Missouri’s Sheldon Richardson apologizes to Mark Richt after Georgia’s win (UPDATED)
Missouri defensive tackle Sheldon Richardson apologizes to Georgia coach Mark Richt after the Bulldogs 41-20 win in Columbia, Mo., on Saturday. (AP photo by L.G. Patterson)
FIVE MORE THINGS
Wrapping up this past weekend and looking forward to this one.
The Georgia Bulldogs are coming off a 41-20 win over Missouri in the SEC opener for both teams. The Bulldogs are now 2-0 overall and 1-0 in the SEC as they head into Saturday’s game against visiting Florida Atlantic (1-1, 0-1 Sun Belt).
1. Last thing on “Old Man Football, Hopefully forever. I do want to give credit where credit is due. Sheldon Richardson, the Missouri defensive lineman who infamously coined that phrase for Georgia, came up to Bulldogs coach Mark Richt after the game to apologize. Pretty impressive considering how easy it could have been for him to just slink off to the Tigers’ locker room.
For what it’s worth, Richardson was not made available for interviews after the game and is not available today, as a Missouri beat writer tells. That’s why you haven’t seen him quoted anywhere. But Missouri coach Gary Pinkel addressed on Monday and said Richardson’s apololgy was “not orchestrated by us.”
“People make mistakes, you know, and get second chances,” Pinkel told reporters. “That’s all part of maturing. I think that’s a good statement on his part.”
Below is a video that shows the on-field celebration by the Bulldogs after the game. Obviously everybody was pretty pumped after the game. . . .
2. Georgia remained at No. 7 both in The Associated Press writer’s poll and the USA Today coaches’ poll. The Bulldogs, of course, started the season at No. 6 but dropped a spot in both polls after a ho-hum 45-23 win over Buffalo in the opener.
By the way, South Carolina moved up to No. 8 right behind Georgia after its 48-10 win over East Carolina and a really bad night for previous No. 8 Arkansas. The Gamecocks (2-0, 1-0 SEC) play host to UAB this Saturday, then get Missouri at Williams-Brice on Sept. 22. It’ll be interesting to see how they fare against the Tigers, who seemed like a pretty game club to me. Mizzou, by the way, plays host to Arizona State on Saturday.
3. As I mentioned, UGA has Florida Atlantic — or FAU, as they like to call themselves — coming into Athens this weekend. The Owls are members of the same Sun Belt Conference as Louisiana-Monroe, which pulled off a shocking upset of eight-ranked Arkansas 34-31 in overtime. Certainly that victory has made believers out of everybody in the Sun Belt and will give the Bulldogs’ coaches plenty of fodder for team motivation. But from what I’ve seen I don’t think FAU is quite on par with their conference brethren.
The Owls this past weekend lost this 31-17 to Middle Tennessee State. Apparently ball security is an issue for them. They’ve had six fumbles in two games, including four in the 7-6 win over Wagner. Meanwhile, La-Monroe continues its tour of the SEC. Next stop: Auburn on Saturday.
4. Kind of lost in the late-game heroics displayed by Jarvis Jones in Georgia’s win over Missouri on Saturday was the spectacular play of split end Marlon Brown. the big senior from Memphis had a career-best 8 catches for 106 yards and caught two big TD passes for the Bulldogs. He was asked afterward if he thought it was a “break-out game” for him.
“Yes, definitely, sure,” he said. “It feels pretty good but there’s always room for improvement. I’m going to go back and watch film and see what I can improve on and try to get better every week.”
That’s typical of Brown. He’s an incredibly humble kid who has had to overcome a lot of injuries — not to mention high expectations — since he’s been at Georgia. He was more excited to talk about how the Bulldogs finished Saturday’s game. They scored 24 unanswered points to put it away.
“We came in at halftime and heard a great speech from Coach Richt,” Brown said. “He said the last two ballgames we didn’t finish the drill. After that, we were like, ‘Man, he’s right. Let’s finish the drill like Coach Richt said.’ And we did.”
