Alec Ogletree, Bacarri Rambo don’t make trip to Missouri
COLUMBIA, MO. – Georgia will be without Alec Ogletree and Bacarri Rambo when the Bulldogs play Missouri on Saturday at Faurot Field.
Ogletree and Rambo were not among the 70 UGA players that traveled to Holiday Inn Executive Center on Friday night. Neither Ogletree, the starting “Mo” linebacker, nor Rambo, an All-American free safety, played in last week’s opener against Buffalo either. Georgia has never confirmed that the players are suspended, but Rambo’s high school coach said in March both would be out four games for a second violation of UGA’s marijuana-use policy.
Sanders Commings, a starting cornerback, and starting outside linebacker Chase Vasser are also out for the game. They were suspended for two games due to off-season arrests, which the Bulldogs have acknowledged. Georgia considers Ogletree and Rambo’s situations internal.
So the Bulldogs will be without four defensive starters as they face Missouri’s high-powered spread offense Saturday night at Faurot Field. Cornerback Malcolm Mitchell, who moved from offense to replace Commings at boundary corner, appears to be ready to play Saturday. He missed last week’s game with an ankle injury but was able to practice this week.
Right tackle John Theus (ankle) also made the trip and appears ready to play. He had to leave the Buffalo game in the fourth quarter and was unable to practice until Wednesday. However, his backup Watts Dantzler was unable to travel due to a high-ankle sprain.
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uidiots#1dawg
September 8th, 2012
8:22 am
U tech idiots on here go count pencils or something. You tech fans can’t stand it because we lick your a s s every year. To you idiots talking about Saban, LSU etc.. LSU’s starting quarterback was kicked off by UGA because he had a drug problem. Yes UGA does not play LSU or Bama this year, look at history and the future, we usually get them both when the schedule rolls back around to rotation between the other western division teams. You LSU BAMA fans enjoy it while it last, listen to what your own coach said, or are you just a fan when you win and generally don’t know who you play until you see it on ESPN.
UGA part time fans bashing UGA. More part time fans. Yeah it is not good having starters out but do you really think Rambo and Ogeltree play every play when they do start??? NOPE, o wait you don’t watch the games??? LOL. NO THEY DON”T and I can commend CMR to sticking with his guns on this. Yeah that would even look better on the headlines, CMR picks games that players are to serve suspensions.Sounds like SABAN, MILES, or SPURRIER. Ofcourse they don’t suspend, it gets taken care of.
Dawgs pull together and get this one. BYE IDIOTS
Alphare
September 8th, 2012
8:29 am
“75% of the student body probably couldn’t pass a drug test.”
Now, even a dawg fan admits Athens is a crack hole. Wow!
Bravesfan79
September 8th, 2012
8:49 am
This is stupid, almost everyone smokes pot… most just dont get busted. The ones who worry me are the domestic violence cases, the rapes, the tenn carjackings and beatin up cops…. yet there suspended for 4 games over pot?? Give me a break! And i say this as a big GT fan.
Under The Bleachers
September 8th, 2012
8:51 am
The Factor
September 8th, 2012
12:20 am
I will keep defending UGA until people understand we are way different than 99% of the schools in the BCS when it come to drug policies and it causes us problems others schools don’tmention.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/andy_staples/06/12/georgia-drug-policy/index.html
Keep Defending, All it does is lump you in with the losers, whiners and excuse makers.
Resident Georgia Fan
September 8th, 2012
8:54 am
We have a chance at the SECC and a NC and we sit these guys? Would Saban do that? Hell no. It is time for the SEC to establish suspension guidelines that create a level playing field for all SEC teams. This really really pisses me off.
Edward
September 8th, 2012
8:59 am
When will these players learn that what they do effects the whole bunch.
harold
September 8th, 2012
9:01 am
THUGS SHOULD NOT BE ON THE UGA TEAM
Strick
September 8th, 2012
9:03 am
All of you are such “know-it-alls”! Many of you writers are so eager to slam Coach Richt and the Georgia Dawgs! Yes, a number of the team’s players manage to get into trouble and then on suspension. I admide Richt for his discipline of those guys that cannot stay out of some kind of trouble that puts them on suspension and out of the lineup. Give credit to those playeres that stay on the “straight-and-narrow” and manage to help t heir team day in and day out. Hopefully, their example will have an impact of those guys that manage to get into troule. Bless Coach Richt and hias coaching associates…and go-o-o Dawgs!
