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By Bubba Red

March 26, 2007 3:24 PM | Link to this

Aw, shucks….he’s just a kid. Daggum cops are just pickin’ on the dawgs.

By Tip

March 26, 2007 3:31 PM | Link to this

I think that with him being an incoming freshman, and with his offense the same as most underage people who try to get into bars illegaly(I am not saying that it is right)you have to run him until his toungue hangs out then run him some more. Probably after a few thousand wind sprints he will understand that he made a mistake.

By Matthew At The SLC

March 26, 2007 3:35 PM | Link to this

Man! I thought this was an open forum for the fans to voice their vast dissatisfaction for Carter Strickland! Clever title, Chip.

ANYONE BUT STRICKLAND (CARTER) IN 2007!

By GW

March 26, 2007 3:38 PM | Link to this

If Richt is worried about AJC and bad publicity he’ll suspend him for 2 games. If he wants to do the right thing, he’ll run the kid til his tongue hangs out and forget it. Fake ID. What’s next? Jaywalking?

By austindog

March 26, 2007 3:39 PM | Link to this

Let he who never posessed a fake ID cast the first stone.

(look out Tanner, here comes the entire GT student body)

By Status Quo

March 26, 2007 3:42 PM | Link to this

AH HAHAHAHA….the third arrest for the pups since the end of the season. Um, hello, the season just ended two and a half months ago. By that rate, there will be 9 arrests by the start of the season. HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!! But, hey, they’re all just kids…

By godawg

March 26, 2007 3:43 PM | Link to this

Doesn’t the athletic department have “standard” punishments that they mete out for a list of infractions? I suspect this will be something akin to Hebron’s underage violation: Ten percent of games, rounded up to two, although I hope he might be available for Carolina. We need his size on the Oline.

By athens resident

March 26, 2007 3:44 PM | Link to this

As an Athens resident whose spouse is a security person at one of Athens’ local watering holes, I can tell you it’s more than a common practice, it’s rampant, that underage drinkers are using false IDs, or using another person’s ID (whether with or without permission is another question). Footballers are no different than any other student at UGA or any college — especially the “first time away from home and supervision” students.

Does that mean it should be condoned, at worst, or just ignored, at best? NO! While I absolutely abhor the thought of “government control” of personal behavior, the bar owners and employees are penalized for the unlawful behavior of these children, between lawsuits for violation of sales to minors, to dramshop lawsuits for damages caused by drunken minors who should not have been served.

If they are not held accountable, because they’re footballers, or because they’re freshmen, or because they’re young… when DO we expect them to be held accountable? Improper choices should have serious enough consequences that the choice is no longer attractive!

By SunDawg

March 26, 2007 3:47 PM | Link to this

For a week after practice he, with an assistant coach watching, should be running up the bleacher steps at the stadium for an hour or two.

Second offense, loss of game time or some serious community service if he’s a red shirt.

Third offense, see ya!

By DAWG FOREVER

March 26, 2007 3:47 PM | Link to this

SO WHAT???

By marty

March 26, 2007 3:50 PM | Link to this

He should be held accountable with the same punishment a non footballer would get.

In my case the bouncer at the Georgia Theater put my ID in his pocket and said “come back when you’re 21.”

By resident

March 26, 2007 3:55 PM | Link to this

If the oh-so-exalted Football Team (and its members) cannot maintain the “role model” image it’s supposed to have in the Athens community…then should it BE so exalted? Anyone who holds him/herself out to be a public figure has a duty—a moral/ethical one if nothing else—to remember that he or she IS a role model to someone. Being a public figure should not mean being excused from the rules!

By Dave in Tampa

March 26, 2007 4:00 PM | Link to this

He deserves to get punished the way any under aged kid would be punishment by the law. As for football punishment. Probably not because punishment should come by the law on this one.

By Pat

March 26, 2007 4:02 PM | Link to this

A 20 year old soldier just back from Iraq was arrested in Augusta for the same offense. Surely the campus kiddie cops will have no mercy on yet another thug athlete.

By JDAWG

March 26, 2007 4:04 PM | Link to this

WE MAKE YOUTH MISTAKES AND GROW FROM THEM. GO DAWGS ………

By JDAWG

March 26, 2007 4:06 PM | Link to this

RESIDENT

YOU ARE A FREAKIN IDIOT.

By JDAWG

March 26, 2007 4:11 PM | Link to this

RESIDENT

YOUR A FREAKIN IDIOT.

THE LAW WOULD HANDLE IT BY COMMUNITY SERVICE AND PROBATION. COACH

RICHT WILL MAKE HIM NEVER FORGET HIS PUNISHMENT . STEPS,STEPS,STEPS.

By Bradley G

March 26, 2007 4:12 PM | Link to this

Chip, that was wrong of you to tease us with a headline of “What should happen to Strickland?” You knew what you were doing…didn’t you? Hey…it worked. It got me to read the blog, didn’t it? LOL

By Matthew At The SLC

March 26, 2007 4:14 PM | Link to this

Uh-oh… Pat’s throwing out code-words. I bet he / she wouldn’t be too quick to judge if he / she knew that her kids / future kids will more than likely commit many of the same crimes as “drinking under age,” or “public drunkeness” when they get to school. It happens Pat. You either get older people to buy it for you, or you buy a fake ID and get it yourself. This is what 19 year - olds do. Get over it. It doesn’t make them “thugs” (but we know what you REALLY mean when you say “thug”).

By SunDawg

March 26, 2007 4:21 PM | Link to this

We used them in the service (back in the dark ages). The door guy either kept the fake IDs or gave the drivers license back and told us to give it back to its real owner.

Fake IDs are a rite of passage; kid gets caught he pays the price. But let’s not act like he beat up a student or lied to Congress.

Pat, if a fake ID makes you a thug, oh, never mind. The simplicity of the argument would be lost on you.

By IBDawgfan82

March 26, 2007 4:23 PM | Link to this

I don’t think Richt should mete out any more discipline than having Tanner run stadium steps on a Saturday morning. It’s just not a big deal in my opinion, though rival fans will probably try to spin it as an offense on par with a Presidential assassination attempt. I would venture that more than 80% of current college students have used fake IDs to get into bars. I would go so far as to say at least 60% of the people involved in the prosecution of this case have used IDs in an illegal manner at one point or another in their lives.

As far as there being a discipline problem on the football team, I could not disagree more strongly. I maintain this position largely because of the nature of the “crimes” committed. We have had zero particularly egregious or violent crimes committed this offseason. We have had two underage possession charges and intent to purchase a fake ID. Hardly violations worthy of much hoopla. That’s 3 out of 85 scholarship players, which works out to roughly 3.5% of our players having charges filed against them. The UGA Chess Club or Demosthenian Literary Society probably has a higher percentage arrested in any given year.

