2010 SEC MEDIA DAYS: MARK RICHT STILL NOT FIRED, FINEBAUM CONSTERNATED
by Holly Anderson on Jul 22, 2010 12:09 PM EDT
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For the record, the 2010 Media Days Head Coach LustrousTan Leaderboard reads as follows, with half the coaches yet to appear:
1. Saban
2. Richt
3. Meyer
For a guy who IS GOING TO BE FIRED ANY MINUTE HAVE YOU HEARD IT WAS ON FINEBAUM [mdwm], Richt is the chillest of bros. He looks perfectly at ease, and gets broken in easy with a kiss-ass first question from an outlet that's projected the Dawgs to win the division. Richt: "What's your name? Dave? I like you, Dave."
• We nearly drop the mic asking him about the transition to the 3-4 under Grantham. Richt graciously chides, "I see you," which we are taking as a rap shoutout. The actual answer is surprisingly free of pablum: After the initial "What position am I gonna play?" shock, Richt says the players are actually stacking up pretty well, personnel-wise. Depth outside is a concern, and there will be young guys aplenty on the line, and Richard Samuel, bless his heart, has been moved from running back to OLB to ILB.
• Regarding young master Murray (paraphrased; this was a long one): Adjusting well, amenable to being managed, the team is rallying around him and he's not abusing that trust.
• No agent questions; University's requested that we hold off while they figure out where on earth this AJ Green thing came from.
• Saddened by the Evans situation. Says it hasn't affected their prep (and there's really no reason why it should).
• Mild, Richt-y comedy, i: Incurs admonishing looks from SEC reps in the room when he attempts to choose for himself who answers the next question. "I guess I'm not in charge."
• Mild, Richt-y comedy, ii: "I don't do good with three-part questions."
• This is the shortest in-and-out we've seen so far. 18 minutes and Richt's in the wind. AJ Green takes the mic, and comports himself as the ideal Richt player: Pleasant, confident, unobtrusive. Game by game, don't count us out, working hard, etc. Guess for yourselves whether he gets asked about South Beach anyway. Deftly declined, and we're hunkering down for Vanderbilt.
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Explaining the difficulties of recruiting “academic students.”
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Of course.
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I will give my shirt for Tennessee today.
by Holly Anderson on Jul 22, 2010 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Genius!
I’ve always thought of Richt as a younger, less devious more docile Tommy Tuberville on Prozac. Good for 9.5 to 10.5 wins/yr, wins one or two he shouldn’t win and loses one or 2 he shouldn’t lose.
UGA as a whole needs to make up their mind what they expect of their program. There’s too much talent, money, and tradition there to be content with 10 wins and 15 arrests every year.
If a fan is continually hyping the alleged "academic superiority" of his conference, it's for one obvious reason: they're getting get their ass whipped on the field.
Who should we hire instead?
We have a coach who, as you said, is good for 9.5 to 10.5 wins per year, a few SEC championships a decade, and maybe an MNC someday when the stars align. Why take the risk when there’s a good chance we’d end up in a worse position?
As a Bama fan, there are really only two
….types of seasons: National Championship ….or no National Championship. Sure, there’s the occasional SEC title thrown in here and there, and it’s good to beat your rivals when you can, but anything short of a NC is a bit of a letdown, whether it’s 12-2 (2008) or 7-6(2007). 10-2, 8-5, 6-7, all that shit just runs together.
If you’re happy with perennially being Florida’s bitch, by all means keep him. Or open the checkbook and get some hard-ass headknocker like a Paul Johnson. Gonna have to be hyper-physical to win the SEC the next few years.
Either way, the F-bomb has spoken. Love hate him or hate him worse, he’s almost never wrong about SEC coaching life expectancy.
If a fan is continually hyping the alleged "academic superiority" of his conference, it's for one obvious reason: they're getting get their ass whipped on the field.
Georgia isn't Alabama
And can’t behave the same way. You’re right that Georgia has money, talent, and tradition. But Georgia doesn’t have it like Bama does and they can’t make coaching decisions as if they do.
