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From the Editor As exciting as it is to be back with another issue of BI, it comes with a heavy heart in regards to the Classic City of Athens.

First there was the tragic news of the UGA professor killing three people a few months ago. You always hear or read about such occurrences and know at some point it will hit close to home. However the shock is still deafening, particularly when involving a community full of so many wonderful memories.

And more recently, early morning news came out of downtown Athens that one of the city's landmarks, the Georgia Theatre, was on fire. It truly was sad news for the tens of thousands of people who have either enjoyed a movie or a concert there over the decades.

For me, The Theatre was where I honed in on my love of live music. Widespread Panic, Blues Traveler, Allgood and Ice T, are just a few of the acts that I saw there. Seeing a show there truly was a rite of passage.

I think I speak for everyone at Bulldawg Illustrated in saying we wish only the best for the owners of The Theatre and hope to hear very soon that it will be rebuilt. The Georgia Theatre is a true legend.

The University of Georgia football team finds itself in a rebuilding situation of its own as the 2009 season beckons. Gone is the supreme talent of

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Matthew Stafford and Knowshon Moreno. However as great as number 7 and 24 were, the 2008 football season will always leave a bitter taste in the mouths of good Bulldogs.

Losing to the Gators and the Bees in the same season is never a good thing, but the pummeling by Florida and the second half collapse to Tech has Bulldog fans rightfully hot.

So what type of rebuilding will it be in 2009?

Will it be one of legendary status, where Georgia takes advantage of being able to fly under the radar, returning to Atlanta to play for the SEC championship?

Or will the wheels finally come completely off for a program that has won 10 or more games in six of the last seven years?

The BI's own, Jeff Dantzler thinks 2009 will not be kind to the Bulldogs as far as the record goes.

And as is always the case, JD's thinking leans on history, reminding our readers, on page 4, that even the greats, like Bryant, Neland and Dooley had a few average seasons during their legendary careers.

JD is going with a 7-5 prediction this season, which he will explain in more detail in a future issue. But in a nutshell, his belief is based on the question marks at quarterback and tailback combined with one of the toughest schedules in the country.

As is the case most of the time, his logic is hard to argue with, but I will try nonetheless. But please remember that, like most of you, I wear the FAN status heavy on my sleeve, so falling on my face with this prediction could most certainly happen.

In my opinion, there is no way our Bulldogs will open the season with a 3-0 record. Two roads trips halfway across the country at Oklahoma State and Arkansas, with Steve Spurrier and the Cocks sandwiched in between is simply too daunting. Particularly when names like Joe Cox and Caleb King will be getting their very first true reps.

2-1 is my prediction with the loss coming to the Hogs in Fayetteville.

Then the fun begins as this Georgia squad finally puts the pieces together and begins playing solid football games each and every time they come out.

Ready for this???

We roll into Jacksonville on Halloween night with a 6-1 record ready to avenge one of the worst losses of the Mark Richt era. It most certainly will be a physical battle, but by the final whistle it will be the Gators whose season is ruined.

Did I really just say that?

I did because I believe in Joe Cox and I believe in the Georgia defense that was embarrassed last season in a few halves of poor execution. And I believe that Mark Richt and his coaching staff are working their tails off to ensure a season that will make all of us proud in the Bulldog Nation So what do you believe?

If you're not sure at this point, I totally understand because, without question, the 2009 season could go either way. But man oh man, am I counting the days until we kick things off in Stillwater with the supreme hope of spending New Year's in California.

Now I have run out of time, but please make sure you flip this issue over for our special tribute to Suzanne Yoculan, who rides off into the sunset after an astonishing career, in which she led the Gym Dawgs to 10 national championships. Enjoy the dozens of comments and photos that only begin to touch on her greatness as the ultimate leader of her student-athletes.

Please enjoy the entire issue of Bulldawg Illustrated. It's the biggest one we have ever produced in June. Kudos must go to our staff for all their hard work. And a huge shout out goes to our advertisers who despite these tough times continue to believe in our product and the Bulldogs.

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Suzanne Yoculan tribute

18 Position by position preview

Flip this issue to the back and enjoy 12 pages of coverage in commemoration of Suzanne’s retirement.

Jeff Dantzler takes a look at every position for the 2009 Georgia team.

5 A 10-3 record will be much better

19 Top 25

Murray Poole sees another 10-3 record for the Dawgs in 2009.

Gators #1, Jackets #6 and Dawgs #24.

9 Richt’s go to guys for 2009

Annual football class for females is a sellout like in previous years.

Joe Cox, Clint Boling, Rennie Curran and Jeff Owens are who Mark Richt will lean on for leadership this season.

14 Dawg Days photos The BI camera delivers from Rome to Savannah.

31 Football 101 for Lady Dawgs 34 Katharyn Richt BI intern, Mary Boyce Hicks spends some time with the First Lady of Georgia football.

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Even the legends have downturns Mark Richt has put together an outstanding record as Georgia’s head football coach, and done so with the upmost class.

Jim Donnan rebuilt the Bulldog program and over the last 12 years under the watch of these two coaches, Georgia has won at least eight games every season, the longest such streak in the country. The program is in fine shape, and as long as Richt is at the helm, there is reason for great optimism.

Another Southeastern Conference championship and high national finish could very well be right around the corner.

It probably won’t happen this year.

Some issues that cropped up last season could well be rectified in 2009, but the benefits likely won’t show up in a major way in the victory column for another year or two.

Facing one of the nation’s toughest schedules, and having to do so without early departees Matthew Stafford and Knowshon Moreno - the first quarterback and tailback to be picked in the NFL Draft - Georgia could very well be looking at an 8-4 or 7-5 season. Or worse. If a dominating tailback emerges, maybe the Bulldogs could make a push at a great record in 2009, but the rugged slate and a depth chart featuring more questions than certainties is forecasting Georgia’s worst mark since the 5-6 campaign of 1996.

If this gloomy prognosis comes to fruition, this is a certainty for Richt.

He’ll be in great company.

With the exception of Steve Spurrier and his incredible 12-year run at Florida, the Southeastern Conference’s legends of legends – the elite hall-of-fame coaches with stadiums, fields and buildings named for them – all enjoyed tremendous success and then went through a brief downturn, before restoring championship order. General Robert Neyland, John Vaught, Vince Dooley, Shug Jordan, and yes, even Paul “Bear�

Bryant went through some struggles in between their golden eras of success.

Bama and the Bear From 1961-66, the Bear led the Crimson Tide to an amazing 60-5 record, with a 91.7 winning percentage, three national championships and four SEC titles.

In 1967 and 1968, Alabama went 82-1 and 8-3, finishing second and third in the league. Then things went south. In 1969 and ‘70 Bama went 6-5 and 6-5-1, finishing eighth and in a tie for seventh in the league. So after a six year run of averaging 10 wins (with 10-game regular seasons), Bama went four straight seasons averaging seven victories.

Alabama would respond with the greatest run of success in SEC annals, winning the conference title in eight of nine years between 1971 and 1979, with at least a share of three national championships.

From 1971-75, Bama was 54-6-0 and 341 in the SEC, winning all five conference crowns and a piece of the 1973 national title. From 1977-79, Bama was 34-2, 19-0 in the SEC with a share of the 1978 national championship and the outright ’79 title.

Shug’s Tigers From 1957-60, highlighted by 10-0 and 9-0-1 records in ’57 and ’58, Auburn went 34-5-1 for Ralph “Shug� Jordan. Over the next seven years, Auburn won six or fewer games, six times, including a 15-151 stretch from 1965-67. But Auburn came back strong. From 1970-74, in the height of Bama’s greatness, the Tigers went 9-2 twice, 10-2 once and had a 10-1 season over that five year stretch.

Dooley’s Dogs Young Vince Dooley came to Georgia and had tremendous early success. In his first five years, the Bulldogs captured the SEC championships of 1966 and 1968 and earned four bowl berths. Georgia dropped off in 1969 and ’70, going 5-5-1 and 5-5.

The Bulldogs stormed back to go 11-1 in 1971, but that would be followed by three

mediocre seasons. Then came a Cotton Bowl berth in 1975 and the 1976 SEC title.

That was followed by the only losing record of the 25-year Dooley era, as Georgia went 5-6. A 9-2-1 season in 1978 preceded a 65 showing in 1979. Dooley’s Bulldogs then responded to this downturn with one of college football’s greatest ever four year stretches. Georgia went 43-4-1 from 198083 with three SEC titles and the 1980 national championship.

LSU Incredibly, seven different coaches have led LSU to its 10 SEC championships.

At the other major conference powers, a vast majority of the titles have come from one or two coaches. An argument could be made for several of the Tigers seven championship coaches as to which is the best in school history. Even though LSU doesn’t have a coach that applies to this overview, the program offers interesting history. From 1984-88, the Tigers won two SEC championships and finished second three times. In eight of the next 11 years, prior to the arrival of Nick Saban, LSU had a losing record. Since, under Saban and Les Miles, LSU has captured two national championships and three SEC titles, winning at least 10 games five times from 2001-2007.

Colonel Reb and the Vaunted Vaught Ole Miss has won six SEC championships, and Johnny Vaught was the coach for all of them. His first came in his first year, as the Rebels went 9-2 in 1947. The next season Ole Miss went 8-1. Then came a slump. From 1949-51, the Rebels went 4-5-1, 5-5 and 6-3-1. What followed was one of the greatest runs of sustained excellence in SEC annals. From 1952-64, Vaught’s Rebels went 105-16-7 (84.8 winning percentage) with five SEC titles and a share of the 1960 national championship.

Tennessee and The General It is not a given that Bryant is the greatest coach in SEC history. Tennessee’s best ever is right in the thick of any discussion.

From 1926 – 32 in General Robert Neyland’s first seven years on rocky top, the Volunteers were 61-2-5 (93.4 winning percentage). The Vols went 7-3 and 8-2 the next two years. But over the next three (one without Neyland, who was called back to service in 1934), Tennessee went 4-5, 6-22 and 6-3-1, the latter two with Neyland.

But of course the Volunteers of Neyland responded. Over the next three years (193840), Tennessee went 31-2, played in the Orange, Rose and Sugar and won a national title. World War II came and General Neyland continued his distinguished military career. He returned to Tennessee in 1946 and the Vols went 9-2 and went to the Orange Bowl. Tennessee then slumped to marks of 5-5 and 4-4-2 under Neyland’s watch. His incredible coaching career came to a conclusion with another resounding reclamation of glory, leading the Vols to two Cotton Bowls and a Sugar Bowl, including 11-1 and 10-1 records in 1950 and 1951.

Richt’s Path Through History In his second season at Georgia, Richt led the Bulldogs to the 2002 SEC Championship, a 13-1 record and No. 3 national finish. Richt’s Dogs won the conference title again in 2005. His 2007 team finished No. 2 nationally. In 2006 and 2008, Georgia posted 9-4 and 10-3 records – a great sign of an elite program, to put up those kind of marks in “down� years. Through eight seasons, Richt has established himself as one of the country’s best coaches. Should he keep this pace up for another eight, 12, 16, 20 or so years, Richt will find himself in the rarified air of these aforementioned legends.

He’s following their paths, and that may very well include a valley in 2009. But history shows us that the SEC’s coaching greats lead their programs back to the mountaintop.

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By Murray Poole

This 10-3 finish will be much better I have to profess I was as guilty as the rest of the preseason prognosticators.

This time last year, during the long, hot summer of 2008, I bit into the hype of the much-ballyhooed ’08 Georgia Bulldogs and predicted Mark Richt’s football team to capture the SEC championship and perhaps make it to the elusive BCS National Championship game.

After all, this team was being ranked No. 1 in most of the preseason polls and the Bulldawg Nation was all but turned upside down in anticipation of the Matt Stafford and Knowshon Moreno-led Bulldogs living up to all the lofty expectations and bringing the University of Georgia its first national crown since a guy named Herschel was running all over people back in the fall of 1980.

And hey, truth be told, I wasn’t that far off with my predicted 12-2 finish for the 2008 UGA edition. Richt’s Bulldogs, as you are well aware, posted a 10-3 mark last autumn. But as you also know, those Bulldogs did not get to the SEC title game in Atlanta nor did they even become an entry in the national championship race.

