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Fall Camp, August 14, 2012

From the editor : vance leavyWith kickoff just a few long weeks away, the good

news coming out of Fall Camp is the fact that our playersare doing exactly what is asked of them by their coaches.And while most of the time that would scare the heck outof me, this go round I find it most reassuring.

The reason is simple. This year’s 2012 Georgia Bull-dogs football team is loaded not only with talented play-ers, but men who have been in the program for manyyears. Throughout the first couple weeks of practice, Icontinuously reminded both Coach Richt and severalother coaches that they seemed quite satisfied with eachday’s practice.

I guess that’s the way it should be if a team is trulygoing to live up to the expectations of winning the SECEast and returning to Atlanta for the SEC Championship.

BI’s Murray Poole spent a week in Athens with hismain goal being to find out who was turning heads in theeyes of both coaches and players. We decided the best wayto do that was to highlight 10 players from both sides ofthe ball. However, since everyone in the Bulldog Nationalways wants to hear about both the veterans and young-sters, this task wasn’t that simple.

Whereas I know our readers will certainly enjoy allthe players highlighted beginning on page 13, I think it’sinteresting to see who didn’t make our list. And withoutquestion, it wasn’t that some of these guys weren’t makingplays, the problem (which is a great one to have) is that wehave so many great players.

You won’t find names on Murray’s offensive list likeTavarres King, Chris Conley, Michael Bennett and JayRome, but I assure you those guys have been doing justfine the last few weeks and will be making plenty of playsthroughout the season. And the same goes for Murray’s de-fensive list where names like John Jenkins, KwameGeathers, Bacarri Rambo and Christian Robinson were leftoff.

I guess in hindsight, perhaps Murray and I shouldhave named 15 or 20 players on bothsides of the ball. I hope you are like meand find much comfort in the fact thatit just wasn’t feasible to get all our tal-ented players in this issue.

Either way, please have fun with thelists as they represent an excellent mixof both familiar and new names that aresure to have Sanford Stadium rocking inthe coming months.

Beyond that, I also encourage you to read Murray’soverview of his time in Athens on page 8. And whileCoach Richt and company weren’t ready to divulge thedepth chart just yet, Murray does give his best guess as towho he thinks will be lining up where.

And we’re happy to report that BI’s Jeff Dantzler hasreturned home safely after his month long gig in Londoncovering the Olympics. Not much has changed with JD’sbelief that 2012 is setting up to be a special year for ourBulldogs. On page 4, he makes his annual season predic-tion. And I’m happy to report he sees this year’s regularseason ending with a 11-1 record and a return to Atlantawith a rematch with LSU. Yes sir!

Speaking of the Olympics, they couldn’t have goneany better for many of the UGA former and current ath-letes. From Isner advancing to the quarterfinals to AllisonSchmitt’s awesome metal count, the 30th games weremade even more thrilling knowing that individuals thatbleed red and black were helping our country amass themost medals of any country in the world. On page 11,Travis Ragsdale reports on some of the biggest highlights.Congrats to all our awesome athletes. What amazing am-bassadors they all are for UGA.

And finally don’t miss all our fan photos throughoutthe issue. From UGA Days in Atlanta and Tampa to Soror-ity Recruitment (yes that’s now the PC word it is called),all the photos signify how close we all are to toe meetingleather for the beginning of what is surely to be a fun andexciting ride for the Bulldog Nation.

Kickoff beckons.If you can’t stand the wait, then I encourage you to

get in the car this Saturday and head to Athens for PictureDay. It’s always a blast to see all our players make so manyfans happy signing autographs and chatting about the up-coming season.

And later that night, make time to attend Cindy andMark Fox’s Suits and Sneakers event. They will just be get-ting back from an Italian excursion where our HoopDawgs had a ton of success playing several Italian teams.Like our football team, I’m expecting big things from ourhoopsters this year.

Gotta run now, but don’t worry we will be back in justtwo weeks with our first season issue. Until then, get someexercise and be nice to your significant other. Both willsurely go a long way during the grind of navigating the2012 season.

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Autumn expectations in Athensare at their highest since 2008. ThatGeorgia team was ranked No. 1 in thepreseason polls, got hit by a couple ofinjuries and played five horrendousquarters, resulting in an underachiev-ing 10-3 record against a very toughschedule.

Though it’s never easy in theSoutheastern Conference, with thedips at regular league powers thatGeorgia faces, this season’s slate is asmanageable as possible.

Despite some major attrition, theBulldogs return a great deal of talent.With this schedule, and this front-linetalent, anything less than a return tothe SEC Championship Game with arecord superior to the 10-2 mark Geor-gia took to Atlanta a year ago will be adisappointment.

If LSU or Alabama had this sched-ule, everyone would be saying 11-1 atworst. So is Georgia in that class thisyear?

Florida, Tennessee and Auburn areall down from their championshipdays. It won’t be that way forever. Fora second straight year, there is no Ala-bama, LSU or Arkansas on the recordseason schedule.

Everything is in place for the Bull-dogs to strike and take a leap back intothe elite, after the steps taken forwardout of mediocrity (8-5 in 2009, 6-7 in2010) in 2011.

It’s not going to be easy. Vander-bilt and Tennessee will be tough. Techwill be very good. Missouri will beamped up for Georgia’s arrival. And isit ever easy against both Florida andAuburn?

The toughest challenge will likelybe at South Carolina, which is seekinga first ever three game winning streakagainst the Dogs.

Whenever Georgia has a schedulewith the Gamecocks as the anticipatedtoughest foe, the stars have aligned.

