Spring Practice

Spring Practice

Soon Georgia's football spring practice will be starting. It starts Monday, March 3 and finishes up Saturday, April 5 with the G-Day game. It should be pretty easy practices because we didn't lose many starters. I think the biggest position we need to work on is the kicker. I know Blair Walsh is coming in as a highly ranked kicker, but he won't be here for Spring Practice.

What # are you?

Numbers are a big deal in any college sport. It doesn't matter what sport it's in, college players want good numbers, whether it's in how many points you put up, how many yards you throw or run, or what the number on the back of your jersey is. Numbers Count! Georgia's redshirt freshmen understand this and have already snagged the jersey numbers they want.

Quarterback Logan Gray traded his number 19 jersey for Kregg Lumpkin's number 6 jersey.

Running back Caleb King traded the number 22 jersey for his old, number 4 jersey which was previously worn by Sean Bailey.

Wide receiver Tavarres King is number 12.

Running back Richard Samuel has number 22 while Dontavious Jackson will be wearing number 27.

Center Ben Jones will be wearing number 61.

Some players aren't able to get the numbers they want because a Senior may already be wearing their old number or in Asher Allen's case it could be retired.

"My number was 21 but that was retired by [Frank] Sinkwich and I found out very quickly nobody was touching that one," said Allen, a junior from Tucker. "So then they brought up, how about the number 2? I'd never worn a single digit. I always wore 10 or 21. But I just said, 'Let's do something different.' And I'm loving it now. I really like my number 2 now."

Some like Matthew Stafford got lucky.

Contrary to what some might think, Stafford — a lifelong and dedicated wearer of the number 7 — was not promised the digit by the Bulldogs despite being one of the most highly touted quarterback prospects in the country.

"It was open both at Texas and here," Stafford said. "It worked out perfect because Bryan Evans wanted 3 but D.J. Shockley was here his first year so [Evans] wore 7 and, when Shock left, Bryan went back to 3. So it was wide open for me."

National Signing Day

National Signing Day

Yesterday was National Signing Day and Georgia signed 23 of the 25 players that had committed. Only one player backed out at the last minute. Dwayne Allen had been having second thoughts since Monday. He called a press conference to say that he would stick with his commitment to Georgia. Obviously his decision changed Wednesday morning when he decided to sign with Clemson.

Sign Here and Here

The 23 players that committed includes:

Ben Jones
Tavarres King
Richard Samuel
Bryce Ros
Dontavius Jackson
Bacarri Rambo
DeAngelo Tyson
Sanders Commings
Christian Robinson
Brandon Boykin
Jeremy Longo
Blair Walsh
Toby Jackson
Jonathan Owens
Cordy Glenn
A.J. Harmon
Xavier Avery
Marcus Dowtin
Makiri Pugh
A.J. Green
Carlton Thomas
Cornelius Washington
Nick Williams

Rivals has rated Georgia as the number 6 class, ESPN rated Georgia number 5 and, Scout rated Georgia number 4.

Some people think that Georgia will be Preseason # 1. I think that we should be as well. With all the talent we have coming in (A.J. Green & Blair Walsh) and all the players we have coming back (Matthew Stafford, Knowshon Moreno, & Brannan Southerland), not to mention all the players who redshirted in 2007 (Logan Gray, Israel Troupe, & Caleb King) I think we have a great chance of being ranked number 1 at the beginning of next season. Georgia only loses about 6 starters, so we have a huge advantage over schools who lose more than that.

I personally can't wait until next years season. I think that 2008 or 2009 (maybe even both) will be the year we win a National Championship. Maybe Moreno or Stafford can win the Heisman along with it!

23 Players Join Georgia Team

Signing day for the 2008 Georgia football team was held yesterday Feburary 6, 2008. The day went well even though Georgia lost one of it's top recruits, not to mention the coach's son. Georgia racked up many top recruits including Ben Jones, an offensive lineman from Alabama and A.J. Green, a scary good reciever.

Recruits

These two and 21 others are among the 5th ranked class in the nation this year. What did Richt have to say about the class? "We did a fantastic job of meeting our needs." Richt said.

The Coach's Son

Of course, Richt was asked about his son's decision to attend Clemson instead of Georgia. He replied that it wouldn't be healthy for him, me, or the program. He thinks it is a good idea for him to go to Clemson because he may get playing time there, where as at Georgia, Stafford has the job pretty much wrapped up.

Overall, there are 23 players ready to join the ones we already have and prepare for a run to the national championshiop in 2008.It's scary how loaded we are going to be.