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From the editor : vance leavyAhhh … that time of year has finally arrived … kickoff is Saturday.We here at Bulldawg Illustrated are thrilled to again be your com-

panion as we navigate the 2012 season. However this season is prettyspecial for our publication as it marks our 10th football campaign.

Wow, where has the time gone? It seems like yesterday when I came back from the 2003 Final

Four with a Kansas Jayhawk publication in my hand as my inspirationfor what would become Bulldawg Illustrated. What that publicationwas doing for Kansas basketball could just as easily be done for Geor-gia football. However at Cheri’s insistence our publication could notjust cover sports, it would have to include the social side of the BulldogNation.

Thankfully, I did as most smart men do and listened to my betterhalf. And because of that, we began not only covering the UGA playerson the field, but all the incredible fans in the stands and beyond as well.

I just did some fun, quick mathematics to discover we have pub-lished over 150 issues. And at an average of 75 fan photos per issue, wehave included over 12,000 shots of Bulldog fans doing what they lovethe most … following the Dawgs.

Now, isn’t that pretty special? Along the way, we’ve obviously met a ton of incredible people, but

there are a few moments that stick out the most. If you are familiar with BI, then you know Jack Davis’ art certainly

has gone a long way to putting us on the map. I got to know Jack frommy days as the Golden Isles Bulldawg Club president in the late 90s.Never did I imagine that not only would Jack contribute to our firstissue, but he would continue to create new art year after year. In fact,the 2012 Bulldog blasting across this cover came in at 7:30 a.m. this pastMonday. How cool!

Then there was the time when Cheri and I darted off to Savannah(early fall 2004, I think) to get our first vistit with the one and onlySonny Seiler. Not only were we there to interview Sonny about his up-coming book, we were there to dress Uga in Marti Gras garb for theupcoming LSU issue. With that deep southern charm, Sonny had Cheriat hello. And from that moment on, we’ve had many more special timeswith the incredible family that continues to make Georgia’s mascot themost famous in the world.

Then there was the year Steve Spurrier re-turned to Athens leading the Gamecocks. Our BIcover extraordinaire, Boyd Martin, hit the nail onthe head when he came up with the headline,“Return of the Sith.” Holly Rowe of ESPN thoughtthe cover was so clever that while holding it inher hand mentioned it to the national televisionaudience just before kickoff. Wow.

Let me thank everyone who has ever con-tributed to our 10 years, particularly our sports

guru and great friend Jeff Dantzler, who has been there every step of theway. It’s a labor of love that still requires a commitment to making dead-lines and doing it the right way. Thankfully, we’ve had a host of peoplethat were up to the challenge.

Our subject matter has certainly done their part. From the playersto the coaches to the fans, the last 10 years have been pretty damn stel-lar. We would have done a good job either way but having a top-notchteam for most of the years certainly made those 16 hour Sundays a lotmore doable.

Finally to our advertisers and readers, we salute you. You are theones that have made this decade of having an absolute blast a reality.Thank you so much.

Now let’s talk about 2012, which starts Saturday when the BuffaloBulls arrive in Sanford Stadium for a 12:20 p.m. kick. As JD points outon page 4, the Bulldogs have had better openers, but that’s ok becausewhile the competition is sure to be lesser than what will come a weeklater in Missouri, the Bulldog Nation will at least begin to know whatthis 2012 team is all about this season.

Touting the motto, “Our Team, Our Time, No Regrets,” I’m hop-ing these Bulldog seniors/leaders can navigate the season the way theydid pre-season practice. There was a steady calm, team-wide, where thefocus was about getting better each and every practice. Sure, this teamis loaded with superstars, but I think it says a lot when Coach Granthamtalks about how Jarvis Jones has improved over the last few weeks be-cause he knows every offense in the land has been working on newways to contain him. The same can be said for Aaron Murray, who whileultra productive over the last two seasons knows a rise in his comple-tion percentage and taking better care of the football is paramount to-wards his team’s goal of playing for the national championship.

Enough of the talk, I say bring it on …I think we have done our part at BI with this issue. There’s plenty

of game coverage for the football fanatics (pages 4, 6, 11 and 18). There’sthe return of columnists like Loran Smith (page 15) and Rob Sherrell(page 20). Murray Poole spotlights (page 5) another key member of theathletic association, Jere Morehead.

And the social side of being a Bulldog can be found with picturepages from Cindy and Mark Fox’s Suits and Sneakers Gala (pages 8-10)and shots captured from Picture Day (page 17) a few weeks ago. Cherispotlights two of Athens’ top chefs (pages 12-13) for all the Bulldogfoodies out there. Yes, we Bulldogs love our football, but good eats aredefinitely a priority as well. And if you’re looking for something fun todo the Friday night before the game, don’t miss Murray’s story (page 16)on David Richt making his Athens musical debut. Don’t you knowmama and papa are proud?

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Season openers offer great teams agolden opportunity to make an early mark.For me personally, I always favor playing astrong opponent in the opener. You cer-tainly find out a lot more about your team.Even in a loss. For some who questionedplaying Boise State last year, you could cer-tainly make the argument that the Bulldogsperhaps wouldn’t have run off ten straightwins without playing stiff competition inthe opener.

Since college football regularly went toa 12-game schedule, Georgia has done anexcellent job of playing at least one otheropponent from a Bowl Championship Se-ries league, in addition to the eight South-eastern Conference games and Tech. Thisyear, that’s not the case. So there is no BoiseState or Clemson to open with.

It will be the Buffalo Bulls. In most of Georgia’s greatest seasons,

the Bulldogs slayed high caliber competi-tion to set a championship tone.

Famously in the early 1980s, thegolden era, Georgia secured four of themost significant season opening victories inschool history.

Herschel Walker burst upon the scenein the Bulldogs unforgettable 16-15 come-back win at Tennessee in Georgia’s perfect12-0 national championship campaign of1980.

A year later, the Volunteers came toAthens, and the Bulldogs thrashed the Vol-unteers 44-0. Georgia would go on to posta 10-1 regular season mark and earn back-to-back SEC championships for the firsttime in school history.

The most highly anticipated openercame in 1982 when he 1980 nationalchampion Bulldogs topped the 1981 na-tional champion Clemson Tigers 13-7 be-tween the hedges – with Walker’s arm in acast due to a broken thumb.

Georgia beat defending and eventualRose Bowl champion UCLA 19-8 to openthe 1983 campaign.

Those four Bulldog teams went 43-4-1, captured the 1980 national champi-onship, won three SEC titles and finishedin the top five with at least 10 wins in eachof those seasons. There’s no question thestrong competition in Georgia’s openerswent a long way towards the Bulldogs suc-cess.

In the Mark Richt era, the Bulldogshave been to four SEC ChampionshipGames. The opening foe in those four sea-sons – Clemson, Clemson, Boise State andBoise State.

The Bulldogs edged Clemson in a 31-28 thriller to start the 2002 campaign. TheBulldogs went on to go 13-1 and finish No.3 nationally, winning the school’s first SECtitle since 1982 Georgia crushed Clemsonin Death Valley 30-0 to open the ’03 sea-son. The Bulldogs fell to national cham-pion LSU in the SEC Championship Game.In 2005, Georgia bludgeoned Boise State48-12 to star the season. The Dogsdowned LSU in Atlanta to win the SECtitle. Then last year, Georgia fell to BoiseState and then South Carolina to start theyear 0-2. The Bulldogs then won 10straight to return to Atlanta for the firsttime since 2005.

The Bulldogs didn’t play for the SEC

title in 2007, but Georgia went 11-2 andfinished No. 2 in the land, opening the sea-son with a 35-14 win in Athens over Okla-homa State. Georgia beat Baylor 16-14 toopen the ’78 season, in which the Bulldogswent 9-2-1.

In 1976, the SEC champion Bulldogsbeat Cal in the opener. The 1968 SECchampions tied Tennessee in Knoxville (theVols helped mightily by the striped shirts).Vince Dooley’s first SEC title team openedthe ’66 campaign in Jackson, topping Mis-sissippi State 20-17.

