Before we lose perspective on Georgia’s offseason troubles, let’s remind ourselves exactly what the situation is at this point.

• OG Clint Boling: One game. Impact: minimal. The line won’t miss a beat against Georgia Southern.
• FB Fred Munzenmaier: Two games. Impact: significant. This suspension along with Southerland’s injury has left Shaun Chapas as the only regular fullback for the first few games. The staff has had to shuffle some reserves around just to have enough practice bodies behind Chapas.
• LB Darius Dewberry: Two games. Impact: moderate. Dewberry is one of the top linebacker second-teamers, and the Dawgs will have to look a little more critically at their SLB depth chart. This suspension might get Akeem Hebron on the field sooner than expected.
• SN Jeff Henson: Indefinitely. Impact: minimal. Bo Fowler has stepped in at the long snapper position before and will do it again.
• DB Donavon Baldwin: Indefinitely. Impact: minimal. Depth is always important, but Baldwin is currently listed third on the free safety depth chart.
• DE Michael Lemon: Dismissed from team. Impact: moderate. Georgia fortunately has some depth at defensive end, but Lemon was supposed to be in the mix. His departure isn’t the end of the world, but it isn’t insignificant either.

In case you’re wondering, Georgia’s high-water mark for suspensions entering the season was 2003 when 8 players were suspended for the season opener at Clemson. Defensive starters Will Thompson and Kentrell Curry were also injured for that game, and things were so bad in the secondary that a freshman walk-on named Tra Battle was pressed into service.

Sunday evening reports that there would be no more fallout from the weekend’s arrests and incident at St. Marys hospital weren’t exactly right.

Mark Richt announced this morning that linebacker Darius Dewberry would be suspended for the first two games for his role in the vandalism at the hospital.

Dewberry…was seen overturning trash cans and causing other damage. Dewberry was at the hospital while teammates Donovan Baldwin and Marcus Dowtin were being treated for injuries suffered in a bar fight earlier Sunday morning

The NFL preseason began last night with the Hall of Fame Game between Indianapolis and Washington. Newcomers have the most to prove in these exhibitions, and one Bulldog made the most of his chance. Former Georgia defensive end Marcus Howard got off to a great start and was credited with 1 1/2 sacks.

Colt Brennan came in during the second half and led Washington to a couple of touchdowns only after making sure that Howard was properly restrained on the sidelines in compliance with the court order.

73 staffers at the AJC have accepted voluntary buyouts, meaning that layoffs will be avoided. A Rome (Ga.) Web site reports that among those taking the buyout are well-known sports writers Tony Barnhart and Furman Bisher.

I don’t expect that Barnhart will be put out too much; an SEC expert with the experience and connections of “Mr. College Football” is sure to be snapped up by a national network or publication. For Bisher, you’d have to think that this buyout represents retirement for the Atlanta mainstay. We’ve already seen one additional change on the AJC sports page this summer; Georgia beat writer Carter Strickland has moved on. Chip Towers has picked up the load and is hardly a stranger to the Georgia beat.

No Duke in this year’s preseason coaches’ poll. Was it oversight? Enough is enough? Or…lets make up some completely unsubstantiated rumor: was it a little Spurrier-Tennessee thing with Cutcliffe? Yeah, that sounds sufficiently plausible.

Yeah, that’ll sound pretty good coming over the Sanford Stadium PA on August 30.

Uga VII will debut as the mascot of the nation’s #1-ranked team according to the preseason USA Today coaches’ poll. Next week we’ll begin to see how the Dawgs go about staying on top of the mountain.

At least one AP voter agrees.