I've got a fever! And the only prescription is more Grantham : Supplementary 2010 College Signing Day Coverage
by RedCrake on Feb 3, 2010 7:24 AM EST
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As promised, I have pulled myself out of bed on one of my hard earned vacation days because I am a sick, sick man.
Not this sick, mind you, but obsessed nonetheless.
As I said in my announcement FanPost, I don't know any more about this stuff than any of you (and realistically I probably know significantly less than many of you), but I have something you don't have.... an insatiable drive to pick apart every little event in an increasingly negative way (come to think of it, some of you have that too, but I digress).
So here it is, supplementary college signing day coverage.
I'll keep it updated as fast as I can watch and type although I can't promise I won't doze off for awhile as the day goes on....
(Player status after the jump)
Signed/Enrolled (In order of signing):
Jakar Hamilton - S - 4 Star: #2 rated JUCO player in the country
Kolton Houston - OL - 3 Star - #23 OG Nationally
Michael Bennett- WR - 3 Star - #55 WR Nationally
Brandon Burrows - DE - 3 Star - #28 DE Nationally
Demetre Baker - LB - 3 Star - #25 OLB Nationally
T. J. "Crazy Eyes" Stripling - DE - 4 Star - #4 DE Nationally
Kenarious Gates - OL - 3 Star
Marc Deas - DB - 3 Star - #51 Safety Nationally
Hutson Mason - QB - 3 Star
Alec Ogletree - DB - 4 Star - #3 Safety Nationally
Alexander Ogletree - RB - 3 Star
Jalen Fields - DE - 4 Star - #14 DE Nationally
Ken Malcome - RB - 4 Star - #24 RB Nationally
Mike Thornton - DT - 4 Star - #15 DT Nationally
Derek Owens - DB - 3 Star - #27 CB Nationally
Brent Benedict - OL - 4 Star - #12 OT Nationally
Dexter Morant - DE - 4 Star - #15 DE Nationally
Garrison Smith - DT - 4 Star - #3 DT Nationally
Lonnie Outlaw - WR - 2 Star - a 6'7" mystery.
(Note: All rankings based on Rivals.... some higher, some lower on Scout and ESPN, but I'm entirely too lazy to list them all so we'll just assume it balances out. )
The Commitments:
None left.
The Possibilities:
Mike Thornton - 9:00 - He's coming baby! /Dick Vitale
Da'Rick Rogers - CREAMSICLE!!! Spawn of Vince Dooley are now my sworn enemy. Also... Moneyhats?
Christian Green - 3:30 - FSU
Adrian Coxson - Florida.... enjoy living in the armpit of the Universe.
Kadron Boone- LSU
(Note.... my comments on non-signers are not directed at the character or quality of the players themselves, rather it is directed at their obvious lack of judgment.)
To be honest, I'm most excited about Garrison Smith and TJ Stripling. Both have the potential to be great in the 3-4. And Stripling has that crazy look in his eye that I really like in a DE/LB.
We may lose out on some guys, but it looks like Grantham is getting some really good players to work with on the defensive side of the ball. Let the defence help us win some more games and the future offensive recruits will take care of itself.
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Per Georgiadogs.com
Michael Bennett, 3 Star WR out of Alpharetta, is the first to sign this morning. Congrats Michael… Welcome to the Red and Black.
"I Run This State." - Washaun Ealey and Caleb King
It's tricky to find a way to relate any of them to any kind of real life situation...
But when (not if) Rogers signs with Dooley, Part Deux…. Images of severed ears and writhing oozing miniature chickens may temporarily flash through my mind.
"I Run This State." - Washaun Ealey and Caleb King
RedCrake, you are so suave
The first thing I ever received payment for writing was a 1997 piece for Wrapped in Plastic (a “Twin Peaks” reference, by the way; it wasn’t a girlie magazine) entitled “David Lynch and the Happy Ending,” which explained why “Blue Velvet” had a happy ending, answered points raised by David Foster Wallace in his Premiere article on “Lost Highway” (which later was collected in A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again), and argued for a second “Twin Peaks” feature film to close out the story arc left danging (and how!) in the series finale.
Ah, good times, good times. . . .
Go 'Dawgs!
My favorite David Lynch moment has to be watching Eraserhead with my mom...
She got it for me for Christmas and wanted to watch it with me. I told her she wouldn’t like it but she wouldn’t listen. Ooof.
"I Run This State." - Washaun Ealey and Caleb King
Baker was two time state champion in shot put ....
Has a similar build to Rennie and could be another compact, gym rat type at LB.
"I Run This State." - Washaun Ealey and Caleb King
A suggestion:
In addition to adding comments when players sign, you may want to edit the posting every so often to indicate status changes, either by putting “signed with Georgia”/“signed with _” next to the players’ names or by boldfacing or italicizing the names of Bulldog signees and striking through the names of guys who went elsewhere.
Just a thought. Thanks for doing this, though.
Go 'Dawgs!
I've been moving them throughout the categories, but it's after the jump.
I’ll make a note of it in the post.
