tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70527431468991817352024-03-13T08:36:23.228-04:00Blogging PantslessGod bless America, my Momma, and the Georgia BulldogsMackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16936918113198252525noreply@blogger.comBlogger615125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052743146899181735.post-71893003942527363922012-09-04T08:59:00.001-04:002012-09-04T09:00:54.601-04:00Old Man Football<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Mackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16936918113198252525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052743146899181735.post-48691653642695693092012-08-20T08:47:00.002-04:002012-08-20T08:47:29.688-04:00Singing the Fight SongI married a graduate of the University of Alabama.<br />
<br />There are a 2 concession I'll make to the credit of Alabama's Saturday football experience. Both involve crowd participation:<br />
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#1. Rammer Jammer is the biggest kick in the nuts in college football. I've only been on the receiving end of it once...and I hope I never have to sit through it again. Nothing says eternal love like your significant other hitting you in the face with a pom-pom reminding you 2 minutes afterward that her team "just beat the hell outta you".<br />
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#2. When they score and everyone sings their fightsong...it's pretty cool. Yes the lyrics are a bit dated (they haven't played Tech since 1984, and haven't "sent the Yellow Jackets to a watery grave" since 1983) and focus solely on opponents in the state of Georgia without mentioning that Cow College they tend to despise most, but it's still a cool experience.<br />
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That's why I was pretty excited to see this posted...<br />
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So I'm just doing my part to spread the word that we're singing the old fightsong now so lube up the pipes with an extra shot of Makers Mark pregame so you can belt it out with me!<br />
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"Hail to Georgia" has been my morning alarm for the last 4 years, it gets me pumped up to crawl out of bed and go cry in the shower until I'm fully awake. My wife might not like it, but I can't wait to sit with 92,746 of my best friends and scream that bitch until I lose my voice.<br />
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GO DAWGS!Mackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16936918113198252525noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052743146899181735.post-52115287817791442162012-08-20T07:59:00.003-04:002012-08-20T08:07:13.074-04:00SMH<br />
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<br />Mackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16936918113198252525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052743146899181735.post-83144345832169609632012-08-18T22:22:00.001-04:002012-08-18T22:22:17.280-04:00AP Poll Released<div class="hd">
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<li><span>1.</span>USC (25)</li>
<li class="altcolor"><span>2.</span>Alabama (17)</li>
<li><span>3.</span>LSU (16)</li>
<li class="altcolor"><span>4.</span>Oklahoma (1)</li>
<li><span>5.</span>Oregon</li>
<li class="altcolor"><span>6.</span>Georgia</li>
<li><span>7.</span>Florida St.</li>
<li class="altcolor"><span>8.</span>Michigan (1)</li>
<li><span>9.</span>South Carolina</li>
<li class="altcolor"><span>10.</span>Arkansas</li>
<li><span>11.</span>West Virginia</li>
<li class="altcolor"><span>12.</span>Wisconsin</li>
<li><span>13.</span>Michigan St.</li>
<li class="altcolor"><span>14.</span>Clemson</li>
<li><span>15.</span>Texas</li>
<li class="altcolor"><span>16.</span>Virginia Tech</li>
<li><span>17.</span>Nebraska</li>
<li class="altcolor"><span>18.</span>Ohio St.</li>
<li><span>19.</span>Oklahoma St.</li>
<li class="altcolor"><span>20.</span>TCU</li>
<li><span>21.</span>Stanford</li>
<li class="altcolor"><span>22.</span>Kansas St.</li>
<li><span>23.</span>Florida</li>
<li class="altcolor"><span>24.</span>Boise St.</li>
<li><span>25.</span>Louisville</li>
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I'm not surprised, I figured we'd be in the Top 10 somewhere. I know Phil Steele is high on FSU (having them playing for a National Championship?!) but man...I don't get it. I see them as a Top 20, MAYBE...but definitely not Top 10. Also with Alabama and Michigan both in the Top 10 looks like South Carolina and Arkansas will be moving up quickly after Week 1 (but with a little luck Vandy upsets USCe and they slowly slip back into irrelevancy like early in the 2000's.<br />
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I'm assuming Ohio State, TCU, Kansas St, Florida, and Louisville will drop eventually...but Boise St being Boise St will climb and eventually smack their noggin' on a (much deserved) invisible ceiling.<br />
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I know a lot of Dawg fans aren't keen on us being #6 (or even on the radar). But it's as simple as taking care of business, I don't mind being Top 10 because the way this screwed up system works it helps to be highly thought of (just ask Auburn circa 2004). <br />
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Mackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16936918113198252525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052743146899181735.post-20624853028888744482012-08-17T08:33:00.000-04:002012-08-17T08:33:19.543-04:00How to Sneak Booze into Sporting EventsLook, we all do it.<br />
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For most SEC schools the preference is the ol' ziplock baggie or airplane bottles down the bootleg, but that's because they don't let you bring ANY of your own drinks into the stadium.<br />
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However, for venues like Turner Field where BARVES fans can bring their own drinks (as long as they aren't alcoholic in nature) this video might come in handy if you want to avoid looking and smelling like you've got a drank on you.<br />
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My assumption is that it also works for pre-mixing whiskey into a Coke bottle (for those of you like myself who avoid clear liquors...because we're men) but I found this to be a nice resource.<br />
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Of course you could just simply add it to an already opened Coke and try to walk in...but lets face it, whiskey has a unique smell. It looks a little suspicious if you stroll through a turnstile with a built-in smell of masculinity, freedom, and the ability to dance already on your person.<br />
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Just thought I'd share. I'm sure since this is the internet someone will just comment that I'm a retard and provide a much more simple (yet less inconspicuous than a factory-sealed bottle) method...but whatever.<br />
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Go Dawgs!Mackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16936918113198252525noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052743146899181735.post-81918759105982199782012-08-16T10:44:00.000-04:002012-08-16T10:44:32.564-04:00The Last Time I Mention 2011's O-Line...if you follow me on Twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/BPMackie" target="_blank">@BPMackie</a>) then you've probably read a fair share of bitching about our O-Line last year.<br />
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I love baseball, but after the All-Star Break the season is over and I resort to feeding my football addiction a steady stream of YouTube videos and Larry Munson DVDs. I find it terribly difficult to rewatch games from last year because of how terrible our offensive line was. These veteran, experienced players were supposed to be a strong-point of our team last year and had our Special Teams not been so abysmal I bet more light would have been shed on their poor performance.<br />
