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ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia senior lineman Jordan Davis has been named one of 15 semifinalists for the Walter Camp Player of the Year, according to an announcement from the Walter Camp Football Foundation.

Davis, native of Charlotte, N.C., is one of four semifinalists from the Southeastern Conference.  The Walter Camp Player of the Year is voted on by the 130 Football Bowl Subdivision head coaches and sports information directors.  A list of five finalists will be announced on Dec. 2, and the winner announced on ESPN’s Home Depot College Football Awards Show on Dec. 9.

College Football Hall of Famer Herschel Walker is the only Bulldog to ever win the Walter Camp Player of the Year award in 1982.

Davis is already a Bednarik Award semifinalist after tallying 21 stops, including 3.5 tackles for loss and two sacks, through the Bulldogs’ undefeated start.  He has been instrumental in a defense that ranks first nationally in Scoring Defense (6.6 points/game) and Red Zone Defense (56 percent) and second in Total Defense (231.8 yards/game), Passing Yards Allowed (151.1 y/g) and Rushing Defense (80.7 y/g).

The No. 1 Bulldogs (9-0, 7-0 SEC) travel to Knoxville, Tenn., to take on Tennessee (5-4, 3-3) on Saturday.  CBS will televise the matchup at 3:30 p.m.

University of Georgia head football coach Kirby Smart met with media on the Southeastern Conference’s weekly teleconference call while Sedrick Van Pran and Kearis Jackson offered post-practice comments.

Head Coach Kirby Smart
Opening Statement…
“Our guys have had three good days of prep; we continue to work. Got started with a lot of them on Sunday, a lot of them came in to watch tape, we really got a head start there. Monday and Tuesday have been good practices. The hope is to get the same kind of energy and enthusiasm today to prepare a really good football team, one of the hottest football teams there are in terms of scoring points. They have done a tremendous job on offense with scoring a lot of points, they are really fast. It has just been tough preparation to prepare for these guys offensively and defensively. They do a tremendous job playing with a lot of energy and enthusiasm, you can tell.”

On Jamaree Salyer…
“Yeah, the ground game is important. The passing game is important. The play-action game is important. The screen game is important. They are all important. So, we have to do a tremendous job in all facets of it. It is one of those deals in that a little bit of it is dictated by how they play you defensively. If teams continue to play tight techniques, tight fronts, put people in the box… I mean there is a lot that goes into the ability to run the ball. That is a big part of what we do that sets up other things. As far as Jamaree goes, like I said yesterday, he has gotten better. He has been able to do some weight bearing things. He did that all in walk-throughs, all the practice stuff, conditioning as well, we are hopeful. But we won’t know more until after practice today.”

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Like almost all of his teammates on the top-ranked Georgia football team, Lewis Cine listens to music before games. The free safety isn’t trying to pump himself up, however. There’s nothing loud or aggressive blasting through his headphones. Instead, Cine is trying to slow everything down to a calm, measured state.

Whatever the 6-foot-1 and 200-pound junior from Cedar Hill, Texas, is doing, it’s working. Cine has started 21 straight games and is second on Georgia’s top-rated defense with 40 tackles.

During a Quick Chat on Monday, Cine, who has Haitian roots, talked about what he does to relax, being his own man, his creative side, and much more. Here’s some of what he had to say:

Frierson: What do you do when you want to get away from school and football?

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University of Georgia head football coach Kirby Smart and select Bulldog student-athletes offered the following comments on Monday.

No. 1 Georgia will head to Tennessee on Saturday for a 3:30p.m. ET kickoff against the Volunteers.

Head Coach Kirby Smart
Opening statement…
“We’re excited to get started on Tennessee today. Josh (Heupel) has done an incredible job, you can see it in the atmosphere at home games and the way their guys play, they have really bought into their system. Defensively they’re playing better and better, offensively in the last three or four games they’re averaging the most points in the SEC. They’re up tempo, fast paced and that’s really hard to prepare for. Everybody tries to prepare in the off-season, but it’s so hard to simulate when you talk to people going against it, it makes it tremendously tough. Our guys are excited for the opportunity, playing on the road in the SEC is one of the toughest things there is to do in the country, and we’ll get to go to a really tough environment and play football against these guys. Their quarterback is playing tremendously and their defense has gotten better and better each week.”

On defending Tennessee…
“I think it’s the most in the country, when you look at it and talk to people, because everybody talks across the country and tries to defend it. It’s so fast you can’t really simulate it in your practices, so you have to try and find a creative way to practice for it. It’s so different than the triple option, I’m not trying to compare it to that, but it’s so different that it’s hard to prepare for. You can’t simulate it with your team unless you do it. We don’t do that as well as they do it, so it makes it tough to prepare for. Your players really have to buy in, they have to know it’s important to play that way against that tempo and you’ve got to work really hard at it. The challenge will be there this week for offense, defense and special teams, because what they do doesn’t just affect the defense, it affects your offense and special teams.”

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