Word from a Dawg in Bayou Bengal country
The Hat hasn't beaten Georgia. (Associated Press)
I heard yesterday from my old friend Owen, who I’ve known since we were in Mrs. Booth’s kindergarten class in Athens. These days, he’s a clinical psychologist living in Baton Rouge but still a Bulldog to the core.
Owen provided a summary of talking points about the LSU-UGA match-up down on the Bayou:
The revenge factor. The LSU players are talking about payback for the whipping Georgia laid on the Tigers in Death Valley last year (which Owen had “the pleasure” of attending).
The frustration factor. Les Miles has never beaten UGA.
The respect factor. Or the lack thereof. Although ranked No. 4 in the country, LSU is essentially unproven. The feeling in Baton Rouge is that the national media thinks LSU is overrated and is not of the same caliber as Alabama and Florida (which particularly rankles the Tiger faithful).
Owen’s conclusion: “All of this says to me that LSU feels like it has a lot to prove and an ideal chance to prove it” against Georgia.
Ah yes, another week, another team that’s keying on its game against Georgia.
So far, the Dogs have handled that challenge pretty well, losing only in a game in which their quarterback was sick. But, frankly, they haven’t played a team of LSU’s caliber up to now.
What do you think? Is this Georgia team “man enough” to handle the Hat and his Tigers?
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TUCK FECH
September 30th, 2009
5:38 pm
Georgia Tech game day attire..At home in front of the computer OBSESSING over the GEORGIA BULLDOG BLOGS!
tipster
September 30th, 2009
5:55 pm
**we interrupt your regularly scheduled program to bring you this info**
—>the poster RambleOn is the one who has been spamming the blogs all of this week using the Saint Simons moniker<—
***now back to your regularly scheduled program***
Harry B
September 30th, 2009
6:14 pm
Does the St. Simons guy sit on here all day, looking for articles to show up? I can only imagine the lameness of that person(s). Most people that go to Tech are really lame, like thats not even talking trash but honestly Georgia Tech is really not a cool social scene. Maybe it is within the world of Tech, but go outside of your campus and YOU WOULD BE LAUGHED AT for your attempts at being cool and clever. I think thats a fair point
Gman
September 30th, 2009
7:12 pm
BamaFan:
Great Post. I knew there were reasonable fans at Bama. In fact I always liked the bama fan base until Bama Stan crawled out from under his rock last year after 15 years of hiding.
FLA DAWG
September 30th, 2009
7:25 pm
Oledawg,
I must be honest with you that I have called for Martinez to be canned too. In fact I called for it last season. I was amazed at what I saw last weekend though. If The D can repeat that kind of performance the rest of the season then Martinez will have turned things around and I will become a Believer. I don’t expect that to happen though.
Enquiring minds want to know...
September 30th, 2009
7:47 pm
Hey Bama fans, are you pulling for LSU or UGA this week??? HAAA!!!
GATOR CHOMP
September 30th, 2009
9:59 pm
GATORS OR DIE.
SamoanDawg
September 30th, 2009
11:20 pm
Our o-line played like we had a swine flu. Gosh, we better step up our game this Sat. We must run the ball on LSwho. D-line finally emerged last week, but that was against ASU mediocre line. Big test this week whether we can finally play a complete game on all 4 qtrs.
RED DOG 77
September 30th, 2009
11:59 pm
Gotta love that L Dawg spirit! Yer dern tootin Cuz , Gotta tighten up and get after some Tiger tail on Sat. Go DOGS!……..I SAID GO DOGS!
Hair of the Dawg
October 1st, 2009
12:07 am
I was in Baton Rogue last year and witness the Dawgs take the air out of the Tigers sails. Remember vividly (was sitting in LSU section unfortunatley) Aaron White on 3rd down catching a long throw that at the time the game was still undecided and got us out of the shadow of our end zone. I jumped to my feet but the natives were restless and told me in a not very hospitable manner to sit down n shut the &#@*&*.up. We played UF the next week and even thou we had won convincingly in the Bayou I had a knot in my stomache about the game in Gainesville. I have that same knot again this week cause are play has been too erratic of an SEC contender and we have had 3 games that we could of loss just as easy. We better not make the mistakes we have been making to date and the Joe Cox who showed up against the Hogs needs to resurface and show up for this game as well.
savannahdawg
October 1st, 2009
8:34 am
LSU has tons of talent but crapy coaching. I have said this from the beginning and will continue to say it. Miles is not a great coach and their fans are starting to see that. Not sure who will win the game. LSU is way over-rated!
Jborodawg
October 1st, 2009
8:34 am
Anybody who thinks LSU doesn’t have good players: Scout.com ranked them 3rd, 7th, 5th, 7th over the last four years. While UGA was 4th, 4th, 17th and 4th. (And one might ask, “Where were Cincy, Boise St, Utah, TCU, Houston ranked?”)
Can the Dawgs get a consistent run game? Can Cox not throw any INTs? Can our RBs not fumble, a run or a kick? Can L.Gray run his one play effectively for a change? Can our linemen not jump offsides? One can expect a pass interference or even a late hit every now and then; but offsides/encroachment is a ’stupid’ penalty. I don’t see us winning unless we cut down on mistakes on O; which puts too much pressure on our D. That, and if we don’t pressure their QB.
AJ is da man! Good lord he makes some incredible catches.
Who’s FU?
Are you serious?
October 1st, 2009
11:10 am
Yellow belly coward “As far as im concerned I wouldn’t care if he got enough concussions to end his career”. This is the type of rhetoric of why your fan base is disgusting and laughable. A comment showing absoloutely no class. I’d be willing to bet you’ve done serious time. Please seek mental help.
Jborodawg
October 1st, 2009
11:26 am
Go you Herschel Walker! Beat the crap outa that UFC president!
(Just don’t give him a concussion.)
sds
October 13th, 2009
8:17 am
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