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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Thursday, November 29, 2007
Vols, Tigers descend on the ATL
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The RVs and cars with flags a-flapping started rolling into downtown Atlanta Thursday afternoon. Bright orange- and purple-and-gold clad people started popping up in the hotel lobbies and restaurants on Peachtree Street and in Buckhead bars. Friday they’ll be joined by the teams they follow, Tennessee and LSU, and Saturday they’ll tee it up in the Georgia Dome for the Southeastern Conference Championship.
It’s an odd sight for Georgia fans this year in particular. Here their Bulldogs are, the highest-ranked SEC team in the nation, essentially assured of a BCS bowl bid with an outside shot of making it into the biggest of big game, and yet they’re on the outside looking in at the SEC title game being played in their back yard. As we’ve discussed before, it’s not an entirely bad thing for UGA. Its scenario is not likely to change dramatically regardless of the outcome. But as we all know, for competitors it’s all about the championships and other than the SEC co-championship the Bulldogs already own, there will likely be no others this season.
With that in mind we’re here today to find out a couple of things:
One, which team will Georgia fans be rooting for on Saturday? Do they root for their Eastern Division brother Tennessee, a bitter rival but one that could do them a huge favor by assuring that there will be no leapfrogging done by LSU in the polls? Or does Georgia’s hate for all things orange run so deep that they would not wish for any achievement for the Vols?
And two, never mind wants and needs, who do you think in your football-crazed brains is going to win Saturday’s game? Do you like the once-invincible-looking, formerly-No. 1-ranked LSU Tigers and their smash-mouth defense? Or do you see the Vols’ red-hot quarterback Erik Ainge carving them up in the perfect throwing-and-catching environment that the Georgia Dome provides?
Now don’t be shy. Let’s hear predictions and scenarios. I’ll go first. Ron Higgins of the Memphis Commercial-Appeal asked me for a prediction earlier today so I might as well share it here — Tennessee 42-40 in four overtimes (What can I say? These two teams love extra periods).
Now your turn… .
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