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, November 8, 2008
Dobbs saves the day for Dogs
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Exactly what you expected, right? A shootout between Georgia and Kentucky. Man, the Bulldogs come out with this one by the skin of their canines. Demarcus Dobbs rips down an interception of a Randall Cobb screen pass with 40 seconds to play inside the Georgia 10 and the Bulldogs win 42-38.
It was the only red zone stop of the day for either team.
The two plays that defined the win for Georgia belie what happened the rest of the game. Mohamed Massaquoi, who had two fumbles earlier in the game, hauled in a pass and ran with it 78 yards to set up the winning score by the Bulldogs. Massaquoi finished with a career high 191 yards on eight catches.
Scrambling right on third-and-goal from the Kentucky 11, Matthew Stafford hit A.J. Green in the back of the end zone for the go-ahead score with 1:54 to play. Green slipped behind four defenders and outjumped everybody for the ball.
Cats flew back down the field, aided by a 29-yard pass on first down. Looked like Dogs had them stopped and won the game on fourth-and-two at the Georgia 26. But Jarious Wynn was called for facemask while pressuring Kentucky QB. First down at Georgia 13.
Then Dobbs saves the day.
Dogs had over 500 yards offense and Kentucky not a whole lot less than that.
So tell us, are you ticked that the Bulldogs had to fight so hard for this and were gashed by the option? Our you just thankful for the victory and singing “It’s Great to be a Georgia Bulldog.”
Hey, exciting game either way, right?
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‘Cats hoping to make Dogs feel blue
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Greetings from Lexington, Ky. I’m coming to you today from the closed-in press box above C.M. Newton Field at Kentucky’s Commonwealth Stadium. I’m particularly happy about the closed-in part as it is pretty cool outside today. Not sure if it will get to 50 as predicted but it’s hard to tell because the wind is really whipping. But it’s an absolutely gorgeous day for football. Clear blue skies with only a smattering of clouds, probably pretty nice when you’re running around in 25 pounds of football gear.
I’ve always thought this was one of the more attractive venues around the South. Maybe it’s all the blue. There’s blue everywhere. The walls around the field are blue. The field numbers are outlined in blue. The Wildcats are in their all-blue uniforms, the fans are in their all-blue outfits. Sort of a blue-out I guess.
I was eating at Malone’s last night and was pretty impressed with the number of Georgia fans in there. A couple of weeks ago, while waiting for our plane in the New Orleans airport, Mark Bradley, Tim Tucker and I were looking at all the Bulldogs’ fans there and talking about how dedicated college football fans have to be to follow their teams. Of course, Georgia is in Week 3 of four straight road games. But as I sit here I’m looking at the northwest corner of the stadium fill up with a pretty good representation of red, which stands out nicely against all the blue. Pretty impressive considering what happened down in Jacksonville last week.
And speaking of blue, as I sat there and ate at the bar last night, it was Kentucky fans were six deep behind me watching the Wildcats’ televised exhibition game against Ouachita Baptist. These people were hanging on every possession like it was an SEC game. Checked this morning and they had 23,000 at Rupp Arena. Incredible.
That said, it’s a sellout for today’s football game against Georgia, too. Tailgaters were out in good numbers and they’re pretty excited about their football team, which stands to become the first UK squad since Paul Bear Bryant’s in 1949, ‘50 and ‘51 to go to three straight bowl games. The Wildcats are 6-3 and besides a 63-5 blowout loss to Florida, played everybody tough, including a three-point loss at Alabama and a seven-point loss to South Carolina.
I’m very interested in seeing what Georgia team shows up here. If the Dogs don’t turn the ball over like they did in Jacksonville I think they should win handily. But they got their head handed to them last time they were here in 2006. Just ask quarterback Matthew Stafford, who left with cuts on his nose and lip and a big knot on his forehead. The ‘Cats can get after it on defense and they’ll be after him again.
That’s enough scene-setting. Kickoff is fast approaching so I’m gonna finish settling in. As always I’ll be providing updates throughout the game. Let me know what you’re seeing and hearing on the television.
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