Digi-Blog goes to Stillwater! (and you won’t like T-shirts)
The Digi-Blog, the new sensation that’s sweeping through parts of Fulton County and allows a sportswriter the opportunity to tell a story without the danger of misspelling too many words, is moving up to the next level, or at least to the Dustbowl. After past tours through SEC media days in Hoover, Ala., and the Falcons’ training camp in Flowery Branch, we took a digital photo tour of Stillwater, Oklahoma, where Georgia opens its football season Saturday. I must admit, I had never been to Stillwater before. In fact, I think the only time I had ever been to Oklahoma was when I drove through Tulsa for something, which was such a momentous event that I can’t remember what it was. I also wasn’t a big fan of Bruce Springsteen’s, “The Ghost of Tom Joad.” What’s a digi-blogger to do? Enough. Climb aboard the wagon train.
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I learned they don’t fly the most spacious planes to Oklahoma City. But I knew I was on the right flight Friday morning, given the number of Georgia shirts and hats. Even the flight attendant announced, “Ladies and gentleman, good morning for what appears to be the University of Georgia’s Morning Express to Oklahoma City.”
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We’re here. Fast flight, huh? This must be the rush hour at the Will Rogers World Airport. Will Rogers said he never met a man he didn’t like. That’s probably because he so seldom ran into one.
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Thought I’d stop and show you a few sights along the way. This is tucked between the airport and downtown Oklahoma City. I’m sure you always wondered where the world’s largest stocker and feeder cattle market was.
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Lies! Lies! Lies! It’s empty! Well, we all know how the stock market is down. (Thank you very much. And that’s why I only do two shows a night.)
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I got my first endorsement deal. See, a guy walks up to me and says, “You shovel. I shovel. Let’s go into business together.” (I thought I’d beat you to the punch.)
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Oklahoma City beat out Paris, London and Madrid for the International Pro Rodeo Association (which is as international as IHOP).
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I have a feeling we’re getting close. That’s a large inflatable Barry Sanders to the left, standing guard over his Hyundai dealership. Because when you think Barry Sanders and Stillwater, Oklahoma, you think Hyundai.
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We have entered enemy territory. This dude is Pistol Pete, and he is everywhere. I’m also reasonably certain there is no waiting period for handguns here.
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I warned you, didn’t I? Trust me. This isn’t the worst thing.
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Tennessee, Florida, Clemson — look Georgia fans, you have a whole new orange to hate.
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No, this isn’t the worst thing either.
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This is the worst thing. (Tech fans: If you would like to purchase a case or two, I can hook you up with my pal Lydia from the store.)
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Ladies and gentleman, the original Bee Gee.
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Here we are outside of the newly renovated T. Boone Pickens Stadium. Thomas Boone Pickens is an alumnus, made his money in oil and has given millions and billions and trillions of BooneBucks to Oklahoma State. I’m not sure if any of that money ended up in the pockets of a football recruit or two in the late 1980s, when the program went on probation. I don’t know why I brought that up. Probably goes back to the whole top soil endorsement thing.
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The door was unlocked. Very nice stadium. But fake grass and no hedges. Good news: also no tumbleweeds. (Fact is, I half-expected a couple of those old grasshopper-lookalike oil wells in the back of the end zone.)
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“Sit around the camp fire, boys and girls. Let me tell you the legend of Pistol Pete. He had a jump shot like no other gunslinger in these here parts . . .”
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They’re kind of into cowboys here.
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Gotta admit, this is an impressive trio in the trophy case: John Starks (hoops), Thurman Thomas (football), Robin Ventura (baseball).
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Just outside the stadium, workers were setting up a tent commemorating past Heisman Trophy winners. And guess which two winners were depicted right next to each other: Herschel Walker (Georgia) and Barry Sanders (Oklahoma State).
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There was a memory book for visitors to sign. I couldn’t resist. (Got a little nervous signing for Herschel.)
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194 comments Add your comment
merbertmoover
September 4th, 2009
5:26 pm
oh yippy skippy me get first! yippy skippy hurrah!!!
Billy
September 4th, 2009
5:33 pm
Great article. Very funny! Well done.
Howard
September 4th, 2009
5:38 pm
Jeff…great pics…I still see visions of Phil Fulmer every time I see anything orange. You didn’t see him roaming around out there looking for a school that’s looking for a coach. I think he’d fit in fine at Okie State.
MiltonDawg
September 4th, 2009
5:50 pm
Good Stuff JS- maybe later a picture of you and T.Boone. Or how about some smokin hot OSU cheerleader??
Reality Check
September 4th, 2009
5:51 pm
Nice!
Volman
September 4th, 2009
6:01 pm
I assume we’ll be seeing you at the Tech games this year, Mr. Schultz?
big dawg 89
September 4th, 2009
6:03 pm
man, those stands sure are close to the sidelines, aren’t they???
no worries though, UGA-31 OSU-27
Carlos
September 4th, 2009
6:09 pm
Jeff, Great article. Thanks for the pics as well. Are you going to blog live during the game tomorrow? That would be grand…..
Dawgman566
September 4th, 2009
6:11 pm
Are there any trees in Okie-land or did they all blow away during the Dust Bowl years?
Go Dawgs
September 4th, 2009
6:18 pm
Excellent idea and well executed. I enjoyed the read.
cowboybob
September 4th, 2009
6:19 pm
big dawg 89: You are dreaming if you think the UGA defense will keep OSU from scoring less that 30 points. They could have that many by halftime.
Dog in Fla
September 4th, 2009
6:25 pm
“Sit around the camp fire, boys and girls. Let me tell you the legend of Pistol Pete. He had a jump shot like no other cowboy . . .”
Digi Blog – a thing of beauty bringing back memories of the greatest college basketball player and forging the name of the greatest college football player. You are truly a renaissance man. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Can’t wait for the shots from inside Eskimo Joe’s…
Mark C.
September 4th, 2009
6:29 pm
Pistol Pete should be tested for roids with that Bonds’ like cranium.
Hungry Dawg
September 4th, 2009
6:29 pm
Jeff, that doesn’t look like a huge staduim….especially to be newly rennovated. How many will it seat?
JoeV
September 4th, 2009
6:32 pm
LOL, keep up the good work Jeff. Very funny blog man; many laughs. Good luck to UGA.
Go Clemson!
razerGT
September 4th, 2009
6:38 pm
No Tech fan would actually want that shirt, Jeff. Orange is an Auburn/Clemson color.
Hawk n the Ham
September 4th, 2009
6:47 pm
I’ve seen bigger high school stadiums in Cobb County.
