Two more Georgia football players arrested for driving violations

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GophersInIowa said:
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Explains why they have been unable to win the title the past 3 years. QB is the most important position on the field and clearly the QBs have not gotten on board with the team culture. Can't expect to win it all if the QB isn't bought in and out there committing violations with the rest of the squad.

On a more serious note this is just a pathetic display of leadership on the part of the Georgia coaching staff.
 




Just another NIL problem in Georgia...they get too much money and buy fast cars. Gopher guys get their bicycles stolen or vandalized.
 




Slim Tubby said:
Have you ever tried to get away from a Perkins manager after a "dine-n-dash" while drunk riding a Huffy 10-speed?

Advantage: Georgia
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You make a good point.
Back in the day when there was a Perkins open 24 hours everywhere...it's 1:30 - 2a.m. in the morning and half our softball team is hungry....the Perkins on 50th and Hwy 100 was rockin' as it always was at this time. We were stumblin' and loud and obnoxious and on the way in one of the guys throws up right in front of the hostess on the floor, the pastry counter, her shoes, every where...it wrecked everybody's meals but ours because we were too drunk to realize it was a problem and that it smelled real, real bad throughout the entire place and we were really loud. Caused quite the disturbance. We got a lot of angry comments we laughed at. Disgusting, I know...in so many ways.
We were all of course doing it the Georgia way and driving our own cars...how I don't know.
We didn't get kicked out because it was like 6 guys all 6-2 to 6-6 and imposing ... Georgia football like as a group. The boys of summer back in the day.
We did pay though.
 
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60's Guy said:
Just another NIL problem in Georgia...they get too much money and buy fast cars. Gopher guys get their bicycles stolen or vandalized.
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Still think this is more of a culture issue then an NIL one. Lots of athletes have fancy cars in both college and the NFL but Georgia seems to have way more issues with speeding and reckless driving then most places.

I'm sure the Alabama and Ohio State players are driving just as fancy of cars as the Georgia players but you don't hear about those guys getting in trouble for being morons behind the wheel.
 

MNVCGUY said:
Still think this is more of a culture issue then an NIL one. Lots of athletes have fancy cars in both college and the NFL but Georgia seems to have way more issues with speeding and reckless driving then most places.

I'm sure the Alabama and Ohio State players are driving just as fancy of cars as the Georgia players but you don't hear about those guys getting in trouble for being morons behind the wheel.
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Maybe not profiling?, but quite possibly "Speed traps". Someone most likely complained (rightfully so). If the arrests are in the same area, then it has to be patrols knowing where "the fish" will be.

Would be interesting to see a scatter plot of of the areas where the tickets were issued.
 

STPGopher said:
Maybe not profiling?, but quite possibly "Speed traps". Someone most likely complained (rightfully so). If the arrests are in the same area, then it has to be patrols knowing where "the fish" will be.

Would be interesting to see a scatter plot of of the areas where the tickets were issued.
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Many of the cases with Georgia players were much more than just your average speeding tickets. Racing, crashing and reckless speeding have been involved with a lot of the situations.

It's the south where "It Just Means More" so it's probably more likely the police look the other way more often than most other places. In most of these situations though, they didn't have a choice because of the severity.
 



GophersInIowa said:
Many of the cases with Georgia players were much more than just your average speeding tickets. Racing, crashing and reckless speeding have been involved with a lot of the situations.

It's the south where "It Just Means More" so it's probably more likely the police look the other way more often than most other places. In most of these situations though, they didn't have a choice because of the severity.
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I don't follow UGA football, so I really don't know much about the players.

Going in another direction, Could we have them patrol I-35?
 

MNVCGUY said:
Still think this is more of a culture issue then an NIL one. Lots of athletes have fancy cars in both college and the NFL but Georgia seems to have way more issues with speeding and reckless driving then most places.

I'm sure the Alabama and Ohio State players are driving just as fancy of cars as the Georgia players but you don't hear about those guys getting in trouble for being morons behind the wheel.
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I agree with you. It was an attempt at humor more than anything. Was it basketball’s Battle that got his bike stolen? Just the contrast struck me.
 