Chip, the reason UGA makes headlines for offseason trouble is that we aggressively discipline the offenders. For example, Akeem Hebron gets an underage possession charge and gets a mandatory 2 game suspension. Conversely, Stephen Garcia gets drunk, runs from police, keys a car, all while underage, and Spurrier brings down the heavy hand of reckoning with suspension from spring practice. Quite the disciplinarian. Phil Fulmer recently “disciplined” All-SEC center Josh McNeil for the same charge as Hebron plus public intoxication. His unfathomably cruel punishment? Suspension from Spring Break. That’s right, Phil figures that prohibiting McNeil from getting an airbrushed Captain Morgan shirt in Panama City should be enough to preclude him from ever having another run-in with the law. Not to mention Florida exacting no penalty on Dee Webb last year for firing an AK-47 in a neighboring apartment. The real story here is not the number of arrests, but that UGA does not try to cover up arrests of football players like other SEC schools, or take the offenses lightly…sometimes to the point of overkill. Here’s hoping Tanner won’t have to do much community service for his “heinous” desire to have what every red-blooded American male enjoys…an ice cold beer.

By monty

March 26, 2007 4:27 PM | Link to this

If Tanner weighs the same as a duck, then he must be made of wood. Therefore, A WITCH!

By gdawginkalamazoo

March 26, 2007 4:29 PM | Link to this

Was he hanging out with those golfers again?

By JBird

March 26, 2007 4:31 PM | Link to this

I guess he ought to be punished, but when I was at UGA 20 years, everyone I knew had a fake ID. We broke the law okay, but most of my friends including myself were honor roll students in business. We drank alcohol responsibly, and we didn’t drive. While I do agree the University needs to enforce the law, I think there are many more serious problems at UGA. I wonder how many people they would arrest for public drunkenness (or even worse violations) if they went after the UGA fan base on football Saturdays instead of the students. The police seem to have one set of standards for students, and another for the adult fan base.

By STEVE

March 26, 2007 4:31 PM | Link to this

HE IS JUST A KID!

By Ryan

March 26, 2007 4:39 PM | Link to this

He should have the same thing done to him just as hundreds of other college kids each night. Have the ID taken away…..That simple. Every night kids have their ID’s taken up with no punishment, so should he. Atleast 75% of all college kids have used or do use a fake ID. Get over it.

By dale

March 26, 2007 4:41 PM | Link to this

A college kid with a fake ID is like going 10 over the speed limit.

Are you really going to waste a judge’s time?

By CRdawg2

March 26, 2007 4:43 PM | Link to this

Get rid of him. Carter Strickland that is. As far as Tanner goes and the recent arrests. They are mostly underaged drinking violations. I honestly didn’t know one person at UGA that didn’t drink before they were 21. It’s not a character flaw incident like theft or rape like you hear about at other schools. Heck if they are old enough to die for our country they should be old enough to drink legally. It’s not a big deal but Tanner should definitely do some running, running and more running.

By godawg

March 26, 2007 4:53 PM | Link to this

Check out the Every Day Should Be Saturday spin on it and the Fulmer Cup standings. Then go see Paul Westerdawg’s Georgia Sports Blog and get his take on it.

By Atlanta Gator

March 26, 2007 4:55 PM | Link to this

Guys——SunDawg, IBDawgfan82, Ryan and several others have it about right. An extra hours worth of daily stadium steps and extra laps for a month or two (the extra conditioning won’t hurt, either), with a written warning of worse things to come if he screws up again would be appropriate team punishment.

I understand that the Feds and the state take fake IDs a lot more seriously post-9/11, but let’s keep in mind that he’s already likely to draw a fine of a couple hundred dollars and probation from the judge. That’s punishment enough for a first-time misdemeanor offender.

Pat——I thought active-duty military personnel aged 18-20 were allowed to drink under the law, but maybe those were just part of the transition rules when the drinking age was raised back in the ’80s. Damn … I’m getting old.

By resident

March 26, 2007 4:56 PM | Link to this

whatEVER punishment gets assigned to ANY other underage drinker is my whole point…don’t give the kid a break “because he’s on the team” … as someone pointed out…take the fake id away… i didn’t say he should be crucified, dawg, i said don’t treat him any differently

and as far as the team goes, enforce whatever rules the team has… period

why’s that so freaking idiotic, dawg, huh?

By GADAWG

March 26, 2007 5:01 PM | Link to this

Although I agree with most of people who say he is only a kid, I do feel as though something has to be done. The privilage of playing football at UGA comes with a price. However, having him run stadiums by himself is useless. The greatest pressure of all is peer pressure. I would be willing to bet that if the entire offensive line had to run with him, the next person who thought of doing something stupid would look at the teammates at their position and reconsider it. Coaches can’t be everywhere at once, but normally there is nothing that one football player does, that someone on the team dosen’t know about. I’m not a big fan of mass punishment, that is why it should only be the peers at your position. Have all the linemen run and then let’s see what happens.

By resident

March 26, 2007 5:02 PM | Link to this

by the way… in all actuality, i think it’s stupid that the legal drinking age is “21” … i’m of the old “if you can fight at 18, you can drink at 18” school… but my POINT was NOT what the law IS, but that the rules should be the same for everyone, and a “special” class of student should not be exalted above others and excused just BECAUSE they play football…or anything else for that matter…

AND as has been stated in so many ways… “everyone’s doing it” … but that doesn’t make it “right” — if you don’t like the law, TRY CHANGING IT! that’s what you young people are supposed to be preparing for, isn’t it? running the world? or at least a part of it? well! what better way to start than to get involved with politics and make laws/change laws???

so instead of calling me an idiot, how about using your lil ol’ brain and realizing what i was saying? calling names just is soooooooo impressive!!

By marty

March 26, 2007 5:15 PM | Link to this

GADAWG,

That’s actually a perfect tack for these offenses. A player could laugh off doing stadium steps, but I don’t think there’d be much laughing if you pulled 6’7 300lb Vince Vance into it with you.

By Matthew at the SLC

March 26, 2007 5:27 PM | Link to this

Coach should send him up to my dorm room and I will handle the rest. He just needs a little tough love.

By AP

March 26, 2007 5:38 PM | Link to this

UGA is losing an offensive lineman at a rate of about 1 per week. soon we’ll have to start moving D-lineman and even linebackers over to the O-line. is it too late to recruit a couple more JUCO O-linemen for the 2007 season?

By Sandy

March 26, 2007 5:47 PM | Link to this

While football players should not be excused for their behavior at the same time, punishment should not be harsher because they are athletes as some have suggested. Equal mean equal both ways!

By buford

March 26, 2007 6:33 PM | Link to this

coach richt should not do anything about strickland. we need all the linemen we can get. all good programs have arrests. there is nothing wrong with that as long as they produce

By Matthew at the SLC

March 26, 2007 6:44 PM | Link to this

I don’t think they should do anything. Look what happened to the basketball team after Stukes was suspended. They never found their mojo again.

Thanks to Coach Felton, the season was over two weeks early. Let’s not start this crap again with the football team.

By the way, I am grief stricken over the lady dogs. They are a truley a special group of girls. They deserved better.

By buford

March 26, 2007 7:00 PM | Link to this

matthew at the slc you are absolutely right nothigng at all should be done to any uga athlete who runs afoul of the law. i dont care what they do. we got to realize that winning trumps character. you have got to have some arrests on your team in order to compete for the national championship. ideally the arrests should be something like barroom brawls or slamming your b*** against a mail box like lawrence phillips did. coach osborne a great man and coach realized that winning is every thing. as a result of his leniency to phillips he was able to run for over a 150 yards against florida in the fiest bowl and denying the gators a national championship. i could care less about them once they leave uga. they should be here to concentrate on football and winning championships. the more arrests the better. that means you are tough and dont give a damn what people think. look it up. the championship teams always have the most arrests. if we would have had one more arrest in 2002 maybe we would have beat florida and played miami for the championship instead of ohio state.