Bob Horner had a sweet compact swing
September 4th, 2009
6:53 pm
Funniest Blog you’ve ever done……by far….
gatorman770
September 4th, 2009
6:55 pm
No rush hour traffic in the morning!
Great looking T-shirts. Pick me one up in XL!
Hillbilly Deluxe
September 4th, 2009
7:01 pm
allows a sportswriter the opportunity to tell a story without the danger of misspelling too many words
I’ve always felt it’s a pretty small minded person who thinks a word can only be spelled one way. And to all my English teachers out there who threatened me with “that’s going on your permanent recorc”. Never once in my adult life has anyone mentioned my “permanent record” to me.
Samm
September 4th, 2009
7:04 pm
can i please get a shirt?!?!?!?!
Gen Neyland
September 4th, 2009
7:07 pm
What’s the name of the roadhouse grill the Georgia sportswriters will be attending this fine Friday night in Stillwater..? Mechanical Bull riding part of the festivities..? Have fun, we’ll see ya’ll on TV.
RxDawg
September 4th, 2009
7:17 pm
I actually now those two guys in the front of the plane shot. Chris on the left and his father on the right. I’m not surprised to see them heading out there.
The stadium looks really nice. Looks like a nice place to start off our season.
"Chef" Tim Dix
September 4th, 2009
7:17 pm
Jeff, get drunk with the locals tonight and tell them that pistol pete really played for the Hawks. Your p.p. was in the village people.
Oh, and back in Kennesaw, everyone owns a gun cowboy.
Make friends on the road, that’s what I say.
B
September 4th, 2009
7:25 pm
Tell us how the steak is
DawgGirl32
September 4th, 2009
7:34 pm
Hungry Dawg- I believe it holds about 60,000. Not exactly Neyland Stadium or anything.
The Lone Trumpeter
September 4th, 2009
7:43 pm
I assumed Barry Sanders would be a ford guy, but shows what I know.
Marie
September 4th, 2009
7:44 pm
WHAT!!!!!! You can insult me or anything to do with us GEORGIA fans, but DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT insult UGA- the nations BEST mascot!!!!!!!!!
Bryan G.
September 4th, 2009
7:45 pm
When I go to weddings, I always sign the guest book “Herschel Walker #34″. I just figure that folks like to think that a celebrity went to their wedding.
The Lone Trumpeter
September 4th, 2009
7:48 pm
That was a low blow. Insult us and our university all you want, but beware the wrath of UGA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sanford Drive
September 4th, 2009
7:55 pm
“Ugaly” is an interesting word choice considering that entire town is….well….ugaly. No wonder why most people prefer OU.
Matt the Brave
September 4th, 2009
7:56 pm
Looks like a good college town. Good luck to them this season, except tomorrow.
J Clay
September 4th, 2009
7:57 pm
Here at Bricktown in Oklahoma City, seeing lots of Dawg fans and some Sooner fans – but yet to see a Cowboy fan….Go DAWGS
KJ
September 4th, 2009
8:01 pm
If you look closely, you can see the Thurman Thomas helmet that he misplaced during the Super Bowl, and Robin Ventura’s tooth that a retirement-age Nolan Ryan knocked out.
St. Bernard
September 4th, 2009
8:08 pm
Was Joe Cox on your flight?
RimShot
September 4th, 2009
8:33 pm
Hey, don’t knock the plastic grass. I thought that stadium might have a rodeo style, dustbowl field. And wasn’t that statue really T. Boone as Pistol Pete? Sure looks like him.
reebok
September 4th, 2009
8:41 pm
i am a tech fan. my wife is a dawg (insert your own joke here). we read this together and laughed so hard we cried…awesome. thanks for the laughs!
Cuz
September 4th, 2009
8:49 pm
Jeff, I bow to your awesome wordiness. What a great start to a great trip. Just stay away from the brown peyote, it is bad.
TXDawg (non-Redneck GA fan)
September 4th, 2009
8:49 pm
On my way Schultzie…..I’m stopping off in Oklahoma City tonight to sleep in a real hotel….lol.
GO DAAAAAAWWWWWWWWGGGGGGGGGSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NRBQ
September 4th, 2009
8:54 pm
That sculpture is obviously John Travolta in a giant Stetson.
And after the Dawgs out-dance the ‘Pokes, we’ll all be singing “Stayin’ Alive.”
Cuz
September 4th, 2009
8:55 pm
Hey reebok, hope you and your wife are well. Does she sit on one side and you the other when we play in November?
Two of my better friends are a Tech grad and a Tech fan and we get along great. But what excuses you could use for a marriage.
Honey you forgot to take out the garbage. We took out the garbage in Sanford Stadium. Yes honey that is just like you to take out the garbage once every seven times I ask you. Oh yeah, there is a new Sheriff in town and he says that taking out the garbage uhhh ummm okay I will get it. Thanks hon you are a prince.
Sonny Clusters
September 4th, 2009
8:55 pm
We was looking to see if Gabby Hayes was on that flight. Somebody told us they was a guy on there that looked a lot like Gabby Hayes but we couldn’t see him in the picture. Must have been on the other side of the camera. We was always going on road trips and seeing the sights back when we was playing ball. We played in Cobb County one time and Jeff had his picture made with the Big Chicken. Chickens been in the news a lot lately.
60,000
September 4th, 2009
8:55 pm
I would say the intimidation factor of that stadium is somewhere between Vanderbilt and South Carolina.
Cuz
September 4th, 2009
8:58 pm
This is bound to cause Gundy to lose it knowing the Dawgs hoodwinked him on who the starting quarterback will be.
If Mark Richt was a man, he would have told me and the world Joe Cox was sick.
Cuz
September 4th, 2009
9:00 pm
Whats wrong with the t-shirts, after Saturday I figure they will be turned into shamwows anyway.
Cuz
September 4th, 2009
9:02 pm
I would say the intimidation factor is between my old high school and the county rec league park four blocks away. The difference being that on a really big game, you can hear the screams and cheers four blocks away.
The Grinch
September 4th, 2009
9:02 pm
They can’t even win in the Big 12 south; despite a rebuilding year, no Caleb King, a QB with the flu and playing in their stadium as underdogs, we’ll win 34-20. When WILL the pollsters figure out there’s the SEC and then there’s everyone else?
OSU Rob
September 4th, 2009
9:02 pm
Loved the breakdown on my old stomping grounds. Hope you folks have a great visit and a safe trip home. Don’t forget to hit Eskimo Joe’s for some cheese fries and Shortcakes for the best chicken fried hamburger stack in the world, it’ll taste even better with several cocktails in your belly and after midnight!
