Keep The Main Thing, The Main Thing! Georgia vs, Florida 2023
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SEDRICK VAN PRAN<br />
AND CARSON BECK<br />
KEEP THE<br />
MAIN<br />
THING<br />
VS.<br />
THE MAIN THING!
HISTORY OF THE GAME:<br />
GEORGIA VS. FLORIDA<br />
Although <strong>Florida</strong> traveled to Athens to play the Bulldogs four<br />
times in the early days (before 1931), the game has been played<br />
in Jacksonville for the most part since the two teams first met in<br />
Macon in 1904.<br />
Prior to 1931, the teams met in Tampa, Savannah (twice),<br />
Gainesville, and Jacksonville (thrice), along with the four games<br />
played in Athens. After Jacksonville became the permanent<br />
venue, there has not been any interruption except for 1994-95<br />
when, owing to the enlargement and enhancement of Alltel<br />
Stadium by the Jaguars, the <strong>Georgia</strong>-<strong>Florida</strong> game moved<br />
to Gainesville and Athens in back-to-back years.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Bulldogs had a big advantage in the series for the longest<br />
time through the forties. <strong>The</strong>n <strong>Florida</strong> had the advantage in<br />
the fifties. In the sixties, starting when Vince Dooley took over<br />
in Athens, <strong>Georgia</strong> dominated the series again. It went back<br />
<strong>Florida</strong>’s way in the 90’s and early 2000’s.<br />
Coach Kirby Smart, who took over at <strong>Georgia</strong> in 2016, has<br />
a 5-2 record against the team he helped upset in 1997—a game<br />
in which Smart’s pair of interceptions made a significance<br />
in the outcome.<br />
<strong>The</strong> annual bout in Jacksonville is a critical conference game,<br />
and it always gets Kirby’s undivided attention even though he<br />
has expressed some misgivings about the game being played in<br />
Jacksonville, which is based on a recruiting stance.<br />
For years it has been my favorite road game, which brings up<br />
an interesting point. It is not a neutral site. How could it be<br />
a neutral site when it is played in a <strong>Florida</strong> city with the city’s<br />
constituency all favoring the Gators? Yet, the <strong>Georgia</strong> fans flock
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SPORTS<br />
GEORGIA <strong>vs</strong> FLORIDA<br />
PLAYERS TO WATCH | 16<br />
THE FIVE | 20<br />
FROM THE INTERN: CLAY WATKINS | 22<br />
A VIEW FROM JACKSONVILLE | 24<br />
SOCIAL<br />
LLOYD - POSTON WEDDING WEEKEND PHOTOS | 28<br />
GEORGIA GIRLS: CLAIRE CRONK | 30<br />
VANDY GAMEDAY PHOTOS | 32<br />
CHERI’S SHORE THINGS | 52<br />
GRAND GEORGIA COUPLES: BONNEY AND BILLY<br />
SHUMAN | 54<br />
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MIXTAPE: CARTER KING | 58<br />
PROUST Q&A: ZACH POWELL | 60<br />
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CHICK-FIL-A DAWG BOWL <strong>2023</strong> | 62<br />
STATS THAT MATTER | 64<br />
BUTLER’S PLAYERS OF THE GAME | 66<br />
FROM THE FIELD | 68<br />
JD’S TOP 12 | 70<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Golden Isles area is ready for you and the stakes are high, so ‘<strong>Keep</strong><br />
the <strong>Main</strong> <strong>Thing</strong>, <strong>The</strong> <strong>Main</strong> <strong>Thing</strong>’ and don’t miss Saturday’s <strong>Georgia</strong>-<strong>Florida</strong>!<br />
After the always, needed bye-week, it’s certainly great to<br />
be back with our next issue of Bulldawg Illustrated. And<br />
this issue (<strong>Georgia</strong>-<strong>Florida</strong>) is always one of Team BI’s<br />
favorites, as our hometown (the Golden Isles) becomes<br />
the epicenter of the Bulldog Nation in the coming days.<br />
Cheri and I arrived to St. Simons the Wednesday of the byeweek<br />
and to say the weather has been absolutely glorious is<br />
actually an understatement. It’s been incredible for days. With<br />
temperatures in the mid-70s and glistening skies, it didn’t take us<br />
long to remember how wonderful our area is during October and<br />
November. So there is my sales pitch, Bulldog fans. <strong>The</strong>re’s still<br />
time to pull the trigger and hightail it this way for what should be<br />
another classic <strong>Georgia</strong>-<strong>Florida</strong>.<br />
Of course, now I must delve into the massive elephant in the<br />
room, Brock Bowers’ injury. Unfortunately, our beloved Bulldogs<br />
must take the field in the coming weeks without their superstar<br />
tight end and leader. However, there should be no panic in my<br />
opinion, which is why I resurrected (for our cover) one of our<br />
<strong>Georgia</strong> teams’ mottos from a few years ago … <strong>Keep</strong> the <strong>Main</strong><br />
<strong>Thing</strong>, <strong>The</strong> <strong>Main</strong> <strong>Thing</strong>.<br />
In football terms, the meaning of this saying is fairly simple as<br />
far as I’m concerned. Focus on what you can control and by all<br />
means don’t worry about what you cannot. Football is a team<br />
sport and our Bulldogs have exemplified that better than anyone<br />
in the country the last few years.<br />
Yes, losing Brock is a kick in the gut, but his teammates must<br />
now dig even deeper to perform at their highest level. And as<br />
Greg Poole astutely points out in his From the Field column (page<br />
68), just last year the 2022 Dawgs were faced with something<br />
very similar when Nolan Smith was lost for the rest of the season<br />
during the <strong>Georgia</strong>-<strong>Florida</strong> game. <strong>The</strong> rest is history as <strong>The</strong>m<br />
Dawgs completed the perfect season (without one of their best<br />
players) to become back-to-back national champions … Woof,<br />
Woof, Woof.<br />
So again, it’s fairly simple … <strong>Keep</strong> the <strong>Main</strong> <strong>Thing</strong>, <strong>The</strong> <strong>Main</strong><br />
<strong>Thing</strong> and let’s all be primed and ready (on Saturday) to send this<br />
upstart <strong>Florida</strong> reptile team back to Gainesville without their tails.<br />
And I love the fact that the Gators arrive to Jax with the ability to<br />
control their own destiny by upsetting our Bulldogs. Bring it, the<br />
bigger the better is perfectly fine by me.<br />
Speaking of bigger and better, this issue of BI certainly is both<br />
and has plenty to get your juices flowing for the 3:30 p.m. kickoff<br />
on the banks of the St. Johns River. Where shall I begin?<br />
Our sports guys are packing heat in this issue. In his column, JD<br />
(on page 12) reminds everyone what winning the <strong>Georgia</strong>-<strong>Florida</strong><br />
game has meant for both programs annual goal of competing<br />
in Atlanta for the SEC Championship on the first Saturday of<br />
December. Bottom line, you need to win this game or it’s very<br />
hard to backdoor your way into our league’s championship game<br />
(and beyond). And on page 22, BI Intern Clay Watkins lets his true<br />
St. Simons Island roots fly in his disdain for any and all things<br />
Orange and Blue. I only had to soften a few of his points, so not<br />
to disparage those nasty Gators too much. I know you will enjoy<br />
Clay’s take. And it reminded me of a column I wrote 25 years or<br />
so ago, where the headline read something like I would cheer for<br />
the Russians before the Gators. That one wouldn’t fly today with<br />
what is going on in the Ukraine, but it is still pretty amusing for a<br />
St. Simon Islanders’ not-so much love for <strong>Florida</strong>.<br />
<strong>The</strong> BI camera made the trip to Nashville a few weeks ago and<br />
as I predicted that town truly did become Dawg City, USA. <strong>The</strong><br />
Vandy stadium was probably 85% red. Give the ’Dores team<br />
credit, they played well, but our Dawgs (and their fans) left<br />
Nashville remaining undefeated. Enjoy those photos, starting on<br />
page 32.<br />
Like most big issues of BI, our Social section is loaded with fun<br />
features. Enjoy the solid responses of our <strong>Georgia</strong> Girls (Claire<br />
Cronk, page 30, 31) and Proust Q&A (Zach Powell, page 60).<br />
Beyond being St. Simons Island residents, Claire and Zach love<br />
people, love to have a good time and are most satisfied when<br />
giving back to others.<br />
<strong>The</strong> perfect trifecta, which is also the perfect segue to Loran<br />
Smith’s Grand <strong>Georgia</strong> Couple feature this issue (page 54). Bonney<br />
and Billy Shuman (also St. Simons residents) exemplify the above<br />
traits tenfold. <strong>The</strong>y may be the most fun loving and generous folks<br />
Cheri and I know. And not surprisingly that has translated to great<br />
things for the University of <strong>Georgia</strong>. Enjoy getting to know Bonney<br />
and Billy. And I would be remiss not to thank Loran for all the hard<br />
work and diligence he has given this season for this series. And the<br />
beauty is that there are so many Grand <strong>Georgia</strong> Couples, so I can<br />
keep Loran at it for years to come.<br />
Finally, don’t miss Hamilton Culpepper’s What’s the Word<br />
(pages 62 and 63). Hammy was on assignment for BI last week<br />
attending the inaugural Chick-fil-A Dawg Bowl <strong>2023</strong> fundraiser<br />
spearheaded by former <strong>Georgia</strong> head coach, Mark Richt. All<br />
proceeds from the bowling event go to research towards<br />
Parkinson’s and Crohn’s disease. As we all know in the Bulldog<br />
Nation, Coach Richt will forever be beloved, but I would say it’s<br />
even greater with the way he is fighting his own battle with<br />
Parkinson’s. Enjoy the photos from the event and reading about<br />
it. And the good news is you can still give by going to … http://<br />
give.uga.edu/funders/dawg-bowl-<strong>2023</strong>.<br />
That’s going to do it for me. Oops, forgot one item.<br />
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Thanks Carter for your participation. You performed your nearest<br />
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Alright, Bulldog Nation … the Golden Isles area is ready for you.<br />
<strong>Keep</strong> the <strong>Main</strong> <strong>Thing</strong>, <strong>The</strong> <strong>Main</strong> <strong>Thing</strong> and let’s go smash those<br />
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<strong>The</strong> road to the Southeastern<br />
Conference Championship<br />
Game in Atlanta almost<br />
always runs through<br />
Jacksonville. As we head into the last<br />
Saturday of October and the impending<br />
schedule gauntlet, that is once again the<br />
case.<br />
<strong>Georgia</strong> is 7-0, 4-0 in the league. <strong>The</strong><br />
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to play in Atlanta on the first Saturday<br />
in December, you had better win in<br />
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When the league split into divisions<br />
with the additions of South Carolina and<br />
Arkansas in 1992, the SEC Championship<br />
Game was born. <strong>The</strong>re have been 31<br />
of them, the first two in Birmingham,<br />
and all the rest since in Atlanta at the<br />
<strong>Georgia</strong> Dome and now Mercedes-Benz<br />
Stadium. <strong>Florida</strong> has played in 13 SEC<br />
Championship Games. <strong>Georgia</strong> has been<br />
in 10, all in the last 21 seasons, dating<br />
back to 2002. Over that stretch, <strong>Florida</strong><br />
has been in six. Here’s how the rest of<br />
the math shakes up out of the SEC East.<br />
Tennessee has appeared in five, the<br />
last coming in 2007. Missouri has been<br />
twice, in its second and third years in the<br />
league in 2013 and 2014. South Carolina<br />
went, with Steve Spurrier at the helm, in<br />
2010. Kentucky and Vanderbilt have not<br />
advanced to the conference’s title tilt.<br />
In all of <strong>Florida</strong>’s 13 seasons where it<br />
advanced to the SEC Championship Game,<br />
the Gators beat the Bulldogs en route.<br />
That’s 13 for 13. Strangely, and painfully,<br />
the Bulldogs lost to the Gators on their<br />
first three trips to Atlanta. <strong>Georgia</strong> went<br />
13-1 in 2002, but lost to <strong>Florida</strong>. <strong>The</strong><br />
Gators beat <strong>Georgia</strong> the following year,<br />
as the Bulldogs went to the title game for<br />
a second straight season. <strong>The</strong>n in 2005,<br />
undefeated <strong>Georgia</strong>, without injured<br />
standout quarterback D.J. Shockley, lost<br />
to the Gators but made it to the Dome.<br />
Where the Dogs, as in 2002, won the<br />
conference title.<br />
On <strong>Georgia</strong>’s seven most recent trips<br />
to the SEC Championship Game, the<br />
Bulldogs have beaten <strong>Florida</strong>, in 2011<br />
and 2012 under Mark Richt’s watch, and<br />
in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 with<br />
Kirby Smart at the helm. That’s five out<br />
of six for the Bulldogs, with the Gators<br />
advancing, in large part due to a win<br />
in Jacksonville, in 2020. In fact, since<br />
Mizzou’s back-to-back appearances in<br />
‘13 and ‘14, either <strong>Georgia</strong> or <strong>Florida</strong> has<br />
been in Atlanta eight straight years.<br />
<strong>Georgia</strong>’s head man, the country’s<br />
premier coach, native son and one of the<br />
heroes of the Bulldogs 1997 vanquishing<br />
of <strong>Florida</strong>, dubbed on the Bulldog<br />
Brunch and Dawg Talk airwaves as<br />
