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BU L L D AWG Issue 9 - Arizona State

From the Editor Whew!!

Another South Carolina scare occurred in Columbia this past Saturday, but when the clock finally hit 0.00, it was our Dawgs who walked away the victor, along with a 3-0 start to what is considered to be the toughest schedule in America.

I wasn’t at all surprised by how close the game was. In fact in this same space last week, I desperately tried to remind the Bulldog Nation that the Georgia-South Carolina match-up is always a barnburner.

Unfortunately not enough folks heeded my advice because as the game drew closer last week even very knowledgeable Dawg fans kept predicting a big win of at least 10 or more points.

And for every person that boasted that, I began to worry more and more.

However in the end, the Georgia football team rose to the occasion and made HUGE plays when they were absolutely needed. What more can you say other than awesome when describing Rennie Curran’s jarring hit on South Carolina’s Mike Davis on the goal-line that caused the football to roll right into the arms of another of Georgia’s stud, Asher Allen.

It is plays like that one in tight games that are an absolute must if a trip to Atlanta for the Southeastern Conference title is

to be earned. Don’t worry I’m not getting ahead of myself, but the bottom line is if you have such aspirations your team darn sure better start its conference with a win, rather than a 0-1 start.

Georgia did just that in Columbia.

Now I know there are a ton of armchair quarterbacks out there who are fit to be tied with certain things they saw or didn’t see from the team.

First, don’t discount how good South Carolina’s defense is because they have ball players everywhere from their line of scrimmage, to their linebackering unit and, wow, their defensive backs are nasty with the perfect amount of power, speed and smarts. Mark my words they will win twice when they play the three best teams remaining on their 2008 schedule (LSU, Tennessee and Florida).

Also, I think everyone in the Bulldog Nation needs to remember that this Georgia team has lost their best players on both lines of scrimmage. Yes we’re loaded with a ton of talent, but when superstars, like Trinton Sturdivant and Jeff Owens go down with season ending injuries you’ve lost your mind if you don’t think the team isn’t going to feel that for a few games.

It is my sincere wish that this gritty bunch of Dawgs and their coaches can continue to patch things together all the way to the by-week, which comes after the Crimson Tide visits Athens in two weeks. If they can do that, then look out for the Tennessee game and beyond.

What will it take to continue the magical ride and remain unblemished through September?

First and foremost, Matthew Stafford must continue to show his maturity against Arizona State and Alabama. I can’t say enough how proud I am of Stafford. He truly has come into his own in his understanding that sometimes it is more important to take care of the football than trying to make a dazzling play.

Next up, as I pleaded last week, if Georgia beats Arizona State then head coach Mark Richt needs to reward his team with a BLACK OUT when Alabama comes to town. The team will be

on fumes if it secures a victory in Tempe and you just know how those black uni’s will give them a little extra step which will be vital for a Crimson Tide team that looks very fast and very strong!

And lastly, the Georgia defense must continue to make big plays. But haven’t they been doing that for 7 years now?

Oh yeah, then there’s that guy named Knowshon, who needs closer to 30 carries each game in my opinion. Running backs coach, Tony Ball told me in a pre-season interview that he was going to lean on number 24 this season. I hope he meant it. The youngsters behind Moreno are quite capable, but it’s time to let the workhorse carry the load.

With that bit of free coaching advice now off my chest, let me change gears to something I’m probably more qualified for and that is getting our fans ready for the ultimate western road trip that the Bulldog Nation has had circled on their calendars for several years.

I hate to throw Columbia under the bus, but I kind of think Tempe is going to be a little more pleasant than the concrete jungle where the Gamecocks play football. And who knows, the play clock might even work and our tickets might not even be misprinted.

After the grunge-fest in ChickenVille, plush golf courses and spas certainly sound like a yummy treat for everyone in red and black. I also can’t wait for the fans of Arizona State to get a little southern infusion that they are sure to soak up and enjoy.

You can’t help but love southerners. A fact that is apparent in how many people from everywhere are beginning to call our great state home.

Gotta roll, but I certainly look forward to seeing all 30,000 plus of you in Scottsdale and Tempe this next week. Enjoy this issue of BI and more importantly enjoy being Desert Dawgs in our team’s quest to add one more win to the victory column!

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4 Going out of conference good for SEC 12 Fan Shots By going on the road to places like Arizona State, has helped the SEC in the national scene.

It was a hot one, but Georgia fans as always looked good

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Win prizes and read about some of the Bulldog Nation’s best fans

Bulldogs gather to celebrate another amazing addition to the UGA campus.

9 A View from Tempe Jeff Dantzler gets an Arizona State perspective of what Georgia’s trip out west represents.

11 Game Rewind - UGA 14 USC 7 It was a battle, but the Dawgs got the win.

15 Trivia/Fans of the week

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16 Bullawg Leader: Brian Mimbs Georgia’s punter is featured this issue and it comes after his best game ever as a Bulldog.

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Going out of conference has helped the SEC Few college football topics invite the controversy and conversation amongst fan bases as scheduling. Give Georgia, like most of the major programs in the Southeastern Conference, credit for delivering home-and-home series with several big time programs around the country when the NCAA decided on a 12-game regular season schedule. This of course includes Saturday’s showdown with PAC-10 powerhouse Arizona State in Tempe, the Sun Devils highlighting an impressive list of non-conference Bulldog foes in the 2000’s – including of course the annual clash with arch instate rival Tech - that has included Clemson, Boise State, Colorado and Oklahoma State.

Next year the Bulldogs open the season at Oklahoma State, and Georgia hosts Arizona State. A highly anticipated return trip to Colorado is on the schedule for 2010.

Over the next few years, home-and-home series are scheduled with Louisville and old rival Clemson, who tangled with the Dogs in 2002 and 2003, the first two seasons of the 12-game regular season slate.

Under the watch of the league’s outstanding commissioner Mike Slive, other SEC institutions have answered the bell and played programs of similar stature. Just to name a few, here is a quick list.

Alabama has faced Oklahoma, Florida State and Clemson and has Virginia Tech on the schedule for next year.

Auburn has squared off with Southern Cal and South Florida, and will play at West Virginia this October.

Arkansas has tangled with Texas and Southern Cal. Florida put Miami back on the schedule.

LSU has played Virginia Tech.

Tennessee has gone west for home-and-home series with Cal and UCLA. Mississippi State has played West Virginia.

Both Ole Miss and Vanderbilt have met Wake Forest.

While facing the constant challenges of the brutal SEC schedule, it would have been easy for the league’s programs to take a pass on the opportunity afforded by the 12th game. After all, several schools including Georgia with Tech and the Gators with Florida State, already have annual battles with in-state foes.

Without question, the NCAA’s decision to go to an annual 12th

game has been a great positive for college football. It’s not just the SEC that has come through. The PAC10, Big XII and Big Ten (11) have all had most of their better schools come through and schedule attractive non-conference contests.

The 12th game has also decreased the chances of an undefeated season, meaning that teams who lose a game have a much greater shot at getting to the national championship game and laying claim to college football’s ultimate prize. There have been four seasons – 2002, 2003, 2006 and 2007 – in which a 12game schedule has been implemented. In 2002, Georgia had the painful misfortune of posting a 13-1 record, but being left out of the Bowl Championship Series title game due to perfect regular seasons by both Ohio State and Miami.

In the three years since, the national champion has had a loss, and in LSU’s case a year ago, a pair of setbacks.

The Tigers had a loss when they won the 2003 BCS title and Florida had one when the Gators captured the 2006 crown.

With Florida and LSU dominating Ohio State in the last two BCS Championship Games, the SEC has finally garnered the nob r a i n e r nationwide respect as America’s most dominant, deepest, toughest league.

Things broke right and the conference got its access to the BCS Championship Games of 2006 and 2007, with the Gators and Bayou Bengals.

Along with running the gauntlet of the SEC, Florida needed a staggering UCLA upset of Southern Cal in 2006 to get in. LSU needed a Missouri loss to Oklahoma and one of the most incredible upsets in college football annals, West Virginia’s stunning collapse to Pittsburgh, to make it to the big game. By taking care of business, Florida and LSU have opened the door for any SEC team to get the nod if there’s a controversy over who gets access to the BCS Championship Game. Had Auburn posted a perfect season after the Florida and LSU romps over Ohio State, it is highly doubtful the Tigers from the plains would have been left out of the party.

So with back– to– back national championships, a No. 3 in ’06 and a No. 2 in ’07, along with high profile inter-sectional showdowns like Georgia’s with Arizona State, the status and stature of the SEC is at an all-time high.

