UGA not only football program dealing with domestic violence issues
ATHENS – I was traveling yesterday when UGA announced it had decided on a two-game suspension for starting cornerback Sanders Commings at the start of next season.
Even though Georgia coach Mark Richt has avoided commenting on the subject so far, a spokesman told me Richt decided on the two games Wednesday after a series of meetings with Commings and conducting his own investigation into the matter. Commings, 21, was arrested by UGA police on Jan. 21 and charged with domestic violence/simple battery for allegedly hitting his former girlfriend.
Commings is scheduled for a March 22 arraignment before an Athens-Clarke County judge, so his legal case remains unresolved. Meanwhile, the incident is also being investigated by UGA as a possible violation of student conduct code. That review is ongoing, though I’ve reported on some of the interviews that were already available through the Freedom of Information Act. Those documents lead one to believe it the case might not be as cut-and-dried a case as the original police reports indicated.
Meanwhile, Georgia is not the only SEC team having to deal with a domestic violence issue. According to a report in the Orlando Sentinel today, Gators freshman tight end A.C. Leonard was arrested Wednesday night on domestic violence charges. Leonard was due to be released on his own recognizance Thursday and Florida coach Willi Muschamp has yet to comment on the situation.
Said spokesman Steve McClain: “Coach Muschamp is currently traveling and unavailable, but he will address the matter later today.”
There have been some other recent precedents as well:
On Feb. 3, Clemson dismissed wide receiver Joe Craig due to a domestic violence incident. However, apparently that was Craig’s second such charge. He was indefinitely suspended and ultimately missed three games last season due to the previous incident.
Conversely, Alabama’s Courtney Upshaw did not miss any playing time after he and his girlfriend were both arrested on domestic violence charges in 2009.
Which brings us to where we are today. Commings has already been issued a two-game suspension while his legal issues remain unresolved. So how do you guys feel about that? Should the Bulldogs have waited until his matter had run its course through the university and local legal systems? Do you trust Coach Richt’s judgment and/or did he get it about right? Is Georgia going too easy on Commings?
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TDF
February 17th, 2012
2:53 pm
BIGDAWG38
February 17th, 2012
2:45 pm
Its all about getting views which negative spins get unfortunately. Carvell is the worst.
They do it to tech too (Well when they actually write a tech article that is)
bigcalidawg
February 17th, 2012
3:04 pm
I posted on this very topic prior to last season. Look back….how many seasons have we gone into without one of our top players missing games? Not very many……
Justin Houston, A.J. Greene, Vance Cuff, the kid from Columbus who plyed TE and FB, the list goes back a good 8 seasons………….
Dawg89
February 17th, 2012
3:05 pm
Should wait for the case to be resolved by the University and the court system. Since the season is months away, why rush. I’m sure Richt knows the details I’m willing to trust it’s worth two games. Still, I don’t see the rush in dishing out a suspension in February for games in September.
TDF
February 17th, 2012
3:10 pm
bigcalidawg
February 17th, 2012
3:04 pm
Vance Cuff??? sorry he was never a big time palyer.
We will be fine w/o him for 2 games. always the chance Richt drops it when his case gets dropped
phil
February 17th, 2012
3:23 pm
TDF – It appears your brain is mush….sorry about that.
I don’t care if 10 yr olds are all that Missouri throws out there next year….it is not a game we can win.
Long road trip, hostile environment, first ever SEC game, our own inept coaching that we always have to overcome to win, you name it.
TAMMY WAR DAMN EAGLE
February 17th, 2012
3:24 pm
TDF: Who’s tech?
WAR DAMN EAGLE
UGA need help
February 17th, 2012
3:25 pm
What does “fair” have to do with this situation? It is either “right” or “wrong”.
