re: Brenton Cox dismissed from UGA

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oh ok. just funny how those that "saw it coming" never mention it before it happens. Would be pretty big news to know that a certain player is trending toward getting kicked off the team. I dont even remember it being brought up when he was arrested. It certainly wasnt when he committed. In fact, most ppl were excited when he committed.

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Again... where are all the people you're saying "saw it coming" specifically? I mean, where are the people saying "I knew he was gonna get kicked off the team"? I'm really not following all the threads, so it's certainly possible that it happened, but it doesn't seem to be a common take from what I have seen... rather what I said. The kid had attitude problems that were known before he ever committed to UGA. In fact, many of the "insiders" even said if we didn't get him, it might be a blessing in disguise.

And as to why no one would have been able to predict it, one might take a slight clue from the fact that it came 3 days after camp and is rumored to be a combination of poor attitude/work ethic and him getting surpassed on the depth chart and not reacting well... no one can predict where a kid is gonna be on the depth chart prior to practices starting... So even if there are people who "saw it coming", how were they supposed to know explicitly that he was trending toward removal when practices began on Friday?

It's generally called a "confluence of events"... You can know that he's been acknowledged as an attitude problem (which *has* been documented for months) without knowing that attitude problem would surface as he finds himself falling down a depth chart. Maybe that's just me? And I didn't even claim to know it was coming.

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I think he ends up at Tennessee

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Wouldn’t he have to sit two years?

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Moreover, he had the frame to grow into a down lineman

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That's probably the more upsetting angle here... there are not as many bodies that can handle that role right now. We can probably start to offset that with some of the 2020 pickups, but not going to help us this year...

With that said, if he was causing problems *and* had been surpassed on the depth chart as has been indicated, it may not be as big of a loss as it seems on the surface. As I've said, I'd rather he just got his shite together and put in the work, but I'd rather lose him now, than after we waste a ton of reps on the kid through the fall camp and then him bolt 1-2 games into the season.

We'll see on the productive career. He certainly has the raw talent for it, but if the work ethic isn't there, a change of scenery doesn't necessarily mean he'll get it done either. Just might be an easier path to playing time...

He will be at Ohio State for the 2020 season.

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Reports he was asked to moved to DE and wasn’t happy about it

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I'm sure that isnt the whole story.

Jordan Jenkins played outside and covered up. It is part of the position when the team is doing well and force 2nd/3rd and longs.

The entire argument for Cox at UGA was that he can put his hand in the dirt when we are in nickel.

If cross-training was a part of Cox leaving, then that is very short-sighted.

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Great salute to Lewis Grizzard.

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Except the story never happened although he told it multiple times.

Auburn bound?

buddy of mine just texted me and said that he is enrolled at UF and practiced yesterday.

I've heard the rumor a few places at this point (who knows if it all stemmed from this UF board post though), so it's certainly possible.

I can't see a scenario where he could get a waiver, nor do I see UGA offering any sort of supporting documentation/evidence to help him obtain a waiver to go play at UF.