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, February 21, 2007
SEC’s long, tough road
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Greetings from the SEC road.
As I write this I’m sitting in my hotel room in Memphis, Tenn. That’s the thing about covering this league, it’s not always the easiest travel.
Over the years I’ve found the best way to get to Oxford, Miss. — where Georgia plays Ole Miss in a huge basketball game tonight — is to fly in here to Memphis (actually I take a plane), rent a car, drive the hour and a half south to Oxford, drive back to Memphis after the game, then jump on a plane in the morning and head back to Atlanta.
The Bulldogs are a little more fortunate. They charter jets that fly directly into and out of Athens-Ben Epps Airport. They leave the night before games, to avoid any possible travel snafus that could delay or postpone a game, then fly out immediately after the game. They’ll probably be getting home and into their beds about 2 or 3 a.m. Thursday morning. Most of the time they’ll all have classes early the next morning because that’s the way Dennis Felton likes them to set up their schedules. Some of them will have tutoring appointments at 7 a.m. Ah, yes, the perks of being a scholarship athlete!
But that’s not the really tough part of life on the road. The really tough part is what they’ll do later on tonight, which is tip it off against Ole Miss in the “Tad Pad.” Like everywhere else in the league these days, it’s a tough place to play. The Rebels are 13-1 there this season, with the only loss coming to Kentucky in the SEC opener. Since then they’ve booted Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, LSU and Mississippi State out of there as losers.
Now most of those games have been really close (ie: LSU), so Georgia definitely has a chance. I’ll tell you this: It’s a huge game for both teams. The Bulldogs (16-9, 7-5) would have another road win and would be guaranteed a .500 record in the league. Ole Miss (17-9, 6-6), which was picked to finished last in its division, would remain in a tie for first place in the SEC West and move a step closer toward earning a postseason bid for first-year coach Andy Kennedy.
So it will be a war tonight. You’re loyal correspondent will be there to chronicle it for you. No TV by the way so you’ll have to listen on the radio or over the Internet.
Let me know what you think is going to happen and what it might mean. In the meantime, keep thinking about future blog topics and questions you want me to get answered (and don’t just say “write about football”).
P.S. The mother of Georgia defensive end Michael Lemon died this morning in a house fire. Please send up your prayers and wishes for this young man and his family. You may contact the UGA sports communication department at 706-542-1621 to find out what you might be able to do to help.
