Aaron Murray, Tavarres King among 68 Bulldogs graduating Friday
A long list of Bulldogs graduating at spring commencement on Friday at Sanford Stadium. In fact, 68 UGA student-athletes will receive degrees.
Some of notable football players grabbing their sheepskin include: Quarterback Aaron Murray, wide receiver Tavarres King and offensive lineman Clint Boling. Murray, who has two years of eligibility remaining, got it done in three-and-a-half years. Also of note, the 11 gridiron graduates brings to 222 the number who have received degrees under head coach Mark Richt.
Here’s the whole list:
Baseball
Kevin Ruiz, Finance, Alpharetta, Ga.
Men’s Basketball
Matt Bucklin, Marketing, Marietta, Ga.; Connor Nolte, Masters in Sport Management, Alpharetta, Ga.; Dustin Ware, Sport Management, Powder Springs, Ga.
Women’s Basketball
Brittney Crews, Biology, Jefferson, Ga.
Equestrian
Alex Andes, Broadcast News, Atlanta, Ga.; Kelsey Berry, Marketing, Alpharetta, Ga.; Ali Eidson, Consumer Journalism, Tuscola, Texas; Sarah Gravely, Management Information Systems, Palmetto, Fla.; Katie Hagerty, Art/Fabric Design, Wakefield, R.I.; Hayley Haskins, Fashion Merchandising, Alpharetta, Ga.; Tara Maloney, Management Information Systems, Milton, Ga.; Diandra St. Hilaire, Criminal Justice and Psychology, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan; Kelly Truesdell, Health Promotion, Brights Grove, Ontario; Katelyn Van Allen, History, Sorrento, Fla.
Football
John Bodin, Anthropology, Covington, Ga.; Brandon Bogotay, Family Financial Planning, San Diego, Calif.; Clint Boling, Risk Management & Insurance, Alpharetta, Ga.; Ty Frix, Biological Engineering, Calhoun, Ga.; Billy Johnson, Sport Management, Braselton, Ga.; Tavarres King, Social Studies Education, Mount Airy, Ga.; Jeremy Longo, Housing, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; Aaron Murray, Psychology, Tampa, Fla.; Jeremy Sulek, Finance, Dacula, Ga.; Wes Van Dyk, Management, Highland Park, Texas; Jason Veal, Finance, Lilburn, Ga.
Men’s Golf
Lowery Thomas, Risk Management & Insurance, Auburn, Ala.
Women’s Golf
Marta Silva Zamora, Communication Studies, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Gymnastics
Amber Trani, Advertising, Richlandtown, Pa.
Soccer
Traci Dreesen, Biology and Psychology, Lakewood, Colo.; Marah Falle, Exercise & Sport Science, Lilburn, Ga.; Mariah Krase, Sociology, Spring, Texas; Ashley Miller, Child & Family Development, Lake Mary, Fla.
Softball
Alisa Goler, Masters in Recreation & Leisure, Frankfort, Ill.; Brianna Hesson, Sociology, Sugar Hill, Ga.; Brittney Hubbard, Magazines, Victorville, Calif.; Sarah McCloud, Health Promotion, Celina, Texas; Laura Trout, Magazines, Summerville, S.C.
Swimming and Diving
Matt Bartlett, Risk Management & Insurance, Atlanta, Ga.; Bill Cregar, Biology, Sewell, N.J.; Mark Dylla, Finance and Real Estate, Littleton, Colo.; Lauren English, Communication Science & Disorders, Lincoln Park, N.J.; Kevin Frankenfeld, Economics and Finance, Austin, Texas; Colleen Haase, Psychology, Rockville, Md.; Martin Kata, Health & Physical Education, Martinez, Ga.; Todd McGraw, Real Estate, Beckley, W. Va.; Michelle McKeehan, Communication Studies, Greenwood, Ind.; Courtney Monsees, Psychology, San Jose, Calif.; Emily Montesinos, Geography, Riverdale, Ga.; Hannah Moore, Landscape Architecture, Moultrie, Ga.; Sara Nicponski, Communication Studies, Salt Lake City, Utah; Adam Parker, Biology, Maryville, Tenn.; Morgan Scroggy, Agricultural Engineering, Aurora, Ore.; Wendy Trott, International Affairs, Capetown, S. Africa
Men’s Tennis
Javier Garrapiz, Economics, Huesca, Spain; Will Reynolds, Communication Studies, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Christian Vitulli, Landscape Architecture, Mombasa, Kenya
Track and Field
Michael Ayers, Consumer Economics, Nashville, Tenn.; Tommy Barrineau, Health Promotion, Burke, Va.; Hadley Ferguson, Fashion Merchandising, Fernandina Beach, Fla.; Joseph Hackney, History, Marietta, Ga.; Cory Holman, Communication Studies, Huber Heights, Ohio; Emily Houston, Advertising, Jensen Beach, Fla.; Aaron LaGarde, Communication Studies, Gray, La.; Brian Moore, Sociology, Willow Grove, Pa.; Trevor Sprague, Biology, Dunwoody, Ga.; Rachel Travis, Masters in Marketing Research, St. Charles, Mo.; Carin Walker, Telecommunication Arts, Alpharetta, Ga.
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202 comments Add your comment
GT Nerd
May 8th, 2012
4:46 pm
First!
B
May 8th, 2012
4:50 pm
This is what it’s all about.
DawginLex
May 8th, 2012
4:51 pm
Congratulations to all!!!!
Formatting?
May 8th, 2012
5:02 pm
Is it really that hard to avoid putting this into paragraph form? Ken was able to do it for GT’s:
http://blogs.ajc.com/georgia-tech-sports/2012/05/03/82-tech-student-athletes-set-to-graduate/?cxntfid=blogs_georgia_tech_sports
Paddy
May 8th, 2012
5:06 pm
B……..you are so right!!!
anon1
May 8th, 2012
5:12 pm
Good for all of them. Going to college is all about getting that degree. Guess Murray can get a Master’s now. This may mean he will leave after this year though.
GTBob
May 8th, 2012
5:14 pm
Congrats to the ones who majored in something relevant. Also, best of luck to the Housing, Magazines, Health Promotion, Sport Management, and Recreation and Leisure majors. You are going to need it.
fan
May 8th, 2012
5:26 pm
Bob your obsession with UGA is getting scary. Real enemies don’t comment on every article about their rivals. Real rivals could care less what’s going on with the teams they hate.
Moobs Johnson
May 8th, 2012
5:29 pm
Too bad for Dawg fans that doesn’t mean Aaron is leaving. Being stuck with him means plenty of choking in the big games.
Death Penalty
May 8th, 2012
5:29 pm
50% of Tech’s players who’ll never sniff a degree will need a lot more than luck. Dead last in the ACC in graduation rates. You nerds must be so proud.
Fred ™
May 8th, 2012
5:30 pm
GTBob
May 8th, 2012
5:14 pm
Congrats to the ones who majored in something relevant. Also, best of luck to the Housing, Magazines, Health Promotion, Sport Management, and Recreation and Leisure majors. You are going to need it.
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And good luck to the student athletes at Georgia tech since they in no way have to meet the same requiremnents as the rest of the student body and very few of them graduate anyway. Gatech historically graduates fewer “student athletes” than UGA, a fact that asshats like GTBOB continually ignore. He would rather toss barbs than do any research and post facts. Makes ME wonder about the TRUE quality of a GA Tech Degree.
