Friday Night Game Night/NCAA Gripefest Open Comment Thread
by T Kyle King on Sep 17, 2010 7:00 PM EDT
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PrintThere seemed to be at least some sentiment in favor of having an open comment thread tonight, and that was before the bad news was delivered regarding A.J. Green, so it seemed appropriate to open up a discussion thread for tonight's college football action and your reaction to the news of the NCAA's denial of Green's appeal, not necessarily in that order of importance.
Also, today is the anniversary of both the signing of the U.S. Constitution in 1787 and the Battle of Antietam Sharpsburg in 1862, so, really, we've got lots to discuss. Go to it, gang.
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We don't need no stinkin Constitution...
We gots NCAA rules and regulations.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
by RedCrake on Sep 17, 2010 7:05 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Tip of the hat to you, sir
Always nice to see somebody else that knows the proper name for an encounter of the late unpleasantness.
by GwinnettGamecock on Sep 17, 2010 7:06 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Thanks. I swear, I don't know what it is with people from the Midwest.
They don’t know how to count the number of teams in their conference, and they don’t know how to name military battles. It’s simple, really: if you fight a battle near a city, you name it after the city.
If you fight a battle near Murfreesboro, you call it the Battle of Murfreesboro, regardless of whether the Stones River happens to flow near there. If you fight a battle near Pittsburg Landing, you call it the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, even if there’s a church on the battlefield called Shiloh. If you fight a battle near Sharpsburg, you call it the Battle of Sharpsburg, even if there’s a stream nearby called Antietam. If you fight two battles near Manassas Junction, you call the battles First Manassas and Second Manassas, even if there’s a stream nearby called Bull Run.
It’s pretty basic, really. At least they get Gettysburg right.
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Naming Battles After Bodies of Water
So, out of curiosity, do you object to references to Sherman’s March to the Sea? I guess it could be called the March to Savannah, but the Union Army did go through an awful lot of name-placed towns en route.
Sherman’s later Sack of Columbia seems to have been pretty appropriately named, as some of our Gamecock guests here would probably attest.
The March to the Sea wasn't a battle, though.
The battles on the march were named properly. The Atlanta Campaign isn’t called the Railroad Hub Campaign; the Battle of Jonesboro isn’t called the Battle of Flint River.
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Sack of Columbia doesn't do it justice
I will refrain from commenting further on such matters, but suffice it to say there will never be a Little GwinnettGamecock named Billy.
by GwinnettGamecock on Sep 17, 2010 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Didn't Sherman burn down
the “on campus” stadium y’all had? I kid…I kid….
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Understood, GwinnettGamecock.
My office window overlooks the railroad running through Jonesboro, which had to be rebuilt after Sherman came through. Also, a good friend of mine is a William Gilmore Simms scholar, so I’m familiar with his accounts of events in the Palmetto State.
There is a framed portrait on my family room wall depicting the Georgia Bulldogs turning back Sherman.
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THIS BOOIIII
Thinks that these ncaa athletes are so inconsiderate considering the fact that they been giving the opportunity of a life time a free upper-echelon education and cannot be considerate enough to sit their butts down do some work and get millions of dollars or get even something better a high quality education
True
But the NCAA/Colleges are also complicit in exploiting them for monetary gain. Both sides are wrong.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
by RedCrake on Sep 17, 2010 7:16 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
AHA!
you make a good point those kids are broke they needa find money somewhere
by hawksfanatic1 on Sep 17, 2010 7:18 PM EDT up reply actions
CAL NEVADA
Bruinns win but colin kapernick is one helluva of a QB defense should keep him in check tho cal should roll.
Yeah, it will be interesting to see how legitimate Nevada is against stiff competition.
Cal looks like a solid squad. They could challenge for the Pac-10 title this year.
Boise State fans will be watching this one closely. After VPI collapsed against a Founding Father, the Broncos could use a boost from Nevada. I agree with you, though; I think the Bears will win this one going away.
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yeah !
nevada lost 2 key rb’s last year who both had 1000 yard season they are not as tough as last season but with an athletic QB you can get places
by hawksfanatic1 on Sep 17, 2010 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Any Cal Bear Fan
would be terribly insulted. Bruins bRuins are the little sisters in LA
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"You can't sanction heart, and you can't sanction the will to win" - USC QB, Matt Barkley
Thanks for straightening us out; I should've caught that.
Still, a bruin is a little bear, and I understand that UCLA’s mascot is derivative of Cal’s (since UCLA is the Los Angeles campus of the University of California system whose flagship institution is in Berkeley).
In other words, it’s an error, but an understandable one. We’re obliged to you for catching it.
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NP
I get them confused all the time; it hepls to remember the Bears are a real football team and every few years the field a contender. fUCLA, not so much.
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"You can't sanction heart, and you can't sanction the will to win" - USC QB, Matt Barkley
Ha, ha.
Don’t forget, we have an East Coast bias. We just remember Cal is the one with all the pot-smoking, tree-hugging, war-protesting hippies. :)
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Wait... there's only one of the those?
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
East Coast Bias
Careful, mayor. Golden Bear fans are the ones who chased the hippies out of the trees and built their new facilities and luxury skyboxes anyway. There are plenty of good, vicious Stanford fans, too, many of them serious conservatives (it’s the site of the Hoover Institution, after all).
If you want real hippies, you have to go to UC-Santa Cruz, whose mascot remains the Banana Slug.
It's almost as terrifying as a Bumblebee
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Just kidding around.
Did “Pulp Fiction” make the Banana Slugs hip, or was that the point at which UC-Santa Cruz jumped the shark?
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Banana Slugs
They were already hip out here, but Tarantino and Travolta took it national.
I live near Monterey, and the local Cal State branch has teams called the Sea Otters, which ain’t exaclty a fighting symbol until you learn what vicious little critters they can be.
But my all-time favorite team name, dating back to my years in Georgia, was some Augusta high school near the Savannah River (nuclear) Plant which called its teams the “Atomsmashers.” Are they still around?
They are, . . .
. . . but they ran into some problems with the GHSA when it turned out their wide receivers had three arms and their quarterback had gills.
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Turner Gills?
Dude could play underwater.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
But the greatest nickname of them all....
Had to be the one-year middle Georgia minor league hockey team from the 1970s called the “Macon Whoopees.” Don’t know what the mascot looked like, but the possibilities are fascinating.
Actually, just looked it up on wikipedia, and didn’t know there was a revival of the team in the late nineties and early ’oughts, that had a Whooping Crane as the mascot. I have to figure MaconDawg caught a few of their games.
Never heard of them.
As someone who’s spent an inordinate number of years in Augusta, I can attest there’s never been a city or county school with that name.
At any rate, SRP is across the river in South Carolina. May have been a team around Jackson, etc.
You're right, it's a school in Savannah!
NRBQ:
I did a little research, and you’re right there’s no Augusta school with that mascot, but it’s not in SC either, but in Savannah, at Johnson High. There’s apparently no connection between the nickname and any nuclear plant, which makes it even more appalling.
It isn't any dumber . . .
. . . than the Utah Jazz or the L.A. Lakers. Maybe a school moved from Augusta to Savannah?
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Worse than that....
From the Johnson High web page, I gather it was some sort of early sixties identification of scentific progress with nuclear fission. You don’t have to be a pacifist or an opponent of nuclear energy (and I am neither) to find that a bit weird for a public school.
Yeah, but those were the days of duck and cover drills . . .
. . . and the post-Sputnik investment in scientific advancement. Concentration on the atom sounds weird to us now, but it wasn’t an entirely bizarre mascot for the time.
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Yes, I remember
I actually went through those “duck and cover” drills, and others designed to figure out if I could walk home from school (in LaGrange, Georgia) before the fallout hit from a nuclear strike on Atlanta. I also vividly remember the Cuban Missile Crisis (which I still have nightmares about) and remember my best friend’s account of watching warships steam past his own home in Savannah en route to the quarantine of Cuba.
Seems like an especially odd time to be celebrating Progress Through Atomsmashing at a public school pretty damn close to Cuba. I suspect they got a grant or something.
Damn, Donk.
You ARE old.
{adjusts suspenders, hairpiece, teeth, looks for kids on lawn}
Old But Gold
Yeah, NRBQ, but that also means I’ve heard more Munson broadcasts than you ever have, and that the Goff era is a much less significant part of my Dawg history.
There are years, and then there are
Nice.
I’m stealing that line from you, donkeydawg.
Except for the “old but gold” part. I wouldn’t want anyone to miss the “but” and think I was talking about Georgia Tech’s main color.
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by T Kyle King on Sep 18, 2010 12:26 AM EDT up reply actions
Continuation
Proving NRBQ’s point, I must have drifted off during the last comment. It should read “There are years, and then there are good years.”