Going back the glory days of the1940s, Georgia’s SEC champions of 1942beat Kentucky7-6 in Louisville to start theseason. The 1946 SEC champions slayedClemson 35-12 in Athens. Wally Buttsfinal SEC championship squad of 1959topped Alabama 17-3 to start the season,the Crimson Tide in the second year of theBear Bryant era.

Speaking of openers, tough foes andthe Bear … one of Dooley’s best moves wasto help get the SEC schedule maker to nothave Bama as the Bulldogs annual seasonopener. Bryant led Bama to three nationaltitles between 1961 and 1965 – includingthe Bulldogs famous flea-flicker victory tostart the ’65 campaign. Georgia and Ala-bama opened every season between 1959and ’65. It’s one thing to play someonegood in the opener, but when you’re tryingto build a program as a young coach, start-ing with the Bear in Bama’s heyday (in Doo-ley’s first game at the Georgia helm, theBear’s quarterback was none other than JoeNamath) – well, there’s no need to go to ex-tremes. In fact, Dooley said of that nightin Tuscaloosa when Alabama defeated theBulldogs 31-3 – “Coach Bryant was verykind to us that night.”

Obviously Buffalo is not early ‘60s Al-abama. Or Tennessee. Or Clemson. OrBoise State. They still must be respected -the Bulls do have a standout tailback inBranden Oliver and it’s an avenue for Geor-gia to give early signs of just what kind ofseason it can be. It would be nice to beclicking heading into Missouri, and nothaving to use too much gas out of the tank.

Missouri, by the way, has won 48games over the last five years, and the Tigerfaithful are billing the September 8 show-down with the Bulldogs as the biggest gamein school history. That will be the first oftwo road trips to Columbia’s this year. TheBulldogs second game away from home isthe first Saturday in October at South Car-olina. And the Gamecocks are hot. Didyou ever this would be the case for theGamecocks: over the last two years, SouthCarolina is 10-0 vs. Georgia, Florida, Ten-nessee, Clemson, Alabama and Nebraska.

Georgia’s great accomplishment fromlast season was beating Tech, Florida,Auburn and Tennessee in the same seasonfor the first time since 1981. That and thereturn to the SEC Championship Gamewere huge steps forward for the program.

If this Georgia team can make thejump that last year’s did from 2010, it willbe a season to remember – like so many ofaforementioned, even if a traditional pow-erhouse isn’t on the slate to start the cam-paign.

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Jere Morehead spent many of his growing-up years in that sunshine state to our southwhere an ugly gator, not a lovable bulldog, is themascot of choice but after moving in his teenyears to Atlanta and then matriculating first atGeorgia State and then the University of Geor-gia law school, Morehead now pronounceshimself “all Georgian.”

And in his role today as the senior vice-president for academic affairs and provost ofUGA, as well as being a 14-year member of theBoard of Directors of the Georgia Athletic Asso-ciation, Morehead indeed has his handswrapped around all things Bulldog and bleedsred and black with the most loyal of Georgiasupporters.

“I grew up in Lakeland, Fla. and came toGeorgia when my father was transferred withWestern Union, and then my associations withthe University of Georgia were developed whenI was a law student at the university,” recalledMorehead. “I’ve been a Georgian since I was ateenager. I went to high school for one year atSouthwest DeKalb and graduated early andthen after college at Georgia State, I came to theUniversity of Georgia law school. I was 20 yearsold when I enrolled in law school. And I grad-uated from the UGA law school in 1980 andthen served for six years as an assistant UnitedStates attorney with the Department of Justicebefore returning to UGA as a faculty member in1986.

“I did not play competitive sports growingup, I’m afraid to say, although I’m a huge fan ofGeorgia sports and have always attended manydifferent sports team competitions over theyears. So it was a real treat for me to be selectedto the athletic board by President Adams in1998.”

Morehead has served the university in anumber of leadership positions since joining theUGA faculty. He was named vice-president forinstruction in 2007 after serving on an interimbasis in 2006. He was named Meigs Professor ofLegal Studies in the Terry College of Business in2004. He served as vice provost for academicaffairs from 2004-06 and as associate provostand director of the Honors Program from 1999-2004. He was acting executive director for theOffice of Legal Affairs from 1998-99. In 2009,Morehead was chosen by UGA PresidentMichael Adams from among four finalists iden-tified in a national search to fill the role ofprovost, the second-highest position in the uni-versity’s administration.

“I was appointed in the fall of ’09 but I did-n’t actually take office until January of 2010, asprovost,” Morehead pointed out.

In the following question-and-answer ses-sion with Bulldawg Illustrated, Jere Moreheadtalks more about his background and his roleon the Georgia athletic board.

What is your occupation?I serve as the senior vice president for aca-

demic affairs and provost at the University ofGeorgia and the Meigs Professor of Legal Stud-ies in the Terry College of Business. The provostis the chief academic officer of the institution.The deans of the schools and colleges as well asseveral vice- presidents report to the provost.The vice-president for research, the vice-presi-dent for instruction, the vice-president for pub-lic service and outreach and the vice-presidentfor student affairs report to my office as well asthe deans of the schools and colleges.

How many years have you served onthe UGA athletic board?

I’ve been serving on the athletic board since1998, for 14 years now. And then in 2003, Pres-ident Adams appointed me as the Faculty Ath-letics Representative and I served in that role forseven years, until I became university provost.David Shipley, who’s a law professor and formerdean of the law school, followed me as the Fac-ulty Athletics Representative but as provost Iserve as vice-chairman of the athletic board.

Where did you grow up and whatmade it special?

I think of myself as a Georgian. I spentmany of my formative years in Lakeland, Fla.My family moved to West Palm Beach Fla. for afew years then Daytona Beach and then, ulti-mately, ended up in Atlanta when I was ateenager. All of these places certainly provided alot of great memories.

What has been the most exciting partfor you serving on UGA’s athletic board?

For me personally the most exciting parthas been to see the growing strength of ourteams, not only athletically but academically. Inthe last several years we have made great stridesin the number of our student-athletes graduat-ing as well as succeeding in the classroom. If youlook at all of the measurements that are used toevaluate athletic programs Georgia is near thetop in terms of its success with student-athletesin the classroom. So I think it’s the combinationof seeing our student-athletes succeed athleti-cally as well as earn their college degrees thatmakes me proud.

What has been the most exciting as-pect of your career?

I’ve had the distinct honor, except for serv-ing as a visiting professor at the University ofMichigan several years ago, of spending my ac-ademic career at this institution, and I’ve had theopportunity to serve the institution in a varietyof roles, from being a faculty member to servingas director of the honors program to serving asvice-president for instruction and to my currentposition as university provost. Certainly, the op-portunity to impact the campus for the better asprovost has been very exciting, and I have ap-preciated the opportunity to serve the univer-sity in this role.

What do you think are the biggestchallenges for Georgia athletics in the nearfuture?

We have to remain focused on insuringthat our students make good progress towardtheir degrees as well as succeeding on the ath-letic field so I think the greatest challenge is in-suring that we maintain the balance that wecurrently have between academics and athlet-ics. I believe the current leadership of our ath-letic administration has done an outstanding jobin maintaining that balance and I congratulatethem on the success that they’ve had, both onthe field and in the classroom.

How has the knowledge from youroccupation helped in the betterment ofUGA athletics?

As provost I meet with the senior athleticofficials every month and we review all of theissues that are confronting them relating to theacademic life of our student-athletes. And weuse that meeting as a problem-solving oppor-tunity to look for ways for our student-athletesto succeed in the classroom. So I would say mygreatest contribution is working with our ath-letic officials to put in place the programs andthe support mechanisms that are necessary forour student-athletes to be successful in their ac-ademic pursuits.

Your favorite UGA sports moment?Well, certainly, there are many that I could

identify. Winning the SEC championship in2002 after such a long period without being achampionship team was a special moment. Ithought the Auburn blackout game (2007) afew years ago was a special memory for anyGeorgia fan but I have to tell you, for me, at-tending some of our swimming and divingevents when we first did the NCAA and seeingthe success of some of our teams there has beenquite special. And I always enjoy the NCAAmen’s and women’s tennis tournament when itcomes to Athens and have many great memo-ries from watching our teams compete in thatevent. So there are a lot of special memories andI could go on for some time listing them.