“Coach King Kirby Smart,” has taken his<br />
alma mater to the mountain top. What<br />
a run for Kirby’s Canines - back-to-back<br />
national championships in 2021 and<br />
2022, six straight seasons in the top ten,<br />
six successive major bowl games, and<br />
some incredible streaks en route to 40<br />
wins in the last 41 games (since losing to<br />
the Gators in 2020).<br />
When it comes to records, there are<br />
two ways that I’ve found tend to usually<br />
tell the best story. Who else is in the<br />
conversation, it’s the company you keep.<br />
And how long has it stood.<br />
Smart set a record, surpassing some<br />
of the greatest icons in college football<br />
history, for the best mark at an SEC<br />
school through a coach’s first 100 games.<br />
When <strong>Georgia</strong> beat UAB on September<br />
23, it improved the Bulldogs to 85-15<br />
in the Smart era. That garnered most<br />
wins and best winning percentage,<br />
surpassing legends like Bear Bryant,<br />
General Robert Neyland, Nick Saban,<br />
Vince Dooley and Spurrier.<br />
Under Smart’s watch, the Bulldogs have<br />
been to the SEC Championship Game<br />
five times in the past six years. In each<br />
of those five years, the Bulldogs went to<br />
Mercedes-Benz Stadium with a record<br />
of 11-1 or 12-0: 11-1 from 2017-2019,<br />
12-0 in 2021 and 2022. <strong>The</strong> only other<br />
coach to go to five SEC Championship<br />
Games in a six year period is Spurrier,<br />
who led <strong>Florida</strong> to the first five from<br />
1992-1996. This streak began after he led<br />
the Gators to the 1991 SEC title, <strong>Florida</strong>’s<br />
first ever SEC championship. From 1991<br />
through 2008, <strong>Florida</strong> won an astounding<br />
eight SEC titles, six with Spurrier as the<br />
head coach and two with Urban Meyer.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Gators run of SEC Championship<br />
Games ended at five in large part due to<br />
the aforementioned Bulldogs victory in<br />
1997. Peyton Manning quarterbacked<br />
Tennessee to Atlanta that year. <strong>The</strong> Gators<br />
beat the Vols earlier in the season.<br />
Spurrier’s blood lust for <strong>Georgia</strong> dates<br />
back to the Bulldogs 1966 victory over<br />
the Gators, which cost <strong>Florida</strong> the SEC<br />
title. <strong>Georgia</strong> and Bama were co-champs<br />
in 1966. Spurrier won the Heisman Trophy<br />
but was understandably haunted by that<br />
27-10 Bulldogs victory in Jacksonville.<br />
He would get his revenge with an 11-1<br />
record against <strong>Georgia</strong> as <strong>Florida</strong>’s head<br />
coach, with 1997 the outlier.<br />
Now Smart, the player who helped the<br />
Bulldogs end a seven game losing streak<br />
in the series and keep <strong>Florida</strong> from a<br />
sixth straight SEC Championship Game,<br />
is the coach of the program currently<br />
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A big factor, those five trips to Atlanta in<br />
six years, highlighted by five wins over<br />
<strong>Florida</strong> in six years. As the Top Dawg is<br />
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a week away.” And to make it to Atlanta<br />
for a sixth time in seven years, it will<br />
likely require making it six out of seven<br />
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GEORGIA VS FLORIDA<br />
GAME TIME: 3:30 P.M. ET<br />
CHANNEL: CBS<br />
GEORGIA VS FLORIDA<br />
BY: JEFF DANTZLER<br />
One of college football’s grand rivalries reconveins Saturday<br />
in Jacksonville, as the <strong>Georgia</strong> Bulldogs battle the <strong>Florida</strong><br />
Gators on the banks of the St. John’s from EverBank Stadium<br />
in a critical Southeastern Conference showdown.<br />
As usual, both teams are coming off bye weeks. <strong>Georgia</strong><br />
heads in with a record of 7-0, 4-0 in Southeastern Conference<br />
play. <strong>Florida</strong> is 5-2, 3-1 in the SEC, a game behind the Bulldogs<br />
in a tightly contested East Division race.<br />
Last time out, the Bulldogs won on the road in Nashville,<br />
defeating Vanderbilt 37-20, extending some impressive<br />
winning streaks. Two-time reigning national champion<br />
<strong>Georgia</strong> has won 40 of the last 41 games, the victory at Vandy<br />
the Bulldogs school record 24th in a row. <strong>The</strong> Dogs have won<br />
34 consecutive regular season games, and a school record<br />
tying 23 straight regular season SEC contests. <strong>The</strong>se streaks<br />
all began with a win over Mississippi State three years ago<br />
(including 23 consecutive home victories on Dooley Field in<br />
Sanford Stadium) after <strong>Georgia</strong> fell to <strong>Florida</strong> in 2020.<br />
<strong>Florida</strong> would love to be the streak breakers, and take a<br />
big step towards a shot at the SEC Championship Game<br />
Saturday afternoon. This is second-year <strong>Florida</strong> head coach<br />
Billy Napier’s second game in Jacksonville, and his Gators<br />
are sporting a two-game winning streak with some major<br />
momentum. Following a 33-14 loss to Kentucky in Lexington,<br />
the Gators beat Vanderbilt 38-14 in Gainesville and then<br />
rallied for a thrilling 41-39 come-from-behind victory over<br />
South Carolina in Columbia.<br />
In three of <strong>Georgia</strong>’s four SEC games this season, the Bulldogs<br />
have fallen behind - twice by double digits. Turnovers have<br />
plagued the Bulldogs, but <strong>Georgia</strong> has been able to overcome<br />
the miscues and rally to victories while sitting atop the college<br />
football throne. <strong>The</strong> Bulldogs get every team’s best shot, and<br />
that will certainly be true on Saturday in Jacksonville. <strong>The</strong><br />
Gators are in the mix and hungry for an upset that would be<br />
the biggest win of the Napier era.<br />
Under Kirby Smart’s watch, <strong>Georgia</strong> has won five of the last<br />
six meetings with the Gators. <strong>The</strong> all-time series is 55-44-2<br />
in the Bulldogs favor. <strong>Georgia</strong> has won eight of the last 12<br />
dating back to 2011, a welcome change for the Red and Black<br />
faithful. Beginning with Steve Spurrier’s arrival as the Gators<br />
head coach, <strong>Florida</strong> won 18 of 21 against <strong>Georgia</strong> from 1990<br />
through 2010. Prior to Spurrier’s arrival, <strong>Georgia</strong> led the series<br />
44-22-2. After the 2010 <strong>Florida</strong> overtime win in Urban Meyer’s<br />
final of six seasons at the <strong>Florida</strong> helm, the series was 47-40-2<br />
in the Bulldogs favor.<br />
Heavy is the head which wears the crown. This rivalry has<br />
featured a slew of legendary coaches and players, with Smart<br />
at the top of the list. So is All-American tight end Brock<br />
Bowers. Unfortunately, the Bulldogs sensational junior is<br />
injured, so the Dogs will have to do it in Jacksonville without<br />
one of the greatest players in school history. Smart will drive<br />
<strong>Georgia</strong> to be the hunter, knowing his Bulldogs must be at<br />
their very best to beat the upstart, upset-minded Gators<br />
Saturday in Jacksonville.<br />
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BULLDOGS TO WATCH<br />
BY: COBY SERINA<br />
KIRBY SMART (HC) - Nobody understands the magnitude of the <strong>Georgia</strong>-<br />
<strong>Florida</strong> rivalry game better than <strong>Georgia</strong>’s head coach. Having played in the<br />
game himself, he now leads the Bulldogs into Jacksonville looking to win three<br />
in a row against the Gators. Due to numerous injurie the Bulldogs are dealing<br />
with across the board, Coach Smart will have a difficult task on his hands<br />
ensuring <strong>Georgia</strong> emerges victorious. Regardless, expect Coach Smart and his<br />
staff to have his Bulldogs fired up and ready to go come Saturday in Jacksonville.<br />
CARSON BECK (QB #15) - At this point in the season, it’s been established<br />
that Carson Beck can put a game away in the first half. We’ve seen him walk into<br />
games with guns a blazing, and we’ve also seen him start games where it looks<br />
like his gun is jammed. At his worst, Beck is an efficient game manager who<br />
can do what you need—nothing more, nothing less. At his best, he’s a Heisman<br />
candidate. Starting for the first time in his hometown of Jacksonville, hopefully<br />
we see the latter from Beck.<br />
KENDALL MILTON<br />
RUNNING BACK<br />
PHOTO BY: ROB SAYE/BI<br />
KENDALL MILTON (RB #2) - In just one half of a football game, senior<br />
running back Kendall Milton ran for 53 yards on five attempts. That’s not bad for<br />
a guy coming off an MCL injury. Now, to be fair, it was that same MCL that had<br />
him on the sidelines for the second half of the Vandy game. Coach Smart said<br />
his MCL was giving him some trouble, which led to his benching, but the action<br />
appeared to be precautionary. With an entire two weeks away from live, tackle<br />
football, Milton should get the treatment he needs to give the Gators a proper<br />
rundown once the Dawgs get going in Jacksonville.<br />
LADD MCCONKEY (WR #84) - As if this guy didn’t have a chip on his<br />
shoulder from working his way up the depth chart, now Chatsworth, <strong>Georgia</strong>’s<br />
favorite wideout has to play in the absence of fellow receiver Brock Bowers. <strong>Keep</strong><br />
in mind that McConkey is coming off an injury himself, and it was his back that<br />
was keeping him from seeing the field early in the year. Everything is pointing to<br />
McConkey getting back to full speed, though. Four catches for 58 yards against<br />
Vandy is definitely telling that McConkey is well on his way back to show up and<br />
show out against the Gators’ secondary.<br />
LADD MCCONKEY<br />
WIDE RECEIVER<br />
PHOTO BY: ROB SAYE/BI<br />
JAVON BULLARD (S #22) - “Big-time players make big-time plays in bigtime<br />
games,” as the saying goes, and that’s exactly the kind of business Javon<br />
Bullard should be tending to in Jacksonville on Saturday. <strong>The</strong> third-year safety<br />
is going to make some big-time hits to assert his dominance. <strong>The</strong> Gators have<br />
two backs who’ve each gone for over 400 yards, in addition to their quarterback<br />
BY JEFF DANTZLER<br />
In <strong>Georgia</strong>’s 27-10 victory over <strong>Florida</strong> in 1966, the<br />
Bulldogs shut out the Gators offense in the second<br />
half and All-American Lynn Hughes intercepted<br />
Spurrier and returned it for a 39-yard TD.<br />
<strong>Georgia</strong>’s early 80s victories over <strong>Florida</strong> featured<br />
three memorable, long touchdown marches to give<br />
the Bulldogs leads: 93 yards in 1980, 95 yards in<br />
1981 and 99 yards in 1983.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Bulldogs upset the top-ranked Gators 24-3<br />
in 1985, as Keith Henderson had scoring jaunts of<br />
76 and 32 yards, then Tim Worley delivered the<br />
knockout blow on an 89-yard TD romp.<br />
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amassing almost 2,000 yards this season so far. This year, the<br />
Dawgs are hard to predict, but one thing is certain: Bullard is going<br />
to find a way to make his presence felt one way or another.<br />
MALAKI STARKS (S #24) - Arguably one of the best covering<br />
safeties in America, Malaki Starks never ceases to amaze when<br />
he puts his pads on. He is a certified ball hawk, and the numbers<br />
don’t do him justice; two picks and four pass deflections on the<br />
season don’t feel like nearly enough from this true sophomore. If<br />
Billy Napier and his team play their cards right, Starks shouldn’t be<br />
anywhere near the ball, but with certified track speed and blue-chip<br />
athleticism, there’s not a lot you can do to keep this young man<br />
away from the ball.<br />
MALAKI STARKS<br />
SAFETY<br />
PHOTO BY: ROB SAYE/BI<br />
MYKELL WILLIAMS (DE #13) - Almost all football games are<br />
dictated by the trenches, and that’s precisely what defensive line<br />
coach Tray Scott and <strong>Georgia</strong>’s star defensive end, Mykel Williams,<br />
should have planned. Now, understand that in order to be<br />
different, you have to play differently. So, rather than prioritizing<br />
sacks, <strong>Georgia</strong>’s defensive line focuses on creating pre-planned<br />
pressure. If Williams finds himself on top of the quarterback, know<br />
that he’s gone the extra mile. With just two sacks on the season<br />
thus far, Williams is a bit behind his goal of one sack a game that<br />
he set at the beginning of the season. He should be quite hungry<br />
in Jacksonville, and he’ll be looking for Gator tail.<br />
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GATORS TO WATCH<br />
BY: CLAY WATKINS<br />
BILLY NAPIER (HC) - Napier is entering his second season as the<br />
Gators’ head coach, and it has certainly been a bit of a roller coaster. <strong>The</strong><br />
Gators struggled mightily during his first season leading the Gators, even<br />
with a top-five draft pick at quarterback. This season, Napier has picked<br />
up multiple impressive wins such as dismantling Tennessee and beating<br />
South Carolina in Columbia, but they have also been handed two brutal<br />
losses against Kentucky and Utah. If Napier wants to prove that he is fit to<br />
be the head coach in Gainesville, then he needs to pick up a win against<br />
