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Watch the master: Gary Smith of Masters Garage offered tips on keeping your car running.  Alan Liow/Staff

ALL GROWN UP: Car maintenance

By on September 9, 2011

The burning rubber clogged my throat as I saw thick, gray smoke curling up from under my hood. In that moment, after screaming like an 11-year-old girl at a Justin Bieber concert and frantically running to look at my engine, I realized I needed to learn more about my car. Branden Pollett, senior political science [...]

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BY THE NUMBERS: A look at stats that aren’t recorded on the football field

By on September 9, 2011

Put on your thinking caps and get ready to do some math. Gameday stats aren’t just about  touchdowns and yards.                             20,000: approximate number of fans who shop in the UGA bookstore on a gameday 11: number of arrests by UGA police [...]

Georgia football is the love of Caitlin Wilson’s life, and even when the elements try to ruin her quality time with it (Arizona State, 2009, pictured) she sticks it out for love. File

THE LAST WORD: A love letter to Georgia football

By on September 9, 2011

Love makes us do crazy things. Here are some memories from the past few years I’ve spent with the love of my life: Georgia football. September 2007, South Carolina: The beginning of our tumultuous relationship. I threatened a Gamecocks fan. I knew then that you’d only break my heart, but I can’t quit you, Georgia [...]

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GET LOST: A self-professed nerd’s guide to escaping the chaos of Sanford Saturdays

By on September 9, 2011

I don’t get football. I really don’t. For people like me — people who would pick a game of Go over a goal post any day — football season is a chore. Life suddenly becomes a game of “dodge the sports fan.” The library closes on game days. The sudden appearance of hundreds of people [...]

Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray leads the Dogs against Georgia Tech in 2010. FILE

6 things you need to know — AARON MURRAY

By on September 7, 2011

Georgia’s star quarterback tackles sweaty palms, social media and second chances. And the girl he has his eye on. 1. Catching on a little late … “I didn’t know much at all about UGA. Honestly, my first time ever watching a game was the UGA vs. Hawaii game in the Sugar Bowl. I was actually [...]

Georgia wideout Tavarres King has to balance his academics and football responsibilites with being a father. AJ REYNOLDS/Staff

HIS GREATEST CATCH: She’s only 3. But this little girl is a big part in the life of UGA wide receiver Tavarres King

By on September 7, 2011

June 19, 2008. Tavarres King got the text message while sitting in his speech communication class at about 10 a.m. He jumped up, slightly panicked, and said he had to leave. “I’m about to have my little girl,” he told the professor. He ran across campus, excited and sweating in the Southern summer heat. Podcast: [...]