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DEL.ICIO.USRecalling a stroke of evil genius
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Mark Bradley
It was a throwaway line in the 11th paragraph of a recount of the 1993 Atlanta Bulldog Club meeting at Colony Square. “Over two years, Georgia has lost but five games,” I wrote in a missive that ran in this paper on Aug. 11, 1993. “Two were to Florida and the evil genius Steve Spurrier.”
I was trying to write in something approaching Bulldogs vernacular, it being a column about Georgia fans. I probably gave two seconds’ thought to “evil genius.” It just seemed to fit the Georgia view of the dastardly Florida coach who had the nerve to beat the Bulldogs and make fun of Ray Goff afterward.
I kept using the silly little description simply because I liked the cartoon imagery â€â€? cantankerous egomaniac scheming to take over the world â€â€? and I guess it started to spread. A year or so later, a Palm Beach Post writer told me, “You know, you were the first with that ‘evil genius’ thing.”
I’m not even sure if that’s true, but I’ll take it. The immortal Grantland Rice had his Four Horsemen. (Being somewhat more skilled than I am, he got them in the first paragraph, as opposed to the 11th.) I should probably settle for my evil genius.
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By Derrick Strickland
September 9, 2005 10:36 PM | Link to this
Don’t break your arm, there, Mark.
By Kevin
September 10, 2005 06:20 AM | Link to this
Did you or Al Gore invent the Internet?
By Clyde Wells
September 10, 2005 11:18 AM | Link to this
The ‘genius’ keeps saying the Gator TD in the closing minutes was by backups. Who was the QB and who was the reciever? We missed the play. We left at halftime and hurried over to Atlanta Stadium in time to see Tom Glavine’s first pitch against the Cleveland Indians in a baseball game.
By T Robb
September 10, 2005 02:52 PM | Link to this
No, it really was Mark. I was in school at UF at the time, and Pat Dooley, the longtime Gainesville Sun columnist, gave him credit. So when I moved to Atlanta the next year, I already decided I hated Mark Bradley. Took me a year of reading Terence Moore to get over that.
By Buz Livingston
September 11, 2005 09:56 AM | Link to this
Great line, Bradley. Evil genius-I borrowed for my column in the Walton Sun.
By Old Gator
September 14, 2005 12:12 PM | Link to this
Say what you will about Spurrier, the SEC is a stronger and better conference because of him (and the coaches are higher paid). I still say, even after the UGA game, I am glad Carolina has him and we have Urban Meyer. I just hope I still feel that way on Sunday. What I really would have liked would be for him to have replaced JoePa at Penn State, so he could be playing Michigan and Ohio State, instead of SEC teams.