So, tonight is the night the Diamond Dogs try to make that steep climb uphill in hopes of making it to the NCAA regionals. The will send their ace, Michael Palazzone against a yet to be determined Vandy starter. For Vandy, they have the luxury of knowing that regardless of what happens, they are easily in the tourney-most likely to host a regional and probably a super regional should they make it. For UGA, we know the drill, must win 3 games or else. You have to win the first one and you have to play it game by game, thus you put your best out there in game 1. Now, if you lose game 1 with your best, it becomes a real tall order to keep going but I understand completely what Coach Perno is doing here. History is not on our side having never won the SEC baseball tourney, but we did win 3 games back in 2009. The game is tonight at 8:30 (probably more like 9 or after), assuming of course all other games run on time which is VERY unlikely the first day of a tourney. Game is being broadcast on CSS. For more information about the baseball team, check the below articles from the Athens-Banner Herald, they do a great job of covering UGA sports-much better than the AJC of course.
http://dogbytesonline.com/bulldogs-try-to-ignore-long-odds-as-they-open-sec-tourney-45756/
http://dogbytesonline.com/baseball-notebook-familiar-foes-for-bulldogs-dores-45758/
UGA improved their APR scores, those would be the scores related to how our student-athletes are performing in the classroom. They basically measure whether the kids are moving toward graduation in the proper amount of time. It appears that all programs are doing a nice job and hopefully that will continue moving forward. Below is an article that goes over all the numbers.
http://dogbytesonline.com/eleven-georgia-squads-improve-on-apr-report-45754/
In going over the depth chart yesterday, I left off a potential contributor from the dream team class, that being Malcolm Mitchell from Valdosta. This kid is a playmaker and has a nice combo of speed and elusiveness-I think he can make a dent in the WR depth this fall and I look forward to seeing what he can do. Of course his teammate Jay Rome might also have a chance but quite honestly, I think it would take an injury for him to see the field-after this year, I think he has a strong shot to start because White and probably Charles as well will be gone. Here is a good Q and A with Ray Drew from the Athens paper as well. I did not like the recruiting garbage (fun as Drew called it) but now that he is on board, VERY excited at this kids potential to be a star.
http://dogbytesonline.com/ray-drew-on-pushing-for-playing-time-the-dream-team%e2%80%99-and-wearing-no-47-45730/
Finally, I admit I have watched a little bit of Dancing with the Stars this season-just because Hines Ward was on the show. BUT, I did not realize the final show was last night-the winner was announced and Hines took the crown. Congrats to Hines and from what I understand, he did a nice shout out to the Dawgnation-hope you Dawg spellers are happy, I did it. Anyway, Hines has always been a great representative of our school and he did a great job dancing from what I saw of him on the show. Here is a little bit about it from the AJC.
http://blogs.ajc.com/radio-tv-talk/2011/05/24/did-hines-ward-win-dancing-with-the-stars/
On the recruting front, another GA kid is heading out of state to play football, this time Josh Holsey-a UGA fan growing up is headed to Auburn. Also today the story that Robert Nkemdiche is a secret Bama commit which he denies but I can see that happening, is sure to stir the pot for the fans of UGA. While I am a bit nervous about recruiting for 2012 at the moment, this upcoming season will be the deciding factor for this next class. If we win like I think we should, recruiting will be OUTSTANDING. If we lose again, we likely have a new staff and who knows what happens. But, for big Robert, class of 2013, I am NOT going to get very concerned about that class just yet. Bama dropped off last year and they could easily have about the same type season this year-Saban is reaching the finish line for his time in Tuscie, you never know how much longer he will be there. A LOT can happen in 2 years in SEC football.
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