I wish I had it in me today to compose something epic after last night’s win. Something biblical, like “wandering for four decades in the college football wilderness until reaching the holy land…”.
Truth be told, I’m still too numb to process what happened.
My daughter texted me last night, asking if I cried. Crying after Georgia wins isn’t really my thing. Lindsay Scott didn’t make me cry. Sony Michel didn’t, either. And I didn’t shed a tear last night.
The Ringo pick-six did take me back to another Georgia football experience, though — Robert Edwards’ clinching touchdown run in the ’97 Cocktail Party game. I didn’t cry when it happened, but I damned near passed out. Seven years of Spurrier frustration wiped out in thirty seconds of bliss will do that.
Last night, I had a similar out of body sensation watching Ringo and his posse coming down the field at me. It was almost surreal to see it unfold. The crowd noise was physically palpable. Cathartic, as I posted last night.
And so, upon waking this morning, my first thought was to ask myself if it really happened.
Then I remembered. It’s great to be a Georgia Bulldog.
Get The Picture 
My favorite Blog post you’ve ever made, Senator. Congrats to us all.
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Like many of us here, I’ve been reading your thoughts on the Dawgs and football in general for well over a decade. We’ve all been through a lot just in the time frame since you started this blog. I’m happy for you, for us, for all the Dawgs out there that have been dying for this feeling. The boys did us proud. Thank you Senator, and congrats.
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I don’t cry at wins. Or losses. But sometimes, on a nice afternoon or evening in Athens, when I’m thinking about how much I love this place, how much fun I’ve had here, the friends I’ve made, and the first notes of Teenaged Wasteland start up, and I think how lucky I am to be here, I may get a little choked up a time or two. Not everyone gets it, but that pure moment of joy when Lindsey Scott broke free, or 99x takeoff, or Sony for the win, or Ringo’s pick 6? I know everyone in a UGA shirt gets it.
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Amen. So many demons exorcised last night, so rewarding, not sure if it would be as sweet had it been anyone other than Alabama, too. Seeing Stetson break down on the sideline got me hard, I think his reaction spoke volumes to how everyone felt at that moment. The spell had been lifted and it was gut wrenching to feel, in a good way.
It’s indeed great to be a Georgia Bulldog.
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This is a fantastic video: https://mobile.twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/1480825083119738883
On the field and upstairs!
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That’s great!
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I tried my best not to but I woke the whole dang house up when Kelee picked that ball off. And I wasn’t even yelling, but I was jumping up and down like a madman. Once they all poked their heads into the room though my volume immediately went up. The drought is over, it’s great to be a Georgia Bulldog. How sweet it is!!
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Yes it is, and always has been. I feel you, brother. Blog on.
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I just feel happy. When Ringo picked that pass, years of frustration just melted away. I’m still floating.
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A friend posted 33-18 was a scorigami which I feel is appropriate.
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Thanks for all your hard work this year Senator. Enjoy a day off
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I’ve never felt this good on 3 hours of sleep in my life.
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Coffee is your friend. I recommend Community dark roast.
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You can get used to it, PD. I recommend dark also. Johnnie Walker Black.
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And Nazareth Hair Of The Dawg cranked up to eleven.
IT’S A CELEBRATION, BITCHES !!!
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Fixin’ to start all over again.
This is good for at least a week.
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Miss Mississippi just walked through the door! She looks a lot like Hope.
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12 gauge over and under…
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Damn I wish I had one of those……
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“wish I had one of those…..”
Hope is available since we kicked her to the curb. You can bend that bitch over like a Benelli. She’s already approached me seeking employment, the skank. The only position I have for her is second shift behind the dumpster at the Butt Hutt.
Which brings to mind the old Norm Macdonald (RIP) bit.
What’s the only job worse than crack whore?
Assistant crack whore.
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Amen, Senator. Gratitude and a calm joy are what have covered me today and last night after the jubilant high-fives. Grateful for all the hard work put in by so many to make this happen that enjoyed the confetti falling on them last night. Grateful for the hard work from so many behind the scenes that goes unseen by all of us fans. Grateful to all of you on GTP who make it even more “great to be a Georgia Bulldog” year-round.
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It is amazing how Stetson could contain himself during the whole season, given how some of our fans were sure he was our handicap. His reaction on the sidelines was just the weight of the whole Dawg Nation being removed from his shoulders. The man, the myth, and now the legend. The Mailman delivered for us.
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GREAT words, 69Dawg! They should let you give the speech when they retire his number!
“Neither gloomy discouraging and hurtful words, nor being held to the impossible standard of perfection, nor lack of great physical height, nor lack of recruiting stars nor scholarship offer, nor being buried on the depth chart could keep The Mailman from the swift completion of his appointed rounds.
The Mailman delivereth the mail to the Dawg Nation!”
Long live his fame
And long live his glory,
And long may his story be told!
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I’ll say it again. Stetson is taller than Bryce Young (it was obvious when they were talking on the field) and he outplayed the Heisman winner when it mattered the most.
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Out with the old – 2nd and 26. 1980, 3 and 18, etc.
In with the new – 2nd and 18 … with a walk-on QB no less.
Kirby crosses his Rubicon last night.
All is well.
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I felt like the Ringo pick-six was the UGA defensive version of Bama’s 2nd & 26. It was sudden, and it was permanent. And this time it was beautiful.
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Definitely the cherry on top!
