Below are the number of verbal commits through July 31, 2011 for the 2012 signing class:
1) South Carolina Gamecocks 18
2) Florida Gators 15
3) Kentucky Wildcats 13
4) Georgia Bulldogs 12
5) Vanderbilt Commodores 12
6) Tennessee Volunteers 12
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ATLANTA JOURNAL- There’s another reason Georgia felt the need to move Richard Samuel to tailback. Carlton Thomas is suspended for at least the first game of the season.
The rising junior from Frostproof, Fla., violated team rules back in the spring, three persons familiar with the situation confirmed to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. As per Georgia Athletic Association student-athlete policy, Thomas has to sit out 10 percent of scheduled games this season.
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GEORGIA
Isaiah Crowell, RB: He arrives in Athens with a ton of hype. Georgia has yet to find its feature back and Crowell has all the talent to be that player. Some think he could start by the midpoint of the season. He was the nation’s top running back and in 2010 he rushed for 1,721 yards and 18 touchdowns.
Malcolm Mitchell, WR: Mitchell played both sides of the ball in high school, but Georgia’s staff really likes what he could do at receiver. He’s a tremendous athlete and will get a chance to earn playing time for the fall, especially with some unproven receivers already on Georgia’s roster.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Jadeveon Clowney, DE: Clowney will enter preseason camp with a mound of expectations. He was the country’s top high school player last year, and even though there is a lot of talent on South Carolina’s defensive line, it will be hard to keep him off the field with his freakish ability. He recorded 162 tackles, including 29 tackles for loss, 29.5 sacks, 11 forced fumbles, six recovered fumbles and scored five touchdowns last fall.
ATLANTA JOURNAL- Sunday, Mark Richt celebrated Father’s Day at his Lake Hartwell home, enjoying the place while he can. That’s the same $2 million home he put up for sale in May, after deciding there were far more egalitarian uses for his money than supporting a second home.
Twenty-four hours later, he was flying into the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa. Monday was a big travel day before visiting some of World Vision’s projects in the mountainous western part of the country.
ATHENS HERALD BANNER--Georgia is beefing up its football strength and conditioning staff with the addition of former Bulldogs linebacker Tony Gilbert to a full-time position.
ATLANTA JOURNAL- Georgia Coach Mark Richt has left on a Christian mission to Honduras....
ATLANTA JOURNAL- In Athletic Director Greg McGarity’s letter of explanation to the SEC Commissioner Mike Slive, dated May 27, he explains that Richt accidentally sent two text messages from his Blackberry to the father of football prospect Jordan Jenkins of Harris County on May 26th (text messages to prospects or their family members are impermissible per NCAA rules until one day after a prospect has signed a national letter of intent with the school).
In the first instance, Richt received a text from Ron Jenkins asking for camp dates. Since Richt did not have the number programmed in his phone, the text was identified as “unknown.” Richt intended to forward the text to a recruiting assistant for identification but accidentally replied to Mr. Jenkins, which was a violation NCAA Bylaw 13.4.1.2.
Richt immediately reported the inadvertent violation to compliance director Eric Baumgartner, who subsequently asked if Mr. Jenkins had replied. In an attempt to forward Mr. Jenkins’ response to Baumgartner, Richt accidently replied to Mr. Jenkins again, hence he had to report another text violation.
ATLANTA JOURNAL- Georgia’s schedule sets up beautifully. The Bulldogs open against a team that figures to be ranked among the nation’s top five, but the team is Boise State (meaning: less talented than Georgia) and the game is in the Georgia Dome.
The next week South Carolina comes to Athens. After winning those two games, the Bulldogs will find themselves in the Top 10...
LEDGER ENQUIRER- All the pressure is on Isaiah Crowell to return glory to the Georgia Bulldog football program. Herschel Walker says his freshman year was the best of his life because of the togetherness on the team. The national championship didn't hurt....
Our sources indicate that the Georgia Bulldogs got a verbal commitment from Quayvon Hicks from Blackshear, Georgia.
Hicks is 6'2" 245 lbs and has offers from Tennessee and Vandy and ACC schools.
ATLANTA JOURNAL- The 5-star tailback from Carver-Columbus High School was the crown jewel of UGA’s heralded “Dream Team” recruiting class.
He is projected to compete immediately for the starting position in Georgia’s offensive backfield.
Our sources indicate that Washaun Ealey will be transferring from the Georgia Bulldogs to Jacksonville State.
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ATHENS BANNER HERALD- Sanders Commings has proven to be a starter on the field for the Bulldogs.
