LSU QB Mettenberger says ‘God had different path’ than UGA
HOOVER, Ala. – A short time ago I had the pleasure of having a semi-exclusive interview with LSU quarterback Zach Mettenberger before he began to make the media rounds here at the Wynfrey Hotel. A couple of LSU beat writers and I were able to spend 10 minutes talking to Mettenberger in the Buckingham Room here soon after he and his coach and teammates arrived for SEC Media Days.
Mettenberger is, of course, a former Georgia player who was dismissed from the team shortly before pleading guilty to two counts of misdemeanor sexual battery in the spring of 2010. He grew up in Watkinsville, Ga., as a huge Georgia fan and his mother has worked in the Bulldogs’ football office for 10 years.
Now he finds himself as the starting quarterback for national championship-contender LSU. You need to know nothing more than the fact that the Tigers chose to bring him to Media Days despite Mettenberger having never started a game to know how they feel about him.
I’m writing a story that will appear in tomorrow’s print section — and online as well — but I wanted to go ahead and share the interview I had with Zach as a Q&A since it’s the most extensive opportunity I’ve had to talk to him since he left for Butler Community College in Kansas in the summer of 2010.
So here you go . . .
Q: Were you surprised that LSU asked you to represent the team here today?
A: “Not really. I’ve just been working hard to be a leader on the team and I think the coaches have seen that hard work in me. They believe I’m a well-spoken individual who’s capable of representing this team. It means a lot that they had that trust in me to let me come here and know that I’m going to represent the team well. I’m a little nervous being here, but if I can get through these butterflies then I’m going to be all right.”
Q: Does it feel like a practice run?
A: “It’s kind of a big first practice [laughs]. There’s a lot of people here. I’m just going to try to have fun today and learn from it.”
Q: How does is feel to now be the undisputed starting quarterback?
A: “I’m very comfortable. It’s definitely a lot different. I guess I won’t really know until we get on the field and start playing.”
Q: Have you spent much time contemplating the event that got you to this place?
A: “No, not really. My Mom working at Georgia and being at Georgia my whole life, I thought I’d be at Georgia now. But that’s not how God wanted it. That’s not the path he had for me. So I’ve dealt with the adversity and I think I’ve handled myself pretty well. So I’ve just got to keep working every day to better myself as a player and a person.”
Q: Is it your ultimate desire to face Georgia in the SEC Championship Game?
A: “Just getting to the SEC Championship Game my first year as a starter would mean a lot. It wouldn’t matter who we played. Regardless, it’s a goal I have this year. Hopefully we can get there.”
Q: What do you think it would be like facing Georgia?
A: “It’d be, not awkward, but it’d be kind of funny seeing all my old roommates and old buddies over on the other sideline and playing against them. It’s something I look forward to, but not any more than if we played South Carolina or Florida.”
Q: Do you have any Georgia gear anymore?
A: “No I don’t actually. I left it all at my house in Watkinsville.”
Q: Have you been back home much since leaving UGA?
A: “Maybe three or four times I’ve been back. I don’t get back a lot. I don’t have a lot of time to drive 10 hours and go see my parents. When they have a chance they come see me as much as I can.”
Q: When were you last in the Athens area?
A: “Actually I was there over spring break. I was in Gulf Shores (Ala.) and I just drove up to Athens one day and showed up at Mom’s work. It was a surprise for her. She was happy to see me and I was glad I did that.
Q: Did it feel strange being in enemy territory like that?
A: “It’s different, but it’s my hometown. It’s really not awkward or weird for me to go back. A lot of those coaches have known me since I was 10 years old.”
Q: Did you get a chance to visit with your old position coach, Mike Bobo?
A: “I saw him. We had a good talk. That’s a guy I’ve known since he was a G.A. for Georgia and my mom first got the job. It’s been great having him as almost a father-figure in my life. He gave me some good advice while I was back home.”
Q: Are you still good friends with any of the Georgia players?
A: “Me and Aaron are definitely good friends. We lived together for a year. I know we had the competition but, despite that, we’re very good friends. I roomed with Dallas Lee, Austin Long, Blake Sailors. Blake and I went to high school together and I grew up with him. So there are a lot of guys I’m really good friends with.”
Q: Are parents going to LSU games?
A: “Yeah, as many as they can make. I can’t wait to see them. Hopefully they can make them all.”
Q: Doesn’t your mom go to all the Georgia games?
A: “She hasn’t been to a Georgia game since I left.”
Q: Is there something behind that?
A: “No, she supports everybody on that team because my buddies are all like sons to her. But because I’m not playing there’s really no point for her to go. She’d rather stay home and watch it on TV.
Q: How has being the starting quarterback changed you?
A: “I’m just trying to everyday develop my leadership ability. This team doesn’t have a lot of leaders right now, so we need some guys to step into that role. I’ve been working hard every day trying to get the guys to rally around me to be the offensive leader. We’re just trying to make the offense better and hopefully we can go out there this year and execute.”
Q: Are you feeling any pressure about the position you’re in?
A: “Not really. I was just telling somebody, I’d rather be in The Swamp right now playing a night game than talking to all you guys. I’ve never really gotten nervous before a football game. I don’t know what it is about me but that’s the way it’s been since peewee and high school is over. I really haven’t gotten nervous.”
Q: Word is you guys are going to be airing it out behind your big arm this season. That true?
A: “I’m definitely excited. As long as I can get the ball in the hands of the playmakers on our team, my job is easy. If we have to run the ball 100 times I’m will to do that. I’m here to win ballgames, not to promote myself as a quarterback, just to be a winner for LSU.”
Q: Are your parents still big Georgia fans?
A: “Both of my parents are more LSU fans now than Georgia fans now. That’s just because they love me and support me so much.”
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bucket
July 18th, 2012
5:40 pm
I wish Mettenberger nothing but the best, but he needs to realize God didn’t make him get thrown off the team. That was his decision and God forgave him and allowed him to have a second chance. I hope he makes the best of his playing time unless it is UGA vs LSU in the SECCG!
chavez
July 18th, 2012
5:43 pm
If god had wanted you to go to lsu, I’m pretty sure he wouldn’t have taken the sexual assault route.
cdpridg
July 18th, 2012
5:44 pm
I wish him the very best…but I dont think God had much to do with his behavoir in Valdosta Ga
Palm City Dawg
July 18th, 2012
5:45 pm
First
Palm City Dawg
July 18th, 2012
5:47 pm
We have gotta kick LSU’s Butt
Dawg Haus
July 18th, 2012
5:50 pm
Well said, bucket!
Joe T
July 18th, 2012
5:50 pm
I think the kid is saying that after the problems at Georgia happened…..God opened the door at LSU and he is doing well there. I agree totally that God didnt want him to committ a crime of sexual assault but rather….will take us when we do make a mess and work it out for us. I hope that is what he is saying at least!
Bernie Matt
July 18th, 2012
5:52 pm
Dont know about the sex charges, but from what i saw, he was better the Murray, while he was here!
TommyP
July 18th, 2012
5:55 pm
What a disgusting answer. “God had different path?” Zack, YOU chose this path. It was bad enough what you did in that bar but then you went outside and made it worse. Then you came home and lied to Richt’s face.
Guess that was God’s path for you? Geez…
Pj
July 18th, 2012
5:55 pm
This is a great kid who did an extremely immature and stupid thing. I hope you goes 12-0 and loses to uga in the title game. He will be an NFL qb in 2 years.
lil_bit1
July 18th, 2012
6:00 pm
Im glad some of you know God so well that you know how He personally deals with Zach. Thruth is, you can not say that God didn’t allow Zach’s actions just to bring him where he is now, spiritually, physically and mentally.
Jason in Gainesville
July 18th, 2012
6:01 pm
I don think he can credit or blame God for doing something so stupid to get kicked off the UGA squad. Have some responsibility for your own actions and grow up.
Game Changer
July 18th, 2012
6:01 pm
Hutson Mason is better than aaron murray but will never get to play. The canning at UGA will give Mett an opportunity to play QB at a great college and venue each week not the mention the millions now obtainable after getting away from richt and UGA.
H Mason should have transferred to VANDY, sat out this year and started the last two years giving himself a chance at Pro football. Never will happen at UGA unless AM gets hurt whcih no one wishes on any player.
J Jenkins, IS HE GOING TO BE ELGIBLE FOR 2012?
True ATL Fan
July 18th, 2012
6:01 pm
Yeah this one stings because we all know the Mettenberger is slightly better than Murray skill-wise…decision-making is still up in the air. And the whole “God chose this path” part…maybe, maybe not because he works in mysterious ways, but I don’t think making someone else a victim is God’s way of paving a path. Dude is not on our team anymore so we really shouldn’t care too much. How about some interviews with current players please.
bitter spoiled recruit
July 18th, 2012
6:02 pm
Frigg-in hypocryates———-Who hasn’t grabbed a girl in a crowed bar
sexaul assault my a$$——rumor has it her boy-friend caught her and mett messing around and
she cryed wolf—————She through mett under the bus———–women, cant live with them
————————————-cant hit em either, “O” know the cops just arrived too put me
in jail for my thoughts, mett and the dawg nation got screwed that night—–not mett
Danny G
July 18th, 2012
6:02 pm
I think God has a plan for him alright, but he might not like the results. What a piece of dung.
bitter spoiled recruit
July 18th, 2012
6:03 pm
one too many————yaa
Sam
July 18th, 2012
6:04 pm
I wonder how the victim of his sexual assault is doing?
