It’s Red vs. Black as UGA’s annual G-Day gets underway
ATHENS – Greetings from Sanford Stadium on an absolutely gorgeous Saturday afternoon. It’s 75 degrees and there isn’t a cloud in the sky that I can see from the South side press box.
The teams just came on the field to start their warmups for the 3 p.m. start. The Red Team, featuring the No. 1 offense, is dressed in red jerseys. The Black Team, featuring the No. 1 defense, is in white jerseys. If you’re unable to be here for the game, you’ll be able to watch a television replay at 5 p.m. this evening. In the meantime, the Georgia Bulldog Radio Network is broadcasting the game so check your local networks to listen in.
There’s been a lot going on in Athens all day. The baseball team is playing Ole Miss up at Foley Field. There was a fundraiser for Kasyn Olivadotti — the 4-year-old daughter of UGA linebackers coach Kirk Olivadotti — who is battling Leukemia (check the Kasyn Cares Fund at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta to see what you can do). And there was a flag football game between Georgia football lettermen just a little while ago. Among the 60 players to participate were former stars such as Doak Walker Award winner Garrison Hearst and linebacker John Brantley and more obscure lettermen such as Andre “Pulpwood” Smith and Matt Storm.
Here’s a link to the story I wrote previewing today’s “game.”
I’ll be hanging out here in the press box throughout the game and provide updates in the comments thread when there is something to report. So have at it everybody!
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gDawg
April 14th, 2012
3:11 pm
Black out on E3 is there any alternative?
gDawg
April 14th, 2012
3:12 pm
LAST
Jimmy Crack
April 14th, 2012
3:13 pm
Tape delaying UGA, nice.
Lawdawg2011
April 14th, 2012
3:14 pm
5:00 on CSS.
gDawg
April 14th, 2012
3:14 pm
THANX
Rudy
April 14th, 2012
3:19 pm
What channel is it on,on directv???
Chip Towers
April 14th, 2012
3:19 pm
Adam Erickson with 46-yard field goal to give Black team 3-0 lead
bsg3003
April 14th, 2012
3:19 pm
looks like we’re stuck watching the alabama first.
Roy
April 14th, 2012
3:20 pm
The games blacked out here in Tampa to whats up with that?
CAPOWELL76
April 14th, 2012
3:20 pm
The game is being broadcast live on ESPN.COM.
Chip Towers
April 14th, 2012
3:25 pm
Red Team executing nice drive against No. 1 defense on second possession.
uga blacked out
April 14th, 2012
3:26 pm
ita blacked out
uga blacked out
April 14th, 2012
3:26 pm
the game is blacked out#
Maconbulldog
April 14th, 2012
3:29 pm
I am watching the game here in Macon
Ken Malcome looks far better than last year.
O-line is shocking the number one d
Chip Towers
April 14th, 2012
3:29 pm
Black Team up 3-0 at end of !st. But Red Team on move, deep in Black territory.
Chip Towers
April 14th, 2012
3:32 pm
Short TD run by Ken Malcome puts Red Team ahead 7-0 at 11:09 mark of 2nd Quarter.
innocent bystander
April 14th, 2012
3:32 pm
Pulpwood Smith is hardly obscure.More like a legend. Of a certain kind.
Chip Towers
April 14th, 2012
3:34 pm
LeMay’s pass intercepted and returned deep into Black territory by Ramik Wilson. Red about to add to lead.
Barkin'Dog
April 14th, 2012
3:40 pm
Chip – thought you wrote Black Team up 3-0 at end of !st. Then it would be 7-3 Red team, right?
AceDawg
April 14th, 2012
3:56 pm
we r not getting this game in Pensacola or I can’t find it; it is blaced out on ESPN3
AceDawg
April 14th, 2012
3:57 pm
Help
uga blacked out
April 14th, 2012
3:58 pm
anyone have any links am screwed i wanna watch my dawgs
ljdawg
April 14th, 2012
4:03 pm
http://espn.go.com/watchespn/player/_/source/espn3/id/446242/size/condensed/
RamboDog
April 14th, 2012
4:06 pm
http://espn.go.com/watchespn/player/_/source/espn3/id/446242/
Chip Towers
April 14th, 2012
4:07 pm
A dude just kicked a 13-yard field goal and won season tickets for #UGA’s 2012 football season.
