Happy Thanksgiving!

by T Kyle King on Nov 24, 2011 4:00 AM EST in Life Its Ownself

Happy Thanksgiving! All of us here at Dawg Sports wish all of you a healthy and joyous celebration of the many blessings that have been bestowed upon all of us. We truly have many reasons to be grateful.

The ways in which this life is a good one are too numerous to list them all, but it is worth taking the time and going to the trouble to list a few of them, in commemoration of the day. I am thankful for good health, a good job, a good home, and a loving family. I am thankful for the nation, the state, and the faith into which I had the privilege of being born. I am thankful for the opportunities life has provided me, which I did nothing to earn, and the freedom and salvation I have been given, which I did nothing to deserve.

I am thankful for the men and women in uniform who stand in harm’s way all around the globe to defend our nation and its ideals, and for those who sacrificed their lives in the causes for which our country called them to fight. I am thankful for the ability to distinguish between institutional rivalries and personal ones, so that I might root hard for the Georgia Bulldogs to beat the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on Saturday, yet still be able to honor the memory and bravery of men like Lieutenant Clinton Dillard Castleberry, Jr. Clint Castleberry, a Georgia Tech halfback who finished third in the Heisman Trophy balloting as a freshman in 1942 and had his jersey number (19) retired by the Yellow Jackets, enlisted in the Army Air Force after his initial college football campaign. His B-26 Marauder disappeared over Africa, and, on November 23, 1944---67 years and one day ago---Castleberry was classified as killed in action in the service of his---our---country. Admirable and courageous representatives of the Institute like Clint Castleberry are why my boisterous cheering for the Bulldogs against the Jackets will never include the expression of a hope that any person associated with either institution will ever be consigned to Hell.

I am thankful for the University of Georgia, which has given so much to me, and I am thankful for Greg McGarity, Mark Richt, Mark Fox, and the many other men and women who represent the nation’s oldest state-chartered university so well. I am thankful for the recently departed Larry Munson, whose loss we all mourn, but whose presence in our lives will all always will hold dear.

I am thankful for DavetheDawg, hailtogeorgia, Ludakit, MaconDawg, Mr. Sanchez, NCT, podunkdawg, The Quincy Carter of Accountants, RedCrake, Spears, tankertoad, and vineyarddawg, each of whom brings to the site a freshness, a vitality, and a uniqueness of voice and perspective that have enriched immeasurably the quality and the quantity of what appears here on a daily basis.

Last, but by no means least, I am thankful for all of you who take the time to visit, read what is written here, and take part in the conversation. Without you, there wouldn’t be a Dawg Sports, and we are grateful for your presence and your participation. In that spirit, we invite you to share your expressions of gratitude on this most fundamentally American of holidays in the comments below.

Happy Thanksgiving! Go ‘Dawgs!

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I am thankful

for the Arkansas mallards I am about to put the smackdown on !

A wayward dawg in Memphis looking for the voice of reason

by esquiredawg on Nov 24, 2011 4:20 AM EST via iPhone app reply actions

What conference are they in?

;-)

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by DavetheDawg on Nov 24, 2011 8:53 AM EST via mobile up reply actions

I'm going to take a swing and guess...

… Sun Belt.

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Go Dawgs!

by vineyarddawg on Nov 24, 2011 8:59 AM EST up reply actions

I'd say

For sure the (Gulf of) Mexican 10

by BarnettShoals on Nov 24, 2011 11:25 AM EST up reply actions

Then we still wouldn't have beaten anyone. /AJC /ESPN /GT /ARK

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"The ball ain't heavy." Herschel Walker

by tankertoad on Nov 24, 2011 12:59 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Happy Thanksgiving to All!

by hbtd on Nov 24, 2011 8:42 AM EST reply actions

From all of our family to all of yours...

… May your Thanksgiving holiday be filled with good health, good friends and family, and good cheer.

(And if you’re going to Rodney Garner’s house for Thanksgiving, make sure you hit the spread before Bean Anderson and Cordy Glenn.)

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Go Dawgs!

by vineyarddawg on Nov 24, 2011 9:05 AM EST reply actions

Happpy Thanksgiving.

“As the almost overlooked holiday approaches, my wish is that each of you have the most satisfying of Thanksgivings with your family, friends and loved ones. Whether they be few or many, if there is at least one, be thankful. The 16th/17th century poet and priest John Donne wrote “No man is an island…” as he endured serious illness, realizing how dependent he was on others, and they on him. The fact that his works continue to endure is indicative of his wise insight.

Don’t attempt to be an island this Thanksgiving, and especially not this Christmas. Be a blessing to someone, in some small way, and be blessed."

by AthensHomerDawg3 on Nov 24, 2011 9:12 AM EST reply actions 4 recs

Amen!

Rec’d for indirect reference to a clod’s being washed away.

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Go 'Dawgs!

by NCT on Nov 24, 2011 9:47 AM EST up reply actions

Happy Thanksgiving

And I hope that our Dawgs won’t “sleepwalk” against Tech.

My dad taught me how to make meat for sloppy joes and my mom let me turn over hot dogs on the grill.

by ChopMaster on Jun 25, 2011 7:25 PM CDT

by justincredubil02 on Jun 28, 2011 9:50 PM EDT reply actions

"Here in the National League where we play REAL baseball, DH means double-header." -Me.

