Which Opposing Player Does Bulldog Nation Hate the Most?
by T Kyle King on Jul 2, 2009 9:09 PM EDT
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Look, don’t take this personally or anything, but, if you aren’t a Georgia fan, I probably don’t like you very much. That’s all right, though, because, if you aren’t a Georgia fan, you probably don’t like me very much, either.
After I answered a sports researcher’s questions about taunting between fan bases, I found out just how much Tennessee fans hate us . . . heck, they even hate our dog, which is just mean.
It always baffles me to be reminded that South Carolina fans hate us, just as it surprises me to learn that some Georgia fans hate Alabama, although, given the recent records of achievement compiled by the Bulldogs and the Crimson Tide, I get why such laughter-inducingly misguided broadsides as this silly slur on the Red and Black would bring a Bulldog fan to despise the Tide. (Way to focus on one game and pretend the rest of the last decade hasn’t happened, guys. I hope that eases the sting of the Louisiana-Monroe loss.)
As human beings generally, and as sports fans particularly, we are defined by what we despise as well as by what we love. (If you happen to be a Georgia Tech fan, you’re defined totally by what you hate and may be incapable of love, or at least require kissing lessons.)
I propose that we take it down a notch, from the team-specific to the player-specific. Already certain names have popped into your head, haven’t they? Steve Detwiler. David Treadwell. Kent Hrbek. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. (All right, technically, that last one wasn’t from a sports rivalry, unless you happen to believe that war is a metaphor for sports.)
There are even some guys you can’t bring yourself to hate, like Peyton Manning or Tim Tebow (as opposed to the media glorification of Tim Tebow, which is something altogether different), because they seem like genuinely good guys, so you can’t even dislike them personally . . . although I suppose that may make some folks hate them all the more.
What players are on your personal "most hated" list, and why? Let me know in the comments below.
Go ‘Dawgs!
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Sorry to distract from the point of tihs thread, but...
That’s all right, though, because, if you aren’t a Georgia fan, you probably don’t like me very much, either.
Actually, I am perfectly apathetic towards you.
(Although I would have to have a home-and-home with you fellers in State College and Athens!)
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
Thanks!
Please note that I specifically exempted the Nittany Lions from my reference to the Big Ten’s scheduling practices, because Penn State clearly is immune to whatever SEC-aversion the rest of the league has.
Accordingly, I’d be all on board for a Georgia-Penn State series. The fans of both schools would enjoy it immensely, it would be good for the sport as a whole, and maybe Stewart Mandel would learn something when he asked a mythical Montanan, “Who are those guys in red playing Penn State?”
Go 'Dawgs!
I don't know that PSU need be exempted, Kyle....
….after all, they were 10 years away from the Big Ten when we lost to them in the 1/1/83 Sugar Bowl. That was over a quarter of a century ago. Now they are subject to the same iron laws of CFB as are all other Big Ten teams. There is a reason that they dropped discussions with us 8 years ago for a series and went with Bama instead – which the Tide then whinged them into postponing to 2010. At least our program isn’t winless against Texas or <gasp!> Neuter Dame.
Well, I think that's pretty sad
Alabama has the finest tradition in the Southeastern Conference, boasts probably the greatest coach in the history of the game, and has a devoted fan base for which I have the utmost respect.
The Crimson Tide were the better team last September 27 and they were the better team last year. You should feel good about that. The “big-game faceplant” and “low-expectation excellence” cracks, however, were cheap, erroneous, and utterly beneath a weblog as classy as Roll ’Bama Roll.
It was bush league BS. Y’all are better than that.
Go 'Dawgs!
No, Todd and his colleagues are good guys . . .
. . . with whom I have a good working relationship. I think well of them and I don’t think less of them just because of this. I just expected better. It was low-rent and wrong. I was just disappointed.
Go 'Dawgs!
Bush league....
