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DEL.ICIO.USOdell Thurman’s career is doomed
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Jeff Schultz
10: More on this later today, after I’ve had a chance to survey the wreckage in Flowery Branch. But there was much more to the Falcons’ loss than, “Gee, everyone wanted New Orleans to win.” Emotion counts for only so much.
9: To put it another way: It’s amazing how one loss can unmask a team’s every conceivable weakness.
8: We lost the Ryder Cup. Am I supposed to care? Golf is the ultimate sport of individualists. And this isn’t the Olympics, so let’s get off this whole patriotism thing.
7: For all of those people who blasted me with e-mail and phone calls after I criticized Georgia and Mark Richt for not being tougher in dealing with Odell Thurman, I have a question: Where are you now?
6: Thurman’s a knucklehead and he always has been. Yes, he had a tough home life growing up. I know. I’ve heard it ad nauseam. But he was surrounded by enablers at home and in Athens. It’s as if nobody ever said, “Odell, you can’t do that.” So he did that. Often.
5: Thurman, who already was serving a four-game suspension when he was arrested for DUI the other night, probably is gone for the season. He might want to take the time to practice this line, “Would you like to Super Size that?” Because that’s where his career is headed.
4: Thurman is drinking and partying his way right out of the NFL. He was an immature kid at Georgia. What did anyone expect was going to happen once he turned pro, he had money in his pocket and he didn’t have a class schedule?
3: If you were the Cincinnati Bengals right now, how much would you pay to put David Pollack’s head on Odell Thurman’s body?
2: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers maintain that Chris Simms may return this season. Is that the good news or the bad news?
1: It’s just another late-September Braves-Mets series that doesn’t mean anything.
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By CJ
September 26, 2006 11:09 AM | Link to this
There are ups and downs in every NFL season- the Falcons looked like a Super Bowl team vs. Charlotte and like they may never win again vs. the people that swim in their own sewage (the Saints). Super Bowl champs lose an average of four times a year. Take a deep breath.
By CJ
September 26, 2006 11:11 AM | Link to this
There are ups and downs in every NFL season- the Falcons looked like a Super Bowl team vs. Charlotte and like they may never win again vs. the people that swim in their own sewage (the Saints). Super Bowl champs lose an average of four times a year. Take a deep breath.
By CJ
September 26, 2006 11:12 AM | Link to this
There are ups and downs in every NFL season- the Falcons looked like a Super Bowl team vs. Charlotte and like they may never win again vs. the people that swim in their own sewage (the Saints). Super Bowl champs lose an average of four times a year. Take a deep breath.
By Ramble ON!
September 26, 2006 11:14 AM | Link to this
Mark Richt is the biggest enabler on planet earth, and the fleabag nation loves him because he goes to church on Sunday. All he cares about is winning… (See FSU). You haven’t heard about those boys in trouble since he’s left. He gets the best talent/punks in the USA but, because they are so stupid, they either can’t get in to UGA (what a joke that is), or the get arrested only to have Richt suspend them from the pansy opening games. Thanks Jeff, but the mutt nation don’t care.
By Ramble ON!
September 26, 2006 11:18 AM | Link to this
It’s about that time of year for Randy McMichael to get arrested for beating his wife again, isn’t it? Hopefully she’s not pregnant this time.
By rob
September 26, 2006 11:24 AM | Link to this
you’re hilarious Jeff
By ben
September 26, 2006 11:29 AM | Link to this
Hey, he got him in, they won games, and he got him out. That’s the job of your big time college coach today. Mack Brown had two stopped with a lb of pot and a 9mm in one of their laps a couple of weeks ago, and they are back on the field for the Longhorns with no charges pending. Unlike you Jeff, who if you lost your cush job would be flippin’ burgers, Odell will have time to burn through a few million and work for ten or twelve jock sniffin’ Dawg alumni sellin’ cars before he sees a deep fry basket.
By Keith
September 26, 2006 11:32 AM | Link to this
Jeff, What are you smoking! So its UGA responibility to ensure that Odell is a model person while is on contract with the Bengals. I understand stars in college are put on a pedistal, but Please explain to me how does UGA or any college program should do to keep their student-athletes on the straight and narrow path. While you see all of the Dollars signs from the NFL all around them.
By King Kong Bundy
September 26, 2006 11:37 AM | Link to this
It’s not often that I agree with Schultz, but he hit the nail on the head with his comment about enablers.
