Quotes From Coach Richt Addressing the Media

Here are some quotes from Coach Richt when he addressed the media today:

"On Nose guard: We are going to have DeAngelo play nose; and Geathers; Todd would know for sure."

"In the secondary the philosophy is going to be a little different. The boundary corner in the old scheme would do a lot of run support. I don't know that we will do as much of that, and that could change who plays there. I think we are going to experiment a little at corner. You want to have safeties that can play both the strong and free - that's ideal. We are going to mix and match and see who can do much. We are going to move Nick Williams back to safety… he may play some linebacker when we are in nickel. We are looking at our young men and trying to find the best spot. They have to be patient and trust the staff to put them in the right spots. Sanders is big enough to play safety, but good enough to play corner. I think we are starting him out at safety."

"The biggest thing is that Coach Grantham has a vision for the body types for each position. The defensive coaches have looked at the film. Todd is describing what he's looking for at a spot. He knows that until he really gets a chance to watch them practice he's not going to be 100% sure about where they will line up. The off-season program has helped them look at things, but we meet today and we are not sure where everyone is going to line up."

"Its good to be healthy, and we want to stay healthy. We are a lot healthier than we were last spring. When we address how we get after one another - even our practice schedules are up to debate, too."

"We probably have given out more As in matt drills than any other time. I think the players are just getting after it."

"If we think we have an outright number one quarterback - we are going to say it. I don't fell like I have to do that, but we will. I would think that it is going to be hard to make a decision (who the starter is) coming out of the spring. We may know who the number one is, but probably not the starter."

"This spring has been great. The defensive staff is 75% new, so there is some excitement, and there is an energy and buzz. Offensively that challenges the offensive coaches, too. The offense has to learn the 3-4, too, because they are going to go against it a lot and they are going to see it a lot more in the future."

Recruiting Weekend Update

Georgia had a big recruiting weekend this past weekend in Athens with six recruits taking official visits and three recruits there on non-official visits. Ken Malcome, 4 Star RB recruit, was in Athens unofficially to help the Bulldogs try on lure two recruits away from their schools. Ken stated;

"I went down there to try and get David Beasley and Telvin Smith to come to Georgia, and talk to them about being a Bulldog."

Malcome met Beasley at the Offense-Defense All-American Game and they have been friends auncwe then and still keep in touch.

Garrison Smith, 4 Star DT recruit, had not been to Athens since the LSU game and has been looking foraward to coming back. Smith had a chance to meet Coach Grantham and had this to say:

"Oh yeah, I met him. He just explained to me the defensive scheme and everything he learned during his times in college and the NFL, Coach Richt got a great one, not that we should have doubted him in that regard."

Rumors had been circulating that Smith was taking an official visit to LSU next weekend, which Smith shot down and stated were completely false.

The top recruit that was on campus this weekend was Jeffrey Whitaker, 5 Star DT recruit. Whitaker had taken a visit to Auburn the week before and ranked the visit a "10". Whitaker stayed with DeAngelo Tyson who he has maintained a relationship with since his first visit. Whitaker made these statements about his visit to Georgia and about meeting Coach Todd Grantham.

"My official visit to Georgia was a good experience, and they helped themselves a lot, I got to meet the new defensive coordinator Coach Todd Grantham, and he is a very passionate guy who is well educated in what he is going to do. I just feel that Georgia is going to have a great defense, with or without me."

"Spending time with Coach Grantham was great, he showed me his defense, the 3-4, and how they would be sending somebody every play. The offenses know someone is coming, but you just do not know where they will be coming from. Playing that nose, and that five-technique and the four-technique, so basically I could play anywhere on the line. He told me I was very important to what they want to do, and they want to have a big guy like me who can be disruptive and cause penetration in the backfield."

Smith has one more visit to take which will be to Miami this weekend. Smith is scheduled to make his decision on Feburary 1st.