The Dawgs have got something to bark about. For the first time in their football-playing history, the Georgia Bulldogs are ranked No. 1 in a major preseason poll. The USA Today preseason coaches' poll was released Friday, and Georgia will start the season at the top. Coach Mark Richt's team clobbered Hawaii last season in the Sugar Bowl, and voters apparently still remember the 41-10 beating.
A look at key questions facing UM, UF, FSU, FIU and FAU as college football's preseason commences: UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI (Camp opens Saturday)
Miami-Dade County's top two wide receiver prospects for the class of 2009 -- Archbishop Carroll's Rodney Smith and Norland's Xavier Rhodes -- each orally committed to Florida State this weekend.
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Maybe it is Randy Shannon's bumper crop of freshmen. Or the move to a more centrally located stadium. Or the benefit of being based in a metropolis.
University of Miami coach Jim Morris made what turned out to be a key switch in the lineup midway through Monday's victory against Florida State when he brought in sophomore catcher Jason Hagerty to pinch-hit for struggling Dave DiNatale in the fifth inning.
South Dade junior defensive end Ed Stinson, rated a four-star prospect by Rivals.com, has orally committed to Florida State University.
