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Richt, Bulldogs address perception of being an undisciplined team

4:16 pm July 19, 2012, by Chip Towers

HOOVER, Ala. – Georgia was picked to repeat as SEC Eastern Division champions and return to the Georgia Dome for the SEC Championship game for a second straight year. But that wasn’t the most prevalent topic of discussion for the Bulldogs during SEC Football Media Days on Thursday.

Team discipline was the topic du jour for coach Mark Richt and the three players he brought with him to the Wynfrey Hotel. With the recent arrest and subsequent dismissal of tailback Isaiah Crowell, the Bulldogs stand to have five starters miss games this season due to disciplinary problems. That does not the count the dismissal of four other players for team-policy violations or academic shortcomings.

Richt has been out of the public eye and line of media since the Crowell news broke on June 29. So the majority of questions he fielded from beat reporters had to do with the impact disciplinary actions have had on his team for 2012.

“We’re certainly going to have an expectation for how we want our guys to behave,” Richt said. “If they don’t behave, we’re going to discipline them. So if the discipline involves running up and down the stairs at the stadium or some things that might be at the level of losing playing time losing your ability toi stay at Georgia, the thing we’re going to do at Georgia is we’re going to take care of any issues that do come up in the proper way.

“And so, if a guy does end up having to leave, it’s for the best interest of the group. From time to time that has to happen. It’s sad that it does but we’re going to keep taking care of business in that way.”

Until Thursday, Richt had not commented extensively on the decision to dismiss Crowell. The former 5-star running back prospect was arrested on June 29 on three weapons charges – including two felonies – when a handgun with a filed-off serial number was discovered in his car during a traffic stop. That was at least the eighth disciplinary ruling Richt has had to make since the calendar has flipped to 2012.

“No decision to dismiss a guy from the team is an easy decision,” Richt said. “It’s always tough because I care very much about all these guys. Having to make those kinds of decisions are tough. But in the end, I think we did what was in the best interest of the program. I wish Isaiah the very best in his future and I hope everything will work out for him.”

Starting cornerback Sanders Commings, who pleaded guilty to a domestic battery charge back in February, is suspended for the first two games of the season. Richt remained evasive when the subject turned to several unresolved disciplinary matters on the team.

The high school coach of Bacarri Rambo has been widely reported as saying that the All-American free safety will be suspended for four games due to a second violation of Georgia’s marijuana-use policy. However, neither Richt nor nobody with UGA has confirmed those reports. Likewise, Georgia has never confirmed reports that starting inside linebacker Alec Ogletree violated the same policy. Also, there has been no announcement of any disciplinary action for starting cornerback Branden Smith, who was arrested in March for misdemeanor marijuana and has since pleaded no contest to the charge.

Indications Thursday were any announcements on such rulings won’t be soon in coming. However, Richt admitted he has already made those decisions.

“We’ll share it sometime but not today,” Richt said.

Caught in the middle of the crossfire are the players who choose to abide by Georgia’s policies. Three of them accompanied Richt to Birmingham on Thursday – Abry Jones, Jarvis Jones and Tavarres King.

“It was devastating for everybody because [Crowell] had been working so hard,” said Jarvis Jones, an All-America outside linebacker from Columbus who has known Crowell most of his life. “I love him like a brother. But, you know, as a team we’re going to lose individuals. We hate that it ended that way, but we’re still a team here and we’ve got to stay focused on what we have.”

According to the media assembled at the Wynfrey this week, the Bulldogs have the makings to repeat as SEC East champions. Aside from the unknowns regarding disciplinary suspensions, Georgia returns nine starters from a Top 5 defense, features an all-star quarterback and has a schedule that is set up for success. The Bulldogs didn’t shy away from their distinction as favorites, but neither were they particularly impressed by it.

“Expectations are expectations,” said the senior King, the Bulldogs’ leading receiver last year with 705 yards and 8 touchdowns. “I’m just worried about outcomes.”