By buford

March 26, 2007 7:00 PM | Link to this

matthew at the slc you are absolutely right nothigng at all should be done to any uga athlete who runs afoul of the law. i dont care what they do. we got to realize that winning trumps character. you have got to have some arrests on your team in order to compete for the national championship. ideally the arrests should be something like barroom brawls or slamming your b*** against a mail box like lawrence phillips did. coach osborne a great man and coach realized that winning is every thing. as a result of his leniency to phillips he was able to run for over a 150 yards against florida in the fiest bowl and denying the gators a national championship. i could care less about them once they leave uga. they should be here to concentrate on football and winning championships. the more arrests the better. that means you are tough and dont give a damn what people think. look it up. the championship teams always have the most arrests. if we would have had one more arrest in 2002 maybe we would have beat florida and played miami for the championship instead of ohio state.

By snellvilledawg

March 26, 2007 7:02 PM | Link to this

Most folks seem to miss the key point here. This is a United States Postal Inspector which blew the whistle. This is a lot more serious. Possible Mail Fraud.

Do we not sit down with the players and explain to them all eyes are on them?

By Chip Towers

March 26, 2007 7:10 PM | Link to this

FROM PRACTICE:

Georgia coach Mark Richt said discipline of Tanner Strickland for his arrest Monday for having a fake ID will “be handled inhouse.”

“We’ll wear him out pretty good,” said Richt, alliding to extra running and workouts. “I know talking to his daddy about it wasn’t real fun either.”

By buford

March 26, 2007 7:16 PM | Link to this

snellville dog i hope it is a far more serious crime because that means we are heade for a bigtime season. a couple of felonies never hurt a championship caliber team. maybe this is bigtime

By Renegade

March 26, 2007 7:16 PM | Link to this

What D-Bag turned his ID into the Postmaster General’s office? What a freaking crock of crap. What has become of Athens? Take his ID and cut it up and throw it in the trash can. All of this could have been avoided, except some dude had to be tough. Nice Going loser.

By Bob Holder

March 26, 2007 7:22 PM | Link to this

To be able to act as an adult sometimes requires an adult ID. Kids use this to gain entry into bars, etc. If there was no intent in selling for profit I believe he should be reminded he is still a minor and if he wants to play UGA football he must not display conduct such as this.

Treat this as a kid’s mistake.

By GatorHater

March 26, 2007 7:23 PM | Link to this

As a student at the University, I would venture to say 90% of the student body had a fake id at one time. It happens at every university in the nation. NO BIG DEAL!! Fine him the $110 and make him run 25 suicides… case over. I find it humorous that cases like this even make the AJC.

By ugadawg79

March 26, 2007 7:25 PM | Link to this

Why are we even discussing this? I wonder if this had been a Tech player if Mr. Towers or any of the other AJC jerks would even be writing about it? I assure you Co. Richt will handle this in an appropriate manner. But remember, whatever he does won’t be good enough for the “Holier than thou” AJC staff.

By Matthew At The SLC

March 26, 2007 7:41 PM | Link to this

Wow… my Idiot Redneck Stalker is a closeted homosexual (not that there’s anything wrong with that).

By Buck Cochran in the NW

March 26, 2007 8:07 PM | Link to this

I think CMR just answered everybody’s question, didn’t he? It’ll be handled in house and man do I feel sorry for Strickland, plus not Richt’s comment about talking(Tanner) with his father. This is the way it should be handled ,IMO, in any school with this type of offense. I just love the way the “Holier than thou” group always want to pile on an athlete if they breath the wrong way. I’m not saying that he shouldn’t have to do anything but I believe that CMR has done the right thing.

By raymond

March 26, 2007 8:25 PM | Link to this

No biggy, he was a red shirt candidate anyway.

By DHNF

March 26, 2007 8:25 PM | Link to this

GW hit the nail on the head… Who didn’t have a fake ID in college. Give me a freaking break.

Are we going to start suspending players for parking tickets next?

Late rent payments?

Not tipping enough at the Mean Bean?

Give it a rest.

By Derek

March 26, 2007 8:30 PM | Link to this

People make mistakes. People learn from mistakes. In the end, I have no doubt that this will make Tanner a stronger person, and possibly a better football player (after all the sprints). GO DAWGS!!

By bigdawg

March 26, 2007 8:31 PM | Link to this

They are all alcohol related arrests…not really a discipline problem: just part of the college experience!

By uga95

March 26, 2007 8:37 PM | Link to this

WANTED: OFFENSIVE LINEMAN FOR UGA

All American caliber only

Must either hurt themselves….quit…or be arrested within 2 yrs of signing.

Seriously, Is this some kind Of sick joke? Who r we going to have on the O-line? How is Stafford going to take us to the promised land with Coutou blocking for him?

Get control of this team!!!!!

By Randall H.

March 26, 2007 8:45 PM | Link to this

There are rare issues that have a black and white to it, but this isn’t it. Wrong is wrong and there must be a reasonable punishment without being to severe.

By BadgerDawg

March 26, 2007 8:51 PM | Link to this

1) I love Ronald Reagan, but he was a ** fool for sneaking in the road requirement that made every state raise the drinking age. These kids can vote, they can drive, they can go to college, and they can die for our country, but they can’t have a beer? Ridiculous. Anyone one here who isn’t Ned Flanders had a drink under age, and many either had a fake or used someone else who had one as the supplier.

2) To the military question, I believe every base has its own rules, and at some you can drink at 18 on the base. Off base, the same rules apply to military as everyone else.

3) Buford, I don’t care how sarcastic you were on your point, Lawrence Phillips deserved to play even if he was the unabomber just because of the greatest play ever when 6 Gators tackled him all at once and no one actually brought him down.

4) I agree it’s not serious, but we’re building up a rap sheet the Bengals would be ashamed of.

By Buck Cochran in the NW

March 26, 2007 9:15 PM | Link to this

BadgerDawg, to compare us with the Bengals is a chep shot.

By pj

March 26, 2007 9:16 PM | Link to this

Any student who is getting a full ride to a college and is one of the largest public representatives of that institution HAS to be held to the highest standard. That means different sets of rules for the players. They are NOT just “regular students”.

All that being said, while CMR has set a pretty big precedent for suspending any bad behavior, I think the punishment should fit the crime. If Tanner wants to be older than he his, I say let him try handling blitzes against Tennessee and Florida in his first year.

After that, I suspect he won’t want to be 21 anymore.

Still love my dawgs, but come on people…

By RED and BLACK

March 26, 2007 10:26 PM | Link to this

By godawg

March 26, 2007 4:53 PM | Link to this

Check out the Every Day Should Be Saturday spin on it and the Fulmer Cup standings. Then go see Paul Westerdawg’s Georgia Sports Blog and get his take on it.

Great site’s godawg…….CMR will take care of this. I tend to agree with whoever stated that if this occurred over at the trade school on North Avenue it would not even be discussed.

I vote for another paper in Atlanta.

