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By Anonymous

May 9, 2007 5:22 PM | Link to this

Good news dawg fans…Ben Harden has worked hard in the class room and has qualified for UGA. Congratulations to Ben Harden for his hard work. I don’t know anymore information on the other guys besides I think everyone will find out about Caleb around May 24.

By Dave

May 9, 2007 8:19 PM | Link to this

AM 690 Buck Belue claims Caleb has qualified. That was 2 weeks ago. Have not heard anyone confirm it though. Don’t know where Buck got that info from but it must have been substantial enough to make public.

By Send Money

May 9, 2007 8:46 PM | Link to this

Good news if true about King qualifying.Even if he does, redshirting may be best for him and the team.If everybody is healthy we should have the players to get it done this season, and the extra time Caleb has can be put to good use in his academic pursuits.Too bad about Hebron,but it’s the right thing for MR to do.Hopefully he’ll learn and spend his time at Ga Military preparing for his career at UGA.

By AltamahaDawg

May 9, 2007 9:09 PM | Link to this

Football coaches dont suspend students from college.

By Buck Cochran in the NW

May 9, 2007 9:33 PM | Link to this

I don’t know why the penalty was increased but IMO, it’s to much for what happen. Underage drinking can be and is a problem but the punishment that went to Smith was strong enough. Does anyone know why it was increased?

By Buck Cochran in the NW

May 9, 2007 11:11 PM | Link to this

DIAMOND DAWGS BEAT TECH 9-4 TONIGHT

By Gen Neyland

May 9, 2007 11:16 PM | Link to this

Burn me once, shame on you…burn me TWICE, shame on me…

By SamoanDawg

May 10, 2007 12:05 AM | Link to this

Akeem Hebron you better come back!

Chip, if you ever talk to the young man, tell him the whole bulldawg nation is behind him. Everyone makes mistakes. As the saying goes… “sometime you have to hit rock bottom to finally realize how well you had it made”… I think that’s how it goes. But anyway, hope he comes back big/strong and ready to kick some butt.

Buck I watched the diamond dogs’ game. GT used up all their pitchers, seems like. Good game!

By 2004DawgGrad

May 10, 2007 1:01 AM | Link to this

What is with all this congrats on players being declared to play academically? Its easy as pie to qualify to play D1 sports and these kids are being taught to just make the minimum so they can get out on the field, bust their but, dont make it to the NFL, dont graduate, and dont have anything to fall back on. I know Akeem and he is lucky that he isnt dead. This guy was downtown alot and I even carried him out the club b4. I hope he turns his life around too and while doing it realize that he is special not because he plays football for UGA, but the fact he can get a degree from there.

By Stan Nolte

May 10, 2007 2:19 AM | Link to this

Send Money…Hate to correct you, but MR did’nt suspend Hebron (you know he would’nt have)the school did due to 2 violations of the student conduct code…MR is a dirty Bobby Bowden clone !

By BuLLdawg

May 10, 2007 5:31 AM | Link to this

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Is this Off-Season going well for The University of Georgia, or not ?

Matthew Stafford’s spooning of his backup Joe Cox and Aly Spicer, a freshman at Alabama who along with her entire family are Auburn fans, at the Talladega race – a track I have raced myself - the weekend before last is more surprising for his spooning of Joe Cox than Matthew’s individual photos holding a keg, or the photo of him holding the keg over his head with Aly Spicer’s even more bodacious hips than his own. Given that every photo of Aly Spicer shows her and her friends (She also spoons a gal in the photos.) holding some type of alcohol, I should not be a bit surprised that Matthew Stafford had to lie to Coach Richt that indeed he did not drink a thing in the NASCAR infield the weekend before last. The boy (Erik) who reports the incident is but 26 years old himself, but says he did not take the photos nor was the one who published them on the Internet. Who was then ? And, the Auburn fan who takes glee that his hotty is now at Alabama, is but 19 himself. I question their judgment as well in this. Not all 19 or 26 year olds make the same decisions as the Brookwood Quarterback who has now left us to ponder why not wearing a seat-belt as a kid is cool.

