Malcolm Mitchell the latest defensive starter to be scratched for season opener
Malcolm Mitchell (R) sprained his left ankle in Georgia's walk-through practice on Thursday, meaning Damian Swann (5) will get the start Saturday at boundary corner (AJC photo by Curtis Compton)
ATHENS — Yet another defensive starter is going to miss Georgia’s opener against Buffalo.
Malcolm Mitchell, who was moved from wide receiver to cornerback due to attrition in the Bulldogs’ secondary, has been scratched from the game as well. The sophomore from Valdosta reportedly sprained an ankle in Georgia’s “walk-through” practice on Thursday. That’s according to UGA, which closes its practices to the media on the Thursdays before games.
“I can confirm that he sustained a left ankle sprain in yesterday’s practice and will not play in tomorrow’s game vs. Buffalo,” Georgia spokesman Claude Felton said on Friday afternoon. “No projections at this point on his availability for next week’s game.”
No details were provided on how Mitchell actually injured his ankle in a walk-through practice.
Mitchell was slated to start at boundary corner for the Bulldogs. His absence makes him the fifth defensive starter expected to sit out the opener.
Senior Sanders Commings, the regular starter at that position, is suspended for the first two games due a domestic battery conviction in February. Outside linebacker Chase Vasser is also suspended for two games due to his May arrest for DUI. Inside linebacker Alec Ogletree and Bacarri Rambo are expected to miss at least the opener due suspensions for teams rules violations. UGA has never confirmed nor denied that Ogletree and/or Rambo is being disciplined but has declined interview requests for the two players since March when it was first reported they failed surprise drug screenings conducted by the UGA athletic association.
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Rudy
August 31st, 2012
3:42 pm
Oh no! Not good news. Damn it! We need a secondary
Rudy
August 31st, 2012
3:43 pm
If we don’t have him vs. Missouri, we could very well lose that game. We already won’t have Commings. I guess this means Damian Swann will have to step up and do his thing. Wouldn’t you know it? The LAST practice before the game.
GeoffDawg
August 31st, 2012
3:44 pm
Ugh. Just ugh.
Rudy
August 31st, 2012
3:45 pm
Rambo and Ogletree will be available for the Missouri game according to sources.
George
August 31st, 2012
3:46 pm
Guess this means that our front 7 will have to get after the passer even more. Our defense is hurting in the secondary with so many stupid decisions and now this. Why can’t we just be full strength? Every time we have a bit of hype, we do something to mess it up.
7576DAWG
August 31st, 2012
3:46 pm
Probably got board and was racing with one of the running backs. The coaches probably thought it was good fun until he turned his ankle. If he can’t practice next week of play in the Missouri game it won’t be very funny then.
George
August 31st, 2012
3:48 pm
So I guess our starters will look like this now:
DE: Abry Jones
NG: John Jenkins
DE: Cornelius Washington
OLB: Jarvis Jones
ILB: Mike Gilliard
ILB: Christian Robinson
OLB: Ramik Wilson
CB: Branden Smith
FS: Corey Moore
SS: Shawn Williams
CB: Damian Swann
7576DAWG
August 31st, 2012
3:49 pm
From what I have read Corey Moore will do just fine.
Mark Richt's Goatee
August 31st, 2012
3:51 pm
Its ok, since it’s Buffalo. Good thing we didnt open with Vandy. They gave USCe all they wanted and then some. Tough deal with the non call at the end……USCe could be in trouble if they keep running Shaw – he is no Cam Newton.
big Dawg
August 31st, 2012
3:51 pm
quess he was practicing his touchdown dance or something
George
August 31st, 2012
3:53 pm
Good thing Shawn Williams kept his head on straight this offseason or we wouldn’t have a secondary to field vs. Missouri. Against Buffalo it shouldn’t matter, but we need all hands on deck vs. Mizzou. Damn, it’s ALWAYS something. Either uneccessary injuries, or stupid decisions off the field. Something always happens.
I dropped my fried twinkie
August 31st, 2012
3:54 pm
Damn the boy can’t walk and chew gum.
Octoberdawg
August 31st, 2012
3:56 pm
We will be fine against the Bulls. I just hope Mitchell is back for Mizzou. I think the main question is….how in the Hades do you sprain your ankle in a walk-through?
Hairy Dawg
August 31st, 2012
3:57 pm
And it’s all happening on the defensive side of the ball. The offense has had a cool offseason. No problems over there. It’s on the defense where we’ve had suspensions and injuries. Offense seems ready to go and will put up 50 points tomorrow.
J-Dub
August 31st, 2012
3:58 pm
I agree with you George. It’s always something. I open this website everyday wanting to read some news but I am learning that the only good news these days is no news……
t2go
August 31st, 2012
3:59 pm
ouch
J-Dub
August 31st, 2012
3:59 pm
Hairy, there is one part of the offense that did not have a cool offseason….IC…..
Hairy Dawg
August 31st, 2012
4:00 pm
Offensive line will surprise this season. One of the best O-lines in the SEC with Gates, Lee, Andrews, Burnette, and Theus.
