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2010 Georgia Football Forecast: Year of Resiliency for Dawgs
This summer couldn't have put a darker cloud over the Georgia football program. While the blue-collar, excessively quiet ACC champs to the west are priming for another run, Georgia's football program and athletics department has been under fire...
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Silver Britches and Black Threads: Georgia Intending to End Uniform Chatter
Notice something different in the above photo? You probably don't, but the truth is it's shining right in front of you. While even the most die hard fans probably didn't even notice, Georgia's britches in the 2010 spring G-Day game were different...
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Is This the Best Time Ever to Be an Atlanta Sports Fan?
Time to jump on the bandwagon, folks. Despite Atlanta being labeled a "transplant" city, full of sports fans from Boston, Los Angeles, and New Orleans, to the boroughs of Alabama and South Carolina, being a hometown fan couldn't come at a better time...
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Conference Realignment: NCAA Should Focus on Optimization Over Expansion
I'm not a fan of all of this conference expansion talk. As a matter of fact, I was completely content with the way the NCAA was aligned before all of the musical chairs began. I even felt the BCS was getting it right...
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2005 vs. 2010: Does Georgia Have a Championship Pedigree?
2005 was the last time Georgia was an SEC East champion. It's actually hard to believe it has been so long. Five years? At the beginning of the Richt era it appeared the Dawgs were poised to make SEC championship runs at least every other year...
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Don't Hate, Appreciate: A Georgia Fan's Letter to the Rivals
This feels like the worst time of the year for a southern sports fan here in Atlanta. The Hawks just lost two games on the road to some random ABA team up in Canada, or something like that...
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How Patience Has Become the Hawks' Trademark Formula for Success
Six years ago Mike Woodson took over the Atlanta Hawks franchise. The Hawks were coming off a 28-54 season under Terry Stotts, who lasted just two years as the team's head coach. Under Woodson's first year, Atlanta declined, winning just 13 games...
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Trey Thompkins Returning To UGA: How Good will the Bulldogs Be in 2010?
Yes, I am aware. Spring football has just concluded, and it's about time people start writing about the NFL draft and early college football picks. But not so fast, my friend...
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Georgia Football Post G-Day Analysis
Sanford Stadium filled up as much as it could Saturday for the annual G-Day game between the red team and the "black" team...
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Are the Atlanta Hawks Still Facing an Identity Crisis?
With the playoffs lurking, Hawks fans are going to learn a lot about the team in the next few weeks. On Wednesday the Hawks face off in the "highlight factory" versus the Lakers, followed by a game in Cleveland on Friday...
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March Really Is Madness: Should NCAA Divide College Basketball In Half?
Last night featured the "opening game", or play-in game, for the NCAA tournament. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, at 17-15, faced off against 19-13 Winthrop...
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Falcon's Focus: The Ultimate Remaining Offseason Agenda For Atlanta
Could I be more ready for some football? With the season just over a month removed I'm already getting all "antsy in my pantsy" waiting for fall to arrive...
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Sports Over Education? Georgia Legislators Might Think So
“The theater department got cut at my school, but at least the roof on that new stadium slides open and closed” The backwards statement posted above might be a realistic thought ...
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10 Non-Conference Matchups for Georgia Football
We all know how tough the SEC regular schedule is. Not only is playing in your own division tough enough, but the rotation of opponents from the other division can sometimes be brutal, making even some of the best teams fall apart...
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Can Georgia Knock Off Kentucky? How Mark Fox Can Sign Off On a Signature Season
Georgia basketball hasn't just improved during Mark Fox's first season in Athens. It has drastically surpassed everyone's wildest expectations...
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Georgia Football Crystal Ball: 10 Insights for 2010
It's that time of the year when all Georgia fans are starting to have their withdrawls. Football season is over. Basketball is heading towards the postseason, which means the hoops season is ...
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Georgia's Rising Stars' Draft Stock Could Help UGA More Than NBA
The University of Georgia's basketball team has created tons of positive chatter in Athens and the rest of the state lately, despite having just a 12-13 overall record...
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10 Worst Brand Identities in Sports
Creating a distinct identity is a key component to making a sports team it's own entity. The identity is also the factor that influences merchandising and marketing; or better put, the identity makes the money...
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10 Players That Make SEC Hoops Elite
The Southeastern Conference owns the football world, and to most sports fans the term SEC is one they are tired of hearing. Until football season ends, then college hoops take over and the ACC, Big Ten, and Big East take over...
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New Orleans Saints' Win Proves American Sports Are More Than Just a Game
As the final seconds ticked off the clock in the Saints' 31-17 victory in their first-ever Super Bowl appearance, cameras on every sports television network in America focused their lenses on Bourbon Street...
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Why The 9-10 Georgia Dawgs Are Postseason Material
Georgia's current SEC record under Mark Fox fell to 1-5 on Saturday following a 78-77 heartbreaker vs. South Carolina. Compare that to Georgia's SEC starts in the past five seasons and you might feel like this team has declined...
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Georgia Football 2010 Outlook: Depth Chart
Yes it is too early, and yes Georgia hoops' SEC schedule should have me at least locked into something rather than football until fall. But what is more fun that early projections? That's what I thought...
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10 Best Uniforms in College Basketball
In college basketball having an identity is a concept that exists in a far away galaxy. With a limited number of ways to make a basketball uniform look like your own, thanks to regulations and ...
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Why We Will Cheer for the Saints: A Dirty Bird's Take On a Who Dat Superbowl
At the beginning of the fall I was certain that my Atlanta Falcons would represent the NFC in the 2010 Super Bowl. After the Falcons' 4-1 start I was even more certain. Then they went 5-6, finishing the season off at 9-7...
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Dear Vikings Fans: Don't Blame Overtime, Blame Your Team
So as soon as I logged on here today, I noticed an article displaying the disdain for NFL overtime rules. For years and years I have been frustrated with NFL overtime...
