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Murray Poole
Murray Poole served as sports editor and senior sports editor of The Brunswick News for 40 years and four months. The running joke is that he is the happiest sports writer ever now because he doesn’t have to be fair and cover Georgia Tech wi... Read More about Murray Poole »
Richt talks Dogs with large turnout in Jacksonville
Posted on 04/23/2013 by Murray Poole
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Some 250-plus members of the south Georgia, north Florida Bulldog Nation turned out at the Jacksonville Jaguars’ EverBank Field Tuesday night for the annual UGA Day, sponsored by the University of Georgia Alumni Association. Georgia head basketball coach Mark Fox didn’t make ... Read full story
A day-by-day look at the Bulldogs’ 15 spring practice sessions:
Posted on 04/22/2013 by Murray Poole
Saturday, March 2 The Georgia football team opened its 2013 spring camp with a two-hour practice on a frigid, and at sometimes snowy Saturday morning at the Woodruff Practice Fields. “Overall, the tempo was great,” said coach Mark Richt. “The attitude was good. Everyone was coaching hard, everybo... Read full story
G-Day Rewind
Posted on 04/22/2013 by Murray Poole
A completely revamped Georgia defense had the opportunity to finally display itself on April 6 in the Bulldogs’ annual G-Day game at Sanford Stadium. And before a record spring game crowd of 45,113, these young defenders made the most of the situation as the Black team – which consisted of the Bu... Read full story
Five questions for Mark Richt...
Posted on 04/22/2013 by Murray Poole
1. As a whole, what does getting so close to playing in the national championship game in 2012 mean to you, your staff and this team? Is winning it all in 2013 the number one goal? “I don’t think there’s any doubt that that’s the goal. We want to be champions, no doubt about that. But I think tha... Read full story
Will Friend cautious in O-line praise
Posted on 04/22/2013 by Murray Poole
Georgia fans are already anticipating the 2013 football season and when they discuss the strengths of this year’s team, they quickly point to a talented and experienced offensive line, which is returning every single starter – and several top reserves – from the 12-2 team of last fall that establ... Read full story
Will Friend cautious in O-line praise
Posted on 04/22/2013 by Murray Poole
Georgia fans are already anticipating the 2013 football season and when they discuss the strengths of this year’s team, they quickly point to a talented and experienced offensive line, which is returning every single starter – and several top reserves – from the 12-2 team of last fall that establ... Read full story
Youngsters spring onto the scene
Posted on 04/22/2013 by Murray Poole
When one dissects Georgia’s 2013 spring practice and what Bulldogs made moves on the team’s depth chart, you first have to take a good look at the 13 early freshman enrollees. And, in specifically, free safety Tray Matthews and inside linebacker Reggie Carter. Matthews, the 6-0, 195-p... Read full story
Grantham breaks down 2013 defense
Posted on 04/22/2013 by Murray Poole
With most of the guys that comprised Georgia’s starting defense last season now awaiting this week’s NFL draft, many of the so-called college football experts are envisioning a tough season for the 2013 Bulldogs on that side of the ball. But the players who will now be taking the fiel... Read full story
Lainie Bobo: Florida girl grew up loving Dogs
Posted on 04/22/2013 by Murray Poole
Despite growing up in Sarasota, Fla., on the picturesque coastline of the Gulf of Mexico, Lainie Bobo never even considered going off to college at one of those Florida schools, say either the University of Florida or Florida State University. For Lainie, the former Lainie Meshad, is the niece of... Read full story
Observations from the Bulldogs' Friday's practice leading into Saturday morning's scrimmage
Posted on 03/29/2013 by Murray Poole
Some observations of Friday’s spring football session, when the Bulldogs went through their paces in shells (helmets and shoulder pads) in anticipation of their second scrimmage Saturday morning in Sanford Stadium: One drill Mike Bobo was putting his quarterbacks through involved the Georgia sign... Read full story
