College Football

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2008
Date Opponent Place Time TV
Sept. 1 at UCLA Pasadena 5 p.m. PT ESPN
Sept. 13 UAB Knoxville 12:30 p.m. ET Raycom
Sept. 20 Florida* Knoxville
Sept. 27 at Auburn* Auburn
Oct. 4 Northern Illinois Knoxville
Oct. 11 at Georgia* Athens
Oct. 18 Mississippi State* Knoxville
Oct. 25 Alabama* Knoxville
Nov. 1 at South Carolina* Columbia
Nov. 8 Wyoming (HC) Knoxville
Nov. 22 at Vanderbilt* Nashville
Nov. 29 Kentucky* Knoxville
Dec. 6 SEC Championship Atlanta 4 p.m. ET CBS

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2009 SO YA'LL CAN SCHEDULE IT NEXT YEAR.

Date Opponent Place
Sept. 5 Western Kentucky Knoxville
Sept. 12 UCLA Knoxville
Sept. 19 at Florida* Gainesville
Sept. 26 Ohio Knoxville
Oct. 3 Auburn* Knoxville
Oct. 10 Georgia* Knoxville
Oct. 24 at Alabama* Tuscaloosa
Oct. 31 South Carolina* Knoxville
Nov. 7 Memphis Knoxville
Nov. 14 at Mississippi* Oxford
Nov. 21 Vanderbilt* Knoxville
Nov. 28 at Kentucky* Lexington
Dec. 5 SEC Championship Atlanta
*-SEC Opponent; HC-Homecoming opponent not yet designated

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No. 1 UGA suspends 2 players



ATHENS, Ga. (AP) -- Georgia coach Mark Richt's offseason of dealing with players with discipline problems continued on Saturday night when he announced the indefinite suspensions of two players.

Richt suspended senior snapper Jeff Henson after his second alcohol-related arrest. He also suspended junior free safety Donavon Baldwin after Baldwin was injured in a fight in Athens early Saturday morning.

Richt said the players are not assured of having a spot on the 2008 team.

"This is the second incident for both of these young men in the last year," Richt said. "In my judgment their standing with the program is in question and they don't deserve to report with the rest of our team on Sunday."

Baldwin was arrested and charged with driving under the influence in January and already had been suspended for one game this season.

Henson, Georgia's snapper on punts the last two seasons, missed last season's Sugar Bowl following a DUI arrest.

Henson was arrested again by Athens-Clarke County police on Saturday and charged with public intoxication and urinating in public. He is the eighth Georgia player to be arrested since the end of the 2007 season.

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SOMEBODY HAS A TARGET ON THEIR BACK!!!!!!!!!!

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) -- The nation's college football coaches have voted Georgia as the team to beat this season.

For the first time in school history, Georgia was No. 1 in the USA Today/coaches preseason poll announced Friday.

The Associated Press preseason Top 25 will be released on Aug. 16.

Georgia's previous highest preseason ranking in a major poll was No. 2 by the AP in 1942.

Coach Mark Richt said in the era of the Bowl Championship Series rankings, this poll carries more significance "since it's one-third of the formula to decide who plays in the national championship game."

The coaches ranked Southern Cal, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Florida, and LSU, Missouri, West Virginia, Clemson, and Texas behind Georgia.

The Sporting News and Lindy's also have Georgia No. 1 in their preseason polls. Those polls do not count in the BCS ratings.

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Tennessee: Adkins: Vols linemen ‘playing faster’


KNOXVILLE — Tennessee’s top six offensive linemen are considered by many as one of the best units in the Southeastern Conference, if not all of college football.

But their position coach remains disappointed with their spring practice performance.

“In the spring, we didn’t play anywhere up to our expectations of what we needed to get done to win at a consistent level,” Greg Adkins said after Monday’s practice. “But so far, the first three days (of preseason camp), we’ve played faster.”

Adkins said his group was “getting there” but noted that Wednesday will be the first day “with a little bit of contact.”

