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, July 25, 2008
What hype? Dogs picked second in East
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Hoover, Ala. — Pretty interesting developments here at SEC Football Media Days this week. Georgia coach Mark Richt and players Jeff Owens and Mohamed Massaquoi spent pretty much all day yesterday answering questions from media here about how they were going to deal with all the hype and expectations surrounding this season.
Yet when the preseason poll of sportswriters here was unveiled it was the Florida Gators who have all the expections. They got 36 first-place votes on the 70 ballots and are expected to defeat Auburn in the SEC Championship Game on Dec. 6. Georgia got 18 votes to win the whole thing. You can see all the voting, including the All-SEC teams, here.
Here at the AJC we don’t vote on preseason polls or in-season polls or for all-conference teams or for game MVPs. We don’t believe in being part of the news. And those of you who visit here regularly know that I’m pretty reserved when it comes to the whole prognostication process. But I must admit I was surprised the Dogs didn’t get more love from league writers. I thought for sure pick they’d Georgia to win to win just because there has been so much talk here and all summer really about whether the Dogs could stand up to the tremendous weight of great expectations.
As ever, preseason polls mean absolutely nothing. But they sure do give us a lot to talk about, don’t they? What do y’all think?
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