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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Monday, January 29, 2007
Don’t believe every recruiting rumor
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It’s getting down to crunch time in football recruiting and, hearing Georgia fans talk about it lately, you’d think the Bulldogs were having a horrible year.
Personally, I don’t believe there is anything more useless than recruiting rankings. Trying to compare how schools are doing is like comparing apples and oranges. How could you reasonably compare a program that might be signing a dozen or 15 or 18 players to one that’s inking 25 or 30?
How can you compare a team that’s looking mainly for offensive and defensive lineman to one that’s going strong on skill players? That certainly hasn’t deterred anybody from trying.
Recruiting rankings are one of the most sought-after sports items on the Internet this time of year. And when it comes to recruiting, perception is a powerful thing.
At Georgia’s basketball game Sunday, I had several individuals come up to me and say “the Dogs are having a down year in recruiting, aren’t they?” My answer was always, “I have no idea. Check back with me in two or three years.”
Their assertions are based, of course, on Allen Bailey’s recent elimination of UGA and Cameron Heyward’s alleged luke-warm response (and supposed flu-like symptoms) on his visit. But those final two targets represent, what, less than 8 percent or less of the signing class? I’m not sure if you don’t sign them, Georgia all the sudden has a bad recruiting year.
And it seems you get almost no credit for the early commitments you’ve maintained. The Bulldogs always seem to have a high percentage of early commitments.
Tell me what you guys think. I know a lot of you guys out there probably follow this stuff really closely. Is Georgia sucking wind as bad as some are saying? How’d they do as far as meeting needs?
As for basketball, Georgia garnered some votes in this week’s AP Top 25 poll. Eleven to be exact. But that’s significantly behind the No. 26 team, Indiana, with 141, or No. 27 Kentucky with 106. Wins at Tennessee and Vandy this week ought to knock ‘em in though.
