Slow News Day Tuesday: The New Season's Resolutions Edition
by T Kyle King on Aug 23, 2011 8:45 AM EDT
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PrintLadies and gentlemen, we have almost made it. Today marks the last Tuesday before the Tuesday before the start of college football season. By this time next week, we will be back into our regular autumn routine, with polls and previews and predictions and suchlike, so this marks the final edition of "Slow News Day Tuesday" for 2011.
Accordingly, since this effectively is the year-end installment of this weekly feature, it seems only right that we should use this opportunity to give our new season’s resolutions. Let’s face it; whatever we did last year sure didn’t work, so we clearly need to mix it up a little bit this year.
For my part, I intend to apply Winston Churchill’s dictum more completely. I feel like I have that whole "magnanimity in victory" part pretty well nailed down, but I’m going to work on the "defiance in defeat" aspect this season. Since I seem perfectly capable of offending opposing fan bases entirely inadvertently, I see no reason not to be a jerk on purpose anytime the Georgia Bulldogs lose a football game.
What do you plan to do differently this autumn? Share your new season’s resolutions in the comments.
Go ‘Dawgs!
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I am going to watch games alone.
There is no reason to jack-knife the family energy bus when we lose to Colorado and UCF.
TKK, I think you'll be wildly successful.
Juyst out of curiousity, what would you call your typical “defeat reaction” in the past?
contributing author - Alligator Army
Just to make sure that we're calling it correctly
I’ve looked up a list of symptoms that those who suffer from clinical depression exhibit. I’m sure I’ll receive a visit from HR pretty soon for googling “Clinical Depression Symptoms”, but I’m willing to make that sacrifice if it helps you. If you don’t mind, please look over this list, and if it’s a match, we can find you some help.
difficulty concentrating, remembering details, and making decisions
fatigue and decreased energy
feelings of guilt, worthlessness, and/or helplessness
feelings of hopelessness and/or pessimism
insomnia, early-morning wakefulness, or excessive sleeping
irritability, restlessness
believing that those who cause you pain are cyborgs with no emotion
loss of interest in activities or hobbies once pleasurable, including sex
overeating or appetite loss
spending weeks dissecting the cause of your pain, and posting articles on how to defeat it
persistent aches or pains, headaches, cramps, or digestive problems that do not ease even with treatment
seeing the advancement of those you once considered friends to be the ultimate betrayal
persistent sad, anxious, or “empty” feelings
endlessly obsessing over one specific facet of your pain, and lashing out at all of those closes to you.
thoughts of suicide, suicide attempts
You tell me?
contributing author - Alligator Army
I'm going to treat those as good-natured jabs that went awry.
If you meant them sincerely, I’ll be happy to rebut them, for the benefit of those with reading comprehension issues.
Also, if you meant them sincerely, I’ll be happy to point out the rank hypocrisy of levying an accusation of obsession against someone over a year-and-a-half-old accusation against an ex-coach that later was confirmed to be true.
As I said, though, I’m going to treat those as good-natured jabs that went awry, so we can consider the matter closed.
Go 'Dawgs!
come on TKK, where's your sense of humor?
of course this was good natured jabs, though we’ll have to disagree about the going awry part. I thought the “cyborg” part was hilarious, and I’m actually not entirely sure what your comment about the year and half old accusation was about, but whatever…football starts soon, who cares?
contributing author - Alligator Army
As I said, I interpreted them as good-natured jabs; I just wasn't sure.
My point was that my criticisms of Urban Meyer (regarding his “de-tirement” and his misrepresentation of a coach’s status to recruits) and of Will Muschamp (regarding his having repeatedly gone out of his way to bash Georgia) have had nothing to do, either in timing or in principle, with Bulldog football losses. Hence, the “went awry” part.
In any case, you’re right about the last five words of your comment, which is what matters most. We’ll see y’all in Jacksonville, and we’ll see you around in the comment threads, as well.
Go 'Dawgs!
Let's just say that if the Dawgs emerge victorious on October 29...
… you’d better take a couple of steps back before checking the blog that night.
I can't even imagine what it would be like over here...