Unicoidawg
April 14th, 2012
4:25 pm
Well that sucks!!!!! Thanks for nothing ESPN, bunch of peckerheads have the game blacked out.
Chip Towers
April 14th, 2012
4:27 pm
#UGA gets commitment #15 during G Day. DB Reggie Wilkerson of Citron, Fla. http://bit.ly/HCCDRm
Chip Towers
April 14th, 2012
4:29 pm
Hutson Mason leads Black Team on long TD drive highlighted by long completion to WR Michael Erdman. Let the QB Controversy begin! Or is that continue?
Chip Towers
April 14th, 2012
4:30 pm
uga blacked out: No live TV. Will be replayed on CSS at 5 p.m.
"dawg-hater" hater
April 14th, 2012
4:32 pm
wish directv had css…im stuck watching florida st. and listening to the DAWGS. im liking what im hearing about ramik wilson though, hope he sees some quality playing time this season.
GO DAWGS!!!!
Chip Towers
April 14th, 2012
4:36 pm
That’s Richard Samuel wearing #19 in white.
Chip Towers
April 14th, 2012
4:38 pm
Short TD run by Richard Samuel for Black ties G-Day Game at 17-17, 2:58, 3rd
Jimmy Crack
April 14th, 2012
4:46 pm
It sounds like Will Friend has both O lines playing well. I can’t wait to see the real thing at 5 on the red headed step child with alabama ticks network.
Chip Towers
April 14th, 2012
4:54 pm
DE Garrison Smith recovers fumbled snap in EZ to give Black lead. PK Erickson runs in 2-pt conv. Black 25-17, 10:00 to play.
441North
April 14th, 2012
4:57 pm
Some folks just don’t get it. CSS stands for “Comcast Sports South”. That’s Comcast as in Comcast cable. You will never find that channel on a dish network, only CABLE. That’s the main reason Comcast started the station.
ESPN
April 14th, 2012
4:59 pm
We are currently airing Bama Vs LSU 3 ….the three-match for the spring ESPN we pick who plays for title award…….
Paddy
April 14th, 2012
5:03 pm
dish network stinks big time. If you want sports, Comcast is the way to go. I have watched every game I wanted the last two seasons.
"dawg-hater" hater
April 14th, 2012
5:05 pm
thanks for unveiling the abbreviation 441 north…never had comcast so i was thinking css stood for some kind of sports show…guess i really don’t get it
Chip Towers
April 14th, 2012
5:17 pm
Red Team edges Black 32-31 in G-Day Game.
kingdaddy
April 14th, 2012
5:22 pm
I got dish and Mustang Sally has Comcast. I ain’t missing sh*t!!!
logical jacket
April 14th, 2012
5:24 pm
any stats chip??
kingdaddy
April 14th, 2012
5:24 pm
I wasn’t impressed by Alabamas offense. Sunseri looked awesome…
7576DAWG
April 14th, 2012
5:27 pm
LeMay and Samuel looked really good. Murray doesn’t have touch on the ball like LeMay showed today. I know a lot of the first team was not in there at the same time in the second half but these two looked better than I expected especially Samuel with balance after initial contact and power running.
kingdaddy
April 14th, 2012
5:30 pm
Ericson has a great leg…
kingdaddy
April 14th, 2012
5:34 pm
Murray has good zip on the ball. Just watched the Bamma game, Ga. will have a better offense. Much more exciting game. J.S.Westly needs to play this year…
kingdaddy
April 14th, 2012
5:38 pm
Chip
You gonna make us watch the whole game before we get the stats???
