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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Saturday, August 30, 2008
Dogs win but lack a little luster
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Well, there you go. Georgia has defeated Georgia Southern. No surprise there. The final score, 45-21, will probably disappoint a lot of fans considering the Bulldogs are No. 1 and the Eagles are supposed to be a middle-of-the-road Southern Conference team.
In a nutshell, here’s what we saw:
Matthew Stafford and the passing looked really good. Stafford was 13-21 for 275 yards and two TDs.
Knowshon Moreno and the running game looked great while he was in there. In case you hadn’t heard, he left the game with cramps early in the third quarter but finished with 112 total yards — 59 rushing on 8 carries and two catches for 53 yards — and, of course, 3 TDs. Richard Samuel looked good besides the fumble on his first touch and Caleb King played most of the second half and finished with 95 yards on 12 carries.
The defense looked shaky. The Eagles had 290 yards offense heading into the final minutes of the game and you know Willie Martinez is ticked off about the three scores. Most of Southern’s damage was done after the outcome was evident but it did threaten twice in the first half against the starters.
Lot of injuries for Georgia, the main one being a right knee injury for defensive tackle Jeff Owens, a starter and all-star candidate this season.
And Blair Walsh looks like the kicking game is in safe hands — make that feet.
Let us know what you thought.
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Dogs need to dominate
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Greetings from a steaming hot press box high above the field at Sanford Stadium. As I write, they’ve just finished a showing a very solemn video tribute Uga VI, the bulldog mascot that died this summer. The Redcoat Band has taken the field and they’re getting ready to introduce “Loran’s Best” as Uga VII.
After that we’ll finally get to see some football. Here’s what you need to see from your Georgia Bulldogs:
(1) A dominating defense. This appears to be one of the fastest, deepest and best overall groups Georgia has put together in a while. They don’t need to dicker around with a young I-AA team playing with two new quarterback, spread offense, option or whatever;
(2) Solid offensive line play: Considering it’s the first game and this is such a patchwork, youthful unit, there are going to be breakdowns here and there. But again, going against a three-man front with a 270-pound nose guard, the Bulldogs need to control the line of scrimmage from the get-go;
(3) Gotta see something out of special teams, especially from freshman place-kicker Blair Walsh. Usually the leading scorer of any team, he has to prove he can do it when cameras are rolling.
What are you hoping to see?
Now here comes Uga VII… .
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