Aaron Murray will have his best season yet as a Dawg. Win some big games for us.
t2go
August 31st, 2012
4:00 pm
Get well soon Malcolm!!! We NEED you!!!
Hairy Dawg
August 31st, 2012
4:00 pm
@ J-Dub well I wasn’t counting him since he’s no longer on the team. I expected IC to screw up. But other than that, it’s been good for the offense.
Rp
August 31st, 2012
4:02 pm
Please delete the guy at 3:55. Get a life.
J-Dub
August 31st, 2012
4:04 pm
You are correct Hairy. I do wish we had Kolton Houston ready to play as well. If our line can gel, we can put up some points.
Ben Jones
August 31st, 2012
4:04 pm
With our front 7, it shouldn’t matter. QB won’t have time to throw anyway.
TheBabe
August 31st, 2012
4:07 pm
Yes, please delete the 3:55 post.
theTruth
August 31st, 2012
4:08 pm
Could it be that UGA doesn’t want to tip their hand for Mizzou? Sounds kinda fishy that he ’sprains’ his ankle during a walk through…
It may be exactly true because one would think he would need ‘live’ reps against Buffalo, but you UGA is defenitely less forthcoming with information since McGarity arrived.
Arthur Redding, Jr.
August 31st, 2012
4:10 pm
3:55 needs to be permanently banned from AJC boards.
DARKDOG
August 31st, 2012
4:10 pm
At least he wasn’t suspended.
UGA Insider
August 31st, 2012
4:14 pm
Nothing is wrong with Mitchell guys. He’s out this game to make is seem as if he’s hurt. It’s a mind game with Missouri. Georgia is going all out to win that game. Mitchell is fine.
Chuck
August 31st, 2012
4:15 pm
Is there anything in writing that a Georgia player suspended has to be suspended the next x number of games? I wish Commings could miss Buffalo and Florida Atlantic but I don’t know if this is something that Richt decides or it’s an official policy of Georgia/SEC/NCAA/Etc.
Doodaddy
August 31st, 2012
4:15 pm
What a disappoinment for the kid! Let’s hope he recovers fully and soon.
The Diesel
August 31st, 2012
4:16 pm
Sprains an ankle during walk throughs.Good Job!!!!!!
Two to the shoe
August 31st, 2012
4:17 pm
Wow. That’s incredibly bad luck. No need to push it against buffalo fellow Dawg fans, get him healthy for Missouri. Hell, our 3rd team could be Buffalo. That said, there could be a silver lining here. Some of the younger guys are going to get allot of reps against an inferior opponent. Im interested in seeing Sheldon Dawson and Cory Moore. I think people forget how highly tauted Damian Swann was coming out of HS. Thats the thing, gone are the days where we are only 1 or 2 deep. Grantham has this thing fine tuned and we have 4 stars all over the place on defense. We;re getting there on offense too but its taken longer, especially the Oline (Theus was a good start).
waterdog
August 31st, 2012
4:18 pm
Do a better job of monitoring the blog and dump the guy @ 3:55. That’s just plain stupid.
rhbDAWG1
August 31st, 2012
4:21 pm
THE BRIGHT SIDE – Missou won’t be able to see him in action and plan for his skill set. I will be surprised if he’s not 100 % next Saturday night.
bart
August 31st, 2012
4:21 pm
Are these guys really so fragile? Jeez, how to you get hurt in a walk thru? Pitiful.
Alphare
August 31st, 2012
4:22 pm
You think walk-thru hurting your players is bad? What about losing your players by doing nothing during the off-season? Huh? UGA fans?
Freddy
August 31st, 2012
4:28 pm
Our defense is good enough to dominate Mizzou all day long. I mean literally shut them down. The only problem is our defense will be watching the game on TV back in Athens. Really sad that the coaches recruit and develop such a great product to put on the field, then due to stupidity and injuries we won’t even get to see it.
BobDog
August 31st, 2012
4:29 pm
I doubt he’s hurt. They’re hiding him so Missouri won’t know what to expect.
dawgfan
August 31st, 2012
4:30 pm
You can roll an ankle walking from the couch to the refrigerator. Trust me. I’ve done it. He’ll be fine. Ice, ice, ice and more ice. It works miracles.
Bama in Atlanta
August 31st, 2012
4:32 pm
UGA Insider
August 31st, 2012
4:14 pm
Nothing is wrong with Mitchell guys. He’s out this game to make is seem as if he’s hurt. It’s a mind game with Missouri. Georgia is going all out to win that game. Mitchell is fine.
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There’s a big difference in having a sprain where you hold a guy out for the first game against a weak team so that he should be good to go in week 2 versus having a healthy player and sitting him out just to play “mind games” for week 2.
It’s bad enough when a player is focusing on the second game before the first is played but it’s much worse if the coaching staff is doing it. Missouri isn’t that good of a team and UGA should win it but if you’re having to play mind games before you get past your season opener then that’s showing a lack of confidence.
Russell Hall
August 31st, 2012
4:40 pm
Sure hope BobDog is right about M.M., but I’m afraid it might be wishful thinking.
Is "sprained his ankle"...
