Wednesday, March 19, 2008

The Dawgs Shootaround

Here are 3 videos from the shootaround. I add a little commentary, but I'm pretty sure you'd get the idea on your own. Thanks to PWD over at Georgia Sports Blog. More photos and videos to come.

GO DAWGS!










Good News: Met Coach Felton and Damon Evans yesterday while we were greeting the team and coaches.
Bad News: Um . . . not sure there is any right now
. . . All for Now
. . . And to HELL with Georgia Tech!


-DCC '08
Washington, DC

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Headed to see the Dawgs Dance! (And a little football)

First things first, if you're going to be in DC tomorrow, the Dawgs will be leaving Atlanta around 6:30pm (which means about 8pm arrival at Reagan-Nat'l and let's call it 8:15-8:45pm arrival at their hotel) come out and show them your support for winning the SEC Tourney!! More to come tomorrow when I get a better update on the times, etc. Second . . .

Well, I spent WAY more than I should have for the tickets, but I'll be there live & in person for the UGA-Xavier match-up on Thursday at noon-thirty-ish, depending on when the media idiots allow after they listen to themselves blather on for 30-45 min. AND I CAN'T WAIT!!!

I never would have thought that within 2.5 months that I'd see UGA in the Sugar Bowl & the NCAA Tourney at the same time. Last time that came about there were two guys named Herschel (following the 1982 Sugar Bowl) and 'Nique (following the 1981-82 season) who left their respective Dawgs' teams a year early. (why do the Heisman site and wikipedia have easier-to-find biographical articles on 2 of UGA's greatest sports legends than does georgiadogs.com?).

That's right sports fans both of the greatest players in Georgia's football & basketball programs left a year early. The result, trips to the Cotton Bowl & Final Four respectively. Yes, the Human Highlight Film left a year earlier than the Goal-line Stalker, but the point is that both teams did relatively well.

A Sugar Bowl berth in football followed by an NCAA berth in basketball courtesy of an SEC Tournament Championship, sounds oddly familiar, almost like it's happened before. Almost like it happened the last time UGA won an SEC Tournament Championship in Men's Basketball! The result . . . the Final Four.

Yes, I'm hoping beyond hope. But at this point, is there anything that can really tarnish the 2008 SEC Tournament Champions, 25 years after the last feat for the Dawgs? (check out this great article on the mindset of the players & coaches during the SEC Tourney from AJC: Four Days to a Championship Worst to First).

AND oh, by the way . . . how much of a welcome event is the SEC Tournament Championship for Mark Richt? First the man said he wept for joy for the team, damn I love that man. Second, how much more is it a boon-doggle for him to say to his players 'See what can be done!' and 'See! you count somebody out, and they'll bite you.' Just in case we all forget the preseason rankings mean absolutely squat except for where you end up. And if you do poorly, they mean nothing.

And, oh by the way, now at least the next 2-3 practices are forgotten about with the back-drop of the Tourney win and the NCAAs. So, if no one else wants to give Dennis Felton a raise, maybe Mark Richt and his assistants should pony up a little bit from his recent raise for taking some of the external focus off the 2008 football season and allowing him a better opportunity to re-focus his players' energy on the next practices rather than the coming season.

Good News: I get to see the Dawgs play in DC!
Bad News: Marcus Washington is gone for the year b/c of a lingering shoulder injury/shoulder surgery.

. . . All for Now.
. . . And to HELL with Georgia Tech!

-DCC '08
Washington, DC

Monday, March 17, 2008

'Dawgs do The Improbable! The Unthinkable! The Unbelievable!'

(The quote is courtesy of Scott Howard's call of the SEC Championship game today.)

Yes, I am a fair-weather Georgia Basketball fan. I'll admit it without a problem. I follow Georgia basketball enough to know whether they're doing well or not. BUT a GEORGIA BULLDOG through & through. It's a sad testament, perhaps, but I'll be honest: as a sport, I just don't like basketball that much. Nothing against Felton or Gaines or Bliss or Humphrey or Swansey or Jackson, etc., but b-ball just ain't my thing. Because of my Dad and my uncles, I should be a basketball fiend, but . . . but . . . OH, right . . . GOOOOOOO DAWGS!!!!!!!

I had said earlier that I just didn't have faith in the whole thing, somewhere along the lines of the comments that I'd made before the 2007 UF game (I wanted us to win the Cocktail Party/SEC Tourney. I was praying we could win the Cocktail Party/SEC Tourney, but the faith wasn't there). Indeed, other bloggers mentioned something about Georgia making it to Saturday being meaning monkeys were flying out of butts somewhere.

BUT what just happened HAS to be one of the most ridiculous accomplishments in sports history (Granted Coppin St., a 20 loss team, making the tourney this year is pretty remarkable as well), but THIS is the SEC, and whether it's a down year or not, winning 4 in 4 days is remarkable, not to mention 2 wins in 1 day. Oh, and the tornado, and winning on Teck's home court!!! I'm sure there are a few other impossibilities that you could add to the list, like winning more SEC games in a week than the Dawgs had all year. Just UNREAL.

Enter some kind of stupid miracle . . .

SOMEHOW, the Georgia BULLDOGS are the most (again to use Scott Howard's word) 'improbable, unthinkable, unbelievable' Champions of the Southeastern Conference!!!! Good GOD!

Cut down the Jackets' nets! Take the Trophy back to Athens! Come see me in DC!!!

If I can find a way to get a ticket for the NCAA Tourney game on Thurs against Xavier, I'll be there with bells on. Hell, I might even paint my torso or something crazy like that! (Ok, don't hold your breath on the torso paint thing.)

And, if you get a chance or have access to Scott Howard's call of either the Semi or Final game, get it and listen to it. I love Larry Munson. But I tell you, Scott Howard's gonna do JUST fine. Give the man the job when Munson steps down. The last four minutes were classic, clearly a Munson disciple and not scared of being a homer unlike so many DULL-AS-HELL 'objective' announcers these days who don't give the score, have no emotion, and well, just suck.

Anyway . . . I've just got 2 words . . .

GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DCC '08
Washington, DC (apartment)