Nurse! Nurse! Where is my juicebox drink?
That's all right.
It was a pithy comeback for as long as it las
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by T Kyle King on Sep 18, 2010 12:27 AM EDT up reply actions
I never met a sea otter...
But I will tell you that when I used to work in the Bear Hollow Zoo at Memorial Park (for those of ya’ll familiar with Athens), the river otter enclosure and the bear enclosure were the only ones we never entered while the animals were present. And I woulda gone in the bear enclosure first, if forced to make choice. Otters are just plain evil, however cute and playful they may seem.
Regarding A.J. (griping allowed, right?)
But I can’t say I’m surprised in the least.
{CAUTION: RANT ALERT!!}
You know, the Southeastern Conference is tough enough when you have all your players eligible. There is always going to be a certain percentage of injuries that will weaken a roster any given game during a season (King’s ankle, Chapas, Branden Smith’s concussion). Them’s the breaks, no pun intended. But this self-inflicted stupidity which puts the team at a disadvantage has got to stop. Yeah, most of it is stupid: scooterin’, demolition derby in a parking deck, underage drankin’, guess my (middle) name, whatever… Whether the punishment fits the crime is now moot. It’s got to stop.
I’m sure that #8 is remorseful and is agonizing over the NCAA’s decision as he has been in a sort of purgatory now for weeks. The decision has now been made and that, as they say, is that. Time to move forward.
If we somehow survive the next two games until A.J. returns, we still might have a chance to put together a very good season. But what is really sad is we finally get a marquee wideout to play for the Red ‘n Black…and he can’t play for the Red ‘n Black. A.J. Green’s don’t just come along everyday, and he’s got maybe 7 or 8 games left with us (barring injury, of course). It’s a shame.
Oh, and to the NCAA: Suck it. Our guy screwed up…but your punishment is excessive and inconsistent with similar or worse infractions.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
The fact is that when A.J. Green heads to the NFL,
he could kiss the NCAA goodbye. Last year it was the SEC refs with the bad call. This year, it is this stupid jersey selling. This haplessness has to stop. We are starting to lose credibility in the NCAA.
by thefirstgenesis on Sep 17, 2010 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Any takers?
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
How do your prices compare
with goladysmall.com? I’ll take 3, XL…
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
I'll have to check with Xinyue and get back to you
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by RedCrake on Sep 17, 2010 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Thanks...and ask him for a Kung Pao Chicken while you're at it....
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
I would but I'm afraid that might be contrued as an improper benefit.
I can’t risk you losing your blogging eligibility, Dave. I just can’t.
And stay off Facebook.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Don't listen to RedCrake, Dave.
Friend me on Facebook. Then let me make you an offer on the shirt you were wearing on television when you laughed at Tim Tebow’s haircut.
I’m not trying to promote your professional career. I’m just a collector.
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That's it. We have you now.... Inquiry! Investigation! Inquisition!
You are hereby suspended from blogging until we arbitrarily decide you can return.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
but..but...but...
I’m Canadian!
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
No... That was Kyle's suspension.
Yours will be twice as long. But don’t ask me why. You have the right to appeal. But I’m gonna have to postpone the hearing for awhile so you can’t plan any future blogging. I’ll periodically tell you that you might be allowed to return to the blog, you know just to get your hopes up. But don’t.
And I’m adding an extra week cause you’re Canadian. So there.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Well, if Kyle is suspended..
are you pulling an Alexander Haig? It’s a c’oup d’etat, I say!
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
I try to stay out of depth chart issues...
Kris Durham will be taking over Dawgsports for the foreseeable future
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
We may just suspend you from participation in comment threads.
We’re not going to let the rival fans know if you’ll be commenting, though, so they’ll have to game plan around the possibility that you’ll be there.
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Overhaul Needed in Rules
I’m less incensed by the punishment than by the multiple standards that rule misbehavior by football players. And I’m not just talking about the Bama guy who went to South Beach on an agent’s dime. My real beef is that a bunch of Tennessee players beat the crap out of cops at their underage VIP drinking establishment, and Da’Rick Dooley lets all but one of them off scot-free, while the NCAA feels no need to even investigate. And I won’t even get into the obvious variations in arrest policies by the campus cops in Knoxville, Gainesville and Athens, which the NCAA can’t control but should take note of.
Sports are mainly valued in our society because they create a nice, tidy universe with predictable rules and reasonably clear outcomes, unlike the rest of life. That’s why we all bitch so much at obvious miscarriages of justice.
I profoundly hope the Dawgs can make this irrelevant by winning the next two games, and more immediately, can use this to motivate, not deflate, the team.
Do you ever get the feeling...
I’m less incensed by the punishment than by the multiple standards that rule misbehavior by football players. And I’m not just talking about the Bama guy who went to South Beach on an agent’s dime. My real beef is that a bunch of Tennessee players beat the crap out of cops at their underage VIP drinking establishment, and Da’Rick Dooley lets all but one of them off scot-free, while the NCAA feels no need to even investigate.
…that somehow, regarding A.J., we’re paying for the sins of other schools? I do.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
I agree
The thing that makes me want to break something is not the fact that we won’t have AJ for two more games, what makes me furious is that Marcel Dareus is going to suit up and play for Alabama this week like nothing ever happened. He went to Miami ON AN AGENTS DIME FOR PETE’S SAKE..WTF NCAA?
I get the basis for lessening Marcell Dareus's suspension.
Apparently, he didn’t know an agent was paying for it, and, when he found out an agent was involved, he left and reported the incident. That’s what got him a reduction.
I do believe, though, that A.J. is being singled out because he is (in terms of NFL draft stock) the biggest name player to have been caught up in this sweeping (and very ill-defined) agent probe. While I don’t think the NCAA had Georgia specifically in the crosshairs, they certainly were looking to make a big splash, and they wanted to nail a big-name player. Green qualifies.
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Big Splashes
When any law enforcement agency (which is what the NCAA is in sports) resorts to “making examples” and “setting precedents,” it’s a good sign that they’ve lost control of any respect for the law, and will only make things worse until they become consistent.
True enough.
Y’all convinced me of that when I went a little off my rocker on Alec Ogletree.
Of course, I’m just a guy who gripes about stuff on the internet. I have no enforcement authority. The NCAA has power, and with that power comes responsibility. They haven’t exactly done a bang-up job of exercising that power responsibly.
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I'm so not-jacked...
I’m about to eat a whole box of Twinkies. By myself. Time to Man Carb Up!
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
You're making me want a bowl of ice cream.
For the record, I don’t have the game on yet; Thomas had a good week, so we’re letting him stay up a little late tonight, so I’m watching “Big Time Rush” at the moment.
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That Blue Bell banana split is da' bomb...
And I hear Blue Bell is coming out with a new Flavor: “NCAA Neopolitan”…it has excessive sugar, not enough milkfat, and can decide which color to stick with.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
*can't decide (damn my extra finger...)
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Really feel bad for A.J. Green
He seems like a consciensious kid. He gets busted for the non celebration while other athletes practically turn cartwheels into the endzone and now he gets twice the punishment for selling the jersey to someone who denies being an agent, as do the players who took money and trips from people they knew were agents.
I just don’t get it, and I am sure he doesn’t.
He better never run a red light or he might get the death penalty.
I'm sitting here trying to think logically
when it occurred to me – there is no logic to what the NCAA does or thinks. …….could there really be a parallel universe?
I hope nobody around here is still hoping that U
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I hope nobody around here is still hoping we are going on probation. What the NCAA has been doing this year is way out of line.
Kyle, I appreciate the Civil War humor. Good stuff.
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by Gamecock Man on Sep 17, 2010 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah...
As I said when it was still in limbo a couple of weeks ago, I wouldn’t wish this crap on my worst enemy. Maybe on Mike Gundy, but that would just be for pure humor value as we collectively watched his head explode.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
I'm getting home and turning on
The Carver/Lagrange game. I’m hoping that Isaiah Crowell hasn’t been watching our O-line.
by MaconDawg on Sep 17, 2010 7:53 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I have a question for Dr. Lou:
DavetheDawg: Dr. Lou, if the NCAA were to investigate you today how many games do you think you would have to forfeit?
Dr. Lou: Leth me tell you somethinth…I never cheateth and resenth the accuthathion that you are making…and another thing…
<<at this point, the ESPN producer takes control of the
switcher/fades to black>>
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
This, although it's a shot at USC, I can agree with and laugh at.
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by Gamecock Man on Sep 17, 2010 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Not necessarily singling out USC...
he coached at alot of places.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
It's nothing personal, Gamecock Man.
South Carolina was only one of several schools that had to answer questions from the NCAA after Lou Holtz coached there, Minnesota and Notre Dame being two others.