I hope that day never comes, but if/when it does, I will do what I usually do. I’ll begrudgingly head over to the victors blog, looking to give some cliche responses about both teams playing well, and hard fought victory. I’ll then see the masses cursing my beloved team, and decide, “nah, they don’t deserve it”.
contributing author - Alligator Army
I would say a pre-emptive word of maganimity...
… but we all know I won’t need it.
/Hooray pessimism!
by vineyarddawg on Aug 23, 2011 9:45 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh wait, you said different….
Um, I dunno. I might take up knitting.
I was thinking of penance through self-flagellation after we lose, but I’m not really into the whole pain thing.
In all seriousness, I’m changing my mindset for this pre-season. I’m not going to be optimistic (that didn’t work) and I’m not going to be pessimistic (because being proven correct didn’t stop me from wanting to claw my eyes out). This year I’m going to settle back and soak in the sweet sweet comfort of ambivalence. I’ve already gone to both extremes, so I think I’m gonna hang out in the middle somewhere. At least until 2 minutes into the Boise State game when I’ll probably yelling myself hoarse (good or bad).
"If there's one thing worse than chlamydia, it's Florida." ~ Emma Stone
I will offer....Monosyllabic...
glutteral responses to all things that happen that are dissapointing during a UGA game. These will not be posted on the thread, nor will they include inflamatory or inappropriate cursings of which many fall into the initial MGR description. Hopefully, it will be a joyfest full of great and wordy celebratory pontifications….like Touchdown!!! Awesome!!! Dawg Domination!!! Murray for Heisman!!! My gosh this 3-4 is really working out!!! not……
GRRR
2 years to the Cup
I'm not going to . . .
curse Andy Bailey and the shanked extra point he rode in on. I am going to avoid Auburn blogs after the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry not involving the Mercer Bears, win or lose; keep my hands and feet behind the barrier when John Jenkins and Kwame Geathers come by during the Dawg Walk; stop making fun of Rangers100;
By the way, I am not going to stop making fun of Rangers100.
by MaconDawg on Aug 23, 2011 9:59 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
It was Rangers175.
Also, in the like vein, I will stop hating on Michael Adams in my weekly “on notice” thread.*
* – I will not stop hating on Michael Adams in my weekly “on notice” thread.
by vineyarddawg on Aug 23, 2011 10:16 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Change, why would I change?
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http://sportsandgrits.blogspot.com/
by Mr. Sanchez on Aug 23, 2011 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm not going to go to other teams' blogs
and defend Mark Richt, this is a waste of life whether he deserves it or not. I said last year I wouldn’t watch the wlocp until we won 2 out of 3. But sadly, I know I’ll nix that unless the season is already down the tubes.
by Mark Mandingo on Aug 23, 2011 10:44 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
I have a confession to make.
The last three years are all my fault. Seriously. I enrolled at the University of Georgia in August 2002. The Dawgs immediately proceeded to win their first SEC Championship in 20 years while posting a 13-win season and a #3 ranking in the final polls. The proceeding two years were nearly as spectacular, encompassing an eleven-win and a ten-win season, two top ten finishes, and another SECCG appearance. In the spring of 2005, following the most successful three-year period since the early 1980s, I graduated from the University with a B.S. in Forestry (hence my name – TreeDawg is a reference to my degree, and I added "Night" in tribute to a most excellent band of the ‘60s and ‘70s)
The Dawgs’ streak of glory was not to end, nor was my affiliation with the flagship university of the Peach State. In the fall of 2005, I again enrolled as a student at the University of Georgia, this time as a graduate student. The Classic City Canines proceeded to win 10 games en route to their second SEC Championship game of my collegiate career, and yet another top ten finish. In 2006, I was still technically an attendee of the university, but I was busy conducting my graduate research in Brazil. The Dawgs, meanwhile, fell to their worst finish since Mark Richt’s inaugural season – a 9-4 finish and a #23 ranking in the AP poll. In 2007, I was back on campus, completing my thesis, as I watched the Dawgs fight back from a slow start to finish the season with 11 wins and a #2 ranking, their highest final ranking since the glorious season of 1980. The final day that I resided in the city of Athens – January 1, 2008 – was the very day of the last significant victory of my alma mater. On January 2, 2008, I moved away from the Classic City to begin my career, and the ‘Dawgs have tasted nothing but heartbreak and defeat since then.