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t’s the first game of the season. The team is geared up. Thefans are anxious. The coaches can’t wait to get started. Andthe Dawgs aren’t playing Boise State! Sounds like a greatstart to the 2012 season already. Instead, coming all the way

down from New York, it’s the Buffalo Bulls. This is one of those outof conference games that athletic directors schedule at the beginningof the season to allow their teams to get into the flow of the seasonand get used to being back out in front of those big crowds. With theBulls coming off a 3-9 season in 2011, Dawg fans don’t have muchto be worried about in this one.

Brand-new Bulls QB

Teams go through changes all the time with having to add newplayers into the starting lineup. Heck, that’s part of what makes college football so great.But sometimes, and in the case of Buffalo’s quarterback situation, it can be a scaryproposition. Just last week it was announced that junior Alex Zordich will get the nodas the starting quarterback against Georgia this coming weekend. Imagine the emo-tions that Zordich is feeling this week. His first start as a college quarterback and he’sgoing to be facing what has been predicted to be one of the best defenses in the coun-try. Oh, and don’t forget the 90,000+ Georgia fans that are going to be trying to disruptanything he tries to do Saturday. Poor guy. He does have a few things going for himhowever. First, he’s a junior, if nothing else he knows the Bulls offense backwards andforwards. So if things began to spiral out of control for him, he can rely on that. He’salso returning a running back in Branden Oliver who ran for over 1400 yards in 2011.That’s something that not many quarterbacks in the country have the luxury of leaningon. But even with all of that, it could be a long and frustrating first career start Mr.Zordich.

Who will be the ‘Man’ for the Dawgs?

A lot of talk has been made about Georgia’s two new freshmen running backs KeithMarshall and Todd Gurley. Marshall, the speedster who when he walked on campusimmediately became one of the fastest players in the SEC. And Gurley, the perfect mix-ture of speed and power; an every-down back. But somebody has been left out of thepicture. Ken ‘Boo’ Malcome is the oft forgotten guy in the Dawgs backfield but he’sgoing to be the starter on Saturday, not one of the freshmen phenoms. Malcome has hada roller coaster of a time since he’s been in Athens. Just last year Malcome quit the teamfor a few days before deciding that wasn’t the best choice he could have made. He wasallowed back on the team and has since dedicated himself to being the best player hecould be. It’s clearly paid off as he’ll get the start Saturday. Don’t be fooled though, Mar-shall and Gurley will get plenty of carries too. It will be exciting to see what those guyscan do once the pads start thumping. With all three of these guys having a great levelof talent, expect to see a three-headed monster out of the Dawgs backfield this yearrather than just one guy taking the load onto his shoulders. It will likely be a group ef-

fort, much like LSU had in 2011. However, it may be hard to tell if this format is goingto be successful over the whole 2012 campaign against a team like Buffalo. Their de-fense will be out-manned and out-sized by the Dawg offense which should lead to greatsuccess for this running back trio on Saturday.

Kick and Punt Returns

For the past four years, Georgia fans have had the luxury of expecting and receiv-ing great things in the kick and punt return game because of the irreplaceable talent ofBrandon Boykin. He was one of the most exciting players in college football because ofwhat he could do on the receiving end of the kicking game. Now, that position is a bitof a question mark for Georgia. Coach Richt has said that he will use the Buffalo gameas a sort of “try-out” for the guys he believes could be successful in trying to repeatwhat Boykin was able to do. Expect to see a large group including, Branden Smith,Malcolm Mitchell, Keith Marshall, Todd Gurley and freshman Sheldon Dawson get theiropportunities vs. Bulls to show what they can do. Keep a close eye on this aspect of thegame. All it takes is one big one. If one of these guys is able to break off a big gainer,don’t surprised if that’s the guy who locks down the position of the rest of the year.

Intangibles

It pretty much all goes to the Dawgs here. No, Buffalo doesn’t have anything tolose in this game but they also don’t have the players to compete. This one could be alaugher before the first half is out. Although, the Bulls has experienced the raucous en-vironment that is an SEC stadium on a Saturday. Last year, they traveled to Knoxvillewhere they were pummeled by Tennessee 41-10. Think of the excitement and antici-pation that the players that strap on the “G” must be feeling as well. Fans probablyhave goosebumps just thinking about getting to be back in Sanford Stadium on Satur-day. Imagine what the players must be like this week. For them, all their hard work andsacrifice over the past eight months has led to opening day this Saturday between thehedges. And they’re going to leave it all out on the field. Even if it is against the Buf-falo Bulls.

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Paul Peck, voice of the Buffalo Bulls, offers his insight into Saturday’s sea-son opener.

What are Buffalo's goals this season?The Bulls goals are ultimately to win the MAC Championship. Aside fromthat, a winning season and a chance at a bowl game would be a big stepforward for a program that has not sustained the success they had in 2008when U.B. won the MAC Championship.

What are the team's strengths?The teams strengths on offense are the running game, led by Maxwelland Doak Walker Award nominee Branden Oliver. The offensive line returnsfour starters. On defense, the front seven returns key starters in SteveMeans, Khalil Mack and Lee Skinner. The two starting cornerbacks are twoof the team's better players on defense.

What do you need to do to pull off the win in Athens?Like any MAC team that plays a top ten opponent, the Bulls would need afew lucky breaks and a few big mistakes by the Bulldogs. Georgia turnoversthat lead directly to points are almost required for an upset. If BrandenOliver has a big day, the Bulls could control the clock, keep Aaron Murrayoff the field and keep the game close.

What is your take on Georgia? My take is that Georgia is a supremely talented team with an excellentcoach. But the suspensions and new starters playing for the first time couldlead to closer game than everyone expects. The Bulls played Tennesseelast year and lost, and I think Georgia has twice the amount of talent thanthe Vols. I am excited to see it first hand and excited to experience a game"Between the Hedges."

How good is Khalil Mack?Khalil Mack is very good, and it will hurt the Bulls that he is suspended forthis game due to a violation of team rules. He is a legitimate NFL talent,and this would have been a good test against NFL-caliber players. He is adominating pass rusher and disruptive player, and he is a worthy nomineefor the Lombardi Award.

How good is Branden Oliver? "Bo" as he is called has already broken the school single season recordsof James Starks, who plays for the Packers. He is a tough inside runner,who never lets up and never goes down easy. He is also the team's hard-est worker and one of it's leaders. As Head Coach Jeff Quinn says, if I hada whole team of Branden Olivers his job would be easy, and U.B. wouldwin a lot of games.

What are your favorite stadiums and environments you've traveledto?Most of my personal experience has been at NFL Stadiums. U.B. has onlyrecently started to play some big time opponents, like Tennessee last year.Next year, Ohio State is on the schedule. Those are meccas of college foot-ball and it's a great thrill for me to broadcast games from legendary placeslike Sanford Stadium. The MAC, while on a much smaller scale, also hassome great atmospheres for college football and that makes every weekfun.

A view from BuffaloBy Jeff Dantzler

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Bulls in a thumbnail: Buffalo is hoping formuch better things after going 3-9 in 2011, just2-6 in the MAC. The Bulls return 16 startersfrom that team, split evenly between offenseand defense. After a 30-year absence, Buffaloreturned to Division I-A football in 1999 when itjoined the Mid-American Conference. In addi-tion to Georgia, other notables the Bulls willmeet this season are Pittsburgh and Connecti-cut.

A look at the Buffalo offense: The Bulls, intheir multiple offense, averaged 30 points agame at home last season. Head coach JeffQuinn recently named junior Alex Zordich (6-3,220) as his starting quarterback and Zordichwill be handing the ball off to junior tailbackBranden Oliver (5-8,204) who shattered schoolrushing records last season when he ran for1,395 yards and 13 touchdowns, averaging 116yards per game in the process. Zordich’s toptarget will be junior wideout Alex Neutz, who at6-4, 209 should provide the Bulldog secondarya taste of what they will see next week inhighly-touted Missouri freshman Dorial Green-Beckham (6-6, 220).