It starts with, as my old friendMark Schlabach says, Georgia gettingout of its own way. No more attritionoff the field. Then on the field, nomore catastrophic mistakes – like giv-ing up three non-offensive touchdownsin the same game to South Carolina,and vastly improving a kicking gamethat at times last year was exception-ally poor.

Georgia’s woes in the kicking gamecan be linked to the low scholarshipnumbers. So can the defense’s vulner-ability shown in the fourth quarter ofthe four losses from a year ago.

Depth. Though Georgia’s frontline talent

is comparably as strong as any team inAmerica, if the Bulldogs are going towin the SEC and play for the nationalchampionship, reinforcements are re-quired.

A starting 11 on defense that couldwell be the country’s best will need aboost from a handful of talented fresh-men and underclassmen. Theseyounger players can fill vital roles onspecial teams (and not just the twokicking jobs that true freshmen are ex-pected to win), give stars like JarvisJones, Abry Jones and John Jenkinssome breathers, and also get their feetwet as heir apparants. Keep in mind,almost all of this star studded defensewill be gone a year from now.

On offense, the line and differ-ence-making play at tailback are thesecond and third biggest concerns.After cutting down, if not eliminatingall together, the back-breaking disasterplays that so plagued the Bulldogs inthose four losses a year ago. In threeof the four losses, Georgia had an in-terception returned for a touchdown.

To go from good to great, the Bull-dogs must first stop beating them-selves.

In the four losses last season, tothe four best teams Georgia played, theBulldogs beat themselves twice – SouthCarolina and Michigan State – andmade costly mistakes while getting

outplayed in setbacks to a far superiorLSU and against Boise State.

Without a doubt, as mentionedabove, the Dogs made huge steps lastseason. The excitement and expecta-tions that come from that also must betempered, and that fire of being thehunter must remain. Because Georgiahasn’t yet arrived back in the nation’selite – as was the case from the late-90’s through the 2000’s.

Last season in many ways was aparadox.

For the first time since the power-house SEC champions of 1981, Geor-gia beat Tech, Florida, Auburn andTennessee in the same season.

Georgia boasted its first 10-gamein-season win streak since the power-house SEC champions of 1982 went aperfect 11-0 en route to a third con-secutive conference crown.

But….and here’s where it’s impor-tant for everyone involved in the pro-gram, to the most die-hard of fans, tothe coaches and players to remem-ber….

In the 12-game regular season, for-tunate Georgia did not play LSU, Ala-bama or Arkansas.

Georgia played four top 20 teamslast season. The Bulldogs were 0-4 inthose games.

Sandwiched around that sweet 10-game winning streak were back-to-back bookend losses that started andended the campaign on sour notes.

Since the loss to Michigan State –a game in which Georgia led 16-0, agame in which Georgia led by sevenpoints in the closing minutes with theball near midfield, a game in which theSpartans threw an interception to startovertime – there has been bad off fieldnews.

Everyone, you would think, ishappy that practice is started. Every-one is excited that the season is fast ap-proaching – though the Bulldogs willnot be at full strength for the first twogames.

Missouri will be tough. Georgiahas better material than the Tigers.

Vanderbilt and Tennessee will bebetter. Georgia has better material.

Same for Kentucky, the week be-fore Florida.

For Georgia to have that specialseason, games like Missouri, Ten-nessee, Vandy and Kentucky – and OleMiss between Florida and Auburn –though not easy, all five shouldn’t beknee-knockers. When the Dogs haveteams on the ropes, will Georgia finishthem?

Like Georgia did in the blowout ofAuburn.

Will Georgia display the aggres-sion of the Florida game – with twofourth-down touchdown passes andthe magic throw and catch on thegame’s final drive? Can Georgia cashin in the red zone?

Or will Georgia be too reliant onfield goals? Had Billy Bennett andBlair Walsh, both high in the SECrecord books, not had quite as few at-tempts, the Bulldogs well could havebeen a part of the league’s run of na-tional champions. It takes touch-downs. But when you can’t get ‘em,you better make the kicks.

Power running games, great de-fense, solid special teams and explo-sive plays have been the formula forthe SEC’s national champions. Withthis schedule, if Georgia can do threeand a half of those, it will be a specialseason.

The bet is here it happens, with acouple of freshmen making a differ-ence.

Georgia builds on last season andcashes in. Call it 11-1 and anothershowdown with LSU in the GeorgiaDome – with the winner moving on toplay Southern Cal for the nationalchampionship in Miami.

That’s the goal. These are the expectations. It’s daring to be great!

Call it 11-1, Dogs-Tigers rematch in Atlanta

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Sweaney loves her role on athletic boardAnne Sweaney came out of the cornfields of

Iowa and climbed the ladder of her profession towhere she is today: Professor and Head of the De-partment of Housing and Consumer Economicsin the University of Georgia’s College of Familyand Consumer Sciences.

But what you must know is that Dr. Sweaneyhas not only excelled in her teaching and admin-istrative career but, also, she’s a longtime proudmember of the Board of Directors of the GeorgiaAthletic Association.

And, no question about it, Sweaney believesthe university boasts the very best athletic associ-ation in the nation, one that has helped moldGeorgia’s athletic programs into ones that everyonein Bulldawg Nation can be proud of.

Today, Sweaney serves on the board’s financecommittee and prior to that served on the execu-tive committee for many years before then attain-ing emeritus status.

“I grew up on a farm in Iowa and I taughtmiddle school there,” Sweaney recalled. “I thenwent to graduate school at the University of Ala-bama – roll Tide! (Anne smiled when she saidthose words) – and I taught there in the collegelike ours here. Then I finished a PhD there in busi-ness with J. Barry Mason, who’s just now steppeddown as the dean of the college of business. I wasa business major but I had family in consumer sci-ence background. I was teaching in family andconsumer science.”