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Between that and the ghost of Isaiah Crowell's inability to pick-up a block, Aaron Murray had to hurry passes and scramble more than a QB should have to. This added fuel to the HUTSONMASONSHOULDBESTARTING fire while Murray's accuracy suffered because he had exactly 1 revolving door's turn to make a decision. That decision being, throw it away or highlight tasting notes with Les Miles on fescue varietals.<br />
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You win as team, and you lose as a team, but since the horse carcass of
our Special Teams has been beaten to a pulp, I want you to just watch
how quickly the opposing defense gets through our line. We played better than South Carolina last year, but the errors killed us and ultimately we paid the price starting the season 0-2...which sucked. REALLY BAD. <br />
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I'm not concerned about our young Offensive Line this year, because they can't possibly be much worse than last year's. <a href="http://www.macon.com/2012/08/15/2138372/taking-stock-at-the-midpoint-of.html#storylink=rss">Seth Emerson says the Top 6 look pretty good</a>, but after that our extra reserves have a loooong way to go. #Pray4InjuryFreeFall<br />
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Apparently the freshmen TBs are making waves (especially Gurley) and rumor has it he can block too...imagine that! Should our young O-Line hold up, and the freshmen running backs make immediate impact, this could be a special year. I'm more worried about our defense appearing in public without the expressed written consent of the ACCPD than I am about their ability to perform. Coach Grantham will have their asses in line...because you don't mess around with CTG.<br />
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I'm still getting back into the swing of blogging again. My 8 month affair with Tumblr has taken away my ability to string sentences together...I've reviewed this mediocre post 5x and I'm still not terribly happy with my structure, but I gotta get to work and it'll have to do for now.</div>
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Go Dawgs!Mackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16936918113198252525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052743146899181735.post-28746178024647513452012-08-16T04:00:00.000-04:002012-08-21T14:36:54.188-04:00NFL Policy<br />
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If you have followed my blogs on <a href="http://www.pokerlistings.com/">this site</a> for a while, you know I
don't usually go into too many rants about the NFL, but the recent incident
surrounding a replacement official's "gambling past" seems to have a
lot of people up on arms about the NFL's policy on gambling.</div>
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For those that don't follow the NFL or are not aware of the
policy, you cannot be involved in any type of gambling activities if you work
for or play for any organization in the National Football League.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It doesn't matter if your game is slots,
poker, or Pai Gao, gambling by NFL players and employees is prohibited.</div>
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Some of you are probably wondering why the NFL cares if
their players gamble.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their rationale is
the same as the NCAA in that they are worried about preserving the integrity of
their games.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They think that if their
players and employees are involved in gambling, they could potentially be
influenced to fix games in some way.</div>
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While football is a team game, one player can make the difference
in a play going wrong or a receiver magically breaking free to score a winning
touchdown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As such, the policy is all
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The only time where the NFL seems to back off of this policy
is when players participate in charity poker tournaments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These events do not award cash prizes to
winners, and do not pose a threat of players being influenced to fix games.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Granted, if these events have been held
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Even if players were not involved in any fixing of games,
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The NFL's policy on gambling is not something that they have
put in place to impede on individual player's rights outside of the game, but
something that they have put in place to protect the integrity of the
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Mackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16936918113198252525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052743146899181735.post-24482500980972146152012-08-04T09:13:00.000-04:002012-08-04T09:13:11.580-04:00Reese Hoffa<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Mackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16936918113198252525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052743146899181735.post-10537271851372760832012-08-03T15:28:00.000-04:002012-08-03T15:28:48.159-04:00BloggerLooks like our new network blocks Tumblr.<br />
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Regardless of the fact that in 5 years I have never blogged like an adult and/or mature person, whatevs. That doesn't guarantee I'll be back to posting daily, but if nothing else I'm back to Blogger.<br />
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NEWS: I'm a Dad now which likely means I'm no longer funny...some would argue that you can't lose what you never had.<br />
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Really looking forward to football season, you guys.
Go Dawgs!Mackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16936918113198252525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052743146899181735.post-49537149918367599482012-01-10T07:27:00.006-05:002012-01-10T09:08:25.701-05:00Close the book.That's it folks. The 2011 football season is officially over. Congratulations to my team-in-law on their 14th National Championship, @Olivethetweets was ecstatic last night and I was happy for her (regardless of how much gloating she did...and YES Sweetheart, calling the Dawgs "the Cubs of the SEC" is gloating no matter how kind-hearted your intent was).<br /><br />But that brings me to my next point, one thing I REALLY was not looking forward to is our fanbase today. Almost as much as I dreaded reading about us after the Outback Bowl. Be it on Twitter or some of the blogs I read, I just know somebody is going to compare our current state to that of Alabama football. It's not that I can't handle reality, because I can. I can admit that Alabama and LSU are both programs much better than ours. What I can't stomach is our fanbase. Yes, our fanbase. <br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/BPMackie/status/143180251340619776">I love a good 90% of you guys.</a> But the remaining 10% lack a fundamental understanding of...well...understanding.<br /><br />Every fanbase has it, but lately I just get fed up with hearing the whining and bitching that we aren't Alabama, or we aren't LSU...can you not be happy just being Georgia?! College Football is cyclical and here is how I see it following our last 10 win season in 2008:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">2009</span> - New QB leadership (Joe Cox). No Stafford. No Knowshon. Lots of NFL talent lost following previous season. Willie's last year as DC. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">2010</span> - New Freshman QB. New defensive staff working with players they didn't recruit. OUR RUNNING BACKS WERE CALEB KING, RICHARD SAMUEL, AND WASHAUN EALEY.