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DEL.ICIO.USRicht, Stafford to discuss keg photos
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
By now, I imagine everybody in the Bulldog Nation has heard something about the keg incident involving Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford. If not, here it is in a nutshell:
Circulating on the Internet are photos of the Bulldogs’ 19-year-old star lifting a beer keg over his head and generally clowning around with a beautiful young woman and another unidentified guy. Supposedly the pictures were taken during a NASCAR race at Talladega.
Now nowhere in these photos is it clear that Stafford is drinking beer (though he’s clearly having a good time). And, as one Georgia official pointed out to us, the fact that he’s picking up the keg over his head in one of the pictures indicates the keg is likely empty (not sure if that is a good thing or not).
In any case, the Bulldogs already are likely going to lose for the season one potential starting player in redshirt freshman linebacker Akeem Hebron) due to two arrests for underage drinking. So the surfacing of the pictures of Stafford are badly timed and it’s certainly not good PR for the star QB to be seen horsing around with a keg.
Here’s what we know for sure: Head coach Mark Richt, in Jacksonville Thursday night with several other coaches speaking to the Bulldog Club there, is aware of the situation and plans to talk to Stafford about it. That’s what team publicist Claude Felton, also in Jacksonville, told our Carter Strickland. We’ll probably follow up on this on Friday.
My question to you folks is this: How should Richt handle this? Should Stafford be punished? If so, in what way, shape or form? Suspended? Or should it be ignored completely?
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By OhMyGAWD
May 3, 2007 10:18 PM | Link to this
Coach Rick needs to pull the young stud aside and let him know that he needs to be more discreet in his activities. Rich needs to tell the stud that if he is going to mount HOT college chicks, he needs to keep it at the safehouse
By Illich Poonan
May 3, 2007 10:21 PM | Link to this
He’s a good christian kid. All he was doing was toting that keg for that weakling girl. We all know a girl cant carry a full keg. CMR will be fine with this. GATK Stanford.
By UGA CLOWN
May 3, 2007 10:23 PM | Link to this
GT is beating us so bad in recruiting and Frankly, All Sports across the board….I personally think that we should consider closing shop..and ask permission to join GT and the mighty ACC. Just a thought…
By Rufus Rastus Johnson Brown
May 3, 2007 10:25 PM | Link to this
Coach Rick shood be congratulatin dat boy. Mountin hos and drankin beer is what a star QB should be doin.
By UGAFORLIFE
May 3, 2007 10:26 PM | Link to this
Guys - Lets admit it…Tech is killing us in recruting. Their sports teams are better across the board. I think we should see if the board of regents will allow us to join (junior membership) GT and the mighty ACC. Thoughts?
By Illich Poonan
May 3, 2007 10:26 PM | Link to this
Matt Stanford > Tim Teabag
By Win
May 3, 2007 10:27 PM | Link to this
Stafford was just keeping the keg away from Akeem Hebron. Being a good leader. Goooo Dawgs!
By matt
May 3, 2007 10:27 PM | Link to this
Kids being kids in my opinion. I sense some heavy sarcasm from UGA CLOWN!
By ATL Dawg Pound U.S.3.
May 3, 2007 10:30 PM | Link to this
Shut up Clown. UGA rocks. Last time I checked we won a nat champs in 80’, your last was in WWII. Nerd Losers.
By Illich Poonan
May 3, 2007 10:31 PM | Link to this
I think he was actually trying to reenact the keg stealing scene that happened at the Universidad de La Florida. Just a practical joke taken too far I suppose.
By Mo Mess
May 3, 2007 10:40 PM | Link to this
www.dawgsden.net
By Kelly
May 3, 2007 10:41 PM | Link to this
Ubiquitous digital photography and the ease of making infinite, free copies of photographs that can be sent anywhere and stored permanently is going to get us all in trouble at some point in the internet age. Let’s hope that includes as few Dawgs as possible. Let’s make a deal: if anyone takes pictures of partying with Matthew Stafford, don’t put them on the internet.
By AltamahaDawg
May 3, 2007 10:42 PM | Link to this
So much for the story that had Stafford and Cox at odds. I’d worry more how Staffords g/f is going to react. And also………….no I’d better not.
By Mr. Swollen
May 3, 2007 10:42 PM | Link to this
I believe young Stafford was just warming up with the keg prior to mounting the young lass.
At least that’s the way I would do it.
By Diego
May 3, 2007 10:43 PM | Link to this
Who cares? He’s in college and aloud to have fun. Only a naive person thinks kids wait until 21 to start drinking alcohol. Just because he is holding an empty keg doesn’t mean he is going to show up to games drunk. I say, ‘No harm… no foul!’
By AltamahaDawg
May 3, 2007 10:44 PM | Link to this
Cuz, how does it go……I do not care if he lift a keg, I do not care if he gets some leg………
By Mo Mess
May 3, 2007 10:46 PM | Link to this
That keg is full you fool. He wanted to show us all that under that pudge is great strength.
By GEM
May 3, 2007 10:47 PM | Link to this
Stafford better be careful because alcohol will whip his rear end every time.He’s playing with the kiss of death! Careful is the word!
By Illich Poonan
May 3, 2007 10:47 PM | Link to this
Word Mo Mess. I feel ya on that one.
By brent
May 3, 2007 10:48 PM | Link to this
As long as it was Sweetwater and not some garbage beer like Budweiser…then it just proves he has good taste.
By RxDawg
May 3, 2007 10:48 PM | Link to this
Nope, not a big deal. A picture of him holding a keg over his head proves one thing….he can hold a keg over his head. Hardly a reason to start dishing out suspensions or whatever. Heck, I’m glad to see they can goof off some. The scrutiny these guys have to live under, geesh.
By RxDawg
May 3, 2007 10:51 PM | Link to this
Holy crap Altamaha, you made me spill my coffee! hahaha
By AltamahaDawg
May 3, 2007 10:55 PM | Link to this
Of cource he wasn’t drinking, that timestamp was Sunday.
By D-Bo
May 3, 2007 10:58 PM | Link to this
This is much like Vick’s water bottle incident. Not a big deal
By AltamahaDawg
May 3, 2007 10:59 PM | Link to this
I woud not prescribe coffee at this hour.
By UGA grad
May 3, 2007 11:02 PM | Link to this
Damn, I wish that were me. Starting QB at UGA-great, a celeb at a NASCAR race-greater, all that AND lifting a keg over his head and scoring with that GIRL—priceless. College is hard. Juggling football and college is even harder. Let the young man be folks. He is due for a verbal spanking from Coach, but not from us. Let The Big Dawg Eat for Heaven’s sake.
By ChicagoDawg
May 3, 2007 11:04 PM | Link to this
“Should Stafford be punished? If so, in what way, shape or form? Suspended? Or should it be ignored completely?”….uh, how about neither. How about we try this. Coach Richt tells him to be careful what he does, who he hangs out with, and what he does in front of a camera. Be careful and stay out of trouble. 9 out of 10 males who ever went to college drank beer…big freakin’ deal. He was doing what we all have done or would like to have been doing when we were that age.
By Pitbull
May 3, 2007 11:08 PM | Link to this
I think Chip Towers failed to mention in his article that University of Georgia campus rules and Athens Clarke County laws are not enforcable in Alabama, or anywhere else outside of Clarke County (unless of course Mike Adams thinks his job as UGA President gives him the moral authority to approve or disapprove of people’s behavior regardless of where they are. Normal people would call that person God.
By RD
May 3, 2007 11:08 PM | Link to this
Spooning w/ a man! Classic!
By Crow-Dawg
May 3, 2007 11:09 PM | Link to this
Rufus Rastus Johnson Brown said it all. Seriously, I didn’t play QB and Georgia and scored a lot of HOT chicks there….let this kid (QB stud) grow up and have some room to experience college without some tech grad following him around with a camera phone in total awe. Life is hard enough when you grow up, give him the chance to make the mistakes we all have made. Food for thought…Tech 20 percent female, UGA 60 per cent. I am no mathematician, but I do believe this is the real cause of all this jealously and abuse of camera phones.
By AltamahaDawg
May 3, 2007 11:14 PM | Link to this
Some might say that he looks fat, some might say, Just get a Hat.
He stays in shape by doing keg dips, He likes the shape of her lovely hips,
A young man will surely roam, THAT young man, better get on home.
Cuz, come on, before we are all in our beds, its eleven o’clock, time for the meds.
By Dawg 05
May 3, 2007 11:16 PM | Link to this
Kick his drunk butt off the team! How dare a 19 year old play with a keg around such a scantily clad young lady! For shame!
On a serious note, is this really newsworthy? Would anyone even think about this if this were any other 19 year old on earth?
By BirdMahn
May 3, 2007 11:16 PM | Link to this
Word is, the pictures were taken by an Auburn girl. It’s a subversive attempt to sabotage the dawgs! But again, the Tigers fall short. Really now. Is this a big deal? I think not.
By former UGA QB
May 3, 2007 11:18 PM | Link to this
LET HIM GO, LET HIM GROW.
By Crow-Dawg
May 3, 2007 11:21 PM | Link to this
AltamahaDawg that was really awful…what are are smoking bra?
By AltamahaDawg
May 3, 2007 11:24 PM | Link to this
Pitbull, I dont see it as any big deal, but just as a note, why would it matter if a UGA football player broke a law in Alabama, Savannah, or one step off the campus in Clarke county? Wouldnt the same rules apply?
By David
May 3, 2007 11:25 PM | Link to this
Southern women just make you glad you were born a Man! Get-er-done~!
By FLADAWGKILLER
May 3, 2007 11:26 PM | Link to this
How many times do we have to beat you miserable pups to get you to quit. You guys are pretenders and always will be. I think GT down the road are up-and-comers. You might want to shift your allegiance while there is still time. Until then…see you in JAX
By AltamahaDawg
May 3, 2007 11:32 PM | Link to this
Crow responded all in caps, I make a rhyme but it was craps.
By AltamahaDawg
May 3, 2007 11:34 PM | Link to this
On that note, I say goodnight, hey Fla fan, your jean shorts must be too tight!
By Crow-Dawg
May 3, 2007 11:36 PM | Link to this
FLADAWGKILLER ….go wash your smelly jean shorts and orange tank top you pathetic pansy. THIS IS DAWG COUNTRY!!!
By fla-grad
May 3, 2007 11:37 PM | Link to this
Gotta agree with Dawg Killer
You got to know when to fold em’.
You guys should stick with the Lady Gym Dawgs.
SC is better than YOU. Tenn will kill your sorry A$$, Bama is rising, GT is over its senior QB…lights out little pups.
By AltamahaDawg
May 3, 2007 11:38 PM | Link to this
OK so it was all in bold, thats what happens when you get old.
By Crow-Dawg
May 3, 2007 11:38 PM | Link to this
AltamahaDawg….you are the man….nice work on th jean short comment…..you beat me to it. GO DAWGS!
By Ramble on!
May 3, 2007 11:42 PM | Link to this
I didn’t know he was gay. That girl is hot, and he’s trying to have sex with some dude. Who knew!
I guess I just don’t understand kids these days. I’m worried about how BuckintheNW is going to take this.
By Crow-Dawg
May 3, 2007 11:43 PM | Link to this
By fla-grad - Acutally I have a couple of lady gym dogs over at my place right now (and your mama), thx for the advise anyhow.
By SamoanDawg
May 3, 2007 11:44 PM | Link to this
Kids being kids…. boys will be boys. Bad timing though. Richt will definitely have some heart to heart with the young man. It shouldn’t be any suspension. I’ll be shock if there will be one… and I’ll be a mad, mad dawg.
I hope the administration will give Hebron at least 5-6 games instead of the season.
By fla-grad
May 3, 2007 11:49 PM | Link to this
Jean Shorts. Funny.
When the scoreboard leans in our favor when the whistle blows, whats funny?? Jean Shorts?
What’s HILARIOUS is that it’s just another win for the Gators. If you need to make fun of a piece of clothing to make you feel better…I understand.
Last time I checked, your fans are the biggest white trash in the SEC. But…I don’t need to point that out because we WIN every, single, year.
By Crow-Dawg
May 3, 2007 11:49 PM | Link to this
Talledaga nights?????????? Staring….HOT Chick and QB Stud!!! Yeah come on!!
By mike
May 3, 2007 11:52 PM | Link to this
Pleassssse. If Stafford was a third team linebacker Saint Richt would kick him off have a press conference to boast how he instills dicipline and will not tolerate team rules being broken. But since it involves Stafford his prized quarterback. Saint Bobby Jr. will have a discussion make him only consume one cookie at night instead of two and that will be it.
By Crow-Dawg
May 3, 2007 11:56 PM | Link to this
Florida Suck!!!! Giddy-up!!!!!!!!
By Crow-Dawg
May 3, 2007 11:58 PM | Link to this
Florida……GAYTORS!!!
By Double_Scoop
May 4, 2007 12:02 AM | Link to this
Funny how the majority lets this slide but if this had been Vick we would be calling for his dismissal and how he is not a good leader. Oh yeah this did happen to Vick.
By buster
May 4, 2007 12:04 AM | Link to this
when your writers do not know anything about football—-you got to post something—eh?
By Crow-Dawg
May 4, 2007 12:08 AM | Link to this
Jean Shorts = Gators Nerds = Tech Scoring with hot Auburn chick = Go Dawgs!!
By Gen Neyland
May 4, 2007 12:13 AM | Link to this
If the keg was about to be thrown at some Alabama fans, well, so what..?
By DirtyDawg
May 4, 2007 12:20 AM | Link to this
Get used to it guys…these folks are scared to death of what Georgia with Stafford at QB is gonna do to ‘em the next couple of years - hopefully we’ll get at least two, cause after the ‘07 season the pros are gonna be beaten’ down his daddy’s door.
These AU coeds were just clowning around until somebody thought it would be an embarrassment to the kid and to UGA…and a Florida guy I know is claiming that Stafford is such a poor student he’ll only last one more season anyway…point being, if they can’t beat him they’ll try to hound him out. And gee, I wonder if Mark Richt did any underage drinking at the UofM?
By Evan
May 4, 2007 12:47 AM | Link to this
Y’all, this girl doesn’t go to Auburn! She’s a freshman at the University of Alabama— I won’t release her name for privacy reasons, but geez yall, give it a rest. They went to Talladega to have a good time, I was there too and I know they weren’t the only ones that were drinking underage.
Again, Give it a rest, they’re in college and these football players rarely have enough time to relax and live the college life. He SHOULD get a slap on the wrist because it is not a big deal, get a freaking life yall.
By "GOOD" Dawg"
May 4, 2007 12:49 AM | Link to this
What if Stafford had been holding an empty A&W root beer mug? Someone would have found some way to make a big deal out of it !!!
By Eli
May 4, 2007 1:09 AM | Link to this
Hard to tell from those pics if there was any penetration between Stafford and Cox, but they sure did seem to be enjoying each other’s company.
By Najeh Davenpoop
May 4, 2007 1:19 AM | Link to this
If you are a college kid and you have friends, chances are you have engaged in some underage drinking. Why should one kid be held to a higher standard just because he can throw a football? He needs to make sure people keep the cameras away the next time he goes out drinking, but other than that, lay off the guy, it’s not that big of a deal. Oh well. I’m a Tech fan on a UGA blog, so take my opinion for what it’s worth.
By mad dawg
May 4, 2007 2:25 AM | Link to this
THUG! Admit it people. If this was Vick, you’d be calling him a thug
By dawgbrave
May 4, 2007 3:07 AM | Link to this
NO, there is no proof that he did anything wrong. Everyone trying to pick on the kid because he is high profile. Tech and Florida fans need to worry about their own problems, this isn’t one.
By Smitty
May 4, 2007 3:30 AM | Link to this
He is a college student, drinking beer is not a big deal. Personally I am much more concerned about the freshman 15-30 that he has put on. He does not look like the future all-SEC performer some have pegged him to be.
By dognut
May 4, 2007 3:46 AM | Link to this
Not too concerned about the empty keg, the 2-bit hoe, but am concerned about him coming up the backside of that other dude.
By haha
May 4, 2007 3:52 AM | Link to this
ATL Dawg Pound U.S.3, i believe you are forgetting the title GT won in the 91’ time range? that would be more recent than 1980?
and leave the kid alone. the pic doesnt prove he was drinking, cant suspend for it. was he? i betcha, but i cant prove it.
By Wes
May 4, 2007 5:33 AM | Link to this
Punished for what exactly? Far as I can tell, there’s no law against picking up a beer keg, horsing around with friends, or having your photo taken with a pretty girl. More cheap muckraking from our friends at the AJC.
By john
May 4, 2007 5:35 AM | Link to this
Another reason to lower the drinking back to 18.
By Kendall
May 4, 2007 5:54 AM | Link to this
funny thing is this. Florida deserves to be proud right now. They earned it. What kills me is Tennessee, GT and uSC thinking they have something to be proud of. Go back wherever you came from, in ut’s case, its some hole in the hill, and shut up. Win a heisman and then we can talk. matter of fact ut, win another SECC and we can talk. Coming up fast on the 10 year anniversary, huh?
By Tech4Ever
May 4, 2007 5:59 AM | Link to this
All I can think while reading the spew flowing from the mutts is… If that had been Taylor Bennet, Tashard Choice, Kenneth Wheeler or some other Tech starter in that pic, you no-class dog fans would be all over Tech about their “under-age drinking” issues. Let’s face it, UGA has so much of a drinking problem it cost a student his life here not too long ago. So, yes, Stafford was drunk off his gord and we all know it. You just want to be tolerant of it because this was your prize pooch caught in an embarrasing moment… not to mention passing out while cuddling with another man (that’s just priceless). Now, I do not condone drinking at all especially by underage persons (at Tech, UGA or otherwise). As a paramedic I have seen, all-to-often, the results of alcohol use/abuse. It is never good. If you were true fans of an otherwise great school (not just fans of braggin’ rights) you would hold Richt accountable to treat Stafford appropriately. And YES, the UGA rules DO apply off campus and out of state. When you represent your school (plese note the Georgia Champions logo on his T-shirt) you fall under their rules. Stafford is just another high-profile punk who thinks his celebrity status will get him a free pass. And sadly, he is right. UGA history proves the little guy is made into an example and the important players have their infractions overlooked. Just watch how Akeem Hebron is handled v/s Stafford. Get over your “Stafford did nothing wrong” attitude and show some integrity. Obviously no one wearing a UGA jersey knows what integrity is.
By Elliot
May 4, 2007 6:12 AM | Link to this
National Championships:
Tebow-1 Stafford-0
By Michael
May 4, 2007 6:16 AM | Link to this
Thug life. Boot him.
By tater tot
May 4, 2007 6:46 AM | Link to this
Kid made an error in judgement, he is young, enjoying life and the celebrity factor, he just needs a sit down and told this is not the kind of behavior we tolerate or that which is exhibited by a leader. We don’t expect anything like this to ever happen again. He is a smart kid, he will get it. Save him instead of throwing him to the wolves.
By ArthurDawg
May 4, 2007 6:57 AM | Link to this
Hey Tech4Ever,
You went to Tech and are a paramedic? You must have had all your classes with the football team (exception for Calvin “The Engineer” Johnson, of course.
By GetALife
May 4, 2007 7:03 AM | Link to this
This is News? College Kids drinking and partying? Jocks showing off?
You can get married at 18 or DIE for your Country but you can’t have a fun?
By Sick and Tired
May 4, 2007 7:08 AM | Link to this
Coach Richt will pray about this before he meets with Stafford. It’s fun times for the young man but it also comes with responsibility. I think the guy upstairs will say it’s ok for a dawg to show his a* in public. It happens every Sat. in Sanford.
By High-N-Mighty
May 4, 2007 7:13 AM | Link to this
HERE YE HERE YE this meeting must now come to order! A motion has been made to condemn the recent behavior depicted in certain lewd and salacious photograhs of one Matt “Keg & Leg” Stafford. All those who did not consume brewed beverages while obtaining higher learning shall be eligible to vote, excluding Tech graduates of course. Seeing no hands raised nor eligible the motion fails. Mr. Keggyleggy is free to rejoin the party.
By KD
May 4, 2007 7:30 AM | Link to this
All I’m saying is that based on his looks and hers, Stafford has way outkicked his coverage.
By GatorDave
May 4, 2007 7:30 AM | Link to this
Leave the boy alone….it’s college… …he doesn’t have to meet some puritanical code of good conduct..
By Tom
May 4, 2007 7:35 AM | Link to this
Give the kid a break and leave him alone but, advise him of the price he has to pay for being in the public eye as a Georgia football player. War Eagle.
By Tech4Ever
May 4, 2007 7:45 AM | Link to this
Hey ArthurMutt… if you would let the bong resin filter from your brain you would realize I never said that I went to Tech you freakin’ moron. You are the textbook example of the ignorance flowing from the kegs in Athens.