By BuLLdawg

May 10, 2007 5:31 AM | Link to this

http://deepsouthsports.blogspot.com/2007/05/talledega-days.html

I do not, however, exactly understand this “updated depth chart May 10, 2007” on Dawgbone.net, as presumably, Index Depth Charts are whatever he wants to say they are whenever he wants, as Coach Richt is the only person who issues the Depth Chart and Akeem Hebron is at Georgia Military College and not even at The University of Georgia for an entire year on this day. Yeah; he’s not the town drunk either. And, defending him as well, is best for all UGA Fans. Right.

http://www.dawgbone.net/depthchart.html

But, that Matthew Stafford would pull all this posing for spooning pictures of him and Joe Cox and pose for all these individual photos of him with a keg just after Akeem Hebron is suspended from the entire University of Georgia for drinking, is incredibly poor judgment from a guy who threw 13 interceptions to his 7 TD passes only along with his 10 fumbles 6 lost to his only 3 rushing TDs as our quarterback on a team that was not ranked in any poll except for the final AP Poll for the 10th consecutive season. His judgment remains suspect. And, Georgia Tech did not end up in the top 25 of any poll.

By BuLLdawg

May 10, 2007 5:32 AM | Link to this

192-146-2 Georgia owns Georgia Tech in Baseball too, and David Perno has a Winning Record over Georgia Tech in Baseball.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean,Old-FashionedHate

So, it is not surprising that Georgia beat Georgia Tech in Baseball last night on television to win the rubber match this season, is it ?

http://ramblinwreck.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/050807aab.html

Matt Stewart and Buck Belue are great television announcers, although I am certain that Tech fans will say that they play in a better baseball conference than The SEC too, when The SEC’s 12 Baseball teams are far better than the ACC’s 8.

By the way, Chandler Gailey – a former Gator Quarterback whom UGA also owns both at Florida and at Georgia Tech in football – still has not beaten UGA once while Coach Richt is 6-0. Georgia Tech still does not have a Number 1 Pick in the 1st Round of the NFL Draft, as UGA has 3 Charley Trippi, Harry Babcock and Frank Sinkwich.

By BuLLdawg

May 10, 2007 5:33 AM | Link to this

For the record, Paul Hewitt also has a Losing Record to UGA in men’s basketball and Dennis Felton does not against Georgia Tech.

58-38-5 UGA over Georgia Tech in Football with 1,663 UGA points to only 1,422 Georgia Tech points May 10 2007 according to www.CFBdataWarehouse.com .

http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/divia/acc/georgiatech/opponents_records.php?teamid=1265

Where we also find that Georgia Tech is 198 wins 205 Losses and 24 ties against The SEC in Football May 10, 2007, a .492 Losing Record in football for Tech against SEC schools in football :

http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/divia/acc/georgiatech/vs_conf.php

Duh. No wonder Bobby Dodd (college dropout) wanted out of the SEC, only to see Georgia Tech later want to rejoin The SEC and be shunned by The SEC and not allowed to rejoin The SEC.

Losers. Nerds. Please share with us how great you are at anything.

By BuLLdawg

May 10, 2007 5:33 AM | Link to this

Now, I realize how Georgia Tech, Auburn, and Florida fans relish these goings on this Off-Season, but are they really any better when our point, as UGA fans should be : How good is the continued judgment to pose for these photos by our Starting Quarterback and what lie did he tell Coach Richt that he had nothing to drink the weekend before last to not be suspended for the Opening Game ?

Matthew Stafford knew that his picture was being taken - in every photo. Didn’t drink a thing ? That what he, his Dad, Aly and Joe Cox said to Coach Richt ? Or, the question has not yet been asked ? Which is it ?

And, how good is this Off-Season going for UGA ?

1. Great. We have a great offense now that receivers are used to the velocity of Matthew Stafford and our Defense isn’g going to be as bad as Florida’s ?

2. Only beating Georgia Tech last night has gone well for UGA ?

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By godawg

May 10, 2007 8:46 AM | Link to this

By Hunk Erdown

May 10, 2007 8:58 AM | Link to this

As far as Hebron there’s no other way to cut it than he got what he deserved, or less.

As far as Stafford, I see where BuLLdawg is coming from, but if I were CMR I would do two things:

1: Let things be smoothed over as far as the now famous Talledega weekend.

2: Give my second QB plenty of snaps with the 1st team… just in case.