Shit, look at how hard it was for them to find a defensive coordinator, even after offering staggering amounts of cash to their own (and your DC) Smart, along with Bud Foster and John Chavis.
In my opinion, this is the kind of situation where Georgia is probably more likely to get Baylor’d or Ole Miss’d (Cutcliffe). While a regime change could hit a home run, it’s probably more likely to be a bust.
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Look what they went thru to get from Dooley to Richt
12 years of Goff and Donnan
Neither was horrible, but yeah, Cutcliffe is a good comparison.
I was okay with firing Gailey if we could get a Johnson or equivalent (Johnson was far and away my first choice), but I was seriously worried we were going to end up much worse off. I guess, sometimes you just have to say “What the fuck”.
Conference homers are the lowest form of fandom. That is why the SEC has so many of them.
Then again, sometimes that leads to Kragthorpe
Tom Jurich ~2008: I don’t think I am going to say, “What the fuck?” anymore
Conference homers are the lowest form of fandom. That is why the SEC has so many of them.
Just to clarify:
The University of Georgia: one of the most profitable football programs in the country, with the second most players in the NFL out of any school, and the oldest state-charter university in the United States, does not have the money, talent and tradition that Alabama has.
That’s what you’re saying?
Just to clarify
It’s laughable to suggest that Georgia’s status as the oldest state-charter university in the United States has meaningful relevance to college football. (Notice how I phrased that that as a statement rather than a rhetorical question. Guess which form is superior?)
To answer the question that isn’t actually a question: yes, that’s exactly what I’m saying. Georgia does not have the pull to hire a coach so talented that he’s worth firing Richt for. Programs far more prestigious than Georgia have had their struggles finding the breakthrough coach. Shula once coached Alabama, Weis and Willingham once coached Notre Dame, and, well, Tennessee…
Firing the most successful coach in school history and then attempting to lure a better coach is a proposition that has historically failed. Georgia couldn’t even do it with a defensive coordinator last year, let alone a head coach. Hires hailed as raging successes when they were made frequently turn out to be busts. Hires branded as obvious failures frequently turn out to be busts. It’s an extremely risky proposition, and in this case the enormous risk dwarfs the small, expensive chance that you hit it big.
There’s a lot more to the equation than “OMG WE RICH AND WE’RE ALMOST AMONG COLLEGE FOOTBALL’S ALL-TIME ELITE!”
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Hiring DCs is an entirely different animal from hiring a HC.
Lateral moves are difficult to sell regardless of position. Yeah, Georgia probably couldn’t woo a big time coach away from a similarly situated school, but in reality, who can? Urban Meyer came from Utah. Saban was in the NFL, but wasn’t succeeding and Bama backed up the Brinks truck. Mack Brown came from UNC, but that’s not Texas. Tressel was in 1-AA. Saying Georgia wouldn’t be able to do it isn’t making much of a point.
"Be worthy as you run upon this hallowed sod, for you have dared to tread where champions have trod."
by Silver Britches on Jul 22, 2010 3:12 PM EDT up reply actions
You're missing the point
I’m not trying to drag Georgia down. I’m simply saying that you need to realize the reality of the situation.
Georgia probably couldn’t woo a big time coach away from a similarly situated school, but in reality, who can?
I actually totally agree with this; in fact I almost made the same argument, but decided against it because my post was long enough as it was. You’re correct: few, if any teams could make such a blockbuster hire. If that “few” exists, Georgia is not numbered among them. Even if teams had that sway and Georgia was numbered among them, you still have to deal with the problem that coaching hires are enormous unpredictable. Paying the big money to a Saban and him actually living up to expectations is the rare, rare exception. Not the rule.
Please don’t construe anything in my post as attacking Georgia. You have a great tradition, a great fanbase, a beautiful campus, etc. I’m simply pointing out that you have a good thing going. “The grass is always greener on the other side” for all but maybe 5 programs in the country at any given time. Don’t throw away the good thing you have going when all signs point to a bad investment.
