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Perhaps it was Boss Bailey’s speech the Friday before the game? Or, maybe it was Mark Richt leading the team on the field? Or it was simply the team’s day to finally focus enough to have some plays go their way?

No matter what triggered the high-energy effort, it certainly resulted in a needed victory for the program. Players, coaches and fans alike needed this one, as the last month was a cruel lesson in how miserable losing can be.

First and foremost, you gotta give praise to Mark Richt for his ability to change the course, rather than staying it.

Obviously this wasn’t easy for him, as he won a slew of games by sticking to the same formula. However this past Monday, he put his players in full pads and challenged them to search for the tenacity that had been missing.

And with a resounding 41-14 thumping of Tennessee, it appears the change was good all the way around.

Of course, that definitely includes the Bulldog Nation who was foaming at the mouth coming into the UT game.

Some were calling for heads to roll. And even the most positive supporters would be fibbing if they claimed not to have a few doubts.

Thankfully, the team finally showed the ability to play as a cohesive unit. The question now is, are they ready to prove they can do it for more than one game?

I sure hope so because there’s nothing like the smiles that occur when Georgia is winning. Life is simply better. If you don’t believe me, then look at our cover and all the other pictures throughout this issue of BI. Shoot, Mark Richt suddenly looks like a younger man, particularly when compared to some of the images captured over the last month.

As we now set our sights on Vandy for homecoming, the ultimate goal is to keep these smiles rolling.

With this issue, I think we’re doing our part in maintaining smiles. I’ve already discussed the awesome photos in this issue, but there’s a ton of great coverage.

Our writer, Murray Poole

serves up his great interview with Greg McGarity recently (page 12). Our new AD is spot on in how he always puts Georgia first and foremost. It’s certainly going to be fun to watch him enhance the program with both his past experience and his well thought out wisdom. I particularly like that he’s a firm believer in the tradition of the GeorgiaFlorida game being played in Jacksonville. And loved hearing, that he doesn’t want to hear excuses of the game not being fair to Georgia. That mentality will only help change the course of the outcome of the Georgia-Florida game.

Speaking of Georgia-Florida, we have come up with a few ideas on page 14 with the hopes that many in the Bulldog Nation will be heading to the Golden Isles and Jacksonville at the end of the month.

Speaking of the Golden Isles, a monumental event occurred this past week. A PGA event was held at the Sea Island Golf Club accomplishing the longtime vision of the Sea Island Company, the Jones family and local golf hero, Davis Love III. I was lucky enough to be there on Wednesday and Thursday and also watched every bit of the Golf Channel coverage through Sunday. What a neat sense of pride to see my hometown receiving such wide praise for both its beauty and people. And the weather couldn’t have been better.

And guess what? That same chamber of commerce weather is available in a few weeks, so please do make your plans to head to the Georgia-Florida game. And who knows, Richt might have things rolling where the drive home will also be full of winning smiles.

But before we can soak-up the weather, golf, dining and shopping of the Golden Isles and Jacksonville, our Dawgs welcome Vandy to Athens for Homecoming this weekend. And then must travel to Kentucky a week later. By now, I would hope both our players and fans alike realize that wins against the Commodores and Wildcats are no longer gimmes. For this reason, I hope our fans will get to the game early on Saturday.

Homecoming is always magical as young children learn the ropes about Georgia football and adults relive so many great times. However Homecoming isn’t complete unless the Victory Bell is rung! And while we’re at it, how about a resounding RING that signifies that Georgia football is back.

Go Dawgs!

Correction: The wrong photo was mistakingly run on page 14 (Loran Smith/Sailors) of our last issue. We regret the error.

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Great tailbacks equal titles College football’s greatest player ever had one of his finest Saturday’s of all time 30 years ago between the hedges of Sanford Stadium. The college football superhero of immortal gridiron icons, “the Goal Line Stalker� Herschel Walker, obliterated Vanderbilt with a record-breaking afternoon in Georgia’s 41-0 route, the sixth victory of the magical 12-0 national and Southeastern Conference championship campaign of 1980.

Chalking up a school-record 283 yards on just 23 carries with three touchdowns, Walker broke the single game rushing record of fellow college football hall-of-famer and all time great legend Charlie Trippi. “The Scintillating Sicilian� ran for 245 yards in a Georgia win over Florida 35 years earlier in 1945.

Three weeks earlier, the freshman sensation suffered a badly sprained ankle in the first quarter of the Bulldogs 34-3 win over Texas Christian University. An open date fortunately followed. Walker played sparingly in the Bulldogs hardfought 28-21 win over Ole Miss, a game in which his back-up Carnie Norris ran for 150 yards.

The big question was whether Herschel was healthy?

His amazing afternoon quickly answered that question.

With a slew of highlight reel runs, including one in which he completely ran through and over a Commodore safety, Walker displayed incredible feats. Scoring on touchdown runs of 60, 54 and 48 yards, “that kid out of Johnson County� dropped more jaws on the college football landscape and suddenly surfaced as the first ever legitimate freshman Heisman Trophy candidate.

His story has been written and retold so many times, but the impact of Herschel Walker on Georgia was greater than any player at any school in history. Exhibiting an astounding humbleness and exhibiting unparalleled graciousness and gratitude, it didn’t take long for the Georgia people to fall in love with Herschel the person every bit as much as Herschel the player.

Three straight SEC championships from 1980-82, the 1980 national title, and a 33-3 record over his legendary trio of seasons marked the ultimate golden era of Georgia football. The Bulldogs went to three straight Sugar Bowls ranked No. 1, No. 2 and No. 1 and lost only one regular season game in Walker’s unparalleled iconic career.

As a freshman, Walker ran for 1,616 yards and finished third in the Heisman Trophy voting, despite outperforming the eventual recipient George Rogers of South Carolina in a thrilling 13-10 Bulldog victory in Athens.

His sophomore season, Walker ran for 1,891 yards, a Southeastern Conference record, and he set the league mark with 20 touchdowns.

Walker finished second in the Heisman voting.

He captured the award as a junior in 1982, with 1,752 yards while leading the Bulldogs to a perfect regular season.

It was his incredible showing against Vanderbilt that day 30 years ago that goes down as one of his greatest afternoons, and the one that was statistically Herschel’s most impressive.

No school is aware more than Georgia the impact that a great tailback can have – even if it’s a freshman.

When the Bulldogs have had great tailbacks, Georgia has won big.

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gia churned out an unmatched stable of great runners for nearly two decades.

Tim Worley, Keith Henderson, Rodney Hampton, Garrison Hearst and Robert Edwards were all sensational. Worley, Hampton, Hearst and Edwards were all first round draft choices. The magnificent Terrell Davis was underutilized at Georgia and went on to an incredible, brief NFL career, in which he won league MVP honors, a Super Bowl MVP Award and became just the fourth back ever to rush for 2,000 yards in a season.

Hearst, who had his career best rushing performance of 246 yards in a 30-20 victory over Vanderbilt between the hedges in 1992, led the Bulldogs to a 10-2 record that season. He had a spectacular 70 yard touchdown jaunt in which he made a 90-degree turn up the North Sideline to elude defenders and then kicked into fifth gear to score.

With a third place showing in the Heisman voting, Hearst had the best finish by a Bulldog player in pursuit of the most coveted of individual awards, since Walker.

Edwards helped rejuvenate the Bulldogs, putting together an all – star campaign as the Bulldogs went 10-2 in an outstanding 1997 season.

He was the last of Georgia’s truly great tailbacks – until Knowshon Moreno.

Georgia’s coaches made an enormous mistake and redshirted Moreno as a freshman in 2006 – a season in which the Bulldogs lost by two, four and seven points. Certainly he could have made a huge difference.

Moreno was enjoying a fine redshirt freshman season, but truly came into his own in a huge win in Nashville.

The Bulldogs were struggling, and trailing Vanderbilt 17-7 at halftime.

Moreno then became the centerpiece of the offense, with rifle-armed Matthew Stafford serving as a lethal counter puncher. Georgia came up with a couple of huge fumble recoveries, and Moreno was running wild.

Brandon Coutu kicked the gamewinning field goal and the Bulldogs prevailed 20-17. Georgia would not lose again. Behind Moreno, who had an incredible 188-yard, three touchdown performance in a 42-30 win over Jacksonville, the Bulldogs went 11-2 and finished No. 2 nationally.

He would play just one more season at Georgia and was the first tailback taken in the 2009 draft, where Stafford went as the first overall pick.

In Walker’s three seasons, Hearst’s junior year, and Moreno’s 2007 campaign – the five best single season rushing performances in Bulldog annals – Georgia’s cumulative record was 54-7.

Getting a great tailback is of paramount importance.

Look at the impact Marcus Lattimore has had at South Carolina.

Great tailbacks make defenses better, because they aren’t on the field as much and practice against it during the week. A low risk play, like a handoff up the middle, toss sweep or draw, can turn into a long touchdown.

It’s the one position that can have the biggest impact.

It’s the one position that can turn an average football team into a very good one, or a good football team into a great one.

Georgia needs another great tailback.

If one comes, a championship season will likely soon follow.

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Wealth of info in UGA media guide Every football season, I enjoy perusing through Georgia’s football media guide, which is so precisely put together by UGA Associate Athletic Director Claude Felton and his Sports Communications staff.

For every bit of information you know, or want to know, about the Bulldogs’ history on the gridiron is in this publication which, this season, numbers 208 pages.

So if you’ve got access to Georgia’s 2010 media guide, sit down and take an hour or so to thumb through the issue. You’ll find historical facts and great photos of Bulldogs past and present, most of which will bring back cherished memories of some of the greatest days in Georgia football history.

For instance, did you know?

