CURIOUS INDEX, 9/25/2008

Anyone else get the feeling Alabama is going to get hammered physically by George but will loose it in a close scoring game?

Not only by George, mind you, but Georgia too.

I doubt that a McCoy toe injury will get its own sot on the ESPN ticker like Chris (I refuse to refer to a grown ass man as ‘Beanie’) Wells’s…

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George of The Jungle, I assume? Unfortunately, Terrance Cody is too big to play Ape.

Until Saban’s talented freshman win a big road game against a quality opponent – I’m taking Georgia.

Also, Richt has a better coaching staff that doesn’t get switched every 7 games.

You think that was a Christian missionary trip he went on this summer? Evil Richt merely needed to feed on the souls of impoverished children to replenish his evil mojo. Now he can focus on more dastardly motivational ploys-

Perhaps tell Rennie Curran that Wilson called his mother a crackwhore, sending him into one of those Viking Berzerker rages.

The University of Georgia football club will crimson the face of the dark and mysterious Alabama players with a series of dapper lefts, by Jove!

Richt is downright feisty this week. Another quote:

When Bama punt returner Javier Arenas was asked about Knowshon, he replied, “What about it? Have you seen some of my highlights?”
When Richt was later asked about Arenas, he replied, “He’s very good. Have you seen his highlights?”

BURN. Sly burn. Subtle burn!

I think UGA and Bummer are both legitimate top 10 teams, but UGA is overrated. They need to be back around 6th or 7th.

I predict it will be a very close game that will be decided in the last half of the 4th quarter.

I’ll have you know that Thunder is his Christian name, not a nickname.

It would have been cooler if Richt had come out and said "There’s a Holiday in Cambodia . . . "

@^6 – I think he just took a two-week second honeymoon with Mrs. Richt. Thus the “looseness”.

And he seems pretty relaxed, too.

I like Richt more and more with each passing week. On the theory that Alabama isn’t as good as they looked against Clemson I think this game has all the makings of a rout.

I predict, the team with the ball last, will win, just like in Madden or Ncaa 2009….clock management will be crucial….how does Bama win? Keeping the Offense on the field, no passing over 10 yrds, pounding the rock, and Terrence Cody picking up the center and throwing him at Knowshon Moreno on every play, and when he gets a chance, bellyflopping on the pile before the whistle. And not throwing every pass to Julio, like we do whether he is open or not. I swear when Julio is open, JPW gets excited and would overthrow Manute Bol……This game has a chance to have its game changing moment in a Daniel Moore painting……since our last one was Prothro’s catch over a USM player…been too long…
If you have more than 4 Daniel Moore Paintings in a year=SEC Champions……….

Clausen looks like a mini-Fulmer.

Blue-gray Sky has a great goodbye salute to Purdue’s outgoing coach.

Maybe Richt is happy because he can do the “one-stop shopping” at Dalton Carpets of GA.

If you need another reason why no one would want to play for Ron Prince, check this: 38 50-yard sprints at 3 am as the team plane arrived in Manhattan after allowing 38 points at Louisville. What a dick:

http://blogs.cjonline.com/index.php?entry=7967

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/big12/0-2-186/KSU-defense-sent-running-after-return-from-Louisville-loss.html

Rickus, let me give you some free, unsolicited, legal advice:

Always bet on black.

I am cute. I make cute comments and God loves me.

Biggus,
My friend, Alabama has been brainwashed, very much similar to what you would see in Clockwork Orange….
So I am taking Bama to win the bet, or win the game.
I dont think Georgia is a 7pt winner, unless its in OT again. If it comes down to Qb play, Georgia gets the nod. On the flip side….who has Georgia played? Arizona State? Squeaked by South Carolina? We aint South Carolina,brother…45 is the over….I dont see this as a barn burner….I see it like 17-13 either way…..I dont think either team will run wild, and I dont see either team torching each others secondary for long plays, or special teams scoring TD’s. Just a slugfest.

AU-UT and SPUAT-UGA… Each stadium will be wishing for the other to collapse.

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MPP, remember when you guys hired Saban and people were saying “give him 3-4 years and Bama will be competing for SEC championships”? You might want to stick with those expectations.

UGA 35-10

MPP,

I see it like this: Georgia has put together four sort of workmanlike performances against some overmatched teams. Now they have a top 10 opponent coming in for a night game. There’s the blackout and Gameday on hand to charge up the fans and the team will come out jacked up. Meanwhile, Alabama will be facing their first true test in that environment with a fairly young team. I also think Georgia matches up well since their biggest defensive strength counters Bama’s biggest offensive strength.

I’m actually a lot more worried about the team coming out completely flat in two weeks and laying another egg against Tennessee.

