Friday Night College Football Open Comment Thread!
by RedCrake on Sep 2, 2011 7:00 PM EDT
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PrintAhhh.... the first weekend of college football season is upon us. And with it comes a bevy of games that no one really cares about. Luckily for ESPN and the other broadcasters, most of us are so hard up for football that we can scarcely be bothered to care.
What's that? There looks to be a decent game on Friday night? Awesome.
In what I predict will be one of the more entertaining games of the weekend, the electrifying Robert Griffin III tries to fend off the unwanted advances of Dick Bumpas and the Horned Frog defense. If real football isn't your thing, you can always watch a Big Ten team thats probably overrated beat the crap out of the Youngstown State... Penguins? Wait... what? Penguins? Yeah, Wikipedia says Penguins... okay... Penguins it is.
Your viewing options for the evening are as follows:
7:30 Youngstown State at #17 Michigan State (Big Ten Network)
8:00 "The Battle for Dick Bumpas' Facial Hair" #14 TCU at Baylor (ESPN)
Come for the comments! Come for the excitement! Stay for the epic mustache!
Dick Bumpas IS College Football!
This is your Friday Night College Football Open Comment Thread. Get on the bus!
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Also, on ESPN2 at 8:00, the USA is playing Costa Rica in an international friendly.
So, you know, there’s that.
Is Ruiz playing for Costa Rica
So pissed that Fulham snapped him up before Spurs had a chance to dilly dally and ultimately decide not to buy him.
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Nein.
At least, not from what I can see. If I remember correctly, starting lineups are usually announced 1-2 hours prior to kickoff.
On which bus am I getting?
If I’m supposed to be getting on the energy bus, then that’s okay. Forde’s Boise St. bus? Not so much.
by Cherokee's Grip on Sep 2, 2011 7:16 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
sounds like...
the NCAA put out a spike strip on Forde’s Boise bus today.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
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by RedCrake on Sep 2, 2011 7:18 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Space is limited..
better reserve your seat now!
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
It had to be a short bus
by Mark Mandingo on Sep 2, 2011 7:54 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
When we beat a ranked opponent
The team gets a full size. Until then, they’re just gonna have to cram in there.
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by RedCrake on Sep 2, 2011 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm a rec'ing fool on this bus!
That’s awesome, short or not!
Success is never final. --Winston Churchill
Holy crap
Desmond acting like he’s gonna pick Georgia. I don’t know if I should be flattered or furious.
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Ahh Urban Meyer
Just one more reason not to watch College Gameday again this year.
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You have no idea.
Editor at Alligator Army - The Florida Gators Blog
The Florida Gators - The most despised team in all of college football - Which is fantastic.
I thought David Pollack was joining gameday.
If so, then they are trying to fix the ship.
Success is never final. --Winston Churchill
Now the Gator to Bulldog ratio will only be 4:1
Huzzah!
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My UF posts come with a complimentary...
Success is never final. --Winston Churchill
by Inteljumper on Sep 2, 2011 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
A little bit lost in all the breaking news today...
.we got ourselves a pretty good DT prospect in John Atkins…6’3" 306 lbs. Nimble as a hummingbird, too!
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
And here come the Mighty Penguins of Youngstown State!
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BTW
Its Friday, Its college football season, and Its time to get a little crazy.
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Ima gonna try 'n pace myself a l'il bit tonight...
that UK v. WKU game really took it outta’ me last night…
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Yeah....
I was just flat out exhausted last night. Earliest I’ve gone to sleep all year.
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Which probably explains my abundance of energy at the moment.
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I'm actually exhausted right now...
and may pack it in early. Gotta be able to drank ball tomorrow night!
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
I've already committed emotionally to the USA soccer game tonight...
… so it looks like I’m just going to have to pack 5 or 6 red bulls for the drive home from the Dome tomorrow night.
/Or none if we win.
I think i'll TiVO
and watch in the A.M.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Sounds like a good alternative to watching Corso and Herbstreit
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May I suggest Van Gogh Double Espresso
has a coffee like flavor, plus the caffeine. So it’s liquor, and it helps you stay awake! Plus, if you put ice in it, it could double as an “iced coffee” in the morning.
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lol!
Isaiah Cromwell?
Classic Holth right there, my friends.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
BWAHAHAHA
Dr. Lou just picked against Notre Dame! I can now die a happy man.
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When Notre Dame is involved... yes.
Beano Cook thinks he’s a traitor and a pansy for picking against Notre Dame.
Not bad, . . .
. . . but, honestly, shouldn’t all of them (Jenn Brown, Samantha Steele, &c.) just be called “Erin Andrews Knockoff,” the way Wally Czerbiak (there is no way I spelled that correctly, but I’m not checking it right now) was called “Random Dude”?
Go 'Dawgs!