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Saw this somewhere, but I wonder if a college or pro team has had both their first touchdown of the season be a pick six and their last touchdown of the season be a pick six. As infrequently as they happen, hard to believe that it has happened more than once or twice ever.
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And we beat the #1 team to open the season and to close it out!
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2nd and 18 is my new mantra/retort.
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You can tell any Bama buddies that you have that you found a store where they have a Pick 6 for $33.18.
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I didn’t bawl although I did come close to hyperventilating as Ringo ran down the field, but when I talked to my Dad this morning, I definitely got emotional. He is the reason I love Georgia, and sharing that moment with him will be a priceless memory. My grad student oldest daughter rang the Chapel Bell this morning. My senior middle daughter FaceTimed us from a bar in downtown Athens during the last minute of the game.
I’m going to savor this for a long time because I remember how precious this is.
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Once a DAWG, always a DAWG…HOW SWEET IT IS…
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This morning is the best kind of tired I’ve ever experienced. Great feeling. It’s Great to be a Georgia Bulldog!,,,
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Unbelievable. What a night. I just felt pure relief and joy when Ringo hit the end zone, like my whole body just went “it’s really happening”. So great.
Thanks for all you do here, you’ve gotten me through many tough games…and lots of long offseasons. It’s good to be here with you all. Go Dawgs!
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Being a huge Dawg fan and a veteran watcher of DAWG-Tide games, I kept waiting for either the yellow “flag” icon to appear at the bottom of my TV screen, or the shot of the Referee stopping the celebration by
saying “the previous play is under further review”…
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Even these refs had found the depths of corruption they could not surpass in that moment.
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I’m sure they were frantically looking for some flag to throw. Worst bunch of crooks I’ve seen in a while.
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That was me. When he crossed the goal line and the reality that there was absolutely no way they had enough time to come hit me, it was the most extreme mixture of joy and relief that I’ve ever felt!
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Same here, Rev. When Ringo crossed into the end zone, I said out loud: “That iced it!” and my celebration began. Thanks Stetson for overcoming all the trash talk you’ve had to endure. We love you.
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I was at the game in ’97 all tel stadium brand new. Edwards was incredible playing with broken bones. After that gane, guy behind me ripped the new stadium seat out as a souvenir. It was halloween in jax beach,needless to say I woke up on a beach porch with a uga flag wrapped around my body overlooking the Atlantic Ocean as the sun was rising. Last night, was a culmination of all our moments like that over the years finally come to pass. Thank you Dawgs. Thank you.
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To be noted. 3 Freshman scored the three 4th quarter TDs.
We may have a brief rebuilding, but the future is bright with Kirby Smart et al.
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Yep, next year will be interesting, and unfortunately we are going to have a lot of portals coming up shortly on the O side of the ball (big O, etc.). Certainly last night will make any upcoming transitions easier to deal with.
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Are we confident Big 0 is leaving?
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No
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Yes.
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Why?
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Why?
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Even once healthy, given how little he was targeted and used mostly for blocking, I can’t see him staying.
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Yeah, I’m sure it hurt Bama to lose Metchie and Williamson, but Bennett was throwing those TDs to freshmen as well. And another freshman picked off the Heisman winner and sealed the game.
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It hurt Bama so bad, Bear Bryant’s great-grandson entered the transfer portal.
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Went from angry, frustrated, despairing tears with 11 minutes remaining in the game to happiest tears I’ve ever known when Ringo housed that under-thrown pass. The bourbon helped both.
I’ll continue to say it: I’ve never been happier to be wrong about Bennett and Kirby, and I’m sorry I doubted them. I didn’t think they could do it, but even before kickoff I hoped they could. That hope turned to ash in my mouth after that terrible fumble, but then was resurrected by a decisive drive and then a defensive stand and then another decisive drive and then Kelee Ringo.
In a weird way though, for me, it all makes this better because I just didn’t see how it could be possible. It was the impossible, and it happened. The impossible happened! FOR us and not TO us, for the first time in my life that I can remember (I was a baby when we won in 1980).
The Braves winning the World Series is one thing. That was great, and I loved it. The Dawgs winning this title is among the best days of my life, and I’m sure the lives of everyone here. I loved my time in Athens, walking up and down those hills, walking past the stadium every day of the week, sitting in Valdez’s History of Rock class. I wouldn’t trade that for anything. Earning my degree is one of the happiest days of my life. Yesterday is right up there.
Two words. Two simple words. GO DAWGS!
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Angry? D,JD.
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Wut?
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I don’t know about him, but I was fuming a lot in the first 3 quarters. It looked like the refs were trying to hand Bama the game. But water under the bridge now.
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I was fuming at our offense for 3 quarters. Minus the uncalled OPI on the Bama TD, I thought the refs did a solid job.
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Yeah, I was fuming at the refs. They really appeared hell-bent on making sure Bama won. The 3-blown-calls-in-one-play just crushed my hopes, but Bennett said FU and stuck it right up Bama’s (and the refs’) ass. TWICE! Then Ringo came to town.
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Speaking of the referees: The only call that they made that I thought was complete utter bullshit was the ‘fumble’ by Stetson. Being generous, I could say maybe they thought it was a fumble in real time, but looking at the replay it was clear and they upheld it anyway? That was just terrible, and left me thinking that the fix was in, and we were doomed.
Some of the hands to the face penalties were a little ticky-tacky, but there were some legitimate ones (like when the Bama guy lost his helmet because of it). And I have never seen a defense called for delay of game for clapping to disrupt the QB signals. I thought that was interesting, and early on it gave me hope for a decently officiated game. We complain about SEC officials, but the ACC ones ain’t any better. For even handed-ness I think the B1G has better than most, but still not that great.
