New Beginnings in Athens, Ga.
Han Vance on Georgia athletics: When Josh Brooks officially accepted a promotion to become the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics following the announcement of the professional “retirement” of Greg McGarity, a decade of Dawggone difficulties and dreams turned to…
Basketball Season Under Way
Han Vance of Big Hairy Blawg has joined as a regular contributor to The Georgia Playbook, an all-sports UGA online magazine with monthly issues available to view at www.thegeorgiaplaybook.com – here is a basketball preview for the Nov. issue: Senior…
DAWGS lose by 3 – Football Season
Furious rally fell short as Dawgs fell to Washington in 1st round of Big Dance by three. Nice job by Mark Fox on a strong season. Speaking of that…IT”S FOOTBALL SEASON!
Why Washington Was Worst Draw for UGA
The University of Georgia was in last place in the SEC last season in men’s basketball and made a remarkable turnaround in year two of the coach Mark Fox era. At 21-11, UGA has a decent record, and the Dawgs…
How UGA Supplanted Tech as State’s Top Program
The University of Georgia had it cooking with my buddy Ezra Williams from Marietta High School and the Hayes brothers (Jarvis and Jonas). UGA looked to be at least a 3 seed in the NCAA tourney and was widely considered…
UGA vs. Udub
Battle of the Dawgs Friday night in the NCAA tournament in Charlotte, NC (9:45 p.m.) as the University of Georgia Bulldogs will face the Pac-10 tournament champion University of Washington Huskies and hotshot guard Isaiah Thomas. Georgia is a 10…
How Georgia’s Bubble Could Burst
UGA looks like an invitee to the Big Dance, with 20 wins, no bad losses, a decent RPI and decent strength of schedule. However, 20-win SEC West Champion BAMA has an abysmal strength of schedule and far below stellar RPI,…
Hoop Dawgs to Face Auburn Thu. at 1:00
The University of Georgia will face its oldest college football rival in the SEC basketball tournament in Atlanta at the Georgia Dome on Thursday at 1:00 p.m. Georgia beat Auburn by nine points in basketball in the teams’ only regular…
Regular Season in Top 7 of All-time
GEORGIA lost at SEC West champion BAMA today, to a team that needed the win more and completed an undefeated home season. UGA finished the successful regular season with 20 wins. Only 7 teams in the 79-year history of Georgia…
Georgia-Alabama Rivalry Undone
Perhaps the most storied program in the history of college football (certainly top 5), the University of Alabama does not regularly play it’s neighbor, the University of Georgia. There was a day and a time when Vince Dooley annually faced…
Dawgs Get 20th Win, by 20
Dawgs bombed Bayou Bengals in Classic City tonight for our 20th win. Solid, very solid. The quick two-year rebuilding job Mark Fox has done since leaving Nevada to coach at the nation’s oldest state chartered public university. I think we…
Why LSU is a Must-Win
The LSU Fighting Tigers (11-18) have dropped eleven of twelve games and now face a talented University of Georgia Bulldogs team at Stegeman Coliseum in Athens (Wednesday, 8:00 p.m.). Georgia has avoided what the NCAA tournament selection committee dubs “Bad…
5 Postseason Keys for UGA:
1. Qualify for Big Dance: With nineteen total wins, UGA is solidly on the bubble and probably must win at least one more ballgame to enter the NCAA tournament in mid-March. That win should come Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. as…
Georgia On Bubble with 19 Wins
DAWGS swept the season series from South Carolina by winning in the Classic City 64-48 Saturday night. Trey Thompkins went for twenty in a game punctuated by an abundance of Georgia dunks, by a myriad of players. The team seems…
Georgia-Florida Week
The red hot University of Georgia Bulldogs are coming off a big win at Tennessee and facing their biggest rival this Thursday. At football schools, rivalries ring true, and the fact that the University of Florida has mostly owned the…
Big Win at Rocky Top
Travis Leslie was named best dunker in college by a panel of voters on ESPN’s College Gameday then had fifteen in Knoxville. UGA’s leading scorer on the day however was steady senior center Jeremy Price with twenty. Georgia got out…
Collapse at Stegeman Coliseum
Georgia had outscored Vandy 50-37 in Athens before an utter collapse led to an eventual eight point loss. The guard tandem of Gerald Robinson Jr. and Dustin Ware held SEC leading scorer John Jenkins scoreless in the first half, only…
Dawgs Close Carolina Out
Playing with a dwindling lead in Columbia, South Carolina Saturday afternoon, Georgia basketball found enough moxie to persevere against a young but scrappy Gamecock squad. Georgia got off to a hot start to the contest and led by a wide…
Dawgs Lose to More Experienced Program
Playing at home against an opponent with an Elite Eight and two Sweet Sixteen trips in the past three seasons, UGA lost to a more mature basketball program Tuesday night. Xavier has lost only once in Atlantic 10 play and…
Dawgs Survive War Eagles’ Challenge
Playing at home in front of a noisy Bulldog crowd, Georgia survived against Auburn Saturday. A prepared Auburn team pushed Mark Fox’s team to overtime before yielding to superior competition. Auburn is in last place in the SEC West, while…
