Richt to Leave Athens for ... Clemson?

It's true, but not the Richt you're thinking of. Jon Richt, son of Georgia head coach Mark Richt, has verbally committed to Tommy Bowden and the Clemson Tigers. While Richt the Younger is just a junior, this will only add to the suicidal feelings of Georgia fans over our current mediocre recruiting class. Well, our class is supposedly pretty solid until you compare it with Florida, Tennessee, and LSU, all of whom are loading up on blue chippers. Mark Richt has had Top 5 classes almost every year, but this year the perception is that UGA has slipped. That perception isn't really that fair because we still have a top 10 class as of today. It's just that Richt has missed some of the biggest guys in Georgia for several years now. Calvin Johnson, Chris Scott, Kyle Moore, Tray Blackmon, James Davis, were all big misses. This year, the fence around Georgia has turned into a sieve, as Eric Berry, Cameron Newton, Allen Bailey, and Cameron Heyward are all looking elsewhere. Now Richt can't even convince his own son to play in Athens?

It should return to normal next year because UGA already has some big commitments for 2008 and supposedly leads for most of the state's top prospects.

Could we see a father versus son matchup when UGA visits Clemson in 2013? It's possible, but unlikely.