Thursday Night Dawg Bites: "Practice? We're Talkin' 'Bout Practice!" Edition
by T Kyle King on Aug 4, 2011 8:51 PM EDT
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PrintThe Georgia Bulldogs are back on the practice field, the season opener is 30 days away, and I, for one, am ready for some football. Here is this evening’s rundown, to get you up to speed on events of note in Bulldog Nation:
- All right, you’re jacked about it, so let’s go ahead and start with the news from the first day of fall practice. The short version is that Isaiah Crowell looks healthy, John Jenkins looks big and bad, and (for the benefit of the replace-Mark-Richt-with-Gary-Patterson crowd), Coach Richt yelled at Malcolm Mitchell.
- We now know the newcomers’ jersey numbers, and, as Seth Emerson notes, it’s intriguing that Nick Marshall is listed at "athlete" rather than at "defensive back." I won’t be surprised to see Marshall get some snaps on offense; in fact, I’ll be annoyed with Mike Bobo if he doesn’t. If we’re going to throw out of the Wild Dawg, there are worse players than Marshall into whose hands to put the pigskin.
- As you’ve seen, the preseason coaches’ poll has been released, and the ‘Dawgs face five teams ranked in the top 25, including four in the top 20. Three of the Red and Black’s first four Division I-A opponents appear in the poll. We’ll know soon enough what kind of team we have this year, though some folks think we can skip ahead to Georgia’s loss to Virginia Tech in the Chick-fil-A Bowl.
- You probably saw the link DavetheDawg posted and the comments that followed, but it is worth emphasizing that Coach Richt said he didn’t know whether the pregame warmup music in Sanford Stadium would be changed. I find this encouraging, as it suggests Coach Richt isn’t focused on ephemera. If he’s concentrating on football, it means (a) he’s not concentrating on uniform gimmicks, and (b) Greg McGarity really has taken extraneous responsibilities off of the head coach. If that declaration was more than mere lip service, maybe the other claims that changes have occurred were true, too.
- Speaking of McGarity, the Georgia athletic director has made it clear that he intends to keep arranging dates with Division I-AA schedule fodder between the hedges, and, in addition to the usual quadrennial outings against Georgia Southern in presidential election years, he’s lined up a deal to get the Southern University Jaguars into Sanford Stadium. I’m cool with the move---the halftime show will rock---but Ben Moore thinks the ‘Dawgs should host the Georgia State Panthers instead.
Now, I am all for renewing the series with Mercer, and I could even live with playing Kennesaw State (though I know it would give Vince Dooley one more game in which to root against Georgia), but there is one situation, and one situation only, in which I would find a Georgia-Georgia State game acceptable; namely, if Bill Curry was no longer the head coach of the Panthers. Coach Curry is a condescending Bulldog-basher from way back, and I have no desire whatsoever to support any program that employs him. If Georgia State wants an invitation to play football in Athens, it needs to wait for Coach Curry to retire, or fire him. Firing him, by the way, wouldn’t be a bad move; as the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets both learned in the early ‘90s, hiring Bill Curry, firing Bill Curry, and waiting three years is an established method for winning a national championship. - In other scheduling news, we now know that Mark Fox’s Hoop Hounds will face California in next season’s CBE Classic, with the winner advancing to take on the Notre Dame squad that beat the Bulldogs in last year’s Old Spice Classic. The Golden Bears fielded a less than stellar basketball team last season, but they bring everyone back, so the Red and Black will have their hands full.
- Finally, your feel good quotation of the day comes from an unexpected source. Take it away, Year2:
Georgia’s 417 points for and 287 points allowed compute to a Pythagorean win percentage of .708. Across 13 games, that projects to 9.20 wins, giving Georgia a luck factor of -3.20 for 2010. That’s the worst luck score of any team since 2000.
The only other team to crack -3 was 2009 Oklahoma, which had luck of -3.16 over 13 games and improved from 8-5 to 12-2. I’m not saying Georgia will go from 6-7 to a BCS bid, but UGA should have a better record this year.
Of the 19 teams since 2000 to post a luck score of -2.25 or worse, 16 improved their records the following year. Those that didn’t started an injury-prone freshman quarterback (‘10 Nebraska), switched to a freshman quarterback (’05 Purdue) or were breaking in a new coaching staff (’08 SMU).
You may now consider yourself fully briefed this Thursday evening.
Go ‘Dawgs!