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In case you missed it, both CBS and ESPN re-upped with the SEC for 15 years at a total of $2.2 Billion.

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By Murray Poole

Great tidbits from UGA media guide Every year, during Georgia’s football season, I like to take my time and thumb through the team media guide, which is so expertly produced by Claude Felton and his UGA Sports Communications staff.

And though I’ve seen many of these Georgia facts and figures over and over, there’s always some very delicious football tidbits I haven’t thought that much about, items of interest about the Bulldogs that even the most diehard of fans might not know.

Since, in last year’s column, I threw out a whole bunch of facts and figures from the publication concerning both UGA team and individual achievements and records (biggest margin of victory, longest win streak, most rushing yards, most passing yards, etc.), this time I’m offering you a few Georgia football morsels from the 2008 media guide that don’t have so much to do with pure numbers. That said, it’s pretty difficult to get away from numbers entirely when you’re talking college football so there will be a couple of instances where a numerical position is listed to show where Georgia ranks in the overall scheme of things but, I promise you, it won’t be anything that I listed in this space in 2007.

So, away we go.

Did you know? …

••• That Bulldog players down through the years have had nicknames to remember?

And as I list these players, I’m thinking that the honorable Dan Magill the former sports information director, national championship tennis coach and Bulldogs’ historian – coined about every one of these colorful nicknames. They are The Pitching Pole (Zeke Bratkowski, 1951-53), The Swamp Fox (Marion Campbell, 1949-51), The Carnesville Ploughboy (Spurgeon “Spud” Chandler, 1929-31), The Fabulous Phantom from Fitzgerald (Lauren Hargrove, 1950-52), The Gliding Ghost of Good water (Charley Harris, 1954-55), “Glidin” Glynn (Glynn Harrison, 1973-75), Sky (Craig Hertwig, 1972-74), The Ebullient Embalmer (Ronnie Jenkins, 1965-67), Sputnik Spike Jones (John Amos Jones III, 1967-69), Sandpiper (Kirby Moore, 1965-67), Cowboy Parrish (Joel Parrish, 1974-76), General George Patton (George Patton, 1964-66), The Greek Streak (Jimmy Poulos, 1971-73), The Bootin’ Teuton (Peter Rajecki, 1968-70), Thundering Theron (Theron Sapp, 195658), Flatfoot Frankie (Frank Sinkwich, 1940-42), The Chatham Cheetah (Julian Smiley, 1969-70), Pulpwood Smith (Andre Smith, 1983-84), Catfish Smith (Vernon Smith, 1929-31), Le Sack (Richard Tardits, 1985-88), The Big Toe from Cairo (Bobby Walden, 1958-61), The Goal Line Stalker (Herschel Walker, 1980-82), The Italian Stallion (Charley Trippi, 1942, 45-46), Eddie “Meat Cleaver” Weaver (Eddie Weaver, 1978-81), Mike “Moonpie” Wilson (Mike Wilson, 1974-76) and Woerner the Returner (Scott Woerner, 1977-80).

I think, if I had to choose my favorite out of all these, it would be “The Ebullient Embalmer,” the nickname Magill gave the Bulldogs’ bruising fullback, Ronnie Jenkins, back in the mid-60s. And surely, won’t someone soon have to come up with a nickname for an electrifying guy named Knowshon or, does Moreno’s first name simply take care of itself…nothing further needed?

••• That the old Bulldogs cheer, “Go, You Silver Britches,” originated from the Wally Butts’ coaching era at Georgia? The silver britches were an innovation of Coach Butts, who took over as the Bulldogs’ head coach in 1939. The handsome pants, complimented by a bright red jersey, made for a striking uniform back then. And through the years, fans referred to the Bulldogs’ silver britches in their chants and on banners, but the phrase really caught on in the early fifties with a cheer, banners and colorful vests that proclaimed it. When Vince Dooley became head coach in 1964, he redesigned the Georgia uniform and used white pants; however, Dooley re-instituted the silver britches in 1980 just prior to what turned

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••• That, still talking about the Bulldogs’ uniform, Vince Dooley also redesigned the Georgia helmet when he accepted the Bulldogs’ head coaching job in late 1963? Instead of the traditional silver helmet the Bulldogs had worn for so many years, Dooley chose a red helmet with a black “G” on a white background. Since the Georgia “G,” though different in design and color, was similar to Green Bay’s “G,” Dooley thought it best to clear the use of Georgia’s new emblem with the NFL team. So then athletic director Joel Eaves called for the Packers’ permission, which was granted. However, since its inception in 1961, the Green Bay “G” has been redesigned several times and now looks like Georgia’s original 1964 “G.” Georgia is proud that the Packers apparently liked the special nuances of the Bulldogs’ forward-looking “G.” And Georgia’s oval “G,” eventually replacing Georgia’s old block “G” as the official UGA symbol, has stood the test of time.

••• That the ringing of the chapel bell after a Georgia victory is a tradition that continues even though freshmen are no longer ordered to do the chore? In the 1890’s, the playing field was located only yards from the Chapel and first-year students were compelled to ring the bell until midnight in celebration of a Bulldog victory (all night after a win over Georgia Tech). Today, students, alumni and townspeople still rush to the Chapel to ring the bell following a victory.

••• That for 60 years, Thanksgiving Day was a special day in the history of the Georgia-Georgia Tech rivalry? It was on that day that the Georgia and Georgia Tech freshman football teams, and in later years the junior varsity teams, met at Tech’s Grant Field. The game, played from 1933 to 1993, annually benefited the Scottish Rite Children’s Hospital and became a nationally-recognized event, often times drawing crowds of more than 40,000. Among the many who played in the annual classic were such legendary Georgia players as Fran Tarkenton, Bill Stanfill, Frank Sinkwich and Charley Trippi and Georgia Tech greats like Ray Beck, Buck Martin, Pepper Rodgers and Kim King.

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••• That Georgia football greats and coaches inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame include Glenn “Pop” Warner (inducted in 1951), Bob McWhorter (1954), Frank Sinkwich (1954), Charley Trippi (1959), Vernon “Catfish” Smith (1979), Bill Hartman (1984), Fran Tarkenton (1987), Vince Dooley (1994), Wally Butts (1997), Herschel Walker (1999), Bill Stanfill (1998), Terry Hoage (2000), Kevin Butler (2001) and John Rauch (2003)?

••• That – and here is where we resort to a couple of numbers once again – Sports Illustrated has named Athens, Ga. as the second-best College Sports Town in the land?

The publication listed Madison, Wisc. as No. 1, and following Athens were, No. 3-Austin, Tex.; No. 4-Gainesville, Fla., and No. 5Boulder, Colo.

••• That when the usual sellout crowd of 92,746 fills Sanford Stadium each Saturday, it makes for the sixth largest on-campus stadium in America? The top five stadiums above Georgia’s are Penn State (107,282), Michigan (106,201), Ohio State (102,329), Tennessee (102,038) and Texas (93,553).

Ranking seven through 10 are LSU (92,400), Alabama (92,138), Florida (88,548) and Auburn (87,451).

••• That the University of Georgia has such a rich football tradition, one would have enough different material to fill a column such as this each and every week?

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By Jeff Dantzler BULLDAWG ILLUSTRATED Georgia makes a rare trip to the Western United States, tangling with Arizona State Saturday in Tempe, marking the Bulldogs first trip to play a PAC-10 school since 1960. That season, the Bulldogs lost at Southern Cal when it was the PAC-8.

Southeastern Conference teams have traditionally struggled when going out west. Over the last two years alone, Tennessee has lost at California and UCLA. LSU visited Arizona State in 2005 and escaped with a 35-31 win. Both Auburn and Arkansas have lost at Southern Cal in the 2000s.

For the Bulldogs, the task is doubly tough, coming off a physical, emotional 14-7 victory at South Carolina. On the backside of the trip to Tempe is another highly anticipated Southeastern Conference showdown with Alabama in Athens.

Fans of the Sun Devils are calling the meeting with Georgia one of the most highly anticipated games in Arizona State history. Possibly looking ahead to the Bulldogs, Arizona State had a fourth quarter lead get away in a 23-20 overtime loss to UNLV last week. Star kicker Thomas Weber, the reigning Lou Groza Award winner who went 24 of 25 on fields goals a year ago, had his potential tying kick blocked in overtime to secure the UNLV

victory.

As is almost annually the case, it took everything that Georgia had in the tank to pull out the win at South Carolina. Facing the nation’s top pass defense, the Bulldogs didn’t do themselves any favors with a pair of dropped third down passes that would have resulted in first downs and another that would have yielded a touchdown.