<strong>Georgia</strong>, something that will be no easy task.<br />
GRAHAM MERTZ<br />
QUARTERBACK<br />
PHOTO BY: MOLLY KAISER/<br />
FLORIDA ATHLETICSS<br />
GRAHAM MERTZ (QB #15) - After being the laughingstock of the<br />
quarterback position while at Wisconsin, Mertz has quietly put together<br />
an impressive season since transferring to <strong>Florida</strong>. So far through<br />
<strong>2023</strong>, Mertz has thrown for 1,897 yards, 12 touchdowns, and just two<br />
interceptions. His completion percentage is nearly up 20% from 2022,<br />
and Mertz is less than 300 yards away from eclipsing more yards than he<br />
did all of last season. Passing against <strong>Georgia</strong>’s secondary has not been<br />
easy so far through <strong>2023</strong>, but Mertz will need to have a monster game if<br />
the Gators hope to upset their archrivals.<br />
RICKY PEARSALL (WR #1) - Pearsall is having his best statistical<br />
season in <strong>2023</strong> having caught 44 passes for 619 yards and three<br />
touchdowns. <strong>The</strong> Chandler, Arizona product is coming off his best<br />
game in a Gator uniform recording ten receptions for 166 yards and<br />
a game winning touchdown against South Carolina. Pearsall is in his<br />
fifth and final season and has been Mertz’s go to target. <strong>The</strong> wideout is<br />
an impressive route runner and can line up both in the slot and on the<br />
outside. Limiting Pearsall’s production will slow down the Gator passing<br />
attack.<br />
MONTRELL JOHNSON JR.<br />
RUNNING BACK<br />
PHOTO BY: MOLLY KAISER/<br />
FLORIDA ATHLETICS<br />
MONTRELL JOHNSON JR. (RB #2) - Johnson Jr. is the Gators’<br />
leading rusher so far through <strong>2023</strong> having carried the ball 85 times for<br />
438 yards and four touchdowns. <strong>Florida</strong>’s offensive strength lies within<br />
their two running backs, and a lot of <strong>Florida</strong>’s passing game success can<br />
be credited to Johnson Jr. and Etienne opening up the defense through<br />
successful rushes. Johnson Jr. is an extremely physical back and seeks<br />
contact. He also has never given up a fumble since arriving at <strong>Florida</strong>. <strong>The</strong><br />
Gators will utilize Johnson Jr. heavily against the Bulldogs.<br />
TREVOR ETIENNE (RB #7) - Trevor Etienne, younger brother of Travis<br />
Etienne (Jacksonville Jaguar running back), is having another impressive<br />
BY JEFF DANTZLER<br />
One of <strong>Florida</strong>’s greatest players is Rams defensive<br />
end Jack Youngblood, a Gator All-American who is<br />
in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and is on the 1970s<br />
NFL All-Decade Team.<br />
Led by Coach Billy Donovan, <strong>Florida</strong> won the NCAA<br />
Basketball Tournament in 2006 and 2007, and the<br />
Gators remain the most recent team to win back-toback<br />
national titles in men’s hoops.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Florida</strong> football program has produced a trio<br />
of Heisman Trophy winning quarterbacks - Steve<br />
Spurrier in 1966, Danny Wuerfell (coached by<br />
Spurrier) in 1996 and Tim Tebow in 2007.<br />
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season, having already recorded 407 yards and three touchdowns<br />
on 69 carries. Etienne splits carries with Montrell Johnson Jr. but<br />
is certainly not a back up running back. <strong>The</strong> Louisiana native is an<br />
extremely versatile back and thrives catching passes out of the<br />
backfield. Look for the Gators to take advantage of Etienne’s skillset as<br />
he looks to replicate his brother’s success in EverBank Stadium.<br />
SHEMAR JAMES (LB #6) - <strong>The</strong> sophomore from Mobile,<br />
Alabama is the Gators’ leading tackler by 19 total tackles so far this<br />
season. <strong>The</strong> talented linebacker has already surpassed his numbers<br />
through 2022 and has a minimum of five games remaining to add<br />
to that tally. James is especially effective against the run as he<br />
is exceptional at clogging rushing lanes, however, his coverage<br />
skills are not meant to be discounted as he is a true three-down<br />
linebacker. James will be asked to lead the Gators’ defense against<br />
their toughest test of the season against the Bulldogs.<br />
SHEMAR JAMES<br />
LINEBACKER<br />
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FLORIDA ATHLETICS<br />
PRINCELY UMANMIELEN (DE #1) - Umanmielen is the Gators’<br />
most impressive edge rusher having tallied three sacks so far this<br />
season. While he is effective at getting to the passer, Umanmielen<br />
has a high motor and is not afraid to chase down players and make<br />
plays all over the field. <strong>Georgia</strong> has had multiple injuries to key<br />
players at the right tackle position through the first seven games,<br />
so Umanmielen certainly poses a problem when rushing from that<br />
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THE<br />
FIVE<br />
<strong>Georgia</strong> <strong>vs</strong>. florida<br />
BY: JEFF DANTZLER<br />
FRAT BEACH THROWBACK 2018 ADPIs<br />
1. Gator Skill Standouts - For <strong>Georgia</strong> to beat the Gators, the Bulldogs run<br />
defense will have to be at its best, as it was against Kentucky. Montrell Johnson,<br />
Jr., who transferred to <strong>Florida</strong> from Louisiana when Billy Napier took the Gators<br />
job, forms a potent one-two running back punch with Trevor Etienne. He’s the<br />
younger brother of Clemson great and current Jacksonville Jaguar running back<br />
Travis Etienne. <strong>The</strong>se guys are really good. Also emerging is Treyaun Webb, a<br />
one-time <strong>Georgia</strong> commit. Graham Mertz is a crafty quarterback, and the Gators<br />
will do all they can to get these backs the ball in a variety of ways. Wide receiver<br />
Ricky Pearsall is the top pass catcher, and knows how to get open. <strong>The</strong>y were both<br />
tremendous in the comeback win at South Carolina. Mertz was 30 of 48 for 423<br />
yards, with three touchdowns and no picks. Pearsall had 10 grabs for 16 yards and<br />
a score. <strong>The</strong>ir hookups harkened the Blue and Orange faithful to their glory days<br />
of the “Fun and Gun.” <strong>The</strong> Gators have had it all clicking multiple times this season,<br />
most notably against the Gamecocks and in home wins over Tennessee and<br />
Vanderbilt. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Georgia</strong> defense must be salty and physical. <strong>Georgia</strong> had better<br />
get the Gators “behind the chains.”<br />
2. Managing Emotions - It’s a different feel in Jacksonville, with the “old<br />
Gator Bowl” split 50/50 Red and Black, Orange and Blue. <strong>The</strong>re is always noise,<br />
energy and electricity. You know how it goes, at home, if you’re winning, it’s<br />
rocking. On the road, if you’re losing, it’s rocking. If you’re winning on the road,<br />
it’s pretty quiet. If you’re losing at home, it’s pretty quiet. And tight. Well, with<br />
over 40,000 a side, at least one fan base is going to be noisy. Usually it’s a close<br />
game, meaning both fan bases are raucous. <strong>The</strong> adrenaline rush, the excitement<br />
of this game is like no other. Walking, not talking, wins this game. <strong>The</strong> fact that<br />
neither side is outnumbered makes for some interesting parking lot and tailgating<br />
chatter. When it’s 85,000 to 7,000, the road fan is wise to mind his words. Or<br />
chomps. Not here.<br />
3. Kirby in 97 - <strong>Georgia</strong> was a 19-point underdog against <strong>Florida</strong> in 1997 in<br />
a battle of once-beatens. <strong>The</strong> Gators were the defending national champions.<br />
<strong>Georgia</strong> roared to a 37-17 victory, with stars shining brightly for Jim Donnan’s<br />
Bulldogs. Robert Edwards raced for four touchdowns, Hines Ward had over<br />
100 yards receiving from quarterback Mike Bobo, and junior safety Kirby Smart<br />
was superb, intercepting Gator signal caller Doug Johnson twice. <strong>The</strong> victory<br />
ended a seven game losing streak to <strong>Florida</strong>, five of which were by embarrassing<br />
scores. Most notably, the three most recent. <strong>Florida</strong> steamrolled the Dogs 52-14<br />
in Gainesville in 1994, crushed <strong>Georgia</strong> 52-17 in Athens the following year, and<br />
en route to the 1996 title, won by a blistering 47-7 count in Jacksonville. But<br />
November 1, 1997 was a very happy day for the Bulldogs, and <strong>Georgia</strong>’s current<br />
head coach had a lot to do with a sweet victory.<br />
4. Jacksonville Landing 1991 - It was my freshman year at <strong>Georgia</strong>, and I<br />
went to Jacksonville with my friends Jay and Ty. We ventured - a one and only trip<br />
- to the Jacksonville Landing. It was naturally my first foray to the cocktail party as<br />
a college student and I was interested in the nightlife the night before we took a<br />
bad beating in the cold and wind of a dilapidating Gator Bowl. <strong>The</strong> Gator chomps<br />
were out fierce that Friday night. <strong>The</strong>re were some <strong>Florida</strong> fans on the upper level<br />
of the Landing at a bar restaurant jawing and chomping at some <strong>Georgia</strong> fans on<br />
the lower level. <strong>The</strong>y had the high ground, and this was the first strategic mistake<br />
made by the Bulldogs that weekend. It seemed like there were 10,000 people<br />
squeezed into this area and moving was about as easy as Atlanta rush hour traffic.<br />
Well, this Gator fan just dumped a couple of pitchers of beer on the table of<br />
<strong>Georgia</strong> fans below and simply smiled and did the chomp, knowing it would have<br />
taken two hours for the soaked Bulldog fans to make their way through the mob<br />
for a fisticuffs revenge. At which point the three of us looked at each other and<br />
collectively said, let’s get the hell out of here.<br />
5. <strong>The</strong> Golden Isles - I have great love for our beautiful <strong>Georgia</strong> coast, and<br />
the scene on St. Simons, Jekyll and Sea Island is unique to this great game and<br />
rivalry. Frat Beach is a thing now. To which I, as a 51 year old, can now say this to<br />
our wonderful University of <strong>Georgia</strong> students: Have fun, be safe, be smart, enjoy<br />
these days and this Golden Era of Bulldog gridiron greatness - and don’t litter on<br />
our beloved beaches. Go Dawgs!<br />
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As a Golden Isles native, the distain for the<br />
Gators is deep, which amplifies the desire for<br />
a victory every year versus the Gators in Jax<br />
here’s an old adage the<br />
<strong>Georgia</strong> faithful has become<br />
Tfamiliar with. That is when<br />
asked who you cheer for on<br />
Saturdays, Dawg fans respond,<br />
“<strong>Georgia</strong> and whoever is playing<br />
<strong>Florida</strong>.” Growing up in St. Simons<br />
Island, <strong>Georgia</strong> with two parents who<br />
attended the University of <strong>Georgia</strong>,<br />
this is embedded in my blood.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are plenty of reasons to have<br />
utter disdain for the University of<br />
<strong>Florida</strong>. Two of the most unlikeable<br />
head coaches to ever grace the<br />
sideline Steve Spurrier and Urban<br />
Myer are responsible for the majority<br />
of their school’s success. UF and<br />
Gainesville, <strong>Florida</strong> is filled with<br />
unpleasant individuals walking<br />
around in cutoff t-shirts and jorts. It’s<br />
difficult to pay them a compliment.<br />
Regardless,<br />
the World’s<br />
Largest<br />
Outdoor<br />
Cocktail Party<br />
is an historic<br />
rivalry filled<br />
with pageantry<br />
and tradition<br />
unrivaled<br />
across college<br />
athletics.<br />
When walking<br />
into EverBank<br />
Stadium, the<br />
visual of half the stadium in red and<br />
black and the other half in orange<br />
and blue is a must see if you call<br />
yourself a college football fan.<br />
My first memories from the game<br />
come from <strong>Georgia</strong>’s monumental<br />
2007 victory against the Gators.<br />
Tim Tebow and the reigning<br />
national champion Gators came<br />
into Jacksonville as heavy favorites,<br />
having plenty of recent success<br />
against the Bulldogs. However,<br />
Knowshon Moreno posted<br />
a career-high on the ground<br />
rushing for 188 yards and three<br />
touchdowns. Matthew Stafford<br />
threw for three touchdowns as<br />
well, and the <strong>Georgia</strong> defense<br />
sacked Tebow six times, holding<br />
him to the lowest rushing total of<br />
the season (-15 yards).<br />
That game represented<br />
everything a rivalry should.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Bulldogs and Gators clearly<br />
despised each other, and it was<br />
apparent on the field. Mark Richt<br />
fired up his team by allowing the<br />
Bulldogs to run out onto the field<br />
and celebrate when Knowshon<br />
Moreno punched in the first score<br />
of the game, now know as the<br />
famous “Gator Stomp” celebration.<br />
It was a hard-nosed physical<br />
football game between two<br />
powerhouse teams and fanbases<br />
that have nothing but disdain for<br />
the other.<br />
As we transition into a period of<br />
college football where conference<br />
realignment is eliminating some of<br />
