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Wednesday, August 20, 2014
For Georgia lineman Watts Dantzler, ALS Ice Bucket Challenge means more
The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has helped raise over $30 million for the ALS Association (ALSA) in the last month. College football coaches and programs around the country have been participating, but for one SEC player, the movement means more.
Georgia senior offensive lineman Watts Dantzler lost his father, former UGA letterman Danny Dantzler, to ALS five years ago. Watching the Ice Bucket Challenge spread across the country has been incredible for his family.
“It’s such a terrible disease,” said Dantzler, per the Macon Telegraph. “With everybody helping out, tons of celebrities and stuff, it’s skyrocketed the normal donations, which is awesome. Hopefully that can make headway for an advancement of some things that can help slow it down or completely stop the disease.”
Dantzler was just a freshman in high school when his father received the diagnosis. Doctors believed that he had the disease for over a year already when the diagnosis was officially made. A year and a half later, in winter of 2009, Danny Dantzler passed away.
As of Wednesday, August 20, the ALS Association reported $31.5 million in donations since July 29. In that same time period (July 29 to August 20) last year, the ALSA reported $1.9 million in donations.
Dantzler said at first he did not want to participate in the challenge when former UGA quarterback Aaron Murray challenged him a few weeks ago, before the videos really started taking off. It was just “too emotional” for him.
Once the challenge went viral, Dantzler’s mother and aunt came down to Athens for Georgia’s picture day, and along with head coach Mark Richt, the Dantzler’s completed the challenge.
Thanks to @MarkRicht for helping with my #ALSIceBucketChallenge as I lost my father to ALS in 2009. https://t.co/QVYT8b7Tq3
— Watts Dantzler (@wattsdantzler) August 16, 2014
Today was awesome. After my mom and I did the ALS Ice Bucket challenge we both cried in each other's arms for a few minutes.
— Watts Dantzler (@wattsdantzler) August 16, 2014 “It was a special moment,” Dantzler said.
Dantzler and the Bulldogs’ season opens up against Clemson at home on August 30.
For more Georgia news, visit UGASports.com.
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Louisville DC Todd Grantham said he 'laughed off' report of Petrino tension
Louisville defensive coordinator Todd Grantham said he had a simple response when he heard of the report that said there was tension between him and Louisville coach Bobby Petrino.
"You know what, I have not seen the report," Grantham told Football Scoop. "I heard about it and you know, we're in camp, so we're busy. Truthfully I kind of laughed it off and went on to a meeting."
After Football Scoop gave Grantham a summation of the article, he flatly denied it. Sports Illustrated said Monday that there had been multiple feuds between Grantham and Petrino and Petrino would have gotten rid of Grantham if it wasn't for the five-year contract he signed in the offseason at Louisville after leaving Georgia.
"Not at all," Grantham said when asked if the summation was true. "We've made significant strides here with our football program since coming in January. Our players have worked really hard in the offseason and going back and looking at our tape from the spring to what we're doing right now you see some really good strides in our players."
Grantham also said he hadn't been asked about any issues between himself and Petrino. After he was hired at Louisville for a second time, Grantham was Petrino's choice for defensive coordinator.
While it'd be highly unlikely that Grantham would admit publicly that there are issues between he and Petrino, another report at WDRB.com cited a source that said reports of a feud are also overblown.
“Bobby told me the frustrating thing about this is it's 100 percent not true,” the source cited by Rick Bozich at WDRB said. “Bobby and Todd are fine.
WDRB's source also made a salient point regarding the reports of feuds. If Louisville's defense plays well against Miami and in other early games, many people will forget that there was tension. But on the flip side, if Louisville's defense struggles early, attention paid to the relationship between Petrino and Grantham will only be heightened.
For more Louisville news, visit CardinalSports.com.
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Notre Dame OC Mike Denbrock back with team after prostate cancer surgery
Earlier in the month, Notre Dame announced that offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock would miss the first few weeks of preseason camp after undergoing an undisclosed medical procedure. Tuesday it was revealed that Denbrock, in his first year as Notre Dame’s OC, has prostate cancer.
The cancer was discovered in June after a blood test showed “very elevated” levels of prostate-specific-antigen. Surgery was scheduled soon after and caused him to miss the beginning of camp, but at media day Tuesday, Denbrock said he is feeling much better, though not quite at 100 percent.
Understandably, he’s had to scale back his work load some as the recovery process continues, but he said that he is “feeling stronger every day.”
“I’m not going to say how much I’ve been involved in what’s been going on (with the team), because my wife and my doctor will probably hunt me down and get after me,” Denbrock said, per the South Bend Tribune. “But I’ve been able to do more than I anticipated I would to this point.”
Denbrock, who was back on the practice field Tuesday, said he’s been overwhelmed by the support from the university throughout this ordeal.
“The people who love Notre Dame football and follow Notre Dame football, the messages that they’ve sent me, the things that they’ve set me, the encouragement they’ve sent me, have absolutely done nothing but help get me back on my feet and moving again,” he said.
Denbrock is the second member of the Notre Dame coaching staff to face a cancer diagnosis recently. Former Fighting Irish safety and current graduate assistant Kyle McCarthy was also back on the practice field Tuesday “after having undergone four chemotherapy treatments.”
Head coach Brian Kelly said that McCarthy expects to be on field throughout his treatments, but the program has “made accommodations for him if he needs to be off the field.”
“He’s an incredible young man,” Kelly said. “Some people obviously don’t take very well to those treatments. He was on the field coaching the safeties like it was his first day of practice.”
McCarthy said his form of cancer is “very treatable” in a statement last week.
Meanwhile, Denbrock is back at it – installing Notre Dame’s new up-tempo offense. He likes what he sees from the unit and quarterback Everett Golson thus far, but above everything, he’s just happy to be back on the field, preparing for the season opener against Rice on August 30.
“It’s great to be here,” he said.
For more Notre Dame news, visit IrishIllustrated.com.
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