Monthly Archives: February 2010

Be the ball, Danny.

Well, everybody in Athens sure sounds fired up these days.  Just listen to Marcus Dowtin: “I look at the guys at my position and the people around that position with the Cowboys, and I just see the energy and how … Continue reading

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Excuses, excuses

Sounds like a bit of seed-planting making the rounds in Baton Rouge: … Miles knows the climate. He will not speak about it specifically in public. But he knows what the score is. He is well aware that he has … Continue reading

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Too much information

I keed, I keed. Seriously, how’d you like that massive data dump that emanated from Butts-Mehre yesterday?  We’ve got defensive players lining up every which way, players getting reassigned to new positions, lots of “nothing is etched in stone” talk … Continue reading

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Hey, ACC, it’s your mockery now.

The ACC gears up for its inaugural appearance in Shreveport.  Feel the excitement. The closest Atlantic Coast Conference school to Shreveport is Georgia Tech, some 597 miles away in Atlanta. Seven members of the Southeastern Conference are within that range. … Continue reading

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On the orange-tinged horns of a dilemma

Tucked inside this article about how Tennessee is restoring its three-strikes policy for student athletes’ drug testing is this gem: Carpenter added that UT is also considering some type of gun policy for student athletes, but there are legal issues … Continue reading

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All I want.

In response to this poll, I can honestly say that I don’t care what the next mascot looks like as long as he’s got some of this in him:

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There’s more to it than directional kicking.

The new kid on the block has some big shoes to fill. Richt said that Warren Belin will coach the kickoff-coverage team, Bryan McClendon will handle the punt return and block units, and John Lilly will coordinate special-teams meeting and … Continue reading

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Footloose: inviting the snark

Damned if these quotes don’t make you bite your (virtual) tongue. “It’s a whole lot different, especially with the footwork that Coach (Scott) Lakatos is teaching us,” Rambo said of working with his new defensive backs coach. “Most of the … Continue reading

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Blind Sided

You know, for a guy who’s got a lot to say (h/t The Wiz) about a lot of things, Ed Orgeron sure is tight-lipped about one incident: Question: Soon after you arrived here, the controversy arose regarding your contact with … Continue reading

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Butts-Mehre roundup: everybody’s talking.

Except for Searels, of course. Seriously, lots of stuff to digest, courtesy of the beat writers who’ve done a great job feeding us with something to tide us over for a week or so until spring practice gets underway. Here … Continue reading

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