TWTW: Richt Saves Hawkins Job, Buffs Beat UGA

((HT: KDVR-TV/Fox31 Denver, Athletix Nation))

The HQ will readily admit that the Georgia Bulldogs should never schedule a game west of the Mississippi River ((see Arizona State, etc.))

This time, everyone and their mother going was thinking that Colorado was SO bad that Georgia was going to have no problems at all and it would be another step in the evidence in the "Fire Dan Hawkins" case put before the court of Colorado Public Opinion.

Well, so much for that idea...

It was nice for Aaron Murray to have AJ Green back ((as you'll see below)), but the defense let the Buffs back in the game. And we're still unsure as to whether or not Caleb King was trying to flea his flick with Murray late to cause the fumble that turned it once and for all...

We can tell you that Mike Bobo isn't long for this world, and that Greg McGarity may have Mark Richt follow in Bobo's footsteps...

Here's your highlights...


And just so you know... Georgia fans have beaten New Mexico fans to it...
Richtsgottago.com is up and running...

DEVELOPING: AJ Green Is Out Until Further Notice: Translation "Four Weeks"

It has to do with the selling of a game-worn jersey of his... for less than a grand, and not found on eBay...

All that according to the four-letter's Mark Schlabach...

Schlabach also reports some "twists and turns" in the investigation despite Green's being honest about the whole thing...

Remember, though, a case involving Georgia players selling their 2002 SEC championship rings led to the NCAA instituting rules that prohibit players from selling their own gear. In 2003, nine Georgia players sold their rings to a jewelry broker, but the NCAA ruled it could not take any action against them because their rules weren't all that specific about selling your stuff...

All that in addition to his "not ever being to Miami" investigation about alleged involvement with a sports agent that he doesn't know...

1645 UPDATE: Green is suspended four games by the NCAA... Tim Tucker over at the AJC says the sale was to an individual the NCAA would classify as "an agent."

The jersey was Green's Independence Bowl jersey, and he has apparently repaid the thousand bucks to a charity. AD Greg McGarity is appealing the decision on the notion that he would like the number of games in the suspension reduced.

Green and head coach Mark Richt have released your standard, stereotypical statements on the matter. The HQ might put up some quotes, but you've seen them before... just with different athletes and different coaches.

Here's the Breaking News as it was treated by our friends at MyFoxAtlanta/WAGA-TV
FOSG Ken Rodriguez 'splains...

Georgia Approves McGarity For AD Job

((HT: AJC/Tucker))

Tim Tucker has spent a lot of time in Athens today as Greg McGarity was annopunced and approved for his new gig as Athletic Dorector at the University of Georgia.

"We will have very high expectations, and every sport will be expected to be competitive with our peer institutions," McGarity said when discussing his new job.

McGarity's contract is set for five years. His salary starts at $420,000 per year with $20,000 raise each year. He will also receive a $25,000-per year bonus if he completes his initial five-year contract.

More when we know more...

DEVELOPING: McGarity To Be New UGA AD

WSB-TV in Atlanta is reporting, through those ever-popular confirming sources, that Greg McGarity will be the new AD at the University of Georgia.

McGarity is currently the executive senior associate athletics director at the University of Florida. At Florida, McGarity is responsible for "event operations, video services, communications and he helps supervise the football and men's basketball programs."

Whew...

“There’s nothing to say. I’m just letting the process run its course,” McGarity told the Athens-Banner Herald earlier in July. “I’d rather not make a comment. ... I have submitted my information and we'll just see what happens.”

McGarity received his graduate degree from UGA in 1976, and Vince Dooley named him assistant athletic director for facilities and event management in 1988. He stayed at UGA for four years until leaving for Gainesville.

He was one of Jeremy Foley's first hires... and now gets hired to come back to Athens. There was talk that, when the AD job was open last time, McGarity's allegiance to Dooley was the reason ((or one of the reasons)) that UGA President Michael Adams didn't hire him and went for Damon Evans.

Hopefully, that has been set aside this round...

More when we know more...

DEVELOPING STORY: Damon Evans Resignation Official, Search Begins For Replacement

((HT: WAGA-TV))

The meetings are over, and all that's left is a soon-to-be-empty office and national search for the next big thing in Athletic Directors.

The UGAA executive committee accepted Damon Evans' resignation this morning via conference call. As part of his settlement with the University, Evans will receive a $100,000 "longevity bonus" and three months salary- roughly $137,500.

Here's the early returns from Athens from FOSG Buck Lanford
((HT: Myfoxatlanta.com))


Here is President Michael Adams addressing the situation from the morning meeting...


Two names have surfaced as early contenders to take over Evans' spot in the Butts-Mehre building- both are tied to Georgia's past...

The AJC's Mark Bradley has pegged Greg McGarity and Carla Williams as two to keep an eye on...

McGarity is, presently, Jeremy Foley's chief aide at the University of Florida. He played tennis at UGA under Coach McGill and is from Athens. The only thing holding him back is President Adams' perception that McGarity is a Dooley man. That held him back in 2004 when Evans was eventually named Athletic Director.

Carla Williams is inside the athletic department already as an assistant AD. She's from LaGrange and played basketball under Coach Andy Landers.

Bradley is under the impression that since Adams had no qualm pulling the trigger on Evans in 2004, that having the first female athletic director in the SEC would be a no-brainer for him as well.