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The Georgia volleyball dropped a hard-fought 3-1 (24-26, 25-17, 30-32, 24-26) decision to the South Carolina Gamecocks on Sunday, Nov. 23 at the Ramsey Center in Athens, Ga. With the loss, Georgia is now 13-16 on the year and 5-12 in Southeastern Conference play. South Carolina is 17-12 over and 7-9 in the SEC.
"There was some really good volleyball on both sides of the net today," Georgia head coach Lizzy Stemke said. "There was a lot of scrappy defense and strong play at the net. We made critical errors at critical times. It is unfortunate that at the end of the game, some of those errors were happening, but we were rebounding pretty well. I am proud of the way that we continued to fight and come back in each set."
Georgia had three players in double figure kills, led by Jasmine Eatmon with 15. Amanda Dachs finished 11 kills, while Lauren Teknipp added 10 in the effort. Kendall Kazor paced the offense with 27 assists. Georgia was especially effective at the service line, mounting six aces, including two by both Tirah Le'au and Kazor. The Bulldogs were outstanding at the net defensively, totaling 17 blocks as a team. Desiree McCray finished with a team-best eight blocks, followed by Teknipp with six. Dachs added five blocks in the match. Gaby Smiley was all over the backcourt and led the team with 27 digs.
Georgia grabbed the first two points of the match after a service error by the Gamecocks and an ace by Le'au. With South Carolina holding an 8-6 lead, a solo block by Le'au sparked a 3-0 run that saw Georgia gain control at 9-8. Leading 13-12, Georgia got a kill from Dachs and a block from McCray and Dachs that sent the Bulldogs into the media timeout with a 15-12 lead. Out of the break, Georgia scored the next three points to force South Carolina to use its first timeout. The Gamecocks tied the set at 17, causing the Bulldogs to call their first timeout. The teams went point-for-point until a kill by Le'au gave Georgia a two-point lead at 22-20. South Carolina tied the set at 22 before reaching set point on a service error. Megan Spencer and Eatmon teamed up for a block that tied the set at 24, but the Gamecocks were able to come away with the 26-24 win.
The second set started as competitively as the first set ended. The scored knotted four times before a kill by Eatmon ignited a 3-0 run that included a Le'au ace and a Dachs block helped Georgia to a 9-6 lead. A kill by Teknipp increased Georgia's lead to four at 14-10. South Carolina fought back to within two on a kill by Sarah Blomgren, but a Kaylee Kehoe kill sent Georgia into the media timeout holding a 15-12 lead. Georgia kept the pressure on following the media timeout, increasing its lead to 19-12 and forcing South Carolina to burn both of its timeouts. During the run, Georgia got a pair of kills by Eatmon and a service ace from Kazor. The Gamecocks tried to work their way back into the set, getting a trio of points that cut the lead to four at 19-15, but a kill by Le'au ended the run. Leading 23-16, Spencer and McCray teamed up for a block that gave the Bulldogs set point. A service error sealed the 25-17 win that tied the match at 1-1.
Neither team was able to take control of the third set in the early goings, as the teams tied four times before South Carolina took a 6-4 lead. Eatmon responded with a kill that sparked 4-0 that allowed the Bulldogs to retake the lead at 8-6. South Carolina worked its way to a 15-12 lead heading into the media timeout. Trailing 17-14, Georgia scored four-straight points to regain control at 18-17, causing the Gamecocks to use a timeout. South Carolina got the next three points out of the break before a service error ended the run at made it a one-point set at 20-19. Trailing 23-21, the Bulldogs got three-straight kills from Le'au and Eatmon that allowed them to take a 24-23 lead. Georgia had an answer for nearly every Gamecock attack, getting scrappy play that helped knot the score six more times. South Carolina got the final two points to take the set 32-30.
Georgia grabbed an early 6-4 lead before South Carolina came back to tie the set at 6-6. The score tied two more times before a pair of Georgia blocks gave the Bulldogs a 10-8 lead. After South Carolina was able to retake the lead, Georgia fought back and tied the set at 18 after back-to-back blocks by Dachs. Once again South Carolina took the lead, but the Bulldogs responded with pair of points that tied at 21 and forced USC to use a timeout. Two points later with South Carolina holding a 23-22 advantage, Georgia used a timeout. After the break, Eatmon tied the set at 23-23 with a kill. The score tied again at 24 on another Eatmon kill, but South Carolina scored the final two points to seal the 26-24 set win and the 3-1 match win.
Georgia concludes SEC play on Wednesday, Nov. 26 when it travels to Oxford, Miss., to take on the Ole Miss Rebels at 7 p.m. Georgia will then close its regular-season on Friday, Nov. 28 at 5 p.m., against Kennesaw State.
This week of "Clean, Old Fashioned Hate" for No. 8 Georgia will include some love for Arkansas.
Georgia will gear up for Saturday's game against No. 16 Georgia Tech hoping to take the field in the rivalry game having already clinched the SEC East.
For that to happen, it needs Arkansas on Friday to do what Tennessee couldn't on Saturday night: knock off Missouri.
"Let's go Arkansas!!!!" Bulldogs tight end Jay Rome tweeted Saturday night after Missouri took a 10-point fourth quarter lead and held on for a 29-21 victory over the Volunteers.
Georgia coach Mark Richt said Sunday night his goal is for his team to be 100 percent focused on the Yellow Jackets in the lead-up to Saturday's noon game in Sanford Stadium.
"That's what I'm going to be preaching and that's what I'm going to be doing," he said.
Considering that Georgia won 34-0 at Missouri on Oct. 11, two days after Todd Gurley was suspended, Richt sees his team
equipped to handle the final regular season game whether Missouri wins or loses Friday.
"We've had some distractions this year from time to time and it hasn't seemed to affect us in my opinion," he said. "I think we've done a very good job of focusing on the things that we can control and that's going to be the goal again. This game kind of stands alone. It's almost a season within itself. I really believe we'll be ready to go."
Georgia (9-2) and Georgia Tech (9-2) have met four previous times in top 20 matchups since 1966. The Yellow Jackets won all four.
Georgia Tech won three straight from 1998-2000 and in 2008 when No. 18 Georgia Tech won in Athens against No. 13 Georgia 45-42.
That's the only time Richt has lost against Georgia Tech in 13 meetings.
