Gundy’s right: Football pre-game is no time for detente
Can't locate a good pre-game brawl photo. But while we're on the subject of sportsmanship, here's a nice shot from the Clemson-South Carolina game/brawl in 2004 (video below).
The American Football Coaches Association recently recommended that players shake hands before their opening games this weekend. I’m happy to say that a motion to also sing songs, sign each others’ yearbooks (”Hope you had a bitchin’ summer! Rock on!”) and make plans to go bowling on Tuesdays was defeated.
Oklahoma State Mike Gundy might be one taco short of combination plate. But he’s justified when he said he’s concerned about the thought of his players shaking hands before the Georgia game on Saturday in Stillwater. He fears bringing so many players together on the field before kickoff could lead to a brawl. And he’s right.
Question: Have any of you ever seen a football player before a game? I have. Most of them are in their own little world — worlds that fortunately don’t exist anywhere near our world. I’m not saying all players punch lockers or run head first into walls after chugging six Red Bulls to wash down a half-bottle of “happy pills.” But enough do to create, well, a delicate situation.
You bring 150 football players together at midfield, you might as well have music from “Westside Story” start playing over the PA.
I have had NFL players tell me, “We’re crazy. Even we know we’re crazy.” The only reason I wasn’t scared was because it was a Wednesday at the time.
The AFCA believes pre-game handshakes would promote sportsmanship. I’ve got a better idea. Have everybody shake hands after the game — like they do following hockey playoff series and little league baseball games. (Maybe the winning team can even sing that “2-4-6-8, who do we appreciate!” song, then throw their helmets up in the air. Sorry. Just reminiscing from my playing days at Rancho Park in L.A., where, by the way, O.J. Simpson now golfs. Wonder if he shakes hands with others in his foursome?)
Alabama-Auburn. Georgia-Florida. Florida-Tennessee. Oklahoma-Texas. Kurds-Shiites. Yeah. Pre-game handshakes. What a great idea.
Should players line up in a straight line, or would the AFCA prefer a calculated placement, like “Stratego?”
USC and Notre Dame had a brief skirmish 45 minutes before the game last season.
Have cheerleaders and tuba players shake hands. Have kickers shake hands. I don’t want my right defensive end anywhere near their left tackle.
Clemson and South Carolina rumble in 2004
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Saint Simons
September 2nd, 2009
11:28 am
45 – 42 !!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Mike Gundy
September 2nd, 2009
11:30 am
I am A MAN !!!
I am not a kid !!!!
These are good kids !!!
You don’t pick on them !!!
You pick on me instead !!!
I am A GROWN MAN !!!
I can take it !!!
Saint Simons
September 2nd, 2009
11:31 am
Osu will laugh at uga’s Jerry Springer fans!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Spike
September 2nd, 2009
11:32 am
I think “THE I”M 40, I’M A MAN!!” Gundy is kind of losing it slowly. Just sayin.
Bama Aaron
September 2nd, 2009
11:36 am
Stupid, stupid idea… you’ve got 85 kids on each team psyching themselves up to knock the crap out of each other for an hour and you want them to play nice before the game? I’m sure they meant well in thinking this up, but at some school (probably many) this will go bad.
BobDog
September 2nd, 2009
11:38 am
I thought OJ was in prison. What’s he doing on the golf course.
You’re right about the hand shaking. There are going to be a lot of pre-game fights.
Murray County Indian
September 2nd, 2009
11:46 am
Gundy is crazy! Just because we recruit classless thugs that don’t go to class (thanks Jan Kemp), doesn’t mean we are gonna try to start a fight before the game. We will cheap shot and late hit ‘em like we did in our games last year.
They aren’t calling that stuff anymore are they?
Doctor Feelgood
September 2nd, 2009
11:47 am
Precautions against the swine flu is another good reason. Football is serious business, look what happened to the Emory students.
Woody Hayes
September 2nd, 2009
11:48 am
Punch ‘em in the head!
