Report: Florida strength coach shoved Georgia’s Corey Moore
Best account I’ve seen yet of the pregame skirmish that occurred before Georgia-Florida this past Saturday comes from Palm Beach Post reporter Jason Lieser.
I didn’t see but the very tail-end of the incident myself as it happened right around the time they were preparing for the pregame toss. But according to Lieser, Florida safety Matt Elam instigated the incident by bumping Georgia’s Devin Bowman. Apparently a bunch of Georgia players then responded to the taunts of Elam and teammate Dominique Easley, including Todd Gurley, Malcolm Mitchell, Corey Moore and Arthur Lynch.
Liesler reports that Florida strength coach Jeff Dillman interceded and ended up shoving Moore. That drew Georgia defensive coordinator Todd Grantham and some other assistant coaches and referees into the fray. This is the part I saw and skirmish quickly dissipated with both sides squawking as they went their separate ways.
Wrote Lieser:
Gators strength coach Jeff Dillman, who later had at least one very animated conversation with a ref, was involved as well. Dillman shoved Georgia safety Corey Moore, then got in the face of a Bulldogs assistant.
The whole affair was over in less than a minute and no penalties were assessed (though officials would make up for that later).
Georgia coach Mark Richt claimed on his Sunday conference call he knew nothing of the incident until seeing a vague reference to it on the TV broadcast replay.
“You know what, I don’t know what happened,” he said. “I watched the TV copy of the game and they showed a little bit of that. You could tell there was some chirping and all that, but I don’t think anybody got physical or anything like that.”
Informed for Dillman’s shove and when it happened, Richt said: “I’d have to look at it. I’m not really worried about that right now.”
Grantham acknowledged the incident after the game but claimed he was merely telling the Georgia players to get out of the way. “I was telling our guys to get off the field,” he said.
The “chippiness” carried over into the game, where the teams combined to be flagged 24 times, including several personal foul penalties.
“That was one of the most intense games I’ve ever coached from start to finish,” Richt said. “. . . You want intensity with discipline. But I didn’t want to slow anybody’s ability to keep their blood hot.”
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Infant Dawg
October 29th, 2012
10:20 pm
The question for Tampa Gator is that IF (huge if i know) Dawgs beat Tide; Oregon loses either to OSU or USC; and Notre Dame loses to Stanford or USC…will Tampa root for Dawgs in the MNC?
Strat Cat Dawg
October 29th, 2012
10:22 pm
Alabama, contrary to popular belief, is outstanding but not invincible. LSU will defend them effectively and so can the Dawgs. Recall that Ohio State was going to wax Florida a few years back in the BCS game…
DawgNole
October 29th, 2012
10:24 pm
Brainiac (CMR/UGA Fan For Life)
October 29th, 2012
9:20 pm
In my BIASED opinion Tampa Gator has ALWAYS conducted himself classy on here!!!!!!!!!!
I believe it takes a little class to make the type comments he has made after what had to be a devasting loss Saturday so I have to say to all dawg fans HOW ABOUT SHOWING A LITTLE CLASS and quit acting like Auburn and Bama fans after they won a MNC!!!!!!!!!!!
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I thought the same thing until he whined incessantly Sunday about what he perceived as bad calls by the refs in the game. That after UGA had 4 more penalties for 37 more yards. Folks on the blog at the time beat him down for his excuse-making until he finally sulled up and left. Once a gator, always a gator. An arrogant excuse-maker.
“Beast,” on the other hand, has earned my respect.
DawginLex
October 29th, 2012
10:28 pm
I truly enjoyed the 2nd consecutive beat down of the gators.
I fully expect the floggings to continue for many years.
Preston
October 29th, 2012
10:29 pm
Has anyone here heard a credible source in regards to the Kirby Smart to Auburn rumor?
youstillgotzip!
October 29th, 2012
10:30 pm
who compares osu to sec teams? damn son that was insulting to vandy.
