Georgia football once again is in the news for the wrong reasons. All anyone wants to do right now is focus on spring ball, because there is nothing better in the offseason than seeing updates and videos from these practices.
Unfortunately some news has come out from within the program that takes away from this excitment.
Early Thursday morning, wide receiver Nitro Tuggle was arrested and released on a $26 bond for reckless driving and speeding beyond maximum limits. But he wasn't the only Bulldog to be involved in a driving-related incident this week as offensive lineman Marques Easley was also involved in an undisclosed incident as well.
Georgia's football program released the below statement on Thursday which states that both players have been suspended indefinitely for their incidents on the roads.
"Nitro Tuggle and Marques Easley have been suspended indefinitely from all team activities. There will be no further comment," as shared by si.com.
Georgia's reputation strikes again
Georgia football has a strong reputation across the country. Most view the Bulldogs as one of the best programs in the country if not the No. 1 program over the last five years. That's what will happen after winning multiple National Championships and SEC title during that timeframe.
But unfortunately for Georgia, they also have a reputation of driving-related incidents that lead to arrests, and that is a reputation they have been unable to shake.
The amount of these incidents over the last few years has grown too large to count, but it has gotten to the point where every college football fan across the country isn't surprised when news like this drops. It's one thing for fans of SEC team to comment on all of these incidents, but when random Big Ten and ACC fans are noticing the pattern that is when there is a serious problem at hand.
Who knows what Kirby Smart will do to address this because one would have to assume it's been talked about a lot with the team over the years. But as it stands today, this is s reputation Georgia is going to have to live with until they can go a few years without similar incidents.