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This is what Mark Fox looks like as he's yelling at an official. Is it terrifying? No, but at least he's doing something. We're looking at you, Dennis Felton.
Good morning, kids! Last night, you either watched the State of the Union Address, or UGA fall to Kentucky in what was a more closely contested game than the score would indicate. Either way, you probably woke up today with a little cat scratch fever playing in your head, so we're here to help.
Unfortunately, there's not a ton going on. Yes, it's recruiting season, and the very height of it, but truthfully, there's not a ton of news from which to choose. However, we're going to make due with what we have.
Links after the jump...

There's a chance that you did watch the State of the Union (or JUSTIFIED) last night instead of the Dawgs, so don't forget to read Kyle's recap of the action, if you so choose. Even though the Dawgs lost, there's a lot to take from last night's game. This team is getting better slowly but surely.
In the ongoing saga of Nick Saban and Justin Taylor (you'll remember me talking about this some last week) it appears as if Taylor is going to wait on Alabama. I still am concerned for the kid and I don't like the situation, but truthfully, he's an adult and he's made his decision. I just hope it all works out for him and Saban stands by his word.
In other recruiting news, it appears as if Mark Richt is going to church tonight with Josh Harvey-Clemons, who is the state's top uncommitted prospect and plays LB. Word is that Josh Harvey-Clemons' grandfather, who is his guardian since both parents are deceased, favors Florida, Josh favors Georgia and Florida State is out of it. Who know's what's going to happen, but if Richt is heading to church with the kid, we have a very good shot.
One of my favorite things to check out daily is over at Dawgs247 and is called "Morning Coffee" by Gentry Estes. This morning's offering touches on the cost of recruiting and is an interesting, but quick, read. Give it a look.
More and more, it looks like Chester Brown, the Offensive Lineman recruit out of Georgia that had to pull his commitment to UGA for "personal reasons," will not be attending UGA because of his citizenship status. His mother has stated that Brown is a citizen and was born in the US, but she cannot provide the documentation. The University Board of Regents has a policy that states an undocumented student athlete cannot take a scholarship over a legal citizen. The whole thing isn't over, but as time goes on, it looks less likely that Brown will join UGA.
Finally, Terrell Suggs says to Skip Bayless what we all have wanted to say to Skip Bayless at some point. It's SFW, but NSFW if you consider "douchebag" a curse word. Is there any way we can get Suggs to call Jim Rome next?
Until next time kids.
Be safe.
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Are we close to signing any additional OL prospects (not the ones who have already verbally committed) now that we appear to have lost Brown
Dawg in Beaumont - January 25, 2012
Maybe it's time to give up on recruiting OL prospects altogether.
Something always seems to go wrong. I could write off the repeatedly torn ACLs and alcohol arrests as bad luck, but… losing a recruit to immigration policy? Seriously???
I say we adopt some variant of the A-11 offense. In addition to fixing one of our biggest on-field weaknesses, it would probably also require hiring a high school coach from out West to be our new offensive coordinator. Win-win.
Spears - January 25, 2012
Pretty much how I reacted as well.
How can we recruit top athletes with at least moderate success at every position, but never seem to catch a break on o-line? We recruit a lot of the same guys as Bama, UF and LSU and land our fair share of them. At some point all of the injuries, player-coach disagreements/laziness, citizenship problems, or whatever crazy scooter-related or non related events just boggle your mind. Is it simply bad luck? Is this somehow in our control?
I understand the point that has been brought up before about how we need to recruit more offensive linemen. Simply having more bodies helps with depth. But that still doesn’t explain how so many things go wrong with the guys we do get.
Swarles_Barkley - January 25, 2012
There are some last-minute guys we're working on, but nothing solid yet.
I know it’s still too early to judge Will Friend, but I’ve been a bigger fan of his on the recruiting trail than Searels, for sure.
Ludakit - January 25, 2012 via mobile
We are in on a couple others
Young out of Fla, and trying to flip commits to Alabama (Greene) and perhaps Stanford (Shuler).
Mr. Sanchez - January 25, 2012
I've never gotten the details on the Jim Rome thing...
… but someone told me once that he hates Richt because Richt supposedly dissed him for an interview or something at some point? All I know is that Rome’s contempt for Richt is pretty apparent. That’s fine by me, because I’m happy to have the excuse to boycott his terrible shows.
The Ugas Departed - January 25, 2012
RE: Rome's discontent with Richt...
From what I’ve read and been told, it all stems back to an interview that Richt did with Rome a while ago (early 2000s) in which it was agreed upon that Rome wouldn’t ask certain questions about arrests, and then did it anyway.
Richt didn’t raise hell during the interview, but afterwards, had some strong things to say about it, which Rome got mad about and then proceeded to use his soapbox to bash Richt every chance he got.
So basically, Rome is a whiny POS. That’s the way I’ve always understood it.
Ludakit - January 25, 2012 via mobile
I've never heard that one before...
… but it jibes with absolutely everything I’ve ever heard about Jim Rome.
Spears - January 25, 2012
If Skip Bayless and Jim Rome were in a car that went off a steep cliff...
it wouldn’t bother me a bit. My favorite Jim Rome episode is when Jim Everett beat the snot out of him for continuing to call him “Chrissy”. The guy is a total oxygen thief….
RocketDawg - January 25, 2012
I have someone willing to drive that car...
Ludakit - January 25, 2012
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