I’m not buying Georgia winning by more than 7… They didn’t off ASU until late, and thats a BAD ASU team… USCe had them reeling, and again, thats a BAD football team (beat Wofford 21-10…. WOFFORD!!!)…

’Bama have outright slaughtered their two big-boy opponents thus far…

@ #4 yoyofutbawl -

Actually, I meant Zombie-fied King George the III, but what the hell, why not George of the Jungle. It’ll be an orgy of George-y rage.

To steal PB’s theme: If there is one thing that Mark Richt does, it’s lose (big) football games (at home).

1. it’s richt, 2. it’s big, 3. it’s at home /.: goodbye smugness

I love the over-confidence factor in this game. The black out and the -7.5 line are all getting to the dogs. Even Richt is just too playful this week. It’s almost as if they are taking us too lightly.

On Monday I felt we weren’t ready and UGA would win this game by 6. As the game gets closer, I like our chances more and more. Keep talking Richt! Bama 25 Dogs 21.

Beckett@#25, I’m confused — Georgia “didn’t off ASU until late”? We had a 21-3 lead going into halftime and had already completely shut down their running game. As for the “two big-boy opponents” Alabama has “slaughtered,” Clemson is a slightly-tall-for-his-age pre-teen at best, while Arkansas is clearly sitting at the BCS-conference kiddie table and will be for the rest of the season.

Clausen’s gonna have to scalp himself by the end of the season.

The Snake will Drive Again,

Yes, they’re doing a blackout because they’re taking the game lightly. Just like in their somnambulant turns against Auburn and Hawaii last year.

yoyo @ #4: Terrance Cody would play Shep. Obviously.

Clausen looks like one of David Bowie’s minions from Labyrinth.

Roll Taaaaaaahhhhd!!!

How impressive was it to “slaughter” Clemson when Bowden inexplicably refused to give the ball to his Thunder & Lightning RB’s?

And, he may be the new Evil Richt, but he still doesn’t go for scores late in already-decided games, as evidenced Sat. night (damn it).

I stand by my statement – Jimmy Clausen will be combing his hair with a wash cloth, sooner than later. Maybe before he leaves ND.

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Here’s why Bowden couldn’t/didn’t get it to Spiller/James more. After A) getting swallowed whole by Cody, it was apparent the middle wasn’t going to work, B) after testing the edges, he realized that REALLY wasn’t going to work, C) he looked up and realized that it was already 24-3, and D) Spiller, the homerun threat, operates on getting the ball in space. With no time to pass, no sucess running, special teams was about it.

That’s called defense son!

Is it just me, or are Alabama fans especially delusional this year? Even moreso than last year? I heard a caller on Finebaum wax poetic about Javier Arenas being the best defensive back in the country, and how Alabama has the best linebacking corp in the nation. Oh, and Ingram is a better back than Knowshon! Now that’s some good crazy.

We’ll see how it pans out once Alabama gets hit in the mouth for the first time this season. But, one thing’s for certain: if UGA whips their ass, we’ll get a huge lecture from the Bammers on “class,” “tradition,” and other non sequitors. Like my grandmom, their program can barely chew their food. But, they have just enough “moxie” to highlight passages in an Emily Post etiquette book flipping out because you didn’t “keep your elbows off the table” or some shit.

I still love Birmingham, though.

Thanks, Dad!

But 6 carries for Davis and 2 for Spiller still = inexplicable.

Charles – any Alabama fan that calls into Finebaum is certifiable and delusional. That we can agree.

Biggus – weren’t the previous blackout games surprises; last second type of decisions? Not sure announcing it a week in advance will have the same effect. It has however created some interesting banter from both camps.

Sounds like Richt wears garanimals.

The first one was a bit of a surprise, at least the team coming out in the jersies. The fans were told to wear black and everyone assumed the team would come out in black too. In the Sugar Bowl it wasn’t a surprise at all.

I’m puzzled by how the talented and dangerous teams (especially the ones so many scary miles away!!!) on a given team’s preseason schedule magically morph into horrible and overrated the week after the whipping.

@ 38. Well, if it were explicable, he wouldn’t be a Bowden.

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Are you referring to the last time we played a ranked team from Alabama at home?

Or maybe the last time we played a ranked Saban-coached team at home?

Charles, it’s just you. It’s always just you.

The funny thing is that Bama fans are making more of a deal about the blackout than any Georgia fans. So tell me: who’s in whose head?

You are all reading way too much into this game.

UGA wins by 4 because their QB is better. E
Even if Bama controls the LOS, johnparkerwilson won’t make the plays it takes to overcome the crowd.

ROW taahd.

Will -

The last time UGA played a ranked Bama at home UGA wore it 31-0. The time before that they let Mike Shula beat them (although I’m only guessing that the ’85 team was ranked at the time).

I don’t think Bama is man enough to win this game.

rtr-

I said a ranked team from Alabama, not a ranked Bama.