OK State

Zack Robinson; hair as black as coal, played a game as clean as zero-emission wind turbine energy.

T. Boone smiles and lights a cigar with a $100 bill.

True or False

With 3 wins under their collective belt, Clemson still has to play...

-Georgia Tech
-Boston College
-Florida State
-Duke
-Virginia
-South Carolina

To be honest I think they only have 2 gimmie games in the remainder of their Atlantic Cupcake Conference schedule. Regardless of bowl eligibility...


TRUE or FALSE: Tater Tot finishes the regular season.

A Good Friday Trashin'

I swear, we better not lose this game.

I'm hoping the two weeks we've had to prepare were put to good use. I hear there is a 12 point spread but I don't know how I feel about it. Somehow Tennessee always seems to kick us in the nuts when we should be cakewalking. If Tennessee is as bad as everyone thinks we shouldn't have a problem, I just don't have the confidence/faith in our defense even against the worst offense in the history of the world. Fingers crossed for a blowout, Lord knows we need a confidence boost heading into this stretch. Also, a game without anyone getting injured would be teh awesumxorz!

A good question...

Last year my good friend Gayman made an appearance at the Outback Bowl. If you will recall last year's Outback Bowl was between Tennessee and Wisconsin (ugh). Though Gayman is a Tennessee native he is a die-hard-jort-wearin' Gator, but like myself a fan of college football none the less.

On New Years Day earlier this year while my dad and I were in Louisiana for the Sugar Bowl, I got a call from Gayman. He was sitting at the game and had a pretty funny question/observation, it was as follows.

"I'm sitting here, Mackie, and I can't decide who has the fatter fan-base, Tennessee or Wisconsin?"

So I decided to take it upon myself to break down the two. We'll tackle Wisconsin first.

Leading contributors to obesity include:

Cheese - Hard to avoid up there.

Brats - It's like a hotdog but for Yankees and visitors to Helen, GA.

Brats with Cheese - 'dats howz we eats 'em in Whizkahhhnsin.


Chilly Winters - Extra layers of fat help the natives keep warm during the cold seasons (Fall, Winter, Spring, and 1/2 of Summer).

Lack of Exercise - It's hard to get excited enough to stand during Big 10 football games, so I can't really blame them.

Now the Tennessee breakdown.

Leading contributors to obesity include:

Bad example set by coaching staff...ZING! - Had to throw that one in there.
Dennys? Just over the river and take the first exit and you'll see it on the right. Tell 'em Phil sent ya!

Lack of exercise - Favorite activities include sitting in a tree stand for long hours and driving a car in circles...both involve sitting.

Access to GAWD awful microbrews - You know the ones I'm talking about. You make a trip to any restaurant near Gatlinburg and it's those same crappy "Black Bear Ale", "Thunder Road Beer", and the one with a bat on the label. All of which Epic Fail when put head to head with Sweetwater and Terrapin.

The Tennessee River - It is a common assumption that anything pulled from it can be fried and eaten.

Pride is loaded with calories - So swallowing excessive amounts just 5 games into the season without a doubt puts Tennessee over the edge as a clear winner.

Mystery solved, fatvantage Tennessee!

Regardless of who is most overweight, as a Dawg fan, I'm hoping we beat Tennessee to avoid playing Wisconsin in a bowl game. Really anything we can do to avoid playing Wisconsin in a bowl game would be great. Did I mention how unexciting playing Wisconsin in a bowl game would be? Playing Wisconsin in a bowl game would be excruciatingly boring. So lets take care of business on the football field so we don't end up playing Wisconsin...in a bowl game.

New Thoughts on Old Movies

I just watched Days of Thunder on one of the HD movie channels. I haven't seen this move since I was little and found a few new things to appreciate it.

#1. Robert Duvall's Georgia Bulldogs hat.
(couldn't find a picture but I wish I did)

#2. Apparently this...
...wasn't John C. Reilly's first NASCAR movie. Shake & Bake BABY!

#3. Tom Cruise wasn't driving the #18 Thetan car sponsored by the cult of Scientology.

#4. I look way better in a racecar than Cole Trickle.

Also, one final unrelated thought, Brian Darling is gonna be super-pissed Nick George is the new VP of Darling Enterprises...I'm KNEW Tripp was going to do that!

