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From the editor : vance leavy How about them Dawgs? Our boys in red and black have won the SEC East and boy does it feel good. Way back in early June for our Season Preview issue, our cover dubbed the 2011 season as Operation Double Dome. And that is exactly what is going to happen in a few weeks when Georgia will face the SEC West winner for the conference championship and a BCS bowl bid. Yes the stakes will be high and I don’t know about you, but I’m counting on Mark Richt and company having a much better showing when they return to the Georgia Dome for the second time this football season. However, there is plenty of time to breakdown that contest which is sure to be a massive challenge whether it will be Alabama, Arkansas or LSU. Massive indeed. But that game is in two weeks, so let’s deal with it then because those pesky bees in Atlanta are next. And don’t you just know they would love to send us to the SEC Championship smarting from a loss to their instate rival. The thought of all that buzzing makes me sick to my stomach. While I’m extremely proud of our team for the way they have stuck together in winning the last nine games and the SEC East, I’m still very concerned about the way they play down to their competition. Ole Miss, Vandy and Kentucky are just a few of the teams where Georgia should have won the game running away, but inopportune miscues made all those games way closer than they should have been. I see the Ramblin’ Wreck being the same kind of opponent. So will our guys play another slopper on the flats or will they press the pedal down and let their fans enjoy another victory on North Avenue? I must say that as excited as I am about going back to the Dome for the SEC Championship, it certainly will lose a ton of luster if we’re sporting a 9-3 record. Ouch that would certainly be a stinger. Obviously, I can’t speak for the football team, but I do know everyone here at Bulldawg Illustrated is finishing the drill for the Tech game.

On page 5, Murray Poole had a great conversation with Atlanta businessman and proud UGA backer Sam Holmes. And just in case there are some young bucks out there that don’t understand the importance of beating Tech, Sam hit the nail on the head. And Loran Smith also spoke with a great Georgia support(page 15) in Kathy Sweat. How neat that her uncle, Curtis Beall is the oldest living UGA cheerleader. And on page 4, JD provides his 10 grandest moments against the Jackets. Those are sure to have you smiling because naturally Georgia won them all. And big Rob Sherrell is back in this issue with another classic interview. This time out Rob talks with former UGA tennis great Mikael Pernfors on page 17 and like always with Rob there are a few questions where you wonder whether he really should have asked them. But Mikael was a great sport in the interview, which you can tell by the banter between the two. Good stuff indeed. And Cheri goes in the kitchen with Myrna Smith and Joe Barnett on page 14. If you’ve never met Joe, he’s a hoot and my oh my he can certainly cook. Speaking of food, everyone should check out Myrna and Loran’s new cookbook that just came out. They’ve added even more recipes to their first book and also included a section called Taste of Athens that includes some of Cheri’s kitchen articles over the last year and also several of Athens’ best restaurants shared recipes too Alright, alright enough of all this praising. You would have already thought we had won the state championship with all this kumbaya I’m doling out. Enjoy this issue. This is our 17th of the year and we’re certainly running on fumes by now, but our job sure is a whole lot of fun when the Dawgs are rolling. Let’s keep it that way versus the nerds. Sorry I couldn’t resist. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone out there in the Bulldog Nation and we’ll see you on Saturday in the bee hive. Go Dawgs! Lastly it is with great sadness that we just received the news of Larry Munson’s passing. He definitely was one of the greatest Bulldogs ever. Rest in peace!

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With a spot in the Southeastern Conference Championship Game clinched, Georgia’s focus must now squarely be on Tech and the biggest game of them all. For the Georgia people, there may be greater joy in slaying other rivals, but there is no worse pain than losing to – as dubbed by the greatest Bulldog ever Dan Magill – “the enemy.” For the Bulldogs, it’s the game that has to be won. Or the year, no matter the accomplishments, is a bitter disappointment. Georgia has dominated the alltime series with Jackets, and over the last 20 years, the Bulldogs have won 16 times. There have been so many grand moments for the red and black in this old rivalry, here are 10 that stand out to an old Bulldog. In 1942, the Bulldogs, led by Heisman winner Frank Sinkwich and fellow College Football Hall of Famer Charley Trippi, were ranked No. 1 nationally needing one more win to sew up the first Southeastern Conference championship in school annals. But on the heels of a 75-0 pounding of Florida, the Dogs were upset 27-13 by Auburn. Falling to No. 5, Georgia responded with a 340 whitewashing of second-ranked, undefeated Tech – a member of the SEC until 1963 – to clinch the conference title and earn a Rose Bowl berth. Trippi powered the triumph with a legendary 86-yard touchdown jaunt, then was the MVP of the Bulldogs 9-0 Rose Bowl victory over UCLA that earned Georgia the consensus national championship, garnering the No. 1 vote in six polls. Four years later in 1946, with the ultimate victory secured in both the European and Japanese theaters, many of America’s heroes returned home to college and the gridiron. That included Trippi. Teaming with fellow stars like Jack Bush, Johnny Rauch and Joe Tereshinski, Trippi led the Bulldogs of 1946 to nine straight wins – all by double digit margins of victory. Georgia’s primary challenger to SEC supremacy was Tech. The stage was set for a monster showdown at Sanford Stadium between the third ranked Bulldogs and seventh-ranked Jackets. Again, Georgia in a runaway. The third-ranked Bulldogs pummeled the seventh-ranked Yellow Jackets 35-7 to win the SEC and earn a Sugar Bowl berth. The Dogs then beat North Carolina 20-10 to earn national championship recognition in the Williamson Poll. Fast forward twenty years. Vince Dooley, in his third year at the Georgia helm, with the SEC Championship in hand, would square off against legendary Jacket coach Bobby Dodd in his final regular season contest. The once-beaten, seventh-ranked Bulldogs toppled undefeated, fifth-ranked Tech 23-14. Georgia would go on to win the Cotton Bowl over SMU 24-9 and finish the season 10-1 with a No. 4 national ranking. Another SEC title was wrapped up by the powerhouse 1968 squad, led by the likes of Bill Stanfill, Jake Scott, Mike Cavan, Charlie Whittemore, Kent Lawrence, Steve Greer and Billy Payne. There was no letdown for Tech. The Bulldogs blasted the Yellow Jackets 51-0 between the hedges. One of the most pressurepacked victories for the Bulldogs in the series came in 1971, as Andy Johnson led Georgia on a last second drive with Jimmy Poulos striking paydirt in the closing seconds to secure a 28-24 triumph. The Bulldogs would go on to beat Brother Bill

Dooley and North Carolina 7-3 in the Gator Bowl to finish 11-1 and No. 7 nationally. And then there were the early ‘80s. Capping off a perfect 11-0 regular season with a 38-20 victory over Tech, freshman sensation Herschel Walker broke loose for a 67yard touchdown run that broke Tony Dorsett’s rookie rushing record. The Dogs led 17-0, but Tech wouldn’t go away. Until Herschel broke loose one final time between the hedges in that most special of seasons. The Bulldogs would go on to beat Notre Dame 17-10 in the Sugar to finish a perfect 12-0 as undisputed national champions. The following year, Georgia would have one of its greatest days ever, and legends performed at their very best. As defending national champions, the Bulldogs wrapped up a second straight SEC title and were ranked No. 2 with a 91 mark. On the first play of the game, Buck Belue hit Lindsay Scott for an 80-yard touchdown and the rout was on. One play and call it a day. Walker scored four touchdowns and had a dominating performance and freshman Kevin Butler connected on three field goals. The final was 44-7, and Georgia was riding high to another sugar Bowl at 10-1. Tech finished the year 1-10. What a day on the flats and what a day to smell the roses for the Georgia people. In 1982, the Dogs had clinched a third straight SEC championship and needed a win over Tech to earn a shot at the national championship. The Dogs led only 7-6 at the half, as Herschel broke loose for a 59-yard touchdown, but Georgia struck with a myriad of big plays to pull away and wrap up another perfect regular season. Things got awfully tight the following season on the flats, but Tony Flack had the game-saving interception and Georgia was Cotton Bowl bound at 9-1-1 after a thrilling 27-24 victory. It was a sixth straight win over the Yellow Jackets. The 109 victory in Dallas over Texas at the Cotton Bowl was a wonderful capper to the greatest era in Georgia history – which included these signature wins over the Jackets. Sitting at 8-2 in 1997, Georgia got a couple of bad breaks, and it looked bleak with Tech leading 2421 with inside a minute to go. But Champ Bailey made a big play to give the Dogs hope. Mike Bobo hit Corey Allen, and the Dogs escaped with an unforgettable 27-24 triumph, Georgia’s seventh straight in the series. Jim Donnan’s Bulldogs went on to steamroll Wisconsin in the Outback Bowl and finish 10-2 and No. 10 nationally. And then there was that day in 2002. It was 34-0 at the half. The final was 51-7. Georgia capped off the regular season at 11-1, then went on to win the SEC Championship Game 30-3 over Arkansas and beat Florida State in the Sugar Bowl 2613 to finish 13-1 and No. 3 in the land. The day after the Tech game, I sat outside of Mark Richt’s office with Sports Information Director non-parallel Claude Felton waiting to tape a couple of shows. He came out, looked at me and said, you must be a really happy guy today. Amen. And now comes a chance for a 10th straight win for the Georgia team, and for Richt, a 10-1 record against the Yellow Jackets would certainly go down as one of his most sterling accomplishments at the Bulldog helm.