• That Georgia leads the country in consecutive seasons with eight or more wins, with its current streak of 13. Of course, needless to say, that streak is in serious jeopardy this season. At 2-4 after the Tennessee win this past Saturday, the Bulldogs would have had to win all six of their remaining games, or six of seven if they make a bowl game, to notch eight victories in 2010.

• That Georgia has a total of 18 10-win seasons in its history, which is tied with Florida State, and that there are only nine teams ahead of the Bulldogs and Seminoles on the Division I-A list.

Holding down the Nos. 1 and 2 spots are Alabama, with 29 10-win seasons, and Oklahoma with 28.

• That the Bulldogs have been to 45 bowl games, ranking them as one of the top six bowl teams of all time. And that Georgia has played in more different bowl games than anyone – 18 in all.

• And that the Bulldogs record in those 45 holiday tilts is 26-16-3.

• That in the past 14 years, 71 Georgia players have been chosen in the NFL draft, including No. 1 Matthew Stafford and No. 12 Knowshon Moreno in 2009.

• That Georgia is the only school to have three different Super Bowl MVPs: Jake Scott of the Miami Dolphins; Terrell Davis of the Denver Broncos, and Hines Ward of the Pittsburgh Steelers.

• That in the last seven years alone, 20 former Bulldogs have helped their teams reach the Super Bowl, including Super Bowl XL MVP Hines Ward (Pittsburgh) and XLIV winners Jon Stinchcomb and Charles Grant (New Orleans).

• That with its average attendance of 92,746 (all sellouts) in 2009, Georgia ranked sixth in the nation in that area, behind only (1) Michigan (108,933); (2) Penn State (107,008); (3) Ohio State (105,261); (4) Texas (101,175), and (5) Tennessee (98,220).

• That, and this is an easy one, only four players in Georgia history have had their jerseys retired. They would be 1942 Heisman Trophy winner Frank Sinkwich (No. 21), 1946 Maxwell Award Winner Charley Trippi (62), the 1957 “Drought Breaker” Theron Sapp (40), and 1982 Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker (34). Since Walker’s jersey was officially retired on Sept. 2, 1985 at halftime of the Georgia-Al-

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abama game, no other Bulldog jersey has been retired. Since that time, Georgia’s greatest players are now inducted into the Georgia Circle of Honor.

• That only two football players in Georgia’s storied history have been named three-time First Team All-Americans. You guessed it – Herschel Walker (1980-82) and David Pollack (2002-04).

• That the most points the University of Georgia has ever scored in a single game was 108, which came against Alabama Presbyterian way back in 1913. Second highest total were the 81 points the Bulldogs put on the scoreboard against Mercer in 1941.

• That the most rushing yards for the Bulldogs in a single game came in 1974, when Georgia romped for a staggering 502 on the ground against the South Carolina Gamecocks. That was when Ray Goff and Matt Robinson were sophomore quarterbacks.

• That the most passing yards for a Georgia team in one game came in 1993 when then junior quarterback Eric Zeier – this year’s Circle of Honor inductee – threw for an amazing 544 yards against Southern Mississippi.

• That Herschel Walker continues to hold the Bulldogs’ singlegame rushing record with the 283 yards he compiled against Vanderbilt as a freshman in 1980. That was the game Herschel ran over about seven or eight Commodore players en route to one of his touchdowns.

• That quarterback David Greene (2001-04) holds Georgia’s all-time total offense record with the 11, 270 yards (also SEC record) he amassed during those seasons. Zeier (1991-94) ranks second with his 10, 841 yards.

• That when you talk about defense and individual tackles, linebacker Knox Culpepper is at the top of the Bulldogs’ all-time list. Culpepper ranks first and second in total tackles for a season, recording 170 stops in 1984 and 166 tackles in 1983. He also owns the most total tackles for Georgia in a single game, making a whopping 26 tackles against rival Georgia Tech in 1983. Culpepper is also tied for second most tackles in a game with 25. He recorded those in also 1983 against Auburn. Linebacker John Little also had 25 stops against Georgia Tech in 1984.

• That when it comes to most career tackles, however, Ben Zambiasi is the all-time leader, having recorded a total of 467 from 1974-77. Greg Bright (453), Tommy Thurson (448), John Brantley (415), and Nate Taylor (390) – all linebackers like Zambiasi – rank two through five on the career tackle list at UGA. Culpepper is in the No. 6 slot with his 383 career stops.

• And, finally, showing that the football Bulldogs have also fared pretty well in the classroom down through the years, Georgia has more combined recipients of the NCAA and National Football Foundation Post-Graduate Scholarship, NCAA Top Eight Award, and Academic All-America honors than any university in the South.

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Dogs vs. ’Dores After unleashing on the Vols, Georgia must prove they can maintain superior play against Vandy

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ith a much-needed victory over Tennessee, Georgia heads into Saturday’s game with Vanderbilt some momentum as the Bulldog nation cracks a smile after breaking a painful four-game losing streak.

On the heels of consecutive losses to South Carolina, Arkansas, Mississippi State and Colorado, the Bulldogs were in desperate need of victory. Georgia delivered with its finest performance of the season, steamrolling Tennessee 41-14 between the hedges.

Redshirt freshman quarterback Aaron Murray continues to emerge as one of the Southeastern Conference’s top rookies. The Tampa, Fla. Native was stellar throwing and passing against the Volunteers and the Bulldogs figure to lean heavily on him again Saturday against the Commodores. Murray hit on 17 of 25 passes for 266 yards and a pair of touchdowns against the Volunteers, while running for two scores, including a sensational 35-yard jaunt that gave the Bulldogs a 7-0 lead. On the season, he has thrown for eight touchdowns and three interceptions.

Vanderbilt was very impressive in a 52-6 throttling of Eastern Michigan. The Commodores looked as though they might be down this year, but have been beyond competitive under first year head coach Robbie Caldwell.

After a heart-breaking season-opening loss to Northwestern, which just fell out of the top 25, the Commodores hung tough with powerful LSU until falling late in the fourth quarter. Then Vandy put together a signature win at Ole Miss.

And those road wins in the rugged Southeastern Conference are so hard to come by.

Following an open date, the ‘Dores struggled in the second half of a loss at Connecticut, but came back strong this past week.

Though Georgia has dominated the series through the years, it hasn’t always been easy.

The Bulldogs have won 14 of the last 15 games, but three of the last four have been decided by ten points or less – that includes the Commodores 24-22 victory over the Bulldogs at San-

ford Stadium in 2006.

The Georgia people certainly have reason to smile after the rout of the Volunteers. First and foremost, it was an outstanding performance against a big rival – one that had beaten Georgia three of the last four years, with all of the Vol victories coming by at least 18 points. The win negated what would have been the program’s first five game losing streak since 1953. It also is the type of performance that the Bulldogs can build on.

After surrendering an opening drive touchdown to four straight foes, Georgia’s defense came up with a big stop against Tennessee and set the tone throughout the afternoon.

The special teams were outstanding, highlighted by a pair of fumble recoveries from the kickoff and punt coverage units.

And the offense got clicking.

Murray is confident and dangerous, and with A.J. Green back in the fold, the Bulldogs have that badly needed All-American weapon that makes defenses sweat while opening up a slew of options for the rest of the offense.

Here are some big matchups that will help determine who wins between the hedges: Georgia OL vs. Vandy Front This is a big test for Georgia’s offensive line, which has not lived up to its billing this season.

The Bulldogs must get a push against the Commodores front that’s not real big. Vandy goes 255, 295, 285, and 255 across the front four. If the Commodores defensive line is able to tie up Georgia’s front and get penetration, the Bulldogs run game is in trouble. Behind the line is one of the league’s best linebackers in Chris Marve, a tackling machine. If Georgia’s offensive line doesn’t get the push, Marve could shut down the Bulldogs rushing attack.

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A.J. vs. Vandy Secondary A year ago in the Music City, A.J. Green broke open a tight contest with a spectacular catch and run for a touchdown. Vanderbilt simply doesn’t have a defender in the secondary who can match up with the 6-4, 215 pound phenom. They’ll double him, play zone, go with “bracket” coverages . . . anything to try and contain him. In his two games back, Green is averaging over 100 yards receiving. He opens up everything else for the Georgia offense. If he goes big, the Commodores defense will have a hard day.

Georgia secondary vs. Vandy Pass Game Larry Smith has stepped his game up this season, and he’ll take aim at a Bulldog secondary that had its best game this past Saturday in the Sanford Stadium win over Tennessee. There are still some holes that have shown up on those 15 to 25 yard routes that the Commodores figure to try and exploit.

But after the victory over the Vols, the Bulldogs have some good old fashioned confidence. Georgia’s safeties will need to have a big afternoon. Plus, Vandy’s standout tight end Brandon Barden is a dangerous target.

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Dominating Dores

Commodores roll into Athens after scoring a heap of points, but fans concerned about Dawgs

By Jeff Dantzler

By Murray Poole

Location: Nashville, Tenn.

Conference: SEC Enrollment: 12,721 Record: 2-3 and 1-1 in the SEC after wins over Ole Miss (28-14) and Eastern Michigan (52-6, this past Saturday) and losses to Northwestern (21-23), LSU (3-27) and Connecticut (21-40).

Mascot: “Mr. C” or “Mr. Commodore” Why Vanderbilt could win: The Commodores could come to Sanford Stadium and beat Georgia if they perform like they did in the two-touchdown win over Ole Miss and if the Bulldogs revert back to not protecting the football, like they did in the bitter losses to Mississippi State and Colorado. Also, if Vanderbilt can Photograph by Rob Saye hit on the big plays – like the ‘Dores did in compiling a season-high 558 yards in the win over Eastern Michigan – then the visitors could spoil Georgia’s homecoming festivities Saturday.

