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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Friday, June 22, 2007
Cleaning out the notebook …
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Well, it’s been another not-so-quiet week in what is supposed to be the quiet time of year on a college sports beat. Then again, in the age of the Internet and 24/7 news and information, I guess there really is no down time anymore.
Of course, nobody expected Larry Munson’s health to become such a pertinent issue so fast, bringing his legend and his legacy to the forefront. I want to offer one more clarification on that subject. I had a long conversation with Neil “Hondo” Williamson yesterday (Thursday) regarding Larry. Hondo, of course, is WSB Radio’s director of sports marketing, the station’s chief liaison to Munson and one of Larry’s closest confidantes. I’ve known Hondo a long time and have found him to be a nice guy and a straight shooter.
Anyway, as Hondo explains it, Munson has an “open agreement” with the UGAA and WSB and can pretty much do whatever he wants when it comes to announcing Georgia’s games.
“Everybody wants it to be definitive, to be black and white,” Hondo told me. “But that’s not the way it is. Right now, Larry’s saying he doesn’t want to do road games and that’s fine. But if we get to the fourth week of the season and Larry says, ‘you know what, I feel pretty good and I think want to go to Tuscaloosa and do the Alabama game.’ We’re not going to say no to that. Of course we’d want him there. So I think it’s going to be more of a wait-and-see thing.”
Again, talking about the “no off-season thing,” there truly isn’t one any more. With football recruiting metamorphosizing the way it is, summer has become a pretty busy time if you aim to follow that side of college football. At last count, Georgia is up to 16 commitments for the 2008 signing class, with several more right there on the verge. At this rate, the Bulldogs might have 25 locked up before the season’s over.
Speaking of commitments, one of Georgia’s biggest — A.J. Green — was affected by the terrible tragedy over in Charleston. Louis Mulkey, who coached football and basketball over in Summerville, S.C., was a volunteer firefighter and one of the nine that died in that tragic blaze. He was a mentor for Green, who called him a “second father.”
You probably saw where Danny Ware got cut by the Tennessee Titans late this week. So it’s going to be a tough go for the former Bulldogs’ tailback, who left UGA after his junior season. I’m sure he’ll probably get another tryout somewhere else but, at this point, NFL Europe is looking like a good bet.
That’s all for now. We’ll tackle some new subjects on Monday. Let me know what’s on your minds.