By Stinger

March 26, 2007 10:28 PM | Link to this

When you put the athlete first in student-athlete, this is the type of thing you’ll end up with from your freshman. That, and questionable grades/SAT scores. Sorry it wasn’t a wideout this time pups, I hear your deeper there.

By RED and BLACK

March 26, 2007 10:58 PM | Link to this

Reuben Houston was such a shining example of the model athlete right Stinger. And then there is Mr. Ball, didnt he flunk out of GTU? How do they rate on your student-athlete scale?

But I guess if my team had the s** kicked out of them for six STRAIGHT years I would come on the UGA/AJC blog and run my mouth to.

Two things you can always count on…..UGA beating GTU and Tech fans still talking trash…..well for the last six years atleast.

By Getreal

March 26, 2007 11:15 PM | Link to this

Oh Please, I think we shouldput him on Death Row. How dare a kid have fake ID.What id this world coming to? He shouldhave taken steriod and we all would just ignore it and move. But what in the world is he acting like a teenager? I think it shouldbe capital pushment for anyone who is underage and have fake id , that is killer loose. Oh well, wish i was kid again lol I had great time.lessons learn.Hey we never made mistakes,We all where perfect askids and teenagers.lol

Hey Tanner, welcome to the limelight. Remember have fun but be careful others want to live your life

By Georgia Tech is a joke

March 26, 2007 11:18 PM | Link to this

When you claim to put the athlete first after the fact because your mediocre irrelevant athletic teams can’t accomplish anything on the field, you’re a Tech fan and should probably refrain from speaking about Georgia football.

Georgia Tech=pathetic joke.

By edvedder

March 26, 2007 11:39 PM | Link to this

I bet Strickland wishes he had gotten drunk, run from the cops, keyed a professor’s car, lied about it, and had Steve Spurrier as his head coach….Spurrier=pathetic joke, as well as pathetic disciplinarian!!

By Gen Neyland

March 26, 2007 11:44 PM | Link to this

Badger

Dandy Randy to the Pack..? Now there’s a mistake from the Land O’ Lakes. I pity the team that has to put up with his antics…

The Gallopin’ Gophers will watch the Frozen Four with the rest of us. If anybody would like to experience college hockey, check it out on the ESPN channels in early April. It is VERY entertaining…

After CMR is done with Strickland, he’ll either become All-SEC or get flushed…We’ll see what he’s made of…

Orange and White next Saturday. Maybe Phil can find a way to win this one…GO VOLS, stay healthy and outta jail…

And a special tip of the hat to BuLLdawg for his call of GTown over UNC…

By Matthew At The SLC

March 27, 2007 12:12 AM | Link to this

Badger,

Just want to clear one thing up for you. It was Elizabeth Dole as SecTrans, not Reagan, who insisted on the the interstate provisions for states that raised the drinking age. I think Minnesota or North Dakota or Montana was the last to ratchet up the age. As for being in the military and being able to drink, that’s an urban legend. The drinking age on base is the same as the country the base is in. So bases in the U.S. have a drinking age of 21. Bases in Okinawa, and it’s 18 or 19. Same thing for Europe.

By Lane4411

March 27, 2007 5:19 AM | Link to this

Convinced, that the most difficult ages for males are from 16-25. Hopefully, Strickland has learned his lesson. CMR, does a great job with discipline, a number of these guys would probably be in the streets were it not for football. Does, anyone know what happened to John Miller, who lost his scholarship last year-reportedly a pretty talented guy!!!

By John

March 27, 2007 6:46 AM | Link to this

Punish the whole Offensive line? Now that is the team concept??? Why not add the whole team? Now that is crazy!!! The one really getting punished is the one coach that has to supervise the punishment.

By BadgerDawg

March 27, 2007 7:10 AM | Link to this

Matthew, I had a buddy in the Marines at Pendleton just before he came to UGA. He could in fact drink in two places. One was on base and the other was Tiajuana. That was 15 years ago, so maybe things have changed.

By BadgerDawg

March 27, 2007 7:12 AM | Link to this

Matthew, thanks for the clarification on blame for the age change. It’s still ultimately RR, but at least I can blame someone else now.

By AltamahaDawg

March 27, 2007 7:17 AM | Link to this

All I can say is yippie, we get to watch BuLLdawg and BadgerDawg debate which conference has the most fake IDs for 4 days now.

By BadgerDawg

March 27, 2007 8:19 AM | Link to this

Alt, I’m only a counter puncher, we’ll see if you’re correct.

By Willis

March 27, 2007 8:35 AM | Link to this

40 years ago when I went to Vanderbilt, everyone I knew had a fake ID. Back then most had a Georgia Driver’s License that you just typed in the blanks. My grown daughters recently told me that they had fake IDs in college. I’m surprised that this even made the newspaper. A fake ID is the first thing young people go shopping for when they first hit campus. I’m not condoning it, but that is the reality of the situation.

By Robert Elee

March 27, 2007 8:35 AM | Link to this

I say NOTHING! I’m a Dad, but not a DAWGS fan, but aren’t we making a big deal out of nothing?

The Dawgs need their O-line for the next 2-3 years while Stafford is around. Let’s make sure the cameraderie doesn’t get disrupted! My prediction: Dawgs will be playing for the National Championship on January 2009, then its off to the NFL for Stafford!

By Wallace D. Gator

March 27, 2007 8:41 AM | Link to this

Who doesn’t have a fake ID? Let’s arrest the entire UGA student body under the age of 21! Are you kidding? News must be slow.

Now get my Gators more coverage at the Final Four…I forgot, college basketball is not played in Georgia, but it will be this weekend!!!

Go GATORS!! I’ll be honest, I’m getting tired of celebrating this year…

By leghumper

March 27, 2007 8:50 AM | Link to this

shucks I just wanted to be like all the other mutts.. buy liquor with a fake ID, get drunk,pass out in a Athens bathroom, have the Athens police kick in the bathroom door…make ajc.com news…make all the tv stations 6pm news in Atlanta….I made the big time news on fox sports!!! it’s great to be @ UGA!!! BRING ON THE HILLTOPPERS!!!!

By BadgerDawg

March 27, 2007 8:53 AM | Link to this

I’d rather not talk conferences, but there are people on here who are such SEC fans they’d stoop to rooting for Florida, which is unacceptable if they are as hated of a rival as one would believe. I’d like to see Braves fans on here root for the Mets in the world series against anybody or root for Tech since they’re in our state. Same logic. I would root for the Taliban against Florida, and I am not exaggerating.

Buck, my Bengals comment was a joke, sorry that wasn’t clear. I just saw the three off season issues in three months and that was a Bengalesque pace, but in reality none are too severe and this last one was a nonissue. Plus, that streak would have to continue for 9 problems in 9 months to stay on track.

By AltamahaDawg

March 27, 2007 9:12 AM | Link to this

Badger, just trying to keep you away from the elements. I do agree with you and caught a bit of flack last bowl season, ANYONE but the gators. There are a number of SEC teams that i do appreciate, but they are definetely not one of them.

By 2N4YEARS

March 27, 2007 9:21 AM | Link to this

He’s what, 17 yrs old?? I’ve got an idea: Why don’t we let Richt handle this, which will probably include Tanner dropping 20 lbs after he gets through running, and why doesn’t our Government that WE elect go after some of the 700,000+ illegal’s floating around Atlanta & Athens?? WOW!! Using our Tax money & Resources for a ‘Good’ cause would just be too much to ask, I guess.

