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, May 30, 2007
Random thoughts from Dawgtown
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
My sincerest apologies for not being able to update the blog for the past week. I was busy with the tennis championships and some other projects. Meanwhile, my wife is in her 34th week of her pregnancy and anybody out there who has been through that knows what all that entails, both for her and for me and around the house.
But enough about me. What about Georgia? There has been so much to talk about since we last visited. I hated to see John Isner come up short in singles at the NCAA Championships. In case it didn’t come through in the articles I wrote, he is a class act, a nice guy and a young man with a very bright future. The fact is, the kid from Virginia played the match of a lifetime and deserved to win.
Been a big couple of weeks for the Dogs recruiting wise. Obviously it was a big deal for Georgia for Caleb King to attain his academically eligibility. Let me qualify that by saying a big deal for the kid, not Georgia necessarily. Unless he’s the second coming of Herschel, he doesn’t step on the field this fall, especially in light of his obvious academic shortcomings. By gaining admission, he can come in this summer, acclimate to football and, in the fall, acclimate to academics and the rigors of life as a scholarship athlete. I’m here to tell you, it’s not a breeze at UGA in any way, shape or form these days.
Meanwhile, basketball coach Dennis Felton got what I believe to be a revolutionary commitment last week. Howard “Trey” Thompkins is the first five-star recruit he has landed. Of course, Thompkins can’t sign until November, so the Bulldog Nation will have to hold its collective breath until then because everybody in the country is interested in landing this guy. In addition to being one heck of a power forward, he’s also a sharp kid, smart as a whip and a model spokesman/student-athlete for the university. He also claimed it was his mission now to recruit a couple more blue-chip prospects Georgia’s way, which of course means the center Tony Woods of Rome and Aminu of Norcross. Sometimes it takes just one recruit like that to become the Pied Piper for a class that can completely transform a basketball program. I plan to do some in-depth stuff on Mr. Thompkins in the near future.
The Bulldogs’ linebacker commitment from GAC is also a big get. Not only is Christian Robinson a good prospect in his own right, but he’s the son of a South Carolina football alumnus. What stronger statement is there for Mark Richt and the Georgia football program that this kid would rather play for the Dogs than Steve Spurrier and the Gamecocks over in Columbia?
That’s just a few of the things on my mind. What’s on yours? And how about helping me out on some story subjects to attack over the summer. I always appreciate your input… . C-ya!