Oh and Asshat GTBOB? I didn’t attend either GATech OR UGA so you can save your next juvenile poutrage for someone else.
TheTruth
May 8th, 2012
5:33 pm
Congratulations to each of them!
George Stein
May 8th, 2012
5:33 pm
This is terrific news, especially for those that are the first in their families to attend college.
A Tech degree is very valuable, Fred. To think otherwise is foolish.
LawDawg
May 8th, 2012
5:34 pm
Thanks for the input GTBob. Considering how much time you have to troll another team’s blog during work hours, I have a feeling that every single person listed will do better than you professionally.
italian_29
May 8th, 2012
5:34 pm
Congratulations to all these guys and gals, They all FINISHED THE DRILL that counts. Go Dawgs!
Fred ™
May 8th, 2012
5:35 pm
Formatting?
May 8th, 2012
5:02 pm
Is it really that hard to avoid putting this into paragraph form? Ken was able to do it for GT’s:
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No you ignorant asshat from GATECH (how sorry IS that degree) he didn’t. He did a copy paste. He even stated so you dummy. From your OWN linked article………..
“A list of the 82 Georgia Tech student-athletes, trainers and managers graduating Saturday, courtesy of the Tech sports information department.”
Note to self: Beware of hiring Ga Tech grads. They don’t seem to be very bright anymore. In fact they seem pretty butt stupid……..
Monkey
May 8th, 2012
5:38 pm
Congratulations! The DEGREE is the real Reason You are there!
Spanky
May 8th, 2012
5:39 pm
Nice, Fred! Good Form!….GTBoob…sorry, GTBob usually does like to fancy a wit-fight, without the research. Fred, you even trademarked your name….like I said,..nice!
Congrats, graduates!! Good luck out there, and God Bless!
guillotine
May 8th, 2012
5:43 pm
caucasion walk=ons skew the grad percentage..yep, yep…
GTBob
May 8th, 2012
5:43 pm
You nerds must be so proud.
We are proud that the football players graduate at about the same rate as regular students. It means we are not coddling them. It’s not GT’s job to graduate these players, that is something they have to accomplish on their own.
GTBob
May 8th, 2012
5:45 pm
Seriously, how many people in here would be happy if their kid decided he or she wanted to major in Magazines? You wouldn’t try to steer them in a little more reasonable direction?
Habersham Dawg
May 8th, 2012
5:59 pm
Tavarres, we here in Habersham are truly proud. Of all your accomplishments at UGA, getting your degree is the most note-worthy. You did good.
RNLady
May 8th, 2012
6:02 pm
Judging from the AJC headline today about the skyrocketing incidence of obesity, I would say those graduating with a Health Promotion degree should be able to find employment. Knowledge is power – especially when it comes to one’s health. Congratulations to all those graduating this weekend – it’s an accomplishment you should be very proud of.
UGAprof
May 8th, 2012
6:05 pm
Graduation is Friday.
Mike Oxbig
May 8th, 2012
6:13 pm
GTbob- you are the most ignorant a$$clown loser that has ever posted on this blog. You repeatedly prove your total jealousy for anyone who ever graduated from any school, much less the one you root for (but obviously didn’t attend b/c while 99% of Tech fans are tools, they are not stupid). A bunch of these kids come from backgrounds in which they are actually PROUD to have the chance to attend a school in the first place. Are you really that stupid that you think ‘Industrial Management’ wasn’t created for ga tech football? I mean, if you want to field an actual team, they can’t all major in electrical engineering– although you are totally convinced that is the case.
Please keep showing your a$$ to all of us and give us some more of your brilliant insight…
J.Y.Dog 76'
May 8th, 2012
6:20 pm
Congrats to Tech & GTBob on being more mediocre than Richt. The Yellow jackets are the Notre Dame of the South.
Way to go Aaron!
May 8th, 2012
6:23 pm
After all, isn’t this what it’s primarily about…a degree. Mission accomplished!
Mark
May 8th, 2012
6:34 pm
There are as many graduates from the Equestrian team as the football team??? That does not sound like something fr Mark Richt to be poud of. How did the tidliwink and curlings teams fare–more than in basketball?
Spanky
May 8th, 2012
6:35 pm
That’s an insult to Notre Dame AND the word “mediocre”…….
go-BRAVOS
May 8th, 2012
6:36 pm
Congrats to all graduates. Hope this makes Murray’s decision to leave next year a little easier.
Go Dawgs!
GO BRAVES!
PT
May 8th, 2012
6:48 pm
Fred,
You are obviously not familiar with the salaries for those employed with “Housing” majors. Take a look at the pay scale of HUD managers. A director of housing in NWGA makes $175,000 a year.
Mike Oxbig
May 8th, 2012
6:48 pm
Mark = GTbob. How is that online degree from Strayer U paying off for you?
Spike 80DF
May 8th, 2012
6:54 pm
The Risk Mgmt & Insurance program is still highly rated I see; #2 nationally behind only Wharton. Go Dawgs!
Dawg Alum
May 8th, 2012
6:59 pm
@GT Bob
When I looked at GT grads I noticed that almost EVERY football player majored in “management”. That must be the easy major at Tech and probably customized for your meathead ball players. I promise you that management at Tech is not as tough as finance at UGa…..no way dude so quit trying to brag. P.S. Many of the GA grads are actually pre-med, pre-law,pre-vet, pre-pharmacy, etc., not freaking pre-industrial engineers….whatever the heck that is!!!
George Stein
May 8th, 2012
7:14 pm
Do you people really think the things you write here? Sheesh.
GTBob
May 8th, 2012
7:14 pm
That must be the easy major at Tech and probably customized for your meathead ball players.
Yes. That degree which was founded in 1934, produced many CEO’s and presidents of major corporations, and is currently one of the top 30 management degrees in the country was founded and customized for football players. You figured out our master plan.
WUZZADAWG
May 8th, 2012
7:14 pm
Why don’t you guys just be proud of the graduates of both schools and just shut your yaps and give compliments where they are due. Shame on you!!!
jddawg37
May 8th, 2012
7:15 pm
Congratulations to all! Do you really need to say anything else?
realisticfan
May 8th, 2012
7:16 pm
GTBob MUST have noticed that on Tech’s list of grads in football there were maybe 2 with engineering degrees and by far the most obtained degree among football players was “Managment”
GTBob
May 8th, 2012
7:17 pm
Are you really that stupid that you think ‘Industrial Management’ wasn’t created for ga tech football?
I can safely say that Georgia Tech has no majors which were created for football players.
Delbert D.
May 8th, 2012
7:28 pm
Congratulations to all of the graduates, especially Aaron Murray for doing it in less than 4 years.
maddawg
May 8th, 2012
7:28 pm
GT Bob yo mom majored in douch managment…..and failed.
dbc
May 8th, 2012
7:30 pm
It’s beyond me why anyone responds to a tool like GTBob. He lobs the bait, and most go for it hook, line and sinker. Ignore a pest and it will go away.
Dawg Alum
May 8th, 2012
7:46 pm
And we can safely say, “you are an idiot”!!!! Industrial engineering, management, etc???? Sound like whimpy majors to me….and I’m certain the players get customized courses ie. They get 1st pick of teachers before the rest of the student body for all their courses at GT…..fact dude, simply a fact!!!
Neutral
May 8th, 2012
7:50 pm
I think Dawg Alum has GTBob reeling!!!!