As for whether discipline – or lack thereof – is going to affect their ability to win, Richt couldn’t say. But he said the Bulldogs are going to continue to knock their players in line when they step out of line. That, he inferred, is not the case everywhere.

“People make mistakes,” Richt said. “When they do, you discipline it. Some people have policies that bring certain things to light and some people don’t. The bottom line is, I love every guy on our team and, part of love is being able to teach them right from wrong. When they make mistakes we’re going to discipline them in such a way that hopefully they’ll become better men down the road.

“That’s what we do at Georgia. To say these issues aren’t happening around the country aren’t really realistic.”

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GStateBen

July 19th, 2012
4:22 pm

Go Panthers!

#STATEofSHOCK

PMC

July 19th, 2012
4:24 pm

perception?

Top Dawg

July 19th, 2012
4:25 pm

Almost that time to tee it up between the hedges! GO DAWGS!

LoveUGA

July 19th, 2012
4:27 pm

Does it bug anyone else that the countdown on the main AJC UGA page is completely wrong?

Herschel Talker

July 19th, 2012
4:28 pm

FIRE MARK RICHT!!!

JMac

July 19th, 2012
4:38 pm

Facts support the “Perception”.

909

July 19th, 2012
4:39 pm

Nothing new here.

Move along.

I dropped my fried twinkie

July 19th, 2012
4:45 pm

Perception is reality or is reality just your perception?

Young man we would like to offer you a scholarship to play football at UGa. Here Pee in this cup before i give you the paper and pen.

I dropped my fried twinkie

July 19th, 2012
4:48 pm

gastatebeen…..your team hasn’t even played a FBS game but you have already had 3 kids kicked off the team? GaState is really trying hard to be a Big Boy like UGa.

How true, how true

July 19th, 2012
4:55 pm

CMR:
1. “Some people have policies that bring certain things to light and some people don’t.” Bingo! See SEC drug testing policies, and suspensions for failure. UGA and UK don’t give mulligans. Also wonder how many ACC teams suspend on first failed drug test?

2. “To say these issues aren’t happening around the country isn’t fully realistic.” Bingo again!

Dawg Haus

July 19th, 2012
4:56 pm

Great quote from T. King!

LHarding Dawg

July 19th, 2012
4:59 pm

Don’t you guys on the blog just hate the “Herschel Talker” moron! I mean “get a life”.

1970 Dawg

July 19th, 2012
5:10 pm

Fire Herschel Talker!!!!

LOLOLOL

July 19th, 2012
5:13 pm

“Georgia was picked to repeat as SEC Eastern Division champions and return to the Georgia Dome for the SEC Championship game for a second straight year……

……to get their @sses beaten to a pulp by an SEC West team.

There, FYT.

LOLOLOL

July 19th, 2012
5:14 pm

“The bottom line is, I love every guy on our team and, part of love is being able to teach them right from wrong. When they make mistakes we’re going to discipline them in such a way that hopefully they’ll become better men down the road.”

Down the road at the Clarke County Jail.

North Georgia Dawg

July 19th, 2012
5:15 pm

Georgia fans- Do you think Richt and the UGA coaches know the players are suspended and don’t want to embarass them by discussing the issues, or do you think that Ogletree and Rambo really will play against Missouri?

Also- If Ogletree really was suspended for a marijuana arrest, wouldn’t he be suspended for one game since it’s his first offense?

1970 Dawg

July 19th, 2012
5:16 pm

To point out CMR’s statement that not every team has the same policy, read Coach Muschamp’s writeup from yesterday. When he called Janoris Jenkins in to suspend him for 5 games after repeatedly failing drug tests, Jenkins asked, “Do you know who you’re talking to?”
UF had a “favorites” policy under CUM and I’m sure other teams also have such a policy.