August 31st, 2012
4:44 pm
…jsut code words for” suspended” for some other reason that CMR does not want to discuss (see Rambo and Ogletree)?
UGA
August 31st, 2012
4:45 pm
A mind game? And you identify yourself as an insider?
MItchell did injure himself significantly and there’s whispers he’s lost for the season depending how surgery goes.
GtDawg
August 31st, 2012
5:01 pm
Ya’ll aint real Dawg fans if you think this is gonna be a problem this weekend or next week. Blowouts both games. Man up.
PaulPaul
August 31st, 2012
5:09 pm
Enter your comments here
Huh?
August 31st, 2012
5:12 pm
UGA won’t miss Mitchell, and UGA beats Buffalo easy enough. The problem that I have are the people on this blog saying that there is nothing wrong with him, and that it’s just some kind of competitive trick to play mind games with Missouri.
So…Claude Felton is a liar? You guys ok with the UGA coaching staff pulling a stunt like this by lying to college football fans AND not letting Mitchell play? Serously?
PaulPaul
August 31st, 2012
5:12 pm
What is the deal with this 3:55 did I miss something. Hope Mitchell is not hurt badly. He is a true play maker on both sides of the ball.
LoyalDog
August 31st, 2012
5:15 pm
George. Are you kiddin me? Amarlo Herrera and Gilliard are the best inside linebackers. Put Robinson on the pine. Besides, he talks too much. Herrera gets the job done The defense will be fine. Swann and Smith are good and Corey Moore is really good. I like Williams too.
Hard Truth Soldier
August 31st, 2012
5:18 pm
Guys remember when Christian Robinson got hurt last year and Gillard had a beast 3 game burst? Sometimes this may be and opportunity for another to shine. Damien Swann GATA tomorrow.
Chris
August 31st, 2012
5:30 pm
Coach MR just dont want to show his hand to the zoo to review. come on think about it today was a walk through.
GB's Hamburgers
August 31st, 2012
5:31 pm
OK, he was horsing around with his homeys.
Chris
August 31st, 2012
5:33 pm
Loyaldawg you said it, Cory Moore is a beast…..
fishook dawg
August 31st, 2012
5:39 pm
Mitchell pulled his hamstring last year and missed about 3 games. He was moved to defense this year for the start of the season to fill in for suspended players. The bad thing now is he want get any live action at cornerback aganist a lesser team before the first SEC game at MIssouri. Good luck with that.
SEC East Commissioner
August 31st, 2012
5:40 pm
State of The Georgia Bulldawg Nation
Some of you will not agree with this, but It is honest as one can be.
15-20% of UGA fans Think Richt is no longer getting the results they want( BCS runs)
20-30% of UGA fans Think Richt needed to get rid of his Offensive Coordinator
99.9% of UGA fans think Grantham was the answer.
50-60% of UGA fans realize that if Georgia does not win the SEC this Year it will be their last chance for a couple of years with the amount of players graduating, leaving for the NFL after the season is over.
20% of the UGA fans think that getting to the BCSCG is really in their grasp.
80% of SEC fans think that somewhere along the line that UGA and CMR will choke on a game they should win.
The facts are that UGA is loaded on defense, their OL is their weak link, their QB will have to make plays each week and not turn the ball over in order for UGA to win the three games they do have that are semi-tough.
The UGA nation will need to understand that with certain teams that play tougher schedules throughout the country will jump UGA once the season starts if ANY form of weakness is exposed in the first 3 or 4 games.
In the end, most fans are taking a wait and see approach to UGA and most fans outside of UGA think UGA is beatable if their running game is not there, even with 4 and 5 star running backs pouring out of the backfield. Defense wins championships, but the offense has to be able to keep the defense off the field.
The other weak area is Kicking, but UGA has always had great kickers going back to the Dooley Administration. When everything is going bad for UGA the Kicking game seems to always be the bright spot( with the exception of 2011).
Good luck to your dogs, and stay healthy my friends.
WDE
August 31st, 2012
5:43 pm
@SEC East Commissioner 90% of the “experts” think USCe is going to be the toughest team on our schedule this year…did you see them last night? I hope they are the toughest, but I’m sure UF beats them like rented mules..so much for all the experts and you.
Spanky
August 31st, 2012
5:45 pm
I’m hearing that he’ll be good to go for Mizzou, otherwise Corey Moore and Damien Swann are playing lights out! ..just watch!
Spanky
August 31st, 2012
5:47 pm
WDE, I’d wait till we see FLA in action before ya hop in their lap, bra!…rented mules,..nice!
ZinoDawg
August 31st, 2012
5:53 pm
I am praying that this is not serious!
Bad news for a Friday night……..
SEC East Commissioner
August 31st, 2012
5:54 pm
WDE
August 31st, 2012
5:43 pm
@SEC East Commissioner 90% of the “experts” think USCe is going to be the toughest team on our schedule this year…did you see them last night? I hope they are the toughest, but I’m sure UF beats them like rented mules..so much for all the experts and you.
If you think that USC plays like that all year then you are confused. Secondly, Vanderbilt is not going to be a push over for ANYONE, including UGA.
