I wrote a story for today's newspaper about the Georgians on Auburn's roster. Here's how it starts:

AUBURN, Ala. — Ted Roof is a Georgia man to the core, the Auburn defensive coordinator having spent his formative years in Augusta before moving to Lawrenceville, where he attended middle and high school.

Naturally, he followed Georgia Bulldogs football growing up, the burgeoning linebacker a big fan of Erk Russell’s “Junkyard Dog” defenses under Vince Dooley.

“Then the recruiting process started and obviously things changed,” said Roof, who would have an All-ACC career at Georgia Tech from 1983-85.

Nevertheless, Roof still holds high admiration for the Bulldogs, against whom he went 2-2 as a player and later 3-1 as a defensive coordinator for the Yellow Jackets.

“It’s fun,” he said, days before Auburn is set to travel to Athens. “After playing against them as a player and coaching against them as a coach, I have great respect for them as a program and what they’ve been able to accomplish. It makes it fun. It’s a fun game.”

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