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, September 13, 2007
Are Dogs’ linebackers getting it done?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
You may have noticed some of the other outlets that cover Georgia reporting a “shakeup” at linebacker for the Bulldogs. I didn’t run with that and here’s why.
Coach Mark Richt was asked after Wednesday’s practice if they had been shuffling the lineup at linebacker. Following is that exhange:
Richt: “We’ve been rolling them around, yeah.”
Q: Is there a possible change to the starting lineup there?
“There’s always the chance of that. [Akeem] Dent got some work with the ones today and [Darryl] Gamble got a little more work and did a good job today and we still have the ability to move Dannell [Ellerbe] from Mike to Will. We’re just continuing to move people around and trying to get them as much experience as we can, making sure we create as much depth as we can.”
Q: Is Miller giving you guys what you need at Sam?
A: “He’s doing all right; he’s doing all right. He’ll be fine.”
Dent, a redshirt freshman who had been backing up Miller at strongside linebacker, worked with the No. 1 defense Wednesday. So did Gamble, another redshirt freshman, who had been third-string weakside linebacker behind Darius Dewberry and Rennie Curran. Richt also praised Marcus Washington, who’s been Dannell Ellerbe’s backup at middle linebacker.
“We’ve been very pleased,” Richt said. “He’s gotten his weight down to a really good level and he actually moves pretty good.”
Here’s what I think (and it’s just a hypothesis since I wasn’t able to get Coach Jancek or any of the linebackers after practice, and won’t be able to today): The Bulldogs are getting ready to play Western Carolina. Therefore, they’re getting the backups ready to play a lot.
That said, Richt clearly was not happy with the way the defense performed at the end of the game against South Carolina. When he made the controversial decision to kick the field goal late in the game, he did so with the expectation his defense would stone the Gamecocks and get the ball right back to Georgia’s offense. But with South Carolina in an obvious run-the-clock situation, it gashed the defense for 15, 12 and 11 yards on the first three plays, all rushes That forced the Dogs to start taking their timeouts and, eventually, they finally got the Gamecocks stopped, but with only 80 seconds remaining.
Maybe Georgia’s defense was just gassed and that’s why they’re trying to create some more depth this week. Either way, it played pretty good most of the game but definitely blew it there.
So you tell me: Are the Dogs getting it done at linebacker? Was that a coaching gaffe in that Georgia did sell out and bring the house against the run on that last possession? Or are they simply working in some backups for a nothing game?
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