A look at the Buffalo defense: The Bullshave a new defensive coordinator in Lou Tep-per, who was a former head coach at Illinois. Intheir 3-4 alignment, the Bulls are led by soph-omore linebacker Lee Skinner (6-2, 237), whorecorded 80 tackles last season as a freshman.But Buffalo will be without another stellar line-backer, Khalil Mack. The junior was suspendedindefinitely after missing a team scrimmageSaturday before last. After earning first-teamAll-MAC honors last season, Mack was recentlypicked for the Bronco Nagurski Trophy watchlist.

What Bulls head coach Jeff Quinn says:(On standout running back Branden Oliver)“There is no doubt that we have one of the na-tion’s premier running backs in Branden Oliver.He has a tremendous impact on our team notonly because of his talent on the field but be-cause of the way he displays his love of thegame each and every day both on and off thefield. We just need to improve in all areas aswe get ready to play Georgia.”

Game Prediction: In my annual preseasonpredictions, I called this game 48-10, Bulldogs.That sounds about right. An inspired Buffaloteam will attempt to take the fight to Georgiaearly on but then the Bulldogs’ depth and thatDeep South humidity will have the Bulls gaspingfor air in the second half. Look for Mark Richt toget all his talented freshmen in this game asGeorgia gets a good tuneup for its huge con-frontation with the Missouri Tigers.

#22 Najja Johnson, CB6-0, 182 Jr. Marietta, Ga. (Marietta H.S.)

Buffalo’s top defender is honorable mentionAll-American linebacker Khalil Mack, who issuspended for the game at Georgia. NajjaJohnson is the Bulls best defensive back,and this All Mid-American Conference can-didate figures to charged up to play in hishome state. Johnson led the MAC in passbreakups and had one of his best perform-ances at Tennessee. He had seven tacklesand three pass breakups against the Vols,showing he could perform on the big stage.A redshirt in 2009, Johnson played sparinglyin 2010 and then made the big jump tostandout starter a year ago. Buffalo willsorely miss Mack for the Georgia game, butwhen he returns from suspension, the starlinebacker will team with Johnson to giveBuffalo one of the MAC’s best defensivecombo’s.

#19 Alex Neutz, WR6-3, 205 Jr. Grand Island, N.Y. (Grand Island H.S.)

Buffalo’s best wide receiver, Alex Neutzteams with standout tailback BrandenOliver to give the Bulls one of the MAC’stop one-two skill position punches.What is so impressive about Mack,Oliver and Neutz is that they all had out-standing games against Big East foePittsburgh in the 2011 season opener.Neutz hauled in 10 passes for 108 yardsagainst the Panthers, one of threegames in which he went over the threedigit plateau. Neutz missed the finalthree games of the season, but still ledthe team with 641 yards receiving andfour touchdown catches. In his firstever game as a freshman, the 2010opener against Rhode Island, Neutz hadfive catches for 99 yards and a touch-down.

#32 Branden Oliver, TB5-8, 202 Jr. Miami, Fla. (Miami Southridge H.S.)

Buffalo won just three games last season, but the Bullshave a big time tailback to build around for 2012. BrandenOliver was one of the nation’s top runners last season andwas first team All Mid-American Conference. As a fresh-man he ran for 298 yards, then last season exploded. Heran for 1,395 yards – the 14th best total in the country –one of three school records he set in 2012, along with 306carries and 1,760 all-purpose yards. Packers standoutJames Starks was the previous record holder. This game-changer went over the century mark eight times last sea-son, including a 114-yard performance against Pitt. In a38-37 victory over Ohio, Oliver chalked up 179 yards on theground with three touchdowns and caught 5 passes for 43yards. He earned national running back of the week hon-ors in a 51-10 pounding of Akron, shredding the Zips for235 yards and a pair of scores. Starks closed out the cam-paign with a splendid performance in a loss to BowlingGreen with 127 yards and a TD on the ground and sixcatches for 92 yards.

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Known as a music mecca since the 1980s, it is exciting to see Athens’ burgeoning food culture. Call me a foodie nerd but there is something fascinating in listening to your well-versed server talk about not only the ingredients in the dish but where they came from too. That is what you can expect at both local favorites, Farm 255 and The National. While the students were away this summer, I had the privilege of spending some quality time with Chef Whitney Otawka from Farm 255 and Chef Peter Dale of The National. They were both named Atlanta Rising Star Chefs for Athens this summer. Dale was also recognized in the UGA Alumni Association’s 40 Under 40 program for 2012. Be sure to check out the Georgia Club video we were all involved in where the two chefs talk about the farm to table movement in Athens. I enjoyed dinner with Chef Whitney at Farm 255 the evening that we produced the video. I got to try the chanterelle mushrooms she men-

reconnect food to its roots and people to their food. After dinner when I stopped by The Manhattan for a nightcap, I discovered that the bartender was the one who foraged the mushrooms for Chef Whitney. Mission accomplished for Farm 255.

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Friday, August 31st, 2012

Faye Jones, the oldest of CoachWallace Butts’ three daughters, lives inAthens. She appreciates the arts, thesymphony and all things cultural, butshe has had a life-long passion for theBulldogs.

She follows all the Bulldog sportsteams, especially the football team.There are a number of her kin in andaround Athens. They are all keen onthe ‘Dogs. That spelling was the way itwas in her daddy’s day but she won’tfuss any if you use the latter dayspelling of Dawgs. However you sayit, she is connected and eager to jointhe action.

“We love all the teams,” she says,“but it has become harder for me toenjoy sports like basketball because itis difficult for me to drive at night, butwe are interested in all sports. We allbleed Red and Black.”

While she is not given to taking tothe stump, a coffee conversation withher reveals that she and her family—though not the first family of Georgiaathletics anymore—have a love andloyalty for UGA that would impressany diehard Bulldog fan. The familyhas maintained season tickets for yearsand can’t wait for fall Saturdays. Foryears they rented a room at the Geor-gia Center where they gathered pre-game for their own tailgate party.Then they walked to Sanford Stadiumfor an afternoon between the hedges.

“We have a lot of fond memories,”she says. “It was such an exciting timein the forties and fifties when we werein high school and college. My sistersJean and Nancy and I all graduatedfrom the Grady School of Journalism.”

Jean, who lives in Richmond, Va.,and Nancy, who died of cancer threeyears ago, were cheerleaders. Jeanmarried Frank Jones who became foot-ball coach and athletic director at theUniversity of Richmond. For years

you would see Nancy on the field inher cheerleading uniform, cheeringwith the alumni cheerleaders onHomecoming Saturday.

“With our heritage, it would behard for us to live in Athens and notsupport and follow the Bulldogs,” Fayesays. “We were caught up in the ex-citement growing up and it is in-grained in us. I lived in Atlanta foryears and found it very comfortingwhen I moved back to Athens. Therehave been a lot of changes, but it isstill a wonderful community. It hasgrown, but we can find our wayaround and appreciate the opportunityto visit all the landmarks like theChapel Bell. We rang it like everybodyelse when Georgia won, and while wedon’t do that anymore, it gives us greatpride to hear it ringing Saturday nightwhen Georgia wins a game. FivePoints, where we all grew up, is still alovely place for us to shop and spendtime with our friends.”

Faye (and Nancy until her death)has been a loyal supporter of theWally’s Boys Association which is anorganization of the players who let-tered for Coach Butts and friends andsupporters of her late father. In addi-tion to the lettermen, there are auxil-iary members—those who were fondof Coach Butts and the players whoplayed for him…friends of Wally’sBoys.

“Every spring when the family at-tends the Wally’s Boys breakfast, weget to see so many of the players whoplayed for my daddy, and that alwaysbrings back good memories. He is nolonger with us, but it gives us a lift tosee those who appreciated him and re-membered him as their coach. Thatmeans a lot to us, and the Universityhas always been good to include uswith so many functions over the years.

