Georgia’s Commings, Vasser remorseful after 2-game suspensions
Georgia's Chase Vasser, here tackling South Carolina's Marcus Lattimore last season, brings much more experience to the strongside outside lilnebacker position. (UGA photo)
ATHENS – Georgia’s Sanders Commings contradicted himself Tuesday. On one hand he said the hardest thing about his two-game suspension was having to sit home and watch the Missouri game Saturday. Later, he said the toughest part was the shame he felt from the seemingly endless stream of media reports that came out the past six months.
The bottom line, Commings said, is it has been a long and hard road, and he is glad it’s over. Commings and linebacker Chase Vasser were reinstated this week after two-game suspensions for offseason arrests. Both players will play their first games of the season Saturday night against Florida Atlantic.
“It was pretty tough,” said Commings, who spoke to reporters for the first time since his January 21 arrest for domestic violence. “But it’s been a learning experience. … I’ve learned that I need to put myself around people who bring the best out of me.”
Commings pleaded guilty to simple battery and disorderly conduct in February. Vasser was arrested and charged with DUI in Buckhead in May. Vasser received an automatic two-game suspension per UGA’s student-athlete handbook.
“It was a rude awakening,” said Vasser, a junior who started three games at strongside linebacker last season. “I’m definitely embarrassed by it. I definitely learned my lesson and I’m definitely going to help anybody who happens to get into the same situation. Once it happened I told the coaches I’m going to come back strong.”
Punishment for Commings’ misdemeanor arrest was left to the discretion of coach Mark Richt. Commings said initially he “was surprised” to get two games. He appealed the suspension but said he “waited too late” and found out the middle of last week he wouldn’t make the trip to Columbia, Mo.
“He needed to be disciplined for what he did,” Richt said. “The amount of time that was spent was appropriate. It’s one thing to miss a game. That hurts them, and they don’t like that. But part of the punishment is also what you have to live with as a person because of all the attention that it gets.”
Commings remained in Athens and watched the game on TV with former teammate Jeremy Longo. He said he was relieved the Bulldogs pulled out the 41-20 victory.
“I’d have been pretty down if we would’ve lost,” he said. “… Our guys were so pumped up. It was an environment you want to play in, a hostile environment. I was glad we got the win.”
Vasser watched the game at home in Gainesville with his parents, which he said was “stressful because they were freaking out over the game. I didn’t like it.”
Vasser said he was getting extra attention Tuesday from defensive coordinator Todd Grantham, who doubles as his position coach.
“He had a little fun getting after me,” Vasser said. “He knows when he yells at me it makes me mad. . . . My goal is to come back and pretty much punish the man in front of me.”
Commings and Vasser were two of four defensive starters who missed the Missouri game because of disciplinary suspensions. Inside linebacker Alec Ogletree and free safety Bacarri Rambo were left home because of undisclosed violations of team rules. However, it has been widely reported they are serving four-game suspensions because of second violations of UGA’s marijuana-use policy.
Because that is considered an “internal” matter, the Bulldogs have been vague about the reason of their absences and remained so Tuesday. “We’ll wait to see for sure what happens,” Richt said.
With the All-American Rambo out, former walk-on Connor Norman has started at free safety. Commings has started multiple games at safety and could play there. That would allow the Bulldogs to stick with converted receiver Malcolm Mitchell at boundary corner, where they’ve been quite pleased.
“He’s a guy that’s going to play both corner and safety for us,” defensive coordinator Todd Grantham said of Commings. “He played that last year and he’s been playing both for us the last couple of weeks, so he’ll play at both positions on Saturday.”
The Bulldogs welcomed back their disciplined comrades with open arms.
“Having them back just makes us that much deeper,” All-American outside linebacker Jarvis Jones said. “Having those younger guys get that experience and play and learn, especially in a big game like Missouri, where they can get the jitter-bugs out, that’s going to help us down the stretch.”
Said Jenkins: “Man, I feel good about it. They’re weapons we weren’t able to use the first two games. Now, since we were able to manage without them, to have them back is a big relief, because we know what kind of capabilities that they have from a team standpoint. To have those guys back feels as if everything’s starting to come together.”
