PHOTOS: Georgia's first action in Sanford Stadium this spring
Georgia is through ten practices this spring, including its first scrimmage that took place this past Saturday between the hedges at Sanford Stadium.
“I really liked the effort,” Georgia coach Kirby Smart told reporters on Tuesday when asked for his thoughts on the scrimmage. “I told the players this, I thought that like most scrimmages we have a lot of loafs the first time and it’s sloppy, but I really liked the effort. Like the special teams, we’ve challenged them to not have loads on special teams- we probably had a few- but we’ve had some really special extra efforts. The gunners, the holdups, they had great battles; and, a lot of times people think that’s a playoff but not our guys. We had high speeds on our GPS in our special teams units- so I was very pleased with that. We didn’t tackle well, which when you don’t tackle live a lot – we try to prevent a lot of injuries – we don’t tackle live a lot until we go over to the stadium. So, we probably didn’t tackle as well as I would like. Didn’t execute really well on third down on defense. There’s a lot to be cleaned up, but I was pleased with the effort and that to me is number one. If you don’t have effort you don’t have a chance. And we did have good effort, there were some big collisions, two or three really good physical hits on both sides of the ball. So, I like the fact that the players were into it; they were energized. People were on the sidelines cheering. It was not a ho-hum type day.”
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With five practices to go, including two scrimmages with the last of them being G-Day on April 16th, what better time than now to take a look at what the Bulldogs look like in action. Thanks to UGA Sports Communications, we’re able to do just that with pictures from Saturday’s scrimmage.
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