By a fowler
May 4, 2007 7:50 AM | Link to this
Last time i checked talladega was in alabama not georgia so get off his case!!!!
By Tech4Ever
May 4, 2007 7:57 AM | Link to this
Thanks to High-N-Mighty’s criteria I have the right to vote. I neither graduated from Tech nor consumed “brewed beverages” while in school (college or high school). My vote stands that Stafford be held accountable for his actions. Vote passes 1-0. Oh, yeah, as stated in my first post, his ignorance will be overlooked because of his importance to the “team.” See you on the field with all the other criminals.(except Hebron…maybe)
By itzme
May 4, 2007 8:03 AM | Link to this
It is fair to say Stafford has just earned a spot on the Windsprinters list. Coach Richt will have him running till he pukes.
By L-Dogg
May 4, 2007 8:04 AM | Link to this
Hey ATL Dawg Pound, U.S.3., you said that UGA’s last nat champ was in ‘80 and Tech’s was in WWII. Since you obviously don’t follow college football, I’ll try and make this simple: Tech won the championship in 1990, which is still a while ago, but it’s 10 YEARS more recent than UGA’s!!!
By Eric
May 4, 2007 8:05 AM | Link to this
Oooh…he’s a good Christian. Let’s all kiss his a*.
By Rod
May 4, 2007 8:06 AM | Link to this
An UGA player drinking beer? Say it ain’t so!!!
By Brian
May 4, 2007 8:09 AM | Link to this
Two problems here…
That he was even there playing with a keg.
That photos were put on the Internet.
I’d love to say this is a UGA problem, but it is actually a problem for a lot of people their age. They have not learned how to keep themselves ‘clean.’ Sure, it may be harder than it was thirty years ago in some ways, but it is also much easier in many other ways.
By Rick
May 4, 2007 8:11 AM | Link to this
Goodness! A college kid with a beer keg. Never seen that before ;-)
By Brian
May 4, 2007 8:15 AM | Link to this
L-DOGG I HAVE A QUESTION ? WAS THAT AN OUTRIGHT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. uHMMMM….NO…i THINK NOT. iT WAS A SHARED cHAMPIONSHIP AS A MATTER OF FACT. IF IM NOT BADLY MISTAKEN IT WAS SHARED WITH COLORADO. HENCE THIS LINK http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990NCAADivisionI-Afootball_season THE DAWGS 1980 NC WAS AN OUTRIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP! A REAL CHAMPIONSHIP!
By Hedgeprunner
May 4, 2007 8:15 AM | Link to this
gay uga boy’s dont get your panties in a wad, us techies dont give a rip about your ALL AMERICAN qb, he wasnt all that stellar against us, remember it was reggie & Chan that gave you your last 4 wins not Stafford,I say let him get drunk and high with the rest of the hydrant humpers over in green county.This year is our turn around year, muttnation !
By greg talley
May 4, 2007 8:15 AM | Link to this
This kid is entering his sophmore year in college. What has he done wrong? Leave him alone, and let him learn from this. Richt should certainly talk to him for purely percautionary reasons and perhaps warn him that, because he is Mathew Stafford and Georgia’s starting quarterback, eyes are constantly upon him. However, it should stay within the family. Given today’s world of digital cameras, the internet and sports blogs, everything these guys do is public. I really feel for him, because from what I see, he has done nothing wrong. Because of today’s environment and access to the internet, people like Matt Stafford do not get to enjoy the college experience in a social context. It is unfortunate, but true. For those of you in the future who might happen to see one of these young men and think it might be cool to “get a picture to show your friends you partying with” a certain athlete, please realize once you put it on the internet, you have published to the entire world and loose control of the context in which it is disseminated. Matt Stafford is an extraordinarily gifted athlete, who makes a big difference in our teams quality. It would only hurt our team and our fan base if he misses the Oklahoma State game because someone wanted to show friends they were with Matt Stafford at a Nascar race.
By Ashley
May 4, 2007 8:18 AM | Link to this
Who cares about the keg. The best picture is him spooning the dude. Gives a whole different picture of him when he’s under center.
By Johnson is a Johnson
May 4, 2007 8:19 AM | Link to this
Let’s see. He’s a kid in college who’s at a NASCAR race with a young hottie. I’d be worried if he weren’t having fun. Just because he’s a QB doesn’t mean he doesn’t have a life. We don’t all go to Prince Ave. Baptist Church.
By mike
May 4, 2007 8:19 AM | Link to this
For God sakes leave him and the damn football team alone. I dare anybody that went to college to say they didn’t party and drink beer and other spirits. I mean please who cares leave him alone and get a life. I went to LSU partied like there was no tomorrow and now I am a Petroleum Engineer of 15 years and doing very well.
By Tech4Ever
May 4, 2007 8:21 AM | Link to this
This is the problem with society today. Stafford gets tanked and is viewed as “just a kid having fun.” Calvin Johnson admits to smoking marijuana, it is ignored and he still goes #2 in the draft. I think it is embarassing that these “kids” (from UGA AND Tech alike) are allowed to get away with whatever they want as long as they get the “W” for the “team.” It is sad to see that as a whole, fans are willing to look beyond destructive behavior just for “braggin’ rights.” We wink at criminal behavior and even elevate it to glamorous in some cases. Well, I guess the mentality is as I have stated… “Whatever it takes to get the “Win.” If you are willing to think that way, then stand proud. I don’t understand it myself, but if it’s that important to you then so be it. I know the opinion of one person won’t change a thing, but it is my opinion and of that I will stand proud (as opposed to the glorification of criminal behavior.) I will be a fan of Tech4Ever but I will NEVER glorify the behavior of anyone on any team (Yes, even Tech…) that is criminal and more importantly, destructive. Have a great day… Thanx for the debate.
By dd
May 4, 2007 8:22 AM | Link to this
Just goes to show how slow sports is right now.
NBA , Hockey, Baseball Who cares?
How many days until kickoff in Athens?
I’m jealous of Matt. I wonder what the chick that took the picture looks like?
Maybe it was her that he was lifting that keg for.
By ALA
May 4, 2007 8:23 AM | Link to this
I think they should suspend him for not holding the girl like that Sept 22 Its goin DOWN in tha REAL A and the ELEPHANT is gunna StOmP the SloBbeR off the CUTE buLLDoGgie ROLLTIDEEE YEAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
By BIGDAWG
May 4, 2007 8:24 AM | Link to this
The news hawks are hurting for a story! This is ridiculous a 19 year old college kid seen with an attractive young college girl and beer, stop the press, call a news conference, or no what are we going to do! I do not care who he plays for or what position he plays a 19 year is going to be a 19 year old. I guarantee Mike Adams and CMR had a few brews in their collegiate days. Let the boy have some fun HE IS IN COLLEGE…this is crazy.
By ALABAMA
May 4, 2007 8:26 AM | Link to this
ROLLTIDE BRoTHA
By Bilbo
May 4, 2007 8:27 AM | Link to this
Who the hell is Coach Rick and Coach Rich? You know, if our team didn’t have someone arrested every five freakin minutes, these pictures wouldn’t mean shiyat. On the other hand, Stafford is the team’s leader on and OFF the field. He should behave accordingly and set an example.
By Joe Cuervo, IV
May 4, 2007 8:29 AM | Link to this
So what if he drinks? He attends UGA where all underaged undergrads drink. Do you want him to stick out and not be part of “the group”? He’ll lose his self esteem. Let’s quit thinking that UGA is such a step above everyone else—-THEY DRINK, too!!
What he should do is mix a little beer and take shots of Uncle Jack.
It’s Gra-8 to be a G-8-or!!
By CB
May 4, 2007 8:35 AM | Link to this
Hey, Brian. Yeah, a “real” championship won courtesy of fluke play versus Florida, a squeaker over a mediocre Notre Dame (that couldn’t even beat Tech) and a tainted SEC title that was the result of a watered-down schedule that did not include games against the 2nd, 3rd and 4th-place teams in the conference — including LSU and Alabama. Congrats on that.
By Jimmer
May 4, 2007 8:35 AM | Link to this
Just give him 20 laps and tell him to be careful going forward.
By JCubby
May 4, 2007 8:37 AM | Link to this
Keg…no problem Girl…no problem NASCAR race? Very troubling.
By SEC Football
May 4, 2007 8:37 AM | Link to this
The only reason this is an issue is because of the recent alcohol issues with the UGA football team. You really cant accuse the kid of drinking. Seems he was just showing off for that hot young lady he was with! Can’t fault him there. Just a bad use of judgement if you ask me. Now…the other pictures of him spooning with the other guy who looked passed out (possibly Joe Cox), those are a little shady! :) LOL
By dawgfacedboy
May 4, 2007 8:37 AM | Link to this
Wow must be a slow in the newsroom!! NEWSFLASH: 19 YR OLD COLLEGE STUDENT WAS SEEN AT A NASCAR RACE CROWDED AROUND A KEG AND A PRETTY GIRL!! Was he arrested? NO! Was it the most flattering PR he could’ve gotten in light of the Hebron situation? NO! Should he be suspended? NO! Should he have a talkin’ to? YES! Was that girl smokin’ hot? YES!!!
By Orkin man
May 4, 2007 8:38 AM | Link to this
No one cares. This is a non-story. Wait, this just in: Tech still sucks.
By Ben
May 4, 2007 8:38 AM | Link to this
This is what’s it’s come to? Those pictures are what now constitutes bad behavior? Give me a freakin break.
By TIDE PRIDE 14
May 4, 2007 8:39 AM | Link to this
Who give a S* if he drank, we do it everyone does it and now he needs to be like the 2006 players and admit to smokin dope..Cause we all know it makes you a better athlete….
By Old Dawg
May 4, 2007 8:43 AM | Link to this
I like Rufus Rastus Johnson Brown’s take on this matter. Right on bro.
By reality check
May 4, 2007 8:45 AM | Link to this
Lifting an empty beer keg, hanging out with good looking women and having a good time is not a violation of any law or standard of conduct.
By ROLL TIDEEEE
May 4, 2007 8:46 AM | Link to this
John Parker Wilson dont Get IN NO trouble cause he KNOWS hes GOT a NATIONAL TITLE TO WIN!! WHATT???YEA THATS RITEEEE!! ROLLTIDE ROLL
By 2N4YEARS
May 4, 2007 8:47 AM | Link to this
In the above was written “That’s what team publicist Claude Felton, also in Jacksonville, told our Carter Strickland. We’ll probably follow up on this on Friday.” Told “our” Carter Strickland?? OK, something smells here. Looks as if someone else wrote this article ‘for’ Carter Strickland. If so, what a poor excuse of a beat writer the ajc has.
By bdawg
May 4, 2007 8:48 AM | Link to this
Seriously? Seriously? How many of you folks went to college?? The kid is 19 years and having a good time. I agree he is underage, and “if”(and he probably was) he was drinking that is against the law. CMR needs to have a talk about how everyperson on every d**n website and talk show invloving sports loves to break this type of story. When they smell blood they attack!! To bad they are all so hypocritical since they themselves probably did the same of worse in school. Cut all these guys from every school some slack. I know the athletes are held to a higher standard, but he is HOLDING UP A KEG. Not holding up a liquor store. I really cannot see the big deal!!! Please go find something important to discuss!
By Georgia Rules 14
May 4, 2007 8:49 AM | Link to this
who really cares if he drank no one should but i know for one thing Tide Pride 14 it don’t make u a better athlete
By JD
May 4, 2007 8:51 AM | Link to this
Looks like the GA Football Program will need to institute a “Don’t ask, Don’t tell” policy.
By BuzzBooster
May 4, 2007 8:52 AM | Link to this
Come on, cut the kid some slack. Everybody needs a little escape from reality….especially when faced with the frustration of going through life with a worthless UGA degree hanging around his neck.
By DawgDad
May 4, 2007 8:53 AM | Link to this
he looks pretty sober to me. also, kids drink beer through a straw these days?
By pcdawg
May 4, 2007 8:53 AM | Link to this
Why is it that every discussion of UGA football is interrupted by some lame UF fan. Why don’t you Gators discuss the photos which surfaced of Tim Tebow partying and trying to stick his tongue in some other dude’s ear. The Great Tebow was obviously smashed in these photographs as he partied with several other drunken gators. Oh by the way, the FL Attorney General just dropped charges against a FL Gator player. Of course he did, that’s the way they work things in Gainesville. Every Gator player involved in everything from drugs to assualts are eventually determined to be innocent. Just like O.J.
By Reuben Houston
May 4, 2007 8:54 AM | Link to this
What’s the big deal?
By Advice
May 4, 2007 8:54 AM | Link to this
Give me a Break ! Gee, I bet the guy has also tried to get La$d since he has been at school. Should we punish him for that too ?????
By TIDE PRIDE 14
May 4, 2007 8:55 AM | Link to this
well im not an athlete buddy im just a hardcore fan that likes to watch the ELEPHANT stomp its feet on BUllDogGie
By Dave
May 4, 2007 8:56 AM | Link to this
In all of this underage drinking news - let’s not forgot how ridiculous it is that the legal drinking age is 21! Politicians are such dirtbag hypocrites - 18-20 year olds are responsible enough to go to war, but not responsible enough to drink a Bud? The drinking age should be 18 and everybody knows it.
By TIDE PRIDE 14
May 4, 2007 8:57 AM | Link to this
HA teBOW Suks mAle face and aNaTomY
By Boclive
May 4, 2007 8:58 AM | Link to this
**Absolutely the BEST thing that could have happened to the kid, the coach, and all Dawg fans. Minor beer-related event causes coach to call the sophomore 5-star quarterback to the straight and narrow. He’ll be made to toe the line. He’ll have nothing to keep himself occupied except football. I predict all SEC two years in a row and a Heisman trophy. Then he will declare for the NFL draft a year early.
All of that, and I’m an Alabama fan. Roll Tide, Roll!
By austindog
May 4, 2007 8:59 AM | Link to this
Matthew should steer clear of college fun and especially beautiful women while at Georgia. When not on the practice field he should be in a dark room studying tape.
By dumb dogs
May 4, 2007 9:00 AM | Link to this
looks like matt stafford was enjoying himself in a tickle pile.
By gdawginkalamazoo
May 4, 2007 9:01 AM | Link to this
He is a Jr. fan. Didn’t you guys see the race? All the beer cans flying across the track after Gordon won? Now we know where that keg on the track came from. He couldn’t just throw a beer can, he was making statement.
By Big Dawg
May 4, 2007 9:02 AM | Link to this
Much to do about nothing, some kids having some fun. Coach Richt and Matt’s father need to give him a stern talking to about being careful in public. As usual all blown out of proportion because of the AJC’s bias against all things Georgia.
By ALA
May 4, 2007 9:03 AM | Link to this
Go BOclive and TIDE PRIDE rite on bros Rolltide
By RealEstateDawg
May 4, 2007 9:03 AM | Link to this
YAAAAAAAWWWWWWWN…….(snore)….huh?..what?….zzzzzzzz.
By cooter11
May 4, 2007 9:03 AM | Link to this
bet his parents drank
By JoeD
May 4, 2007 9:03 AM | Link to this
He ” Tapped ” the Keg as a warm up for what he was going to ” Tap ” NEXT !!!!! Hee…heeeee…hee……
By Atlanta Gator
May 4, 2007 9:04 AM | Link to this
Wow, the kid is in college and I’ll bet 99.9% of kids in college have drank beer. I think I had one or two during my collegiate playing career. Also, who was the idiot that took the pictures and put them on the web? If that was a friend of Stafford he needs to drop that clown as a friend. Kids will be kids and just because he plays ball dosen’t mean the kid can’t have some fun.
By Dentaldawg
May 4, 2007 9:04 AM | Link to this
The only crime here is that the girl he’s with in these pictures is wearing ORANGE!!! She’s obviously a spy—he was framed!!! GATA
By ALA
May 4, 2007 9:04 AM | Link to this
Sept,22 Elephants stomp Dogs
By Terry cain
May 4, 2007 9:05 AM | Link to this
Relax the keg had a secret compartment.
By Oh Yeah
May 4, 2007 9:05 AM | Link to this
Its okay for young college boys to experiment sexually with eachother.
Its natural.
By ChampDawg
May 4, 2007 9:06 AM | Link to this
Oooooooohhhhhh… a 19 year old college kid that just might drink a beer or a few beers. Oh my Lord, what is the world coming to?! Some folks need to get a life! Good grief, give us all a break. Stafford with a beer keg is hardly worthy of headlines or concern!! It must be a slow news day at the AJC and their excellent sports dept (NOT!) just has to write about this.
By savannah dawg
May 4, 2007 9:07 AM | Link to this
This whole thing with Matt Stafford is a result of poor judgment from quite a few people, but it certainly not worth all the hype it is receiving. Remember “judge not lest ye be judged.” I pay my money every year because I trust CMR to handle this in the wise and fair manner he always does. Tech and Florida and any other team can stop pointing fingers at Stafford or UGA because your programs have had kids who have done similar things or worse. How quickly the Techies forget their recent Clavin Johnson, “I smoked pot” statement and the games forfeited for kids not attending classes. This is not the first problem any of us will have. Remember these guys are still kids in many ways.
By jbirdawg
May 4, 2007 9:09 AM | Link to this
Staff just needs to learn that he is basically a celebrity and needs to guard against sensational media. We live in an age where the media will spin anything they can get(LIKE THIS) so just be careful of giving them the ammo. Take a look at people like Tiger Woods and others, who all like to have a good time but are careful about it. There is no evidence of any wrong doing here so it is a non issue.
By Reuben Houston
May 4, 2007 9:15 AM | Link to this
As a former player of a large, albeit unimportant, football program, myself, I find that behavior simply unacceptable. He is an embarassment to his school and family, and, by all means, should be forbidden from representing UGA on the field again.
By Bryant
May 4, 2007 9:17 AM | Link to this
He is a college football player. He is in his early 20’s. He can have a keg if he wants to. He was not on school property. He was not at a school event. It’s none of UGA’s business what he does on his own free time. This country is getting out of hand delving into people’s personal liberties. We are resticting more and more rights of individuals and it is time to stop and look at the big picture.
Was he hurting anyone? Was he drinking and driving? Was he doing this at a UGA event? The answer is no. Move on!
If UGA loses him over this, it is their loss. He should switch schools and go somewhere where more important things matter.
By gdawginkalamazoo
May 4, 2007 9:19 AM | Link to this
I truly think that the “bad judgement” in this whole deal was wearing that bandanna.
By Stinger
May 4, 2007 9:21 AM | Link to this
Typical dumba** fleabag. Pick up the girl and leave the keg on the ground.
By Doug B
May 4, 2007 9:29 AM | Link to this
Word of mouth is a powerful tool. However, if I hadn’t seen this story on AJC, I wouldn’t have even known about this incident so common as this one is among college students. I’ll bet that some of Stafford’s peers at UGA and in other colleges would not have been able to lift an empty keg, let alone a full one. They would have been too drunk.
It has been a long time since I ordered beer as I never liked the taste of the stuff when I was Stafford’s age. Do they serve it in styrofoam cups with plastic lidss and straws? While I don’t drink alcohol I do associate with people who do. I don’t recall ever seeing anyone drink beer with a straw?
Do you suppose that Stafford thought these pictures would be posted on the Internet and be singled out by AJC? If he was naive, he isn’t anymore.
By Leroy Smiths
May 4, 2007 9:33 AM | Link to this
Lawd i drinks me some Bull everyday so I’s don’t see what the problem iz with this cracker drankin him some cold beer. I gots drunk last night and went and robbed a sto so I would have me some money to bang a ho. Next thing I know I finds Laquita and gave her two packs of Newports and a 40 of BUll and we is back behind the dumpster getting our thing on yo.
By Blake
May 4, 2007 9:35 AM | Link to this
Stafford was definitely in his element at Talladega. (aka The Drinkin’, Chewin’ and Spittin’ Festival).
By Scott Case
May 4, 2007 9:38 AM | Link to this
Does the first poster sound a little gayish to anyone else. The man boy love for Stafford is comedy that writes itself. Did champdawg use the term NOT. I think its time to go kill yourself buddy. Anyone who pulls out the “judge not blah blah blah” quote is also a moron. Even though there are a lot of dumb dawg fans (I am a techie) there are a lot of cool ones too. They just don’t post. So for CJ and Stafford, who gives a rats a$$
By Gman
May 4, 2007 9:38 AM | Link to this
Richt needs to tell him to be careful but hec- you cant police a guy in another state if the authorities there are not having a problem with him!!!! Young single folks need to have a little fun! He will not be there forever!
By Ramble ON!
May 4, 2007 9:42 AM | Link to this
The transgender bathrooms must have been a recruiting tool to land Stafford. The length you fleabags go to get recruits is amazing…any word if Caleb can say the alphabet or is he still headed to Hargrave?
By D'Marcus Jefferson, Kappa Alpha Pledge-UGA
May 4, 2007 9:46 AM | Link to this
What’s the star QB of one of the top Football programs in the U.S. supposed to do? STUDY?? Are you kidding?
