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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Sunday, December 7, 2008
How ‘bout that Georgia-MSU matchup?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Well, it’s set. No. 16 Georgia and No. 18 Michigan State will face off in the Capital One Bowl. Pretty interesting matchup of two 9-3 teams from the SEC and Big Ten, respectively. I didn’t realize it until I heard Sunday night that the Big Ten has won the last four of these Cap One games against SEC opponents. In fact the last SEC team to win in it was Georgia over Purdue after the 2003 regular season (34-27 OT).
The biggest storyline will obviously be the tailbacks of the respective teams. Georgia’s Knowshon Moreno and Michigan State’s Javon Ringer are two of the three finalists for the Doak Walker Award as the nation’s top back (Iowa’s Shonn Greene is the other). Ringer has rushed for 1,590 yards and 21 TDs and carried the ball more than any other back — 370 times!
The Spartans’ other stars are QB Brian Hoyer (162-319-8 Int-9 TDs, 186.2 ypg), WR Blair White (39-628) and LB Greg Jones (115 tackles). Their losses were to Penn State (49-18), Ohio State (45-7) and Cal (38-31). Their team stats are all middle of the pack in the Big Ten and nationally — 66th total offense (352.4), 62nd total defense (357.9) — but that’s kind of deceiving since they played all the toughest teams in the league. Georgia, by the way, is 21st and 28th, respectively, in those main two categories.
If you haven’t already seen it I wrote a story about the bowl’s decision on these two teams and their reactions to it and you can SEE IT HERE.
There is a lot of speculation about whether the Bulldogs will be up for this game and, more importantly, whether their fans will be. So what about it? Anybody planning on going or not going based on or in spite of the supposedly disappointing season? If economics a concern for you? Are you intrigued by the matchup?
Some links:
Here’s a nice little story on Georgia tight end Bruce Figgins at TotalUGA.com… .
The scout.com site on Georgia provides a retrospective on the Bulldogs] last trip to the Capital One Bowl on Jan. 1, 2004… .
Apparently Auburn was really serious about going after Mississippi’s Houston Nutt. As a result, Nutt got a sweetened contract from the Rebels… . Meanwhile, AuburnUndercover.com reporter Phillip Marshall has bunkered down at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York to monitor to Auburn coaching search… .
College football playoff proponents can get a good look at what a 16-team bracket would look like here at www.bowlpoint.com. Georgia, by the way, would be locked out thanks to its season-ending loss to Georgia Tech… .
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