TDF
February 17th, 2012
3:26 pm
phil
February 17th, 2012
3:23 pm
ahahahahhahahaha well your a retard thanks for showing it so quickly.
you have no clue what you are talking about and clearly are not a UGA fan. Run along little troll
TDF
February 17th, 2012
3:27 pm
TAMMY WAR DAMN EAGLE
February 17th, 2012
3:24 pm
You again??? Still delusional about Scam getting paid?? even though I gave you an article that clearly shows how wrong and dumb you are??? Even GTBob agreed (And he hates me worse than I hate Carvell) ahahahaha sorry DA
boykin
February 17th, 2012
3:28 pm
Good point, TDF. Without Gill at HC at Buffalo we’ll smother them..haha…and we’re gonna wear out that ex-basketball school Mizzou…They ain’t seen good ole SEC speed…Will be a clear wake up call to those Midwestern children!!
TAMMY WAR DAMN EAGLE
February 17th, 2012
3:31 pm
CECIL WASN’T PAID DHEAD OR IRS WOULDA BEEN AFTER HIM….WHERES UR TITLE..YOU AN YOUR BUDDY AINT SEEN ONE SINCE THAT half ONE GIVIN TO IN ‘90~~~~
war cam eagle
BamaGuy
February 17th, 2012
3:32 pm
TDF…You mean 1 earned and one not??
I think you need to watch the BCS Title game again and see who WON and WHO held up the CRYSTAL….I love the fact that you non-winning Dawg fans can somehow blot out real History and facts showing that we dominated a team that DOMINATED you in winning our Chamipionship…I guess blotting out facts and reality is why you keep rooting for the same ole coach knowing that you have seen this movie before? I will clue you in….You lose and you guys have been losing the big games for years..
TAMMY WAR DAMN EAGLE
February 17th, 2012
3:33 pm
U BELIEVE THAT http://WWW.leathernuts.org?
WAR EAGLE
TDF
February 17th, 2012
3:36 pm
TAMMY WAR DAMN EAGLE
February 17th, 2012
3:31 pm
hahahaha wow you really are a retard arent you???? There was no rule in place for the parent seeking payment, hence why there now is one and its dubbed the Cecil Newton Rule. hmmmmm….. think about you idiot.
FYI this is the same TrueDawgFan that owned you yesterday and the same one still owning you today.
Thanks for playing
TAMMY WAR DAMN EAGLE
February 17th, 2012
3:37 pm
DONT GET A SOFT ONE bamer guy: lsu 9 bamer 6 AT SHULA-MEANS STADIUM IN NOV. which kept ya out the DOME.HEHE
war eagle
BamaGuy
February 17th, 2012
3:40 pm
Tammy….
I think we raised the Crystal….and DESTROYED you in AUBURN in the process
TAMMY WAR DAMN EAGLE
February 17th, 2012
3:41 pm
Was it proven $ changed hands u moron? NO. And u aint a Dawg fan…and u one one thing..NO ALEGIANCE AND TAKE THE EASY WAY OUT. GO back to grant field you nut!!
TDF
February 17th, 2012
3:42 pm
BamaGuy
February 17th, 2012
3:32 pm
hahahaha were you born this stupid or did you acquire it year by year???
You should have never been there, okie state earned a shot and ESPN stole it a GAVE it to Bama. Everyone knows this (Well outside of delusional city Alabama)
As for SECCG- they had one drive all game long, one of those the score doesnt tell the whole story. So no we didnt get dominated but good try.
But wouldnt expect you to understand something for complicated than a final score, you have proven you cant handle any kind of detail with football. thats so sad, there are girls on here with more football knowledge than you. Heck Carvell prob knows more than you, and even GTBob for that matter.
Why do you blot out the fact that Satan ruins kids dreams on a yearly basis?
You do know that once Smart leaves Satan is screwed in recruiting. No one connects with Satan just with Kirby. And he should be taking the vacant Tenn job when Dooleyjr crashes and burns.
actually Richt is number 2 in SEC vs winning teams so guess we havent been doing that.
