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, October 1, 2008
Stafford: Dogs offense going to be fine
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Matthew Stafford insists he’s fine. He popped up and said he was all right after two Alabama players buried his head face-first in the Sanford Stadium turf in the third quarter Saturday and he said he was all right as Georgia medical staff escorted him gingerly out the tunnel after the game.
And Tuesday, Stafford said he was fine after he was held out of the Bulldogs’ first practice of the week. He dressed out in full pads for the workout but spent the entire session holding his helmet and standing behind the huddle as the offense ran through plays.
“I’m fine,” he told me following the practice. “They just didn’t want me running around. I’m good.”
No, he said, it wasn’t a concussion. He was just left with a pounding headache following the 41-30 defeat in which he was sacked twice and hit at least three times that. Physically, yes, Stafford is hanging in there. Nothing’s broken, sprained or strained. But heading to the midpoint of the season, Stafford has been beaten up nearly as much as he was when he was going through his public trial-by-fire as a true freshman.
Georgia’s offensive line remains a work in progress — seems it has been Stafford’s entire career — and Stafford stands as a walking litmus test as to how they’re doing so far. The fact that he could barely stand after Saturday’s game tells you all you need to know.
I’ve theorized here that the Bulldogs’ offensive line is simply not strong enough and mature enough to line up and run the football against SEC defenses. I’ve suggested they just scrap it and take a pass-first mentality. It seemed to work in the second half Saturday when Georgia put 30 on the board. Stafford disagrees.
“I don’t think so at all,” he said. “I think the guys are just going to have to keep working and growing. Last year we weren’t world beaters at this point. We probably didn’t run the ball as well as we wanted to or throw the ball as well as we wanted. We’ve just got to keep working hard and getting better. That’s the biggest thing, just showing some progress. They played a very good defensive line and set of linebackers in this last game and really didn’t play that bad.”
Stafford said no conclusions should be drawn from the startling first half of the Alabama game, in which Georgia fell behind 31-0.
“I think we realize we shot ourselves in the foot in the first half really,” he said. “We came out and the second half and played pretty good football. We really kind of dominated that second half. The first half just killed us. Nothing was really clicking. Offense, defense, special teams, nobody was playing well enough to keep us in it. That’s what killed us and we understand that. We just have to iron some things out.”
So there you go. Stafford says everything’s going to be fine and they don’t need to change there offensive philosophy, per se. You agree?
Some links:
The Tennessee Volunteers have opened up the quarterback competition between Jonathan Crompton and Nick Stephens. Don’t be surprised to see the new guy this weekend against Northern Illinois… .
A Gainesville preacher says he’s praying for Tim Tebow. See why… .
One more on Tebow, Gainesville Sun columnist Pat Dooley writes that the Gators need to “Free Tebow” and let him go back to being a run-first quarterback… .
And finally, Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt is named Coach of the Week by the Coaches Hot Seat Blog for the win over Florida. USC’s Pete Carroll is named Goat of the Week… .
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