Sweaney then landed a position at NorthCarolina State as a housing specialist. FromRaleigh, Anne would then follow her husband,David, to his different sites of employment withCTB (California Test Bureau) McGraw Hill, firstto St. Louis then to Monterey, Calif. and finally toAtlanta.

“We moved to Atlanta and in 1981 I cameover here to the University of Georgia at the re-quest of Emily Pou, who was then the dean ofhome economics,” she said. “James Montgomerywas the director of gerontology (multiple discipli-nary having to do with older adults) and had a re-search project, agricultural experiment stationhousing. That was one of my research areas. ThenI started the next year, in 1982, as an assistant pro-fessor and was the undergraduate coordinator andI’ve been here ever since. And about 15 years ago,I was promoted up through the ranks, assistant toassociate to full professor, and then I became thedepartment head of housing and consumer eco-nomics about six years ago.”

In the following question-and-answer ses-sion with Bulldawg Illustrated, Anne Sweaneytalks more about her background and her role onthe Georgia athletic board.

What is your occupation?I’m the department head of housing and

consumer economics and I’m the director of thehousing and demographics research center atUGA. And I have had the pleasure of being theacademic advisor of many of our student-athletesincluding Hines Ward, Richard Seymour … Imean the list is long, and encouraging them tograduate.

How many years have you served onthe UGA athletic board?

I’ve served on the athletic board for 15 years.I was first elected by the faculty, served a three-year term, then I was reelected by the faculty andserved another term and then I was appointed –you know the president has the ability to appoint.I was appointed for the rest of the time then theymade me emeritus. I’ve got it up there on the walland in 2008 they brought me back to be a fullmember on the board again so I’m presently serv-ing as an appointed member. And I’m going to re-tire in December.

Where did you grow up and what madeit special?

I grew up 30 miles north of Ames, Iowawhere Iowa State is. Growing up on the farm,where everybody worked, I think I just appreci-ated life a lot, and people. And a lot of the peoplearound my hometown are older adults because alot of the younger people have left and so I had areally like and interest in the life of older adults.

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

I would say being a part of a wonderful or-ganization, a highly-respected athletic association.I am very proud to have been a part of this historyof how we have improved. I mean, we do the rightthings and the people involved on the board arethinking about the welfare of student-athletes andthat’s probably the role I’ve played the most, rep-resenting faculty and the student-athletes becauseI’ve been so close to a lot of them. Academics have

to come first. Unless that happens we’re doing adisadvantage to students because after they leavehere, they need to have a degree and that’s some-thing I feel very strongly about.

What has been the most exciting aspectof your career?

Probably the most exciting thing about mycareer has been being a part of developing one ofthe best departments like ours in the country. Wehave financial planning where the students can sitfor the CFP (Consumer Financial Protection) afterthey graduate, we have a housing major with res-idential property management, we have a con-sumer economics major which is the demand sideand it’s a very applied business and we have con-sumer journalism, people that can work in thearea of mass media but they have content in ourfield. And I think that’s been exciting. What elsehas been exciting has been to add to the body ofknowledge in the area of housing, being involvedin a housing research project that I started withthe time I came. And then connecting people,that’s what I really do well. And all of our studentsget jobs and that’s the great thing. Like we’ve hadconsumer journalism majors work over in ClaudeFelton’s (Senior Associate AD for Sports Commu-nications) office. A lot have been involved with theinternship program, placing people out there inthe world and gaining experience. And that’s beenrewarding.

What do you think are the biggest chal-lenges for Georgia athletics in the near fu-ture?

I would say continuing to do what we’vebeen doing in the past. A challenge is just beingable to continue to have a high quality organiza-tion. And one thing that I really respect about theathletic association is that in many of the univer-sities, the academic side is contributing to athlet-ics financially, but at the University of Georgia,athletics is contributing to the academic side. Wehave just hired the best professor in the country asUniversity of Georgia athletic association professor,endowed chair. Now these endowed chairsaround campus that are named for the athletic as-sociation are outstanding. That’s something weneed to be proud of. I think we have a very wellmanaged athletic association. (AD) Greg McGar-ity does a great job and I think we can all be veryproud of that. And, we do the right thing.

How has the knowledge from your oc-cupation helped in the betterment of UGAathletics?

I think I have had, since I’ve been here, theopportunity to be the academic advisor of a num-ber of athletes so I can understand what their sit-uation is more than some other people can. Iunderstand it’s very important to them to gradu-ate now and to their families. And I think I’ve re-ally helped that. You know, Hines Ward andRobert Edwards stayed here. They didn’t leave.Now there’s Jarvis Jones, who stayed here. Andsee, that’s what I’m proud of, the people that makea conscious decision to graduate or, if they need toleave, they come back. And we had Thomas Davisjust come back, TD, from Charlotte. And WillWitherspoon came back. And what they havelearned in our department is benefitting themnow, in their futures. What’s in this department islike knowledge for real life so everybody benefits.

Your favorite UGA sports moment?“I think it was Robert Edwards getting five

touchdowns (school record vs. South Carolina in1995). And you know what I did. I was there andhe was in our department and I went to the lockerroom door. And I saved that shirt of his he gaveme. That was a great moment.”

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hile spending a week at Georgia’s preseason camp thispast week, I discovered a common vein running thoughthis football team and, yes, its coaching staff, too.