He better be out there drinking (and more than the average student since he’s the star QB of one of the top Football programs in the U.S.) and hookin’ up with as many women as possible since he’s the star QB of one of the top Football programs in the U.S..
He’s not at Liberty, Bob Jones U., or Oral Roberts…he’s at a school where you need to drink and do other extracurricular activities since he’s the star QB of one of the top Football programs in the U.S..
By tim
May 4, 2007 9:47 AM | Link to this
i think he should be put in front of a firing squad and shot. great newsworthy story. what insight. a college qb with a hot girl holding an empty keg. this deserves front page news…where did you get such journalistic insight into the lives of qb’s everywhere.
By Mark U.
May 4, 2007 9:48 AM | Link to this
I got real good money that says nothing is done. Suspending backup OL, other players where you have more than enough depth to cover up the absence, that’s one thing. MR can appear to play hardball and send his messages through those kids in those positions. The poster child, front man of your program, MR doesn’t carry enough mustard to throw down a suspension in this case, although it is deserved. Look at the past, tells the whole story.
By jabster
May 4, 2007 9:48 AM | Link to this
…and this is the result of all you bozos out there who support the 21 National Minimum Drinking Age. GMAFB.
Before some MADD mother joins the conversation, the reason fatalities went down after 21 was because of the GenX baby bust, not 21. The number of 16-20 year olds ever born went down faster than the “alcohol-related (sic) fatalities”.
http://www.chooseresponsibility.org http://www.getmadd.com
Want a beer? Gonna have to work for it. Call your congressman (at the federal level; the drinking age is still infinity in this state on Sunday). Get politically active and quit worrying about Iraq and other politically correct nonsense. That goes for your mommies and daddies too, unless you like bailing your kids out of jail because some too big for his britches cop wants to make a spectacle (and a few hundred dollar$$$) out of your progeny.
Stafford may not drink his whiskey clear like all the jolly good fellows, but let him have a beer.
By gdawginkalamazoo
May 4, 2007 9:50 AM | Link to this
Doug B, the drinking through the straw works like this. Obtain a large drink cup from Mickey D’s, Speedway etc. Kinda like the one pictured. Preferrably one of the white ones you can’t see through. Drop a tall beer can inside, cover with ice, put the lid on, insert straw and drink. Looks like a fountain drink. You can also hide jewerly and a pitbull in there too but only if you play QB for the falcons.
By Bill
May 4, 2007 9:51 AM | Link to this
Let’s not get carried away here. I’m sure Coach Richt will discuss this with Matthew, gather all the facts and then take the appropriate action. Let’s stop the press coverage and just let Coach handle it.
By Tom Tooberville
May 4, 2007 9:52 AM | Link to this
Obviously the young man needs help.
Perhaps a suspension is in order.
By MJL
May 4, 2007 9:53 AM | Link to this
Now we are going to far. All too many times we have the purests trying to stick it to our younger generation anyway they can. Do they not know that they did similar type of things back in their youth? Why is it that every time an athelete steps out on his own a bit to have fun is seen as the devil. I for one am getting a bit tired of it. Yes, if he were involved in under age drinking then that needs to be corrected, but a picture holding a beer keg with a pretty young lady beside him…come on!
For those who are making this more than what it is …..wake-up!!!!!
By reality check
May 4, 2007 9:54 AM | Link to this
You seem to know a lot about transgender bathrooms, Ramble ON!
I’ve never noticed any in Athens myself, but then I wasn’t looking for any. Apparently you were.
By HoundDawg
May 4, 2007 9:55 AM | Link to this
He’s kid, let’s let him be one. This is only news b/c folks like Chip Towers and others make it so. There are no photos of any illegal activities which makes this no news, so quit making it so. It’s this kind of needless crap that takes the fun out of it for these young athletes.
By IBDawgfan82
May 4, 2007 9:59 AM | Link to this
Tech4ever…your comments have to be some of the most asinine thoughts to ever be penned to paper, or in this case, an internet blog. It’s pretty clear from the pictures that Stafford is not drunk. As a paramedic, you should be able to tell that. And he wasn’t “passed out”, although the other guy may have been, because you can easily tell Stafford is making fun of the guy and is smiling in the picture.
It all boils down to this…the kid didn’t do anything to get into trouble. You are letting your hatred for Georgia obscure any attempt at logical reasoning. I don’t care if you ever drank in college or not…it doesn’t matter whether you are a Hindu holy man or a damn Quaker. You cannot allow your personal convictions to dictate if anything is wrong in this situation. Stafford DID NOT get arrested, Stafford is NOT pictured doing anything illegal, and there is NOT even any evidence that Stafford drank a drop…though I certainly would have, and did, at 19 years old. I honestly find it unfathomable that this type of generic college picture could generate this kind of response and take up space on AJC’s site. Anyone vilifying Stafford for something so trivial should step away from the computer and get a life.
Lastly Tech4ever, I found it deeply disappointing that someone deemed you fit to be a paramedic. Knowing that my life could potentially be in the hands of someone so skewed in their outlook on life (and obviously lacking in intellect) has darkened my day much more than any photographs of “college kids being college kids” ever could.
By Wozzo the Wonder Dog
May 4, 2007 10:03 AM | Link to this
Were any UGA golfers in the photos? The UGA golfers would probably have broken a wrist trying to lift a keg.
By RxCowboy
May 4, 2007 10:07 AM | Link to this
He should be suspended for the first game.
Ride with Pride! Go Pokes!
By mrk
May 4, 2007 10:07 AM | Link to this
Thank God they didn’t have the interent when I was in college. Or, a bunch of loosers who wished they could 1. Play football and 2. pick up a keg (even if it is empty) Get a life, it is a young kid at a nascar race having a good time. He we learn about being a celebrity and what comes with that, but he hasn’t done anything wrong.
How many of you are typing on this blog while at work. Should you be fired?
Don’t throw stones.
By IBDawgfan82
May 4, 2007 10:08 AM | Link to this
And furthermore, while he will no doubt receive(and probably deserves) a stern talking to from Richt, if it were up to me I would give Stafford a hand shake and a “congratulations” for understanding how to have a good time with hot girls and not get into trouble or get arrested, as many college students, athletes or otherwise, often do. Then I would proceed to tell him how much I wish I were back in college…
By GriffinDawg81
May 4, 2007 10:10 AM | Link to this
Coach Rich needs to beat Stafford Bobby Cox Wife Beater style. That kid needs to get his mind right.
By RedandBlackAttack
May 4, 2007 10:13 AM | Link to this
If this blog was about Michael Vick, then it would have been closed after two hours.
By yourallidiots
May 4, 2007 10:14 AM | Link to this
What a freagin idiot!!! Hopefully this will show Bulldawg nation that your unaccomplishable dream of Stafford taking you to the promise land is completely that- a fantasy. I am so sick of this guy already- AND HE HAS PROVED ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!! This is great publicity for such another UGA hopeful that will surely bust, as all his predessors have. Ramble on!!
By Yada Yada
May 4, 2007 10:15 AM | Link to this
Reggie Ball couldn’t lift a keg over his head, and his girlfriends were ugly.
By Dawgstompper
May 4, 2007 10:18 AM | Link to this
UGA - Graduating Drunks since 1776!
By 1ugadog
May 4, 2007 10:19 AM | Link to this
Drinking laws in this country are too stupid to be believed. Absolutely absurd, and it’s about time we really start challening our lawmakers on this stupidity. I used to teach a class of first-years: of 22 kids, only one did not have a fake ID. Why do we set kids up to be criminals when any and every self-respecting kid is going to drink. Always have and always will. Why do we still suffer from a failed attempt at Prohibitionism from 80-90 years ago??? Beats the crud out of me!!! Absolutely senseless!
By G'Vegas Dawg
May 4, 2007 10:21 AM | Link to this
The only reason this is causing a stir is because sub-par newsoutlets like the Atlanta Urinal and Constipation make it an issue. Several years back after Rex Grosman’s senior year, there were pics of him huffing nitriousoxide from a tank at a party. Did this ever make headlines? No. It was insignificant and not newsworthy. Just like this story. A 19 year old holding a keg above his head. We are in the middle of a war and the begining of another election and this is what we call “newsworthy”?
By ticklepile
May 4, 2007 10:21 AM | Link to this
Boy, those UGA quarterbacks seem to be having fun in their tickle pile! No wonder CMR has such success attracting quarterbacks! But won’t the other ones get jealous?
By GTFan
May 4, 2007 10:21 AM | Link to this
Actually, Stafford is an Earnhardt fan, what the picture doesn’t show is that he was throwing the keg at Jeff Gordon’s car. Unfortunately he hit the “orange” Home Depot car.
By James B. Dawson
May 4, 2007 10:22 AM | Link to this
Considering what his counter part on the Falcons gets away with, it ain’t no big deal!
By mike
May 4, 2007 10:25 AM | Link to this
U guys are a bunch of morons. Let the kid have some fun goofing off with friends, pretty girls, and beer. We all had our fun and moments in college. (unless u went to tech where u dont have fun and there are no pretty girls). People need to loosen up some.
By Rick
May 4, 2007 10:27 AM | Link to this
Bad timing but due to circumstances at UGA he needs to be aware and watch what he does in public. Other than that we should ignore …..
By shane
May 4, 2007 10:30 AM | Link to this
wish i had been there,young guy to carry the bear for me,i would handle the girl
By JaxDawg
May 4, 2007 10:30 AM | Link to this
I was at the Dawg Days event last night here in Jacksonville and CMR eluded to the Stafford photo when speaking about the fact that one of the toughest things is keeping track of all the players and making sure they don’t mess up or break any rules. He mentioned that it’s hard enough being an 18-22 yr old in college, away from home for the first time, now add a bit of celebrity and people following you around just waiting for a moment (like Stafford holding a keg over his head)to catch you in the act of doing something even remotely wrong. I think we all need to put it into perspective. It’s easy to sit back and criticize, but how many of us would have been in trouble or embarrassed if we had people following our every move and just waiting to catch a glimse of us doing something wrong? Hopefully it’s a good wake up call for all the Dawgs to watch their backs and be very careful about what, where, and who they are doing things at/with. Unfortunately, they just have to realize that they have to think not only about the consequences of their wrong actions, but also whether or not a perfectly legal action can be viewed as as suspect or damning in the court of public opinon.
By austindog
May 4, 2007 10:31 AM | Link to this
Poor, pathetic GT haters. Riled by images of a Georgia college kid having fun. These images must be fake! College kids, horsing around, evidence of beer drinking? Life fun? This shatters everything GT parents taught their obedient children.
And even worse? This kid will make more in one year than an engineer will make in his lifetime.
Cry, babies! Cry!
By gdawginkalamazoo
May 4, 2007 10:32 AM | Link to this
1 Matt Stafford, #2 Joe Cox. Any bets #3 Blake Barnes was the photographer?By Matthew Stafford
May 4, 2007 10:32 AM | Link to this
Everyone … it’s not MY fault. It’s Joe Cox’s fault. He was obviously trying to get me drunk so he can take me, I mean take my starting job.
By Gene
May 4, 2007 10:33 AM | Link to this
Surely Michael Adams has instituted some appropriate recovery program for a 19-year-old male who is hoisting a keg and having a good time with the ladies. Outrageous behavior for such an exemplary university!
By Dominic Techster
May 4, 2007 10:33 AM | Link to this
I’M A RAMBLIN WRECK FROM GA TECH AND A HELLUVA FREAKIN QUEER! A HELLUVA HELLUVA HELLUVA HELLUVA HELLUVA FREAKIN QUEER! JUST LIKE REGGIE BALL, I TAKE IT UP THE REAR! I’M A RAMBLIN WRECK FROM GA TECH AND A HELLUVA FREAKIN QUEER!
By gdawginkalamazoo
May 4, 2007 10:36 AM | Link to this
Our #1 QB is helping us to become the #1 tailgating school too!
By The Wreck
May 4, 2007 10:36 AM | Link to this
Now as a Tech fan let me say that we’ve all engaged in activities such as these. I can’t blame Mr. Stafford for embibing just a little and cavorting with a pretty young lady…
…but damn, Mutts, why do your boys always get caught?!? Take it inside!
By Dominic Techster
May 4, 2007 10:39 AM | Link to this
I’m just jealous I never had a pretty girl hang around me like that in my dorm room at tech. We just hung out with our terrorist buddies playing dungeons and dragons. The winner would get a wonderful tickle pile! I miss the days of the Keith Brooking tickle piles the most.
By Buzz
May 4, 2007 10:40 AM | Link to this
I am a GT grad/season ticket holder/fan and the rest of the GT fans need to shut up. I guess none of them ever drank when they were underage. Yeah right!
Bulldog fans I will be glad to hoist a cold one with you in Atlanta on the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
By SEC Champs 2007
May 4, 2007 10:43 AM | Link to this
Hey, give the kid credit where credit is due. The chick is a HOTTIE!
By Dominic Techster
May 4, 2007 10:43 AM | Link to this
I’m just jealous I never had a pretty girl hang around me like that in my dorm room at tech. We just hung out with our terrorist buddies playing dungeons and dragons. The winner would get a wonderful tickle pile! I miss the days of the Keith Brooking tickle piles the most.
By Goober
May 4, 2007 10:44 AM | Link to this
The ONLY blog I saw which made sense was Dave’s, who said the drinking age should go back to 18. At 18 an American man or woman is considered to be a legal adult. They can sign and be obligated to a contract, and they can go off to war and be wounded or killed fighting for our country. How ludicrous and hypocritical and inconsistent, and in fact, UNCONSTITUTIONAL, is it then, for this same American legal adult not to be allowed to drink alcoholic beverages, which ARE LEGAL. The drinking age was 18 for what, 50 years? And EVERY Georgia player could drink during those times, and did anything worse than today happen then? I would bet that 90% of every UGA players drank as 18-year olds, and they drink today. And they are productive, contributing members to society AND to the UGA football program.
The real problem is the artificially-high drinking age. It needs to go back to 18. We would save billions of dollars on not having to prosecute these cases of underage drinking. God knows we can always prosecute drunkeness at any age, as we do now. But putting people in jail, with all the ramifications and costs, for drinking a beer when they are legal adults?! If a parent wants their child how to learn to handle something potentially dangerous, like guns or alcohol, etc., you don’t prohibit it or keep it from them. You show them how it works and you teach them how to use it safely, and how to be responsible, and you establish and maintain high standards of use for the product. This is what parents did for a couple of hundred years and it worked fine then.
Bottom line is this: IF we trust our 18-year old American adults to sign a contract and go to war and enroll in college and play sports on TV, then shouldn’t we trust them to drink responsibly. In EVERY case in EVERY matter, when you demand and raise the level of standards and expectations about how we want our young people to behave, they respond in a positive way every time. Let’s go back to doing that with allowing 18-year olds to drink.
Of course, then what would we have to waste our bloggin’ time on?
By Rob in Atlanta
May 4, 2007 10:44 AM | Link to this
If anything, Richt should congratulate Stafford on landing that girl. WOW!!!
By David C. Raines
May 4, 2007 10:44 AM | Link to this
Coaches need to kick some of these brats off the team and maybe help them in the process. Steve Spurrier has been better than most, but he hasn’t done enough. Look at what’s happening in the Pro Ranks, maybe if they were taught some sense in College they would know better when they got to the Pro’s.
By Buck Cochran in the NW
May 4, 2007 10:47 AM | Link to this
Yo Ramble On, since JEFF GORDAN IS MY FAVORITE DRIVER I’D SAY MY BOYS HAD A GOOD ‘DEGA. STAFFORD DOES KNOW HOW TO PICK A CHICK AND GORDAN KNOWS HOW TO DRIVE. STAFFORD PROBABLY TOOK THAT KEG AWAY FROM SOMEBODY WHO WAS GOING TO TRY AND THROW IT OVER THE FENCE. YOU SEE HE JUST PUBLIC SAFTY IN MIND. HAD TO TAKE CARE OF HIS BACK UP QB WHILE HIS CHICK WAS TAKING CARE OF HIS BACK. YOU GOT TO ALWAYS COVER YOUR FRIENDS BACK………YES SIR, “MY BOYS DONE GOOD SUNDAY”. GORDAN ON THE RACETRACK AND MATTHEW LEADING WITH THE CHICKS!
By YANKEEDAWG
May 4, 2007 10:48 AM | Link to this
Why don’t everybody get a life! Leave the kid alone worst things happen on spring breaks and we never hear about it! If this is the worst thing he does in college he deserves a medal! Chip you should have never given this item a spot, on the blog. I think all college kids party hearty its been a long time but I believe no Iknow me and my college buddies of the class of 72 have done worst things at Rutgers.
By brandon
May 4, 2007 10:53 AM | Link to this
Is this really news worthy? What did this kid do wrong? What kind of newspaper is this?
By Jim Crow
May 4, 2007 10:56 AM | Link to this
Now we all know if this was Mike Vick the “Good” people of Atlanta would be crucifyng the so called “Thug” for his irresponsible behavior. Notice the mild tone of this article…..”don’t know if he was actually drinking” Compare and contrast any Vick related article with this article……..Nuff Said!
By jabster
May 4, 2007 11:02 AM | Link to this
Is this newsworthy? Not in the real world. In the politically correct, government is good so more government is better world, the 21 Drinking Age is a holy writ.
Look at that kid out in Winder who died—if there wasn’t the possibility that alky-hol was involved, it would have been below the fold on the first day and gone the next.
Not all laws are created equal. Some are more equal than others.
Clip and save: If you need to call the cops, for whatever reason, mention that there’s “underage drinking” going on if you want a quicker response. It’s like a code word with them to get the lead out.
Of course, I should really encourage the pro-21 crowd to keep it up, as they’ve gotten to the point that they’re really overplaying their hand and making complete @$$es out of themselves.
By austindog
May 4, 2007 11:02 AM | Link to this
David C. Raines,
For what? Kick them off the team for what? What in these photos was unacceptable behavior worthy of punishment?
By muddydawg
May 4, 2007 11:03 AM | Link to this
Just a kid having fun! Layoff all you Bama fans and go back to your single wides, he’ll be ready by the time the season comes around. I said…What’s that coming down the track? A Huge maching that’s red and black…Ain’t nothin finer in the land than drunk obnoxious Georgia fans!!!
By More Lameness
May 4, 2007 11:04 AM | Link to this
The Dawgs would like to thank Florida and Tech fans for your continued interest and obsession with the University of Georgia.
Verses UF 46-38-2 Verses Tech 59-36-5
By albgreene
May 4, 2007 11:04 AM | Link to this
Damn, ajc dont you have some anti-war story, or homo erotic coverage of GT that you need to be working on.
Hey those girls might not have been Auburn fans, they were at ‘Dega they were probably Tony Stewart fans.
What should CMR do about this? How about a high five and a slap on the a*.
Go Stafford, get you some, have fun, just dont get caught!!!!!!!! PLEASE!!
By Brett
May 4, 2007 11:04 AM | Link to this
Sounds like CMR needs to do a little more urging on getting the Dawgs to behave. I don’t think this was anything too serious and nothing to get in a twist about. I’m more worried about Martinez getting the D in shape than I am Stafford.
By JC
May 4, 2007 11:05 AM | Link to this
How can you idiots take up for this guy. This guy is the new face of our program. It does not matter if everyone in college drinks or not. He is held to a higher standard. At the very least you do not let pictures get out of you acting like Arkansas trailor trash. I hope that Richt has the balls to get this kids attention. You morons need to quit making excuses for these guys when they act like idiots. You make all of UGA look like a bunch of Trailor Trash! The nation thinks we are a bunch of back-woods hicks
By IBDawgfan82
May 4, 2007 11:05 AM | Link to this
In the interest of this blog, and with sanity in mind, I have decided to begin compiling a list of people who ACTUALLY HAVE A PROBLEM with these pictures. I’ll even give permission for the AJC to reprint my list. If anyone wants to contribute, they should hurry, because this should be a very short list…
A) Jerry Falwell B) Quakers C) A bitter Tech fan D) A Hindu holy man E) Carrie Nation F) A Baptist, but only when asked with no liquor store in sight G) Anyone else who thought Prohibition was a “good idea”
I think that about does it…and considering Stafford is not the starting quarterback for Liberty University, and Carrie Nation is long dead, it doesn’t really matter what any of these people think.
By War Eagle
May 4, 2007 11:06 AM | Link to this
Wow! I never realized what a fat A** Stafford is. He needs to fill the gap on the o-line. His name is definitely what got him those girls.
By DAWG FOREVER
May 4, 2007 11:07 AM | Link to this
Where are these photo’s? Would love to see my boy having fun. Go Dawgs!!!
By albgreene
May 4, 2007 11:08 AM | Link to this
By the way I bet the keg is full, Stafford is a man child!!
GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!
By Terry
May 4, 2007 11:14 AM | Link to this
Suspend him for at least the first game. It is non-conference anyways.