I am very concerned with the amount of alcohol related problems at UGA. Its easy for those of us at plus 40 age to say what the law should be and what it used to be, but the fact of the matter is this: It is currently against the law for these guys to go out and do what they are doing. The media microscope is constantly on people who have attained a certain amount of celebrity status, much more than it ever has been. “Boys will be boys” and that kind of attitude just don’t cut it anymore. The selling point for me, if I were recruiting or coaching these guys is the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow! That is what can make the media attention and smart planning worthwhile. If that is not enough to stay focused on carreer goals, then find something, anything to convince them!

By gdawginkalamazoo

May 10, 2007 9:15 AM | Link to this

SamoanDawg, I second that on Hebron. I hope the kid does get it together and gets back to UGA. That would be a lot more impressive than just getting the boot under the circumstances that he created and going elsewhere. Go to Junior college and then get back to UGA. That would be worth a lot of NFL character dollars come draft day. Good luck Hebron.

Chip, too bad about the golf coach. Can we make uneducated guesses as to what might have occurred? Of course most all of our guesses on here are uneducated and statistically slanted. Did he get involved with one of the golfers? Just nod if that is in the ballpark.

By Marietta Dawg

May 10, 2007 9:18 AM | Link to this

I’m a huge Dawg fan and I hate to see any of our players suspended, but I feel that the suspension of Hebron is valid. It’s a given that there will be college kids that are under 21 that will drink, but if there is never a punishment many could end up in much more trouble. All we have to do is see what happened to the Brookwood kid. It’s been reported that alcohol was a contributing factor in his accident. I really hope that Hebron realizes that things could be much worse. As much as we can’t stand to see our players suspended, I believe that it’s the school’s responsibility, as well as MR’s, to look out for the best interests of our student athletes.

By AltamahaDawg

May 10, 2007 9:32 AM | Link to this

Hebron wasnt suspended as a player, he was suspended as a college student for violating the university rules on underage drinking. Can we all agree on this? Thats not to take anything away from what Coach Richt might have done. He has always handled those things as appropriate as any coach out there, but it never was his call. He knew that the second he heard about it.

By Gen Neyland

May 10, 2007 9:37 AM | Link to this

My sincere apologies to Honest Abe for hacking up this quote from him regarding booze, ” Alcohol has no defense but has many defenders “…09MAY marked the 4th year since our oldest was killed in a single car crash that claimed his life, alcohol related…Preach, preach, preach to your children…It’s all we can do…

By Hunk Erdown

May 10, 2007 9:45 AM | Link to this

Yes Alt., I agree with you and I also think it is a good thing that the Univ. has clear guidelines on the issue. Otherwise, players could mistakenly rely on CMR’s supposed propensity to be lenient or have the delima of considering the valuable nature of a player’s “importance” to the squad. This way it is not only clear but out of his hands.

When I said Hebron got what he deserved or less, I was trying to say he could have hurt himself or others in his state of intoxication. I truly feel for the young man from Brookwood’s family and hope they won’t be offended if I use they’re current state as a tool for raising my own children. My thoughts and prayers are with them.

By Hunk Erdown

May 10, 2007 9:47 AM | Link to this

Thank you for that Gen.

We can’t say it enough can we? I’m so sorry that you had to go through such a thing. What could possibly be worse…

By AP

May 10, 2007 9:54 AM | Link to this

the suspension of Akeem Hebron was too harsh. we needed him to bolster our young LB corps this year

By Hunk Erdown

May 10, 2007 10:06 AM | Link to this

People like AP have obviously never been in law enforcement or as I was for a short time, an emt on an ambulance crew. I can tell you for a fact that when someone has experienced a couple of problems with alcohol such as young Hebron, he #1 was probably in such a state many many more times without getting caught, and #2 needs a severe “wake up” in order to preserve his very own life. Ride with a paramedic for a month… you’ll change, I can guarantee you.

By NC Dawg

May 10, 2007 10:21 AM | Link to this

Good decision on Akeem Hebron. Better he should learn now and be an example for others. When these athletes make a commitment to UGA, doing lame things like he did constitutes faltering on that commitment. I do wish him well and look forward very much to seeing him stuff the opposing runners.

By gdawginkalamazoo

May 10, 2007 10:50 AM | Link to this

General, Sorry for your loss.

