Tight end Bruce Figgins might have one more chance to play this season against Tennessee next week before he undergoes season ending surgery on an injured shoulder.
“Figgins wants to (play),” head coach Mark Richt said. “He’s allowed to play one more game. Technically he could play, one more game, and he’s trying to play against [...]

Running back Knowshon Moreno was at practice and in pads today, but wearing a bandaged around his elbow.
Moreno suffered an elbow contusion on Saturday in Georgia’s 41-30 loss against Alabama.
Among the others in green were receivers Mohamed Massaquoi (unlcear) and Tavarres King (ankle), both of whom were not wearing pads. Defensive back Sanders Commings was also wearing green but [...]

Fellow football writer Tyler Estep and I were privileged to be able to get a behind the scenes look at ESPN’s College GameDay today.
We were able to talk with ESPN College GameDay analysts Kirk Herbstriet and Lee Corso, GameDay contributor Desmond Howard and GameDay senior coordinating producer Michael Fountain. They talked about many things, including [...]

Legendary quarterback and Athens native Fran Tarkenton is no stranger to big games.
Tarkenton was a part of the 1959 SEC Championship team that defeated Auburn 14-13. In that game, Tarkenton threw a 13-yard touchdown late in the fourth quarter to win the SEC for the Bulldogs. That team ended up beating Missouri 14-0 in the [...]

Freshman Ben Jones will start again at center this week after earning his first career start against Arizona State.
Jones, a freshman from Centreville, Ala., played almost the entire game at center against Arizona State.
However, Richt knows Jones has a big challenge in front of him in 6-5, 365 pound defensive tackle Terrence Cody.
“Yeah it’s a [...]

So I’m feeling just a tad bit tired after this weekend. Jet lag will do that to you.
Regardless, it’s good to be back in Athens after Georgia put it on Arizona State 27-10 in the desert.
Anyway, this Monday Morning Hangover comes to you by way of print. Tyler Estep is still not feeling the best [...]

Head coach Mark Richt said long snapper Jeff Henson will not return to the Georgia football team this year.
Henson was suspended indefinitely after he was involved in an alcohol related incident this summer where he was urinating in public. This was Henson’s second alcohol related offense in one year.
“Right now Jeffrey will not be returning,” [...]

Prior to the season opening game versus Georgia Southern, head coach Mark Richt commented on how he wished that the weather had been warmer prior to the game.
And before the team travels to Tempe, Ariz., and the 100-degree weather that awaits, he certainly wished that Mother Nature had been more co-operative.
“I don’t want to make [...]

With an expected high of 100 and clear skies in Tempe’s Saturday forecast as of Tuesday night, Georgia coach Mark Richt’s Tuesday press conference turned into a meteorological discussion, among other things. Here are the highlights:

“A new experience for us. It would have maybe been nice to go in a day early, do some sightseeing [...]

Running back Knowshon Moreno only got 14 carries in last season’s game against South Carolina, and that had head coach Mark Richt scratching his head before Thursday’s practice.
“That was not good. I wish we would have given it to him more,” he said. “I think I was partially responsible for that happening too, I’m not [...]