Go Dawgs!!!!
Albany, GA
By shane
May 4, 2007 11:16 AM | Link to this
i meant beer,you guys are amart enough to figure that out.I may have confused some of the auburn fans.sorry!
By Homey the Clown
May 4, 2007 11:16 AM | Link to this
Hey ATL Dawg Pound, This is in reference to your attempt at communicating this incoherent thought.
“Shut up Clown. UGA rocks. Last time I checked we won a nat champs in 80’, your last was in WWII. Nerd Losers.”
Your grasp of grammar is so sad. Also, GT won a national championship in 1990. I sincerely hope you are not a college graduate of any university in the state of Georgia.
By ????
May 4, 2007 11:19 AM | Link to this
MATT STAFFORD IS A THUG!!!!!!!!!
By SW
May 4, 2007 11:19 AM | Link to this
Jim Crow- “Now we all know if this was Mike Vick the “Good” people of Atlanta would be crucifyng the so called “Thug” for his irresponsible behavior.”
It’s a different situation…this kid had a keg, but was not shown doing anything illeagal or inappropriate. Vick, on the other hand, likes to smuggle pot…oh, I mean pot smelling jewelery, on to planes. BIG DIFFERENCE!!!
By crs
May 4, 2007 11:21 AM | Link to this
This is ridiculous, the kid is in college having a good time, i’m so sick and tired of the PC society we live in, let the kid have a good time.
By godawg
May 4, 2007 11:22 AM | Link to this
DAWG FOREVER here is a link to the blog with pictures of Matt w/friends at ‘Dega Just kids having fun. Happens everyday, everywhere. Nothing special. Nothing to see here people. Move along.
By Jim Crow
May 4, 2007 11:25 AM | Link to this
SW…..Empty Keg….Empty water bottle…same thang!
By ????
May 4, 2007 11:29 AM | Link to this
Last time I checked, kegs hold alcohol. Isn’t Matt Stafford under 21. Oh, but he was just goofing around huh? Oh, he’s young, let him have his fun. BULL!
By des
May 4, 2007 11:31 AM | Link to this
There is a difference in having a good time and ruining your life and career. Kid has been arrested twice for underage drinking. One little slip and it could be vehicular homicide. He is talented, has been afforded what others only dream about and I am beginning to wonder if he is worthy of it since he takes his “fun” so lightly.
By g smith
May 4, 2007 11:32 AM | Link to this
This is not even a controversy that would be brought up in Matt’s great state of Texas. Georgia is so conservative and run by you know whos that you can’t even have a picture of someone holding what appears to be an empty keg. Give me a break.
By Ga Dawg in Mo
May 4, 2007 11:32 AM | Link to this
What is the link to the pics? The Dawgs here in Missouri want to see!!!!
By jh
May 4, 2007 11:33 AM | Link to this
All this attention is just ridiculous. it is no one else’s business what Stafford does, and the little tattle tale who created this situation should find something better to do with him/herself.
By YANKEEDAWG
May 4, 2007 11:35 AM | Link to this
war eagle his fat a$$ sure beat the crap out of you’r Tigers .
By Rockymtndawg
May 4, 2007 11:36 AM | Link to this
“he’s a good christian kid” ??? What does that have to do with the price of tea in China? I guess I didn’t get the memo that Christians never get arrested for DUIs, assaults, etc. Is Akeem Hebron a muslim? Was IIIitch Poonan implying other religions aren’t immune to social ills as Christians are?
By jabster
May 4, 2007 11:38 AM | Link to this
One word: Photoshop.
By ????
May 4, 2007 11:42 AM | Link to this
Kick the THUG off of the team! He can’t be the leader of the team making these bad decisions. UGA, cut your loses now!
By Lars Tate
May 4, 2007 11:43 AM | Link to this
Who cares, just don’t let folks take pics of you while your drunk and running women!
By milledgeville dawg
May 4, 2007 11:43 AM | Link to this
who is the girl?
that might be the hottest chick i’ve ever seen?
By jabster
May 4, 2007 11:43 AM | Link to this
Des-
“Arrested twice for underage drinking”? Why not ticketed twice for underage drinking? Why not just ignore it to begin with unless he does something to harm someone else? Not everyone 18-20 year old who has a beer “slips” and hops in a car. Most don’t—you know it and I know it. Let’s quit pretending that all hell breaks loose when a young adult cracks open a cold one.
Saying that something is illegal because it is against the law is probably the world’s smallest circular argument.
By Joe Don Barker
May 4, 2007 11:44 AM | Link to this
“Mounting HOT college chicks?”
Put it back in your drawers buddy, and FYI.. refering to a man as a ‘stud’ more than once raises serious questions about preference. Stafford: wouldja?
Why don’t you gum on his nut sac, sweet thang!
By ????
May 4, 2007 11:45 AM | Link to this
Photoshop? Are you serious? UGA trash.
By Buck Cochran in the NW
May 4, 2007 11:46 AM | Link to this
DES, STAFFORD HASN’T BEEN ARRESTED FOR UNDERAGE DRINKING. I DON’T THINK YOU MEANT YOUR POST TO IMPLY THAT. HE’S NOT BEEN IN ANY TROUBLE PERIOD SINCE HE’S BEEN AT GA.
By Jaime Gaverts
May 4, 2007 11:47 AM | Link to this
You guys keep saying he should be “high 5’ed” for scoring the hot chick, but he’s actually spooning with a guy. Even in jest, spooning a man is wrong. Spooning with a man that is passed out drunk is rape. YOU DON’T SPOON WITH MEN.
By paulfromatlanta
May 4, 2007 11:49 AM | Link to this
I’m a Georgia Tech fan who roots against UGA in every sport.
But the people on the teams deserve fair treatment.
To attack someone for using a heavy metal object to lift (probably to show how strong he is) is ridiculous.
I found the AJC’s choice to link to a blog that says Stafford is gay to be a very poor choice in journalism. They can’t say it directly so they go around the rules of journalism.
By cdawg
May 4, 2007 11:49 AM | Link to this
“Guys - Lets admit it…Tech is killing us in recruting. Their sports teams are better across the board. I think we should see if the board of regents will allow us to join (junior membership) GT and the mighty ACC. Thoughts?”
mighty ACC eh? i mean…we are clearly no match for such perennial powerhouses like GT and wake forest. i can just imagine it now…the ACC Championship game…all 20,000 people going mild. marginally attractive women. warm beer. police searching laptop bags at the gates before every football game. why the hell would we not want to join the acc? it sounds like heaven.
By UGA Losers and Mike Bobo 17 INT
May 4, 2007 11:53 AM | Link to this
ATL Dawg Pound U.S.3.
Another UGA graduate cannot do the math. 1 Title for UGA in 1980, and 4 for GT and the most recent 1990. Would we expect less? No.
UGA and NASCAR go together and just another reason GT and other competing schools continue to land better recruits. Strange GT can keep their house in order, but UGA can’t.
The line on the UGA opener is OSU by 21 and UF by 35 for the cocktail party game.
By godawg
May 4, 2007 11:57 AM | Link to this
Matt was NOT drank’in beer. In a few shots you can see he’s holding a fountain drink. (Everybody knows he’s a Jack and Coke man.)
The keg is FULL. (Everybody knows Matt’s a stud.)
The girl is an Alabama student disguised as an Auburn girl trying to get Matt suspended for their game because they fear him. (Everybody knows those Alabama girls are nothing but trouble. Ask Mike Price.)
Matt and Joe are just doing some off-season practice getting under center. You gotta love their work ethic. (Everybody knows they can even do it in their sleep.)
By Mike Bobo 17 INT
May 4, 2007 11:58 AM | Link to this
UGA has an offensive coordinator who lead the schools in interceptions, now that is nice!
We are just wondering where Stafford’s blue jean shorts, Oakleys, high and tight white socks and goatie went? These are UGA trademarks for players and fans.
Now all I need is my lawn truck with my BIG G tag on the front, so everyone knows I am uneducated UGA fan, who knows nothing about nothing.
By Matt
May 4, 2007 11:58 AM | Link to this
Stop the presses!!!!
“19 Year Old Has Good Time”
Great story AJC. Seriously. Not kidding at all. rolls eyes
By JMS
May 4, 2007 11:59 AM | Link to this
May I suggest the reason he is at UGA is because he still has a lot to learn…. and he better start wising up fast! He needs to realise there are plenty of responsible kids out there willing and able to take his place!! This is not the role model I want out there for future generations…
By Ed Tolly
May 4, 2007 12:00 PM | Link to this
These photos are obviously Photoshopped and have been digitally altered. My client has done nothing wrong, and if the AJC doesn’t back down right now with a full retraction of this story, I will sue you for slander and libel. The young man in question was not even at said NASCAR event at the time — he was at a prayer meeting with Quincy Carter and Odell Thurman.
By savannah dawg
May 4, 2007 12:02 PM | Link to this
GT can keep their house in order???THAT is a joke…so now how many games did you A&&holes forfeit because your “SUPER STUDENT” athletes were not attending class??? And you are just jealous that we have a stud for a quarterback instead of a testicle.
By AltamahaDawg
May 4, 2007 12:06 PM | Link to this
I have to side with Cdawg. Tech, UF, UT, USC and AU are just killing us in recruiting and all the recent drinking scandals are causing too large of a distraction. We have no focus or leadership.
I am sick and tired of being associated with a program, which has won only 1 national title since the program started, and season after season is just average. Even GT has 4 titles and are landing larger recruits!!
We lose to UF, UT, Vandy and KY last year, and now this year our QB is lifting kegs above his head and we just cannot get focused.
Sorry guys, but I have opted for a better program and I am moving my allegiance to South Carolina. Spurrier is going to tee off on us this year, and it is time to call it day.
Go Gamecocks!
By Chip Towers
May 4, 2007 12:07 PM | Link to this
For those looking for the photos, just click on the blue-colored words in the third paragraph of my blog that say “these photos.” That’s a direct link.
By GTgrad98
May 4, 2007 12:07 PM | Link to this
Whoa, whoa! I don’t want to see pictures of care free fun.
I’m speaking for myself (and by extension everyone else) when I say there is no room for this type of behavior in America. These pictures go against my values and against what his values should be.
All fun should be had in the appropriate manner and in moderation. I am appointing myself judge of that.
By ????
May 4, 2007 12:09 PM | Link to this
I am really starting to question the manhood of UGA students and fans. Why are you calling this tub of lard a STUD????????? I guess you want him to be spooning you too huh? It is NOT okay for a man to call another man a STUD. PLEASE STOP!!!! You must be mispelling THUG.
By wildbillhiltner
May 4, 2007 12:10 PM | Link to this
The real lession to be learned is that our so-called “news”paper placed this piece more prominently than the real news that its beloved Harry Reid emboldened the terrorists and likely caused several young men to loose their lives by calling the Iraq thetre in the war of global terrorism as “lost.” Tucker, Bookman, & this gossip column tripe, what a fisher wrapper the AJC has become. PS - I’d be far more worried if our QB was not chasin’ hide that is drinkin’ beer.
By AltamahaDawg
May 4, 2007 12:10 PM | Link to this
GT has been on probation and under NCAA scrutiny much more than GT, and it is just a matter of time before the results from the current investigation are leaked about illegal recruiting practices.
Your program is already in a death spin and NCAA sanctions would be the final blow.
The UGA program is a joke, and only because the AJC is obsessed with you guys is the only reason you get any attention whatsoever.
By George
May 4, 2007 12:12 PM | Link to this
Surely everyone can see that he is just working for more arm strength. It would have been quite impressive if the keg had been full!
By savannah dawg
May 4, 2007 12:15 PM | Link to this
Manhood??? Not all UGA fans are men, you idiot..You obvously don’t know which you are because you sign on with question marks…you just wish a man or a woman would call you a stud…
By Gen Neyland
May 4, 2007 12:19 PM | Link to this
Those of you who’ve asked your 4 yr old, ” Go git daddy a bhar ” gots no room to point a finger at Stafford. Those of you that allow your 4 yr old to drink beer gots less. Anyway, the KEG in Alabama is considered ’ a sip of beer ‘… This is the biggest non topic in a while. Was he drunk..? Was he arrested..? Was he in Alabama..? If he indeed was in Alabama, then CMR needs to straighten that out…
By Buck Cochran in the NW
May 4, 2007 12:21 PM | Link to this
Altahama, is that the real you dropping the Dawgs and taking up it SC? Don’t believe it. got to be somebody using your name.
By GaVaHokie
May 4, 2007 12:22 PM | Link to this
He’s drinking under age which is a violation of NCAA rules and the law… he should be suspended. Where’s the poll on the AJC for that? Or do we only create Polls when Vick is in trouble?
By austindog
May 4, 2007 12:22 PM | Link to this
Genuine question for you GT folks:
Exams just ended, classes are finished. All the hard work and studying and weight of the semester are off your shoulders. It’s Friday night - what do you do? How do you celebrate?
By SEC Champs 2007
May 4, 2007 12:22 PM | Link to this
Breaking News: Photos were posted by disgruntled Auburn fan who was upset at the fact UGA kicked Auburn’s arse last year. Clearly, girl was an Auburn fan and the fact that our “stud” stole some War Eagle’s girl upset Auburn nation enough to post stupid pictures to try to get him in trouble.
But Matthew, I gotta give you props buddy — that chick is a HOTTIE!
By des
May 4, 2007 12:24 PM | Link to this
This guy has no class. Greene was a class act. As for Bobo, maybe stafford learned from Bobo’s bar brawls.
By Roswell Ed
May 4, 2007 12:27 PM | Link to this
WAR EAGLE!!
1,000,000 thanks ladies!!!!
By Spike
May 4, 2007 12:28 PM | Link to this
Punished for WHAT? What has he done wrong? Get his picture taken while having a good time? With a girl? Get a life all you bozos who think otherwise. Sheesh!
By ????
May 4, 2007 12:32 PM | Link to this
What has he done wrong? He attends UGA.
By Bill Gunter
May 4, 2007 12:33 PM | Link to this
Don’t you think it’s a little early in the game to ask your readers to submit wheather or not purnishment should be administered to young Stafford without having knowledge of both sides of the story? The American way is that everyone has his/her day in court.
By ????
May 4, 2007 12:35 PM | Link to this
It seems like a lot of people at UGA have a “good time”. Open a book and study.
By The Truth Hurts
May 4, 2007 12:35 PM | Link to this
Ga. QBs spooning together. How sweet. Ha.
Another off-field Hallmark moment for the Ga. football program. Lots of those, as always.
Chubby Stafford is out of his league with the girl. Maybe he impressed her with recitations of how many INTs he threw last year.
As much as everything about UGA pretty much sucks, must this be a news story? A college kid drinking? Really? That happens? Yes, it’s yet another embarrassment for UGA, but they’re used to that. The big deal is not that he’s drinking an adult beverage, it’s that a girl that beautiful would cozy up next to those armpits.
By I-DOG
May 4, 2007 12:37 PM | Link to this
Mike,
I know as a Georgia hater, that this is what you really want to believe. It just isn’t true.
Richt has suspended players that we need badly. The dawgs could sure use Ian Smith at some point in the next 6 games, but he won’t play because of DRINKING. Not assault, not rape, not drugs… having too much to drink and getting caught.
Hebron isn’t a 3rd string lb. He may or may not have started the first game for UGA (if he hadn’t been suspended), he would have definately played a significant role.
What exactly would you suspend Stafford for? Holding a metal object? Smiling too much? Which football program would suspend ANY player let alone their starting QB for doing this?
Richt doles out the punishment on a consistant basis. Richt made a mistake in not being tougher on Odell Thurman (IMO) but other than that, he has been very consistant, no matter who it is.
It is interesting that Calvin Johnson admits to smoking pot (which is a crime for anyone no matter the age in this country) but he is considered a “goody two shoes”. Someone takes a picture of Stafford holding a keg of beer and it is a news story??
What percentage of college students have never touched a keg of beer? 2%? David Pollack, is the only one I know of.
I have nothing against CJ from Tech, but ANY Tech fan getting on Stafford for something like this is a hypocryte.
By harold
May 4, 2007 12:37 PM | Link to this
what’s the big deal? is it illegal to pick up a keg of beer? no. it is illegal to do hot college chicks? not if they consent. case closed.
By des
May 4, 2007 12:37 PM | Link to this
UGA football players stay in the news more than Mike Vick, Mr. Gunter. Don’t you think it is time Mark Richt “spanked” some of his little boys (emphasis on little as in mind)
By ????
May 4, 2007 12:38 PM | Link to this
Hear both sides of the story? In Georgia? Please. Oh, I’m sorry, I forgot what color he was. Yeah, we need to wait to pass judgement on him until ALL the details come out.
By harold
May 4, 2007 12:39 PM | Link to this
Only problem harold sees is stafford looks a wee chubby. that girl is gonna dump him if he keeps it up. hey baby give harold a call when you are tire of that spare tire
By godawg
May 4, 2007 12:41 PM | Link to this
NW DAWGOnly the lowest piece of dung in the food chain would steal another poster’s handle. AHA! Obviously a fan of the fix-it shop school by the Varsity.
By porksword
May 4, 2007 12:41 PM | Link to this
I guess nobody here has ever gotten drunk before; when they were young. Ever. In their life. Had a good time. Clowned around. Been 19.
What a horde of angels you all must be.
Oops…you better get going…I hear Gabriel’s trumpet. You have work to do God’s corps of Angels. You have work to do. That’s called keeping your noses straight up other people’s _holes.
Straight up bunch of hypocrites you are.
By porksword
May 4, 2007 12:42 PM | Link to this
That’s for the do gooders on the post, btw. He’s a kid.
By ricker2442
May 4, 2007 12:43 PM | Link to this
Wow, but do you bloggers make me proud to be a Bulldog fan—no wonder the rest of the world (and all Tech fans) think we’re a bunch of ignorant rednecks—because evidently the majority of YOU are.
By Megan
May 4, 2007 12:44 PM | Link to this
If Coach Richt plans on speaking to Stafford, then he should probably kill 2 birds with 1 stone and speak to the whole team. Matthew’s not the first player to have pictures published over the internet indicating that he drinks under age….Trust me, I’m a student at UGA and I’ve seen first hand that it’s a situation that Richt needs to handle with the entire team and not just one person, regardless of their position.
By Silver Britches
May 4, 2007 12:47 PM | Link to this
This just in ….breaking news…..Tim Teabags was caught hoisting a giant tube of KY Jelly and , lookie there boys that’s Percy Harvin going for the “end zone”. Stafford, slap her a$$ while your at it.
By I-DOG
May 4, 2007 12:49 PM | Link to this
GA VA HOKIE:
You have to be kidding me, right???
Your comparing Michael Vick taking drugs and paraphanalia through the AIRPORT SECURITY CHECKPOINT! (As a multi-millionaire adult) with a Freshman college kid getting his picture taken holding a keg of beer?
How do you know he was drinking? OK In reality, we can pretty much assume he was… but you can’t suspend someone because you think he might have had a beer off campus in a different state??
What if David Pollack had lifted an empty keg just for fun and asked his buddies to take a picture. Here is a guy who didn’t have a sip of alchohol or have sex in college (I can’t imagine that, but I respect his discipline). Would you suspend him along the lines of “he must have been drinking underage, he was holding a keg”
Vick and his brother have been in trouble OVER AND OVER again. Its a little different.
By jabster
May 4, 2007 12:50 PM | Link to this
Who cares solely on the basis of “it’s against the law”? Yes, there are some good laws—don’t bother calling me an anarchist or some other non-argument—but the ol’ OCGA and USC need a good housecleaning. Until then my respect for the law has its limits. Just because it’s in the OCGA or USC doesn’t mean it’s not BS.
Remember, this is the state where it used to be a felony for your lawfully married wife to do a Monica Lewinsky on you. People went to jail because of it, even into the 1980s. Look it up!
And I won’t go into the Forbidden Number 09-F9-11….
By harold
May 4, 2007 12:50 PM | Link to this
where are the naked pictures of this chick, without the chubby guy please?
By nick
May 4, 2007 12:50 PM | Link to this
C’mon…Boys will be boys. As long as there are no pictures of him consuming alcohol, a warning (use better judgement dumb-a*) should suffice.
At least the chick is HOT!
By gdawginkalamazoo
May 4, 2007 12:52 PM | Link to this
This is the kind of thing that happens when you are allowed to park on the grass
Mike Bobo 17 INT, you remind me of a Jethro Tull song, nobody wants to listen to you. So if I refer to you as Jethro from now on you will know why. There is your reference.
By des
May 4, 2007 12:52 PM | Link to this
Not a do gooder, son. Seen first hand what arrogance and wreckless living can do to a promising athlete. Your handed a silver platter, better hold on to it. UGA is a joke.
By austindog
May 4, 2007 12:53 PM | Link to this
???? says “I am really starting to question the manhood of UGA students and fans” but wants to hang Stafford high for being seen with a keg and a pretty girl.