RTR

July 19th, 2012
5:19 pm

As people can tell from my posts, I am no Georgia hater. I hope UGA beats Missouri, but I find it hard to believe Richt would remain mum on the suspensions if the guys weren’t missing the Missouri game. Maybe Smith gets one game if it’s his first offense, but Rambo is a HUGE blow for your team as I have heard you are thin at safety.

RTR

July 19th, 2012
5:22 pm

I think Muschamp has much more class than Meyer, but I’m not sold on him as a head coach just yet… maybe he will turn it around this season, but it depends on the offense. His quarterbacks were terrible when they filled in for Brantley last season.

Game Changer

July 19th, 2012
5:23 pm

J Jenkins elgibility being held up also? C Towers, ask question, get answer yes or no, then put one or two sentences in article to issue. Thanks

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Game Changer

July 19th, 2012
5:27 pm

Ogletree failed minimum of twice, rambo failed minimum of twice, smith failed more than twice

guess the policies at UGA have always been smoke and mirrors, either follow them or throw them out but Richt you sound like an idiot. Perception?

I dropped my fried twinkie

July 19th, 2012
5:27 pm

What does M. Adams have to say?

RTR

July 19th, 2012
5:29 pm

Ogletree failed minimum of twice, rambo failed minimum of twice, smith failed more than twice

Where did you hear that? I’ve never heard of Smith failing a test until this spring.

AltamahaDawg

July 19th, 2012
5:29 pm

ON Rambo: There ain’t no way he is rooming with a bunch of guys who cooked down 2 ounches of pot for 4 hours, extracted the butter, and made brownies and not know about it. First mistake, you are there with a bunch of guys who would. But how does a passenger in his car, with a joint in her purse, qualify as the first strike? Now I realize that when they decided to just go ahead and call it a voilation,even if it wasn’t technically, they had no idea they would be faced with an “accidental” desert malfunction, so I would expect that he may actualy get a lightened suspension.

@Gamechanger

July 19th, 2012
5:29 pm

And you know all this how?

LHarding Dawg

July 19th, 2012
5:32 pm

Gamechanger – Another “idiot” hater without a life.

AltamahaDawg

July 19th, 2012
5:33 pm

rambo wasn’t suspended for failing a drug test that first time. Or at least that’s not what has been reported. Not that you care about that.

And again who are you to insist on knowing about Jenkins. Is he a player on a team that you support?

A troll and a pretender. Your ok with everybody looking at you that way?

Will Muschamp

July 19th, 2012
5:40 pm

I guarantee we will win the SEC.

JMac

July 19th, 2012
5:41 pm

Ogletree is NOT a first time offender, hence the possible 4 game suspension.

North Georgia Dawg

July 19th, 2012
5:42 pm

Is he trolling about Jenkins or is there a question about his eligibility? Any word on Houston’s status either?

Loveliest village upon the plain

July 19th, 2012
5:44 pm

“Bulldogs stand to have five starters miss games this season due to disciplinary problems. That does not the count the dismissal of four other players for team-policy violations or academic shortcomings.”
—————————————————————–

At the rate of approximately one arrest a month for the last four years, plus a few “violations of team policies” (i.e., drug busts), and some who can’t even pass remedial studies, you need to add a half-dozen more.

North Georgia Dawg

July 19th, 2012
5:45 pm

JMAC, do you know this for a fact?

Game Changer

July 19th, 2012
5:46 pm

@altamahadawg

A dozen players flunked the drug test prior to Florida last fall, two of the three I mentioned are part of the group that was unnamed.

J Jenkins means alot to the 2012 team and why are you attacking me, ask the sports personalities who make a living at reporting just as I continue to on each thread of each writer. Why dont you try to find an answer to the question yourself and post that J Jenkins is elgible for 2012. I am waiting on anyone to confirm he will be playing in 2012, to date no one can get the story.

JMac

July 19th, 2012
5:49 pm

Yes. He was suspended last season for theft

North Georgia Dawg

July 19th, 2012
5:50 pm

Which game was he suspended for?

