Sophomore safety Marc Deas latest Bulldog to quit, seek transfer
ATHENS — Georgia’s roster took another hit on Saturday.
Marc Deas, a redshirt sophomore safety from Kississimee, Fla., has decided to quit the team due to lack of playing time and is seeking a transfer, coach Mark Richt said after Saturday’s scrimmage.
“I talked to him yesterday and he said he just wasn’t getting the opportunity for playing time he’d hoped for,” Richt said.
Deas joins defensive lineman Derrick Lott, who made a similar decision on Friday.
That makes 11 players who have quit, been dismissed or are facing suspension since Georgia’s Jan. 1 bowl game.
More to come later. . . .
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Clifton Crowsummore
March 31st, 2012
5:03 pm
Does anyone else find it a little troubling that we are in this situation with numbers 12 years in (for Coach Richt)? You see this kind of attrition in the first year or two of a new staff.
kingdaddy
March 31st, 2012
5:19 pm
E.E.
Why the constant anti-Ga. Rant??? You offer no constructive critisism, only juvenile attemps of humor. What are you like 14 or 15 and get bullied alot at highschool? Being as big a tool as you are has to take alot of practice. Grow-up boy and either add to the blog or STFU…
guy
March 31st, 2012
5:25 pm
Sooner or later,those that are left will understand the policy and penalties.Then UGA can move on! At least no one is holding these weaklings hands and begging them to stay.The same thing needs to be done with our wonderful government people in Washington,D.C. NOW!
GimmeAbreak
March 31st, 2012
6:02 pm
Are we seeing a pattern? If they can’t stay out of jail or stay away from drugs, they quit! How much longer does UGA recruit losers? I have been a supporter of the dawgs since before my college days (Class of ‘72) but I am sick and tired of this! I hear my friends say it’s “win at any cost” so we gotta recruit these players who have no loyalty, no class and no intelligence. If we are keeping up with that philosophy then where are the championships? It has been a long time since 1980.
Sure UGA put together 10 wins in a row last year but did we beat anybody? The best team we beat was UF with a one-legged QB and he damn near beat us! We opened with 2 losses and ended with 2 losses. And that got CMR a new contract! OMG!
We are looking like the only title we’ll have anytime soon is “Losersville” , just like the Braves, the Falcons and the Hawks. Yes, we will win 8, 9 or maybe 10 games in 2012 but again, any wins over anyone rated or maybe even with a winning record?
The more things change the more they remain the same.
bitter coach grantham
March 31st, 2012
6:22 pm
will call this—-BROWNIE-GATE————–DOPEIE HEADS, GOT TO GO!!!!
————TO BAD MURRY DID NOT EAT A WHOLE BUNCH OF BROWNIES
—————————–MASON IS THE MAN
bitter coach grantham
March 31st, 2012
6:25 pm
YOU TROLLS THAT PANIC CAN GO f#$% YOURSELF’S
———————PLAYERS THAT FAIL drug test——GOT TO GO
———————START ASKING RECRUITS IF THEY LIKE BROWNIES
Al
March 31st, 2012
6:28 pm
Abandon the sinking ship before the titanic sinks!
Vorizon
March 31st, 2012
7:19 pm
I guess Richt never learns.
Mettenberger transfers, then Ealey, wow, losing guys right after left for Richt going with favorites and not playing other guys.
Hutson Mason had better numbers in the scrimmage, just like last year, guess who’ll get the start?
Oldetimedawg
March 31st, 2012
7:23 pm
Betewwen the supensions and these walkoffs, and the 6 to 8 more that we will lose before the summer is over…dad gum it we may be in serious trouble.But I do agree.. if these guys do not want to be here., send the over to Rambos place…feed them a few brownies , and send them on their way…
The Original Auburn Man
March 31st, 2012
7:28 pm
I guess these guys know more than their coaches. I guess they would rather play for a lesser team but want to be the big fish so bad they don’t care that they will be in a small pond. The same small pond that the NFL scouts sometimes overlook. Any kid who walks off the UGA team is getting very bad advice from someone that isn’t very sophisticated. Bottom line, good riddance. UGA is better off with less independent, “me, me” type players.
observer
March 31st, 2012
7:31 pm
Just THINK, these kids have been playing football since they were six or seven. Their talent and HARD WORK have always stood out among the rest. Their talent and HARD WORK were rewarded with a FULL scholarship to the GREAT UGA. Now, all of a sudden, they before QUITTERS and LACK DRIVE. So YOU GUYS actually believe this is the reason they are leaving UGA.