Go back to your Dungeons & Dragons frustrated hater.
By savannah dawg
May 4, 2007 12:53 PM | Link to this
????? poster really is sad…It says ” a lot of people at UGA have a good time…open a book and study.” Is that the only thing it does at TECH??? Is having a good time allowed only when you are studying??? I will say this….nothing, I mean NOTHING, that has happened at UGA in recent years is as embarrassing or funny as the “Flag Boy” Tech had on the filed a few years back. How many of you DAWG fans remember that…. Ms/MR.???? must be his little brother.
By tap
May 4, 2007 12:54 PM | Link to this
The young lass was trying to get in on Cox and Stafford’s action and make it a “three way”… Fun day at the race!
By des
May 4, 2007 12:54 PM | Link to this
If you have seen one thug you have seen them all
By fayncdawg
May 4, 2007 12:54 PM | Link to this
Stafford MIGHT have done something he should not have been doing. Only thing is, there is absolutely no proof that he violated team rules or the law! It’s only a picture of something that should give the Gator, Jacket, and War Tiger Nations a reason to hammer the Dawg Nation with weak blog entries. After CMR has his father/son chat with Stafford, let it be a dead issue! Hopefully the Dawg-haters who call themselves writers for the AJC will allow this to be a dead issue! I don’t expect as much from the Gator, Jacket, and War Tiger nations!
By meagtain
May 4, 2007 12:55 PM | Link to this
UGA kids are d*******. So are Tech kids. You both suck
By ????
May 4, 2007 12:57 PM | Link to this
How do YOU know that Vick had drugs and drug paraphanalia????? Last I heard, they said there were no drugs. At least we know what goes in a keg, so there goes your bias theory out the window.
By gdawginkalamazoo
May 4, 2007 12:57 PM | Link to this
Read the label on the keg people, it clearly says “O’Doul’s”.
By Coach
May 4, 2007 12:57 PM | Link to this
College football players drinking beer?
If suspension was required for players who drink beer, the stadiums would be empty on Saturdays.
I can’t believe the AJC is trying to make a big deal of this.
By Reuben Houston
May 4, 2007 12:58 PM | Link to this
Anybody seen Calvin? He still owes me for that quarter bag.
By AltamahaDawg
May 4, 2007 1:01 PM | Link to this
Thanks for the direction Chip, we are UGA graduates and fans, we we have no idea how the internet works. We are basically dumb as a rock.
By I-DOG
May 4, 2007 1:02 PM | Link to this
????
It is easy to make racial allegations with no facts to support them.
Did you know that 1/2 the players suspended for games at UGA this fall are White? Do you know how many white players have been suspended for games in Richt’s tenure? If you don’t, how can you make such a claim.
In my opinion, the only player that Richt has been soft on with Discipline is Odell Thurman. Do you know what color he is?
Lets take it a step further. How many major Universtities in this country can say that they have had multiple head basketball coaches who are black. Multiple starting QB’s (Shockley, Quincy, Ward, Johnson, Jackson) and an African American Athletic Director?
I can’t think of another school that can make that claim. Michigan? Florida, Georgia Tech?
If you have any allegations that have substance… feel free to post them.
By harold
May 4, 2007 1:04 PM | Link to this
the only reason this is ‘news’ is because the ajc knew it would bring us out in droves. WE are at fault for the ajc’s exploitation of this young couple.
By GABOI1911
May 4, 2007 1:06 PM | Link to this
The kid is in college. There is no real proof from the pictures that he was drinking beer. If he was so be it. It is not illegal until you get caught. I just hope he laid that bad chick.
By ????
May 4, 2007 1:07 PM | Link to this
Didn’t go to TECH, and don’t really care if Matt Stafford smoked crack. Honestly, I got interested in this particular blog to see how people were going to take up for Matt Stafford. Let it be another player in the same situation, he would probably be thrown under the bus. This is really funny to me, but what can you say, this is America.
By savannah dawg
May 4, 2007 1:07 PM | Link to this
Well congratulations to ????? He knows what goes in a keg!!! By the way, ???? what does color have to do with anything involving Stafford? Are you racist??
By SEC Football
May 4, 2007 1:07 PM | Link to this
I-DOG….That just it. Pollack would have never done such a thing. I don’t think Stafford did anything wrong except use bad judgement. With the alcohol incidents that have been happening at UGA recently, it is just bad publicity the school doesnt need. He was not seen drinking so he can’t be accused of that. The pictures of him cuddling with Cox is what is more disturbing to me!! LOL
By marbo
May 4, 2007 1:09 PM | Link to this
I- dog, that was the dumbest rebuttle to a statement i have ever heard. First of all Vick has NEVER been arrested of anything, including so-called “taking drus and paraphanalia through an airport security checkpoint.” Second of all Vick is an Adult who is old enough to make his own decisions without an arse like you telling him what to do. Now i dont give a damn about a college student having sex or drinking because i did those things myself. But, the fact remains that Stafford is still underage and if you do the crime and get caught you do the time.
By RJ
May 4, 2007 1:10 PM | Link to this
Big SO WHAT!?!
What’s the “news” angle here —- college kids having fun and doing nothing wrong? Maybe that’s news to some of you, but to the rest of us, not so much.
Some people need to grow up —- and (hint, hint) it’s not the people in the pictures.
By Notadawg
May 4, 2007 1:10 PM | Link to this
It seems to me that he’s doing more “snuggling” with the guy than the girl. I’m not sure what we should derive from that, but there it is.
By tdog
May 4, 2007 1:12 PM | Link to this
let that kid drank if he want to yeah boy
By Jules Winnfield
May 4, 2007 1:12 PM | Link to this
i think he’s gay
By ????
May 4, 2007 1:12 PM | Link to this
I wasn’t making any racial allegations about how Mark Richt handles his team. I am talking about public opinion when it comes to situations like this. I have read enough of these type blogs to form my opinion, and in my opinion, if this player were not white, half of these people on this blog that are making excuses for him, would be throwing him under the bus and calling him a thug. If you don’t believe me, you are not living in the same world I am.
By ????
May 4, 2007 1:17 PM | Link to this
Nope, not a racist, and actually I don’t think this should even be in the news. I have been on here stirring up trouble to make a point. Many people pass judgement before all the facts come out, but in this country, the color of your skin many times determines how quickly people will assume that you are guilty.
By jabster
May 4, 2007 1:18 PM | Link to this
Stafford is an adult too…age of majority in AL and GA is still 18 regardless of the drinking age. Drinking doesn’t make you an adult, and the drinking age doesn’t make you a minor.
I’d have no problem with the “do the crime-do the time” argument if so many stupid things that aren’t of anyone else’s concern weren’t illegal!
Next thing you know they’re going to try and ban the Budweiser song (again!).
Jackets and Dawgs (and Gators, and…) need to hang together on this, or we will all hang separately…
By Mike R.
May 4, 2007 1:18 PM | Link to this
So what…he’s clearly not drinking, and he was showing off for that hot chick. all of you that are pointing fingers are usually those guys I see behind the bowling alley drinking paint thinner or doing worse!
By Enoyls
May 4, 2007 1:19 PM | Link to this
Hey Marbo, Holding a keg over your head does not prove that any drink was taken from said keg. Its not illegal to hold a beer keg over your head no matter what your age. Get your facts straight before you state things about being “underage”.
There was no ‘crime’ so there is no ‘time’ to do. The rest of you tightwads need to relax and quit trying to make college kids into compliant drones that do no wrong and only do what they are told. College is about learning and having fun. Relax a bit and leave the boy alone.
By DudeGoneWild
May 4, 2007 1:19 PM | Link to this
It’s called “college”. As beautiful as the ‘ho’ was, she’s probably the one who posted the pictures to show off. I hope the ‘tang’ was worth it for Stafford.
By muddydawg
May 4, 2007 1:22 PM | Link to this
No wonder your women always come runnin’ to us dawg fans…look at you… classic example of a Auburn fan… [IMG]http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g246/garrettgrimsley/RedneckAU_fan.jpg[/IMG]
classic example of a bama fan living in the past greatness of Bear Bryant…. [IMG]http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g246/garrett_grimsley/Crimson2.jpg[/IMG]
By sykojohnny
May 4, 2007 1:22 PM | Link to this
You need to edit your comments. The “mounting of Hot Chicks” is sexist and the “Rufus Rastus Johnson Brown” is beyond racist.
By ????
May 4, 2007 1:22 PM | Link to this
If anything I have said makes me a racist, then I am the biggest racist you will ever meet.
By muddydawg
May 4, 2007 1:24 PM | Link to this
all of you that are pointing fingers are usually those guys I see behind the bowling alley drinking paint thinner or doing worse!
Now that is some funny Sh^t
By chad poarch
May 4, 2007 1:24 PM | Link to this
you can not suspend him!!
By jawja shucks
May 4, 2007 1:24 PM | Link to this
Are all Georgia fans this smart? It’s only been 27 years since you had anything to celebrate nationally, if you think the man-spooner is getting you there, think again.
By savannah dawg
May 4, 2007 1:26 PM | Link to this
???????
You obviously were really stretching to make your point about color, so don’t back down now. It is abundantly clear that you resent the fact he is white, talented, and at UGA. When people can’t find any other way to justify something they always play the race card. Weak excuse you are using to justify your statements.
By muddydawg
May 4, 2007 1:30 PM | Link to this
[http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g246/garrettgrimsley/RedneckAUfan.jpg] [http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g246/garrettgrimsley/Crimson2.jpg]
enough said
By JMDawg
May 4, 2007 1:31 PM | Link to this
Overblown news story of the year. Each and every one of you would have tried to impress that girl by lifting that keg when you were Stafford’s age, too. Stop being so self-righteous.
By toggle
May 4, 2007 1:34 PM | Link to this
BFD … back in the day, Butch Box and the boys woulda kicked the s**t out of the photographer.
Tell ‘em ‘bout us down the road!
(The folks who recognize that line are the same folks who remember Butch Box .. and vice versa.)
By Desiree
May 4, 2007 1:35 PM | Link to this
I just wish all you tools would learn how to spell judgment. There is no extra ‘e’ in it. Go look in a dictionary.
By Dawg4life
May 4, 2007 1:36 PM | Link to this
Here’s something for all the righteous, perfect people who didn’t drink underage, but are ready to demand the suspension of Stafford, to think about: In those pictures, the guy who’s passed out on the ground (whom Stafford is spooning — as much as it disappoints me to say) is ALLEGEDLY backup No. 2 QB Joe Cox. Now, if he’s passed out on the ground, one can only logically assume that he’s drunk as well. Should Richt suspend, or take some harsh disciplinary act, or even just talk, to him as well? After all, if he’s passed out like that on the ground, he MUST be drunk, right? (sarcasm intended)
Note the use of the word ASSUME above, just like everyone is assuming that just because Stafford is hoisting a keg and spooning the guy that he is drunk.
By LOL
May 4, 2007 1:36 PM | Link to this
LOL @ Notadawg.
?????, I agree with you on the tone this blog would have taken had he not been an “all american kid having fun.”
By ????
May 4, 2007 1:38 PM | Link to this
You must not understand what I am trying to say. I don’t care if the dude was drinking or anything, and I really don’t care that he was white. As I said before, the point I am trying to make is about public opinion when people get in trouble. Believe me, I don’t back down from anything, so we can go at this all day, but it is pointless because you think I don’t like white people. What I don’t like is when people are not consistent in their views. If I am wrong in my opinion, fine, prove it to me.
By muddydawg
May 4, 2007 1:40 PM | Link to this
????????? why don’t you go outside and grab a branch…
By fayncdawg
May 4, 2007 1:41 PM | Link to this
I hope that there are no entries on this blog from the War Tiger Nation considering what happened to one of theirs this past Sunday in St.Louis! A person from the War Tiger Nation who would dare enter something anti-Dawg on this blog is stupidder than Josh Hancock! If only Mr. Hancock were guilty of lifting an empty keg of O’Douls over his head in front of a half-dressed young lady! And if the person who took the picture is really a member of the War Tiger Nation, then he/she needs to walk the Green Mile! Hopefully he/she has a picture of that crash scene in St. Louis in his collection! Wonder if he/she will publish that picture!!!
By clay
May 4, 2007 1:44 PM | Link to this
The hoopla about these photos is a ridiculous. The kid has done nothing. People need to get a real life.
By muddydawg
May 4, 2007 1:44 PM | Link to this
Desiree—— the word is spelled judgement…put it in your micorsoft word and run spell check
By gdawginkalamazoo
May 4, 2007 1:45 PM | Link to this
And, as one Georgia official pointed out to us, the fact that he’s picking up the keg over his head in one of the pictures indicates the keg is likely empty…..
Chip, this is why I am proud to be a Bulldog. We have our own “empty keg? or not?” official at the university.
By muddydawg
May 4, 2007 1:47 PM | Link to this
must have gone to Auburn or Alabama huh Desiree?
By Coach Pertrino
May 4, 2007 1:47 PM | Link to this
you guys are sick, had this been vick ha we all would be assuming he was drinking lol but what the hell is vick doing? Coming from an african american myself, he can’t keep f#$#% up, we just can’t have a face for our franchise like that, Joey get ready, you might have your just SOON!
By R2dawg
May 4, 2007 1:48 PM | Link to this
You guys really have too much time on your hands.
I long for the good old days when the AJC actually did reporting on UGA and the SEC as opposed to gossip, speculation and relying on doofus bloggers for information.
Stafford is a student at a state university. The fact that he’s carousing with some cutie and drinking beer is an affirmation of his normality.
Get a freaking life.
By muddydawg
May 4, 2007 1:50 PM | Link to this
My apologies Desiree…I ran it in my e-mail and then Micorsoft word…I stand corrected it is judgment…my spell check in my e-mail must be broken :()haha sorry
By gt76
May 4, 2007 1:52 PM | Link to this
it must be some form of lite beer..not the real stuff
By ????
May 4, 2007 1:53 PM | Link to this
Muddydawg, is that the best that you can do? If so, UGA has a lot more problems than alcohol. LOL, most of the people on here know I am telling the truth, they just don’t want to admit it. It’s funny that people are making assumptions on what race I am.
By L L
May 4, 2007 1:54 PM | Link to this
Has anyone bothered to see if the tap was still on the keg??? And the drool on his chin is not beer, it’s for the chick in front of him.
By LowerEastSidedawg
May 4, 2007 1:58 PM | Link to this
Is there compelling evidence that Stafford broke the law? I don’t see it. Are there photos I haven’t seen with Rueben Houston in the background?
By John Mitchell
May 4, 2007 1:59 PM | Link to this
Give the kid a break. Don’t see where anything proves he was drinking. He’s a college kid having a good time. Get off his back.
By B
May 4, 2007 2:04 PM | Link to this
you folks leave this boy alone, he is doing just fine…. only a select group of boys get to play at a school like Georgia, so all you high school harry’s that only wish you had the talent to play, calm down, because after this is all over with… #7 will still be getting buzzed running tail and throwing TD’s…. and all ya’ll can do is watch in the stands!
By John Mitchell
May 4, 2007 2:04 PM | Link to this
Tech4ever needs to get a life. Tech sux, he knows it and trashing GA is the best he can do.
By Jack P
May 4, 2007 2:10 PM | Link to this
Wake up Stafford. Act like a man instead of a bozo.
By des
May 4, 2007 2:12 PM | Link to this
If the dawg nation is any indication of the people ruling the future, stop the world, I’m ready to get off. Drunks, stds, debt out the wazoo…..
By Kara
May 4, 2007 2:12 PM | Link to this
Oh my gosh…leave the kid alone! Why ruin his summer. He’s in college having fun! he’s not hurting anyone…LEAVE HIM ALONE! It’s not like we weren’t all doing the same thing the summer after our freshmen year(maybe not lifting kegs)but for the most part we were all “having fun” before we turned 21. Seriously, it’s so annoying when people in the spotlight are doing what everyone else is doing but somehow they are so horrible! There are a lot of more important problems in the world than our QB having fun on his Summer vacation. How about we worry about beating TN, FL, and Auburn? And I guarantee you that Stafford and the rest of the boys will be ready when Opening Day comes around. So until leave the kid alone…
By watson hall
May 4, 2007 2:13 PM | Link to this
Ga Tech does not need him…but we will take the girl! Richt has NO control over his program!
By B
May 4, 2007 2:14 PM | Link to this
First off, is that an Auburn girl he’s with…. What is he thinking? Auburn… Looks to me like OC, Bobo, is teaching our boys about what it’s like to be QB at UGA!!!! Looks like fun to me. I am sure Coach Richt will have a long talk with these boys about being low key… All will be well..
By Kara
May 4, 2007 2:15 PM | Link to this
Oh my gosh…leave the kid alone! Why ruin his summer. He’s in college having fun! he’s not hurting anyone…LEAVE HIM ALONE! It’s not like we weren’t all doing the same thing the summer after our freshmen year(maybe not lifting kegs)but for the most part we were all “having fun” before we turned 21. Seriously, it’s so annoying when people in the spotlight are doing what everyone else is doing but somehow they are so horrible! There are a lot of more important problems in the world than our QB having fun on his Summer vacation. How about we worry about beating TN, FL, and Auburn? And I guarantee you that Stafford and the rest of the boys will be ready when Opening Day comes around. So until leave the kid alone…
By Kara
May 4, 2007 2:16 PM | Link to this
Oh my gosh…leave the kid alone! Why ruin his summer. He’s in college having fun! he’s not hurting anyone…LEAVE HIM ALONE! It’s not like we weren’t all doing the same thing the summer after our freshmen year(maybe not lifting kegs)but for the most part we were all “having fun” before we turned 21. Seriously, it’s so annoying when people in the spotlight are doing what everyone else is doing but somehow they are so horrible! There are a lot of more important problems in the world than our QB having fun on his Summer vacation. How about we worry about beating TN, FL, and Auburn? And I guarantee you that Stafford and the rest of the boys will be ready when Opening Day comes around. So until leave the kid alone…
By David Allen
May 4, 2007 2:17 PM | Link to this
If that was Michael Vick holding a keg, they would be asking for his ouster.
By gdawginkalamazoo
May 4, 2007 2:18 PM | Link to this
This just in….. It has been reported that the EMPTY keg fell off of Michael Waltrip’s rig as he was leaving the track after not qualifying.
By savannah dawg
May 4, 2007 2:21 PM | Link to this
I don’t really care what race you are…I just so tired of the whole race card being played regardless of the situation. Did anyone say anything about race when Calvin Johnson made his pot smoking comment…NO!!!! Also, all the UGA fans I know root for the players on our team regardless of color, and last time I checked the black players on our team far outnumber the white. We revel in their accomplishments and disappointments without worrying about their race. Yeah, there are those exceptions, but you have those at any college or organization and it is done by all races. If you recall, one of most beloved Bulldogs, # 34, Herschel Wlaker, was black. But to claim most people are on here defending Stafford because he is white and that we would not do the same if he were black is biased and racist and an attempt to grasp at straws to spew trash at a kid. You are the only one who brought that entire issue up. It was not enough that you called him a thug which he does not deserve, even if he were drinking, but now he is more guilty if he doesn’t get in trouble because he is white. Your mentality is one that says we should punish him for this because he is white. Each case with kids is different and he has done nothing to deserve being called a thug. I think even you will have to concede the integrity with which Mark Richt has handled our program thus far. He is a first class man of impeccable character in every way, and I would say that of him if he were coaching anywhere in the country. I trust him to handle this in the right way.
By Auburnfan80
May 4, 2007 2:21 PM | Link to this
The only appropriate action would be to kick him off the team and never let him touch a football again. I mean, a college student drinking beer at a nascar race….that’s just unheard of.
By Ben Robinson
May 4, 2007 2:22 PM | Link to this
To me this is a no-brainer. Coach Richt should talk to him about how it looks and that cameras love to take pictures of celebs! A caution is more than enough.
By ????
May 4, 2007 2:25 PM | Link to this
David Allen, you can’t say that in this blog because people are going to say you are pulling the race card and it doesn’t matter what color he is because he is young and just having a good time.
By gator the dog catcher
May 4, 2007 2:29 PM | Link to this
Sorry, but I’ve got to have some fun with this one boys.
So…..I guess it really is U-G-A-Y afterall!!!!
I guess the spooning picture was just “some friendly qb competition” between Stafford and Joe Cox?!!!
Call David Perno, I heard he was looking for some “Switch Hitters”.
……Well, lets give the kid the benefit of the doubt now.
Stafford was probably just practicing the Heisman pose,… passed out and just happened to land on Joe Cox.
“What’s wrong with two grown men “Hunkering down” together????
Stafford was just preparing himself for life after UGAY by visiting a mobile home park.
That wasn’t a keg, it was a “TOY” that he planned to use on Joe Cox later.
Stafford: “Hey Joe, let me show you what Odell taught me after he got out of the slammer”
Joe Cox: “Odell….is that you again???”