"It's a big game," Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson said. "Our fans definitely want to win the game. I think everybody involved wants to win. It's a rival game. I tend to try to stay away from saying one game defines a program in a season. To this point we've had a really nice season. Probably better than most of you guys expected or thought we were going to have. And it would be the icing on the cake if we could find a way to go to Athens and win a game."
Georgia won in double overtime last season in Atlanta, 41-34.
"I'm sure they've got a chip on their shoulder for how the game finished last year so it's going to be a good one," said quarterback Hutson Mason, who had his first start for the Bulldogs against the Yellow Jackets last season.
Georgia opened as a 14.5 point favorite Sunday and that dropped to 12.5 a few hours later, according to VegasInsider.com.
"They're outstanding, they're winning," Richt said of the Yellow Jackets.
Jeremy Pruitt will be the third Georgia defensive coordinator Paul Johnson has faced at Georgia.
Georgia Tech never played Florida State in 2013 when Pruitt ran the Seminoles' defense.
"We've watched a lot of tape the last few days," Johnson said last Wednesday during the Yellow Jackets' bye week. "And they really got after — after a really good Auburn offensive. We know they've got great players and good athletes. It will be a challenge for us, no question."
Pruitt was on staff at Alabama in 2011 when another triple-option team, Georgia Southern, rushed for 302 yards in a 45-21 Crimson Tide win going up against the nation's top defense.
"You're still talking about 18 to 22 year old guys that they have to make a decision each Saturday or each week how they're going to prepare, what's their focus," Pruitt said.
Safety Dominick Sanders "will be fine," after sustaining a bruised shin on Saturday against Charleston Southern. "I'm sure it will be sore (Monday) more than likely a little bit, but as the week goes on it will be fine. If we don't have any setbacks between now and then, everybody who was able to play this last game will be able to play this game coming up," Richt said. …With no classes this week, Georgia won't be under the 20-hour rule this week and will have no limitations on practice and meeting time. "We just have to make sure we're wise and not wearing them out," Richt said. He wasn't sure if the defense will tackle to the ground in practice this week.
Finally healthy and now fully confident, Georgia fifth-year senior Marcus Thornton says basketball is fun to play again.
The forward from Atlanta posted his fourth career double-double, tying his career high with 17 points and pulling down a season-best 12 rebounds, in Georgia's 74-61 win over Florida Atlantic on Sunday.
After three knee surgeries, ankle issues and even a bout with a staph infection, Thornton says this is the most comfortable he's felt on the court during his career.
"This year I didn't have to take that time to get re-adjusted," the 6-foot-8, 235-pound Thornton said. "… It's much more enjoyable when you can do some of these things."
Thornton returned to the starting line-up last season after taking a medical redshirt the year before. While he led the team in rebounding, Thornton said it took time to get up to speed on the offensive end of the floor. He's now paced Georgia in scoring in each of the last two games.
"This year he has confidence in his body, confidence in his game, so now he can be aggressive," coach Mark Fox said. "He's really playing well and playing like a senior. I'm really happy for him."
Thornton had help Sunday from fellow frontcourt senior Nemi Djurisic, who just missed the first triple-double in school history.
He finished with eight points, 10 rebounds and eight assists.
"He probably could have had a triple-double," Fox said. "If he really wanted to focus on something like that, he probably could have had it. He's a very complete player."
The native of Montenegro was especially efficient, hitting four of his seven shots and committing just one turnover.
"I was comfortable, very confident," he said. "…I was trying to help the others and just trying to be a helpful teammate."
Junior guard Charles Mann, the preseason All-SEC pick, hit only two of his 10 shots and scored eight points. Mann is shooting just 40 percent on the year, but Fox says the team isn't depending on the 6-foot-4 Alpharetta native as much as it did when he led the way with 13.9 points per game a season ago.
"I think tonight he got a little bit out of sorts," Fox said. "The great thing about our team is he doesn't have to play great for us to win. We welcome the additional scoring."
Despite missing most of preseason practice with mononucleosis, Kenny Gaines has scored in double figures in all four games this season. The junior guard posted 15 points on 7-of-13 shooting in 31 minutes of action.
Fox said he doesn't think Gaines is even 90 percent healthy and conditioned, the number Gaines himself estimated after the Bulldogs beat Troy last Friday.
"I wouldn't say he's 90, I think he's getting closer to that," Fox said.
The lead changed hands five times in the first half before the Bulldogs took control to take an eight-point lead into halftime. The margin grew to as much as 18 near the end in the second period, with Georgia getting 13 points off 14 offensive rebounds. The Bulldogs bench chipped in 20 points, led by sophomore guard J.J. Frazier's nine and freshman forward Yante Maten's six.
While Fox was pleased with the outcome, he said there was plenty of areas his team must improve.
"It's good to have some errors and learn from them," he said. "… Lot of things we can learn from to get better. We had several offensive fouls — we've got to figure out why we're getting those."
The Bulldogs travel to New York City to play Gonzaga Tuesday in the Preseason NIT in Madison Square Garden.
"This will be as good of a team as we'll play all year," Fox said. "I know Kentucky is great and we'll play some other good teams in our league, but we'll have to play really good basketball to beat them. It's time for a test like that."
More than 13 months since he last caught a pass in a football game, Justin Scott-Wesley's reappearance as a playmaking wide receiver came Saturday on a first-quarter 19-yard touchdown catch in Georgia's 55-9 win against Charleston Southern.
Scott-Wesley endured a torn ACL against Tennessee on Oct. 5, 2013, an arrest weeks later for marijuana possession and a suspension that came with it, more injuries and then not getting a reception until the 11th game of the season.
"It feels good, man," Scott-Wesley said. "It's been a long hard process. I have faith in myself, my coaches, and my teammates. I'm just thankful for the opportunity and each opportunity that I get I'm going to make the most out of it."
The redshirt junior played against Missouri, Arkansas and Kentucky, but said he had not been targeted for a pass this season before Saturday.
He also made a leaping 14-yard catch in the fourth quarter .
"It was good for him to get some opportunity," coach Mark Richt said. "You just never know what a game's going to bring. He may catch five next week. I don't know what's going to happen. He's healthy. He's been running around good. I was glad to see him take advantage of the opportunities that he had."