5. Other news items from Monday, Georgia’s Sept. 22 home date against Vanderbilt got picked up by ESPN2 for a 7:45 p.m. broadcast, Jones was named Walter Camp national and SEC defensive player of the week. And don’t forget “Russ” gets his official sworn in as Uga IX on Saturday.
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341 comments Add your comment
GT Bob is a Clown
September 10th, 2012
4:56 pm
GT Bob,
Your prior comments (before today) prove that you are an idiot. Your comments today confirm that you have no class. Why I am surprised? You are a typical Georgia Tech know it all, who never played sports or can relate to people.
Russell Hall
September 10th, 2012
4:56 pm
Brown is the new Green.
GTBob
September 10th, 2012
4:57 pm
And please no more links to gossip sites..
Insiders on message boards were discussing Crowell’s suspension before the Florida game and Rick James is still convinced that nobody knew until after the Florida game. Delusion is turning into denial.
CHDawg
September 10th, 2012
4:58 pm
Haus, I still wasn’t happy with the drops. Burning defenses is the best way to stop the massive blitzing on our young line. Receivers/QB can put a stop to it. Dropping a ball on a heavy blitz is like missing a quail after your prize Dawg goes to the trouble of pointing him, only worse.
Dawg Haus
September 10th, 2012
4:58 pm
Loyal Dawg, I see what you’re saying. UT will be a much tougher challenge this year and USCe looks to be a little overrated. Hope the Dawgs get back to beating Darth Visor again. Three losses to those dudes would be unacceptable.
Dawg Haus
September 10th, 2012
5:00 pm
Agreed, CHDawg. Waaaay too many drops by some key receivers in the game. At first I was willing to blame it on nerves but after a while it was just getting old. Murray made some impressive throws that some guys just couldn’t hang on to. Hope they address that in practice this week.
CHDawg
September 10th, 2012
5:01 pm
Bob, the AJC reported that UGA was notified on Tuesday after the game. They tested before the game; I wonder who might have leaked that IC might have failed the test? Since he was likely the only one who knew for sure, it was likely IC or someone he confessed to. Your comment is libelous, Bob.
GTBob
September 10th, 2012
5:01 pm
Your prior comments (before today) prove that you are an idiot. Your comments today confirm that you have no class. Why I am surprised?
I’m not sure. Now you will know better for the future.
Rick James
September 10th, 2012
5:01 pm
@GTBob
Why does a person who clearly does not like the dawgs and bashes everything UGA come on here to this site?
Is it really not obvious?
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Yes it is..For he same reason men with fat wives go to strip clubs.
GTBob
September 10th, 2012
5:04 pm
Bob, the AJC reported that UGA was notified on Tuesday after the game.
Then he told everyone on the internet and Mark Richt knew nothing about it. You can go with that story if you want.
older1
September 10th, 2012
5:05 pm
All is forgiven Sheldon if y’all beat USC.
CHDawg
September 10th, 2012
5:05 pm
Haus, I don’t know if you watched SC Saturday, but they looked very strong. The backup QB looked fantastic. SC went up a lot in everybody’s estimation as a result. They looked more like Florida under Spurrier than SC under Spurrier. Lattimore did about as well as Marshall did. They didn’t use him much.
long-time dawg
September 10th, 2012
5:07 pm
Richardson was just trying to fire up his team and now he has taken the loss with class. I admire him, and I’ll bet that CMR does too.
B
September 10th, 2012
5:10 pm
Mighty impressive act by Mr. Richardson. Too bad those who comment on the AJC website can’t show the same class.
kral
September 10th, 2012
5:11 pm
real cynical today bob
Observer
September 10th, 2012
5:12 pm
GT-in this case-stands for Goober Turd.
Rick James
September 10th, 2012
5:12 pm
@GTBob
Insiders on message boards were discussing Crowell’s suspension before the Florida game and Rick James is still convinced that nobody knew until after the Florida game. Delusion is turning into denial
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Dont try and roll it on me..You said that you had proof all I’m asking is that you share it or shut up.”Insiders” is just another name for gossip mongers.Tell us the name of the person who saw the results.So are you saying that you have “insde” connections at UGA or that you believe gossip?