By gdawginkalamazoo

May 10, 2007 11:14 AM | Link to this

Hunk Erdown, very valid point. Not his first time abusing alcohol and has probably never had a friend paralyzed after crashing his car driving drunk or worst had friends leave behind a child after getting killed by a drunk driver. These things tend to sober you up real fast as to the realities. It is no longer “it could never happen to me” thing. When the friends that you hang out with aren’t there the next day you can’t see it any other way. I can honestly say that I am very, very lucky to be alive after my college days and grateful that no one got hurt or worse.

By Gen Neyland

May 10, 2007 11:31 AM | Link to this

Consider this a testimonial to a tragedy then I’ll quit and go deep. In 2003, after notification of the crash, arrangements made, we spent Mother’s Day in a visitation parlour at the funeral home. Great memories for my wife, huh..? Following the stages of why to anger, we move on. As a kid I had no empathy for the recklessness of youth through my parents eyes. Live it up and live large. Then we become our parents. The rules of engagement change…I continue to indulge in adult beverages, my wife, no. Our other 4 children, yes. But I stress and stress big, NO DRIVING or RIDING with those intoxicated…BTW, our son was .298 at time of wreck…

I’m done on this….Thanks for the platform…

By Buck Cochran in the NW

May 10, 2007 11:55 AM | Link to this

Gen, your feelings along with others who’re posting this morning should be put together some way in a video reel and shown to every player every where. Lot of smarts……HUNK ER, HOW RIGHT YOU ARE. I’VE HAD ONE D.U.I. IN MY LIFE; HOWEVER, WAS THAT THE ONLY TIME I HAD EVER BEEN DRUNK BEHIND A WHEEL? NO. DON’T DRINK NOW BUT WAS BLESSED TO HAVE SURVIVED AND NOT HURT SOMEBODY ELSE.

By Matt

May 10, 2007 12:29 PM | Link to this

Why is a blog about UGA women’s golf entitled “Hammer Comes Down on Hebron”? Man does the AJC know how to sell a product.

By TURD

May 10, 2007 12:33 PM | Link to this

UGA also leads the nation in drunks and drug heads!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By AltamahaDawg

May 10, 2007 12:33 PM | Link to this

Ok 3rd time now……. (not to mention several written articles)…….Hebrons suspension wasnt right, or wrong, or too harsh, or just right. Was a University policy. WAS NOT A DECISION. I suppose you could argue with whats fair for a college student, but being a football player was irrelavant.

By AltamahaDawg

May 10, 2007 12:40 PM | Link to this

Hunker, I knew your angle, but others are still debating what the football coach should do.

By AltamahaDawg

May 10, 2007 12:42 PM | Link to this

and this blog leads the internet in Turds chimming in without any point.

By Cuz

May 10, 2007 1:23 PM | Link to this

Alt for some strange twilight zone reason, the majority thinks that CMR suspended Hebron and it was “too harsh”

IT WAS THE UNIVERSITY SUSPENDIND HEBORN FOR VIOLATING THE CODE OF CONDUCT.

As Charlie Brown said, “Good grief”.

By Cuz

May 10, 2007 1:25 PM | Link to this

The golf coach resigning reminds me of Chevy Chase’s buddy in Caddyshack getting suspended for night putting, with the Dean’s 15 year old daughter.

By Cuz

May 10, 2007 1:37 PM | Link to this

SUSPENDING, I got carried away.

By I-DOG

May 10, 2007 2:41 PM | Link to this

Awful thin at Linebacker:

With Hebron lossed for the entire season and Marcus Washington a ? on when and how well he will return this season, we have some serious depth questions at LB.

It would appear that Miller, a senior, will start in the middle flanked by Dewberry, a Sophmore, and Ellerbe a Junior. This is a talented, big, and fast group, however,even this starting cast is not without its set of questions.

Will Miller emerge as a solid tackling machine in the middle? (we don’t know) many of you questioned his tackling acumen in the Spring game. That is a little scary. Ellerbe has all the tools but can he bring it to every game every quarter? Dewberry is just… well inxperienced.

What if some of these guys get injured? None of the backups have played a down in college.

By I-DOG

May 10, 2007 2:54 PM | Link to this

LB’s Cont.

There are some talented young players at backup LB, but I don’t like the fact that there isn’t a single snap of experience there (unless Washington comes back).

Gamble and Dent have promising futures, but they are untested RF. Curran and possibly White can come in as true freshmen, but if there are a couple of injuries, we have a very thin group. I’d rather see one of the Freshman or RF have to climb over someone on the depth chart and earn their PT rather than having a situation where the coach has to start one of them because with an injury or two… we don’t have anyone in front of them.

