More on “celebration-gate”: Richt says Georgia’s win is what spiced up rivalry

Courtesy of ESPN.com:
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Can’t Nov. 1 just go ahead and get here?
That’s the date Florida and Georgia resume their annual rivalry, and judging by some of the back-and-forth rhetoric the last two days at the SEC media days, it ought to be more entertaining than ever.
Georgia’s celebration and dance party in Florida’s end [...]

Judge refuses to reduce sentence in killing after football game

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A judge has refused to shorten the sentence of a Jacksonville man convicted in a fatal beating after the 2005 Georgia-Florida football game.
Jeremy Alan Lane, 24, was sentenced to 12 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of aggravated battery.
He had been charged with second-degree murder in the death of [...]

Two UGA linemen facing in-house discipline

Georgia offensive linemen Justin Anderson and Trinton Sturdivant will face ‘in-house’ discipline and will not be subjected to suspension for their roles in an incident that led to their arrests on simple battery charges last month.
That was the word from Bulldogs coach Mark Richt, who met with a small group of reporters before his main [...]

Richt on “Celebration-Gate”: In hindsight, end zone celebration was wrong

IS THIS STORY NEVER GOING TO GO AWAY? ESPN.COM IS NOW REFERRING TO IT AS “CELEBRATION-GATE”! Any time a story gets the word “gate” added to it, it becomes an everlasting scandal. Don’t get me wrong, I love Mark Richt and support him all the way. But with that said, I don’t know [...]