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odubbs
September 11th, 2012
9:46 pm
First!
odubbs
September 11th, 2012
9:48 pm
Go Dawgs! Beat the Owls!
drbasic1
September 11th, 2012
9:53 pm
there is always a price to pay…..now GATA, No mercy!!
funny...
September 11th, 2012
9:55 pm
Am I wrong or is it “plead guilty” not “pleaded guilty”
I’m running on 4 hours of sleep, lol
Northof100
September 11th, 2012
10:26 pm
Don’t be fooled!!!
Richt is not the man to lead the Univ of GA football program. We beat one of the perennial pansies of the Big12. Get perspective people.
We have still not beaten a decent team in nearly 3 years!!!!
Boise St., Alabama, LSU, South Carolina.
Barely beat Florida, Vanderbilt
Richt doesn’t have command of the college game to outcoach ANY coach in the SEC.
With all that said….
What happened to Murray??? I had a mancrush after his frosh year. Where did the moxy go??? Third and 7… No problem for a mobile freshman from Tampa. Now… big problem for a guy who Bobo has morphed into David Greene Jr. (e.g., regression slowly year after year).
hahahahaha
September 11th, 2012
10:29 pm
Hilarious. “The bottom line, Commings said, is it has been a long hard road, I’m glad it’s over” and “it’s been a learning experience”. Like everyone should have pity on him, poor guy and admire him for learning from his mistake…. Hey, how about just not hitting the woman in the first place? Is that something you failed to learn in your first 20 years or so of life?
But he wears the right uniform, so he’s a GDG!!!!! Until he misses an assignment in coverage, then he’ll be “that stupid (blank) who should’ve been kicked off the team.” Tell me I’m not right.
hahahahaha
September 11th, 2012
10:37 pm
And I would kick any kid who got a DUI off my team. Seriously. Make it very clear from day one that just a DUI arrest, not even a conviction, would mean immediate dismissal. Committing serious crimes that have the potential to kill others should have serious consequences. Dismissed. Scholarship revoked.
beanster
September 11th, 2012
10:47 pm
It’s pleaded. Mistakenly, it could have been “pled” not “plead” in the past tense. You should get some sleep.
beanster
September 11th, 2012
10:49 pm
what is a GDG?
beanster
September 11th, 2012
10:59 pm
I love this line: ““But it’s been a learning experience. … I’ve learned that I need to put myself around people who bring the best out of me.”
Translation: Chicks with snakes in the head can only cause trouble.
dirtybirdJ
September 11th, 2012
11:28 pm
cummings should take the FS spot til rambo comes back micheal, smith, n swann even bowman for the 4th cb spot are just fine to ge the job done. nurman scares the crap out of me back there hes a good not great tackler he’ll bring u down but after he gets drag for 5 or so yard or even gets the def. top blown off in coverage. we all kno cummings coverage skills are great n hes the best hitter fore as the cbs go dame sure is better then nurmans hitting n cover skills
who’s with me or im i by myself on this
dirtybirdJ
September 11th, 2012
11:30 pm
*get*
Glory between the Hedges
September 11th, 2012
11:35 pm
I think our season could be very similar to LSU’s last season. LSU had to deal with suspensions and got through a good oregon team. Hopefully the final game will be different than LSU’s ….GO DAWGS!
William
September 12th, 2012
12:07 am
We ought to shut out FIU. Make it past Vandy and get back Ogletree and Rambo for Tennessee. Need all hands on deck for Tennessee and South Carolina. We have a long way to go. Line needs seasoning bad. Offense has a way to go. Run game needs to step up and the passing of Murray needs to be better. All in all a good start to the year but there is a lot left to go. GATA, DAWGS.
Patrick
September 12th, 2012
12:19 am
GTBob
September 11th, 2012
8:03 pm
I pray you are just a fan and not a Tech grad!
Sorry, I am a full fledged alumni. And if you don’t like reading my posts there are plenty of other blogs for you to read.