I’ve always been amazed that, no matter how many UGA players have significant off the field problems, Saint Mark Richt always emerges without a scratch.
Of course, this shouldn’t come as a surprise, since Saint Mark learned his craft at the side of Pope Bobby Bowden, the king of all enablers and the original Teflon coach.
I find it interesting that the kids who Richt and Bowden deem worthy of second (and third and fourth) chances are always big, strong, and fast.
Probably just a coincidence, huh?
By jackets fan
September 26, 2006 11:43 AM | Link to this
Message for the Ohio State Penitentiary: “Dude you’re gettin an O’Dell.”
Ironic that the Bengals uniform has stripes on them. They’re just going the wrong direction (the stripes and their players). Maybe UGA should change their uniforms to better fit their personalities. Proof positive that there is no god. David Pollack, a clean cut well behaved hard worker gets his neck broke and puts his season and perhaps career in jeopardy. Meanwhile, Odell does his best Paul Crew impersonation, with his 4 strikes loser buddy Chris Henry and both of them will have an NFL job somewhere, you know it’s true.
By Scooter11
September 26, 2006 11:43 AM | Link to this
Would like to see Ramble ON!’s head on McMichael’s wife’s body.
By daniel
September 26, 2006 11:43 AM | Link to this
What a big load of sh!t. Typical liberal journalism. Let’s blame someone else instead of taking personal responsibiliy.
By Jim Bakker
September 26, 2006 11:48 AM | Link to this
Ramble On is my new hero!
By jackets fan
September 26, 2006 12:00 PM | Link to this
Daniel,
I think what Schultz is saying is that a guy like Odell Thurman should never have been given the priviledge of playing college football, thereby not allowing him entrance into the NFL, at least not thru the front door. I think it’s safe to say “personal responsibility” is not in Odell Thurman’s vocabulary. But then again, “academic eligibility” or “laws” appear not to be in his vocabulary either. College football coaches often pontificate about how they love coaching because they get to help mold young men into responsible adults. I guess that isn’t part of the “personal responsibility” you are talking about, eh Daniel?
By Bryan G.
September 26, 2006 12:04 PM | Link to this
I’m going to go on a rarity and agree with all the Tech people…
Richt does need to crack down on the players getting in trouble. However, it’s happening at every winning program: USC, OU, Texas, UGA, Auburn, etc. It begs the question: Would you rather win 10 games a year and take some chances like those schools…or would you rather be squeaky clean and go 7-5 like Tech?
Frankly…I’d rather have it the way we do as opposed to at Tech. I’m not bashing your program, but it is what it is.
By matt
September 26, 2006 12:14 PM | Link to this
Thank you Daniel- Let’s not put the responsibility on Odell’s shoulders, no no no! It’s always someone else’s fault!! It’s never the individual’s fault for making bad decisions!! He’s a #$%^%* adult!! He makes adult choices and has to live with his adult consequences!! I’m a HUGE dawgs fan so don’t even bother thinking I’m just hating on the dawgs! One of the biggest problems in society today is that it’s built around 3,4,5 chances!! Everyone should always get another chance! Every school does it, every coach does it! The problem with that is that sooner or later, probably in your adult life you’re going to run out of chances! Surround yourself with bad people and bad things happen!!
By mcdwag
September 26, 2006 12:16 PM | Link to this
Ramble on is just getting ready for the VT-GT post-game wife beating
By Ga tech
September 26, 2006 12:20 PM | Link to this
I guess you can call the trade school on north avenue squeaky clean. If your definition, of squeaky clean, is fielding an entire team of academically ineligible players and having to forfeit games.
By Jake
September 26, 2006 12:22 PM | Link to this
Gee, look - Jeff Schultz is delousinal again, or should I say “still”. That’s right, Jeff - Mark Richt is responsible for O’dell driving drunk….just like he’s responsible for you being an idiot, dbag.
By theBiscuit
September 26, 2006 12:42 PM | Link to this
Georgia Tech’s program squeaky clean… HAHAHAHAHA.. what are we 2 years removed from some punk tech player dealing drugs across the country… Note to Tech fans: you attempt to recruit the same players, they just choose to go to a better program.
By The Man
September 26, 2006 12:56 PM | Link to this
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By McDonoughDawg
September 26, 2006 01:01 PM | Link to this
Blaming Richt for someone’s problems in Cincy. That’a a good one. I was sure it was W’s fault!
