Georgia Bulldogs v. Alabama Crimson Tide: The Haphazard Ill-Informed Roundball Preview
by T Kyle King on Mar 11, 2011 12:15 AM EST
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PrintThe problem with the SEC Tournament is that the turnaround time between games is absolutely brutal, as only 24 hours separate tip-off of one game from tip-off of the next. It’s tough to recover that quickly.
What? No, I don’t mean the players; heck, Trey Thompkins is more healthy than he’s ever been; I’m talking about sports bloggers! Won’t someone please think of the sports bloggers?
After easily dispatching the Auburn Tigers, the Georgia Bulldogs roll into their Friday afternoon date with the Alabama Crimson Tide as the winners of three of their last four games, but their lone loss in that span came at the hands of Anthony Grant’s squad. What have the Tide done since last the Fox Hounds met them? Well, . . . since beating Georgia, ‘Bama hasn’t done a dadgum thing; the Red Elephants have just sat around on their butts and waited to play the Athenians again. Lazy bums!
Oh, wait. Apparently, you get a first round bye for winning your division, so the Crimson Tide are enjoying the spoils of victory, not goofing off; my bad. Anyway, Alabama hasn’t played a game since last weekend, so my prior preview pretty much still applies, right down to both teams’ presence on the bubble. As of Thursday morning, Alabama was among the first four out of the field, and Georgia was among the last four in the field who would not have to participate in a play-in game. The Crimson Tide are looking to become just the third team to have beaten the Bulldogs twice this season; the two to have accomplished that feat in the regular season are the Florida Gators and the Vanderbilt Commodores, who are projected as second and sixth seeds, respectively.
Game time is 1:00 on Friday afternoon, with television coverage being provided by the SEC Network, which is utterly useless to you if you have a job, but I’m just making you aware as a public service, so you’ll know what you’re missing. No need to thank me. (What? You weren’t planning on thanking me? See, what did I tell you? No one ever thinks of the sports bloggers!)
Go ‘Dawgs!
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By now, I imagine we are all aware of the massive earthquake and tsunami taking place in Japan...
… and which is potentially endangering the coastlines of every country that borders the Pacific Ocean.
Let’s keep all of the people of Japan and others affected by this disaster in our thoughts and prayers.
And now, I’ll turn the mike over to the official DawgSports™ meteorologist, DavetheDawg, to discuss the situation further.
(hands mic to DTD)
This is a cataclysm for Japan
This earthquake is incredible. The resulting tsunami which struck north Japan this morning did so with very little warning because the epicenter was off the northeastern coastline and the wave did not have far to travel. If you’ve seen the video this morning, you know that the death toll will undoubtedly rise.
An 8.9 magnitude quake (of which, about 1 or 2 per year occur world-wide) cannot be considered a mere “2.6 points higher” than the recent 6.3 magnitude earthquake that struck New Zealand. . . it’s exponentially higher, and yet does not quite rival the worst earthquake in modern history: the 9.5 Chilean earthquake that struck in1960 and produced a devastating tsunami at Hilo, Hawaii. Also, the 9.2 Alaskan, or Good Friday Earthquake that struck in ’64 and devastated much of Anchorage produced another tsunami which struck Crescent City, California a few hours later.
Yes, indeed…thoughts and prayers certainly for Japan this morning and anyone else affected by the resultant tsunamis and aftershocks that are certain to follow. The Ring of Fire is active, perhaps beginning with the New Zealand shaker last month and this most recent one.
The possibilities that another quake could be generated anywhere along these geologic boundaries are real…including our coastline from Alaska down to California.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Gal Darnit, Mr. DavetheDawg, you use your tongue prettier than a twenty dollar whore.
by hailtogeorgia on Mar 11, 2011 10:06 AM EST up reply actions
you have no idea...
how hard it was typing all that out with my tongue. The linking part is the hardest.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
by DavetheDawg on Mar 11, 2011 10:16 AM EST up reply actions
I'm not a meteorologist, geologist or other similarly learned "ist", so I have to ask . . .
this morning on the way into work I heard that there had been a smaller quake in Hawaii (a 4.2 perhaps?) in the hours after the Japan quake, but the radio person said “the two are not thought to be related.” That seems improbable to me. I mean, is the plate tectonics stuff that I learned in science classes as a youngster now outdated? Because it seems to me that a plate subluxation on one side could very well trigger a similar shift on the other, and that the time correlation alone makes it appear far beyond coincidence.
That aside, my thoughts and prayers go out to those in the aftermath of this thing. That includes you Dawg Sports readers in east Asia (I know there are a couple of you).
Hawai'i is known
geologically, as a ‘hot spot’ making it one of the most active geologic regions anywhere. And right now, the Kilauea volcano is erupting…so this might have something to do with the relatively minor tremors that are occurring at present.
What is it about Conference Championship tournaments and Natural Disasters?/half kidding.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
by DavetheDawg on Mar 11, 2011 10:14 AM EST up reply actions
12/21/12...
tsunamis, earthquakes, famines, flooods, it’s coming.
http://sportsandgrits.blogspot.com/
by Mr. Sanchez on Mar 11, 2011 11:41 AM EST up reply actions
Also coming...
Though apparently less predictable:
"If there's one thing worse than chlamydia, it's Florida." ~ Emma Stone, Easy A
My father
Was on a runway in Narita, Japan, when the quake hit. They were able to escape eventually. Prayers to those who were not.
(He has a knack for upstaging important Alabama games. The day Bama played Texas for the BCS title, he successfully had cancer on his prostate removed.)
That's incredible.
glad he’s safe.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
by DavetheDawg on Mar 11, 2011 10:40 AM EST up reply actions
More Breaking News...
Exclusive pictures from downtown Atlanta this morning.
Better move to Tech’s campus before the wrecking ball starts swinging…
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Angels are casting fire upon Atlanta?
Meh. Baptist preachers in south Georgia have been saying that would happen for years now.
I think you may be correct
These should be hot items at all local Atlanta-area Wal Marts:
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
by DavetheDawg on Mar 11, 2011 10:39 AM EST up reply actions
this image
would have made my previous post make sense…
now, it’s just a sad attempt at salvage.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
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