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The Publisher Cheri Leavy I was raised on Georgia football; that was a no-brainer with generations of Bulldogs in my family. My parents have always come to Athens from the coast to follow the men’s and lady’s basketball. But I must admit it wasn’t until recent years that I began to take interest in other UGA sports besides the Dawgs on the gridiron.

All I can tell you now is I am hooked! I sat on the edge of my seat throughout the entire Georgia-Tennessee backand-forth lady’s basketball thriller this past week. The crowd was loud and wild and easily the sixth man (or woman!) for the Lady Dogs’ team. It was much the same excitement at the Gym Dogs’ season opener against Stanford when Senior Courtney McCool posted a 9.925 in Georgia’s final routine on the floor to clinch a slim 195.150-195.050 victory. The sold out Stegeman’s 10,000 fans were holding their breath for the score but we knew in our hearts McCool had definitely nailed it. And Coach Mark Fox and his boys have me enamored as well. Their game against Tennessee was not a nailbiter like the aforementioned but Travis Leslie’s play was just as thrilling.

I am looking forward to some swim meets as I can only imagine the affable Coach Bauerle is fun to see in action with his athletes. The tennis teams have been collecting Ws and I look forward to some time at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex. And last season I was a rabid Diamond Dawgs’ fan and that starts up again late February. I tell you what, “it is great to be a Georgia Bulldog!”

And it is great to get to know other die-hard dawgs, super fans like Jeff Bell. Jeff Bell supports all 16 UGA sports. I am not kidding; he attends everything he can. Before he lived in the Athens area, his family would travel over for what he calls the “trifecta weekends.” These are weekends set up with all the teams at home in Athens: gymnastics on Friday, men’s basketball on Saturday and women’s basketball on Sunday. I checked the calendar for those of you out-of-towners and discovered we have two coming up. (Feb. 5- Gym Dogs vs. Kentucky, Feb. 6- Hoop Dawgs vs. Vanderbilt and Feb. 7- Lady Dogs vs. South Carolina) and (Feb. 12- Gym Dogs vs.

Arkansas, Feb. 13- Hoop Dawgs vs. South Carolina and Feb 14- Lady Dogs vs. Alabama) I bet most men would deem this a fabulous Valentine’s weekend from their sweethearts.

Speaking of sweethearts, I had the role of Bulldawg Illustrated’s Tweetheart until I uploaded twitter to my husband Vance’s i-Phone. Now I hear the bird tweet noise constantly as he checks in with hundreds of our tweeps also keeping up with the latest news on the #dawgs. It is quite a loyal crew of Bulldogs and I encourage to join in the fun, we are @bd_illustrated. I still tweet on the account and usually you can tell which one of us it is as mine are fanfare and his are more in the action. I am also engaging with folks about all things Athens under @guide2athens and then fellow fashionista Brandy Chandler and I partner on @StreetChicVlog to talk style.

Social Media is a contact sport for Bulldogs so get in touch on twitter. Look us up on facebook under Friends of Bulldawg Illustrated. We have fan pages for guide2athens and StreetChicVlog on facebook too.

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The EDITOR Ryan Scates As I sit and eat this big orange on my desk, I cannot help but smile.

You see, I am somewhat of an anomaly. I come from a family of dedicated Tennessee Vols. Around the holidays I am kind of like a red pimento speck in a big ol’ orange cheese sandwich.

Well, since Wednesday, Georgia and Tennessee athletic programs have squared off four times in Athens.

And since Wednesday, Georgia beat all four of those Volunteer teams.

It doesn’t get much better than that.

Andy Landers and the Lady Dogs kicked things off on Wednesday with an epic coaching matchup that we previewed here at B.I. Athens in Issue One. The rivalry did not disappoint, as a crowd of over 7,700 filled Stegeman to see the Lady Dogs beat Tennessee in Athens for the first time in 10 years. Freshman Jasmine James, a Memphis girl, turned in a killer performance to help take down her home state’s most decorated basketball program.

Next up were the Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving teams. Both Georgia teams were coming off of tough losses on the road at Texas, and the Lady Dawgs were defending a home winning streak that stretched back 68 meets. Both teams barreled over Tennessee like a pirate ship busting up the Vol Navy.

Finally there was Saturday night’s high-flying, fast-breaking, adrenaline-pumping woodshed beating that Coach Mark Fox and the Hoop Dawgs laid on Bruce Pearl and the 8thRanked Tennessee men’s basketball team.

I have never heard Stegeman rock like it did after Travis Leslie’s windmill dunk in the first half of that game. And who would have thought that a Georgia basketball team would be up by 24 points on a top 10 foe with less than eight minutes to play?