Try again retard
phil
February 17th, 2012
3:42 pm
TDF
February 17th, 2012
3:26 pm
phil
February 17th, 2012
3:23 pm
ahahahahhahahaha well your a retard thanks for showing it so quickly.
you have no clue what you are talking about and clearly are not a UGA fan. Run along little troll
*******************
It’s pitiful to see little tiny minds like yours try to spar with mine and those of at least a few others here.
You clearly failed English, clearly have no life, clearly are unemployed and are otherwise lacking in any redeeming qualities whatsoever.
I actually have a degree from the school. When and if you get your GED during your period of incarceration, check back in with us.
TDF
February 17th, 2012
3:43 pm
BamaGuy
February 17th, 2012
3:40 pm
Yup but you didnt earn a damn thing. you won an exhibition game that in reality meant nothing.
WDE
February 17th, 2012
3:43 pm
@TAMMY WAR DAMN EAGLE 45-7 it will worse this year.
typical
February 17th, 2012
3:43 pm
What happened to ZERO tolerence? That lasted like what, 2 1/2 minutes. St. Richt is truly a man of his word.
TAMMY WAR DAMN EAGLE
February 17th, 2012
3:43 pm
Ur right bout that bamerguy..we lent it to ya’ll…closet jacket?
TDF
February 17th, 2012
3:44 pm
TAMMY WAR DAMN EAGLE
February 17th, 2012
3:41 pm
Wow you are dumber than I first thought. Yes it was proven money changed hands thats clearly what the article said you retard.
TDF= True Dawg Fan you moron
boykin
February 17th, 2012
3:44 pm
YEP..Coach is.
TDF
February 17th, 2012
3:45 pm
typical
February 17th, 2012
3:43 pm
you have no clue what you are talking about
BamaGuy
February 17th, 2012
3:47 pm
TDF You should have never been there, okie state earned a shot and ESPN stole it a GAVE it to Bama. Everyone knows this (Well outside of delusional city Alabama)
I think all the AP voters voted us number 1 as well you Total Dumb _uck…I guess they all worked for ESPN too…Undisputed Champs…Hard to swallow? As your mom, she is good at it….
Georgia lost 42-10…One good drive? You are worst off than I first imagined….
TDF
February 17th, 2012
3:48 pm
phil
February 17th, 2012
3:42 pm
ahahahahahaha wow you really are a retard.
Sorry my computer at work doesnt spell check the comment box retard. And for that matter I couldnt care less if there are typos or not on a blog of all places. (FYI when you attack spelling you have already lost and are fighting from a corner like a scared little cat)
I graduated from UGA already thanks for your concern DA.
When you have something intelligent and on point to say let me know, if not STFU or you will get embarassed some more.
BamaGuy
February 17th, 2012
3:51 pm
TDF…Yup but you didnt earn a damn thing. you won an exhibition game that in reality meant nothing.
Actually, it means everything…The Crystal….Google it or read a newspaper every once in a while…Or just wait a couple of days and the AJC will use another picture of Saban holding it up in the air New Orleans and maybe this time you will believe that it really happen..
42-10 and you said LSU had one good drive…I guess it would have been 100-10 if they would have played well.
They had no drives on us…PERIOD…SHUTOUT
TAMMY WAR DAMN EAGLE
February 17th, 2012
3:53 pm
TDF: Im a dummy but dont blame your typin on GD spellcheck you ignoramous!!!
Class, please find the error in TDF3:48: ” I graduated from UGA already thanks for your concern DA”.
Thats a run on sentence aint it Phil?
WAR CAM EAGLE and ballin in Charlotte
TDF
February 17th, 2012
3:54 pm
BamaGuy
February 17th, 2012
3:47 pm
hahaha I dont care what they ranked you at the seasons end. You should have never had a SECOND shot at LSU. You lost @ HOME @NIGHT to them already. The last game was just exhibition. You can claim a MNC all you want but it should have been LSU vs Okie state for the crystal. Only reason you got in is bc the ESPN talking heads cried for it to happen.