Besides the torn ACL that ended his 2013 season with 16 catches for 311 yards and two touchdowns, he also dealt with a sprained ankle in the preseason and a minor hand injury during the season.
"He needed some confidence, he needed some pats on the back," quarterback Huston Mason said.
"The ACL is a tricky process," Scott-Wesley said. "Everybody's body is different. I'm just doing the things that make me comfortable and doing the things that make me comfortable and be in position where I can be explosive and make plays."
Asked how long he was suspended for, he laughed and said: "No comment."
His touchdown catch came on what he said was a "simple dig route. The coverage was right and a great ball," came his way.
"Maybe one big catch like that will be the difference maker as far as being able to use him this year for his confidence," Mason said. "Hopefully that kind of gets him going."
"He'll gain more confidence and I'm sure our staff will gain more confidence in him as well," Richt said.
Georgia apparently came out of Saturday's blowout of Charleston Southern without any major injuries.
Freshman starting defensive back Dominick Sanders exited the game midway through the first quarter with what head coach Mark Richt said was a bruise to his left shin.
"He got leg whipped in the shin," Richt said. "I think he'll be fine. There's no issues as far as the X-rays."
Sanders was walking with a limp out of the locker room.
Freshman Isaiah McKenzie was shaken up on fourth-quarter punt return, but returned for a kickoff return later.
Cornerback Damian Swann missed practice Wednesday with flu-like symptoms but started and had a forced fumble and tackle.
"I'm doing a lot better than I was," Swann said. "I had it all."
Georgia's offensive line turned to backups before the game was way out of hand in the second half.
Backups tackles Mark Beard and Watts Dantzler played on the first drive of the second quarter and freshmen guards Isaiah Wynn and Dyshon Sims got in before halftime with Georgia leading 31-0.
Sims was at left guard and Wynn at right guard, lining up next to center David Andrews.
"They played tough, they played physical and they played hard," Andrews said. "That's what you've got to look for in that moment. I think they've got a pretty good grasp of the assignments. They're two smart kids. I'm really looking forward to what they can do and how they can help this team out next year."
Georgia had its second string line in the game in the third quarter, including center Hunter Long.
Sims, out of Lowndes High in Valdosta, called the day "fun," because he got plenty of snaps.
"I was content with that and tried to make the best of my opportunity,"Sims said. "I think I played pretty good. I know I had a couple of plays where I had a few busts on, but you kind of have to play the next play and then deal with that come Monday morning."
Sean McGarity's homecoming didn't look that good on the scoreboard, but the Oconee County High graduate was thrilled to play in Sanford Stadium.
The Charleston Southern reserve redshirt freshman center is the nephew of Georgia athletic director Greg McGarity and calls Athens his hometown.
"It was incredible,"he said. "It was something I've dreamed about since I was a kid. Just being back home in the energy of Sanford Stadium that I've experienced for however many times I've been here, it still came to life today. You still get chills when you run out on the field for the first time. Your stomach kind of drops a little bit, but it's just the excitement and I couldn't ask for a better experience here."
Senior Jonathon Rumph led Georgia with five catches for 67 yards and had a 12-yard touchdown catch from Brice Ramsey in the third quarter. …Georgia's Marshall Morgan booted a season-long 53 yard field goal in the first quarter and also converted from 27 but missed from 49 …Freshman tailback Sony Michel had 21 yards on five carries after missing the Auburn game with an ankle injury. Tailback Keith Marshall (ankle) did not dress out. He appears headed for a medical redshirt season barring another injury at the position. …Freshman cornerback Malkom Parrish started his first collegiate game He had four tackles, including one for loss. …Kosta Vavlas wore No. 6 to honor injured wide receiver Michael Erdman. Vavlas had one tackle…Outside linebacker Shaun McGee wasn't dressed out with an apparent undisclosed injury.
No. 10 Georgia rolled past FCS opponent Charleston Southern 55-9 in front of crowd that included former quarterback Aaron Murray and country music performer Lee Greenwood.
The Bulldogs picked up an easy win, continuing momentum from last week's blowout of Auburn and getting backups and younger players experience in the second half.
Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate. Georgia. Georgia Tech. Both teams enter ranked, each looking for win No. 10 on the season. Enough said.
The Georgia quarterback finished 10 of 12 for 187 yards and three touchdowns. Mason has 19 touchdowns and three interceptions on the year.
The Bulldogs junior defensive lineman had a team-high eight tackles, including 0.5 for loss.
Mason was efficient, running back Nick Chubb hit 100 yards for the sixth game in a row and Chris Conley caught two touchdowns. It was an all around good game for UGA, with the headliners getting their numbers and hitting the sideline early.
The defense forced two turnovers, a pick and fumble recovery, that led to 14 points on the scoreboard. Charleston Southern averaged less than four yards a play and had only 13 first downs.
Kicker Marshall Morgan went 2-for-3 on field goals, including a season-long 53-yarder in the first quarter. The Bulldogs didn't punt all game and didn't get much work in the return game thanks the lack of Bucaneers scoring drives.
It was entirely fitting that the Georgia Redcoat Marching Band played the theme from "Star Wars" when Bulldogs receiver Chris Conley scored the first of his two touchdowns Saturday in a 55-9 victory over Charleston Southern at Sanford Stadium
Earlier this year, Conley garnered much in the way of attention inside and outside of the Bulldog Nation with "Retribution," a slick 26-minute "Star Wars" fan film produced on the UGA campus and featuring cameos by coach Mark Richt and tailback Todd Gurley.
Besides directing "Retribution," the 6-foot-3, 205-pound Conley stretched his acting chops by portraying a bad guy, the villainous Sith lord Khari Vion, but clearly the senior is among the best of the good guys.
Unfortunately, in the excitement of scoring on an eight-second drive, the Redcoats' rendition of John Williams' sweeping "Star Wars" score went unheard by Conley after his first touchdown,
a 35-yard pass from Hutson Mason on the No. 9 Bulldogs' first play from scrimmage.
"I didn't hear it — I wish I had," Conley, a self-proclaimed "Star Wars geek," said. "But it's good to know that it means that much to (the band) and (they know) it means that much to me. It's cool to have that kind of support from your school. Somebody told me about it and I was, 'Gosh, I wish I'd been listening for it.' But it's awesome. The team played really well today and it was just an overall good day at the office."
