ATHENS — Georgia coach Mark Richt is looking forward to a rare opportunity to spend some time with his oldest sons this week.

As the Bulldogs enjoy their first off weekend since preseason camp opened on August 2, Richt plans on attending his son Jon’s game for Mars Hill College on Saturday afternoon. Jon Richt, 21, is a junior quarterback for the Lions (6-1, 4-0 South Atlantic), who are playing Lenoir-Rhyne (3-3, 2-1) in an important conference game. Mars Hill is ranked No. 24 in Division II.

“It’s a big deal,” Richt said. “Right now Mars Hill is undefeated in league play, which is big. And Jon is doing well.”

Jon, who began his career at Clemson, has passed for 1,514 yards with 16 touchdowns as the Lions’ starting quarterback.

Richt’s second-oldest son, David, also will be performing this weekend. David sings and plays keyboards and piano in several Christian rock bands. On Sunday evening at 6 p.m., he will be one of the musicians performing in the “Jan Smith Student Showcase” at the famous music venue Eddie’s Attic in Decatur. General admission is $13 or $25 with a meal combo and proceeds will benefit the Melissa Carter Transplant Fund.

“He’s in a couple of praise bands,” Richt said of David, 16, a junior at Prince Avenue Christian School. “In this one in particular, he’ll be playing the piano and keyboards and be singing. He does some of that. So I’m looking forward to that.”

Mark and Katharyn Richt have two other younger children, Zach, who is 15, and Anya, 14.

Meanwhile, most of the Bulldogs’ players are getting out of town and heading to their respective homes for the weekend.

Richt said he felt like Georgia’s open date was coming at just the right time. The Bulldogs (5-2, 4-1 SEC) play Florida on Oct. 29 in Jacksonville.

“We all needed it,” Richt said. “You’ve got camp, then you have seven straight games. I think everybody was tired. I think everybody was maybe a little cranky. I don’t know, it may have added to what happened at the end of the [Vanderbilt] game, quite frankly. If you’re a little sleep deprived or worn out and beat up and tired and all that kind of stuff, sometimes that can affect you. So I do think it was a very good time for a break, physically and mentally.”

– Chip Towers

Coach Gene Chizik announced the change in his Tuesday press conference.

It will be Moseley’s first career start and completes a rapid rise up the depth chart in a week. Moseley was summoned off the bench to start the second half of Saturday’s 17-6 win over Florida after playing sparingly and throwing two passes in the first six games.

Moseley was 4-of-7 for 90 yards against Florida. Trotter was 2-of-8 for 33 yards and a touchdown.

For the season, Trotter is 81-of-149 for 1,009 yards and 10 touchdowns and six interceptions. Moseley is 6-for-9 for 120 yards.

 

 

UPDATE:

Chizik to go with Moseley at QB

Following Auburn’s 17-6 win over Florida in Week 7, a game that resulted in Tigers starting quarterback Barrett Trotter being shown the bench at halftime for poor play, coach Gene Ghizik said “by the next time we practice, I know what we’re going to do” in Auburn’s QB situation.

Turns out, he wasn’t joking around. Not that Chizik seems like the joking type.

In his Tuesday press conference, Chizik announced that backup quarterback Clint Moseley would be making his first career start against No. 1 LSU this Saturday. Moseley was 4-7 for 90 yards in the Tigers’ win last weekend; Trotter was a rough 2-for-8 for 33 yards, but did score a touchdown.

Moseley is 6-for-9 for 120 yards on the year.

(Big thanks: Birmingham News)

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BY TERESA M. WALKER – Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — James Franklin has talked with Georgia coach Mark Richt about a postgame confrontation with Bulldogs defensive coordinator Todd Grantham and is leaving the rest to the SEC.

Franklin and Grantham had a heated exchange after Georgia pulled out a 33-28 win Saturday night when the Vanderbilt coach went looking to shake hands with Richt. The Vandy coach said Monday he talked with Richt on Sunday morning and hopes the Georgia coach appreciated talking to him as Franklin did.

The game was physical and emotional when Georgia defensive lineman Kwame Geathers appeared to push or punch Vandy center Logan Stewart after a play.

At the end, both Vanderbilt and Georgia players spilled out onto the field, and video shows an officer with Franklin pushing Grantham away from the Vandy coach and Commodores tight end Austin Monahan stepping between the coaches.

Franklin said he is an emotional guy himself and wishes his Commodores had won the game. He also wishes they had shaken hands and walked off the field representing each school and the SEC.