….is an essential part of the Bama fan persona for the past decade, I’m afraid. It’s kind of sad seeing it directed at us since most Dawgs I know were pulling for the Tide through the probation mess that they got themselves into. But since LSU, Auburn, and LSU all in varying degrees had down years last fall, the trashier, louder element of the Tide’s fan base decided to elevate us Dawgs to being their big rival so that they could hoot and holler over their win. An awfully pathetic way of ignoring this decade’s results and they well know what those are. I do wish that they were on our schedule this fall for our guys to extract the fullest measure of revenge from. But even if we shock the world and make it to Atlanta on behalf of the SEC East, I very much doubt that Bama will be there waiting. More likely LSU or Ole Miss.
whoops...
meant to say “Tennessee, Auburn, and LSU”, of course.
Aw, come on Kyle....
….You’ve read RBR before. You know that given the choice between actual effort and the cheap laugh we’re going the way of the cheap laugh every time.
Hang on a second
If you can hate a guy as solid as Chamberlain, then I can damn sure hate on Tim Tebow, regardless of how much of a nice guy he is. When you live in Gainesville, it becomes impossible to separate the hype from the man. They’re one in the same.
Regardless of the side that Chamberlain fought for, he seems like the epitome of the citizen-soldier (or at least, citizen-officer) from the war between the states.
All right, he may have been a good guy
I just get this way leading up to July 3. I can’t help it. It happens every year.
Anyway, I didn’t mean to start an historical/political debate, so I’ll let it lie there. It was on my mind, as it always is around this time, and I’m a little more melancholy than usual, so I went with the joke, and I probably shouldn’t have.
Point taken.
Go 'Dawgs!
Damn
Thanks for reminding me. I forgot Little Round Top was today. I wish would have gone down there today.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Jul 2, 2009 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions
If there’s one man I think both sides could possibly agree to hate on, it would be Dan Sickles. Clown nearly destroyed an entire division.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Jul 2, 2009 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Example:
But when asked why there was no memorial to him [at Gettysburg], Sickles supposedly said, “The entire battlefield is a memorial to Dan Sickles.”
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Jul 2, 2009 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Correction
An entire corps!
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Jul 2, 2009 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Agreed....
Comparing Tebow to an authentic war hero like Col. Chamberlain (even if he was on the other side) is way over the top, Kyle, in my opinion. Now, to respond to your rational, intelligent side:
Your question posed is harder than I thought it would be, and I have been a Dawg since 1964. Who on the other side to hate? Heck, I’ve seen our guys go up against some of the best. Spurrier as a QB; Archie Manning; the list just just gets longer and longer. Most all these guys did valiant service for their teams in the never-ending SEC wars, just as our guys did. Should I say Casey Clausen of UT, after his loudmouthed comments following UT’s loss in Athens in 2002? Our Dawgs’ visit to Knoxville in 2003 put paid to that, so why rub it in? I guess instead of any one player, I would elect a whole class of opponents’ players: any and all players from opponents’ teams who celebrate wins in Athens by vandalizing our Hedges. Trashbag behavior and I hope that they all get theirs sooner rather than later.
Really?
I (unabashedly) hate Tebow. I promise, nobody’s that nice. In 5 to 10 years, they’ll start digging up the bodies of hookers stuffed in trashbags along I-75 through Gainesville with Tebow’s DNA all over them. Nobody’s perfect, and the more effort you expend trying to look like it, the more likely it is there’s something deep and dark hidden down there.
Always remember, Tebow Hearts Baby Penis.
That last part may have been a little harsh
He’s not Michael Jackson! (What, too soon?)
I’m not declaring Tebow off-limits or anything, and I’m certainly no Thom Brenneman, I just distinguish between the media glorification of Tebow and Tebow himself.
If he’s the guy you love to hate, though, by all means, hate away.
Go 'Dawgs!
I promise, nobody’s that nice.
Did you miss the Danny Wuerffel era or something?
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Fair enough, though,...
Just cause he’s gotten away with it so far, doesn’t mean nobody will ever catch him.
"Hate" is a strong word, guys . . .