But the Bulldogs kept plugging away offensively, led by the star duo of tailback Knowshon Moreno and quarterback Matthew Stafford, and ace defensive coordinator Willie Martinez’s stop unit was phenomenal. Meanwhile, the Bulldogs were tremendous on special teams, highlighted by a pair of Blair Walsh field goals and two magnificent punts from Brian Mimbs that twice in the fourth quarter switched field position heavily in Georgia’s favor.

Trailing the Gamecocks 7-6 midway through the third quarter, Moreno scored on a spectacular five yard touchdown run, sliding through a slew of South Carolina defenders. The Bulldogs followed it up with Stafford hitting Kris Durham for a two-point conversion that pushed Georgia’s lead to 14-7.

In the fourth quarter, the story was Georgia’s ballhawking defense and the leg of Mimbs. With South Carolina threatening to score a tying touchdown, on second and goal from the Bulldogs two, Gamecock tailback Mike Davis was hit and fumbled into the end zone, where the Bulldogs recovered. Georgia went backwards, then

Mimbs delivered an incredible 77-yard punt over the head of South Carolina’s star returner Captain Munnerlyn.

Another long Mimbs punt pinned South Carolina on its 10 yard line with under two minutes to go. The Gamecocks marched deep into Bulldogs territory, but sophomore safety ReShad Jones came up with a game-saving interception in the closing seconds to preserve the Georgia victory.

For magnificent Georgia coach Mark Richt, the victory was his 75th as the Bulldogs head coach. In the last eight meetings between Georgia and the Gamecocks, six of the contests have been determined by seven or fewer points.

Now at 3-0 and 1-0 in SEC play, Georgia steps back out of conference to play the longtime PAC-10 power Sun Devils, who will certainly be fighting mad. The showdown in the desert should be a showcase for signal callers.

Both Stafford and Arizona State’s Rudy Carpenter are amongst the country’s most highly touted quarterbacks.

This will mark the first ever game between the Bulldogs and Sun Devils. Georgia last played a PAC-10 foe in 1987, when the Bulldogs bested Oregon State 41-7 between the hedges.

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A view from Tempe Tim Healey, the voice of the Sun Devils, was kind enough to offer his insights into Saturday's highly antipated showdown in Tempe. The Arizona State faithful are saying that this is one of the most anticipated games in school history!

What are some of the attributes that make Rudy Carpenter such a great quarterback?

Besides his obvious skill throwing the football, Rudy Carpenter is a tough kid who possesses natural leadership qualities in abundance. He proved his toughness in 2007, when, despite being sacked 55 times, and despite being bothered by a painful thumb injury on his throwing hand, Carpenter still became only the second quarterback in Arizona State history to throw for over 3,000 yards in a single season. This past spring, Rudy tinkered with his throwing mechanics and also had post-spring practice surgery on his injured thumb. Consequently, he appears now to be throwing the ball as well as ever, and has caught the eye of NFL scouts with his improved mechanics. Carpenter passed for 733 yards in Arizona State’s first two games against Northern Arizona and Stanford, the most ever by a Sun Devil quarterback in the first two games of a season.

Can you talk about your running attack with Keegan Heering and crew?

The passing game is clearly the strength of the ASU offense, but the Sun Devils are also capable of establishing a solid ground attack, with senior Keegan Herring and junior Dimitri Nance their primary ball carriers. Herring has been bothered by a hamstring injury the past couple of weeks, but when healthy is a legitimate “home run” threat who runs with surprising power. Keegan is Arizona State’s #10 all-time career rusher with 2,293 career yards (prior to the UNLV game). Dimitri Nance is one of only two backs in the history of Texas 5-A high school football to rush for over 3,000 yards in a single season (the other back to do so: ex-Texas and Chicago Bears’ back Cedric Benson). When featured back Ryan Torain went down with a season-ending foot injury midway through the 2007 season, Nance teamed with Herring to help compensate for Torain’s absence. Dimitri rushed for 500 yards and a team-leading 7 touchdowns last year, and so far this season is averaging 3.6 yards per carry. Nance is more of a “between the tackles” runner and not quite the home run threat that Herring is. The continued development of the ASU running game will hinge on the continued de-

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velopment of the Sun Devil offensive line, which features three firstyear starters in sophomore left tackle Jon Hargis (a converted defensive lineman), junior center Thomas Altieri and redshirt freshman right tackle Adam Tello.

It looks like coach Erickson has really stepped up the defense this season, what areas have made the biggest jump?

It’s not really accurate to say that coach Erickson has “stepped up” ASU’s defense, because the Sun Devils were a pretty good defensive team a year ago. Arizona State ranked among the Pac-10’s leaders in run defense (3rd in the league), scoring defense (3rd), pass efficiency defense (2nd), and total defense (4th) in 2007. Orchestrated by coordinator Craig Bray, the Devils play a fairly simple scheme that emphasizes speed and aggressiveness. ASU features two outstanding rush ends in senior Luis Vasquez and junior Dexter Davis. Davis is tied for second nationally with four sacks in the first two games of ’08, and is the leading active career pass rusher in the Pac-10 with 20.5 sacks. Arizona State also has a deep linebacking corps, with middle backer Gerald Munns having earned Pac-10 Player-of-the-Week honors for his outstanding performance against Stanford September 6. Ironically, Munns played that game with a cast on his broken pinkie finger and will miss this week’s UNLV game after having a surgical procedure on his finger. He should be ready for the Georgia game. In the secondary, the Sun Devils have one of the nation’s up-and-coming cornerbacks in sophomore Omar Bolden (who turned down USC to come to Arizona State), while senior safety and team co-captain Troy Nolan had six interceptions a year ago, the most by an Arizona State player since 19894.

Is this one of the more hyped games that Arizona State has hosted in a while?

Without question, the Georgia game has been one of the most highly-anticipated home games in recent Arizona State history. You probably would have to go back to September 1996 (when ASU hosted and shut out then-two-time defending national champion Nebraska 19—0) to find the last time a non-conference Sun Devil home game generated this much pre-game excitement in the Valley of the Sun. College football fans in this part of the country hear so much about the strength of Southeastern Conference football and are no doubt anxious to see how the Sun Devils will measure up against one of the SEC’s (and one of the nation’s) best teams.

Were you surprised that Thomas Weber became such a weapon as a freshman?

Thomas Weber was indeed a major surprise in 2007, as a onetime walk-on became the nation’s premier field goal kicker in his first season of college football. Thomas briefly attended Michigan State before heading to ASU as a recruited walk-on (former Sun Devil special teams coach Tom Osborne, now at Oregon, had a big role in luring Weber to Tempe). Tom beat out fellow walk-on Zach Richards in fall camp last year, and then proceeded to miss only 3 of the 73 kicks he attempted in 2007, en route to winning the Lou Groza Award as the nation’s top colleigate place-kicker! He was 24of-25 in field goals, and 46-of-48 in PAT’s last season. This year, in addition to doing the place-kicking (oh by the way, he’s made all five of his field goal tries this season), he’s also the Sun Devils’ punter and kickoff man, and has excelled in both roles.

The timetable seems right for another great run for the Sun Devils. There was the great Frank Kush era of the 1970's, the Rose Bowl win over Michigan with John Cooper back in 1987, the great undefeated run with Jake Plummer in 1997, and ten wins a year ago. With such a successful coach in Dennis Erickson, is this the team that can knock off USC as king of the PAC-10 and would a win over Georgia help instill that kind of confidence?

It’s probably a bit premature to say that Arizona State is ready to knock USC off its perch atop the Pac-10. After all, the Trojans still have as much talent as any program in America, let alone the Pac10, and figure to be formidable for many years to come. However, coach Erickson has said that if he can get two more recruiting classes as good as the one he signed this year (nine true freshmen have already played this season for the Sun Devils), he feels he can compete for the Pac-10 and national championships. I don’t think there’s any question that with Dennis Erickson’s coaching and recruiting skill, that the future of ASU’s football program is bright.

Are the Arizona State faithful extra excited for this game, and - not to overlook anyone - have they been talking about this one for a while?

Arizona State fans are indeed excited about next week’s Georgia game, and have been anticipating the Bulldogs’ visit to Tempe for months. If the game is good as the hype that likely will precede it, next week’s showdown in the desert should be a classic.

— Jeff Dantzler

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looking ahead as a team somewhere psychologically and not quite in this one. I believe they still have a very good team and will give Georgia all it wants with a good chance to beat them.