You can get mad, but the facts are the facts and you cannot argue with them.
Destin Dawg
August 31st, 2012
6:04 pm
Spurrier looked old and tired… lucky to win a sqeaker on a bad call !!!! Lattimore and Shaw looked beat up with no good back ups….. whole S.C. team looked gassed .. hands on hips…ESPN even said that S.C. was lucky to be playing Vandy and not GEORGIA !!!!
Destin Dawg
August 31st, 2012
6:09 pm
O line will suprise this year… S & C program plus Jen Ketterly’s daily buffet ay Butts Mehre.. Grantham’s defense 3rd year in 3/4 with several NFLers one 1st team.. Go Dawgs win the SEC Champs this year !!!
supsalemgr
August 31st, 2012
6:30 pm
At least he was not suspended.
a country boy can survive
August 31st, 2012
6:41 pm
lots of ex-dawgs getting cut by the nfl…cannot overcome the lack of coaching they received in athens….four wasted years…recruits, notice how many dawgs get drafted….just to get cut because they didn’t learn the basics at uga…don’t waste a career by going to uga…
USA today editor
August 31st, 2012
6:52 pm
I have to agree with practically everything SEC East Commissioner posted. He is right on the money. And to those who think SOuth Carolina will look and play the same against UGA as they did against Vandy please back the Bus up and get off and wait for the Short Bus and for your rubber helmet to. E issued.
Fidlin1
August 31st, 2012
7:01 pm
Hey Chip, thanks for all the Pre-season Coverage and getting this revved up. What’s the possibilty of getting ‘Like’, ‘Dislike’ button for comments?
Little Richard
August 31st, 2012
7:11 pm
Mizzu is gonna kick Georgia’s butt. Gonna be fun to watch ‘em lose.
UGA Fan 4Ever
August 31st, 2012
7:12 pm
We are going to be an awesome team, once we get our team back……WOW
Little Richard
August 31st, 2012
7:14 pm
Ole Richt showing a lot of grey hairs this year.
Tampa Gator
August 31st, 2012
7:38 pm
This has a little something to do with football…….SEC football in fact……well sorta…….have you guys watched the CBS SEC Weekly Show…….and had the joy of watching the girl that does the twitter posts from the players around the SEC? If you haven’t, you should…..but send your wife or girlfriend to the grocery store for chips and beer first. And put down the beer you have in your hand first as well.
Tampa Gator
August 31st, 2012
7:39 pm
……and good luck to the Dawgs tomorrow.
kingdaddy
August 31st, 2012
7:50 pm
You too Tamp…
SEC East Commissioner
August 31st, 2012
7:51 pm
If we decide to go to a 9 game SEC schedule you will see us give UGA road games to Baton Rouge and College Station. We may throw Tuscaloosa in there just to make our point.
Okay, just joking, having a little fun.
Good luck UGA.
kingdaddy
August 31st, 2012
7:52 pm
I don’t know why, but I don’t believe he sprained it in a “walk-through”…
Big Crimson 75
August 31st, 2012
7:56 pm
King — good luck to the dogs tomorrow.
It should be a cake walk.
Y’all will know who your #2 QB is after Saturday.
TG — good luck to your crocs.
I know no-one will wish my team well — goes with the territory!
Rest assured, We’ll carry our weight for the SEC.
Maxx4955
August 31st, 2012
8:19 pm
Heard Corey Moore is tough as nails…a good coverage guy and is probably one of the hardest hitters on the team. Go Dawgs!!!!
Big Crimson 75
August 31st, 2012
8:28 pm
Whoa!!!
Is this Patterson kid the one UT fired all that $$$ at to keep him away from the dogs?
SEC East Commissioner
August 31st, 2012
8:35 pm
Tenn Vols throwing it around, defense has a ways to go but they are spreading the field. 22-7 after 1
SEC East Commissioner
August 31st, 2012
8:36 pm
BIG CRIMSON…
Good LUCK to your TIDE! Represent us well.
Dude84
August 31st, 2012
8:39 pm
we obviously have a lot of naive fans of the game of football. Of course Malcolme Mitchell is fine and dandy, Richt is holding him out of this game in which we are 37 point favorites, because the depth at corner is thin and he wants as many fully ready players for week 2 at missouri. An actual, serious opponent…not Buffalo. Why would he risk playing any of the starters against Buffalo? I think Murray, Jarvis Jones, Ken Malcolme, and John Jenkins should be “injured” for the Buffalo game as well. You “fans” are funny, freaking out over this…
SEC East Commissioner
August 31st, 2012
8:43 pm
Michigan St’s qb is a scatter arm.
Big Crimson 75
August 31st, 2012
8:44 pm
Thanks Commish.
Sal Sunseri will save the young Dooley’s job @ UT.
kingdaddy
August 31st, 2012
8:48 pm
75
Kick their butts back to Michigan. They deserve a serious SEC Stomping. Anyone outside the conference can go to h€LL. GOOD LUCK…
Big Crimson 75
August 31st, 2012
8:48 pm
The discrepancy between the SEC & ACC is astounding.