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Year2
has become a poor-man’s Phil Steele. Good stuff.
Somebody kill a goat already.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Somebody kill a goat?
Why that would be our resident goat-slayer: Vineyarddawg!
(Another obligatory link to demonstrate his mad goat-killing skills!)
Success is never final. --Winston Churchill
there shall be no goat killing
until i get t-shirt designs.
~ your local friendly housemother
I can bake like a demon.
I'd wear that.
"If there's one thing worse than chlamydia, it's Florida." ~ Emma Stone
by RedCrake on Aug 5, 2011 12:05 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Stephen1980
would hit that.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
by DavetheDawg on Aug 5, 2011 12:18 AM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
you boys think
i jest, but i do not jest. I want t-shirt designs, without them, i can not get t shirts. This makes me sad. Sadness makes me cry. I am ugly when I cry. Besides – you boys wouldn’t make a lady cry would you?
I can bake like a demon.
You had to play that card!
Alright, my daughter is artistic. I’ll see what she can come up with. It also helps she LOVES the Dawgs. (I just don’t have the heart to tell her she was born on a base…in South Carolina!)
Success is never final. --Winston Churchill
i've said it before,
and i’ll say it again. y’all come up with a t-shirt idea (doesn’t matter how crazy or ridiculous) and I’ll make it.
by HerschelBlogger on Aug 5, 2011 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions
can we take the
goat, cigar, monocle, purple drank and do it more as a black & white drawing than a photo thing? last year the tshirt people said something really technical about putting a photo on a tshirt. I think it was something about the whatchamagiger doesn’t talk well with the thingamabob and so the translation gets all flummucked up.
I can bake like a demon.
ahhh...
yeah I’ve heard that excuse before as well. I think they’re just being lazy.
Anywho, however, I’ll see what I can do on that front.
by HerschelBlogger on Aug 6, 2011 2:50 AM EDT up reply actions
I forgot about Stephen1980.
Rangers100, Pete2012, Stephen1980 . . . what is it with guys with numbers at the ends of their screen names? (I’m not looking at you, The984; you’re the definite article: The984 is all right; A984 would be a ban waiting to happen!)
Go 'Dawgs!
ah, the good old days of Stephen1980 and his AU stream of consciousness prose.........
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
And so was his butler!
Success is never final. --Winston Churchill
by Inteljumper on Aug 5, 2011 6:22 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Time to bring the pessimism!
When you say Isaiah Crowell looks healthy, I think the subtle implication is that he’s been hittin dat purple drank!
"If there's one thing worse than chlamydia, it's Florida." ~ Emma Stone
by RedCrake on Aug 4, 2011 9:42 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
The SEC schedule in perspective
The Coaches’ Poll helps illustrate why UGA’s conference schedule is so amazingly good. Seven SEC teams other than the Dawgs are ranked. We miss three of them (numbers 2, 4, and 14), get three more at home, and then get a bye week before playing the other one on a neutral field. Seriously, it doesn’t get any better than that.
Our season may still suck, but Lord knows we have the opportunity for a special year.
I just watched a 30 minute video with CMB
and when he talked about Samuel I got chills. I don’t know how your OC doesn’t recognize your TBs skillset 2 years later. That being said, I went back and watched my own film, everything I could dig up. The one-two punch of Samuel / Crowell may prove to work very well.
I also noticed CMB calls games very differently. He misused AJ Green in the 2009 Ok St game, but in other 2009 games, we through down and across the middle much more. Auburn 2010 he stopped being aggressive. CFU 2010 I have no idea what we were doing. When he opens up the playbook, and he did it more with Joe Cox, we did much better on O. I also noticed from the last two years of film our secondary really sucks, but you knew that. Some of this was because we were so weak in the middle, some of it was because we were just really horrible.
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
When you can't stop the run, you can't stop the pass, either.
If Kwame Geathers and John Jenkins are as advertised, it’ll be amazing how much better our secondary gets just because we’re taking away the ground game.
As I’ve been going through these game-by-game previews, it’s become clearer and clearer that the whole season hinges on our defensive front seven. We don’t have to be great at anything else to be a good football team, as long as we can stop the run.
Go 'Dawgs!
It really seems to be shaping up that way.
CMB is a bi polar play caller. Perhaps he was too timid with AM. I think if he just pours it on, it will be ok; we can score points. So, yea, that front seven is critical.