Szczerbiak
and I remember Erin Andrews pre-nose job doing mid game updates for the Braves on TBS.
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So is Baylor auditioning for other conference right now?
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I really didn't understand why TCU was such a big favorite in this game.
Robert Griffin is the real deal. The Frogs will come back, but I think this will be a close game.
agree...
This might actually be worth staying up for.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Well it was fun, for 10 minutes warming up.
But work calls, so see you Dawg Sports Denizens tomorrow!
Success is never final. --Winston Churchill
I think Robert Griffin
has been playing for 8 years now. Just one less than Stephen Garcia.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
This game kinda makes me want to watch Varsity Blues
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Paschall says:
I don’t want…. your life!
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See thats the trick
Fierce, adorable, and sleeps a lot. Just like Uga.
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Tankertoad...
Now I’m gonna need you to wish for about 10 touchdowns tomorrow.
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And it's not like it makes a big difference to me one way or the other
I like my OC’s in the booth personally, but whatever works works. What got me was when Richt last year wanted Bobo in the booth, and he declined. Just who is the boss in that situation?
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Mike Bobo not to be confused
with tollbooth Willie.
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by The Quincy Carter of Accountants on Sep 2, 2011 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions
FYI
the high school ball ESPNU is showing tonight is live out of Tulsa and that kid from Union (tulsa) that scored the 1st TD – his mama works with me.
This should be a reasonably good game.
I can bake like a demon.
Dang, podunkdawg, your connections are all over the place the last couple of days!
Niece on Tech TV last night… co-worker’s kid on ESPNU today.
Do you know anybody who has a team playing on the ESPN family of networks tomorrow? :-)
the important thing here
is the kid’s good and now in his Jr. year – which makes him recruit-able. Problem is he’s got a blue/orange thing and mama has an orange thing.
I can bake like a demon.
I've got to get used to watching football again
I’ve been watching so much soccer that when the Baylor player went down I almost yelled at him to get up and stop acting like a 5 year old girl.
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man...
I’m going to bed, guys and gal. Got to rest up for the big game.
Night!
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Reminds me a bit of...
…Michigan v. Illinois last year. Final score: 67-65 Michigan. Why was I watching that game? I live in Big 10 country.
Oddly enough, I began hating that game in the fourth quarter. Offense is fun, but there’s gotta be a limit.
by WindyCityDawg on Sep 2, 2011 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions
So a chest tap is 15 yards now?
What I want to know is how defensive players can get away with staging a celebratory dance after a meaningless tackle while someone who puts points on the board can’t tap his chest once.
Why blame Vince when there's a perfectly good Tech alum to curse? :-)
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Roundabout way of asking isn't he the creator of the celebration rule?
although it’s been taken much, much farther than where it was originally.
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Agree - ridiculous
Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the Dawgs of war; - Julius Caesar, Act III, Scene 1
Hehe
Youngstown St. hanging with last year’s Big 10 champ.
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Dare I say
This is why season defensive stats aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on when its a non-AQ conference team.
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What stats?
Last year’s stats. And RG3 kind of is a major factor imo. Not saying the competition doesn’t inflate TCU’s stats, but they’re a strong D.
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No they are....
I’m just saying if thats what someone is going to point to as a reason why a team should be considered “one of the big boys” they need to take that inflation into account.
And you’re right about them being last year’s stats…. I just keep hearing from a certain blue and orange fanbase that last year’s success dictates this year’s success.
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I hope at least one of the teams (preferably Georgia) can play some defense tomorrow.
This is like watching a middle school game.
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I think we may be rapidly approaching Jesse From Tech territory.
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No way man.
More people are coming.
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What makes you think that?
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I dunno ....
Just seems like the nice thing to say.
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Hey man... I'm not the one talking to myself in a comment thread.
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RedCrake -
I just saw your post Bobo will be in the booth.
It’s scary when your dreams come true. I am like “WOWED”
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
Its just too spooky
I’m now convinced you’ve been running some sort of underground covert operation.
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I spent three years here:
I know ……….things
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
I'll take Advanced Green Notebook Destruction for 500, Alex!
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The reallly scary thing is this:
1) I wanted and NFL DC – check
2) I wanted a program to check players DLs and Registration, etc – check
3) I wanted a newcomers briefing on – stuff – check
4) I wanted SOMEONE to interact with the ACCPD – check
5) I wanted CMB in the booth – check
I have essentially gotten every change I wanted in this program. /scarred as hell
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
that means
if there isn’t a major improvement in Wins – we’re all going to blame you =)
I can bake like a demon.
by podunkdawg on Sep 2, 2011 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
We have too many posters now Podunk
which is why i have posted my pregame thoughts -
But I will give you a hint: It isnt a 3 pt spread.
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
UGA by a lot more
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
i just figure
since you got everything you wished for, if it doesn’t work, you must be to blame right?