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And I think your last paragraph is how the vast majority of alumni (I have nothing but contempt for “Dawg fans”) feel. This is why a lot of us are wondering where the hot seat meme came from in the first damn place.
"Be worthy as you run upon this hallowed sod, for you have dared to tread where champions have trod."
by Silver Britches on Jul 22, 2010 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions
No, but I give him a pass. His daddy drove one of the team buses for years.
"Be worthy as you run upon this hallowed sod, for you have dared to tread where champions have trod."
by Silver Britches on Jul 22, 2010 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Contempt is a little strong, isn't it?
But I hear ya.
by NCT on Jul 22, 2010 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Why?
The contempt, I mean. I see a lot of contemptuous comments about “non-alumni” from alumni these days.
by The Bruce on Jul 22, 2010 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Far too many people claim to love the Dawgs, but don’t give a shit about the actual University. See the North Campus tomfoolery, et. al.
There are people that go to games, pull for the Dawgs, but don’t know their ass from a hole in the ground. They’re the idiots that think Richt should be fired. They hate Adams like the rest of us, but only because it’s the thing to do. They can’t give reasons. They have no idea how the University operates, what it can and cannot do, and it drives me batshit crazy.
If you didn’t go to the school, love the Dawgs, but aren’t one of the people aforementioned, then bienvenidos. But if you come to Athens 3-4 times a year, get shitfaced, and shit under the magnolia tree next to the law library, keep your ass at home.
"Be worthy as you run upon this hallowed sod, for you have dared to tread where champions have trod."
by Silver Britches on Jul 22, 2010 4:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Please
Print this on a flyer, and staple directly to the head of anyone over the age of 12 wearing a jersey at all games this season.
by commodore_dude on Jul 22, 2010 5:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Totally agreed
Not actually an alumnus, but I’ve got plenty of family alumni, so I wouldn’t consider myself the usual sidewalk-alumni. Unfortunately there are a lot of people who normally wouldn’t darken the doorstep of the SLC, but continue to embarrass fans with their redneck-ism and boorishness (although to be fair there were more than a few students in the North Campus disasters, so it’s not just all visitors and sidewalkers).
by Cantabrigian_UGA_Fan on Jul 22, 2010 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Alabama couldn't convince this guy of taking the job...
Although, I don’t imagine anyone crying over that fact today.
(except UM fans)
It doesn’t matter how many football games the SEC wins. We will always look down on you.
by devidee33 on Jul 22, 2010 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Ok, we're clear on this.
Leaving aside such nebulous concepts as “tradition,” I sought clarification from you because your other two points (re: money and talent) were so completely untenable I was certain they were typos.
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No one wants Coach Richt fired but bored sports writers and a tiny fringe of miscreants unhappy with anything but undefeated seasons. The now-meme was pulled from deep in the colon of just such a person. It’s nothing but a rumor with momentum, propagated by those on the outside. It’s foolish to think CMR is getting fired, because it’s foolish to think we’ll do much better than him. Not because we can’t lure a “better coach,” but because the coach we have now is pretty damn good.
To be "letdown" by not winning a NC every year
is kind of silly, imo. But hey, you’re probably part of my fellow fanbase that i don’t understand a lot of the time. Some years it ain’t in the cards and, repeat after me, “it’s gonna be ok.”
by EZ on Jul 22, 2010 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions
LOL. The entire idea of grown-ass men sitting around...
…..talking, not even playing, but talking about football for hours of every day on the interwebz is damn silly in itself.
I’m just saying, if you set your expectations high, you at least have a chance of coming out on top but if you continually just accept mediocrity because you’re afraid of failure…you’re just not into it. Please don’t tell me UGA has gone the way of Ole Miss and Vandy, i.e., “we’ll probably never win shit, but that’s okay.” At least UT and LSU show up cocky and ready to fight.
And by that rationale, yes, Bama has had plenty of bad/failed/letdown seasons the last couple decades. Everybody has, and 110+ D1 teasm do every year. But at least we aren’t chumps.
If a fan is continually hyping the alleged "academic superiority" of his conference, it's for one obvious reason: they're getting get their ass whipped on the field.
