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Georgia Bulldogs Open Spring Practice With Questions

Questions remain from a squad that finished in second place in the SEC East last year under Kirby Smart.

ATHENS, GA -- The Georgia Bulldogs opened spring practice this week under second-year coach Kirby Smart. For more UGA news and updates on this and other stories in Athens, click here to get Patch's daily newsletter and free, real-time news alerts.

The Bulldogs are looking to rebound from last year's 8-5 campaign, in which they finished second in the SEC East.

"As spring gets along, a lot of guys can get complacent, " Smart told reporters. "Guys saying, 'I had my job last year, so I've got my job this year.' It's not the way it's going to be for us."

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Senior tight end Jeb Blazevich said that fans can expect a few new wrinkles in the offense.

“I think we’re going to try to implement a lot more RPOs, we’re going to try to implement a lot more things where it’s not just (like), Here’s a play, hope it works,” Blazevich said, according to Dawgnation.com. “But (instead) here’s a few options we can call. We can call an audible off this look or that look, and putting that in the quarterback’s hands, and then in our hands to learn it, and communicate what needs to be changed.”

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Spring practice will stretch into next month and end with G-Day on April 22 in Sanford Stadium.

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