What is Octavious Coates doing these days? I haven’t heard anything about him this Spring? I was hoping we would move him to LB since he is such a good tackler and has to have some speed if he is currently playing safety. With four or five guys in front of him for 2 spots at safety, I’d like to see us give it a try (at least in case of emergency).

Injuries happen at LB, just the nature of the position. What does DAWG nation think at LB?

By honest_abe

May 10, 2007 2:56 PM | Link to this

sorry for your loss general.

the words seem so hollow and meaningless but in this age of the internet, those simple words are the best i can do.

By Steeledawg

May 10, 2007 4:36 PM | Link to this

I would like to opine about Ms. Leon. I understand the concept of striking while the iron is hot,and that if she does go on to win the individual and team NC she will have accomplished all of her goals, but as a competitor in a sport that presents little opportunity of injury, why not stay? I doubt she will be any less attractive and marketable in two years than she is now, especially if continues to work on her game,improves, and dominates. College golf is a team game, the tour is an individual grind. I wouldn’t sacrifice two years of my Athens experience for a few bucks when the money will only get bigger down the road. I wish her the best of luck, and I hope she has good people around her to help make the best decision for her and her family.

By Hunk Erdown

May 10, 2007 4:47 PM | Link to this

Steeledog-

Hang around Athens and all them drunks? Are you crazy? J/K.

By Hunk Erdown

May 10, 2007 4:50 PM | Link to this

I-Dog-

If it were me, I would give Brandon Woods a serious look at LB. He was a fullback/DE out at Haralson County and I know they have moved him to interior DL but geeez he is fast, strong, and an absolute head hunter.

By Big Dawg

May 10, 2007 5:28 PM | Link to this

I-DOG

We are going to be fine at the LB position, Washington will be ready and Miller did make real progress in the spring. His problem is he doesn’t react instintively as he has the tendency to think instead of just reacting, but as he gets more comfortable at the position he will be fine. As you pointed out we have some very talented back ups who I expect to be pushing hard for playing time so all will be well. As for the posted dept chart on Rivals and other places, look for our starting line up come the Oklahoma State game to be different.

By Marietta Dawg

May 10, 2007 11:03 PM | Link to this

I wonder if we’ll see Todd McCorkle meeting w/ Chris Hansen on To Catch a Predator???

By ForeTide

May 11, 2007 8:52 AM | Link to this

The McCorkle story must not be related to escapades with any of his players. If you look, his wife was one of his players for 4 years at the University of Arizona. If there was something to that, then the press would have latched on to that fact. Maybe he’s just a jerk who treated his players poorly? I’m happy to give him his say in the matter, although to this point he has not wanted to say anything…

By I-DOG

May 11, 2007 10:55 AM | Link to this

Big Dawg:

Thanks for the comments. Are you saying that Washington will be ready for the opener? That would be incredible news!

Do you know if Coates did anything this Spring?

By gdawginkalamazoo

May 11, 2007 10:57 AM | Link to this

Marietta Dawg, not a funny topic but a funny post. If so I hope he is wearing Auburn, UT or UF gear.

By gdawginkalamazoo

May 11, 2007 10:59 AM | Link to this

Maybe McCorkle put the “swing” in swing coach.

By I-DOG

May 11, 2007 11:06 AM | Link to this

Gen Neyland:

I am sorry to hear about the tragic loss of your son.

By reality check

May 11, 2007 11:15 AM | Link to this

Washington will not be recovered from his injury enough to play this year according to Richt’s comment at the spring game. He and Hebron will both be back next year as redshirt sophomores.

We aren’t really thinner at linebacker this year than we have been for a number of years and it has worked out all right. In fact, we may be better off in terms of numbers. Plus, the 3 linebackers who just graduated played really well for us, but none of them are as physically talented as the starters who will be lining up this year. Like many, I am concerned about Brandon Miller - great physical ability, but so far he has been hesitant. I hear he has desire and works hard, so he may reach his potential yet.

I still say the biggest question marks on the team are at defensive end. We have a chance to be pretty good there, but even so there is drop off in talent compared with Moses and Johnson.

By I-DOG

May 11, 2007 12:04 PM | Link to this

How will this affect recruiting:

Will some high school players look at UGA as a risky proposition? given that UGA will suspend a player for several games for drinking and for an entire year for a 2nd offense? Since none of UGA’s rivals (Auburn, tech, Florida, TN, SC, etc…)will do this?