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Sam Holmes has been absorbed with Georgia Bulldogs football ever since he was a young lad. And, rightly so since his dad, John Paul Holmes, Jr., performed for the Bulldogs from 1960-62, suiting out for Georgia coaches Wallace Butts and Johnny Griffith. At 6-foot-5, 231 pounds, Paul Holmes – as he’s listed in the Georgia media guide – was a good-sized lineman for those years and, he was a very good lineman who played on both sides of the ball. “Dad played for both Coach Butts and Coach Griffith,� said Sam Holmes, a 1987 graduate of the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business who today is one of a select few vice chairmen worldwide with CB Richard Ellis, a global real estate services company. Holmes, 46, oversees the firm’s Atlanta office brokerage and corporate services operations. “Dad was voted outstanding lineman his senior year in 1962 and was a super player who was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys.� Only thing is, noted Holmes, the Cowboys had another tackle at that time by the name of Bob Lilly. “Dad had the misfortune of playing the same position as Bob Lilly so the chances of him having a professional career trying to supplant Bob Lilly, an NFL Hall of Famer, wasn’t too promising,� said Holmes. “So dad decided to come home to raise a family in Monticello, where I grew up.� Sam Holmes said his father had the greatest admiration for both Georgia head coaches he played for. “Dad was very fond of Coach Butts and Coach Griffith,� said Holmes. “He always felt like Coach Griffith (UGA coach from 1961-63) got unfairly criticized. He felt like Coach Griffith was a fine man and a good football coach who just had a couple of tough years.� And Holmes said his dad told him many stories of the days he played under the “Little Round Man,� Wally Butts. “You hear these things all the time from people who played for Coach Butts,� said Holmes. “Dad always said the ball games then were a helluva lot easier than the practice during the week. Under Coach Butts, they really went at it in practice.� Holmes said Georgia football has always been a way of life as he was literally raised from the crib on wearing red and black. “My mother’s parents went to Georgia and were graduates, and my mom and dad were graduates of UGA, too,� he related. “It’s all I have ever known. We went to all the home games, many of the away games and all the bowl games when I was a kid,� Holmes said. “So I’ve always been a huge Georgia fan. My brother and sister are also both Georgia graduates as is my wife, Lara, who is also a Terry College grad and graduated a year later than I did, in 1988.� Holmes and his partner at CB Richard Ellis, John Shlesinger, have been consistently ranked as Atlanta’s Top Tenant Representation team. For 10 years, including 2011, he and Shlesinger were named the Top Office Leasing Brokers in the city. For 16 years, the Holmes-Shlesinger duo has been one of the “Top Five� office leasing producers in Atlanta. In 2000, Holmes and Shlesinger received the Alvin B. Cates Deal of the Year award; in 2006 and 2007, they were recognized for the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Deal of the Year, and in 2010 they were recognized for the Deal of the Decade. Holmes is regularly listed in the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s “Who’s Who in Commercial Real Estate� and was named one of the Top Business Leaders in the under 40 category by the same publication. Additionally, he has been nationally recognized for his success by Commercial Property News, Real Estate Forum, CoStar and Terry College at UGA. Holmes and Shlesinger have earned inclusion in the Colbert Coldwell Circle, the group of top 100 performers within CBRE every year since joining CBRE in 2003.

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Holmes’ ties to his alma mater saw him serve as chairman of the UGA Foundation board for the past two years, with his term ending in June of this year. He’s now a chairman emeritus of the board. “We had the pleasure of uniting the University of Georgia Foundation and the Arch Foundation,� said Holmes. “Our biggest achievement during those two years was bringing those two groups together. So we now have one unified group supporting the university. Our job is to support the university in fundraising and to manage the investment assets of the University of Georgia. We have approximately 700 million dollars in foundation assets that we manage on behalf of the university.� Holmes also served on the alumni board of the Terry College of Business for a number of years. “With my responsibilities with the UGA Foundation and also having served as chairman of the UGA Real Estate Foundation, those two things took a lot of time so I had to drop off the Terry College board, but I have a great deal of fondness for that board and the college. Both are class acts,� he said. After obtaining his UGA business degree in finance in ’87, Holmes then took the summer off before entering the real estate business in the fall of that year. “And I’ve been doing it ever since, almost 25 years now,� he related. Sam and Lara Holmes have three children: Sam, 17; Susan, 15, and Cammie, 9. Their daughter Susan is named after Sam’s mom, Susan Holmes, who was the mayor of Monticello for 12 years and now serves as state representative of Georgia House District 125, the Monticello district. Like all Bulldog fans everywhere, Holmes is very proud of the way Mark Richt’s football team has turned its season around after dropping the opening 2011 games to Boise State and South Carolina. Winner of nine straight games since that time Georgia, of course, has wrapped up the SEC East Division title and will be playing in its first SEC Championship since 2005, on Dec. 3 following the annual state shootout with Georgia Tech this Saturday at Bobby Dodd Stadium. “I could not be more excited,� said Holmes, a season ticket holder who attends all Bulldog games, home and away. “Like everybody else I was disappointed after the first two games, but now could not be more proud of what Coach Richt and his staff have done since South Carolina, to have run the table and defeating all the SEC teams since that game. It’s a major accomplishment.� But before the Bulldogs head for the Georgia Dome and the SEC title game, there’s that little matter of attempting to defeat the rival Yellow Jackets for the 10th time in 11 years under Richt. “The Tech game is unquestionably, undeniably the most important game of the year, hands down,� exclaimed Holmes. “Some of the newer fans to the Bulldog Nation think that Florida or Auburn are more important games but to all us longtime Georgia fans, the Tech game is the most important, without a doubt, and we look forward to it every year. There’s nothing more fun than beating them on the football field,� said Holmes. “I respect their school and a number of my friends and clients are Tech grads but when they’re on the athletic field, regardless of the sport, I’m pulling for their opponent!� Holmes also looks for the Bulldogs to hunker down in the SEC title game Dec. 3. “No doubt, our defense will keep us in the ball game and our offense has gotten better every single game,� he said, “so I think the balance we’re showing now in running and passing will allow us to hold our own, against LSU, Alabama or Arkansas, whomever it might be. In the Dome, we also have the home field advantage with our fans, so I think we really have a great shot at pulling off a big upset.�

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Dogs vs. Jackets After securing birth to SEC championship, Georgia heads to the Flats to face Jackets By Travis Ragsdale

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hat’s it! The Dawgs have done it! In the early goings of this season, most Dawg fans had nothing but gloom and despair in their hearts after a tough 0-2 start. But now, the Dawgs have rattled off nine wins in a row. The latest being a tough, gritty game against Kentucky that sealed the Dawgs fate as the SEC east champions. In two weeks, Mark Richt and company will be back in The Dome to face one of LSU, Alabama or Arkansas in the SEC Championship. No matter what team from the SEC west Georgia ends up playing, it will surely be the toughest test yet for this Bulldawg team. However, before that happens Georgia has another little game in Atlanta this weekend against their most hated foe; the Yellow Jackets of Georgia Tech. And while this weekend’s game has no bearing on SEC title implications, it is a huge game for morale and with a win, will certainly give the Bulldawg Nation something to rally behind. What Tech shows up?

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Without question, Georgia Tech has been one of the most up and down teams in the country this season. The Jackets started the season off by crushing inferior opponents. In the process, they were putting up around 600 yards of total offense a game which is absolutely unheard of for a team that runs a triple option offense. They began to creep up in the national polls being undefeated until the seventh week of the season when they lost to a very average Virginia team. It left everyone shaking their heads. Most attributed the lost to the fact that Tech just had not played anyone of quality yet and like Virginia, Georgia Tech was just another average ACC team. But then, the very next week following the loss to Virginia, the Yellows Jackets came out and shocked the country by pummeling a Clemson team 31-17 who at the time was ranked sixth in the country and seemed to be on a one way track to the BCS National Championship. The next week Tech had another drop-off in success, this time resulting in a loss to Miami. And this past week, the Jackets barely snuck by Duke by a touchdown. So which Georgia Tech team shows up? Will it be the one who started the season off so strong and beat Clemson? Or will it be the team who lost to meager programs like Virginia and Miami? For the Dawgs, it shouldn’t matter. Georgia can beat either one of Georgia Tech’s apparent split-personalities if they show up and play like they are capable of. Dawg run defense vs. the triple option It seems that ever since Paul “Fish Fry” Johnson has been the head man at Georgia Tech, the Dawgs have done one of two things on the defensive side of the ball in regards to his patented triple option offense. One, Georgia plays sound, fundamental football and the defense has no trouble stopping it. Or two, the defense tries too hard to do too much, allowing the offense to run all over the field. If the way Todd Grantham schemed for the triple option last year is any indication of how he will prepare his players this year, then Georgia fans will see the success they so desire. Defending the option is all about gap responsibility. Every player on the defense has a certain place he needs to go when the ball is snapped, the trick is to stay in that position and not let the ball fakes fool the player into leaving his gap. Georgia did a marvelous job of this last year so Dawg fans should have total faith in Todd Grantham’s ability to get his horses ready to go and ready to play gap responsibilities this weekend. Georgia currently ranks second in the country in run defense and with the

This is a very tough spot that Coach Richt is in right now. On one hand, he’s thinking that if he plays everyone on his roster to win the game this weekend then Georgia could possibly lose a key player for the SEC Championship game. If it’s a very important player like say, Aaron Murray, then just about all hope goes out the window of claiming the SEC title and landing in a BCS Bowl. On the other hand, if Georgia were to lose to Tech this weekend and Coach Richt were to keep some key players out or at least give them limited playing time to either heal (Isaiah Crowell) or not get hurt then he would draw the ire of the entire Bulldawg Nation. Since there would be a tremendous amount of uproar about Coach Richt not playing to win against Georgia’s biggest rivalry, don’t expect to see the latter. The Dawgs will be out there in full force on Saturday to try to show the Jackets who the kings of football in Georgia are. Now, with that being said, fans have to hope that an unfortunate injury doesn’t occur this Saturday. Coach Richt is in a tough spot here, one that he doesn’t usually find himself. It’s a Catch-22 for sure, but he and the rest of the Dawgs would rather be in this situation and have to make that call than not be here at all. Intangibles This is a very intriguing game when taking a look at the current state of minds of both the Dawgs and the Jackets. While Georgia is currently on a win streak of epic proportions, they have already made their bed in the SEC championship game. There’s nothing more that those players want than to win the SEC title. And Georgia Tech has nothing to do with that whether they win or lose Saturday. Many are worried that the players will be looking too far ahead and forget to prepare mentally for this game against the Yellow Jackets. For Tech, they would love nothing more than to de-rail Georgia’s current win streak. For the folks down on North Avenue, this is the biggest game of the season for them. They won’t be looking ahead at anything. They will totally be focused on beating the Dawgs. For this reason alone, the intangibles have to be in favor of Georgia Tech. But, if the Dawgs can prepare and not look ahead like they have all season, then the trip to Atlanta this weekend can end in success. Then, a return back to the ATL the next week, for the SEC title game.