With all of the success that Georgia is having over on South Campus, the bar has been raised for our second issue here at Bulldawg Illustrated Athens.

I am especially proud of this edition as it includes an exclusive interview from Gym Dogs coach Jay Clark on how his team is responding to adversity. Clark is an intense guy with the experience and vision to keep that program at a championship level, and I am excited to see the Gym Dogs bounce back from what has been an underwhelming start to 2010.

It has been a fun two weeks in Athens, and being in the heat of SEC basketball season, here is to hoping that we hear the old cheer well into tournament play.

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For die-hard Georgia fans, Thursday night January 21, 2010 was truly a special one. At 7:00, the eighthranked Lady Bulldog basketball team, which has ascended back to the nation’s top 10 after a three year drop to good from elite, took on arch-rival, No. 3 Tennessee. Halfway around the world, one of Georgia’s greatest and classiest athletes ever, some five hours later, would take on the fast Frenchman Fael Monfils in the round of 32 at the Australian Open, tennis’s first major of the year.

While wrapping up my afternoon talk show on Athens Sportsradio 960 “The Ref,” I said to my friend and stellar co-host Chris Brame that I was going to be greedy and ask for “a double-header.”

It was a night to remember.

The Lady Dogs and Tennessee went back-and-forth in an instant Athens classic that featured 16 lead changes and ten ties. Senior sensation Ashley Houts and freshman backcourt mate Jasmine James had been cold all game, but after outstanding defense kept the Lady Dogs in the game, both hit clutch three pointers to put Georgia on the edge. Porsha Phillips scored on a nifty pass from Houts to give Georgia a 51-50 lead with 39 seconds to go. After a James steal, she missed the front end of a one-and-one, and Phillips was able to corral a monster offensive rebound. She delivered at the line to put Georgia up by three.

A tremendous defensive effort kept the Lady Vols from getting a good look, and a raucous Stegeman Coliseum crowd went into a state of euphoria, as the Lady Dogs had wrapped up an unforgettable 53-50 victory, arguably the program’s biggest triumph in a decade.

It was one thing to get to that

point, to be in a top ten vs. top ten contest with first place in the Southeastern Conference, but to deliver a victory … that took it to a different level.

With a monumental triumph wrapped up, it was onto the television to watch “Big John” down under in the first grand slam of the year.

Carrying the momentum of a round of 16 appearance in the U.S. Open highlighted by a memorable victory over Andy Roddick, Isner won his first professional title in New Zealand on the eve of Melbourne.

Isner, who led Georgia to an undefeated national championship in 2007, won the first set and was in control in the second. Then the match turned and Monfils took control.

But Isner would battle back after dropping the second set and falling behind a break in the third. He won consecutive tie-breakers and joined select company in advancing to the round of 16 in consecutive majors.

During the match, ESPN did a nice piece of Isner, and featured a slew of footage and sound featuring Georgia’s Manny Diaz, the country’s top coach, and lots of scenes from the Dan Magill Tennis Complex. Included was a super-sized singles draw from the ’07 NCAAs, where Isner advanced to the finals, where he dropped a heartbreaker 7-6 in the decisive third set.

John then said, “but this is what really mattered, the team tournament, where we won 4-0, 4-0, 4-0, 4-0, 4-1 and 4-0 to complete the season undefeated with the national championship.”

The match ended at around 3:45 eastern time … and I’ve never been happier to have my annual sleeping pattern disruption from the Australian Open.

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Baseball’s Cooper Moseley wins National Umpires Assc. player of the Year/Sportsmanship Award Former Dawg Sundiata Gaines hits game winning shot to lead Jazz over Cavaliers

Track Dawg’s Torrin Lawrence Sets Collegiate Record In 300-Meter Dash Men’s Tennis extends home win streak to 62 matches with win over USC-Upstate

Jasmine Hassell scores career-high 20 points in Lady Dawgs tough loss to Ole Miss #4 Georgia Women’s Tennis Team Cruises Past South Florida 5-2 In Season Opener Thompkins and Leslie lead Hoop Dawgs over the Vols with 21 and 19 points Track Dawg’s Tommy Barrineau breaks school’s heptathlon record

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Despite tough loss to Ole Miss, season continues to be special After posting a perfect record over nonconference opponents that included Oklahoma and Rutgers, Landers’ ladies have been hanging tough in the SEC, beating up Tennessee in a game where they were severely outsized. The Lady Dogs have also posted convincing wins over SEC opponents in Florida and Arkansas.

