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DEL.ICIO.USTraumatic week ends with UGA win
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
This has been a traumatic week for all of us. Larry Munson retired. Nick Saban and Alabama coaches did standup routines on funerals. Clay Aiken announced he was gay. (I thought every sense had been crushed until I tried to imagine any of the subjects and news events being shuffled, at which point I just blacked out.)
Just when we could take more, PETA told us we are evil for eating “Chunky Monkey.”
Yes, Tracy Reiman, who speaks for the organization that should have just stepped off stage last year and has way too much time on its hands, sent a letter to Ben and Jerry’s, saying: “The fact that human adults consume huge quantities of dairy products made from milk that was meant for a baby cow just doesn’t make sense. Everyone knows that, ‘The breast is best!’”
At which point, she did not lift her shirt and shout, “Throw me your beads!”
So she lost me.
(Check the cover of next week’s “People” for Clay Aiken’s take.)
PETA wants Ben and Jerry’s to start using breast milk to make ice cream so as to “lessen the suffering of dairy cows and their babies.”
Look, I’m getting a wonderful visual for the factory. Also the job interviews. But I would think all the best candidates for said pumping factory might also have a problem with the process. Plus, I’m just not feeling the product.
Now, some people think Georgia is milking way too much out of this whole “Blackout” thing. (I went to J-school for that transition.) Not me. Did you see how players reacted last year? Have you seen T-shirt sales?
And what possessed Saban to allow some yahoo with a video camera at practice to videotape his own strength and conditioning coach saying: “They’re wearing black because they’re going to a [multi-syllabic expletive] funeral.”
Oh, that’s smart. Welcome to the Pat Dye school of, “They’re not man enough,” boneheaded things to say game week. Milk this: Dogs cover seven.
NFL Six-Pack (I drank one) Falcons at Carolina: The Falcons have beaten two teams (Lions, Chiefs) that have lost six games and nine major organs. Now they go on the road to Carolina and Green Bay, which means two things: 1) We get to find out how good they really are; 2) It’ll be three weeks before the marketing department doesn’t have to lie about another “sellout” (“Empty seats? What empty seats? Look over there, Sasquatch!”) The Panthers somehow lost to Minnesota last week. Here’s their bounce back: Carolina covers seven.
Eagles at Bears: Philly receiver Hank Baskett has been linked to Playboy bazoom cartoon Kendra Wilkinson. Why do I suddenly crave ice cream? Eagles cover.
Bills at Rams: St. Louis has been outscored 38-3, 41-13 and 37-13. Before long, they’re either going to be dead or in the Sun Belt. Buffalo covers eight.
Packers at Bucs: Looking at a boxscore. It says Brian Griese threw for 407 yards last week. OK. I stop doing hallucinogens today. Take the Pack and the cheese (one point).
Oy-hio: Great rumor going around: Bill Cowher has purchased a home outside of Cleveland and therefore must be ready to take over the Browns. Last year’s rumor had Cowher owning a home in North Carolina and therefore preparing to assume the throne at N.C. State. If I’m Cowher, I plant a rumor about eyeing property in Rio, Maui and the Caribbean, just to see where it goes. Bengals cover 3 1/2.
Faber College (Where Knowledge is Good) UT-Knoxville at Auburn: The Vols are 1-2 going on Shreveport. Phil Fulmer said this week “We know what we’re doing.” QB Jonathan Crompton said last week, after losing to Florida, 30-6, “We should’ve won the game, in my opinion.” So they’re on the same page. Unfortunately, the library is on Neptune. Tigers cover 6 1/2.
Petrino’s Penance (cont.): Great times in Fayetteville. The NCAA slapped the track program with three years probation after an assistant coach was convicted of embezzlement, and the school continued to pay out on a $2.8 million contract to Bobby Petrino, who lost to Bama 49-14 but only has fraud charges pending. Texas covers 27 1/2.