<br /><br />I'm making a lot of excuses, but when your cogs and personnel turnover happen at the rate it happened for us over the past 3 years...then YEAH expect a dip in quality for your program. <br /><br />2011 - Started out like crap. Lost to the 2 toughest opponents on our schedule right out of the gates, but we saw a few signs of hope. When was the last time you had an ounce of faith in your defense? Did you see the season Jarvis Jones had? We watched Malcolm Mitchell become our next big passing threat. And our fans who want to bitch about Isaiah Crowell not playing on an injured ankle which NONE OF YOU, NOT A SINGLE ONE OF YOU WITH A "source" IN THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT OR A FRIEND WHO HEARD SOMETHING knows the extent of pain he felt trying to turn on a dime while carrying nearly half of our team's rushing yardage. <br /><br />Getting suspended for smoking weed? "Yeah, what an idiot" says the guy in Law School who took a year off to follow Widespread Panic. Crowell has a ton of talent, and probably an attitude to match it, but we stuck a ton of pressure on an 18 year old kid and he performed well when able. Cut him some slack. <br /><br />Remember the difficult time we had recruiting when these superstar high school athletes wanted playing time instead of earning reps behind AJ Green? Well, they went to other schools and some of these other schools are performing with them. But with a couple of down years, now it's UGA's turn to recruit high profile talent who can come in and make an instant impact. Last year's Dream Team did a helluva job for a bunch of young guys. I'm pretty pumped about the prospect of guys like John Theus, Jordan Jenkins (whom I just found out about this morning), and Keith Marshall (Isaiah Crowell is gonna grow up REAL FAST this off season).<br /><br />We've got a defense that will return a lot of guys, really hoping Bacarri comes back for what could be an awesome year. The biggest names we lose offensively are Ben Jones (which will hurt) and with a little luck Orson Charles sticks around (which my insider source in the athletic department heard from a friend of a friend that he will). <br /><br />This is Mackie being honest. Take a step back from the ledge. UGA football is not in a downward spiral following a 10 win season where we won the East with a bunch of young guys. In watching my wife's excitement last night searching out Bear Bryant quotes to post, it made me think. The Bear is without a doubt in my mind the absolute best coach in the history of the game. Mark Richt will probably never be Bear Bryant, but there was time in college football where patience paid off.<br /><br />1967 - 8-2-1 (73%)<br />1968 - 8-3-0 (73%)<br />1969 - 6-5-0 (55%)<br />1970 - 6-5-1 (50%)<br /><br />That's Alabama football, correction, that's Bear Bryant football in a 4 year stretch between some of their program's most storied seasons.<br /><br />The game has changed, I'm well aware. Every fanbase expects a new coach to win immediately (see our jort-wearing neighbors to the south). But it's a cycle and as long as you aren't in the lower echelon of the SEC you'll have your time to shine in the national spotlight. Eventually Tennessee will be Tennessee again, eventually South Carolina will be South Carolina again. When my wife and I were still dating, I saw some pretty awful Alabama football games. Since my wife and I have been married, she's seen some pretty awful UGA football games. And now that we're expecting our first child there is a pretty good chance he or she will see some pretty good and pretty awful games in their lifetime.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nLs2rEf98MA/TwxBvRMgeNI/AAAAAAAABdU/jL9UsD6S8ms/s1600/photo.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 204px; height: 244px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nLs2rEf98MA/TwxBvRMgeNI/AAAAAAAABdU/jL9UsD6S8ms/s400/photo.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695999909042354386" /></a> <span style="font-weight:bold;">(...still looking for one of these)</span><br /><br />I've always been a patient person, sometimes too patient. It probably doesn't help that I'm turning into this worthless ball of emotion when I see a sonogram of my baby. I might be going soft when it comes to taking a stand against what is acceptable from UGA Football, but when I put it into perspective I like what I see, no matter how frustrating it can be sometimes. I'm happy we went for it on 4th and 1 in Michigan State territory last week. You know why? Because we didn't go for it on 4th and 1 in Central Florida territory last year. We wanted Mark Richt to take more chances this year and he did. On-side kicks against South Carolina and LSU were huge (yes even though the USC one was overturned on a crap call) but if you're willing to take the good when it happens, then suck it up and take the bad too.<br /><br />Mark Richt is not Nick Saban, but Nick Saban isn't Mark Richt either. <br /><br />2012 can be something special for the Dawgs. Stop bitching and get on the bus.<br /><br />Go Dawgs.Mackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16936918113198252525noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052743146899181735.post-86498666890682297912011-10-24T06:30:00.001-04:002011-10-24T06:30:02.047-04:00Halloween PumpkinSorry for the light posting...PPPTTpTtppttt. Sorry couldn't pull that off with a straight face. Been busting my tail with work, travel, and fine tuning my yet-to-be-picked-up television pilot where I dress up as an old white woman, say crotchety old things to young folks, and have a bunch of mis-pronounced catchphrases...<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9HXngg1zYw">OH LERRRD!</a><br /><br />But every year I do a UGA themed pumpkin. This year I originally had a stencil for a Wrath of Todd Grantham pumpkin, but decided against it.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XwdGJfGR9Nc/TqTOOcNcygI/AAAAAAAABc8/DPlkYxth_JM/s1600/Todd%2BGrantham.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 333px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XwdGJfGR9Nc/TqTOOcNcygI/AAAAAAAABc8/DPlkYxth_JM/s400/Todd%2BGrantham.jpg" border="0" http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifalt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666880978625022466" /></a><br />Too much detail, not enough motivation, so instead I decided to do a funny clown!<br /><br />If you're familiar with <a href="http://muschampstare.tumblr.com/">Muschamp Stare</a>...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9Yw2ds1MRNU/TqTNJjTEeOI/AAAAAAAABck/Z5ISKPtqxvk/s1600/willmuschamp.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9Yw2ds1MRNU/TqTNJjTEeOI/AAAAAAAABck/Z5ISKPtqxvk/s400/willmuschamp.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666879795116669154" border="0" /></a>...then you'll LOVE...<br /><br /><br />...MusCHUMP Stare Pumpkin!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LYdpEjwuqjk/TqTNb-OjL8I/AAAAAAAABcw/QQQhGKd_xp8/s1600/muschampstare.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LYdpEjwuqjk/TqTNb-OjL8I/AAAAAAAABcw/QQQhGKd_xp8/s400/muschampstare.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666880111583113154" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Just a warning for the children who come to our door for candy this year, if you stand in front of Muschump Stare Pumpkin for too long the eyes will burn the phrase "BOOM MOTHERF%#KER" across your forehead. Not a good idea if you plan on having a professional career one day.<br /><br />...and as always, I'll provide the official Halloween sign for Dawg Fans to be printed out and nailed to your front door. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fpH8qa4O8s4/TqTPnrQgHJI/AAAAAAAABdI/201Af58Uhgk/s1600/halloween%2Bsign.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fpH8qa4O8s4/TqTPnrQgHJI/AAAAAAAABdI/201Af58Uhgk/s400/halloween%2Bsign.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666882511672712338" /></a><br /><br />Happy Halloween, kiddos! Hate a Gator today.Mackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16936918113198252525noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052743146899181735.post-50248641778827462372011-08-30T06:00:00.003-04:002011-08-30T07:47:41.006-04:00Alabama fans......being Alabama fans.