15 Minutes from 'Dem Hedges
September 8th, 2012
9:14 am
I smoked it back in the day when an once went for $20.00…but I never had college or NFL scouts looking @ me…Because it’s not physically addicting, I can’t understand how these young men would jeopardize so much for so little…Ask Warren Sapp and some others if it’s worth it…and I personally don’t want to hear the “someone put it in my brownies” excuse…get it together before it’s too late and realize that you have gifts and talents that many others don’t….or maybe you too would like to follow Isaiah Crowell to N. Alabama State…
Game Changer
September 8th, 2012
9:15 am
What should have been a UGA statement win early could turn out to be a loss. Not because of the three players not traveling, but because of a continuing problem with leadership and accountability. UGA has no depth on defense because of poor choices on the character of athlete we recruit and mistakes on recruiting needs. Our defense has yet to stop any team in a meaningful game under grantham and Missouri will put up big numbers.
Big question on offense: is A Murray any good or just average — bad outing by Murray will force richt to play other qb’s immediately.
HJF
September 8th, 2012
9:15 am
They have let their team mates down again. I guess it doesn’t matter when it is all about you.
King Gator
September 8th, 2012
9:16 am
Challenge accepted! Go Gators!
Driver
September 8th, 2012
9:21 am
Here we go again. 1st loss
No discipline only gangsta/thugs on this team
ARdawg
September 8th, 2012
9:22 am
Alphare
Your bitter Tech panties are showing again. Maybe you and Buckeye could conspire together what you post on the blogs and see if between you tw,o could come up with some new material. We all understand the Tech and Buckeye blogs have plenty of village idiots and you guys need a home
USMC Retired
September 8th, 2012
9:39 am
For one, Georgia wins this game still, because most people are giving mizzery too much credit. Georgia will be fine. Win by 10
Second, for all you idiots out there bashing the players for smoking weed, you are fools who don’t know what you are talking about. Weed is beneficial. It is non adictive, doesn’t cause cancer (if you say it does, explain to me why they give it to cancer patients), and it helps with stress, pain, people with eating disorders, and frankly, it helps me get through the day in general without snapping on some idiot. It is practically a cure for PTSD, and not one test has ever really proven it was adictive, in fact the opposite is true. It is almost impossible to become physically adicted to this substance. So, why don’t we just legalize it? It’s much better than a common cigarette, and much safer than alcohol.
Free the 'Tree
September 8th, 2012
9:44 am
We only travel with 70??
Rambo’s HS coach really tied Richt’s hands. Had the reason not gotten out Richt could have handled as he saw fit and not been so coy with the media. Now if he doesn’t abide by school policy he looks like a win at all costs coach like Rich-Rod. For all we know Rambo and ‘Tree have tested clean since since whenever they last got caught with weed and they might qualify for reinstatement in Richt’s judgment. Congrats Rambo’s HS coach — you got your 15 minutes of fame.
The same guys that played last week will be fine provided the intensity is light years better than last week – no one can take plays off today. Gonna have to run sideline to sideline against this offense.
Can’t believe we lost time of possession last week. Unacceptable. Bobo, run the damn ball on first down with Gurley, Marshall & Malcome. I’m tired of 2nd & 10 leading to 3rd & 7. Run, run, run. Save that deep ball on 1st down for right after a momentum shifter like a turnover.
Ball control. Give the D some rest. Stay in the D’s face, Grantham. Keep it up, special teams. AND PLAY HARD, BOYS!! YOU ARE JUNKYARD DAWGS BACKED IN A CORNER!! YOU ARE HERBSTREIT’S UPSET SPECIAL!! GO OUT AND PLAY GEORGIA FOOTBALL AND SHOW THIS BIG 12 TEAM THEY SHOULD NOT SHOOT THEIR MOUTHS OFF!!
GO DAWGS!!!
Off to pre-game golf…..It’s a great day to be a Georgia Bulldawg!!
ARdawg
September 8th, 2012
9:46 am
USMC
C’mon guy, you didn’t just do that, did you? Defend the use of weed for healthy athletic kids? They give to cancer patients because well, they have CANCER and it’s better than the alternative. Used as pain and comfort relief by those in need is quite a bit different than kids recreational use because they are bored.
Before you go off on me, know that I have smoked more than my fair share back in the day and yes, I do think it should be legal but it isn’t. It’s not okay to break the law, it is okay to change the law if it’s an unjust law
USMC Retired
September 8th, 2012
9:53 am
ARdawg, not one day has weed ever caused any physical harm to anyone, I can assure you. If I didn’t use it on a daily, I can assure you as well that I wouldn’t be able to FUNCTION in society! Do you know what its like to sit there and freak out when a damn car backfires? Every time you go to a damn store you are worried about wether or not you are going to have a damn flashback and freak out in the middle of the grocery isle? It is miserable and weed makes it better! These kids are amped up ALL DAY with school and practice, and it is hard to come back down. Maybe they are using it to help them relax for a bit. I don’t see a problem with that. It doesn’t give them any type of advantage, it simply mellows them out.
