The Columbia Curse Abounds
Not since Zeier lit up the 'Cocks 20 years ago has a UGA offense been potent in Columbia. Ofcourse, the Dogs are not alone regardingoffensive struggles in the Soda City. It has been said South...
View ArticleBlue, A True Bull-dawg
James Brown and Blue—two fixtures of UGA football during the mid-to-late '70s—at the team's walk through for the '76 Cotton Bowl.Ever had a very likable friend that, simply put, just made it happen?...
View ArticleWhen "Great" Wasn't So Much...
It has been recognized as the "Miracle on Tartan"—a "great" play in UGA football his- tory that actually wasn't too great for the Dogs.For what it's worth, I recently got some potentially good news:...
View ArticleToday, I'm Especially Grateful for Change
Jermaine Johnson running all over Bulldogs, a dejectedCoach Goff leaving the field with some players who "obviously" didn't look like they cared...During one of the few nail-biting moments of Georgia's...
View ArticleFrom "Impressive" to Inferior
What once was an impressive listing in the weekly game notes has been Goff-like of late.It wasn't too long ago when it was recognized as Mark Richt's "most impressive stat"—the head coach's success...
View ArticleA Dream-Come-True Starting Debut at Arkansas
Pledger's starting debut at Arkansas in 1992 was one toremember for the Athens native. Growing up both in Athens and just outside the city, I was more inclined to follow Bulldog players from the...
View ArticleFar From Extraordinary
As Demetrius Douglas (left) demonstrates in '89, Emmitt Smith (right) had a hard time getting his footing when facing the Dawgs. In an interview yesterday regarding the Georgia-Florida series, in so...
View ArticleBye Bye Bulldogs
Although winning, barely escaping—like last year in Jacksonville—is the recent trend for the Bulldogs after a bye.In the same interview I mentioned in my last post, I was asked what possible...
View ArticleWe Love the WLOCP
You know this game has always been called the World’s Greatest Cocktail Party, do you know what is gonna happen here tonight, and up in St. Simons and Jekyll Island, and all those places where all...
View ArticleWhen Les Is More
Miles' mark representing late-game successis no laughing matter. Richt's on the other hand...You too may have seen the same staggering statistic ESPN showcased while recapping LSU's fourth-quarter...
View ArticleDawgs Up to Same Old Tricks
Four weeks ago, Gurley became the latest in a long line of Dawgs to perform an old trick.Earlier this week, seeing that Arkansas is now promotingSebastian Tretola for the Heisman Trophy after the giant...
View ArticleThe Legendary Trick on a Trip to Lexington
Following one of Georgia's most embarrassing losses in history last week in Jacksonville, I thought it was appropriate to discuss perhaps the most embarrassing incident in Bulldog football history,...
View ArticleGEORGIA-AUBURN: A Tremendous Transformation (for the most part)
Evidently a photo of the 1892 Georgia-Auburngame, which pitted doctors against one another.Initially posted a couple of years ago, an updated/edited piece of mine regarding the Deep South's Oldest...
View ArticleThe Dogs' Feast of the Harvest
On the day Georgia hosts its annual FCS sacrificial lamb, I take a look back at what has to be one of the most unusual, yet intriguing road trips for a Bulldogs' football squad in the last...
View ArticleMost Efficient, Yet Maybe Missing Out
MASON--not Tarkenton, Zeier, Greene, Murray, etc.--has quarterbacked the mostefficient UGA scoring offense since the mid-40s.Looking through the NCAA's updated team football statistics yesterday, I...
View Article"Strong Legs" for "Weak Legs"
The '63 Bullpups-Baby Jackets affair was playedin front of 40,000 despite a driving rain, but whatmattered most was the day prior to the game.Celebrating Thanksgiving with family, I was asked about the...
View ArticleSo It Hurts
Winning three out of four games is goodand all, except when you're supposed tobe winning more.It has taken me several days to fully digest the disheartening loss from this past Saturday. Following the...
View ArticleWhen It Was More So Should've... Than Would've
Watching the Heisman Trophy ceremony the other night, realizing all three finalists were juniors heading to the NFL, I thought back to Georgia's Heisman winner from 32 years ago—a then-junior who...
View ArticleRelevant? Really?!
While at Georgia, more so than change anykind of culture...During a radio interview over the weekend, I was asked about Todd Grantham's newsworthy comments a week agoregarding his time as Georgia's...
View ArticleWhen Children Laughed and Grown Men Cried
On 1/1/81, We were Number One... (photo courtesy of Rob Saye)Happy New Year! As I have a few times before, I'm posting an edited piece of mine on a special day for the Georgia Bulldog Nation—a day when...
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