Some HAD predicted NC State to compete for the ACC Crown — UT is probably the 7th or 8th strongest program in the SEC.
Big Crimson 75
August 31st, 2012
8:50 pm
king — with pleasure!!!
Left Coast Dawg
August 31st, 2012
8:54 pm
@Big Crimson75 – yeah, that is the kid Patterson……he looked good on that end around….damn good!
Left Coast Dawg
August 31st, 2012
8:56 pm
I was expecting more from NC State but maybe this is a testament to Derek Dooley’s efforts to improve that Volunteer product.
SEC East Commissioner
August 31st, 2012
8:57 pm
Dumb play call there on 4th and 1 1/2.
SEC East Commissioner
August 31st, 2012
9:02 pm
Sunseri needs to find some DB’s
SEC East Commissioner
August 31st, 2012
9:05 pm
Big Crimson,
Question:
No one has mentioned it but LSU lost a couple of coaches, especially Ron Cooper their DB coach who went to Tampa Bay Bucs, that will have some affect on them to some degree, What do you think?
Big Crimson 75
August 31st, 2012
9:05 pm
Signs of life from the Pack!!!
Bad decision to go on 4th down.
Big Crimson 75
August 31st, 2012
9:07 pm
Commish — I’m ready to see what Mettanberger is all about.
LSU’s loaded with players.
Left Coast Dawg
August 31st, 2012
9:14 pm
Ditto the Mettenberger comment……basically, see what we really lost.
Left Coast Dawg
August 31st, 2012
9:15 pm
OMG! Vols lost the ball on the half inch of the goal line.
The Umpire
August 31st, 2012
9:15 pm
Wow! SC looks a whole lot weaker than everybody thought, but TN looks fantastic! Explosive O, tough, fast and aggressive D. TN could be the sleeper this year. Hard to say how good NC State is, and you can have a burst, but the Vols look like they can play with anyone.
Left Coast Dawg
August 31st, 2012
9:16 pm
Me thinks after review that it will be a touchdown.
Left Coast Dawg
August 31st, 2012
9:17 pm
Umm, not so fast Umpire. The Tenn running game doesn’t look explosive……WOW, it’s not overturned ….
Left Coast Dawg
August 31st, 2012
9:18 pm
That play could cost Tenn the game.
Big Crimson 75
August 31st, 2012
9:21 pm
Luginbill just compared Patterson to Julio!!!
Easy dude.
The Umpire
August 31st, 2012
9:22 pm
Lefty, I’m watching the BSU MSU game too on DVR…haven’t caught up with you.
Delbert D.
August 31st, 2012
9:23 pm
Buffalo has a bunch of big bodies on the OL, starters and backups. The might fall on somebody. The DL is a different story with their 3-4. NT is 285, DEs are 265 and 270.
BLOOD TYPE: RED & BLACK
August 31st, 2012
9:23 pm
Does any objective fan really think Richt would pull a ploy like “saying” MM is hurt just to have a surprise for Mizzu? I actually hope our coach is that inventive and ruthless to win but I just don’t think that fits his choir boy style.
How the heck did MM get injured in a walk through? Someone suggested a foot race…sadly enough…that is almost believable the way this team shoots themselves in the foot.
The Umpire
August 31st, 2012
9:29 pm
That play definitely kept them in the game, Lefty. Boise is amazing. MSU is bigger and stronger, but Boise finds a way to make plays. Smells like coaching to me…
I dropped my fried twinkie
August 31st, 2012
9:33 pm
NEVER should have been overturned. The ESPN/SEC Homer announcers are full of crap. The SPEED of the play is the ball was knocked out. The NEW definition of TD sucks IMO. TOUCHDOWN should still mean YOU & the BALL are in the End Zone.
The word Touchdown should be changed to FLYOVER.
The Umpire
August 31st, 2012
9:34 pm
Interesting that our first and last game opponents opened the season against each other: BSU vs MSU. They both graduated a lot of talent.
441North
August 31st, 2012
9:39 pm
He’ll be ready for that new freshman team next week.
Left Coast Dawg
August 31st, 2012
9:47 pm
Lol….okay Ump
Left Coast Dawg
August 31st, 2012
9:49 pm
Yeah, if We ever lose Richt, I would want Boise’s coach on a short-list of potential replacements….along with Patterson from TCU.
Big Crimson 75
August 31st, 2012
9:51 pm
Wow!!
Someone dropped outta the Metrodome last night also!!
I dropped my fried twinkie
August 31st, 2012
9:51 pm
The Boise St v Michigan St game has been titled the MIKE VICK game “The Battle of the DWAG Killers”.
Left Coast Dawg
August 31st, 2012
9:52 pm
I guess the Tennessee QB dropped his fried Twinkie …..lol
GATiger
August 31st, 2012
9:58 pm
SEC East Commish, Corey Raymond replaced Ron Cooper as DB coach at LSU. Raymond is an alum who played for the Giants and Lions after LSU and was DB coach at Nebraska before returning to LSU in the Spring. Cooper was a great coach and I think he’ll do well in Tampa. Raymond, according to the players, is more of a technician, and that’s just what our young DBs need. We’ve got two young guys, Mills and Collins who will be holding down the LCB and nickel spots. Thankfully, our early season isn’t as tough as last year’s, so they’ll have time to get some experience before conference play.