Would you fire a coach that finished the season #2 in 2007? What about a coach that has the longest streak of at least 8 wins in the COUNTRY?
Yeah, we might never win a NC with Richt. But he’s consistent. And he doesn’t fuck his secretary in his office shower. Or two strippers in Panama City.
"Be worthy as you run upon this hallowed sod, for you have dared to tread where champions have trod."
by Silver Britches on Jul 22, 2010 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions
People said the same thing about Mack Brown...
…and then Mack went out and won a national championship in his /OMG8THSEASONATTEXASTHATISWAYTOOLONGSABANWOULDNEVERTAKETHATLONGTOWINONE/ and people shut up about it. I have no doubt that Richt will do the same. Just because the past two National Championship winners have assholes as head coaches, doesn’t mean they all have to be.
by hailtogeorgia on Jul 22, 2010 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Seriously?
You call gutting the entire defensive staff except for one coach after a 7-5 season (which was the worst season in a decade) accepting mediocrity? How foolish of me to think that was in an effort to improve the team and gasp win? I guess it was really just that Richt got tired of coaching alongside his best friend and decided firing him would be the better decision.
by hailtogeorgia on Jul 22, 2010 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Guys, guys
He’s just trying to help you understand college football and how to do it right…He’s a bama fan so why would you question his judgement? You should be appreciative. For shame!
We are THE tigersthatsaywareagle
by cowcollege on Jul 22, 2010 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
And that was your "Alabama-fan-talking-down-to-you-Post-of-the-Day."
Undoubtedly brought to you by Golden Flake and Coca-Cola.
"Be worthy as you run upon this hallowed sod, for you have dared to tread where champions have trod."
by Silver Britches on Jul 22, 2010 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
LOL
love it…..Wow…Bama has had 15 bad seasons in the last 17….somebody should be fired…..
No one's really gonna to be free until nerd persecution ends - Gilbert Lowe
Just damn...
… I actually think Bama fans are still getting crazier every year. I didn’t think that was humanly possible.
by vineyarddawg on Jul 22, 2010 3:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Answer the question
It’s Bama fans like you that give your fanbase the reputation it carries. The “I know what’s best for every other fanbase because I root for Bama” attitude is what I think I’ll call it.
People have this discussion about Richt and his “hot-seat status” while completely ignoring what UGA football was from 1984-2002, which while not completely terrible, was certainly mediocre at best. Richt’s nine years are the best sustained run in the history of the program, only rivaled by the four year run Dooley had from 1980-1983.
I suppose “running off the best coach a program’s ever had because of one bad season” is a freshman course at Bama? If you can find me another coach that guarantees averaging 10 wins a year, having a winning record against every major rival (including your beloved Tide) except Florida, and having two SEC Championships in his first nine years, then by all means let’s get Richt out of there. I suppose I should quit defending my coach with things such as reality because everybody seems to ignore that.
/sarcasm mode off
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by AuditDawg on Jul 22, 2010 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
WOOO! COACHING HIRE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP! ROLL TIDE!
"Be worthy as you run upon this hallowed sod, for you have dared to tread where champions have trod."
by Silver Britches on Jul 22, 2010 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
If you want your college program fucked up for years at a time between championships...
by all means, run it like Bama.
by Crabapple Buck on Jul 22, 2010 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Oh yes, Paul Johnson, he's who we need.
The guy whose ACC Championship team we thoroughly thrashed in November.
I think I just threw up a little in my mouth. Come down from your high horse. It’s easy to talk about national championships being the standard when you won one the past year. Where was all that talk when Louisiana-Monroe curbstomped the shit out of the Tide in Bryant-Denny three years ago? In fact, when I was in Bryant-Denny in 2007 and a man who still goes by the name Mikey caught a perfectly thrown pass in the endzone, it seemed that the only phrase I heard was “shit.”
