Just a couple of opposing coaches joshing with each other…
Arkansas coach Sam Pittman said he reached out to Georgia defensive coordinator Dan Lanning this week, sending him a text message.
“I texted Dan Lanning (Monday) night and I told him he doesn’t need to put any more blitzes in because he can’t run them all anyway,” Pittman said.
“He sent me back 11, he drew it on a piece of paper and sent me back all 11 of them rushing. I said, ‘Hell, we’ve already seen that blitz.’ “
One of the funnier vibes this week is that the coaching staffs seem more at ease with each other than do the rabid online portions of their respective fan bases.
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Hearing Lanning explain that exchange was very funny. Two guys that clearly like each other making a tuff week for friends easier. Would have liked to see the Pit Boss’s face when seeing the eleven man blitz on paper. Big ole belly laugh is my guess.
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I hope we run that blitz for shits and giggle when we are up by 30 points
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Hell nah, we should do it every down for a series. Gotta have fun. Do it from the gate!
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As a Dawg fan I want us to win convincingly but at the same time I don’t want Coach Pittman to look bad or have any negativity directed at him. It’s near impossible to root against the guy.
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A 2 touchdown margin serves the purpose. We handily defeat a good team without wrecking the Sam Pittman turnaround feel good story for the year.
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Three
Ah-one
Ah-two
Ah-tharree.
I love the pitboss as much as anyone but the man could work us on a 14 point lead.
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We can still like and respect Pittman while beating the ever living shit out of the Hogs.
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Saturday from noon until 3:30 or so all that buddy shit is forgotten. Even the nicest fellows know when it’s go time.
“We might’ve had a lot in common. He might’ve liked to fish, ya know, he might’ve liked to hunt. Of course, they were doing what they were supposed to do and I was doing what I was supposed to do. But under different circumstances we might have been friends.”
-Darrell “Shifty” Powers E/506/101st ABN
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I agree with this. We score points – if we get a chance, play the scout team – burt let them play ball and score if they can.
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Pittman needs to give lessons to Side Show Dan the Clown. You can be successful without being a total asshole.
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Sadly, Dan learned his trade from Urbs and the rest of the New Hampshire Mafia (Kelly, Day, et al)
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Pittboss is a man of substance…FU hc is a corch wannabe, turd sucking asswipe who floats in his own B.S….#FTMF
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Love Band of Brothers. I’m a 52 year old UGA grad with a history major. The greatest generation fought in the war and did what they had to do.
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I meant to have this as a comment/reply to Ranger Russ above. Sorry for the confusion. To those of you who have never watched Band of Brothers, do yourself a favoar and do so. Fantastic.
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Follow it up with The Pacific. That theater of operations is often overlooked
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This one is coming next, about the 8th Air Force in Europe in WWII
https://www.military.com/off-duty/television/2021/04/26/band-of-brothers-sequel-masters-of-air-has-finally-started-production.html
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I have been reading The Pacific War Trilogy by Ian Toll. I recommend it highly. Best I have ever read on the war in the South Pacific, and I have read a lot.
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You in KY? I have a crew delivering a new CT at Outpatient Imaging Ford Monday. Personally, I was supposed to deliver a new vascular lab at CHOA all day Saturday but it has been postponed a week because the system is stuck on a ship in, you guessed it, CA.
Bonus, I get to watch the Arky game!
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I am in KY. Owensboro, in Western Kentucky, where the bluegrass and bourbon are very, very good, but the bbq absolutely sucks. They love bbq mutton here. Nope.
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Been there many times. I sleep in the Hampton, eat whatever is close, MRE last time, do the deed and blast home to upstate SC. (100 miles E of Athens). I don’t seek out BBQ in that area and I carry my own bourbon thank you very much. Love me the Mingua jerky though.
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I’d like to hear the pregame 50 yard line chat between Kirby and Pittman.
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Pittman will be asking Smart is a certain restaurant still has good bbq & beer.
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Then he’s asking outside of Athens cause there ain’t no good Q in Athens.
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Normally I would agree, but Tamez BBQ on W Broad may just change my mind.
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CCC, in fairness to Tamez I need to try them out because you’re not the first to say something like that.
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He’s right. It’s amazing.
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I’ve enjoyed 441 South but it is in Canton
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I haven’t etny good Q since the last we cooked over a pit of green hickory coals in ’96.
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Pittman isn’t hurting for good BBQ in Arkansas.
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Ive worked a lot in Fayetteville and there are plenty of shacks with painted pigs on the roof over there. I still order my “strawberries rub” from some shack in the MO boot heel.
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Senator, you nailed it earlier in the week…Arkansas is playing with house money. It’s a good feeling.
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I’m gonna get worked over pretty badly for this…but I want the Dawgs to come out on Saturday with machine precision…dominate on all sides of the ball…get the score high enough to have 2nd & 3rd stringers in and run never used and ill advised plays for practice. I want it to be informal and impersonal, just a giant tank crushing Razorback skulls under its tracks…we can shake hands and pat backs after we slaughter the hogs (I like Pittman too, but this is our fucking house)
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Fuck all that feel good shit. The Dawgs have a job to do.
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Exactly! Friendship stops when toe meets leather. We should beat the shit out or Arky and I hope we do. This team is on a mission. If there’s any hurt fee fee’s when the final whistle blows thats in them.
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The Pit Boss is a pro he knows Kirby
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I’ll try again he knows Kirby’s goal is to crush Arkansas without mercy. It’s Sam’s job to do the same to Kirby. No hard feelings just what each get paid to do.
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Wild guess: no one sends Mullen friendly texts game week
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There ARE a lot of unlikeable people in this world. Aint it a shame!
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Someone should text him “#FTMF” and see if he gets it.
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Give me his cell number. I’ll spell it out for him.
Fuck that motherfucker.
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You gotta know some NSA types that can make this a reality………
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😉
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To set expectations for Saturday’s hog visitors from the Dawgs, I’d like to quote Sheriff Buford T Justice…”I’m gonna bbq your ass in molasses!”
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Let the Big Dawg Eat! Everything but the squeal. Cracklins, pigs ear, brains, bacon, chitterlings, jowls, ham, shoulder, fatback, sowbelly . . . . . . .
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Love it
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Y’all remember the Looney Tunes cartoon with the sheepdog and the wolf? The whistle blew to start work and the sheepdog beat the shit out of the wolf. The whistle blew to end work and they threw their arms around each other and said, “See you tomorrow.”
We’re the Dawg.
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Hopefully it is the Truth
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Arkansas fans think they are going to manball and out-physical us to victory. This could be a long day for them. Bad matchup for the Hogs.
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I’m looking forward to how Monken attacks their 3-2-6 defense. I expect lots of sideline to sideline stuff showing their lack of depth with second half fatigue. Their starters are full of seniors and super seniors that play well on both sides of the ball. Not much behind that first line if Monken breaks it down it should get ugly if not we have a Dawg fight.
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I mean, I’m fully aware it was Vandy, but did they see how Jalen Carter tossed that Vandy OL aside with complete disdain? Out-physical?
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All this friendly banter ends Saturday. We need to destroy Arkansas, Pittman or not.
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