It should be clear to all what my new season’s resolutions should be – I must enroll as a student at the University of Georgia for a third time. Anyone have any suggestions for an interesting Ph.D program?
by TreeDawgNight on Aug 23, 2011 11:17 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
MaconDawg, Mr. Sanchez, NCT, Spears, and I . . .
. . . are prepared to write you letters of recommendation to the Joseph Henry Lumpkin School of Law right now!
Tradition TreeDawgNight never graduates!
Go 'Dawgs!
If you'd like something a bit less...ahem...rigorous
I’ve got the hook up in the Department of Educational Psychology.
"If there's one thing worse than chlamydia, it's Florida." ~ Emma Stone
by RedCrake on Aug 23, 2011 6:12 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Less rigorous sounds good to me.
Especially since I won’t be graduating to earn all that mad ambulance-chaser money.
/excommunicatedbyblogwrittenbyrespectablelawyers
by TreeDawgNight on Aug 23, 2011 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions
TKK, I don't want you to have to question whether or not this was a good-natured jab...
…and in retrospect, it’s not as funny as it seemed yesterday, so let me just add that I meant no disrespect to lawyers and hope that no one took it that way. For what it’s worth, my best friend in the whole world just took the Georgia Bar Exam in July. The “ambulance-chaser” appellation has been a long-running joke between he and I, but of course he knows me much better than you do, so I just wanted to preemptively clear up any misunderstanding.
by TreeDawgNight on Aug 24, 2011 1:15 PM EDT up reply actions
You're good, TreeDawgNight, and, if I was overly humorless with Cardsfan25, . . .
. . . I apologize.
I took his jokes as jokes, I just wasn’t sure, and I appreciated his confirmation. We were clear you were kidding. It’s all good.
Go 'Dawgs!
He was kidding?
So then I should stop the foreclosure, civil lawsuits against him and his family, and the 18 counts of rape, murder, meth lab and kiddie porn ring running, criminal charges we made up about the man?
http://sportsandgrits.blogspot.com/
Now that's humor.
Wait, he was joking, right?
by TreeDawgNight on Aug 24, 2011 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh definitely joking
by the way, if you get home today, and your stuff is in the street with the locks on your house changed, and a SWAT team waiting, I’m sorry.
Otherwise, I’m definitely joking.
/Is not joking
//Did you hear Englebert Humperdink died today?
http://sportsandgrits.blogspot.com/
I'm going to pick back up my old college habit...
of starting every gameday off right by blasting the Redcoat Band Chant from my speakers as a wake-up call for anyone who happens to be in my apartment or current dwelling (a Dawg reveille to prepare for a Dawg’s revelry).
New Georgia fan
Not sure how well this will be accepted, but I am a new out of state Georgia fan from near Philadelphia. I realize Philadelphia isn’t exactly the most popular city nationally, but nevertheless I have been without a D1 college football team to really root for. Many people in this area root for Penn State, however I attended a D3 school and was put off by the holier than thou attitude of people I knew who went to Penn State. Having no team to root for the past few season, I decided to do a nationwide search for a team to root for. I chose Georgia because of their tradition, great fan support and I also really enjoyed watching the 2007 team with Knowshon Moreno rip through the SEC and eventually Hawaii.
For something new I will be doing this season, it will be rooting for Georgia every Saturday and following the team in depth. I made sure to purchase the Maple Street Press Annual and also some gear and hope to participate in discussions on here and learn more about the program.
"When people see me sack the quarterback, I want them to see Jesus." - Reggie White
Twitter @JoshBernat17
by jbernat17 on Aug 23, 2011 11:43 AM EDT via mobile reply actions 3 recs
Welcome to the Dawg family!
I can promise you that any Dawg, new or old, yankee or redneck will be welcomed with open arms.
As a fellow Dawg living north of the Mason-Dixon, I understand it can be tough to be a fan when you are so far away from the action. Luckily there are Dawgs everywhere, and for better or worse, UGA games are exciting to watch.
And I don’t get why Philly has a bad rep. Sure, their pro sports fans can be obnoxious, but the city itself is lovely. I was down there recently and was quite impressed. Much quieter and fewer garbage tornadoes than NYC
by QuietHourBackflips on Aug 23, 2011 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions
They get a bad rap because It's Always Sunny is practically a documentary
For real, though, Philly is awesome. I have a blast every time I go.