By NATIONAL CHAMPS

March 27, 2007 9:23 AM | Link to this

Must be a slow day in the AJC.COM newsroom to write about a kid with a fake I.D.I had a fake ID In school! Time to paint Atlanta ORANGE AND BLUE AGAIN!Not only does the Gators own UGA in every sporting event but it owns the GEORGIA DOME TOO!! AHHHHHHH YES LIFE’S GREAT TO BE A GATOR!! GO GATORS WIN ANOTHER NATIONAL TITLE!!!

By Buck Cochran in the NW

March 27, 2007 9:47 AM | Link to this

For anti-Reptiles like my self, the train has already left the station. I predicted they would repeat and they are headed that way; however, this will be a story for the ages when they do. Promise you a book deal will be on the way followed by a movie and in sports it’ll be a long rime before another story to match this one will come around. This bunch of Reptiles have stared down so many things that all of us complain about in todays off the court’s world. Instant gratification that everyone complains about, denied. Friendship, the college life, the decision to do it again and not really knowing what that meant yet working their way back to the Final 4 are, together, things that transend the court and branch out into the real world. Reptile Fan-NOT, but it’s past that stage of just pulling aginst a team I dislike. No, IMO, this story will become more than just a sports story and it will not beforgotten as long as attitude counts and records are kept

By JBird

March 27, 2007 9:58 AM | Link to this

I agree with BadgerDawg. If anything, we should reconsider the drinking age limit. I think the State ought to lower the drinking age back to 18 (I read Strickland was 17). Allow the kids to learn a little responsibility. If they abuse it, penalize them.

By Beat this Status Quo

March 27, 2007 10:24 AM | Link to this

This is stupid, the majority of all under-classman possess or have possessed a fake id. Hell…I did.

By MadMerf

March 27, 2007 11:05 AM | Link to this

Buck,

I have enjoyed your posts for the most part over the past year, which is how long I’ve been posting (mostly reading). I promised myself I would never openly criticize a fellow dawg fan under any circumstances, but I’ve noticed a disturbing trend in recent months in regards to your support of UF.

We have a few things in common, you and I. We were both born in Savannah, have reptile relatives, and I truly believe that you are a diehard dawg, as you post more frequently than anyone else in here, including BuLL (another dawg whose allegiences I am beginning to question).

Fact is, I don’t know of any members of Dawg Nation who will stoop to pull for the gators in anything, especially football, yet you continue to marvel at their success. I’ve also noticed that this doesn’t sit well with most of the regulars.

I must agree with BadgerDawg’s post above, I cannot, will not bring myself to pull for the green slime under any conditions. I don’t care if the dawgs are ranked #2 in the nation and an unranked gator team is playing against #1! I’ve always said that my 2 favorite teams are UGA and then whoever UF is playing.

And yes, I felt the same way in the ’80s when we were having our way with them, NO SYMPATHY WHATSOEVER. My gator cousin and I like to mix it up and give each other a hard time. We realize that it is all in jest, but we know where our allegiences are.

He doesn’t pull for UGA and I don’t pull for UF. And that is NO JOKE!

As far as Tanner is concerned, he made a freshman mistake: Everyone now knows who he is and how young he is, so from here on he’ll have a tough time blending in with the “legal” crowd at the hot spots.

CMR will probably make him run the stadium stairs about a dozen times. He could call it a 12 step program.

By SneakyDawg

March 27, 2007 11:06 AM | Link to this

He needs to find an old Ga. Driver’s license (expired) with a picture that halfway looks like him. Bouncers never checked the license expiration date, therefore I went in any bar I wanted. If he becomes a major level drug runner like the starting safety at GT a few years ago, get back to me. Run him, embarass him, teach him better.basically,the rest is Bulls%^t.

By Hunter

March 27, 2007 11:59 AM | Link to this

Ahh, wow, I wonder? Hummm, how many of you bone heads describing proper punishment, had a fake ID at his age????????? Shut up! Morons! Go Dawgs!You beat VT thats all that matters!

By FOOTBALL FAN

March 27, 2007 12:08 PM | Link to this

WOULD HE CONSIDERED A THUG SINCE HE GOT LOCKED UP OR DOES THAT JUST APPLY TO BLACK ATHLETES?

By SwimDawg68

March 27, 2007 12:10 PM | Link to this

He is guilty of something we did 40 years ago in Athens. Many of us had fake ID’s so we could get into Allen’s. Mark will and should handle it internally. First offense, I would not give him any game suspensions, some extra work and the fact that his parents were notified is enough. Also, his name in the paper is bad enough.

By FOOTBALL FAN

March 27, 2007 12:17 PM | Link to this

WOULD HE BE CONSIDERED A THUG SINCE HE GOT LOCKED UP OR DOES THAT JUST APPLY TO BLACK ATHLETES?

By SEC is Football

March 27, 2007 12:26 PM | Link to this

While you guys can use the “He’s made a freshman mistake” or “kids will be kids” or “we all did it when we were in college” excuses, facts are facts. Arrests seem to be happening at UGA more so that at any other school lately. We are 4 months removed from last season and THREE players have been arrested at UGA. One was caught in the parking lot of the football building. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!? I also read how it is some conspiracy of the UGAPD against football players. It seems all you guys do is make excuses for these players and it just screams out the saying “just win, baby!” Do other kids do this while in school? Yes. Are they in the spot light like a college football player is? No. Is Richt at all strict about punishing these kids? NOT AT ALL. If Richt had any sense, he would send a message to these kids and you may just see the trend of arrests stop up there. If he does send a message and that still doesn’t work, then it might be time to start recruiting some smarter players.

By AltamahaDawg

March 27, 2007 12:26 PM | Link to this

Why would anyone need a fake ID when the age was 18, way back when?

By 2N4YEARS

March 27, 2007 12:37 PM | Link to this

FOOTBALL FAN: NO, he’s not a ‘thug’. A ‘Thug’ is someone who pulls a gun, shoots someone because they’re too scared to get their a$$ whipped, are stupid enough to carry hidden compartment water bottles through an airport terminal with ‘particles’…No, wait….JEWLERY, fails a drug test, then another, fights with another football team on the field (including swinging helments at each other, etc,etc.) Any questions now?? Or do you understand??

By Gen Neyland

March 27, 2007 12:43 PM | Link to this

I was an eighteen year old, staring down the barrel of the draft during Vietnam when the legal age to consume and abuse alcohol turned in my favor. The draft was halted, but not the lottery so I still got a number. The majority of 18 yr olds are not mature enough to enjoy an adult beverage without going ‘one too many’…I wasn’t and chances are those of you blowing off underage drinking weren’t either. Toilet hugging on a Saturday was not a pastime, but a ritual of passage…I’ve 5 children now, the youngest turns 21 in July. Never once have I offered one of them a Bud until they hit 21…Did that prevent them from popping the top..? I know better…

By FOOTBALL FAN

March 27, 2007 12:44 PM | Link to this

DAMN DUDE IT WAS JUST A QUESTION. WHAT I’M SAYING IS IF HIS SKIN WOULD HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF SHADES DARKER WHAT WOULD PEOPLE BE CALLING HIM. I’LL GIVE YOU A HINT: PROBABLY WHAT THEY CALLED THEY PLAYER WHO WHO WAS DRUNK ON CAMPUS A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.