CHDawg
September 10th, 2012
5:12 pm
Bob, you aren’t too bright, are you? What was Richt supposed to do? Sit him out on a rumor? Richt *had to wait* until the tests were officially released, even if he saw the rumors. I’m sure he doesn’t sit people out because they made a bad score on a test either. He has to wait until the official grade comes in. But, never mind that Georgia is aggressively testing their athletes under policies they have control over, Bob. Like I said, not too bright. Are you really that dumb, or has your hatred of UGA clouded your mind? Don’t forget that most drug testing companies use split samples to protect the people being tested from a false test. They run the test on the first sample and if the results are positive they test the other sample. Takes time. But, it isn’t official until it is official.
kral
September 10th, 2012
5:14 pm
Hey bob, he sure did not play defense like a coward
HunkerDownDawg
September 10th, 2012
5:15 pm
GTBob… Come on man. Have a little class! You obviously didn’t attend GT because most who did are a little more mature. This is apparently a UGA post and you are just on here annoying people! Get a life dude. Go on over to a GT blog and talk about that tough ACC conference for a while.
HoneyBadger Has the Munchies
September 10th, 2012
5:16 pm
GT Bob is popular.
AltamahaDawg
September 10th, 2012
5:17 pm
Bob, I imagine the kid felt the need to apologize because something he said got blown into the appearance of disrespect. The media certainly portrayed it that way. Give the kid some credit that he understands thats the reality of perception is more important than some pompous argument about his right to answer a question, or the phrasing of words.
The mistake he made was underestimating how those kinds of comments can turn into (what it did).
Sometimes people still apologize for things that were not entirely thier fault or thier intentions. I am sure you understand that, despite you pretending not to.
HunkerDownDawg
September 10th, 2012
5:17 pm
In addition, where are all of those Mizzou fans who said they would be back on here?? I haven’t seen one in 3 days now?
Dawg Haus
September 10th, 2012
5:17 pm
CH, I didn’t see the USCe game, but heard the backup QB did pretty well. I never thought that Shaw kid was anything special, so they might have found their man. If he can put up those kinds of numbers against SEC opponents, we might have something to worry about. I really hope the Dawgs handle those guys this year, though. Sick of losing to Darth Visor!
Delbert D.
September 10th, 2012
5:19 pm
“That option is a throw-back to 1940’s football.”
Back then, the option plays were run out of the single wing. Fullback fake, cross-buck, spinner, etc. In the early ’60s I played in the triple-option belly series, and I also had the glorious experience of playing one year against our hated rival who ran the single wing before they abandoned it. Remember Billy Kilmer, QB of the Redskins? Single wing tailback at for UCLA.
LeftCoastDawg
September 10th, 2012
5:20 pm
….that’s Rick James biaach!
MaxxDawg
September 10th, 2012
5:20 pm
GTBob, you clearly don’t know the meaning of the word “respect”
kingdaddy
September 10th, 2012
5:22 pm
This is the only attention GTBob gets…
GTBob
September 10th, 2012
5:22 pm
The mistake he made was underestimating how those kinds of comments can turn into (what it did).
Common sense tells us that the real reason he apologized was one of two things:
1. His coach made him apologize (likely).
2. He took so much crap about it that he took it upon himself to publicly apologize just so he didn’t have to hear UGA fans whine about it anymore. (less likely)
Rick James
September 10th, 2012
5:23 pm
@LeftCoastDawg
….that’s Rick James biaach
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I dont think he knows that..LOL
GTBob
September 10th, 2012
5:24 pm
GTBob, you clearly don’t know the meaning of the word “respect”
I respect people for backing up what they say and not cowering to media pressure or coaches demands. This guy talked big and ran off like a little girl in the end.
Rick James
September 10th, 2012
5:26 pm
@GTBob
Common sense tells us that the real reason he apologized was one of two things:
1. His coach made him apologize (likely).
2. He took so much crap about it that he took it upon himself to publicly apologize just so he didn’t have to hear UGA fans whine about it anymore. (less likely)
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Georgia fans have no need to whine about it.We won the game! Which I’m sure you watched.
kingdaddy
September 10th, 2012
5:27 pm
Bob
what do you think about tech’s 59-3 drubbing of the “Blue Hose “???
kral
September 10th, 2012
5:28 pm
he believes that he sees all..knows all.or will give two possibilities when he is not sure
JacketFanMarcus
September 10th, 2012
5:28 pm
OMG.Gag me with a spoon!
