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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•65 months

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

ATLabama•65 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•65 months

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

JackieTreehorn•65 months

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

VoxDawg•65 months

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

LSU fan 246•65 months

Why?

TigerB8•65 months

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

Grit-Eating Shin•65 months

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

Ash Williams•65 months

His name is Chaz Ramsey. He’s the worst

SpartyGator•65 months

Frick Nick Fairley

dagrippa•65 months

yea Fairley was a big time piece of shite

Fear The Thumb•65 months

Y'all wouldn't be hating on Fairley if he was on your team destroying the opposing QB. It's football and guess what it's a violent sport, if you can't take the heat stay out of the kitchen.

el duderino III•65 months

People from other fan bases actually have these things called "standards"

Fear The Thumb•65 months

You do have high standards when it comes to corndogs.

earl keese•65 months

You're right. Nobody would be hating on a player destroying another teams player provided they are good clean hits. Not some of the shite that Fairley or that offensive lineman from Miss. State that jumped on LSU defensive players a few years back had a habit of doing.

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jangalang•65 months

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

AUsteriskPride•65 months

Used to be before SJWs took over everything.

RandySavage•65 months

A lot of hate over 1 late hit almost a decade ago, Fairley GOAT

scuppernong•65 months

OH HERE WE GO...

IAmNERD•65 months

Be careful, Larry. You will have all kinds of dawg fans in here with hurt feelings in a bit. They're a sensitive bunch.

ChexMix•65 months

These comments warm my heart. 2010 was the season that the rest of the SEC deserved.

BigBlueAU•65 months

The gift that just keeps on giving! Ha!

auburn2eugene•65 months

Lots of sensitive crybabies in here. Football is a violent sport. If you dont like it, there is always ice skating.

wartiger2004•65 months

Baby Back Bitch

RockyMtnTigerWDE•65 months

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RandySavage•65 months

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

LesnarF5•65 months

It's tough out there!!!

Jefferson Dawg•65 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•65 months

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

GoldenDawg•65 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.

RandySavage•65 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•65 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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