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Podcast: Southern Sports Roundup

Mastered Podcast of my radio show from Atlanta: http://southernsportsroundup94487.podomatic.com/entry/2015-12-23T20_16_23-08_00 You can also view the raw TV simulcast footage of us making this show on Youtube and/or here at Big Hairy Blawg (ONE POST BELOW THIS ONE). With music by: Pavement, Jesus Lizard, Public Enemy, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Green Day, the Ramones and Aaliyah. […]

GONE BOWLIN’

One way to think of it would be an early retirement-like, second-tier type final job, getting out of the SEC pressure cooker and either it works out big at Miami or it doesn’t but, dude, you are from Boca. Half the country would love to empty nester old-age-it-up somewhere in the Sunshine State, and you […]

The Xs And The Os, The Ws And The L

Then they stepped forward on a separation Saturday, the defending SEC West and SEC East champions many feel are on another collision course. BAMA — GEORGIA — one has won three-of-four national championships, while netting two non-consecutive conference crowns — the other is going for the three-peat in-division but has not worn a conference crown […]

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 […]

Georgia-Florida Week

The red hot University of Georgia Bulldogs are coming off a big win at Tennessee and facing their biggest rival this Thursday. At football schools, rivalries ring true, and the fact that the University of Florida has mostly owned the Dawgs at the site of the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party in Jacksonville for over […]

Dawgs Lose to More Experienced Program

Playing at home against an opponent with an Elite Eight and two Sweet Sixteen trips in the past three seasons, UGA lost to a more mature basketball program Tuesday night. Xavier has lost only once in Atlantic 10 play and could have provided a much-needed boost in RPI if Georgia could have protected home court. […]

What it’s like to compete against Champ Bailey

ATHENS, GA – In this corner: Non-trad returning fourth-year junior and future DAWGS journalist, Han Vance. Versus: One of the greatest NFL defensive backs of all-time, then-freshman Champ Bailey. With a record of 3-1, we felt our team was close to evenly matched with anyone in the packed new SPACE Center. And our draw that night […]

Dawgs Survive War Eagles’ Challenge

Playing at home in front of a noisy Bulldog crowd, Georgia survived against Auburn Saturday. A prepared Auburn team pushed Mark Fox’s team to overtime before yielding to superior competition. Auburn is in last place in the SEC West, while Georgia is a competitor in the much tougher SEC East. Senior Jeremy Price had his […]

Hoops Update and NYC Trip:

Author-journalist-poet Han Vance attended the Writer’s Digest Conference in NYC January 21-25 in support of my blogs and poetry and primarily my new full-length Cali travel adventure memoir, Golden State Genius. Info: http://www.hanvance.com During that stretch of time, UGA beat Mississippi State soundly and then lost to arch-nemesis Florida in double overtime. Georgia is vastly improved from […]

Fastest-growing blog list, my book, my site

Hey Big Hairy Blawg fans, Thank you for your awesome support this season. As we finished up with another DAWGS regular season, http://www.bighairyblawg.com was recognized on the fastest-growing blogs list by wordpress. Look for more bowl game and signing day coverage forthcoming. Also, I recently finished final edits on my first full book, Golden State […]