Richt Wednesday comments

This isn't the full Q/A from today's postpractice, but it's most of it.

OPENING COMMENTS:
I thought it lacked some emotion, but I guess that's understandable about this time of year. We're going into game five and haven't had much of a break. It was a Wednesday that didn't have a lot of fire to it. I think we probably got the work done, but I just didn't see a lot of energy. But again, I guess you can't expect it every single day. These guys are human and all. But the coaches pushed 'em pretty good and there were some guys that did a good job. As a whole, I would have liked to do a little bit better. We came out of it with no injuries, which was good. You can ask me anything you want.

On where Vance Cuff and Rennie Curran are in regard to getting more playing time:
Where? They're close to getting more time. They're practicing with the first and second units, which is good. They're not doing any scout team work. They're preparing to play. When they get far enough along where the coaches feel comfortable enough, they'll play and they'll play more than they have to this point. That's kinda where they're at.

On Sean Bailey's increased strength:
He's definitely stronger. I don't know how much weight he's gained. He's more focused. I would say focused is the word -- you've got to have concentration to make those catches and keep your feet and kinda trust your blocking a little bit. And it takes some bravery to do that. He's done a very good job with that.

On improvement in kickoff coverage against Alabama:
They did very well this last game. The worst field position was the poorest kick. We had one kick that really didn't go very deep at all. They were there to cover that too. I don't think anything really broke out of there, which was great, because a game like that, let one spring free, even if they don't score, you've given them a lot of momentum, short field, boom, they score. So they did a very good job. A lot of people say, 'Are you gonna change personnel? You've gotta change personnel,' and usually that's the worst thing you can do unless you have other experienced personnel you can put in. But if you have a guy with two or three years of experience and you yank him out of there and then you throw another guy in there that's just not sure how to do it right, you're just gonna have the same mistakes all over again. I think we did the right thing and the guys responded well. We've just gotta keep it up.

On Ole Miss' difficulties defending the kickoff:
Hopefully we can take advantage of that, but just like us last week trying to shore it up, I'm sure they're doing the very same thing. A lot of times that's the group that plays the best is the one that was kinda the biggest concern because you might've emphasized it more than others.

On NaDerris Ward's return/tight end situation:
NaDerris practiced today. Tight ends have been practicing pretty good. I wouldn't say anybody's done anything to overcome Tripp at this point, although I didn't really study today's. I was watching yesterday's practice. Today might have been a little different in coach Johnson's eyes, but yesterday I didn't see anybody come take it away from him.

On Wallace Gilberry's comments last week:
That helped. (You think so? Does that help?) Yeah, I think the guys took a little offense to that.
No sacks last week...No sacks, but a lot of that had to do with Stafford getting rid of it. There were a few pressures. They did a good job.

On not playing on TV on Saturday:
I wish we were on TV. I think our players wish we were on TV. I think everybody enjoys being on TV. I think there's a lot of non-conference games this week. (Florida State-Alabama). That was one that kind of hurt us...I'd rather be on TV. Even if it means playing at night. I like it. I think it's good for the program.

On whether it would bother him at all if a neutral-site game like Florida State-Alabama was played in the Georgia Dome:
Yeah. (Is that some kind of unwritten rule?) No, it's not an unwritten rule. I'm surprised more of that doesn't happen -- and it probably will happen. I'll say this, the Atlanta Sports Council, they do a great job of trying to think out of the box a little bit and try to attract people to do those kind of things. Gary Stokan is on the ball and I'm sure that's where it's all coming from.

Teams like that would want to do it primarily for recruiting:
I'm sure they would love it. Most people want that home and away, that return, a lot of people don't want to do that. They're just like well, we'll do a one-time shot like that -- although this one's not like that -- but you could see two teams saying, 'We'll just play one time. We'll play right here, we don't have to worry about a return game.' I don't want to encourage anybody, though.