Why Vanderbilt could lose: The Commodores could, and should, lose to the Bulldogs because Georgia has more talent than Vanderbilt at almost every position on both sides of the ball. And Vandy will surely lose if the Bulldogs can duplicate the way they played against Tennessee, in the 41-14 smashing of the Volunteers last Saturday.

What Vanderbilt’s coach is saying: "It was a great team effort,” said Commodore first-year coach Robbie Caldwell after the rout of Eastern Michigan. “I'm very proud of all three phases. Defense did a great job. It took us a little while to figure it out, and we finally slammed the door on 'em. Now, we’ve got to get ready for a good Georgia team.”

What Vanderbilt’s players are saying: “Our offense had been struggling, but we were able to get both the passing game and the running game going tonight,” said sophomore wide receiver John Cole, who caught passes totaling 103 yards from junior quarterback Larry Smith (253 yards passing) and also had a 54-yard punt return in Vanderbilt’s win Saturday. “We were able to capitalize with some big plays. Hitting on some passing plays really opens up the running game.”

What Vanderbilt’s fans are saying: “We beat this team pretty easily, but we have to do all the right things to build something for next week,” said one Commodore fan after the rout of Eastern Michigan. “While Georgia could be considered hot, they could be had with a perfect game.” And from another Vanderbilt fan: “Georgia looked all-world today against Tennessee, what a surprise! I knew they would get it together right before it was time to play Vanderbilt … I told you!”

Noteworthy: Georgia holds a commanding 50-18-2 lead in the long-time series with the Commodores. The Bulldogs have won 14 of the last 15 meetings with Vanderbilt, losing only in 2006 by 24-22 in Athens. Mark Richt is 8-1 against the ‘Dores. Last season, Georgia clicked to a 34-10 victory in Nashville.

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Through the years, Vanderbilt has turned out a slew of outstanding linebackers, several of whom are still in the National Football League. First year Georgia assistant Warren Belin coached the linebackers at Vanderbilt and tutored such standouts as Matt Stewart, Jonathan Goff and Hunter Hillenmeyer. Well the next great Vandy ‘backer is Marve. A second team All-SEC selection a year ago – in a league that featured the likes of Alabama’s Rolando McClain, Florida’s Brandon Spikes and Kelvin Sheppard of LSU, Marve registered a team leading 121 tackles.

As a freshman, he racked up 105 stops. If Vanderbilt’s defensive front can tie up opposing offensive lines, Marve has the ability to seriously hamper rushing attacks. #27 Warren Norman, TB 5-10, 195 Soph. Stone Mountain, Ga. This Peach State native exploded onto the Southeastern Conference scene a year ago and had one of the finest first-season campaigns by any Commodore runner ever. The conference’s Freshmanof-the-Year, Norman ran for 783 yards and scored three touchdowns on 145 carries, averaging 5.4 per pop. He also had a receiving touchdown. But it’s on special teams where Norman is most dangerous. He set the SEC’s single season record for kickoff return yardage with 1,050 in 2009, and average of 26.2 Norman is having another big year here in 2010, averaging over six yards per carry. He and Zac Stacy give the Commodores a healthy one-two backfield punch. #10 Larry Smith, QB 6-2, 220 Jr. Prattville, Ala. One of the Southeastern Conference’s most improved signal callers, Smith has performed well in his second season as the Commodores primary signal caller. A year ago, Smith struggled. He threw for 1,126 yards and four touchdowns, while being picked off seven times and completing only 47 percent of his passes. Smith is hitting on over 55 percent of his passes this season, and has a quality top target in Brandon Barden. The Lincolnton, Ga. native, who played for the iconic Larry Campbell at powerhouse Lincoln County High School is a huge target at 6-5, 250 and leads the team in receptions and TD grabs.

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Greg McGarity interview Native Athenian wants customer service to be a top priority while being the gatekeeper of UGA athletics

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H

ome is where the heart is and, truly, Greg McGarity is now back at home in his dream job, that being the athletic director at the University of Georgia.

McGarity, who grew up in Athens as the son of Stuart and Frances McGarity and worked in the UGA Sports Information Department under the legendary Dan Magill while also coaching the Georgia women’s tennis team in the late 1970s, had served as associate athletic director for the past 18 years for one of the Bulldogs’ major rivals … the University of Florida.

The 55-year-old McGarity was introduced as Georgia’s new AD on Aug. 13 by UGA president Michael Adams and was at his new desk in the Butts-Mehre building by the first week of September.

Since that time, McGarity has stayed busy organizing, getting acquainted with his staff – many of whom he’s known for years – evaluating, and planning for the future of the Georgia Athletic Association.

And it’s quite the understatement to say that McGarity is highly qualified to run the athletic program at Georgia as, while working under the guidance of Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley, he was part of unquestionably one of the most successful athletic programs in the country.

But, mind you, Greg McGarity is not one to rush and make wholesale changes in an attempt to quickly try and get the Georgia program just like the one he left in Gainesville. He’s learning each and every day in his new job, he’s evaluating every Bulldog sport and its coaches on a daily basis and then as time goes on and he gains the knowledge he needs of all things Georgia, only then will he begin making the moves that will help take this athletic association to the next level.

Right now, however, McGarity is just happy to be back in the Classic City, where he has so many fond memories of his childhood and young adult years. And he said the transition from Florida has been smooth because of his strong Athens background.

“I think the thing that’s made it pretty easy for me is knowing my way around and knowing so many people that were already employed here,” McGarity said. “That made the comfort level pretty easy coming in as far as getting to know people, and I knew that I would basically have an open-door policy. So I keep my door open and if someone wants to make an appointment, they can make an appointment and if they just want to dip into the office, I think those things are important. But I can already tell it’s a staff that is hard-working, I can tell it’s a staff that wants to do things the right way, and probably the first 30, 60, 90 days are going to just be me learning how things work here and at the end of the day during that period maybe creating a few changes, not really personnel-wise but maybe responsibilities and trying to refine things a little bit to make them fit the way I think they need to be.”

McGarity said it’s been simply wonderful to get back to Georgia and see old faces and hear from acquaintances he hasn’t corresponded with in many years.

“The neat thing is reconnecting with so many people after being gone for 18 years,” he said. “There have been individuals that are lettermen … I’ve heard so much from football lettermen, I’ve heard from various people, emails and letters. It’s taken a while to respond to all those but I think I’ve cleared the deck now. So once you take care of that, you can start focusing on things as you move forward.”

And McGarity added that his fellow employees in the athletic department have welcomed him with open arms, really made him feel right at home.

“That part of it I would say has been totally unexpected,” he said, “because coming in I knew the task at hand and who would be in control, and I knew the people I would be working with but I had no idea …. I think when you come from a background and you’ve been in the shadows so to speak and basically in the trenches so to speak – and I still view myself as pretty much a trench person – but the impact of it really doesn’t hit until you realize that kind of the buck stops here now.”

And while McGarity has found much of the university and Athens the same as he remembered, he said there also have been drastic changes in the nearly two decades he spent at Florida.

“Oh, boy,” McGarity smiled. “I think the biggest thing I’ve noticed is the atmosphere downtown. Back when I was coming up through college and worked here, there might have been three or four bars downtown, and that whole dynamic has flipped the other way. And I’m just concerned about that. I’m an early morning runner. I get up every morning and run usually between 5:30 and 6, and so I’m usually running downtown when the workers are cleaning up. And I guess that’s one thing that’s disappointed me, just seeing how people treat things. I guarantee they wouldn’t treat their yard like that. Downtown is so beautiful, it’s just so unique you just hate to see anybody do anything that would really damage that area, but there’s no question the dynamics have changed. When I was in school, the drinking age was 18, now it’s 21 so the culture is totally different downtown and with it being right across the street from the institution …..

In Gainesville downtown is probably half a mile from campus so you’ve got different dynamics there. Downtown Gainesville was not that big a deal as opposed to here.”

That being said, does it bring more discipline problems for the Georgia coaches to deal with?

“I think so,” McGarity replied. “There’s no question about it.

I think the data will show that. It’s (bars) obviously the most popular thing downtown. There’s some great restaurants down there.

It’s a beautiful, wonderful downtown. That’s been the biggest change that I’ve seen. Everything else, the campus has grown.

The East Campus area, the Miller Buildings, they are beautiful and what the university has done to mesh the type of architecture here, and if you’ve never been on this campus before you

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would not know that some of these buildings are newer than others just by the way they’ve been designed and completed.”

Of course, no longer than he’s been on the job at Georgia, McGarity has repeatedly been asked to give his thoughts on the Georgia-Florida football series. With the Bulldogs having dropped 17 of their past 20 meetings with the Gators, should this game stay in Jacksonville, go to home-and-home, be played in Atlanta every other year or so?

You must know that McGarity has very strong feelings for keeping this great tradition right where it is.

“I’m a true traditionalist with college football,” he said. “I cherish the relationship that has been developed for instance in Jacksonville.

We’ve seen that game come from a stadium that needed some work to a stadium that has developed and can now host the Super Bowl. So the work the city has done, not only with the stadium but also with the surrounding areas in the efforts to reach out to those institutions, we’re on board at least through 2016 and that’s what the new contract is going to cover. And I think Jeremy (Florida AD Foley) and I would be in agreement that the game needs to stay there. With Georgia now flying out of Athens, it’s probably the same amount of travel time that it is on a bus from Gainesville.

“So I would imagine that flying Delta out of Athens is probably about an hour-and-a-half flight. Florida is on the bus for an hour-and-a-half so you just throw that out the window. The stadium is split 50-50 so neither team really has an advantage. It’s about as 50-50 as you can make it. Even the P.A. announcer is neutral. So I think, let’s remove all the excuses.”

Yes, McGarity knows how the mood of the Bulldog Nation is after being able to defeat the Gators just those three times over the past two decades but, still, he thinks Georgia fans have an “unhealthy” fixation on the Florida game.