Yes, Virginia, there is a Netherworld: The Cavaliers wanted Al Groh to bring the program to a new level, and he succeeded. They’re seven-point underdogs to Duke. Blue Devils win, but take Virginia and seven.
Bottom dollars Last week: 7-3 straight up, 6-4 against the line. Quarterly profit margins: 25-13 straight up, 18-19-1 against the line.
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By Eric C.
September 25, 2008 4:40 PM | Link to this
Sic em Dawgs!!!
By Eric C.
September 25, 2008 4:51 PM | Link to this
Agreed…what other games were they going to black out? UT was my choice before their bad start…who else? Vandy? GT? Either of those teams will be very worthy opponents…but there is no way those match-ups will have the same buzz and they will likely be day games. Get over it Bama.
By Howard
September 25, 2008 4:54 PM | Link to this
Jeff…you’re stinking liberal but you still write the best sports columns in the world when college and pro football seasons arrive…you should have one each and every day…especially when you’re dogging on the Vowels and that great coaching genius Philistine Fulmer. Oh, I’m a Texas fan and I hope they gore Petrino and his bunch this weekend by about 50!!!! Also…does Nick Saban give anyone else the creeps when he faces the camera?? He definitely couldn’t be the Fuller brush man.
By Clay Aiken
September 25, 2008 7:00 PM | Link to this
Jeff, I tried to call you last night because I have been Aiken for you ever since my last night in Atlanta.
You have my number BIG guy so call me soon.
Clay
PS So which way do you prefer it; straight up or against the spread? Please forgive me for being so naughty.
Nicky Saban says hi and wants to be called The Nick Diddy now. I am thinking at this point we should not have turned him on.
By John
September 25, 2008 7:55 PM | Link to this
Nick Saban has more important things to worry about than a fan posting a clip from practice and whether or not his team will wear black jerseys because they need it for motivation. Maybe that is the reason why Coach Saban has a National Championship and Coach Richt does not. Milk That! Roll Tide! Bama Straight Up!
By Mikey in the SAV
September 25, 2008 8:00 PM | Link to this
**UGA 17
The Laundry Detergent 13**
Yes, we are going to black out this game despite what Terrence says…. and hey techies…we just might black you out too…
By jcy1968
September 25, 2008 8:08 PM | Link to this
Schutlz…..you’re a nut…you make me LOL..I know prefer “hatred”…I can’t do it buddy…
By UGA 4 EVER
September 25, 2008 9:12 PM | Link to this
WHY DO WE HAVE TO RESORT TO GIMMICKS WITH TOUGH OPPONENTS? I MEAN, AT UF WE STARTED TROUBLE BEFORE THE GAME AND NOW WE’RE ON OUR SECOND “BLACKOUT”. IT’S ALMOST LIKE WE SCARED OF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE JUST PLAYED FOOTBALL. IF THIS WORKS, GREAT, BUT IF NOT, I HOPE WE CUT OUT THE SHENANIGANS.
By Darrin "The Vent King"
September 25, 2008 9:51 PM | Link to this
You crazy, those Falcons are going to spank the Carolina Puddytats cause Fake Delhomme is going to have a mental breakdown after Abe eats him alive!
GO FALCONS!!!
By Shanyne
September 25, 2008 9:55 PM | Link to this
Clay, I am soooooo gay and would like to get it on with both you and Jeff. Oh, to just be naked with you two guys…oh!! I am from Alabama and yes - there are gay guys here. Do you think Jeff would like to see me naked? Would you like to see both of us strip off? Please meet me and Jeff at the downtown Marriott (room 1628) and we can watch the college games together wearing nothing but smiles!!!! I would like to see Alabama win since I go to that school but who cares - just keep the beef coming!!!!
By Ted Striker
September 25, 2008 10:05 PM | Link to this
About this story regarding the auction of Michael Vick’s storage unit: Let me get this straight. They sold off some boxes and a few contained his son’s old baby clothes and some old toys. Is there more to the ‘story’?
Call me if they auction off a box containing his son.
