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Clemson vs. Alabama LIVE blog

With apologies to former Chronicle columnist (and blogger extraordinaire) Joe Posnanski, this truly is a look into the confused mind of a sportswriter on deadline. If you ever wanted to see the evolution of a game column, here's the minute-by-minute process. (It's a little like seeing how sausage is made, so view at your own discretion.)

Georgia 45, Georgia Southern 21, final

Georgia looks like a well-oiled machine. The defense has stifled Georgia Southern on its first two drives. Meanwhile, the Bulldogs offense has looked good for the most part.

Matthew Stafford found freshman A.J. Green on a 36-yard post pattern, setting up Knowshon Moreno's 2-yard touchdown run. Later, Blair Walsh drilled a 52-yard field goal that would've been good from 62. 

Georgia Southern just put together its best drive of the game, advancing to the Georgia 9. But on third and 3, Jarius Wynn and Roderick Battle sacked Eagles quarterback Antonio Henton. Then, Jesse Hartley missed a 36-yard field goal attempt.

Georgia coach Mark Richt inserted Joe Cox into the game at quarterback for the team's third drive. It appears Richt just wants to get Cox some playing time. Stafford is on the sideline. True freshman Richard Samuel just entered the game at tailback to spell Moreno. On his first carry, Samuel fumbled the handoff and the Eagles recovered.

2nd quarter

Linebacker Dannell Ellerbe snuffed out a potential Georgia Southern scoring drive with an interception in the end zone. The Eagles were on the 1, but an illegal procedure penalty pushed them back to the 6. The mistake led to Georgia Southern's second failed red-zone opportunity.

Georgia made the Eagles pay for their mistake. Stafford hit split end Kris Durham on a 61-yard bomb, giving the Bulldogs a 17-point lead.

Georgia Southern red-shirt freshman Darrell Norman is listed as a flanker on his team's roster. But he's emerged as the Eagles' main rusher, gaining 19 yards on five carries in the first quarter.

Tim Camp, a Harlem native, is Georgia Southern's leading receiver with 26 yards on two carries. 

Just before halftime, Stafford gave a hand signal behind his back to Moreno, who went in from the 3 to stake the Bulldogs to a 24-0 lead.

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Third quarter 

Georgia's defense still is harassing  the Eagles. The Bulldogs went up 31-0 on Moreno's 24-yard run, but he left the field holding the back of his leg. It's likely either a cramp or hamstring injury.

Red-shirt freshman tailback Caleb King's now in the game for Georgia. He just broke off a 27-yard run. He added another 9-yard run. The Bulldogs are on the 5. Stafford faked to King and found Demiko Goodman in the back of the end zone. 38-0.

Norman set up Georgia Southern's first score with a 26-yard run off a broken play, moving the Eagles to the 1. On the ensuing play, quarterback Lee Chapple faked to Norman and crashed into the end zone.

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Entering the fourth quarter, Georgia's locked up a win and done everything it's needed to do so far. The running game's looked solid. The passing game's looked solid. Ditto for the defense. The final quarter will be about the Bulldogs getting second- and third-stringers playing time.

Georgia Southern's Camp and Norman continue to play significant minutes. Maybe one, or both, will score a touchdown. 

The Eagles scored again on Samair Baker's 3-yard run. The unlucky Norman got a first down carry inside the 5 but got stuffed by Augusta's Corvey Irvin. Two plays later, Baker punched it in. 

Highly-touted freshman receiver A.J. Green just made an incredible diving catch in the end zone on a 4-yard out pattern pass from Joe Cox. At 7:46, Green scored his first of what is expected to be many touchdowns in his Bulldog career.

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Three Augusta teams finish second at 2008 USTA League Tennis Mixed Doubles Championship

Three Augusta teams finished second at the 2008 USTA League Tennis Mixed Doubles Championship last weekend at five sites in the Augusta area.

Sandra Ogilvie's 6.0 team lost 3-0 in the final against Cherokee County. Playing in the final were Elizabeth Dawn Calvert and Robert Dutcher at No. 1 doubles, Connie and Mark Nixon at No. 2 and John Budnichuk and Ogilvie at No. 3. Bruce Ogilvie and Stephanie Ramey also competed during the tournament.

Wendell Hofman's 7.0 team lost 3-0 to Macon in the final. Competing in the final were Nitin Shah and Joye Brotherton at No. 1, Carolyn Inscho and Hofman at No. 2 and James Hudgins and Cathy Moseley at No. 3. Also playing in the tournament were Donna McDowell, Dilip Amin, Janis Snipes and Charles Esposito.

Cherry Hain's 9.0 team finished second to Savannah in a round-robin format. The Augusta team won 15 matches and lost only three, while the Savannah team won 16 matches and lost two.

Competing for Augusta were Hain, Viet Nguyen, Maria Svensson Costa, Ronald McLendon, Andrea Littleton, Kelly Hayes, Amy Lowe, Vu Nguyen and Richard Harris.

Economic Impact: One thousand seventy-three individuals competed in the four-day tournament Mixed Doubes State Championship, which was held at Newman Tennis Center, Fleming Park, Riverview Park in North Augusta, West Lake Country Club and Petersburg Racquet Club. The economic impact in direct spending was estimated at $800,000, said Dick Hatfield, manager of Newman Tennis Center.

College bound: MACH Academy's Dewayne Dixon and Jazmine Scott have earned tennis scholarships at Division II universities. Dixon will be competing at Virginia State, while Scott will be playing at Tuskegee (Ala.) University.

Jones, Collins speaking at conference: Craig Jones, the co-owner of Petersburg Racquet Club, and Pete Collins, the director of tennis at Augusta Country Club, will speak at the USTA Tennis Conference at the U.S. Open. Jones' topic will be "Running a successful high school team practice" on Aug. 24. He will also be a panel member the same day on "Implementing Quick Start." Collins' topic is "Successful doubles: movement priorities and visual clues" on Aug. 25.

Ard hired: Karen Ard was recently hired as a Recreation Specialist IV at Newman Tennis Center. Among her duties are development of after school programs in Richmond County.

Kleybanova move up: The Club at Raes Creek's annual ITF $25,000 Women's Tournament attracts up-and-coming WTA players. Russia's Alisa Kleybanova, then ranked No. 163 in the world, won last October's tournament without dropping a set in five matches. Kleybanova, whose serve has been clocked at 120 mph, reached the round of 16 at Wimbledon in June where she lost to Venus Williams and is currently ranked No. 34.

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Him: Then how come you're going?

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