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<br />While doing some covert-ops in Birmingham, @OliveTheTweets and I stumbled across this little gem at a College Sports store at The Summit.
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<br />Being that my wife is a graduate of the red elephant school, I had to talk her out of purchasing 37 of them (one for each of their National Championships by her count), but I still love her.Mackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16936918113198252525noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052743146899181735.post-6042649595895619152011-08-24T05:08:00.003-04:002011-08-24T05:08:00.117-04:00Pantsless Predictions: Parts IIII - IIIIIIIIIIIIIWorking out of state this last couple of months has really screwed up my ability to write meaningful, quality predictions of UGA's upcoming 2011 football schedule...
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<br />I couldn't really write that without laughing in my hotel room, everyone knows my blind faith that UGA should win every game and a few "C-"s is what hold me back from quality journalism and writing good and doing other stuff good too.
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<br />So while I'm taking a break from surviving massive earthquakes (that could have passed as a violent gaseous emission and/or a brief encounter with 2 beers at lunch) I figured I'd spend a little time on the ol' blog wrapping up my season predictions for the Dawgs.
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<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">9/24 - at Ole Miss</span>
<br />I'll go out on a limb and call this one a "W". With a little luck one of their 3 QBs will get into a fight and cap off the night in a jail cell after popping a cop in the lip. Nah, that'd be far too unrealistic to expect in the SEC. Lets just hope we show up and play a solid game and get some back-ups in early for reps.
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<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">10/01 - Missy State </span>
<br />Part of me fears this game more than the Auburn matchup later in the year, the other part reminds me that they are Mississippi State and up until last year we hadn't lost to them since '74 ten meetings prior. Unfortunately for us these aren't the same lousy Bulldogs that base a good season on winning the Egg Bowl...Dan Mullen has these guys wanting the West (however unlikely that may be).
<br />This is a toss-up, but for S's & G's I'll call it a loss because running on the South Carolina theory of "I don't know if we suck or are teh awesomexorez" I'll play it safe and call it a Loss. Please prove me wrong in October, I'd love it.
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<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">10/08 - at Tennessee</span>
<br />To win this game you've got to have opportunity, and by now <a href="http://cdn0.sbnation.com/imported_assets/786286/tennessee-football.jpg">we all know where opportunity is in Knoxvegas</a>. "W" for the good guys.
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<br />10/15 - at Vandy</span>
<br />Hope they get that <a href="http://www.wkrn.com/story/15313584/ramp-to-i-65s-closed">bull semen cleaned up</a> off the floor because we're going to drop a lot of Vandy jaws. Not just a "W" but perhaps the biggest hurtin' we've put on Vanderbilt in the last 20 years.
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<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">10/29 - Florida (WLOCP)</span>
<br />I'm not entirely convinced Florida will win a single game in the month of October. Bama>LSU>Auburn>UGA...that's a helluva stretch and even with their bye week before the Cocktail Party they've faced some real bruisers leading up to us. Toss in a new coaching staff and the fact that everyone but UF thinks John Brantley sucks and I think we've got a win over the team I like to beat most. "W"!
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<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">11/05 - New Mexico $tate</span>
<br />...give 'em a paycheck and send 'em back west. "W".
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<br />11/12 - Auburn</span>
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<br />Phil Steele said these guys are gonna go from first to worst, I love Phil Steele. If you were as pissed off as I was about Auburn's foul play last year...<span style="font-weight:bold;">AND DON'T YOU DARE CALL ME A SORE LOSER BECAUSE I DIDN'T WAIT 6 LOSSES INTO THE SEASON TO MAGICALLY START THINKING THE WINNING TEAM IS PLAYING DIRTY</span>...then you'll agree we've got some demons to exercise. Therefore I hearby declare Slayer the official house-band of Blogging Pantsless during the week leading up to the Auburn game, and "Raining Blood" shall be our National Anthem. <iframe width="420" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/z8ZqFlw6hYg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
<br />I don't want to beat Auburn this year, I want to absolutely dismantle them. I want to see John Jenkins with a piece of Auburn jersey in his mouth a la Ben Jones dining on Tech's field. I want to see the ENTIRE Auburn coaching staff have to sit through a game we dominate from start to finish. I want us up by 50 at the end of the first minute. I want the student section to photoshop Cam Newton's face on a bunch of $200,000 bills and make it rain onto the Auburn sideline every time we score. Honestly, if we're kicking ass all season and Auburn is haplessly flopping around with a losing record, I wouldn't mind us breaking out the black jerseys again just to completely obliterate this team emotionally as well. Last year's game lit something in me that burns with the fire of a thousand suns in the Hate-O-Sphere. If there was ever a time for Todd Grantham to prove to me that he cares about this team and will hold a grudge, this is it. If we're up by a million in the 4th quarter with :10 left, <span style="font-weight:bold;">BLITZ 11</span>. If they get a first down with :09 left, <span style="font-weight:bold;">BLITZ 12</span>. Put your hob-nailed boot on their worthless mullet-covered necks and squeeze the love of T-Top Camero's out of them. We will win this game, and we will destroy Auburn. "W" period.
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<br />Well, that was cathartic...now where was I? Ah yes...you may stop the YouTube player now.
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<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">11/19 - Kentucky</span>
<br />Lots of people calling this a trap game, I'm not one of them. Kentucky will be horrible this year. We'll still be so jacked up from beating Auburn we'll handle them easily. "W".
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<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">11/26 - at Nerds</span>
<br />The in-state rivalry game always tends to be a little close. If we're the real deal this year Tech will try and play spoiler to a great rebound season for the Dawgs. What exactly will Tech be playing for? The ACC Coastal?!? One man's trash is another man's treasure...I guess. Anyway, Coach continues his streak of away wins against Tech and we keep calling it Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Mark Richt Field. "W", Tech fans finally begin to question whether or not Coach Manboobs' is actually going to live up to Mark Bradley's expectations.