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We were called for the same penalty earlier this season, maybe against Kentucky.
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I growled about official malfeasance, but the refs called a decent game outside of that Bennett “fumble”. A couple of intentional groundings were questionable especially in light of it not being called on Young after the overturned scoop and score. Maybe there was a receiver downfield? I’ll admit I’m biased.
The phantom PI calls against the Dawgs once they got the lead were noticeable by their absence. I reckon the ACC refs ain’t as influenced by Bama privilege as much as the zebras from Birmingham.
There were some late hits on Bennett that should’ve been called. Good clean hits kept Bryce young where I like him. On the ground. The candy ass.
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I thought that Young should have been called for intentional grounding, too. I watched today on the sky cam version (which I like for several reasons) and you see Jameson Williams about 6-7 feet from Young. So you might be able to say there was a receiver in the area. I still don’t think Young was trying to do anything except get rid of it.
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You are a Damn Good Dog, my son. Go forth and sin no more.
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NOW GENUFLECT TO THE STET, YOU JARHEAD MUTHAFUCKA !!!
😉
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He will forever be one of my favorite human beings. He’s up there with Chesty Puller and Mary the Mother of Jesus.
Why? He helped to deliver us from evil.
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It’s bittersweet to welcome you back into the fold, Corch. You were pretty vocal in the previous days but I share your elation with the victory. Just always remember the words of Coach Jimmy Valvano: “Never give up…never give up”. Our faith paid off with the tremendous efforts of our Dawgs.
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God’s honest truth… all of the sports despair we began to have starting with the 1996 World Series ruined my ability to have faith. Instead of opening new realms, we were, as conjoined fandom with the Braves, Falcons, and Hawks, either stuck in the purgatory of “ALMOST” or even worse, suffering the slings and arrows of the most humiliating, gut-punch losses in sports history.
They kind losses that drag a man’s soul down.
But in Stetson’s tears we are reborn.
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Bluto, damn skippy…it is great to be a Georgia Bulldog…what a fantastic season…even more fun to share the ride with these good people at GTP
Thank you.
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Well said Bluto. Thanks for the best football website on earth.
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I started following your blog in 2012. I’ve been waiting for this post for almost nine years. Damn, it feel good to be a Bulldog.
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Wasn’t it fitting, poetic in fact, that Nolan Smith began the season with a sack of DJ Uiagaleleion on the first possession of the first game, then ended the season with a sack of Bryce Young as the clock ran out in last night’s National Championship Game. Well done, Savannah’s finest. Well done, Dawgs. This defense already is the stuff of legends.
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Bookend sacks!
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Last year we had bookend safeties I believe
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The sacks by Beal and Smith at the end put a great exclamation point on the win. Almost as if they were saying ‘Here’s what we think of your 2nd and 26!’.
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I never doubted. GATA
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And yet, we’re all in the same place this morning.
Go Dawgs!
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You are a loser. Own it.
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Nope. Today, I’m a national champion, the exact same as you.
Actually, I would say, from a logical perspective, because you never doubted and I fell into a pit of despair, that my joy today is even greater than how you feel.
So PTC Dawg, in your quest to try to ruin how I feel today, in which you’ve failed and will always fail, you own THAT. You couldn’t let it lie and enjoy the win without playing this stupid game, so now you can sit in the fact that my joy reaches higher.
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But, even in all that, even in you taking the time to stop celebrating and playing the stupid game thinking you could take anything away from me… even in all that… I love you today, man.
Go Dawgs!
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I am floating today. I bawled last night. It being so “cathartic” is right.
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What a f*cking ride that was – all season – with the best passengers I can think of. It’s always great to be Dawg, but some days are greater than others!
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This was great because we were always in the battle. They never stopped fighting. They never stopped believing. They made the plays and kept on playing. It’s great to be a Georgia Bulldog. This was a team victory
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It kind of came down to which team could run the ball late in the game.
It wasn’t Alabama. When they had to throw, they were toast!
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Bama rushed for 30 yards last night. 30.
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Well, actually it was more than that, but they deduct the yards from sacks. I don’t know how many times they actually got him on the ground, but there were a few pretty deep losses. Bryce Young is a fine young man and a great, great QB but he becomes a mortal human when he’s pressured.
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Robinson had 68 yards. Zeus and Cook both had more I believe. And Zeus could have pounded them into submission if Monken wanted to.
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What I would’ve enjoyed at that Ringo moment was seeing the faces of Saban, Herbstreit, and soooo many others who acted as if a bama win was a foregone conclusion.
Saban looked every day of 70 after the game. He’s got millions and the well earned moniker of GOAT. He should hang it up and enjoy the years he has left.
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He’ll win another title.
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Probably next season if we are honest. But honestly, I couldn’t care less about that for once. This opens up our future so much because the “can’t win the big one” narrative is dead – what are they going to use now on the trail.
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I can’t like this comment, but I do agree with it. And likely next season. He is the best college coach I’ve ever seen and will probably keep winning until he decides to hang it up. I’m grateful the Dawgs have what I believe is his best pupil to lead my team!
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This may seem like a strange comment, but I think JT Daniel deserves a lot of praise. The kid could have gotten a bad attitude, could have caused disruption and poisoned the sideline. As far as I could tell, he has been pure 100% classy through it all.
Probably the same could be said about a lot of the kids who didn’t see much if any playing time…they still contributed to this magical time!!!
