Digi-Blog: Welcome back to SEC Media Daze
Hello, I'm Mike Slive. I can crush you with my wallet.
HOOVER, Ala. — Made it to SEC media days, the biggest-dumbest annual event of the college football season, if we assume July is college football season, and it must be because here’s another chance to make Nick Saban jokes.
Today’s schedule includes news conferences with newbies Texas A&M and Missouri, who probably feel like those astronauts in “Planet of the Apes” when they crash-landed on a planet and didn’t realize they had just passed through a time warp and they’re really still on Earth (sort of). Also on stage today is South Carolina’s Steve Spurrier (who’s generally well-equipped with talking points and this time won’t have to defend how Stephen Garcia is just misunderstood) and Vanderbilt’s James Franklin.
Also, SEC commissioner Mike Slive will have his State of the Empire address.
I’ve done a full Digi-Blog on SEC media days in the past. Here’s a link from the 2009 SEC Media Daze. But here are a few shots from this morning.
This is the main media work room, where writers update their Facebook status and book remaining vacation plans during the Ole Miss news conference.
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Over 1,000 media credentials were issued. Most will leave after reading the no loitering mandate.
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This is Sports Blab Row. Many of the hosts are off the air right now, splitting the atom.
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Every media person was given a gift box. Unfortunately, it contained only media guides. When the last tree is gone from this planet, just remember: It’s all because of SEC media days.
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Here’s your Week 1 match-up between Missouri and Georgia. Go ahead, say it Dog fans: “Mine’s bigger than yours.”
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I see the buffet hasn’t changed. Ah, Golden Flake — the tools for any Pulitzer, baby.
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This bird has been circling for hours, looking for Bobby Petrino’s head. Where’d he go?
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I’ll be back later with real news. Kind of.
By Jeff Schultz
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108 comments Add your comment
Dawg Haus
July 17th, 2012
1:27 pm
Good stuff, Jeff! Don’t do too much loitering now.
JB
July 17th, 2012
1:27 pm
oh no first
KoKoPuf
July 17th, 2012
1:27 pm
Good stuff, Jeff!
DC
July 17th, 2012
1:27 pm
haha nice!
JB
July 17th, 2012
1:28 pm
That was close. thanks Dawg Haus.
Spanky
July 17th, 2012
1:28 pm
Love the captions, Jeff! You should caption for the Inspirational pics that used to circulate…LOL, cheers!
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Dawg Haus
July 17th, 2012
1:32 pm
Seriously, though, where IS Booby Pigtrino?
Weaseal
July 17th, 2012
1:33 pm
So it still sux in Hoover…… i still got it heeeee
Wayne stuck in AL
July 17th, 2012
1:35 pm
Yeeee-haw! Redneck Kwanzaa!!
Old Dawg
July 17th, 2012
1:56 pm
Is it just me, or does anyone else think it’s weird that UGA’s All-American safety Bacarri Rambo isn’t on the cover of the team’s media guide?
Maybe it’s posted at a nearby US Post Office.
Sick of the suspensions etc!
Auburn Grad
July 17th, 2012
1:58 pm
No cheerleaders?
Where’s the bar?
Fair n Balanced
July 17th, 2012
1:58 pm
I’m still against 14 teams in the SEC. MO n TX are not in the southeastern US! Why don’t institutions of higher learning get this?!
Top Dawg
July 17th, 2012
2:01 pm
Great captions Jeff! Made this dawg fan laugh… GO DAWGS!
Spanky
July 17th, 2012
2:04 pm
Fair n Balanced – cuase they realize that mega-conferences will happen, and why not pick one while you can? Geography has nothing to do with it anymore…just money.
Butter Bean Floyd
July 17th, 2012
2:08 pm
Hope UGA is recognized for being # 6 in the Fulmer Cup Standings at SEC Media Days!
Butter Bean Floyd
July 17th, 2012
2:14 pm
James Franklin sez Granthams wife is UGALY
Spanky
July 17th, 2012
2:29 pm
No, he said that Granthams’ shoes are ugly,…that he would’ve worn pumps!..Get it right, troll!
dean
July 17th, 2012
2:34 pm
Is that a power point presentation on the big screen? You know, where good ideas die because everybody is too busy trying to fake not being asleep. Whatever happened to the good old grease pencil on clear plastic overhead projector presentation?
Steveo
July 17th, 2012
2:35 pm
Looking at their media guide…..is Missou, proud to be in the SEC or what….lol
Marcus Dupree
July 17th, 2012
2:35 pm
Bobby Petrino is now doing interviews from Bike Week in Daytona.
