Archive for April, 2009

Munson officially a Hall-of-Famer

From sports comm:
Longtime University of Georgia radio announcer Larry Munson will be inducted into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame during the organization’s 50th Annual Awards program scheduled May 2-4 in Salisbury, NC.
Munson called Georgia football games from 1966 to 2007.  Starting at age 20, Munson began to accumulate lots of experience [...]

Allen, Irvin, Wynn drafted

By now you know that Matthew Stafford (No. 1 overall) is a Lion and Knowshon Moreno (No. 12 overall) is a Bronco, and you probably know that Mohamed Massaquoi went to the Browns in the second round.
But Sunday, Day 2 of the 2009 NFL Draft, was just as busy for former Bulldogs, as they tied [...]

Better off without 24/7?

Quote from coach Mark Richt, from the AP:
“The media, whether we liked it or not, wanted to portray Stafford and Moreno as the team. You couldn’t talk about Georgia without talking about Matthew. You couldn’t talk about Georgia without talking about Moreno. They were great players and they garnered that attention through the production that [...]

Coach Richt Speaks

Coach Richt talks to the press about the team after the G-Day Game. Check out what he has to say.

Kiffin follows Richt's lead with online blogging (and lots more from the SEC coaches teleconference)

Mark Richt is officially a trendsetter.
When Georgia’s head football coach set up a Twitter account four weeks ago, little did he know a fellow SEC coach would decide to follow in his footsteps in this microblogging craze.
“I was reading coach Richt inserted that and we wanted to make sure that we were doing everything we [...]

Random stuff…..

Live from the NCAA Gymnastics Championships in Lincoln, Neb., I’m still thinking of you, the loyal Sanford Knows Best fans.
Michael Carvell does a good job covering recruiting for the AJC, here’s a link to one of his stories  — RB Washaun Ealey says he will be academically eligible.
In other news, Matthew Stafford will be on [...]

Tight with 17 offers waits for Bulldogs to call

Mr. Nick Parker with some more recruiting coverage:
Brian Vogler, a junior tight end prospect from Brookstone School in Columbus, has 17 scholarship offers, which include Auburn, LSU and Florida State.
However, Vogler is missing one offer he really wants – Georgia – and contact from the Bulldogs has declined as of late.
“I don’t have an offer, [...]

G-Day Video Highlights

Spring football awards

Georgia gives out awards to certain players at the end of spring practice every year. Here’s this year’s list, for what it’s worth:
Best All-Around Offensive Player: Clint Boling, OT, Alpharetta
True Grit Award: Ben Jones, C, Centreville, Ala.
Most Improved Offensive Lineman: Casey Nickels, OT, Tignall
Most Improved Player: Marquise Brown, WR, Lanham, Md.
Most Improved Running Back: Carlton [...]

G-Day depth chart

Here’s a link to the depth chart for Saturday’s G-Day game.
(The second teams, Black Team offense and Red Team defense, are truly “piecemealed” together, just like coach Richt has been saying all week. The No. 2 defense has two walk-ons as their only options at D-end…..)