The Grinch
September 4th, 2009
9:03 pm
Agreed with an earlier poster though; there should be cheerleader shots.
Cuz
September 4th, 2009
9:05 pm
60,000, I have been to Columbia about ten times to watch the Dawgs. Two losses only thank God. But their fans do rock the stadium. Literally rock the upper decks, they move. You talk about a weird feeling with the concrete under you swaying. I will give you Vandy, but the USC east fans can roar if their team sustains them.
Bob Horner had a sweet compact swing
September 4th, 2009
9:06 pm
Jeff…PLEASE don’t get drunk with the locals…..who would do your articles..?????
Cuz
September 4th, 2009
9:08 pm
Grinch, I believe the cheerleader shots will come tonight at Eskimo Joes. I hear they are doing belly shots for all takers.
Cuz
September 4th, 2009
9:10 pm
Bob, hacks like Jeff are a dime a dozen. Have you forgotten Bradley?
blazerdawg
September 4th, 2009
9:15 pm
That was awesome JS! Cool trophy case and the Sanders/Walker photo was great.
Cuz
September 4th, 2009
9:21 pm
Jeff is not commenting, he must be interviewing T-Bone Pickens for the “Well I skipped the wind farm and bought a stadium” article in Sundays paper.
greg
September 4th, 2009
9:22 pm
What a horrible place this looks like. How in the world can they have a top 10 program?
Sonny Clusters
September 4th, 2009
9:26 pm
Jeff, we was wondering if you saw that sucker punch that Oregon player thowed? Was they shaking hands when it happened? Once, Stinky Wintes got nailed with a sucker punch and he didn’t go down or nothing. He just turned around an blowed some of the worst breath in Gwinnett County all over that boy from Cobb. We was never behind after that.
TJ
September 4th, 2009
9:29 pm
I heard OSU does have some hot cheerleaders. Looking forward to seeing them on the tele manana. And if you have any pics of them Jeff, please feel free to share.
Chris
September 4th, 2009
9:33 pm
Dude you took pics in horrible locations, tomorrow hit up the campus early (Southwest Corner) and start pictures at Theta Pond and work your way to the stadium catching campus and tailgating, Eskimo Joe’s will be along your route. Enjoy your visit and the game!
-OSU Student
GA swamprat
September 4th, 2009
9:36 pm
Jeff – Good stuff. I’m still laughing. I was surprised that the stadium was so small and dull looking.
I heard that the game may be cancelled if they have a dust storm out there. Thanks.
GO DAWGS. SHOW THOSE COWBOYS WHAT A GREAT FOOTBALL TEAM LOOKS LIKE.
WIN-WIN-WIN. GO DAWGS.
Cuz
September 4th, 2009
9:40 pm
Mike Bobo’s Thursday night press conference.
“After watching film of Oklahoma States last three games we have come to three conclusions. We can take advantage of their secondary, their defensive line and at least four of their cheerleaders. Has anyone heard of a bar called Eskimo Joes? Well you will after Friday night.”
Jeff watch out for the jello shots also.
Chris
September 4th, 2009
9:40 pm
Eskimo Joe’s:
Entrance:
http://www.eskimojoes.com/webcam/index.php?cam=3
Middle section: (It has 3 sections like this downstairs and 2 upstairs
http://www.eskimojoes.com/webcam/index.php?cam=2
Sic Em'
September 4th, 2009
9:42 pm
Jeff I am not going to lie, I really don’t like you. Not even a little bit.
But this was an entertaining piece. Once you get back, i expect nothing less of you than to take your “Atlanta sports sucks and no team in this town will ever win a game again” stance.
But good work on this one. You don’t HAVE to come back. If you are able to get a job at the cattle market I’d support that move for you.
Sanford Drive
September 4th, 2009
9:43 pm
Cuz, are you talking to yourself?
Jeff Schultz
September 4th, 2009
9:44 pm
Hi all. Thanks for the comments. Tim Tucker and I just got back from dinner. Yes, we had steak. Tasted like steak.
Howard – I did not see Fulmer on campus today, but I’ll check again tomorrow and report back.
MiltonDawg – I vote for cheerleaders, unless TPB is offering cash.
Volman – I think I’m doing back to back Tech games actually, Clemson and Miami.
Carlos – Yes .. I’ll file some sort of pre-game blog, possibly on T.P.B. giving me a $2 million just because I’m a nice guy, and then live blog on that. Then I’ll write a post-game column. And I’ll for the same price!!!
Mark C – He’s definitely juicing.
Dog in Fla. – I heard about Eskimo Joes but didn’t see it today. Hope to make it there tomorrow.
Hungry Dawg – I think it seats about 60,000.
Hillbilly – I agree. I think we should just all spell words the way they sound to us!
BoutDemPokes
September 4th, 2009
9:47 pm
Hey Jeff, very funny stuff….”the Original Bee Gee” is killing me!!! Thanks for not being disrespectful of your host too, that scored big points with me and I think you’ll enjoy your night in Stillwater on the Strip and at Eskimo Joe’s were they hold the all time record for the most T-Shirts sold than any other any other establishment on the planet.
We’ll all have a good time together, the cheerleaders are always freaking smokin’, duck when Pete pulls out his weapons on the field, take pictures of the team walk to the stadium with the band and I’ll have a Brat and a Beer waiting for you at the Masonic Lodge on Duck Street!
B
September 4th, 2009
9:51 pm
Glad you ate a steak and didn’t choke!! Now remember, you are in the CTZ. So you have an extra hour to play with Tim. Hehe
Jeff Schultz
September 4th, 2009
9:52 pm
Tim – had too many long work nights recently. Had one glass of wine with dinner and I’m ready to pass out. … I know. I know. (sigh).
B – The steak was good, not best I’ve ever had or anything but good. Tucker and I just went to a mid-level place.
Marie – Do NOT tell Uga about the shirt. It would TOTALLY ruin his weekend. And you know how he gets.
Bryan G – Pretty funny.
St. Bernard – Cox is flying separately tonight from team. You probably heard about the flu thing. Tim talked to him earlier today and supposedly he’s feeling a little better.
Cuz – Thanks for the travel tip.
NRBQ – You can tell by the way he uses his walk, he’s a woman’s man, no time to talk . . . .
Bob Horner had a sweet compact swing – I never get drunk before I write. But I do take hallucinogens before writing Weekend Predictions every week. It frees the mind, don’t you think?