Clearly, a 41-30 home loss to Alabama in a game that wasn’t that close a 49-10 smashing at the hands of the eventual national champion Florida Gators, and a bitter 45-42 home setback to state rival Georgia Tech wrapped a ribbon of disappointment around Georgia’s 2008 season.

In retrospect, though, who could have envisioned the injury bug ripping the Bulldogs asunder? One prospective starter after another went down with injury during the course of the 13 games, causing Richt and his staff to pull back on contact work as the season wore on and the Bulldogs became increasingly thin in the depth department. And, as Richt admitted, the lack of tackling in the weekly practice sessions became painfully apparent in the home stretch of the season when Georgia’s defense surrendered point totals of 38, 49, 38 and 45. When the Bulldogs went back to heavy contact work leading up to the Jan. 1 Capital One Bowl date with Michigan State, the move paid dividends with Willie Martinez’ unit limiting the Spartans to one touchdown in the Bulldogs’ 24-12 triumph.

Now, as the 2009 Bulldogs whip through the summer workouts with an eye on August preseason camp and the Sept. 5 season opener at Oklahoma State, they’re talking about making amends for a season of wasted opportunities.

With no number 1 ranking hanging over their heads like the proverbial albatross and really nobody outside of their mommas and daddies expecting them to make a run at the SEC championship, these 2009 Dogs seem to be fervently embracing the role of underdog this season. Ever since they pulled off their helmets and uniforms following the tough afternoon against Georgia Tech, the Bulldogs and coaching staff have played up the word “TEAM.” They’ve been saying how badly they want to prove they can win minus the 2008 superstars Moreno, Stafford and Mohamed Massaquoi they’ve been saying how they’ve got each other’s back and won’t tolerate any indifference or lack of execution by team members, and they’ve been saying they want to take this football team to the heights that the 2008 Bulldogs just never could scale.

But it goes without saying that talk and actually getting it done on the playing field are two different things. I’m quick to confess that this upcoming UGA squad is difficult to get a read on at this particular juncture. Will the big-play ability of Stafford and Moreno be that greatly missed or will Joe Cox and Caleb King/Richard Samuel/ Carlton Thomas step to the front and continue the Bulldogs’ offensive firepower of recent years? Will a now veteran offensive line be as good as advertised? Can A.J. Green build on his fabulous freshman season and get adequate assistance from his receiving buddies? Will some of the highly-touted incoming freshmen render the kind of impact Green did last year? And, the million buck question, can Martinez’ defense continue to build on its bowl-game showing and thereby put the dismal ’08 performance well in the rearview mirror?

The answers to all these pertinent questions will soon be forthcoming but until they do, we’ve got to again take that wild stab in the dark as we try to go game-by-game and throw out predictions on the Bulldogs’ 2009 fortunes.

With kickoff still more than two months away, here’s what I’m thinking the Bulldogs will get done or won’t get done from Saturday to Saturday: Sept. 5 at Oklahoma State - No easing into the season for Georgia as the Cowboys are being

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ranked in the nation’s Top 10 in several preseason forecasts. OSU has a prolific passing combo in QB Zac Robinson and WR Dez Bryant and also has a 1,500-yard rusher in Kendall Hunter.

Still, the Bulldogs will be pumped for their 2009 debut and will ride a sparkling debut by Cox and the Georgia offense to a 31-24 win over the Cowboys.

Sept 12 South Carolina - The SEC opener and it’s always tough for the Bulldogs against a Steve Spurrier-coached team. Georgia goes to 2-0 behind a fine defensive performance and an offense that does just enough to win against a sturdy Gamecock defense that features rugged linebacker Eric Norwood. The Bulldogs, 1714.

Sept. 19 at Arkansas - A very dangerous date for the Dogs, so dangerous in fact that I like the Hogs in a mild upset here. Georgia will be coming off two peak performances against Oklahoma State and South Carolina while the Razorbacks will be charging in after an open date and an easy opening-game win. Led by huge quarterback Ryan Mallett, a transfer from Michigan, and a veteran defensive unit, the Hogs of Bobby Petrino snort by the Bulldogs, 28-21.

Sept. 26 Arizona State - Back between the hedges and smarting from the tough loss at Fayetteville, I’m looking for the Dogs and the Georgia heat to add up to a 28-10 whipping of the Sun Devils.

Oct. 3 LSU - You can bet the Bayou Bengals will be growling into Sanford Stadium with thoughts of last season’s 52-38 home loss to the Dogs on their minds. And I don’t have to tell you the LSU team that Georgia defeated at that time wasn’t the same LSU team that dismantled Georgia Tech 38-3 at season’s end in the Chick-fil-A Bowl. With Jordan Jefferson continuing to emerge at quarterback, Charles Scott being one of the top tailbacks in the country and the LSU defense stepping up greatly under new coordinator John Chavis, the Tigers are the pick to nip the Bulldogs in a thriller, 27-24.

Oct. 10 - at Tennessee - Lane Kiffin hasn’t made a lot of close friends as he begins his first season up on the hill in Knoxville. And because of the new coach’s incessant ramblings, predictions, etc. it’s going to be the guys in orange paying the price this season. Remembering that awful showing at Neyland Stadium two years ago, the Bulldogs spank the Vols, 41-17.

Oct. 17 at Vanderbilt - Georgia should know by now how good Vanderbilt can play on any given day. The Bulldogs take a hardearned 28-21 decision over Bobby Johnson’s Commodores.

Oct. 31 Florida (Jacksonville) - Forget this “moving the game out of Jax” mess. The Bulldogs simply need to get the mindset they’re capable of manning up and defeating the Florida Gators no matter the venue … whether it’s in north Florida, Atlanta, Ga., or Anchorage, Alaska. Unfortunately, with the fabled Tim Tebow and a powerful defensive unit returning from the Gators’ 2008 national title team, I can’t see the Bulldogs doing that this year. But this game won’t be one-sided like last year’s as the Dogs will perform well after the open date. UF 31, UGA 28.

Nov. 7 Tennessee Tech - Georgia romps over Tennessee Tech, 48-17, thus completing a sweep of the teams from the Smoky Mountains state.

Nov. 14 - Auburn - The Tigers of new head coach Gene Chizik will venture to town aiming to snap Auburn’s three-game losing skid against the Bulldogs. I’m very wary of this game but at the same time, I’m looking for both Georgia’s offense and defense to put it together and take a solid 31-17 win over the Tigers.

Nov. 21 Kentucky - Following the 42-38 struggle last year in Lexington, this one won’t be as suspenseful as the Bulldogs bite Rich Brook’s Wildcats by 35-14 between the hedges.

Nov. 28 at Georgia Tech - The Bulldogs have been waiting on this one for a year, after the Jackets of first-year coach Paul Johnson erased a 28-12 halftime deficit and hung that 45-42 loss on Georgia in Athens. Again, the Dogs will have trouble stopping Tech’s triple-option attack but then, the Jackets’ rebuilt defense will also have problems slowing Cox, Green, King and the rest of the Dogs’ balanced attack. Make it Georgia 34, Tech 27.

So there you have it, the Bulldogs going 9-3 in the regular season and then handing Richt still another win in whatever bowl game they wind up in. And, for sure, this 10-3 overall Georgia season will taste much better than the one that preceded it.

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By Murray Poole BULLDAWG ILLUSTRATED Georgia’s 2008 football season saw the Bulldogs chalk up their sixth 10-win campaign or better under Mark Richt, who is about to kick off his ninth year at the UGA helm.

But unlike some of Richt’s double-digit win seasons of the past, Georgia’s 10-3 finish last year didn’t exactly leave a feeling of gratification among the Bulldawg Nation, the Georgia players and coaching staff.

That’s because the team that was a consensus No. 1 in the preseason national rankings not only failed to win an SEC championship but wasn’t a factor in the national championship hunt as the 2008 season wore on. The Bulldogs suffered blowout losses to Alabama and eventual national champion Florida and, also, went down to a bitter 45-42 loss to rival Georgia Tech … in a game that Georgia led by 28-12 at halftime.

But then, there were many circumstances that caused the Bulldogs not to measure up to such lofty preseason expectations. First, there was a rash of injuries that led to a domino effect of attrition, depth issues and altered practices. By the time the Bulldogs met and defeated Michigan State in the Jan. 1 Capital One Bowl, Georgia had missed the contribution of at least 18 projected starters over the course of the ‘08 season. And, of course, the Bulldogs’ defense didn’t perform to Georgia’s usual standards as Willie Martinez’ unit surrendered point totals of 41, 38, 49, 38, and 45 against the likes of Alabama, LSU, Florida, Kentucky and Georgia Tech, respectively.

And although the Bulldogs’ offense averaged 31.5 points per game last season, there maybe was a tendency to rely a bit too much on the production of the team’s two superstars, eventual NFL first-round draft picks Matthew Stafford and Knowshon Moreno.

But now, as Moreno and No. 1 NFL selection Stafford have taken their considerable talents on to the pro football arena, things are vastly different as the 2009 Georgia team begins to focus in on the new season. Never has the word “team” been more emphasized among

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the ranks of the Bulldogs’ returning players and the Georgia coaching staff. To a man, the Georgia players and coaches realize that if they’re to accomplish things that the much-ballyhooed 2008 squad couldn’t, they must more than ever buy into the often-talked-about concept of “Big TEAM, Little me.”

And along this team theme, Richt feels confident about the four players he’s tabbed as the leaders for the 2009 edition of the Georgia Bulldogs. He likes what senior quarterback Joe Cox, senior defensive tackle Jeff Owens, junior offensive tackle/guard Clint Boling and junior linebacker Rennie Curran will be bringing to the table, both on and off the playing field in terms of leadership.

“I think Joe Cox has been preparing for this moment since he’s been here,” said Richt.

“Joe’s been a great Bulldog, a guy who’s been very, very unselfish and a guy who’s never complained about a young guy taking his opportunity. He tells me, ‘Coach, don’t play me unless I’m ready.’ But he’s the No. 1 guy now and is getting ready. Our players have seen Joe’s preparation and his unselfishness, and he’s really a leader for these guys. Joe’s definitely a guy who will physically try and rally the troops,” said Richt. “Guys have always gravitated toward Joe. Even when he first got here, he had the kind of personality that invited people to be his friend.”

Richt is elated to have senior tackle Owens back in his leadership role on the field, after Owens missed the entire 2008 season after sustaining a knee injury in the first quarter of the season opener against Georgia Southern.

“Jeff has just got a wonderful spirit,” declared Richt. “He’s just a guy that people see and know he’s got charisma. Jeff is vocal, he’s fun, works hard and gets the job done. Jeff enjoys life and anybody that is as talented as he is and still works as hard as he does, that lifts his teammates. Jeff is just a special guy and it starts with his spirit he’s a very spirited guy who loves the Lord and loves people. He’s a player who can rally a group of guys around him.”

His selection of underclassmen Boling and Curran as two of the four team leaders clearly illustrates the high regard in which Richt holds the two.

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“You talk about a quiet guy, Clint gets really quiet but he works extremely hard,” said the coach. “And he performs so solid in those areas (of the offensive line), he hasn’t had to say a lot.

Clint is a great example of what happens when you put your nose to the grindstone, when you keep your ears open and stay coachable.

“And Rennie Curran is a guy who’s a little bit like (former All-America David) Pollack in that he showed up and got to working hard,” Richt continued. “Rennie doesn’t necessarily fit any kind of mold, from a physical standpoint. He’s just his own man who goes about his business, loves Georgia and wants to succeed. He really buys into the Georgia way. Rennie has matured and players have really begun to see him as one of their leaders.”

Cox, Owens, Boling and Curran are extremely flattered and honored that their head coach has appointed them 2009 leaders but, at the same time, they realize the responsibility that the position holds.

“It feels really good that Coach Richt has the confidence to put me in that sort of role,” said Cox, who finally inherits the starting quarterback reins after backing Stafford these last three autumns. “It’s an honor just being considered one of the leaders of a team like this. It’s definitely something I’m proud of and something I’m definitely looking forward to keep working on.”

“I mean, it feels great,” said Owens. “To have a responsibility like that is a privilege. To be one of only four guys out of 120 that Coach Richt picks as leaders is an exception. All great teams have great leaders,” added Owens, “and I’m going to try to live up to it.”

