From UGA Athletics...
The Georgia football team practice for about an hour and a half on Saturday morning as the team prepared for the annual Gala on
Saturday night.
Following Saturday's practice, head coach Mark Richt said he liked the postseason practice schedule, which had the Bulldogs completing a three-practice week on Saturday.
"I thought we had a very fine, spirited practice today," Richt said. "Our practice format is a little different right now because of exams and the end of the semester and I think I like it. It's kind of a reprieve for the coaches to get off of the road recruiting. It breaks up the grind for them."
The 16th-ranked Bulldogs take on 19th-ranked Michigan State in the Capital One Bowl in Orlando on Jan. 1, 2009. For some of Georgia's team members, including 10 who will be graduating in December, this will be their final opportunity in college to represent the Bulldogs on the field.
"I shake my head about how fast these guys' careers finish here, especially if they are someone like CJ Byrd who did not redshirt," said Richt. "I really start missing them before their even gone and I think they can hardly believe that they only have a couple more practices at Butts-Mehre."
In addition to the Spartans' running back Javon Ringer, who joined Knowshon Moreno as one of three finalists for the Doak Walker in Orlando earlier this week, Richt has also been impressed with Michigan State's passing game.
"Most of their big plays have come in their passing game and the more I study their offense, the more dangerous they look," said Richt.
Richt also mentioned that he and his staff welcomed a group of recruits to campus for the weekend to experience practice, attend the Gala and get a tour of UGA's campus as the Feb. 4, 2009 national signing day grows closer.
"We have something like 12 guys on official visits (to Athens) this weekend and I think this is a big recruiting weekend for us," Richt said. "I'm excited that this group gets to see something like the Gala, which is a great show of what college football is all about at Georgia."
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Saturday Practice Report (12/13)
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2 comments:
David, do you know who any of the recruits are that were in town for the weekend, I am interested to see who all we were impressing this weekend.
Also, have you heard any word if Aaron Murray is coming to Athens early in the spring?
Thanks and keep up the great work.
Unfortunately I don't know who any of the recruits in Athens were, but CMR said that 6-8 of them are guys already verbally committed to Georgia.
Not sure yet on Murray, but it's a possibility. Richt said he wasn't sure yet which recruits would be early enrollees yet either, although he is very limited in what he can say.
I'm hoping to have a good bit more on recruiting in the next couple of weeks. It's just pretty hard for me to keep up with both on-field and the recruiting stuff at the same time.
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