Appreciate the welcome
We have our share of obnoxious fans for the Philly sports teams so I can understand the perception. Also I have despised Steve Spurrier since childhood and therefore dislike both Florida and South Carolina, so this just feels right.
"When people see me sack the quarterback, I want them to see Jesus." - Reggie White
Twitter @JoshBernat17
by jbernat17 on Aug 23, 2011 1:03 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Welcome, jbernat17!
Pull up a chair and have a seat. :-)
by vineyarddawg on Aug 23, 2011 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Thanks for the welcome
I am excited for the season to get underway!
"When people see me sack the quarterback, I want them to see Jesus." - Reggie White
Twitter @JoshBernat17
by jbernat17 on Aug 23, 2011 1:06 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Thats awesome man....
And because you’re joining after the performances of the last couple of years, we know you’re legit :-)
Just think one day in (hopefully the not-too-distant) future you’ll be able to look back and say “I was there when….”
Welcome.
"If there's one thing worse than chlamydia, it's Florida." ~ Emma Stone
Living in NYC makes it tough
The past two years I’ve been going to the UGA alumni bar. It’s good fun and all, but I think I’m going to discontinue that practice this year. I think my energy would be better focused watching the game in my apartment with my fellow NYC Dawgs and lots of beer.
If possible, I’d also like to try and recreate my old tailgating rituals, but I’m not sure my landlord would be fond of me grilling on the fire escape…
by QuietHourBackflips on Aug 23, 2011 11:44 AM EDT reply actions
Which one do you go to?
Pourhouse is usually a good time, but I swore off Firefly after watching the first half of the ’08 Alabama game there. (Firefly is a solid place to catch pro games, though.)
Firefly?!
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
I go to Pourhouse on 3rd ave
It’s not that it’s a bad time. I usually enjoy it, but I always end up spending too much money, and don’t always have the best view of the TV’s.
It’s nice to be around a bunch of fellow Dawgs, but I guess I just find it distracting. I know enough UGA folks up here that I can throw my own party for the game and have just as much fun without the hassle
by QuietHourBackflips on Aug 23, 2011 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions
I didn't have a TV in my place when I lived in New York.
(Actually, I’ve never had a place of residence in NYC, but I’ve heard so many NYC people say that very thing that I figured we had to get it in for the local flavor.)
by vineyarddawg on Aug 23, 2011 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions
New shoes
I have switched my game day shoes from mostly black Pumas with a red accent to all red Nikes. I am hoping to get an opportunity to burn last year’s Pumas soon.
And yes, I just described my shoes with the word “accent.” Sue me.
I used to have this pair of retro UGA high-top basketball shoes
I bought them off eBay from a guy in Gainesville, FL. They were awesome, but I quickly noticed we played like crap when I wore them. I can’t remember what game it was, but we were losing to a scrub at home, and I became convinced that the eBay seller was a Gator fan and he had cursed these shoes.
So I took them off and bent over to spit on them…
and I ripped my pants. F those shoes.
by QuietHourBackflips on Aug 23, 2011 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions
Rad.
These are a bit retro. Thankfully, I bought them new at a Nike store in Las Vegas, so the likelihood of the shoes being cursed is slim. I had been losing most of the weekend and didn’t quite win it back, but at least got closer to even, so perhaps they have some karmic powers.
Also: $80/45 minutes in Nike store < what I was losing in $25 a hand black jack.
by WindyCityDawg on Aug 23, 2011 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I have hired the A Team to go and steal the Green Notebook.
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
by tankertoad on Aug 23, 2011 11:49 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Dammit tankertoad....
I was halfway through assembling my own A-Team. It was gonna star Dave as Howling Mad Murdock and Orson Charles’ hindquarters were gonna be B.A. Baracus.
"If there's one thing worse than chlamydia, it's Florida." ~ Emma Stone
Thank you for posting a picture of the real John "Hannibal" Smith.
I boycotted the “A-Team” movie when I found out Liam Neeson was playing the part. When I saw the preview and heard him quote the line in his Irish accent, my ears nearly bled.