Red Dog 77
July 18th, 2012
6:05 pm
Mettenberger has nothing on Aaron Murray skill-wise. He has a bigger arm and a height advantage. That’s it. Murray has all the tools. Unless, of course, you know more than the Manning brothers, who said as much last week.
Charlie Hayes
July 18th, 2012
6:06 pm
What a joke! God led him to where he is today. Yeah, God would really force you to do harm to a girl. Idiot. Glad CMR cut you loose. Sounds like CMR needs to cut his mom loose to. That way she can just move to LSU with her MettenBaby.
There should be a new rule. If you are thrown off a team in D1 football then you cannot ever play D1 football again. There shouldn’t be additional chances for low lifes that cannot follow the rules the first time. There are so many more kids that deserve a college scholarship but instead we give two, three, four and five chances to idots like Mettenberger, Crowell and the likes. The NCAA should step up and put a rule like this in place.
bitter spoiled recruit
July 18th, 2012
6:08 pm
@GAME CHANGER—-Hudson is the starter waiting in the wings—–murry knows this, and the pressure has already got to him in the spring game.
When murry throws 3 int’s before half time. well we will see. Sorry murry im a MASON FAN
I gave you two years
cdpridg
July 18th, 2012
6:10 pm
Charlie hayes….100 percent agreement
Yeah Doggie
July 18th, 2012
6:12 pm
I wonder if Zach likes the path God chose for his victim.
RJC
July 18th, 2012
6:13 pm
Mason is a taller Joe Cox. Brings nothing to the table. If Lemay isn’t ready to go by the time Murray leaves, it will speak volumes about him. If UGA is lucky, Murray will stay two more years, Lemay will get one or two, then Brice Ramsey will take over. If Mason finds his way into the fold, something is very wrong.
For Petes sake
July 18th, 2012
6:21 pm
Why do we have to even use the God language anyway Mett? Just keep God out of it. God has his hands feeding the poor, trying to heal the sick, and what you did was a mistake and just say I was immature, I am sorry,and I am so grateful for a second chance. Geez people, leave God alone when it comes to sports and movies and crap.
Dawglasville
July 18th, 2012
6:22 pm
Don’t know where to start. He had to go. I hope the kid learned from his mistake and is sorry for the impact he made on the young woman’s life. Go Dawgs.
Spanky
July 18th, 2012
6:25 pm
bucket, once again, spot on!!
alpha male
July 18th, 2012
6:26 pm
Next time you idiots complain and cry about how assinine Bama fans are, come back and read this blog. UGA fans are well represented here. You have got to be proud.
Pj
July 18th, 2012
6:26 pm
Some of the comments on this blog are making me sick – everybody makes mistakes and Zach made an enormous one. If we were all punished for life for something we did at 18 years old, none of us would have jobs. My family knows his, and I can tell you first hand: he is a great kid who did something colossally stupid. He paid the price, got a second chance somewhere else and has done everything right since he got it. Les Miles wouldn’t have brought him to media days if he wasn’t convinced mett had his stuff together. Glass houses people. Don’t be hypocrites.
Truth
July 18th, 2012
6:27 pm
There is no God. Everyone makes their own decisions. There is no zombie son of God either. Jesus may have lived back in the day but he wasn’t the son of God, he was a spiritual teacher. Live for today, not for the promise of a happy afterlife. What good does that do for the world we all know and live in? Not the next life some believe in.
falcon fred
July 18th, 2012
6:30 pm
Hey Charlie Hayes, that was a less than brilliant post you made at 6:06…do everyone a favor and refrain from posting nonsense again.
Destin Dawg
July 18th, 2012
6:32 pm
Mason can do it given a chance.. we might need him.. he had huge #’s at Lassitter H.S.. I ‘m sure we all made mistakes like Mett on spring Break.. I know I did .. Good luck at LSU Zach !!
falcon fred
July 18th, 2012
6:33 pm
Chip should have never allowed there to be comments on this story. Just a conduit for ignorant UGA fans to insult this kid and his family. And to think, in you idiots eyes, he was a DGD. UGA fans are the worst in the SEC, bar none.
Rationale
July 18th, 2012
6:33 pm
Bucket, well said. Does God forgive? Yes. Did He cause the stupid event that caused him to have to leave UGA? No. Within His Omniscience know how to work these things out? Definitely. Could Mettenberger have chosen a better way to say what I think he was trying to say? Without a doubt. God forgives. Go forward young man, but may you lose every game you play against UGA.
Rationale
July 18th, 2012
6:36 pm
Truth? If Jesus did not rise from the dead, then why did the Apostles testify to the fact that they knew Him after He had risen from the dead, and give them the courage to literally give up their lives for Jesus Christ, and die brutal deaths?
Ya Yak
July 18th, 2012
6:38 pm
See you guys cannot even make it into practice and UGA morons are already calling for Hutson Mason over Aaron Murray. Eating your own is the UGA way.
DP
July 18th, 2012
6:42 pm
Zach wanted to play at UGA but God told him to get drunk and sexually assault a girl at a bar. Therefore Zach wasn’t really responsible, it was just God’s plan.
Absolutely pathetic.
Truth
July 18th, 2012
6:45 pm
Rationale, because it’s a book. Were you around then? In other news, good luck to Mettenberger just not when they play UGA in the SEC championship.
GTBob
July 18th, 2012
6:49 pm
Personally, I am rooting for Mettenberger. I don’t support his actions, but Athens has the ability to change good young men for the worse. Getting out of there and getting a fresh start will be good for his life and his career.
DP
July 18th, 2012
6:55 pm
GTrollBob, so it wasn’t God who made him do it, it was Athens. Pathetic, as always.
DawgNation
July 18th, 2012
7:03 pm
Great comment bucket.
TXDAWG3
July 18th, 2012
7:04 pm
@ lil_bit1…you said “Im glad some of you know God so well that you know how He personally deals with Zach. Thruth is, you can not say that God didn’t allow Zach’s actions just to bring him where he is now, spiritually, physically and mentally.”
———-
The truth really is that any person that has read the Bible will be able to say with confidence that God had nothing to do with Mettenberger’s choice of actions. God did not make him do anything or encourage him to commit his actions.
Simply put…God could not have been involved in Mettenberger’s actions because had HE had anything to do with Mettenberger’s actions, then that would make God just as guilty. If God was guilty of doing anything wrong, then God would immediately cease being God because HE would be less than holy and perfect. Therefore, God was not involved in a sinful act.
The good news is that God is a God of forgiveness and grace. His unmerited grace extends toward everyone that asks for forgiveness of any sinful behavior. Let’s assume that Zach is genuinely sorry for his actions and has asked for God’s forgiveness. According to the Bible (God’s authoritative word), God forgives everyone that comes to Him in repentance and puts their sinful past as far as the east is from the west.
Consequently, since God has forgiven Zach Mettenberger and knowingly acts as though it has never occurred, shouldn’t the rest of us forgive the young man and hope that he moves on with his life in a positive manner? Everyone makes mistakes.
Zach has tried to move on to a new opportunity…support him…encourage him…be happy for him.
Game Changer
July 18th, 2012
7:09 pm
Funny crap on this one:
You religious freaks post some funny stuff —
@rationale – it is a bunch of short stories written by man, translated three times, many chapters left out on purpose by christians faiths, the character Jesus was missing from 12 to 30 years of age.
Is thier a God, probably, is it what all you religious make things out to fit your needs, HELL NO.
GTBobsallnightlong
July 18th, 2012
7:10 pm
Ive never seen anyone troll another board like your fruity self. Get a life.
7576DAWG
July 18th, 2012
7:11 pm
I don’t think Mettenberger meant to say it like that but it’s to bad that he had to learn the hard way. What will get you kicked off Georgia faster than anything is to lie to Richt, that’s where he draws the line. Sounds like Mett. is a lot more mature now than he was when he got into trouble but it does should like he and his family does have at least a small grudge and if that is the case neither he or his family think what he did warranted him getting kicked off. I hope he doesn’t have a sister because I still don’t hear any deep sorrowful regret. I paid my debt is all I am hearing. What he did was a felony but to keep him out of jail and Pro football the victim must have agreed to reduce the charge to a misdemeanor.
I have two daughters and I guarantee he wouldn’t be at LSU right now if he had done that to one of them. I wouldn’t have been so easy .
Game Changer
July 18th, 2012
7:14 pm
@TXDAWG4
FUNNY TALK
peachfuzz
July 18th, 2012
7:16 pm
Now ole Christian Lemay, son of a preacher, made whoopee during the time of books, then got kicked off his HS team, then got offered by UGa. All as a result of God’s divine providence.
tony
July 18th, 2012
7:18 pm
Mettenberger definately beat out Murray in that g-day and I was very disappointed that he was kicked off the team. No, God did not lead Mettenberger to do wrong no more than he led Mr Richt to kick him off the team.