GTBOB-SUCKS
May 8th, 2012
7:51 pm
GTBob YOUR NOT CODDLING THEM…EXPLAIN REGGIE BALL, JOEY HAMILTON.
GT Boob
May 8th, 2012
7:54 pm
Is there anything good that has come out of North Avenue other than the Varsity? Gosh I love those onion rings!
GTBob
May 8th, 2012
7:57 pm
And we can safely say, “you are an idiot”!!!! Industrial engineering, management, etc???? Sound like whimpy majors to me
Industrial Engineering at Georgia Tech is a whimpy major? Wow, now i’ve heard it all.
Monkey
May 8th, 2012
7:58 pm
I really have to wonder at some of the comments being made on here. I am not a UGA fan, HOWEVER I am a fan of Any Athlete who earns their degree.
With the amount of people we have living off government assistance with zero desire to go out and better themselves, who want everything given to them, it is very refreshing to see young people who understand the lifetime meaning of earning that degree and enhancing their chances for a successful life.
I could care less what a degree is in, it is something that can never be taken away from the student athlete who sacrificed a normal college life to entertain the fans of their school.
GTBob
May 8th, 2012
8:00 pm
GTBob YOUR NOT CODDLING THEM…EXPLAIN REGGIE BALL, JOEY HAMILTON.
Reggie Ball flunked out. Joe Hamilton graduated after 11 years. You call that coddling?
GT Boob
May 8th, 2012
8:04 pm
Years ago when Dewberry couldn’t hack it at UGa….he left to get playing time at GT. At the same time another player initials TS failed out of UGa and also went to GT. This guy was criticized for having a 550 on the SAT, but he still graduated from GT with a degree in “MANAGEMENT”……..I rest my case.
GTBob
May 8th, 2012
8:09 pm
I rest my case.
Ok, ill take your word for it. All the guys who can’t pass Housing courses at UGA are all going to GT to get Management degrees. I learned something new today.
GT Boob
May 8th, 2012
8:12 pm
It took Hamilton 11 years of remedial courses to graduate with a degree in MANAGEMENT!!! Go Jackets!!! Aren’t the QBs usually among the smartest players on a team? Guess that gives us a clue about the rest of the team.
George Stein
May 8th, 2012
8:17 pm
Aren’t the QBs usually among the smartest players on a team?
Pretty sure the offensive linemen are the usually the smartest.
Neutral
May 8th, 2012
8:17 pm
I think the “Boob” is annihilating our buddy “Bob”
Neutral
May 8th, 2012
8:23 pm
George,
Actually there ARE a lot of bright OL…..so you may be right, but QBs are definitely in there. I am amazed that it took GTs 2 QBs (Ball and Hamilton) a combined 16 years to get ONE degree..and it was probably in MANAGEMENT as the Boobman said!!!
slydog
May 8th, 2012
8:26 pm
Hold up!!! SMDH… This post is about these young men and women graduating in ANYTHING for that matter. Most of them are “firsts” in their family. Even if the darn major was Housing or Magazines, was it just handed to them for good behavior? If you are not majoring in the science, technical, or architecture areas, then really how hard is college? All you’re doing is reading, writing, and researching and checking your little 10 page end of course paper for grammar. At least 5 of your mid terms and final exams are open book. In some cases, you have neither. So really, HATERS, how much harder did you want them to work?
Delbert D.
May 8th, 2012
8:36 pm
The BS in Management is already being phased out. The equivalent degree in the College of Management going forward is Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. Tech offers the MBA and will continue to offer MS and PhD in Management. No change in the 2 semesters of Calculus or Finite Mathematics and 2 in lab science, though.
George Stein
May 8th, 2012
8:36 pm
Not sure why you’d want to minimize the accomplishment of graduating, Neutral, but to each his own.
C'mon man
May 8th, 2012
8:36 pm
Gtbob
Isn’t GA Tech the same school that accepted javris crittenton hahaha… What was he majoring in?
Delbert D.
May 8th, 2012
8:44 pm
All it takes is a scumbag recruit and a scumbag recruiter to create a scumbag former “student-athlete”.
guy
May 8th, 2012
8:47 pm
anon1, If Murray leaves after this upcoming season,where is he going?
chuck e
May 8th, 2012
9:39 pm
Graduation is Friday at 7:00 p.m. at Sanford Stadium…….AJC article is wrong.
pj
May 8th, 2012
9:45 pm
Anyone who posts something negative about these kids graduating college can shampoo my crotch. You’re pathetic.
Ptc dawg
May 8th, 2012
9:45 pm
Show some class folks.
hind tit
May 8th, 2012
9:49 pm
Old man Adams picture has been on this page long enough. Can i get an amen?
ga
May 8th, 2012
9:55 pm
GTBob- my son was an athlete at UGA and graduated in Health Promotion. He now saves lifes as a firefighter and paramedic. Would you like him to be the one that needs to save you or one of your family members? Would you laugh at his degree as he did CPR?
Dawg Haus
May 8th, 2012
10:07 pm
Congrats to these Dawgs!
GTBob
May 8th, 2012
10:23 pm
Isn’t GA Tech the same school that accepted javris crittenton hahaha… What was he majoring in?
Crittenton was actually a great student in high school. He turned bad later.
GTBob
May 8th, 2012
10:24 pm
It took Hamilton 11 years of remedial courses to graduate with a degree in MANAGEMENT!!! Go Jackets!!!
Hamilton didnt major in Management.
Wrecker
May 8th, 2012
10:26 pm
Congrats to these fine student-athletes! Earning a degree is hard enough — doing it while participating in a D1 sport is fantastic.
bubba4dawgs
May 8th, 2012
10:36 pm
Congratulations, Grads!! Thanks for all your accomplishments and contributions to the DAWGS!! Good Luck throughout your life! You’ll always be a Bulldog!! GO DAWGS!!
nate from detroit
May 8th, 2012
10:37 pm
Hey GT Bob, ask any present day Tech students about the M train degree program that a good portion of the male athletes are enrolled in. I actually saw a basketball players degree listed as “history of technology”. WTH is that? Back before the mid 80’s you may have had a point about other schools “crip” majors but not now. I had a good friend who in the mid 80’s worked in the admissions office at Tech and he saw some of the basketball players transcripts and trust me these guys weren’t majoring in Nuclear Physics.
Paul in NH
May 8th, 2012
10:44 pm
Congratulations to all of the graduates.
GTBob
May 8th, 2012
11:00 pm
Hey GT Bob, ask any present day Tech students about the M train degree program that a good portion of the male athletes are enrolled in.
I know people who have recently graduated from that program. Do engineers at Tech poke fun at the M-Train students some times? Yes. It doesn’t mean that it is easy compared to other colleges though and there is a reason it is ranked so high in so many national categories.
Contractor
May 8th, 2012
11:13 pm
GTBob is correct, and that some of these degrees are garbage. I commend these student athletes on doing what is right, and getting an education, but you also need to be smart and take full advantage of a free education. Where will Psychology get Aaron Murray if he doesn’t cut it in the NFL? Andrew Luck has a very bright future in Architecture if he doesn’t pan out. I am very proud of each and every one of them, but especially commend those in Finance, Accounting, Engineering, and sorts, because they actually have bright futures after the game, just like the NCAA commercial says. Obviously I wish all of these great athletes a wonderful future.
Delbert D.
