** Edit: As seen on TV! FOX5 News Atlanta ** I’m a 20 yearold GA Tech student
who has never kissed. I have been going out with a girl online for the last
5 years and she’s finally coming down to see me on the 11th. She tells me
it’s a big turn-off if a guy doesn’t know how to kiss, and she even dumped
her last boyfriend because of this. I want to make a good first impression,
but I’ve never kissed before! Please, I need a girl to practice kissing with,
nothing else!! Just kissing lesson
Some have asked if I have terrible oral hygiene or something of that sort,
so I included a picture of me showing my teeth!
Please help,
Never been kissed
I really hope it’s a hoax, but several people saw this on the news last night.
Just damn.
UGA started selling season parking passes this morning at 8 a.m. to four University-controlled parking decks. Spaces are available at the South Campus Parking Deck, North Campus Parking Deck, Carlton Street Parking Deck, and limited spaces in Hull Street Parking Deck.
From experience, passes sell quickly especially in the South Campus deck next to the Georgia Center. Hull Street spaces should also go quickly. A season pass will set you back $120, and passes are not available for individual games.
UPDATE: As of 12:30, parking deck passes remain only for the Carlton Street Parking Deck (behind Stegeman Coliseum) and the North Campus Parking Deck.
Georgia fans have been waiting to see how Mark Richt would react to this week’s
arrests, and they got some answers this afternoon. Richt
discussed the arrests and announced suspensions for some, though not all,
of the players recently arrested.
"I’m certainly disappointed in a few of our players who have made poor
decisions during the off season," Richt said. "It is of great concern
and we take it very seriously. They will be dealt with accordingly and will
pay a price. Each one will be disciplined based on the severity of their actions."
He went on to highlight the positive activities and behavior of the vast majority
of the team which included everything from mission work to volunteer activities.
So for those keeping score at home, here are the suspensions and results of
the offseason incidents as they stand now (in order of severity):
DE Michael Lemon (felony battery): suspended indefinitely (per athletic department policy)
OL Clint Boling (alcohol-related): two games
FB Fred Munzenmaier (alcohol-related): two games
DB Donovan Baldwin (alcohol-related): one game
OL "Bean" Anderson (simple battery): no suspension announced (yet)
OL Trinton Sturdivant (simple battery): no suspension announced (yet)
DE Jeremy Lomax (concealed weapon): charges dropped, no suspension
You can get better legal analysis here, but “not good” more or less sums up the current state of affairs for Bulldog reserve DE Michael Lemon.
Misdemeanor battery charges against Michael Lemon have been upgraded to include a felony aggravated battery charge, and Lemon turned himself in this morning.
If the charges stand, any discipline from Mark Richt is the least of Lemon’s concern. He’ll be facing some very serious charges with potentially severe punishment from the court and the University. The alleged victim seems determined to press on with the charges, and that’s certainly his right if the facts of the case support his claims.
Meanwhile, Bellygate is into its third day, and there’s not much new to report on the cases of Sturdivant and Anderson.
Hopefully none of us have any illusions about the role of money in the modern major athletic department. But what does it say when there’s a pretty good indication that the pursuit of that money puts one of the teams at a competitive disadvantage?
By itself this might sound like sour grapes. But grumbles about the Nike equipment isn’t a new issue. Certainly Georgia has had plenty of success despite the bats, and Peisel’s missed grand slam opportunity stands out because of an otherwise outstanding pitching performance by Fresno.
It’s a bigger issue than one series or at-bat. It’s one of the most powerful athletic departments in the nation telling one of its teams that inferior equipment is “good enough” because Nike says so.
We’ve seen Central Michigan on our schedule before. They’ve been named Marshall or Central Florida or UAB or Troy. It’s that team that’s not quite a cupcake, made a bowl the year before, but they’re not BCS material. They’ll have a standout QB or receiver that racks up incredible stats in his conference and will likely have some pretty good numbers against the Dawgs too.
This time that guy is Dan LeFevour, Central Michigan’s junior QB. You’re probably sick of the dual-threat QB, but LeFevour definitely qualifies: only he and Vince Young have thrown for 3,000 yards and rushed for 1,000 in a season. He even caught a TD pass. There’s no question that the CMU offense flows through him, and HeismanPundit has named him a darkhorse if not for 2008 then for his senior season in 2009.
HP has an interview with LeFevour, and it’s worth a read. Georgia and Purdue are the big nonconference challenges for the Chippewas this year, and he discusses the team’s readiness for a game in Athens.
You’ve got a big game against Georgia coming up. How will you guys approach playing a game in such a hostile environment?
