Mark Richt usually has a strict policy: Players can't grow beards during the season.  But for the last two seasons, Richt has made a deal with his players: win the turnover battle in a game and you can let the facial hair fly. But if the Bulldogs lose the turnover battle in any game, the razors have to come out.  Last year, it didn't work so well. But this season, according to the Atlanta Journal-Consitution, the Bulldogs are looking a little scruffy.  Georgia has won the turnover battle the last two weeks -- over Tennessee and Vanderbilt -- and now beards are popping up among the players.  "I hope they are the nastiest looking bunch in America by the end of the year," Richt said.  The motivational tactic is working:  "It's just something we're doing for a little motivation," said scruffy-chinned linebacker Akeem Dent.  But not every player is keeping the dirty look. Quarterback Aaron Murray started to grow one, but someone -- not Richt -- put the hammer down.  "I got a little fuzzy last week," quarterback Aaron Murray said, "but my mom got mad at me so I had to clean it up before the game. She likes it clean-cut. I've got to make Mommy happy because my birthday is coming up and I want some good gifts."  -- Tim GardnerFollow Tim on Twitter at @TimGardner_USAT  To report corrections and clarifications, contact Standards Editor  . For publication consideration in the newspaper, send comments to  . Include name, phone number, city and state for verification. To view our corrections, go to
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