By objectively speaking
May 4, 2007 2:31 PM | Link to this
what if Vick did it ? you would put your hoods back on and try and hang him for it. But not a good ol gawga boy! And you people wonder why no elite athletes want to play in this town. your starting qb is on the ground with your backup and you are making excuses for him. remember the Vick photo? I will bet anyone on here any amount that this is swept right under the rug with the same broom used for Kerney. Underage drinking is illegal. Period. Send a message Richt.
By David Allen
May 4, 2007 2:33 PM | Link to this
Nothing to do with race. Everything to do with Georgia players being held to a more relaxed standard, especially if they can produce.
By shane
May 4, 2007 2:35 PM | Link to this
so the kid went to a nascar race and goofed off in some pictures,big deal.cmr should remind him that the press will make something out of nothing and to be careful in photos. that is ‘nuff said on that.i want to know why we haven’t had a new commit since march,this is my last blog unless the ajc wants to print a story about something that matters,like why they wrote off half the state,and i can’t get my paper,then i’ll be back.
By GSU kid
May 4, 2007 2:35 PM | Link to this
ATL Dawg Pound U.S.3. GT won in 1917 1928 1952 & 1990 uga won in 1980. So GT has won more total and more recently than your dogs. Wow even florida has won more than your beloved dogs! Ouch!
By Athens Cat
May 4, 2007 2:38 PM | Link to this
sec is a joke. Maybe one day they will catch up to the ACC;-)
By ????
May 4, 2007 2:40 PM | Link to this
I definitely don’t think that Matt Stafford is a thug, far from it. I said that to make a point. I don’t think that he should be getting in any trouble, white, black, brown, blue, etc. It does not show him consuming any alcohol, so it should not be such a big deal. I am not saying that you should not be defending him. You are still missing my point. If the things that I am saying do not apply to you then you shouldn’t even worry about what I am saying. As I said, my opinion is based off of my observations, and if you don’t agree then that is your right. All I am saying is that the tone of this blog would be different had he been color. So if that is pulling the race card, then I have a whole deck of cards waiting. If I am wrong, then society has yet to prove that to me. Basically what I am saying has nothing to do with how Mr. Richt is going to handle this situation, and nothing to do with Matt Stafford as a person, I AM TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC OPINION. What about that do you not understand? Or do you just not want to understand? THIS IS MY OPINION. If I offended anybody by jokingly calling him a thug, get over it, like I said, I was making a point.
By fayncdawg
May 4, 2007 2:42 PM | Link to this
Tech4 Ever is a lying idiot!!! By in large, Dawg fans have given your Tech thugs a break (and so have those Dawg-haters who call themselves AJC writers! You’d think GT has Journalism School that sends scores of graduates to the AJC!) The only Tech idiot who Dawgs fans frequently crack on is Reggie Ball! I hear little to nothing about the poor choices Calvin Johnson, Reubin Houston, and Kenny Scott have made! Heck the only reason I even heard about Scott’s plight was because he was crying like a baby over the fact that Gordon Ely-Kelso almost got drafted over him!!
By AltamahaDawg
May 4, 2007 2:43 PM | Link to this
Buck: it is true I have moved to the darkside, but the winners side.
gdawginkalamazoo: you have no idea, now back to the body shop. Mrs. Richt wants to know if here AMC Pacer is ready.
By gator the dog catcher
May 4, 2007 2:44 PM | Link to this
Its not Stafford’s fault, Cox snuck in while Stafford was sleeping. I guess Joe Cox really is a “back-up” qb!!!
By matt
May 4, 2007 2:44 PM | Link to this
I’m actually sitting here lauging at some of you morons who think he should be suspended!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?! HE WASN’T ARRESTED!! HE DIDN’T GO TO JAIL!! He obviously didn’t drive home drunk because he was neither in an accident or pulled over and it wasn’t like he was driving home from a bar. Talladega is a little bit of a drive! Have a talk with him, run him and move on! If he’d been arrested then it would be a completely different story!! Holding a keg, hugging a hottie (not the guy on the ground) and drinking out of a straw are not illegal!
By Coach Pertrino
May 4, 2007 2:45 PM | Link to this
I Agree, Underage Drinking is against the Law, but its no way its going to be proven with photos. Now coach, send your team a message, esp your prestige players because eyes are on them and people are going to do anything to expose MISTAKES OR WRONG DOINGS, Go DAWGS, GO FALCONS, GO BRAVES, FORGET THE HAWKS, WHO ARE THEY LOL!
By gator the dog catcher
May 4, 2007 2:50 PM | Link to this
I heard Stafford’s favorite song was “Spoon Man” by Soundgarden.
Spoon Man Lyrics (Joe Cox Remix):
Spoon Man…(guitar)…reach around with yo hand.
By Vick's Middle Finger
May 4, 2007 2:52 PM | Link to this
Hang that cracker and send a message. Everybody want to hang Vick for the B.S. that people be putting in the paper. Lets see what yall do now with a white boy promoting underage drinking.
By savannah dawg
May 4, 2007 2:52 PM | Link to this
It was made an issue of race by ???? He says so in his blogs; go back and read them. He also calls Stafford a thug. If he is a thug based on the pictures shown here, then almost every college student is also. You mentality suggests that UGA is not doing its job if we don’t hire secret police to follow every student and athlete around all the time, photographing them and making sure we punish the athletes more severely, especailly the high profile ones. David Allen and ????? must be the purest of the pure. Let those without sin cast the first stone.
By gdawginkalamazoo
May 4, 2007 2:54 PM | Link to this
gtdc, funny dude funny! Keep em coming.
AltaDawg, you would not want me working on any car much less an American classic like that.
By ugafootball5
May 4, 2007 2:55 PM | Link to this
Doesn’t it make everyone feel good that our QB is an honest beer-drinking, race loving, ladies’ man who likes to play jokes on his buddies during his offseason? That stuff w/ Joe C is not gay, it’s just hilarious
By fayncdawg
May 4, 2007 2:55 PM | Link to this
And by te way, Tech4 Ever! If the Feds give Houston as much a break as the Dawg Nation has, then Houston can probably look forward to not spending a day in federal prison!! Houston is PRAYING that the F eds give him the same beak the Dawg Nation has given him!! Now if Reggie is ever found to have a kilo of some dope, then whoa!!! The Dawg Nation will crack on him going into the naxt millenium!!
By UGAParent
May 4, 2007 2:58 PM | Link to this
Stafford is under 21 and if it can be proved that he was drinking then he was breaking the law and should be disciplined accordingly. People can’t just brush it off as kids will be kids. There are to many drunk drivers on the road. We don’t need kids adding to the danger. He should be an example not a statistic and Richt should make this clear.
By savannah dawg
May 4, 2007 3:00 PM | Link to this
I do understand what you are saying ???? but who cares about public opinion of who of what bloggers defend? The point is, he is a kid who was having fun and I am sure he never dreamed these photos would get all this attention. I am sure he is upset by all of this and would never have done anything to bring about all this negativity. I say shame on whoever published them in the first place. I do not, however, think you were kidding when you called him a thug.
By David Allen
May 4, 2007 3:03 PM | Link to this
The Atlanta media has cast enough stones at non-Georgia players to start their own rock quarry. I’m not pure, just discerning (for those of you educated in Georgia that means I can see things real well).
By ????
May 4, 2007 3:04 PM | Link to this
Savannah dawg, can you read or are you only pulling excerpts from the things that I am saying to help your argument that I am a racist? Hell, I did underage drinking in college. So stop half reading what I am saying to fit your agenda and based on you not comprehending what I am saying, maybe UGA didn’t do its job with you. Yes I did call him a thug and UGA trash, but as I said before, I said that to prove a point. How many times do I have to say that. Maybe only I can see my full posts.
By Varnell Dawg
May 4, 2007 3:06 PM | Link to this
You all know Stafford was doing a field research study and went undercover to see how Alabama rednecks “Keep It Real”. At least the beverage of choice was good ‘ol beer and not Mad Dog or Malt Liquor. Stafford is a pretty big boy and dang if that first picture doesnt look like John Elway.
By mcdawg
May 4, 2007 3:06 PM | Link to this
the photos are so obviously doctored (very easy to do in the digital age—- so glad i grew up at a time when the puritans worried about themseleves instead of everyone else
By STP
May 4, 2007 3:09 PM | Link to this
I was camping near Stafford and friends in Dega. I didn’t see him doing anything wrong, unless having fun is wrong. Give the boy a break, he and his friends were very polite and courtious young men. That in itself made me a bigger fan than ever. GO DAWGS!!
By hairy
May 4, 2007 3:10 PM | Link to this
???? What color are you? What school did you attend? I will let your answers speak for themselves
By Tabi
May 4, 2007 3:17 PM | Link to this
How can they punish him, not knowing whether or not he did anything wrong. What makes them so sure he was drinking? No, I don’t think he should be punished for something he wasn’e caught doing.
By savannah dawg
May 4, 2007 3:17 PM | Link to this
Well, calling him a thug and trash does nothing to prove your point anymore than you latest post claiming I can’t read does. I don’t care if you are racist; I don’t care what YOU think of my education; and I don’t care what YOU think of UGA. What angers me is that you used that kid who is not here to defend himself and made deragatory comments about him that were unfair just because you dislike UGA. All fans jaw back and forth, but using a kid in that way is wrong; I don’t care where you went to school.
By ????
May 4, 2007 3:17 PM | Link to this
Okay, I hate Matt Stafford, UGA, and all white people. Are you happy now? Is this what you were waiting for me to say? Well there you go. I hope that made your day Savannah dawg.
By ????
May 4, 2007 3:22 PM | Link to this
Doesn’t matter and doesn’t matter.
By savannah dawg
May 4, 2007 3:26 PM | Link to this
????? The only thing that would make my day would be for you and all the other Techies to quit whining and stay the hell out of our business. Sweep behind your own doors first; we’ll call you if we need to to clean up behind ours. Our program is in great shape and I am not worried about what you or any other Tech fan thinks. GOOOOOOO DAWGS!!!!!!!
By Huskdawg
May 4, 2007 3:27 PM | Link to this
GTDC, you kill me man. That was some funny sh!t. Now see, you and the Gen know how it is. Both of ya’ll can come in here and talk a little trash, poke a little fun, but you guys are respectful. There’s no reason to go on someone else’s blog and be downright hateful. You guys are always welcome so keep ‘em comin.
By ????
May 4, 2007 3:28 PM | Link to this
Okay Savannah dawg, you’re right.
By Roswell Ed
May 4, 2007 3:30 PM | Link to this
What no reach-around?
By getreal
May 4, 2007 3:31 PM | Link to this
I was there and saw the whole thing. He was about to throw the keg at a Gordon fan. Give him a break. The guy should be compimented. Just wondering; did anyone get a pic of the beautiful young woman showing her t*ts ?
By ButlerDawg
May 4, 2007 3:37 PM | Link to this
Does this keg make me look fat? No, your face does.
By savannah dawg
May 4, 2007 3:37 PM | Link to this
Well, thanks ????? . I am so touched by your kindness.
By Michael Vick
May 4, 2007 3:37 PM | Link to this
Matt, tell them your cousin put the keg in your hands.
By Broken Record
May 4, 2007 3:38 PM | Link to this
GSU Kid:
Georgia has won the Consensus MNC twice, GT has NEVER won a Consensus MNC. If you’re going to use the GT/Alabama method for counting National Championships then UGA has 5 to Tech’s four.
Florida has won 2 MNC’s as well, but in both instances they had a loss. Florida has NEVER had an undefeated-untied season. And they both have a losing record to UGA.
And again, thanks for all the continued interest in the University of Georgia
By hairy
May 4, 2007 3:40 PM | Link to this
sick em’ savannah dawg..tear ???? a new azzhole…who obviously spends his free time trying to get his pointless views across to people who care nothing about what he has to say….pore whit folk pickin on ya “???????”
By ????
May 4, 2007 3:42 PM | Link to this
Now I really know you are not reading, I said in an earlier post that I didn’t and don’t attend Georgia Tech. Are you okay???
By UF & GT fans still obsessed
May 4, 2007 3:45 PM | Link to this
FLADAWGKILLER,
IF you kill dawgs you are a disturbed individual. How many times do you have to beat us?…………I don’t know how bout as many times as we’ve beaten you?
46-38-2 12 vs 7 3 vs 2
Etc, Etc, Etc
And again, to the current mythical national champs who still have an iferiority complex towards UGA as evidence by their constant presence on UGA blogs………..thanks for your continued interest in the University of Georgia
By GaVaHokie
May 4, 2007 3:47 PM | Link to this
Enoyls… so you’re saying he was spooning another guy sober? I’d rather assume he had a drink from the keg. I know how much you UGA fans hate dim queer folk.
I-Dog… I was playing devils advocate, and I agree, horrible rebutle. Vick has never been arrested and never proven guilty of anything. All the people who bash Vick in the media and blogs should put the picture of Stafford with the keg next to the picture of Vick with the Philly blunt and tell me what the difference is.
By Bad A* Dawg
May 4, 2007 3:48 PM | Link to this
All you GT fans chiming in are pu$$ies and coxmochers who sleep with a slide rule in one hand and a tube of KY in the other.
By ????
May 4, 2007 3:51 PM | Link to this
Of course you don’t care, never have, this is your world. Before you make comments to me, get a dictionary.
By DahlonegaDawgs
May 4, 2007 3:53 PM | Link to this
This in no way is any indication of what kind of season Georgia is going to have this year. The proof will be when Georgia takes the entire SEC to the woodshed this year!!! Oh, and by the way, has anyone heard if Nick Saben has purchased a good homeowners policy? If he hasn’t he had better do it soon!!
By GaVaHokie
May 4, 2007 4:00 PM | Link to this
When they got the pick of Vick holding the blunt he wasn’t smoking it, he was just holding it for a friend… he was getting ready to throw it at a Gordon fan.
We know how much hot chicks like hanging out with fat college QBs who “pretend” to drink.
By ????
May 4, 2007 4:01 PM | Link to this
GaVaHokie, maybe that how I should have stated what I was trying to say, but hairy is right, I am trying to get my point across to people who could really care less. Gotta love it.
By kf
May 4, 2007 4:02 PM | Link to this
who cares
By Chris
May 4, 2007 4:06 PM | Link to this
Actually, ATL Dawg Pound, GT is the owner of the more recent national championship in football. Check the record books, dawg.
By Reggie Ball
May 4, 2007 4:07 PM | Link to this
Nick Saban hasn’t even signed the contract with Alabama yet. And Georgia Tech has not beaten UGA in football in this century. And Matt Stafford knows how to pick up the hotties (and kegs). Case Closed.
By Kent
May 4, 2007 4:07 PM | Link to this
i think all u UGAY fans who think that underage possession of alcohol is not a crime…
By stupidrumors
May 4, 2007 4:07 PM | Link to this
She’s NOT an Auburn girls and does NOT know Brandon Cox- she’s a Zeta @ University of Alabama.
By UGAY
May 4, 2007 4:07 PM | Link to this
Forget about the keg pics! Look who”s Stafford is curled up to….A GUY! Hot chick laying next to Stafford and he picks a dude! GAY?
By DawgsRGatorBait
May 4, 2007 4:07 PM | Link to this
For all those Tebow is gay comments:
Pictures of — Tebow Spooning a Man: 0 Stafford Spooning a Man: 1 Joe Cox Spooning a Man: 1
By Michael
May 4, 2007 4:08 PM | Link to this
Chip, Get a life…reprimanded or “spoken with” for what? Info tech exposure (ITE) is here but writers like you need to better police what is news worthy and what isn’t. Stick to reporting sports or get a job with THE GLOBE!
By Lee
May 4, 2007 4:09 PM | Link to this
The St. Louis Cardinals just buried a teammate who was killed while driving drunk. It is not a laughing matter.
College drinking is no longer a rite of passage - something to joke about. Just asked GA former lt. governor’s son. Just ask the parents of the children who have DIED from excessive alcohol consumption.
By Give Him Credit
May 4, 2007 4:12 PM | Link to this
But she is unbelievably hot! if Tech had girls like that, they’d get a Calvin Johnson more than once in a hundred years…
By GaVaHokie
May 4, 2007 4:12 PM | Link to this
KF… actually, i DON’T care, I just hate the double standard… I don’t care what Matt Stafford does and I don’t care what Michael Vick does… It’s football… as long as both players make it exciting to watch, no one SHOULD care.
By Buck Cochran in the NW
May 4, 2007 4:13 PM | Link to this
ALTAHAMA DAWG, I’M TRULY SORRY TO HEAR YOU MAKE THAT DECISION BUT IT’S YOUR CHOICE AND I RESPECT IT. NOW I’M WORRIED ABOUT THAT SC GAME AS I’VE SAID ALL ALONG BUT I DO THINK WE’LL WIN. AS YOUR NEW COACH,SOS, SAID THE GA. GAME IS HUGH FOR SC AND THEY NEED TO WIN SO IT’LL BE ANOTHER HIGH STAKES SHOWDOWN. I WISH YOU WELL, EXCEPT AGAINST MY DAWGS.
By surfrider
May 4, 2007 4:13 PM | Link to this
He needs to be suspended for one game. The Bulldawg nation always looks the other way with it’s stars in and out of the classroom. Prove me wrong. It’s the example he is sending while other players are on the verge of being suspended or expelled.
By mart
May 4, 2007 4:17 PM | Link to this
I’m sure the topic has been covered (I just don’t feel like reading everyone’s entry) but: Who the heck is the fox?
By ak4771
May 4, 2007 4:17 PM | Link to this
First, whoever the dumbass was that took the photos needs his but kicked. Furthermore, i dont know if MR will totally dismiss it. There was no law enforcement involved so maybe he will let it go. But the hard stance he has taken with everyone else i feel like there will be somekind of punishment coming from this. Hopefully just a lot of running. But, we could see the once praised Blake Barnes at QB for the Ok State game.
By F Russo
May 4, 2007 4:20 PM | Link to this
CUT THE KID SOME SLACK. SHOULD HE SIT HOME WITH MOM EVERY NITE WARCHING TV. REMEMBER HE IS STILL A KID LET HIM HAVE SOME FUN.
By The Wreck
May 4, 2007 4:24 PM | Link to this
Someone needs to buy Staffords keg girl a razor. Girl has lots of stubble under those arms.
By Tech4Ever
May 4, 2007 4:29 PM | Link to this
hey mitchell… I don’t have to trash UGA. All you fans and drunken man-spooning footballers do a fine job on your own.
By Roswell Ed
May 4, 2007 4:29 PM | Link to this
What is wrong with you people?
You don’t need to bring up Vick or GT on this one. Don’t fight with the dogged nation!!
We’ve got pix of UGAy’s 1st and 2nd string QBs spooning. It’s like Xmas and your birthday all rolled into 1!!!!
By Roswell Ed
May 4, 2007 4:32 PM | Link to this
4 tickets to Talladega- $500
1 keg of beer- $65
Pix of Joe Cox and Matthew Stafford spooning- priceless!!!
By Roswell Ed
May 4, 2007 4:36 PM | Link to this
The real issue is that all you Stafford spankers wish that you were Joe Cox in that picture!!
Matthew- hold me tight and don’t ever let go!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
This is PURE GOLD!!
By godawg
May 4, 2007 4:43 PM | Link to this
Chris, I looked it up and it says Colorado won the NC in 1990.
DawgsRGatorBait, here’s a picture of Tebow licking a man and at a party with a man in his arms. There is also a beer in the picture. He’s the same age as Matt Stafford.
What’s the difference people?
By Eddie
May 4, 2007 4:47 PM | Link to this
As usual, people making a mountain out of a mole hill. Was Stafford drinking in any photos—-no! Was he having his picture taken in stupid situations—yes. From the sounds of some of the comments here, I would hate to see some of the photgraphs people have of you. Matthew needs to be more careful and understand he is a huge target and was simply set-up with this.
By Jack
May 4, 2007 4:48 PM | Link to this
Making a mountain out of a molehill——-I see nothing wrong in the picture——leave it alone.
By godawg
May 4, 2007 4:48 PM | Link to this
Sorry, left out the link:
Chris, I looked it up and it says Colorado won the NC in 1990.
DawgsRGatorBait, here’s a picture of Tebow licking a man and at a party with a man in his arms. There is also a beer in the picture. He’s the same age as Matt Stafford.
What’s the difference people?
By jabster
May 4, 2007 4:50 PM | Link to this
Lee, UGAParent:
Underage drinking does NOT equal driving drunk!!! Put the drinking age back where it belongs—18, which is probably where it was when y’all were 19.
Maybe I need to become a bail bondsman so I can rip you and your young adult kids off when they get arrested for having a beer…
Oh the humanity…
By Brian
May 4, 2007 4:51 PM | Link to this
Drinking on Sunday? NASCAR on Sunday? and now this? Good Lord! Tacky things like this NEVER happen in Goergia. ALabama, it is the new California.