Central Fl Dawg
September 4th, 2009
9:55 pm
I am not sure how the OSU fans can tolerate living with all that orange everywhere. But then I guess I am the only that can taste the bile from seeing so much it where I live.
GO DAWGS…………..SIC ‘EM UGA 35 OSU 24
B
September 4th, 2009
9:57 pm
I prefer the meats at Fogo personally. Especially the picanha. But I never miss a nice T bone when I am in the Southwest. They have a sec college preview on Peachtree TV now. Pretty interesting. Braves about to lose 3 straight. Talk about inconsistent. I am glad football is here. No more wasting time on them.
Jeff Schultz
September 4th, 2009
9:58 pm
Sic ‘em — You can’t hate me but like something I did. Do not play with my emotions that way. Hate or like? Decide. Choose or perish.
B — Tim’s back in his room now, on medical alert just in case he has to update the Cox story. No jello shots for him.
Campout Cowboy
September 4th, 2009
10:00 pm
Nice little article.
Posting from Gundyville, outside of BP – can’t wait for the game tomorrow. I will say that if you want to hit Eskimo Joes or the Hideaway, get there EARLY, as the lines will really stretch out. (Also, the Pom Squad is a better photo op than the cheerleaders, for the record.
Ken Stallings
September 4th, 2009
10:00 pm
You know Jeff, this might be a good theme for each of the upcoming football games — your column can double as a quality travel site!
Campout Cowboy
September 4th, 2009
10:01 pm
Also.
OSU – 37
UGA – 28
M
September 4th, 2009
10:12 pm
I get the point you were trying to make but it sounds like something opposing band members would think of.. “lets go take pictures of the other team’s town and then use the ones that make it look terrible. (laugh, laugh, pass the wine cooler)”. I’ve been to Georgia several times… careful in that big glass house!
Sonny Clusters
September 4th, 2009
10:27 pm
We was thinking losing this game tonight is going to make it hard for the Braves to get to the playoffs. Now that they been away for the playoffs for so long is it time to think Bobby Cox might not be so special after all? When we was playing if Coach lost a few in a row the principal would threaten to make him teach government if he didn’t start winning again. Coach did not like to teach anything he couldn’t spell.
Sic Em'
September 4th, 2009
10:29 pm
FINE!!!! As I sit watching a 20/20 episode about Amish teens defecting from their familes and life, a premonition comes over me!!! *** MAYBE I DO LIKE JEFF SCHULTZ!!!!*** Jeff, I’d like to buy you a horse and buggy for your return trip to the great state of Georgia.
Enjoy yourself out there buddy!!!
Jeff Schultz
September 4th, 2009
10:32 pm
Ken Stallings — Thanks. Not sure it would work in Starkville though.
M –It’s all in fun. But you don’t really want to compare Athens, considered one of the best college towns in the nation, to Stillwater, do you?
osu fan stuck in a tall office building in tulsa
September 4th, 2009
10:33 pm
Why did you fly into OKC? Tulsa is much nicer.
dbc
September 4th, 2009
10:34 pm
Is there, like a town? A campus? Seems like you went out of your way to portray them as Festus on Gunsmoke. I can’t go to the game, but I love the topic and the way it’s presented. How about taking it a step further and showing the actual campus, the fans, the town, the tailgate. Then we can all “get the picture.” Could be something kinda cool for the rest of the season. Nice first step though. (That said, the statue and mascot look like Cowboy Curtis from Pee Wee’s Playhouse.)
Not Disappointed!
September 4th, 2009
10:42 pm
Jeff, you out did yourself. This is so funny! I cant wait to go to the tech game and listen to the dawgs on the radio! “College Football is here!”
Ramblin Wreck!
Doc Holliday
September 4th, 2009
10:45 pm
Nice of you to take photos of some of the ugliest parts of our fair state instead of the really nice parts.
Cuz
September 4th, 2009
10:47 pm
Festus is the AD for Okie State.
“Well gosh darn Mike Gundy, what the heck are we gonna do with all dem Bulldawgs a barking and such.”
Look it up on Wikipedia, there is a Campus, there is a stadium and there is Eskimo Joes. No mention of a town.
osu fan stuck in a tall office building in tulsa
September 4th, 2009
10:48 pm
dbc, the campus is beautiful — one of the nicest in this part of the country. in fact, the architecture is referred to as ‘georgian.’ The buildings are stately there is a beautiful duck pond, etc.. The town is small (around 50-60,000) but is mostly centered around the university. The town has a nice downtown and several exclusive areas (Karsten Creek is one golf course you’ve heard of). The town is the type that fights box stores and malls in perference to downtown areas.
We have a strange football culture. Unlike ou and most southern schools there is a large percentage of the student population which does not care about football. Those that do are as rabid as any fan from any school.
Cuz
September 4th, 2009
10:52 pm
Doc, I admire you for shooting Johnny Ringo for Wyatt, but why would Jeff want to take pictures of your state fair?
Jeff Schultz
September 4th, 2009
11:01 pm
OSU fan in building — yeah, apparently Tulsa is so much nicer that my flight would’ve been like double.
DBC — The next time I go on a campus I’ll get shots of the library and cafeteria for you — as long as there’s a cheerleader or something funny going on there. … Trust me, not much at all to the town. .. Downtown is old and ugly. .. other parts are typical: a Wal-mart, a Chili’s, fastfood, etc.
OSU fan in bldg — campus is nice. “beautiful” might be overstating it, but I guess I missed the duck pond (it’s not huntin’ season is it? hope not.)
Cuz
September 4th, 2009
11:08 pm
Hunting season starts tomorrow Jeff, DUCK!!! Sorry, had to throw that sucker punch of an Oregon joke.
45ACP
September 4th, 2009
11:16 pm
I thought my penmanship was bad. Jeff your 2nd grade teacher would be ashamed.
Reid Adair
September 4th, 2009
11:48 pm
Very well done, Jeff. “The original Bee Gee” … ha!!!
BugKiller
September 4th, 2009
11:54 pm
Jeff,
First, Bradley puts a Batman reference in his blog, which was awesome.
But you’ve now topped that with your Ghostbusters reference.
You are this week’s King of the Blog!!!
lowcountrydawg
September 4th, 2009
11:54 pm
Great pics, JS…Go Dawgs!!!
Alabama Jack
September 4th, 2009
11:54 pm
Been to Eskimo Joes yet. Coldest beer and best cheese fries in town – but suggest you leave your dawg stuff in the motel room.
