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 17, 2007
Wanna see Dogs whip Gators?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia gets a lot of grief for losing to Florida so much in football and basketball, as it well should. But the two rivals compete in at least 20 sports year-round, and the Bulldogs more than hold their own. In fact, they often dominate.
Georgia fans can witness firsthand one sport in which the Dogs dominate the Gators at the NCAA Tennis Championships here in Athens tonight. The No. 1-ranked Georgia men open the tournament against Florida in the round of 16 at 6 p.m. on the Henry Feild Stadium Courts at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex. The Dogs beat the Gators 6-1 (a relative butt-kicking in team tennis) in their only match this season back in March. However, the Gators have arguably the best player in the nation in freshman Jesse Levine. He’s undefeated and handed Georgia’s No. 1-ranked John Isner his only dual-match loss in two seasons in that match. So Isner will be looking for retribution.
Georgia’s women’s team is ranked No. 2 in the nation and Florida’s is ranked No. 4. The Lady Bulldogs met them twice this season, beating them both in the regular season and in the SEC Tournament championship match. The only way they can meet again would be in the national championship match on Tuesday.
Hey, I’m not naive. I know the majority of Georgia fans would rather their Dogs beat the Gators in football and men’s basketball every year and lose in everything else. But it is what it is at the moment in those sports and, like I said, these schools compete in everything all the time. Florida’s trying to win in those other sports, too, it just hasn’t been able to do it very often in tennis and a few other sports.
Meanwhile, as I tried to communicate in my story in this morning’s paper, if you’ve never seen a college tennis match or watched team tennis, you’re missing something. I’m a college football guy first and foremost and I’m here to tell you the NCAA Tennis Championships are one of my favorite events of all to cover. It’s easy to follow, fast-moving and, especially when the Bulldogs are playing, it’s an emotionally-charged, woof-fest.
So do I here any “seconds” out there? Anybody plan on going tonight? Or could you care less about Georgia tennis, even when it runs up against the Gators?
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