Gatorfreude College World Series Open Comment Thread
by T Kyle King on Jun 28, 2011 7:00 PM EDT
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PrintThe South Carolina Gamecocks claimed a win in extra innings in the opening game of the best-of-three College World Series finals, which matters to us mostly because the Palmetto State Poultry beat the hated Florida Gators in the process.
The second game---in which South Carolina could claim its second straight national championship and Florida could be eliminated---begins at 8:00 tonight. While, obviously, I wish the Georgia Bulldogs were one win away from claiming an NCAA title (and, I would note, the Diamond Dogs fell just one run short of eliminating the Sunshine State Saurians from SEC championship contention after beating the Gamecocks and the Gators in consecutive tournament contests), the next best thing to seeing the Red and Black win is seeing Auburn get put on probation by the NCAA Florida lose.
Therefore, in keeping with established tradition, this is your comment thread for rooting against the Gaines-villains.
Go ‘Cocks!
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I hate Florida.
Go Gamecocks! (I’ve made an adult decision not to be 6 years old with my South Carolina references tonight.) :-)
Also, if Lewis Grizzard is wrong, I don't wanna be right
http://catfishandcornbread.blogspot.com/2008/09/greatest-headline-in-history-of-sports.html
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There was a while there when the "S" in "SEC" stood for "sex."
Casey Dick. Andre Woodson. Matthew Stafford. Half the quarterbacks in the conference had last names that lent themselves to phallic humor.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Jun 28, 2011 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Proudly I might add
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by Mr. Sanchez on Jun 28, 2011 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I wanted one of these so bad that year for the Dome
Say Go DJ. That’s my DJ.
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by Mr. Sanchez on Jun 28, 2011 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions
That might be the greatest Bulldog headline in the history of sports...
… but I would, with great respect to Mr. Grizzard, submit that the following is the all-time world champion:
by vineyarddawg on Jun 29, 2011 8:58 AM EDT up reply actions
Was it the one Dix beating Gay in the 200m?
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by Mr. Sanchez on Jun 29, 2011 10:20 AM EDT up reply actions
GRRRRRRRR...
I’ve been having such bad luck with hotlinking lately…
Let’s try this one:
by vineyarddawg on Jun 29, 2011 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions
I assume that was after Rangers defeated them...
and I’ll agree, it’s pretty good and would have to be up near the top of the charts.
AS TKK said, thanks for sharing.
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Yes.
Perennial minnows Inverness Caledonian Thistle (known colloquially as “Caley”) defeated Celtic in a Scottish Cup 3rd round game at Celtic Park in 2000, prompting the immediate dismissal of Celtic’s manager and the forgoing headline by The Sun.
by vineyarddawg on Jun 29, 2011 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Bucky F'ing Dent is a Gator fan. Well, that's just spectacular.
South Carolina up, 3-1, but Florida is threatening.
Go 'Dawgs!
If I'm not mistaken,...
Steinbrenner was a Bull Gator, and there are several Yankees who support that evil school.
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That would make sense, what with the Tampa connection.
I had the sound down, but I believe Bucky Dent is Cody Dent’s father.
Meanwhile, a double-play ball gets us to the halfway point with South Carolina up by two.
Go 'Dawgs!
Dang.
Gators pitch their way out of a bases-loaded jam. Gamecocks still lead, 3-1, after five innings.
Go 'Dawgs!
Gamecocks get out of another tight spot.
Gators had two aboard with no one out, but South Carolina escapes unscathed.
We head to the bottom of the sixth with the Palmetto State Poultry still up by two.
Go 'Dawgs!
The Cocks do like it tight
the closer, the better.
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by Mr. Sanchez on Jun 28, 2011 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Gamecocks now up by three.
Solo home run by South Carolina to start the bottom of the sixth.
Go 'Dawgs!
The Cocks breaking out the big sticks
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by Mr. Sanchez on Jun 28, 2011 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions
They're looking for that second 'Cock ring.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Jun 28, 2011 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions
The possibilities are endless...
my first semester of law school, barely a month in to a new environment, I start seeing all these banners for “Cocktoberfest”. Felt like I was walking around the set of a gay European porno for a month.
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by Mr. Sanchez on Jun 28, 2011 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Not by me, they're not. I want to be sober to see it if the Gators lose.