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Well, my love, in the last 3 years, it has been easy to blame things on me
but this year, will not be one of them.
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
by chuckdawg on Sep 2, 2011 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
You better hope so....
I’ve commissioned a lead lined coffin :-)
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by RedCrake on Sep 2, 2011 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I sure hope you haven't used up all your wishes
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Don't question it! You say you want, it happens! Don't look a gift horse in the mouth!
Say you want us to win 14 games! Say it! Say it!
Go 'Dawgs!
It's a need to know thing.
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
oh let's be bolder than that
and let’s just have TT wish for UGA to win every NC in every sport for ever and ever amen.
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by podunkdawg on Sep 2, 2011 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm good - but I fail at UF
I thought Urban would blow. I was SO wrong on that one. I currently think Coach Boom will fail. But, UF is where I tend to screw up.
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
He could win 5 championships and Larry would still blow.
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It's like there's a "Being John Malkovich" thing going on . . .
. . . in which a door from Greg McGarity’s office in Butts-Mehre Heritage Hall leads our athletic director directly into tankertoad’s brain.
Discipline czar? Check. Reaching out to law enforcement? Check. Mike Bobo to the booth? Check.
Totally surprised. No, really, I’m genuinely totally surprised!
Go 'Dawgs!
we just posted the same thing at the same time............damn
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
Yeah, and then, right after it, podunkdawg and I did the same thing.
Great minds think alike. Great minds that think like me get their user status upgraded!
Actually, if that were true, I’d’ve never moved Mr. Sanchez up the masthead. . . . :)
Go 'Dawgs!
The thinking like me.
Great mind is TBD, though the “Godfather” comment toward the end of the playoff thread mitigates strongly pro in that regard.
By the way, I do not consider not thinking like me a detriment; the divergence of views, and the ability to air them heatedly yet with civility, is a strength of the site, and one I would not want to change.
Go 'Dawgs!
I was waiting for someone to set that one up
it seemed quite apt to the subject matter.
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Question for the group....
The last four years, on the first Saturday of college football season, I’ve listened to an REM album on a loop while I cook throughout the morning.
2007-Document
2008- Fables of the Reconstruction
2009- Life’s Rich Pageant
2010- Reckoning
Which vinyl should I pull out tomorrow: Murmur or Green?
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Yeah... now that you mention it
Orange Crush is on Green…. and I’m not comfortable with that song title.
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It all depends . . .
. . . how you interpret it.
Does “I’ve got my orange crush” mean I’m crushing the orange, or I’m being crushed by the orange?
Since the preceding line is “I’ve got my spine,” something we have shown precious little of in Jacksonville, I tend to think it means I’m crushing the orange, so I would urge you to go “Green” like a highly-recommended comment!
Go 'Dawgs!
I was pushing for it on "Turn You Inside-Out" alone.
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Don't say . . .
. . . “Central Florida” around here. You’re giving me Liberty Bowl flashbacks, harshing my mellow, and contramojofying my contramojofication.
Get on the bus, you energy vampire!
Go 'Dawgs!
lol, i'm sorry
just on a little vacation and hoping to catch up with some fellow fans in the Orlando area for the game.
Aaron Murray for Heisman!!
Fair enough.
By the way, I think you inadvertently almost quoted the Gin Blossoms’ “Hey Jealousy” there.
Go 'Dawgs!
I'm in no shape for driving, and anyway I've got no place to go
Words to live by.
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Meanwhile, I'm suddenly no longer sad we didn't get Dick Bumpas . . .
. . . as our defensive coordinator, though my planned top ten list had we hired him would’ve been epic. (It was a variation on David Letterman’s “Top Ten Body Parts and/or Van Pattens,” which I called “Top Ten Georgia Defensive Coordinators and/or Sexual Positions That Previously Were Illegal in Georgia.”)
Go 'Dawgs!
I think Dick has decided to go away from what works
He’s trying to use his brain to make decisions instead of just taking play calls from the mustache.
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I hope those guys at Sports and Grits
or whatever they are called are watching this. They are like a broken record about Patterson/Bumpas coming to UGA after we get rid of Richt. Their stuff used to be fairly good and somewhat humorous but that schtick is getting old.
We're watching intently
and noticing who all missed the point we were making about Patterson.
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It's probably a lot of folks...
but unless you’re among the anonymous masses commenting over there, I’d doubt it. If you’d like me to hash it out right quick, i will.
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i'm guessing
the HS game i’m watching is better than the NCAA game(s) on tonight?
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to hell with Gary Patterson
"One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida." - Herschel Walker
Cause one game against a difference making QB matters?
not saying I don’t want Richt, but I’m surely not opposed to Patterson if we’re going in a different direction.
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Or does he look like such a difference maker because of the TCU defense.
