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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...
Georgia Bulldogs v. LSU Tigers: The Haphazard Ill-Informed Roundball Preview
I’m just going to let you know from the outset that, if you came here expecting me to rip on the LSU Tigers, who will be facing Mark Fox’s Georgia Bulldogs in Stegeman Coliseum for the season’s final home game on Wednesday night, you’re going to be disappointed. My sister-in-law and her husband are...
Isaiah Crowell Completes Georgia Bulldogs' "Dream Team," Validates Mark Richt on National Signing Day
Inherently subjective recruiting rankings, naturally, are no guarantee of subsequent success; there is, as they say, many a slip betwixt the cup and the lip, but, if bringing in an impressive haul on the human resources front in February offers no ironclad assurances, it at least is not without its...
Mark Richt and Vince Dooley: Georgia Bulldogs Head Football Coaches on Parallel Courses?
Yesterday, I compared Mark Richt’s fourth down decisionmaking against the Clemson Tigers on August 31, 2002, and against the Central Florida Knights on December 31, 2010. The more I thought about that analogy, the more I was reminded of similar disparities in the calls made by Vince Dooley against...
As Mark Richt Turns 50, the Georgia Bulldogs Turn a Corner
I admit it: I dropped the ball. I had business in downtown Atlanta today, and I’m getting geared up for a weekend of University of Georgia athletics that includes a gymnastics meet, a men’s basketball game, and four baseball games. Also, I was focused on saying "I told you so!" because, well, I...
No One Told Wally Butts Jacksonville Was Hotter For Us Than For Them
The following passage appeared in Fumble, James Kirby’s account of the scandal (and subsequent landmark defamation case) arising out of The Saturday Evening Post’s allegation that Alabama head coach Bear Bryant and Georgia athletic director Wally Butts had conspired to fix a football game between...
Debacle on the Plains: Georgia Gym Dogs Fall to Auburn for First Time Ever
The eighth-ranked Gym Dogs arrived in the so-called Loveliest Village on Friday night trailing a two-meet losing streak and needing a win in the worst way. Based upon past performance, Georgia could not have picked a better opponent than Auburn under such circumstances, as the Orange and Blue were...
Why It Is More Important for the Florida Gators to Get Worse Than for the Georgia Bulldogs to Get Better
Last Wednesday, Braves & Birds made some interesting observations about the Mark Richt era, one of which was this: Richt benefited from a weak SEC. . . . Richt's heyday corresponds with the conference's weakest period. Steve Spurrier had been replaced by Ron Zook, Phil Fulmer and Lou Holtz were...
Three Almost Entirely Random Thoughts, One of Which is Relevant to SEC Football
Sleep is not my strong suit. For me, sleep is all about inertia: when my body is at rest, it tends to remain at rest, but, when my body is in motion, it tends to remain in motion. If I'm awake, I have a hard time getting to sleep, no matter how tired I am, which causes any number of scattered...
How Good-Looking is Your Head Coach's Sister?: The Moral Case for Abolishing Overtime in College Football
It’s always interesting to me how current events invariably confirm our preconceived notions, in sports at least as much so as in politics, religion, and most of the rest of life. For instance, no matter which side of the playoff divide you happened to claim, Boise State’s victory over Oklahoma in...
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