By FOOTBALL FAN

March 27, 2007 12:47 PM | Link to this

AND YOU SAY FAIL A DRUG TEST WHAT ABOUT WHEN MICHEAL GREER FAILED HIS DRUG TEST AT UGA AND HAD TO TRANSFER TO VALDOSTA STATE. IT DIDN’T HIT THE NEWS LIKE OTHERS AND YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY BECAUSE HIS DAD WAS ON THE UGA FOOTBALL STAFF. AND ANOTHER THING MICHEAL GREER IS A WHITE GUY. DO YOU GET WHAT IM SAYING.

By FOOTBALL FAN

March 27, 2007 12:50 PM | Link to this

THIS IS VICK’S FIRST TIME EVER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LAW DON’T GET HIM MIXED UP WITH HIS BROTHER. WE HAVE POLITICIANS WITH A LONGER RAP SHEET THAN HIM.

By McDonoughdawg

March 27, 2007 1:12 PM | Link to this

Whatever Coach decides should happen is the correct answer. If enough folks don’t like the way said Coach handles minor troubles like this, they can make a move to get a new Coach.

I also agree with a very early post, who in the Wide World of Sports hasn’t had a fake ID at some point? Anybody under 40 anyways, when the drinking law was changed from 18 to 21.

By Christal Berrien County C/O 2007

March 27, 2007 1:22 PM | Link to this

Since this is Tanner’s first affense, I think he should have one more. There are other football players who have done way more worse things than he has.

By Tanner's Senior Class at Berrien High School

March 27, 2007 2:03 PM | Link to this

Tanner, we have been going to school together since forever, you have something good going for you in your life and you do not need to mess that up! We have always known you as a GREAT football player and we always will. we want everyone to know that everyone makes mistakes in their lives and everyone learns from them too. We want Tanner to know that we are cheering for him like we always have on OUR football field at OUR school (BERRIEN HIGH) (BERRIEN REBELS)!!!!! CLASS OF 2007.

By fayncdawg

March 27, 2007 2:07 PM | Link to this

The appropriate punishment for Tanner Strickland: Make him write “I WILL NOT SQUANDER MY NFL POTENTIAL THE SAME WAY DANIEL INMAN SQUANDERED HIS NFL POTENTIAL” about 100,000 times. To CMR: please do what is necessary to make sure that young Mr. Strickland’s NFL potential does not get washed away in a sea of alcohol. Four years from now he needs to go to an NFL combine with the ability to run a 40 faster (way faster) than 5.8 seconds! And perhaps press 225 LBS at least 20 times!

By ConyersDawg

March 27, 2007 2:13 PM | Link to this

I don’t want guys getting in trouble but let’s remember this is not a Bible College.

I once had a fake ID. As long as he wasn’t in charge of the thing which he wasn’t then in house punishment is perfect.

Chip, why was not more written and said back when Donnnan was in charge and Quincy “Smoking” Carter was burning everyday? I still don’t understand how Quincy passed any drug test.

By Tanner's SENIOR CLASS @ BERRIEN HIGH

March 27, 2007 2:20 PM | Link to this

We want everyone to know that everyone makes mistakes in their life time, and everyone learns form them too! Yall might not know this but we do, Tanner is a real good guy and we/(I) have never known him to do anything like this. Anyway, we wanted him to know that we are cheering for him just like we always have on OUR field at OUR school!! (BERRIEN HIGH) (BERRIEN REBELS)! CLASS OF 2007.

By Buck Cochran in the NW

March 27, 2007 2:22 PM | Link to this

MadMerf, that was a good post and deserves a good answer. There isn’t a member of the Dawg nation that dislikes the Reptiles more than I do. what’s happen in J’ville is an abomination! There’s a big difference between pulling for a team to win AND picking a team to win. My brother , lives in Mich. and we both decided that for this we’re glad to live where we do so we don’t have to put up with the Reptiles big head. I wish above all that this was a Dawg story but it’s not. The off court things I’ve talked about are predicitions of what’s going to come, not any type of love for the Reptiles. I do believe that this group of Reptiles personal stories will be followed forever. I looked over the field and, strictly on a Vegas Style Hunch, placed my money on them to win it all. Not AT ALL BECAUSE I WANT THEM TO BUT BECAUSE i THINK THEY ARE THE TEAM THAT WILL WIN. i’M IN THE ANYBODY BUT THE REPTILE CLUB JUST LIKE YOU AND THE REST OF THE “NATION” BUT I DON’T THINK ANYONE IS GOING TO BEAT THEM. eVERY TEAM HAS TRIED ALL KINDS OF THINGS BUT NONE HASVE WORKED. So I’m with you, I don’t want the Reptiles to cut the nets but my head says they will. Didn’t say I like it at all.

By P-Dawg in Tulsa

March 27, 2007 2:42 PM | Link to this

I like the idea of some teammates having to endure some of the punishment with Strikland. If you get the team leaders more involved there may be more pressure from teammates to stay clean. 2 of the 3 offenses this year were ridiculously minor. I hope these kids can stay out of the media. The UGA police are different today than when I was in school. Possession, fake ID, or public intox didn’t happen unless their were other factors involved ie. a fight, theft , vandalism. I think the UGA police are a little over the self-righteous edge.

By Buck Cochran in the NW

March 27, 2007 2:50 PM | Link to this

BTW, isn’t this issue decided? Hasn’t CMR said what will happen? Chip, bring us some more bone and meat to chew on. I’m going to another paper and BORROW a topic.

By War Eagle

March 27, 2007 3:14 PM | Link to this

I am sure Coach Richt will give some type of discipline to Tanner. Three years ago a very similar case(booklegging text books) happen to a Auburn football player. Coach Tuberville suspended him 6 games. It seems CMR is stuck on 2 game supension while CTT is stuck on 6 games for first offense.Honestly I agree with CTT, it seems to keep some mischievous actions down.

By 2N4YEARS

March 27, 2007 3:16 PM | Link to this

P-Dawg in Tulsa, you’re absolutely correct. I remember when I was Strickland’s age someone in one of the dorms’ parking lot threw a bottle at our car. I chased him & by the time I caught up to him, we were inside. I had him jacked up & an UGA officer only pulled me away, asked what happened & then sent us on our way. I know he had to smell alcohol because I had been drinking for several hours. In defense of the UGA police officers these days, I know they probably have more pressure on them (from their Police Chief, then from Adams) to ‘catch’ anyone w/ a drink in their hand, but sometimes you have to wonder if it’s not just jealousy because a lot of these Cops were pushovers in High School.

By Buck Cochran in the NW

March 27, 2007 3:22 PM | Link to this

Tanner Strickland will run the stairs enough that he’ll have nightmares for a long time to come. He’ll be like Pavlo’s dog, all CMR will have to do is glance toward those stairs and Tanner will remember. It’s over and done with.

