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TUESDAY
September 5, 2006
Vol. 114, No. 14 | Athens, Georgia
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IN OPINIONS: Should school
start when we can all be cooler?
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VICTORY BETWEEN THE HEDGES
TOM O’CONNOR | The Red & Black
A Jackson Collier, a 6-year-old from Marietta,
races down a bungee track that was one of the
many activities available to tailgaters in the
Family-Friendly Zones on Saturday.
Fields stay
unused due
to weather
By KELLY PROCTOR
kproctor@randb.com
University officials still plan to let football fans
park on the intramural fields for home games,
though they nixed the idea Saturday, two days
after a heavy rain.
Weather permitting, the plans will go through at
the next home game, said George Stafford, associ
ate vice president for auxiliary and administrative
services.
“The fields were too wet” after rains on
Wednesday and Thursday, Stafford said Sunday.
Stafford said he and Rodney Bennett, vice pres
ident for student affairs, and University Police
Chief Jimmy Williamson inspected the fields
Friday.
When cars finally do park on the fields, protes
tors will be ready.
Daniel Perry, director of the nearly 1,000-mem
ber Facebook.com group “Save the IM Fields,”
said he’ll take pictures and videos of litter and
holes in the fields, damage he’s sure fans will
inflict.
Then student leaders will roll out their evidence
for the administration.
“If that doesn’t change anyone’s mind, we’ll
look to other methods,” said Perry, a senior from
Athens.
Perry said he was glad rain forced cars off the
fields. He still questions why University officials
want to park cars there, he said.
“It still doesn’t make sense to me,” Perry said. “If
they’re capable of redirecting cars when it rains,
► See IM FIELDS, Page 5
“We’re not going to sit here and
announce who the guy’s going to be
every week and who’s number two and
who’s number three - they’re just going
to play. ”
Mike Bobo
Quarterbacks Coach
New zones draw mixed feelings
By SARA PAUFF
spauff@randb.com
Though the real test of the
University’s new tailgating poli
cies won’t come until later in the
football season, many fans said
they already felt a change in the
pregame atmosphere.
“We do not like this one bit,”
said alumnus John Staton of
Augusta. “It took the whole fun
out of the tailgating experience.”
After showing up on North
Campus unaware of the new
Family-Friendly Zones, Staton
kept his beer in the cooler, but
said it will be the last time his
family tailgates in that spot.
Family-Friendly Zones, com
plete with inflatables, extra
trash cans and a no-alcohol poli
cy, were set up on the North
Campus Quad between the Arch
and Old College and on the
South Campus D.W. Brooks Mall
as part of new tailgating rules
approved by the University
Cabinet in April.
About 30 small groups and
families spread picnics out on
the grass of South Campus.
The North Campus Family-
Friendly Zone was more crowd
ed with about 200 people but
still subdued.
Police patrolled the area and
the entire campus on all-terrain
vehicles looking for violators of
the new tailgating rules.
But the Family-Friendly Zones
remained quiet and free of the
usual loud music and cheering.
Erica Chaney, a stay-at-home
mom from Athens, said the high
alcohol content of most tailgating
>- See ZONES, Page 5
HERE HE COMES
SCOTT CHILDS | The Red & Black
▲ Freshman quarterback Matthew Stafford (7) scrambles, getting a block from tailback Danny Ware (28). Despite his role as a
backup, Stafford forfeited a redshirt for this season when he entered Saturday’s game.
Redshirting no longer
an option for Stafford
By PETER STEINBAUER
psteinbau@randb.com
Joe Tereshinski is Georgia’s
starting quarterback for Saturday’s
game against South Carolina.
That’s an absolute. Anything
beyond that is simply a guess —
and it may stay that way.
“We’re not going to sit here and
announce who the guy’s going to
be every week and who’s number
two and who’s number three —
they’re just going to play,” quarter
backs coach Mike Bobo said.
Freshman Matthew Stafford’s
fourth-quarter appearance in
Georgia’s 48-12 win over Western
Kentucky leaves him unable to red-
shirt this season, meaning he’ll
remain a viable quarterback option
throughout the fall.
A player may redshirt and retain
a year of eligibility only if he never
plays in a game all season, accord
ing to NCAA rules.
“At first when (Bobo and I)
made the announcement, I was
really leaning towards redshirting
him,” head coach Mark Richt said
Saturday. “And then we kept
watching and he practiced very
good. He probably practiced sec
ond best, but I didn’t feel it was
good enough to move Joe Cox out
of that second slot at that
moment.”
Richt added that Stafford was
n’t redshirted because he wouldn’t
have gained any experience head
ing into next season.
“We know that next season
someone else is going to play
besides Joe T,” he said. “And if
Stafford’s going to be in the thick
of that race for next year’s starting
position, it’s probably in his best
interest to get reps right now.”
Stafford played the entire fourth
quarter, capping his debut with a
13-yard touchdown pass to tight
end Coleman Watson on Georgia’s
final drive of the game. He had
three completions for 40
► See STAFFORD, Page 4
SCOTT CHILDS | The Red & Black
A Stafford (7) leads a Georgia offensive drive late in
Saturday’s win. Stafford hit tight end Coleman Watson
later in the fourth quarter for his first Georgia touchdown.
Actor, VH1 regular to perform at Tate tonight
TICKET PICK UP POLICIES
GODFREY
Godfrey takes break from TV
and movie roles to do stand-up
By SHAINA MANGINO
smangino@randb.com
Some have compared his
performance to that of a
highly animated bartender,
while others may simply
know him as being “really,
really, ridiculously good look
ing.”
Godfrey, the highly ener
getic physical comic, has
appeared on “Best Week
Ever,” had a cameo role in
“Zoolander” and was a
spokesman for 7 Up’s “Make
7 Up Yours” campaign — just
to name a few of his roles.
Tonight, he will take cen
ter stage at Tate’s Georgia
Hall, entertaining audiences
with his well-known routine.
University Union adviser
Marc LaMotte said Godfrey
is part of the Committee for
Black Cultural Program’s
“Fall Comedy Show” and
thought he would be a great
addition to their fall line up.
“Our goal is to liven up the
campus with entertainers
who reflect the unique influ
ence of black culture,” said
Baron Brown, division coor
dinator for CBCR
A Nigerian-bred Chicagoan,
► See GODFREY. Page 9
► Students who were awarded tickets for road football games
can claim their stubs beginning today at Stegeman Coliseum win
dows 3 and 4 from 4 to 8 p.m. through Thursday.
>-Students will not be allowed to form lines outside Stegeman
until 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday.
►Since seat locations are randomly distributed this year, there is
no benefit to being the first in line.
►A maximum of four tickets to the same game can be claimed by
students at one time, as long as they have four UGA ID cards and
are picking up one order for themselves.
►Those students wishing to sit together for road games should
pick up their tickets at the same window at the same time.
- Jamie Cwalinski
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