By GW
September 26, 2006 01:01 PM | Link to this
Gailey got a judge to “enable” Reuben Houston to sell a load of pot and still play. Richt needs a judge like that so Shultz and the Nerds won’t blame him.
By Jason
September 26, 2006 01:05 PM | Link to this
Bryan G…You’d rather cheat and win than earn it? You’d rather be dirty and win than earn it? You’d rather have thugs and losers on your team? Wow…just another example of how ignorant the Bulldog nation is. Don’t get me wrong, I want to win too, but at the cost of character and jail time, it’s just not worth it. And for you Ga Tech (are you embarrased to use your real name because you’re obviously not a GT fan)…Georgia Tech admitted their mistake, made it public, and moved on…something UGA will never do. And, by the way, they didn’t forfeit any games.
By The Man
September 26, 2006 01:13 PM | Link to this
Jason - you’re a homo.
By Jim Garren
September 26, 2006 01:20 PM | Link to this
Rubeun Houston sound familiar???? He was charged with pot. Played again at Tech. AT Barnes, who the AJC did an article on before the season is not eligible. No, its not because of some mishap with his transcrips. He couldn’t read, he is an idiot im from Cville. Yet Tech gets him in school. UGA has higher academic entrance requirements that Tech, but Tech fans refuse to acknowledge that fact. Thats how they get more players in that really didn’t qualify. Yet at UGA they do the right thing and send them to Hargrave to get straightend away. Tech fans have no room to speak on this matter, considering how they operate.
By 82DAWG
September 26, 2006 01:24 PM | Link to this
So what was Richt supposed to do? Suspend him for a game? (did that), suspend him for three games? (did that), kick him off the team? (did that, too). I guess he should have taken him back behind the practice field and summarily executed him.
By Ramble ON!
September 26, 2006 01:28 PM | Link to this
THE MAN has sex with no one (must be a UGAy Journalism Major)…opps lowering myself to your trailer standards. Odell was arrested how many times in Athens? Twice I know of, in someones “Barrowed” Escalade-HA HA HA!!! with open beer cans. The police probably didn’t charge him with a DUI, because St. Richt will take care of it. It’s only a matter of time before the NCAA catches the mutts with their paws in the milk bone box. I love the fleabag defenses, “all schools do it”…what-ever.
By Moonlight Mile
September 26, 2006 01:32 PM | Link to this
Odell has a problem with alcohol and partying. That’s all there is to say about it. I don’t think there is a program in America that wouldn’t be proud to have Mark Richt.
Jeff - keep doing what your doing. Negativity and sarcasm makes for much better conversation. You’re a pro.
By Ramble ON!
September 26, 2006 01:35 PM | Link to this
82DAWG- Odell was never kicked off the team. You most be smoking some of Rubens stuff. The players who were kick off the team must have committed 1st degree murder.
THE MAN…you need to make to your teens before you start claiming to be a man. You sound like you’re in grade school. Keep talking, your making the Mutt Nation Proud.
By Bryan G.
September 26, 2006 01:36 PM | Link to this
Jason…I didn’t say “cheat”, idiot. I said “take some chances”, i.e. recruit players who might have character issues but are great athletes like Odell Thurman. That isn’t cheating.
All I said was that you can recruit two-star athletes who are choir boys and go 7-5 or get some big time players and take a few chances and win 10 games. I’ll take the latter because, whether you believe it or not, having a winning football program can help a school’s academics (especially in the south where people love college football).
If you’d take the time to stop playing dungeons and dragons, you’d be able to actually read what I wrote and think about it logically.
By Roswell Ed
September 26, 2006 01:38 PM | Link to this
You can control them and still win. Look at AU. They suspended Kevin Sears for 5 games for a DUI including UA, UW and LSU, and Blackmon has been suspended for the 1st 4 this yr and is still suspended for public intoxication. Both of these guys are starters.
Like I’ve typed before Richt learned from the master. “Shoot heckfire, boyz will be boyz. Whens that next FCA meet’n?”
Reminds me of UGA soriority girls. Whores on Sat night, church on Sun morning.
By Bradley G
September 26, 2006 01:38 PM | Link to this
Somebody tell me what CMR could have done differently that would have changed Odell’s character in the two(?) years he was a UGA. I’m not defending CMR here, but we all knew Odell was like that when he came to UGA. Should CMR have kicked him off the team? He would have gone to another school and been just the same person. I think Odell is and always will be the way he is, no matter who his coach is.