Conley's second touchdown reception — with 4:18 remaining before halftime — was the stuff of special-effects legend as he laid out to snag Mason's pass and maintain possession before gliding out of the end zone. He had one other catch on the day and finished with three receptions for 68 yards.
And Saturday's performance was even more meaningful for the former North Paulding standout (who was coached in high school by current Winder-Barrow coach Heath Webb) because he had several uncharacteristic drops the week before in Georgia's (9-2) victory over against Auburn.
"I needed to bounce back from the lull I had last week and went into this week's practice with that in mind, knowing that I had to work on to get back to the point where I could play fast," Conley, who has recorded five two-touchdown games in his career and now has 19 career scoring receptions, said.
"And I feel like I did that. It weighed on me. You always want to be someone who helps your team win and I didn't feel like I helped us last week, so I had to get back to that."
Mason, who completed 10 of 12 passes for 187 yards and three touchdowns against Charleston Southern (8-4), said Conley quickly erased any negative notions he might have had about last week's game.
"I'm sure it helped his confidence," Mason, who has tossed 19 touchdown passes this season, said. "I told him he made the harder catch today than he did last week. Whether guys drop it or not, you've got to move from it and it was good to see him bounce back."
Jonathon Rumph, who caught his second touchdown pass of the season against the Buccaneers, said he has long held admiration for Conley's focus, his diligence and his decidedly un-Sith-like countenance.
"Conley works extremely hard every day and he lifts everyone up," Rumph said. "He's the type of guy that when you look at him you want to take some of his game to your game. He never talks down to anybody and is always uplifting everybody. He's a very intelligent guy and what you saw him doing out there today is what he does every day in practice. It's nothing new to us."
Conley will be recognized along with Georgia's other seniors on Saturday at Sanford Stadium when the Bulldogs square off against No. 17 Georgia Tech (9-2) in the team's final regular-season game of 2014. He's making no bold predictions, but it's clear Conely is confident the force is with him and his teammates.
"It's been a fun ride," he said. "It's been wild and it goes by extremely fast. I remember my first game in the stadium as a freshman and now it's down to my last one. There's a certain way we want to go out and (there's) an impression we want to make, so we're going into this week's practice making sure we can do that."
After the Bulldogs put up a 38-3 lead in the first half, Brice Ramsey showed a glimpse of how the Georgia offense will look post-Hutson Mason.
Coming out of the locker room, Ramsey took over as the Bulldogs signal caller, almost immediately connecting 20 yards with freshman receiver Jeb Blazevich to start the second half.
"I just went out there with the mindset that we need to execute and just drive the ball down the field however we could, put together plays, and get some points," Ramsey said.
A snag from senior Jonathon Rumph gave Ramsey his only touchdown for the day, but Ramsey's 92 yards over eight passes exceed his career-high 80 yards versus Kentucky.
"I definitely feel a lot more comfortable than I did at the beginning of the season. Getting in there, in the game, is a lot different than practice," Ramsey said.
In his largest chunk of playing time as the Bulldogs' signal caller, Ramsey did have one blemish: his first interception.
"I probably should've held onto the ball a little longer and let him get out of his break," Ramsey said.
With just over eight minutes left in the fourth quarter, Georgia showed off yet another signal-caller option as redshirt sophomore Faton Bauta trotted out to take the snap.
Bauta took on the Georgia rushing identity and handed the ball off generously, only throwing the ball twice for 31 yards.
Rather than sharing half of a week eleven FCS matchup, next year Ramsey and Bauta will compete with each other for a starting position, and senior quarterback Hutson Mason has seen strengths in both backups.
"They both can make plays. Faton, definitely with his legs, and Brice with his arm. It's been a cool battle to watch," Mason said.
Rumph wasn't short on acknowledging Saturday's late-game quarterback, saying that while most only recognize the footpower of Bauta, his arm and football IQ make him a well-rounded candidate for the position.
Though both quarterbacks have seen game time and displayed their capability to be a starting Georgia quarterback, for now, Ramsey looks to have the 2015-2016 spot on lock. And this has a lot of people curiously waiting to see if he has all the tools that his teammates and coaches have mentioned.
"The sky is the limit for Brice," Rumph said. "He has the arm, he has the knowledge, and he has the mobility too."
Everyone associated with the Georgia women's basketball program had a feeling freshman Mackenzie Engram would have a breakout performance, but it's likely no one thought it would come this early in the season.
In the No. 24 Lady Bulldogs' come-from-behind 67-59 victory Wednesday at Ohio State, Engram recorded the first double-double of her collegiate career, scoring 12 points and pulling down a team-high 10 rebounds.
"I guess I just got out of my shell and got used to college play," said the 6-foot-2 Engram, who scored all of her points in the game's final 20 minutes. "I saw Merritt Hempe wasn't having her usual offensive night, so I knew I had to step up and be a factor in the game. So I played my game and did what I had to do to help the team."
Engram was one of four Lady Bulldogs — including Tiaria Griffin (16 points), Shacobia Barbee (13) and Krista Donald (12) — to tally double-digit points against the Buckeyes. Georgia (3-0) battled back from two nine-point deficits in the second half to claim the victory.
"She played extremely well in the second half when we needed someone to play well," Georgia coach Andy Landers, whose team faces Georgia Tech (3-0) at 2 p.m. today in Atlanta, said of Engram. "We'd gotten in a little bit of foul trouble and we weren't as productive inside as we would have liked to have been and she gave us a boost. Not only did she score the ball, but she rebounded the ball."
"Once she relaxed and got a feel for how the game was going and transitioned into the game, that's when she starts to become really effective," Barbee added. "Against Ohio State, she was finally able to relax and do what it is (Landers) wanted her to do."
Engram, whose mother is an Ohio State alum, played Wednesday before about 20 family members and friends, but she said her cheering section didn't play into her performance.
"I had a great time seeing my family," she said. "I knew they would be supportive of me, no matter how I did, but having them there just made it much better to have a good game in front of all of them."
The Ohio State game will no doubt do much to bolster Engram's confidence, which will come in handy against the Yellow Jackets (3-0), who are averaging 91.3 points per game and have beaten three opponents (Loyola/Chicago, Morgan State and Kennesaw State) by an average of 31 points.