We’re not pointing fingers. We knew what we were getting when we hired Jim Harrick, y’all knew what you were getting when y’all hired Lou Holtz, and we both got both the benefits and the detriments of those bargains.
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True....
But we aren’t constantly assaulted with how wise and good natured Jim Harrick is. We don’t have to see him on ESPN every dadgum weekend. So I’d say the Gamecocks doubly got the raw deal.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
I appreciate the sentiments...
But we Carolina fans—while we appreciate the Outback wins and national rankings—also really regret some of the things Lou did. It’s an ambivalent relationship, to say the least.
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by Gamecock Man on Sep 17, 2010 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions
We totally understand.
Virtually unprecedented success in basketball coupled with two straight recruiting classes that didn’t qualify academically and NCAA probation produced pretty much the same reaction in Athens.
Actually, that’s not true. We’re not ambivalent about Jim Harrick; if he shows up at the Arch on October 2, that goat is getting a cab ride home and the former coach is getting sacrificed.
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Note:
Kidding. No cheating coaches were harmed in the writing of the previous comment. I do not advocate, and have never advocated, physical violence against Jim Harrick. Hating his guts, though, is heartily encouraged.
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The thing about Dr. Lou and Mark May that sticks in our craw...
is Holtz really hated Georgia and it shows. Mark May is still bitter because Pitt, in his mind, got screwed by Georgia in 1980.
Both of these guys are hardly impartial as National College Football Analysts for the WWL.
D.J. Stokely agrees, too.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Constitution's Birthday
Heard on the radio today Glen Beck is speaking in Clemson tonight. Maybe they’re having a Constitution Birthday party. Although since much of CU has hit the road to Auburn, I don’t think it will be much fun.
By the way...
congrats to KU. That was a nice win vs. Tech last week…but in my despair I was unable to enjoy it. Huzzah!
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
It sure made my week a lot more tolerable.
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I've got family in town for the game tomorrow, so I can't stay...
… but I would like to say that, for the record, I’m in favor of seceding from the NCAA and forming the new Collegiate Sports Association. The core, of course, would be teams from the current SEC, ACC, and select teams from other conferences based in the south and east of the country and the Big XII.
Except Texas, of course. Let them go and prance around with their BFF’s from the NCAA. Losers.
Sign me up!
How do we start this? Should we shell Ft. Sumter, or Ft. Mill? or Ft. Lauderdale…
Just let me know what to do. ANARCHY!!
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
I have no idea how it would help, . . .
. . . but I’m in favor of shelling Fort Lauderdale on general principle.
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Public Enemy #1?
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
What have you got against Bilbo Baggins?
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
by DavetheDawg on Sep 17, 2010 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Note:
Kidding. No Florida cities were harmed in the writing of the previous comment. I do not advocate military aggression against cities in the Sunshine State. Hating the Gators, however, is heartily encouraged.
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Just aim carefully...I'm just on the other side of the "DMZ"
…until I move and get that gig to replace Dagmar.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Seriously, are you sending them tapes?
If only we’d thought of bidding on one of Dagmar’s sweaters to get her declared ineligible sooner. . . .
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I thought you MaconDawg were working on the Glenn Burns border swap...
I’m actually finishing up my “resume reel” this weekend. Thinking about sending it to QVC. They don’t have a weatherman, I don’t think….
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
If they're looking for another woman to replace Dagmar
Davesie?
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
You know...
it just might take me dressing in drag to get a decent gig.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
If Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman can pull it off...
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Not to brag...
but when I wear pumps my legs rival anyone’s….
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
The real question is do you have the five o'clock shadow to successfully pull off the Mrs. Doubtfire/Tootsie look
If those movies taught me anything its that people won’t believe you’re a woman if you don’t have a little bit of a beard coming in.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Are you kidding?
I get 5 o’clock shadow at 1:30.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
We'd be happy to start a letter-writing campaign.
Hey, if they made a big deal out of Fred Kalil coming to town, surely we can make a big deal out of you coming to town!
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This thread
should be called “Sybil”. It’s schizto!
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
or, for those who don't speak Polish
Schitzo
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Lord... that was a pathetic looking pass. Almost end over end.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Hey! An actual game-related comment!
Seven-year-old down. Two-year-old still fighting the battle.
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She literally was slapping my hand . . .
. . . as I was typing that. My daughter is the Typhoid Mary of sleep: she’s a carrier who passes sleep to others but shows no symptoms of it herself.
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I managed to get mine down about 45 minutes ago...
He’s now dreaming of little piggies being wrestled to the ground by Justin Houston
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
And the KU o-line reminds me why I'm not afraid of Tech's defense.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
That's exactly the way I'd feel if I were you.
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by Gamecock Man on Sep 17, 2010 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Jeez...that KU Quarterback
looked like he was going to poop his brtiches on that close up shot. Or, he’s been drinking Jolt Cola.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
So far--I'm happy with USM.
Not that Kansas is exactly giving them much to worry about.
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And the Braves are winning!
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by Gamecock Man on Sep 17, 2010 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions
It certainly won't hurt your strength of schedule
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
All right, I'm the last man standing in my household.
Son asleep. Daughter asleep. Wife fell asleep while getting daughter to sleep.
TV on ESPN. Ready for some football.
The way I see it, we want Southern Miss to beat Kansas, because (a) South Carolina beat Southern Miss (so our loss to the Gamecocks doesn’t look as bad if it turns out South Carolina also beat a good Southern Miss team) and (b) Georgia Tech lost to Kansas (so the Yellow Jackets’ loss to the Jayhawks looks even worse if it turns out Kansas is bad).
Ergo, a Golden Eagles win makes Georgia look better and Georgia Tech look worse. That’s a win-win. Does anyone see it differently?
Go 'Dawgs!
Don't know if you heard in the other thread...
But Kansas will be last in the Big 12 … FACT!!!
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Yeah, but that would only matter if our game against Georgia Tech mattered, . . .
. . . and no one has cared about Georgia-Georgia Tech since 1990. Ask around, you’ll see.
Georgia-Georgia Tech is no Ohio-Ohio State, I’ll tell you that!
Go 'Dawgs!
I know I should probably let it go...
But I have a huge problem with the “This is true because I say so” argument. I spend 8 hours a day with 11-13 year olds so I’m pretty familiar with the logic (or lack thereof)
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
I'm right there with you.
Unfortunately, the internet is full of them. Fortunately, we do a pretty good job of keeping them out around here.
Go 'Dawgs!
I can't imagine KU being worse that Iowa State
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Well, that's your problem.
You’re using your imagination, and he’s relying on “facts,” which he cleverly masked as opinions.
Meanwhile, touchdown!
Go 'Dawgs!
Don't Mess With Cy!
I see no reason to slur Iowa State here. They don’t have a very good team, but they also aren’t the Thugalicious mercenary program sported by their rivals in Iowa City (whose destruction of the Dirt Daubers in last year’s Orange Bowl was only a partial expiation of their sins).
I am prejudiced, I’ll admit, because I recently attended the Iowa State Fair, that great orgy of Deep-Fry-Everthing that makes Des Moines a temporary colony of the South, and purchased there my current sleeping attire: a T-shirt wherein Cy, the ill-defined bird that is the Iowa State mascot, is gnawing on a turkey leg.
By the way, when was this game scheduled?
I ask that because, even though Southern Miss is leading, Kansas has enjoyed some recent success and USM has fallen off of its pace in the 1990s. I’m a little surprised Kansas agreed to travel to Hattiesburg. Are they trying to get a recruiting toehold in Mississippi or something?
Go 'Dawgs!
I'm sure it was this guy's doing:
I’m just trying to figure out if he scheduled the game before or after the ticket scandal and accompanying federal investigation.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Come to think of it, we may have found the one person on the planet that makes Damon Evans look like a suitable AD
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
I didn't know Abe Vigoda
went to Kansas
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
by DavetheDawg on Sep 17, 2010 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Kansas' success was purely accidental
the gravitation pull of Mark Mangino actually caused some talent to get sucked into Lawrence, but since Mangino left, Newton’s Laws have largely been corrected.
Short answer: don’t know…
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
That dude had some quicks.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Southern Miss is going to kill Kansas
The Jayhawks have gotten all kinds of breaks -
two dropped INT’s from S. Miss, 70 yard run negated by penalty, wide open TD badly underthrown that led to acrobatic INT, S MIss drive stopped by ref tackle, and even the punt that tooko a weird bounce over the PR for another 15 yards.
Despite all that, they are behind and look like physically overmatched.
by GwinnettGamecock on Sep 17, 2010 9:15 PM EDT reply actions
The second TD came while I was typing
If betting were legal and point spreads readily available, I might make some money on this game.
by GwinnettGamecock on Sep 17, 2010 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Thanks, GwinnettGamecock.