By Stafford aka Elway
May 4, 2007 4:52 PM | Link to this
I cant believe any of you actually believe Matt should be suspended for a game for this BS. Holding a picture with a keg of beer proves nothing except what we already know about #7. He has a cannon for an arm, he is going to kick the Sh!t out of the SEC this year. The SEC Coaches fear the Dawgs because the know we have the best QB that has ever played in the league. We are going to sling it all over the field against you and will be unstoppable..Get over it you losers!!!! The Dawgs went 9-4 in a down year. You suck a* Yellow jackets couldnt even muster that and you went to the ACC championship game, what a joke program. We own your asses, and the gaytors would be 1-2 against us the last 3 years had Shockley played against you in ‘05. I cant wait to beat the crap out of you in Jax this year and get some sweet revenge against your jean shorts wearing fan base. The Boogs dont want anymore of #7 after the hurtin we put on you in your own stadium last year. Good luck with Brandon the little girl Cox this year. Youre going to need it. Signed
The Dawgs 2007 SEC Champions
By Ol Ball Coach
May 4, 2007 4:53 PM | Link to this
I’d be more worried about his spooning with a dude….
By godawg
May 4, 2007 5:00 PM | Link to this
Here’s a picture of Brady Quinn getting chummy with his golf buddies. What’s with that? We haven’t seen this or Tebow’s shots spread across the newspaper or a story about how coach needs to speak with his player…Oh, right…ajc….nevermind….
By tap
May 4, 2007 5:07 PM | Link to this
Is spooning a violation of Georgia team rules? Somebody text message CMR and ask him…
By Buck Cochran in the NW
May 4, 2007 5:10 PM | Link to this
bEFORE ALL OF MY REPTILE FRIENDS GLOAT TO MUCH, THEY NEED TO HIT THE LINK PUT UP BY GODAWG. TEBOW IS JUST CLOWNING AROUND AT A PARTY, SO WHAT. STAFFORD IS DOING THE SAME AT ‘DEGA, SO WHAT?
By Bulldog hater
May 4, 2007 5:11 PM | Link to this
He needs to be SUSPENDED!!! But we all know that Richt is a WIMP! He won’t suspend Stafford because he knows that his team already sucks. It will suck even more without him
By dawghater
May 4, 2007 5:14 PM | Link to this
The coach is not meeting with him because he is possibly gay, but because he was holding a keg in the picture with would make some think that he was drinking. If he isn’t gay, he had to be extremely drunk.
By Ramble ON!
May 4, 2007 5:20 PM | Link to this
godawg accept it for what it is. Stafford put the Y in Ugay…deal with it.
BWHAAAWWWWWWWWWWWHHHHAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By Bob
May 4, 2007 5:28 PM | Link to this
Boy, those photos of Tim Tebow and Brady Quinn are pretty interesting!! Guess the Gators didn’t want us to know about their stud QB getting it on with another dude. I guess he was just horseplaying around like some 19 year old sophomore to be. Matthew and Joe are going to take more than their fair share of harassment from their teamates (not to mention getting their butts chewed by the coaches). I suspect the Gators might need to police their own before they start yapping too much. As for Tech, pleasssse give us a break.
By Ramble ON!
May 4, 2007 5:31 PM | Link to this
Why didn’t GT recruit Stafford?
He can’t handle BEER, could you imagine him if he drank his whiskey clear?
BHAAAWWWWWHHHAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!
I’m just getting started, and I’m on a roll.
By AltamahaDawg
May 4, 2007 5:44 PM | Link to this
Buck, what the hell are you talking about? sorry about what decision?
By rdbdawg
May 4, 2007 5:59 PM | Link to this
He won’t suspend Stafford b/c there is no proof that he was drinking recorded in the photos. Are you people seriously idiots? Have you never taken a legal studies class? Innocent until proven guilty. And what does this have to do with Vick? I can’t think of one person who would say Vick should be arrested if he had a picture holding a keg. You people are morons!
By NunnaYoBiznezz
May 4, 2007 6:17 PM | Link to this
RDB Dawg.. It has nothing to do with Vick,but,he will get more praise from all the ya hoo’s who see,”Beer and a Girl”..This boy may already have a drinking problem and maybe an alcoholic and practice unsafe sex like “ron mexico”..And just like he was burned on this site with u bloggers and one “Jeff Schultz”,this young boy deserves the same treatment..
He needs to be checked out to see if he is an alcoholic or not..I am gonna press the issue to Mr.Richt and the UGA President that he needs to be monitored with random testing to see if he is doing any “underage”drinking!!!
But,I know u necks with come up with an excuse because he is more like most of U,and this issue will be dead by tomorrow..
Unless i have anything to do with it!!!
By Roswell Ed
May 4, 2007 6:24 PM | Link to this
Y
M
C
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I’ve been drunk thousands of times.
I’ve been drunk hundreds of times with my buddies.
I’ve never been drunk and acted gay with one of my buddies.
By Ramble ON!
May 4, 2007 6:29 PM | Link to this
I admit I was jealous when I saw the first picture. I wanted to be in her shoes plus I wish I was as cute as she is! But, then, when I saw him spooning the guy it just made me sick. I think Matt is soOOoo hot and it was disappointing to see him pictured with a guy at first. :( But I’m over my jealous fit now. :)
By Tyrone
May 4, 2007 6:29 PM | Link to this
Stafford should be suspended for a couple of games for this keg incident—-underage drinking in Athens is out of control.
By Bob
May 4, 2007 6:29 PM | Link to this
Roswell Ed,
Sounds like you are still drunk boy.
By GatorsCLS80
May 4, 2007 6:37 PM | Link to this
Reading all this dribble is making me glad that drinking age was 18 when I attended UF back in the early 70’s. All these picture phones and internet crapis making it toooooo easy to create a bunch of BS. I like my battles on the field where we can see who can take who. All the rest of the “stuff” is nothing but pre-game (pre-season) chatter. Bring on the Fall bring on football!
As far as the pics, beer and young lady we were all young once, leave it alone.
Go Gators!!
By Roswell Ed
May 4, 2007 6:41 PM | Link to this
Working on it brother.
I’m spooning with Mr. Beam—-Mr. Jim Beam!!
That’s one dude I don’t mind cuddling up with me.
By Theedge
May 4, 2007 6:46 PM | Link to this
Even as a Tech fan I think there is no way you can punish him. What has he done wrong other than have a slight lapse of judgement. But, when you look at the girl you can see why.
I am sure coach will have a few words with him about how he may not have been drinking but the perception is that he did. Frequently people take perception as reality.
By Buck Cochran in the NW
May 4, 2007 6:53 PM | Link to this
Altahama, somebody using your name said they were switching to the dark side and would suppot SC. I asked if that was really you and whoever repiled yes so that’s why I said I respect your decision. Also said I was sorry to hear it. Didn’t mean to cause any problem. it’s back up n the blog
By ctmoore
May 4, 2007 7:04 PM | Link to this
It is a sure bet that any 19 year old at a NASCAR event lifting a beer keg is also an underage drinker. It is naive and a coverup to assume anything else. It is also clearly wrong to punish a young black man for the same crime and let Matt go unsuspended. Matt probably would not have allowed this picture to be taken but he was too intoxicated to realize what was happening.
By bluemoon
May 4, 2007 7:18 PM | Link to this
The AJC has officially crossed the line of absurdity and I am now officially cancelling my subscription.
He’s in college for crying out loud and if you can’t find anything better to write about, then that just shows me you’re looking for something to try and stir up trouble.
Pathetic.
By Mickyddawg
May 4, 2007 7:28 PM | Link to this
This is common activity for young athletes that I know. Most of them are risk-takers, just by the fact that they are willing to take on the tremendous pressures of competing in sports that we adults think are so almighty important. So they let off some steam sometimes. Who cares, as long as they are not out on the road risking their lives, or someone elses!If he throws 2 touchdown passes next year to beat Florida, ya’ll would give your left (I’ll clean this up) leg to be partying with him! MickyD.
By Adam
May 4, 2007 7:46 PM | Link to this
a college kid was drinking? no way! now you’re going to tell me that this kind of stuff happens around college campuses all over america, huh?
how is this news?
By Roswell Ed
May 4, 2007 7:49 PM | Link to this
Mickyddawg:
Will you be the spoonie or the spooner?
This ain’t about the keg. Who cares?
This is about all the UGAy spankers that wish it was them being spooned!!
UGAy fans do it dawgie style!
By SOBEDAWG
May 4, 2007 8:03 PM | Link to this
Matt Stafford is the man…Just having a little fun with the ladies…and warmin’ up OSU!
By Lurch
May 4, 2007 8:10 PM | Link to this
Good grief, when in the presence of a member of the opposite sex, who was quite attractive I might add, young men revert back to our caveman days and start doing stupid stuff - like trying to lift heavy objects over your head to show the fair damsel how strong you are. If you’re a redneck, the feat of strength is usually preceeded by “Hey ya’ll, watch this.” Can Matthew help it if the only heavy object around was a beer keg? I think not.
Now, about Matthew spooning his buddy…. If I were the Center on the O-line, I might be a bit concerned….
Oh yeah, “Not that there’s anything wrong with that.”
By Matthew At The SLC
May 4, 2007 8:11 PM | Link to this
Do y’all see now that the AJC has fully emersed itself as a tabloid rag like the New York Post? What with the headlines that read “Vick This” and “Stafford That” and the idea of trying these guys in the court of public opinion without concrete proof. Here’s the thing about Stafford’s “transgression:” even the military, which looks for any flimsy reason to NJP young enlisted men a women who are under age for minor in possession (MIP) could not use those pictures as evidence against someone. Until Vick is arrested for something or someone catches Stafford drinking, like Hebron, then all of this crap from the AJC is just tabloid junk trying to sell papers.
What in the name of Rubert H. Murdock is going on with the AJC, people!?
By Chuck Uga
May 4, 2007 8:15 PM | Link to this
Chip:
Really a stupid thing to do. Ask these types of questions when you know all the jealous Tech, UT, Florida, Auburn and SC fans will be the majority to respond. What a waste of time.
Chuck
By Adam
May 4, 2007 8:19 PM | Link to this
a college kid was drinking? no way! now you’re going to tell me that this kind of stuff happens around college campuses all over america, huh?
how is this news?
By Roswell Ed
May 4, 2007 8:36 PM | Link to this
What do UT UF and AU have to be jealous of when it comes to UGA?
By AltamahaDawg
May 4, 2007 9:10 PM | Link to this
Oh, they replied yes, well then….
By Gators13outta16
May 4, 2007 9:16 PM | Link to this
Coach Character will come out with something along the lines of, well yuh know uh we gotta just keep lov’n these young’uns; cause their mommies and daddies know us’ns just uh want’em to do the right thing here in Athens just like Coach Bobby down at Free Shoes U. used to do.
By AltamahaDawg
May 4, 2007 9:21 PM | Link to this
Hey, Chip asked everyone a few weeks ago IF we wanted every last little thing about UGA football reported. Here ya go. Its not like he broke the story.
By Cuz
May 4, 2007 9:24 PM | Link to this
I am Cuz, and Cuz I am, if you don’t know me, dont care a dam.
Matt and I went to a race, in a different state in a different place.
Would you could you have a beer? I have a keg so have no fear. I would not could not have a beer, I do not like it there nor here.
Well I would like one and I have a keg, but it is heavy and of you I beg, to lift it up and set it down, for I would like to drink and drown.
Yes I will help you with the keg, but I have noticed some real fine leg. Would you go ahead and take our pic, this keg is heavy so do it quick.
I will take a picture at this race, and then I will put it on Myspace.
But would you could you drink a beer, no one will know so have no fear.
I cannot, shall not drink a beer.I do not like it and do not jeer.
Would you drink it if you were at Tech? Don’t mention that place it makes me retch.
Would you drink it with the cockks? Not even hidden in a box.
Would you drink it with the Tide? No not with them I have my pride.
Would you drink one with the Vols? Oh give me a break, I got some balls.
Would you drink one on the plain? I do not want one thanks the same.
Would you drink one with a Gator? I am tired of this so see you later.
Cuz I do not want to drink a beer. I do not want one there or here.
I am sorry Matt, that I am. But I am Cuz and Cuz, I am.
By Cuz
May 4, 2007 9:27 PM | Link to this
My apologies to the late Dr. Seuss. Alt, I was very busy today and wanted to do it right when I finnaly had the chance.
By Cuz
May 4, 2007 10:01 PM | Link to this
Ctmoore, the difference is not so black and white as you assume, sounds bigoted of you also. Was Matt drinking? I don’t know. Were you sharing a funnel with him. Hebron was arrested. Matt had his picture taken. If he had thrown beer cans at Jeff Gordon, he would have been arrested. Hebron was arrested, went to jail and if he paid his fine, then he admitted guilt. The United States is a country of laws, not mob rule. If Matt was arrested, if he paid his fine and admitted his guilt, then he would be held accountable for a first alcohol violation. Hebron was on his second. Whether you think this is racism is moot. If Matt gets caught underage drinking, he will pay his dues. He has not been caught unless there is more to this story than I know.
Yeah I would like my QB to behave and tow the line. But I can also see a pretty girl asking me the starting QB, you look strong. Me, let me show you how strong. Friend, wait a minute great picture, I have a camera. Pretty girl, would you pick that keg up and take a pic with me. Me, I will eat the keg if that will make you happy.
These are kids in adult bodies. At 47, sober, I know it would be the wrong thing to do in the age of the internet. At 19 today, drunk or sober, heck yeah babe, and I can throw a rocket 70 yards and hit a man at a full run for a TD, come watch me this fall.
Matthew has done nothing wrong, unless there is more to this story; than be a teenager. I remember being young and dumb. Now I am just old and dumb, but you get the point.
By jabster
May 4, 2007 10:08 PM | Link to this
Oh! I get it now! Underage drinking makes you GAY! So THAT’S the problem with underage drinking. Now I get it! Underage drinking=gay=AIDS=death. No wonder it kills!
Is that what MADD is going to say now? You should see some of the crap on their website—right up there in hairy-palms-and-go-blind territory…
By Cuz
May 4, 2007 10:13 PM | Link to this
So Matt is bi, not like there is anything wrong with that. A little Seinfield.
When I was in Athens, before Al Gore invented the internet, I used to go to a bar called the Fifth Quarter, or as we called it, Swino’s.
This was a big time redneck bar and you could always count on a few bikers. If you think there is an anti-gay attitude now, try it in 1981. Another straight friend of mine and I used to get a kick out of walking in the door. Waving daintily and yell, Heahhhhh! We would then run up and kiss each other on the cheek just to watch and laugh at others freaking out. Haven’t seen the spooning pic and seeing that I am not a voyeur, do not care. Maybe the kid was having fun as I used to do. I do know that if there had been camera phones back then, the things they would have caught me with would be great material to use on me if I ever wanted to run for office.
By Joshhh
May 4, 2007 10:19 PM | Link to this
Okay for some of you idiots that call yourselves “Bulldog Fans” Our coach’s name is Mark RICHT not RICK!!!!
By Joshhh
May 4, 2007 10:19 PM | Link to this
Okay for some of you idiots that call yourselves “Bulldog Fans” Our coach’s name is Mark RICHT not RICK!!!!
By Cuz
May 4, 2007 10:23 PM | Link to this
Just use CMR, it is easier.
By Cuz
May 4, 2007 10:47 PM | Link to this
gtdc, have you seen the Tebow pics, according to the Jacksonville convention, responses are permitted when in fun insults are hurled and hit innocent or non-innocent bystanding bloggers. Go to godawgs post and follow the link.
By AltamahaDawg
May 4, 2007 10:53 PM | Link to this
Cuz, I stand in the long shadow of your excellence.
By Matthew At The SLC
May 4, 2007 11:27 PM | Link to this
Cuz, that’s pretty funny. Though, you should have mentioned slide-rules, mullets, jean shorts, and for our friends on the plains, cow raping, or something of the sort.
All the same, pretty funny.
By Gen Neyland
May 4, 2007 11:39 PM | Link to this
Saturday morning is just around the bend and most UGA fans are breathlessly awaiting BuLLdawgs in depth report on KEG-GATE…I, for one, hopes BuLLdawgs analysis includes : Interceptions to KEGS lifted ratio…
By BOB o'doule
May 4, 2007 11:43 PM | Link to this
Stafford should be gone from the team at least for the upcoming year or for good. He needs to learn that he is not the “god” he thinks he is and that what little athletic abilities he has are not matched by his brains on the field or off.
By BD
May 5, 2007 1:17 AM | Link to this
There is no law that says a 19 year old cant hold a keg. There is no proof that he drank anything. Just let it go.
By Cuz
May 5, 2007 1:29 AM | Link to this
Matthew, just as Al Pacino said in Scent of a Woman, I am just getting started. I shortened it so it would not sound like BuLLdaWG, or how he spells #39. Mark Twain said brevity is the soul of wit. I loved it but kept it brief. Could have gone on for pages.
By Cuz
May 5, 2007 1:36 AM | Link to this
There is no law that says freshmen at UGA footballs team get their head shaved, but somehow it happens. Get proof he drank a beer and threw it at Jeff Gordon or get a dam life. The kid has a right to have fun. When he breaks rules and laws, cut his a$$ down. Till then, leave him alone. I guess what really ticks you guys off is that he outsmarted you.
Let he who is without alcohol cast the first keg.
By Cuz
May 5, 2007 1:51 AM | Link to this
gtdc, in light of the Tebow pics.
PIC ONE THE TEBOW LICK I find if I lick my OL guys they will lick the other team, or lick me back, just as fun. Tastes kind a salty though, kinda like gatoraids, uh gatorade.
PIC TWO, THE GAYTOR CARRY What you did not notice when I was carrying my Tight end was that those were jean chaps and let me tell you he is the best tight end I have ever had the pleasure of contact with. I look forward to my tossing and him recieving this fall.
back at you.I have honored the sanctity of the Jacksonville Convetion. I called your bet.
By Cuz
May 5, 2007 2:03 AM | Link to this
finnally saw the pic of him and Joe Cox passed out. That is supposed to be gay? Not that there is anything wrong with that.
Anybody here ever been in a close knit guy group, say military or even dare I say frat. Passed out with more of my frat bros than I could remember. Floors, beds and taking turns puking in a toilet. None of them led to any sexual activity. Some people never enjoyed life according to these posts. Sure my GPA was low, but dang it I had fun. Give these guys a break and let them have a little fun also. If either one broke rules and were arrested for doing it, plead guilty and paid the fine, Blake Barnes is the starter of the OSU game. Nuff said.
By meljacket
May 5, 2007 3:00 AM | Link to this
Richt will probably give stafford a slap on the wrist and suspend him for a game against some crummy team. The dawg players are real partiers—-they are always getting arrested for drinking.
By Cuz
May 5, 2007 4:11 AM | Link to this
Sorry mel, if you have more info than I, no suspension. For all you non-dawgs just salivating like UGA when he sees a cheerleader, THE KID BROKE NO LAWS. It is not against the law to lift a keg in the air, at my age, not a good idea. What red blooded American hetero-sexual male has not tried to impress an attractive young lady. What brother in the bond, has not comforted his brother, he just passed out while doing it and the picture team chick got in the act. This whole thing other than Stafford hugging on his brother smells of a setup. Spooning, I wish you people would grow up and realize the power of friendship. If you have never had a friend like this, I feel sorry for you. These guys had fun as college kids, I did too, let it be. If they drank, they were smart enough to do it in private. No pics of that yet. And no matter how many try to call racism, Stafford was not arrested. No sanctions, sorry that is just the way it works. Get over it and get a life. Or be like me posting at 4:00 am. The meds have kicked in and are keeping me awake. What a bummer. At least Buck is still awake.
By rainman
May 5, 2007 5:22 AM | Link to this
Just another Mutt doing what Mutt’s do.
By SavTechIE
May 5, 2007 6:58 AM | Link to this
Having grown up in Athens during the Butts era I see this as perfectly natural - - he was just trying to clear a way out of the athletic dorm.
By kevin
May 5, 2007 7:46 AM | Link to this
He wasn’t drinking. He was getting ready to throw it at Jeff Gordon
By Harleydawg
May 5, 2007 7:58 AM | Link to this
He’s a college student. Anyone causing flap over this wants to see him suspended for a couple of games (hello cocks) so their chances are better. So he is seen lifting a keg with a hottie with him. GOOD FOR HIM!! Hes a college student enjoying life at a NASCAR race. I had a gamecock idiot attack me about this yesterday. How stupid. I drank A LOT of beer at Georgia and flirted with A LOT of women. I inhaled at Georgia too! Now, I’m older, wiser and doing great and proud of my days as a young man at Georgia. If the kid was behind the wheel of a car or exposing himself we would have a problem. He is a college kid having fun. WHAT A WASTE OF NEWS. Richt will use this silly CRAP to set an example to Matt and move on. Everyone wanting suspension is a jealous wannabe to gain chances at beating the dawgs. This is like saying, “lets strip Tech of all its wins the past 4 seasons since Calvin Johnson admitted to smoking pot at an NFL combine.” As a Georgia fan, this is a good idea, but in reality its silly.
