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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Friday, May 2, 2008
Many stars coming from outside Georgia galaxy
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I’m probably like a lot of you guys in that I’m on the computer every day surfing the web for college football news and information, especially in regard to Georgia. My wife says I’m addicted to the Internet but I say I’m just doing my job. We’re probably both right.
Anyway, it was while doing this yesterday that I happened upon an interesting tidbit being discussed on the Georgia website maintained by Scout, georgia.scout.com. During a roundtable discussion, their publisher, Dean Legge, mentioned that a lot of the Bulldogs’ star players come from out of state. That got me curious, so I pulled out the roster to have a look for myself.
Sure enough, it’s true. For as much as coach Mark Richt and his staff are lauded for recruiting well the home state of Georgia, they’ve done awfully good job outside the borders. Georgia’s top three offensive players — QB Matthew Stafford (Dallas, Texas), TB Knowshon Moreno (Belford, N.J.) and flanker Mohamed Massaquoi (Charlotte, N.C.) — all hail from other states. So does super sophomore tackle Trinton Sturdivant (Wadesboro, N.C.).
The same can be said on the defensive side of the ball. There you’ll find defensive tackles Geno Atkins (Pembroke Pines, Fla.), Jeff Owens (Sunrise, Fla.) and Kade Weston (Red Bank, N.J.), linebacker Dannell Ellerbe (Hamlet, N.C.), safety CJ Byrd (North Augusta, S.C.) and cornerbacks Bryan Evans (Jacksonville, Fla.) and Prince Miller (Duncan, S.C.).
And many of the Dogs’ future stars may be coming from out of state. In all likelihood incoming freshman Blair Walsh of Fort Lauderdale will become Georgia’s place-kicker this season. The Bulldogs snatched quarterback Logan Gray and tight end Aron White out from under the noses of Missouri and Ben Jones of Centreville, Ala., looks like potential star on the offensive line. More recently, they got a highly-publicized commitment from Aaron Murray, generally considered the top quarterback in Florida, who had 53 scholarship offers including several in his home state.
This, my friends, is the difference in Georgia in years past and Georgia now. As always the Bulldogs take care of their business in the fertile recruiting ground that is the Peach State. But increasingly under Richt they have been able to cherry pick some of the nation’s best from surrounding states and beyond. The Bulldogs have always done that to some extent (see Richard Seymour, Rodney Hampton, Bill Goldberg, etc.) but not to the degree we’re seeing now.
What’s your thoughts on it? Nothing but a good thing if you’re a Georgia fan, I guess. Any danger of favoring an out-of-staters over locals? And, of course, there are numerous Georgians doing standout work for the Dogs.
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