Wally Butts’ legacy lives on through his family

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When Coach Wallace Butts was elected posthumously to the College Football Hall of Fame, hison-field tribute in Sanford Stadium was attended by (L-R), Allison Yeomans, Faye Butts Jones’daughter; the late Nancy Butts Murray, Faye’s younger sister; Paige Allen, Faye’s niece andCoach Vince Dooley


avid Richt is very excited and, admittedly, a little nervous, too. That’s because David, the 17-year-old son of Georgia head football coach Mark and Katharyn Richt, will be making his of-ficial musical debut on the eve of the Bulldogs’ season opener against Buffalo.

David, a senior at Prince Avenue Christian School, will be singing that Friday night, Aug.31, in The Rialto Club at Hotel Indigo in Athens. And young Richt certainly has due cause to be a lit-tle anxious about his big moment because he will be performing “in the round” with hit songwritersGreg Barnhill, Mike Dekle, Tyler Hayes and Mark Lee in what has been dubbed “Bulldog Fever Fri-day.”

“Yes sir, I’m so excited and I’m a little nervous; in fact, I’m really nervous and excited,” David ex-claimed.

Tyler Hayes, who is co-producing Richt’s new EP (extended play) record along with fellow song-writer Mark Lee, said she thinks David will handle his big moment just fine.

“I think David will be fantastic with this,” said Hayes. “I don’t blame him for being nervous be-cause we’re a bunch of old-school songwriters and we’ve been doing it forever but I think he’ll fitright in. I really love that he’s making his debut with songwriters because I think, as they say in themusic business, it all begins with a song, and I think it’s cool that he’s starting out with songwritersbecause I really do think the magic is in the music and I know he’s nervous but I know he’s going tojust do fantastic.

“David will sing some and also sing along with us,” she added. “Every song writer there includ-ing myself has at least one or more hits that have been on the radio so David’s going to sing the hitswith each writer as well as the new stuff from his upcoming EP that Mark Lee and I are producing,”said Hayes, noting Richt’s EP should be released in late fall.

“I’m so excited for David,” she continued. “He’s really talented and he has incredible sense ofmelody in his music and he is working with Jan Smith, aka ‘Mama J.’ She is the vocal coach to manycelebrity recording artists. David’s really come to me and embraced the world of song writing andrecord production and he’s just diving in headfirst. He’s really, really a gifted kid and I have enjoyedevery second working with him as have the other songwriters in the room. All of us, Greg Barnhill,Mike Dekle, Mark Lee and myself, have worked with David on some of the songs for his project andso I think we would all agree he’s really and up- and-coming star and somebody to kind of keep youreyes on. He has a beautiful heart and he really is so excited to inspire hope, especially in young peo-ple, and he has a real passion to be a role model for his generation, not in a sense of being preachybut just in a sense of being loving and kind and a great example, and I think he does that really wellat such a tender young age.”

Hayes is a multiple award winning songwriter. She has written songs for Hilary Duff, Jesse Mc-Cartney, Bebe Winans, Rob Thomas, Tina Arena, Little Big Town and most recently, the band Glori-ana. Her very first song to reach No. 1 status was “If This World,” recorded by Jaci Velasquez. The songwas No. 1 for over 14 weeks, which placed Hayes in the elite ASCAP No.1 club. Her song “Bring Iton Home” was a Top 5 single for the group Little Big Town. She is currently writing a book “The DoorSwings Wide” that includes a record of the same name slated for a late fall 2012 release.

Greg Barnhill is a Grammy Award-nominated and three-time Emmy Award winner for most no-tably “Best Original Song” for the Today Show theme. He has written such hits as “Walkaway Joe” forTrisha Yearwood, House of Love for Amy Grant and Vince Gill, and had songs recorded by Etta James,Martina McBride, Tim McGraw, John Berry and Lee Ann Womack.

Mike Dekle, an Athens native, is also an entertainer himself, having released five albums and plac-ing on both Billboard and Americana charts. He has written No. 1 songs “Size Matters” (Joe Nichols)and “Country Must Be Country Wide” (Brantley Gilbert), and had Top Ten hits for Kenny Rogers andTracy Byrd.

Mark Lee is the lead guitarist and a founding member of the four-time Grammy-award winningChristian rock band, Third Day. Lee has performed over 1,400 shows with the band, traveling through-out the United States, Europe, Australia, South Africa, and Brazil. Third Day became the first Chris-tian artist to embark on a USO tour, and also became the first Christian artist to appear on the coverof Billboard magazine. As a songwriter, Lee has co-written over 20 number-one songs with Third Day.

David Richt said, from a very young age, he loved to sing.“And when I was in fourth grade, I started really getting interested in piano and started taking les-

sons then, even though I had actually never learned how to read music,” he related. “But I loved musicand in seventh grade somebody told me – I think it was my voice teacher, Mr. (Brit) Jones – that Isounded good and just encouraged me so that’s when I started trying on my own to get better singingand playing the piano. Mr. Jones is the 6th grade Bible teacher at Prince Avenue Christian School andalso the high school praise band teacher. He also leads worship for Athens Church and he was my firstvoice teacher. And then I took from a few other people in the beginning, who really helped me. Mysecond voice teacher was Dr. Greg Broughton. He works at UGA, and then my next voice coach wasAmy Winkles who is also singing at Athens Church. The voice teacher I have now is Jan Smith; sheis a world renowned voice teacher who teaches Justin Bieber, Usher, Sugarland, the Band Perry, DavidCrowder, and many more famous singers and bands.”

David says he has grown to love his music, Christian Contemporary, even more as he has ad-vanced through his high school years.

“I started playing at my church, Prince Avenue Baptist Church, for my praise band and also mypraise band at school,” he said. “So I played there a lot and I’ve slowly gotten better. When I startedtying in to the business part of it was last year. And this year, right before the summer in March, Istarted doing an EP with Tyler Hayes, which is one of my co-producers and a senior songwriter. Andthen my other co-producer is Mark Lee, who is the lead guitarist for Third Day. Another person whowas doing the EP of three songs with me was Peyton Howell, a girl from my school.

“Kind of in preparation, we sang at the AtlantaFest, a big Christian festival over there where a tonof really big artists sang and stuff. It was on June 15 before my dad spoke there and they gave us achance before he spoke to sing like two songs from the EP. In the EP, which is also Christian Con-temporary, Peyton Howell did her own stuff and I did my own stuff, and I’m still doing ChristianContemporary. We did the EP together but we’re not a duet,” David explained. “We’re separate peo-ple who came together to do an EP. We’re getting a few songs I’ve been writing with my co-produc-ers all summer and actually Tyler and I got to write with Mike Dekle one day which was really a coolexperience. Mike Dekle is a senior songwriter who has written a lot of songs for Kenny Rogers and hedid ‘Country Must Be Country Wide’ for Brantley Gilbert. So he’s written a lot of hit songs.”

While he’s sung before many groups and sizable audiences, Richt said his debut night will besomething different entirely.

“This will be unique because it will be four artists who are senior songwriters and they’ve all writ-ten really big hits,” David said. “It will be like a writers’ round where they’re all in a line and will taketurns singing the songs they have written and I will sing along with them on their hit songs. Thenwhen I do my songs it will be songs I’ve written with my co-producers and Mike Dekle. These song-writers are doing this to basically show people they’re supporting me and that I’m a new and up-coming artist, that sort of thing, just helping me and giving me a little bit of a platform. I’m reallyappreciative of them for doing this and I’m also very appreciative of my dad’s job because I can singand stuff but a huge reason this is happening is because of my dad and his platform and everythinghe stands for. It’s given me the opportunity to do what I love to do. My dad, he’s awesome.”

Like his dad Mark puts in the Bulldogs’ game plan for a big game, David said he’s likewise workedlong and hard for his Aug. 31 debut. “I’m just preparing for this chance as well as I can,” he said.

David said he enjoys playing soccer when he’s not involved in his music. “I’m trying to get a teamfor varsity guys at our school, I don’t know if it’s going to happen. If not, I will play in the rec leagues.”

For David Richt’s musical debut, the doors at The Rialto Room of Hotel Indigo will open at 7p.m. with the show beginning at 8 o’clock. Tickets will be $15 and can be purchased online at tick-etbiscuit.com. They will also be available at the door.