David Granger
September 5th, 2009
12:03 am
Why do we give a rat’s ass what kinda T-shirts they’re selling? Oklahoma State is THEIR team, just like Georgia is ours. Let ‘em print whatever kinda shirts they want to and wear ‘em. Lord knows, we do the same. Just means you support your team.
Frankly, I hope Georgia doesn’t worry about shirts this year. Alabama game last year shoulda taught us that…
OSUbuick
September 5th, 2009
12:33 am
Jeff- I will compare Stillwater to Athens. Stillwater has been rated the #6 best small town in America, so yeah, we got some goods.
ostatesports
September 5th, 2009
1:04 am
Kinda funny to see a buncha country boys from a dusty agricultural state bagging on, well….country boys from another dusty agricultural state.
Corrine Brown
September 5th, 2009
1:19 am
Pistol Pete is a “Brokeback Mountain Cowboy”
biggbuzz
September 5th, 2009
1:21 am
THESE STUPID CROTCHLIKERS THINK ATHENS IS SOMETHING SPECIAL?????
Whopper Dawg
September 5th, 2009
1:28 am
I assume that they have a hotel and you are not sleeping in the rental car, or should I assume that don’t even have rental cars and you are thumbing and sleeping on the street?
I am very thankful right now that me and mine have absolutely nothing to do with the state of Oklahoma.
BugKiller
September 5th, 2009
1:30 am
LMAO… “crotchlikers.”
These Brokeback Cowboy jokes just keep making themselves without any effort from us.
Lee
September 5th, 2009
2:09 am
Great article from a Tech fan
Croatiadawg
September 5th, 2009
2:30 am
T. Boone will feel like a T-bone after that UGAly dawg rips through him tonight. Bigbuzz – ask Auburn if UGA licks your crotch or bites your balls.
Finally, why is the kick off countdown clock at AJC like 6 hours off? Was this a senior project for a tech student?
Ralph Garr
September 5th, 2009
2:36 am
KUDOS Jeff…..your best work ever!
macrotech
September 5th, 2009
2:57 am
Fun read! Hope you have a hoot of a time over yonder!!! Should be a good game!
jeffrey d
September 5th, 2009
3:05 am
Oh Jeff…you couldn’t write in a different color for Herschel?
FloridaDawg
September 5th, 2009
5:30 am
Enjoyed reading this….thanks Jeff.
Greg
September 5th, 2009
6:22 am
Great article. The pictures and commentary were hilarious.
Hopefully you can enjoy a good steak while you’re out there.
Walter
September 5th, 2009
6:47 am
Please make that a tradition to take some photos on away games; it really helped with knowing what the surroundings are like. Commentary was very funny too. Thanks for doing that. It’s 6:46am,WAKE UP DAWG FANS, GOOD GRIEF! GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!
Spike
September 5th, 2009
6:59 am
Good stuff, Jeff. But I gotta agree with some of the others. OSU Cheerleader pics are desired. (Oh, and females only}.
lee
September 5th, 2009
7:36 am
Jeff, Thank you for the great article. The pictures are great.
Take more and please consider a story on tail gating and more sites. What is Main Street like? Thanks!
johnny reb
September 5th, 2009
7:43 am
What’s so great about Athens? I can send you pictures.
Tech sucks
September 5th, 2009
7:51 am
That is great stuff. Thanks and have fun.
GO DAWGS
B. Thenet
September 5th, 2009
8:08 am
Great blog Jeff.
Any word on if the Okie State QB is faking a flu so their coaching staff has an excuse if they lose?
Frank Wren
September 5th, 2009
8:16 am
Gardner Webb all we heard was oh backup QB
Chan Gailey oh hes holding us back
Tech fans invented making excuses.
A Poke Family
September 5th, 2009
8:21 am
FTA: (Fact is, I half-expected a couple of those old grasshopper-lookalike oil wells in the back of the end zone.)
Fact is, someone should point him about a mile east of the stadium to the well that is producing oil from under the stadium. Fact is, this writer is basically a richard-head who thinks his turds don’t stink, the UGA football team sweats liquid gold, and is too cute by half when allowed to blog.
Scott
September 5th, 2009
8:38 am
Good stuff Jeff, like the new format.
gtfanfrom1951
September 5th, 2009
8:40 am
where can we get the shirts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pi$$onaDawg
September 5th, 2009
8:47 am
How do I get one of those shirts? I would like the name, address, or phone # for the store please. Dawgs don’t wait til the end of the game. Come out punching in this fight. HAHAHA just kidding. The opening games have been more D than O so we will see what willie has quick.
WHAAAAT??!!
September 5th, 2009
8:48 am
I’ve seen bigger stadiums in Lowndes County…..and the Vikes and Wildcats don’t have to beg folks to buy tickets, either.
Hey Tech fans
September 5th, 2009
8:53 am
don’t you have a game today? Then why are you spending your time reading the UGA blogs? Once again the jealousy is apparent. I am sure by tonight, each of you will be “dusting off” your rulers. Gotta be prepared to measure the column size dedicated to the UGA and Tech coverage within the Sunday paper.
Sonny Clusters
September 5th, 2009
8:57 am
The Georgia QB didn’t fly on the charter with the team . . . does that mean he was on a commercial flight with the fans? And what kind of flu does that boy have anyway? Could it be the dreaded swine flu? We was always washing our hands when we was playing ball so we wouldn’t catch the flu. Maybe the Bulldogs need to do more hand washing. That’s what makes us think we wouldn’t want a handoff from somebody with swine flu.
athensdawg
September 5th, 2009
8:58 am
thanks for the tour, jeff. if the economy weren’t so bad, i would be there myself.
carmatter
September 5th, 2009
9:03 am
I’ve been to Stillwater several times, and it’s okay, but it isn’t close to Athens, I don’t care who rated it #6. I can think of 6 nicer small towns in Kansas.
Sonny Clusters
September 5th, 2009
9:03 am
We was thinking if a sportswriter gets swine flu does it spread? Sportswriters don’t shake hands and they don’t come in contact with much of anybody but other sportswriters and most of them has built up immunities from high alcohol content. If that swine flu gets to the nation’s sportswriters we will know it is some powerful stuff. We was always wary of getting something from the sportswriters when they come to school so Coach would keep ‘em outside in the fresh air when they come to the campus. We kept Stinlky Wintes out there, too.
how2fish
September 5th, 2009
9:04 am
Great stuff here Jeff!
Top Dawg
September 5th, 2009
9:10 am
GREAT ARTICLE, JEFF. After 3,000 acticles about the game, there’s only so much left to say. However, this is an interesting insight to the trip for those of us Dawgs back home.
Joe D.
