AUGUSTA–Georgia coach Mark Richt is starting off his spring speaking tour here tonight in Augusta at the Julian Smith Casino. There are no blackjack tables, slot machines or cocktail waitresses, but folks are chowing down on barbecue. and chicken fingers I got a chance to speak to Richt beforehand with a few other reporters. Here [...] - Full Story

It could be several more weeks still before a suspension for Georgia cornerback Branden Smith is announced by the school. Smith’s bench trial has been pushed back again to May 21 from April 24 in Henry County (Ala.) District Court after a continuance was filed on March 30, according to a court clerk. It’s the [...] - Full Story

Some post G-Day tidbits: –Athletic director Greg McGarity signaled last week during a radio appearance that Georgia’s tough drug testing policy wouldn’t be adjusted, but there had been some speculation otherwise after the four-game suspension of safety Bacarri Rambo for a second violation and the reported suspension that inside linebacker Alec Ogletree is facing. “I [...] - Full Story

Greetings from Sanford Stadium, where the weather (sunny and in the 70s) couldn’t be much better for today’s G-Day game. The band is sitting in the end zone stands warming up. The old-timers are stretching for the lettermen flag football game. And there’s a red couch with a sponsor’s name on it near where Georgia [...] - Full Story

Justin Scott-Wesley should have a memorable G-Day game Saturday no matter what happens on the field. The redshirt freshman receiver said recently that his father, Johnny Wesley, is “coming home soon. He should be out at the beginning of May.” Those that follow Scott-Wesley on Twitter know he’s shared about his father being in prison. [...] - Full Story

Georgia could have a new Uga roaming the sidelines of Sanford Stadium at its football season opener on Sept. 1. “We hope to present the dog physically at the first home game,” Sonny Seiler, whose family has provided the famed English bulldog mascots since the 1950s, said Friday. “That’s what’s in the works now. Can [...] - Full Story

Georgia has announced its spring football awards prior to Saturday’s G-Day game. Here’s the news release from Georgia: University of Georgia head coach Mark Richt announced the team’s spring football awards on Friday in conjunction with the coming weekend’s annual spring G-Day football game. The awards are given annually at the conclusion of spring practice [...] - Full Story

Former Georgia offensive lineman Cordy Glenn has accepted an invitation to attend the NFL draft in New York City. The NFL today released the names of a record 26 players confirmed to attend the draft, which begins Thursday April 26 at Radio City Music Hall with the first round. The three-day draft runs through April [...] - Full Story

Steve Spurrier may be in his mid-60s and have a different SEC address, but the South Carolina coach still has some shots left in him to direct at old nemesis Georgia like his days at Florida. He can still launch a zinger every now and then like when he told ESPN’s Chris Low about the [...] - Full Story

  The G-Day game on Saturday (3 p.m., tape delay showing on CSS at 5 p.m.) in Sanford Stadium puts a wrap on Georgia’s spring football practices, but plenty more will be going on than just the final scrimmage for the Bulldogs. Pancakes for Parkinson’s UGA students are hosting the second annual “Pancakes for Parkinson’s” [...] - Full Story

Georgia has released the rosters for Saturday’s G-Day game. Here they are: Black Team No. Name Pos. Class Hgt. Wgt. Hometown 1 Branden Smith DB Sr. 5-11 176 Atlanta, Ga. 2 Parker Welch QB RSo. 6-3 204 Jesup, Ga. 4 Keith Marshall RB Fr. 5-11 202 Raleigh, N.C. 5 Damian Swann DB So. 5-11 177 [...] - Full Story

Kolton Houston will work with Georgia’s starting offensive line Saturday at G-Day. No surprise there because he’s been with the first group all spring, but the new wrinkle is he’s now at right tackle instead of at left guard. Offensive coordinator Mike Bobo called Houston’s spring “outstanding.” Watts Dantzler and Austin Long had been working [...] - Full Story

Joe Tereshinski has sort of been in a bunker mentality since he took over as Georgia’s director of strength and conditioning after the 2010 season. He turned down repeated interview requests, but spoke extensively to reporters this afternoon for the first time in more than a year and brought along his recent staff hires: former [...] - Full Story

Georgia’s secondary has regained the services of a scholarship player. Reserve safety Marc Deas, who decided March 30 that he would transfer in search of more playing time, “has had a change of heart,” Georgia spokesman Claude Felton confirmed this afternoon. Deas tweeted this morning “feels good to (be) baq wit the boys.” He’s the [...] - Full Story

  From Dean Legge of DawgPost.com: Georgia’s growing class of 2013 added another linebacker when South Gwinnett’s Reggie Carter committed to the Bulldogs on Monday. “Georgia is a great school. I like the coaches there a lot, and I felt very comfortable there,” Carter told Chad Simmons. Carter transferred to South Gwinnett last fall after [...] - Full Story

Georgia is holding its second spring scrimmage this morning, but in an unusual move it is being held on the Woodruff practice fields instead of at Sanford Stadium. We got about 15 minutes or so outside while the team was going through mostly special teams drills on the grass fields. Inside linebacker Amarlo Herrera (stinger) [...] - Full Story

From Dean Legge of Dawgpost.com: Georgia had its most successful recruiting day – in terms of number of commitments – in the last eight months. Three players, Valwood offensive lineman Aulden Bynum, East River (Fla.) linebacker Ryne Rankin and Brookwood receiver Kyrin Priester, committed to the Bulldogs on Friday. The Bulldogs addressed future needs at [...] - Full Story

Another change is coming to Georgia’s football strength and conditioning staff. Assistant strength and conditioning coach Rex Bradberry will be leaving the staff soon to do a different kind of training. “I will be training special forces for our great United States,” Bradberry said via email. Bradberry has been a full-time strength staff member for [...] - Full Story

Georgia second-year inside linebackers coach Kirk Olivadotti at first didn’t want to talk about the bounty scandal involving Gregg Williams, the now suspended NFL defensive coordinator he worked under with the Washington Redskins. “Nothing. I’m not going to touch that one,” said Olivadotti, who spent 11 seasons with the Redskins, including four with Williams. Williams [...] - Full Story

With Georgia spring football practices wrapping up a week from Saturday at the G-Day game, how is the offensive line progressing? “I think we’ve been getting better and I think that’s pretty much the most we can ask for at the moment,” junior right guard Chris Burnette said. The takeaway so far this spring for [...] - Full Story

Georgia’s backfield was missing some key players in Tuesday’s practice, the first after Saturday’s scrimmage. Tailback Keith Marshall, the freshman early enrollee from Raleigh, N.C.,  missed practice due to what Georgia called a slight hamstring injury. Marshall rushed for 18 yards on five carries in the first spring scrimmage. “He’ll be a very important piece [...] - Full Story

With Bacarri Rambo facing a four-game suspension, Sanders Commings already suspended two games and Marc Deas now transferring, might Josh Harvey-Clemons be an answer at safety this fall? Mark Richt and Todd Grantham spoke last week about how they see the 6-foot-5, 208-pound freshman from Valdosta fitting into the defensive mix when he practices with [...] - Full Story

Brandon Burrows is eight months removed from shoulder surgery. T.J. Stripling finally feels fully healed from a knee injury sustained on kickoff coverage at Colorado that ended his 2010 season. The Georgia linebackers are working to carve out their roles this spring on Georgia’s defense. “At this time last year I’m not sure we would [...] - Full Story