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Ex-Georgia QB Aaron Murray Almost Quit Football Because Of Nick Fairley’s Dirty Hits

by Larry Leo

July 19, 201946 Comments

Ex-Georgia QB Aaron Murray Almost Quit Football Because Of Nick Fairley’s Dirty Hits

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While on the 3 Man Front show on WJOX, former Georgia QB Aaron Murray talked about the Bulldogs 2010 game against Auburn where he suffered a fractured sternum and serious whiplash. He said because of the dirty hits from Auburn's Nick Fairley, he almost quit football entirely...

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“If he did that outside the football field, he’d have been in jail for three years. … That was actually the first time in my life I was like ‘I don’t know if I want to play football anymore.’ I’m not kidding either,” Murray recalled. “I was on the sideline, and I had six stitches; my jersey’s covered in blood; I had a fractured sternum and can’t feel the left side of my body. I got whiplash in my neck, and I can’t really move my neck. I was like ‘Is this really worth it? It’s my freshman year, I can quit now and save myself a lot of punishment.’

“I had to sit up sleeping the next two weeks. I couldn’t even lay down. It was tough.”

Whole interview is here...

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young man tiger•58 months

Fairley was such a piece of garbage. I remember his bullshite well.

ATLabama•58 months

I hate Georgia. But Fairley was crazy dirty. I also know many of you here have the athletic build of a truck driver, and would quite literally die if you took some of the hits delivered at that level. Took a hit from Landon Collins in a high-school spring tournament once and it's just different that caliber athlete. shite hurts.

ELchapoLSU•58 months

Fairley was a ball player! Shut up quit being a bitch

dagrippa•58 months

yea Fairley was a big time piece of shite

JackieTreehorn•58 months

I remember him dragging the facemask across Murray's face too. Fairley was a total thug.

GoldenDawg•58 months

Fairley = the perfect shite stain rep for the entire auburn football program. A useless human being enabled as a hero by a fan base with no standards. Not at all surprising aubs - and may you never change.

jangalang•58 months

Isn’t it a badge of honor for a DL to make QBs want to quit football???

AUsteriskPride•58 months

Used to be before SJWs took over everything.

RainKing96•58 months

Auburn always did play dirty. Fairly was more dirty than the rest.

Ponchy Tiger•58 months

Life served a big helping of pay back to Fairley. Funny how things go sometimes.

VoxDawg•58 months

frick Nick Fairley. I didn't hear the interview, but I was thinking about that game this morning.

Jones•58 months

Why?

TIGERSPIKE•58 months

Funny how the narrative changes over the years. Fairly hit Murray late one time that game which I do think was a dirty hit. He was flagged for it. Rewatch that game, the rest of those "dirty" hits was simply the best defensive player in the country dominating a struggling team and that team acting like toddlers.

RandySavage•58 months

Almost as laughable as the Chaz Ramsey narrative. A chop block, which happens all the time, that didn't even cause Dorsey to leave the game now altered and nearly ended his career.

HonoraryCoonass•58 months

Fairley is a terrible human being. He’ll wind up in prison. It is sad (and telling) that so many Auburn people would defend that scum.

Pavoloco83•58 months

there is some fantastic video on youtube of fairley destroying SEC quarterbacks that season. fricking fabulous.

SpartyGator•58 months

Frick Nick Fairley

RandySavage•58 months

No team will ever rustle jimmies like that great bunch and for that I’m forever grateful

UTprideofTX•58 months

He got sand in his vagina.

RockyMtnTigerWDE•58 months

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TigerB8•58 months

them Auburn lineman....can't remember the one that almost ended Glenn Dorsey's career.

Grit-Eating Shin•58 months

Jonathan Ziemba. I hope he's flipping burgers these days.

Ash Williams•58 months

His name is Chaz Ramsey. He’s the worst

headytiger•58 months

does Murray's mom still breast feed him?

Pavoloco83•57 months

I want to be breast fed by Jake Fromms mom.

Jefferson Dawg•58 months

Fairley sure looked tough squirming on the ground with Ben Jones on top of him in that retribution play Richt allowed in garbage-time..

RockyMtnTigerWDE•58 months

And yet you don't have an interview of him crying like a bitch about being in a football game.

LesnarF5•58 months

It's tough out there!!!

scleeb•58 months

Aubarn should be kicked out of the SEC. They is to football what librals is to America. Role Tide an MAGA

RandySavage•58 months

Lol yea Ben Jones is a real man. Get that arse whooped all day and jump on top of a guy laying on the ground after making yet another tackle.

Pavoloco83•58 months

Ben Jones spent the day getting his arse beat. Honestly, it was embarrassing. he owed Murray for the arse whipping he took.

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