For a second consecutive Saturday, the Georgia Bulldogs What happened yesterday doesn’t mean they can’t play well will be catching a team on the rebound. next Saturday.”

After holding off South Carolina 14-7 in Columbia – a Any team that has a quarterback such as Rudy Carpenter week after the Gamecocks were upset by Vanis capable of beating anyone. In the 6-3, 225derbilt, the 2nd-ranked Bulldogs will travel to pound Carpenter, the Bulldogs’ defense will Tempe, Ariz. Saturday for a nationally-televised face one of the most prolific passers in college battle (8 p.m.-ABC) with the Arizona State Sun football. After throwing for 242 yards and two Devils. touchdowns – with one interception – in the Arizona State was unbeaten and ranked tough loss to UNLV, the strong-armed senior No. 15 in the country before being shocked 23has now completed 62-of-87 attempts (71 per20 by UNLV in overtime Saturday night at Sun cent) for 975 yards and six touchdowns, with Devil Stadium. two picks, in the Sun Devils’ three outings to Now, the 2-1 Sun Devils of Dennis Erickdate. And for his stellar career, Carpenter has son will try to regroup against 3-0 Georgia. passed for 8,973 yards and 70 touchdowns, Following the unexpected setback to the with a 62 percent completion rate. Carpenter Runnin’ Rebels, Arizona State’s fans were in a has thrown just 28 interceptions, out of a cabit of a meltdown Sunday evening on their varreer 1,045 pass attempts. ious websites.

Arizona State, a team that Georgia has Coach Dennis Erickson “Now,” said one Sun Devil fan, “it’s a nonever encountered, has 15 returning starters win situation for the Dawgs. If they beat us by from its 10-3 team of a year ago. In addition to three TDs, they should have and they’ll only get credit for ‘han- Carpenter, other key performers for the Sun Devil offense indling business’ against a mediocre team. If the game is close or clude top receivers Chris McGaha and Michael Jones, leading if they lose, they struggled against a team that just lost to UNLV! returning rusher Keegan Herring and also Dmitri Nance, anSorry, Dawgs, I know you are trying to prove your top 5 rank- other very capable running back. The offensive line is anchored ing but I guess that will have to wait until the cocktail party in by mammoth senior guard Paul Fanaika (6-6, 336).

Jacksonville.”

Defensively, the Sun Devils are paced by junior linebacker But two other avid ASU supporters took the positive route. Travis Goethel, the top returning tackler. The ASU front four is “Our players and coaches are wallowing in the same self- a veteran unit featuring returning starters Dexter Davis, Luis pity and negativity that I see here in the forum,” declared one. Vasquez and David Smith, and the leading playmaker in the “I hope, we as fans, can get over it and come ready to cheer our secondary is senior safety Troy Nolan, who totaled 64 tackles team to victory next week because we can beat Georgia! If not, and six interceptions last fall.

10,000 Georgia fans are going to kick our butts!”

One thing’s for sure, with Carpenter at the controls of the And chimed in another, “Guys, guys, guys, college football explosive Sun Devil offense, the Bulldogs will have to score is a curious thing. Teams can look like Super Bowl champs much more than 14 points this week … if they want to walk (USC) one week and lose to Stanford the next. I’d bet ASU was out of the Arizona desert with a 4-0 record.

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Weber was an incredible 24 of 25 on field goal attempts a year ago –that’s a staggering 96 percent accuracy rate – to capture the most coveted award for a college kicker. Weber joined Texas Tech’s star receiver Michael Crabtree and Missouri phenom Jeremy Maclin as the lone freshmen to make the AP All-American First Team.

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Game rewind Georgia 14 South Carolina 7

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COLUMBIA, S. C. – It doesn’t matter if the Georgia Bulldogs are ranked No. 2 in the nation or No. 20, they simply seem destined to have a knock-down, dragged-out defensive struggle when they face the South Carolina Gamecocks.

In a game where neither offense could maintain consistency, the now 3rd-ranked Bulldogs had to go down to the proverbial wire Saturday to walk out of Williams-Brice Stadium with a 14-7 decision over the upset-minded Gamecocks (1-2, 0-2 SEC). Georgia fans couldn’t breathe easily until just 13 seconds remained when sophomore safety Reshad Jones picked off South Carolina quarterback Chris Smelley at the Bulldogs’ 3-yard line, thus preserving the Georgia win and sending the Bulldogs’ win string to 10 over the past two seasons.

“I’m very happy and excited about the victory,” said a relieved Mark Richt, moments after his team had captured its first SEC outing and climbed to 3-0 on the young season. “My gut has churned more in this series and on this field than any time I’ve been at Georgia. We knew our defense had to rise up and stop them and, we found a way to win. We’re 1-0 in the SEC against an outstanding defense. I think South Carolina won more battles up front than we did today,” said Richt. “I don’t know I’ve ever seen a bigger, stronger bunch of (defensive) guys than them. We were not really as sharp as we needed to be offensively but that had an awful lot to do with the competition.”

Richt said he wasn’t concerned with how the voters in the national polls may view the Bulldogs’ closely-fought victory. “I think our players are happy,” he declared. “We can’t control the voters – the bottom line is we won the ballgame. Getting style points doesn’t mean a darn thing to me. We win, we’re happy. We lose and we’re not.”

After a scoreless first quarter the Bulldogs took a 3-0 lead in the second period via a 42-yard field goal by freshman Blair Walsh.

However, South Carolina came right back and got a 34-yard scoring strike from Smelley to Moe Brown. Ryan Succop’s PAT kick put the Gamecocks up 7-3 with 8:42 left until halftime.

Following the South Carolina score, the Bulldogs set out on a drive from their own 20, all the way to the Gamecocks’ 1-yard line but, again, couldn’t cash a touchdown. A 39-yard pass from Stafford to freshman A.J. Green was the key gainer, placing the ball at the Carolina 15. But the Bulldogs then bogged down and had to settle for a 23-yard Walsh field goal, leaving Carolina still ahead 7-6.

But Georgia would go ahead to stay in the third quarter on another eye-catching touchdown by Moreno. After Stafford raced 30 yards on a keeper, Moreno then went off the left side, was hit several times but somehow kept his balance and dove into the end zone to put the Bulldogs up 12-7 with 5:10 to go in the third, after which Stafford then hit Kris Durham with a 2-point pass to blink the board to 14-7.

The Gamecocks then looked to be headed for a tying score but when Mike Davis tried to dive across the goal line from the 2, he was separated from the ball by linebacker Rennie Curran. The ball flew forward and Asher Allen recovered for a touchback to kill the Gamecocks’ scoring bid.

When Georgia couldn’t move the ball, Brian Mimbs drilled an amazing 77-yard punt, to back South Carolina up to its 11-yard line. The Gamecocks then drove to the Bulldogs’ 31 before Georgia forced Smelley into three consecutive incompletions to halt the drive.

But still, the Gamecocks threatened to send the game into overtime in the final moments, riding Smelley’s passing to the Georgia 17. But after a 10-yard penalty backed the Gamecocks up to the 27, Smelley’s pass down the middle was picked off at the Georgia 3 by Jones. With only 13 seconds left, the Bulldogs had at last saved themselves and their unblemished record.

What Worked On a day when Georgia’s offense couldn’t come close to putting up the numbers it did in the easy wins over Georgia Southern and Central Michigan, the Bulldogs’ defense – though surrendering 271 passing yards to Smelley – allowed the Gamecocks to cross the goal line but once.

“We played one of the best defenses in the conference today,” said Green, who caught three passes

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for 61 yards in his return to his home state. “Offensively, you’re going to have games like we did today, but I’m proud of the defense. They played well and picked us up.”

What Didn’t Work Although the Gamecocks are certainly one of the top defensive units the Bulldogs will face, the Georgia offense simply has to play more consistently and put more points on the scoreboard as the team moves into the meat of its grueling 2008 schedule.

“We’ve got to do a better job of taking advantage of our opportunities,” said offensive coordinator Mike Bobo. “We weren’t consistent and didn’t do a good job on third downs. We had too many thirdand-longs instead of third-and-shorts.”

Top Performers The Bulldogs’ defensive guys deserve the headlines in this win. Jones, Allen and Curran not only rendered big plays to stop Gamecock scoring threats but, also, recorded six total tackles each for Willie Martinez’s unit. Offensively, Moreno again led the Bulldogs in rushing but was checked to 79 yards on 11 carries by the Gamecocks. Stafford completed 15-of-25 passes for 146 yards but, with no touchdowns Along with the defense, give a lot of credit to Mimbs’ sterling punting. He averaged 52.2 yards on five kicks including the career-long 77-yarder as well as a 51-yarder at game’s end.