Similar theory on Kellen Moore. We will see tomorrow night.
I would say we should assess at the end of the season
But not sure anyone in the BigXII is better than TCU, except for OU.
Preseason rankings are a joke.
Just sayin is all...
I think Griffin is this year’s Tebow/Newton style 3000+ passing, 750-1000+ rushing unstoppable force at QB.
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I would agree with that sentiment, Mr. Sanchez.
That is, if we get to the point of making a change, Gary Patterson wouldn’t be a bad choice; he just isn’t the slam dunk choice he’s sometimes portrayed as being.
In any case, the season starts tomorrow, and we will know three months from now whether Mark Richt will stay or go, and whether he should stay or go, and, while some will be happy and some will be sad, whichever way it goes, I’ll be genuinely surprised if it’s not crystal-clear what the decision has to be.
(I’m going to be nice and not make a big deal out of the inconsistency of favoring a playoff and opposing using the sample set of one game to make definitive determinations, but just because I want us all focused on the season. Mark Richt is our head coach, and this is our team. The former fact may change, but it won’t before December, and the offseason is over. Let’s focus on beating Boise State, shall we?)
Go 'Dawgs!
I'll be honest, I'm of an exactly difference opinion on the crystal clearness
I’m seeing the exact opposite, and an 8 or so win year, where McGarity has a very, very difficult decision to make on whether to stay the course or change directions.
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My thoughts on playoffs are almost purely due to the varying degrees of difficulty in scheduling
how can you possibly eyeball UGA vs TCU vs Ohio St vs USC vs West Va vs Oklahoma vs you get the point, in a given year? You can’t. And while I really, really liked your point about how college football allows for more than just one end to truly matter more than others, I just don’t think you can ever figure out a “deserving” champion with this system. That said, your points above the nebulous nature of that failing being desirable is duly noted and in a sense agreed upon when I say things like how college basketball and every other level of football everywhere does is different, not better, not worse, just different.
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Fair enough.
I basically like ‘em all the way they are, and I wouldn’t want to tinker too much with any of them to make them more like the others. A college basketball BCS and a 68-team college football tournament both would be horrible ideas.
Go 'Dawgs!
I'm just having a hard time figuring out how Baylor is doing so well
I mean, they lost their bowl game last year and everything.
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by RedCrake on Sep 2, 2011 9:50 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Shouldn't matter.
Teams that lose their bowl games always have a crappy season the next year.
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Oh good...
Lou Holth. Now where’s that mute button?
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If anyone
has a # for CMR – please let him know to watch Chris Hall, Union HS #86 in Tulsa. Kid made the only touch down of the game, and just made a huge tackle….
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Its tomorrow morning on Gameday
Apparently the commentary will live forever in the mind of Urban Meyer and will be a big deal.
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if Urban's speaking
i ain’t listening. not now, not ever.
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by podunkdawg on Sep 2, 2011 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
where? We need it all over this state
mama hasn’t had rain in months over in Nicholson
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Be careful what you wish for
I heard today there’s a possiblity of 20+ inches up here in the Northeast quadrant.
They'd take it
it’s weird. They live in a hole or something, storms will be 5 minutes away, and never touch them. It’s been that way for a couple years, but really bad the last few months. The grass needs water, or else the cows will start going hungry. The garden is fine from their little lake, but the fields need water.
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Yeah, I'm familiar with Nicholson
used to work in Commerce.
I work over there
Our school football field looks just pathetic (not unlike the football team)
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Ahh... well CCHS beat us in soccer when I was in high school.... so there's that.
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Well, on my way home from work
my HS was beating your cross town rival Cedar Shoals by 10.
Good
see the EDSBS meme with the inappropriate word about Clemson, yet replace them with Cedar Shoals in that line for my feelings about that.
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No...
I used to work at East Jackson Middle and I’m at Kings Bridge now. Both experience the delightful drought hole.
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Thanks for your thanks :-)
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y;all don;t hear it enough
mama spent here 30 in ga public schools so i understand the trials, tribulations, and lack of appreciation.
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Student
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by The Quincy Carter of Accountants on Sep 2, 2011 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't think there was enough Texas
in the Big XII ad
Yeah..... sorta proved the Aggies point didn't it
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And in MY mind
has been more consistently the best team in conference for years.
By the way, the Braves
have given up several runs to give up their lead over the Dodgers.
This young man playing quarterback for TCU
should maybe not be running so much…I am concerned about his safety
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by The Quincy Carter of Accountants on Sep 2, 2011 10:21 PM EDT reply actions
Almost as impressive as...
Almost.
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That's why I like our kickers.
I know, kickers are supposedly the weird guys and all that, but still
Speaking of High School
Do the Georgia High Schools do the whole spirit week fundraising competition before your rival game. Have to have son at midnight dance tonight for the kick off. It will be non stop fundraising for the next week. Usually each school raises over $100T for a designated charity, but it is craziness.