By Ramble ON!
September 26, 2006 01:48 PM | Link to this
Bryan G hasn’t been watching this years recruiting reports…we already know they can say their ABC’s before we offer a scholarship, and we don’t recruit Punks like ODELL even if he can say his alphabet.
By rgb
September 26, 2006 01:58 PM | Link to this
Signs we’ve got the right coach AT UGA. Just read the hate some of these people have on this board for coach Richt. Most would kill to have a coach like him. Let’s see, Best record in the SEC over the last five years and two SEC titles. Tech folks, go to your campus and look at that EMPTY trophy case where the ACC Championship trophies go. PS… It’s empty ! And, will remain so………….
By dawg4ever
September 26, 2006 02:10 PM | Link to this
So Ramble On, if so many yech players can say their ABC’s, just how may were deemed ineligible to play and cost the bugs all those wins? Oh and how’s your team’s weed dealer these days? Better get out of your glass house stone (or is it stoned) thrower.
By leifj
September 26, 2006 02:13 PM | Link to this
Ramble ON!
Two words for you loser! Reuben Houston! How about your probation? Did you forget about that? Schultz, Thurman was suspended numerous times at UGA so how exactly was he coddled? You and Ramble ON! must be gay lovers!
By Indydawg
September 26, 2006 02:31 PM | Link to this
As much as I love my Dawgs, I have to agree with Jeff. A few years ago, I had the task of working over in the old Athletic dormitory McWhorter as a one of the housing supervisors. My staff and I had so many problems with those guys and the coaching staff not doing what they were supposed to do in terms of helping to monitor their behavior.
“Enablers” would be the correct term, I don’t know how many times those guys got away with things that average students would have been thrown off of campus for. It really did change my perspective on college athletics. Sure some of these guys came from rough circumstances, both black and white, but man, when are people ever going to expect for people to just grow up???
The stories I have to tell to the grandkids one day!!!
The Odell Thurman sitation is just a sad happening, especially considering he has the world at his feet….and he’s not the only one.
But on the other hand, you reap what you sow….
By Jim Garren
September 26, 2006 02:40 PM | Link to this
This Ramble On guy isnt even giving true statements. The “borrowed” car wasn’t even Odell idiot. That was this past summer, when Ellerbe did that. Remember one thing here. You are a Georgia Tech fan. Tech, you are not on UGA’s level as a program. Just remember you are TECH. It would be like us UGA fans trying to compare ourselves to The New England Patriots, we are not on their level so we don’t argue. Tech has lower academic entrance requirements, I know this I went thru the recruiting process for another sport (Not Football). Tech had a federal drug case with a player, and the school has Al Queda members it lets in. Tech just remember you are Georgia Tech, nobody cares. Go beat somebody at some point in your football history and then talk.
By matt
September 26, 2006 02:41 PM | Link to this
Oh PlEASE!! We’ve lost 4 & 5 star recruits every year CMR has been here!! Mostly because they can’t even get in academically!! We passed on some kid who ended up going to Arkansas because of his character issues! You people that think your programs are squeaky clean and your coach doesn’t occasionally “help his players out of trouble” are just plain crazy!! Try blaming the ADULT that got pulled over for drunk driving while currently serving a 4 game suspension for substance abuse, (with his loser friends who also can’t seem to stay out of trouble!) instead of his college coach who took a chance on him a couple of years ago!
By jeff
September 26, 2006 02:46 PM | Link to this
Odell Thurman was kicked off the team for one year. He re-joined the team after a year. He was also suspended for numerous games after that. I do not think Richt could have done much more.
By Mark
September 26, 2006 02:55 PM | Link to this
Everyone in here should know that the same rules don’t apply to athletes and celebrities!!!! The people on here under the belief that their respective school’s athletes are at home early every night so they can hit the books and get that degree are just ignorant!! You think your schools don’t have thugs and bad eggs on their sports teams that don’t get special treatment?!?!?
By rgb
September 26, 2006 02:59 PM | Link to this
Georgia found to be only major college giving college football players special treatment !!!!News at 11:00…..Tubberville relieved…. Chan say’s….Don’t need it on the flats. At 6-5, why anything special…….. Remember the SEC battle cry…..If you Ain’t cheat’n, you Ain’t try’n !!!!!!
By Ramble ON!
