Latest Posts from Jeff Schultz
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Kirby Smart has made even a dull spring game at Georgia a big deal
ATHENS — Five months after its last home game in Athens (Kentucky, flattened), four months after its first SEC championship in 12 years (Auburn, smothered), three months after the pass-thepaperbags-we’re-hyperventilating...
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Meet Tom Crean, Georgia’s new basketball coach and blow torch
Jeff SchultzATHENS —He spoke for 27 minutes before he took a question — or, seemingly, a breath.He spoke in capital letters. With exclamation points. Fists pounding. Fingers pointing. Sparks flying off...
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Is Thad Matta really interested in Georgia job or is this for show?
Jeff SchultzGeorgia is at least giving the appearance that it is aiming high in its search for a college basketball coach. Thad Matta and Tom Crean, two longtime and proven coaches...
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Georgia collapses at Auburn, and that’s on Mark Fox
Jeff SchultzAUBURN, Ala. — This is the kind of game where Mark Fox loses support. It’s one thing to talk about operating a program the right way, recruiting players free of bagmen...
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Georgia’s Roquan Smith doing right thing for himself by going to NFL
Jeff SchultzGeorgia fans wanted a repeat of the moment last year when four players ― Nick Chubb, Sony Michel, Lorenzo Carter and Davin Bellamy ― all announced they would return for...
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Georgia’s Jonathan Ledbetter using past mistakes to help mentor others
Jeff SchultzLOS ANGELES — Jonathan Ledbetter came to Georgia as football player, but he has evolved into a borderline life coach. He can’t help but find that amusing. “I’m mentoring guys,” he...
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Georgia’s in playoffs, and there’s no reason to think this is an aberration
Jeff SchultzATHENS — In Georgia’s perfect dream, this isn’t near the end of a season but the beginning of a new reality. An SEC championship. A player on the national landscape. A...
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Kirby Smart, Georgia need to do right thing and sit Natrez Patrick
Jeff SchultzThat the nation has become desensitized to all matters involving marijuana use, rightly or wrongly, and that Georgia has a stricter anti-drug policy than most collegiate athletic departments should not...
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It’s clear: Georgia is really good and its QB situation is settled
Jeff SchultzNASHVILLE, Tenn. – There’s certainty now. Certainty about the direction of the program under Kirby Smart. Certainty about a team that in the past has been prone to playing down...
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Georgia emerges as real winner of nailbiter between Florida-Tennessee
Jeff SchultzGAINESVILLE, Fla. – Against the backdrop of his team losing the season opener by more than two touchdowns, and after closing the 2016 regular season with two losses by an...
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Nick Chubb and Georgia’s offense remain a work in progress
Jeff SchultzATHENS – There was the old Nick Chubb, for about three or four seconds. He took a handoff on a power sweep, ran around left end and jetted down the...
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EXCLUSIVE Q&A: Kirby Smart still growing as head coach, has some ‘regrets’ about first season
Jeff SchultzThere is a learning curve for a first-time head coach. Kirby Smart may have studied under one of the greats, had a drawer full of championship rings and brought the...
