Daily Archives: September 15, 2009

This season’s metaphor

Chip Towers has some excellent posts up today about how Saturday night’s game has affected Georgia’s standing with recruits.  Here’s something that caught my eye in his Branden Smith story: … Georgia’s coaches took some heat for even having Smith … Continue reading

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A moving experience

So how loud was it Saturday night?  Ask five-star running back recruit Marcus Lattimore: “. . . Me, my dad, and my cousins went down to the game and it was crazy. The atmosphere, the crowd, the game, it was … Continue reading

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“I’m perturbed at that call.”

If you’ll recall, Stewart Mandel used one of his recent mailbags to ponder the musical question why do the heathen rage about Notre Dame?.  One of the reasons he came up with was this: Their coach is a (perceived) S.O.B. … Continue reading

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Envy and jealousy: the Corch and Junior edition

Tennessee-Florida is my textbook definition of a meteor game, but that doesn’t mean I won’t be glued to the tube this Saturday when it comes on. Mr. Swindle has his usual brilliant take on things.  I particularly enjoyed this passage, … Continue reading

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He can’t say that about our players. Only we can say that about our players …

Caught this little bit of faux sympathy from a Tech supporter commenting about AJ and Joe over at Dawgrant: I feel your pain. (Calvin and Reggie) Give me a break, pal.  At least Joe has mastered the ability to count … Continue reading

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The perfect storm (of trash)

As an environmentalist, I rank somewhere between a Sierra Club member and a pig.  Which I guess, judging from this post of Paul’s, puts me ahead of about 75% of the people who tailgated on North Campus last Saturday. As … Continue reading

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SEC Power Poll Ballot – Week Two

Another week in the books, one that didn’t change perceptions too very much. Florida. What’s the over/under this week?  Not on the points – on Crompton’s turnovers. Alabama. Oooh, did you hear?  The Tide struggled against Florida International for half … Continue reading

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