September 26, 2006 03:01 PM | Link to this
JIM GARREN you are so stupid. ODELL was arrested for load stereo coming out that barrowed escalade you IDIOT!!!! What do you think he was suspended for the first 3 games his sophomore year. We don’t know what it was, the next year, probably assaulted a female student. You just threw another mutt under you’re stupid bus, moron.
Dream on about GT, you’re beneath us, in every aspect your pea brain can think of. Let me beat you to your witty come back “You’re a homo”
By daniel
September 26, 2006 03:04 PM | Link to this
jackets fan To focus on Odell and do an “I told you so” hit piece is just so petty. I think it’s safe to say that coaches be it from Little League to High School to College have made much more of an impact on molding young men than anything Jeff Schultz could ever hope to approach. Just read some of the dozens of testimonials written by successful former players about Erk Russell and the great character building he gave them in their own words in this newspaper.
By Ramble ON!
September 26, 2006 03:04 PM | Link to this
JIM GARREN you are so stupid. ODELL was arrested for a loud stereo booming out that barrowed escalade you IDIOT!!!! What do you think he was suspended for the first 3 games his sophomore year. We don’t know what it was, the next year, probably assaulted a female student. You just threw another mutt under you’re stupid bus, moron.
Dream on about GT, you’re beneath us, in every aspect your pea brain can think of. Let me beat you to your witty come back “You’re a homo”
By Jim Garren
September 26, 2006 03:07 PM | Link to this
Georgia’s list of Rivals ( top 3 can flip on order of opinion ) but others are set.
Maybe this is why Tech fans get so jealous, they know that we just don’t care about them and don’t consider them a rival. We have superior talent, and coaching, play in a superior league, and we always win the game. So they are not a rival, and I think that just really angers them. More Breaking news—- Osama Bin Laden gives 2 billion dollars to Georgia Tech
By Ramble ON!
September 26, 2006 03:08 PM | Link to this
sorry for the double submittal,,,wrong spelling
By Roswell Ed
September 26, 2006 03:09 PM | Link to this
Maybe we could follow that great show of internal fortitude and space out the players suspensions like Coach Foola at UA. What a p*ssy! He didn’t think the actions of a few kids should hurt all the hard work of the other kids.
What BS! He didn’t want to loss to UH. I hope he stays at UA forever and they can fight it out with Ark for 3rd place in the WEST every year.
War Eagle!
By jeff
September 26, 2006 03:10 PM | Link to this
Ramble On and Tech fans have to complain and whine about Coach Richt and off the field issues because they are no longer a rival on the field. Losing the last 5 and 12 out of 15 is embarrassing to them so they lash out at whatever is left. They have to come up with issues they can still argue about even though Tech has as many off the field problems as UGA.
Ramble On is the guy who tells everyone Yeah, but my wife has a great personality.
By Jim Garren
September 26, 2006 03:19 PM | Link to this
Barrowed? what word is that? Do they not teach you that in Computer Class? If thats true how do you know so much about our program, why do you care so much what we do, but yet you wont mention Houston. Get a life, suport your program. Your like the media jealous of anyone with athletic talent so you think you can play on the internet all day and critisize people. Funny how that works
By kevin
September 26, 2006 03:23 PM | Link to this
Richt has an outstanding record of disciplinary actions at UGA. He dishes out punishment, and based upon the severity of the action, MAY give second chances. If the player doesn’t learn from this action, he is kicked off the team (reference senior linebacker Derrick White from a year ago). CMR is a stand up guy with impeccable character. I guess he is somehow at fault for not living lives other than his own. Ramble On, whatever you do, don’t let the facts get in the way of your agenda.
By Jim Garren
September 26, 2006 03:25 PM | Link to this
My guess is, Ramble on also works in a cubicle and is told to what to do, and when to do it by his boss. Sure, Tech people are good in Math and Science. Thats why we hire them to work for us.
By mart
September 26, 2006 03:32 PM | Link to this
Hey, come on, whatever happened to giving a guy a second chance? Odell deserves one. And, hey, whatever happened to being innocent until proven guilty? Odell has never been convicted of a felony. Until a jury determines that he truly beat up his girlfriend or did drugs or was drunk driving, we should all assume he’s innocent and act accordingly. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go pick up that other maligned fellow who has never been convicted, Michael Jackson. Michael has kindly agreed to babysit my young boys.