=====================================
I am pretty sure a graduate of Ga Tech would know that when you refer to yourself as an alumni instead of an Alumnus then you are lying about attending Ga Tech…or pretty much any college for that matter. When you are talking about someone other than yourself from your school then THEY are called alumni….when you refer to yourself you are an alumnus. Can we say EXPOSED.
Mr. Dawgs
September 12th, 2012
12:50 am
One of the things that make’s Mark Richt a great leader of young men is his unwavering discipline. College football players are young men who are in the final stage of their evolution to adulthood. They are not in the NFL. Richt’s critics miss the point hat he risks his own success by making sure that that his players learn from their mistakes when they make them. You’re not a good fan if you expect players to get away with wrongdoing for the sake of a win.
The Swami
September 12th, 2012
2:00 am
“Having them back just makes us that much deeper,” All-American outside linebacker Jarvis Jones said. “Having those younger guys get that experience and play and learn, especially in a big game like Missouri, where they can get the jitter-bugs out, that’s going to help us down the stretch.”
I LOVE THIS QUOTE. JARVIS WOULD SHOW UP AND PLAY BY HIMSELF IF HE HAD TO. ALL HE IS WORRIED ABOUT IS WHO IS ACTUALLY ELIGIBLE AND PLAYING. NO “THANK GOD THE REST OF OUR GUYS ARE BACK. WE SURE NEEDED THEM” CRAP. THIS MAN IS A TRUE DAWG AND PERSONIFIES WHAT AN ALL-AMERICAN IS. GONNA BE FUN TO WATCH THIS SEASON.
drbasic1
September 12th, 2012
2:53 am
@hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
did YOU see him “hit a girl”……………..na, didn’t think so
Possible the girl hit him and he restrained her…….could be…
Dude, it was SANDER COMMINGS…….had he HIT her, she would have been knocked the F**** out.
Of course you want him and vasser dismissed, because you know they WILL reek havoc on YOUR team!
Envy the DAWGS son…..
Top Row Dawg
September 12th, 2012
3:04 am
Welcome back you two. Now let’s go get that crystal ball.
Oh, and go Vols – Razorbacks – and War Hawks this weekend.
coolgolds
September 12th, 2012
4:51 am
Commings and Vasser were two of four defensive starters who missed the Missouri game because of disciplinary suspensions. Inside linebacker wow gold http://www.coolgolds.com Alec Ogletree and free safety Bacarri Rambo were left home because of undisclosed violations of team rules. However, it has been widely reported they are serving four-game suspensions because of second violations of UGA’s marijuana-use policy.
Strange Murphy
September 12th, 2012
5:52 am
Northof100 Good lord when I think I couldn’t see any dumber post from Tech fans I see yours. Go back to North Ave.
North Georgia Dawg.
September 12th, 2012
6:08 am
Will the Dawgs be back at full strength when the pumpkin heads come to Athens?
Tim Wilson
September 12th, 2012
6:27 am
What I wouldnt give to learn how you got your design to be so amazing! I mean it. Besides the blog just being awesome this page is too sweet! Its not too flashy. It doesnt do too much with colours and things and the videos you use are perfect for this topic! Really awesome blog.
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I dropped my fried twinkie
September 12th, 2012
6:33 am
Remorseful?………….Yes cause they got CAUGHT.
AltamahaDawg
September 12th, 2012
7:13 am
Yes twinkie, they got caught. That’s typical how life works, is it not. We mess up, hopefully somebody points that out, we reflect and realize that it was not a wise decision. Stop being a classless jerk, trying to make a rival football program look less than (whoever the hell) you favor.
Not to mention, in these specific cases “getting caught” is a very weak understanding of the facts. as if that matters.
I dropped my fried twinkie
September 12th, 2012
7:24 am
AltamahaDawg…………..WHO do you know that is remorseful IF they are never caught or called out for their actions? Some people are still not remorseful after being caught. Sometimes(Clinton) the person that is caught gets defensive and goes on the attack instead. Do you think Mike Vick would still be fighting and killing dogs if he had not been caught? Would Madof still be running his PONZI scheme if he had not been caught?
Just Saying
September 12th, 2012
7:37 am
@twinkle
Yes, they got ” caught”……kinda like GT when they lost their ACC trophy for cheating.
