SCBusPilot 72 Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Branden Smith arrested Georgia cornerback Branden Smith was arrested and charged with marijuana possession late Sunday, the third starter from last year's team to be arrested in the offseason.The junior was pulled over for having no tag light and following another vehicle too closely in Abbeville in southeastern Alabama, Henry County Sherriff William Maddox said. The arresting officer smelled marijuana in the car and found it under the back seat after a search, the sheriff said. Smith could be suspended for at least a one game, Georgia athletic director Greg McGarity said. Smith and a passenger in the car, Dazme Rayshaun Woods of Atlanta, face misdemeanor charges of possessing less than an ounce of marijuana. Smith was released on $2,000 bond Monday. Woods was released on $3,000 bond. Woods' bond was higher because he was arrested last week for felony marijuana possession.The Henry County Sherriff's office did not know whether Smith had an attorney. Another starting cornerback, Sanders Commings, was arrested on a domestic violence charge in Athens on Jan. 21. Coach Mark Richt suspended Commings for the first two games of the 2012 season. On Friday, former Georgia tight end Orson Charles was arrested in Athens on a drunken driving charge. Charles, who was a junior on the 2011 team, left school early to enter the NFL draft. McGarity said the school's policy calls for student-athletes who have misdemeanor arrests to be suspended for 10 percent of competitions. For football players, that means at least a one-game suspension. The University of Georgia is on spring break, and McGarity said all student-athletes were advised to avoid trouble while away from campus. ''We had a mandatory meeting with every student-athlete the week before spring break to go over this very thing. Every student-athlete,'' McGarity said. McGarity said Richt also has people from outside the program come to talk to the players about off-the-field conduct, among other subjects. The recent arrests prompted McGarity to bring it up with his staff. ''We talked about it at a staff meeting this morning,'' he said. ''What else is there? Are there other things we can be doing to educate? But I think we're doing enough. Is it enough? Who knows? We've got 600 young men and women in our programs. When someone steps outside the lines, then we have to self-evaluate. Is there more we could have done? But I think at the end of the day it comes down to more accountability for the student-athletes.'' Richt said he had a brief telephone conversation with Smith. ''In due time, we'll let you know what will happen with that,'' said Richt, who called the news ''very frustrating.'' Richt said part of his message to players is to avoid associating with the wrong people. ''We say be careful who you're with,'' he said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCBusPilot 72 Posted March 12, 2012 Author Share Posted March 12, 2012 Richt frustrated Mark Richt found himself talking about the latest Georgia player to be arrested instead of the optimism about next season and his new five-year contract.During Monday's news conference to preview spring practice the first question was about the latest of three 2011 Georgia starters to be arrested. Richt had to talk about cornerback Branden Smith's arrest on a misdemeanor marijuana possession charge in Abbeville, Ala. Richt says he is frustrated about Smith arrest and that ''The timing isn't very good, either.'' Georgia has 15 starters, including such stars as Aaron Murray and Jarvis Jones, returning from a team that played in the SEC championship game. The Bulldogs finished with 10 wins last season and ranked No. 19. They could sit much higher in the 2012 preseason Top 25. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthLink02 8 Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Just win, baby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quietfan 233 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Branden Smith arrested Smith could be suspended for at least a one game, Georgia athletic director Greg McGarity said. ... Another starting cornerback, Sanders Commings, was arrested on a domestic violence charge in Athens on Jan. 21. Coach Mark Richt suspended Commings for the first two games of the 2012 season. ... McGarity said the school's policy calls for student-athletes who have misdemeanor arrests to be suspended for 10 percent of competitions. For football players, that means at least a one-game suspension. So 10% of a 12-game season is 1.20 games. Given they are returning East champs, one would have expected at least a bowl game before all this, and 10% of 13 games is 1.30 games. Glad Richt gave Commings the full two games instead of counting quarters/halves/minutes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUslug 1 Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Richt is Bobby Bowden's long lost love child. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey 16,781 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Richt is Bobby Bowden's long lost love child. So few realize that. Georgia was a different place before Richt. Then he came and brought the hoodlum culture with him from FSU and arrests multiplied. If anyone doesn't believe it, just look at the way UGA's players behave on the field before and during a game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthLink02 8 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Georgia was a different place before Richt. Yea, we weren't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey 16,781 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Georgia was a different place before Richt. Yea, we weren't ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolltide316 0 Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Richt has never had any control of his players and the lack of discipline shows both on and off the field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthLink02 8 Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Georgia was a different place before Richt. Yea, we weren't ? Georgia was and still is the same as Pre-Richt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey 16,781 Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Georgia was a different place before Richt. Yea, we weren't ? Georgia was and still is the same as Pre-Richt. I never noticed the pre game trash talkin' and general hoodlum antics from UGA until Richt arrived. Maybe UGA was always that way, but I didn't notice it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgufcm 4,107 Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 People that think that stuff arrived with Richt have bad long-term memory. They were the epitome of class during his first few seasons. 2007 was the turning point. I don't have numbers to support it, but from memory, I'd guess that as much as 65% of the arrests in the Richt era have been 2007-2012 as opposed to 2001-2006. I think it's unsurprising to see that his winning percentage in the first six years was .782 compared to .682 in the last five years, and UGA won the SEC East 3 times his first six years and only once in the last five. 2007 was a unique group of guys. They were capable of playing well week to week in a really, really, really loose system, and they seemed to need controversy to fuel them. The team's behavior that season was a complete departure from anything I'd seen at UGA prior to that season (before or during Richt's tenure). I thought then that it would come back to bite Richt because it wasn't his style. The only time I remember that kind of loose grip working was Tom Coughlin, and it worked for him because he's such a hard-ass that he could hammer the team back into shape the next season (plus those guys are professionals that you can just cut if you don't like how they act). UGA and Richt didn't have either of those options. Richt wasn't going to become a hard-ass all the sudden, and UGA couldn't just cut its players. Instead, they were stuck with 3-4 years of guys that learned to do whatever they wanted to do in the name of motivation. The problem is those same guys had never learned the sacrifice and discipline the older players in 2007 had learned before that season. They only knew the "bad habits" without the underlying "good habits." As a result, UGA looked completely undisciplined on and off the field for years. Now they're getting back to Richt's brand of football. I really believe that. They're still having some off the field stuff, but he's dealing with it appropriately. I think he's regained the clubhouse so to speak (losing a lot will do wonders for reigning in egos). I expect UGA to look more and more like the 2001-2005 teams and less and less like the 2007-2010 teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsbold 70 Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 SouthLink - I always look forward to your new signature videos. During the years I've been here, several have been hilarious & almost all of them entertaining. But the current one is freaky, weird; looking at it for just a couple seconds makes me cringe for some reason. It's uncomfortable. What is that?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McWeagle 4 Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 SouthLink - I always look forward to your new signature videos. During the years I've been here, several have been hilarious & almost all of them entertaining. But the current one is freaky, weird; looking at it for just a couple seconds makes me cringe for some reason. It's uncomfortable. What is that?? It's part of a scene from Inglourious Basterds. That performance actually won that actor an Oscar (no argument here). If you'd seen the movie, the frame of reference might make the image a little less uncomfortable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthLink02 8 Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 SouthLink - I always look forward to your new signature videos. During the years I've been here, several have been hilarious & almost all of them entertaining. But the current one is freaky, weird; looking at it for just a couple seconds makes me cringe for some reason. It's uncomfortable. What is that?? As another poster said, it is from the movie Inglorious Bastards....a movie I absolutely loved. I did have a few posters wonder about it though so I changed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AURaptor 1,137 Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 it is from the movie Inglorious Bastards....a movie I absolutely loved. I did have a few posters wonder about it though so I changed it. I figured it was a self portrait of you, SL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthLink02 8 Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 it is from the movie Inglorious Bastards....a movie I absolutely loved. I did have a few posters wonder about it though so I changed it. I figured it was a self portrait of you, SL. In a way it was, I was playing a Republican for Halloween Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AURaptor 1,137 Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 In a way it was, I was playing a Republican for Halloween Funny. But not for the reasons you think. Nazis were the DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS party of Germany. You were actually playing a Democrat, all along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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