Lindsay Lohan’s a lesbian. Clay Aiken is gay. Yeah, yeah, I’ve heard the expression “when God closes a door, he opens a window” — but am I the only guy thinking we got hosed on that trade?
Arkansas versus Texas. If I’m the AD of Arkansas, I suspend my campaign, errr, the game, without regard to national polls — till Arkansas can avert the pending financial crisis. And a beat down like Joe Pesci-as -Nicky-Santoro in Casino proportions.
By boots
September 25, 2008 10:07 PM | Link to this
I just blew my Cherry Garcia over my screen. Go Dawgs - hope we get the ball across the line this week. If we do, we win by 13.
By GT_1993
September 25, 2008 10:12 PM | Link to this
Mikey in the SAV, dream on. We have a great team this year and I really hope that you mutts run the SEC gauntlet just so we can embarrass the $hit out of you overrated flea bags in November. This is GT’s year to take you leg humpers to the wood shed. You can bank on that - yeah, you just might get by the ‘Bama bumpkins but GT will be hiding in the bushes for you stray mutts. CPJ is a great coach and knows how to knock off pretenders like UGay. I cannot wait for the smack-down!!!
By Gen Neyland
September 25, 2008 11:27 PM | Link to this
Jeffy**
Last week didn’t happen…Oooppps, somebody already used that line. I’d be dsappointed if you didn’t pick the War Tigers. The scary part is most sane people would, but that doesn’t fool me about you…Coach Jelly Donut will bring his Indian name, Dumb As A Fox, to the Plains on Saturday. Vols shock the world, 24-20…Lou and Lee will be held in awe of the Mighty Vols as the night unfolds…
By DawgFan24
September 25, 2008 11:45 PM | Link to this
GT 93 just the fact that you have 1993 in your name shows the sad state your football team is in. I bet you will be hiding in the bushes, like all you Clay Aiken lovers do everytime you see a good looking woman walk by.
Tell me, you guys couldnt even take care of a Virginia Tech team that is obviously rebuilding. What makes u think that your gonna beat a POWERHOUSE like the Dawgs? Ask GA Southern how well the triple option offense has worked for them against the Dawgs in the past. Nothing will change. There is a reason the Dawgs passed on Nesbitt, cause he sucks!!
Just do us a favor and dont even show up for the game in Athens, save the gas for your trip to Seattle for the GT bowl game again this year you dork!
By JJ the Jet Plane
September 26, 2008 3:25 AM | Link to this
Dawg Fan 24, I totally agree with you about GT93. Tek hates Georgia so bad because they will never be a part of the SEC, The best conf. in the nation. Also they will never be as good as the Dawgs.
I’m glad that Tek is having a good year so far. I like Paul Johnson….I like him to lose. Seriously, Paul is a good guy and Tek is probably the best gig he will ever have. HOPEFULLY, TEK WILL CONTINUE THEIR WINNING WAYS ALL THE WAY UP TO THE GEORGIA GAME.
IMAGINE HOW THEY WILL FEEL COIMNG INTO SANFORD STADIUM THINKING THEY ARE IN THE SAME LEAGUE AS THE DAWGS. IMAGINE HOW THEY WILL FEEL 60 MINUTES OF PLAYING TIME LATER. LEAVING ATHENS FEELING LIKE THEY HAVE JUST BEEN FED A BOWL FULL OF “RAID”.
JACKETS SUCK. CHANGE YOUR NAME BACK TO THE “BLACKSMITHS” AND MAYBE YOU’LL CHANGE YOUR LUCK.
By heeldawg
September 26, 2008 5:20 AM | Link to this
I was going to say something nice about Tech.
I really was—with the Tech bye week and all, I figured that I could give Paul Johnson some props for having the Bees competitive in the ACC a year ahead of schedule. I was feeling benevolent. I was feeling conciliatory. And then GT 1993 had to go ruin it all for me.