MrA
September 12th, 2012
7:55 am
“I’ve learned that I need to put myself around people who bring the best out of me.”
You need to learn to keep your hands off women. That’s all!
I dropped my fried twinkie
September 12th, 2012
8:11 am
Just Saying…………Tech was not in trouble/caught cheating……Try again.
Tech=Obsessed withh UGA
September 12th, 2012
8:20 am
Fried Twinkie didn’t trek lose an ACC championship for cheating? Didn’t I read something about that lately. By the way you love to talk about the Dawgs don’t you. You are on every blog that mentions UGA.
poopdawg
September 12th, 2012
8:21 am
Twinkie, kind of like when you got CAUGHT at that roadside park?
AltamahaDawg
September 12th, 2012
8:25 am
Bla bla. NONE of that applies to THESE cases.Vick, Maddoff? Good grief, THAT’s your honest well thought out responce. geez.
Chase Vasser spent the night at his buddies house as he was supposed to do, after a party. Then drove home in the morning. He underestimated how BAL works. A valuable lesson. At worst it was completely irresponsible. At best he was just naive. Some where in the middle is the truth.
Commins lost his temper and pushed his GF aware after she was hassleing him downtown all night. He did it right out in the open, right in front of people. At worse he was a hothead, and didnt respect others. At best he was just reacting and trying to get away. Some where in the middle is the truth.
I would bet 20 buck that neither of them realized they actually were going to get in trouble, and it came as a surprise when they did.
Guilty, and deserved what they got. Yes. Which is COMPLETELY different than your statement, (which was obviously just pulled from the butt, with no attempt at relevance, as yet another gratuitus attempt at one of your little witty, waste of our time, burn Georgia, roleplay charcaters)
Don’t sit there and pretend that either on them knowinging tried to do something wrong, tried to get away with something , and only because they “got caught” are they remorseful. Stupid, impulsive, sure. lesson learned hopefully. THUS the point of the story.
AltamahaDawg
September 12th, 2012
8:28 am
BTW, The WHO I know is remorseful for mistakes, or lapses in judgement, without ever getting “caught” or punished, is sitting RIGHT here. And probably every single person in this room, including you, if you were being honest.
and it’s knowingly
Buckeye
September 12th, 2012
8:56 am
Nothng more pitiful than dogs with tails between their legs.
gdawginkalamazoo
September 12th, 2012
9:05 am
Sic’em AltaDawg!
AltamahaDawg
September 12th, 2012
9:06 am
I can tell you one thing I would be very remorseful for, if I were ever caught…..if anybody ever caught me “live blogging” about every play of a rivals football game.
Just go ahead and lock me up, If that’s was what My life had become.
ARdawg
September 12th, 2012
9:21 am
Its GREAT to be a Georgia Bulldog!
TallaDawg
September 12th, 2012
9:49 am
@hahahahaha – Narrow minds seldom acheive anything of consequence.
DUI is a serious offense. However, we have due process in this country for good reasons. A charge without a conviction should not be punished the same as a conviction (or guilty plea).
Further, I have seen several good, quality people get DUIs, pay the price and become better citizens and people after the experience.
Kramer
September 12th, 2012
9:53 am
Did I read right, did Patrick prove that GT Bob is a liar? I mean we have known that for months but, I believe Patrick shut the idiot down. That said and the fact that he is an idiot means Bob will be back for more beatings. Poor Bob. poor, poor little GT Bob.
RedandBlackDAWG
September 12th, 2012
10:02 am
I would say the vast majority if not all of the critics of these two guys do not know them personally, or even that much about them from having read material. Personal attacks like seen above just show how moronic the poster is, not how the character of these guys are. They screwed up, got caught and have paid the penalty for their transgressions. Would that the penalty fit the crime, when it comes to some of you negative posters, waiting on any little thing or fact, or rumor to degrade UGA, it,s coaches, players or university. If it involved some type of course work concerning tasteful blog comments, most would fail the course anyway, since, most likely, the negative bloggers wouldn’t be able to understand it.
