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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Monday, August 6, 2007
Blistering heat greets Dogs
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
What’s up? Getting ready to head out to Georgia’s practice. It’s 100 degrees today and the humidity makes it even hotter than that. So I’m going to go out on a limb and say we’ll see some guys fall out from the heat today. Nothing to be alarmed about. Happens every preseason about this time.
Couple of things I want to get out there. Number one, there was a lot of good stuff about the wide receivers I didn’t have the space to address in yesterday’s story. So following is the little of the leftovers.
In case you missed it, Mohammed Massaquoi has been moved inside from split end to flanker and Mikey Henderson was moved from flanker out to split end. According to coach John Eason, this was done for a couple of reasons: Number one, to get the best players on the field and it sounds like the Dogs will be using a LOT of three wides and possibly some four wides. Apparently Massaquoi struggled some getting off the jam, against press coverage, which the split end almost always has to deal with. Sean Bailey is reportedly the best on the team at that. Moving Massaquoi inside gets him a little more involved in motion and over-the-middle and possession-type stuff. Conversely, they want to give Mikey a little more space outside where they can possibly create some plays that might better simulate what he does on a punt return.
Also, I heard from a couple of wideouts — most outspokenly A.J. Bryant — that the dropped-balls issue got blown out of proportion last season. They said (and Eason verified this part) that they watched tape of several SEC teams and Florida and South Carolina, to count two, had more drops than they did. That said, Bryant was saying they shouldn’t drop any and, certainly, they had some critical crops at bad times. But his point was they have to quit making it this giant mental hurdle and relax and do what they train every day to do.
Most crucial injury to this point: The broken right wrist of offensive coordinator Mike Bobo. OK, I’m kidding, but the young guru is coaching in a cast. His explanation: “I’d like to say it was from riding a four-wheeler but, the truth is, I hurt it driving a golf cart.” Actually Bobo was driving a souped-up, non-governor carts of one of his neighbors and he was trying to turn it around while sitting in the passenger side. He hit a curb and snapped a navicular bone.
And lastly, I spoke to coach Steve Pennington of Statesboro High yesterday. Actually he was returning a message from about three days earlier. Anyway, he said safety John Knox should find out about his high school graduation test sometime between today and Wednesday. If the news is bad, Knox will head to Hargrave. If it’s good Georgia will have batted 1.000 on this year’s recruits. I’ll have to find out when the last time is that happened.
All right, headed out to the field. I’ll provide a practice update as soon as I get back to my computer. As always, thanks for hanging out with the UGA blog!
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