Alright prepare to be shown how stupid you are.
Pick 6, punt return for 6, fumble by murray in our own redzone, punt returned inside our redzone, and a garbage time TD. Thats 28 of their points with them starting the drive in our redzone or having scored off a punt or INT.
We also out gained them and held them to 33 yards passing and 12 total yards in the first half alone.
So please tell me where they dominated anything you fricken idiot????
They had one long drive all game long.
boykin
February 17th, 2012
3:55 pm
Good comeback, BamaGuy..even though we got a reaming in the 2nd half..dawggone it!
TDF
February 17th, 2012
3:57 pm
BamaGuy
February 17th, 2012
3:51 pm
ahahahaha thats why they call they Mythical National Championships. they mean nothing bc half the time they dont have the right teams playing in it. Like this year were you shouldnt have been in it.
Les had a melt down before the game, go check the LSU message boards about it. Les flipped out benched starters and fired the OC and called his own plays. All bc they wanted Lee to start. They proved to him the team is more important than one coach that night.
Look above for repsonse to LSU game, enjoy it bc you just got owned.
TAMMY WAR DAMN EAGLE
February 17th, 2012
3:58 pm
Just wait boys…TDF is bout to throw one of those 40 line stats columns out to furtha show us his smarts..Cant wait
!!!!
WAR EAGLE
BamaGuy
February 17th, 2012
3:59 pm
TDF…So please tell me where they dominated anything you fricken idiot????
They had one long drive all game long.
In the SCORE 42-10…The only thing that counts…That is why they keep up with it during the game…I’m the idiot?
TDF
February 17th, 2012
4:00 pm
TAMMY WAR DAMN EAGLE
February 17th, 2012
3:53 pm
ahahahahaha did I blame anything or merely explain why I dont care??? FYI when this is all you got you lose. (this is the only post you have made that ppl can read more than 3 words in a row without having to go back and try and understand what the he11 you just posted)
Run on sentence??? WHO CARES
PPL that attack this crap are the ones that have minimal football knowledge and yall just furthered my point thanks for being stupid!
TDF
February 17th, 2012
4:01 pm
BamaGuy
February 17th, 2012
3:59 pm
ahahaha You said they dominated us, and I clearly just disproved it and dominated you. Keep trying to save face maybe everyone wont think youre an idiot now hahahahaha.
Not likely though
BamaGuy
February 17th, 2012
4:02 pm
es had a melt down before the game, go check the LSU message boards about it. Les flipped out benched starters and fired the OC and called his own plays. All bc they wanted Lee to start. They proved to him the team is more important than one coach that night.
That sounds like a whole lot of crying…In the end, who won the game? Who raised the CRYSTAL…It is in the history books….read about it….I am dominating you like Bama did LSU…You can’t cross the 50 without getting knocked back..
TDF
February 17th, 2012
4:03 pm
TAMMY WAR DAMN EAGLE
February 17th, 2012
3:58 pm
and you make fun of me for grammer??? ahahhahaha face it cecil got paid and you know very little about football
boykin
February 17th, 2012
4:04 pm
BamaGuy: Yes we lost but our D put up the BEST 1st half of any team in the USA-college or pro-last year. OUR D KICKED THEIR ASSES !!!!!
YOUR STUPIDITY IS REARING ITS UGLY HEAD. Or should I say your STUBBORNESS.
TDF
February 17th, 2012
4:04 pm
BamaGuy
February 17th, 2012
3:59 pm
O and thanks for proving my point that all you know on evaluting football is the final score! Can you at least try harder, its starting to not be as much fun when you are this dumb.
Go read a football book and come back maybe you will have better luck
BamaGuy
February 17th, 2012
4:05 pm
ahahaha You said they dominated us, and I clearly just disproved it and dominated you. Keep trying to save face maybe everyone wont think youre an idiot now hahahahaha.
