FRIDAY YOUTUBE: TAKE A KNEE, CHAN.
Chan Gailey remains the coach so willfully bland it’s hard to get to infuriated at him over anything, really. What one can do with free clearance is laugh at him, especially in those moments when he decides to do something un-Chantastic, like gamble with strategy. There’s nothing better than watching someone disinclined to wagering bust out the crazy stick and fly in the face of the odds–it’s like watching a Mormon melt down and lose the family nest egg at the blackjack tables in Vegas. It’s saddening, disturbing, and funny all wrapped into one unwieldy metaphorical hush puppy.
Watching Jim Tressel do this last season in the title game versus Florida was close…but nothing really tops the succinct poetry of this clip from Gailey Year Zero, or the exceptionally prescient bit of commentary that precedes it.
Enjoy your weekend, and remember: sometimes, you just have to take a knee.












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Suggs actually led his high school team to a GA state championship and Fulmer first recruited him as the next Peyton. Of course, like so many other QBs, he tanked at College speed and he later transferred to Tech, in desperate need of a QB after Godsey. Except for an NC State win, 2002 was a pretty awful season and that clip was one of something like 7 interceptions in that bowl game.
I knew one of his old roommates and heard he was a cool enough guy. Too bad, you always want the bad players to also have sucky personalities so you can really hate them, kinda like Reggie…
Comment by Matt — June 26, 2007 @ 9:04 am
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Oh yea, when AJ Suggs realized he sucked after this season, he got some hair brained idea to try to make the golf team. (He did not) Also, if anyone wants to scope it out, I think he’s got an acoustic act with himself and plays around Atlanta in Virginia Highlands and shit, I think. I spotted it in creative loafing a couple years ago.
Comment by Brian — June 25, 2007 @ 9:22 am
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#20:
Dear Georgia Bulldog Nation,
Not until you bring back Donnan and Quincy Carter.
Sincerely,
The SEC and Georgia Tech
Comment by Chris — June 25, 2007 @ 8:37 am