college football’s most prevalent<br />
rivalries, it only makes you<br />
appreciate more what the <strong>Georgia</strong>-<br />
<strong>Florida</strong> game means, and yes, it is<br />
<strong>Georgia</strong>-<strong>Florida</strong>, never under any<br />
circumstances is it said the other<br />
way around.<br />
This week, I’ll be heading home<br />
once more to bear witness to St.<br />
Simons annual festivities as UGA<br />
students make the great migration<br />
down to the Golden Isles before<br />
heading to Jacksonville to cheer on<br />
the Dawgs.<br />
Before then,<br />
however, I<br />
will be taking<br />
up one of my<br />
favorite hobbies<br />
before the<br />
game which<br />
is watching<br />
the historic<br />
beatdowns<br />
<strong>Georgia</strong> has<br />
given the<br />
team from<br />
Gainesville.<br />
I’ll listen to Larry Munson give one<br />
of the greatest calls of all time as<br />
Lindsay Scott scampered for a 92-<br />
yard touchdown in 1980, allowing<br />
the Dawgs to remain perfect on the<br />
season and emerge victorious as the<br />
Bulldogs beat the Gators 26-21 on<br />
their way to their second national<br />
championship. I’ll watch Mohamed<br />
Massaquoi score an 84-yard<br />
touchdown in 2007 and run past<br />
the <strong>Florida</strong> student section mocking<br />
the Gator chomp. <strong>The</strong>n, I’ll watch<br />
Todd Gurley do the same thing in<br />
2012, followed by Malcolm Mitchell<br />
45-yard game winning touchdown.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are many beautiful memories<br />
from the heated rivalry, and they<br />
have shaped the course of <strong>Georgia</strong><br />
football history.<br />
As we transition to the current<br />
phase of <strong>Georgia</strong> football under<br />
the tenure of Kirby Smart, the<br />
Bulldogs have had much success<br />
against the Gators, going five-andtwo<br />
since his arrival back in Athens.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is no denying that Coach<br />
Smart understands the magnitude<br />
of this game, and having played in<br />
this game only amplifies his desire<br />
to lead the Dawgs to victory in<br />
Jacksonville.<br />
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BY JEFF DANTZLER<br />
Thanks so much to my friend Frank<br />
Frangie for once again providing his<br />
tremendous insight into the <strong>Georgia</strong>-<br />
<strong>Florida</strong> game. Frank personifies<br />
Jacksonville sports. He is the voice<br />
of the Jacksonville Jaguars, a highly<br />
acclaimed sports talk show host in<br />
Jacksonville and has been heard on<br />
numerous SEC and national college<br />
football broadcasts and shows. He<br />
knows this game as well as anyone.<br />
And Frank is one of my all-time<br />
favorites.<br />
A VIEW FROM ...<br />
Jacksonville<br />
WHAT IS YOUR FEELING<br />
ON THE GATORS, WHO<br />
SEEM TO BE HITTING<br />
THEIR STRIDE WITH<br />
THESE LAST TWO WINS?<br />
I think the Gators hired the right<br />
guy, but it will take time. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
needed someone who can go<br />
head to head on the recruiting<br />
trail with Nick Saban and Kirby<br />
Smart, and Billy Napier seems to<br />
be that guy. His last recruiting<br />
class was very good and this<br />
next one will be even better. So<br />
I think they will be back, more<br />
with this guy and then all of<br />
his recent predecessors. But it<br />
will take awhile. He gutted it, is<br />
playing mostly young players,<br />
and will have a tough time lining<br />
up against the elite teams like<br />
<strong>Georgia</strong>. At least this year. But I<br />
will add this: I love the players —<br />
portal additions and recruits - he<br />
has brought in in his brief time<br />
there. <strong>The</strong> quarterback from<br />
Wisconsin, Graham Mertz, has<br />
been terrific. What a find. He just<br />
spends a lot of time running for<br />
his life against a very leaky line.<br />
But when protected, is very good.<br />
WHAT DOES FLORIDA<br />
NEED TO DO TO WIN?<br />
To beat <strong>Georgia</strong>, they pretty much<br />
have to play a perfect game.<br />
Take care of the ball, get a few<br />
takeaways, get the running game<br />
going and shorten the game. I<br />
think you’ll see running plays,<br />
checkdowns on offense. Probably<br />
a gadget or two as well. I’m not<br />
sure <strong>Florida</strong>’s guys can get open<br />
against <strong>Georgia</strong> or the line can<br />
protect. Mertz will do what he can,<br />
but they are up against it here.<br />
And I think they crowd the box on<br />
defense and take their chances<br />
against the <strong>Georgia</strong> passing game.<br />
That is what they did to beat<br />
Tennessee. Against Kentucky and<br />
South Carolina, they played softer<br />
up front in fear of not getting beat<br />
over the top by Devin Leary and<br />
Spencer Rattler and it backfired.<br />
Lost big to Kentucky and barely<br />
beat South Carolina.<br />
WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON<br />
GEORGIA?<br />
I think <strong>Georgia</strong> is loaded, per<br />
usual. College football has really<br />
never changed — the team with<br />
the most really good players<br />
usually wins. Kirby has loaded<br />
that roster with NFL guys year<br />
after year. He has stockpiled good<br />
players waiting their turn. I think<br />
Carson Beck is an NFL quarterback<br />
and he waited years to get on the<br />
field. Nobody waits to play any<br />
more, but the <strong>Georgia</strong> guys do.<br />
And then they’re great when they<br />
play. He has great players, has<br />
instilled a culture of toughness<br />
and accountability and the<br />
expectation to win. That’s what<br />
Saban did. It’s what Steve Spurrier<br />
and Urban Meyer did at <strong>Florida</strong>.<br />
<strong>Georgia</strong> might just win their third<br />
in a row. <strong>The</strong>y are that good.<br />
HOW ABOUT THE<br />
BULLDOGS PLAYING FOR<br />
THE JAGS?<br />
Tyson Campbell has been<br />
fantastic. Fast, tough, long —<br />
one of the top 10 corners in the<br />
league. He is out with a hamstring<br />
now and they really miss him.<br />
Great, great find. Travon is a very<br />
good football player. Tough, never<br />
gets push around, big part of<br />
their very good run defense. But<br />
he hasn’t emerged yet as a pass<br />
rusher or big time playmaker.<br />
Hopefully that happens — he’s<br />
still only 24 games as a pro.<br />
Developing pass rush moves, at<br />
this level, can take time. <strong>The</strong>y like<br />
him. But we’d all like to see him<br />
make more plays.<br />
HOW ABOUT THE<br />
RELATIONSHIP WITH<br />
JACKSONVILLE, THE<br />
GAME AND THE FUTURE<br />
WITH THE NEW STADIUM<br />
COMING?<br />
<strong>The</strong> city will do all it can to<br />
never lose this game and that<br />
includes the new stadium. <strong>The</strong><br />
new stadium deal will get done,<br />
I’m confident of that. And it will<br />
be amazing. Construction won’t<br />
begin until after the current<br />
<strong>Florida</strong>-<strong>Georgia</strong> contract expires<br />
in 2025. My guess is a new deal<br />
will be signed with the two<br />
schools before that. <strong>The</strong>n I’m<br />
guessing each school will get one<br />
home game in the series - 2026<br />
and 2027 - just like they did in<br />
1994 and 1995. But for folks who<br />
hope it lands home and home<br />
one day, I doubt that happens.<br />
Right now, the schools make<br />
close to $6 million per year each<br />
to play here, which means $12<br />
million over a two-year period.<br />
Per school. If it went home and<br />
home, the schools would make $3<br />
million or so for the home game<br />
and nothing for the road game.<br />
So it would be $3 million over a<br />
two-year stretch per school for<br />
home and home and $12 million<br />
during those two years if it stays<br />
here. I just don’t think, in this day<br />
and age, schools are going to walk<br />
away from an easy $9 million.<br />
And the heritage and tradition<br />
that comes with it. And one more<br />
thing — what we’ve learned over<br />
all these years is playing the game<br />
here has very little do with who<br />
wins. When <strong>Florida</strong> was better<br />
from 1990 through 2010, they<br />
dominated the Dawgs. When<br />
<strong>Georgia</strong> was better — the Vince<br />
Dooley years and now this current<br />
stretch — they’ve dominated<br />
the Gators. <strong>The</strong> best team usually<br />
wins, wherever the game is<br />
played. History tells us that.<br />
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE<br />
TO SEE THE SEC DO THE<br />
SCHEDULING WHEN THE<br />
NEW MODEL COMES OUT<br />
FOR 2025 AND BEYOND?<br />
We have an eight-game schedule<br />
next year (1 set opponent, 7<br />
rotators) and I think are ultimately<br />
headed to a nine-gamer (3 set,<br />
6 rotators). I don’t like either.<br />
I would prefer a nine-game<br />
schedule with two set opponents.<br />
I know the math doesn’t allow<br />
teams to play every other team<br />
over a four-year stretch like the<br />
other two models do, but I don’t<br />
care. I think every team should<br />
have two — not one and not<br />
three — to play every year. Two<br />
real rivals. <strong>Florida</strong> would have<br />
<strong>Georgia</strong> and Tennessee. <strong>Georgia</strong><br />
would have <strong>Florida</strong> and Auburn.<br />
And so on. I shared that with Greg<br />
Sankey over the summer, but he<br />
explained to me that the math<br />
wouldn’t work for their ultimate<br />
goal, which I understand. But that<br />
is what I would do. Under the two<br />
current models being discussed,<br />
<strong>Florida</strong> and Tennessee would<br />
no longer play every year. <strong>The</strong><br />
FIRST year <strong>Florida</strong> doesn’t play<br />
Tennessee, they will have gotten<br />
it wrong. Very wrong. I would hate<br />
to see that.<br />
WHAT IS YOUR SCORE<br />
PREDICTION?<br />
<strong>Georgia</strong> 34, <strong>Florida</strong> 17. Maybe<br />
close early but the Dawgs have<br />
too many dudes. It gets away from<br />
the Gators at some point.<br />
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<strong>2023</strong> georgia bulldogs numerical roster<br />
Provided By UGA Athletics - Subject To Change<br />
No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Exp. Hometown (Previous School) No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Exp. Hometown (Previous School)<br />
0 ^Troy Bowles ILB Fr. 6-0 220 HS Tampa, Fla. (Jesuit HS)<br />
0 #Roderick Robinson II RB Fr. 6-0 240 HS Imperial, Calif. (Lincoln HS)<br />
1 Nyland Green DB RSo. 6-1 185 1VL Covington, Ga. (Newton HS)<br />
1 Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint WR Sr. 6-2 195 3VL Pompano Beach, Fla. (St. Thomas Aquinas HS)<br />
2 Kendall Milton RB Sr. 6-1 220 3VL Fresno, Calif. (Buchanan HS)<br />
2 Smael Mondon ILB Jr. 6-3 225 2VL Dallas, Ga. (Paulding County HS)<br />
3 Kamari Lassiter DB Jr. 6-0 180 2VL Savannah, Ga. (American Christian Acad.)<br />
3 Andrew Paul RB RFr. 5-11 218 SQ Dallas, Texas (Parish Episcopal School)<br />
4 Oscar Delp TE So. 6-5 245 1VL Cumming, Ga. (West Forsyth HS)<br />
4 #AJ Harris DB Fr. 6-1 190 HS Phenix City, Ala. (Central HS)<br />
5 #Rara Thomas WR Jr. 6-2 200 TR Eufaula, Ala. (Miss. State/Eufaula HS)<br />
5 #Raylen Wilson ILB Fr. 6-1 225 HS Tallahassee, Fla. (Lincoln HS)<br />
6 Daylen Everette DB So. 6-1 190 1VL Norfolk, Va. (IMG Academy)<br />
6 #Dominic Lovett WR Jr. 5-10 187 TR Belleville, Ill. (Missouri/East St. Louis HS)<br />
7 Marvin Jones Jr. OLB So. 6-5 250 1VL Sunrise, Fla. (American Heritage HS)<br />
7 #Lawson Luckie TE Fr. 6-3 240 HS Norcross, Ga. (Norcross HS)<br />
8 #Joenel Aguero DB Fr. 5-11 205 HS Lynn, Mass. (St. John’s Prep)<br />
9 Jackson Meeks WR Jr. 6-2 205 2VL henix City, Ala. (Central HS)<br />
9 #Justyn Rhett DB Fr. 6-0 190 HS Las Vegas, Nev. (Bishop Gorman HS)<br />
10 Jamon Dumas-Johnson ILB Jr. 6-1 245 2VL Hyattsville, Md. (St. Francis Academy)<br />
10 #Tyler Williams WR Fr. 6-3 205 HS Lakeland, Fla. (Lakeland HS)<br />
11 Arian Smith WR Jr. 6-0 185 3VL Bradley, Fla. (Lakeland HS)<br />
11 Jalon Walker ILB So. 6-2 245 1VL Salisbury, N.C. (Salisbury HS)<br />
12 Julian Humphrey DB RFr. 6-0 190 1VL Webster, Texas (Clear Lake HS)<br />
12 Brock Vandagriff QB RSo. 6-3 210 SQ Bogart, Ga. (Prince Ave. Christian School)<br />
13 #Zeed Haynes WR Fr. 6-1 170 HS Philadelphia, Pa. (North Penn HS)<br />
13 Mykel Williams DL So. 6-5 265 1VL Columbus, Ga. (Hardaway HS)<br />
14 David Daniel-Sisavanh DB Jr. 6-2 185 2VL Woodstock, Ga. (Woodstock HS)<br />
14 Gunner Stockton QB RFr. 6-1 215 SQ Tiger, Ga. (Rabun County HS)<br />
15 Carson Beck QB Jr. 6-4 220 2VL Jacksonville, Fla. (Mandarin HS)<br />
15 ^Daniel Harris DB Fr. 6-2 175 HS Miami, Fla. (Gulliver Prep HS)<br />
16 C.J. Madden OLB RFr. 6-4 240 SQ Ellenwood, Ga. (Cedar Grove HS)<br />
16 Jackson Muschamp QB Jr. 6-2 190 SQ Columbia, S.C. (Hammond School)<br />
17 #Anthony Evans III WR Fr. 5-11 165 HS Converse, Texas (Judson HS)<br />
17 Dan Jackson DB Sr. 6-1 200 2VL Gainesville, Ga. (North Hall HS)<br />
18 C.J. Smith WR RFr. 6-3 190 SQ Apopka, Fla. (Mount Dora HS)<br />
18 Xavian Sorey ILB RSo. 6-3 220 2VL Campbellton, Fla. (IMG Academy)<br />
19 Brock Bowers TE Jr. 6-4 240 2VL Napa, Calif. (Napa HS)<br />
19 Darris Smith OLB So. 6-5 240 1VL Baxley, Ga. (Appling Co. HS)<br />
20 Sevaughn Clark RB Sr. 6-1 215 2VL Dawsonville, Ga. (Dawson County HS)<br />