“I feel honored about it,” offered Boling, “but the bottom line is that I have to get the job done and be a leader and that’s one thing I’ve focused on this summer. I just want to help Coach Richt and the team and try to help get everybody in the best possible situations.”

“It’s an awesome honor,” said Curran. “People like Kelin Johnson and Fernando Velasco came before me in this role and it’s awesome to be seen in that same light. It’s a great responsibility and one I want to take on to help this team be as successful as possible,” said Curran. “This is not as much about my success as it is the success of my team.”

Each of the designated Georgia players expressed great confidence in the abilities of their fellow leaders and said the 2009 Bulldogs, without question, are buying into the team concept that has been put into motion by Richt and his assistant staff.

“We just need to play team ball every game,” said Cox. “We need to play as good as we possibly can together, and if all cylinders are really going, we can be as good as we want to be. We basically need to get a good feeling for each other this summer and in preseason camp and take that attitude into the season to achieve our goals,” Cox said.

“I think we just need to work hard,” said Owens. “There’s no off-season in football and we need to step our game up, bond together and start clicking on every level.

The rankings don’t mean that much,” said Owens, noting that the Bulldogs have been accorded a No. 14-15 ranking in several early polls. “We could be ranked No. 1, lose our first two games and not be ranked No. 1 any more. We learned that from last year.”

“I think the biggest thing is that we have to play together,” said Boling. “Last year, we were looking for Matthew and Knowshon to make plays and now, knowing we don’t have those guys this year, other guys have to make plays. I think our defense is out to make a statement this year and both offensively and defensively, we have to come together and make plays.”

“It’s definitely going to take sacrifice and everybody being committed,” said Curran. “Not only all the coaches but it’s up to us as players to be motivated, to be a player-driven team. And if we play as a team, the sky’s definitely the limit.”

While not going out on the limb and predicting a championship season, the always-optimistic Richt thinks the 2009 Bulldogs are fully capable of surprising some of the so-called SEC experts.

“This is a rough league we’re in, a league that has a lot of talented players,” he said.

“All of our working parts have got to work together or we’re just not going to win. As tough as it was to convince everybody how important the team concept was when we had Stafford and Moreno, it’s much easier to convince everybody now we have to work together without those two guys. As coaches, we all know we have to have more than two guys, but some people don’t believe we can win this season because we lost Staff, Moreno and Mohamed (Massaquoi). We believe we can win,” emphasized Richt, “but we must do it together and get all of our guys to believe in the Georgia way.”

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Emergence of a Frontline Tailback – Georgia went 10 years between great tailbacks.

Big play home run threat Robert Edwards, who began his career under the previous regime as a cornerback, led Jim Donnan’s Bulldogs of 1997 to a 10-2 record and was subsequently drafted in the first round. In 2007, the supremely shifty playmaker Knowshon Moreno, who was redshirted in 2006, led Mark Richt’s Bulldogs to an 11-2 mark and No. 2 national ranking.

Whenever Moreno left the field in 2008, there was a substantial drop-off. There is no greater weapon in college football than the great tailback. Low-risk plays with the potential to yield high end rewards. Georgia is 37-3 in the ultra successful Richt era when a tailback runs for over 100 yards. There’s the blueprint. Do the Dogs have the back?

blocked a total of 15 kicks (seven punts and eight field goals). Georgia’s special teams was a weapon. Last year it was a hindrance. If Georgia is to return to Atlanta, the kicking game has to make huge strides. Good health should naturally make Georgia better. It starts with kickers Blair Walsh and Brandon Bogotay and punter Drew Butler. If they have good years, Georgia will have good special teams. Will big play threats step to the forefront on punt and kickoff returns? What about the blocks that used to come in droves? Expect special teams to receive heavy attention in preseason camp. Usually in the SEC, teams with sound kicking games contend.

4.beat Georgia Florida Has a Bad Day in Jacksonville – Florida 49-10 last season. Knowshon Moreno and Matthew Stafford turned pro. Tim Tebow and Florida’s entire defense are back. The way the schedules set up and judging by the returning talent on the two rosters, for Georgia to make it to the Georgia Dome, it’s a virtual certainty that the Bulldogs would have to beat Florida.

The aforementioned facts make that look awfully tough on paper. If the Gators are undefeated, and if Georgia comes in with one conference loss, a win on the banks of the St. John’s would put the Bulldogs in the driver’s seat in the East. Since 1990, Georgia is 3-16 vs. Florida. In all three wins, Georgia has led 7-0. In all three wins, the Dogs have outrushed the Gators, highlighted by a four touchdown performance Rennie Curran from Edwards in 1997 and Moreno’s 188-yard, three-TD showing in ’07.

Georgia’s defense and special teams will both have to play big to keep it close.

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Major Defensive Talent Infusion – In 2002, Georgia started two first round picks on the defensive line, a first team All-American at linebacker and had three safeties who would wind up as AllAmericans – two of whom were backups. The Bulldogs have good players on defense, headlined

by Geno Atkins, Rennie Curran and – assuming he’s back healthy – big Jeff Owens. Georgia needs more players to jack their games up another level, like Darryl Gamble did in his incredible performance in the Bulldogs signature victory at defending national champion LSU. Defensive end, linebacker, corner, safety, the Bulldogs need a big boost from underclassmen, which could also boost the showing from some veterans. The defense has gotten a lot of flack. Willie Martinez is a standout coordinator, and you can bet that he and the defensive staff have wallpapered lockers with the criticisms of 2008 and outlooks for 2009. Expect Georgia’s defense to be improved in ’09. Promising freshmen and sophomores will be a big boost. So will wounded pride, which should have the stop unit angry and snarling.

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Vast Special Teams Improvement – There is no question that the rash of injuries Georgia was stricken with in 2008 had a huge trickled down effect to the kicking game, which was downright awful in the Bulldogs final four regular season games.

Field goal kicking, kickoffs, punting, coverage, fumbles in the return game and costly penalties all crippled Georgia down the stretch. Early in the Richt era, the Bulldogs were amongst the nation’s best when it came to blocking field goals and punts. In 2002 and 2003 when Georgia went to back-to-back SEC Championship Games, the Bulldogs

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Staying Healthy – It would be difficult to imagine being hit worse on the injury front than the Bulldogs were last year. Trinton Sturdivant, Jeff Owens and Dannell Ellerbe were three All-SEC caliber players who had their seasons ended or cut drastically short due to injury. By the sixth game of the year, the Bulldogs were on their fourth left tackle and third middle linebacker. It’s tough to win championships doing that. The 2009 schedule shapes up as one of the country’s toughest and one of the most difficult in school history. Georgia will certainly incur some bumps and bruises, but to be Dome bound, the Bulldogs are going to have to have the luck on the injury front reverse itself.

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Joe Cox is at the helm, back for his fifth year, and ready to lead the Bulldogs through a treacherous schedule. The highlight of his career was the comeback he led as a freshman in Georgia’s 14-13 victory over Colorado in Athens, capped off by a last minute touchdown pass. The key to Cox’s success will be protection from what should be a good offensive line and the development of a strong running game – minus dynamo tailback Knowshon Moreno.

If this comes about, Cox could be highly effective with a true All-American in A.J. Green to throw to, plus senior Mike Moore and some highly touted freshmen.

No matter what happens with Cox and the Bulldogs in 2009, there must be an eye towards the future. Sophomore Logan Gray has good speed, but virtually all of his game experience has come on special teams. Aaron Murray and Zach Mettenberger both enrolled early at Georgia and took part in spring practice. Murray will likely be the first of the two freshmen to play and could be the heir apparent under center. Gray could be used in packages. Mettenberger has great size and a big arm.

In 2010, Tim Tebow will no longer be at Florida. For Georgia to overtake the Gators, front line skill players must emerge in the backfield. So in 2009, especially if the Bulldogs aren’t contending for a typical top ten run, they must point towards 2010.

Tailback and Fullback

There was an enormous drop-off when All-American, first round pick Knowshon Moreno left the field a year ago. The Bulldogs have a list of highly touted runners hoping to fill these big shoes, and if Georgia is to make a championship run in 2009, at least one of them must step to the forefront. Mark Richt’s Bulldogs are 37-3 when a tailback goes for over 100 yards. So who will carry the load? Caleb King didn’t grab the job in the spring, young Richard Samuel – who also starred at linebacker in high school - was hurt and missed camp and Dontavious Jackson was limited by injury. Little Carlton Thomas showed the shiftiness Georgia needs. All-Everything prep star Washaun Ealey’s arrival in Athens is anxiously anticipated.

Georgia fans have an extra fondness for freshman tailbacks.

Shaun Chapas, who had a good 2008, is back at fullback along with Fred Munzenmeier. Chapas is a good short yardage runner, solid blocker and capable in the passing game.

Receiver and Tight End

Arguably the most talented receiver to ever don the red and black, A.J. Green made a huge splash as a freshman and headlines the Bulldogs offensive returnees in 2009. He may be the nation’s best, and for Georgia to maximize its potential, the Bulldogs must get the ball in Green’s hands as often as possible.

With great hands, uncanny instincts, ideal size and blazing speed, this total package phenom is already Georgia’s next star.

Mike Moore was money last year, catching everything and making clutch plays as the Bulldogs No. 3 receiver behind Green and second round pick Mohammed Massaquoi. Green and Moore give the Dogs one of the SEC’s best one two punches.

True freshmen Marlon Brown and Orson Charles – a hybrid tight end/receiver – will be given a long look in Summer camp. So will redshirt freshman Tavarres King, who made a big play at Arizona State, then was lost for the season to injury.

There is depth at the position, but three or four receivers is plenty. In 2006 and the first half of 2007, Georgia was just playing too many receivers, which likely contributed to a lack of cohesiveness in the passing game. In the first half of the Richt era, Georgia had five standouts that logged a vast majority of the snaps, and Fred Gibson, Terrance Edwards, Michael Johnson, Damien Gary and Reggie Brown all made big plays and scored memorable touchdowns. When Georgia made its run to the No. 2 national ranking in the second half of 2007, the Bulldogs leaned on the trio of Massaquoi, Sean Bailey and Mikey Henderson.

Richt continued Jim Donnan’s tradition of bringing excellent tight ends to Georgia. For a decade the Bulldogs had standouts at the position, but since Leonard Pope left for the NFL

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following a banner 2005 campaign, the Bulldogs have fought drops and injuries at the position. Bruce Figgins was tough and gutsy playing with injury last year, but must sit out the first six games in 2009. He does have a redshirt available. Aron White made two big catches last year (LSU, Michigan State) and should give a boost. Bryce Ros, the son of 1980 national championship captain Frank Ros, will be in the mix, and the Bulldogs welcome in both Charles and fellow blue chip prospect Arthur Lynch.

Having a big time tight end gives teams a physical passing game and control of the middle of the field. Combined with an effective running game, there is no better weapon on play action.

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Offensive Line

With redshirt sophomore Trinton Sturdivant, 2007 freshman All-American, back from injury and 2008 All-SEC selection Clint Boling, a junior, Georgia has an all-star set of tackles. Stacy Searels is an outstanding offensive line coach, and through his teaching, work and recruiting, has a talented and presumably deep unit, provided the position isn’t again decimated by injuries. Guards Cordy Glenn and Justin “Bean” Anderson and center Ben Jones, a trio of sophomores will man the middle.

Chris Davis can play guard or center. Anderson can play tackle.

Vince Vance can play guard or tackle. Sophomore Tanner Strickland is pushing for time at guard, and true and redshirt freshmen Chris Burnette, Dallas Lee, A.J. Harmon and Jonathan Owens provide further depth and promise.

Just to give you an idea of what Georgia has been fighting from two poor offensive line classes. In 2004 (Chester Adams and Seth Watts) and 2005 (Ian Smith), Georgia signed just three offensive linemen. In 2007 and 2008, only one offensive lineman (Adams in ’07) played from the classes of ’04 and ’05.

Georgia’s wonderful skill players didn’t have the senior and junior offensive linemen.

This should be a very good line in 2009, and with Vance the lone senior, a great group in 2010. For Cox and whoever the next quarterback is and for the young runners, this improving offensive line is the cornerstone to the program’s immediate offensive foundation.