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So true and he probably understands that Stet took a lot of the heat that rightfully belonged to him. We may or may never learn how/why he could not win the starting job back, but he also didn’t bear the weight that Stetson carried. A strange footnote to this season.
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DGD for sure. He sure seems like a great teammate. Hope he gets his chance to shine on the biggest stage.
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+1 and +100 for the other guys on the team (particularly in the receiving corps) who missed a TON of playing time due to injury and found their roles changed once back to the field. No one complained – they found their role and made the best effort to excel.
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I was a freshman the last time the DAWGS won it all. I was in Fulton County stadium in 1995 when the BRAVES won their 1st WS (helped take a little of the sting out of Spurrier hanging 1/2 a hundred on the DAWGS earlier in the day..I was there for that as well before we hauled ass over to Atlanta. Sat down just in time to see Justice his his HR). I was wondering if I would live to ever see another of either. 2 UGA NC’s and 2 BRAVES WS (with the double this year!). That should be enough for one lifetime, but HELL NO. I’m going to be a greedy bastard. With this infusion of success, I want MULTIPLE NC’s and WS!
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For some reason I didn’t tear up until I went to Dick’s Sporting Goods and dropped a couple of hundred on swag!
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LMFAO!! I hear ya, Dawg!
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I posted in the Gameday thread yesterday after the win if I was dreaming. I was dumbfounded after Ringo’s pick six. I feel back into my recliner and I don’t think I said anything for several minutes before the clock wound down to zero.
I still can’t quite wrap my head around that we actually won the game. I (we) have coveted winning another National Championship for so long that I’m not sure what to do now because that is all I have thought about for so long season after season. Watching our SEC brethren win them and us being left out… A weight has just been lifted off of Dawg Nation. We climbed the mountain and we slayed the dragon. The trophy has come back to Athens.
My wife’s family who are all big Bama fans sent in sincere and genuine congrats to me last night and this morning. I think they even they could see the pain that was UGA football for so long on my face. Its gone now…
Glad to be a part of this community here with the good Senator. We may all argue from time to time, but I’m glad to see the same usernames pop up week after week and season after season. Glad to share this with you guys even if it’s not face to face.
Typing in “uga national championship” in Google reveals a nice Easter Egg. 🙂
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That google display made me smile.
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Well, I cried last night and truth be told I’m crying again right now as I read everyone’s experiences from last night and just knowing that we are all sharing the same sense of joy, relief, exhilaration and every other emotion we all experienced watching Kelee rumble down the sideline last night. Thank you again to the Senator for an outlet for our fandom and especially to everyone associated with the program for their work and dedication that allows us to have this experience that can NEVER be taken away. How sweet it is!!!
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Happiness, sure, but a lot of that happiness comes from relief. Beating Bama,and the refs is hard to do, and until the Ringo INT there was always some level of concern. It was sweet that Ringo made the INT – they had picked on him all night – with some between the 20s success – and Kirby motioning for him to hit the dirt irritated me. Take a few more seconds off the clock and get to the end zone is fine as long as you can hold on to the ball. When that happened, then, and only then, you knew that all the Bryce Young magic, Saban voodoo, and ‘referreeing’ couldn’t change the outcome.
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You said it DDB!
I was already composing 2021’s version of 2017’s screw job during the 3rd quarter. So happy I don’t have to grit my teeth all year and bitch about Young’s penalty-free non-fumble|pass to nobody v. Stetson’s fumble|intentional-grounding BS. That was just the worst of it, but I’ve somehow managed to forget the rest of it ;D
Sooooo Fn happy!!!
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I thought Young was trying to pull the ball in to secure it. It didn’t look like he was throwing it to me..he was trying to pull it down and tuck it. And who in the heck was he throwing it too? At that moment, I feared the worst from the refs.
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“as long as you can hold on to the ball”
That was the key.
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I was born in 1981, so I’ve never experienced this before. Been looking forward to it since I was about 4 years old. It’s surreal.
HBTMFD!!
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My inner Munson was turned up to an 11 last night. After that forward pass fumble call, the only thing that kept me there was my 10 year old son who was staying awake to watch the game with his dad. I was 7 when we won the natty and I only have a slim memory of watching it on a black and white TV and asking my dad if we would win during a viewing party. He assured me we would. I did no such thing with my son last night, but when we pulled it off he watched 20 minutes of absolute unbridled crazy joy from his dad. Just seeing his smile at me after my craziness was my best memory of the night. He was so happy to see his dad happy. There is my memory. I am grateful that I was sober to remember everything so clearly. Thank you Kirby. Thank you Stetson. Thank you Nolan. Thank you Legendary D.
And thank you Senator for this blog. It’s been a part of my life for like forever.
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Great memory you’ll have there Twist. One of my favorite things about last night is that my middle son (in high school) is on a school related trip in Italy right now and he woke up at 2:15 AM over there to try to watch the game on his phone (6 hour time difference). It was hard to keep the stream going for him so he and I texted a lot during the game and I updated him when he couldn’t watch. He called me as the game was ending to celebrate on the phone with me and told me how happy he was for me and knew how much last night meant. My oldest son in college called me for the same reason. And then my wife and youngest son hugged me as they went off to bed. Maybe I am getting sappy in my old age. I didn’t shed a tear due to the win itself. But I damn sure did when the four people that mean more than anything in the world to me were so happy for me because they knew how much it meant.
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Thats awesome. Thanks for sharing that.
