tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81344683393139029882012-01-15T05:09:06.880-05:00On the Georgia beat with Seth EmersonSeth Emersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06528604970395659237noreply@blogger.comBlogger29701100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8134468339313902988.post-1266364400726698332011-07-28T15:36:00.002-04:002011-07-28T16:00:19.856-04:00

On Friday at 3 p.m. eastern time, we will officially transition to the new blog location, which will be on the platform (i.e., web site) of each paper. This should NOT cause any hassle to you readers; the current blog will immediately re-direct to the new site, and will do so for awhile.In the meantime, if you want to start early and bookmark the new sites, here they are:http://www.macon.com/

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Reserve Brandon Burrows will have shoulder surgery on Tuesday and miss the 2011 season, Georgia announced. The inside linebacker has what the team called "chronic shoulder instability" in his right shoulder.Burrows, a redshirt freshman, saw time in the spring and was expected to provide depth this season behind starters Christian Robinson and Alec Ogletree. Richard Samuel was also supposed to

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Here's a link to the latest on the Jarvis Jones situation. The Ledger-Enquirer has a story detailing how the police records seem to show more of a money connection between Jones and the Georgia Blazers AAU team. The coach of that team, Tony Adams, has been described by people close to Jones as a father figure. In addition to the payments reported in the original report, the Ledger-Enquirer found

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Georgia football fans have been hungering for any information about their team’s incoming freshman, who have enrolled and been working out on campus. But with practice not beginning yet, the best source of insight have been Georgia veterans.Defensive co-captain Christian Robinson has already pinpointed four players who have made the best impression on him so far during summer workouts: receiver

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Georgia offensive coordinator Mike Bobo spent some time speaking to the media on Wednesday morning. A few players are coming in next. While we wait, the highlights from Bobo:- He admitted that the attrition since spring practice “unnerves you a little bit. They always seem to happen when you’re on vacation.” But he saw it as opening more opportunities for people. “Truth be told, I’m still excited

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Here's another story from media days, via Mike Lough, which was just posted on Macon.com. There's a lot of curiosity about the freshmen and how they're doing so far. Practice officially begins next week, but during summer workouts the veterans have been able to gauge the ability and work ethic of guys like Isaiah Crowell, Malcolm Mitchell, Damian Swann and others. “Malcom Mitchell, off the top,”

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Georgia athletics director Greg McGarity provided an update Monday night on the Jarvis Jones investigation, saying the school had been doing its due diligence and was hoping to have a report to turn into the SEC (and perhaps NCAA) by the end of this week.How much jeopardy Jones is in remains an open question. And even if UGA's internal investigation satisfies itself and the SEC, the NCAA may have

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ATLANTA - Mark Richt may have been peppered with job security questions last week in Birmingham, but on Monday night in Atlanta he was feeling the love from Georgia fans.The Bulldog football head coach got a standing ovation when he was introduced, drawing a grateful reaction.“That made me feel great,” Richt said.Then emcee Chuck Dowdle broke in.“I think the standing ovation was louder last year,

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ATLANTA - Two updates on the Jarvis Jones situation:- Georgia, nearing an end to its investigation, is preparing to turn in its report to the SEC, hopefully by the end of this week. And the team hopes to have an answer on the linebacker’s status before the start of practice next week.“Our goal is that we will have an answer early enough so we will be able to prepare properly,” head coach Mark

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Yes, the headline is a tribute to Amy Winehouse, may she rest in peace. And yes, this is the real Seth, back on the job after a few days away.I hated missing SEC media days: the chance to make fun of Les Miles, nap to Gene Chizik's voice, and freeze to death in the Wynfrey Hotel ballroom. But the chance to see your little sister get married, and walk her down the aisle, is a once-in-a-lifetime

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UGA provided this earlier in the week, with the proviso that it could be changed, and probably would be. But for the moment, here it is:Tuesday, Aug. 2 – Players reportWednesday, Aug. 3 – On-field testing day/ First official day of practiceThursday, Aug. 4 -- Media Day (lunchtime), first day of on-field practice (night)Friday, Aug. 5Saturday, Aug. 6Sunday, Aug. 7Monday, Aug. 8Tuesday, Aug. 9 (

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From Mike Lough, subbing in for Seth Emerson: There'll be more coming, but here's one man's look before he departs the fill-in role today or tomorrow. There'll be more coming, but here's one man's look before he departs the fill-in role today or tomorrow. Georgia can lose the first two games and still go 8-4, for all sorts of reasons, but obviously with caveats. The Bulldogs HAVE to get