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TEAM STATISTICS SCORING Points Per Game FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Penalty RUSHING YARDAGE Yards gained rushing Yards lost rushing Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Average Per Game TDs Rushing PASSING YARDAGE Comp-Att-Int Average Per Pass Average Per Catch Average Per Game TDs Passing TOTAL OFFENSE Total Plays Average Per Play Average Per Game KICK RETURNS: #-Yards PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards INT RETURNS: #-Yards KICK RETURN AVERAGE PUNT RETURN AVERAGE INT RETURN AVERAGE FUMBLES-LOST PENALTIES-Yards Average Per Game PUNTS-Yards Average Per Punt Net punt average TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3RD-DOWN Conversions 3rd-Down Pct 4TH-DOWN Conversions 4th-Down Pct SACKS BY-Yards MISC YARDS TOUCHDOWNS SCORED FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS ON-SIDE KICKS RED-ZONE SCORES RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS PAT-ATTEMPTS

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OPP 247 24.7 186 92 86 8 1724 1938 214 380 4.5 172.4 18 1877 156-281-11 6.7 12.0 187.7 12 3601 661 5.4 360.1 59-1205 8-31 6-46 20.4 3.9 7.7 19-7 39-253 25.3 40-1664 41.6 37.5 28:11 62/139 45% 11/19 58% 11-66 78 33 6-11 1-3 (29-38) 76% (23-38) 61% (31-31) 100%

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Score by quarters Georgia Tech Opponents

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TEAM STATISTICS SCORING Points Per Game FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Penalty RUSHING YARDAGE Yards gained rushing Yards lost rushing Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Average Per Game TDs Rushing PASSING YARDAGE Comp-Att-Int Average Per Pass Average Per Catch Average Per Game TDs Passing TOTAL OFFENSE Total Plays Average Per Play Average Per Game KICK RETURNS: #-Yards PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards INT RETURNS: #-Yards KICK RETURN AVERAGE PUNT RETURN AVERAGE INT RETURN AVERAGE FUMBLES-LOST PENALTIES-Yards Average Per Game PUNTS-Yards Average Per Punt Net punt average TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3RD-DOWN Conversions 3rd-Down Pct 4TH-DOWN Conversions 4th-Down Pct SACKS BY-Yards MISC YARDS TOUCHDOWNS SCORED FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS ON-SIDE KICKS 0-1 RED-ZONE SCORES RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS PAT-ATTEMPTS

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1st 101 41

3rd 101 27

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eorgia junior linebacker Christian Robinson has been one of the Bulldogs’ primary leaders over the past three seasons. The captain of the defense, so to speak, the 6-2, 226-pound inside linebacker out of Greater Atlanta Christian has excelled calling out the defensive alignments, getting the players into the right positions and with his own tenacious performance on defense. After being redshirted in 2008, when he was named to the SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll, Robinson appeared in 12 games in ’09 and made 19 tackles while earlier being named the most improved linebacker in spring drills. He was also named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for summer semester and was recipient of the Tommy Lyons Football Scholarship. In his redshirt sophomore season in 2010, Robinson appeared in 13 games while making 11 starts and recorded 46 tackles including 6.0 for loss and also recovered two fumbles. He recorded a career-high six tackles in the win over rival Georgia Tech. This season, after being named Preseason All-SEC Third Team by Athlon Sports, Robinson had recorded 30 total tackles entering this past Saturday’s game against Kentucky, including five-and-a-half tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks. Here, in this question and answer session with Bulldawg Illustrated, Robinson and his mom, Lori, give the Bulldog Nation a personal insight into the player who wears No. 45 on his Georgia red and white jerseys. What do you view as the most important quality in being a leader for the team? You have to be able to connect with the guys you’re with. One thing Coach Richt has always been able to do is connect with the players and coaches and that’s why he’s a good coach. And I think I’m able to connect with the guys on the field. That’s why I can communicate with them and be able to motivate them … just have the best characteristics you can have and be able to motivate the guys around you. Who do you consider to be the most important mentor in your life so far, and why? I have to say my dad. Not to be cliché but dad played at all three levels, in high school, at South Carolina and with the Washington Redskins when they played in the 1987 Super Bowl. He knows football, knows teamwork and how to be a leader and he’s always been a spiritual leader in my life and that’s why I’m where I am today. Dad has always been there for me. \What fellow player on the team motivates you to be the best you can be and why is that the case? It would have to be Ben Jones (UGA center). He’s one

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His Foundation: Lori Robinson Foundation: Lori Robinson Parents names: Ken and Lori Robinson Siblings names: Sarah, 18; Caroline, 10. Main attribute that makes Christian a leader: I think he’s very diligent in learning everything he can about football in general. He’s like an old gym rat. He stays in there and studies film and looks at his tendencies. Even when we come up there, he will try to get my husband to look at film. Christian is just real diligent in personal relationships and tries to take care of people. He’s even taken some of his own money and taken the defensive guys out to eat. Christian values people and tries to show them that he cares about them.

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of my friends and we’ve been really close since I’ve been here. Ben comes to work every day and always gives his best. He’s always working and even when he has an injury, he’ll fight through it. Even with a new coach (O-line coach Will Friend) Ben is able to be that leader his group needs him to be. What is the best play and game you’ve had while at Georgia and why? My best game personally, I’d have to say the South Carolina game this year. I made a lot of plays and was able to get everybody lined up. I had some really good tackles and felt like I was instrumental in getting us to play the way we did. Even though we didn’t win that game, we knew then that we had a really special team. And as for my best play, there was one play I made last year against Florida. One of the Pouncey brothers tried to take my leg out from underneath me and I jumped over him and tackled Chris Rainey for a loss. When you leave Georgia, what do you hope folks say about your contribution to the program? I really hope that they think I was a leader who helped get this team back to where it needs to be. That I didn’t do it on my own but did it by fighting together with my brothers. That I came to work every day and we were actually a very good team when I left. What regular Georgia opponent do you enjoy playing the most and why? It’s the Florida Gators. The hype around that game is something else. No matter what the record is, it’s like a bowl game in midseason. You get out of school early in the week for it and it’s just a great atmosphere for college football.

Best childhood story: When he was in high school, we were on the campus (at Greater Atlanta Christian) and Christian dressed up like my husband. Ken was the defensive coordinator there and coaching Christian and Christian dressed up like him and acted like he was coaching. He put on glasses, a hat, khaki pants and a belt and just started imitating him, saying “Come on, you guys!” He had the play sheets tucked in the back of his pants, had a whistle … the whole works. It was very comical, very funny and Christian was very good at it. When my husband asked Christian “who are you supposed to be?” Christian answered, “I’m you, dad.” Best thing about his time at Georgia: I think he’s just become a great leader. I remember when Christian committed to play at Georgia and we held our meeting with Coach Richt. My husband told Coach Richt he was not only getting a great leader but also someone who was going to be a great player one day, and I think Christian has fulfilled that. Nicest thing he’s ever done for you: I had knee surgery back in 2009, and I don’t know whether Christian got permission to come home or not but he did come to see me and it was during the week. I was really surprised to see him. He just popped in and stayed about 30 minutes or so and then went back. That really meant a lot to me, that he came in to see me and make sure I was OK. A few things about Christian outside of football: Christian usually goes to the beach with us once a year on the fourth of July and whenever he comes home, he just enjoys family time. We talk as a family and he bounces things off Ken and me. He just likes to get away. I know coaches like to get away sometimes when they can but those days are few and far between, and I think Christian sees himself being a coach one day. Most entertaining story about UGA fans: I think the Georgia fans are great. I like the cheering and I like the tradition. There’s one fan that we see almost every home game and he comes up to me and says, “You’re Christian Robinson’s mom, aren’t you? We love your boy.” And he says the same thing every time. He’s a young guy, in his mid-20s. I may have a jacket on where he can’t see my No. 45 jersey but he recognizes me every game. I guess, before the end of the year, I need to ask him what his name is. What has Coach Richt meant to Christian? I knew Christian always respected Coach Richt and how he’s dealt with the players but, until recently, I really didn’t realize how much Coach Richt meant to Christian. After the Auburn win, we were back at Christian’s apartment and he said, “I’ve had Coach Richt since the beginning and I think I get to keep my coach now.” In a lot of ways, the players were playing for Coach Richt this season. But it was the first time Christian has verbalized this, and I think he’s really happy that Coach Richt will be there next year, for Christian’s final season.

