Archive for August, 2008

Owens out for season, torn ACL

Defensive tackle Jeff Owens will miss the remainder of the season after tearing his ACL in Georgia’s 45-21 win over Georgia Southern on Saturday.
In a teleconference, head coach Mark Richt announced Owens will have surgery on Sept. 9 to repair the torn ligament.
Richt said there is a possibility that Owens will consider coming back for [...]

Richt to wait before he decides where Boling plays after suspension

Georgia head coach Mark Richt said he will take a wait-and-see approach with regarding offensive lineman Clint Boling when he returns following the Georgia Southern game on Saturday, for which he is suspended for.
Richt said the most likely scenario is that Boling makes a return to the right side of the line, whether it’s at [...]

Richt worried about depth at OL, safety

While Georgia has the number of players to provide depth, head coach Mark Richt said he’s a little worried about the experience those players can provide.
Richt mentioned the offensive line again as a spot where depth might be an issue early.
“Everybody has enough players, but how many experienced players is what we’re talking about,” Richt [...]

Early practice update 8/26

There’s not much to report on as the green jerseys are almost out of sight and out of mind.
Those in a green jersey included Neland Ball, Kalvin Daniels, Makiri Pugh and Kade Weston. Weston was riding the stationary bike outside.
Wide receiver Walter Hill’s hand was clubbed up and he was back in a red jersey.
Also, there [...]

Richt press conference

Judging from head coach Mark Richt’s comments yesterday, one would be inclined to think that Saturday’s opponent, Georgia Southern was ranked No. 17 in the AP poll, not in the Football Championship Subdivision poll.
“They are a team that has had tremendous success over the years,” Richt said in a press conference. “Appalachian State only lost [...]

Offense has "sloppy" practice

Rain forced practice to be moved up Monday night, and head coach Mark Richt said that wasn’t really a good thing.
“Practice I thought was pretty bad, considering we’re five days away and our last day in pads,” he said.
“We did move up practice to try and beat the weather forecast…it blew over and (practice) wasn’t [...]

SEC and ESPN reach 15 year agreement to broadcast conference games

The SEC and ESPN reached an unprecedented deal to broadcast a variety of games from the conference for 15 years beginning in 2009 that is worth 2.25 billion dollars.
This agreement is the longest in ESPN’s history and was announced today by ESPN’s president George Bodenheimer and SEC commissioner Mike Slive. Games televised nationally by ESPN [...]

Moreno and King out of green

It’s raining at the practice fields, but the fact that both Knowshon Moreno and Caleb King were wearing red instead of what’s become their usual green may be a ray of sunshine for Georgia fans.
Fullback Brannan Southerland was walking around in pads and a green jersey, but didn’t partake in any drills that I saw.
More [...]

Give Uga VII an (unofficial) nickname

All past Uga’s have had nicknames (Uga VI was unofficially known as “Uga V’s Whatchagot Loran”), and that got me thinking.We students don’t really have any say, but I was curious what the public thinks—what would you want Uga VII’s nickname to be? You can post suggestions here or e-mail them to me at testep@randb.com. The [...]

Injuries starting to wind down, Stafford continuing to impress

With far fewer green jerseys on the field Saturday, coach Mark Richt said that everything is starting to improve, from the flow of practices to overall morale.
“(Having more guys on the field) makes it easier on everybody. Just the planning of the practice, the peace of mind for the coaches just knowing that they’ve got [...]