DawgPost Roundtable: The Off Season

The DawgPost.com guys, Dean Legge, Josh Kendall and Quentin Grant, talk about the off season distractions, Southerland's recovery, recruiting and managing expectations in 2008.



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The Celebration "flips the script" in Jacksonville

Thank you Urban Meyer. Thank you for continuing to help Georgia re-write the script on the Cocktail Party. In Meyer's newly released book entitled "Why I'm Such a Raging Asshat and Douche Bag" "Urban's Way," Meyer discusses the excessive celebration penalty following Georgia's initial TD in Jacksonville. Per the AJC:

"That wasn't right. It was a bad deal," Meyer says in the book, which is scheduled for a September release. "And it will forever be in the mind of Urban Meyer and in the mind of our football team. ... So we'll handle it. And it's going to be a big deal."

"It was uncalled for," he said. "First of all it's against the rules. If you really look at it, some players could have been thrown out the game for leaving the bench. "As for the impact on the game ... I understand the motivation of it. It was a big deal. It was just a big deal."

According to the AJC article linked above, the player interviews at SEC Media Days continued this theme of Gators being pissed about The Celebration.

The Past 17 Years
During the weeks leading up to the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party, the media had to find a parade of different ways to ask the same questions about the streak and the Gators "ownership" of Georgia.....

"How frustrating is it for you to have lost to the Gators seven in a row.....or 12 of the past 13....or 13 of the past 15, etc."

That sort of constant reminder of repeated failure wears on a team mentally. Especially when your fans have been asking you and the teams before you the same questions that the media asked year after year.

Don't think those questions are a big deal? Try reading the annual quotes from Georgia Tech players about their similar frustrations associated with losing to UGA 14 of the past 17 tries. The Albany Herald's interview with Tech's Vance Walker shows a man with a seething desire to win, and how many times have the Jackets wet themselves against Georgia? Just wanting revenge isn't enough.

Going Forward:
You can pretty much forget the 15 of 18 questions for the Bulldogs this year. This season the questions leading up to the game will center around one primary topic. The Celebration.



The script has been re-written.

And SO WHAT if the Gators bring their "A game" to Jacksonville. Bring it. The problem Georgia was having for the bulk of the match-ups (post '98 when the talent mostly evened out) was mental anyway.

Let the other guy pissed. As long as Georgia matches their intensity, I'm more than eager to watch UGA take the other guy's best shot.

I. Can't. Wait.

See Also:
-- More "It's not in their heads" - Blutarsky

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Stereotypes Exist for a Reason: GT Edition

Let's start with the fact that "producer" of this video learned his math skills at the legendary feet of Reggie Ball. Tech has lost 7 in a row leading up to Paul Johnson's hiring. Not six as the video suggests. The sooner they come to grips with the totality of their futility, the better.

Silly nerds.

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Update: Please tell me it was this guy who uploaded the video.

Mikey Henderson's Catch vs. the Gators

Scott Howard with an exceptional call of the action. This catch was directly in front of me, and it's one of the best / toughest big game catches I've seen up close. The endzone view was even more impressive.



By the way, watch how two Florida linebackers and a safety react to the play action fake to Moreno. That's the power of establishing a running game.

Another one uploaded by ugahairydawgs.

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Howard and Zeier call The Celebration

I love Eric Zeier's reaction to realizing that this was all planned.

"Well, let me tell you. I've got goose bumps over my entire body. I hope we do that every time we punch it in the end zone." - Zeier

I thought Scott Howard did a rock solid job last season. Zeier was sort of all over the place, but I think he earned his pay with this call alone. Hearing it through Howard and Zeier's eyes and also Buck Belue (CSS), gives you an even greater appreciation for the job that Gary Danielson and the CBS crew did with the game. Folks can bitch about their Tebow love affair, but Danielson nailed the situation immediately as planned.

File Uploaded by ugahairdawg's.

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PS - Give the file an extra second to load. I linked to the high quality version of the file.

DawgPost Roundtable: Picking the SEC East

The DawgPost.com guys, Dean Legge and Quentin Grant, talk about the SEC West.



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DawgPost Roundtable: Picking the SEC West

The DawgPost.com guys, Dean Legge and Quentin Grant, talk about the SEC West.



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Greatest Bulldog Moments

Uploaded by johnsobasky.

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Trev Alberts Discusses the SEC East

No one can say the Bulldogs lack love from Trev.