I am concerned that a player, (realizing that they are going to drink in college), might be concerned about going to the only school that severely punishes athletes for an offense that they know they will be committing.

I know that the positive is that we will be getting higher “character” guys if some of these folks opt to go elsewhere, but I would contend that you can have excellent character and drink a little (or a lot) in college. I site myself as an example of a guy with great character who got drunk and had fun in college.

I went to UGA, fully intending to study hard, have a lot of fun, and yes drink underage. I did all three.

UGA recently lost Grant (a big time defensive back) and Chaney (a big time LB) to OTHER SEC SCHOOLS AFTER THEY COMMITTED TO UGA, the scholarship was yanked for some trouble in high school. Maybe it was a good idead for UGA not to admit those two players, but they made a lot of plays for our competitors.

I hope this isn’t the case, but I am concerned we could lose some 17 year olds who would like to have some fun in college (particularly during the offseason). These may be terrific students and players for UGA, but when they see that a five star LB and top 100 player in the South OL, lose a year for drinking, they have to be concerned.

By I-DOG

May 11, 2007 12:14 PM | Link to this

I hope Reality Check and Big Dawg are right and I am being too pessimistic about our LB’s, but who are we counting on?

We have three players that have played a snap at UGA. There are three LB’s on just about every play on our defense.

Some say Miller is improving and will be fine, others are concerned. Some say Washington will be back, others say he won’t play a down in 07.

Dewberry is a talent, but can he anchor our LB core as a youngster? Ellerbe is an athletic phenom, but he hasn’t exactly been Mr. consistant.

Last year we were thin, but VERY experienced at LB and were pretty lucky with injuries.

I’m still concerned and would like to see Coates give it a try.

By Gen Neyland

May 11, 2007 12:39 PM | Link to this

zoo, Hunk, I-Dog, Buck, et al…

Thx…09May = Bad Day…Sorry to vent…

By SEC Football

May 11, 2007 12:44 PM | Link to this

I-Dog….with regards to your post above about recruiting…if you are worried about a kid making a decision on whether or not to attend you school based on his punishment for getting caught drinking, I would say that is a recruit you would want to stay away from. One thing that needs to be looked at is the character of the kids you recruit and I cannot imagine a good player from GA not wanting to play for the Dogs because you can get in trouble for drinking. I know a lot of UGA fans don’t want to admit to it, but the arrests at UGA have been higher than at most other SEC schools. UGA had to make a statement and I have been very surprised that Richt didn’t make one. I have been saying for years that he needed to put his foot down and make a very bold statement to his team. I am certainly and advocate of a second chance. People make mistakes. But for someone who makes them more than once, Richt should have tossed a few of the kids and maybe that would have made these guys believe that he meant business.

Look…you drank in college underage and I don’t know if you ever got caught. I did too but I was never in a position to get caught. Atheletes at other school do it but you just dont hear about the arrests at other school like you do at UGA.

As for the guys you mentioned…Grant and Chaney, only grant was questioned because of his past. Chaney had some questions about his SAT scores from the UGA admissions board and they didn’t admit him. He is a good kid who I know MSU fans are very happy to have.

By gdawginkalamazoo

May 11, 2007 1:20 PM | Link to this

General, no need to apologize for that. ANYTIME you need to vent go ahead. Can’t imagine the pain and pray to God evryday that I never do.

By gdawginkalamazoo

May 11, 2007 1:26 PM | Link to this

I-DOG, I agree with SEC Football on that one (did I say that out loud?).

We will continue to lose recruits until we institute the “Must Key a Professors Car” clause before re-instatement will be complete. Until then look for SOS to take the wayward strays away from us.

By Big Dawg

May 11, 2007 3:42 PM | Link to this

reality check and I Dog,

Coach Richt said he didn’t expect Washington back, not that he wouldn’t be back at the spring game, Washington will be back this fall as he has already started working out with Coach Van. He may not be ready for the Oklahoma State game but I wouldn’t bet on it as he has stated he will be ready and has said he will return next season. He may be redshirted because as Reality pointed out we happen to be loaded at the LB position. Now as for Coates, what I have heard there are no plans to switch him from safety to LB and not much was said by the coaches about him and any progress that he may have made at the safety position. The thing to keep in mind is all the Coaches are eager to get the football season started.