As for breaking the law, I can promise you that the govt does it on the daily. They are crooked dumb asses. You think half of congress isn’t smoking? You are out of your mind. It’s just more beneficial for their pockets to make sure it stays illegal. It takes 30 days plus to get weed out of your system. It takes 3 days for cocain, heroine, meth and lsd to get out of your system. The drug test policy can’t catch people doing major drugs, because it isn’t designed to do so. You know how many people in the USMC are addicted to coke because they can get away with it? I know a ton of people who snort lines on the weekends and are clean by monday. It is stupid.
Free the 'Tree
September 8th, 2012
9:54 am
“If you busted all the guys in this league who smoked grass you wouldn’t be able to field a punt return team! You gave me harder stuff to get me on the field in Chicago!!”
– Nick Nolte in “North Dallas Forty”
Free the 'Tree
September 8th, 2012
9:56 am
@ USMC Retired -
Thank you for your service and I wish you the best in battling the PTSD. That is serious s–t.
The Factor
September 8th, 2012
9:58 am
UGA enforces drug policies, others don’t. Read this SI story…
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/andy_staples/06/12/georgia-drug-policy/index.html
USMC Retired
September 8th, 2012
9:58 am
Thank you Free the ‘Tree. I just hope this country wakes up before our govt screws it up to the point where it is an irreversable situation.
FIRE FREDI GONZALEZ
September 8th, 2012
10:00 am
Dawgs are going to get embarrassed on national TV. All because some dopes have to smoke their weed. You’re not going to beat any BCS schools with a chess club member playing safety.
USMC Retired
September 8th, 2012
10:02 am
Fire Fredi Gonzalez, your hash-tag represents your lack of intelligence. enough said.
Patrick
September 8th, 2012
10:02 am
“Under the Bleachers”
Not wrong. He failed numerous drug test before he was suspended for that one game.
Georgia’s policy calls for a 10-percent of the season (one game in football) suspension for the first offense and a 30-percent of the season (four games in football) suspension for a second positive. At all but two other schools in the SEC (Kentucky and Mississippi State), a player who tests positive the first time does not miss a game. At Alabama and LSU, the two programs that faced off for the national title last year, a second positive test forces a suspension of at most two games. At Florida, a second positive for marijuana results in a one-game suspension. (To see a conference-by-conference list of athletic department drug policies, check out the one compiled by CBSSports.com’s Brett McMurphy in November.) By dinging players for one game on the first positive and four on the second, Georgia’s substance-abuse policy hurts the program in two ways:
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/andy_staples/06/12/georgia-drug-policy/index.html#ixzz25t2iQkJX
LCDawg
September 8th, 2012
10:05 am
If I was a leader/team mate I’d make them run a gauntlet without pads while each player got to take a free shot at them full speed. These thugs are selfish pigs who could care less about their team. I could care less if they are 18 or 35 I’m tired of the excuses made for these entitled clowns.
Bob
September 8th, 2012
10:14 am
You know, Misery also has to stop our offense, which is not to shabby at putting points up. What’s their D ranked?
USMC Retired
September 8th, 2012
10:16 am
Bob, that is exactly why Dawg fans shouldn’t worry. UGA by 10!
The Factor
September 8th, 2012
10:16 am
@LCDawg
Agree. I think punishment should be different for different offenders. Automatic game suspension doesn’t always make sense to me.
Joe
September 8th, 2012
10:18 am
Every year this program has to deal with suspensions that ultimately cost them any real chance of winning the SEC, and always puts them in a situation where they have to count on someone beating Florida or South Carolina in order to win evem the East. Funny, seems as though UGA is about the only team to always have multiple players (and really good players) on the bench to start the season.
USMC Retired
September 8th, 2012
10:19 am
Joe, its because UGA actually enforces their drug policy. Other teams in the country don’t.
ARdawg
September 8th, 2012
10:24 am
USMC
I don’t disagree with anything you said, except these kids “needing it” being amped up all day. In the same logic they could “need” 3 valiums after practice. Would that be okay? Classes and football practice isn’t combat guy. (Thank you for your service btw) but, it’s illegal to use it recreational in the State of GA. There is no defense for them, they don’t “need” it in the same way a PTSD vet or a cancer patient might. It’s not the same thing or an excuse to break the rules/law when they clearly know the penalty.
There’s no defense for these kids smoking weed. They danced, now they man up and pay the fiddler
USMC Retired
September 8th, 2012
10:28 am
No, valium is extremely addictive. And so are most sleeping pills, and for the record, it is illegal for me to smoke too in GA even though many of us do suffer from PTSD. It is a load of crap for it to be illegal anyway. If I don’t smoke, I guarantee you that I will go to the store and beat someone’s butt because they do something to irritate me. I still have to keep it behind closed doors though. It isn’t fair for us who do suffer from cancer, stress, eating disorders, PTSD, etc… to be unable to use a substance which is EXTREMELY benificial to us and our needs simply because our country is stupid.