SecFan
July 17th, 2012
2:36 pm
Great stuff! How ’bout telling your old joke that Saban’s leaving again? That one never gets old.
Well
July 17th, 2012
2:37 pm
“Welcome back to SEC Media Daze”
Looks like someone allowed a UGA grad to come up with that slogan. Sadly, that person needs to re-re-take remedial english.
BBrown
July 17th, 2012
2:38 pm
So are Todd Grantham and James Franklin getting together for dinner tonight?
Well
July 17th, 2012
2:39 pm
“it must be because here’s another chance to make Nick Saban jokes.”
Only people in GA would make fun of a guy who wins national championships.
Slive Rules!
July 17th, 2012
2:40 pm
Any chance Texas A&M and Missouri will decide to bail from the SEC after this week?
Spanky
July 17th, 2012
2:42 pm
Well, you only need one “re” in re-take,…no matter how many takes. Sign yourself up while you’re at it!!
Kirk
July 17th, 2012
2:46 pm
Does the media guide for the Dawgs have all the current mugshots?
Bo in North Carolina
July 17th, 2012
2:51 pm
Jeff, thanks for the laughs. By the way, did the Count by any chance accompany you?
Nonfan
July 17th, 2012
2:52 pm
Jeff:
If you could bottle all the hot air produced at this gathering, it would heat your home for the entire coming winter. I would like to have $5 for every cliche uttered during the week.
1stcav
July 17th, 2012
2:53 pm
Enter your comments here
1stcav
July 17th, 2012
2:55 pm
So why don’t you just stay your silly a** at home if it’s so bad. It’s pitiful when little boys like you play at being a grownup. We the people don’t hang on your every word but a lot of do like SEC football and think it’s a pretty good thing.
Butter Bean Floyd
July 17th, 2012
2:56 pm
Yes Kirk…… UGA saved money on the photos in the media guide this year by using the the Jail blotter mug shots.
JB
July 17th, 2012
2:56 pm
What do Bill Clinton and Bobby Petrino have in common………..write your own joke.
JB
July 17th, 2012
2:57 pm
Muschamp show up yet with his golf shirt unbuttoned, screaming at someone and sweating.
Dawg-Gawn
July 17th, 2012
2:58 pm
I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and it enables you to laugh at life’s realities. ~ Dr Seuss
Schultz: Enjoyed your imagination!
JB
July 17th, 2012
2:59 pm
What time is the Mark Richt ” working hard everyday to get better ” speech?
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Marcus Dupree
July 17th, 2012
3:02 pm
Is Richt or the Warden from Athens-Clarke Correctional giving this years speech?
MidGADawg
July 17th, 2012
3:07 pm
Hey Kirk, Shutup!!
GO DAWGS!!
GATA!!
MidGADawg
July 17th, 2012
3:10 pm
Hey Butter Bean Floyd,
You shutup too!!
Go DAWGS!!
GATA!!
DawginLex
July 17th, 2012
3:13 pm
Anybody got the nerve to ask John L smith if he has offered Kristen Saban the job of coaching defensive backs at Arkansas yet?
That hit she put on her PhiMu sister was better than anything in 20 years in Fayetteville
Well
July 17th, 2012
3:14 pm
“Well, you only need one “re” in re-take,…no matter how many takes. Sign yourself up while you’re at it!!”
Looks like we have a winner in the “I-don’t-understand-sarcasm” bracket.
DawginLex
July 17th, 2012
3:14 pm
Elton john
butter bean
Kirk
all 3 thankful to be HIV-free
MidGADawg
July 17th, 2012
3:14 pm
Marcus Dupree,
You know the drill by now, shut your mouth, you shut your mouth right now!! This is fun picking on the techies and the Saban lovers. Guess what, Saban has man boobs and Muschamp smells like garbage truck juice. Les Miles claps like a special kid and Spurrier dont use toilet paper……his wife told me. Paul Johnson, well, we all know that guy is like Bobby Beacheuz coach from the waterboy. BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!
Well
July 17th, 2012
3:14 pm
“Anybody got the nerve to ask John L smith if he has offered Kristen Saban the job of coaching defensive backs at Arkansas yet?”
She hits harder than anyone at UGA, Lex. Hey, how’s your trailer doing?
Well
July 17th, 2012
3:15 pm
“all 3 thankful to be HIV-free”
?
