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.
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Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Current players oblivious to streak
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Notes and observations from Georgia’s pre-Florida press conference Tuesday at Stegeman Coliseum:
It’s clear to me that the current players don’t give a rat’s behind about Florida’s recent streak of dominance in the series. Of course, the Gators have won 15 of the last 17 games between the two schools. But the Bulldogs themselves don’t pay attention to anything beyond the years in which they’ve been involved.
“Personally it doesn’t mean anything to me,” said junior fullback Brannan Southerland. “My memory is pretty short I guess you could say. We won my redshirt year. I didn’t play but I was there and my first memory of it is celebrating in the locker room with my teammates. The last two years were real close games either of which I think we could have won. So we know we can beat this team. We just have to make it happen.”
Said receiver Mohamed Massaquoi: “It’s one of those things you can’t ignore because we’re always hearing about it. So we know the streak is there but this year is this year and all the rest of it is history.”
Redshirt freshman tailback Knowshon Moreno knew nothing of the rivalry before coming to Georgia from New Jersey. He attended last year’s game and that’s the first time he was made aware of the streak. “I wouldn’t have believed it,” he said of Florida’s record the last 17 years. “But it’s really no big deal.”
Coach Mark Richt on Florida: “We’re playing the defending national champions, a team that could easily be ranked No. 1 right now if a couple of games go the other way.”
Richt on Tim Tebow: “We’re seeing what everybody else is seeing, a guy named Tebow who accounts for about 70, 75 percent of their offense (actually 73)… . We know he’s the key.”
Freshman Caleb King has been practicing with the varsity all week and will make the trip to Jacksonville, “just in case,” Richt said. Thomas Brown (collarbone), by the way, will NOT make the trip.
Marcus Washington (shoulder) will start at middle linebacker and Dannell Ellerbe will slide over to start at Will. As of yesterday Akeem Dent would be the starter at strongside linebacker instead of Brandon Miller but Richt said that could change by the end of the week.
Speaking of Washington, he had the quote of the day in my opinion. Speaking of Tebow, he said, “He has a dinged up shoulder. We’ll try to ding it up for him a little more.”
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