The rest of you, though, are free to drink, smoke, and eat sticks of butter as you please.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Jun 28, 2011 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions
A fellow Butter of the Month club member I see...
and hey, it’s my second school’s possibly third national championship ever. A celebration would be in order. Or if they fail, mouring.
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by Mr. Sanchez on Jun 28, 2011 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Either way, another Terrapin is in order.
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by Mr. Sanchez on Jun 28, 2011 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
South Carolina still leads, 4-1, in the bottom of the seventh.
Gamecocks lead off their turn at bat with a single.
Go 'Dawgs!
Florida seems determined to burn through every pitcher on the roster tonight.
Maybe it’s like a rec league team, where every kid gets to play.
However, not everyone gets a trophy.
Go 'Dawgs!
Unless...
you elect to play in the Jim Delaney Invitational. Then everyone gets a trophy… even Northwestern.
"Dorsey Hill thinks when you die you go to Vince Dooley's house. He can't wait." --The Incomparable Lewis Grizzard
by Law Dawg on Jun 28, 2011 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Nice!
Meanwhile, Florida goes to its fifth pitcher of the evening.
If I was in Omaha, I might be called on to pitch the eighth, which I would gladly do, despite having to put on that garish orange and blue, because I’d walk the bases loaded on twelve straight pitches, then serve up a grand-slam gopher ball.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Jun 28, 2011 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions
It is the possible last game of the year
and the phrase “smoke ’em if ya got ’em” comes to mind. Matchup pitching!
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by Mr. Sanchez on Jun 28, 2011 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions
True, but you have to think about the possibility of a game three, as well.
Given the pot problems in the Gator program, incidentally, the phrase “smoke ’em if ya got ’em” may explain Florida’s poor performance tonight.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Jun 28, 2011 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions
You have to actually get to game 3 to need pitchers for game 3
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by Mr. Sanchez on Jun 28, 2011 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Granted.
I just think burning one pitcher on one batter is extreme, particularly when you’ve already gone deep into your bullpen.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Jun 28, 2011 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Meanwhile, Michael Roth has pitched a gem, . . .
. . . and the Gamecocks go to their closer with two outs away in the top of the eighth.
There’s not much doubt which has been the better-coached team tonight.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Jun 28, 2011 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
I do like Tanner's style....
more than Fredi for sure.
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by Mr. Sanchez on Jun 28, 2011 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, but using a guy for one batter certainly doesn't
make them unavailable if needed tomorrow.
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by Mr. Sanchez on Jun 28, 2011 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Fair enough.
They’ve just used a lot of pitchers, is all.
By the way, I was wrong before; now the Gamecocks are going to their closer.
Maybe I should start drinking.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Jun 28, 2011 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions
It'll help ya sleep when this craziness is done
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by Mr. Sanchez on Jun 28, 2011 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Drat.
Florida holds South Carolina without a run.
We head to the eighth with the Gamecocks leading, 4-1.
Go 'Dawgs!
Dad gum it.
Gators cut the Gamecocks’ lead to 4-2, with the potential tying run now at the plate.
Come on, South Carolina.
Go 'Dawgs!
Don't worry, those Cocks will hold up through 9
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by Mr. Sanchez on Jun 28, 2011 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Gamecocks pitch out of the jam.
We head to the bottom of the eighth with South Carolina leading, 4-2.
Go 'Dawgs!
Does it bother anyone else that we've only managed about 10 per cent as many comments . . .
. . . in the Gator-hating thread as we did during the most recent soccer thread?
I mean, vineyarddawg loves soccer, but he hates Florida!
Go 'Dawgs!
At least I made it here for this one...
plus I assume much of the soccer thread was vineyard trying to explain the basics and why people didn’t just pick the ball up and throw it towards the goal.
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by Mr. Sanchez on Jun 28, 2011 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions
South Carolina adds an insurance run.
Gamecocks go up, 5-2.
USC still batting, but the Big Chickens will need to card three outs before allowing three runs in the ninth.
Go 'Dawgs!
Florida starting to unravel.
That last play nearly put the “guh” in “Gator.”
Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of guys.
Go 'Dawgs!
Just curious ...
I’m sure it’s been asked before, but is the guy on second any relation to the Melrose Island Wingos?
Gator pitcher number six!
They may have Vietnam Dog warming up in the Florida bullpen at this point.
Go 'Dawgs!
Roth went two outs into the eighth.
This is the Gamecocks’ closer.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Jun 28, 2011 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions
To the ninth inning we go!