"I Run This State." - Washaun Ealey and Caleb King
YES! Stripling has signed.
He shall henceforth be known as “Crazy Eyes”
"I Run This State." - Washaun Ealey and Caleb King
Per Rivals
Former Texas Tech commit Kadron Boone to LSU. Hope he likes ill-fitting hats.
Mark Richt > Tommy Tuberville > The Hat
"I Run This State." - Washaun Ealey and Caleb King
Grantham on GXTRA
Says the best player will play….he wants guys who will make plays… He doesn’t care if its a freshman.
After the Martinez/Bryan Evans debacle that’s so nice to hear.
"I Run This State." - Washaun Ealey and Caleb King
Markeith Ambles to USC....
He must love that Lane Kiffin. I know I do.
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about." -Todd Grantham.
The sultry croon of Chuck Dowdle tells me Marc Deas' letter has arrived.
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
Hutson Mason makes it official....
Which I’m sure comes as a shock to all of us since he’s been all over the media talking about Georgia (and about himself on occasion).
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
Most of the 3-Stars are in....
It’d be nice if some of the others would get out of bed, put pen to paper, and go ahead ease my worried mind
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
Alec Ogletree is in.... that makes me feel a bit better.
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
And Xander is apparently in too... slow fax machine I guess.
He may be the steal of the recruiting class. He’s obviously been overshadowed by his brother, but he is no slouch himself.
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
Jalen Fields will be joining us in the fall.
As I continue on with this stream of consciousness rambling it occurs to me that I will soon run out of ways to say a guy signed his LOI… wonder what I’ll do then… probably take a nap.
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
In honor of tankertoad....
Ken Malcome – Check
Now I’m really racking my brain for ways to say it.
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
A whole batch of cookies
for you RedCake this rocks :)
"Never refuse to do a kindness unless the act would work great injury to yourself, and never refuse to take a drink- under any circumstances." Mark Twain
Thank you so very much....
It is my pleasure to share my obsession with you, my fellow commenters.
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
Mike Thornton is in....
Thanks Mike for making my day better, thanks David Hale, and thanks GeorgiaGirl for tipping me off…
I have like 14 tabs open on 3 different computers, so I tend to occasionally forget about one.
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
I meant DawgGirl32...
Sorry about that…. Like I said, I’m having lots of stimulating input right now from many many sources.
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
"GeorgiaGirl"
so you have been to the black hole that is the espn message board as well?
because Kroy "the beerman" Biermann can do it all!
Volquest says Da'Rick is a Vol
Best of luck dude…. you might wanna start going to school.
My wife may have to keep me from defacing the Dooley statue on campus.
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
Derek Owens has signed.
Also, Baccarri Rambo’s feelings about Da’Rick Rogers (h/t David Hale):
“Bacarri Rambo thinks its messed up how all of UGA’s high school commitments back out on us but I’m telling you now when I catch you on the field I’m going to knock fire from you.”
And we all know he can back that up.
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
I like that!
"I look forward to developing an aggressive, physical, attacking style defense that offenses will not look forward to playing against." - Coach Grantham
The bellowing croon of Chuck Dowdle tell me there are some rumors of other recruits possibly in play for Georgia
But he says he can’t say anything until the paperwork comes in.
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
Scratch that.... He may be talking about Thornton.
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
Coxson to Florida
Crap.
Don’t come play with the most stable coach in college football. Go play for the guy with the heart condition.
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
OT Brent Benedict is in.
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
Dexter Morant too.
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
What's up with
Garrison Smith? I thought he was a totally solid commit
I'm thinking he is just waiting it out for attention
Don’t know how I feel about that… but whatever.
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
Telvin Smith is out.
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
Thornton's letter is in....
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
Richt says Samuel is moving to LB
Said he wanted to.
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
what we anticipated as well
CTG is NOT screwing around, is he?
"I look forward to developing an aggressive, physical, attacking style defense that offenses will not look forward to playing against." - Coach Grantham
Apparently Logan is trying to stay at QB
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
grrr
"I look forward to developing an aggressive, physical, attacking style defense that offenses will not look forward to playing against." - Coach Grantham
Some jackass fan started hollering at Richt about the staff being complacent...
Of course, he handled it in his usual classy way
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
Garrison Smith is official....
All committed players are now signed. Hallelujah!
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
Richt says they don't wanna have to beg a player to come to Georgia....
My thoughts exactly.
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
Ditto
Also, I posted it in the main thread, but I just got a call: Lonnie Outlaw signed with Georgia. Florida State pushed hard for the 6’7" wide receiver, too. He’s likely a redshirt or GMC-bound, but losing Da’Rick opened the door for us to sign Outlaw, who is out of Wilcox County and Nick Marshall’s best friend. This may give us a leg up on Marshall next year. This is a good thing, which salves the pain of losing other wide receiver prospects considerably.
Go 'Dawgs!
concur! i want dawgs, not NFL wannnabes
"I look forward to developing an aggressive, physical, attacking style defense that offenses will not look forward to playing against." - Coach Grantham
No potential announcements in the immediate future...
