Bulldog Bites: Christmas in Shreveport
(Georgiadogs.com)
Georgia wrapped up its pre-bowl practices in Athens today and the players will be hitting the road on their own for Shreveport, where they’re expected to report by 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday. First up once they get there, the athletic department says, will be a team activity at Barksdale Air Force Base.
The Dogs will practice again Friday afternoon at Independence Stadium, after beginning Christmas Day with a morning visit to patients at a local hospital. Some of the players have grumbled about being away from home on Christmas, but maybe they’ll feel less sorry for themselves after that. A dinner is planned at the team hotel Christmas evening.
The Dogs will practice again on Saturday and hold a walk-through session on Sunday before Monday’s game against the Aggies. The Dogs are a 7-point favorite with the game’s over/under betting total set at 64 points, which, considering the offenses and defenses involved, some might consider kind of conservative.
I’m hoping the Dogs don’t get into a high-scoring shootout with the Aggies. If they do, it’ll mean the game plan (run the ball, control the clock and keep QB Jerrod Johnson on the sideline) didn’t work.
I’m thinking it might wind up something along the lines of 38-21 in favor of the Dogs. What does your crystal ball say?
INDEPENDENCE BOWL FLASHBACK
(The Helmet Project)
Georgia’s previous visit to Shreveport, to play Arkansas in the 1991 Independence Bowl during the Ray Goff era, isn’t one of those games of the ages that fans like to reminisce about. But if you’d like to refresh your memory about the game (which Georgia won 24-15), UGA football historian Patrick Garbin provides an interesting look back.
For a lot of folks, that game is most notable for Goff having given in to the players by adding a black stripe down the center of the red helmets and black facemasks. Thankfully, that was the only time that design was used.
The Blawg is taking a holiday break the rest of the week. See you back here for the bowl game.
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flats
December 25th, 2009
1:35 pm
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LAKE OCONEE DAWG
December 25th, 2009
1:44 pm
Hedgecutter:
YOU STILL HAVING PROBLEMS GETTING OVER THAT 30-24 LOSS???…CALLED MY DOCTOR AND HE SAID THAT TECH FOLKS IN YOUR SITUATION NEED TO TAKE A LUKEWARM EMEMAL 2 TIMES A DAY FOR A WEEK TO HELP FLUSH THAT LOSS OUT…HONESTLY, PLAYING AT HOME (AT THE JOKE BY COKE) EVERYONE THOUGHT THAT TECH WAS A LOCK…BUT OLE PUGNACIOUS PAUL GOT OUTCOACHED BY WILEY WILLIE MARTINEZ AND THE RESULT WAS 41 WHOPPING YARDS FOR THE ALL ACC QB AND 33 YARDS FOR THE NFL 1ST ROUND PICK FULLBACK…BOY, DO YALL HAVE AN OFFENSIVE GENIUS ON YOUR HANDS…WILLIE HAD OLE PAUL CHUNKIN IT AT THE END RATHER THAN BRINGING IT RIGHT ON DOWN THE FIELD LIKE OPTION TEAMS OF OLD WOULD HAVE DONE IT…BUT WILLIE GOT INSIDE THE HUGE HEAD OF PUGNACIOUS PAUL AND HAD HIM A CHUNKIN IT, AND HE CHUNKED THE GAME AWAY…SO MUCH FOR THE BEST LITTLE PLAYCALLER BARK MADDLEY EVER SAW…COULDN’T BELIEVE HE DIDN’T JUST RUN IT RIGHT ON DOWN THE FIELD….THANKS, PUGNACIOUS PAUL…
LAKE OCONEE DAWG
December 25th, 2009
1:47 pm
Gee, had we just defeated OSU and KY and LSU:
EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE A UGA GRAD (OR CLAIM TO BE), YOU NEED TO GO AND BACK ANOTHER TEAM, CAUSE THE PLAYERS, COACHES, OR FANS COULD CARE LESS WHAT YOU THINK…YOU ARE A LOSER….
LAKE OCONEE DAWG
December 25th, 2009
2:03 pm
War Jacket AND GTMAN:
SOUNDS AS IF YOU ARE STILL HAVING A PROBLEM GETTING OVER THAT 30-24 LOSS AT THE HANDS OF THE DAWGS…IT WAS GONNA BE THE GT GAME FOR THE AGES AS EVERYONE INCLUDING SCHULTZIE AND BARK HAD TECH AS THE WINNER..THEY WOULD BLOW OUT THE DAWGS THEN COULD CLAIM WITH SOME LEGITIMACY THAT THEIR PROGRAM HAD ARRIVED…NOT SO FAST…DAWGS STUN THE JACKETS AT “THE JOKE BY COKE” WITH THE ENTIRE NATION LOOKING ON…WITH 4/5 HEADED FOR THE NFL, THAT COULD BE THE LAST CHANCE IN A WHILE FOR THE JACKETS…JAYBO WILL BE READY, I FORGOT, WHEN NESBITT IS GONE….
