We’re heading out in a few minutes to get to the Rose Bowl, park and go see the Parade. I think there’s a game after that we’re going to, as well.
Anyway, I think this Rose Bowl has all the makings of a classic. I expect both teams to move the ball. I think Oklahoma is going to do what it can to shock and awe Georgia early on, in hopes of building a big enough lead to force the Dawgs out of their game plan and play chase all day.
The key for me is Georgia avoiding losing its composure, as it did at Auburn. If the team can play disciplined ball for 60 minutes, it’s good enough to beat anyone.
It’s hard not to be excited, no?
Consider this your game day thread. I’ll try to touch base later on.
Get The Picture 
May Uga take a well deserved victory whiz in the Rose Bowl!
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Our time is now
Just win
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See you at the game. We are in section 27 along with thousands of our closest friends!
What an amazing setting for the venue. We drove yesterday down Linda Vista Drive and was blown away by how we were in a beautiful residential neighborhood and then at the bottom of the hill, there is a 94,000 seat stadium! Truly unique!
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If we win, it’ll all be blamed on what’s-his-name’s illness. And I surely won’t give a shit. I was 10 the last time we won a national championship, where Herschel’s dislocated shoulder surely hurt more than the sniffles. Go Dawgs!
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Let me this about being sick. I started feeling rough last Wednesday and haven’t been off the couch since (my wife is sick of seeing me in a robe with a remote, watching the entire PGA tour schedule from ‘17). Doc gave me two shots and I will be up tomorrow. There’s no way I could be at my best for some time. Mayfield has youth on his side and who knows how sick he was/is. But because he was AWOL for that much time says he was rather sick. They can fill him with errything till his veins burst, but he isn’t 100%. At best, he is achy and repeatedly being tackled will hurt more than normal. There’s a hot take (finally get to give one)
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Dolly, that’s not meant to argue with you. I hope he’s so sick he pukes every time he sees Roquan. And I can’t imagine how Herschel played with a dislocated shoulder and performed like he did, either.
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Just boarded another 777 full of Dawg fans headed to the game. Coach Beamer and his wife are also on board heading to see his son play. Could not be more excited for this game.
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Is this what it feels like to be an Alabama fan?….LOL
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This gives me goosebumps. I hope it is Sanford Stadium West today!
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My apologies for being such an arse the other day. Although I may have a different take on an issue, there is no need to be a jerk about it. One of the greatest strengths of UGA is that it is a melting pot of much different think and it all seems to coexist pretty darn well.
Hope you guys have a great day and the Dawgs come out on top!
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Same here, Paul. I got obnoxious myself in that thread (I’m assuming we’re talking about the same one) and regretted it later. I stand by my views, but I disavow the dickishness with which those views were aired.
I love everybody … and I hope to be loving everybody even more tonight.
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Amen brother!
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That’s big of you, guys. Same here. We are all Dawgs. Happy New Year and here’s hoping for a win today. I don’t care what it looks like as long as we win and nobody gets seriously hurt.
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Yep! Happy New Year.
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I wish Larry Munson was around to see this. I suspect we will see some of his calls today on Gameday.
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I’ll be sitting in my parents’ living room on the beautiful (if not freezing 22-degree) Eastern Shore of Maryland, which lies between the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean.
With me will be my younger brother, our families, and my father, Jason. He’ll turn 61 next month. He was born in Athens in 1957 to Rose and Jack. Rose worked nights as an operator for Southern Bell and my grandfather Jack — a twice-Bronze-Star-decorated WWII vet – worked as a custodian at UGA.
My dad’s entire childhood was saturated with all things UGA, as he constantly visited his father on campus, especially on weekends and during the summers. He “ran all over that place.” His favorite memories the times he spent with his father Jack in and around Sanford Stadium, and in one of the cafeterias where they’d enjoy I’ve cream.
People often ask me why I’m a Georgia fan. Keep in mind I now live in Maryland. They usually ask, “Are you from Georgia?” And I say, “No, I was born and raised in Mississippi. But my dad was born and raised in Athens and his father worked at the University of Georgia.” They normally say, “Oh, that’s neat.” But they don’t get it. No one up here is a college football fan at all. Unless you meet some transplanted Ohio State or Penn State fans. And I’ve met one Hokie….
