Coach Richt pulled I guess what you'd call a fast one on the team today. They piled up in buses and went to the Ramsey Center thinking they were going to practice inside because of the heat. But instead they went swimming. The team walks into the pool and Richt is sitting in a chair on the high dive about three stories up in the air. Then he stands on the edge facing backwards and did a flip off the top. It was funny to watch, although I was sure I was about to see the head coach at the University of Georgia die in a freak high dive accident. Apparently he used to do the dive all the time in high school.
So they played in the pool for about half an hour. It was fairly entertaining to watch guys like Ricardo Crawford jump off the top. I've got to hand it to Fernando Velasco, he's pretty nimble for a big guy. Didn't see him jump off the top, but he did some pretty agile moves off the lower diving boards, especially for a 320-pound guy.
Chester Adams watched from the side with several guys. He came in on crutches with his left ankle heavily taped. Apparently he "tweaked" it in practice this morning and will miss tonight's practice that's been moved back to 8:30. Richt said he may be able to go tomorrow.
Thursday, August 09, 2007
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I was there when they took them to the pool the first time in the middle of the season. I don't remember exactly the situation, but they had been struggling in practice and in some games, and this was a great idea. Guys had a lot of fun, and CMR did his dive and I watched it and thought he did great. Very good form; he pretty much ripped it. That probably makes the players, especially folks like Demiko - and I am sure he wasn't the only one - respect CMR even more than they already did.
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