“It’s another game, it’s obviously a big game but I’ve tried to tell people here that game is no more important than South Carolina, or the Arkansas game, or the Mississippi State game,” he declared. “Explain to me why that game is so much more important – they all count the same, they’re an Eastern Division foe so we’ve got to approach every game like it’s equal importance. I call this the Florida fixation. There’s no question there’s a huge emphasis on Florida here, and I don’t really think that’s healthy. When there’s so much pressure placed on one game, and again I’ve told every coach here that a win against Florida is no more important than a win against South Carolina or Tennessee or Vanderbilt, especially in this Eastern Division if we’re specific about football.

And I think when fans keep bringing this up, people have to remember that our student-athletes here are 18 years old (when they enroll) and they have a three or four-year memory , perhaps, so probably the way our senior class looks at it, they’re 12 (against Florida). Probably against South Carolina, we’re 2-1 or 3-1, whatever the record is, so I think people are focusing way too much on one game, and again it goes back to, sure, you want to win every game but I get a little disturbed when there is so much emphasis placed on the Florida game.

“And again,” McGarity continued, “it’s a big game, everybody wants to win that game but we want to win everything.

We want to win every game and so once people start focusing, ‘Oh, you’ve got to beat Florida,’ what does that do? I think probably it makes your coaches get a little bit tighter, your players get a little bit tighter and at the end of the day, it’s an important game but it’s no more important than Tennessee or any other division foe. You’ve got t to win them all or perhaps have maybe one, two or three losses to get to Atlanta so, to me, it’s no more important and the quicker we stop focusing on Florida, the more success we’re going to have.

“The more people talk about excuses – and I’m not much for excuses – you’re either winning or losing and probably the two worst words you could ever use in coaching or by supporters are ‘if only.’ If only this had happened, well you know what, it didn’t happen so congratulate the other team and move on and get ready for the next game and in our case, after the Florida game, we’ve got Auburn. So if you put all your eggs in one basket, that is not a healthy situation at all,” he said. “So every game has got to be of equal importance and then it’s up to the coaches to determine how they get teams ready for each team they play.

If a coach wants to put special emphasis on a game, that’s fine, that’s a coach’s decision but it’s certainly not an administrative mandate that Georgia beat Florida.”

All that said, McGarity is going to expect the Bulldogs to be able to turn the tide and make the series with Florida much more competitive in the coming years.

“I think everybody’s hope is that we have a winning record against all our opponents but we’re also realistic,” he said. “There’s certain situations that dictate teams that are really hot. You have to give credit to Florida, they have really done a great job, not only in the Georgia game but look at their record since Urban (Meyer) has been there, and Ron (Zook) and Steve (Spurrier) and even going back so sometimes you have to give the opponent credit and that makes you want to work that much harder to not only beat Florida but to beat every opponent. Everbody’s getting better so if you’re not getting better, you’re going to be lapped in a hurry.”

Speaking of the Georgia-Florida game, would the Bulldogs ever consider staying, say, on the Georgia border (St. Simons, Brunswick, Waycross, Camden County, etc.) rather than in their present St. Augustine headquarters for the Florida game?

“I think all options are on the table,” said McGarity. “I think

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you have to look at facilities which are in a close proximity to Alltel, not Alltel, it’s got a new name – EverBank Field. If there were a full-service facility that would take a team for one night then, sure, I think we would listen to anything but I think what you have to look at, especially in South Georgia, all the hotel areas down there want two-night minimum. So we’re just a one-night team. We’re there for 24 hours so I think that, yeah, every option would be open with all facilities that are full service.”

In his short time back at Georgia, has McGarity noticed a big difference in the Bulldog and Gator nations and, for instance, is Athens more of a small-town college atmosphere than is Gainesville?

“Not really a big difference,” he said. “Both groups are passionate about college football. I probably would say just having been at Florida for 18 years, Florida fans are more passionate for all sports. You see it across the board …. softball crowds, soccer crowds. I think from what I’ve seen early on, we want to create great crowds at all our events, get to where people are just as proud of the soccer team, just as proud of the volleyball team as they are football. I know that’s hard to do in the Deep South but I’ve seen it work at Florida and I see no reason why it couldn’t happen here. But people love to be around winners and when we talk about teams being in the hunt, being in the conversation for championships, and as long as we have teams that are in the hunt, I think you will see support and it’s our job to be sure from a customer service standpoint we provide venues that are clean, that are easy to get to as far as parking but kind of driveway-todriveway experience. We’re going to be focusing on that for the next 12 months, just as the NFL is doing. The NFL is focusing on customer service so we’ve got improvements to make there and I think our staff is really anxious to make those things happen.

“I think Alachua County, which the city of Gainesville resides in, from a square mile standpoint, is much, much larger than Clarke County,” said McGarity. “It is a huge area. Georgia has Athens, Atlanta, Augusta, some cities to draw from whereas you look at Gainesville, you have tremendous communities like Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa, St. Pete. You see a lot of individuals that are coming from outside the community. I’m not sure the impact Atlanta has on here but I’m sure it’s huge, but there are probably more similarities there as far as the small town atmosphere goes.

At both places, downtown’s hopping on game day and it’s one of those things where both stadiums are right in the middle of campus. South Carolina, say, is out by the fairgrounds but ours, with both stadiums kind of being the focal point of the institution, I think there are a lot of similarities there.”

McGarity, like every other Georgia football fan, has been unhappy with the Bulldogs’ losing four consecutive games (entering the Tennessee game this past Saturday) and says he evaluates Mark Richt and his assistant staff every single day and game – the same way he evaluates all the UGA coaches in every sport on campus.

“You can’t take a day off in this business,” McGarity said.

“Let’s say the coaches had a great year in whatever sport, and they think, ‘well, we’ve got this thing figured out and we might can coast a year.’ I promise you that when you’re competing at this level if you take that attitude, it’ll take 10 years to get it back so what you have to do is when you have some success then you’ve got to work that much harder to stay at that level because, you know what, everybody’s going to be gunning for you. So what you’ve got to do is keep the pedal to the metal. Now how long can coaches maintain that and maintain a family life and stable life, some coaches have a short time frame, some coaches have a larger time frame. But I think it’s a business that is really, really, really tough. If someone wants to compete just for the fun of it, they probably need to go to another institution that maybe doesn’t expect to compete at the high level. It may be OK just to be middle of the pack in the SEC. “The first week I was here,” McGarity continued, “I met with all the coaches and basically laid out what they can expect from me as athletic director and what I need to expect from them, but if you look at those charts, it didn’t say anything about winning SEC championships. There were no magic numbers for any coach. For me to do that, that’s not being fair to them. The next hires we have or what have you, the expectations will never be to win (national championships). For me to say as athletic director, ‘you will win a championship, you will do this.’ Again, it gets back to coaches. Coaches know what they need to do – they need to be competitive, they need to have good students, good citizens, and they need to work as

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hard as they possibly can work. And at the end of the day, if you have those three things working you’re going to be successful but you look at various sports (and say) we have to win a national title, we have to win an SEC championship, that’s so hard to do. You not only have to be talented but have to be lucky in some circumstances. It takes some help from others to maybe get up to the mountain top. But I think it’s an expectation we all have, to be competitive in everything we do and if we’re not competitive, you have to look at, well, why aren’t we competitive? I’ve been in situations at Florida where we’ve had to make program changes and the people who have been affected by that are some of the greatest people in the world.

But at the end of the day, you have to make decisions that are best for the institution, maybe not best for the individual, but you have to do what’s in the best interest of the institution and that’s the tough part of our job, having to make those calls.

“Schools in this conference are always competing for national championships,” he said. “If you’re competitive in the SEC, you’re going to be competitive nationally and it really takes a special type of a coach that wants to work under those conditions. You know it before you ever come in, the expectations.”

McGarity said when he evaluates coaches’ performances, there may be extenuating circumstances involved in the process.

“You may have a year that you’re just depleted with injuries and in some sports that have only eight full scholarships … for instance women’s tennis has eight full scholarships and you have two injuries during the year, you’ve got six players for the whole year,” he explained. “So there’s a lot of extenuating circumstances there but it’s our job to basically help the coaches focus on what’s important, and that’s being successful in the classroom and be successful in recruiting, which will lead to success on the field.”

What will McGarity have to do over, say, the next 20 years to position and to maintain Georgia as a viable player in the world of athletics?

“It’s a key for us to not only focus on the current state of athletics but the future, too,” he responded.

“I think it’s part of our job to create the leaders of this institution. We’ve got a great group of staff that are young and hungry and it’s our job basically to teach them and help them to achieve their goals. I do think there needs to be a continued effort to educate our student athletes really on every part of student wellbeing. That’s not only nutritionally and athletically but that’s also socially and I think we’ve got a huge commitment there, but I think as long as institutions continue to be a vital part of the university as far as the athletic association goes, it’s just as important as any other department on this campus and we probably get

more publicity but we are no more important. Once we think we are more important than any other department on campus, that’s when you have trouble.

“So athletics,” said McGarity, “has a proper place in the college experience and I think it’s up to the gatekeepers to make sure that is always a focal point.

Our goal is to educate student athletes and be competitive in all sports and as long as we keep those two things balanced, graduation and competition, we’ll be fine. But if you get those out of balance, especially athletically, I think college athletics could get into trouble but, as I said, it’s up to our staff to make sure we’re doing the right things, doing the honest and ethical things and when we have mistakes and problems, we deal with them, we’re honest with them and move forward and learn from those mistakes.”

Not only does McGarity cherish Athens, Ga. because of his childhood, high school and college days here but also because he met his future wife, the former Sheryl Holland of Moultrie, while at the university.

“Sheryl and I met at Georgia,” he recalled. “Sheryl played intramural tennis.