By I-DOG

May 11, 2007 4:50 PM | Link to this

SEC Football:

What if it is a good player with a 3.5 GPA but he likes to go out and drink and have a good time in the offseason? He is a great kid (like I said, if you asked me in High School (do you intend to drink alc at UGA before you are 21? I would have answered YES!)

The kid I described above could go to FL or AL or tech and run windsprints if he is caught drinking. Or he can go to UGA and as was the case with this (FIVE STAR LINEBACKER) lose 25% of his college eligibility.

This will be a red flag for Hebron’s NFL career since it is so public. Look how some of these FL players dropped in the NFL draft because they were suspended or one game! Imagine the chatter about Hebron (Mel, he has all the tools, this Hebron kid, but he was suspended for an entire season, the teams will have to look at that and way the risk.”

All indications are that Hebron is the kind of student athlete you want in your program and has good character.

In the last 4-5 years, how many arrests have there been of UGA players for something OTHER than drinking or having a suspended license? The only one I can think of was Golston got in a fight at a bar several years back. (not exactly evil incarnate)

At AL, I’m sure football players are caught drinking just as frequently as at UGA. However, the aren’t arrested by the local police and it doesn’t make the papers. If the coach is told, he doesn’t suspend them for an entire season like this…

Thats my whole point. Which other major college program in the South or otherwise has EVER suspended a player for more than one game for drinking alcohol. I have heard of exactly 0

I went to UGA and no other schools for undergrad… but I have to believe that other college students drink. Maybe EVERY other campus in the U.S. is dry and I didn’t get the memo.

By I-DOG

May 11, 2007 5:05 PM | Link to this

Chaney and Grant:

I understand why UGA did not take these two after they committed and why OTHER SEC schools did.

One was suspended in high school for “lets just call it public indecency” and one had some questions about his SEC score jumping by a suspicious amount.

I will admit that both of those are character issues, but nothing like say an ernie Sims at Miami (admitted no problemo!! no matter how long his reap sheet was in HS). If he had chosen to go to UF instead of Miami, FL would have held their nose and looked the other way too.

I just look at underage drinking as something other than a character issue. Would you go to war with a guy who drank at 19 even though it was illegal? I would even if he acted like an idiot while doing so and got “caught” Would you vote for him for President? I certainly wouldn’t question his character. However, I have a diffrent attitude about rape, stealing, driving drunk, drug trafficking etc…

I’m not suggesting that we field a team of thugs. If a player gets a DUI, throw the book at him. Stealing, kick him off the team.

There are only so many David Pollack’s out there. If we try to field a competitive team of virginal, no caffiene, no alch., church every Sunday guys… I think we will have a tough time.

By reality check

May 11, 2007 5:39 PM | Link to this

There has been a crackdown on discipline at all colleges in the State University System. For example, Kennesaw has allowed campus police into the dorms to check on underage drinking, including “mandatory” breathalyzer tests. The kids usually aren’t knowledgeable enough to know they can refuse the breathalyzer, and once they take it they are screwed if they are under 21 and have any alcohol in their system at all.

Athens Clarke County Police bring their own enforcement efforts to the mix. I perceive kids in Athens are more likely to be caught and punished than in many other college towns, and I also believe football players are more likely to be singled out, although I have only anecdotal evidence to support that. Look at what happened to Mike Bobo when he was there. He got in trouble for being in the vicinity of a fight he wasn’t involved in and walking away as fast as he could when it started.

There is no question laws are much more rigidly enforced than they were when most of us were in college, and punishments are much more severe. When I was at Emory I knew many people who did things that were as serious as what Hebron did. That includes me. The difference is nothing serious happened to me or my friends, most of whom are doctors, attorneys, or judges now. The dean gave us a serious dressing down, but nothing more. And in retrospect the punishment fit the crime as far as I am concerned.

I will leave it to others to debate whther the increased enforcement activity is good or bad, but it certainly is there.

By War Eagle

May 11, 2007 7:49 PM | Link to this

I cant remember who wrote the post several months back. I replied as a positive statement. I say it again to refresh the post. Before college football became Big Business with high flying salaries, state of art facilities and high donor alums watching every move, more sensitive security for players was a must..In the previous era of SEC football, a few drinks, wobbling around,the Security or Cops would often turn their head or make sure they got without harm.TODAY, you will have a syay over at Gray Bar Motel. It happen to me one Sun, AM when me and fellow teammate got escorted home. Nothing was ever said, although I think Coach Jordan found out,but was never mention.. Its a different world today in college sports.