Hilton Head Dawg
September 2nd, 2009
11:52 am
Gundy is still as goofy as they come.
Hilton Head Dawg
September 2nd, 2009
11:53 am
G
Doogsga
September 2nd, 2009
11:53 am
Sweep the knee, Johnny.
Rabbit
September 2nd, 2009
11:53 am
That you agree shows that you’re a taco short, too. Pfft. I knew that guy was touched. Didn’t know you were.
Chief Nock A Homa
September 2nd, 2009
11:54 am
Can’t we just all get along??!
1eyedJack
September 2nd, 2009
11:57 am
Looks like UGA’s lack of class is well know. Just goes to show the perception UGA has earned after rushing the field after a touchdown. Who knows what Richt would ask his players to do at mid-field before a game. Richt would probably ask one of his scrubs start a fight with one of their stars to try and get them kicked out of the game.
the real Old Gold
September 2nd, 2009
12:01 pm
Football players shaking hands BEFORE the game is ridiculous.
OZZFEST
September 2nd, 2009
12:03 pm
Somehow I get the feeling if MARK RICHT has anything to do with it, we will not only meet ‘em at midfield, but we will then offer prayer for the ASS WHOOPIN’ the Cowboys are about to receive.
Reality Check
September 2nd, 2009
12:04 pm
1eyedjack – You’re an idiot.
Ed-Covington
September 2nd, 2009
12:04 pm
AFCA? Do any actual football coaches run the AFCA? Obviously not. Maybe Ivy League?
anotherdawg
September 2nd, 2009
12:06 pm
I thought the captains shook hands during the coin toss. I would think that and the coaches shaking hands after the game should be sufficient. With this many players, I’m sure there would be some trash talking. Nothing wrong with encouraging good sportmanship, but this doesn’t sound like a good idea.
ExecutiveStinger
September 2nd, 2009
12:07 pm
The pre-game handshake idea is insane anyway…..
Is it too much to ask for the players from each team to be on their best behavior long enough to shake hands before the game? No.
Does it make sense to ask for such a thing? NO.
It’s the first game and every player out there will be geeked up and ready to go. A pre-game handshake may sound like a good idea on paper, but it’s not worth it. Even though the players should be able to handle it appropriately, I think it’s a little too much to ask for the first game. The first time those players should may contact with each other is on the opening kickoff where they can really say hello. Let their emotions run high at the start, and they can shake hands later.
GO COWBOYS.
Billy Bennett's Right Leg
September 2nd, 2009
12:08 pm
How would it work? Do the ClemPson rock petters run down the hill, stop at the 50 and then wait for SCU to come out to shake hands? What if Oregon wants to do a uni change after warmups but before the game…having to shake hands would mean less time to figure out which uniform combo to put on (they have like 30-40). How do you stop Ralphie or the Boomer Sooner Wagon from racing around the field so the players can stop and shake hands? Do the Techsters put the breaks on that perfectly rebuilt car (it is not a wreck), get up from their tickle pile to shake hands with the Dukies? At UGA, would they play like 4 notes on the trumpet, stop, shake hands, then play the last three notes and then let the band play?
The pre-game entrances to college football are part of what makes it special. Sure, the teams could do it during warmups, but it all feels like a pro game, not college. I want to see the teams run off the field after warmups, and then get that charged feeling you get waiting on them to come out. Handshakes before games are stupid, regardless of any possible fights.
chipperdawg
September 2nd, 2009
12:11 pm
1eyedjack, that sounds more like a Spurrior move than CMR. Ole’ Stevie even said so after the TD celebration. No, I think this is a case of their Coach being tight and worried and it’ll spill over to the players as well. OSU isn’t used to this big of a stage.