“I’m just glad to help our defense whenever I can,” said Mimbs. “I don’t think I’ve ever hit a ball (77yard punt) as good as I hit that one.”

Go West Young Man

Relieved to get out of Columbia with a “W,” the unbeaten Bulldogs will now head for Tempe, Ariz. Saturday to face also undefeated Arizona State, the nationally-televised game set for an 8 p.m. kickoff on ABC. “The South Carolina defense is one of the best we’ve played against,” remarked Moreno, “but every game from here on out is going to be tough – it’s not going to get any easier!”

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Jeff Dantzler’s Top 25 No doubt, Southern Cal has been the most impressive team in the country thus far. Ohio State has dominated the Big Ten (11), but in the big games, the SEC and USC have flexed their muscles. The SEC is so stacked and the league has an amazing array of games this weekend. In the early going, the Big XII has put up some impressive performances, highlighted by big numbers from Oklahoma and Missouri.

— Jeff Dantzler 1. Southern Cal – In their last 5 meetings with the Big Ten (11), the Trojans have won four BCS games and beaten Ohio State by an average 22.6 points per game. USC has a lot of weapons offensively, but the defense is showing the way, led by seven senior starters. Pete Carroll now must worry about letdowns.

2. Florida – The defense saved the day in the Gators win over Miami in Gainesville. Tim Tebow is a rock-star behind center and a healthy Percy Harvin will give Tennessee fits this week. So who is the best team in the SEC? This weekend will provide some early signs. Brandon James is a great weapon on returns.

3. Georgia – It’s always tough for the Bulldogs against South Carolina, and Georgia was able to pull out a 14-7 thriller in Columbia. Now comes a huge test for the Dogs with Arizona State in Tempe, as this brutal gauntlet continues for Georgia. The defense and kicking game were exceptional and Knowshon Moreno and Matthew Stafford are more than living up to the their billing.

4. Oklahoma – Boomer Sooner is rolling, put up big numbers through their first three games. Sam Bradford and an outstanding pair of running backs lead the potent Sooner attack. The defense has good speed and is tough. The schedule shapes up favorably for the Sooners to make a run at Miami.

5. LSU – This nasty defensive front is one of the toughest groups in the country to block. LSU blew out North Texas, and now comes the big showdown with Auburn on the plains. LSU’s first two road games are in Auburn and Gainesville. There will be some great defensive players on display at Jordan-Hare Stadium.

6. Missouri – Chase Daniel is off to an incredible start and Missouri’s star quarterback is amongst the early Heisman Trophy contenders. Through three games, Mizzou has certainly shown that it can handle the spotlight. The next big test will be against Texas in October. Meanwhile, Daniel and Jeremy Maclin will keep putting up big numbers.

7. Alabama – The Crimson Tide should make it 4-0 with a win at down Arkansas Saturday. The spirit in Tuscaloosa is sky high, with a stout defense and an offense that move the ball on the ground and through the air. With Javier Arenas leading the way in the return game, Bama has the goods in the kicking game.

8. Auburn – It may go down as the score of the year, as the Tigers beat Mississippi State 3-2 this past weekend. Auburn will need more offense that that to beat LSU Saturday on the plains. Tommy Tuberville’s defense is tremendous, having allowed only two touchdowns in 12 quarters.

9. Texas – Colt McCoy is playing well at quarterback and the ‘Horns are using a tailback by committee system. The defense has talent, and it will need to shine against a tough October schedule. Just around the corner are three straight at Colorado, with Oklahoma in Dallas and then Missouri in Austin.

10. Oregon – Mike Belotti and the Ducks pulled out a huge come-frombehind victory over Purdue. Despite losing star quarterback Dennis Dixon and tailback Johnathan Stewart, Oregon is still putting up big numbers. It looks now like Oregon might be the primary challenger to Southern Cal’s reign atop the PAC-10.

11. South Florida – The Bulls beat Kansas 37-34 this past Friday night in one of the best games of the season so far. Matt Groethe has done a great job at quarterback for a program that has been a remarkable story. The Bulls, in just over a decade, have gone from conception to nationally-ranked.

12. Texas Tech – Mike Leach’s Red Raiders have their eyes on usurping the Longhorns and Sooners in the Big XII South. Either Texas or Oklahoma has been to every Big XII Championship Game since 1999. Texas Tech always puts up big numbers with Graham Harrell and Michael Crabtree forming an awesome pass-catch combo.

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13. Wisconsin – The Badgers dodged a trio of missed field goals and a horrible goal to beat always tough Fresno State in the Valley. It took some guts to make the trip, but that giant line of scrimmage got it done.

14. Wake Forest – Jim Grobe has had an open date to help get ready for this week’s big showdown with Florida State. On their last visit to Tallahassee, Wake rolled past the Seminoles 30-0. The winner of this one is the front-runner in the ACC. 15. Utah – So far, the Runnin’ Utes had looked better than crossstate rival Brigham Young until this past week, when the Cougars looked better than everyone with a 59-0 rout of UCLA. Utah pounded hapless Utah State, and a collision course is set for the Cougars and Utes with possible BCS implications.

16. East Carolina – The Pirates got off to a great start, beating both Virginia Tech and West Virginia. Both were ranked highly going in, and East Carolina instantly became a great story. ECU has to avoid letdowns as they were nearly tripped up this past weekend.

17. Illinois – Juice Williams is an outstanding runner at quarterback and he’s improved as a passer. Beating Ohio State a year ago gave the Fightin’ Illini a lot of credibility in the Big Ten (11). After what happened at Southern Cal – even though Chris Wells didn’t play – Ohio State certainly looks vulnerable.

18. Penn State –Joe Paterno would certainly like to squeeze out one more great season and it looks like he’s got a contender for the Big Ten (11) title. The conference certainly looks better when the once mighty Nittany Lions are roaring.

19. Florida State –The defense is, as usual, loaded with talent and athleticism, but the Seminoles offense has been toothless since Mark Richt left for Athens. But Jimbo Fisher is a very good offensive coordinator and, in his second year, this is a big measuring stick with Wake Forest, which won 30-0 on its last visit to Tallahassee.

20. Brigham Young – What an awesome showing for the Cougars, who just pounded UCLA 59-0. I guess the monopoly in L.A. was back in operation this past weekend. BYU is rolling with 13 straight wins, the nation’s longest streak.

21. Kansas – It was quite a game in Tampa, but a late Todd Reesing interception proved costly, as the Bulls kicked the winning field goal.

Kansas should get well with three straight wins before going to Oklahoma.

22. Fresno State – It was a tough one for Fresno State, who fell to Wisconsin 13-10. The Valley Dogs should have no problems with Toledo, and then Fresno will be licking its chops to put a hurting on blue blood UCLA in the Rose Bowl.

23. Ohio State – Jim Tressel will have his hands full getting the demoralized Buckeyes up for a good and very dangerous Troy squad.

Ohio State was blasted at the L.A. Coliseum 35-3 by Southern Cal, which stings extra on the heels of the Buckeyes showings in the last two BCS Championship Games.

24. Arizona State – Likely peeking ahead to this week’s highly anticipated shootout with Georgia, the Sun Devils let one get away, falling to UNLV in overtime thanks to a great catch and blocked field goal.

25. Vanderbilt – It’s been a great start for the Commodores, who won at Miami of Ohio, upset South Carolina in Nashville and then followed that up with a nice win over Rice, which came in at 2-0. Bobby Johnson has done a fine job in the Music City.

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Bulldawg Leader: Brian Mimbs

By Murray Poole BULLDAWG ILLUSTRATED For a guy who came to the University of Georgia as an all-state placekicker – not a punter – Brian Mimbs believes he’s made the most of the opportunities afforded him in his playing career with the Bulldogs.

Now a senior, the former Dublin High standout has developed into one of the best punters in the Southeastern Conference and is certainly one of the major role players for a 2008 Georgia team that has set its sights not only on the SEC championship but also, a national title.

Last fall, in his junior season, Mimbs punted the football 57 times for a 42.3 average with 16 of his kicks downed inside the 20-yard line. Mimbs, who also serves as the team’s holder for field goal and PAT attempts, finished the season with the second longest punt in the SEC (66 yards at Tennessee) and ranked third in the conference in punting. In the Bulldogs’ 41-10 romp over Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl, Mimbs averaged 48.3 yards on three punts.