Preston
October 29th, 2012
10:32 pm
Kirby isn’t going to stay an assistant much longer. He’s been with Saban for a long time now and I know he’s ready to spread his wings as a head coach.
Ptc Dawg
October 29th, 2012
10:36 pm
We are under the gators skin. That is a good thing.
I hope FSU POUNDS them.
Ptc Dawg
October 29th, 2012
10:37 pm
Oh yeah, Kirby will leave when Saban says he can.
kerryb
October 29th, 2012
10:45 pm
As long as we have JJ29 in the game I think we have a chance against ANYONE. He can sure take over a game like no other player in college this year.
BigDawg
October 29th, 2012
10:48 pm
Gators: your QB sucks more than ours does! We win, hahahahaha, spin it as ugly, but you get the L hahaha woof woof woof Next year is the 3peat hahaha
youstillgotzip!
October 29th, 2012
10:51 pm
you better hope fsu pounds them cause if they win and bama whips that puppy azz (like they will) fla goes bcs and gets the big bucks,not u boys.
kingdaddy
October 29th, 2012
11:07 pm
Who cares, we still beat the lizards 2 in a row. We’re still 7-1 and ranked #6… What you got??
kingdaddy
October 29th, 2012
11:10 pm
Hey zip
You squat to pee?
Left Coast Dawg
October 29th, 2012
11:17 pm
@ Infant Dawg – Tampa Gator has openly acknowledged support of the Dawgs as long as they are not playing Florida. He would likely support them if playing for NC. Still don’t agree with all of his logic but I guess it’s consolation for him to hope for UGA to fail so UF can eat to New Orleans by default. However, he was off on his prediction of LSU to Cap 1 Bowl. They would go to Cotton Bowl before any bowl in Florida.
Left Coast Dawg
October 29th, 2012
11:22 pm
We should be rooting for every team on our schedule to win for here on out, except for the teams we are playing each week. This only helps our S.O.S.
Atl_bama
October 29th, 2012
11:30 pm
Cbs showed a snippet of the skirmish in their lead in for the game. The replay is available on comcast ondemand under css. I didn’t think the fla coach pushing ga players away from fla players was all that bad. At the end of the clip, though, you see a ga coach w a headset (grantham??) come up to the fla coach and it looks like he got in his face and shoved him. Tough to tell but I was surprised that CBS didn’t hone in on that.
kingdaddy
October 29th, 2012
11:40 pm
Tamp’s ok, just misunderstood by some Doggies. He’s a nice guy to talk to and is mostly polite. He is all SEC and I like that. So he’s a Gator fan, no big deal. Would be ok to hoist a brew or two with over some boiled shrimp…
SlimG
October 29th, 2012
11:42 pm
Bite us swamp people……looks like things a changing. We have to play the game in Jax to make it fair. Great coach you have down there, just need a few playmakers to go with him. Haha losers
rolltide
October 29th, 2012
11:43 pm
Hell, any team from the east that ends up there now is by default…but we beat them,but they beat the team that beat us, and…and, And we dont give a damn who you are! You will be rolled & we will be crowned, AGAIN!
ARdawg
October 29th, 2012
11:43 pm
kingdaddy
Agree with you about TG although he does do his share of crybaby hissyfits. He did last year and again yesterday. He’s dreaming about the Sugar bowl but hey, whatever it takes to keep him going eh?
rolltide
October 29th, 2012
11:49 pm
How is this person dreaming? we hang 40 or more on you, they beat a ranked fsu. No dream, you have 2 in the L they have 1 and will be higher ranked. you’re east dream is going to get ya nothing but a sore butt and a cap 1 bowl at best.