Brooks
September 2nd, 2009
12:14 pm
Shaking hands before a big game is like throwing gasoline on a fire. Hostile environment, OSU thinks they already got a W, and 150 guys ready to kill each other. That could turn WCW in a hurry. Good luck stepping in between that. Giants swinging haymakers at each other with helmets on and the coaches and officials don’t. Probably have a few coaches/officials on the DL before kickoff. I would turn them loose at kickoff and not a second before that. I don’t think the two teams care for each other very much. Probably have a kicker or a guy without pads on start a battle royal anyway. What is the latest on Perrish Cox? I bet he gets suspended for the Grambling game and has to run some extra sprints that’s about it. How about Zac Robinson? Is he 100%? GO DAWGS!!
RC Cola and a Moon Pie
September 2nd, 2009
12:14 pm
No pregame handshake before a competition. I know of NO team sport that does this. bad idea. Shake after the game.
McDawg
September 2nd, 2009
12:15 pm
the best pregame brawl was ND-Miami
the worst was the GT tickle pile before the NW Fredonia ST game
benadawg
September 2nd, 2009
12:19 pm
all you @#@t talkers will shut up after we kick us some cowpokes ass…
Tom
September 2nd, 2009
12:21 pm
Never shake hands with someone who uses theirs to catch catfish.
Barkin'Dog
September 2nd, 2009
12:22 pm
1eyedJack – You’re a loser. Period. You’re the kind of idiot that would start a fight with a lame-a$$ comment like that about Richt. You certainly don’t know the man… and he is THE MAN! One of the best in the country at what he does, which is LEAD young men. He would never come close to doing what you suggest. He didn’t even know the players would take the field at Florida – he just wanted to set the tone for success for they day. The team did what they did thinking it would be okay, which it obviously wasn’t. But, to blame Richt or suggest he would ask a “scrub” to start a fight is way out of line. It’s buttholes like you who start arguments/fights…
McDawg
September 2nd, 2009
12:28 pm
i’m going noodling
chazzo
September 2nd, 2009
12:30 pm
Gundy made a dumb response to a dumber proposition. Stars and stripes, whistle, kick…. That is about all the pre-game ritual we need.
Jeff Schultz
September 2nd, 2009
12:32 pm
BobDog – Sorry, I meant where he golfs between prison terms.
Doosga – That was a cheap move, Johnny. But it helped Ralph Macchio score big time with Elisabeth Shue!
Ed Covington – Actually, they play paper football.
1eyedJack
September 2nd, 2009
12:32 pm
Richt is the loser and anyone who would defend him has no class. No one has ever done that before in the history of college football because it shows no class and no brains.
Who knows, maybe Richt has another trick up his sleave for this game like turning out the lights and having black jerseys magically appear.
Gatorman
September 2nd, 2009
12:33 pm
Stupid, stupid idea. What next? Singing kumbaya around a campfire the night before the game. I think they are looking for bralws to erupt so they can bring over wrestling fans to college football.
Jimv
September 2nd, 2009
12:35 pm
I thought all the bleeding hearts were in politics. This is FOOTBALL, not the senior prom!
Tombigbee
September 2nd, 2009
12:36 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX6233Nig18
Tech75
September 2nd, 2009
12:37 pm
Really bad idea, shaking hands, although in most high-level pro European soccer matches the starting 11s do shake hands after the photo op.
I think they discourage (or even disallow) the shaking of hands before high school games; there were some incidents where players spit on their hands before shaking, for instance.
csquared
September 2nd, 2009
12:38 pm
Barkin’Dog and 1eyedjack should come out and shake hands. That said, even if Gundy is off his rocker, there’s little to be gained by a BEFORE the game show of sportsmanship. Let captains shake at the coin toss, take it to the sidelines and shake AFTER the game. some academic types thought this up.
PlayaHata
September 2nd, 2009
12:38 pm
I agree, the idea of the team shaking hands before the game is ridiculous, that’s reserved for pop warner football and the ACC. On the other hand, we now know who is in charge of the football team at OKState- and it’s not Gundy. Wouldn’t be surprised to see T. Boone Pickens wearing the head set on the sidelines on Saturday. Heck, they could bring back Thurman Thomas and Barry Sanders and it STILL wouldn’t matter. DAWGS ROLL- and thanks to Gundy’s bulletin board material – they may call a timeout with a minute or two left (ala Urban Meyer)to score another touchdown. Let’s see if they shake our hands after the beat down. GO DAWGS!!