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From Mike Lough subbing in for Seth here on the final gathering of SEC Media Days:Nick Saban is done reminding us that predictions are silly, as thus, are those who make them.Vanderbilt's James Franklin is the latest Commodore coach to bring the enthusiasm and fresh air to the little program that's smarter than everybody else and keeps on chugging.Houston Nutt wasn't quite the sermonator, but the

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From Mike Lough here subbing for Seth at media daysGeorgia no doubt wants to rinse as much of last season, and maybe the season before, away.And new uniforms will be part of it. At least early.Georgia head coach Mark Richt said the Bulldogs will have new threads for the opener against Boise State, but the details are still supposed to stay a secret.Richt sat down with state and some national

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And a good afternoon from Hoover, Ala. and day one of the SEC Media Days.Finally.I'm Michael A. Lough, filling in for Seth Emerson, who had a friend getting married during SEC Media Days, which, of course, is better than getting married during the season.Silly people do that.Mike Slive and Bobby Petrino are done, and Will Muschamp is up now, so I'll get back after listening to the latest head

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I’m checking in today from the Jittery Joe’s here on Barnett Shoals Road, and having a flashback to almost a year ago – when I started in this very wonderful job.It was almost a year ago that I joined the beat, and on the second day of football practice – also, my second day on the job – I was here at this fine coffee establishment, making use of their Wi-Fi.(Isn't sad when your memories revolve

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Here's my piece following up Georgia's big recruiting haul from last Friday night, and tying it to the much-discussed future of head coach Mark Richt.An excerpt:This much, however, should be clear: All those players who have yet to even enroll at Georgia may end up helping save Mark Richt’s job.When Richt walks to the podium Thursday at the Wynfrey Hotel, the Georgia head football coach will know

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Remember how the departures of Washaun Ealey and Caleb King left Carlton Thomas as the only veteran in the Georgia backfield? Well ...As it turns out, Thomas is suspended for at least the opener against Boise State, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The report cites three anonymous sources, saying Thomas violated team rules in the spring.Head coach Mark Richt and the team have yet

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So, it's SEC media days week, which in some quarters marks the unofficial beginning of the football season. And by "some quarters," I mean the people who don't already consider SEC football to be a 365-days-a-year situation.In any case, it's as good a time as any to throw open the mailbag satchel and solicit your questions. Or perhaps you have thoughts, concerns, or threats. Please, no threats.

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Unless you’ve been holed up on a mountain, which in fact I was this weekend, you know that the Georgia football program had a recruiting home run on Friday night. The list of players who committed:- Offensive tackle John Theus of Jacksonville, Fla. Fleus is the nation’s fourth-ranked player overall in the class of 2012, according to Scout.com. He's listed at 6-foot-6 and 292 pounds and could

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Defensive coordinator Todd Grantham discussed pretty much everything in a meeting with reporters on Friday. And we know you want the info, not some snappy intro about how he was dressed, so let’s go:(OK, if you really had to know, Grantham had on a black Georgia shirt.) Now here you go:- The move of Richard Samuel back to offense was the first item of discussion, and Grantham’s thoughts on that

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Richard Samuel walked into a meeting with reporters on Friday looking like an insurance salesman. But the Georgia junior spoke like someone whose playing days are still very much ahead of him.If he's being moved back to tailback just to be insurance for freshman Isaiah Crowell, then Samuel isn't aware of it. His understanding is he'll have a chance to start.“It’s a complete competition,” Samuel

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Georgia has shored up its tailback depth by returning to an old hand: Richard Samuel, after a year redshirting at linebacker, is back at his former position.Samuel had hinted at the move on his Twitter account, and head coach Mark Richt announced the move on Thursday afternoon."After discussions with Richard, his family, and our coaches I'm excited that Richard wants to make the move," Richt said

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Aaron Murray is the SEC coaches’ preseason pick for first-team quarterback, and five more Georgia players make the first team:- TE Orson Charles, OL Cordy Glenn, KR Brandon Boykin, K Blair Walsh and P Drew Butler.Three more Bulldogs made the second teams:C Ben Jones, DL DeAngelo Tyson and DB Brandon Boykin.There was also a third team, but no Georgia players were on it.Here’s the full list.Georgia

