Game Day Open Comment Thread and Honorary Game Captain

by T Kyle King on Jan 1, 2008 9:21 AM EST in Football

Happy new year! The first day of the 2008 calendar has arrived, but, more importantly, so has the last day of the Bulldogs' 2007 season. This is, of course, your game day open comment thread, so feel free to share your thoughts on the Sugar Bowl, the New Year's Day college football action, and the postseason generally in the comments below.

Naturally, this is also the time to declare today's Dawg Sports honorary game captain. I inadvertently foreshadowed this selection when mistakenly answering the final trivia question in my interview with NBC Sports, so it will not surprise you to learn that today's honorary captain is D.J. Shockley.

My reasons for selecting Shockley are twofold. First of all, as I noted when defending my aforementioned erroneous answer, Georgia's then-backup quarterback threw the 37-yard pass to Terrence Edwards that gave the Classic City Canines their only offensive touchdown in the Superdome on January 1, 2003 . . . the last time the 'Dawgs played in New Orleans and also the last time the Red and Black won the Sugar Bowl.

Secondly, Shockley's first game as the full-time starter under center was against a Western Athletic Conference squad with a potent offense. The Georgia quarterback completed 16 of his 24 pass attempts for 289 yards and five touchdowns while rushing five times for 85 yards and another score in a 48-13 rout.

The experts are expecting Hawaii to be this year's Boise State, and I hope they're right. It'd be nice to see a similar beatdown in the Crescent City tonight.

Go 'Dawgs!

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well

that was fairly quick.

Go Big Red Nebraska!
http://www.cornnation.com

by cornnation on Jan 1, 2008 9:05 PM EST 0 recs

Hawaii

has settled in after the first possession. It'll be tough for them to score in the red zone all night, methinks.

Go Big Red Nebraska!
http://www.cornnation.com

by cornnation on Jan 1, 2008 9:26 PM EST 0 recs

melted butter

is what the Hawaii defense looks like.

that might be an insult to butter.

Go Big Red Nebraska!
http://www.cornnation.com

by cornnation on Jan 1, 2008 9:34 PM EST 0 recs

I feel like I'm watching...

Something like what people thought Michigan versus App State would be.

by DC Trojan on Jan 1, 2008 9:48 PM EST 0 recs

yeah

Hawaii's offensive line is terrible.

this game is flat out awful. They're committing the worst sin possible with a big game.

It's boring.

Go Big Red Nebraska!
http://www.cornnation.com

by cornnation on Jan 1, 2008 10:19 PM EST 0 recs

oeeeee

at 4:13 left in the second quarter, Georgia goes on fourth, doesn't pick up the first down.

It's the beginning of the end..... !!!

Whatever.

Go Big Red Nebraska!
http://www.cornnation.com

by cornnation on Jan 1, 2008 10:21 PM EST 0 recs

About what I expected

Georgia's athletes are too much...and the defense is playing a great scheme. The offense has become stagnant, but when they carry out blocking assignments, the results have been great.

My original prediction: 48-20. I'm halfway there, at least for the home team.

by DavetheDawg on Jan 1, 2008 10:41 PM EST 0 recs

Fox News is reporting . . .

. . . that President Bush just called the Japanese prime minister to reassure him.

The last time Hawaii got shelled this badly, after all, we declared war on Japan.

by T Kyle King on Jan 2, 2008 12:39 AM EST 0 recs

Just kidding about my last comment

If Fox News were reporting such a thing, though, it would be far more credible than the announcing crew Fox put in the booth for this one.

With eight minutes to go, I finally turned down the sound to prevent myself from throwing something at my television. These idiots from Fox get basic facts wrong, don't understand the rules of football, and go out of their way to criticize Georgia for playing well while defending the presence of a Hawaii team that obviously had no business being in the Big Easy for anything more prestigious than the New Orleans Bowl.

Tonight was a great night for the 'Dawgs, but the absolute incompetence and idiocy of an announcing crew whose opinions were ill-founded and whose command of the obvious was tenuous at best detracted from what should have been an absolutely splendid night.

The next time I criticize ESPN, someone remind me how genuinely awful the alternative is.