With four players averaging at least 11 points a game, Georgia Tech presents a challenge familiar to Georgia.
"They're similar to Ohio State in that regard – Ohio State was averaging a lot of points," Landers said. "They both employ four guards at time, which is a burden for us because we play three guards and that means a forward has to step out and play like a guard. It's a challenge.
"But so far we've met that challenge because both Ohio State and TCU played four guards. But (Georgia Tech) certainly has the ability to score — they shoot a lot of 3s, they hit a lot of 3s, they've been very good on the offensive boards and very good at the free-throw line."
The Lady Bulldogs have won seven of the last nine games against Georgia Tech and Georgia's seniors — Erika Ford and Krista Donald — have never lost to the Yellow Jackets, placing an even higher premium on playing well today.
"We don't want to ruin the streak," Ford said. "That's just another reason why we want to beat them."
Aaron Murray immediately fired off a text to his father seconds after Todd Gurley went to the ground on his final carry against Auburn with what was later proven to be a season-ending knee injury.
"I think Todd just tore his ACL."
The former Georgia star quarterback knew the worst had happened well before the Sanford Stadium faithful had any reason for concern, before the training staff reached him on the field, before news spread Gurley left the locker room via cart.
The same thing happened to him on a similarly cold November night last season against Kentucky.
"Mine went on contact, too. I planted…," Murray said, cutting the memory short before it got to the part about the pop, the pain and the end of a legendary career.
If anybody knew what Gurley was feeling in that moment, and what Gurley will go through in the coming months, it was Murray.
"I just feel awful for Todd," Murray said. "It's tough, especially with everything he's gone through this year, the suspension and all that craziness and to come back and be having such a special game for that to happen its definitely tough on him."
Murray was drawing all high cards in his last game on senior night. He had four touchdowns and only five incompletions when he had to exit the game.
Gurley was on similarly successful streak. He had 138 yards and a touchdown in his first time back after serving his four-game suspension for making money by signing his name on things fans like to buy.
Both Murray and Gurley were on hand for the Bulldogs 55-9 win against Charleston Southern Saturday.
Now a back-up for the Kansas City Chiefs, Murray had a weekend free to do as he pleased after a loss to the Raiders on Thursday.
He chose to come to Athens.
"I'll always love it here," he said.
And of course, Athens will always love Murray. With virtually every quarterback school record to his credit, he drew a huge response when he was recognized on the field during a first quarter timeout.
Gurley stood nearby on the Georgia sideline. His face and highlights, shown plenty of times before the game, drew the same noise from a crowd expressing gratitude while surely still feeling a twinge of what-might-have-been. Gurley was on one crutch, that left knee heavily braced, with sunglasses on while never leaving also-injured backfield mate Keith Marshall's side.
Gurley's surgery is set for next week. The swelling has to go down first. It's that kind of waiting game that Murray says is the hardest part of everything involved with the ACL repair process.
"There's plenty of times, maybe five, six, seven weeks into it where you're going to feel great," he said. "You want to go run, go cut, but you have to trust the doctors. You have to wait 12 weeks to run, wait 15 weeks before you can cut. There is a time where you can't trust how good you think you might feel. You have to trust the doctors."
Murray and Gurley began a running text dialogue the day after Gurley's injury.
"I think he's where he needs to be mentally," Murray said. "He's ready to get to work."
Murray was able to recover for his spring Pro Day and was drafted in the fifth round. While Gurley may not be the first rounder he was once projected to be, Murray said he has no doubt Gurley will make a full recovery and go on to star as a professional.
"There's not doubt," Murray said. "Todd is a genetic freak. He'll rehab his butt off. He'll get after it. Plus I'll be texting him making sure he's working hard or I'll go kick his butt."
The top goal that Georgia defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt put on a board for his players this past week: "Get Over Ourselves."
Consider that done on Saturday.
The No. 9 Bulldogs followed up their big win over Auburn by doing more than going through the motions against an overmatched FCS opponent to notch an expected runaway victory over Charleston Southern 55-9 in Sanford Stadium.
"I just think we came out there with a really good edge, with the right mindset and good execution," Georgia head coach Mark Richt said.
"We got pretty energized, we were cheering for everybody making plays and excited," outside linebacker Jordan Jenkins said. "You've got to keep your juices going and keep everybody motivated to keep playing."
The Bulldogs turned the game into a rout out of the gates, scoring touchdowns on three of their first eight offensive snaps to carry more momentum into a game it won't have any trouble being motivated for next Saturday against Georgia Tech.
This outcome is unlikely to register much with the College Football Playoff Selection committee, but Georgia went deep down its bench and did what it was expected to do in a game sandwiched between rivals.
Georgia (9-2) surpassed its win total from a year ago and can notch a double-digit victory total for the third time in four years when the No. 17 Yellow Jackets (9-2) come to town for a noon game.
"This week will be crazy," said freshman tailback Nick Chubb, who rushed for 113 yards and two touchdowns on just nine carries. "Without school, we'll just focus on Tech the whole week."
Georgia Tech is headed to the ACC championship game as Coastal Division champions after Duke was tripped up by North Carolina Thursday night.
Georgia didn't get the help it needed from Tennessee Saturday night. The Volunteers lost 29-21 at home to Missouri. That means Arkansas must win Friday at Missouri for the Bulldogs to clinch the SEC East.
Richt said he watched a good bit of the Yellow Jackets win over Clemson in its last game, but that was about all he had studied them.
"You always want to sometimes go and peek but I told myself, I'm not going to peek," said Richt, who planned to study Tech tape back home later Saturday.
Georgia improved to 39-1 in nonconference home games under Richt.
Charleston Southern of the Big South got $450,000 for the game and coughed the ball up with a fumble in its own territory on its first possession. The Bucaneers (8-4) mustered 98 yards of total offense through three quarters and 211 total.
Georgia took advantage of that early miscue, scoring on the first offensive play when Hutson Mason hit Chris Conley over the middle for a 35-yard touchdown.
It took longer on Georgia's next drive — two plays — before Chubb broke free on the right side, getting a block from pulling guard Brandon Kublanow and tight end Jeb Blazevich on an 83-yard touchdown run.
"The ball really was to designed to hit more inside than it did," Richt said. "It ended up bouncing outside pretty quick. …I watched the TV replay just a second ago and it looked like he ran away from folks that had some pretty good angles on him."
