Category Archives: UGA

Another Article about UGAKey.com

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The Red and Black has a followup article about the Koofers acquisition of UGAKey.com, a startup that I co-founded.  I was really heartened to see this quote from a UGA student:

“It’s definitely different and I’m still getting used to it,” said Lois Kim, a freshman from Suwanee. “But Koofers has a lot more on it than the Key did and I think it’s a good change.”

As I told the Red and Black, we wanted to improve the access students had to information that would help their academic career, and I think Koofers exceeds that goal.

UGAKey.com Announces Acquisition by Koofers

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UGAKey.com Announces Acquisition by Koofers

Georgia Alumni Thank Users, Ensure Grade Data for Future

February 14, 2011

University of Georgia students have a new resource for choosing their courses and professors.

UGAKey.com, a website containing grades for most University of Georgia courses since 1999, will now be available from Koofers.

The eleven years of grade data previously available on UGAKey.com, along with several thousand syllabi, will now be accessible through Koofers.com, along with course textbook listings, professor reviews, and other services that Koofers brings to over 2,000 campuses nationwide.

UGAKey.com was developed by UGA alumni Chris M. Lindsey ‘08, Noah Mink ‘08, and Paul Ruddle ‘09. An original version of The Key was available on a Black Tie Party website in March of 2006, while UGAKey.com officially opened its doors on August 11, 2007.

“We created UGAKey.com to provide a service to UGA students,” said Chris Lindsey, UGAKey.com co-founder. “We’ve had a great time building and maintaining the site. But, as we’ve graduated from UGA, we’ve found less time to add the new features to the site that we’ve always dreamed of. Koofers will provide more great services to UGA students, at no cost.”

Fellow co-founder Paul Ruddle added, “We want to thank all the UGA students who have made UGAKey.com an invaluable part of their course registrations for more than five years. We know Koofers will continue to provide the important information you’ve come to expect from us, and we look forward to seeing what exciting new things they have in store.”

UGAKey.com Founders,

Chris M. Lindsey
Noah Mink
Paul Ruddle

About Koofers

Koofers, Inc. is a social learning company transforming higher education through student-driven, intercollegiate collaboration. Founded in 2008, Koofers empowers students to help each other learn by providing open and free access to: course materials, class and professor ratings, study aids and more.

New UGA Football Mindset

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This is what I want to see from University of Georgia football recruits:

“I just want to say to Jay at the end of his announcement, I heard your call,” Drew said. “And now I’ve given an answer. Isaiah Crowell, we’re waiting on you; Antonio Richardson, we’re waiting on you; John Jenkins, we’re waiting on you; and Jeoffrey Pagan, we’re waiting on you. Come join what we’re putting together, the Dream Team. But remember, a dream is only a dream until you make it reality. So I’m calling you out on this one. I hope you’re not afraid to be thrown into the fire. I hope you’re not afraid to be the ones to make the change.”

Georgia football needs a new mindset, and I like this!

Fran Tarkenton Realistic on the State of Georgia Football

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Fran Tarkenton, on the state of University of Georgia football (and compare to Coach Mark Richt’s positive outlook on the same):

I think what has happened in the last week at Georgia has been the most disturbing time that I have seen at Georgia football in a long time. You know people don’t want to look at reality. We don’t want to look at the signs…

And then I read this quote. Holy cow! Yesterday, where Mark Richt says, ‘I have been freed from administrative duties to spend more time on football.’ Then I quote him, he said, ‘the moves give him more time to study the game of football and be an expert and be on the cutting-edge.’ What has he been doing for nine years? I have never heard any college, high school; professional coach has ever said that I was not able to spend enough time on football. I had other issues.

I really have to agree with Georgia great Fran Tarkenton.  The issue with the Bulldogs is purely mindset.  We have everything we need to win, and the coaches and the players just need to get it together and get in the mindset of being a team and being winners.  No more excuses, just FINISH THE DRILL.

Can the guy help us beat Florida?

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As [University of Georgia Defensive Coordinator] Todd Grantham gets re-acquainted with the recruiting trail, he has developed a pretty central philosophy:

“The first thing I ask is: Can the guy help us beat Florida,” Grantham, the Georgia defensive coordinator, said on Wednesday. “I mean truthfully, because that’s who we have to beat to win the SEC. And off the guys that I feel like we’re recruiting and have committed to us, I can say yes off of that. So I’m really excited off those guys.”

But what about South Carolina – which won the division this year and might be the favorite next year?

“I’m playing percentages,” Grantham said.

(Or perhaps Grantham is still riled that Steve Spurrier took a dig at him earlier this year. But I’ll take him at his word.)

From Seth Emerson.

Is Evil Richt Back?

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Evil Richt, the fiery coach of the Georgia Bulldogs we saw in 2007 and 2008, might just be back.  Look at his statements yesterday regarding changes in personnel on the offensive line:

“You noticed that?” head coach Mark Richt said after Wednesday’s practice, smiling, when asked about Gates. “Well then why don’t we tell Tennessee what we’re doing. That’s why I don’t like you guys out there sometimes.”

Richt appeared to be good-natured about it. After all, he did extend the media portion of practice on Monday for an extra five periods and 25 minutes.

Josh Davis, who would be displaced as the right tackle, was mum on the moves.

“No comment,” Davis said, with a slight grin. “I can’t talk about that.”

And then, on possible injuries:

Richt indicated on the SEC teleconference that another player was hurt. But no more details were forthcoming.

“I said somebody was injured and I wasn’t going to tell who?” he said. “I forgot who it was.”

Kinda reminds me of the Mark Richt we saw before facing Florida, Auburn, and Hawaii in 2007 (and before he got beat by Alabama in 2008).

I’ve been looking for a change in the mindset of the Georgia coaches and players.  Judging by Richt’s statements, a little bit from Grantham, and an angry Orson Charles, maybe this team has found its fire.  I sure hope it has.