I was about to ask how this game was so close. I came in just as Kansas was kicking the field goal to make it 7-3, but Southern Miss has looked like much the better team.
Go 'Dawgs!
All of this makes me think,
a. How bad is Georgia Tech?
b. How good is Southern Miss?
c. What does the answer to (b.) say about Carolina and Georgia?
by GwinnettGamecock on Sep 17, 2010 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Blocked punt touchdown!
You called it, GwinnettGamecock. This is going to turn into a thumping.
At least one, probably two, and maybe even all three of the following things is or are true:
a. South Carolina is pretty good.
b. Georgia Tech is pretty bad.
c. Georgia is better than the Bulldogs looked last weekend.
Personally, GwinnettGamecock, I think we both should feel better about our teams right now than we felt an hour and a half ago.
Go 'Dawgs!
Plus,
Hattiesburg, MS has the relative humidity level on-par with southern Cambodia in July. I’m sure those Kansas boys are suckin’ wind.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
That's an excellent point.
By the way, was that just a funny turn of phrase, or can you back that up meteorologically? Because I would believe you if you told me that was no exaggeration.
Go 'Dawgs!
nope - backwards
it’s windy in Oklahoma because Kansas blows and Texas sucks.
"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
Humidity is relative to air temperature...
(hence “relative humidity”). Warm air has a greater capacity to hold water than cool air…so the relative humidity of 75% on a 50 degree day is not the same as 50% on a 90 degree day.
Dewpoint Temperature is a better measure of how “humid” it is…and one of the highest Dewpoint readings I have ever seen was recorded at Biloxi one summer…which was 83 on a 95 degree day. Now, that’s all techno-weather stuff, but trust me…it can get stinkin’ humid down there on the northern Gulf coast. Tonight is probably very oppressive to those midwestern boys.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
we need tankertoad to pop in about now
but it’s pretty stinking humid around here (tulsa) in the summer, I thought Ks had a similar problem, but perhaps not.
"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
Where is tankertoad, by the way?
Hasn’t he told us in at least one recent comment thread that he has no life? :)
Go 'Dawgs!
your guess is as good as mine
and yes, at least once, probably more like 3 times. I think maybe he’s having a rough time at the moment. It’s unlike him to have no life.
"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
Maybe he's busy friending Ryan Mallett on Facebook
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Ah Lou... Notre Dame could be playing God and a host of angels and Lou would pick the Irish.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
and all the Bulldog people said, Amen!
"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
And everyone laughs along good-naturedly... but he's also a serious analyst
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
If a meteor crashed through ESPN's studio right now
and took out Mark and Lou, I wouldn’t bitch. Mean? Yes. Over the top? Never.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Halftime.
TV muted—-I’m not listening to Lou and Mark predict a 453-3 Arkansas victory—-and I’m headed upstairs to get some ice cream.
Go 'Dawgs!
Thought that occurred to me while I was getting a bowl of Breyer's mint chocolate chip:
If Texas A&M had joined the SEC, Kansas and Southern Miss would have been rotating rivals from opposite divisions of Conference USA by 2012.
Go 'Dawgs!
Umm...
You don’t need to hear her.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Fair enough.
She did say “Todd Reesing” when she meant “Jake Locker,” but I give her props for saying Auburn-Clemson was virtually SEC v. SEC. Culturally, that’s true.
Go 'Dawgs!
She did say JORE-DAN Hare stadium...
not JER-DAN Hare. I’m sure some Aubies have an issue with that.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Hooked on Phonics worked for Erin
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
TV muted anew.
Every time I hear Desmond Howard speak, I chuckle at the absurdity of the myth of Big Ten academic superiority.
Go 'Dawgs!
Everytime I hear Craig James speak,
I chuckle at the absurdity of the myth that Cro-Magnon superiority over Neanderthals.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
by DavetheDawg on Sep 17, 2010 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
But they have that thing that is awesome because they say it is awesome!
All the Big Rust Belt fans that fail to impress me with their own intellectual ability tell me it is Really Important.
by GwinnettGamecock on Sep 17, 2010 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm with you.
In the mornings, after the wife and kids leave for school, I do 27 minutes on the elliptical (I’m working my way up to 30, I swear), and I usually have the TV on ESPNU. Yesterday’s discussion of Reggie Bush and the Heisman Trophy included commentary from Desmond Howard, Trevor Matich, Craig James, and Andre Ware.
When Andre Ware is dramatically raising the average IQ in a conversation, the conversation is in trouble.
Go 'Dawgs!
I'd love to hear Craig James' position on AJ Green and college athletes taking money
Kinda screwed either way he goes.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Kyle, givem your well known hatred for both Tigers,
who are you pulling for tomorrow? Besides the meteor, I mean.
by GwinnettGamecock on Sep 17, 2010 9:41 PM EDT reply actions
Definitely Clemson.
I’ve been to Clemson a number of times, both for sporting events (baseball and football) and for research on the book. I’ve always been treated hospitably, despite wearing the colors of a rival team, and I happened to be there the day after the Thursday night loss that ended Tommy Bowden’s career; the campus was covered with folks wearing their Clemson gear in a heartfelt show of school spirit. I want to beat the crap out of them when we play, but I have a high regard for their program and their fans. (I suspect your mileage varies, but that has been my personal experience.)
Also, I hate Auburn.
Go 'Dawgs!
Your Clemson experience sounds like my Auburn experience
Though the hatred for the institution and sports programs does not typically lead to the same teetering on the edge of violence, personal hatred you see with Alabama-Auburn, my game day experiences with Clemson fans are understandably not as pleasant as your own.
My ideal situation is a very close, physical game that sees Auburn emerge banged up and victorious. I don’t think Clemson is that good, so if Auburn struggles but wins, it makes me feel good about our chances next week, but keeps them high in the polls.
These images of Auburn on ESPN make me hate that I have one more fall in the desolation of PA.
by GwinnettGamecock on Sep 17, 2010 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, people keep telling me about the good Auburn fans.
I’ve met maybe a dozen of them. In my experience, the jerkwad quotient among Auburn fans is the highest in the conference, and not by a close margin.
I’m glad your experience has been different, but I’ve been seeing these guys every other year for decades, so I think I’ve seen a representative cross-section.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 17, 2010 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions
I worked with an Auburn alum (who in all honestly I was pretty good friends with)
But every year before the Iron Bowl, he would send an email to all the Bama fans at school with an attached picture of Tyrone Prothro snapping his ankle.
And he was one of the good ones.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
This . . .
. . . is what I’m saying!
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 17, 2010 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Watch out Matthew...
You know how Vick is about Dawgs….
Ba-dum-chhhhhhh
And there’s my tasteless joke for the evening
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
By the way...
the heat index in Hattiesburg is 88 degrees.
And now, back to Storm Stores with Jim Cantore.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Until Cantore openly mocks a college quarterback
He’s got nothing on you.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Definitely include that in your resume reel, Dave.
I mean, the dude looked like a Medieval monk. You had to say something!
Go 'Dawgs!
a couple of years ago...
when hurricane Wilma was approaching south Florida from the west coast of the state, there was a sign along I-75 to Ft. Lauderdale that said, “F—- You, Jim Cantore.”
I believe some people feel he actually attracts storms.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Now that you mention it, he is always there right before they show up.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Want proof?
He’s in Bermuda tonight. They’re sooooo screwed.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Yeah, he's like Jessica Fletcher from "Murder, She Wrote."
If Jessica came to your party, you’d better believe somebody was going home in a body bag.
Go 'Dawgs!
I love me some Angela Lansbury...
Since Admiral Ackbar didn’t work out, maybe Ole Miss should go for her… or one of the Golden Girls.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
But they'd have to do it all over again in a year or two....
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
I was thinking maybe a plush Angela Lansbury costume.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
And while she's still living they could house her in a cage at The Grove.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
The Fighting Angelas
Has kind of a nice ring to it. And the band could play the themes from Murder She Wrote.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Decision time, boys and girls:
1. At what point does Kansas-Southern Miss go to secondary status and Cal-Nevada become the primary game of the night?
2. Should I undertake efforts to give myself a jolt and stay up later or accept that I’m probably looking at an early night and just let it happen?
Go 'Dawgs!
If KU scores here its sort of a game.
The next Southern Miss possession tells the tale of the game.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
If you're like me...
I’d go with #2: It’s been a long emotional week and an equally long day. We’re all tired (and giddy by the nature of this bi-polar thread) without the benefit of (much) alcohol.
We’ve got an early kickoff tomorrow, which means an long day for many travelling (and I work tomorrow night).
Probably going to call it a night, soon. Plus, I’m out of snacks.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
by DavetheDawg on Sep 17, 2010 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Alright!
