Concussion sidelines Ray Drew from UGA practice (updated w/ practice notes)
(Updated 3:50 p.m.)
ATHENS – Georgia’s football team held its first full-pads practice of preseason camp today, minus a half-dozen injured or ill players.
Among the injured: defensive ends Abry Jones, out with a left knee contusion, and Ray Drew, sidelined by a concussion.
Georgia disclosed the injuries as part of a new policy of providing reporters covering practice a daily, written “injury-illness report” from director of sports medicine Ron Courson. Today’s report provided no indication how long Jones and Drew will be sidelined from practice, nor any further detail on their injuries.
Coach Mark Richt, who in the past has tended to answer reporters’ questions about injuries after practices, sometimes with incomplete information, said the new policy was decided upon in the off-season.
“It wasn’t my idea, it wasn’t my brainstorm, but I’m part of the team,” Richt said. “I think it’s just to give you guys exactly what we want to give you [regarding injuries], and if you ask me a question about it, I’ll say, ‘Just read the report.’ And that’ll kind of be the way we go. But if you want to ask me about how does that affect the depth chart or something like that, [fine].
“I think, in football, injury reports are important; people want to know about what’s going on. But then you’ve got family members that we want to consider when we throw stuff out there.”
Also missing today’s practice: offensive lineman Chris Burnette (illness), safety Marc Deas (right hamstring strain), walk-on tight end Hugh Williams (third metacarpal fracture on left hand) and walk-on receiver Curtis Wyatt (illness).
According to the injury-illness report: Burnette is probable to return to practice Tuesday; Deas’ status is day-to-day; Williams will miss 10 to 14 days of practice after having out-patient surgery today at St. Mary’s Hospital; and Wyatt is probable to return to practice Wednesday.
Richt acknowledged that Drew, a sophomore who moved from linebacker to defensive end in the spring, is missing needed practice time.
“He needs reps, no doubt,” Richt said. “Even the veterans, they need a certain amount of reps to get to where they’re sharp.”
On the Bulldogs’ latest depth chart, Jones and Cornelius Washington are the starting defensive ends and Drew a second-teamer. To have two players, Jones and Drew, miss practice time at the same position compounds the effect, Richt said.
“Once a guy or two starts to miss practice, it usually takes a little bit more of a toll on that position group,” Richt said. “We’ve got some good quality depth, but it’s not like it’s unlimited in that area. As a matter of fact, in the 105[-player preseason roster], there’s a lot more offensive players than defensive players. Our scholarships guys are about equal, but the majority of the walk-ons are offense.”
Etc.
Georgia will practice twice Tuesday. Two-a-day practices have become increasingly rare in college football; the Bulldogs have just one other two-practice day scheduled this preseason. . . . Tuesday’s first practice will focus on the kicking game. So far, Richt said, he has seen what he expected from freshman placekicker Marshall Morgan and freshman punter Collin Barber. . . . Freshman tailback Todd Gurley “is picking things up really fast,” according to senior wide receiver Tavarres King. . . . Richt told Richard Samuel “we need you to be ready” to play either tailback or fullback. “I told him continuing to get reps at tailback wouldn’t keep him from being a starting fullback,” Richt said. . . . The player making “the most direct hits” in Monday’s practice, Richt said, was linebacker Alec Ogletree. . . . Quarterback Aaron Murray said the offensive line “has looked great the first five days” and “definitely has picked up where [it] left off this spring.”
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LogicalUS
August 6th, 2012
9:11 pm
“Defense is loaded and stacked deep. Maybe the best D in all NCAA”
Bhahahahahha…Reality disagrees with this is absurd statement.
That “great” defense just came off giving up 38 pts a game the last two times it went on the field and only in disney dawg land does that get you an contract extension and a raise. Stacked deep, huh? Care to explain the repeated 2nd hafl collapses with all those stacked deep players?
“best D in all NCAA”
Bhahhaha…hades UGA is the 3rd best Defense in its division behind SC\UF and that puts it in 5th place in the SEC behind BAMA\LSU from the West.
SEC Defenses:
LSU
BAMA
SC
UF
MSU
ARK
AUB
UT…who cares after this…
Reality is that UGA has been good for about a half of decent defense but collapses against better teams because of their lack of depth and Grantham’s inability to make halftime adjustments.