Ogeechee Dawg

July 19th, 2012
5:50 pm

I for one like the UGA discipline policies. Mark Richt is right on this issue.

It is guys like RAMBO’s high school coach that ENABLE these kids by making excuses. I can not believe an ADULT in an influencial position would condone illegal drug use. All of the UGA athletes were warned about pending tests before spring break. The principal at that high school should fire the coach.

JMac

July 19th, 2012
5:51 pm

Arrested on the same day his picture was plastered on the cover of a local magazine with an article proclaiming how him and his brother were such good people.

JMac

July 19th, 2012
5:53 pm

FYI… He is from Newnan, where I have lived my entire life. It was such a shock to see his picture on the cover while hearing on TV that he had been arrested.

North Georgia Dawg

July 19th, 2012
5:55 pm

Okay, I saw it on google. One game suspension in 2010.

North Georgia Dawg

July 19th, 2012
5:57 pm

Gamechanger, if you want to play that game, I heard Matt Elam, Jon Bostic and Shariff Floyd are possibly being ruled ineligible this season. No one can confirm of deny that either.

JMac

July 19th, 2012
5:59 pm

Sorry.I was thinking it was last season.

flo-ri-duh

July 19th, 2012
6:02 pm

Richt is correct these problems are at all the major programs in the country. Just this week Ray Ray Armstrong was dismissed from Miami and Florida dismissed one of their top TE’s, A.J. Leonard.
Both were big time recruits.. It seems that with the AJC, which, always favors Tech their hometown school that multiple long term stories make the front page about UGA. At Florida, Miami, Auburn, Clemson. South Carolina, Alabama , etc they are swept under the rug.

I dropped my fried twinkie

July 19th, 2012
6:02 pm

How do the coaches not know these kids are pot heads before they offer a scholarship?

Game Changer

July 19th, 2012
6:11 pm

@northgadawg

who cares about those guys, only UGA players matter to me. J Jenkins, no answer.

Greg Reid

July 19th, 2012
6:37 pm

Dang, glad I didn’t wind up in Athens,
looking forward to another great season in Tallahassee.

Steve

July 19th, 2012
6:38 pm

I have been searching for information on John Jenkins and eligibility but nothing comes up…

Steve

July 19th, 2012
6:40 pm

@Greg Reid, how many times have you been arrested now?

AltamahaDawg

July 19th, 2012
6:42 pm

I know why we care about Jenkins. My point , that you so obviously pretend not to get, is why does it matter to you.

Zach Mettenberg

July 19th, 2012
6:42 pm

Wow, I got kicked off UGA for assault charges but thankfully LSU picked me up and and now I’m the starting QB for a title contender!

Thankfully, LSU was nice enough to give me a second chance while the media and UGA haters look the other way!

shankit

July 19th, 2012
6:44 pm

Think it is time for Georgia, Florida and maybe Vanderbilt to consider
leaving the sleazy Paul Fienbaum SEC and move to the ACC, where
we don’t have to put up with the the new sleazy teams with their carpet bagging coaches.

Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville

July 19th, 2012
6:48 pm

How about stop recruiting these trouble makers; several of these kids we have recruited have been known trouble makers in high school yet we still recruit them.

greg reid

July 19th, 2012
6:49 pm

Steve: “How many times have I been arrested?”.
Don’t know what you are talking about,
I play in Tallahassee.

Steve

July 19th, 2012
7:05 pm

Reid was arrested July 11th on a misdemeanor marijuana charge and for driving with a suspended license.

Steve

July 19th, 2012
7:07 pm

I’m sure if anything definitive does comes up on Jenkins, the AJC will be all over it soon and write about how big of a loss it would be… and it would be huge.

Bad Dawg

July 19th, 2012
7:17 pm

That sounds like a simple solution to me Flat Tire.

