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, November 13, 2007
This time Richt calls for a ‘redout’
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
He did it in a sort of tongue-in-cheek way, but Georgia coach Mark Richt calling for a “redout” of Saturday’s game against Kentucky.
“We’ve decided to have a redout,” Richt said during his weekly press conference Tuesday at Stegeman Coliseum. “Everybody wear red. I think they’d do that anyway but it’d be nice if everybody did that Saturday. It’d be nice if everybody got jacked up about wearing red. Maybe we’ll wear black in our pregame warmup and come rushing out of the wearing red. Whatever it takes to get everybody excited, let’s do it.”
Clearly Richt is somewhat concerned about there being a dropoff in atmosphere for this Saturday’s game against Kentucky. Kickoff is set for 12:30 p.m., meaning the Dawg Walk will be at 10:45 a.m.
“I know that sounds early for the Bulldog Nation, but I think we saw last weekend what can happen when everybody gets together and does it right,” Richt said. “The students were up and ready to go even before we started warm-ups and I don’t think that has happened in the seven years I’ve been here. We’d all like to see that happen again.”
Richt opened the press conference by thanking the “Bulldog Nation” for its support of the blackout for the Auburn game. Of course Georgia went on to thump the Tigers 45-20.
“We’ve got recruits still talking about it; all the players are still talking about it; I’m getting all kinds of e-mails and letters and that kind of stuff,” Richt said Tueday. “I think the one thing that everybody was saying was, it wasn’t so much that the players were wearing black jerseys. It was the feeling of the Bulldog Nation coming together and doing something special. That’s the kind of synergy we can have if we all play our part. And it definitely gets the players jacked up.”
So what’s the feeling on a redout? You guys down with that or are you tired of the Bulldogs calling on its fans for external motivation? Are you concerned about a letdown against Kentucky or do you feel the stakes of playing for a share of the SEC East title should be plenty motivation enough?
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