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Week Four BlogPoll Ballot Draft
September 27, 2009 by
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This is the worst week of the year in which to compile a BlogPoll ballot. We have enough information gathered from the playing of actual games to toss aside many if not most of our preseason suppositions, but we lack adequate data upon which to base reliable conclusions. It&rsquo...
Georgia Bulldogs 20, Arizona State Sun Devils 17
September 27, 2009 by
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My father will not leave a sporting event early. This dates back to his boyhood, when he rode into town to see minor league baseball games in Cordele, Ga., with a local man who insisted upon leaving at the seventh-inning stretch in order to beat traffic. That is, in order to beat...
We Are Who We Are (And That's All Who We Are).
September 27, 2009 by
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In matters of football, as in most other matters, I am an empiricist. That is to say, I believe that the best predictor of what an individual or group will do in the near future is what that individual or group did in the recent past. Given a sufficient sample size, I find that...
I call BS on Tim Tebow
September 27, 2009 by
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I call BS on Tim Tebow
I arrived home soaked to the skin at 1:30 a.m. and I haven't turned on a television yet, but it is safe to suppose that ESPN is covering Tim Tebow's concussion like it was Michael Jordan's hall of fame induction. I'm sure you've heard...
The Mark Richt Victory Watch
September 27, 2009 by
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On a soggy night in Sanford Stadium, the Georgia Bulldogs watched an early lead evaporate on a pair of turnovers, but the Red and Black battled back to tie the Arizona St. Sun Devils. In the closing minutes, the 'Dawgs blocked a field goal attempt by the visitors and drove...
Georgia Bulldogs v. Arizona State Sun Devils Game Day Open Comment Thread
September 26, 2009 by
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It's (or, at least, it is getting close to) time to tee it up between the hedges. The Sun Devils come calling in Sanford Stadium for a clash between SEC and Pac-10 programs, and the discussion of the showdown (plus all the other college football action on Saturday) will occur...
An Arizona State Weblogger Talks About His Team
September 26, 2009 by
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Blogging delays, both here at home and out in the Grand Canyon State, caused this posting to hit the internet later than any of us would have liked, but you may think of this as a special bonus posting.I exchanged questions with SB Nation's Arizona St. Sun Devils blogger...
Too Much Information: Georgia Bulldogs v. Arizona State Sun Devils
September 25, 2009 by
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This week, Too Much Information comes to you literally a day late and figuratively a dollar short, for which I apologize profusely. I can only offer in my own defense the fact that, on Friday, I had other matters with which to deal, so I’ll be honest with you . . . what youâ...
Did Rece Davis Just Say What I Think He Just Said?
September 25, 2009 by
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This evening, I took my son to movie night at his elementary school, so I arrived home around halftime of the Friday night game . . . just in time to hear Rece Davis say the following as part of his "Extra Point":
While a seeded playoff would be better than the BCS...
Blogosphere meme watch: Dr. Saturday spins South Carolina's season
September 25, 2009 by
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Blogosphere meme watch: Dr. Saturday spins South Carolina's season
For all the grief we in Bulldog Nation give our SEC East brethren from Columbia about Gamecock fans' unfavorable ratio of enthusiasm to achievement, the fact is that South Carolina fans like C&F have...
South Carolina scores upset everyone saw coming from a mile away
September 25, 2009 by
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South Carolina scores upset everyone saw coming from a mile away
As a Georgia fan, I now feel much better about our offense (South Carolina's defense is as good as advertised) and much worse about our defense (Georgia never should have given up that many points to the Palmetto...
Cocktail Thursday: Arizona State Edition.
September 24, 2009 by
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What I would pay to see some reasonably good pass defense in Sanford Stadium on Saturday. I know, a win is a win. But I do not believe we can count on scoring 50 points against LSU, Tennessee, Florida and Auburn. Rennie Curran says that the loss of Akeem Dent and Darius Dewberry...