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<br />So with a little quick math that puts us at.....(scribbles on paper, mumbles somthing)...(carry the 1)...(rabblerabblerabblerabble)....10-2!
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<br />Does that win the East? Dunno, depends on if South Cackalacky decides to fold under the pressure of Media expectations. Everyone assumes they'll win the East, I hope they sincerely believe that and assume the East will be a cake walk...makes it easier for us.
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<br />Mackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16936918113198252525noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052743146899181735.post-3371105367230227482011-08-23T15:27:00.001-04:002011-08-23T19:11:10.134-04:00Random ThoughtWith every passing day, I want to win the first 2 games against Boise State and South Carolina more and more.
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<br />So considering the condition of our backfield, I thought I'd throw this out there for Isaiah Crowell...whom I'm sure is an avid reader of blogs who post sparingly.
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<br />If you turn out to be the real deal and we start the season 2-0, I'll buy <a href="http://www.lids.com/product/20217116">a super-thuggin' Georgia hat</a> like yours and wear it for the rest of the season.
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<br />If we win the East I'll wear it through the end of your college career.
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<br />If we win the SEC championship, I'll wear it until the damn thing rots off my head.
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<br />Now I understand the team will not win or lose on Isaiah's shoulders, but I have faith in our defense, QB, and for the most part the wide receivers (hearing some INCREDIBLE things about Malcolm Mitchell's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbVKWCpNFhY">amp going up to 11</a>)...but if our O-Line can bust open some holes I'd love for Isaiah Crowell to give us the offensive weapon we recruited him to be.
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<br />GO DAWGS!Mackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16936918113198252525noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052743146899181735.post-9031603575908664072011-08-01T10:40:00.002-04:002011-08-01T10:44:10.625-04:00Redcoats...up your game.As a former drum-major and band geek I didn't find it hard to appreciate this.<br /><br /><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/76J6k9dfc4Y" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />...I'm thinking the Redcoats should do an AC/DC show and utilize the low brass for a closer of "For Those About To Rock".Mackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16936918113198252525noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052743146899181735.post-26950182665048029532011-07-01T10:09:00.007-04:002011-07-01T10:50:42.211-04:00Pantsless Predictions: Part III of IIIIIIIIIIII<span style="font-weight:bold;">September 17, 2011<br />Coastal Carolina School for the Paycheck<br />Athens, GA</span><br /><br />Looking back, I've got us at 1-1 going into this game, but I'll make this quick since I want to get started on my long weekend.<br /><br />Dawgs 100, Chinnuts 3<br /><br />I'm assuming these guys are earning somewhere in the upper hundred-thousands to come to Athens and play the Dawgs. But as you can tell, I'm also assuming we win heartily.<br /><br />I know very little about Coastal Carolina, but last year they got a 31-0 paycheck from West Virgina, and were co-champs of the Big South Conference with a 6-6 overall record...so that gives me a little insight.<br /><br />They aren't actually called the Chinnuts, Coastal Carolina's mascot is the Chanticleer...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EAE_gNJ8wtQ/Tg3aOrp5OlI/AAAAAAAABcM/ikJvCCEfUGQ/http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifs1600/chanticleers.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 140px; height: 160px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EAE_gNJ8wtQ/Tg3aOrp5OlI/AAAAAAAABcM/ikJvCCEfUGQ/s400/chanticleers.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624391455427082834" /></a><br />...which appears to be a teal rooster with set of <a href="http://www.yournutz.com/">these</a> under his beak, the eyes of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raiden_%28Mortal_Kombat%29">Raiden</a>, and a <a href="http://www.mytattooshot.com/files/photos/photos/lightning_bolt_tattoo_L.jpg">sweet arm tat</a>!<br /><br />Aside from making fun of their mascot, I got nothin'. I'm hoping our offensive line makes it safely through the first 2 games of the season and we give our back-ups the chance to earn some playing time. Lord knows we need some experience and depth up-front in case any starters get injured later in the season. Fingers crossed everyone's ankles/knees/extremities stay connected and safe throughout, but you can never be sure due to how often these guys get piled up.<br /><br />Have a good July 4th weekend ere'body! If you have a desk-job avoid Alabama firecrackers. Just try hitting "Enter" with your ring-finger, you'll never hold a lit M-80 again.<br /><br />GO DAWGS!Mackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16936918113198252525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052743146899181735.post-72456461690186743392011-06-21T08:39:00.007-04:002011-06-22T07:37:46.064-04:00Les Miles > M. Night ShyamalanOver Twitter this morning we were discussing Les Miles and his brand of football. I'm a fan of ALL college football, but lets face it...LSU football under Les Miles is extremely entertaining and enjoyable for those of us without an emotional attachment to the Bayou Bengals.<br /><br />Whether it's <a href="http://youtu.be/JVfNYMTlw1g">eating grass</a>, <a href="http://youtu.be/MEgQMU4kC-4">mismanaging the clock</a>, or no-look-pass "<a href="http://youtu.be/Q8bYrkXof_s">Field Goals</a>" (h/t @BernieDawg) even as a die-hard Georgia fan I find Les Miles to be wildly entertaining in a Faces of Death style football sort of way.<br /><br />This reminded me of the ending to last year's LSU/Tennessee game. I watched this game at The Golfsmith in Kennesaw while putting around with my father-in-law. In case you don't remember how this ended...here's a refresher.<br /><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7dNhCf59bTs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />LSU football (since Les Miles took the reigns back in 2005) has done what M Night Shyamalan has failed to do in every movie since The Sixth Sense, he gives the game a final plot twist that you don't expect. In every one of Shyamalan's films you go into it thinking, this is not how the story goes...something odd will happen at the end. But since football is such a conservative sport, even with a "Mad Hatter" type character in charge one is bound to think "Perhaps this time he'll play it safe and attempt a field goal for the win." ...Nope.<br /><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/gw_S1pTI-h4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <br /><br />Now don't get me wrong, this isn't meant to be a Les Miles schmooze-fest. I'm merely pointing out that he brings a lot to the table when discussing the entertainment value of college football. LSU fans have an affinity for deep fryers at their tailgates, so when that much cholesterol mixes with stressful, intense sports management I'm sure Coach Miles has thrown the occasional corndog aficionado into cardiac arrest.