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What Legends are made of !!!!!
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Oh my gosh I didn’t see 47’s block before that sealed the TD!!!! Isn’t he a walk-on too???
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Yes Dan Jackson
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I mean… we can call that a block if we want to.. but it was really more like self-sacrifice… cause he got BLOWN UP.
Love that kid. Dan Jackson. Say his name!
Go Dawgs
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I don’t know, Ben. It looked to me like Jackson gave about as good as he got.
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That look on Kirby’s face when he greeted Ringo is priceless!
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I’m glad Ringo had his helmet on because from the look on Kirby’s face, I think he would have frenched him.
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I want to bronze that and hang it from my rearview mirror.
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Was that Kirby helping Young up from the sideline???
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It was.
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Yep, I noticed that too.
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OH FUCK YEAH!
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I cried like a baby last night.
I cried this morning like a baby.
I may cry again….
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I watched the Dawgs win it all twice, and both times have been TEAM victories. Yes, Herschel is the greatest running back of all time, but the 1980 team won as a team. The greatest play of that year had nothing to do with our superstar; it was a throw from our just better than average QB. This year’s defense might end up as the best defense of all time, but a just better than average QB made the plays last night that fired up the rest of the TEAM to win the 4th quarter. I am beyond proud of these young men and this coaching staff. They believed in themselves when others doubted. HOW BOUT THEM DAWGS!
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SO true. I saw almost every snap that year and Herschel didn’t play one on D.
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Cried. Still crying like a baby right now.
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Hard to pick a favorite play. So many players made huge plays when we just absolutely had to have them.
Great game.
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Is it too early to worry about who we lose to the draft so we can repeat next year?
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Yes. Savor this as long as you can.
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I won’t worry about the draft, the portal, or anything else for a while. That being said, I can’t believe Vegas already released odds for 2022 season without knowing anything about the teams. Bama, of course, is 5/2 and a clear favorite. Georgia is next closest at 9/2. Which is absolutely silly (as to Georgia) because soooo many pieces will be gone/can be gone. But it is a great feeling to wake up after the greatest night of my football life and realize that not only does Georgia have a second natty in my lifetime and beat Bama to do it, but Kirby is building something at Georgia truly special that isn’t going to be a one off production. The natty is special. But so is the feeling that while there may be ups and down season to season this program isn’t going anywhere for the near future.
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We’re in the 5-year window for the Braves and the Dawgs.
Nothing matters for the next 5-years. We can finally be happy.
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I cried thinking of my father, UGA class of ’61, who died almost two decades ago after raising this boy on all things red and black. No matter where I lived, we always talked Georgia football before, during and after games and seasons. When Ringo scored it hit me like a wave and I wept for sheer joy and sorrow and 40 years of pent up emotion. I missed the old boy, but hugged my children and called everyone else and slept little because there is too much to read about this great and glorious team and I need a nap but we are NATIONAL CHAMPIONS after slaying the dragons and demons that haunted us. Yes, that was a run-on sentence. They wouldn’t approve in Park Hall, but today, who cares? Go Dawgs from Western Kentucky!
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Good Reverend, I’ve been thanking the Almighty all last night and today…let him know we’re a grateful people for this season and all his grace.
And try not to read some of my whiskey induced comments from late last night/early this am. I’ll get back on the straight and narrow…soon
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Dear Bulldog friend, I have learned the glory of Kentucky bourbon since moving to these parts 5 years ago from Valdosta. I imbibed some single barrel Elijah Craig upon securing the national title last evening. Craig was supposedly a preacher and a creator of fine spirits. The two are not mutually exclusive.
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I didn’t cry last night but this morning when I saw SB on tv talking about how he didn’t want to be the reason they lost, I teared up for him. I woke up this morning thinking, “Dawgs are national champs!” I enjoyed being number one during the season and I still enjoy the view from the loftiest spot of all! NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!! GO DAWGS!!!
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JT would have won by more!!!….I’m kidding
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🤣😂🤣😂
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I’m sure there’s a certain small segment of our fan base that actually feels that way.
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You must have us confused with reddit.
😉
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Had a lousy weekend, felt awful. Confirmed yesterday afternoon, tested positive for the Corona. Wife and son have followed suit. Wasn’t able to enjoy cold beers and watch the game on the dock as planned.
But, UGA is by-God National Champs and I couldn’t be happier!
GO DAWGS!
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Prayers for you and your family’s healing.
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Yeah..get well, Morris!
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Thanks! I’m good. Symptoms started Friday, pretty much done by Sunday. Over it. Wife is 2 days behind me, son was 2 days behind her. Looks like it’ll pass through here with no serious complications. GO DAWGS!
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Needs 3 aspirin and a gallon of water.
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Corpman up! Need a bag!
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“Take these Motrin and Gatorade, rub some dirt on it and walk it off.”
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Those damn milspec Motrin’s get passed around like candy!
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LOL, my boy Stet. He’s got one hell of a hangover. Probably hasn’t gone to bed yet. You do whatever the hell you want today.
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I appreciate reading everybody’s great comments and have enjoyed spending the years with all of you reading and commenting on this blog. I’ve tried to think of something appropriate to the moment to say and the only thing I can come up with is the thing that’s always the right thing to say, Go Dawgs!
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Damn near poetic. I like “Go you HAIRY Dawgs!” too. (naturally)
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Once you’ve burned through all the articles, blog posts, highlight reels, etc…. If you enjoy a bit of schadenfreude, check in on our friends over at stingtalk. lol It’s every bit as glorious as you imagine it would be.