kingdaddy
October 29th, 2012
11:51 pm
ARdawg
He’s hurting bro. Can you imagine what he would be like if we beat them 35-7. I keep hearing Tatoo (Fantasy Island) shouting, “The Pain, the pain! “, lol. We would have been better playing the next week instead of having an extra week to listen to the trolls on the blogs rip our team to shreads…
kingdaddy
October 29th, 2012
11:59 pm
Toll ride
woulda, shoulda, coulda…You ain’t won shiz yet. You done hung 40 on us and we haven’t even played yet, lol. Who have you beaten moron? Miss St.? Who else, Michigan (unranked) , who??? Why don’t you make it to the SEC-CG before you hang 40 on us ok, thanks…
brick
October 30th, 2012
12:29 am
Gato18, UF was physically pounded, tone was set the first series. The only reason it wasn’t a blowout was the terrible half by our qb. By the end of the game not only were the gators physically whipped, they were mentally whipped as well, al the talk had left them and they were left to being “tattle tales” by pointing when someone said something to them. Just like a bully, run that mouth until someone puts a fist in it and then they turn tail and run away.
GATORBUZZ
October 30th, 2012
12:38 am
HEY DOGGIES DUST OFF THAT TROPHY FROM 1980 THEY MAKE THEM OUTTA GLASS
NOW NOT WOOD 1980-2012 OH WHERE O WHERE HAVE MY LITTLE DOGGIES GONE
COLLEGE FOTBALL ABOUT NATIOAL CHAMPIONS
kingdaddy
October 30th, 2012
12:41 am
Brick
I like your post but Murray’s first two INTs were right on the money. In our recievers hands. They could have been caught but got tipped up to the defense. Now the third INT. by Murray, looked like it just “sailed” on him. That was all Murray. He was rock solid after that…
rodb
October 30th, 2012
12:54 am
georgia defense needed that shot of testosterone! (ala Shawn Williams) hey pass that on to Aaron Murray; but he is 2-1 against the gators so what do i know….go dawgs.
GATORBUZZ
October 30th, 2012
1:17 am
CORRECTION
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
trueblueeagle
October 30th, 2012
5:24 am
UGA calling any body classless is a joke….If your team loses then it get the QB house
b-rob
October 30th, 2012
5:52 am
unfortunately tampa is probably right about the bowl game. It always stinks when you get punished getting to any conference championship game and lose.
short memories
October 30th, 2012
6:11 am
Richt said he was not aware of anything going on. Does anyone expect richt to know whats going on?
butcandawgs
October 30th, 2012
6:49 am
make it last? We have a history of letting a game “get away” after a big win. I swear if its Auburn, just give me a pill and put me to sleep. They will play us tough, just wait and see. It will be there season and they know they have no chance vs the tide.
papadawg
October 30th, 2012
6:55 am
From what I saw of the gators on Sat. they have at least one more loss coming.
tell me again
October 30th, 2012
6:59 am
The Gators and their fans have thought they were bad as**s for years – now they see that when it comes to playing hard they’re no longer the baddest – we went in there and when they threw their best punch they got two back and they folded like a cheap paper doll – I think it was Driskell who had the “deer in the headlights look” – not Murray LOL Bottom line – they were the fumbling, bumbling, didn’t have an answer team that they are – they’ve never outclassed Georgia in talent or anything else – we’ve had a bad run against them but the tide has turned and we will once again kick their swamp butts all over the field – just like the good old days when we owned them for DECADES – yeah, that’s the part of the history they’ve been trying to hide and forget about, but guess what boys – “WE’RE BACK” !
papadawg
October 30th, 2012
6:59 am
Last National Championship 32 years ago and how many before that. Why do DAWG fans expect perfection from Coach Richt is beyond me.
We (did) Run The East
October 30th, 2012
7:02 am
Looks like we are working towards the Gamecocks being the top ranked team in the BCS standing from SEC East. Sure, we lost to FL and FL lost to Dawgs, but those loses were hard fought. UGA LAYED down for 3 qtrs vs SC. That game shows the true LACK OF HEART the UGA program and CMR/CTG have. Sure, UGA has others do their dirty work, but will UGA ever beat SC again? Nah, don’t think so.