The point is, if I tell someone up here that the first words of my older sister (born in’80) were “Huhshuh Wawkuh!!!” They don’t have a clue what I’m talking about.
So I’m thankful I (born in ‘83) get to enjoy what is perhaps the greatest Georgia season since 1980 in the age of the Internet. So I get to better participate in the enjoyment of it all with part of Dawg Nation. I’ve been reading and participating in this blog for three seasons. And what a crazy three seasons to come in on.
Some random thoughts from a hyped up Georgia fan who’s more excited about this game than he has any right to be.
Go YOU SILVER BRITCHES!
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Oh yeah and I posted my prediction in the previous post:
Dawgs roll 42-27.
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Elegant prose, Jared.
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Good stuff, Jared..Here’s hoping the Dawgs make your family happy today!
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Woooooo!
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I just moved to Baltimore, so if you ever need someone to help you call the dogs….
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Welcome to Maryland! I’ve lived here 18 years but only been to Bmore once. Haha. Other than BWI Airport which I go to often.
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We have to take the initial punch. Riley has to know his team cannot win a game that goes the full 60 minutes. They are going to try to put us on the canvas early. I’ll take a repeat of the 1st quarter in Jacksonville … I’m not asking for much.
GATA, Dawgs.
Everyone in Cali, have a great time! Wish I was there.
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Dawgs have the better D = we win.
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I’ve said for a few weeks that UGA has to keep them under 28 points today. I think we do that, but it won’t be a blow out. I predict 35-24.
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Watching OU v. tOSU replay this morning. OU really looks like Auburn with a far better QB, but less impressive OL and overall slower team speed. Whichever version of UGA shows up will decide this one.
Sincerely,
Captain Obvious
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Oklahoma doesn’t have Auburn’s defense.
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True. Was just remarking about their offense.
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I should have signed this “Rear Admiral Obvious”. 😉
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I thought their D looked pretty good against tOSU. They were in the backfield all game and held Irvin to 16 pts. I hope we don’t keep dismissing OU’s defense until it bites us.
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May be obvious, but it is the truth. I think we are slightly better when you compare all three units, pretty close with intangibles; it will take a high level of execution to put a W up… I think we win a close one with the total points in the 60s.
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I’m really banking on the total package of our team being the difference. Special teams and field position may be the unspoken factors that make the difference. OSU held OU to 3 first half points, if our D can limit their O in the first half while our running game pounds the ball…I like our chances.
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I landed in Burbank at about 8:00 last night and at midnight I was kissing a pretty California girl in downtown Pasadena. Gonna be a good day for the Dawgs, fellas.
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And I’ll bet all it took was a chili dog. Keep the charm out, you Hairy Dawg.
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Just watched the Redcoats killing it in the parade. Sounds like lots of Dawg fans there.
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Parade floats were spectacular!
I think our balance in all facets of the game, and Kirby having nearly a month to prepare, pays off big this afternoon.
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Corso just called UGA “Ugly” . “That dog’s too ugly”…exact words.
(what’s that old saying about living in a glass house?)
……and picked Oklahoma to win.
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And he put that prairie schooner on his noggin’.
Gives a whole new meaning to the word, “Asshat ” !
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Try to ignore the old fool.
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I’m high in the North Carolina mountains. It’s 3 degrees outside now. The wind chill this evening is predicted to be -25. The kids are going skiing while I sit on my butt by the fire watching TV. I don’t have to tell y’all that this trip was planned a while back. Man, do I wish I was in sunny California. Anyway, lets kick ass tonight.
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How “high” are you? I plan on being “high” in the Georgia mountains in just a little while. Buffalo Trace helps.
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UCF 27 Barners 20 in the 4th
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UCF’s QB looks better than BM..he’s really good. Every time it looks like AU has him, he makes a last split second throw that is usually a laser strike. Impressive for sure.
Auburn’s O llne mailed it in for this one, though
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Coach Oeaux kicks a field goal on the 6 inch line and loses. Auburn is trying to save themselves. USCe beats Harbaugh. We have to win …
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Barners lose 19 yards and 11 seconds away
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Calling SJ3; Calling SJ3! Are your majik beans in order? Does your head feel content beneath that certain Hat?
I’ll tell you this: My ducks are all lined up & the money’s in the bank & the whiskey is in the jar.