Mark 2:17 On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Game Changer
July 18th, 2012
7:20 pm
guns, drug arrest, dui arrest, assault females, sexual assaults, high school blow jobs
ALL IN THE NAME OF God — FUNNY
DP
July 18th, 2012
7:23 pm
“What will get you kicked off Georgia faster than anything is to lie to Richt”
Unless my recollection is bad, Washaun Ealey hit a car in a parking lot while driving with an expired license after telling Mark Richt that he wouldn’t drive with an expired license and he didn’t get kicked off Georgia’s team until after the next season and another problem or two.
TY
July 18th, 2012
7:24 pm
Was he not dishonest with Richt when the incident first happened an the police later found out what really happened? I am certain God did not put that girl in the position so that he could later have a change in his life. What about her? Maybe she finished school and is now successful somewhere too.
Bob
July 18th, 2012
7:26 pm
Mett would still be on our team if Richt hadn’t sold his soul to that loser Aaron Murray. Of course, Richt has a habit of that.
Evaluating quarterbacks
July 18th, 2012
7:29 pm
Amusing to regularly read posts on here about how Mason should be starting over Murray.
1. We are supposed to believe Mason is a better QB, and would give UGA a better chance to win, but Richt will play Murray over him? That makes a lot of sense.
2. Forgive me for thinking someone who has coached two Heisman QBs, the one time winningest QB in the college game, and the #1 NFL draft choice, may actually know a little more about evaluating that position than some guy posting on an AJC blog.
K Conway
July 18th, 2012
7:29 pm
The kid is a loser!
Joe
July 18th, 2012
7:35 pm
Which Heisman quarterbacks did Bobo Coach?
Bob
July 18th, 2012
7:36 pm
@Evaluating…how many games involving top 20 teams has Murray won? The game has passed Richt by or why have we stuggled with all of our top 10 recruiting classes?
James
July 18th, 2012
7:41 pm
I guess Ealey telling Richt he would not drive without licenses before he actually did is a little different than Mett not coming forward with the truth to start with. A little different situation with both incidences. Wow some on here are really in a judgemental mode. I am glad they are not God and make decisions about our lives.
Joe
July 18th, 2012
7:48 pm
God made Mett channel David Copafeel.
hey bucket
July 18th, 2012
7:52 pm
we wont really know if god forgave him or not until he plays uga.
if lsu wins than god forgave him. if lsu loses that god did not forgive him.
players on both sides pray for victory but only one side can win. if god didnt take sides than there would be ties.
AJS
July 18th, 2012
7:54 pm
I love all the God experts. Sometimes, when you down, God help you up. A lot of kids have done far worse deeds. Not being an expert on God I do know he forgives. It’s hard for some to show forgiveness but I kind of think when they are down they have a different point of view. Support the kid and let him play a GAME!
falcon fred
July 18th, 2012
7:56 pm
Don’t think it is a requirement that you be a total dumb a$$ to be a UGA fan, but it certainly doesn’t seem to hurt any. What a pathetic bunch of losers. This particular blog sets it in stone.
Brainiac(CMR/UGA fan for life)
July 18th, 2012
8:05 pm
@ Red Dawg 77(6:05pm post)
Damn good post Bro!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DirtyDawg
July 18th, 2012
8:07 pm
Falcon Fred…if you had a daughter and a loudmouth, drunk, punk sexually assaulted her, how would you feel about young Mr Mettenberger’s coppin the God’s Will angle? Cause if she were my daughter the kid’s Dad would have had my a$$ to whip. As for his lying to his coaches, clearly that’s got as much to do with his being gone as anything else. And I still say that any player that’s dismissed from an SEC member school for ’cause’ – like his kid and like Cam Newton – should have to serve more of a penalty than if they had simply transferred and sat out a year, and that all the other members should honor at least a two year ban.
Mike
July 18th, 2012
8:11 pm
I agree with Joe_T. God did not choose this exact path for him, and to say that is totally incorrect. We are given free will to choose in life. To understate the obvious, Zach made the wrong choice that led to his dismissal from UGA, a dismissal that was absolutely justified and correct. Its not the choice God wanted him to make. After that fact, God has not given up on Zach, and may very well have opened this door for him to turn things around at LSU.
Thats the thing about God’s grace. No matter how many bad choices we make or how severe they are, He never gives up on us and always opens a new door. Hopefully Zach learned from his mistakes, and will grow into the man God wants him to be.
AltamahaDawg
July 18th, 2012
8:14 pm
And how much did you see Bernie mack? Did you see the first Gday game where he failed to complete a forward pass not to the defense, or the second one where he was scripted against the second team on purpose to help his chances of getting a new gig? or did you see all those practises where the reports were, he wasn’t the best?
rabblerabble
July 18th, 2012
8:14 pm
Zach went to Valdosta Georgia on spring break and sexually assaulted the bartender, then he got tossed out from Flip Flops and gave the cop his fake id. where was god that night?
Brainiac(CMR/UGA fan for life)
July 18th, 2012
8:15 pm
@ Hey bucket:
You don:t know when/if/why GOD forgives or not nor do any of those praising/blaming/questioning GOD!!!!!!
When we die it is over……………………………..PERMANENTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GOD doesn’i have time to get involved in football with 6,000,000,000 folks on Planet Earth to watch over and that doesn’t include any other inhabited planets we are not aware of.
Just treat your fellowman as you would like to be treated and all will be well………………………………on our planet…………………….until you die which is the final event forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bitter spoiled recruit
July 18th, 2012
8:16 pm
jesus freaks and a batch of nay sayers—————–hypo’s
————–God I love collage football, God thanks for making me better than—–most—-TROLLS
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
LakeDawg
July 18th, 2012
8:20 pm
I may be mistaken, but I don’t think God told him to go into Flip Flops in Remerton and put his hands in that girl’s clothes………
@Game Changer- one day you will find that you are wrong and it will not be so funny. Eternity is a long time.
AltamahaDawg
July 18th, 2012
8:20 pm
How ever many games Murray has lost , BOB, losing MORE games with a less capable QB is a pretty stupid way to address that.
Brainiac(CMR/UGA fan for life)
July 18th, 2012
8:23 pm
@ Mike:
Will you blame/credit GOD if Zach acquires an injury that ends his football career or meets an untimely death??? Hopefully he does well and becomes an NFL QB but why would you want to blame/credit GOD for EVERY event in EVERY life on this planet???
LakeDawg
July 18th, 2012
8:24 pm
God forgives but there are still consequences, i.e. King David.
And I would bet the farm that none of these “give the kid a break” folks have daughters; as omeone said earlier, if it had been MY daughter (who knows the victim) Mett would be in jail right now.
put me in coach
July 18th, 2012
8:25 pm
I get angry whenever I read about this guy starting at LSU. Then everyone is all over CMR for the discipline problems at UGA but for the 2nd year in a row LSU will start a QB that has had problems in their past. The Gators have problems because Urban had no discipline.
LakeDawg
July 18th, 2012
8:26 pm
Brainiac- try to get your arms around the concept of ETERNITY- FOREVER- NO END OF TIME.
You are placing a major bet on your beliefs-
Kyle
July 18th, 2012
8:32 pm
And I guess God made you sexually harass that poor co-ed because ultimately he knew Georgia wasn’t right for you and LSU was where you belonged?! Whatever Zach
HABDAWG
July 18th, 2012
8:32 pm
God is real and he loves everyone of you. Hope Z. Mettt has his act together and wish him the best except when he plays Georgia.
By the way GOD could care less about who wins a football game. His only concern is how each one will spend eternity, in heaven or hell!!!! He created us and loves us so much that he sent his son Jesus to die for us while we were yet sinners and anyone one who beleives in him shall be saved. That’s all there is to it.
Brainiac(CMR/UGA fan for life)
July 18th, 2012
8:33 pm
@ Dirty Dawg:
Well said BRO and you forgot to include Isaiah Crowell. I guess UGA will be playing against Crowell in a year or two but Crowell very likely will suffer some financial loss if he makes it to the NFL because they do a lot of background checks on people that will be making big bucks.
Unless Crowell stays sweeky clean his signing bonas will be approximately the same as my son’s allowance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
iWonder
July 18th, 2012
8:37 pm
How good would a Joe Cox UGA team be with this defense?
Brainiac(CMR/UGA fan for life)
July 18th, 2012
8:40 pm
@ Lake Dawg:
Thanks BRO but I’m not trying to UNCONVERT ANYBODY. I try to live my life as I think it should be lived and respect the right of others to beleive as they like. I just happen to beleive that when you die it is 100& over.
Have you ever communicated with anyone after their death???
falcon fred
July 18th, 2012
8:41 pm
Well DirtyDawg, guess you would have gotten your a$$ beat. Leave the kid alone. He’s got a crystal football to worry about, not the feelings of some fat, bib-overall wearin, toothless idiot Georgia fans.
mgdawg
July 18th, 2012
8:43 pm
I don’t think it was God’s plan for you to molest a girl.
Next, Mettenberger did play better then murray in a spring game, but that was a spring game. So many people on here act like mettenberger has proven something already, he hasn’t. I forgot who it was, but stafford got outplayed in the spring game one year and he was the first pick in the NFL draft. Look at Murray’s numbers facing SEC defenses, with a horrendous running game and offensive line. Mettenberger may have a great season, but at this point he has not proven a thing to me.