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Richard Samuel, the Georgia linebacker who switched from tailback last year, tweeted the following on Wednesday:“Have a tough life changing decision to make right now.”That would lead you to believe one of the following is true:- He’s considering becoming Rachel Samuel.- President Obama has asked him to mediate debt limit talks.- Samuel is thinking of moving back to tailback.It could also be any

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Georgia defensive end Derrick Lott was involved in a scooter accident on Tuesday, leading to surgery on his lower right leg. The redshirt sophomore is expected to make a full recovery within four-to-six weeks, according to the team.A spokesman for St. Mary’s Hospital in Athens said Wednesday morning that Lott was still at the hospital and was listed in “fair” condition.Lott suffered a laceration

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These dates have already pretty much been announced, but Georgia's just-released 2011 football media guide also appears to officially reveal the 2012 schedule.Here it is:Sept. 1: BuffaloSept. 8: at South CarolinaSept. 15: Florida AtlanticSept. 22: VanderbiltSept. 29: TennesseeOct. 6: at AlabamaOct. 13: at KentuckyOct. 27: vs. FloridaNov. 3: Ole MissNov. 10: at AuburnNov. 17: Georgia SouthernNov.

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About a decade ago, I was covering a college basketball program whose head coach was entering his make-or-break year. The school’s athletics director, I was told later, had one instruction for the team’s publicist as the media guide was being prepared:“Don’t put the coach on the cover,’ the A.D. said.He wasn't. In fact, the coach's bio was kept to one page and was tucked behind all the players. A

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Former Georgia tailback Caleb King has confirmed that he will enter the NFL's supplemental draft. Here's a full statement, released through UGA on Tuesday:"My years at the University of Georgia have afforded me a tremendous opportunity to develop my skills on the field. Coach Mark Richt and the entire UGA football team and staff have been instrumental in my growth and development both on and off

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... Virginia Tech, according to a couple reports on Monday night.Scout.com and Dawg247.com each reported that Benedict had committed to the ACC school. Benedict, who redshirted last year at Georgia, announced last month that he was transferring. There had been some thought that Benedict, a native of the Jacksonville area, would eye Florida. But he instead will go to Virginia Tech, where he

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... will be seniors Brandon Boykin and Ben Jones, and sophomore quarterback Aaron Murray.Here's a link to the full list of SEC players. It's normal for teams to bring their top seniors on each side of the ball - which, arguably, are Boykin and Jones. It also helps for the player to be well-spoken: Boykin is a journalism major (and as we all know, journalism majors are smart beyond belief), and

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According to a source close to Caleb King, the now-former Georgia tailback has decided to enter the NFL supplemental draft. An announcement could come soon for King, who has one year of college eligibility left.King was ruled academically ineligible on Friday, cutting short his career before the beginning of what would have been his senior year. The date of the supplemental draft has not been

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The temptation is to say the departure of Caleb King isn’t a big deal. It was only a matter of time before he messed up again. He wasn’t going to start. He wasn’t that good anyway.But I do think it’s a big deal.The transfer of Washaun Ealey, granted that was lesser news. After everything that happened with him, his departure was a fait accompli. I saw that as the Georgia football coaches

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And then there was Isaiah Crowell.UGA has confirmed that tailback Caleb King is academically ineligible and will not return to the team in 2011. Thus ends a very checkered career for the former five-star recruit from Greater Atlanta Christian - and pretty much ensures that Crowell will have the spotlight on him when Georgia opens against Boise State.Washaun Ealey and King were the Bulldogs' top

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The offseason attrition may mean depth issues for the Georgia football team, especially on the offensive line. But if you go by the preseason awards lists, the team still has plenty of potential star power.Two Bulldogs - tackle Cordy Glenn and guard Ben Jones - are among the 65 players on the watch list for the Outland Trophy. That award goes to the nation's best interior lineman (in other words,

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The doldrums of summer means there’s not much news in the college sports world. Of course this is a major problem for content-hungry college football fans and the media that serves them. The result is an onslaught of rankings, lists and general fluff that can be safely written from the couch of a sportswriter’s beach house. And it’s a good lead-up to the actual college football season.We here at

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... to our Damon Evans story from last Sunday.Evans has been hired as a consultant at Savannah State, which just fired its athletics director. The Savannah Morning News reports that Evans, fired a year ago from Georgia after his DUI arrest, has been "as a consultant to assess Savannah State’s athletics department."Evans, 41, is currently working at the Markley Group in Boston. He would probably

