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EARLY
BIRD 2006 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW
RELEASED
THANKSGIVING 2005
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GEORGIA
BULLDOGS |
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OFFENSE
- 5
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------RETURNING
STARTERS------
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DEFENSE
- 6
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KEY
LOSSES |
OFFENSE:
D.J. Shockley-QB, Bryan McClendon-WR, Russ Tanner-C,
Max Jean-Gilles-OG, Dennis Roland-OT, Leonard Pope-TE
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DEFENSE:
Will
Thompson-DE, Kedric Golston-DT, Darrius Swain-DT,
Gerald Anderson-NT, DeMario Minter-CB, Tim Jennings-CB,
Greg Blue-ROV |
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Running
Back
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Brown, Ware and
Lumpkin are already qualified to play
at the next level.
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Quarterback
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No one is quite
sure if Joe Tereshinski is ready to
take over for the departed Shockley,
as evident in the ‘05 Florida
game. A couple of talented players
with little to no experience take
over, though one of them is former
prep superstar Joe Cox.
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TE
Leonard Pope
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DE
Quentin Moses
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* DEPTH CHARTS were only designed as a simplistic
gauge for listing players that departed and players that
received the most playing experience (consistent starters).
NationalChamps.net recognizes the importance of missing
personnel data not listed such as redshirts, transfers,
injuries, incoming recruits, back ups and alternates.
Their coverage will begin with our full 2006 Preseason
Preview due out this coming spring. |
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GEORGIA
2006 DEPTH CHART
Returning Starters/Key
Players |
OFFENSE |
QB |
Joe
Tereshinski-Sr |
Blake
Barnes-So |
FB |
Brannan
Southerland-So |
.. |
RB |
Thomas
Brown-Jr |
Danny
Ware-Jr / Kregg Lumpkin-Jr |
WR |
Mohamed
Massaquoi-So |
.. |
WR |
Sean
Bailey-Sr |
Kenneth
Harris-So |
TE |
Martrez
Milner-Sr |
.. |
OT |
Daniel
Inman-Sr |
.. |
OG |
Nick
Jones-Sr |
.. |
C |
.. |
.. |
OG |
.. |
.. |
OT |
.. |
.. |
K |
Brandon
Coutu-Jr |
.. |
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DEFENSE |
DE |
Marcus
Howard-Jr |
.. |
DT |
.. |
.. |
NT |
Ray
Gant-Sr |
Jeff
Owens-So |
DE |
Quentin
Moses-Sr |
Charles
Johnson-Jr |
SLB |
Brandon
Miller-Jr |
.. |
MLB |
Jarvis
Jackson-Sr |
Tony
Taylor-Sr |
WLB |
Danny
Verdun Wheeler-Sr |
Dannell
Ellerbe-So |
CB |
.. |
.. |
CB |
Paul
Oliver-Jr |
.. |
ROV |
.. |
.. |
FS |
Tra
Battle-Sr |
.. |
P |
Gordon
Ely-Kelso-Sr |
.. |
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QUICK
ANALYSIS
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When
they went from the winningest starting QB in SEC
history (David Greene) to D.J. Shockley, many
scoffed. Now the Dawgs lose Shockley. But, again,
UGA has another qualified hurler in Joe Tereshinski.
Tereshinski, like Shockley, finally gets the rock
his senior campaign as starter yet has had few
reps. Backups (Barnes and Cox) eagerly sat in
the warm-up box as Tereshinski struggled in his
backup role, just like Shockley did when playing
behind Greene. Not many can argue with recent
results, but lightning doesn’t often strike
the same way twice. Four consecutive years of
top 10 recruiting efforts mean Marc Richt will
likely formulate a line with only two seniors
returning from the two-deep. Expect more of the
same from the receivers and TEs – deep routes
that open up the middle and underneath (most of
’05 had four WRs with a 20+ per catch average).
DB losses look much more impacting than those
on the DL. Moreover, quite a few underclassmen
will be tapped to secure the secondary, so the
coin on them stays flipping in the air. The front
seven looks to be one of the nation’s best
since the entire LB corps returns, and it will
put enough pressure on opposing passers such that
the young DBs can heed lessons from Battle and
Oliver. Security on special teams means much in
those close SEC Dawg fights. Early tilts with
South Carolina and Colorado may seem benign now,
but the Gators, Tigers and Yellow Jackets to close
is never anything nice. And once Spurrier and
Meyer truly settle in…nothing is set in
Stone (Mountain) for these Dawgs.
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2006
SCHEDULE
9-2
Western Kentucky
9-9 @ South Carolina
9-16 UAB
9-23 Colorado
9-30 Mississippi State
10-7 Tennessee
10-14 Vanderbilt
10-21 @ Mississippi
10-28 vs. Florida @Jacksonville,
FL
11-11 @ Auburn
11-18 @ Kentucky
11-25 Georgia Tech
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