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And this… https://247sports.com/college/florida/board/14/Contents/my-thoughts-on-the-natty–180345927/?page=1
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#Chef’skiss
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It does put a smile on my face. The best is the in-game thread.
https://stingtalk.com/board/threads/official-bama-puts-a-whoopin-on-the-mutts-thread-we-like-one-set-of-rednecks-over-the-other.110318/
Fast forward to page 23, which seems to be when Bama recovered Stetson’s “fumble.” It just gets better and better with each page after that.
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I get not tearing up in the stadium. Hard not to get a lump in your throat watching on TV when you saw Stet openly crying with joy and relief on the sideline after the pick. You gotta pull for a true Dawg like 13. Hope they retire his number tomorrow.
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Ya mon. Zeus was in his ear telling him to own it. Senior leadership.
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I was trying to be stoic. But I confess that when Bennett fumbled I got infuriated (at Karma not Stetson). Then I quickly got overexcited when Ad Mitchell snagged his TD, and spent the rest of the game until the pick six in white knuckle mode.
I turned 65 in November. The last time Georgia won, I was 24.
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I was 15, in Mama & Daddy’s living room, in front of the family TV. Jumping up and down, screaming at the top of my lungs when Belue to Scott happened. I watched every second of the Sugar Bowl, just waiting for the sugar to fall from the sky and was so happy when the deal was closed. Great memories, now at 56, happy to have a new one to keep that one company!
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Congratulations Senator! Congrats to us all! This promises to be the best offseason ever.
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All the feels indeed. Can’t stop grinning like an idiot. I live in San Francisco and just took my dog for a long walk to get coffee in UGA gear. Got several honks and cheers from commuters which was a fun surprise. I’ve never been this happy hungover.
Speaking of hangovers, check out Stetson’s GMA interview if you haven’t already:
https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2022/1/11/22878172/stetson-bennett-drunk-good-morning-america-interview-georgia-national-championship
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Go Dawgs!
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I wasn’t alive in 1980 but I have to imagine this team will be immortalized like no other in Georgia history no matter how many national championships Kirby ends up winning (feels weird and wonderful to say that last part). It’s not just that they broke a 40 year drought and finally slayed the bama dragon but the way the fought and played for each other all season long was a thing to behold. This was a team where the whole was greater than the sum of its parts, which is saying something considering the talent of those individual contributors.
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Last night was good on good, Good Guy bumps and bruises heal nicely with the trophy in the whirl pool and ice packs…could GAS less about how the bammers feel today, tomorrow till we meet again…happy trails tooo you…GO DAWGS!
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Gumps?
Fuck those motherfuckers.
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I was a toddler when 1980 happened. Family had season tickets 80s to mid 90s. So I grew up hearing about Herschel and that time period. Love the 70s/80s UGA songs. After the game I keep thinking of Munson’s ’80 Cocktail Party call where he said “We were gone I gave up, you did too”
That summed up the feelings after the questionable calls and the supposed fumble.
But “Dawgs on top!”
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Well, screw you Senator…lol! I have welled up three times today just thinking about it!
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Me too or three or four…
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I was 5 in 1980. That title is probably more a legend in my mind than an actual memory. I remember Dan Marino knifing our hearts the next year and sobbing at the end of the Penn State loss the year after that. And then Herschel left for the altNFL. And then decades of “Next Year.” All those dues we paid. And paid and paid and paid. Somewhere along the way, I never wanted to see a reference to 1980 again — it felt like a taunt even when it wasn’t.
At last, the payoff. We did it. And we did to those bastards who’ve broken our hearts more completely than any villain in any book or movie. I’m OD’ing on joy.
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I cried. Damn straight I did. When Kelee took that ball over the goal line I also nearly passed out, saying “we’re going to win!”, in disbelief over the prospect.
It’s great to be a Georgia Bulldog.
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My crack research team cannot unearth another 33-18 game in DAWG football history.
What a weird, wonderful score! Thanks to you, Senator, for making it happen.
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I was almost hesitant to go to sleep last night, despite the exhaustion, because I was afraid I’d wake up and it would all be a dream. As my alarm went off this morning, my burning vocal cords and overwhelming fatigue reminded me that this is indeed the sweetest day.
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The block that made sure Ringo got his TD was thrown by number 47 Dan Jackson- another walk on!
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And that was an important block! Not much gets said about it, though.
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I think Ringo makes it in without that block, but Jackson made damn sure. He was determined he was going to hit someone or something on that run back. That was a hell of a collision.
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Hope he gets a nice photo of that. It was a keeper.
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So, when do we start discussing the 2022 schedule and depth chart?
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April
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We’ll be favored by 10+ in every game.
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I’m still numb my voice is gone. I’ll never forget the last ten minutes. It’s the greatest season ever. Finally the BS is over the doubters can kiss my ass. Kirby built this team and won it his way.
Georgia is the National Champion of College Football.
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Good job, Dawg nation. Our wait is finally over.
This would be sweet no matter what the circumstances, but I feel it’s even better knowing that this came during a year of misery for the Gators. Just an extra cherry on top of the sundae.
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The BIG DAWG, he did eat last night!
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Enjoying the present and excited for the future. Go Dawgs!
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The best to me? On our losses we didnt have an article on ESPN about injuries. Fuck Bama, Go Dawgs.
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I was in third grade in 1980; all my friends and I thought that was how it was going to be forever and ever. Now, at 50, I have a much better sense of how things in life are cyclical, and to enjoy things while I can.