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By Jeff Dantzler #40 Julian Burnett, ILB 5-10, 222 Jr. Macon, Ga. (Westside) Tech’s defense has been inconsistent this season. At times, like in the Yellow Jackets 31-17 upset victory over undefeated Clemson in Atlanta, it’s been one of the top units in the Atlantic Coast Conference. At other times, as in the fourth quarter of the home loss to Virginia Tech, the defense has had some major struggles. One of the constants has been standout inside linebacker Julian Burnett. Undersized at 5-10, 222, but with major heart, toughness and quicks, Burnett is an All-ACC candidate and the Jackets top defender. He has gone over 100 tackles for the season, and Burnett and Jeremiah Attaochu are amongst the conference’s leaders in tackles for loss.

By Murray Poole Location: Atlanta, Ga. Conference: ACC Enrollment: 20,720 (all schools) Record: 8-3 overall and 5-3 in the ACC with wins over Western Carolina (63-21), Middle Tennessee State (4921), Kansas (66-24), North Carolina (35-28), N.C. State (45-35), Maryland (21-16), Clemson (31-17) and Duke (38-31) and losses to Virginia (21-24), Miami (7-24), and Virginia Tech (26-37). Mascot: Buzz. Why Georgia Tech could win: The Yellow Jackets, in their vaunted triple-option attack under Paul Johnson, rank third in the country in rushing with an average of 323 yards per game, just behind Army and Navy. In junior quarterback Tevin Washington (849 rushing yds., 14 TDs), sophomore back David Sims (662 yds.), junior back Orwin Smith (570) and senior backs Embry Peeples (394) and Roddy Jones (366), Georgia Tech has no less than five guys who can take it to the end zone at any given moment, and Bulldog fans have to remember the long touchdown jaunt of Jones in 2008 when he was just a freshman and the Jackets stung Georgia 45-42 at Sanford Stadium. In last Saturday’s win over Duke, the Jackets rushed for 364 yards. And, too, Washington has given Tech a passing threat this season as entering the game with the Bulldogs Saturday, he has thrown for 1,481 yards and 10 touchdowns. Washington’s leading receiver is junior Stephen Hill (65, 206), who has 23 receptions for 707 yards and four touchdowns. So, truly, if Todd Grantham’s defense, which has played so brilliantly this fall, is not at its very best defending the Tech option Saturday, it could be a long afternoon for the Dogs at Bobby Dodd Stadiium. Why Georgia Tech could lose: The Yellow Jackets’ defense has been shaky at best this season, giving up 25. 2 points and 360 yards total offense per game, and there should be plenty of opportunities for Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray and his receiving corps, that is, if they bring their Auburn game to Bobby Dodd Stadium rather than their Kentucky game last weekend when the Bulldogs’ offense stumbled and bumbled and tallied only one touchdown. As this issue goes to press, it’s also not known how much leading rusher Isaiah Crowell is going to be able to contribute to the running game after sustaining an ankle injury and missing nearly the entire win over the Wildcats. Still, if Georgia’s nationally-ranked defense continues to play like it has over this nine-game winning streak, the Bulldogs should be able to slow Tech’s triple-option offense down just enough to enable Georgia to capture Mark

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Richt’s 10th win over the Jackets in 11 years and thereby send the Dogs on to the SEC title game with a great deal of momentum. What Georgia Tech’s coach is saying: “Well, it wasn’t always pretty,” said Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson after the 38-31 win over Duke this past Saturday. “We had I don’t know how many penalties. But we fought and found a way. Both sides were having a tough time stopping the other side and we turned it over twice and missed a scoring opportunity in the second half and let them hang around. It’s win number eight. I’m glad to get it and now we focus on Georgia next week, which I know is a big game for everybody involved.” What Georgia Tech’s fans are saying: “Georgia won’t throw as much as Duke did,” said one Tech fan. “They are gonna line up and run right at us. We’ll see if it works.” “I can’t believe how bad our defense is,” complained another Jacket supporter. “Al Groh has not a clue and must go — 31 points to Duke — Georgia will score 60.” And from another Georgia Tech fan: “If Tech and Georgia play each other the way they played Duke and Kentucky, respectively, they will both lose this weekend. Let’s quit making dumb mistakes and penalties on D.” Noteworthy: Saturday’s meeting will be the 104th between these long-time state rivals and Georgia holds a fairly commanding 61-37-5 lead in the series. The Bulldogs have won 19 out of the last 25 games against the Yellow Jackets and Mark Richt is 9-1 vs. Georgia Tech, his only setback being the Jackets’ come-from-behind 45-42 win over the Bulldogs three years ago in Sanford Stadium. Georgia outscored Tech 42-34 last season in Athens.

#5 Stephen Hill, WR 6-5, 200 Jr. Lithonia, Ga. (Miller Grove) Two seasons ago, as the Yellow Jackets captured the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship and earned a berth in the Orange Bowl – Tech’s first major bowl since 1966 – DeMaryus Thomas was a superbly talented, fast, big threat on the perimeter, giving the high-powered rushing attack explosiveness through the air. Tech lacked such last year. This season, though Stephen Hill is not yet in Thomas’s high class, he is sleek, talented wide receiver who has given the Jackets that big play aerial punch. Hill leads the nation in yards per reception, averaging just under 30 per grab. He may not touch it a lot, but when he does, Hill produces big plays. When that ground game is churning, and those safeties inch closer and closer, Hill is at his most dangerous. #13 Tevin Washington, QB 6-1, 205 Jr. Wetumpka, Ala. (HS) One of the country’s top two-way threats, Tevin Washington is having an excellent season and has picked right up for Joshua Nesbitt engineering the Yellow Jackets high powered offense. Throughout Paul Johnson’s career, he has mentored numerous stellar signal callers, most notably the master of the offense he designed for the iconic legend Erk Russell, Tracy Ham at Georgia Southern. The original name of this triple option was the “HamBone.” Well Washington has come close to mastering the flexbone in essentially a year and a half. He knows when to give, pitch, keep or throw. The dimension that has added more firepower to Tech’s attack this season is the big play deep passing threat. He has a nose for the goal line. Washington is running for more than a touchdown per game and accounting for twoplus scores per contest. Head Coach Paul Johnson An innovator with an outstanding offensive mind and roots in the Peach State, Paul Johnson was a natural hire for Tech. He came to the flats from Navy, where he engineered bowl berths and a signature win over Notre Dame to end the nation’s longest losing streak for one program to another. Johnson’s trademark flexbone offense flourished at Georgia Southern, Hawaii and Navy, where he was one of the nation’s most successful offensive coordinators. He then took over as Georgia Southern’s head coach, and restored the Eagles greatness from the glory years of the iconic Erskine Russell, the great man. After winning a couple of national championships, Johnson got Navy rolling. Then Tech called. In his first season, he led the Jackets to their first win over Georgia in eight years and a nine-victory campaign. In 2009, Johnson led the Yellow Jackets to the ACC Championship and the Orange Bowl. With two games to go in this, his fourth season at the Tech helm, Johnson is averaging between eight and nine wins a year. With his offense, which is difficult to prepare for week in and week out, as long as Johnson is at the helm, Tech figures to be an annual ACC contender and very difficult hurdle for Georgia in the Bulldogs pursuit of greatness.

A view from Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets play by play announcer, Wes Durham, talks about Saturday’s game By Jeff Dantzler

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hat do the Yellow Jackets need to do to beat Georgia? The basic elements in almost every game Tech has won since Paul Johnson arrived in 2008, will be important on Saturday. First, have success running the ball. That will be a challenge against Georgia's improved defense. Second will be the defense's ability to win on 3rd down. Georgia Tech has not been very successful this fall, allowing opponents to convert almost 45% of their chances. The defense has gotten better, but can also get themselves "stuck" defending the run and the pass at times. Outside of Clemson perhaps, Tech hasn't seen anyone as balanced in both run/pass like Georgia. What have been the high points of Tech's season so far this year? Easy. The 6-0 start was certainly a high point since most thought this team would struggle to reach "bowl eligibility". Second, the win over Clemson helped set this team up to reach some goals. Anytime you beat a top 5, and your 2nd biggest rival at the same time, it’s going to be a big moment. Have you ever seen a penalty change a game in the manner the bad one did against Virginia Tech? Not recently. It was interesting to watch the momentum swing on that play for the rest of the game, but it also taught the Jackets how fragile a game can be in terms of winning and losing. I think every team has to go through something like that during a season to be successful. It just happened to be in the 10th game of the year for this team. Washington has had an excellent year at quarterback, what impresses you the most about him? Probably his poise. If you watch him play, he never shows much emotion one way or another. He is greatly improved from a year ago, and has become a key element to this team's success. His confidence level is pretty good, and he has developed into a good leader. The one big thing is that people probably thought he wouldn't be the QB by this time of the season, with Days and the rookie Lee on the team, but Tevin just kept getting better, and so did the team. What is your take on Georgia? I wasn't sure they would win 9-straight, but I'm impressed with the way the players and coaches handled the 0-2 start. While a lot of people wanted to write them off, there is way too much talent on that roster to not bounce back and have a great season. Murray is Murray, and I think he's the best QB in the SEC, and one of the top 5 or 6 in the country. Defensively, they are much improved and have all the elements to be explosive on both sides of the ball.

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What would it mean to Tech's season to beat Georgia? As always, it’s the biggest game on the schedule for the Jackets. That hasn't changed since I got here in 1995. I think the value of the game has also increased for Georgia fans as well. I can tell by the reaction to Bulldog wins in 2009 and 2010, that the Tech game is right there with Florida, which is good for the game. Let's talk Falcons, do they make the playoffs? I hope so...the Saints loss might make it tough, but they have a chance to correct that on December 26. The games with Tampa and Carolina will be very big, but games like Minnesota and the win at Detroit could also be very big by the time we get around to the end of the year. For you personally, is the travel the toughest part of doing both teams? Travel only becomes an issue when we get to mid-November, and the Falcons and Tech are underway, and basketball season gets going. Then I have things like this weekend, where I'm in Charleston for basketball, then early morning flights to Durham for football, etc. The first two-weekends in December I'll make conversions from Tech basketball to where the Falcons play, but after 8-years, it’s pretty normal. The support I have gotten from both sides has been incredible and continues to get better as the experience continues.

