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Georgia football honoring Mark Richt during Missouri game

The Georgia Bulldogs football program will honor Mark Richt during halftime of the Missouri game on Nov. 6

The Georgia Bulldogs football program will honor Mark Richt during halftime of the Missouri game on Nov. 6. The UGA football program would not be where it is today without the work of former head coach Mark Richt.

Richt has had serious health issues recently, so it is about time the football program and the University of Georgia honored Richt.

Richt’s impact goes far beyond the football field. His commitment to faith, family, friends and football helped shape the lives of many young men.

In fact, Richt helped save the life of former UGA defensive back Tra Battle. Battle was considering suicide and thankfully called Richt. Richt hadn’t spoken to Battle in years, but immediately offered to help and support Battle in his fight to improve his mental health. The Gwinnett Post wrote an article on Richt and Battle’s story.

Richt took the Georgia program to new heights. He finished with a 145-51 overall record in 15 seasons as UGA head coach.

He ranks among the all-time winningest SEC coaches and is considered, along with Vince Dooley, one of the top coaches in Georgia football program history. Richt helped Georgia win SEC Championships in 2002 and 2005.

Former Georgia head coach Mark Richt continues to work for the ACC Network. Richt recently wrote a book as well. Mike Zarrilli/Getty Images

Under Richt, the Georgia Bulldogs football program recovered from a disappointing decade in the 1990s. Now, the Dawgs have even more potential under Kirby Smart. A top college football program is not built overnight, and Richt provided the stability UGA needed.

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Georgia football set to honor Mark Richt

The Georgia Bulldogs football program would not be where it is today without the hard work of former head coach Mark Richt.

Mark Richt has had some serious health issues recently, so it is about time that the Georgia football program and the University of Georgia honored Richt. Now, UGA has announced that it will honor Richt at halftime against the Missouri Tigers on Nov. 6.

Richt’s impact goes far beyond the football field. His commitment to faith, family, friends, and football helped shape the lives of many young men.

Mark Richt took the Georgia program to new heights. He finished with a 145-51 overall record in 15 seasons as UGA head coach.

He ranks among the all-time winningest SEC coaches and is considered along with Vince Dooley to be one of the top coaches in Georgia football program history. Richt helped Georgia win SEC Championships in 2002 and 2005.

Former Georgia head coach Mark Richt continues to work for the ACC Network. (Photo by Mike Zarrilli/Getty Images)

The Georgia Bulldogs football program recovered from a disappointing decade in the 1990s under Richt. Now, the Dawgs have limitless potential under Kirby Smart. A top college football program is not built overnight and Richt provided stability that UGA needed.

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Former Georgia coach Mark Richt talks former UGA RB Sony Michel’s 2019 slump with Patriots

Patriots Wire recently spoke with former UGA coach Mark Richt about Sony Michel and is struggles as the Patriots running back in 2019.

The USA Today’s Patriots Wire recently spoke with former Georgia football coach Mark Richt about former Bulldog Sony Michel and his struggles as the New England Patriots starting running back in 2019.

After a productive 2018 season with New England, Michel’s yards per carry dropped almost a yard to only 3.7 with 247 rushes in 2019, totaling 912 yards with seven touchdowns for the season.

Per Patriots Wire:

“Well, here’s the deal: where is Sony right now? He’s still with the Patriots,” former Georgia Bulldogs coach Mark Richt told the Patriots Wire on Tuesday. “So that answers the question on whether you think he still could be the guy or not. So, they may need to block a little. They may need to let him hit the perimeter. He may have his issues too — I don’t know what he was dealing with health-wise. But if there’s space, he’ll get it and make the first guy miss and he’ll make yards after contact. He’s legit.”

The Patriots selected Michel 31st overall in the 2018 draft after four productive years at Georgia where he rushed his way to No. 3 on the Bulldogs’ all-time rushing yards list.

That makes it Hershel Walker, Nick Chubb and then Sony Michel. You won’t find better company than that.

The duo of Michel and Chubb – both recruited and signed by Richt – proved to be one of the most dynamic ever as they set the record for the most rushing yards by a pair of running back teammates in FBS history.

Richt said of Michel during that time:

“He wasn’t a huge ego guy that wanted to be the only guy. He understood the advantages of staying fresh and staying healthy throughout a game, throughout a season, throughout a career. We convinced him that, when you are on the field, what you put on tape is what’s going to decide where you get drafted and what kind of a pro career you’re going to have.”

Michel was set to compete for the starting spot this year with former Alabama running back, Patriots 2019 third-round pick Damien Harris and offseason pickup Lamar Miller.

After injuries have held Harris on IR for the next three weeks and kept Miller from making a roster spot, so it looks like it will be all Michel for at least the start of the 2020 season.