Winning games in the ACC means about as much as winning games in the Big 10, another stellar league of nobodies. Tech has won a few games. They beat the tar out of Mississippi State, a team that is the worst-coached team in the SEC now that Ellis Johnson has moved on to South Carolina.
Odds of the Jackets beating Georgia in Athens? Zilch.
GT 1993 can curse and bluster and pontificate all he wants, but the bottom line is that, gimmick offense or not, the Jackets aren’t at the Bulldogs’ level. It’s not even close. And with a bye week the week before, having run the gauntlet of the SEC, the Dawgs will be more than prepared for Georgia Southern North (Avenue).
So go play another round of D&D, GT 1993. At least you have some control over that particular fantasy world.
As for Georgia-Alabama, much has been made of the line battles that are looming. But the matchup that will decide the game is one people have been overlooking.
Matt Stafford and the Georgia receivers are capable of turning Nick Saban’s gambling, man-to-man defense into a flailing mess. Want proof? Look at the last Saban team that visited Athens—LSU in 2004. Defending national champs. And David Greene picked them apart to the tune of a 45-17 score. I’m not saying that the Georgia-Alabama score will be that great a disparity, but despite the presence of Jabba the Hutt in the middle, ‘Bama’s defense will have to find an answer for AJ Green and Mo Mass.
I’m not sure there is one.
Dawgs cover.
By NikkiFree
September 26, 2008 7:14 AM | Link to this
The Dawgs aren’t milking the Blackout thing. I just think the Bama fans are making out to be bigger than it was supposed to be. A psychological edge for the Dawgs seems to be inadvertantly created. The Black jerseys are only about uniting the fans and the team and creating a little more excitement among the fans in the stands. Bama has made it bigger than that.
I know the Dawgs win and cover. Bama fans act like Mount cody will stop Moreno all by himself. Moreno may get slowed down but only at the expense of leaving Green open for Stafford’s laser passes. BTW, Bama will not be running for 200 yards like against those other patsy teams they’ve faced. UGA will hand Bama its fiirst loss of the season just like last year.
By Mark
September 26, 2008 8:19 AM | Link to this
Have we really resorted to off color remarks made by the Strength and Conditioning coach during warmups for motivation? It would be one thing if he said it to a group of reporters, but he was just trying to get his team fired up for that day’s practice and some guy just happened to catch on tape and put it on youtube. Give me a break. Really, who cares what that guy said.
By #1 Richt Fan
September 26, 2008 8:30 AM | Link to this
THE BLACKOUT
Is there any team in sports, seriously, that does not perform team building exercises, or work to become closer as a team? Do we not hear things like “we just were not playing as a team”? Of course we do! Mark Richt is not only a GREAT professor of college football but he is also a psychological genius! This is the ULTIMATE team building exercise, that also involves the fans! Mark Right is only doing what any pop-warner to pro coach would do if he could and unite his team involve the fans and give the media the biggest HEADLINE of the year DAWGS TURN THE LIGHTS OUT AT THE BLACKOUT, BEAT BAMA 56-6
By Bulldog7
September 26, 2008 8:55 AM | Link to this
I’m all for winning games and getting fans and players pumped but aren’t we overdoing the whole blackout/black jersey’s thing? Do our players really need to wear a different jersey to play better. I liked it better when we didn’t “blackout” all the time.
By wes
September 26, 2008 9:30 AM | Link to this
Jeff, you will miss 3 picks this week:
Georgia will not cover.
The Bucs will beat Green Bay.
Duke covers against Virginia. Al Groh is just collecting pay checks…while Duke…yes DUKE, is actually excited about playing football. Duke by 14.
By James
September 26, 2008 9:30 AM | Link to this
Any Bulldog fan who questions the blackout isn’t really a true Bulldog fan at all.
By SEC1
September 26, 2008 9:41 AM | Link to this
Only fans are interested in all this pointless debate about uniforms and funerals. It’s fun for debate but I doubt any coach or player is giving it much though.
