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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Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Can/should Moreno continue to carry such a load?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia tailback Knowshon Moreno has carried the football 61 times for 345 yards in the last two games and, as everybody has seen, has looked quite good doing it. The real question now is how the Bulldogs handle him going forward.
Coach Mark Richt has made it very clear that his preference is to rotate tailbacks to keep them fresh and protect them against injuries. But with Thomas Brown and Kregg Lumpkin out the Bulldogs haven’t had that luxury. Meanwhile, Moreno has been more than happy to carry the load and the Bulldogs definitely have benefited from it.
But indications are that Richt won’t continue to heap such a workload on his young back from New Jersey. Even though Moreno said he could have played another whole game after the Florida contest, Richt is already offering qualifiers as to how much they’ll be depending on Moreno in the near future.
Asked if Moreno would continue get 30 or touches per game, Richt said this week: “Jason Johnson right now is a solid No. 2 and I would predict that he will get a few more carries. If we get the same amount [of carries] overall this week, Knowshon will probably get a little less than he got. Thirty-five [touches] a game … I don’t know if that’d be too wise.”
And, lest we forget, Brown is not long from coming back. Richt wasn’t asked about it directly but, again, his comments indicate they’ll return to a two-back rotation if and when Brown does return.
“I didn’t see that many carries [for Moreno] with Thomas Brown around,” Richt said. “Thomas Brown is a pretty good runner, too. I think Thomas’ average per carry [5.4 yards] is higher than Knowshon’s [5.3]. But with Thomas hurt and Lumpkin hurt, Knowshon is going to get the great majority of it. It’s going to be interesting to see how long he can sustain that level of energy.”
Indeed it will. So where do y’all stand on this? Based on what you’ve seen, do you think the Dogs should continue to give Moreno the rock ‘til he just can’t carry it anymore? Should that be the game plan versus Troy? And what about when Brown comes back, currently thought to be next week against Auburn? Should Georgia automatically return to splitting carries between the two backs or ease Brown back into the rotation?
Got a little piece running tomorrow talking to former and current players and coaches about Moreno and what their impressions are of him. So be sure to check it out later on the website. I’ll be checking in to answer your questions.
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