20 JaCorey Thomas DB So. 6-0 200 1VL Orlando, Fla. (Boone HS)<br />
22 Javon Bullard DB Jr. 5-11 195 2VL Milledgeville, Ga. (Baldwin HS)<br />
22 Branson Robinson RB So. 5-10 220 1VL Canton, Miss. (Germantown HS)<br />
23 De’Nylon Morrissette WR So. 6-1 200 1VL Stone Mountain, Ga. (North Cobb HS)<br />
23 Tykee Smith DB Sr. 5-10 205 1VL Philadelphia, Pa. (WVU / Imhotep Inst.)<br />
24 Malaki Starks DB So. 6-1 205 1VL Jefferson, Ga. (Jefferson HS)<br />
25 E.J. Lightsey ILB RFr. 6-2 223 IVL Fitzgerald, Ga. (Fitzgerald HS)<br />
26 Collin Drake QB RSo. 6-1 195 SQ Ennis, Texas (Ennis HS)<br />
26 #Sam M’Pemba OLB Fr. 6-3 2 45 HS Olivette, Mo. (IMG Academy)<br />
27 Sam Bush QB Fr. 5-11 185 HS Athens, Ga. (Athens Academy)<br />
27 ^Chris Peal DB Fr. 6-1 190 HS Charlotte, N.C. (Providence Day School)<br />
28 Walter Blanchard WR Fr. 6-1 195 HS Columbus, Ga. (Brookstone)<br />
29 Luke Bennett WR RFr. 5-11 175 SQ Blackshear, Ga. (Pierce County HS)<br />
29 #Gabe Harris Jr. OLB Fr. 6-4 245 HS Thomasville, Ga. (IMG Aacdemy)<br />
30 Daijun Edwards RB Sr. 5-10 201 3VL Norman Park, Ga. (Colquitt County HS)<br />
30 Terrell Foster ILB RFr. 6-1 220 SQ Kennesaw, Ga. (IMG Academy)<br />
31 Grant Briscoe WR RFr. 6-3 190 SQ Carrollton, Ga. (Carrollton HS)<br />
31 ^Kyron Jones ATH Fr. 6-0 200 HS Charlotte, N.C. (Charlotte Christian HS)<br />
32 Chaz Chambliss OLB Jr. 6-2 250 2VL Carrollton, Ga. (Carrollton HS)<br />
32 Cash Jones RB RSo. 6-0 182 1VL Brock, Texas (Brock HS)<br />
33 #C.J. Allen ILB Fr. 6-1 235 HS Barnesville, Ga. (Lamar County HS)<br />
35 Jacob Fleming DB RFr. 5-11 190 SQ Atlanta, Ga. (Westminster Academy)<br />
35 #Damon Wilson II OLB Fr. 6-4 235 HS Nokomis, Fla. (Venice HS)<br />
36 Colby Smith DB Sr. 5-10 175 SQ Danielsville, Ga. (Pres. College/Madison Co. HS)<br />
37 Izayah Reeves WR RSo. 5-11 175 TR Long Island, N.Y. (Charleston/Monocan HS)<br />
38 Patrick Taylor DB Jr. 6-0 175 SQ Johns Creek, Ga. (Johns Creek HS)<br />
39 Parker Jones DB RFr. 5-11 165 SQ Albany, Ga. (Deerfield-Windsor School)<br />
39 Collin Lark DB Jr. 6-0 198 HS Dallas, Texas (Dallas Jesuit HS)<br />
39 Miles Thornton RB RFr. 6-0 195 SQ Tyrone, Ga. (Sandy Creek HS)<br />
41 Denton Shamburger DB RFr. 6-0 185 SQ Atlanta, Ga. (Westminster School)<br />
41 ^Len’Neth Whitehead RB Jr. 6-2 220 TR Athens, Ga. (Tennessee/Athens Academy)<br />
42 Graham Collins ILB Jr. 6-2 215 SQ Atlanta, Ga. (Holy Innocents Episcopal School)<br />
43 Marek Briley WR Fr. 6-3 205 HS Buford, Ga. (North Gwinnett HS)<br />
43 Ali Hall DB RFr. 6-1 201 TR Jacksonville, Fla. (GMC/Westside HS)<br />
44 Cade Brock TE Jr. 6-0 250 SQ Subligna, Ga. (Darlington HS)<br />
44 #Jordan Hall DL Fr. 6-4 320 HS Jacksonville, Fla. (Westside HS)<br />
45 Jacob Hardie RB RFr. 5-9 180 SQ Olney, Md. (Our Lady of Good Counsel)<br />
46 George Vining WR Sr. 6-0 205 SQ Macon, Ga. (Tattnall Square Academy)<br />
47 Sam Shurtleff OLB Jr. 6-4 230 TR Watkinsville, Ga. (Nebraska/Oconee County HS)<br />
47 Will Taylor WR Fr. 6-3 190 HS Milton, Ga. (Cambridge HS)<br />
48 Joseph Daniels RB Gr. 5-10 188 SQ John’s Creek, Ga. (Indiana/Roswell HS)<br />
48 Cooper Johnson TE RFr. 6-4 220 SQ Cumming, Ga. (West Forsyth HS)<br />
49 Luke Collins OLB RSo. 6-2 245 SQ Birmingham, Ala. (Birmingham Prep)<br />
51 Will Snellings SN Fr. 6-2 220 HS Fayetteville, Ga. (Whitewater HS)<br />
52 Christen Miller DL RFr. 6-4 305 IVL Ellenwood, Ga. (Cedar Grove HS)<br />
53 Dylan Fairchild OL RSo. 6-5 315 1VL Cumming, Ga. (West Forsyth HS)<br />
54 ^Kelton SmithJr. OL Fr. 6-4 330 HS Columbus, Ga. (Carver HS)<br />
55 #Jamaal Jarrett DL Fr. 6-5 350 HS Greensboro, N.C. (Grimsley HS)<br />
55 Jared Wilson OL RSo. 6-3 310 2VL Winston-Salem, N.C. (West Forsyth HS)<br />
56 Micah Morris OL RSo. 6-6 330 1VL Kingsland, Ga. (Camden County HS)<br />
56 William Mote SN Sr. 6-2 230 3VL Hoover, Ala. (Spain Park HS)<br />
57 #Monroe Freeling OL Fr. 6-7 310 HS Isle of Palms, S.C. (Oceanside Collegiate Acad)<br />
58 Austin Blaske OL Jr. 6-5 310 2VL Faulkville, Ga. (South Effingham HS)<br />
59 ^Bo Hughley OL Fr. 6-7 280 HS Fairburn, Ga. (Langston Hughes HS)<br />
60 Henry Peagler OL Fr. 6-3 290 HS Blackshear, Ga. (Pierce County HS)<br />
63 Sedrick Van Pran OL Jr. 6-4 310 3VL New Orleans, La. (Warren Easton HS)<br />
65 Amarius Mims OL Jr. 6-7 340 2VL Cochran, Ga. (Bleckley County HS)<br />
66 Aliou Bah OL RFr. 6-5 320 SQ Memphis, Tenn. (IMG Academy)<br />
66 Jonathan Washburn SN RSo. 6-2 230 SQ Ringgold, Ga. (Heritage HS)<br />
67 Clinton Barlow DL Fr. 6-5 310 HS Charlotte, N.C. (Charlotte Catholic)<br />
68 Chris Brown OL Jr. 6-5 300 SQ Savannah, Ga. (Islands HS)<br />
69 Tate Ratledge OL RSo. 6-6 310 1VL Rome, Ga. (Darlington School)<br />
70 #Joshua Miller OL Fr. 6-4 300 HS Chesterfield, Va. (Life Christian Academy)<br />
71 EARNEST GREENE III OL RFR. 6-4 320 SQ LOS ANG, CA (ST. JOHN BOSCO HS)<br />
72 ^JAMAL MERIWEATHER OL FR. 6-6 287 HS BRUNSWICK, GA. (BRUNSWICK HS)<br />
73 XAVIER TRUSS OL SR. 6-7 320 3VL W. WARWICK, R.I. (BISHOP HENDRICKEN HS)<br />
74 DREW BOBO OL RFR. 6-5 305 SQ AUBURN, ALA. (AUBURN HS)<br />
76 MILES JOHNSON OL JR. 6-5 320 SQ BLUE RIDGE, GA. (FANNIN CO. HS)<br />
78 CHAD LINDBERG OL JR. 6-6 325 2VL LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS (CLEAR CREEK HS)<br />
78 NAZIR STACKHOUSE DL SR. 6-3 320 3VL STONE MOUNTAIN, GA. (COLUMBIA HS)<br />
79 GUS GAMMAGE OL FR. 6-5 306 HS CEDARTOWN, GA. (DARLINGTON SCHOOL)<br />
80 BRANDON MOODY WR JR. 5-7 1 65 TR MONROE, GA. (BERRY COL./MONROE AREA HS)<br />
81 DAVID LALAIAN TE FR. 6-4 225 HS MONROE, GA. (MONROE AREA HS)<br />
82 LOGAN JOHNSON WR RSO. 5-6 155 SQ B OGART, GA. (PRINCE AVE. CHRISTIAN)<br />
83 COLE SPEER WR SO. 5-11 185 1VL CALHOUN, GA. (CALHOUN HS)<br />
84 LADD MCCONKEY WR JR. 6-0 185 2 VL CHATSWORTH, GA. (NORTH MURRAY HS)<br />
85 DREW SHEEHAN TE SR. 6-2 240 SQ WOODSTOCK, GA. (KENN ST. / WOODSTOCK HS)<br />
86 DILLON BELL WR SO. 6-1 210 1VL HOUSTON, TEXAS (THE KINKAID SCHOOL)<br />
87 MEKHI MEWS WR RSO. 5-8 185 1VL GRAYSON, GA. (CENTRAL GWINNETT HS)<br />
88 #PEARCE SPURLIN III TE FR. 6-7 2 30 HS ROSEMARY BEACH, FLA. (S. WALTON HS)<br />
89 BRAXTON HICKS WR JR. 6-2 195 SQ TIGER, GA. (RABUN COUNTY HS)<br />
90 TRAMEL WALTHOUR DL SR. 6-3 270 3VL HINESVILLE, GA. (HUTCHINSON CC/<br />
LIBERTY CO. HS)<br />
91 ^PEYTON WOODRING PK FR. 5-10 175 HS LAFAYETTE, LA. (ASCENSION EPISCOPAL HS)<br />
92 LIAM BADGER PK RSO. 6-0 170 TR CUMMING, GA. (KENNESAW STATE/<br />
WEST FORSYTH)<br />
92 BRETT THORSON P SO. 6-2 220 1VL MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA<br />
(PROKICK AUSTRALIA)<br />
93 WILL HATTAWAY PK FR. 6-0 185 HS EVANS, GA. (LAKESIDE HS)<br />
93 TYRION INGRAM-DAWKINS DL RSO. 6-5 280 2VL GAFFNEY, S.C. (GAFFNEY HS)<br />
94 HENRY BATES PK RFR. 5-11 170 SQ WAYCROSS, GA. (WARE COUNTY HS)<br />
94 JONATHAN JEFFERSON DL RSO. 6-3 295 2VL DOUGLASVILLE, GA. (DOUGLAS COUNTY HS)<br />
96 ZION LOGUE DL SR. 6-5 310 3VL LEBANON, TENN. (LEBANON HS)<br />
97 WARREN BRINSON DL SR. 6-4 305 3VL SAVANNAH, GA. (IMG ACADEMY)<br />
98 NOAH JONES P RSO. 6-0 165 SQ CAIRO, GA. (CAIRO HS)<br />
99 JARED ZIRKEL PK JR. 6-3 185 1VL KERRVILLE, TEXAS (TIVY HS)<br />
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CHAZ CHAMBLISS...........................CHAM-BLISS<br />
SEVAUGHN CLARK..........................SUH-VAUGHN<br />
DAVID DANIEL-SISAVANH............. SIS-UH-VAHN<br />
JAMON DUMAS JOHNSON.....JUH-MAHN DO-MAS<br />
DAIJUN EDWARDS...........................DAY-ZYAHN<br />
DAYLEN EVERETTE.............................. DAY-LYNN<br />
TERRELL FOSTER.................................TUH-RELL<br />
NYLAND GREEN...................................NY-LUND<br />
ZEED HAYNES..............ZEED RHYMES WITH SEED<br />
BO HUGHLEY..................................... HUGH-LEE<br />
TYRION INGRAM-DAWKINS..............TY-REE-AHN<br />
JAMAAL JARRETT...................................JUH-MALL<br />
KYRON JONES.........................................KYRUN<br />
DAVID LALAIAN...........................LUH-LAY-LEE-IN<br />
KAMARI LASSITER........................KUH-MARH-EE<br />
E.J. SIGHTSEY................................... LIGHT-SEE<br />
ZION LOGUE............................... ZI-ON LOWGUH<br />
MEKHI MEWS......MUH-KAI LIKE “NEWS” WITH AN “M”<br />
AMARIUS MIMS...................... UH-MARE-EE-US<br />
SMAEL MONDON................RHYMES WITH SMILE,<br />
.....................................RHYMES WITH LONDON<br />
DE’NYLON MORRISSEETTE...............DE-NYE-LUN<br />
SAM M’PEMBA...........................EM-PEM-BUH<br />
IZAYAH REEVES..............................EYE-ZAY-UH<br />
RODERICK ROBINSON......................ROD-ER-RICK<br />
MARCUS ROSEMY-JACKSAINT.....ROSE-UH-MEE<br />
DENTON SHAMBURGER.................. SHAM-BURGER<br />
SAM SHURTLEFF....................................SHIRTLUFF<br />
XAVIAN SOREY........ EGG-ZAY-VEE-AHN SORE-EE<br />
NAZIR STACKHOUSE......................... NAH-ZEER<br />
MALAKI STARKS..........................MAL-UH-KAI<br />
JACOREY THOMAS.............................JUH-COREY<br />
RARA THOMAS......................................RAH-RAH<br />
BROCK VANDAGRIFF......................VAN-DUH-GRIFF<br />
JALON WALKER..................................... JAY-LUN<br />
TRAMEL WALTHOUR........................... TRUH-MEL<br />
..........................WALL-THOUR (SOUNDS LIKE ‘OUR’)<br />
LEN’NETH WHITEHEAD.......................... LEN-NEETH<br />
MYKEL WILLIAMS.................................MY-KELL<br />
DAMON WILSON..................................DAY-MUHN<br />
RAYLEN WILSON.................................... RAY-LYNN<br />
JARED ZIRKEL..................................... ZER-KUL<br />
BULLDAWGILLUSTRATED 25 ISSUE TEN • FLORIDA
GEORGIA GIRLS: CLAIRE CRONK PG. 30 | GRAND GEORGIA COUPLES: BONNEY AND BILLY SHUMAN PG. 54<br />
PROUST Q&A: ZACH POWELL PG. 60<br />
SOCIAL<br />
GEORGIA-VANDY PHOTOS: PG. 32-50<br />
PHOTO BY: SARAH KATE CALL<br />
BULLDAWGILLUSTRATED 27 ISSUE TEN • FLORIDA
SOCIAL<br />
FAN SHOTS<br />
Lizzie Yandle, Ben Hallett, Jackson and Maria Keith, Drew and Mary Hay Charles, Reid and<br />
Katherine Schwartz, Hugh and Mollie McMillan, Cary Yandle, James and Lauren Schultz,<br />
Skooter and Emily Garrett, Cam Wilhoit, Jay and Molly Poston, Tyler Potepan, James and<br />
Mary Leith Lewis, Glenn and Catharine Brannan, Catherine Skeen, Emily Wilhoit, Leigh Claffey,<br />
Michael Brown, Preston and Sterling Busbee, Emmy Potepan, Emma Libleich, Alli Kinghorn<br />
and Bea Girnt<br />
MOLLY LLOYD - JAY POSTON WEDDING<br />
Jay Poston, Elly Cooper, Kaycee Poston,<br />
John Poston<br />
Sara Alias, Katie Lloyd, Cheri Leavy,<br />
Chris Lloyd<br />
Jeff Dantzler, Emily Dantzler, Chris Lloyd<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Poston<br />
Mary Leith Lewis, Catharine Brannan, Emily Garrett,<br />
Molly Poston, Leigh Claffey<br />
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BULLDAWGILLUSTRATED 28 ISSUE TEN • FLORIDA
Linda Cook, Patrick Haggard, Beth Haggard, Jack Davis,<br />
Ann Davis, Chris Lloyd<br />
Becky Blaelock, Don Blaelock<br />
Kelli Boyd, Molly Poston<br />
Glenn Brannan, Emily Garrett, Catharine Brannan, Mary Leith Lewis,<br />
James Lewis, Can Wilhoit, Skooter Garrett<br />
Tim Wallis, CeCe Wallis<br />
Patrick Haggard,<br />
Beth Haggard<br />
ULLA JOHNSON + HUNTER BELL<br />
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Molly Poston<br />
BULLDAWGILLUSTRATED 29 ISSUE TEN • FLORIDA
GEORGIA GIRLS<br />
SOCIAL<br />
3.<br />
<strong>Georgia</strong> Girls<br />
CLAIRE CRONK<br />
Cheri Leavy’s rapport with her favorite tastemakers and<br />
UGA Alumnae brings you plenty of doggone good inspiration!<br />
Foundation:<br />
2.<br />
Accolades:<br />
NAME: Claire Collier Cronk<br />
FAMILY: I met my husband in 8th grade<br />
and we both graduated from UGA in 1985.<br />
Although we’re both generationally native<br />
Atlantans, we now live in St Simons! I have<br />
two amazing daughters and two equally<br />
amazing sons-in-laws who both currently live<br />
in Atlanta. My two grandsons Bear and Brooks<br />
are my heart and soul. I also have the honor of<br />
helping care for my 92-year-old father who was a KA<br />
at UGA!<br />
HOMETOWN: When not in the Golden Isles, I enjoy writing in<br />
my cabin in North <strong>Georgia</strong>, traveling, playing pickleball and of<br />
course being with my daughters and two adorable grandsons<br />
who call me Honey!<br />
MAJOR: I was an Interior Design- Advertising major through the<br />
FACS school. I always thought I’d write for Southern Living!<br />
PROFESSION: As a creative (and a Gemini) I’ve had my hand<br />
in many different métiers! I feel like my latest journey as the face<br />
behind the blog @southern.pearlsofwisdom is a culmination of<br />
them all and I throughly love every minute of getting to know<br />
these amazing Southern women and their brands.<br />
I had the honor of my Interior<br />
Design work being featured<br />
on a tour of homes and a<br />
little unknown fact that I was<br />
Atlanta’s Junior Miss in 1980!<br />
<br />
BOOK: Because I’m always writing, I’m<br />
always reading! Love anything by a Southern<br />
writer or about the South. Currently reading a Reese<br />
Witherspoon book club book: <strong>The</strong> Downstairs Girl by Stacey<br />
Lee (1)<br />
BLOG: Mrs Southern Social<br />
BULLDAWGILLUSTRATED 30 ISSUE TEN • FLORIDA<br />
Inspo:<br />
BRAND: I’ve had the honor of featuring<br />
so many amazing Southern brands on<br />
my site and I’m so proud of them all! But<br />
a few I adore are Kim at Lucy’s Market,<br />
Cindy with Sapelo Skin Care, Jesslyn with<br />
Biolyte and Leighton with Recruitment<br />
Ready.<br />
1.