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Joe’s Cajun Style Beef Tenderloin with as jus The average beef tenderloin is from 5 to 7 lbs. and there is what is called in the trade silver skin on the tenderloin when you unwrap it out of the cry-o-vac package . You need to trim the silver skin off with a very sharp filet knife. There are little pockets of fat and they will need to be trimmed but leave at least half to baste the meat while it is cooking. Wash and dry the loin and let it dry for about 10-15 minutes then rub with spice mixture. Spice recipe: 4 tbl. Tones Cajun season (available at Sam’s Club) 2 tbl. Lowery’s season salt 2 tbl. spanish paprika 1 tbl. unseasoned meat tenderizer 1 tbl. garlic powder 1 tbl. fresh ground black pepper 1 tbl. hot chili powder 2 teas. dried basil leaves 1 teas. cumin seeds 2 teas. oregano leaves 1 teas. thyme leaves 2 teas. ground chipotle chile pepper Mix well and put in a shaker can. Sprinkle on about half of this for an average 6 lb. loin after the meat has dried. Put the loin in refrigerator (a spare one in the garage works great for this and you can find them for $50 at most yard sales just use it for aging meat, your wife will be happy). Put the loin on a wire rack so that air can easily get all around the meat. I leave it for 3 days and turn it over one or two times a day. It will form a thin crust and have a very pleasant odor to it. Before you put it on a smoker put it out for about 2-3 hours til it reaches room temp. (it is almost impossible to get a good looking loin if the center is cooler than the edge when you put it on). I use cherry or apple wood chips and an old round charcoal smoker and leave it on for 2.5 hours with the heat in the middle of the gauge the whole time. The inside temp should be about 130, this will make the center medium rare the ends medium and the thin tail medium well. You have to remember that when you take it off at center temp of 130 it will continue to gain heat in the center even off the fire. Let it rest at least 20 minutes to let the juices redistribute all over the meat. The as jus is nothing more than Campbells Beef Consommé, Tones Beef Base or Knorr Beef base. I use whatever I have handy and put the liquid in a medium sauce pan on medium heat, add 1 teaspoon soy sauce, 1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce, 1 teaspoon Heinz 57 sauce and stir well then bring to a boil and let simmer for 5 minutes. Mix 2 tablespoon corn starch with cold water and then turn the heat back up to high and mix in corn starch with whisk. Turn heat down after sauce thickens and turn off let sit for 5 minutes and pour in bowl. You can serve this over the meat or to the side. I always slice the tenderloin fairly thin and put the sauce on when I serve the meat. I think if you serve it too thick you miss the really full beef flavor and how tender it is. Buy the best grade of meat you can. The select grade that you see now is what we used to call “no roll” this was the meat that was not marbled enough to grade choice but much better than good. Few people know that eventually 97% of all beef gets graded either choice or select. The select is considered leaner and more healthy but at the expense of taste. Ask your butcher for the tenderloin with the most marbling. I have found that the little difference in price is well worth it.

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With Laurens County just a fraction more that two hours in driving time to Clarke County, there are many times when Kathy and Mike Sweat have a “hankering to drive up to Athens.� More often than not there will be a Bulldog sports event taking place, but they find it refreshing to motor to the Classic City and visit friends and their favorite restaurants. “We just feel good when we are in Athens,� says Kathy who is often dropping off something from her kitchen to a friend in Athens. Kathy’s daddy, Fillmore Beall, was a 1940 graduate of the University o f Georgia, and her uncle Curtis was a cheerleader on the Rose Bowl team of 1942, but the draft and World War II interrupted his college education. An outstanding basketball player, Curtis spent time playing for Duke during his WWII training. He returned to Athens after the war to complete degree requirements and has written a book about his UGA and cheerleading days. If you know Curtis and knew his late brother, Fillmore, Kathy’s father, you would understand why Kathy and Mike take off to visit friends. There has never been anybody to practice the good neighbor policy more than the Bealls and the Sweats. Their love of the University has been passed on to children, grandchildren and cousins. There are 40 UGA graduates in the Beall family. Mike and Kathy were educators. Mike is a Georgia Southern graduate, but if it is possible, he may be a bigger Dawg fan than Kathy, who is a ’69 graduate of Georgia with a degree in education. They were a husband-wife team in public schools for over 30 years. Mike also added coaching and administrative assignments to his routine. My daddy and Uncle Coot (Curtis) were always devoted graduates of the University of Georgia,� Kathy explains. “They took great pride in their degrees and were always spreading the good word about the ‘Dogs. They always enjoyed trips to Athens and they went for visits when there was not a football game going on. I think they are the reasons why the rest of us in the family are always trying to find reasons to go to Athens.� With retirement, the Sweats admit that their getting to Athens more often is enhanced by having a lot of down time in their lives for the first time. However, anybody who knows them, knows that they are such loyal fans that they want to be where the Bulldog action is as often as possible. They have had season tickets in football for years. They try to book as many basketball games as possible, and you will find them on campus for gymnastics and baseball. “We really love baseball in the

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spring,� Kathy says. There are those March weekends when the Sweats come for a tripleheader—gymnastics, basketball and baseball. “Those are the special weekends when we can work in all those events,� Kathy smiles. Spring also means the Sweats garden begins to produce which means there will be garden produce for their friends—the good neighbor policy is always in effect with the Sweats. They live on a farm about eight miles from Dublin, enjoying country living and country cooking to the fullest. When you tailgate with Mike and Kathy at a football game, you become aware of their garden influence. The Sweats, like all passionate Bulldog fans, have especially enjoyed the championship years. Philmore and Curtis Beall were there for the heyday of Wallace Butts in the forties, including, as aforementioned, the Rose Bowl. Coach Butts with five bowl invitations in the forties was known as the “Bowl Master.� After a down turn in the fifties, finished strong with a third Orange Bowl appearance in 1959. Then Vince Dooley became the Bulldog coach and bowl games were an annual event for Georgia fans. Nobody was more appreciative than the Bealls and the Sweats who particularly enjoyed Herschel Walker’s dominating influence on college football in the eighties. “We were very close to Herschel’s family. His mother, Christine, worked for us on occasion, and we watched Herschel grow up.� Kathy’s mother, Jane, was a public health nurse and gave shots to Herschel and his family. Kathy enjoys telling the story of driving to her mother’s house one day during a heavy rain. A big SUV was parked in the yard and had blocked the entrance to the garage. Kathy was grumbling out loud since she couldn’t get inside without getting wet. Finally when she made it inside, she found Herschel sitting and talking with her mother. “We always knew Herschel was a special athlete, but he was a special person, too. Dropping by to see my mother is a reflection of what a nice young man he always was. My mother really appreciated his visit,� Kathy says. When the Sweat’s son, Matt, was a little boy, he saw Herschel one day when he was home and asked if Herschel would come home with him for a photo. Matt told Herschel, “I want you to come sit on my bed for a picture so I can prove to everybody you have been to my house.� Herschel was happy to oblige. After all, the Sweats were as special to Herschel and his family as the Walkers were to the Sweats.

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Damn Good Swedish Dawg ... Mikael Pernfors

By Rob Sherrell

You have a Swedish supermodel for a wife, two good-looking children, and you drive a Ferrari. So what's next? Well let's put it this way. I do have a beautiful wife, I do have to beautiful kids, but the Ferrari is long gone. Yep, I'm driving a Volvo these days. Speaking of these days, what are you up to? I was told you and Mats Wilander owned an international clothing company. Can you elaborate on that and anything else you are involved with? Well, it's a company we founded in 1994 and we started doing baseball caps based on different countries' flags. While that's still part of it, we now do more embroidery work on company clothing. Also, I just got the distribution in Florida for Donnay Tennis Rackets. I just started that with a friend of mine from Sweden about a year ago. Then I keep on playing as much as I can. I do a lot of corporate outings, charity events, and still play a little competitive tennis. Now to get into some of your UGA history. In 1985, the night before the team finals, UCLA's top player Michael Kures gave an interview stating how satifying it was going to be for him to beat UGA and all their redneck fans on their home turf. If he had that interview to do over again, do you think he would have possibly toned it down some considering you beat him 61, 6-0 in about 40 minutes? A match many consider to be one of the quickest oustings in a 1 vs 1 finals ever. Well, I think you just have to realize you don't say anything like that in Athens when you have to go out in front of that crowd the day after. I mean you have to cover yourself a little bit better than that. He hadn't said that before so it surprised me a little bit that he thought he could take advantage of the situation and say something like that knowing he was going to have to whole crown against him plus go against someone who didn't have a tendency to lose too much on that court. You just might what to think about saying that in the local paper because you don't want to dig yourself a whole before you even start playing. Obviously the UGA crowd can get under people's skin. Case in point is when Rick Leach jumped on top a car in the parking lot and beat it senseless with his tennis racket after a demoralizing loss. But I heard Clemson went so far as to send a Swedish soccer player of theirs to a match one day to try and heckle you in your native tounge. Well actually what happened was this, and this was before anyone knew I could actually play because it was one of the first matches I played after arriving at UGA. Anyway, I found out there was a soccer player at Clemson from Sweden and I was actually kind of looking forward to meeting him. As it turned out, that guy was actually at the match. He had taught many of the tennis fans there a bunch of Swedish words that they were yelling at me. Pretty much no one there knew what they were saying, but they were quite abusive and quite loud. While you did amazing things at UGA, it's amazing you ended up here. Can you chart your path from Sweden, to Seminole Junior College to UGA? It's a situation where I tell people all the time it's really too good to be true. To make a really long story short, I wanted to go to Old Dominion. I had a friend from Sweden that went to high school in Virginia Beach and he had an offer from ODU. But he had to go back to Sweden. So it was one of those things where I thought I could come over and take his spot. But ODU, since I didn't really have any results in Sweden, they weren't ready to take a chance on me. So they hinted to the junior college in Fla. You know, the one thing I tell people, the person I really need to think most for my career is the coach at ODU, Ken Rand. If he would have told me to come to Old Dominion, I don't think there's any way I would have ever reached what I did reach in my career. So, I'm always thankful for Ken Rand not giving me a scholarship. So I got to go to Seminole and the quality of tennis I played and the quality of players there made me a good enough player to play D1 tennis and two years at UGA made me get up a couple more levels. And that made me good enough where I could play in the pros. Without college tennis, I would be nothing .

