Teams Trying to Prevent Another Brawl

Well all this attention from the NBA and Clemson / SC has gotten people thinking about our little old rivalry with UGAg. Come on, it's "clean" old fashioned hate. Don't they know it is annual tradition to sit down for tea and crumpets with the mutts? Of course they always want to drink it out of a toilet bowl, but what they heck.

GAME OFFICIALS WORRIED ABOUT GT/UGA
Gailey knows where to draw the line:

“Are you going to see guys helping each other off the ground?” Gailey asked. “You won’t be seeing any of that. I think that we’ll know where we have to draw the line.”

HIGH EMOTIONS EXPECTED, BUT UNDER CONTROL

ANOTHER RIVALRY GAME, ANOTHER CHANCE FOR PROBLEMS
Heck, even the media in Canada has picked up this story.

KEEPING THE PEACE
When was the last time these two teams fought?:

The last time Georgia and Georgia Tech came to blows was 1993, when a large fight broke out in a Grant Field end zone late in a 43-10 Bulldog victory.

TEAMS PREPRAING TO PREVENT ALTERCATION
Brief mention:

In the aftermath of the brawls at the Clemson-South Carolina football game Saturday and the Indiana-Detroit NBA game a day earlier, Richt is taking steps to avoid trouble Saturday against Georgia Tech.

When the Bulldogs get ready to leave the field during pregame warm-ups, they won't huddle up on the midfield "G" if Georgia Tech is still on the field.

"We may huddle up but maybe not right on the "G" to stay further away," Richt said.

It is rare that the Bulldogs are exchanging words with an opponent before a game, Richt said.

"It's usually a skinny receiver and a skinny DB that I don't really worry too much about," Richt said. "Those guys are always talking smack."

There were eight personal fouls called in last year's 34-17 Georgia win - five on Georgia and three on Georgia Tech, including one on quarterback Reggie Ball, who collided with Georgia trainer Harris Patel out of bounds, drawing a personal foul.

"I think a lot of us, including myself, got caught up in the emotion of last year's game," Ball said. "It was my first time being out there and you have to keep that under control. You can't play with that chip on your shoulder all the time."