Get over it and get a life.
Harley
By Rebel
May 5, 2007 8:33 AM | Link to this
Entirely too much is being made of this. Drinking beer, even if it occurred, is simply not that big of a deal this day and age.
By dd
May 5, 2007 8:36 AM | Link to this
Get used to that pose folks.
The next 2 times you will see it will include National Championship trophy’s.
Then what will all of the smart mouth’s come up with?
By Horseman2dawg
May 5, 2007 9:59 AM | Link to this
Chip, You need to get a life and report on some real news. Shame on the AJC for actually running a story on this. One more reason to never renew my print subscription to this crap you guys call a newspaper.
By Reggie Ball
May 5, 2007 10:33 AM | Link to this
Speaking of chubby, your QB’s head is full of water! How approp. he come to terms w/his inner-‘neck at ‘Dega after a yr. at UGA; haha!
By Reggie Ball
May 5, 2007 10:34 AM | Link to this
Speaking of chubby, your QB’s head is full of water! How approp. he come to terms w/his inner-‘neck at ‘Dega after a yr. at UGA; haha!
By John W
May 5, 2007 10:35 AM | Link to this
Who cares? He’s in college, smiling and having a good time. He’s not beating anyone up, driving or causing any grief. Anyone who thinks 18-20 yr old college students aren’t going to drink is full of it. I’m glad he had a great weekend. Now leave him alone.
Roll Tide.
By jabster
May 5, 2007 10:47 AM | Link to this
Too bad this article and this blog isn’t in the print paper. Long John Silver’s wouldn’t have to buy sacks for a year!
Must be a slow news cycle…not that there aren’t more important things to write about like the General Assy’s budget and how the politicians are trying their darndest to not give us a tax break by spending the money on some BS.
The AJC…the green way to throw away your mess when you’re done skinning cats. (that’s catFISH, for all you PETA folks and Yankees).
Let U of South Carolina suspend their players for watching beer commercials. That state has always been run by a bunch of dipsophobes.
Too bad for us Jacket fans the folks up at Auburn With A Lake don’t get their panties in the same kind of wad…Hey Bowden! I think some of your players are drinking underage! I demand that you do something about it!
By James
May 5, 2007 11:16 AM | Link to this
Who gives a crap if he’s UGAy! As long as he can throw the damn ball and take us to a National Championship that’s all I care about. T** or tubesteak - whatever it takes.
By BadgerDawg
May 5, 2007 11:37 AM | Link to this
This is fairly devestatng to me. What is he doing at a NASCAR race? I thought he was smarter than that. Also, he’s a little too close for comfort with that guy too.
If either of these issues are grounds for suspension, then do it. If it’s because the guy’s drinking, fahget about it. The previous poster on the drinking age was 100% correct, these kids can die in war, they can vote, they can do almost everything else an adult can do except run for national office, but they can’t buy a beer. Ridicurous.
By Kimberly Garner
May 5, 2007 11:43 AM | Link to this
Give me a break! He’s a red blooded American boy having fun!!! Did ANY of you actually GO to UGA???
By orkin man
May 5, 2007 11:46 AM | Link to this
Wow look at all the little bugs. 493 posts to date and 489 are from bugs. Here a bug, there a bug, everywhere a bug bug. Just goes to show you that you can’t let a picture of two males in close proximity to each other get on the internet in picture form or the bugs come out of North Ave in record numbers like bees to honey. What is this world coming to.
By Joe
May 5, 2007 12:28 PM | Link to this
As he has done nothing illegal nor unusual I think you do nothing but have the coach tell him what a distraction he is to the program and how it affects the overall impression people have of UGA.
By rdbdawg
May 5, 2007 12:37 PM | Link to this
Georgia’s athletics department policy calls for a minimum suspension of 10 percent of an athlete’s competition for an alcohol-related arrest but doesn’t cover the mere presence of photos.
Case closed
By cooter11
May 5, 2007 1:32 PM | Link to this
Coach Rike will handle this
By EW
May 5, 2007 1:58 PM | Link to this
Hey. If he was at UF he would have thrown it on someone’s head…an still allowed to play..after a brief suspension of course.
By Robb
May 5, 2007 2:14 PM | Link to this
The bigger question oughta be ‘What’s Stafford doing with a girl wearing Orange?’
By charles corley
May 5, 2007 2:19 PM | Link to this
18 makes more sense to me than 21 but i understand he carries a b average which tells me he does his homework. i can’t wait until we find out that the coach is a closet drinker like most front row baptist including sonny “boy”
By uropian
May 5, 2007 2:32 PM | Link to this
Nor can Mehtap! I want to say that your site better throughout the World Wide Web :) Thank you. Keep it.
By Bill W.
May 5, 2007 4:00 PM | Link to this
Stafford should get a one game suspension. I believe Richt needs to put his foot down on this stupid behavior by some of his Bulldogs.
By Cuz
May 5, 2007 5:36 PM | Link to this
Stafford should be made to assist the golf team at all their future parties. “Hey the keg needs changing. Someone get Stafford.”
By Buck Cochran in the NW
May 5, 2007 6:07 PM | Link to this
Still say “my boys”, Gordan and Stafford done good at ‘Dega!
By DublDawg
May 5, 2007 6:14 PM | Link to this
You Florida, Alabama, Auburn, UT, and Tech fans must have some pretty empty and aimless lives to be spending time on a UGA blog. Get a life!
Anyone that thinks UGA has the most white trash fans clearly has not seen the Alabama faithful. Few of their fans have ever even been to Tuscaloosa, and damn few hold a degreee from there. Wifebeaters, gold chains, denim shorts, and flipflops are not staples for UGA fans, but they are for Florida fans.
If Florida is so great, move back there and stay there, and you’ll never have to argue your point with a UGA grad again. Got that?
Florida does not win every single year. In recent years, Georgia has lost the majority of them, but may years back, Georgia owned Florida. Where were all of the fairweather fans then? This year, we have a week off before the game like you do, and the field is being leveled. Mark it on your calendar wifebeater lovers, it is the turning point.
Stafford did not get arrested, the photos do not evidence that he was in the midst of a bunch of people, and he is not doing anything obviously illegal. Hebron was arrested twice in a short period of time, as Ian Smith was, and there is a difference.
Joe Cox looks like he may have been loaded. No one has really pointed that out, but he may end up getting the worst of it from Richt.
The girl in the picture is not ugly, but she is not gorgeous either.
By trah
May 5, 2007 6:26 PM | Link to this
The big question is….Does he get 3 or 5 semester credits for his keg toting efforts ?
By chipdip
May 5, 2007 6:29 PM | Link to this
STAFFORD….CLEVELAND STEAMER!!!!
By Cuz
May 5, 2007 6:36 PM | Link to this
DublDawg regarding your #7 comment, If she is a Stafford cull, then I will take his culls.
Buck, I have made fun of Gordon over the years becuase he was easy to joke about. I have come to respect him as a racer and as a decent human being. I applaud his success. I do not have a favorite although I am partial to Jr. and Stewart because of their dude-atitude.
By Laura
May 5, 2007 6:36 PM | Link to this
He should not punish him for this incident. We as adults have to remember we were young once and did some of the same behaviors that this young man has done, and really what has he done that is so morally wrong. Stop judging these young people and let them experience life for what it is.
By Chris H.
May 5, 2007 7:29 PM | Link to this
I just saw the photos and my first thought was “that’s it?” I just don’t see what the big deal is. Looks like a college kid having fun. Must be a slow news day.
By BooneDawg
May 5, 2007 8:10 PM | Link to this
thank goodness I was allowed to have fun in college when I was a UGA student.
By Cuz
May 5, 2007 9:05 PM | Link to this
I was admitted to UGA in the winter of 78. I waited to take my SAT and was too late for fall. I went for orientation on a non football Saturday to Athens. It was a rainy day. After the bus tour there was going to be a keg party on the Quad, memory fails me I think Reed is one of the halls. The quad and the dorms were some of the oldest at UGA. I do not know if the University sponsored the keg party, but I do know that it was mentioned by my orientation leader that was on the bus with us as we drove through campus.
I was 18 and of legal drinking age. Because of the rain, I skipped the quad keg party and went to my cousins frat, the AG one, pickups and farmboys. It is remarkable the change that has occurred in University policy since then. Back then, alcohol was cool, but turn in your roomate who smokes a joint. Pot is probably okay now. Alcohol, how about five days in the stocks and a public whipping. Where for God’s sake is reality.
By Christian Dawg
May 5, 2007 9:13 PM | Link to this
Come on people…it’s all about character. From Kemp to Herrick and beyond. Richt’s number 1 job is to build character in these guys. Winning is an outgrowth of character. How could Stafford have been so stupid. It’s a black eye on the University, whether you believe it or not. Perception “out there” is reality.
By RxDawg
May 5, 2007 9:33 PM | Link to this
Cuz, I’m gona send a few friends a copy of your poem…and give credit where its due. Great stuff.
By Lee
May 5, 2007 10:00 PM | Link to this
Look guys, 1. He is a scholarship athlete of UGA therefore whether in Al, GA Tn or anywhere else, he is a representative of UGA football, 2. He should have known better since Richt had just spoken to the team about this type behavior, 3. Richt should punish him for being stupid, 5am stadium steps for an hour should do the trick, run him til his tongue swells, 4 How can anyone tell that is Cox with them?? 5. Anyone else gets punished!!
By jp
May 5, 2007 10:12 PM | Link to this
Only homophobes would freak out about the “spooning.” Look through any normal college guy’s facebook profile, and you’ll see quite a few “gay” pictures. Its fun to mess with your friends when they are pass-out drunk. Actually, its the only real reason to stay sober. If you can’t see the humor in that then go get yourself a beer buddy, cause you need to loosen up.
All those pictures tells me is that he is a normal guy, and a lot less likely to be some stuck up douche who’s only good for throwing a football.
We all see these players downtown in Athens (yes even the freshmen), just like we see the cute 19 year old girl in our O-Chem class downtown. Its pretty normal.
Dont be so judgmental of all these kids, cause your 18 year old UGA kid is pregaming right now at a buddy’s house, not thinking about the Psychology 1001 final on Monday at 8AM (‘cause he/she doesn’t need to. Unless you are a math major, or something else that actually takes practice, college is, dare I say, easy.)
Kids are here to grow socially as much as they are here to grow intellectually. I know, “you don’t need alcohol…” whatever, say what you will, but this is the real world, and it sure helps to meet people when you are 100 miles from home, alone for the first time, and your new roommate eats tofu and plays World of WarCraft all day.
By We are
May 5, 2007 10:13 PM | Link to this
THE University of Gay Athletes. Matt Stafford likes to spoon.
By Cuz
May 5, 2007 10:22 PM | Link to this
Thanks RX, I was going to keep going with it but I remembered Mark Twain saying brevity is the soul of wit. Green eggs and ham is still my favorite book and I am 47.
Christian Dawg, do you only have sex to have children and do you only use the “missionary position”. Let me guess, the world was created 4000 years ago and the universe revolves around the earth. Man have you ever had fun in your entire life, or is your idea of fun pointing out others faults while neglecting your own. You know, the splinter versus the log analogy ala Jesus.
By Cuz
May 5, 2007 10:31 PM | Link to this
Great post jp, come back and post anytime. It is good for people to remember what it was like to be in college at UGA. Or any other school for the matter. I learned more that I use in my life outside the classroom, than I ever learned in class. And yeah I got a degree from UGA, class of 83.
Look all you uptight people, let the kids have a little fun. Scholarship atheletes (sic) need to let off steam as much as I did who worked and went to school at the same time.
By Cuz
May 5, 2007 10:45 PM | Link to this
I guess the next Seuss book I need to paraphrase for the football fans is ” Are You My Mother”. Coach Richt gets to be the mother character. As Charlie Brown said, Good grief.
By TechFan
May 5, 2007 11:06 PM | Link to this
Unless someone saw him drinking the beer, the young man should be left alone about this. We put too much pressure on these young people to be abnormally “good”. If he had been lifting the young lady would that imply he was having sex with her. Some folks need to get a life of their own.
By Cuz
May 5, 2007 11:33 PM | Link to this
Techfan, welcome to the blog. Your sense of reality is refreshing. Many of my true dawg friends get p** when I say I pull for you guys when you are not playing us. I don’t care. Same state, same pride. I wish more were like you and me. I am a Dawg fan first, a Georgia homer second, any team. And a true fan of college football, the greatest sport ever.
By Tony
May 6, 2007 8:30 AM | Link to this
Seeing Stafford cuddle with another player makes me wonder what’s going on in the huddle in Athens. Spooning with Cox was it? I guess we’ll always wonder when Stafford has his hands in a certain spot when the ball is hiked. Don’t ask, don’t tell. No more jokes about UT fans with their cousins. At least we’re not ‘keeping it in the team family’!
By Buck Cochran in the NW
May 6, 2007 10:17 AM | Link to this
Cuz, I became a Jeff Gordan from way back when he 1st started and he would go wheel to wheel with Earnhart. He won then and he’s still winning now. That’s not taking anything away from any of the other drivers……Go Dawgs
By TECH SUX
May 6, 2007 12:40 PM | Link to this
every one in georgia knows when you cross the alabama state line your IQ drops 100 points.as they say when in rome.
By Jerome
May 6, 2007 1:29 PM | Link to this
No one really thinks there will be any sort of action - do they? Richt certainly will not do anything to a starter and the less said about the embarrasing UGA President the better!
By Ed
May 6, 2007 8:36 PM | Link to this
I think Richt should pull Stafford aside, and have a heart-to-heart with him about the outstanding female company he keeps. Then, the two should go to Richt’s house, have a beer, and go over plans for winning SEC and national titles.
By AltamahaDawg
May 6, 2007 9:59 PM | Link to this
Ok this had been up for 3 days now and Coach dismissed it 2 days ago. Can we quit specualting about something already settled and move to something else.
By JBird
May 7, 2007 8:30 AM | Link to this
Did the AJC and the other media hounds find other scandalous info on the Dawg players? Does Joe Coxe really say an occassional cuss word? Is it true Chester Adams doesn’t eat all of his vegetables? Did someone really see Thomas Brown at a Braves game, sitting next to someone with a beer? Oooohhh Nooo!
By Pitbull
May 7, 2007 10:09 AM | Link to this
Hey AJC Sports Editors: Did you sell enough extra papers and earn enough extra advertising money by cashing in on the college kid having a good time being young and having fun. Hope you guys rot in Hell, considering your values.
By gdawginkalamazoo
May 7, 2007 10:54 AM | Link to this
Cuz, do we need to call you Dr. Cuz now? Keep it up and you may be able to get a job writing for Jesse Jackson. LMAO!
By southern girls like it dawgy style!
May 7, 2007 11:43 AM | Link to this
http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/?p=3391 i would much rather MS have a beer than lick another mans face!
By Hunk Erdown
May 7, 2007 11:57 AM | Link to this
Chip-
Either start a new blog or I’m gonna play the “turd” card again.
By ufgator01
May 7, 2007 12:35 PM | Link to this
UGA’s last national Title might have been in 1980, but Florida has had 2 since then!! HA Matter of fact Florida has had the same number of National Titles that Georgia has had SEC titles since that time, 2. You have to win your own division before, you can win your own conference, and before you can win a National Title.
Want to know something else that is funny, all the UGA fans say Tebow cant throw the ball. Tebow had 5 TD passes in 33 att. Stafford had 7 td passes in 256 att. not bad 2 more td passes in 223 more att. Oh yeah I forgot though Tebow can’t throw the ball. I cant wait until he throws for 400 yards come the cocktail party.
By GaVaHokie
May 7, 2007 12:58 PM | Link to this
Gives new meaning to the term “Pocket Passer”! I’m loving this!
By gator the dog catcher
May 7, 2007 1:42 PM | Link to this
Cuz - I can explain the Tebow pictures! The first one was in biology class, as he was mearly showing a fellow student how frogs hunt their prey. The second picture is two fold. Young Tim Tebow was not only practicing his midget tossing skills (with a heavier projectile), he was demonstrating on how to carry the team to victory.
By AltamahaDawg
May 7, 2007 1:51 PM | Link to this
yea, I remember when I first started to learn about football stats. Ah to be in jr high again! Hey, so how about this, Stafford averaged 134 yards per game passing and Tebow averaged 25. Stafford must be 5 times a better passer? Hey this is fun. How about Tebow was 0-0 and one fumble against UGA last year. I guess he will never complete a pass in his carrer Vs the Dawgs? Stats are fun.
BTW , our “passing” QB averaged almost as many yrd as your “running” QB did too.
By gator the dog catcher
May 7, 2007 2:00 PM | Link to this
Cox agreed with the analysts: “Stafford does have a quick release”.
Number changes for next season: Cox 6, Stafford 9.
Referee #1 (at Talladega): “Holding #7 on the offense”
Referee #2 (at Talladega): “Illegal use of the hands on #7”
Referee #3 (aTalladega): “Intentional grounding on #7”
Referee #4 (at Talladega): “Roughing the passer on #7”
Referee #5 (at Talladega): “Player in the neutral zone”
By gator the dog catcher
May 7, 2007 2:11 PM | Link to this
The Notre Dame folks are saying that Brady Quinn was just trying to catch a Leprechaun……….the Leprechaun was later identified as Carter Strickland.
By Cuz
May 7, 2007 4:48 PM | Link to this
Dang it gtdc, you almost made me swallow a sunflower shell. Good comebacks, I look forward to our verbal fencing, all of course in accordance with the Jacksonville convention.
By Gary Wells
May 7, 2007 4:59 PM | Link to this
The pictures of Stafford at Talledega holding a beer keg over his head should be ignored completely. He wasn’t on the Georgia Campus drinking, he wasn’t even in Georgia at all, he was at a Nascar race in Alabama. Are there beer police now? College is for having some fun every now and then.
By Pitbull
May 7, 2007 5:11 PM | Link to this
The problem is that Michael Adams never had any fun in college. Infact, he never has any fun now, just ask his wife. So he hates to see college kids have fun, especially if the are popular (because he never was).
By Cuz
May 7, 2007 8:35 PM | Link to this
I always feel sorry for the homecoming queen because when Mike Adams gives her the bouquet there is a massive boo from the stadium. Poor girl. And what a bustard.
By Hdawgkee
May 7, 2007 9:01 PM | Link to this
Let me just first say, this makes me a little nervous. Stafford is one of those diamonds in the ruff that do not come around that often. We don’t need him getting into trouble and doing suspicios thinga that could cause concern(i.e. hoisting a beeer keg over his head) now granted he is only a 19 year old kid, but you have to be carefull. We can’t loose him and or have any off the field incidents like this one. I know Richt will have a discussion with Matt and lay down this is what it is. Do I believe this is a horrible crime, no. There is no evidence that says he was drinking or any of that, so I am going to give him the benefit of the doubt. But please Matt, be careful, we can’t loose you.
By ESPN THE HEARD $UX
May 8, 2007 2:04 PM | Link to this
Where the thug AT UGA!
By GaVaHokie
May 8, 2007 4:04 PM | Link to this
AltamahaDawg… you might NEED to go back to jr. high… you left out one very important stat… playing time.
Why don’t you compare those stats to the amount of minutes played?
By I-DOG
May 8, 2007 6:17 PM | Link to this
Richt and the Univ sent a very clear message when they suspended Hebron for an entire season “for drinking” and not being nice to the bouncers at a local bar. Hebron is a five star prep player at LB in high school and after redshirting would have gotten significant PT this season if not a starting position.
I have to admit that I don’t think it is fair that Hebron got a whole season while Ian Smith (ONLY) got 7 games and Smith seems to have the bigger problem.
I am a bit of a libertarian and believe that a 21 year old drinking age is silly. However, that is the law and the rules of the Univ. are set up to suspend a student that has 2 offenses in this area.
Anyone who thinks that UGA goes lightly on football players is dead wrong. Losing 25% of your NCAA eligibility for drinking alcohol in college is a pretty serious penalty for that type of “crime”.
I don’t know of ANY other school or program that would mete out that kind of punishment for this type of incident. Certainly not Florida, tech, Auburn, TN, South Car., or Auburn. Basically, any of UGA’s rivals.
Remember when FL suspended a player for the first half of a game??? If Hebron were at UF, he would be suspended for the opening kickoff and the first three defensive plays of the game.
Most of FL’s high draft picks were considered “character risks” by NFL GM’s. One of them was suspended for only 1 game for doing drugs!
Tech has a player convicted on felony drug trafficking and he plays in the very next game the police allow him to.
I’d hate to see what happens to a UGA player if one actually hurts someone or steals somthing.
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