Eric C.
August 6th, 2012
9:18 pm
Any idea what the line will be for the Missouri game?
Eric C.
August 6th, 2012
9:21 pm
LogicalUS, you are a silly person…10 starters returning from a damn good defense
Sharkman
August 6th, 2012
9:22 pm
1 two a day practice in the preseason. REALLY? Wish I could a told my bosses that in Iraq when I was there 3 times, & the average high temperature in the summer was 123. One final thought. We’re not talking about Bear Bryant taking young men out into the Texas desert, & not letting them drink water for heaven’s sake!!!!!!!!!!!!! My goodness, how soft a country are we becoming? All they gotta do is let ‘em drink water every 15 or 20 minutes, but, nooooooooooooo, we’ve got to coddle ‘em & let ‘em get away with murder. Heaven help us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@CBS
August 6th, 2012
9:33 pm
LSU opened the 2011 season without it startign Qb and another player suspended for a barfight, Weeks later 3 player including Spencer Ware and Tyron Mathieu, and DB Simon were suspended from 2011 Auburn game. Want to try again.Thers more but if your too stupid to know look it up for yourself.
Ghost
August 6th, 2012
9:39 pm
Logical us, Not very much logic in your post , a bitter jealous tech fan. Theres 15-18 players on this defense that will play on Sundays over the next two seasons , 2 returning 1st team all americans. no talent at all. You may be the only idiot in the world that doesn’t thin k Georgia has one of the top defenses in the nation.
Tampa Gator
August 6th, 2012
10:01 pm
@Beast from the East…..
DId you read this quote by Muschamp today?
“We are far ahead, after three practices, (of) where we thought we would be at this point. Not just on defense, but on offense.”
I really liked that add on…….”on offense.” Great start to the Gator practices. Look forward to getting some news once they put on the pads and start knocking each other around.
By the way……Dante Fowler is up to 277 lbs and has not lost a step according to Muschamp. He could make a big impact on DE….this year. I wonder how Jonathan Bullard is coming along since he missed all of the summer workouts with the team. Muschamp also said GIllislee is really looking good at RB…and that freshman RB Matt Jones has been impressive so far in camp. That is really good news.
fan
August 6th, 2012
10:02 pm
Techie Tucker is giving us a full report on injuries first hand, not what the players are improving on in camp…just any misfortune about the team, injuries, suspensions, etc.
preferredduck
August 7th, 2012
12:09 am
@logocalUS. I remember the total defense stats from last year. UGA was number 5 in the nation and are right on the heels of bama and lsu, Texas was also in the mix and I can’t remember the other bit we were ahead of Carolina and Florida in total defense. Google it buddy. Also all the analysts, even on ESPN talk about the defense being a beast and that they were top five in the nation last year. Apparently you don’t know jack buddy. Maybe we play your team this year. Are you sad that we killed techs option game last year. So so sad.
7576DAWG
August 7th, 2012
12:37 am
LogicalUS
Georgia gave up 45 points to South Carolina but the Defense only cause like 19 of those points. The rest of the points were cause by Murray turnovers and special teams doing a very bad job. Our defense was ranked 5TH in the nation last year , that is a great defense and I can tell you they are better this year. But, our special teams was one of the worst in the nation and Murray’s turnover were very high. Our lack of depth did kill us in the LSU game in the second half because the offense had so many 3 and out’s. Grantham did his job better than any of the coaches , including CMR but football is a team sport and everybody suffers when only one key coach doesn’t do their job. Our 4 losses were because of one of the worst field goal kickers in in Division 1 last year and because of Bobo’s offense not holding up their part of the job. Specifically, Murray’s panic turnovers and no consistent running game.
CBS- BS
August 7th, 2012
5:45 am
ESPN and CBS Sports both have reported Georgia is known for early season blunders with 3 to 4 suspensions each year under Richt. You never get this with the stellar schools like LSU and Bama. Never gonna change till Richt is FIRED……………………………… every school has them in he SEC RICHT Is one of the one that is doing something about it.