September 5th, 2009
9:22 am
Make sure you take a photo of the scoreboard after the Dogs take their whuppin’.
Steven Blair
September 5th, 2009
9:22 am
Very funny stuff. Nice to see someone can get their point across without saying that someone’s town or team sucks as opposed to the 20 other blogs I have red about georgia football. Hope you guys have as much fun here as we had in Athens 2 years ago. Kinda wish I was having breakfast at the “Mayflower” again. Good Luck today guys and Go COWBOYS!!!!
Tech Fans are harmlessly amusing
September 5th, 2009
9:22 am
I always sign guestbooks as Elvis Grbac for two reasons…. I agree with Bryan, people like to think that someone famouse visited their wedding (or funeral, or art show opening) and, 2nd, nobody knows what he looks like so they actually believe he might have been there. I also like names that are short a vowel.
The Anti Bug LIAR
September 5th, 2009
9:23 am
Who knew Stegman Coliseum was Stillwater!!! A parallel universe!!! Jeff, where does the Nobel Foundation send your physics prize?
John
September 5th, 2009
9:31 am
There’s parts of athens that are an eyesore too. Let’s not get carried away
Cuz
September 5th, 2009
9:37 am
Jeff watch out for Pistol Pete, he is packing heat.
Oklahoma A&M’s original mascot was a Tiger. Hence the Orange and Black. In the 1920’s, A group of students watched a parade with Pistol Pete Eaton, one of the last of the Old West quickdraw lawmen. Pete was riding a horse in the parade and they thought a Cowboy would better represent their school than a tiger, well duh. Pete Eaton died in 1958 at the age of 98. A true legend of the Old West.
james adams
September 5th, 2009
9:42 am
Your handwriting is horrible.
Big Beaudreaux
September 5th, 2009
9:43 am
Without Stillwater, Oklahoma wouldn’t have a pot to pee in. Because Stillwater IS the pot they pee in. What a dreadful place! Get me out of here Percy!
Dustin
September 5th, 2009
9:43 am
Yeah let’s see if they turn off their scoreboard if they do lose like the uga operator did. Classy.
Vicktorious
September 5th, 2009
9:45 am
Kinda like that UGAly Mutt T-shirt. I’ve been to Stillwater, and it’s not that dreadful a place. Sort of like Athens without the excitment.
Craig
September 5th, 2009
9:53 am
I am interested in watching paulis at qb today for syracuse and see how he does from leaving duke hoops. i bet he has a bad game.
Greg Talley's Untapped Potential
September 5th, 2009
9:56 am
Now, that was funny. Good work Schultz.
Big Beaudreaux
September 5th, 2009
9:58 am
Let’s get real. This place is worse than Detroit! No comparison to Athens.
Big Beaudreaux
September 5th, 2009
10:02 am
Whopper Dawg
September 5th, 2009
1:28 am
I assume that they have a hotel and you are not sleeping in the rental car, or should I assume that don’t even have rental cars and you are thumbing and sleeping on the street?
I am very thankful right now that me and mine have absolutely nothing to do with the state of Oklahoma
Yeah, It’s that bad. Apparently, there is no dental school in Oklahoma either! We were staying till Sunday, but managed to get a late flight tonight. I’m sure it is gonna be packed full!
Big Chief
September 5th, 2009
10:05 am
Here it is fellers… and yew heard it heeere fust….. UGA 34 – OSU 24. Yes SUUUH!! Would have been 34-17 except we allow a late score. This is STILL……… The SEC. Martinez is coaching for his job this season and he’ll have the Dawgz ready to SICK’EM. Joe Cox is a better QB than DJ was when DJ got his opportunity. The O-line is one of the league’s best…. And THIS…… is UGA….. We GROW Running Backs there…… Samuels goes for over 100 and Thomas catches a screen pass and takes it to the house 30+ yards. YOU THINK I FORGOT????? WHO ON EARTH is going to cover A.J. ??????? OSU was not great on defense last season and after we run it up their throats this afternoon… Their defense will be DAWG tired by the end of the third quarter. UGA 34 – OSU 24. BELIEVE IT!!
Big Beaudreaux
September 5th, 2009
10:11 am
This is OSU’s first trip to the show. About 8 hours from now they are gonna be trying to figure out what happened! We might get our own rant from Gundy.
Mutts-R-Stupid
September 5th, 2009
10:13 am
Gimme a case of them mutts shirts….
bbdawg
September 5th, 2009
10:21 am
I once went to a conference which featured outstanding retailers. Eskimo Joe’s was one of the companies featured. I believe it was started by two OSU students. They sell t-shhirts all over the world, have reunions and are considered ultra successful. OSU grads come back for EJ reunions. Truly unique. OSU can have it. I would take a return of Poss’s. Go Dawgs!
Jeff Schultz
September 5th, 2009
10:21 am
Good morning everybody. Thanks again for the comments. Some pretty funny stuff. Hey, none of you are drinking I hope . . .
Tucker and I will be leaving Chez AJC in Oklahoma City in a bit. With any luck and traffic, we should be at the game before halftime. It’s sort of like going to Clemson – all interstates, then 17 miles off the highway. Everybody in the state drives that 17 miles.
I’ll be posting a pre-game blog where we can chat live. Until then.
KIM
September 5th, 2009
10:23 am
It’s always so cute when someone from GEORGIA tries to call other people country, backwards, or talk about their clothes. Hee haw
Chris
September 5th, 2009
10:27 am
Best blog you’ve ever done. Didn’t think you had it in you.
Hope we win today, you won’t hear any smack talk from me.
bbdawg
September 5th, 2009
10:32 am
Link to history of Eskimo Joe’s. http://www.eskimojoes.com/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=13&MMN_position=16:16 See picture of reunion where 65,000 people showed up. Go Dawgs!!!!
Calhoundawg
September 5th, 2009
10:33 am
Jeff, I believe that’s two humorous, tongue-in-cheek articles from you this week! Nice change from MB’s drivel. I love the “digi-blog” concept — that’s cool and this was a fun read. Dialoging with with what appears to be literate, informed, and amicable Oklahoma State fans is also a refreshing break from the caustic, infantile remarks from Tech fans that normally clog these blogs.
I can’t believe this day is finally here. What an incredibly big way for the Dawgs to open this year. Not only a viable non-conference opponent, but a top-ten one as well, to test the mettle of of what we Georgia fans know in our hearts will be as resilient and entertaining a team as we’ve had in years. I look for a competent, productive effort from the offense to start the year, and a defensive effort that might well be the talk of ESPN’s Sports Center all week long. Georgia – 38 OK State – 21
Go Dawgs !!!
