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Atlanta Journal UGA Beat |
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More SEC signees from Georgia than any other state, by far
MrSEC.com has done some numbers-crunching that quantifies this state’s status as a football recruiting hotbed.
The website counted 65 recruits from Georgia who signed with SEC schools last week, including the 14 Georgians among UGA’s 19 signees. Every SEC school except Mississippi State signed players from Georgia.
No other state came close...
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Da’Rick Rogers-Bacarri Rambo war of words (and other stuff)
Oct. 9 continues to loom larger. That’s the date of the Georgia-Tennessee football game, which became the most compelling on UGA’s 2010 schedule the moment Derek Dooley was named the Vols’ coach. Now, there’s the added storyline of Da’Rick Rogers, the Calhoun High wide receiver who broke a 7-month commitment...
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New LB coach ‘looking forward to’ competing ‘for SEC and national championships’
The Georgia football team’s defensive coaching staff is whole again.
The final opening on the staff was filled this afternoon, when UGA coach Mark Richt hired Warren Belin from Vanderbilt as a linebackers coach.
The addition of Belin, following last month’s hires of Todd Grantham from the Dallas Cowboys as defensive...
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Evans on Signing Day, DC salary, remaining coaching hire, etc.
Athens – At each meeting of the UGA Athletic Association’s board of directors, Damon Evans briefs the board on recent developments in the department. Here’s what Evans, the athletics director, told the board about a range of topics at this week’s meeting:
– On Signing Day: “You never know how the...
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Visits with UGA staff sold Oklahoma’s Stoops on hiring Willie Martinez
OK, it’s official now: Oklahoma has confirmed the hiring of Willie Martinez, the deposed Georgia defensive coordinator, as its defensive backs coach.
And Bob Stoops, Oklahoma’s head coach who is known as a defensive guru, seems pretty thrilled about it.
“Willie is an outstanding coach and someone with a tremendous...
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Damon Evans gets new five-year contract, big raise (UPDATED)
Athens — A new contract for athletics director Damon Evans. A facelift for Stegeman Coliseum. And a new plaza for Sanford Stadium.
Those will be the results of actions taken Wednesday by the board of directors of the University of Georgia Athletic Association.
The board, at its regular quarterly meeting, voted...
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Athens Banner Herald |
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Magill: Another Bulldog champion
Georgia has had 45 former football stars play in the Super Bowl and 23 have been on championship teams, the latest being the New Orleans Saints' offensive right tackle, Jon Stinchcomb.
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Gates a good get
Da'Rick Rogers' switch from a Georgia commitment to a Tennessee signee may have created the biggest wave last week, but the Calhoun receiver was hardly the only recruiting defection that impacted the Bulldogs.
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Macon Telegraph |
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Bulldogs break out for big win
ATHENS — Georgia’s Saturday night 72-58 beating of No. 18 Vanderbilt wasn’t contradicted by a feeling of what could have been this season. The emotion trended to what could continue to be.
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Belin rounds out football staff
ATHENS – It took more than two months, but Georgia’s coaching staff is finally complete.
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Richt hopes tight ends can pick up the slack
ATHENS — The loss of five-star recruit Da’Rick Rogers put a bit of a damper on Georgia’s signing day festivities this week and, perhaps more importantly, it meant the Bulldogs’ depth chart at wide receiver would take a hit going forward.
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Georgia hopes to finish strong
ATHENS — The scene had unfolded too many times.
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New scheme could bring plenty of position changes
ATHENS — Several of Georgia’s top commitments on the defensive side of the ball made it official that they were coming to Athens on Wednesday, but just where they might line up once they arrive remains a bit of a mystery.
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Late losses overshadow much of Georgia’s gains
ATHENS — It wasn’t the day Georgia fans had hoped for, and it wasn’t exactly what Bulldogs recruiting coordinator Rodney Garner was planning for, but this year’s National Signing Day was more about looking at the glass as half full.
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New coaches get trial by fire
ATHENS — The buildup seemed interminable. The finish was frenetic. It was trial by fire to say the least for Georgia’s two new defensive coaches, and while the end results were mixed, Todd Grantham and Scott Lakatos chalked it up as a job well done.
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