coaching somewhere. Even outsiders like some of the GT fans have better attitudes than our own so-called Dawg Fans. You negative idiots are a large part of the problem and probably aren’t real Dawg fans anyway.
phil
December 27th, 2011
7:50 pm
Crowell is a joke….
Boot this bum for someone who cares!
Beast from the East Eaten by Dawg
December 27th, 2011
7:50 pm
2012 schedule to FINALLY be released tomorrow.
Going Commando!
December 27th, 2011
7:52 pm
TampaGator – Is Indian Rocks Beach a clothing optional type beach? Thanks!
Bill Stanfill
December 27th, 2011
7:53 pm
Dawg fans are very supportive of Crowell. Only the trolls are down on him.
Jimmy the Greek.......
December 27th, 2011
7:54 pm
Hellerrrr!….MSU is used to the big so called bruising backs that Malcome and Samuel are…They see that every week up north…..What they don’t see is the speed that the southern teams posess….Just look at what Bama did to them last year……The physical part they can hang with but where the SEC gets them is in the speed game therefore I would much prefer to see a healthy IC in the backfield than the alternatives…..anyway, he’s already shown us flashes of what he can do when healthy and I think he truly is striving to be the best RB he can be…..His ego wont let him fail himself……The mental mistakes he can fix himself as I’m sure he will, but he was’nt physically prepared for the rigors of SEC play this soon considering he was used to racking up 200 + yards in the first half at Carver then sitting out the rest of games…..Just my oppinion
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
December 27th, 2011
8:02 pm
@phil:
I vote that we just boot you,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Mouth of The South!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PIERCE CO DAWG
December 27th, 2011
8:03 pm
I AGREE LAY OFF THE KID!!!!!!
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
December 27th, 2011
8:06 pm
@Bitter QB:
Looks like somebody struck a nerve. Fools normally resort to name calling because they would be absolutely defenseless in a battle of wits. If I ever need a brain transplant I want yours because it has apparently never been used,
RTC
December 27th, 2011
8:26 pm
Crowell doesn’t have the drive to make it in ” Big Time ” college football. Just my opinion. And yes, I am a Dawg fan!!! Always have been, always will be. He was a stud in high school, and he was pampered & babied. He doesn’t have enough between the ears to realize what an opportunity he has been given. He appears to be childish, and pouty. And has already proven more than once that he lacks the toughness to play in the SEC.It wouldn’t bother me at all if he were not a Bulldog next year.
Dr. Phil
December 27th, 2011
8:27 pm
The President of MSU is attending the game and meeting with alumni at the pregame buffet. Will Adams be attending, or is he spending the holidays at his (UGA) villa in Costa Rica?
TampaGator
December 27th, 2011
8:42 pm
No…..but Shepards on the deck at happy hour on Clearwater Beach…..is as close as it gets. PARTY PLACE for young commandoes on the hunt.
slippery rock
December 27th, 2011
8:51 pm
fan
December 27th, 2011
6:46 pm
2012 schedule out, undefeated in SEC play winning the east. Will then play an undefeated Bama for the SEC Championship and lose. so then does a one loss UGA play Bama again or will undefeated USC get the nod? Let the discussion begin.
PIERCE CO DAWG
December 27th, 2011
8:03 pm
I AGREE LAY OFF THE KID!!!!!!
Lets address the first comment. I think you may be smoking some of the same stuff IC did earlier this year. Swapping road games with Alabama and Missouri does make it a little bit easier for UGA, but early in the year on the road against a team that is going to return 18 starters who throws it like Arkansas but with a quarterback similar to Cam Newton but only a freshman will make that road game much tougher. Then later on USC in the other Columbia is not going to get any easier. All that does is give Lattimore a few more weeks to get healthy and more than likely will be played in the 6 p.m. time slot.
Second comment: Lay off the kid! No.1, he is not a kid any longer, he wanted to be treated like an adult when he broke rules and decided the drugs were more important than playing football. There is a difference between being a kid and acting like one, and everyone will agree he as ACTED more like a kid than he has looked like an adult.
slippery rock
December 27th, 2011
8:53 pm
If this were a version of “SURVIVOR Bull dawg” IC would have had his flame snuffed out a long time ago.
slippery rock
December 27th, 2011
8:55 pm
Pierce Bulldawg…are you really proud of being from Pierce County? What of importance comes from Pierce county? Just Asking. I know when I travel through there outside of the fishing I do not see much but railroads, lumber mills, and lakes.
WalterEgo
December 27th, 2011
9:00 pm
Boo! Hiss! Irresponsible journalism at it’s finest.
TampaGator
December 27th, 2011
9:05 pm
The rich get richer……
Gunner Kiel is headed to LSU to play QB. Sorry, Indiana. I would expect he will challenge for the starting QB postion next year.
ugab
December 27th, 2011
9:05 pm
Get Well Soon IC!!! Everyone is getting sick the past few weeks. It is time to finish the season on a good note. Win the Outback bowl. Gooooo Dawgs!!!!!
ugab
December 27th, 2011
9:09 pm
Why is everyone always bashing IC? He has ran for almost 900 yrds this season. WTH is everyone’s problem? Al and LSU deserve to be in the NC. Ga won the East . An outback bowl win would be great. This season could have been worse.