I again said “through” instead of “threw”. I dont know why I do that. I am watching AA though.
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
He certainly was
too timid against Scarolina. It was evident early on the Murray was a playa. Oops…I’m bringing up that season of which I’m tired of talking about again.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
by DavetheDawg on Aug 4, 2011 10:54 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I can't let it go. But its a larger pyschological problem of mine -
I am still mad we didnt throw (yea!) across the middle with AJ all day against AU. WE JUST STOPPED BEING AGRESSIVE once we went o 17-0. God I am still mad about it. CMB said in the video we had fourth Q problems. What we had was failure of a gameplan problems.
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
Wow, that may be a record:
I’ve already pissed off a Georgia State message board! (I didn’t know they had Georgia State message boards!)
One of the commenters criticized me for failing to cite an example of Bill Curry’s Bulldog-bashing. That’s like criticizing someone for failing to cite an example of Sean Hannity’s disagreement with Barack Obama. At some point, when a guy does something constantly for 30 years, you can take it as a given. For anyone who wants examples, here are two: Bill Curry never wore a red tie on an ESPN broadcast because he hates Georgia so much; as the head coach at Georgia Tech, Bill Curry bragged that he would “bring the cheaters to their knees!” as a swipe at Georgia. (Still no word whether he’s commended the NCAA for putting his alma mater on probation twice in the last decade, by the way.)
I’m not surprised to hear Panther fans don’t like Bulldog fans, though. After, we got into Georgia, and they didn’t.
Go 'Dawgs!
Like I said to Vine - it's the year of the Napoleon Complex.
BTW – I saw a movie in Atlanta, it opened with a bit for the Panthers. It was lame.
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
Define Lame
It’s an advertisement for season tickets (that are up vs. 2010 to this point).
Georgia State - Join the Movement.
Define "advertisement"
This is fun!
If somebody has to define lame for you, then there is fixed between us a gulf that no mere comment could bridge. Things can serve their purpose (like increasing ticket sales) and still be lame. And, just to be picky, I’ll note that increasing ticket sales may have nothing to do with lame movie preview advertisements.
Exh A: UGA has darn near the worst halftime commercials in the world and yet still manages to have a darn good journalism school. And season ticket sales are up; ergo, not lame!
by first and thom on Aug 5, 2011 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions
I took some summer courses as part of an NSF grant
And it was certainly an interesting experience to say the least. There were some surprisingly good professors in the Geology and Biology departments but many of the students seemed really pissed off… like Mom and Dad were making them go to college and they really didn’t want to be there. Also… you haven’t lived until you’ve taken Sedimentology in a converted parking garage.
Strange strange place.
Furthermore, Bill Curry is a complete douchebag. Now type furiously you Panther message board freaks!
"If there's one thing worse than chlamydia, it's Florida." ~ Emma Stone
by RedCrake on Aug 4, 2011 10:43 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
One time, tankertoad and I took some summer courses in Atlanta on an NSFW grant.
They held classes at the Cheetah.
/smartalecsenseofhumorthatonlygetsmeintotrouble
Go 'Dawgs!
well, according to the message boards, and I am just quoting, not that I would call you these things
You are stupid, an idiot, and a moron.
Those classes at the Cheetah were pretty good though.
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
Dude
The Cheetah is just a poor mans Clermont Lounge. I recommend “The Lunchtime, 50 Year Old, Mother of Five Special”.
"If there's one thing worse than chlamydia, it's Florida." ~ Emma Stone
by RedCrake on Aug 4, 2011 10:52 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I know the Clermont Lounge well.....
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
It lives
I don’t live in Georgia any more, and was shocked to discover recently that the Clermont is still open, and still offering a bizarre combo of live music and bottom-of-the-barrel strippers.
I can’t really tell from the website if the Clermont is still considered hip, but it sure was in the early 90s, when the primal stripper Blondie was a national celebrity and every hot alternative rock band in Atlanta was playing there.
I knew it because you could get a drink there at like 5 in the morning
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
I think you meant "barrel-bottomed" strippers.
by first and thom on Aug 4, 2011 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Cue Queen's "Fat Bottomed Girls"
"If there's one thing worse than chlamydia, it's Florida." ~ Emma Stone
by RedCrake on Aug 4, 2011 11:26 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Yeah, guess so....