May 8th, 2012
11:31 pm
Psychology, yeah, that was one of my majors in my early attempts to get a degree. Physics and anthropology were two others. Finally, ten years after I was supposed to graduate, I overcame the deficient first three years (follies of misguided youth) and got a degree. Oh, and I grew up a lot in the USMC reserves, seven years of active duty in the USN, and three years of carrying a union lunchpail.
The message is, don’t be too hard on these young men.
Matt
May 9th, 2012
12:08 am
I drove through UGA’s campus once with my windows down. They threw a diploma in my car too.
UGA Senior
May 9th, 2012
12:24 am
Going to be hard to graduate on Saturday when the ceremony is on Friday. Sanford might be a little empty when they show up.
herschel squawker
May 9th, 2012
12:29 am
Matt: You got a degree or just a contract?
GTBob Jr.
May 9th, 2012
12:32 am
Graduating is an accomplishment irregardless of the college or university. Congrats to all!
Gail
May 9th, 2012
12:50 am
Do athletes have a separate ceremony? My daughter is graduating from UGA Friday night at 7pm.
Unless there is severe weather and then it will be Saturday morning.
KJ
May 9th, 2012
2:09 am
“Isn’t GA Tech the same school that accepted javris crittenton hahaha… What was he majoring in?”
Ballistics Engineering, obviously. The same degree that many Fortune 500 CEOs majored in. GTBob does business with them, when he’s not spending 15 hours a day on the UGA blogs.
One thing you trolling losers need to realize is that your specific major rarely matters; many people end up going into a field completely unrelated to what they majored in. But I doubt any of you are actually smart enough to get a degree from anywhere, much less UGA or Tech, so enjoy your honorary UGA Blog Trolling degree.
DawginTX
May 9th, 2012
2:22 am
I noticed that there were a couple of Dawgs talking trash on Tech graduation blog as well. These are student athletes who have a lot on their plates, many of them first generation college students, and they graduated! Showing that you are able to finish a college degree is a very important signal.
By the way, Georgia Tech ranked first in Money Magazine’s list of schools that provide the highest return on tuition investment and UGA ranked 4th in the country. I would say both schools are doing an outstanding job of preparing their graduates for the real world. Congratulations to all the graduates!
SEC Football Daily: May 9th | Saturday Down South
May 9th, 2012
5:44 am
[...] Aaron Murray was among two other Georgia football players to graduate this Saturday. Murray, along with Tavarres King and Clint Boling, will walk across the stage and really be able to concentrate on football this fall. Murray has two years, including this fall, remaining at UGA, but something tells me if he plays well this year, he’ll have a year remaining forever. All three are among 68 graduating student-athletes.[AJC] [...]
Buckeye
May 9th, 2012
6:22 am
They will, sooner or later, be working for Vanderbilt grads!
Doodaddy
May 9th, 2012
7:01 am
GTBob: Industrial Engineering degree from Tech? Isn’t that the third shift guy in the factory leaning on a broom?
JB
May 9th, 2012
7:50 am
This can’t be right. UGA football players are bumbling fools who major in Basketball rules. What’s someone to do facing life without an Engineering degree from Tech. Whoa is me.
JB
May 9th, 2012
7:53 am
Sorry, that would be the general population of Tech with the Engineering degree, not the football team
MUNSON
May 9th, 2012
7:54 am
Enter your comments here
Atlanta Gator
May 9th, 2012
7:57 am
Speaking as a Georgia resident and voter, I can say that I am proud of these young Georgians for their contributions on the playing field, but even more so for their academic accomplishments off it. Hopefully, no one needs any reminding, but it is important for every college sports fan to remember that the most important successes of a college athletic department are measured in the degrees earned by its athletes.
announcerinthesky!
May 9th, 2012
7:59 am
15 seniors on the equestrian team! God almighty, we are gonna be young next year! How are we gonna replace all those guys. And do we have to replace the horses too! Somebody better be out recruitin!—-Congrats to all the student athletes………. does anyone know if we beat even Tech in equestrian this year?
JB
May 9th, 2012
8:00 am
There is a pipeline for ex Tech Football players with a major company here in Atlanta for employment, and this no joke. It’s in baggage handling at Air Tran, now Southwest. There are several scholars from Tech there now handling luggage daily
Q
May 9th, 2012
8:08 am
Congratulations to the student-athletes. Thanks for the efforts and the accomplishments.
Eisendawg
May 9th, 2012
8:19 am
Considering that UGA has produced 22 Rhode Scholars, and GT has produced 3, sounds like the academic dominance is very similar to the athletic one. lol
Vampire Bill
May 9th, 2012
8:19 am
Very impressive for Aaron Murray to get a prestigious degree in that short amount of time and start at QB as wel. Well done young man, Kudos…
To all the boneheads in here, let me quote my 10 year old niece. Stop the hate !!
Mike
May 9th, 2012
8:33 am
there is an old saying among football people that says, ” the farther away from the ball you get, the more stupid the players get”.
Aguilar
May 9th, 2012
8:38 am
Congratulations to all the GT graduates. It’s been a long, tough road, but you made it.
Meanwhile, over at the Cesspool of the South in Athens…
Consumer Economics: 4 years to learn how to balance your checkbook.
Sport Management: 4 years to learn to sweep up the dressing room after a game.
Health Promotion: 4 years to learn to take a bath once in a while.
Family Financial Planning: 4 years to learn how to apply for welfare.
Housing: 4 years to learn how to apply for public housing.
And on and on…
What morons.
Big Mike
May 9th, 2012
8:58 am
It seems that we should be happy for young people that are doing something positive with their lives. Does it matter which school they attend, you go graduates ,wishing you the best.
DawgInaTruck
May 9th, 2012
8:59 am
Its very telling that none of the trolls had a response to this post:
Eisendawg
May 9th, 2012
8:19 am
Considering that UGA has produced 22 Rhode Scholars, and GT has produced 3, sounds like the academic dominance is very similar to the athletic one. lol
RAB1482
May 9th, 2012
9:00 am
Yaaaayyy, Murray graduated! Bring on Hutson Ma—what? Murray will still be back as our starting QB in the fall?? Damn!
JB
May 9th, 2012
9:00 am
See 8:38 post for why we never stop hating Tech.
dawggirl
May 9th, 2012
9:08 am
Also a certain someone didn’t respond to the poster that mentioned his UGA athlete grad son who is a paramedic and firefighter. That really tells you all you need to know.
Karma, folks, karma.
Congrats to ALL of the UGA grads!
JB
May 9th, 2012
9:15 am
Bottom line, in life, living in Georgia, you will probably never need a Tech Engineer, but you will need a Vet, a lawyer, a Banker, a teacher, a farmer, a doctor, a counselor, a police,fireman or EMT, a nurse. etc.
Saldiven
May 9th, 2012
9:19 am
@GTBob: You wrote:
“We are proud that the football players graduate at about the same rate as regular students. It means we are not coddling them. It’s not GT’s job to graduate these players, that is something they have to accomplish on their own.”
That is completely incorrect. From GA Tech’s own fact sheet, the six year graduation rate for undergraduate GA Tech students has ranged from 70% for class of 1996 to 81% for class of 2003 (the latest data on their website). According to an AJC story from October 26 of 2011, the GA Tech football program had a graduation rate of 55%. If you look at the graduation rate for all student athletes, the rate was 77%, which is close, but still slightly lower, than the overall graduation rate. That graduation rate for student athletes was the lowest for all ACC schools, and is was lower than UGA’s graduation rate for student athletes. (Ironically, the 55% rate reported for football players in 2011 was an increase in the rate of 49% reported from 2010.) In 2011, UGA graduated 65% of football players and 79% for all student athletes.