Back in 1977 when I started coaching, women’s tennis was not an NCAA sport. I think it was under the AIAW and I think it became an NCAA sport in the late ‘70s. I coached tennis here and started in the fall of ‘77. But actually my sister Peggy, who was a sorority roommate with Sheryl, got us together on a blind date. We went out on a Saturday after the … I think it might have been after the Georgia Tech or Auburn football game because I couldn’t take Sheryl to the game because I was working. So I asked her for a date and said, ‘Sheryl, I’ve got work during the game but let’s go out after the game,’ so we did not see each other Sunday but from the Monday on after that, we saw each other every day. We were married in August of 1977 when we were both out of college. Sheryl was already working at St. Marys Hospital as a recreational therapist and I was employed here with the athletic association. So 33 years later, she still puts up with me.

“Sheryl went to Moultrie High School and she and Ray Goff were classmates,” McGarity added. “Sheryl still has a lot of friends in Moultrie today. If you’re from Cairo, Tifton, Moultrie, Bainbridge, Thomasville or Albany, it’s almost like it’s a big fraternity of South Georgia and that’s why the Georgia-Florida game is re-

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ally so important in Jacksonville because we have such a strong fan base there. The same way over in Brunswick, Waycross , Jesup and Camden County so it’s neat for our fans in that area to take a short trip and go to Jacksonville instead of having four or five hours north to Athens. And with the early games such as a 12 o’clock kickoff, if you’re from South Georgia, you have to leave the house at 5 or 6 in the morning so it’s kind of neat because it’s (Georgia-Florida) really a home game to the South Georgia and the North Florida fans.”

The McGaritys’ son, Alex, is 21 and a present senior at the University of Florida. Since Sheryl is a UGA graduate, it’s not difficult for her to become 100 percent Red and Black again but, as for Alex, that’s another matter. Greg McGarity said his son probably won’t be converting to a Bulldog any time soon.

“Absolutely not,” he said. “Alex recently went to the Florida-Tennessee game (in Knoxville). But, hopefully, we can get him up here on Florida’s open week, and we hope he comes to grad school up here. But he’s dyed-in-the-wool Orange and Blue and that’s all he knows.”

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Kid’s Tailgate On the hill behind Clarke-Howell Hall is where Kid’s Tailgate club gathered for years. The tailgate party continues, although the faces have changed. It’s a younger crowd now, and that’s okay. Except that means Kid is no longer with us.

This is the second season that Kid has been missing from the Sanford Stadium scene, his heart having given out on him two summers ago.

I miss John Henry Terrell, known as “Kid” to his friends. He was the supreme Bulldog loyalist.

He wore red and black with the greatest of pride.

He was never flashy in his dress, but wearing a Bulldog tie, for example, was important to him.

The owner of Merchants and Farmers Bank of Comer, Kid had a passion for Georgia that was unsurpassed. He had no interest in being cited by alumni organizations. He didn’t want to serve on the athletic board. He had no desire to sit at the head table when there was a Bulldog banquet feast. All he wanted was for the chapel bell to ring.

In the early days of his career at Georgia, Vince Dooley’s aloof personality was often the subject of chatter around town. Kid put Vince’s personality in this perspective. “If he will ring the chapel bell on Saturday night, I can find somebody to drink with.”

Following the opening game with Alabama in 1985, I shall never forget a postgame scene which spoke to the loyal feelings of Kid Terrell. Georgia had the lead, but Mike Shula led the Tide on a long march that methodically took the heart out of the Bulldogs. The touchdown drive in the closing minutes of play led to an Alabama victory, 20-16.

After finishing with the locker room show and visiting with the coaches, I walked out to Kid’s Tailgate to see if any stragglers were left. All of Kid’s friends had gone. He sat alone on the tailgate of his pickup truck. His head was down and he was in silence swinging his legs aimlessly as he meditated on the game.

“Kid, tough night,” I said. He looked up and smiled slowly, “Yeah, just one play on defense and we could’ve won.” Kid was hurting. He didn’t knock the coaches. He didn’t find fault, he just was sorrowful for his beloved Bulldogs.

There were times when he didn’t understand what was going on in athletic association quarters. He never accepted losing, but he was not an outspoken critic. He’d fuss a bit, but mostly he lived to cheer for the ‘Dogs.

Once, he got his Bulldog buddies to go in with him to buy a bus to use for road games. It was painted with a Bulldog face on the front and the tail of a Bulldog on the back. The bus was one of the prettiest party buses you ever saw, but it had seen its better days as a traveling vehicle by the time Kid organized a purchase.

Kid and his gang once drove the bus to Jackson, Mississippi, for a GeorgiaOle Miss game. The bus conked out as soon as it arrived in the parking lot and had to endure significant repairs before it could be driven back to Athens.

Another time, Kid and his party loaded the bus to drive to a game in Auburn, but another mechanical failure stranded the group in the parking lot before the trip got under way. Georgia won the game, and the team flew back into Athens on two small propeller-driven planes. Kid hired a wrecker to tow his party out to the airport to greet the

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Kid was a classic. He was always in a good mood on game day. He always had faith that the ‘Dogs would find a way to win. In the days of Herschel when the team was making what appeared to be an annual trip to New Orleans, Kid never complained about going back to the Crescent City. New Orleans was his favorite venue away from Sanford Stadium. He loved Al Hirt and the jazz sounds. He never tired of the French Quarter scene.

Kid was clever and quick-witted.

He was always needling his friends, and I was often the brunt of his sharp wit.

“Do you and Dooley have them ready to play this week?” he might ask. After a disappointing loss, he might say something like, “Well if you and Dooley would quit reading history books and start thinking about football, we might win a few more games.” All in jest, but it also reflected his constant concern for his beloved team. In season or out of season, Georgia football was always on his mind.

In the fall of 1980, he said one day, “I’m going back to school again.” I was amused and knew something was up when he initiated the conversation.

Then he said, “I will be the only one to have gone to class with Sinkwich, Trippi, and Herschel.” I met with Morris O. Phelps, a former Georgia football letterman, who was director of admissions, and unbeknownst to Kid, enrolled him in class at Georgia. Naturally, he never showed up for class, which resulted in an expulsion notice. He thought his son, Johnny, had quit attending class and had flunked out. He gave Johnny unshirted hell—until Johnny noticed that it has Kid’s name on the notice, not his.

Kid took the ruse good naturedly but it led to a prized photograph. I had his photo made for the book, “Glory, Glory” with Sinkwich, Trippi, and Herschel. No other Bulldog has ever had that honor and none ever will since Sinkwich has passed away.

Every Saturday when I walk by Kid’s tailgate spot on the way to the stadium, I think of him and the many fun stories of his life and times. I am always enveloped in sadness when I walk by and I always lift an imaginary toast in memory of my friend Kid Terrell.

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A.J. and Easy TDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x201C; One of Georgiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sensational receiverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most impressive touchdown was a catch-and-run score in the Music City a year ago. Vanderbilt doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a corner, and not many teams do, who can match up with Green. It was clear in the second quarter in Boulder in the loss to Colorado the impact that Green has. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the player who can deliver the Bulldogs some easy touchdowns. And the defenses are just so tough, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vital to get big chunks of yardage.

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The Bulldogs have had too many problems defending the run this season. Marcus Lattimore went off for 182 yards and two touchdowns on 37 carries in South Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 17-6 Columbia victory over the Bulldogs. Rodney Stewart, who was averaging 3.8 yards per carry, topped the century mark in Boulder, as Colorado beat the Dogs. Georgiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s run support has to keep improving, or the Dogs could be in for a long day.

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Last January, a spinoff to Bulldawg Illustrated was created to cover the other University of Georgia sports and their fanbases.

Bulldawg Illustrated Athens has an issue every other week during second semester (Jan-June). While the print version is only delivered in Athens, Bulldog fans can get every issue at www.bulldawgillustrated.com. Enjoy this feature by BI Athens Editor, Ryan Scates on UGA soccer player, Susannah Dennis

By Ryan Scates

too. And you know a big rivalry for me is Tennessee because I have so many friends that play up there.

If you drive down S. Milledge Avenue, past the underpass and plethora of student apartments, you will soon find yourself in a broad pasture.

Between the hay bales and swine farm, you will likely notice the UGA Soccer Stadium and Softball Complex, home to two of the hottest teams in the UGA Sports Stable.

What has been your most exciting moment as a Dawg?

I think last year one of the best moments of the season was when we beat South Carolina. The locker room after that game was unforgettable.

Then, going to the NCAA tournament and getting a chance to play North Carolina was incredible. Those events were both great opportunities for our team

The Softball team made headlines en route to an appearance in the Women’s College World Series last spring, and this fall the Soccer team is disposing of opponents on national television and steadily moving up in the rankings. The Lady Dawgs are currently ranked 17th in the nation and are on a roll heading into a crucial road stretch that includes games against South Carolina, Florida and Alabama before returning to Athens to play Auburn on October 24th.

How long have you been playing soccer?

I have been playing since I was literally able to walk. My Dad and my uncles all played in college and my sisters all played as well, so I just picked it up and stuck with it my whole life.

For discouraged Dawg fans looking for greener pastures, the soccer team is providing plenty to cheer about. Best of all, admission to the game is free!

BI recently caught up with Sophomore Susannah Dennis, of Franklin Tennessee to get some insight into the Lady Dawgs’ quest for an SEC Title. Dennis is a Recreation and Leisure Studies major who plays Midfielder.

What are the team goals for this year?

We want to clinch that SEC Title, I definitely think that we have the talent this year and the determination to do it.

What are your favorite SEC Soccer Rivalries?

Well, there’s always Florida! But I think in the past two years one of our biggest rivals has become South Carolina. They have gotten to be so good, so we are always gunning for them

What is your favorite soccer to watch?