DawginLex
July 17th, 2012
3:17 pm
well
don’t have a trailer loser boy
How is your gerbil farm?
you have 3 customers on this blog
Kirk
Butter bean
Marcus Dupree
Son of Sammy Davis Jr, Jr
July 17th, 2012
3:18 pm
The automatic spell check for Saban is Satan.
Head Ball coach is now speaking, everyone be quiet.
Marcus Dupree
July 17th, 2012
3:21 pm
MidGADawg,
You need to calm down and slowly back away from the keyboard. Why don’t you do something relaxing like……….taking a ride tonight with Cornelius Washington, ya’ll could drive down to the Alabama state line and pick up your boy Crowell. With Cornelius driving, ya’ll would be there in about 15 to 30 minutes.
RxDawg
July 17th, 2012
3:28 pm
“This is the main media work room, where writers update their Facebook status and book remaining vacation plans during the Ole Miss news conference.”
Hahaha
5150 UOAD
July 17th, 2012
3:34 pm
How did they get Crowell off the cover of the Dawg Media guide so fast?
WTF
July 17th, 2012
3:35 pm
JB it’s right after James Franklin’s “you don’t have Vandy to kick around anymore” speech.
bye bye bama
July 17th, 2012
3:36 pm
Welcome back Jeff!
Now get on with hammering the retard bamalamas….been a good week for that.
1) Discovered Sabans daughter gets drunk (bet she drove too) and does a felony assault on a friend(?).
Where were the bama police on that one? Hmmmm
2) Shoot em ups at a bamalama bar.
3) Lost the number 1 and 2 recruits to ClemRock and BirdKitties respectively…..and another today to UGA
4) And of course there’s always Harvey Updyke!!!!
What would the dead, redneck coach think?!!!! Yeehaw!
Well
July 17th, 2012
3:38 pm
“don’t have a trailer loser boy
How is your gerbil farm?”
Lex, you seriously need to go back and get your GED. Also, what is it with UGA fans and strange sexual obsessions?
bow wow
July 17th, 2012
3:39 pm
Is James Franklin escorting his coaches wives to the runway carpet by helicopter?
Well
July 17th, 2012
3:39 pm
“you have 3 customers on this blog
Kirk
Butter bean
Marcus Dupree”
I honestly have no idea what DawginLex is smoking. Lay off the meth.
Butter Bean Floyd
July 17th, 2012
3:41 pm
Will Richt give us the same ole “cutting edge” football speech for this year?
Delbert D.
July 17th, 2012
3:46 pm
Another one of those strange AJC sports headlines: “Sandra Golden top female in nation”
158,288,692 females would challenge that.
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Butter Bean Floyd
July 17th, 2012
3:49 pm
a day in the life o “Ricky Bobby” Richt at home with family……..http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=ricky+bobby&mid=E482AC48FBF5C8C1569BE482AC48FBF5C8C1569B&view=detail&FORM=VIRE1
Butter Bean Floyd
July 17th, 2012
3:51 pm
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=ricky+bobby&mid=E482AC48FBF5C8C1569BE482AC48FBF5C8C1569B&view=detail&FORM=VIRE1
Spanky
July 17th, 2012
4:06 pm
Well,… I perfectly understand sarcasm! I married her!…just my way of communicating how dumb your comment was…..
You telling anyone to get their GED, is like puke telling doo-doo that it stinks!!
Bud Wiser
July 17th, 2012
4:07 pm
Ummmmmm! They get to have Golden Flakes potato chips. Yummmmmeee!
OconeeDawg
July 17th, 2012
4:10 pm
LOL, spanky! Well must be short for Well-I’m a douchey-tool.
OconeeDawg
July 17th, 2012
4:12 pm
WHERE’S HEROLD!!
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Well
July 17th, 2012
4:27 pm
“Well,… I perfectly understand sarcasm! I married her!…just my way of communicating how dumb your comment was….. You telling anyone to get their GED, is like puke telling doo-doo that it stinks!!”
I love irony. Especially from people who can’t write a coherent sentence. Thanks for proving my point, ma’am.
Well
July 17th, 2012
4:27 pm
“I perfectly understand sarcasm! I married her!”
Well, have fun with your sister.
1eyedJack
July 17th, 2012
4:38 pm
“Only people in GA would make fun of a guy who wins national championships.”
Probably more people in Alabama making fun of him than in Georgia.
1eyedJack
July 17th, 2012
4:42 pm
Another reason why Golden Flake sucks hind tit. They put the Cheesy Poofs on the bottom of the rack out of easy reach.
