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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Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Offensive direction the dilemma for Bobo
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It’s getting close to kickofff time so it’s time to start focusing in intently on Georgia’s team position by position and from each side of the ball. Today, let’s talk about the Dogs’ offense.
Several intriguing components to the Georgia O. Obviously everything is going to begin and end with how that line performs and yesterday’s news that right guard Scott Haverkamp (ankle) went down again is not good. That said, all indications are it will be one of the most talented and athletically gifted fronts Georgia has put together in years. There’s reason to believe in another year the offense could be one of the great juggernaut’s the Dogs have produced in a while. But that’s then and we’re talking about today, so that’s a giant question mark and a cause for concern.
Then there’s quarterback Matthew Stafford. I can’t help but make comparisons to when Eric Zeier showed up in 1991. Zeier also was thrown into the fire and took over as the starter over a beloved veteran but he didn’t struggle nearly as much as did young Matt. But Stafford finished really strong against three of the stoutest defenses you’ll ever see and it’s hard not to believe Stafford has a greater upside. We’ll see.
Little has been said or written about fullback Brannan Southerland and there may not be a better pure fullback in the country. How Georgia utilizes him is going to be interesting to see.
Which brings us to the main X factor regarding Georgia’s offense — how will the offensive coordinator utilize the many weapons at his disposal. I still believe the Dogs’ wideouts are of the excellent variety, even though they’ve shown a lot of flaws the last couple of seasons. They’re certainly out to prove something this season. There there’s the trio of tailbacks. They’re all worthy of getting totes but Georgia would have to run it at least 36 times a game for them all to get a fair shake as to whether they can get the job done.
So that’s the million-dollar question: How best does Bobo utilize the offensive weapons at his disposal and how much, if any, should Georgia’s lack of experience on the O-line dictate what they try to do?
P.S. Carter’s providing practice updates here later today… . You might have noticed a lot of information coming out of other outlets yesterday and this morning regarding Georgia’s freshmen and which ones may or may not contribute this season. The reason you didn’t hear a lot of that out of us is because I was already in the process of working on a story focusing on that for the Friday paper. I’m digging into it a little deeper so hang with me and be sure to check out the paper Friday (or online late Thursday evening). Thanks again for hanging out.
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