Important blog note [28 Jul 11, 8:00pm] 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 th…
Inside linebacking corps takes yet another hit [28 Jul 11, 1:17pm] 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…
Another Jarvis Jones update [27 Jul 11, 7:19pm] 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 Adam…
The word from veterans: Malcolm Mitchell, Chris Sanders are standing out [27 Jul 11, 5:42pm] 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.Defensi…
Mike Bobo talks about the busy offseason, and where it leaves the offense [27 Jul 11, 2:27pm] 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 lit…
UGA Women's Tennis Scores 6-1 Victory Over Mizzou [27 Jan 12, 11:26pm] The sixth-ranked Georgia women's team hosted the Missouri Tigers today as part of an Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Kick-Off Weekend. The match was the first between Mizzou and UGA, but will not be the last as the Tigers start SEC pla…
Offseason Project: Stock a Bar [27 Jan 12, 8:49pm] National Signing Day is less than a week away; the offseason is about to get real, y'all. I don't know about you, but the only way I can deal with the crippling depression that accompanies the knowledge that football is seven months away i…
The 2012 Dawg Sports Stretch Run Recruiting Pick 'Em Contest. [27 Jan 12, 10:00am] As you probably know, National Signing Day for prospective college football players is a mere 6 days away. Traditionally Mark Richt and his staff have had the hay in the barn, so to speak, for weeks by now. 2012 however has been a little different, m…
Need more linemen. [27 Jan 12, 8:27am] Insert picture of cows jumping into Sanford now. We got a million "play makers". I am tired of not having enough guards. Now, I get it. I liked to run and catch the ball. When I was 15. But at 40, I really wouldn't mind lining…
Lady Bulldogs Torpedoed by Commodores in 20-Point Women's Hoops Beatdown [27 Jan 12, 4:24am] Andy Landers’s Lady Bulldogs, playing on the road in Nashville’s Memorial Gymnasium on Thursday night, struggled mightily with a Vanderbilt club that came into the game sporting a 2-4 ledger in conference play, ultimately falling by a 68-48 final…
Returning Dawgs set the bar for 2012 (and some early thoughts on the defense) [13 Jan 12, 10:09pm] Georgia held a press conference this afternoon to announce, confirm, settle, and resolve that Orson Charles would be the only early departure from the 2011 team. Much of this news leaked out earlier in the week, but a lot of that was second-hand info…
“I’m coming back.” [12 Jan 12, 6:25pm] Georgia will miss Orson Charles, but if you told me a month ago that he’d be the only early departure from the 2011 squad, I’d have considered it foolishly optimistic. We feared that Charles’s announcement yesterday would open the floodgates, b…
Thompkins and Leslie combine for the alley-oop [10 Jan 12, 5:56pm] It’s a combination we were fortunate enough to see several times while the two played for Georgia, and it was nice to see Thompkins feed Leslie for Travis’s first NBA dunk last night. It’s great to see them both find a spot on an NBA roster.
Basketball prepares for SEC play: Part Two [5 Jan 12, 11:35pm] We pick things back up with the Lady Dogs. The Team: Georgia lost only one player from last season’s Sweet 16 group, but it was a significant loss: Porsha Phillips was Georgia’s top rebounder and a big presence inside on both ends of the court. W…
Basketball prepares for SEC play: Part One [5 Jan 12, 6:25pm] The new year means that basketball season is about to head into conference play. For the women, SEC action is already underway. The Lady Dogs had an impressive win over Arkansas last Sunday, and they’ll be in Knoxville tonight. The men start things…
Take this for what it’s worth. [28 Jan 12, 1:06pm] Mel Kiper likes the senior talent on Georgia’s defense this season. Filed under: Georgia Football
A single, hazy event. [28 Jan 12, 12:59pm] After seeing some of the images from JoePa’s funeral, the question I wished somebody had asked Paterno was whether he would allow any of his grandchildren to spend unsupervised time with Jerry Sandusky. An honest answer to a question like … Con…
It takes a big man… [28 Jan 12, 12:50pm] Even when he does the right thing, Charlie Weis can’t help indulging his inner ass. Because nothing says class like getting in a pissing match with a 19-year old: “Today, Brock Berglund is released from his scholarship at KU to … Continue rea…
A brief recrootin’ post [27 Jan 12, 2:08pm] It’s pretty apparent that I don’t get into the weeds at GTP when it comes to recruiting. I simply don’t have the time or the energy that sites like LHB do (and do well, by the way). But I know … Continue reading →
Two totally irrelevant items [27 Jan 12, 1:52pm] You guys know I rarely leave the college football reservation here – music excepted – but I stumbled across a couple of things that for some reason, really stuck with me. So, I thought, why not share? If you’re only … Continue reading →
Not to bag on an old point... [12 Jan 12, 5:14pm] But I was watching ESPN this morning, and Kiper has us as his #5 team coming back. The reasons? A Defense that loses one starter, and Aaron Murray.Now...just a little realism.Our defense, while stout at times, did give up big points against Boise a…
Caleb King to play for Vikings [26 Dec 11, 9:23pm] Yes, it's official - Caleb King is better than a one-legged Adrian Peterson. Peterson tore both his ACL and MCL this week, and former Dawg Caleb King has been signed to take his roster spot.Good luck, Caleb.Go Dawgs.
Merry Christmas, Dawgfans! [25 Dec 11, 5:54pm] Sending a hearty Merry Christmas out there to all of the readers who stop by the page. Thank you so much for giving me a forum in which to express my thoughts, and for being responsive to them as well. I feel blessed to be a contributor, and honore…
For Mr Sanchez, who doesn't believe I am Me... [15 Dec 11, 10:19pm] Mr. Sanchez has now suggested that I am an internet fraud, that I am holding myself out to be "Ben Dukes" while in fact, not being who I say I am.Now, while it's true that I could grab photos of "Ben Dukes" from the web, from…
A note on blog censorship... [15 Dec 11, 5:49pm] A couple of days ago, my lil blog was visited by good ol "Mr Sanchez" of Sports and Grits infamy. Now, he apparently took some offense to my mention of their blog in a recent post, when I "implied" that perhaps their blog sometim…