Chubb's dash was the longest Georgia touchdown run since Tim Worley went 89 yards versus Florida in 1985.
Georgia led 21-0 after Mason hit Justin Scott-Wesley for a 19-yard touchdown on its next drive.
The game wasn't competitive, but Georgia still brought its itensity.
"You want to do your job, which is kind of to blow them out," said Mason, who was done for the day after the second quarter and finished 10 of 12 for 187 yards and three touchdowns. "I thought we just did a great job of starting fast and beating a team that we were supposed to beat."
Leading 31-0 in the second quarter, Conley laid out to make a diving catch in the back of the end zone. That 23-yard score was set up a Quincy Mauger interception after Jenkins hit Charleston Southern's Austin Brown. The quarterback left the game near the end of the first half after being shaken up, but the Buccaneers got on the scoreboard on a 45-yard field goal with 7 seconds to go in the half.
With Todd Gurley on the sideline using one crutch a week after tearing his left ACL, Chubb notched his sixth-straight 100-yard rushing game, the first player to do that under Richt.
With the game well in hand, most of Georgia's starters were pulled by the midway point of the third quarter.
Georgia got a taste of option football from Charleston Southern and held up rather well.
The Buccaneers went 29 yards off an option pitch in the fourth quarter before a 2-yard Christian Reyes touchdown run to make it 55-9 but the Buccaneers were held to 190 rushing yards on 45 carries, a 4.2 average. Jenkins said freshmen got to experience cutblocks they will see next week.
"You want to do your job, which is kind of to blow them out," said Mason, who was done for the day after the second quarter and finished 10 of 12 for 187 yards and three touchdowns. "I thought we just did a great job of starting fast and beating a team that we were supposed to beat.""There were some things that will carry over," Richt said. "They don't run the triple option like Georgia Tech does. If you're defending option football, there are some principles that will help. No disrespect to Charleston Southern, but I don't know if anybody runs the option game and the triple option stuff as well as Georgia Tech does."
Penn Wagers is here to referee the Georgia-Charleston Southern game.
Auburn couldn't find much room to run against Georgia, so you would think that Charleston Southern won't either.
Then again the Buccaneers lead the Big South in rushing and are 16th in the FCS at 230.5 yards per game. And Georgia still ranks ninth in the SEC in rush defense at 151.8 per game.
"Their run game is outstanding," Georgia coach Mark Richt said. "They rush the ball extremely well."
The Buccaneers, who rely on three running backs, had their most yards rushing in a Big South game last week with 359 against Liberty.
"They can run the ball," Georgia inside linebacker Amarlo Herrera said. "They've got a speedy guy from Oregon so that's going to be interesting."
That would be 5-foot-10, 218-pound senior Christian Reyes from Rogue River, Ore., who has 2,115 yards rushing in his career and rushed for 188 and two touchdowns last week, including a 52-yard score. The transfer from College of the Siskiyous in Weed, Calif. has a program record 16 career rushing touchdowns and has rushed for 871 yards and seven touchdowns this season.
Sophomore Mike Holloway rushed for 105 yards and had 83 yards receiving in the one-point loss at Vanderbilt on Oct. 11. He has 562 yards and four touchdowns this season. Sophomore Ben Robinson adds 439 yards and four touchdowns
Charleston Southern runs a spread option offense. Quarterback Austin Brown has rushed for 249 yards and five touchdowns.
"They make you make tackles in space," Georgia defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt said. "They make you get off blocks. They create a lot of one-on-ones."
Similar in a way to Auburn, outside linebackers coach Kevin Sherrer said.
"Charleston Southern does a lot of the same type of formations and things like that, motions," Sherrer said. "It's a sort of a combination of Auburn and (Georgia) Tech with what they do. It's helped us have some familiarity at least to the formations. Now the run scheme is very different. Probably philosophy in how to manage the game is very similar."
Offense Edge: Georgia
Georgia leads the SEC in scoring at 42.1 points per game and is sixth in total yards at 449.1.
Quarterback Hutson Mason leads the SEC with a 67.6 completion percentage with 16 touchdowns and three interceptions and is averaging 163.8 passing yards per game, 11th in the SEC.
Charleston Southern amassed 576 yards of total offense last week against Liberty, its most ever in a Big South game.
The Buccaneers are completing just 54 percent of its passes. Quarterback Austin Brown from Flowery Branch is 122 of 231 for 1,833 yards with 11 touchdowns and 10 interceptions.
Georgia's Nick Chubb has rushed for 1,039 yards and nine touchdowns as a freshman and is second in the SEC in rushing.
Charleston Southern coach Jamey Chadwell was asked this week how Chubb compares to other backs his team has faced this season.
"Well, he doesn't," Chadwell said. "We've got some good backs in our league, no doubt, and we've faced some good backs. For a freshman, he's phenomenal. His balance and strength that he runs with it and then to add his speed, he's by far the best player I think we've seen in really the time I've been here the last two years. He's pretty special, especially being that young."
Chubb rushed for 144 yards and two touchdowns on 19 carries last week. Now he becomes the featured back again with Todd Gurley lost for the season with a torn ACL.
"They won't miss much of a beat with Nick Chubb coming in there," Chadwell.
Wide receiver Malcolm Mitchell (21 catches for 173 yards) has touchdowns in each of the past two games for Georgia. Redshirt junior Nathan Perera leads Charleston Southern in receiving with 28 catches for 398 yards and two touchdowns.
Defense Edge: Georgia
Georgia is coming off probably the most impressive defensive performance in coordinator Jeremy Pruitt's first season in Athens.
Auburn was held to one touchdown and 292 total yards of offense last week.
Inside linebacker Amarlo Herrera led the way with 12 tackles and his third career interception. He is sixth in the SEC with 87 tackles, two spots ahead of inside linebacker Ramik Wilson's 80.
The Bulldogs are fifth in the SEC in total defense (333.4) and sixth in scoring defense (21.6)
Outside linebacker Leonard Floyd, who played the star nickel back last week, is tied for the SEC lead with three forced fumbles and is 10th in sacks with six.
Liberty played a backup quarterback last week due to injury but still managed to put up 36 points and 376 yards of offense against Charleston Southern.