Defensive Line

Georgia’s best offseason news was the decision of Geno Atkins and Jeff Owens to return for their senior seasons. Atkins, an All-SEC performer the last two seasons, was a likely first round pick, but wanted to return for two reasons. He promised his family that he would get his degree, and Atkins wants another shot at an SEC championship. Same goes for big Jeff Owens, injured in the first quarter of the season. Back for his fifth year after skipping the NFL Draft for a second time, Owens said he just couldn’t leave on the Tech note. With DeAngelo Tyson and Kade Weston also back in the middle, the strength of the defense is the interior. Owens gets great penetration with a strong push and does an outstanding job tying up blockers.

Atkins is super quick off the ball and the pair will give the Dogs one of the league’s top one-two interior punches. Weston is strong, as is Tyson, a sophomore and potential star. True freshman Abry Jones was one of the state’s top prospects and could make a push inside and out.

Under Jon Fabris’s watch, Georgia has consistently turned out some of country’s best defensive end production, highlighted by three time All-American David Pollack. But last season the Bulldogs didn’t get their usual outstanding play at the position.

The pass rush that Marcus Howard provided down the stretch in ’07 wasn’t there. Justin Houston might be the next standout at the position, but he’s suspended for the first two games. Rod Battle, Demarcus Dobbs and Kiante Tripp are veterans. They’ll be pushed by younger players – the Bulldogs hope. Perhaps a linebacker will slide down and play end, Darius Dewberry could be a candidate, and the Bulldogs could find another Howard.

Four years ago, Georgia signed five defensive linemen: Dobbs, Tripp, Ricardo Crawford, Brandon Wood and Michael Lemon. Outside of a couple of big plays from Dobbs, this group – now one member shy with the dismissal of Lemon a year ago – has yet to live up to its potential.

Two other true freshmen, Derrick Lott, likely a tackle, and

end Montez Robinson will certainly get a shot if they make an early impression.

Georgia should be very good on the inside, which will help the ends. Losing Owens was catastrophic a year ago. This season, blocking Georgia will require a lot of double teams on the interior. If the Bulldogs are to get back as one of college football’s best defensive teams, outstanding play at defensive end is essential.

Linebacker

Rennie Curran is back and a headliner. One of the SEC’s best is a play-making tackle machine. Darryl Gamble will start on the other side. He had an all-timer performance in the win at LSU with a pair of interception returns for touchdowns and 13 tackles. Marcus Washington, who missed last year with an injury, can stuff the run and may start inside. Versatile Akeem Dent can play a variety of spots. The Dogs are hopeful of a jump from talented sophomore Marcus Dowtin. This is a position where Georgia has signed a lot of players but hasn’t gotten a great deal of production. Nick Williams could potentially be a very good player, will at linebacker or safety. He’s gotten a look at both spots. Keep in mind that in high school Richard Samuel, who’s just 18 and missed spring practice with an injury, was a standout defensive player. If he gets passed at tailback, maybe his future is at linebacker.

Only two true freshmen are coming in at the position, Chase Vasser and Michael Gilliard. It’s vital for this year and looking ahead to 2010 that an underclassman step to the forefront and give Georgia another play-maker and heir apparent to Curran.

Secondary

Willie Martinez has been Georgia’s secondary coach since 2001 and he’s littered all-star rosters and the NFL with his pupils.

Last season though, especially down the stretch, the Bulldog secondary had its problems. There is a good balance of veterans and newcomers in the secondary, and this is certainly one of those areas where position battles and some wounded pride will push Martinez’s charges upward. Sanders Commings and Brandon Boykin are making a climb up the depth chart at corner, and highly touted true freshman Branden Smith will have a lot of eyes on him. The same goes for sleeper recruit Jordan Love.

Senior Prince Miller is the most experienced corner and junior Vance Cuff is in the mix, but you can bet Martinez would like for at least one underclassman to win a job here and take over as the nickel.

Reshad Jones has yet to live up to his prep accolades, but a big year from the junior at strong safety should mean improvement against the run and pass from the secondary.

Quintin Banks is back from injury and Bryan Evans has moved to safety from corner. But this is another spot where young players will have a chance. Williams, if he’s at safety, and Bacarri Rambo bring athleticism to the secondary. True freshman Shawn Williams could figure in the mix down the road.

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Down the stretch, and there’s no doubt that injuries had a crippling trickle down effect here, Georgia’s kicking game was just awful. Junior college kicker Brandon Bogotay was brought in to push Blair Walsh on field goals and kickoffs. Drew Butler, the son of the greatest college football kicker ever Kevin Butler, will be Georgia’s primary punter after specializing in the coffin corner a year ago. Stability and big plays would be great from the return game. Will this be an area for A.J. Green to possibly get his hands on the ball more often? Or perhaps Carlton Thomas? In the big picture, there were missed kicks, penalties, fumbles and overall poor execution that contributed mightily in the losses to Florida and Tech and the closer-than-necessary wins over Kentucky and Auburn. Georgia gave up a lot of points to the Gators, Wildcats and Yellow Jackets, but the kicking game and offensive turnovers were an equal if not greater culprit than the defense.

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1. Florida – The Gators have won two of the last three national championships, and they return Tim Tebow and their entire defense. Florida has never had an undefeated season, so this is the last big hurdle for the program to clear and end a second straight decade of amazing excellence. Remember, Florida had never won an SEC Title before Steve Spurrier’s arrival in 1990.

2. Southern Cal – If the Trojans can win at Ohio State, then all they’ll have to do is take of business in the PAC-10. Without Mark Sanchez and with solid teams at Oregon, Oregon State and Cal, that won’t be a gimme.

3. Texas – The winner of the Red River Shootout will be right in the mix for the BCS Championship Game, as was the case last year, when the loser actually played for it. Can Texas find a tailback to compliment Colt McCoy? 4. Ohio State – Terrell Pryor should be the best offensive player in the Big Ten (11), and much like USC in the PAC-10, the Buckeyes recruit the top material in their league year after year. If Ohio State can get past USC, a return to the BCS Championship Game could be in the cards.

5. Oklahoma – Like McCoy and Tebow, Sam Bradford chose to return to school. Like Texas and Florida, the Sooners are rejoicing. Oklahoma must retool its offensive line, but the backfield is dynamite and the defense should be very good.

6. Ga. Tech – Paul Johnson has the Yellow Jackets feeling good and with the ACC and what is not a typically daunting Georgia on the schedule, Tech has a chance to make a BCS run. Johnathan Dwyer and Morgan Burnett are two of the country’s best players.

7. LSU – Buoyed by their blowout win over Ga. Tech in the Chick-fil-A Bowl, the Tigers carry some momentum into 2009. LSU has been dynamite in odd numbered years. The Tigers won the SEC in ’01, the national title in ’03, played for the SEC Championship in ’05, and won the national title in ’09. Getting Charles Scott back greatly buoyed their championship chances.

8. Virginia Tech – The Hokies are thinking that if they go undefeated, they need quality non conference wins to get in the national championship game. Virginia Tech opens the season with Alabama in the Georgia Dome and hosts Nebraska.

9. Alabama – Nick Saban has the Bama faithful in a frenzy. The 12-0 start had the Houndstooth Elephants reliving the glory days of the 1960’s and ‘70’s.

Losing Andre Smith and having to work in a new quarterback probably means a run at the big prize won’t happen, this year. But the Tide will be right there with LSU and Ole Miss in the fight for the SEC West. Freshman tailback Trent Richardson could be great.

10. Oklahoma State – Zac Robinson and Dez Bryant will put up a lot of points and a lot of yardage. How good will the defense be? The Cowboys gave up an average of 44 points over its last four games. They’ll know a lot more after opening the season with the Dawgs in Stillwater. It’s too bad for Oklahoma State and Texas Tech that they play in the Big XII South with Texas and the Sooners.

11. Penn State – Thanks to the kid from Iowa for making that kick so Penn State didn’t give the Big Ten (11) another sham appearance in the national title game. Joe Paterno has his quarterback Daryll Clark and tailback Evan Royster back to lead the way for the league’s likely runner up.

12. Oregon State – Florida and Oklahoma are both big fans of the Beavers, who handed Southern Cal that September loss, keeping the Trojans out of the BCS Championship Game. Jacquizz Rodgers has some juice at tailback.

13. Ole Miss – Can the Rebels handle the hefty expectations? And they’ll have to do so after losing two of the best linemen in the nation, first round picks Michael Oher (left tackle) and Peria Jerry (defensive tackle). Houston Nutt and Jevan Snead have the Burgundy Room, City Grocery and Grove rocking!

14. Boise State – This is as safe a top 25 pick as you’ll find. No matter who the coach, quarterback or proposing tailback is, the Blue Turf Broncos always seem to win 11, 12 or 13 games. It’s too bad they aren’t in the same league with Utah, BYU and TCU. 15. Brigham Young – When BYU has a four year senior starting quarterback, the Cougars are a great bet to win the league. The last four times that’s happened, BYU has won the WAC or Mountain West. Both Utah and TCU visit Provo.

16. Oregon – Mike Belotti moved upstairs and is now Oregon’s athletic director. Chip Kelly takes over as head coach and he has a talented team to work with. The Ducks used to be a laughing stock, but since Rich Brooks took them to the Rose Bowl following the 1994 campaign, Oregon has been one of the PAC-10’s best programs.

17. Nebraska – Bo Pellini has the Big Red faithful hopeful and excited after nine wins and a Gator Bowl victory over Clemson. Keep in mind, ten years ago, that would have been the Cornhuskers worst season in three decades and the sky would be falling.

18. Utah – Twice in the last five years, the Runnin’ Utes have posted an undefeated season and won a BCS Bowl. No other school can say that they have done both of those in the same year on two occasions. Expect Utah and BYU to battle for the Mountain West with TCU in the picture.

19. Florida State – As always the Seminoles have a lot of talent. The legendary Bobby Bowden would love one last run at glory, and it’s too bad that again the school has NCAA issues to deal with. A decade ago, who would have ever thought that Florida State would be looking up in the ACC? 20. Cal – The Golden Bears have shown the propensity to have mediocre seasons when they’re expected to have good ones. The top half of the PAC-10 is very strong and Cal figures to be one of the top challengers to USC’s run of seven straight conference championships.

21. Houston – The Cougars figure to put up a bunch of points led by quarterback Case Keenum. Conference USA always gives a pretty good team a chance to put up a great record, especially if they’ve got a standout in the backfield.

22. TCU – Gary Patterson just churns out 10-win seasons. He’s right there with Pete Carroll, Mack Brown, Mark Richt, Urban Meyer and Jim Tressell when it comes to chalking up double digit victory campaigns. TCU is a team that is always a threat to bust the BCS, if the Horned Frogs can handle BYU and Utah.

23. Arkansas – The Razorbacks have a very difficult schedule, but Bobby Petrino’s team made big strides down the stretch last season and should be improved in 2009 thanks in large part to highly touted Michigan transfer quarterback Ryan Mallett.

24. Georgia – One of college football’s best programs of the last 12 years lost a great deal of talent to the NFL and faces arguably the toughest schedule in the country. In addition to the SEC grind, the Dogs get Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Arizona State and Ga. Tech in Atlanta.

25. Louisiana Tech – Derek Dooley is a tremendous coach – you can take young out of it. His Bulldogs beat Mississippi State and topped Northern Illinois to win the Independence Bowl. Watch out Auburn, La. Tech visits the plains to open the season

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Expected to challenge Texas and Oklahoma for Big XII South supremacy, the Cowboys are a consensus preseason top 10 pick eyeing a statement win over royal Georgia to open the campaign and christen their new stadium. Famous oil tycoon and incredibly loyal and generous Oklahoma State alum T. Boone Pickens has showered his school with unprecedented financial gifts, and the Cowboys are reaping the benefits. Zac Robinson and Dez Bryant are one of the country’s most lethal aerial combinations, and they’re eyeing a Georgia defense that struggled to produce a consistent pass rush in 2008. The Bulldogs offense, with Joe Cox taking over at quarterback and a major question mark at tailback, will have to produce some points. The nature of the Cowboys offense means they will produce points, even facing a stout defense. Georgia topped Oklahoma State 35-14 in Athens to open the 2007 season.

Win or lose in Stillwater, playing a high quality opponent will give the Bulldogs a good idea of just how good they’ll be in 2009.

