Monthly Archives: August 2011
Identity Versus Talent
Talent definitely wins championships. But a sense of returning identity is the best indicator of how strong a college football team will be, in this time of preseason prognostication. Florida and BAMA were picked in preseason last year to play for the SEC Title. I instead looked at Florida without the great Tebow as a […]
Last Time Boise Went Down to Georgia
The Dawgs had been on a darn good 4-year run under the inspired leadership of the Davids, Greene and Pollack. They and head coach Mark Richt had taken an above average program under Jim Donnan and cracked into the top 10, peaking in year 2 of the regime at #3 in the nation. Year 4 […]
Family History and Conference Realignment
Gig’ ’em, Aggies. Not for me. I’m Mr. Sic’ ’em, Dawgs. I am a proud graduate of the nation’s oldest state-chartered public university. I’ve lived in Georgia, on-and-off-mostly-on since 1976, and I love the University of Georgia and rightly consider myself an Atlantan. But when you are a native Texan, from a lineage of native […]
Linebackers Can Fly
Three weeks from today I will wake up full of exhilarating pride or confounding depression, all based on the heroics or lack thereof displayed by young men in the GA Dome. September 3rd looms in our minds. Boise has a great returning quarterback, a highly-regarded D line. One clear advantage UGA has is our seemingly […]
Secondary Primary Improvement
Brandon Boykin is perhaps the single best football player currently enrolled at the University of Georgia. In addition to being the school’s greatest return man of all-time, he is one of the top cover corners in the nation and a solid tackler. What the smaller framed, less heavy Branden Smith has lacked in size, he […]
Running Down (a Dream?)
I was right to think that UGA could have been good last season. Ealey and King are talented running backs and Green was the most polished offensive player in the country, so he could stretch defenses to make huge holes for them. The nightmare began with all three having various suspensions and the running backs […]
Can Murray Transcend?
The suddenly-rosy-on-the-Dawgs AJC mentioned that Aaron Murray had a pass efficiency rating of 154.48 last season: second best all-time in UGA history for quarterbacks. Not freshmen quarterbacks – he was the greatest UGA statistical frosh ever – all quarterbacks. And Murray was number two all-time in the entire SEC in total offense for a freshman. […]
Why It’s Great to be a GEORGIA BULLDOG
1. The Classic City AKA Rockville 2. Herschel Walker 3. Nation’s Oldest State-Chartered Public University 4. Red-Black-Silver-White 5. Uga and Hairy 6. That Lone Horn 7. Rivalries 8. The Hedges 9. The Victory Bell 10. Larry Munson
Decadent Depravity of College Football
Decadent Depravity of College Football Classic City Gonzo Journalism ~ My tribute to the sports writing of the late Dr. Hunter S. Thompson: Asleep facedown in the greenery of the woods, near where the initiators remain immortalized for founding the first state-chartered public university in this great nation, the fear and loathing sets in upon […]
Big Hairy Blawg 