Any Truth To This Story About UGA’s Brown? Seems Awfully Far-Fetched To Me

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The UT sports blog LosersWithSocks.com has posted an awfully fishy story about incoming Georgia wideout Marlon Brown… that some fans are believing (probably because they want to believe it).

I’ve gotten more than a dozen emails on this one, so we’ll discuss it this morning.

Brown, you might remember, was the subject of a pretty intense recruiting battle between Tennessee and Georgia as the top-rated player from the Volunteer State this spring.

According to the site, Brown recently lost his iPhone.  That led to an “intercepted text conversation between Marlon Brown” and 2010 recruit Justin Maclin.

There’s also a page from Maclin’s Facebook page (supposedly) that’s featured on the site and on it there’s a post from someone named “Marlon Brown.”

Sound fishy yet?

Read this excerpt from the supposed text conversation (all spelling and grammar errors are the author’s… as are the obscenities):



Brown: “like when i was at uf mane… we was out on univ ave, fine ass white bitches errwerr… den sat we was talking to urban, his players call him herbs lol… he”

Brown:  “was tellin me how he culdn give me no car but he had dat chronic and straight paper on lock.  gmamma was wantin a job tho.

Maclin: “lol so why did you end up at ga? I thought mark richt was all christian and shit.”

Brown: “yah he turns that on for da parents.  gmamma loved his crack ass but when we was 1on1 he told me abt all these things his best playas be gettin”

Maclin: “?”

Brown:  “stacks of cash, like crazy amounts of green playa.  why you think i’m so rich lol?  plus i got dis red vespa i be cuttin around campus on.  ladies love it… and his wife wanna be some nurse.  trust me she know how to take care of a dude, nah mean.”



First of all, this site is known for “commentary and comedy about the Tennessee Volunteers and their SEC rivals.”

Second, most folks don’t text long paragraphs like that. 

Third, I really don’t think Urban Meyer is handing out weed and Mark Richt is handing out cash.  Boosters might hand out cash, but most coaches know enough not to be promising vespas and greenbacks first-hand.  Much less delivering “dat chronic.”

Next, this is actually a rather racist joke considering the verbiage and comments such as “white bitches.”  If it’s supposed to be humor, it’s not very successful.

My take?  Sorry, I’m not buyin’. 

I think it’s a joke that wasn’t presented as a joke and folks are believing it.  I think it’s “War of the Worlds” with some serious racism tossed in. 

But that’s just me.