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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Friday, January 19, 2007
Football news from the hoops writer
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I’m the Georgia basketball beat guy, so basketball’s always on my brain and I’m determined to generate reader interest. But you guys don’t respond too well to the subject, for whatever reason.
So I’ll say only Georgia has a huge game at Alabama tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. Please read my story on the sharp-shooting Steve Newman, which will be up on the website later, and feel free to discuss the Bulldogs’ prospects for beating the No. 10-ranked Crimson Tide at length.
That said, I’m here to please so I’m going to throw out some football for discussion. I’ve actually heard from a few of you who’d like for me to project the starting lineups and/or two-deep depth chart for next season.
Frankly, I think it’s a little early for that. But I do think Georgia’s situation at linebacker is interesting and, in fact, is going to be quite crucial to the Dogs’ success next season.
Everybody who tunes in here knows my opinion on outgoing middle linebacker Tony Taylor. The fact that he was left off the first-team All-SEC defense, which allegedly is voted on by league coaches, is a travesty not seen in this league in many years. South Carolina’s Jasper Brinkley on the first team was a joke.
Nobody did more for his defense than Taylor and, as result, Georgia’s going to miss him dearly next season.
Replacing a guy like that already is a tall tasks but, looking at the Dogs returning linebackers, there aren’t any real good candidates to step into that all-important middle spot.
It was slated to be Marcus Washington, the only true middle guy on the roster at the moment.
That’s why I think Brandon Miller might not be moving from strongside outside ‘backer to defensive end. I think Georgia may move him to Taylor’s inside spot.
Hey, don’t laugh. I’m not the only one who thinks this. Some folks on the inside over at UGA think the same thing. Miller is the most experienced backer Georgia has and certainly has the size for it.
Perhaps one of the freshman Akeems - Akeem Dent (6-2, 223) or Akeem Hebron (6-1, 200) - will step up and shine there. But that’s not a position at which you want an inexperienced player on the field. For that reason, I say don’t even consider the freshman signees the have coming in at the position (Rennie Curran and Charles White).
Georgia’s only other returning linebackers, Darius Dewberry and Dannel Ellerbe, are also outside guys, at least to date.
So what do y’all think? Who’ll man the middle for the Dogs next season? Gimme your two-deep at the three LB spots.
And will the position be a strength or weakness for the 2007 Bulldogs?
