Monthly Archives: November 2010
Kiffin watch: a lexicon legacy
If you had to pick one thing by which to honor the Laner’s short stay at Tennessee, it’s hard to beat his contribution to the SEC vernacular. Take it away, A.J. … Green said South Carolina’s Alshon Jeffery, Alabama’s Julio … Continue reading
Filed under Don't Mess With Lane Kiffin
Just what in the hell is frozen bergamot?
This just showed up in my e-mail box and I had to share: WHAT: What smells would you associate with the Bulldogs? At Saturday’s home game Nitto Tire will give away 28,000 car air fresheners with cologne fragrances custom-made by … Continue reading
Filed under Georgia Football, Science Marches Onward
Don’t forget to dust the shelf before you put it back.
As ledes go, this one is quite well-played, Mr. Emerson. There is, in fact, a trophy bestowed to the annual winner of the Georgia-Georgia Tech game. And on Tuesday the Governor’s Cup, which stands about three feet, was sitting informally … Continue reading
Filed under Georgia Football, Georgia Tech Football
“I don’t care if I had a broken leg, I’m going to play in this game.”
On the other hand, motivation doesn’t seem to be much of a problem in Athens.
Filed under Georgia Football
“I’m more frustrated about that than anything else.”
Gawd, this is humorous: Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson said the most frustrating thing about this 6-5 season is his inability “to find the hot button on this team.” Physician, heal thyself.
Filed under Georgia Tech Football
Tuesday morning buffet
Feel free to jump right in: Northwestern’s athletic director wants his school to play another game at Wrigley. No word on whether the players agree. Georgia is one of just six schools to have played exclusively on Saturdays since 2000. … Continue reading
WWBLD?
Michael Elkon makes a compelling case here that Gus Malzahn is more valuable to Auburn than Gene Chizik is, which makes me wonder what the school might do if faced with the real threat of Malzahn receiving a tempting offer … Continue reading
Filed under Auburn's Cast of Thousands
“We can get to what they did.”
We argue a lot here about whether the offense or defense should shoulder most of the blame for this year’s disappointing season, but I think Mark Richt hits closer to what the systemic problem is with this comment from last … Continue reading
Filed under Georgia Football
Presumption of innocence
The perfect distillation of the mindset of the Auburn fan base: “Everyone is concerned about it,” says Scott Johnston, who runs J&M bookstore on South College Street. “People would be shortsighted not to be. We’re going to presume innocence. But … Continue reading
Filed under Auburn's Cast of Thousands
30.
John Pennington thinks the math is pretty simple for Saturday night’s game. … If you’re looking for a magic number in Saturday’s game, pay attention to the number 30. Under Richt, Georgia is 53-7 when they score 30 points in … Continue reading
Filed under Georgia Football, Georgia Tech Football, Stats Geek!