We’ve had some experience with that. We played at Kentucky last year. We’ve played at Michigan and Clemson and Purdue. We just need to remember that we’ve been in that situation before and carry it over to this game. As long as we are ready mentally, we should be ready to play.
The closest of those games was at Kentucky where CMU closed to within two points in the 4th quarter before falling 45-36. How about those other games? Michigan (41-17), Purdue (45-22), and Clemson (70-14) weren’t quite as close. There was also a 52-7 loss at Kansas to open the 2007 season.
Central Michigan can definitely be a dangerous team. They pushed Kentucky in 2006, and they came back on Purdue in the bowl game rematch last season once the Boilermakers went to sleep on a big halftime lead. Without breaking them down, the formula seems to be what it usually is against these kinds of teams: take the opponent seriously, jump on a weaker defense to put up some points, and don’t sleep on a lead. If nothing else, it will be a treat for Georgia fans to see someone of LeFevour’s talent competing opposite Stafford, Moreno, and Georgia’s own Heisman darkhorses.
David Perno, who recently led the Georgia baseball team to its third College World Series appearance in the last five seasons, has agreed to a new five-year, $2.25 million contract, Director of Athletics Damon Evans announced on Wednesday.
The new contract amounts to an annual increase of $150,000. Playing for the national title always makes those postseason evaluations a little more pleasant than usual:
“First of all, I’d like to say that I really enjoyed my discussions with Damon after the College World Series, and we’re excited about the future of the Bulldog baseball program,” Perno said. “I’m very pleased with the opportunity to be at Georgia and hope to be here a long time. The support we’ve received from our administration is very much appreciated.”
That support from the administration will be tested soon as the future of Foley Field becomes more of an issue. Georgia baseball continues to set attendance marks, and everything from concessions to practice space could use improvement. At the same time, Foley’s location doesn’t necessarily lend itself to much expansion.
It seems odd to say after Perno’s seventh year on the job, but there are those who up through this season questioned Perno’s fitness for the position. This new contract is a sign that Georgia baseball has its man. Now let’s do something about those odd-numbered years.
Georgia football player Michael Lemon is a suspect in an alcohol-related battery incident Saturday night that sent a University student to the hospital with a severe eye injury, according to an Athens-Clarke County police report.
Read the whole thing. It’s not a favorable account.
It gets better…Trinton Sturdivant and Justin Anderson were apparently booked on “simple battery” charges. (hat tip to Steve Patterson of UGASports.com) It’s unknown at this time whether those arrests were related to Lemon’s incident. Way too early to make heads or tails of this story yet, but for those of you keeping score at home that’s over half of Georgia’s projected starting offensive line (when you include Boling) that has been arrested over the offseason.
UPDATE: It seems as if the incidents are not related. More information on the Sturdivant / Anderson incident is available from ESPN. Still doesn’t look good for Lemon, but I wouldn’t be surprised if charges are ultimately dropped against the two offensive linemen.
Uga VI will be laid to rest inside Sanford Stadium this afternoon. It says
something about Georgia fans that the Athletic Department has had to make it
clear that this is a private ceremony. Still, given that they have
made the time and the date of the interment public information, I really hope
that a crowd doesn’t gather on the bridge. There’s a fine line between paying
your respects to Uga and becoming one of those Barbaro freaks.
After Uga is buried, the process of naming a successor will begin. This is
no small job. It’s not just about looks. The ideal Uga must also have the personality
and the temperment to handle the job week in and week out in front of SEC crowds.
Just any white bulldog won’t do.
The last transition was public and smooth. Uga VI of course was selected and
introduced while Uga V was still alive, and Uga V had a chance to retire before
passing away. But now we face the scenario of an active Uga passing while in
office, and an interregnum is a new experience for many Georgia fans. It’s been
a while since we’ve gone through this process, so I’m here this morning with
a look inside the process.
The process begins this week after the burial of Uga VI. Living members of
the University’s Circle
of Honor and football players with retired numbers will arrive in Athens
beginning this afternoon, and they will sequester themselves on several floors
of the Georgia Center for Continuing Education (Uga’s Athens residence during
a home game). They will take several days to become familiar with the candidates
and deliberate. Most of the day will be spent in seclusion in their Georgia
Center rooms reflecting on the qualities of Uga while consulting "Best
of Munson" DVDs and the 2008 Phil Steele.
During this time the Circle of Honor must decide what kind of mascot they want.
Uga VI was large and playful with a sense for when it was time to play ball.