I’m going to enjoy the hell out of this one for a while.
This is my favorite site on all the internets. Thanks, Senator, for putting this on for each one of our benefit.
Go Dawgs!
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I am one very happy man! Non southerners in Texas scratch their head when I tell them college football is a religion to us. I cried last night during the game and I just watched it again and was sobbing like a baby. I haven’t been this excited in a long time, and as always, it’s great to be a Georgia Bulldog🐶🐾
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I fully expected to cry, but then… an amazingly sweet and peaceful calm washed over me. I almost felt nothing. Heck, I might already be dead. It is indeed great to be a Georgia Bulldog.
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Comfortably Numb.
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My favorite way to be!
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What is wild is how much the Senator and this site have become a part of my fandom. I look forward to wins not just because we won but so I can come on here and see what he writes in his ” Observations from x” and see what everyone here adds. I hate losses not only because we lose but because I know that I will have to read the usual torrents of bitching some of which I agree with and some of which I don’t. Here is to a great win and a great community. Go Dawgs!
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I’ve mostly been a Dawg from a distance since I left school. I can count on two hands the number of games I’ve been to since my last year in 2010. One of those games was the 17 NCG. The fact that I can let that pain go, let all the disappointment go, is overwhelming and still can’t quite believe it. I am as grateful today to be a Georgia Bulldog as I was the day I walked into Creswell Hall in 2007.Thanks Senator for keeping this wandering Dawg in touch our beloved school.
GO DAWGS!!
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I’m not sure who is more miserable today. I think Sting Talk and Swamp Talk reveal fan bases that are more miserable and distraught about last night than ‘Bama.
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Fuck those motherfuckers.
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Indeed, indeed. Their misery just enhances the sweetness of it all. GT is pretty much a on entity anyway but it is still fun to see them in such despair. The TURD’s on the other hand, those salty gator tears are like manna from heaven. The worm has now fully turned. They are now the complete mirror image of us in the 90’s. Regularly getting your ass kicked by your most hated rival while watching them take a victory lap with the NC trophy hoisted high for all to see.
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I was born in 83 so I wasn’t around yet for the last one. I got into the Dawgs through my parents, who are both alumni, as are some cousins, aunts, uncles, and one grandparent. UGA football has always been a family event for us, so I’ve been hearing about 1980 for literally my whole life. However for me personally my fandom has been a litany of heartbreak: my first game was the homecoming loss to Vandy in the early 90s. I was in Jacksonville in 08 for Tebow and Harvin, in Auburn in 2010 for Newton and Fairley, at the 2015 Bama game, and at the SEC Championship this year. I’ve seen some good ones too: the 4th and 15 at Auburn in 02, the SEC championships in 02 and 05, the shutout at Auburn in 2012, but nothing like this. I wisely stayed home last night and look what happened! This is the best sports blog on the internet, and the best fan community as well. I have disagreed with some of y’all before and may well do so again; families fight sometimes, but everyone still shows up for dinner. We sure had a hell of a spread last night. Every day, but especially today, it’s great to be a Georgia Bulldog!!!
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I’m still getting misty eyed. Over the past week, I have reflected on all the people that have been a part of this great program of the past 4 decades. Literally thousands or good folks who have suffered the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, to have it all wiped away in a near 80 yard pick six dash to glory and the pinnacle of College Football. Yes, our Dawgs, our beloved and wonderful Dawgs are the best team in the land. Throughout the know universe and until the end of time, they are and will be 2021 National Champions! Yeah, I got pretty in my feels.
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1) Woke up this a.m. and, yep, we’re still national champs.
2) Air is cleaner, the sun is brighter, and life feels much better.
3) Proud as hell for these men who burned the boats and charged into battle . .
4) And slew our Goliath.
5) Enjoying conversations today with my Auburn, GT and Florida folks. Their anguish over the Dawg win and future prospects is palpable.
6) The universe has righted itself.
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Umm…so what now?
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Wash, rinse, repeat
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This, I want to live during a period when UGA takes multiple National Titles. The program has the fan backing, funding, access to talent, and history to do more than Florida did under Meyer.
I am overjoyed with this title and hopeful of the future. I am reading articles on what next year’s roster will look like and interested to see what happens this year in the transfer portal.
I want to see UGA get a Fiesta Bowl Win. UGA can gain even further rarified air by being one of few with a wins in the Sugar, Cotton, Orange, Rose and Fiesta. The Old Big 4 and the new New Years game that joined their elite status. I’d love to have a coach that has won all 5.
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I distinctly recall some of the boys saying they were going to be obnoxious winners. I want to see it. Give ’em hell. Y’all earned it and those muthafukas got it coming.
Finebaum Sideshow. I’m watching it until 4pm and the NC Dawgs Win replay on ESPNU.
It’s great to be a Georgia Bulldog!!
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LEGENDS – every single damn one of them.
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This is going to be a fun week on GTP!
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My dad died in 2003 and the last time I talked to him was right after the 17-10 loss to LSU. He was an Illini and became a Arizona Wildcat in his retirement out there but he was a Dawg in absentia.
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I listened to Scott Howard call the whole thing. Glorious.
Not because he’s so great, but he did a fine job on the Ringo interception (23-minute mark) and you can hear the Georgia coaches screaming in the box next to the radio booth…
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Yes. I couldn’t bring myself to listen to the national broadcast. ESPN3 with the UGA radio was a godsend. HBTD
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Just sat and listened to that entire 41 minute audio. It will never get old. Trying to figure out how to make it my ringtone on my phone.