If you are a current student or an alum, do they not teach critical thinking or logical thinking at UGA?
joe in tucker
March 31st, 2012
7:32 pm
rats jumping ship rather than getting kicked off….
meandog
March 31st, 2012
7:35 pm
Gooood Gawd! This is unacceptable! I suppose CMR figures he doesn’t really have to care about winning seasons now that he’s nailed a big contract under his belt! And I wonder why this doesn’t seem to happen at All-Barn, Floriduh or Lamecrockville?????
sapelodawg
March 31st, 2012
7:45 pm
been a Dawg fan for well over 50 years …………. here’s hoping there never win another game til Richt is gone.
Tech Rules, you sissy boy mutts....
March 31st, 2012
7:54 pm
and the vote is in, signing with UGA is a BIG MISTAKE!
DAWGS WERE FINE
March 31st, 2012
8:03 pm
I just heard from a very reliable source that the other three players that failed the drug tests were none other than Jarvis Jones, Isiah Crowell and Aaron Murry. Has anyone else heard this? OMG
Spring Break
March 31st, 2012
8:13 pm
The pictures are going to get one of them. The testing is going to get 2 more players.
Recruits
March 31st, 2012
8:15 pm
If your kid has verbally comitted to UGA, you as a parent, if you are parenting, must surely wonder what going on at UGA and is it time to look at another offer.
Atlanta Native
March 31st, 2012
8:20 pm
Why is this news? I’ll bet plenty of UGA music majors don’t get much playing time, either. And when they leave, you never hear about it… yet the band plays on…
Gene
March 31st, 2012
8:32 pm
I have never heard of anything like this, with the possible exception of Penn State’s recent disintegration.. There is an absolute vacuum of leadership at UGA, starting with the head coach. He’s losing ‘em before he can coach ‘em down.
observer
March 31st, 2012
8:47 pm
What are the Vegas’s odds that Crowell will play another down @ the great UGA ??
bcall123169
March 31st, 2012
8:49 pm
I LOVE IT TO HELL WITH ga., HOWS THAT RECRUITING GOING NOW
bcall123169
March 31st, 2012
8:49 pm
WANT A BROWNIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Next
March 31st, 2012
8:57 pm
Who’s NEXT? Lets everyone make the prediction on who it is? Free Brownies to the Winner! (Existing and former UGA players are not allowed to play since they will have the inside track on the result and have already had their share of Brownies)
Tailback
March 31st, 2012
8:58 pm
It’s got to be one of us– Crowell
Offense/Defense
March 31st, 2012
8:59 pm
Did the offense go to Key West and the Defense to Pannama City (Brownie Town)? It appears now the Defense is winning?
HardTruth Soldier
March 31st, 2012
9:03 pm
Georgia State must be drooling right now, it’s the chance of a lifetime for them. I know Lott, and Deas aren’t thinking Alabama, LSU, Florida, Arkansas, or even Vandy. They are after all in the SEC. Georgia State may come up quick with Dawg cast offs.
Rick James
March 31st, 2012
9:03 pm
To all of you Tech fans who are hiding behind fake handles and pretending to be upset Georgia fans dont worry about a thing..The string of beat downs will continue in Athens next season even if CMR uses the scout team.
HardTruth Soldier
March 31st, 2012
9:07 pm
Tech Fans your team is so pathetic, you’ll never here a Dawg say he wants to Transfer to your High School . Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Valdosta State, West Georgia, but Please don’t send me to North Avenue Trade School.
HardTruth Soldier
March 31st, 2012
9:10 pm
O.K. who leaves next, Hudson or LeMay. Promise you LeMay won’t take the D.J. Shockley road.
HardTruth Soldier
March 31st, 2012
9:23 pm
No let me guess, Malcome leaves next
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
March 31st, 2012
9:41 pm
@ Sapelo Dawg:
Good luck and good riddance!!!