I dropped my fried twinkie
August 31st, 2012
9:58 pm
Drunks Falling from the sky……Is that a plague of the Apocalypse?
DAWG258
August 31st, 2012
10:00 pm
SEC Commish/GAMEcock fan
your percentages are horrible and borderline ignorant, along with the crying about schedules considering they change EQUALLY throughout a given time frame. I’ll be looking for you when we do get to go to baton rouge and have a game with bama in the same season while your breaking up the egg bowl.
I do agree Vandy is no push over but I also will mention how much losing your D-coordinator was exposed last night as well as what you will see going forward. It will resemble what occured when Mullen left for Miss st. with UF.
I do hope you enjoy your next 3 (cupcake) games and hopefully your QB gets healthy when the Dawgs stop through for the rent check.
GATA!
last year for a while my backside!!! hilarious but keep thinking that!
Left Coast Dawg
August 31st, 2012
10:00 pm
Actually, I think that was in Houston at Reliant Stadium Ump
The Umpire
August 31st, 2012
10:00 pm
Twinkie, you are delusional and living in the past….and lost. Do you have internet in Knoxville?
SEC East Commissioner
August 31st, 2012
10:02 pm
Tenn has some weapons, just not sure if they know how to use them yet.
If I were Dooley, I would follow the advice of Coach Franklin and lay everything on the table and pass when you should run, go for it on 4th down, onside kick, blitz often …he needs to win 7 or 8 games.
He reminds me of Shula when hired at Bama, he needs to turn some heads.
DAWG258
August 31st, 2012
10:02 pm
note to self. take out an insurance policy before I head to the SECCG… how unfortunate and I hope everyone ends up ok!
Gamecock in Georgia
August 31st, 2012
10:02 pm
How did UGA do against Vandy last year???
Left Coast Dawg
August 31st, 2012
10:04 pm
….and he was going up or down an escalator Ump
SEC East Commissioner
August 31st, 2012
10:05 pm
DAWG258
August 31st, 2012
10:00 pm
SEC Commish/GAMEcock fan
your percentages are horrible and borderline ignorant, along with the crying about schedules considering they change EQUALLY throughout a given time frame. I’ll be looking for you when we do get to go to baton rouge and have a game with bama in the same season while your breaking up the egg bowl.
I do agree Vandy is no push over but I also will mention how much losing your D-coordinator was exposed last night as well as what you will see going forward. It will resemble what occured when Mullen left for Miss st. with UF.
I do hope you enjoy your next 3 (cupcake) games and hopefully your QB gets healthy when the Dawgs stop through for the rent check.
GATA!
last year for a while my backside!!! hilarious but keep thinking that
READ CLOSER……THAT WAS A JOKE, But UGA does not want LSU, Alabama in the same season ….ask UF….Just tough phyical games…
I dropped my fried twinkie
August 31st, 2012
10:05 pm
UMP………I live outside Atlanta. I have EVERYTHING and more.
Left Coast Dawg
August 31st, 2012
10:06 pm
Last year was last year…..how did the clucks do against Vandy last night?
SEC East Commissioner
August 31st, 2012
10:07 pm
Dawg258,,
You sound like one of those fans who has a hard time seeing your own team and fan base issues.
Big Crimson 75
August 31st, 2012
10:10 pm
Twink — did you catch the photo of uga’s latest addition to the Athens Penitentiary?
Geeked up city!!
Threatening a young co-ed with an Eastern 36/32….How lovely!
Gamecock in Georgia
August 31st, 2012
10:10 pm
Left Coast Idiot
How did UGA look against SC the last 2 years.
How did UGA look against ranked teams
How did UGA look against an inferior Bosie State team?
How did UGA look against a slow Big Ten Team?
Gamecock in Georgia
August 31st, 2012
10:15 pm
Left Coast Idiot.
Sorry as I forgot like most UGA fans say”we won the 1st half against LSU”
But u idiots forgot a game is 2 halfs
The Umpire
August 31st, 2012
10:15 pm
Gamecock, you are living in the past. Wake up and smell the Twinkies.
I dropped my fried twinkie
August 31st, 2012
10:15 pm
Bi Cri I think you mean an EASTON. LOL
Gamecock in Georgia
August 31st, 2012
10:15 pm
So keep your mouth shut and talk when u finally beat someone
The Umpire
August 31st, 2012
10:16 pm
Twinkie, you are perverted. Wake up and smell the chickens.
Left Coast Dawg
August 31st, 2012
10:17 pm
@GameCluck in Georgia – you’re still referencing the past. Your comments about the last two years is like General Robert E. Lee bragging about winning a couple of battles in the Civil War and we know the whole story there. Also, how was Boise St inferior when they were ranked top 10? After last night’s performance I wouldn’t be too quick to talk trash as a Cluck fan. You might want to get on one of your blogs and talk about how you guys get your ship together before we show up in Columbia and hang 30-40 on you…..further exposing that defense more than Vandy did.