KNelson
December 25th, 2009
4:34 pm
GADawg – How many times did we read this year Mark it down , we dont lose another game this year? Only you kept losing games. Next year will be not 1 win better than 09 ! LOSERS
sec rules rule
December 25th, 2009
4:54 pm
some body needs to buy some tickets, there are still more than half of our alloted tickets still for sell. we need to all make it to the game , NO EXCUSES! come on dawg nation where are you at? we only got 15k tickets and their cheap compared to a BCS ticket. This makes us look bad.
Independence Bowl Is Sold Out...
December 25th, 2009
6:51 pm
Congrats Georgia on selling out the Indep Bowl in only 7 days, Bama couldn’t sell it out in 2006 or 2007. Bama followed Shreveport with a Natl Champ visit in 2 years. Merry Christmas Georgia fans–thanks for selling it out in 7 days.
Richt chosen top 10 college football coach of the decade
December 25th, 2009
7:00 pm
Congrats to Coach Richt on being chosen a top 10 college football coach of the decade by CBS Sports.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/12031579
dogdownsouth
December 25th, 2009
7:18 pm
Players are provided with travel money to get to thier bowls games , its not uncommon for several player’s to travel together to sell the plane ticket vouchers & save money travek by car
Forbes ranks Georgia #3 in U.S. in Apparel Sales
December 25th, 2009
7:18 pm
Georgia football is building up the 3rd largest national following, #3 in apparell sales out of 120 teams according to Forbes, Congrats to Richt and Evans:
http://www.forbes.com/2009/12/22/most-vaulable-college-football-teams-business-sports-college-football_slide_10.html
KNelson
December 25th, 2009
8:21 pm
Georgia has apparel sales up because CMR cannot decide rom one game to another what the Hell to wear. Black Jersey , black helment, ? No matter what sales are in the apparel industry or where CMR ranks, there are several coaches in the league with National Championships and he isnt one of them !
sec rules rule
December 25th, 2009
8:44 pm
Our bowl game IS NOT sold out. tickets are for sale every where. just check ebay,stub-hub. any where you can buy tickets they have lots. BUY TICKETS !! “Congrats Georgia on selling out the Indep Bowl in only 7 days” is BS. please buy tickets. check for your selfs. this will be our worst showing ever if we don’t buy tickets and show up. GO DOGS !!!
REallity Rules
December 25th, 2009
9:42 pm
I heard to juice up merchandise and ticket sales, mark richt is considering green helmets and green pants for the weedeater bowl, since a lot of people in Louisiana like green (it reminds them of hot peppers, which are big down there!). Sounds good—-richt is a marketing genius.
col fot
December 26th, 2009
12:12 am
Mark, what a nice article. Yes, we have too many blabbermouths on both sides!
Zeno
December 26th, 2009
1:27 am
Shame on me for wasting the time to get to the end of this post just so that I could leave the comment that most of you big talkers about how you are so much smarter than CMR and he’d better get his act together or you’re going to straighten him out are fools. People should be required to post their annual and cumulative giving amounts in order to be allowed to post. CMR has won more Sugar Bowls than any coach in UGA history (2 out of 3), more top ten finishes than any coach in UGA history and on yet another post, the same fools are talking about how the # 1 rated overall player at any position by the Georgia Sportswriters Association, who just commited to Georgia, “isn’t good enough” to play in the SEC. Eskimo Joe and Mark the Tech fan are gems in a giant cesspools of idiocy, stupidity and foolish talk. CMR is the most successful coach in Georgia football history by any meaningful standard except two (NC and percentage wins against Florida). Under VD, UGA was happy to be Top 20, beat Tech and go to a Bowl game anywhere (until Hershel showed up). (No comfort to Tech fans either because in those days Tech wasn’t too hot either (except for a glorious tie against Notre Dame that we still appreciate)). I know about those days, I was standing there in Memphis freezing my rear end off against Arkansas and watching Boston College beat us in Tampa in the last seconds in the pouring rain. I hope that the people with real power don’t give the comments of the fools on this site any more credence than the drunk and insane ramblings of idiots and morons that they are. Sure, it was disappointing to lose to Kentucky. I was there when they beat the snot out of us in 1977 too. That was A LOT worse. I was there for the 38-0 loss at Homecoming to Virginia too. So, if you really are a Dawg fan, stop running your mouth and talking about how much smarter or better a coach you are than CMR. If you were, you wouldn’t have to post your brilliance anonymously to a bunch of strangers. And any Tech fan who has to crash onto a UGA post site just to prove that they are truculent, ill-behaved morons…..well…that’s just kind of sad. There, I think I’m done now. Eskimo Joe and Mark the Tech fan, I salute you and thank you for your refreshingly sane comments. CMR, I appreciate what you’ve done for the program and your accomplishments and look forward to more and greater things in the future. Merry Christmas. Go Dawgs.
