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, August 7, 2008
Any All-America candidates on D?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Sorry that I’m just getting a new blog up today. The truth is, we’ve got a college football special section coming out soon and I’ve been having to give that copy most of my attention this morning. Our colleges editor Doug Roberson has a cool section planned that should provide some historical perspective to the challenge the preseason No. 1-ranked Georgia Bulldogs are about to embark on this season.
I have many more in-depth subjects I plan to delve into in this space in the coming days and weeks but, since time was short today, I figured I’d throw a little debate out there for you guys.
Everybody knows Matthew Stafford and Knowshon Moreno are the undisputed stars of Georgia’s offense. In fact, they’re usually introduced that way, as in the Bulldogs’ star quarterback Matthew Stafford. But such a distinction is far less evident when we turn our attention to the defensive side of the ball. Of course, linebacker Dannell Ellerbe was on the cover of Sports Illustrated along with Stafford and Moreno and was a preseason All-SEC first-team selection by both the coaches and media. But at this point at least I’m not sure if you fans regard him as a “star player.”
One thing that is not in question, at least in my mind, is that this is a very good and maybe a great defense Georgia’s going to put on the field this season. Maybe one of its best in a long time. Just for the sake of discussion, who would you say are the two or three players on defense that have the best shot of earning POST-season All-America honors? Ellerbe, CB Asher Allen and DT Geno Atkins immediately spring to mind for me. But there are several others I know Willie Martinez is expecting to get big years out of.
Have fun with that. Meanwhile, in case you missed it, Katie Leslie, one of our features writers, did a terrific piece on former Georgia coach and AD Vince Dooley’s passion for gardening. A lot of diehard Dogs fan were probably aware of Dooley’s hobby but Leslie got some great details from Coach Dooley and there are some really nice pics and video as well. Following are the links if you didn’t see it on our site or in the print edition:
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