Wilson Pickett
July 17th, 2012
4:43 pm
That is rich UGA fans making fun of The Ole Ball Coach and Nick Saban. Really folks with your trophy case you need to stick with trashing Kentucky and Ole Miss. Richt will do a magic show on how to manage your roster in addition he will have a short clip on how to beat Central Florida….wait.
Delbert D.
July 17th, 2012
4:44 pm
Golden Flake is the official chip of the SEC? Is Big Lots the official variety store? Is Rite Aid the official pharmacy? Is Quick Trip the official gas and go?
Damon Evans
July 17th, 2012
4:44 pm
Red panties on your lap
Red panties on your lap
Looking like a fool
With red panties on your lap
Isaiah Crowell
July 17th, 2012
4:47 pm
Man dat gun wuz not mines. I bet da popo done planted it unda da seet of my ride. Dey be tryn to make me look like one of dem thuggs I seez on da TV. Dat bee sum f’d up sheet man. Fo shizzle
Well
July 17th, 2012
4:50 pm
“Probably more people in Alabama making fun of him than in Georgia.”
Not meant to be a factual statement.
Pago Pago DAWG
July 17th, 2012
4:52 pm
Still doesn’t sound/read right A&M/MIZZOU in SEC.
We spend every March on Orange Beach and boy do we stock up on Golden Flake chips.
The Ghost of Larry Munson
July 17th, 2012
4:57 pm
How can you tell a redneck UGA fan had a date on Saturday night?
Tobacco juice stains on both side of the pickup truck.
3 UGA players riding in a car. Who is driving?
The arresting officer.
You might be a Jawja redneck if:
You think Taco Bell is the Mexican phone company.
Your house still have the “Wide Load” sign attached.
You have been married 3 times but still have the same in-laws.
You keep a can of Raid on your night stand.
You gave your wife a homemade fur coat for Christmas.
You got a tattoo and had to finance it.
Panama
July 17th, 2012
5:02 pm
Brilliant!
Bob from Cobb
July 17th, 2012
5:05 pm
@ Larry Munson….LMAO
Klove
July 17th, 2012
5:26 pm
Jeff. We all know how you feel about Patrino. Let it go
1eyedJack
July 17th, 2012
5:40 pm
Petrino deserves every flogging he gets.
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jason
July 18th, 2012
1:24 am
Really? This is the best you could come up with, and you are getting paid for it? I am here as well, at your so called media daze, and am seeing a completely different event than you. While you were bitching about your Golden Flakes I was chowing down on the BBQ lunch. At least they didn’t give media guides out to every single person this year. Maybe it is time for someone else to cover this event. Yes, the stork statue is stupid, I laugh at it everytime I walk in from the Galleria, but you are talking about the conference with the last 50 national championships under their belt and a commisioner that is able to habe a huge say in the new playoff system and all you can do it make fun of the whole event? You are obviously bored with it and should give up the free room at the Winfrey to someone else. Or are you staying at the Embassy Suites? But then it is easier to make fun than to actually report. And I thouht the only thing crappy about getting old was not being able to sleep throught the night without having to get up and pee. Now I realize it is turning into an old cynical journalist like you.
Jay Lang
July 18th, 2012
8:08 am
Big-Dumb is appropriate to describe this event. Your sarcastic wit is appreciated, except when SEC fans interpret your writing to be negative and anti-my school. The big and dumb aspects will continue to grow as long as the market (SEC fans) hangs on every word in every report.
coachswitzer
July 18th, 2012
8:09 am
Hey Dupree don’t you have some garbage to pick up? It’s honest work at least.
JoePa
July 18th, 2012
8:10 am
Hey you pikers in the SEC have no idea how to commit a really vile offense!
OlBallSack
July 18th, 2012
8:12 am
That’s it Cock boy work em harder, that’s how I likes it!
Dr. Phil
July 18th, 2012
8:28 am
What if Slive had a party and no media showed up? I wouldn’t mind.
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DawginLex
July 18th, 2012
9:11 am
Don’t you just love idiot TROLLS like this “well” clown?
Sits his fat butt behind a computer bashing UGA, never telling us who his team is.
He is a joke. He gets abused constantly by anyone with a brain and all he can say back is “how is your trailer”?
What a clown. Would never have the guts to say anything like what he spews to anyone in person.
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enquiring minds
July 18th, 2012
4:08 pm
Jeff, I take it your not as happy with this assignment as maybe an assignment covering a scrabble tournament? (hehe)
enquiring minds
July 18th, 2012
4:09 pm
Then again it is in bamalama. Get away from the retards as quick as you can.
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