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1. Avoid Major Secondary Breakdowns – With Georgia at less thanfull strength in the secondary, it’s important to “keep it front.” Don’t get beatdeep. The supremely talented Malcolm Mitchell gets his first work in the sec-ondary for Georgia. Damian Swann at corner, and Corey Moore at safety, willhave major snaps. We’ll likely also see freshman Sheldon Dawson make hisBulldogs debut. The silver lining of not being at full strength is that if the Bull-dogs can survive and win until returning to full strength, the talent and depthwill be better heading into the teeth of the schedule.

2. Contain Branden Oliver –Buffalo’s breakout ball-carrier from a yearago was one of the nation’s leading rushers, gaining a school record 1,395yards, including eight 100-yard performances. Slowing down Oliver and theBuffalo ground game will be a good test for the Bulldogs run defense, withso many standout tailbacks awaiting on the schedule. Oliver is also a stand-out receiver, so the Bulldogs will have to be en guarde. It all starts in thetrenches, and then it’s up to Georgia’s sensational ‘backers to rack up thetackles.

3. Limit the Offensive Miscues – On Georgia’s first offensive play of2011, the Bulldogs were penalized for a false start. That was not a goodtone-setter in the 35-21 loss to Boise State in the Georgia Dome. Nobodywants penalties and turnovers, but they’re going to happen, and usually the

opener means more miscues. One of Georgia’s top priorities to make thejump from good to great is to limit the self-inflicted wounds – especially thecatastrophic mistakes, like the four interceptions that were returned for atouchdown last year.

4. Come out with Fire – It’s an early kickoff and not a marquee op-ponent. But it’s the season-opener, and even though a big SoutheasternConference game at Missouri (it’s going to take a long time getting used tosaying that) is on deck, the Bulldogs figure to be chomping at the bit to blockand tackle someone in different colored jerseys. The last time Georgia playeda game, the Dogs let one get away to Michigan State in the Capital One Bowl.That bitter Orlando pill should serve as great motivation for the Bulldogs.

5. Strong Special Teams – This is one of those “Duh’s” that everycoach on the planet emphasizes every week. But Georgia is breaking in afreshman kicker and a freshman punter. And Georgia’s special teams lastseason at times was poor. The Bulldogs gave up touchdowns via punt fake,kickoff and punt return. But that’s history. Like every team in the land, Geor-gia has the chance to be strong on special teams and it all starts Saturday.This much is certain, if the Dogs are going to make the jump from good togreat, the kicking game has to at least be a push in 2012.

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one on oneBy Rob Sherrell

First off, can you tell the Bulldawg Nation whatyou've been up to the last few years?

Well, I've been out of football now for two years and I went backto Georgia and actually graduated. It was at a chapter in my life ofwhere was I going to work next? Right now, I'm basically looking fora job as we speak. I've been going to a lot of interviews and trying tofind a job here in Atlanta. But everything else is going great.

Coming out of high school, you were a huge Gatorfan.

It was no secret that Gainesville was where you'd end up. How-ever, once you got down there for a trip, The Ole Ball Coach sort ofrubbed you the wrong way. Can you elaborate on what hap-pened? Well you know it's the craziest thing. You know I'm fromWaycross, Ga. and you know Waycross is not too far from the bor-der so I grew up a Florida fan all my life. I used to watch them throwthat football back in the day. And I didn't start playing football untilmy 11th grade year in high school. So I really started liking it. Nextthing you know, all these schools start coming around. I figured outmy real calling was football. So back then, most colleges would comein and fly you out on a private jet. I was keeping it on the hush hush,but I was going to Florida. Once I was down there, Coach Spurrierput me in a crazy position. He tried to like force me to sign with themand commit then and I didn't really like that. So when I got backfrom my trip, Coach Eason and Coach Richt came to my house.That's when I decided to go to Georgia.

You don't have to mention any school by name,but back then were there any schools that ever crossedthe line in their recruiting with any offers that you knewwere not above board?

Well back when I was going through it, I didn't see anythinggoing on illegal as far as myself or any other players. I'm surprised re-ally too with me being a high profile recruit. Of all the visits I wenton, they were good visits. Nobody really crossed the line or anythinglike that. So I never saw anything with any other player and it didn'thappen to me as well.

Well let's get back to your relationship with theGators. For someone that was going to go there, yousure had some big games against them. After lightingthem up in a loss for 130 yards receiving your freshmanyear, you didn't play in 2002 because of a hand injury.How disappointing was that?

I still don't know why I didn't play that game. Right before thegame, Coach Richt told Coach Eason I wasn't going to play. I have noidea why he did that because the whole week I had been practicing.Actually two weeks because we had that week off. So I was still prac-ticing the whole two weeks after thumb surgery trying to learn howto catch with a cast on and I think I did pretty good. I wish I could'veplayed. I mean at least they could've used me as a decoy. I still don'tknow why Coach Richt decided not to play me. I mean we could'veplayed in a National Championship Game, I'll tell you that.

With that in mind, tell us how great it felt to ice thegame in 2004 with the 4th quarter TD catch in Jack-sonville to avoid the seniors going 0-4 in the series? Iknow, man! It felt real good. Not only for me but for all the seniors.You always want to win that last game in every series. But with Floridabeing our biggest rivalry and the fans put so much emphasis on thatgame, if you don't win any other game you better win that Floridagame. It was a hell of a feeling. I'll tell you that. And catching thattouchdown pass, it was really awesome.

About that TD catch, there was a small bobblewhere it almost popped out. Then you reached out andgrabbed it. Were you making the fans sweat a little bit?Hey, it was a slant and I don't think David Greene should have everthrown that ball. If you ask me, the cornerback should've blown meup and the safety should've picked that ball.

A lot of people don't remember you beat Florida inGainesville as a freshman on the basketball court. Ithink you scored like 15 points that day. I do remem-ber you went to the foul line with the game on the lineand hit your free throws to seal the deal. Then youstarted doing the Gator chop to their fans. How'd thatgo over?

Man it was a great to be able to play both football and basket-ball at Georgia. To get to play for Coach Harrick, and with JarvisHayes, was awesome. But that was a great game for me. I rememberthat game and still even watch it some. I've got the cassette tape athome. That was a big win for us that year. We had a great team. I justremember before the game their student section just booing me non-stop. So that's why I decided to do the Gator chop. They just could-n't get over me changing my mind and going to UGA. So I just gotmy little revenge at the free throw line.

The Great Larry Munson one time said you lookedlike a deer with a football on kick returns. Is that a faircomparison?

Man, I've never been referred to as any animal. And hey, theonly reason I run so fast is I don't want to get hit. I don't think anyreceiver wants to get hit looking at these big-time linebackers in theSEC. When I'm running across the middle do you know how manypeople want to tear my head off? You can motivate me yourself justby running at me. I don't like getting hit. I'm going to tell you that.

Well the easiest way to not get hit is to not gettouched. In 2002, right before Clemson kicked off Istood up and screamed at them not to kick to the ballto Fred. Maybe it's because I had been drinking for 12hours or maybe they just couldn't hear me, but why doyou think they didn't listen?

I know! I think it was a little of both. I don't know why theykicked me that ball. I mean it was a night game. It was on nationalTV. You always want to put your players in a position on the field tomake something happen. And they happened to kick the ball tome. I think that was the worst decision they could possibly make thatnight.

Well let's talk about another night game. I believeit was 2002 vs. Ole Miss. You ran a slant in from theright hash. You caught the ball took one step and puta spin move on that cornerback that he, nor anyoneelse, had obviously ever seen before. Then you walkedinto the endzone while he looked for his jockstrap.How did you come up with that? It was just a slant route andsaw him on the outside. I knew I was going to stop on a dime. Youknow man, it just happens. I mean it was already in my head. I hadalready thought it through. I knew I was going to catch the ball andand he was going to be on the outside. So I was going to stop on adime. I mean it was a great play. I remember all the big plays I madeat Georgia and that's one of the biggest ones.

