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 15, 2008
Stafford: Playing great or getting by?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Me and a couple of my sports writer buddies have had some pretty good arguments lately regarding Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford, particularly right after this past Saturday’s game against Tennessee.
Obviously Stafford had two pretty bad red zone interceptions against the Vols. I say “bad” in that they were extremely hurtful to the Bulldogs’ cause. But really I thought only the fade pattern in the end zone was awfully executed. The other one I thought was more a product of a poorly-designed play called at a bad time.
After the game I remarked that I thought Stafford played extremely well and is playing very good this season. That drew some scoffs from a few of my colleagues.
So let me just throw out a few numbers for your perusal and tell me what you think.
Georgia leads the SEC in passing offense (271.2 ypg) and total offense (430.3 ypg). It is also third in scoring (33 ppg), second in pass efficiency (first before those two picks Saturday) and first in third-down conversions (48.1 percent). Individually Stafford leads the league in passing (250.5 ypg) and total offense (258.5) and second in pass efficiency (8 TDs, 3 Ints, 61.7 percent completion rate). For the season Stafford is 111 of 180 for 1,503 yards. That’s on one of the more balanced offenses you’ll ever see (203 rushes, 192 passes).
It should be pointed out that Stafford, unlike a lot of modern college quarterbacks, makes all the calls and checks at the line of scrimmage. You’ll notice most signalcallers these days pausing after seeing what the defense is doing and the whole team turn and look to the sideline to see what the new call is coming in from the coaches box up top.
For what it’s worth, Richt has raved this week about how well Stafford played this past weekend and this week in general. But, as always, I’d love to hear what y’all think.
In the meantime, some links:
Here’s a story from the Nashville Tennessean that will provide a little insight into Vanderbilt quarterback Mackenzi Adams, who will get the start against Georgia on Saturday… .
Birmingham News columnist Kevin Scarbinsky has been on a roll lately. Today he writes about how Tommy Tuberville’s commitment to quarterback Kodi Burns came about three weeks too late… .
Here’s a nice little story in the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer about the mentor-protégé relationship of Georgia receivers Mohamed Massaquoi and A.J. Green… .
If you’ve never checked it out, TheWizofOdds.com is a great one-stop shop for a lot of national college football news and tidbits. Today they have a great breakdown via cfbstats.com on the length of games and number of plays this season in the wake of the new 40-25 clock rule. In a nutshell, much shorter and fewer plays… .
I’m doing a little something on Georgia linebacker Darryl Gamble this week but here’s a profile in the Albany Herald. Gamble, of course, was the hero of the Vanderbilt game with the caused fumble that led to teh game-winning field goal and he’s filling in quite necely for injured starter Dannell Ellerbe.
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