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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Wednesday, August 27, 2008
OL Little struggling for Dogs
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It’s early yet but it would appear that Florida State got the best end of the bargain when offensive linemen Chris Little and Antwane Greenlee switched their commitments and signed with Georgia and Florida State, respectively, on national signing day in 2007.
Little had committed to Notre Dame but flipped on the Irish and signed with the Bulldogs on the morning of Feb. 8, 2007. Earlier that day, Greenlee, who had committed to Georgia in August of the previous year, shocked the Bulldogs’ coaches when he put on a Seminoles’ hat and signed a LOI with them at 8:35 a.m. that morning.
Little’s signing went a long way toward easing the outrage of Georgia fans that day, and Georgia coaches as well. But as it stands today, it would appear FSU got the better end of that deal.
Greenlee (6-6, 301), now a redshirt freshman with the Seminoles, is slated to start at right tackle this season. Like Little, he was redshirted as a true freshman (Greenlee suffered a cervical sprain and had to sit out) but has apparently really come on this summer.
Little (6-6, 330) hasn’t been anywhere close to seeing the playing field. Last year he showed up overweight and with a broken wrist. He missed all of spring practice with a stress-fracture in his foot, which required surgery this past March. He showed up overweight for preseason camp again this year (350 or 360) and then, last week, hurt the same foot again. He underwent surgery again and is apparently out for the year.
Just goes to show once again that you never know how a recruit may turn out. Both these guys earned four stars from both Rivals and Scout and, including ESPN’s ratings, had average national ranks of 12.6 (Little) and 16.3 (Greenlee).
And maybe Little will come around eventually. Once he gets his foot taken care of and gets his weight down, he could end up being all-conference or All-America. Who knows? But it’s not looking too good so far.
For diehard Dogs
For those of you that claim to bleed red and black, here’s a YouTube video called “Tradition Never Graduates” that’ll probably fire you up for the coming season.
NYT loves UGA
The New York Times is certainly showing Georgia a lot of love. After running a piece on Knowshon Moreno last week, the newspaper has come back with a story by Atlanta writer Ray Glier on how the Dogs are dealing with the hype and expectations of being a consensus preseason No. 1.
Calling Scott Howard
Here’s a Q&A with Georgia part-time play-by-play man Scott Howard in something called the Georgia Sports Blog. I actually talked to Scott for a while yesterday and was going to include a note in this evening’s notes but you’ll get a little more here.
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