Sophomore receiver Tavarres King sustained a concussion over the weekend and will not be making the trip to Knoxville for Georgia’s date with Tennessee on Saturday, Georgia coach Mark Richt said Wednesday.

That leaves Georgia’s number of scholarship receivers available for the contest at just five.

Theoretically, at least, that would mean freshman receiver Marlon Brown, a Tennessee native, could see his first significant amount of snaps this season.

“He’s one step closer, I can tell you that,” Richt said of Brown’s potential for more playing time this week. “He’s one step closer than he was before Tavarres got hurt. He’s also been improving a lot all along.”

Brown, a highly-touted recruit, has seen action on only a handful of snaps this season.

King has been Georgia’s third-most productive receiver this season, with 10 catches for 170 yards and a touchdown. Richt wouldn’t divulge who he expected to take King’s spot in three wide receiver sets alongside A.J. Green and Michael Moore Saturday, but whoever it is, he said, will be ready.

“All hands will be on deck,” Richt said.

Linebackers Akeem Dent and Marcus Dowtin also will not travel with the team, and tailback Caleb King “more than likely won’t,” Richt said.

Tech game headed to the Georgia Dome in 2011?

Georgia may get its game in the Georgia Dome after all.

No, it won’t be against Florida – it might be against Georgia Tech in 2011. To start off the season.

According to the Athens-Banner Herald, Georgia Athletic Director Damon Evans has had talks with Atlanta Sports Council president Gary Stokan about the Bulldogs and Yellow Jackets being featured in the now-annual Chick-Fil-A Kickoff Game, which has matched up SEC and ACC squads opening their seasons for the last two years.

But a deal is not imminent.

“It would take a lot to pull something like that off and I’m not so sure if it can be pulled off,” Evans told the Banner-Herald. “There’s some scheduling issues out there.”

Those issues include Georgia’s already-scheduled 2011 opener with Louisville at Sanford Stadium. The Georgia-Georgia Tech game is typically played the Saturday following Thanksgiving each year, closing out both teams’ regular-season schedule.

Georgia coach Mark Richt said following Wednesday’s practice that he was caught off guard by the question, and would speak with Evans before making comment.

Kiffin: Excessive celebration a ‘tough call’

First-year Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin comes from the NFL, the birthplace of the touchdown dance, the Lambeau Leap and countless other innovative end zone escapades.

So what does he think of the NCAA’s excessive celebration rule, one brought to the forefront most recently with Georgia receiver A.J. Green’s flag at the end of the Bulldogs’ game with LSU last weekend? “I think any penalty that’s thrown, except procedure penalties, there’s going to be some discrepancies and some judgment calls,” Kiffin said in his Wednesday teleconference. “I don’t know how, no matter what you do, you’re going to end up with some issues because kids are going to push it as far as the rule is.”

The penalty ended up costing Georgia dearly, setting up a short kickoff and the Tigers’ eventual win.

But for Georgia, and for Tennessee, it’s time to move on.

“It’s a tough call, and it obviously hurt Georgia a lot in that game,” Kiffin went on.

“I don’t know. We have so many things we want to improve on that that’s really not on the list.”