Dawg Tired
September 8th, 2012
10:30 am
Without Ogletree the middle is too soft. Expect Mizzou to exploit the middle of the field with both the pass and QB draws. Not liking having to play without our best players in this hostile environment.
Dawg Tired
September 8th, 2012
10:32 am
SO no one starting for Mizzou today has smoked any weed lately? Right! Folks the playing field is not level.
ARdawg
September 8th, 2012
10:32 am
USMC
I feel for you guy. It’s as much the medical community as it is the out of control politicians. I also think it should be legal
Mark Richt
September 8th, 2012
10:37 am
Kiss my ass Dawg Tired, I need to go smoke some Pot
Dogs Fan
September 8th, 2012
10:37 am
People give the team some credit! Alec Ogletree and Bacarri Rambo is not the only players on the team! If the team plays the way we know they can they will win. STOP BEING SO NEGATIVE!! BEING NEGATIVE IS WHATS WRONG WITH THE WORLD TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
USMC Retired
September 8th, 2012
10:38 am
Dogs Fan, I think people are forgetting that one of the reasons for our ranking was our depth on defense. We are depleted, not washed out. Dawgs win by 10! mark it down!
OBAMA
September 8th, 2012
10:39 am
USMC, I am sending your old retired ass back to afgan
Doug
September 8th, 2012
10:41 am
Lots of energy devoted to football but little to stopping the coming Socialism of America.
Dawgs win late.
Matt Key
September 8th, 2012
10:42 am
I hope those two idiots who thought that they could get past a random drug screen are happy!
USMC Retired
September 8th, 2012
10:42 am
Yeah, been there done that. Voted for obama once, never again! He lied about everything! Do you know how much he depleted our defense? Not UGA’s, the NATIONS! Oh, and for the record, I’m 28, on medical retirement. It’s hard to serve when you only have one arm and one leg. asshole
vince
September 8th, 2012
10:46 am
Richts a wimp. I think I’ll start giving my $2k a year to the Boys home if his main mission isnt to win games.
GFJacket
September 8th, 2012
10:47 am
For those of you defending smoking pot as no big deal, you may want to reconsider:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-57501243-10391704/smoking-marijuana-regularly-as-a-teen-may-lower-iq-scores-as-an-adult/
Sickem
September 8th, 2012
10:48 am
I think this game is too important not to have every eligible starter on the field. The exposure for UGA and Mizzou is huge. Reputations are on the line here. Mizzou fans are saying this SEC opener eclipses anything to date in their entire existence, and that includes beating at the time 1 ranked Oklahoma in 2010. Water under the bridge now, but who says the suspension games have to be in any particular order, especially for Ogletree and Rambo which I think are internal suspensions. Just my two cents, I’m betting Mizzou doesn’t have a suspended starter on the sidelines for this one. Hope we can pull this off!
JDAWGG
September 8th, 2012
10:49 am
Look for #74 Austin Long to step up with Dantzler out!
Under The Bleachers
September 8th, 2012
10:49 am
Patrick
September 8th, 2012
10:02 am
“Under the Bleachers”
Not wrong. He failed numerous drug test before he was suspended for that one game.
Georgia’s policy calls for a 10-percent of the season (one game in football) suspension for the first offense and a 30-percent of the season (four games in football) suspension for a second positive. At all but two other schools in the SEC (Kentucky and Mississippi State), a player who tests positive the first time does not miss a game. At Alabama and LSU, the two programs that faced off for the national title last year, a second positive test forces a suspension of at most two games. At Florida, a second positive for marijuana results in a one-game suspension. (To see a conference-by-conference list of athletic department drug policies, check out the one compiled by CBSSports.com’s Brett McMurphy in November.) By dinging players for one game on the first positive and four on the second, Georgia’s substance-abuse policy hurts the program in two ways:
Read more:
You are WRONG! 2nd failed drug test he was suspended, 3rd drug test dismissed after counseling….get your facts straight. Oh I forgot, you are making excuses for UGA!
USMC Retired
September 8th, 2012
10:50 am
GFJacket, you are an idiot too. You know that is propoganda, and most tests have either been inconclusive, or productive as for the case of marijuana use. The truth is, that most of your professors in college, most people with doctorates indeed either have smoked, or do smoke pot. If you don’t believe me, you are an idiot. You show me ONE instance where marijuana has had an ill affect on people which use it. It isn’t adictive, it doesn’t do anything but relax you. Belive me, I know. Oh and btw, I read the article… I have a 4.0 in Biology…sound like someone who has short term memory loss to you?
USMC Retired
September 8th, 2012
10:51 am
GFJacket, another thing, they used kids starting off at 13 years of age. I don’t think thats a good age to smoke anything personally. Not to mention a persons IQ is going to drop as they get older. The IQ test is not a good test because there are so many of them, and each one is very subjective. In other words, its a load of crap.