Gamecocks up, 5-2.
South Carolina needs just three outs. Florida needs at least three runs.
I like those odds.
Go 'Dawgs!
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by Mr. Sanchez on Jun 28, 2011 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Beat me to it.
Last out down!
Gators lose! Gators lose!
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Jun 28, 2011 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Just home from Omaha bar watching the game ...wishing for 3 more outs
Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the Dawgs of war; - Julius Caesar, Act III, Scene 1
by Vietnam Dog on Jun 28, 2011 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions
I missed the last bit on tv
Watched it via Gametracker. Almost expected those little Fisher-Price looking dudes to go into dog pile mode.
by NCT on Jun 28, 2011 11:34 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Congrats SC on 2 in a row...another SEC NC...
…that does not involve FU
Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the Dawgs of war; - Julius Caesar, Act III, Scene 1
Precisely!
I rooted against South Carolina last year, because I wanted Georgia and LSU to remain the only SEC teams that had won College World Series championships.
Since the Gamecocks joined the club last year, it cost me nothing for the Palmetto State Poultry to win it again this year, and, when it came down to the choice between Florida and South Carolina, it was a no-brainer.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Jun 28, 2011 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions
their 3rd ever!
(a woman’s track title in the 90s is the other I think).
Plus, now we can just hear them say how “we’re a baseball school” after getting beat on the gridiron this year.
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by Mr. Sanchez on Jun 28, 2011 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions
and an equestrian title
Though we have since been surpassed in the sport by that horse-riding school in Athens.
"Lattimore, as the kids can say, can ball, and sometimes does it to the extent one might say [he] is out of control in his balling." - Spencer Hall
by GwinnettGamecock on Jun 29, 2011 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions
Not an NCAA sanctioned sport at the time iirc
so it didn’t count.
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by Mr. Sanchez on Jun 29, 2011 12:25 AM EDT up reply actions
2005 and 2007 counted I believe
With three SEC programs in the top five every year (us, you, Auburn), it is only a matter of time til Delany either complains about a competitive disadvantage, or claims that the Big Ten Eleven Twelve Ten has higher standards for their horses.
"Lattimore, as the kids can say, can ball, and sometimes does it to the extent one might say [he] is out of control in his balling." - Spencer Hall
by GwinnettGamecock on Jun 29, 2011 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Good point...
Was in the SC AD’s media relations dept in 05, so I know that didn’t count. And on the NCAA webpage on the sport, it’s not there yet. There needs to be 17 more schools add the sport for someone to become a full fledged NCAA champion.
In 1998, equestrian was classified as an NCAA emerging sport. Many people within the horse industry have united together to help advance the sport to full NCAA championship status. In order to attain this goal and hold a NCAA Equestrian Championship, there must be 40 Division I/II schools that sponsor equestrian as a varsity level program.Currently 23 colleges and universities offer equestrian as a varsity sport and more continue to add the program each year.
http://www.varsityequestrian.com/about.html
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by Mr. Sanchez on Jun 29, 2011 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions
meant good joke on Delany
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by Mr. Sanchez on Jun 29, 2011 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Kyle, did you just write "Go 'Cocks!" on the front page of Dawg Sports?
Wow. I’ll have to think of how to repay you sometime. Thanks for the support.
Garnet and Black Attack: A Blog By and For Gamecocks Fans.
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend."
Congratulations. It was a well-played game by both teams, and a well-coached game by one team.
Hopefully, we’ll be back in Omaha with y’all next year.
Go 'Dawgs!
I'm sure Georgia will be back before too long. You guys had a good team this year.
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by Gamecock Man on Jun 29, 2011 10:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Having just gone over and looked at Alligator Army and the photo they had posted -
it was all I could do not to post a picture of a gator crying.
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
Here you go:
(Yes, that’s a crocodile. They can’t tell the difference, though.)
by vineyarddawg on Jun 29, 2011 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions
The cartoon looks like an alligator
It has a rounded, less pointy snout, and lower teeth are not visible with the jaw closed. (Yay! I got to be That Guy after all!)
"Lattimore, as the kids can say, can ball, and sometimes does it to the extent one might say [he] is out of control in his balling." - Spencer Hall
by GwinnettGamecock on Jun 29, 2011 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions
I think we're going to start designating . . .
. . . a “That Guy of the Day” around here. Everyone gets to work one 24-hour shift.
Go 'Dawgs!
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