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Just bought me some swag from the bookstore online.
Happy Championship Day to all.
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HOW ‘BOUT THEM DAWGS! What a night. Still in Indy, city still teeming with happy Dawgs (and good ole Dawg dreams). I still can’t believe it. Agree w/ you Senator, cathartic is as close to I can come w/ word description of how I’m feeling. HBTFD!
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Thank you to ALL the Georgia players and coaches for winning this natty for my daughter. I think she would have literally melted last night if the outcome had been different. She is a 33 year old life long Dawg fan and the happiest person in the world today. After the win she said this is worth all the Saturday’s we have spent in Athens!! Thanks again guys!! Go Dawgs!
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Shout out to my boss and my clients for not speaking or calling me before Noon! 🤪😂💤💤💤💤
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I was down on the other end – one of my boys said out loud as they were lining up that he’s throwing out of desperation, might pick one off. Other son pulls out his phone and starts videoing – Ringo intercepted the ball in front of us and the place just exploded. He didn’t record the play worth a damn, but (in Jeff Foxworthy’s words) Panderlirium Broke Out!
When they confirmed the TD – no flags; I thought, and just like that 1980 is now just another time when Georgia won a National Championship.
There with my two boys – just surreal… So many dragons slain in one fell swoop.
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Because my blog doesn’t pop up on dawgbone all the time…
https://dawgsview.blogspot.com/2022/01/i-told-you-so.html
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The perfect end to a season filled with troubling doubts, second-guessing, and trifling imperfections – at least that’s how it felt to the Dawg fans who wandered in the wilderness in search of a national championship for four decades. Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by the Mailman. My apologies to the Bard.
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I cried enough for us both, it’s ok. 😉
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Finally home from Indy at 9pm!
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Okay, I am now watching the SECN feed with Scott Howard. Either he was sick or he finally heard people talking about him screaming all his calls because he was much more restrained.
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He did it!! Thanks, Coach 30!
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“Bama’s so soft, man. The whole state.” LMFAO!
33-18 bitches.
Georgia Bulldogs 2021 National Champions.
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Maybe I’m just an emotional guy when it comes to the Dawgs… but I tear up every damn time that trumpet solo in the upper deck southwest corner of Sanford starts off the battle hymn. When Kelee crossed the goal line I looked at my wife (who was asleep but was awoken by my outburst when AD caught the go ahead TD and decided to stay up to watch the finish) and said “Babe… we did it. We actually did it.” And in that moment it was like 35 years of agony and defeat was lifted and conquered. My beloved Dawgs had won it all. What a night. GO DAWGS!
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Just watched the Jimbo version of the 4th quarter 2021 NC. Jimbo and staff were very complimentary of the Dawgs, players and staff, and especially SBIV.
“Georgia imposed their will in the 4th quarter.” That’s right, Jimbo.
Manball for the win.
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I recorded everything while gone and spent a good part of yesterday watching the different broadcasts. I only watched the last 10 minutes of the Jimbo show in the A&M room. It was enjoyable to listen to him say they are pushing Bama around never thought that would happen.
James Coley was the guy I enjoyed watching in that room. He looked stunned at times.
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Jimbo said the same thing about Bama imposing its will on their drive when Robinson was running well. They called it good and bad for both sides notwithstanding Jimbo’s random drifts into usual and customary coach speak to fill airtime. I also liked it when Coley said, “Kirby is going nuts!” and Zamir is such a strong back. No bullshit from Jimbo and his staff.
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UGA fans should be on their knees thanking…..
Nick Saban for grooming Kirby Smart and letting him go to build Bama East. Nick Saban’s dominance was so vast, so overwhelming, that it actually became too much for one place. It was uncontainable, it had to be broken up. There has never been a coach who’s had a bigger impact on college football. Think about that for a minute.
Georgia should thank its lucky stars above that it spilled over to them. Without Nick Saban there would be no Kirby Smart and Georgia would still be living in 1980. Remember that UGA fans and always tip your cap to your maker.
Besides, even a blind squirrel finds a nut now and then. We are just allowing you to rent the title this year but never fear we will be back next year with an eviction notice and a foot to your backsides to reclaim what is ours.
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Dude, I think your shtick has worn about as thin as possible. I’ve let you comment here for a week because you haven’t gotten personal with anyone, but it’s really gotten boring. You’re welcome to stay, but it’s time to move on from this. If you can’t… well.
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He’s a fuckn loser.
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For the life of me, I’ll never understand how a fan base that has so many National Championships with Saban (The GOAT), can be so insecure. Did you just copy and paste what you sent to A&M folks with a couple of edits, after that loss?
Nick did not grow up in Alabama, played at Alabama or had a mentor from Alabama. He was hired in, after losing out on Rodriguez going to Michigan. It was the great coaching hire of all time, but not one that envision 6 Natty’s and 2 other appearances over Saban’s time at Alabama.
Realize that many Bama fans believe that they dictate the entire SEC and what it does. Sorry dude – it doesn’t work like that. If it did, I can promise you that Fisher and Smart would not be where they are.
Gentle reminder that Kirby grew up in Georgia and played at Georgia. His wife grew up in Georgia and played basketball at Georgia. He came home…
Really good chance that these two teams will see each other in Atlanta again next December. Until then, be safe, and have a great off-season and season to come.
Hopefully we’ll get to play in another year or so.
Go Dawgs!
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