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, March 19, 2007
Dogs take game to ‘higher level’
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Greetings from Colorado Springs, Colo. It’s absolutely beautiful out here. Warmer than it is back in Atlanta. Rockies to the west, rolling hills to the east, blue skies all around.
Before I forget about it, Melanie Felton asked me last night to please get our readers to go to the Hidden Valley Ranch recipes website and vote for her special dip she came up for a charitable competition with three other coaches wives (Boeheim, Kruger and Ryan). It sounds pretty good. Here’s a link to the website:
http://allrecipes.com/features/hiddenvalleyranch.aspx
There’s been a lot of talk about the altitude here since Georgia drew Air Force in tonight’s NIT second-round game (9 p.m., ESPNU). It was funny but when I brought up whether the altitude (about 7,000 feet) had an effect on teams, coach Dennis Felton said he didn’t want to talk about it. He asked to go off the record with me and another reporter and we granted it. Then he said it most definitely has an effect. He said he became well aware of the negative effects when he was at Western Kentucky and they had to play at Denver every year. But he said he didn’t want to discuss it in print because he didn’t want it getting inside his players’ heads.
Having been out here not quite 24 hours yet, I can tell you from my personal perspective you can definitely feel it. Just walking around town and up and down the halls of my hotel, it feels like you can’t get quite enough oxygen. And I’m at only about 6,000 feet or so. They say the arena is at 7,100. I can’t imagine how it might feel when you’re running up and down a basketball court.
On the positive side, the team seems to be in very good spirits here. I think it’s clear that the Dogs definitely are enjoying playing in the NIT and getting to extend their season. That said, they probably got about as tough a draw in this thing as they possibly could. Air Force is really good and a difficult team to prepare for with their Princeton offense and matchup zone defense. These guys rank second in the nation in points allowed after leading the nation for four straight seasons. That can be tough and aggravating to go against. On the other hand, Georgia has some size and athleticism advantages.
If Georgia somehow survives this one, it gets the winner of the DePaul-Kansas State game. That game would be on Wednesday (I think) and would be on the road again. A win there would get the Dogs to New York.
What’s your thoughts on the Dogs’ chances tonight? What’s the biggest obstacle, the altitude, the AF offense or the AF defense? Think they’ve got what it takes to get to New York?