“I want to keep seeing progression being made,” he said. “We’re still not anywhere near being ready to play a game, but we are playing faster.”

Junior center Josh McNeil, whose absence with knee surgery explained some of the line’s spring struggles, said consistent effort hasn’t been a problem.

“We’re getting after it,” McNeil said. “We just need to keep working, and we’ll get where we need to be.”

Head coach Phillip Fulmer said sophomore offensive tackles Ramone Johnson and Jarrod Shaw “may definitely be pushing themselves for playing time,” and he put junior walk-on center/guard Cody Sullins “in the first group” as a contributor. If those three hold up, coaches could go into the season opener at UCLA with nine linemen they feel comfortable playing.

“It’s a process,” Fulmer said. “We’ve got a group of guys (competing for playing time), and you’ve got another group of guys who are trying to get on the bus to go to the game.”

Adkins said Sullins is currently considered in the rotation and will stay there “as long as he keeps progressing.”

Sullins and his twin Cory are 6-foot-1, 285-pound linemen from Cottontown, Tenn., and White House High School.

“Cody’s done everything that you’d like to have done,” Fulmer said. “He’s an incredible young man. He’s a tough guy, a fighter, smart. He loves Tennessee.

“The young guys, the older guys, the black guys, the white guys — everybody really respects him because of how he goes about his business, trying to be a good player. Hopefully he’ll be able to help some of those other guys.”

Switches starting

Steven Fowkles, a 6-5, 210-pound freshman from the Atlanta area, worked with the defensive ends Monday after spending the first few days at wide receiver. Several other freshman “tweeners” could shuffle around before finding a permanent position.

“I’m looking for effort and athletic ability,” Fulmer said. “I’m trying to find the best place where they’re going to help our team in the future.

“We’ve made some significant changes with guys before. Jason Witten didn’t speak to me for a week after I moved him (from defensive end to tight end), but he’s not mad at me anymore. You’re finding those spots where you think they’re going to help your team.”

Witten, of course, has become an NFL star at tight end with the Dallas Cowboys.

Fulmer said freshman Ben Bartholomew, a third-generation Vol who has spent the first three days at middle linebacker, could move to fullback. The coach said more freshmen could be moved this week, but he wanted to speak with them before telling the media.

Closing notes

Fulmer said “basically the same group of guys” as last season could help Dennis Rogan in the return game. He listed junior receiver Austin Rogers as a “real steady” punt returner and said All-SEC senior receiver Lucas Taylor’s return to 100 percent health makes him another candidate. Fulmer said sophomore receiver/quarterback Gerald Jones “is a guys we’d like to get the ball to, any way we can.”

Redshirt freshman defensive tackle Donald Langley practiced Monday after missing the first two practices to be with his sick mother in Maryland.

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11 DAYS 3 HOURS 47 MINUTES TIL "IT'S FOOTBALL TIME IN TENNESSEE"

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7 DAYS 2 HOURS 28 MINUTES 30 SECONDS TIL "IT'S FOOTBALL TIME IN TENNESSEE"

[ana]

ARE YOU COUNTING?

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Aug 25, 2008 23:04:55 GMT -4 ana said:

ARE YOU COUNTING?

A true fan does. ;D

[ana]

I'll be counting till it's over! LOL! I really don't like for the games to pre-empt other programs. I like my structure.

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Aug 25, 2008 23:43:08 GMT -4 ana said:

I'll be counting till it's over! LOL! I really don't like for the games to pre-empt other programs. I like my structure.

College football rules around my house over anything.

[ana]

What grade are you in? ;D When you gonna go pro?

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Aug 26, 2008 22:45:23 GMT -4 ana said:

What grade are you in? ;D When you gonna go pro?

I'm way past my Pro days.

Hey wait maybe they can use and old defensive tackle,Brett Favre is still going strong at 39.

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4 DAYS 19 HOURS 29 MINUTES 30 SECONDS TIL "IT'S FOOTBALL TIME IN TENNESSEE"

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"IT'S FOOTBALL TIME IN TENNESSEE"

VOLUN-TEARS
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