UGA blog finds new home
Morning all. As I’ve said a couple of times this week, we’re converting this blog over to a WordPress platform and it will be a permanent move the first of next week.
Those of you who are regulars probably know that I’m not what you’d call techno-wizard when it comes to these things. But from what I understand the technology offered in this new format should make the blogging and commenting experience better for all. Of course, I’ll be learning as we go along, too. But I’m hoping to provide more pictures and video and things like that which should bring the blog more to life.
Of course, this blog is nothing without all you guys so I want to heartily invite (read: beg) you to come over to the new site by CLICKING HERE ON THE NEW ADDRESS and save it in your browsers. As of Monday, Feb. 23rd, this will be the permanent home of the UGA blog you so love or, in the case of some of you, love to loathe. If you’d prefer to copy and paste or just memorize, the new address is: http://blogs.ajc.com/uga-sports-blog/.
See at the new place!
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Friday, September 26, 2008
No. 1 slot back up for grabs
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
How ‘bout dem Beavers?!
A 25-point underdog beat the nation’s No. 1-ranked team.
So I’m lying in bed watching the USC-Oregon State game, trying to be quiet and not disturb my wife and waiting for the Trojans to make their inevitable comeback so I can watch SportsCenter.
Only the comeback never comes. Then No. 44 for Oregon State picks off a Mark Sanchez pass and nearly returns it for a touchdown. Then little Jacquizz Rodgers punches it into the end zone for a touchdown. Then the Beavers miss the extra point. Then USC almost returns the kickoff for a touchdown. Then the Trojans score. Then the Beavers handle the onsides kick.
And then it was done. No. 1 USC was goes down 27-21 in Corvallis to a team that lost to Penn State 45-14 just last week. Rogers — 37 carries, 186 yards. Monumental upset. History repeats itself two years later.
My first thought: Georgia drops a spot winning by 28 at home and then drops another spot after winning by a touchdown at South Carolina; so what happens to Southern Cal after goes down to a team that lost to Penn State by 31? Proof yet again you can’t play the score game.
Anyway, the easy answer is the Dogs will go back up to at least No. 2 IF they can get by No. 8 Alabama Saturday night in Athens. And that’s a huge, bold-faced IF. Who knows, with a very strong showing against the Crimson Tide they could leapfrog Oklahoma back into the top spot. As fickle as voters seem to be this year, anything could happen.
But that’s getting way ahead of things. More than anything last night’s events set the tone for the college football season. It indicates it may be like last season, when everybody was losing to anybody. We’re getting into the meat of the conference schedules and, as was reiterated yet again, crazy things happen in intraconference play.
Anyway, back to Georgia-Alabama. You can bet Thursday night’s game got both teams’ attentions. It’s not like they needed anything more to be jacked about this game, what with the blackout, 7:45 p.m. kickoff, ESPN’s “College GameDay” in the house and all.
I was going to test you bloggers’ creativity and ask for your best sign ideas for holding up behind the GameDay’s set Saturday morning. I guess Saturday night’s happenings can only spice those up. So let’s hear it.
Let me hear your best sign ideas. Let me hear what you think the outcome is going to be Saturday night in Athens. Name the score. Tell me what kind of effect, if any, you think Thursday’s USC-Oregon State will have on this one.
No. 1 goes down. Let the dominoes fall. Gotta love college football!
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