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, July 27, 2007
Prediction madness at Media Days
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Not to sound too much like Rich Brooks at SEC Media Days but, “I’M BAAAACK!” I’m a little sleep-deprived and slightly overwhelmed with the new baby and all but I’m raring to go as football season has officially descended upon us.
Let’s get right to it. I’m not at Media Days (for the first time in quite a while) but I’ve been monitoring the goings-on there, just like the rest of you guys probably are, and there are more than a few things that have captured my interest.
Georgia, as you no doubt already know, was picked third in the East. No surprise there. Interesting — and telling — to see that the Dogs pulled 12 first-place votes (then again, South Carolina got 11). I expected Florida to be picked first just because it’s coming off the national championship (or MNC - Mythical National Championship, as many here refer to it). And I think Tennessee is going to be pretty good this year. Had I voted, I likely would have put the Vols first. But, the truth is, you could probably put those three in a hat, shake ‘em out and throw ‘em on a table and have as good a chance of getting the order right. LSU as overall champion was the logical choice.
Despite Steve Spurrier’s insistance that they were ready to compete for the championship, the Gamecocks were predicted to finish outside the top three yet again. There’s no question Spurrier has improved considerably the talent level in Columbia and I’m sure South Carolina will slip up and knock off a good team or two, maybe even Georgia. But personally, I think it’s a better choice to remain a little humble and go out and do it on the field before proclaiming that you’re a whole lot better, especially given the Chickens’ history. Never been the Spurrier way though.
The reality is, I think there’s way too much emphasis put on prognostication in our business. The truth is, nobody really knows what’s going to happen. That’s why the college football season is always so intriguing.
The one beef I did have is Georgia’s Brandon Coutu being selected as the SEC’s second-team placekicker. That’s crazy. Again, preseason predictions aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on, but to pick South Carolina’s junior Ryan Succop over the senior Coutu is strange. I won’t even get into all the details, such as Coutu’s five field goals over 50 yards, including a 58-yarder. I’ll just leave it to their career stats: Succop - 16 of 22 FGs/37-39 PATs; Coutu - 35 of 43 FGs/65-65 PATs.
But that’s just me. As always, I want to hear what you guys think. You OK with the predicted order of finish in the SEC (in case you missed: East - Florida (41), Tennessee (16), Georgia (12), South Carolina (11), Kentucky, Vanderbilt; West - LSU (63), Auburn (5), Arkansas (5), Alabama (7), Ole Miss, Mississippi State)? Got any feelings on the Coutu versus Succop argument?
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Richt rates the Dawgs
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia coach Mark Richt was the first speaker Friday morning on the final day of SEC media days outside of Birmingham.
Among his assessments of this year’s squad:
• “I can see why people aren’t picking us,” after the team’s 1-4 finish in the division last year.
• “I think we’ll be OK,” in the secondary despite the loss of Paul Oliver to academics.
• “We’re going to have to be careful with this bunch until they get their feet wet,” concerning the youthful offensive line.
Let us know what you think of Richt’s comments and also let us know what you think about the team’s chances this season.
(Editor’s note: Commenting is now closed on this blog. We invite you to join the discussion on Chip Tower’s UGA blog.)
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