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, August 3, 2007
Some good numbers for Dogs
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It’s here. Football season has arrived. By this time tomorrow, I’ll be sitting in the auditorium at the Rankin Smith Center listening to Mark Richt wax eloquent about that afternoon’s first practice (don’t you know he’s tired of talking about it) at Georgia’s preseason media day. Afterward, we’ll get our shot at interviewing several of the returning players (I’ll be blogging about what is said there). Then it’s out to Woodruff Practice Fields (I’ll blog about what I see out there, too).
This time of year is always exciting. Everybody is 0-0 and everything is possible. By now, you’ve probably seen that the Bulldogs pulled a No. 13 ranking in the USA Today coaches poll. This is good news for Georgia for this reason in particular: It general takes a Top 15 preseason ranking to have any shot whatsoever of a national championship. Don’t believe me? Ask Auburn. I think they started 18 or so the season they ran the table and didn’t get a title shot.
Now I’m in no way, shape or form saying the Bulldogs are national championship contenders. I’d be inclined to say they are way too flawed this season. But, hey, at this point everybody has a shot. More importantly, the ranking shows that AFCA coaches have a pretty high opinion of where Georgia is, much higher than the SEC writers that picked it third in the East. No. 13 was the third-highest ranking among SEC teams (LSU and Florida were 2 and 3, respectively, Auburn was 14 and Tennessee 15). With three of those on the Dogs’ schedule, their destiny is clearly in their hands.
Here are some other good numbers for Georgia: 22 of 23. That’s how many of the recruits the Bulldogs’ signed on Feb. 8 were able to earn their eligibility. Sports info chief Claude Felton is helping me verify this (I’m sure one of you guys probably knows for sure) but I think that’s the best percentage under Richt). There’s an outside chance Statesboro safety John Knox could also get in but the word I’m getting is he’ll be bound for Hargrave Military.
Should Knox not make it, my calculations tell me the Dogs should have at least one scholarship left over. I would’ve said Tripp Taylor would have been the recipient of that one but his legal troubles — Taylor proclaims innocence — may interfere. If that is indeed the case, I would say Brian Mimbs is a good candidate to earn a “battlefield promotion,” certainly if he earns the starting punter’s job in addition to his holding duties.
All right, tell me what y’all think. Am I off base anywhere here?
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