HOO-RAY! SPRING PRACTICE SCHEDULES!
Fulmer awakes from his slumber and devours the first hapless civilian in his path…Pat Hill rides in on his Harley, covered in the dust of Baja California with a cigarette in his mouth and three dollars to his name…Jim Tressel rides in on his hovercraft in a resplendent new sweater. It can only mean one thing: spring practice has started, the one breath of fresh air afforded to college fans before the long, cold, dark swim to fall.
Fanblogs has the whole list, but there’s one spring game we’d like to note in particular: April 8th, Athens, Georgia. We’ll be there–ATL bloggers represent! An EDSBS tailgate may be in order, though we’ll do as the Romans do and refrain from requesting swamp cabbage stew and Everclear shooters as we’re wont to do in Gainesville.
If you’re all there, we’ll show up wearing jean shorts. We promise.

It’s spring agaiiiiiin…












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Isn’t that “Do as the Athenians do?” Watch out for hemlock.
Comment by Newspaper Hack — February 27, 2006 @ 1:47 pm
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Orson, I’m trying to work out the details with Doug at Hey Jenny Slater even as we speak.
I have a family commitment at the G-Day game as well, as we will be celebrating my wife’s and my sister-in-law’s birthdays, but I got permission from the missus to divide up the duties for April 8.
At last report, kickoff was scheduled for 2:00, which is when I’ll have to meet the fam in Sanford Stadium. How ’bout if we all meet for lunch at a designated Athens eatery at noon?
Comment by T. Kyle King — February 27, 2006 @ 1:58 pm
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A capital idea. Suggestions?
Comment by Orson Swindle — February 27, 2006 @ 2:00 pm
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whoa, dude on the far right has one heck of a Farmer Tan.
Comment by PSUgirl — February 27, 2006 @ 2:05 pm
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Lemme get this straight…if we can get something going in ATH on April 8, here’s how my Wednesday-Friday schedule shapes up: UGA Spring Game, Ghostface concert, Ween concert. Jyeah!
Comment by Ian — February 27, 2006 @ 2:09 pm
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Whoops…my bad- I guess the 8th’s a Friday. Eh…as if I got anything to care about at this juncture in law school.
Comment by Ian — February 27, 2006 @ 2:11 pm
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April 8 is a Saturday. (If it isn’t, then I’m getting the date wrong and the G-Day game is whatever Saturday falls closest to April 8.)
I just sent an e-mail to Doug Gillett, who seems like the logical point man on this, seeing as how he’s the only one of us with guts enough to post his real name and his photograph on his weblog. (Identifying one another in a restaurant without him as the focal point would pose an interesting challenge.)
There are any number of suitable eateries within easy walking distance of the Arch and I am not picky. The Mayflower, the Grill, the Mellow Mushroom, the Taco Stand . . . any and all are O.K. by me.
Ian, you’re living in Athens now and the rest of us aren’t, so you probably have the clearest idea of the pros and cons of our various options. What do you suggest? What’s the best place, victuals-wise, wait time-wise, and otherwise?
Comment by T. Kyle King — February 27, 2006 @ 2:33 pm
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Five Star Day probably has to go down as one of my five favorite restaurants in the Western Hemisphere, but you can go to a Ford dealer right now and buy a full-size van that seats more people than their dining area, so that might not be the way to go if we’re expecting a good-sized crowd.
Taco Stand brings back many fond memories of getting my under-21 drink on for gameday, but I realize that’s not necessarily going to be a draw for everyone.
Comment by Doug — February 27, 2006 @ 3:16 pm
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ha… the dude second from the right… the look on his face makes the picture.
who’s up for April 22 (?) for Meyer’s second spring game? I heard that we’ll have an attendance roughly equivalent to the population of the entire Dallas/FortWorth Metroplex this year.
Comment by thehakujin — February 27, 2006 @ 3:45 pm
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Several other predictions on how some coaches may return to campus.
Scratch Water Skier/Recruiter Extraordinaire, Ron Zook, sloloms into town after taking a few loops around Lake Champaign.
After paratrooping from the skies, Coach Orgeron, opens up his rucksack spilling the rotted corpse of Osama Bin Laden. Orgeron quickly calms his team before matching first team offense vs. first team defense in a friendly game of buzkashi.
http://www.afghanweb.com/sports/buzkashi.html
Comment by Philly Gator — February 27, 2006 @ 4:13 pm
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Well, I haven’t been hungover enough this semester to warrant a trip to Taco Stand, so I’m long overdue. And everyone’s right: April 8 is a Saturday, meaning I’m going to see Ween on a Monday. Huzzahs!
Comment by Ian — February 27, 2006 @ 5:03 pm
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I’m up for meeting at Taco Stand at noon on Saturday, April 8.
How ’bout if we let Doug send out a confirmation e-mail to Paul Westerdawg, Michael at Braves & Birds, et al., to make sure that’s good with them, too, and we can make it official later this week?
I love it when a plan comes together. . . .
Comment by T. Kyle King — February 27, 2006 @ 5:36 pm
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Also, we should consider having T-shirts printed.
“Blogfest Confab ‘06″
“April 8, 2006, College Football Blogging Capital of the World City Council Meeting”
“Blogapalooza!”
Comment by T. Kyle King — February 27, 2006 @ 5:41 pm
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You got it. Ahhh, Taco Stand . . . I almost feel like I should get a fake ID just for the occasion.
Comment by Doug — February 27, 2006 @ 6:25 pm
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We’re there.
Comment by Orson Swindle — February 27, 2006 @ 6:36 pm
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When can I get the Blogapalozza! shirt? That’s worth the drive from chicago all by itself. My jorts are packed.
Comment by UM Dave — February 27, 2006 @ 7:41 pm
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I would think I would probably join in for that, thereby answering the eternal question:
“Who Is The Drizzle?”
Comment by The Drizzle — February 28, 2006 @ 2:26 am
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Minor (though by no means insurmountable) problem:
When I called to confirm receipt of my season ticket contribution, the guy at the ticket office told me the G-Day game was “tentatively” set for 2:00.
Thanks to some crack research by Doug, we now know kickoff will be at noon instead.
That necessitates rearranging the schedule somewhat, and perhaps moving from late breakfast/early lunch to a tailgate.
Doug is on this and the e-mails are flying fast and furious, so, though there will be a slight change of plans, AtlAthBlogConORamaAGanzaPaloozaFest ‘06 will happen on April 8. Stay tuned. . . .
Comment by T. Kyle King — February 28, 2006 @ 7:09 am
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Also, once we get this thing set up, I think we need to arrange for one Bulldog weblogger to steer clear of the confab.
This is purely precautionary . . . sort of like when they keep one Cabinet member away from the state of the union address, so that not everyone in the line of presidential succession is in the same place at the same time.
Comment by T. Kyle King — February 28, 2006 @ 7:13 am
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I love spring practice…I attended the Gamecocks spring practice last year and did tailgate and sneak booze into the stadium and watch a, what would be a great freshman, (sidney rice) blow by one of our corners to make him fall. Sidney then became wide open missed the ball right off his chest. I laughed and said everyone lost for the gamecocks on that play…little did i know sidney would turn out to be the badass that he is today.
Comment by nastynati — February 28, 2006 @ 3:38 pm