Hopefully you got to know a few of Georgia’s new faces a little better after Saturday’s G-Day game. There were hardly a shortage of them making plays, from junior-college transfer receiver Jonathan Rumph’s two touchdown catches to redshirt freshman kickers Patrick Beless and Thomas Pritchard making late-game field goals. But if you’re yearning for a [...] - Full Story

Georgia coach Mark Richt called Saturday’s G-Day “just a good game,” for his team, but offensive coordinator Mike Bobo was less than thrilled. Bobo’s Red Team (which included the starting offense) lost to defensive coordinator Todd Grantham’s Black Team (which included the starting defense) 23-17. Receiver Jonathon Rumph was the offensive highlight with four catches [...] - Full Story

Greetings from Sanford Stadium for a relatively early G-Day spring game. It comes before Masters week and is the earliest in the SEC. Florida goes today also, but due to offensive line injuries it’s not holding a spring game, but going through drills and some scrimmage work. It’s a beautiful day with temperatures already near [...] - Full Story

G-Day is upon us. Soon at least. Saturday’s third and final scrimmage will feature Georgia vs. Georgia in the annual spring game. The offensive line will have some new looks like John Theus at left tackle and Kenarious Gates at right guard. Theus would like to play left tackle come the 2013 season. He just [...] - Full Story

Some videos to share from Georgia’s spring football practice No. 10 on Tuesday. The first clip is Georgia’s offensive line. Will Friend was particularly fiery today, but this is the PG-rated version. Notice that John Theus is working at left tackle. Defensive coordinator Todd Grantham puts the outside linebackers through a drill early in practice [...] - Full Story

On a day quarterbacks Aaron Murray and Hutson Mason each passed for more than 150 yards, players said the offense got the best of the defense in Georgia’s second spring scrimmage on Saturday at Sanford Stadium. “It was a lot of fun offensively today,” Murray said. “I think we scored every possession. The ones scored [...] - Full Story

Georgia redshirt freshman John Taylor, considered a leading candidate at the nose guard position, is working strictly at defensive end now, he said Friday. The 6-foot-4 Taylor said he’s in the 325-to-330-pound range. He’s working behind Garrison Smith. He said defensive coordinator Todd Grantham came to him before spring practices about wanting him to learn [...] - Full Story

Offensive lineman John Theus was back practicing Thursday for the first time this spring, but he didn’t return to the starting right tackle spot that he occupied every game for Georgia last season as a freshman. Not right away. Theus said he worked mainly as the second team right tackle on his return to practice [...] - Full Story

Georgia’s defense seemed to hold up pretty good in the Bulldogs’ first spring scrimmage on Tuesday. It came on an afternoon when quarterback Aaron Murray was excused. That meant backup Hutson Mason got to take most of the first-team reps, which he was thrilled about. “There were some good plays made out there offensively, but [...] - Full Story

Sometimes life interrupts work. Like when it was decided that this year’s 25th anniversary fantasy baseball draft (no, I’ve not been in it quite that long) would be held in Las Vegas. Not great timing. Georgia was holding its first spring scrimmage this past Saturday, but the schedule worked out where I would just miss [...] - Full Story

The spectacle that is another NFL Pro Day at Georgia is in the books. All 32 NFL teams were on hand today, represented by 93 scouts, coaches and executives. Add in family members, media and others and there were a lot of folks watching 17 former Georgia players and Jon Richt (Mark’s son) work out [...] - Full Story

Georgia’s football team returned to spring practice today following spring break. Tailback Keith Marshall practiced for the first time this spring after sustaining a hamstring injury running track. Here is Marshall and the rest of the running backs working with the quarterbacks early in practice. Hutson Mason wasn’t out there. Early word is he may [...] - Full Story

Some of the details are still to come, but the UGA Alumni Association has posted dates on its website for the spring speaking tour that features football coach Mark Richt and basketball coach Mark Fox. There are 12 “UGA Day” events in four states. An interesting change this year is the last stop, a late [...] - Full Story

Aaron Murray won’t be spending spring break this year in Cancun or Key West. Would you believe Norman, Okla.? That’s where Murray will go to work with quarterback guru George Whitfield. The Georgia senior said he’ll be there from Saturday to the following Friday. The California-based Whitfield has worked with Cam Newton, Andrew Luck, Johnny [...] - Full Story

Georgia will open the football season in a showcase game in primetime. The Bulldogs Aug. 31 game at Clemson will kick off at 8 p.m and be shown nationally on ABC. It’s the first time Georgia will begin the season with a road game at night since 1994 when the Bulldogs beat South Carolina, 24-21. [...] - Full Story

J.J. Green was asked on national signing day if he saw any chance to play running back this season at Georgia. “I don’t know,” he said. “I mean (Todd) Gurley and (Keith) Marshall got it down and then we’ve got A.J. Turman coming in. Them guys can handle it.” As Georgia has learned in past [...] - Full Story

Georgia assistant coach Tony Ball interviewed for an opening on Tennessee’s staff, but is staying with the Bulldogs, athletic director Greg McGarity confirmed Friday night. Tennessee was looking for a running backs coach, but coach Butch Jones announced on Twitter Friday night that Robert Gillespie was hired for the job from West Virginia. Ball, a [...] - Full Story

Most eyes may be on the defense when Georgia starts spring practice on Saturday, but the biggest news out of a teleconference with coaches today is that the already thinned tailback spot is down to one healthy scholarship player. Keith Marshall pulled a hamstring on Feb. 9 running the 60 meters for the Georgia track [...] - Full Story

Fullback Zander Ogletree’s Georgia football career is over. The school confirmed that this morning in an email saying the rising senior won’t play for the Bulldogs again “due to medical concerns.” There has been speculation about Ogletree’s status on the team for weeks. Georgia put out a statement hours before coach Mark Richt, offensive coordinator [...] - Full Story

Georgia reserve tight end Ty Flournoy-Smith was arrested Friday night on a misdemeanor charge of filing a false report of a crime. University of Georgia police chief Jimmy Williamson said that Flournoy-Smith filed a police report with UGA in the last few days about stolen textbooks. “He went through this whole story of his books [...] - Full Story

Some quick hitters heading into the weekend: –Georgia has put out a snazzy iPad app to promote its football program. It’s called “The Georgia Way.” There’s a Samuel L. Jackson-narrated video on the opening page. Among areas highlighted are Dawgs in the NFL, gameday traditions and recent successes, which includes a photo of the 2012 [...] - Full Story