BuLLdawg
December 26th, 2009
6:34 am
QUOTE BY :
Matt
December 25th, 2009 9:14 pm
BuLLdawg,
“Did you really just compare GT and UGA’s academics?? Tech is a HARDER school, so it would make sense that we would have a higher chance of having academically ineligible players? WOW!”
END QUOTE
My God, son.
Georgia tek is ON PROBATION by the NCAA in men’s basketball with an Academic Progress Rate APR of 914, the LOWEST APR IN THE COUNTRY, limited to only 11 scholarships in men’s basketball.
Go tell your B.S. to the NCAA. They aren’t buying into your B.S. either, obviously.
TechBuzz
December 26th, 2009
6:52 am
If Tech could recruit the type of players UGA gets into the school, they would be national champions! At least Tech has some admission standards.
KNelson
December 26th, 2009
8:00 am
BIG L , Is that for Big Loser? Murray throwing all over the field may be true but the reason he didnt see any playing time this year is because those passes would be to the other team. Expect more of the same from UGA in 2010. High expectations , Low delivery.
Shreveport Visitor Info
December 26th, 2009
8:04 am
Here’s the schedule for the week, here in beautiful Shreveport:
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2009
Minuteman Coaches’ Luncheon
Shreveport Convention Center
11:30 a.m.
Tickets: $30
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2009
Fellowship of Christian Athletes Breakfast
Bossier Civic Center
7:30 a.m.
Tickets: $5
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2009
Pep Rally/Battle of the Bands
Centurytel Center – Bossier City
Family Fun Begins at 4 p.m.
“Battle of the Bands” Begins at 6 p.m.
FREE
MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2009
AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl
Independence Stadium
Shreveport, La.
4 p.m. Kickoff
I know you boys will love the chicken today at the luncheon. Hope to see everyone there!!!
Shreveport Visitor Info
December 26th, 2009
8:09 am
Oh, and be sure to wrap up on Monday for the game. Right now the game time forecast is a sunny 48 degrees (unless that nasty front moves in early)
Shreveport Visitor Info
December 26th, 2009
8:24 am
And if you boys aren’t out too late tonight enjoying yourself in beautiful Shreveport, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Breakfast will be fantastic!! I guarantee you will enjoy your pancakes. It will be the best five dollars that you have ever spent.
Dawg Bone
December 26th, 2009
8:27 am
Aaron Murray—will be the best QB in the SEC east and take the dawgs to the title—bet the house. He’s got a big time arm and with any defense at all, UGA wins the SEC east with easy wins over florida and tennessee. 2010—Dawgs back on top!!!
Delusional
December 26th, 2009
8:34 am
Dawg Bone…Murray looked real good against the Gators…some things never change at UGA. Youu will be dominated by the Gators and Tenn. You will begin to lose regularly to USC and GT. UGA is looking at 7-5…maybe 8-4 if they can squeak by KY next year.
stinger is crying again
December 26th, 2009
9:10 am
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SCTechfan
December 26th, 2009
9:27 am
Way to tell it Hedgecutter, Dogs suck. They are so bad they killed a poor innocent puppy UGA VII.
Shreveport, are there any hoe, hoe, hoes in that fair city. Laughing my ass off!
Ain't Simons
December 26th, 2009
9:34 am
30-24 Bwahahahahah!
Miami
December 26th, 2009
9:40 am
gt we remember how you techies were running your mouths before the game this year,and we remember how fast you ran when it was over.Me and the boys can’t wait too see you.Be careful where you eat.
11-2 GEORGIA TECH in ORANGE BOWL
December 26th, 2009
11:26 am
Thanks for a great season,
…ACC CHAMPS…
11-2 GEORGIA TECH in ORANGE BOWL
December 26th, 2009
11:28 am
Enter your Shreveport complaints here:
$1.4 million vs. our $14 million bowl
December 26th, 2009
12:02 pm
Furst!
11-2 GEORGIA TECH in ORANGE BOWL
December 26th, 2009
12:03 pm
Secund!