Delbert D.
July 18th, 2012
8:43 pm
Strange stuff on this blog.
Nachos: certified power drinker
July 18th, 2012
8:52 pm
uhhh was it god’s plan to have him do keg stands at TALLADEGA???
JB
July 18th, 2012
8:53 pm
I feel about Aaron Murray like I did when Bobo was starting. I’ll support him, and root for him, but I’m ready to click over to a better Qb at UGA. He has proved over and over to implode at points during a game that usually cost us big. Maybe he’ll show us this year. Maybe he’ll beat a good football team.
Brainiac(CMR/UGA fan for life)
July 18th, 2012
8:55 pm
@ Evaluating Quarterbacks:
Yours, sir, is by far the best post EVER on a UGA related blog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please notice that some of the idiots you were referring to had no idea you were referring to CMR but instead thought you were referring to CMB. They should not be allowed outside without adult supervision!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why would GOD make so many complete fools???????????????????????
Nobody believes CMR is NOT a GOOD person but they pretend to believe CMR would risk losing his and his staff’s jobs just because he likes one player better than another is so incredibly stupid it makes you wonder if GOD spends too much time with the rest of the 6 million earth inhabitants!!!!!!!!!
GATOR SLAYER
July 18th, 2012
8:59 pm
THE DOGS KICKED HIM OFF FOR A VERY GOOD REASON. IF IT HAD BEEN MY DAUGHTER,HE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN TROUBLE AND HIS FOOTBALL CAREER OVER.
iWonder
July 18th, 2012
9:01 pm
@Evaluating quarterbacks
3. Richt also made platooning QBs mainstream by correctly assessing that Shockley deserved to see the field even with Greene being solid. Dude does know what he’s doing with QBs for the most part.
Brainiac(CMR/UGA fan for life)
July 18th, 2012
9:02 pm
@ Dirty Dawg:
Let’s all hope and pray to GOD that Falcon Fred has not, nor will he ever, reproduce!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Falcon Fred = Loser = Single Digit IQ = Zero!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JB
July 18th, 2012
9:02 pm
No way Richt could of kept Mett around. Lot of hype for him without winning even getting his jock on correctly yet. Big difference in 7 on 7 passing drills vs a real SEC defense coming at you with 90,000 screaming at you, National TV and the game on the line.
Nimrod Dawg
July 18th, 2012
9:02 pm
Nice interview Chip. I liked the one about the Georgia gear.
I dropped my fried twinkie
July 18th, 2012
9:03 pm
He sounds like he wants to move on and try to not be the Person the Blog Haters(me too LOL) that pushed him to the side.
There are very few people I would never give a second chance if you do it right. MV7 is a person I will Never forgive his actions.
I hope his Dad beat the crap out of him for treating a lady with so little class.
bitter spoiled recruit
July 18th, 2012
9:05 pm
Its a football blog idiots———–Dont Take a trip to the middle east if your in search of God—!!!!
That place will allow a person to aquire the ability to forgive————-
Far worse in life than gropp-in a co-ed
Brainiac(CMR/UGA fan for life)
July 18th, 2012
9:06 pm
@ Falcon Fred:
That is NOT UGA FANS you are looking at. It’s a mirror you lowlife!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JB
July 18th, 2012
9:06 pm
I will say that LSU with a stud big arm QB with moxie is scary.
Jefferson Davis Hogg
July 18th, 2012
9:10 pm
Good read. I often think of how things would have panned out had Mett stayed on the right path. My thinking is he would be our starting QB and next potential NFL QB prospect. I do believe he would have beat AM out eventually and really think he already did. Best of luck to ZM. I think he will set records at LSU. Hopefully, or maybe not, to see you in the SEC championship game..
Brainiac(CMR/UGA fan for life)
July 18th, 2012
9:11 pm
@ Bob:
Give it a rest or better yet just STFU!!!!!!
You are dumb enough to be triplets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dawg89
July 18th, 2012
9:14 pm
Why can’t people be happy that a kid made the best of the bad situation that he created? What do you want him to say in an interview with a UGA beat writer? Would you be happy if he failed? If so, that says something about you. He was punished by the criminal justice system for the crime he committed and now he has worked hard to move on. Get over it.
DaveDawg
July 18th, 2012
9:14 pm
This hate for Mett makes me sick. His dream was to b e a DAWG. He committed to UGA in high school and never wavered. One disputed “grab” in Valdosta ended all of it. But we all know that 100% of accusations made by drinking college girls are accurate and small town cops never seek attention with trumped up charges. Even if the accusation was completely true, is it worth losing all of that? No. This was life-changing and likely still hurts. The haters are showing their ignorant, HYPOCRITICAL backsides on this one. Show some class.
bucket
July 18th, 2012
9:20 pm
For those of you who hate Murrary, Mettenberger had as much to do with him being entrenched as the UGA qb as anyone. In Murray’s 2 seasons as the starter the Dawgs have started 1-4 and 0-2. Those starts weren’t all Murray’s fault, but Richt would have tried a popular and qualified Mettenberger to give the team a boost. If Murray struggles this year I believe that LeMay or Mason will get a chance. As a Dawg fan I hope Murray has a great year because that will be good for UGA, but I also hope that LeMay gets some playing time.
Brainiac(CMR/UGA fan for life)
July 18th, 2012
9:23 pm
@ Bitter:
I am a fan of yours but please sober up long enough to read “Evaluating quarterbacks” 7:29pm post!!!!!!
He nailed it perfectly!!!!!!
Keep up the good work on the trolls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bitter spoiled recruit
July 18th, 2012
9:26 pm
Well said@david dawg—————hypo’s are out in full force
bitter spoiled recruit
July 18th, 2012
9:31 pm
Back at yaa—-Brainiac—–The truth can be a hard thang to take in
Good luck zack———I think I will go bar hopp-in, and spank a little a$$—–hahahaha
Game Changer
July 18th, 2012
9:31 pm
@bucket
I dont agree — we are stuck with A Murray no matter what.
Rabid Dawg'84
July 18th, 2012
9:34 pm
Gamechanger and Truth
If you haven’t received salvation in Jesus Christ and read your Holy Bible good bit, then you should not speak in ignorance about God and just talk about football. I like talking football, but knowing God and being confident in eternity in heaven is the most important thing. You, like us all will bow down someday and say, “Jesus is Lord!” Hopefully, though, you will know God’s love for you before death so you’re not eternally seperated form God and burning in hell. No business more serious than that.
Ex-contributer
July 18th, 2012
9:37 pm
I hope that UGA and LSU meet while M is LSU’s QB, and I hope he beats Richt’s brains out on the field. Poetic justice. Richt should have pulled his scholarship for a year but should have given him the option of a second chance if he, Mettenberger, acknowledged his disgusting behavior, expressed remorse for his actions and promised to walk the straight and narrow. If not, then kick him off. I do not condone what he did, but I believe in a second chance. Richt has overlooked a lot in his tenure at UGA. Seems Richt has only “seen the light” the past few years.
bitter spoiled recruit
July 18th, 2012
9:38 pm
@game C and brainaic——I too have seen and understand evlauating QB’s—–FACTS
DAVID GREEN –VS–AARON MURRY—————NO CONTEST
Green proved early in his carrer than he could win the big game————JUST FACTS
Ole Big Dawg
July 18th, 2012
9:41 pm
What about Crowell? I am sure it was gods plan as well
bitter spoiled recruit
July 18th, 2012
9:52 pm
When Coach richt was in collage at Miami, he never fondled his wife butt when they were dating
the entire Miami team in the early 1980’s were sexual predators
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Be a Man about it
July 18th, 2012
9:54 pm
I love him but….
He made a mistake… Good Luck….. etc etc
crazy how the tone changes when it’s a non-white person committing the crime.
saldiven
July 18th, 2012
9:58 pm
Mr. Mettenberger,
God had nothing to do with you being in a bar while you were below the drinking age and choosing to sexually assault a woman. God didn’t choose your path; you did.
saldiven
July 18th, 2012
10:01 pm
Um, “Ex-contributer,” Mettenberger should have gotten jail time and should have been required to register as a sex offender. You really think that a head coach had any other choice? Richt would have been pilloried if he hadn’t dismissed Metenberger.
bitter spoiled recruit
July 18th, 2012
10:02 pm
IT took awhile but that –OLE FATEFUL —-RACE CARD showed up
————hahahahaha—-if the glove dont fit—–you must aquite
duronimo
July 18th, 2012
10:03 pm
The God Mettenburger has created, fits nicely into his life.
bitter spoiled recruit
July 18th, 2012
10:04 pm
@saldiven the====aka——dick, dude go F—K yourself——–jonny good do-err
TampaGator
July 18th, 2012
10:11 pm
Kierkeguaard would strongly disagree with this kid’s view of God’s will in his life…..as in….one’s path in life is of one’s own choosing and making. Young man…..you are personally responsible for the harm to someone you did….it is that simple. You messed up. You were given a break and a new opportunity. Just shut up and make the most of it. And I hope you will give the person of your past a lof of your future NFL money…….if you have the WILL to do so.
