Monthly Archives: August 2009

If only the SEC were as flashy as Eddie George.

You know, I have to admit that the Heisman Trophy doesn’t exactly rock my world, but I respect the job that Chris Huston does covering that subject at his HeismanPundit blog. It’s just that his blog would be a more … Continue reading

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Filed under College Football, The Blogosphere

We interrupt this Gator lovefest to bring you…

ESPN shows off its financial commitment to the SEC with the first episode of its SEC Weekly studio show at 4:30 PM today.  As you might expect, Florida and the GPOOE™ are the featured subjects, but at least there are … Continue reading

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Filed under ESPN Is The Devil, Georgia Football, Tim Tebow: Rock Star

Music to my ears

I don’t know if this season will wind up being more a satisfying one for me than last year, but I do feel certain that Mark Richt knows what it’s going to take to get his team to a better … Continue reading

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Filed under Georgia Football

“How many times have we seen Georgia…”

Bill King has a post up at his AJ-C blog in respose to the USA Today article on the golden eras of all the D-1 football programs. USA Today points to Georgia’s stretch from 1980-3 as its golden era.  As … Continue reading

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Filed under Georgia Football

Wednesday morning buffet

A little of this, a little of that… The SEC is still reviewing and tweaking its media policy. In the conference’s defense, you can get a taste of some of what it’s struggling over in this story about two dudes … Continue reading

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Filed under Gators, Gators..., Georgia Football, It's Just Bidness, Media Punditry/Foibles, Recruiting, SEC Football, The NCAA, Tommy Tuberville - Mythical National Champ

Hey, it worked in Arkansas.

SI.com’s Andy Staples looks at the Coaches Poll and decides that we don’t need no stinkin’ secret ballots. In the Idaho Code, the law appears in sections 9-337 to 9-350. In the Florida Statutes, the law appears in sections 119.01 … Continue reading

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Filed under College Football

Just give him the ball.

You’ve got to admit this is impressive. No quarterback in the SEC the past three seasons has been hit as many times as Tebow. It’s not even close. In his last two seasons alone, he’s had 386 rushing attempts. That’s … Continue reading

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Filed under Strategery And Mechanics, Urban Meyer Points and Stares

The OBC’s gallows humor

It may be time to keep Steve Spurrier away from sharp objects, judging from a couple of quotes after SC’s (can I say that?) last scrimmage. First, here’s what he had to say about Stephen Garcia’s stellar performance (14 of … Continue reading

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Filed under The Evil Genius

The Quad likes you. It really, really likes you.

The Quad’s got Georgia as its preseason #11. Overall, it’s a good job, making up for the occasional error (Sturdivant backing up Boling at left tackle?  I don’t think so.) with enthusiasm like this: … I’m a firm believer in … Continue reading

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Filed under Georgia Football, Media Punditry/Foibles

Tuesday morning buffet

Fresh and hot, so load up. Sounds like some of the major news services are prepared to go to the mats over the new SEC media policy. Mark Bradley goes fishing with Joe Cox. Bob Stoops thinks that mediocre quarterbacks … Continue reading

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Filed under Gators, Gators..., Georgia Football, It's Just Bidness, Media Punditry/Foibles, SEC Football