I can do the “Talk to Myself” thread after all.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Nobody wants to read that.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Yeah, but it'll be fun
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Guys, guys!
Come on, lighten up!
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 17, 2010 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions
You're going to get banned
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
by DavetheDawg on Sep 17, 2010 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Sez who?
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
by DavetheDawg on Sep 17, 2010 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Sez me, weather boy.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
by DavetheDawg on Sep 17, 2010 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
You are a hack
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
by DavetheDawg on Sep 17, 2010 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
House Mom enters...
Now boys…..if you can’t get alone I’ll have to separate you.
"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
You're lucky you didn't call me "Francis."
‘Cause I totally wouldn’t have gotten that movie reference, Sarah.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 17, 2010 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Now, are either of you homosexuals?
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
You mean like flaming?
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Well, it's a standard question we have to ask.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
No, we're not homosexual, but we are willing to learn.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Yeah . . . Would they send us someplace special?
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
by DavetheDawg on Sep 17, 2010 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions
You can quote the whole movie, if you like.
One of these days, Tito Puente is going to be dead.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 17, 2010 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions
On a personal note...
My friends call me Ox. I dont know if you’ve noticed, but I got a slight weight problem.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
No!
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
by DavetheDawg on Sep 17, 2010 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions
It's ok...
I get to do the mudwrestling
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
The early night part...
I
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
by DavetheDawg on Sep 17, 2010 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Apparently,
if I take a team to win in my football pick-em list, even thought they SHOULD win, they will manage to lose somehow.
"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
And we might actually have a game
finally.
"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
hehehehehehe
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Is it just me, . . .
. . . or does anyone else think Rich Rodriguez should’ve had the Crash Davis shower shoes discussion with Denard Robinson before the season started and told him to tie his damn shoelaces?
Go 'Dawgs!
I'm scared to death . . .
. . . we’re going to see a few too many throws like that from Aaron Murray tomorrow.
Go 'Dawgs!
I'm scared to death...
because we may be asking for Aaron Murray to do it all tomorrow if the O-Line doesn’t get it together TYRONE!
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
by DavetheDawg on Sep 17, 2010 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Cracks me up . . .
. . . every time!
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 17, 2010 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions
By the way, is there any chance . . .
. . . one of the officials from the Georgia-Colorado game could be named “Tyrone”? ’Cause I would love to be able to yell that at the television after a bad call.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 17, 2010 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions
We could nickname Dan Hawkins "Tyrone"
We’d probably get more chances to say it
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
I certainly hope so.
As long as A.J.’s got it together, though, we should be all right.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 17, 2010 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Even if we manage to lose to them...
You know Hawkins will still find a way to lose his mind and tell somebody to go play intramurals.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
If we lose to Colorado, . . .
. . . we may need to go play intramurals.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 17, 2010 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions
If we lose to Colorado, we already are.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
quality
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
by DavetheDawg on Sep 17, 2010 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Also, the Mark Richt hot seat contingent of the Georgia fan base . . .
. . . will call in to the postgame show and say, “If we’d had Joe Cox to come in off the bench and relieve Aaron Murray, we’d have won the game!”
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 17, 2010 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Is there ANOTHER Clausen playing?
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
by DavetheDawg on Sep 17, 2010 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
The Southern Miss DB's are awful
That is now three dropped INT’s that I would have caught*.
- When I was sixteen. I would have then immediately dove to the ground to avoid contact from guys 100 pounds heavier than me in two of those situations, and strolled into the endzone in the middle one
by GwinnettGamecock on Sep 17, 2010 10:14 PM EDT reply actions
The ESPN2 announcer just said,
“It’s going to take California some time to adjust to the game speed of [Nevada].”
He was not being sarcastic.
by GwinnettGamecock on Sep 17, 2010 10:19 PM EDT reply actions
You're a good man, GwinnettGamecock.
I flipped over to ESPN2 a second ago, and, honestly, my giveadamnometer went off, and I had to flip back to the game being played in the Magnolia State.
What can I say? I’m a typical SEC homer.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 17, 2010 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions
I am living proof that is possible to be ethnocentric about a nation that doesn't even exist
and those tendencies have been strengthened, not weakened, by spending a year up north.
by GwinnettGamecock on Sep 17, 2010 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Jeez Kyle...
I just don’t know why you’d bring up the Buckeyes record against the SEC, the Big Ten Record against the SEC, and Georgia’s record against Ohio State and the Big Ten in a conversation about the comparative strength of Georgia, Ohio State, The SEC, and The Big Ten
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Is there some way to figure out who's officiating the game tomorrow?
If it’s Penn Wagers I’m becoming a conspiracy nut.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
I think I heard another "humidity" reference...
It’s no lie: south Mississippi is like Vietnam, except with mostly indoor plumbing.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
by DavetheDawg on Sep 17, 2010 10:28 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Either way you're probably gonna see a guy that looks like Christopher Walken playing Russian Roulette
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
They have indoor plumbing in Vietnam?
by GwinnettGamecock on Sep 17, 2010 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions
sort of...
all those abandoned U.S. Air bases had some mighty fine facilities, I’m sure.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
by DavetheDawg on Sep 17, 2010 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, we're back to this being a butt-whooping.
Yet, I know in my heart that, if anything happens in Cal-Nevada that I should care about, Rece will break in and tell me. No Rece, no worries, and I can concentrate on watching these Southern boys take it to those Big 12 fellows.
Go 'Dawgs!
Does anyone else have difficulty thinking of Joe Tessitore . . .
. . . as anything other than the host of the some-idiot-is-going-to-attempt-some-stupid-Evel-Kneivel-stunt-that-you’re-only-watching-in-the-secret-hope-you’re-going-to-get-to-see-him-maim-himself-on-live-TV thing they show on New Year’s Eve right after the Chick-fil-A Bowl?
Go 'Dawgs!
I contend
that tomorrow’s 12:00 start (11:00 Central Time Zone) may affect the Hogs…like it did Auburn in ’06.
Of course, we’ve been known to sleepwalk through the first half of a Jefferson-Pilot Special, too.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
I hate when announcers say (as Gilmore just did),
“If not for the holding, that would have been a big gain.”
No. If not for the holding, that would have been a two or three yard loss.
by GwinnettGamecock on Sep 17, 2010 10:33 PM EDT reply actions
28 to 10 wow
this is just sad. Kansas should be ashamed. I do hope we stop the snot out of Arky. Some fool engineer at the office who was entirely too chicken to admit to talking smack to me left me 2 pages of arky gear purchasing options along with a note that said “Go Pig Soieeee Razorbacks.” Should we actually stop the snot out of them, I will of course send the requisite email to the entire office suggesting the engineer in question should stop by my office at his earliest convenience, lest he find a typographical error in his next paycheck.
"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
You should order some of that horrible BBQ you were talking about
And have it sent to his desk.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
That Hairy Dawg ESPN 3D commercial . . .
. . . is the best thing we have going for us as Georgia fans right now.
Go 'Dawgs!
Pacific Perspective
Whilst you folk watch bad and pointless football, I am doing some work and listening to fine old rock music, and planning my breakfast tailgate for tomorrow’s 9:00 am PDT broadcast of Dawgs and Hawgs.
Oh, sure . . .
. . . rub it in, why don’t you?
Dad is getting here at 8:30 tomorrow, and we’re heading up to Athens. I know I’m in the minority here, but I like noon kickoffs. They’re conducive to father-son outings, with me playing both roles, depending upon the Saturday.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 17, 2010 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions
breakfast & tailgate
do not belong in the same sentence, except if referring to breakfast the morning after tailgating.
"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
Hey now...
I’ve made many a homemade sausage biscuit on the grill after setting up my tent at 7 am. Its like the tailgating version of an appetizer. And it is delicious with Natty Light.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Here's what you need to do:
Get yourself a Chick-fil-A sausage biscuit. Leave it wrapped in the bag and set the bag on the floorboard of your car. Leave it there all day. Later, when you’re hungry, unwrap it and eat it.
A room-temperature Chick-fil-A sausage biscuit is better than a hot Chick-fil-A sausage biscuit. Strange but true.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 17, 2010 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions
I support this message.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
truthfully,
I am not a fan of breakfast, except at 3 am after enjoying an evening out.
"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
In that case, the only option . . .
. . . is Waffle House.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 17, 2010 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions
As someone who worked at Waffle House in college...
I implore you… Don’t eat there.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
at 3 am - it really doesn't matter does it?
"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
Depends on how much you value your intestines.
I’ll just say that after I was there for a month, they tried to move me into management. And all I did was show up on time.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Exactly.
If you’re half an hour from throwing it all up anyway, does it really matter what you’re putting into your body?