Dawgforever
July 18th, 2012
10:16 pm
Just shows the type of morals and team leadership they have at LSU. Anything for a win.
mack
July 18th, 2012
10:19 pm
Agreed Saldiven.
beanster
July 18th, 2012
10:22 pm
I am pretty sure this article is the definition of blasphemy. Mettenberger sounds like TD Jakes or Creflo Dollar or Benny Hinn or some other crazy lunatic making up ideas to fit an agenda.
Here’s hoping that God and football are kept separate on these blogs from here on out.
I agree with Delbert. This is really weird. Creepy weird.
jimmie
July 18th, 2012
10:23 pm
hope he gets what he gave..or a snapped patella on his first play would be okay too
Dawg in Napa
July 18th, 2012
10:23 pm
What a tool, sorry, but what a tool. I hope him all the worst. Bad sportsmanship my @ss. The guy gets booted for 2 accounts of sexual assault and he hasn’t dwelled on that event at all? Screw the pun comment about “God’s path”, the fact that it was just another day in the life of Mr. Mettenberger is like our boy Isaiah saying the holy spirit filed off the serial number to his luger and he’d hot box that car all over again.
Damn Richt, we really are starting to own the Fulmer Cup. For every 3 class acts, we recruit a total bone head.
Be a Man about it
July 18th, 2012
10:24 pm
Dear AJC… Please change to a Facebook log in system so people can stand behind their posts
Delbert D.
July 18th, 2012
10:25 pm
TampaGator – I think they are too young to know the difference. The amygdala isn’t fully formed until the late 20s. Most people have dropped the Easter Bunny well before then, though.
Awesome
July 18th, 2012
10:27 pm
Leave it to UGA fans to find fault with a player that didn’t work out at UGA…doesn’t matter what the reason is. Whether it’s Crowell, Caleb King, or some recruit that didn’t choose UGA, UGA fans will always be there to have something negative to say.
This kid made a mistake…he paid for it…and apparently is trying to get his life straight. Of course, you are going to pick his words apart and have something bad to say.
Keep it classy UGA fans.
Delbert D.
July 18th, 2012
10:27 pm
@10:24pm “Dear AJC… Please change to a Facebook log in system so people can stand behind their posts”
The word directly from the horses’ mouths is that they are working on it.
Dawg in Napa
July 18th, 2012
10:30 pm
Hey Awesome, don’t stick yourself out in the public eye if you can’t handle the heat. No lack of class is having an opinion. Have fun watching Tech lose to UGA for the 12th time in 13 years.
Awesome
July 18th, 2012
10:32 pm
Napa…of course you would think I am a Tech fan….sorry to disappoint you, but I’m not. Might not want to make assumptions.
And I don’t think the kid said anything about not being able to take the heat. I guess you think that sounded cool when you said it, but it makes no sense.
WTF
July 18th, 2012
10:33 pm
Awesome YOU WOULD NOT NO CLASS IF IT HIT YOU IN THE FACE
Awesome
July 18th, 2012
10:39 pm
WTF…and it certainly won’t on this site either…I mean geez, just look at you screenname. Thanks for making my point.
Fan
July 18th, 2012
10:44 pm
Mason would be the starter if he was better than Murray – he is not. He is going to redshirt this year so he will have eligibility after Murray is gone. Maybe he can beat out Lemay, maybe not!
zbulldawg
July 18th, 2012
10:53 pm
Best of luck to you young man ! I do hope there is a rematch with ya’ll this year. Not because of you & because that would mean ya’ll kicked Bama’s butt ! Their fans have no class & they think that they arew above the rest of the SEC. Les Miles is a class man & the LSU fans are too ! But you know when & if you line up against your ole buddies THEY ARE GOING TO EAT YOUR TIGER A – - UP !!!!
USA today editor
July 18th, 2012
10:54 pm
Pitiful dawg fans like Adawg, dawgster, Ryan ,7576 dawg all make UGa sound like they are the dominant team in the league and are among the best in the nation. They talk about good CMR is and the SEC titles and Eastern division titles but yet none of happened in the past five years with the exception of the “gift” given to them by the SEC schedule makers and even them they lost EVERY game that meant something. Boise, USC, LSU, MSU all put the doggie pups back on the hind teat.
Where are the BCS titles, where are the BCS CG appearances. UGA cannot win the outback bowl, or even Liberty Bowl. And now we find out that CMR is so desperate he is allowing drug test failures to play against Missouri.
CMR and UGA fans are desperate and those are the real facts.
Everything else you guys do to make yourself feel and look better is just entire baloney which is what you deserve to be eating after the last three years.
Cmdawg99
July 18th, 2012
10:55 pm
He said, ” riiiiiight,not here you don’t “
Russell
July 18th, 2012
11:02 pm
You know what, i am tired of all these jocks bringing god into their sports lives. Praise god for allowing me to be so great… Praise god for allowing me to score that touchdown. It was god;s plan for us to win that game. God willed me to get that MVP trophy…BS. Over 20,000 children die every day in this world. God doesn’t give a crap about how good a fooball player you are. He’s a little busy with other things believe it or not.
Larry Bird
July 18th, 2012
11:03 pm
Here we go
UkidingME
July 18th, 2012
11:03 pm
Funny how soon some forget … what did he do … mabye that girl was’nt tellin all And maybe he learned he could get way with it like like BIG BEN did … footballer HUH and it LSU right A match made in heaven ….
cdpridg
July 18th, 2012
11:09 pm
Dont worry fellas…tomorrow is UGA’s day. We should have nothing but positive news to talk about tomorrow in relation to the Dawgs.
zbulldawg
July 18th, 2012
11:11 pm
GOD didn’t have any thing to do with what you did !! That’s a big dumb JOKE !! You done it then lied about it PERIOD !! UGA didn’t have any chioce but to cut you loose !
chalkdawg4
July 18th, 2012
11:12 pm
Hated to see him go. I was at the Spring game right before his troubles and he was obviously better than Murray. If he was still here he would be the starter by now. damn, damn, damn, -(Credits given to Florida)
Poor dawg fans
July 18th, 2012
11:12 pm
@dawgforever- so LSU will do anything to win a national championship, but everyday the papers and t.v. leads the news with Georgia Bulldogs being arrested. He’s at LSU because he knows that in all likelihood he’s either going to win a championship or be a runner up for a championship year end and year out. In case you forgot LSU has won two championships the last couple of years and was the national championship runner up this past year. Oh any by the way, LSU is loaded again this year and predicted to play for a national championship again this year. One other thing, didn’t LSU carved your dawgs up in the south eastern conference championship game this past season. As a tech fan, I see why your team never win at anything.
Cman
July 18th, 2012
11:28 pm
Understand the second chance thing, however, there are so many unseen recruits that never even get a first chance and have to walk on or go the Juco route. I hope he does well so it doesn’t waste anyone elses chance.
cdpridg
July 18th, 2012
11:33 pm
poor dawg fan…..”as a tech fan” I would have kept that to myself
wes
July 18th, 2012
11:33 pm
Way to use God as a shield, “bro”.
Pretty sure those girls thought it was “funny” too. GEEZUS H!!!!!
SEC is a joke full of idiots. History keeps repeating itself.
Congratulations on all the accolades. Y’all have certainly earned it by whoring out the most worthless human beings on the planet.
Good job.
I dropped my fried twinkie
July 18th, 2012
11:40 pm
TampaGator
July 18th, 2012
10:11 pm
Kierkeguaar
________________________
You are almost making this like a TECH blog late at night after the Childish comments subside and people act like Adult discussing STUFF and not just football.
I dropped my fried twinkie
July 18th, 2012
11:42 pm
dropped the Easter Bunny
LMMFAO Delbert!!!!!!!!!!!!
That was a classic.
Wow
July 18th, 2012
11:44 pm
So let me get this straight. You can assault a female or rape them (roethlisberger), apologize and ask God for forgiveness and not go to jail but mike Vick has to go TO JAIL, testify before PETA, and go through the 100 step program and he still can’t get a PUPPY?!?!?
N word PLEASE!!!!
Dawg Whisperer
July 18th, 2012
11:48 pm
Some of you Tekkies are consumed with UGA. We understand… it’s great to be a Georgia Bulldog. All those hate-filled comments bounced off a satelite and were rearranged. What you meant to say was “how about them dawgs!!!!”
pbt dawg fan
July 18th, 2012
11:51 pm
@poor dog fan
When our team wins a BCS bowl game than you can talk. Its funny how TECH fans always uses other teams to argue against UGA why can’t you use TECH.
morn
July 18th, 2012
11:54 pm
another criminal in the sec who’ve thunk?
Chuck
July 18th, 2012
11:55 pm
As a Georgia fan I can still be ticked off that Mett’s immaturity and poor decision-making cost me the chance to see a great QB talent play for my team, and that even worse, I know have to watch a rival club scoop him up and use those talents AGAINST my team.
It the same with Vick – as a Falcons fan it still ticks me off to watch him play against my team. He’s a gifted, exciting talent that screwed me out of the chance to watch him lead my team to great things.
And then both of them have the nerve to play up some vendetta, as if their departure had nothing to do with their own idiocy.
