BOWL PREVIEW PREVIEWS: THE 13TH HATTERER

by Orson on Dec 31, 2008 3:41 PM EST

In a land wracked by war, twelve men...

...will be joined by an unlikely thirteenth...

I'm not a warrior.

...against an enemy that comes without warning, and leaves without a trace (of passing)...

...and together, they could become something they never imagined they'd be prior to the beginning of the season: underdogs to Georgia Tech in the Peach Bowl thanks to a suspicious defense and a nonexistent to piss-poor pass offense.

Les Miles: They come. Let us recite the Tiger Death Prayer.

LO,THERE DO I SEE MY FATHER,
SHOOTING A 40 LB CATFISH WITH A PISTOL,

LO, THERE DO I SEE MY MOTHER AND MY SISTERS AND MY BROTHERS
ALL OF WHOM COULD COACH THIS DEFENSE BETTER THAN PEVETO

LO,THERE DO I SEE THE LINE OF MY PEOPLE BACK TO THE BEGINNING
(EXCEPT FOR CURLY HALLMAN THAT BASTARD DIE YOU DIE)

LO, THEY DO CALL TO ME. THEY BID ME TAKE MY PLACE AMONG THEM
IN THE HALLS OF TIGER STADIUM, WHERE THE BRAVE MAY LIVE FOREVER,
(UNLESS YOU'RE WEARING THE OTHER TEAM'S GEAR
IN WHICH CASE WE TURN YOU TO BOUDIN.)

The Thirteenth Hatterer: When Bravery Is the Only Option You Have, Because The Opponent Has Three.

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Les Miles = Blue Boy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpGwP101Z80

by PDXGoneGator on Dec 31, 2008 3:47 PM EST reply actions

Vols got our Offensive Coordinator:

http://www.govolsxtra.com/news/2008/dec/31/report-chaney-interviewed-ut-offensive-coordinator/

Heard he will “oversee” the offensive line, too, so fuck off Orgeron have fun in Baton Rooj

by etsuVol on Dec 31, 2008 3:50 PM EST reply actions

Bob Davie just expressed surprise at the amount of Vanderbilt fans at a bowl game in Nashville, Tennessee. I’m not sure he knows where he is.

by poguemahone on Dec 31, 2008 4:17 PM EST reply actions

Davie also recited the entire family genealogy of the footballin’ Fluties. Only Bob Davie can make that kind of contribution both in terms of cluelesness and esoteric knowledge. The man is nothing if not versatile.

by MaconDawg on Dec 31, 2008 4:33 PM EST reply actions

If’n you’re gonna bring up that bastard Hallman, you might as well bring up the rest of the fucktards…like DiNardo, Archer, and Arnsparger.

by DrBundy on Dec 31, 2008 4:35 PM EST reply actions

Wow, Dr. Bundy….you stopped at Arnsparger? What’s your thought about Jerry Stovall?

(Let us also remember that because the Bo Rein Administration never fully came to pass, that the Coaching Succession ended up as this. We’ll never know how great or poor the program could have been under his leadership.)

by Studley on Dec 31, 2008 4:59 PM EST reply actions

This Sun Bowl is one of the worst football games I have ever seen.

by JD on Dec 31, 2008 5:41 PM EST reply actions

3-0? Really? I thought that was a bowl game, not a freaking pitcher’s duel.

by Matthew on Dec 31, 2008 5:48 PM EST reply actions

That game made Auburn and Tennessee look like offensive juggernauts.

On the plus side, Mike Leach on 60 Minutes Sunday night. ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

by JD on Dec 31, 2008 5:52 PM EST reply actions

That game was Lundquist and Danielson’s richly-deserved karmic reward.

by Josh on Dec 31, 2008 6:19 PM EST reply actions

The Sun Bowl was no Auburn-Miss. State, that’s for sure.

by OrangeGator on Dec 31, 2008 6:30 PM EST reply actions

Oh Vandy. -4 yards on 3rd and 1 is hard to pull off, but if anyone can do it, it’s you.