I really enjoy watching the English Premier League. The level of play in that league is incredible.

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A view from Nashville Voice of the Commodores always enjoys coming to Athens to face the Bulldogs

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Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the feeling on coach Caldwell taking over?

I think Vanderbilt fans fell in love with Robbie Caldwell right from the start. How could you not? Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s genuine, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s down home, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s honest and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s personable. It was a nice gesture for Vice Chancellor David Williams to remove the â&#x20AC;&#x153;interimâ&#x20AC;? title before the season began. Now it just comes down to performance on the field.

A couple of near misses and a big SEC win, that has to have you feeling that the Commodores are headed in the right direction.

To be honest, we felt a lot better prior to the second half performance at Connecticut. That was a big step backward. The performance at Oxford showed grit and determination and big play capability. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been quite surprising, really. This team has become big play oriented, but has had trouble putting together and sustaining drives.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the next hurdle for them.

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your take on Georgia?

Tough luck early for them. A couple of ill-timed turnovers made a huge difference in the season to this point. Obviously itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a long time since the Dawgs have been in a situation like this, with so many early losses.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a real test of character, but I think Georgia is a team that wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go away. They still have big play threats, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re still good defensively against the run and I think you have to be prepared for a close, hard-fought game anytime you line up against them.

Who do you think will play in Atlanta in the SEC Championship Game?

Well, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard not to think Alabama will be there, though they still have a couple of tests ahead of them.

They have truly been impressive to this point. The East is wide open. Consider this; if Vanderbilt wins in Athens, the Commodores would be 2-1 in the SEC. I think the East might very well come down to the final two weeks of the regular season.

What does Vanderbilt need to do to win in Athens?

Controlling the football would be a good place to start.

We are among the worst in the SEC in time of possession, and giving Georgia the ball for eight to ten minutes more a game than us simply wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work.

Hopefully weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll also be a bit healthier defensively with our front four and at linebacker and can put some good pressure on Murray and the Georgia offense.

What are the biggest factors that have led to this era of dominance by the Southeastern Conference?

I think the biggest difference in the SEC and the rest of the country is the speed and quality of athlete the SEC has on defense. Everyone has skill players that can run and throw and catch. But the SEC features that same type of athlete on the defensive side of the ball. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen it over and over again in the BCS and bowl matchups; the defense has been too much for other conferences to adjust to, because you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t simulate the overall speed and quickness.

What players, like LSU star Patrick Peterson, have impressed you most in the league so far?

Peterson has been terrific. We actually did an excellent job on him in our meeting with LSU. I think he had eight punt return yards for the game.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard not to focus on the performance on a couple of guys in the West. Cam Newton has made Auburn a contender with his dual threat. Mark Ingram is a Heisman Trophy winner, and Trent Richardson is just as good as Ingram.

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Not trying to be patronizing here, but I always love coming to Sanford Stadium. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a tremendous gameday atmosphere, and a wonderful facility with terrific, loyal fans. It was a pleasure doing a game in the Big House at Michigan, though that was before their multi-million dollar renovations. At that time, the joy was in the tradition, not in the facility itself. Same with Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge; great atmosphere at night. I look forward to going back now that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been renovated. We also play in Tuscaloosa next year for only the second time in my tenure here at Vanderbilt. They put 100-thousand in there now, so that will be quite a sight.

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OFFENSE – Redshirt freshman quarterback Aaron Murray who led the Bulldogs to the romp over the Volunteers by completing 17-of-25 passes for 266 yards and two touchdowns and also running for touchdowns of 35 and 5 yards.

“Aaron has just consistently improved every week and has put Georgia in position to win,” said Butler. “He had a complete game against Tennessee … running, throwing and controlling possession of the ball. Aaron has really turned into the quarterback of the future for the Georgia Bulldogs. He has not been hurting himself with interceptions or costly turnovers, is very composed and looks like he’s been doing this for a while.”

DEFENSE – The Bulldogs’ entire defensive front, which helped limit the Tennessee running game to just nine yards net rushing and continually got good pressure on Volunteer quarterbacks Matt Simms and Tyler Bray.

“Our defensive front had a good combination of substitution in there Saturday,” said Butler, “and to hold Tennessee to nine yards rushing is phenomenal. Any time as a defense, you can shut down the other team’s running game, it makes them one-dimensional and makes that team be predictable. The overall hustle of our defense turned into gang-tackling and forcing them (Vols) into turnovers.”

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With every passing game, Aaron Murray is looking more and more like the college quarterback he was projected to be after coming out of Tampaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Plant High School as a Parade AllAmerican and rated as the No. 3 prep quarterback in America.

Murray, just a redshirt freshman, accounted for four touchdowns â&#x20AC;&#x201C; two passing and two running â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to shake Georgia out of its early-season doldrums and lead the Bulldogs to a convincing 41-14 romp over Derek Dooleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tennessee Volunteers Saturday at Sanford Stadium.

Murray, scoring on runs of 35 and 5 yards and connecting with Rantavious Wooten and A.J. Green on touchdown passes of 9 and 22 yards, respectively, guided the Bulldogs to a 27-7 halftime advantage in a contest where Georgia, for a rare change this season, was never pushed the entire game.

Making the most of three Volunteer turnovers and braking a four-game losing skid, Mark Richtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team improved to 24 and 1-3 in the SEC with Vanderbilt coming to town Saturday for Georgiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual homecoming tilt. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aaron has his best game today,â&#x20AC;? said Richt. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s growing.

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really doing a good job. He made good decisions and was accurate today. He made very few mental errors.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tennessee had three or four turnovers and our defense did a great job of giving us the ball back and giving us great field position and we capitalized on that and got momentum,â&#x20AC;? said Murray, who drilled 17 of his 25 pass attempts for 266 yards and the two scores and actually rushed for 59 yards on seven carries and the two TDs but had 18 lost yards due to sacks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A.J. really loosens things up for us. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to sometimes double team and triple team him and it opens the running lanes for our backs. The safeties canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come down in the box and fill the holes. They canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go one-on-one with A.J. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an unbelievable playmaker and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s definitely nice to have him back out there. This was a lot more fun than the last four games,â&#x20AC;? smiled Murray. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had a great time today and hopefully, the rest of the team feels this way and we want to have this feeling every week.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Man, I felt good today,â&#x20AC;? said Green, who recovered from the cramps he had against Colorado and again showed the catalyst he is for this Bulldog offense by snaring six of Murrayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s passes for 96 yards including the touchdown. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel like our receivers can make plays at any given time, and Aaron was throwing great today â&#x20AC;&#x201C; he just made my job easier.â&#x20AC;?

What Worked Good offensive balance, not turning the ball over all day and jumping on the Volunteers early on were all key factors in the Bulldogsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; manhandling of Tennessee. And how about that Georgia rush defense, which held the Vols to a net of nine measly yards on the ground and limited Tauren Poole, the Toc-

coa native who entered the game as one of the SECâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top rushers, to just 51 yards on 15 carries.

What Didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Work Except for the offense having to settle for Walshâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two field goals after twice driving the ball inside the Volsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 15-yard line, there simply isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t anything to be picky about when you win your first SEC game over a team that had dominated the Bulldogs three out of the last four years.

Top Performers In addition to Murray and Greenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heroics, Caleb King led the Bulldogs in rushing with 58 yards on 13 carries, that coming after his 100-yard but fumble-marred game at Colorado. Tavarres King showed three receptions for 48 yards and, defensively, senior linebacker Akeem Dent matched his season-high of 12 tackles once again. Sophomore cornerback Sanders Commings recorded six stops while junior outside linebacker Justin Houston had five tackles, two sacks and three tackles-for-loss. Marcus Dowtin and Brandon Wood were also in on sacks of the UT quarterbacks.

No looking back says Bobo, just ahead to Vandy â&#x20AC;&#x153;The main thing, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve just got to keep fighting and keep playing and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what we did today, we just kept playing,â&#x20AC;? said Georgia offensive coordinator Mike Bobo, the object of much fan scrutiny the past few weeks but whose unit compiled 402 yards against the UT defense. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t turn the ball over and we just kept playing football and the defense kept putting us in good position and we took advantage of it enough to win the game.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;When youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re one-and-four, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a lot of people doubting you and for these guys to come out and play hard and play for each other shows the fight of this football team and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to come back and do it next week,â&#x20AC;? said Bobo. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t rest on our laurels. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to come back, work hard in practice and prepare to get better. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worry about whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happened, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to worry about what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to do from here on out and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s get ready to practice on Monday and get ready to practice on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and then play on Saturday,â&#x20AC;? he added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the only thing we need to worry about. We canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worry about whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on outside and whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on next week and whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happened in the past, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to worry about the process of getting better every day. Sometimes thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easier said than done when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re dealing with young kids but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to do if we want to be a good football team.â&#x20AC;?

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By Rob Sherrell

Thomas Davis: The Pain Train!

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure every Dawg fan knows you tore your ACL last year on your way to what was a certain Pro Bowl season. Then while doing your rehab this year in non-contact drills, you tore the same knee again? Right now the rehab is going extremely well. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m excited about it as well as the Panthersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; trainers. We are coming up on four months now and the knee is really strong right now. We are being real cautious because I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to go out and reinjure it. So, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been wearing the knee brace a lot.

I know youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re married now and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got four young children, two boys and two girls. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s everybody going to be for Halloween? Well our littlest girl Madison is going to be a LadyBug and Thomas, Jr. is going to be Batman. The other two children have not figured it out yet. We are taking Denim to pick out his costume this weekend and Skyy is at that age now where she will just pick out what she wants on her own.