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 17, 2010 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Fair enough.
But I think you’re missing out on the added flavor combinations that cheap gas-station beer provides. And tailgating is literally the only time you can enjoy them in a socially acceptable way.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
*Offer not Valid in Saudi Arabia, or Upper Volta.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
by DavetheDawg on Sep 17, 2010 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Breakfast Tailgates
RedCrake makes a good point. I try to make my breakfast tailgates authentically Georgian, with sausage and biscuits being mandatory; none of that West Coast avocado benedict crap for me, sir!
It is helpful, however, to roll out of bed at 8:00 or so, gaze on the blue Pacific, go for a quick run or walk in the 60-degree, low-humidity weather, and then get into the hooch before barking your way through the kickoff!
It is the recompense that I and many other Bulldawg expats pay for the agony of not being able to do what many of you will blessedly do: get up crazy early and drive to Athens, and take your seats before watching the game as an actual live event, not just another thing you watch on TV. I envy you, so don’t berudge me the comforts of being far from Athens.
hmmm sounds to me like
the Second Annual Dawg Sports Sacrificial Goat Roast may have to be at YOUR house. But as a consolation, we’ll get someone to bring authentic Georgia barbecue.
"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
Barbecue
Well, podunkdawg, if it happens somebody does need to bring some good barbecue. Closest thing we have round here is a place called Central Texas Barbecue, which doesn’t rival much of what you’d find in the South. They’ve never heard of Brunswick Stew. But you can find a lot of cabrito, if you must truly eat goat.
They've never heard of Brunswick stew?!?!
Egad, man!
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 17, 2010 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Seems odd, I know.....
But no, I have encountered no Brunswick stew here, not even the canned variety in the stores. They also do not have White Lily flower, which is essential to the construction of from-scratch biscuits (and which my wife’s family, from Cartersville, occasionally ships to us as a Care Package).
The only grits you can buy here are Mexican, but they are actually better than what you can buy in Atlanta. But to get back to my original post, I can buy Dipping Dots here or anywhere else, but I can only buy them in a miniature Bulldawgs helmet at Sanford Stadium. And that makes all the difference in the world.
Ah, Dippin' Dots.
20 years as the ice cream of the future without ever becoming the ice cream of the present.
I see your point about the miniature helmet, though.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 17, 2010 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions
It really doesn't take much
to talk me into going to a beach where the water & sand are both pretty.
"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
Georgia Tech is not a hard team to figure out.
Hit QB as hard as you can. Hit pitch man as hard as you can. Genius offense solved.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Turner Gill has some big pants to fill..
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Legitimately LOL
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Is anyone else bothered by the fact that . . .
. . . Rece Davis, who is from Alabama, says “Nev-A-da” instead of “Nev-AH-da”?
Go 'Dawgs!
Is anyone else bothered by the fact that . . .
. . . I keep asking pointless rhetorical questions like I’m Andy Rooney?
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 17, 2010 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions
"Why do they call an orange an orange,
but they don’t call a Banana a yeallow?"
I remember when Andy Rooney actually had something interesting to say.
Dum spiro spero - "While I breathe, I hope"
State motto of South Carolina
by The Feathered Warrior on Sep 17, 2010 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions
cuz what would they call
a lemon then?
"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
I can truthfully say . . .
. . . I have never heard Andy Rooney say anything even remotely interesting.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 17, 2010 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Classic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID3RalIYytw&feature=channel
Just riveting journalism
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
I see your Andy Rooney
and I raise you one Lewis Grizzard:
"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
Thanks. I just lost another hour to the internets,
this one was plowing through Lewis Grizzard youtube clips.
by GwinnettGamecock on Sep 18, 2010 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions
"I just sacrificed a goat at the Arch!"
“Damn, brother, I don’t believe I’d’ve told that!”
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 18, 2010 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions
only an hour?
i’ve been known to waste much more time than that when in dire need of a lewis fix :)
"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
At this point, I think it's abundantly clear . . .
. . . that I opted for the just-accept-that-I’m-going-to-conk-out-early alternative. Fair warning: I’m about done here, people.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 17, 2010 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
awww but it's always a good time
just chatting on the blog….
"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
Don't worry.
I’ve had maybe a dozen good nights of sleep since I was 16 years old, so the odds of me not battling insomnia this evening are pretty remote. With me, as with my two-year-old, “tired” does not necessarily lead to “asleep.”
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 17, 2010 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm right behind you...
g’night everyone. Been a most interesting thread tonight!
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
by DavetheDawg on Sep 17, 2010 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Good talking to you, Dave.
Here’s hoping we’re all happy this time tomorrow!
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 17, 2010 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Aren't they saying it Ne-veh-da?
Either way, it’s ehnnoying.
by GwinnettGamecock on Sep 17, 2010 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I didn't know how to spell phonetically the way they were saying it.
However, I regularly catch flak from South Carolina fans for spelling common words phonetically, so it’s O.K. :)
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 17, 2010 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions
This "trust me, I'm a doctor" series of Dr. Pepper commercials has run its course.
I enjoy Kiss as much as the next fellow, but Michael Strahan saying he’s sent people to the doctor is too much of a stretch.
If Matt Hinton isn’t on the next Dr. Pepper commercial, it’s time to change ad campaigns.
Go 'Dawgs!
I'd pay to see this one...
Trust me, I’m a Doctor!
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Despite the fact that the Jayhawks just scored, . . .
. . . I’m feeling good about the start to the weekend.
After all, we’re watching a team that lost to South Carolina beating a team with the letters K-A-N-S-A-S in its name. That’s a good omen.
Go 'Dawgs!
Optimistic about tomorrow.
I think the defense is better than last year and I can’t help but believe Murray can lead us to more points than Cox. And we are at home.
And while I realize my optimism runs contra to the spirit of this blog, since UGA has won a lot more games since 1979 than they have lost, I going to keep seeing the glass as half full.
My recollection from last year was that when pressured Mallet made bad decisions.
I'm skeptical about Murray leading us to more points than Cox.
Cox had a career night against the Razorbacks last year.
However, you’re right about the rest of it. Starting late in the third quarter, Mallett went from red-hot to ice-cold, and, whatever problems we have against the run, our pass rush is better this year than last year.
I’m feeling good about tomorrow, too. I think we win another shootout, albeit slightly less high-scoring than last year’s.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 17, 2010 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions
I just wish AJ could play.
Not so much to improve our chances…. mostly just to shut Ramon Broadway up again. It’s easy to talk trash when you don’t have to back it up.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
i'm still mad enough about AJ's situation
that I can’t type my thoughts into such a public forum.
"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
Nevada's coach looks like Rick Neuheisel's dad.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
All right, I've officially switched over to Cal-Nevada.
Good win for Southern Miss. Because the “giant killer” reputation passed to Fresno State, and, later, to Boise State, folks forget how adept the Golden Eagles once were at knocking off the big boys, but they managed to pull off some shockers against Florida State in 1989, Alabama in 1990 and 2000, Auburn in 1990 and 1991, LSU in 1994, Georgia in 1996, Illinois in 1997 and 2002, Pitt in 1997, Oklahoma State in 2000 and 2001, and Nebraska in 2004.
Go 'Dawgs!
Yes, . . .
. . . I had to look that up, although I remembered their 1996 win over Georgia, obviously.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 17, 2010 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions
You'll notice there aren't any Big 10 teams on that list.
FACT!!!
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Oh wait... Illinois...
That’s just an opinion though because it doesn’t fit my argument
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
by RedCrake on Sep 17, 2010 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
That ref is super excited about calling first downs
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Either y'all are getting funnier, . . .
. . . or I’m getting to the punchy stage, like Helen Hunt in the “Mad About You” episode where Paul Reiser accidentally gave her super-caffeinated tea on the night before she had a college exam.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 17, 2010 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions
I miss Mad About You.
In college my first class was at 10. From 8-10 every morning USA had an hour of Mad About You and an hour of Wings. Good times.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Didn't we get past this cheap bush-league last-second time-out crap a couple of years ago?
I hate that crap.
Go 'Dawgs!
I know you don't care about the NFL
But if you didn’t see Mike Tomlin do it against the Falcons last Sunday, you missed out. He managed to look like Shaft doing it.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
So awesome they showed it in slo-mo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EevG733L4Xs
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Yeah, I knew it was an NFL technique, . . .
. . . but it showed up in college somewhere circa 2006, and it was a punk move, and then it went away, largely because it was a punk move that didn’t do anything but make a head coach look like a chump. Starting with Pitt-Utah, though, I’ve noticed it’s back, and I don’t like it.