The Lady Dogs ran out to a school-record 16-0 start before finally dropping their first game to Vanderbilt in Nashville.

Landers’ squad now stands at 18-2, the second loss following the landmark Tennessee victory in a nail-biter against Ole Miss. The Lady Dogs overcame a double digit deficit in the second half only to have their hearts broken at the hands of a Rebel three pointer, sunk with a mere five seconds on the clock.

Considering the 2010 team features more

freshman than returning letter-winners, a certain degree of inconsistency is to be expected.

The Lady Dogs’ triumphant return to the top of the conference was what Coach Andy Landers compared to validating a ticket. Landers knows, however, that if this team is going to keep its successes through the SEC schedule, the offense must improve.

After the Tennessee win, Landers explained to the media, “I’ll be shocked if by sometime in that first second week of February if this team’s not scoring 15 more points a game. We have the ability.”

Judging by player responses, Landers’ message is not falling on deaf ears in the locker room.

“We are by no means where we need to be, where we want to be,” said Senior Ashley Houts. “The fact that we’ve come together, and

really pulled together and fought to do something to put our names in the history books, that’s really meant a lot.”

Senior Angel Robinson echoed Houts’ and Landers’ improvement-centered mentality, “Just looking at our record, I’m like ‘wow’, but when I step out on the court I’m like ‘we have so much potential that we haven’t gotten to yet.’ That’s how we look at it.”

The Lady Dogs head on the road to face Western division foes Mississippi State and Auburn before returning to Stegeman for a big-time matchup with LSU. Can Landers and his team fulfill their selfproclaimed potential and return to the top of the SEC? “I think we can be one of the top teams in the nation, if we put our minds to it,” added Angel Robinson. photos and story by Ryan Scates

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Breakthrough ... Signature win ... Woodshed beating Call it what you may, but there is no question that the Bulldogs’ 78-63 victory over the 8th ranked Tennessee Volunteers sent a clear message to the rest of the SEC. Georgia basketball is a force to be reckoned with.

The difference on this night was that for the first time since conference play opened, Georgia refused to beat themselvs on the hardwood.

After giving up second half leads to Kentucky, Ole Miss and Mississippi State, the Dawgs finally got out of their own way and finished off Tennessee with a strong second half.

After the game, Coach Fox credited the victory to improved passing and stronger play coming from the Georgia bench.

After hearing SEC coaches talk time and time again about how harder it was to beat the Georgia team in 2010, (Kentucky’s Mark Calipari even called for Mark Fox to be named midseason coach of the year) it was good to hear Tennessee’s Bruce Pearl deliver the first post-game sound bytes from a defeated SEC opponent.

“We didn’t get beat because we came in overconfident or because we didn’t respect our opponent,’’ said Bruce Pearl, the man who put Tennessee basketball back on the map. “We got beat by a better team today, it was clear.’’

While much of the Georgia contingent was blown away by just how dominant the Dawgs played against the Vols, the team was just as surprised by the fans’ transformation of Stegeman Coliseum from a humble arena known for gymnastics into a hardwood house of horrors where SEC opponents are stopped in their tracks.

The Tennessee game marked the Hoop Dawgs first home sellout in two years, and the most raucous student section seen on campus since Georgia beat Auburn…in football.

"There won't be a lot of people who win here. I'm certain of that," Pearl said after the game.

Albert Jackson echoed the sentiments of many Georgia players during post-game interviews. “I wish the fans would understand how much it helps us when they come

out,” he said. “When you get tired, the fans boost you.”

And for when the fans get tired, well, there is Travis Leslie. The acrobatic guard from Decatur posted his fourth highlight on ESPN’s Sportscenter “Top Ten Plays” in three weeks with a windmill dunk that was specifically designed “to give the fans something to cheer for”, as Leslie put it after the game. Leslie flirted with a tripledouble, a feat never accomplished by a Georgia player, posting 19 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists against the Vols.

Perhaps the most poignant moment of the night came well after the final buzzer sounded at Stegeman Coliseum. Eating dinner with his family after the game, Georgia guard Dustin Ware was approached by three young Georgia fans, decked out in red and black from head to toe with pens and napkins in hand.

Maybe these Hoop Dawgs should start stretching out their hands after big wins. With more wins like Saturday’s trouncing of Tennessee, the autograph requests are going to be out of control. photos and story by Ryan Scates

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With resurgent basketball squads lighting up South Campus, Dawg fans are coming in droves to see first-hand what all the buzz is about with the other championship squads in Athens.

