Georgia special teams players say if Vanderbilt’s Sarah Fuller has to be blocked on a kick return, they’re just the guys to do it.
“You know, once you’re between those white lines, I think it’s fair game,” Georgia senior linebacker Monty Rice said Tuesday. “If she’s trying to tackle Kearis (Jackson) on a kickoff (return), we’re going to have a problem. We’re going to block her just like we do Rodrigo (Blankenship) if he was over there. We’re not going to go overboard because she’s a girl; we’re just going to do what we’re coached to do because that’s what we’re coached to do.”
I wonder if Blankenship would appreciate that comparison, Monty. LOL.
I also wonder how Fuller being blocked, or, on the flip side, making a play on special teams might impact her NIL value, which has taken off since she appeared in last week’s game against Missouri.
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My inner Munson tells me she will kick a field goal or an extra point so UGA will be noted as the first she scored against. Can you imagine if UGA shits the bed and plays down to Vandy’s level and she kicks a game winning field goal?
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I hate to say it, but I don’t think it’s possible for Georgia to play down to the level of this year’s Vandy team. They’re truly wretched.
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Beat me too it apparently.
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I agree with you, but I’m also convinced of our ability to give up a 98 yard drive or big play to just about any 11 that takes the field against us.
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Just don’t compare passing stats vs UF…
(And if you do, make sure you have bourbon handy)
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Just hope they are gonna have enough to play….
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Normally I would fret about us playing down, but I don’t think that’s possible. Vandy’s level of quit is at another level right now.
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It usually doesn’t bother me so much as long as we win, but in general I hate being on the wrong end of the record books. Or if someone has their season- or career-high performance against us, that sucks so much.
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Let’s hope Vandy still fields a team this weekend. I won’t go into the specifics because it’s paid for material, but I’m a member on both pay sites, and there are credible rumors that her continued presence on the team is causing a player revolt, with multiple high profile (as far as Vandy goes) opt outs. Hopefully the coach can get it all under control and send enough dudes and dudettes to play us.
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Assuming that’s true, I wonder if this is why:
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And her speech worked, they only gave up 20 points in the 2nd Half!!! Way to Anchor Down!!!
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Cringe AF.
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IF it happened, that is a complete (gender neutral) lack of awareness.
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Aw. Those poor babies. None of them can kick as well as the soccer goalie and she called their sorry asses out for being sorry. So sorry they got their coach fired. Now their feelings are hurt and they don’t want to play anymore?
Losers.
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For our seniors’ sake, I sure hope the Vandy players get their collective heads out of their asses. I want them to get to play their senior day game even if it won’t be what it should be.
As for the players throwing temper tantrums — they can whine all they want about whether she “deserves” to be out there on the field, but she’s the one who has practiced and played hard enough for her university to earn a conference championship. And, we’re not talking about a chess team here. Around here we think college football is king, but ask the rest of the world if soccer is a tough sport.
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a recent former captain went on nashville radio and pretty much confirmed this. Don’t let a player on the team for a week give the halftime pep talk… man, woman, martia.. i don’t give a damn.
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There’s minimum fifty male former HS soccer players on the Vanderbilt campus that could do a better job than that girl. It’s simply a distraction and a nuisance and disrespectful to players who have earned the privilege of suiting up.
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Have any of them shown up?
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Did they have an open audition for kickers or was she sought out?
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According to the coaches, they had a few former HS male players try out and none of them kicked as well as she did.
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Yeah right. LOL.
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That’s a lie. Impossible.
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I wasn’t in the vanderbilt football offices the day they ran out of kickers.
It would be a boon to misogynists everywhere if you could find where a former men’s hs soccer player asked to try out for kicker and was denied the opportunity. According to the news, they’ve only got one kicker on the roster, so I’m certain they’re rejecting as many as they can.
Find one. Then ranger has a point. Otherwise, he doesn’t.
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Are you Derek Mason?
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It’s a fuckn freak show.
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LMAO. Vandy’s net ypp is over a yard worse than the next worst team in the SEC. They’re already a freak show.
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That’s exactly what I’m talking about.
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The entire damn season has been a circus and now you got Vanderbilt turning it into a freak show. I’ve dealt with this same shit and feel sorry for the players dealing with it now. But that was after my testicles dropped and I was doing a man’s job. Get back to me Derek, if both of those things transpire for you.
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I think you’d should seek to become the Inter-Gender Wrestling World Champion:
It would give you a chance to work out your frustrations.
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That’s right, Derek. Now that I’ve taken care of Susan and The King you’re next. I’ll see you Saturday night December 5 at the J&J Center for the Georgia OFWG Championship. Special guest referee Abdullah the Butcher if we can get him away from his rib and Chinese restaurant.
Don’t miss it.
Be there!
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I figure all I need is a lobotomy and some tights.
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I got the bottle in front of me. Nobody wants to see me in tights.
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I’m hoping they show up with a 17 inch man and the half snake/half girl Let’s get this freak show/carnival into high gear.
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Why didn’t they let her make a legitimate kickoff so she could really get the FEEL of the game. Looks as if Mason was just trying a ploy to help save his job, just sayin!!!!
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It looked to me like when she kicked the squib kickoff last week that she started running backwards and away from the play immediately. Likely she was told to kick and then run off the field last week.
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Pretty sure South Carolina is the only SEC with male scholarship team. Which is why you often hear about open try outs for kickers at SEC schools whenever something happens. They don’t have a soccer program they can poach from.
