Bear Bits: Travel Tips, Injury Update, and Jailed Tree Sitters Plead "Not Guilty"

Various Bear related bits from around the web...

Georgia agrees with Tedford's Travel Plans?
"Ron felt like everybody he talked to didn't feel like another day there would acclimatize the team to the type of temperature and humidity level," Richt said. "I didn't want to bring the team there an extra day too early just to get too anxious and just to get bored out of their minds. Plus, we would have had to miss class."

It looks like George Coach mark Richt has taken a page from the Tedford script about making a long road trip. Maybe the results will be the same for the Bulldogs as well…

...Or not. Granted, Georgia hasn’t been as impressive as I thought they would be, especially at the defensive line, which I had expected would give ASU fits in Saturday’s game. Also, who knows what a surprise loss to UNLV will do for the Sun Devils. Motivation? Or despair? We shall see. As much as I’d like to see the Pac-10 salvage some national reputation and have the Sun Devils come into Memorial Stadium on the 27th with a Top 25 Ranking, I still think the Bulldogs win it…

Injury Updates
As per the Daily Cal, here are some quick injury updates. Jahvid Best appears to recovering well from his bruised sternum, as he was running full speed, but will sit out of live drills to prevent any chances of getting in his chest again.

Shane Vereen was seen in a walking boot due to a high-ankle sprain, similar to the one he incurred during fall camp. He should be good to go for Colorado State though.

Michael Calvin will sit out of all drills this week to continue to allow his toe to heal. While Calvin played at Maryland, the plan is and has been to allow him to continue to rest the toe to hopefully get the receiver to 100 percent and avoid any discomfort and soreness.

I haven’t heard yet whether LT Mike Tepper is fully recovered from his torn pectoral injury. Tepper was seen a few weeks ago doing some light individual drills but did practice with the team. Junior Chet Teofilo has filled in reasonably well, though struggled a bit against Maryland.


"Not guilty your Honor."
Apparently, that's what the jailed protesters are saying. “The four pleaded not guilty to the charges and are due back in court Monday for further hearings.”

Not guilty? What do you plead not guilty about? That they weren’t actually in the trees? That they weren’t actually trespassing despite an October court order stating that they had to come down or face a $1,000 fine and 5 days in jail? Not much of a surprise considering they chose to drag the protest out this long anyway.

Oh and in semi-Cal-related news...
Javon Ringer has absolutely exploded since the Cal Game. The Michigan State back has 498 yards and 9 touchdowns. This includes a 5 TD performance against Eastern Michigan and 282 yards against Florida Atlantic. Granted the teams after Cal were quite the definition of cupcakes, but those are still some huge numbers. MSU might be running Ringer into the ground though, with 77 carries in the 2 games since their opener. 77 carries against cupcakes? Wait, QB Brian Hoyer only completed 5 of 15 passing for 88 yards against FIU? Oh ok, yeah Javon, you carry that rock.