CMR is not going anywhere but you, my friend,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Delta is ready when you are!!!
chiefdawg
March 31st, 2012
10:17 pm
Don’t forget that the coaches recruited these quitters.
Fan
March 31st, 2012
10:27 pm
I think most people when faced with the prospect of not being used very much, work or play, will choose the path of least resistance, which these players obviously believe is somewhere else. Those mat drills must be tough or someone else has stepped it up and bypassed the two players in question. I’m just glad you nuts don’t sit near me at ballgames. Most of you have probably never been to one and you surely never attended college anywhere!!!
FANny
March 31st, 2012
10:42 pm
Come on FAN– U R an idiot. They left because the brownies caught up with them. Easy wway out–not mat drills
BigEC
March 31st, 2012
11:17 pm
Do any of you actually believe that any coach at UGA read this comment section? And if so, do you think that they would use any of these suggestions? If you can answer yes to either or both of these questions, please send money to East Fork Consolidated High School, Route 4, Liberty, Mississippi so we can build a new gymnasium with a roof and lights.
chuck
April 1st, 2012
1:10 am
IF UGA doesn’t sign about 10 early enrollment players along with however many open scholarship positions that have available to get our scholarship roster up to 85, CMR should be fired for incompetence. I’m sick of us playing with a roster of 65 to 75 players.
DAWGS ARE FINE
April 1st, 2012
1:22 am
Theres your answer mr steve supperior, thats what happens to all those 4 star recruits that rivals projected and that Georgia signed. What happens to all those 4 stars that ASC gets that leave like Garcia, etc? hahahahah
GOT BROWNIES???
April 1st, 2012
1:26 am
Glad they dont give spot drug tests to the entire student bodies at Georgia, Georgia Tech, Auburn, Alabama, South Carolina and Florida. Just the athletes so our fan base can be judge and jury.
1%
April 1st, 2012
1:31 am
Lott and Deas are part of the 99% that wanna be the 1% at Georgia football. The wprld of college football needs ditch diggers too.
Chuklin' Down South
April 1st, 2012
2:26 am
Yet more attrition. Just another off-season in Athens.
Hey-couldn’t help but notice but for some reason no comments are allowed on the Rambo piece from a day or so ago. Some Dawg fan at the AJC a little sensitive?
Most embarrassing quote in that story is from Rambos HS coach: “It’s stupid timing on the part of the University of Georgia if you ask me,” Ingram said. “I don’t know who’s policy it was to set that up after spring break but that’s crazy.”
Wow.
Maybe what explains a little about the problems at UGA, when you have “leaders” and “molders of men” like that enabling young men. “It’s UGA’s fault?!?” Great responsibility example there, Coach.
Mark Richt does not have the highest win % of any SEC coach against D-1 teams FINISHING with winning records. NOT. LIAR
April 1st, 2012
3:24 am
“In spite of a couple of rough years, Mark Richt still has the highest winning percentage of any SEC coach against D-1 teams with winning records.”
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LIAR
86% win% over .500 Chris Petersen 32-5
83% win% over .500 Dave Doeren 5-1
76% win% over .500 Pete Carroll 49-15
74% win% over .500 Jim Tressel 52-18
72% win% over .500 Larry Coker 35-13
71% win% over .500 Urb an Mey er 53-21
71% win% over .500 Bob Stoops 63-25
71% win% over .500 Chip Kelly 15-6
71% win% over .500 Dana Holgorsen 5-2
70% win% over .500 Mack Brown 59-25
69% win% over .500 Nick Saban 52-23
68% win% over .500 Gary Patterson 45-21
66% win% over .500 David Shaw 4-2
63% win% over .500 Mark Richt 60-35
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Doug March 31st, 2012 9:33 pm
“You sir…….live in a state that if it WEREN’T FOR ATLANTA………..IT WOULD BE JUST ONE BIG MISSISSIPPI”
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Let me jump in here please Doug, the city of Atlanta has the most SEC fans of every city in the world. This is the AJ-C, where you post this, and this blog has the more different IP Addresses typing their opinions on college football from The SEC perspective than all the other UGA blogs combined. Doug, this post is like the ones from RICHT-0-PHILES saying that if we had not have lost to every team who made the top 10 and not lost to every team who made the top 25 all these years, then Mark Richt would have the best record in The SEC vs winning teams. Of course, he hasn’t which is why they don’t provide a URL Link to it. And, of course the city of Atlanta does exist, all 6 million of us. If Atlanta did not exist ? It does, doesn’t it ? Try to wish it away – like RICHT-O-PHILES try to wish away all the losses to the top teams.
