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  • Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, Left, Shakes (AP Photo/Phil Coale, File)

    FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2007 file photo, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, left, shakes hands with Albert, the Gator mascot, at the Florida-Georgia football game in Jacksonville, Fla. Science is confirming something successful politicians seem to know instinctively _ support your local football team. The success of major college teams in the two weeks before an election can have a measurable impact on how well incumbent politicians do at the polls, researchers report.

    July 5, 2010

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  • Time for football: Bulldogs open camp with long to-do list UGA Blog | Atlanta Journal-Constitution ATHENS – Get Aaron Murray ready to start at quarterback. Complete the installation of the 3-4 defense. Find out if Trinton Sturdivant is healthy enough to play on the offensive line. Sort out the starters at a couple of unresolved positions in the secondary. Those are among the items on Georgia’s to-do list for preseason football practice, which begins Monday. “We’re very anxious to get this thing started, to get ‘em in camp,” coach Mark Richt said. For Richt, this will be his 10th preseason at Georgia — his first coming off a five-loss season. Much has happ...
  • Murray injury called ‘very minor’ UGA Blog | Atlanta Journal-Constitution Three quick notes to start the weekend: Quarterback Aaron Murray sustained what Georgia associate AD Claude Felton described as a “very minor” injury in a conditioning drill earlier this week -– a bruise under his left eye. Felton said Friday afternoon that when he saw Murray in the locker room on Thursday, the bruise was “noticeable but not prominent.” It doesn’t sound as if the injury will be any sort of factor when practice starts next week; a black-eyed Murray joked to Marc (Athens Banner-Herald) Weiszer, “I think I could be blind and still throw it up...
  • UGA football tickets available for three home games UGA Blog | Atlanta Journal-Constitution Although season tickets are again sold out, Georgia will put a “limited number” of single-game tickets to three home football games on sale to the general public next week. Tickets to the Sept. 4 season opener against Louisiana-Lafayette, the Sept. 18 game against Arkansas and the Nov. 6 game against Idaho State will be available starting at 9 a.m. Tuesday by phone (1-877-542-1231) and online (www.georgiadogs.com). The tickets are $45 apiece. The tickets are available  because the opposing team did not require as many seats as for some other games and/or because UGA season-ticket h...
  • Check out SEC practice schedules here UGA Blog | Atlanta Journal-Constitution Georgia will be the first SEC team to start preseason practice when the Bulldogs take the field at 3:25 p.m. on Monday. By the end of next week, every SEC team will be in camp. Each team can have 29 practices, the NCAA-allotted maximum, before the opening game. Here, FYI, are the calendars for SEC teams: Team                First practice      First day/full pads           First game Alabama           Aug. 5                          TBA                        Sept. 4 vs. San Jose State Arkansas          Aug. 5     ...
  • 'From the Vault:' Thumbs up from Herschel Athens Banner-Herald Barrelling out of the Banner-Herald's photo vault this week - much like he did over Bill Bates on the Neyland Stadium goal line in 1980 - is former Georgia running back Herschel Walker.
  • Georgia opens practice Monday with long to-do list Atlanta Journal-Constitution ATHENS -- Get Aaron Murray ready to start at quarterback. Complete the installation of the 3-4 defense.
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