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, February 5, 2008
Which signees will make biggest impact?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Never mind recruiting rankings. By any measure, Georgia’s football 2008 recruiting class looks impressive. To start off it’s expected to be a full boat of 25 players and sufficiently fills the needs the Bulldogs have as far as depth-building.
That’s the interesting thing about this class to me. Georgia doesn’t really need a lot of these freshmen to step up and play immediately like it did last year, especially with regard to offensive linemen. But, invariably, there will be at least a few newbies that step in and make a significant impact.
Carter Strickland and I were just talking about this very subject. Pressed on the five players in this class that might make the biggest impact, here’s what we came up with:
OL Ben Jones: By all accounts this guy’s is going to be the Dogs’ starting center next season. That’s pretty significant.
WR A.J. Green: Reportedly Georgia’s biggest signee at wideout since Reggie Brown.
PK Blair Walsh: Think about Georgia without Brandon Coutu or Billy Bennett the last several years
RBs Dontavius Jackson OR Richard Samuel: One of them is going to play and the other will redshirt.
WR Tavarres King: Early reports from this early enrollee are that he has unbelievable hands. But he’s skinny.
Notably absent from that list are guys like DT Deangelo Tyson or OL A.J. Harmon or TE Dwayne Allen. But the thinking is Georgia’s pretty deep at those positions. And we’re not counting LB Akeem Hebron, who more than likely will play a lot but is not really a freshman signee since he’s coming back from disciplinary ouster to Georgia Military.
Now obviously this is all subjective guesswork and we’re just throwing something out to digest. We definitely want to hear what y’all think. So let’s hear it.
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