One of optimism and, you might say, a quiet senseof confidence as well as the Bulldogs put the cap on their fall campand now begin preparing in earnest for the fast-approaching Sept. 1opener.

And there are ample reasons why Georgia should feel goodabout the 2012 campaign.

There’s that 3-4 defense of coordinator Todd Grantham, a unitthat ranked fifth overall in the land last fall and returns nine starters,including 12 of the 14 leading tacklers. And there’s an offense led byAll-SEC and All-America candidate, junior quarterback Aaron Mur-ray, and a receiving corps, led by senior Tavarres King, that could beas balanced as any like group in the conference.

Sure, these Bulldogs, like most every other team around, havetheir questionmarks. Will the remodeled offensive line come togetherin a hurry and thereby provide Murray with a potent running gamethat will open things up that much more for Georgia’s passing attack?Will those two young backs, Keith Marshall and Todd Gurley, be asgood as advertised and complement veteran tailbacks Ken Malcomeand Richard Samuel? Will the Bulldogs’ secondary be able to step upto the plate in the first two games when the team expects to be minussuspended starters Bacarri Rambo and Sanders Commings? And, fi-nally, will Georgia’s two freshman kickers, Marshall Morgan and CollinBarber, live up to their lofty billing and make that all-important facetof the game a team strength instead of weakness?

In the 12 drills of preseason camp and now in the afternoonworkouts since UGA classes started Monday, the coaches and play-ers believe they are satisfactorily answering those above questionsand, again, that’s the reason for all the optimism permeating theWoodruff practice fields on South Campus. To a man, the Bulldogsand staff feel they are putting all the pieces of the puzzle together,which will result in a body of work that will enable Georgia to not onlylive up to its preseason favorite role in SEC East but, to go two stepsfarther this year and capture the SEC championship and a berth in theBCS national title game in Miami.

First, listen to offensive coordinator Mike Bobo talk about hisside of the ball:

“Obviously, we still have three weeks to go before the first gameso there’s a long way to go and a lot of progress that’s got to be made,not just getting to that first game but improving every week through-out the season,” said Bobo, speaking during the last day of officialcamp this past Saturday. “I believe we’re ahead of last year and that’sdue to a lot of guys coming back. One would be the quarterbackbeing a third year starter and having more knowledge of the offense.He’s (Murray) gotten us in better plays, gotten us our protection setbetter and it’s made the adjustment easier for our offensive line, so Ithink we’re ahead at that point. Now, we just got to keep improvingdaily on the little things, the fundamentals and learning our assign-ments. By no means are we there yet and sometimes as a player youtend to relax. You say I’ve finished camp and I can relax but we’ve gotto keep getting better once school starts all the way up to that firstgame and week after week after that.

“I’ve been pleased with the running backs,the two freshmen, I like their attitude, I like theircommitment to doing things right,” added Bobo.“They’ve really done a nice job of taking Coach(Bryan) McClendon’s coaching and proving everyday; there’s a lot of mistakes being made, with a lotof players out there, and even more when youtake a freshman into account, they’re going tomake more than the veteran. But I’ve seen im-provement; I’ve seen guys learning from theirmistakes so I’m excited about that. We still haveonly four scholarship tailbacks so depth is alwaysa concern but I like those guys, I like them head-ing into the season.”

Running backs coach McClendon also likesthe potential of his tailbacks.

“With (sophomore co-starter) Ken (Mal-come), if he stays working and stays pushing likehe’s now doing, he has a chance to have a verysuccessful season, he really does,” McClendonsaid. “I mean, he’s learned it all. He’s learning moreabout why you do things, not so much just whatto do but why we’re doing it which slows thingsdown for people a lot. I tell you, Ken’s done agood job of studying and taking care of stuff offthe field to prepare him for what goes on on thefield.

“Now Keith and Todd have the ability to doa lot,” McClendon offered. “I think they have the ability to be thecomplete back, so to speak. Just do whatever you ask them to do. Ithink they’re big enough to block, hold up in pass protection, they cancatch the ball well and they run all the inside plays as well as the out-side plays. And I mean not only that but I think they’re tough kids.They’re tough kids that you really have to make them slow down ifyou know when it comes to something, hey, I got this, I got that. Butthey’re kids that enjoy pushing through, they enjoy the game andthey enjoy preparing, they really do. So I think that’s something that’sgoing to help those kids be special.

“Now I know (senior) Richard (Samuel) will be used at bothpositions definitely at some point throughout the season but, rightnow, if you ask where he would be used the most at, that would behard for me to say. I’m just making sure he’s getting as many reps atfullback as he is at tailback. My fullbacks are doing good right now.Merritt Hall has had the best camp so far but I’m very pleased withall those guys (including 260-pound freshman Quayvon Hicks). Weask our fullbacks to do a lot.”

And this, from defensive coordinator Grantham concerning hishighly-touted unit:

“I think our older guys have continued to work to get better. Ithink they’ve tried to improve in areas we’ve kind of talked to themabout. I think they’ve brought energy to practice and they keep push-ing the offense and the younger players. And I think the youngerplayers are showing flashes of doing things we thought they could doto help us,” he said. “I think the thing with the younger players is just

the consistency in doing it all the time to allow us to play to the stan-dard we want to play.”

Several times throughout this camp, head coach Mark Richt wasasked about the team’s depth chart going forward. And Richt wouldreply he and his staff weren’t too concerned about who are the 1’s and2’s at the moment but would zero in on the depth chart as the seasonopener draws closer.