College football's premiere program
July 18th, 2012
11:56 pm
I don’t even understand why Mett was discussing UGA. The dawgs are irrelevant and I think everyone knows they are a paper dawg after LSU’s 32 pt win last year and a loss to a middling big 10 team in a bowl game. What they should have been asking him about was the national championship game Nov. 3rd against Alabama. Or at least the Arkansas game. Lets get back to living in the real world folks.
pbt dawg fan
July 18th, 2012
11:57 pm
Game Changer
Name a starting QB in the NFL from LSU, or who has been coach under les miles. UGA runs pro style offense that helps QB’S get ready for the NFL. Have you ever seen an LSU QB change a play at the line of scirmmiage.
Keep wishing little puppies that you can beat LSU
July 18th, 2012
11:57 pm
cause all you rednecks have is hope…LSU owns you…fact….
I dropped my fried twinkie
July 18th, 2012
11:58 pm
I thought I’d be at Georgia now. But that’s not how God wanted it. That’s not the path he had for me.
___________________________________________________________________
I think the DEVIL was the one that lead your LIL MettBurger to do what you did to that lady: not GOD.
Q: Doesn’t your mom go to all the Georgia games?
A: “She hasn’t been to a Georgia game since I left.”
______________________________________________
Does your mom still go visit your ex-girlfriend and take her to lunch and just enjoy time together?
WTF kind of question was that? His MOM(if she still gets tickets) sells them for money to send to Zach.
Q: Are your parents still big Georgia fans?
A: “Both of my parents are more LSU fans now than Georgia fans now. That’s just because they love me and support me so much.”
__________________________________________________
Your dad is in the Army so does he LOVE serving under O’Bama? What a dumb question. My parents don’t support the prez or the war but they are always in my corner.
Terry
July 18th, 2012
11:59 pm
Mettenberger, how do you know it wasn’t Satan’s plan for you? Have you ever heard of permissive will?
I dropped my fried twinkie
July 19th, 2012
12:02 am
pbt dawg fan….don’t toot that UGa QB horn too much. Bobo and Richt didn’t teach Stafford anything past his freshman year.
Who are ALL those great UGa NFL QB’s?
Fran T. who thinks Richt is a JOKE
Q. Carter? You really want to claim him?
M. Stafford who finally played a full season and has the best WR in the NFL in 20 years.
Dawg '88
July 19th, 2012
12:13 am
Keep wishing little puppies that you can beat LSU:
Get a clue. UGA hung 52 on your boys in your own stadium last time in that dump. Then you were dominated in the first half of the SECC game until UGA shot itself in the foot. Les Miles is only 2-2 vs. UGA. One title win…one loss. Last time LSU was in Athens, UGA was having a bad year. It still took a phatom penalty to get you the win. Dominant? Owns UGA?
Thats not ownership ignoramous. Don’t let facts get in the way though.
Fidlin1
July 19th, 2012
12:13 am
Zach, this is God. Go Dogs! WOOF WOOF!!
Go Blue
July 19th, 2012
12:14 am
I too was trying to think of UGA QB’s in the NFL and could only think of Stafford but I am very happy he is with the Lions. Stafford had as much talent as any coming out of high school and was very good at UGA but was not utilized to his full potential. Hope that he is able to stay healthy again this season because him and megatron are a good combo. Stafford knows if he has any doubt at all, just throw it up his way and tron is usually going to come up with the catch.
wreckmaniac
July 19th, 2012
12:15 am
UGA fans talk one minute about how they need more 5 stars than they have and then complain that one 5 star (Murray) beats out another ( Mason) while another ( Mettenberger) is kicked off the team. And then they later find out that the 5 stars they have end up creating a good but not great team. Clue: The perfection they seek is never going to happen.
Dawg '88
July 19th, 2012
12:16 am
Hey twinkie or is it twinkle toes….Tarkenton didn’t say Richt was a joke. He said that he needed to improve and not let faith get in the way of his coaching. Which was insulting to say….you want to hitch your wagon to that?
And lastly…we got rid of a sexual perpetrator. Your wonderful school saw wins and compromised its ethics and took him in. Great decision.
wreckmaniac
July 19th, 2012
12:21 am
I read this blog because I always find top-notch stupidity and irrelevance. Today it turned into sunday school. These readers can always find another way to make fools of themselves. If I wanted a sermon, I certainly would not come here to find it.
C from Marietta
July 19th, 2012
12:27 am
Is this really front page worthy article? Who gives a fork!?
Dawg '88
July 19th, 2012
12:28 am
Why is there a picture of ZM on the Georgia part of the ajc?
This isn’t a Georgia story…its an LSU story. Pathetic to still try and take shots at UGA. Why doesn’t the ajc just quit covering UGA? You guys despise them anyway. Always looking for the negative. Gutless.
Hap Hines
July 19th, 2012
12:37 am
I scrolled through the Q & A because I don’t care what this piece of sh&@ has to say. How can LSU trot out this piece of human trash for Media Day? I guess if you can throw a football and pull out the “God” card it doesn’t matter how much of a disgusting piece of crap you are. See Michael Vick.
Go Blue
July 19th, 2012
12:41 am
Hap I am surprised they took him to the circus called media days as well. Dawg ‘88 when a UGA beat reporter from a Georgia paper asks question after question about UGA I guess it becomes a story that would appear on the UGA page of the Georgia paper.
Ya Yak
July 19th, 2012
12:42 am
Inbred UGA fans are so predictable. ‘ We do not need him” , “do not say anything(even if true) negative about my dawgs”. UGA fans need to learn how they fit into the big picture of big time college football, middle to lower half of the top 50.
greg
July 19th, 2012
1:29 am
Unfortunately, any “touching” no matter insignificant, even the slightest rub of the shoulder, can construed battery if you have a heartless “victim”, and bloodthirsty prosecutor ready to convict a well known athlete.
the truth
July 19th, 2012
1:35 am
At no point did he say “God made me commit sexual battery in order to lead me in a different direction.” I think many of you need to say an extra prayer in church on Sunday and ask God for the ability to read and comprehend with more clarity.
I dropped my fried twinkie
July 19th, 2012
1:38 am
ZACK kicked 35:55minute Murray’s butt in the Spring Game but Water Girl Kisser didn’t see it. ZACK was like 99.99% of the drunk A-hole Males in Athens but the problem is ZACK didn’t do it to a Drunk Fake Blonde White Chick at the Plantation & College of Georgia. He would still be at UGa and still be like MASON….sitting behind MURRAY the Joke. MURRAY the NEXT Bozo/Goof. Win games against the bad teams and stay at UGa getting a CHECK for being a JOKE the rest of his life. WOOF WOOF DGD DGD DGD.
Zackmeister
July 19th, 2012
4:37 am
Zach is ten times the player that Aaron Murray is.
Blake
July 19th, 2012
4:39 am
Yeah, I don’t believe God had anything to do with him getting arrested for sexual assault. I’m not sure that was God’s plan for him. He can thank God for getting a second chance at a national power like LSU, but ignorance got him booted out of UGA.
Addison
July 19th, 2012
4:45 am
Yeah god wanted you to violate that girl by sticking your hand up her skirt. Good call Zach lol
Blake
July 19th, 2012
4:46 am
It’s funny how everyone says Zach is better than Murray. They base it on him throwing a couple of TDs in a spring game against a second string defense in a new system. When he throws for 59 TDs and over 6,000 yds in two seasons I might want to give your argument some merrit. Right now let’s just enjoy what we have, and what that is, is the soon to be most prolific passer in school history. Check the numbers. I don’t want to hear about his record either. Freshmen season’s can be thrown out record wise. If he blows it this season, then you can call it whatever you want. I personally think we’re fortunate to have a talent like Murray.
Rationale
July 19th, 2012
4:50 am
Truth, no, I was not around then. However, historians and archaeologists have used “The Book” for guides to find many historical places that previous archaeologists had given up on finding, by using the Book of Acts to locate these now buried historical evidence that The Book is true. By the way, the Bible is a collection of letter, of first hand witnesses to the fact that they knew Jesus. Read the first verses if Luke, John, 1st John to read their first hand comments.
Blake
July 19th, 2012
4:58 am
Ya Yak,
You are as clueless as they come. UGA has a preseason rank of #6 and have finished ranked in every season with the exception of two for the last 15 years. UGA is one top jobs in college football. YOU need to look at the big picture.
Meat loaf&Gravy
July 19th, 2012
5:15 am
Ah he found God is so nice…But use name in vain Mettenberger enjoy oh stay away from Bars at LSU are u next sexual charges for rapein a 12 year old….U just like Pennstate coach u soon be arrested n kick off Ncaa ….This sends great message to folks hey its okay to rape someone now…Sorry LSU this will backfire when learn he done this more then one time…He be kicked off LSU team soon! No care for sexual abuser on any college team….
Seriously?
July 19th, 2012
6:16 am
“But that’s not how God wanted it. That’s not the path he had for me.”
So it was God that made him grope that young girl, leading to his well-deserved exit from UGA? Wow… haven’t heard that excuse before.
M
July 19th, 2012
6:21 am
He should NOT be allowed to play vs. UGA.
steve
July 19th, 2012
6:21 am
Just another Born Again, playing too many years without a helmet, a part of “God’s plan”.
Hairy Dog 78
July 19th, 2012
6:26 am
What a JERK! I don’t think God told him to sexual assault anyone!
