Football! Basketball! Baseball! A Monday sampler …
Athens – OK, before we start another week, let’s clean out an overfull notebook from last week. . . . – UGA President Michael Adams sat in on interviews with five candidates for the basketball...
View ArticleRicht on travel, Jax, Cox, and more
Columbus -– Caught up with Mark Richt’s speaking tour Thursday night. His visit with the Columbus Bulldog Club was interesting and lively. He expressed some serious reservations about long road...
View ArticleA busy, mostly good, weekend for the Dogs
Hope everyone had a great weekend. Well, once again, the Georgia baseball team didn’t, getting swept at South Carolina to continue a late-season collapse that has reached 11 losses in 13...
View ArticleTeam-by-team GPA’s
University of Georgia athletes in all men’s and women’s sports had a cumulative grade point average of 3.01 for spring semester, the highest ever by the school’s athletes, the UGA Athletic...
View ArticleFreshmen receivers catching on
Athens — Mark Richt really likes his freshmen receivers. The Bulldogs are really serious about reducing penalties. And the radio broadcast team is really large. Those were my take-aways from Day 2 in...
View ArticleRunning game desperately needed
Athens -– So many things need fixing on Georgia’s football team right now, as you’ll glean from this mid-season report, but one thing that absolutely has to get fixed if the team is going to have any...
View ArticleVandy No. 1, UGA No. 2 in SEC football academics (Plus: APR for all UGA...
Georgia posted the second best score among SEC football teams in the Academic Progress Rate (APR) statistics released Wednesday by the NCAA. UGA’s football team had an APR of 973 out of a possible...
View ArticleUGA reports nine secondary violations
Georgia has self-reported nine secondary violations of NCAA rules this year — a list of transgressions that provides a glimpse into the minutiae of the NCAA rulebook. The violations, revealed in...
View ArticleNotes from Greater Atlanta Bulldog Club meeting
OK, here’s the final word (I think) on whether the Bulldogs will have any two-a-day practices this summer: They’ll have one session of two-a-days. Georgia’s original practice schedule called for no...
View ArticleHerschel Walker chimes in on the Dogs’‘Dream Team,’ and other notes
A few quick notes to start the day: Herschel Walker became the latest to chime in on Georgia’s recruiting class. “How about that Dawgs ‘Dream Team’ Coach Mark Richt recruited?” Walker posted Thursday...
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Notebook: Georgia TE Jay Rome decides to play basketball
Jay Rome (L) scored 33 points for Valdosta against Norcross in the playoffs as a senior last season. (AJC photo) ATHENS – Add another name to the list of football players planning to play basketball...
View ArticleMissouri officially accepted as 14th member of Southeastern Conference
Missouri has officially been accepted as a member of the Southeastern Conference. Along with new member Texas A&M, that means the SEC will compete as a 14-team conference starting next season....
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Jay Rome: Hoops will help in quest to become UGA’s next great tight end
The Bulldogs are expecting big things from 6-foot-6, 253-pound tight end Jay Rome after he gets through with basketball. (UGA photo by Chris Collins) ATHENS — With Marcus Thornton’s sudden and...
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Ten@10: VanGorder, Martinez, UGA’s last two DCs, reunite at Auburn
Willie Martinez coached alongside Mark Richt at Georgia for nine years. (AJC photo by Brant Sanderlin) THE TEN AT 10 1. Looks like Willie Martinez is coming back to the SEC. The former Georgia...
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Ten@10: Awards for Frank Sinkwich, Charley Trippi and Keith Marshall
They didn't come any tougher than "Flatfoot Frankie" Sinkwich, who played seven games of the 1941 season with a broken jaw. (UGA photo) THE TEN AT 10 1. Upon hearing Monday’s announcement that Georgia...
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Ten@10: Georgia OLB Jarvis Jones named Collegiate Player of Year
Georgia's Jarvis Jones (29) was named the Collegiate Player of the Year by the Atlanta Sports Council on Monday. (AJC photo by Brant Sanderlin) THE TEN AT 10 1. Months after the football season was...
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Ten@10: TE Aron White makes most of opportunity at UGA Pro Day
Sporting a new beard and increased upper-body strength, Georgia tight end Aron White had a strong showing for NFL scouts at UGA Pro Day on Monday. (UGA photo by John Kelley) THE TEN AT 10 1. One of...
View ArticleTen@10: Buyout, compensation are sticky issues for Mark Richt’s contract
THE TEN AT 10: 1. Georgia Athletic Director Greg McGarity made a point to mention that football coach Mark Richt is not receiving merely a contract extension, but a whole new deal. To say “extension”...
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Ten@10: UGA’s Richard Samuel advises not to forget about him at tailback
Georgia's Richard Samuel was a force to be reckoned with at tailback in the fourth quarter against Florida last October. (AJC photo by Jason Getz, jgetz@ajc.com) THE TEN AT 10: 1. There will be...
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What will Michael Adams’ legacy be in regard to UGA athletics?
UGA's athletic facilities saw dramatic improvement during the tenure of Dr. Michael Adams, seen here at the dedication of the expanded football complex in February of 2011. (AJC photo by Curtis...
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