But certainly, we all have a good idea who’s going to line up onoffense and defense for the opening whistle against Buffalo. Indeed,if the season were to kick off tonight, here is how I see the lineups:

Offense: LT Kenarious Gates; LG-Dallas Lee; C-David An-drews; RG-Chris Burnette; RT-John Theus (with Watts Dantzler,Austin Long first off bench); TE-Arthur Lynch; WRs-TavarresKing, Marlon Brown; QB-Aaron Murray; TB-Ken Malcome; FB-Merritt Hall.

Defense: E-Abry Jones, Cornelius Washington; N-John Jenk-ins (backed closely by Kwame Geathers); OLBs – Jarvis Jones,Ramik Wilson (until Chase Vasser comes off suspension); ILBs-Mike Gilliard, Christian Robinson/Amarlo Herrera (until AlecOgletree comes off suspension); CBs-Branden Smith, DamianSwann/Malcolm Mitchell (until Sanders Commings comes offsuspension); S-Shawn Williams, Connor Norman/Corey Moore(until Bacarri Rambo comes off suspension). PK-Marshall Mor-gan, P-Collin Barber.

A pretty formidable lineup, I’d say, and the reason why all the op-timism and expectations about this 2012 Georgia football team.

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Why do you consider yourself a great Bulldawg fan? I have been a Bulldog fan since before I could walk. I grew up in Athens, went to UGA for 4 ½ great years and attend every football game I possibly can. There’s no doubt I bleed red and black.

Favorite offensive player, why?

season. He came up with one of the biggest plays of the year against Florida on 4th down and has some of the surest hands on the team. Although he’s not Murray’s go-to receiver, I expect him to have a great season next year in a crucial support role.

Favorite defensive player, why? Alec Ogletree: Even after missing 6 games with a broken foot last year, Ogletree has shown he’ll be a key

next year.

Favorite coach, why? Coach Todd Grantham: In only two seasons Coach Grantham has managed to turn an underperforming squad into one of the best defenses in the nation. His high energy level is something the team desperately needed and has really helped the defense develop. I’m looking forward to seeing what he’ll be able to do in the future.

Do you have a favorite gameday ritual? I always try to make the Battle Hymn trumpet solo. Something about it sends chills down my spine and gets me pumped for the game.

What’s your (record) prediction for the season, why? 11-1: Every year it seems we lose to a team we have no business losing to, such as Tennessee in 2007. However, if we can minimize our mistakes and take advantage of an easy schedule, we have a great chance of winning the SEC East and playing for the title again this season. Although Alabama and LSU will be just as strong as ever, anything can happen in Atlanta. After all is said and done, I think sugar will once again be falling from the sky at the end of the season.

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being able to compete at a school like Georgia forfour years of their life. For most, this is the absoluteapex of their athletic success. But with Georgia beingsuch a perennial power in all sports, some Bulldogshave taken their athletic successes to new heightsbut not at Georgia. Heck, not even in this country.Some of UGA’s best are in London representing theUSA at the 2012 Olympics. And some are proving tonot only be the best at their craft in the country, butin the world as well.

Yes, football season is just around the cornerand everyone in the Bulldog Nation is hoping theboys give us something to be proud of in 2012. ButGeorgia sports fans should already be proud of themonumental success many UGA athletes are havingin London. Georgia gets some of the best athletes incountry every year but now it’s clear that the bestathletes in the world are choosing UGA to furthertheir education and athletic careers.

It started off with the big man on the court,John Isner. Finishing his playing career in Athens in2007, Isner took off in a big way on the professionaltennis circuit reaching a career high ranking of ninthin the world back in April of this year. Being the topranked American in the world, Isner was became theanchor of the USA men’s team. While he didn’t earna metal, Isner certainly impressed by reaching thequarterfinals before losing to world’s number one,Roger Federer. The tennis court wasn’t the onlycourt that saw UGA athletes competing. FormerUGA volleyballer Elizabeth Reid took aim at cap-turing Olympic glory in front of her home countryof Great Britain. But the Brits struggled failing toreach the podium.

One of the events most represented by athleteswith ties to UGA came at track and field. A total often track and field athletes, who either currentlycompete for Georgia or did in the past, representedtheir respective countries at this year’s Olympics. Butheadlining the group was shot putter Reese Hoffa.The five-time All-American from Augusta competedin both the 2004 and 2008 Summer Games but thatall changed this year in London. Hoffa struggled abit in the preliminary rounds just clearing enoughdistance to make it into the finals. But in his finalthrow of his final round, Hoffa chunked a distance

of 69 feet, 8 inches. It was good enough for bronzeand kept an impressive streak going for the Bull-dogs. In every Olympics since 1976, a former orcurrent Georgia athlete has won a medal in track andfield events. A tremendous testament to the type ofathlete UGA turns out every year.

The biggest successes for Georgia at the 30thOlympiad came in the pool however. A total oftwelve current, former or future Georgia athletescompeted for their countries in swimming events.However, rising senior Allison Schmitt stole theshow not just for Georgia or the United States butthe entire world as she earned a total of five medals.Not only that but she broke two Olympics recordsand one world record in the process. First, it was theWomen’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay. Schmitt served asanchor for the team and she, along with her team-mates, captured bronze. Then came Schmitt’s indi-vidual events. In the 400m freestyle she swam a timegood enough to set an American record in the eventand capture the silver medal. But the 200m freestyleis Schmitt’s specialty and she proved it, blowingaway the field with an Olympic record time of1:53.61. It was her first gold medal, but not her last.Less than 24 hours later, Schmitt was back in thepool with her teammates for the 4x200m freestylerelay. It was the same result for Schmitt as the Amer-icans set a new Olympic record and earned gold. Onthat 4x200m meter team with Schmitt was fellowBulldog Shannon Vreeland as well. But the real ex-citement came in the 4x100m medley relay. Onceagain, the U.S. earned the gold but they did it inblow out fashion beating the second place team bya full two seconds and setting a new world recordin the process. Schmitt now has 6 total Olympicmedals as she received a bronze in the 2008 BejingGames. That is now the most in Georgia school his-tory. It’s no wonder that Georgia has so much suc-cess in the pool every year at the college level; TheDawgs have the best in the world swimming forthem.