Well I'd love to ask you about another 2002 game.You were involved in one of the greatest plays andworst plays I've ever seen offensively at UGA in theAlabama game. Can you explain what happened onthe amazing touchdown catch and then what hap-pened when the ball popped out of your hands andCharlie Peprah took it to the house for six?

That catch was just one of those things as a receiver when theball's in the air you just make a play. Whether you catch it on yourbutt or how you do it, you just make the play. From this day, I stillcan't tell you how I caught that ball. It was just good concentrationI guess and I made a play on the ball. I'm just glad I caught that ballbecause then I had that catch that went out of my hands. I meansometimes you have those times where things happen and you justdon't know why that ball just fumbles out of your hands. But it hap-pens. However, the big thing was we won the game, beat Alabamaand I think we were Man Enough that day!

Everyone knows you were drafted by the Steelers.However, they cut you late in camp and wanted to moveyou to practice squad. You decided to reject that and takeyour chances as a free agent. I know you said that turnedout to be a big mistake. Can you elaborate on that?

It was a bad decision being a young guy and really not under-standing the NFL. When I first got to Pittsburgh, I really wasn't readyto actually play. As a player like me, you want to be on the football

field. And like I said I made one of the worst decisions. They thoughtthey were going to put me on practice squad and let me come intomyself. I was upset that they cut me and kind of embarrassed thatthey did. And I didn't really want to be a part of Pittsburgh anymore.You know Miami gave gave me a phone call. So I didn't sign a con-tact (with Pittsburgh), I signed with Miami, and that was one of theworst decisions I could possibly make.

At one point did you say "I'm done with football"and decide to move on?

I think at one point I signed a $50,000 contract for one year inCanada. At that point, once I got up there I really wasn't into foot-ball anymore. I had been living here and living there and was justtired of it. I just wanted to be happy. And I wasn't happy at the time.I mean I was miserable because I wasn't doing what I loved. I wasso miserable and after that I just called Coach Richt and asked himif I could just come back to college. I then went back to Georgia andfocused on the next chapter in my life.

Before you got back to school, you actually took ashot at the NBA which proves what an amazing ath-lete you really are. Not many people could do that. Butyou got drafted and spent a year in the NBA D-League.Can you talk about that experience?

After I got done with football, I got in touch with my old coach,Coach Jim Harrick. He got me a workout and I actually got draftedin the D-League. I got drafted by the Albuquerque Thunderbirds. Iactually made the team, played in a lot of games and had fun. It wasa great experience. I never got called up to the NBA that first season.Then I got traded to Austin, Texas. And the NBA much like theNFL, is very political and I just got tired of it. So I decided to moveon.

Can you explain the difference in the quality of thegroupies, if you will, between the NFL and the NBA D-League?

(Laughter galore) We don't really have groupies in the D-League. I mean the D-League is just the minor leagues. The NFL? Imean every girl is looking at the NFL. I mean that's just how it works.I don't think I ever ... well maybe I have had a couple of groupies inmy life, but not too many.

You've seen a lot over the last few years. What'snext for one of the Bulldawg Nation's favorite people?

The most important thing is I just want to be happy. When Iwas playing football in the NFL, I wasn't happy whatsoever. Youwould think "Oh, you're in the NFL? Everybody's happy there". Butit ain't like that. I just want to get a great job and raise my little girl.I have a seven-year-old little girl and I just want to watch her grow.

You already brought this up, but I wanted to askanyway. A lot of guys go back to school and get theirdiploma. Did you do that for yourself, or more for aparent, other family member, or someone else alto-gether?

t was just a personal decision. Even when I got drafted I knewat some point I would have to go back to college. I mean I knew Icouldn't play football and basketball forever. I knew I had to have abackup plan and getting a four year degree is really important. In thisworld, you have to have a four year degree to even get a job. I meanin a million years I would never have thought my football careerwould be over at this point, but I always knew I'd need a backupplan.

Catching up with a great Bulldog ... Fred Gibson

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September 1As usual, the mighty Southeastern Conference will be involved in the most attractive games to start thecampaign. South Carolina visits Vanderbilt Thursday. So before the calendar hits September, some-one will be 0-1 in the league. That same night, Texas A&M plays its first game as a member of the SEC,visiting Louisiana Tech. Then on Friday, it’s the first of a Chick-Fil-A Kickoff Classic twin-bill, as Ten-nessee tangles with North Carolina State at the Georgia Dome. The Vols need this one to have a suc-cessful season. Then on Saturday, in what will be a mighty tough ticket, Clemson clashes with Auburn.The main event takes place in Dallas, as defending national champion Alabama takes on Michigan,which went 11-2 and won the Sugar Bowl a year ago. There is great history between these two.

September 8Missouri and the Aggies play their first intra-conference games, and they have royal foes coming to visit.Georgia goes to Missouri and Florida visits Texas A&M. Both the Bulldogs and Gators badly need winsto open league play. Georgia has sky-high hopes, while Florida doesn’t want to be 0-1 in SEC playheading to Knoxville.

September 15There are two mega-showdowns, as Arkansas goes to Bama and Tennessee hosts Florida. This will beone of the most highly anticipated games in Razorback history, and if they could pull it off – even withthe Bobby Petrino scandal – it could be a special year. If they lose, they could free-fall. The pressure ison in Knoxville. For the loser, it’s a long road back in the race for Atlanta. For the winner, they are rightin the thick of the picture.

September 22LSU goes to Auburn, and what a decade-plus it has been for these two. They have played some of theSEC’s most memorable games of the 2000’s, and LSU and Auburn have produced some of the league’smost unforgettable seasons during this span as well. Missouri goes to South Carolina. Georgia had bet-ter be careful with Vandy.

September 29Georgia hosts Tennessee. If the Dogs aren’t undefeated coming out of September – even with the attri-tion – it will be a disappointing month. South Carolina goes to Kentucky. The Dogs and Gamecockssquare off the next weekend in Columbia. Alabama should continue its domination of Ole Miss.

October 6 In what could be the biggest game in determining who plays in Atlanta out of the East, Georgia goes toSouth Carolina. The Gamecocks have won two straight in the series. They have never beaten Geor-gia three straight times. It is a huge day in the league with six intra-conference games. LSU will be atFlorida and Arkansas goes to Auburn. These two games will also have major ramifications. If theBayou Bengals bludgeon Florida in Ben Hill Griffin, It will be hot in Gainesville.

October 13For the second straight week, there are six intra-conference contests. October is the heart of football sea-son and this is a second straight standout weekend in the SEC. South Carolina’s tough stretch contin-ues, as the Gamecocks venture to Baton Rouge. Both of these teams have SEC championship dreams.There’s a big one in Starkville, as both Tennessee and Mississippi state try and make It to the upper crustof the league in 2012.

October 20This weekend may be better than the previous two. There are five intra-conference games, includingAlabama’s visit to Tennessee. LSU and Texas A&M have some history and they’ll square off in CollegeStation. This could be a match-up that bubbles into something through the years. South Carolina’sbrutal schedule stretch continues at Florida. With Jacksonville looming, Georgia tries to avoid an upsetat Kentucky. Auburn has to go to Vanderbilt and that could be tricky.

October 27For the final Saturday in October, there are six intra-conference games, highlighted by the cocktail party.Georgia and Florida battle in Jacksonville, Tennessee goes to South Carolina and Kentucky is at Mis-souri. That’s East-vs.-East. The Aggies are at Auburn for what should be a barnburner, Ole Miss goesto Arkansas and Bama hosts Mississippi State. On the horizon, though there’s no way on Earth it couldbe as big as last year (right?)….

November 3Everyone knows what happened last year between these two. The saga continues in Baton Rouge, withLSU hosting Alabama. The Bayou Bengals have the most upper crust talent returning in the SEC, andtheir national title dreams can kick into full gear with a win over the Crimson Tide. That would marka third straight regular season victory over Bama. Of course, the one in New Orleans is amongst Bama’sgreatest ever wins. The Jackie Sherrill Bowl is in Starkville, with MSU hosting the Aggies, and the Dogstry and avoid being blind-sided by Ole Miss in between Florida and Auburn.