The rising junior worked out for the San Francisco Giants at their Single-A affiliate in Augusta on Saturday and said he wouldn’t be surprised if he was selected in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft next week.
AJC- Georgia's Powers to be in athletics met in St. Simons Island and came away with full support for Coach Mark Richt.
So far no arrest this year, changes at strength coach and the staff recruiting a Top 10 class after a disappointing season...
President Adams made it clear that AD McGarity opinion counts the most in this matter.
SEC FOOTBALL NEWS APP- There is a whole lot of football talent in the state of Georgia for 2012. They say recruiting players is like riding a roller coaster.
Some weeks are good, some are bad. But the last two weeks have been disappointing for the Georgia Bulldogs.
Read full story....
AJC- Mark Richt read the book "The Hole in our Gospel" and decided he needed to be more generous to the needy. So he's putting his $1.99 million lakehouse on the market...
The rumor mills got cranked up and they always do when an active coach thats struggling puts a home for sale...
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD- Georgia released its depth chart and few surprises. Caleb King was listed as starter at running back, 3 seniors and 2 sophomores on offensive line....
See full line-up...
Approaching Memorial Day Weekend, the Florida Gators are leading with commitments for the SEC East:
Florida Gators 10
Georgia Bulldogs 6
Vandy Commodores 6
South Carolina Gamecocks 5
Kentucky Wildcats 3
Tennessee Volunteers 2
ESPN- The prevailing theory is that Alabama, LSU and Arkansas will fight it out for the win in the West.
South Carolina with Marcus Lattimore and Alshon Jeffrey will win the East.
There are 3 programs that may surprise everybody....Georgia, Florida, Miss State...Here's why...
THE DAILY CITIZEN- Coach Mark Richt believes the Bulldogs will be better in 2011 than the 6-7 season of 2010. He mentioned that Athlon his picked the Dawgs to win the SEC East....
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SEC Football Breaking News APP- As the school year ends there should be some more dismissals, transfers and players leaving for personal reasons.
Top two Questions on the Big Board?
1) Will Georgia Running Back Caleb King qualify academically?
2) Will Gamecock #1 Recruit Jadeveon Clowney qualify?
DAWGS247- Coach Mark Richt released a statement stating AJ Harmon would be transferring to another institution. Harmon was ineligible for the Liberty Bowl game for academics.
Harmon is 6'5" 345 lbs and from Louisville, Georgia.
ESPN- Over 32,000 votes cast and Mark Richt received 60% of the votes followed by Houston Nutt of Ole Miss at 19%. The poll only included 5 SEC Coaches--Derek Dooley, Joker Phillips and Will Muschamp.
The Poll question was: Which of these coaches needs to win the most?
NBC SPORTS- Georgia Coach Mark Richt got charged up when a question about "grayshirting" was asked and he gave his strong opinion of the current rules regarding how the recruiting math is calculated....
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AJC- Dillon Lee is expected to make his announcement on Monday evening. 6'4 220 lb Linebacker from Buford High has Georgia, Alabama, USC and Florida State at the top of his list.
His brother is a lineman at University of Georgia.
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AJC- With RB Washaun Ealey announcing he is transferring, the pressure is on to see who will replace him. The Senior (Caleb King) or the heralded Freshman (Isiah Crowell)....
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Dawgs24/7-- Coach Mark Richt has announced that Washaun Ealey has been given an uncondtional release.....
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UGASPORTS.COM- Chris Mayes, 6'5" 295 lbs Defensive Tackle from Griffin GA will be going to Miss first...
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AJC- Runnings back coach Bryan McClendon goes from $90,000 to $200,000 and wide receivers coach Tony Ball went from $165,480 to $200,000.
AD McGarity said the raises were competitive counter offers from UGA.
SEC SPORTS REPORT-- SEC East verbal commitments through early May:
Florida 9
Georgia 6
South Carolina 3
Tennessee 1
Vanderbilt 1
Kentucky 0
ORLANDO SENTINEL- ACC 35, PAC 10 (31), Big 12 (30), Big 10 (29) Big East 22....
Georgia sends 6 to the NFL with a 6-7 record. The Gamecocks won the SEC East with only 2 players drafted in the 3rd and 7th rounds...
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE- Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi and Virginia suffered the worst tornado in decades...
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Kentucky Beats Florida for SEC Championship....
SEC Sending 5 East Teams to the Big Dance.....Kentucky, Florida, Vandy, Tennessee and Georgia....
Click on Blue Link for brackets
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Ten SEC teams will play in postseason bowl games.
