Georgia senior fullback Brannan Souterland will miss the start of the season following surgery Friday to repair a stress fracture in his left foot.
Georgia director of sports medicine Ron Courson said Southerland will need about four months to recover.
Will this prove to be an issue with the Dawgs?
BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Two Penn State football players pleaded guilty Friday to a misdemeanor charge in connection with an on-campus fight last year, resolving the last of the major legal problems for current team members.
Meyer is hoping to play a second quarterback some (Cam Newton), use several different players on the direct snap that was so effective with Tebow last season and find an honest-to-goodness running back to take on more of the short-yardage duties.
“I’m hoping Kestahn Moore has the kind of year he had in the spring,” Meyer said. “He has to be that guy. You’ve also got Emmanuel Moody. I’m hoping we’re more versatile there. I’ll know more as we get closer.
In the category of strange bedfellows, politics has nothing on lifting the morale of the U.S. military.
I have seen Charlie Weis perform the UCLA Eight-Clap with an Air Force Bruin.
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The coaches signed all sorts of items on their tour.
I have seen Mark Richt sing Rocky Top with a faraway Vol and sign “Go Gators!” on a poster for a Florida fan.
I have seen Tommy Tuberville sign a Georgia shirt, and Randy Shannon sign a Notre Dame shirt.
Then came Bahrain and Master at Arms Petty Officer 3rd Class Ray Herrera of Chino, Calif. Herrera asked Weis if they could pose for a picture together. Herrera held a green Fighting Irish T-shirt, a gift for his wife. They married in January. He deployed in February.
But the shirt that Herrera wore sent Weis into mock outrage.
“I’m not taking a picture with you wearing that,” Weis said.
That would be a cardinal USC shirt. Herrera’s friends howled, and Weis, having sunk the hook in, started to reel him in.
“Let’s have a vote,” Weis said, looking at Herrera’s pals. “Who thinks he should change shirts?”
The show of hands was unanimous. Herrera, who normally would have treated the T-shirt the way a 5-year-old would look at a plate of liver, put the shirt on and got the photo.
Herrera’s post-mortem: “I can’t believe I put that shirt on. My dad is going to kill me when he finds out. That’s one of those things you do for love.”
Weis’ post-mortem: “A great ball-busting moment.”
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