Brad
September 2nd, 2009
12:39 pm
Richt did come from FSU where they are known to do the kind of stuff 1eyedjack mentioned. The fla dance is a case in point. I too would be worried about the thugs known as ga bulldogs.
Ex-Poke Fan
September 2nd, 2009
12:39 pm
Nice discipline, Coach Grundy. Perrish Cox just broke the law. He knew his license was suspended and he went ahead and drove anyway.
Now, the only way to reach him is to take away something important to him. And the only thing important to a football player is playing time.
Go ahead and make him do a 5-mile run or 500 up-downs or a bunch of push-ups, if that makes you feel better. But at the end of the day, the boy will not have learned anything from this whole thing. Sit him on Saturday, and you will get through to him, as well as the rest of the team.
If you continue to run an undisciplined program, you can count on things like Cox’s arrest and TE Jamal Mosely’s marijuana possession and restraining order and subsequent leaving of the team
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4437055
It’s your choice. Nice discipline, Coach Grundy. This kid just broke the law. He knew his DL was suspended and he went ahead and drove anyway.
Now, the only way to reach him is to take away something important to him. And the only thing important to a football player is playing time.
Go ahead and make him do a 5-mile run or 500 up-downs or push-ups, if that makes you feel better. But at the end of the day, the boy will not have learned anything from this whole thing. Sit him on Saturday, and you will get through to him, as well as the rest of the team.
If you continue to run an undisciplined program, you can count on things like Cox’s driving on a suspended license and TE Jamal Mosely’s marijuana possession and restraining order
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4437055
It’s your choice. Even though I’m a Stillwater OK resident, at this point, I’m considering rooting for Georgia on Saturday, because Mark Richt knows how to handle situations like this. And his program is well-respected throughout the nation because of it.
Chris
September 2nd, 2009
12:40 pm
Captains already shake hands after the coin toss. Why is that not enough? This isn’t soccer.
wawel78
September 2nd, 2009
12:44 pm
this doesn’t have anything to do with Gundy not being able to handle the spotlight. It also has nothing to do with UGA’s TD celebration against FL. It’s because in general it simply not a good idea.
Guys – it’s ok to hate another football team. Just don’t let it turn you stupid.
SOW-Poke Stomper
September 2nd, 2009
12:44 pm
That Gundy guy needs to throttle back a tad on the estrogen injections – a little too emotional I think. He’ll probably cry like a lost toddler at the mall when the 4th quarter rolls around.
GB
September 2nd, 2009
12:46 pm
Yeah richt is the man. a man with very little class after that display against uf. one of the best you say? well i would hope so considering uga is the only program in the nation to have top 10 classes the past 8 years. yet where does it get them? blown out by fla. blown out by bama. if uga fans had any sense, they would see there is a problem with the guy. but they are happy with 9-10 win seasons. 3 wins vs fla since 1990. that makes me laugh.
Big time?? Not
September 2nd, 2009
12:47 pm
Four tickets, four hot dogs, four cokes
goober
September 2nd, 2009
12:48 pm
Yeah … and Uga and the other team’s mascot can meet at midfield to lick each others b_ _ _ _ s.
Jeff
September 2nd, 2009
12:50 pm
Cant beleive this made headlines front page of AJC. what a pathetic joke this newspaper is. To see the headline makes one think something completely different that what he actually meant. Such a SORRY newspaper
Paddy
September 2nd, 2009
12:53 pm
It is stupid before the game it is stupid after the game. You want to humiliate the opposition. Thats what my football coaches always said. I believed them then and I still believe in the same principle now. If you make them cry you stand a better chance of winning the game. Run up the score and make them mad then get on the plane back to Athens. I guess thats why my teams always won and everybody hated us. No handshakes, send them a Christmas card if you must.