Not likely though
LSU 42- Georgia 10
lovethemdawgs
February 17th, 2012
4:05 pm
South Carolina has had problems too, it just got swept under the rug. Couple years ago the girl friend of one of their players called the law, pressed charges, then she conveniently dropped the charges. Of course she never told how much spurrier paid her to drop the charges:) Remember spurrier believes in giving his players 5 chances at least!!
BamaGuy
February 17th, 2012
4:06 pm
42-10 means they could have spotted you 31 points and they still would have won….
TDF
February 17th, 2012
4:07 pm
BamaGuy
February 17th, 2012
4:02 pm
ahahahha you havent done anything except help me prove how dumb you are!!! and how delusional your fan base is. You are the poster child for a retard bama fan. Enjoy finishing 3rd in the west this year clown boy!
Claim the MNC all you want but we all know LSU beat you already and you didnt earn your spot in the title game. Heck even Satan was quoted as saying a team in that situation DOESNT DESERVE to play for the title. Hmmmmmm……. so you are saying that Satan is wrong????
TAMMY WAR DAMN EAGLE
February 17th, 2012
4:08 pm
I admitted I dont have a college education you big-headed dummy! But dont come on here talkin down to folks about their grammer until you look in the mirror you bozo!! Apolgies to all..as TDF says” Iaint got spell check on my computer” LM CAMLOVIN AO
WAR EAGLE
TDF
February 17th, 2012
4:08 pm
BamaGuy
February 17th, 2012
4:05 pm
and once again showing you cant analyze football. Its ok little boy leave that to the ppl that actually know what they are talking about.
Now go run around the neighborhood pounding your chest a little more.
#1 DAWG FAN
February 17th, 2012
4:10 pm
Guilty until proven innocent sums it all up. I guarantee what happenned was this; Sanders and his lady friend get into a verbal disagreement, words fly, she says I own you I can do anything I want and one wrong move and you will lose your football career come on do something, Sanders avoid physical contact, Lady friend continues screeming furiously because no reaction infuriates her even more, Lady friend connects with an open hand to the face, Sanders moves again to avoid all the while not letting his emotion be shown, every way he turns she jumps, he tries to leave and she blocks his way screeming for him to do something and calling him names like “little man” or “weak punk” or “scared of a girl”, until finally in an effort to remove himself of the situation he puts his hands on the outside of her arms and moves her so that he can get past, she falls on the ground screeming abuse and calls 911. Men should never ever touch a woman, and if they do she better not be related to me or I will gladly trade my life of freedom for revenge…..but there also needs to be some level of skepticism if a claim of abuse s made with no visible signs. I mean an enraged football player like Sanders Cummings physically abuses a woman and there are no marks left? If I were to move my wife out of the way calmly or not she would have at least a red mark where I moved her out of the way and I do not play sports. I think this young man is a victim here, and he will have nobody to back him up…not his friends, not his coach, not the fans and certainly not the media. We need this young man playing football at UGA and I just cant believe that he is not suspended over allegations that are not even close to being proven. Ill bet the suspension is just a reaction to the media attention and the negative press UGA would recieve for not punishing an OBVIOUS WOMAN BEATER….wait she wasnt beaten…..then an OBVIOUS WOMAN ABUSER….wait there was no sign of abuse…..
BamaGuy
February 17th, 2012
4:10 pm
Boykin Yes we lost but our D put up the BEST 1st half of any team in the USA-college or pro-last year. OUR D KICKED THEIR ASSES !
Wait a second, Bama’s D gave up no points and pitched a shutout and you guys gave up 42? They didn’t cross our 50 but once and went back across it the very next play when we sacked them…Never to cross it again…We gave up no scores and your D played LSU better than ours? No wonder Richt keeps getting extentions…
JJ
February 17th, 2012
4:10 pm
You guys at the AJC criticize Richt when he doesn’t punish a player. Now you criticize him for
punishing a player. What gives?