That Hawai’i guy who knocked Mikey Henderson out of the game on our first punt return looked like a jerk. If I remember correctly, he was arrested for something or other later that year. Mikey deserved better.
Tim Tebow . . . when he leaves Florida, I might like him then. Mostly just because the Reign of Terror will be over but also because I will have no reason to dislike him. I plan on being a Tebow fan through his pro career (where I have no reason to expect he won’t succeed as a player) and wherever else he goes. (If he runs for congressional office on a bonehead conservative Christian platform, I might start hating him again.)
Until then, it almost shames me to admit to the boiling, seething, seemingly bottomless well of hatred for The One Who Wears 15. Of course it’s mostly jealousy; he has two NC rings while we have none, he is The Greatest Player of Our Era, he leads a near invincible offense, etc. etc. ad. inf.
I’m not sure why this sounds so mean to me (maybe I’m just a wussy . . . yeah, affirmative on that one) but if Tebow cried after Ole Miss last year . . . my goal for our team this year is to make Tim Tebow cry again. That would be glorious
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Look, don’t take this personally or anything, but, if you aren’t a Georgia fan, I probably don’t like you very much. That’s all right, though, because, if you aren’t a Georgia fan, you probably don’t like me very much, either.
What is this, a Homer Simpson v the drill sergeant gag?
- All right, Simpson. I don’t like you, and you don’t like me.
- I like you.
- Um, all right. You like me, but I don’t like you.
- Maybe you would like me if you got to know me.
- What are you, a comedian?
Playa Hata
If we’re talking all time, for me it begins and ends with Steve Taneyhill. Presently, I will have to go with Brandon Spikes. I also “hate” Tebow the player if not Tebow the person.
This
Off the top of my head, I can’t think of a player I’ve really hated more. I can dislike but still be forced to respect great players who talk smack but still play well, because they can back it up with their play on the field. Not only that, but I’m much more likely to hate coaches rather than players. I mean, a player… he’s just a kid doing his job as best he can, and if he does or says something stupid, it’s likely that he’s just copying some poor role model he’s had in the past (or just making some really poor decisions). A coach is a grown man, however, and should know better than to be a jerk and say classless things. If his teams back him up on the field, you have to give him some grudging respect, but it’s far easier for me to hate Spurrier, The Great Pumpkin, and Saban than Danny Wuerffel, Peyton Manning, and Julio Jones
Steve Tanneyhill wasn’t great, though… he was just a first-class jerk. I recall one year during the dark ages in the ’90s when SCAR came to town and beat us at home. Tanneyhill threw something like a 40-yard TD at one point in the game and stood at midfield, like a baseball player admiring a home run, turned towards the student section, and drew off a slow, deliberate “home run” gesture with his hands (as though swinging a bat). The whole stadium noticed this, and booed him loudly as he then made a slow trot down the field to celebrate with his teammates.
I don’t know that I’ve ever heard a player booed like that after an opponent’s touchdown (normally, it’s just silence from all those clad in red and black). After that little act, though, Tanneyhill received a round “ovation” for the rest of the game every time he ran onto the field.
Who was that jackass lineman for Tech
two years ago that played dirty the whole game (chop blocking, blocking in the back, etc.)? I think his daddy then got on the message boards proclaiming how proud he was of him. He played for Georgia Southern last year.
I definitely hate his guts….and his daddy’s.
I’m sure I’d remember his name if he was a more relevant football player, but I think we’ve established that isn’t the case/.
Behold, this year's College Gameday Sign:
"Joe Cox -- He circumcises ANGELS!"
Tebow
I think people hate the media creaming in their pants every time they talk about him (I’m looking at you Thom Brennamen), which in turn leads people to hate Tebow.
If peeing your pants is cool, consider me Miles Davis.
Not just football
If I expand my disdain for players in other sports, then Joakim Noah easily leads the way of “makes me queasy” opponents for my Dawgs. He’s ugly, annoying, spits when he talks, has stupid hair, and he’s a Gator… ’nuff said.