SOW-Poke Stomper
September 2nd, 2009
12:53 pm
I’m going to the game and plan to kick some sow-poke fans’ a$$e$ in the parking lot before AND after the game!! I can’t wait!! If 1eyedJack-awf is there I’ll kick the crap out of him as well although the little puzzy will likely stay home with his mommy.
Yellow Fuzz
September 2nd, 2009
12:54 pm
Sounds like georgia’s “thug” reputation preceeded itself in Oklahoma.
Maybe georgia can shake hands with the Cowboys after storming the field to celebrate their 1st touch down (4th qtr probably).
better yet, maybe georgia’s defense should strive to be “thugs” DURING games instead of before and after them.
LOL. 45-42
Jeff
September 2nd, 2009
12:54 pm
Brad- you’re an idiot dude…..
Marseilles Mutt
September 2nd, 2009
12:55 pm
Brad, I too would be really worried about some of UGA’s fine student athletes taking umbrage over your comments, were they to find out who you were and what tree you were hiding behind.
One, or several might come look you up and just beat the horse piss out of you.
JON
September 2nd, 2009
12:56 pm
Yeah, i want to see Miami and FSU shakes hands on Labor Day before their game.
reality check
September 2nd, 2009
12:58 pm
well, somebody has posted as me again. I can’t say I think much of 1 eyed Jack, but I leave the name calling to others.
The AJC blogs have been pretty much taken over by a bunch of immature and inarticulate losers.
I’ll leave it with you
BR
September 2nd, 2009
12:58 pm
This is the most idiotic thing I have ever heard. If the Dawgs can resist starting a brawl from the a**es from FL, I think they’ll be just fine!
Beautiful Monte
September 2nd, 2009
12:59 pm
In theory, a pre-game handshake ritual is a great idea. I mean, in a era where bad sportsmanship is actually promoted by much of the media as well as many fans, anything to encourage good sportsmanship should be applauded.
In practice, however, it’s a bad idea, since so many major college rosters include X number of thugs who have violent inclinations, if not criminal records.
Looking back, it’s a miracle that Saint Mark (p)Richt’s decision to let the Dawgs out to “celebrate” their first TD against Florida didn’t result in a full-scale brawl.
Of course, Saint Mark learned his craft at the knee of good ole Booby Bowdown, one of the driving forces behind college football’s descent into the slimepits, so it should come as no surprise that Saint Mark has adopted Booby’s dime-store psychological tactics.
BR
September 2nd, 2009
12:59 pm
GB, just for the record, I wouldn’t pull for FL if they won the national championship every year. Talk about a team with NO class.
midnite
September 2nd, 2009
12:59 pm
Mr. Gundy what size can of WHOOPA$$ shall we open for you? Paranoid much?
Watch Out Mad Dawg
September 2nd, 2009
1:02 pm
How do you get a OSU cheerleader into your dorm room?
Grease her thighs.
No, seriously….
Did you know that it takes 10 OSU cheerleaders to produce a full set of teeth.
SimpleDawg
September 2nd, 2009
1:03 pm
Hey 1 Eye…..would your last name happen to be Off? Punk.
homeboy
September 2nd, 2009
1:04 pm
7 years in a row or 45 to 42…saint simonds still sucks dick regardless
Brad
September 2nd, 2009
1:06 pm
Marseilles Mutt you just proved my point. Thanks.
DTC
September 2nd, 2009
1:07 pm
Whether the coach is right about this particular game or not is irrelevant. This is the most stupid suggestion on behalf of any sane person I have heard – pertaining to sportsmanship and FOOTBALL GAMES.
There are numerous examples that shaking hands before a game is stupid. Miami – years ago – numerous examples, ‘nuf said. Afterwards, yes. Before? NO!
Unless of course it was Kurds and Shiites. That would be a sight to see. Just footballs. Just footballs. No bombs or illegal objects.
