First it was DE Derrick Lott who found himself in a sling after running his scooter into a wall and injuring his right leg. Now, UGA 5-star linebacker Ray Drew crashed his scooter on Sunday suffering a sprained shoulder sidelining the young super star. Yesterday, Drew was riding home from church when he wiped out on his scooter. As a result, he suffered a sprained shoulder injury. After treatment at St. Mary’s Hospital, he was listed as day-to-day according to...
Georgia’s 2010 leading rusher, Washaun Ealey, has been indefinitely suspended from the team for disciplinary matters. Ealey’s punishment stems from skipping out on a punishment run last week. Georgia has not dismissed Ealey, however, the talented tailback is not permitted to use the team’s facilities or attend any team activities. Sources say Ealey is still enrolled in classes, but rumors of transfering are starting to surface. Ealey is no stranger to suspension as last season he was scratched from the home...
With football recruiting in full swing, coaches better freshen up on the NCAA’s strict and complicated set of bylaws regarding what you can and cannot do. The minutiae of compliance rules is so ridiculous and impossible to follow that it’s no wonder coaches from virtually every program inadvertently flirt with some sort of secondary violation. To give you an example, last year Mark Richt inadvertently called a potential recruit when he accidentally dialed the wrong number on his cell...
On January 3, 2007, Nick Saban agreed to become Alabama’s 27th head coach. Both the Tide and Saban were the butt of many jokes across the nation. College football fans from Eugene, OR, to West Palm Beach, FL, were placing bets on how long it would be before Saban left the Crimson Tide for greener pastures elsewhere. Thirty-eight wins later, it looks as if Saban and Alabama are having the last laugh. For a conference that prides itself on being the...
Mark Richt’s embarrassing loss to Mississippi State this past Saturday (12-24) puts Georgia 0-3 in conference play and is causing concern in Athens. When Mark Richt took over the reins in 2001, he had great expectations for the Bulldogs and did not disappoint. During his coaching tenure at Georgia, he’s amassed a 7-2 bowl record while bringing home 2 SEC Championships and 4 SEC East Division titles. He also has an impressive 91-30 record as the head coach and...
As Georgia is set to kick-off the season, the University got a little surprise from big brother. The University of Georgia Police issued a warrant for the arrest of UGA safety Alex Ogletree. The warrant stems from a theft by taking charge. As the facts are coming in, all that is known is Ogletree’s fingerprints are all over the theft of a $35 helmet stolen from the Rankin Smith Center back in June. Ogletree was a heavily recruited safety...
When the topic of overrated college football coaches comes up, names such as Jim Tressel, Mark Richt, Rich Rodriguez and Les Miles are often tossed around. Out of these four coaches, two, (Tressel and Miles) have a BCS National Championship trophy to show. However, Iowa’s Kirk Ferentz is rarely mentioned in such conversations. Why is this? I get that he and Iowa have always been media darlings, and I understand his Hawkeyes have been the proverbial fly in the ointment for Penn State...
The college football off-season is usually relatively quiet in many college towns each year. However, this has not been the case in Athens, GA this summer as more players have come across the local police blotter than Lindsey Lohan has issues. Less than a week after disgraced former UGA athletic director Damon Evans stepped down from his position following his DUI arrest and possible infidelity mishap, the Georgia Bulldogs are yet again in the news with more legal woes. Tailback Dontavius...
