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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Monday, October 29, 2007
Expect some action from SEC over celebration
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Let me first say that I was hesitant to broach again the topic of Georgia’s first-touchdown celebration from this past Saturday’s game. I didn’t want to fan the flames of controversy more than they are already and, to be honest with you, I think too much has been made of it as it is.
But it is obviously a hot topic on which a lot of people have varied opinions and, I can just about guarantee you this: Something is going to come of it. This is, after all, the same Southeastern Conference that wouldn’t let South Carolina go to a bowl game because of its brawl with Clemson and has fined Kentucky well over a half-million dollars for its various on-field celebrations the last couple of seasons. And I can promise you Florida AD Jeremy Foley was in the ear of SEC commissioner Mike Slive before the Gators got out of Jacksonville city limits.
For the record, here’s where I stand on the Bulldogs’ actions this past Saturday. I thought it was brilliant on Mark Richt’s part not from a motivational standpoint but from a psychological standpoint. Because he put this idea in his players’ head two weeks before the fact, all they thought about was getting into the end zone so they could execute their plan. What they were NOT thinking about was whatever voodoo powers Florida has had over them to win 15 of the last 17 games and quite a few lately when the Gators haven’t been the better team that season.
And for me the outrage of it had nothing to do with disrespecting Florida or not. I never thought that was the issue. The issue for me was the punitive penalties. Never mind kicking off from your own 7-yard line. Has anybody besides me stopped to think that if the video review had determined that Knowshon Moreno had NOT broken the plane of the goal line, the Bulldogs would have been facing third-and-goal from the 31-yard line? Or worse, Moreno dropped the ball when he was yanked down. What if that had been ruled a fumble and the Gators take over at the 1 or 2? Think about the heat Richt would have taken then.
Fortunately for Richt and the Bulldogs, none of that happened and they won the game. If nothing else I’d expect at least a verbal reprimand of Richt and/or Georgia and probably a new rule preventing players from leaving the sideline to celebrate with their on-field teammates. In the end, though, Richt got what he wanted — inspired play from his team and a victory.
But that’s just me. What do y’all think?
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