Also, as to the “difficulty” of the GA Tech business school. The business management degree is nick-named the “M-train” on the Tech campus because of the general perception of how easy it is to obtain that degree relative to virtually every other potential major on campus. That same business management degree is the most common degree program for GA Tech football students. This really isn’t any different from most D-1 schools, though. Most football players gravitate towards degree programs that are perceived as easier to complete. My only point in bringing this up is to debunk your attempt at painting the GA Tech business management degree as being anything remotely as difficult as the technical degree programs Tech offers; as I pointed out, even the students on campus don’t buy that line of thought.
So, GTBob, if you’re going to make the kind of assertions like the one I quoted above, you might want to do some research first. It makes you look a little silly when someone can spend 10 minutes on google and discover that your statement is completely inaccurate.
Stank Wren
May 9th, 2012
9:21 am
I would wager that a lot of the folks on this blog that are trying to poke fun at the student athlete’s degree have never set foot on a college campus. It comes down to jealousy, pure and simple. Many of the idiots that post here have never been in a college classroom and then have the nerve to try and bash the accomplishments of those who do. No matter what school you pull for you should be proud of any person that obtains a college degree. A bunch of classless losers in here this morning.
bucket
May 9th, 2012
9:28 am
I see “UGA Obsession Disorder” is alive and well for all our Tech brethren! I have a nephew who graduated with his Master’s degree from Tech last Friday and our family is proud of him, just as we were when he graduated with his bachelor’s degree last year with a perfect grade point average! Whether young people graduate from Tech or UGA or wherever, we should applaud their accomplishment and wish them well!
Top Row Dog
May 9th, 2012
9:36 am
Saldiven, your post should be pushpinned, if that’s possible. I’ll check back later to see the CheatTeeBoob response
Contractor
May 9th, 2012
10:07 am
Saldiven,
I’m a Georgia fan, but have quite a few good buddies go to Georgia Tech. Most were Civil, Biomedical, Structural, and mechanical Engineers, but a few were Management majors, and they were as smart as the others, if not smarter. Making over $100,000 your second year out of college is not shabby at all. I am aware of the M-Train moniker as it is a little of a running joke about how all the athletes are enrolled an it is not near as challenging as most engineering majors, but that doesn’t keep it from being ranked nationally, just like Georgia’s program.
I think the issue here is the fact that half of these easy majors are intended to squeeze athletes through the system instead of providing them with an education that will benefit them and society when they graduate and their professional aspirations are finally over. Heard a story yesterday where a woman that has a Masters in Medevil History was in food stamps and welfare and feels the public owes her because she can’t find a job. So yeah, amazing job getting educated, but if you’re getting educated in something there is little to know use for then you have failed yourself, because it is essentially worthless and you have to find another career. These Georgia athletes with Finance, Accounting, Engineering, and Physics degrees have bright and successful futures ahead because there is an industry demand, and Psychology, General Studies, and Social Studies Education is not gonna have the demand needed to support all of these graduates aroun the country with those same degrees. I commend them in their studies, but they need to start being more selective about their degree of study, especially when it’s a free $50,000 a year education they are receiving, heck, they have all of the tools at their disposal to succeed a n make it happen, just take some personal responsibility.
AGTFAN53
May 9th, 2012
10:11 am
Congratulations graduates. Good luck in your future endeavors. You go armed with a degree from a fine university, regardless of the jabs we GT fans aim at it from time to time.
Contractor
May 9th, 2012
10:14 am
Sorry for all of the typos. Guess I should have proof read after using my phone to type this.
Dawg Alum
May 9th, 2012
10:18 am
Congratulations to all the athletes for earning their degrees. I hope I didn’t offend anyone by attacking the GT degrees? They are all great honors……I was just sick and tired of GTBob thinking only GT degrees mean anything. And to another blogger’s point, if you have a heart attack you sure aren’t going to call a Tech management major…..you’ll probably be saved by a UGa grad, so LIVE with it Techies (no pun intended)!
Hoopster
May 9th, 2012
10:23 am
Uh yeah Eisendogche, typically Rhodes Scholarships have been given to individuals that have received Bachelor of Arts degrees, while Tech students receive Bachelor of Science degrees. But don’t let those facts get in the way of your wonderful story………….toad.
It is what it is
May 9th, 2012
10:23 am
Congrats!!!
claytondawg
May 9th, 2012
11:30 am
I agree with Jddawg with being very proud of ANYONE, athlete or not–who gets his/her degree. Good comment from Monkey, also. I got both my Bachelor’s and Master’s at UGA, and, quite frankly, proud of myself.. So is my family– good enough for me. Go ‘Dogs!!!
The Ugly Truth
May 9th, 2012
11:50 am
Actually liberal arts degrees are great for providing students with an overall broad exposure to a variety of studies that make for an informed and balanced education. Remember that graduation is called Commencement which implies a beginning as it signifies a beginning of a journey through the rest of your life.
The next step for many of these students is post graduate work such as Law School, Medical School, a PHD program, an MBA program while working to gain business experience, Pharmacy school, Vet school, Military officer training programs in one of the branches, the Stated Department qualifications test or something similar, etc.
A Liberal Arts degree is like a ticket to get up on the train terminal platform and there are trains leaving in a number of different directions with each one offering a career in a different profession.
Its not like being an engineer and being assigned to a cubicle and as the years progress and you gain in seniority doing pretty much the same thing every day of your life you qualify for a bigger cubicle closer to the window. Maybe when you are old a nd gray you can actually get the corner office with a wall and a door that you can close. That is a sad life and I can understand why Tech people are so bitter and negative towards lif, their spouse who didn’t go to Tech and other people who also didn’t go to Tech.
Tech people are really sad, hostile, bitter, and abusive towards others because they are so unhappy with their lives. I have known a lot of them and they are all pretty much the same.
I am so glad I did not choose to go there and neither did my kids. Thank God.
Bill
May 9th, 2012
12:02 pm
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Pitbull
May 9th, 2012
12:03 pm
Congrats to Mark Richt for graduating 222 players in 11 years which is pretty much an entire recruiting class each year and for winning 106 games during that same period of time.
Mark, you may not have won a NC and that is OK. We have been in the SEC Championship game 5 times since you came to Athens and won it twice. We never went to the SECCG before you got here.
I believe your bowl record is 8-3.
You have run a clean winning program, have never embarrassed us, and we have never been placed on probation during your tenure, unlike the dirty program over on North Avenue which just ended one four year probation and is beginning another four year probation after forfeiting an ACC championship.
Oh and lets never forget that the reason Tech folks hate you is that you are 10-1 against Tech.
Delbert D.
May 9th, 2012
12:10 pm
@Salviden “(Ironically, the 55% rate reported for football players in 2011 was an increase in the rate of 49% reported from 2010.) In 2011, UGA graduated 65% of football players and 79% for all student athletes.”
If you look back at my previous posts, I’m congratulating the Georgia grads on their accomplishment. As to Georgia’s GSR being higher than Georgia Tech’s, let’s keep this in perspective. Those rates change as the 10-year-old data changes. Here is a quote from the AJC and Greg McGarity last summer after the GSR figures were announced:
“McGarity acknowledged “a small dip” in football from last year, but noted that the football team’s GSR has jumped from 48 percent four years ago.
