Monthly Archives: October 2012
Busts, Bowls and Belles
Highly-ranked BCS teams that lost: Then #2 Florida, #7 Oregon State, #8 Oklahoma, #9 USC, #11 Mississippi State. Other undefeated teams that lost are the state flagship universities of New Jersey and Ohio: Rutgers and Ohio University. Subtract the undefeated ineligible team, Ohio State, and that leaves only five legitimate undefeated teams: 1. BAMA (playing […]
Glory in Jacksonville
Jordan Reed, easily #2 Florida’s best football player, surged past the first down marker and toward the goal line very late at the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party. Between him and a touchdown stood rugged senior Shawn Williams. Reed went air born as Shawn roughed him up. Concurrently, All-American Jarvis Jones caught the Gator from […]
Must Win Back-to-Back
Richt’s dispassionate public demeanor unsettles diehard fans like me sometimes, but if he can coach this talented team to an 11-1 regular season and win the SEC and a BCS bowl all will be golden. Immediately after a Cocktail Party win, any UGA coach or quarterback could run for Governor and win. In the long-time […]
Looking for Greener Pastures
Vince the Prince seemed to always beat the Gators. Herschel Walker was only one of a myriad of good to great GEORGIA running backs that shredded the Swamp People under Coach Dooley’s watch. Georgia didn’t throw the ball much back then. No team in the old SEC did, until a twangy Tennessean named Spurrier was […]
Border Bashed
The #3, #4 and #5 teams were defeated Saturday, but only GEORGIA was really beaten badly. Good news: it is one loss – heck, we lost four football games last season. Bad news: plenty. Gamecock QB Shaw completed only six passes in the game, the first of which was a deep bomb which should have […]
#5 GEORGIA at #6 S. Carolina
Full UGA game report Sunday:
Big Hairy Blawg 