Mark Richt may have had some trepidation Thursday as he walked into the team meeting room at Georgia, about to tell his former players that he would be leaving them immediately, and for another school.
The worries went away quickly.
Before Richt could say anything, Georgia players held their hands together to make the sign of “The U,” as in the University of Miami, the team they knew from press reports Richt was about to take over.
The teary-eyed Richt smiled and made the sign back at them.
This was according to several people who were in the room or were familiar with what happened.