Tech Man
December 26th, 2009
12:05 pm
I hope Texas A&M beats the sorry bulldogs.The more a hear about that GT vs ga game it makes me sick.If it is true that uga pups intenional hurt our QB,that is about as sorry as it gets.If that is the only way you can beat a good team,you need to give up as a team!!! I can’t wait to the next game,uga will keep the score up for a second!!!!!!!!!!
superDawg
December 26th, 2009
12:42 pm
tek Boy do it hurt much!
Tech Man
December 26th, 2009
1:13 pm
superDawg you need to be a real fan and support a real program.A program like ga is embarrassing.The fans I saw at that game act like they need help!!How would feel if one of our players intenional hurt a ga player and we called him the N word.Use your brain please!!!!
AltamahaDawg
December 26th, 2009
1:53 pm
I see Knelson spend his Christmas holidays like the rest of his year, up the Georgia’s behind.
AltamahaDawg
December 26th, 2009
2:03 pm
Tech man, you need to talk to your HC about looking after his players health. FYI, when you qb carreis the ball 20 times, people try to tackle him. Not to mention , there isnt a play in his book that your linemen don’t attempt to snap somebodies ankle.
Tech Man
December 26th, 2009
2:18 pm
AltamahaDawg, I played ball and I didn’t have to hurt people intenionaly to win.I beat them the right way and not the dirty way.You know and the some of the ga players knew they had to play dirty to win and keep the ball out if our hands.If you’ve been keeping up with your team at all,you got beat by Kentucky which Clemson will kill Sunday. Why do you think your coach didn’t like the drench of gatorade,because ga did not deserve the celebration.
Mr Tech
December 26th, 2009
3:05 pm
Ga will be way down in 2010, with a new QB who is not that good. Tech will be loaded with quality depth, more speed and size and a system that UGA can’t defense. Look for an easy tech win in Athens next year, and more hedges cut down!!!!
AltamahaDawg
December 26th, 2009
3:10 pm
uh……WOW! ok then.
Tech Man
December 26th, 2009
3:24 pm
AltamagaDawg,Do you want to know why that game hurts us so much? Because we were the better team. There were games in the past that we lost and it didn’t hurt as much! Didn’t it hurt when ga got beat by Kentucky,when you had the game in your pocket.AS long as we got a great coach like Paul Jhonson and keep getting excellent players we will have a lot of wins over the pups and Paul Jhonson realy knows now how important that game is to the fans and the program.
Tom
December 26th, 2009
4:08 pm
So its not just Richt that changes up the helmets. It will be a shootout. UGA 45 Aggies 41
AltamahaDawg
December 26th, 2009
4:09 pm
Hung up on that Ky game arent you? Is that your way of saying that only Dawg fans that are poor sports would hang out in the KY blog sites and make excuses? Point taken.
Can you dig it?
December 26th, 2009
4:20 pm
Hey Tech Man…Keep dreaming…It doesn’t matter who Tech’s coach is. Tech’s football program will always be second rate compared to Georgia’s…you know why?……Georgia Runs this State…Always have…Always will! Get used to it…..30-24…..Can You Dig It!
superDawg
December 26th, 2009
6:54 pm
tek man you and all the other nerds need to stop with oh he tried to break his leg.If he wanted to break his leg it would be broken.Just like your hearts!30-24.HAPPY NEW YEAR.
frank james
December 26th, 2009
7:00 pm
Man what a shocker for Urban Meyer stepping down. I just hope and pray he is ok. As much I would love to beat him, I just want him and his family to be okay.
how2fish
December 26th, 2009
7:03 pm
Tech Man you weren’t the best team this year or last year..difference this year was that CMR and company outcoached and out played the Bugs..now deal with it! And for the love of god go and look at the game tape now one tried to injury Nesbitt..a tackle hurts if applied correctly at least the last time I played the game..and that’s what happened he got tackled..and wait till next year and it will be 9-1
how2fish
December 26th, 2009
7:06 pm
frank james I just read that and I agree as much as I hoped to beat him..I hope his health issues work out . He was and still a great coach I wish him and his family the best going forward. This suxs.
Poorbrave
December 26th, 2009
7:15 pm
Agree Frank James. Hope Coach Meyer is ok with health problem and its not to serious. Praying for him and family.
Hope the dawgs win bowl game.
Hope GT wins Bowl game.
frank james
December 26th, 2009
7:20 pm
Poorbrave and how2fish – I never thought I would say this but I hope the Gators win the Sugar Bowl.
RW
December 26th, 2009
7:36 pm
Best wishes to Urban Myer and his family.