5.<br />
gastronomy. Because my husband<br />
is an Emeritus board member of the<br />
Terry Business School and occasionally<br />
presents to the students, we have fun<br />
enjoying Athens on non game days!<br />
4.<br />
RESTAURANTS/BARS: <strong>The</strong>n-<br />
Davinci’s Pizza, Guthrie’s, Steverino’s and<br />
Sons of Italy, <strong>The</strong> Grill, O’Malleys; Now-<br />
<strong>The</strong> Last Resort, Five and Ten, Alumni<br />
Cookie Dough.<br />
ATHENS/ CAMPUS LANDMARK:<br />
<strong>The</strong> State Botanical Gardens, 40 Watt<br />
Club, <strong>The</strong> Tree That Owns Itself and<br />
Sanford Stadium.<br />
FASHION DESIGNER: Southern designers like<br />
Sue Sartor (2), Hunter Bell and Nardos Designs.<br />
CHEF: Ina Garten (3)<br />
AUTHORS: Celestine Sibley, Julia Reed and<br />
Margaret Mitchell (4)<br />
QUOTE:<br />
“Be the woman<br />
who crowns<br />
others”<br />
Athens + UGA:<br />
DESCRIBE ATHENS IN FIVE WORDS OR<br />
LESS: Classic, friends, music, history, football,<br />
BULLDAWGILLUSTRATED<br />
MEMORY WHILE IN SCHOOL:<br />
<strong>The</strong>med fraternity parties. Running back<br />
from class to watch Luke and Laura get<br />
married on General Hospital! (5)<br />
GAMEDAY RITUAL: <strong>The</strong>se days we<br />
take a long walk on the beach or take a<br />
spin class, watch GameDay, stop at Two<br />
Friends Bubble Bar for the perfect wine,<br />
then watch the game with friends!<br />
TAILGATE: Pimento cheese with<br />
Terrapin Ridge Farms Gourmet Hot<br />
Pepper Bacon Jam and a Bloody Mary<br />
with ALL the fixins including candied<br />
bacon and fresh <strong>Georgia</strong> shrimp! (6)<br />
31 ISSUE TEN • FLORIDA<br />
6.<br />
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SOCIAL<br />
FAN SHOTS<br />
Brock Bowers, Robert Saye<br />
Drew Roper<br />
Vance Leavy, Cheri Leavy, John Ellington,<br />
Sandra Kate Ellington, John Parker<br />
GEORGIA - 37, VANDY - 20<br />
Craig Meeks, Scott Marshall,<br />
Rob Matre<br />
Burama Jatta, Chad Cobb, Grant Futch,<br />
Garrett Futch<br />
Ed Ferguson, Shannon Ferguson, Hart Roberts,<br />
Shooter Roberts, Jennifer Trapnell, Jeffrey Trapnell<br />
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BULLDAWGILLUSTRATED 32 ISSUE TEN • FLORIDA
Our local lenders have you<br />
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95 th Anniversary<br />
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As your community bank, we make all of our loan decisions<br />
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Helping your business is our business.<br />
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Executive VP, Chief Lending Officer<br />
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SOCIAL<br />
FAN SHOTS<br />
Gabin Digbeu, Smael Mondon,<br />
Dissa Mondon<br />
Mary Delp, Chris Delp, Kim Speer<br />
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GEORGIA - 37, VANDY - 20<br />
Sarah Mills Bennett, Catherine Benefield, Anna Landgraff,<br />
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Laurie Cooper, Sissy Jones,<br />
Wayne Cooper, Clair Jones<br />
Alice and Olivia<br />
Shoshanna<br />
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Paige<br />
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BULLDAWGILLUSTRATED 34 ISSUE TEN • FLORIDA
Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler A small sampling of menu items ...<br />
WHERE SMART DAWGS<br />
EAT AND DRINK!<br />
Oysters Rockefeller<br />
Baked with a topping of spinach, celery, and onion<br />
Classic Crawfish Etouffee<br />
Rich Creole stew of crawfish tails served over rice<br />
Crab Cakes<br />
Lump crab sautéed and served over stewed corn<br />
with remoulade<br />
Stuffed Filet<br />
Stuffed with bleu cheese and port wine sauce.<br />
Served with potatoes and chef’s vegetables.<br />
Carpetbagger<br />
Topped with fried oysters and bernaise sauce.<br />
Served with potatoes and chef’s vegetables.<br />
Seafood Jambalaya<br />
Redfish, oysters, shrimp and crawfish over a<br />
chicken and andouille jambalaya<br />
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SOCIAL<br />
FAN SHOTS<br />
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Sullivan Beasley, Marion Norman<br />
Will Kahlstorf,<br />
Bert “Photo-Bomber” Hill,<br />
Matt Moseley,<br />
Bradley Lastinger<br />
GEORGIA - 37, VANDY - 20<br />
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Blake Catlett<br />
John Sorrow, John Arthur Daniel<br />
(front) Catherine Benefield, Kendall Champlin, Jarrett Broome,<br />
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BULLDAWGILLUSTRATED 36 ISSUE TEN • FLORIDA
VISIT ATLANTA’S AWARD-WINNING SHOWROOMS<br />
Interior Design: Brian Watford Interiors l Architecture: Castro Design Studio l Builder: Ladisic Fine Homes l Cabinetry: Marion & Bond Millwork<br />
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SOCIAL<br />
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Christie Deaton,<br />
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Caroline Carter, Natalie Hampson, Lillie Cary,<br />
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GEORGIA - 37, VANDY - 20<br />
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Rene’ Starrett,<br />
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BULLDAWGILLUSTRATED 38 ISSUE TEN • FLORIDA
Dress up<br />
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scarves<br />
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SOCIAL<br />
FAN SHOTS<br />
Kyle Seymour, Daniels Waters, James Stone, Blake Seymour<br />
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Evangeline Strauss,<br />
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FAN SHOTS<br />
Bobby Molleur, Kelsey Molleur, Hillary Tanner, Matt Tanner<br />
Caelinn Treacy, Ella Treacy,<br />
Meghan Coleman<br />
(front) Gavino Tello, Dylan Pollock<br />
(back) Will Grogan, Luke Dinkla,<br />
Travis Mansfield<br />
GEORGIA - 37, VANDY - 20<br />
Mark Crosby,<br />
Samantha Crosby<br />
Hadley Wilson, Reid Wilson<br />
(front) Greg Ehlers, Charles Mathis, Tom Stovall, Mike Burroughs; (back)<br />
Betty Angevine, Lochie Bumgarner, Angela McCullough, Harry Angevine,<br />
Terry Graham<br />
J O I N U S I N W E L C O M I N G<br />
V I E T R I F O U N D E R<br />
SUSAN GRAVELY<br />
AS SHE DEBUTS HER NEWEST<br />
COOKBOOK AND MEMOIR<br />
ITALY ON A PLATE<br />
OCTOBER 26TH | 4 TO 7 PM | THE BUBBLE BAR<br />
Enjoy Italian wine and<br />
light bites as Susan<br />
signs books &<br />
shares her story<br />
BULLDAWGILLUSTRATED 42 ISSUE TEN • FLORIDA
SOCIAL<br />
FAN SHOTS<br />
Carol Kirven, Trey Kirven<br />
Quan Brown, Noah Willmer<br />
Lee Waldo, Mike Malcom, Roy Roberts, Richard Hester, Greg Rawlins<br />
GEORGIA - 37, VANDY - 20<br />
Kathie Davis, Abbey Jane Davis,<br />
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BULLDAWGILLUSTRATED 51 ISSUE TEN • FLORIDA
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BULLDAWGILLUSTRATED 53 ISSUE TEN • FLORIDA
GRAND<br />
<strong>Georgia</strong> Couples<br />
LORAN SMITH<br />
BONNEY and BILLY SHUMAN<br />
Billy Shuman met Bonney Stamper at a fraternity party in<br />
Athens when they were undergraduates at the University<br />
of <strong>Georgia</strong> but went their separate ways after four years on<br />
campus, which brings about an interesting and compelling<br />
explanation.<br />
Bonney was a serious student, enrolled in the Terry College of Business<br />
and was headed to an exalted business career while Billy was in no rush<br />
to be fitted with cap and gown. He was enjoying life and what better<br />
place to do that than in Athens, <strong>Georgia</strong>, when the Bulldogs were<br />
winning big with Hershel “running over people.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> co-eds were charming and pretty, the fall and spring were<br />
magnificent, the parties were great, and life was just too good to worry<br />
about progress toward graduation. He was attending class and making<br />
good grades but was frequently changing majors — life was good.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>n my dad pulled my scholarship,” Billy laughs. Billy was not a<br />
wayward soul, not the prodigal son — he just had a degree timetable<br />
that was out of sync with his dad’s. Soon he was back home in<br />
Savannah, gainfully employed and finishing degree requirements at<br />
Armstrong State.<br />
By that time Bonney was well established in the business world, a<br />
co-founder of Bar Code Systems in 1983, which later became Stratix<br />
Corporation. Her resume notes that, “Stratix helped hundreds of<br />
end users, distributors and other organizations gain a competitive<br />
advantage by utilizing bar coding and other forms of automatic data<br />
capture.” She served as President and Chief Executive officer until<br />
selling the company in 2011.<br />
She is one of the most accomplished businesswomen graduates of the<br />
University of <strong>Georgia</strong>. Her time with Stratix saw her become President<br />
of AIM USA, the automatic data capture trade association, and she was<br />
a board member of “Women in Packaging.” She served on the <strong>Georgia</strong><br />
Women’s Business Council.<br />
Meanwhile, Billy found his way to Chicago where he began a career<br />
in commodity trading, enjoying the Windy City’s sports teams, the<br />
Bears, Michael Jordan and the Bulls, and the White Sox. Being a<br />
devout Braves fan, he could not pull for the Cubs although he loved<br />
the singular and extraordinary environment of Wrigley Field. <strong>The</strong><br />
Chicago of the 80s, “Old Chicago,” he says, was a terrific experience —<br />
except for the harsh winters.<br />
While Bonney and Billy chose separate career paths, they remained<br />
diehard Dawg fans and met up again at a wedding of friends. Soon<br />
they were an item, married and settled in Atlanta. Billy commuted<br />
to Chicago while Bonnie traveled the country and internationally —<br />
everywhere from Canada to Japan, to the United Kingdom to Mexico to<br />
Australia but reserved commitment to Athens on fall gamedays. (She<br />
traveled to all 50 states before she turned 50, a personal point of pride).<br />
She always had a penchant for combining work and play, which was<br />
underscored when their daughter, Mary Ellen, a Double Dawg with a<br />
BBA from Terry, and law degree from UGA, (they also have a son, Billy<br />
Jr., who played golf at Furman and has a Masters from UGA) signed a<br />
grant-in-aid to play golf for the Bulldogs. Wherever the Lady Dawg golf<br />
team played, Bonney and Billy made every effort to join them.<br />
<strong>The</strong> best of times came when they settled in St. Simons where<br />
Billy turned his business attention to real estate which included<br />
the purchasing of pecan farms near Marshallville, where he enjoys<br />
spending time.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are fish to catch, golf to play on some of the best courses in the<br />
world, Dawgs to patronize, and now that Bonney has retired, they can<br />
join all the tailgate parties and any noteworthy event or celebration in<br />
Athens.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y are active alumni. Bonney serves as a Trustee of the UGA<br />
Foundation and recently served as President of the UGA Alumni<br />
Association. She enjoys being a UGA Mentor and was a founding<br />
member of the Sea Island Scholars program through the Terry Women’s<br />
Initiative.<br />
Locally, she is an emeritus board member of the Communities of<br />
Coastal <strong>Georgia</strong> Foundation and is currently the Treasurer of Christ<br />
Church, Frederica.<br />
For Billy, no one in Southeast <strong>Georgia</strong> holds greater antipathy for the<br />
<strong>Florida</strong> Gators than this pecan grove aficionado. His anti-Gator golf<br />
outing (Gators Eat Boogers) is one of the most popular in the Golden<br />
Isles to take place during the annual <strong>Georgia</strong>-<strong>Florida</strong> weekend.<br />
Bonney and Billy Shuman, Damn Good Dawgs, who have traveled<br />
much of the world, are now happy to be homebodies in their<br />
forthcoming golden years in the Golden Isles.<br />
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BULLDAWGILLUSTRATED 55 ISSUE TEN • FLORIDA
SOCIAL<br />
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FAN SHOTS<br />
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BULLDAWGILLUSTRATED 57 ISSUE TEN • FLORIDA
M I X T A P E<br />
playlist featured by Carter King<br />
brought to you by BULLDAWG ILLUSTRATED + LAST RESORT GRILL<br />
In honor of Athens’ distinction as one of the best music towns in the nation and the original<br />
Last Resort opened as a music club in 1966. Those who can still remember the tunes of such<br />
passionate performers as the Reverend Pearly Brown, Towns Van Zandt, Doc Watson, Jimmy<br />
Buffett, and even Steve Martin may feel nostalgic at the mere mention of the club’s name.<br />
Today that passion is found in Last Resort Grill’s menu and atmosphere, pulling directly from<br />
the building’s eclectic history. - Compiled by: Cheri Leavy and Hamilton Culpepper<br />
CARTER KING<br />
NAME: Carter King<br />
FAMILY: Parents: Tom (UGA ‘68) and Susan King;<br />
Siblings: Brooks King (UGA ‘03) and Courtney King<br />
HOME TOWN: Atlanta, <strong>Georgia</strong><br />
Photo by<br />
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CURRENT TOWN: Nashville, Tennessee<br />
WHAT YEARS AT UGA: 2005-2009, in<br />
Athens until 2012<br />
SCHOOL/DEGREE: Franklin, Economics<br />
PROFESSION: Founding member of<br />
Futurebirds<br />
TIES TO ATHENS MUSIC: Playing in bands in<br />
Athens since 2005<br />
FAVE BAND YOU HAVE SEEN IN<br />
ATHENS:<br />
To name a few of many: Dexateens on the front<br />
lawn of Chi Phi in 2005. My Morning Jacket ‘Under<br />
the Sea Prom’ at 40 Watt 2006 was pretty mindblowing.<br />
Drive-By Truckers ‘Dirt Underneath Tour’<br />
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Pleas - Widespread Panic<br />
Deacon Blues - Steely Dan<br />
Eyes of the World - Grateful Dead<br />
Carter's Playlist<br />
Secret Messages - Electric Light Orchestra<br />
<strong>The</strong> Working Man - Creedence Clearwater Revival<br />
Door Number Three - Jimmy Buffet<br />
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Q&A<br />
PROUST<br />
COMPILED BY: CAROLINE CHAMPION<br />
NAME: Zach Powell<br />
FAMILY: My wife Elizabeth (UGA 1995) of 28 years who is also<br />
my business partner, and our two children, Anna Jane (GCSU <strong>2023</strong>)<br />
23, an accountant and Zach, 21, a pre-dental junior at UGA. My<br />
younger brother Chad Powell, (UGA 1996) and my older brother<br />
Jeff, and my parents, Joe and Sandy Powell.<br />