WDE
August 7th, 2012
5:58 am
@CBS- BS I call BS sir MEGA BS…if I remember correctly and I do…last year LSU had players suspended for multiple games to start the season one of them I think was the starting QB…so troll boy your busted..
kingdaddy
August 7th, 2012
6:55 am
LogicalUS,
I have seen so many different people explain the points given-up by Murray and the special teams to you, but you still lay those points at the defense’s feet. Can’t see the forest for the trees? Hmmmmmmmmmm? Why do the experts see and understand this but you just seem to have an axe to grind? Either way, when we hold Missouri well below their avg., you will still spin things negatively because you hate UGA. If Missouri lights us up, then I will admit you were right. If we hold them under their avg, will you be willing to change your perception of UGAs D? I’m not gonna hold my breath. I think you know, you just don’t care. You just like messing with peoples heads…
Bulldawgman49
August 7th, 2012
7:12 am
Skitty Fritty is a MORON!!!!
I am bitting at the bit for the season to start . Exicted about going to Mizzou. GO Dawgs!!!!
Tide Roll
August 7th, 2012
7:22 am
Richt and Booboo fail once again to recruit offensive linemen necessary to compete vs. SEC calibre defenses. They going to start a 6′1″ 280 lb. center from a private school who acknowledges being out weighed in some cases by 90 freakin’ lbs! , And Richt/Booboo, rather than acknowledging the utter insanity of playing the kid, put their typical “SPIN” on it. “This guy’s intelligent and has really(and this is their favorite) “picked up the system”. We can’t move 6′3″ 330lb. Chris Burnette to Center (and in doing so, pick up 50lbs, 3 years more experience, and a ton more athleticism), because 6′4″ 330lb OG Mark Beard, “can’t pick up the system.” Ques. to all DAWG fans: When are you going to start questioning the sanity of this guy Richt?
Heard that before......
August 7th, 2012
7:23 am
Quarterback Aaron Murray said the offensive line “has looked great the first five days” and “definitely has picked up where [it] left off this spring.”
Funny, Murray says this every year……its like everything else- we look great in the pre-season and spring…our problem has been the regular season. It’s like people must forget how to play- I guess??
Tide Roll
August 7th, 2012
8:12 am
Here’s how your offensive line should have been: And all in state kids!, LT Brandon Greene ( No, no Tide Roll, he signed with National Champion Alabama ), LG Chance Warmack ( Ditto tide roll, and he’s a 4-year starter for Saban), Center Chris Burnette ( he’s on our team Tide Roll, but we’d rather start 6′ 280lbs (maybe) private school product Andrews). RG Kenarious Gates (he’s on our team as well tide roll, and is an All SEC guard, but because we have no one else, he’s at Left tackle!) RT JuJuan James ( Come on Tide Roll, everyone knows he’s a 3-year starter at Tennessee, We’ll be just fine with the “Big Marshmellow” Dantzler out there!) WHAT A PROGRAM ! 32 friggin years. NO WONDER!!!! Richt and Booboo should have seen this coming two friggin years ago, not today! Why and how do y’all accept this incompetency!?
The Tide is rolling and nothing can stop it
August 7th, 2012
8:32 am
Your program:
“You can take shortcuts, and guys have, and when they take shortcuts all of a sudden a couple years down the road, the building falls over,”
The Tide is rolling and nothing can stop it
August 7th, 2012
8:34 am
I love blaming the offense for pts scored on the defense. Let’s make it 33 years for the dumbest fans in the college football!
Ricky Bobby Richt
August 7th, 2012
8:37 am
dawgs will stink it up again as usual until Richt is gone. No expectations from this uga fan.
Tide Roll
August 7th, 2012
8:39 am
AND the RICHT/BOOBOO braintrust is rolling aagain this year. They’ve basically stockpiled Florida’s offensive line with GEORGIA kids Max Garcia, Joshua Outlaw, and Octavious Jackson, and mindlessly created the “Great Wall of Georgia Tech” by passing on Shamire Devine and Jeremi Hall. Hell if anything, SIGN THE KIDS TO KEEP THEM AWAY FROM YOUR COMPETITORS! Jeepers! And get this DAWG FANS, your roster mismanagement left plenty of room for you to do so! Damn, what the hell does it take Richt?
A day in the life of CMR
August 7th, 2012
8:42 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuAUI_0knfk Starring CMR as Ricky Bobby…. Water Girl as Carley…… the old and tired passionate UGA Fan as Chip……undisciplined UGA players as Texas Ranger and Walker…..The sheeple fans and Richt apologist as Cal Naughton Jr. This truly depicts the state of the UGA Football program. Enjoy!
