Missed It By That Much!
Throughout Bulldog Nation, the name Ryan Miller is being spoken with disdain the way the name Bill Buckner is spoken by Boston Red Sox fans. Yeah, he was sure-handed and reliable, but we will never forget the image of his giving up the shot that cost his team the title.
I'll be honest with you: I couldn't care less about the Olympics generally, and hockey isn't my sport. When I first heard about this afternoon's outcome, I could have sworn they said Cindy Crawford had scored the winning goal, which would have been something to see.
However, there is no question that the loss of the Olympic gold medal was felt more deeply in the Peach State than anywhere else in the United States. We remember the "Miracle on Ice" of 30 years ago, and we who are superstitious sports fans understand what a win today would have meant not only for the Red, White, and Blue, but also for the Red and Black.
The United States won an Olympic hockey gold medal in 1980. The Georgia Bulldogs won the national championship in college football the following fall.
If Miller had stopped that shot, the crystal football would have been Athens-bound. When the game went to overtime, Manic Kyle briefly began preparing to book a hotel room for next year's national championship game. When the Canadians won, the Georgians lost and Depressive Kyle went back on duty.
Sigh.
Go 'Dawgs!
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Its worth noting...
That last time Canada won the gold in Olympic Hockey, Georgia went 13-1, Won the SEC Championship, and was 1 undefeated team away from playing for the MNC. So we have that going for us.
"We have a lot of passionate fans at Georgia and we look forward to giving them something to be positive about."
-Todd Grantham.
by RedCrake on Feb 28, 2010 8:55 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I used to think correlation implied causation
by GwinnettGamecock on Mar 1, 2010 1:20 AM EST reply actions
Amo, amas, amat, amamus, amatis, amant
Once more, high school Latin to the rescue!
by GwinnettGamecock on Mar 1, 2010 11:14 PM EST up reply actions
Player of Tournament
I realize you were writing toungue-in-cheek, however, I feel the need to praise Ryan Miller for his play during the Olympics. He won the player of the tournament award, which is saying a great deal considering his team didn’t win gold (kind of like Drew Brees winning Outback Bowl MVP in a losing effort). Miller is the anti-Bill Buckner. Five-hole goals are usually quality shots, unlike ground balls between the wickets in baseball. Put simply, Ryan Miller was a freak during his 6 game Olympic stint with the best Goals Against Average and Save Percentage.
Sidenote, I’d take the 13-1 good mojo that RedCrake is
Agree...
Sidney Crosby > Mookie Wilson
And 13-1 is a damn fine thing…unless the “1” is Tech, Auburn, Florida, Tennessee, USCe, Mississippi State, Vandy, Kentucky, Idaho State (who am I kidding?), Louisiana@Directional, Arkansas, or Colorado…and whoever represents the SEC West and Bowl Opponent.
I think that about covers it…
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
@directional - nice
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
I am not sure the comparison holds
Losing to our Maple neighbors is a bummer, but UGA won the national championship at the same time as the hockey team defeated the communist invaders. Canada is hardly the Empire of Evil (Empire of Eh?).
I take the miracle on ice and the UGA national championship to be a bellwether for the impending collapse of nemesis superpowers. Canada – who won a good game – hardly qualify.
Let it be known however,
that those Canucks are in fact trying to take over the world. At least the world of Doughnuts. Now I know that nearly all if not all of us are totally powerless when it comes to the hot fresh now manna from heaven that is a Krispy Kreme glazed doughnut and in general we take these things pretty serious, so I kid you not when I say, the Canadians are trying to take over the world of doughnuts with something called a Tim Horton’s. Apparently the people of the frozen brain persuasion can not resist a Tim Horton’s “doughnut.” So thinking these are the greatest thing on earth, they are slowly trying to infiltrate the good ole US of A with their Tim Horton’s Franchises. They’ve already crossed the border into the US, and I"m not certain how far south they have gotten.but we will not be defeated. The Krispy Kreme’s must not fail!
"Never refuse to do a kindness unless the act would work great injury to yourself, and never refuse to take a drink- under any circumstances." Mark Twain
Nothing to fear
Having grown up in Alabama and spent two years in Ann Arbor (where there are Tim Hortons aplenty), I can’t imagine Tim Horton’s making inroads anywhere there’s already a KK.
So I’d suggest hating the Nucks for perfectly valid reasons, like Crosby’s smug, punchable face and their acceptance of French, the most metrosexual/skeeziest language on earth.
I'm doing my part
I won’t say I frequent them, but I do pay occasional visits to the Ponce and West End Krispy Kreme stores.
by NCT on Mar 1, 2010 8:40 PM EST up reply actions
the Ponce one is basically where I grew up, and where my Mom still lives
and it happens to be close to a VERY good southern styled restaurant
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
Ponce
Mary Mac’s? I spend a fair amount of time on Ponce (usually en route to Publix or Green’s). I can’t make it from Peachtree to Highland without the phrase “Life’s Rich Pageant” coming to mind at least once. And, if I have a passenger, I’m likely to say at some point, “Hey. There’s your girlfriend.”
I love Atlanta. I really do.
by NCT on Mar 2, 2010 12:08 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Mary Mac's of course! I grew up in Home Park
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
Note to self:
Do not post while suffering from a migraine or it’s after effects. I see all kinds of missing punctuation etc. I have no idea how y’all managed to understand what I thought I was saying, though I’m sure it made sense to me at the time. sigh
"Never refuse to do a kindness unless the act would work great injury to yourself, and never refuse to take a drink- under any circumstances." Mark Twain
Well ...
The match against the Soviets wasn’t the gold-medal match. The gold was won in a later match against Finland.
by NCT on Mar 1, 2010 8:38 PM EST up reply actions
In fairness,
I never said that the Soviet match was the gold medal match. However, it was absolutely the determining factor in who won gold. Think of it as the SEC championship of olympic hockey.
by first and thom on Mar 2, 2010 10:19 AM EST up reply actions
I don’t think anyone has the image of Ryan Miller that you’re implying. He’s like 75% of the reason that the USA even made it as far as we did. There’s also not the years of frustration behind USA hockey that there is with idiot Red Sox fans. It’s not a particularly good comparison.
If memory serves, Bill Buckner was charged with one postseason error in his entire major league career
I believe that makes him a fair comparison to a goalie who was responsible for getting the United States that far before giving up the game-deciding shot that will live forever in lore. Please note my description of Miller as “sure-handed and reliable.”
Also, and more to the point, I was kidding. I don’t honestly believe the United States winning a gold medal causes the Georgia Bulldogs to win the national championship. That would be like saying the way to win a national championship is to go 6-5 and then change your pants . . . although both of our teams could be cited as evidence that this is the case.
Go 'Dawgs!
Go 6-5, change your pants,
… and win a tiny little game of chance in Wrightsville over Climpson.
by NCT on Mar 2, 2010 5:12 PM EST up reply actions
Not necessarily:
Clemson lost the recruiting battle for Herschel Walker, but the Tigers went 6-5 in 1980, ended the season on a high note with a victory over South Carolina when Danny Ford broke out the orange pants for the first time, and proceeded to go 12-0 in 1981 while wearing orange pants for their three biggest games.
Go 'Dawgs!
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