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Dogs overcome injuries and own defense in win
I’ll post my full column off of Georgia’s narrow escape -- a 34-31 overtime win over Tennessee, later on MyAJC.com. Until then, here are my three "Short Takes on the game. 1. GEORGIA'S PROBLEM ISN'T RESOLVE, IT'S LIGAMENTS: The Bulldogs' offense finished the game effectively without its top two running ...
Braves in Game 1: No hit, no field, no chance
Well. That wasn’t very pretty, was it? The Braves, looking too much like the team that has lost in so many previous Octobers, lost their divisional playoff opener to the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-1 Thursday night. Here’s a link to my column on MyAJC.com. And here are my three “Short ...
Predictions: Dogs win, Kiffin down, Spurrier up (barely)
Something happened this week that was almost as funny as when USC athletic director Pat Haden stopped Lane Kiffin on an airport tarmac and broke the news to him. Haden: “There was a mistake on your plane ticket.” Kiffin: “What?” Haden: “It says ‘Coach’! Hahahaha. Get it?” Yes, even more ...
UPDATE: Braves leave Uggla off playoff roster
So it's official: The Braves have left their $13 million second baseman off their playoff roster. And who in spring training didn't expect that Elliott Johnson and Paul Janish would be the team's two second basemen in the playoffs? Dan Uggla is not among the 25 players the Braves can ...
Expect Georgia to rise vs. BCS field
The new Associated Press (media) and USA Today (coaches) rankings are out and Georgia has moved up to sixth in both of them. The first BCS standings come out in about two weeks. But with the same five teams currently ahead of Georgia in the two major polls, it’s safe ...
Short Takes: Georgia Tech falls off stage
With a chance to turn this season into something special, Georgia Tech fell flat on its face Thursday night, losing to Virginia Tech 17-10. Some of the ugly numbers: three turnovers, three fumbles (one lost), six false start penalties and only one touchdown in 11 offensive possessions. The Hokies’ defense ...
Predictions: Dogs win, Falcons lose, bear leaves
If only this story had started out something like, “So a drunk underage frat boy walks into a bar in Juneau,” everything would’ve been fine. Because as we now know, you can’t just walk into a bar in Juneau like you can in Valdosta and Remerton, the apparent Sodom and ...
NCAA fails again by softening Penn State penalty
The NCAA blew it. Again. Last year, the NCAA chose not to give the Penn State football program the "death penalty," despite determining that the administration "concealed critical facts" -- translation: covered up -- related to the deviant and reprehensible actions of eventual convicted sex offender Jerry Sandusky, the team's ...
Braves' celebration a long time coming
Remember when the Braves winning division titles was so yesterday? Well, when they clinched the National League East Sunday, it had been several yesterdays ago. Try eight years worth: The Braves hadn’t won a division title since 2005. It had been that long since the Braves could go into the ...
Short Takes: Georgia's tune-up for LSU not so great
ATHENS – Well, that certainly was ugly. Georgia, hoping for an easy tune-up before next week’s SEC collision against No. 6 LSU, struggled against an expected punching bag, North Texas, in Sanford Stadium Saturday. The Dogs led only 21-14 at halftime and found themselves tied 21-21 after having a punt ...
Predictions: Jackets, Dogs and what's the Deal?
According various websites and news sources used by us here at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, also known as Nathan Deal’s favorite “fish-wrapper” (old school rip; ask your parents.), Sept. 19 (Thursday) was International Talk Like A Pirate Day. ITLAPD was created in 1995 by two guys in Oregon who must've just ...
Minus Weatherspoon, Jackson, others, Falcons in trouble
FLOWERY BRANCH -- On second thought, I won't be writing about Georgia today. Thank goodness for Google Maps or I might never have found the shortest way to get from Athens (where I attended coach Mark Richt's news conference) to Flowery Branch (where I just arrived and am in search ...
Loss of Biermann, Ewing issues Falcons didn't need
If you're making a list of the 10 players the Falcons could least afford to lose, Kroy Biermann and Bradie Ewing probably wouldn't make the cut. One blogger's opinion of the "Can't Lose Top 10" (in no particular order): Matt Ryan, Julio Jones, Roddy White, Tony Gonzalez, Steven Jackson, Sean ...
Short takes: Injuries, O-line woes and Julio Jones
UPDATE: Here's the link to the game column (subscription). The Falcons’ survived. Not sure how much more we can say about this team right now. After dropping their season opener in New Orleans, the Falcons rebounded with a 31-24 win over the St. Louis Rams Sunday at the Georgia ...
Weekend Predictions: Beware of Bammy, Tech and Spurrier's bullying
Welcome back to Weekend Predictions, where we just forced to issue statements to Sports Illustrated and Yahooee! Sports denying that we ever took illegal second helpings at press box buffets or accepted cash payments, cars, test answers, socks, a hotel pen (OK, three hotel pens) and possibly a little goochy-goochy ...
Falcons have bigger problems than close losses
The Falcons' 2012 season pretty much ended with a fourth-down incompletion from San Francisco's 10-yard-line in the NFC championship. The Falcons' 2013 season opener ended with a fourth-down interception at the New Orleans goal line following a third-down would-be dropped touchdown pass from the three-yard-line. Progress? No. The Falcons' lost ...
Weekend Predictions: Dogs, Falcons win
Before we get to this week's big game between the remains of the Georgia Bulldogs and South Carolina defensive end Monster Zero, this important spiritual update. On Thursday, Jews world wide celebrated Rosh Hashanah, also known as the New Year, for it was 5,774 years ago, according to legend and ...
Richt denies Georgia player faked injury (video)
There's a story on the blog site, "Larry Brown Sports" carrying the headline: Georgia LB Leonard Floyd gets signal to fake injury (video)" that has caused a bit of a stir. The video appears to back up exactly what the headline charges: That Georgia's defense, seeking to slow the pace ...
Predictions: NCAA needs glasses, Dogs need help
Over the objections of the NCAA enforcement staff (one old guy with a metal detector in Sarasota), the coaching remains of Bobby Petrino (east of Paducah, Ky., west of Hades) and the poor rabbi who’s going to have to listen to Ryan Braun repent on Yom Kippur in a few ...
Manziel suspended...for a half? (UPDATED)
UPDATE: 6 p.m. So let this be a lesson for all of you kids out there: Don't even think of getting caught signing autographs for a memorabilia dealer because you might be forced to miss half of a game against Rice. It's official: In yet another bizarre decision by the ...
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