bear bryant Stories - Dawg Sports
The Nittany Lion in Winter: The Long Life and Sad End of Joe Paterno
Henry: My life, when it is written, will read better than it lived. Henry Fitz-Empress, first Plantagenet, a king at twenty-one, the ablest soldier of an able time. He led men well, he cared for justice when he could and ruled, for thirty years, a state as great as Charlemagne’s. Act One, Scene...
Don't Bet On It!: Week Two College Football Predictions Around the SEC
On a weekend otherwise lacking in successes upon which to hang my hat, I managed to go 10-1 in my first set of SEC picks, which sounds impressive, until you pause to consider that, really, only one of those outcomes ought to have been in doubt, so, yeah, it was really more like 0-1, which is why I...
Don't Bet On It!: Labor Day Weekend College Football Predictions Around the SEC
September is almost upon us, and with its arrival comes the start of college football season, which means the time has come for me to begin offering you my prognostications concerning the outcomes of actual games. I do this each week of the season in three increments, beginning with every game...
When Nevin Met Orson: A One-Act Play
(Author’s Note: I’m not going to lie to you; jet lag and an atypical midday nap on Monday have conspired to throw off my sleep schedule, as a consequence of which I am out of sorts, and it shows. Fortunately, lots of other folks have more than taken up the slack, for which I am most obliged. Since...
Georgia Bulldogs 2011 Season Preview: The Florida Game
It should be apparent by now that I have been putting off previewing the Georgia Bulldogs’ October 29 SEC East showdown with the Florida Gators in the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party, so much so that I have devoted front-page space to double-dipping Dawg bites and examining such pressing...
As Summer Shifts Into Fall, Is the Heat on Mark Richt's Seat Declining?
I don’t know if you’ve heard, but Mark Richt is on the hot seat. More specifically, he is, according to Lost Lettermen, on the hot seat alongside the Mississippi Rebels’ Houston Nutt (who has a 22-16 record at the school), the UAB Blazers’ Neil Callaway (15-33), the Rice Owls’ David Bailiff...
Certain photos copyright © 2012 by Associated Press or Getty Images. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of Associated Press and Getty Images is strictly prohibited.