Now Sic their land thieving asses…..
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Just heard the Redcoats playing the “Battle Hymn” in the background of the ESPN broadcast. I’m beside myself. What a day to be a dawg. Go Dawgs!!!!
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Sitting in row 66, nervous as hell. Weather the storm early and we should be okay. Go Dawgs!
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Wow….
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Oh shit!
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That has to improve. That was like a hot knife through butter.
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FIFY
sh*t through a tin horn….
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We need to get out of the quarter and keep it close and settle down.
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Good answer!
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Beautiful drive. I don’t know if I can take 60 minutes of this.
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Mayfield will burp up a few blunders before the nite is out.
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Dude. That’s pretty f*cked up.
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Linebackers looked confused by all the action in the backfield. They need to attack and react.
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Well, this may be troubling after all. Keep your heads in it, Dawgs.
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Interesting OU goes to the running game and catches us flat footed. Tucker and Kirby need to go to work now.
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Roquan is getting owned.
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We need to slow em down y’all
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Its been a mighty fine season. Don’t think its our night tonight.
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Not over, but these guys are a fucking buzz saw.
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I know, but we don’t even look close to just slowing those guys down and we’ve already had 2 boneheaded penalties.
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I stand corrected
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I know we all like Rodrigo, but he is shaky as FUCK beyond 40 yards. We need to be in “go for it” territory when it is that distance.
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been saying it. Three points ain’t shit in this game.
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He’s 3rd in the SEC and 5th in the nation….give him time just a soph and that was a bad angle.
signed
Father of a HS kicker. 😉
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shaky as fuck my ass…..;-)
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Yeah, he got into that one, didn’t he? I think more than anything he seems to struggle with certain angles beyond 40. He was able to let that 55 one just rip.
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I preached it..you cannot stay in this game if you won’t gamble on fourth and short. Attempting that FG was a huge mistake. Now we’ll be down 14..Worst case scenario. Inside the forty has to be four down territory.
Conservative will get you embarrassed in this game.
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We are already getting embarrassed thanks to the ESPN narrative that it’s our D against that douche Mayfield. We have entered embarrassment territory.
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Yep. If CKS has an achilles heel it’s being conservative on 4th and short. You’re either going to go for it NOW on 4th and 2 with Nick and Sony in the backfield or go for it LATER down two scores with five minutes left on 4th and 8. How many games have we seen that happen?
Bringing FG to a touchdown fight…if the D had been performing better, maybe. But we needed to keep that drive alive by any means necessary to match the pace, as our D has been on its heels nearly the entire game.
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What in the hell is going on with our run defense? Roquan, of all people, looks completely lost.
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We need to score and get a stop and get to the half!
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That helps! Let’s get a stop boys and get out of a shootout.
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Sony
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Thats what Im talking about right there….. SPeed Kills
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Sony Michel is a steely-eyed missile man!
Rest of team needs to catch some of that fire.
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If we can get 2 stops, I believe we can win this thing. I know, I know, that’s a tall order.
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Only way we have a chance is to get some pressure on Aaron Rodgers…..uh Baker Mayfield. That dude is unreal. Don’t see how he isn’t the number 1 QB taken in the draft.
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o Thaz alrite …..Montana is playing for the Dawgs!
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I like the way you think
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Have y’all EVER seen a game like this?
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No. They’re just unstoppable. This is like getting a root canal.
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I’d love to see a long slow TD drive that closes out the quarter.
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Well their special teams are doing ok..down on our 1 after getting a stop.
I don’t know if the refs intend to call a penalty on Oklahoma today, but if they decide to, #76 has pretty strong hands. Man that was PI on Wims on that deep ball. Really bad no-call.
Don’t know why we aren’t running it more. Our big plays have been runs.
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These games go to the team who wants it most. Tonight, I’m afraid it’s Oklahoma.
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It’s difficult to put into words how disappointing the defense has been. Particularly against the run.
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Sad is the word I would use.
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Do you think they brought the D from that first Auburn game?
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OU gets away with offensive holding more than any team I have ever seen!
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esp on downfield blocks. But they’re honestly kicking our ass. Don’t think they’ve had a penalty, though.
We need to start second half with onside kick..seriously
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They’re whipping our butts — coaches and players.