Bill
May 9th, 2012
12:10 pm
As an undergrad and law grad at UGA, and football fan, GTBob has got in partially right. While I love watching college football, the system is a sewer. It’s disgraceful that UGA, and about all IA schools have so many garbage majors (housing, rec. management, family finance, etc.) largely to house all the dumb jocks (certainly many jocks aren’t dumb).
But, get real Bob, GT has been doing the same thing for years. Remember that tight-end that UGA kicked out and Tech “hired.”
A more general comment: While GT overall has a higher national rating, UGA is catching up. The average GT student is not that much higher academically from current UGA students. UGA has double or more freshmen each year. Take the SAT scores of the top 50% of UGA students and compare with GT’s class; bet you won’t see much difference. Plus, the stereotype is so true—GT–nerds for life.
GTBob
May 9th, 2012
12:13 pm
A Liberal Arts degree is like a ticket to get up on the train terminal platform and there are trains leaving in a number of different directions with each one offering a career in a different profession.
A liberal arts degree is pretty much completely useless. Sure, some will find success in spite of having one, but the majority of Liberal Arts students end up with low paying jobs completely unrelated to anything they did in college. There is a reason why China is eliminating a lot of Liberal Arts degree programs in their schools. It’s because the graduates are basically unemployable.
Q
May 9th, 2012
12:16 pm
“There is a reason why China is eliminating a lot of Liberal Arts degree programs in their schools. It’s because the graduates are basically unemployable.”
Cool, let’s be just like China.
GTBob
May 9th, 2012
12:19 pm
Cool, let’s be just like China.
Not every idea that China has is a bad one.
gdawginkalamazoo
May 9th, 2012
12:24 pm
Congrats kids! Great job! Welcome to the real world.
The Ugly Truth
May 9th, 2012
12:27 pm
Remember, some students go to college for an education and some students go to college to get a job. An education is a life long ongoing process that basically begins with an undergraduate degree and will include post graduate studies and training and seminars in whatever career you ultimately decide to pursue.
Don’t judge, although I know you Techies have a problem refraining from doing that.
Texas Tea
May 9th, 2012
12:27 pm
I wouldn’t mind being China financially seeing as they own a large portion of our debt and that ghey’re making a ton of interest off our wreck less spending as a country.
Skokie Dog
May 9th, 2012
12:32 pm
I hope that Jadeveon Clowney isn’t hanging around at the graduation ceremony. It would be sad to see Aaron Murray fumble his diploma.
GTBob
May 9th, 2012
12:34 pm
Remember, some students go to college for an education and some students go to college to get a job.
The only problem with that is that you seem to think all of the athletes listed above with useless majors are going to continue on to law school or get their PhD. Sorry to inform you but most of them aren’t and most other student’s aren’t either. That is why the average salaries for UGA graduates are so low, because they have so many graduates who basically have nothing waiting for them after college. For the ones who are on the spiritual path to educational enlightenment as you describe, good for them, and hopefully they will be able to afford to live.
Stank Wren
May 9th, 2012
12:42 pm
Here’s another shocking fact for those bashing the degrees earned by the UGA athletes: Just because you graduate with a degree in a certain field does not lock you into a lifetime career. Many of the folks that I work with (Fortune 100 company) have degrees that have absolutly nothing to do with the position they are currently in. A college degree opens doors and allows upward mobility. Not bashing engineers but they tend to stay in the field from which the have a degree. As a whole, that is the exception more than the rule. Go Dawgs. Class of ‘04
The Ugly Truth
May 9th, 2012
12:44 pm
So GTBob how do you know so much about UGA graduates?
You seem to be just another typical know it all Georgia Tech blowhard.
Did you even go to college and if you did, did you go to Tech and live the typical Tech life where you were unpopular at work because you lacked people skills so you never went very far and your wife left you and took the kids because she got tired of you talking down to her because she did not go to Tech? Divorced, alone and bitter now, Bob? Thought so.
Forgive me, but I have known so many of you.
Delbert D.
May 9th, 2012
12:46 pm
Here is some advice for the graduates, and I hope maybe some calming statements for the furious posters at work today.
Aaron Murray’s Psych degree is a natural feeder for an MBA with a focus in marketing for his next two years at Georgia. He may (or may not, depending on the courses he has taken) need the MBA prerequisite accelerated courses in accounting and economics and possibly others (I had to take computer programming). He’ll also need to score well on the GMAT. I don’t doubt that he will, as it is an aptitude test.
Having said that, I think the other Georgia football graduates that received the non-science or non-professional degrees face some uncertainty. Housing has some correlation with real estate and property management, but some further study may be in order. If you look back at my post from last night, it’s possible to overcome even anthropology; those 4 courses I took while majoring in it ended up counting as electives, and by the time I graduated (5 colleges attended), I had an excess of electives for sure.
This I can save with surety: the military doesn’t care what your major was; you can qualify for OCS if you can satisfy the mental and physical requirements. That would be a very smart choice for many graduates in this uncertain economy. If you are an athlete and thinking Marine Corps, you need to love to run long distances, and you need to be able to climb a 20-foot rope.
Gator Mike
May 9th, 2012
12:48 pm
Congratulations to al of the DAWG Grads regardless of their major. They took advantage of an opportunity which is good for UGA and our entire country.
Hopefully my Gator Athletes are also hooked on getting their degrees.
GTBob
May 9th, 2012
12:58 pm
your wife left you and took the kids because she got tired of you talking down to her because she did not go to Tech? Divorced, alone and bitter now, Bob? Thought so.
Not even close. It is a good story though. You keep thinking that Housing and Leisure Studies is the key to success and life happiness.
The Ugly Truth
May 9th, 2012
1:06 pm
So its your boyfriend that left you, huh Bob?
The key to success is people skills, building relationships, and a positive attitude. But you should know that.
Maybe you could take a course.
DawgInaTruck
May 9th, 2012
1:12 pm
“Hopefully my Gator Athletes are also hooked on getting their degrees.”
Thanks Mike, I’m sure the vast majority are. Your graduates are to be congratulated as well.
Homepage | MrSEC
May 9th, 2012
1:13 pm
[...] Quarterback Aaron Murray will be among those graduating at Georgia on [...]
GTBob
May 9th, 2012
1:13 pm
So its your boyfriend that left you, huh Bob?
Nope. My boyfriend is still with me and seems to be happy. Thank you for your concern though.
GTBob
May 9th, 2012
1:16 pm
The key to success is people skills, building relationships, and a positive attitude. But you should know that.
All of that means nothing if you have no intelligence or tangible skills to back it up. Being a Leisure Studies major with a great attitude isn’t going to make you any money.
Stank Wren
May 9th, 2012
1:18 pm
“You keep thinking that Housing and Leisure Studies is the key to success and life happiness.”
GTBob – You keep on thinking that trolling on sports blogs, making fun of kids graduating from college, and picking fights with random strangers on the internet is the key to success and life happiness. What a loser
To Paraphrase Bill Curry
May 9th, 2012
1:27 pm
“You keep on thinking that trolling on sports blogs, making fun of kids graduating from college, and picking fights with random strangers on the internet is the key to success and life happiness. What a loser”
Now that is funny. I’d hate to be the person that was directed at. Actually, I’d hate to be that person anyway.
GTBob
May 9th, 2012
1:42 pm
You keep on thinking that trolling on sports blogs, making fun of kids graduating from college, and picking fights with random strangers on the internet is the key to success and life happiness.
