I hope you didn’t stay up for the Sugar Bowl. Uga did. He might've had nightmares. So did I, but didn’t watch the postgame. Had trouble getting to sleep.
Just not the Dawgs’ night. Fromm was off the mark, though he did fight hard the whole way. He was off the mark on several passes and receivers dropped several balls as well. Swift fumbled twice. It wasn’t carelessness. One was luck and the other a good poke by the Texas defender. One of those games where all the breaks went Texas’ way early.
Took Ehlinger four tries to sneak into the end zone. He fumbled once and barely made it in on fourth down. Tim Tebow he ain’t. Guess it’s good he is such a kid, always celebrating and flashing the hook’em horns sign. You think that would be old after a while. Kind of a pest, like Eric Dungy of Syracuse.
Toward the end as Georgia rallied it was Texas that lost their composure. A no-class move for the Texas fans to chant “O-VER-RA-TED.” When UGA scored to come within a touchdown the fans quickly shut up.
Then two Texas defenders were removed for targeting on two straight plays. On the second play Fromm scrambled, then slid. When he was finishing his slide the defender dove in, head first. Since Fromm was already down, the call should’ve been a late hit after the play. The ref in the broadcast booth said the officials on the field (and in the replay booth) got the call wrong. Should’ve marked off ten yards against the Dawgs for holding, then 15 forward for the late hit, then another 15 for the unsportsmanlike conduct against Texas. The game was delayed at least ten minutes, and the refs still didn’t get it right.
After UGA scored to make it 28-21 they needed a successful onside kick. Rodrigo tried but didn’t get it. Game over.
Some fair weathered Bulldog fans pointed fingers. Hard to say Kirby was out-coached when he was down three defenders and a defensive coordinator. Wasn’t his fault the long snapper couldn’t deliver the ball to the punter, or several other things beyond his control. To say the Georgia coaches and players dialed it in because the were left out of the playoff is hogwash. Of course they all wanted to win. You know it ate Kirby up inside to have lost. Of course they did their best. In the second half Georgia outscored Texas 14-7.
Guest contributer Bill King of Dawgnation was really pointing fingers. He must’ve lost money, or gotten too emotionally invested in the team. Hey, if it was easy, King could be making millions coaching the Dawgs. He said offensive coordinator Jim Cheney “continually called in vain runs up the middle to start most of Georgia’s offensive series. King better watch the game again. Plenty of passes on first down, as well as outside sweeps. And all the runs were not in vain – Holyfield, Herrien, and even Swift were each able to break through for decent gains a time or two. And the number of rushing attempts were lower than the season average, because Cheney adjusted to the Texas defense crowding the box. King must be an angry elf.
If people get all upset about what a bunch of 18 year olds are doing, perhaps its time to get a hobby. Anyone with kids knows how hard it is to manage one 18 year old, much less a hundred of them all at one time.
One day Drew Kelly is saying the Dawgs belonged in the playoff, the next he completely changes his tune and says Hook’em Horns. Talk about hating on the Dawgs.
Heard a juicy story this morning. My boss was at a Christmas party and ran into an UGA insider – someone on the UGA sideline at the SEC Championship Game (I know who, but don’t want any of my 14 readers to get them into trouble). The conversation turned to Justin Fields and the fake punt. The insider said Fields had the option to audible and call off the fake and just punt, but didn’t. The coaches didn’t mention that because they didn’t want to throw Fields under the bus. OK maybe it wasn’t that juicy.
I’m hearing complaints about college football staging their national championship in the most expensive city in the country. Flights are expensive, hotel rooms hard to get. Plus there’s another huge convention going on at the same time. The championship game will be held in Santa Clara, California in Levis Stadium, home of the San Francisco 49ers. Not sure why. I thought the championship rotated between Pasadena, Tempe Arizona, Miami, New Orleans, Dallas, and Atlanta. I hope everyone who goes gets to visit Yosemite National Park.
Of course of 680 this morning Beau Bock, I mean Steak Shapiro, of course was talking about - the Falcons. I know they can’t talk about UGA for every minute of a four hour show, but it was predictable. Didn’t surprise me the Falcons canned their three coordinators.
Saw a stat that none of the six highest paid NFL QB’s made the playoffs, including Aaron Rodgers and Matt Ryan. Conversely, both Tom Brady and Drew Brees took pay cuts so their teams could pay to bring in better players (Rodgers could have, but didn’t). Both the Patriots and Saints have first round playoff byes.
On Jan 28 or 29 you need to go downtown with me to the NFL Experience, the Super Bowl Fan Fest in the World Congress Center. I will take off work and we can go during the day. Opens at 10 am. You will get your walking in.
The weekend of Jan 26 we are going to Greensboro NC. A friend of Ceil’s turns 60.
Former SPdL recreation director David Lewis just got engaged to Sherri Hall, daughter of Harold Hall.
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