The Bucaneers play a 3-4 defense that has produced 14 interceptions, second most in the Big South, and the fewest passing yards per game at 173.7.
"I've seen quite a few picks I've seen over the last couple of games that I've watched," Mason said. "They play a lot of zone coverage and it makes the quarterback be a lot more accurate in zone. Whereas in man coverage you've got a man running with a man, there's not a lot of guys behind him dropping in coverage so you've got to be accurate."
Charleston Southern is 13th in the FCS in total defense (302.5) and 17th in scoring defense (19.0). It is also 10th in the FCS in third down defense holding opponents to 29.9 percent and 23rd in rushing defense at 128.8.
Sophomore cornerback Troy McGowens is 14th in the FCS with 1.3 pass breakups per game. Safety Davion Anderson has three interceptions.
Special Teams Edge: Georgia
Charleston Southern is second in the FCS in kickoff return defense, holding opponents to 15.2 yards per return. The Buccaneers are 100th in FCS in net punting at 32.2 yards per punt and 97th in punt return defense at 11.6.
Sophomore Truett Burns averages 36.9 yards per punt. Kicker David Kennedy is 10 of 17 on field goals with a long of 34 and has had two blocked. Charleston Southern leads the Big South in punt returns at 14.4 with sophomore Darius Hammon sixth in the FCS with a 13.8 avg. He also averages 24.2 yards on kick return.
Georgia's Collin Barber is averaging 39.1 yards per punt. Kicker Marshall Morgan is 10 of 13 on field goals with a long of 47. Isaiah McKenzie should handle the kickoff duties again after Gurley was lost to injury. He's second in the SEC at 29.7 per return.
Coaching Edge: Georgia
Georgia coach Mark Richt is 134-47 in 14 seasons and is 38-1 in nonconference home games. Charleston Southern coach Jamey Chadwell is 18-6 in his second season and 43-28 in six seasons overall including at North Greenville and Delta State. He took over a program that endured a 15-game losing streak from 2010 to 2012 before finishing the '12 season 5-6.
Intangibles: Charleston Southern
The Bucaneers have 10 starters from Georgia, including four on its offensive line. Charleston Southern played before 12,362 last week at Liberty and 3,629 at its last home game. "There's not a concern even with the kids from there that 'Hey, man, we're in the mecca of college football," Chadwell said. "More of the concern is when the ball is kicked off and they're running by us." Georgia is coming off a big win over Auburn and must turn to an FCS opponent now in a noon start. The game more Georgia fans may care about is Saturday night's Missouri-Tennessee game because a Vols win sends Georgia to the SEC title game.
Overall Edge: Georgia
Charleston Southern still has hopes of landing an at-large bid to the FCS playoffs, but may have a hard time keeping this one close. The Buccaneers lost 21-20 at Vanderbilt on Oct. 11, but Georgia is an upper echelon SEC team this year. Vanderbilt is not. The Bulldogs should roll easily in this one.
1. Take care of business early
There's a big game against Georgia Tech next week. And just maybe an SEC title game the week after that. So Georgia could use a game where it takes control early and puts away its FCS opponent. That would allow backups and deep reserves to give starters some rest. This statistic probably won't hold up anyway, but Charleston Southern is 7-0 when scoring first this season.
2. Don't let visitors control clock
Charleston Southern led the FCS in time of possession last season and is second this season at 34:14. Georgia is eighth in the SEC at 29:37. One way the Buccaneers might stay within reach is by eating up clock with time consuming drives. Forcing three-and-outs will help.
3. Be strong on third down defense
Charleston Southern has converted on 43.6 percent on third downs, but that number is way down in its losses: 2 of 14 against Vanderbilt, 2 of 10 against Presbyterian and 5 of 13 against Coastal Carolina. Georgia is eighth in the SEC in third down defense at 37.8 percent.
4. Don't be generous
In giving the ball away, that is. Georgia has been stingy in lost turnovers with three interceptions thrown and three fumbles lost. Charleston Southern is plus-8 for the season in turnover margin. The Buccaneers have gained 21 turnovers this season. The Buccaneers have lost just two fumbles all season, second best in the FCS.
5. Run, baby, run
Charleston Southern isn't big on the defensive front, with two of its listed starters on the defensive line at 255 and 250. Georgia has a powerful offensive line and a tailback that is hard to handle in Nick Chubb. The Bulldogs are second in the SEC at 259.6 yards per game and should continue to keep its running identity without Todd Gurley.
Georgia senior forward Marcus Thornton threw down his third transition dunk of the night still with more than 12 minutes to play in the Bulldogs' matchup with Troy Friday.
The slam, on the heels of a Kenny Gaines dunk, extended Georgia's already double-digit lead and sent the Troy coaching staff to the floor to call timeout.
Georgia coach Mark Fox was all applause.
The game was firmly in hand and essentially over after that.
Georgia (2-1) won 82-60, adding a solid first-half defensive effort to the previously seen balanced offensive attack.
"We certainly played more complete basketball," Fox said.
Thornton led the way, posting a career high 17 points on 8-of-11 shooting. Senior forward Nemi Djurisic added 17 points, Charles Mann 14 and Gaines started his first game of the season and scored 12.
After missing nearly a month of preseason practice due to illness, Gaines estimated he's around 90 percent after coming off the bench in the season's first two games.
"I've still got a ways to go," Gaines said, speaking of his conditioning.
The Bulldogs shot 51 percent from the field (33-65) and Mann, the preseason All-SEC pick, recovered from a slow start after missing five of his first seven attempts. He came to life in the second half with a couple buckets and a perfect 4-for-4 at the free throw line.
"We were moving the ball," Thornton said. "We wanted to make plays for one another… It's really fun to play like that."
The Trojans (1-2), led by guard Wesley Person's 20 points, simply couldn't keep up.
Georgia hit 11 of its first 16 shots on the way to a 31-16 lead to open the game. Thornton brought the crowd of 5,127 in Stegeman Coliseum to life with two early dunks in transition as he and Djurisic combined for 18 points on 8-of-12 shooting in the first 20 minutes.
"They gave us great leadership," Fox said of the duo. "They played very well defensively. They played like seniors should play."
Fox, who was still hung up over the loss at Georgia Tech following the win earlier this week versus Stony Brook, was pleased with his team's look Friday. His only complaint was how his team played at times inconsistently with a lead, something Georgia had for more than 39 minutes.