26 different athletes with ties to Georgia repre-sented their countries at the 2012 Olympic Games.We so often get caught up in the rush of football sea-son that we sometimes forget about these athleteswho compete for the “G”. But they sacrifice just asmuch as those guys on the gridiron. And now withthe 2012 Olympics in the books, these athletes havegiven the Bulldog Nation something that we can allstand behind and be proud of.

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Mays Dowis, Bob Ingram and Emily Dowis Christina Peterson, Monica Chase and Bryna Reeves

Jamie Kleinman, Taylor Turnipseed, Hairy Dawg, Joel May, Alyssa Ford and Stephanie Carlquist

Bill Young, Neal Quirk and Jere Morehead

Wingate Downs and Jonathon Perryman Greg McGarity and Ronald JonesRick Lackey, Camille Michael and Malinda Lackey

Wes, Mary, Devin, Devinney and Don Jordan

Carly Nash and Wes Van Dyke

Russ Woodlief, Rusty Estes, Todd Barlow, Jimmy Taylor and Rob Saye

Patti Peach and Susan CollinsMark Richt and Landon LakeAshley Faulkner and George King

Neal and Cayden Ward, Colton Hines andChristine Olvey

Jason Guest, Tim Westmoreland, Neil Misray and Lon BucklerPete and Julie Dillard

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If the Georgia Bulldogs are to repeat as SECEastern Division champions this coming seasonand, yes, even take care of the power emerging out

of the Western Division in the league championship gameat the Georgia Dome, then both the team’s veterans andyounger players will have to rise to the occasion in the Bull-dogs’ biggest games.

And in Georgia’s preseason camp this summer, a largenumber of players showed signs they will be able to do justthat. They are turning heads, if you will, on the practicefield with their performances and, also, with the leader-ship abilities they are displaying.

Here, Bulldawg Illustrated selects 10 offensive playersand 10 defensive players who have caught their positioncoaches and teammates’ eyes with outstanding effort in theearly going.

OFFENSEFreshman tackle John TheusTheus came to Georgia as one of the most highly-

touted offensive linemen in the country and, to date, hehasn’t disappointed. With his size (6-6, 309), strength andquick feet, the Bolles School of Jacksonville graduate couldwell be the Bulldogs’ starting right tackle in the Sept. 1 sea-son opener against Buffalo, depending on whether or notsophomore Kolton Houston is declared eligible to play.

“Theus is going to be a great athlete for us, y’all knowthat, coming out of high school,” said junior linebackerJarvis Jones. “He’s done great. He’s young, but he’s definitelylearning. They’re definitely coaching him up so he can makethe big plays that he needs and make the big plays they needto and make the big blocks that he needs to.”

Senior tackle Kenarious GatesThe 6-5, 318-pound junior is the undisputed leader of

the offensive line this season. Seeing starting action for thethird straight season, Gates has the all-important responsi-bility of protecting quarterback Aaron Murray’s blind sidewhen he drops back to pass.

“I don’t really pay attention to O-linemen like that sinceI’m on the outside all the time but of course Kenarious is oneof the guys you expect to be a leader on the line,” said jun-ior flanker Rantavious Wooten. “He has experience, play-ing time and he can get it done so to me, I expect him to bea leader of the young line and correct things when they makewrong calls, correct them and let them know what needs tobe adjusted and things like that.”

Freshman tailback Todd GurleyGurley, along with fellow North Carolinian Keith Mar-

shall, came to Athens as one of the most highly-touted run-ning backs in the country and, to date, the 6-1, 220-poundpackage of power and speed hasn’t disappointed. Gurleyled all rushers in the Bulldogs’ first scrimmage last week,running for 58 yards on just six carries including an ap-proximate 40-yard touchdown gallop.

“When Todd Gurley has the ball in his hands, he runslike a beast,” said senior wide receiver Marlon Brown. “Ithought, is that a freshman out there running the ball (inthat first scrimmage)?”

Freshman tailback Keith MarshallMarshall, rated America’s No. 1 high school tailback

by several recruiting services this past year, brings blazingspeed to the Georgia backfield. The 5-11, now 216-poundMarshall says he was once clocked at 4.2 seconds in the40 by a hand-held stop watch when he played for Mill-brook High in Raleigh.

“With Keith, everybody’s saying he’s fast, he’s fast, he’sfast, and they expect him to run outside,” said senior safety

Shawn Williams. “But the next thing youlook up he’s up the middle, running,gone!”

Sophomore center David An-drews

Although he checks in less than300 pounds – in contrast to the otherhuge guys he plays beside in the offen-sive line – the 295-pound Andrews,known as “Boss” to his teammates, is abattler who never knows the word“quit.” He plays center much like hispredecessor, Ben Jones, and is unques-tionably one of the keys to Georgia’s O-line this season.

“I’m going to be honest with youabout David Andrews,” said senior noseguard John Jenkins, who goes head-upeach day with Andrews in practice. “Alot of people will be surprised. He’s got alot of heart and attitude. And with thatheart and attitude and being so younghe’s going to be a great player. And forhim to be able to hold with Kwame andme, it shows a lot. The thing is withDavid Andrews, his technique has gottena lot better since the spring.”

