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, October 16, 2007
Is Moreno among Georgia’s best ever?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Hey everybody. Sorry just getting around to this today. I’ve been “information gathering” all day and not in front of my computer (for a change).
Let’s talk about Knowshon Moreno. Obviously Georgia has a special one in this freshman tailback from New Jersey. At this point, Moreno has 619 yards rushing on 119 carries for a 5.2 yards per carry average. At that rate, he needs to average only 76 yards a game to break the 1,000-yard barrier, 63 a game if the Bulldogs go to a bowl game, which is not an absolute certainty at this juncture.
That puts Moreno in some pretty tall company among Georgia’s best freshman running backs of all time. Of course, you have to keep in mind that freshman weren’t eligible to play for 40 or 50 years of the Bulldogs 115-year history, so the best freshmen of all time tend to come from the modern era. And of course Herschel Walker is and always will be atop that list with his 1,616 yards (and 15 TDs) in 1980.
But if Moreno is able to stay healthy — and, at this point, Georgia’s season depends upon it — did you know he will become the only freshman besides Walker to go over 1,000 yards his freshman season? Rodney Hampton is currently second with 890 yards in 1987. A couple of Moreno’s teammates are also on that list as well as one that would be but is not longer here. What the heck, here’s the whole list:
1. Herschel Walker, 1980 — 1,616 yards (15 TDs)
2. Rodney Hampton, 890 — 890 (4)
3. Thomas Brown, 2004 — 875 (8)
4. Keith Henderson, 1985 — 731 (3)
5. Danny Ware, 2004 — 724 (4)
6. Garrison Hearst, 1990 — 717 (5)
7. Tim Worley, 1985 — 627 (9)
**8. Knowshon Moreno, 2007 — 622 (3)
9. Kregg Lumpkin, 2003 — 523 (6)
10. Hines Ward, 1994 — 425 (3)
As you can see, Moreno is on pace to run down some pretty elite backs and, if he does indeed manage to break 1,000 yards, will be only the second Georgia freshman ever to do it.
So does that make Moreno the second best Georgia back of all time in your opinion? If not him, then who? What would your top five Georgia backs of all time be?
At present, Moreno’s averaging about 17 carries a game. Of course, he had 28 totes when he gained 157 yards against Vanderbilt this past Saturday. Should that be the Dogs’ strategy from here on, just keep giving Moreno the rock? Do you think they should be careful to conserve Moreno’s health and have him continue to share carries with whomever is available to play? Or do you buy into CMR’s philosophy which is to always achieve offfensive balance?
It’s some fun food for thought. I’ll probably leave up this blog through tomorrow since I was so late in getting this one up today.
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