Don't Bet On It!: National Game of Disinterest
September 24, 2009 by
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We have taken our weekly trip around the SEC---and been chastised for a supposed lack of a sense of humor in the process, I might add (I got the joke, incidentally; I just think Lane Kiffin revealed as much about himself that deserves to be derided as he did about the object of...
SEC Power Poll is upon us
September 24, 2009 by
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SEC Power Poll is upon us
Same rankings, different week.
Go 'Dawgs!
Don't Bet On It!: National Games of Interest
September 23, 2009 by
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I went 4-4 last week in my national picks, so I continue to be staring up at .500 for the year with an overall 8-10 record in games not involving SEC squads. That should mean no disclaimer is necessary, but, if people still need a warning label on a pack of cigarettes to tell them...
Looking Back, Looking Forward.
September 23, 2009 by
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This is the first in a new series that I hope to do occasionally here at Dawgsports. With the expansion of the Bulldog blogosphere these days, you can get all sorts of analysis and opinion right after the game and right before the game. We'll still be doing those things, but...
Hallelujah!
September 23, 2009 by
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Hallelujah!
While I was a student in Athens, I actually attended a party that (due to noise complaints from the neighbors to the authorities) had to be moved. We had to coordinate the logistics of sorting out those sober enough to drive, those transporting the potables, and those...
New BlogPoll released; Georgia ranked 21st
September 23, 2009 by
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New BlogPoll released; Georgia ranked 21st
Florida holds onto No. 1 with 69 votes, but first-place votes also went to No. 2 Alabama, No. 3 Texas, No. 7 Miami (Florida), and No. 10 Cincinnati.
Mercifully, my ballot did not figure into any of the extracurriculars. Bullet officially...
D-Day for the Cocktail Party
September 23, 2009 by
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D-Day for the Cocktail Party
A decision likely will be made today whether to keep the game in Jacksonville or make other arrangements.
I'm all for maintaining the tradition (and the recruiting beachhead it provides in South Georgia and North Florida), but, even if I weren...
Don't Bet On It!: Around the SEC
September 22, 2009 by
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A 7-1 ledger in last week’s SEC picks improved my record for the season to 22-2 in conference games, which sounds pretty impressive until you consider how many patsies the league crossed paths with in the first three weeks of the autumn. Please bear in mind, therefore, that my...
Kevin Butler's 60-Yard Field Goal to Beat the Clemson Tigers: An Open Letter to My Son on the 25th Anniversary of a Great Georgia Bulldogs Victory
September 21, 2009 by
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Dear Thomas,
As I write this, you are in first grade. You are a good student, a creative young man, and a more athletic fellow than I was at your age. We like watching sports together, just like your grandfather and I did when I was a boy (and we still do today), and I have...
SEC Power Poll Ballot: Week Three
September 21, 2009 by
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(Author’s Note: I neglected to mention earlier today that I was scheduled to appear on ESPN Radio 1420 out of St. Augustine at 7:15 this evening, for which I was remiss . . . the neglect, that is, not the appearance. I’m sorry if any of you missed it. For future reference...
Week Three BlogPoll Ballot Draft
September 21, 2009 by
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As I indicated earlier, Georgia night games and day-long Sunday church obligations are not conducive to my duties here at Dawg Sports, which include voting in the BlogPoll. This week’s top 25 is a modification of last week’s ballot, although, next week, I will begin working...
Georgia Bulldogs 52, Arkansas Razorbacks 41
September 20, 2009 by
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I know I am arriving a little late to the party---ESPN and the Griffin District of the United Methodist Church did not get their schedules straight when the former lined up three straight night games for the Georgia Bulldogs on the very same weekends on which the latter arranged...
The Mark Richt Victory Watch
September 19, 2009 by
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There are few things in life better than a Saturday night that ends with the opportunity to update the Mark Richt Victory Watch, but, lo and behold, we have ourselves another one.
When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail, so I guess it follows that, if all you...
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