By Fleischman
September 26, 2008 10:10 AM | Link to this
Schultz column is complete garbage. Who finds this crap entertaining? I rather read Furman Bisher’s drunken incoherent rambling. Your not funny and your beard looks stupid. Go campaign for Obama you waste of human flesh.
By jerry
September 26, 2008 10:15 AM | Link to this
I UNDERSTAND WHY SOME ALABAMA FANS THINK THEY ARE WORLD BEATERS RIGHT NOW. ITS BEEN A WHILE SINCE YOUR TEAM HAS HAD THIS MUCH POTENTIAL. GOOD COACH + BETTER ATHLETES = SUCCESS. THE THING IS UGA IS UP ON YOU ABOUT 6 YEARS IN BOTH CATEGORIES. THROW IN HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE AND PLAYING THE BEST TEAM YOU WILL FACE ALL YEAR (YES WE ARE A BETTER TEAM THAN LSU)= UGA 27 BAMA 14
By tim
September 26, 2008 10:18 AM | Link to this
The blackout has nothing to do with winning the game. It is fun! I know some of you hate having fun and think that sports are serious but it is a game. GA being the better team and playing at home will be the difference in this one. 27-17 dawgs. Go dawgs! Sic em! Woof!
By Eric1
September 26, 2008 10:50 AM | Link to this
Funny stuff, but I may never eat ice cream again. Hate uga, but hope they beat dick saban and company by eight touchdowns. WDE!!
By Eric A Dawg Fan
September 26, 2008 11:00 AM | Link to this
This will probably be a good game. Bama is hoping to come to the DAWG Territory, and push them around.
Remember, No Dawg who marks their territory will allow anyone to just come inside, and take over their Domain.
With Respect to the Crimson Tide, I’ll say that The Dawgs will defend their territory against the Tide successfully, and with absolute power. The Dawgs will win.
Dawgs 27
Tide 17
GO DAWGS
By kansasdawg
September 26, 2008 12:07 PM | Link to this
What a year to be a DAWG FAN! BAMA IS GOING DOWN! GO DAWGS!!!
By ChattHills Jacket
September 26, 2008 12:12 PM | Link to this
The BLACKOUT tradition will end Saturday night. The black jerseys win play a good game but 14-10 BAMA. All this “WE are going to roll over bama” crap is a joke. I thought you guys knew the SEC. and understand D. If Uga can score 7 on the first possion then stop Bama then you have the chance to make JPW try to beat you with his passing and that is game in your favor. If Bama & UGA swap scores and 4 & outs it will be a long nite with the last drive winning the game. Good luck Dawgs but I think Bama will win this one late. Not HATING just their D-line against your O-line has me worried for you guys.
By hold em
September 26, 2008 12:36 PM | Link to this
The SEC is highly overated, so the SEC beat the same team in the NC 2 years in a row, what an accomplishment
By Flowery Branch Dawg
September 26, 2008 1:06 PM | Link to this
Where is Roswell Ed when you need him? Or does he have an alias right now? I’ve been looking for his nonsense all week and no sight of him. I know… he going to lead the presecssion down E.Campus for Bama after the game.
By Riley
September 26, 2008 1:50 PM | Link to this
Schultz - Great article, however… I remember not so long ago, in the Donnan Days, you constantly ripped my beloved Dawgs. Either you’re with us, or you’re not. Don’t be a fairweather fan please…
By Fat Dawg
September 26, 2008 2:02 PM | Link to this
This “journalist” is reading my posts. My DAWGS win by 20 this game. We’ll be back to our spot, which is #1. We’re winnin by 20. My boys are ready to play. We’re working hard all week.
We’re confident, we’re ready, we’re all DAWGS.
By UGA or DIE
September 27, 2008 3:36 PM | Link to this
I LUV THE BLACKOUT!!! GO DAWGS!!! SIC ‘EM!!! RUU RUU RUU RUU!!! UGA 76 ALABAMA 0!!! ALABAMA DOESN’T STAND A CHANCE!!! GO DAWGS!!!