I dropped my fried twinkie
August 31st, 2012
10:18 pm
How mant times will the ESPN/SEC Homer announcers say Tennessee when the mean 1st down NCSU………….That one A..hole has SEC on the brain but ESPN is unbiased. RIGHT.
Left Coast Dawg
August 31st, 2012
10:18 pm
Ditto Ump…lol
The Umpire
August 31st, 2012
10:22 pm
Face it chick in GA, you were strutting and crowing and it now you look stupid. I’m sorry the team played bad, but it isn’t our fault. Don’t be an angry bird.
I dropped my fried twinkie
August 31st, 2012
10:22 pm
I think UMP has Small mans disease or something. he is trying to pick fight with everybody.
He is the UMP cause he has Napoleonic Disorder and couldn’t play the game.
Gamecock in Georgia
August 31st, 2012
10:25 pm
All non-UGA all know one thing. UGA football SUX and even with that soft schehule u have u will still lose 3 games
Big Crimson 75
August 31st, 2012
10:28 pm
whoooops….Easton 36-32!!
The Umpire
August 31st, 2012
10:29 pm
Twinkie, I just call like I see ‘em.
Gamecock in Georgia
August 31st, 2012
10:29 pm
U keep talking about this great defense coming back.
Boise State -35
SC-45
LSU-42 and Alabama shut them out
Mich State -33
So tell me who did your defense stop
And why do u deserve your high ranking as u won 10 games in a row against no one u idiots
Left Coast Dawg
August 31st, 2012
10:31 pm
If we lose 3 games the Clucks lose 4. I’ll even name the ones you lose too: UGA, LSU, Arkansas, and toss up between Clemson & Florida.
I dropped my fried twinkie
August 31st, 2012
10:32 pm
And being an UMP you are Blind wrong and stupid on 90% of your calls.
Gamecock in Georgia
August 31st, 2012
10:33 pm
Lose to UGA!!
That’s a joke.
Let me know when u fiannly beat a good team
The Umpire
August 31st, 2012
10:34 pm
Bird Brain, come on. You have been on these blogs telling Georgia fans how great SC, and how bad UGA is this year. You are just wrong, but not smart enough to fade away. Honestly, I’m sorry.
Big Crimson 75
August 31st, 2012
10:34 pm
Lefty — Did you ever think you’d see the day when uga would be reduced to babbling with the no-cocks?
DAWG258
August 31st, 2012
10:35 pm
If I were a gamecock fan I’d probably get sauced on a cock blog after last night….
we get it though, It’s put up or shut up after that performance.
It’s scary when you folks start sounding like UF fans when you only speak of recent and fail to mention historic past……. this is a new year and that’s why it such a pure sport… its unknown until the season is over.
Issues for UGA…. hmmmm Defense is fine, Oline is fine, WR’s are fine, QB is fine, and after tomorrow the K and P wont be rookies anymore so they will be fine…. so maybe it would have to be TE??? at least until the next one finishes his application to TE U.. lol
bottom line – 1 game at a time, stay healthy, stay together, play hard, get better, have fun! most of all play UGA football and dont take the foot off the gas and we’ll be fine!
prediction for your next post – the new kickoff spot was created so it would help UGA kick it through the endzone making it even tougher to keep UGA from the SECCG…
that would be the only thing we havent heard before so I’m going out on a limb that what you bring won’t be original! lol
GATA!!!
Left Coast Dawg
August 31st, 2012
10:36 pm
Lol @ Big Crimson…..I’m bored in case you can’t tell, otherwise I would have turned on the Igg button
The Umpire
August 31st, 2012
10:37 pm
Twinkie, what did your coach teach you? The Ump is always right. My calls are all dead-on tonight. TN is doing great, SC a huge disappointment to Chicken Nation, Boise is hanging tough.
I dropped my fried twinkie
August 31st, 2012
10:37 pm
Bi Cri you know you will catch hell for that comment. Bama was down a few years too. LOL
I dropped my fried twinkie
August 31st, 2012
10:39 pm
UMP thinks a lot of himself for sure….Did your mom and Parole Office show up when you received your GED?
SEC East Commissioner
August 31st, 2012
10:43 pm
Makes You wonder how UGA Fans Feel? The Team that beat UGA in the first game of 2011 playing the team that beat UGA in their last Game of 2011-2012.
Big Crimson 75
August 31st, 2012
10:44 pm
Twink — True, but we don’t argue with the Help.
The Umpire
August 31st, 2012
10:46 pm
Twinkie, I’m going to have to throw you out of the game if you start talking about the Ump’s mother. ST. Simons never did that.
The Umpire
August 31st, 2012
10:47 pm
A lot better than Chicken fans feel…you are living in the past.
I dropped my fried twinkie
August 31st, 2012
10:50 pm
UMP…………1980…………….you are living with the DEAD.
The Umpire
August 31st, 2012
10:50 pm
Good night kids…stay safe.
I dropped my fried twinkie
August 31st, 2012
10:52 pm
Wow…living in the past …365 or so days compared to 32 years?