Sure, you’re on top now, but just remember that what goes around comes around, and right now, you’ve got everyone in the country ready to cuntpunch the daylights out of you.
by hailtogeorgia on Jul 22, 2010 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Does anybody else find it amusing/ironic that Georgia is getting coaching/personnel advice from Alabama and Tech fans? Current coaches aside, they don’t exactly have stellar track records either.
"Be worthy as you run upon this hallowed sod, for you have dared to tread where champions have trod."
by Silver Britches on Jul 22, 2010 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Red.....panties
If a fan is continually hyping the alleged "academic superiority" of his conference, it's for one obvious reason: they're getting get their ass whipped on the field.
Non. . . sequitur
"Be worthy as you run upon this hallowed sod, for you have dared to tread where champions have trod."
by Silver Britches on Jul 22, 2010 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey...
… I’d rather get a girl to wear red panties for me than orange. I hate orange.
by vineyarddawg on Jul 22, 2010 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions
ha!
"Sometimes I think it is a great mistake to have matter that can think and feel. It complains so. By the same token, though, I suppose that boulders and mountains and moons could be accused of being a little too phlegmatic."
-Kurt Vonnegut, "The Sirens of Titan"
by Bravely going forward on Jul 22, 2010 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions
You sound like Bama fans from 4 years ago.
And I’ll argue that losing to the goddamn Warhawks did as much to aid bama’s success the last 2 years as anything.
by EZ on Jul 22, 2010 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions
How do I sound anything like a Bama fan from 4 years ago?
4 years ago, a Bama fan was dealing with a team recently coming off of probation, who had one conference championship in 99’, and nothing before or after then since 92. These a very different situations. I’m simply saying that it’s very easy to act like the know-it-all on coaching hires and settling for mediocrity and forget where the program was three years ago (which was nowhere).
by hailtogeorgia on Jul 22, 2010 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't really intend to get in the middle of this argument . . .
but, pray tell, how exactly does losing to ULM end up at the top of that list, alongside “Mark Ingram”, “Nick Saban’s insomnia” and “defense loaded with nuclear-powered killing machines.” Does. Not. Compute.
MaconDawg,
to cite what has been cited several times at DawgSports in the past month or two, it’s a little something called cognitive dissonance.
by hailtogeorgia on Jul 22, 2010 4:40 PM EDT up reply actions
While the circumstances and situations differ,
these UGA fans DO indeed sound EXACTLY like many/most Bama fans of that time, with the shreiking, rabid wave of denial taking over. “Shula just won 10 games!! So what if lost to Auburn and LSU? He can win a NC!!….”
Let’s face it, Shula was over his head as an SEC HC, and Richt has plateaued. He has lost any degree of discipline over his players and barring major results on the field, this year, he’s toast. It’s likely that John Brantley &Co. will help show him the door.
If a fan is continually hyping the alleged "academic superiority" of his conference, it's for one obvious reason: they're getting get their ass whipped on the field.
Oh give me a break.
Mike Shula couldn’t hold Mark Richt’s jockstrap, and if you think you could possibly compare one decent season with a decade of consistency, then you’re off the reservation.
Richt has lost any degree of discipline? Right. Have you seen the ridiculous arrests? Emerging from an Alley? Failure to provide middle name? Good lord. DUI is serious, I’ll give you that, but wasn’t it just two years ago Jimmy Johns got caught trying to be Pablo Escobar of the metropolitan Tuscaloosa area? Call me when that happens to someone under Richt’s tenure.
by hailtogeorgia on Jul 22, 2010 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions
This Post Parrots Finescum.
"Read"on Gumps.
Wow your name really does suit you.
Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.
I Corinthians 9:24
by Southern Dawg on Jul 23, 2010 1:55 AM EDT up reply actions
See, this is what bullshit looks like, people
Averaging 10 wins a year, even playing 13, would give him the best winning percentage in UGA history, and one of the best of any coach ever. UGA’s tradition is to be a strong SEC team, but rarely dominant. They get streaks of 2-3 years each decade where they compete for the SEC title (and by extension, the national one), and Richt has done that. He’s as good as it gets.
Vince Dooley won 71.5 percent of his games. Richt has won 76.9 percent. So obviously, you should fire him and go hire Lane Kiffin.
