And there is whining coming from here, too. I’ll at least try to justify mine with a little bit of logic. Everybody who’s listened to me talk about college football knows that I am no fan of the BCS. I refuse to accept the apology that, “it’s the best we’ve got, so we have to deal with it.” I think that it’s a huge conspiracy from the powers that be (Presidents, ADs and League Commissioners) of the BCS conferences to hog an even bigger piece of the college football money pie. But that’s all for some other time. One that I’ll probably get into later in the season as my frustration with the “system” grows. What I want to cover right now is the first poll and just what I think of the “B-no-C-S.”

I have no complaints about the first 2 teams. Texas and Bama have proven it on the field and deserve their positions. Texas has run an incredible gauntlet and acquitted themselves very well, and they’re led by the Heisman Trophy front runner (Colt McCoy). I’m tired of hearing that they’re playing teams that aren’t that good or that the Big 12 isn’t as great a conference that popular opinion says it is. Guys, it is. No doubt whatsoever. I have, and still do, maintained that the Big 12 is the second toughest conference in CFB and that it’s the only conference that belongs on the same field with the SEC. History has proven that it’s certainly not the Big Ten (those last 2 NC games have spelled that out well enough). And here’s the thing about both of these teams – they will have to win their conference championship crowns on the field. So they’ll have to play their way into the NC game. read this entry »

Sorry for missing the first series – I was handling some arrangements for a business trip next week. Things went awry at the last minute, but that’s my life.

1st Quarter

- Nice stop on UT, liked the pass rush there.
- WOW! Did you see Knowshon lower his shoulder and hit that safety? What injury??
- I’m a little concerned with the passing game right now. Stafford appears to have a case of the nerves right now, but I guess I’d be a little apprehensive too. After last week, and he’s 0 – 2 against UT. Big 4th down coming up.
- Well done. First down. Rolling a little bit here, let’s see if we can keep this long, grinding drive going.
- Here come the hankies again. Guys, we just can’t keep this up. Even False Start is too much today.
- A beautifully run screen pass. And it looks like Chapas is getting motivated now that Southerland is back.
- TD, UGA: 7 – 0. Speaking of Mr. Southerland, welcome back. And that’s the first rushing TD against an allegedly good UT defense. I’m sorry, I don’t buy all the hype about a team or one of their units until they face competition. Speaking of that, how about that super duper Chokelahoma defense that gave up 45 in a losing effort in the Red River Shootout? Uh huh.
- I’m seeing good aggression, but uncontrolled. We should have put Crompton on his ass on that play. That’s okay, that comes with time. And we’re owning the passing lanes on this drive.
- I hate my server. I just lost about 10 lines of content because the update puked. Stupid server. I made comments about the nice tribute CBS did to Munson, and that we’re seeing some inspired football by Georgia right now.
- Another WOW moment there – AJ dropped a pass. Maybe he was surprised at how open he was.
- Knowshon takes a 2 yard loss and gains 4. I love that kid.
- Well, I could make a case for holding or pass interference on either guy there. Let’s get the 3 and head back to the sidelines.
- FG, UGA: 10 – 0. I think this Walsh kid is going to be another Georgia kicking legend. Good leg, just needs to work on long distance accuracy. He’s a freshman, he’ll be fine.
- Error Correct here – I thought Crompton got the start at QB for UT today, but I’m wrong. The youngster Stevens (sp?) is on the field.
- Another sack for the defense. Like I said, inspired football. Granted, UT hasn’t found their offense all season, but we’re taking out some aggression on UT.
- Okay, what is all this happy, fancy shit? Coach Bobo, all we need to do is line up and attack them. It’s worked for the last 2 drives, just keep it going. I know, it’s setting things up for later but we won’t need to worry about later if we score 2 or 3 more times. I don’t think their young QB can lead a comeback.
End of the quarter. UGA 10, UT 0. read this entry »

Well, Georgia is without a game this week so we’ll do a quick wrap up of the Bama debacle and what’s ahead for the By God University of Georgia Bulldogs. Then lets do a quick overview of the rest of the country and take a look at a couple of good matchups this week.

Talk about a tale of two halves last Saturday. I will still give Bama all the credit in the world – they came out and punched us right in the mouth FIVE STRAIGHT POSSESSIONS and left us for dead. And I’ll give them Dawgs a lot of credit – they didn’t roll over and die like they did last year in a similar situation at Tennessee. I tell ya – one more defensive stand on Bama’s field goal drive in the second half, or one missed tackle on the ensuing kickoff and we would’ve had ourselves a brand new ball game.

For that matter, take away that roughing penalty on the first drive (the one that deleted that fumble) and maybe things are different. And ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we’d all have ourselves a merry Christmas…. Kill yourself with penalties, have a few bad breaks (missed catches and the fumble by AJ) and that adds up to a momentum killer. Knowshon wasn’t much of a factor, either, at least not after the first drive. Give Bama’s D-line the credit there, and for keeping pressure on Stafford.

All in all, a spectacular first half by Bama and nearly the same from Georgia in the second. The difference came down to the Dawgs not being able to keep the game from getting away in the first and Bama being able to put the game away in the second. But like I said way back before the season started, I expected a loss before the break. There’s still plenty of time and the schedule is favorable, especially if the season keeps to the same script as last year (remember the last week of September last year?), to book that trip to Miami. Now that we see that we’re not the titans we thought we were, I hope that there’s some soul-searching and retrospection that leads to some quality wins for the rest of the season.

So let’s see here, what teams lost last week? USC (Oregon St); Clemson (Maryland, who lost to Middle Tennessee St earlier); Florida (a choker to Ole Miss at the Swamp); Wisconsin (Michigan, who gutted it out); Weak, I mean Wake Forest (Navy, a true system program); Georgia (Alabama, the most complete team I’ve seen play); Illinois (Penn St, probable Rose Bowl participant). Those last two weren’t REALLY upsets, although the Bama game could have been seen that way. Penn St was the higher-rannked team. Oh, and UT lost to Auburn in the TO bowl. Sorry, had to include that one…. read this entry »