Dawg Sports -Georgia Bulldogs. When life gives you Gators, make Gatorade.

RIP Larry Munson. I hope there's a lot of hobnail boots for you to wear.

by ChopMaster on Nov 24, 2011 9:14 AM EST reply actions

Happy Thanksgiving....

to all of you who read, comment and contribute for Dawg Sports. You make this site what it is, and we can’t thank you enough.

I’m also thankful the Auburn defense is not cooking our turkey today, because they only know one way to do the job: burnt on the outside and rubbery in the middle.

Now on Twitter at @MaconDawg. Same great snark, fewer characters!

by MaconDawg on Nov 24, 2011 9:41 AM EST via iPhone app reply actions 4 recs

Ha!

I don’t care who you are, that’s funny.

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by The Quincy Carter of Accountants on Nov 24, 2011 12:35 PM EST up reply actions

Gobble, gobble, everybody!

I’ve harvested the goodies from the oven and am fixin’ to suffer through Gwinnett en route to the hills. I’m thankful for my family there and my Dawg Sports family here. Cheers!

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Go 'Dawgs!

by NCT on Nov 24, 2011 9:49 AM EST reply actions

So much to be thankful for...

I really can’t add much more to what has already been expressed, but I just wanted to thank Kyle and MaconDawg for their hard work over the years. For their talent, vision and for allowing a hack like me to actually write and post just about anything I want…24/7…365…OMG! I CONTROL THE INTERWEBS I’M HUGE IN PRAGUE! HA HA HA HA HA!!! TECH DIDN’T INVENT COMPUTERS I DID AND I’M NOT EVEN IN MY MOTHERS BASEMENT LOL! I RUN THIS ESTATE!! GO DAWGS!

…ahem. I’m okay now.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

Editor @ Dawg Sports. 3rd degree Red 'n Black Belt.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell

by DavetheDawg on Nov 24, 2011 10:23 AM EST reply actions

Thank all of yall

For providing all of us with the most literate, good hearted website of all college sports. In addition, I am thankful for John Milledge, Abraham Baldwin, Josiah Meigs, David Barrow, Fred Sanford, Fred Davison, Louise McBee, William Tate, Bill Bracewell, Paul Kurtz, Frank R Harrison III, James C Cobb, Russell Yeany, F. Nash Boney, Omar Clyde Aderhold, Charles Knapp, the Torrance Center, Robb Holmes and all the other countless and unenumerable persons that have made and continually make the process of Seeking and Inquiring into the Nature of Things the main business of the body politic of our beloved State of Georgia.

I hope each and all of you have a Wise Just and Moderate Thanksgiving,

Warmest Regards,
David G Hill
BarnettShoals, Georgia

by BarnettShoals on Nov 24, 2011 11:29 AM EST reply actions 2 recs

Rec for the pillars.

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"The ball ain't heavy." Herschel Walker

by tankertoad on Nov 24, 2011 1:01 PM EST up reply actions

Fred Sanford?

I mean, I’m thankful for him, too… but I think you meant Steadman Vincent Sanford, right?

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Go Dawgs!

by vineyarddawg on Nov 24, 2011 2:15 PM EST up reply actions

I am thankful for Fred Sanford!

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"The ball ain't heavy." Herschel Walker

by tankertoad on Nov 24, 2011 3:20 PM EST up reply actions

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Go Dawgs!

by vineyarddawg on Nov 24, 2011 3:46 PM EST up reply actions

Nicely said Kyle

I’d add that I’m thankful for several things beyond God, country, and the University of Georgia (for which I am immensely grateful)

I’m thankful for Will Friend, who has turned a group of kids that underperformed under “OMG Stacy Searles!” into a group of beasts. I’m thankful for Scott Lakatos who has made our secondary into a strength instead of a weakness. And my Lord, I am thankful for Todd Freakin’ Grantham. KTMFD!

On a personal note, I’ll say what I say every year: I’m grateful for my parents raising me the right way. I’m especially thankful for my Dad, who had the wisdom to smack me upside the head on the occasions where I managed to forget that fact.

And I’m thankful that God had the good sense to inspire man to create Bourbon and football Saturdays in the South.

P.S. I’m thankful that in a few hours Thanksgiving will be over… and my hillbilly, Tech fan inlaws will return to the double-wide from whence they came.

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by RedCrake on Nov 24, 2011 12:20 PM EST via mobile reply actions 1 recs

Oh

And I’m thankful for each and every one of you who endulge my compulsive need to share my feelings and opinions about college football in writing.

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Sacrificing goats, chugging Maker's Mark, and walking underneath The Arch.

by RedCrake on Nov 24, 2011 12:22 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs

Happy Thanksgiving to all from Seattle (today).

I am thankful for everything all ready mentioned. Today I am thankful for the reminder that although Kansas stinks, I have many great friends all around the country. I am thankful for the blessings of my health and mind, my loving family, and all of my G*d given, although perchance under utilized talents. I am thankful for my fellow comrades around the globe, over around 90% of the military came in post 9/11. That’s very special.

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"The ball ain't heavy." Herschel Walker

by tankertoad on Nov 24, 2011 1:04 PM EST reply actions 1 recs