By Roswell Ed
September 26, 2006 03:46 PM | Link to this
Don’t have a dawg in the jacket dawg fight just an observation. Has there ever been a school in division 1 history that took seats away from their stadium like Tech did?
What does that say about your program.
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By cane2k1
September 26, 2006 03:48 PM | Link to this
You forgot to add West Virgina to your rivals list….Oh wait I guess it’s only a rival if you can beat them…
By Roswell Ed
September 26, 2006 03:51 PM | Link to this
Richt does have an excellent record of suspending players- until that 1st big game.
By Jim Garren
September 26, 2006 04:06 PM | Link to this
I really hope, that wasn’t a Miami fan that posted that about West Vriginia. We don’t play them every year or they would be ahead of Tech. So when was the last time Miami beat a 1-A team???? Miami is in last place in the worst BCS conference. And exactly how did Miami do against LSU in their bowl game? Or Tech against Utah?
By Doug
September 26, 2006 04:07 PM | Link to this
Find me one Georgia Tech fan who wouldn’t trade Gailey for Richt in a heartbeat. Hell, find me one who, given the choice, wouldn’t take Richt over getting O’Leary back.
By Ramble ON!
September 26, 2006 04:11 PM | Link to this
Jimmy “you’re a homo” Garren…that’s all you can do is guess and dream, and boy do you dream.
If you want to find me all you have to do is come down to the field this Nov. because that’s where I’ll be, taking some of those hedges home with me after we get done pounding your fleabags, mutt. You won’t be there, because you’re a real tough gay (opps typo), guy, sitting behind you’re mommas computer. Speaking of jobs, go get one, even you can hold the mayo
By MonticelloDawg
September 26, 2006 04:15 PM | Link to this
As someone who graduated with Odell, I’m not shocked by his recent arrest one bit. This is a kid that was allowed to do whatever he wanted in school except for school work. In college he had a “tuitor” that did all his work for him while did whatever he wanted. Just this summer after he got the 4 game ban, I saw him in town driving around wasted while the cops did nothing. This kid has to grow up at some point, or he’ll be back here working at the Dairy Queen.
By MonticelloDawg
September 26, 2006 04:18 PM | Link to this
Oh and just to clear things up, it was his uncle’s escalade that he was driving, and he wasn’t drunk. He just didn’t have a driver’s permit.
By dawgforlife
September 26, 2006 04:23 PM | Link to this
I’ll make sure and be near the hedges looking for you Ramble on at the mouth. I’ll be glad to relieve you of any piece of the hedge you have too. Since you won’t be there I have nothing to worry about. You’ll be with all the other bug fans the same place you all were last time in Athens, dragging your sorry a* back to your car muttering about how good you are in basketball. Careful if you mess with the bull son, you’ll get the horns, or maybe that should be don’t mess with a Dawg, or you’ll get the teeth.
By cane2k1
September 26, 2006 04:24 PM | Link to this
Jim, Cane does not necessarily mean hurricane. But I’ll take their 5 national titles over UGAG’s 1 anyday!
By squirrel
September 26, 2006 04:38 PM | Link to this
Tech fans have selctive memories, always have.Last I checked there was no UGA Football player indicted or convicted of trafficking 62 pounds of marijuana while his child was in the backseat of his car while being arrested, and then allowed to play all in the same year no less!Wow what feat for Chan Gailey and Reuben Houston.Last I checked no one at UGA has been indicted on terrorism charges. Last I checked UGA was 12-3 agaisnt the Trade School, those 3 losses just so happened to be when the Trade School was using (of all things) academically ineligible players.Not a clean win against UGA since 1990! Since Vince Dooley arrived in 1964 the Trade School has won exactly 11 games against UGA, 42 chances…11 wins.Now we know why they are so envious.Ramble On , we welcome you to come and get a piece of the hedges,I have a piece myself,everyone else is envious of that Tradition, you would be no different. GO DAWGS!!!
By Roswell Ed
September 26, 2006 04:51 PM | Link to this
WVU marketing campaign for ‘o6 football:
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‘05 football hightlights on this new fangled thing they call a VCR tape
Bowl cut haircut nite- get one free w/every ticket purchased
Meth lab starter kit nite
By The Man
September 26, 2006 05:09 PM | Link to this
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September 26, 2006 05:17 PM | Link to this
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By JimGarren
September 26, 2006 07:33 PM | Link to this
This guy kills me, Ramble On…. He hasn’t made one true statement all day. He said I called him a homo, I don’t recall ever writing that. Oh well, I guess thats how it goes to be the loser team in the state. Once again we don’t care about Tech, there program cant compete with ours on any level. Our grads make more money, our girls look better, our teams our better. We have a good time, and just laugh at Tech fans when they think we care about playing(beating) them every year.