On the plus side . . . GO 'DAWGS! Right now, we ought to be the happiest fan base in all 49 states. (In case you hadn't heard, Hawaii is on the verge of being demoted back to territorial status.)

by T Kyle King on Jan 2, 2008 12:51 AM EST 0 recs

No kidding on FOX

That broadcast was terrible.

Breaking away from an instant replay review without ever actually showing the replay?

Referring to Georgia as "The Gators" at the line of scrimmage?

AUGGH.

Davies' and Brennaman's color commentary about Hawai'i during the game wanted me to literally claw out my own eyes. Yes, we get it: they have a good offense...against Charleston Southern, Utah State, and UNLV.

by CAJason80 on Jan 2, 2008 2:18 AM EST up 0 recs

Crazy like Fox's

My own "favorite" contributions from the broadcast booth were (1) when they suggested the complete beatdown Hawaii was enduring at the hands of Georgia was bad for the entire country because everyone really wanted to see June Jones' offense operate effectively and (2) when the chief play-by-play guy (I don't know his name) began to bleat about how it was unnecessary for Georgia to administer such a whipping when the pre-season poll voters would have no recollection of what Georgia did in the game. As to point (1), the whole country has seen June Jones' offense operate during his stint as an NFL coach in Atlanta (see MaconDawg's "Cocktail" posting) and it sucked even then. As to point (2), if everyone's memory is so short about what happens in the bowl games, how come we had to listen to so much pre-game blather about how Boise State beat Oklahoma last year?

But enough of all that. That was just the statement Georgia needed to make, and my only concern now is that it was so convincing Sports Illustrated might put the Bulldogs on the cover to begin the season and Corso will actually start picking Georgia on GameDay. We don't need jinxes like that.

by College Buddy on Jan 2, 2008 8:52 AM EST up 0 recs

i hate fox

Kyle, is there anyway we can construct a letter to Fox Sports about the awfulness of their broadcast tonight. The Fox broadcast looked like something out of a high school broadcast production exploratory class. Give me CBS and ESPN any day.

The fact that I had to lead my post with a rant about the quality and heinousness of a broadcast is absolutely horrible.

Hats off to the team. Their intensity on defense was absolutely unmatched and off the top of my head i cannot remember such a dominating performance on defense by a UGA team. Marcus Howard was the first defensive Sugar Bowl Most Outstanding Player in 30 years.

Stafford and the offense didn't even have to think of any creative play calls all night. I could have subbed for Mike Bobo as OC tonight: iso, iso, counter sweep, toss weak, moreno for 6. Oh, did I mention with that play calling the offense scored 28 points.

What a season!!!

by loran smith on Jan 2, 2008 1:26 AM EST 0 recs

Total Domination

I thought the game would be close. I was wrong. Much praise for CWM and the defense for an incredible plan and performance. I can't believe we played 3 down for almost all of the first half and still were battering Brennan. The offense wasn't stellar, but they did what they had to.
It's great to be a GEORGIA BULLDOG!

by fotodog on Jan 2, 2008 2:02 AM EST 0 recs

As previously posted on EDSBS

I left this comment on EDSBS first, (although it was riddled with alcohol-induced typos; let he who is without sin cast the first stone) although I'm 21 and probably bring down the average poster-age around here by a few years, DawgSports readers of my generation will appreciate that we all grew up with Pee-Wee's Playhouse. And if Pee-Wee were to ask Gambi for a sum up of the Sugar Bowl, I'm pretty sure he woulda answered with a "Mecca-lecca high, mecca-hiney OWNED"

by MightyMightyMitzu on Jan 2, 2008 3:49 AM EST 0 recs

Congratulations ...

are in order, I think.

Outstanding destruction of a pretender. Great job helping us defend the honor of the SEC, and another great win for the Dawgs.

Again, congratulations, guys.

A Sea of Blue - Kentucky Sports For the Discerning Fan

by Truzenzuzex on Jan 2, 2008 7:19 AM EST 0 recs

Congratulations!!

Now THAT was impressive. You guys just dominated the line of scrimmage. By the 4th quarter I was just hoping every one of their wideouts would take a knee as soon as they caught the ball in fear of their lives...no need to see anyone get decapitated out there. Hats off to the Dawgs!

by GeauxTigers on Jan 2, 2008 9:57 AM EST 0 recs