Monday Night Dawg Bites: Around SB Nation, About Greg McGarity's Contract, and Why Some Prequels Remain Unmade
by T Kyle King on Aug 23, 2010 7:57 PM EDT
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PrintThis is the last Monday before the Monday before college football season. Think about that for a minute. That leaves us with a long way to go and a short time to get there, so here is your evening rundown:
- Some of you may not be interested in what’s going on around SB Nation; if so, feel free to skip this item and move on to the next one. However, CEO Jim Bankoff has been interviewed, EDSBS Live has Phil Steele on Tuesday night, and BCS Evolution is preparing to post its overview of the Georgia Bulldogs tomorrow. I’ll link to it as soon as it’s posted, but be sure to check by there Tuesday morning.
- Although Sprints sarcastically asked why Greg McGarity’s contract contains a good conduct clause, the memorandum of understanding between the University and its new athletic director (.pdf) looks very much like a standard form with the blanks filled in with the appropriate names and numbers. As always, I know Team Speed Kills is just engaging in good-natured ribbing, but the rapid institutional response to the Damon Evans situation is not a point against the University. I am ashamed for the way Evans conducted himself, but I am proud of the way my alma mater dealt with the entire situation. That said, I agree with Orson that the Fulmer Cup tiebreaker should go to Georgia.
- The Gym Dogs have released their 2011 schedule, which is challenging, as always. Based upon the 2010 year-end rankings, the Georgia gymnasts will host No. 1 Alabama, No. 4 Florida, No. 6 Michigan, No. 10 Utah, No. 16 Auburn, and West Virginia, and face No. 3 UCLA, No. 9 Arkansas, No. 11 LSU, No. 20 Kentucky, and No. 22 Denver on the road. In eleven regular-season meets, the Gym Dogs will face ten top 25 teams, including nine in the top 20 and six in the top ten.
- Finally, although some were less than fond of the exercise, I promised to provide an overview of last night’s Twitter thread on "unmade prequels." Here are a few of my favorites, mostly from the Bulldog faithful:
The Mood Disorder of King George
Ferris Bueller’s All-Nighter
Slumdog
Who Took A Picture Of Roger Rabbit?
The Caine Insubordination
Triassic Park
Monsters, a Sole Proprietorship
Alleged Grit
Conceived on the 4th of November
Prime Your Wagon
The Spy with Whom I Engaged in Heavy Petting
Taunting Club
To Be Annoyed By A Mockingbird
Carnal Hypotheses
Gestation of a Nation
All About Adam
Still Here, But the Breeze is Picking Up a Bit
Getting There
Snakes in the TSA Screening Area
The Zoning Hearing on the River Kwai
The rest of the list may be found here.
The home opener between the hedges is only a dozen days away, everyone. Hang in there; we’ll make it.
Go ‘Dawgs!
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Come on! American History IX is brilliant.
Excuse my language, ma'am, but that damn Dodd's gonna beat my butt today. -- Bear Bryant, November 1962
this comment is a reflection on my mindset - but I don't know if it's good or bad
Nice Smokey & The Bandit reference in the opening paragraph
by Blogger who came in from the cold on Aug 23, 2010 9:07 PM EDT reply actions
You have no idea how much of my mental energy last evening . . .
. . . was devoted to my unsuccessful attempt to come up with a satisfactory title for a “Smokey and the Bandit” prequel.
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Junior & Froggie Get Engaged? Bo & The Snowman?
Did you know that the actor who played Junior in Smokey % The Bandit also played the character of Lt. Col. Donald Penobscott (Mr. Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan) on the tv show M*A*S*H?
by Blogger who came in from the cold on Aug 24, 2010 12:29 AM EDT up reply actions
As a matter of fact, I did indeed know that.
Actually, there were two actors who played Donald Penobscott, but he was one of them. He also played one of the prison guards in “The Longest Yard.” Burt Reynolds was one of those guys, like Aaron Sorkin, Stephen Bochco, or David Lynch, who would work with you once, and, if he liked you, he’d keep you putting you in stuff after that.
Nice job on breaking out the Bandit’s real first name.
Go 'Dawgs!
I spent FAR too much time researching this
How about Mount Eagle & The Bandit ? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyMPuF98dP8&feature=related)
or
Deputy Buford T. Justice & The Bandit
by Blogger who came in from the cold on Aug 26, 2010 2:05 AM EDT up reply actions
11+9=8
Conceived on the 4th of November=Born on the 4th of August.
DawgDudes
Yeah, I noticed that, too.
The math was wrong, but the spirit was sound.
Besides, there’s always a chance he was premature.
Go 'Dawgs!
I bet you can't get this Prequal reference
at least without looking it up
" February 1st"
Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.
I Corinthians 9:24
by Southern Dawg on Aug 24, 2010 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Easy.
“Groundhog Day.”
No, I didn’t look it up. I remember February 2 is Groundhog Day because that’s the anniversary of the “Hill Street Blues” episode from 1984 on which Sergeant Esterhaus died.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Aug 25, 2010 12:06 AM EDT up reply actions
well i failed
cause i definitely had to look it up.
Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.
I Corinthians 9:24
by Southern Dawg on Aug 25, 2010 12:15 AM EDT up reply actions
Easy for me.
I was gong to do “vineyarddawg’s birthday,” but that would have been an unmade sequel, not a prequel. (My birthday is February 3.)
by vineyarddawg on Aug 25, 2010 9:41 AM EDT up reply actions
Late additions.
Just saw this, so I’m chiming in late. This is the all sports movie edition:
Acknowledge the Titans
Everybody’s Highly Touted Prospect
Brian’s Vocal Warm-Up
He Getting Game
"Brian's Vocal Warm-Up."
That, my friend, is art.
I laughed so hard I cried . . . which is appropriate, since “Brian’s Song” is one of the three movies (together with “Old Yeller” and “Field of Dreams”) during which men are allowed to become misty-eyed.
Go 'Dawgs!
I've never forgiven Field of Dreams.
That last scene where Costner asks his dad’s ghost to play catch? Misty-eyed? Are you kidding?!? Niagra falls. That’s just the cruelest, most manipulative scene ever filmed.
I figured the grammar geek in you would appreciate “He Getting Game”, which was, of course, a Spike Lee Dimebag & Rolling Papers.
Yeah, that was nice work.
Also, this Twitter update from Orson Swindle reminded me that I should have included “Fiddler Climbing Up a Ladder.”
Go 'Dawgs!
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