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, September 19, 2008
Dogs need to make a statement
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Phoenix — “Devils look to attack suspect Georgia line.”
That was the headline stripped across the top of the sports page in the Arizona Republic newspaper on Thursday. If that doesn’t fire up and motivate the Bulldogs I don’t know what what will.
And the Bulldogs definitely need to be fired up. They need to be supremely motivated. They need to play great. They’ll need to in order to handle the competition and they’ll need to to do what they need to do, which is to play impressively.
Arizona State has had this game circled every since it was scheduled years ago. I’m telling you the whole Valley out here is buzzing about the game. Yes, the Sun Devils lost to UNLV, but that was primarily because it was looking ahead to Saturday’s matchup with the Dogs. The fans really want to see their team take down a Top 3 team.
And based on my interactions, many believe ASU will do it. I’ll say this: Everybody seems to know the Dogs through and through. They’ll say things like “don’t y’all have some issues on the offensive line?” and “You better figure out a way to get some pressure on Rudy [Carpenter] or he’ll light you up.” So they’ve definitely been paying attention.
No, the Bulldogs need to come in here and play like the team everybody thought should be ranked No. 1 in the preseason. They need to bully. They need to impress the pollsters and re-appeal to all those people that at one time voted them No. 1. They need to make a statement.
But can they?
Your morning links …
Carpenter: Dogs ‘just guys in uniforms’
You get a pretty good glimpse inside the personality of ASU quarterback Rudy Carpenter in Ted Miller’s blog at ESPN.com. Carpenter told Miller Georgia didn’t look on film any faster or bigger than other teams the Sun Devils play, “they looked like guys in uniforms.” He also said he didn’t “get any juice” from knowing Matthew Stafford is a top-rated quarterback. The kid’s pretty intense. See for yourself… .
Gators get Vols online
Seems some Florida fans got hold of the Wikipedia page for “Tennessee football” and had some fun with it. It’s been fixed now but thewizofodds.com has a screen capture on its webpage. Warning for vulgarity… .
Georgia on ESPN’s mind
ESPN Gameday planned to be in Tempe for the Arizona State-Georgia game until the Sun Devils bit it last Saturday against UNLV. Now, of course, they’re at LSU-Auburn on The Plains. But ESPN’s Chris Fowler hints in his weekly column that they’ll be in Athens next for Georgia-Alabama. That is, of course, if the Bulldogs take care of business this weekend.
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