Junior flanker RantaviousWooten

After getting a medical redshirt lastseason when he was injured in an auto-mobile accident after just threegames, the 5-10, 179-pound jun-ior has made his presence felt on the practice field this pre-season and should be getting major playing time in TonyBall’s wide receiver rotation this fall.

“We haven’t forgotten about ‘Woot,’” said seniorflanker Marlon Brown. “He’s looked real, real good. Whenhe had to miss last year, it kind of hurt him a little bit. Wewent on a 10-game winning streak and he wasn’t part of it.So I feel like this year he’s coming back and trying to be aguy on the team we can depend on. He’s back.”

Redshirt sophomore tailback Ken MalcomeIn last year’s three final games against Georgia Tech,

LSU and Michigan State, the 6-0, 226-pound Malcomeshowed Bulldawg Nation he may be the power back theteam needs to establish an inside running game. With hisability to “move the pile” Malcome, named as the Most Im-proved Offensive Player after spring practice, entered fallcamp this year listed as the co-No. 1 tailback with seniorRichard Samuel.

“I’ve seen a really big improvement in that footballplayer,” said offensive coordinator Mike Bobo. “He’s some-one who has always been a physical looking guy but hasplayed a little timid, maybe not knowing what to do or un-sure of himself. But I think last year the confidence he gotplaying at the end of the season has helped him.”

Senior split end Marlon BrownThe 6-5, 216-pound Brown came out of high school

in Memphis ranked among the top five wide receivers inthe nation but, fact is, Brown hasn’t been able to measureup to the lofty reputation he brought to UGA. But now, en-tering his final season with the Bulldogs, Brown is showinghe may become one of Murray’s go-to guys and have thekind of production everyone’s been expecting from him.In the first scrimmage last week, he pulled in six passes for103 yards and two touchdowns.

“I think Marlon’s game is great right now,” said juniorflanker Rantavious Wooten. “He’s my roommate and I knowhow hard he’s worked. We work out together and I’m happyfor him, he’s put in the work and he deserves it (a big sea-son).”

Redshirt freshman fullback Merritt HallThis walk-on fullback out of the Wesleyan School

soared to the top of the depth chart after a truly outstand-ing spring practice. At 5-11, 238 pounds, Hall has im-pressed the coaches both with his ferocious blocking andhis tough inside running. Whether he will be able to holdoff senior Richard Samuel, talented freshman QuayvonHicks or junior incumbent Zander Ogletree as the seasonbegins remains to be seen but as of this past week’s prac-tices, Hall still had the vote of head coach Richt.

“Merritt Hall to me is the No. 1 guy,” said Richt. “Mer-ritt is really doing a great job in my opinion. He’s not perfect,but he knows who to hit, he comes with a lot of hat-speed.He's putting his hat in the right spot and is really strikingpeople.”

Junior quarterback Aaron MurrayOne can’t list camp head-turners without including

the Bulldogs’ now three-year starting quarterback. Murray,a preseason All-SEC pick and a candidate for All-Americahonors, has been razor sharp throwing the football in thefirst two weeks of camp, prompting Mike Bobo to call Mur-ray’s practice performance “awesome.”

“Aaron is real sharp,” said senior wideout MarlonBrown. “He’s going through his reads real good and throwsreal good balls to the receivers. He’s definitely our offensiveleader out there.”

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Fall Camp head turnersA look at the players on both offenseand defense who are making a difference By Murray Poole

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DEFENSESophomore cornerback Damian SwannNo matter how quickly All-America Bacarri Rambo and senior corner Sanders Commings return

to the Georgia secondary from their expected suspensions, Swann will be getting plenty of action all sea-son after a stellar spring practice when he was named as the Bulldogs’ Most Improved Defensive Player.The 5-11, 189-pounder out of Grady High School possesses outstanding ball skills and is very efficientplaying the pass or the run.

“Damian has come a long way,” said junior flanker Rantavious Wooten. “Last year, he was a fresh-man and there were some things he needed to work on but he’s out there now making calls and checks.He’s trying to call out receivers’ routes, he’s playing with confidence and I like that because that’s what youhave to play with on defense. Damian works and he’s becoming a guru of the game. He knows his stuffand he just wants to play.”

Freshman outside linebacker Jordan JenkinsThis 6-3, 257-pound product of Harris County High was rated as the No. 5 defensive end recruit

in the nation and has certainly lived up to his prep billing in the two weeks of preseason practice thusfar. Moved to outside linebacker in Todd Grantham’s 3-4 defense, Jenkins is expected to be on the fielda lot in the early going of Georgia’s 2012 schedule and could very well move into a starting role as theseason moves along.

“Jordan is one of the most explosive guys in the country coming in as a freshman,” said Grantham.“He’s got really good work ethic and all the tools you look for in an edge rusher as far as burst, hips, abil-ity to get a guy on the edge. Because of his size he has the ability to convert to power when needed andthat’s what really separates the really good pass rushers, plus he’s got a feel for how to do it.”

Freshman outside linebacker Josh Dawson Like Jordan Jenkins, Dawson at 6-4, 250 pounds, brings both quickness and power off the edge

while rushing the passer from his outside linebacker spot. From Tucker High School, Dawson came toAthens as a four-star rated prospect by both Scout.com and Rivals.com and has joined Jordan Jenkinsand still another freshman linebacker, James DeLoach, in impressing the coaching staff in the preseasondrills.