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We’re playing like a Big 12 defense without a Big 12 offense. We’re ahead of schedule though. I was just hoping we would win the east and have a good showing in Atl, but here we are in the Grand Daddy of em all. Our future is bright fellas.
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Its been a Cinderella season…. hold on it aint midnight just yet.
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Well. That certainly sucked.
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We’ve been conned in the first half.
The only thing that has stopped our run game is our failure to call run plays.
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I thought it was good to start with Fromm tossing it around, but we’ve gotten a lot of yards on those outside sweeps…if it ain’t broke…
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Rather sweeps and all the runs to the outside. Up the middle has not been horrible either.
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The only damn point to remedy is that UGa thinks it can pressure this bastard with 4 guys. But it ain’t happening so how does the D staff massage the pass rush look to rattle this egocentric menace.
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I would have to rewatch it but it felt like to me everytime we blitzed he just lobbed it over our heads like he’s been doing to everybody all year. I want to say both of our sacks came only rushing 4 or maybe 5 because the coverage was there.
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I agree. We let them bait us into passing too much.
And the dumb fg attempt early was a huge mistake. We should have gone for it and worked to get seven. That is the turning point of this game.
(except maybe our first series being stopped…we were baited into throwing it when we can run it on them)
But I knew we were in trouble on OK’s first possession when BM overthrew his receiver down the right sideline and he pulled our guy away from the interception by the arm. No call. That would have put them in an early hole if it were called. The dumb ass official called Oklahoma , “Ohio” on the coin flip. It thought that was strange. I don’t know if OK has a penalty.
No matter..they have outplayed us and deserve to be winning. If we don’t get the first stop of the second half, we’re finished. Clemson or Alabama will be in the same mess..except they will get some calls we won’t get. I don’t think OK can play four perfect halfs, but if they do they’re # 1.
Right now, we’re about to see what this team has for a heart.
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It feels like OU is not stopping our runs at all. How the hell do we only have 17 points?
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Baker’s motion penalty was huge. Cost big.
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I agree. The train was rolling just fine. And then…. a slight scoring gap was established.
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This is in the D not the offense
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Everyone hang in here. Adjustments WILL be made. The dilemma is OU is holding off the UGa rush with their allotted OLinemen. So when the Dawgs bring more bodies can the back end hold up? I am unsure.
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I feel like we’ve found the most success when we are NOT blitzing…
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I really can’t be counted upon to analyze with a snifter fulla brew in my head. All I am certain of is that the Blob of an OU line seems to snuff out the Dawg push more consistently.
Dawgs need some LUCK. (Do I dare beseech that in football?)
//// for these 37 years wandering bereft, hunker down one more time Dawgs!! ///
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Well…our band sure is a helluva lot better than OU’s.
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OK has only 60 more yds total offense than we do at the half.
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We ain’t dead, but we’re on life support. If we don’t stop the first possession we’ll be tits-up. OK staked the box and we could have still run it on them. Swift was one little trip up from breaking one.
We can score a few more times..what we need is some stops…that’s where the challenge lays.
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Watch out now!
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See what I’m saying, when they stop the run, then we pass.
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Put Chubb in on D.
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I turned the volume off. It’s so much better than listening to those shit brain announcers.
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Hilarious, I did the same in the 1st quarter
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Now run that ball some mo!
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Maybe the first half was a throwaway half?
That Kirby…he’s a sly one.
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Ha!
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If Cheney calls another pass, he should be made to hitchhike back to Athens.
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Damn it Swift. North and south.
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Good grief Kirby…go for it on fourth and inches…Show your linemen you have some faith in them…you’re looking very CMRish right now.
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..or maybe not. Defense is playing much better..
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I don’t understand the momentum killing punts on 4th and inches. Especially when our o line is dominating.
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It pisses the linemen off. The know they can block for a foot.
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Freshman mistake by Swift. Gotta get north and south in that situation.
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Yep
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Punt on 4th and a foot. SMDH
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Their playcallimg on O seems 1 step ahead of our D
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F*cking holding and Ledbetter still got him!
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noticed..I almost posted the same words. ACC refs…they should have gotten refs from a region we don’t recruit against.
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At least it wasn’t Penn Wagers and his crew.
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Tyler Clark may be player of game right now.
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He has played his backside off
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See what Im sayin? Run that damn ball!
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Now then. A turnover or a special teams play and we will break their will.