<br /><br />I find LSU to be the most watchable college football team that I could care less about. I root for them against the SEC East as long as they aren't playing Georgia, and if they want to pound Auburn on occasion I'll gladly cheer them on. Deep down, I think most of us would enjoy small amounts of crazy in our head coach. If it prevents all future field goals from the UCF 2 yardline, I'd take Timothy Leary drinking a Big Gulp of Mercury (Hg) rather than suffer through that frustration again.<br /><br />Less that 75 days 'til football starts, oh how I long for thee...<br />http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif<br />GO DAWGS!<br /><br />UPDATE:<br /><br />Just saw this at <a href="http://blutarsky.wordpress.com/">Get The Picture</a>...talk about timing.<br /><object style="height: 390px; width: 640px"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KP4D0HJ4zP0?version=3"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KP4D0HJ4zP0?version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="390"></object>Mackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16936918113198252525noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052743146899181735.post-14768936588531039602011-06-17T09:12:00.005-04:002011-06-17T09:54:55.041-04:00UGA/Bama '02Since we are sub-80 days until college football starts, I get in the habit of searching out old YouTube videos of the Bulldogs. I came across the UGA/Bama game from 2002 and it reminded me of how special this game is to me, personally.<br /><br />When <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/olivethetweets">@OliveTheTweets</a> (OTT) and I first started dating, the first college football game we went to together was UGA at Alabama in 2002. Many of you know this as the "Man enough, Dawg enough" game because of Pat Dye's redonkulous claim that UGA wasn't "man enough" to beat the Crimson Tide at Bryant-Denny Stadium.<br /><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/zpM_pNaholM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />Since OTT was still a student at Alabama during this season, she was sweet enough to get us tickets to the game...in the Alabama Student Section.<br /><br />I wore my UGA gear and cheered when the Dawgs played well, and took my lumps when the Dawgs blew their lead later in the game. As Billy Bennett sent it through the uprights for the game-winner I WOOFed even as the cups came raining down.<br /><br />OTT and I would eventually attend 3 future UGA/Bama contests where the Dawgs hold a 3-to-1 record (yes we were at <a href="http://bloggingpantsless.blogspot.com/2008/09/picture-with-051-left-in-4th.html">the Blackout Game</a>). But the '02 game is special to me because it was the first time we didn't cheer for the same team. The week leading in to these games is <a href="http://bloggingpantsless.blogspot.com/2008/09/blast-bama-week_23.html">ALWAYS</a> fun, and as I sit here reading Phil Steele predicting UGA and Bama in the 2011 SEC Championship Game I get all excited and tingly. I promised her anytime our 2 teams play I'd do my best to get our butts in the seats, so in this regular season when we don't faceoff a Championship on the line would be pretty sweet.<br /><br />This isn't a great post, if you've been reading Blogging Pantsless for the last 4 years you understand mediocrity is the norm and greatness should be left to the awesome bloggers in my blog-roll (column right). But when I saw this game on YouTube I felt compelled to dedicate a post to my wife, who gave me Alabama as a team-in-law, and makes me laugh with her trash-talk on the rare occasions our 2 teams meet.<br /><br />I long for the days when Alabama was just an okay team and Georgia found a way to win. I've got high-hopes Coach Richt will turn our team around, but I'm a self-professed Richt apologist so even if he doesn't I'll probably be the only Dawg fan left saying "give him one more shot".<br /><br />Keeping the faith in 2011, happy Friday folks. <br /><br />GO DAWGS!Mackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16936918113198252525noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052743146899181735.post-39510728776994652512011-06-09T07:35:00.005-04:002011-06-09T07:56:39.580-04:00Helmet ArchiveI stumbled across this the other day and thought it was cool enough to share. It's a website of historical helmets encompassing college and pro ranks called, <a href="http://www.nationalchamps.net/Helmet_Project/">The Helmet Project</a>. <br /><br />Perhaps the coolest thing I found was regarding my most hated rival, the Florida Gators.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">"In 1962, Florida put the Confederate Battle Flag on the side of their helmet for one game. That game was the Gator Bowl game with Penn State. Florida was 6-4 and Penn State was 9-1 and Penn State felt that playing Florida was a slap in the face since they were 9-1. Since Penn State felt that way Florida put Battle Flags on the side of the helmet to pump the team up. It worked when Florida won 17-7."</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NOYRdB82xkg/TfCxKdVNIrI/AAAAAAAABb0/5rnQOfF1zBY/s1600/florida1962.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 307px; height: 163px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NOYRdB82xkg/TfCxKdVNIrI/AAAAAAAABb0/5rnQOfF1zBY/s400/florida1962.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616183528561386162" /></a><br />...as a fan of college football, history, and the South I'm neither appalled or offended (remember this was is 1962). In fact I find that to be pretty damn cool that an SEC team shoved it in Penn State's face. Perhaps the most shocking thing was discovering the Gators played football prior to the 1990's.<br /><br />Another interesting bit of SEC history is what Tennessee did with their 1965 helmets...good luck to <span style="font-weight:bold;">anyone</span> attempting a design like that in 2011.<br /><br />No real shockers in UGA's helmet history, but I take great pride in saying I saw <span style="font-weight:bold;">in person</span> how HIDEOUS the October 31, 2009 helmet was in person. Never forget, never use again.Mackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16936918113198252525noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052743146899181735.post-20136458734085005582011-06-06T09:00:00.000-04:002011-06-06T09:33:53.962-04:00Pantsless Predictions: Part II of IIIIIIIIIIII<span style="font-weight:bold;">September 9, 2011<br />University of South Carolina<br />Athens, GA</span><br /><br />Raise your hand if you SERIOUSLY thought Stephen Garcia would never play another down for the Gamecocks after the Old Balls Coach suspended him for the 5th time in his college career?<br /><br />Alright, those of you with your hands raised lower your hand onto the hot eye of a stove because that's your punishment for stupid thoughts.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dyBB-9gq0X0/TeqOxe-0OTI/AAAAAAAABbk/_yuY5chttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.giftDjkc/s1600/SpurrierAugusta.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dyBB-9gq0X0/TeqOxe-0OTI/AAAAAAAABbk/_yuY5ctDjkc/s400/SpurrierAugusta.