HOMETOWN: Lilburn, <strong>Georgia</strong><br />
CURRENT TOWN: Saint Simons Island since 2009. I also have a<br />
farm in Screven, <strong>Georgia</strong><br />
WHAT YEARS AT UGA: 1988-1993<br />
SCHOOL/DEGREE: BS in Zoology, Odum School of Ecology 1992<br />
BS in Biology, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences 1993<br />
DMD, Dental College of <strong>Georgia</strong> at Augusta University 1999<br />
PROFESSION: General Dentist at Dentistry in Redfern on SSI,<br />
entrepreneur, and CEO of <strong>The</strong> <strong>Georgia</strong> Smile Group, a multi-office<br />
dental group serving 10 counties in southeast <strong>Georgia</strong>. I also own<br />
a commercial farm in Screven, <strong>Georgia</strong>.<br />
ACCOLADES:<br />
Twice named to UGA Alumni Association Bulldog 100 for 2018, 2019<br />
2022 President of the <strong>Georgia</strong> Dental Association<br />
<strong>2023</strong> Named Adjunct Professor at the Dental College of <strong>Georgia</strong><br />
Honorable Fellow for the <strong>Georgia</strong> Dental Association (2011)<br />
Honorable Fellow for the Pierre Fauchard Academy (2014)<br />
Honorable Fellow for the American College of Dentists (<strong>2023</strong>)<br />
WHAT LIFE LESSONS DID YOU LEARN WHILE AT UGA?<br />
Never, ever give up. Being relentless toward making your dreams<br />
a reality, the “vision quest” mentality. <strong>The</strong> power of the <strong>Georgia</strong><br />
network…fellow students become friends, who become life-long<br />
colleagues. Next-door neighbors can rock your world. Take a wild<br />
guess who mine was in college? One ‘last’ cocktail at <strong>The</strong> <strong>Georgia</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong>atre is rarely a good decision<br />
WHAT PROFESSOR DID YOU MOST ADMIRE?<br />
Dr. Josh Laerm- although he was a tough professor, his humor<br />
made him everyone’s favorite and he taught me to balance the<br />
seriousness of science with laughter. He introduced me to zoology,<br />
coastal ecosystems, and a love of natural history. Dr Laerm’s class<br />
was also where I met many future colleagues in healthcare. And Dr.<br />
John Pickering, UGA Chair for Entomology, opened my eyes to the<br />
essential role of bees and entomology in agriculture, healthcare,<br />
and our environment. Both professors helped me expand my level<br />
of thinking regarding zoology and biology’s impact on our everyday<br />
health - I still refer to their wisdom and teachings in my daily<br />
practice of dentistry.<br />
WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER YOUR GREATEST<br />
ACHIEVEMENT?<br />
Well, after Elizabeth chased me all over the University of <strong>Georgia</strong>, I<br />
finally relented and the rest is history. In all honesty, the joy of my<br />
life centers around our marriage of 28 years. It all started the first<br />
time I saw her (she was my next-door neighbor my senior year at<br />
UGA) … I knew she was the one. However, I think Elizabeth still<br />
might be thinking about it?<br />
Together it has certainly been a wild and adventuresome ride,<br />
the Lord has blessed us with our two children, Anna Jane and<br />
Zach, a beautiful home on the Hampton River, and many business<br />
opportunities that have allowed us to serve people across the<br />
state of <strong>Georgia</strong> and beyond.<br />
WHICH HISTORICAL FIGURE DO YOU MOST IDENTIFY WITH?<br />
George Washington- America’s original fierce leader, he was such<br />
a forward thinker. He looked inward, never gave up, and kept<br />
working toward innovation and improvement throughout his<br />
entire life. I also would have loved to have been his dentist- think<br />
of what he could have accomplished if he hadn’t struggled his<br />
whole life with poor dental health!<br />
WHO ARE YOUR HEROES IN REAL LIFE?<br />
It’s hard to look past my parents, Joe and Sandy Powell. <strong>The</strong>y are<br />
the American Dream and came from incredibly humble beginnings.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y have modeled humility my entire life. <strong>The</strong>y taught me about<br />
self-employment, entrepreneurship, faith, persistence, honor,<br />
loyalty, and the true power and strength of family. <strong>The</strong>y gave me<br />
shoulders to stand on, and I would not be who I am today without<br />
them. <strong>The</strong>y both also taught my brothers Jeff, Chad and I to work<br />
hard, but never, ever be afraid to be the life of the party!<br />
QUOTES TO LIVE BY:<br />
ZACH POWELL<br />
“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind<br />
can see.” - Mark Twain<br />
“Smile. It increases your face value.” - Dolly Parton<br />
“For to whom much is given, much is expected.” Luke 12:48<br />
“We’re Metal Rose, Goodnight.” If you know, you know.<br />
WHAT IS YOUR IDEA OF PERFECT HAPPINESS?<br />
I am an avid outdoorsman and there’s nothing I love more than<br />
being in nature and watching the sun come up, hearing the birds,<br />
the frogs and the insects. Sitting with Elizabeth and watching the<br />
Hampton River sunset or our Screven farm’s horizon at dusk are<br />
some of the true joys of my life. Nothing grounds me more than<br />
slowing down and taking in our Lord’s beautiful creation.<br />
WHAT IS YOUR MOST MARKED CHARACTERISTIC?<br />
I am intensely persistent, according to my wife. She also thinks I’m<br />
obnoxiously optimistic…she calls me the Ted Lasso of dentistry.<br />
WHAT DO YOU MOST VALUE IN YOUR FRIENDS?<br />
Authenticity. It’s really all that matters in relationships. My men’s<br />
small group calls ourselves “<strong>The</strong> Sinners,” lol - not sure how you<br />
can get more genuine than that.<br />
IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE THING ABOUT YOURSELF,<br />
WHAT WOULD IT BE?<br />
If you asked my famous high school football coach Dave Hunter,<br />
he’d probably say if I was only a few inches taller, I’d be finishing<br />
up my NFL career.<br />
WHO ARE YOUR FAVORITE WRITERS?<br />
Lewis Grizzard…I actually had the good fortune to know him. He<br />
reminds me of everything that is charming about the South and<br />
he loved the Dawgs with all his heart! We desperately need more<br />
of his humor in our lives.<br />
FAVE SOCIAL MEDIA AND WHO TO FOLLOW?<br />
I follow John Maxwell and Charles Stanley to fill my soul with<br />
leadership advice. I love Dawg Nation, and anything bulldawg,<br />
honestly, as I absolutely bleed red and black. I must admit that<br />
I admire a few Gators, besides my favorite local Gator and true<br />
gentleman Steve Melnyk, I love Gator Tim Tebow’s passion for<br />
others and follow him on social media as well. He has what my<br />
family calls “the light in the darkness.” I am only on Facebook for FB<br />
Marketplace. I’m always looking for some piece of junk to add to<br />
my barn at my Screven farm.<br />
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CHICK-FIL-A DAWG BOWL <strong>2023</strong> PG. 62 | STATS THAT MATTER PG. 64 | FROM THE FIELD PG. 68<br />
TOWER OF POWER - JALON WALKER,<br />
JAMON DUMAS-JOHNSON, MYKEL<br />
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what’s the<br />
word<br />
BY HAMILTON CULPEPPER<br />
Coach Richt, Coach Smart and current and former players<br />
bowl for a great cause at the Chick-fil-A Dawg Bowl <strong>2023</strong><br />
Parkinson’s disease: a brain disorder<br />
that causes unintended or<br />
uncontrollable movements, such<br />
as shaking, stiffness, and difficulty with<br />
balance and coordination. Crohn’s disease:<br />
an inflammatory bowel disease that causes<br />
chronic inflammation of the GI tract. Former<br />
University of <strong>Georgia</strong> head coach Mark<br />
Richt suffers from Parkinson’s, diagnosed<br />
in 2021 while his granddaughter, Jadyn,<br />
suffers from Crohn’s, diagnosed in 2015.<br />
On Wednesday, October 18, <strong>2023</strong>, Coach<br />
Richt, his family, head coach Kirby Smart,<br />
multiple past and current Bulldog players,<br />
and hundreds of <strong>Georgia</strong> fans gathered at<br />
Showtime Bowl (in Athens), launching the<br />
inaugural Chick-fil-A Dawg Bowl to raise<br />
money for research on the two diseases.<br />
Two and a half weeks prior, Coach Smart<br />
invited Coach Richt to his weekly Monday<br />
press conference where the former<br />
Commander in Chief of <strong>Georgia</strong> football<br />
announced the campaign of the <strong>2023</strong><br />
Dawg Bowl and its intentions to raise<br />
$750,000 for awareness and research for<br />
Parkinson’s and Crohn’s. <strong>The</strong> two coaches<br />
shared a laugh as Coach Richt noted that<br />
the winning team of the bowling event,<br />
including the current <strong>Georgia</strong> player paired<br />
with the group, would win a WWE-like<br />
championship belt. Coach Richt added<br />
that if the event took place during his time<br />
as head coach, the player would’ve been<br />
thrown in “NCAA jail!”<br />
With a laugh shared among two <strong>Georgia</strong><br />
legends and an announcement alongside<br />
Jadyn, the event was kicked off with the<br />
$750,000 goal set … it was up to the<br />
Bulldog faithful to come through and<br />
support the incentive. Well, the Red and<br />
Black showed up and showed out!<br />
Fast forward once again to October 18,<br />
around 5:30 p.m., <strong>Georgia</strong> fans began filing<br />
in Showtime Bowl on Macon Highway.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Bulldog supporters began with some<br />
practice rounds beside <strong>Georgia</strong> legends<br />
like D.J. Shockley, Tra Battle, David Pollack,<br />
Jon Stinchcomb and more. Coach Richt<br />
officially began the competition with a<br />
speech and Jadyn by his side. He brought<br />
Dr. Anumantha Kanthasamy, Director of<br />
the Isakson Center for Neurological Disease<br />
Research, to the center of the bowling<br />
alleys to speak a little on his research and<br />
partnership with Coach Richt through the<br />
Dawg Bowl.<br />
One of those big cardboard checks was<br />
printed a few days prior to the event and<br />
presented to Dr. Kanthasamy. At the time<br />
of its printing, $500,000 had been raised<br />
and was displayed on the check, but as of<br />
Friday, October 20, the $750,000 mark was<br />
surpassed!<br />
After Dr. Kanthasamy spoke, Kevin<br />
“Chappy” Hynes, chaplain of the <strong>Georgia</strong><br />
football team under Coach Richt,<br />
introduced the “Back-to-back National<br />
Champions, <strong>2023</strong> <strong>Georgia</strong> football team!”<br />
wherein 40 or so current players, wearing<br />
their home, red jerseys entered the building<br />
with a massive cheer from the hundreds<br />
of gathered supporters. With the players<br />
right behind Coach Richt, he said a prayer,<br />
blessing the event and the money raised<br />
for his and his granddaughter’s diseases,<br />
then dispersed the players to each lane to<br />
begin the battle for the belt.<br />
Although the event was a competition<br />
for the best bowler among the <strong>Georgia</strong><br />
people, it was, of course, friendly banter<br />
between players, fans and even coaches.<br />
I captured some trash talk on camera<br />
between safety Tykee Smith and former<br />
player and current outside linebackers<br />
assistant coach Jarvis Jones. After a bowl<br />
from Jones that knocked down just three<br />
pins, Smith stepped up and left just one<br />
pin standing. Refusing to be shown up by<br />
one of his players, Jones walked right back<br />
up and put the ball straight in the gutter.<br />
Smith then unceasingly let Jones know<br />
he was the better bowler. Although these<br />
elite gamers showed their competitiveness<br />
off the gridiron and on the bowling alley,<br />
all gathered together for one goal: raise<br />
money and awareness for the diseases that<br />
affect Coach Richt, Jadyn, their family and 4<br />
million other Americans.<br />
From quarterbacks to walk-ons, from<br />
offensive linemen to defensive linemen, from<br />
past to current players and coaches, every<br />
person wearing the red and black showed<br />
love on the alley for Coach Richt and his<br />
family, despite not being the best bowler<br />
sometimes. Offensive lineman Micah “Big<br />
Mike” Morris said his hands were too big to<br />
even fit in the holes on the bowling ball, so<br />
his game was already at a disadvantage;<br />
however, it was still awesome fun being<br />
surrounded by the great <strong>Georgia</strong> people for<br />
the 6-6, 331-pound BIG Mike.<br />
As I walked from alley to alley, it was all<br />
smiles from ear to ear on each fan and<br />
each player. Coach Richt and Coach Smart<br />
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shared another laugh as they looked over the incredible<br />
event. What began with a laugh at that Monday press<br />
conference continued with another laugh between the<br />
two coaches at the Chick-Fil-A Dawg Bowl <strong>2023</strong>, and the<br />
continuous support for the Richt family will never end as<br />
the Coach himself and his granddaughter continue to fight<br />
their respective diseases.<br />
To continue donating, visit<br />
richtsdawgbowl.com All<br />
proceeds go directly toward<br />
research for Parkinson’s and<br />
Crohn’s disease.<br />
Jon Stinchcomb, Jarvis Jones<br />
Mark Richt, D.J. Shockley<br />
Troy Bowles, Samuel M’Pemba<br />
Jamal Meriweather, Sedrick Van Pran,<br />
Drew Belflower<br />
Brett Thorson, Jackson Brooks<br />
Kendall Milton, Tyler Williams,<br />
Micah Morris<br />
Paul Hearn, Mark Cathy, Brock Vandagriff, CJ Byrd,<br />
Michael Patrick<br />
Javon Bullard,<br />
Shaun Chapas<br />
Kenzie Gilbert, Ariana Gilbert,<br />
Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint,<br />
Cason Thoms, Callan Thoms<br />
Katharyn Richt, Mark Richt<br />
Oscar Delp, Hamilton Culpepper<br />
Andrew Cathy, Michael Lage, John Collette,<br />
Malaki Starks, John Mattioli<br />
Jamie McKnight, Mack Chambers,<br />
Jackson Muschamp<br />
Jon Stinchcomb, David Greene<br />
(front) Anthony Evans III, Neil Stevens, Tykee Smith;<br />
(back) Trisha Stevens, Wayne Brubaker, Mary Brubaker<br />
<strong>The</strong> Chick-fil-A Dawg Bowl <strong>2023</strong> Champions - Ken Turcotte, Chad Polley,<br />
Dalton Greene, Tina Turcotte, Warren Brinson<br />
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STATS THAT<br />
MATTER<br />
GEORGIA - 37, VANDERBILT - 20<br />
BY: COBY SERINA<br />
A look back at what decided the game between <strong>Georgia</strong> and Vanderbilt.<br />
Vanderbilt this year was a peculiar game for the Dawgs. It<br />
didn’t deliver the best results given <strong>Georgia</strong>’s standards. Carson<br />
Beck’s decision making wasn’t the sharpest, which led to<br />