November 10There are some great match-ups this Saturday, highlighted by Georgia’s visit to Auburn, Arkansas’s trekto South Carolina and Texas A&M’s trip to Alabama in the Bear Bryant and Dennis Franchione Bowl.

The Dogs have beaten Auburn five of the last six years (of course the year Auburn won, the Tigers cap-tured the national title). Arkansas has handled South Carolina the last years , and this will be huge forboth. It should help A&M catching Bama after Baton Rouge.

November 17With the gauntlet through the thick of the schedule and with the Thanksgiving arch-rivals on deck, theslate gears down a good bit for this one weekend. It’s really the weakest day going back to at least thesecond Saturday in September. Arkansas should be on upset alert at Mississippi State, as LSU waits ondeck. The Bayou Bengals should again clobber Ole Miss. Tennessee will need it at Vandy, and Geor-gia better not be sleepy against Ga. Southern.

November 24It’s LSU-Arkansas, the Iron Bowl, the Egg Bowl, Georgia-vs.-Tech, Florida-vs.-Florida State, South Car-olina-vs.-Clemson, etc. It’s the biggest Saturday of the year. Coaches are fired and hired over thesegames. Holiday seasons are made or broken over these games. Happiness for a year is made over thesegames.

The 2012 SEC scheduleA brief week-end-by-weekend glance at what’s to come with the goal of finishing in Atlanta, then MiamiBy Jeff Dantzler

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Kickoff is here and this season promises to be another dandy. The Southeastern Conference is as strong as ever.Southern Cal is back and eligible to play for the big prize. Texas and Oklahoma have questions. Ohio State will beback, but not this year. So the Big Ten and Big XII could have a non traditional power enter the fray. The Buckeyesare on probation. There are a couple of teams on the rise in the ACC. But the SEC champ vs. USC for the big prizeis the best bet.

1. LSU – If the Tigers can overcome the Alabama hang-over from New Orleans – even with the loss of the HoneyBadger, LSU has the goods to return to the BCS Champi-onship Game. Bama comes to Baton Rouge. Another trip toAtlanta for a battle with Georgia could be on tap.

2. Southern Cal – Matt Barkley’s decision to come backgives Southern Cal its highest hopes in the last few years.Plus they aren’t on probation. Receiver Robert Woods is oneof the nation’s best talents. The schedule is more than man-ageable and the PAC-12 is there for the taking. Plus, younever know what Lane Kiffen is going to do or say. USC madea major upgrade at A.D. with Pat Haden.

3. Georgia – The offseason has not been a good one forGeorgia, which has been hit hard by attrition. But the Bull-dogs have the talent and schedule to make a run at the bigprize. Jarvis Jones leads a very talented defense.

4. Alabama – Trent Richardson and a star studded defen-sive corps have moved onto the NFL, but Nick Saban hasbeen stacking up elite recruiting classes. Bama won’t be asgood as last year or 2009, but still bank on 10 wins.

5. Florida State – If the Seminoles can just win the gamesthey are supposed to win, they’ll find themselves in the ACCChampionship Game. EJ Manuel is a duel-threat at quarter-back, and the Seminoles defense should be the conference’sbest. Jimbo Fisher could build up some collateral with a bigyear.

6. Arkansas – This is the hardest team to gauge in thecountry because of what happened with the Bobby Petrinoscandal. If Knile Davis is healthy and the team can band to-gether, Arkansas should be really good. If they lose one theyaren’t supposed to early, it could come unhinged.

7. South Carolina – If Marcus Lattimore and JaDaveonClowney are big time players, two of the best in the country.If Lattimore is healthy, the Gamecocks will be very tough tobeat. South Carolina is 6-0 vs. Georgia, Florida and Ten-nessee the last two years. Did you ever think that would hap-pen? Steve Spurrier.

8. Oregon – What a run the Ducks have had, going backto their berth in the BCS Championship Game. Oregon hasbecome a routine double digit game winner. But the NCAAhas been sniffing around Eugene, and that’s never good.

9. Oklahoma – Bob Stoops has Oklahoma in the mixmost every year. He’s the third great Oklahoma coach ever,along with Bud Wilkinson and Barry Switzer. Injuries hit theSooners hard a year ago.

10. West Virginia – The blowout of Clemson in the Or-ange Bowl gives West Virginia some major momentum head-ing into the Big XII. The Mountaineers, Dana Holgerson,Geno Smith and a high powered offense will fit in perfect intheir new home.

11. Michigan – In their last two games, Michigan beatOhio State and won the Sugar Bowl. The Wolverines openthis season with defending BCS Champion Alabama. If Den-nard Robinson has a big game and Michigan wins, he’ll be aHeisman front-runner.

12. Clemson – Winning the ACC Championship Game andearning their first Orange Bowl berth since they captured thenational title in Miami on 1/1/82 over Nebraska, was a hugestep for the program. Then came the embarrassment in theOrange Bowl. Sammy Watkins is an elite talent.

13. Wisconsin - Barry Alvarez turned Wisconsin into aconstant Big Ten contender, and now with Bret Bilema, theBadgers are a good bet to win at least nine games and be in thehunt for the conference title every year. .

14. Texas – If the Longhorns don’t get back to that dou-ble digit win level this year, the fans will grow restless inAustin. Texas was improved a year ago and the ‘Horns al-ways recruit good talent. Offensive identity is their long in-ternal nemesis.

15. Virginia Tech – The Hokies had things going good,but lost to Clemson for the second time last season in theACC Championship Game. Virginia Tech then came up shortin an exciting Sugar Bowl against Michigan. Frank Beamerhas worked wonders in Blacksburg and they are always agood bet to make the ACC Championship Game.

16. Nebraska – This is a golden opportunity for Nebraskato make it to the Big Ten Championship Game. Ohio Stateraised the stakes again bringing in Urban Meyer, and Michi-gan is coming off a big season. But the league is up for grabs.And with Meyer in Columbus, if he still has the fire, it won’tbe that way for long.

17. Tech – The Yellow Jackets return a lot of talent. PaulJohnson has done good work on the flats, and Tech has beento a bowl game every year since 1997. Their big questionmark will be on defense, but that offense keeps them off thefield.

18. TCU – The drug scandal was an enormous blow forthe Horned Frogs. Gary Patterson has done amazing thingsin Fort Worth, but now it’s on to the Big XII and their South-west Conference roots with an ugly scandal hanging overtheir heads.

19. Auburn – Auburn’s defense should be better, but itwill be a tough climb for the Tigers to finish in the top halfof the SEC West. But the last two times Alabama won thenational title, Auburn went undefeated the next year. Sodon’t take the Tigers lightly.

20. Tennessee – The Volunteers open the campaign in theGeorgia Dome against N.C. State. That’s a must win. If Ten-nessee can take care of business against Florida and then winthe ones they should late in the year, eight wins is withinreach. The middle of their schedule is brutal.

21. Kansas State – Keep an eye on the Wildcats, whocould make some noise in Big XII and nationally. Bill Sny-der is just working wonders there again. Before he first camethere, K-State had the worst record in the history of collegefootball.

22. Florida – Florida has talent. Florida has questionmarks. Such is life in the SEC. Florida also has road datesat Texas A&M and Tennessee to open conference play andthat will be very tough. Jordan Reed is an excellent playerand the Gators defense should be very good.

23. Ohio State – Probation will keep the Buckeyes fromgoing bowling this year, but it’s just a matter of time beforethey’re back atop the Big Ten. If Meyer still has the fire. Theplayers he inherited should be a natural fit for his spread at-tack. .

24. Oklahoma State – The Cowboys lost a lot of talent,but this is not a one-hit wonder of a program. T. BoonePickens dropped an enormous amount of money into hisschool and it is paying off. Mike Gundy has done an excellentjob and isn’t going anywhere.

25. Utah – Kyle Whittingham has done fine work at thehelm in Salt Lake City. Utah should’ve been in the PAC-12Championship Game last year, but suffered a devastating lossto Colorado. They catch Southern Cal at a good time.

Jeff Dantzler’s Top 25

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