Sam
April 14th, 2012
5:45 pm
who is the idiot doing the color on css?
kingdaddy
April 14th, 2012
5:55 pm
Who the heck was Bennet throwing the ball to? He needed a secondary outlet about 15yds.out…
Chip Towers
April 14th, 2012
6:20 pm
Just back from locker room
FINAL STATS:
Total offese: Red (1st offense) 235; Black (291
Rushing: Red — 28-61; Black 29-18
Passing: Red 174 yards, Black 273
QBs: Red — Murray 7-17-112-1-0, Mason 5-8-62-1-0; Black — LeMay 7-10-154-1-1, Welch 5-11-48-0-1
Leading rushers: Red — Crowell 10-39, Malcome 8-32-2 TDs; Black — Samuel 8-43-1
Leading receivers: Red — Scott-Wesley 3-46, King 2-47-1; Black — Harton 6-52, Rome 2-73
RHall55
April 14th, 2012
6:27 pm
My questions to Coach Will Friend: 1) Why only one non-commit OL @ G-Day game? 2) Where is JP Vonashek; an OL potential commit who on Monday was ready to commit on Tuesday morning? 3) Why haven’t you closed the deal on D Seymour, son of former UGA player Richard Seymour? 4) Why haven’t you closed the deal more than (1) commit?
WITH ONLY (3) COMMITS LAST YEAR AND ONLY (1) THIS YEAR, I HAVE LOST CONFIDENCE IN YOUR RECRUITING ABILITIES!! Get Max Garcia and (4) other lineman then I believe you should be in hi-level college football!!
Destin Dawg
April 14th, 2012
6:27 pm
Richt needs to let open QB competetion between Murray, Mason and LeMay…. Murray ( wat too inconsistent )shouldn’t be guaranteed to start !!!!
Destin Dawg
April 14th, 2012
6:29 pm
Friend does need to step up recruiting !!!!
son's who?
April 14th, 2012
6:35 pm
Perhaps it would be a good idea to find out where the great Charley Trippi lives before asking him how it feels to be back in Athens (”I LIVE here!”).
lol
Dawg Obedience Trainer
April 14th, 2012
7:01 pm
Enter your comments here
West Coast Dawg
April 14th, 2012
7:03 pm
THE PROBLEM WITH UGA IS EXEMPLIFIED TODAY BY MURRAY BEING OUTSHINED. AND IT WOULDN’T MATTER IF MURRAY WAS OUTSHINED EVERY DAY. ONCE RICHT MAKES UP HIS MIND HE DOESN’T “UNMAKE” IT VERY READILY.
THAT’S WHY, FOR EXAMPLE, MORENO DIDN’T REALLY GET ACTION UNTIL BROWN WAS HURT. HAD THOMAS BROWN STAYED WELL, IT WAS UNLIKELY THAT MORENO WOULD SEE PLAYING TIME. THUS BE IT.
dawgfan
April 14th, 2012
7:05 pm
I’m just glad to get the win. We are on the march to yet another National Championship baby! 1-0 and the season has not even started. GATA
Thanks.
Dawgdad (The Original)
April 14th, 2012
7:07 pm
somethings amiss!
Deepdiver
April 14th, 2012
7:19 pm
Why anyone would watch an interteam scrimmage other than as an excuse to get drunk is beyong me.
To Dawgfan
April 14th, 2012
7:27 pm
Let’s not get carried away, though I do believe we will be in the hunt this year and next. Not to be critical however- you appear to be a good fan and can rightly be proud of UGA’s 38 NCs in 8 different sports.
CMR
April 14th, 2012
7:48 pm
The bottom line is baring injury A Murray gives us the best chance to win in the SEC THIS year..therefore he is our starting QB you don’t like it find another team….
dan
April 14th, 2012
7:49 pm
I don’t know why you guys put a lot of stock in these spring games. It’s a glorified practice that has no baring on how the season will play out. Carlton Thomas dominated one year and he is and has always been a 2nd-3rd string back…..
CHDawg
April 14th, 2012
7:52 pm
Come on guys, engage the brains. Murray was always against a very tough number one D. LSU didn’t even get a first down until the second half. Murray did a good job, taking what was there and converting it into big plays. I was very pleased with Mason and Lemay, but both are clearly behind Murray imo.
daddo
April 14th, 2012
7:54 pm
No running game. And where’s that great defense? Look for another fifth place finish in the conference.