My main memory of the Clermont was being there on the guest list when a girl-band called “Snatch” (yeah, I know) was performing; the drummer and her husband were friends of mine. The other musical act was the especially bizarre local favorites Opal Foxx, which often featured two or three celloists. The bands kept trying to hustle up tips for the pathetic strippers. It was quite the scene.
I get confused...
which one is DeVry and which one is GSU again?
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
by DavetheDawg on Aug 4, 2011 10:56 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
1.Start Georgia State vs. Georgia Southern "who is the real GSU pissing contest?"
2.???
3. Profit
Dawg fan by birth,
no longer in Beaumont by the grace of God.
by Dawg in Beaumont on Aug 5, 2011 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions
History Lesson
It’s not a debate. Georgia Southern’s President, Athletic Director and University staff want no part of using GSU. There are internal and external memos that dictate this.
GSU plays its game in the Georgia Dome. And is located in Atlanta.
Georgia State - Join the Movement.
Cute
Mock which you feel threatened by. Georgia State is following the UCF model. You know the team that beat UGA in the bowl game in 2010. You likely remember that right?
Georgia State - Join the Movement.
Not threatened by GSU
But nice job with the identification game. GSU’s status as a traditionally-commuter school in an urban setting with increasing enrollment means that you will certainly beat UGA if you ever play us in a bowl game in Memphis. I got that question right on the SAT. And my SAT score was higher than yours. A lot higher. I’m really smart.
I’m glad you’re behind your school. And, though I can’t speak for everyone, I welcome Georgia State’s improving academic and athletic reputation. There’s no real animosity. Except with Curry. There’s real animosity there, enough to blur the edges of my rational expression on the internet.
by first and thom on Aug 5, 2011 11:15 AM EDT up reply actions
"Really smart.."? Seriously?
Wow – defensive much? No, I didn’t bother applying to UGA, I did get accepted into Aeronautical Engineering at Tech. but I went to GSU. Three grad degrees later, I’m doing just fine.
As for UGA, the delusional arrogance of your fanbase is well-known throughout CFB, thanks for proving the sterotype.
by Panthersville on Aug 5, 2011 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, but I'm still really smart.
And you, sir, need to fix your sarcasm detector. Moar degreez!
by first and thom on Aug 5, 2011 1:09 PM EDT up reply actions
delusional arrogance of your fanbase.
1) It’s just us, huh? We like, uh, own it and invented it, right?
2) How many years have you been playing football?
See, I live on earth, with a yellow sun and a blue sky. Whats it like on your planet?
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
Seriously, Panthersville.
Try Googling “sense of humor.” Once you find out what one is, hop over to Amazon.com and order one.
Put more succinctly: “Dude.”
Go 'Dawgs!
Well, being that you are an idiot and a moron, I got to work with what I got.... )
by the way – I dun tolt ya that a weekly “who we gonna piss off now” thread would do wonders for your hits! I mean, shit Tyrone, you pissed off GSU, dems some mad skillz!
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
You're serious, aren't you?
Good for you. One should aim high, if emulating UCF is your goal.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Building a Program
Absolutely I’m in. They used student fees from the 3rd largest enrollment in the the United Stated and this has built an emerging college football program.
They will likely win 10 games again this season and finish in the Top 25 in December, play in a quality bowl game and continue to build. Not bad for a school that went FBS in 1996. I fully expect them to get a Big East invite either this offseason because of the natural alignment of a Southern division foe in South Florida.
Georgia State - Join the Movement.
Your expectations are incorrect
Until the Big East is sure the Big 12 is not going to blow up, figures out if Comcast will give us enough money to bribe BC to come back (and bring Maryland with them), and figures out what we’re doing with Villanova, no one is getting an invite. This is unlikely to completely play out over this coming off-season, so no one from CUSA will be added any time soon.
My understanding is USF also doesn't like them
Not like a rivalry dislike. But more of a “we’re above UCF, we don’t need them as a rival, we’re natural rivals with FSU/UF/Miami” type deal. It’s the “natural alignment” talk which has USF fans sticking up their noses and trying to do everything they can to keep the Golden Knights out of the Big East.
The 984 Has Spoken!
Thanks for shedding some light on the Big East expansion thought process, drothgery.
You make a very good point, The984. It is very much in South Florida’s interests to oppose Central Florida’s admission into the Big East, for the same reason it would be in South Carolina’s interests to oppose Clemson’s admission into the SEC, only even more so, since the Big East is an AQ league. Why give the in-state squad with whom you compete for recruits even footing when you have an advantage over them that you can pitch to prospects?