“But that’s not how God wanted it. That’s not the path he had for me. So I’ve dealt with the adversity and I think I’ve handled myself pretty well. So I’ve just got to keep working every day to better myself as a player and a person.”
Russell
July 19th, 2012
6:31 am
I’m amazed how god is absent in solving world problems like starvation, wickedness, and tyranny,etc, yet he is personally involved in minute nonsense in making sure little johnny gets on the right path after being arrested…Obviously god is more interested in sports and Athletes, he seems to always be involved with them…
usrtth0
July 19th, 2012
6:57 am
God had nothing to do with the sexual assault and really he should be in jail instead of being the starting QB at LSU. It just goes to prove that if you have talent, there will always be someone who will let you play…totally disgusting.
dap01
July 19th, 2012
6:58 am
Zach is stupid. God’s plan was not to make bad decisions in a bar while drunk.
God can make the best of a situation but Mettenburg chose that stupid path.
Breadfan
July 19th, 2012
6:59 am
God does not choose anything you do. he has no control whatsoever over what you do. It’s nothing but a crutch, for all of you “so called christens” to fall back on. You hide behind the bible to cover your mistakes because it gives it a reason, albeit a twisted one. I grew up in the Christen church and this is what I have observed over many years. Lets get down to the human fact here. YOU are responsible for what you do. No one makes you sexually take advantage of another, only to make it a path to redemption. I completely understand why you don’t come home to Oconee to much, as it is a small town and there are many people who are not too happy with you still. It would be nice if the young upcoming “stars” would realize that they should behave, or at least learn to behave and use their gifts wisely.
Jeff
July 19th, 2012
7:01 am
I’m glad for second chances. I hope he makes the most of it. I hope the lady in Valdosta can get past that event and move on to better things. Hopefully God is in both their lives.
Game Changer
July 19th, 2012
7:21 am
@ALL
Murray, Mett, Mason — Who is the best of the three
After 2 years of Murray I can honestly say that he is no better than average QB in the SEC, definitely not a winner or leader:
Murray == short, weak arm, poor timing, poor decisions, not smart
Mason == tall, great timing, better than average arm strength, good decisions, very smart
Mett == tall, better than average timing, very strong arm, better than avg decisions, avg smarts
2012, failure will rest on the shoulders of the UGA qb JUST AS THE FAILURE OF 09, 10, 11.
Doug
July 19th, 2012
7:41 am
Given his arrest record, he should fit in well at LSU. I am suprised Crowell didn’t transfer there!
GT
July 19th, 2012
7:44 am
If LSU wins with this guy it is coaching and it says something about Georgia’s coaching. If they can take his and beat him with it which I think will happen, Zach Mettenberger actually got promoted. This is really a study in what is going on at Georgia if it plays out like I think it will. Georgia has better talent than anybody they go on a field this year and most years. They get out coached.
VADAWG
July 19th, 2012
7:50 am
@ Game Changer, I didn’t realize you were a QB coach, were do you get your assessment of Mett, all those quality opponents he faced in the JUCO ranks. I am not saying Mett want be a stellar QB for the Tigers but let him take a snap in the SEC first.
Ray
July 19th, 2012
7:54 am
Okay everyone last year we got extremely lucky to get into the SECCG if you think we didn’t I got property out in the Hamptons I can sell for about $15 to you.
This season our schedule is basically the same and not only that, but Missouri will be just like Boise St. of last year if Murray doesn’t prove to me he can take this team to the promise land he’ll be no more than a bust in my eyes.
I’m not jumping on the bandwagon that says Huston Mason was better cause he’s probably Joe Cox 2.0.
As for Zach man I’m sorry from what I remember seeing G-day Zach>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Murray
Just because Murray was #3 ranked as a QB the year when we picked him up don’t mean a darn. thing.
Just the Facts
July 19th, 2012
7:56 am
Georgia couldn’t sniff LSU’s jock without Zach. What do you think will happen now he is a starting QB?
Try to get past Mizzu and South Carolina before thinking about a rematch with LSU.
It’s UGA’s turn at SEC Media Days | UGA sports blog
July 19th, 2012
8:19 am
[...] A conversation with former UGA quarterback Zach Mettenberger, now LSU’s starter [...]
MontyP
July 19th, 2012
8:28 am
Q: Do you think LSU will contend for a National Championship next year when Isaiah Crowell joins the team?
AltamahaDawg
July 19th, 2012
8:34 am
Game Changer, are you planning on attending an actual college football game this year?
JOEL
July 19th, 2012
8:36 am
HE WILL GET INTO TROUBLE AGAIN WHEN HE STARTS PLAYING BEC OF HIS EGO. ONCE YOU GOT IN TROUBLE? WILL DO THAT AGAIN AND AGAIN….. GOD HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HIM GETTING IN TROUBLE IN FIRST PLACE IT WAS HIS EGO THAT GOT HIM BURNED. WATCH HIM WHILE HE PLAYS AGAIN AS A STARTING QB FOR A GREAT SEC SCHOOL. ILL BET ON HIM GETTING CAUGHT BEING DRUNK AND IN PUBLIC AREA.
Sentientdawg@aol.com
July 19th, 2012
8:39 am
Your “god” had nothing to do with it.
The Tide is rolling and nothing can stop it
July 19th, 2012
8:41 am
It’s amazing what decent coaching can do, huh?
'94 UGA Alumnus
July 19th, 2012
8:42 am
Well said Bucket. It was not God’s will for him to sexually assault that poor woman. That was his decision and he’s just lucky that LSU does not have the same standards that we do as far as the character required to be a football player.
Pharisee
July 19th, 2012
8:46 am
God? No Zach, it was the Devil who brought you to L.S.U.. Big difference Bub.
pbt dawg fan
July 19th, 2012
9:03 am
Game Changer
You must attend UGA practices to know all that about Hutson Mason. I hope your not going off of his High School Career because he played at weak a** Lassiter High. Aaron Murray has something more important than Hutson Mason or Zach Mett. Wins in the SEC as a starting QB. While Aaron Murray was starting in the SEC Zack was starting at a Junior College. I don’t think you can compare the two into Zack takes a meaningful snap in the SEC.
AltamahaDawg
July 19th, 2012
9:04 am
You guys are being a little rough on the boy aren’t you? I’d be willing to bet that in most of your lifetime you have done something on par with his offense, more than once, and it just didn’t blow up in your face as it did with him. Obviously he did not mean “God told me to touch that girl”. We all know what he was talking about, so stop pretending.
He got what he deserved at UGA. He screwed up. He paid the price. That’s done now. I dare say that the vast majority of Georgia folks openly wished him well. Don’t EVEN pretend that none of this feigned indignation would exist if he was starting at Kansas State this year.
jDawg
July 19th, 2012
9:04 am
I haven’t read all the comments and I am sure I am not the first one saying this but this interview probably wrapped up mom’s career at UGA too.
AltamahaDawg
July 19th, 2012
9:07 am
I’d say you actually were the first to draw that conclusion, j. How do you figure that?
BMC
July 19th, 2012
9:14 am
BABY-BEN-ROETHLISBERGER!!! Hide your girls!
Gary
July 19th, 2012
9:16 am
Had an article about him in the USA Today with him described as coming from a junior college. No mention of his antics at Georgia. The SEC should ban this. If you are kicked out of 1 SEC school for a discipline issue you should not be allowed to play at another. If it was a grades issues that would be different.
Dawg Whisperer
July 19th, 2012
9:18 am
Chris Mortensen was on 680 The Fan yesterday and was at the camp this summer that so many high profile collegiate QBs attended. Without equivocation, he stated that Aaron Murray was the best QB. He was interpreting from how the QBs would be evaluated by NFL teams when he arrived at the conclusion that Murray was better than the competition at this camp that included Mettenberger, Barkley @ USC, etc.
So here’s the rub… we can consider Game Changer’s opinion about Murray (and for that matter his views on Richt & McGarity) or, in this instance, an expert. While Game Changer uses the term “we” when referring to UGA, consider the context of his messages. Game Changer has not changed his game.
jDawg
July 19th, 2012
9:24 am
Unless I misunderstand her position she has worked in the UGA Coaches’ office for 10 years and was a life long fan and supporter. Now, that her son was released for due cause she won’t attend another game and their family are now LSU supporters. Sounds like she’s already let go of UGA and her son has confirmed it. If she’s no longer pulling for the cause then she will probably excuse herself and this interview will have sped that decision up. Think any Obama staffers are happily working at Mitt Romney’s campaign HQ?
jDawg
July 19th, 2012
9:27 am
It’s not likely she will show up at the coaches’ office to work one Friday the day before LSU has a big game and she’s dressed head to toe in purple and yellow. What if the situation were reversed? Them Cajuns would skin someone that showed up at the LSU coashes office to work donning head to toe red & black.
AltamahaDawg
July 19th, 2012
9:29 am
yes, you misunderstood that.