CHDawg
April 14th, 2012
8:00 pm
I might buy 5th in the nation, but that is only if our line doesn’t mature enough, we can’t find a kicker, or our players can’t grow past the 13 year old level in self discipline off of the field! If we can fix those three issues, I look for a run on the crown, but the Line will be the tallest order. They are going to have be very good at the SEC level, and that is hard even for veteran lines. Our offensive position players are going to tear it up if they can block imho.
dan
April 14th, 2012
8:05 pm
CHDawg: you also forgot to mention how Murray’s WR’s kept dropping the ball like a bunch of losers( the drop by Malcolm Mitchell was the absolute worst. We convert on some of those throws and that score is a lot closer.
That being said, that INT that Murray threw to Morris Claiborne was just terrible. I know his team was down 35-10 because the defense and special teams quit trying, but did he really think he could just lob it up to Malcolm Mitchell and think he’d beat a top 5 NFL draft pick CB ?? Youngster, you got another thing coming. There are certain guys you can pick on and he’s not one of them. That being said, how many Claiborne’s is he going to face? Probably not too many.
dan
April 14th, 2012
8:08 pm
@elephantdawg: who cares about completion percentage? LSU’s defense was shutting teams down left and right. Even if the QB is completing 80% of their throws, if its not translating into TD’s and LSU is still winning by 30 points, who cares?
CHDawg
April 14th, 2012
8:22 pm
Dan, Good points. Murray has lost his composure a couple of times, and that was one of them, but you are right about the drops–and Mitchell almost never drops it. I really liked the swing passes today. I wish they had run a bunch of screens for practice. Our screen execution was abysmal last year. I sure hope we call plays that will help our offense deal with our young line. If they come out and bulldoze everybody then that is easy to cope with. If they run into problems, especially against some of the better SEC Ds, we really need a game plan that helps them out–screens, flares, rollouts, trick plays. The other thing I loved was hearing that fine Georgia Bulldog, Richard Samuel, is willing to work at FB. The thing is, he could play either place, but having him at FB with one of our dangerous TBs will prove to be a real problem for DCs. You can’t key on the TB with Samuel in there, and he can knock a LB’s head off, too.
30 Years of failure, That's UGA Football
April 14th, 2012
8:30 pm
Dawgs sucks. Always over rated ever year.
CMR
April 14th, 2012
8:39 pm
The bottom line is baring injury A Murray gives us the best chance to win in the SEC THIS year..therefore he is our starting QB you don’t like it find another team….
MattDawg
April 14th, 2012
8:44 pm
I thought O-Line played pretty well today. I was impressed by the coverage they afforded the QB’s. I would like to see less dropped passes and overthrown passes. The defense seemed to play better with Murray on the field. That fuels the whole Mason is better than Murray hoop-lah. I like how Murray broke tons of UGA QB records last year, but I guess that makes him a bad QB!!! LOL. You guys gotta get a life and let the coaches coach. Unless you wanna try it out…. but I would rather you didn’t. Highest scoring GDay game I have seen… don’t know if that’s a good or bad thing, but anyways…. GO DAWGS!
441North
April 14th, 2012
9:00 pm
MattDawg, beg to disagree about Murray’s protection. Some times he would take 5 or 7 steps and throw up a prayer without even looking. I know it was a timing pattern, etc., and it was against a great defense, but I’m just saying…….
lazlodawg
April 14th, 2012
9:09 pm
Great day in Athens. Beautiful weather, even more beautiful co-eds. AJ Green, Justin Houston, Akeem Dent at Loco’s on the West Side signing autographs for charity. Very impressed with how personable they were. DGD’s all of them.
CMR
April 14th, 2012
9:09 pm
The bottom line is baring injury A Murray gives us the best chance to win in the SEC THIS year..therefore he is our starting QB you don’t like it find another team