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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Thursday, May 3, 2007
Richt, Stafford to discuss keg photos
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
By now, I imagine everybody in the Bulldog Nation has heard something about the keg incident involving Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford. If not, here it is in a nutshell:
Circulating on the Internet are photos of the Bulldogs’ 19-year-old star lifting a beer keg over his head and generally clowning around with a beautiful young woman and another unidentified guy. Supposedly the pictures were taken during a NASCAR race at Talladega.
Now nowhere in these photos is it clear that Stafford is drinking beer (though he’s clearly having a good time). And, as one Georgia official pointed out to us, the fact that he’s picking up the keg over his head in one of the pictures indicates the keg is likely empty (not sure if that is a good thing or not).
In any case, the Bulldogs already are likely going to lose for the season one potential starting player in redshirt freshman linebacker Akeem Hebron) due to two arrests for underage drinking. So the surfacing of the pictures of Stafford are badly timed and it’s certainly not good PR for the star QB to be seen horsing around with a keg.
Here’s what we know for sure: Head coach Mark Richt, in Jacksonville Thursday night with several other coaches speaking to the Bulldog Club there, is aware of the situation and plans to talk to Stafford about it. That’s what team publicist Claude Felton, also in Jacksonville, told our Carter Strickland. We’ll probably follow up on this on Friday.
My question to you folks is this: How should Richt handle this? Should Stafford be punished? If so, in what way, shape or form? Suspended? Or should it be ignored completely?
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