Mimbs, who was redshirted in 2004 after joining the team as a preferred walkon, also excelled away from the football field in 2007, being named to ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Football Team.

“Obviously, I was behind Gordon Ely-Kelso for three years and that gave me a chance to mature,” said Mimbs, speaking right after the No. 2-ranked Bulldogs’ 56-17 pasting of Central Michigan. “I came here as a kicker, not a punter, but then got the chance as a punter and took advantage of it. I had a good season last year and I’m hoping I can duplicate that this year.”

Mimbs said he didn’t get off to the start he wanted to this season, failing to strike the ball as well as he’s capable in the two opening wins over Georgia Southern and Central Michigan.

“But hopefully, that last one I had (a 46-yard punt vs. Chippewas) got me going,” he said. “I hope that one got me kick-started.”

That kick by Mimbs boosted his game average against Central Michigan up to 43.7 yards, for three punts. Entering the South Carolina game this past Saturday, Mimbs owned a two-game average of 40.1 on seven kicks. And then against the Gamecocks he had probably his best day in his career at Georgia when he averaged 52.2 yards on five punts to contribute to win including that career-long monster of 77 yards and also a 51-yarder.

“My goal every year is the same goal as our punting team,” Mimbs declared. “I want to hit the ball high in the air and have a good net. Net is more important than punting average itself. When I talk to Coach (John) Lilly (Dogs’ punting coach), we talk mostly about net. If you punt the ball 50 yards and it’s returned for a touchdown, you’re doing the team no good. So my goal is to hang `em high and let the (coverage) team get down there and make the return man call for a fair catch.”

Although Mimbs is proud of his kicking career at Georgia thus far, he said his leading individual highlight wasn’t a punt but, rather, an onside kick he made in the Bulldogs’ 31-24 comeback win over Virginia Tech in the 2006 Chick-fil-A Bowl in Atlanta.

Mimbs not only booted the successful onside kick in the Georgia Dome but also recovered it to give Georgia the newfound momentum it would need to complete the huge rally from behind.

“I’ve had some decent games punting but I don’t think there’s been any one significant punt,” Mimbs said. “But that one play (onside kick) shook the entire momentum of

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the game. When Brandon (Coutu) got hurt that season, Andy Bailey took over the kickoffs and I was doing the onside kicks and we had practiced that forever. It led to our comeback. It put the momentum in our favor and gave our team the confidence we needed. We were only one score down at the time,” Mimbs recalled.

Mimbs is excited about the Bulldogs’ potential in this, his final season in the red and black. But he also knows there are great expectations for a team that many feel is capable of making a bonafide run at the national championship this autumn.

“All we can do as a team is to take one game at a time,” he said. “And if you ask anybody on the team, they’ll tell you that. We just want to play our best each game and not look too far down the road.”

Without question, with the number of powerful opponents the Bulldogs are about to face week after week, the Georgia kicking game could mean the difference in winning and losing the football game. And that’s why senior punter Brian Mimbs is hoping to put his best right foot forward as the second-ranked Bulldogs move into the meat of their schedule and attempt to reach all the lofty goals they’ve set for themselves.

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The Foundation: Jo Ann Mimbs His single best football play ever as a Bulldog?

I think it was that successful on-side kick he had against Virginia Tech in the Chick-fil-A Bowl (which Brian also recovered). That really made us happy. And then his first collegiate punt was out of his own end zone when we played Oklahoma State in the first game last year.

By Murray Poole BULLDAWG ILLUSTRATED

Jo Ann Mimbs couldn’t be prouder of her son, Georgia senior punter Brian Mimbs. She has watched Brian evolve from an all-state place-kicker at Dublin High School to become a preferred walk-on at the University of Georgia and then develop into one of the top punters in the Southeastern Conference. Here, in a question-andanswer session with Bulldawg Illustrated, Mrs. Mimbs gives Georgia fans a special insight into her son ‌ both on and off the football field:

Can you tell the Bulldawg Nation a few unique things about him outside of football?

He’s an outdoorsman – he likes to hunt and fish. And one of the things special to him growing up was that his daddy, who passed away in 2006, always had Christmas week off, and Brian and his dad and two brothers would always go camping and hunting during that time. It was a male-bonding thing.

Parents/Guardians names: Jo Ann Mimbs, Gary Mimbs (deceased).

Can you discuss the pride you have in him in attending and playing football at Georgia?

I’ve very proud of Brian of course because of his determination to succeed and what he’s accomplished at Georgia. And at the same time it’s very humbling that this little boy I watched grow up has achieved all these things he’s achieved. He feels very fortunate to be a part of a team that’s more like a family, and I can’t think of any other jersey I’d rather see him put on than the Georgia jersey.

Brian Mimbs (second from the right) pictured with his mother, Jo Ann and brothers, Lee and Payton

Siblings’ names and ages: Lee, 26; Payton, 25.

Over the last few years, discuss the overall experience of working with the Georgia coaching staff?

It’s been a great experience. One thing that I can say is from the time Brian was in high school and being recruited as a preferred walk-on, my whole family felt like the Georgia coaches were truthful and upfront with us. I know he’s under the influence of good men working with him, and they want him to succeed not only as a player but, as a person, too. Coach (Willie) Martinez was Brian’s recruiting coach and from the very beginning, he always had time to sit down and answer questions for us.

What was your nickname for Brian growing up?

He really didn’t have a nickname.

What set Georgia apart from the other schools when he was recruited out of high school?

It was a top-rated university academically and then we’ve always been Bulldog fans. We went to the games when Brian was growing up. But the No. 1 thing was Coach Richt and his staff and the way they treated Brian and made us feel welcome and how comfortable they made Brian feel. Georgia just felt like something special and we knew it would be awesome to be a part of that.

Best childhood story?

When Brian was nine, he actually got to compete at the state level in the Punt, Pass and Kick competition at the Georgia Dome. The Falcons were playing the Lions that

day and Brian had to get there early to get ready ‌ to put his sweats on and all and have a short practice. Well, sometime during the registration process and with all the chaos going on with that, Brian went missing for a few minutes.

We then found out he had made his way to the Lions’ locker room. Well, when he came back he was so excited, telling us he got to see Barry Sanders’ locker. Of course, we weren’t that excited because we didn’t know where he was or what he was doing. But, it was exciting for him.

And he went on to place third in the 9-year-old division at the state level.

What is the nicest thing he ever did for you?

He’s always been a believer that if Mama ain’t happy, nobody’s happy, and when he knew I was mad or upset, he would do something to make me happy. The first Valentine day after his daddy died, he and his brothers sent roses to me at work and that was very special.

What do you think he has gotten most out of his time at Georgia?

He’s had a great opportunity to experience a lot of things by being a part of Georgia football ‌ such as participating in Habitat for Humanity and the mission trip with Coach Richt to Honduras. And he’s learned to persevere. Brian’s had some tough times at Georgia, both on and off the field, but he’s always had the support of his coaches and teammates and he’s learned lessons that will help him on down the road. That, as well as building friendships.

What do you like most about the Bulldog fan base?

They’re die-hard, passionate fans that love the Dogs. It’s just spirit-lifting to go to a game and see the number of people there and all of them wanting the team to do well. Like I tell my friends, there’s no experience like Game Day in Athens. It’s just hard to describe it.

What has Coach Richt meant to your young man’s life?

I just don’t have anything but good things to say about Coach Richt. He leads by example and is genuine and very supportive of Brian. I think Brian feels very close to him and he’s a family man and that spills over to the team. I have people say to me, “Is Coach Richt as advertised?� and I say, “Yes, he is.� Just his demeanor and the way he carries himself, I just know he’s a great representative of the team and the school and I’m glad to have my son playing for him.

What is the number one trait you have tried to instill in him?

I always told Brian that no matter where he is in his life, he will find situations that only he can control. He’s going to have control over certain things, and those are the only things he can control. Some things will be out of his hands..

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Glad for win, lots of concerns ...

The first test of the 2008 road Dawgs was a knock down, drag out brawl that has typified the recent series between the Gamecocks. We came into the game highly touted and top-ranked with the Cocks looking disheveled and anemic. But, last Saturday, in the nasty heat and humidity that is also ever present in this series, the flaccid Cocks from the previous two games were no where to be found. They stepped up and hit us in the mouth quite a few times knocking us off our nationally ranked high horse.

And though we looked no where near a top-ranked college football team, we hung in there and fought back and got that win, baby.

It was a wake-up call, however, for all those Dawg fans making plans for Miami in early January. Our team has some glaring weaknesses that were exposed on national television. The good thing is we can get better each week and continue to improve and gel as a football squad. The W’s are all that matter at this point. As long as we can continue to handle our business and survive each week, the lofty goals and aspirations will still be within reach.

