UGA blog finds new home
Morning all. As I’ve said a couple of times this week, we’re converting this blog over to a WordPress platform and it will be a permanent move the first of next week.
Those of you who are regulars probably know that I’m not what you’d call techno-wizard when it comes to these things. But from what I understand the technology offered in this new format should make the blogging and commenting experience better for all. Of course, I’ll be learning as we go along, too. But I’m hoping to provide more pictures and video and things like that which should bring the blog more to life.
Of course, this blog is nothing without all you guys so I want to heartily invite (read: beg) you to come over to the new site by CLICKING HERE ON THE NEW ADDRESS and save it in your browsers. As of Monday, Feb. 23rd, this will be the permanent home of the UGA blog you so love or, in the case of some of you, love to loathe. If you’d prefer to copy and paste or just memorize, the new address is: http://blogs.ajc.com/uga-sports-blog/.
See at the new place!
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Thursday, November 2, 2006
Daring not to defer
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
This whole imploding at the start of the third quarter thing has become a habit for Georgia. And there is an easy way to fix it – when you win the coin toss at the start of the game, which Georgia has done for the last eight games, don’t defer. Take the ball right then. Let the defense set the tone in the third quarter.
I know it goes against conventional wisdom, but the wisdom Georgia has employed to this point has not worked. The Bulldogs have given up 21 points off turnovers on their opening third quarter drives in three of the last four games. So why not switch things up?
Anybody remember what Tommy Bowden did after his kicking game sucked fish against Boston College and Florida State? Against Georgia Tech he decided to heck with it and when the Tigers won the toss he received the ball. Didn’t seem to hurt Clemson a bit in that game.
Georgia coach Mark Richt was informed of Clemson’s move and said that might not be a bad idea, Quarterback Matthew Stafford said maybe it wouldn’t be such a bad thing if Georgia lost the toss this week and go the ball first.
It may just be reaching at straws, but nothing else Georgia has tried in the third quarter has helped, so why not go this route once? It shows the defense, a psychologically wounded unit, that you have faith in it to set the tone for the second half of the game and gives the offense a chance to go out and prove itself to start the game.