LawDawg
September 12th, 2012
10:08 am
So, just to be clear (allegedly) beating your girlfriend and driving drunk are considered by the UGA athletic department to be exactly half as serious as smoking weed twice? That is a pretty effed up calculation where Tree and Rambo get twice as much time as Vasser and Commings.
STOP TESTING YOUR OWN PLAYERS, JERKS!! Georgia needs the same law the State of Oregon has, which requires reasonable suspicion for a drug test at a public institution (no random testing).
Bull Dawg
September 12th, 2012
10:08 am
Imagine Ohio State talking to someone about having their tail between their legs??
Do you have no shame?
LawDawg
September 12th, 2012
10:09 am
“I would say the vast majority if not all of the critics of these two guys do not know them personally,”
Gee, really going out on a limb on that one.
kingdaddy
September 12th, 2012
10:10 am
Twink
People who live in glass houses should keep their shades drawn and STFU…Oh yeah, watch out for Earnest T. Bass…
You alright???
GTBob
September 12th, 2012
10:13 am
I have people quoting me in blogs that I haven’t even written in. Nice.
kingdaddy
September 12th, 2012
10:19 am
Bull Dawg
Buckeye is just another tech frat-house boy sitting at a library computer who doesn’t know the history of the team he’s hideing behind. Just another numb nut…
kingdaddy
September 12th, 2012
10:21 am
Bob
Your reputation proceeds you…
AltamahaDawg
September 12th, 2012
10:23 am
As I understand the (alleged) charges, it was inappropriate contact. Pushing to be exact. Originally reported as “hit” but later clarified by eye witnesses. I have not read one account that was categorized as anybody being “beaten”.
And didnt I just read where the University of Oregon just anounced that were going to start randomly testing it’s Student Athletes for drugs?
AltamahaDawg
September 12th, 2012
10:34 am
I claim no inside knowledge, but it seems to me that suspicion has been the case in the recent “failed drug test” cases at UGA. Crowell (and others) included. At least that has been the rumors.
In Rambo’s case, he was pulled over by Law Enforcement, and they found pot in his passengers purse. As I recall, HE self reported that to the university, not that it wasn’t public information at that point. Not sure about the initial deal with Tree, BUT in the latest cases, since they both has prior incidents, hasn’t the reasonable suspicion threshold been met? Wouldn’t you think that they both had agreed to be regularly tested as a condition of staying (in school and on scholarship) now?
Former UGA prof
September 12th, 2012
10:39 am
One of the reasons Adams didn’t get the NCAA crown was because of the arrest record of Georgia football players. Since then, Adams and his puppet AD have been calling the shots. Girlfriend beating is a big no no in Adams world of political correctness. Richt is a desciple of Bobby Bowden in the “boys will be boys” school of management.
Jam Kenp
September 12th, 2012
10:44 am
Boys will be boys and now lets talk about them going to class.
Joey
September 12th, 2012
11:01 am
Wow! Never knew we were in such fine company. Why, who would have thought each and every one of these techies was a teetotaler, as well as a model husband and/or boyfriend – all pillars of their communities!
Self-righteous hypocrites.
WDE
September 12th, 2012
11:19 am
Welcome back lads now lets GATA!
AltamahaDawg
September 12th, 2012
11:22 am
Oh, I realized they were all that. What is more impressive to me is how the techies are also the experts on everybody else’ thoughts and motives. You just can’t get that kind of skill at the lowly State University.
UGA O team
September 12th, 2012
11:39 am
I am concenred about Georgia’s offense. It is sluggish and we have starts and stops and we sputter. Maybe the O line is the cause of it.
We seem to rely too much on the home run balls that take far too long for Murray. he ends up being sacked. I like the quick shots and slants.
The running game is really non existant. Keith Marshall has yet to impress anyone and Malcome is good for 35 yds-45 yds per game but he cannot break one. If Murray runs, and gets hurt, we would be in deep Trouble, although I do think # 2 QB LeMay can eventually help UGA’s offense with his running and passing.
This will come to the forefront in the upcoming bigger SEC games, I fear.
