| NCAA Headlines | No. 7 Georgia will be without four defensive starters in Saturday's SEC opener at Missouri, including safety Bacarri Rambo and linebacker Alec Ogletree, sources confirmed to ESPN.com on Friday.The Bulldogs already were without suspended cornerback Sanders Commings and outside linebacker Chase Vasser, who are each serving two-game suspensions for offseason arrests. But UGA coach Mark Richt has... [Read More] | | |
Georgia coach Mark Richt hasn't announced a starting tailback for Saturday's game at Missouri, even though freshman Todd Gurley rushed for 100 yards on just eight carries in his college debut.
Gurley says he expects Ken Malcome to remain the top guy on the depth chart. Malcome started the opener against Buffalo, rushing for 32 yards before he went out with an injured left... [Read More] | | |
Georgia's Malcolm Mitchell will miss Saturday's season opener against Buffalo due to a left ankle sprain, the school announced Friday afternoon.
Mitchell played receiver last year but spent the spring and preseason camps practicing mostly at cornerback to fill in on a Georgia secondary depleted by suspensions for the early part of the season. Earlier this week, coach Mark Richt said... [Read More] | | |
Another Georgia football player is suspended after an arrest this offseason. Junior outside linebacker Chase Vasser must sit out the first two games of the season after he was arrested on charges of driving under the influence and for driving in an improper lane in Atlanta on May 11. “Chase Vasser will serve a two game suspension as per our Athletic Association policy,” head coach Mark Richt told... [Read More] | | |
In a year in which the Georgia Bulldogs have seen their number in a continuing state of dwindle, they finally got to add one on Monday. Brandon Burrows, a redshirt sophomore linebacker from Marietta who quit the team just last week, asked for and was granted a reinstatement on Monday. “I’m actually on my way back to Athens right now,” said Burrows, reached via cellphone Monday night. “I’ve just... [Read More] | | |
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Sophomore linebacker Brandon Burrows will transfer and has been granted an unconditional release by Georgia according to a release by the school. Burrows cited a chance for more playing time and a desire to return to playing defensive end in a 4-3 scheme as reasoning for the move. "The coaching change here led to a 3-4 defense," Burrows said in a news release.... [Read More] | | |
Mark Richt's contract that took six months to renegotiate needed a few extra hours to gain official approval. Because of a scheduling mixup, the University of Georgia Athletic Association's executive board was forced to delay by three hours a conference call where members would approve the football coach's new deal. Once they reconvened Thursday evening, they unanimously approved the terms of... [Read More] | | |
The top drawing card for Georgia's spring football game this Saturday is likely off the table. Heralded early enrollee Keith Marshall, who was expected to challenge Isaiah Crowell and Ken Malcome on the tailback depth chart, sat out Saturday's second scrimmage with a hamstring pull and is expected to miss the final week of workouts as well. The 5-foot-11, 190-pounder from Raleigh, N.C., was rated... [Read More] | | |
Georgia All-American safety Bacarri Rambo has been suspended for four games for failing a drug test, his high school coach said Thursday. A source close to the situation also confirmed to ESPN.com's Mark Schlabach that Rambo's suspension was drug-related. Alan Ingram, Rambo's coach at Seminole County High School in Donalsonville, Ga., said he believes Rambo was a victim of circumstance.... [Read More] | | |
Georgia announced Tuesday before the Bulldogs' first spring practice that senior tailback Carlton Thomas intends to transfer.Thomas ranked second on the team last season with 361 rushing yards, but was suspended twice for disciplinary reasons."This decision was based solely on the fact that this is my last year to play and my parents and I felt like it was the right move to make,"... [Read More] | | |
Georgia cornerback Branden Smith was arrested and charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession in Alabama late Sunday night, police said. Deputies found a bag of marijuana under the seat after stopping and searching the 2007 Dodge Charger that Smith, 22, was driving on U.S. Route 431, Henry County Sheriff William Maddox confirmed Monday."He was following too close and he had a tag light... [Read More] | | |
Georgia cornerback Sanders Commings will serve a two-game suspension at the start of next season for his role in a domestic dispute in January.The university made the announcement Wednesday, saying Commings, a rising senior, will miss the Bulldogs' Sept. 1 opener against Buffalo and a Sept. 8 road game against SEC newcomer Missouri.Commings was arrested Jan. 21 and charged with simple battery and... [Read More] | | |
Cornerbacks Nick Marshall and Chris Sanders and receiver Sanford Seay have been dismissed from Georgia's football team for violating team rules."It's a privilege to play college football and to be a part of this team and University," Georgia coach Mark Richt said in a statement. "Along with that privilege comes certain responsibilities. Mistakes were made, and part of our job is... [Read More] | | |
Former NFL player Kendrell Bell has accused his college football coach at the University of Georgia of duping him out of $2 million.Jim Donnan convinced Bell to invest the money in GLC Limited, a liquidation company that would buy appliances and furniture for resale, according to documents filed last month in U.S. Bankruptcy Court by Bell's lawyers. Bell's attorneys say Donnan, though, was the... [Read More] | | |
Georgia defensive back Sanders Commings was arrested Saturday on simple battery and domestic violence charges after allegedly hitting his girlfriend in the face during a dispute early Saturday morning.UGA police booked Commings at 9:06 a.m. ET Saturday and he was released on $1,000 bond at 4:49 p.m., according to the jail's online booking report.According to UGA police chief Jimmy Williamson,... [Read More] | | |
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UGA athletics director Greg McGarity opened discussions with Mark Richt on Friday morning about extending Richt's contract as the Bulldogs' head football coach, McGarity told Dawgs247. Mark Richt is in his 11th season as UGA's head football coach. "Mark and I, we discussed for the first time today, moving forward," McGarity said Friday morning. "We've started that discussion, and... [Read More] | | |
Georgia running backs Isaiah Crowell, Carlton Thomas and Ken Malcome are suspended for the Bulldogs' game against New Mexico State on Saturday, coach Mark Richt confirmed. Richt would not discuss the reason behind the suspensions, only that a violation of team rules occurred. "They didn't do things the Georgia way," he said. But, a source told DawgNation that the three players were... [Read More] | | |
The Southeastern Conference on Wednesday suspended Georgia nose guard Kwame Geathers and safety Shawn Williams, both starters, for the first half of their next game for their actions in last Saturday's victory against Vanderbilt. Geathers and Williams will sit out the first 30 minutes of Georgia's Oct. 29 game against Florida. Vanderbilt center Logan Stewart also received a half-game suspension... [Read More] | | |
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