It’s bush league. If you want to call a time-out, call a time-out, but don’t wait ‘til the split-second before the ball is snapped so the play happens without the players knowing the play has been stopped. It’s the 1993 Florida game all over again.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 17, 2010 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions
If Pitt and Utah brought it back... you know it has to be good.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
at least its more of a game
than that last debacle we watched.
"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
huh
some of the nations most passionate fans are of the Big X persuasion….odd concept.
"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
All right, kid, you made a chip-shot field goal after the other coach called three time-outs.
Quit jumping around like a damn Gramatica.
Go 'Dawgs!
Its Nevada
It may be the only chance he gets to act like an ass on national television…. at midnight.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
It's the WAC.
Nevada will play four more weeknight midnight games this year, probably.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 17, 2010 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't know what's worse about this Geico commercial
That they have Abe and Mary Todd Lincoln making a fat joke… or that they expect me to suspend disbelief to the point where I’ll believe they had film in the 1860’s.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Yeah, that one was a bad one, . . .
. . . but, overall, the Mark McGlone Geico commercials have held up better than the Dr. Pepper “I’m a doctor” commercials.
The Charlie Daniels one was pretty sweet.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 17, 2010 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions
I liked the way he waddled off ala Bobby Cox.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Is Kapernick(?) having a good game?
Been watching HS football scores. They talk about him like he is the greatest thing ever but anytime I watch Nevada, I just don’t see it.
He's great like Colt Brennan was great.
System QB in the WAC
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
But at least Colt looked good in the WAC.
I don’t think Kapernick looks like he is that good among his own people.
Maybe not....
I just think the Pistol helps pump up the stats against WAC competition so that’s where all the hype comes from. I always have to remind myself that most of the “analysts” don’t actually watch all the games.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
I can't decide if they are trying to gin up support for bad games
But Jimmy Clausen is the poster child in my mind for this ridiculous build up of nothing.
Oh yeah, Great article in the WSJ yesterday about SC football
Why it isn’t good and yet the remarkable support it has. Can’t believe they got the memo all the way up in NY.
Dr. Lou: "We have 4 children and they're all girls but 2"
Lou, I know you’re a little soft in the head… but that means you have 2 boys and 2 girls.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
I have the sound off, because I refuse to listen to him.
What the hell is “Dr. Lou” doing out in the ESPN parking lot talking to NASCAR drivers with toy cars? Is this some kind of senile cross-promotional gimmick?
Just broadcast sporting events and shut up, already!
Go 'Dawgs!
That segment lasted a really long time.
I would have un-muted it, but it’s late, that ice cream has caused my blood sugar to plummet, and listening to Dr. Lou might actually have given me an aneurysm.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 17, 2010 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions
And it was on last night
I didn’t pay it any attention then except to note whatever he said he apologized for later to Mark Maye.
i think the whole Lou Holtz/ESPN thing is sad
and pathetic. he’s 74 yrs old, he’s retired twice already, and his NCAA record is 249-132-7 (64%) – shouldn’t he have a little bit more dignity than the schtick he’s got going with NCAA?? It’s like they (he & ESPN) go out of their way to display him as a complete schmuck. Besides that – it’s tiresome.
"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
I'm just wondering what the appeal is from a business perspective
Is there anyone who tunes in to see Dr. Lou “analyze” college football matchups?
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
In ESPN's defense, . . .
. . . Lou Holtz was a nasty sanctimonious cheating hypocrite, so portraying him merely as a complete schmuck is better than that SOB deserves.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 17, 2010 11:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Braves beat the Mets...
But OF COURSE the Phillies have the Nationals and win by 8.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
i love when we beat the Mets
regardless of whether or not we’re in the playoff race. I still haven’t gotten over what the Mets did to John Rocker.
"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
Agreed.
The Mets are worth hating merely by virtue of being the Mets.
Honestly, I was at Turner Field the night Tom Glavine’s jersey number was retired, and there’s still a part of me that will never forgive him for signing with the Mets.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 18, 2010 12:03 AM EDT up reply actions
Every time I see A-Rod hit a home run, . . .
. . . I am torn between the deep-seated hatred I feel for the Yankees because I am a good American and the encouragement I draw from knowing A-Rod is one home run closer to knocking Barry Bonds out of the top spot in the record book.
I still think some last-place American League team needs to name Hank Aaron its designated hitter so he can overtake Bonds himself, though.
Go 'Dawgs!
A rod was really nice to my boys at Spring training one year
So I am pulling for them. They may break Aaron’s records but they will never be his equal in class.
Here's how big a dirtbag Barry Bonds is:
Having Alex Rodriguez replace him as major league baseball’s all-time home run leader would represent an upgrade in integrity.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 18, 2010 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions
True.
Seriously, why wouldn’t a last-place American League team put Aaron out there as DH? It would be a draw, like Bill Veeck sending out a midget, and Hank’s still good for 20 dingers a year in these ballparks. Let the guy who did it honestly re-set the record he deserves.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 18, 2010 12:09 AM EDT up reply actions
why don't the Braves just put him out there as DH?
"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
Fortunately, the National League has rejected communism, . . .
. . . and, therefore, does not have the DH.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 18, 2010 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
fine, then put him in at
right field.
"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
There you go.
Aaron was underrated as an outfielder, anyway.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 18, 2010 12:19 AM EDT up reply actions
Dawg now at UNR in Reno
Hey everyone,
Been reading this blog for about 4 years but just now getting lonely enough out here in Reno to want to connect a little with the Athens faithfull. I’ve been out here for two years from Athens and just started a pHd this fall at UNR. Anyway, I went to all the games last year here as long as they didn’t conflict with GA games and it is like watching a basketball game when the wac plays in conference. Usually they get destroyed if playing a BCS team but NV actually looks pretty tough this year. The best part out here is how much everyone hates Boise State, their player are complete dicks and everyone wants to see them get destroyed (which hopefully will happen at some point this year). Anyway, I might join in on some discussion this evening since I kind of have insider info with a bulldog tilt. Thanks for reading and I might show up tomorrow although there are some really good breakfast bars in Reno for watching the early games!!
Awesome!
Glad to have you.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Cool!
Thanks for joining in the conversation!
I apologize in advance for the fact that I am at the sleepy, daffy, grouchy phase of my evening. :)
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 17, 2010 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions
No Problem
It is late in GA and noon is an early start, when I first moved to Athens and met my future wife she would make all of our group come over and have a sleep over and be asleep by 10 so that we could start tailgating early. good memories
I, for one, enjoy sleep-deprived, loopy Kyle
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Yeah, if that Ohio State guy shows up in this thread, . . .
. . . it may get ugly, and, by “ugly,” I mean “hilarious.”
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 18, 2010 12:07 AM EDT up reply actions
Stereotypes exist for a reason
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Speaking of Nevada...
Per Mark Fox’s twitter
There’s no feeling quite like the one you get when you come home… Great to be back in Athens
I’m not going to read too much into that (i.e. Tubby Smith Syndrome) but it still warmed my heart.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
???
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
That's what I was afraid of.
What happened to Terry Gannon? I don’t care if he was a basketball player. I am a woman who speaks in public for a living and I have NEVER felt like I needed to try to talk like a guy. Women who adopt that style of speaking drive me nuts.
When will DP work his way up to the big time?
Dave Pasch, Bob Griese, Chris Spielman, Heather Cox
per awfulannouncing.com (hilarious blog by the way if you ever have some time)
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Check out the site... the top banner is a Mount Rushmore of terrible announcers.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
They also have a link at the top to an Award given for terrible announcing (called the Pammies)
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
My personal favorite of the Week 2 Pammies
1. “This game is encouraging for Notre Dame’s defense.” — Lou Holtz, 100% serious after Denard Robinson racked up 502 yards himself
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
My Mt. Rushmore would have some different faces
At least Bill Curry, SEC hater extrordinairre is gone. But Palmer and James are about to end my addiction to the Thursday night game.
Agreed
I think they just try to have one from each different sport. Some of the baseball calls are the best.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
I know. Shocking, right?
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
You said it, hbtd.
Craig James and Jesse Palmer belong on the Home Shopping Network hawking hair-care products, with a guest appearance on the Christmas episode of “Big Time Rush” as the Ghosts of Boy Band Future.
As for Bill Curry, I hope ’Bama breaks 100 on Georgia State just to shut up that self-righteous priss-pot.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 18, 2010 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Week 1
Jesse Palmer: “Somebody wants to be player of the game”
Craig James: “He’s got the pants so far”
???
Discuss
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
I kept thinking when USC played So Miss
What Steve Spurrier would think if he heard that punk talking like he actually KNEW Spurrier instead of played for Spurrier.
The sad thing is I really like Rece Davis.
But if the technology exists to erase the other two and retain Rece, I don’t have it.