By CapeCodDawg

May 11, 2007 9:41 PM | Link to this

Hebron blew it!!!!- Obviously the last run-in with the police didn’t scare him straight,so this HAS to happen. I understand that college kids do college kid things,but jeez he put himself on blast with the last episode and he apparently didn’t care. Listen,we don’t need another PacMan Jones or Chris Henry. It’s too disruptive to the team. If he wasn’t an athlete then heck, have at it,but his situation is different thats just the truth. No one is gonna write about “Freddy Lipschitz” who is a philosophy major,they WILL however,write about ANYTHING an athlete does. It sells papers

By JBird

May 11, 2007 9:51 PM | Link to this

Besides the fact that an 18 year old in college should be able to drink a beer, it is absurd to suspend a guy a year from college because the guy got caught twice with a drink. In no situation did I hear where he was drunk or out of control. In my day, most security would look the other way as long as you controlled your stuff. Now, it’s a one year suspension. How are these kids ever going to learn to drink?

By RxDawg

May 12, 2007 11:13 AM | Link to this

Thank you, AP, for the classic “we need him” justification. It is false logic and false justification, but such a situation can hardly ever occur without it.

JBird, whether or not it ought to be legal for 18 year olds to drink, as it was when I entered college back in the day, is for another debate and is entirely beside the point here. Hebron knew the rules and the law. His first arrest should have been a wake up call. That he broke the rules/law a second time is an indication of an on-going problem. Hopefully THIS time will be the wake up call for him to get his life in order.

By Cuz

May 12, 2007 2:52 PM | Link to this

Hebron may be a good kid as some of you say, but he sure used poor judgement. After the first arrest at a bar, he should have stayed out of the bars. Go to a friends apartment. Drink and pass out on the floor as I did back in the good old days.

These guys need the older players to tell them to keep it on the quiet side. They are under a microscope because they can play football at a higher level than the average high schooler. Sorry that is just the way it is. Underage players need to stay out of the bars. Yeah I know that is where the hot women are and they are underage also, but I bet proportionately they do not get in as much trouble.

As Buffet said about young women at a bar, “fake ID and a short enough skirt, ah what the he11 could it hurt”. Our underage football players, thats who.

By Buck Cochran in the NW

May 13, 2007 11:13 AM | Link to this

As a Mother’s Day present for all the Mom’s, I give you a new blog. Way up here in the NW, Jerry Brewer, a writer for the seattletimes.com, has today started a now blog in that paper. The reason I point this out is some of you may want to keep an eye on what PAC-10 people say with the Cal-Tenn kicking off the season.

By reality check

May 13, 2007 9:53 PM | Link to this

Just got back from my daughter’s graduation cum laude from Sewanee.

The valedictory address, given by a young man who will be attending graduate school at Yale on a full academic scholarship, was about the value of beer drinking, and more specifically that one should never drink cheap beer. His memories of the keg parties hosted by his professors beginning his freshman year were well remembered, well told, and highly valued.

Sewanee is one fine school.

By AltamahaDawg

May 14, 2007 10:31 AM | Link to this

Buck, I have a feeling you will keep us well informed about what Pac-10 folks are saying about Tn.

By fayncdawg

May 14, 2007 1:11 PM | Link to this

I think suspending Hebron for the season was good and fair! There ARE some matters of race that anybody in the Dawg nation should be concerned about. Daniel Inman had numerous alcohol related violations. WHY WAS PUNISHMENT FOR HIM LAX!! Before y’all say I’m a Al Sherpton race baiter, y’all just need to realize that lax punishment for Inman contributed to him being such a big underachiever!! It pains me that a 6-7; 315 lbs OT (who just happens to hail from the same area where I currently dwell) does not get drafted!! I guess running 5.6 in the 40 at the NFL Combine hurt him! I hope and pray that the season-long suspension will help Hebron to not become the next Odell! Dawg nation! Let’s rally around Hebron so when the NFL come a-calling, he will do well at the combine (unlike Inman), get drafted (again, unlike Inman) and have a long uninterupted career (unlike both Inman and Odell)!