ATHENS, Ga. – Though no longer regarded as the premier road warrior in college football, Georgia coach Mark Richt still enjoys taking his team on trips.
The Bulldogs, who opened this season against Boise State in Atlanta before playing the past two weeks in Sanford Stadium, will travel to Ole Miss this Saturday. Richt won 30 of his first 34 road games — an astounding 88.2 percent rate — but is 4-6 in his last 10 and went 1-4 last season.
Georgia is 11-13 in neutral-site games under Richt, a 2-8 mark against Florida in Jacksonville being the main negative in that tally.
“I do enjoy road games,” Richt said Tuesday. “You get your 70 guys and you go on a business trip. There are not a lot of things that you have to do other than go and play the ballgame. There aren’t any other responsibilities I have personally or that the players have or that the assistant coaches might have, so it is nice just to gather up the team, gather up the troops and get busy.”
The Bulldogs lost their first three road games a year ago — at South Carolina, Mississippi State and Colorado — but are expected to start strong this year against the struggling Rebels. Richt is 4-0 against Ole Miss, the only SEC school yet to defeat one of his teams.