Top Dawg
September 2nd, 2009
1:08 pm
I think you bloggers should have to shake hand before posting.
Nativebird
September 2nd, 2009
1:13 pm
Gee minitly what a BAD idea. Just goes to show how CLUELESS and toothless this Association is. “I GOT IT, instead of recruiting players that arent thugs, hiring coaches that demand sportsmanship, playing players that aren’t under indictment, and requiring students to go to school….LET’S MAKE’EM SHAKE HANDS BEFORE THE GAME”.
Oledawg
September 2nd, 2009
1:14 pm
Let’s kick their butts, then shake hands, fists or any other body parts they would like. I thought that the pregame handshake referred to the team captains, not the entire bench. Coaches can shake hands before the game. They should be able to control themselves…Oops.. Forgot about the rant. Could Gundy be worried most since he doesn,t seem to have much discipline on his team? Look for this to be a homered flag-throwin’ game. Take your cue from what he does to the suspended license discipline with Perrish Cox. Not! Hell, Ok reporters won’t even ask him about that. And discipline issues will continue throughout the year for Okie St. that will destroy their team. When you put everything into one game while omitting meaningful discipline, you can’t expect them to learn during the rest of the season. I’m thankful that CMR has applied discipline even at the risk of losing games. The players, the team as a bonded group and even the fans benefit with a consistent program.
Shaking hands all over is a poor choice this year with H1N1 passed primarily by touch. Even the President had a little handwashing bit for the kids. The NCAA should back off this year fot public health reasons. I know. They will bash the crap out of each other in close contact on the field, but the point is there won’t be 180 players ensuring transfer of the flu from their families and others coming together in one spot.
We need a banner up during the game; “Our Cox Are Better Than Your Cox!”,”Keep Your Hands Off Our Cox!”. Ah, the nostalgia for Happy Dicks to be playing again.
GO DAWGS! KICK THEIR GUNDY BUTTS!
Gen Neyland
September 2nd, 2009
1:20 pm
Pregame handshakes — Puts a whole different spin on GATA or smack ‘em in the mouth…
Ben
September 2nd, 2009
1:23 pm
That’s what happens when you put a bunch of thugs all together. You know darn well that they are the ones who are out of control and start the fights.
Bobby McGreevey
September 2nd, 2009
1:23 pm
Wait. O.J.’s not in prison?
Jaded Jacket
September 2nd, 2009
1:25 pm
It’s not a church social. It’s freakin’ football!
WhatHappenedToSaintSimons
September 2nd, 2009
1:25 pm
I see your douchebag self is finally back. We missed your pathetic antics you know. Hopefully the law will be coming for you soon on those charges of having sex with animals.
Dawg Pound
September 2nd, 2009
1:27 pm
3 DAYS TILL A COUNTRY BOY @#$ WHOOPIN IN STILLWATER!!! GATA DAWGS!!!
Houdawg
September 2nd, 2009
1:31 pm
GB —– are you even attempting to say that Urban Meyer has class ?? You’re an absolute idiot ….. & any of the others out here who keep pi$$in & moaning about an endzone celebration as though the FLA pysche was forever damaged. Get a grip ……
On the subject ….. I do not agree with the pre-game handshake ….. keep it at the end of the game as it should be. The guy ( at the NCAA ) who dreamed this up has WAY too much time on his hands.
Alex
September 2nd, 2009
1:36 pm
The only people I see figning in that highlight are thugs. Good parenting!
gtm
September 2nd, 2009
1:38 pm
Sounds like an idea straight out of Lebron’s nightmares.
rduck
September 2nd, 2009
1:41 pm
This is one of the dumbest things I have ever heard of. I guess next they will want them to kiss each other on the cheek before the kickoff (ala Magic Johnson and Isiah Thomas). These kids are expected to go out there and tear each other apart during the game. They are not expected to be all snuggy with each other. Leave the game alone before you turn it into what the NFL has already become… BORING!