We (did) Run The East
October 30th, 2012
7:03 am
3rd year in a row, best in East
Pete
October 30th, 2012
7:14 am
Well Mr. Slive……time for a public appology like you made Grantham do?????????????????? oh, that’s right is the a++h=== gaytors……..the SECs flagship team…..LMAO………
SuperB
October 30th, 2012
7:28 am
Will Muschamp is an embarrassment. What a jerk. And his staff, particularly Dillman, are an extension of his “leadership.” He is the worst letterman Georgia ever graduated. He cannot come home again!
Double Secret Probation
October 30th, 2012
7:28 am
Joe Jenkins, Murray’s three int’s were all on him. The first was thrown into triple coverage and the ball did not hit the receiver in the hands. In fact it was deflected on a nice play by one of the Florida DB’s. The second one (a TD drive killer by the way) was behind an open receiver as he cut over the middle of the field. Yes the receiver reached back to try to make a play but his momentum was such that all he could do was deflect it up and into the hands of a Florida DB. The third one was just awful as Murray’s feet were in a bad position as he seemed to be panicking over a phantom pass rush. He whipped the ball at least 15 feet over Marlon Brown’s head into a waiting Florida DB’s hands.
HERE COMES THE JUDGE
October 30th, 2012
7:34 am
T-DAWG commented earlier about the refs having a “huge chip on their shoulders”…nonsense!! They showed tremendous restraint by not throwing out several players during the first quarter…they knew both teams would be high on emotion early and did what they were trained to do…throw flags and later went to both coaches to warn them that if the ugliness continued, players would be ejected from the game. The best conference in the land also has some of the best officials in the land…period!! Great job refs…T-DAWG, keep a count on the suds before watching the game…you’ll enjoy it much better.
joe jenkins
October 30th, 2012
7:40 am
Well you could be right…..i know the pass to marlon brown was defintley murray’s fault…. well i woke up this morning and i dreamed about beating the gators and it was still reality…it really happened!!! its great to be a georgia bulldog!!!!
joe jenkins
October 30th, 2012
7:42 am
hey double probation….what do you think murray needs to improve on moving forward?
Billy Mumphries
October 30th, 2012
7:43 am
What an exciting story.
keniboy
October 30th, 2012
7:44 am
somebody needs to stop the chirping and hotdogging and mouthiness. its getting too much and causing expensive penalties. stop
Reality Check
October 30th, 2012
8:00 am
Gator coach Jeff Dillman was just exhibiting the redneck actions appropriate for a Florida Gator. But it backfired on them firing up Georgia didn’t it?
Nativebird
October 30th, 2012
8:14 am
Granthem is a hot head who cannot be trusted to set an appropriate example for college aged players. He’s an immature bully and can be best described more fitting as a gang-leader….thus his popularity among Georgia players. Sadley, he is from the same school of coaching as the now disgraced Greg Williams of the Saints bounty-gate scandal and should not be allowed on a sideline with anyone under 21. Thank goodness there are men with integrity in football like Mark Richt and Will Muschamp…those who will not put up or condone the Gang violence mentality that Granthem and those like do.
Win. P.
October 30th, 2012
8:17 am
Congradulations Dawgs on the Fl. win. After watching Fl.vs LSU game, I expected and predicted another blow out like UGA vs South Carolina. This was a UGA win we have been longing for … with every player giving great effort the entire game.
The Fl. coach shoving a UGA player is no big deal. I cannot imagine a Fl. coach deliberatly seeking out a UGA player to shove. My guess is the Fl. coach was trying to keep things under control. Again my guess, based on the whole game (24 penalities), the UGA player was “chripping” and that made the coachs’ decision on which player to shove an easy one.
After the last few years, I’m under no illusions about UGA and their chances for “major” championships. Jarvis Jones excluded, UGA is not a good team. Overall the team lacks discipline. Players gets in their opponents “faces” and tout them, resulting in personal fouls (Mitchell) and excessive celebration penalities (Mitchell and Gurley)… this IMO is a coach problem.
B'dawg
October 30th, 2012
8:18 am
Missouri beats Florida and so does FSU. gaytors go to the chic fil a bowl.