I have returned, good peoples, (relatively) unscathed, from The Land of Orange. I have returned with a greater pride in my beloved University of Georgia, a greater respect for our boys of the gridiron, and a greater understanding for the need to have antibacterial salves on hand whenever one dares cross into Knoxville, Tennessee.
My buddy and roommate Croz told me before we left that the first thing I’d say when I got back would be, “Knoxville sucks.” “What if we win?”, I asked. Then it’ll be, “Awesome game. Knoxville sucks.” he said.
So, Croz: Awesome game. Knoxville sucks.
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Doug thought I would be too humble to bring it up. Yeah right. Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to refer you all to a specific bit of my earlier UGA football preview post… ahem… and I quote… myself:
I just don’t get the hype surrounding the Vomited-Carrot Orange this year. Refer to football rule number two: If you’re one week from the opening of the season and STILL not sure who your starting quarterback will be, you’re in more trouble than you think. Yes, they’ll have probably the 2nd-best running game/O-line in the conference, but UT won’t be able to extract victory from their collective rectums like they did last year. And that Neyland Stadium home-field advantage? Not as important as it used to be my friends. A big special teams play (remember Damien Gary in the 2001 “P-44″ game? Most people don’t.) helps the Dawgs squeak one out.
Dawgs win a razor-thin close one. Maybe. Player of the game: Thomas Flowers.
Revel in my brilliance, all of you. I can’t yet claim the Greatest Football Analyst Of All Time title, mainly because I said the Dawgs would win a “razor-thin close one.” Nobody’s perfect.
Full Knoxvegas weekend recap and pics to follow soon.
- DAve
… We’re heading to Knoxvegas in a couple hours for tomorrow’s Dawgs-Vols game.
I still don’t know how I feel about this one; on one hand, I feel like UGA has looked better and more consistent on both sides of the ball (and on special teams), but then 10RC has already played (and split with) two top-tier conference foes. Will we see first-half-versus-LSU EweTee or second-half-versus-LSU EweTee?
I’d say both teams are pretty evenly matched - the Neyland Stadium effect was minimal during the David Greene years, but will it be minimal to Shockley, making his first big-time start as a college quarterback, five games into his senior season? We’ll see I guess.
I’m not sure which I’m looking forward to seeing more: Neyland Stadium in person, or our home away from home for the weekend. I mean, check out that logo! Combine pictogramish silhouettes with a typeface partly inspired by piping found under your sink (that is supposed to be an “f”, right?) and you’ve got what looks to be a recipe for good times with equal parts drunk obnoxious Georgia fans and antibacterial handi-wipes.
This long weekend started off on the right foot, fo sho. Brian McCann teed off on Roger Clemens (who made his major-league debut when McCann was 85 days old) to help the Braves pull even with the Astros. John Smoltz may have passed Dale Murphy as my mostest favoritest Brave ever. Not only that, but I had the pleasure of watching the Lying Cheating Nerds of the North Avenue Trade School literally give the game away to NC State. Literally. I mean, Calvin Johnson made the game winning catch and then while he was still in the air, was all like “naw, here you go”. If you saw the end of the game you know what I’m talking about. The highest of high comedy.
I gotta get ready to leave, have a good weekend. My Tent City peeps, you ready? Let’s do dis.
Go Dawgs.
DAve