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There’s been plenty of focus on the recruits that could make an immediate impact at Georgia this season. For those who don’t mind looking even further ahead, there are also a couple that could make a big impact in 2012 – one on each side of the ball. Jalen Fields and Lonnie Outlaw are each entering their sophomore seasons at Georgia Military College, where they were placed after signing at

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If you’re not sponsoring a college football award, what’s your problem? What’re you waitin’ for?Along with the multitude of other watch lists and trophies, there’s something called the College Football Performance Awards, and a bunch of Georgia players were named to those:Aaron Murray is on the 40-man watch list at quarterback. Only three other SEC quarterbacks make the list. Orson Charles and

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It’s now been a year since the events that resulted in the abrupt end of Damon Evans’ tenure as the athletics director at Georgia. Here’s my story from Sunday’s papers, and the following is the opening excerpt:BOSTON - This is where Damon Evans works now. Amidst a conclave of financial buildings and historical landmarks, the man who once had everything, a world away and a year ago, now works in

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... That I'm on vacation through the end of this week. I've had sporadic (at best) access to the web and even cell phone service over the past nine days - which actually can be a good thing, if you're trying to truly enjoy your vacation.But I've got a brief window here of availability. All this info has been posted on the main web sites and published in the papers. But in case you haven't seen it

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I’ll begin the mailbag by saying a proper adieu, or at least adieu (to you, and you, and you) for a couple of weeks. It’s vacation time.If events warrant I may check in, or someone at the home office may post something. Otherwise I have been ordered, upon penalty of intense pain to my upper body, to do minimal checking of the laptop and Crack-berry. Hopefully I can comply, because I’ve grown very

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We've all done it. Normally the penalty is just an unwanted conversation, or an embarrassing, unintended call to an ex-girlfriend, or just a good laugh.In the case of Mark Richt and a Georgia assistant basketball coach, however, the so-called pocket texts, or sending a text when you mean to send an e-mail, result in having to report a secondary violation.It happened this spring with two

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I have to form this into a question this time, because, well, it's summer and nothing much is going on. So maybe you don't have questions. Maybe you're taking some time off from football, Georgia athletics, or whatever. Maybe you're in Europe on vacation. Well, Europe or Early County, whichever you can handle.In any case, yours truly is two days from my own two-week break. But it's been weeks

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MACON - Every signee that Georgia expected to be able to enroll this summer will do so, head coach Mark Richt said on Tuesday.The Bulldogs signed 26 players in February, and the vast majority of them - including tailback Isaiah Crowell and junior college nose tackle John Jenkins - are on campus and have enrolled. Several recruits from south Florida, Kent Turene and Ramik Wilson, are on a

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MACON - Mark Richt clearly wasn’t comfortable being the main voice against over-signing. It may have drawn praise from fans and media, but it put the Georgia head coach on the opposite side from most of his peers in the SEC.So two weeks ago at the league meetings in Destin, Richt tempered his rhetoric on the issue, and supposedly voted with the 11 other coaches to keep the limit at 28 signees per

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Mark Richt is another coach who supports eliminating kickoffs, although he doesn’t fall fully in step with the proposal by Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano. And one of Richt’s own Georgia players is in complete opposition to the proposal.Schiano recently proposed that the kickoff – considered to be the most dangerous play in football – be eliminated altogether. Schiano suggests that it be replaced

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Three Georgia baseball players - OF Chase Davidson and pitchers Cecil Tanner and Ben Cornwell - have decided to sign contracts the week after being drafted. Davidson was a 41st round pick of the Houston Astros. He hit .278 with seven homers and 31 RBI this season. Tanner was a 23rd round pick of the Oakland A's after making just seven appearances this year, with a 2.45 ERA.Cornwell was undrafted,

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A couple items for a Monday in June:- NCAA president Mark Emmert is organizing a meeting of about 50 college presidents and chancellors to discuss the state and future of college sports. If that sounds far-reaching, then yes, it is. Here's an excerpt from a press release/story about the event on the NCAA's web site:Emmert, who began his term as the NCAA’s fifth chief executive officer in October

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Georgia had a huge weekend on the recruiting trail, and finished with a flurry. So it’s a good time to take stock and see where the Bulldogs go from here.Defensive tackle Jonathan Taylor committed on Sunday, according to various reports, becoming the highest-rated player on Georgia’s list thus far. The 6-foot-4, 317-pound Taylor is the third-rated player in Georgia, according to 247Sports, and

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The Georgia football team has seen a number of departures since the end of the season. The most recent was tackle A.J. Harmon, and he announced via Twitter this weekend that he was headed to Alabama State, an FCS school.Here’s a quick summation of where everyone has ended up:LB Marcus Dowtin .....TBARB Washaun Ealey .... Jacksonville StateWR Logan Gray ....... ColoradoOT A.J. Harmon ......

