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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Tuesday, January 9, 2007
Have Gators pushed UGA’s bar a bit higher?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Many apologies if today’s blog is getting up a bit late. I’m on the University of Georgia campus this afternoon. I’ve been talking to Georgia’s basketball team about losing the last four games — arguably the toughest stretch in program history — and about how important it is to win the next two games (vs. South Carolina Wednesday and Vanderbilt on Saturday).
But that’s not the only reason.
My editor, Jeff D’Alessio, also asked me to find some students and maybe an athlete or two to find out what their feelings are about Florida holding both the football and basketball national titles at the moment.
It’s been interesting, to say the least. As I have suspected before, athletes aren’t nearly caught up in this rivalry thing as fans and most students are.
For example, basketball player Dave Bliss was telling me just a few minutes ago, “I really don’t care. I mean, I’d rather Georgia win the national championship in football, but I really don’t care about football. Whatever.”
Whatever, indeed!
Conversely, you talk to students and fans and most of them seem to think it’s the worst thing in the world that could have happened.
So I’m here today to find out how y’all feel about it. Feel free to share you’re emotions, but I’m more interested in the tangible effects therein. In other words, how do you think it will aHave ffect Georgia? Does this make the mountain the football and basketball teams are climbing higher? Or does it simply validate that, as long as you’re competing with the Gators and their like, the ultimate title is that much closer?
Meanwhile, Georgia hoops are at the Stegosaurus Wednesday night. Anybody coming?