South Carolina September 12

Both the Bulldogs and Gamecocks lost a great deal of talent to the NFL. Georgia must replace Knowshon Moreno and Matthew Stafford, while South Carolina lost tight end Jared Cook and cornerback Captain Munnerlyn early to the pros. This game is always the first major SEC showdown, and for the loser, the East title is a definite longshot. This game is almost always a knee-knocker. Georgia held on to win 14-7 in the final minute last season in Columbia. South Carolina won 16-12 on its last trip to Athens. The Dogs won 17-15 between the hedges in 2005, and 20-16 in Columbia in 2004. Georgia was a 13-7 winner in Columbia in ’02 and the Gamecocks handed Mark Richt his first loss as Georgia’s coach in 2001 in a 14-9 heartbreaker. That’s six of the last eight that have been decided by a touchdown or less. The athletic Stephen Garcia is the key to South Carolina’s offensive improvement. As usual, the showdown with the Gamecocks will be a good barometer to the Bulldogs level of success.

Arkansas September 19

While the Bulldogs are slugging it out with the Cowboys and Gamecocks, the Razorbacks will be radar locked on Georgia.

Arkansas opens with Missouri State and then has an open date to get ready for the Bulldogs. Bobby Petrino’s Hogs knocked off LSU in the regular season finale last year and are eyeing another signature win to open his second season at the Arkansas helm. Ryan Mallett is the story in Fayetteville. Whereas Arkansas was one of the country’s best running teams under Houston Nutt, highlighted by all-timer tailback Darren McFadden, Petrino brought a pro style offense to the Ozarks.

Mallett was a five star recruit out of high school and signed with Michigan. But when the Wolverines went to a spread attack under Rich Rodriguez, the 6-7 Mallett, a classic pro-style passer left Ann Arbor for Arkansas. These first three games are a supreme test for the Bulldogs.

If Georgia can pull off a 3-0 start, this could be an outstanding season.

But it could be argued that no school in the conference or country has a more challenging first quarter of the schedule.

Arizona State September 26

Coming off a disappointing season, which included a 27-10 loss to Georgia in Tempe, the Sun Devils are hoping to rebound in 2009 and an upset of the Bulldogs would be a huge boost for Dennis Erickson’s bunch. Rudy Carpenter must be replaced at quarterback and the Sun Devils have some defensive issues to address. This is a dangerous date for Georgia, with LSU and Tennessee on the horizon following the brutal three game season-opening stretch. It’s been 22 years since a PAC-10 team visited Sanford Stadium, when Rodney Hampton and Lars Tate ran wild in a 41-7 beating of Oregon State.

Moreno was brilliant last season in Tempe, and A.J. Green had his first nationally showcased performance with a slew of incredible catches.

LSU October 3

A year off the 2007 national championship, the Tigers were beaten by Georgia 52-38 in Baton Rouge and slid down the stretch, losing four of their six regular season games. But LSU pounded Ga. Tech 38-3 in the Chick-fil-A Bowl and optimism abounds for 2009.

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As has been the case every year in the 2000’s, the Tigers are loaded with talent and Charles Scott is the headliner. The SEC’s best returning tailback is one of college football’s most bruising runners, and will open up a dangerous big play passing attack featuring fleet receiver Brandon LaFell. Quarterback is again the big question mark, but Jordan Jefferson was outstanding down the stretch after Jarrett Lee struggled through his freshman season. LSU’s vaunted defense surprisingly struggled last year, so Les Miles brought in longtime Tennessee coordinator John Chavis. Rahim Alem and Charles Alexander headline the defensive front while Chad Jones and Patrick Peterson have loads of talent in the secondary. LSU should be 4-0 headed to Athens, and Florida will visit Baton Rouge following the showdown with the Dogs. The last time the Tigers came to Sanford Stadium in 2004, Georgia posted a resounding 45-16 victory.

Tennessee October 10

Tim Tebow is one of the greatest players in college football history, but he may be the second best player in the SEC. Volunteer safety Eric Berry is an all-time SEC great at any position.

His father played at Tennessee, and the Fairburn, Ga. native is one of best Peach State natives ever to get away from the Bulldogs.

Berry set the league’s career interception return record midway through his sophomore season, and the NFL’s number one overall draft prospect will continue to dent record books and adorn all-decade all-star teams. He has amazing ball skills, world class speed, tremendous instincts and is a bone-jarring physical hitter.

First year coach Lane Kiffin has already become one of the SEC’s all-time ire instigators. His father Monte, an elite defensive mind for decades in the NFL, inherits a talented group led by Berry.

Tennessee’s offense was downright awful last year, so highly touted signee Bryce Brown will get long look at tailback. Don’t be surprised if Berry gets snaps on the offensive side. Why wouldn’t you want the ball in his hands as often as possible?

Schemes be damned. Tennessee has a schedule that again loaded on the front end. The Vols go to Florida in week three, then host Ohio, Auburn and the Dogs in successive weeks. Expect the Volunteers to be back bowling in 2009, but as for restoring the glory? Kiffin figures to either be a rousing success or a colossal disappointment.

Vanderbilt October 17

Times are good in the Music City. Vanderbilt went 7-6 and made its first postseason appearance since 1982, topping Boston College in the Music City Bowl, adding the Eagles to a hit list that included South Carolina, Ole Miss, Auburn and Kentucky. Twotime All-SEC corner and multi-purpose threat D.J. Moore left Vandy for the NFL, but the Commodores return eight offensive and nine defensive starters. On Georgia’s last visit to Nashville, the Bulldogs were fortunate to escape with a 20-17 victory. That Georgia team finished No. 2 in the country and had an eventual first round pick at tailback and quarterback. Vanderbilt returns its entire offensive line, including sophomore Kyle Fischer, who could star at guard or tackle. This is always a dangerous game for Georgia. Coming off the trip to Tennessee with over 100,000 fans, the 30-k something Nashville crowd can lure the Bulldogs to sleep.

Florida October 31

There will be a lot of Gator fans in Tim Tebow costumes as Florida tries to cap off another decade of dominance against the Bulldogs. Florida has won 16 of the last 19 meetings, and last year in a showdown with SEC and national title implications, the Gators steamrolled the Bulldogs 49-10. Knowshon Moreno and Matthew Stafford left Georgia early for the NFL. Tim Tebow returned to Florida, along with the entire defense. The Gators have won two of the last three national championships and a trio of big rings since 1996. Florida has never had an undefeated season.

It’s the Gators – and Tebow’s – Everest. Florida has the team and the schedule to do it. Georgia and Tennessee have a lot of question marks and there is no Alabama or Ole Miss (the Rebels are 3-1 vs. the Gators since 2002 and a preseason top ten pick by many) on the schedule. Only the trip to LSU, barring injury to Tebow, figures to feature Florida as a single digit favorite. Georgia has had tremendous success against defending national champions, including wins over the Gators in 1997 and 2007. But

there’s a very good chance that the Bulldogs will be the biggest underdog of the Richt era in Jacksonville.

Tennessee Tech November 7

This is the only game on the 2009 schedule that looks like a gimme for the Bulldogs. If Georgia again falls to Florida and if the Bulldogs are already carrying three or four losses, this is an excellent chance to begin and focus in on a strong close which would build positive momentum for 2010. This will be the first ever meeting between the schools. For the last few years, Florida has been playing one of these games late in the season before facing Florida State, so it doesn’t have to burn an open date and can save it for a conference foe.

Auburn November 14

After enjoying tremendous success under Tommy Tuberville’s watch, things went due south for the Tigers in 2008.

Auburn went 5-7, 2-6 in the SEC and made a coaching change.

The Tigers brought in former defensive coordinator Gene Chizik, who went 5-19 in two years at Iowa State. Over the last two seasons, Auburn just hasn’t had the play-makers that made the Tigers so dangerous in the middle of the decade. Kodi Burns has talent and is a dual threat at quarterback. The defense again figures to be tough, but the schedule is very tough, beginning with a visit from Derek Dooley’s Louisiana Tech Bulldogs. A winning season and bowl game would be a good accomplishment for the Tigers. Georgia escaped with a 17-13 victory on the plains last year, marking the first time since the Herschel Walker era of 1980-82 that the Bulldogs beat Auburn three straight seasons.

The Dogs haven’t won four straight over their ancient rival since a five-game streak from 1944-48.

Kentucky November 21

For a third straight season, Rich Brooks led the Wildcats to a bowl game. That hadn’t happened since Bear Bryant was Kentucky’s coach. The defense lost seven starters, but the offense could be very good led by slippery Randall Cobb, who has shined as an option quarterback and shown great promise at receiver.

Brooks has done an outstanding job of recruiting big uglies, vastly improving Kentucky’s line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball.

Kentucky hasn’t beaten Georgia in Athens since 1977, but under Brooks watch the last three years, the Wildcats have slain the Bulldogs (Lexington, 2006), Tennessee, Florida State, Clemson and Arkansas. Cornerback Trevard Lindley, a native of Hiram, Ga., headlines the defense as one of the conference’s top cover men. He would obviously love to put on a big show in his home state.

Tech November 28

A year ago in Athens, the Bulldogs blew a 28-12 halftime lead, got outscored 26-0 in the third quarter, lost the game 4542 and with it had a seven game winning streak over the Yellow Jackets come to an end. Tech’s eight game streak from 1949-56, the infamous drought, remains the series longest. The Richt era has been magical. This was the low point. Tech ran for over 400 yards, didn’t complete a second half pass and physically dominated the Bulldogs, who hurt the cause with crippling mistakes.

A pair of Jacket juniors, both Peach State natives, running back Johnathan Dwyer and safety Morgan Burnett are amongst the nation’s best players. Paul Johnson was a scary hire. When his option offense gets rolling, it takes a mighty defense, or some turnovers to slow it down. Especially if the officials allow the Yellow Jackets to continue to block how they do. Of course the head of SEC officiating Rogers Redding, like his predecessor Bobby Gaston, is a Tech man. There will be an SEC crew in Atlanta. Another plus for Johnson’s offense is that it is not pro-style, meaning continuity. His quarterbacks don’t figure to be NFL prospects, meaning they will likely stay four years. Throughout history, when Tech has beaten Georgia, the wins have come in pairs – or more – mostly. The last time the Jackets beat Georgia and then didn’t win the next year was 1978. Tech beat the Bulldogs in 1984-85, 1989-90, and 1998-2000. The Yellow Jackets and Virginia Tech will be the favorites to win the ACC. It’s entirely possible that the Jackets could head into the Georgia game with the chance at a special season.

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By Murray Poole BULLDAWG ILLUSTRATED Nearly every standout football player who has donned the red and black of the University of Georgia has aspirations of performing at the next level â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the National Football League.

But, of course, only a small percentage of those Bulldogs will ever set foot on a professional football field. And when the Georgia players come to a sudden and often-times shocking revelation that their playing days are indeed over, they have to reroute their career goals and channel in on occupations that perhaps werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even in their mindsets while performing between the fabled hedges of Sanford Stadium.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where a service such as All-American Resources steps in to assist the athletes.

Based in Atlanta and having been in existence for roughly three years, the company works with not only student-athletes but regular students as well in helping determine and shape career choices. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The NCAA has a program called CHAMPS/Life Skills that career development is a component of,â&#x20AC;? said Heather Stepp McCormick, senior consultant for All-American Resources and a former All-American gymnast for Suzanne Yoculanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gym Dogs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our firm is assisting the UGA Athletic Association on a consultative basis in creating a career development program to meet the career development needs of its student-athletes.â&#x20AC;?

McCormick says her firm provides educational seminars on career development-related topics and provides individual assistance to student-athletes in the area of resume assistance, mock interviews and externships/job shadows. All-American Resources also provides these opportunities to the general student population.

According to McCormick, research has shown that student-athletes in general are less career prepared than the general student population. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is predominantly due to the academic and athletic time constraints of the studentathleteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lifestyle,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The summers are normally a time for college students to perform internships and explore career areas. However, student-athletes tend to spend their summers taking summer classes (usually taking more difficult classes since they are not competing and have additional time to devote to the class) and are training or are competing. Thus, there is not much time to acquire a job.â&#x20AC;?

