UGA's leader to start at QB kicked off team...

[Ironlung]

The rumor is it was sexual assault/rape with charges to come later.

ATHENS, Ga. --- University of Georgia redshirt freshman quarterback Zach Mettenberger has been dismissed from the Bulldog football team according to a Sunday announcement by UGA head coach Mark Richt.

According to Richt, the dismissal is a result of violation of team rules.

A graduate of Oconee County High School in Watkinsville, Ga., Mettenberger had been issued a minimum one-game suspension by Richt following an alcohol-related arrest in March.

UGA Redshirt Freshman QB Zach Mettenberger Dismissed From Bulldog Team - Official Athletics Site of the University of Georgia Bulldogs

[Biggin]

that means itll be Logan Gray in the fall I would guess.

I heard some rumblings about this a while ago, Lung do you remember the UGA newspaper printing something like this like a month ago?

but it was supposedly more than one guy

[Ironlung]

No, you're thinking of the Taxi Cab thing. 3-5 UGA players got into a taxi cab with a white married couple and their child and were cursing them, threatening them, and hit the man.

[Biggin]

yeah, thats it.
wow, so two incidents in less than a month, and one is a sexual assault.

UGA starting off awesome haha

[Ironlung]

Darren Myles the safety at UT got cited Saturday for D.I.P. and Disorderly conduct. I don't fault college kids too bad for stuff like that. This UGA stuff is the bad stuff. I'm hoping I don't see UT and the words rape, robbery at a freaking Pilot, or anything like that ever again.

[Ironlung]

Chuck Oliver works for Comcast Sports South and covers UGA.


Chuck Oliver's Blog
Disclaimer....
Apr 19, 2010 -- 12:56pm
Disclaimer: until I hear this directly from Mark Richt or Zach Mettenberger or the bouncer at the bar, this is simply what I've been told from three separate sources. One is a former All-SEC player who is still up-close with the program, one is attached to the program and works with Coach Richt on a weekly basis during the season. The third source is simply the third source -- can't say much more without identifying him, but is someone I trust. Very solid, never been wrong. Having said that . . .

ZM being dismissed from the program is because of two things -- 1. There was much more to what happened that night than originally came out and 2. ZM lied to Coach Richt about it.

According to the sources, ZM was seriously intoxicated that night at the bar in Remerton. He was being very inappropriate with his language and then became inappropriate physically. One girl, in particular, works at the bar -- she wasn't on duty that night, but was there with friends and ZM was essentially trying to expose her in the bar in full view of others. The bouncer tossed ZM into the parking lot and that's when the altercation with the police began.

ZM has several friends at VSU that he's known from growing up together in Oconee. Several of these friends are all in the same sorority at VSU and the girl he was allegedly accosting is in that sorority.

ZM then gets back to Athens and lies to Richt about what happened. From what I have heard, ZM told Richt that he had put one hand on each of the girl's hips to move around her when he was trying to the bathroom and she was in the path he was taking between two tables in the bar. No one else backs up that story. Again, this is according to three sources that I trust

[Biggin]

I trust Oliver, he is usually right.

And I agree about the DIP/underage drinking situations. They are college kids. They are gonna get wasted. As long as they dont harm anyone or do anything worse, they should just run steps at practice or extra wind sprints.

No need whatsoever to dismiss a kid for a DIP, underage drinking, alcohol-related issues that are very minor.
A DUI is a whole nother issue, its way more serious and the kid should face heavy reprocussions, but not a simple drunk in public.