Go 'Dawgs!
Liam Neeson is a Jedi knight. He also was bad a## in Taken. Basically everything he does is good. The A Team movie is great.
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
Taken is awesome
I think I’ve watched Taken about 100 times, which is also the amount of throat chops Liam Neeson hands out in the movie.
"When people see me sack the quarterback, I want them to see Jesus." - Reggie White
Twitter @JoshBernat17
Michael Collins
Learn it Live it Love it.
"If there's one thing worse than chlamydia, it's Florida." ~ Emma Stone
by RedCrake on Aug 23, 2011 11:41 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
See?
There, the Irish accent was appropriate!
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Aug 23, 2011 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Kyle, as you may have seen, I'm a loyal fan of the originals!
Everything else is just built off the sweat and creativity of the plank owners. There will always be ONE Col Hannibal Smith. Though, I agree with TT that I loved the movie…mostly because of the guy that played Murdock. He nailed that part.
Success is never final. --Winston Churchill
Good mediation.
That scene in the tank – with Murdock laughing the whole time, that is seriously funny. And although campy, the line “they’re flying the tank” had perfect timing. The only problem I had was the end of the movie going, uh, slightly (ok like ALL THE WAY) over the top.
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
Everything else about the preview looked good, . . .
. . . and I’d’ve bought Liam Neeson in the role, but not with that accent. Had they cast Neeson and hired an American actor to dub Neeson’s lines, I’d’ve watched the movie. Heck, if tankertoad will burn me a DVD of it and dub it for me, so that tankertoad’s voice says Colonel Smith’s lines in place of Neeson’s voice, I’ll watch that. I agree with everything y’all have said about Neeson as an actor, but you simply can’t give a character as quintessentially American as Hannibal Smith a foreign accent.
Also, I’ll watch the movie if one of y’all assures me that Brad Pitt dies at the end.
Go 'Dawgs!
I'm a Georgia fan.
I think that answers your question.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Aug 23, 2011 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
I am going through a list....I dont think Brad Pitt has ever died. Cant remember the end of 12 monkey's, I blocked it out.
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
"I don't think Brad Pitt has ever died."
I’m sorry; I know what you meant, but I just found that funny. :)
Didn’t he get hit in the face with a shovel by David Duchovny in “Kalifornia”?
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Aug 23, 2011 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Technically, he died in "Fight Club"
by Just Some Dawg on Aug 23, 2011 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions
That wasnt him, that was an alter ego. So the alter ego died, not him.
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
Further technicality
He gets splattered by a car in “Meet Joe Black,” but since he’s actually Death, does that mean he died? And if so, who comes to get him?
by Just Some Dawg on Aug 23, 2011 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions
you cant die if you are dead
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
What about that "Curious Case of Benjamin [Whoever]" . . .
. . . movie? Does he die in that one? Since he ages backward, can he die, or does he just revert to fetus status?
Dang, it’s starting to look like “Seven” was just part of a vast Hollywood conspiracy to keep Brad Pitt from dying in anything!
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Aug 23, 2011 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Ok, I had to use the Google on the Internets....
According to this:
Brad Pitt
-has died in 9 films which include: ‘A River Runs Through It’, ‘Kalifornia’, ‘Legends of the Fall’, ‘The Devil’s Own’, ‘Troy’, ‘The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford’, ‘Burn After Reading’ and ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’.
-An interesting fact: While Pitt died in both ‘Cool World’ and ‘Fight Club’, he was revived in one as a cartoon character and in the other he never actually existed.
He’s currently tied for 4th most with Nicholson, Pacino and Hoffman.
by Just Some Dawg on Aug 23, 2011 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Shit, I forgot about Jesse James, I knew that one.
My brain needs more space. I have seen all of these movies and couldnt remember it all. Legends of the Fall is subject to interpretation – they dont show it, so I am not buying it.
What bothers me is I dont like him as an actor or person, yet I have seen so many of his movies.
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
As an actor, he at least deserves credit for A River Runs Through It, which, incidentally, was written by a film critic in an attempt to make a movie that perfectly fit the advice of Aristotle’s “Poetics”.
"It'll only be reviewed because the guys up in the booth want to watch it a few times too." AJ's one-handed catch at Colorado
Good point.