Not to mention having to pick my son up from the dance at 2am.
Ok, I didn't play football
is the DB that bad or the receiver that good or both?
A little late to the party tonight...
…(and I fully understand there’s a lot of football left to be played tonight), but methinks this game is a perfect example of why preseason polls are complete crap.
Dawgfan Will
If Georgia should happen to win tomorrow
Number of Websites/Newspapers that use a “BCS-Busted” Headline: Over/Under 1 Bajillion.
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Well he is the only one that seems to know how to handle himself in a bar...
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by RedCrake on Sep 2, 2011 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
One would think
Mett would have learned his lesson regarding bars, no?
I assume he has.... but that kind of thing has a way of following you.
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Once you've been banished from Valdosta, . . .
. . . what’s the worst they can do to you in Louisiana?
Go 'Dawgs!
Just ask Powers Boothe and David Carradine.
/may have named the wrong Carradine brother
/still a kick-ass movie
Go 'Dawgs!
Hey now!!!
I live up in them thar hills!!!!!
I think that says a lot about Mett
I never heard good things from his coaches at Oconee.
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Fun story.
Boss Bailey’s son goes to my school and he came to the game yesterday. All the other teachers got to hang out with him but guess who got to work in the dadgum concession stand.
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Um, I may need to ask you a personal question then
(it’s about a signature on a photo of him blocking a kick, don’t worry. I got Sully’s on it, want Boss and Pooh Veal since that’s who Boss is flying over.)
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I'll add it to the memorabilia pile I'm amassing
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Metaphysical question
could Boss Bailey amass a stack of memorabilia photos of him jumping to block kicks that was so high, even he could not jump over it?
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by The Quincy Carter of Accountants on Sep 2, 2011 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I submit that he could not.
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I know.... it'll just have to take its proper place in line behind all the stuff I want signed :-)
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Did the Longhorns get the state legislature to pass a law . . .
. . . saying no one else in Texas was allowed to play defense?
I mean, dang. This game is the antithesis of last night’s Kentucky-Western Kentucky game.
So far, this is the worst football season ever!
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Baylor's D has been pretty solid since halftime.
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Maybe there was a Waco loophole.... because they have to live in Waco
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This TCU kid is going to be killed
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by The Quincy Carter of Accountants on Sep 2, 2011 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah.... there was definitely a Waco loophole
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By the way, the men's tennis team split six matches with Boise State today, . . .
. . . and the women’s soccer team beat Minnesota, 2-1, in overtime.
I’ll have complete recaps of the day’s Georgia sports action as soon as the volleyball game ends.
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Evidently, they scheduled this one to coincide with the football game.
The Georgia and Boise State men’s tennis teams will play again in Atlanta tomorrow, then both teams will go to the Dome to watch the football teams.
Maybe it’s the tennis team’s fault they didn’t have room for the band . . . and, by the way, can you imagine two groups more likely to be 100 per cent ethnically diverse than the Boise State men’s tennis team and the Morris Brown band?
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Without looking at their roster...
I’d guess they’d be extremely eastern European, at least that’s how most of those teams were when I covered women’s tennis for the Red and Black 10 years ago (a very, very underrated beat for their sports reporters).
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Boise State didn't bring its band, so the Morris Brown band is standing in for them.
I’m wondering whether the Boise State tennis team took up the space on the plane that the Boise State band could’ve occupied.
As for the other point, it just struck me that the Boise State tennis team was likely to be really, really white, so it struck me as ironic that, because they took up the space the band could’ve occupied, they opted to use a band from an historically black college instead.
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I was with you on everything except for the fact
that the Morris Brown band would be filling in for the BSU band. Seems strange to me, but hey, what do I know about bands!?!?!
tennis teams are 6, maybe 7 kids...
a little smaller than the space needed for the band.
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Yeah, and I'm sure they typically don't bring their band on long trips, anyway.
This was definitely way more time than I should’ve devoted to a joke that probably wasn’t that funny in the first place. My bad.
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US Starting lineup
Howard; Chandler, Orozco Fiscal, Bocanegra ©, Castillo; Donovan, Edu, Torres; Rogers, Altidore, Shea
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I demand Brad Friedel!
Oh wait, no I don’t.
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No....
He’s just doomed to collect a paycheck… like oh so many of our players.
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I mean... at least we could use Gomes if we wanted to
Managed to get rid of the guys who were never ever gonna play. Villa even paid us for most of them… for which I am most appreciative.
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similar here
although I don’t fully get the Meireles move. It’s OK if Henderson steps up and Gerrard stays healthy, but I’m not confident of either.