It is a nice form of entertainment for me.
Walk the GT campus and simply look around
May 9th, 2012
1:50 pm
The bulk of GT football players, basketball players on campus at GT are NOT the profile of most all of GT’s pedestrians waking around. I was there not three weeks ago, as a family member of mine is a PhD in her field and I viewed t ons and tons of Middle Easterners and Indians and such but few basketball kids or football kids. They must have all been in class.
GT has special programs for the vast majority of their jocks and that is that. Drvie around like I did and view it ………………..very apparent that most African Amercians DO NOT attend GT in the same numbers as other minorities.
Loni
May 9th, 2012
1:52 pm
Since you do not know, a major in “Magazines” is a degree from the University’s Journalism school which is one of the most difficult schools at UGA to be accepted into and is highly competitive. A degree in “Magazines” does not mean you go to class and read “GQ” and “SI”. These students learn the economics of how a magazine is run, how it is edited, how the art is done, graphic design, advertising and so on…. It is not what you think and these students deserve more respect than that. Just saying.
GTBob
May 9th, 2012
2:02 pm
very apparent that most African Amercians DO NOT attend GT in the same numbers as other minorities.
African American’s are the third highest demographic group at GT, behind Whites and Asians. There are actually very few middle eastern students at GT in relation to the whole student base. You must have gotten lucky to see tons and tons of them.
Chuck Clausen
May 9th, 2012
2:37 pm
Largely because I was able to coach some great athletes at Ohio State and in the NFL I was able to attend the graduations of some great athletes – saw some immensely proud parents celebrate the graduation of the first familly member ever to graduate from college.
observer
May 9th, 2012
2:39 pm
Now you know why this country is in a downard spiral. I’m a GA native and have never been a fan of UGA, but damn, these are 68 kids who have met all the requirements to receive their degree. I know all of their parents and family members are proud. Does every damn thing has to be about who is better or worse ??
flagboy?
May 9th, 2012
2:44 pm
To those college grads, congratulations.
to anyone coming on here to disparage the accomplishments of young men and women. . . sad. I’m sure you make your momma proud.
Chuck Clausen
May 9th, 2012
2:47 pm
Coached some great college athletes who in all likelihood would have not attended college if it had not been for their athletic skills, but with the help of some great tutoring programs and guidance from their coaches they are now successful business and professionals
Coachurly
May 9th, 2012
2:54 pm
Can you trolls stifle the hate for one day?! Damn! Congratulations to the graduates of all colleges. This is a pivotal moment in their young lives and should be celebrated.
Btw, I don’t care if Hamilton took 11 years to graduate! He single-handlely kept the Jackets competitive against FSU (when FSU was a power)and he’s by far the best GT quaterback I’ve ever seen.
Terri Kash
May 9th, 2012
2:56 pm
Way to go Aaron LaGarde!!You did it. So proud of you. Congrats!!!!
Chuck Clausen
May 9th, 2012
3:00 pm
My Dad’s father quit school at the end of the 5th grade – my dad largely because his athletic skills became not only to graduate from high school went to college on scholarship played baseball a couple of years with the Indians. Before becoming a high school coach – received his masters at Northwestern – Retired as the Veep at the University of Arizona
Umari
May 9th, 2012
3:10 pm
Oh yea, oh yea, unk
Mom & Pops
May 9th, 2012
3:14 pm
Congratulations to Aaron LaGarde!!! We are proud of you and your accomplishemnts. School is over now get out of our pockets, lol. We love you very much.
Lions Den
May 9th, 2012
3:59 pm
CONGRATULATIONS to Erika Allen – Member of the UGA Ladies Track Team who is also graduating on Friday 5/11/12. Formerly of MLK HS class of 2008!!!!
GTBoob
May 9th, 2012
4:01 pm
Hi. I am GTBob’s wife. Please forgive him for being such a tool but he has this tiny little thingy and he is really self concious about it and it makes him act out sometimes.
I mean if you could see it. It’s smaller than my pinky.
His mother told me he was a bedwetter until he was 13 and she had trouble potty traing him. He’s much better now but we still have to take the potty with us whenever he goes out and it kinda embarrasses him to take it when we go to someone elses’s house.
By the way, does anyone know the name and number of a good divorce lawyer?
Gotta run. He’s getting off the potty and I have to help him wipe.
Dawg Alum
May 9th, 2012
4:23 pm
Does anyone else think it is funny that GT Bob tried to say GT’s QBs (Hamilton and Ball) were not coddled? I find it hilarious…..how did those guys conveniently flunked-out AFTER they had used up their eligibility? Hmmmmmmmm
OK, GTBob will argue that only Ball flunked-out…..and Hamilton received his degree in management after 11 years. Eleven Years!!!!! Of course we are talking about the “holier than thou” trade school that is on probation, lied to NCAA investigators, etc. BUT, they don’t coddle their players….RIGHT!
LHarding Dawg
May 9th, 2012
4:32 pm
Congrats to all getting degrees!
GT Bob
May 9th, 2012
4:43 pm
You may be a Jacket but your Momma’s a Dog!
UGA 1976
May 9th, 2012
4:48 pm
GTBob, please say hello for me to your wife and my kids when they get home this afternoon.
GTBob
May 9th, 2012
4:51 pm
Does anyone else think it is funny that GT Bob tried to say GT’s QBs (Hamilton and Ball) were not coddled? I find it hilarious
I find it hilarious that UGA fans just automatically assume that Ball and Hamilton were terrible in the classroom without anything to base it off of. Actually, it seems a little bit racist.
GTBob
May 9th, 2012
4:54 pm
GTBob, please say hello for me to your wife and my kids when they get home this afternoon.
I’m not married. You must have slept with some other guys wife.
Shocker
May 9th, 2012
5:02 pm
“I’m not married.”
Shocker. Can’t even find one person in this world that can stand to be in the same room with you
UGA 1976
May 9th, 2012
5:07 pm
It’s 5:00 GTBob. Time to leave your cubicle and go home for the day.
GTBob
May 9th, 2012
5:08 pm
Shocker. Can’t even find one person in this world that can stand to be in the same room with you
You have pretty low expectations for marriage. I have someone, I am just likely never getting married.
GTBob
May 9th, 2012
5:12 pm
It’s 5:00 GTBob. Time to leave your cubicle and go home for the day.
I’m already home.
UGA 1976
May 9th, 2012
5:18 pm
A blow up doll doesn’t count, GTBob.
Now put down the vibrator and step away from the bed.
GTBob
May 9th, 2012
5:21 pm
A blow up doll doesn’t count, GTBob.
Now put down the vibrator and step away from the bed.
Wow, these insults are getting more and more weak. Are blow up dolls and vibrators the best you can come up with?
BillDog
May 9th, 2012
5:26 pm
All degrees and majors are valuable and even more so when one takes into consideration the number of hours and hard physical work required to maintain an anthletic scholarship.
I have hired many successful college graduates with a wide range of majors. It became evident to me that a student who earned a degree while playing a varsity sport or working full time was a safe bet to be able to put in the time and effort necessary to learn a new job.
Congratulations to all of these fine young people.
UGA 1976
May 9th, 2012
5:31 pm
Na, the best involve your mom and you living in her basement.
GTBob
May 9th, 2012
5:35 pm
Na, the best involve your mom and you living in her basement.
My mom passed away 3 years ago.
GTBob
May 9th, 2012
5:37 pm
It became evident to me that a student who earned a degree while playing a varsity sport or working full time was a safe bet to be able to put in the time and effort necessary to learn a new job.
