A couple of quick reads, but first, I want to point out a great interview that David Ching (and others) had with Coach Mark Richt. There were quite a few interesting points, and I would like to highlight a few:
- There’s a lot about the Richt family’s mission trip to Honduras. Coach admits to not being the greatest goalie, and he wants to take some of the players back next summer.
- He talks about the incremental transitioning of Coach Bobo into play-caller and offensive coordinator.
- The big news, the 2002 preseason camp was the craziest. Lots of people wanted to quit the team, including David Pollack, who ended up in Richt’s office crying one day. Luckily, most (if not all) finished the drill.
- Coach likes night games more.
- Lastly, Richt thinks that if the NCAA wants to limit game time (and prevent many injuries) they should not have kickoffs and start play somewhere around the 25-yard line. He notes that Boss Bailey, Reggie Brown, Thomas Brown, DeCory Bryant were all injured on kickoffs.
And for the other highlights today…
You might have heard already, but Georgia Tech’s Ramblin’ Wreck was wrecked this past weekend.
Some GT engineers were taking the Wreck to Savannah when the axle on the trailer broke, causing the car towing the Wreck to veer off I-75. Must not have been mechanical engineers. The first irony was that they didn’t have insurance for the Wreck.
Anyways, in today’s AJC (registration required), the Tech guys said they wouldn’t allow pictures of the wrecked Wreck to be taken, fearing the pictures would be used to “deviously.” You see, the Georgia Sports Blog had already offered $100 to whoever could send pictures of the wrecked Wreck.
Right there on the front page of the AJC they said no pictures.
And then Macon TV station WMAZ posted pictures and video of the wreck online this morning.
They couldn’t drive their Wreck, and neither could they defend it from devious picture taking. I love it.
Larry Munson, the voice of Georgia Bulldogs football since 1966, is “50-50″ as to whether he will be announcing on Saturdays this fall.
This is quite a shocker for those in the Bulldog Nation. We all knew Munson’s time was coming to an end, but no one wants to see it happen. Hopefully Larry will be back for at least one more season between the hedges.
Hat tip: Paul Westerdawg.
Today’s big list of updates:
- Public university students all over Georgia will have to take the Regents’ Exam earlier (ABH & Gwinnett Daily Post). Instead of being able to take the test anytime before students receive 45 hours, now they will have to take it before or right after they begin their freshman fall semester.
- Vehicles broken into at Lodge of Athens (ABH).
- The conflict study we reported on Monday is making big waves, and is featured on Slashdot.
- AJC interview with football recruit Jonathon Owens.
- Georgia ranked as preseason #14 in football (AJC).
- AJC blog discusses football suspensions.
- Another AJC blog reminisces on the old days of Georgia football.
Here ya go:
And my favorite quote of the day is from Paul Westerdawg, on yesterday’s arrests of Tripp Chandler and Blake Barnes:
That said…what sort of dipshit walks down Lumpkin Street at 3:00 am with an open beer? That’s a freshman move. Academic seniors (redshirt juniors) like Barnes should know that the Athens and UGA cops live for the open container arrest.
This morning UGA’s third-string quarterback Blake Barnes and tight end Tripp Chandler were arrested for alcohol-related offenses. Barnes was jailed for open container and supplying alcohol to a minor (Chandler) and Chandler was busted for open container and underage possession.
The boys were arrested at 2077 South Lumpkin with brews in their hands.
The ACC jail report is here.
See more here (R&B) and here (ABH).
Both will miss some games (at least 10% of the season). The loss of Chandler is a major hit, as he was set to be the starting tight end for the Bulldogs this fall.
The punishment for both will most likely be decided tomorrow, as Coach Richt is out of town until tomorrow.
Check back here for more updates on the situation.
*UPDATE*
Coverage is increasing. See the AJC, DawgSports, Rivals.com, and Scout.com.
There has been a lot of UGA sports news this week, and we’re gonna try to hit all of it in one big pass.
And lastly, according to the Shreveport Times, apparently Alabama coach Nick Saban had some words for Mark Richt at the SEC Conference:
But then Saban walked by, gave a friendly hello and told Richt he had recently been in an Athens, Ga., nightclub to watch his son Nicholas Saban’s band play and said he noticed a lot of Georgia’s football players at the club.
Richt was obviously taken aback by the comments. Was Saban kidding? Does Saban, who spends a lot of off time in north Georgia on Lake Burton, realize that Richt just lost Parade All-American, redshirt freshman linebacker Akeem Hebron? Hebron just transferred after being suspended for two semesters following a pair of recent alcohol-related arrests.
Richt had no comment, but witnesses said he did not appear cordial and seemed angry.
Email from UGA about the new UGA Alert System:
TO: UGA Faculty, Staff and Students on campus for summer 2007
The University of Georgia is pleased to offer a new emergency notification system to faculty, staff and students. Although university campuses are usually safe places, emergencies and disasters do occur. Because UGA is committed to keeping you as safe as possible, we are providing UGAAlert to alert you in the event of an emergency. UGAAlert is a voluntary program that will be used only in the event of a real emergency and may be useful when users may not have access to other means of communication. During this phased rollout, users will logon to the registration page (www.ugaalert.uga.edu) and enter up to three telephone numbers and two email addresses to receive emergency alerts. Users must have a valid UGA MyID to register. At this time, we are asking only students, faculty and staff who are on campus during Summer 2007 to register. Continued registration will be in effect through Fall 2007 as others return to campus. All messages from UGAAlert should be taken seriously be!
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use the system will be used ONLY in the event of a real emergency when time is of the essence. To register or see a list of frequently asked questions, log on to www.ugaalert.uga.edu.
The poor formatting is UGA, and not mine.
The suspect that UGA Police were looking for yesterday has been apprehended, according to an email sent to the Archnews listserv:
TO: University Community
FROM: UGA Police
Based on a tip from an alert UGA employee, UGA Police today apprehended Letorris McDuffie, for whom a lookout had been issued yesterday. He faces multiple charges for recent thefts on the UGA campus. McDuffie is not currently an employee of or associated with Martin Mechanical, Inc. The University of Georgia Police Department thanks those in our community who provided information related to this individual. Anyone with additional information related to these thefts or others is urged to call UGA Police at 706-542-2200.
