Georgia’s three players at SEC Media Days on Thursday demonstrated solidarity. What that solidarity represented none of them could say exactly, but if nothing else, they thought they all looked sharp in their bow ties.
All three players sported the less common neckwear for Georgia’s appearance at the Hyatt Regency Wynfrey Hotel. The idea was the brainchild of senior wide receiver Chris Conley and was dutifully carried out by teammates Todd Gurley and Ramik Wilson.
“I personally claim responsibility for us wearing bow ties today,” Conley admitted. “I actually got those for them and tied them, too.”
Conley’s and Gurley’s ties were bright pastel prints. Wilson had a red-and-black striped number more in keeping with team colors.
“This is probably my third time (wearing a bow tie),” said Wilson, a senior linebacker. “Normally it’d be a clip-on, but this one was hand-made. I had a regular tie on but Conley talked me out of it. I had it on and everything, then he said, ‘I think we need to do this.’ We all came to an agreement. I’m all about team and Todd felt it, too, so we did it.”
Gurley thought his looked best.
“I like mine,” said Gurley, who also had his considerable dreadlocks braided and pulled back behind his head. “I got style man.”
Conley is known as much these days for film-making and student-athlete leadership as being an explosive wide receiver. He said the Bulldogs just wanted to demonstrate teamwork and a positive image.
“I talked to them about it,” he said. “We want to shed a positive light on our program. A lot of negative stuff goes out in the media and we wanted to show people what Georgia football is all about.We have a lot of positive things going on and we needed to show that to people.”