What may not be so well known are some of the free sporting events available to Georgia students, alumni and friends alike. With multiple Georgia teams and athletes competing for championships, you owe it to yourself to come out and see these Dawgs compete.

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TENNIS: Georgia has one of the richest and most complete tennis traditions in the country. Home to the 2010 NCAA Championships (for both men’s and women’s squads), the Dan Magill Tennis Complex is considered to be the finest such facility in the NCAA. So go bum a Coca-Cola…make that a “Co..Cola”…from the legend Magill himself and then wander over to the Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame located next door for a great day of world-class tennis.

The men’s team is off to a strong start under Head Coach Manuel Diaz, who is in his 22nd year at the helm for Georgia. These Dawgs won back-to-back national titles in 2007 and 2008, and posted a respectable 25-4 record last season that lasted all the way to the Elite Eight. 2009 marked Georgia’s 31st overall trip to the NCAA Tournament. The men’s tennis team is currently defending a 63-match home winning streak as well.

The Georgia women’s tennis team is three-time defending SEC Champions, and opened the spring season ranked fourth in the nation. Head coach Jeff Wallace (25th year) also just won the 2009 Wilson/ITA National Coach of the Year Award, becoming the first ever four-time recipient of the award.

UPCOMING HOME MATCHES: Men’s: Northwestern, January 31. 2:00 pm North Carolina or Miami, February 1. 2:00 pm Georgia Tech, February 7. 1:00 pm

Women’s: Virginia Tech, January 29. 2:00pm Ga State or William & Mary, January 30. 2:00 pm Clemson, February 6. 12:00pm

And make your plans now for the Men’s and Women’s NCAA Tennis Championships that will be hosted in Athens May 20-31.

SWIMMING AND DIVING: Highlighted by Olympic Women’s Swimming Coach Jack Bauerle, the Georgia Swimming and Diving program is a dominant force in the SEC. The top-ten Swim and Dive teams swept Tennessee on January 23, and have one more home tune-up against Alabama and South Carolina on January 30 before hosting the SEC Championships February 1720 at the Ramsey Student Center on the UGA Campus. There is a cost for tickets for the SEC Championship. They can be purchased through the UGA Ticket Office or on GeorgiaDogs.com story by Ryan Scates, photos by UGA and Ryan Scates

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Georgia students have pledged to raise $50,000 in support of Haiti disaster relief. Visit dawgsforhaiti.uga.eduto make a donation today. Proceeds will be divided evenly between the relief efforts of the Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders.

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January 26, 2010

Adversity hits Clark and team after losses When Jay Clark took over the storied Georgia women’s gymnastics program, no one had to inform him of the pressure that comes with being the head coach of the team with the campus’ highest expectations.

In his 18th year with the UGA gymnastics program, Clark knows all about the five consecutive national championships, the 37 individual national champions, the world-class facilities and what it means to be a Gym Dog. With the team’s 1-2 start, it should be no surprise that Clark also knows what it will take to get his squad back to its winning ways, which, interestingly enough, means doing more than just winning meets.

“No one walked out of that first meet feeling like we had actually won,” explained Clark. Georgia opened the season at home against Stanford on January 9th; the Gym Dogs won that meet by onetenth of a point.

To Clark and the Georgia program, the difference between a good team and a great team goes beyond margins of victory and defeat. “There is a very small margin for error,” said Clark. “Gymnastics is a sport that you typically don’t see won on the emotional makeup of a team. And what I mean by that is you are not going to see upsets based on a team coming out and getting jacked up by playing good defense like you might in football. We have underperformed a bit to this point, and in gymnastics upsets happen when a team under-per-

forms.”

Despite the Gym Dogs recent losses at Alabama and Utah, Clark is confident the best is yet to come with his 2010 squad. “I think you are going to see more and more consistency out of this team,” Clark said. “We saw a lot of turning in the right direction in the last meet (against Utah)…the way we bounced back was tremendous, and that is the mark of a good team.”

While the Gym Dogs came up short against the Utes, they posted their highest total of the season at 196.50. Utah posted a razor thin .05 higher at 196.55. “There have been years where we haven’t broken the 195 mark until halfway through the season,” Clark added.

To help understand gymnastics scoring margins, Clark offered a simple football analogy.

“A five-tenths victory is about like a touchdown and a point victory is like two touchdowns,” he explained. “So for us to lose by half a tenth of a point gives you an idea of how close that meet was.

“We have struggled early, but that’s not atypical of what has happened here over the past five years,” acknowledged Clark. “We are real close now…this team has the potential to win a championship.”

The team will have opportunities to get back on track when it travels to Auburn on Friday and host Kentucky in Athens on February 5.

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