San Francisco Dawg
September 2nd, 2009
1:43 pm
Many of you on this site have never played a down in a football game in High School or College…this game is not the war in the Middle East! What a bunch of pathetic losers…Georgia’s football team should quietly walk on to the field before the game and extend their hands, if OSU does not return the favor, then quietly walk back to the sidelines…CMR must inform anyone that anything other than that will mean that you will be dismiss from the game…remember, a game, just a damn college football game…if you punch someone, act like a thug, you are gone!
Let’s play smart, hard and aggressive without fighting…you are at an age when you could be drafted for a war…act so lucky that you will not be!
TXDawg
September 2nd, 2009
1:45 pm
Let em shake hands with the OK St. QB, RB, & Receiver. Just make sure it’s an extra tight grip that’ll leave an impression for the whole game though (wink-wink)!!
TXDawg
September 2nd, 2009
1:46 pm
Hey RDuck…..GA Tech already performs that ritual….at least with each other they do……ROFL!!
MiltonDawg
September 2nd, 2009
1:49 pm
What other sport do teams do a “pregame handshake”?? None that i’ve heard of. But everything is PC now…just like you can’t call jackets fans morons..instead its “mentally challenged” mongols.
cheese
September 2nd, 2009
1:51 pm
very dumb idea
Big Dawg From Duncan, NC
September 2nd, 2009
1:53 pm
I can’t believe the Okie State coach. Sportsmanship is just as important as playing the game. I was taught this by coach Mike at Y in Athens at any early age. What are we teaching our future Bulldawg or Okie State players? Or is this coach just trying to pysch us out? Time will tell.
gdawginkalamazoo
September 2nd, 2009
1:53 pm
OZZFEST, the 12:03 post was priceless.
I say a dance off in each team’s respective endzone before the game. The winner of the dance off gets two extra time outs to call at the end of the game. Valid only if winning by 30+ points.
North GA Nole
September 2nd, 2009
1:59 pm
Brad and Beautiful Monte are both idiots. Bobby Bowden (you know, the 2nd most wins in College Football) has never advocated any type of unsportsmanlike conduct. Yes – he has had a small share of football players that were not the best role models but for every one of them he has had 10 like Warrick Dunn or Derrick Brooks. You both must live in an area that isn’t known for football because you certainly don’t understand the issue. FSU and Miami are full of players that played against each other in high school in Florida (you know the 1st or 2nd best place to recruit for D-1 talent in the country). They chose a school and alliances are suddenly formed and bragging rights are on the line. These guys are hyping each other up and when they come out of the tunnel they are ready to take each others heads off. Do we really think it’s a good idea to bring them together then for a singalong? I think it’s a recipe for disaster. But, its not about thuggism or bad coaches its about emotion. And the emotion before a game like FSU-Miami is so highly charged that any one thing (no matter how small) has the potential of igniting the whole scene. The tradition of Chief Osceola and Renegade going to midfield and planting the spear usually sets it off every time but I don’t think we need to be doing any handshakes.
B. Scott
September 2nd, 2009
2:03 pm
What an insult to the Georgia players and Coaches. I say we make them pay – BIG TIME! GO DAWGS!!!
Furrdaddy
September 2nd, 2009
2:08 pm
YELLOWFUZZ:
You’re an idiot….45-42, really? GT won by 3 friggin points! I guess you Tech jagoffs are still talking about this win because you are still in shock that you actually won a game against GA.
For your entertainment pleasure, I present some GT jokes. Enjoy.
Q: What’s the difference between Georgia Tech’s football team and Rice Crispies?
A: Rice Crispies know what to do in a bowl.
Where was O.J. hiding right before the famous white Bronco Chase?
On the Georgia Tech campus, because that’s the last place you’ll find a football player.
Did you know that Adam was a Georgia Tech Guy?
He had to be because he was eating an apple while sitting next to a naked lady.
Why do Georgia Tech grads keep their diplomas on their dash boards?
So they can park in the handicap spaces.