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And Crouch is gone
For which I am personally very grateful
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Only if they didn't show frequent close ups of his wife every game, yowza
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That and I'll miss his shenanigans....
But I won’t miss him wandering around the box looking lost.
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All right, y'all are trying to sell me on soccer . . .
. . . (which isn’t happening, by the way, but I admire the effort), and none of y’all mentioned her before now?
Way to bury the lead, guys!
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May I present Mrs. Sylvie Van der Vaart
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I said i was slow playing you on that subject
trust me, I was gonna break out the big guns eventually, and she was definitely among them. NCT just showed another.
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NCT? How did he get dragged into this?
As long as you know the soccer thing is never going to happen—-seriously, there is no chance of me becoming a soccer fan; absolutely none—-you may feel free to fire away.
They got hot wives in NASCAR, too, and I’m not tuning in to watch guys drive in a circle, either.
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Oops meant Red Crake, sorry for the confusion
need i mention again how the liquor is working?
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All right, gotcha.
Now we’re clear.
I should’ve followed through on my promise to have a little Jack Daniel’s. Then we would’ve had a fun comment thread! :)
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One more'gin
Van Gogh Double Espresso. Sugary flavor, bit of a coffee taste, caffeine and alcohol. Keeps you awake while relaxing. It’s wonderful/
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I'll give it a whirl, . . .
. . . but now probably isn’t the best time. :)
Good night, all.
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I haven't found it to be a good mixing liquor,...
but have found it to be an excellent sipping liquor.
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And where are my other hooligans anyway?
the US is on. And here comes Agudelo, come get some son.
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I wimped out and fell asleep on the couch.
Woke up 30:00 into the first half.
(Caught the end of the Baylor/TCU game, though! Crazy.)
by vineyarddawg on Sep 3, 2011 12:47 AM EDT up reply actions
I would describe the play I've seen so far as only marginally better than we're used to.
And by “marginally better,” I mean that we gave up a goal in the 65th minute instead of the 1st.
by vineyarddawg on Sep 3, 2011 12:48 AM EDT up reply actions
Defense really hung Howard out to dry on that goal...
… and he almost saved two point-blank shots.
by vineyarddawg on Sep 3, 2011 12:49 AM EDT up reply actions
If it matters to you, . . .
. . . there is a Georgia women’s soccer recap on the front page, in which I already have found a pair of errors, which I noted in the comments.
The Red and Black goalie had some of them there saves you mentioned.
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Nice!
I was glad to see the women won tonight. Never want to let a B1G team get the better of you in any sport. :-)
I really believe he's one of the best in the world.
He’s getting a little old, though, even for a goalie. I hope he’ll hold up through the next World Cup.
Don't get me wrong, I'll stick take mine over yours in goal...
but it’s essentially half a dozen on one hand vs. 6 on the other imo, currently and aside from the age factor.
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still take mine...
“stick”? this van gogh is working extra special tonight
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Also, I'm pretty sure it's . . .
. . . “six of one, half a dozen of another,” not “half a dozen on one hand vs. 6 on the other,” unless you grew up near Chernobyl or New Jersey or someplace. :)
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nuclear disasters aside...
i think my variation of the phrase encapsulates a similar enough meaning to get the point across.
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I'd prefer they just form a 2 member "We Hate Texas" conference.
But I don’t suppose thats an option
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rumor in Okie land
says the state legislature requires OU & OSU to stay together wherever they go….
I can bake like a demon.
very well could be
no telling but I did hear it from an OU season ticket holder FWIW
I can bake like a demon.
Well, it might be propaganda.
But T. Boone Pickens would like to remind you that he has a very persuasive tool at his command:
why would that be a bad deal?
Add Okie, Mizzou, Okie St, and A&M, we’re at 16.
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East gets Bama and Auburn?
Seems like a bad idea to me.
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But then we could do like the Big 11 or 12 or whatever they are up there
and re-name the realignment with Legends and Wannabes or something like that.
at that right, let's go 10 a side
the west adds the 4 big 12 schools, and the east snags 4 from the ACC (FSU, NC, Duke, Va Tech, NC St or UVa)
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you've read my thoughts on that...
like Raineir Wolfcastle’s goggles, “They do nothing!”
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They restore an important rivalry, . . .
. . . and they do more than at least half the teams on that list.
Being in another state doesn’t mean being able to deliver another state. A heck of a lot more people would watch a Georgia-Clemson game than would watch a Georgia-N.C. State game.
I’m just saying that, if you’re going to treat half the ACC as legitimately in play, you have to include Clemson in that half.
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I'll jump in here and simply say
the advantage to UNC and/or Duke would be to have basketball be a huge revenue generator.
not financially they don't
clemson just subtracts from the paypool, not add. I’m all for restoring rivalries, but as a proud graduate of both Georgia and South Carolina, this.