BOOM BITCH, 16-14 Vandy. Can an entire team (or at least the defense, kicker, and punter) win the Mandom award?

by TJ on Dec 31, 2008 6:38 PM EST reply actions

So we can disband the ACC now, right?

At the very least, is the evil of GT-UGA and Clemson-SCAR officially undone now (at least until the Peach Bowl)?

by TJ on Dec 31, 2008 6:57 PM EST reply actions

Omigod! My eyesight! Those GT unis are atrocious!

by meg on Dec 31, 2008 7:38 PM EST reply actions

Sweet mother of Yaw…

Orgeron to UT..

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3803014

by Darkknight on Dec 31, 2008 7:43 PM EST reply actions

Vandy wins a bowl. Vandy has a winning season. And now DACOACHO roams the earth again. All that you know is at an end.

Happy new year, folks. Grab the booze and head for the mountains.

by Vandy J on Dec 31, 2008 7:59 PM EST reply actions

Wow, a tux Mr. Griese! Someone must have a postgame reservation at the Cheetah.

by meg on Dec 31, 2008 8:19 PM EST reply actions

On my way to 3-1 today and the one I’ll happily give to all my friends at Vanderbilt.

Way to go ’dores.

by Gen. Stoopnagle on Dec 31, 2008 8:20 PM EST reply actions

The Mad Hatter Strikes with an on-sides kick!

But LSU’s kicker has been concussed.

by Gen. Stoopnagle on Dec 31, 2008 8:25 PM EST reply actions

Oh god damn it I knew playing Lesticles would cause all manner of difficulties if we weren’t careful and now we’re seeing it. What is going on why are we losing?

by GTSteve on Dec 31, 2008 8:25 PM EST reply actions

This kicking off into the endzone is very useful. UGA should try it sometime rather than that extremely not useful kick off out of bounds.

by meg on Dec 31, 2008 8:38 PM EST reply actions

Uh-oh. Looks like the mojo is only going one direction.

Les must have rolled the bones last night.

by Gen. Stoopnagle on Dec 31, 2008 8:41 PM EST reply actions

Say what you will about Lesticles, but give the man a month, & he can bring the shock & awe to a bowl game.

by ElAndy on Dec 31, 2008 8:51 PM EST reply actions

#15: ah, fucking hell

by etsuVol on Dec 31, 2008 8:52 PM EST reply actions

Hey! I think we found the missing points from the Florida game! They were here, in ATL, all the time.

by Studley on Dec 31, 2008 8:58 PM EST reply actions

Rev up those chainsaws, the werewolf is back.

by LSUDrew on Dec 31, 2008 9:02 PM EST reply actions

Can we do the season over? With this team? The one that put 35 points up in the First Half?

by Studley on Dec 31, 2008 9:08 PM EST reply actions

If this score holds and Tech loses 70-6 or something like that, the only solution is for Paul Johnson to commit harikiri in front of the statue of John Heisman, with Dan Radakovich as kaishakunin. There is no honor left in the house of ACC.

by GTSteve on Dec 31, 2008 9:10 PM EST reply actions

I loves me some ground Chuck!

by ElAndy on Dec 31, 2008 9:43 PM EST reply actions

The ACC? At least it won a bowl game. The Big Ten stands a very good chance of going 0-fer if Iowa finds a way to lose to South Carolina. I’m coming to the opinion that it’s far, far worse than the conferences I once consider its equal: the ACC and Big East.

by poguemahone on Dec 31, 2008 10:23 PM EST reply actions

Rich Brooks thinks that fake field goal is BULLSHIT

by THETexasStateUniversity on Dec 31, 2008 10:30 PM EST reply actions

BALLGAME.

by Studley on Dec 31, 2008 10:42 PM EST reply actions

happy new year bitches….

now bring on the meaty bowls of 2009… and another great season

thanks again Orson, Holly, LSUfreek, et al… you made it memorable

by InsaneCoachPosse on Dec 31, 2008 10:44 PM EST reply actions

The end of this game and 2008 also means the end of the Malveto Era. Can’t say I’m going to miss it. It took the entire season for LSU to finally play disciplined defense.

by Studley on Dec 31, 2008 10:50 PM EST reply actions