Recruiting Notes

It's an off week for the Dogs so there's not too much going on. While there isn't too much to discuss with the current team, Georgia has recieved some bad news with a few of their recruits. It's hard to juggle the season and recruiting but it's got to be done, Georgia is going to be under a lot of fire for their performance this year. The players will be listening out for coaching changes and roster changes. CMR needs to be on fire trying to keep these recruits together and still on board with Georgia.

In case you don't know, Georgia snatched one of the best recruits out of the state of Florida. Brent Benedict OL out of Jacksonville, FL. Some think he will be the prize of the class. However, last friday Benedict blew his knee out during a game. This is not good news for the Dogs, hopefully he will fully recover and be the player everyone expected him to be. Good luck Brent!

Potentially bad news out of Florida - Nickell Robey CB out of Frostproof high school has opened the doors back up in his recruiting. His decision to do this is based on the fact that their could be some coaching changes at Georgia and because of the Dogs performace this year. Hopefully Georgia can hang on with Robey, something tells me he is gone though. Frostproof has some of the best talent in the nation year in and year out. This could be huge for Georgia, if we can just get one kid to sign with Georgia this could be a huge step for recruiting in the future. Robey said that he is going to speak with Martinez and McClendon this week about what is going on at Georgia (Martinez is going down to Frostproof this week to see Robey, that tells me that Martinez will be the DC for sure next year). He also said that he is now looking at Tennessee and that Florida is still checking up on him regularly. By the way, I know high school football can be boring but if you ever get a chance to watch a Frostproof high school football game(their games get televised sometimes) - watch it! It is incredible how good that football team is, I don't even know if they have a punter, they score at will almost every time.

LINKS:

A list of the Georgia verbal recruits as of now - Scout.com
Also the team rankings for recruiting from Scout


Some position changes could be in store for Samuel, White has already moved - Athens Banner-Harold

Dogs step up and stop the 2-game sadness

It's Monday morning and I actually feel pretty good, the two game losing streak is over. I had a very relaxing weekend, my blood pressure on Saturday was normal for the first time this year, it was nice. My only complaint this morning would be the weather - freezing cold Monday mornings are not my thing.

So, the Dogs got it done on Saturday in front of a monster crowd of 38,340. I thought the defense played exceptional, the d-line absolutely set the tone in this game. Geno Atkins had a great day, he hammered his man all day. I thought the DB's made some great open field tackles. Reshad Jones had a very nice aggressive pick. B Evans was on the field way too much again. I'm not sure if anyone saw the long punt return Price Miller had but he was tackled late in the run from behind. One of the reasons he was tackled, B Evans is running in front of Prince...THERE IS NO ONE IN FRONT OF HIM!! All Evans has to do is block the guy, nope.

The Georgia offense looked ok, not great by any means. However, the key here is that we had a solid showing. We have a week off to get healthy and to get sharp. I hope the team uses the extra week appropriately and by appropriately I mean studying the Gators. Speaking of studying, when I was watching the UF game on Saturday Tebow said in an interview that he watches at least 4 hours of film EVERYDAY on his upcoming opponent. WOW!

Also, I am sure most saw the change on the offense. Bobo will be calling the plays from the field in Jacksonville. If you didn't know, Bobo has always called the plays from the box. He is trying the change, he seemed to like it on Saturday. I think I like it as well. Bobo can get fired up sometimes and it could be a big boost for our offense.

Again Georgia doesn't play again until October 31. The good news with that - the Dogs are expected to get back LB Akeem Dent, LB Marcus Dowtin and FB Shaun Chapas.

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For those of you who watched the UF vs Ark game, you have seen this. I am not saying that this is why Arkansas lost or this is why Florida won, but how are the SEC refs? I got this piece from TheWizofOdds.com

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Another flustered friday

It's another Friday, another college football eve and I am as nervous as ever. It's going to be quick so you can continue "chopping wood" at work. Why am I nervous? Why did I reference "chopping wood"?

