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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.