By gdawginkalamazoo

March 27, 2007 3:25 PM | Link to this

Buck, the thing is CMR has decided what will probably be the punishment, but is it effective?. These kids keep doing STUPID things that tarnish the program. God forbid we start looking like Fulmer is running our program.

By gdawginkalamazoo

March 27, 2007 3:37 PM | Link to this

My previous post didn’t go through regarding my agreement with P-Dawg. I think a deterrent would be the team doing some stadiums too. Team sport. Then these kids will have to THINK about 84 of their teammates kicking their arse instead just the coach. “I can’t believe how pi$$ed my teammates are going to be when we finish running those stadiums next week because I got caught drinking on a fake ID this weekend.” Like War Eagle says we need a deterrent as well as a punishment.

Buck, what part of MI does your brother live in?

By dawgfacedboy

March 27, 2007 3:45 PM | Link to this

The only reason he was arrested is because he was unlucky enough to get it from a guy who was arrested in a fake id ring. If he had gotten the id from his older brother nothing would’ve happened. The bar would’ve taken the id up and told him “nice try.” This is not a big deal folks. A 17 yr. old kid getting busted for using a fake id in athens is hardly newsworthy! I’d say 50% of the clientel down there is underage. Run him till he pukes and then run him some more and move on.

By Buck Cochran in the NW

March 27, 2007 3:52 PM | Link to this

Kalamazoo, I think it’ll be vey effective and fits the crime. Bwtween CMR and his dad, Tanner will be reminded and riden like a west Texas trail horse. He wasn’t charged with making the fake I.D.s, just having one. Now that’s his mistake and I do believe for this “crime” the punishment will have a positive affect. This exactly where I hope we have some Sr. leadership because this is where they need to have their own “come to Jesus” talk with Strickland.

By Buck Cochran in the NW

March 27, 2007 4:00 PM | Link to this

Forgot, it may not be a SR. but the team leader is the QB. and I wouldn’t be at all supprised if Stafford didn’t let him know how much the team need’s him. My brother lives in Saginaw county in a small villege named Chesaing( that’s not the correct sp). I know Stafford is just a Soph. but judgeing by all reports he”s taken control of the team and he speaks and his team mates listen.

By AltamahaDawg

March 27, 2007 4:03 PM | Link to this

Buck, dont be such a homer. Sticking up for the coach and his decisions, sheezzz.

By AltamahaDawg

March 27, 2007 4:06 PM | Link to this

Whats with everyone in in here claiming they had fake ID way back when. Doesn’t anyone remember legally drinking at 18?

By I-DOG

March 27, 2007 4:09 PM | Link to this

This whole situation is a result of Mothers Against Drunk Driving and the culture that they have created.

It started out as a very noble organization who intended to cut down on drunk driving injuries and death. Over the years, it took on a life of it’s own and helped pass laws and enforcement that have a lot of unintended consequences.

If you look at these posts, most kids have a fake ID in college (would they if the drinking age was 18? no). Most college age kids drink, so the law isn’t really doing what it was “intended” to do.

Now these otherwise law abiding citizens are breaking different laws to be able to get into clubs and buy alcohol. I am sure it also puts more kids in cars that want to drink because they can’t do it out in the open. It is LESS safe.

Drunk driving is dangerous to everyone, but as a country we should throw the book at those that drink and drive, not those that just drink.

What we have now doesn’t make sense and doesn’t work.

By AltamahaDawg

March 27, 2007 4:13 PM | Link to this

Buck congradulations , it took an entire morning before you linked the story to Stafford.

By Cuz

March 27, 2007 4:14 PM | Link to this

I think the ignorant slut should be tarred and feathered and run out of town on a rail.

Oh what’s that, it’s Tanner and not Carter. NEVERMIND.

By gdawginkalamazoo

March 27, 2007 4:18 PM | Link to this

Buck, Chesaning is NE from here. I agree with you that the punish will fit the crime, I don’t doubt that. However, I am looking for a deterrent. Something to make these kids think about their actions before they do them.

By Cuz

March 27, 2007 4:20 PM | Link to this

Alt, I had a fake ID to get in bars when I was 16 and the drinking age was 18.

Old days, good times I remember.

By Cuz

March 27, 2007 4:22 PM | Link to this

How about fifty lashes with a wet noodle. That would fit the crime.

By I-DOG

March 27, 2007 4:24 PM | Link to this

Gen Neyland.

The only reason that 18 years in this country have trouble with alchol is that they weren’t gradually introduced to it at a younger age like in other countries and because it isn’t “legal” it increases the “cool quotient”.

In Canada, Europe, and elsewhere, kids grow up with alcohol being no big thing and there are far fewer cases of 18 year olds binge drinking to the point of danger and other problems associated with “suddenly” having access to something like that.

The kids that die of alchol poisen as freshman in college are typically from a very strict home where they weren’t allowed much freedom and suddenly THEY GET TO DRINK because their parents aren’t around.

If a 16 year old can drive a car and kill someone just by pulling out in front of them while talking on a cell phone, then 18 year olds ought to be able to handle the responsibility of drinking. Heck, some folks that age are already PARENTS! but they can’t have a beer.

I don’t understand that.

By Brian

March 27, 2007 4:29 PM | Link to this

I DID THE SAME THING WHEN I WAS YOUNG. GOT CAUGHT SEVERAL TIMES BUT WAS ALWAYS SLAPPED ON THE WRIST. I TURNED OUT PRETTY DANG GOOD! WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN TO TANNER ? I THINK WHOEVER DID THE CHARGING NEEDS TO LOOK DEEP INSIDE OF THEMSELVES AND THEIR PAST AND REALIZE THEY PROBABLY DID THE SAME THING. HOWEVER, THE LAW IS THE LAW. MAKE HIM RUN SOME STADIUMS AND FORGET IT, PERIOD. THE FINE WILL HURT HIM ENOUGH! TO LABEL HIM A THUG IS A LITTLE HARSH DONTCHA THINK ? I DO. THE GUILTY DOG ALWAYS HOLLERS FIRST! PAT…YOU A THUG?

By AltamahaDawg

March 27, 2007 4:34 PM | Link to this

The answer is obvious to just fail the 5th grade 3 times.

Cuz, I remember when the closest thing to checkin ID was ” now you’re sure you’re 18, ain’t ya boy?”

By SEC is Football

March 27, 2007 5:06 PM | Link to this

Buck…You seem to find a way to work Stafford into every tread. Doesnt matter what the topic is. YOu are like one of those scary obsessed fans. Chances are high Stafford is going to have to take out a restraining order against you. Seriously my friend…it is getting kind of scary!!

By bbcsickdawg

March 27, 2007 5:18 PM | Link to this

call him in slap hand and go on with life

By rob

March 27, 2007 5:31 PM | Link to this

Yawn! Non-story

By lawdawg

March 27, 2007 5:44 PM | Link to this

It’s not like he was passed out on the street at 3AM…let the law deal with the misdemeanor, and run him til he pukes after a few practices.

By Sports Fan

March 27, 2007 7:11 PM | Link to this

His punishment: (A) Kick him off the team (B) Buy him a drink (C) Run him ragged (D) All of the above (E) None of the above

ZZZzzzz. Another big news story.