"I see you."
Not rap: Richt is apparently Aiel, which would also account for the lovely tan. Make sure the veil doesn’t go up, though. Did he end the presser with “May you always find water and shade.”?
"...when the devil says to you: do not drink, answer him: I will drink, and right freely, just because you tell me not to."
— Martin Luther
DUUUDE
I loved those books when I was a shorty.
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I will give my shirt for Tennessee today.
by Holly Anderson on Jul 22, 2010 12:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Reading through them again
because Jordan up and died before finishing the series, but apparently the end is within sight.
"...when the devil says to you: do not drink, answer him: I will drink, and right freely, just because you tell me not to."
— Martin Luther
The last I heard the second book of the final trilogy is set for publication this fall
It’s kind of a big deal around Charleston since the author was from here. Barry Sanderson was hand-picked as Robert Jordan’s successor by his widow. Sanderson is finishing the WoT series from copious notes Jordan left because he knew he was dying.
"I like the taste of danger most of all." - Jonatha Brooke
by MtnEer_in_SC on Jul 22, 2010 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions
I know - can't wait.
I balance heady theological tomes with fantasy/sci-fi and find the mixture delicious. Plus, it makes for fun stories when preachin’.
"...when the devil says to you: do not drink, answer him: I will drink, and right freely, just because you tell me not to."
— Martin Luther
I have been burned enough by the never ending series
that I refuse to start any until they are clearly done.
Thus, never started the wheel of infinity. (Plus, more of a sci/fi fan than fantasy, but do read some).
I have a number of friends to whom “Robert Jordan” is a curse word.
Conference homers are the lowest form of fandom. That is why the SEC has so many of them.
I'm guessing you like Christopher Herbert
by Bourbon Dawgwalker on Jul 22, 2010 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions
You guess entirely wrong.
Although I stopped reading Frank at God Emperor.
Conference homers are the lowest form of fandom. That is why the SEC has so many of them.
It was sarcasm, Chris is awful.
Frank was great, too bad he died before he could finish his series. Chris’s attempt at Dune 7 is more tragic that Lucas’s prequels.
by Bourbon Dawgwalker on Jul 22, 2010 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I assumed it was sarcasm
Never even attempted reading any of the leech off my father’s corpse novels.
Conference homers are the lowest form of fandom. That is why the SEC has so many of them.
I quit after the fourth Dune
for the same reasons. I have greatly enjoyed Christopher Tolkien’s work, though.
"...when the devil says to you: do not drink, answer him: I will drink, and right freely, just because you tell me not to."
— Martin Luther
I stayed with the Dune series until the sixth (and final) book
written by Frank. Although, I must admit that the last two left me flat. I have never attempted any of the Brian Herbert/Kevin Anderson collaborations. And based on everything I’ve heard, I probably won’t read any.
I’ve read and enjoyed Christopher Tolkien’s edits of his father’s ‘The Silmarillion’ and ‘The Children of Hurin’.
"I like the taste of danger most of all." - Jonatha Brooke
by MtnEer_in_SC on Jul 22, 2010 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Ever tried David Weber?
His “Honor Harrington” series is very good. That’s especially true if you pick up on the historical parallels. The arc has an end to it though it already has had to be revised once. The two spin-off series are also very good in their own right as well as for fleshing out details of events mentioned in the main-line novels. Drake is good if you like some hard mil SF.
Never could get into Jordan. I just couldn’t take twenty pages of them walking through the woods where the only thing happening was Rand getting all emo over being the Dragon Reborn and then having that scene repeat over and over and over.
Did sell a ton of books, though, so YMMV.
by PalmettoTiger on Jul 22, 2010 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I read Brandon Sandersons first book he polished off after Jordan's demise....
I’m just gonna say he’s a wonderful choice to finish the series. I love the books and can’t wait for last two.
Though my personal fav is even more appropriate to sports. Matrim Cauthon’s “Time To Toss The Dice”.
We're all on the Hindenberg. No reason to fight over a window seat.
