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Garrett back on
after Richmond
Assistant sports editor
Mike Garrett is in a rather
unenviable situation this foot
ball season. That is, the
Bulldog punter must try to fill
the shoes of graduated Bucky
Dilts.
And that's no easy assign
ment.
To show what caliber a
punter Dilts was. he now
makes his home in Denver
where he punts for the
Broncos
But Garrett, a sophomore
from Tallapoosa, isn't worried
about livng up to Dilts'
accomplishments.
At least not yet
"I've got three years to
prove myself,” Garrett said
after Saturday’s 23-7 Georgia
homecoming victory over
Richmond ‘‘Next year or the
year after 1 hope to start doing
some of the things Bucky did. I
believe I’m beginning to come
on now.”
Garrett ‘ came on" against.
Richmond, averaging 41.8
yards on seven punts. For the
season, Garrett’s average now
stands at 39.8.
The circumstances that led
to Garrett becoming the
Bulldog punter were about as
likely as peace in the Middle
East. To start with, Garrett
was a walk on last year.
As a quarterback.
‘‘(Linebackeri Jim Griffith’s
brother set it up and I decided
to walk on When I came here I
had no intentions of being a
punter The coaches moved me
over to punter later and I was
up against about 20 other
guys."
Through eight games as the
Dog punter. Garrett has seen
more peaks and valleys than a
Scandinavian mountain climb
er.
He started the year off
making many believe that
Dilts had changed from jersey
number four to six and was
still on campus. Garrett calls
the second game of the year
(the Clem son game) his best
game so far
One game later his problems
began In the Alabama game.
Garrett was in his end zone
preparing to punt. He received
a good snap, but dropped it He
then ran out of the endzone and
the Crimson Tide had a safety.
Then in the following game
against Ole Miss, Garrett once
again fumbled a snap—this
time late in the game Ole Miss
recovered the ball inside the
Georgia 10 and went in to
score. That made the score
14-13, Georgia. The Rebels then
went for the two point try but
failed, and lost the game.
Last week against Kentucky
Garrett had another bad game
He had one punt partially
blocked and another one go off
ball
win
the side of his foot for nine
yards.
After these games. Garrett
started doing something differ
ent in practice. He tried to
simply catch the ball
“When I was in high school,
catching the ball used to be just
natural. Now I have to
concentrate more on catching
it."
Garrrett said those three
nightmarish games “shook
me" but said he never lost
confidence in his kicking.
Encouragement from his
teammates and coaches helped
him keep his head up, he said
“Both the coaches and
players were great. After the
Ole Miss game I was really
down and they came in and
told me they were still behind
me."
From the way Garrett
kicked Saturday, it looks like
that support went a long way.
Mike Garrett is regaining his confidence
Photo by DAVID CROSBV
October 31 1977
Georgia 23
Richmond 7
SPORTS
The Red and Black
Minnesota 14
Atlanta 7
Page 9
Dogs spin web
They falter in second half but still come out on top 23-7
the Dogs got on the board-
thanks to the defense Geor
gia’s Johnny Henderson
blocked a Richmond field goal
attempt and then proceeded to
run 60 untouched yards to
make the score 6-0. Rex
Robinson was true on the point
after touchdown
The Dogs defense had its
hand in Georgia's next score
also After Richmond punter
Allen was pressured and
forced to run, the Dog offense
took over at the Spider 30.
It only took three plays
before Me Lee went over from
the three. That score tied
McLee for second place in the
Georgia record book for most
career touchdowns scored
rushing McLee tied Andy
Johnson's 20 TD's and is now
Photo by CHARLIE REGISTER
Bill Krug (42) tackles Spider running back
Assistant sports editor
No, it’s not true that the
Georgia halftime show was
more exciting than the Georgia
-Richmond game
It just seemed that way at
times.
But what is exciting ja*|bat,
the Dogs got back on the
winning track Saturday at
Sanford Stadium What isn’t so
exciting is the way they did it.
Although the Georgia offense
came back to life Saturday
(gaining 288 total yards
compared to last week’s 127
against Kentucky) they were
still plagued by the fumble.
Besides losing four of five
loose balls, the offense was
also unable to push the ball in
the endzone when it had the
chance.
The most alarming fact
about the game is that Georgia
may have won the game on the
fleortboard, but they lost it in
the statistics. Richmond had
more first downs, more rush-
Davison s
mg and passing yardage and
fewer yards penalized.
The game was just another
unplesant reminder that Geor
gia “ain’t what it used to be."
Consider: Richmond came into
the game dragging with a 2-5
record, and three of those losses
were shutouts. Also. Richmond
had scored only seven points in
the third and fourth quarters
combined this year. Georgia,
on the other hand, had reeled
off 57.
The Bulldogs jumped off to a
20-0 halftime lead but were
able to get but three points in
the last 30 minutes. That lack
of second half scoring didn't
set too well with head coach
Vince Dooley.
"I’m happy that we won, but
I’m certainly not overjoyed by
the win. I was very disappoin
ted in our play in the second
half. We came out after
halftime and looked like we
would have some consistency
on offense but we fumbled too
many times and didn't move
the ball well."
On the other side of the
field, Richmond head coach
Jim Tait was talking like his
Spiders had just upset the
Dogs
‘‘Defensively and offensive
ly, we played a helluva football
game and we played it in
Georgia's back yard There
are a lot of Southeastern
Conference (SEC) teams that
come in here and do not play as
well."
With only five minutes
expired in the first quarter
Steve Rodgers looks for some running room
Photo by CHARLIE REGISTER
only two behind Frank Sink
wich’s record of 22.
Once again, the Georgia
defense set up the next Dog
score This time in the second
quarter defensive end Steve
Dennis picked up a Richmond
fumble in midair at the Spider
42 Quarterback Steve Rod
gers, in for ailing starter Jeff
Pyburn. found tight end Mark
Hodge for 25 yards down to the
17 But in three plays the Dogs
could move the ball but two
yards and were forced to go
for the field goal Robinson
was good on a 32 yard attempt
to make the score 17-0.
Robinson got in the act again
late in the first half when he
was true on a 43 yarder.
sending the Dogs to the locker
room with a comfortable 20-0
bulge
In the second half, Georgia
coaches should have been
giving their offensive team
Sominex instead of Gatorade
After racking up 14 points in
the first half, all the Dogs
could manage pointwise was
three points in the last 30
minutes In fact, Richmond
outscored the Dogs 7-3 in the
second half
The Dogs lone score in that
second half came when the
Dog defense (once again)
caused a fumble at the Spider
27. After being stalled at the
Richmond seven. Robinson
came in and connected on his
third field goal with 7 55 gone
in the third quarter That was
all the scoring for the Dogs,
and the score then stood at
23-0
Richmond got on the board
in the middle of the final
quarter when quarterback
Dave Taylor capped a 35 yard
drive by going in from the five
The Dogs' next task is
against Florida in Jacksonville
next week With Florida losing
to Auburn Saturday, perhaps
the Gators don’t have the kind
of team many experts had
predicted In any case, if
Georgia continues to fumble
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