So I’m taking a lunch break before Richt’s Press Conference. Be back shortly.
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
Even the most hardcore fan must have sustenance...
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
Bruce Feldman has been spotted out in the wild....
I didn’t recognize him from his ESPN picture icon.
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
Rivals has Auburn now listed as #3 recruiting class....
Of course, they signed 31 kids — some of them will be told they don’t qualify or that their services are no longer required.
Their avg. star score is only five hundredths of a point hire than ours.
They have the #3 class in the country.
We had the worst recruiting day EVAH!!!
Go figure.
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
i think the world of colllege football is filled with too many idiots
it looks to me like we are getting what we need and getting people that want to be dawgs – which is perfect.
"I look forward to developing an aggressive, physical, attacking style defense that offenses will not look forward to playing against." - Coach Grantham
"I think the world of college football is filled with too many idiots"
By that, I believe you meant, “I think the world is filled with too many idiots, and college football is part of the world.”
Go 'Dawgs!
Average star rating is a much better metric
I’m not saying Auburn didn’t have a good day—-they did—-but, if your team signed 25 one-stars and my team signed five five-stars, we both had a 25-star recruiting class . . . and my team’s going to kick the crap out of your team next September.
As Brian Cook and Matt Hinton regularly remind us, you mustn’t forget to divide!
Go 'Dawgs!
Been thinking on this for an hour or so
Auburn may find itself in a situation we are familiar with – some great stars, but no depth, no bench, no team. UGA has plenty of stars and it is looking to me like CMR and CTG are rounding out the “team”. We don’t really need a 5 star QB or RB. We need more linemen in general, some stronger folks across the board on D, and perhaps a couple of receivers, and it seems that is what we went after and what we are getting. UGA has been top in recruiting many years now and all it took was some downed linemen or piss poor secondary or bad tackling to change top recruiting to lack luster years.
Somehow, I think CMR is silently smiling, seeing his roster fill out nicely. Next year, I bet he goes after the 5 star playmakers once again to build the QB/RB roster.
"I look forward to developing an aggressive, physical, attacking style defense that offenses will not look forward to playing against." - Coach Grantham
*higher*
I’ll be glad when this recruiting fever breaks.
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
Christian Green FINALLY makes an official announcement on ESPNU at 3:30
If he choosesUGA: tis that he sees Da’Rick headed to the VOLS and see’s his oppertunity to come to UGA in his place. At least that’s what I’m hoping his flip flop back and forth nature all morning has been about.
But if he Sticks with FSU: then God hates us and is trying to ruin our days that we were lazy and took off work and ignored responsibilities for some stupid day dedicated to the soap opera of fickle teenagers.
Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.
I Corinthians 9:24
I'm under the full belief that God wants me to take as many days off work as possible...
Thus my ability to accompany you here today with a clear conscience.
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
Christian Green to FSU....
Alright guys…. thats it for now…. I’ll be back later with my (probably overly) optimistic National Signing Day Post-Mortem.
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
If your national signing day postmortem is at all optimistic, it's overly optimistic
I’ll pose here the questions I just posed in the main thread, viz.:
1. Does anyone dispute that Mark Richt is one of the ten best coaches in college football?
2. Does anyone dispute that Georgia is one of the ten most talented teams in college football?
3. Does anyone dispute that Urban Meyer is the best coach in college football?
4. Does anyone dispute that Florida is the most talented team in college football?
5. Does anyone dispute that Georgia and Florida both play in the same division?
6. If you concede the points made in the foregoing five questions (and I cannot see how you could deny any of them), what possible basis could you have for believing Georgia will not be to the 2010s what Tennessee was to the 1990s . . . namely, perennially between the fifth- and tenth-best team in the country, but perennially the second-best team in the SEC East?
Thanks for taking the lead on this, though, RedCrake. Except for the unrewarded angst and the borderline-suicidal depression, it’s been fun!
Go 'Dawgs!
On that "Tennessee of the '90's" thing...
… who would have thought that the phrase “You can’t spell ‘Sugar’ without ‘UGA’” could have ever been looked at as a mocking remark? (Since, as we all know, the 2nd team from the SEC now goes to the Sugar pretty much every year.)
Gotta love the BCS.
1. No
2. No
3. I do, strongly…. his comeuppance is on its way
4. I do… and so does Alabama…. and this was before half their starters left.
5. Obviously no
6. Didn’t Tennessee win the National Championship in the 1990’s? Sounds ok to me…
But I take your point. As I’ve always said, at least your pessimism came about through reason.
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
Yeah, but, as I said in the other thread . . .
. . . Tennessee absolutely lucked into it in 1998.
The Clint Stoerner fumble? I don’t see us getting that kind of bounce.
Go 'Dawgs!
But don't all teams?
2006 Florida and all those missed field goals comes to mind.
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
by RedCrake on Feb 3, 2010 11:56 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Same situation with Tennessee in 2007, keeping UGA out of the SEC championship and thus the MNC.
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
by RedCrake on Feb 3, 2010 11:57 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
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