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DawgPost Roundtable

Dean Legge and Quentin Grant talk recruiting and more.



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Rennie Curran Highlight Video 2007

Rennie Curran video from johnsobasky on YouTube. Go Dawgs.



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DawgPost Roundtable from May 13th

Dean Legge, Josh Kendall and Quentin Grant talk about Georgia football. From DawgPost.com. They start things off with a discussion of special teams followed by a discussion of QBs in the Richt era.



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Tech Nerds Taking it to a New Level of Geekitude

As Blutarsky said, "Words Fail Me."



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NCAA 2009 Football Game: EA Sports Trailer

In the attached preview for the 2009 game, you can see that the Georgia is sporting their alternate black jerseys. Just watch the video game being played over the shoulder of the EA Sports guy. It's UGA vs. LSU at Sanford Stadium in the background.

Cool move on EA Sports part. Last year was the first time in over 10 years that I hadn't purchased the yearly upgrade for the game. I might have to pick up the new one now that the PS3 is locked and loaded.



Warning A: The video load slow.
Warning B: Geek Alert.

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UGA's 2008 Opponents as 30 Rock Characters

If you're not watching 30 Rock on NBC, you are missing the funniest show on television in years. The other downside to not watching...you really won't get Doug's comparison between the show's characters and our 2008 opponents.

Best 30 Rock bits ever....




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DawgPost.com May 5th Roundtable

Dean Legge, Josh Kendall and Quentin Grant talk about Georgia football. From DawgPost.com. They start things off with a discussion of "Can UGA go Undefeated?"



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Dawgs Land A Big One From Florida

Quick. Name the last big offensive recruit Richt & Co. plucked out of Florida. Tony Wilson? Mike Moore? Those guys were considered good players, but nothing like shiny new commitment Aaron Murray, who pledged to the Dawgs this morning. Murray is a top quarterback recruit out of Tampa who was named first team All-State as a junior. He was also the first quarterback invited to the Elite 11 QB camp this year. Murray picked the Dawgs over finalists Florida and UCLA, but the guy had offers from seemingly every other national program. He's a midyear grad, so if the commit holds, he'll be on campus for spring practice next year.

The general consensus is that this is a huge, huge pick up for Georgia. Not only do they grab a top flight quarterback, a position the Dawgs need to sign this year, but we get one from Florida's back yard. It's not often that UGA goes heads up with the Gators for a Florida guy and the Dawgs land him. It happened today.

Here's a rather lengthy highlight package.


He looks mobile enough to escape a rush, accurate, and releases the ball in a flash. He may not have Stafford's or Mettenberger's gigantic arm, but he's got enough to hit the big plays. The knock on Murray is his height. He's only 6'1". Not to put too much pressure on the kid (but, come on, this is recruiting and it wouldn't be complete without ridiculous comparisons and laughable hyperbole), but UGA's done well with short quarterbacks.

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Ralphie Doesn't Take Mess off Nobody

The Colorado Buffalo got loose and trampled one of his handlers. This was Ralphie V's first run of her career at the CU Spring Game. Can you imagine if this had happened in Athens?


Better video from YouTube:


See Also:
-- Ralphie Gone Wild - EDSBS
-- All our Ralphie Articles - Georgia Sports Blog

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David Pollack Retires

Three-time All-American DE, David Pollack retired today from pro ball. After a promising rookie season, Pollack broke his neck in the second game of the 2006 season. The first thing I think of when his name comes up is not that "his motor never stops running," but is this play from the 2002 South Carolina game. "How 'bout that Pollock?"

Good luck and Godspeed, David Pollack.

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Houston Nutt's Daughter Performs

I present you Haven Nutt, Houston's kid, performing...well...I have no idea what she's performing. But she clearly loves her some Zac Efron. My immediate thoughts are:

• This is why the internet was invented.
  
  
• Behold the terrifyingly awesome power of the Tubes. Thank heavens YouTube didn't exist in the mid-80s for my Ninja Movie. That footage is my own personal Robin Sparkles-level performance of Sandcastles in the Sand or Meet me at the Mall. (ht - Barney)


• As Orson says, watch what you say on film. Or people will record your comments about Gay Bars for all eternity.

I present you...

Thank you Al Gore. Thank you for today.

See Also:
-- Nutt's Kid Sings the Classics - Friends of the Program
-- Zac, I love You - Arkansas Times
-- Haven loves Zac - HollywoodGossip.com
-- Nutt wrote the book on Parenting - SportsByBrooks

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