Dec. 30
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl: North Carolina 30 Tennessee 27– FINAL
Dec. 31
AutoZone Liberty Bowl – Georgia 6 Central Florida 10 FINAL
Chick-fil-A Bowl – South Carolina 17 Florida State 26 FINAL– ESPN
Jan. 1
Outback Bowl - Florida 37 Penn State 24 FINAL
Gator Bowl– Michigan 14 Mississippi State 52 FINAL--
Capital One Bowl - Alabama 49 Michigan State 7 FINAL--
Jan. 4
Allstate Sugar Bowl - Arkansas 26. Ohio State 31 final
Jan. 7
AT&T Cotton Bowl – Texas A&M 24 LSU 41 final
Jan. 8
BBVA Compass Bowl – Pittsburgh vs. Kentucky – Noon ET, ESPN (Pitt favored by 3 points)
Jan. 10
Tostitos BCS National Championship Game – Oregon vs. Auburn -8:30 pm ET, ESPN (Auburn Tigers favored by 3 points)
SEC SPORTS REPORT- The Southern Football TV crew is headed down to Athens, Georgia to capture the behind the scenes of the Georgia Bulldogs and the Tennessee Volunteers. Day starts out with a sports radio interview at WUOG....
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ATLANTA JOURNAL- Huge game for both teams. The biggest SEC match-up for the weekend. The Bulldogs travel to Columbia for what should be another great game...
Our Pick SC wins 21-17.
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ESPN- AJ Green sold his bowl jersey to an agent. He will be watching from the sidelines as his team plays South Carolina, Arkansas, and Miss State....
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ATLANTA JOURNAL- Georgia Bulldogs running back Washaun Ealey hit a parked car and decided to leave the scene before the police arrived. Now he sits in jail with 2 misdemeanors.....suspended license and hit and run....
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Current Temperatures 5:58 pm Eastern Time
Tuscaloosa, AL 102*, Starkville, MS 100*,Columbia, SC 96*,
Fayetteville, AR 95*, Athens, GA 94*,Auburn, AL 93*
Oxford, MS 91*, Lexington, KY 91*,Baton Rouge, LA 86*
Gainesville, FL 85*, Knoxville, TN 84*,Nashville, TN 75*
HOOVER, AL- Day Two of SEC Media Days features Arkansas, Georgia, Vandy and South Carolina.
Stay Tuned..
SEC SPORTS REPORT- Damon Evans will get three months pay totaling $137,000 but will sign a whole lot of paper work stating he won't talk about the events leading to his departure...
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SEC SPORTS REPORT- SEC Analyst Jay Holgate doesn't see a way out for Damon Evans after his night on Roswell road drinking and being arrested with a 28 year old female....
Why would he put his career at risk?....
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SEC SPORTS REPORT- The DUI arrest of Georgia AD Damon Evans is a total nightmare. The 28 year old wearing a party dress for her mugshot puts the nail in Evans coffin. Once the focus moves to Courtney, look for a move by President Adams and a departure in the best interest of the University.
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ATLANTA JOURNAL- Georgia Athletic Director Damon Evans was arrested Wednesday night for a DUI. A meeting with Coaches and Senior staff in Athens started at 1:20 pm today...
stay tuned
1) Alabama
2) Florida
3) LSU
4) Auburn
5) Georgia
Texas knows that a weekly fight in the SEC could wear out the Longhorns. Texas wants to be the flagship of a conference and it won't happen with a move to the SEC....
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS- Georgia Mark Richt knows 2010 better be better than 2009. Speaking at the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, there was a definite change in prioritities for the Dawgs head coach...
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SEC EAST SEC WEST
1) Florida 1) Alabama
2) Georgia 2) Arkansas
3) South Carolina 3) Auburn
4) Tennessee 4) LSU
5) Kentucky 5) Ole Miss
6) Vanderbilt 6) Mississippi State
ATLANTA JOURNAL-- Bill King with the AJC believes the hot seat stories about Mark Richt play well for journalists in Florida and Alabama but don't touch reality. Coach Richt has a tremendous record but his number one job needs to be beating the Florida Gators....
Mark Richt Record 90-27
SEC SPORTS REPORT--Lowndes County (Ga.) District Attorney J. David Miller said Mettenberger was sentenced to two concurrent 12-month periods of probation under the state's first-offender act. Miller said Mettenberger also was ordered to pay $2,000 in fines and perform 40 hours of community service, was banished from the city of Valdosta and is to have no contact with the victim.
All other charges dismissed. Mettenberger released statement...