One of your 1985 teammates wanted me to ask you how you even got a scholarship to UGA when a 50 year-old-man beat you in the first match you ever played on campus? Well, that's another story that probably should be told. Maybe the statute of limitations has run out. I came up to UGA on a recruiting trip and Mr. Ola Malmquist took me out the first night. He showed me what Athens was all about. The next day, because I wasn't allowed to practice with the team due to NCAA rules, they asked me to just go practice with Joe Frierson, Sr. I hadn't brought any equipment, so Ola gave me some clothes and an old Prince 110 graphite racket that I had never played with. Now I'm not taking anything away from Joe Frierson, Sr. because he was a good player, but I think I could've beaten him with my stuff and not being as hungover as I was. I know how much you love UGA, but there's probably nothing in this world that means more to you except maybe family than Coach Magill. Can you speak a little at your relationship with Coach? I think I appreciate him more now than when I played. I think the one thing I admire the most about Coach Magill is probably what he's done now that my career is over. Before I went to Georgia, I thought it was a situation where I'd go there and they would forget me, I'd forget them them, I'd go back to Sweden, and that'd be it. That was after two years at JUCO where there was no tradition, no football, no big crowds of students coming out for games....But I realized fairly quickly coming to Georgia that there was no question I would be a Georgia Bulldog for the rest of my life. That will never go away. I think the fact that Coach Magill keeps up with most all his players and keeps in touch with them, and the respect he shows all his players after they've left school just shows what a great man he is. He amazing. He really is. You left UGA with a carrer record of something like 146-9, all my research was done drinking with your teammates so that's about as close as we could nail it down. However, we all know you NEVER lost a match in the NCAA Tournament. How does it feel to be included in any discussion about the greatest college tennis player of all time? If I would have played at a D1 school for four years my record would look different. Also, I think if we wouldn't have played the NCAA Tournament at UGA for two years the results might look different. If the Falcons would've drafted Joe Montana, so would he. Well, the second year at UGA it probably wouldn't have mattered where the tournament was played because of the way I was playing, but my first year at UGA might have been different. I just can't say. I mean it's got to be difficult for me to argue for someone else. But I also know I was lucky to play the right tournaments on our home courts.....But I'm very happy with my career and would probably argue I was one of the better players in the history in that sense. Well, let's touch on your pro career and some of the instant success. I think you were at one time the fastest guy to ever reach a Grand Slam Final out of college when you faced Lendl in the 1986 French Open. That may still be a record, once again my reasearch is not extensive. But I do know in that French Open you beat Edberg, Becker, and Leconte and two of the matches were amazing comebacks. What was it like to enjoy so much instant success? The problem I have some times is I have a really bad memory. I mean it's difficult for me to remember feelings and how the week was. I can't really remeber the matches either. You know I've seen some of them afterwards and I kind of remember things, but I'm really bad at remembering point and stuff that happened in that sense. I mean I had had a good career going into the French. I was ranked 27 in the world. I had beaten some good players, I had beaten Edberg before. I was very close to beating Becker. So, I knew that I could play. Not that I thought I was going to end up in the finals. It was really a situation where I really didn't care who I was playing against, I just went out and felt like whatever they hit at me, I was going to hit it back to them. I also sort of had a good draw because even though some of the had been in Open Finals before, they weren't clay court specialists. They were also the type players I wanted to play against.

You just spoke about how close you had gotten to beating Becker. If memory serves, it was shortly after he had just won Wimbledon I believe. You got up on him, and he came back and beat you late. What's the story behind the t-shirt you had printed? Well, I played him in Indianapolis is '85. I was serving for the match and had 40-0 on my own serve. And then I had two more match points in the same game. So I had a t-shirt made up the next day that said "I had five match points against Boris Becker" on the front. On the back it said "but I choked!". You've got to learn how to lose. You've got to get pissed off about losing, but you’ve got to drop it. You've got to let it go. Going back to the French Open, do you ever roll Ivan Lendl's house since he beat you in the French Open Finals and he's now your next door neighbor? I actually practice with him some. He's playing a little bit of tennis and he's trying to get back in shape. I either go over to his place or he comes down here and we hit a little bit. We always talk about playing a little golf, but that never happens. But we have some really good practices. How does it feel to be the first player to ever get John McEnroe ejected from a match for unsportsmanship? Well that was an interesting day. It all happened because of the rule change. Instead of there being four levels, so to speak, before you got defaulted, they changed the rules for that year to where there were only three. I really didn't even know what was going on when it happened. I think he felt like he had one more opportunity because he was losing in the fourth set and he felt like he could blow off some more steam. I think he was not aware of the situation because no matter how upset he got, he always knew where he was standing in a sense of how close he was to getting thrown out. Back to your college career, your roommate, teammate, and 1985 NCAA Tennis Finals Competitor, Gorgeous George Bezecny, said the match was rigged and that's the only reason you won. Is there anything to that? Well I'm not sure I should say this, but since he brought it up....I kind of psyched him out to a certain extent because he wouldn't stay in the condo that night before. I had this pair of light blue Adidas socks that I played with, I think, three times that year. And all three times it was singles finals against him. So he knew if I brought out the light blue socks he would have no chance, and I knew that. So I decided to do him a favor and wear white socks. So I think that he had been preparing so hard for going out there and beating someone with blue socks on, that I think I totally threw him off when I came out with white socks. Bezecny also said you guys moved into one of the nicest condos in Athens and all you brought to the table was a mattress and a Swedish flag. Is that true? Nothing wrong with that. That was more than I brought to my room down at Seminole Community College. I didn't have the Swedish flag then. I didn't spend anytime there......(Sound of a Swedish super model wife in background). Actually I went to practice and then went home and did my homework and went to bed. You played an event at Kenny Rogers' ranch one time and Woody Harrellson was there. You and him had a big time in Athens that night and it landed you a cameo in Cheers. Can you fill in the details on that? It was after I was out of school and one year Woody was there. We had a good time together and decided to go out in Athens. I was fairly well known then, but it wasn't like anything tumultous going on when I walked in a frat house. But when he walked in, it was unbelievable. It was like the biggest rock star in the world walking in. It was a lot of fun. But then I went out to LA to play in a tournament. Since I was a big fan of the show I called him up. I said I have my coach here and we'd love to come by and watch you film Cheers if you could get some tickets. He said that's not a problem. Then a couple of days later he called me up and said "Why don't you just sit at the bar while we're taping". So I'm just sitting there. And I think it took like three hours while they taped. So if you look through this episode and don't know I'm in there, you probably won't see me. But if you know I'm in there, it may be like two times you can see my face for like two seconds.

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Greeks Give Back

Bulldawg Illustrated interns share their favorite philanthropic events at the University of Georgia. More at www.bulldawgillustrated.com

By Janell Niederriter, Ashley Hanna and Pierce Persons Chi Omega’s Dawgs for a Cause - Ashley Hanna Kappa Alpha Theta’s CASA Carnival - Janell Niederriter Kappa Alpha Theta held its first annual CASA Carnival this fall. All proceeds benefitted AthensOconee Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), which gives a voice to abused and neglected children caught up in the legal system. Theta served hamburgers and hotdogs, as well as traditional carnival snacks including popcorn, cotton candy and snow cones. They also had live music playing by Jukebox, a dunking booth and face painting.

Now maybe there is a slight bias because I am a Chi Omega, but Dawgs for a Cause is one of my favorite events of the year. We grill out hot dogs and hamburgers on our front lawn and this year local band, Chromazone, performed as well. We held our annual fall philanthropy event in an honor of a member of the Athens community this past September. All proceeds from the evening were donated to Shelley Olin, who was injured earlier in the year when a drunk driver reversed into her car. Chapter President Loftin Johnson said, “It was exciting to see how many people came out to support us and more importantly, to help Shelley Olin. It’s nice to be a part of a community that is so willing to help its members and I’m extremely proud of our chapter for helping even in a small way.” I think this event was definitely a great way to give back to a place that has given all of us so much over the years and it was nice to see our contribution helping one of our fellow community members when they needed it most.

Kappa Kappa Gamma’s &UDZ¿VK %RLO - Pierce Persons Each spring Kappa Kappa Gamma puts on the annual Crawfish Boil. Everyone is invited to come to the lawn of Kappa for endless amounts of food, good music, and socializing. Benji Davis Projects played two years ago, and last year Mama’s Love played for the event. Ali Pleiman, the Philanthropy Chair did a wonderful job of planning a successful night. With the help of sending letters out to request donations and the support of family and friends that attended the even, Kappa Kappa Gamma was able to raise around $54,000 to donate to St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital. Being able to help the children, who at such a young age are battling cancer, is a cause that Kappa Kappa Gamma is passionate about. Although the cause is a bit sad, the actual Crawfish boil is filled with fun, entertainment, and great memories. Everyone should come out and support Kappa Kappa Gamma this coming April.