Go 'Dawgs!
Wow...all the hate towards GSU
You guys are definitely in the minority from UGA grads I’ve encountered. I know many of them and not one of them has displayed any negative thought towards State or our football program. Way to make your fellow alumni (if you’ve even attended UGA) look bad.
To sit there and say GSU is “just a commuter school” is ignorant to the changes the school has experienced. Sure, it used to be one. It’s not so much anymore. If you think it’s easy to get into, go check the entrance req’s. I’m not going to post them for you, you can use those top notch research skills you acquired while at UGA.
I was accepted to UGA and chose not to go both as a freshman and transfer student. I picked GSU because of how the business community views the program I entered. I have no reason to dislike UGA. It’s a good school just like the other majors schools in this state.
Let’s be logical people.
it's a joke...
meant to cause laughs and not serious. Aside from Bill Curry, there is no “hate” towards Ga St.
http://sportsandgrits.blogspot.com/
Never in my wildest dreams
could I imagine being assailed by Ga. State fans, of all people, considering the wealth of rivals, natural and otherwise, that read this board.
As Mr. Sanchez noted, it’s a joke. We’re kidding, or at the very least, I’m kidding. You know, the kind of ribbing you might give your younger brother or cousin.
Re.freaking.lax.
Bill Curry is still a Johnson, though. That’s no joke.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
I was just sharing some personal observations from when I was there...
Last time I do that I guess. Next time I’ll just stick to baseless flattery.
"If there's one thing worse than chlamydia, it's Florida." ~ Emma Stone
Protecting your flanks here...
That’s a nice thrust, to be sure, but to protect you from a large number of angry emails, you should acknowledge some GSU students and alumni got into UGA but couldn’t afford to go live in Athens, or had to work their way through college via jobs in Atlanta.
I say this as someone who was admitted to the Georgia honors program but had to resort to an Emory education because UGA did not offer needs-based financial aid and Emory did, and I was also able to live at home. Yes, this was a long time ago, when Emory was vastly less expensive, but the point remains: people who don’t go to UGA aren’t necessarily people who didn’t get in.
I eventually got to realize my dream of attending UGA as a postgraduate, and so, too, may some GSU grads. Give ’em a chance.
Not buying it - not being able to afford UGA isnt a reason to want to bag on it.
If I went to Ga Southern, I would still be a Bulldog fan.
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
Agreed
I was simply responding to Kyle’s taunt about the academic shortcomings of GSU students.
I was a UGA fan from very early childhood, even though nobody in my immediate family even went to college, and I would have remained a Dawg fan if I had never set foot on campus in Athens.
I knew some very intelligent GSU students
But by the same token, as recently as 7 years ago, you could get in if you had a GED. Like I said, its a truly “unique” place.
"If there's one thing worse than chlamydia, it's Florida." ~ Emma Stone
by RedCrake on Aug 4, 2011 11:12 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
GED?
Seriously? Go check the entrace requirements. I had a 3.4 GPA and 1120 (old SAT score) and was on the low end entering Georgia State as far as HS transcripts go in 1999. Also, go check the transfer requirements into Georgia State today vs. UGA and Georgia Southern.
This isn’t your daddy’s commuter school.
Georgia State - Join the Movement.
3.4 GPA?
Guess I better watch myself.
7 years ago, one of my friends from high school was admitted into Georgia State. She had dropped out when we were in high school and only had the GED. Believe me, don’t believe me, I couldn’t care less.
"If there's one thing worse than chlamydia, it's Florida." ~ Emma Stone
College Entrance Exams
With a GED, you can take placement tests to enter college at UGA, Georgia State and pretty much any other public university in our fair state.
If you have a check book and are willing to take the test, they’re interested.
Georgia State - Join the Movement.
I agree, donkeydawg; there are a lot more Georgia fans than Georgia alumni in my family.
Your point about Georgia State offering night classes for people with jobs is a fair one, although I’d be surprised if most of those folks cared about the Panther football team. Likewise, the Georgia State law school (which originally catered to the night school crowd) has improved greatly in the last 15 or 20 years. I know and respect several lawyers who went there.
I would be willing to bet, though, that, among traditional-age in-state full-time students, the overwhelming majority of Georgia State University undergraduates received rejection letters from the University of Georgia. There are, of course, notable exceptions, and perhaps a lot of them.