That video is pathetic. Fans all giddy and excited over beat Mizzou???
They chanting and celebrating like they beat LSU or Alabama.
Save the drama for at a RANKED team…
What will UGA do when the beat Vandy? Tear down the goal posts????
GTBob
September 10th, 2012
5:28 pm
Georgia fans have no need to whine about it.We won the game! Which I’m sure you watched.
You whined about it all week and your players held up signs to whine about it some more after the game. And no, I did not watch the game.
CHDawg
September 10th, 2012
5:29 pm
Haus, good point. We don’t know how good ECU’s D was. I have to say I was very impressed with Thompson’s arm and play. On the Visor, it looked like he was trying to go for two in the 4th qtr after they went up 41-3. It was confusing, so maybe I misread it. The only reason I could think of was that one more TD would have cracked 50 if they made it to 43, instead of 42. I saw a quote in the last couple of years saying he really wanted to start hanging 50+ on some of his victims. Like I said, I could be wrong, so maybe the press asked what was going on with that I got some kind of response. I couldn’t believe it, and hope there was a legitimate reason he went for two.
kingdaddy
September 10th, 2012
5:29 pm
Bob
do you think tech has turned the corner with their defense???
GTBob
September 10th, 2012
5:30 pm
Bob
what do you think about tech’s 59-3 drubbing of the “Blue Hose “???
I viewed that game as completely meaningless other than getting Vad Lee some playing time.
kingdaddy
September 10th, 2012
5:31 pm
Bob
did you beat VT, but lose the game. Does it look like tech is the same losers or a different team???
CHDawg
September 10th, 2012
5:31 pm
And got some kind of response…
Rick James
September 10th, 2012
5:33 pm
@GTBob
You whined about it all week and your players held up signs to whine about it some more after the game. And no, I did not watch the game.
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You’re wrong as always..The press whined about it all week and if you watched the game you wouldnt admit because it would confirm that you’re a closet UGA fan.
GTBob
September 10th, 2012
5:34 pm
Bob
do you think tech has turned the corner with their defense???
Yes, I actually do. It won’t be world class but it won’t be nearly as bad as it has been.
Bigdawg63
September 10th, 2012
5:34 pm
gtbob,
Saw that you answered part of my question except the part about hiding behind your keyboard? Don’t very seriously you are man enough to say any of this crap to any dawg fan in person!!!
kingdaddy
September 10th, 2012
5:34 pm
Bob
why don’t you have confidence in tech? You hate UGA more than you love tech. Don’t you think tech has a chance to be good this year???
Dawg Haus
September 10th, 2012
5:35 pm
CH, probably just Spurrier being Spurrier. That dude hasn’t changed a bit.
GTBob
September 10th, 2012
5:35 pm
if you watched the game you wouldnt admit because it would confirm that you’re a closet UGA fan.
I was at the GT game. But yes, normally if there is a UGA game on worth watching and im at home then I will watch it.
kingdaddy
September 10th, 2012
5:36 pm
Tech can score on anybody. Can they stop someone this year or is that yet to be seen???
GTBob
September 10th, 2012
5:37 pm
Don’t very seriously you are man enough to say any of this crap to any dawg fan in person!!!
I say it to dog fans in person all of the time. Most don’t take it as serious as the people here.
Rick James
September 10th, 2012
5:37 pm
@JacketFanMarcus
OMG.Gag me with a spoon!
That video is pathetic. Fans all giddy and excited over beat Mizzou???
They chanting and celebrating like they beat LSU or Alabama.
Save the drama for at a RANKED team…
What will UGA do when the beat Vandy? Tear down the goal posts????
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Gag me with a spoon??? So when did male buckhead hair dressers become Tech fans.”They chanting and celebrating like they beat LSU or Alabama.” I hope you dont use that english when you speak with your costumers..