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 31, 2007
A bounty of receivers
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I’ve just arrived in Knoxville, Tenn., for tonight’s basketball game between the Dogs and Vols. Don’t know the story behind Rocky Top and its association with the University of Tennessee but anytime I’m here I always wonder, it’s a little hilly but not very rocky and certainly not on top of anything. Perhaps General Neyland or one of our UT readers will fill me in.
Tonight’s game is NOT on television, by the way, Buck.
We’ll talk about tonight’s game tomorrow. In the meantime, let’s talk some football. I’m always hearing from people complaining about Georgia’s wide receivers and actually somebody ask me recently why the Dogs weren’t signing more in this class.
I’ll tell you why: Because they have plenty.
I haven’t conducted an in-depth study or anything but a cursory glance is all it takes to tell me that Georgia has 10 wide receivers coming back next season.
I think they’re in pretty good shape at that position. Geez people, you can only play three at a time, four occasionally.
And it’s not just quantity. There’s quality there as well. Among them are four former prep All-Americans (Mohamed Massaquoi, Sean Bailey, A.J. Bryant and Demiko Goodman). You’ve got the former No. 1 receiver in North Carolina in Kenneth Harris and a couple of good ones from Florida, too, in Michael Moore and Tony Wilson.
Bailey and Bryant are both legitimate deep threats and Goodman looks to be as well. Massaquoi and Kris Durham are good possession guys and I don’t think Mikey Henderson’s potential has been fully tapped yet.
Yes, there’s been some drop problems. But I think that’s often overblown as well. It’s college ball. No team anywhere in D-I catches catches ‘em all. They’ll continue to get better.
And, lest we forget, the much ballyhooed A.J. Green is committed for 2008.
I could be wrong. Tell me if you think I am. But what I see coming back from the Dogs should put them among the best in the SEC in terms of ability, experience, potential and depth. Tell me a group of receivers in the league that’s three-deep is better.
By the way, in other football news, I found out from Danny Ware’s agent today that he got into the NFL combine. That’s a big deal for a guy like that. Now it’s up to him to show the scouts in Indianapolis what he can do.
Feel free to offer some scores on tonight’s Georgia-Tennessee game. Word is still that Chris Lofton won’t play. But we’ll see.
