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SPORTS
Team
works
to halt
errors
By MITCH BLOMERT
The Red & Black
Anew practice sched
ule may be a glimmer of
hope for the football team
as it prepares for
Tennessee this Saturday.
Since the team opted
for a whole week of flill
contact, fUll-pad practic
es, head coach Mark
Richt has seen an overall
Improvement in team
energy and pace this
week.
“I told them I was
proud of them,” Richt
said. “We’ve had very spir
ited, energized practices,
i so there’s no quitting in
I these Dogs, and that’s a
good thing. We’re just
really looking forward to
another opportunity and
we’re thankful for that."
The team jumped
straight into scrimmages
Monday and Tuesday,
i then moved to 11-on-ll
and third-and-long drills
Wednesday. They will
begin rehearsal for
Saturday’s game today.
“They handled it
extremely well, and I told
them I appreciated their
attitude and effort,” Richt
said. “Monday had great
tempo, with the scrim
mage and all. [Tuesday]
was a little tougher, lon
ger day, with still some
scrimmage elements in It.
But [Wednesday], every
body had a lighter load to
run around with. I think
we have a good plan.”
The Bulldogs will need
to keep the high tempo if
they plan on breaking the
four-game losing streak
that has them 1-4 for the
first time since 1957.
“We’ve been close in
every single game,” cor
nerback Brandon Boykin
said. “We could be 5-0, in
my opinion. It’s Just little
mistakes. Asa team, we
know we’ve got to be
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more disciplined.”
The spirited, heavy-hit
ting practices come in a
week where Richt has
faced major questions
regarding his team’s sur
prising losing record
with Richt’s reassurance
that the unfortunate sea
son could happen to any
team.
“I think a lot of people
say ’why me’ or ‘why us,’”
Richt said. “But why not
us? We’re human, we’re
susceptible to things not
going the way we want
from time to time. And
when it doesn’t, I do think
it’s a test of our ability to
handle these adverse situ
ations. I think it's some
thing we all grow from.
And some players
aren’t writing off the sea
son yet.
“Nobody’s worried
about it,” Boykin added.
“This is our season right
now. If any team doesn’t
have success, they’re
going say what they want.
But we love Coach Richt
as our coach. He’s led this
team for 10 years. He’s a
great coach and leader
and we’re going to follow
his lead.”
No freshman hazing this
season
When a Dallas Cowboys
rookie wide receiver
refused to carry pads for
veterans during training
camp earlier this year, it
brought to light the issues
of rookie hazing on teams.
According to freshman
safety Alec Ogletree, haz
ing hasn’t been an issue.
Ogletree said he had to
carry pads once when he
first arrived in Athens, but
hasn’t had to do it since.
“I guess it was just a
one-time thing,” Ogletree
said.
During Saturday’s
game against Colorado,
Detroit Lions wide receiv
er and Bulldog alum
Michael Moore tweeted
that freshman T.J.
Stripling hadn’t gotten his
head shaved as he was
carried off the field with a
knee injury.
If shaving a freshman's
head was a tradition on
the team, it isn’t anymore.
“This year, they didn’t
make us cut our hair,” said
Ogletree. “I didn’t know
why.”
Dooley to watch game
from home
Former head coach
Vince Dooley, who led the
Bulldogs for more than 20
years, will not be in atten
dance for Saturday’s
game.
When Georgia takes on
a Tennessee team coached
by his son, Derek Dooley,
Vince Dooley will watch
from the home, according
to Richt.
“We talked about this
game a while back,” Richt
said. “He personally told
me he’d be at the house,
and wouldn’t be at the
stadium that day. He
didn’t want to go into
Sanford Stadium and root
against Georgia. But he
doesn’t want to root
against his son."