Is this really happening
ON A FOOTBALL BLOG!!! Go to jail. Do not pass go, do not pass The Grove, do not pass The Capstone, do not pass Toomer’s Corners, do not pass The World’s Largest Outdoor Party to Remain Nameless, do not pass The Puke Orange Navy, do not pass Basketball Fans Cleverly Disguised as Football Fans, do not pass Our Bosses That Went to School in Nashville, do not pass Cowbells, do not pass Beauoaeouxton Rougue, do not pass That Horrible Place in South Carolina Where they Have Home Games, do not pass Boss Hawg. Go straight to jail.
Yes, this is happening
’cause discussing books, movies, and ideas is what we sometimes do around here during the off-season.
Your over the top outrage might be more understandable if this wasn’t your very first post on the site.
"I like the taste of danger most of all." - Jonatha Brooke
by MtnEer_in_SC on Jul 23, 2010 2:29 AM EDT up reply actions
Fuck off, o ye of basketball screen name.
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I will give my shirt for Tennessee today.
by Holly Anderson on Jul 23, 2010 9:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Direct and to the point, Miss Holly
"I like the taste of danger most of all." - Jonatha Brooke
by MtnEer_in_SC on Jul 23, 2010 10:12 AM EDT up reply actions
Ouch that stung a little.
Airball is a childhood nickname (wordplay on my last name). May I still talk about football while fucking off?
wait...then what in the hell is your last name??
hairball? pearfall? beartall?
The new year approaching, click in. Let’s facelift bar! Open the wardrobe is not yet found love after another the right clothes? So, also waiting for? Immediate action bar!
Since you apparently joined the blog just to bitch about literacy,
no: There doesn’t seem to be any evidence that you’re capable of this.
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I will give my shirt for Tennessee today.
by Holly Anderson on Jul 23, 2010 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Literacy in uncool with the hoopsters
Never see Lebron on Reading Rainbow.
We're all on the Hindenberg. No reason to fight over a window seat.
by Stubob72556 on Jul 24, 2010 4:29 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I thought Joker would have ranked higher on the leaderboard
No, I cant believe I made that joke either.
Conference homers are the lowest form of fandom. That is why the SEC has so many of them.
So no Curious Index Today?
Would like to see fearless leader acknowledge the return of the Baseball playin’ tan wearing Jacksonvillian to Clemson.
Plus I know some where some how a college football coach/player has screwed something up and would like to read excellent prose about it
Don't give up, don't ever give up ~ Jim Valvano
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I will give my shirt for Tennessee today.
by Holly Anderson on Jul 22, 2010 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions
For Dick H...
UGA fan here. I like Richt. I don’t like all the stuff that keeps his teams from being better, recently all related to coaching. He doesn’’t have a lifetime appointment. That part I like about Bammers. They’re never satisfied. Psychotically so.
When you live in Birmingham, you get to marinate in the undiluted groupthink that originates from atop Red Mountain, led by the one and only Paul Finebaum (peace be upon him). I like Paul. He gives a great interview and has actually been more interesting with the move to XM. Anything would have been an improvement over four hours of show props (IMan, Shane, Charles from Reeltown, Legend, etc.)
That said, Alabama aren’t chumps. Now. In the long dry spell stretching from 1979-2008, punctuated by the one shining moment of 1992, they were. Frequently. Asking Bobby Bowden for an interview. Ray Perkins. Bill Curry. Mike Dubose. Mike Price (?) And Shula. Such a nice boy. He actually thought he could pull Tebow.
Bammers are the classic case of having been born on third and thinking you hit a triple. It wasn’t that long ago that all of them were living on “tradition” while Tuberville took their lunch money once a year, and the Louisiana Monroes of the world got to put up a billboard at their expense.
