Gearing up here for Georgia’s preseason practices that get rolling on Monday afternoon.

Before the grind of August kicks in, Georgia’s coaches already have done a summer breakdown of opponents on their 2010 schedule.

Offensive coordinator Mike Bobo explained earlier this month about the work that the coaching staff does to get ready for the season.

There’s a full breakdown on the first six opponents—Louisiana-Lafayette, South Carolina, Arkansas, Mississippi State, Colorado and Tennessee. And an “in-depth look” at teams in the SEC East and Georgia Tech. Bobo said he takes about two or three days to study each opponent and comes up with a base gameplan that he puts on paper.

Georgia offensive coordinator Mike Bobo sat down with reporters today to talk about a wide range of subjects before the Bulldogs begin preseason practices on July 31. Here are some excerpts:

On plans to juggle Logan Gray at QB and WR in preseason: “It’s something we’ve still got to talk about. We’ll start meeting actually tomorrow as a staff and plan out our two—a-days. Actually it’s not two-a-day anymore, our camp schedule and how we’re going to break down the practices. It’s not 100 percent, but right now he’s going to be working full-time receiver and trying to get him in that mold and see if he can help us there at receiver. We don’t want to jerk the kid around and say `Hey, you’re doing this this day and that the next day.’ We want to be fair to him and give him an opportunity to play that position. Nothing is set in stone yet exactly how his reps are going to be divided at practice.”

Orson Charles isn’t resting on his breakout rookie season.

The Georgia tight end--a freshman All-American last season when he had 23 catches for 374 yards and two touchdowns—didn’t wait for mat drills to get cranked up before diving into his offseason.

He mentioned being inspired by NFL stars like Dwight Freeney who attack their workouts year-round.

“All the great ones never stop,” Charles said. “They’re always working. I just wanted to get off their work ethic and just strive for the best.”

So Charles joined Georgia’s Army ROTC for training in January and completed a “PT” test that included push-ups, sit-ups and a two-mile run at 5 a.m.

“I just did that to get ready for mat drills,” Charles said. “Some ROTC people didn’t really think I was going to come out there, so I came out there and did a PT test and showed them all up.”

Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray has been on campus since January, but that didn’t exempt the freshman from a rite of passage for rookie players of getting their heads shaved.

His came courtesy of senior Joe Cox, who knows a thing or two about that style.

“I was like `Man, I’ve been here. Should I get it shaved still?,'” Murray said. “They were like `Yeah, everybody’s got to do it.’ I’m not complaining. It’s definitely a lot cooler out there because it’s like 100 degrees.”

The backup quarterback job looked to be one of the most intriguing battles to watch this preseason, but truth be told it hasn’t had much sizzle.

Georgia offensive coordinator Mike Bobo would be thrilled to have a Knowshon Moreno or Herschel Walker to make it a no-brainer on which running back to give the ball to this season.

Instead Georgia seems likely to have to rely on multiple tailbacks. Bobo laid out recent examples of championship teams that spread the ball around.

“LSU, both times they won the national championship, they played several running backs,” Bobo said. “Two years ago they played like four running backs when they won the national championship. The bottom line is what gives you the best chance to win. If it’s several backs, it will be that. If we feel like it’s one guy that needs to get the multitude of carries it will be that.”

When Jim Donnan was voted into the College Football Hall of Fame’s divisional class on Tuesday, I put a call in to Mike Bobo for some reaction.

When I did a profile on Bobo before his first full season as Georgia's offensive coordinator in 2007, Donnan was among the coaches Bobo mentioned as an influence along with Bobo's father, George, former Georgia passing game coordinator Greg Davis and, of course, Mark Richt.

Donnan, the former Georgia and Marshall coach, won a I-AA national title with the Thundering Herd in 1992, but was fired at Georgia after five seasons. He compiled a 104-40-0 overall record in his coaching career.

Bobo played quarterback for Donnan in 1996 and 1997 and then worked for him as a graduate assistant.

The spring evaluation period for college football coaches begins today and runs through the end of May.

Even with freshmen Aaron Murray and Zach Mettenberger just coming on board this winter, Georgia still wants to sign a quarterback in its 2010 class.

Joe Cox is gone after this season, leaving redshirt sophomore Logan Gray, Murray and Mettenberger as the three scholarship quarterbacks.

“We need to sign one,” coach Mark Richt said. “Four is really the minimum you should ever have at any time. … Bacarri Rambo if you had to turn him into a quarterback in a pinch, he can play. That might come into play for us, too.”

Rambo played quarterback on the scout team last year when the Bulldogs faced athletic quarterbacks and played the position in high school at Seminole County.

Aaron Murray and Zach Mettenberger will make their Sanford Stadium debut with fans in the stands at Saturday’s G-Day game.

Offensive coordinator Mike Bobo doesn’t want his freshmen quarterbacks to be tight.

He said he will tell them `Just relax and have fun, and don’t be afraid to make a mistake. I want to see you play football.’

The Elite 11 high school quarterbacks have been co-bracketed all spring at No. 3 on the depth chart behind starter Joe Cox and backup Logan Gray.

Gray should get the most work in the scrimmage among the quarterbacks since he’ll be on the black team. Cox, Murray and Mettenberger will all play for the red team, which Bobo will coach, but the freshmen could play on both teams.

“Depending on how the game goes, I might throw one of the young guys over there in the second half,” Bobo said.

Greetings from North Little Rock, Ark., where the Georgia women’s basketball team will open SEC Tournament play later today.

I was en route here through Dallas on Wednesday when Mark Richt had his pre-spring teleconference (details here), but I got a chance to speak to offensive coordinator Mike Bobo this morning on another teleconference.

A few highlights:
--In an ideal situation, Bobo would prefer to redshirt both Aaron Murray and Zach Mettenberger, Elite 11 high school quarterbacks who enrolled early.
Senior Joe Cox enters spring as the starter and redshirt sophomore Logan Gray as the backup.

Georgia would have preferred to be playing football today some 70 miles away in the SEC championship game.

Coach Mark Richt said he wasn’t even sure he was going to watch Florida and Alabama play on television.

From the 10 minutes or so of today’s practice that was open to the media, coaches seemed to ramp up the intensity a few notches.

The first and second-team offense ran through a drill that running backs coach Tony Ball said is called `perfect plays.’ It stresses fundamental mental toughness and execution.

Players ran from the line of scrimmage to one side of the end zone and then to the other.