North Georgia Dawg
August 31st, 2012
11:08 pm
I hope he can play next week, because we certainly need him. They didn’t say it was a high-ankle sprain which would mean he was out in all likelihood at least 3 weeks. Maybe he can give it a go with a week to rest. Georgia doesn’t really need him tomorrow anyways as everyone has pointed out.
Woodstock Dawg
August 31st, 2012
11:16 pm
Just got off the phone with my Dad. He turned 80 on Wednesday. Starting his 44 season between the hedges tomorrow. See everybody in athens tomorrow, brunch at the Varsity.
How Bout Them Dawgs!!!
North Georgia Dawg
August 31st, 2012
11:22 pm
Go Michigan State. I’m glad they beat Boise. Kellen Moore is gone and it’s time Boise stops their dominance.
JinxBeliever
August 31st, 2012
11:24 pm
Thank you so much, Chip, for pointing out yesterday on the radio that Georgia had made it this far with no major losses due to injury!!!
Fair n Balanced
August 31st, 2012
11:27 pm
Mind games with MO? I think not. If we have to sink that low to try to beat them then we are in trouble. That’s not Richts way of doing things.
Woodstock Dawg
August 31st, 2012
11:30 pm
Oh…one other thing…A Steve Spurrier team had 65 yards passing? Must be something about quaterbacks that go to South Carolina? Lattimore is wearing a brace and Ellis Johnson is in Hattisburgs. The Ole Ball Coach at stupid. South Cacalacka is in Big Trouble.
fan
August 31st, 2012
11:31 pm
Oh Yeah! Big news in Athens according to the AJC sports writer, suspensions and injuries.
North Georgia Dawg
August 31st, 2012
11:33 pm
I just wish we knew how significant this injury was. It could be he’s only out for a few days or maybe it’s a lot worse. I’m sure we’ll hear more from Richt tomorrow.
Woodstock Dawg
August 31st, 2012
11:35 pm
Did sombody say Chili Dogs and Onion Rings…Damn I just sprained my ankle.
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Binary dawg
September 1st, 2012
7:45 am
Now I want to know what 3:55 said.
zbulldawg
September 1st, 2012
9:22 am
What a shame to go thru all preseason camp & have a walk thru & sprain an ankle !! But the show has got to go on !!! Okay Bama fans have some fun with that !!! Bill King can write on that for 6 months. THE BIG DAWG Will Still EAT
Tired dawg
September 1st, 2012
9:46 am
Same coach, same interception prone qb, same freshmen running game, same staff on offense.
Dawg Tired
September 1st, 2012
10:17 am
Very bad news for the Mizzou game.
WDE
September 1st, 2012
10:37 am
@Pulpwud Smiff really sorry your not still playing so we could suspend you for just being a dumbazz..really making up lies about a young man is just so very low, your family would be so proud.;
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TCBTom
September 1st, 2012
2:20 pm
The saint coach and UGA ’s pollicys are the problem. Look at Alabama and LSU and other schools drug policy’s for example. Georgia has had TWO OR THREE TIMES LESS arrest than both bama and LSU as well as TWO OR THREE TIMES LESS DRUG OFFENSES!!! These other schools SIMPLY DO NOTHING BECAUSE THEY WANT TO WIN!!! I DONT LIKE THE UGA POLLICY OR THERE COACH!!! UGA HAS AS MUCH TALENT AS BAMA IF NOT MORE!!!! I believe they did last year also!!!! LSU WAS BEATEN BY 4 YES 4 TDS IN THE FIRST HALF AGAINST UGA IF THEY DIDNT DROP SURE TDS!!! Don’t tell me that game wouldn’t have been a different game if they get those SURE 4 TDS!! I DONT EVEN WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE BOWL GAME. CAN YOU SAY CONDITIONING?? CAN YOU SAY COACHING????? UGA OUT_PLAYED SOUTH CAROLINA AND STILL LOST!! THE SHITTY COACHING IN THE OPENER MORE SORRY COACHING AND MISSING PLAYERS.This year saint Richt throws off the freshman of the year running back from the team to start his stupidity! Then benches 4 starters on defence for less than the bama and LSU players do all the time. RICHT IS THE PROBLEM!! HE NEEDS TO BE A YOUTH PASTOR AND NOT AN SEC FOOTBALL COACH!!!! IM A CHRISTIAN BY THE WAY!!! I LOVE JESUS BUT I DESPISE RICHT AS A COACH!!!! You need to fight fire with fire!!! He reminds me of Obama AMERICA DONT TORCHER!!! HE SHOULD SAY AMERICA DONT TORCHER MY MUSLIM BROTHERS!!! THEN HE MAKES IT LEGAL FOR TERRORIST TO ENTER OUR COUNTRY. VOTE THIS IDIOT MUSLIM OUT BEFORE HE DESTROYS US!!!!!! REMEMBER BEN LOUDEN PROMISED SOMETHING IN THE HEART OF THE EAGLE?? IM NOT SURE HE IS REALLY DEAD!!! GET REAL VOTE RICHT AND OBAMA OUT AND EVERYTHING WILL GET BETTER!! TOM