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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Wednesday, January 3, 2007
Dogs welcome Saban back
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Sept. 22, 2007, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
That’s the date and place where the Georgia Bulldogs get to reacquaint themselves with their old friend Nick Saban. That was already going to be a tough game whether Mike Shula or Danny Devito was the Tide’s head coach because they have a lot of good players coming back from what was a very young team this season. Now with Wednesday’s news that ‘Bama has procured away Saban from the NFL’s Miami Dolphins, I’d say Georgia’s game in Tuscaloosa next year just got a whole lot tougher.
Last time we checked, Georgia coach Mark Richt and Saban had a very competitive relationship and a pretty good rivalry going. While Saban was still at LSU, he and Richt had arguably the SEC’s top two programs, certainly for the first few years of the 21st century.
In 2003, the Bulldogs gave the Tigers all they could handle over in Baton Rouge but Billy Bennett had a rare off day — missing three field goals — and Georgia lost 17-10. Then LSU steamrolled the Dogs 34-13 in the SEC Championship Game at the Georgia Dome.
But the Dogs got some big-time redemption the last time they encountered a Saban-coached team. They absolutely dismantled LSU, 45-16, getting the game of his life from quarterback David Greene. (Georgia also beat the Tigers in the 2005 SEC title game but that squad was coached by Les Miles).
It just so happens that Georgia has the Crimson Tide on the schedule the next two years, with ‘Bama coming to Athens in 2008. But having Saban jump in there and get the Tide rolling again might not be a bad thing for the Bulldogs. Auburn, after all, has owned ‘Bama the last few years. Georgia has to play Alabama just twice every eight years while they play Auburn every year. Wouldn’t anything the Tide can do to blunt the Tigers success be somewhat helpful to Georgia’s cause?
How do y’all think Saban’s presence might impact Georgia, if at all? What about the SEC? Bet LSU fans aren’t too happy about this.
Meanwhile, I’ve attached Georgia’s schedule for next season. It’s a pretty good slate, with three straight home games – including a really tough but interesting opener against Okie State – and Auburn and Kentucky at home toward the end. Might as well start analyzing it now.
GEORGIA’S 2007 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Sept. 01: Oklahoma State
Sept. 08: South Carolina
Sept. 15: Western Carolina
Sept. 22: at Alabama
Sept. 29: Ole Miss
Oct. 06: at Tennessee
Oct. 13: at Vanderbilt
Oct. 27: vs. Florida (J’ville)
Nov. 03: Troy
Nov. 10: Auburn
Nov. 17: Kentucky
Nov. 24: at Georgia Tech
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