RxDawg

July 19th, 2012
7:25 pm

I love coach Richt. But I hate his press conferences. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

bitter spoiled recruit

July 19th, 2012
7:44 pm

I like –OAKTREE—BUT ALEX has to relize he is on his last leggs

one more offence and he will be shown the door

I love his play and just like hershall, he will hit you hard–face to face, but know cheap shotts from tree

Bottom line for tree—–walk the straight and narrow —-or LATTER TREE—NOBODY GREATER

————————-THAN THE TEAM——NI EYE IN ——TEAM

Rossville Bulldog

July 19th, 2012
8:20 pm

@AltamahaDawg, I knew you were cool, but I didn’t know you were THAT cool! Let me know the next time you bake brownies and I’ll be there. Seriously, are you in favor of the drug policy or do you think it hurts the Dawgs?

Dawgie Discipline

July 19th, 2012
8:43 pm

Perception them Dawgs to 14-0.

shankit

July 19th, 2012
8:50 pm

Zach Mettenberg – UGA also dropped you because you can’t even
spell your own name, it is Mettenberger, not Mettenberg. Good luck
in your pottery class at LSU.

Dooley

July 19th, 2012
9:46 pm

we have to be perfct at UGA. They expect the best from us. Man up and behave like a normal person or get the heck out of dodge.

LOLOLOL

July 19th, 2012
10:19 pm

“Bulldogs address perception of being an undisciplined team”

They should start living in reality.

Aaron

July 19th, 2012
11:05 pm

Thank you to the reporter who asked him that. It must’ve been one from outside of Georgia.
Georgia reporters throw Richt softballs and wanna be his BFF because he is such a “nice guy”.
Richt needs a reality check. He lives in a bubble.

Glory between the Hedges

July 19th, 2012
11:19 pm

Ill answer a previous question that was posted. I believe that Sander Commings may be the only guy suspended for the Missouri game. Nobody knows what and who failed those test except Georgia. The media and whoever else is just going off heresay.

mars

July 20th, 2012
12:51 am

Whatever.

Ole BIg Dawg

July 20th, 2012
1:13 am

Game changer….fan of the chicken box…just hangs out and acts like he is a disturbed dog

DirtyDawg

July 20th, 2012
4:46 am

Tell ya what Zack…you mess with the daughters of some of my ‘coona$$’ relatives down there and they’ll find you one piece at a time in the Atchafalaya (never did know how to spell that) Basin…and if you do get in a jam suggest you not lie to Les about it. Of course he let that guy, ultimately, play last year after he had done a lot more than you did, so so long as you can throw long, you’ll probably be OK.

Top Dawg

July 20th, 2012
6:03 am

The speaker does not infer; the speaker implies.

Donlevy

July 20th, 2012
6:48 am

When you recruit low rent trash, you get undisciplined low class, illiterate goons who are not remotely capable of passing college courses or staying out of trouble.

Disasters like Ealey, King, and Crowell are the natural result of recruiting stupid dummies.

Game Changer

July 20th, 2012
7:13 am

@chiptowers

pbtdawgfan: I’m an ogletree fan, should not be a linebacker, killing his nfl money on draft day, as a junior or senior. He is not a linebacker, would be top 2 safety in college football. Rumors?
UGA is not getting any respect from other schools, the schedule is all the talk, not the talent of the team, this should be concerning to us all that we have a weak depth chart and not alot of talent starting. Defensive line and outside linebackers very good, after that not to much going on. Have to wait and see how rambo plays.

Game Changer

July 20th, 2012
7:13 am

@chiptowers

sorry for the heading

need J Jenkins report please

Keith

July 20th, 2012
7:26 am

Another year of great expectations…..but will end up 9-3 (Missouri, Carolina, Florida). Same story…different year…….and the beat goes on. As a UGA fan, I have lowered my expectations- tired of being disappointed.