The Circle might decide that they want a more hard-line, no-nonsense mascot
to keep the team on task during this difficult season ahead. They might want
a young, smaller pup who has a little more animation than his father. Less-conservative
members of the Circle might even support a mascot with some carefully-hidden
brown patches as a sign of inclusiveness and an appeal to widen the growing
Georgia bandwagon.
Then they will vote. Each day the members of the Circle of Honor will cast
a ballot with a single name. Damon Evans, whose duties as Athletic Director
include administrative oversight of this process, will read aloud the result
of each ballot. If no candidate receives two-thirds of the votes, the Circle
of Honor will retire for the evening, and the ballots will be shredded and used
to line the cages of the various candidates.
Once a candidate gets at least two-thirds of the votes, members of the Seiler
family will remove the other candidates from the room. The Uga-elect will be
presented with a dummy of an Auburn player (an actual Auburn player may be substituted)
and a television cable. If the Uga-elect correctly lunges at both items, Sonny
Seiler will immediately place the bulldog on a bag of ice and speak the name
of the new mascot while proclaiming him Defender of the End Zone and Protector
of That Big Air-Conditioned Dog House. Seiler may choose any appropriate name;
there is some speculation that Uga IV was nearly named Herschel I. But it’s
expected that this year’s new mascot will be named Uga VII.
Seiler will then place a custom-made red sweater on the new mascot. The Chapel
Bell will ring. Finally, Seiler will emerge from the lobby of the Georgia Center
and announce, "Habemus canum y’all" (we have a dawg). The new mascot
will emerge and make his public debut as he is taken for a walk around the Georgia
Center grounds, possibly stopping to anoint the vegetation along Carlton Street.
The Seilers and the new mascot will return to Uga’s summer residence in Savannah
to prepare the mascot for his first public appearances. His
first big foray into the public world will be at Picture Day in August, and he’s only two months
away from his first game when he will lead the Bulldogs into action against Georgia
Southern.
Eager Georgia fans wait outside the Main Library for news of the next Bulldog mascot.
A big hint that you’re not that far up on the ol’ recruiting board: all of the coaches – even your position coach – are on vacation during your recruiting visit.
Justin Jones will commit to Kentucky following a disappointing recruiting visit to South Carolina. “Justin went to South Carolina on Wednesday and everybody was gone,” Heritage coach Chad Frazier said. “They had a [graduate assistant] showing him around campus. That’s what sealed it for him.”
According to the Savannah Morning News and Josh Kendall, Georgia’s mascot Uga VI died last night. He would have turned 10 in June, and that’s pushing the life expectancy for a bulldog. There was some speculation last summer about his retirement, but Uga VI remained in place for the entire 2007 and went out a winner. He presided over 114 Georgia football games and 87 wins – records for both wins and longevity for a Georgia mascot.
Georgia under Uga VI
87-27 (76.3%) career record
Made a bowl in each of his nine seasons, winning seven
“I am disappointed in Billy,” Felton said. “We’ve worked really hard with him in the past to see that he succeeds, but I feel that it’s now best for our program to move forward without him.”
Initial reports stated that Humphrey blew a .02 (still trouble for an underage drinker), but additional details from the ABH correct that error and paint a much more serious picture:
When Humphrey was stopped on Georgia Highway 316 early Tuesday morning, his blood-alcohol content tested at .082 on the road and .129 later at the county jail, where he was booked on DUI and other charges, according to the officer’s report. The Banner-Herald previously reported in error that Humphrey blew .02.
Police found a half-full bottle of Bacardi rum on his back seat, and jailers tested Humphrey’s blood alcohol level at more than one and a half times the legal limit.
With that new information and with his earlier (though minor) incidents in mind, Felton really had no choice here.
Jeremy Price and Terrence Woodbury are now the only returning starters. Coach Felton got a new lease on life with the SEC Tournament title, but he’ll have to identify a new shooting guard to avoid slipping backwards. Obviously this is bad news for the program and Felton (not to mention Humphrey).
I mentioned the incoming freshmen in the last post, and there’s also news on those who have left the program.
First, the ABH confirms that TE NaDerris Ward has officially enrolled at Oregon. He’ll have to sit out this season of course.
Next, Anthony Dasher of UGASports.com mentioned that walk-on cornerback Malloy Van Gorder has left the program. No word on his future plans, but could he be headed to Georgia Southern…and then South Carolina?
"Everyone is different, but the smartest decision you can make as a prospect is to stay in state if you are from Georgia. If a guy comes from Parkview, Thomson, or anywhere, the best thing that he can do is to be a Dawg. Everybody will know you, and it is such a big thing to play for the University of Georgia."
Wookin’ pa nub…
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