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Herschel Walker has been hanging around the Georgia football program the past two days. He met with the team early Friday morning, and according to the Twitter updates of a few players left quite an impression."A 49 year old man just showed the #UGA football players how it's really done. And when I say 49 year old man, I mean Herschel Walker," wrote linebacker Brandon Burrows."Great First workout

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One of the classier moves you’ll see occurred on Wednesday when the Texas Rangers used a pick in the middle of their draft to select Georgia’s Johnathan Taylor.Taylor suffered partial paralysis in March after an outfield collision. The Rangers used their 33rd-round selection to pick Taylor. The draft lasts 50 rounds. Coincidentally, or perhaps not, the Rangers selected UGA outfielder Zach Cone –

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Since it's summer now - maybe not on the official summer calendar, but on the football one - you're going to start seeing a lot of so-called fluff. And we here at The Blog That Needs Content, we're only happy to oblige. Down in Destin last week, a Knoxville, Tenn., radio station asked media members to vote in a poll: Name the top six football and men’s basketball coaches in the league, and then

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Russell Henley is headed back to the U.S. Open. The Macon native, who finished tied for 16th in the Open last year, qualified again on Monday. It came in dramatic fashion, as The Telegraph's Jonathan Heeter reports. Henley just finished his senior season at Georgia, where he helped the Bulldogs reach the championship match of the NCAA tournament. Henley hasn't officially turned pro yet, but he

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Rugers head coach Greg Schiano is thinking a bit out of the box. Okay, maybe not a bit. It's way outside the box. But I like it.Schiano is proposing a novel concept, in reaction to the serious injuries that have resulted from kickoffs. One of Schiano's players, Eric LeGrand, was paralyzed just last year.The proposal is to eliminate kickoffs altogether, as detailed in this story in the Newark

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ATHENS - As you can tell by the dateline, I'm back in the classic city. And it's good to be back, even though it's scorching hot and there's no ocean nearby to jump in. There's a river, and a bunch of man-made lakes, but they're gunky. The dog has no problem jumping in them, but I'm a bit more discerning. In any case, we are pretty much arriving at the doldrums-of-summer stage, as the season has

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Here's my overview of the SEC meetings this week, which proved eventful and somewhat contentious. The winners, in my opinion, of the week that was:- Mike Slive- The Georgia-Florida axis- SEC basketball- Steve Spurrier- More cowbell- Bobby PetrinoAnd the losers:- Football coaches in general- Nick Saban- Houston Nutt- Dan Mullen- Graduate students- The beachThe story (and here's that link again)

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DESTIN, Fla. - Roster management wasn't the only item up for discussion at the SEC meetings. Here are my notes after Friday's meeting of the presidents and athletics directors. I'll have one more report from Destin before the weekend is out. Otherwise, it's back to Athens and the grind.Well, not a grind. Athens is a great town. It just doesn't have a beach.

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DESTIN, Fla. - The coaches voted one way. The presidents over-ruled them. And SEC commissioner Mike Slive showed, at least for today, that he really runs his conference.At least that’s the read from Friday’s events, when the SEC school presidents voted – unanimously, according to Slive – to crack down on over-signing.The annual limit on recruits was dropped from 28 to 25. The coaches voted

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DESTIN, Fla. - The SEC's dominant, and perhaps overblown if you believe some coaches, issue is set to be ruled on Friday. And we'll be camped out at the Hilton waiting for the presidents and commissioner Mike Slive to reveal their ruling.On another note, and a curious one, Mark Richt saw the need to clarify his public stance on Steve Spurrier's proposal to pay players $300 per game. Richt was not

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Last month we found out Washaun Ealey would be leaving the Georgia football team. On Thursday the tailback's destination became known.Ealey enrolled in classes at Jacksonville State on Thursday, according to football team spokesman Greg Seitz. Ealey would be eligible to play right away at the school, which is an FBS (formerly Div. I-AA) school.Ironically, Ealey would still have a chance to play