Frankly, though, I was just having fun at the expense of folks who caterwauled disproportionately over something I wrote . . . which, I trust you have noticed, has been happening a lot lately, usually over not much, and sometimes over nothing at all.
I regret it if I offended anyone, and I acknowledge that Georgia State University has turned out many fine graduates who went there not only for convenience or of necessity, but by their free choice. Indeed, two of my best former high school mock trial students either attended, or currently are attending, Georgia State.
None of this, however, changes the fact that Bill Curry is a sanctimonious gasbag.
Go 'Dawgs!
I think you're right on there.
Both my parents got their undergraduate degrees from Georgia State in the 70’s. My mom because my grandfather was the head of the art department and my dad because he was taking night classes while he was a cop in the APD. Neither give a flip about Panther football. In fact, when they received a mailed request for a contribution as the football team was being formed, my dad LOL’d.
"If there's one thing worse than chlamydia, it's Florida." ~ Emma Stone
by RedCrake on Aug 4, 2011 11:21 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
With each graduating class...
The night school mentality is rapidly changing. We’re becomign a destination not a fall back plan. We had nearly 11,000 applications from freshman enrollees and are set to bring nearly 3500 of them on campus this Fall.
Again, I do not fault you for the lack of research you do but this is not your daddy’s Georgia State.
We have a President (former Souther Carolina Provost) who is determined to grow the campus (and we have), secure better facilities (and we have) and grow enrollment to 40K+ by 2020.
Georgia State - Join the Movement.
I've made the following statements about Georgia State:
1) They had some fine Geology and Biology professors I took summer classes from.
2) Many of the students I met there seemed like they didn’t want to be there
3) Kell Hall is a converted parking garage.
4) My parents went to Georgia State in the 70’s
5) My parents don’t care about Georgia State football
6) My grandfather was head of the art department at Georgia State.
7) I knew some very intelligent GSU students.
8) The GED claim clarified above.
9) Bill Curry is a douchebag.
I personally know all of these statements to be true, but, aside from perhaps #9, could you cite the areas above where I need to do more research?
"If there's one thing worse than chlamydia, it's Florida." ~ Emma Stone
My mother attended State
in the late 50’s. Hated it. Dated a Tech boy. Hated it.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
#9 is the most factual statement you have there, dude.
Echidnas… don’t feed them.
by vineyarddawg on Aug 5, 2011 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Just to clarify, folks:
I indicated that I had no desire to see Georgia play Georgia State while Bill Curry was the coach of the Panthers, because of Bill Curry’s numerous expressions of animosity toward Georgia, which antedate his association with Georgia State. In short, my criticism was 100 per cent a criticism of Bill Curry and 0 per cent a criticism of Georgia State, as evidenced by the fact that I stated up front that I would be perfectly all right with seeing the Bulldogs play the Panthers once the Bill Curry era is finished.
This was followed—-rather rapidly, I might add—-with a link on a Georgia State message board which denounced my posting as “garbage,” criticized my failure to quote well-known sentiments expressed by Coach Curry, and maligned Georgia fans. In response, I offered one—-count it: one—-message-board jab based on common stereotypes, after the fashion of college football fans of every kind and character.
When donkeydawg took issue with this in a reasonable manner, I clarified my position, largely conceded his point, and wrote nice things about Georgia State, which comport largely with the more specific factual descriptions of Georgia State offered here and in no way contradict the statements (however uncharitable) offered by others about what we all agree is the history of the school.
Bill Curry hates Georgia. Because of that, I don’t want the Bulldogs to play any team coached by Bill Curry. The rest of it is just, “Oh, yeah? Well A, which in no way contradicts B!” and, “Oh, yeah? Well B, which in no way contradicts A!”
The claim that anyone here is threatened by Georgia State and the cheap shot about Central Florida do not warrant responses. I now regret my attempt to address a point raised elsewhere on the SB Nation network, of which I thought well enough (despite disagreeing with it) to respond.
Go 'Dawgs!
Needs more
hockey hate
http://sportsandgrits.blogspot.com/
by Mr. Sanchez on Aug 5, 2011 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Considering their best hockey player
is on their woman’s softball team, I bet you’re right. Georgia State Hockey sucks.
http://sportsandgrits.blogspot.com/
by Mr. Sanchez on Aug 5, 2011 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
You just won the internet with that one.
