Facts emerge:
Suspended Georgia receiver Colbie Young was back practicing with the Bulldogs on Monday, rejoining team activities for the first time since being arrested on misdemeanor battery and assault charges on October 8th.
Athens attorney Kim Stephens represents Young. In a statement to DawgsCentral on Monday night, Stephens said that Young was recently cleared by the university’s Title IX office, which paved the way for Young’s return to team activities.
“The Title IX office at UGA cleared Colbie so he was allowed to return to team activities including practice. We expect and hope that the prosecutors will follow the Title IX offices lead and dismiss the charges against Mr. Young in the very near future,“ said Stephens.
Sources who spoke to DawgsCentral on Monday evening said that Young mostly practiced off to the side while the rest of the team went through drills.
Also, in case you didn’t notice it this past Saturday:
Most of what I’ve read on Young says he’s back at practice but won’t be available for the Tech game, obviously. Clearing the Title IX office allows him back with the team, apparently, but he won’t see the playing field again until the charges have been officially dismissed by the district attorney. But both Robinsons were dressed Saturday while Etienne was not. From the most recent press conference:
- Christen Miller: “Uhmm, yes, he’s banged up. Didn’t do much yesterday, and don’t know what he’s going to be able to do today. It wasn’t you’re typical Monday.
- Trevor Etienne: “Hopeful to get him back.”
- “Anthony Evans and Dillon Bell were able to go and do something yesterday and practice. We will see if they available, I’m hopeful.”
- “Branson Robinson and Roderick Robinson have both looked good in the last few weeks. They have been running and have reached good speeds. We will ramp them up today a bit, we are excited about them getting back to work.”
Makes one wonder if this wasn’t more strategy than pure recovery. Hold back some in the stable until the picture gets clearer for the postseason. I guess when your season stretches to a possible 16 games, it’s honestly not a bad strategy.
Whatever the short-term strategy for Young is going to be, I hope he embraces the redemption opportunity and plays with a little more fire than he showed in the earlier part of the season, whenever that time comes. Either way, since the allegations have been since shown to be untrue, I’m glad to see he’s still embraced while Kirby allows the University and the legal system to dictate the cadence.
I’m sure that chaps ole Chip Towers’ ass.
For the people who wanted Young immediately dismissed on the allegations, this is why Kirby runs the program. This is why parents trust their sons to him. He’s going to be tough and fair. He’s going to let the process play out before making a call.
This is what real culture looks like.
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I second the hoping that Colbie plays with more fire when/if he returns to the playing field. I was unimpressed with his effort going after the ball on the INT that sealed Georgia’s fate in Tuscaloosa and another time on a back shoulder throw down the sideline in Athens.
Glad the process is playing out favorably for him though and hope the truth comes out and the situation is resolved justly.
To win a Natty, UGA may have to play as many as 17 games
Guess I was being optimistic…the pessimist in me wonders if we get in at all if we drop one of the next two.
If we win the SEC championship, we’re in regardless. Frankly, the Fech game is meaningless for the playoff. If we win Friday, we’re are probably in as 9-12 seed if we lose the next weekend (especially a close loss). If we drop the next 2, we’re out.
The powers that be (the conference commissioners) are not going to allow a conference championship game loser to be out unless they were on the bubble going in.
Beat Fech because it gets us one year closer to throwing the Drought on the ash heap of CFB history.
I guess that I am not sold on the idea that a championship game loser, like Georgia, isn’t out with three losses based on the way that the committee has generally (i) dismissed the strength of schedule argument (regardless of what they say on TV), or (ii) and talked about how Georgia has looked during the season.
I can’t imagine Kirby didn’t factor in the possibility of playing 16-17 games to win the CFP and adjust his practice schedule and roster management accordingly. While I have no proof, this is my pet theory for why the team has appeared less disciplined this season. Though I wonder if the lack of strong player leadership and coaching changes have also played a role (obviously injuries have not helped for sure). My hope is that as the stakes increase, the players will rise to the occasion and match that intensity and focus.
Guessing we see the Robinsons only this week, since the backup WRs have looked good. Maybe Evans comes for returning kicks only.
I subscribe to the philosophy that the truth is usually somewhere in between (not dead center necessarily). I thought the story was a bit fishy when I first read it. What I do recall is there was some evidence of harm on the lady but not sure how much or what really caused it. Now she is doing a complete 180 it seems. What caused that? Maybe it’s as simple as she made it all up and ran out of lies but I will never know. Probably need to offer the players a course on how to deal with leeches given their level of income.
All I know, if he’s truly innocent and has lost all this playing time I agree with the others that I hope he comes out angry.