Steven Blair
September 5th, 2009
10:35 am
Big B did you even make the trip or are you still on the porch back in Athens?
Brucer
September 5th, 2009
10:43 am
JS you got your A game on this weekend! Good stuff
Steven Blair
September 5th, 2009
10:43 am
I’m with calhound. Wish there were more blogs like this one. Wish we had done this when we came to Athens. Between the girls, the food, and the night life, I would have an impressive collection. BTY the Eskimo Joe’s t-shirt is the 2nd most sold tee in the world behind the Hard Rock tee’s. Have a good one. Go Pokes!!!
mstaff
September 5th, 2009
10:50 am
Great job Jeff, funny article + pics. You should do this for each road game.
Thats Fire
September 5th, 2009
10:55 am
Man, those shirts are just asking for an A55 whooping, no worries here, Cowgirls have no defense whatsoever and i mean its bad
Bibble
September 5th, 2009
10:59 am
Pretty stadium, but I don’t get the turf. I once lived in that general part of the country, and grass grows just fine. In fact, the entire area used to be vast grasslands.
Sonny Clusters
September 5th, 2009
11:12 am
We was never fond of artificial turf. Sometimes Stinky Wintes like to chew on a piece of grass to calm him down before the ball was snapped and he’d have a bad time with getting a blade of that artificial stuff. We was afraid he’d swallow it and stop breathing and nobody was going to give Stinky Winted mouth-to-mouth. He’d die right there on the field. We was always reading Jeff back then when he was new with the paper and still forming his writing personality. We was probably influential in making Jeff the sportswriter he is today and that is some pretty heady stuff for somebody even before they was state championship.
MightyQuinn
September 5th, 2009
11:13 am
Jeff, even though you never respond to any of my posts, (I know, when I say something worthy of a response, you will) I think this was one of the funniest things you’ve ever written. My wife kept coming into the room asking what was wrong with me. By the way, every fall the locals go to east Oklahoma and watch the tree change colors.
David
September 5th, 2009
11:15 am
Jeff– looks like you’re enjoying yourself! If you get a minute, check out the pick in the Dawgs game on http://pickinchickendinners.com/
Danny
September 5th, 2009
11:21 am
Of course, Jeff took the most unappealing photos he could take (except for the stadium and trophy case).
Our campus is really pretty. You missed that, Jeff. Of course, that’s the purpose of your blog and photos — to degrade Oklahoma and OSU.
Fine. If you’re happy (and apparently so) being a shortsighted redneck from Georgia, be so.
We OSU fans couldn’t care less about your barking and “humorous” misspelling of words to attract southern rednecks to southern businesses.
You’re and a lot of southerners are more than happy to wallow in your undereducated redneckness.
Go for it, Jeff.
I hope we beat the crap out of your dogs so you can really get angry and slam the state and university like you do Florida and Tennessee and Louisiana and everybody else that beats your “Dawgs”.
GO POKES!!
Beat the Rednecks!!
Peaches
September 5th, 2009
11:30 am
T. Boone Pickens seems to have built his wind farm after all.
Jim
September 5th, 2009
11:37 am
Jeff while I would agree your atrical did it’s job and got approval from a lot of folks I thought it showed a complete lack of class to run down their town and program as you did. Sports writers today will grasp at anything to draw attention and it’s shameful to say that ajc employees really dig to the bottem of the barrel to sling the nastiest mud. Coach Dooly always stressed that you can and will lose to the least expected on any given day. Today we should see a great game and hopefully our dawgs come back with the victory. Just remember you can make your point without showing you backside.
uga121
September 5th, 2009
11:45 am
I spent a lot of time in Stillwater about 6 years ago…There was an awesome bar called Tumbleweeds. You should look it up!
BravesFan79
September 5th, 2009
11:59 am
great article….. gives me something to brighten up the weekend with Cox mismanaging the Braves right out of the playoff race. Gotta love how Bobby decided to use KK for one inning last night instead of letting him work the 6th-8th innings of Thursdays game. I think Medlen, Gonzo, Soriano and Moylan are all great relievers…. when used properly!
Im really a GT fan 1st… but Go Dawgs!!
Bob Horner had a sweet compact swing
September 5th, 2009
12:02 pm
Nobody asked me…but I think Chipper should be in the batting cage…not on the Gameday set wearing a Gator jersey…
BravesFan79
September 5th, 2009
12:22 pm
It all started with DOB…. but yours and Bradleys blogs and interaction with the fans has really gotten alot better over the years. Things seemed to get alot better when lame bcs supporter T-Moore left town for AOL.
( he might as well as gone on the Jim Rome show and said “yes, i agree that football players ARE 2 dumb for a playoff system and cant miss more classes like EVERYOTHER athlete does”) yes hes correct… football players in general are dumber than most other athletes.. but common we all know most of their school work is really done by “tutors” anyways so the missing class argument is a weak one.
Funny… how come its called “America Online” yet when u call them…. u speak to someone in India that half understands you? My last conversation with them went something like:
Indian lady: Why do u want to cancel your service? Me: “Because i HATE your company… you bought the Braves and fckin ruined them you cheap fcks… and i hope your recording this!”
Of course she had no idea wtf i was talking about, hell, she probably didnt know what baseball was! I will never again support “India online”
BugKiller
September 5th, 2009
12:27 pm
Let’s just say that Stillwater ain’t Tucson.
And we’ll leave it at that.
JSS
September 5th, 2009
12:30 pm
Danny, you made some astute comments… Nevertheless, Jeff Schultz has never and never will be a Southerner. He’s from Los Angeles County, CA. You can blame Long Beach State for his lack of taste ad politeness. Like Ronald Reagan, he’s a carpetbagger in every classic sense of the term. You know the old saying: “Never let remembering where you come from keep you from creating the allusion of something completely different!”
Good luck Ok State…
1eyedJack
September 5th, 2009
12:30 pm
Dawgs dominate both lines of scrimmage. Game over!
MattDawg
September 5th, 2009
12:48 pm
Yeah they are really ones to make fun of UGA 7 especially when they have a stupid big-headed pigeon-toed mascot.
Thanks
JSS
September 5th, 2009
12:49 pm
By the way, the very best to Mr. Ernie Harwell! Ernie, Curt Gowdy, and Milo Hamilton were the voices that filled my ears as a young boy… No screaming, no hollering, just pure enjoyment of the game… You’ll never get that from Scott Howard… You can beat the Big C… Go Ernie!
schultz is mighty smart
September 5th, 2009
1:18 pm
another winner
GT FAN
September 5th, 2009
1:33 pm
Looking good so far! If Nesbitt was a little better at passing, this offense would be unstoppable.
