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, August 23, 2007
Quanity at WR, but what about quality?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Hey, better late than never, right? Well, maybe not but at least I’m here now. The only thing I’ll say is life is much more unpredictable with a little baby!
Matt Winkeljohn and I did pieces on the Tech and Georgia freshmen that will run as a package in the paper. We broke down the newbies into categories — Sudden Impact, On the Bubble and See Ya Next Year — and got some comments and analysis from players and coaches. Carter Strickland will be at the dress-rehearsal scrimmage tonight and will file a late report (they’re not startiing until 6:45 p.m). Also, something to look forward to, Carter’s heading to Charleston this weekend to catch A.J. Green’s game. That should produce some interesting copy down the road.
On that note, today we’ll focus on Georgia’s wide receivers. First and foremost, there are a bunch of them, 13 on scholarship if you count Aron White, which is a matter of much debate. Obviously the Dogs can’t play them all. Realistically, they won’t play more than six against Oklahoma State and won’t likely dress out more than eight.
The three you’ll likely see the most of on Sept. 1 will be Sean Bailey, Mohamed Massaquoi and Mikey Henderson. That’s a pretty formidable trio in my opinion.The next wave is less clear. A.J. Bryant and Kris Durham have been out with injuries but are back now so how they figure in is anybody’s guess. Michael Moore and Tony Wilson have both drawn praise during camp and will likely be in the mix next Saturday. Kenneth Harris has been a bit of an enigma in that he’s the most experienced of the second group but I’ve probably heard the least about him this preseason. I have a feeling he’s one that may surprise some folks.
There there are Demiko Goodman and T.J. Gartrell, each of whom is coming off major knee surgery. Remember Gartell tripping with a wide-open field ahead of him last season? Anyway, both of those guys can play but I’m thinking that won’t be factors early on.
So with that in mind, your eight to dress would be Bailey, MoMass, Mikey, Harris, Bryant, Moore, Wilson and Durham. They had 73 catches between them last year. Of course, Nailey had 36 in his career before sitting out last season.
I’ll get with Coach John Eason in the coming days and try to pin him down about the rotation. In the meantime, do you feel good about going to war with this bunch or are you skeptical about the? One of the better wide receiving corps in the SEC or one of the worse? Is there one or two among them you’d move up or down on the depth chart.
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