“I think Josh Dawson is going to come in and play a lot,” said senior safety Shawn Williams. “He’sa real big hitter but he can’t outhit me (laughing).” (Williams is right because he’s known as the undis-puted hardest hitter on the team)

Freshman outside linebacker James DeLoachAlthough DeLoach took a back seat to his highly-touted Jenkins County high teammate, Jonathan

Taylor, when both signed with Georgia in February, the 6-3, 270-pound outside linebacker hasn’t doneso since he arrived on the UGA campus as DeLoach, just like Jenkins and Josh Dawson, has caught thecoaches’ eye with his work ethic and ability to make things happen when going after the opposing quar-terback.

“He committed way back so everybody kind of forgets about him and focuses on the guys who haven’tmade a decision yet,” said defensive coordinator Todd Grantham. “Here’s a guy that committed to Geor-gia because he loved Georgia. He’s a big, physical man and he’s going to have a bright future. We’re goingto get him ready to play also.”

Junior outside linebacker Jarvis JonesYou don’t have to say much here because the 6-3, 241-pound junior is a returning first team All-

American who’s always turning heads, on the practice field as well as in the games themselves. Jones isunquestionably one of the top two or three leaders on this football team and one the young guys on de-fense most try to emulate.

“Jarvis is just a great player,” said freshman linebacker Jordan Jenkins. “He knows what he’s doingand he reacts to things quicker than I could image and it’s just natural for him to react. Somebody over-sets him and he just sheds it off and goes aside and he just does it so fluently, it’s just amazing.”

Senior end Cornelius WashingtonThis 6-4, 268-pound heavily-muscled player combines with Abry Jones to give the Bulldogs one

of the best defensive end tandems in the SEC. Washington, a starter for Georgia the past two years atoutside linebacker, clearly illustrated in the Bulldogs’ initial scrimmage last week what kind of season hecould have this year. He recorded six tackles and had three sacks in leading the team’s defensive effort.

“We call him ‘D Bo (huge fictitious character from the movie Friday),’” laughed Jordan Jenkins. “He’sdefinitely someone to admire. When I first saw him, when we first came up for practices, I looked at himand I said, ‘Oh, God, he’s like a big monster.’ He’s a great guy, all the older guys are great guys and theywant to see us succeed.”

Junior inside linebacker Alec OgletreeIf Shawn Williams is indeed the hardest hitter on Georgia’s defensive unit, then this guy isn’t far be-

hind him. “Tree,” as Alec is known to all his teammates and coaches, is 6-3, 236 and certainly one of thefastest linebackers in the country. Ogletree missed seven games last fall after suffering a broken foot inthe season opener against Boise State but then came back and finished the season with a flurry, makinga career-high 11 tackles against Georgia Tech and then bettering that with 13 tackles in the Outback Bowlloss to Michigan State. Ogletree is likely to be suspended for the first couple of games due to an earlieroff-the-field transgression but Richt has yet to announce anything on that.

“Alec is something else, big and can run, that’s a different type of person right there,” said freshmanoutside linebacker Josh Dawson. “He makes plays, he’s all around the field and you can tell why he’s beenthere for so long.”

Senior cornerback Branden SmithAfter avoiding a suspected one-game suspension for his March arrest for marijuana possession,

Smith appears headed for his best season yet at Georgia. The mercurial Smith did a little bit of every-thing for the Bulldogs in 2011 (24 tackles, two interceptions, 100 yards rushing, three pass catches for39 yards, seven kickoffs returned for 131 yards, nine punts returned for 70 yards) and has stepped uphis game even more in preseason camp.

“I want to give a little shout-out to Branden, he’s been making plays every day,” said Richt followingthe team’s ninth practice last week. “He got another pick in the red zone today. It just seems like every dayhe’s making some kind of play with intensity on every rep. He looks like a senior trying to lead out there.He doesn’t say much, he just plays hard and makes plays. I’ve been really happy with him. He’s really stoodout. Every day something good is happening with his play.”

Freshman cornerback Sheldon DawsonMany of the Georgia defensive players one talked to in preseason camp mentioned Dawson, the

5-11, 180-pound newcomer from Memphis. Dawson, ranked as the No. 11 cornerback recruit na-tionally by Scout.com, has shown a distinct nose for the ball in the Bulldogs’ first two weeks of work-outs.

“The freshman, Sheldon Dawson, is doing pretty good out there at cornerback,” said Branden Smith.“He’s making plays and he’s really studying his playbook in the meeting room, up asking questions andyou can tell he really wants to learn. And he really wants to be on the field. And he’s really got to be on thefield. So he doesn’t have any choice, he’s got to get in the playbook and learn everything. We need help sohe’s got to step up to the plate and that’s what he’s doing.”

Freshman safety Josh Harvey-ClemonsAlong with Jordan Jenkins, Harvey-Clemons was ranked as the state’s No. 1 recruit by many. Orig-

inally projected to play outside linebacker for the Bulldogs, the Lowndes County product’s 6-5, 207-pound frame at the moment has him penciled in at the safety position and he’s expected to see actionin the early going at the “nickel” when the Bulldogs go to that alignment. With four interceptions in theearly going of camp, Harvey-Clemons was cited by Richt for his good ball skills.

“He’s coming along well,” senior safety Shawn Williams said. “He’s learning what to do; he’s just gotto be confident that you know what you’re doing. You play better when you know what to do.”

Editor’s note: Shawn Williams could easily have been included in the top 10 defensive head-turners but then, everyone in Bulldawg Nation is aware of Williams’ outstanding leadership inthe secondary and his ferocious hitting ability has been well documented. Said senior receiver Mar-lon Brown, “When you’re playing receiver and you scan the defense, everybody has to look atwhere 36 is.”

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