By RedDawg

March 27, 2007 7:59 PM | Link to this

everybody just shut up, 90% of all college students in the country have fake IDs,it sounded a big deal because ajc has no stories to tell. don’t be surprised to find most students with fake IDs are from Harvard and Yale. LOL

By YOU IDIOT!!!

March 27, 2007 10:39 PM | Link to this

THIS IS A TOUGH ONE.. YOU CAN LOOK AT IT FROM TWO PRESPECTIVES.. ON ONE SIDE YOU HAVE A 17-18 YEAR OLD KID FRESH OUTTA HIGH SCHOOL HANGING OUT WIT SOME OLDER CATS. ITS THE COOL THING TO DO TO GO TO CLUBS N CHILL WIT THE CREW.. WHO DIDN’T PARTY AT THIS AGE??? FROM THE OTHER POINT OF VIEW, YOU HAVE A KID WHO YOU HAVE JUST BLESSED WITH A SCHOLARSHIP TO A GREAT PROGRAM, AND HAS THE OPPURTUNITY TO RECEIVE A GREAT EDUCATION. HE CAN’T BE EMBARRASSING THE UNIVERSITY LIKE THIS.. PERSONALLY, I THINK THERE ARE FAR WORSE THINGS HE COULD BE DOING THAN GETTING A FAKE I.D. COACH MAYBE SHOULD RUN HIM, AND HAVE AN IMPORTANT “GROWING UP” CONVERSATION WITH HIM, BUT NOTHING SERIOUS HAPPENED HERE. IM 16 AND PLAY BALL FOR CAMDEN, SO I COULD SEE WHY HE WANTED THE I.D., BUT NOW HE NEEDS TO LEARN FROM HIS MISTAKE AND MAKE WISER CHOICES.

By OddJob

March 27, 2007 11:44 PM | Link to this

It’s not like the kid robbed somebody or maliciously keyed a teachers car.It’s in everybodies (especially Stricklands)interest to handle this in a way that teaches without damaging a kid who did something that many upstanding citizens have done in their youth.

By OddJob

March 28, 2007 12:23 AM | Link to this

I DOG I agree that Strickland is being handled well by CMR but you go too far in making this about MADD.It seems like you may have an axe to grind.I live in nc now but I’m from the Atlanta area.There was a case in the late 80s or early 90s where a guy with a long history of drunk driving got smashed and hit two young girls,one died at the scene but the other was thrown into his truck bed he took her to a dump and threw her out alive it took her hours to die.After dumping her he went home and drank more and passed out while she lay in garbage slowly bleeding to death.That’s when I got all the way on the MADD wagon.

By jack

March 28, 2007 2:25 AM | Link to this

just like Bobby Bowdon said, you don’t punish the team by suspending a player that is valuable to the team, just punish him in some other way

By Lee

March 28, 2007 8:39 AM | Link to this

A good, and I do mean good, a$$ chewing. Too much of this mickey mouse nonsense going on amongst college kids. An a$$ chewing and twenty gassers ought to get his attention or perhaps bring a Marine DI down from Parris Island and have him PT the whole team while Mr. Strickland watches. Then his teammates will provide the proper motivation for Mr. Strickland to be born again hard!!!!!

By Matt

March 28, 2007 10:25 AM | Link to this

I guess the worst thing that Richt could do is if it happens again, make him go to Tech!

By I-DOG

March 28, 2007 12:17 PM | Link to this

Odd Job:

That is a tragic crime that took that young person’s life. How about life in prison for that animal or the death penalty? He murdered two people.

If he had histories of DUI’s then his license should have been taken away with the warning that if he is caught driving AT ALL, he will go to jail for 5 years. The problem is that true habitual DUI offenders just aren’t punished enough.

Punish this person, but not the guy who is 20 years old, working his way through college with a 3.5 GPA. and has signed up to serve oversees to fight and possibly die for his country and then continue his college education when and if he makes it back.

The guy I described can’t (Legally) have a beer or go to a club to hear his favorite band in his three spare hours a week.

Our laws take away this guys freedom and turn him into a criminal (underage drinking and fake id) while the low life you described probably got probation.

Does the drinking age really stop people from drinking? Look at this board, everyone has a fake id and everyone drinks under 21. What is the point? What has it accomplished.

I agree with you that drinking and driving is a serious crime. Let’s punish those that put other’s lives in danger.

By I-DOG

March 28, 2007 1:27 PM | Link to this

War Eagle:

Bootlegging textbooks is not a “very similar case” to having a fake ID or drinking underage. It is stealing and a 6 game suspension is about right. Richt is not stuck on 2 game suspensions. Ian Smith, a top 100 recruit in the South drank underage a 2nd time lost HALF his season and may never play again for the dawgs. While this is a victimless crime (unlike stealing via bootlegging textbooks) Richt took a stand.

If you drive without a valid license or drink underage, Richt will give you a 2 game suspension. How much more should he give them since that is 1/6 of a season.

Richt was too light years ago on Odell Thurman and it didn’t help Odell in the long run. Richt regrets that and has been a pretty strict isciplinarian at UGA.

By Derek B

March 28, 2007 2:35 PM | Link to this

Who cares? Seriously - we have bigger problems (uh..Iran) than some college kid wanting to get drunk like all other college kids AND like ALL of you did.

As for your question Chip - PLEASE DEMOTE CARTER STRICKLAND TO COVERING TECH FOOTBALL.

By OddJob

March 28, 2007 8:32 PM | Link to this

IDOG My point is alcaholics(some not all)reach a point they can’t control their actions.The whole MADD approach is to preempt these tragic cases from occuring.No doubt there are cases where the courts go too far,but the numbers tell the bigger story of lives saved.Please take note I think Strickland’s slap on the hand is appropriate.If he continues to the point of a pattern developing then deal with that in context.My only bone to pick was the MADD thing not this case.

By mike

March 29, 2007 8:14 AM | Link to this

Yawn…If you did not have a fake ID when you were 18, then you missed out on college all together.

By Dawgman

March 29, 2007 10:38 AM | Link to this

S** what kid at 17-18 don’t have a fake ID. We all had them when we were all in school. Hell I bet Coach Richt even had one at one time… Just slap him on the wrist and lets get ready another season of great UGA Football!!! Lets don’t let this distract us of the main goal. Another Championship!!!

By I-DOG

March 29, 2007 1:14 PM | Link to this

odd job:

I understand your position and we agree that drunk drivers need to have the book thrown at them.

Some people speed while driving. If we lowered the speed limit on Georgia highways to 35 MPH, dozens of lives would be saved EVERY year. If we ticket those that are going more than 45 MPH on I285, say $250 a pop… we can control speeding. Most people would drive 35-40 and it would be MUCH SAFER.

The problem with the above approach is that it punishes responsible drivers (even though it would save lives) it just isn’t practical.

Our drinking laws are the same scenario. It punishes even the responsible people and it makes lawbreakers of those 18-21 because they are drinking and getting fake id’s anyway. Will it save a few lives (maybe), but cutting the speed limit in half would save 10 times as many. Should we do it?

By OddJob

March 30, 2007 2:47 PM | Link to this

IDawg You lost me on that one fella,you can be analogous to the point of absurdity.Your comparison of the speed limit and drunk driving reminds me of the guy who said chihuahua’s should be considered more violent than pitbulls because they bite more people.A little common sense please.