[JRL]

G-Day produces some highlights, few answers

By Chip Towers | Saturday, April 5, 2008, 04:31 PM
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Well, G-Day come and gone. No official records are kept on this game but by my own recollection, which makes this VERY unofficial, that was the fastest G-Day Game I’ve ever witnessed. For the record, the Red beat the Black (which wore white) 17-3.
As you probably know, coach Mark Richt decided to go with eight-minute quarters — rather than the standard 15-minute periods — for this game and a lot of that time was played with a running clock. So the whole thing was over in an hour-and-a-half, including a truncated halftime.
A decent crowd, considering the horrible weather (61 degrees and drizzle), of 19,874 was on hand for it and they mostly got what they came to see. Caleb King had a couple of scintillating runs brought gasps from the stands and Matthew Stafford and Logan Gray each hooked up with Michael Moore for TD passes, the former for 30 yards and the latter for 12. Moore led all receivers with 53 yards.
King led all rushers with 31 yards on six carries and he had a couple of cut-and-spin moves that were reminiscent of his mentor, Knowshon Moreno. And Moreno was his showboating self, albeit in limited duty. Somehow he can make 16 yards on three carries and an 11-yard run off a screen seem exciting.
Stafford and Joe Cox were both fairly sharp. Stafford was 6-of-10 for 78 yards and Cox was 7-of-11 for 69. Stafford had one bad underthrow and Logan Gray threw a bad interception but is really fast and looked good running the ball.
Other highlights: Kris Durham got the festivities off to a good start with a 31-yard catch on the second play from scrimmage. A walkon kicker named Brian Behr kicked a 52-yard field goal at the halftime horn.
The biggest scare of the day came when starting left guard Vince Vance when down with what appeared to be a serious leg injury with less than two minutes left in the game. But afterward Vance said it was only an ankle sprain and he should be good to go by summer workouts.
I know most of you guys saw this on television and I don’t blame you considering the conditions. Tell me what your impressions were. Do you come away feeling better, worse, no different after seeing what you saw Saturday? What did you think of Caleb, the real deal or let’s wait and see. What about the defense? Frankly it was hard to evaluate from the press box Saturday.

[Stoney]

So JRL after seeing the Dawgs practice do you feel good about being the pre-season # 1 or does that make you feel uneasy?

[JRL]

Originally Posted by Stoney

So JRL after seeing the Dawgs practice do you feel good about being the pre-season # 1 or does that make you feel uneasy?

I don't put a lot of stock in the spring game simply because so many starters don't play. The outcome of the game depends on so many variables it is hard to get an accurate picture. As I said before unless the majority of the team playing in the spring game has logged a lot of real game time you can't get too hyped if the defense looks great because your offense may suck or vice versa.

UGA has a bunch of gifted players, the two deep roster impressive and filled with 4 & 5 star recruits but they need to jell, develope trust in each other and play up if they are going to be in the hunt at seasons end.

I think they will be in the top 5 possibly top 2 but the season is long and filled with speed bumps. I look forward to a fun season but if they don't win it all I won't slit my wrist or beat my neighbors dog

[Stoney]

Originally Posted by JRL

I look forward to a fun season but if they don't win it all I won't beat my neighbors dog

But we will heh hehe...beat the dawgs..that is hopefully twice this season making Georgia fans leaving the sports world going and Bama fans screaming ROLL TIDE! as Alabama goes to the BCS to Ohio State off and claim thier 13th National title. Yes JRL it is that time of year now and Crimson beat White so go ahead and call the guys in the white coats... tell'em the Alabama fans are loose...again.

[Lefty Noob]

Here we go again, eh, Stoney? Another spring full of talking the talk followed by another fall of not walking the walk?
What makes you think this season will be any different than last year? Just curious.

[Stoney]

Roy Upchurch and how Saban handled him.