I'm nervous as hell because the Dawgs are a week past the UT beatdown. How will they respond? Well, that will be answered on Saturday. What did Richt say about it? "We just have to keep choppin wood"

That doesn't sound like a very confident coach.


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So coach, what's the message for the offese this week? Run more like Knowshon!

OR may we will toss Murray in the game. I think this is a terrible idea btw.

It's not them it's us - The players lay down for the coaches...

How about going to Nashville, beating the life out of Vandy, take a week off, build momentum, get sharp and go to Jacksonville and put up a fight? That's what this team needs, win or lose, just play a solid game.

If you are headed to Nashville, giv'em hell! (and do not wear black!) I will be spending the weekend back home, it's sad to say that I am a year older after yesterday. I look forward to a win, but no matter what I will have it covered on Monday.

Have a great weekend Dawg fans!!

Afternoon update - I didn't read this but apparently others did. I simply can't believe it, we ended pratice EARLY??

The talent on defense, Cuff, & some urban loving

The Georgia football team had a players only meeting yesterday. I like that, hopefully this will serve as some motivation and get us back to a "team" frame of mind. This team needs something to build on. Yes a lot of expectations are gone but it sure would be nice to win out from this point on in the season.


Here is a very interesting article by Chip Towers of the AJC. We saw some defensive stats on Monday, check out the talent level on our defense from this article.

Another note - Vance Cuff was arrested on Monday for driving with a suspended license - he will not play on Saturday.

Mike Bobo video after Tuesday's practice

CMR's weekly presser video

Georgia will not play tech in the Georgia Dome in 2011 - AJC

I'm sorry but I got the biggest laugh out of this. Correct me if I am wrong, but it looks to me like Urban would do anything to get his mouth all over timmy's in this video...guess urban was jealous of spikes in this video

It sounds like UT circled the Georgia game this year as their biggest game. Kiffin has made it clear that this was the one game they wanted to win. He is making recruiting the main effort right now, I am not even sure if he cares too much about most of the other games. He has done nothing but run his mouth since beating Georgia. He is specifically calling recruits about this game. All that's fine I guess, his volunteers did win the game and it wasn't even really close. I just wish the guy would go about his business instead of running his trap. Every time the guy talks it makes me want to just knock his ass out.

Tuesday wrap-up

Ok people, I have read some things today that seem positive.

Richt spoke today about the program:

"I have concerns about the season, of course, with the way we’ve played. As far as the program, we have a very strong program, finishing in the Coaches’ Poll 10 last year, No. 2 in the AP the year before. Six out of seven years in the top 10, that’s not bad.

"That’s the past, I understand that, but when you start talking about a program, you have to look at where we’ve been in recent history. And this season’s not over. I think when some of your main goals become less likely to be attained, it’s tough on everybody. So we’re very concerned about where this season is going and we’re battling as hard as we can battle to get things moving in the right direction this year."

OK. That doesn't mean too much to me?? We hope you aren't bailing out on this season...


Tuesday News -

Vance Cuff should be back and ready to play.

Caleb King is back in the mix. He should be ready to see the field on Saturday.

Richt said that all four running backs will be getting touches this week.

The Best news: Which I still find odd how Richt says it. This all goes back to CMR being "that" coach that cannot deal with his players. So, for the state of the defense Richt doesn't say R Jones, P Miller, and B Evans have been playing poorly. He says, "they are getting too many reps." Like, yeah they have been playing GREAT but they are just getting too many reps. Richt, just say it already!! They have playing terrible and it's time to see what someone else can do.

With that said, you fans can expect to see more of B Smith, Rambo, Cummings, and Pugh. That is if CMR sticks to his comments. He has been known to say things to the press and completely write that off on game day.

Richt also said that Wooten and Brown would see more time on the field.

I will go back to the QB situation. CMR did say that Cox is absolutely the stater still but he did say that Logan could see more valuable playing time.

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Kiffin has declared a recruiting war - AJC -