Monday Morning Dawg Bites, Presidents' Day Edition
by vineyarddawg on Feb 20, 2012 10:01 AM EST
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Good Monday morning and Happy Presidents Day, Dawg fans! Unless you happen to be a government employee, you'll probably be celebrating this holiday by earning some Presidents, so in the interest of concision, I will move right along to the news of the day. Not before your morning BAAAAAWWWWWWWW, though. Per Christian Robinson's twitter account, this is the not-a-puppy-anymore that Isaiah Crowell held up slightly more than a year ago on national signing day:
Everybody together now... bbaaaaaaaaaawwwwwww. (Via)
Now... on to the news!
- In short, it was a good weekend to be a Georgia Bulldog. The baseball team completed a sweep of the Presbyterian College Blue Hose (winning a sort of game in the process that they lost far too frequently last year). The equestrian team defeated the defending national champions from Auburn (and the horses in on which they rode). The lacrosse teams took 4 of their 7 combined games over the weekend, and got to legally beat people with sticks in the process, so that ain't bad. The Gym Dogs managed to score well into the 197's in a crushing defeat of Kentucky, which is a definite step in the right direction. The softball team could only be held back by the weather, going 4-0 on the weekend with Sunday's game cancelled due to rain. And as for the women's swimming and diving team... all Jack Bauerle does is keep winning championships.
- Now the bad news: Our basketball teams can't win jack. This has apparently become the style, now. (Not that it was ever not the style for the men... but still.)
- Soccer news that Kyle can't get mad about: The UGA soccer team continues to add to its growing list of honors. Ashley Baker was once again called up to international duty with England for the Under-23 Four Nations tournament in La Manga, Spain. She is the only U.S.-based player to be called up for the Three Lions. Also, as previously reported, Nikki Hill will be playing for Canada in the upcoming CONCACAF qualifying tournament for the 2012 FIFA Under-20 World Cup. Good luck to these DGD's and their teams (except when they play the USA)!
- Well, you know he's getting a Christmas card from the Postal Service: Back to football news... Nick Saban mailed 105 recruiting letters in one day to a recruit in Atlanta. Yes, I'm serious. No, it wasn't a mistake.
- And speaking of football: I think this is a perfect metaphor for an SEC football schedule. "Aw, man this place is my playground (crashes into mountain)." Unless, of course, you're Georgia, then your schedule is LOL SO EASY.
- It's the only thing worse than all the stupid puns: ESPN has reportedly sacked those responsible for including a racial slur in multiple articles about NBA rookie phenom Jeremy Lin. This is just about the only story you will ever see from me on the NBA, and I include it because it also mentions the suspension of Max Bretos, the sometimes-overrated-but-usually-entertaining ESPN anchor that got his start calling soccer matches for Fox Soccer Channel back in the pre-HD days. Apparently, Bretos used that same derogatory term live on ESPNews during an interview. Who knew that using a racially-based slur on national TV would be one of ESPN's taboos?
- Finally, tomorrow is Mardi Gras, everybody! Remember not to accidentally sexually assault anybody during the festivities!
Have a great Monday, and...
Go Dawgs!
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Speaking of Mardi Gras...
The band I’m in, The Half Dozen Brass Band, is playing at the Georgia Theatre tomorrow. Gonna be a big wild party. Pass the word along! We play around 9. It’s $8 a head. There will be tons of beads and tons of great music.
by DocSkraynj on Feb 20, 2012 1:26 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Thanks for the info, DocSkraynj!
Break a leg!
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by vineyarddawg on Feb 20, 2012 1:32 PM EST up reply actions
Much appreciated, guys!
Should be fun.
by DocSkraynj on Feb 20, 2012 5:47 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
RE: SEC Football Schedule
I’m sure that this has been addressed previously but my question is this: Why is it not in the SEC and it’s television partners best interest to do an 8 game schedule with the big three cross-divisional rivalries intact with those 6 teams playing one rotating opponent and the other 8 schools playing two rotating? I would think that while UGA-Miss and UGA-Miss St are typically put on the SEC Network and UGA-Auburn is mostly a CBS/ESPN game that the networks would want to have that game in their inventory yearly. What am I missing here? This is all about money. UGA-Auburn/Bama-Tennessee/FLA-LSU are proven to be great TV draws. Why risk having 2 October and 1 November Saturdays with less appealing matchups to show?
by JoeinSavannah on Feb 20, 2012 2:05 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
There are lots of options that would make sense, I think.
Let’s hope the SEC powers-that-be choose one of them. (I have a preference for a certain option, obviously.)
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by vineyarddawg on Feb 20, 2012 3:05 PM EST up reply actions
Holy crap.
I kinda need to know what happened to that guy that smacked the side of the mountain.
Witty phrase.
by The Ugas Departed on Feb 20, 2012 2:25 PM EST reply actions
According to wikipedia, he suffered multiple leg fractures and was otherwise fine.
He’s lucky if that’s the case. That could have been much, much worse.
by Swarles_Barkley on Feb 20, 2012 2:53 PM EST up reply actions
On the ESPN/Lin thing
are we sure that was an intentional remark, and not just a mistaken slip of a commonly used phrase in an unfortunate situation?
http://sportsandgrits.com/
It's an editor's job to catch that stuff.
When the whole Lin sensationalism is based in large part on his race, they have to be sensitive about accidental racial slurs. I think that they felt people would take it lightly as just a harmful pun. It’s a terrible lack of judgment, but I don’t really believe it to be a racism on the part of ESPN.
by Swarles_Barkley on Feb 20, 2012 3:42 PM EST up reply actions
On the headline, sure
but for the reporter? It is a common phrase for someone with a single small failing after all.
http://sportsandgrits.com/
Yeah, for the reporter that could be the case.
I didn’t hear what exactly he said, but it certainly is reasonable to think he may have let a phrase slip by without realizing what he said.
by Swarles_Barkley on Feb 20, 2012 3:54 PM EST up reply actions
I have just one question:
Seriously, what is the argument against making Isaiah Crowell’s puppy the new Uga?
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I don't think people want to talk about it too much in public...
… but the dog apparently somehow picked up a Purple Drank habit shortly after National Signing Day last year. So, you know, he’s battling his personal issues…
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by vineyarddawg on Feb 21, 2012 10:33 AM EST up reply actions
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