DanTheDawgfan
December 27th, 2011
9:28 pm
The comments about Crowell shows that UGA fans are some of the dumbest in all of college football.
Techster
December 27th, 2011
9:33 pm
They are some of the dumbest fans because one has to be pretty dumb to get into UGa. It is the only university with a low IQ test. If you score too high, you are rejected.
Merry Marr
December 27th, 2011
9:43 pm
Crowell will not play. And really, who cares.
Buckhead Bulldog
December 27th, 2011
9:51 pm
Funny Techster, but it just so happens two of my really good friend’s (Both GT Grads IM and CE in ‘87)children could not get into UGA but they got into GT. One of them is in his 5th year doing lab in the architecture school. Strange to be writing this but true!
South Ga Dawg
December 27th, 2011
9:52 pm
If all you want to do is critisize our players, go sit in a closet with a mirror and talk to yourself.Leave Crowell alone. We true Dawg fans don’t want to hear your poor mouth crap.Your not worthy to be a Dawg fan.Go pull for Fla. If the kid is ill he’s ill. Let the coaches handle it.They don’t need your help.
Kilroy
December 27th, 2011
9:56 pm
Techster
Isnt there a dungeon’s and dragon’s or a rubic’s cube blog you could go to? Then maybe you could post more intelligent thoughts.
Red Stick
December 27th, 2011
10:08 pm
The SEC said today that the 2012 conference schedule will be announced at 10am est tomorrow.
Geaux Tigers
SEC Champions
Gene
December 27th, 2011
10:47 pm
Is this guy a football player or a tennis star?
@sportsguru95
December 27th, 2011
10:48 pm
KPB – Mitchell was Highly Recruited @ corner as well!
78Dawg
December 27th, 2011
11:05 pm
Send Crowell back home to his homies and momma SIck of him
Doug
December 27th, 2011
11:55 pm
What are the odds Isaiah will grow a pair over the summer?
kyle
December 28th, 2011
12:17 am
Crowell will be fine, in the bowl game and next year. He had a tough year, the expectations he faced were insane. But overall I think he ran the ball well and showed that he has a lot of talent and potential. I expect him to have a very good season next year. A offseason in the S&C program will do wonders for him, along with Keith Marshall pushing him to play better
DawgVoiceofReason
December 28th, 2011
1:02 am
RTC, et al.
“[Crowell] has already proven more than once that he lacks the toughness to play in the SEC”. AND “It wouldn’t bother me at all if he were not a Bulldog next year.” Are you out of your mind!? This 5-star recruit just won the SEC Freshman of the Year award and had one of the highest yardage totals for a freshman ever at UGA. And you wouldn’t care if he was gone? Me thinks you are not a very good judge of talent and are giving up on a potential superstar WAY too soon. We can all agree there are some things we wish he had done differently but I’m glad you’re not in charge.
bitter QB
December 28th, 2011
1:57 am
@brainiac—-richt is full of fluff—-just like cry-baby crowface—–if gratham coached crow, he would
not last a day———————–go kiss your boyfried tide roll goodnite—-hahahahhalooooser
StackedDeck
December 28th, 2011
3:50 am
OK., Holidays are OVER! New Year around the corner…New Year for the UGA Dawgs! Guys, MSU will be ready to play and Win…now isn”t the time to tuck our ‘tails. We need IC to play on Monday., and I think he will just do that too. GO DAWGS!!
UGA / 74′
4.29
December 28th, 2011
4:52 am
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DIT December 27th, 2011 3:46 pm
“@AltamahaDawg, If he has a huge year next year and people tell him that he will be a 1st rounder I think he will go.”
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1st ROUND NFL DRAFT PICK, Aaron Murray, per DIT. Flabbergasted by such a prediction in public. Yes, I will remember this post forever, sir, DIT. Can a DIT be a sir ? Can a sir be a DIT ? Can a DIT tip a cow ? Has a DIT ever worked on a Dairy ? Has a DIT ever seen a cow sleep lying down ? Does a DIT know that it is a horse which sleeps standing up, not cows ? Can a DIT tip a horse, or even a dog ? I have heard things about DITs and sheep. The agricultural school is by Aderhold, cow-tippers would do well to learn the good going on there and great folks, DIT. So, tell me DIT, you ever gone Cow-Tipping ? I know I have been chased by a bull, and threw myself through the barb wire to have him throw all his several thousands of pounds at the fence just when I thought I was safe. Cow-Tipping, DIT, is this something you engage in as well, or just running in here on the UGA blog to BRAG how Aaron Murray will be a 1st Round NFL Draft Pick next year ?
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DIT October 24th, 2011 12:48 pm
“This game will not be decided by Brantly. This game will be decided by Murray. Will he give the game away like he did against SC?”
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1st Round NFL Draft Selection next year or will he give the game away like he did against SC ? I could name 10 more games he GAVE AWAY, and several more he tried to give away; but, I am confused DIT :
(1) Aaron Murray 1st Round NFL Draft Pick next year ?
(2) Aaron Murray gives the game away ?
(3) You go cow-tipping and snipe-hunting ?