Congrats to the Diamond Dawgs and their run this year. Georgia beat Stanford today in the College World Series to advance to the best 2 of 3 series Championship for the National Title. Georgia will play the winner of the Fresno State/UNC game being played right now. GO DAWGS !

Nailbiter! They are really in the zone this year. Go Dawgs!

Congrats from ex Ga resident.

I do have one question.... I wonder how much the Hope Scholarship has played in building this team? I think othe schools or the NCAA should look to see the impact of such programs vs. the schools that do not have that option.

Just asking....

I heard that Florida and South Carolina have similar "hope" programs in place and I'm sure there are more out there.

the Hope is an academic scholarship available to any graduate of GA who graduates with and maintains a 3.0 average. Look at the roster and you'll see there is a lot of GA talent, but then there is a lot of talent in GA to choose from. Having an academic scholly available allows a better package for homegrown recruits and they can divy up the NCAA money for the out of town folks, and a bit for the GA kids. Problem is, if the GA kids fall below 3.0, their Hope money is revoked.

If the NCAA looked at the impact of academic money in GA, they'd have to look at every school that offers academic money to athletes in whatever form it comes. I think their domain should remain in the athletic money department without regard to what a kid can pull together academically. JMO.

What a game ! GA comes from 3 down in the 8th and wins the first game 7-6 in the best of 3 Championship Series for the National Title. GO DAWGS !!!!!!!!