UGA Alumni Association’s Bulldog 100 Annual event recognizes best businesses owned by Georgia grads By Murray Poole

ne of the premiere events staged by the University of Georgia Alumni Association is the Bulldog 100, held each January to recognize the fastest growing businesses that are owned or operated by UGA alumni. Meredith Carr, Associate Director of Alumni Relations at the university, says the Bulldog 100 event has grown bigger and better every year, in the three years of its existence thus far. “This one coming up in January will be our third Bulldog 100,” she said. “The nominations for the Bulldog 100 are open from January to June. Once all the nominations are collected, we give all the applications to an Atlanta-based CPA firm, Gifford, Hillegass and Ingwersen. They collect the gross revenue for each nominated company for the past three years and then they calculate the compounded annual growth rate for those years. And that’s how they give us the Bulldog 100, based on all the companies with the highest growth rate.” Carr said the 100 companies that eventually make the list don’t find out how they rank until the evening of the event. “Ten UGA students unveil the rankings, one by one, and it’s really an exciting, fantastic event,” she said. “There’s usually up to 500 attendees there and they start unveiling the rankings from 100 all the way down to No. 1. This past year, Evoshield was the big winner.” The businesses that comprise the Bulldog 100 range from small to large, and there’s a wide range of industries on the list, Carr noted. “It’s just a wonderful program,” she said. “It’s just a great recognition program that celebrates all the great things our alumni are doing.”

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Last year’s Bulldog 100 winner was Evoshield LLC. Pictured from left are Bob Pinckney (Evoshield CE0), UGA Alumni Association executive director, Deborah Dietzler and Vic Sullivan

Evoshield CEO Bob Pinckney is extremely proud of his company being recognized as last year’s top business Evoshield, LLC was this past year’s winner in the Bulldog 100 event, which is staged each year in January by the University of Georgia Alumni Association and recognizes the 100 fastest growing businesses owned or operated by UGA alumni. Here, in this question and answer with Bulldawg Illustrated, Evoshield CEO Bob Pinckney discusses his company’s finishing in the No. 1 spot.

We’re protecting athletes from eight years to 80. Every major league team has athletes wearing Evoshield and about half of the NFL teams wear Evoshield. And we’re on over 250 college programs … baseball, football, lacrosse, hockey, soccer and softball teams. We sell to high schools and recreations teams primarily through retail sales.

How was your business nominated for the Bulldog 100? Companies that have been in business for five years or more are eligible to submit their applications for the Bulldog 100, and one of the guys involved on the alumni board suggested to the four founders of Evoshield that we might want to apply for this program and see how we do. Our four founders all graduated from UGA and, as CEO, I’m also a Georgia graduate. We certainly had no idea we would do as well as we did. We came in second place the first year it was held and then were first last year.

When were you notified that you made the Bulldog 100? I think they notify you around November but you really don’t know where you’re ranked until they announce your name at the banquet. It’s sort of unfair (laughing).

What does your business involve? We make high performance protective apparel for athletes.

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As the alumni association and Georgia students counted down from 100 to the top business, how anxious were you and at what point did you think you might have a chance to be selected as the overall winner? Well, the first year we really had no idea so we were pretty excited to see the names go down and then finish in the No. 2 spot. And then this year when we ended up No. 1, we thought we’d be

in pretty good position based on where we ended up the year before, but we really had no idea we’d be the fastest growing business. How thrilled were you to receive the award and what do you think about the University of Georgia Alumni Association staging this event each year for UGA graduates and their businesses? We were absolutely thrilled and excited. It was a fantastic recognition by the university of what some of its graduates are doing. It was a testament to the creativity of the four founders that started Evoshield and a testament to the hard work of the rest of the team at Evoshield to keep it growing strong and to make Evoshield a major player in the sporting world. Being in this business is dealing with celebrities because you’re dealing with some of the top athletes in the country that wear Evoshield. It’s fantastic what the alumni council has put together to recognize businesses run or started by UGA graduates. It’s great for the school, the region, the state and the country.

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Game rewind: Dawgs 19, Kentucky 10

Kevin Butler’s Players of the Game

By Murray Poole

On a day when the offense was as flat as the Sanford Bridge at the west end of the stadium, the Georgia Bulldogs rode another valiant defensive effort and Blair Walsh’s four field goals Saturday to topple upset-minded Kentucky 19-10 and capture their first SEC Eastern Division championship since 2005. The win was the Bulldogs’ ninth straight (longest streak since unbeaten 1982 regular season), lifted Georgia to 9-2 on the year and a final 7-1 in the conference and sent Mark Richt’s team on to the SEC Championship game on Dec. 3 against the Western Division winner … either LSU, Alabama or Arkansas. First for the Dogs, of course, is the state championship game against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, which arrives at high noon Saturday at Bobby Dodd Stadium. The offense that blew Auburn out of the stadium the previous Saturday simply couldn’t capture any consistency against a Wildcat defensive unit that would surrender only one touchdown to the Bulldogs, a seven-yard pass from Aaron Murray to Marlon Brown on the first play of the fourth quarter. That score, at long last, finally gave Georgia a bit of breathing room at 19-10 and with Todd Grantham’s fourth rated-in-the-nation defense shutting Kentucky (4-7, 1-6) out in the second half, the nine-point margin would stand up until the game’s end. Prior to the Murray-to-Brown hookup, which came after Johnny-on-thespot Jarvis Jones separated Wildcats quarterback Maxwell Smith from the ball at the Kentucky 10 and linebacker Christian Robinson recovered, Georgia’s only points were provided by Walsh as the senior booted field goals of 39, 39. 25 and 39 yards again, the last one coming with just 48 seconds left in the first half and handing the Bulldogs a shaky 12-10 lead at intermission. Head coach Richt, who did a belly-flop slide in the locker room celebration after earlier getting the traditional Power-Ade dousing on the sidelines, was just thankful and relieved the Bulldogs finished the game with more points than the Wildcats. “It’s just hard to win nine games in a row, period, and I’m thankful that we did,” said Richt. “After we lost the South Carolina game (after opening setback against Boise State) I left the game encouraged. You don’t want to be encouraged when you lose but I was encouraged that as we moved forward, we could win,” he said. “I knew we had good players and good coaches. Every game was like a playoff game and we needed every single one of them to get back to the Dome. I’m just proud of everybody. We could have easily quit, we could have pointed fingers and found a way to fall apart but this team never gave up on the coaches and the coaches never gave up on the players. Now, to get a chance to go back to that building and redeem ourselves for the way we played the last time (against Boise), well, it’s just a blessing.” Richt was especially proud of the defense and special teams play. “It was a team victory, everybody had to do their part,” he said. “I thought the special teams did a great job. (Drew) Butler had a great game with his punts and Walsh was perfect on his field goals. And our defense again played great. The defense stoned them in the second half, they finished with just 23 net yards and that’s fantastic. They (Cats) didn’t throw the ball well, either. We had two picks and other than their one touchdown, our guys played fantastic,” Richt reiterated. “Our offense struggled holding on to the ball, just sloppy things that can get you beat. Our offense made some plays but, certainly, it was not a clean game on that side of the ball. Brandon Harton had to come through for us (after Isaiah Crowell again left the game after the opening series with an ankle injury) and even though the ball came out a couple of times, he got over 100

Kevin Butler, former University of Georgia legendary kicker and a member of the Georgia radio broadcast team, will each week during the 2011 football season select his offensive, defensive and special teams players of the week for Bulldawg Illustrated. Here are Butler’s selections and reasons why for the Bulldogs’ 19-10 win over Kentucky.

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yards rushing (career-high 101 on 23 carries), and Ken Malcome also got in there and ran hard,” added Richt. What Worked Defense, defense and more defense. Without this again brilliant showing by Grantham’s gladiators, South Carolina, rather than the Bulldogs, is today going back to the SEC title game. As Richt noted, the Georgia defense limited the Wildcats to just the 23 yards net rushing and only 142 passing. The Butler-Walsh kicking duo was also superb under great pressure heaped on their heads. What Didn’t Work After its stellar performance in the rout of Auburn, the Georgia offensive line simply couldn’t handle the Kentucky defensive front. But after a very shaky first half, the Dogs up front did create a little more room in the second half for Harton and Malcome. And Murray, after being on fire with nine TD passes against New Mexico State and Auburn, struggled mightily without a consistent running game with many of his throws sailing high over his receivers’ heads. Harton and Malcome also fumbled the ball away four times, losing three of them. In no form or fashion can the Georgia offense play like this against Georgia Tech and in the SEC title game, that is, and come away with a victory. Top Performers Sophomore linebacker Alec Ogletree led the sterling defensive effort with eight tackles including one sack, while Jarvis Jones, Shawn Williams and Bacarri Rambo followed closely with seven stops each. Jones ran his season sack total to 12.5 (third in nation entering game) with 2.5 sacks against the Cats. Michael Gilliard also notched a sack while Cornelius Washington recorded a half sack as the Bulldogs got to UK quarterback Smith five times total. Branden Smith returned a pass interception 53 yards to set up one of Walsh’s field goals and Brandon Boykin also had a pick. There was Walsh with his four field goals and Butler, with his 47.5 yards average on four punts, one which was downed at the UK one-yard line by Blake Sailors. Freshman Quintavius Harrow also caused a Wildcat fumble on the kickoff that kicker Brandon Bogotay recovered. Offensively, the Bulldogs were checked to 155 yards rushing and 162 passing by Murray (16-29, 1 TD, 1Int.). Freshman Malcolm Mitchell led the receivers with four catches for 26 yards while Orson Charles and Tavarres King had three receptions each, Charles for 40 yards and King for 24. “It’s a victory,” said Murray. “We didn’t play great, but it’s great to get back to Atlanta. We’re excited. We have our game at Georgia Tech first, but we’re definitely blessed (to be back in the SEC Championship game) this year. It’s a great feeling.”