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McCormick noted that former Bulldog wide receiver A.J. Bryant was interested in the field of real estate when he graduated from Georgia two Decembers ago and through the externship/job shadow procedure, All-American Resources was able to hook Bryant up with an appraising company, in commercial real estate, which was owned by another former Georgia standout, linebacker Mitch Davis. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All-American Resources is both a recruiting firm and a consulting firm,â&#x20AC;? emphasized McCormick. â&#x20AC;&#x153;On the consulting side, we provide seminars and mock interview days for university career services offices and university athletic departments, working with the general student population as well as the student-athlete population. We are also a recruiting firm. It is important to note that we can not and do not recruit or place any student-athlete while they have eligibility. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Last year, Georgia seniors had the opportunity to do job shadows which gave them the confidence that when their football career is over, they know what their plan B is as opposed to having your whole world come down when that NFL career didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t turn out the way you hoped,â&#x20AC;? she concluded. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This (All-American Resources assistance) gives you a chance to put the pieces back together and see where you want to go. That group of seniors from last summer that have graduated, the ones where the NFL didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work out, should now have a direction to go in that they feel confident about.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;This (the UGA Athletic Departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s association with A-A Resources) is something we want to do to help our young men after their careers at Georgia are over,â&#x20AC;? related head football coach Mark Richt. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To help prepare them for life, to integrate them into the business world, we think these internships can really be helpful. And this company helps them find job opportunities.â&#x20AC;?

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Countdown to Kickoff returns to Athens July 17 and 18

By Ryan Scates, BI intern BULLDAWG ILLUSTRATED Alright Bulldawg Nation, things are about to get difficult. The slowest time of the year is drawing closer. The dawg days of the off season are upon us.

How is it that we wait all year for football season to get here, and then those twelve precious weeks fly by in what seems like an instant?

A fan’s first instinct around this time of year is usually to preview the schedule week-by-week, identify which games are going to be nail biters, find out where the heck Stillwater, Oklahoma is, and then wait…wait…wait… ….for what seems like forever.

Preseason magazines can provide temporary solace, and video games help too. Publishing magnate Vance Leavy suggests a subscription to Bulldawg Illustrated to tie you over. Personally, I love reading Lewis Grizzard’s recollections of stories involving Dorsey Hill, the world’s biggest Bulldog fan.

“Dorsey thinks that when you die you go to Vince Dooley’s house.” tells Grizzard, “He can’t wait.”

Of course, the pain of the off season can only go so long before we all resort to just sitting back and remembering our most treasured moments of Georgia football lore.

We all have our favorite games; the situations we place ourselves in when playing backyard football. When dad pulls you out back to throw the

July 18, 2009 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

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football, maybe you are Verron Haynes in Knoxville on sunny afternoon in the fall of 2001, or Michael Johnson “in the corner” on a cold 2002 night on the plains of Auburn, Alabama.

I like to think of myself as Greg Blue, knocking people unconscious over the middle with one cold stare.

Well, for any of us who ever dreamed of catching a strike from David Greene to silence thousands, or a chance to power into the defensive line behind the steady force of a Stinchcomb brother lined up at offensive tackle, I have some news for you.

It’s called Countdown to Kickoff. Matt Stinchcomb, Jon Stinchcomb, and David Greene have banded together to give us gridiron-thirsty Dawgs what Matt Sticnhcomb describes as "an oasis of football heaven in the desert of the summer pre-season."

The event starts with a golf tournament with Georgia greats, coaches, and players at the University Golf Course on July 17, where participants can compete for awards and prizes to be handed out at an awards party and auction night at the Classic Center later in the evening.

July 18th has been designated as a fan day to come out to Woodruff Field, and commiserate with some UGA legends. Bring the whole family to this one, as the day's schedule includes activities such as facepainting with UGA Cheerleaders and Hairy Dawg, games with gridiron stars from past and pres-

ent, performances from the Redcoat Band, and plenty of autograph and picture opportunities.

“We will provide everything”, explained Matt Stinchcomb, “except for an opponent.”

Bring a camera, a fresh Sharpie, and some eyeblack, as fans can go through team drills, tell lies to each other about how things used to be, and even celebrate in the end zone. Don’t worry, neither referees nor Urban Meyer will be in attendance.

Stinchcomb assured me of that.

I can’t wait to hit the field. I plan on bringing my iPod pre-loaded with the Redcoat Band’s playlist and having David Greene throw me a pass over the middle where I will run over Vance Leavy like Walker over Bates in 1980. Then I plan on buying a Coke.

"Fans can expect some 'surprise folds' to the event this year", teased Stinchcomb, "I think our fans will be very excited about one particular Kodak moment at the fan day". He didn't tell me any further specifics, but I do plan to have my camera ready to document whatever happens.

All proceeds from the event will benefit local charities, including the Georgia Transplant Foundation, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, the Children’s Tumor Foundation and the UGA College of Education.

Once again, the event is July 17-18, and tickets can be purchased online. For full details be sure to visit www.ugakickoff.com See you there!

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Individual Tickets: $25 Sponsorships and golf tournament positions are also available

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Join hosts Matt Stinchcomb, Jon Stinchcomb, David Greene and other current and former UGA football players for a day of autographs, photos and fun!

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A mounted frame displays a newspaper clipping from the Georgia-Florida game in 2007.

The picture, featured prominently in the article, shows Mark and Katharyn Richt excitedly sharing a kiss after the Bulldogs trounced Florida in a game full of surprises. In the next room, Katharyn sits at the dining room table surrounded by her mother-in-law and two sistersin-law, with nursing school books spread out before her.

Outside, the children are playing—looking for scorpions and frogs. She is dressed in a light blue v-neck sweater and matching cap that accentuate her blue eyes. Her bright smile, seen most often around her children, lights up the room around her. Her brown hair is tied back in a pony tail and when she stands to move into the family room, she shows her lofty height of 5’10”. It is an average Tuesday afternoon at the Richt house, complete with people and dogs filling up the space. Katharyn sits relaxed on the couch, though, and doesn’t seem to mind all the activity.

From the beginning of her life, she was surrounded by people as her father ran a YMCA camp Tallahassee, Fla. She enjoyed a lifestyle of attending her father’s camps and even horseback riding to a friend’s house.

“It was nothing glamorous, I mean my Dad built our barn,” she says.

They kept the summer camps’ horses in their barn over the winter, and she enjoyed riding to her friend’s houses. She describes another favorite childhood memory as traveling to Long Boat Key with her grandparents doing a lot with not a lot to do.

“My grandmother would make us breakfast and we would just play on the beach all day and hunt for shells and play cards. I remember playing games out there and jumping off my granddad’s shoulders, and you know just not having much to do but being okay with not having much to do.”

Now she has plenty to do, but she never, of course, had any idea she’d end up the wife of an SEC football head coach.

“I just thought I’d probably work for the YMCA. I’d worked for the YMCA since I was 14 as a day camp counselor then as a swim instructor and then a lifeguard. I’d actually worked my way up to aquatics director and then you know, I just thought I’d probably continue doing that but then I went to college and then I got married.”

She attended Lees-McRae College in North Carolina for two years before transferring to Florida State, where she majored in economics. ”I do remember a time in college feeling like what in the world, what am I going to do?” she said. “I don’t even know. I didn’t like that feeling of not knowing and not having a clue.”

Though she originally set off in the direction of business, she is now pursuing her dream of becoming a nurse. She mentions feeling regret when her sister began nursing school, but was inspired more recently when their family went on a mission trip to Honduras and wished she could do more to help out.

“Id be able to actually minister to the people and help them and things of that nature,” she says. “I’d just think it’d be a good thing to have in the future and even to be able to help around town.”

She is currently taking a class at Athens Tech to prepare for going through the nursing school admissions process.

She says the biggest surprise of her life is that her husband is the head coach of football at the University of Georgia. And yet, she also believed in him from the start.

“I could tell early in Mark’s career that he was destined, if you will, to be a head coach and the opportunities just kept coming. Before, God had never given me a peace about leaving… I never wanted to leave Tallahassee.”

Before meeting Katharyn, though, Mark had been disappointed by missed NFL opportunities and moved back to Tallahassee to become an assistant coach under Bobby Bowden at Florida State, where he remained for 15 years.

They met when Mark asked one of his friends if he knew a “nice girl” to take on a date. Their one blind date turned into a great friendship, which lasted over a year. Finally, they admitted their love for one another and got married shortly thereafter.

While in Tallahassee, they had their two older sons Jon and David. In 1999, they adopted Anya and Zach from Ukraine. With a family now complete, Katharyn says she never wanted to leave there, not until Coach Bowden retired and things would be different at FSU. But their transition to life in Athens dressed in red and black came sooner.

“We had over the years, when that dreaded December comes, and now it seems even earlier, when coaches start to get let go and you start looking at the jobs you know Mark would always say well that Georgia job, that’d be a great

job.” she said. “It just was God’s hand there. I mean, you know, we were ready and we haven’t looked back.”

In Athens, she spends her time being a mother to their four children—Jon, David, Zach and Anya—and supporting her husband in his role as head coach and head of the family. She takes care of the family first and spends Saturdays helping out on the sidelines.

“I do enjoy working a lot better than just watching the game because that helps me to be a part of what Mark and the boys do, just be a part of the boys.”

At this moment, 12-year old Anya comes in from outside. Katharyn immediately switches into Mom-mode and fires off a round of questions as she puts her full attention on her daughter.

“Do you want to brush your hair? Did everybody leave? Who were you playing basketball with? What’s all over your shirt?”

There is barely enough time for Anya to answer these questions, but she takes the stage anyway. To describe the stain on her shirt, she tells of a recent fall in the woods to her mother, who responds with a zestful “ta-day?” asking when the accident occurred.

Katharyn is quick to praise her daughter.

“Anya’s probably going to be on the speaking circuit. She loves the microphone, she loves the attention and stuff like that. Anya has a confidence that is God-given. I think that, you know, one day people are going to want to hear how she dealt with going to school and just walking around town and our trip to New York City.”

Anya was born with a tumor in her face that leaves one side disfigured. Within minutes of meeting her however, one hardly notices as her talkative and cheerful personality takes over.

At this point, Katharyn has moved from her relaxed and comfortable position on the couch to sit next to her daughter on the fireplace hearth, where a gas flame flickers. Whenever she dialogues with her daughter she looks at her steadily and listens closely.

Anya describes what her mother does while in the car. She vividly explains how her mother drives and talks on the phone at the same time, then adds, “It’s because of our Dad’s job.”

Katharyn laughs and agrees. “I am on the phone a lot.”

I ask her what advice she would give her daughter about being married and having children.

Now?” asks Anya. “No!” her mother responds emphatically. “No, not now.” She looks around and grins, then continues.

“Well along with the boys we’re telling her we’re praying for whoever God brings into her life and ultimately we want His will and His best for her…We are praying for Anya’s spouse.”

Anya makes a face, and Katharyn switches gears and asks Anya more questions.

“How’s your throat feeling? Why don’t you go take a Vitamin C?” Katharyn’s faith is interjected into all of her conversations.

On December 11, 1994, she says, on a green lounge chair in their Tallahassee family room, she made a commitment to God after a phone call with a friend.

She says her faith previously had been based around her parents’ beliefs.

“I thought I’d be okay because of my parents. And I finally realized it’s personal. It’s between Him and me. It’s a true relationship.”

Their family takes faith seriously, and Katharyn says they want their children to make their own decisions.

“I think the biggest thing we are trying to do with them is encourage their relationship with the Lord, to make it their own, not me and their Dad’s. To make it their own, it has to be between her and Jesus,” she pauses and looks at Anya. “Or not. But I hope it is.”

Their house is a tribute to their many roles and interests. Bible verses decorate the main wall in the living room, along with a colorful Steve Penley portrait of Jesus. The house is warm and well-decorated, with yellows and reds softening the family room and adjacent kitchen. Most of the Georgia Bulldog paraphernalia is limited to their “Georgia Room” and basement.

Later in the afternoon, Katharyn sits comfortably in the family room. In the next room, the sun room turned “music room,” David begins to play the piano and sing. The music room is green with ferns, decorated with old family photos, and fully equipped with a piano and guitar. They all stop to listen, and Katharyn says the family will sit in the family room and listen as he sings in the evenings.

As the music plays, the other three kids, along with a few friends, come in and sit. Everyone is silent as the music plays. Anya curls up in the chair next to her mother, who puts her arm protectively around her. She smiles, radiating contentment.

