Wow, didn't even blog before the big Auburn game, guess that is what happens when you enter an Auburn game in a year where Auburn is winless in the conference. I expected a win but didn't expect it to be over basically after the first quarter. It is always nice to beat the folks from Auburn and I still remember very well two years ago, with Cam the Scam playing QB and blowing kisses, Fairley spearing Aaron Murray while Troopah Taylor celebrated with him, waving his towel and acting like the total JOKE that he is. So therefore, I do NOT feel one bit sorry for that team, for those coaches, for that school. They cheated two years ago, got away with it and I feel this year is payback for all of that.
Along with the win on Saturday, Bama lost to Texas A&M, which is a bit of a surprise based on the fact Bama was playing at home and everyone just thinks so highly of the Tide. They really were outplayed and got lucky to beat LSU the week before, so it was not a shock to me to be honest. It was a potential letdown game coming off the LSU game, and A&M has a good team this year, especially the QB. I think the past two weeks have shown that good balance, a solid D, and limiting turnovers, can lead to a competitive game against Bama and they ARE beatable for sure. I just hope that Murray can make smart decisions against them and our D continues to play to the level they have the past three games, ever since Shawn Williams made his comments about the D being soft, they have turned the corner.
The next two games for UGA are ground oriented, triple option offenses, so they both will be tests for our defense. What I like though is that we have BIG boys in the middle to blow those plays up, we have speed on the ends and outside LB's to contain the plays, and then we have two safeties that can flat out tackle folks themselves, which is crucial going against this style offense-we all remember too well the last time UGA lost to Tech, the missed tackles were critical to that loss. Our guys will have to again remember to stick to their assignments and I think we will be ok. I don't think either Southern or GT can stop our offense, so I can see us scoring at least 30, probably in the 40's both games. It will just be a matter of whether the D can hold them under 20 points. Both games are kicking off early, GS at 1:30, GT was just announced at noon. I honestly like those times better because the SEC title game will be at 4 on December 1st, so I am glad especially the GT game is noon, get that game over with and then start turning attention to Bama.
I now go back to the Ole Miss game, the game in which I took my son to his very first UGA game. We had a bday party to attend at 11:30, so we left Gwinnett around 12:30 or so heading to Athens. From my house in Lawrencville to Athens is around 35 miles, and I live very close to Sugarloaf pkway which extends to 316, so a very easy drive, exception being missing a lot of the traffic lights along the way. I headed to the East Campus parking area, which is where I had parked for years when attending UGA games-problem though, since we got there around 1:30, lots were full. SO, we ended up parking at the intramural fields and that was not a bad thing at all. Like the East Campus lots, they offer a shuttle to the stadium, and we took advantage. Our seats were great and we got there in time to see the guys warm up without pads, which is interesting because you truly get to see how big some of these guys are-pads of course make them all look big, but without the pads, you can see how muscled up these guys are. The game started out pretty bad, 10-0 before the big David Greene fake play that worked yet again to Marlon Brown. From there the Dogs got the HUGE TD to King right beforeh the half and the just kept it going in the 3rd. It was a great way to spend the afternoon with my son, the weather was PERFECT, although we looked into the sun the first half and it was actually hot, but just hated that Marlon Brown got hurt. He was having a very good season and a GREAT game, just really a shame. Also a shame was the drunk couple behind me. I have no problem with social drinking for a football game, but I DO have a problem with drunk and obnoxious people acting like a fool around me, and especially around my 8 year old son. I know it comes with the territory of taking children to a big time sporting event, but this couple behind me were just total idiots. First of all, the drunk lady was busying mixing up her drink behind me, poured what I think was vodka in my son's sprite-I had pushed it under my seat to keep the ice from melting in the son and to keep us from kicking it over. She was pouring her drink out and poured it into his drink. I told her THANK YOU for ruining my son's drink, she pleaded she had nothing but sprite, but you could obviously SMELL that was not all she had. Her drunk husband was smarting off to me and the guy next to me, TRYING to start a fight. I just decided to ignore them and sure enough about 10 minutes later they staggered off. All the folks around me were very happy, several made a point to apologize for the couples behavior, one nice lady said she reported them to security, which I would have done if my son had not been there. Bottom line I wanted it to be a special day for him and for us, and when those two idiots left, is right about the time UGA started coming back in the game, so it was VERY NICE!!
One final note, my son's team will be playing in there tourney this week and it will be the last 3-4 games he will play until next fall. He has made such strides this year, it really makes this Dad proud. My daughter completed her cheer season this past Saturday and now is on to middle school basketball cheering before moving to HS cheering next year. I am really proud of my kids, it is always a pleasure to go watch them in their activities, I miss some UGA games in the process but I truly do believe, going to the activities, watching my kids grow up is much more important than watching UGA football. Yes, I love the Dogs and want them to win every game they play, in every sport, but I love my kids so much more. I believe more of these "fans" that are so quick to bash and so quick to judge need to step back and realize what is truly important in life-which is your belief in God, your love of family and friends, your health, and then, just then might be the Dogs. I am thankful that we have a football coach in Athens that sees the big picture and actually conducts his business the way it SHOULD BE conducted.
I might blog again later this week but if not, GO DOGS, beat Southern!!
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