OFFENSE – Redshirt sophomore tailback Brandon Harton, who filled in for injured starter Isaiah Crowell and rushed for 101 yards on 23 carries in the hard-fought win over the Wildcats. “Brandon stepped up for a second game in a season where the tailback position is undefined because of injuries,” said Butler. “He ran hard, gaining 101 yards, and however we can get that 101 yards it’s important for a Mark Richt-coached team because Georgia is a better team at that point. Brandon put the ball on the ground a couple of times but it was something we overcame as an offense. (Aaron) Murray was not as successful as he has been and Brandon provided the spark for the offense we needed badly.” DEFENSE – Sophomore inside linebacker Alec Ogletree, who led the Bulldogs in tackles with eight and had a sack as the Georgia defense limited Kentucky to the 10 points, 23 yards rushing and 142 passing. “Alec just brings a dynamic for us and an air of confidence to our linebacking corps,” said Butler. “He’s a very strong tackler, he gets up the field very quickly and meets the running back at the line of scrimmage. His play has been a key factor in our defense being ranked fourth in the country. Alec’s play in the linebacker corps will determine the outcome of the Georgia-Georgia Tech game this weekend.” SPECIAL TEAMS – Senior placekicker Blair Walsh, who was a perfect 4-for-4 on field goal attempts including kicks of 39, 39, 25 and 39 yards. “Blair was one of the premier kickers in the NCAA coming into this season,” said Butler. “He has certainly dealt with his adversity this year of multiple misses and has battled back through competition in practice and in the games. His four field goals against Kentucky was the difference in the game and it renewed confidence in Blair from his own standpoint as well as built confidence back in his coaches and his teammates. The next three games, Blair will play a vital part in the team’s offensive success and it’s good to have him back.”

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Jeff Dantzler’s Top 25 What looked like a ho-hum weekend, with everyone fattening up for the Thanksgiving extravaganzas, turned out to be a good one. There were major upsets in the Big XII, an escape or two from big boys, and SEC muscle flexing. It’s tough to argue right now against LSU, Alabama and Arkansas being the three best teams in the country. What a weekend it is going to be, so many major rivalries and titles on the line. And 2011 proves yet again that it takes forever for football to get here, and then it just flies right on by. 1. LSU – The Tigers have won three national championships in their history, two over the last decade. But if this team can run the table, the Fightin’ Tigers of 2011 will go down as the best in school history. LSU has been awesome against an insanely tough schedule. Now comes another awfully tough test with Arkansas in Baton Rouge. Through the years, this has annually been one of the SEC’s best battles. 2. Alabama – The Crimson Tide took care of Division I-AA power Georgia Southern and now the attention turns to the Iron Bowl – as if attention isn’t paid to this one 365 days a year. After suffering one of the most heart-breaking losses in school history to their hated rival last year, Nick Saban will have the Crimson Tide squarely focused and ready to put up a big number. 3. Arkansas – It sets up as one of the biggest games in Razorbacks history. If Arkansas wins, the Hogs share the SEC West Championship. With some breaks, who knows? This game has been a classic for years, but LSU has been awesome all year. 4. Stanford – Andrew Luck had another fine performance, and the Cardinal pulled out a victory in the Big Game after losing one of the biggest games in school history. When Stanford has the running game going, the Cardinal is very tough to slow down. 5. Oklahoma State – Stricken again by tragedy, the people of Oklahoma State have been shaken and the world of college athletics grieves for them. With their hearts broken, Oklahoma State’s excellent football team fell for the first time, as Iowa State pulled off one of its biggest wins in their school history. 6. Houston – The perfect season continues for the Cougars, as does the assault on the NCAA record book. Case Keenum now holds the record for the most career completions in college football history. 7. Virginia Tech – The Hokies survived a scare from North Carolina, but pulled it out and improved to 10-1. Surprising Virginia is on deck and then comes an ACC Championship Game rematch with Clemson in Charlotte. 8. Boise State – Kellen Moore and the Broncos had another big offensive night, downing San Diego State 52-35. With everything that happened, that crippling loss to TCU just may have cost Boise State a once in a lifetime shot at the whole thing. 9. South Carolina – The Gamecocks can cap off one of their greatest regular seasons ever against Clemson Saturday. Despite losing the magnificent Marcus Lattimore to injury, the ‘Cocks have fought and hung tough. 10-2 and two straight years of wins over Georgia, Florida and Tennessee is something special in Columbia. 10. Southern Cal – Matt Barkley and Robert Woods are one of college football’s top passing combo’s. The Trojans got beaten badly by Arizona State, but the only other loss is the heart-breaker to Southern Cal. Beating Oregon is a mighty big accomplishment for USC. 11. Oregon – A wayward field goal cost the Ducks overtime and a shot at a comeback victory they had no business getting. Southern Cal dominated. Handling success is not easy, and Oregon was sky high after that beat-down of Stanford. 12. Oklahoma – Robert Griffin III put on a show and the Sooners had no answer. What was looking like the biggest Oklahoma – Oklahoma State game ever is still big, but it doesn’t have the national title implications.

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13. Kansas State – The Wildcats impressive season continued with a big win over Texas. Kansas State, like most of the Big XII has a very impressive offense. The Bill Snyder story is pretty amazing. 14. Georgia – After blasting Auburn 45-7 the week prior, the Bulldogs really struggled in a 19-10 win over Kentucky, the SEC’s second worst team. But its nine straight wins and now Tech in the biggest game of all. Georgia’s defense has played great for the last month. 15. Clemson – Clemson had its Clemson game. With South Carolina on deck and then the ACC Championship Game, the Tigers went out and played just awful against North Carolina State. It was an embarrassing loss. 16. Penn State – Winning in Columbus is a big deal. Especially when you consider the decade of dominance the Buckeyes enjoyed under Jim Tressel. Now comes one of Penn State’s biggest games since joining the Big Ten – Wisconsin in Madison. A win, and Penn State plays for the Big Ten championship. 17. Michigan State – Last season, Michigan State went 11-1 and shared the Big Ten title before getting blown out by Alabama in the Capital One Bowl. The Spartans have come back strong at 9-2, with a shot at 10 and then the Big Ten Championship Game. 18. Wisconsin – After dropping a pair of heart-breakers, Wisconsin has gotten back in the Big Ten race. It all comes down to Saturday. If the Badgers beat Penn State in Madison, then its on to the first ever Big Ten championship game for a rematch with Michigan State. 19. TCU – Gary Patterson has done great things in Cow Town, and TCU is enjoying another outstanding season – well on its way to 10-plus wins again. That victory over Boise State is huge for the history books. 20. Ga. Tech – The Yellow Jackets offense got cooking in a 38-31 bounce-back win over Duke. Tech will put it all on the line Saturday afternoon on the flats, as Georgia comes to town. The Jackets would love to spoil the Bulldogs season and put up a billboard with the final score for all of the Georgia people to see the following week and month. 21. Baylor – What a night it was for the Bears, who beat Oklahoma in a 45-38 shootout. Robert Griffin III is just amazing. If he played for a traditional powerhouse, he’d be the Heisman frontrunner. 22. Michigan – The Wolverines have been awfully tough in the big house this season. Brady Hoke has Michigan playing inspired football. Granted it’s not the mid-90’s, but anytime a program blows out Nebraska, it’s a big deal. 23. Virginia – Those Wahoos are sitting at 8-3, arguably the surprise team in the country. A 14-13 upset victory over Florida State was huge Saturday night, and they’d love a cherry on top with the Hokies this weekend. 24. Auburn – The Tigers will be aiming for a major upset in the Iron Bowl to derail Bama’s re-match, big picture championship hopes. But it’s going to be tough. Auburn’s road schedule this season was just brutal. 25. Notre Dame – As usual, Boston College played the Fighting Irish very tough. They’ve beaten Notre Dame a bunch through the years. But the Irish have pushed it to 8-3 and now they have a shot at a signature win over Stanford.

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3. Jarvis Jones. As we have said before, he is the most talented linebacker in the Mark Richt era. He should be a runaway winner for SEC Defensive Player of the Year. If this guy cooks, he does everything. Kudos to you Jarvis Jones. You are an animal. 4. The defense is playing well. We are not ready to sign off as a dominant defense yet. We need to see what we can do when a good offense comes back around. But, against the teams that we have played since week two, we have looked very good. 5. The rebound kids. When all seemed wrong, they have rebounded with a nine game winning streak. That is the longest in the Mark Richt era. Granted, this has been an easy stretch of schedule without a really good team on it. But, as we have now seen around the country, those types of games do not guarantee victory. Five Things the Dawgs Must Do Better to Win Out 1. Protect the football. 2. Show up each week as an entire team ready to play football. 3. Play more consistently on offense. There may be a game our defense can not hold the other team to under two touchdowns. The offense will have to score points and get more consistent play from its stars. 4. Get tougher and become more reliable at the running back position. A player can not be great from the bench, regardless the reason.

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5. Play disciplined and determined football. The nerds are coming and if we do this, we will whip them. If we do not, that offense they have can beat teams a heap more talented than they are. Whoever the representative from the West is will have weapons and coaches that will make us pay if we are sloppy and not ready. What is it gonna be boys? As always, we are behind you. Go Dawgs!

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