Do you know why the Georgia Tech football team should change it’s name to “The Opossums”?
Because they play dead at home and get killed on the road.
What do you call a Georgia Tech football player with a championship ring?
A theif.
What Do Georgia Tech and pot have in common?
They both get smoked in bowls.
What’s the hardest thing about being a Georgia Tech fan?
Telling your parents that you’re gay.
How do you make Georgia Tech cookies.
Put them in a big bowl and beat them for three hours.
General Schwarzkopf was walking through the desert during the Gulf War when he found a lamp on the ground. He picked it up, rubbed, and out came a genie.
The genie said to the General, “I will grant you one wish.”
The General replied, “I wish that we will win this war. Here is a map of the desert and all the war parties. Please make us win the war.”
The genie responded, “I’m not that powerful of a genie. I cannot grant you that wish.”
“Well,” the General responds, “then can you have Georgia Tech win a bowl game this year?”
The genie thinks for a moment, then says, “Let me see that map again.”
pd
September 2nd, 2009
2:09 pm
Shake hands, say, “good luck today” and go back to your pregame rituals. Its not a big deal. If your players are so unstable that they can’t do that little task, then I just don’t know.
Sick of It
September 2nd, 2009
2:10 pm
I know Gundy’s worried about a fight before the game. He doesn’t want his boys to get their azzes kicked twice in the same afternoon.
Coach BooBoo
September 2nd, 2009
2:11 pm
Based on Richt’s leadership and demonstrated sportsmanship the last couple of years, Gundy is right.
shards1967
September 2nd, 2009
2:12 pm
Jerry Springer is a tech grad. At Simons? some inner city Atlanta high school, maybe.
1-8 then 1-9.
Go you Hairy Dawgs!!!
Topp Dogg
September 2nd, 2009
2:16 pm
I am glad OneEye has a computer to hide behind , or else he would be no eyed jerk.
GT
September 2nd, 2009
2:25 pm
Hell let em punch it out, it would kind of put the American Football Coaches Association in their place.
Toots
September 2nd, 2009
2:27 pm
I can’t believe no one corrected you on this but it’s “West Side Story” not “Westside Story”. Gosh.
gdawginkalamazoo
September 2nd, 2009
2:27 pm
Sick of It, Now that was funny.
goober
September 2nd, 2009
2:27 pm
And don’t forget the best GT joke of all, especially relevant with today’s news that UGA has once again sold out ALL of its home games for the entire season:
Q: What time does Georgia Tech play? A: What time can you be there?
Gatorzone
September 2nd, 2009
2:31 pm
Sanfran, I could not agree more. Just a game. Show good sportsmanship, then kick the living shiit out of the pokes!
Grant Teaff
September 2nd, 2009
2:32 pm
GIRLS SOCCER maybe.
BruffDawg
September 2nd, 2009
2:33 pm
Lately I have noticed a trend that more and more coaches and players are using their “fame” to promote their beliefs. Some are more visible (TEBOW) or audible than others but it is a growing trend. It used to just be notre dame, but now everybody points to the sky after a td. The public high school i went to used to REQUIRE the players to pray before and after the game. That being said, handshakes before the game is a nice idea and that’s about it. Realistic? Hardly. These kids spend a whole week getting ready to pummel each other and then have to shake hands before they do it? What if some teams do and some don’t? Are the teams that don’t poor sports? Probably just a stunt to make rivalry games more intense. I can see it now “OH look Lee they didn’t even shake hands before the game!!! This is going to be a war!!!”
Pez Hilton
September 2nd, 2009
2:34 pm
Oh I think this is a horrible idea. All those big sweaty men snortin snot bubbles and all fired up to wage war and prove that they are the man. Handshakes will be rough, tough, intended to intimidate and exume dominance( i’m getting a little turned on at the thought) Whew……nevertheless It is not a good idea and it won’t take long before they re-think this one. Saint Simeyyyyyyy – I can’t wait to grease your loins this weekend baby doll! See you at the bluff honey!