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Dogs get back to work

February 18, 2003 by ANNE MILLIGAN  
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The party is over. On Monday players from the team that ended Georgia’s first ever 13-win season with a Sugar Bowl victory finished the fifth session of mat drills. Five more sessions will be held before spring practice begins on March 1. “You’re kind of celebrating as you’re recruiting,” said Georgia head coach Mark Richt. [...]

Funding for womens’ sports up

February 5, 2003 by ANNE MILLIGAN  
Filed under Sports

Gov. Sonny Perdue has declared Feb. 5 as Girls and Women in Sports Day in Georgia to coincide with the national day recognizing the progress of girls and women in sports and the benefits that sports and fitness activities can bring to their lives. The designation of Feb. 5 as National Girls and Women in [...]

New football schedule finalized, adds UAB

January 22, 2003 by ANNE MILLIGAN  
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The trail Georgia will follow next season to defend its 2002 SEC title and hunt for more post-season glory was finally finished during the weekend. In place of the Georgia-Tulane game originally slated for Sept. 27 of this year, the Bulldogs now are scheduled to face-off with the University of Alabama at Birmingham Oct. 25 [...]

Lady Dogs continue hot streak

January 17, 2003 by ANNE MILLIGAN  
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Georgia defeated Ole Miss 96-54 Thursday, after blistering Florida 105-62 on Sunday, coming just four points shy of breaking 100 points in back-to-back games for the first time since 1994. Led by sophomore forward Kara Braxton, who shot 9 of 10 from the field for 18 points, the Lady Dogs (11-4, 2-0 SEC) made 58.3 [...]

Watson chooses to stay with Georgia

January 17, 2003 by ANNE MILLIGAN  
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When junior tight end Ben Watson saw sophomore quarterback David Greene at McWhorter Hall Thursday, Watson popped the question. “He said, ‘You still want to throw a few more passes to me?’” Greene said. “My mouth dropped, I was so excited.” After initially deciding to forgo his senior season to enter the NFL draft, Watson [...]

The Sugar Bowl celebration rolls on and on

January 16, 2003 by ANNE MILLIGAN  
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Just as Georgia fans are finally getting over their Sugar Bowl hangovers, one Athens bar is offering them a last chance to celebrate the win. The Annex, located above Barcode at 164 E. Clayton Street, is hosting the “Bulldawgs Bash” tonight at 9 to serve as a final victory party for the Sugar Bowl champions. [...]

Bulldogs lose another, Watson heads to draft

January 15, 2003 by ANNE MILLIGAN  
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Georgia’s offensive front suffered another loss for the upcoming 2003 season as junior tight end Ben Watson declared himself eligible for the NFL draft early this week. The Bulldogs were already facing the graduation of five seniors on the offensive line and senior fullback J.T. Wall. The graduation of senior wide receiver Terrence Edwards combined [...]

Georgia loses three to NFL draft

January 10, 2003 by ANNE MILLIGAN  
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Cries of “Muuuuusa” will no longer be heard echoing in Sanford Stadium on Saturday afternoons in the fall. Junior tailback Musa Smith, named the Sugar Bowl’s Most Outstanding Player, junior defensive tackle Johnathan Sullivan and junior linebacker Chris Clemons all have chosen to forego their senior season at Georgia to enter the NFL draft. Smith [...]

Dogs aim for 2004 Sugar Bowl

January 9, 2003 by ANNE MILLIGAN  
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NEW ORLEANS — As Georgia capped off its first ever 13-win season with a 26-13 win over Florida State in the Sugar Bowl, fans hailed the sweet victory as the dawning of a new Bulldog era. But, Georgia head coach Mark Richt wasn’t exactly excited by the way his team ended its season on New [...]

Two quarterback system to return in`03

January 9, 2003 by ANNE MILLIGAN  
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NEW ORLEANS — With redshirt freshman quarterback D.J. Shockley’s decision to remain a Bulldog, use of the two-quarterback system may become a familiar institution at Georgia over the next couple of years. “I think it’s worked pretty well. We ended up 13-1,” said Georgia’s sophomore starting quarterback, David Greene. “I don’t see anything really changing [...]

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