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, August 22, 2008
Georgia’s well represented in NFL
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
One of the biggest differences in Georgia football today and 10 years ago is the number of players the Bulldogs are pumping into the NFL.
Now Georgia has always produced NFL players. But the quality and the quantity has increased dramatically in recent years. Credit needs to go first to former coach Jim Donnan, who started to bring in a different breed of Bulldog in the late 1990s. But coach Mark Richt took the baton and has really run with it over the last several years.
In 2007 Georgia led all SEC schools (and the SEC led all other conferences) with 37 former players on NFL rosters. FWIW, the Dogs were followed by Tennessee (36), LSU (33), Florida (31), Auburn (30), Alabama (21), South Carolina (19), Ole Miss (17), Miss. State (17), Arkansas (12), Kentucky (6) and Vanderbilt (5). Perhaps Georgia’s most impressive stat regarding the NFL is 15 former Bulldogs have helped their teams reach the Super Bowl in just the last five years, including Super Bowl MVP Hines Ward. Ward is one of three Super Bowl MVPs UGA has produced, including Terrell Davis and Jake Scott.
Numbers for 2008 haven’t been calculated yet because rosters haven’t been determined yet but, the point is, Georgia puts a lot of players in the NFL. Which brings us to this weekend’s topic.
Everybody knows quarterback Matthew Stafford and tailback Knowshon Moreno are destined to end up on NFL rosters and we talked about fullback Brannan Southerland’s prospects just yesterday. But what other players on the Bulldogs’ current roster do you think will end up having pro careers? Let’s not limit it to seniors and draft-eligible juniors and sophomores. Let’s go ahead and include everybody all the way down to true freshmen.
Obviously you’d have to put somebody like freshman wideout A.J. Green in such a group. But what about Tavarres King and Mohamed Massaquoi? Who’s the better NFL running back prospect, Caleb King or Richard Samuel? Who’s the best prospect on the offensive line? What about the defense? Free safety Reshad Jones, who is draft eligible because he’s a redshirt sophomore, looks like he may be a great pro prospect.
I’ll say this: Georgia looks to have a lot of pro prospects on this year’s squad. Of course, there are always surprises both ways, some that you didn’t think would make it and some can’t-misses that whiff. Let me know what you think.
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