AltamahaDawg
August 7th, 2012
8:42 am
Good thing these gator fans have the Georgia blogs to communicate with each other on the gator updates.
I know, I know….it’s a generic college recruiting blog.
AltamahaDawg
August 7th, 2012
8:44 am
And why this has become a Bama troll parade is anybody’s guess.
1eyedJack
August 7th, 2012
9:09 am
Inertia, what a concept.
Turd Roll, where is your alter ego and fellow idiot, RHall55? Or, are you trying out new and unimproved dopplegangers?
kingdaddy
August 7th, 2012
9:09 am
When a qb throws a pick 6 or coughs up the ball on the goal line, that counts against a defense? Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaahaaaaa…
Tide trolling, you are the idiot on this blog once again, lol. Troll on loser, lame spewege from an ignorant tool who is only happy when his daddy slaps his bottom for him…
The Tide is rolling and nothing can stop it
August 7th, 2012
9:12 am
Real defenses stop ranked teams, without excuses. You guys should try it sometime. It’s quite awesome knowing your defensive success isn’t a direct factor of your scheduling.
Vanderbilt and every ranked team lit you up. You feasted on your cupcake schedule and gave the 4th choice coordinator who can’t adjust or stop a real offense a raise.
You deserve to never win a title.
The Tide is rolling and nothing can stop it
August 7th, 2012
9:15 am
Todd Grantham is so awesome and deserving of his raise that you lost the top two defenive players in your state (THAT YOU SHARE WITH A TECHNICAL INSTITUTION)
The Tide is rolling and nothing can stop it
August 7th, 2012
9:16 am
Georgia would fit in much better with the ACC. Then the SEC would be saved some embarrasing loses to Boise, Mich State, Colorado, CENTRAL FLORIDA
AltamahaDawg
August 7th, 2012
9:31 am
As if you had anything to do with Bama winning a title.
kingdaddy
August 7th, 2012
9:31 am
Why was it your team just came off probation for? Didn’t even win your division and you don’t want to play us. How embarrassing is losing to Louisiana, Monroe? At home??? Really??? Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaahaaaaaa..
AltamahaDawg
August 7th, 2012
9:34 am
Any chance you could use the term “awesome” a few more times today?
Mobile Dawg
August 7th, 2012
9:41 am
Look guys, living here there are a lot of people with low levels of education and self worth who attach themselves to the Bama program for their self esteem. Don’t get me wrong, the stereotypical view a lot of people have about Alabama as a place to live isn’t accurate for me. There are a lot of really good things going on over here. I just have to sidestep the goon population that fly their car flags every day of the year.
Tide Roll's Tutor
August 7th, 2012
9:41 am
Wow! I am making almost zero progress here, despite trying to teach the basics of logical reasoning. Give me just one quality post to encourage me to keep working with you- instead I am getting the same old drivel. Well, I am not giving up yet. Today’s lesson is how to come across as a real Bama fan.
1. When Bama misses out on a Cam Newton or Anthony Jennings, you are supposed to be upset (or at least fake it).
2. When Georgia misses out on Anthony Jennings or any of these numerous lineman, you are supposed to be happy- remember you are NOT pulling for the Dogs, but for Bama.
3. Georgia’s relatively low scholarship numbers are not Bama’s problem, so don’t act so upset about it- remember you are NOT a UGA fan.
4. From your posts, you are more upset about the Dogs’ OL than any UGA fan that posts here. Remember you are trying to come across as a Bama fan, so don’t act so concerned about whatever problems you think Georgia has. Its not your problem.
5. It is not good for your case of being a Bama fan to continually be putting down guys like Barrett Jones because of where he went to high school or his skin color. That will turn off true Bama fans real quick.
One final piece of friendly advice from your tutor, you keep making illogical rants on here, and the brick bats will continue to fly your way, and you will deserve them. Do NOT keep bringing a knife to a gun fight and expect any other results than the beatdowns you regularly recieve on here from fans of many schools.
The Tide is rolling and nothing can stop it
August 7th, 2012
9:44 am
You know you’ve cornered the dogs with logic exposing them as a mid-tier team when they resort to the Alabama redneck jokes. HAHAHAHAHA
what?
