tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25555967.post4027970909390968233..comments2024-02-09T08:07:26.090-08:00Comments on Dodgy At Best: It Was The Best Of TimesKanuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02959256951835399304noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25555967.post-61135295654082467112007-08-08T10:09:00.000-07:002007-08-08T10:09:00.000-07:00Brain- Yeah, it was hard to write anything about D...Brain- Yeah, it was hard to write anything about Dawg2K while having the restraint to leave out all those juicy bits. Don't forget the muffins and apples.<BR/><BR/>BiB- well said. Yeah, JP 12.30 p.m. EST sucked, but it was the first time ever {at least first time since I enrolled at UGA in 1992}, but you can't really blame them when UGA was an unranked 6-4 and coming off losses to Vandy and Kentucky that looked like it would get slaughtered by a 9-1 Auburn team ranked #6 in America. CBS gets first pick of SEC games each week and then ESPN picks 2nd, and they picked what they thought would be more compelling matchups, so can't really blame them.<BR/><BR/>Nice on WKU dude- my office was in E.A. Diddle arena, which is the basketball arena and houses most of the athletic department offices. The design combination of no air conditioning and a TIN FUCKING ROOF over the offices was really fun in the middle of August...<BR/><BR/>OMAA- I was at that UGA-GSU game, and yes we were sweating and looking at each other with utter bewilderment, shock and fear. For about 5 minutes :) I do remember you folks in the GA. Southern section going absolutely batshit fucking bezerk when that 1st TD happened. Good times, good times.Kanuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02959256951835399304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25555967.post-47284534007712281192007-08-08T07:33:00.000-07:002007-08-08T07:33:00.000-07:00Being a hater, and only going to Sanford Stadium o...Being a hater, and only going to Sanford Stadium once in my life, I have to bring up 10/10/92. That was when the real GSU came calling to Sanford. I was in the end zone as Charles Bostick ran 40 yards for the game's opening score in the first quarter. The visitors section was elated and I remember, after the jubilation died down, just how quiet the stadium. Of course, 2 plays later, the game was pretty much over when Garrison Hearst ran 75 yards right at us to tie the game. We lost 34-7, but I know that there were some bulldog fans sweating after the first score.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25555967.post-24652960551622970202007-08-08T06:26:00.000-07:002007-08-08T06:26:00.000-07:00No small coincidence the Auburn games were 1-2 on ...No small coincidence the Auburn games were 1-2 on your list. As a neutral observer, it almost always turns out to be my favorite game of the year. Those two Georgia wins you cited can easily be accompanied by two Auburn wins just as good...<BR/>And the greatest thing about it? "Home field advantage" doesn't fly in this series. <BR/><BR/>Last year's blowout (though I know it made you ecstatic) was the worst AU/UGA game I can remember from a competitive standpoint. It was the dreaded Jefferson Pilot (or whatever it's called now) game, which spells certain death for Auburn every time. <BR/><BR/>The AU/UGA game needs to have the CBS #1 team there. It should start late in the afternoon with the lights in the stadium already on and proceed into the post-daylight savings afternoon darkness with a pre-Thanksgiving nip in the air. There should be at least five lead changes by the end of the third quarter, setting the stage for an even wilder fourth quarter exchange between neighbors - brothers really.<BR/><BR/>I don't have a dog in the fight (no pun intended), so I can relax and watch some incredible football. It is a game I set my watch by each November.<BR/><BR/>P.S. - Interesting you did some time in Bowling Green. My dad grew up there and played basketball for coach Diddle back in the '30s.beast in 'bamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07562281321749885044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25555967.post-3796841133005714452007-08-08T06:18:00.000-07:002007-08-08T06:18:00.000-07:00#1 Dawg2K- Boys, I almost passed out on the ride h...#1 Dawg2K- Boys, I almost passed out on the ride home. 4 days afterward. The Foam Finger. Discussing the merits of K-mart v. Wal-Mart shoes. Buc....I can't mention that...UM. Crack W....I can't mention that...AH. Bodies of water. Yes that's it Bodies of Water. This was hands down one of the most fun times I have had from beginning to end.<BR/><BR/>#2 Ole Miss 96- The Dawgs loss that game but I had the privilege of seeing my beloved Dawgs in person for the first time. Goff couldn't even screw that up. <BR/><BR/>3# @ Kentucky 2001- The game was tight. Quincy went Quincy and was kicked off the team or hurt. The Hefty Lefty had his famous over the head, no look, hookshot of a pass that made me think it was over. Dawgs sleepwalk to a win and my future wife braves the rain and cold and really enjoyed herself. We were accompanied by Kanu. I also almost went to jail for trying to save a guy from getting hit in the head by a stray football.<BR/><BR/>I have a trail of competitive UK/UGA games that were fun because we went home a winner. <BR/><BR/>PS When I take my two daughters to there first UGA game that will go to the top of this list. My oldest is barking and saying "silver britches" already. That should bring tears to my eyes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25555967.post-5072914197830150022007-08-07T16:05:00.000-07:002007-08-07T16:05:00.000-07:00Nice, for you and all of my other friends as well....Nice, for you and all of my other friends as well.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, I was working in the athletic department of Western Kentucky University in event & facility management that fall, and I couldn't get out of working that weekend as there was a home football. Of course that is the only GA-FLA game between 1992 and 2000 that I did not go to, but I digress.<BR/><BR/>Anyhow, one of my responsibilities was running the concession stands during games, and the main concession stand in the football stadium had a phone in the back. My desk was in the basketball arena which was next door and about 300 yards away. The WKU game started not long after the cocktail party, but I remember watching the first quarter in the SID's office before having to go over to the football stadium- remember Sean McDonough freaking the fuck out when Hines returned the opening kick to midfield? "Hines WARRRDD!!!!" Oh, of course not, you were at the game- fuck, nevermind.<BR/><BR/>More times then I remember I sprinted from the football stadium back to my office where there was a TV to watch in bits and pieces, and then I got smart in the 3rd quarter: i fired up a streaming audio of the game on the internet (back in 1997 when such things were free) called the concession stand phone from my desk, laid my desk phone down right next to my computer speaker, and then went back to the concession stand, sat in the back and listened to Munson over the phone on top of over the internet. That may be the happiest I have felt at about a game that I did not attend, unfortunately I wasn't around anyone that could understand or appreciate why I was so excited and even had a happy tear in my eye. <BR/><BR/>Been going to Vegas for the cocktail party the last several years, so I still do not know what it feels like to be at the cocktail party when we win it. Maybe one day...Kanuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02959256951835399304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25555967.post-70719753410001560812007-08-07T15:47:00.000-07:002007-08-07T15:47:00.000-07:00#1: 1997 Georgia-Florida. Edwards turns upfield t...#1: 1997 Georgia-Florida. Edwards turns upfield to clinch it. I'm still surprised the swaying bleachers in the endzone at Alltel didn't collapse. I don't remember anything else about that entire weekend. Seriously. I don't even remember if I stayed in Jacksonville, St. Simons, St. Augustine or what. Can't remember a thing about it.LDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08416468186977171781noreply@blogger.com