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The SEC presidents appear to be concerned about going further than the rest of the country on roster management issues, but may do it anyway.At least that’s what could be gleaned from South Carolina’s Harris Pastides, who was the only school president who was talking when the meeting broke up.UGA president Michael Adams declined comment on his way out. He said none of the presidents would say

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Here's my story, just posted to Macon.com, on the issues affecting the NCAA, amid its recent scandals. Some key passages:NCAA president Mark Emmert was up front when asked if the NCAA has an image problem:“Of course it does. I don’t think there’s any question about it. And we can’t pretend otherwise,” Emmert said, sitting in the lobby of the Hilton Hotel as he attended the SEC meetings. ...“We’ve

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It turns out Mark Richt wasn't completely right about the Georgia-South Carolina game being at night.The SEC has announced that South Carolina's visit to Athens on Sept. 10 will have a 4:30 p.m. kickoff and be broadcast on ESPN. And as usual, the Georgia-Florida game, set for Oct. 29, will be on CBS at 3:30 p.m.Richt had told Bulldog fans at a Greenville, S.C. meeting that the game would be at

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DESTIN, Fla. - The spotlight now shifts to the school presidents and chancellors, who meet this afternoon. They're not supposed to do any voting until Friday, but they're at least here and discussing the week's major topics.Wednesday proved to be an eventful day. For a rundown, here are our three stories in today's papers:- Steve Spurrier made a surprise proposal to pay players $300 per game. It

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DESTIN, Fla. - SEC football coaches emerged from their final meetings on Wednesday in apparent agreement on roster management issues. Now the question is whether their bosses will go along.The SEC is looking at a number of proposals to curb some issues such as over-signing, gray-shirting and medical disqualifications. Coaches, in favor of roster flexibility, made their case to their athletics

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DESTIN, Fla. – The SEC men’s basketball coaches have recommended that the league essentially stop using divisions, and the move is expected to be formally approved Friday.The schedule will remain the same for the upcoming season. But the league standings will not be broken into East and West anymore, and the tournament will be seeded 1-12, with the top four getting byes, regardless of division.“I

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DESTIN, Fla. – Basketball and football coaches are slowly trickling into the main ballroom to meet with the athletics directors. It’s still hard to get a firm grasp on what may happen on the basketball front, as far as changing the division and conference structure. Before going in, Georgia’s Mark Fox said the basketball coaches, meeting separately Tuesday and Wednesday morning, had a “heated”

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Destin, Fla. - The media horde is back, yours truly amongst them, sitting here in the atrium of the Hilton hotel. The athletics directors are convened behind closed doors with the commish (Mike Slive, not Michael Chiklis), while the football and basketball coaches are downstairs, probably discussing how much they love each other.There should be some actual news to come out of today's meetings,

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Just ran into Les Miles in the lobby here. The LSU head football coach was already holding court with a trio of other reporters, so I quickly asked him if he had addressed roster management issues, and if he had to please repeat it.“I said that there has to be an alligator handler in every class. In fact Troy has got the swamp people. We’ve got to make sure that we keep a quality contingent of

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There is real movement towards realignment to the structure of SEC men’s basketball. At least that’s if you believe Mark Fox and Billy Donovan.The league is debating here whether to get rid of its division format, go to 18 games and change its schedule. And unlike last year, when tournament re-seeding was voted down, Fox expects there to be action.“If I would have to guess, I would guess there’s

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DESTIN, Fla. - The football coaches have closed the door and begun their meetings. I attempted to plant a listening device, but was thwarted at the last moment by the crack SEC staff.Seriously, it’d be quite cool to be a fly on the wall there. I’m not sure how much consensus will be reached on the league’s most visible issue, over-signing. But I think it was summed up well by Arkansas’ Bobby

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The Georgia baseball team did indeed make the NCAA tournament, but it was apparently a close call, and it will rack up some mileage getting there.The Bulldogs are headed for the Oregon State regional, in Corvallis, Ore. They were selected as a No. 3 seed, indicating they were one of the last at-large selections to the field. Georgia's first-round opponent in the four-team, double-elimination

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We've posted a story over at Macon.com on the five things to watch at this week's league meetings in Destin, Fla. Here's the link.A tease: One of those issues rhymes with "Dover-shining."I'm headed on the road soon. (And just downloaded a bunch of music for the journey, including the soundtrack to "Juno." Yeah, I have questionable music tastes.) Look in this space for coverage all week from