Gooooooooooooo Dogs.
kingdaddy
September 12th, 2012
11:52 am
UGA O
If we lose to Vandy or UT then you can worry. The Dawgs are improving as a team. We should be 5-0 going into SC and we should be hitting on all cylinders by then. Calm down, this season is shaping up just fine…
aprilglaspie
September 12th, 2012
12:15 pm
hahahahaha : Like tthat’s wht happened you moron. Nutcas ex-girlfriend tracked the guy down in the street and attacked him. How would you have reacted? . . .If you had a nutso ex-girlfriend?…Or ever had a girlfriend?
UGA89
September 12th, 2012
12:33 pm
I agree Aprilglaspie…
I think the woman got mad at Sanders and started yelling at him and got up in his face. He pushed her away. My understanding is that CMR suspended him just for being in that situation because it looked for Sanders and UGA.
Uh oh, it was just announced on ESPN that 4 LSU football players have been declared academically ineligible for the 2012 season including starting LB Tahj Jones.
UGA89
September 12th, 2012
12:34 pm
*because it looked BAD for Sanders and UGA.
Lesson Lurned
September 12th, 2012
12:42 pm
Yeah, same story, different verse. Nothing against second chances, but these guys get the world handed to them for playing football and then screw up on a regular basis. I don’t “know these guys personally” but do know they are 2 more in a long line of UGA stellar recruits who get into trouble.
And yes, realize it’s not only at UGA, but with the constant deluge of Dwag Nation we have to hear and read, it’s pathetic that this broken record continues to be played.
DIT
September 12th, 2012
1:00 pm
Geeeez, there are haters on here that are experts in everything: Football, Discipline, the law etc. How on earth do y’all keep up with all of it………….
Seriously, keep it coming. For the most part it’s pretty humorous stuff. However, there is that small part of it that is very sad. Especially when the persons colors come out that show they are truly envious!!
Side note – if Gtbob is a graduate of GT then I’m a graduate of Harvard!! (hint – I never stepped foot on the campus)
AltamahaDawg
September 12th, 2012
1:07 pm
So when you say “second chance” you mean that the stardard you are using is that IF an athlete gets into any trouble they should have thier scholarships reduced? And them being allowed to return is a deviatiion from that. Which is a legitamate position, I’m just trying to understand what you are saying.
A “second chance” would mean that there was some sort of an additional chance given, would it not.
To me, it’s much more accurate to say that the real standard is that these guy ARE on the team, they got in trouble,and they paid (whatever the given penalty is). I don’t see where their “chances” are in play.
DIT
September 12th, 2012
1:14 pm
For all the haters. Yes, UGA is the ONLY Football program with players getting suspended or kicked out of school.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8369773/lsu-tigers-tahj-jones-three-other-players-ruled-ineligible-season
AltamahaDawg
September 12th, 2012
1:15 pm
What sort of semester does LSU use that they have grades being final in Mid September?
Whiznot
September 12th, 2012
1:22 pm
According to Saint Richt domestic violence and DUI are less serious than smoking pot??? Georgia needs a coach who isn’t a total idiot!
AltamahaDawg
September 12th, 2012
1:33 pm
Well, smoking pot carries half the penalty than those 2 criminal charges, so how can that be? “according” to you?
AltamahaDawg
September 12th, 2012
1:38 pm
Smoking pot ( or more accurately knows as breaking internal rules)
1st offense, 1 game suspension
2nd offense, 4 game suspension
DUI and (other arrests)
1st offense, 2 game suspension
2nd offense, dismisal
AltamahaDawg
September 12th, 2012
1:51 pm
Well?
Idiot.
Mobile Dawg
September 12th, 2012
1:52 pm
A bit off the subject but I sure wish it was Vandy this week instead of Fla Atlantic. I’m thinking we should go to nine conference games. It would surely be more interesting.
Mobile Dawg
September 12th, 2012
1:54 pm
Altamaha, you’re starting to sound like Lex using the “I” word. Can’t ever recall you calling someone a name.
AltamahaDawg
September 12th, 2012
2:08 pm
I was just agreeing with Whiznot’s own words there.