"I thought we played much harder tonight than we've been playing," he said. "I thought our defense was better, especially in the first half."
The Bulldogs host Florida Atlantic on Sunday and then resume play in the Preseason NIT against Gonzaga on Nov. 26 in New York City's Madison Square Garden.
There may not be tons of buzz for Georgia-Charleston Southern, but that doesn't mean that Bulldog Bytes won't get you ready for your football Saturday.
Marc Weiszer and Fletcher Page of the Athens Banner-Herald hit on what became a big subject this week: the indoor football practice facility and its impact on recruiting.
We turn to David Shelton, who covers Charleston Southern for The Post and Courier to give us insight into the FCS team coming to town. He also tells us about Georgia defensive end commitment Michael Barnett from Woodland High.
And we bring on Dean Legge of DawgPost.com for our weekly picks as Fletcher has a rough week there.
Yes, we dive into pajamas after Mark Richt went there this week.
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Check out a selection of shots after the jump, then head over to our slideshow for a complete set.
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|By Greg Schulz
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|January 8, 2013 10:00 AM EST
My copy of the new book The Human Face of Big Data created by Rick Smolan and Jennifer Erwitt arrived yesterday compliments of EMC (the lead sponsor). In addition to EMC, the other sponsors of the book are Cisco, VMware, FedEx, Originate and Tableau software.
To say this is a big book would be an understatement, then again, big data is a big topic with a lot of diversity if you open your eyes and think in a pragmatic way, which once you open and see the pages you will see. This is physically a big book (11x 14 inches) with lots of pictures, texts, stories, factoids and thought stimulating information of the many facets and dimensions of big data across 224 pages.
While Big Data as a buzzword and industry topic theme might be new, along with some of the related technologies, techniques and focus areas, other as aspects have been around for some time. Big data means many things to various people depending on their focus or areas of interest ranging from analytics to images, videos and other big files. A common theme is the fact that there is no such thing as an information or data recession, and that people and data are living longer, getting larger, and we are all addicted to information for various reasons.
Big data needs to be protected and preserved as it has value, or its value can increase over time as new ways to leverage it are discovered which also leads to changing data access and life cycle patterns. With many faces, facets and areas of interests applying to various spheres of influence, big data is not limited to programmatic, scientific, analytical or research, yet there are many current and use cases in those areas.
Big data is not limited to videos for security surveillance, entertainment, telemetry, audio, social media, energy exploration, geosciences, seismic, forecasting or simulation, yet those have been areas of focus for years. Some big data files or objects are millions of bytes (MBytes), billion of bytes (GBytes) or trillion of bytes (TBytes) in size that when put into file systems or object repositories, add up to Exabytes (EB - 1000 TBytes) or Zettabytes (ZB - 1000 EBs). Now if you think those numbers are far-fetched, simply look back to when you thought a TByte, GByte let alone a MByte was big or far-fetched future. Remember, there is no such thing as a data or information recession, people and data are living longer and getting larger.
Big data is more than hadoop, map reduce, SAS or other programmatic and analytical focused tool, solution or platform, yet those all have been and will be significant focus areas in the future. This also means big data is more than data warehouse, data mart, data mining, social media and event or activity log processing which also are main parts have continued roles going forward. Just as there are large MByte, GByte or TByte sized files or objects, there are also millions and billions of smaller files, objects or pieces of information that are part of the big data universe.
You can take a narrow, product, platform, tool, process, approach, application, sphere of influence or domain of interest view towards big data, or a pragmatic view of the various faces and facets. Of course you can also spin everything that is not little-data to be big data and that is where some of the BS about big data comes from. Big data is not exclusive to the data scientist, researchers, academia, governments or analysts, yet there are areas of focus where those are important. What this means is that there are other areas of big data that do not need a data science, computer science, mathematical, statistician, Doctoral Phd or other advanced degree or training, in other words big data is for everybody.
Back to how big this book is in both physical size, as well as rich content. Note the size of The Human Face of Big Data book in the adjacent image that for comparison purposes has a copy of my last book Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking (CRC), along with a 2.5 inch hard disk drive (HDD) and a growler. The Growler is from Lift Bridge Brewery (Stillwater, MN), after all, reading a big book about big data can create the need for a big beer to address a big thirst for information ;).
The Human Face of Big Data is more than a coffee table or picture book as it is full of with information, factoids and perspectives how information and data surround us every day. Check out the image below and note the 2.5 inch HDD sitting on the top right hand corner of the page above the text. Open up a copy of The Human Face of Big Data and you will see examples of how data and information are all around us, and our dependence upon it.
Book Details:
Copyright 2012
Against All Odds Productions
Hardcover 224 pages, 11 x 0.9 x 14 inches
4.8 pounds, English
There is also an applet to view related videos and images found in the book at HumanFaceofBigData.com/viewer in addition to other material on the companion site www.HumanFacesofBigData.com.
Get your copy of The Human Face of Big Data at Amazon.com by clicking here or at other venues including by clicking on the following image (Amazon.com).
Some added and related material:
Little data, big data and very big data (VBD) or big BS?
How many degrees separate you and your information?
Hardware, Software, what about Valueware?
Changing Lifecycles and Data Footprint Reduction (Data doesnt have to lose value over time)
Garbage data in, garbage information out, big data or big garbage?
Industry adoption vs. industry deployment, is there a difference?
Is There a Data and I/O Activity Recession?
Industry trend: People plus data are aging and living longer
Supporting IT growth demand during economic uncertain times
No Such Thing as an Information Recession
For those who can see big data in a broad and pragmatic way, perhaps using the visualization aspect this book brings forth the idea that there are and will be many opportunities. Then again for those who have a narrow or specific view of what is or is not big data, there is so much of it around and various types along with focus areas you too will see some benefits.
Do you want to play in or be part of a big data puddle, pond, or lake, or sail and explore the oceans of big data and all the different aspects found in, under and around those bigger broader bodies of water.
Bottom line, this is a great book and read regardless of if you are involved with data and information related topics or themes, the format and design lend itself to any audience. Broaden your horizons, open your eyes, ears and thinking to the many facets and faces of big data that are all around us by getting your copy of The Human Face of Big Data (Click here to go to Amazon for your copy) book.
Ok, nuff said.
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