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I find it quiet shocking that there is only 1 men’s soccer team in all of the SEC. Enough soccer talent in the south to recruit and field some very strong teams.
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Maybe I’m wrong on that, but I don’t think so.
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I have ‘0’ problem with her kicking off or attempting FG’S. But you would think the Vandy coaching staff would say, kick it off and get off the field as quickly as possible.
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If she’s on the field, she has to be held to the same standard as the other players. Any other kicker is expected to be a willing tackler, so she should be too. Anything less only feeds into all the criticism you’re seeing online.
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I get that… If I’m the coach – “kick it and get off the field”
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Why doesn’t Vandy respect the long and storied history and tradition of having only manly, athletic and highly skilled players as fg kickers?
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I’m not exactly sure what your point is here. Perhaps I should’ve said “she needs to be held to the same standard as any other kicker“, is that fair? I get that kickers usually aren’t the biggest or most athletic guys on the team. No one is going to mistake Podlesny for a tight end or running back. But how many times have you seen a kicker make a tackle on a kickoff return, often as the last line of defense to prevent a touchdown? If she’s being told to kick off and get off the field as quickly as possible as Ran A suggested, then she’s being held to a different standard.
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My point is that she’s likely as unqualified a football player as practically every fg kicker out there and at the same substantial disadvantage should the need arise to momentarily pretend to be one.
And, that the hand wringing by the 19th century wannabe retrogrades who are complaining about her participation is shrill, stupid and misplaced.
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If she had the balls to call them out at halftime for being defeatist, then I’m guessing she’s at least willing to try to stick her nose into a tackle. Maybe we’ll all get to find out?
Honestly, I don’t see why anyone has their drawers in a wad over a female placekicker in college football. Who cares? Just play.
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Maybe she’s 100% willing, she’s probably taken a few hits on the soccer field before. But the original comment above suggested that the coaches wouldn’t want to test that theory, and they would instead give instructions to her that they probably wouldn’t give to a male kicker. In my opinion, that’s not the correct approach to take.
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I agree Snoop, just play. As in, after the kickoff don’t run off the field to protect anyone. If you do, you’ve counterfeited your argument. A family relative of mine is in med school at Vandy now, along with Vandy’s previous kicker, who still has eligibility. Why didn’t they ask him? They didn’t. And he volunteered.
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I’d say allowing any kicker who JUST JOINED THE TEAM to give a “call out” speech at halftime is just a wee bit problematic.
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It didn’t happen.
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The world continues down the road of madness.
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If she has to get hit, it’s gonna be ugly. That will be meme material for our rivals. UGA hitting girls.
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Probably not any worse than most any other kicker.
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What, kickers are beating girls? Who knew?
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Best game I ever watched at Vandy was Tenn State vs, FL A&M. The place was packed (literally standing shoulder to shoulder) at halftime for battle of the bands.
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Some of you act like soccer is like flag football it is not. She is a competitive soccer player and I am sure she would stay in a tackle someone.
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Yeah sure. I’m betting she’s chomping at the bit to get in there. I’m PRAYING her hubris gets her the chance this Saturday. She will be in for a rude awakening- after the smelling salts.
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Yep. She’s 6’2 and I think was the keeper, so she’s not built like Billy Bennett
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She’s not built like Monty Rice either.
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You’re in over your head Debbie. Be quiet.
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You respond like that to another commenter again, your ass is gone. Obnoxious.
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Power 5 college football is not the place for a publicity stunt. How would the girls soccer team like it If a 6 ft 4 in 225 lb striker wants to be on the girls team. What a joke. Welcome to the new world.
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I get your point but the analogy isn’t accurate. it’s more like a 5’5″ 210lb member of their SEC championship men’s golf team wanted to play on the girls soccer team but only play during penalty kicks.
If she was a 6’6″ 265lb bruiser highly recruited OLB out of high school maybe those team members skeptical of having a female on the team might have a more favorable opinion of her playing football.
Or, we could just make all sports transgender. We could do away with title 9 anyway…
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I’m just wondering if she dresses with the team…
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It is possible that seeing Kathy Ireland in a pair of football pants and a cutoff jersey had a considerable impact on my young and impressionable psyche.
If she gets the opportunity I hope she successfully kicks for 3, If she gets one blocked or gets involved in a return I hope the Dawgs will be chivalrous in their responsibilities.
2020 is a weird ass year.
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I’ll go out on a limb & say there’s a damn good chance we find out how good of a tackler she is this Saturday.
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A few random thoughts:
I’ve read she was already cleared for the Covid protocol and that made it easy to take an athlete from another Vandy team. That makes sense given they were shorthanded. You would have to assume they brought in the best person they could to kick.
It’s doubtful all the Vandy players were excited about having a woman join their team. I’m sure some didn’t care or were happy for her but out of 60 dudes you have to think many weren’t.
I would bet the halftime speech was awkward to watch. Kickers typically don’t have a lot of credibility with a team and she was also brand new. And, she literally didn’t do anything in the first half so I doubt it came off real well unless she is a great public speaker.
The SEC giving her player of the week is ridiculous. She didn’t do anything to deserve the award. Now, if she has a good game and makes a field goal or 2, then award her.
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Some of you are so open minded, your brains have fallen out.
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I think Coach Cochran will say, “Let’s find out if she wants to play football!!”
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