Here is a UGA student athletes resume:
http://popel.myweb.uga.edu/Resume.htm
Would you hire this person?
UGA 1976
May 9th, 2012
5:43 pm
I would hire him before I would hire you. He has higher character than you.
You could never be trusted.
sr. citizen dawg
May 9th, 2012
5:46 pm
GTBob can gain no satisfaction from the GT athletic program (s) therefore must resign himself to casting criticism upon UGA. Take note GTBob…….It didn’t work. You and your type are pitiful.
GTBob
May 9th, 2012
5:48 pm
I would hire him before I would hire you. He has higher character than you.
He is probably higher then me.
UGA 1976
May 9th, 2012
5:48 pm
Also Leonard Pope will be play in his 7th year in the NFL this coming year with Pittsburgh.
I’m sure he has already made more money at 28 years old than you will make in a lifetime with your degree from wherever you earned it.
GTBob
May 9th, 2012
5:50 pm
Take note GTBob…….It didn’t work.
What didn’t work? I am pretty sure I accomplished criticizing them. Whether you care or not is up to you. Some on here obviously do though.
GTBob
May 9th, 2012
5:54 pm
I’m sure he has already made more money at 28 years old than you will make in a lifetime with your degree from wherever you earned it.
You are full of assumptions aren’t you? Kudos to him for being a big dumb guy with athletic ability. Its quite an accomplishment.
Bulldawagman49
May 9th, 2012
6:23 pm
GT BOB and his pointless comments, I wonder what he does for a living ? Does it really matter anyway if you do what you want to do. It is real easy to sit and judge someone because he thinks it is below his standards , I guess he has a dead end JOB and is wishing he would have majored in Magazine reading or whatever he said .
Enough said Good luck to all the Grads wish you luck in your furture no matter what !!! GO DAWGS !!!!
Vince Doodley
May 9th, 2012
6:39 pm
Congratulations to these young people. You make your parents proud and you’ve acomplished one of lifes great achievements. A college degree will open many doors when your athletic career ends. Great job men and women.
Dumbo
May 9th, 2012
7:10 pm
GTBob….it must be hell telling your Mama that you’re INSTITUTIONALIZED!!!!!!!!!!! Rut Roh
StackedDeck
May 9th, 2012
7:34 pm
Congrats to you all …’Monkey…you said it right! GO DAWGS!!! Hoooorah!!
UGA / ‘76
kybodawg
May 9th, 2012
7:56 pm
auburn also held theres and the agents for three footballers showed up to accept, and an irs agent was there to collect there 10 percent.
Bob
May 9th, 2012
8:20 pm
Good for all these students. But, I’ve never heard of half the football players, and why do we have to underwright all these meaningless and non-revenue sports? Why doesn’t someone have the ‘nads to sue the NCAA over this “title nine” bs? What a waste of taxpayer monies.
Dalton Dawg
May 9th, 2012
10:09 pm
Chip, everyone graduating is actually a Bulldawg!! Not just the athletes! Congrats to everyone who is receiving their degree on Friday!! Go Dawgs!!
Rangerdawg
May 9th, 2012
10:56 pm
Maybe they will teach Murray in grad school that you tend to lose when you spot the other team 2 TD’s!
jojo
May 9th, 2012
11:41 pm
oh, for crying out loud! Not everybody can be a Dawg, so GTBob is surely depressed about that. Congrats to all the Dawgs who have and who will graduate from the same school i did in 76. Be proud, be very proud! And by the way, those 22 Rhodes scholars have made UGA very proud, also.
TROLL PATROLL
May 9th, 2012
11:59 pm
Thank God there was a GT blog tonight so GTBob would feel a kindred spirit.
Jesus christ
May 10th, 2012
2:03 am
Sad commentary that an athlete with a degree is news. Now get in the unemployment line with the millions of Obama supporters.
ozzfest
May 10th, 2012
7:48 am
I hope Richt asked Murray to take a few RISK MANAGEMENT classes.
SKB
May 10th, 2012
9:47 am
Congrats to all the graduates.
WDE
May 10th, 2012
12:08 pm
Congrats to all of then and best luck in the future…DGD’s !
WDE
May 10th, 2012
12:10 pm
@Techster you didn’t know you could earn college credits from prison..really ask every Bug student hiding under the beds in their dorms behind locked doors, if they don’t feel like they are in prison…you tool.
Neutral
May 10th, 2012
9:11 pm
I think Dawg Alum rattled ole GT Bob’s cage yesterday at 4:23!!!! Not sure why GTBob said that was a racist blog. Is it racist when he criticizes AM or other UGa QBs? Maybe GT Bob is the racist because it never entered my mind or anyone elses that Dawg Alum was being racist….he was just stating facts….nothing else. P.S. Great comment Dawg Alum…..I think I’ll bring that point up whenever Tech fans brag about their (nonexistant) academic prowess.
Neutral
May 10th, 2012
9:14 pm
@Techster,
The answer is NO to your question and NO football player has flunked out of remedial studies at Tech!!!
rogeriter
May 11th, 2012
2:31 am
The purpose of a college degree is to take courses that are relevant to that degree. It is not to take and pass hard courses just to prove you can do it! Many GT students choose engineering and they will likely have some courses that are harder. But if someone wants to study to be a football coach (that’s a great profession) their courses may be easier than that of an engineer but more relevent to their chosen profession. Taking hard courses is nothing to be proud of. Incedently, I only finished two years of college at Dekalb Tech. But I probably made more money than almost all Tech Grads. I ran companies with three hundred employees, I was President of one of the largest Board of Realtors in the south. I was a highly paid speaker/teacher within the real estate industry. I did seminars in all of the states except four. I produced and was featured in twenty video tapes on selling by Better Home and Gardens.I have written and published two books and I am a member of The Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame as a songwriter. Who says you can’t do well without a college degree?
Dr. Craig Spinks/ Georgians for Educational Excellence
May 11th, 2012
2:47 am
CONGRATULATIONS, graduating student-athletes.
Brookhaven Bulldog
May 12th, 2012
10:28 am
@GTBob – being a graduate of UGA, and having a number of friends who graduated from GT, I will jump into the mix and say that ALL of the GT grads I know openly admit that Industrial Engineering is not a challenging major although admittedly more difficult than Rec Studies. “Magazines” is not a major, a degree in Journalism with an emphasis in Magazines is. With that being said, the journalism college at UGA is one of the best in the country and the last time I checked magazines are very relevant. If you read the article above, you would see that the degrees obtained from UGA football players include: Anthropology, Family Financial Planning, Risk Management & Insurance, Biological Engineering, Sport Management, Social Studies Education, Housing, Psychology, Management, Finance. Not one of the majors you pointed out as cush majors for football players. Good for anyone who uses football to get them an education and go on to better things. Shame on you for letting you competitive nature for a program you probably never played against turn you to route against a young man or woman trying to better themselves through athletics.
Brookhaven Bulldog
May 12th, 2012
10:29 am
pardon the typo….”you” should have been “your” in the last sentence.
Peachtree John
May 12th, 2012
5:15 pm
With Murry graduating, how is he able to continue playing football? Will he be a full time football player or will he have to enter graduate school?
Brookhaven Bulldog
May 13th, 2012
12:20 am
@Peachtree John: You can take post Bachalorette (spp?) classes or work toward a second undergraduate degree.
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