Unfortunately, this comment was several orders of magnitude more interesting than the movie. The film should be called “A River Runs Through It . . . and Doesn’t Do a Damn Thing Else for Two Hours!”
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Aug 23, 2011 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah they do, the bear bites his head off in LotF
and I’m the opposite. I’ve loved so many of his movies, Legends, River runs through it, etc.
http://sportsandgrits.blogspot.com/
Thelma and Louise?
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
by tankertoad on Aug 24, 2011 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
It doest show it, just implies it. Maybe he didnt.n
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
I just watched this movie last weekend, he dies...
it doesn’t show it blood and a decapitated body, but it doesn’t imply anything either. The bear chops down on his head, and the last lines of the movie speak about unmarked grave, how the bear finally got him, and closes with the exact non-implying line of “It was a good death”.
http://sportsandgrits.blogspot.com/
maybe the narrator was embellishing. If they showed the bear ripping him to shreds, it would count.
He could be out wondering the wounds, never to be seen. )
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
Thanks Dave
http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=11926&title=celebrity-trial-jury-selection
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Two Things I'll Do Different
First, I will not drink bourbon on Friday nights unless the Dawgs aren’t playing the next day. Doing so early in last year’s season coincided much too coincidentally with those 4 straight early season losses; ceasing the practice coincided with the 5-2 finish (if there was a Bowl game, I seem to have obliterated it from my memory—musta killed the right brain cells). If I must drink on College Football Eve, Muscadine wine or a cold, dark beer will have to do.
Second, I will not be in Neyland for the UGA-UT clash, no matter how reasonable the ticket offered by my Knoxville based bro-in-law. My last 2 visits there ended in disaster—Hell, they practically began in disaster!
These promises hold only for so long as Georgia wins. Lose the first few games, and I’ll be pre-drowning my sorrows with the best damn Kentucky small batch I can find for the rest of the year. Get blown out by a bunch of faded orange backbenchers, and I’ll be back in Neyland in ‘13 just ’cause it’s a good place to be ornery and, I gotta say, Vawls throw good tailgating.
I will not call our OC "Bobo the Clown" when he sends Carlton Thomas up the middle*
*Not intended to be a factual statement.
I have several things:
I am actually going to try and find UGA type folk to come over. I have a lot of space and a very large entertainment system. It’s kind of a waste. They really don’t care much about sports or college football here. It sucks.
I am going to try and enjoy the games more and maybe post live comments less. Last year I had more fun with the threads than the games – which is understandable. I may get a notepad and write comments like 1st and ten bomb with checks by it so I can go back over the non stats.
I am going to try and prepare something tasty and somewhat healthy for game days, and enjoy my day. I watch a LOT of football on Sat. Also, as drinking has proved to be a very bad part of my life, no drinking. I pulled it off last fall, I guess I can do it again.
Due to my “author” satus, I hope to do my post game take more mid week, as opposed to immediately afterword when I either want to break something or feel good we won.
Rather than write out “green notebook” – I am just going to say GNB. I don’t think I need to explain our lack of play action from a play action formation anymore. Either you get it, or you don’t. But just remember, when I say GNB, I am just as freaking mad.
Now that I am an “author” I can not fully serve as Kyle’s “Id” anymore. I am going to have to watch my language. Mostly.
I hope to make the Goat Roast. Due to unforseen events I have been to Altanta 4 times in the last 7 months, which is a record for me in 16 years. I plan to save money and leave until that time and hopefully make that a special weekend with an Athens Vaca.
I wont to be on the bus, and less of an energy vampire. This season has a chance to be pretty fun.
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
by tankertoad on Aug 23, 2011 4:18 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I'm going to start indoctrinating my 5 month old DGP
Me and my little buddy are going to watch as many games together as we can for as long as he can. I love the little guy and can’t wait till he is old enough to graduate to DGD status.
Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.
I Corinthians 9:24
by Southern Dawg on Aug 23, 2011 5:48 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
I'm not doing a damn thing different.
I realize doing the same thing over and over, expecting a different result is the definition of insanity. However, when it comes to sports, consistency is key…even among fandom!
Success is never final. --Winston Churchill
Mike Bobo would like to know...
if you have a newsletter.
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