He seemed pretty sure that any person who had those penalties backwards was a “total idiot”. Who am I to argue with him.
AltamahaDawg
September 12th, 2012
2:11 pm
So what is the deal at LSU? Tthose players had the grades to play on Sept.8*th, but not on Sept. 15th?
WDE
September 12th, 2012
2:16 pm
@AltamahaDawg their LB has not played this year not sure on the others.
RedandBlackDAWG
September 12th, 2012
2:20 pm
UGA O team
September 12th, 2012
11:39 am
I think you are being a little too harsh on UGA’s offense. I think that they are performing pretty good considering the freshmen and first year starters on the offense. Give the OL a few more games to gel as a unit, and they will be just fine. Marshall, once he gets a decent hole to run through, gets his yards and Gurley’s play speaks for itself. Once the OL is fully functional, you will see the TE’s get involved in the passing game more, and you will see a much better running game, although it isn’t that bad right now. These kids are learning still under fire, and I think doing a fairly good job. Practices can only prepare you so much, but you learn best with OJT, the same as these young men are learning now.
AltamahaDawg
September 12th, 2012
2:23 pm
ah, so they were held out? So they knew this was an issue, and this is just the final word from whatever appeal?
ARdawg
September 12th, 2012
2:26 pm
It’s just too difficult to post on here without calling some of these GT nerds the idiots that they are. Impossible, no matter how genteel one may be.
Bee Ess
September 12th, 2012
2:56 pm
It’s ludicrous to say these goons are sorry for what they did. They’re only sorry they got caught.
damngooddawg!
September 12th, 2012
3:04 pm
Dear Bee Ess, don’t be a hater. Life’s too short. You’re gonna get an ulcer going around playing God and deciding what’s in others’ hearts. I’m sure with your clean track record that you have never had occasion to need a 2nd chance.
AltamahaDawg
September 12th, 2012
3:23 pm
Ah , what we would pay to see you walk up to Mr. Vasser and call his kid a goon. Now THAT would be worth the price of a hotdog and coke.
Joey
September 12th, 2012
4:01 pm
“Ah , what we would pay to see you walk up to Mr. Vasser and call his kid a goon. Now THAT would be worth the price of a hotdog and coke.
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Dang, I wish I woulda written that . . .
And Mobile Dawg, AD picked a good time to use the “I” word. Sometimes, it’s the only noun that applied in this case.
AltamahaDawg
September 12th, 2012
4:26 pm
One of the few words I spelled correctly today.
AltamahaDawg
September 12th, 2012
4:29 pm
I suppose I should have stated that in terms that tech fans can understand:
…. that would be worth the (equivalent cash value) of a hotdog and coke.
Big Earl
September 12th, 2012
4:29 pm
Does anybody know….I thought that the UGA policy on 2nd offense marijuana was to miss 30% of regular season games. If so, that would mean that Rambo and Tree could come back @ the 9 minute mark of the 3rd quarter in the Vandy game?
Big Earl
September 12th, 2012
4:33 pm
@Altamaha….big fan of your posts…but what the heck does Altamaha mean?
Joey
September 12th, 2012
4:49 pm
May I, AlamahaDawg?
Big Earl, the Altamaha is the biggest (in terms of discharge and width) river in the state of Georgia. Two rivers, the Oconee, and the Ocmulgee, combine near Lumber City to form the Altamaha, which then runs past Baxley, then Jesup, swiftly and treacherously, until just north of Brunswick, empties into the Atlantic Ocean.
No fish whatsoever in it (wink, wink) so don’t bother wetting a hook . . .
AltamahaDawg
September 12th, 2012
5:08 pm
No water in it either, right now.
I was just thinking what a fan I am of the blog name “Big Earl”. Of cource that could be skewed slighly because the compliment to me, but yea…thats a good name.
AltamahaDawg
September 12th, 2012
5:13 pm
Don’t forget about the Ohoopee
Named for a Yamassee Indian Chief, Alatamaha
Joey
September 12th, 2012
5:31 pm
It’s crazy that the St Marys River, which I live on, has been breaking records in flood height, but 180 miles north, in the Milledgeville area, there is still an ongoing drought. That keeps Ga Power from releasing any water from the Lake Sinclair hydro-electric dam into the Oconee River, which in ordinary conditions, keeps the Altamaha levels fairly stable.
