Georgia may have its answer for its offensive left tackle position to replace injured Trinton Sturdivant.

Redshirt sophomore Kiante Tripp worked in that starting spot during the portion of the Friday morning practice that was open to media members. Josh Davis, who was backing up Sturdivant, lined up at right tackle.

Georgia is looking at different combinations in the wake of Sturdivant’s season-ending knee injury, but given Tripp’s athleticism and size (6-foot-6, 280) this could be the best way to line them up.

The rest of the starting lineup was the same as it’s been: Vince Vance at left guard, Chris Davis at center and Cordy Glenn at right guard. Clint Boling, suspended the first game, was lined up at backup left tackle.

Matthew Stafford doesn’t think Georgia’s offense has to go back to utilize some of the packages they ran early last season just because Trinton Sturdivant is lost for the season with multiple ligament damage in his left knee.

He doesn’t believe Georgia needs to gameplan to protect its offensive line like it did last season when the Bulldogs were breaking in a group that included Strudivant, Clint Boling and Chris Davis.

“I think it was that and a mixture of the fact that we were kind of putting in a new offense last year,” Stafford said Tuesday. “We’re a season in this offense with a year under our belt—a year and a half really—I don’t think it really should affect us much at all.”

I reached former Georgia center Fernando Velasco today to get his thoughts on Sturdivant’s injury.

Tough day for Georgia, which might have lost offensive left tackle Trinton Sturdivant for the season with a knee injury in Monday's scrimmage.

Coach Mark Richt did not have specific details about the severity of the injury except to say it swelled up. He did not shoot down the possibility that it could be season-ending.

“You always fear that, but until we know, I don’t want to say anything,” Richt said.

I’m not sure if there’s a player that Georgia could have afforded to lose less besides Matthew Stafford or Knowshon Moreno. Maybe Asher Allen, too.

Other thoughts after the scrimmage:

It will be interesting to see how the battle for the No. 2 tailback spot between Caleb King and Richard Samuel shakes out. They had nearly identical numbers. King had 11 rushes for 52 yards and Samuel 11 for 45 and a touchdown. Samuel had three catches for 26 yards and King two for 22.

Greetings from the Wynfrey Hotel grand ballroom where the second day of SEC Media Days is well underway.

Mohamed Massaquoi and Jeff Owens exited the room a little while ago with the newspaper/online media types. Earlier, Mark Richt was the first coach at the podium and Alabama's Nick Saban is now at the podium

It’s a zoo a floor below at the bottom of the escalators with Alabama diehards being sequestered behind a roped off area like fans at a Hollywood premiere.

“I hope everybody has had an outstanding summer and enjoyed themselves,” Saban told the assembled sitting at their laptops.

See, he doesn’t have an adversarial relationship with the press.

Even when a reporter just asked about how a coach with a BCS title has dealt with subpar seasons at Miami in the NFL and Alabama when he asked “How do you deal with that kind of mediocrity?