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
Thanks for the clarification, and no question about Curry
When Curry left Tech for Bama, a Techie friend of mine observed: “I can’t wait to see how it goes over when Curry tries to explain his Total Person Concept at the Sylacauga Touchdown Club.” That was prescient. And the guy continues to peddle his alleged moral superiority as a coaching credential. CMR, by contrast, seems to think his football record is pretty relevant.
by donkeydawg on Aug 4, 2011 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
We like healthy debate
And thanks for linking my other site. You do realize that I was pitching the game to be signed now but played in 2017? Curry would be 74 and would likely be retired.
BTW, Panther fans do not hate UGA fans. We have many who are fans of both now.
Georgia State - Join the Movement.
Speak for yourself.
Ben, you know that some of us do hate UGA. You grow up around enough loudmouth fans who never darkened the door of a classroom at the school, and you develop certain aversions.
The fact that they wouldn’t want the opportunity to beat someone who doesn’t like them is the kind of logic that only a UGA fan can appreciate.
by Panthersville on Aug 5, 2011 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions
You failed reading comprehension, right? Sorry, it happens.
The only thing the OP said is he doesnt want to play a Bill Curry coached team.
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
Get back to us
when your program has won played 50 games.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Easy argument when you're...
Love when you bring up History. I minored in that fair subject and know it very well.
Let me know when you again become relevant on the national stage. You also should thank Clemson for doing so little with so much talent year on year. You guys are a runner up to the Tigers in that regard. Win totals decrease year after year after year and your opponents win BCS Titles.
See I told you I like History…
Georgia State - Join the Movement.
Ok, I will let you know: We are relevant on the national stage right now.
We play BSU ranked #5 in their biggest game of the year to open in the premier season opening weekend game.
Ranked as high as 16 and low as 23.
You really are an asshat.
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
it's that minor he got - apparently it makes him some kind of expert
“I got a minor in history at GSU………would you like fries with that?”
Yea, I did. Because you did.
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
Ben, you're really close to being shown the door here.
I tried to be nice. As I clarified above, my original posting was 100 per cent about Bill Curry and was not critical of Georgia State in any way. When the message-board mouth-breathers made this about our respective institutions, I responded with the most minor trash-talk imaginable, and, when donkeydawg respectfully took issue with that (adverbs are important; pay attention to how what is done is done), I clarified my position, conceded almost entirely all of his point, and wrote many nice things about Georgia State. Had you let it go at that, it likely would’ve ended there. Instead, you kept pouring gasoline on the fire I tried to put out, which I don’t appreciate at my place.
If you want to take cheap shots at Georgia, go join those fellows on the message board. You’re showing your ass, and it’s not welcome here. Consider this a formal warning. This is the last time I’m going to be nice about it.
Go 'Dawgs!
Well said....
So well said, in fact, that I respectfully withdraw my mild dissent from your original post. And I agree with you, completely and enthusiastically, about the importance of adverbs.
So folks are only allowed to be fans of a college football team if they attended that college?
That’s interesting logic. You hate the University of Georgia because of the fans of the University of Georgia…who never actually attended the University of Georgia. Makes sense, I guess.
by hailtogeorgia on Aug 5, 2011 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
my best GSU story
my brother-in-law’s company at the time was located on the Tech Campus (convenient for him, not so much for my niece who is still a student there.) One of his co-workers went to some event that was either on GSU’s campus or extremely close to it and came back telling in great detail of a rather tall, rather gorgeous blonde young lady student he’d seen at GSU (he may have also included his thoughts about her.)
Brother-in-law opens wallet, produces picture and asks, is this her? Coworker sees picture and (rather astonished) answers affirmatively. Brother-in-law identifies the young lady in question as his baby sister. I believe the next comments were something along the lines of how sorry the co-worker was for his comments….
I can bake like a demon.
Check out
these pics from Dawgpost if you haven’t already.
The first thing I noticed is our veteran guys are buff. Bruce Figgins looks the part. He’s huge. Aaron Murray has gotten much bigger. T.King has already tweeted about how Aaron’s arm strength has improved, not that it was weak to begin with. Isaiah Crowell is a specimen. Big Bad John has an aspect ratio of 1:1. He’s as wide as he is tall. Just plain big.
I know we’ve got depth issues on the O-line, but the new guys look pretty good in pads.
