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, April 25, 2007
Can’t spell NFL without UGA
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I’ve been trying to size up this year’s NFL draft for the Bulldogs and, for the first time in a while, I don’t see a Georgia player making a big splash early on the first day.
Best I can tell from perusing all the mock drafts and such, defensive end Charles Johnson will be the first Dog off the board and that might not be until the second round. In all, I’d say at least six Georgia players will probably be drafted and roughly in this order: Johnson, DE Quentin Moses, TE Martrez Milner, RB Danny Ware, LB Tony Taylor and OL Daniel Inman. Add to that LB Jarvis Jackson, OL Nick Jones, DB Tra Battle and P Gordon Ely-Kelso and that’s 10 Dogs likely to get at least a free-agent tryout.
That would have to be considered a down year for Georgia in the draft. In fact, the Bulldogs have one of the more rich NFL traditions, especially when it comes to the quality of careers. In 2006, there were 49 Dogs in the league. Four played — Champ Bailey, Richard Seymour, Mack Strong, Marcus Stroud — played in the Pro Bowl. Missing from that group was Hines Ward, who made the Pro Bowl a regular stop from 2002-05. In all, Georgia has put an impressive 27 players in the Pro Bowl. But of course the most impressive NFL stat for Georgia is it is the ONLY college in the nation to have three Super Bowl MVPs: Jake Scott (VII), Terrell Davis (XXXII) and Ward (XL).
So that’s a thumbnail sketch of the past. Let’s talk about the future. Which of this year’s Bulldogs in the draft do you believe will have the best shot of becoming an NFL all-pro? Do you think I have the order right that they’ll be selected? And what about Georgia’s current team? What players on the Bulldogs’ roster for next season do you see as the most likely to continue their careers and flourish in the NFL? Mel Kiper already has tabbed Matthew Stafford as a future No. 1 pick. Anybody else have stardom in their future?
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