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, March 9, 2007
Where is the love?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Wow, what a game between Kentucky and Mississippi State. If these conference tournaments across the country this week are any indication, we’re in for more madness than usual this March.
On that note, I have to admit that, as the guy that covers Georgia, I thought it probably had to be a little discouraging for the Bulldogs to look up into the stands at the Georgia Dome last night and see such a small gathering to support them. I mean, there were a lot of people at the game, 14,000 or so I think. But most of them were Florida and Kentucky and Tennessee fans. Georgia, which has more than 100,000 alumni living in the metro Atlanta area, had one of the smallest fan representations. Only Auburn, which has the second-most alumni in the area (I think), had fewer fans.
I know you can’t change the culture over night, but that’s still hard for me to fathom. I’ve talked to a few Georgia supporters lately, some who post on this board, and they say it’s merely a protective reaction. That is, they’ve been disappointed by the Bulldogs’ basketball team so many times over the years that they’re afraid to invest any energy or enthusiasm into them for fear of just having their heartbroken. Therefore, it’s easier to lay there on your couch and watch it on TV rather than getting all dressed up and lathered up only to see them go down and get taunted by a bunch of obnoxious Gator fans.
Is that the thinking?
Either way, Georgia could come out looking bad tonight because, I’m here to tell you, there are tons of Florida fans here at the Georgia Dome. How might it look if the Gators show up with three times as many fans as the Bulldogs in a building named after the state they play in?
Yes, Florida’s had considerable more success than the Dogs in basketball. But the Gators are also the perfect example that you can have success in both sports at a supposed football school.
By the way, in case you’re interested, tickets can be obtained fairly cheaply ($20-$50) outside the Georgia Dome.