August 7th, 2012
9:44 am
i just read that we have a lot of walk on’s on special teams??? someone should be slapped!! after all the issues we had on ST last year. this can’t be true.
The Tide is rolling and nothing can stop it
August 7th, 2012
9:46 am
I gotta say this one again (yes, with “awesome”)
Todd Grantham is so awesome and deserving of his raise that you lost the top two defenive players in your state (THAT YOU SHARE WITH A TECHNICAL INSTITUTION)
kingdaddy
August 7th, 2012
9:47 am
Mobile Dawg
I saw Kiss in Mobilein 77, lol. Did some school at Keesler AFB…
what?
August 7th, 2012
9:48 am
LOVE IT TIDE ROLL’S TUTOR!…. i wish we had fans dumb enough to poison trees!!
DawginLex
August 7th, 2012
9:48 am
for all the idiots:
1.)special teams is a priority in 2012
2.)2 practices today, 1 of them all special teams
3.)starters will be playing on special teams
Now continue hating and trolling
The Tide is rolling and nothing can stop it
August 7th, 2012
9:49 am
LA Monroe stopped hurting after a title. The second title just put it further behind. Perhaps you could try that for the Central Florida loss. (I seriously couldn’t keep a straight face if I had to say that in person)
kingdaddy
August 7th, 2012
9:52 am
Foster is at Auburn, lol. R.N. at Clemp-son. Recruits bailing from bama like rats from a sinking ship. Guess they wanted to win a N.C., LOL…
Tide Roll's Tutor
August 7th, 2012
9:58 am
To be fair, I want to compliment Tide Roll on one thing. I have not noticed any posts in the last couple of years insulting Nick Saban’s work ethic and recruiting smarts. You really should have thought about that one before posting the laugher than Saban was late getting on Cam Newton in 2010 because he assumed Cam was a lock to UGA. Even opposing fans respect Nick’s recruiting knowhow and persistence.
Mobile Dawg
August 7th, 2012
9:58 am
kingdaddy, I saw a couple of them at Chick fil a last week. I’ve been here since 2005, at that time I had the choice of returning to the Atlanta area, or seeking other opportunities in Mobile. I made the right decision. I will most likely I will be here the rest of my life. I can think of a lot of places I would rather not be. UGA football isn’t very well respected here, wish that could change.
what?
August 7th, 2012
9:58 am
Guy’s lets be serious. i am a HUGE UGA fan but we cannot talk bad about bama’s football program. we are not on the same level as them right now. i do think uga is a top 10 team no matter what schedule we play and bama is a top 3 team.
however we can make fun of the stupidity of there fan base. Enjoy!
kingdaddy
August 7th, 2012
10:00 am
C.F. was ranked in the top 20 fool, and played in Fla. Where was LOUISIANA MONROE RANKED? And you couldn’t even beat them at home, lol. You can never forget that game, not going to happen. Lowest point of bama history other than all the probations fool. This decade, UGA is 3-1 against team-bama. You and Central Fla. have one thing in common, they just went on probation for cheating too…
kingdaddy
August 7th, 2012
10:04 am
What?
We’re just responding to idiot’s that constantly put UGA down. We all know Bama has a good team, just don’t need to be reminded 24/7 by the trolls on this blog. Tit for tat, lol…
The Tide is rolling and nothing can stop it
August 7th, 2012
10:14 am
Mobile Dawg
UGA football isn’t very well respected here, wish that could change.
That’s not the only place UGA football isn’t respected….
Stop having illusions of granduer. Quit screaming SEC when you lose to Boise. Quit calling Isiah Crowell the next Herschel. Stop making excuses for your defense. Schedule a quality opponent. Don’t lose your in-state recruits. WIN A TITLE.
Mobile Dawg
August 7th, 2012
10:17 am
Tide is rolling, UGA football is all I have in life. Why would you try and take that away from me, you should know how I feel.
The Tide is rolling and nothing can stop it
August 7th, 2012
10:19 am
I bash the fans. The UGA program (minus all the arrest) is not that bad. It’s just you fans are so convinced that you are a great program. You convince yourself that you have a defense comparable to Alabama/LSU and that’s just laughable that you actually believe that. It deserves to be pointed out. I feel like I am helping you guys.