Roger
September 5th, 2009
1:36 pm
Really enjoyed the pictures in Stillwater. It gives us non-travelers some insight into what the place looks like.
AW
September 5th, 2009
1:46 pm
What color unis are the Dawgs wearing today?????
william cranman
September 5th, 2009
1:52 pm
Jeff, are you still there? How about an updated blog? What’s the scene there? How is Joe Cox feeling? We’ll take anything.
honest_abe
September 5th, 2009
1:55 pm
funny how things change jeff, you used to be the most hated man in atlanta. what a difference a year makes.
funny stuff. would’ve appreciated some pictures of some ladies, cows. whatever the men like out there.
you’re handwriting is about as ugly as mine… heh
Hillbilly Deluxe
September 5th, 2009
2:09 pm
That Pistol Pete Eaton looks like he’d have been an interesting character. What’s the story on him, anyway?
Dangerous
September 5th, 2009
2:10 pm
CAPTN RENNIE AND THE WRECKING CREW will be a TOP 10 DEFENSE this year! Cowpokes you’re in for a long day! T Boone it’s not to late to hedge your bet on the Pokies and take the DAWGS!
Hillbilly Deluxe
September 5th, 2009
2:12 pm
Dany @ 11:21
You do realize that a large portion of the people who settled Oklahoma were Southerners?
David
September 5th, 2009
2:13 pm
DAWG FANS: forget about Chipper Jones. Great ball player, but teetering on the edge of starting his retirement job, bartending at Hooters. True story. But despite your very respectable confidence in your beloved Bulldogs, get some additional confidence and check out http://pickinchickendinners.com/
Joe Cox is sick, yes. But he had an undefeated high school career (yes in high school, but never losing a game means something to people who know sport–reveals character) And a football player who makes the trip to Stillwater and runs out of that tunnel, is going to certainly give a high-character effort…with a little help from his friends (phenomenal offensive line).
We're live from Stillwater (and Part II of Digi-Blog) | Jeff Schultz
September 5th, 2009
2:41 pm
[...] posted earlier but I decided to venture outside the press box to take a few more photos, sort of a followup to Friday’s Digi-Blog. Yes, Joe Cox looked fine when he walked by me. But that was the extent of medical examination (or [...]
JSS
September 5th, 2009
2:45 pm
Hey Hillbilly… Unlike most of the South, Oklahoma was very forward thinking… Prentice Gautt played at Oklahoma in 1956 when most of the South was all of the SEC was still nearly 20 years from having their first players of color…
Here’s a good link on “Pistol Pete” Eaton
http://www.jcs-group.com/oldwest/saints/eaton.html
JSS
September 5th, 2009
2:52 pm
Speaking of Rednecks, try looking up the name Johnny Bright… An incident that occured in 1950 at then Oklahoma A&M (now State) came to change the thinking of many oklahomians regarding sport and race… I think you’ll be enlightened if you choose to investigate for yourself…
Pete on the Coast
September 5th, 2009
3:21 pm
If UGA played outside the southeast USA more than once every forty years, Dawg fans might not be so amazed at what the rest of the country looks like . . . I’m sure Stillwater can’t compare to the beauty of Starkville, MS, or Auburn, AL, no sir, no trailer parks there or in the Deliverance Country of North Georgia! Oh, and that airport picture: was that suppose to be an UNfavorable comparison to how much fun it is to fly from Hartsfield?
Campout Cowboy
September 5th, 2009
8:31 pm
Well I admit I was wrong on the score.
So much for that vaunted SEC defense.
Yellow Fuzz
September 5th, 2009
9:26 pm
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I thoroughly enjoy reading your comments and excuses.
NC Cowpoke Fan
September 5th, 2009
10:45 pm
Ha ha..pretty funny blog..made even funnier since you get to go back to “beautiful” Athens with your tail between your legs and an ‘L’…
PJ Fuller
September 6th, 2009
7:55 am
I know this is supposed to be in fun – but trust me, you are coming off as a total dick. While I have the pleasure of visiting Atlanta often for business, and I do think Athens is a great college town – not quite up to the level of Madison or Austin, for example – taking pictures in an effort to accentuate a stereotype is lame. It’d be like anyone from Oklahoma thinking that everyone is Georgia lives in the woods and wants to make Ned Beaty squeal like a pig.
You guys have a great football program, a filthy rich tradition, and and a beautiful state. You don’t need some idiotic, unoriginal, middle-aged blogger giving you guys a black eye.
Shane
September 6th, 2009
12:40 pm
Its funny how the game ended up, right? Oh, shut up about Stillwater, Athens isn’t a fun town and has nothing on Stillwater.
LJ
September 6th, 2009
12:58 pm
Garth Brooks, Barry Sanders, Thurman Thomas, John Starks, Robin Ventura. Some of the best in their field, all OSU people.
Cross Canadian Ragweed, Jason Boland & the Stragglers, Stoney LaRue, all makes their rounds and play to full venues every time they swing thru Athens. All OSU people as well….
You did a nice job of depicting Oklahoma as how it really is not….Making Oklahoma the butt of some stereotypical jokes is easy. That’s why it works, is because it’s easy. Example: Georgia-squeal like a pig. That’s too easy. Think outside the box.
Western Oklahoma – rolling hills and canyons on the Canadian River and home to some of the best deer hunting in the U.S. Forests and lakes of Eastern Oklahoma, actually a lot of places resembles most of Georgia!
Muscogee Creek
September 6th, 2009
3:58 pm
65,000 displaced Georgians (now Oklahomans) salute the Oklahoma State Cowboys. Job well done. Go Pokes
bruce bear
September 6th, 2009
4:18 pm
I am from OSU. Of course I liked the outcome, but this is a good and funny article.
Bri
September 6th, 2009
9:14 pm
LJ, very well put.
Bri
September 6th, 2009
9:19 pm
also….why are SEC teams constantly referring to their “superior” conference? Is it because they have an identity problem….
Our team is just mediocre but by golly we’re from the SEC….So we are better than you…..
ha haha ha haha ha ha aha
Pistol T
September 8th, 2009
11:40 pm
GA Fans, it was a big day for our school to beat a school with a rich tradition. Good luck in the SEC. And the article was funny Jeff, but c’mon, you are in fricking GA. Careful how many stones you through from your glass house…and keep your hands off your sister. For the rest of the comments about Stillwater see LJ comments re: Athens vs. other college towns…and suk it.