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, July 12, 2007
3-0 in September? Or 1-2?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
OK, the optimist in all Georgia fans surely has everybody believing the Bulldogs will win all three of their tough September games — Oklahoma State, South Carolina and at Alabama. (Western Carolina and Ole Miss should not present problems.) And there is the likelihood Georgia will win all those. Oklahoma State has yet to prove it can pull off a big road win under Mike Gundy. Sure Les Miles beat Oklahoma, but those days and players are gone. Also Georgia is a more intimidating environment that Gaylord Family Memorial Stadium.
As for South Carolina, an interesting little factoid popped up in the Columbia State newspaper the other day. Spurrier has not won an SEC game in September at USC. The win over Mississippi State last year was on Aug. 31. So USC has history going against it. Plus the Brinkley brothers can’t play offense and defense.
Now as for Alabama, I just get the feeling this could be one of those games when Georgia puts it together on offense like Auburn last year. The Bulldogs have two tough home games and then a game — Western Carolina — when they can fix their mistakes and rest their bodies. That allows for a lot of confidence against a team that should be struggling to find its own identity with a new coach.
So that’s the argument for 3-0. But one could also make a pretty sound argument for 2-1 or 1-2. This is, after all, a team that doesn’t have leadership on defense and is missing some huge pieces on that side of the ball as well. And remember last year’s defense couldn’t get stops when it needed to against Vanderbilt and Kentucky. So who is to say this year’s defense can get those crucial stops?
