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August 4th, 2008, 02:18 PM
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Bulldog players get hammered and go to the hospital.
ATHENS, Ga. -- Georgia coach Mark Richt suspended linebacker Darius Dewberry for the Bulldogs' first two games for his role in an incident at an Athens-area hospital Sunday morning.
Dewberry, a junior who is the top backup at strongside linebacker, was seen on a hospital videotape overturning trash cans and causing other damage.
Police initially failed to identify Dewberry. Richt did so later.
"Yeah, it's embarrassing," Richt said, "it's sad. It's certainly been a distraction. There is no way you can say it's not a distraction because it has been."
Dewberry was at the hospital while teammates Donovan Baldwin and Marcus Dowtin were being treated for injuries suffered in a bar fight earlier Sunday morning.
Dewberry is the fifth Georgia player suspended from playing in the Aug. 30 opener against Georgia Southern. The Bulldogs were ranked No. 1 in the season's first USA Today Top 25 coaches' poll released Friday.
Junior long snapper Jeff Henson was suspended indefinitely Saturday morning after being arrested and charged with public intoxication and urinating in public. Henson was charged with a DUI last November and suspended one game, which he served during the Sugar Bowl.
Baldwin, a junior safety who was set to serve a one-game suspension after a DUI arrest in January, was also suspended indefinitely after an unrelated incident at a bar.
In addition, fullback Fred Munzenmaier is suspended for two games for an alcohol-related incident, and offensive lineman Clint Boling is suspended for one game for a reckless-driving charge.
Defensive end Michael Lemon was kicked off the team after he was charged with felony battery last month for allegedly punching a student and breaking his eye socket.
[ame="http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3518653"]Georgia LB Dewberry suspended 2 games after hospital incident - College Football - ESPN[/ame]
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