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Chip Towers

Georgia Bulldogs beat reporter

Chip Towers

Chip Towers covers the Georgia Bulldogs for the AJC 

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Back Porch Chat: Battered Bulldogs shift focus to Missouri

BOGART -- The latest edition of my twice-weekly video chats on Georgia football with Noah Coslov of Cinesport from my back porch. The No. 6-ranked Bulldogs (4-1, 3-0 SEC) play host to No. 25 Missouri (5-0, 1-0) Saturday at noon in Sanford Stadium (ESPN).

  • 12:58 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7, 2013
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Georgia trainers tend to Bulldogs running back Keith Marshall after being injured in the first half of Georgia's 34-31 overtime in over Tennessee in Knoxville.

Rewind: 2013 Bulldogs exceptional in ability to overcome adversity

THE MONDAY MORNING REWIND ATHENS – Never before have I witnessed a game that produced more carnage than Georgia-Tennessee in Knoxville this past Saturday. As I chronicled on Sunday, two of the four injuries suffered in the contest proved to be season-ending for the players. So tailback Keith Marshall (knee) ...

  • Updated: 12:42 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7, 2013
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Injury news "heartbreaking" for Bulldogs

ATHENS -- After enumerating Georgia's laundry list of injuries on Sunday, coach Mark Richt settled on one word to describe the way it left him feeling. "Heartbreaking." The Bulldogs lost four players to injury during Saturday night's 34-31 overtime win over Tennessee in Knoxville. A battery of medical tests on ...

  • 5:59 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013
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From the press box high atop Neyland Stadium.

Way up high on Rocky Top

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Greetings from my perch high atop Neyland Stadium. I’m here to chronicle today’s football competition between the No. 6-ranked Georgia Bulldogs (3-1, 2-0 SEC) and the unranked Tennessee Volunteers. As you may have heard, Tennessee has a really big stadium here on the banks of the Tennessee ...

  • 2:17 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013
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Georgia safety Josh Harvey-Clemons is coming off a 15-tackle, two pass-breakup performance against LSU.

Josh Harvey-Clemons growing into defensive role

ATHENS – This is not what Josh Harvey-Clemons signed up for, but he’s loving it nonetheless. The sophomore from Valdosta signed with Georgia as a ballyhooed outside linebacker with designs on chasing quarterbacks for his books and board. Instead, the 6-foot-5, 222-pound athlete has found himself traipsing all over the field ...

  • Updated: 2:38 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013
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Tray Matthews joins Todd Gurley on sidelines

ATHENS -- Georgia tailback Todd Gurley did not practice again Wednesday but an even bigger development could be that safety Tray Matthews was held out as well. Matthews, a freshman and the Bulldogs' starter at free safety, "tweaked" his hamstring at the end of practice on Tuesday and spent Wednesday's ...

  • 6:24 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013
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Q&A: Jenkins hoping he and Bulldogs pass this week's tests

ATHENS -- You'll have to forgive Jordan Jenkins, but he's a little stressed out this week. It's not that whole football thing that has him worried. It's that academic thing. The sophomore from Hamilton has three exams to get ready for this week. They're in accounting, human geography and legal ...

  • 2:43 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013
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Video: Georgia's Mike Bobo assesses offense

Georgia offensive coordinator Mike Bobo talks to reporters following practice Tuesday in Athens. The sixth-ranked Bulldogs (3-1, 2-0 SEC) enter Saturday's game against Tennessee (3-2, 0-1)  averaging 41.8 points and No. 2 in the SEC in total offense at 554 yards per game.

  • 7:53 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013
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Georgia, on the heels of an electrifying nationally-televised win over then No. 6-LSU, opened as a 10-point favorite over Tennessee.

Richt, Bulldogs on high alert heading to Knoxville

ATHENS -- Georgia coach Mark Richt and his players met with the media at their weekly news conference on Tuesday at the Butts-Mehre football complex. It was an interesting session. The No. 6 Bulldogs are trying to beat back all the adulation they’ve been enjoying from last Saturday’s 44-41 win ...

  • 3:12 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013
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Targeting rule makes safeties think twice

ATHENS - Georgia coach Mark Richt said something interesting when he was interviewed Monday by Chuck Dowdle on the Bulldog Roundtable radio show in 680 The Fan. He said he thought the Bulldogs’ young safeties might be playing less aggressively when defending receivers over the middle for fear of being ...

  • 10:46 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013
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Freshman J.J. Green comes through for Georgia

Tailback J.J. Green said he can’t say for sure how many times he has heard “you’re one play away from playing” from Georgia offensive coordinator Mike Bobo and running backs coach Bryan McClendon.

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Yellow Jackets even found trouble during pregame

Here is a clue that your trip to sunny south Florida may not be a carefree vacation: You’re a football team, and you lose one of your starters during warm-ups.

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Dogs have resolve but they’re running out of bodies

If nothing else, Georgia has ensured at least one thing about its season. Regardless of where the rest of the schedule takes them, whether its to an SEC championship, a BCS bowl bid or a national title, there will be no claims from outsiders that this team received too many breaks and escaped health issues, no suggestions that the road to success was lined with lollipops and unicorns.

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A better Georgia Tech yields only an emphatic loss

Georgia Tech got the start it wanted and, at least for a little while, ran the option the way Paul Johnson wants it run.

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Mississippian Crowder kickstarts Georgia soccer

Having been at Georgia four seasons now, soccer coach Steve Holeman doesn’t weird out nearly as much as he once did about playing Ole Miss, where he coached for 15 years.