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Possessing the magical promotional pizzazz of the greatest Bulldog ever Dan Magill, the bravado of Steve Spurrier, the national championship total of John Wooden and an uncommon personal touch with the program’s legion of fans, Suzanne Yoculan blazed through an incomparable career as Georgia’s gymnastics coach.

Looming above the floor of the Stegeman Coliseum are the banners that serve as the ultimate tribute to the program’s success under her watch: 10 national championships won in three different decades, 16 Southeastern Conference titles and top three NCAA finishes in 20 of the last 21 years.

“The credit for the success of the team goes to the gymnasts,” says Yoculan. “They are the ones who performed and won all the championships.”

What she takes the most pride in from a “personal” standpoint is the incredible following the program has amassed under her watch.

When Yoculan arrived at Georgia, the average attendance for home meets was 200. Some “fans” showed up to get a kick out of gymnasts who would stumble and bumble more often than precisely execute a tumble. There was no media coverage.

There were no team posters. The homeless found the free admission to the Coliseum as a nice alternative to cold winter nights.

Within four years of her arrival prior to the 1984 season, Georgia would end mighty Utah’s run as queens of the mat to capture the programs first national championship in 1987. And the fans were beginning to come. In droves.

By the time Georgia won the 1993 national championship with an astronomical score of 198.000 – the equivalent on a scale of impressiveness to a six touchdown victory in the BCS title game – the Gymdogs were routinely packing in over 10,000 fans for home meets. In the midst of Georgia’s run of five straight national championships to close out Yoculan’s title-laden coaching career, the interest level in the program likely would have seemed as realistic a quarter century earlier as the Moon did to 18th-century mariners.

Regular season – not “just” NCAA and SEC championship – meets have now been televised nationally by ESPN and shown regionally on Fox Sports and CSS. There is a 36-million dollar practice facility, live play-by-play scoring on the internet, extensive local print coverage, Suzanne’s own television show, a slick marketing operation and an enormous “Ten-0” booster club that is the backbone of the program’s support, highlighted by the full endowment of all 12 scholarships.

Like Magill, she has been a modern day P.T. Barnum.

The fireworks, light shows and video board presentations for meets rival those seen at NBA games. And Georgia gymnastics was ahead of the curve. As a college freshman in 1991-92, I was attending my first meet. My friend, current Sugar Bowl executive Jeff Hundley, was the team’s sports information director. He told me as the team rolled onto the floor with “glory, glory” playing, “this is the only thing at this meet that will even remotely remind you of anything else you’ve ever seen at a Georgia sporting event.”

He was right. But I liked it. It was outside of the box, envelope pushing.

Suzanne is a dynamic speaker with an electric personality. She can talk to anyone, and makes it hard for anyone to say no.

Some may view her as polarizing. That includes Alabama coach Sarah Patterson.

The two don’t get along. It’s the kind of feud that the conference has seen for decades. In football. Not in women’s gymnastics. But the rivalry and added spice between the two programs and coaches has greatly helped the sport grow in the SEC. When the gymnastics “big top” was in the beginning stages of construction, Georgia’s facilities weren’t nearly as numerous,

spacious or palatial. All of Georgia’s coaches, with the exception of Vince Dooley and Hugh Durham shared offices at the coliseum. While, to a coach, all that were along then and now would certainly prefer today’s posh set-ups, those crammed offices of the mid-‘80’s built great camaraderie and generated a lot of stories.

Amongst those whom Yoculan shared an office with were a fellow pair of Georgia legends, and two coaches she has always greatly admired, Jack Bauerle and Andy Landers. Bauerle, who has led Georgia to four national swimming championships and was head coach of the 2008 United States Olympic Team, once unscrewed the mouthpiece and removed the silver voice box from the volleyball coach’s phone, prompting Sid Felman to scream into the phone and boisterously wonder why no one could $&$*#!* hear him?

Landers, who has guided the Lady Bulldog basketball team to five final fours and was a 2007 inductee into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, loved to poke fun at the “Yankee accent” of Yoculan, a New Jersey native and Penn State graduate, one which was much more profound – and according to Landers and Bauerle, loud - in her early Athens years.

“We’d ask Suzanne who she was talking to,” laughed Landers. “She’d say friends or her parents up North in New Jersey. I then asked her if she was using the phone or just hollering out the window?”

Coaching college gymnastics was not in her early gameplan.

“I wanted to be a Rockette.”

Broadway’s loss was Georgia’s gain.

Growing up listening to Munson and Dooley fret about how my beloved Bulldogs could possibly beat Vanderbilt – rhetoric that was familiar with most iconic coaches of the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s and 80’s from Knoxville to Tuscaloosa to Baton Rouge to the plains – Steve Spurrier brought a refreshing confident candor (taken or mistaken as arrogance and cockiness) to SEC football. Suzanne brought it to Georgia.

One of her powerful teams of the 1990’s (it was ’94 if memory serves), which she had deemed “unbeatable,” faltered at the NCAA’s and finished third. The next season at her preseason media gathering, not backing down for a second, Suzanne boldly stated: “I won’t say this year’s team is unbeatable, but I will say that we’re a juggernaut.”

If you don’t think proclamations like these don’t exude confidence in a team and strike a bit of trepidation into the opposition, it’s time to brush up on your modern psychology.

She’s dazzled as a speaker at Bulldog clubs, civic clubs, and professional conventions on subjects ranging from the building of team chemistry to marketing to motivation to eating disorders.

Now that her coaching career has concluded, there’s no question that Suzanne can flourish in a number of fields – especially if there’s a microphone in front of her.

In gymnastics, the perfect score for a routine is 10. When she announced her impended retirement following two more seasons in the fall of 2007, Suzanne, with eight national titles already on the resume, was a guest on my afternoon radio talk show. Since the 2008 championships were in Athens, and the Gymdogs seemed a sure bet, and Georgia would certainly again be favored in 2009, I asked if the timing of her impending retirement had anything to do with the very realistic possibility that Suzanne’s career would come to an end with a “perfect 10” national championships?

“No,” Yoculan said with a chuckle, “I hadn’t really thought about that.”

Now that’s a tough sell, even from the master marketer.

But Georgia’s gymnasts took the challenge to heart.

And they delivered, filling a second hand with national championship rings, providing a storybook ending to a one of a kind career.

Suzanne Yoculan Tribute

Suzanneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stars Heather Stepp McCormick,

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One has to talk with members of Georgiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s national champion gymnastics teams only a few minutes to realize how the Gym Dogs feel about their famous head coach, Suzanne Yoculan. Not only do the Gym Dogs think Coach Yoculan is a superb coach and teacher of gymnastics but they are most appreciative of the life skills Yoculan has embedded in them â&#x20AC;Ś lessons the Georgia girls will carry with them far beyond the gymnastics arena.

Here are comments on Suzanne offered to Bulldawg Illustrated by four of her former standouts:

Outgoing senior Tiffany Tolnay,

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Ten-0 Booster Club - the ultimate support system

By Murray Poole BULLDAWG ILLUSTRATED Even with the great coaching from Suzanne Yoculan and her assistant staff and even with the outstanding talent and work ethic of the Georgia Gym Dogs, a national championship gymnastics program such as the one at the University of Georgia couldn’t exist without solid backing and tremendous support from others.

Not only do the UGA gymnasts get that support from the 10,000 people that regularly pack Stegeman Coliseum for the home meets but, also, from likely one of the top booster clubs in the country.

The Ten-O Booster Club, which is the official booster club of the Gym Dogs, was formed to build enthusiasm and support for the gymnastics team, and its membership is open to anyone interested in providing that support for the Georgia girls. In addition to Silver, Gold, Diamond and Platinum membership levels, there are membership opportunities for UGA students, gymnastics clubs and kids of all ages.

Beginning before the season officially starts in the fall and continuing through to the NCAA championship in the spring, the Ten-O Booster Club sponsors a variety of activities to benefit the team. Members have several opportunities to interact with and meet the Gym Dogs throughout the season. Booster club members receive information about these events and insider information about the team in the Ten-O Boosters Club newsletter, and promotional items to show support for the team. Members are also invited to attend the annual Ten-O Booster Club banquet held at the end of the season.

“This club was formed in the early years of Suzanne’s coaching career,” said Bill Hallman, a former president of the club. “It was a grassroots effort by Suzanne to get gymnastics up and running. She needed some help to do it and that’s why the Ten-O Club was formed. And to get there, the club had to do promotions, do things to make people aware that UGA had a gymnastics program and to get them to come to the meets and have fun.

“I grew up in Dublin,” Hallman said, “where we didn’t have gymnastics. Well, one day my wife Donna and daughter Christie asked me to go to a Georgia gymnastics meet with them. I admittedly was a little reluctant at first because if no ball was involved if it wasn’t football, basketball or baseball I wasn’t interested in it. But as soon as I went,” added Hallman, “it wasn’t 10 minutes before I found myself standing and barking like a dog. I got hooked in the sport and have been involved ever since.”

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One of the first things the club did after its formation was to help conduct the Gym Dogs’ meets in the coliseum.

“We would actually set up the apparatus and all the equipment,” said Hallman. “Initially, the athletic department didn’t have the manpower or expertise to do it. Now, we’ve gone from that to hosting the national championship. And according to NCAA officials, we hosted one of the best ever here last year. The UGA athletic department now does a phenomenal job in hosting; in fact, the department won a national award for the hosting of our championship.”

That award, presented by SportsTravel, was for Best Collegiate Multi-Sport or Multi-Discipline Event. Hallman said much of the credit for the ultra-successful 2008 NCAA Gymnastics Championships hosted by UGA goes to Christie Purks, Georgia’s Associate Director of Event Management.

“Christie was in charge of the NCAA Championships and just does a great job with the Georgia meets,” he said.

Hallman said some of the best compliments the club receives are from the parents of the Georgia gymnasts.

“When the parents come into the club and see the TenO Club members and how nice they are and how they treat their daughters, they are really overwhelmed,” Hallman said.

“Georgia’s gymnasts come from all over the country and as a parent, you sometimes are fearful of how well your daugh-

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ter will be received. But the Ten-O Club does a phenomenal job of letting them know that UGA and Athens is their home.”

Hallman noted that the Ten-O Booster Club’s outstanding family atmosphere also goes a long way in helping the Georgia coaching staff recruit future gymnastics stars.

“It really helps with the networking,” he said. “When you think about it, the top elite gymnasts in the country know each other because they compete against each other.

And one of the things that can put Georgia over the top is the fan base. We have to compete against the likes of Florida, Alabama and other great teams and when the girls (prospective recruits) come here, they leave talking about the Georgia fan base and that really puts things over the top it really helps with recruiting.”

Hallman said a good example of the Ten-O Booster Club which presently boasts 300-plus adult members and around 200 gym kid members came at this year’s SEC Championships in Nashville, Tenn. “There at the SEC meet in Nashville, the Ten-O Club had a tailgate and even a Dog Walk prior to the meet and the kids and parents absolutely loved it,” said Hallman.

Yoculan says Georgia’s powerful gymnastics program simply wouldn’t be where it is today without the support of the Ten-O Club.

“I credit them for our attendance at home meets,” she related. “When we started the Ten-O Club, we got people on board who were passionate about gymnastics … not just people who were interested because their child was on it.

We had broad representation and applied a networking system. Our board was like a creature with tentacles. It just worked very, very well and continues to be the heart and soul of our fans. I credit our attendance to three factors: the relationship our team has to the fans we’re very accessible and have open practices the Ten-O board itself and the networking they continue to do and, of course, the 26 years we’ve had here and winning all the championships itself you can’t leave that out of the formula.

“A lot of coaches have booster clubs,” Yoculan concluded, “but they’re not involved in those booster clubs. I’m actively involved in the Ten-O Booster Club. Our staff attends all the meetings on Mondays, and it’s that personal connection with the people that makes it such a success.

Our Ten-O club is totally different than any other booster club at Georgia. It runs parallel with our whole staff and is part of our promotions. When we want something done, we call the Ten-O Club. It works hand-in-hand with the athletic association staff.”

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By Murray Poole BULLDAWG ILLUSTRATED Suzanne Yoculan is the first to admit she wasn’t a very good college gymnast.

And, for that, the University of Georgia and Bulldawg Nation can be forever thankful.