You and your wife Kelly, a very beautiful lady, got married a few years ago in Charlotte. Is it tougher covering an NFL running back out of the backfield or keeping Greg Blue from hitting on your wifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hot friends in the wedding party? Ha Ha! Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m still trying to figure out which one of those is tougher.

One thing I have learned about you lately is how much time and money you spend giving back to the community. I know you started Thomas Davisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Defending Dreams Foundation. It is easy to locate through Google if any of our readers want to donate.

Please expand on what the organization is doing and get everyone familiar with what its goals are. The Defending Dreams Foundation is something I started about two years ago. It is basically exactly what its name says. I am trying to give underprivileged kids some opportunities in life they wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t otherwise have. I feel like Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m in a position to help being an NFL player and having a pretty stable salary. Like Coach Fox said, NFL players make more money than 99% of the people in the US. So I am definitely trying to give back to the kids while Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m in this position right now. We are a non-profit organization that does special events for Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and other holidays. We also try to assist AAU teams with equipment and financial assistance. Say for instance an AAU team has a chance to compete in a big competiton out of town, but does not have the money to travel, or needs uniforms; we then try to help. Whatever we can do to give them a better opportunity in life.

Wow, Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great! Does the foundation focus only on kids in the Charlotte area? No, we not only serve Charlotte, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got the foundation set up where we can serve Georgia as well. We are actually doing a Christmas function down in my hometown of Shellman, GA this year. I hope the football schedule works out where it will allow me to attend. The kids in Shellman really donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a lot of opportunities you know? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very small town, a very rural area. So another thing weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to do is they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really have any modern parks for the children to play. So we are going to go down there and redo all the parks. As an individual, I have already gone down there and redid all the basketball courts. So now the foundation will redo the parks to give the younger children a place to play.

Well thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commendable and anyone can go online and donate. However, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s segue way to football.

In your opinion, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the most underrated LB in the NFL? I would definitely have to say, for all that he does, Jon Beason. He getâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s some pub, but not the pub he deserves. Being the guy that he is and the things that he has done in Carolina, if he were on any other team in a bigger market, he would be up there with the way they mention Patrick Willis on a day-to-day basis. Another guy I would like to throw in there that does a whole lot, but doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get a lot of pub is Barrett Ruud in Tampa Bay. I mean that guy does a great job in Tampa but doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get a lot of pub either.

Who do you think is the most underrated RB in the League? I would difintely say Kevin Smith out of Detroit. Before he got hurt with a torn ACL, I think he was one of the most underrated guys in the NFL. He was overlooked being on Detroit, but he was a hard runner and tough to bring down.

I want to get the facts on the urban legend surrounding your signing with UGA. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always heard Van Gorder went down there and happened to see you at basketball practice and offered you a scholarship on the spot. Is that how it happened? No, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exactly how it went. He came down because Coach Garner had told him about me. I think he really just wanted to talk to my high school coach. He came down and we were practicing. I still remember him sitting down in the stands and no one knew who he was. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if you know, but at Randolph-Clay we were one of the top ranked schools in our region. So when we practiced, we practiced hard. We worked hard. He saw me working and after practice he came up to me and offered me a scholarship on the spot. He said â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know where we will play you at, but we know with your athleticism and your ability we can definitely use you at Georgia.â&#x20AC;? Well you sure show the ability in Arkansas in 2004 when you looked like you were shot out of a cannon and knocked Decori Birmingham senseless on the sidelines. Yeah, you know that was bad for him because he spent a couple of years with the Panthers. So he heard about that everyday. He said it was the hardest heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ever been hit.

Those defenses back then were loaded with tal-

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ent and Van Gorder proved to be a coach that could get 100% effort from 11 players. The debate rages today on what the problem is: talent, coaching, or a little bit of both. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your opinion on the issue? I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a little bit of both. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not going to say the coaches are not coaching up the talent, there is some talent there.

Right now, we are making a transition to the 3-4, but all the players in our system were recruited to play in a 43. But now, they are making this transition, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to bring guys in that can play in a 3-4 scheme. Right now, we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the speed at LB or the guys that are capable of clogging up the middle. I think we do have some guys that can fill those roles, like Kwame Geathers is definitely a bright spot on our defense. Also, our corners are pretty good, they just need to develop some confidence to go out and compete because I believe in Boykin and those other guys. At safety, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen what Bacari was capable of last year. And Jakar, he needs confidence in this scheme. They havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t done that at all this year. The 3-4 can be very fruitful, but you got to have the guys to play it. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all about utilizing what you have, and we are not doing a good job of that right now.

Taking that into account, if you could have 5 minutes with Coach Richt, what advice would you have for him? From what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heard, and I do not know if this is true or not, it appears a lot has changed in the practice format from when I was there. The tackling, I heard they got rid of two-a-daysâ&#x20AC;Ś..I would definitely recommend going back to some of those things that got us to where we were and with what we were able to build and create defensively. I feel like we put a lot more work in. And I talked to Coach Van Gorder about this, we put in so much work in mat drill and in camp to become an elite program at Georgia again. I think right now we are suffering because a lot of the guys are not as physical as we were back then. We have guys coming up in position, but are not making tackles. I would like to consider me, Blue, Odell, Sean, and some of those guys as being pretty exact about our tackling.

I think we need to get back to that because the guys are not looking good tackling.

In your storied career at UGA, if you had one game you could replay one game, which one would it be? It would definitely be the Florida game my freshman year. I feel like we were definitely a National Championship team with the talent we had that year.

We had the potential, we were capable of getting it done, and we just came up one game short.

UGA and the Panthers are in similar situations this year. Neither team is used to losing. How do you as a player handle that and what do you say to the fans? I see it like this at both Georgia and Carolina. We both have seen better days. We are in a situation we are not very familiar with. We have a lot of winners on both sides, we know how to win. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been there before.

All we have to do is put the work in and we can get back there. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re young in both places. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all about utilizing the young talent and putting it all together. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll put us back on the winning track. Coach Richt is a great coach. If I could send my boys anywhere to play football, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d send them to play for Mark Richt because I know theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d leave better men than when they got there.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m confident in saying that and I believe it 100%.

I know you are a big basketball fan. Do you think Miamiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to take the crown from the Lakers this year? 100%! I got my season tickets to the Bobcats right now. I am ready for the Heat to come to town. I am a huge Lebron James fan.

What are your plans after football as far as are you going back to Shellman and what type of career are you looking at? I'm definitely not going back to Shellman. Charlotte is going to be our home, me and my wife have decided on that. My biggest thing that I want to do after football, and what I want to start on in the near future, is my trucking company. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always had an interest in and I feel if I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have made it to the NFL or UGA, I would have been a truck driver. So, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m excited Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m in a position where I can get that done. So, I look forward to that, I just hope itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not anytime soon.

Well you are still playing so letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talk football.

Do you think Wes Welker is made of rubber? The reason I ask is I remember watching a preseason Monday Night Football game a few years back when Miami had the ball on the six I believe and Welker ran a crossing pattern. You guys were in a zone and you saw him coming. It looked like he was hit by one of those semis youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be running one day. And he just popped up like he was getting out of bed. Is he a robot of some sort? I remember that. But you got to remember that Fred Gibson was on their team. And I talked to Fred about that. Fred said when he came over to the sidelines, his whole face was bloody. He had tried to warn him earlier in the week about me, to stay away from me. It was real funny though. We were laughing about that.

Have you ever hit someone so hard you apologized for it? It was a Monday Night game against Green Bay. It was fellow rookie WR that played for GB out of Texas A&M. It was a fluke kind of hit. He had to leave the field on a stretcher. He really hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been able to play football again since that day. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something you never want. We are all in this together. First and foremost to respect the game and secondly is to take care of our families. You know, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something he wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be able to do football wise ever again. You never want that that as a player.

So, I had my agent send him some things, just to apologize. You just never want that.

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Bulldawg leader: Chris Davis Georgia lineman hopes he will be remembered for playing through adversity during his career

Parents names: Tony and Sandy Davis.

By Murray Poole

Main attribute that makes Chris a leader: I just think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s his heart. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a kid Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever seen who walks out on the field and wants to win more than Chris. And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been him since he was in Pee Wee league. At that age, they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really keep score but Chris kept it in his head.

When he did anything, he was out to win.

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espite the fact heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been plagued by injuries throughout his four years at Georgia, senior offensive guard Chris Davis hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hardly missed a beat lining up for the Bulldogs. In fact, the 6-4, 300-pound former Jefferson High standout had a total of 37 career starts entering the 2010 season, which was tops among current Georgia players. After being redshirted in his freshman season of 2006, Davis started all 13 games in 2007 and earned Scout.com Freshman All-America Honorable-Mention honors. In his redshirt sophomore cam apaign in 2008, Davis again started all 13 games for the Bulldogs while seeing action at both guard and center. In 2009, after missing spring drills due to hip surgery, Davis appeared in 13 games, making 12 starts at both left guard and right guard. He was selected to Phil Steeleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s preseason All-SEC fourth team.

Entering the Tennessee game this past Saturday, Davis had started three of the Bulldogsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; five games this season, including playing the first half of the Colorado game at center. Here, in this question-and-answer with Davis and his mom, Sandy, Georgia fans are given a personal insight into the player who wears No. 63 for the Bulldogs.

What do you view as the most important quality in being a leader for the team?

I think to be a leader you have to show up every day. It means coming out and working hard and having a positive attitude. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just important to give everything youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got and lead by example.

Who do you consider to be the most important mentor in your life so far, and why?

It would be my parents. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve stayed with me through the positives and negatives. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gotten me out of holes Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gotten into and kept me out of holes. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve helped me through the thick and thin. All my family has been an influence on my life.

What fellow player on the team motivates you to be the best you can be and why is that the case?

I would say Shaun Chapas and Fred Munzenmaier.

Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re both good friends and their lockers are right across from mine. Each day I come in, if they see Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m upset or something, they try to cheer me up. Basically, they lead by example and they come to work every day. When I have hard

Best childhood story: Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always centered around sports for Chris. He was on a basketball team when he was like 11 and they were playing in the championship game for their league.

Well, Chris kept shooting and he couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss. I was seven months pregnant at the time and I remember he couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss anything. I think he scored 30 or 40 points. Another memory pertains to his high school basketball. Jefferson High was playing Southwest Atlanta Christian, the team that Dwight Howard had played for, and we were down by two points. Well, Chris stole the inbounds pass and scored two points to tie the game. It was in the state playoffs in Rome and that probably has been the most exciting thing we still talk about. We went on to lose the game but it was very exciting when Chris did that.

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times at school, I can talk to Fred about anything, whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on in my life, and he always gives me good advice.

What is the best play or game youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had while at Georgia and why?

It would be the Florida game in â&#x20AC;&#x2122;07 (42-30 Georgia win). I was at left guard next to Trinton Sturdivant, and both of us played pretty well that day. Our whole offensive line played good the entire game and Knowshon (Moreno) rushed for a lot of yards. I think that was my best game and it felt real good to beat those guys.

When you leave Georgia, what do you hope folks say about your contribution to the program?

I just hope they see that I played through adversity. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve played injured throughout my whole career but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve tried to give Georgia everything I had.

What regular Georgia opponent do you enjoy playing the most and why?

I think it would be Auburn. I grew up around a lot of Auburn fans, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a great rivalry. It comes late in the season, the fans are pretty equal on both sides and both teams are always ready for the game. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game will be fun for me as Brandon Mosley, who was a high school teammate of mine at Jefferson, plays on their offensive line.

Best thing about his time at Georgia: Since he has been at Georgia, his maturity level has greatly increased. The way he handles himself on and off the field, I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ask for a better son, and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just grown into a man, a wonderful human being. Chris has faced a lot of adversity with his hip injury but heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s persevered when I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think a lot of people thought he could do it. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a special person to have played through the pain heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s played through, day-in and day-out.

Nicest thing heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ever done for you: I just recently graduated from Piedmont College, with a teaching degree. Well, Chris bought me the sweetest card for my graduation. Chris has a busy schedule with his football and school but he and his girlfriend came to my graduation â&#x20AC;&#x201C; he wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have it any other way. The card and what he wrote in it was special and has a place in my heart. But Chris has done so many things for me.

A few things about Chris outside of football: He doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really have any other hobbies outside of sports. Baseball was his love and he watches it a lot. He just likes being with his family. He likes being able to come home and just relax and spend time with us.

Most entertaining story about UGA fans: Of course, this hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been the best season â&#x20AC;Ś nothing we would have wished for our senior boys. But just seeing the amount of Georgia fans that made the trip to Colorado after the losses we had, was something else. Even after the loss out there, as the players made their way to the dressing room, our fans were clapping for them, and as a parent knowing those boys were hurting and needed that, it was just a great feeling to know our fans are still supporting the team through this adversity.

What has Coach Richt meant to Chris?

I just think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s his Christian example. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re religious people and that means a lot to me. I told Coach Richt at our first meeting that we were very fortunate to leave our son with someone like him. Even though weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re so close to the university, only 14 miles away, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see Chris much more than anyone else sees their son. So just knowing heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s down there with that kind of person and organization that Coach Richt has built with his beliefs and everything, we just know Chris is being taken care of.

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Jeff Dantzlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Top 25 It was a thrilling October Saturday and the big story was South Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s monumental upset of Alabama. The Southeastern Conference had a slew of great games, and the West Division is flat out loaded. With Bamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s loss, Oregon and Ohio State are jockeying for the top spot in the country. The Buckeyes still have some landmines.

A one-loss SEC champion should still get a berth in the BCS Championship Game.

1. Oregon â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Ducks offense is one of the most explosive in the PAC-10 in years. It was just a ho-hum plus-40 win over Washington State, as the Ducks rolled to a 43-23 victory. Oregon is as good as any team at quarterback and tailback.

2. Ohio State â&#x20AC;&#x201C;It was another easy victory for the Buckeyes, as Ohio State put it all together and pounded Indiana 38-10. Ohio State is a perfect 6 -0 and playing outstanding defense, led by Cameron Heyward.

3. Auburn â&#x20AC;&#x201C; It was nervous time for the Tigers, but Auburn was able to pull out a nail-biting win over Kentucky in the Commonwealth.

This is Auburnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best back since Jason Campbell, Ronnie Brown and Cadillac 4. LSU â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Fightinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Tigers got a monster win in the swamp this past Saturday, downing the Gators in a thriller. Drake Nevis is a beast on the defensive front and Patrick Peterson could be the best player in the country. Les Miles and the golden horseshoe is undefeated.

5. South Carolina â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A 35-21 victory over top-ranked Alabama certainly goes down as one of the greatest victories in the history of the program. Marcus Lattimore was awesome and led to big play passing. The defense did an outstanding job of slowing down the Bama run game.

6. Alabama - A brutal schedule finally caught up with the Crimson Tide, as South Carolina came up with the 35-21 win in Columbia.

Alabama will bounce back and get it rolling again. LSU and Auburn loom in November and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a possible rematch in Atlanta with the Gamecocks.

7. Texas Christian â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Gary Patterson has another outstanding defense in Fort Worth. The Horned Frogs are a perfect 6-0 after an easy win over Wyoming. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not an easy road home for TCU, as a big one with Utah is the toughest remaining contest.

8. Oklahoma - The Sooners enjoyed an open date after a Red River victory over Texas. Now comes what should be an easy win with Iowa State. Oklahoma has had a trio of near misses against Utah State, Air Force and Cincinnati. The Sooners smoked Florida State and dominated the Longhorns.

9. Nebraska â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Texas is coming to town for one of those monster games that the Cornhuskers used to play several times yearly during their glory days. Nebraskaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offense is really cooking. The â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Huskers put Kansas State away early in an easy 48-13 victory. That was a Thursday night and gives Big Red a couple of extra days to get ready for the Longhorns.

10. Arkansas â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Razorbacks, after the heart-breaking loss at Alabama, got a nicely timed open date and responded with an exciting 2417 win over Texas A&M in Arlington. The Hogs are still in that tough SEC West race.

11. Boise State â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Broncos continue to cook offensively, but where Chris Peterson has taken the program up a notch is with physicality, especially on the defensive front. Kellen Moore is some kind of accurate at quarterback.

12. Michigan State â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mark Dantonio has the Spartans rolling and the green Michigan State faithful are flying high after a signature victory over Michigan. Getting back-to-back wins over Wisconsin and the Wolverines is the type of thing that hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happened too often in East Lansing.

13. Florida State â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Jimbo Fisher is the toast of the town after leading the Seminoles to a demolition of Miami. A 45-17 victory over the Hurricanes is some historic stuff for the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Noles. Christian Ponder is a dynamite talent at quarterback.

14. Stanford â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Jim Harbaugh has done an unbelievable job at the Stanford helm. The Cardinal has now three out of four against Southern Cal. Stanford took a last second victory over the Trojans and is riding high again after a tough loss at Oregon.

15. Utah â&#x20AC;&#x201C; What an impressive showing by the Runninâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Utes this past Saturday in Ames. Utah blew away the Big XIIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Iowa State 68-27 on the road. Kyle Whittingham is one of the hot coaches in the country.

16. Florida â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Gators lost a heartbreaker at home to LSU and suffered rare back-to-back setbacks. Florida lost more talent than any team in the country this past year. The big game now will be South Carolina in November, which should decide who plays in Atlanta.

17. Wisconsin â&#x20AC;&#x201C; After a disappointing loss at Michigan State, the Badgers were able to take care of Minnesota at Camp Randall. Wisconsin jumped to a 14-0 lead, then the Golden Gophers cut it to 14-9 at the half. But Wisconsin was able to pull away easily in the second half.

18. Oklahoma State â&#x20AC;&#x201C; For some reason, Oklahoma State played a Friday night road game at Louisiana-Lafayette. The Cowboys pounded the Raginâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Cajuns 54-28 and continue to show that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a legitimate contender in the Big XII South.

19. Arizona â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mike Stoops has rebuilt the Wildcats, and pushed Arizona into the top ten. But the undefeated bubble burst in a tough loss to Oregon State. The Wildcats have some work to do in the tough PAC10, but theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re still in the race.

20. Michigan â&#x20AC;&#x201C; It was a big one in the Big Ten, but the Wolverines came up short against arch rival Michigan State. Denard Robinson is a tremendous talent at quarterback, but that Michigan defense is really weak.

21. Air Force â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Falcons are flying high at 5-1 after cruising past in-state rival Colorado State. The only loss was a three-point heartbreaker at Oklahoma. Air Forceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offense is difficult to prepare for and when the Falcons get cooking, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re hard to slow down.

22. Miami â&#x20AC;&#x201C; In what has to be the Hurricanes most disappointing loss over the last couple of seasons, Randy Shannon and Miami got blown out by Florida State 45-17. This will be a hard loss to recover from.

23. Nevada â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Wolfpack has an outstanding team and this is the year that they could challenge Boise State for the WAC championship.

An easy 35-13 win over San Jose State keeps the record perfect for Nevada.

24. Iowa â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Hawkeyes had an open date and they needed it with a brutal stretch coming up. Iowa goes to Michigan then welcomes in Wisconsin and Michigan State. If Iowa is going to win the Big Ten, these next three weeks will be the proving ground.

25. North Carolina State â&#x20AC;&#x201C; After a disappointing loss to Virginia Tech, the Wolfpack bounced back with a 44-17 pasting of Boston College. A blocked punt and defensive touchdown keyed the N.C. State win. Russell Wilson is a stellar quarterback.

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