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ZB has every right to stand on a public sidewalk as long as he chooses … I’m beginning to hate cops.
 


gopherphil said:
ZB has every right to stand on a public sidewalk as long as he chooses … I’m beginning to hate cops.
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I'm good with cops, we need them and they generally do a good job, esp the local and county guys in my part of the state. When you have states where you only need a GED equivalent to be one and the pay is 20 bucks an hour in an area where the basic standard of living is 25 bucks an hour minimum (Athens, Georgia to be specific), you get this fragile dick swinging BS. This could've and should've been handled entirely differently. Instead you've got a dude writing ingress and egress in a report who probably couldn't define the two if asked by a defense attorney. This will get dropped like a hot potato.

Mind that I'm not defending Branch outright. He was likely being a giant douche, the information available just makes the cop look like a knob. A sidewalk? Cmon man.
 

mngg11 said:
I'm good with cops, we need them and they generally do a good job, esp the local and county guys in my part of the state. When you have states where you only need a GED equivalent to be one and the pay is 20 bucks an hour in an area where the basic standard of living is 25 bucks an hour minimum (Athens, Georgia to be specific), you get this fragile dick swinging BS. This could've and should've been handled entirely differently. Instead you've got a dude writing ingress and egress in a report who probably couldn't define the two if asked by a defense attorney. This will get dropped like a hot potato.

Mind that I'm not defending Branch outright. He was likely being a giant douche, the information available just makes the cop look like a knob. A sidewalk? Cmon man.
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Hard to say anything without having been there or good video. Could be an overzealous cop, or could be the cop had to use the sidewalk law as a way to solve a potential bigger issue.
 

mngg11 said:
I'm good with cops, we need them and they generally do a good job, esp the local and county guys in my part of the state. When you have states where you only need a GED equivalent to be one and the pay is 20 bucks an hour in an area where the basic standard of living is 25 bucks an hour minimum (Athens, Georgia to be specific), you get this fragile dick swinging BS. This could've and should've been handled entirely differently. Instead you've got a dude writing ingress and egress in a report who probably couldn't define the two if asked by a defense attorney. This will get dropped like a hot potato.

Mind that I'm not defending Branch outright. He was likely being a giant douche, the information available just makes the cop look like a knob. A sidewalk? Cmon man.
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Did you not read the report?

“I continued to give Zacharia Branch verbal commands to move from blocking the sidewalk and advised that if he did not, he would receive a citation for blocking the sidewalk. Zacharia Branch smirked, then stepped backwards and to the right, then remained standing upon the public sidewalk…”

Smirking while black is a serious offense in Athens, GA
 

A_Slab_of_Bacon said:
Since the 2023 death of a player and staff member in a single car accident ... 19 people associated with the football program have been arrested for various driving issues.

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Police say Mondon was racing teammate; Backup OL also arrested

Georgia's Smael Mondon and Bo Hughley were arrested this week on a pair of misdemeanor driving charges.
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WTF is going on at Georgia?
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A_Slab_of_Bacon said:
There's a lot of "oh but it happens everywhere" kinda talk about just about everything these days, I'm glad our program isn't one of those "happens everywhere" places.
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Slim Tubby said:
Have you ever tried to get away from a Perkins manager after a "dine-n-dash" while drunk riding a Huffy 10-speed?

Advantage: Georgia
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Try doing it with a Minneapolis policeman on the premises🤠.
 

STPGopher said:
Maybe not profiling?, but quite possibly "Speed traps". Someone most likely complained (rightfully so). If the arrests are in the same area, then it has to be patrols knowing where "the fish" will be.

Would be interesting to see a scatter plot of of the areas where the tickets were issued.
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You need a hobby, 🤓 nerd.
 




Ski-U-Ham said:
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What a weird story.....if it turns out the player was just out right ignoring police instructions what a bonehead move on his part this close to the draft. It is similar to the guys who fail a drug test right before the draft....you want these teams to invest millions of dollars in you....don't give them a reason not to by being a dumba$$.
 

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