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BOWL Bulldogs make
case for No. 1 start
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On offense. Stafford and
All-SEC running back
Knowshon Moreno will
lead a high-powered offense
that should be one of the
best in the SEC. The team
will be without center
Fernando Velasco, a second
team All-SEC selection,
tackle Chester Adams and
tailback Thomas Brown,
the sixth-leading rusher in
the program's history. All
three have graduated and
likely will try their hand at
professional football.
‘We hope we re ranked
high preseason. I think
we’re going to return a very
good football team,” head
coach Mark Richt said.
"But in the Southeastern
Conference, it doesn't mat
ter how good you are
there's going to be at least
seven, eight teams just as
good as you are.”
Richt also said that the
unorthodox methods used
to shake up the team were
an integral part of the sea
son and should serve to
help the team in 2008.
"Well, I think the biggest
thing we learned is you
have to add energy and
excitement to your execu
tion, to your plan. It is
important to have good
strategy. It's important to
play good fundamentally,”
Richt said. “But if you don't
play with a lot of passion,
it’s tough to reach your
peak in any given day and I
just learned that I knew I
had to do a better job of
getting excited myself, and
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Georgia
BULLDOGS
2008 SCHEDULE
Aug 30: Georgia Southern
Sep 6: Central Michigan
Sep 13: Soufri Carolina
Sep 20: Arizona State
Sep 27: Alabama
Oct 11: Tenneeaee
Oct 18: Vanderbilt
Oct 25: LSU
Nov 1: Florida
Nov 8: Kentucky
Nov 15: Auburn
Nov 29: Georgia Tech
Homo gamtt in bold
help these young men get
excited on a more consis
tent basis.”
The main obstacle for
the Dogs next season will
be their schedule. Georgia
will play games at Arizona
State, at LSU and at
Auburn, with the home
schedule featuring a mid
season stretch in which the
Bulldogs host Alabama,
Tennessee and Vanderbilt.
"All we can do is build
on the success and we now
know we can get the job
done," freshman linebacker
Rennie Curran said, who
had two sacks in the Sugar
Bowl win. “We’ve got guys
that have experience that
have been through the
good times and the bad
times and that will help us
in the future."
Curran is one of 10
returning starters on a
defense that led the SEC in
sacks and was third in total
defense, but the Dogs will
lose Sugar Bowl Most
Outstanding Player Marcus
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▲ Bulldog linebacker Rennie Curran sacks Hawai’i quarterback Colt Brennan in the first quarter of
the Sugar Bowl for a loss of three yards on Tuesday. Brennan was sacked eight times during the
game.
Howard, who had 10.5
sacks this season, safety
Kelin Johnson and line
backer/defensive end
Brandon Miller.
Now April 5, the G-Day
game, and Aug. 30, the sea
son opener against Georgia
Southern, cannot come
JMit
fast enough for fans and
players alike.
“We just want the guys
to do great when we leave,
and hopefully they will
have a great nucleus com
ing back,” Howard said
“It's going to be fun to
watch them."
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▲ Bulldog running back Knowshon Moreno is
brought down by Hawai’i defensive back Erik
Robinson after a 14-yard run for a first down in
the third quarter of the Sugar Bowl. Moreno
scored two touchdowns in the game and rushed
for a gain of 61 yards, giving him a total of
1,334 yards in 2007.
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A Bulldog lineman Dannell Ellerbe brings down
Hawai’i running back David Farmer after a
5-yard pass from quarterback Colt Brennan in
the first quarter of the Sugar Bowl. Ellerbe had
a total of eight tackles and one interception dur
ing the game.
Offense
TB Knowshon Moreno, RSo
Belford, N.J.
FB Brannan Southerland, Sf.
Dacula.
OB Matthew Stafford, So. Dallas.
Texas
OL Trinton Sturdivant, Fr.
Wadesboro, N.C.
OL Clint Boling, Fr. Alpharetta.
TE Tripp Chandler, Jr.
Woodstock.
OL Chris Davis, RFr. Jefferson.
Defense
LB Rennie Curran, Fr. Snedville.
2008 RETURNING STARTERS
LB Akeem Dent, Fr. Atlanta.
FS CJ Byrd, Jr. North Augusta,
S.C.
LB Dannell Ellerbe, Jr. Hamlet,
N.C.
DT Jeff Owens, Jr. Sunrise. Fla.
BC Asher Allen, So. Tucker.
DT Geno Atkins, So. Pembroke
Pines, Fla.
DE Roderick Battle, RSo. Atlanta.
Specie! Teems
P Brian Mimbs, Jr. Dublin.
SN Jeff Henson. Jr. Gainesville.