We have two questions for our coaches which we shall delve into in a bit. Coach Martinez, with under two minutes to go and the opposing offense in need of a touchdown and ninety yards from the endzone, why do we have three linebackers on the field? How many passes must they complete one step in front of a linebacker before we put in a dime package with faster cover guys? This nearly cost us the game no matter how well the defense played before.

And Coach Bobo, when in need of running out the clock midway through the fourth quarter, how exactly do you not rationalize handing the ball one time to the Heisman trophy candidate?

The Dawgs looked effective in the first half showing the ability to move the ball on offense but a couple of dropped passes, which have plagued the Dawgs under Richt in the past, kept us out of the endzone. Stafford looked precise on nearly every throw in the first half only to have two crucial third down drops, one that would have put us near the 20 for at least a field goal on our opening drive. There was also a poor drop in the end zone early in the 2nd quarter where Stafford put the ball in the only place the receiver could grab it. The receiver had to slide a bit for it but it was definitely a catch that our elite receivers (MoMass, AJ Green) would have made.

Why these two continue to rotate out with so many other guys is questionable? MoMass and Green should be our workhorses. They are the physical specimens out there with the ability to make the big play.

The Man who dons 24 was once again energetic and continues to impress with shifty moves and gracefulness. He returned the first punt of the game, his first as a Dawg, for 32 yards allowing the offense to get going at midfield. The Cock defense kept him in check most of the first half although he managed a few runs of 10 yards or more.

Defensively, the Dawgs played well in the first half only allowing two long passes that resulted in the Cocks only points of the game. Other than that they could not move the ball. We did aid the Cocks in two of their drives with two unnecessary roughing the passer penalties which occurred when our cornerback and safety came in on a blitz. We know our defenders are looking to make their mark on the opposing quarterbacks, but undisciplined decisions like this will come back to haunt us.

Although we trailed at halftime 76, it seemed as if we were on the right track in the first half, should have been leading and thought if we continued to

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play as we did in the first 30 minutes we would be fine. We didn’t though.

The Dawgs came out in the second half and put together a good drive on our second possession with an 80 yard touchdown drive that was aided by a 30-yard designed Stafford run. We took a 14-7 lead. The Cocks, however, began to exploit our pass defense easily throwing over our outmanned linebacking crew and moving the ball at will. They put together a long drive in the fourth quarter and appeared poised to tie the ball game before we were bailed out by a Rennie Curran hit and subsequent fumble recovery by Asher Allen in the endzone. We had just dodged a major bullet and thought it was time to protect the ball and work the clock on the road in the SEC with a lead. Instead, on our next possession from our own 20, we somehow forgot about The Man in the backfield and decided on a long pass play followed by a trick QB sneak play followed by another pass attempt. Three and out and only one minute 40 seconds taken off of the clock.

The Cocks flirted with the endzone again late in the game only to be denied by a Reshad Jones interception on the three yard line showing some football smarts by immediately going to the ground and sealing the victory. Jones came up huge at the end of the game with the crucial pick and a pass breakup on the play before.

It sure was ugly there in the second half. We couldn’t manage any sort of pass rush and seemed content to focus on stopping the run and making their QBs beat us. We did hold them to 14 yards rushing for the game but allowed both of their QBs to sit back there and pick us off to the tune of 200+ yards in the second half. We almost let them beat us with their arms.

We would be remiss if we were not to mention the problems with the kickoff coverage and receiving teams. Somehow we still cannot find a student at the University of Georgia who can kick the football to the back of the endzone. And we can’t cover the kicks well at all either.

The Cocks had great field position beginning their drives at the 35, 38 and the 30 off our kickoffs. Do we have the right personnel on these squads? On the kick coverage squad, should we not have our best tacklers? Why not have the elite linebackers and secondary players in there? This is a crucial part of the game. And on the kick return team, should we really have a backup QB performing a major BLOCKING role along the front line? If these problems are not addressed, it will, as we have said before, cost us a game at some point.

The special team highlight was the superior punting by Brian Mimbs. He absolutely crushed a ball 77-yards at a critical point in the fourth quarter from our own 12 yard line to flip the field on the Cocks. He then followed that up with a solid directional punt to pin the Cocks down inside the 10 for their last drive. It’s nice to know when our offense can’t move the ball, Mimbs will be there to bail us out of trouble.

Next up is a historic visit to Tempe for a showdown with the pass happy Arizona State. It is our first trip out west in nearly 40 years since we squared off against the real USC (Southern California) in 1960. Arizona St., who began the season ranked in the top 10, is fresh off an upset loss to UNLV losing in overtime and are sure to be hungry to regroup against a Top 5 team at home in a nationally televised game. This is a statement game for the Dawgs. We have a chance here to show the country what we are made of and what we are all about. All eyes will be on this marquee match-up between the Pac-10 and SEC. It is time for the Dawgs 24-7 show to go out west and show that they are champions. Go Dawgs!

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numbers. Georgia’s offense has to call and raise the Sun Devils unit when it comes to breaking off big gainers and top passers is re-writing the Sun Devils record book, and long scores. Games take on their own personalities, and that’s saying something with legendary alumni like just looking at some typical SEC-PAC 10 match-ups Danny White and Jake “The Snake” Plummer. Carpenter through the years, they generally become high scoring is the total package with a dangerous affairs. group of receivers. If the Dogs don’t get to him – especially if the defensive Stability in the Running line cannot apply the pressure withGame – The Bulldogs stable out having to over-use the blitz – of tailbacks can move the Georgia’s secondary will be in big chains and break off long trouble. Ace defensive coordinator runs. With a big, strong and the Bulldogs stop unit staff will offensive line and this be spending many late nights trying group of ball-carriers, to figure the best way to slow down Georgia should be able to the Sun Devils, which starts with move the ball on the pressuring Carpenter. ground against Arizona State, which would prove Limit the Sun Devil Running doubly beneficial, giving Game – Carpenter is so good, it the defense more time to opens things up even more for an rest in the heat. A strong already dangerous Arizona State running game should set running attack. Last season, up chances for big plays Keegan Herring was the star of downfield in the passing a deep backfield with 815 yards Willie Martinez game. and six touchdowns. Herring’s long runs as a freshman, sophomore and junior were 67, Stay Patient – Even if the Bulldogs fall behind 65 and 76 yards. For his career, Herring averages 5.5 early – and much of this goes back to key No. 4 – Georyards per carry. When the running game gets cooking, gia needs to stay with the game plan and utilize the runthis offense is just lethal. The Dogs must slow down the ning attack. It will be a long, hot game, and if the running game. Through the first three games, Arizona Bulldogs can control the ball on the ground, that could State has put up video game numbers. be the biggest key to victory. It will wear down Arizona State’s defense, rest Georgia’s defense, and set up the Big Plays Offensively – Arizona State’s potent of- Bulldogs passing attack. The Sun Devils know this, so fensive attack will move the ball, and even against Willie expect Dennis Erickson to load up the defense to try and Martinez’s tough defense, has the potency to put up big stuff Georgia’s running attack.

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Alabama

With no Darren McFadden or Felix Jones, and trying to instill a passing attack, Arkansas has dropped off this season as much as any team in the country. Bama shouldn’t have too much trouble with Arkansas this week in Fayetteville. The showdown with the Crimson Tide starts a brutal four week stretch for the Hogs, who, due to Hurricane Ike, had their game with Texas pushed to September 27. The Razorbacks host Alabama, go to Texas, entertain Florida and go to Auburn.

John Parker Wilson is savvy and dangerous at quarterback, and the Crimson Tide can run the ball. Freshman Mark Ingram has given the Tide a nice boost at tailback. Of course it helps having big Andre Smith clearing the way. One of the nation’s elite players is an all-timer at left tackle.

Defensively, Bama doesn’t have a bunch of stars, but they can all run and hit.

Auburn

If you didn’t see it, nobody could believe the score from this past Saturday. Auburn beat Mississippi State 3-2. Now the Tigers welcome in the other Tigers, as LSU visits the loveliest village on the plains. This incredible week of SEC football is highlighted by the Auburn – LSU showdown at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Over the past four years, the home team has won every meeting, but they’ve all been knee-knockers. Dating back to 2004, the previous four games have been determined by a total of 14 points. Auburn’s defense has been one of the nation’s best this season, allowing just two touchdowns in 12 quarters of play. Time after time, Auburn was able to turn away Mississippi State. Auburn will obviously face a much better offense this Saturday, but the key will be whether the Tigers will be able to move the ball against LSU’s stout defensive front.