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this =
http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/2011/5/7/2158925/the-fuck-clemson-meme-repository
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they do add a better all around program,...
and have pull in much larger markets solidifying a hold on a highly populated state.
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How much does that hold need solidifying?
Tallahassee is smack dab at the epicenter of the intersection of the Alabama, Auburn, Florida, and Georgia fan bases. They don’t add new markets; the argument is that they’ll add out-of-market eyeballs. Given the strong histories of the Georgia-Clemson and Clemson-South Carolina series, and the popularity of recent games between Clemson and such other SEC schools as Alabama and Auburn, there’s no reason to think the same won’t hold true for the Tigers, as well.
The bottom line is that there’s much more complex math involved here than just “they’re in place we currently aren’t,” and, as additions that make sense, Clemson, while far from the best choice financially, makes much better sense than most other ACC teams.
By the way, I don’t concede for a moment that Florida State brings a better all-around athletics program, given Clemson’s solid baseball, men’s basketball, and soccer (yes, I went there) programs.
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but the decision is all financial...
and while they don’t add markets, the strengthening of Tampa, Jacksonville, and Orlando brings a lot more eyeballs than strengthening our hold on Greenville/Spartanburg. You’ve got Ga/Clemson, Clem/SC, well I’ll go FSU/UF, FSU/Auburn. So they’ve got strong histories too, and we’re back again at the underlying factor, money. FSU is higher profile, in a much higher populated state, and is much better financially. And in the words of Big Dan, Tootcourt, “IT’S ALL ABOUT THE MONEY, BOYS!”
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also see comment above re: degrees
add in mama graduating from FSU, you ain’t swaying me on this one. Clemson no, FSU yes.
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Fine, as long as you admit that the reasons you're giving . . .
. . . are mere pretenses. This is emotional for you, just as it is for me, and it’s not a business decision for either one of us.
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Lets just take Boston College
Ruin the conference already and call it a day.
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Honestly...
I can’t disagree with a single thing there since the “ruin the conference” is how I full above going over 12 in the first place.
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Its like taking off a Band-Aid
They’re gonna do it anyway, so just rip it off and get it over with.
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feel about, not full above
geez, I’m getting scared to read the rest of my comments tonight now.
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Not admitting that
business wise, FSU is much more beneficial than Clemson. Personal bias has nothing to do with that.
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You are free to believe that.
It may even be true. You have not, however, made a case for that proposition.
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Cause I'm not in a position to know the particular financial
impact of either. But it’s hard to believe adding Clemson would be a better financial move than adding FSU if we’re looking at adding one or the other, and we both know this is about nothing more than dollar bills.
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Unfortunately, you're right about that.
I agree Clemson is a long shot. I think it’s probably true that Florida State, having been an established national brand more recently than Clemson, would attract more viewers, but that is far from a slam dunk, particularly given the declines in the two programs in the 2000s. I’m simply saying that (a) it’s not as simple as saying “this team brings a new market because it’s outside but adjacent to our existing geographic footprint,” and, (b) because of that, Clemson cannot simply be discounted out of hand, particularly if Florida State (which has several of the same problems, albeit arguably to a lesser degree) is in the mix.
Sadly, Missouri and Virginia Tech probably are more realistic possibilities than either, for political as well as financial reasons, though both involve stretching the definition of “Southeastern.” Given the long and significant history of Georgia’s rivalry with Clemson—-which I hope you will acknowledge, even though you consider the rivalry with Tennessee more important—-I merely think, and believe other Georgia fans also ought to think, that having Clemson in the SEC East would have its benefits. At the end of the day, that’s all I’m saying.
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Again, just being honest...
if TCU can be in the “Big East”, the “Big 12” can have 10 teams while the “Big 10” has 12, the name “Southeastern” in SEC means little anymore.
And yes, I will absolutely acknowledge the long and storied history of that rivalry, although my educational background would never allow me to feel as though “Clemson in the SEC East would have its benefits”. May they, their rock, and their freak eyed mascot all die in a grease fire.
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by Mr. Sanchez on Sep 3, 2011 12:18 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
i say we leave things the way they are. there really is no reason to add teams is there?
if’n it aint broke, no reason to try and fix it
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Unfortunately...
our agreement that there is no reason to add doesn’t hold sway with the powers that be, and Texas A&M is coming whether we like it or not, which leaves the only thing remaining to be how many more we add, and who.
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i know
i just like things the way they are. I cannot understand adding teams for the sake of adding teams, Anyone who joins the fray in this expansion, realistically has no chance to ever win the SEC, they are only here to usurp the money. And, is that what we want, does that move the conference forward?
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does adding aTm and someone else make the conference better? I don’t think so
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I think it's proactive to be honest...
Slive saw the writing on the wall last summer and sees the move to 16 or 24 team superconferences as an unfortunate inevitability, and is moving for his portion of the pie before the other major conferences move for their portion.