1953dawg

July 20th, 2012
7:26 am

Richt disciplines these players, kicks them off the team, yet all the other SEC teams allow these same players to play on their teams. Maybe this article should be about the other pathetic coaches in the SEC that will do anything to win. This “Win at all costs at Tenn, LSU, Bama, and Auburn is a joke” Ask the desperate clown at Tn. He takes Bonner, who gets caught stealing at UGA on a vist, he takes the kid Phillips who Florida wouldn’t accept only a couple of weeks ago. This guy knows he will be gone if Tenn. doesn’t win this year, yet the whole admission’s dept, and the academic people at Tenn. turn their head when any of these rejects from other schools come calling. To listen to this liar and used car salesman talk about how Tenn. is doing it the right way, and how he is cleaning up the mess he inherited is pathetic, and so is the school for allowing this clown to bring these rejects to the school. Then you have the crook Myles at LSU. All he does is beg another UGA reject Mett. to come to LSU. And now he has him standing beside him at the SEC media days event showing him off. This is the problem in the SEC, it’s these coaches, not RIcht. The SEC should implement a policy that will not allow any school to take a kid that has been kicked out of another SEC school. But if the SEC did that, Tenn. wouldnt even have a football program, and LSU wouldn’t be playing in any SECC games.

Game Changer

July 20th, 2012
7:32 am

@1953dawg

misery loves company post is poor.

Jimmy Crack

July 20th, 2012
8:01 am

Even with a 4-game suspension to a couple of key players, UGA only has to worry about a stumble in Missouri. The other 3 games are two punching bags (Buffalo, Fla Atlantic) and a Grantham payback matchup (Vandy) in Athens. The returning players can then play a tune-up game against Tennessee at home before traveling for the first real game of the season against SCar. Minimal damage done and onto the SEC Championship.

oh..that's the problem...we are taking the high road

July 20th, 2012
8:11 am

jeesh

the koolaiders now blame our lack of discipline and suspensions on the fact that we have “tougher policys” than any other school in the SEC. why if CMR wasn’t so strict, we would have about 12 MNC by now. go get em coach richt….

once again the UGA Cubs fans make another excuse as to why they can’t compete for a national or SEC title….if, but, when, maybe….

folks….ever hear of Coach K? Uh…he manages to WIN WITH tougher standards.

as someone once said…”losers make excuses, winners make committments.” all i hear from CMR are excuses…and how much he loves these guys. maybe he needs to be on the old bud light commercials ( I love you man) instead of being our coach at Georgia.

Sopwith Camel

July 20th, 2012
8:28 am

What’s with Richt’s new haircut??? That’s scary!!

ole dawg

July 20th, 2012
8:43 am

Throw Clemson and Sammy Watkins on the pile of garbage schools that do not discipline their kids. Dabo has been quoted this week stating, “he may not be suspended for the Auburn game. That is a possibility.” The kid was arrested for weed and RX pills that were not his. If Clemson does not suspend Watkins for the Auburn game they have made complete idiots of themselves. UGA fans, yes it is happening at pretty much every other school in college football. UGA, Kentucky, and Miami are amongst the few that have the courage to deal with it.

ole dawg

July 20th, 2012
8:47 am

@ Game Changer…. please e-mail Chip directly so other posters will not have to waste time scrolling past your posts to him. Pretty easy to get his e-mail address.

Bammer

July 20th, 2012
9:04 am

UGA does it the right way! Everyone else cheats! Why won’t the SEC or NCAA or anyone else listen to us??? Arrggghhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Funny how all you armchair bloogers seem to know exactly what is happening behind the scenes at every single SEC school.

You all are nothing but whiny little excuse makers.

Donlevy

July 20th, 2012
9:37 am

Donlevy: Based on what you just posted you not only stupid but your an idiot and therefore you much be a GA Tech fan. Oh! has Yech’s 2nd major probation this century going. No Acc titles yet this century. ouch!

909

July 20th, 2012
9:49 am

Well, its another Friday.