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614456866252011826" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">...yeah, this guy takin' a whiz at Augusta looks like a real rules Nazi.</span><br /><br />5th year senior Stephen Garcia will in fact return to drive the Chevy Cruze of college football we know as the South Carolina Gamecocks. Why is USC like a Chevy Cruze? Well, one minute you're <a href="http://www.aolnews.com/2010/10/09/south-carolina-unseats-no-1-alabama/">enjoying a fun ride</a> in what you think is a quality, low-budget automobile...then next thing you know, <a href="http://msn.foxsports.com/collegefootball/story/Kentucky-knocks-off-South-Carolina-101610">disaster strikes</a> and the <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/drivers-seat/2011/04/10/chevy-recalls-cruze-after-a-steering-wheel-falls-off/">steering wheel falls off.</a> <br /><br />Not that I'm slinging mud, because Lord knows Georgia fans aren't really in a great position to trash talk, but the Gamecocks are notoriously streaky. They usually end up with a few baffling losses each year after knocking off a big boy here and there and it costs them serious contention in what used to be a relatively difficult SEC East.<br /><br />Well that's no longer the case. As I sit here reading prediction after prediction of South Carolina as the preseason favorite in the East (sans Phil Steele WOOT WOOT) I can't help but realize that yes, this Gamecocks team has the stability, experience, and talent to indeed win the East.<br /><br />...but that doesn't mean the Bulldogs, Gators, and (oh why not?) the Vols are gonna just roll over from 20 years of division dominance and hand it over to them.<br /><br />The Gamecocks play us like we're their 2nd biggest rival, we play them like they're our 4th biggest rival. That probably has a lot to do with why Georgia appears to embrace the shootout culture surrounding this game and occasionally loses it.<br /><br />Last year's game in Columbia was frustrating.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Jv2EVMwiZXk/TeqXNuq28QI/AAAAAAAABbs/qNuTeU0QtJM/s1600/deadcockroach.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 241px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Jv2EVMwiZXk/TeqXNuq28QI/AAAAAAAABbs/qNuTeU0QtJM/s400/deadcockroach.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614466147592630530" /></a> <span style="font-weight:bold;">...given, ANYTIME we have to travel and play at Dead Cockroach Stadium tends to be incredibly frustrating.</span><br /><br />The only good thing to come out of that game was that Washaun Ealey got to see an example of what a program's premier running back looks like. That introduction to Marcus Lattimore exposed our weak tackling, and our inability to score a touchdown only compounded problems when #3 coughed up the ball on a relatively solid 3rd quarter drive toward the end-zone. AAAARRRRGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!1<br /><br />But the game wasn't lost by Washaun, it was lost as a team. <br /><br />So this year, our TEAM went out and <a href="http://eye-on-collegefootball.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/24156338/29764441">got our own Marcus Lattimore</a>, bulked up our D-Line, and spiced up our S&C program. We as fans get to enjoy the game in an environment where trees grow and you're not in the middle-of-nowhere's warehouse district. I don't think there's a Dawg out there that doesn't know the importance of this game. Since South Carolina is the team to beat, we sure as hell need to beat 'em.<br /><br />The only problem is South Carolina is a good, balanced team. If SOMEHOW we shut down Marcus Lattimore, we have to focus on Alshon Jeffrey. If Stephen Garcia doesn't get suspended for a 6th time and starts this game he's got the experience and know-how to pick us apart if we show a weakness. I'd love to get Big John in there and get some grass stains on the back of Garcia's jersey, but for a team as fundamentally sound as South Carolina the opportunities may come few and far between.<br /><br />MY CALL:<br /><br />UGA 20, South Cackalacky 24<br /><br />I hate picking the Dawgs to lose, but until I see them play September 3rd I have no idea how this team looks.<br /><br />Too many question marks and a thin O-Line makes me question whether we can keep Ellis Johnson's defense out of Aaron Murray's face-mask. Plus it doesn't help that this year we have to worry about the nation's #1 high school recruit, Jadeveon Clowney (who made grades). <br /><br />If Isaiah Crowell lives up to his billing, our defense melds into the juggernaut we're hoping for, and the crowd makes Sanford Stadium's atmosphere electric this prediction could go out the window. I think Aaron Murray is twice the baller Stephen Garcia is, and if Orson Charles and Tavarres King pick up 1/2 the slack free'd up by AJ Green's departure we'll be in good shape. <br /><br />I love the Dawgs, and I want them to win, but since we all know there is no such thing as WILLING your team to victory <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ytCEuuW2_A">(even against a Conference USA opponent)</a>, at this time I'm not quite ready to say we can beat South Carolina.<br /><br />Please prove me wrong, I would be delighted.<br /><br />GO DAWGS!Mackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16936918113198252525noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052743146899181735.post-32647173252775347982011-05-31T07:15:00.002-04:002011-05-31T09:04:35.094-04:00Pantsless Predictions: Part I of IIIIIIIIIIIII<span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />September 3. 2011<br />Boise State<br />Georgia Dome</span><br /><br />Let me preface this post with a little-known fact about yours truly. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0WWckvoqoEE/TeOUm75JoCI/AAAAAAAABbY/Qnlr1YQubro/s1600/horse.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0WWckvoqoEE/TeOUm75JoCI/AAAAAAAABbY/Qnlr1YQubro/s400/horse.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612492957267107874" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">I EFFING HATE HORSES.</span> <br /><br />I hate the way they smell, the way the prance around, and their stupid Sarah Jessica Parker faces.<br /><br />On my honeymoon I was viciously attacked by one of these beasts on a nightmare experience I refer to as the 1st/last/only time I went horseback riding.<br /><br />Long story short, after 2 hours of being bounced around uncontrollably by one of these monsters, my horse takes off galloping. Apparently the lead horse didn't like the way I was managing my horse...because we all know these horses listen to first time riders and not their owners who direct them with a series of whistles. But anyway, my horse gallops past the group and as we approach the lead horse, that MF-er reached out and BIT me on the leg like it was an ear of delicious, grilled silver queen corn.<br /><br />I'm not over-reacting and saying he nipped at me, that horse LATCHED ON to my leg just above my right knee-cap. So I did what anyone in my position would do, I yelled "SON OF A BITCH!" and punched him in the nose.<br /><br />...yes, I punched a horse in the face. IN THE FAAAAAAACE!