As for footbal, gotta say that Reggie Ball and Casey Clausen would atop my list of irritants. Although I do miss them and the many victories we enjoyed against the teams they led!
Interestingly enough...
…for me, I can’t think of any one player in the SEC that I just can’t stand. I don’t like the Ol’ Ball Coach. But as much as I despise him, I think he is one of the things that makes the SEC rivalries great.
Maybe it’s just because I live in California, but the players I can’t stand are in the PAC 10. I don’t like Matt Leinart, I don’t like the arrogant USC (the one of the left coast) fans, and I just downright don’t like the PAC 10 brand of football…..although I kinda like UCLA
Touchdown Georgia!!!!!
Hm
What I don’t understand is why so many Georgia fans hate Carolina. I’m a Bama fan, but I graduated from Carolina and have lived, off and on, a little over seven years here. Not only does UGA own Carolina on the field, Georgia, natch, has a superior tradition. It would be like Tide fans ripping Ole Miss. Doesn’t make any sense.
And, Mr. Mayor, remember how close the Dawgs were in ’03 to losing to UAB before slinging arrows about the Louisiana loss that dare not speak its name. It can happen to any team.
That's just it . . .
. . . I don’t know any Georgia fans who hate South Carolina. They’re like Georgia Tech with lower academic standards: there’s no joy in beating them, just relief in not having to listen to them crow whenever they happen to get away with a three- or four-point win. (Also, that analogy doesn’t quite hold up, since Ole Miss has a vastly superior tradition to South Carolina.)
As for the Louisiana-Monroe loss, leaving aside the fact that there is a big difference between a Conference USA team and a Sun Belt team, and leaving aside the fact that there is a big difference between losing and almost losing, please bear in mind that I was responding to a cheap shot fired across our bow by the ‘Bama faithful. I call ’em like I see ’em, but I’ve never initiated a flamewar with any member of the Crimson Tide faithful.
Go 'Dawgs!
Easy for me..
Brandon Cox, former Auburn QB.
During the 2005 game – which still chaps my hide more than any other game – he repeatedly flipped double birds to the UGA student section. Then, of course, we all know how that game ended.
Thankfully, it appears that both Wingnut and Cox sold their collective souls to convert that 4th-and-forever. Cox went on to throw a combined 8 INT’s during his next 2 games against Georgia, and Tuberville was shown the door. Serves them right, and hopefully Cox is still miserable.
julio jones
gets all the hype and people still put him above aj green even after he just got 4 touchdowns last season its horrible
I perfectly hate Tim Tebow the person
I’m convinced he’s bought into the media’s orgy over him. Plus, during the whole ‘07 Heisman debate, if you read between the lines of what Tim said, you could see a perfectly formed asshole speaking. “He [Colt Brennan] runs that system very well” “He [Brennan again] is a perfect QB for that system” It’s an unwritten rule you don’t campaign for yourself for Heisman, but it’s damned near federal law you do don’t trash your opposition which is what Tebow was trying to subtly do. I watched an interview where Young Timmy was asked about CB, and he went on to use the word “system” 12 times (I counted!) over the next 3 questions. This infuriated me, as everyone BUT Tim Tebow knows that he himself is a system quarterback and nothing else.
Plus, the guy is an idiot. When ever he opens his simpleton mouth, all you get is very tired, cliche “coachspeak” The bullsh*t our high school football coaches crammed down out throats for years, and that you still hear in coach’s post game interviews. Matthew Stafford may have not been the most well-spoken of players, but when he did respond to a question, you knew it was MATT talking. He wasn’t regurgitating what CMR had brow-beat him with all week.
He and Wuerfful are just different. I can’t put my finger on it, but Wuerfful seemed genuine (and intelligent)
I will enjoy his failed attempts to play in the National Football League.
Joakim Noah is close second. No explaination needed.
Steven Tannyhill/ Casy Clausen tied for 3rd.
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