Florida

Tim Tebow certainly enjoyed the off-week, as it gave him a chance to heal up a bit after the Gators physical 26-3 win over Miami, in which the reigning Heisman Trophy winner was hit hard and often. The Gators defense has been awesome through two games, limiting Hawaii and the Hurricanes to just 13 total points. There are some great returners in the SEC, and Florida’s Brandon James takes a backseat to no one. He is an absolute jet, and the Gators are doing a nice job getting him more involved with the offense. Urban Meyer has done a great job with the Florida program, but the decision to kick a field goal inside the final minute of the win over Miami created quite a stir in the sunshine state. Last season the Gators pummeled Tennessee 59-20 in Gainesville, and Florida would like nothing better that to put a beat-down on the Vols at Neyland Stadium.

With a couple of impressive victories over Appalachian State and North Texas, the Tigers appear primed for their showdown with Auburn on the plains. The LSU offense will be severely tested

by Auburn’s outstanding defense, which has allowed only two touchdowns in three games. The Tigers have big-play ability at receiver and strength in the running game. Defense is LSU’s strength of course, with a dominating line certain to provide opposing offenses headaches all season long.

Ricky Jean-Francois, Kirston Pittman, and Tyson Jackson form one of the great defensive lines in college football. Behind the front is an awesome collection of speed. Chad Jones, a sophomore, and freshman Patrick Johnson are two young stars in the making in the secondary. This one is always tight. The key is handling Jordan-Hare in the first road game for Andrew Hatch and Jarrett Lee at quarterback.

Ole Miss

Jevan Snead has done an outstanding job as the Rebels quarterback, leading the way for the most potent Ole Miss offense since 2003 when Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning led the boys from beautiful Oxford to 10 wins and the Cotton Bowl championship. Houston Nutt and Snead have the Rebel faithful extremely excited. This week’s showdown with Vanderbilt in the backdrop of The Grove is a big one. With all of the huge games this week - LSU-Auburn, Florida-Tennessee, Georgia-Arizona State, Alabama-Arkansas, Mississippi State-Georgia Tech – the Rebel’s battle with Vanderbilt carries a lot of weight. Vanderbilt is a perfect 3-0, highlighted by a conference win over South Carolina. Ole Miss is 2-1, with the setback a thrilling 30-28 heartbreaker at Wake Forest.

If the Rebels get this one, they could be dangerous the following Saturday in Gainesville as the Gators will be coming off the emotional battle with Tennessee in Knoxville.

Tennessee

Throughout the 1990’s, the Volunteers and Florida played what was annually the biggest intra-conference game in college football. After all, Tennessee and the Gators played in the first ten SEC Championship Games. The Volunteers scored a fairly easy win over UAB, which was a nice bounce back after the loss to UCLA. But Tennessee fans certainly had to take notice that the Bruins were blasted by Brigham Young 59-0 on Saturday. The Vols tailbacks will need to have a big day for Tennessee to beat the Gators. If teams can run on Florida, they can beat Florida. But the Vols have to have some serious concerns about the Gators lethal passing attack. UCLA put together a pair of very impressive fourth quarter drives against the Vols on Labor Day night, and Florida has a lot more firepower than the Bruins with Tebow, Percy Harvin and crew

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Jeff Dantzler’s Georgia Classics

By Jeff Dantzler BULLDAWG ILLUSTRATED Making a rare visit to the Pacific Time Zone for a highly anticipated showdown with Arizona State gives us the chance to take a look at some of Georgia’s great victories against programs from out West.

January 1, 1943 Capturing the programs first Southeastern Conference championship in 1942, the Bulldogs earned Rose Bowl berth with UCLA. Paced by Heisman Trophy winner Frank Sinkwich and future All-American Charley Trippi, the Bulldogs won their first nine games of the season, highlighted by a 75-0 pounding of Florida. But Georgia’s 15-game winning streak came to an end with an upset loss to Auburn. The fifth-ranked Bulldogs bounced back with a 34-0 rout of secondranked GA Tech between the hedges to capture the crown and receive the trip to Pasadena.

With Sinkwich hobbled by a pair of broken ankles, the Bulldogs offense had a tough time getting untracked. Finally in the fourth quarter, Georgia broke through with a Red Boyd safety on a blocked punt. Trippi led the way with 130 yards on the ground and helped the Bulldogs march towards the Bruin goal line. Sinkwich broke through with the game’s lone touchdown and the defense held.

Georgia won 9-0 and was voted No. 1 in six different polls, earning the consensus national championship.

September 11, 1971 Buzy Rosenberg, nicknamed “The Superfrog,” made history with an NCAA record-tying two punt returns for touchdowns in Georgia’s 56-25 victory over Oregon State. The Bulldogs opened what would be one of the most successful seasons in school history with a visit from hefty coach Dee Andros’ Beavers, marking the first time that a PAC-10 team had ever visited Sanford Stadium.

Georgia won its first nine games of the season, but fell to fellow undefeated Auburn in one

of the most devastating losses in school history, which cost the Bulldogs a piece of the SEC championship. The Bulldogs rebounded, keyed by a key fourth down Andy Johnson pass, with Jimmy Poulos going over the top in the closing seconds for a thrilling 28-24 victory at Tech. Vince Dooley’s Bulldogs then topped his brother Bill’s North Carolina Tar Heels 7-3 to win the Gator Bowl and finish ranked No. 10 in the land.

The season was one of the most storied in college football history. Undefeated Alabama beat unbeaten Auburn to win the SEC. On the day of the Tech game, Nebraska won the famed 35-31 showdown with Oklahoma in what may well be the greatest game ever played. The Cornhuskers then would top Bama to win the national championship.

September 11, 1976 One of the greatest receivers to ever play in Sanford Stadium gave the Bulldogs fits, but Georgia was able to overcome Wesley Walker and collect a 36-24 victory over Cal. The win propelled Georgia to an incredible SEC championship season. The Bulldogs collected memorable victories over Alabama, Florida, Auburn and Tech and rose to No. 4 in the polls before falling to Tony Dorsett’s powerful Pitt Panthers in the Sugar Bowl.

September 12, 1981 Coming off a 44-0 rout of Tennessee, defending national champion Georgia found itself locked in a struggle with Cal. But the Dogs secured a safety and Herschel Walker broke loose for 167 yards on 35 carries. Georgia would win for the 15th straight time and go on to another great season, winning a second straight SEC championship. The Dogs were 10-1 and ranked No. 2 in the land before losing one of the all-time heart-breakers in school history to Dan Marino’s Pitt Panthers in the Sugar Bowl.

September 3, 1983 The nation watched as Georgia and UCLA kicked off the college football season on ABC television between the hedges on the Saturday night

before Labor Day. The game received extra attention, as the three-time defending SEC champion Bulldogs would play without legendary Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker, who left school following his junior year, for the upstart United States Football League. With heavy rains falling throughout the contest, the game turned into a terrific defensive battle, with the Bulldogs stop unit led by the likes of Terry Hoage, Freddie Gilbert, Knox Culpepper and Tommy Thurson. Leading the Bruins 12-6 late in 4th quarter, Hall of Fame coach Vince Dooley made the call to take an intentional safety. With UCLA driving in the final minute, trying to steal the victory, quarterback and current Bruin coach Rick Neiheisel was picked off by Charley Dean, who raced 75 yards to paydirt before a raucous, rocking Sanford Stadium.

Georgia pulled out the win 19-8, opening another great season. The golden era would have one more year. The Dogs posted a 10-1-1 mark and finished No. 4 in the land.

September 3, 2005 Georgia opened the season against Western Athletic Conference powerhouse Boise State, and the Bulldogs blasted the Broncos 48-13 between the hedges in dominating fashion. The Georgia defense hounded and pounded the high powered Boise State attack, led by quarterback Jared Zebransky. The star of the day was Georgia quarterback D.J. Shockley. The fifth year senior had plenty of big moments in his first three seasons, but shared time with David Greene. This would be his first start, and Shockley was simply magnificent, setting a Georgia record by accounting for six touchdowns – five through the air and one on the ground. The Bulldogs started the season at 7-0 before losing back to back heartbreakers to Florida and Auburn – Shockley was injured and couldn’t play against the Gators. But the Dogs beat Kentucky, won a thriller over Tech and then dominated LSU 34-14 in the Georgia Dome to win the Southeastern Conference championship, the second in four seasons under the watch of the magnificent Mark Richt.

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