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Ha ha, ha ha! You are on it TN Dawg!
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TN we need lottery numbers, lol Go Dawgs!
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Mayfield is holding up 4 fingers….but that face didn’t look convinced, did it?!?!
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He be intimadted…
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Ya gotta love this team, win or lose.
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I love ’em!
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THEM DAWGS IS STILL HELL DON’T THEY
Half time adjustments for days
HUNKER DOWN, YOU HAIRY MOTHERFUCKING DAWGS!!
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Ok boys, lets chop this crimsom tree down!
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Wims! Or as the retarded ESPN sideline skirt calls him Sims!
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Maria Taylor had a goof, but she is a DGD.
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I feel like our D has their snap count. They’re getting off the snap much faster
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Sorry but I gotta say this …
Is B.Mayfield wearing a fanny pack? HA HA HA HA HA
LET THE BIG DAWG EAT !!!
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HAH!!!! That guy Fromm — he’s a good guy…
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Lord….. I’m having convulsions!
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Maintain… game is still to be decided. But—he looks DAZED!!!
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Shit my pants!!!!!!!!! they just got OK for holding!!!
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Run….that….ball…..hobnail boot….
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….or throw it….
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NOT intentional grounding. #4 in the area.
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Agreed
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Use the running backs in a long, long scoring drive. Win the game.
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Yes, please.
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Reminds me of 2012 SEC Championship. The D is gassed.
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C,mon guys, gotta stay composed
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Sigh…..
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A big return is needed right now
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At least the D is getting some rest
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Not dead yet!
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Still not dead!
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Scored too quick….
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C’mon D! One time!
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I swear, I picked the wrong f*cking day to quit smoking….
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Hard to see why we don’t run a play or two before going into overtime.
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I don’t feel good about our odds in OT but I’m a natural worrier about UGA football.
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Chaney stubborn running into the middle. Have we run a toss sweep
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Should have went for two on the TD. Beetter chance to make that short yardage than to go into overtime. It was dumb. And I’ve been consistent with this argument. Lose it or win it from the two..not the 25.
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We’ve refused to gamble all night. Need to sometimes.
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You gave up, Admit it. So did I. WOW!
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2OT??!?!?!?
GO YOU SILVER BRITCHES
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I can’t feel anything
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Possibly one of the greatest football games ever played! With a happy ending!
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Just like I said before the game lose TOP, let them get over thirty and get in a shootout!!!
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I don’t know what to say….
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Go Dawns!
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Holy Shit!!!!!!!!
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Luv you DAWGS!
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I love everybody!
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Keep the main thing, the main thing. GO DAWGS! GET AFTER IT!
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Geez Louise,,,,I am exhausted.
It’s great to be a Georgia Bulldog.
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Heisman winner throws a crucial pic!..Ture freshman doesn’t throw a pic!
In the first half the announcers were elated..in the second half it sounded like they were at a funeral. This is the greatest Dawg victory since 1960! Now for Herbie’s greatest nightmare to happen..an all SEC championship game!
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I can’t feel my face either.
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Partially right…this is the greatest Dawg victory since 1980.
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I HAVE NO VOICE. I LOVE EVERY ONE OF YOU!!!!!!
GO DAWGS GO
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How bout them Dawgs!
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Wow! That’s all.
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Good god almighty I love each and every one of you!
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We were there in the Rose Bowl and it was amazing. I still can’t believe that UGA came back and won that game. The atmosphere was awesome. After the scoop and score I thought the UGA demons had won. But the blocked FG. The blocked FG. Greatest play in UGA history. At least the last several decades.
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Hard to sleep so jacked up! Man work will be a breeze tomorrow! 1 more win baby!,, what a game! GO DAWGS
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Just got to my room for the night. Voice is gone. Emotionally a tram wreck. What a fucking ball game. I lept into the arms of another grown man. Kissed another man’s girlfriend. Then I kissed him too. I actually cried. The Dawg Nation was powerful tonight. Hard to tell the split because our colors were so similar but during the post game when all the Sooners had split, that stadium was still 70% full.
What a night to be alive. All of you should have been there.
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This crap of ESPN, you can only see The Rose Bowl if you PAY us is terrible. Its all about how much money can we get from football fans. I hope they’re paying all the players with some of that cash!
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