Franklin is to Auburn what Van Gorder is to Southern

I'm not one to criticise...oh hell, even I can't pull that one off. I'm always one to criticise. If I wasn't I won't be blogging about any random happening I think is total dog squeeze.

In my opinion Tony Franklin pushing a spread offense on Auburn was the equivalent of Brian Van Gorder chunking Georgia Southern's Option. It was a dumb idea, but it didn't really have any effect on me so why should I worry. Tubby was in a pickle to replace Gorgeous Al Borges before the Chick-Fil-A Bowl and in my opinion rushed his decision in picking Franklin to take over as OC.

On that same note when Brian Van Gorder left UGA for Georgia Southern's head coaching job, he scrapped the triple option that worked so well the I-AA team. Yeah, Franklin's offense didn't piss off everyone immediately like Van Gorder's idea did, but in the long run they both proved unpopular to large fanbases.

If nothing else this won't give Auburn a chance to have a moment when the players buy into the system like the Tennessee game in Coach Richt's first year. I don't recall where I first read that but I believe it factually to be a turning point. Either way, Franklin getting the boot leaves a good chance the Tigers/War Eagles/Plainsmen might be willing to lay down and concede this as a rebuilding year (which was already announced by multiple fans following the LSU loss, Miss State hockey-score debacle, and the Vandy loss). I'll give it to Tubby though, losing Al Borges and Will "BOOM MF'ER" Muschamp in the same year is a big ugly orange and blue suppository to have inserted into anyone's Hershey highway.


Just remember Auburn fans, Spurrier got the same perscription.

Ignorance in the Presence of Greatness

Paul over at the Georgia Sports Blog posted yesterday how Herschel Walker was selling cupcakes in New York. Aside from making me want to catch a plane up to New York for cupcakes, it reminded me of a story, a shameful story, a VERY shameful story.

Imagine, if you will, back to the year 2007. The streets were filled with horseless carriages, gasoline was a mear $3.68/gallon, and the wife and I had just made a long trip to Tuscaloosa, AL to watch the Classic City Canines take on the Alabama Elephants in a match for the ages. After stopping by a local speakeasy to get our fill on bootleg corn whiskey, a Tuscaloosa Teetotaler...okay I gotta stop with this schtick.

We went to Tuscaloosa for the UGA/Bama game and made plans to stay with one of her friends who was still living there. After the game we went to said person's home where we met up with some of my wife's other college friends who were in town for the game. This is where this story takes a foul and disgusting turn.

My wife's friend, for privacy sake we'll just call her "Lydia", had just met up with us at the house. Of course I am the only Georgia fan there and "Lydia" starts talking about the football game we'd just witnessed that ended with a spectacular overtime win for the Dawgs. You see, "Lydia" had been invited to sit in the Ivory Boxes with an old roommate who is very well to do. The conversation is summarized as follows:

"Lydia": Mackie, there was a Georgia fan in the suite with us!

Me: Oh yeah? I hope he was obnoxious to everyone.

"Lydia": Oh no, he was really nice. I sat next to him and we talked for nearly the entire game, he was just a really nice person!

Me: That's great, I'm glad we were well represented.

"Lydia": Yeah, as a matter of fact, I think he said he played for Georgia!

Me: Oh yeah? What was his name?

"Lydia": I don't remember what he said his name was, but he said he played back in the 80's or something like that, I think he was a rushing back?

Me: I think you mean running back, but wow, that's pretty cool.

"Lydia": Yeah, he said he was on their National Championship team and he won a big trophy.

Me: ..."Lydia"...this wasn't Herschel Walker was it?

"Lydia": YEAH, that was his name! You've heard of him?

Me: ...@#$%&^@#$^*@##$%&@$%, DID YOU GET AN AUTOGRAPH OR ANYTHING?!?!? @#$^@&&@$

"Lydia": No I didn't know who he was!

Me: #$%&#@*^@$%%!@#^$%*#$

My Wife: MACKIE, PUT DOWN THE LAMP!

...END SCENE...


Bill Bates made a bad decision in trying to tackle him, but at least he knows who Herschel Walker is.


...sigh.