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December 19, 2006

Coach Bobo Named Offensive Coordinator and other Football Headlines


It's official. We've got a new OC. (Image: Georgiadogs.com)

From Georgiadogs.com official press release:
University of Georgia quarterback coach Mike Bobo will be promoted to offensive coordinator according to an announcement Tuesday by Bulldog head coach Mark Richt.

Bobo will succeed Neil Callaway who Sunday was named head coach at the University of Alabama Birmingham. Richt had turned over play-calling duties to Bobo in Georgia's last regular season game, a 15-12 victory over Georgia Tech, and said he would also call the plays in the Dec. 30 Chick-fil-A Bowl game.

In Other News:
Our current players provide scouting reports on all the redshirting freshmen. David Ching has the story in the Columbus-Ledger. Ray Gant's comments on Kiante Tripp, Brandon Woods and Demarcus Dobbs are the best. Gant on Dobbs:
"Great upside. A little quiet, needs to get more of a football mentality, a little more toughness. He has it, but he's a nice guy too, though. When he gets some of that jerk in him, then it's a wrap." ­ Defensive tackle Ray Gant
Separately, Josh Kendall of the Macon Telegraph talks with Coach Garner about the influx of JUCO recruits. The article is interesting because Garner is so vividly candid in talking about the sense of urgency created by "The Matthew Stafford Window." Garner says:
"You work your whole career to get a quarterback like Stafford," Garner said, "and you feel like you have some really good running backs and the receivers who are coming along, and you need some guys there to protect him and open holes for those backs."

"We feel like (Stafford) is a special player," he said. "You want to put him out there in a position to perform to his abilities. He has a lot of ability, but he has to be protected and he has to have an opportunity to throw the football."
Two good reads on the future.

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