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The conventional wisdom says that Georgia all but clinched a spot in the NCAA tournament with its performance in the SEC tournament. So assuming the conventional wisdom isn’t wrong, where will the Bulldogs play next weekend?The NCAA has announced the 16 regional sites. Five of them are from the ACC:Georgia Tech, Clemson, North Carolina, Virginia and Florida State.Those would be the most likely

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Here's my Sunday story on the SEC's "roster management" issue. That means over-signing, grayshirting, medical exemptions ... the whole kit and kaboodle. But I tended to focus on over-signing.An excerpt:At heart, the issue is how cut-throat college football must be. And there isn’t much common ground.On one side, you have those who oppose doing “whatever it takes.” Florida president Bernie Machen,

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Phil Steele is out with a very early, and as usual comprehensive, preseason all-SEC team. And it has plenty of Georgia players on it.Here's the link to the full list. Five Georgia players make the first team:QB Aaron MurrayTE Orson CharlesT Cordy GlennK Blair WalshP Drew ButlerTwo make the second team:C Ben JonesPR Branden Smith (even though he hasn’t been given that job yet)The third team:DT

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A lot of you have asked recently about the next Uga. Here's an update, and a bit more: Sonny Seiler reveals why it won't be Russ but could be his offspring, clears up the "inbreeding" misconceptions, addresses the Isaiah Crowell puppy story, and more in a story just posted:ATHENS - Sonny Seiler has heard the comments and questions: Is there something wrong with the Uga line? Why not take the

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Georgia has released the names of the 277 student-athletes (a term I don’t usually use, but will in this case) who earned a 3.0 or better grade point average during the spring semester.You can read the full list here. But here are some of the names that stand out:- Gerald Robinson, the starting point guard and third-leading scorer for the men’s basketball team.- Jasmime James, women’s basketball

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Starting in 2012, fans will have to fork over more for a ticket to what was formerly called the world’s largest outdoor cocktail party. And it could get more expensive in future years.The UGA athletic board on Thursday approved a ticket hike for the 2012 season. Right now the tickets are $40 for regular stadium seating. They will increase to $60 for 2012.But the board agreed to table (i.e.,

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Yours truly was away from the computer on Wednesday night, so I missed a chance to post a few items. Now after drinking a lot of water – let’s just say they might be a bit low on champagne in downtown Athens this morning – I can give you a catch-up:- The Georgia baseball team opened play in the SEC tournament with a 10-0 loss to Vanderbilt. In fact the Bulldogs were held to just one hit, the

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This isn’t a major thing, but in the dog days of the offseason everything may seem that way. So I thought I’d pass this on.The web site SportsbyBrooks has posted an item about Mark Richt putting his house on Lake Hartwell up for sale. Richt just purchased the house a couple years ago, and is now asking $1.99 million for it.Brooks (a UGA graduate) writes:Normally I don’t subscribe to a coach

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If the Georgia baseball team is done playing by Thursday or Friday, then it's done playing. If the Bulldogs are still playing by the weekend, they'll likely be playing next week too. That's pretty much how it breaks down, according to the experts, as the SEC tournament begins Wednesday in Hoover, Ala.Georgia is 28-28 entering the tournament, and plays Vanderbilt in the first round. The Bulldogs

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It’s okay if you hear ‘APR’ and think your credit card rate is about to be jacked up. I’ve been following the NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate for all seven years of its existence, and I still do the same thing.The good news for Georgia fans, and the people associated with its athletic programs, is they probably have more to worry about from their credit cards than the NCAA’s APR. In the date

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We've all had our stabs at what the Georgia football team's position ranking might be at this point, and now the coaches have offered up theirs as well. Here's a link to the official depth chart, released on Monday afternoon.A few notes after a quick scan of the chart:- Caleb King is listed first at tailback, which is no shock, but then it gets interesting: Carlton Thomas is second, followed by

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Here's some sad news from UGA on Monday morning:ATHENS - Former University of Georgia assistant football coach Jim Pyburn died Saturday night in Jasper, Ala., after a long illness.The father of former Georgia quarterback Jeff Pyburn (1976-79), Jim Pyburn coached defensive line, linebackers, and secondary from 1964-79 under UGA head coach Vince Dooley.Born November 1, 1932, in Fairfield, Ala.,