Which UGA athlete(s) got……Arrested, Suspended, Expelled, or Flunked Out…”this” week ?

Bob

July 20th, 2012
9:50 am

Athens/Clarke County Cops – Caught one book-em!!!!

Baton Rouge Cops – Caught one, – Joe Call coach Miles, and tell him to come get his boy ‘afore someone catches wind of this. – Joe: “will do Leroy, would’nt want to hurt our chances at that National Tiltle!” – btw you get your season tickes yet from coach :)

THE Dixie Redcoat Band

July 20th, 2012
10:05 am

How many “coke heads” were arrested this week out at Boise State, Utah, Utah State……you get the picture.

Elmo C. Grogan

July 20th, 2012
10:10 am

“…neither Richt nor nobody with UGA….” Wow.

Dawg_Mike

July 20th, 2012
10:11 am

@Rx,

I agree. CMR’s press conferences are such snoozers. In fact, at the end of the 3 days, ESPNU showed snippets from all the coaches pressers and they had ZERO snippets from CMR. He did not say anything worthy of being repeated.
Love him, but thats just his personality. laid back to the point of falling asleep.

Mike

July 20th, 2012
10:13 am

College athletics has sold it’s soul to the devil. 50 years ago you had at least some semblance of the athletes being students. Have you listened to any interviews with the players today? Many of them can’t even speak properly, and you expect us to believe they are legitimate students? Come on. They are our paid entertainment. Nothing more.

OldFan

July 20th, 2012
10:16 am

As with most things in life, there’s little relationship between virtue and performance. We tolerate a lack of the former if there’s a bunch of the latter. No story there. I have no problem with CMR going after the same players his competitors do. We fans insist on UGA being in the top recruiting ranks every year. My issue is that once he gets them to Athens he either needs to keep the on a shorter leash or make them better people. He seems to fall short on both counts.

Pitbull

July 20th, 2012
10:16 am

Ateast we discipline our players when they misbehave.

At the other SEC schools and Tech there is no discipline unless they are arrested and the incident becomes public.

That is assuming the local media doesn’t cover it up.

Unless it is too big to cover up (read that Tech and the AJC).

Double Zero Eight

July 20th, 2012
10:17 am

I have a friend whose brother is a state trooper
in a neighboring SEC state. Unless it was a DUI or
driving while impaired, he would let a college football
star off with a warning.

Looks like Athens/Clarke/County PD goes by the book,
and there are no exceptions.

Bob LaBlah

July 20th, 2012
10:37 am

FIRST!

Devil's Advocate

July 20th, 2012
10:37 am

Everyone knows that Richt coached Mettenberger into his assault charge. Forget Bush and Obama, it’s all Richt’s fault.

Pitbull

July 20th, 2012
10:40 am

I would be willing to bet that:

1 If The State of Georgia lowered the legal drinking age to 18 as it should be then the arrest would all but disappear. When I was in school it was 18 because the case was made that if a kid was old enough to go into the military and fight and possibly die overseas then he was old enough to go into a bar and have a beer.

2 The SEC Commissioner set a standard for transparency that Georgia follows for all SEC schools with recruit reductions if that standard is violated.

Then there would be a level field for teams with problem players.

mambo

July 20th, 2012
10:48 am

It looks like CMR will never learn.

Ace

July 20th, 2012
11:16 am

As long as the former Miami player and FSC coach is there, it will continue, its his culture and heritage. Expect more of the same.

ARdawg

July 20th, 2012
11:20 am

As long as Ace is a dingbat, don’t expect any posts of his to be enlightening

Bammer

July 20th, 2012
11:32 am

Double Zero Eight said “I have a friend…”

I stopped right there as I knew he was already lying.

Ace

July 20th, 2012
11:51 am

Results speak for themselves, just watch.

Loren, Whatta Ya Got

July 20th, 2012
12:13 pm

Well, Larry, we just lost another six players to the Clark County Jail. Now back to you.

