STILLWATER, Okla. - Call off the NCAA watchdogs. Georgia quarterback Joe Cox did not hitch a ride to Saturday's Oklahoma State game on a booster plane.
Several media outlets reported Saturday that Cox, who stayed behind in Athens a few extra hours Friday to nurse flu-like symptoms, had flown on a plane provided by a booster. Not true, Georgia spokesman Claude Felton said Saturday. "It was a university plane," Felton said.
Cox got the special ride for a few reasons, Felton said. First, flying direct from Athens allowed Cox to avoid the 90-minute bus ride and lengthy security check at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson Airport. Second, coaches did not want to risk Cox infecting the rest of the team by being in such close quarters during the flight.
Felton said Cox flew from Athens to Oklahoma City on Friday. FlightAware.com, an aviation Web site, shows that a Beechcraft Super King Air 200 left Athens at 6:58 p.m. Friday. Three hours later, it landed in Oklahoma City.
Cox emerged for warm-ups with the rest of the Bulldogs, and he is taking snaps with the first-team offense.
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