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Ten@10: Bulldogs ramp up training tempo in response to hurry-up trend
- 10:58 am Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014 by Chip Towers
Apologies for the late arrival of “The Ten at 10,” but it was delayed by the development of some breaking news Tuesday morning. Here, then, is the de facto Ten at 11. …
THE TEN AT 10
1. Georgia hasn’t gone into great detail about it just yet, but the Bulldogs pretty much retooled their strength and conditioning workout routine this summer. Coach Mark Richt said part of it was to address the avalanche of injuries the team encountered last season and part of it was to adjust to the increasingly fast pace at which college football is being played.
Richt said the [More]
Ten@10: UGA’s linebackers give Dogs’ defense a chance
- 9:58 am Tuesday, July 8th, 2014 by Chip Towers
THE TEN AT 10:
1. A lot of folks aren’t sure how good Georgia’s defense will be in 2014, but everybody seems to be fairly certain the Bulldogs’ linebackers are going to be good. And I tend to agree with that.
Three of Georgia’s four linebackers were named to the Bednarik Award watch list released on Monday. Now say what you will about watch lists (more on that later), but the Bednarik trophy is supposed to go to the nation’s best overall defensive player, so Georgia having three representations gives you an idea why the reputable Phil Steele has ranked [More]
Ten@10: Sports psychologist helps Bulldogs through long rehabs
- 9:58 am Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014 by Chip Towers
I’m actually on vacation this week, as well as half of the civilized world as it appears to me. But I didn’t want to deprive anyone of their fundamental right to read “The Ten at 10.” So I slapped this together. Hope you enjoy, and happy Independence Day everyone! …
THE TEN AT 10:
1. Hope you got a chance to read the feature story I wrote recently on tight end Jay Rome. The junior from Valdosta finally appears to be close to healthy and he predicted he would be ready to play on Aug. 31 against Clemson. With the [More]
Ten@10: Reasons for freshman tight end’s departure a mystery
- 10:00 am Tuesday, June 24th, 2014 by Chip Towers
THE TEN AT 10:
1. Georgia announced last week that tight end Hunter Atkinson, an incoming freshman from Oakwood, was quitting the team “to concentrate on opportunities associated with his long term career goals.” He’d been on campus barely two weeks.
I’ve tried to reach Atkinson or members of his family since that somewhat vague announcement in hopes of getting more details. But it appears they’re not interested elaborating, at least not at this point. I did get a chance to talk to Atkinson’s coach at West Hall High School, Tony Lotti, however.
Lotti informed me he had a brief visit [More]
Ten@10: ’229 Boys’ back in the fold for Georgia offense
- 9:54 am Wednesday, June 18th, 2014 by Chip Towers
THE TEN AT 10
1. Word coming out of Georgia’s football complex is that the Bulldogs’ “229 Boys” – Malcolm Mitchell, Jay Rome and Justin Scott-Wesley – have progressed nicely in their rehabilitations from leg injuries and are now working out full speed with the rest of the team in summer conditioning and practices. This is good news and, if it holds true through preseason camp, is a big deal for the Bulldogs’ offensive fortunes in 2014.
High offensive production has been almost taken for granted the past couple of seasons under the direction of quarterback Aaron Murray. Now it’s Hutson Mason’s [More]
Rewind: Erik Compton captures nation’s heart, track teams fly high, Matthews bolts
- 11:32 am Monday, June 16th, 2014 by Chip Towers
MONDAY MORNING REWIND
ATHENS – Most Georgia fans already knew Erik Compton’s story. Now everybody in the golf world knows it.
The 2001 UGA graduate finished second in the U.S. Open on Sunday. That he did it on his third heart turned him into a national hero.
“I’ve never gotten this far along in my story,” Compton told reports after his final-round 72 on Pinehurst No. 2 enable him to finish at 1-under-par for the tournament. “It’s a career-opening thing for me. For me to put myself on the map and prove to the world that I’m not just the guy [More]
Ten@10: Perno’s plans, a Murray on The Bachelorette and that ‘Hoss’ Gurley
- 10:06 am Tuesday, May 20th, 2014 by Chip Towers
THE TEN AT 10:
1. Got a chance to catch up with David Perno on Monday. The former Georgia baseball coach was being inducted into the Athens Athletic Hall of Fame Monday night at the Classic Center in downtown Athens. The distinction came exactly year to the day after he was fired as the Bulldogs’ skipper.
“What a difference a year makes,” Perno said with a sarcastic laugh.
Perno grew up in Athens and starred in football and baseball at Clarke Central High School before moving on to Georgia to play baseball. He eventually became the Bulldogs’ 24th coach in 2002 and led [More]
Ten@10: Murray vs. Mett, U.S. vs. Donnan and slow wheels of justice
- 10:00 am Tuesday, May 6th, 2014 by Chip Towers
THE TEN AT 10:
1. An interesting question was posed Mike Mayock, a draft analyst for the NFL Network, on a recent teleconference call with reporters. Mayock was asked who he thought would have the better pro career, Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray or LSU’s Zach Mettenberger.
“They’re complete opposites,” Mayock said. “It’s really intriguing. The common denominator is they’re both coming off ACL injuries late last season. Both had great pro day workouts. Mettenberger has as strong an arm as anybody in the draft. I’d be surprised if he didn’t go second round. Looked like he recovered from the ACL, which is [More]
Ten@10: Remembering Paul Oliver, Coach Red Bull and Dogs on silver screens
- 10:15 am Tuesday, April 29th, 2014 by Chip Towers
THE TEN AT 10:
1. After UGA football letterman Paul Oliver died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound last September, Georgia coach Mark Richt vowed to do something to ease the transition of his former players from professional and college football into life away from the gridiron. The realization of that effort took place last month at the Butts-Mehre football complex.
Richt invited all the players that played for him at Georgia since he became head coach in 2001 back to Athens for the “Paul Oliver Networking Weekend.” The idea of the event was for the former players “to reconnect with [More]
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