ARdawg

July 20th, 2012
12:39 pm

Ace, your attempt at blaming Richt for the failures of a few kids on the team is pretty demn lame. There will always be those failures on most every team every year. Some years are more, some are less. The cream usually does rise to the top and the sludge falls to the bottom. It’s a fact of life, you should try living one sometime.

BIGDAWGFAN

July 20th, 2012
12:46 pm

News October 21, 2011
REPORT: Alabama football player arrested for marijuana possession
oh no not in alabama LMAO

BIGDAWGFAN

July 20th, 2012
12:47 pm

Brent Calloway

Ace

July 20th, 2012
1:40 pm

A few kids (Hardy har har) its an every year in, year out sure thing….

Bad Dawg

July 20th, 2012
1:57 pm

I don’t see why everyone here is making excuses or trying to deflect and make the other SEC schools look bad. The truth is UGA is #6 in the Fulmer Cup ranking as it stands today and probably will be as long as Richt is the head coach. If the University wants a stricter policy than the other SEC schools then they need to bring in better young men and women to UGA. Please stop all the talk that UGA is the only school that does it the right way because it is far from the truth. I don’t know who brainwashed you guys into believing that crap.

GT University.....Starbury

July 20th, 2012
3:53 pm

Well looks like the Geritol gang of nerds are harping away….looks like their fearless leader SuperNerd is back from vacation.

Double Zero Eight

July 20th, 2012
6:17 pm

@ Bammer
You obviously assumed I was referring to the
great state of Alabama. You are correct in
your assumption. The state trroper I referenced
is actually my brother-in-law…

FLA DAWG

July 21st, 2012
10:59 pm

ZERO disciple in my opinion.

But hey!

Let’s enjoy another “beat the whimps and lose to the real teams” season again this year.

Unload Richt in my opinon…….. McGarity has stuck his neck out way far boys………….after all off the off-field shenanigans that have resulted in player departures, I wonder if McGarity is beginning to rethink his attitude or at least perception of Richt.

FLA DAWG

July 21st, 2012
11:11 pm

PERCEPTION ! ?

When are facts PERCEPTION?

UGA fan...not fanatic

July 23rd, 2012
11:25 am

Does the Penn St. mess we win the NC in 82-83?

Chuck

July 23rd, 2012
5:38 pm

Any chance Georgia will go after some Penn State players, especially OL and running backs? We never filled our quota, did we?

jpjaz

July 26th, 2012
9:59 am

Getting ready for College Football season. I’ve never been a fan of Mark Richt. I pray that somehow or another that he has had some kind of an Epiphany on football. He is still 20 years behind on innovation. I’ve seen discipline problems, bad clock management, predictable play calling, continues to use plays that most have abandoned. Evidently, S p u r r i e r sees the same thing I’m seeing. Prove me wrong Mark, I want to be wrong Mark, but how do I ignore what I am seeing? Should I just keep beating myself up because you are a nice guy. Mark, resign and go on a mission somewhere, spend your millions, and praise the Lord. Have you ever studied the plays and blocking schemes of Oregon, Boise State, WV, Auburn, Stanford? Most everything you do Mark is old and tired. For the Millions you make you should be able to pick a few innovations from successful programs. Do you want me to draw you a picture of two things that make me Sick. 1. QB Holding the ball in the air so all eleven defenders can converge against a few. 2. QB running backwards with the ball and handing it to RB. It’s not going to work anymore. The ball has to be hidden and the RB’s should run pass or criss cross by the QB so the defenders have a harder time figuring out who has the ball. Seconds are precious. Mark, Send me half your money. Georgia administration, are you asleep? He’s has had 10 years and he keeps squandering games in critical situations due to ineptitude.

zbulldawg

July 26th, 2012
11:57 am

Richt & UGA is NOT your babie’s DADDY !! Get real people ! LET THE BIG DAWG EAT