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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Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Bulldogs seem to lack heart
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
What’s up, UGA bloggers? I’m actually writing this on Monday night. I was tabbed for jury duty this week and am trying to do my civic duty. Got to go back Tuesday but I’ll try to keep the blog updated the rest of the week. Thanks to Tim Tucker for Monday’s nice post and your thoughtful responses.
At the moment I’m listening to the Georgia-Loyola basketball game on the radio. Not looking too good as the Bulldogs have fallen behind by 13 — oops, make that 15 — in the second half. That’s pretty awful if that stands up. They’re still without Trey Thompkins but that’s laying a big-time egg on the road. It might be a good thing they don’t draw Purdue afterall. Boilermakers killed in the first game.
Meanwhile, here we are in the last off week of the season for the football team. For the most part the Bulldogs’ fate has been sealed. It’s highly unlikely they won’t play in the Capital One Bowl regardless of what happens in the Georgia Tech game. SEC and national championship talk seems a distant memory, doesn’t it?
Can’t say I’m surprised the Dogs lost two games. If you go back and look at some of our exchanges before the season started you’ll see I thought that was a distinct possibility. But how and how bad they lost those games was definitely not something I expected. And I thought they might dominate a few that they haven’t.
It’s been a strange season. Certainly as disappointing a 9-2 year I’ve ever encountered from the standoint of Georgia’s fans. I expect a full-blown riot should the Bulldogs lose to Georgia Tech in the season finale.
Again, I think it’s the “how” more than the “what.” Getting manhandled by Alabama and Florida just shouldn’t happen to a team this talented. Then having to fight and struggle against overmatched opponents in the last two games, while still making the kinds of mistakes you expect to see in the season’s first month, didn’t provide any salve.
I don’t share a lot of the views I see here about firing this coach and that one. The majority of this staff has been together to win 81 games over eight seasons so far. That’s some pretty tall cotton. And the injury issues have been significant. I just think this might be one of those cases where the players just don’t have the chemistry and/or heart, if you will, that great teams must have. Perhaps they’ll prove me wrong in the last couple of games but that’s what I see.
Anyway, Dogs still way down in Indiana. I’ll leave you with some links:
Here’s a report on Georgia coach Mark Richt’s speech to the Macon Bulldog Club from David Hale’s Bulldogs Blog… .
You guys calling for a college football playoff surely must of enjoyed the interview of President-elect Barack Obama on 60 Minutes Sunday night… .
Florida’s Urban Meyer is pumping some of his assistant coaches for head coaching jobs… .
The talk of Auburn’s six wins in a row already is grating on Alabama coach Nick Saban and there’s still over a week and a half to go before the game.
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