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Georgia Football Practice Notes - 10-1-08

Oct 1, 2008 by Georgia sports communications

Athens, Ga. - The Georgia Bulldogs (4-1, 1-1 SEC) returned to practice on Tuesday for the first time since Saturday’s disappointing loss to Alabama. The Dogs worked out in full pads for just over two hours, wrapping up with 11-on-11 competition for about the last 20 minutes. said. “It was good for us to have a few days to reflect and get over the grief a little bit and to refocus. We had a nice team meeting before our practice to do our honor roll. If the game would’ve ended after the first half, there might not have been an honor roll. The way we finished, there was some honor in that. We felt like it was worth it to honor the effort. think we see where we are. We’re still No. 10 or No. 11 in the nation. We’re still very much in control of our destiny as far as the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference. If we can play a more disciplined brand of football and continue to improve fundamentally, I think we can get right back on track. That’s kind of where we’re sitting right now. It was very good medicine to go out there and practice, and they did a very fine job.” he received from the team’s conditioning efforts in his absence. Former Georgia linebacker Randall Godfrey, who enjoyed a 12-year NFL career with five different teams, spoke to the Bulldogs prior to their weightlifting session. Godfrey is now back at UGA working to finish his degree. session was fantastic,” Richt said. “We had Randall Godfrey speak to the team, and I think he made a very positive impact on them. They went from that to the lift and part of what he talked about was what it takes, work ethic-wise, not only at this level but at the NFL level. He told his story and talked about some players who, even though they were very talented, were still outworking people. You just can’t get enough of those guys to come talk to your bunch of guys and it was very good.” of shoulder injuries. Starter Tripp Chandler was injured in the Alabama game, and Bruce Figgins, the back-up, is facing a season-ending surgery. Figgins is hopeful of playing against Tennessee a week from Saturday. game and meet the criteria for a medical redshirt. Technically, he could play one more game. He’s trying to get ready to play against Tennessee, and we’re not counting him out. It’s pretty honorable for him to want to do that. It’s strictly his decision to make. I talked to him today about it just face-to-face and right now his goal is to try to play in the game.” moved to tight end last week and has made progress. Tripp played sparingly against Alabama but was in the game at tight end on Knowshon Moreno’s third quarter touchdown run. big man does move. The one thing that he has above all else is athleticism. He’s actually running some decent routes, and he’s snatched the ball pretty good. Let’s not get carried away with how many balls might get thrown to him. We’re not building an offensive passing game around him. Right now, we’re not certain enough at the tackle position to cut him loose to tight end. We’ve just kind of play it out here a little bit. I do know he will add value to our team by knowing how to play both.” Saturday, October 11 when they host Tennessee at Sanford Stadium. That contest will be televised nationally on CBS, with kickoff slated for 3:30 p.m. All Georgia games also are broadcast live on the Bulldog Radio Network on AM 750 WSB in Atlanta and on both 106.1 FM and 960 The Ref in Athens. The radio audio also can be heard worldwide on both georgiadogs.com, the official website of UGA Athletics, and on XM satellite radio.

Following an open date, the Bulldogs will return to game action on

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