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Here's my interview with SEC commissioner Mike Slive, conducted earlier this week. The biggest news, that Slive and the league will push over-signing legislation, was posted earlier. But as you can tell by reading the Q-and-A, there will be plenty of issues discussed at the upcoming league meetings in Destin, Fla. Here's what stood out to me:- The over-signing "package", as Slive referred to it,

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It may be the dog days of May, but there's still a lot on the minds of Georgia fans. So here's the latest in our popular installment, known as the reader asks a thoughtful and intelligent question, and Mr. Blog Man answers to the best of his ability.Which tends not to be much.Onward and upward.Yesterday on Sicemdawgs.com they listed future non conference opponents. Listed for 2020 & 2021 was

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Another blank has been filled in on the Georgia men’s basketball team’s schedule for next season: Cincinnati will visit on Dec. 2, as part of the SEC-Big East challenge. The matchup was announced Thursday along with the other 11 games. The challenge used to be just four teams, but it has expanded to 12 to accommodate every SEC team. (That still leaves out teams from the Big East, which at last

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It's been a couple weeks, and I've already had a couple unsolicited requests. So I'm opening up the satchel - proverbially, I don't actually own a satchel - for your questions.Possible topics:- The football team's offseason and continuing roster change. Which apparently are not continuing anymore, according to Mark Richt.- Anything football-related. (As if you all needed the invitation.)-

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SEC commissioner Mike Slive has prepared legislation that involves the practice of over-signing – a hot-button issue this year around the league. And Slive has a view on it, and hopes the legislation passes.But the commissioner isn’t saying yet what his view is, or what the package specifically involves."There will be action because (the proposals) will come forth as proposed legislation for the

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GAINESVILLE – Mark Richt’s traditional spring speaking tour is winding down, and it hasn’t been without its fun moments. Recall, if you will, what happened in Macon when a fan asked Richt some pointed questions:The deeply-religious head football coach at Georgia slipped up and now-famously told the fan, “I know what the hell I’m doing, OK?”Richt brought up the exchange himself on Tuesday night,

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GAINESVILLE – Mark Richt is here to speak at the tour stop in Gainesville – that would be Georgia – and per usual he spent a few minutes with us media hacks. First off, Richt didn’t want to say much about A.J. Harmon’s announced transfer. “That’s kind of why you say it’s personal reasons. Because it’s personal,” Richt said. So that’s all I can really say about that.”But Richt did make clear that

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According to various accounts, Jake Scott and Vince Dooley had a falling out years ago and hadn’t talked in awhile. But on the occasion of the announcement that Scott was being inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, Dooley praised Scott as one of his best-ever players – and said he and Scott have been back on good terms for several years.“He had been back to Athens a time or two for

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UGA announced this afternoon that offensive lineman A.J. harmon, who would have been a redshirt junior this season, is transferring.Harmon is leaving for what the team termed "personal reasons." The native of Louisville, Ga., was academically ineligible for the Liberty Bowl.He appeared to make a run at playing time in spring practice, spending some time on the first time at right tackle. But when

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Former Georgia safety Jake Scott has become the 16th former Georgia player or coach to be selected to the College Football Hall of Fame, it was announced on Tuesday.Scott will be inducted on Dec. 6 in New York City. He played at Georgia from 1967-68 and went on to a sterling pro career, earning MVP honors of Super Bowl VII. Some other members of the 2011 induction class include Deion Sanders,

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Last week I asked Mark Richt, while in upstate South Carolina, whether he felt the team in that state would be the favorite to win the SEC East. The Georgia head coach nodded.“My guess is most people will preseason predict them to win the East," Richt said, then ticked off the list: "You’ve got some transition just happened at Tennessee, Florida’s got transition, and we had the season we had. And

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GREENVILLE, S.C. – You could tell this crowd of Georgia fans was a bit out for blood. And Mark Richt, without naming any fellow coaches, was willing to jump on it.It was a meeting of Bulldog faithful in upstate South Carolina on Wednesday evening. These haven’t been good times for their football program, and at previous meetings Richt had taken strong questioning from fans about his own

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GREENVILLE, S.C. - Mark Richt just met with a few of us prior to a Bulldog Club meeting here in upstate South Carolina. It was the first time the Georgia head football coach spoke publicly since the news of Washaun Ealey’s transfer, and predictably Richt took the high road.“You know my only comment on Washaun is that I really wish him the best,” Richt said. “I think that he will find a good place

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