So pardon me if I don’t give a rat’s ass what the Saban Nation thinks about the direction of Georgia football. Saban is a dictator and a phenomenal football coach. Alabama opened the vault and he rode in on a white horse to lead the unwashed masses to the promised land. And in the mind of the Alabama fan, that’s the way it was always meant to be. The Perkins/Curry/Dubose/Price/Shula years never happened. RichRod never almost happened. The calendar rolls from 1979 to 1992 to 2009. But life in the SEC is cyclical, and the next cycle of denial in Tuscaloosa is never far away.
by Stan34 on Jul 23, 2010 12:40 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Let's get this straight
I actually like and respect UGA football. Well, more in the past than now. Richt is a fine Christian man, and, intentionally or not, gets a lot of mileage out of that amongst the UGA fan base, boosters, and media. So to summarize:
1. Richt is a great guy and has a slightly better win% than Dooley.
2. Richt has been getting reamed almost every year by main rival Meyer, and there’s no reason to think it will stop anytime soon.
3. Richt has resorted to idiotic gimmicks like The Dance and The Blackout because he can’t cut it on the field. With a #1 NFL pick QB (Stafford) and a spectacular RB (Moreno) he laid one egg after another, with a team as soft as a velvet pillow.
4. Checked the Fulmer Cup standings lately?
5. UGA has the talent base, financial resources, and prestige to do better and eventually will pull the trigger. If BOISE STATE can become a powerhouse, surely UGA can.
On and on it goes. If you guys are happy with it, fine. Archive this so you can review it the day after the Cocktail Party. It will probably come across differently then.
If a fan is continually hyping the alleged "academic superiority" of his conference, it's for one obvious reason: they're getting get their ass whipped on the field.
Wow, ice cold bro...
In the old school way. Not the hey-have-this-nice-sugary-alcholic-drink. sort of way.
Although, I think #3 is the most damning.
It doesn’t matter how many football games the SEC wins. We will always look down on you.
Re: #2
Beaten almost every year, yes. “Reamed” almost every year? No. Check the scores.
And generally … We are, by and large, a patient lot. Maybe it’s a fault, and maybe it’s not. Our head coach has been more consistently successful than yours. Whether I prefer the consistent success over a couple of NCs is moot. I don’t pay enough money to have a say-so in hiring and firing, so I don’t see any point in trying to see if it’s something about which I should whine. I follow football because I enjoy it. I follow UGA football because I’ve been doing it all my life and I went to school there. I strongly believe I would enjoy being a fan much, much less if I fumed about coaching personnel (and play-calling and recruiting, etc.). I find the entertainment value is better if I don’t get myself in a knot over things I can’t control. But that’s just me. The jewel is in the lotus, and all that.
Okay, Dick with all the answers.
First, I think that Richt consistently winning at a high level, winning two conference titles, three division titles, and having winning records against all major rivals except for Florida get him a whole hell of a lot more mileage than his christianity.
1. We’ll agree to disagree on the definition of slightly, as to me, winning at a clip over 75% is more than slightly better than 70% (as it amounts to atleast one more win a year).
2. Again, agree to disagree. Reamed, not so much. Other than the past two years, the games have been very close.
3. Are gimmicks really idiotic if they work? Granted, the blackout failed once, but the other two times, Georgia won (and soundly). Having said that, let’s stick with the regular unis from here on out.
4. I think everyone here is familiar with the Fulmer Cup standings. Have you noticed the sort of arrests? There are three that are damning…DUI, misdemeanor sexual battery, and simply battery. The rest are jokes.
5. UGA won’t pull the trigger, as no one other than fools outside of the program is even considering buying a gun. Boise State is a powerhouse? Please. They play a pissass schedule with one or two big games a year, and the last I checked, still got trounced the last time they faced Mark Richt.
Finally, if we are happy with it (which we all seem to be), then why do you keep beating the dead horse? Let it go. If Richt is so bad and is so unbelievably inferior to The Almighty Saban, then why are you worried about it? It’s just another gimme for Bama (because apparently, you forgot about Richt’s 3-1 record against the Tide).
Oh, and I’ll be sure to archive this post to come back to it after the Cocktail Party, but I can guarantee you, it will still come off just as preachy, condescending, and pretentious then as it does now.
by hailtogeorgia on Jul 23, 2010 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions
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