Murray Poole's Interviews with six of the signees’ family members
Posted on 02/25/2013 by Murray Poole
Josh Cardiello – “He’s always been into cooking, believe or not” The Georgia Bulldogs can never have enough good offensive linemen and that’s why the coaching staff was happy to include Josh Cardiello in the 2013 signing class. The 6-3, 283-pound Cardiello, who’s already enrolled in school ... Read full story
Murray seeks ‘that next step’
Posted on 02/25/2013 by Murray Poole
Veteran QB returns with championship aspirations and is encouraged by fellow leaders and 2013 signees He’s passed for a total of 10,091 yards and 95 touchdowns in his three seasons as starting quarterback for the Georgia Bulldogs and is on a steady course to rewrite all the individual passing rec... Read full story
Katharyn Richt says recruiting affects wives, too
Posted on 02/25/2013 by Murray Poole
When Georgia put the cap on its 2013 recruiting class Feb. 6 with 32 stellar signees that again enabled the Bulldogs to reel in one of the top 10, 15 classes in the country, the team’s hardworking coaching staff was able to finally sit back, catch its breath – at least for a day or two – and sav... Read full story
Five yards shy of national title game, these 2012 Bulldogs joined the UGA elite
Posted on 01/04/2013 by Murray Poole
They were five yards and four points short of going where I predicted them to go back in our season preview issue last June but that devastating 32-28 loss to Alabama in the SEC championship game, which kept the Georgia Bulldogs from making the trip to South Beach for the BCS National Championshi... Read full story
Bulldogs shuck the Huskers, 45-31, behind Murray and Jones' record days
Posted on 01/01/2013 by Murray Poole
ORLANDO – If indeed Aaron Murray has played his final game in a Georgia uniform, he made his last performance maybe his best one. Overcoming two costly interceptions in the early going, the junior from Tampa finished 18-for-33 through the air for a whopping 427 yards and a school record-tying fiv... Read full story
From the Press Box
Posted on 01/01/2013 by Murray Poole
Following an up-and-down weather pattern in the seven days leading up to this afternoon’s Capital One Bowl, the first day of 2013 has produced picture-perfect football weather as the Bulldogs and Cornhuskers get set to tangle here at Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium. Fact of the matter is, the conditi... Read full story
Sound bites from players, coaches as Bulldogs now in countdown for Tuesday's kickoff
Posted on 12/31/2012 by Murray Poole
Some interesting and informative sound bites from the Bulldogs’ Capital One Bowl practices and press conferences as the countdown is now underway for tomorrow’s 1 p.m. kickoff at Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium. Georgia coach Mark Richt, upon being asked by Bulldawg Illustrated at this morning’s bowl... Read full story
Bulldogs' kickers could play major role in Tuesday's Capital One Bowl
Posted on 12/30/2012 by Murray Poole
ORLANDO – Two are mere freshmen and the other is a fifth-year senior but just as in every other game this 2012 football season, Georgia kickers Marshall Morgan, Collin Barber and Jamie Lindley will play major roles in Tuesday’s Capital One Bowl matchup between the Bulldogs and the Nebraska Cornhu... Read full story
Bulldogs know they can't overlook beleaguered Nebraska defense in Tuesday's Capital One Bowl
Posted on 12/29/2012 by Murray Poole
ORLANDO – Everybody in Bulldawg Nation knows all about that Nebraska offense, the one that is averaging 35.1 points per game, 254 yards rushing a game (8th in nation) and also 207 yards through the air per contest. But what you don’t hear as much talk about as 5th-ranked Georgia revs up to face t... Read full story
Dog defenders making ready for Huskers' powerful ground attack
Posted on 12/28/2012 by Murray Poole
ORLANDO – Unlike the chilly practice conditions the Georgia Bulldogs experienced Wednesday night and Thursday morning after arriving in this central Florida city, this morning’s workout in shells and shorts at Celebration High School was greeted by considerably warmer and almost picture-perfect w... Read full story
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