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!
AJC > Sports > UGA > Blog > Archives > 2009 > February > 05
Thursday, February 5, 2009
The lull begins after recruiting
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Well, now what do we do?
National Signing Day has come and gone and, with the exception of a few stragglers here and there, all the drama is done. Georgia is in the hunt for one of the holdouts. Tight end Orson Charles of Tampa, a teammate of the Bulldogs’ quarterback signee Aaron Murray, will supposedly be making his decision in a week or so. Other than than that, the Dogs are done.
By all accounts, Georgia did quite nicely, especially considering it signed a relatively small class (18). Based on the rankings I looked at this morning the Dogs generally were slotted around eighth or ninth in the nation. Take that for it’s worth.
So now, the long vigil begins. There is nearly seven months to go before college football season resumes. I guess there’s spring practice to whet your appetites. Never done much for me, especially this year as something like 16 Georgia players will be sitting out due to injuries.
Regarding this year’s recruiting class, lost in all the late dramatics was all those players that committed to the Bulldogs’ early and stayed true to their word all the way to signing day. A lot of times I don’t think those kinds of guys get enough credit.
So let’s hear your thoughts. Meanwhile, here’s a bunch of mostly-recruiting-related links to chew on. Bon appetite! …
Here’s some recruiting rankings from Tom Lemming and we list the Scout and Rivals rankings HERE… .
By the way, did you catch that Georgia offensive line coach Stacy Searels broke his silence on the occasion of National Signing Day? …
Here’s the Memphis Commercial Appeal’s take on wide receiver Marlon Brown choosing Georgia… .
SI.com’s Stewart Mandel writes that early playing time is the chief motivation for where kids sign these days… .
Georgia held up well “Reevaluation Rankings” complied by Jon Solomon of the Birmingham News. He ranked teams based on their recruiting rankings each of the last five years and what they got out of those classes. Spoil alert: Dogs are No. 3… .
Speaking of Alabama, did you see that the Crimson Tide’s plans to expand Bryant-Denny Stadium? The project, expected to cost more than $80 million, will take their seating capacity to 101,000. That will, of course, surpass Georgia’s Sanford Stadium as the fifth-largest on-campus stadium… .
Great story in the New York Times about the next nasty trend in football recruiting — agents. At least that’s what I’m calling them.
Permalink | Comments (64) | Post your comment | Categories: Football