Jesse Palmer
is a faggg was a bad QB at florida anyway
by hawksfanatic1 on Sep 18, 2010 12:28 AM EDT up reply actions
MIght I suggest using another insult.
For instance… I like to call Tim Tebow a homeschooled, Filipino circumcising crybaby instead of saying what I really think
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Let's leave the slurs out of it, hawksfanatic1.
I’m happy to have you around, and I appreciate your recent contributions, but, as I noted in the other thread, we need to steer clear of the more socially unacceptable slurs, and that’s one of them.
If you want to say he’s a bad quarterback and a bad announcer, that’s fine, but let’s steer clear of such terms as those.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 18, 2010 12:30 AM EDT up reply actions
I find posting this picture is much more effective than unnecessary slurs
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
danggg
my bad guys my slip it wont haven again sorryy .
by hawksfanatic1 on Sep 18, 2010 12:42 AM EDT up reply actions
No biggie.
We’re glad your here and it isn’t the first time it’s happened (not even the first time today). Its easy to get passionate about this stuff and let things slip… we just need to be, how should I say, more creative about the way we belittle these nincompoops.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Curry
The best comment I ever heard about Curry was from an in-law Tech graduate after Curry defected to Bama:
“I can’t wait until he does his Total Person Concept speech at the Sylacaucaga Touchdown Club.”
Personally, . . .
. . . I’m hoping ESPN grabs three random frat guys named “Dave” from the student section and lets them call the game.
Honestly, what evidence do any of you have to offer that shows that wouldn’t be better than whatever we get?
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 18, 2010 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions
Everyone and there brother is working the Clemson game.
It’s on ESPN, ESPN3D and ESPN radio all with different crews.
I noticed that, too.
What’s up with that? I mean, yeah, I’m interested, because I consider them both rivals of ours, but, even though they’ve played each other a bunch of times, there’s not a real rivalry there. How many guys do they need to stand around and talk about Walter Riggs and John Heisman? Do they plan to do this for us when we renew our rivalry with Clemson in 2013?
Hey, now, Jamie Pressley commercial. (I know I’m misspelling her name. I don’t care.)
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 18, 2010 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions
It is just too funny that AU has now stolen Dabo's "all in" slogan.
Apparently there is no originality on the plain.
Well, since Clemson borrowed Auburn's mascot, coach, and (slightly revised) color scheme, . . .
. . . I’d say Auburn is owed “all in” as the slogan to be named later.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 18, 2010 12:32 AM EDT up reply actions
And our fight song.
But I guess now that I send all my worldly possessions to CU I am of the opinion that “Auburn with a lake” is acutally more attractive than the original.
I bought college boy an outragiously priced pair of khaki shorts with tiger paws embroidered on them to wear this weekend. I never thought that would ever happen. . . . . . .
Do you happen to know
when parent’s weekend is/was at Clemson?
"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
Sorry podunkdawg, my laptop died and I went to bed.
It was last weekend. When I was in Cola. Probably DQ’d from mother of the year award, but I thought until the last minute my son was going to Cola. too. (And other son said he didn’t want to waste his Saturday watching the “stinking Clemson/PC game” when he could go watch the Dawgs.)
I can't really explain it,
but it warms my heart to see teams from other BCS conferences fall on their face.
by GwinnettGamecock on Sep 18, 2010 12:14 AM EDT reply actions
That one was easy - South vs. north
I’m talking about the interception return for a touchdown by Nevada against Cal.
by GwinnettGamecock on Sep 18, 2010 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm with you, GwinnettGamecock.
When I switched over, I didn’t know which way I was rooting, but I find it viscerally satisfying seeing Nevada hang points on Cal.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Sep 18, 2010 12:33 AM EDT up reply actions
So so so so so sad
In my just for fun college football pick ’em I took – Cincy, Kansas & California.
"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 you see i have a system
step #1 – Always pick Georgia to win (regardless of what you think will really happen.)
step #2 – Generally – SEC over Non-SEC and D-1 over D-2, there are occasional exceptions (like I probly would take Texas over MSU or Vandy)
step #3 – look at the line from Vegas and choose accordingly.
Guess who I took?
"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
OK so hopefull the "always pick Georgia" part
puts that in a different catagory than all the rest of the picks.
one would hope
our picks are published within the group and I just can’t bring myself to take anyone over Georgia, ever.
"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
i Called it!
I called the upset in a previous post between kansas and so miss i feel on top of the world
thx
for making feel so much better ! :D
by hawksfanatic1 on Sep 18, 2010 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions
Sorry about that
I remember you calling Nevada over California too though, cause I was all, “No way, man! That’s just crazy talk!” But you were all, “Colin Kaepernick is going to get it done. Just watch and be amazed by my football acumen.”
by GwinnettGamecock on Sep 18, 2010 12:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Uhh, what?
Was supposed to say, “This is the second season in a row I am too far away to get to any decent football games.”
by GwinnettGamecock on Sep 18, 2010 12:32 AM EDT up reply actions
Should have sent you my tickets.
Now my 13 year old has downloaded Sandstorm and plays it over and over. Like I didn’t hear that enough last weekend.
by hbtd on Sep 18, 2010 12:33 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Thanks, but I'm no longer in Gwinnett. I'm outside of Philadelphia.
These people seem to think there are important football games played on Sunday. It’s weird.
by GwinnettGamecock on Sep 18, 2010 12:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Football games... yes. Important ones.... no.
Of course If the alternative was following Temple I might feel different.
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
football is played on Sunday?????
"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
long drive to Cola. from Philly.
But it always looks the same to me. (I have a degree from USC as well, but never changed my loyalties from my undergrad.)
Cal is trying to make a game of this
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Meanwhile, . . .
. . . I take note of the following:
1. The leftover pizza I ate to counteract the blood sugar drop from the ice cream has been only partly effective.
2. I am tired to the point of being punchy, surly (hopefully in a funny Frasier’s dad sort of way), and horrible at typing (I originally typed “suger” in the previous sentence, even though I know you can’t spell “Sugar” without U-G-A).
3. My father will be arriving at my house in just under eight hours, whereupon we will head up to Athens.
4. We’re a minute into the fourth quarter and we appear to be watching a basketball game.
I’m doing the math, and I think that means it’s time for me to hit the hay. Thanks for stopping by, and feel free to stick around as long as you like. Good night, all.
Go 'Dawgs!
nite Kyle
See you in 2 weeks :)
"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
And that’s the ballgame
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
and i'm 0-3
for “early” games
"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
Just a terrible Reno 911 reference
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
I was going to bed, but the announcer just said,
“This Nevada team has been in… so… bad need… of a big win.”
Some people have a way with words… some people… not have way.
by GwinnettGamecock on Sep 18, 2010 1:06 AM EDT reply actions
“If you’re the underdog on the road, what you want are some turnovers and…and..and you have a couple of those. 4th down… stays, right here. Another conversion that turns… changes the ball over to your, so if you’re on the road.”
-Bob Griese
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
Ok guys. I'm out. See ya tomorrow. GO DAWGS! GATA!
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't." - Lewis Grizzard
The NCAA is arbitrary and capricious; and that is a mortal sin in American law
The U.S. legal system embodies the concept of due process most often through the simple idea that judgments handed down to someone should not be what is termed “arbitrary and capricious.”
Unpacking the phrase, arbitrary means given to randomness or personal whim and not based on reason; whereas capricious means given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior.
The reason this is the bedrock terminology for due process is because it captures the simple idea that decisions shouldn’t be random and unrelated. This goes back a long way in the common law system we adopted from England and is memorialized in the due process clauses of the U.S. Constitution.
The NCAA does not operate on these principles. Rather, it is an example of arbitrary and capricious decisions — decisions based on randomness and whim that are given to sudden changes in mood.
Southern Methodist received a death penalty whereas Alabama received probation and bowl bans. USC received two years probation and scholarship reductions for actions that if occurring at Alabama or another school in the SEC would have likely led to longer bowl bans and greater scholarship reductions.
The above examples are not as illustrative as the example of an Alabama defensive player receiving a 2 game suspension for accepting $1800+ of benefits from an agent, whereas a Georgia receiver receives a 4 game suspension for selling a game jersey for around $1000 to someone who the NCAA, sua sponte and on their own, has decided qualifies as an agent. Similarly, a Middle Tennessee player received a 4 game suspension for receiving an improper $1500 loan from the community.
This is the epitome of arbitrary and capricious. Some may argue that it is not because of the technicalities on how the violations are classified, but that just means the very rules and regulations are arbitrary and capricious.
The NCAA is un-american. It does not protect student athletes and therefore fails in its mandate. All it protects is the wallets of athletic directors and school presidents.
In the words of the Roman senate, NCAA delinda est. I will shed few tears when the institution is torn down.
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