I love that muddy river, and have fished every bit of it, from above Lumber City, to a couple miles past the I-95 bridge north of Brunswick, and it has the most remarkable abundance of largemouth bass of any place I have fished, which includes many lakes and rivers in Florida.
Joey
September 12th, 2012
5:38 pm
I have been so far up the Ohoopee River that I had to back my boat for a quarter mile before I could turn it around. But nobody else tried it that day. I had it to mayself and won a big bass tournament out of Baxley.
Black water – like the St Marys. I was right at home.
Paddy
September 12th, 2012
8:51 pm
For Commings & Vasser to go public with remorse is just not right. That needs to be within the team & their family. If I would have done that at that age, my dad would have kicked my ass. Privacy needs to be protected Keep your mouth shut, go back to work and earn the respect. This social media and the need to have everyone know your buiness is disgusting. Nobody needs to know you are sorry but your family and teammates. Self respect is a lost art!!!!.
Under The Bleachers
September 12th, 2012
9:40 pm
Looks like Pinkel saw what everyone else thought they saw last saturday night,
“He was in a scrum, a big pile of players,” Pinkel said of Franklin. “It wasn’t because it wasn’t snapped that it slid off. You couldn’t tell what happened underneath there. … One was a third-down play when we were backed up on our 10-yard line. It presents a problem. We’re going to try to get the snaps better on his helmet. I don’t know really what else to do.
“I just hope it doesn’t happen again. I’ve been doing this for 35 years and have never had to pull a quarterback out for a play and put him back in. And by the way, he didn’t take his helmet off.”
Under The Bleachers
September 12th, 2012
9:44 pm
Whiners and crying over suspension of dumb selfish athletes who are not relevant anywhere but with UGA fans….too funny,,,,
kingdaddy
September 12th, 2012
11:12 pm
Joey & Altamaha
Y’all are making me cry! OMG, the fish stories we could tell. My uncle always made me paddle the boat(even though we had a motor) so he could fish. Monsters on the St.Marys and the Alt. Grandad lived in Woodbine and my uncle( The Godfather) lived by the St.Marys. Back then, preachers had to fish to eat…Nahhhh, I’m lying, they just loved to fish. Both sides of my family. Lord at the fish stories…Go Dawgs…
kingdaddy
September 13th, 2012
7:44 am
I wonder if the trolls just wake-up, run to their computer and start bashing UGA, or if they have a cup of coffee first, hmmmmmmmmm???
Tech Yellow Baby!
September 13th, 2012
8:14 am
This just means that Rambo & Ogletree get 2 more weeks to burn weed wid they homeys !
Paddy
September 13th, 2012
9:05 am
Under the Bleachers…………..Pinkel had never had to take a player out for one snap and then put him back in, in his 35 years of coaching. Reason why: It has never been a rule until now!!! Hello!!!
AltamahaDawg
September 13th, 2012
10:09 am
Bass fishing the Altamaha with success, all I can say is…..respect.
That’s never been easy IMO, But I really haven’t giving it much of a effort. Recreating more on that river for me. I think everything I own has some Alt. sand stuck in the corners. More of a salt water angler. Althought I have spend many a day in the Altamaha/Buttermilk sound fishing, just not up the river much. Caught a few bass in the Champney.
kingdaddy
September 13th, 2012
2:00 pm
Alt
back in the 60s, we fished the “slews” off the Altamaha around Jesup. That art of the river was swift and deep and dangerous. Cottonmouth creek. Fantastic “canepole” fishing. Couldn’t find it now to save my life. Only got one uncle left who could find it…
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Honey boy
September 15th, 2012
9:10 am
Ok…did wrong, got caught, received punishment, served the time meted out, get back on the field…. Simple…. So shut the F up and play some football! Stop the amateur philosophizing and legal eagle poseur bs and pass the Cheetos…..
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September 16th, 2012
6:26 pm
I think it already was discussed, use search in a forum.
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