Keith
July 19th, 2012
9:32 am
Just wait and see…..He will win a national championship at LSU…..and us? HA! we have Murray and will go 9-3 at best. Seems like the old ball coach had it right….”I dont know what happens to players when they get to UGA” As a lifelong UGA fan, I am fed up with it.
atl xmen
July 19th, 2012
9:32 am
too funny game changer…hutson is pretty good but he is not better than murray..im not even a college coach and i can tell that. and murray beat out mettenburger while he was here..murray is just a better athlete and qb than metts..he is smarter and faster
Georgia Tiger
July 19th, 2012
9:33 am
GEAUX TIGERS!
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July 19th, 2012
9:35 am
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AltamahaDawg
July 19th, 2012
9:40 am
What ( 3 at least) teams do you see us losing to Keith?
DawginLex
July 19th, 2012
9:40 am
gum chewer
So all the people at the Manning Passing Camp who were raving about Murray should listen to your inane drivel instead of seeing what talent he has and commenting on it?
You are a major league idiot
jDawg
July 19th, 2012
9:46 am
Nope, I read the article again and I did not misread. I’ll take the under on her employment at UGA.
AltamahaDawg
July 19th, 2012
9:49 am
Guys, GC couldnt care less about Murray/Hudson. Waste of time to argue. He would just substitute whatever name he needed in there. He’s just a troll who read the last troll pushing that BS and just copied him.
BG
July 19th, 2012
9:51 am
It’s weird how UGA kicks players off the team for breaking the law and other SEC teams pick them up. Les Miles has received no slack from the media for signing Zach. If Richt had of signed a player that Miles kicked off the media would have killed Richt for it.
AltamahaDawg
July 19th, 2012
9:51 am
Trust me, she is still very much a valued employee of the UGAAA. You are reading snippets and soundbites in a blog. Then there is real life.
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July 19th, 2012
9:55 am
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@spencaman
July 19th, 2012
9:56 am
God had a different path for him? Didi God make him abuse those girls so he would transfer to LSU?
PMC
July 19th, 2012
10:06 am
Why not instead of inserting God initially, into the discussion, you could say, it didn’t work out the way I planned, I screwed up my opportunity at Georgia with my actions but fortunately God afforded me another opportunity to prove myself and resurrect my football career at LSU and I’m not making the same mistake again.
I’d like to hear someone say that for once, instead of… you know that they are just wandering around aimlessly not taking responsibilty for thier actions.
PMC
July 19th, 2012
10:08 am
It’s almost like saying… well God wanted LSU to win the SEC championship last night so in the second half all the balls Aaron Murray handled were covered with vasoline.
Pitbull
July 19th, 2012
10:08 am
Was it part of God’s plan for his life for him to commit two counts of misdemeanor sexual battery? I doubt it.
I doubt it.
His answer is just a way of evading a true answer to the question and taking responsibility for his actions.
A better answer would be that he made a poor choice and lost his Georgia scholarship and LSU offereded him the opportunity for a second chance and he will not make that type of mistake again.
He doesn’t appear to have grown up a bit and may have problems at Baton Rouge too.
He’s a talented QB, but like IC we are better off with him not on the team due to the distractions.
AltamahaDawg
July 19th, 2012
10:27 am
Pitbull, may be that was a better answer. For you. I think that would have been a great answer, BTW. But he chose to mention God in his answer and I am confounded to know why anybody would bend over backwards to invent some meaning that you know full well was not his intention. You didnt like his choise of words. Great. But you are reading into his heart now? Really?
I have read 2 other articles out today on that same interview and he sounds very much taking responsibility for his actions. Which seems as if that would be the logical guess, not even reading a word he said.
And on the specific topic: Either you believe God has a plan for your life or you do not. Simply a matter of belief. But if a person does, and since we all make mistakes along the way, that’s part of it, is it not?
Ted Striker
July 19th, 2012
10:29 am
God — despite what ZM said in this interview — had nothing to do with Zach Mettenberger being at LSU. The fact he put his hand up the skirt of a woman and grabbed her crotch….then LIED to Mark Richt about what he did is why he is at LSU.
Mett may very well be a decent individual. I hope he is. He could be the second coming of Dan Marino on the football field. I wish his all the success in the world.
However a man who gropes a woman then starts a ruckuss, then LIES about what he did….sir…take responsibility for your actions and OWN IT. Say “I messed up.”
Don’t ever say “God had another plan for me.”
You got another opportunity, Zach — and i’m glad you did — i believe in 2nd chances.
However don’t bring God into it when you groped a woman and lied and that’s the real reason you’re at LSU.
AltamahaDawg
July 19th, 2012
10:33 am
My take on it, was that the “event” happend 2 years ago, and he has already moved on, as so has everybody else. That was a seperate thing. I don’t think Georgia fans deserve anything more from him at this point, and LSU didn’t bring him there to talk about 2 yrs ago. If I were him , I’d be talking about Today, too. The fact that it’s inevitable that reporters are going to ask him about it, doesn’t mean he is obligated to say much more than he did.
rawdawd
July 19th, 2012
10:40 am
There is no way it was God’s plan for Mett to go to LSU. Everybody knows God is a UGA fan. Duh.
wreckmaniac
July 19th, 2012
10:46 am
Just another tired example of UGA getting the nations best talent and not knowing what to do with it.
Nothing ever changes. The average SEC coach can take average talent and beat the UGA Dream Queens. But CMR knows that the UGA fans demand that he recruit the Queens
DawgFan
July 19th, 2012
10:50 am
Yes, fire his Mom, I will take the job. Don’t need any LSWho fans working in the UGA HQ.
AltamahaDawg
July 19th, 2012
10:51 am
Wow, that did not sound like it came from a very smart person at all, wrechmaniac. You ok with that?
flo-ri-duh
July 19th, 2012
11:15 am
MuttenBubba needs to go to Bible study. God never directs any one towards sin. Mutt’s ignorance about the Bible and God is appalling. He needs to take the blame for his actions because HE is the reason he is no longer at UGA – not God.
flo-ri-duh
July 19th, 2012
11:17 am
You Techies need go back to division II conference known as the ACC. Go on back now.
GATiger
July 19th, 2012
1:59 pm
Well, this is truly interesting. Negative comments about student-athlete behavior from Georgia fans.
And do you really think he meant that God made him grab some girl’s butt? He made a big mistake at the age of 18. He paid a price. I’m sure getting booted from the team was a blow to him and the year at Butler was filled with uncertainty.
The kid got himself back together and put himself in position to get a second chance. He got that chance only through some harsh intervention with Danny Abramowics, former Saints WR, who is a good Christian man and testified for him to Miles.
From what I hear, he’s been a model citizen in BR. We’ll see if the redemption is complete.
Joe bob Thibodaux
July 19th, 2012
2:27 pm
Hello Chip:
As a life long LSU Tiger Fan, it sure is good to learn that GOD is preparing our way with His chosen quarterback. That is really great news for the LSU Tiger fan.
FANTASTIC!
Heck, if God wants Mett at LSU, then thats good enough for me.
JBT
Capt Jack
July 19th, 2012
3:04 pm
What’s up with all of the silly “fans of UGA” questions? Mett should have replied, Since I left UGA neither me nor my parents have no desire to spend any time pondering anything about that school. I am at LSU now and that is where my time and effort go. I left Athens 2 years ago. Is that so hard to comperehend?
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puff
July 20th, 2012
6:35 am
Big arm maybe, but small brain … “handled myself well.” Right.
GATA
July 20th, 2012
9:47 am
Can we have players make their mistakes SOMEPLACE ELSE, turn things around and THEN come to UGA? Too much of the reverse happening. Auburn got Cam, now LSU has Zach, so I suppose Crowell will end being the next Trent Richardson at Bama in a year or 2.
own up
July 20th, 2012
4:58 pm
God had nothing to do with it because god doesn’t exist.
FlDawg
July 22nd, 2012
10:38 am
Game Changer keep running your fat mouth, there is a lot of lightning in the air, if I were you I’d be careful with the venom you spew!
CJ
July 23rd, 2012
5:47 pm
Mettenberger record as starter: 11-1
Murray: 16-11
Mettenberger led team to 1 National Championship
Murray: 0
CJ
July 23rd, 2012
5:52 pm
Was it God’s will when David, in the Bible, had the affair? Isn’t that how we got Solomon? Was Solomon being born not God’s will? If God is omnipotent, God could have directed Mettenberger’s path in a very different manner. Did God allow those closest to Job to die? Yes. Yet God chose to allow things to occur and Mettenberger ends up starting for LSU. God is either omnipotent, or He is not God. If God is omnipotent, it must have been God’s plan to have Mettenberger leave UGA.
Jborodawg
July 25th, 2012
9:11 am
@AltamahaDawg…and a paltry few others…once again the voice of reason. Such vitriol on these blogs is, sadly, far too commonplace. I dare say that if the Mettenberger could have replied to the Q&A in writing; with ample time to say things “just right”, well, his responses would be a little different. But it seems every article here brings out negative reactions. Way too many ‘glass half empty’ types.
I agree totally that Zack seems to have paid the price and moved on. We should move on too and not create ulterior claptrap.
What does the Mettenberger Q&A have to do with Murray vs Mason? The vast majority of pundits and coaches across the country have Murray being all-SEC and even Heisman material. Just the fact that CMR and CMB have him as the starter should prove something. But, alas, many bloggers are spotless in their daily lives, have never made mistakes, and know more about football than CMR and CMB.