By Greg
September 26, 2006 07:39 PM | Link to this
It is columnists like you that Bob Knight was referring to when he described your profession as one rung above prostitution.
The shoe fits perfectly……
By Greg
September 26, 2006 07:40 PM | Link to this
Bob Knight referred to your profession as one level above prostitution. I think in this case, the analogy fits PERFECTLY….
By cane2k1
September 26, 2006 09:09 PM | Link to this
Roswell Ed is funny. Especially considering all WVU did was beat an overrated (imagine that) UGAG team, just like 0-4 Colorado almost did this year, save a miracle. Colorado lost to Montana State this year, and you beat them by 1 point? With 1 minute left? I’ll try not to laugh too hard….
By the facts
September 27, 2006 12:31 AM | Link to this
tech has still won as many SEC titles as GA and hasnt played un the conference since the 60’s.Tenn. , Florida and Auburn will clean GA’s clock…
By GDAWG
September 27, 2006 09:10 AM | Link to this
To : Ramble On From : GDAWG
You and I……ANY time ANY where. YES , you ARE being called out !
You MUST be “one of those Tech fans”…..
By squirrel
September 27, 2006 09:12 AM | Link to this
Hey “the facts”, are you another uninformed idiot from the Trade School, who just so happens to have a boatload of misinformation? Are you really so stupid that you don’t realize that 12 is more than 5?I mean we all know your QB can’t count to 4, maybe it is a trend over there on the flats.Only UT and Bama have more SEC titles than Georgia(13 & 21 respectively). Then to top it off, you have won 1 ACC title, with FSU getting the nod in 98 because of head to head results. That means that you have 1/2 as many conference championships as UGA . For people that are supposed to be so smart, y’all sure do have a problem with counting, next time you can use your fingers and toes to help!They cant count but they can be terrorists! GO DAWGS!!
By squirrel
September 27, 2006 09:18 AM | Link to this
Cane your point is mute. Va.Tech beat the Trade School by 51, Miami beat Va. Tech by 34, and then The Trade school beat Miami in Miami, comparing scores from other teams in other games means absolutely nothing.I will try not to laugh too hard at the Trade School and their ineptness against UGA.I will try not to laugh too hard and the fact that your QB can’t count,( 4 comes after 3 ).
By psmith
September 27, 2006 09:58 AM | Link to this
Ladies and Gentlemen. The issue is not Georgia or Georgia Tech. The issue is illegal drug use by football players. I do not think it is right for us tax payers to pay for a kids education and have them take advantage of the system to get bigger and stronger so they can make it in the pros if they are going to use drugs. They certainly should not be treated any differently than your average teenager out working for a living and getting caught taking illegal drugs. Let them work and pay for the opportunity themselves. Makes no difference what school they attend. The NCAA should suspend any and all for one year -1st offence- and be dismissed from school if it occurs again. The penalty for illegal drug usuage should be taken out of the hands of individual schools. That makes it fair to all…….
By jeff
September 27, 2006 09:58 AM | Link to this
It’s amazing how pillow biters like Ramble ON! come on here and trash a UGA player and a great coach like Mark Richt. I guarantee he wasn’t here when Reuben Houston was busted with his 62 pounds of pot. The jealousy of Tech fans is comical.
By Mike
September 27, 2006 10:06 AM | Link to this
This is a sad story and there are many more. He has a gift to be able to play a sport for a living. I hope he gets his life in order.
Reading some of the responses makes me believe some of the authors have problems too.
By mds
September 27, 2006 11:24 AM | Link to this
So Georgia is at fault for Thurman? So you think anyone else would have let him in in UGA gave him the boot? Only about 20.
By molardog
September 27, 2006 01:21 PM | Link to this
Ramble On claims that god doesn’t exist because bad things happen to good people, i.e. David Pollack, and vice versa…
Doesn’t he realize that, by appealing to a sense of right and wrong and making moral judgments he is in fact providing proof of God’s existence? For if in fact there is a moral law that can be appealed to, then there MUST be a moral law giver AKA God…