“I was a gymnast in high school (and four-time state champion) and went to Penn State for collegiate gymnastics,” said Yoculan, who recently capped an unparalleled coaching career as leader of the Georgia Gym Dogs. “I was a big fish in a little pond in high school but when I went to Penn State, I was a little fish in a big pond.”

And with the Nittany Lions gymnastics team, Yoculan quickly discovered she wasn’t destined to be a star. Fact of the matter is, Yoculan also quickly discovered she wasn’t even going to be a starter in the Penn State lineup.

“I saw the writing on the wall,” Yoculan said. “I had some physical limitations and a lack of flexibility that I just couldn’t overcome at the college level.”

But while one door was rapidly closing — the one that would have Yoculan being a solid contributor to the Penn State team — another was slowly opening … the one that would lead Suzanne Yoculan to a brilliant collegiate coaching career, a career she couldn’t even dreamt of having while growing up as a youngster in New Jersey. In her 26 seasons at Georgia, Yoculan won a mind-boggling 10 NCAA championships including an unprecedented five national titles in a row from 2005-09, 16 Southeastern Conference titles and 21 NCAA Regional crowns.

She was named National Coach of the Year five times.

“Realizing I wasn’t a good enough gymnast in college, I wanted to start coaching part-time,” said Yoculan. “They needed a substitute teacher one day so I started coaching about 10 hours a week at a private gym club and I learned very quickly. I found I was getting more of a reward out of coaching than I was doing gymnastics itself. I was enjoying it and the kids liked me. It just came so natural, totally natural for me, and I always stayed one day ahead of the athletes. It was like a Golden Retriever,” declared Yoculan. “You pet him and he comes back for more. So I went to clinics and taught myself how to coach. I became a sponge and learned from people.”

And Yoculan learned so much and so rapidly, she was confident enough to open her own gymnastics school (Gemini Gymnastics) in Pennsylvania, after graduating from Penn State in 1975 with a B.S. in therapeutic recreation with a dance emphasis.

But, for Yoculan, then came the lure of coaching gymnastics on a higher plane … at the college level.

However, it wasn’t the coaching position at the University of Georgia that Yoculan applied for but, rather, the University of Nebraska’s vacant gymnastics job.

“The Nebraska job opened up first,” related Yoculan, “and I did apply for it. But Rick Walton, who was the gymnastics coach at Georgia at the time, also applied for the Nebraska job and, he got it. And I was devastated when they never even gave me an interview at Nebraska,” admitted Yoculan. “The rejection was horrible.”

But, that said, Nebraska’s loss was about to become the Georgia Gym Dogs’ gain.

“Liz Murphey (then director of women’s athletics at UGA) checked to see who the Nebraska finalists were and called me,” Yoculan recalled. “Also, a friend sent my resume down to her.

So I came down to Georgia for an interview and it just felt right from the start. I loved Liz Murphey but the ironic thing was that no one cared about gymnastics at the time here. I was hired to keep women’s sports in place and two years later, they dropped men’s gymnastics.

“But there was a program in place,” Yoculan continued.

“However, when I took the job at Georgia, Rick Walton was moving on to Nebraska and he told me, ‘you won’t win here.

You won’t have any support — this is a football town.’ As I look back on that now,” reflected Yoculan, “it’s a little ironic that we won our 10th national championship at Nebraska.”

And after assuming the Gym Dog coaching reins in 1984, Yoculan quickly saw what Walton meant about the lack of support from Georgia and the Athens community when it came to this somewhat unfamiliar sport called gymnastics.

“I was really surprised over the low attendance for meets here,” said Yoculan. “When we walked out for our first meet, there were less than 200 people in the stands. And Penn State had been drawing 6,000 for their meets.”

But if you think young Suzanne Yoculan was discouraged over the apparent lack of interest surrounding the UGA gymnastics program … think again. With her built-in fire and enthusiasm and willingness to roll up her sleeves and go to work, Yoculan’s mind was already racing ahead to what this Gym Dog program could be one day.

“That first meet we had here, I had a vision,” she said. “I had a vision of where the faculty would sit in the coliseum, where the families of our gymnasts would sit, where the students would sit and where the preferential seats would be.”

And Yoculan began to quickly push her vision on the way to reality. But first, she had to introduce the campus and the Athens townspeople to what her sport was all about.

“Even at the start, we were very good back then but people didn’t know it,” Yoculan pointed out. “We were our own song and dance back then. We went out and got it done ourselves. I told the girls that 15 of us could get more done than just me. So we went out and got sponsors, got all of them involved

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in promotions. We made posters and when we were hanging the posters, the girls were developing relationships with people.

Our girls are very cute and sociable and are able to sell the program. And we did exhibitions every Wednesday for 12 years to get the program going,” she added. “When they were out of school, we’d take different girls each week and just expose people to gymnastics.”

And to promote the team’s meets at Stegeman Coliseum, Yoculan and her girls began working not only on the Athens community but the university itself.

“We started at the top and wrote letters to the deans of all the departments,” said Yoculan. “And that got the Georgia faculty to start coming. Gymnastics is now the biggest familyfriendly sport you can do in Athens. You see everyone from your minister to childhood friends at our meets, and Dr. (Michael) Adams is at every meet. But everyone started going. And these people grew up with gymnastics in Athens … grew up with us.”

Indeed, from that dismal less-than-200 turnout of Yoculan’s first coached meet at Georgia, standing-room-only crowds of 10,000-plus are the norm at every single Gym Dogs’ home event today.

How, you ask, was Suzanne Yoculan able to shape these young girls who comprise the UGA gymnastics teams into, well, Superwomen, on the floor, bars and balance beams?

Likely the biggest reason for Yoculan’s amazing success, from the very moment she donned the red and black coaching togs at Georgia until her retirement after the 2009 championship season, is that she simply would not accept failure.

“That’s one of my mottos — there just is no such thing as failure,” Yoculan stated emphatically. “Life is a lot of little partial successes, and there’s no dream too big. Another thing that has been with me since the beginning is that everyone on the team needs to be a leader,” she said. “That’s why we’ve never had a captain on our team. We teach the girls that leadership inspires others and we want everyone to take responsibility.

“And leadership is not about position,” Yoculan continued.

“Just because you’re a head coach or a senior, the leader or the boss, doesn’t mean you are the only one who can provide leadership. Everyone should provide leadership and that’s the key ingredient to having a cohesive team.”

Yoculan said she’s found out that gymnasts, or athletes in any sport for that matter, reach their true potential when they’re part of a cohesive team. “And the last five championships we won is because of that team cohesiveness,” she said. “The way our team bonded with the leadership we had, the way we respected one another and open communication … those three concepts we teach in a classroom format every Monday for an hour. We spend time talking about what can make our team divisive and how we can avoid that. So instead of having a divisive team, we have a cohesive team. When you don’t respect the people on your team, you don’t care if you let them down.

That’s how divisive teams talk. If you have all the talent, sometimes you can overcome divisiveness but it doesn’t happen that often.”

And in discussing her all-time favorite teams in her tenure at Georgia, Yoculan admits everything wasn’t always peaches and cream. There were many personalities that had to be reshaped before those championship seasons began falling in line.

“We had success from the start,” she said. “We finished ninth, seventh and fourth our first three years and then in our fourth year in 1987, we won our first (national) championship.

And in 1993, it was a phenomenal championship for us. We scored a 198 as a team, which is a 9.9 average. That score was unheard of back then. And when we won this year, we had a 197.5. All of our teams stand out to me,” said Yoculan, “but that

1993 team stands out for a different reason. That particular team really showed that adversity reveals character. We were ranked No. 1 in 1991 and ’92 but didn’t win and in ’93, they were really on a mission. In 1991 and ’92 we had a lot of divisiveness on those teams and now as I look back, divisiveness kept us from reaching our potential. But in 1993 we overcame that divisiveness because the adversity we faced revealed the character of the team and we had a lot more cohesiveness then.

Everybody was moving in the same direction.”

Yoculan also pointed to the Gym Dog championship teams of 1987 and 1989.

“In those years, we were ranked No. 5, and we won,” she said. “I’m a natural underdog coach. When we’re ranked No. 5 it suits my personality the best. I feel like I can get a team to rally, dig deep and believe in themselves. I believe no dream is too big and it’s real easy for me to sell that to our team. When we’re ranked No. 1, it’s completely different and not as natural for me.

In 1994, ’95, ’96 and ’97, it was a frustrating time for me because we were ranked No. 1 most of the time but fell short. We finished second, second, third and second. So give me an underdog team any year. Of course, 20 out of the last 23 years, we’ve been in the top three,” Yoculan pointed out.

As she said, Yoculan was frustrated by those underachieving Georgia teams from 1994-97 and that prompted her to seek advice from another successful coach on campus — then Bulldogs’ head basketball coach Tubby Smith.

“In 1997, I went to Tubby about this (lack of cohesiveness on the Gym Dogs) and he asked me, ‘how often do you meet with your athletes one-on-one when there’s not a problem?’”

Yoculan recalled. “After I told him, he said ‘why don’t you meet with one of them every week?’ Well, in 1998, we started meeting with each of the girls every week. That way, we got to know all about them … their family, what was important to them, what do you need to be successful and so forth. And we started every year like that from then on. The more time we spent with them, they learned to respect each other more. You can’t have a tight bond with people you don’t respect. We then won championships in 1998 and 1999 — a wounded dog is a dangerous dog,” she said. “Then things started coming out in the media I said, statements like ‘We’re going to stomp them.’ They were very strong statements and people took me to be arrogant but I was just sending a message to the team that I had confidence in them, that they were that good.”

But after the national championship season of 1999, Yoculan said the frustration set in once again.

“We had four years where we finished second, second, third and second,” she said. “So we met with the coaches and put our heads together. Those teams (2000-03) were too divisive and we needed to work on becoming cohesive teams again.

We wanted to make sure we had girls on the team that were being respectful to the team and the program. So we took a stand in 2004 that we were going to emphasize respect above everything else in our program … a no-tolerance position on respect. Everyone on the team had to have the same goal and that was to win a national championship. It was not about talk but about action.”

That firm stand on respect taken, the Gym Dogs then recruited what would become the foundation for the five consecutive national crowns that followed.

“The freshman class of 2005 we recruited included Katie Heenan, Nikki Childs, Megan Dowlen and Audrey Bowers,” said Yoculan. “Jay (associate head coach Clark) was on a mission when he recruited them and we recruited them because of their character and because of the fact they were very coachable athletes. Even though they were freshmen, they came in and provided the leadership we needed — those four became the nucleus for the next four years. They then graduated and we still won the championship after that. It didn’t matter, we then had the philosophies in place and we believed in it and the athletes believed in it. If I had to put it simply,” said Yoculan, “it’s that you have to stand for something. The most important thing in our program is we stand for respect. A team simply won’t reach its potential unless you stand for something.”

Of all the All-American gymnasts she coached in those 26 years — and there were a total of 62 with 304 All-American certificates —Yoculan says there’s no question whom was the best.

“Courtney Kupets (2006-09) is absolutely the most talented gymnast I’ve ever coached, or ever seen … without a doubt,” said Yoculan. “And when her peers say the same thing, you know it’s so. Katie Heenan was sitting next to me once and said it about Courtney and Karin Lichey, who’s the only gymnast to score a perfect 40 in history anywhere in the country, also said it.”

Kupets and all the other Gym Dogs down through the years also had a pretty fantastic mentor in Yoculan, who’s being succeeded (not replaced) at the UGA helm by 17-year associate Clark. “Putting it succinctly, I would not retire if I didn’t have total confidence that Jay could maintain the success and integrity of our program,” Yoculan said.

“Over the past 26 years, Suzanne Yoculan has developed a national reputation not only for gymnastic excellence, but for her ability to motivate young people to graduate in unprecedented numbers,” said UGA President Michael F. Adams. “Her five national titles in a row — and 10 overall — attest to her athletic success. But her capacity to graduate such highly skilled athletes in today’s competitive academic environment is equally impressive.”

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2009 Athens Athenns Area Chamber of Commerce Com mmerce Mid-Year Mid-Year Celebration Celebration

July 30, 2009 5:30 5 p.m. to 9:000 p.m. s The Cla Classic assic Center $40 $4 40 for members, $500 for non-members Save the date to netw network work with fellow mem members bers of the Athens bus business siness community and learn how to make social media m work for your bu business. usiness.

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