<br /><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/i7dbdZlsR3Y" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />And then, the world went in slow motion, just like in Rocky 5 when Rocky punched a horse, the 1000 lb animal reared back on his 2 hind legs, whinnied, and then fell over like a little bitch. <br /><br />I felt sorry for the woman riding the lead horse, I immediately hopped off my horse and went to make sure she was alright. I (and most of the civilized world) knew I was strong...but I didn't think I was knock-out a horse strong. So I apologized to the woman (but not the horse, he can rot in horse Hell because there is no way those soul-less, dead-eyed savages are welcome in Heaven) and I said SCREW THIS and hopped on an ATV to go back to the ranch while my wife finished the ride.<br /><br />So now, with that background knowledge, you can understand why the Boise State Broncos are not quite in my circle of trust due to my history with their mascot's breed.<br /><br />Aside from this, myself like most people in the SEC, don't take Boise State seriously. They've got a nice, shiny 0'fer going against Arkansas, South Cackalacky, and us in 4 attempts. Not the conference's worst trio, not our best, but I'd say that's a good middle-to-upper echelon of SEC opponentry. <br /><br />My only problem with this match-up is that now most people in the SEC don't really take Georgia seriously either, and who can blame them?!? We've had two real stinkers of a season the past couple of years. But here's my call on this game (keep in mind, predictions 100 days out tend to be as accurate as government forecasting and incredibly bold).<br /><br />UGA 26, Boise St. 17<br /><br />I think our biggest problem going into this game is going to be our offense. If the line holds up, if the running game gets going, and if our receivers can hold onto passes we're golden.<br /><br />I think Boise State has a great team that will win a lot of games this year, but the Chick-Fil-A College Kickoff ain't one of them. <br /><br />I'm so pumped up about our defense this year with Big John Jenkins (6'4"-340 lbs) and Kwame Gathers (6'5"-350 lbs) at Nose. Watching either one or a combination of the two plowing over Boise States starting Center (Thomas Byrd, 5'11"-284 lbs) should be a lot of fun. If this puts pressure on *COUGH* Heisman *COUGH* candidate Kellen Moore to rush his passes and hopefully not give him the opportunity to pick apart our weakness at Safety, then the score difference might be greater than I predicted.<br /><br />Can't wait to see Isaiah Crowell on the field to see what this kids got. I doubt he'll get the first round of carries, but you're smoking crack if you think homeboy is sitting out this dawg-fight. There's a lot of hopes/dreams riding on this young man's shoulders and if he's got the motor and the legs to give our running game new life, UGA could have a great season.<br /><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/OlIhngYyrxo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Go to the :21 mark, if you think Washaun Ealey wouldn't be downed BEHIND the 40-yd line, then go ahead and make him your school's Premier Running Back.</span><br /><br />Go Dawgs!Mackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16936918113198252525noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052743146899181735.post-31926085086436348502011-05-29T21:29:00.002-04:002011-05-29T21:33:30.438-04:00New Enemies for 2011If you'll scroll down and take a look at the "Know Thine Enemies" section of the blog, you'll notice links have been provided for the scheduled opposition. Feel free to click around and troll their posts with trash talk.<br /><br />GO DAWGS!Mackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16936918113198252525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052743146899181735.post-34222630895793301402011-05-28T20:40:00.007-04:002011-05-28T23:44:31.867-04:00Pantsless Predictions: PreambleWe are less than 100 days away from college football. In fact, 98 would be the exact count until the Dawgs head downtown to tee it up between the hedge-funds.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r96ycZtMY5A/TeG0jL89mxI/AAAAAAAABbI/6LyTvh-aw2Y/s1600/equitdet.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 263px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r96ycZtMY5A/TeG0jL89mxI/AAAAAAAABbI/6LyTvh-aw2Y/s400/equitdet.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611965127277255442" /></a><br /><br />But this brings us to the time of year where college football junkies like myself start to declare this the "Year of the Dawg" and slowly begin a downward spiral towards "OMG HOW R WE GOING TO BEAT (insert worst team on schedule)!?!1?" by the first game's kickoff.<br /><br />For the guy that once declared <a href="http://bloggingpantsless.blogspot.com/2009/08/pantsless-preview-part-iiiiiiii-8-of.html">Joe Cox would shock the world</a> and lead the Dawgs to victory over the Gators, 2011 year is going to be different.<br /><br />I expect great things year to year from Georgia. Every Summer, I assume we're going to win the East and then play for a National Championship...then Fall comes around and for the last 2 seasons reality sets in and next thing you know, you put all your hopes and dreams on beating Tech just to save face.<br /><br />It's been a REALLY long time since UGA had a season as craptacular as last year's. In fact, I believe the Olympics were in town if that tells you anything. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KObRDdGEC_E/TeG5jG4sWFI/AAAAAAAABbQ/OszapSMD_kE/s1600/olympics-mascot-izzy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 272px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KObRDdGEC_E/TeG5jG4sWFI/AAAAAAAABbQ/OszapSMD_kE/s400/olympics-mascot-izzy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611970623475308626" /></a> <span style="font-weight:bold;">A losing season?!? WHATIZIT?<span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span><br /><br />The SEC East is a bust, South Carolina is the expected to win the division <span style="font-weight:bold;">by people OUTSIDE of Columbia?!?</span> When the Gamecocks have established themselves as a front-runner in football, we've GOT to figure this thing out.<br /><br />I'm a notorious Mark Richt apologist, and I was furious with the guy after we started out kicking a fieldgoal in the red zone against UCF in our post-season celebrity appearance (please dear God don't tell me that was our bowl game). He has a way of melting my heart with his Mayberry smile, his Slingblade haircut, and his overall nice-guy-ness. But dammit under things I want separate, I file my church, my state, my football, and my football coach's likeability.<br /><br />For Pete's sake the <a href="http://blogs.ajc.com/uga-sports-blog/2011/05/25/mark-richt-says-decision-to-sell-lake-hartwell-property-was-christian-motivated/">guy can't even sell his lake house out of fear of losing his job</a>!<br /><br />Aside from what an awesome human being Mark Richt is, we wouldn't know his name if he wasn't the coach of the most popular football team in our state. Sad, but true. We expect this man to lead our football team to Championships every year, so there's a lot on the table for Markie-Mark. My hope is that he shuts up his critics and gets to stay around for another 10 years, but my next few posts will focus on whether or not I think the Dawgs have got what it takes to rebound from an AWFUL season and make the Bulldog Nation fall back in love with Mark Richt.<br /><br />GO DAWGS!Mackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16936918113198252525noreply@blogger.com1