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1953dawg March 31st, 2012 9:52 pm
“They lack of talent on the O.L. is a total joke. Yet, Richt and his terrible coaching staff all get raises. The problem at UGA is McGarity and the athletic board for giving Richt an extention and these average coaches raises. My GOD, how do you get a raise when you have proven over and over again that when you do get kids on campus, you can’t coach them up. That is the problem at UGA, and it will never change as long as Richt is the coach. He never, ever, holds players or coaches accountable for their performance, and that is a total lack of leadership. That sums up Richt’s whole career. Sorry UGA fans, but the truth hurts, and this guy has shown his total lack of ability to manage a program”
LakeDawg April 1st, 2012 12:36 am
“The issue is the team doesn’t have the mindset to win a championship. I smell a disappointing season on the horizon.”
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Kingdaddy March 29th, 2012 1:57 am
“How can I keep defending this team when they don’t even seem to care about themselves. What a bunch of selfish, childish, idiots. If Richt can’t stop it, McGarrity has to step-in and put the shock-collar on these jail-birds. How do we always knock ourselves out of the fight before the bell even rings. This just makes Richts job that much harder. I just don’t understand …”
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Kingdaddy March 29th, 2012 2:15 am
“How can they not care? The blogs will run red with Dawg blood in the morning. True Dog fans are tired of excusing this kinda behavior.”
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Kingdaddy March 29th, 2012 3:57 am
“Coach Mark Richt, your team is an embarrassment and a laughing stock to NCAA football.”
Football Guy
April 1st, 2012
6:08 am
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aw
April 1st, 2012
7:34 am
wooof woof woof woof woof
Black Mountain NC Bulldog
April 1st, 2012
8:35 am
I am not concerned about the loss of third team guys. CMR knows these guys just want to go somewhere, and get playing time. Maybe Georgia State could pick some of these guys up. Bill Cs’ program could really use them.
Anyways; the pass rush is going to be relentless!!!!!!!!!
ugab
April 1st, 2012
9:08 am
Why is everyone so suprised?? Uga just signed CMR for 5 more yrs.????Expect the same ole sht every season.. What coach would ever let their players get drug tested after spring break..?? At his best CMR will lose 4 to 5 games every season. MR is out coached/ MR is not dedicated/ MR would rather be home.
Chicken Bone
April 1st, 2012
9:46 am
Georgia State is waiting for your transfers to come on over and play at the dome!
GimmeAbreak
April 1st, 2012
10:36 am
Rambo’s HS coach, an educator, said “I don’t know who’s policy it was to set that up after spring break but that’s crazy.”. So I guess it’s ok to get drugged-uo on spring break and not worry? Testing is supposed to be a measure of self-restraint, I doubt that many college student-athletes know that term but they can use a stolen laptop (Cam Newton can help) and look it up. If you know the test is coming and don’t know exactly when….
Andy
April 1st, 2012
11:48 am
I haven’t noticed all those Bama players jumping ship like the Dawg player. H**l man Their gonna run out of life boats pretty soon 1
"The Georgia Way"
April 1st, 2012
1:14 pm
Please stop saying, “drug test the student body.” Students on academic scholarships would certainly lose them for drug related arrests, much less, sexual battery and felony theft. Most students are paying their own way, which these entitled football players are not. In that sense, they are state employees. Adams instituted the drug testing program to increase his stature in the academic world, not realizing it would jump up and bite his biggest source of revenue. That being said, Richt has always followed a double standard with player discipline. He will love and coddle someone like Crowell, but send a third stringer packing for a lesser offense. If Richt tried to develop some of these back up players, he might be surprised.