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by Mr. Sanchez on Sep 3, 2011 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
As long as they never televise another ACC Championship Game
I’m ok with all of em.
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Honestly, I'm with you on that.
But then again, I liked the SEC just fine when it wasn’t a two division conference.
by EricBDawg on Sep 2, 2011 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Meanwhile, these two crappy defenses . . .
. . . have managed to make this a competitive (which is not synonymous with “good”) game.
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I was looking forward
to a season without hearing about TCU’s MNC aspirations. Oh well…
by Cherokee's Grip on Sep 2, 2011 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions
I forgot to add that I'm sure
the WWL will pass it off as TCU staging a dramatic comeback against a strong Baylor team as opposed to “hey, nobody played defense”
Okay
TCU just took the lead. This is the most ridiculously entertaining game of the season and it’s only in Week1. I’m calling it now and I’m going to stand by that.
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RedCrake: Modern Nostradamus?
In what I predict will be one of the more entertaining games of the weekend
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Alright guys
Its been fun. Time to hit the sack.
I’ve got a long day tomorrow of standing in the place where I live, facing North, thinking about direction, and wondering why I haven’t before.
GO DAWGS!!!
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by RedCrake on Sep 2, 2011 11:51 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
this is why college football is the best sport on earth
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by samxrm on Sep 2, 2011 11:51 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Thats how they roll at Baylor
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it's making me laugh still
i have a newfound respect for Baylor. They’re some nice kids.
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I like how they gingerly climbed over the railings
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I'm out.
For real this time
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Evidently not.
Sorry, samxrm.
On the plus side, if we win on Saturday, you can post, “I’m going to Disney World!”
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Looks like I missed the last of the soccer crowd...
… but we could use Jack Bauerle at this USA-Costa Rica game, ‘cause there’s a heck of a lot of diving going on.
(Yes, I know Bauerle is just the swimming coach. Work with me here.)
If I'm not mistaken, we have a separate coach for the diving side.
I could be wrong, though… but whomever that theoretical person may be, I don’t know their name, and neither does anyone else, so it worked better with the joke to mention Bauerle. :-)
Never mind...
Dan Laak is termed “Head Diving Coach” on georgiadogs.com, so I stand corrected on that idea.
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As usual, we're peppering the goal with opportunities and half-shots...
… just not finishing with any authority.
I would laugh...
… but we are about to lose to the CONCACAF equivalent of Boise State.
So that bad omen is kinda ruining my mood.
Well, if you only have so much mojo to go around, . . .
. . . better the U.S. should lose a friendly than that the ’Dawgs should lose a blood feud.
I mean, come on! It’s a friendly! How big a deal could it be, right? (Seriously . . . “friendly”? WTF? How do you expect me to take a sport seriously when it calls games “friendlies”? Is the soccer equivalent of Georgia-Auburn an “enemily”?)
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Well, there really is no soccer equivalent for Georgia-Auburn. :-)
Anytime Georgia plays Auburn, it’s going to be a game that counts in the standings for something. A “friendly” would be like if the G-Day game was Georgia vs. Auburn, instead. It’s basically meaningless, except for (wounded) pride.
I realize that makes the whole exhibition thing sound rather pointless...
… but the national teams have to get some playing time together to build their chemistry somehow. It would be kind of like if Georgia only played 4 football games that counted a year, but they really wanted to play somebody other than just intrasquad scrimmage games.
At any rate, however...
… you’re 100% correct.
I would rather the USA lose to their version of Boise State here than Georgia lose to our version of Boise State. So maybe we’ve used up all the bad mojo.
it's a friendly though...
aka not for real. Which distinguishes it from tomorrow,
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Well, we all knew the early part of Klinsmann's reign was likely to be marked by some growing pains.
This is, undoubtedly, one of those occasions.
/doesn’t make it feel any better
Yeah, he's definitely an up-and-comer with promise.
Ultimately, though, we still saw a team with our same old fatal flaws… can’t finish to save our lives.
let aguedelo, etc continue to develop
we’ll get our first touch and ability to score, eventually right?
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One would hope.
I literally know zero about coaching up soccer talent, so I can only close my eyes and dream.
I wouldn’t mind seeing Davies get his old form back, too.
All right, I have to get to sleep sooner or later.
By that, I mean “later,” but I’d better get started now, or it’ll be even later than that.
Sleep tight, all. I probably won’t be around much tomorrow, but there’ll be a general comment thread in the morning, and a dedicated thread specific to our game in the evening, which is set to open about an hour before kickoff.
Go ’Dawgs, and good night.
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Up at 5:30 AM
To hike 7.5 miles on the AT to stratton, Maine. I believe this is my earliest gameday ever. Go Dawgs.
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