Telvin Smith has decided to stick with his original commitment and will be enrolling at FSU.

Telvin Smith to Announce Today

Telvin Smith has moved up the time he will make his announcement to between 7:30pm and 8:00pm EST today. The announcement will be at Locos Bar and Grill in Valdosta. From what I have heard this bar is decked out in UGA gear hopefully this is sign. Right now it is 50/50.

Announcement Times

Here is the most updated list of annoucnement times for all the potential recruits that Georgia is still waiting on:

Kardone Boone: Monday Afternoon

Jeffrey Whitaker: Monday 2pm

Telvin Smith: Wednesday 9am

Mike Thornton: Wednesday 9am

Da'Rick Rogers: Wednesday 9:45am

Christian Green: Wednesday 3:30pm

Jordan Akins: TBA

Adrian Coxson: Wednesday 5pm

Deon Rogers Decommits

Deon  Rogers has decommited from Georgia and officially commited to Louisville today. This is the second recruit that the Bulldogs have lost to Louisville. B.J. Butler also decommited from Georgia and then commited to Louisville. Mark Richt and the Georgia coaching staff did not put up much of fight for Rogers when he switched today. I believe this is because they are pretty sure that they will be getting Telvin Smith to sign a letter of intent on Wednesday. Smith is a ESPN 150 recruit while Rogers was not.

Telvin Smith

The latest news about Telvin Smith is that he officially narrowed his list to two schools, UGA and FSU. Smith will not be taking anymore visits and will most likely spend this weekend at home with his family. Smith had this to say about his verbal commitment to FSU:

"I am still committed, but we will just have to see how things go, I am not sure when I will make the final decision. I could make it before Signing Day or I could wait until then, or even after then. It just comes down to when I know. I like a lot of things about Florida State and Georgia, It is just up to me where I am most comfortable at and where I like it the most. I have to figure that out."

Looks like now the waiting game begins......

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.

Recruiting Update

So far everything sounds good with the recruits being on campus this weekend. All the recruits were at the basketball game last night and seemed to be having a great time with all the dunks and the fans really getting into the game. The Bulldogs top prospect this weekend is Jeffrey Whitaker. Coach Mark Richt was able to get a lot of one on one time with Whitaker. Whitaker was really looking forward to this weekend and being able to meet and talk with Coach Todd Grantham he had this to say:

"I am just looking forward to meeting Coach Grantham. They told me I will be one of the first prospects to meet him. I talked to Coach John Lilly on Tuesday, and I also spoke to Coach Rodney Garner and Coach Mark Richt this week. They are all excited about the new coordinator, and they cannot wait for me to meet him. Coach Garner thinks I will fit in great in the 3-4, and he thinks Grantham is a nice guy,"

The Bulldogs were able to get a in home visit with Telvin Smith on Thursday night and from all the talk coming out of the Smith front it seems like Georgia is now the team to beat. Smith also has Florida high up on his list but Florida recently received a commitment from Micheal Taylor. The Gators are running out of scholarships very quickly and Smith has not setup an official visit to Florida yet.

Thursday afternoon Coach Todd Grantham and Scott Lakatos visited the Ogletree brother's in their house. Alec Ogletree had this to say about the coaches:

"I was a little bit concerned before I met them, but that was because I did not know who would be coaching me. It was a really good visit, and I hope to grow closer with them over time. I think they have built up a really good staff at Georgia. Now I am just ready to sign and get up there,"

"I let them know it was an honor to be the first prospect to host them in my house, but now they need to just get out there and see the other commitments and prospects we are after,"

Kipp Adams, recruiting coordinator for Rivals in the state of Georgia made a post that the Bulldogs are going to be going all out for their top targets in the next ten days (Kadrone Boone, Telvin Smith, Jeffrey Whitaker, Mike Thornton and Christian Green).

Two More Recruits Added to Weekend Visit

Their have been two more recruits added to the list that will be in Athens this weekend. The two recruits are Garrison Smith, a Georgia commit, and Telvin Smith, a Florida State commit.

1. Garrison Smith, 4 Star DT, Smith commited to the Bulldogs in July of 2009 and has taken a few visits since since then but their have been no signs of him wavering from his commitment. Smith is 6' 3" 255 lbs and runs a 4.7 40 yard dash. Personally I see him more as a DE in the new scheme then a NT. The only area of improvement that the experts see in him is his size.

2. Telvin Smith, 3 Star LB, Smith commited to FSU in August but it has been more of a soft verbal commitment nothing really to solid about it.  He has continued to take visits to other schools. Florida State, Florida and Georgia are his top schools. Smith is 6' 3" 205 lbs and runs a 4.85 40 yard dash. The biggest area of improvement that he has is his ability to shed blockers.