Most of the freshman are still a bit lanky, but they’ll get there. Coach Grantham has dropped a few lbs.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Agreed
Also, Richard Samuel =ManBearPig. If he can hold on to the handegg and break the odd tackle now and again, put himself in the position to be good. Also, I noted that you never see Kwame Geathers standing alone: he always has walk-ons literally standing in his shadow to cool off.
by first and thom on Aug 5, 2011 9:08 AM EDT up reply actions
I notice that Rev. Ray Drew is wearing David Pollack's old number.
This pleases me.
by vineyarddawg on Aug 5, 2011 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
On Sept. 5, 2015...
…we will lose the halftime show for the first time ever. If we could only bring James Brown back one more time for balance! Scroll down and forward to the 5:20 mark and see what you think:
In re: pictures from pracitce
This picture has Tech fans excited about their secondary.
Does the location of the football have anything to do with anything that any of these players are doing? I think the eyes of #16 and the right foot of #5 seem to be reacting to the football. And somebody is doing a cartwheel.
by first and thom on Aug 5, 2011 10:35 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
their receiving corp
would be a photo negative of this picture ;-)
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Kennesaw State appreciates your thoughtful, courteous, and well-written sentiment, Kyle.
I am proud to be a Kennesaw State Fighting Owl. -- Vince Dooley
Just to see how many other fanbases we can bring to this blog to troll about how awesome they are and how terrible we are:
South Carolina sucks.
Tennessee sucks.
Kennesaw State sucks.
Coastal Carolina sucks.
New Mexico State sucks.
Kentucky basketball sucks. (And Go Duke.)
I met a Coastal Carolina grad this week while on vay-kay
I said I was from UGA and was looking forward to the big CC game. He laughed and said we were going to kill them. It’s nice being able to make good-hearted jokes with programs who know generally where they are.
The 984 Has Spoken!
by The984 on Aug 5, 2011 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Hey GSU fans:
That chip on your shoulder, it’s kind of heavy, embarrassing and unsightly. Maybe leave it at the f’n door. Oh yea, and maybe actually READ THE FREAKING POST before jumping over here from your message boards. If the GSU posters on this thread are a metric of GSU students reading comprehension, well, the shots at your abilities to be accepted to and graduate from UGA are right on target. That being said, I don’t think it’s a fair metric, we just happen to have some GT type idiotic hate going on. Why don’t you say something even more intelligent, like how you laughed when Uga died, or some of that crap that shows your true colors.
Oh, by the way, Bill Curry is a POS and your team will be all the worse for it. Good luck with your soon to be firing of him.
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
RE: Curry - Hasn't hurt our recruiting
Check the local paper today and the day before and previous days before. We are destroying our competition on the FCS level and taking recruits from Big Ten schools. We have played a total of 11 games.
You’re personal feeling toward CBC or not, we’ve got 10 verbals and the calendar just reached August.
Georgia State - Join the Movement.
Dude, I am still not sure what planet you live on. When we get that point settled, we can talk about the rest.
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
It's official...
Everybody on the inside of 285 (ITP) has a terrible case of Napoleon Complex and Little-Sisters-Of-The-Poor Syndrome.
Nobody cares about academics, who got into what school (8 of my friends 3 years ago were accepted into Tech and not UGA… that argument sucks,) and anything else that we’ve been arguing about.
When it comes down to it, this is a football blog about a football team. Please feel free to return here when/if your football team ever becomes relevant to be spoken of. Until then, enjoy playing second fiddle to TECH in your city, and just about everyone else in your state.
Thank you for the entertainment.
by HerschelBlogger on Aug 5, 2011 5:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Please tell me this is some kind of new-fangled Magic Eye poster!!!
"If there's one thing worse than chlamydia, it's Florida." ~ Emma Stone
It's a shop of Harton.
He’s at least 50% bigger in the real picture.
Seriously.
by first and thom on Aug 5, 2011 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh my goodness...
that might be the awesomest thing I’ve ever seen.
http://sportsandgrits.blogspot.com/
I just hope that whatever glitch reduced that NCAA video game linebacker . . .
. . . doesn’t get him, too, or else he’d be microscopic.
Go 'Dawgs!
Perhaps this has been mentioned...
but am I the only one who noticed that in NCAA 2012, Orson Charles, Branden Smith, and Bacarri Rambo all have long braids from their helmets, a la Ricky Williams? I’m seeing some stereotyping on the part of the EA staff.
by hailtogeorgia on Aug 5, 2011 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions
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