missed opportunities, but he still put up respectable numbers.<br />
However, it’s unfair to put all the blame on his shoulders. It<br />
9<br />
might have been the turf. <strong>The</strong> Dawgs faced a couple of injuries<br />
in Nashville, with two key names falling victim: Brock Bowers<br />
and Xavier Truss, pivotal cogs in <strong>Georgia</strong>’s passing offense<br />
machine. Luckily, <strong>Georgia</strong> reverted to its classic style, leaning<br />
on the ground game to keep things moving, and that provided<br />
plenty to smile about. It wasn’t the prettiest game this season,<br />
but it certainly wasn’t the worst. Fortunately, the bye week has<br />
given the team extra time to address necessary adjustments.<br />
Here are some key stats from <strong>Georgia</strong>-Vandy contest …<br />
261<br />
Not to be confused with the 269 passing yards that Carson<br />
Beck finished the game with, 261 was the number of rushing<br />
yards that <strong>Georgia</strong> amassed against the Commodores. Running<br />
a pro-style offense, you don’t often see these kinds of ground<br />
game numbers from <strong>Georgia</strong> that offer. High-volume rushing<br />
attacks were almost a thing of the past, but not in the Music<br />
City. Despite the running back room enduring its fair share<br />
of injuries, Daijun Edwards, Kendall Milton and Cash Jones<br />
are making the most of their opportunities. Milton’s health<br />
is still questionable, as he was only able to play for one half<br />
at Vandy, but hopefully extra recovery from bye week will do<br />
the trick heading to Jacksonville.<br />
20<br />
261<br />
being day-to-day, Edwards has emerged as the go-to guy<br />
<strong>Georgia</strong> doesn’t like to rely on just one player when it comes<br />
to carrying the ball, but as mentioned earlier, the running<br />
back room is anything but healthy - explaining why Daijun<br />
Edwards was the primary back against Vandy with 20 carries<br />
and nearly 150 rushing yards. With Milton’s MCL status<br />
for <strong>Georgia</strong>. With his increased opportunity, Edwards has<br />
displayed impressive cutting ability in space and has shown<br />
true big-play potential when running the ball; his longest run<br />
covered 62 yards.<br />
44<br />
Shifting to special teams, Peyton Wooding’s new career-long<br />
44-yard field goal is a great sign for the confidence of the<br />
true freshman kicker from Louisiana. Coach Smart mentioned<br />
earlier in the season that it takes about four games for a<br />
freshman or non-starter to actually get comfortable playing,<br />
and you can see that playing out in Wooding’s performance.<br />
You can really see him settling in after a rough start to the<br />
season, during which he kicked four-for-seven in the first<br />
four games. Since then, Wooding has gone eight-for-eight,<br />
maintaining a 100% success rate.<br />
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9<br />
When the Dawgs acquired Dominic Lovett from the transfer<br />
portal, fans went crazy, and now, seven games into the<br />
regular season, we can see what they were raving about.<br />
Lovett has established himself as a key part of this offense<br />
and, moreover, a crucial component of this team as a whole.<br />
Against the Commodores, Lovett caught nine passes for 72<br />
yards and a touchdown, his first since committing to the Red<br />
and Black. One notable aspect about Lovett is how often he’s<br />
sent to speak to the media. <strong>Georgia</strong>’s coaching staff trusts<br />
this guy both on and off the field. It will be exciting to watch<br />
how he continues to grow with this team.<br />
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KEVIN BUTLER’S<br />
PLAYERS OF THE GAME<br />
COMPILED BY JEFF DANTZLER<br />
OFFENSIVE PLAYER<br />
Daijun Edwards - Daijun might wear No. 30 when he is on<br />
the field, but he is certainly No. 1 on the depth chart for the<br />
Bulldogs at running back. <strong>The</strong> Colquitt County superstar led<br />
<strong>Georgia</strong>’s offense with a dominating ground attack against<br />
Vandy, as the Bulldogs went to 7-0 for the season. Daijun<br />
took over in the fourth quarter with a 62-yard sprint that set<br />
up his 1-yard touchdown to seal the victory for the Bulldogs.<br />
<strong>The</strong> senior is our go-to running back, racking up 146 yards<br />
on 20 carries versus Vandy. A nice break for him will only do<br />
the Bulldogs good after that effort in Nashville. On Saturday<br />
versus the Gators,, Daijun is our go to running back as we<br />
march towards a three-peat.<br />
DEFENSIVE PLAYER<br />
Smael Mondon - <strong>The</strong> junior inside linebacker from Paulding<br />
County had a great performance against Vandy in Nashville.<br />
Smael totaled six tackles and recorded the only sack of<br />
the game for the Bulldogs. His dominating play and his<br />
leadership helped <strong>Georgia</strong> hold Vandy to 18 yards on 15<br />
carries and virtually shut down the Commodores rushing<br />
offense. Even with the season being an up and down one<br />
on how the Bulldogs defend the rush, this was great timing<br />
to solidify and limit the offense, which made Vanderbilt one<br />
dimensional. If we can play teams and make them one dimensional,<br />
you’ll hear about Smael Mondon a lot more. His relentless play and<br />
leadership are keys to reaching our goals.<br />
SPECIAL TEAM PLAYER<br />
Peyton Woodring - Well Ring the Bell … eight in a row … way to go<br />
Peyton! <strong>The</strong> freshman from Louisiana is making a mark in the great<br />
state of <strong>Georgia</strong> with his right leg! Up in Nashville, Woodring came<br />
through with the longest field goal of his short career, converting a 44<br />
yarder on his way to a performance that ended up three-for-three on<br />
field goals. He has also made all of his extra points. It never gets old<br />
to give your place kicker the player of the game because that means<br />
we’re converting possessions for points. As the Bulldogs tune up for the<br />
final run in the SEC, Peyton is tuned up for success. <strong>The</strong> Bulldogs need<br />
every point they can get with their tough SEC schedule remaining and<br />
absolutely need Payton to be perfect in Jacksonville, a place where<br />
the Bulldogs place kickers have had trouble in the past. Stay focused<br />
Peyton and keep that streak alive.<br />
UNSUNG DAWG OF THE WEEK<br />
It gives me great pleasure to award the training staff, the equipment<br />
staff and the logistical planners for the University of <strong>Georgia</strong> football<br />
program with the unsung hero award against Vandy. We all heard about<br />
the conditions the Bulldogs faced outside of the stadium were going to<br />
be challenging. <strong>The</strong> way <strong>Georgia</strong> navigated through adversity, preparing<br />
for the Bulldog team to arrive at the stadium, was unmatched. Ron<br />
Courson, John Meshad, Vince Tomas, Neyland Raper and their staffs<br />
combined efforts to provide first class accommodations for all pregame<br />
activities. As the Commodores try to rebuild, not only a stadium, but<br />
their program, opposing teams are left out in the cold. <strong>Georgia</strong>’s unsung<br />
heroes all work together to provide the University of <strong>Georgia</strong> with an<br />
experience that enables a team to win championships. Winners are<br />
everywhere in the University of <strong>Georgia</strong> football program.<br />
GO DAWGS!<br />
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BULLDAWGILLUSTRATED 66 ISSUE TEN • FLORIDA
FROM THE<br />
field<br />
BY GREG POOLE<br />
GEORGIA - 37, VANDERBILT - 20<br />
Saturday morning, in the leadup to the Vandy game on<br />
Bulldawg Illustrated’s Daily Dawg Thread, I commented on<br />
a stubborn sense of déjà vu about the upcoming game. In<br />
the wake of the Dawgs’ dismantling of Kentucky, the entire<br />
college football world seemed to declare the Bulldogs ready<br />
to assume the championship mantle after the team’s puzzling<br />
slow starts earlier this season. <strong>The</strong>re was far too much praise<br />
and congratulations after the Kentucky win. <strong>The</strong> only question<br />
about Vanderbilt was how badly the Dogs would roll over the<br />
Commodores. <strong>Georgia</strong> spent the week basking in adulation<br />
and renewed expectations.<br />
Of course, losing star tight end Brock Bowers will affect the<br />
Bulldogs for a few weeks. However, just like last year when<br />
Nolan Smith’s loss struck fear in the fan base, Kirby’s “next<br />
man up” philosophy will fill the gap with talent. <strong>The</strong> team is<br />
responsible for taking up any slack after Bowers’ injury rather<br />
than that responsibility falling on directly on his replacement.<br />
Vandy rejected its assigned lapdog role and challenged<br />
<strong>Georgia</strong> from the opening whistle, but <strong>Georgia</strong> recorded some<br />
outstanding performances also. Carson Beck was 17-for-20<br />
with one TD and 181 yards, pacing the Dogs to a 24-7 lead in<br />
the first half. Beck ended the game 29-for-39 for 261 yards with<br />
one TD and one interception. Daijun Edwards set his career<br />
rushing mark with 146 yards, with the team amassing a seasonhigh<br />
281 yards, 7.2 yards per attempt.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Commodores did put together two drives that resulted<br />
in scores. <strong>The</strong>y went 75 yards on the opening possession for<br />
a TD. And in the second half, drove 75 yards, also on the first<br />
possession (of that half). But this game was about something<br />
other than Vandy’s play: <strong>Georgia</strong>’s turnovers and other mistakes<br />
kept it closer than it should have been and boosted the<br />
Commies’ morale. Those lapses will cause discomfort for the<br />
fan base as we rehashed the many miscues in Nashville over<br />
the bye-week, but Dawg fans should remember that lapses are<br />
fixable. <strong>The</strong>y are a coaching issue.<br />
By “coaching issue,” I mean the slow starts are correctable.<br />
Behavior modification must begin with the staff exorcizing<br />
overconfidence by intensely confronting the issue at practice<br />
during this bye-week. In addition, team leaders must reinforce<br />
the readiness lessons of the season to date. <strong>The</strong> Gators, Mizzou,<br />
Ole Miss, Tennesse and Tech all loom large as <strong>Georgia</strong> tries to<br />
get healthy and correct its mental mistakes.<br />
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FOOTBALL<br />
TOP 12<br />
JD’S<br />
BY: JEFF DANTZLER<br />
We head into the final weekend of October with some<br />
tremendous races shaping up around the country. All five of<br />
the power conferences have at least one undefeated team.<br />
Ohio State got the biggest win of the week, and Oklahoma<br />
survived a scare from UCF.<br />
1. FLORIDA STATE - <strong>The</strong> Seminoles played a<br />
dominant fourth quarter against Duke, outscoring<br />
the Blue Devils 21-0 in the final period to win 38-20 in<br />
Tallahassee. It’s an early kickoff this coming Saturday at Wake Forest.<br />
2. OHIO STATE - <strong>The</strong> Buckeyes got a high caliber<br />
win over Penn State, downing the Nittany Lions 20-12<br />
in the Horseshoe. Ohio State is 7-0 and off to Wisconsin.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Buckeyes are playing excellent defense. <strong>The</strong>y are talented at<br />
running back and wide receiver.<br />
3. GEORGIA - <strong>The</strong> 7-0 Bulldogs were off this<br />
past Saturday, and now tangle with the Gators in<br />
Jacksonville. <strong>Georgia</strong> will have to do it without All-<br />
American Brock Bowers for a while. <strong>The</strong> Bulldogs have won five of<br />
the last six in the series. <strong>Florida</strong> was also off last week.<br />
4. MICHIGAN - <strong>The</strong> Wolverines jumped all over<br />
Michigan State and rolled to a 49-0 victory. <strong>The</strong>y are off<br />
this week, and then take on Purdue. Michigan has a lot<br />
of talent and a very strong running game. J.J. McCarthy has taken<br />
a big jump at quarterback.<br />
5. WASHINGTON - <strong>The</strong> Huskies had a scare against<br />
Arizona State, but a pick saved the day and they<br />
escaped 15-7. Washington hits the road this week to<br />
take on Stanford and then a tough stretch of November games<br />
awaits. <strong>The</strong>y are the lone unbeaten in the PAC-12.<br />
6. OKLAHOMA - It was scary for Oklahoma this<br />
past week, but the Sooners held off UCF for a 31-29<br />
win. Oklahoma is 7-0 and off to Kansas Saturday.<br />
Oklahoma is clicking offensively. <strong>The</strong> Sooners quickly got back to<br />
form after a down season last year.<br />
7. TEXAS - <strong>The</strong> Longhorns beat Houston 31-24. It<br />
was a good bounce back following the heartbreaking<br />
loss to Oklahoma and the open date. Texas hosts<br />
Brigham Young Saturday for a tough test in Austin. <strong>The</strong><br />
‘Horns have a lot of talent on offense.<br />
8. ALABAMA - <strong>The</strong> Crimson Tide dominated the<br />
second half in a 34-20 victory over Tennessee. Alabama<br />
was down 20-7 at the half, and then turned it on. Bama<br />
is hot. <strong>The</strong> Crimson Tide is off this week, and then it’s the big LSU<br />
battle in Tuscaloosa.<br />
9. OREGON - <strong>The</strong> Ducks were a little shaky early<br />
against Washington State, but rallied to take care of the<br />
Cougars 38-24. Next up is a huge showdown against Utah<br />
in Salt Lake City. This one has major implications in the PAC-12.<br />
10. MISSOURI - <strong>The</strong> Tigers put a 34-12 beatdown<br />
on South Carolina to make it 7-1 on the season.<br />
Missouri has an excellent line of scrimmage and Tigers<br />
can score. Mizzou is off this Saturday, and then heads<br />
to <strong>Georgia</strong> for a huge showdown.<br />
11. OLE MISS - <strong>The</strong> Rebels won an SEC battle with<br />
Auburn 28-21 on the Plains to make it 6-1 on the<br />
season. Vanderbilt heads to Oxford Saturday. Ole Miss<br />
has a lot of firepower and juice in the backfield and<br />
the defense is getting better.<br />
12. AIR FORCE - <strong>The</strong> Flying Falcons took down<br />
Navy 17-6 and they are perfect on the season. Air<br />
Force is always tough, and this appears to be a premier<br />
year for the program. <strong>The</strong>y are 7-0 and off to Colorado<br />
State, dreaming of a major bowl bid.<br />
NOTHING GOES BETTER WiTH GATOR<br />
THaN HOT MCDONALD’S FRIES!!!<br />
BEAT FLORIDA!<br />
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