JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) – Florida linebacker Jarrad Davis, the team’s leading tackler and defensive leader, is playing against rival Georgia. Davis “badly sprained” his left ankle against Missouri on Oct. 15 and had been questionable to play in the Southeastern Conference rivalry. He warmed up Saturday and was introduced as a starter. He then led the team on the field…
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) – Vanderbilt claimed its first Southeastern Conference road win in Derek Mason’s three seasons as coach, stunning Georgia 17-16 on Khari Blasingame’s 2-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter and a huge fourth-down stop late in the game Saturday. The Bulldogs (4-3, 2-3 SEC) held a commanding lead in total yards, 421-171, but special teams blunders doomed…
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Georgia athletic director Greg McGarity says he needed assurance no evacuees from Hurricane Matthew would be displaced before an agreement was reached to move the Bulldogs’ game at South Carolina from Saturday to Sunday. The agreement to play the game Sunday was completed Thursday night. McGarity said Friday that South Carolina has offered Georgia on-campus lodging…
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) – Georgia scored two quick-strike touchdowns – one on offense, one on defense – in a span of about two minutes after Nicholls took a third-quarter lead, and the No. 9 Bulldogs escaped with an uninspiring 26-24 win over the Colonels on Saturday. Georgia (2-0) opened the game with a fast touchdown drive capped by Nick Chubb’s…
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Senior Greyson Lambert will start at quarterback for No. 18 Georgia in its season opener against No. 22 North Carolina, getting the nod over touted freshman Jacob Eason. Georgia spokesman Claude Felton confirmed Thursday that Lambert had beaten out Eason for the starting job. First-year coach Kirby Smart had declined earlier in the week to name a…
ATLANTA (AP) – Georgia senior linebacker Tim Kimbrough says he will transfer to a Division II school after being forced off the team by coach Kirby Smart. Kimbrough told The Associated Press in a phone interview Thursday that Smart said “he was going to kick me off the team or I had to transfer.” Smart said in a statement that…
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) – Georgia defensive lineman Chauncey Rivers has been dismissed from school following his third arrest on marijuana charges. The dismissal, announced by Georgia on Friday, was automatic based on the school’s student-athlete drug policy. DeKalb County jail records show Rivers was arrested on Wednesday and released on Thursday on four charges, including a felony violation of Georgia’s…
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) – Anthony “Zippy” Morocco, the University of Georgia’s first basketball All-American and one of the school’s most accomplished return specialists in football, has died. He was 86. Morocco’s son, former Clemson quarterback Chris Morocco, says his father committed suicide on Sunday following a battle with depression and cancer. Chris Morocco said on his Facebook account the family…
